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Borsig to remain at MUW

A change of heart

BY SLIM SMITHAND WILLIAM BROWNING

Jim Borsig is staying in Co-lumbus.

Borsig announced at Mis-sissippi University of Women today that he will remain the university’s president. He was slated to become Mississippi’s new higher education commis-

sioner next Wednesday.Borsig made the announce-

ment at 11:30 a.m. in Poindex-ter Hall.

“Yesterday I asked the Board of Trustees to allow me to remain as president here and decline the position of IHL commissioner,” Borsig told a crowd of roughly 80 universi-

ty employees, staff and faculty this morning. “I felt that it was important that I tell you this in person.”

The crowd gave Borsig a 45-second standing ovation.

The move still needs formal approval by the Board of Trust-ees of State Institutions of High-er Learning.

Borsig, in a statement re-leased through the IHL, said he is in “full support” of the IHL board.

“I have enjoyed working with the Board, both as a university president and as Commission-

er-Elect,” he said. “The Board is fully dedicated to the success of the universi-ty system and I share in this goal. After reflec-tion and prayer, I have realized that my true passion — and my calling at this point in my life — is to serve our state as a univer-sity president.”

Borsig, 58, became the 14th MUW president in Janu-ary 2012. He earns $222,938 a year. His initial contract runs through January 2017.

“When I accepted the oppor-tunity to serve our system of higher education as Commis-sioner, I told you it was one of the most difficult decisions I’d ever made,” he said. “I was leav-ing a job I loved and a university that has embraced me and giv-en me a home. Today, I feel that bond more strongly than ever.”

Borsig has offered to contin-ue serving as IHL commission-er-elect through the transition period.

Aubrey Patterson, president

14th president of The W approached IHL board of trustees Wednesday about wanting to remain at the university

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The first couple of days of Pil-grimage has already attracted out-of-towners, including foreign media.

On Wednesday, Columbus re-ceived a visit from a Brand USA cam-era crew, as well as journalists from various French and Belgian media.

Brand USA works with local in-

dustry and convention and visitor bureaus to create marketing content that promotes international tourism to different parts of the country. The Columbus Visitors Bureau hired it to film a commercial advertising Co-lumbus to international audiences. The commercial filmed in Columbus will have an English video that will

Camera crew, European journalists visit Pilgrimage Bogdan Zlatkov,

right, shoots video footage from his camera of Victoria Shepherd walk-ing across the Riverwalk bridge Wednesday for a tourism commer-cial. Zlatkov and Shepherd are both from San Francis-co.

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Today■ Noon Tunes: Paul Brady performs at Noon Tunes, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., in Trotter Courtyard in downtown Columbus. Lunch by Zachary’s and desserts by Cafe on Main available for purchase. For more information, contact Main Street Colum-bus, 662-328-6305.■ MUW faculty recital: Dr. Cherry Dunn presents a free recital in Mississippi University for Women’s Poindexter Hall at 7:30 p.m.■ Woodwinds concert: Mississippi State University presents a woodwinds ensembles concert at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium. For more information, call 662-325-3070.

PUBLIC MEETINGSApril 10: Lowndes County School Board, Central Office, 11 a.m. April 13: Columbus Munic-ipal School District Board meeting, Brandon Central Office, 6 p.m.April 21: Columbus City Council, Municipal Complex, 5 p.m.May 4: Columbus-Lowndes Recreation Authority Board, CLRA Administration Build-ing, 6 p.m.May 5: Columbus City Council, Municipal Complex, 5 p.m.May 11: Columbus Munic-ipal School District Board meeting, Brandon Central Office, 6 p.m.

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INSIDE■ OUR VIEW: Jim Borsig’s change of heart. 6A

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Mississippi University for Women president Jim Borsig enters Poindexter Hall this morning before announcing his intention to stay at the university. Borsig was slated to take over as commissioner of the state’s Institutions of Higher Learning on Wednesday.

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AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, FileIn this Aug. 15, 2014, file photo, developmental line judge Sarah Thomas smiles in the second half of a pre-season NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Diego Chargers in Seattle. The NFL has named Thomas its first full-time female game official. Thomas, who has worked exhibition games, will be a line judge for the 2015 season, the league announced Wednesday. She is from Pascagoula.

ThursdaySAY WHAT?“This was a tremendous win for our program...”

Mississippi State softball coach Vann Stuedeman, talking about pitcher Alexis Silkwood following a

9-4 win against No. 1 LSU. Story, 1B

‘Mockingbird’ production at risk in Harper Lee’s hometownBY JAY REEVESThe Associated Press

MONROEVILLE, Ala. — Each spring when the azaleas bloom, attorney At-ticus Finch, daughter Scout and other characters from “To Kill a Mockingbird” come to life on the court-house lawn in the Alabama hometown of author Harp-er Lee, who will release a sequel to her classic novel in July.

Townspeople, all vol-unteers largely without theater experience, join to-gether annually to perform a stage version of Lee’s story of racial injustice in the Deep South. The play opens outside the court-house and ends in the same courtroom that was a set model for the Holly-wood version of the book.

The production is a point of civic pride that draws crowds from across the globe and helps fill mo-tels, restaurants and shops in otherwise sleepy Mon-roeville, a town of 6,300 in southwest Alabama. This year’s shows opened Wednesday with a perfor-mance for schoolchildren from as far away as Geor-gia, Tennessee and Florida. Other shows have been sold out for weeks, part-ly because of excitement

created by word of Lee’s unexpected “Mocking-bird” follow-up — “Go Set a Watchman.”

Yet the play, now in its 26th season, may eventual-ly be coming to an end.

Organizers haven’t been able to obtain rights to pro-duce the play beyond 2015, records show, and a person involved in the delay is the same person who came under scrutiny after dis-covering “Watchman” and alerting a publisher: Lee’s attorney Tonja Carter.

Probate Judge Greg Norris in Monroe County is working with Carter to

obtain permission to stage “Mockingbird” in 2016. Tonja Carter’s husband has been appointed to the board that oversees the play, but the future of the production is in “limbo,” according to minutes from a March meeting of direc-tors of the Monroe County Heritage Museum. The museum puts on the play each year.

Norris declined to com-ment on specifics of the talks Tuesday, saying only that he’s hopeful the play will continue in the down-town amphitheater where it’s currently staged.

“We want the play for our community. It makes people proud,” Norris told The Associated Press.

Carter, who has han-dled business affairs for the famously private author for several years, didn’t return a message seeking com-ment. Neither did the pres-ident of the Illinois-based Dramatic Publishing Co., which licenses the play.

But friction isn’t any-thing new between Lee and the museum, located in the old Monroe County Court-house where the play is put on each year.

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLEThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Some teenagers get driving lessons from their parents. Other teens are taught by licensed instructors.

But Malia Obama isn’t your average 16-year-old: Her driving lessons were provided by the U.S. Secret Service.

Asked who taught Malia how to drive, first lady Mi-chelle Obama told celeb-rity chef and daytime talk-show host Rachael Ray in an interview that it was the armed agents who provide around-the-clock security

for the family.“The Secret Service,

actually, because they wouldn’t let me in the car with her,” Mrs. Obama said in an excerpt of the inter-view that was released by Ray’s program. The full in-terview is set to air Thurs-day.

Mrs. Obama hasn’t driv-en herself in seven or eight years, she said.

She added that driving gives Malia “a sense of normalcy,” helping her feel like the rest of her friends who are also driving. “And my kids have got to learn how to live in the world like normal kids.

First lady: Secret Service agents taught Malia to drive

AP Photo/Butch Dill, FileIn this March 7, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama and Malia Obama arrive at Air Force One at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala.

AP Photo/Sharon SteinmannChoir soloist Brenda Portis of Monroeville, Ala., sings as the Mockingbird Players perform “To Kill a Mockingbird,” in Monroeville, Ala., on Wednesday.

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The Relay For Life Cancer Survivor Celebration Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2014 at 6 p.m. at

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G R E E N W O O D SPRINGS — Columbus Air Force Base has cleared the air with the National Weather Service.

Lt. Col. Elizabeth Har-wood with the 14th Fly-ing Training Wing held a press conference Wednes-day on property near the intersection of Highways 8 East and 278 East an-nouncing that trees block-ing weather readings from a NEXRAD radar at the site had been cleared.

CAFB maintains the radar on 1.8 acres at the site, which the National Weather Service also uses to track severe weather in 14 counties in Mississippi and Alabama. While base leadership have said trees on adjacent private prop-erty had not comprised its military function, they kept NWS from obtaining accurate weather readings in the area.

Harwood said the Air Force base learned of the obstruction in fall 2013 and began working with

NWS and the Federal Avi-ation Administration on a plan. She said CAFB even-tually negotiated a deal with the adjacent private landowner to clear trees on 22 acres and fix the problem.

“It took some time to determine which govern-ment agency would take the lead, and then to work with the private landown-er,” she said.

Clearing began on March 26 and was com-pleted last week.

Harwood said the base wanted to “respect the landowner’s privacy” and would not discuss details of the negotiations.

CAFB: Cleared trees to improve radar readingsCAFB works with private landowner on project to improve weather radar

DISPATCH STAFF REPORTAn artist’s workshop

will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee Na-tional Wildlife Refuge.

The event, which will be held at the visitor cen-ter, will be hosted by Bar-bara Fedeler, the eighth

artist to participate in the refuge’s spring three-week artist-in-residence program.

Fedeler holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of Arizona and is currently a pro-fessor of art at Wartburg

College in Waverly, Iowa. On Saturday, she will in-troduce the public to tools and techniques used in de-picting landscapes.

The artist-in-residence program is made possible through partnership with the Friends of Noxubee Refuge, Mississippi State University department of art, Starkville Area Arts Council and the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee Na-tional Wildlife Refuge.

Artist workshop at Noxubee refuge this SaturdayArtist-in-residence program participate will show public tools in depicting landscapes

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STARKVILLE — The Mississippi Horse Park will host the fourth annu-al Lucky Dog Barrel Race on Saturday through Mon-day.

This is the second sold-out horse event at the Horse Park in 2015 and it will draw contestants from multiple states to com-pete. All horses will be barrel racing regardless of the breed.

Lucky Dog was found-ed in 2009 with the goal of producing affordable, quality barrel races. The low entry fees make it eco-nomical to travel to these events and is a huge draw-ing point for contestants.

The entry fees are low but the stakes are high as competitors race for the lucrative payouts and qual-ity awards. In 2014, Lucky Dog paid out more than $509,000 in cash and more than $57,000 in prizes at eight events in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennes-see.

The two Mississippi events are held in Tunica and Starkville.

The Horse Park was able to convince Lucky Dog to come to Starkville with the help of the Starkville CVB Sponsor-ship Program.

“This is a great exam-ple of how the CVB pro-gram was used to entice an event to move to Starkville and generate new tourism dollars in our community,” said Bricklee Miller, facil-ity director. “The Lucky

Dog Barrel Race has sold-out all the horse stalls for three years and is now an established event at the Horse Park,”

In 2014, the Starkville Lucky Dog Barrel Race had 1,797 entries from across the southeast and paid out $65,308 in prize money to contestants. The event is sanctioned through the Better Bar-rel Races Association and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association. With the barrel race being a D format, it allows all cali-bers of horses and riders to win.

Contestants of all ages and levels compete this weekend.

The show is free for the public to attend.

The MS Horse Park is a division of Missis-sippi State University

Extension Service. For more about the Horse Park please visit www.mshorsepark.com or like their Facebook page “MS Horse Park.”

Lucky Dog Barrel Race this weekend at Horse ParkThree-day event is open to the public

BY JEFF AMYThe Associated Press

JACKSON — Two young white women, part of a group who repeatedly searched Mississippi’s cap-

ital city for black people to attack, are scheduled to be sentenced Thursday.

In separate hearings, U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate will sentence Sarah Adelia Graves and

Shelbie Brooke Richards. Graves pleaded guilty in December to a conspiracy count and faces up to five years in prison. Richards, who pleaded guilty in De-cember to conspiracy and

concealing the crime by lying to police, faces eight years in prison.

Both Graves and Rich-ards were riding in a truck driven by Deryl Paul Ded-mon that ran over James

Craig Anderson in June 2011. Anderson died after being beaten and run over.

Six white men have been sentenced earlier by

a different judge, receiving prison terms ranging from four years to 50 years. Two more men await sentenc-ing after Thursday.

2 women to be sentenced in slaying of Mississippi black man

GONE FISHING

Joe Etheridge, of McComb, waits for a bite on his fishing rod while his dog, Miranda, explores the lake on the east bank of the John C. Stennis Lock and Dam Tues-day. Etheridge says he takes his dog out while he fishes every day after he works his job with Pipe Line Construc-tion in Colum-bus.

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Mark Wilson/Dispatch Staff Lt. Col. Elizabeth Harwood, commander of the 14th Civil Engineer Squadron, talks with the media at the Greenwood Springs NEXRAD radar station on Wednesday. Co-lumbus Air Force Base officials have cleared trees in the area that were blocking the weather readings of a NEXRAD radar.

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A local-ly-owned bakery offering hand-made, hearth-baked breads will open in the Golden Triangle next month.

DeRego’s Bread is owned by Troy DeRego, a New Hampshire native who has lived in Starkville for nearly a decade. His bakery will be located at 109 W. Main St., near the new Starkville City Hall.

DeRego, who began offering his breads at the Starkville Com-munity Market about two years ago, told The Dispatch this week that his breads feature slow fermentation to develop flavor and structure. At no point in the process are reservatives or dough conditioners introduced. There is a story about how DeRego baked his first loaf of bread. He was in college. It happened like this: While attending the Rhode Island School of Design, he spent a semester at sea aboard the S.S.V. Corwith Cramer, a research schooner.

“The only way to have fresh bread at sea is to make it yourself,” DeRego said. “And I was amazed at how delicious and easy it can be with a bit of planning.”

Later, after moving to Starkville and becoming a homeowner, he began baking seriously.

DeRego’s Bread’s signature item is the

Starkville Sourdough, which is leav-ened with lo-cal wild yeast. The bakery will also offer French Country Sourdough, a German-style rye, French baguettes and Portuguese

biscuits based on a family recipe that originated in the Azores.

While bread is the focus, the bakery will eventually offer sand-wiches and a selection of imported cheeses and olive oils, DeRego said.

The bakery is slated to open May 5. The hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Satur-day. Breads will come out of the oven throughout each day, DeRego said.

The bakery will employ three people.

Moving on.Muddy Paws opened

Jan. 5 on Highway 45 North.

The dog grooming business is owned by Me-lissa Vail, who worked for Columbus Pet Grooming for roughly five years be-fore buying the business, renaming it and moving it to its current location.

What does Muddy Paws offer? Hair cuts, baths, sanitary clips, ear cleaning, tooth brushing and more. They accept all breeds and sizes of dogs. (No cats.) You need to schedule an appointment. The number is 662-241-0005. They offer discounts to military, senior citizens and preferred customers.

Muddy Paws — which

is at 708 Hwy. 45 N. — employs two people.

There is a new wa-tering hole in Lowndes County.

The Headquarters, located on Highway 69 South, opened in Febru-ary. They offer a variety of cold brews. (No whiskey.) You can also get a plate of hot wings. There are pool tables, TVs to watch sporting events on and a Pacman arcade. Lisa Jones, the manager, said she caters to the 25-and-older crowd. She has two disc jockeys. One plays Monday through Thursday and spins all kinds of music. Another plays rhythm & blues and “old school” tunes on Sat-urday and Sunday nights.

The Headquarters occupies a 4,000 square foot building. It is open 5:30 p.m. to midnight on Mondays through Wednesdays, and from 5:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. on weekends.

Lastly, Columbus has a new spa opening next week.

Terrance Bonner, a li-censed massage therapist, will have a grand opening everyday next week for The Glam Station & Spa, which will be located at 717 Sixth St. N.

What Bonner will offer at the spa is message ther-apy, skin care, eyelash extensions, teeth whiten-ing, a brow bar, a make-up bar and more. He will also offer educational classes centered around beauty.

The business will em-ploy four people, Bonner said.

On Thursday, April 16, a formal grand open-ing will take place from

4 to 6 p.m. Refreshments and wine will be served.

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A year after Americans recoiled at new revelations that sick vet-erans were getting sicker while languishing on waiting lists — and months after the Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs institut-ed major reforms — government data shows that the number of patients facing long waits at VA facilities has not dropped at all.

No one expected that the VA mess could be fixed overnight. But The Associated Press has found that since the summer, the number of medical appoint-ments delayed 30 to 90 days has largely stayed flat. The number of appointments that take longer than 90 days to complete has nearly doubled.

Nearly 894,000 appointments completed at VA medical facili-ties from Aug. 1 to Feb. 28 failed to meet the health system’s time-liness goal, which calls for pa-tients to be seen within 30 days.

That means roughly one in 36 patient visits involved a delay of at least a month. Nearly 232,000 of those appointments involved a delay of longer than 60 days.

A closer look reveals deep geographic disparities.

Many delay-prone facilities are clustered in a handful of Southern states, often in areas with a strong military presence, a rural population and patient growth that has outpaced the VA’s sluggish planning process.

Of the 75 clinics and hospi-tals with the highest percentage of patients waiting more than 30 days for care, 12 are in Ten-nessee or Kentucky, 11 are in eastern North Carolina and the Hampton Roads area of Virgin-

ia, 11 are in Georgia or southern Alabama and six are in north Florida.

Seven more were clustered in the region between Albuquer-que, New Mexico and Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Those 47 clinics and hospitals represent just a fraction of the more than 1,000 VA facilities na-tionwide, but they were responsi-ble for more than one in five of the appointments that took lon-ger than 60 days to complete.

That has meant big headaches for veterans like Rosie Noel, a re-tired Marine sergeant awarded the Purple Heart in Iraq after rocket shrapnel slashed open her cheek and broke her jaw.

Noel, 47, said it took 10 months for the VA to success-fully schedule her for a fol-low-up exam and biopsy after an abnormal cervical cancer screening test. Her first sched-uled appointment in February of 2014 was postponed due to a medical provider’s family emer-gency, she said. Her make up appointment at the VA hospital in Fayetteville, one of the most backed-up facilities in the coun-try, was canceled when she was nearly two hours into the drive from her home in Sneads Ferry on the coast.

Noel said she was so en-raged, she warned the caller she had post-traumatic stress disorder — and they better have security meet her in the lobby.

“To say I was livid is being mild,” she said.

The AP examined six months of appointment data at 940 in-dividual VA facilities to gauge changes since a scandal over de-lays led to the resignation of the VA’s secretary and prompted lawmakers in August to give the

VA an additional $16.3 billion to hire doctors, open more clinics and build the new Choice pro-gram that allows patients facing long delays to get private-sector care. Data for individual facil-ities were not available for Au-gust.

The analysis reveals stark differences between the haves and have-nots.

In the Northeast, Midwest and Pacific Coast states, few VA sites reported having sig-nificant delays. A little less than half of all VA hospitals and clinics reported averaging few-er than two appointments per month that involved a wait of

more than 60 days.But at the VA’s outpatient

clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, 7,117 appointments completed between Sept. 1 and Feb. 28 involved a wait of more than 60 days. There were more vets experiencing extended delays there than in the entire states of New York and Pennsylvania combined.

VA officials cite numerous efforts to ramp up capacity by building new health centers and hiring more staff. Between April and December, the system added 8,000 employees. In Fay-etteville, the VA is finishing a new 250,000-square-foot health

center to help alleviate the de-lays that frustrated Rosie Noel.

And they say that in one sta-tistical category, the VA has im-proved: The number of appoint-ments handled by VA facilities between May and February was up 4.5 percent compared to the same period a year earlier. Re-ferrals to private sector doctors are rising.

But they also acknowledge that in some places, the VA is perpetually behind rising de-mand. Total enrollees in the VA system have ballooned from 6.8 million in 2002 to 8.9 million in 2013.

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AP Photo/Patrick SemanskyIn this March 11, 2015 photo, a poster depicting Uncle Sam greets clients in a pharmacy waiting room at the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C. According to government data reviewed by The Associated Press in March 2015, the number of patients facing long waits for treatment at VA clinics and hospitals has not dropped, even after the agency got a $16.3 billion bud-get boost and instituted major reforms.

