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LCSD preparing to start superintendent search

The true story of the Citizens’ Council

Lynn Wright plans to apply to keep his job By Zack Plair and Mary Pollitz [email protected], [email protected]

Lowndes County School District’s board is creeping ever closer to starting a formal search for the district’s first board-appointed superintendent. Wright The first step is deciding whether to contract with the Mississippi School Board Association to conduct the search. Sitting Superintendent Lynn Wright will complete his second elected four-year term on Dec. 31, after which state law requires all county superintendent positions — which have historically been elected posts — to become board-appointed. He intends to apply to keep his position. During an LCSD board meeting Friday, MSBA representative Mike Waldrop presented several options for handling the superintendent search. A full-service search, which would cost LCSD a base rate of $10,500, would give MSBA a hand in every aspect of the search — including forming the application, advertising the job, identifying and interviewing qualified candidates from the applicants and holding stakeholder meetings with district patrons, Waldrop said. An “abbreviated” search package, a $4,700 base cost, would exclude MSBA handling interviews and stakeholder meetings. Either contract could include additional travel fees. The district could also conduct its own search. “Your next decision is going to have to be how you will handle this,” Waldrop told board members. The board took no action Friday, instead opting to take Waldrop’s presentation under advisement and discuss the matter at a future meeting. Waldrop said MSBA helped with more than a dozen superintendent searches last year, including helping Columbus Municipal School District hire Cherie Labat. The association is working with several county districts this year. See LCSD, 3A

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Researcher Stephanie Rolph’s 2018 book, “Resisting Equality: The Citizens’ Council, 1954-1989” uses much of the 400 audiotapes from the Citizens’ Council Forum broadcasts that are a part of Mississippi State University’s collection. Rolph transcribed the tapes over 18 months beginning in 2006 for her research on the Citizens’ Council as the basis of her doctoral dissertation.

Work of researcher, archivist important part of group’s history available to the public By Slim Smith [email protected]

In 2006, Stephanie Rolph descended into the bowels of Mississippi State University’s Mitchell Memorial Library to begin research on her doctoral dissertation on the Citizen’s Council Forum, a series of TV/radio shows that aired first locally, then nationally, from 1957 to 1966. Rolph listened and carefully transcribed hundreds of hours from the more than 400 shows that had somewhat mysteriously come into the library’s hands in the early 2000s. The first Citizens’ Council was formed in Indianola in October 1954 — the white supremacist response to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, handed down just four See Citizens’ Council, 6A

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Mississippi State University Archivist Jessica Perkins-Smith was instrumental in making 270 audiotapes from the Citizens’ Council Forum broadcasts and transcripts of the tapes by historian Stephanie Rolph, accessible to the public through the university library’s website. Perkins-Smith used a grant to have the tapes and transcripts digitalized. They are now available at http://lib.msstate.edu.

Show goes on for lucky few CDAF vendors

Ronni Brashear displays her acrylic paintings on a table at Rick’s Cafe in Starkville. One of the 150 or so art vendors planning to have a booth at the Cotton District Arts Festival Saturday, she found an indoor alternative after rain caused the festival to be canceled.

Some artists set up inside local businesses after festival canceled due to weather By Zack Plair and Alex Holloway [email protected], [email protected]

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Five Questions

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1 According to a 2007 U.S. Census survey, what percentage of households made more than $100,000 — 9, 19 or 24 percent? 2 Who became the first American woman nominated for an Oscar for Best Director, in 2003? 3 What does POTUS stand for? 4 In whose honor was the University of Virginia’s Raven Society established? 5 What is the song most commonly played at graduation ceremonies?

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Inside 140th Year, No. 29

STARKVILLE — Harry Day sat in Rick’s Café Saturday afternoon behind a table displaying his artwork. He was trying to sell metal sculptures, ink block prints and copies of a couple of books he has written to the fairly constant stream of the bar’s customers shuffling past.

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This was not the arrangement Day had planned for his Saturday, but he said it was working out for him pretty well, nonetheless. “I’ve sold what I would during an ‘OK’ show at a big festival,” he said. “I’m pushing every kind of item I have. … I sold an ink block print within the first 30 minutes.” Day was among the 150 or so artists signed up for booths at the outdoor Cotton District Arts Festival, which was canceled abruptly Saturday morning when thunderstorms rolled through the area. The Canton resident and 1993 Mississippi State See CDAF, 3A

Local Folks

■ 100+ Women Who Care: In Columbus and Lowndes County: 100 women giving $100 means $10,000 awarded to a member-nominated and voted on local charity. Too good to be true? Believe it. #the POWERof100. A Membership registration and social is 5:30 p.m. April 16 at Courtyard by Marriott in Columbus.

Friday through Sunday

■ Living Pictures: Fairview Baptist Church, 127 Airline Road, Columbus, presents its Easter production, “From Prisoners to Believers,” with choirs, orchestra and drama cast at 6:30 p.m. Free to the public. For more information, call the church office, 662-328-2924.

Ethel Shepherd enjoys Bible study.

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Public meetings April 15: Lowndes County Supervisors, 9 a.m., County Courthouse April 15: Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board regular meeting, 4 p.m., CVB office April 16: Columbus City Council regular meeting, 5 p.m., Municipal Complex Courtroom April 18: Columbus Light and Water utility meeting, 12 p.m., CLW office building

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Did you hear?

Graceland boss says he is not threatening to leave Memphis Concerns arose after company head was quoted as saying he has received offers ‘to take every piece of wood and panel and move it’ By ADRIAN SAINZ The Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The head of the company that controls Graceland says he is not threatening to move the Memphis, Tennessee-based tourist attraction centered on the life of singer Elvis Presley, despite comments that had suggested otherwise to many fans. The Memphis City Council is considering a $100 million expansion plan at Graceland that includes a proposal for tax-based incentives. The tourist venue includes Presley’s former home, plus an entertainment complex across the street. It attracts more than 500,000 visitors each year from around the world. Concerns about the attraction’s future arose this week when Graceland Holdings managing partner Joel Weinshanker was quoted in story by The Wall Street Journal story saying he has received offers “to take every piece of wood and panel and move it,” including Asia and

Nashville, Tennessee, as possibilities. Some fans and social media posts interpreted the statement as a threat to move. But Weinshanker clarified those comments in an Associated Press interview, saying Graceland has not sought out offers to move and it simply will not expand if the master plan is not approved by the council in an upcoming vote. “Someone said it was a threat, which is incorrect,” Weinshanker said by phone Wednesday. “We get offers all the time to do things. Somebody asked, ‘Are people still offering you to move Graceland?’ I said, ‘We had an offer a week and a half ago. “We don’t have a bank going out and soliciting offers,” he said. Council members have a vote pending on Graceland’s plan for its $100 million expansion. It includes new sound stages, cabins, retail space, a recreational vehicle park, and expansion of the Graceland Guest House hotel.

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Say What?

“The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy - so this should make them very happy!” President Donald Trump via Twitter. Trump said Friday he is considering releasing migrants into Democratic cities. Story, 7A.

Ask Rufus

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When Brad Freeman spoke of his war time experiences in the “Band of Brothers” at the Aliceville Museum this past Thursday evening, he was joined by three other World War II veterans and heroes. Shown, from left, are Joe McGee of Eutaw, Alabama; Clyde Marine of Aliceville, Alabama; Freeman of Caledonia; and Ken Lucas, of Aliceville.

An Evening with Heroes I n late member of January, the renowned Steve Wal“Band of lace, Danny Brothers,” of Coggins and Easy ComI went with pany of the Brad Free506th Paraman to the chute Infantry German POW Regiment Museum in of the 101st Aliceville, Airborne Alabama. We Division, was thoroughly spellbinding. Rufus Ward enjoyed He told of his viewing the experiences exhibits and talking with during World War II museum director, John where he was in every Gillum, and with Everett major western European Owens. The folks at the battle from D-Day to museum were so fasciMarket Garden (detailed nated with Mr. Freeman’s in the book and movie “A stories they asked if he Bridge Too Far”) to the would return and speak Battle of the Bulge. After to a gathering at the his talk he took questions museum. from the audience. It was Thursday evening, we a chance for people to returned to Aliceville, not ask about scenes from just to a gathering but a movies and if they really gathering of heroes. happened. Among the almost 60 He was asked if the people who came to hear American paratroopers Freeman speak were really carried metal three other World War II clickers, or “crickets,” to veterans. They were Joe use as signaling devices McGee of Eutaw, Alawhen they landed behind bama, and Clyde Marine German lines the night and Ken Lucas, both of before D-Day like was Aliceville. People came shown in the movie from Pickens, Sumter, “The Longest Day.” Mr. Greene and Tuscaloosa Freeman said that was counties, some driving true and they really did for an hour, to hear Brad use them. He also comFreeman’s story. Mr. B. mented he still had one did not disappoint. the army had given him. The presentation by He had earlier shown his Freeman, an original clicker to me and I noticed that they had been made by the “Acme Co.” in England. In the movie “A Bridge Too Far” a British armored column rushing to cross bridges and rescue British paratroopers fighting to hold the Arnham Bridge in Holland during Operation Market Garden suddenly stopped for afternoon tea. Freeman said it not only happened, but he was there and even asked a British officer why were they stopping. The British officer looked at him and responded, “A spot of tea ol’ Bloke.” After Mr. Freeman finished, he and the three other World War II veterans visited, posed for photographs and signed autographs. Mr. Freeman even autographed an

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Brad Freeman was asked if the American paratroopers landing behind German lines the night before D-Day really had metal clickers, or “crickets,” like in the movie “The Longest Day.” He said they did and he had earlier shown me one the Army had given him.

old World War II helmet someone had brought. It was interesting to hear some of the stories and background of the other veterans. Joe McGee was a fighter pilot flying first P-47s and then P-51 Mustangs in the Pacific. During the war he flew 97 combat missions, both searchand-destroy and close air support with the 460th Fighter Squadron. In late July early August 1945, McGee was flying bombing missions over Japan. His P-51 was named Chief Eutaw. On Aug. 6, the pilot’s maps were red-lined with a no-fly zone. That zone turned out to be the area around the city of Hiroshima and that was the day the first atomic bomb was dropped. On Aug. 9 the second atomic bomb was dropped. It was on Nagasaki and a flight of P-51s from the 460th fighter squadron, including McGee, was flying over Japan and saw the huge mushroom cloud created by the bomb as it exploded over the city. Two days later, McGee flew over Nagasaki at tree top level and saw firsthand the

devastation caused by an atomic bomb. Clyde Marine enlisted late in the war, and after basic training, began working and training with scout dogs in preparation for the invasion of Japan. The two bombs were dropped and Japan surrendered before he shipped out. Ken Lucas was only 16 and had to have his parents permission and signature when he enlisted. He served in the European theater. It was an evening to be with, listen to and talk with four members of “The Greatest Generation” and real American heroes. And if you haven’t been, it’s well worth a 30-minute drive down Highway 69 from Columbus to see the Aliceville Museum, which has the largest German POW Camp collection in the U.S. The museum is at 104 Broad St. in downtown Aliceville and its phone number is 205-3732363. Rufus Ward is a local historian.

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‘I love my job and the people that I work with. … We are facing some challenges this year, financially, but we are going to be OK. We have grown continuously.’

Mandatory qualifications

By law, Waldrop said, qualified superintendent applicants must have served as a principal at an A- or B-rated school (according to state accountability ratings) for three years or at a school that has risen a letter grade and maintained it for three years; served as a superintendent or assistant superintendent; or held a position of leadership for six years. The board determines which position of leadership qualifies a candidate, he added, ranging from lawyers to military personnel. MSBA would vet each potential candidate for the district and supply the board with its options. The district can offer a contract of up to four years, but board members questioned whether — if they were to replace Wright rather than retain him — they should start the new person in January 2020 or wait until the new school year begins July 1. If they took the latter option, Wright would presumably be named interim superintendent for six months to finish the 2019-20 school year. Waldrop said most county districts conducting searches are aiming for a January start date for their appointed superintendents. “If you want to get on your

Lowndes County School District Superintendent Lynn Wright

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Lowndes County School District Superintendent Lynn Wright, center, reviews material from the Mississippi School Board Association during Friday’s regular board meeting. Wright’s term as superintendent expires Dec. 31, when the board can vote to rehire Wright or appoint a new superintendent.

school calendar, extending your current superintendent for six months or so, we will certainly do that for you,” Waldrop said. “We are dealing now with numerous counties. So far none have taken that option. We are in conversations with two districts who may take that option.”

Wright’s new kind of ‘campaign’

First elected in 2011, Wright believes his time at LCSD’s helm has built a strong enough resume for him to keep his job. On the academic front, LCSD

has an overall accountability rating — determined primarily by students performance on end-of-year state benchmark exams — of B, falling just a few points shy of an A. Financially, however, the district’s fund balance has plummeted since 2014 from about $17 million to an expected $4 million by June 30. Wright has consistently pointed to $75 million in building projects ($44 million of which were built with a 2015 voter-approved bond issue) the district has completed and has blamed property tax collections for falling short of

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Mike Waldrop, representative from Mississippi School Board Association, speaks to Lowndes County School Board members Friday afternoon. He presented options for how the board can proceed with its upcoming superintendent search.

projections in recent years. Most recently, Wright proposed cutting about 60 teaching positions in the district to save money, which the board approved Friday. “I’ve been thrilled to death to watch the progress that has been made in the Lowndes County School District,” Wright said. “I love my job and the people that I work with. …

CDAF

Continued from Page 1A graduate was one of five art vendors who salvaged the day at Rick’s. Another was Ronni Brashear, a Jackson native and MSU art student, who was selling acrylic still-life painting just inside the café entrance. When she heard Rick’s was offering space, she grabbed a few art pieces and a plastic-top table at her Cotton District apartment, she said, and arrived at the café by noon. “I sold two paintings in the first hour,” Brashear said. “I wasn’t expecting to do much of anything, but I feel lucky to have this spot.” Starkville Area Arts Council Director John Bateman told The Dispatch the decision to cancel the festival came after prolonged discussions with the National Weather Service. As the forecast for Saturday’s weather worsened, SAAC opted to cancel and announced the decision on social media. “With the lightning and thunder this morning and expected through noon, we decided to make the call,” Bateman said. “Unfortunately, there is no indoor alternative. We’re disappointed, but we wanted to put public safety first.” Rick’s Café already planned to host a crawfish boil in conjunction with CDAF. So, when the festival was canceled, he decided to make some room for at least some artists. By mid-afternoon, five art vendors were set up there and four bands had come through to play. “We tweeted it and put it on (other) social media, and people started showing up,” Welch said. “We put a message out on GroupMe asking for our employees to come help and people jumped in. “It wasn’t anything organized,” he added. “We just put the word out and it started taking on a life of its own.” Other businesses through Starkville also jumped in through the day to help support the artists in town. The Veranda scheduled an impromptu music

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Harry Day displays his metal sculptures, ink block prints and books he’s written at Rick’s Cafe Saturday afternoon. He sold his art there after the Cotton District Arts Festival was canceled due to weather.

night featuring the band 30 Fingers. Fred Rafus, a manager, said the restaurant hoped to give the musicians a chance to play and the people who came to town for the festival a chance to hear them. “Any time that we can essentially give people what they want, that’s what we try to do,” he said. “It’s very unfortunate the arts festival got canceled. We look forward to it every year and we want to be able to continue it however we can.” Welch said Saturday’s efforts help to show what makes Starkville special, even in tough situations. “It shows what kind of community we are,” Welch said. “We’re closeknit. If there’s a need, businesses try to step in and fill it. There are a lot of business owners like that here in Starkville.”

Event won’t be rescheduled

CDAF, an annual event that coincides with Super Bulldog Weekend at MSU, drew about 50,000 people in 2018 and organizers this year were expecting a similar crowd Saturday. Mississippi State University Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Relations Leah

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Beasley said much of the university’s schedule for Super Bulldog Weekend remained as planned. However, she said the university moved the start time of MSU’s baseball game against Alabama up to 1 p.m., instead of its originally planned 3 p.m. start time. The change put the baseball game and Maroon/White spring football game at the same time. Bateman said CDAF’s juried art exhibit went as planned, in MSU’s Visual Arts Center on University Drive, with an extension set for the Greater Starkville Development Partnership building on Main Street. Bateman pointed out it is logistically “nearly impossible” to move the festival to another day or weekend. “There’s a festival every weekend, and a lot of artists plan their circuit in advance,” Bateman said. “We would lose a lot of our artists. “That’s the risk we face with an outdoor festival, and we’ve been lucky” he added. “As we were discussing the decision, as far as anyone could remember, we’ve only had two cancellations before due to inclement weather.”

We are facing some challenges this year, financially, but we are going to be OK. We have grown continuously.” Three board members present Friday — president Robert Barksdale, Jane Kilgore and Jacqueline Gray — would not comment to The Dispatch on the superintendent search after the meeting. Wesley Barrett, however, seems to have already made up his mind. ”Based on the data of the district, everything is going upward,” he said. “I personally think, why would you change leadership when everything is going in a good direction?” Brian Clark did not attend Friday’s meeting.

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Our View

Roses and thorns A rose to a handful Starkville businesses for getting into the “lemonade business” Saturday. When the threat of bad weather moved organizers of Saturday’s Cotton District Arts Festival to cancel the event, Rick Welch opened his club, Rick’s Cafe to art vendors who had already arrived for the event as did 929 Coffee Bar and Starkville Community Theater. The community spirit demonstrated by these businesses in making the best of a bad situation is a testament to the city’s community spirit and support of the arts community. We also commend the Starkville Area Arts Council for putting the safety of visitors and vendors as its top priority. We understand

how disappointing it was for the SAAC to cancel the event, which makes their decision worthy of commendation.

kept investigating. It’s likely the case would never have been solved without Lott’s persistence.

A rose to Starkville Police Department Sgt. Bill Lott, who was honored Tuesday by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood for his work in solving the 1990 Labor Day murders of two elderly Starkville residents. Years after the murder, it was Lott’s diligence that ultimately led to the arrest of Michael Wane Devaughn for the murders of two elderly Starkville residents, Betty Jones and Kathryn Crigler. Lott began working on the case after the case had gone “cold” in 1998. Often working on his own time, Lott

A thorn to the city of Columbus, which appears to have allowed a city official to use a public facility at a rate lower than offered the general public. A review of Trotter Convention Center records showed city councilman Fred Jackson paid $200 less than the usual rate for renting Regal Hall in December and appears to have been initially offered space in the Trotter Center for half the going rate for his May 11 wedding. This not only violates city policy, it erodes public trust. These facilities do not belong to city officials

to be used for their own benefit at rates not available to anyone else. These facilities are owned by the taxpayers and are held in trust by our elected officials. The public expects them to act that way. A “Welcome Home!” rose to 275 members of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team of the Mississippi National Guard, the last guard members to return home of the 3,250 deployed to the Middle East in April 2018. The Tupelo-based brigade, which arrived at the Jackson airport last Saturday, includes members from Starkville and Amory. We thank them for their service and applaud them during their well-deserved rest.

