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CVB debates who should fund certain festivalsBY ISABELLE ALTMANialtman@cdispatch.com

Officials with Lowndes County, the city of Columbus and Columbus-Lown-des Convention and Visitors Bureau all said they were open to a sit-down meet-ing to clarify language in interlocal agreements among the entities regard-ing the funding of local events.

But that suggestion came only after pointed barbs and letters exchanged through local media outlets between the CVB and county supervisors, and

after multiple events went without funding from any of the entities.

District 5 Lowndes County Super-visor Leroy Brooks suggested a joint

Dispatch file photo

Joe Langford helps his grandson Rhett Hall, 3, take meat off of the grill in this file photo from 2017 Roast-n-Boast. The festival may go without funds from the 2-percent tourism sales tax for this year’s event.

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The Oktibbeha County Lake Dam is nearly empty in places. The water

level has been deliberately low

since 2016, when the Mississippi Department of Environmental

Quality inspected the dam and

found the levee to be in serious need of repair.

Oktibbeha seeks federal funds to replace levee at county lakeBY TESS VrBINtvrbin@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — The waters of Oktibbeha County Lake Dam could pose danger to nearby residents if the levee is not replaced, according to county officials.

If it breaks, 17,500 acres of near-by land would flood to some extent, and about 250 people would have to

evacuate at least 112 households, county emergency management di-rector Kristen Campanella said.

“At the rate of deterioration the le-vee is facing right now, time is a very valuable thing that’s slowly slipping away,” said Darren Herring, district director for U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly (R-1st District).

BY SLIM SMITHssmith@cdispatch.com

District 41 State Rep. Kabir Karriem has canceled this year’s Seventh Avenue Heritage Festival, scheduled for Oct. 4-5, because the city of Columbus failed to comply with terms of the interlocal agree-ment for funding from the 2-percent restaurant sales tax.

The restaurant tax, which collects roughly $2 million per year, gained approval in the Legislature in March after the previous tax had not been renewed the previous year. Interlocal agreements the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau has with the city and county set aside $60,000 for four specified events in the city and $30,000 for three events in the county. Seventh Avenue Heritage Festival is one of the four specified city based festivals and was meant to receive $15,000 from tax funds.

Under the terms of the interlocal agreements,

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Seventh Avenue Heritage Festival canceled due to lack of fundingKarriem calls off annual event after funding request held up in mayor’s office

roast-n-boast to receive no tax funding because of confusion about interlocal agreement

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Bermuda to face lashing from Humberto

MIAMI — The U.S. Na-tional Hurricane Center says it expects Hurricane Humberto to lash Bermu-da with high winds and heavy rain later this week.

The center in Miami said Monday that Humber-to had strengthened and could become a major hur-ricane by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. The Bermuda Weather Service has issued a tropical storm watch for the island.

Humberto was about

670 miles west of Bermuda on Monday evening with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. The storm was moving east-northeast at 7 mph.

Over the next few days, swells generated by Hum-berto will roil the north-western Bahamas coast as well as the southeastern U.S. Atlantic coast from central Florida to North Carolina. Such swells could pose life-threatening surf and rip current con-ditions to swimmers and surfers.

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Still reeling from Dorian, Bahamas hit by tropical storm

FREEPORT, Bahamas — Tropical Storm Hum-berto moved away from the Bahamas on Saturday after dumping rain on parts of the archipelago’s northwest region that

were already hammered by Hurricane Dorian two weeks ago.

Humberto dropped rain on the islands as U.N. Secretary-General Antó-nio Guterres visited the Bahamas to support hu-manitarian efforts in the wake of Dorian, which hit as a Category 5 storm that left thousands in need of food, water and shelter. The list of missing stands at an alarming 1,300 peo-ple and the death toll at 50. But officials caution the list is preliminary and many people could just be unable to connect with loved ones.

The storm originally threatened to exacerbate the nation’s problems, but conditions appeared to normalize Saturday af-ternoon.

At 5 a.m. EDT Sunday, the U.S. National Hurri-cane Center said Hum-berto was located about 135 miles (217 kilome-ters) north-northwest of Great Abaco Island and was moving 7 mph (11 kph) north-northwest with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (97 kph). The Bahamian govern-ment discontinued a trop-ical storm warning earlier in the evening.

Weather forecasters say Humberto will like-ly become a hurricane Sunday as it moves away from the Bahamas, but

won’t threaten land by the time it intensifies to that strength. Its swells could still affect the coasts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Car-olina in the coming days.

Under a bright sun in the Grand Bahama, 40-year-old maintenance man Dexter Wilson was helping a friend put a blue tarp on a damaged roof. He said he was wor-ried about his brother in Abaco given the tropical storm.

“He’s still there. I don’t know why,” he said.

The hurricane center said most of Humberto’s heavy squalls were oc-curring north and east of the center of the storm, which passed just east of Abaco. However, govern-ment officials in the Baha-mas took no chances and urged people in damaged homes to seek shelter as they announced that aid efforts would be tempo-rarily affected.

“The weather system will slow down logistics,” said Carl Smith, spokes-man for the National Emergency Management Agency.

The distribution of meals in Grand Bahama was reduced ahead of the storm, and a spokesman for the United Nations World Food Program said all flights into its logistics hub in Marsh Harbor in

Abaco were suspended.Later Saturday, WFP

spokesman Herve Ver-hoosel said the agency had resumed activities in Marsh Harbor.

“Our team is back at work to support the popu-lation and relief organiza-tions,” Verhoosel said in a statement.

Dave McGregor, pres-ident and COO of the Grand Bahama Power Company, said crews would resume restoring power as soon as possi-ble.

“We are back in storm preparation mode again, unfortunately,” he said.

Guterres, who was in Abaco on Saturday, said he was “horrified” by the level of “systematic dev-astation.”

“Hurricane Dorian has been classified as Catego-ry 5. I think it’s Category Hell,” the U.N. secre-tary-general said after his visit.

He said storms pow-ered by climate change had grown more intense, and he implored the in-ternational community to learn from the example of Abaco and Grand Baha-ma and provide support.

“We have always had many hurricanes, but now they are more in-tense, and they are more frequent,” he said.

SOURCE: AP

Cleanup resumes in Bahamas as Hurricane Humberto swirls awayThE ASSOCiATEd PRESS

MCLEAN’S TOWN, Ba-hamas — Jeffrey Roberts lifted a mustard-yellow curtain from the ground to hunt for passports and oth-er documents at the place where his family’s home stood before Hurricane Dorian blasted into Grand Bahama Island.

What was underneath was sodden and unrecog-nizable. He shuffled across a white tile floor, the only clear sign this had once been a house, and found a pair of rusty old pliers, only to toss them in frus-tration. They clattered across the tiles, breaking the silence that had envel-oped the fishing communi-

ty of McLean’s Town.Roberts was one of

thousands of people begin-ning to return to salvage what few scraps they can from the devastation of Dorian, even as the dark storm clouds of Tropical Storm Humberto hovered above to remind that the storm season has not yet passed.

“We got to take what God gives us,” Roberts said.

In this case, at least, that was a break: Hum-berto narrowly missed the island over the weekend and was projected to curve north and then northeast, staying well off of Florida’s east coast.

Talks set to carry on but no deal yet in UAW strike vs GMThE ASSOCiATEd PRESS

DETROIT — Talks are set to resume Tuesday after a pause overnight, but there was no end to the strike against General Motors.

Brian Rothenberg, spokesman for the UAW, said Tuesday “They are talking, they’ve made prog-ress, we’ll see how long it takes.”

The walkout by upward of 49,000 United Auto Workers members has brought to a stand-still more than 50 factories and parts warehouses in the union’s first strike against the No. 1 U.S. automaker in over a decade.

Workers left factories and formed picket lines shortly after midnight Monday in the dispute over a new four-year contract. The union’s top negotiator said in a let-ter to the company that the strike could have been averted had the company made its latest offer sooner.

The letter dated Sunday sug-gests that the company and union are not as far apart as the rheto-ric leading up to the strike had indicated. Negotiations continued Monday in Detroit after breaking off during the weekend.

But Rothenberg said the two sides have come to terms on only 2% of the contract.

“We’ve got 98% to go,” he said Monday.

Asked about the possibility of federal mediation, President Don-ald Trump, said it’s possible if the company and union want it.

“Hopefully they’ll be able to work out the GM strike quickly,” Trump said before leaving the White House for New Mexico. “Hopefully, they’re going to work it out quickly and solidly.”

Wall Street did not like seeing the union picketers. GM shares closed Monday down more than 4% to $37.21. In premarket trad-ing Tuesday, shares edged up 16 cents.

On the picket line Monday at GM’s transmission plant in Tole-do, Ohio, workers who said they have been with the company for more than 30 years were con-cerned for younger colleagues who are making less money under GM’s two-tier wage scale and have fewer benefits.

Paul Kane, from South Lyon, Michigan, a 42-year GM employ-ee, said much of what the union is fighting for will not affect him.

“It’s not right when you’re

working next to someone, doing the same job and they’re making a lot more money,” he said. “They should be the making the same as me. They’ve got families to sup-port.”

Kane said GM workers gave up pay raises and made other conces-sions to keep GM afloat during its 2009 trip through bankruptcy pro-tection.

“Now it’s their turn to pay us back,” he said. “That was the promise they gave.”

UAW Vice President Terry Dittes told GM that the company’s latest offer might have made it possible to reach an agreement if it had come earlier.

“We are disappointed that the company waited until just two hours before the contract expired to make what we regard as its first serious offer,” Dittes wrote in the letter to Scott Sandefur, GM’s vice president of labor relations.