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Jim Borsig’s change of heartWhen Jim Borsig an-

nounced his decision to stay on as president of Mississippi University for Women during a speech at Poindexter Hall this morning, it may have appeared to be a bolt out of the blue for the audience.

Less than a week before he was to officially step down as MUW president and assume the role of commissioner for Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Learning, Borsig’s decision caught everyone off guard.

Quite likely the announce-ment was not the sudden change of heart some may have suspected. It is far more likely Borsig approached the

decision in the same thought-ful, measured way that has marked his decisions since he left the IHL to become The W’s 14th President in January 2012.

His initial decision to leave The W for the IHL was not a matter of leaving for a better position, he insisted. Rather, he said, he was leaving a job he loved for an opportunity to serve a larger role in advanc-ing the cause of the state’s eight public universities.

But almost as soon as he made the decision, the IHL board became embroiled in a contentious dispute over its decision not to renew the contract of popular University

of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones. Borsig found himself cast in the unenviable position of managing a controversy not of his own making as the IHL’s de-facto commissioner.

While Jones ultimately rejected Borsig’s efforts on behalf of the IHL to reach a compromise deal that would have allowed Jones to remain in his post for an additional two years, he was compli-mentary of Borsig and the role he played in the dispute.

The conflict has seriously undermined the IHL’s status. The job Borsig took in Febru-ary is likely very different than the job it is today.

No doubt the Jones’ episode

was a searing experience for the incoming commissioner. And, as is often the case, with turmoil comes clarity and insight.

Borsig’s sure-footed leadership in his three-plus years at The W has born fruit, work that has to be personally rewarding.

He has elevated MUW on numerous fronts. Enrollment is up, programs have been added or expanded. Facili-ties have been upgraded and renovated. The bonds between W alumni and the univer-sity community have been strengthened. Earlier this month, The W was proclaimed the “Best Value” among col-

leges and universities in the state by SmartAsset, a finan-cial data and technology com-pany, achieving high marks for low tuition costs, costs of living, student retention and average starting salary for graduates.

When Borsig announced his decision to leave MUW in February, he acknowledged that the work was not complet-ed, saying “a president’s work is never done.”

Borsig’s decision to remain as MUW President will allow him to continue that good work.

Certainly, The W benefits greatly from his decision.

Welcome back, Dr. Borsig.

Let’s start on an upbeat. Next to what we had before, Obamacare has been a spec-tacular success. The Afford-able Care Act has brought medical security to millions of previously uninsured Americans and has helped slow the rise in health care spending.

But the health reforms would have been more spectacular had they been simpler to follow and under-stand. Complexity is their big flaw. It was the product of politicians’ cutting so many private interests into the deal — and the fear of radically changing a system of health coverage largely based on employment.

Thus, many Americans who received tax credits to buy coverage on the health insurance exchanges now must calculate whether they overestimated or underes-timated their 2014 income in determining their subsidy.

If they made more than they expected, they must repay some of the money. This is probably a small price to pay for subsidized coverage, especially if one has an expensive medical condition, but it is an added head-ache at tax time.

Others are finding that they earned less than they thought they would in the year. They can expect a re-fund. A nicer surprise, for sure, but still, figuring these things out is a chore.

There’s another group that ignored the requirement to obtain coverage. This year, those folks are facing a tax penalty of $95 or 1 percent of their income, which-ever number is higher. That penalty will rise with the years. Many can obtain an exemption from this fine but must apply for it.

Some refused on political grounds; they objected to being forced to buy coverage. Others were unaware of the mandate. And many people just couldn’t wrap their brains around the concept of exchanges and the choices they offered.

Bringing the entire population into the insurance risk pool is essential to any health reform, and a man-date to buy coverage is one way to get there. But that puts a burden on a lot of ordinary folk, each trying to work out his or her situation.

Medicare brings everyone 65 or older into the program by simply enrolling them. Hospital coverage is automatic. Those wanting coverage for visits to the doctor can pay extra. If they want coverage for drugs, they can buy a drug plan. Or they can sign up with a Medicare Advantage plan that does all or most of the above.

Medicare does offer subsidies to some low-income people, but they are relatively simple. The program is funded by payroll taxes, premiums and the Treasury. No one needs an accountant to figure what one gets or pays.

There’s much waste in Medicare. It must be ad-dressed. But the program does curb spending through its low administration costs and by setting a price on each service.

It’s no small irony that some of Obamacare’s leading critics want to make Medicare more like Obamacare. A leading Republican budgeteer Rep. Paul Ryan, proposes a system whereby the elderly would receive vouchers to buy coverage from a private insurer on ... a health insurance exchange.

Gone would be the guaranteed benefits. Patients of modest means wanting choice of doctor might have to settle for plans with limited provider networks. Those who object would have to fight it out with the insurer. The Ryan plan would give insurers more freedom to de-termine the benefits offered by their plans. Companies could then tailor their offerings to attract the healthy — and therefore cheaper — enrollees and avoid the sickly.

Would some leader in Washington start the wheels turning to bring all Americans into the promised land of Medicare as we now know it? And don’t repeal Obamacare. Mend it and bend it to fit into Medicare.

Follow Froma Harrop on Twitter @FromaHarrop. She can be reached at fharrop@gmail.com.

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The fact that the 2015 leg-islative session ended with the status quo having been maintained may be viewed as a victory of sorts — but alas all indications are that it may be only a temporary reprieve. Just prior to the beginning of the session

Senior State Economist Dr. Darrin Webb was asked what is the biggest prob-lem faced by Mississippi? His answer was simple yet profound and arguably quite accurate — the status of human capital.

There was a time when human capital was viewed as a term fit only for the policy wonks. If we define human capital as the value of a human being as he/she steps up to the pay window on Friday, we open the door to consider all of the things that contribute to that worth: education, health care, nutrition, housing adequate transportation and other items that would make for a robust employee.

The cumulative value of human capital has every-thing to say about the nature of Mississippi’s work-force as we move forward in an increasingly more high tech world. Alarm bells are sounding in the night, however.

Consider the following conditions and predictions. Wall Street has been consistent lately in raising its estimates of the number of jobs going unfilled for lack of highly technical trained workers to fill them. That figure approaches 5 million now. It’s predicted that by 2040, forty-seven per cent of the manufacturing jobs now held by humans will be done by machines. The human who works will be those who invent and build the machines. How prepared is Mississippi to create this type of workforce?

Consider the following sampling of recent studies and rankings.

The latest assessment of employment of the Pew Charitable Trust shows Mississippi and Alaska were the only two states in the union to lose jobs in 2014.

Then there is the recent Standard and Poor assess-ment that the much discussed income inequality gap is “dragging the economy of Mississippi to a halt.” The Washington Post, recently cited a report assessing the economic health of the states. Mississippi was in her customary last place among the 50 states ranking 49th as a state in which to earn a living, 50th in Internet ac-cess, 50th in health care, 50th in job opportunities and the 49th most educated state. The largely conservative business periodical Forbes Magazine ranked Missis-sippi 50th as the best state in which to do business.

Indeed the crux of the Forbes criticism was fo-cused on the lack of potential for the development of a capable workforce for the future wave of high tech manufacturing. But perhaps the most disheartening report of all was by the Schott Foundation which examined and compared high school graduation rates for African-American and Caucasian male students. Mississippi ranked 50th with an astoundingly anemic high school graduation rate of 51% for African-Ameri-can males and only 63% for Caucasian males. Enough of such depressing stories.

With that data in mind, there is little wonder educators and advocates of education funding recoil in horror at efforts to pass major tax cuts at the state level. The reaction is similar when Mississippi poli-cy makers join the chorus demanding major federal budget cutting in order to balance the federal budget, whose revenues comprise over 40% of the Mississippi budget. Since Mississippi receives between $2.75 and $3 for every dollar we send to Washington, a combined major reduction in revenue generated at the state level with a significant cut in federal dollars headed to the states is a cause for panic by those concerned with enhancing the value of human capital in Mississippi.

Indeed and ironically the only set of circumstances that would make these massive revenue cuts surviv-able would be a major expansion of human capital and hence a broadly increased value of Mississippi’s workforce.

Such cannot be accomplished until the task of climbing off of the bottom is underway. Development begins with early childhood and includes education, healthcare and so much more and it won’t be cheap or easy. The 2015 Mississippi Legislature slowed the free fall but the train is gaining speed as it leaves the station. The 2016 Legislature will have its work cut out for it.

Dr. Marty Wiseman is Professor Emeritus of Polit-ical Science and Public Administration and Director Emeritus of the The Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University. His email address is wmw3@msstate.edu.

State’s shortage of ‘human capital’ should be cause for concern

Obamacare should be less complex

Marty Wiseman

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BY DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs Writer

BOSTON — Now that a jury has convicted Bos-ton Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on all charges, even more is at stake in the next phase of the federal trial: The same 12 people must de-cide whether the 21-year-old lives or dies.

Tsarnaev was found guilty Wednesday of 30 counts against him, in-cluding conspiracy and deadly use of a weapon of mass destruction. Seven-teen of those charges are punishable by death.

The verdict was con-sidered practically a fore-gone conclusion since Tsarnaev’s lawyer admit-ted he participated in the bombings.

The former college student was found re-sponsible for the deaths of three people who died in the bombings as well as the killing of a Massa-chusetts Institute of Tech-nology police officer who was gunned down days

later as Tsarnaev and his now-dead brother, Tamer-lan, attempted to flee.

In addition to the people who were killed, more than 260 others were injured when twin pressure-cooker bombs packed with shrapnel exploded near the mar-athon’s finish line on April 15, 2013, turning the traditionally celebra-tory home stretch of the world-famous race into a scene of carnage.

The defense lawyers, who barely cross-exam-ined the prosecution’s witnesses during the first part of the trial, are ex-pected to become much more aggressive during the penalty phase, when they will make a case that Tsarnaev’s life should be spared.

The defense gave a pre-view of its case during the trial when it insisted that the then 19-year-old Tsar-naev was strongly influ-enced by his radicalized older brother, who was said to have mastermind-ed the attack.

Tsarnaev’s lawyers are expected to continue that theme, but also to explore the brothers’ relationship more deeply and perhaps bring in evidence about Tsarnaev’s life in Russia and the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, where the family lived before moving to the U.S. about a decade before the bombings. The defense can present any mitigat-ing evidence it believes will persuade the jury that life in prison is the appro-priate punishment rather

than death.Legal analysts said

they don’t expect the de-fense case to contain any new revelations about Tsarnaev.

“The crime is so hor-rific that they don’t have much else really to point to, other than his age and the influence of his older brother,” said Dan Collins, a former federal prosecutor who handled the case against a suspect in the 2008 terrorist at-tacks in Mumbai, India.

After bomber’s conviction, jury to decide life or death

BOSTON BOMBING

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Here’s a look at some of the most compelling mo-ments in the government’s case against Boston Mar-athon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted Wednesday of all 30 federal counts against him:

Opening statementsTsarnaev’s lawyer, Judy

Clarke, startled a packed courtroom when she blunt-ly admitted during opening statements, “It was him.” In a strategy designed to save him from the death penal-ty, Clarke told the jury that Tsarnaev had fallen under the malevolent influence of his now-dead older broth-er, Tamerlan, who she said had become radicalized and drew his brother into his plan to bomb the mar-athon.

But prosecutor William Weinreb said the two broth-ers were equal partners in a plan to “tear people apart and create a bloody specta-cle” to retaliate against the U.S. for its wars in Muslim lands. The Tsarnaevs — ethnic Chechens — moved to the U.S. from Russia more than a decade before the bombings.

The survivorsPeople who lost limbs

in the explosions delivered heart-wrenching testimony about the moments after the explosions. Rebekah Gregory said she looked down at her leg: “My bones were literally laying next to me on the sidewalk and blood was everywhere. ...

At that point, I thought that was the day I would die.”

Bill Richard, the fa-ther of 8-year-old Martin Richard, who was killed in the second explosion, described making the ago-nizing decision to leave his mortally wounded son with his wife so he could get help for his 6-year-old daughter, whose leg had been blown off. “I saw a little boy who had his body severely dam-aged by an explosion, and I just knew from what I saw that there was no chance,” Richard said.

Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs in the attack, re-called locking eyes with Tamerlan Tsarnaev just before the first bomb ex-ploded. “He was alone. He wasn’t watching the race,” Bauman said. Bauman, who gave the FBI a de-scription of Tamerlan from his hospital bed, became a symbol of the attack when he was captured in an Asso-ciated Press photograph as he was wheeled away from the bombing scene, ash-en-faced and holding onto his ravaged legs.

The boatJurors were taken to

South Boston to see the boat Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured hiding in four days after the bombings. On the inside walls of the boat, Tsarnaev wrote and carved a note denouncing the U.S. for its actions in Muslim lands. “Stop killing our innocent people and we will stop,” he wrote. Jurors also saw more than 100 bul-let holes on the sides of the boat, which was fired at by

police before Tsarnaev was captured.

The white hatAn FBI agent showed ju-

rors the white cap Tsarnaev wore during the attack. In video and still photos released by the FBI three days after the bombings, Tsarnaev was seen wear-ing a white cap backward. The FBI referred to him as “White Hat” until they learned his identity.

The killing of the police officer

Jurors heard the frantic radio call made by a Massa-chusetts Institute of Tech-nology police officer who found fellow Officer Sean Collier mortally wound-ed in his cruiser. “Officer down! Officer down! ... Get on it!” the officer yelled. A medical examiner tes-tified that Collier, 26, was shot three times in the head, including one shot between the eyes. Tsar-naev’s lawyer said it was Tamerlan who shot Collier. An MIT graduate student who was riding his bike by the scene around the time of the shooting identified Dzhokhar as the man he saw leaning into Collier’s cruiser.

Carjack victimDun Meng testified

about a harrowing ride he had with the Tsarnaev brothers the night of April 18, 2013, hours after the FBI publicly released pho-tos of the two men as sus-pects in the bombings. Meng said he pulled his

car to the side of the road to respond to a text mes-sage when suddenly a man jumped in, pointed a gun at him and told him to drive. Meng said the man — Ta-merlan Tsarnaev — told him he had committed the Boston Marathon bomb-ings. Meng testified that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev later joined them in the car, took his bank card and with-drew $800 from an ATM in Watertown. Meng said he jumped from the car when the brothers stopped to get gas and ran across the street to another gas station. Jurors saw surveil-lance video of a terrified Meng begging the clerk to call police.

Closing statementsProsecutor Aloke

Chakravarty closed the government’s case by in-sisting that what the young-er Tsarnaev did “was a cold, calculated terrorist act.” ‘’This was intentional. It was bloodthirsty. It was to make a point,” he said. “It was to tell America that ‘We will not be terrorized by you anymore. We will terrorize you.’”

Defense attorney Judy Clarke countered by argu-ing, as she did at the trial’s outset, that Tsarnaev took part in the attack but did so under older borther Tamer-lan’s malevolent influence. Clarke repeatedly referred to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — then 19 — as a “kid” and a “teenager.”

“If not for Tamerlan, it would not have happened,” she said.

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PilgrimageContinued from Page 1A

also be published with a German voiceover. Brand USA will also pro-duce an informational article, called an Expe-rience page, about Co-lumbus, which will be translated into Spanish, Portuguese, French, Japanese, German and Korean.

“This hits a lot of the markets that we want to hit,” said Nancy Carpen-ter, CEO and executive director of the Colum-bus Visitors Bureau.

Victoria Shepherd, the UK host for Brand USA who will appear on the commercial, and the videographer, Bogdan Zlatkov, arrived in Co-lumbus on Tuesday and began filming Wednes-day morning. They vis-ited Friendship Cem-etery, the Tombigbee Bridge, the Tennessee Williams home and sev-eral antebellum homes downtown, according to Carpenter.

Shepherd and Zlatkov will be in Mississippi for 10 days, Shepherd said. In addition to Columbus, they will visit the Nat-chez Trace Parkway, the Delta, the Jackson area and the Gulf Coast.

“Mississippi defi-nitely has a lot to offer,” Shepherd said.

She and Zlatkov were both enthusiastic about what they had visited in Columbus, especially Friendship Cemetery. They also looked for-ward to touring the ante-bellum homes.

“We’re looking for Southern hospitality at its finest,” Shepherd said.

“I thought it was re-ally nice that people still live in the houses,” Zlatkov added. “In most places, they’re just rel-ics.”

Foreign journalists take in Pilgrimage

Wednesday after-noon, the Columbus Visitors Bureau also wel-comed a group of four French journalists on a tour with Visit Mississip-pi’s International Travel Trade Manager, Zach Holifield. The journal-ists write for a variety of French and Belgian trav-el magazines and other

publications. The group passed through Colum-bus on part of a larger trip around the state.

Béatrice Leproux, a freelance journalist from Paris, is in Missis-sippi working on a story for the Belgian maga-zine Victoire, but she will also spend her trip looking for more stories about the state to write about when she returns in June. She was partic-ularly attracted to the antebellum homes in Co-

lumbus.“I really enjoy this

part of the United State,” said Leproux. “For me, that’s a part of Amer-ica that has a special charm.”

The journalists ar-rived in Columbus on Wednesday. They had lunch at Harvey’s and then toured the Ten-nessee Williams home, Friendship Cemetery and several houses, in-cluding Temple Heights.

“(T)hese journal-

ists take what they’ve learned about Missis-sippi and convey that to their audiences and readers in such a way that it makes Mississip-pi a great place to visit,” Holifield said.

Within the first two days of Pilgrimage, Co-lumbus received visitors from 21 states, as well as Australia and the United Kingdom, according to Carpenter.

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of the IHL’s Board of Trustees, thanked Borsig for his service, both as university president and commissioner-elect.

“He has been an out-standing president at MUW and we respect his desire to remain in this role,” Patterson said in a statement.

The move that wasn’tIn early February, the

IHL board named Borsig the state’s new higher education commissioner. He was to replace Hank Bounds, who was leaving the position to become president of the Universi-ty of Nebraska. The move was to become official Wednesday.

In the interim, a firestorm erupted.

On March 20, the IHL board announced it had decided not to renew the contract of University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones. Public reac-tion to the move was swift and negative, with ma-jor Ole Miss donors and alumni blasting the move.

The IHL board said Jones was not doing enough to improve over-sight of the University of Mississippi Medical Cen-ter in Jackson, despite years of prodding by the

board. They cited numer-ous examples of contracts that were improperly handled at the medical center, which has 10,000 employees and a $1.6 billion budget. Jones, a 66-year-old physician, ran the medical center before being named chancellor in 2009.

Borsig, while serv-ing as the Commission-er-elect, subsequent-ly met with Jones and individual IHL board members, with Jones un-successfully seeking to change their minds. After years of conflict over the financial management of the medical center, Jones, whose contract expires in September, said he no longer had trustees’ confidence and could not remain. His contract ex-pires in September.

In a subsequent letter addressed to the “Ole Miss Family” that Jones released, he said, “Bor-sig has dealt with me in a candid and transparent fashion. Please remember

that he was thrown into the middle of a difficult situation and was not in-volved in any of the deci-sions about my future.”

A history of successBorsig, a Jackson na-

tive and University of Southern Mississippi alum, has spent 30-plus years in education.

He became The W’s 14th president in January 2012. To take that post, he left a position with the IHL, where he was serv-ing as associate commis-sioner for external rela-tions and public policy.

When it was an-nounced in early Febru-ary that he was leaving his president’s post to lead the IHL, Borsig told The Dispatch he was proud of his accomplish-ments at MUW but noted that “the work of a univer-sity is never done.”

Enrollment has grown under his leadership. There were 2,697 stu-dents at The W during the fall of 2014, according to

the IHL. That represents the largest student popu-lation at the university in more than a decade.

The university has also improved its facilities during Borsig’s tenure. Last year, plans to up-grades three dormitories — Kincannon, Callaway and Jones halls — were announced.

MUW has also ex-panded programs and in-creased donations during the previous three years. There are also ongoing plans to return intercolle-giate athletics to The W, although those plans are still in the preliminary stages.