Letters to the editor

Voice of the people Political privilege and storm cleanup

First, back in October 2018, we have an elected official getting a super deal at a local business by not paying full price and then denying any knowledge that he did anything wrong. Now, we have another elected official getting a good-buddy deal on the fees at the Trotter. The response given to that was, “congratulate me on my degree and marriage.” Really? Who do these elected public servant think they are? What part of ”public servant” do they not understand? I know the city council pay is not great, but they knew the pay before they decided to run for office. Maybe, you thought the fringe benefits off-set the salary. Being honorable and having integrity has lost it’s meaning in today’s political climate. Then, we wonder why the city is in the shape it is in. The character action of our leaders in Columbus go a long ways in moving the city in the right direction. I have lost confidence in city hall after my personal cell phone number was given to a supporter of Kratom that called complaining after the ban was issued by the council. Now, to the city cleanup. The storm hit on February 23. Yesterday, April 9, the go was given to start the cleanup by the mayor. That is 43 days before starting anything, and that is a long time to wait. In my neighborhood there was not storm damage just normal springtime cleanup, and we have not had any pick up for 43 days! I think pick-up was made in the areas affected by the Pilgrimage before now. The talk on the street is that the city is waiting for MEMA/FEMA monies and J5 to handle and oversee all the cleanup. The more picked up, the more money received. Then, we hired a firm “Debri Tech” at $229 per hour to oversee the work that J5 is paid a reported $90,000 annually and 6% of all contracts the city enters into does. Seems like a lot of overseeing going on with the city having a real shortage of money too. All I want is for Columbus to overcome its financial problems, control our crime and improve our infrastructure. Monies are being spent for things through grants, such as the roundabout and etc. that we could do without, in my opinion until we get some infrastructure projects done. As Tom Cruise said in Jerry Maguire, “show me the money.” Then we can move on. But I’m just beating a dead horse. Lee Roy Lollar Columbus

Trump’s presidency

Who is responsible for the Trump presidency? Sarah Huckaby Sanders and others blame God. Inasmuch as he is a minority president, divine assistance can’t be ruled be out. Also, this suggestion raises the question, which God was it? Was it the Lord of the Underworld, or the God who sent us Jesus? Then there’s the matter of the Russians. We know beyond doubt the Russians worked hard to get him elected. Were they working as God’s agents or were their efforts coincidental with God’s? William Hairston Lamar County AL

Imagination Library: Give the gift of books

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Elvis reconsidered Near the center atrium of the Tupelo public library there is a display case containing a library card issued in 1948 and a photograph of the young boy to whom the card belonged. The boy was 13 and in the 7th grade at the time. The card bears his signature and that of his mother, Gladys. Thursday evening that cardholder’s biographer Peter Guralnick stood on a stage positioned directly in front Birney Imes of that display case and told stories about Elvis, the man, his music and his indelible contribution to American music. He also spoke about the writing of his two-volume biography of Elvis, “Last Train to Memphis” and “Careless Love,” about which Bob Dylan has said, “Elvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe. This book cancels out all the others.” Guralnick has published more than a dozen books about blues and rhythm and blues. His most recent is, “Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll” (2015). He was this year’s speaker in the Tupelo library’s Helen Foster Lecture Series, a free, annual event that has brought to Tupelo in its 45 years of existence the likes of Alice Walker, Shelby Foote, Werner Von Braun, David Halberstam, Alex Haley, Pat Conroy, John Grisham and Rick Bragg. Guralnick read from text written for the Tupelo audience focusing on Elvis’ childhood and early years in Memphis. His talk was interspersed with recordings and asides and followed by a half hour of questions from the audience. Guralnick presented Elvis as a living, breathing human, a shy, ambitious kid intoxicated by the profusion of music around him, who rockets to fame and then descends into drugs and reclusion after the death of his mother. While the space available here won’t allow me to do justice to Guralnick’s presentation, I’ve included excerpts about the young Elvis, anecdotes that defy the stereotypes that obscure Elvis the person. As I was driving down McLemore Avenue in South Memphis with a friend of mine named Rose Clayton … as we were driving along Rose pointed out a boarded up drug store where Elvis’ cousin Gene used to work when they were both teenagers. Rose had grown up in south Memphis and she said Elvis would come by and wait on his cousin to get off work, and she would recount how Elvis would sit at the counter and drum his fingers impatiently while waiting on his cousin to get off of work. “Poor baby,” Rose said. … it was in that moment I suddenly saw something, a real kid, just like any kid you might see today, eager, impatient and totally consumed by music. That was the start of my biography; that was the vision I tried to maintain. I don’t mean a vision of the adolescent Elvis but a vision of the real Elvis, not the Elvis who has been subsumed by a mountain of myth, but a vision of an artist who steered his life by music, who, like all of us, was very much a product of his time, but at the same time, by absorbing all that he had heard, all that he observed shaped his influences into something that was uniquely his own. His earliest and perhaps his greatest love was gospel music. He grew up not just listening but singing with his family and friends in the tiny Assembly of God Church just a couple of blocks from where the Presley family lived on Old Saltillo Road in East Tu-

pelo. … This is where she (Gladys, Elvis’ mother) first met Elvis’ father Vernon when it (the church) was no more than a tent on an empty lot. Gladys always liked to tell the story of how when Elvis was just a little fellow not more than 2 years old “he would slide down off of my lap and run down the aisle and scramble onto the platform and there he would stand looking at the choir and try to sing with them …he was too little to know the words but he could carry the tune and he would watch their faces.” Behind me is Elvis’ first library card taken out when he was 13 in the middle of his 7th grade year. … This was a highly significant step that represented the start of a lifetime of voracious reading. Elvis, like Sam Cooke, was as obsessive a reader as I’ve ever encountered. He read everything. … There shouldn’t be any question that for Elvis it all started in Tupelo. But there is equally little question that Elvis’ musical and cultural world kept on expanding once he and his parents moved to Memphis when he was 13. Memphis represented a kind of crossroads, a confluence of so many musical and cultural traditions that we generally don’t tend to catalogue but that are as rich as anything that can be found in the most extensively documented historical archive … Memphis’ own tradition was nourished by the migration of country people to the city. Rural immigrants, both black and white, from Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, all bringing their own regional influences with them. Memphis was alive with the white gospel quartets singing that Elvis already knew. … he heard the itinerant street musicians that could be found on Main Street and Beale … there were the hillbilly shows … when he had the money and even free symphony concerts at Overton Park. Nearly everyone who knew Elvis as a child and as a young man recalls of him polite to the point of reticence. A reserve to the point that caused Sun Records founder Sam Phillips to refer to him as probably the most introverted person that came into my studio. Elvis’ impact — forget about his impact on the world, forget about the screaming girls, forget about the superstar aspect of it … when Jerry Lee Lewis reads a magazine article about Sam Phillips being the man who discovered Elvis Presley, B.B. King, who Jerry Lee also admired. He and his father sell all the eggs on their farm and come to Memphis for an audition with this man who recorded Elvis Presley. … Johnny Cash came because of Elvis. Roy Orbison came because of Elvis. Our route home from the library took us east on Main Street. As we passed city hall, I happened to glance over, and there on the grassy field, perhaps the most prominent spot in the town, was a statue of Elvis mimicking the pose from the iconic 1956 photograph of him performing at the Mississippi-Alabama Fairgrounds in Tupelo. Somehow — and I’m not sure how to put it into words — my feelings about the man had changed from what they had been two hours earlier. No longer did I see Elvis as the one-dimensional character whose on-stage flamboyance spawned hundreds of impersonators, but rather a shy, ambitious country boy intoxicated by the richness of the music all around him, who absorbed that music and made it uniquely his own. Birney Imes ([email protected]) is the former publisher of The Dispatch.

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Shock at arrest of Louisiana deputy’s son in black church fires New Orleans FBI office: Investigators still looking into whether the fires were ‘bias motivated’ The Associated Press

OPELOUSAS, La. — Authorities said he had no known criminal record. A friend described him as an introverted animal lover who showed no animosity toward any race, and a talented, if frustrated heavy metal guitar player and singer. A fellow musician called him “a really sweet guy.” But Holden Matthews, the white, 21-year-old son of a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy, was behind bars Thursday, accused of torching three century-old African American churches during a 10-day period in and around Opelousas. The city of 16,000 people was set on edge by blazes, which evoked memories of terrorist acts

during the civil rights movement. A fragment of a charred gasoline can, surveillance video that captured what appeared to be his parents’ truck in key locations, debit card records and cellphone tracking techniques led authorities to arrest Matthews on Wednesday evening. But though the arrest affidavit showed how they linked Matthews to the crime, federal, state and local authorities who gathered for a Thursday news conference at the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office weren’t ready to discuss motive. Eric Rommal, the agent in charge of the New Orleans FBI office, said investigators were still looking into whether the fires were “bias motivated.”

Matthews, who is scheduled for a Monday morning bond hearing, had a defender in Nygyl Bryyn Blackwolf, listed as Nygyl Bryyn among Matthews’ Facebook friends. Blackwolf identified himself as a south Louisiana native, musician, entrepreneur and owner of the independent record label Power Back Productions. In a telephone interview from Los Angeles on Thursday, he described Matthews as a talented, sometimes frustrated musician — upset in recent months after he was told he needed to improve the quality of his recordings — but not a racist or violent person. “If he’s making a statement, it’s against religion and establishment only, not against race,” he said, later adding, “I don’t think he did it, but if he did, it would not be because the churches are black.”

Mississippi state parks are surviving with tight budgets Officials say about 1 million people have visited the state parks for each of the past five years The Associated Press

TUPELO — Mississippi state parks are attracting a steady flow of visitors, but tight budgets are creating problems for maintenance. Officials say about 1 million people have visited the state parks for each of the past five years. The number of fulltime park employees at the 25 parks has been sharply reduced in recent years, from 193 workers to 110, The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported. Jennifer Head, the state parks’ liaison to the state Legislature, said the parks need improvements to water and sewer systems and electrical upgrades in RV camps. She also says more than 600 structures, including cabins and pavilions, are “in desperate need of repair or replacement.” Head and officials with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife,

Fisheries and Parks were hopeful that lawmakers this year would reverse a trend that over the last decade has nearly cut the state park budget in half. While one funding bill provided $4 million for dam repairs, officials hoped an amendment by Democratic Sen. J.P. Wilemon of Belmont would provide money for improvements at state parks. The original amendment sought $10 million. By the time the politicking was over, the amount had dropped to $397,000, and that was earmarked for costs of the Capitol Police. In the end, the Legislature set aside $1 million for Buccaneer State Park in Waveland and another $500,000 for Tishomingo State Park to repair and renovate infrastructure and cabins and a suspension bridge. Other parks will have to make do with what they have to deal with infrastructure problems and

maintenance issues. “We don’t have the operating budget to do the deferred maintenance,” Head said. “Our general fund keeps getting cut, so we don’t have a capital fund for the maintenance, either.” Officials know one bad review online could hurt a park. “If someone goes to the park and has a bad experience, they can go to social media,” said Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks public affairs director Warren Strain. “That can further damage the image of the park.” Under a five-year partnership with Toyota Mississippi, Tombigbee State Park outside of Tupelo has enjoyed a surge in popularity and publicity. Toyota donated roofs for the lodge, bathhouse and dining hall. Along with volunteer work days, the company helped install split rail fences and stain them. Toyota employees also helped replace roofs on smaller picnic structures. “After a Toyota work day is shown on television and in the paper, we’ll

Mysterious bowls of mashed potatoes confuse Mississippians The Associated Press

JACKSON — Residents of a neighborhood in Jackson are confused by the bowls of mashed potatoes they’re finding on their cars, porches and mailboxes. Resident Jordan Lewis described the Belhaven neighborhood as a quirky one, with residents decorating road signs and putting Christmas trees in potholes.

“So we don’t know if someone is just playing a prank or if someone just had a lot of leftovers,” Lewis said. But Sebastian Bjernegard says some residents fear there’s a more sinister message behind the potatoes. “Some people were thinking maybe the mashed potatoes were poisoned to kill animals,” he said, noting that he almost stepped into a bowl of po-

tatoes Tuesday. “I didn’t taste it. I have a three-second rule, so I didn’t touch it. But some people were worried.” It’s unclear if anyone has eaten the potatoes, and news outlets report residents haven’t alerted law enforcement. Resident Michaela Lin says some of potato-finders have connections to a local private Christian university, which may be a clue.

have folks come to the park and say, ‘I’ve been living here 40 years and never knew this place was here,’” said park manager Jeff Rosamond.

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Nuclear regulator cites Mississippi plant for 2 low-level violations Grand Gulf Nuclear Station one of only three plants nationwide not rated at the highest safety level By JEFF AMY The Associated Press

JACKSON — A special inspection of a nuclear power plant in Mississippi has resulted in two low-level citations, as its operator says it has continued trying to make improvements. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in a March 29 report, says Entergy Corp. operators at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station couldn’t get a water pump system to operate during the Dec. 12 shutdown because of training and simulation problems. “We respect and value the NRC’s feedback,” spokesman Mike Bowling wrote in an email. “We are currently reviewing the report for full understanding and incorporation into our plans for continuous improvement and achieving excellence.” The NRC plans an annual community meeting at Tuesday evening in Port Gibson to discuss the 2018 safety record of Grand Gulf, one of only three nuclear plants nationwide not rated at the highest safety level. Since 2016, the plant has often run at less than full power, which can stress power supplies and cause higher prices across the region. The plant is 90 percent owned by New Orleans-based Entergy and 10 percent owned by Cooperative Energy, a Mississippi group supplying power to member-owned cooperatives.

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months earlier, that mandated racial integration of public schools. Over the next quarter-century, the Citizens’ Council expanded into communities throughout the state and spread to neighboring states, evolving in its language but never in its fundamental support of white supremacy — before it quietly disbanded in 1989. It took Rolph 18 months to complete her work. After earning her doctorate from MSU in 2009, Rolph donated her transcripts of the show’s audiotapes to MSU Libraries, where they became a valuable resource for visiting historians and researchers, but remained largely inaccessible to anyone else.

Seizing an opportunity

Rolph’s painstaking work might have remained in relative obscurity were it not for the arrival of Jessica Perkins-Smith to the MSU library in 2016. “The Citizens’ Council had always been one of my research interests going back to my undergraduate years at Millsaps,” said Perkins-Smith, now the university archivist. “When I got here, we had lots of other Citizens’ Council collections — pamphlets and publications and things like that — and they were heavily used. “After I had been here a while I learned that we had these tapes,” she added. “Nobody had asked to listen to the tapes. I don’t think anybody listened to the tapes since Stephanie.” About the time Perkins-Smith learned of the tapes, she noticed a call for a grant issued by the Council On Library and Information Resources called Recordings at Risk. “They were specifically looking for audio and video recordings at libraries that might be of risk of being lost because the format was old or degradation of film and things like that,” she said. “I immediately thought of the Citizens’ Council tapes when I saw that email.” As part of the grant application, Perkins-Smith was instructed to send the tapes to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NDCC) in Andover, Massachusetts, where they were reviewed to see if the tapes were a valuable collection at risk of degradation. “They could see that some of the tapes had dry-rot or had snapped in places already,” Perkins-Smith said. “They felt like because the contents were so valuable, and they were really at risk and weren’t accessible to users, they would be a good use for the grant.” The NDCC wrote a letter of support for Perkins-Smith’s grant application, as did Rolph. The grant was awarded. The tapes and Rolph’s transcripts were sent to the NDCC to be digitalized.

“We got a hard-drive with the metadata,” Perkins-Smith said. “From there, it was several months of work for me matching the transcripts to the digitalized tapes and creating subject headings so the collection would be search-able.” Working with Emily Smith, the library’s digital products expert who uploaded the material, and the MSU web services department, which maintains the online collection, those audio recordings and Rolph’s transcripts of 270 “Forum” programs are available to anyone with access to a computer. The collection is available on the Mississippi State University Libraries website at http://lib.msstate. edu. Perkins-Smith said she chose 270 tapes and transcripts based on several priorities. “The decisions were based on what our researchers here would be interested in, which is Mississippi, primarily,” Perkins-Smith said. “Anybody that was a Mississippi politician or a Citizens’ Council member from Mississippi. They were the first. Then it was national politicians, people like Strom Thurmond and George Wallace. Then it was topics that our researchers tend to be interested in, which is civil rights, race, education and other big topics.”

Bigger than Mississippi

For many Mississippians, the Citizens’ Council is remembered as an organization whose influence and interests were confined to Mississippi and revolved exclusively on the issues segregation and, later, the Civil Rights Movement. But as Rolph’s research on the “Forum” tapes, which she used to support a broader examination of the Citizens’ Council in her 2018 book, “Resisting Equality: The Citizens’ Council, 1954-1989,’ shows, the ambitions of the Citizens’ Council expanded across the nation and internationally to places such as Rhodesia and South Africa, where the group’s support of white supremacy was welcomed in those minority-ruled nations. “The Citizens’ Council was the epitome of white resistance to civil rights,” Rolph said. “My book is a new take on that. It puts it in its national and global context. It was anything but provincial. I think that surprises people.” First produced as a television show by WLBT in Jackson and aired on Sunday afternoon, the Forum program was narrowly focused in the early years. “At that time, most of people on the show were Jackson Citizens’ Council members, politicians, leaders of local churches and occasionally, a couple of congressmen,” Rolph said.

Artesia man arrested for reportedly abusing child Dispatch Staff Report

An Artesia man has been arrested after he repor tedly sexually abused a child under the age of People 14. Ernest James People, 51, of 219 Ellis St., has been charged with sexual battery, according to a

Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office press release. The victim’s mother reported People to investigators on April 5, according to the press release. She reported the child had been visiting a family member at a Robert Street address two days before when People assaulted the child. People was released from Lowndes County Adult Detention Center after posting $25,000 bond.

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Most of those early programs were devoted to fighting school integration. When the decision was made to move the program to Washington, D.C. and convert to a radio format, a broader range of topics were chosen. “That also changed their guest list pretty dramatically,” Rolph said. “You started seeing U.S. senators and congressmen, occasionally military guys. “Barry Goldwater was on in 1960,” she added. “Strom Thurmond was the most frequent guest. California newspaper editor William Shearer, who spearheaded efforts to get (George) Wallace on the ballot in California, appears as early 1964. By the time you get to 1965, 1966, the program features more Mississippi-based folks, but it is also recording programs in support of the white minority rule of Rhodesia and South Africa and explaining why the system of apartheid — they called it separate development — was actually good for the people of color in those countries.” Perkins-Smith said it’s clear the program attracted a national audience, although it’s difficult to measure precisely. “In its literature, the Citizens’ Council said it was on more than 1,000 radio stations across the nation,” she said.

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scribing hundreds of hours of tapes weren’t the drudgery one might suspect, Rolph said. It contained more than a few surprises. “Just as an example, I was shocked that they weren’t talking overtly about race more,” Rolph said. “They were finding other ways to talk about race without saying it. It happened a lot earlier than historians understood. Historians had said you see the shift away from race language to things like individual rights after the early ‘60s. But in the tapes, I’m seeing it as early as 1959. The council had been known for terrorizing black people and keeping white moderates at bay. What surprised me was that the popularity of that rhetoric is places like California after the Watts riots. It was critical in getting George Wallace on the (1968 Presidential) ballot.” For Rolph, the story of the Citizens’ Council “Forum” presents a fascinating question that is often neglected by casual observers. “When social change is upon us, and one group is pushing for a change and another group holding on for dear life to the world they know, you have to follow both groups forward,” Rolph said. “What happens to the group that quote ‘lost?’ They don’t disappear. They put their energy in other places. I think that’s one of the fascinating aspects of the Citizens’ Council story.” “That’s one of the

things they were doing on the shows in the mid60s,” Perkins-Smith said. “They realized the Voting Rights Act was going to pass, that the Civil Rights Act was going to pass. They realized in order to stay relevant, they had to broaden their reach.” Rolph said the later years of the Citizens’ Council efforts were devoted to finding a “home” for its ideology in national conservative politics, and she believes the echoes of those old shows can be found in today’s conservative politics on subjects such as education and immigration.

The question of relevance

Along the way, and many times since, Rolph has encountered the kinds of questions that often confront historians: Why does this matter? Why bring up all of this old stuff? That’s not how it is today. “I only hear that two or three times a day,” Rolph deadpanned. On Tuesday, before a Congressional hearing on the rise of white nationalism, conservative commentator Candace Owens, a black woman, said in her testimony the idea that white nationalism is growing is fear-mongering by Democrats and that the “Southern Strategy” employed by the Republican Party to capture conservative Southern voters by appealing to anti-black sentiments “never happened.”

In response to Owens’ testimony, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant tweeted: “Everyone in America should hear this young lady. No one has articulated the truth more clearly. A profile in courage.” The Citizens’ Council Forum tapes are a strong rebuttal to that argument, using the words of those voices who made the argument Owens suggested never happened. Likewise, the vestiges of the earliest days of the Citizens’ Council are found in the debate over education in Mississippi. “What were they invested in after they ‘lost’ the segregation battle?” Rolph asked, “The way it matters most now is our private school system. (The council) accepted the fact they weren’t going to win the battle to keep public schools segregated. Private schools were the answer.” There is evidence that it’s still the answer, 30 years after the Citizens’ Council disbanded. In this year’s session, $2 million was appropriated by The Mississippi Legislature for special education students to attend private schools after under-funding public school special education by $30 million. “The few resources our state has for education are split,” Rolph said. “Legislators may not be funding private schools, but legislators who went to private schools or send their kids to private schools, they are not invested in public schools.”

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Trump ‘strongly looking’ at releasing migrants in Dem cities

Chinese woman at Mar-aLago indicted on 2 charges

‘Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are ... giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only’

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Chinese woman recently arrested at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club was charged Friday with unlawful entry of restricted buildings and making false statements. Prosecutors filed the indictment against Yujing Zhang, 32, in federal court in South Florida. Zhang faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of the false statements count. If convicted of unlawful entry, she faces a maximum sentence of a year in prison and a $1,000 fine. Zhang was arrested March 30 after Secret Service agents said she lied to gain admission to the president’s Palm Beach, Florida, resort. She was carrying two Chinese passports, four cellphones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive and a thumb drive containing malware. In her hotel room, agents found a device to detect hidden cameras and $8,000 in cash.

President Donald Trump via Twitter By JILL COLVIN and COLLEEN LONG The Associated Press

WA S H I N G T O N — President Donald Trump said Friday he is strongly considering releasing “Illegal Immigrants” into Democratic strongholds to punish con- Trump gressional foes for inaction on the border— just hours after White House and Homeland Security officials insisted the idea had been rejected as fast as it had been proposed. “Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very

dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only,” Trump tweeted. He added that, “The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy - so this should make them very happy!” The reversal, which appeared to catch officials at the Department of Homeland Security off guard, came as critics were blasting Trump for the supposedly-rejected idea, accusing him of turning migrants into pawns to go after his political opponents. It comes as Trump has grown increasingly exasperated by a surge of Central American migrant families crossing the southern bor-

der and is looking for new ways to pressure congressional Democrats to change laws that he insists are making the problem worse. Indeed, last week Trump urged his soon-to-be acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan to seal the southern border and told McAleenan he would pardon him if he were to find himself in trouble for blocking legal asylum-seekers, according to two people familiar with the conversation who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a private exchange. It was not clear whether the president was joking, and a Homeland Security spokesman said in a statement: “At no time has the president indicated, asked, directed or pressured the acting secretary to do anything illegal. “ The reported conversation came during the president’s trip last week to Calexico, California, a day after he announced he was delaying his threat to close the border because Mexico appeared to be stepping up its enforcement efforts.