There are many important items left in the talks, including wage increases, pay for new hires, job security, profit sharing and treatment of temporary workers, Dittes wrote.

“We are willing to meet as fre-quently, and for as long as it takes, to reach an agreement that treats our members fairly,” the letter said.

GM issued a statement saying it wants to reach a deal that builds a strong future for workers and the business.

Rothenberg said that GM on Monday cancelled the workers’ company-sponsored health insur-ance, but the UAW had policies in place and is covering striking work-ers.

The automaker said Sunday that it offered pay raises and $7 billion worth of U.S. factory investments resulting in 5,400 new positions, a minority of which would be filled by existing employees. GM would not give a precise number. The

company also said it offered higher profit sharing, “nationally leading” health benefits and an $8,000 pay-ment to each worker upon ratifica-tion.

Before the talks broke off, GM offered new products to replace work at two of four U.S. factories that it intends to close.

The company pledged to build a new all-electric pickup truck at a factory in Detroit, according to a person who spoke to The Associat-ed Press on condition of anonymity. The person was not authorized to disclose details of the negotiations.

The automaker also offered to open an electric vehicle battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio, where it has a huge factory that has already stopped making cars and will be closed. The new factory would be in addition to a proposal to make electric vehicles for a company called Workhorse, the person said.

It’s unclear how many workers the two plants would employ. The closures, especially of the Ohio plant, have become issues in the 2020 presidential campaign. Pres-ident Donald Trump has consis-tently criticized the company and demanded that Lordstown be re-opened.

Kristin Dziczek, vice president of labor and industry for the Center for Automotive Research, an indus-try think tank, said the letter and resumption of contract talks are encouraging signs. “It makes me think that both sides are probably closer than it might have seemed before,” she said.

But both Dziczek and Art Whea-ton, an auto industry expert at the Worker Institute at Cornell Uni-versity, say GM left out key details when it made part of its offer pub-lic, and working out those details could make the strike last longer.

“I think GM kind of sabotaged some of the negotiations by going immediately to the public,” Whea-ton said. “It really distorts the of-fer.”

The strike shut down 33 man-ufacturing plants in nine states across the U.S., as well as 22 parts-distribution warehouses. It’s the first national strike by the union since a two-day walkout in 2007 that had little impact on the company.

Workers at Fiat Chrysler and Ford continued working under contract extensions. Any agree-ment reached with GM will serve as a template for talks with the oth-er two companies.

‘Now it’s their turn to pay us back. That was the promise they gave.’

Paul Kane, from South Lyon, Michigan,

a 42-year GM employee

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Prather leaving Partnership after almost 7 years

BY TESS VrBINtvrbin@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — After more than a year as interim CEO for the Greater Starkville Development Partnership, Jen-nifer Prather will start a new role with the statewide tourism development agency Mississip-pi Main Street Association on Oct. 1.

As community development director, Prather will be the li-aison between MMSA and its 53 member communities, in-

cluding Starkville, where she will be based. MMSA’s member communities range in size from larger cities like Gulfport, Bi-loxi and Tupelo to smaller ones like Byhalia and Saltillo.

Prather is looking forward to doing the same kind of commu-nity development work for oth-er cities that she has done for Starkville, she said.

“I’m really excited to help support them in the work that they’re already doing,” Prather said.

Prather’s work for a city

within MMSA was a key part of her receiving the job, board president Kevin Stafford said in a Monday press release.

“We look forward to getting her on board and tapping into the energy and new perspec-tives she brings to the MMSA table,” Stafford said.

Prather joined the Partner-ship in January 2013 as special events and projects coordinator

and later served as director of tourism before she was appoint-ed interim CEO in June 2018. Scott Maynard, the previous CEO, left to become the pro-gram director of employer rela-tions at Florida State Universi-ty’s career center.

Prather has seen the city “grow exponentially” since she first joined the partnership, and she appreciated working with a variety of people and organiza-tions to foster that growth, she said.

“My job gave me the oppor-tunity to work with the commu-nity and really get to know the people who make up our suc-cess,” she said.

The city’s relationship with

Mississippi State University has blossomed, she said, and she is particularly proud of her work to build a connection be-tween the city and the orien-tation program for incoming MSU freshmen.

“It really allowed us to be the first point of contact for people who were coming to Starkville to make it their home for the next four years,” Prather said.

Mayor Lynn Spruill said she looks forward to continuing to work with Prather in her new role.

“We will certainly miss her creativity and the focus of the events that have made a differ-ence in making us a destina-tion,” Spruill said.

Will become mississippi main street community development director

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FestivalContinued from Page 1a

those funds are to be re-leased by the CVB to the event organizer “within 30 calendar days” after the city or county has been notified of the re-quest.

Karriem provided a letter dated June 25, ask-ing for the city to request the release of the $15,000 designated for the event in the interlocal agree-ment.

CVB Executive Di-rector Nancy Carpenter said her office was not notified of the request until last week. An item on this evening’s city council agenda calls for discussion/approval for payment of $7,500 to the Seventh Avenue Heritage Festival. In August, the city council approved a request from Karriem to close off streets in the area during the festival and another request to permit beer sales at the festival.

“When we got the re-quest, we didn’t wait 30 days,” Carpenter said. “We sent it in right away. We are doing what we are told to do. If we are told to write a check, we’ll make that happen. That’s all I can say.”

Columbus Mayor Rob-ert Smith said he had thought Karriem’s re-quest had been sent to the CVB soon after his office received it.

“(Karriem) sent the letter in at about the same time that council-man (Gene) Taylor sent in his request for the (Southside Blues Festi-val), which was over the July 4th weekend,” Smith said. “I thought my sec-retary had sent both of them in. She hadn’t. I’ll take responsibility for that.”

Karriem said the un-certainty of when he would receive the funds caused him to cancel this

year’s event.“So much of what we

do is affected by those funds,” he said. “We just couldn’t wait to see when we were going to get the money, so I started call-ing sponsors last week, notifying them that we had to cancel. It’s sad. This is one of the oldest events in the city.”

Karriem said he be-lieves the mayor inten-tionally delayed forward-ing the request to the CVB.

“I feel it’s malicious,” Karriem said. “I have been asking about the money for some time now. My mother asked the mayor about it two Thursdays ago. Council-men (Stephen) Jones and (Joseph) Mickens told me they would ask the mayor about it. I just don’t accept this was accidental.”

Smith flatly refuted that accusation.

“Why would I do that

on purpose? It’s ludi-crous,” Smith said. “As it is, he’s still getting the money three weeks be-fore his event. It’s up to him what happens with the festival. He’s going to get the money he request-ed.”

Karriem also ques-tioned why the festival money is being distribut-ed in two payments.

“That’s what we have always done,” Carpenter said. “We disperse half of the money in advance and the other half after the event. That’s always been our procedure.”

Karriem said there is no provision in the inter-local agreement that calls for that method of pay-ment, though — as Car-penter pointed out — that is how festivals, including Karriem’s, have received CVB funding in the past.

“Go look at the agree-ment,” he said. “There’s no language that says

that. It just lists the amount for each festival. The full amount should be sent upon the request if you are going by the in-terlocal agreement. They seem to be making things up as they go.”

Karriem said not get-

ting the fund in a timely matter was particularly galling.

“I had really worked hard in the Legislature in support of getting the tax back,” he said. “So for this to happen, it’s really a slap in the face.”

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meeting during Friday’s board of supervisors reg-ular session while refer-encing a letter CVB board attorney Chris Hemphill wrote, which printed in Thursday’s edition of The Columbus Packet. In the letter, Hemphill demand-ed an apology from su-pervisors who had been quoted in The Packet as saying the CVB gave “the runaround” to organizers of the annual barbeque competition Roast-n-Boast, who had gone be-fore the CVB board ask-ing for funding.

“What I’ve said … at least at the beginning of the year is that we need to get with (Columbus Mayor Robert Smith) and (CVB Executive Director Nancy Carpenter) and get this thing worked out because it doesn’t serve any useful purpose for them printing letters in the paper about what we said,” Brooks said, later adding Hemphill’s letter was “petty.”

“If people on the board over there don’t want to be on the board, they need to get off,” he added. “If the director don’t want to be director, she needs to retire. I just don’t think anybody’s got time for all this foolishness.”

Carpenter did not re-spond directly to Brooks’ comment, but said she would be happy to meet with Smith and supervi-sors to further discuss who would fund what events.

CVB board president Steve Wallace said at the board’s regular meeting Monday that he had been thinking the same thing.

“The county and the city get a pretty big chunk of money, and by legis-lative action it has got to be spent on tourism,” Wallace said. “... I think it would be a great idea were we to contact the city and county and see if we could just sit down.”

CVB signed interlo-cal agreements with the city and county earlier this year to divide funds collected from the 2-per-cent restaurant sales tax, which brings in about $2 million per year. The state Legislature passed a law mandating the city receive $400,000 for parks and tourism-related events, the county $300,000 for parks and tourism-related events, the Golden Trian-gle Development LINK $250,000 and CVB the remainder. Per the inter-local agreements, CVB must allocate, from its share, $15,000 each for four designated festivals in the city and $10,000 each for three county based festivals.

Festivals without funding

Since the implementa-tion of the 2-percent tax, which just came back on the books in June after a year of not being collect-ed, events which previ-ously received some fund-

ing from CVB have gone without unless specifical-ly listed in the interlocal agreements.

One such upcoming event is the Roast-in-Boast, scheduled for Oct. 4-5. Earlier this summer, organizers asked the CVB for $5,000 to help with the event, which or-ganizer Kris Davis said is what CVB provided the event in 2017.

