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FIVE QUESTIONS1 What is the minimum number of musicians a band must have to be considered a Big Band?2 In “Officer and a Gentleman,” which character commits suicide?3 In what year did the United States Football League (USFL) disband?4 Which title is held by the character Edmund Dantes in a novel by Alexan-der Dumas? 5 What is the only country that bor-ders both Venezuela and Paraguay?

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PUBLIC MEETINGSFeb. 12: Lowndes County School District Board of Trustees, District Central Office, 11 a.m. Feb. 16: Lowndes County Super-visors, Court-house,9 a.m. Feb. 16: Colum-bus City Council, Municipal Com-plex, 5 p.m.Feb. 29: Lowndes County Supervi-sors, Courthouse, 9 a.m.

MARDI GRAS ROYALTY

Mark Wilson/Dispatch StaffBoardtown Village residents Shirley Harvey and Sam Jackson were named Mardi Gras queen and king during a celebration held at the assisted living facility in Starkville on Monday. Today is Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday.”

BY ISABELLE ALTMANialtman@cdispatch.com

On Monday, the Columbus Police De-partment recognized two of its officers for their work reviving a shooting victim outside the Princess Theater early Sun-day morning.

Officers Amanda Burrell and Andres Rodriguez performed CPR on Alexan-der Crowell after Crowell was shot in the back. Crowell now remains in stable condition, according to Fred Shelton,

the interim police chief. Burrell and Rodriguez were given

“Chief’s Coins” by Shelton, who said the coins are a reward for officers who take heroic actions and “go beyond the call of duty.”

Burrell and Rodriguez received the call about shots fired at around 12:20 a.m. Sunday morning and were at the scene within a minute, according to rep-resentatives from the CPD. Both Bur-rell and Rodriguez described seeing a crowd around the victim.

“It was chaotic,”Burrell said. “People running everywhere.”

She and the other first responders pushed through the crowd where they found the victim lying face up and not

CPD honors life-saving officers

CMSD moves to identify at-risk youthDistrict approves BrightBytes serviceBY SAM LUVISIsluvisi@cdispatch.com

Columbus Munic-ipal School District will soon have a way to track students for success as young as kindergarten.

The CMSD Board of Trustees approved a service agreement at its meeting Mon-day night for BrightBytes, a San Francisco-based education analyt-ics company, which looks to con-solidate student profiles across the board and includes an “early warn-ing” system for identifying at-risk youth. The system starts at $21,000 for the first year of use, according to board president Angela Verdell.

Currently, school data on stu-dents, like issues with conduct or dropout rates, are used as individ-ual pieces of evidence, but the new program will allow the district to integrate all of its different data in order to highlight areas of concern

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Tadaharu Yamamoto, president of Yokohama Rubber Co.’s Mississippi branch, visit-ed Mississip-pi University for Women Monday night to make a presentation on cross cul-tural commu-nication

BY ISABELLE ALTMAN ialtman@cdispatch.com

Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi has hired 300 employees and hopes to hire 500 — most from the Golden Triangle region — by the

end of 2016. That’s an average of about 20 new hires per month.

This is according to Tadaharu Ya-mamoto, president of Yokohama Rub-ber Co.’s Mississippi branch, who vis-ited Mississippi University for Women Monday night to make a presentation on cross cultural communication.

A handful of university students and staff gathered in Cochran Hall to hear Yamamoto’s presentation and

Yokohama rep talks cross cultural communication at MUWYamamoto: Understanding, respect, trust key to overcoming barriers

Verdell

See YOKOHAMA, 6A

Alleged shooter charged with aggravated assault, held without bond

Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff

Columbus Po-lice Department officers Andres Rodriquez and

Amanda Burrell receive recog-nition Monday for performing

CPR on a man, Alexander Crow-ell, after he was

shot outside of the Princess Theater Sunday

morning. See CPD, 6A

BY ALEX HOLLOWAYaholloway@cdispatch.com

A recently-filed brief by the city of Columbus claims that the Mississippi Ethics Commission overstepped its bounds when it ruled that the mayor

and city council violated the state’s Open Meetings Act.

The city is appealing a 2014 Eth-ics Commission order stating that the council and mayor violated three sec-tions of the Open Meetings Act. The or-

der says the violations occurred when Columbus elected officials “established a quorum of the council by holding two separate gatherings on each date and discussing the same matter over which the council has authority without pro-viding public access, providing notice

City files brief in Ethics Commission appeal

See ETHICS, 6A See CMSD, 6A

Columbus argues ‘circumvention’ not ‘violation’

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Luisa Porter/Dispatch StaffMacKensie Oslizlo, 2, right, smiles over at her yoga instructor, Anna Pantano-Cotman, and her daughter, Kaylee Cotman, 3, during their first kids yoga session at Bliss Yoga in Columbus on Friday. MacKensie is the daughter of Melissa and Nick Oslizlo, of Columbus.

TuesdaySAY WHAT?“The coaches and my teammates always encourage me to keep pushing no matter what.”

Columbus Lady Falcon Kayla Rogers. Rogers is The Dispatch’s Prep Player of the Week. Story, 1B.

Super Bowl gets 111.9M viewers, down from last year

BY DAVID BAUDERAP Television Writer

NEW YORK — Setting television viewership re-cords with the Super Bowl has become almost routine, but this year’s average of 111.9 million viewers for Denver’s victory over Car-olina is down from the past two years.

That makes Sunday’s game the third most-watched event in U.S. tele-vision history, the Nielsen company said Monday. Last year’s down-to-the-wire contest between New En-gland and Seattle keeps the record with 114.4 million viewers.

The Super Bowl had seemed to know no ceiling in popularity, setting viewer-ship records in six of seven years until this one.

CBS, the nation’s most-watched network, had pushed the event hard the past few months, playing up the historical nature of the 50th Super Bowl game. But Denver’s 24-10 victory

wasn’t a sizzler, with defens-es dominating the marquee quarterback matchup be-tween Peyton Manning and reigning NFL MVP Cam Newton.

Even more than televi-sion, social media reflected far less engagement in the game than there was last year, when the result was decided on a last-minute, goal-line interception.

Twitter said that there were 16.9 million tweets about the game, sharply down from last year’s 25.1 million. Facebook reported that there were 200 million posts, comments or “likes,” down from 265 million last year. This year, 60 million people took to Facebook to converse about the game, while last year it was 65 mil-lion.

For both Twitter and Facebook, the moment of highest social media activity occurred in the minute after the halftime show featuring Coldplay, Beyonce and Bru-no Mars.

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MSU PUBLIC AFFAIRS

For the fourth con-

secutive year, families of current Mississippi State students are invited to vis-it campus to learn more about the university expe-rience and Bulldog family.

The MSU Division of Student Affairs’ Office of Parent Services will host the 2016 Bulldog Family Weekend on Feb. 26-28.

Registration deadline is Feb. 15, and family members planning to at-tend are encouraged to enroll as soon as possible at www.parents.msstate.edu/familyweekend.

Cost is $38 for those 12 years old and up, and $25 for ages 5-11. Children under the age of 5 are ad-mitted free. Participants will receive a t-shirt com-memorating the event.

“Bulldog Family Weekend allows you to join your student for a True Maroon family ex-perience at Mississippi State,” said Cat Walker, director of MSU’s Office of Parent Services. “It’s an opportunity to find out why your student loves being a part of the Bull-

dog family while meeting families from all over the country.”

Along with tickets to the four-game MSU baseball-series weekend against University of Mas-sachusetts Lowell and Nicholls State University, registration fees cover the cost of the welcome reception with campus administrators at the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex and refreshments at Left Field Lounge in Polk-De-

ment Stadium at Dudy Noble Field.

Throughout the week-end, students and par-ents can participate in an MSU-themed scavenger hunt. In addition to the Office of Parent Services, the event is being held in collaboration with the Office of Student Lead-ership and Community Engagement and New Maroon Camp.

Also, Bulldog Family Weekend participants

may attend the MSU men’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 1:30 p.m. Tickets must be purchased separately at www.hailstate.com.

Other scheduled activ-ities include:

n Tours of athletic fa-cilities, including Davis Wade Stadium.

n “Think Fast Game Show” sponsored by the Center for Student Activ-ities.

n The Fresh Food Co. breakfast with MSU Pres-ident Mark E. Keenum.

Walker said Barnes & Noble at Mississippi State is offering a special Saturday morning Family Weekend shopping hour from 9-10 a.m. on Feb. 27. She added that her office again is working with the Greater Starkville Devel-opment Partnership to provide discounts to visit-ing families at a variety of other Starkville business-es during the three days.

“The MSU Golf Course is offering a discount for nine holes and a cart at a $15 rate, and all families who are registered for Bulldog Family Weekend are welcome to the exer-cise and recreation facil-ities available at the Joe Frank Sanderson Center here on campus,” Walker said.

For more information about 2016 Bulldog Fam-ily Weekend activities, contact Walker at 662-325-0411 or cwalker@saffairs.msstate.edu.

Students, families invited to Bulldog Family Weekend

Courtesy photo/Beth WynnFamilies of current Mississippi State University students may register through Feb. 15 for 2016 Bulldog Family Weekend. Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs’ Office of Parent Services, the Feb. 26-28 event provides a fun atmosphere for learning about the university experience and what it means to be a part of the Bulldog family.

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Mark Wilson/Dispatch StaffMississippi State University President Dr. Mark Keenum, right, is presented a collection of rare early Mississippi law books from the private collection of John Robinson Block, left, Friday at the Mitchell Memorial Library on the MSU campus. The collection, donated to the libraries’ Special Collections Department, consists of 59 pre-1817 publications and was facilitated by Block Communications and MaxxSouth.

MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS

Columbus poet Kendall

Dunkelberg will publish his third collection, titled “Barrier Island Suite,” in March.

The poems tell the sto-ry of Mississippi artist Walter Inglis Anderson as seen through his logs and his artwork. A well-known artist working in water color, charcoal, pen and ink, sculpture and murals, Anderson lived in Ocean Springs, where he designed and decorated ceramics at the family’s Shearwater Pottery and weeks at a time camped out on Horn Island and the other barrier islands, observing, drawing and painting the local plants, animals, and birds and chronicling his experienc-es in copious logs.

Early in life, Anderson had suffered from depres-sion and had been institu-tionalized. He had studied at art school and traveled to France, Spain, Central America, Japan and China. The poems in this collec-tion explore Anderson’s unique artistic vision and the liminal space that he inhabited between land and sea, between nature and culture and between madness and conformity.

Dunkelberg is profes-sor of English at Mississip-pi University for Women,

where he directs the low-residen-cy master of fine arts p r o g r a m in creative writing and the Eudora Welty Writ-ers’ Symposium.

He has published two previous books of poetry, “Landscapes and Archi-tectures,” and “Time Cap-sules,” as well as a collec-tion of translations of the Belgian poet Paul Snoek, Hercules, Richelieu and Nostradamus. His work

has appeared in many literary journals, includ-ing China Grove, Poetry South and Valley Voices and in The Southern Po-etry Anthology, Volume II: Mississippi and Down to the Dark River.

“Barrier Island Suite” will be available in March from Texas Review Press and may be preordered at most bookstores or through the Texas Book Consortium, tamupress.org. More information is available on the author’s website, kendalldunkel-berg.com.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Two guns were used in a shooting that killed two men and injured four other people after a Mardi Gras parade in Mississippi, but investigators don’t know how many people fired them, the police chief said Monday.

Shell casings with two calibers indicate the num-ber of guns used Sunday afternoon, said Chief Tim Hendricks of Pass Christian (kris-TYANH), a city of 5,300 about 45 miles east of New Orleans.

“Whether they were used by one person or mul-tiple people, we don’t know,” he said during a news conference broadcast live by WLOX-TV.

Hendricks said two of the wounded people re-mained hospitalized Monday, one with a leg wound and the other with a knee wound. The other two, hit in the right leg and upper chest, respectively, were released after treatment Sunday night, he said.

He wouldn’t release their names. “They are vic-tims; we haven’t had time to talk to them all,” he said.

Police: 2 guns used in Miss. Mardi Gras shooting

BY JEFF AMYThe Associated Press

CLINTON — A Conti-nental AG tire executive said Monday that the company is likely to make a mix of heavy truck and passenger vehicle tires at the $1.45 billion factory it plans near Clinton, say-ing the company has been unable to satisfy demand in North America despite rapid expansion in recent years.

Paul Williams, the head of Continental’s Western Hemisphere truck tire

business, said the compa-ny plans to begin clearing land this year, starting con-struction in early 2018 and production in late 2019. He spoke to The Associat-ed Press ahead of a cere-mony Monday at Clinton High School, where Gov. Phil Bryant welcomed the German-based company. Williams said Continental plans additional phases over a decade or longer.

Williams said Conti-nental will also consider building a tire distribu-tion center at the 2,500-job plant, which will ship

tires in the United States, Mexico and Canada. He promised “competitive wages and benefits.” State officials have said wages will average $40,000.

Earlier Monday, Bry-ant was in Gulfport wel-coming Edison Chouest Offshore, which plans to invest $68 million to build a 1,000-worker shipyard.

Mississippi’s Legisla-ture approved $263 million in borrowing for Conti-nental, including $20 mil-lion that will be repaid by Hinds County. With other tax breaks and aid, AP estimates the value of all incentives to Continental will exceed $600 million.

“We believe this can be

the center of Continental’s universe in North Ameri-ca,” Bryant said.

The world’s fourth-larg-est tire maker already has factories in Mount Ver-non, Illinois and Sumter, South Carolina, and has 22 other production and research locations world-wide. The company sold about $12.5 billion worth of tires worldwide in 2014.

Executive: Miss. plant will make mix of tiresConstruction to begin in early 2018 on $1.45 billion Clinton factory

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OUR VIEW

City’s appeal of ruling is a continued assault on open governmentOn Dec. 5, 2014, the Mis-

sissippi Ethics Commission ruled the city of Columbus had violated the state’s Open Meetings Act by holding two separate non-quorum meet-ings the previous February where city business was dis-cussed privately and without public notice.

The ruling came in re-sponse to a complaint filed by a former Dispatch reporter in March 2014.

The Ethics Commission issued no penalty: Essential-ly it informed the city the meetings were improper and should not happen again.

That is where the matter should have ended.

Instead, the city filed an appeal of the ruling in chan-cery court. Although no date for that decision has been set, there have been developments in the case.

First, Chancery Court Judge Kenneth Burns ruled the Mississippi Ethics Com-mission would not be allowed to argue its position if a hearing is held. We claim no expertise in law, but we find it odd that a judge would only want to consider one side of the argument — the city’s.

Monday, The Dispatch obtained a copy of a brief the city filed with the chancery court. The brief was 27 pages, but the city’s position appears to be based on two arguments: The “assemblages” of elect-ed officials in two separate groups were not “meetings,” as defined in the Open Meet-ings Act and that the city did not violate the rules, but mere-ly circumvented them.

It is the city’s position that when the mayor “assembled” two separate groups of three council members to discuss

the same topic on the same day, it was not a “meeting” because no official action was taken at those “gatherings.”

In our view, that hardly relieves the council of its obli-gation to conduct its business in public.