Borsig, in a statement, said there is “important and good work” remain-ing at The W.

“I am committed to making a difference at an institution I love, one with a unique and significant mission.

“I am grateful to The W’s faculty, staff and stu-dents for everything they do, quietly and with un-wavering dedication,” he said. “There is not anoth-er institution in the sys-tem like our university.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

“He has been an outstanding pres-ident at MUW and we respect his desire to remain in this role.”

Aubrey Patterson, president of the IHL’s Board of Trustees

BY ADAM MINICHINOaminichino@cdispatch.com

Infectious is a great way to describe La’Quesha Clemons’ game.

At 6-foot, Clemons wasn’t always the tallest player on the court. The West Lowndes High School senior forward also didn’t have the usual girth to bang bodies with other post players in the paint.

But Clemons never let what she didn’t have slow her down. Instead, she approached every minute on the basketball court as a challenge and a chance to let her love for the game shine in her performance. Al-though she might not have realized

it, Clemons’ energy and enthusi-asm for the sport rubbed off on her teammates and helped push them to bigger things.

On Wednesday, Clemons’ high-energy style of play paid divi-dends for her, as she signed a letter of intent to play basketball at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba.

Clemons averaged more than 20 points per game for West Lowndes, which finished 16-8 and one game short of advancing to the Mississip-pi High School Activities Associa-tion Class 1A State tournament at the Mississippi Coliseum.

“She is the backbone of our team,” West Lowndes High School girls basketball coach Tiffany Phinisey said. “She brought a lot of leadership to the floor, and she al-ways has had a lot of charisma and takes instruction very well. She is going to be missed.”

Clemons’ energy was on display in her final game, a 61-49 loss to McAdams in the second round of

“She is the backbone of our team.”

West Lowndes High School girls basketball coach

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Neal Hanley used to run in the Frostbite Half Mara-thon in Starkville, so he is well accustomed to all of the activi-ties available to Golden Triangle residents.

Hanley also used to be an ear-ly morning running partner of Brad Atkins when he lived in Co-lumbus. Hanley fondly remem-bers the five- to seven-mile runs he and Atkins used to do proba-bly three times a week when he lived in the city.

But Hanley moved from Co-

lumbus to Chattanooga, Ten-nessee, in 2008, so it has been a while since he ran in this area. That will change Saturday when he and his wife, Angie, run in the Columbus Pilgrimage Half Marathon and 5-Kilometer race.

The second-annual event will begin at Tennessee Williams Welcome Center on Main Street in downtown Columbus. It is a part of the city’s 75th-annu-al Spring Pilgrimage, a 16-day event that celebrates Southern history, architecture, food, and culture.

BY SCOTT WALTERSswalters@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State softball coach Vann Stuedeman told her team to treat Wednesday night’s midweek game against No. 1 LSU just like any other midweek game.

Then she told her standout pitcher some-thing different.

The non-conference game between South-eastern Conference rivals was designed to en-hance both teams’ Ratings Percentage Indexes (RPI) and postseason hopes, but MSU got the

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STARKVILLE — The margin of error is gone for the Mississippi State base-ball team.

After losing 14 of its last 22 games, MSU is on the outside looking in for an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament after losing three of its first four Southeastern Conference series.

It only gets tougher from here. Starting at 6:35 p.m. Friday, MSU (21-14, 5-7 SEC) will face No. 2 Texas A&M (31-2, 9-2) in Game 1 of a three-game series in College Station, Texas. The series will be the Bulldogs’ first of three

BY PAUL NEWBERRYThe Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Two players seemingly headed in opposite directions are hogging all the headlines going into this year’s Masters.

Rory McIlroy is trying to complete the career Grand Slam.

Tiger Woods is looking to play 72 holes in a regular PGA Tour event for only the second time in the past year.

But let’s not forget the other potential contenders, a lengthy list led by defending champion Bubba Watson.

“I feel like I have a shot around here,” said Watson, who has won two of the past three Mas-ters and can become only the fourth player to

BY JOHN ZENORThe Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Avery Johnson envisions leading the Alabama men’s basketball deeper into the NCAA tournament than it has been and ambitiously chooses five-time nation-al champion Duke as his model program.

Johnson, who was introduced as the C r i m s o n Tide’s coach Wednesday, e m b r a c e s the prospect of coaching at a school w h i c h

boasts arguably college football’s equivalent of Duke hoops. He met with football coach Nick Saban — Alabama’s version of Coach K — for about 30 minutes before taking the podium.

“Coach Saban, with his personality and all his success, that doesn’t scare me,” said Johnson, a close friend of New Or-leans Saints coach Sean Payton. “It’s like a magnet

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ContributedNeal Hanley and his wife, Angie, will compete in the second-annual Pilgrimage Half Marathon/5-Kilometer on Saturday in Columbus. Neal will participate in the half marathon, while his wife will run in the 5-K.

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Adam Minichino/Dispatch StaffWest Lowndes High School senior La’Quesha Clemons, seated center, signs a letter of intent to play basketball at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba. Seated with her, from left: West Lowndes High girls basketball coach Tiffany Phinisey; La’Quesha’s father, Lionel Brooks; her mother, Patonya Brooks; and her sister, Moeshia. West Lowndes High Principal Cynthia McMath is standing at right with members of the school’s girls basketball team.

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BY DAVID MERCER AND JASON KEYSERThe Associated Press

NORMAL, Ill. — As Illinois State mourned Wednesday over the deaths of an assistant basketball coach, a school administra-tor and five fans killed in a plane crash, investigators focused on one of the many questions they’ll have to answer: Why the aircraft made a sudden turn in an unexpected direction.

National Transportation Safety Board investigator Todd Fox said the twin-en-gine Cessna 414 began to climb out of its descent into Central Illinois Regional Airport early Tuesday as if it had missed its approach. If that happened, the plane should have climbed and turned west. Instead it

turned east. The school officials and fans on the plane were returning from the NCAA tourna-ment in Indianapolis.

“The aircraft was seen (on radar) to climb and then de-scend well on this easterly heading” before crashing in a farm field just east of the airport, Fox said. The final radio communica-tions from pilot Thomas Hi-leman as the plane neared the airport included no sign of distress, Fox added.

Final word on the crash will not come for a year to 18 months. A preliminary re-port is expected next week.

Illinois State coach Dan Muller, athletic director Larry Lyons, and basketball player John Jones mourned

the deaths of 36-year-old associate head coach Torrey Ward, a former assistant coach at Ole Miss, and Aaron Leetch, the athletic depart-ment’s 37-year-old deputy director for external relations.

Muller choked up as he tried to talk about the two. The trip was a gathering of friends, and one Muller could have been part of if he didn’t need to stay on cam-pus for work, he said.

Jones talked about Ward’s role as a father fig-ure for a team that won 22 games and made the National Invitation Tourna-ment, Illinois State’s first postseason trip since 2012.

Jones said at halftime of one game in which Illinois

State struggled, Ward took control of the locker room, a moment that helped spark the team to a better season.

“He sat us down and said, ‘This is not what we want to do. This is not the season we want to have,’ ” said Jones, who said he last talked to Ward Friday by text. “I wish I could see him again.”

Also killed in the crash were five other Blooming-ton-area men: the 51-year-old pilot, Hileman; 64-year-old Terry Stralow; 45-year-old Jason Jones; 42-year-old Scott Bittner; and 40-year-old Andrew Butler.

BY STEVEN WINEThe Associated Press

MIAMI — The way the Atlanta Braves are pitching, one big swing from their backup catcher was enough to complete a sweep.

A.J. Pierzynski hit a two-run home run and five pitchers combined on a six-hitter Wednes-day night to help At-lanta beat the Miami Marlins for the third game in a row, 2-0.

The season-open-ing sweep was the first for the Braves

since 2007. They’re supposedly re-building, while the Marlins have playoff hopes, but Atlanta outscored Miami 16-3 in the series.

“To come in here and play against a team people are expect-ing big things out of, and to play the way we did, hopefully it carries over,” Pierzynski said.

Shelby Miller made his first start

with the Braves and allowed four hits in five innings. Brandon Cun-niff (1-0) followed with 1 2/3 perfect innings for his first major-league victory.

Jason Grilli, who assumed the closer’s job when Craig Kimbrel was traded on the eve of the season, pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save in as many chances.

The 38-year-old Pierzynski, playing in his first game with his newest team, broke up a scoreless tie in the seventh inning against Tom Koehler (0-1).

“For my first hit as a Brave to be a home run is pretty cool,” Pier-zynski said. “But more important is the way we pitched tonight. Our guys were lights out from Shelby all the way to Grilli. That was the biggest thing. I’m so proud the way we pitched, not only tonight but the whole series. We did a really good job containing them, making big pitches in big situations.”

The Braves lowered their ERA to 1.00, while the Marlins are bat-

ting .200. Giancarlo Stanton, Mi-ami’s $325 million slugger, struck out three times and is batting .125. Adeiny Hechavarria is 0 for 10.

“You go through spells like that,” Marlins manager Mike Red-mond said. “We came out of spring training and I thought we were swinging the bats really well. I give the Braves credit for the way they pitched. They pitched really well and shut us down.”

Koehler held the Braves score-less until his 92nd and final pitch. He gave up a leadoff single in the seventh to Freddie Freeman, and Pierzynski followed with a homer.

“Koehler left the ball over the plate, and he ambushed it,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “You’ve got to hit it to get it out of this ballpark. It went out pretty eas-ily.”

For the third game in a row, the Marlins loaded the bases and failed to score. Miller escaped the jam when Michael Morse grounded out to end the inning.

BY COLLEEN LONG AND VERENA DOBNIKThe Associated Press

NEW YORK — Indi-ana Pacers forward Chris Copeland, his girlfriend and another woman were stabbed early Wednesday following an argument on the street near a Manhat-tan nightclub that also led to the arrest of two Atlanta Hawks players, authorities said.

The violence erupted just before 4 a.m. outside 1Oak Club, a trendy C h e l s e a spot where celebs like Justin Bie-ber and Snoop Dogg

mingle with partygoers, po-lice said.

The couple was arguing on the street as the attacker eavesdropped and started to interfere, according to po-lice. The dispute escalated until the 22-year-old suspect pulled a knife and started slashing, police said.

The suspect, Shezoy Bleary, was in custody, au-thorities said. Police said charges were pending, and it wasn’t clear wheth-er Bleary had an attorney who could comment on the charges.

Copeland, 31, a former member of the New York Knicks, was stabbed in the left elbow and abdomen and his girlfriend, Katrine Saltara, was slashed in the arm and across the breast. The second woman, who was believed to be with the attacker, was slashed in the abdomen. The vic-tims were hospitalized and

in stable condition, police said. A knife was recovered at the scene.

Atlanta Hawks players Pero Antic, 33 and Thabo Sefolosha, 30, who were not with Copeland but were also at the club, were ar-rested after police said they blocked officers from try-ing to start their investiga-tion. The teammates were in town to play the Brook-lyn Nets on Wednesday night. The team arrived late Tuesday, after routing the Phoenix Suns in Atlan-ta to set a franchise record with their 58th victory.

Antic and Sefolosha were released without bail after a court appearance where they were charged with obstructing govern-mental authority and disor-derly conduct. Their attor-ney, Alex Spiro, said they did not commit any crime.

BY RACHEL COHENThe Associated Press

NEW YORK — Sarah Thomas saw the New York City area code pop up on her phone and started praying it was the NFL calling to say she’d been hired as a full-time game official.

Not because that would make her the first woman to hold the job. Her hopes were those of any longtime official on the cusp of working at the sport’s pinnacle.

Thomas will be a line judge for the 2015 season, the league announced Wednesday. She’s proud to serve as an example that

anyone can succeed in any endeavor. But breaking down barriers was just a byprod-uct of her goals, not the goal itself.

“It’s just a mindset of an official that you don’t want to be seen or noticed,” Thomas said on a conference call with reporters.

Then again, the NFL doesn’t typically host a conference call for a newly hired official. The 41-year-old Thomas was

both self-assured and self-deprecating in fielding questions, unfazed by the at-tention but also trying to deflect it. She’s already become the first female official at the major college football level and the first to work a bowl game.

Thomas expects to still wear her hair tucked inside her cap. She started doing it on a suggestion that it would keep her from sticking out, though these days it’s more about habit than an attempt to blend in.

“I think my hair’s the least of my con-cerns,” Thomas said, laughing.

“I know that I will probably stand out being the first,” she added, “but as far as players and coaches, I’ve been around a good little while, and I think they know who I am and just want to make sure I can do my job.”

Thomas was in the league’s officiating development program in 2013 and ‘14 and has worked at minicamps, training camps and exhibition games. She has officiated for Conference USA since 2007, with as-signments including the Senior Bowl, the Pizza Bowl, the Fight Hunger Bowl, the Medal of Honor Bowl, and the league championship game in 2010 and ‘14.

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FridayAUTO RACING

10:30 a.m. — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Duck Commander 500, at Fort Worth, Texas, FS11 p.m. — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, “Happy Hour Series,” final practice for Duck Commander 500, at Fort Worth, Texas, FS13:30 p.m. — NASCAR, XFINITY Series, pole qualifying for O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, at Fort Worth, Texas, FS15:30 p.m. — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Duck Commander 500, at Fort Worth, Texas, FS17:30 p.m. — NASCAR, XFINITY Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, at Fort Worth, Texas, FS12 a.m. — Formula One, qualifying for Chinese Grand Prix, at Shanghai, NBC Sports Network

BOXING8 p.m. — Boxcino, semifinals, heavyweights, Lenroy Thomas (19-3-0) vs. Andrey Fedosov (26-3-0), at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, ESPN29 p.m. — Middleweights, Sergiy Derevyanchenko (4-0-0) vs. Alan Campa (13-1-0); middleweights, Ievgen Khytrov (9-0-0) vs. Aaron Coley (9-0-1); super welterweights, Frank Galarza (15-0-2) vs. Sheldon Moore (13-2-1), at Westbury, New York, Showtime

GOLF2 p.m. — The Masters, second round, at Augusta, Georgia, ESPN

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL6 p.m. — Regional coverage, Boston at N.Y. Yankees or Washington at Philadelphia, MLB

NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE7 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 2, teams TBD, ESPNEWS

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BRIEFLYLocalNew Hope baseball team beats Saltillo

The New Hope High School baseball team rallied for one run in the top of the seventh inning and then scored two runs in the top of the ninth Wednesday night to beat Saltillo 6-4 in nine innings.

The victory helped the Trojans improve to 12-4 on the season.Statistics from the game weren’t available at press time.

Heritage Academy tennis team beats Mag HeightsSENATOBIA — The Heritage Academy tennis team defeated

Magnolia Heights 6-3 on Tuesday.In girls No. 1 singles, Gigi Fields defeated Eleanor Mitchell 6-3, 6-1.

In girls No. 2 singles, Stella Kate Nichols defeated Marywether Taylor 6-0, 6-1.

In girls No. 1 doubles, Natalie Hardy and Ally Rhett defeated Evelyn Angle and Carrie Clark 6-2, 6-2. In girls No. 2 doubles, Taylor Dalrymple and Lauren Pole defeated Laura Reddin and Avery Norwood 6-3, 6-3.

In boys No. 1 singles, Owen Riley lost to Josh Prochaska 6-0, 6-1. In boys No. 2 singles, William Laws lost to Zach Hollingsworth 6-3, 6-3.

In boys No. 1 doubles, Patrick Mallory and Hayden Peel defeated Matthew Mills and Seth Blanton 6-0, 6-0. In boys No. 2 doubles, Tyner Swedenburg and Jack Ellis defeated Noah Hollingsworth and Thomas Dulaney 6-2, 6-0.

In mixed doubles, Payton Riley and John H. Fields lost to Christina Fantazia and Victor Fantazia 6-2, 6-2.

Heritage Academy will play at 2:30 p.m. today against Washington Academy at The Greenville Country Club.

MSUWomen’s basketball team ranked No. 18 in final USA Today poll

STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State women’s basketball team closed the 2014-15 season at No. 18 in the final USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll released Wednesday.

Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year Vic Schaefer’s Bulldogs claimed a 17th-straight week in the poll after finishing the year 27-7 and 11-5 in the SEC en route to advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

MSU set school records for overall and league wins while match-ing the best SEC finish in program annals with a third-place showing.

The fantastic season earned the program its first NCAA tourna-ment appearance since 2010. Playing in Durham, North Carolina, in the Spokane Regional, MSU won its fifth-straight opening round game 57-47 against Tulane before falling to host Duke 64-56.

Despite slipping four places, MSU stayed in the top 20 the final 15 weeks of the year. The Bulldogs climbed as high as No. 13 (Feb. 23 and March 1).

MSU was one of four SEC teams in the final ranking, joining No. 3 South Carolina, No. 6 Tennessee, and No. 16 Kentucky.

Fans can celebrate the season Wednesday at the Hail State Hoops Awards Banquet in Mize Pavilion. The event, which starts at 6 p.m., costs $25 per person. Fans are encouraged to RSVP by calling 662-325-0198 or emailing dbrown@athletics.msstate.edu by Monday.

n Cutura earns second-straight SEC weekly honor: At Birmingham, Alabama, Mate Cutura was named Wednesday the South-eastern Conference Player of the Week for the second-straight time.

“I’m extremely happy to receive this honor two weeks in a row,” Cutura said. “I’m just very glad I can help my teammates and coaches and that all the hard work is paying off. It’s also huge motivation for the future that other people are noticing the results as well.”

The efforts from the Posusje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, native have the Bulldogs on a five-match winning streak and collecting wins in 10 of their past 12 matches.

Cutura was 4-0 on the weekend after picking up a pair of wins on the singles and doubles courts. His two singles win upped his winning streak to eight-straight matches and improved him to a league-best 8-0 in SEC play. His efforts landed him his first career ITA National Singles Ranking on Tuesday, coming in at No. 96.

Ole MissSoftball team beats Samford

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Ole Miss softball team hit three home runs on the night, including a grand slam by junior right fielder Bri Payne, in a 13-8 victory against Samford.

Payne hit her grand slam in the first, while Alyssa Invergo added a solo shot in the fifth inning and Alex Schneider powered a solo shot to straight-away center in the sixth to keep the Rebels (23-16) in the lead for the duration of the game.

Madi Osias (7-9) picked up the win. She allowed five unearned runs on six hits. She walked three and struck out three in four innings.