Though Carpenter pro-vided Davis with promo-tional materials like visi-tors brochures, she said CVB did not give Roast-n-Boast any funding this year.

Davis said she and oth-er organizers went first to the city council, who told them the city didn’t have the money, and then back to CVB.

“We were directed to go to the county, who then directed us back to the CVB,” she said.

She said Roast-n-Boast will have to get its money primarily from corporate sponsorships and private fundraisers this year.

Carpenter told The Dis-patch Friday CVB doesn’t have funding available to provide money to festivals and events not specified in the agreements.

“We have a budget and we’re going to adhere to our budget,” she said. “We really don’t have flex-ibility at this time.”

Roast-n-Boast isn’t alone. Carpenter said in the past CVB had a bud-get of about $167,000 to

fund cultural events and sports and fishing tour-naments. Some of those include the annual Ten-nessee Williams Tribute Festival, which was held earlier this month, the upcoming SLW Fishing Tournament, the 55 and Over Tennis Tournament held in the spring, Wings Over Columbus and Fire-works on the Water — which CVB funds with Columbus Air Force Base — multiple soccer tourna-ments and other sporting events.

While some events, like Tennessee Williams Tribute, were held with-out CVB funds this year, others, like Fireworks on the Water, were not held at all.

It was the Roast-n-Boast funding issue that prompted comments from county supervisors and the letter from Hemphill.

“We had our attorney write the letter because it was said that we gave people the runaround, which we do not, and that we were not telling the full truth,” Carpenter said. “Well, we did. We told them, ‘This is what the city can use the money on.’ I just went straight to the interlocal agreement.”

However, neither the city nor the county pro-vided funding for Roast-n-Boast, Davis said, adding the event would rely on corporate sponsorships and planned fundraisers instead.

Agreements to meetWhile the city could not

provide the funding due to financial constraints, supervisors’ board attor-ney Tim Hudson said he was concerned state law legally prohibits the coun-ty from funding events not specified in other leg-islation.

“Sort of a real general rule is the municipali-ties can spend money on anything unless it’s pro-hibited,” Hudson said. “Counties are the exact opposite. We can’t spend any money unless it’s au-thorized. ... There’s been several things in the past that have been like one-time things (where) we would get legislative au-thority to do that.”

Carpenter argued lan-guage in the House Bill that governs the use of the 2-percent tax says supervisors can use the county’s $300,000 for tourism.

“It clearly states what both the city and the coun-ty can use their $400,000 and $300,000 on as far as recreation, tourism, … tourism-related events and entertainment,” she said.

But Hudson said that wording is too vague and may not override the al-ready-existing legislation about what counties can and can’t fund. He said he would rather have a legal opinion from the state attorney general’s office before donating money

to Roast-n-Boast or other events.

Also, both the city and county have earmarked their respective share of the tourism tax to fund infrastructure improve-ments at parks.

Sanders said the Roast-n-Boast just proved the city, county and CVB needed to meet to discuss policy moving forward because it would be a problem for CVB to only fund festivals listed in the agreement.

“Roast-n-Boast brings in considerable business,” he said. “People come from all over and stay in hotels. It’s a big deal. They’re bringing money in. It’s not a festival. It’s a tourism event, but the CVB doesn’t want to fund it for some reason.”

Mayor Smith also agreed to the meeting.

“It would probably be a good idea for all parties to sit down and go over this and make sure we’re all on the same page,” Smith said.

CVB board member DeWitt Hicks suggested Wallace and Carpenter have a prepared list of events they feel deserve funding when the meet-ing takes place.

Carpenter agreed, pointing out fishing tour-naments and sporting events are also major driv-ers of tourism in the area.

“What we don’t need to do is wait (to have the meeting),” she said.

■ In Sunday’s edition, The Dispatch misreported the county millage for 2019. It was 44.01 mills. Also, $467,000 is the Fiscal Year 2020 value of a county school district mill.

The Commercial Dispatch strives to report the news accurately. When we print an error, we will correct it. To report an error, call the newsroom at 662-328-2424, or email news@cdispatch.com.

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Letters to the editorFinds recent editorial misguided

This letter is provided in response to the editorial opinion that appeared in the Commercial Dispatch on September 5, 2019, entitled “Our View: Corporations Should Honor Good Faith Deals with the Community.” In this opinion piece, the writer (presumably the editor) calls in question the integrity of Steel Dynamics by alleging that the company is attempting to exploit or “play shell games” with its fee-in-lieu of ad valorem tax agreement with Lowndes County. This is simply not the case and your opinion printed on September 5 reflects, at best, misinformation provided to the newspaper or, at worst, uninformed and careless journalism.

In this article, you do correctly state that fee-in-lieu of tax agreements have served as an important tool for attract-ing manufacturing and other industries to our county. Without such tools at our disposal, we would never have attracted such companies to our community who have invested billions of dollars and created thousands of jobs.

You wrongly allege that Steel Dy-namics is somehow engaging in “bait and switch maneuvers,” which somehow “violate the spirit of the [fee-in-lieu] agreement.” On the contrary, Steel Dy-namics has lived up to each of its fee-in-lieu agreements with our community in every possible way. Four (4) such agree-ments are currently in place and have been negotiated between the company and the county each time the company has made a substantial, qualifying new capital investment at the mill site. The most recent fee-in-lieu agreement was executed in 2017 as an incentive to have Steel Dynamics construct and operate

its new paint line facility in lowndes County (as opposed to another mill loca-tion). As part of this new agreement, the county agreed to tax Steel Dynamics’ taxable inventory under the latest fee-in-lieu arrangement which is permitted as such inventory turns over multiple times each year. The 2017 fee-in-lieu agreement was diligently negotiated and was ultimately approved unanimously by each of the undersigned Supervisors. This agreement was also approved and executed by the county tax assessor, Greg Andrews, and was certified by the Mississippi Development Authority as compliant with the State’s fee-in-lieu laws.

Any implication that Steel Dynam-ics is acting as anything other than an outstanding corporate neighbor is misguided and just plain wrong. Since completing the new steel mill in 2007, the company has paid more than $87,500,000 in county and school property taxes and fee-in-lieu payments. This amount reflects only the payments made directly by Steel Dynamics. It does not reflect the additional millions in taxes paid by the various steel pro-cessors, vendors and other companies that have located in Lowndes County because of the steel mill.

Steel Dynamics directly provides jobs for more than 780 people, and at average annual salary/wage rate that is more than twice the county average. These 780 employees do not include the hun-dreds more working for related proces-sors, vendors and other companies- jobs that would not exist in the county but for Steel Dynamics.

In addition to tax revenues and job opportunities, Steel Dynamics has consistently supported our community

in other ways. The company recent-ly sponsored a house for Habitat for Humanity home build in Columbus; and they routinely support other local organizations such as the Pushmataha Area Council (Boy Scouts), the Good Samaritan Medical Clinic, United Way, the Salvation Army Christmas drive, Mississippi School for Math & Science, the Rotary Foundation, Columbus Arts Council, Columbus Police and Fire Departments, the Boys & Girls Club, Columbus Lowndes Parks and Recre-ation, Columbus Air Force Base, as well as multiple other schools and non-profit groups.

Misguided opinions or articles, such as your September 5th opinion, damage our ability to successfully attract new industries to the Golden Triangle. Also understand that our existing industries have other plants around the country, and in some cases around the world. Local plants compete with sister plants in other places for limited resources and capital for expansions and continued operations. When a community begins to be perceived as being an unfriendly or hostile place for reinvestment, our community can suffer when such deci-sions are made. Each of the undersigned Supervisors asks that the newspaper formally print a retraction of the Sep-tember 5th opinion piece as it relates to Steel Dynamics.

Harry SandersBill Brigham

John HollimanJeff Smith

Leroy BrooksLowndes County Supervisors

Peter Imes responds: The Dispatch’s ed-itorial board agrees the above-referenced editorial was unfair in lumping SDI’s

fee-in-lieu agreement with the practices of Caledonia Energy Partners. SDI’s fee-in-lieu was fairly negotiated with the board of supervisors and was approved by multiple local and state entities; Caledonia Energy Partners appears to have been purpose-fully deceitful in efforts to reduce their tax burden. We apologize to SDI, who has a record of being an excellent corporate citizen. The Dispatch strives for accuracy and fairness. If you think we got some-thing wrong, please email us at news@cdispatch.com and voice@cdispatch.com.

Concerned with Columbus streetsPity those of us who often visit

church members, friends, and/or family at the hospital. The street leading to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle happens to be one of the worst in this town. I complain each and every time I drive down it because it is so worn out it beats you to death. But you know, it really embarrasses me to think of visitors (or patients) from other towns to be subjected to riding on this street. Columbus must develop some pride in ownership of our city we like to call “The Friendly City.” I personally don’t think we’re being very friendly when people have to ride on streets such as this. But, of course, this isn’t the only street needing repairs — not by a long shot. We just happened to go to the hos-pital today to visit a church member, and I once again complain about it.

Please, please Columbus... do some-thing about our streets. It’s tearing up our vehicles, bruising our bodies and generally making our blood pressure go higher!

Sarah StuddardColumbus

The right to bear vapesThe vaping industry, tragical-

ly unrepresented by the National Rifle Association, is in danger of seeing its profitable berry- and s’mores-flavored business go up in smoke, or at least in vapor. The doctors say vaping kills you.

I’m an old-fashioned pipe smoker. Not so long ago, I was sitting outside at my job, peace-fully puffing a pipe, when I was approached by one of the office vapeheads, a guy in his 20s.

“Oh, you smoke a pipe,” he said, puffing on a metal and glass contraption that looked like a see-through carbure-tor.