Discussions are a part of any decision — at least they should be — and state law clearly limits what sorts of dis-cussions can be held privately in what is known as executive session. Neither of the topics discussed in those meetings — renovations to the Trotter Center and who would per-form retail recruitment for the city — met those standards.

It remains our position that it is just important for taxpayers to know not only what decisions are made (by a vote) but why they are made (through discussion).

As disturbing as it is find

the city does not share that belief, the city’s second argu-ment is even more worrisome.

In its brief, the city claimed it didn’t violate the Open Meeting Act because it circumvented the rules. This happens routinely in private business, the brief argues.

Companies often change their strategies to avoid being held to provisions of certain rules.

We hope the citizens of Co-lumbus will take a moment to consider the gravity of that po-sition. It’s an end-run around the citizens’ rights to partici-pate in city government.

“Mom, I didn’t steal the cookie for the cookie jar: I simply circumvented the rules regarding cookie possession.”

Is that really the message the city wants to send to its citizens?

When the city first ap-

pealed the Ethics Commission ruling, we initially considered it as an effort to “save face.” If that’s all that was at stake here, we would be inclined to let the matter pass without comment.

But if the city is successful in its appeal, it would mean the city would be allowed to meet privately to discuss important city matters with impunity.

That’s not how city govern-ment was intended to operate.

As Judge Burns ponders what appears to be a one-sid-ed argument, we hope he will consider the consequences of the decision he makes.

It is not about definitions or tactics, as the city suggests.

It’s about honest, open government.

We still believe in that, even if our elected officials do not.

The monuments of our not-so-glorious past

New Orleans and Memphis are on a mission to remove selected monuments of historic per-sonages. Who is surprised? This happens every four years in an effort to stir up a selected voter base. Landrieu and others in Memphis have succeeded this time. Let’s see if it pays off in the election.

While New Orleans is busy dismantling Lee Circle, Jefferson Davis and PTG Beauregard, etc., and Memphis is busy dismantling Nathan Bedford Forrest, disinterring him and his wife, and renaming the park, there is one historic figure worshiped and venerated between them both: Andrew Jackson.

Jackson sits at the center of the French Quar-ter upon his horse in Jackson Square. Why not? He was the savior of New Orleans in 1814. He was President of the United States. His Tennes-see home, the Hermitage is a major historic site around Nashville that Tennessee maintains as a national shrine. Let’s face it, he’s on the $20 bill.

Not so fast! Senator Langford and Rep. Tom Cole (Oklahoma) have begun an effort to remove the “infamous” figure from the bill. They do not care who replaces him. Why? They are descendants of members of the Cherokee tribe that was removed from their homes and farms in Alabama and Georgia at the instigation of Jack-son. Following his signing the “Indian Removal Act,” the Cherokees took the unusual step of su-ing the government in the Supreme Court, who agreed with them and ruled against the United States and Georgia. Who knew?

Jackson ignored the court and forced the “five civilized tribes” (about 45,000) to relocate to In-dian territory in Oklahoma — the Trail of Tears, the original “Bataan Death March” (WW2) American style. About 4,000 Native Americans died on the march. Their homes and farms were stolen by Jackson’s land speculator cronies.

After “saving” New Orleans, he declared martial law in the city, placed himself in charge, and arrested several judges and one legislator for disagreeing with him. He relented when a judge who served with him at the Battle of New Orleans brought charges against him. In another instance, he threatened to invade South Carolina and to hang his sitting Vice President, Henry Clay. The Hermitage was where he worked the hundreds of slaves he owned. What a great fellow!

What does all this tell us. First, my monu-ments today, yours tomorrow. Political winds can come out of nowhere and be pretty chilly. Second, the only monument to an historical figure who didn’t have “clay feet” is the Christ of the Andes, which may have been moved origi-nally from New Orleans or Memphis to South America. At any rate, it couldn’t be there now — Jesus, like the others, is too polarizing. Look what happened to him!

I am puzzled as to why those who know what is best for everyone in New Orleans, Memphis and the country are so closely attached to An-drew Jackson, the greatest racist and most law-less person of his time who oversaw one of the saddest events in our history, certainly the worst in the history of Native Americans and bought and sold African Americans like livestock. Could it be that Native Americans are discounted as a potentially powerful voting block?

By the way, Confederate Gen. Stand Waite, a Cherokee who survived the forced march, the Trail of Tears, was the last Confederate general to surrender his army at the close of the war. Maybe things are just what they are-reminders of our past. Maybe we could let them continue to teach us and move on lest we become a nation suffering from historical amnesia destined to repeat them. Ignorance could well be the most powerful political force shaping our future.

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The fight over Hillary Clinton’s speaking fees is ridiculous

As speaking fees go, Hillary Clinton’s alleged-ly scandalous $200,000 per engagement is chump change compared with Donald Trump’s $1.5 million.

But, of course Trump wouldn’t bother to part his lips for less. It costs at least a million just to wake up in the ratified world he occupies.

So what’s the big fuss about Clinton’s fees, which are nego-tiated by her speaking agency?

There seem to be two “problems,” at least if you’re Bernie Sanders. One is that Clinton, because of her high-dollar rates, is out of touch with the “real Americans” she presumes to represent. Two, her speaking fees from financial institutions, specif-ically, supposedly suggest that, as president, she wouldn’t be “tough” on Wall Street, whatever this is sup-posed to mean.

The Sanders crowd is on firm ground in its assessment that Clinton is out of touch with everyday Amer-icans. This is not news, folks. The Clintons have been living the life of millionaires since their first giggly night inside the White House. Ex-cept for dealing with domestic help, chauffeurs, chefs and Secret Service agents, Hillary Clinton hasn’t been in touch with regular folks ever since.

That said, there’s no basis for in-sisting that one must be poor to work for the interests of those less fortu-nate. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were hardly from the barrio. Indeed, it’s often the priv-ileged who most fiercely embrace the adage that from those to whom much is given, much is expected. Giving back, after all, is a privilege of having something to give.

To this point, I’ve always been struck by an observation Broadway director Moss Hart made in his

autobiography, “Act One.” Having grown up bitterly poor, Hart wrote that poverty is evil not because you have noth-ing but because you have nothing to give. This is very much in the spirit of Jesus’ beatitude that “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Unfortunately, the Democratic base has been electrified by

the notion that the poor are poor because the rich are rich. To this zero-sum interpretation of income inequality, a friend always responds: How many poor people has Oprah created?

On the right, the base is riled about those they perceive as taking their country from them.

Thus, our politics have been reduced to a tug of war between envy and resentment. And neither side seems able to stop building molehills when there are mountains to conquer. Clinton’s speeches are molehills.

First, on what planet do people not try to make as much money as they can? Speaking fees vary widely, as indicated by the gap between Clinton’s and Trump’s. Sanders made less than $2,000 total giving speeches in 2014, which he donated to charity. A relatively wealthy man himself, forfeiting the paltry sum he earned from speaking and from appearing on a TV show ($850 from HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”) wasn’t a make-or-break financial decision.

For perspective, a few other high earners include: Tim Geithner, $200,000 per speech; Ben Bernanke, $200,000 to $400,000; George W. Bush, $150,000; Chelsea Clinton and Dick Cheney, both $75,000; and Newt Gingrich, $60,000. These figures are from an ABC News analy-

sis. (Disclosure: I’m in Palm Beach as a paid speaker, but I’m dirt-cheap — and tons funnier — compared with Clinton.)

Obviously, the Clintons have golden tongues, but the market pays what the market demands. And, yes, the former president and first lady have amassed a small fortune from telling folks whatever it is their audi-ences find so compelling.

What pearls tumble from Hillary Clinton’s lips?

This, Sanders surely would like to know, as would The Post, which has repeatedly requested her speech transcripts. Thus far, Clinton has declined to provide them, a decision with which I agree or at least find defensible. Given that these were essentially private conversations, privately transacted, she’s under no obligation to share the texts with anyone else.

More likely than the coverup conspiracy the Clintons always seem to inspire, she probably prefers to protect the intimacy that any good speaker tries to develop with an audi-ence — a particular group of people rather than the entire country. Personally, I don’t allow my speeches to be recorded so that I can relax and not worry over every word.

To a grown-up point, which Donny Deutsch argued on Friday’s “Morn-ing Joe,” doesn’t a president need to work with Wall Street as well as Main Street?

Class warfare may inspire the angry masses, but it’s no way to run a country. Nor, one hopes, is it any way to get elected. The better way is to promote policies that will help more people become givers by raising them up, rather than pushing down others perceived as having “too” much.

Kathleen Parker, a syndicated col-umnist, has received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Her email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com.

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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders hope to emerge from New Hampshire’s pri-mary today with their first wins of the 2016 presidential election, vic-tories that would lend needed credi-bility to the unexpected contenders’ pursuit of their parties’ nomination.

Trump leads a Republican field that has been in flux in the final days of campaigning across snowy New Hampshire. A rocky debate performance by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has jeopardized his chance to pull away from a trio of governors and firmly establish himself as the chief rival to Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

In the two-person race for the Democratic nomination, Sanders has held an ad-vantage over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire for weeks. The state is friendly territory for the Vermont senator and a must-win if he’s to have a chance of staying competitive with Clinton as the race moves to more diverse states that are seen as more hospitable to the former secretary of state.

“We’re running a very radical campaign be-cause we are telling the American people the truth and that’s something that is not often told in the political world,” Sanders said Monday as he urged supporters to help him pull out a win. The senator finished second to Clinton in the leadoff Iowa caucuses by the narrowest of margins.

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Christopher McDillCOLUMBUS —

Christopher L. McDill, 33, died Feb. 7, 2016, at his residence.

Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Annunciation Catholic Church with Robert Dore officiating. Visita-tion will be two hours prior to services at the church. Memorial Fu-neral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to Friends of Annunciation Catholic Church, 823 College St., Columbus, MS 39701, or Annunciation Cath-olic School, 223 North Browder, Columbus, MS 37022.

Annie LaySULLIGENT, Ala.

— Annie Pearl Lay, 90, died Feb. 7, 2016, at Riv-er Place Nursing Center in Amory.

Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. from DePriest Chapel Freewill Baptist Church with Don Taggart offici-ating. Burial will follow in Blair Cemetery. Visitation is today from 6-8 p.m. at Otts Funeral Home.

Mrs. Lay was born July 4, 1925, to the late Milton and Ida Palmer Pennington. She was employed as a seam-stress and by McCoy Manufacturing.

In addition to her parents, she was pre-ceded in death by her husband, Willie L. Lay; son, Gene Price Lay; daughter, Ellen Lay Criddle; sister, Freda Mae Powell; brother, William Pennington; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchil-dren.

She is survived by her daughters, Helen Wilson of Hatley and Willie Mae Blair of Sulligent, Alabama; seven grandchildren; one step-grandson; 13 great-grand-children; and 11 great-great-grandchil-dren.

Pallbearers will be Ja-son Ives, Willie Wilson, Bobby Heal, Jon Tantt, Jeffery King and Ryan Wilson.

Travis Jennings Sr.WEST POINT —

Travis Daniel Jennings Sr, 82, died Feb. 7, 2016, at his residence.

Viewing will be Thursday from noon-1:30 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home. Grave-side services will follow at 2 p.m. at Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Jennings was born Oct. 22, 1933, to the late Clannie Jennings and Bertie Jennings. He served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force and was

employed as a Security Policeman.

In addition to his parents, he was pre-ceded in death by his wife, Barbara Vincent Jennings; and daughter, Angela Maxwell.

He is survived by his brothers, Bobby Wayne Jennings and Ralph Jennings; son, Travis Jennings Jr.; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Darrell AaronJASPER, Ala. — Dar-

rell Aaron, 63, died Feb. 5, 2016, at his residence.

Services will be Wednesday at noon at River of Living Wa-ters United Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Stryker offici-ating. Burial will follow in New Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Otts Funer-al Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Aaron was born March 26, 1952, to the late Wilburn Aaron and Colema Brock Aaron. Darrell was employed as a heavy equipment operator for Walker County. He served in the U.S. Army.

In addition to his parents, he was pre-ceded in death by his brothers, Celvin Aaron, Charles Aaron and Dwight Aaron.

Pete JohnsonVERNON, Ala. —

Pete Johnson, 75, died Feb. 6, 2016, in Colum-bus.

Services will be Sun-day at 2:30 p.m. at Otts Funeral Home Chapel with Wade Peoples and

M.H. Hollis officiating. Burial will follow in Wofford Cemetery. Visi-tation will be two hours prior to services at the funeral home.

Mr. Johnson was born Aug. 1, 1940, to the late John R. “Tank” Johnson and Bernice Stanford Johnson. He attended Sulligent High School and was em-ployed as a truck driver. He was a member of Springfield Freewill Baptist Church.

In addition to his par-ents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Richard Johnson and Billy Eugene Johnson.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Johnson of Vernon; son, Mark Johnson of Vernon; daughters, Rhonda Rainwater of Vernon and Lisa McGee of McCalla, Alabama; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

James GilmoreCOLUMBUS —

James Gilmore, age 77, died Feb. 9, 2016, at North Mississippi Medi-cal Center-Tupelo.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gunter & Peel Funeral Home.

Lee SlaughterWEST POINT —

Lee Slaughter, 79, died Feb. 4, 2016, at Floy Dyer Manor Nursing Home in Houston.

Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Carter’s Mortuary Service Chapel with the Rev. Henry Brownlee. Burial will follow in Piney Grove Cemetery in Calhoun County. Visitation is today from 3-5 p.m. at the funeral home chapel.

Mr. Slaughter was born Sept. 11, 1936, to the late William Slaughter and Essie Lee Slaughter. He was pre-viously employed as an equipment operator for the State of Mississippi.

In addition to his parents, he was preced-ed in death by his wife, Datherine Slaughter; and sons, Jerry Lewis Slaughter and Jimmie Jr. Herrod.

He is survived by his sons, James Her-rod, Tommy Slaughter and Willie Slaughter, all of Woodland and Quantrel Alford of Cedar Bluff; daughter, Dorothy Herrod of Houston; brother, Frank Slaughter of Bruce; sister, Polly Slaughter of Washington D.C.; 22 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Hayward BeckBROOKSVILLE —

Hayward Beck, 69, died Feb. 6, 2016, in Mem-phis, Tennessee.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Service of Macon.

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breathing, she added.“I told Officer Burrell

to start chest compres-sions and I administered mouth to mouth,” said Ro-driguez.

After three cycles of chest compressions and mouth to mouth, Crowell began to breathe again. The officers waited with the victim until an ambu-lance from Baptist Memo-rial Hospital-Golden Tri-angle arrived at the scene.

Crowell was transport-ed to Baptist Memorial and was later air lifted to a hospital in Jackson where he remains in the inten-sive care unit, according to Shelton.

All officers with the

CPD must be certified in CPR, said Rodriguez, who has been with the CPD three years. Still he had never needed to perform CPR on the job before.

Burrell has had to per-form CPR several times over her 16-year career, including once at an apart-ment fire and once during a medical emergency.

“When you see some-thing like that, instinct kicks in,” she said. “You’re trained to do it ... You pret-ty much know what to do.”