Rebecca Leonard (3-3) took the loss for the Bulldogs (27-14).— From Special Reports

BaseballAmerican League

East Division W L Pct GBBaltimore 2 1 .667 —Boston 1 1 .500 ½New York 1 1 .500 ½Toronto 1 1 .500 ½Tampa Bay 1 2 .333 1

Central Division W L Pct. GBDetroit 2 0 1.000 —Kansas City 2 0 1.000 —Cleveland 1 1 .500 1Chicago 0 2 .000 2Minnesota 0 2 .000 2

West Division W L Pct. GBLos Angeles 2 1 .667 —Oakland 2 1 .667 —Houston 1 1 .500 ½Seattle 1 2 .333 1Texas 1 2 .333 1

Wednesday’s GamesDetroit 11, Minnesota 0Philadelphia 4, Boston 2N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 3Tampa Bay 2, Baltimore 0Kansas City 7, Chicago White Sox 5Cleveland 2, Houston 0Oakland 10, Texas 0L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 3

Today’s GamesMinnesota at Detroit, 12:08 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.Cleveland at Houston, 1:10 p.m.Texas at Oakland, 2:35 p.m.Boston at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Friday’s GamesToronto (Buehrle 0-0) at Baltimore (B.Norris 0-0), 2:05 p.m.Houston (McHugh 0-0) at Texas (D.Holland 0-0), 3:05 p.m.Detroit (Simon 0-0) at Cleveland (McAllister 0-0), 3:10 p.m.Minnesota (Milone 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 0-0), 3:10 p.m.Boston (Miley 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 0-0), 6:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Andriese 0-0) at Miami (Haren 0-0), 6:10 p.m.Kansas City (J.Vargas 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 0-0), 9:05 p.m.Seattle (T.Walker 0-0) at Oakland (Pomeranz 0-0), 9:05 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesBoston at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.Seattle at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m.Tampa Bay at Miami, 3:10 p.m.Toronto at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.Houston at Texas, 7:05 p.m.Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesDetroit at Cleveland, 12:10 p.m.Tampa Bay at Miami, 12:10 p.m.Toronto at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.Houston at Texas, 2:05 p.m.Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 2:35 p.m.Seattle at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBAtlanta 3 0 1.000 —New York 1 1 .500 1½Philadelphia 1 1 .500 1½Washington 1 1 .500 1½Miami 0 3 .000 3

Central Division W L Pct. GBCincinnati 2 0 1.000 —Chicago 1 1 .500 1St. Louis 1 1 .500 1Pittsburgh 0 2 .000 2Milwaukee 0 3 .000 2½

West Division W L Pct. GBColorado 3 0 1.000 —Los Angeles 2 1 .667 1San Francisco 2 1 .667 1Arizona 1 2 .333 2San Diego 1 2 .333 2

Wednesday’s GamesChicago Cubs 2, St. Louis 0Philadelphia 4, Boston 2Washington 2, N.Y. Mets 1Atlanta 2, Miami 0Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 4, 11 inningsColorado 5, Milwaukee 4, 10 inningsSan Francisco 5, Arizona 2L.A. Dodgers 7, San Diego 4

Today’s GamesPittsburgh at Cincinnati, 11:35 a.m.N.Y. Mets at Washington, 12:05 p.m.San Francisco at San Diego, 5:40 p.m.Boston at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Friday’s GamesChicago Cubs (T.Wood 0-0) at Colorado (Matzek 0-0), 3:10 p.m.Washington (G.Gonzalez 0-0) at Philadelphia (Williams 0-0), 6:05 p.m.St. Louis (Lackey 0-0) at Cincinnati (Marquis 0-0), 6:10 p.m.Tampa Bay (Andriese 0-0) at Miami (Haren 0-0), 6:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-0) at Atlanta (Stults 0-0), 6:35 p.m.Pittsburgh (Locke 0-0) at Milwaukee (Fiers 0-0), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Anderson 0-0) at Arizona (Anderson 0-0), 8:40 p.m.San Francisco (Lincecum 0-0) at San Diego (Morrow 0-0), 9:10 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesSt. Louis at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.Tampa Bay at Miami, 3:10 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 7:10 p.m.San Francisco at San Diego, 7:40 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesSt. Louis at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m.Tampa Bay at Miami, 12:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 12:35 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.San Francisco at San Diego, 3:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s College Scores

EASTBoston College 4, Northeastern 1Dominican (NY) 7, Queens 5Franklin Pierce 5, S. New Hampshire 0, 6 innings, snowPace 10, Adelphi 2New England Coll. 3, Castleton 2New Haven 8, S. Connecticut 3, 11 inningsQuinnipiac 9, Cent. Connecticut 8, 12 inningsStonehill 3, Bentley 2

SOUTHAustin Peay 14, Middle Tennessee 12Bryan 9, Cumberland (Tenn.) 2Charleston Southern 4, Clemson 3, 10 inningsCoker 17, Limestone 11Duke 7, Richmond 4Emory & Henry 7, Greensboro 2Erskine 15, Brevard 1Florida Gulf Coast 5, Florida St. 0Guilford 9, Old Dominion 7High Point 10, North Carolina A&T 7Kentucky at Louisville, ppd.Kentucky St. 7, Lincoln Memorial 5Lynchburg 12, Hampden-Sydney 6Miami 4, FAU 3, 10 inningsMorehead St. 11, Alabama A&M 8Mount Olive 12, Chowan 2North Carolina 6, Liberty 0Notre Dame 6, Valparaiso 0Pittsburgh 12, Youngstown St. 1Spalding 13, Centre 5Tenn. Wesleyan 8, Faulkner 7UNC-Greensboro 9, Wake Forest 8UNC-Wilmington at NC State, ccd.UT-Martin 12, Bethel (Tenn.) 9Virginia 14, James Madison 1Virginia-Wise 11-7, King (Tenn.) 8-8Winston-Salem 7, Wingate 4

MIDWESTKansas 10, New Mexico 5

Southeastern ConferenceEastern Division

Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.Vanderbilt 10 2 .833 27 7 .794Missouri 8 4 .667 22 11 .667Florida 6 6 .500 25 9 .735South Carolina 6 6 .500 23 11 .676Georgia 5 7 .417 19 15 .559Kentucky 4 7 .364 18 13 .581Tennessee 4 8 .333 14 14 .500

Western Division Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.Texas A&M 9 2 .818 31 2 .939LSU 8 4 .667 29 5 .853Mississippi St. 5 7 .417 21 14 .600Arkansas 5 7 .417 18 15 .545Mississippi 5 7 .417 16 17 .485Auburn 4 8 .333 20 13 .606Alabama 4 8 .333 16 15 .516

Wednesday’s GamesKentucky vs. Louisville, ppd.Arkansas 14, Mississippi Valley State 0Auburn 4, Georgia State 2South Carolina 4, The Citadel 2LSU 9, Northwestern State 6

Today’s GamesMissouri at Tennessee , 6 p.m. (SEC Network)Ole Miss at Vanderbilt, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

Friday’s GamesSouth Carolina at Florida, 6 p.m. (SEC Network +)Missouri at Tennessee, 6 p.m. (SEC Network)Ole Miss at Vanderbilt, 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network +)Kentucky at Arkansas, 6:35 p.m. (SEC Network +)Mississippi State at Texas A&M, 6:35 p.m. (SEC Network +)Auburn at LSU, 7 p.m. (SEC Network +)Georgia at Alabama, 7 p.m. (SEC Network +)

BasketballNBA

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBy-Toronto 46 32 .590 —Boston 36 42 .462 10Brooklyn 36 42 .462 10Philadelphia 18 61 .228 28½New York 15 63 .192 31

Southeast Division W L Pct. GBz-Atlanta 59 19 .756 —x-Washington 45 33 .577 14Miami 35 43 .449 24Charlotte 33 45 .423 26Orlando 25 53 .321 34

Central Division W L Pct. GBy-Cleveland 51 27 .654 —x-Chicago 46 32 .590 5Milwaukee 38 40 .487 13Indiana 35 43 .449 16Detroit 30 48 .385 21

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct. GBx-Houston 53 25 .679 —x-Memphis 53 25 .679 —x-San Antonio 53 26 .671 ½x-Dallas 47 31 .603 6New Orleans 42 36 .538 11

Northwest Division W L Pct. GBy-Portland 51 27 .654 —Oklahoma City 42 36 .538 9Utah 36 42 .462 15Denver 29 49 .372 22Minnesota 16 62 .205 35

Pacific Division W L Pct. GBz-Golden State 63 15 .808 —x-L.A. Clippers 53 26 .671 10½Phoenix 39 40 .494 24½Sacramento 27 51 .346 36L.A. Lakers 20 58 .256 43

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionz-clinched conference

Wednesday’s GamesWashington 119, Philadelphia 90Orlando 105, Chicago 103Boston 113, Detroit 103Toronto 92, Charlotte 74Atlanta 114, Brooklyn 111Indiana 102, New York 86Memphis 110, New Orleans 74Cleveland 104, Milwaukee 99San Antonio 110, Houston 98Denver 119, L.A. Lakers 101Utah 103, Sacramento 91Dallas 107, Phoenix 104Portland 116, Minnesota 91

Today’s GamesChicago at Miami, 7 p.m.Portland at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesToronto at Orlando, 6 p.m.Charlotte at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.Indiana at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.Boston at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.Washington at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.Milwaukee at New York, 6:30 p.m.Phoenix at New Orleans, 7 p.m.Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Houston, 7 p.m.Dallas at Denver, 8 p.m.Memphis at Utah, 8 p.m.Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesNew York at Orlando, 6 p.m.Toronto at Miami, 6:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Chicago, 7 p.m.Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m.Utah at Portland, 9 p.m.Minnesota at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

GolfMasters Times

At Augusta National Golf ClubAugusta, Georgia

All Times EDTa-amateur

Today-Friday7:45 a.m.-10:52 a.m. — Charley Hoffman, Brian Harman7:56 a.m.-11:03 a.m. — Larry Mize, Danny Willett, a-Byron Meth8:07 a.m.-11:14 a.m. — Tom Watson, Gary Woodland, Camilo Villegas8:18 a.m.-11:25 a.m. — Mike Weir, Ben Crane, a-Corey Conners8:29 a.m.-11:36 a.m. — Vijay Singh, Russell Henley, Darren Clarke8:40 a.m.-11:47 a.m. — Jose Maria Olazabal, Brendon Todd, Kevin Na

8:51 a.m.-12:09 p.m. — Jonas Blixt, Kevin Streelman, Stephen Gallacher9:02 a.m.-12:20 p.m. — Patrick Reed, Keegan Bradley, Ian Poulter9:13 a.m.-12:31 p.m. — Miguel Angel Jimenez, Lee Westwood, Anirban Lahiri9:24 a.m.-12:42 p.m. — Bubba Watson, Justin Rose, a-Gunn Yang9:35 a.m.-12:53 p.m. — Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson, a-Antonio Murdaca9:57 a.m.-1:04 p.m. — Morgan Hoffmann, Steve Stricker, Matt Every10:08 a.m.-1:15 p.m. — Ben Crenshaw, Bill Haas, Jason Dufner10:19 a.m.-1:26 p.m. — Webb Simpson, Hideki Matsuyama, Paul Casey10:30 a.m.-1:37 p.m. — Charl Schwartzel, Joost Luiten, Sangmoon Bae10:41 a.m.-1:48 p.m. — Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Ryan Moore10:52 a.m.-1:59 p.m. — J. B. Holmes, Martin Kaymer, Brandt Snedeker11:03 a.m.-7:45 a.m. — Ian Woosnam, Erik Compton, Marc Leishman11:14 a.m.-7:56 a.m. — Trevor Immelman, Kev-in Stadler, a-Scott Harvey11:25 a.m.-8:07 a.m. — Ben Martin, Robert Streb, Cameron Tringale11:36 a.m.-8:18 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Seung-Yul Noh, a-Bradley Neil11:47 a.m.-8:29 a.m. — Bernhard Langer, Ber-nd Wiesberger, Geoff Ogilvy12:09 p.m.-8:40 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els12:20 p.m.-8:51 a.m. — Angel Cabrera, Louis Oosthuizen, a-Matias Dominguez12:31 p.m.-9:02 a.m. — Mark O’Meara, Chris Kirk, Shane Lowry12:42 p.m.-9:13 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Ryan Palmer, Thomas Bjorn12:53 p.m.-9:24 a.m. — James Hahn, Mikko Ilonen, Hunter Mahan1:04 p.m.-9:35 a.m. — Matt Kuchar, Brooks Koepka, Graeme McDowell1:15 p.m.-9:57 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Billy Horschel1:26 p.m.-10:08 a.m. — Fred Couples, Branden Grace, Thongchai Jaidee1:37 p.m.-10:19 a.m. — Luke Donald, Victor Dubuisson, John Senden1:48 p.m.-10:30 a.m. — Tiger Woods, Jamie Donaldson, Jimmy Walker1:59 p.m.-10:41 a.m. — Jason Day, Sergio Gar-cia, Rickie Fowler

HockeyNHL

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-Montreal 80 48 22 10 106 213 183x-Tampa Bay 80 48 24 8 104 255 206Detroit 80 42 25 13 97 230 217Boston 80 41 26 13 95 209 204Ottawa 80 41 26 13 95 232 214Florida 80 36 29 15 87 199 219Toronto 81 30 44 7 67 208 258Buffalo 80 23 49 8 54 159 268

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAz-N.Y. Rangers 80 52 21 7 111 248 187x-Washington 81 45 25 11 101 240 199N.Y. Islanders 80 46 28 6 98 245 224Pittsburgh 80 42 26 12 96 218 207Columbus 80 40 35 5 85 227 244Philadelphia 80 33 29 18 84 213 228New Jersey 80 32 35 13 77 176 209Carolina 80 29 40 11 69 185 223

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAx-St. Louis 80 49 24 7 105 242 198x-Nashville 80 47 23 10 104 229 200x-Chicago 80 48 26 6 102 226 184x-Minnesota 80 45 27 8 98 225 195Winnipeg 80 42 26 12 96 225 208Dallas 81 40 31 10 90 257 259Colorado 80 37 31 12 86 215 225

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAy-Anaheim 81 50 24 7 107 234 225x-Vancouver 80 46 29 5 97 231 217Calgary 80 44 29 7 95 237 210Los Angeles 80 39 26 15 93 215 201San Jose 80 39 32 9 87 224 227Edmonton 80 24 43 13 61 192 274Arizona 80 24 48 8 56 169 265

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

Wednesday’s GamesColumbus 5, Toronto 0Washington 3, Boston 0Dallas 4, Anaheim 0

Today’s GamesOttawa at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.Carolina at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.Detroit at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.Boston at Florida, 6:30 p.m.Chicago at St. Louis, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Nashville, 7 p.m.Winnipeg at Colorado, 8 p.m.Los Angeles at Calgary, 8 p.m.San Jose at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.Arizona at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Friday’s GamesN.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.Buffalo at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesOttawa at Philadelphia, 11:30 a.m.N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 11:30 a.m.Calgary at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.San Jose at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.Minnesota at St. Louis, 2 p.m.Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 6 p.m.Montreal at Toronto, 6 p.m.New Jersey at Florida, 6 p.m.Columbus at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.Detroit at Carolina, 6 p.m.Boston at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.Nashville at Dallas, 7 p.m.Chicago at Colorado, 8 p.m.Anaheim at Arizona, 8 p.m.Edmonton at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

SoftballSEC

Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct.Auburn 10 2 .833 38 5 .884LSU 9 3 .750 36 4 .900Alabama 10 5 .667 31 9 .775Florida 8 4 .667 37 4 .902Tennessee 7 5 .583 29 9 .763Texas A&M 7 5 .583 30 10 .750Georgia 8 7 .533 32 10 .762Mississippi St. 8 7 .533 30 10 .750Missouri 6 6 .500 24 9 .727Mississippi 5 10 .333 23 16 .590Kentucky 4 8 .333 27 11 .711South Carolina 2 10 .167 27 15 .643Arkansas 0 12 .000 14 25 .359

Wednesday’s GamesNorthern Iowa vs. Missouri, ppd. Marshall vs. Kentucky, ccd.Mississippi State 9, LSU 4Ole Miss 13, Samford 8Alabama 11, Middle Tennessee 0Tennessee 7-7, Eastern Kentucky 2-4Florida 5, Florida State 1Oklahoma 10, Arkansas 1Auburn 10, Alabama-Birmingham 6Georgia 3, Georgia Tech 0Texas A&M 13, North Texas 9

Today’s GamesNo games scheduled

Friday’s GamesArkansas at South Carolina, 5 p.m. (SEC Network +)LSU at Tennessee 5:30 p.m. (SEC Network +) Georgia at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. (SEC Network +)Mississippi State at Missouri, 6:30 p.m. (SEC Network +)Auburn at Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.

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HanleysContinued from Page 1B

Neal Hanley said the trip he and his wife planned to make to Columbus to see his mother in law happened to coincide with the Columbus Pilgrimage Half Marathon, so he said it was natural for him to want to run in the event.

“Brad is a friend of mine and I wanted to support him in the venture,” said Hanley, who is a seventh-grade His-tory teacher at Loftis Mid-dle School in Chattanooga. “I like what he has going on there, and I want to support it to make sure Columbus has a half marathon.”

Atkins and his wife, Melis-sa, have been active in the lo-cal athletic scene. They were instrumental in organizing the Possum Town Triathlon into an annual event in Au-gust. Hanley said he is excited to see the Half Marathon/5-K continue into its second year because he doesn’t remember there being a lot of events like it when he and his wife lived in Columbus.

These days, Hanley pre-

fers to do his running on trails. Although he doesn’t have a lot of time because he also is a baseball coach and he and Angie are caring for their 6-month-old son, No-lan, Neal said he enjoys run-ning on the varied terrains that trails offer over the pavement normally found in road races.

Judging from the course layouts, Hanley, 36, said both races this weekend will offer flat courses, which he said should help him navi-gate the 13.1-mile half mar-athon course.

“The mileage is certain-ly not an issue whatsoever,” Hanley said. “I don’t know if I will be able to maintain as quick a pace as I want to because I have not run any-thing flat in a long time.”

Hanley said nearly all of the running he does these days is “off road” on the numerous trails in the Chattanooga area. He said he enjoys running on trails because he doesn’t have to

worry about having to main-tain a pace or getting up the next hill or the next curve. He said the terrain offers a constant challenge that fits his personality better.

On Saturday, though, Hanley will do his best to keep pace on a flatter course in an event he is happy to support.

“This is a tremendous as-set to the community,” Han-ley said. “It highlights some of the newer aspects and the ability to bring active people around. There didn’t seem to be enough of a presence when we were there.”

The registration fee for the half marathon in $65 through today. After today, it is $75. The registration fee for the 5-K is $30 through today. After today, it is $35.

Those interested can reg-ister online at . Online regis-tration closes at 10 tonight.

Competitors can pick up their race packets at the Tennessee Williams Wel-come Center from 4-7 p.m.

Friday or from 5:30-6:30 a.m. Saturday. There also will be on-site registration at those times. To register, go to columbushalfmara-thon5k.com.

The races will start and finish at the Tennessee Wil-liams Welcome Center. The half marathon will start at 7 a.m. Saturday. The 5-K will start at 7:15 a.m. Courses for both events are at colum-bushalfmarathon5k.com.

Robert Scribner, of Starkville, was the top over-all male finisher in the half marathon last year with a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes, 48 seconds. Sarah Hammes, of Meridian, was the top overall female finisher (1:32.17).

Mike Thrailkill, of Hicko-ry, was the top overall male finisher in the 5-K (17:31). Myriam Sanders, of Belden, was the top overall female finisher (22:52).

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ClemonsContinued from Page 1B

the Class 1A tournament. Clemons had a game-high 27 points and showcased her ath-leticism, rebounding ability, and ballhandling in an effort that nearly propelled the Lady Panthers to the “Big House.”

Despite everything she did that night, Clemons said Wednesday she wished she could have done more to settle her team during the game. She lamented the fact that West Lowndes wasn’t more focused, especial-ly since the players had talked since the be-ginning of the season about winning a state championship.

“I think we were too excited,” said Clem-ons, who was a team captain. “I think if I had brought more energy and gave them more un-derstanding of what really was going on, we would have went further.”

Still, Phinisey, who took over midway through the season, said Clemons’ passion for basketball was infected the team. She said Clemons served in a variety of roles, includ-ing team cheerleader when she was on the bench, and set the example for the Lady Pan-thers with a high work rate.

“That energy she brings to the court spreads onto the girls,” Phinisey said. “I know the girls are going to miss it. I am going to miss it as a coach, having her there to push us along.”

Clemons said she is friends with former Columbus High standout Ki-Ki Patterson, who was a freshman on the EMCC women’s team this past season. She smiled when she recalled matchups against Patterson in high school and how the Lady Falcons “beat their tails.” She said Patterson motivated her when they were still in high school. She said she tried to learn from those losses and to keep pushing forward and not allow losses to side-track her.

Maybe that’s why the memory of the fi-nal loss of her high school basketball career sticks with her. She said basketball has been close to her heart for so long, which is why she is looking forward to making the most of her chance to play at the next level.

“It is all about passion and dedication,” said Clemons, who started playing basketball as a child living in Crawford and continued through years of Amateur Athletic Union play with coach Jeff Smith. “It is not easy, but I took it took heart, and once you have heart in things, you love it. There is not a day I am on the court or go to practice that I don’t want to be there because I love it. Once you love something, there is no ‘I don’t feel like doing that.’ It is a passion thing.”

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BY SCOTT WALTERSswalters@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — It’s called the Ricketts Effect.

When Samantha Rick-etts was hired as an assis-tant coach and hitting in-structor in the offseason, her task was to rejuvenate the Mississippi State soft-ball team’s offense.