Dems defend Omar after Trump retweets video against her House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scolded Trump for using the ‘painful images of 9/11 for a political attack’ against the first-term Minnesota Democrat The Associated Press

WA S H INGTON — Top Democ r at s on Saturday rushed to defend Rep. Ilhan Omar Omar after President Donald Trump retweeted video that was edited to suggest she was being dismissive of the significance of the worst

terrorist assault on U.S. soil. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scolded Trump for using the “painful images of 9/11 for a political attack” against the first-term Minnesota Democrat. Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination to challenge Trump in 2020, said the Republican president’s tweet was an “incitement to violence” against Omar,

who is Muslim-American, and others like her. The video Trump retweeted Friday pulls a snippet of Omar’s recent speech to the Council on American-Islamic Relations in which she described the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center as “some people did something,” and includes news footage of the hijacked planes hitting the Twin Towers. Trump also tweeted, “WE WILL NEVER FORGET!” Omar’s remark has drawn criticism largely from political opponents and conservatives who say the lawmaker, one of the first Muslim women to serve in Congress, of-

fered a flippant description of the assailants and the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. Neither Trump’s tweet nor the video included her full quote or the context of her comments. Omar told CAIR in Los Angeles that many Muslims saw their civil liberties eroded after the attacks, and she advocated for activism. “For far too long we have lived with the discomfort of being a second-class citizen and, frankly, I’m tired of it, and every single Muslim in this country should be tired of it,” she said in the March 23 speech, according to video posted online.

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Mississippi State quarterback Keytaon Thompson, who played for the Maroon team in Saturday’s spring game, throws a pass.

Wet weather leads to sloppy play in spring game BY BEN PORTNOY [email protected]

Messy, ugly, wet, boring. There were plenty of iterations of the word bad to describe Saturday’s Maroon and White Spring game at Davis Wade Stadium. “I feel like I got an amateur degree in meteorology the last couple days,” head coach Joe Moorhead joked of the weather. Things were sloppy from the start in the Maroon team’s 50-10 “victory.” Most notably, it was middling quarterback play that anchored Satur-

day’s mediocrity. Junior Keytaon Thompson, redshirt freshman Jalen Mayden, freshman Garrett Shrader and redshirt junior Logan Burnett combined for 15-of-32 passing, 150 yards and 3 touchdowns. Most worrisome was Thompson’s day. The presumed starter coming into spring camp, there was an expectation he’d bring a new identity to an MSU passing attack that ranked 13th in the Southeastern Conference in passing yards per game last season. See spring game, 6B

Mississippi State head football coach Joe Moorhead watches the action. Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch

Mississippi State White Team running back Robert Rivers looks for running room in Saturday’s scrimmage.

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Diamond Dawgs rip Alabama, 9-1 BY BEN PORTNOY [email protected]

Senior pitcher Peyton Plumlee anchored a 9-1 Mississippi State victory over Alabama on Saturday at Dudy Noble Field. Plumlee tossed five scoreless innings, giving up just four hits to earn the victory. Offensively, eight of MSU’s nine starters earned hits on the day. Sophomores Jordan Westburg and Rowdey Jordan each collected two hits. Senior outfielder Elijah MacNamee and junior catcher Dustin Skelton provided late-inning run support. MacNamee’s seventh inning home run scored two runs while Skelton added another three with a homer of his own later in the frame. Senior Marshall Gilbert also col-

lected a home run in the eighth inning, stretching the MSU lead to eight. “I think everybody is playing with their hair on fire right now,” Plumlee said. “I think we’ve had some games up to this point where people have doubted us a little bit but nothing ever changes with us and we’re just going to look to keep moving forward and get another win tomorrow.” With the win No. 5 MSU secures its second straight SEC series win after taking two-of-three games from Tennessee in Knoxville last weekend. The Bulldogs have now won six of their last seven games, including a Friday win over the Crimson Tide. Redshirt junior Ethan Small dominated the Alabama batting order, giving up just three hits in six innings of work. Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Small’s 15 strikeouts Friday were a ca- Dustin Skelton arrives at home plate to a Bulldog celebration after hitting a threeSee baseball, 6B run home run in the seventh inning Saturday at Dudy Noble Field.

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briefly BASEBALL Ethridge strikes out 11 in Ole Miss win

OXFORD – Junior right-hander Will Ethridge struck out a career-high 11 Friday night, and the No. 10 Ole Miss (25-10, 9-4) offense battered Kentucky for eight runs on 14 hits as the Rebels turned in a dominant 8-2 win. With the victory, head coach Mike Bianco picked up his 735th win as the Ole Miss head coach, moving him to a tie for fourth all-time with former Kentucky coach Keith Madison on the SEC coaching wins chart. Saturday’s game between the two teams was postponed due to rain and rescheduled for part of a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Sunday. Offensively, junior shortstop Grae Kessinger remained one of the hottest bats in college baseball, going 4-for-5 with two RBI and three runs scored, including his second home run of the season. Sophomore second baseman Anthony Servideo went a perfect 3-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored, while Thomas Dillard and Cole Zabowski both turned in multi-hit days as well, including a homer by Zabowski. Ethridge started the game red hot on the mound, striking out the side in order in the first inning. That set up the Rebel bats to claim the early lead. After a Kessinger single and a walk to Dillard, Zabowski deposited his eighth home run of the season into the bullpen in left field to give the Rebels a 3-0 advantage early. Ethridge tied his career-high with his 10th strikeout in the sixth inning, another clean frame for the Ole Miss starter. In the seventh, Ethridge struck out his 11th batter of the night to set a new career-high before checking out with an outstanding line: 7.0 innings pitched, three hits and no runs allowed with no walks and 11 strikeouts. Dillard then added another tally in the bottom half, singling through the right side to score Kessinger and make it a 7-0 game.

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OXFORD, Miss. – Brittany Finney’s senior heroics were on display on Friday, helping lead the No. 17 Rebels (30-10, 9-4 SEC) to a doubleheader sweep over Missouri (23-18, 6-8 SEC) at the Ole Miss Softball Complex. With the wins, Ole Miss moves into a tie atop the SEC standings with Auburn. The four SEC series wins is also the most in a single season in the history of the Rebel program. A sixth-inning rally by the Tigers extinguished a 5-run Ole Miss lead but the Rebels would have the last laugh thanks to Brittany Finney’s walk-off bomb in the eighth. Before her extra-innings heroics, Finney made the start in the circle, allowing five runs on six hits and three walks, striking out five in a no-decision. Molly Jacobsen earned the win in relief, allowing two runs and fanning a pair in 2.2 frames. Despite missing out on the chance to garner the win in the circle, Finney earned the win in a different way in the bottom of the eighth. With Kaylee Horton standing on third, the senior absolutely tattooed an Eli Daniel offering for the game-winning home run. While the early game featured a number of offensive highlights for both teams, the nightcap was all about pitching and defense. Molly Jacobsen was once again given the ball in the circle, earning her second win of the day and 13th of the season with a whale of an outing, shutting out the Tigers in seven complete with just three base knocks allowed. Jacobsen had plenty of help from her defenders, with the Rebels rattling off a handful of highlight-reel plays, including a pair of acrobatic grabs in the outfield from Becker and Horton and two over the shoulder grabs from infielder’s Allee and Jessica Puk. Ole Miss will go for the series win on Sunday, taking on the Tigers in the finale at 1 p.m.

Alabama Defeats Georgia, 7-1, in series opener

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Overcast skies cleared in time for Saturday’s series opener between Alabama and Georgia, with the Crimson Tide putting together a well-rounded performance to win, 7-1. All nine of Alabama’s (40-4, 9-4 SEC) starting batters reached base safely at least once in the win over Georgia (30-12, 5-8 SEC), posting eight hits and 10 walks. They were swift on the base paths as well, stealing nine bases, the second-most in UA single-game history and the most since swiping nine vs. Green Bay on Feb. 9, 2013. Three of those stolen bases came from freshman Skylar Wallace, who also drove in a run on a fourth-inning single. An error-free defense backed up a stellar performance in the circle from junior Sarah Cornell (16-1), who allowed just one run on two hits in the complete-game victory with five strikeouts. The one run scored is the lowest of the season for the Bulldogs. Game two of the weekend series is set for a 6 p.m. first pitch Sunday.

GOLF

Ole Miss women upset No 9 Florida

ATHENS, Ga. – It took all 18 holes on Saturday as No. 36 Ole Miss hung on to upset No. 9 Florida in the fifth-place match at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Georgia. Junior transfer Kennedy Swann eventually sealed the victory for the Rebels on her final hole, defeating Florida’s Lauren Waidner 1-up on after draining an eight-foot par putt on the 18th green. “I feel like I started out today’s match very strong, and then just stayed steady throughout the day,” Swann said. “It came down to 18 and a seven to eight-foot putt. My heart was beating out of my chest because I haven’t been under that amount of pressure in a while, but I trusted the process and Coach Zack’s read and let go of the result. I’m glad I helped out my team and get the win.” The Rebels took the lead early in three of the five matches. At the turn, the Rebels held a 3-2 advantage heading into the back-nine holes that held on until the end to complete the upset of the Gators. Julia Johnson went 3-0 on the weekend in match play, defeating all of her opponents from South Carolina, Kennesaw State and Florida.

Alabama tops Iowa in Murphey Collegiate Classic

ATHENS, Ga. – The Alabama women’s golf team defeated Iowa in the final round of match play at the 2019 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic on Saturday. Competing in the event’s Black Bracket, the Crimson Tide also defeated Daytona State on Friday morning before falling to Denver during the afternoon as a part of UA’s 2-1 mark in match play action. “I am starting to see a lot of good things,” Alabama head coach Mic Potter said. “We’ve seen some big improvements in a couple players and seeing shots that we’re hitting now that we weren’t able to hit earlier in the year. It’s improving generally and each one of the girls are building more confidence. Sometimes you get that even if it’s a losing effort. All in all, if we could of saved four shots during stroke play, we would have been playing in the other bracket which would have been nice. We’ve got to find a way to save those shots and carry that forward into next week’s SEC Championships.” The Crimson Tide was led by junior Kenzie Wright and sophomore Angelica Moresco, who both finished with unbeaten records during the match play portion (3-0). The duo helped lead Alabama to a 3-2 victory over Iowa in Saturday’s lone match. During Friday’s competition, the duo played key roles in the Tide’s 4-1 victory over Daytona State to open match play and collected the only two points for UA in a narrow 3-2 defeat to Denver to close the day.

ICC golf in fourth place after Day 1 of MACJC Championship RAYMOND – The Itawamba Community College golf team wrapped up Day 1 of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) Championship tournament at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Raymond. The Indians totaled 305 as a team to finish in fourth place while Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College took the lead into the clubhouse at 292 after the first day of play. Hunter Lucas (Belmont) carded an opening round 72 (E). Brandon Barrett (Tupelo) shot a 75 (+3) while Garrett Moore (Southaven), Dean Garrett (New Albany), and Art Thompson (Columbus) all finished the day tied for 20th at 79 (+7). Bryson Jones of Copiah-Lincoln took the lead into the clubhouse at 68 (-4). ICC will host the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) District D Championship tournament April 27-28 at River Birch Golf Club.

Entries open for U.S. Women’s Amateur at Old Waverly

Female golfers from around the world can now apply to play in the 119th U.S. Women’s Amateur, set to be held Aug. 5-11 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point. Applications are open through June 26 at 4 p.m. The tournament is open to women with a Handicap Index of 5.4 or below. Qualifiers will begin July 1 and run through July 17 at 24 sites throughout the country.

TENNIS

LSU rallies for win against Ole Miss

OXFORD – The Ole Miss women’s tennis team grabbed the doubles point, but could not hold back LSU in singles, losing 4-1 Friday at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center. The Rebels (11-11, 4-8 SEC) looked poised to earn their sixth victory in the last eight matches with a convincing doubles performance. Senior Tea Jandric and junior Anna Vrbenska took down their opponents 6-1. That was quickly followed by juniors Cameron Kriscunas and Terka Janatova taking their match 6-2 for the point. The No. 85 ITA-ranked duo of Alexa Bortles and Sabina Machalova were a point away from beating No. 14 Jessica Golovin and Eden Richardson when doubles was clinched. LSU (15-9, 5-7 SEC) halted Ole Miss’ momentum immediately with a sweep at first singles, tying the match at 1-1. Courts 4, 5 and 6 each ended in two sets, falling in the Tigers’ favor.

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CALENDAR Prep Baseball

Monday’s Games Starkville High at New Hope, 7 p.m. Caledonia vs. Hamilton, 6 p.m. New Hope vs. Starkville, 7 p.m. Starkville Academy at Canton, 6 p.m. Hebron Christian vs. Golden Triangle Knights, 6 p.m. West Lowndes vs. Ethel, 5 p.m.

Prep Softball

Monday’s Games Starkville High vs. Noxapater, 6 p.m.

College Baseball

Today’s Games Southern Miss at Florida International, 11 a.m. Alabama at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. Kentucky at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m. Monday’s Games Rust College at Mississippi University for Women (DH), 4 p.m.

College Softball

Today’s Games Mississippi State at Tennessee, time TBA Georgia at Alabama, time TBA Missouri at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. Southern Miss at UAB, 1 p.m. Monday’s Games Georgia at Alabama, time TBA

Men’s College Tennis

Today’s Games Mississippi State at LSU, 1 p.m. Ole Miss at Texas A&M, 1 p.m.

Women’s College Tennis

Today’s Games LSU at Mississippi State, 1 p.m. Missouri at Alabama, 1 p.m. Texas A&M at Ole Miss, 1 p.m.

Men’s College Golf

Monday’s Games Alabama at Shoal Creek Invitational (Birmingham, Alabama) MSU, Ole Miss, Southern Miss at Old Waverly Intercollegiate (West Point)

Junior College Softball

Monday’s Games EMCC at Mississippi Delta (DH), 2 p.m.

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Basketball

NBA Playoff Glance

All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference Milwaukee vs. Detroit Sunday, April 14: Detroit at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 17: Detroit at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20: Milwaukee at Detroit, 8 p.m. Monday, April 22: Milwaukee at Detroit, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 24: Detroit at Milwaukee, TBA x-Friday, April 26: Milwaukee at Detroit, TBA x-Sunday, April 28: Detroit at Milwaukee, TBA Orlando 1, Toronto 0 Saturday, April 13: Orlando 104, Toronto 101 Tuesday, April 16: Orlando at Toronto, 8 p.m. Friday, April 19: Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 21: Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 23: Orlando at Toronto, TBA x-Thursday, April 25: Toronto at Orlando, TBA x-Saturday, April 27: Orlando at Toronto, TBA Brooklyn 1, Philadelphia 0 Saturday, April 13: Brooklyn 111, Philadelphia 102 Monday, April 15: Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18: Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 8 p.m. Saturday, April 20: Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 3 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 23: Brooklyn at Philadelphia, TBA x-Thursday, April 25: Philadelphia at Brooklyn, TBA x-Saturday, April 27: Brooklyn at Philadelphia, TBA Boston vs. Indiana Sunday, April 14: Indiana at Boston, 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 17: Indiana at Boston, 7 p.m. Friday, April 19: Boston at Indiana, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21: Boston at Indiana, 1 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 24: Indiana at Boston, TBA x-Friday, April 26: Boston at Indiana, TBA x-Sunday, April 28: Indiana at Boston, TBA Western Conference Golden State vs. L.A. Clippers Saturday, April 13: L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 8 p.m. Monday, April 15: L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18: Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21: Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 24: L.A. Clippers at Golden State, TBA x-Friday, April 26: Golden State at L.A. Clippers, TBA x-Sunday, April 28: L.A. Clippers at Golden State, TBA Denver vs. San Antonio Saturday, April 13: San Antonio at Denver, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16: San Antonio at Denver, 9 p.m. Thursday, April 18: Denver at San Antonio, 9 p.m. Saturday, April 20: Denver at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 23: San Antonio at Denver, TBA x-Thursday, April 25: Denver at San Antonio, TBA x-Saturday, April 27: San Antonio at Denver, TBA Portland vs. Oklahoma City Sunday, April 14: Oklahoma City at Portland, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16: Oklahoma City at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 19: Portland at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21: Portland at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 23: Oklahoma City at Portland, TBA x-Thursday, April 25: Portland at Oklahoma City, TBA x-Saturday, April 27: Oklahoma City at Portland, TBA Houston vs. Utah Sunday, April 14: Utah at Houston, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17: Utah at Houston, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20: Houston at Utah, 10:30 p.m. Monday, April 22: Houston at Utah, 10:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 24: Utah at Houston, TBA x-Friday, April 26: Houston at Utah, TBA x-Sunday, April 28: Utah at Houston, TBA

Baseball

American League Glance

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB 11 4 .733 — 6 8 .429 4½ 6 9 .400 5 5 10 .333 6 5 10 .333 6 Central Division W L Pct GB Minnesota 7 4 .636 — Cleveland 8 6 .571 ½ Detroit 8 6 .571 ½ Chicago 4 9 .308 4 Kansas City 4 10 .286 4½ West Division W L Pct GB Seattle 13 3 .813 — Houston 9 5 .643 3 Oakland 10 8 .556 4 Los Angeles 8 7 .533 4½ Texas 6 7 .462 5½ Friday’s Games Detroit at Minnesota, ppd. Chicago Cubs 5, L.A. Angels 1 Chicago White Sox 9, N.Y. Yankees 6, 7 innings Tampa Bay 11, Toronto 7 Boston 6, Baltimore 4 Oakland 8, Texas 6 Kansas City 8, Cleveland 1 Houston 10, Seattle 6 Saturday’s Games Baltimore 9, Boston 5 N.Y. Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 0 Minnesota 4, Detroit 3 L.A. Angels 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 3, Cleveland 0 Oakland at Texas, ppd. Houston at Seattle, 9:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Baltimore (Means 1-1) at Boston (Price 0-1), 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 1-0), 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Morton 2-0) at Toronto (Stroman 0-2), 1:07 p.m. Detroit (Zimmermann 0-1) at Minnesota (Berrios 1-1), 2:10 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 1-2) at Kansas City (Junis 1-1), 2:15 p.m. L.A. Angels (Cahill 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Chatwood 0-0), 2:20 p.m. Oakland (Anderson 3-0) at Texas (Miller 0-1), 3:05 p.m. Houston (Cole 0-2) at Seattle (Gonzales 4-0), 4:10 p.m. Monday’s Games Baltimore at Boston, 11:05 a.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 7:40 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Tampa Bay New York Baltimore Boston Toronto

National League Glance

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 9 5 .643 — Philadelphia 8 5 .615 ½ Atlanta 8 6 .571 1 Washington 7 6 .538 1½ Miami 4 11 .267 5½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 9 5 .643 — St. Louis 8 6 .571 1 Pittsburgh 7 6 .538 1½ Cincinnati 5 8 .385 3½ Chicago 5 9 .357 4 West Division W L Pct GB San Diego 10 5 .667 — Los Angeles 8 7 .533 2 San Francisco 7 9 .438 3½ Arizona 6 8 .429 3½ Colorado 3 12 .200 7 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, L.A. Angels 1 Pittsburgh 6, Washington 3, 10 innings Philadelphia 9, Miami 1 N.Y. Mets 6, Atlanta 2 San Diego 2, Arizona 1 Milwaukee 8, L.A. Dodgers 5 San Francisco 3, Colorado 2, 18 innings Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels 6, Chicago Cubs 5 San Francisco 5, Colorado 2 Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2 Miami 10, Philadelphia 3 St. Louis vs. Cincinnati at Monterrey, 7:10 p.m. Atlanta 11, N.Y. Mets 7 San Diego at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Philadelphia (Velasquez 0-0) at Miami (Urena 0-3), 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Taillon 0-2) at Washington (Scherzer 1-2), 1:35 p.m. L.A. Angels (Cahill 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Chatwood 0-0), 2:20 p.m. Colorado (Marquez 1-1) at San Francisco (Holland 1-1), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Chacin 2-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 0-1), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Lauer 2-1) at Arizona (Greinke 1-1), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Mikolas 1-1) vs. Cincinnati (DeSclafani 0-1) at Monterrey, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 2-1) at Atlanta (Teheran 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Miami, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee, 7:40 p.m. Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

Yankees 4, White Sox 0

Chicago New York ab r h bi ab r h bi L.Grcia rf 4 0 0 0 Gardner cf 4 0 1 0 Ti.Andr ss 4 0 0 0 Judge rf 4 1 1 1 J.Abreu 1b 3 0 0 0 LMahieu 3b-2b 3 0 1 0 Y.Alnso dh 3 0 0 0 Torres ss 4 1 1 0 Moncada 3b 3 0 0 0 G.Bird 1b 4 1 0 0 El.Jmen lf 3 0 0 0 C.Frzer dh 3 1 1 0 W.Cstll c 3 0 0 0 Tuchman lf 2 0 0 0 J.Rndon 2b 1 0 1 0 Voit ph 1 0 1 1 Y.Sanch ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Urshela 3b 0 0 0 0 Engel cf 3 0 0 0 Hgshoka c 2 0 1 1 Wade 2b-lf 2 0 0 1 Totals 29 0 1 0 Totals 29 4 7 4 Chicago 000 000 000—0 New York 000 000 31x—4 E_Wade (1), Y.Sanchez (4). DP_Chicago 1.

LOB_Chicago 2, New York 4. HR_Judge (4). SF_Higashioka (1). S_Wade (1). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Nova L,0-2 6 4 1 1 1 5 Fry 0 0 1 0 0 0 Burr 2 3 2 1 0 2 New York Sabathia 5 1 0 0 0 3 German W,3-0 2 0 0 0 0 4 Britton H,3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Chapman 1 0 0 0 0 1 Nova pitched to 1 batter in the 7th J.Fry pitched to 1 batter in the 7th Umpires_Home, Ted Barrett; First, Sean Barber; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, John Tumpane. T_2:28. A_41,176 (47,309).