Burrell emphasized that it’s essential that by-standers keep out of the way of officers and other first responders trying to perform emergency pro-

cedures and save lives.“It’s part of what we do,”

said Shelton. “(While) we serve and protect, we’re also trained to assist and help people in life-saving situations. This is one of the things we do. … We don’t know the names of people, we don’t know their circumstances, we don’t know their situa-tions, but we’re always there to help.”

Both officers were wearing activated body cameras, Shelton said.

Police have arrested Quinton Deangelo Harris, 24, of 300 Swedenburg Circle, and charged him with aggravated assault with a weapon and felony

possession of a weapon.At Harris’s arraign-

ment Monday, Munici-pal Judge Gary Goodwin denied bail to Harris be-cause Harris is still under a hold by the Mississippi Department of Correc-tions.

Police are searching for another suspect in the case but have not released that suspect’s name.

University of Missis-sippi Medical Center, where Shelton says Crow-ell is believed to be, said Crowell is not on their public patient registry, according to Ruth Cum-mins, the hospital’s as-sistant director of media relations.

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take the opportunity to ask him questions about Yokohama and communi-cating across cultures.

Though his presenta-tion primarily focused on Yokohama’s business model and the things he has learned from work-ing in an international business, Yamamoto did take the opportunity to encourage students and other audience members to apply for manufactur-ing positions at the West Point plant.

The presentation is just one of the ways Yo-kohama Tire Manufac-turing Mississippi is try-ing to get involved in the

community, Yamamoto said.

“Yokohama wants to be a good citizen of Mis-sissippi,” he said.

Though he’s only been in Mississippi since 2013, Yamamoto has worked for Yokohama for over 20 years. The Tokyo-born businessman worked at plants in California and the Philippines, among others, before helping to open the plant in West Point.

At the beginning of his presentation, Yama-moto talked about the cultural stereotypes that Japanese people picture when they think of the

U.S. generally — Holly-wood, New York City, the Golden Gate Bridge and other famous landmarks — and Mississippi in par-ticular — the Mississippi River and steamboats. That’s if they think about Mississippi at all, he said.

Since arriving in Mississippi, Yamamoto now has a broader view, he said. And while the things that come to mind include Mississippi ste-reotypes like hunting and Southern cuisine, he also thinks of the hos-pitality and the respect people have for each oth-er.

Respect is one of the

three things needed to communicate across cul-tural barriers, Yamamoto said, along with under-standing and trust.

For people who find themselves overseas for business, it is critical to have respect for the peo-ple living and working in those countries, he said.

It’s also important for business leaders to un-derstand all the different places where they travel.

By understanding and having respect for other professionals, busi-ness leaders can develop trust, Yamamoto said.

“That is my goal of communication,” he said.

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— down to acknowledg-ing risk factors for stu-dents at the very youngest of grades, so that they may intervene sooner, ac-cording to Verdell. With a team of statisticians, analysts, researchers, thought leaders and prac-titioners, BrightBytes also looks at different data in the district, and will give recommendations on how the district should in-vest in technology to influ-ence its outcomes.

“This package will al-low it to be seamless,” she said, adding that it should take about eight weeks for the system to be fully integrated with schools across the district.

The board also re-

viewed some of such data at the Monday meeting, including that there were more issues of student dis-cipline this year than last.

“ W e ’ r e up slightly over last year,” said CMSD Dep-uty Super-i n t e n d e n t Craig Shan-non, of the data which compares 2014 to 2015, with 2015 to 2016.

Some of the areas with the most tallied infrac-tions include disruptive behavior, disorderly con-duct, cutting class and tardies.

The board also re-

viewed other standards of student and teacher conduct, including atten-dance records.

Student attendance from November to De-cember came to a total of 94.90 percent as a goal for all of the district’s sites; the goal is 95 percent, said Shannon.

“So we still have a little bit of work to do.”

Teacher attendance was also an area of con-cern, he said. Data shows for some schools, in-cluding Columbus High School, Cook Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School, and Columbus Success Academy had teacher attendance below the 90 percent mark in January.

Asked by board pres-ident Verdell what might account for the large num-ber of absences from edu-cators, Shanon said there were a number of reasons.

“One is maternity leave, which goes into teacher absence,” he said, adding the recent flu sea-son also captured many teachers, as well as chil-dren.

However, he said the district is working with district schools to in-crease staff attendance.

“We know it has one of the biggest impacts on student achievement,” he said, of students having “the most qualified” per-son available to educate them at all times.

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JACKSON — More than half the people killed last year by house fires in Mississippi were in homes without working smoke alarms, the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Of-fice said.

Fire Marshal Mike Chaney said his office investigated 55 fire deaths in 2015, and found that a bit more than half either had no smoke alarm or had non-working smoke alarms.

Seven Mississippi State students who survived a fire last week are proof that smoke alarms save lives, he said. Chaney said the alarm in their rented house woke one stu-dent about 2:30 a.m., and he woke the others so they all got out safely.

“Fortunately, the landlord of this house had been proactive ... and had had the home hard-wired with inter-connected smoke alarms. It was a very smart thing to do,” said City of

Starkville Fire Marshal Mark Mc-Curdy. “Had that smoke alarm not worked,. I have no doubt we would have been dealing with multiple fa-talities.”

Chaney said his office works with local fire departments to install smoke alarms in high-risk homes and homes with older adults, chil-dren, and people with disabilities. Alarms installed in 27,000 homes include more than 54,000 standard smoke alarms, 209 bed-shaker de-vices and 75 strobe smoke alarms, he said.

No smoke alarm in more than half of Miss. fatal firesFire Marshal investigated 55 fire deaths in 2015

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or recording minutes.”The pre-arranged

meetings — each attend-ed by two or three coun-cilmen — took place in January and February 2014. They concerned the city’s retail partnership with the Golden Triangle Development LINK and project management on the Trotter Convention Center renovation. For-mer Dispatch reporter Nathan Gregory filed a complaint with the Ethics Commission after becom-ing aware of the meet-ings.

The city’s 27-page ap-pellant brief, authored by attorneys Jeff Turnage and Michael Chase, chal-lenges the Ethics Com-mission’s authority to use the Open Meetings Act to rule on non-quorum

meetings.The brief argues that

Gregory’s complaint against the city was not against the rules as they exist but that he “did not like those rules because they allowed the City to structure meetings not involving official action in a way that Gregory (and the Commission) did not like.”

The brief further states that in ruling against the city, the Ethics Commis-sion effectively enacted new law, which is a power reserved for the Legisla-ture. It says that the com-mission should not rule against the city under the Open Meetings Act be-cause it found the meet-ings circumvent the law.

To circumvent the law, the attorneys argue, in-

herently includes avoid-ing it, and as such, the law could not be violated.

“If the members of the Commission, or any cit-izen or group of citizens believe that such structur-ing of gatherings should not be permitted, then they are free to petition the Legislature to change the law,” the brief states. “What the Commission is not free to do is change the law on its own.”

In December, Chan-cery Court Judge Ken-neth Burns denied an Ethics Commission at-tempt to intervene in the appeal process.

The Ethics Commis-

sion attempted to inter-vene in order to represent the other side of the case.

“In this case, in partic-ular, if we’re not involved, there’s not going to be anyone on the other side of the case,” Commission Executive Director Tom Hood said in October. “We have a duty to protect the public interest and I don’t think we can do our job if we’re not allowed into court.”

After Burns dismissed the Ethics Commission’s motion to intervene, Hood said the commis-sion would file an amic-us brief, or “friend of the court” brief.

Hood told The Dis-patch on Monday that the Ethics Commission is working on a brief for sub-mission.

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WEST POINT — New Hope High School senior basketball player Willie Ousley brings a high level of energy to the court.

For the Trojans, the good news is Ous-ley also brings that energy on the defen-sive end.

On a night where defense had stretch-es of being optional, the return of Ousley to the lineup after an injury proved pivot-al as New Hope knocked off West Point 85-77 in a Mississippi High School Activi-ties Association Class 5A, Region 2 game played Monday night at West Point Gym.

“It felt good to be back,” Ousley said. “I was trying to provide a lift, a spark. We really wanted this game badly. My job was to go out there and get some things done defensively and to score when I could. When we have five guys contribut-

ing on offense, we can be tough to beat.”New Hope improved to 14-9 overall

and 3-3 in region play. The Trojans won their final three region games to earn season splits with Saltillo, Oxford and now West Point.

In the region tournament next week at Oxford, top-seeded West Point will play fourth-seeded Oxford, while sec-ond-seeded Saltillo will play third-seed-ed New Hope.

Ousley did not start but he did play about three quarters after missing two games with an elbow injury.

“He really is a big piece of everything we are trying to do,” New Hope coach Drew McBrayer said. “He just brings such a high level of energy. He is flying around and that rubs off on the other guys. He is a senior, so he has been in the big games. Really, there was not a lot of defense played in that game. We just

TRENDING UPWARDNew Hope avenges earlier defeat with region road win at West Point

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Kayla Rogers never has considered herself a “big girl.”

In basketball lingo, “big girl” refers to a post player. The use of the word “big” implies the center or power forward in question has ample girth or height to make life difficult for opponents.

At 5-foot-11 with a lean frame, Rogers more likely would be classified as a “tweener,” someone who doesn’t satisfy the typical height and size guidelines and can play multiple posi-tions.

But the longer the 2015-16 goes, Rogers is showing

she can do a pretty good impersonation of a “big girl.” Columbus High School girls basketball coach Yvonne Hairston doesn’t mind, either, because Rogers’ prowess on the block has played an inte-gral role in her team’s success.

Rogers played a starring role last week, scoring 22 points in a victory against Tupelo and adding 18 points in another victory against South Panola in Mississippi High School Activities Asso-ciation Class 6A, Region 2 action.

For her accomplishments, Rogers is The Dispatch’s Prep Player of the Week.

“The coaches and my teammates al-ways encourage me to keep pushing no matter what,” said Rogers, who is averag-ing 18.6 points and at least 10 rebounds per game. “I have been down about my size in the position I play, but they always

motivate me to keep pushing and keep going.”

Rogers said she would get down about her lack of size because she felt it would prevent her from realizing a goal of play-ing basketball in college. That changed after to game against Tupelo when Rog-ers talked with Meridian Community College women’s basketball coach Joce-lyn McGilberry.

“I was in awe about it because I didn’t think she would come to me,” Rogers said. “To see someone sees potential in

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Bulldogsready forhomestandBY BEN WAITbwait@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State is glad to be home.

Of the first 10 Southeastern Conference games for the Bull-dogs, six have come on the road. They are 1-5 in those games with the lone win coming at Missouri. In the four home games, the Bull-dogs are 1-3 with a win over rival Ole Miss.

MSU won’t have to worry about traveling for the next three games as it has a three-game homestand. The stretch may be coming at the right time for the Bulldogs who can rest up and feed off the crowd’s energy. The Bulldogs (9-13, 2-8 SEC) began that three-game stretch against the Arkan-sas Razorbacks (12-11, 5-5) 8 p.m. (SEC Network) today inside Hum-phrey Coliseum.

“It’s good,” Bulldog freshman guard Malik New-man said. “It’s just good to have our crowd here and have them behind us and just being at home.”

The home stretch will also give the Bulldogs some time to relax and their schedule won’t be as busy as it would be playing on the road. After losing to LSU this past Saturday, the Bulldogs had an “intense film” session Sunday according to coach Ben Howland. He said they didn’t practice, but did move around to get the lactic acid out of the body.

“Guys are playing a lot of min-utes, so I thought it was better for us to have our best chance (today) to not do a whole lot physically ex-erting,” Howland said. “(Monday) we’ll have a good practice and we’ll go hard and hopefully come out (today) prepared and ready to go.”

Winning record at homeMSU is 6-4 at home this sea-

son, with the four losses coming by a combined 12 points. Three of those losses have come to SEC teams, but MSU had chances to win all three. The Bulldogs lost 61-60 to Texas A&M in the con-ference opener and then dropped an 80-75 decision to Tennessee after having several chances to take the lead in the second half. The most recent home loss came in overtime to Alabama last week.

Although the Bulldogs haven’t been able to overcome late game struggles, the homestand is a chance for them to put together a win streak that might propel them the rest of the season. Howland isn’t thinking that way though.

“It’s just one game at a time,” Howland said. “Our first oppo-nent is very good, athletic and extremely talented. They’re really playing well offensively. They’ve improved a lot since we’ve seen them last in terms of their man of-fense and how they move the ball in their motion.”

The Razorbacks beat the Bull-dogs 82-68 Jan. 9 in Fayetteville, in the first meeting between the two teams. Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said the Bulldogs have improved since that defeat and

No. 1 UConnstands tallin showdownBY PETE IACOBELLIThe Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — UConn coach Gene Auriemma smiled at his three upper-class starters, savoring the latest virtuoso per-formance on the big stage by Bre-anna Stewart, Morgan Tuck and Moriah Jefferson — and fretting about their departure next sea-son.

“I carry five cellphones now with all the coaches who want to schedule us next year when these guys leave,” Auriemma said Mon-day night.

Count South Carolina coach Dawn Staley among them af-ter Stewart, Tuck and Jefferson combined for 53 points in No. 1 UConn’s 66-54 blowout of the sec-ond-ranked Gamecocks.

Stewart led the way with 25 points, Tuck had 16 points and Jefferson 12 as the Huskies (23-0) won their 60th straight game and improved to 19-3 in No. 1-vs.-No. 2 matchups.

“These games are a lot of fun,” said Stewart, who also had 10 re-bounds and five blocks. “They are exciting for us.’

Really big gameAuriemma felt the increased

vibe as his team stepped out of its American Athletic Conference schedule. His players soaked in the anticipation of the season’s biggest game — the Gamecocks (22-1) came having opened with 22 straight wins — and played with a fire in front of a sold-out, 18,000-seat arena to prove them-selves the best, the longtime coach said.

“The fun part is the look in their eyes,” he said.

UConn took control early, up 30-15 midway through the second quarter.

Stewart was the main reason why, finishing with her ninth double-double this season. The 6-foot-4 senior also played strong defense against South Carolina’s inside stars in A’ja Wilson and Alaina Coates. The Gamecocks duo, averaging 28 points com-bined this season, ended with just about half that (15) in their first loss of the season.

UConn handed the Gamecocks their first loss here since falling to Texas A&M 50-48 on Feb. 10, 2013.

Wilson and Sarah Imovbioh had 13 points apiece to lead South Carolina.

UConn again showed quickly why it has no equal in the women’s game. Stewart and Tuck each had six points as the Huskies opened up a 16-8 lead. They were still ahead 20-12 when Stewart hit for a 3-pointer and a driving layup to increase the margin.

UConn was eventually ahead by 15 points before the Game-cocks put forth a burst in the final four minutes of the second to cut the lead to 35-25 at the break.

Staley said last week when dis-cussing UConn she’d easily trade a win over the Huskies at the Final Four for one during the season. “I told our players that there’s a long way to go, a lot of basketball left, before we get there” to the Final Four, she said.