Ricketts was hired to produce performances like Wednesday night, when MSU had 11 hits and dominated two of the Southeastern Confer-ence’s best pitchers in a 9-4 victory against No. 1 LSU in a non-conference game before a capacity crowd of 902 at the MSU Softball Field.

“Let me tell you about coach Ricketts,” MSU senior second baseman Julia Echols said. “She is all about confidence. You play the game because it is fun and you play the game with confidence. You don’t have to worry about appeasing her to stay in the lineup. You just go up there with the men-tal approach that you can hit anything.”

MSU defeated the No. 1 team in the nation for the second time in program history. It defeated Arizo-na State in 2002. The Bull-dogs also improved to 6-6 against ranked opponents and gave a shot in the arm to an already strong Rat-ings Percentage Index (RPI) of 22 entering the week. The NCAA tourna-ment selection committee uses RPI as a tool when it selects the at-large teams for the 64-team field.

The Bulldogs are on a six-game winning streak and won the opening game of an eight-game stretch of games against RPI top 28 teams that will help determine if the team has a case to play host to an NCAA regional.

“We call it the Ricketts Effect,” Stuedeman said. “We had to find a way to

be more productive on of-fense. The records speak for themselves this sea-son. The girls absolutely love her. It’s a testament to hard work and a testa-ment to the bond between coach and player. I don’t think there is anything our players don’t think they can do when they step to the plate.”

Ricketts helped Wich-ita State rank among the nation’s statistical leaders on offense in her three seasons at the school af-ter a standout playing career at Oklahoma. At MSU, the transformation has felt like it has been overnight. MSU (30-10) is hitting .326.

In Stuedeman’s first three seasons, the Bull-dogs hit .274 in 2012, .267 in 2013, and .257 in 2014. Each of those teams were good enough to make NCAA regional appearances. However, Stuedeman, whose coach-ing pedigree is pitching, knew her team needed to make a gigantic leap on offense if it was going to challenge for SEC cham-pionships and to advance to its first super regional.

“When the coaches

believe in you, it is hard not to believe in yourself,” MSU junior shortstop Kayla Winkfield said. “When coaches Vann, (Tyler) Bratton, and Rick-etts are all believing in you and you believe in yourself, the sky is the limit.”

MSU had 10 or more hits for the 18th time this season. The past two sea-sons combined it accom-plished that feat 14 times.

“It’s all about positive reinforcement,” Rick-etts said. “We spent a lot of time in the offseason building up the mental component for each girl. What are you good at? How we can best utilize that to be successful.”

All nine MSU starters entered the game hitting .333 or better.

“We really don’t ever look at the stats, so I had no idea that was the case,” Echols said. “I think that really shows you we are a dangerous team. Those are really good numbers, and that means every-body on the team is doing it. That is how you have a special season. A lot of hard work goes into it. You also have to have a

belief.“We have some student

assistants who put togeth-er video of the other pitch-ers before we face them. That has helped. We knew what was coming Wednesday night against arguably two of the best pitchers in the league. We have done some out-of-the-box things, and it is really paying off.”

In the first inning, Ka-tie Anne Bailey had an RBI single. In the sec-ond, Amanda Ivy had an RBI single. In the fourth, Caroline Seitz had a two-run double. In the sixth, Mackenzie Toler had a two-run single and win-ning pitcher Alexis Silk-wood, who didn’t bat a year ago, hit a two-run home run.

The Bulldogs have 41 home runs, seven more than last year’s team hit in 60 games.

“There is a not a lot that needs to be said about our offense other than it’s the Ricketts Effect,” Stuede-man said. “It’s like night and day. Her influence has allowed us to play the game at a different level. I am a pitching coach, but don’t think nights like to-night aren’t exciting.”

n MSU, which is tied for seventh (8-7) in the SEC with Georgia, will take on Missouri in Game 1 of the three-game week-end series at 6:30 p.m. Friday (SEC Network +). Game 2 will be at 1 p.m. Saturday (SEC Network +). The SEC Network will broadcast Game 3 at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Missouri is 24-9 and 6-6 in the SEC, which is good for ninth place.

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MSU (30-10) ran its winning streak to six, while LSU (36-4) suffered its largest margin of de-feat of the season. The Bulldogs’ RPI of 22 will receive a huge boost from the win, as the Tigers were rated second in that ranking, which is used by the NCAA tournament se-lection committee to pick the at-large teams for the 64-team field.

“Coach told us this was like any other midweek game,” MSU junior short-stop Kayla Winkfield. “You know better because it the No. 1 team in the nation. You really can’t get caught up in that. You have to focus on the pro-cess. You have to treat this game like you treated the first game. If you get caught up in the moment, you won’t perform well.

“So yes, it’s like any other midweek game. However, after you win, then you can admit it real-ly wasn’t.”

Sophomore Alexis Silk-wood leads the SEC with 22 victories and is second with 166 strikeouts. Due to a lack of pitching depth, it hasn’t been uncommon for Silkwood to draw some midweek starts, especially based on the strength of the opponent. On Wednesday, Stuede-man wanted Silkwood to think she was pitching in a SEC series opener.

“We told Alexis that was like a Friday night in the Southeastern Confer-ence,” Stuedeman said. “Most weekend series, she pitches twice, so this was unique. We told her to remember (LSU) would only see her once this season, so that means she could go out and show them everything.

“This was a tremendous win for our program, and we know when we have tremendous wins, Alexis is

going to be involved.”Silkwood has won

back-to-back SEC Pitcher of the Week awards. In a weekend series sweep in Arkansas, Silkwood won two games and saved the other. Less than 40 hours after getting back from Fayetteville, Arkansas, she returned to the circle to throw her league-best 18th complete game.

“This is why you play the game,” Silkwood said. “The stands were full of our fans and the place was go-ing to nuts. How could you not want to be out there in that? It’s like this is a mid-week game. But, oh yeah, it’s against the No. 1 team in the nation. Winning game a like this really puts this team over the top.”

MSU beat the nation’s top-ranked team for the second time in program history. The other was a 2002 win against Arizona State. This season, MSU is 6-6 against ranked op-ponents, including one win against Florida, which was ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the major polls at the time of the game.

To see such a convinc-ing performance was impressive considering the Bulldogs’ recent trav-els. MSU won a midweek game against Lipscomb last Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee. MSU bussed on Good Friday and played Saturday, Sunday, and Monday against Ar-kansas. After arriving in Starkville prior to sun up Tuesday, MSU hit the di-amond again Wednesday to take on LSU. The team was scheduled to leave at 8:45 this morning for a three-game conference series at No. 21 Missouri, which begins Friday.

“It can break you, I will be the first to admit it,” Stuedeman said. “Be-tween classwork, exams, homework, and trying

to play softball at a very high level, it can be hard. The main thing about this team is the girls genuine-ly love one another. They care about each other. When one is down, we are all down. It’s a special group. It’s a unique bond. A team not made of char-acter could not navigating these challenges with the success we have been having.”

LSU entered the game with a 1.37 ERA (second best in the nation). The Tigers’ three previous losses had all been in SEC play by a total of six runs. Stuedeman said LSU had four pitchers who could be a legitimate No. 1 op-tion for many of the other teams in the league.

The Bulldogs did dam-age against the three they faced. LSU starter Allie Walljasper allowed five hits and three runs (two earned) in 1 2/3 innings. Reigning SEC Fresh-man of the Week Car-ley Hoover gave up four hits and four runs (two earned) in 3 1/3 innings.

“Credit to LSU for be-ing willing to play this game,” Stuedeman said. “It’s a game that will help both teams in the long run. There was no midweek aspect to this game other than the day in which it was played. They threw their best. We threw our best. It was a tremendous atmo-sphere and a landmark win for our program.”

MSU scored two runs in the first inning and nev-er trailed. The Bulldogs won by collecting 11 hits from seven players.

Silkwood appeared to be tiring from her tre-mendous workload when the Tigers finally broke through for two runs in the fifth to cut the deficit to 5-2. With runners at second and third, Silk-wood recorded back-to-

back outs to escape.When it needed to re-

spond, MSU scored four runs in the sixth, includ-ing a massive two-run home run by Silkwood, her third of the year.

“It’s all about confi-dence,” Winkfield. “We are playing softball at a different level than has ever been played before out here. It’s exciting. We are staying within ourselves and focusing on what has to happen on that day. We treated this like any other game.

“Coach Vann always tells us to grind out every at-bat and when the game is over then you look up at the scoreboard. Tonight, when we looked up, we really liked what we saw.”

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Mark Wilson/Dispatch StaffMississippi State’s Amanda Ivy lays down a sacrifice bunt in the first inning against No. 1 LSU on Wednesday at the MSU Softball Field. The bunt helped Julia Echols advance to second base.

I’ve had my own success. I’ve gone places a lot of coaches haven’t gone be-fore and I have my own personality. With a guy like coach Saban, that was one of the things that at-tracted me to the Univer-sity of Alabama.

“I was going to get in-terviewed by some other power five conferences that didn’t have the pro-gram like the University of Alabama. I think it’s a huge plus.”

Johnson, 50, takes over a hoops program that’s been to the NCAA Tour-nament only once since 2004 after a couple of years out of coaching. The 16-year NBA player re-ceived a six-year contract worth about $2.8 million annually, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because Ala-bama doesn’t release con-tract details until they’re approved by the trustees’ compensation committee.

His former coach at Southern, Ben Jobe, was on hand, along with onetime Tide coaches Wimp Sand-erson and C.M. Newton. Jobe recalled his former player setting up tutoring programs, collecting food for the needy and starting a Big Brother program at Southern, then paying for seven or eight kids to at-tend the university.

“He established so many things students don’t even think about,” Jobe said. “Those things are still in place.”

Johnson said he had “a burning desire” to get

back into coaching and make his first foray into the college ranks after attending most of his son Avery Jr.’s games last sea-son at Texas A&M. Ath-letic director Bill Battle gave him that chance.

Johnson, who also was coaching the Nets when they moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn, led the Mavericks to their first NBA Finals in his de-but season in 2006 after getting promoted from assistant. He had a ready answer then when peo-ple asked him how long it would take to win.

“I said, ‘Hey, if we don’t make it to the NBA Finals in the first three years, I need to be fired,’ ” John-son recalled. “And we did, and that was a great accomplishment. I’m not going to give you a bold statement like that be-cause I’ve got to get my arms around this thing.”

However, he said ear-lier, “Even though coach Battle blessed me with a six-year contract, it’s not going to take that long.”

First things first. John-son planned to meet with each individual Tide play-er on Wednesday and has to get a handle on recruit-ing for the first time. He planned to fly around the state visiting prospects today with assistant An-toine Pettway, a former Tide point guard.

Ultimately, he hopes to land deeper in the tourna-ment than Alabama has ever been.

“I wouldn’t have tak-en this job if we couldn’t make it to the Final Four,”

Johnson said. “I wouldn’t have taken this job if I didn’t see they have a vi-sion of how we can get to the Final Four and have an opportunity to win a championship.

“Duke University, that’s the standard for us here at the University of Alabama and our basket-ball program. The way they play defense and of-fense, the way they move

the ball, that’s the stan-dard. Nobody else is the standard.”

Battle, who initially targeted Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall, wound up visiting Johnson’s Dal-las home and being sold.

“After a few hours, he convinced me he belonged in college basketball and I convinced him he be-longed at the University of Alabama,” Battle said.

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win back-to-back titles.“It doesn’t mean I’m going to do

it. But I’m going to try to compete at a high level, and hopefully on Sunday we have that chance on the back nine.”

The Masters started shortly af-ter sunrise today with ceremonial tee shots by Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player.

Then, it gets serious.McIlroy is the clear favorite, hav-

ing won the last two majors of 2014 (the British Open and the PGA Championship) to leave the Mas-ters as the only big title missing from his resume.

At age 25, he has a shot at join-ing Nicklaus, Woods, Player, Ben Hogan and Gene Sarazen in the ex-clusive club.

“Golf is a very fickle game,” McIlroy said. “You don’t take any-thing for granted.”

If he needs proof of that, all McIl-roy has to do is remember what hap-pened at this very place four years ago. He had a four-shot lead in the Masters, ready to be crowned the next big thing in golf, when he shot 80 in the final round.

McIlroy handled the collapse with remarkable poise, insisting he would learn from his mistakes. Two months later, he set scoring re-cords while winning the U.S. Open at Congressional for his first major title.

“A lot of that win has to do with what happened at Augusta,” he said.

While the expectations are high-er than ever for McIlroy, they’ve

never been lower for Woods. He is competing for the first time since Feb. 5, when he walked off the course at Torrey Pines to work on a game that made him look more like a weekend duffer than a 14-time major champion.

Woods has shown much im-provement in three days of prac-tice, including nine holes he played Wednesday with Ben Crenshaw and Jordan Spieth.

Then again, no one — not even Woods — is sure how he’ll play when the shots actually count.

“I’m excited to be back, to be back playing at this level,” he said. “I feel like my game is finally ready to compete at this level, the highest level.”

Even at different ends of the spectrum, McIlroy and Woods have dominated the talk so much this week that a large group of contend-ers has largely been ignored.

There’s Watson, trying to join Nicklaus, Woods and Nick Faldo as the only Masters champions to defend their titles. There’s Adam Scott, back to the long putter he used to win in 2013.

There’s Spieth, who might be the hottest player on the PGA Tour, hav-ing won, finished second, and lost in a playoff in his past three starts.

There’s Jimmy Walker, the only player with two tour wins this sea-son. There’s Phil Mickelson, a three-time Masters champion and runner-up to McIlroy at Valhalla in the PGA.

Not to mention, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson and Jason Day, all

showing signs of breaking through for their first major titles.

A year ago, Spieth was on the verge of becoming the youngest Masters champion at age 20 when he had a two-shot lead with 11 holes to play. Two bogeys put him behind going into the back nine, and Wat-son pulled away for the victory.

“Last year,” Spieth said, “I had no expectations, didn’t know what it was going to be like, had never played the tournament before. This year, I come in maybe expecting to play well on a course I feel very comfortable on. I feel like it suits my game nicely, and I also feel like I’ve been playing well.”

If history is a guide, one player can already be ruled out.

Kevin Streelman won the Par 3 Contest on Wednesday, beating Camilo Villegas in a playoff. No player has ever taken the green jacket after capturing the just-for-fun exhibition, which began in 1960.

“I feel great,” Streelman said. “I’ve done a lot of preparation. Done all I can do. Now I’ve just got to go out and have fun and play.”

In a place that cherishes its his-tory, Nicklaus gave the patrons a thrill by holing out at No. 4 for one of the five aces in the Par 3 Contest. Villegas had two of them.

“I actually hit two more shots that hit right around the edge of the hole, had a chance to go in,” the 75-year-old Nicklaus said. “I didn’t finish up very well, but we had a lot of fun.”

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INDIANAPOLIS — Dan Gavitt would like to college basketball referees to take more time to make the right calls, especially with a national champion-ship at stake.

Less than 48 hours after a crucial call helped Duke hold on for a 68-63 victory against Wisconsin on Mon-day night in the title game, the NCAA’s vice president of men’s basketball told The Associated Press that the referees could have been “more patient” at the replay monitor.

A magnified shot that aired during CBS’ live telecast appeared to show a Duke player touched the ball last when Badgers guard Bronson Koenig missed a layup with 1:54

to play and Duke leading 63-58. But Gavitt said the officials never got a chance to see that replay because they had already decided to uphold the original de-cision that the ball went off Wisconsin.

“I think there’s a chance that if there had been a longer review, especially on the blown up one, the magnified version, there’s a chance there would have been enough evidence to overturn the call,” Gavitt said Wednesday. “But it’s still a judgment call.”

Gavitt said he spoke with Badgers coach Bo Ryan immediately after the game and again Wednes-day to give him a heads-up about what he planned to say publicly about the call. Gavitt did not character-ize the conversation as an

apology, and said Ryan was more upset about how the game was called — rather than the one call that has been talked about all week.

What went wrong?John Adams, the retiring

head of college basketball referees, told SiriusXMCol-lege Radio on Tuesday that the three-man officiating crew and the standby offi-cial did not have access to the same views as the tele-vision audience. So when Adams realized the call looked wrong, he consid-ered making a dash to the scorer’s table to bring the officials back.

Gavitt said Adams “mis-spoke” and that the refer-ees did have access to all TV replays.

Adams declined an in-terview request.

Kim Jackson, a spokes-

man for DVSport, the NCAA’s replay partner through 2019, acknowl-edged the referees did get access to all of CBS’ replays, just not in time to make the most definitive angle available.

n Notre Dame’s Loyd declares for WNBA draft: At New York, Jewell Loyd is heading to the WNBA.

Notre Dame’s junior guard declared herself eligible for the WNBA draft on Wednesday, a night after the Irish lost in the national championship game to UConn 63-53.

Loyd could be the top pick by Seattle in the April 16 draft and had until Wednesday night to declare. She has up until five days before the draft to return to Notre Dame if she changes her mind.

She finished second in the AP Player of the Year voting behind UConn’s Breanna Stewart and averaged 20 points a game this season. She scored 772 points this season, leaving her four behind the school record set for one year.

The WNBA has strict rules about who may leave school early for the draft. Loyd is eligible because she will turn 22 during the calendar year of the draft.

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9). Get into the game. You’ll be a contender in a highly competitive arena you never thought you’d be competing in. May brings triumph for your family. Relationships require more of your attention in June, and love intensifies as you explore shared interests (es-pecially music) with someone. Aquarius and Pisces people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 44, 39, 17 and 42.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). There are some difficult things about life that don’t get easier; they just get different. Try to get comfortable with the situation. This will have nothing to do with acquiring

resources and everything to do with acceptance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There’s so much enter-tainment in the playground of your mind that you may be content to stay in and enjoy your mental process. However, push yourself to go out — you’ll have more fun.

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in the next four weekends against ranked teams. The Ag-gies are ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball and USA Today polls. They are No. 2 in the Baseball America rankings.

But MSU coach John Cohen isn’t pressing the panic button with such a tough opponent on deck.

“You just can’t look that far ahead,” Cohen said when asked what his team needs to do to put itself in position for an at-large bid. “There’s so much baseball to be played, and I think if you asked any of the 14 coaches in our league, they’d tell you the same thing.

“I kind of feel like in some respect we’re right there. ... Ev-erything hasn’t come together yet, but you know it will.”

The Bulldogs backed up Co-hen’s confidence last weekend

by scoring 27 runs in three games to take two of three games from then-No. 22 South Carolina. It was MSU’s first SEC series win of the season, and its first series win overall since sweeping Arizona and Samford in the last weekend of February. That weekend victo-ry was part of a 13-0 run to open the season, a stretch that has been forgotten thanks to a 7-12 record in March.

South Carolina took the se-ries finale 13-7 on Sunday. Mem-phis beat MSU 7-1 on Tuesday. That loss dropped MSU’s Rat-ings Percentage Index (RPI) to No. 122 in the country, MSU’s lowest this season. The RPI is a tool the NCAA tournament se-lection committee uses to pick the at-large teams for the field.

MSU’s players aren’t overre-acting, either, despite the fact

that Division I Baseball’s mid-season projection of the NCAA tournament field of 64 doesn’t include MSU. Ole Miss and Southern Mississippi also ar-en’t included.

“We all kind of know where we stand,” MSU senior out-fielder Jake Vickerson said. “We play some big teams com-ing up, obviously starting with A&M, so we have an opportuni-ty to work on that and take care of that. It’s kind of in our own hands.”

Vickerson has a team-high .364 batting average. He went 8-for-12 against South Carolina to raise his SEC batting average to .382.

With his confidence high, Vickerson also is optimistic about his team’s chances for a revival.

“The conference champion-

ship is still on the line,” Vicker-son said. “We’re still shooting for that. We dug ourselves a little bit of a hole, but we get to play all the top teams, so there’s a chance to gain some ground.”

MSU is five games behind Western Division-leading Tex-as A&M entering the second half of the conference season.

Cohen believes his team is close and that a turnaround is there for the taking.

“I really believe we’re in very, very good shape, but you kind of have to be from the in-side to understand that and know where we are,” Cohen said. “I think our kids are ready to play a very, very good Texas A&M club.”