“Yeah,” I said. “It’s like vaping, but for men.”I suppose my 62-year-old somewhat tweedy self can

be excused for throwing the oldest insult of all at another man, which is to say that the other man is doing some-thing a woman would do. Maybe someday that kind of sexist insult will vanish from America, but if the young guys I know are a good indication, it’s gonna take a while.

Down here at the scratch-ticket end of the economy, we are greatly encouraged to be manly men, to be “alpha males.” In fact, “beta male” is one of the insults my young male buddies sling at each other, usually while vaping. They say it the same way me and my buddies said, “Hey, Nancy,” to each other as an insult.

At an age when most high school boys could clean me up in a fist fight, I am rapidly withdrawing from most expressions of traditional maleness, though I can still be counted on for a few things: I work hard. I keep my promises. And I plunge nearly all of my paycheck into household expenses.

Still, I don’t own a motorcycle, or a “Kill ‘Em All, Let God Sort ‘Em Out” T-shirt, and I carry a modestly sized jackknife in my pocket, not a saw-toothed monster on my belt.

Most governments like traditional masculinity. It fills the armed forces with young men. It makes us vote for our guns over our wallets. It ensures that we will never look at our skinny paychecks and considering joining forces with underpaid women, underpaid men, minority group members and, worst of all, gays. It ensures that we will forever have more interest in flying the Confederate flag than we have in walking a picket line to rid ourselves of our own bondage.

Oh, sure, we kill ourselves at an alarming rate, but only a beta male doesn’t see the charm of, the outright maleness of, going out with the taste of gun oil on your tongue. Alpha male swagger drives us to mass shootings, and Nazism, and woman beating, and excessive drinking and everything but rebellion against those who really hurt us.

We are strong, but we are misdirected. And we are more misdirected every day, being told from all sides that the only acceptable form of manhood is a uniform or a gun, or both. “Don’t Tread On Me,” says the flag we hang up in our garage, but a foot is on our neck every minute of our lives, until the nursing home strips our soon-to-be-widow of every dime we ever saved because only beta males want national health insurance.

As for the vaping industry, tell them to tape a bullet to the side of every vape item they sell. They will thus become constitutionally protected instruments of democ-racy that cannot be banned no matter how many die.

Marc Dion, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a reporter and columnist for The Herald News, the daily newspaper of his hometown, Fall River, Massachusetts. For more on Dion, go to go to www.creators.com.

CaMpaign 2020

Something’s off about Elizabeth WarrenEd Rendell

recently whacked Elizabeth Warren when she bashed Joe Biden for taking rich donors’ money. The former Pennsylvania governor wrote that he himself had run a “swanky” fundraiser for Warren’s Senate race, for which she thanked him royally. Furthermore, she transferred $10.4 million of her big-money hauls into her presi-dential campaign while bragging that she was only accepting small donations.

Calling that maneuvering sleazy would be overdoing it, but there is certainly something untoward about it.

Warren refuses to say what taxes she would raise to cover her “Medicare for All” health care plan. Bernie Sanders’ similar vision — a single-payer plan that does away with private coverage — would cost an estimated $33 trillion over 10 years.

Recall Warren’s efforts to repeal the medical device tax. (It covered such equipment as X-ray scanners, MRI machines and pacemakers.) The tax was intended to help subsidize health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

It happens that a good number of medical device companies live in Warren’s state. Warren insisted that the tax had to go “so Massachusetts device companies can continue to innovate and save lives.” That’s the argument used to justify high drug prices.

The Congressional Research Service determined that the tax’s effect on these businesses would have been “modest” because it was “rela-tively small.” The tax is now “temporarily” suspended.

Republicans were delighted to work with Warren on this issue. Their tack is to kill

Obamacare by taking away the means to pay for it. The medical device tax could have raised $29 billion over 10 years.

If Warren didn’t have the guts to defend this relatively minor contribution to expanding health coverage, how would she secure the trillions required to provide government health care for every-one? Add to that her expensive vows to make four-year college free, cancel student loan debt and provide universal day care for children.

Politicians often dangle free stuff — minus plans to fund them — and some of these proffered benefits are desirable. But shoot-ing off such a long list of extrava-gant promises insults the public’s intelligence.

And how is she going to square her populist appeals to working-class voters with her support for nearly open borders?

One can’t deny Warren’s smarts, verve and ability to speak plain English. At the same time, Democrats can’t ignore her shaky poll numbers against Donald Trump. Nearly all the recent gen-eral election matchups show Joe

Biden beating Trump by double digits. Most also have Sanders and Warren besting Trump but by far less comfortable margins.

Remember also that, in 2016, Hillary Clinton easily outran Trump in the popular vote. It was her narrow losses in a few key states that delivered an Electoral College victory, and the presiden-cy, to Trump. The latest poll num-bers in these states show Biden ahead of Trump and Warren quite vulnerable.

In Wisconsin, according to recent polls, Biden would defeat Trump by 9 points and Warren would tie. In Michigan, Biden beats Trump by 10 points and Warren wins by 6. Let’s assume that Biden would take his home state of Pennsylvania.

And there are the other swing states. In Texas and Arizona, polls have Biden edging out Trump, Warren probably not. Ohio and Nevada polls have Biden ahead by about 8 points and Warren in a tie with Trump. The biggest surprise is New Hampshire, where Biden would win the general election by 10 points, but Warren would proba-bly lose.

We know polls can be volatile and at times unreliable. But so many arrows point to Warren’s weaknesses in a general election. There really is something off about her. The sooner Democrats figure that out, the better their chances to defeat Trump in 2020.

Froma Harrop, a syndicated columnist, writes for the Provi-dence (Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail address is fharrop@gmail.com.

Marc Dion

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Rosa SmithRosa Jean Smith, 70, of

Columbus, MS, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2019, at Baptist Hospital, Memphis, TN.

Visitation will be Wednesday, September 18, 2019, from 6-8 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home. Funeral service will Thursday, September 19, 2019, at 3 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home Chap-el, with Pastor Jerry Oakes and Bro. Jammie Turner officiating.

Mrs. Smith was born September 22, 1948, in Luf Kin, TX, to the late Merrell Meredith and Rosa Lee Chavers. She married her husband, Mason Smith, on March 15, 1991, in Eustace, TX. Mrs. Smith was a member of Gun Barrel First Assembly of God in Gun Barrell, TX before mov-ing to Columbus, MS, where then she attended 1st Assembly in Sulligent and Asbury Commu-nity Church. She retired from being a preschool teacher. She was a loving wife and mother and will be dearly missed.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Smith is pre-ceded in death by her husband of 21 years, Ma-son Smith; sons, Jimmy Haley and Kevin Haley; granddaughters, Afton Bragg and Shellie Haley.

Mrs. Smith is survived by children, Candice (Cliff) Bragg and Chester Maxey; brother, Vester Meredith; and grandchildren, Brittney Haley Biller, Laura Haley Curtis, Ricky Haley, Mariah Haley Villines, Grant Haley, Griffin Haley, Cage Bragg, Kristina Maxey, Rickey Maxey and Em-ery Maxey.

Memorials may be made out to the American Kidney Fund, 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20852.

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Taliban kill 24 at Afghan president’s rally; Ghani unhurtThe AssociATed Press

KABUL, Afghani-stan — A Taliban suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted a campaign ral-ly by President Ashraf Ghani in northern Af-ghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 31. Ghani was present at the venue but was unharmed, ac-cording to his campaign chief.

Just hours later, an ex-plosion struck near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul but details on that blast were not immediate-ly known. The Taliban claimed both attacks.

The violence comes as Afghanistan faces presidential elections on Sept. 28 — a vote the Tal-iban vehemently oppose. The insurgent group has warned Afghans not to vote in the election, and said their fighters would target election campaigns as well as polling stations.

In Tuesday’s attack in northern Parwan prov-ince, the bomber rammed his motorcycle packed with explosives into the entrance of the venue where Ghani was cam-paigning on the outskirts of the city of Charakar.

There were many wom-en and children among the casualties, said Dr. Qasim Sangin, a local of-ficial.

Wahida Shahkar, spokeswoman for Par-wan’s governor, said the rally had just begun when the explosion occurred.

Local television foot-age of the attack showed

twisted wreckage and charred remains of mili-tary and police vehicles that were apparently po-sitioned near where the powerful blast

Firdaus Faramarz, spokesman for the Kabul police chief, said there was no immediate infor-mation about any casu-alties in the Kabul blast, which took place near Massood Square, a deep-ly congested intersection in the center of Kabul. NATO and U.S. com-pounds are located near-by as are several Afghan government ministries.

Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, released a statement to the media saying Taliban suicide bombers were be-hind both attacks.

In Parwan, Mujahid said the bomber targeted presidential guards who were protecting Ghani and the rally, along with other members of the security forces. It wasn’t immediately known if any of Ghani’s guards were among the casualties.

Mujahid claimed the suicide bomber in Kabul targeted an Afghan army base.

Campaigning for the Afghan elections resumed last week after President Donald Trump declared that the U.S.-Taliban talks which have been going on for months in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar are over.

Most presidential can-didates had suspended their campaigns while negotiations were tak-ing place and as the U.S. peace envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, said a deal was all but signed.

Trump’s tweets at the beginning of September declaring the deal and the talks were “dead” launched the war-bat-tered nation on an elec-tion campaign.

Ghani, who had been sidelined during much of the talks between Khalil-zad and the Taliban, re-sumed campaigning im-mediately and had been steadfast in his demand that presidential polls should take place.

Khalilzad and some of Ghani’s rivals, however had talked of establishing an interim administration to run the country while a peace deal was imple-mented.