South Carolina lost its leading scorer in Wilson with 4:22 left in the second quarter as she injured her left leg. Wilson was jostling for a rebound she landed hard and was in obvious pain just off the court. Trainers worked on her lower leg before she was helped

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TrojansContinued from Page 1B

needed some people to step up.”New Hope has always tilted

to the offensive side of the scale. During a season-opening nine-game win streak, New Hope scored 70 or more points six times. The Trojans enter the final two games of the regular season with back-to-back performances of that magni-tude.

“When everybody on the court is scoring, we have a chance,” Ousley said. “You can tell me how much we have grown in practice the last cou-ple of weeks. Everybody is getting more involved. I think the confi-dence level of each individual player is higher, because there is a chance they could lead us on any given night. We have to work on the de-fense but we can make that better.”

To Ousley’s point, sophomore Kyree Fields led New Hope in scor-ing with a career-high 17 points. The Trojans placed five in double figures, with Heratio Jackson add-ing 16, Ousley adding 14, Terryonte Thomas adding 13 and Toddy Jen-nings adding 12.

“The guys did a great job of find-ing me tonight,” Fields said. “After the first couple of shots went down, I started feeling good. We may have the most unselfish team in the state. That is why it is fun to come out and play with this team every night. Of-fensively, we have come a long way. When we share the ball and make shots, we have a lot of confidence that we can win any game.”

McBrayer marveled at his team’s ability to place five in double figures Monday night. He is also aware of the defensive improvement nec-essary for a legitimate run in the Class 5A playoffs.

“When everybody is involved, we can be pretty good,” McBray-er said. “You can be such a differ-ent matchup when each player on the court is scoring. Kyree really stepped up and had quite a night.”

West Point fell to 12-13 overall and 4-2 in region play. In the first regular-season meeting, New Hope lost a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter as West Point came all the way back for a 60-57 victory.

“The coaches talked about not letting up,” Ousley said. “We knew this was a four-quarter game. We were really motivated to play this game, since we lost the last one. It really mattered to us.”

New Hope started strong. Jack-

son, Thomas and Fields each hit 3-point baskets as the Trojans built a 19-5 lead less than six minutes into the game.

Ousley entered late in the quar-ter and scored as time expired to give his team a 23-10 lead.

Behind the strong offensive play of Shaunderrious Westbrook and A.J. McFarland, West Point re-mained competitive.

Westbrook had 18 first-half points but his team’s problems on the defensive end were too much, as New Hope led 45-32 at halftime.

“Defensively, we were not good,” West Point coach Brad Cox said. “You aren’t going to win a game when you give up 85 points. We just never really got started on the de-fensive end. It doesn’t matter how many shots you make if you can’t get some stops.”

West Point did eventually get some stops and freshman Austin Crowley heated up on the offensive end as well. A Crowley 3-point bas-ket had the hosts back within 51-47.

Still, Jay Shinn and Jackson com-bined for six straight points and New Hope built a 10-point lead after three quarters. Only back-to-back

3s in the closing seconds by Crow-ley and McFarland brought the fi-nal deficit within single digits.

The teams combined to hit 17 3-point baskets, with West Point hitting 13 of them.

Westbrook finished with 24 points, while McFarland had 18 points, Crowley had 15 points and Kelly Martin had 13 points.

“We beat each team in the dis-trict at least once,” McFarland said. “So we still have confidence that we can go win the district champi-onship. We just have to play a little better overall and we know we can.”

In the opener Monday night, the West Point girls took a 68-42 win.

For West Point (18-7, 4-2), Jamia Hollings had 20 points, while Ama-ri Heard had 18 points and Amiya Rush had 10 points.

For New Hope (7-14. 2-4), La-noria Abrams had 16 points, while Alaysha Jennings had 11 points.

In the region tournament, No. 1 seed Oxford will face No. 4 seed Saltillo, while No. 2 West Point will face No. 3 New Hope next week.

Follow Dispatch sports writer Scott Walters on Twitter @dispatch-scott

Mark Wilson/Dispatch StaffWest Point High School senior A.J. McFarland (3) looks for a passing lane Monday night against New Hope.

UConnContinued from Page 1B

up and led to the locker room.

Wilson returned to the bench late in the third quarter, her lower leg heavily taped, and played the final period.

Tip-insUConn: The Huskies

are 51-10 against teams ranked in the top 10 since the start of the 2008-09 season. ... Stewart has av-eraged 17 points and eight rebounds in her 19 games against opponents ranked in the top five.

South Carolina: Game-cocks Dawn Staley fell to 0-4 as a coach against UConn. She won both matchups against the Hus-kies as Virginia’s dynamic point guard a quarter cen-tury ago. ... Alaina Coates came in averaging 17.3 points and 12.3 rebounds her past three game. She was held to one field goal for the game against UCo-nn, although she did grab nine boards.

More and moreAuriemma and Staley

both confirmed the fledg-ing series will continue for at least two more seasons. The Gamecocks will head to Connecticut in 2016-17 with the Huskies making a return to the Colonial Life Arena. Staley said continuing to play UConn is a good thing “as long as we can stay competitive.”

Crazy atmosphereAuriemma said the

team bus has trouble reaching the arena be-cause of the all the fans waiting to fill the place for the game. Auriemma joked that one waiting spectator told him to take it easy and not be in such a hurry. “’Hey, you’re here to see the game and we’re part of that, right?’” Au-riemma said in response.

Prep BasketballToday’s Games

Columbus at West PointAberdeen at New HopeWest Lowndes at NoxapaterStarkville High at ProvineAmory at Itawamba AHSHouston at Noxubee CountyCaledonia at LouisvilleHamilton at BaldwynMississippi Association of Independent Schools

Class AA North TournamentAt Winona Christian School

Oak Hill Academy girls vs. Lee (Arkansas), 4 p.m.Oak Hill Academy boys vs. Lee (Arkansas), 5:15 p.m.

Class A North TournamentAt Mavell Academy

Central Academy girls vs. Deer Creek, 4 p.m.Central Academy boys vs. Deer Creek, 5:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesClass AAA North Tournament

At Indianola AcademyHeritage Academy girls vs. Central Hinds, 4 p.m.Heritage Academy boys vs. Kirk Academy, 7:45 p.m.

Class AA North TournamentAt Winona Christian School

Columbus Christian boys vs. Delta Academy, 5:15 p.m.Columbus Christian girls vs. Marshall Academy, 6:30 p.m.

Class A North TournamentAt Marvell Academy

Hebron Christian girls vs. Desoto School, 4 p.m.Hebron Christian boys vs. North Sunflower, 5:15 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesNew Hope at CaledoniaWest Lowndes at Nanih Waiya

Class AAA North TournamentAt Indianola Academy

Starkville Academy vs. Opponent TBD, 4 p.m.Starkville Academy vs. Opponent TBD, 5:15 p.m.

Friday’s GamesWest Lowndes at ColumbusNoxubee County at West PointAberdeen at Starkville High Hamilton at NettletonLouisville at West LauderdaleMooreville at Amory

Prep SoccerThursday’s Match

Magnolia Heights at Starkville Academy, 4 p.m.

Men’s College BasketballToday’s Games

Arkansas at Mississippi State, 8 p.m.Ole Miss at Florida, 8 p.m.

TodayBOXING

10 p.m. — Premier Champions, Luis Eduardo Flores vs. Jamal Herring, lightweights, at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, FS1

COLLEGE BASKETBALL5 p.m. — Bowie State at Maryland, Big Ten Network6 p.m. — Michigan State at Purdue, ESPN6 p.m. — West Virginia at Kansas, ESPN26 p.m. — Pittsburgh at Miami, ESPNU6 p.m. — Cincinnati at UCF, ESPNEWS6 p.m. — Auburn at Tennessee, SEC Network7 p.m. — Northwestern at Ohio State, Big Ten Network7 p.m. — Xavier at Creighton, CBS Sports Network7:30 p.m. — Villanova at DePaul, FS18 p.m. — Georgia at Kentucky, ESPN8 p.m. — Texas-Arlington at Texas State, ESPN28 p.m. — Mississippi at Florida, ESPNU8 p.m. — Arkansas at Mississippi State, SEC Network9 p.m. — New Mexico at Utah State, CBS Sports Network

NBA7 p.m. — San Antonio at Miami, TNT9:30 p.m. — Houston at Golden State, TNT

NHL7 p.m. — Dallas at Minnesota, NBC Sports Network

SOCCER1:30 p.m. — FA Cup, Liverpool at West Ham, FS1

WednesdayCOLLEGE BASKETBALL

5:15 p.m. — Tulane at East Carolina, ESPN News5:30 p.m. — Butler at Seton Hall, FS16 p.m. — Nebraska at Wisconsin, Big Ten Net-work6 p.m. — Providence at Marquette, CBS Sports Network6 p.m. — LSU at South Carolina, ESPN26 p.m. — Memphis at Houston, ESPNU6 p.m. — Texas A&M at Alabama, SEC Network7:15 p.m. — Baylor at Kansas State, ESPN News8 p.m. — Michigan at Minnesota, Big Ten Net-work8 p.m. — Tulsa at SMU, CBS Sports Network8 p.m. — Washington at Utah, ESPN28 p.m. — Iowa State at Texas Tech, ESPNU8 p.m. — Missouri at Vanderbilt, SEC Network10 p.m. — San Diego State at Fresno State, CBS Sports Network

GOLF2:30 a.m. (Thursday) — European PGA Tour, Tshwane Open, first round, at Waterkloof, South Africa, TGC

NBA6:30 p.m. — Memphis at Brooklyn, Fox Sports Southeast7 p.m. — L.A. Lakers at Cleveland, ESPN9:30 p.m. — Houston at Portland, ESPN

NHL7 p.m. — N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, NBC Sports Network

SOCCER1:30 p.m. — FA Cup, West Bromwich Albion at Peterborough United FC, FS17:30 p.m. — International friendly, Mexico vs. Senegal, at Miami, FS1

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BRIEFLYMississippi StateWomen’s golf makes rebound at Central Florida

Orlando, Fla. — After a tough first round Sunday, the Mississippi State women’s golf team bounced back in grand fashion as it improved by 21 strokes from the first to second round. The team ended the day at 295 and tied for 15th place.

“I was much more pleased with today’s round, even though we still had lots of small mistakes that cost us in the end,” MSU coach Ginger Brown-Lemm said. “The wind didn’t pick up much until our back nine holes, so we were fortunate there, as compared to yesterday. ”

Being deemed as one of the most consistent players on the MSU squad, junior Jessica Peng proved herself just that today as she finished with 69 to stand tied for 11th.

Peng started off hot as she birdied her first hole and didn’t look back. Finishing her first nine 2-under-par, and her back nine, 1-under.

“Jessica Played very well by shooting the 69,” Brown-Lemm said. “We knew that was coming after yesterday. Her commitment and focus is spot on.

Izel Pieters came out strong shooting three birdies on the day and ending the round with a 76.

Freshman Kendall Wisenbaker tied Pieters for 76 on the day.Shaving nine strokes off of her first round, junior Ji Eun Baik started

off shaky and then found her rhythm landing back-to-back birdies during her final nine holes en route to a 74.

“Today I tried to forget about yesterday’s round, and just play one shot at a time,” Baik said. “I didn’t event realize that I shot two under on the back nine until I signed my scorecard at the end. I was proud that I just stayed in the moment and played each hole.”

Bianca Theron ended the day shooting 78 for the second day in a row.

Another impressive day came from the freshman Katie Holt, who is playing as an individual. Holt came out of the gates shooting great. After a birdie on her first shot, she was able to produce three more to finish her front nine holes 1-under. She finished the day at even par.

Mississippi State was set to resume play this morning for the Final Round of the UCF Challenge.

n Fan Day set for Saturday: At Starkville, Mississippi State will ring in the 2016 season with its annual fan day this Saturday in the Palmeiro Center on campus. Doors open at 10 a.m.

This will be the first opportunity for fans to obtain their very own free copy of the 2016 baseball schedule poster featuring team captains Brent Rooker, Dakota Hudson and Jacob Robson.

Head coach John Cohen and the team will sign autographs from 10:30 a.m. until noon. To help ensure everyone in attendance has a chance to meet all the players and Cohen, student-athletes may only sign posters while Coach Cohen will autograph one item per person. In addition, several former Diamond Dawgs who currently play profession-al baseball will be in attendance signing.

Along with the autograph session, there will be a ‘Kid Zone’ inside the Palmeiro Center with inflatables for children to enjoy. Fans will also be given tours of the Hall of Champions, located in the baseball offices between Palmeiro and Dudy Noble Field.

Following the event, fans can then walk over to Dudy Noble where the team will play an intrasquad scrimmage beginning around 1 p.m. The Mugshots kiosk inside the stadium will be open for fans to grab lunch while they enjoy the game. Children will get the opportunity to run the bases immediately following the scrimmage.

When the scrimmage ends, MSU Dugout Club members will be treated to a cookout inside the Palmeiro Center.

In related news, tonight’s Cowbell Yell event has been moved indoors to the Palmeiro Center.

n Women’s basketball luncheon set for Wednesday: At Starkville, a road victory at LSU and a tough home win against a ranked Missouri squad kept Mississippi State at No. 11 in this week’s Associat-ed Press Top 25 Poll.

The Bulldogs matched their best shooting percentage of the SEC slate (49.1 percent) to claim the program’s second-ever win at LSU (71-52). State then turned to its stifling defense to hold then-No. 22 Missouri to its season-low in points in a 52-42 victory.

State earned its 32-straight week in the Associated Press ranking dating back to last season. That run is the 11th-longest active streak in the nation.

The two victories improved Vic Schaefer’s Bulldogs to 21-4 overall and 8-3 in SEC play heading into a Thursday road contest at Texas A&M. The Aggies, who slipped three places to No. 15, knocked off Tennessee 76-71 in overtime Sunday after falling 83-81 at Florida on Thursday.

Before MSU heads to College Station, fans can recap the team’s four-game win streak during Wednesday’s Hail State Hoops Luncheon in Mize Pavilion. The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. and for $12, includes a full meal and hoops talk with Schaefer, his staff and players.

Fans who RSVP by calling (662) 325-0198 or emailing dbrown@athletics.msstate.edu will be entered for the chance to win a door prize.

AlabamaGuard Obasohan earns weekly honors from SEC

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama men’s basketball senior guard Retin Obasohan was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced on Monday. It marks the first time a Crimson Tide player has won the honor twice in the same sea-son since former standout Kennedy Winston achieved the feat during the 2004-05 campaign.

Obasohan was earned the recognition after he averaged 20.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in a pair of wins at Mississippi State and vs. Missouri last week. The Antwerp, Belgium native shot 56 percent from the field and 36 percent from beyond the arc in leading the Tide to back-to-back league wins.

Against the Bulldogs, Obasohan scored 25 points – his fifth straight game and 10th time this season that he has scored 20 or more points in a contest – to go along with a career-best eight assists and a team-high three steals in the 82-80 overtime victory in Starkville, Miss. He followed that performance with 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor and led the Tide with seven boards, in an 80-71 home win over Missouri.

n Multiple baseball ticket packages on sale: At Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the University of Alabama Athletics TIDE PRIDE/Ticket Office announced Monday afternoon that single-game tickets, mini-plan packages and group seating options are now available for the 2016 Crimson Tide baseball season at the newly renovated Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

With the start of a new era of Alabama baseball less than two weeks away, fans are encouraged to act quickly on securing their tickets for the 2016 season. This year will feature three mini-plan options that are available in the infield and outfield reserved seating.