Angels 6, Cubs 5

Los Angeles Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi K.Clhun rf 4 0 0 1 Dscalso 2b 5 0 1 0 Simmons ss 5 0 0 0 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 Bour 1b 4 0 2 0 Zobrist rf-2b 3 0 0 0 Lucroy c 5 1 1 0 Rizzo 1b 3 2 0 0 Goodwin cf-lf 5 2 2 0 J.Baez ss 5 0 3 2 Fltcher lf-2b 3 2 1 1 Heyward cf 3 1 2 1 L Stlla 2b 0 1 0 0 Cntrras c 5 1 1 0 H.Rbles p 0 0 0 0 Schwrbr lf 4 0 0 0 C.Allen p 1 0 0 0 Bote 3b 3 0 0 0 Cozart 3b 4 0 3 1 Hndrcks p 2 1 1 0 Strtton p 2 0 0 0 Brach p 0 0 0 0 Buttrey p 0 0 0 0 R.Rsrio p 0 0 0 0 Pujols ph 0 0 0 1 Webster p 0 0 0 0 Ward pr 0 0 0 0 Almr Jr ph 1 0 0 0 L.Grcia p 0 0 0 0 Collins p 0 0 0 0 Jewell p 0 0 0 0 Kntzler p 0 0 0 0 Bourjos ph-cf 0 0 0 1 Zagunis ph-rf 1 0 1 2 Totals 33 6 9 5 Totals 35 5 9 5 Los Angeles 030 002 010—6 Chicago 001 010 021—5 E_Contreras (3), Goodwin (2). DP_Los Angeles 1, Chicago 1. LOB_Los Angeles 10, Chicago 11. 2B_Bour (2), J.Baez 3 (4), Heyward (1). CS_Descalso (1). SF_Bourjos (1), Heyward (2). IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Stratton 4 2-3 5 2 2 4 5 Buttrey W,1-0 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Garcia H,3 1 0 0 0 1 1 Jewell H,1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Robles 2-3 3 2 2 1 1 Allen S,4-4 1 1-3 1 1 1 1 3 Chicago Hendricks L,0-3 5 6 3 2 1 2 Brach 2-3 1 2 2 3 0 Rosario 0 0 0 0 1 0 Webster 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Collins 1 2 1 1 1 0 Kintzler 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ryan 1 0 0 0 2 2 R.Rosario pitched to 1 batter in the 6th Collins pitched to 2 batters in the 8th Umpires_Home, Jerry Meals; First, Ron Kulpa; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Gabe Morales. T_3:56. A_38,755 (41,649).

Giants 5, Rockies 2

Colorado San Francisco ab r h bi ab r h bi Blckmon rf 4 1 1 0 Duggar rf 4 1 2 1 Hampson 2b 4 0 1 1 Solarte ss 4 0 0 0 Arenado 3b 4 0 0 0 S.Dyson p 0 0 0 0 Story ss 4 0 1 0 Pillar cf 3 1 1 2 Rynolds 1b 4 1 1 1 Posey c 4 0 2 1 Desmond cf 3 0 0 0 Lngoria 3b 3 0 1 0 Daza lf 3 0 0 0 Moronta p 0 0 0 0 Innetta c 3 0 2 0 B.Crwfr ss 0 0 0 0 Freland p 1 0 0 0 Sndoval 1b-3b 4 1 1 0 Fuentes ph 1 0 0 0 Panik 2b 3 1 1 0 B.Shaw p 0 0 0 0 Bmgrner p 3 0 1 0 Valaika ph 0 0 0 0 Belt 1b 0 0 0 0 Tapia ph 1 0 0 0 Parra lf 3 1 2 1 Oh p 0 0 0 0 Dunn p 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 31 5 11 5 Colorado 000 001 100—2 San Francisco 002 010 02x—5 E_Parra (1). DP_Colorado 1, San Francisco 1. LOB_Colorado 3, San Francisco 9. 2B_Hampson (1), Iannetta (2), Posey (4), Sandoval (6). 3B_Longoria (1). HR_Reynolds (2), Pillar (4). SF_Duggar (2), Pillar (3), Parra (1). S_Solarte (1). IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Freeland L,1-3 5 9 3 3 1 5 Shaw 2 1 0 0 1 1 Oh 0 1 2 2 1 1 Dunn 1 0 0 0 0 0 San Francisco Bumgarner W,1-2 7 6 2 2 0 7 Moronta H,3 1 0 0 0 0 3 Dyson S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bumgarner pitched to 1 batter in the 8th Oh pitched to 3 batters in the 8th WP_Oh. Umpires_Home, D.J. Reyburn; First, Fieldin Cubreth; Second, Paul Nauert; Third, CB Bucknor. T_2:48. A_32,607 (41,915).

Nationals 3, Pirates 2

Pittsburgh Washington ab r h bi ab r h bi A.Frzer 2b 5 0 0 0 Eaton rf 4 1 3 1 S.Marte cf 4 0 0 0 Kndrick 2b 2 1 1 1 Crvelli c 4 0 0 0 Rendon 3b 4 1 1 0 Bell 1b 4 1 1 0 Soto lf 3 0 0 0 Moran 3b 4 0 1 1 M.Adams 1b 3 0 0 0 Me.Cbrr rf 4 1 3 1 Suero p 0 0 0 0 J.Mrtin pr 0 0 0 0 Dlittle p 0 0 0 0 Shuck lf 2 0 1 0 Suzuki c 3 0 1 1 Gnzalez ss 3 0 1 0 Difo ss 3 0 0 0 Archer p 3 0 1 0 A.Sanch p 2 0 0 0 Ri.Rdri p 0 0 0 0 Zmmrman 1b 1 0 0 0 Kang ph 1 0 0 0 V.Rbles cf 3 0 0 0 Totals 34 2 8 2 Totals 28 3 6 3 Pittsburgh 000 101 000—2 Washington 000 100 02x—3 E_Kendrick (1). DP_Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1. LOB_Pittsburgh 8, Washington 3. 2B_Moran (2), Gonzalez (2), Rendon (8). 3B_Bell (1). HR_Me.Cabrera (1), Eaton (1), Kendrick (2). S_Shuck (1). IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Archer 7 4 1 1 2 9 Rodriguez L,0-1 BS,1 1 2 2 2 0 1 Washington Sanchez 7 7 2 2 1 2 Suero W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Doolittle S,1-2 1 1 0 0 1 1 Umpires_Home, Nic Lentz; First, Kerwin Danley; Second, Mark Carlson; Third, Scott Barry. T_2:22. A_32,103 (41,313).

Blue Jays 3, Rays 1

Tampa Bay Toronto ab r h bi ab r h bi Meadows rf 3 0 2 1 Galvis ss 4 0 0 0 Pham lf 4 0 1 0 Smoak dh 2 1 1 0 Choi 1b 3 0 1 0 T.Hrnan lf 4 0 1 1 Dan.Rbr ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Grichuk cf 4 1 1 0 Y.Diaz 3b-1b 4 0 0 0 Grrl Jr 2b 3 0 1 2 Lowe 2b 4 0 1 0 Drury 3b 3 0 0 0 Av.Grci dh 4 0 0 0 Tellez 1b 3 0 0 0 Krmaier cf 4 0 1 0 Hanson rf 3 0 0 0 Zunino c 3 0 1 0 Brito rf 0 0 0 0 Heredia pr 0 0 0 0 Maile c 2 1 1 0 M.Perez c 0 0 0 0 Adames ss 3 1 1 0 Totals 33 1 8 1 Totals 28 3 5 3 Tampa Bay 000 001 000—1 Toronto 000 000 21x—3 E_T.Hernandez (2), Gurriel Jr. (1), Maile (1). DP_Tampa Bay 1, Toronto 2. LOB_Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 4. 2B_Adames (3), Grichuk (4), Gurriel Jr. (4). 3B_Zunino (1). SB_Kiermaier (3). CS_Choi (1). IP H R ER BB SO Tampa Bay Snell 6 1 0 0 1 9 Roe L,0-2 BS,1 2-3 3 2 2 0 2 Beeks 1 1-3 1 1 1 2 3 Toronto Buchholz 6 6 1 1 0 2 Pannone W,1-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Biagini H,4 2-3 1 0 0 1 2 Mayza H,3 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Giles S,4-5 1 1 0 0 0 2 WP_Giles. Umpires_Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Ramon De Jesus; Second, Marvin Hudson; Third, Quinn Wolcott. T_2:44. A_20,771 (53,506).

Twins 4, Tigers 3

Detroit Minnesota ab r h bi ab r h bi J.Hrrsn 2b 4 0 0 1 Kepler rf 3 1 1 0 Cndlrio 3b 4 0 1 1 J.Plnco ss 3 0 1 1 Mi.Cbrr dh 4 0 1 0 Cruz dh 2 0 0 0 C.Stwrt lf 4 1 1 1 E.Rsrio lf 4 0 2 2 Joh.Hck 1b 4 0 2 0 C.Cron 1b 4 0 0 0 D.Ptrsn rf 4 0 0 0 Ma.Gnzl 3b 4 0 0 0 Greiner c 4 1 1 0 Schoop 2b 3 1 0 0 Mercer ss 2 1 2 0 J.Cstro c 1 1 0 0 G.Bckhm pr-ss 1 0 0 0 Buxton cf 2 1 1 1 J.Jones cf 4 0 2 0 Totals 35 3 10 3 Totals 26 4 5 4 Detroit 002 001 000—3 Minnesota 004 000 00x—4 E_J.Castro (1). DP_Detroit 1, Minnesota 1. LOB_Detroit 7, Minnesota 6. 2B_Joh.Hicks 2 (3), Mercer (4). HR_C.Stewart (3). SB_J. Jones (1). CS_J.Polanco (1). SF_J.Harrison (1), J.Polanco (1). IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Ross L,1-2 6 5 4 4 4 3 VerHagen 0 0 0 0 2 0 Stumpf 1-3 0 0 0 1 1 Alcantara 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Farmer 1 0 0 0 0 2 Minnesota Pineda W,2-0 6 8 3 3 0 5 Hildenberger H,2 1 1 0 0 0 1 Rogers H,2 1 1 0 0 0 1 Parker S,3-3 1 0 0 0 1 2 VerHagen pitched to 2 batters in the 7th WP_Parker. Umpires_Home, Mike Everitt; First, Bill Welke; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Lance Barrett. T_3:07. A_16,484 (38,649).

Orioles 9, Red Sox 5

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Porcello L,0-3 4 6 3 3 5 2 Hembree 1 1 0 0 0 1 Brewer 0 3 4 4 2 0 Walden 2 1 2 1 1 2 Thornburg 1 1 0 0 0 1 Velazquez 1 1 0 0 0 2 Porcello pitched to 2 batters in the 5th Brewer pitched to 5 batters in the 6th Cashner pitched to 2 batters in the 6th HBP_by Hembree (Alberto). WP_Thornburg, Velazquez. Umpires_Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Ben May; Second, Stu Scheuwater; Third, Mark Wegner. T_3:39. A_35,823 (37,731).

Marlins 10, Phillies 3

Philadelphia Miami ab r h bi ab r h bi McCtchn lf 2 0 1 0 Grndrsn lf 4 0 0 0 Dmingez p 1 0 0 0 Gerrero p 0 0 0 0 Segura ss 4 0 0 0 Riddle ph-ss 1 0 1 0 B.Hrper rf 3 0 0 0 Bri.And 3b 5 1 3 1 Hoskins 1b 3 1 1 0 N.Wlker 1b 5 1 2 1 Ralmuto c 3 0 0 0 S.Cstro 2b 5 1 1 0 Knapp ph 1 0 0 0 Conley p 0 0 0 0 O.Hrrra cf 4 0 1 1 Alfaro c 3 0 2 0 C.Hrnan 2b 4 1 0 0 Wallach ph-c 2 1 1 0 Franco 3b 2 0 0 0 Rojas ss-2b 3 3 3 1 Kingery ph-3b 2 1 2 0 Dean rf 4 3 4 5 Eflin p 1 0 0 0 Brinson cf 4 0 1 2 Altherr ph 1 0 0 0 C.Smith p 3 0 0 0 Nicasio p 0 0 0 0 N.Andrs p 0 0 0 0 N.Wllms ph-lf 2 0 1 2 R.Hrrra ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 6 3 Totals 40 10 18 10 Philadelphia 000 000 003—3 Miami 024 010 30x—10 LOB_Philadelphia 7, Miami 7. 2B_McCutchen (3), Hoskins (4), Kingery 2 (2), N.Williams (1), Rojas (4), Brinson (4). 3B_Dean (1). HR_Bri. Anderson (1), N.Walker (3), Dean (1). SB_Bri. Anderson (1). CS_Alfaro (2). SF_Rojas (1). IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Eflin L,2-1 4 10 6 6 0 4 Nicasio 3 6 4 4 0 2 Dominguez 1 2 0 0 0 1 Miami Smith W,1-0 6 1 0 0 3 6 Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 2 Guerrero 1 1 0 0 1 2 Conley 1 4 3 3 0 1 WP_Guerrero. Umpires_Home, Hunter Wendelstedt; First, Ryan Additon; Second, Vic Carapazza; Third, Jerry Layne. T_3:01. A_13,828 (36,742).

Royals 3, Indians 0

Cleveland Kansas City ab r h bi ab r h bi L.Mrtin cf 3 0 0 0 Mrrfeld 2b 4 0 2 1 J.Rmirz 3b 4 0 0 0 Mondesi ss 4 0 1 1 Naquin rf 4 0 0 0 A.Grdon lf 4 0 0 0 C.Sntna 1b 3 0 0 0 Soler rf 4 0 0 0 H.Rmirz dh 3 0 0 0 O’Hearn 1b 3 1 1 1 Bauers lf 3 0 0 0 H.Dzier 3b 3 1 2 0 Plwecki c 2 0 0 0 Duda dh 2 0 0 0 B.Mller 2b 3 0 2 0 Mldnado c 2 1 1 0 Moroff ss 3 0 0 0 Owings cf 3 0 0 0 Totals 28 0 2 0 Totals 29 3 7 3 Cleveland 000 000 000—0 Kansas City 001 100 10x—3 DP_Kansas City 1. LOB_Cleveland 3, Kansas City 4. 2B_B.Miller (3), Maldonado (2). HR_O’Hearn (2). S_Maldonado (1). IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Rodriguez L,0-1 5 2-3 5 2 2 0 3 Perez 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Anderson 2 2 1 1 1 2 Kansas City Bailey W,1-1 7 2 0 0 2 6 Kennedy H,1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Peralta S,1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 WP_Anderson. Umpires_Home, Bruce Dreckman; First, Manny Gonzalez; Second, Mike Estabrook; Third, Paul Emmel. T_2:26. A_15,188 (37,903).

Braves 11, Mets 7

New York Atlanta ab r h bi ab r h bi McNeil 2b-3b 5 0 2 1 Albies 2b 3 2 2 0 P.Alnso 1b 4 1 1 0 Dnldson 3b 3 3 2 1 Cnforto rf 3 0 1 0 Freeman 1b 5 2 2 1 Gsllman p 0 0 0 0 Acn Jr. cf-lf 5 2 2 2 Do.Smth ph 1 1 1 0 Mrkakis rf 4 2 2 2 J..Dvis 3b 2 0 0 0 D.Swnsn ss 4 0 1 3 Avilan p 0 0 0 0 Camargo lf 3 0 2 2 Nimmo lf 2 0 1 1 Incarte cf 0 0 0 0 d’Arnud c 4 2 1 1 A.Jcksn c 4 0 0 0 Broxton lf-rf 4 1 1 0 Newcomb p 0 0 0 0 A.Rsrio ss 4 1 1 0 Tssaint p 4 0 0 0 Lagares cf 4 1 2 2 Sobotka p 0 0 0 0 J.Vrgas p 0 0 0 0 Oswalt p 0 0 0 1 Gllorme 2b 2 0 0 0 Totals 35 7 11 6 Totals 35 11 13 11 New York 040 000 012—7 Atlanta 440 101 10x—11 E_Freeman (1), d’Arnaud (1). DP_New York 2. LOB_New York 8, Atlanta 7. 2B_P.Alonso (7), Conforto (6), Do.Smith (2), Lagares (1), Donaldson (5), Markakis (4). HR_Donaldson (1), Markakis (1). SF_Oswalt (1). S_Oswalt (1). IP H R ER BB SO New York Vargas 1-3 2 4 4 3 0 Oswalt L,0-1 3 2-3 6 5 5 4 2 Avilan 2 4 1 1 0 1 Gsellman 2 1 1 1 0 4 Atlanta Newcomb 1 1-3 5 4 4 2 0 Toussaint W,1-0 6 4 1 0 2 7 Sobotka 1 2-3 2 2 2 1 2 WP_Avilan. Umpires_Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Alan Porter; Second, Dan Bellino; Third, Chris Segal. T_3:34. A_40,117 (41,149).

Golf

The Masters Scores

Saturday At Augusta National GC Augusta, Ga. Purse: To be annouced, $11 million last year Yardage: 7,475. Par: 72 Third Round a-amateur Francesco Molinari 70-67-66—203 Tony Finau 71-70-64—205 Tiger Woods 70-68-67—205 Brooks Koepka 66-71-69—206 Webb Simpson 72-71-64—207 Ian Poulter 68-71-68—207 Matt Kuchar 71-69-68—208 Justin Harding 69-69-70—208 Xander Schauffele 73-65-70—208 Dustin Johnson 68-70-70—208 Louis Oosthuizen 71-66-71—208 Rickie Fowler 70-71-68—209 Adam Scott 69-68-72—209 Patrick Cantlay 73-73-64—210 Thorbjorn Olesen 71-71-68—210 Justin Thomas 73-68-69—210 Phil Mickelson 67-73-70—210 Jon Rahm 69-70-71—210 Jason Day 70-67-73—210 Bubba Watson 72-72-67—211 Lucas Bjerregaard 70-72-69—211 Jordan Spieth 75-68-69—212 Tommy Fleetwood 71-71-70—212 Corey Conners 70-71-71—212 Henrik Stenson 74-72-67—213 Hideki Matsuyama 75-70-68—213 Matthew Fitzpatrick 78-67-68—213 Cameron Smith 70-74-69—213 Kevin Tway 72-71-70—213 Patton Kizzire 70-70-73—213 Aaron Wise 75-71-68—214 Marc Leishman 72-72-70—214 Si Woo Kim 72-72-70—214 Kyle Stanley 72-72-70—214 a-Viktor Hovland 72-71-71—214 Charley Hoffman 71-71-72—214 Kevin Kisner 69-73-72—214 Bryson DeChambeau 66-75-73—214 a-Takumi Kanaya 73-74-68—215 Rory McIlroy 73-71-71—215 Keegan Bradley 76-68-71—215 Gary Woodland 70-71-74—215 Jimmy Walker 72-72-72—216 J.B. Holmes 70-72-74—216 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 69-72-75—216 Charles Howell III 73-67-76—216 Kevin Na 71-73-73—217 a-Alvaro Ortiz 73-71-73—217 Patrick Reed 73-70-74—217 a-Devon Bling 74-73-71—218 Keith Mitchell 72-74-72—218 Tyrrell Hatton 73-73-72—218 Satoshi Kodaira 75-70-73—218 Andrew Landry 72-73-73—218 Rafa Cabrera Bello 73-70-75—218 Bernhard Langer 71-72-75—218 Eddie Pepperell 74-73-72—219 Branden Grace 72-75-72—219 Martin Kaymer 73-74-72—219 Haotong Li 72-74-73—219 Emiliano Grillo 72-75-73—220 Zach Johnson 74-73-73—220 Billy Horschel 72-75-74—221 Trevor Immelman 74-72-75—221 Alex Noren 75-72-75—222

Transactions

Saturday’s Moves

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent C Austin Wynns to Bowie (EL) for a rehab assignment. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned RHP Jon Edwards and OF Jordan Luplow to Columbus (IL). Recalled RHPs Cody Anderson and Jefry Rodriguez from Columbus. HOUSTON ASTROS — Recalled LHP Reymin Guduan from Round Rock (PCL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned LHP Stephen Tarpley to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reinstated LHP CC Sabathia from the 10-day IL. TEXAS RANGERS — Placed 2B Rougned Odor on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Thursday. Selected the contract of INF/OF Danny Santana from Nashville (PCL). Transferred RHP Edinson Vólquez to the 60-day IL. Signed RHP David Carpenter to a minor league contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned INF Richard Urena to Buffalo (IL). Reinstated RHP Clay Buchholz from the 10-day IL. Sent RHP Ryan Tepera to Buffalo (IL) for a rehab assignment. National League CINCINNATI REDS — Recalled OF Phillip Ervin from Louisville (IL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Signed OF Craig Gentry to a minor league contract. MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned OF Peter O’Brien to New Orleans (PCL). Recalled OF Austin Dean from New Orleans. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled RHP Victor Arano from Lehigh Valley (IL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent OF Gregory Polanco and RHP Dovydas Neverauskas to Indianapolis (IL) for rehab assignments. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RHP Luke Gregerson to Springfield (TL) for a rehab assignment. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned RHP Pedro Avila to Amarilo (TL). Recalled RHP Gerardo Reyes from El Paso (PCL).