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Mary PettyCOLUMBUS —

Mary Sue Petty, 66, died Sept. 11, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hos-pital-Golden Triangle.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednes-day at Bibleway Pro-gressive Church of God in Christ, with Grover Richards officiating Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation is from 3-8 p.m. today at Congregational Wor-ship Center. Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Petty was born Jan. 24, 1953, in Steens, to the late Frank

Shelton and Willie Mae Shelton. She was formerly employed as a seamstress with Red Kap Industries and a member of Congrega-tional Worship Center.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Petty; and siblings, Ann Shelton McKinley, Elnora Johnson, Marie Godfrey, Willie L. Shel-ton and Fred Shelton.

She is survived by her children, Edward Petty Jr. of Columbus, Latarshish Renea Petty-Linson of Jack-son, Howard Petty of Memphis, Tennessee, Elliott Petty of Liberty, Alabama, and Kristal Petty of Horn Lake; sib-lings, Virginia Dunlap of Stockbridge, Geor-gia, Henrietta Bass of Phoenix, Arizona, Abraham Shelton and Joseph Shelton, both of Columbus; 18 grand-children; and seven grandchildren.

Thyra FordPEWEE VALLEY,

Ky. — Thyra Mae Ford, 93, died Sept. 15, 2019, at Friendship Health and Rehab in Pewee Valley, Kentucky.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fairview Baptist Church in Columbus. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. Lown-des Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of arrangements.

James WhartonMILLPORT, Ala.

— James Wharton, 87, died Sept. 16, 2019, in Columbus.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Mace-donia Freewill Baptist

Church. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church. Dowdle Funeral Home of Millport, Alabama, is in charge of arrange-ments.

Mr. Wharton was born April 25, 1932, to the late Thomas Jef-ferson and Vada Fields Wharton. He was a U.S. Army veteran and formerly employed with Seminole Manufactur-ing in Columbus. He was a member of Mace-donia Freewill Baptist Church.

In addition to his parents, he was pre-ceded in death by his wife, Ella Mae Whar-ton; daughter, Pamela Kay Barnes; and sister, Willette Wheat.

He is survived by his sons, Gary Wharton and Ronnie Wharton, both of Vernon; sisters, Louise Vail, Kathryn Oglesby, Jean Bolling and Patricia Hollis; brothers, Charles Wharton, Frank Whar-ton, Buren Wharton and Doug Wharton; and two grandchildren.

Travis LindseyMACON — Travis

Lindsey died Sept. 15, 2019, at his residence.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Good Hope Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Salem Ceme-tery. Visitation will be two hours prior to the services at the church. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon is in charge of arrangements.

Robin BennettCOLUMBUS — Rob-

in Dale Bennett, 61, died Sept. 16, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hos-pital-Golden Triangle.

Arrangements are

incomplete and will be announced by Lown-des Funeral Home of Columbus.

Larry WhitelyCOLUMBUS — Lar-

ry Whitely, 67, died Sept. 16, 2019, at his residence.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus.

Tommie RiceSTARKVILLE —

Tommie c. Rice, 77, died Sept. 13, 2019, in Starkville.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at West Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Rest Haven Cemetery. Visitation is from 1-6 p.m. today at the funer-al home. West Memo-rial Funeral Home of Starkville is in charge

of arrangements.He is survived by his

wife, Thelma Edwards Rice of Starkville; son, Tommie L. Rice of Olive Branch; daughters, Nanette Davis of Chi-cago Heights, Illinois, Doris Duckworth of Grand Rapids, Michi-gan, Patricia Robinson and Beverly Ray, both of Starkville; sisters, Fannie Williams of Chicago, Illinois; Cara Thompson, Betty Bak-er, Cecelia Ashford and Elizabeth Wadlington,

all of Starkville, MS; and brothers, Sammie Rice, Edward Rice, Rob-ert Rice, Aaron Rice, Vernon Rice and Melvin Rice, all of Starkville.

Freddie FieldsCOLUMBUS —

Freddie Fields passed away.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memori-al Gunter Peel Funeral Home and Crematory, Second Avenue North location.

Petty

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Drs. Oz and Roizen

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

Health health tiP■ Take vitamin D3 if you don’t get much sun exposure. Sunlight is a great source of vitamin D. If you’re unable to get adequate sun exposure, vitamin D supplements are a good alternative.

Source: healthline.com

health brieF

Minimize in-flight flatulenceToo close for comfort, cheek to

jowl, packed together like sardines. All of these phrases accurately describe the seating in the coach section of just about every commer-cial airline. That’s why one of the last things that you, or the people seated closely around you, need to contend with while on board is flatulence.

The average person (male or female, old or young) passes gas about 14 times a day when at ground level. But after lift-off, as you gain altitude, the gases in your insides tend to expand by about 30 percent, even in a pressurized cabin. The result? High Altitude Flatus Expulsion or HAFE.

Cabins are pressurized to around 6,000 to 8,000 feet. Think Boulder or Aspen. In fact, Colorado researchers published a study in the Western Journal of Medicine that found HAFE also occurs on mountain hikes; their name for the condition: Rocky Mountain bark-ing spiders.

The good news is that wheth-er you’re crossing a mountain pass or reading a copy of Inflight magazine, the right diet and OTC anti-gas medicines can quell your tumultuous tummy. So before you fly, skip beans, broccoli, cabbage and other foods that you know will give you gas, such as dairy or spicy foods. Drink plenty of water and

stick with proteins and good fats found in tuna, salmon, nuts and avocados.

If you do get hit, it’s not smart to hold back (and usu-ally impossible). That can result in painful intestinal cramps, elevated blood pressure and reduced blood ox-ygenation, all bad for your cardiovas-cular system.

The smartphone dietActress Emma Watson (Hermi-

one Granger in the “Harry Potter” series) compares her social media use to counting calories: “It’s so important to keep an eye on what your daily diet is. In the same way we think about what we eat, we should think about what we read, what we’re seeing, what we’re engaging and what we’re interact-ing with every day.” That may be elementary, dear Watson, but that simple truth is something many folks seem to have overlooked.

Research has shown that spending too much time on smart-phones can trigger insomnia and depression. But did you know that smartphone overuse also contrib-utes to obesity? A study presented at the American College of Cardi-ology Latin American conference

found that being on your smartphone for five-plus hours a day boosts your risk for obesity by a hefty 43 percent. Why? Because it dramatically in-creases sedentary behavior and the inclination to snack on fast food and sugar-added treats and beverages.

So, to help shed excess weight, try the Smartphone Diet:

■ At night, leave your phone outside the bedroom.

■ Uninstall your stickiest apps! Can’t stop playing games or post-ing pictures? No more CandyCrush or Instagram.

■ Use your phone to get mov-ing: Download a pedometer with a step reminder. Attend a video yoga class. Set a “Stand up!” alarm that goes off every 30 minutes, then run in place or walk the dog.

■ If all else fails, invest in a “dumb phone” that only allows you to call and text. That may be the smartest move of all!

Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve-land Clinic. To live your healthiest, tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit www.sharecare.com.

The Scurtis join Baptist Golden Triangle

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle welcomes two new inter-nal medicine physicians to its staff, Paul Scurti, DO, and his wife, Connie Scurti, DO. They come to Columbus from the Holzer Health System in southeastern Ohio, where they both practiced inter-nal medicine on an out-patient basis. The Scurtis also mentored medical students from West Virginia School of Os-teopathic Medicine and Ohio University School of Osteopathic Medicine. Connie Scurti will serve as assistant director of the internal medicine res-idency program at Baptist Golden Triangle, while her husband will serve on the program faculty and

be in practice at BMG Internal Medicine Clinic

Originally from near Wheeling, West Virgin-ia, Paul is a cum laude graduate of Bethany College in Bethany, with a bachelor’s degree in biology and completed medical school at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his intern-ship and residency in internal medicine at Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling in 2011, where was selected Internal Medicine Resident of the

Year in 2010-2011 and In-fectious Disease Resident of the Year in 2009-2010.

He served as past chief of the Internal Medicine Department, medical staff president-elect, medical staff treasurer and as a Clinical Assis-tant Professor at the West Virginia School of Os-teopathic Medicine. He is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medi-cine. Paul Scurti is also a Fellow in the College of Osteopathic Internists.

Originally from Green-wood, Connie is a cum laude graduate of Mis-sissippi State University, with a bachelor’s degree in biological engineer-ing. At MSU, she was the Bagley College of Engineering Congressio-nal Fellow in the office

of Congressman Charles W. Pickering. She is a 2009 graduate of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg and complet-ed a residency in internal medicine at Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheel-ing. She was recognized for having the highest in service examination score in 2012.

Her professional memberships include the Fellow in the American College of Osteopathic Internist; American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine certi-fication; and core faculty, Internal Medicine Resi-dency program at Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling.

The couple and their two daughters reside in Columbus.

C. ScurtiP. Scurti

LeveeContinued from Page 1a

The lake is in the northeastern portion of the county, west of Coun-ty Lake Road, which in-cludes the bridge on the levee. It was built in the 1960s and holds about 3,406 acre feet, or more than 148 million cubic feet, of water at normal operating conditions. Its full capacity is more than 454 million cubic feet over 935 acres.

The county has min-imized pressure on the levee by limiting the amount of water in the dam since 2016, when a Missouri Department of Environmental Quality inspection confirmed the levee needed repairs, Ok-tibbeha County District 3 Supervisor Marvell How-ard said. The initial goal was to keep the water at least five feet below a nor-mal level, but parts of the lake are currently drained dry.