For the mini-plan options, fans can select a collection of any four, eight or 12-game packages that are available at both adult and youth rates. Infield reserve sections cost $110 (12), $75 (8) and $40 (4) for adults, while youth prices are set at $100 (12), $70 (8) and $35 (4). The outfield reserve seating costs $95 (12), $65 (8) and $35 (4) for adults and $85 (12), $55 (8) and $30 (4) for fans 12 and under.

Single-game tickets are also on sale for the 2016 season. Weekend single-game seats for adults cost $12 in the infield reserved sections and $10 in the outfield reserved areas, while weekday tickets in the infield reserve are $8. Youth prices for the weekend cost $9 on the infield and $7 in the outfield, with the midweek games set at $5 for infield reserved seating.

Special midweek promotions are also available for the outfield re-serve seating areas. Tuesday games will once again be “Two-for-One” with fans receiving two tickets for the price of one seat. Wednesday midweek contests will feature $5 tickets for all fans sitting in the outfield section.

Those looking to entertain a party of 15 or more at the new “Joe” this season can select from two different options. The first option for fans is weekend group seating in the outfield reserve with tickets set at $7 per adult or $3 for youth attending the game. The other option for fans is a midweek group outing, with rates set at $5 for fans of all ages.

n Track and field squads earn honors: At Tuscaloosa, Ala-bama, as the championship portion of the indoor schedule approaches, the Alabama men’s and women’s track and field teams are both ranked inside the top 30 of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Team Computer Rankings released Monday by the association. The men check in at No. 15 this week while the women are No. 28.

On the men’s side, senior Justin Fondren’s clearance of 7-1 3/4 (2.18m) continues to rank in the top 10 nationally, currently tying him for ninth. Junior Jeremiah Green is ranked 18th in the triple jump with a best mark of 52-0 (15.85m), while senior Josh McCullan’s season-best effort of 24-7 (7.49m) is tied for 37th in the long jump. Junior Kyle Felpel is 24th on the national shot put list thanks to his season-opening throw of 60-2 1/2 (18.35m) and redshirt freshman Kord Ferguson sits 42nd on that list with a best toss of 58-10 (17.93m). In the weight throw, sophomore Daniel Haugh ranks 23rd behind a best mark of 68-5 1/4 (20.86m) and redshirt junior Elias Hakansson is 42nd with a throw of 65-8 1/4 (20.02m).

The 4x400 relay squad of freshman Matthew Likely, freshman Isaac Trevino, junior Jacopo Lahbi and freshman Skyler Bowden combined for a time of 3:10.94 in the event at the New Mexico Classic & Multis last weekend, ranking them 37th on the national list.

Junior Quanesha Burks continues to be ranked in the top 20 na-tionally in two events for the women, holding the nation’s best long jump mark at 22-0 1/4 (6.71m) while also tying for 16th in the 60 meters with a time of 7.33. Junior Vanessa Clerveaux is 42nd in the 60 meters with her season-best effort of 7.42 and tied for 22nd in the 60-meter hurdles after recording a time of 8.29 at the New Mexico Classic & Multis. Junior Diamond Gause (23.84) sits 38th in the 200 meters.

—From Special Reports

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BasketballNBA

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBToronto 35 16 .686 —Boston 31 22 .585 5New York 23 31 .426 13½Brooklyn 14 39 .264 22Philadelphia 8 44 .154 27½

Southeast Division W L Pct GBMiami 29 23 .558 —Atlanta 30 24 .556 —Charlotte 26 26 .500 3Orlando 23 28 .451 5½Washington 22 27 .449 5½

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 37 14 .725 —Indiana 28 24 .538 9½Chicago 27 24 .529 10Detroit 27 26 .509 11Milwaukee 20 32 .385 17½

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 43 8 .843 —Memphis 30 22 .577 13½Dallas 29 25 .537 15½Houston 27 26 .509 17New Orleans 19 32 .373 24

Northwest Division W L Pct GBOklahoma City 39 14 .736 —Utah 25 25 .500 12½Portland 26 27 .491 13Denver 21 32 .396 18Minnesota 16 37 .302 23

Pacific Division W L Pct GBGolden State 46 4 .920 —L.A. Clippers 35 17 .673 12Sacramento 21 31 .404 26Phoenix 14 39 .264 33½L.A. Lakers 11 43 .204 37

Sunday’s GamesBoston 128, Sacramento 119Orlando 96, Atlanta 94Denver 101, New York 96L.A. Clippers 100, Miami 93

Monday’s GamesCleveland 120, Sacramento 100Indiana 89, L.A. Lakers 87L.A. Clippers 98, Philadelphia 92, OTCharlotte 108, Chicago 91Brooklyn 105, Denver 104Toronto 103, Detroit 89New Orleans 116, Minnesota 102Portland 112, Memphis 106, OTOrlando 117, Atlanta 110, OTOklahoma City 122, Phoenix 106

Today’s GamesBoston at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Miami, 7 p.m.Washington at New York, 7 p.m.Utah at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.Houston at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesCharlotte at Indiana, 6 p.m.Sacramento at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.San Antonio at Orlando, 6 p.m.Memphis at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Boston, 6:30 p.m.Denver at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.Atlanta at Chicago, 7 p.m.Toronto at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Utah at New Orleans, 7 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Golden State at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Houston at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Men’sCollege Scores

EASTAlbany (NY) 69, Binghamton 56Army 82, Colgate 72Georgetown 92, St. John’s 67Lehigh 87, Lafayette 72Mass.-Lowell 100, Vermont 93New Hampshire 88, Maine 75St. Peter’s 68, Quinnipiac 52Stony Brook 85, Hartford 72

SOUTHAlcorn St. 66, Grambling St. 63Chattanooga 72, Mercer 66, OTDuke 72, Louisville 65Florida A&M 96, Delaware St. 95, 2OTFurman 79, UNC Greensboro 72Hampton 68, Howard 65Jackson St. 81, Southern U. 80MVSU 66, Alabama A&M 64Nicholls St. 71, Incarnate Word 60Norfolk St. 76, Md.-Eastern Shore 70Notre Dame 89, Clemson 83SC State 82, Morgan St. 78Samford 95, The Citadel 86Savannah St. 72, Coppin St. 63, OTWofford 92, VMI 60

SOUTHWESTAbilene Christian 71, Lamar 67Ark.-Pine Bluff 75, Alabama St. 70, OTOklahoma 63, Texas 60Stephen F. Austin 83, Northwestern St. 72TCU 63, Oklahoma St. 56Texas A&M-CC 83, Houston Baptist 76

FAR WESTNew Mexico St. 85, N. New Mexico 54

AP Top 25 MenThe top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv1. Villanova (32) 20-3 1,566 32. Maryland (13) 21-3 1,499 43. Oklahoma (7) 19-3 1,472 14. Iowa (11) 19-4 1,471 55. Xavier 21-2 1,382 66. Kansas (1) 19-4 1,311 77. Virginia (1) 19-4 1,223 98. Michigan St. 20-4 1,144 109. North Carolina 19-4 1,136 210. West Virginia 19-4 1,082 1411. Oregon 20-4 905 1612. Miami 18-4 826 1713. Louisville 19-4 819 1914. Iowa St. 17-6 781 1315. Texas A&M 18-5 663 8

16. SMU 20-2 593 1217. Arizona 19-5 497 2318. Purdue 19-5 456 1819. Dayton 19-3 413 2420. Providence 18-6 349 1121. Baylor 17-6 333 1522. Kentucky 17-6 228 2023. Southern Cal 18-5 225 —24. Texas 16-7 199 —25. Wichita St. 17-6 132 21Others receiving votes: South Carolina 128, Indiana 91, Notre Dame 75, San Diego St. 22, Duke 14, Seton Hall 14, Gonzaga 10, LSU 10, VCU 10, Valparaiso 9, Stony Brook 8, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 6, Saint Joseph’s 5, UNC Wilm-ington 4, Hawaii 3, Utah 3, Chattanooga 2, George Washington 2, UConn 2, Michigan 1, Monmouth (NJ) 1.

USA Today Top 25 MenThe top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 7, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs1. Villanova (11) 20-3 753 42. Maryland (11) 21-3 749 33. Oklahoma (3) 19-3 708 24. Xavier 21-2 683 55. Iowa (3) 19-4 674 76. Kansas (2) 19-4 670 67. Virginia 19-4 616 98. North Carolina (1) 19-4 599 19. Michigan State (1) 20-4 567 1010. West Virginia 19-4 490 1211. Miami 18-4 433 1512. Oregon 20-4 423 1713. Texas A&M 18-5 388 814. Arizona 19-5 311 2015. Iowa State 17-6 307 1416. Purdue 19-5 293 1617. Dayton 19-3 237 2417. Providence 18-6 237 1119. Baylor 17-6 222 1320. South Carolina 20-3 185 2321. Kentucky 17-6 178 1922. Indiana 19-5 119 2123. Southern Cal 18-5 106 —24. Wichita State 17-6 92 2225. Texas 16-7 70 —Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 64, Gon-zaga 53, Duke 41, Saint Mary’s 28, Pittsburgh 25, Seton Hall 21, Valparaiso 15, Monmouth 12, Utah 12, VCU 8, LSU 5, Saint Joseph’s 2, UALR 1, California 1, Clemson 1, Stony Brook 1.

Southeastern Conference Men

Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.LSU 8 2 .800 15 8 .652South Carolina 7 3 .700 20 3 .870Texas A&M 7 3 .700 18 5 .783Kentucky 7 3 .700 17 6 .739Florida 6 4 .600 15 8 .652Georgia 6 4 .600 13 8 .619Ole Miss 5 5 .500 15 8 .652Vanderbilt 5 5 .500 13 10 .565Arkansas 5 5 .500 12 11 .522Alabama 4 6 .400 13 9 .591Tennessee 4 6 .400 11 12 .478Auburn 3 7 .300 9 13 .409Mississippi St. 2 8 .200 9 13 .409Missouri 1 9 .100 8 15 .348

Sunday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Monday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Today’s GamesAuburn at Tennessee, 6 p.m. (SEC Network)Arkansas at Mississippi State, 8 p.m. (SEC Network)Georgia at Kentucky, 8 p.m. (ESPN)Ole Miss at Florida, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)

Wednesday’s GamesLSU at South Carolina, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)Texas A&M at Alabama, 6 p.m. (SEC Network)Missouri at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. (SEC Network)

Thursday’s GameNo games scheduled

Friday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Saturday’s GamesKentucky at South Carolina, 11 a.m. (ESPN)Texas A&M at LSU, Noon (WCBI)Arkansas at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. (ESPNU)Tennessee at Missouri, 2 p.m. (SEC Network)Alabama at Florida, 4:30 p.m. (SEC Network)Vanderbilt at Auburn, 5 p.m. (ESPN2)Georgia at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. (SEC Network)

Monday’s Women’sCollege Scores

EASTAlbany (NY) 64, Binghamton 58Maine 59, New Hampshire 55Manhattan 64, Marist 59Mass.-Lowell 68, Vermont 66Mount St. Mary’s 59, Wagner 50Robert Morris 72, CCSU 55Sacred Heart 71, LIU Brooklyn 47St. Francis (Pa.) 85, Bryant 72St. Francis Brooklyn 88, Fairleigh Dickinson 78Stony Brook 45, Hartford 42

SOUTHAlabama A&M 84, MVSU 74Alcorn St. 70, Grambling St. 66Florida A&M 86, Delaware St. 56Howard 83, Hampton 77, OTMorgan St. 62, SC State 56NC Central 68, Johnson & Wales (NC) 58Norfolk St. 74, Md.-Eastern Shore 63Savannah St. 57, Coppin St. 55Southern U. 66, Jackson St. 57UConn 66, South Carolina 54

MIDWESTOhio St. 94, Maryland 86Wisconsin 64, Purdue 57

SOUTHWESTAlabama St. 68, Ark.-Pine Bluff 53Arkansas 57, Vanderbilt 56

AP Top 25 WomenThe top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv

1. UConn (32) 22-0 800 12. South Carolina 22-0 765 23. Notre Dame 23-1 739 34. Baylor 23-1 699 45. Maryland 21-2 660 56. Texas 21-1 653 67. Ohio St. 18-4 599 78. Oregon St. 20-3 580 99. Arizona St. 20-4 518 810. Florida St. 19-4 515 1011. Mississippi St. 21-4 485 1112. Louisville 18-6 418 1313. Stanford 19-5 389 1514. UCLA 17-6 366 1415. Texas A&M 16-7 354 1216. Florida 19-4 305 2217. Michigan St. 18-5 286 1718. Kentucky 16-6 231 1819. Miami 20-4 219 1620. Oklahoma St. 18-4 202 2521. Oklahoma 16-6 132 2022. South Florida 16-6 115 1923. DePaul 19-7 84 —24. West Virginia 18-6 80 —25. Tennessee 14-9 49 23Others receiving votes: Missouri 35, Colorado St. 23, Syracuse 23, BYU 20, Duquesne 12, Washington 12, Georgia 9, UTEP 6, Albany (NY) 5, George Washington 3, Minnesota 3, Purdue 3, Arkansas St. 1, Green Bay 1, Ore-gon 1.

HockeyNHL

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAFlorida 53 31 16 6 68 148 119Tampa Bay 52 29 19 4 62 140 126Boston 52 28 18 6 62 155 138Detroit 53 27 18 8 62 134 134Montreal 54 26 24 4 56 147 144Ottawa 54 25 23 6 56 157 170Buffalo 53 21 26 6 48 121 143Toronto 51 19 23 9 47 122 145

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 51 38 9 4 80 169 115N.Y. Rangers 53 30 18 5 65 153 137Pittsburgh 52 27 18 7 61 139 135N.Y. Islanders 51 27 18 6 60 146 130New Jersey 54 26 21 7 59 122 128Carolina 54 24 21 9 57 130 144Philadelphia 51 23 19 9 55 123 138Columbus 54 21 28 5 47 138 170

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 56 36 16 4 76 159 128Dallas 53 33 15 5 71 172 144St. Louis 55 30 17 8 68 135 132Nashville 53 25 20 8 58 138 140Colorado 55 27 24 4 58 149 152Minnesota 52 23 20 9 55 127 128Winnipeg 52 23 26 3 49 136 152

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GALos Angeles 51 31 17 3 65 137 119San Jose 51 27 20 4 58 149 139Anaheim 51 25 19 7 57 115 123Arizona 52 24 22 6 54 139 162Vancouver 52 20 20 12 52 124 145Calgary 51 23 25 3 49 135 150Edmonton 54 21 28 5 47 136 165NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.