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youth soccer

Sunday, April 14, 2019

3b

boston marathon

Para-athletes already looking ahead to 2020 Boston Marathon THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — When Marko Cheseto lines up in Hopkinton for the start of the Boston Marathon on Monday, he will already be looking past the finish line, 26.2 miles away. It’s next year, when organizers will christen three new para athlete divisions, that he will have a chance to claim something he covets even more than a new personal best: a full-fledged BosCourtesy photos ton Marathon victory, and The Columbus United U-12 Girls Squad Heath and Squad Morgan cheer together the possibility of climbing before competing in the finals of the Friendly City Shootout soccer tournament. the podium on his two prosthetic legs just steps away from the spot where so many lost their limbs in the 2013 finish line attacks. “I want those who were injured through that to know that we are here FROM SPECIAL REPORTS with them,” said Cheseto, an All-American distance The Columbus United runner at Alaska-AnchorUnder-12 Girls defended age who lost both feet their title as champions to frostbite after he was of the Friendly City stranded in a blizzard for Shootout soccer tourna56 hours. ment on March 23 and 24 “We, as human beings, at the Columbus Riverare very resilient; we have walk Soccerplex. a lot of good people out The United ‘07 Elite there; we can show our Girls split into two sepsolidarity out there,” said arate squads, “Morgan” Cheseto, a native Kenyan and “Heath.” Both squads who became a U.S. citioutscored their opponents zen in November — seven 26-6 in a combined six vic- years to the day after he tories before meeting in went missing. “Together, the finals. Heath earned a we can do good things.” 4-2 victory in the champiThe world’s oldest and onship match. most prestigious annual Ten different players marathon, Boston was Sophie Milam and Lee Milan, daughter and father. scored for Columbus Unit- the first major 26.2-miler ed: Natalie Scarbrough, (42.195 kilometer) to inEden Gentry, Sarah-Ross clude a wheelchair diviLatimer, Maddie-Kate sion, in 1975. Once again, Bunyard, Emma Parham, the wheelchair racers will Twin sisters Brylee Smith, Sophie be the first to break the Kelsey (left) Starks, Addyson Warden, tape on Boylston Street on and Kennedy Roni-Kate West and Alys- Monday, when the Boston Perkins (blue sa Zettler. Athletic Association stagshirt) comCaptain goalkeepes the event for the 123rd pete against er Sophie Milam and time. each other, goalkeeper Alyssa Zettler along with combined to record one Sarah-Ross shutout. Greg Gibson and Latimer and Lee Milam are the ColumEden Gentry, bus United coaches. right.

United vs. United girls in Shootout

Angel Harrison, left, and Alyssa Zettler, a pair of U-12 teammates, battle it out for possession of the ball in the championship match.

Columbus United Under-12 girls are champions and finalists of the 2019 Friendly City Shootout. Back row, from left: Coach Lee Milam, Kenedee Riley, Cassidy Remson, Emma Parham, Sophie Starks, Brylee Smith, Alyssa Zettler, Kyli Ling, Angel Harrison, Addyson Warden and coach Greg “Gibby” Gibson. Front row, from left: Abigail Black, Kelsey Perkins, Maddie-Kate Bunyard, Sarah-Ross Latimer, Roni-Kate West, Pressley Byrd, Sophie Milam, Natalie Scarbrough, Eden Gentry, Rylee Wilson, Alayna Duckworth, Kennedy Perkins and Genevieve Gibson.

But scattered among the field of 30,000 that follows will also be people riding handcycles, running on prosthetic legs or conquering other physical impairments in the hopes of a personal best, or the satisfaction of finishing. “They’re coming to our events, and no one knows they’re there,” said Marla Runyan, a two-time Olympian and five-time Paralympic champion who has led the association’s Athletes with Disabilities program for the past two years. “The B.A.A. wants to see people to see them for the athletes that they are.” Starting next year, the organization will award titles — and prize money — in three divisions, recognizing not just the wheelchair racers who have been an official part of the race for four decades but also ambulatory runners who are visually impaired or amputees. “We wanted to make sure that we were paying attention to this emerging element of the sport,” B.A.A. CEO Tom Grilk said. Runners will compete for a $1,500 top prize — men and women — from a total purse of $16,500 that is on top of the $125,000 prize pool for the wheelchair division. Runyan, who was the top American woman in Boston when she finished fifth in 2003, has helped create qualification standards for next year’s para athlete divisions, and she will invite runners who meet them. The organization is also hosting a U.S. para athletics classification session during marathon weekend. (For example, Cheseto is T62,

double below the knee amputation; Runyan, who is legally blind, competed as a T13 against other runners with visual impairments.) “I think it’s been a long time coming,” said Adam Popp, who lost part of his right leg to an improvised explosive device while serving with the Air Force in Afghanistan. “There’s no other race out there that’s going to provide what they do. And now that the ball is rolling, hopefully more people in my situation will get into the sport.” That would be a “happy accident,” Runyan said, which could lead more races to include para athlete categories; that, in turn, could encourage more runners with physical impairments to run. Ultimately, Popp would like to see a Paralympic marathon for lower-limb amputees, which hasn’t existed since 1996. “That would be my dream. But that’s what I’ve been waiting for since November of 2015,” he said. “I know a lot of other people have been waiting longer.” Popp, who finished the Los Angeles Marathon in 3 hours, 29 minutes, 36 seconds last month on what was supposed to be a Boston training run, said one the biggest obstacles for para athletes is having peers to train with, or run with, or even just to see on the course demonstrating what is possible. “For people who have been there, that are in the hospital bed and they have started training for their 5K, they really need those peers to look up to and kind of guide the way,” Popp said.

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4B Sunday, April 14, 2019

Prep Baseball

THE MASTERS

Molinari takes charge in Round 3 Woods within striking distance for final round of Masters THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Record scores on the white boards at Augusta National. Ground-shaking roars for Tiger Woods along the back nine. Francesco Molinari blocked out the buzz on a delirious day of nine players sharing space atop the leaderboard Saturday. He emerged with another rock-solid round that looked spectacular only on his scorecard. Molinari ran off four straight birdies on the back nine for a 6-under 66 that kept Woods and everyone else at a short arm’s length going into a Sunday unlike any other at the Masters — an early start because of storms forecast for Sunday afternoon, with threesomes going off the first and 10th tees. The leaders were to tee off at 9:20 a.m. That puts Woods in the final group at the Masters for the first time in 12 years, two shots behind. Molinari played with Woods on the final day at Carnoustie last summer and outplayed the 14-time major champion amid a crowded leaderboard to win the British Open. This is different. This is Augusta National, where the gallery that cheered louder with each birdie by Woods made it clear they were aching to see the fourtime champion slip a green jacket over a red shirt for the first time since 2005. “He obviously loves this place, and he’s playing great golf,” Molinari said. “So I’m aware that it’s not going to be easy tomorrow and, like I said, I can just do my best.” Woods has not played in the final group at a major since he gave up a two-shot lead to Y.E. Yang at Hazeltine in the 2009 PGA Championship He got there Saturday with three straight birdies on the front and finished with three birdies over his last six holes for a 67, his best score at the Masters since the final round in 2011. Joining them will be Tony Finau, playing this year on two good ankles after a self-inflicted injury a year ago . He was part of a history-making Saturday as one of three players to shoot 64. Molinari was at 13-under 203. The Italian doesn’t get excited easily, whether he’s cradling a claret jug or going 5-0 in the Ryder Cup. His strategy doesn’t change in any environment — try to hit the ball squarely, play smart, avoid bogeys. It’s working so well that Molinari goes into the final round having gone 43 consecutive holes without a bogey. “A lot of guys are playing great. I wish I only had to worry about him,” Molinari said of Woods. Another shot behind was Brooks Koepka, who has won three of the last six majors and had a 69 despite four bogeys. Woods has won all 14 of his majors when he had at least a share of the lead going into the final round. He brings momentum to this major, having contended in the last two. “It’s been a while since I’ve been in contention here,” Woods said. “But then again,

the last two majors count for something. I’ve been in the mix with a chance to win major championships in the last two years, and so that helps.” Molinari knows what kind of atmosphere Woods brings to a major. Woods briefly took the lead at Carnoustie last year, but the Italian never flinched, playing bogey-free to capture his first major. Augusta National might sound different than a tough links along the North Sea of Scotland. This is where Woods first captured the attention of the sporting public when he set 20 records in winning the first of his four green jackets. This is the gallery that has longed to see him recapture the past, especially after four back surgeries that only two years ago left him hobbling up the stairs, wondering if he would play again. Woods looked good as new this week, even for a 43-year-old who hasn’t won a major in nearly 11 years. “I’m just thankful to be able to come back here and play again,” Woods said. He joined the chasing pack on a day when going neutral meant losing ground. The 65 players combined to go 80-under par, at 70.77 the second-lowest scoring average in Masters history. When he rolled in a 7-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th, and the massive gallery rose to their feet with yet another ear-splitting roar, Woods became the ninth player who had at least a share of the lead Saturday. Molinari, playing in the final group, kept right on rolling. “I hit the ball a little less well than yesterday,” Molinari said. “But I holed some really good putts at 4 and 5 to save par. I can only be happy about today. It will be an exciting day tomorrow.” No one figures to be as excited as Finau, who turned his ankle celebrating a hole-in-one in the par 3 contest last year. He still managed to tie for 10th in his first Masters. He nearly holed a 4-iron on the par-5 eighth Saturday on his way to a record-tying 30 on the front nine. Because of the change in starting times, Finau gets to play alongside Woods — his golfing hero. “As a kid, I always wanted to compete against him and have the opportunity to ... you know, I’ve dreamed of playing in the final group with him in a major championship.” Webb Simpson, who also shot 64, joined Ian Poulter (68) at 9-under 207, four shots behind and very much in the picture. The group another shot back included Dustin Johnson, who only made birdies on the par 5s and bogeyed his last hole for a 70. The crowd favors Woods. The performance over the last year favors Molinari, whose British Open title is among four big tournaments he has won since last year’s Masters. Molinari sees it another way. “The favorite is probably the golf course out there waiting for us,” he said.

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Oak Hill Academy’s Jaden Craven (25) tags out Winona Christian baserunner Deuce Irwin (5) during their game Friday in West Point. Winona Christian won 8-4.

NASCAR

Custer captures Xfinity win at Richmond THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RICHMOND, Va. — Cole Custer was openly hoping for rain to shorten the NASCAR Xfinity race at Richmond Raceway on Friday night. Then, he was desperately hoping for the rain to stay away. Custer passed Austin Cindric with 20 laps to go and earned his second victory of the season. “At that last restart, I tried something a little bit different and it didn’t work out. I knew I had like 25 laps, but then it started raining a little bit and I was like, ‘Man, we might not even make it to the end so I have to get by quick here,’” Custer said. Cindric had grabbed the lead on a restart with 25 laps to go, but Custer regained the lead five laps later and pulled away for his second victory of the season. The victory also earned Custer a $100,000 bonus as the top finisher among four drivers who qualified. The top four finishers in this race will be eligible for the bonus when the series races next at Talladega Superspeedway in two weeks. Justin Allgaier dominated the first half of the race and finished third, followed by Tyler Reddick and Ryan Sieg. Allgaier had the lead until Custer passed him on the inside after he pitted for tires under a green flag and Allgaier opted to stay out. It was a calculated risk for Allgaier, who won the first stage and was hoping that rain in the forecast and on the radar might arrive in time to shorten the race with him in the

lead. By NASCAR rules, if the first two stages of a race are complete, the race is official. But while some rain came, it was not enough to cause the race to be stopped. “It was so frustrating. They kept telling me it was 20 laps away,” Custer said of the rain. “It never came. ... This one means a lot. We haven’t had a short track win yet. We’ve struggled a lot at short tracks. This helps. This definitely means a lot.” Cindric said he had some raindrops on his windshield after he took the lead and “I turned into the most religious person you’ll ever know praying for it to downpour.” Allgaier started seventh but worked his way to the front to win the 75-lap first stage, his third stage victory in the last two races. Custer won the second stage when he pulled away on a restart with four laps to go in the stage. Custer led 122 laps and Allgaier led 86. “The pit call that we made at the end of the (second) stage, it worked out obviously in our favor, but I pushed really hard to try to get back up to the front and just didn’t have quite enough there are the end to do anything,” Allgaier said. The race was especially hard on Christopher Bell, who was running near the front in search of his second consecutive victory when he spun, bringing out a caution 10 laps before the end of the second stage. Stopping for repairs put Bell back to 16th position, but when the race went green with 90 laps to go, he very quickly worked his way into

contention, running third behind Custer and Allgaier. But when David Starr spun with under 40 laps to go and everyone pitted, Bell dropped from third to 10th. He finished 16th. Virginia native Elliott Sadler of Emporia came out of retirement for the race and finished 12th. The 43-year-old Sadler drove for Kaulig Racing, finishing 12th in one of just two planned starts this season. He is also scheduled to race at Las Vegas in September. “It’s good to be back. I was nervous this week. I’m not going to lie,” he said about racing for the first time since last season’s finale at Homestead. “I didn’t sleep much this week, wanting to come here, excited and nervous and all that good stuff to come back to my home track. ... It was good to be back in my office for a little while.” A native of Emporia, about 70 miles from Richmond, Sadler has raced 56 times on the 0.75-mile oval and never won. “We didn’t run as good as I wanted to run of course,” he said. “I got us off a little bit during the middle of the race, but I thoroughly enjoyed my time. I mean, halfway during the race I was definitely smiling (thinking) I kind of miss this a little bit.” He said he initially was concerned about how he would handle not racing, but has been fine. “I’m as happy as I’ve ever been in my life. I tell my wife that all the time,” he said. “I definitely made the right decision, stepping away full-time.”

HORSE RACING

Omaha Beach lands big with Arkansas Derby win THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A year after riding Justify to the Triple Crown, Mike Smith has Omaha Beach in the Kentucky Derby discussion. Omaha Beach moved ahead early and held off favored Improbable to win the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby by a length Saturday at Oaklawn Park, earning 100 points and vaulting himself into second place on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard. After entering the day 19th in the standings with 37.5 points, the dark bay colt became one of the key contenders by winning the $1 million final Derby qualifier. Omaha Beach enters the 145th Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs just 12.5 points behind Tacitus and on a roll. This race was pretty impressive. Starting from the No. 3 post at the Arkansas track, Omaha Beach was

up front by the halfway point on a sloppy track and dueled Bob Baffert-trained Improbable the rest of the way. The horse trained by Richard Mandella earned his second consecutive graded stakes victory and third in a row in four starts in 2019. “He looked like he was well within himself and Mike (Smith) just let him enjoy his job,” Mandella said, “just stride out and go where he went. My first thought was, ‘Jeez, don’t move too quick.’ And then I thought, ‘Don’t be second-guessing Mike Smith.’ — one of the greatest of all times.” Smith added, “Picked a nice little spot and stayed right there. His cruising speed just takes him up there. I just basically tried to stay out of way. He’s doing is to easy, I’m better off letting him than fighting him.” Smith’s approach

helped Omaha Beach cover 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.91 and pay $5.40, $3 and 2.80. The win improved his earnings this year to $1.094 million. Improbable returned $3.60 and $3, and Country House paid $4.20 to show. At Keeneland in Kentucky in the other Derby prep race, Owendale rallied to take charge entering the stretch and went on to win the $200,000 Lexington Stakes by 1 3/4 lengths over Anothertwistafate to earn 20 points. Though the bay colt is outside the points cutoff for the Derby, he earned his second win in three starts this year and first stakes triumph. Starting from the No. 8 post, Owendale struggled at first but made his way through the 10-horse field into the lead at the stretch and eventually drew clear in the Grade 3 race. It marked a big turn-

around for the Brad Coxtrained horse after an eighth-place finish in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes on Feb. 16. “Last race, we felt like he ate too much dirt, and he kind of backed out down the backside and then had too much to do,” said Cox’s assistant, Ricky Giannini. “Today, he ate the same amount of dirt. I think he’s just maturing and turning into a good horse. He’s always trained like it and today he put it all together and got the job done.” Ridden by Florent Geroux, Owendale covered 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.14 and paid $27.40, $10 and $5.60. “Things change a lot — sometimes you need to go to Plan B very quick,” Geroux said. “He ran a very good race.” Anothertwistafate returned $3.40 and $2.60, and Sueno paid $2.80.

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Arop runs 1:45.5 in 800-meter run at Crimson Tide Invite

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Sophomore middle distance runner Marco Arop ranked among the world’s best following his 1:45.50 800-meter Friday at the Crimson Tide Invitational. Arop’s time is the second fastest in the world. Junior Daniel Nixon and senior Dejon Devoe finished second and third, respectively, to give MSU the event sweep. “I’m really proud of how we ran the 800m today,” interim head coach Chris Woods said.

“This was definitely our best meet up to this point in our season. I’m proud of how our kids competed even in what were some tough conditions at times. Other results of note included graduate student Logan Boss’ 1.83 meter effort in the women’s high jump and freshman Emma Hunt’s fifth place finish in the women’s pole vault with a mark of 3.72 meters. “We’re trending upwards and need to keep that momentum going forward in the next several weeks,” Woods said. “We have a big weekend coming up with split meets where

we’re looking to post even more national-caliber marks.” SOFTBALL: The Mississippi State softball team lost it’s eighth straight Southeastern Conference series dating back to last season Saturday afternoon, falling to No. 9/8 Tennessee 10-2 in Knoxville. Sophomore Mia Davidson provided a lone bright spot, belting her SEC-leading 21st home run of the season. Davidson is now just four homers short of tying Georgia’s Alex Hugo’s single-season conference record of 25. Freshman Grace Fagan was

handed the loss after giving up four runs on two hits in two innings of work. MSU and Tennessee will close out their three-game set Sunday at 12:30 p.m. MEN’S TENNIS: The MSU men’s tennis team will close out its regular season Sunday against No. 36 LSU in Baton Rouge. After taking down No. 8 Texas A&M 6-1 in College Station Friday, the Bulldogs are seeking a season-best nine match win streak against the Tigers. LSU comes into the contest after falling 4-3 against Ole

Miss Friday at home. The match begins at 12 p.m. WOMEN’S TENNIS: The MSU women’s tennis team will conclude its dual-match season against No. 28 LSU Sunday. Seniors Janina Braun and Anastasia Rentouli will be honored in their final home match. LSU, 15-9 on the season, is 5-7 in SEC play and boasts a 36-12 lead in the all-time series against MSU. Competition begins at 1 p.m. at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre.

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QB battle remains lively at Auburn THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUBURN, Ala. — Gus Malzahn said all four of his quarterbacks made some big plays in the spring game. A more detailed public assessment, and any comment on the pecking order, will just have to wait. “We’ve got quite a few of them we feel like can move the offense,” Malzahn said after Saturday’s A-Day game. “We’ve got good information and next week we’ll assess everything and see where we’re at. We want some order after spring. I think we’ll be able to get to that point.” Four contenders with scant experience among them have battled all spring to replace two-year starter Jarrett Stidham. The most heralded is freshman Bo Nix, an early enrollee, but Joey Gatewood, Malik Willis and Cord Sandberg have also been in the mix. They combined for five touchdown passes in the spring game. Wide receiver Seth Williams said Auburn’s in good shape at quarterback whoever wins the starting job. “We’re good. We’ve got a quarterback,” Williams, who caught two touchdowns from Gatewood, said. “We’ve got four quarterbacks and one of them’s going to be our guy. All of them are just good, so we’re not going to have a problem there.” Malzahn hasn’t offered details on a pecking order, though Gatewood and Nix took turns leading the first-team offense in the opening half. Malzahn didn’t announce that Cam Newton, who wound up winning the Heisman Trophy and leading Auburn to the 2010 national title, had won the job until days after the 2010 spring game. Nix is the one of the team’s most prized recruits. The son of former Tigers quarterback Patrick Nix, he was rated the nation’s top-rated dual threat quarterback by the 247Sports composite rankings of the major recruiting sites. He led Pinson Valley, coached by his father, to back-to-back Class 6A state titles while setting Alabama high school records for career

total offense and touchdowns responsible for. Nix started strong, setting up a touchdown pass with a 38-yarder to Williams. He rolled right under pressure and fired back toward the middle for an 11-yard touchdown to Eli Stove, who’s returning from a knee injury that sidelined him most of last season. Nix added a 49-yard touchdown pass to Matthew Hill late in the first half. His numbers: 11 of 16, 155 yards, two touchdowns. “He’s improved a lot, but that’s to be expected,” Malzahn said. “He’s a true freshman and still should be in high school. The college game’s different and of course the speed’s different and our defense is different. It’s been good for him to get used to everything that goes with it.” Willis is the most experienced, since he’s the only one of the four with more than one college pass attempt. But he has twice as many career runs (28) as passes (14). His numbers: 7 of 8, 63 yards, TD. Willis got off to a good start with a 41-yard overthe-shoulder touchdown to Hill against the firstteam defense. He was 5 of 5 for 64 yards on the drive. Gatewood is a 6-foot5, 237-pounder who saw his only collegiate action in the Music City Bowl, running three times for 28 yards against Purdue with one pass that fell incomplete. He struggled in last year’s spring game as an early enrollee like Nix. This time he was 8 of 12 for 130 yards and a pair of touchdowns. “He’s a different quarterback than he was at this time last year,” Malzahn said. “He does have more confidence. He really has been focused and really desperate to win the job. He’s had a very good spring.” Sandberg is a former minor league baseball player. He was 8 of 9 for 54 yards. NOTES: Defensive tackle Derrick Brown, Williams and Anders Carlson were named defensive, offensive and special teams MVPs, respectively.

No huddle for Michigan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh has handed the keys to Michigan’s new-look offense to Josh Gattis , who is implementing a no-huddle, spread scheme. How different is it? “It’s night and day,” quarterback Shea Patter-

son said Saturday after the Wolverines practiced in front of fans at Michigan Stadium. “As far as the similarities, I think there are very few of them.” Patterson usually called plays from the huddle last season and regularly went under center for snaps.