While MSU dropped two of three games to Texas A&M last season in Starkville, College Station has been kind to the

Bulldogs. MSU has won sev-en of its eight games at Texas A&M, and the Bulldogs swept a series between the teams in 2013, a weekend that helped the Bulldogs make a run to the College World Series champi-onship series.

But this season Texas A&M is second in the SEC in batting average (.319), second in runs (252), and first in ERA (2.11). Missouri and Alabama are the only schools to beat Texas A&M.

Cohen said he could see Tex-as A&M becoming one of the top teams in the country two years ago.

“You could see they had a really good club at its core,” Co-hen said. “But the pieces had not had enough experience.”

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’SNOTICE OF FORECLOS-URE SALE

WHEREAS, on March24, 2006, Angela C.Howe and John Howeexecuted a certain deedof trust to Jim B. Tohill,Trustee for the use andbenefit of Argent Mort-gage Company, LLC,which deed of trust is ofrecord in the office ofthe Chancery Clerk ofLowndes, County, stateof Mississippi, in Book2006, Page 7281; and

WHEREAS, said deed oftrust was ultimately as-signed to DeutscheBank National TrustCompany, as Trusteefor Argent SecuritiesInc., Asset-BackedPass-Through Certific-ates, Series 2006-W5and recorded in BookMort 2015, Page 440;and WHEREASDeutsche Bank Nation-al Trust Company, asTrustee for Argent Se-curities Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-ThroughCertificates, Series2006-W5 and said be-neficiary has substi-tuted Jauregui & Lind-sey, LLC as Trustee byinstrument recorded inthe Chancery Clerk’s Of-fice on January 8, 2015in Book Mort 2015,Page 453; and

WHEREAS, Default hav-ing been made in theterms and conditions ofsaid deed of trust andthe entire debt securedthereby having been de-clared to be due andpayable in accordancewith the terms of saiddeed of trust, DeutscheBank National TrustCompany, as Trusteefor Argent SecuritiesInc., Asset-BackedPass-Through Certific-ates, Series 2006-W5,the legal holder of saidindebtedness, having re-quested the under-signed Substitute Trust-ee in said deed of trust,will on April 28, 2015offer for sale at publicoutcry and sell withinlegal hours (beingbetween the hours of11:00 a.m. and 4:00p.m.), at the main frontdoor of the CountyCourthouse of LowndesCounty in Columbus,Mississippi, to thehighest and best bidderfor cash the followingdescribed property situ-ated in LowndesCounty, Mississippi, towit:

Lot 19 of an unrecor-ded subdivision beinglocated in the South-east Quarter of theNortheast Quarter ofSection 5, Township 19South, Range 17 West,Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi, and more par-ticularly described asfollows:

Commencing at the in-tersection of the Westline of the SoutheastQuarter of the North-east Quarter of saidSection 5 and the Northright-of-way of LakeLowndes Road; thencerun South 86 degrees19 minutes East andalong said North right-of-way a distance of543.19 feet to a pointthence run North 07 de-grees 07 minutes Easta distance of 361.79feet to an iron pin;thence run North 10 de-grees 57 minutes Easta distance of 89.15 feetto a point; run thenceSouth 88 degrees 31minutes East a dis-tance of 734.80 feet toa point on the Westright-of-way of New HopeRoad; run thence North00 degrees 44 minutesEast along the Westright-of-way of New HopeRoad a distance of578.63 feet to an ironpin at a fence corner;run thence North 86 de-grees 30 minutes Westand along a fence line adistance of 627.53 feetto an iron pin; runthence North 72 de-grees 13 minutes Westa distance of 127.42feet to a point; runthence North 86 de-grees 30 minutes Westa distance of 62.19 feetto the POINT OF BEGIN-NING of the herein de-scribed tract; runthence South 01 de-grees 02 minutes Westa distance of 168.16feet to a point on theNorth right-of-way of agravel road known asCherry Wood Drive; runthence North 86 de-grees` 30 minutes Westalong said right-of-way adistance of 129.65 feetto a point; run thenceNorth 01 degrees 02minutes East a dis-tance of 168.16 feet toa point; run thenceSouth 86 degrees 30minutes East a dis-tance of 129.65 feet tothe POINT OF BEGIN-NING and containing0.50 acre, more or less.

TOGETHER WITH aneasement for ingressand egress over andacross the road rights-of-way located within anunrecorded subdivisionreferred to as CherryWood.

INDEXING INSTRUC-TION: Lot 19 (unrecor-ded subdivision), SE¼of the NE¼ of Section5, Township 19 South,Range 17 West,Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi.

I will convey only suchtitle as vested in me asSubstituted Trustee.

Jauregui & Lindsey, LLCSubstituted TrusteeJauregui & Lindsey, LLC2110 Devereux CircleBirmingham, AL 35243(205) 970-2233

Publication dates: April2, 2015, April 9, 2015,April 16, 2015, April 23,2015

Legal Notices 0010

NOTICE OF SUBSTI-TUTE TRUSTEE'S SALESTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF LOWNDESWHEREAS, default hasoccurred in the perform-ance of the covenants,terms and conditions ofa Deed of Trust datedFebruary 24, 1997, ex-ecuted by ANNIE M KIM-BRELL AND JAMESTOMMY KIMBRELL, con-veying certain real prop-erty therein described toMICHAEL L. RIDDLE, asTrustee, for MAGNOLIASTATE MORTGAGE,INC., Original Benefi-ciary, to secure the in-debtedness therein de-scribed, as same ap-pears of record in theoffice of the ChanceryClerk of LowndesCounty, Mississippi filedand recorded February28, 1997, in Deed Book1182, Page 661-665;and WHEREAS, the be-neficial interest of saidDeed of Trust was trans-ferred and assigned toBayview Loan Servicing,LLC, A Delaware Lim-ited Liability Companyby instrument recordedon October 14, 2014 inthe office of the afore-said Chancery Clerk inDeed Book 2014, Page21390; and WHEREAS,on February 13, 2015,the undersigned, RubinLublin, LLC has beenappointed as Substi-tute Trustee by instru-ment recorded in the of-fice of the aforesaidChancery Clerk in DeedBook 2015, Page 3054;and NOW, THEREFORE,the holder of said Deedof Trust, having reques-ted the undersigned soto do, as SubstituteTrustee or his duly ap-pointed agent, by virtueof the power, duty andauthority vested and im-posed upon said Substi-tute Trustee shall, onApril 30, 2015 withinthe lawful hours of salebetween 11:00AM and4:00PM at the south-east front door of Court-house proceed to sell atpublic outcry to thehighest and best bidderfor cash or certifiedfunds ONLY, the follow-ing described propertysituated in LowndesCounty, Mississippi, towit: LOT TWENTY THREE(23) IN BLOCK NINE (9)IN INTERSTATE CITY AD-DITION, AS SHOWN ONMAP ON FILE IN THECHANCERY CLERK`SOFFICE IN LOWNDESCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.PROPERTY ADDRESS:The street address ofthe property is believedto be 711 WATER-WORKS RD, COLUM-BUS, MS 39701. In theevent of any discrep-ancy between thisstreet address and thelegal description of theproperty, the legal de-scription shall control.Title to the above de-scribed property is be-lieved to be good, but Iwill convey only suchtitle as is vested in meas Substitute Trustee.THIS LAW FIRM IS AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECTA DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILLBE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. Rubin Lublin,LLC, Substitute Trustee428 North Lamar Blvd,Suite 107 Oxford, MS38655www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel:(877) 813-0992 Fax:(404) 601-5846 PUB-LISH: 04/02/2015,04/09/2015,04/16/2015,04/23/2015

ADVERTISE FOR BIDS

LOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI

SALE & REMOVAL OFOLD FIRE STATION DIS-TRICT (3) THREE

Notice is hereby giventhat the Board of Super-visors of LowndesCounty, Mississippi willreceive SEALED BIDSuntil 10:30 a.m. April23, 2015 for the sale ofthe following:

SPECIFICATIONS

SALE & REMOVAL OFOLD FIRE STATION DIS-TRICT (3) THREE

A bid packet may be ob-tained from theLowndes County Pur-chasing Office, 1121Main Street, 2nd floor,Columbus, MS 39701or calling at 662 329-5899. Arrangements toinspect the buildingplease contact: SammyFondren at 662-251-5152 or 662-329-5152.

Bids must be receivedin the Lowndes CountyChancery Clerk’s Office,505 2nd Avenue North,P O Box 684, Colum-bus, MS 39703, before10:30 a.m. on the 23rdof Apr., 2015.

Bids shall be placed ina sealed envelope andmarked” Sealed Bid forthe Sale/Removal ofOld Fire Station District(3) Three to be Open4/23/2015”. Failure tocomply will cause thebid to be disqualified.

The Board reserves theright to accept or rejectany and all bids re-ceived.

Published by order ofthe Board of Super-visors of LowndesCounty, Mississippi.

LISA YOUNGER NEESEClerk for the Board

By: Gloria BluntDeputy Clerk

Publish Dates:4/9/2015

(SEAL)My commission expiresJanuary 4, 2016.

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ADVERTISEMENT FORBIDS

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids will be re-ceived in the confer-ence room of Pryor &Morrow Architects andEngineers, P.A., SouthFrontage Road, Colum-bus, Mississippi, until2:00 p.m. on May 1,2015, for:

East Mississippi Com-munity CollegeGT Campus ReroofingMayhew, Mississippi

P & M Project Number:2015103

Contract documentsmay be obtained fromPRYOR & MORROW AR-CHITECTS and ENGIN-EERS, P.A., 5227 SouthFrontage Road, P.O. Box167, Columbus, Missis-sippi 39703-0167.(Phone: 662-327-8990,Fax: 662-327-8991)

A partially refundabledeposit of $100.00 isrequired. Upon return-ing the documents tothe professional withinten (10) days of the biddate in good and us-able condition, all con-tractors submitting a bidwill be refunded onehundred percent (100%)of the deposit on oneset and fifty percent(50%) for each addition-al set. All other docu-ment holders will be re-funded fifty percent(50%) of the deposit. Nopartial sets of docu-ments will be issued.Bid preparation will bein accordance with Sec-tion 00200 – Instruc-tions to Bidders, boundin the Project Manual.

BID GUARANTEE: Pro-posals shall be submit-ted with Proposal Secur-ity in the form of Certi-fied Check or accept-able Bid Bond in anamount equal to atleast five percent (5%)of the base bid; suchsecurity is to be for-feited as liquidateddamages, not penalty,by any bidder who failsto carry out the terms ofthe proposal. The BidBond, if used, shall bepayable to the Owner.Bonds on the projectmust be received on orbefore the period sched-uled for the project andno bid may be with-drawn after the sched-uled closing time for theproject. Bids must befirm for a period of forty-five (45) days after thescheduled time of open-ing.

PERFORMANCE-PAY-MENT BOND: A 100%Performance-PaymentBond issued by a suretycompany authorized todo business in theState of Mississippi willbe required within ten(10) days after the suc-cessful bidder has beennotified of the award ofthe contract to him.

CERTIFICATE OF RE-SPONSIBILITY: All bidssubmitted by a prime orsubcontractor for publicworks or public projectswhere said bid is in ex-cess of fifty thousanddollars ($50,000) toperform contracts enu-merated in Section 31-3-21, Mississippi Codeof 1972, shall containon the outside or exteri-or of the envelope orcontainer of such bidthe contractor’s currentcertificate number. Nobid shall be opened orconsidered unless suchcontractor’s current cer-tificate number ap-pears on the outside orexterior of said envel-ope or container or un-less there appears astatement on the out-side or exterior of suchenvelope or container tothe effect that the bidenclosed therewith doesnot exceed fifty thou-sand dollars ($50,000).

The Owner reserves theright to reject any or allbids and to waive irregu-larities.

Publish: April 2, 2015April 9, 2015

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF LOWNDESCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN RE: ESTATE OF EVALEE ALLEN FARMER, DE-CEASED

MARY LOU FARMERGREGG, EXECUTRIX

NO. 2015-0063

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby giventhat all persons havingclaims against the Es-tate of Eva Lee AllenFarmer, Deceased, arerequired to have thesame probated and re-gistered by the Clerk ofthe Chancery Court ofLowndes County, Mis-sissippi; that LettersTestamentary were gran-ted to the undersignedMary Lou Farmer Gregg,by the Chancery Courtof Lowndes County, Mis-sissippi in Cause No.2015-0063, on the 6day of April, 2015; thata failure to probate andregister such claimswith the Clerk of theChancery Court ofLowndes County, Mis-sissippi for ninety (90)days, from the first pub-lication hereof, will barsuch claims.

Witness my signatureon this the 3rd day ofApril, 2015.

/s/ Mary Lou FarmerGreggMary Lou Farmer Gregg,Executrix of the Estateof Eva Lee Allen Farmer

PUBLISH:4/9, 4/16,4/23/15

Legal Notices 0010

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF LOWNDESCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THEESTATE OFEUGENE WILLIS,DECEASED

ESTATE NO. 2012-0114-D

BY: DANIEL WILLIS,EXECUTORAND PETITIONERHEREIN

SUMMONS BY PUBLICA-TION

THE STATE OF MISSIS-SIPPI

TO: Ruthie Jean John-son Brenda PorterPost Office Box 8511707 16th Street SouthColumbus, Mississippi39705 Columbus, Mis-sissippi 39701

Betsy Willis BerniceScott-Willis201 East 2nd Street514 23rd Street SouthMansfield, Ohio 44902Columbus, Mississippi39701

Doris Willis Batts1103 West Hill StreetUrbana, Illinois 61801

You have been made aninterested party in thepending matters filed inthis Court by Daniel Wil-lis, Executor of the Es-tate of Eugene Willis.You are summoned toappear and defendagainst the First and Fi-nal Account and Peti-tion for Final Distribu-tion and for Dischargeof Executor. You aresummoned to appearand defend said Peti-tion on the 12th day ofMay, 2015 at 9:30 p.m.in the ChanceryCourtroom of theLowndes County Court-house in Columbus,Mississippi. In case ofyour failure to appearand defend, a judgmentwill be entered againstyou for the money andthings demanded in thePetition. You are not re-quired to file an answeror other pleadings butyou may do so if you de-sire.

Issued under my handand seal of said Court,this 20th day of March,2015.

Lisa Younger Neese,Chancery Clerk ofLowndes County, Mis-sissippiBY: Shantrell H.GrandersonChancery Clerk/D.C.

PREPARED BY:L. Nicole Clinkscales,Esq. MBN 99429The Clinkscales LawFirm2125 Bell Avenue/PostOffice Box 1352Columbus, Mississippi39703Tel: (662) 327-7949/Fax: (662) 327-7977Email:clinkscaleslaw@gmail.comAttorney for Executor

Publish: 4/9, 4/16, &4/23/2015

The following vehicleshave been abandonedat Auto Mart, LLC.,1020 ½ Gardner Blvd,Columbus, MS 39702.

2000 ChevyVIN#1GCEZ14VSYZ305655

1992 ToyotaVIN#4TARN01PXP201202

2009 ToyotaVIN#4T1BE46KX9V320129

1996 FordVIN#1FMDU32X8VC93949

If not claimed they willbe sold on April 10,2015 at 10:00am at1020 ½ Gardner Blvd,Columbus, MS by AutoMart LLC. It will be soldfor monies owed for thethe tow bill, storagefees and legal fees.

Witnessed this the 25thDay of March, 2015.

/s/ Jim Lawrence, Own-er

Publish: 3/26, 4/2, &4/9/2015

On March 23, 2015, I,JT Selvie & wife,Dorothy Selvie, becamethe new owners of 310Allison Hardy Rd. Colum-bus, MS. The followingvehicle/mobile homehave been abandonedon the property:

1997 Ford ExplorerVIN#17MOU32E3VUC61523

14X70 Mobile home,believed to be a Bel-mount makeSerial Numbers:NTA359970/109280

If these are not claimedwithin 30 days of March26, 2015, they will be-come the property of JT& Dorothy Selvie.

Signed: JT & DorothySelvie

Publish: 3/26, 4/2, &4/9/2015

The following vehicleshave been abandonedat Marty's Service Cen-ter. 1233 Gardner Blvd,Columbus, MS.

2000 LINCOLN NAVIG-ATORVIN#5LMEU27A3YL125758

1998 FORD F150VIN#1FTZX18W2WNA25754

IF THESE VEHICLES ARENOT CLAIMED THEYWILL BE PUT UP FORPUBLIC SALE ON THE11TH DAY OF MAY,2015, AT 10:00 A.M.,AT MARTY'S SERVICECENTER, 1233 GARD-NER BLVD., COLUM-BUS, MS

Publish: 4/9, 4/16,4/23/15

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SUBSTITUTED TRUST-EE’S NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on 7th dayof June, 2007, Ida RuthDavis and Joe Gibsonexecuted a certain Deedof Trust to Real EstateClosing Services, Trust-ee for the benefit ofMortgage Electronic Re-gistration Systems Inc.,as nominee for M&TBank, its successorsand assigns, whichDeed of Trust is of re-cord in the office of theChancery Clerk ofLowndes, MS County,State of Mississippi inBook/Instrument No.2007 at Page 17887;and

Whereas said Deed ofTrust was assigned atDeed Book MORT 2014,Page 21537, on Octo-ber 16, 2014 toBayview Loan Servicing,LLC filed in the office ofthe aforesaid ChanceryClerk; and

WHEREAS, BayviewLoan Servicing, LLC,has heretofore substi-tuted Philip L. Martin asTrustee in lieu and inplace of Real EstateClosing Services by in-strument recorded inBook/Instrument #MORT 2012 at Page13512; and

WHEREAS, default hav-ing been made in theterms and conditions ofsaid Land Deed of Trustand the entire debt se-cured thereby havingbeen declared to be dueand payable in accord-ance with the terms ofsaid Deed of Trust andthe legal holder of saidindebtedness, having re-quested the under-signed Substitute Trust-ee to execute the trustand sell said land, prop-erty, and all fixtures inaccordance with theterms of said LandDeed of Trust and forthe purpose of raisingthe sums due thereun-der, together with attor-ney’s fees, SubstituteTrustee’s fees and ex-penses of

NOW, THEREFORE, I,Philip L. Martin, Substi-tuted Trustee in saidDeed of Trust, will on04/28/2015 offer forsale at public outcryand sell within legalhours (being betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m.and 4:00 p.m.), at 5052nd Avenue North,Columbus, MS, South-east Front Door ofLowndes, MS CountyCourthouse State ofMississippi, to thehighest and best bidderfor cash the followingdescribed property situ-ated in Lowndes, MSCounty, Mississippi, to-wit:

3.0 acres, more or less,lying in the Southeast1/4 of the Southeast1/4 of Section 16,Township 18, SouthRange, 17 West,Lowndes County Missis-sippi, being describedas follows: Commen-cing at an existing ironpin and fence corner atthe Northeast corner ofthe Southeast 1/4 ofthe Southeast 1/4 ofsaid Section 16, runthence South 02 de-grees 16 minutes Westalong an existing fencefor 196.7 feet to an ex-isting iron pin; thenceSouth along said fencefor 1057 feet to an ex-isting iron pin and afence corner on theNorth right of way of apublic road known asMississippi Highway182 East(said point be-ing 676.6 feet Easterlyalong said right of wayfrom an existing right ofway marker); thenceNorth 87 degrees 10minutes West alongsaid North right of way(50 feet from centerline)for 601.6 feet to thePoint Of Beginning;thence continue North87 degrees 10 minutesWest along said Northright of way for 75 feetto before said right ofway marker; thenceNorth for 628 feet;thence South 87 de-grees 10 minutes Eastfor 250 feet; thenceSouth for 478 feet;thenceNorth 87 degrees 100minutes West for 175feet; thence South for150 feet to the point ofTitle to said property isbelieved to be good butI WILL CONVEY onlysuch title as is vestedin me as SubstitutedTrustee. WITNESS MYSIGNATURE, on March30, 2015

/s/Philip L. MartinMartin & BrunavsAttorneys At Law2800 North Druid HillsRoadAtlanta, GA 30329(404) 982-0088 or(877) 740-0883- PhoneM&B File # 11-12050MSPublication Dates: April2, 9, 16, 23, 2015

THIS LAW FIRM IS ACT-ING AS A DEBT COL-LECTOR, ATTEMPTINGTO COLLECT A DEBT.ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USEDFOR THAT PURPOSE.