Sunday’s GamesMontreal 2, Carolina 1, SOWashington 3, Philadelphia 2N.Y. Islanders 8, Edmonton 1

Monday’s GamesN.Y. Rangers 2, New Jersey 1Pittsburgh 6, Anaheim 2Ottawa 5, Tampa Bay 1Detroit 3, Florida 0

Today’s GamesLos Angeles at Boston, 6 p.m.Florida at Buffalo, 6 p.m.Edmonton at New Jersey, 6 p.m.Anaheim at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 6 p.m.Tampa Bay at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.Winnipeg at St. Louis, 7 p.m.Washington at Nashville, 7 p.m.Dallas at Minnesota, 7 p.m.San Jose at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.Vancouver at Colorado, 8 p.m.Toronto at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesOttawa at Detroit, 6 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Vancouver at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

TransactionsMonday’s Moves

BASEBALLAmerican League

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Craig Stammen on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

NEW YORK KNICKS — Fired coach Derek Fisher. Named Kurt Rambis interim coach.Women’s National Basketball AssociationPHOENIX MERCURY — Re-signed F Penny Taylor.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

ATLANTA FALCONS — Named Joel Collier director of pro personnel. Released LB Justin Durant and S William Moore.CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed CB Chykie Brown and OT Darryl Baldwin.CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Rock Cart-wright offensive quality control coach, Louie Cioffi defensive backs coach, Ken Delgado assistant defensive line coach, Johnny Holland inside linebackers coach, Cannon Matthews assistant defensive backs coach, Robert Nunn defensive line coach, Eric Sanders defensive quality control coach and Ryan Slowik outside linebackers coach.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released WR Riley Cooper.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Reassigned D Ryan Murphy to Charlotte (AHL).ST. LOUIS BLUES — Placed D Alex Pietrange-lo on injured reserve.

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said he knows it will be a challenge for his team.

The last two trips to Starkville have been fruitful for the Razor-backs as they have won both. How-ever, Arkansas is just 1-6 on the road this season, including 1-4 in SEC play. Anderson said winning on the road won’t be easy this time around and said the last two results have nothing to do with this game.

“You’ve got to play some sound basketball when you do that,” An-derson said. “You’ve got to not turn the ball over, you’ve got to shoot the ball well and I’m hoping our defense travels. That’s going to be a big key in this game.”

Lots of 3-pointersThe Razorbacks made 16 3-point-

ers in the initial matchup this sea-son. The Bulldogs played a zone defense and struggled to keep the Razorbacks from catching fire. MSU has been using a man-to-man defense more and more, if person-nel and foul trouble allows.

Howland likes the potential matchup of his man-to-man defense against Arkansas’ offense, but there are some things that worry him.

“This will be a real challenge for our man defense because they cut hard and they move the ball, they get it moving from side-to-side,” Howland said. “They have a good post player, Moses (Kingsley) is really good inside. They’re a good passing team. They’ve got two great shooters in (Anthlon) Bell (16.5 points per game) and (Dusty) Han-nahs (17 points), so it’s a real daunt-ing task.”

Newman (13.1 points) said he is especially excited about the man-to-man defense and said he thought they should have played the man more against the Razorbacks in the first game.

MSU’s eight conference loss-es have come by an average of 6.5 points. The Bulldogs have been in many games late, but haven’t been

able to get over the hump. However, the Bulldogs said their spirits are high.

“We’re right there in all our games,” Newman said. “They’re hard fought and we’re always in the game. We just have to keep play-ing, keep fighting and hope for a better result. It’s the little things in the course of the game that we’re not doing that are costing us those close losses.”

Howland said his team has been really good in handling the grind of SEC play.

“Whether you’re winning or losing, it’s a grind,” Howland said. “You’ve got 18 games packed in there in less than three months. It’s a lot.”

After Arkansas, the Bulldogs host Georgia and Vanderbilt, both of who are in the middle of the pack in the SEC standings. MSU has just three road games remaining and five home games.

The three-game homestand could determine how the final eight games play out for the Bulldogs.

“Hopefully this can start a little winning streak for us, that’s the plan,” Newman said. “We’ll just see how it plays out.”

n Howland said he is unsure if ju-nior point guard I.J. Ready will play.

The North Little Rock, Arkan-sas, native didn’t play against LSU in the last game with an upper back injury. Howland said he didn’t know Ready couldn’t play against the Ti-gers until right before tipoff.

Ready, who is averaging 10.1 points per game this season, had surgery last season on his lower back, but Howland said he doesn’t believe the two are related. He also said Ready has experienced back pain on several road games, so he doesn’t know if it’s just the travel that is affecting Ready or some-thing else.

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DEAR ABBY: My stepson just turned

7. My husband was granted custody because the mother was declared unfit due to her drug abuse. She was granted super-vised visits until she can pass two consecutive drug tests.

Over the last year and a half, her visits have become few and far between. My husband and I think it would be a good idea for “Tony” to start seeing a therapist again. He doesn’t talk about his mother often, and I’m worried he may be bottling up a lot of his feelings.

Tony is starting to ask more questions about his mom — like why he can’t stay the night with her, why he can’t live with her, and why he hasn’t seen her much lately. I try not to say anything negative about her.

Is it time to explain the situation to him? He is still so young, and I don’t know how to explain things in a way he would understand. If you were me, what would you do? —

STEPMOM IN ALABAMA

DEAR STEP-MOM: You and your husband are wise to want to prevent prob-lems before they happen. If I were in your situation, I would talk to Tony’s therapist, explain what’s going on, and ask for pointers regarding his questions and his behavior.

My instinct would be to tell

the boy that his mother doesn’t see him because she is sick. It’s the truth. When he’s older, he will need to know that there may be an inherited predispo-sition to addiction in his family — but for now that can wait. Definitely contact the therapist if you think he/she was a good one.

DEAR ABBY: I used to be best friends with this girl I met in kindergarten. Over the years we became like sisters and did everything together. We played Barbies, went on adventures, shopping, saw movies and had sleepovers. As we grew older, we began trusting each other with our lives. I could tell her

anything and everything, and I was there for her whenever she needed support or a shoulder to cry on.

However, now that we are older, we have slowly noticed small differences in our lives. She became focused on her studies and art. I joined the cheerleading squad and be-came interested in meeting new people. Our lives have diverged, and now it’s like we have be-come complete strangers.

I want our friendship to go back to the way it was. What can I say or do to show her I miss the old her? — CON-FUSED EX-FRIEND

DEAR CONFUSED: As peo-ple mature, it is not uncommon for their interests to diverge. This is normal, and it may be what has happened with you and your longtime friend. If you miss the closeness you once had, tell her so. But do not ex-pect it to magically return your relationship to what it was.

You are both sharing anoth-er adventure now — exploring the interests and relationships you are developing as adults. It’s possible that in the future your paths will converge again. When people are true friends, their ability to communicate on a meaningful level can last forever despite intervals when they are not in contact.

Dear Abby

HoroscopesTODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb.

9). You express yourself in new ways, and others will have a better understanding and healthier respect for you be-cause of this. You’ll gain fans, too. Carve out time to learn a new skill in March; you’ll profit from this in April. July sends your heart on a mission. Sep-tember brings you and a loved one closer than ever. Cancer and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 2, 22, 38 and 15.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Focus exclusively on positive, desirable options. If it’s not a win for everyone involve it’s not good enough for you, either. This bold approach will eventu-

ally lead to your promotion. TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

Sign up. Volunteer. Say yes. It doesn’t matter if you know how to approach the task at hand, as you’ll learn along the way. Your attitude makes you a per-fect fit for anything that sounds fun to you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). While most compliments are nice to hear, they are not all created equal. Someone will elevate verbal admiration to an art form. You’ll love how it feels to receive these kudos, and you’ll learn to give as such.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). If you’re wondering what keeps someone coming back and back and back to you, it’s all

that fresh excitement, kindness and tenderness you give. You never give your attention the same way twice.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll appreciate the ones who keep their correspondence short and to the point. You tend to accept calls and visits from this type because you know it’s not going to drag out. You’d do well to emulate this succinct style going forward.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Unlike zoo animals, people often get to design their own cages. It sometimes takes them a while to realize this, though. You have more free-dom than you think. Current boundaries are either illusory, self-imposed, or both.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your soul is searching for some-one to nurture. At the same time, it scares you to take on too much responsibility — that’s because you know deep down that you’ll give yourself fully to it!

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Many want to be in your “club,” whatever that means to you these days. For some it’s a professional situation. One warning: Make sure the ones you take on are really ready and qualified to play at your level.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The negative emo-tions needn’t be shoved aside; nor should they be obsessed over. Acknowledge these feel-ings as natural and acceptable. They will flow through you and dissipate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Inaction frustrates you. What are they waiting for? The truth is, they are waiting for an invitation from someone like you. Go on now; throw the doors open and encourage them to walk through.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You see right through the sad people putting on a good face. You also see through marketing ploys, ulterior motives and anyone trying to achieve an end through the act of pretending.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Someone may be pressur-ing you, but don’t rush to make a choice. When you do make up your mind, you’ll strongly lean toward the option that gives you the most space and possibly an escape hatch.

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me, that is great. That is an hon-or.”Ready to go Rogers credits teammates Holly Westbrook and Kyla Tem-ple for challenging her in prac-tice so she is ready to go against bigger post players in games. She hopes to get a chance to show McGilberry she can do that at the next level. She said Monday she plans to visit MCC after wondering if she would at-tract any interest from college coaches.

Rogers had doubts about her recruitment because she said she spoke with McGil-berry earlier in the season and was told her size might be something that played a role in her not receiving any interest

from colleges. But Rogers said McGilberry saw against Tu-pelo how she was able to work against taller defenders, which changed her perception about her ability to be a “big girl.”

“I could be a lot more ag-gressive and stronger to ac-tually be a ‘big girl,’ ” Rogers said. “I could have been more aggressive mainly on defense last week.”

Hairston has watched Rog-ers grow as a starter in each of the past three seasons. She said Rogers has improved as a ballhandler and has a better understanding of how to use her quickness against bigger defenders. She said Rogers’ confidence has increased as her skills have matured.

“She has what we call a

‘Shimmy Shake’ that is her sig-nature move,” Hairston said. “It creates some space when she is being defended against a big-ger players and helps her score. She is not one-dimensional. She has a lot of stuff in her arsenal that she can use depending on the size of the post player we have to go against.”

Turning it up a notchHairston said Rogers has at-

tracted double- and triple teams and has continued to score and rebound. She said Rogers’ pro-duction forces opponents to de-cide if they want to guard her or Zaria Jenkins.

Hairston feels Rogers has the potential to fill a role similar to the one former East Webster High standout Quantesha Pat-

terson is playing as a freshman at East Mississippi C.C. At 5-11, Patterson is leading the Lady Lions in scoring (21 points per game).

“She has really worked on her skill level and her confi-dence,” Hairston said. “She has always been able to score, but some games she wasn’t as confident. Now she is fearless. It doesn’t matter who we are playing. She just feels like she can score.”

With each game, Rogers ad-mits she feels more like a post player, even if she doesn’t truly fit the bill as a “big girl.” She hopes to realize an opportunity to play basketball in college so she can continue her matura-tion and keep finding ways to beat bigger defenders.

“It has been a great expe-rience with the girls,” Rogers said. “I really wasn’t expecting to come out with this successful of a season.”

Columbus (18-5) will wrap up the regular season with games against West Point (to-day) and West Lowndes (Fri-day). Hairston said the Region 2 tournament will begin next Tuesday and will be played at Hernando High.

“We always had the poten-tial,” Rogers said. “We just had to play together and support each other 100 percent.”

Columbus will play at West Point tonight in a non-region game.

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The Starkville-MSU AreaRapid Transit(S.M.A.R.T.) of Stark-ville, Mississippi, is con-sidering applying to theMississippi Departmentof Transportation, Pub-lic Transportation Divi-sion, for assistancethrough its Rural AreaProgram to provide pub-lic transportation ser-vices within Oktibbehaand Lowndes County.Funding is available tostate agencies, localpublic bodies and agen-cies thereof, non-profitorganizations, operat-ors of public transporta-tion services in loca-tions other than urban-ized Area, and, underspecial circumstances,private operators of pub-lic transportation on acompetitive basis to un-dertake eligible trans-portation activities.

The goals of the RuralArea Program are: to en-hance the access ofpeople in non-urbanizedArea to health care,shopping, education,employment, public ser-vices and recreation; toassist in the mainten-ance, development, im-provement, and use ofpublic transportationsystems in rural andsmall urban Area; to en-courage and facilitatethe most efficient useof all Federal fundsused to provide passen-ger transportation innon-urbanized Areathrough the coordina-tion of programs andservices; and to providefor the participation ofprivate transportationproviders in non-urban-ized transportation tothe maximum extentfeasible.

The purposes for whichthese funds can beused are capital pur-chases that includesuch items as supportvehicles, communica-tion equipment, wheel-chair lifts, etc.; adminis-trative costs that in-clude such items assalaries, office sup-plies, insurance, etc.;and operating ex-penses that includesuch items as driver'swages, fuel, oil, etc.More specific details re-garding eligible activit-ies, program require-ments and the programcriteria will be providedat a public hearingwhich will be held atCity Hall, on Tuesday,February 16th, 2016 at5:30 p.m.

The purpose of thishearing will be to ob-tain citizen input intothe development of theapplication.

PUBLISH: 1/27/16,1/29/16, 2/2/16,2/4/16, 2/9/16,2/11/16, 2/15/16.