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The Crimson Tide run an offensive play in Saturday’s A Game.

Alabama revs up with young talent THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nick Saban isn’t likely to get much sympathy from his coaching peers regarding his offseason challenges. But even Alabama faces some, especially on a defense that was uncharacteristically vulnerable late last season. Such challenges are inevitable when seven underclassmen declare for the NFL draft, even more than the usual exodus. The tasks include replacing some defensive stars, bringing along two freshman quarterbacks behind Heisman Trophy runner-up Tua Tagovailoa and getting other newcomers acclimated to the system and expectations. “We have a very young team,” Saban said this week. “We don’t have a lot of depth. We’ll welcome the new players that we have coming in the fall. I think there’s a dozen more and maybe some of those guys can contribute to some of the issues that we have from a depth standpoint.” OK, it’s hardly a sob story with 15 members of the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class already on campus. Alabama wrapped up spring with Saturday’s annual A-Day spring game pitting the first-team offense versus the first-team defense in yet another part of that development. Alabama, as usual, has opportunities in some spots for newcomers to play early roles. The candidates include a pair of top-10 prospects, defensive end Antonio Alfano and offensive tackle Evan Neal — along with two four-star quarterbacks with crimson bloodlines. The Tide is looking for a starting tackle with the early departure of projected first-round pick Jonah Williams, and Raekwon Davis is the only returning starter along the defensive front. Some of those departures were practically foregone conclusion with Jonah Williams and defensive tackle Quinnen Williams regarded as likely high first-round picks. It wasn’t the typical Alabama defense even before four defenders left early, a fact painfully reinforced in a 44-16 national championship game loss to Clemson. Alabama allowed an average of 345 passing yards to a trio of star quarterbacks — Georgia’s Jake Fromm, Oklahoma Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray and Clemson freshman Trevor Lawrence — in the final three games. The Tide gave up eight touchdown passes without an interception during that stretch. Some other intriguing positions/storylines for the Tide leaving spring:

Jalen Hurts gave Alabama the luxury of a backup quarterback who was also a two-year starter. Hurts is now at Oklahoma as a graduate transfer. Mac Jones was a third-teamer last season but only completed five passes while playing a mop-up role. He put up the biggest numbers in the spring game among the backups, going 19 of 23 for 271 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, mostly in the first half. Freshmen Taulia Tagovailoa, Tua’s younger brother, and Paul Tyson tried to take advantage of a chance to perform in front of Tide fans at the spring game. Tyson is the great grandson of iconic former Alabama coach Bear Bryant. Taulia Tagovailoa was 6-of9 passing for 93 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Tyson attempted five passes, completing one for 8 yards while also getting picked off. Alabama had depth issues at inside linebacker even before Mack Wilson opted to skip his senior season. Fifth-year senior Joshua McMillon has drawn praise from Saban. Defensive tackle DJ Dale wasn’t among the highest rated recruits but has gotten strong enough reviews to think he might have a chance at playing time as a freshman. Saban said Dale has shown some physical skills but also “a little maturity about being able to go out there and do his job.” Tailbacks Najee Harris and Brian Robinson appear good enough to maintain Alabama’s tradition of star runners. But Alabama is replacing senior Damien Harris and potential first-round pick Josh Jacobs. Five-star freshman Trey Sanders arrives this summer. WHITE TOPS CRIMSON: Alabama concluded its spring season with the annual Golden Flake A-Day Game Saturday afternoon in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The White team came out on top of Crimson, 31-17. Freshman wide receiver John Metchie won the Dixie Howell Memorial Award (MVP of the A-Day Game), while senior linebacker Anfernee Jennings earned the Dwight Stephenson Award (Most Valuable Lineman of the A-Day Game). “I do think we had a good spring,” Saban said. “I like the team dynamic we have on this team. Lot of guys work hard and try to do the right things. They support each other. We don’t have any guys pulling anybody down in terms of their work ethic or how they go about their work. They try to support each other.”

On offense, sophomore quarterback Mac Jones threw for 271 yard after going 19 of 23 with one interception and two touchdowns, while junior quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went 19 of 37 with one touchdown, one interception and 265 yards. Metchie led all receivers with 133 yards on five catches, while junior running back Brian Robinson, Jr., led all rushers with 42 yards on 11 carries, while adding 52 yards on six catches. On defense, freshman linebacker Shane Lee led the way with seven tackles, including six solo stops and an interception. Following an 18-yard interception return by Lee, the Crimson side got on the scoreboard first with a five play, 30-yard drive, capped off by junior running back Najee Harris reaching the end zone from four yards out. Redshirt sophomore kicker Joseph Bulovas converted the extra point to make it 7-0 with 3:42 left on the first quarter clock. On the ensuing drive, the White squad marched down the field when Jones found Metchie deep down the middle for a 49-yard strike. Four plays later freshman kicker Will Reichard knocked through a 43-yard field good attempt to make it 7-3 with 1:10 on the clock. Crimson answered back with a field goal of its own after driving 59 yards in eight plays with Bulovas converting the 34-yard attempt to push the lead to 10-3 with 11:42 remaining before the half. White tied the game up at 1010 with 1:23 to go before the halftime break when Jones found junior tight end Kedrick James for a 29-yard touchdown. Reichard’s extra point finished the six play 69yard drive. After a quick Crimson three-and-out, White got the ball back with 47 seconds on the clock. Jones led the squad down the field and connected with redshirt freshman Xavier Williams for a 22-yard touchdown pitch-and-catch. The Reichard extra point made it 17-10 going into halftime. In the third quarter, White extended its lead when freshman quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa linked up with sophomore wide receiver Jaylen Waddle for a 29-yard touchdown with 5:16 on the clock. Reichard’s point after made it 24-10 to cap the seven play 77-yard scoring drive. On the next Crimson drive, sophomore linebacker Jaylen Moody snagged the attempted pass out of the air for an interception and took it 30 yards for the score. Another extra point from Reichard had the White team in control, 31-10 with 3:31 left in the third.

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college football

Guarantano the answer for Tennessee THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Nick Gibson, a running back for the Maroon Team, catches a pass during Saturday’s Mississippi State spring football game at Davis Wade Stadium.

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Instead, Saturday brought more questions in the perplexing parable of what Thompson brings to the MSU offense. The New Orleans native missed open receivers high and wide regularly in the early going Saturday, starting the game 3-of-10 — albeit a handful of drops didn’t help his case. On the third play of the session, Thompson dropped back to pass. Losing his footing before throwing, he airmailed a wide-open Stephen Guidry streaking down the east sideline at Davis Wade Stadium for a would-be touchdown. This isn’t to say Thompson is devoid of talent as he completed six of his final eight attempts and tossed all three passing touchdowns on the day. Midway through the second half he dropped in a picture perfect ball to redshirt sophomore Austin Williams for a score toward the backright corner of the south end zone. Thompson backed that up with a perfect back-shoulder floater to redshirt junior receiver Osirus Mitchell in the same corner a few possessions later. “It was kind of wet out there … weird format of the spring game, but we have to learn to just fight through those things and still execute at a high level,” Thompson said. Passing game aside, the MSU run game was as good as has been advertised this spring. With Nick Fitzgerald off to the NFL, the MSU coaching staff has harped on relying more on running

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Mississippi State quarterback Keytaon Thompson flips a lateral pass. backs in the ground game. Satur- MSU Athletics. The regular-season opener day was evidence of that. Columbus native Kylin Hill against the University of Louisiana notched 47 yards and a touchdown at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on nine attempts as he stiff-armed in New Orleans is Aug. 31. and slapped away defenders on his DAWG NOTES: Redshirt jutreks through the trenches. nior linebacker Erroll Thompson Redshirt senior running back and redshirt senior offensive lineNick Gibson netted another 35 man Darryl Williams were named yards and two touchdowns on eight team captains postgame Saturday. carries. Thompson finished 2018 with Defensively, freshman Aaron 87 tackles and two interceptions Brule lead all players with 3.5 tackwhile Williams has appeared in 32 les while junior Marquiss Spencer games during his three seasons in was second with three. Starkville. Brule also earned a 53-yard in“I thought the team did a good terception return for a touchdown job,” Moorhead said of choosing when he jumped a second half captains. “We talked about what the Mayden pass. parameters were and how you idenSpencer too lit up the scoretify leadership and what they need board when he stuffed redshirt senior running back Alec Murphy in to do for their team. I had those guys talk to the team afterwards. I the end zone for a safety. The Bulldogs will conclude think the team did an excellent job spring practice Tuesday with a in the selection process, and they walk-through style practice per picked the right two guys.”

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee needs a breakthrough season from Jarrett Guarantano as the Volunteers attempt to bounce back from two straight last-place finishes in a division loaded with experienced quarterbacks. Guarantano took a step forward this spring while showing his comfort level with new offensive coordinator Jim Chaney. The redshirt junior was named the most valuable player of Tennessee’s spring game Saturday night as he went 19 of 37 for 198 yards and threw four touchdown passes without an interception. “I feel pretty comfortable,” Guarantano said afterward. “There’s a lot of room to improve. There’s a lot of room for me over the summer and next couple of months to really master it.” Guarantano is playing for his fourth offensive coordinator and fourth quarterback coach in as many seasons. He may have a winning combination this time. Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt added Chaney from Georgia and moved Chris Weinke from running backs coach to quarterbacks coach during the offseason. Chaney has a knack for getting the best from his quarterbacks. Weinke can offer pointers from his own background as a Heisman Trophy winner and national championship quarterback. “Jarrett’s really smart,” Pruitt said Saturday. “He has instincts as a player. He has arm talent. He’s got good athletic ability. He’s working on the things all players do — consistency. Handling a new coordinator coming in here, that hasn’t been a problem. He’s done it before, right? Jim’s a really good teacher. I think Chris has done a really good job there.” Both Chaney and Weinke like what they’ve seen from Guarantano, who owns a 6-12 career record as a starter. “I think Jarrett’s going to have a good season,” Chaney said earlier this spring. “I think he’s playing good football now and he’s fun to be around.” Chaney was an offensive coordinator at

Tennessee in 2009 when quarterback Jonathan Crompton had the best year of his college career. Chaney was Pittsburgh’s offensive coordinator in 2015 when Tennessee transfer Nathan Peterman began to show the promise for the Panthers that made him a fifth-round draft pick in 2017. “I think the way Coach Chaney calls plays is different,” Guarantano said. “We’re more focused on explosive plays.” Weinke led Florida State to an undefeated season and national title in 1999 and won the Heisman Trophy the following year. “I’m a firm believer you don’t just talk about X’s and O’s, especially at this position,” Weinke said this week. “You talk about the total responsibility of playing quarterback at a major program. Every move you make, every word you say, every step you take is being evaluated by somebody — not only by the coaches on a daily basis but by everybody that sees you. There’s a great responsibility when you play this position, even moreso at a place like Tennessee.” Guarantano is accustomed to having new coaches. Mike DeBord was Tennessee’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach when Guarantano arrived in 2016. Larry Scott served as offensive coordinator and Mike Canales coached quarterbacks in 2017. Tyson Helton was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach last season. All that upheaval helps explain the ups and downs that Guarantano has endured over the course of his career, but teammates notice a difference in him this year. “He’s starting to learn he’s the voice of this offense, the voice of this team,” receiver Jauan Jennings said earlier this spring. Guarantano’s development is critical because the Vols are trying to work their way up a Southeastern Conference Eastern Division that features plenty of other proven quarterbacks. Returning starters in the division include South Carolina’s Jake Bentley and Georgia’s Jake Fromm.

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Elijah MacNamee launches a home run in Saturday’s win over Alabama at Dudy Noble Field.

the offense in game one. His three-run home run in the second inning gave MSU a 4-0 lead it would not relent.

The Bulldogs and Crimson Tide will conclude their three game set at 3 p.m. Sunday.

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S&P 500 notches FCC to hold big 5G auction, third straight weekly spend $20B for rural internet gain as US stocks rally ‘We cannot allow any other country to outcompete the United States in this powerful industry of the future’

President Donald Trump By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and TALI ARBEL The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will hold a massive auction later this year to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks. President Donald Trump showcased the announcement Friday, declaring that the race to stand up these faster, more powerful networks is a competition “America must win.” “We cannot allow any other country to outcompete the United States in this powerful industry of the future,” Trump said at the White House. “We are leading by so much in so many different industries of that type, and we just can’t let that happen.” Trump also announced a $20 billion plan to expand broadband ac-

cess to rural areas currently without it, a decadelong extension of an existing program. 5G will mean faster wireless speeds and has implications for technologies like self-driving cars and augmented reality. Trump said it will transform the way people work, learn, communicate and travel, making farms more productive, manufacturers more competitive and health care better and more accessible. But experts say it’s hard to know now how much life will actually change because of the muchhyped network upgrade. It will take years to roll out, and the highest data speeds and capacities may not reach rural areas at all. The rollout started last week in the U.S. and South Korea but will take years. The Federal Communications Commission said Friday that it would hold the largest auction in U.S. history to boost wireless companies’ networks. The auction is set for Dec. 10, and will be the agency’s third for 5G, said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who joined Trump for the announcement. “We want Americans to be the first to benefit from this new digital revolution,” Pai said.

The U.S. is jockeying for position with China over 5G. It has effectively banned Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei from most U.S. networks due to concerns that it might enable Chinese government spying, which Huawei denies. The U.S. has pushed its allies to do the same, with mixed results. Huawei is the world’s largest maker of such equipment. FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, criticized the agency’s approach to 5G Friday. She said the U.S. has not auctioned off “midband” spectrum that is better suited to serve rural areas because of how far it can carry signals, and that the Trump administration’s actions on 5G have “set us back.” She cited tariffs on telecom equipment that have raised costs and said the administration has been “alienating allies” on the 5G security issue. The FCC also said Friday that it will be renewing an existing $2 billion broadband subsidy program, for 10 years. It will provide about $20.4 billion over a decade to providers, with the goal of connecting up to 4 million rural homes and small businesses to high-speed internet.

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Randy Smith

HAMILTON — Randy DeWayne Smith, 70, died April 12, 2019, at his residence. A graveside service will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Friendship Cemetery in Hamilton with Bro. Jim Sallee officiating. Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home in Aberdeen is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Smith was born Nov. 24, 1948, in Hamilton to the late Merle Clayton Smith and Katheryne Pope Estes. He was a life long resident of Hamilton and a graduate of Mississippi State University. He was an mechanical engineer for Fabrivalve/ IT T Engineered Valves and was a car salesman for Lowe Ford. He served in the United

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States Army, was a Vietnam War Veteran and received the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star and other medals. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife Linda Chandler Smith of Hamilton; sons Randall Scott Smith of Hamilton and Jarrad Ryan Smith of Oxford; sisters Jo Ruth Baggett, Kathy Crawford and his step-father Claude Estes, all of Hamilton.

Almarita Barkemeyer Clark

WEST POINT — Almarita Barkemeyer Clark, 85, dies April 13, 2019, at Merit Health River Oaks Medical Center in Flowood. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Calvert Funeral Home of West Point.

Julius Edward Ward Jr.

WEST POINT — Julius Edward Ward, Jr., 88, died April 12, 2019, at West Point Community Living Center. Funeral services are today at 2 p.m. at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Carl Morris officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery near Woodland. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Ward was born July 17, 1930, in Wood-

land, to the late Julius Edward and Nora Susanna Huffman Ward, Sr. He was a retired Supervisor at CECO Buildings in Columbus. He was a member of Woodland Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Annie Lois Chandler, Mary Alene Weaver, Frances Russell, and Lula Mae Hill. He is survived by his sister, Bettie Ann Ward Morris, of Woodland. Pallbearers will be Leon Morris, Randy Morris, Kenny Chandler, Will Huffman, William Huffman, Nick Huffman, Lewis Stockton, Jr., and James Weaver. Memorials may be made to Sally Kate Winters Family Services, P.O. Box 1233, West Point, MS 39773 or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

Rita J. Harris

CALEDONIA — Rita J. Harris, 81, died April 13, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home.

Edgar Yarborough

JACKSON — Edgar Powell Yarborough, 65, of Jackson died April 13, 2019, at his residence.

Patricia Wharton

Patricia Ann Clark Wharton, 81, of Madison, MS passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at her residence. Visitation will be Saturday, April 13, 2019, from 1-2 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS. A memorial follows at 2 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel, Columbus, MS. Mrs. Wharton was born on February 4, 1938, Detroit, AL to the late Emmit Arthur Clark and Effie Johnson. She was a member of the Calvery Baptist Church. Mrs. Wharton loved listening to Audiobooks. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Wharton is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Douglas Wharton, and sister- Mittie Oliver. Mrs. Wharton is survived by her daughterTerri (John Adams) Perry; Son-Charles “Corky” (Vickie) Wharton; Son by choice and love-John Pringle; Niece-Debbie (Cary) Bulter; Great Nephew- John James; Grandchildren-Leslie Gill, Taylor (Jaden) Wharton, Will Wharton, Charles Wharton, Taylor Giordano-grandson by love and choice; Great-Grandchildren-Brooklyn Gill and Jase Wharton. Compliments of

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Harold Mac Pace

COLUMBUS — Harold Mac Pace, 77, died April 12, 2019, in Foley, Alabama. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home.

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Prosecutor blocks gun law charges against Pittsburgh mayor Mayor and city council members passed gun restrictions after a mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue that killed 11 worshippers

By RAMESH SANTANAM and MICHAEL RUBINK AM The Associated Press

PIT TSBURGH — A prosecutor refused to approve criminal charges Friday against Pittsburgh’s mayor and six City Council members over the passage of firearms restrictions that gun rights advocates say are blatant and deliberate violations of state law. Seven city residents tried to file private criminal complaints against Democratic Mayor Bill Peduto, who signed the legislation into law this week, and council members who voted to approve the bills. The complaints charge the mayor and council with official oppression and other counts. Pennsylvania law allows citizens to file criminal charges, subject to approval by the district attorney. The office of Democratic Allegheny County District

Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. refused to accept the residents’ complaints Friday, saying prosecutors would not weigh criminal charges against the mayor and council until the new gun laws begin to take effect in about two months and someone is cited for violating them. “We will consider a private complaint if somebody is aggrieved by the law,” Zappala’s spokesman, Mike Manko, told the residents Friday. “Why do I have to be arrested? Why do I have to fall on a sword? Now, I have a criminal record,” replied Tony Golembiewski, one of the residents who tried to file charges. The gun restrictions were passed after a mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue that killed 11 worshippers. Gun rights advocates are suing to get the laws overturned, noting Pennsylvania law forbids municipalities from regulating the ownership or possession of firearms and ammunition. Courts have thrown out previous municipal attempts at regulation. The Pittsburgh legislation restricts military-style assault weapons like the AR-15 rifle authorities say was used in the synagogue attack. It also bans most uses of armor-piercing ammunition and high-capacity magazines, and allows the temporary seizure of guns from people who are determined to be a danger to themselves or others.

Fisher-Price recalls sleepers after more than 30 babies died Recall covers about 4.7M Rock ‘n Play sleepers The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Fisher-Price recalled nearly 5 million infant sleepers on Friday after more than 30 babies died in them over a 10-year period. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said anyone who bought a Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play sleeper should stop using it right

away and contact Fisher-Price for a refund or voucher. The sleepers, which are used to put babies to sleep, are soft padded cradles that vibrate. Fisher-Price and the CPSC said the deaths occurred after infants rolled over from their backs to their stomachs or sides while unrestrained, but did not specify how they died. In an article this week, Consumer Reports found that some of the infants died from suffocation. A safety warning was issued last week, but The

American Academy of Pediatrics urged Fisher-Price and the CPSC to recall the sleepers, calling them “deadly.” In a statement Friday, Fisher-Price said that it stood by the safety of its products and said it issued the voluntary recall “due to reported incidents in which the product was used contrary to the safety warnings and instructions.” The recall covers about 4.7 million sleepers, which sold for between $40 and $149 since 2009.

Group asks gov’t to probe Nissan automatic emergency braking The Associated Press

DETROIT — A U.S. auto safety group wants the government to investigate automatic emergency braking on some Nissan Rogue SUVs, alleging that the safety feature makes the vehicles brake even when there’s no emergency. The nonprofit Center for Auto Safety filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seeking the probe. The group says about 675,000 Rogues from the 2017 and 2018 model years should be recalled.

Nissan says it has notified all customers of a software update that improves performance of the automated braking system. But the center says the campaigns don’t acknowledge the seriousness of the safety problem and give owners little incentive to get the SUVs fixed. In a letter posted Friday by the government, center Executive Director Jason Levine says it found 87 complaints about unintended braking in the safety administration’s database. “Many complaints indicate that braking is abrupt or forceful,

endangering both the Rogue occupants as well as people in the vehicles nearby who are forced to avoid a collision with a suddenly stopped vehicle,” the letter says. Automatic emergency braking uses cameras and radar to slow or stop vehicles when drivers don’t take action. The technology has great potential to save lives, but it also can develop glitches. Twenty automakers representing 99 percent of U.S. new-car sales signed a voluntary agreement with the government to make the feature standard on all light vehicles by Sept. 1, 2022.