Publication Dates: April2, 9, 16, 23, 2015

THE FOLLOWINGvehicles have beenabandoned at Jarrett'sTowing, Inc. 5209 Hwy182 East, Columbus,MS.

1993 GMCVIN#1GKGC26N0PJ723134

IF THESE VEHICLES ARENOT CLAIMED THEYWILL BE PUT UP FORSALE ON THE 13th DAYOF April, 2015 at 10:00A.M. AT JARRETT'STOWING, INC. 5209HWY 182 EAST,COLUMBUS, MS

Publish: 3/26/15,4/2/15 & 4/9/2015

Legal Notices 0010

NOTICE OF SUBSTI-TUTE TRUSTEE'S SALESTATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF LOWNDESWHEREAS, default hasoccurred in the perform-ance of the covenants,terms and conditions ofa Deed of Trust datedAugust 25, 2006, ex-ecuted by WALTER HER-RON AND ALICE HER-RON, conveying certainreal property therein de-scribed to RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,as Trustee, for MORT-GAGE ELECTRONIC RE-GISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FORCOUNTRYWIDE HOMELOANS, INC., OriginalBeneficiary, to securethe indebtednesstherein described, assame appears of re-cord in the office of theChancery Clerk ofLowndes County, Mis-sissippi filed and recor-ded August 30, 2006,in Deed Book 2006,Page 24360; andWHEREAS, the benefi-cial interest of saidDeed of Trust was trans-ferred and assigned toBANK OF AMERICA,N.A., SUCCESSOR BYMERGER TO BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LPFKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVI-CING, LP; and WHERE-AS, on October 8,2014, the undersigned,Rubin Lublin, LLC hasbeen appointed as Sub-stitute Trustee by instru-ment recorded in the of-fice of the aforesaidChancery Clerk in DeedBook 2014, Page20893; and NOW,THEREFORE, the holderof said Deed of Trust,having requested theundersigned so to do,as Substitute Trustee orhis duly appointedagent, by virtue of thepower, duty and author-ity vested and imposedupon said SubstituteTrustee shall, on April29, 2015 within the law-ful hours of salebetween 11:00AM and4:00PM at the south-east front door of Court-house proceed to sell atpublic outcry to thehighest and best bidderfor cash or certifiedfunds ONLY, the follow-ing described propertysituated in LowndesCounty, Mississippi, towit: LOT NO. 13 OF ANDIN MILITARY CHAPELSUBDIVISION, A SUBDI-VISION OF LOWNDESCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI,AS PER MAP OR PLATRECORDED IN PLATBOOK 4 AT PAGE 52 ONTHE 13TH DAY OF AU-GUST, 1985, IN THE OF-FICE OF THE CHAN-CERY CLERK OFLOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI. SUBJECT,HOWEVER, TO EXIST-ING EASEMENTS FORTHE INSTALLATION ANDMAINTENANCE OF PUB-LIC UTILITY FACILITIESAS RESERVED ANDSHOWN ON THE RECOR-DED PLAT. SUBJECT,FURTHER, TO THE RE-STRICTIVE COVENANTSAND CONDITIONS DULYRECORDED IN DEEDBOOK 753 AT PAGE613 IN OFFICE OF THECHANCERY CLERK OFLOWNDES COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI. INDEXINGINSTRUCTIONS: LOT 13,MILITARY CHAPEL SUB-DIVISION, LOWNDESCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.PROPERTY ADDRESS:The street address ofthe property is believedto be 111 MilitaryChapel Ln, Steens, MS39766. In the event ofany discrepancybetween this street ad-dress and the legal de-scription of the prop-erty, the legal descrip-tion shall control. Titleto the above describedproperty is believed tobe good, but I will con-vey only such title as isvested in me as Substi-tute Trustee. THIS LAWFIRM IS ATTEMPTING TOCOLLECT A DEBT. ANYINFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USEDFOR THAT PURPOSE.Rubin Lublin, LLC, Sub-stitute Trustee 428North Lamar Blvd, Suite107 Oxford, MS 38655www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php Tel:(877) 813-0992 Fax:(404) 601-5846 PUB-LISH: 04/02/2015,04/09/2015,04/16/2015,04/23/2015Ad #79903

SUBSTITUTED TRUST-EE’S NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on June 26,2000, Lance E. Buschand Susan C. Busch, ex-ecuted a deed of trustto John W. Crowell,Trustee for the benefitof National Bank ofCommerce, which deedof trust is recorded inDeed of Trust Book1327 at Page 829 andmodified in Book 2014at Page 8434 in the Of-fice of the ChanceryClerk of the County ofLowndes, State of Mis-sissippi; and WHEREAS,by name change effect-ive October 11, 2005,National Bank of Com-merce of Mississippi be-came Cadence Bank,N.A.; and

WHEREAS, the afore-said, Cadence Bank,N.A., the holder of saiddeed of trust and thenote secured thereby,substituted UnderwoodLaw Firm PLLC, asTrustee therein, as au-thorized by the termsthereof, by instrumentdated February 9, 2015and recorded in the Of-fice of the aforesaidChancery Clerk in Book2015 at Page 4284;and

WHEREAS, default hav-ing been made in theterms and conditions ofsaid deed of trust andthe entire debt securedthereby, having been de-clared to be due andpayable in accordancewith the terms of saiddeed of trust, and thelegal holder of said in-debtedness, CadenceBank, N.A., having re-quested the under-signed SubstitutedTrustee to execute thetrust and sell said landand property in accord-ance with the terms ofsaid deed of trust forthe purpose of raisingthe sums due thereun-der, together with attor-ney’s fees, SubstitutedTrustee’s fees and ex-pense of sale;

NOW, THEREFORE, WE,Underwood Law FirmPLLC, Substituted Trust-ee in said deed of trust,will on the 30th day ofApril, 2015, offer forsale at public outcry forcash to the highest bid-der, and sell within leg-al hours (being betweenthe hours of 11:00 A.M.and 4:00 P.M.) at theMain front door of theCounty Courthouse atColumbus, County ofLowndes, State of Mis-sissippi, the followingdescribed property situ-ated in the County ofLowndes, State of Mis-sissippi, to-wit:

Beginning at the South-west Corner (an exist-ing iron pin) of theNortheast Quarter(NE1/4) of the South-east Quarter (SE1/4) ofSection 33, Township17 South, Range 18West, Lowndes County,Mississippi and runthence North 01 de-grees 14 minutes Westalong the West bound-ary of the NortheastQuarter (NE1/4) of theSoutheast Quarter(SE1/4) of said Section33 for 695 feet to theinitial Point of Begin-ning of the propertyherein described:

From said initial Point ofBeginning, continuethence North 01 de-grees 14 minutes Westalong the West bound-ary of the NortheastQuarter (NE1/4) of theSoutheast Quarter(SE1/4) of said Section33 for 200 feet; runthence South 84 de-grees 54 minutes Eastfor 573 feet to the Westright-of-way of Northbri-ar Drive; run thenceSouth 05 degrees 35minutes West along theWest right-of-way ofNorthbriar Drive (30 feetfrom the centerline) for183.8 feet to the pointof intersection withGreenbriar Drive; runthence Southwesterlyalong a curve to the leftand the North right-of-way of Greenbriar Drive(Delta angle = 29 de-grees 48 minutes, Radi-us = 195.1 feet) for101.5 feet; run thenceNorth 80 degrees 53minutes West for 462feet, more or less, tothe initial Point of Begin-ning of the propertyherein described. Saidtract is a residential por-tion of a developmentknown as Sweetbriar IIIand contains 2.74acres, more or less, inthe Northeast Quarter(NE1/4) of the South-east Quarter (SE1/4) ofSection 33, Township17 South, Range 18West, Lowndes County,Mississippi.

SUBJECT, HOWEVER, tothe prior reservation ofall oil, gas and otherminerals except sand,gravel of other mineralsmined by the open pit orstrip method but with re-strictions providing thatall exploration, mining,drilling or production ofthe minerals will be byoffset drilling or similarprocess so that theowners of the surface ofthe property will not bedisturbed.

This residential portionis subject to the restrict-ive covenants and con-ditions as more fully setforth in deed to Sweet-briar Properties, Inc.,dated July 12, 1993,and recorded in DeedBook 992 at Page 26 inthe Chancery Clerk's of-fice of Lowndes County,Mississippi.

WE WILL CONVEY onlysuch title as is vestedin Underwood Law FirmPLLC as SubstitutedTrustee.

WITNESS OUR SIGNA-TURE, this the 24th dayof March, 2015.

Underwood Law FirmPLLCSUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE

BY: Catherine W. Under-woodMajority Member

Control #14121220

PUBLISH: 04/09/2015,04/16/2015,04/23/2015

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SUBSTITUTED TRUST-EE’S NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on June 26,2000, Lance E. Buschand Susan C. Busch, ex-ecuted a deed of trustto John W. Crowell,Trustee for the benefitof National Bank ofCommerce, which deedof trust is recorded inDeed of Trust Book1327 at Page 829 andmodified in Book 2014at Page 8434 in the Of-fice of the ChanceryClerk of the County ofLowndes, State of Mis-sissippi; and WHEREAS,by name change effect-ive October 11, 2005,National Bank of Com-merce of Mississippi be-came Cadence Bank,N.A.; and

WHEREAS, the afore-said, Cadence Bank,N.A., the holder of saiddeed of trust and thenote secured thereby,substituted UnderwoodLaw Firm PLLC, asTrustee therein, as au-thorized by the termsthereof, by instrumentdated February 9, 2015and recorded in the Of-fice of the aforesaidChancery Clerk in Book2015 at Page 4284;and

WHEREAS, default hav-ing been made in theterms and conditions ofsaid deed of trust andthe entire debt securedthereby, having been de-clared to be due andpayable in accordancewith the terms of saiddeed of trust, and thelegal holder of said in-debtedness, CadenceBank, N.A., having re-quested the under-signed SubstitutedTrustee to execute thetrust and sell said landand property in accord-ance with the terms ofsaid deed of trust forthe purpose of raisingthe sums due thereun-der, together with attor-ney’s fees, SubstitutedTrustee’s fees and ex-pense of sale;

NOW, THEREFORE, WE,Underwood Law FirmPLLC, Substituted Trust-ee in said deed of trust,will on the 30th day ofApril, 2015, offer forsale at public outcry forcash to the highest bid-der, and sell within leg-al hours (being betweenthe hours of 11:00 A.M.and 4:00 P.M.) at theMain front door of theCounty Courthouse atColumbus, County ofLowndes, State of Mis-sissippi, the followingdescribed property situ-ated in the County ofLowndes, State of Mis-sissippi, to-wit:

Beginning at the South-west Corner (an exist-ing iron pin) of theNortheast Quarter(NE1/4) of the South-east Quarter (SE1/4) ofSection 33, Township17 South, Range 18West, Lowndes County,Mississippi and runthence North 01 de-grees 14 minutes Westalong the West bound-ary of the NortheastQuarter (NE1/4) of theSoutheast Quarter(SE1/4) of said Section33 for 695 feet to theinitial Point of Begin-ning of the propertyherein described:

From said initial Point ofBeginning, continuethence North 01 de-grees 14 minutes Westalong the West bound-ary of the NortheastQuarter (NE1/4) of theSoutheast Quarter(SE1/4) of said Section33 for 200 feet; runthence South 84 de-grees 54 minutes Eastfor 573 feet to the Westright-of-way of Northbri-ar Drive; run thenceSouth 05 degrees 35minutes West along theWest right-of-way ofNorthbriar Drive (30 feetfrom the centerline) for183.8 feet to the pointof intersection withGreenbriar Drive; runthence Southwesterlyalong a curve to the leftand the North right-of-way of Greenbriar Drive(Delta angle = 29 de-grees 48 minutes, Radi-us = 195.1 feet) for101.5 feet; run thenceNorth 80 degrees 53minutes West for 462feet, more or less, tothe initial Point of Begin-ning of the propertyherein described. Saidtract is a residential por-tion of a developmentknown as Sweetbriar IIIand contains 2.74acres, more or less, inthe Northeast Quarter(NE1/4) of the South-east Quarter (SE1/4) ofSection 33, Township17 South, Range 18West, Lowndes County,Mississippi.

SUBJECT, HOWEVER, tothe prior reservation ofall oil, gas and otherminerals except sand,gravel of other mineralsmined by the open pit orstrip method but with re-strictions providing thatall exploration, mining,drilling or production ofthe minerals will be byoffset drilling or similarprocess so that theowners of the surface ofthe property will not bedisturbed.

This residential portionis subject to the restrict-ive covenants and con-ditions as more fully setforth in deed to Sweet-briar Properties, Inc.,dated July 12, 1993,and recorded in DeedBook 992 at Page 26 inthe Chancery Clerk's of-fice of Lowndes County,Mississippi.

WE WILL CONVEY onlysuch title as is vestedin Underwood Law FirmPLLC as SubstitutedTrustee.

WITNESS OUR SIGNA-TURE, this the 24th dayof March, 2015.

Underwood Law FirmPLLCSUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE

BY: Catherine W. Under-woodMajority Member

Control #14121220

PUBLISH: 04/09/2015,04/16/2015,04/23/2015

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF LOWNDESCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THEDETERMINATION OFHEIRS OFTHOMAS LOWE, DE-CEASED

CAUSE NO. 2014-0020-C

DONALD LOWE, ADMIN-ISTRATOR

SUMMONS BY PUBLICA-TION

PROCESS BY PUBLICA-TION YOU ARE HEREBYCOMMANDED TO SUM-MONS:

Any and all persons orparties who are inter-ested in or claim anyright, title or interest asheirs of Thomas Lowe,deceased, in his estateincluding, but not lim-ited to, the unknownheirs-at-law of ThomasLowe, if they be livingand not to be foundtherein after diligentsearch and inquiry andwhose places of resid-ence, post office, andstreet and house ad-dresses are unknownafter diligent streetsearch and inquiry toascertain the same, andif dead, their unknowndevisees, executors, ad-ministrators or legal rep-resentatives are not tobe found after diligentsearch and inquiry, andwhose places of resid-ence, post offices, andstreet and house ad-dresses are unknownafter diligent search andinquiry to ascertain thesame. You have beenmade Defendants in thelawsuit filed in the courtby Donald Lowe, Peti-tioner in the Petition toestablish the heirs-at-law of Thomas Lowe.

IF TO BE FOUND IN THISCOUNTY, to be and ap-pear before the Honor-able Dorothy W. Colomat the Courthouse ofOktibbeha County inStarkville, Mississippion the 13th day of May,2015, at 9:30 A.M.,then and there to showcause, if any they canwhy Donald Lowe,Thomas T. Lowe, Jim-mie Verner, J.W. Lowe,Juanita Gholson, Bar-bara Hollivay, LorettaHollivay, Jimmy OliverLowe, Thomas LeeLowe, Jimmy D. Lowe,Anna Gayle Thomas,Roy C. Lowe, and OdellLowe should not be de-clared to be the soleand only heirs-at-law ofThomas Lowe, de-ceased, according tolaw, and further to doand suffer such thingsas shall be consideredand ordered by thecourt aforesaid in thepremises, and havethen and there this writ,with an endorsementthereon to the mannerin which you shall haveserved.

YOU ARE SUMMONEDTO APPEAR and defendagainst the Petition filedagainst you in this ac-tion on the date andtime as set forth herein-above before the Honor-able Dorothy W. Colomin the Chancery Court ofOktibbeha County, Mis-sissippi located inStarkville, Mississippi;and in case of your fail-ure to appear and de-fend, a judgment will beentered against you forthe relief demanded inthe Petition. You are notrequired to file answeror other pleadings, butyou may do so if you de-sire.

WITNESS my hand andseal of said Court atColumbus, LowndesCounty, Mississippi,this the 16th day ofMarch, 2015.

/s/ Lisa NeeseChancery Clerk, D. C.Lowndes County Chan-cery CourtCause No. 2014-0020-C

Publish: 3/26, 4/2, &4/9/2015

Legal Notices 0010

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF LOWNDESCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THEDETERMINATION OFHEIRS OFTHOMAS LOWE, DE-CEASED

CAUSE NO. 2014-0020-C

DONALD LOWE, ADMIN-ISTRATOR

SUMMONS BY PUBLICA-TION

PROCESS BY PUBLICA-TION YOU ARE HEREBYCOMMANDED TO SUM-MONS:

Any and all persons orparties who are inter-ested in or claim anyright, title or interest asheirs of Thomas Lowe,deceased, in his estateincluding, but not lim-ited to, the unknownheirs-at-law of ThomasLowe, if they be livingand not to be foundtherein after diligentsearch and inquiry andwhose places of resid-ence, post office, andstreet and house ad-dresses are unknownafter diligent streetsearch and inquiry toascertain the same, andif dead, their unknowndevisees, executors, ad-ministrators or legal rep-resentatives are not tobe found after diligentsearch and inquiry, andwhose places of resid-ence, post offices, andstreet and house ad-dresses are unknownafter diligent search andinquiry to ascertain thesame. You have beenmade Defendants in thelawsuit filed in the courtby Donald Lowe, Peti-tioner in the Petition toestablish the heirs-at-law of Thomas Lowe.

IF TO BE FOUND IN THISCOUNTY, to be and ap-pear before the Honor-able Dorothy W. Colomat the Courthouse ofOktibbeha County inStarkville, Mississippion the 13th day of May,2015, at 9:30 A.M.,then and there to showcause, if any they canwhy Donald Lowe,Thomas T. Lowe, Jim-mie Verner, J.W. Lowe,Juanita Gholson, Bar-bara Hollivay, LorettaHollivay, Jimmy OliverLowe, Thomas LeeLowe, Jimmy D. Lowe,Anna Gayle Thomas,Roy C. Lowe, and OdellLowe should not be de-clared to be the soleand only heirs-at-law ofThomas Lowe, de-ceased, according tolaw, and further to doand suffer such thingsas shall be consideredand ordered by thecourt aforesaid in thepremises, and havethen and there this writ,with an endorsementthereon to the mannerin which you shall haveserved.

YOU ARE SUMMONEDTO APPEAR and defendagainst the Petition filedagainst you in this ac-tion on the date andtime as set forth herein-above before the Honor-able Dorothy W. Colomin the Chancery Court ofOktibbeha County, Mis-sissippi located inStarkville, Mississippi;and in case of your fail-ure to appear and de-fend, a judgment will beentered against you forthe relief demanded inthe Petition. You are notrequired to file answeror other pleadings, butyou may do so if you de-sire.

WITNESS my hand andseal of said Court atColumbus, LowndesCounty, Mississippi,this the 16th day ofMarch, 2015.

/s/ Lisa NeeseChancery Clerk, D. C.Lowndes County Chan-cery CourtCause No. 2014-0020-C

Publish: 3/26, 4/2, &4/9/2015

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Tree Services 1860

A&T Tree ServiceBucket truck & stump

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

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

J&A TREE REMOVALWork from a buckettruck. Insured/bonded.Call Jimmy for afree estimate662-386-6286

J.R. BourlandTree & Stump

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General Help Wanted 3200

Teller PositionLocal financial institution

in Starkville needs an experienced teller.

Please send resume with references to:

The Commercial DispatchAttn: Blind Box 551

P.O. Box 511Columbus, MS 39703

BUSY OPTOMETRICpracticing in the WestPoint- Columbus - Stark-ville area looking forfront desk personneland an optical salesperson. Experience andinsurance billing a plus.Please email resumewith references tojobplacement625@yahoo.com or fax to662-494-3805. Includecontact # with yourresume.

EXPERIENCED DOGGroomer Needed.Call 662-338-9400.

FIELD HAND NEEDED inFayette, Lamar, andPickens CountyAlabama area. Oil fieldexperience preferred.Must be dependable.Drug test required.Benefits include vaca-tion, health insuranceand 401k. Fax resumeto 205-349-1105.