IN THE STATE OIL ANDGAS BOARD OF MISSIS-SIPPI

RE: PETITION OF GULFPINE ENERGY, LP FORTHE REFORMATION OFTHE UNIT FOR THE MB9-16H NO. 1 WELLWITH THE WELL BEINGRENAMED THE MB 9-16NO. 1 WELL AT AN EX-ISTING EXCEPTIONALLOCATION AND TOFORCE INTEGRATE ALLINTERESTS WITH REGU-LAR CHARGES ANDPERMIT UP TO FOUR IN-CREASED DENSITYWELLS, IN THE MAPLEBRANCH FIELD,LOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI

DOCKET NO. 61-2016-D

PUBLIC NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that GulfPine Energy, LP filed aPetition with the StateOil and Gas Board ofMississippi under Dock-et No. 61-2016-D re-questing authority to re-form the unit for the MB9-16H No. 1 Well ("theWell") in the MapleBranch Field, LowndesCounty, Mississippi, foroil production on an ex-ceptional 160 acre oilunit at a resulting ex-ceptional location withthe right to drill up tofour increased densitywells with a 400 BOPDallowable for each Welland for other relief asset forth in the Petition.The Well location, Unitsize and configurationare all regular underSpecial Field Rulespending in Docket No.57-2016-D. Petitioneralso seeks authority toforce integrate all non-consenting owners un-der Miss. Code Ann. §53-3-7(1). The surfacelocation of the Well isas follows:TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH,RANGE 17 WESTLOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI

240' FEL and 516' FSLof Section 9

The 320 acre unitpresently allocated tothe Well is as follows:

TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH,RANGE 17 WESTLOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI

Section 10: The S½

The proposed unit afterreformation of the Wellwill be as follows:

TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH,RANGE 17 WESTLOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI

Section 9: The SE¼

The Petition will beheard by the Board onMarch 16, 2016, at10:00 a.m. at 500 Grey-mont Avenue, Suite E,Jackson, Mississippi atwhich time and placeyou may appear andcontest said matter.If you intend to contestthe docket or request acontinuance, you mustnotify the Board and thePetitioner's representat-ive of your intention inwriting not later than5:00 p.m. on March 8,2016, which is not laterthan seven (7) days pri-or to the date statedabove for the hearing.Failure to so notify theBoard and the Petition-er shall be a waiver ofyour right to contest orrequest a continuance.You are advised theBoard may adopt or-ders concerning a Peti-tion which may differfrom the relief reques-ted by the Petitionerand the Board will entersuch order or orders asin its judgment may beappropriate in accord-ance with the evidencepresented.DATED this 3rd day ofFebruary, 2016.STATE OIL AND GASBOARD OFMISSISSIPPI

By: /s/ Lisa A. IvshinLisa A. IvshinExecutive Director

PETITIONER'S COUN-SEL:William F. BlairBLAIR & BONDURANT,P.A.Post Office Box 321423Jackson, MS 39232(601) 992-4477 – Tele-phonebill@bbfirm.com

PUBLISH: 2/9/2016

Legal Notices 0010

IN THE STATE OIL ANDGAS BOARD OF MISSIS-SIPPI

RE: PETITION OF GULFPINE ENERGY, LP FORTHE REFORMATION OFTHE UNIT FOR THE MB9-16H NO. 1 WELLWITH THE WELL BEINGRENAMED THE MB 9-16NO. 1 WELL AT AN EX-ISTING EXCEPTIONALLOCATION AND TOFORCE INTEGRATE ALLINTERESTS WITH REGU-LAR CHARGES ANDPERMIT UP TO FOUR IN-CREASED DENSITYWELLS, IN THE MAPLEBRANCH FIELD,LOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI

DOCKET NO. 61-2016-D

PUBLIC NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that GulfPine Energy, LP filed aPetition with the StateOil and Gas Board ofMississippi under Dock-et No. 61-2016-D re-questing authority to re-form the unit for the MB9-16H No. 1 Well ("theWell") in the MapleBranch Field, LowndesCounty, Mississippi, foroil production on an ex-ceptional 160 acre oilunit at a resulting ex-ceptional location withthe right to drill up tofour increased densitywells with a 400 BOPDallowable for each Welland for other relief asset forth in the Petition.The Well location, Unitsize and configurationare all regular underSpecial Field Rulespending in Docket No.57-2016-D. Petitioneralso seeks authority toforce integrate all non-consenting owners un-der Miss. Code Ann. §53-3-7(1). The surfacelocation of the Well isas follows:TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH,RANGE 17 WESTLOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI

240' FEL and 516' FSLof Section 9

The 320 acre unitpresently allocated tothe Well is as follows:

TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH,RANGE 17 WESTLOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI

Section 10: The S½

The proposed unit afterreformation of the Wellwill be as follows:

TOWNSHIP 17 SOUTH,RANGE 17 WESTLOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI

Section 9: The SE¼

The Petition will beheard by the Board onMarch 16, 2016, at10:00 a.m. at 500 Grey-mont Avenue, Suite E,Jackson, Mississippi atwhich time and placeyou may appear andcontest said matter.If you intend to contestthe docket or request acontinuance, you mustnotify the Board and thePetitioner's representat-ive of your intention inwriting not later than5:00 p.m. on March 8,2016, which is not laterthan seven (7) days pri-or to the date statedabove for the hearing.Failure to so notify theBoard and the Petition-er shall be a waiver ofyour right to contest orrequest a continuance.You are advised theBoard may adopt or-ders concerning a Peti-tion which may differfrom the relief reques-ted by the Petitionerand the Board will entersuch order or orders asin its judgment may beappropriate in accord-ance with the evidencepresented.DATED this 3rd day ofFebruary, 2016.STATE OIL AND GASBOARD OFMISSISSIPPI

By: /s/ Lisa A. IvshinLisa A. IvshinExecutive Director

PETITIONER'S COUN-SEL:William F. BlairBLAIR & BONDURANT,P.A.Post Office Box 321423Jackson, MS 39232(601) 992-4477 – Tele-phonebill@bbfirm.com

PUBLISH: 2/9/2016

Legal Notices 0010

Public Notice of Intentto Apply

All interested public andprivate transit and para-transit operators withinOktibbeha and LowndesCounty are hereby ad-vised that the Starkville-MSU Area Rapid Transit(SMART) is applying tothe Mississippi Depart-ment of Transportation,Public Transportation Di-vision, Jackson, Missis-sippi, for a grant under49 U.S.C. 5311 of theSafe, Accountable, Flex-ible, Efficient Transport-ation Equity Act – A Leg-acy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) and Moving Aheadfor Progress in the 21stCentury (MAP-21), forthe provision of publictransportation services.Service is being oper-ated within the city ofStarkville, including anexpress route to theGolden Triangle Region-al Airport (GTRA). Thecurrent program con-sists of ten fixed routes,nine of which are on theMississippi State Uni-versity campus and inthe city of Starkville andone of which thatcrosses into LowndesCounty as an expressairport shuttle betweenthe city of Starkville andGTRA. The program alsoconsist of a paratransitprogram covering 1.5miles outside of the cityand campus coveragearea. The purpose ofthis notice is to adviseall interested transitand paratransit operat-ors of the proposed ser-vices for the generalpublic within the area(as) described above,and to insure that sucha project would not rep-resent a duplication ofcurrent or of proposedservices provided by ex-isting transit or parat-ransit operators in thearea.

Comments either for oragainst this service bysuch public, private,and paratransit operat-ors will be received atany time within ten daysfrom the date of this no-tice. All commentsshould be addressed toMSU Transit Services,P.O. Box 6350, Missis-sippi State University,Mississippi, 39762.

PUBLISH: 1/27/16,1/29/16, 2/2/16,2/4/16, 2/9/16,2/11/16, 2/15/16

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF LOWNDESCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN RE: THE ESTATE OFVARNELL WIGINTON MC-COWN, DECEASEDSTANLEY CLARK MC-COWN, EXECUTOR

CAUSE NO. 2016-0005-HJD

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF LOWNDES

Letters Testamentaryhave been granted andissued to the under-signed upon the Estateof Varnell Wiginton Mc-Cown, Deceased, by theChancery Court ofLowndes County, Mis-sissippi on the 27th dayof Janury, 2016. This isto give notice to all per-sons having claimsagainst said estate toprobate and registersame with the Chan-cery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi,within 90 (ninety) daysfrom the date of thefirst publication. A fail-ure to so probate andregister said claim willforever bar the same.This the 4th day of Feb-ruary, 2016.

Stanley Clark McCownExecutor of the EstateofVarnell Wiginton Mc-Cown, Deceased

Prepared by:Jeffrey J. Turnage, Esq.(MSB#9447)Mitchell McNutt &Sams, PA215 5th Street NorthP.O. Box 1366Columbus, MS 39703-1366Telephone: 662-328-2316

PUBLISH: 2/9/16,2/16/16, 2/23/16

Legal Notices 0010

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF LOWNDESCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN RE: THE ESTATE OFVARNELL WIGINTON MC-COWN, DECEASEDSTANLEY CLARK MC-COWN, EXECUTOR

CAUSE NO. 2016-0005-HJD

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF LOWNDES

Letters Testamentaryhave been granted andissued to the under-signed upon the Estateof Varnell Wiginton Mc-Cown, Deceased, by theChancery Court ofLowndes County, Mis-sissippi on the 27th dayof Janury, 2016. This isto give notice to all per-sons having claimsagainst said estate toprobate and registersame with the Chan-cery Clerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi,within 90 (ninety) daysfrom the date of thefirst publication. A fail-ure to so probate andregister said claim willforever bar the same.This the 4th day of Feb-ruary, 2016.

Stanley Clark McCownExecutor of the EstateofVarnell Wiginton Mc-Cown, Deceased

Prepared by:Jeffrey J. Turnage, Esq.(MSB#9447)Mitchell McNutt &Sams, PA215 5th Street NorthP.O. Box 1366Columbus, MS 39703-1366Telephone: 662-328-2316

PUBLISH: 2/9/16,2/16/16, 2/23/16

Air Cond & Heating 1030

AIR DUCT cleaning foryour home or office. Wetake all vents down &clean & HEPA VAC outyour ducts. Flex & met-al up to 22 inches. Im-proves indoor air qual-ity. Reasonable pricessince 2001. Call JohnArmstong anytime at662-329-1793.

Appliance Repair 1060

Mid South ApplianceRepair

licensed-bonded-insured

STEVE: 662-549-3467ALL WORK

GUARANTEED

Automotive Services 1090

GULF STATES AUTO2601 Buttermilk Rd

Cottondale, AL 35453Gulfstatesauto.com

We sell a full line of re-cycled auto parts.

American and Imported.We install engines and

transmissions!We buy used, wrecked,and broken down cars

and trucks!

AutomaticTransmissions (Rebuilt):

98-07 Honda Accords-$1,350.*

01-05 Honda Civics-$1,350.*

99-04 Odyssey Van-$1,550.*

2008-2012 HondaAccords- $1,550.*

Timing Beltswith Water Pump:

Civics and 4 cylinder Ac-cords- $650.*

Odyssey Vans, HondaPilots, V6 Accords,Honda Ridgelines-

$750.*

*Includes Installation*

We work on Acuras too.Call for pricing.

9% Sales tax on partsonly.

Call today!205-562-2188

Building & Remodeling 1120

RAY'S WOOD WORKS

Multiple Home RepairsSheetrock, Flooring,Trim, Painting, Tile,

Kitchen/BathDecks- Dock RepairPressure Washing

662-634-1114

Building & Remodeling 1120

Tony DoyleCabinets &

Construction

Cabinets, Vinyl Siding,Painting,

replacementwindows & doors and

Remodeling.No job too small!

Free Bids662-769-0680

ARROW CONSTRUCTIONMasonry, Concrete,Carpentry, Tile Addi-

tions, or PaintingLicensed & Insured

662-386-1681

REMODELING, BRICKwork, painting, or addi-tions. Free estimates.40 years experience.662-328-0001 or (cell)662-570-3430.

Tom Hatcher, LLCCustom Construction,Restoration, Remodel-ing, Repair, Insurance

claims. 662-364-1769.Licensed & Bonded

General Services 1360

RETAINER WALL, drive-way, foundation, con-crete/riff raft drainagework, remodeling, base-ment foundation, re-pairs, small dump truckhauling (5-6 yd) load &demolition/lot cleaning.Burr Masonry 242-0259.

General Services 1360

T&T DIRTT&T now offers on sitewelding, diesel & heavyequipment mechanicwork along with all

types of dirt work, freeestimates & good

rates. 205-712-1026or 205-695-9489.

Housekeeping 1380

SOUTHERN QUALITYCLEANING SERVICE

Home & OfficeWeekly Cleaning Appts.

or Spring Cleaning!Full Home or BusinessServices, Trash Out,

Maintenance, &Winterization.662-386-1681

Lawn Care / Landscaping 1470

JESSE & BEVERLY'SLAWN SERVICE. Springcleanup, firewood, land-scaping, tree cutting.356-6525.

Painting & Papering 1620

SULLIVAN'S PAINTSERVICE

Certified in leadremoval. Offering spe-

cial prices on interior &exterior painting, pres-sure washing & sheet

rock repairs.Free EstimatesCall 435-6528

Sitting With The Sick / Elderly 1780

EXP. CAREGIVER, 20+yrs. exp, seeking a posi-tion in a private setting.Trustworthy & Reliable.Own Transportation. Formore info call 662-497-8726.

Stump Removal 1790

ALLSTUMP GRINDINGSERVICE

GET 'ER DONE!We can grind all your

stumps. Hard to reachplaces, blown over

roots, hillsides, back-yards, pastures. Freeestimates. You find it,

we'll grind it!662-361-8379

STUMP GRINDING, ex-cavation, & dirt work.Text/call 662-251-9191.

Tree Services 1860

A&T Tree ServiceBucket truck & stump

removal. Free est.Serving Columbussince 1987. Senior

citizen disc. Call Alvin @242-0324/241-4447

"We'll go out on a limbfor you!"

J&A TREE REMOVALWork from a buckettruck and/or will climb.Insured/bonded.Call Jimmy for a free es-timate 662-386-6286.

TREE REMOVAL, trim-ming, heavy duty indus-trial mowing & mulch-ing. Text/call 662-251-9191

Special Notices 2400

AS A recent graduatefrom The Audio Insti-tute Of America, I'mnow offering a mobilerecording studio where Iwill come to any placeof your choice and pro-fessionally record yourgroup or solo project.For more informationplease contact me @662-436-6539

Clerical & Office 3050

ADMINISTRATIVE AS-SISTANT: You’re an ad-min. pro who doesn’twant to be a secretary.You have great MS Of-fice and computerskills, awesome atfilling out forms, honest,people person, who isgreat at organizing pa-perwork and projects.Exceptional at followthrough and details.Looking for a good workenvironment with some-what flexible hours.Send us a resume:Blind Box 598 c/o TheCommercial DispatchP.O. Box 511 Colum-bus, MS 39701.

General Help Wanted 3200

AUTOMOTIVE TECHNI-CIAN needed for busy 8bay shop in East Colum-bus. Must have owntools & reliable trans-portation. ASE certifiedpreferred. Call Les at662-570-4329, M_F b/t8-5.

EXPERIENCED,SERVSAFE certifiedcook about 15-25 hoursper week. No fast food.Also experience serverwith self-motivationabout 15 hrs. per week.Please call (662) 327-0840, leave message ifno answer.

NOWETA'S GreenThumb, LLC is accept-ing applications for anexperienced floraldesigner. Please applyin person Mondaythrough Friday from 3-5por Saturday from 9a-1p.1325 Main St.

JEAN CAFE needs serv-ers, kitchen help, & oth-er positions. Dedicated& trustworthy applic-ants. Will train on thejob. Apply in personTues-Fri b/t 2-5pm @12072 MS Hwy 182 inStk, b/t Microtel & Tri-angle Credit UnionBank. Resumes pre-ferred, not required.

Landscape PositionsOpen: Applicants mustbe Dependable, Re-sponsible, and Experi-enced. Must have ValidDrivers License, StrongWork Ethic and Leader-ship Skills. Pay will de-pend on Experience.Call 662-312-2635

LEVEL 1 CERTIFIEDCROSSFIT TRAINERNeeded. Part-time.Contact Loren:steelmonkeyfitness@gmail.com

TO ALL Licensed HairStylists!! Booth space isavailable for rent at Per-formance Beauty Salon.Call 662-327-3387.

General Help Wanted 3200

TAKING APPLICATIONS,for job opening inColumbus, MS and Pick-ensville, AL, for GroundsMaintenance Laborer, towork on Tenn-Tom Wa-terway Project. This pos-ition will be responsiblefor the cleaning of facil-ities, and maintainingparks, picnic grounds,playgrounds and wild-life areas includingworking from boats.Must be 18 years orolder, pass drug screen,and have valid driver'slicense with a good driv-ing record.