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In your corner

Fighting back against Parkinson’s disease

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YMCA Adaptive Fitness Coordinator Salem Gibson, center, gives pointers to Rick Corey, right, and Gina Kim, left, at a station in the Rock Steady Boxing class at the Frank P. Phillips Y in Columbus Thursday. The program for individuals with Parkinson’s disease incorporates exercises adapted from boxing drills to focus on agility, hand-eye coordination, balance, endurance and overall strength. Corey and Kim live in Columbus. BY JAN SWOOPE [email protected]

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t was in July of 2018 that Mary Anna Nelson noticed a tremor in her hand on the steering wheel as she drove. She feared it was an ominous sign; her brother had battled Parkinson’s disease for the previous four years. By December, her suspicions were confirmed. Nelson had Parkinson’s disease. “I became a member of a club Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch I never wanted to Mary Anna Nelson of join,” the CoColumbus works out lumbus woman at a stationary bag said. “It’s a pretty Thursday. stinky disease.” Before long, though, the retired elementary educator learned of another “club,” one might say — this one at the Frank P. Phillips YMCA in downtown Columbus. Now, she says, she doesn’t know what she’d do without it. ■■■ Thursday morning at the Y: Jerry Lee Lewis belts out “Great Balls of Fire” as Nelson delivers an upper cut to a 75-pound stationary bag suspended from a steel beam. A few feet away, Gina Kim practices vigorous lunges on an industrial-sized tire. Al Broadbent gives what-for to a speed bag with his gloved fists. All around the Rock Steady Boxing class, men and women punch, step, lunge and lift to the quickpaced music of Chuck Berry, Elvis and Whitney Houston. The boxers are motivat-

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Al Broadbent of Millport, Alabama, exercises at a Rock Steady class station Thursday. He commutes to Columbus several times a week for adaptive fitness classes at the Y.

ed; they are all in a battle against the same opponent — Parkinson’s. The neurological condition marked by tremor, muscular rigidity and slow, imprecise movements is progressive. Some class participants have borne their diagnosis longer than others. But wherever they are in the journey, they know the Rock Steady workout and the Y’s

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other adaptive fitness programs help. For Parkinson’s patients, exercise is more than just healthy — it’s vital to maintaining balance, mobility and activities of daily living, says the Parkinson’s Foundation. Establishing early exercise habits is essential to overall disease management. See Rock Steady, 5C

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‘Convergence’ exhibition highlights W seniors Public reception is April 25, 5-7 p.m. MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS

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he capstone exhibition “Convergence” will feature the artwork of five graduating art majors in the Mississippi University for Women Galleries through April 25. The exhibition reception will be Thursday, April 25 from 5-7 p.m. The artists, whose varied artwork will converge for this special exhibition, are Kaylee Ashford, Ladanna Jones, Pauline Pimolle, Natalie Roper and Haley Sipes. The sole graphic designer in the exhibition is Ashford, from Columbus. As an artist going into a commercial field, she focuses on typographical solutions (lettering design) of layout and fonts and commonly uses of color and illustrations. Kossuth native Jones will complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts in art education this May. While she is trained in a wide variety of media for her teaching

career, her artworks in this exhibition are mixed media collages that depict human faces surrounded by animal and nature imagery. Her art explores the possibilities of what lies within the human unconscious mind. Pimolle, originally from Marseille, France, will feature photographs of portraits and still lifes. Her work synthesizes 19th-century photographic processes, such as cyanotypes and tintypes, and camera equipment with a 21st-century sensibility. The effect is simultaneously nostalgic and contemporary. Roper, from Crystal Springs, is a ceramicist, whose sculptural vessels reflect her playful personality. Brightly colored, textured appendages, such as cone shapes, extend outward in all directions from the walls of each pot. The color and the movement created through the repetition of texture conveys a lively energy.

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Mississippi University for Women graduating art majors, from left, Kaylee Ashford of Columbus, Natalie Roper of Crystal Springs, Pauline Pimolle of Marseille, France, Ladanna Jones of Kossuth and Haley Sipes of Ashland have their in the senior exhibition “Convergence” at The W.

Ashland native Sipes offers an installation consisting of several paintings of deep-sea scuba diving and related scenes. The overall content explores familial relationships conveyed

through personal symbols, color and arrangement of scenes. Sipes’ goal is to preserve the memory of a family member. The Galleries are open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5

MSU Libraries launches Citizens’ Council Radio Forum digital collection MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

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ississippi State University Libraries is launching a new digital collection of Citizens’ Council Radio Forum recordings, along with corresponding transcripts. MSU Libraries produces, preserves and provides access to digital collections that support teaching, service and research by providing greater access to rare holdings. These include sheet music, diaries, correspondence, ledgers, photographs, transcripts, publications and other materials, all through the MSU Libraries’ Digital Collections. A $25,000 digitization

grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources’ Recordings at Risk program provided funds for 269 original Citizens’ Council Forum shows to be preserved and made available online. The audio recordings are accompanied by transcripts, provided by MSU doctoral graduate and Millsaps College Associate Professor of History Stephanie Rolph, who transcribed the Forum recordings as part of her dissertation and donated them to MSU Special Collections upon completion of her research. Rolph also published a book on the Citizens’ Council last year titled “Resisting Equality: The Citizens’ Council, 1954-1989” (LSU Press). MSU Libraries is a

destination for researchers studying Civil Rights and the Jim Crow era, of which the Citizens’ Council played a powerful role. The recordings span 1957-1966 and cover a variety of topics, including the Supreme Court, education, the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts, and communism. According to University Archivist Jessica Perkins Smith, who wrote the CLIR grant and has worked extensively with the collection, “Researchers have used the transcripts of the Forum recordings frequently over the years. The tapes themselves were in danger of being lost due to their age and condition. Digitizing the recordings provides the benefit of

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DAR LUNCHEON: Members of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Hic-A-ShaBa-Ha Chapter of Starkville, from left, Amanda Edwards, Patsy Stuart and Mary Martha Wilson, were guests of the Bernard Romans DAR Chapter in Columbus in March. Courtesy photo

long-term preservation, but also gives researchers a chance to hear the voices of segregationist politicians and Citizens’ Council leaders. We are pleased to be able to increase accessibility of our collections to patrons who may not be able to travel to Mississippi State.” For more information, contact Perkins Smith at [email protected]. edu. To access the collection, visit lib.msstate.edu/ digitalcollections/citizenscouncil/. Learn more about MSU Libraries and available resources at lib.msstate. edu.

p.m. and are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Art and Design at 662-329-7341 or email [email protected].

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calendar Tuesday, April 16

100+ Women Who Care —

In Columbus and Lowndes County: 100 women giving $100 means $10,000 awarded to a member-nominated and voted on local charity. Too good to be true? Believe it. #the POWERof100. A Membership registration and social is 5:30 p.m. April 16 at Courtyard by Marriott in Columbus.

Saturday, April 27

hosts an egg hunt with petting zoo, inflatables and games from 10 a.m.noon at the Starkville Sportsplex, 405 Lynn Lane; sponsored by The Orchard and Bethlehem Churches, and Starkville Mayor’s Youth Council. For information, call 662-323-2294. Easter Egg Hunt — This Easter Egg Hunt begins begins at 11 a.m. at Moncrief Park, North Jackson Street, in Starkville. For more information, visit lifechurchms.com or call 662-684-9099.

bus Arts Council presents a “Picture on the Wall” CD release concert by Honeyboy and Boots at 7 p.m. at the Rosenzweig Arts Center. CAC member tickets $12 advance/$15 at the door; non-members $15/17. Or purchase a two-night ticket ($22/25; $25/28) that includes the Debbie Bond Blues Band the previous night (see April 26 events). Color Run — This third annual 5K Color Run and Walk to benefit Life Choices Pregnancy Care Center in Columbus begins at 9 a.m. at the Columbus Riverwalk. For information or to register, go to mslifechoices. org.

Sportsplex Easter Egg Hunt — Starkville Parks & Recreation

Tuesday, April 23

Jazz ensemble — The W’s Jazz

Church, 127 Airline Road, Columbus, presents its Easter production, “From Prisoners to Believers,” with choirs, orchestra and drama cast at 6:30 p.m. Free to the public. For more information, call the church office, 662328-2924.

Blues for Willie — A 6 p.m.

Saturday, April 20

Living Pictures — See details

Living Pictures — Fairview Baptist

Friday, April 26

at top of calendar.

Friday through Sunday, April 19-21

Friday through Sunday, April 19-21

Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall’s Kossen Auditorium. Free to the public.

barbecue dinner ($10; RSVP by April 25) precedes the Debbie Bond Blues Band as the Columbus Arts Council honors late bluesman Willie King at the Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St. (a rescheduled weather event). CAC member tickets $15 advance/$17 at door; non-members $20/22. Or purchase a two-night ticket ($22/25; $25/28) that includes Honeyboy and Boots CD release April 27 (see below).

Honeyboy and Boots CD release concert — The Colum-

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Touch a Truck — Children get

to explore emergency, utility, construction, transpotation and deliery vehicles from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at McKee Park, 405 Lynn Lane, Starkville, a benefit for the United Way of North Central Mississippi. Cost is $5. For information, call 662-323-3830. “Steel Magnolias” — Blackfriars Drama Society at Mississippi State presents “Steel Magnolias” at noon and at 7 p.m. in McComas Hall. Tickets $10 (plus $2+ fee) general admission; $7 (plus fee), at eventbrite.com.

Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28

Columbus Choral Society — The Choral Society presents “American Legacy,” a concert at 7 p.m. April 27 at First Baptist Church, 202

OUT THERE April 25 – The Allman Betts Band, Riley Center, Meridian. 601-696-2200, 601-6962200, msurileycenter.com.

– “H.M.S. Pinafore” (University of Mississippi Opera Theatre), Ford Center, Oxford. 662915-2787, fordcenter.org.

– Zac Brown Band, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. 205-248-5280, tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

May 9 – Jim Gaffigan, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. 205-248-5280, tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

April 26-27 – Double Decker Arts Festival (Jason Isbell, Shovels & Rope, Cedric Burnside, more), Oxford. doubledeckerfestival.com.

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May 10 – Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. 205-248-5280, tuscaloosaamphitheater.com.

Seventh St. N., Columbus; and at 2 p.m. April 28 at the Louise Campbell Center for the Arts, 235 Commerce St., West Point. $10 suggested donation.

Thursday, May 2

Day of Prayer observance — The community is invited to an

observance of the National Day of Prayer at noon in front of the Lowndes County Courthouse, 505 Second Ave. N., Columbus. Seating available. Sponsored by The Christian Community in Prayer, a non-denominational group of local citizens. For information, email [email protected]

Friday and Saturday, May 3-4 Market Street Festival —

Festivities kick off May 3 with a free

Rockin’ Country Style concert at 7 p.m. at the Columbus Riverwalk. Activities May 4 start at 8 a.m. with a 5K run. From 9 a.m.-5 p.m., arts and crafts vendors, food booths, live music, games and more fill downtown Columbus. For information, visit marketstreetfestival.com or contact Main Street Columbus, 662-328-6305.

Saturday, May 4

Huguenot Society — The an-

nual Mississippi Branch meeting and luncheon of the Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia begins at 11 a.m. at the Stephen D. Lee Home, 316 Seventh St. N., Columbus. Donna Lane presents “The Columbian Exchange.” Cost is $15. For more information or to RSVP by May 1, contact Vernon Davis, 662329-2778.

April 25 – The John Hart Band performs at Hobie’s on Main, 217 E. Main St., Starkville, from 10 p.m.12:30 a.m. Advance tickets are $6.25; they will be $8 at the door. Visit 662tix.com to purchase advance tickets. April 26 – Enjoy great country music with Choctaw Clay at Hobie’s on Main, 217 E. Main St., Starkville, from 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Advance tickets are $6.25; they will be $8 at the door. Visit 662tix.com to purchase advance tickets. April 27 – Lion Hills Golf Course, 2331 Military Road, Columbus, hosts its first annual Crawfish Three-Man Scramble from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets $100 per golfer, includes crawfish, adult beverages and 27 holes of golf. Visit 662tix.com to purchase advance tickets.

In the garden with Felder

Have garden will travel

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just started I started my summer out simply, garden by with a bag of potting tucking some soil nestled basil into what against the is literally the back of the fastest garden cab where no on earth. matter how Some 30fast I go, the odd years ago, gale-force in response wind is just a to someone Felder Rushing gentle eddy. I moaning slit X-shaped about not beopenings, ing able to garworked in some slow-reden, I tasked myself with developing the simplest lease fertilizer beads, and garden ever. Needed to be deeply buried the roots of inexpensive, alluring, edi- a tomato plant, a pepper, and heat-loving periwinble and low maintenance. To up the interest kle flowers. About once a week I used a watering and challenge, I settled can to keep the soil moist. on creating a complete While the plants didn’t garden in an extremely unlikely place: In the back exactly thrive in the little sack of soil, they survived of my hard-working ’87 and produced enough F-150 truck pickup truck.

flowers and fruits to prove my point. So the next year I upped the ante with a larger bag of potting soil which accommodated more plants with less frequent watering. People thinking I was selling plants would stop to gawk and ended up taking selfies with the truck garden. The attention and comments indicated I was on the right track. I have ended up with a custom-made galvanized metal planter box, 4-feetby-3-feet, which was just wide enough to slide into the back of my truck but not stick out too far where wind gusts are heartier. To prevent my truck bed from rusting, I drilled drainage holes through the side of the box facing the rear of my truck so

water would drain away from instead of underneath the box, and I set the whole thing on a rubber bed liner. By the way, I raise all my plant containers a little by setting them on small rocks or other “pot feet” to prevent deck rot or patio stains. Because I park the truck for months at a time when I travel overseas, with no one to water it, the plants must tolerate intense summer heat, winter cold and drought. Thirty years and over 300,000 miles down the road, I’ve found a surprising number of small, compact plants that survive such harsh treatment. As for insect pests, I just hit the highway and blow them all away.

Enough of the how-to. It’s just a big pot that happens to be in a truck. But it proves that there are small shrubs, succulents, bulbs, and both perennial and annual flowers and culinary herbs that, when planted together in a big pot or raised bed, don’t need much other than twice-annual feeding and occasional watering. If something doesn’t make it, I simply yank it out and stuff something else in the hole. I’ve ended up with all-year rosemary, oregano, dwarf nandina, white flags iris, cold hardy agave and trailing sedums, groundcover junipers, golden moneywort, Clara Curtis mum and striped liriope. In the fall I replace summer basil, peppers and

Angelonia with cold-hardy violas, kale and parsley. There are others, but ain’t this a grand start? Oh, and I over-enhance my garden with accessories including bottle tree sconces, bird houses, rain gauge, a copper frog and gnomes ... Point is, if I can garden all year in the back of a pickup truck, nearly anyone, regardless of skills or confidence, can do it on a patio or porch. With a little helpful guidance, even little kids can do it. Felder Rushing is a Mississippi author, columnist, and host of the “Gestalt Gardener” on MPB Think Radio. Email gardening questions to [email protected].

Dear Abby

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EAR ABBY: I am a staycan’t watch the kids, and my at-home mom to three grandparents do it only when I wonderful little girls. I apneed to take her to the doctor’s without the baby. I take the baby preciate my husband working so everywhere with me. I can do this, but I’m very lonely. Please give me some advice I have no real friends. on making time for myself and my I help my mom with all her marriage. I just need someone medical needs, making appointto be on MY side. — LONELIEST ments and getting her to them. MOM IN ILLINOIS I also help my brother with his DEAR MOM: I’m on your three kids. I help everyone with side. You have been so helpful everything. to everyone else that you have In addition to running my forgotten how to take care of home and taking care of our yourself. Tell your husband what three children, I do everything Dear Abby you need — a date night with for my husband. All he has to do him every two weeks and a day when he comes home from work or two to take care of yourself is eat and take a shower. each month. It will do wonders for your spirits. I haven’t been anywhere by myself in a When you do, ask your brother to watch your very long time. We haven’t had a date night, children for you. If he refuses, hiring someone either. Finding a baby sitter isn’t easy. Mom

to baby-sit would be money well spent. The problem with being a martyr is that people die doing it, so recognize it’s time to stand up for yourself. If you don’t, by now you should understand that nobody will do it for you. DEAR ABBY: My father was married before he met my mother and had five wonderful children during his previous marriage. When my half-brother got married two years ago, he invited our father, my mother and me to his wedding. My parents declined because they didn’t want to see my father’s ex-wife (my half-brother’s mother). I went because, quite frankly, I have no dog in that fight. I recently got word that my half-sister is getting married in June and plans on inviting our father and my mother as well. Due to their absence at my half-brother’s wedding, my parents have decided they shouldn’t go to any of my half-siblings’ weddings in order to be fair

to everyone. Although I’m upset that they’re refusing to attend, I can’t help but wonder what I should do when I get married. Because they’re my parents and I love them, I’d like them to come. But I also want to be sensitive to my half-siblings’ thoughts and feelings. I don’t want them to feel as if their father and stepmother love me more than they love them. What should I do? — TROUBLED IN KENTUCKY DEAR TROUBLED: When the time comes, talk to your half-siblings about your concerns and the fact that your parents did not come to their weddings. Explain that they were absent because they were uncomfortable about encountering their mother. I’m sure it won’t surprise them. Tell them you would love to have them with you on that special day. But if they refuse out of loyalty to their mother, do not be surprised or regard it as a personal rejection.

Horoscopes TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 14). You’ll do what you set out to do. It’s among your most successful years! Note that the higher you fly the more important it will be to constantly question yourself. Surround yourself with people who are strong enough to give you the truth, and provide the psychological safety they need to be able to do so. Scorpio and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 40, 3, 17 and 44. ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re full of ideas, and they’re not just coming from your brain; your heart, stomach and entire body will generate wisdom worth acting on today, often impulsively. Trust yourself.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Get organized. Organization just might be the stuff of life. From the order of your DNA to the order of your schedule, how things are organized will define, build, change, bind or free you. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When you’re stuck, change of any sort is improvement. Even if all you change are your shoes or the order in which you do things, today that will be enough to help you wiggle free from perceptive limits. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Admirers of your work will tell you that you should market yourself widely -- flattering, yet you needn’t trouble yourself with it now. As you further

develop your talent, it will speak for itself. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Meeting in restaurants is fun, but you never really know a person until you see that person in different settings, the most enlightening being the setting of home base. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). If there’s one thing you can do to improve your life, business and relationships, it’s to see things from another person’s point of view. This ability is the key that opens doors in every area of your life. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will accomplish what you couldn’t quite finish yesterday. The timing wasn’t right, or you just weren’t

comfortable enough to open your mind to the possibilities. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). What you thought would be a quick project is turning into a real epic novel of a venture. Still, this is doable. Even if you “hit the wall,” it’s not going to stop you. You’re like the Hulk. Walls are meant for breaking through. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll use your talent for matching people with fortuitous opportunities. This is so much fun for you, takes almost no effort at all and pays you later in delight and other currencies. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Being bored is its own kind of

terrible, yet there’s something great about it, as you are seldom more creative than you are just after being truly, deeply and profoundly bored. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Any sort of progress feels good, whether it’s sweeping a floor or advancing a personal or business endeavor. The goal itself doesn’t really matter as much as the feeling of forward momentum. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). All the money looks alike, but it doesn’t feel the same. Money you earn seems somehow more valuable than money you get in other ways, and you’ll spend it accordingly.

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Columbus youth named Miss Junior Teen Mississippi

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EMCC NURSING GRADUATES: All students in the 2018 Associate Degree Nursing Class at East Mississippi Community College passed the National Council Licensure Examination on their first attempt. This is the first class to achieve a 100 percent pass rate on their first attempt since the program was reinstated in 2010. Pictured, front row, from left, are Jabria Richardson, Caitlyn Parker, Vicki James, Burgandy Gibson, Chip Slaughter, Jessica Brewer, Morgan Eatman and Kathryn Sprayberry. In back, from left, are Morgan Weems, Megan Helms, Robert Sanderson, Meagan Young, Stephanie Brown, Eric Lawson, Nathaniel Pugh, Conner Hutson, Abby Lhamon, Brittney Brown, Riley Douglas and Katelyn Woodson.

Lawson inducted

Christine Lawson of Columbus was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi collegiate honor society. Lawson was initiated at The University of Southern Mississippi. Lawson was among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

Heritage Academy Honors

Heritage Academy released its Academy Honors and Honor Roll Lists for the third nine weeks of the 2018-2019 school year. Academy Honors 3rd Grade: Landon Bowen, Calen Conwill, Anna Crawford Fowler, Lucas Gatewood, Annison Harris, Kenzie Harris, Gipson Hicks, Eliza Jessop, Gabe Madan, Harper |Moore, Slade Oberschmidt, Bishop Porter, Ethan Singley, Emily Taylor, Gregory Trout and Jaylen Williams; 4th Grade: Lilla Allgood, McKinley Brents, Arthur Dawson, Abby Edwards, Lockhart Garner, Izzy Gillman, Elizabeth Golden, William Golden, Jordan Harrison, Hunter Hill, Zanaea Juarez, Gus King, Meghan Matocha, Brandon Turner, Lucy Whiteside and Oliver Woodard; 5th Grade: Abby Barr, Dorsey Burris, Isaiah Clark, Colin Cunningham, Sam Edwards, Charlie Fowler, Katie Frost, Oz Gilman, Mason Hayes, Llayna Linton, Cooper Long, Caroline Looney, Sophie Milam, Charlie Noto, Mun Patel, Param Patel, Jack Rye and Cole Shelton; 6th Grade: Sarah Irvin, Raymond Jessop,

TUPELO — ollowing a weekend of events, on March 24, young women from across Mississippi took the stage at the Tupelo Performing Arts Center to compete for the title of Miss Junior Teen Mississippi United States 2019. After competing in private Courtesy photo interview, McKenzie Rhett, 16, of Columfitness, evening bus was recently named Miss gown and onJunior Teen Mississippi. stage question, McKenzie Rhett, 16, of Columbus was crowned as winner. Rhett is the daughter of Robert and Penni Rhett and a sophomore at Heritage Academy, where she is a member of the fastpitch softball team and basketball team. Outside the classroom, she volunteers with her church and advocates for her personal platform, Jump Up for Diabetes, which educates children on the disease and ways they can make healthy food and exercise choices. In Tupelo, Rhett also received awards for scoring highest in the interview, evening gown and photogenic competitions among her division. When asked about plans for the upcoming year, she said, “I am excited about the challenges I will face to win the national title. My plans include getting in the best shape of my young life so that I will have the energy to tackle competing, as well as getting into my community and state to educate children about diabetes.” Rhett will travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, in July to compete for the title of Miss Junior Teen United States 2019. Miss Junior Teen Mississippi is an official state preliminary to the Miss United States Pageant.