Even so, the water’s continuous downstream movement, called seep-age, still affects the levee, Herring said.

Herring and Willy Weddle, a field represen-tative for Kelly’s office, visited the lake and met with county leaders on Sept. 10 to discuss plans and funding for replac-

ing the levee, emergency spillway and floodgate valve. They met with Cam-panella, Howard, County Engineer Clyde Pritchard and County Administra-tor Emily Garrard.

The offices of U.S. Rep. Michael Guest, 3rd District, and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, both Re-publicans, have also been monitoring the situation and offered support, How-ard said. The lake strad-dles the line between the 1st and 3rd Congressio-nal Districts, prompting Guest and Kelly’s mutual interest in replacing the levee.

Safety is the main con-cern for all involved, Wed-dle said.

“School buses cross that levee twice a day carrying children to and from school,” he said. “We saw underneath that bridge that there is a very imminent danger there, certainly for the total population that crosses it, but especially for our chil-dren.”

The entire project could cost up to $8 mil-lion, including replacing part of County Lake Road and constructing a de-tour, Howard said.

The county is consid-ering three federal grant

options, but they are com-petitive and could take a while to obtain, so it is not guaranteed that the county will have the funds before the levee breaches, Campanella said.

Meanwhile, the limit-ed amount of water in the dammed area has a neg-ative impact on econom-ic development near the lake, Howard said. The Wet N Wild water park at Kampgrounds of America on the lake had to close after the water level went down in 2016, he said.

“There was also a sig-nificant amount of devel-opment taking place on the south end of the lake because a lot of people wanted waterfront prop-erty and wanted to be along the water,” How-ard said. “Now that has slowed down tremendous-ly because there’s no wa-ter.”

The lack of water does not eliminate the prob-lem, Campanella said.

“Even though the lake has been drained down, it doesn’t take long to fill back up when we have steady, heavy rainfall in short periods of time,” she said. “With hurricane season at its peak and not being over until Novem-ber, we could see activity

that leads to set up like that at any time.”

The amount of support for the project will hope-fully lead the county to a funding source “before something tragic hap-pens,” she said.

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The AssociATed Press

NEW ORLEANS — Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been diag-nosed with a torn liga-ment near the thumb of his throwing hand that is expected to sideline him at least six weeks, said a person familiar with the situation.

Brees has elected to have surgery, but it is not yet clear when the oper-ation will take place or who will perform it, the person said. The person spoke to The Associat-ed Press on condition of anonymity Monday be-cause the diagnosis has not been announced.

Brees left Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams in the first quarter after the thumb on his right hand hit the hand of on-rushing Rams defensive lineman Aar-on Donald on the follow trough of a throw.

The Saints lost the game 27-9, with backup Teddy Bridgewater go-ing 17 for 30 passing for 165 yards during the last three-plus quarters.

Saints coach Sean Payton declined on Mon-day to go into detail about Brees’ condition or even rule him out for this Sun-

day’s game in Seattle.“They’re still in the

midst of evaluating it,” said Payton, adding that Brees had received one diagnosis and was in the process of getting a sec-ond opinion.

Payton also declined to address what his of-fense would look like without Brees under cen-ter going forward.

“I’m sorry, I’m just not going to answer hypo-thetical questions right now,” Payton said. “I’m

not going to do it.”When asked how well

the Saints had built a team that could absorb playing without Brees, Payton said, “We’re get-ting ready to find out,” before backtracking a bit.

“Hopefully the news is good and the length of time, if there is any that he’s out, will be shorter than longer. But, again, that’s part of our sport.”

While Brees, as a healthy player, has been a held out of a couple

late-season games that held no postseason im-plications, he has missed only one start because of an injury in his previous 13 seasons with New Or-leans. The Saints narrow-ly lost that 2015 game at Carolina, with Luke Mc-Cown at quarterback.

Brees is the NFL’s all-time leader in comple-tions with 6,621 and yards passing with 74,845. His 522 touchdowns tie him for second all-time

BY Theo derosAtderosa@cdispatch.com

WEST POINT — When 17-year-old Cohen Trolio needs a caddie, he doesn’t have to look far.

No further than Old Waverly Golf Club, where the teaching professional is VJ Trolio, Cohen’s fa-ther.

“I’m the cheapest, most efficient walking caddie he’s got,” VJ said with a laugh.

The two have honed their skills through years of practice, and Cohen reaped the benefits this summer. In mid-August, Cohen, a junior at Oak Hill Academy, reached the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur in Pinehurst, North Carolina, a rare achievement for a golfer as young as he is.

“It was a cool experi-ence,” Cohen said. “It was cool having Dad on the bag.”

For VJ, it’s a simple matter when Cohen’s in the middle of a round. “On the course it’s about stick-ing to expectations, stick-

ing to strategies, sticking to routines, encourage-ment picking out the good line.”

It can be harder when VJ has to switch from coach and caddie to father — it’s the hardest relation-ship to balance, he said — but he and Cohen have figured out a working ar-rangement.

“We try our best to de-fine the lines when you’re a coach and when you’re a dad, and we leave coach and student, that relation-ship, outside our front door and always try to make sure we’re dad and son when we walk in that door,” VJ said.

And it wouldn’t be possible without Cohen’s mother Allison, who takes Cohen to most of his tour-naments. But unlike VJ, Cohen and little brother Collins, Allison doesn’t play golf.

“Thank goodness,” VJ said. “That’s the reason she’s level-headed and she can help us.”

Allison and Collins

MOOrhEad MONday

BY Ben PorToYbportnoy@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — Two games into the season, the redshirt musical chairs has begun at Mississippi State.

Having divided players into color-coded columns of green, yellow and red, coach Joe Moorhead and his staff revisited the ongo-ing decision making Mon-day morning. Moorhead said there are “more than a handful” of freshman who will not see extended action this season.

Most notably, freshman quarterback Garrett Shrad-er is inching nearer and

nearer to the maximum four games played before this season counts toward his four years of eligibility.

With starting quarter-back Tommy Stevens con-tinuing to battle a shoul-der issue that forced him from Saturday’s game and junior Keytaon Thompson dealing with a lingering upper-body injury from fall camp, Shrader’s redshirt has quickly come into ques-tion.

That said, Moorhead said Monday he would not shy away from playing a quarterback should red-shirt eligibility come into question.

“We want to make sure that the guy who is on the field is the guy that we need to perform at a high level and if that affects a red-shirt, it affects a redshirt,” he said. “But we’ve got to do what’s best for the team first and foremost the indi-vidual second and the kids understand that.”

Secondary depth coming into focus

MSU has long preached on how deep this year’s sec-ondary is. That theory is getting an early test with No. 1 junior corner Cam Dantzler dealing with a low-

er body injury.Dantzler, who was in-

jured during warm ups Saturday and didn’t play, is listed as day-to-day. In the interim, freshmen Martin Emerson Jr. and Jarrian Jones continue to shine in their ever-growing roles.

Emerson and Jones, or “Thing One” and “Thing Two” as they are nick-named, have earned high praise through the season’s first three weeks — includ-ing from Moorhead.

“They’re maturing at a really fast rate,” Moorhead said. “And I think a lot of that goes back to their abil-ity but also their desire to

perform well at a high lev-el and the preparation that goes into it. Those are two guys that we’ve been very pleased with so far.”

Ahead of the freshman duo, Tyler Williams and Maurice Smitherman bore the brunt of coverage re-sponsibilities in Dantzler’s absence.

Should Dantzler not be able to go again this week it will again be Williams and Smitherman tasked with slowing Kentucky receiv-er Lynn Bowden and Troy transfer quarterback Saw-yer Smith.

Garrett Shrader’s redshirt, secondary depth and banged up running backs

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Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Joe Moorhead walks off the field after the second quarter against the Kansas State Wildcats Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium.

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Gary A. Vasquez/USA TODAY SportsNew Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) leaves the field following the 27-9 loss against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

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TodayPrep Softball

Columbus at Starkville, 5/6:30 p.m.Leake at Starkville Academy, 4 p.m.Hebron Christian at Newton Academy, 5 p.m.

Prep VolleyballSaltillo at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.Starkville High at New Hope, 6:30 p.m.Caledonia at Shannon, TBA

College VolleyballCentral Baptist College at Mississippi University for Women, 6 p.m.

ThursdayCollege Football

East Mississippi Community College at Mississippi Delta Community College, 7 p.m.Coahoma Community College at Itawamba Community College, 6:30 p.m.

Prep SoccerPillow at Starkville Academy, 5 p.m.Heritage Academy at Columbus Chris-tian Academy, 4 p.m.

Prep SoftballColumbus at Caledonia, 5/6:30 p.m.New Hope at Starkville, 5/6:30 p.m.

Prep VolleyballColumbus at Starkville, 5:30 p.m.Kemper Academy at West Lowndes, 6 p.m.Saltillo at New Hope, 6:30 p.m.Caledonia at Itawamba Agricultural, 6:30 p.m.

Women’s College SoccerTexas A&M at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.Belhaven University at Mississippi University for Women, 5 p.m.

Men’s College SoccerBelhaven University at Mississippi University for Women, 7 p.m.

College VolleyballJackson State at Mississippi State, NoonNorth Florida at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.

TodayCOLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)

6 p.m. — Notre Dame at Indiana, BTNCOLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

5 p.m. — Florida State at Florida, SECMINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

7 p.m. — Triple-A National Champion-ship: Teams TBD, Memphis, Tenn., FS1

MLB BASEBALL7 p.m. — TBA, ESPN9 p.m. — Miami at Arizona (joined in progress) OR Kansas City at Oakland, MLB

SOCCER (MEN’S)11:55 a.m. — UEFA Champions League: Inter Milan vs. Slavia Prague, Group F, TNT2 p.m. — UEFA Champions League: Napoli vs. Liverpool, Group E, TNT

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)6:30 p.m. — NWSL: Houston at North Carolina, ESPNEWS

TENNIS5 a.m. — ATP: The Moselle Open, Early Rounds, Metz, France, TENNIS; WTA: The Toray Pan Pacific and Guangzhou Opens, Early Rounds, TENNIS9 p.m. — WTA: The Korea, Toray Pan Pacific and Guangzhou Opens, Early Rounds, TENNIS5 a.m. (Wednesday) — ATP: The Mo-selle Open, Early Rounds, Metz, France, TENNIS; WTA: The Toray Pan Pacific and Guangzhou Opens, Early Rounds, TENNIS

WNBA BASKETBALL6 p.m. — Playoff: Teams TBD, ESPN28 p.m. — Playoff: Teams TBD, ESPN2

Wrestling5 p.m. — World Wrestling Champion-ship, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. NBCSN

WednesdayCOLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

6 p.m. — Purdue at Kentucky, ESPNU7 p.m. — Stanford at Nebraska, BTN8 p.m. — TBA, ESPNU

GOLF9 p.m. — Asian Tour Golf: The Shinhan Dongae Open, first round, Incheon, South Korea, GOLF4 a.m. (Thursday) — European Tour Golf: The BMW PGA Championship, first round, Surrey, England, GOLF

HORSE RACING2 p.m. — Saratoga Live: From Saratoga Springs, N.Y., FS2

MLB BASEBALLNoon — Washington at St. Louis, MLB

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BaseballAmerican League

East Division W L Pct GBNew York 98 53 .649 _Tampa Bay 89 62 .589 9Boston 79 70 .530 18Toronto 59 91 .393 38½Baltimore 49 101 .327 48½

Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 92 58 .613 _Cleveland 87 63 .580 5Chicago 65 85 .433 27Kansas City 55 95 .367 37Detroit 45 104 .302 46½

West Division W L Pct GBHouston 98 53 .649 _Oakland 90 60 .600 7½Texas 74 77 .490 24Los Angeles 68 82 .453 29½Seattle 62 88 .413 35½

Sunday’s GamesToronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 4Boston 6, Philadelphia 3Cleveland 7, Minnesota 5Baltimore 8, Detroit 2Houston 12, Kansas City 3Oakland 6, Texas 1L.A. Angels 6, Tampa Bay 4Seattle 11, Chicago White Sox 10Monday’s GamesDetroit 5, Baltimore 2Minnesota 5, Chicago White Sox 3Kansas City at Oakland, 9:07 p.m.

Tuesday’s GamesL.A. Angels (Suarez 2-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Seve-rino ), 5:35 p.m.Seattle (Gonzales 15-11) at Pittsburgh (Keller 1-4), 6:05 p.m.Toronto (Thornton 5-9) at Baltimore (Bundy 6-14), 6:05 p.m.Detroit (Boyd 8-11) at Cleveland (Plesac 8-6), 6:10 p.m.San Francisco (Rodríguez 5-9) at Boston (Eovaldi 1-0), 6:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Giolito 14-9) at Minnesota (Pérez 10-7), 6:40 p.m.Texas (Lynn 14-10) at Houston (Verlander 18-6), 7:10 p.m.Kansas City (López 4-7) at Oakland (Anderson 12-9), 9:07 p.m.Tampa Bay (Snell 6-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 4-4), 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesKansas City at Oakland, 2:37 p.m.L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 5:35 p.m.Seattle at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.Toronto at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.San Francisco at Boston, 6:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 6:40 p.m.Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.Texas at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBz-Atlanta 93 58 .616 _Washington 82 67 .550 10Philadelphia 76 72 .514 15½New York 77 73 .513 15½Miami 52 98 .347 40½z-clinched playoff berth

Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 84 66 .560 _Chicago 82 68 .547 2Milwaukee 81 69 .540 3Cincinnati 70 81 .464 14½Pittsburgh 65 85 .433 19

West Division W L Pct GBx-Los Angeles 97 54 .642 _Arizona 77 74 .510 20San Francisco 72 78 .480 24½San Diego 68 82 .453 28½Colorado 66 85 .437 31x-clinched division

Sunday’s GamesBoston 6, Philadelphia 3Washington 7, Atlanta 0Milwaukee 7, St. Louis 6Chicago Cubs 16, Pittsburgh 6Colorado 10, San Diego 5San Francisco 2, Miami 1Cincinnati 3, Arizona 1L.A. Dodgers 3, N.Y. Mets 2

Monday’s GamesArizona 7, Miami 5Milwaukee 5, San Diego 1St. Louis 4, Washington 2Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 2Colorado 9, N.Y. Mets 4

Tuesday’s GamesSeattle (Gonzales 15-11) at Pittsburgh (Keller 1-4), 6:05 p.m.San Francisco (Rodríguez 5-9) at Boston (Eovaldi 1-0), 6:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Velasquez 6-7) at Atlanta (Keuchel 8-5), 6:20 p.m.San Diego (Paddack 9-7) at Milwaukee (González 2-2), 6:40 p.m.Washington (Corbin 12-7) at St. Louis (Mikolas 9-13), 6:45 p.m.Cincinnati (Gray 10-7) at Chicago Cubs (Darvish 6-6), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Stroman 8-13) at Colorado (Melville 2-2), 7:40 p.m.Miami (Smith 8-10) at Arizona (Young 7-4), 8:40 p.m.Tampa Bay (Snell 6-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 4-4), 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesWashington at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.Miami at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.Seattle at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.San Francisco at Boston, 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m.San Diego at Milwaukee, 7:40 p.m.Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.

Brewers 5, San Diego 1San Diego Milwaukee ab r h bi ab r h bi Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0 Grisham rf-lf 4 0 0 0 France ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Grandal c 4 0 0 0 Martini lf 4 0 0 0 Moustakas 3b 3 0 0 0 Reyes p 0 0 0 0 Braun lf 4 2 2 0 Machado 3b 3 1 0 0 Taylor rf 0 0 0 0 Hosmer 1b 4 0 1 1 Thames 1b 4 1 2 0 Myers cf-lf 3 0 0 0 Cain cf 4 1 0 0 Naylor rf 2 0 1 0 Spangenberg 2b 3 0 2 3 Urías ss 3 0 0 0 Arcia ss 3 0 1 1 Hedges c 3 0 0 0 Davies p 1 0 0 0

Richards p 1 0 0 0 Shaw ph 1 1 1 1 Yardley p 0 0 0 0 Peralta p 1 0 0 0 Jankowski ph 1 0 0 0 Claudio p 0 0 0 0 Bolanos p 0 0 0 0 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 Allen ph 0 0 0 0 Margot ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 2 1 Totals 32 5 8 5 San Diego 000 100 000 — 1Milwaukee 010 211 00x — 5E_Garcia (5). DP_San Diego 1, Milwaukee 0. LOB_San Diego 4, Milwaukee 4. 2B_Hosmer (28), Braun (28), Thames (22), Arcia (13). 3B_Spangen-berg (2). HR_Shaw (7).

IP H R ER BB SOSan Diego Richards L,0-1 3 2-3 5 3 3 0 5Yardley 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Bolanos 3 3 2 2 1 2Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 2Milwaukee Davies W,10-7 5 2 1 1 2 4Peralta H,5 2 0 0 0 1 4Claudio 1 0 0 0 0 0Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 3WP_Richards.Umpires_Home, Jerry Meals; First, Ron Kulpa; Second, Tom Woodring; Third, Bruce Dreckman.T_2:35. A_33,215 (41,900).

Cardinals 4, Nationals 2Washington St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi Turner ss 4 0 0 0 Fowler rf 2 2 0 0 Eaton rf 4 0 0 0 Wong 2b 3 0 0 0 Rendon 3b 4 1 2 1 Goldschmidt 1b 2 1 0 0 Soto lf 3 1 0 0 Ozuna lf 4 1 2 4 A.Cabrera 2b 4 0 1 0 DeJong ss 3 0 0 0 Zimmerman 1b 3 0 0 0 Molina c 4 0 1 0 Robles cf 3 0 1 1 Edman 3b 4 0 2 0 Gomes c 3 0 1 0 Bader cf 4 0 0 0 Strasburg p 1 0 0 0 Dak.Hudson p 2 0 0 0 Rainey p 0 0 0 0 J.Martínez ph 1 0 0 0 Parra ph 1 0 0 0 Brebbia p 0 0 0 0 Doolittle p 0 0 0 0 Miller p 0 0 0 0 Strickland p 0 0 0 0 C.Martínez p 0 0 0 0 Suero p 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 2 5 2 Totals 29 4 5 4 Washington 000 101 000 — 2St. Louis 200 000 20x — 4E_Zimmerman (3). LOB_Washington 4, St. Louis 7. 2B_Ozuna (21). HR_Rendon (34), Ozuna (28). SB_Molina (5), Wong (23), Edman (13), Fowler (8). S_Strasburg (5).

IP H R ER BB SOWashington Strasburg 5 3 2 2 4 6Rainey 1 1 0 0 0 2Doolittle L,6-5 2-3 0 1 1 1 2Strickland 1-3 1 1 1 1 0Suero 1 0 0 0 0 1St. Louis Dak.Hudson W,16-7 7 5 2 2 2 1Brebbia H,10 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Miller H,27 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0C.Martínez S,20-23 1-3 0 0 0 0 0WP_Strickland.Umpires_Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Jim Wolf; Second, John Tumpane; Third, Manny Gonzalez.T_3:04. A_42,812 (45,538).