Send Resume’: R & DMaintenance Services,Inc.3600 W Plymouth RdColumbus, MS 39701.EOE

Medical / Dental 3300

CARE CENTER of Aber-deen needs; Full-TimeCNA. 2-10pm. PRNCNA's all shifts. PRNLPN's RN's all shifts.Apply at 505 JacksonSt. Aberdeen, MS39730. EOE. 662-369-6431. 662-369-6473Fax.

GREAT OPPORTUNITYTrinity Health Care Cen-ter is hiring full time fab-ulous CNAs for 7-3, 3 –11 shifts and prn CNAson all shifts. Must havea passion for servingElders. Great self-direc-ted/managed workteam environment, com-pensation and benefits.Apply online atmss.careers.org.Trinity Health Care is adrug free workplace.EOE.

ESTABLISHED OPTO-METRY practice seeksfull time optician. Mustbe self starter, neat inappearance, flexible,and perform well in ateam setting. Optical orretail experience a plus.Email resume andsalary requirements to:opticalopportunity2016@gmail.com

West Point CommunityLiving Center

is accepting applica-tions for Full Time andPart Time RN's, LPN's,and CNA's, and dietarycooks and dietary aids.Monday -Friday 8:00am

to 4:30pm.Apply in person at 1122

N. Eshman Avenue,West Point.

The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com6B TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty spaces so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level increases from Monday to Sunday.

In a nutshellWHATZIT ANSWER

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DOWN1 Last year’s frosh2 Acropolis setting

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Five Questions:

1 10

2 Sid Worley

3 1987

4 “The Count of Monte Cristo”

5 Peru

Autos For Sale 9150

Apts For Rent: Northside 7010

625 31st Ave. N. - Columbus, MS(662) 329-2544

www.falconlairapts.com

Ask About Our Move In Specials!Military Discounts Available

Sales / Marketing 3600

THE COMMERCIALDISPATCH is in searchof an excellent newspa-per subscription sales-person to work the Mon-roe County area. Mustbe able to sell door-to-door, KIOSK & work in-dependently. Must beable to pass drugscreen if hired. Formore information applyto The Commercial Dis-patch at 516 MainStreet in Columbus,MS. No phone calls ac-cepted.

Trades 3650

CRADDOCKCONSTRUCTION CO.

is seeking applicants:

-Metal Stud Framers-Sheetrock Hangers &

Finishers-Acoustical Ceiling In-

stallers-Carpenters & Painters

-General Building-Maintenance/Repair

Verifiable experience &good work references.

Apply at1430 Louisville Street,Starkville, MS 39759.

9am-4pmMonday-Friday.

Appliances 4090

JUST IN time for Valen-tine's Day, Like new, 2yr old Samsung Flat TopSS & Blk Slide-In Stove.4 burners (2 dual) &warming ctr. $800, orig$1400. 719-290-5440

WITHYOUNG APPLIANCE!

Top quality used appli-ances! Whirlpool, Fri-gidaire, Kenmore, Kit-chen-Aid, & more. All

come with 30 daywarranty. We also do

appliance repairs!662-549-5860

or 662-364-7779

Bargain Column 4180

KITCHEN TABLE, wood.48x30. $100. 662-327-0830.

LARGE COMPUTER deskin excellent condition.Color is light oak.($100) Call 662-364-0488

TWIN MATTRESS inexcellent condition.$75. Call 662-364-0488.

TWIN SIZE antique ironbed. $100. 327-0830.

Building Materials 4240

CEDAR BOARD. 8ft long.11in wide. 3in thick.$150. 25ft. RV exten-sion cord, $10. 328-2749.

Furniture 4480

BROYHILL CAMBRIDEfabric 3 cushion sofaand 2 cushion loveseat, both for $375 orwill consider selling sep-arately. 662-327-0830.

FEBRUARY SPECIAL.$400/ea. 1930's Sec-retary & 1930's Arm-oire. 239 ShrinewoodDrive. Off Jess LyonsRd.

General Merchandise 4600

10X10 STORAGE build-ing. Treated wood. met-al roof. Double doors.Brand new. $2,150.662-327-3518.

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT:ProForm hybrid ellipticaltrainer. $175. 662-327-0830.

Sporting Goods 4720

GUN SMITH. Over 45yrs. exp. (As good asthe best, better thanmost). New & usedguns, new scopes, re-pairs, rebuilding, clean-ing & scopes, mounted& zeroed on range, an-tique guns restored, &wood refinished. EdSanders, West Point. 3mi. N. Barton Ferry onDarracott Rd. Open Tue-Sat. Call for appt. 494-6218.

Event Tickets 4730

2 MSU Baseball chair-back season tickets.Behind home plate.662-356-6507.

Lost & Found Pets 5160

CHIHUAHUA FOUND onhospital drive 2/3/16.If you believe this isyour dog, call 574-0708. Proof of owner-ship required.

LOST DOG. 2 yr old Ger-man Shepherd. NamedShultz. Very friendly.May be wearing a blackcollar with silver spikes.If found, call662-251-3346.

Apts For Rent: Northside 7010

2BR IN Duplex. Appli-ances furnished. Closeto town & MUW. Avail-able immediately. Con-tact Bobby Caldwell328-1011.

FOR RENTEASY STREET PROPER-TIES1 & 2BR very clean &maintained. Sound-proof. 18 units which Imaintain personally &promptly. I rent to allcolors: red, yellow,black & white. I rent toall ages 18 yrs. to notdead. My duplex apts.are in a very quiet &peaceful environment.24/7 camera surveil-lance. Rent for 1BR$600 w/1yr lease + se-curity dep. Incl. water,sewer & trash ($60value), all appliances in-cl. & washer/dryer. Ifthis sounds like a placeyou would like to livecall David Davis @ 662-242-2222. But if can-not pay your rent, like toparty & disturb others,you associate w/crimin-als & cannot get alongw/others, or drugs isyour thang, you won'tlike me because I'm oldschool, don't call!!!!

1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart-ments & townhouses.Call for more info. 662-549-1953.

Northwood Town-houses 2BR, 1.5BA,CH/A, stove, fridge,DW, WD hookups, &private patios. Call

Robinson Real Estate328-1123

PEAR ORCHARD TOWN-HOUSES 2BR-$535,3BR-$585 Next to hos-pital. 636 31st Ave N.662-328-9471.

Apts For Rent: East 7020

1, 2, 3 BEDROOMS &townhouses. Call formore info. 662-549-1953

TRINITY PLACE Retire-ment Community, inColumbus, now has stu-dio, 1 bedroom, & 2bedroom apartmentsavailable. We offer noonmeal 6 days each week,scheduled transporta-tion, variety of activities,optional housekeeping,& many other amenit-ies. Rent assistance tothose that qualify. CallMichelle for a tourtoday, 327-6716 & youcan enjoy the Trinity wayof life. EHO.

Apts For Rent: South 7040

1BR/1BA Apts. 6 blocksfrom Main St, 6 blocksfrom MUW. Hardwoodfloors, granite counters-Newly renovated.$425+/mo. Call 662-574-8010

Apts For Rent: West 7050

Apts For Rent: Caledonia 7060

IMMEDIATELY AVAIL-ABLE and ready formove in. 2BR/1BA.Stove & refrigerator.Washer/Dryer hookupsin utility room. CentralHVAC. Please contact662-436-2255 for fur-ther details. Back-ground & credit checksrequired.

Apts For Rent: Starkville 7070

3 & 4 BR Apts for rent.Next door to Campus.No pets. $900-$1200/month. 662-418-8603.

Apts For Rent: Other 7080

DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA,CH&A, 1 story, W/D,historic district, 1 blockfrom downtown, $550/mo. + $550 dep. NOPETS. Call 662-574-8789.

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apart-ments & Townhouses.1BR/1BA Apt. $3002BR/1BA Apt. $350-$400. 2BR/2BA 3BR/2BA Townhouses$550-$800. No HUD al-lowed. Lease, deposit,credit check required.Coleman Realty. 329-2323

Commercial Property For Rent 7100

Office Building - greatBluecutt Rd. location,reasonable rent. Call662-328-1976, leavemessage.

Houses For Rent: Northside 7110

2BR/1BA home on MillSt. Recent updates.$450/per. Contact 662-251-6446

3BR/2BA. All brickhouse for rent. Big yard.Carport. W/D hookup.Nice neighborhood.$750 per month. 70 WThomas Dr. 3 min fromCAFB. 504-813-1200.

3BR/2BA home in CadyHills. $1,700/mo. $300dep. Fireplace, marblecounters in kitchen, tvroom, large playroom,dining, living room. Nopets & no smoking.Avail Dec. 17th. 662-386-8346.

3BR/2BA House forrent,fenced in yrd @135horseshoe loop formore information con-tact@ 901-314-3098 or662-356-6300.

3BR/2BA House forrent. 287 E PlymouthRd. 662-251-2583.

3BR/2BA. Double Car-port. Fenced Yard.Bluecutt Estates.$850/mo. 327-4376.

4BR/2BA. All new paint,carpet, appliances, toi-lets. Lg. den + bonusrm. Lg. decl off back.$1,300/mo.662-251-4914.

FIRST MONTH RentFree! 3BR Home. 1 BA.Stove, Refrig, W/DHookup, Window A/C,$500/mo. Deposit.Credit Check. HUD Ap-proved. Coleman Realty.329-2323.

Houses For Rent: East 7120

3BR/1BA Clean, mod-ern electric appliances,dishwasher, central A/Cand heat, carport, stor-age, fenced back yard,Hookups for wash/dry;307 Florence St. $600+ deposit, No HUD.574-8559.

Mobile Homes 7250

2, 3 Bed. 2 Baths.Porch, range, refrigerat-or, dishwasher, & W/D.Safe, quiet. New HopeSchool District. Leavemsg at 662-435-9140.

2010 16X80 cavalier.3BR/2BA. Good condi-tion. Must see to appre-ciate. Include HVACunit, underpinning, &steps. $27k.Call 205-908-6373 forinfo or pictures.

FOR RENT Located inARTESIA. Nice 2BR/1BAnewly renovated. Movein ready! Includes stoveand refrigerator. Nopets. 10mins fromSeverstal. $375/month+ deposit. HUD Ap-proved. Call 662-251-2845 or 769-798-8503

Office Spaces For Rent 7300

3,000 sq ft office spacewith warehouse and rollup delivery door in back.3,500 sq ft office/ware-house w/ storage atdock height. Inexpens-ive mini storage unitsavai also.Call 662-574-0147.

OFFICE SPACES & retailspace for lease. Start-ing at $285/mo. Fair-lane Center, 118 S. Mc-Crary. 662-435-4188.

Storage & Garages 7500

INEXPENSIVEMINI-STORAGE. From

5'x10' to 20'x20'. Twowell-lit locations in

Columbus: Near Wal-mart on Hwy 45 & nearTaco Bell on Hwy 182.Call 662-327-4236 for

more information.

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2 Convenient LocationsBest RatesIn Town!

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662-327-4236

Houses For Sale: New Hope 8250

REDUCED! 3BDR/2BA.1560sq. ft. 9ft ceilings.Vaulted L/R. Trey ceil-ing in Master BR w/ W-I-C. Close to school.$144,500. 662-386-6036.

Houses For Sale: New Hope 8250

3BR/2BA. FSBO. Lgfenced backyard. 1485sq ft. Boat shed & stor-age shed, both wired.Bonus Room. CH &A,tankless water heater,energy eff windows, &walk in laundry. Applstay w/ house. No Rent-ing! $119K, offers wel-come. 662-251-7467.

Houses For Sale: Southside 8300

3BR/2BA. Great loca-tion & condition. 70516 Ave. S. $36,000OBO. Willing to financew/ 25% deposit. Con-tact 662-352-4599.

Houses For Sale: Caledonia 8450

4BR/2BA (with home of-fice) 2,000 sq. ft. Solidsurface counter tops,stainless appl., garage,9' ceilings, new const.,very nice neighborhood,2 acre lot. $208k. Willwork with buyers agent.662-386-1887.

3BR/2BA. Completelyrefurbished. Central Air.Lot 1.3 acres. NewFence. Guest House.Price reduced. 662-574-0082.

Houses For Sale: Other 8500

OLD WAVERLY Golf Clubat Azalea Court. FSBO.3 BR/ 2.5BA on LakeAzalea. This beautifulhome was built in 1992and has been com-pletely remolded insideand out. The screenporch across the fronthas a gorgeous view ofLake Azalea, hole #1and the clubhouse.662-494-1350.662-295-2852.

Investment Property 8550

CALEDONIA. 8,000sq ft.Will divide. Also (2) adja-cent lots. Will build asuite. 662-544-2534.662-252-5334.

Lots & Acreage 8600

28.5 ACRES in N.H.w/25 yr. old pines.$3500/ac. Will divideinto 10 ac. plots. Own-er financing avail. 662-386-6619.

Noxubee County, Mis-sissippi 44 acres +/-$95,750: This land islocated on Fox ChaseRoad & is suitable forfamily mini farm/hunt-ing/farming. Land ismostly open & has asmall pond. Utilities areavailable should onewant to build a camph-ouse. For more informa-tion call Lee at662/549-2095.

RIVERFRONTPROPERTYCamp Pratt

Call 574-3056Ray McIntyre

Blythewood Realty

Webster County, Missis-sippi 200 acres +/-$275,000: This land islocated within 40minutes of Starkville,Mississippi just East ofEuropa. Tract has pavedcounty road frontagew/utilities. This tractconsist of mixedpine/hardwood for fu-ture timber income.From a recreationalstand point tract hasgreen fields, a creek, aduck slough, & a sitefor a permanent lake foryear around family en-joyment. Call Shane at662/633-1384.

WINTER SPECIAL. 2½acre lots. Good/badcredit. $995 down.$197/mo. Eaton Land.662-726-9648

Mobile Homes 8650

HANDY MAN special:16x80 3BR/2BA forsale, large kit. w/ lotsof cabinets & island,patio door, glamourbath $7,500 cash only.Call 662-296-5923.

I PAY TOP DOLLAR FORUSED MOBILE HOMESCALL 662-296-5923.

NICE! 16X60 2BR/2BAfor sale, central heat &air, laminate flooringt/o, stove & dishwash-er, kitchen appliances,$14,900 including deliv-ery & set up. CASHONLY Call 662-760-2120.

Autos For Sale 9150

2000 TOYOTA Avalon,black, 193k mi, leatherint, sunroof. Great firstcar, very dependable.$4,300 OBO. Call 662-251-8392

05' CHEVROLET Malibu.Perfect condition.Loaded w/extras.$2,900 OBO. 356-6413or 251-5003.

2006 HONDA Ridgeline,white, 4WD, Automatic,towing package, 200khwy mi. $8,400 OBO.Very Clean, must sell.Call 662-251-8392

1994 DODGE Ram1500 w/ 5.9 V8 engine.Factory air. Good condi-tion. 181k miles.$5,500 OBO. 662-329-3259. or 662-364-3259

Campers & RVs 9300

RV CAMPER & mobilehome lots. Full hookupw/sewer. 2 locationsW&N from $80/wk -$265/mo. 662-242-7653 or 601-940-1397