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Imes in Phi Beta Kappa:

Ashley Megill Imes of Columbus was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society April 2 as a new chapter was established at Mississippi State University. Imes is among 77 students in the top 10 percent of their graduating class selected for induction for outstanding academic achievement in the arts and sciences. The honor society was founded during the American Revolution by five students at the College of William and Mary. The new Gamma of Mississippi Chapter was installed during ceremonies at The Mill. There are 286 chapters at American college and universities and 50 active alumni associations. Former members include 17 U.S. presidents and more than 140 Nobel Laureates. Jacob Matocha, Caleb McCool, Ella Kathryn Naugher, Krish Patel, Dale Perkerson, Tyler Phillips, Parker Sharp, Andie Wright and Chloe Zeppos; 7th Grade: Alexander Allison, Carter Bumgarner, Ellie Dawson, Gracie Dinh, Karen Hall, Lola Linton, Shannon McElhinney, Reagan Merchant, Andrea Mireles and Hannah Oswalt; 8th Grade: Collin Atkins, Chloe Barr, Kevin Chen, Jacob Crocker, Sydney Dawkins, Emma Dowdle, Luke Fisher, Laina Holder, Madeline Hulsey, Miriam Madan, Andrew Salyer, Lucy Sharp, Sid Stegall, Joshua Tedford, Garrett Vaughn, Meg Waits and Mallory

Ward; 9th Grade: Hayden Anderson, Olivia Blanton, Jared Gruseck, Susan Jessop, Drew Knittig, Colton Merchant, Ayden Mitchell, Elizabeth Nichols, Brayden Oswalt, Kayla Riley, Emry Sanders, Todd Sharp, Sophie Singley and Luke Sneed; 10th Grade: Luke Baumann, Kelly Bell, Collier Hardy, Emma Hardy, Hanna Hardy, Kendall Kelly, Carley Martin, Kate McElhinney, Carly Rogers, Gracie Rowland, Rayon Scott, Anne Clark Shepherd, Natalie Staggers and Anna Studdard; 11th Grade: Sydney Adair, Abby Amos, Sterling Bailey, Sam Baker, Hannah Brady, Anna Beth Brock, Lydia Dyson, Noel Fisher, Davis Fitch, Gunnar Gale, Ashlyn Glover, Jack Hiller, Elizabeth Howard, Reid Huskison, Andrew Kelly, Gray Moore, Carson Nichols, Taylor Phillips, Lauren Short, Coen Velek and Allison Yingst; 12th Grade: Anna Acker, Peyton Allen, Haley Barker, Zachary Brady, Georgiana Brown, Thomas Chain, Jackson DiCicco, Gigi Fields, Lex Rogers, Lores Sharp and Kayla Thornton; Honor Roll 3rd Grade: Reese Atkins, Connor Canfield, Caroline Criddle, Abi McDow, Lawson Mullins and Savannah Weathers; 4th Grade: Abbie Asadi, Swayze Berry, Presley Gaskin, Riley Hill, Cade Hollis, Wyatt Hulsey, Wyatt Lindell, Shelby Norman, Vansh Patel, Roxie Perkerson, Vincent Pham, Laura Lea Sharp, Parker Shelton, Sam Starks and Charlie Walker; 5th Grade: Jacob Britt, Baron Carley, Max Ledbetter, Austin Stumpf, Alex Torres-Almazan; 6th Grade: Ava Harris, Zachary Hines, Dena Madison, Aum Patel, Hays Sansing, Sophie Starks, Dalton Stripling and Will Williams; 7th Grade: Jack Ketchum, Noah Madan, Jacob Norman, Cade Perkins, Avery Russell, Claire Shelton, Mat Thompson, Abby Turner, Brooklyn Wilbon and

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Carl Hogan Toyota in Columbus donated two Toyota Corollas to East Mississippi Community College’s Automotive Technology Program April 4. Pictured at the dealership with the cars are, from left, Gulf States Toyota District Service and Parts Manager Colin Jones, Gulf States Toyota Workforce Development Manager Robert Trevino, Carl Hogan Toyota General Manager Jonnie Moore, EMCC lead automotive instructor Dale Henry, EMCC Manufacturing Technology & Engineering Navigator Greta Miller, EMCC automotive instructor Shane Richards, EMCC diesel instructor Michael Ricks, EMCC fleet maintenance Lane Yarbrough and EMCC President Dr. Scott Alsobrooks.

Charles Woodard; 8th Grade: Collin Adair, Megan Hiller, Emma Ledbetter, Myles McCoy, Julia Moore, Trey Naugher, Allie Porter, Hailey Pushis, Greyson Putt, Maggie Sansing and Claire Walker; 9th Grade: Kaicey Chitmon, Drew Glenn, Carlton Hardy, Drew Huskison, Lily Linton, and Taylor Wheeler; 10th Grade: Graham Buxton, Sarah Austyn Curtis, Hanah Fink, Nick Hairston, William Laws, Ashley Mangus, Evans Rhett, Owen Riley, Henry Sanders and Blake Ward; 11th Grade: Madison Atkins, Jack Gruseck, Grayson Jones, Adam Koussih, Parker Maner, Mackenzie Parker, Carter Putt and Carter Smith; 12th Grade: Chapman Cooper, Ethan Criddle, Emmie Fair, Layne Gerber, Moak Griffin, Macy Nordquist, Rashaylan Rice and Clay Walters.

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Salem Gibson is the YMCA’s Adaptive Fitness coordinator. Adaptive fitness specialists develop physical fitness programs for people with specific needs. He traveled to Rock Steady Boxing headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, last spring for certification in the program for individuals with Parkinson’s. (He also holds a bachelor’s degree in and exercise science, and is certified as a movement disorder specialist.) Rock Steady exercises are largely adapted from boxing drills that focus on gross motor skills, balance, flexibility, muscular endurance, hand-eye coordination and strength. “We’re not curing anything,” Gibson made clear. “What we’re doing is creating a lifestyle that delays the symptoms and, in the long run, creates empowerment to continue to choose what they want to do and have a body that can support it.” ■■■ Kim was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2011, in her very early 50s. She lived in Atlanta at the time and quickly got into an exercise program that included boxing. When she and her husband moved to Columbus about two years ago, it was important to Kim to be able to continue the regimen. The couple met with Y staff about instituting a boxing class locally. “It’s a research-based program, and it’s been determined that two and a half hours of vigorous exercise per week can help slow the progression and help manage symptoms,” she said, citing a Parkinson’s Outcomes Project report. Rock Steady participant Al Broadbent of Millport, Alabama, can attest to it. When he began commuting to Columbus several times a week for adaptive fitness classes, he had to use a cane. Now he’s moving freely without a cane from station to station in the boxing room. Broadbent and several other Rock Steady boxers also take advantage of the Y’s Adaptive H2O, a class held in heated water to focus on large and fine motor skills, balance and hand-eye coordination;

Pedal Power, which uses stationary floor pedals; and PWR!Moves, an exercise class designed to improve symptoms for those with Parkinson’s and other limited mobility issues. “We also have little seminars or health talks about certain topics, for family members as well as (class members),” explained Gibson. “And we’ve started a new Adaptive Walking Club that gets together on Fridays to walk outside, to kind of give us a little elevation change, get away from familiar surroundings, focus on how to step, not fall, recognize cracks ... ” The range of classes makes “a world of difference” said Broadbent, who was diagnosed in 2010. “If you ever stop, Parkinson’s catches up with you,” he said. “And the staff treats you like family; they’re concerned for you.” Kim Westmoreland is one of several volunteers who assist with Rock Steady classes, which meet twice weekly. “It’s been even better for me than for them,” she said of the rewarding experience. Gibson added, “We get to see some amazing results. It pulls on your heartstrings. I’ve had people that have been coming for maybe three months with a cane, and then one day they no longer need the cane. I’ve had guys tell me, ‘I can drive again.’” Nelson has been taking classes since early January. She credits fellow church members Norman Ford and Toby Lott for telling her about them. “It was a God thing that I saw them together that morning at church because I was at a loss about what to do to be the best I can be. Now (the Y) has become my next favorite place to be besides my house. I come to five or six Parkinson’s classes every week and love them all. “Has my tremor gone away? No. But I can tell my balance is better. I could fall over a pair of socks on the floor before.” The classes, she said, challenge her to use her brain and body together. “We can’t afford to baby ourselves.” Parkinson’s disease doesn’t quit. So Rock Steady Boxing and the

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Salem Gibson, standing, leads the Rock Steady Boxing class in a strength and cognition exercise. Participants take turns holding a 10-pound weight above their heads while each person answers a question posed to the group.

Y’s other adaptive fitness programs are ongoing, a continuing resource for all the participants. Workouts can be adapted to capabilities. “One of the coolest things is, because the Y is what it is, we knew it was important to be able to do it for free,” Gibson said. “If you’re a member of the Y, you have access to all the adaptive classes.” Community support and grants make the programs possible. ■■■ “Be Rocky!” Gibson called out to Thursday’s boxers as the music boomed and everyone followed instructions to lift their gloved hands high in the air, an iconic Rocky Balboa silver screen move. From the beginning, the class pace had been steady and challenging. When the hour was up, everyone had earned the satisfaction of a good workout — another “round” in their favor in the match against a degenerative disease. “We are so fortunate and blessed to have this program at the Y,” said Kim, after the class. “It has made a huge impact on the people that were in that room today. When I leave, I feel like I have fought my best and that I’ve done what I can today to battle against Parkinson’s. It’s a very empowering feeling.” Editor’s note: For more information about YMCA adaptive fitness programs, visit columbus-ymca.com or call 662-328-7696.

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eventeen Mississippi State art majors specializing in graphic design are the creative minds behind a new exhibition on display through April 17 at the university’s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. “Break the Grid” celebrates the seniors’ completion of studio work in MSU’s Department of Art, the state’s largest undergraduate studio art program. The spring semester graphic design thesis students are under the instruction of Assistant Professor Claire Gipson. Golden Triangle area exhibitors included are Sarah Ferguson of Columbus, Trent Furr of Ackerman and Laura Leigh Hicks of Steens. “A grid is a structure that is usually two-dimensional and made up of a series of intersecting straight (vertical,

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horizontal and angular) or curved guidelines used to structure content. Not meant to be broken,” said student exhibitor Joanna Bauer of Huntsville, Alabama. “These 17 seniors of the BFA graphic design concentration have learned the rules and now must go out and break them, but first, they will showcase a variety of skills in the 2019 Break the Grid Graphic Design Senior Exhibition.” In addition to physical displays including web design, posters, editorial and advertising design, and illustration, the students’ portfolio books and self-promotional pieces will be available for viewing on opening night. For a preview, visit www.breakthegrid2019. com and follow on Instagram @breakthegrid2019. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.

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Class assistant Kim Westmoreland, left, encourages Jim Sebert of West Point in a floor exercise during Thursday’s Rock Steady Boxing class.

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INTERNATIONAL FIESTA The 29th annual International Fiesta held on Mississippi State’s Drill Field April 6 featured music, dance, food and cultural exchange opportunities that showcased many different cultures and countries. — Austin Frayser/ Special to The Dispatch

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Apts For Rent: Other 7080 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apartments & townhouses. Call for more info. 662−328− 8254.

2BR/1BA LOCATED in Historic Downtown Columbus. 2,000 sqft. Hardwood floors throughout. Open floor. Very nice. Incl W&D. $1200/mo. Call 662− 328−8655.

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Commercial Property For Rent 7100 COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS For rent located near downtown. 3,000 sq. ft. truck terminal, 9,500 sq. ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft. office/shop. Buildings can be rented together or separately. All w/ excellent access & Hwy. 82 visibility. 662−327− 9559.

Houses For Rent: Northside 7110 COLONIAL TOWNHOUSES. 2 & 3 bedroom w/ 2−3 bath townhouses. $600 to $695. 662−549−9555. Ask for Glenn or text.

Houses For Rent: Caledonia 7160 2BR/1BA. CALEDONIA area. 1 yr. lease. $650 rent. plus dep. No pets. No smoking. 662−574− 0227 or 662−356− 4958.

Land For Rent / Lease 7190 LOOKING FOR HUNTING LAND. GTA area in Mississippi. 662 −386−6024.

Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 123 BECK Dr. 14 x 64. 2BR/1BA. $450/mo. $450/dep. Includes garbage. No pets. No HUD. 662−574−7614.

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ALL BRICK 3BR/2BA house for rent. Big yard. Carport. W/D hookup. Nice neighborhood. $780 per month. 70 W Thomas Dr. 3 min from CAFB. 504−813−1200.

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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road. Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., 662664-0852 THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military Road. Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery provided for all services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374 BAPTIST ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams, Pastor. 662-328-4765 ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662328-0670 ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff Morgan. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734 BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy. 12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children, and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-3860541. Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-3128749. www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road, Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Bob Burch, Pastor. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim Pastor. 662-328-6741 CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon, Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. (6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845 CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-3771 CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School 8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226 COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30 p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music Director. 662-327-5306 CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman, Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville. com EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy. 50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by Discipleship Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Sanctuary Choir 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship, Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson, Pastor. 662-328-5915 EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245 FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924 FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave. N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m. (Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday 5 p.m. Worship at 3000 Bluecutt Road, Midweek Prayer Service Wednesday 6:00 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker, Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183 GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Charles Whitney, Pastor. GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave. S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662328-1096 GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278 East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev. John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445 IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd., Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668 KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA 4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor. LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street, Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Larry W. Yarber, or email [email protected], 662-769-4774 MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177 MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark, Pastor. MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor. MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-3282811 MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m., Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Ed Nix, Pastor. NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge, Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3 miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA 4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30 p.m. 662-356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor. NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor. OPEN DOOR M.B. CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405 Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 1st

2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-7102 PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor. 662-272-8221 PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921 PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music. SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy. 12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor. SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662329-2973 TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH — 4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-2580 UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor. UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St., Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm. WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Shelby Hazzard, Senior Pastor. Brad Wright, Director of Student Ministries. 10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118 7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m. Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor. INDEPENDENT BAPTIST BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel Best, Pastor. E-mail: [email protected] BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor. LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130 SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive, Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282 MISSIONARY BAPTIST ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O. Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968. ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny Bridges, Pastor. BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30 a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424 BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561 BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor. CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144 CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528 CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100 CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U. Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m. ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor. FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076. FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913 FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185 GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor. HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor. HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson, Interim Pastor. JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor. MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629 MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor. MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor. MOUNT ZION M.B. CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979 MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor. MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor. MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport, Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923 NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580 NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321 NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor. NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224 OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd. Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179 OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed.

before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor. PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203 Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7 p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024 PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A. Edwards, Sr., Pastor. PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor. SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor. SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor. SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855 SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor. SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-3292344 SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st & 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor. 662-327-9843 STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th Ave. N. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday 10:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor. St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494. ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Mays, Pastor. ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev. John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111 STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd. (Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain. TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor. WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy. 12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford, Pastor. THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366 Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor. ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor. PRIMITIVE BAPTIST ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937 HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305 MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — 842 Hwy. 45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Herb Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937 SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road, Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6 p.m. 662-738-5006. SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday 10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532 ANGLICAN CATHOLIC SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd., Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939 or anglicancatholic.org CATHOLIC ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30 p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep, Priest. CHRISTIAN FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Jerry Mitchell, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and 8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. CHURCH OF CHRIST CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St., Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah Johnson 662-574-0426 or E-mail: [email protected] CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705 CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th St. S. Morning Worship (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Morning Worship 11:30 a.m., Wednesday Night Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-327-6060 Bishop Timothy L. Heard, Pastor. COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N. Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Lendy Bartlett, Minister of Community Outreach; Paul Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship. EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway 182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http:// eastcolumbuschurch.com HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. www.highway69coc.com LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor. 662-7695514. NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900 North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098. Email: nhill crestcoc@ gmail.com STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd. 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister. 10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Willie McCord, Minister. WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan, Minister. CHURCH OF GOD CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12. Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes, Pastor. CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday

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Regular Church Attendance LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6 p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor. NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor. YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd., Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256 or www.yorkvilleheights.com VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge Road. Bible Class 10:15 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m. and Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., Pastor. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy Williams, Pastor. FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917 15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor. GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor. MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday Fellowship Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-327-4221. Email: [email protected] NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military Road, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Night Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor. OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave., Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursday Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor. 662-5742847. PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville. Sunday Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-2432064 COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest Father Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col. Steven Richardson. 662-434-2500 EPISCOPAL GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 321 Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662574-1972 ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St. Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Rev. Anne Harris. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com. FULL GOSPEL BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor. BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday Service 8:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy Bourne, Senior Pastor. CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524 6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor. CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355 COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Evening 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Fairview Full Gospel BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446 Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662328-2793 GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905 GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. 662-244-7088 HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson, Pastor. 662-329-2820 NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962 NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor. SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120 19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor. JEWISH B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly. Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038 Universalist UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662620-7344 or uua.org LUTHERAN FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) — Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m., Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647 OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211 18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org MENNONITE FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m., 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor. METHODIST ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Gene Merkl, Pastor. CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Charity Gordon, Pastor. CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd. E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m., Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor. CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH — 1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor. COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Eugene Bramlett, Pastor. CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m. Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848 CROSSROAD CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH — Steens. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor. FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd. Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m. Minister Gary Shelton. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers & Communion 4 p.m. (beginning Nov. 4) Rev. Jimmy Criddle, Lead Pastor. Rev. Anne Russell Bradley, Associate Pastor. Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate Pastor. 328-5252

Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Charity Gordon, Pastor. GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109 HEBRON C.M.E. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens. Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor. MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263 NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East, Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-5309 NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham, Pastor. 662-329-3555 ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Saturday 9 a.m. PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102 Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy Tentoni. SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N. Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m. Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor. SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service 9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor. ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 722 Military Rd. Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Adult/ Children Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult Bible Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor. ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH — Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m. John Powell, Pastor. ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Demetric Darden, Pastor. ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800 Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ron McDougald, Pastor. TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2, 6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rickey C. Green, Pastor. 205-662-3443 TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor Lizzie Harris. 662-329-3995 TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor. WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5:15 p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham. WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges, Pastor. 662-422-9013. MORMON CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m., Youth Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-3283179. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor. NON — DENOMINATIONAL A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College St. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778 ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S. Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig Morris, Pastor. ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45 p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only. COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-3283328 CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7 p.m. Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124 CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Pastor. 662-327-4303 EL BETHEL — 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Wes Andrews, Pastor. 662-855-5006 EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608 Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor. FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr. Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-8898132 FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST MINISTRIES — 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m. Pastor Kenyon Ashford. FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740 FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Maxine Hall, Pastor. GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Darren Leach, Pastor. HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Donnell Wicks, Pastor. HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen. JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118, Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette Williams 662-327-9074. KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193 Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-3271960 LIFE CHURCH — 419 Wilkins Wise Rd. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662570-4171 LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311 LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 113 Jefferson St., Macon. Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor. 662-493-2456 E-mail: [email protected] NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843 or 662-497-3434. NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson. Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor. NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S. Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.

PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every 2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097 THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old, 5-12 yr. old. Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck Eubanks. THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY CHURCH — 312 N. Lehmberg Rd., Sunday Prayer Time 9:50 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday Bible Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines, Planter and Pastor. 662-5701856 TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m. Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-6174088 TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY — 2119 7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie Edwards, Pastors. TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St., Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor. TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES — 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252 UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES — 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m. -10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Rone F. Burgin, Sr., Pastor/Founder. 662-328-0948 VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Grove Coffee Cafe 8 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. The Grove 6:30 p.m. Nursery provided through age 3. Jason Delgado, Pastor. 662-329-2279 WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER — 2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-2303182 or [email protected] ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.stcatherineorthodox.com for schedule of services and updates on this Mission. APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L. Obsorne, Pastor. DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson. JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE — 1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones, Pastor. SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539 THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m. THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St. S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234 THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m. Ernest Thomas, Pastor. VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753 ONENESS PENTECOSTAL NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875 Richardson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747 E-mail: [email protected] PENTECOSTAL FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES — 118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday 7 p.m. LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor. LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St. N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor, VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 548 Hwy. 45 North Frontage Rd. (1/4 mile past the CAFB entrance on the right) Sunday Bible Class 10:15 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. G. E. Wiggins, Sr., Pastor. 662-251-2432 UNITED PENTECOSTAL CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850 Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202 FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-3281750 PRESBYTERIAN BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515 Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m. John Richards, Pastor. FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson, Pastor. 662-328-2692 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd. Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m., Adult Choir Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Wayne Bruchey, Pastor. MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor. MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. SALVATION ARMY CHURCH THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82 East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30 p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m., Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH — 301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m., Sabbath School 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Ray Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311 SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N. Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662327-9729 APOSTOLIC CHURCH TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.

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