FULL TIME opening, inPickensville, Alabama,for Tractor operator, towork on Tenn-Tom Wa-terway Project. Musthave valid Class A CDL,with good driving recordand pass drug screen.EOE. Apply in person orSend Resume’ to R & DMaintenance Services,3600 W. PlymouthRoad, Columbus, MS39701.

MAINTENANCE WORK-ER Needed. Must haveown tools & truck. Widerange of abilitiesneeded. Contact Bar-bara, Airbase MobileHome Estates @ 662-434-5555

NEW RIDE?

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Sleeping with the enemyWHATZIT ANSWER

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DOWN1 Fellow2 Catalan painter3 Misses4 Tidy up

5 Omen6 Playing marbles7 Clash8 Beatles descriptor9 Words before tear or dare10 Joplin tune16 Easter find19 Sells more seats that are available20 Singer Seeger21 Historic times22 Somewhat23 “— Lisa”

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General Help Wanted 3200

Now Hiring Satellite Installers in Columbus MSNew Rates & Paid Training

• You must have Truck, Van, or SUV • Also must pass bkgd, drug test (No DUI or FELONY)Register: www.whitecommunicationsllc.comCall: 515 657 7923

Sales / Marketing 3600

The Dispatch is looking for an

ADVERTISING SALES REPRESENTATIVE.

The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter with excellent communication and organizational skills, a strong work ethic and the ability to relate to a wide range of people. Sales experience preferred, but not required. Full-time position includes insurance benefits,

competitive pay, paid personal leave and opportunity for advancement. Come join our

creative, award-winning staff. Hand deliver resume to

Beth Proffitt at 516 Main Street, Columbus or

email to bproffitt@cdispatch.com

Apts For Rent: Northside 7010

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

www.falconlairapts.com

1/2 Off First Month’s RentMove In Same Day Specials!Military Discounts Available

Autos For Sale 9150

NEED A CAR?Guaranteed Credit Approval!

No Turn Downs!We offer late model vehicles with warranty.Call us, we will take application by phone.

We help rebuild your credit!

Tousley Motors662-329-4221 • 4782 Hwy. 45 N., Columbus

by Shell Station at Hwy. 373 intersectionwww.tousleymotors.net

General Help Wanted 3200

GARAGE DOORREPAIRMAN- A Colum-bus mini-warehouse fa-cility is seekingsomeone who knowshow to repair and re-place roll-up and fold-upmetal doors on a con-tract basis. We don'thave constant work butwould like a local per-son to call when we dohave doors to repair. Ifyou have experienceworking with these typedoors please call 662-327-4236 and ask forLisa.

Local company seekinggroundskeeper: Theprimary responsibilitiesof the Groundskeeperinvolves the upkeep ofthe property in order toenhance and maintainits curb appeal. TheGroundskeeper will alsoassist the rest of thestaff, as directed, tomanage the property inan efficient manner.Mail resume to Box556, c/o The Commer-cial Dispatch, P.O. Box511, Columbus, MS39703.

LOCAL DIESEL Shopnow hiring qualifieddiesel technicians. Min-imum Requirements: 2+years of diesel mainten-ance experiencerequired. High schooldiploma or GED equival-ent. Must have validdriver's license; CDLpreferred. Must pos-sess own tools. Emailresume tomagnoliadiesel@gmail.com.

LOCAL DISTRIBUTORseeks warehouse ship-per. Send resume toBox 554, c/o The Com-mercial Dispatch, P.O.Box 511, Columbus, MS39703.

LOCAL SECURITYCOMPANY seeking qual-ified and experienced in-stallers and servicetechnicians (1 yr. experi-ence preferred). Salarycommensurate with ex-perience. Must pos-sess clean driving re-cord. Send resume toBox 553, c/o The Com-mercial Dispatch, P.O.Box 511, Columbus, MS39703.

Medical / Dental 3300

Care Center ofAberdeen,

a 5 Star Facility, needs:

-Full Time 2:00-10:00PM Shift RN or LPN

-PRN LPNs and CNAs onall shifts

Call Abra Richardson,DON (662) 369-6431,

505 Jackson St.,Aberdeen, MS 39730

NOW HIRING: Full-timeCNA positions at Stark-ville Manor Healthcare.Located at 1001 Hospit-al Road, Starkville, MS39759. Please apply atStarkville Manor Health-care HR Department orcareerbuilder.com

MEDICAL RECEPTION-IST opening with a busy,long standing medicalpractice. Salary basedon experience. Benefitspackage includes healthinsurance, 401k plan,and vacation. Please faxresume to 662 328-5000 or email to1950ceclsc@gmail.com

Restaurant / Hotel 3550

LITTLE KITCHENRestaurant needs parttime help. Grill cook,kitchen help, & dish-

washer. No experienceneeded. Mon-Sat.

Closed Sun. Apply at4328 Hwy 373 or Call662-434-9954, before

11am or after 1pmLocated outside CAFB

Sales / Marketing 3600

NEEDED IMMEDIATELY:salesman w/strongpeople skills who wantsto work and is ready tolearn. Must be neat &dependable. Apply inperson only at JohnnyBishop RV, 8971 Hwy.45 N Columbus.

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 ex-cepted.

Trades 3650

ASE CERTIFIED DieselTechnician: CaterpillarCertified Desired butnot required: Mechanicmust be able to per-form preventive main-tenance, electrical re-pair and wiring of newequipment. A heavy dutymechanic must be ableto accurately interpretschematics for pneu-matic, electrical, hy-draulic and mechanicalparts. Top pay, highlydesirable 45 hour workschedule, very little callouts. Call 662-364-1749.

COMMERCIALCONCRETE FOREMAN-Local family owned con-struction company islooking for an experi-enced concrete fore-man. Health insurance,Simple IRA and otherbenefits. EEO employer.Send resume to Box557, c/o The Commer-cial Dispatch, P.O. Box511, Columbus, MS39703.

Truck Driving 3700

FULL TIME truck driverneeded for small manu-facturing business. Dayonly, home every night.Class A CDL, clean driv-ing record, 2 years truckdriving experience re-quired. Must have pos-itive attitude and beable to deal with cus-tomers effectively. Jobis located in Macon andpays by the load. Formore information call662-726-5224.

Local Truck CompanySeeks

MECHANICMust Be Familiar with

Diesel Engines, AirBrakes, & Trailer

Maintenance & Repair.Amory, MS

662-257-0605

OWNER/OPERATORSeeks Drivers.

Please Call(662)549-3911

Hiring Immediately.CDL Required.

Performance OneTransportation

is in need of a motiv-ated OTR Class A CDL

driver, prefer 3yrs exper-ience. Competitive pay

w/consistent miles(2600-2800 weekly

miles.) Drivers will be inour updated equipment& home weekly. Join agrowing company with agreat atmosphere. Sendresume through email

tony@peakperformancetrans.com or call

(662)574-5400 or(251)454-1096.

WANTED: OVER the roadflatbed drivers. Homeon weekends, pay up to42 cents/mile, musthave a valid CDL & 2years verifiable experi-ence. Call 662-425-6249 or email resumeto tlmtruck05@bellsouth.net.

Appliances 4090

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

Burial Plots 4250

FRIENDSHIP CEMETERY5 plots for sale.Friendship @ CrepeMyrtle Lot #1744.Older section.662-570-1883

Farm Equipment & Supplies 4420

10 YARD Reynolds DirtPan. Works well, needspaint. $4,500. Call 205-375-6991 or 205-399-6258

FERTILIZER SPREADER,pull-type, holds 4 tons,John Deer 605, 1500.Call 205-658-2611 after4pm.

Furniture 4480

Living Room Furniture 4-piece set. Couch, love-seat,oversized chair andottoman. Good condi-tion. dark brown. Com-fortable! $675 obo.Call/text 315-3405.

OAK DINING table, 48"round w/leaf, incl. 4beige colored leatherrolling chairs. $350.662-570-1825 or 549-5173.

Estate Sales 4490

Beard/Walker Estates662-386-6157

Photos at estatesale.net

FantasticEstate Sale ofJohn Burrell

Several other small estates as well.

April 10, 11 & 12Friday & Saturday

9am-5pmSunday1-4pm

1223 2nd Ave. N.Columbus, MS

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ESTATESALE

Garage Sales: East 4510

609 N. Gaywood St. Sat4/11, 7am. Organ, babyitems, baby swing,home & clothing items.

Garage Sales: North 4520

HUGE INDOOR garagesale Sat 4/11. 7am-1pm. Located at oldNicholson Mobile Homewarehouse at 1084Mike Parra Rd.

Garage Sales: Other 4560

STEENS: 41 Steens Ver-non Rd. beside SteensSuperette. Sat 4/117am-12 noon. Severalfamilies participating.

General Merchandise 4600

USED 50” corner Jac-uzzi whirlpool with 11jets. Faucet included.$300. Call 662-343-9212 or 662-574-8783.

Lawn & Garden 4630

5.5 Front Tine tiller, al-most new, $250. 5 ft.bushhog in good cond,$400. Self-propelledlawnmower, 7.0 TroyBuilt, $125. 251-5003or 356-6413.

Musical Instruments 4690

PIANO FOR sale: $300OBO. 662-352-4422.

Pets 5150

For Sale: Siberian Huskypuppies. CKC re-gistered. Call or text662-305-5584.

Horses / Cattle / Livestock 5200

two large Katahdin meatlamb rams. No antibiot-ics/hormones used.$100 each, in Louis-ville. 662-773-2956 or662-312-0995 (text)

Apts For Rent: Northside 7010

2BR/1BA furnished apt,elec & water paid byowner, $250 weekly,$1000 monthly, lease &dep. reqd, open Mon-Fri8-5 Weathers Rentals327-5133.

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

Bittersweet Townhouses2BR/1.5BAFully furnished kitchenappliances,Carports available,Fenced in backyards,Direct TV included.(662)327-5000

1 & 2BR. Starting @$600 or $500 w/milit-ary disc. Short termleases avail. Locatednext to Hospital. FoxRun Apts. 549-1732.

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

Robinson Real Estate328-1123

Apts For Rent: East 7020

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

NOW ACCEPTING applic-ations for 1 & 2BR apts.& 3BR homes in Colum-bus. 21 & older. Springmove in specials! 662-418-8324

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.

Apts For Rent: New Hope 7030

3BR/2BA $700/mo.plus $700/dep. 4861Hwy. 182E 39702. Call662-386-7694 or 662-364-1030.

Apts For Rent: South 7040

1BR/1BA Apts. 6 blocksfrom Main St, 6 blocksfrom MUW. Hardwoodfloors, granite counters-Newly renovated. W/Dincl. $450+/mo. Call662-251-6463

Large 1BR loft apart-ment. Great location.Washer & dryer in-cluded. 662-364-1610.

Apts For Rent: West 7050

Apts For Rent: Caledonia 7060

PRIVATE STUDIO-typefurnished apartment. In-cludes W/D & utilities.$550/mo. plus dep.Call 662-356-6206

Apts For Rent: Other 7080

Apts For Rent: Other 7080

Chateaux Holly HillsApartments102 Newbell Rd

Columbus

Mon-Fri 8-5328-8254

• Central Heat & Air Conditioning• Close to CAFB• Onsite Laundry Facility• All Electric/Fully Equipped Kitchen• Lighted Tennis Court• Swimming Pool

Where Coming Home is the Best Part of

the Day

DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BACH&A, remodeled, 1story, W/D, historic dis-trict, 1 block from down-town, $550/mo. with$550 dep. NO PETS.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

205 Tuscaloosa Road:located on intersectionwith Gardner Blvd.450-3650 sq ft spacesavailable. Restaurant,Office Space, Retail.113 Tuscaloosa Road:2000 sq ft restaurant.Covered Porch, DriveThru.(662)327-5000

OFFICE SPACES forlease. 200-2,000 sq. ft.Utilities & internet in-cluded, starting at$285. Fairlane Center,118 S. McCrary. 662-364-1030 or 386-7694.

Office space availableat Military Centre acrossfrom Lion Hills GolfCourse. 1500 s.f.$1750 per month. Call662-574-4413. PhotosAvailable.

Houses For Rent: Northside 7110

SMALL HOUSE for rent,great for 1 to 2 people.CH&A, appl. furn. Nice,quiet neighborhood.$600/mo. plus deposit.328-4719. No pets.

4BR/3.5 BA plus 1000more sq. ft. GreatColumbus location! Spa-cious, convenient,patio, pool, private.$2400. 662-327-2107.

Houses For Rent: Caledonia 7160

3BR/2BA on 2 acre lot,Caledonia, 2 car gar-age. $1000/ mo. plusdeposit w/2 year lease.No pets, no smokers.435-1248/ 435-2842.

Houses For Rent: Other 7180

1 4BR & 1 2BR houseavailable. SEC. 8 accep-ted. Ref. req. Call 662-425-4491 or 327-6802after 4pm.

Mobile Homes 7250

12X40 1 small BR,1BA, perfect for a singleperson. Rents weeklyfor $145/wk. Water,elec, garbage furnished.206 Livingston Rd. 662-574-7614.

3BR/2BA single wide.$525/month with$400/deposit.3BR/2BA double wide$575/month with$400/deposit.No pets allowed. 12month lease required.Located in Caledoniaschool district. Musthave previous rentalreferences. Call 434-6000.

Office Spaces For Rent 7300

OFFICE SPACE for rentat 300 Chubby Dr. Con-tact 662-549-1953 formore information.

OFFICE OR Retail spacefor Rent. 3,000 sq ft.Great rate! Call 662-574-0147.

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.

FRIENDLY CITYMini-Warehouses

2 Convenient LocationsBest RatesIn Town!

friendlycitymini.com

662-327-4236

Commercial Property 8050

4 ACRES, C3 Commer-cial Property located at2434 Military Rd. forsale. $100,000. Call662-328-4770

Houses For Sale: Northside 8150

BEST PRICE ON THELAKE on this spacious2400 square ft.3BR/2BA home. Lots oflake frontage, gazebo,boat dock and more.Pennington Lake at itsbest. Move-in ready andpriced to sell at$225,000. Call Long &Long @ 662-328-0770or 662-574-3903.

DREAM HOME:3BR/3.5BA. Kitchen

has Viking & Sub-Zero &separate ice maker.Rinnai water system.

Specialty bathrooms, airtub. All 8 ft. interiordoors. Brick homew/deck plus patio.

662-574-0026.

LOCATION-LOCATION-LOCATION-Most import-ant consideration in realestate. This 4 bed/2.5bath has it all. Newlyrenovated, convenientto everything...in theheart of the city yetprivate...Move-in ready.Beautiful setting andonly $159,000. CallEmily C. Moody, Long &Long @328-0770 or574-3903.

Houses For Sale: East 8200

303 Beverly Dr.4BR/2BA home, formalliving/dining area, den,large kitchen, privacyfence, 2 car garage,1987 Sq. Ft. $89,900.Nice neighborhood, nearschools, call 245-1191or 549-9298.

By owner in E. Colum-bus on Bennett Ave.3BR/2BA, 1250 sq.ft.Brick & vinyl ext., 9yrs.old. Shown by appt.to pre-qualified buyersonly. $82,000 Ph. 574-8575

Houses For Sale: New Hope 8250

Home for sale by own-er: Priced to sell at

$147,900. 1500 sq. ft.home plus 3 car at-

tached carportw/floored overheadstorage. 3BR/2 full

baths. Kitchen with ap-pliances & dining area.Laundry room, formaldining room, lg. living

room w/hardwoodfloors & natural gasfireplace. Clean &

ready to move in. 189Drake Circle, New

Hope, MS community.Only 2 miles from

school, daycare, & gro-cery store.

205-373-6372 day.205-399-7057 6-9pm.

Houses For Sale: Other 8500

100+ ACRES of land forsale. Located in Craw-ford, MS. $225,000.(205)790-7441.

Lots & Acreage 8600

28.5 ACRES in N.H.w/25 yr. old pines.$3500/ac. Will divideinto 10 ac. plots. 9156th St. S. $3000. Own-er financing avail. 386-6619.

Are You Ready to Sell?Pioneer Auction

& Realty LLC662-562-6767

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INDUSTRIAL SITE forsale. 229 acres + at theSouthwest corner ofArtesia Rd. & Manufac-turer's Dr. Immediatelysouth of Severstal.Please call 327-3154

300 ACRES in LowndesCounty: 6 lakes, pas-ture land, timber land,excellent hunting. Formore info call 205-695-2248 or 205-609-0264.

RIVERFRONTPROPERTYCamp Pratt

Call 574-3056Ray McIntyre

Blythewood Realty

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

Mobile Homes 8650

5BR/3BA double widefor sale vinyl/shingle,f.p., CHA, patio doors.Nice home $34,900 in-cl. delivery & set up662-760-2120.

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

MUST SEE to believe.2007 River Birch 32x764BR/2BA manufac-tured home. Large mas-ter bedroom/bath. Mustbe moved. $53,000.Will pay up to $4000 ofmoving cost. ContactDeborah. 364-8408.

Mobile Homes 8650

DOUBLE WIDE &SINGLE WIDE HOMESFOR SALE, CONVENI-ENT FINANCING AVAIL-ABLE. See our homesthat are move in readyat The Grove MobileHome Community. Call662-329-9110 today formore info.

Wanted To Buy 8850

2 DIFFERENT buyerslooking for somethingspecific, I need a homethat is move in readyeither with a pool orroom for a pool up to$250,000, also a cli-ent looking for a homew/large lot & shop orroom for a shop to beno older than 1995price up to $300,000.Kendra Bell, licensedagent, Crye-Leike Prop-erties, 4170 Hwy 45 N.Columbus, MS 662-386-9750.

WANTED!! I have two cli-ents looking to pur-chase in North or Up-per north Columbus,Hilly wooded areas pre-ferred, between 1700 to2500 sq. ft. master onbottom floor. ContactKendra Bell with Crye-Leike 662-386-9750 or328-1150.

Waterfront Property 8900

RIVER LOT & house-boat for sale. Claycounty, call for details.662-574-0093.

Autos For Sale 9150

2006 JEEP Grand Cher-okee Laredo. 4WD, 6cylinder, good cond,asking $8900, call Rus-sell at 341-0374.

Mitsubishi Eclipse,2007, all options,clean/sharp, 4 cycl &auto, 102K hwy mi, be-low loan, $7000 obo.662-327-2469 or 364-9800 Before 7pm.

PONTIAC TORRENT SUV,luxury edition, 2006,only 70K miles, V-6autom, sunroof, clean &sharp w/new tires, oneowner. $7950 obo.327-2469.

Boats & Marine 9250

2014 TRACKER 14FOOT JON BOAT. USED5 TIMES, MINT COND.,W/TRAILER W/2 NEWTIRES & SPARE $1,200FIRM. 662-329-1793.

Campers & RVs 9300

RV CAMPER & mobilehome lots. Full hookupw/sewer. 2 locationsW&N from $80/wk -$265/mo. 662-251-1149 or 601-940-1397

RV for sale. 2004 Fleet-wood Fiesta Class A Mo-torhome. Length 26foot, Model 26Y. Mil-age approx 12,600.Workhorse 8.1 L en-gine. Queen bed in rear,sofa bed in cabin. Noslides. One previousowner. No smoking orpets in RV. $22,000.00Contact numbers (662)-328-7383 after 5pm.Cell. (662) 549-1093.

14 2014 RVs thatMUST be sold!

Come on out for yourbest deal!

North Mississippi'soldest RV dealer since

1974.Johnny Bishop RV,8971 Hwy 45 N,

Columbus.662-434-6501 or1-800-569-9847

johnnybishoprv.com

Motorcycles & ATVs 9400

150 VELOCITY MotorScooter. Recently ser-viced. $1500 OBO. 662-327-5677

HD SPORTSTER. 2Kobo. Needs a little TLC,will consider trades.205-442-8147. Loc-ated in Steens.

Trucks, Vans & Buses 9500

2003 HONDA Odysseyvan. Silver. $3450 OBO.In good condition. 662-386-4706 or 662-356-6352.