Cubs 8, Reds 2Cincinnati Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi Blandino 2b 3 0 1 0 Zobrist 2b 4 1 2 1 Garrett p 0 0 0 0 Wick p 0 0 0 0 Kuhnel p 0 0 0 0 Lucroy ph 0 0 0 0 Alaniz p 0 0 0 0 Almora Jr. cf 0 0 0 0 Herget p 0 0 0 0 Castellanos rf 5 0 1 2 Graterol ph 1 0 1 0 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 Ervin lf 3 0 1 1 Phelps p 0 0 0 0 Suárez 3b 2 0 0 0 Bryant 3b 3 1 1 0 Aquino rf 5 0 0 0 Schwarber lf 4 1 1 3 Casali c 3 0 0 1 Bote 2b 0 0 0 0 Lorenzen cf 3 0 0 0 Contreras c 4 1 2 0 Peraza ss 4 1 2 0 Caratini 1b 3 1 0 0 VanMeter 1b 1 0 0 0 Heyward cf-rf 2 1 1 1 Dietrich ph-1b 3 0 0 0 Hoerner ss 4 1 1 0 Gausman p 0 0 0 0 Hamels p 1 0 0 0 Colón ph 0 1 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0 Sims p 1 0 1 0 Kemp ph 1 0 0 0 Bowman p 0 0 0 0 Mills p 0 0 0 0 Barnhart ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Happ ph-2b 2 1 1 0 Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 33 8 10 7 Cincinnati 001 100 000 — 2Chicago 300 002 03x — 8E_Alaniz (1). DP_Cincinnati 1, Chicago 0. LOB_Cincinnati 11, Chicago 7. 2B_Peraza (15), Hey-ward (20), Castellanos (18). HR_Schwarber (37). SB_Ervin (4). SF_Ervin (2).

IP H R ER BB SOCincinnati Gausman L,0-2 2 3 3 3 0 2Sims 2 1 0 0 2 1Bowman 1 0 0 0 1 1Garrett 0 2 2 2 0 0Kuhnel 1 1 0 0 0 0Alaniz 1 1-3 2 3 3 1 2Herget 2-3 1 0 0 1 0Chicago Hamels 3 1-3 3 2 2 5 4Cishek H,12 2-3 0 0 0 1 1Mills W,1-0 2 1 0 0 0 3Wick H,5 2 0 0 0 0 1Ryan 2-3 2 0 0 1 0Phelps 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Garrett pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.HBP_Hamels (Colón), Garrett (Caratini).Umpires_Home, Jeff Nelson; First, Laz Diaz; Sec-ond, Tony Randazzo; Third, Cory Blaser.T_3:27. A_33,753 (41,649).

Rockies 9, Mets 4New York Colorado ab r h bi ab r h bi Nimmo cf 5 1 1 1 Story ss 4 1 1 3 McNeil 3b 5 1 2 2 Murphy 1b 5 1 1 0 Conforto rf 5 0 0 0 Arenado 3b 5 1 2 1 Canó 2b 3 0 0 0 Blackmon rf 5 1 2 0 P.Alonso 1b 4 1 2 0 McMahon 2b 3 1 0 0 J.Davis lf 4 0 0 0 Desmond lf 4 1 2 1 Rosario ss 4 0 2 1 Hampson cf 4 1 3 2 Nido c 1 1 1 0 Butera c 3 1 1 0 Guillorme ph 1 0 0 0 Senzatela p 2 1 1 2 Familia p 0 0 0 0 Tapia ph 1 0 0 0 Avilán p 0 0 0 0 Pazos p 0 0 0 0 Sewald p 0 0 0 0 Estévez p 0 0 0 0 Díaz p 0 0 0 0 Y.Alonso ph 1 0 0 0 Lowrie ph 0 0 0 0 Diaz p 0 0 0 0 Matz p 2 0 0 0 Lockett p 0 0 0 0 Panik ph 1 0 0 0 Rivera c 1 0 1 0 Totals 36 4 9 4 Totals 37 9 13 9 New York 102 100 000 — 4Colorado 010 600 11x — 9E_J.Davis (7). LOB_New York 8, Colorado 7. 2B_Rosario (28), P.Alonso (29), Arenado (31). HR_Nimmo (6), McNeil (21), Desmond (18), Story (33).

IP H R ER BB SONew York Matz L,10-9 4 6 7 7 2 4Lockett 1 1 0 0 0 0

Familia 1 2 1 1 1 0Avilán 2-3 0 0 0 0 1Sewald 1-3 2 0 0 0 0Díaz 1 2 1 1 0 0Colorado Senzatela W,10-10 6 8 4 4 1 4Pazos H,2 1 0 0 0 0 2Estévez 1 0 0 0 1 2Diaz 1 1 0 0 1 1Familia pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.Umpires_Home, Ryan Blakney; First, Chad Fairchild; Second, Kerwin Danley; Third, Mike Estabrook.T_3:09. A_28,505 (50,398).

Twins 5, White Sox 3Chicago Minnesota ab r h bi ab r h bi García cf-rf 4 1 1 0 Arraez 2b 4 0 3 2 Moncada 3b 4 0 2 0 Polanco ss 3 1 1 1 Abreu dh 3 0 0 1 Cruz dh 4 0 1 1 Jiménez lf 4 1 1 1 Rosario lf 4 0 0 0 McCann c 4 1 1 1 Garver c 3 0 2 1 Skole 1b 2 0 0 0 Cave rf 4 0 0 0 Castillo ph 1 0 0 0 Sanó 3b 3 1 1 0 Mendick ss 4 0 0 0 Gonzalez 1b 4 2 1 0 Sánchez 2b 2 0 0 0 Wade Jr cf 3 1 1 0 Goins rf 3 0 1 0 LaMarre cf 0 0 0 0 Engel pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 3 6 3 Totals 32 5 10 5 Chicago 110 000 001 — 3Minnesota 020 012 00x — 5E_Sánchez (8), Jiménez (3), Sanó (16). DP_Chi-cago 2, Minnesota 1. LOB_Chicago 4, Minnesota 6. 2B_Moncada (30), Polanco (37), Garver (14), Wade Jr (1). HR_McCann (17), Jiménez (28). SF_Abreu (10), Polanco (6).

IP H R ER BB SOChicago López L,9-14 5 1-3 9 5 5 2 2Fry 2-3 1 0 0 0 0Cordero 1 0 0 0 0 1Herrera 1 0 0 0 0 2Minnesota Berríos W,13-8 7 1-3 5 2 2 2 8Duffey H,13 2-3 0 0 0 0 0Romo H,14 1-3 1 1 1 0 1Rogers S,27-33 2-3 0 0 0 0 1Umpires_Home, Mike Everitt; First, Lance Barrett; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Jansen Visconti.T_2:42. A_21,850 (38,649).

Tigers 5, Orioles 2Baltimore Detroit ab r h bi ab r h bi Alberto 3b-2b 4 0 1 0 Reyes cf 4 1 2 2 Mancini 1b 5 1 2 1 Mercer 2b 3 2 1 2 Santander rf 4 0 1 0 Cabrera dh 4 0 0 0 Núñez dh 3 0 0 0 Candelario 1b 2 0 0 0 Villar 2b-ss 4 1 1 0 Dixon lf 4 0 1 0 Hays cf 3 0 1 1 Lugo 3b 3 1 1 1 D.Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 Demeritte rf 4 1 1 0 Severino c 3 0 0 0 Rogers c 2 0 0 0 Smith Jr. ph 1 0 0 0 W.Castro ss 3 0 1 0 Wilkerson lf 4 0 1 0 Martin ss 2 0 1 0 Ruiz ph-3b 2 0 1 0 Totals 36 2 9 2 Totals 29 5 7 5 Baltimore 000 001 100 — 2Detroit 200 021 00x — 5LOB_Baltimore 9, Detroit 5. 2B_Mancini (33), Reyes (15). 3B_Villar (5), Reyes (4). HR_Mancini (33), Mercer (9). SF_Lugo (4). IP H R ER BB SOBaltimore Means L,10-11 5 2-3 6 5 5 2 3Kline 1 1-3 1 0 0 1 0Eades 1 0 0 0 0 2Detroit Alexander W,1-3 6 4 1 1 0 3Cisnero 1 2 1 1 0 2Farmer H,14 2-3 0 0 0 1 1McKay H,1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Jiménez S,7-12 1 3 0 0 0 2HBP_Farmer (Núñez), Eades (Candelario).Umpires_Home, Roberto Ortiz; First, Lance Barksdale; Second, Chris Segal; Third, Bill Welke.T_2:35. A_14,142 (41,297).

Diamondbacks 7, Marlins 5Miami Arizona ab r h bi ab r h bi Berti 3b 5 0 1 2 Flores 2b 2 1 1 0 M.Rojas ss 5 0 0 0 Dyson pr-cf 1 1 0 0 Castro 2b 4 0 1 0 J.Rojas lf 4 1 1 0 Alfaro c 4 0 0 0 Marte cf-2b 4 0 1 1 Ramirez rf-lf 3 1 1 0 Escobar 3b 3 2 2 1 Prado 1b 1 0 0 0 Lamb 1b 3 0 1 4 N.Walker ph-1b 2 1 1 2 Jones rf 3 0 0 0 Brinson cf 4 1 2 0 Hirano p 0 0 0 0 Dean lf 0 1 0 0 Leyba ph 1 0 0 0 Guerrero p 0 0 0 0 Crichton p 0 0 0 0 Kinley p 0 0 0 0 McFarland p 0 0 0 0 Holaday ph 1 0 1 0 Ginkel p 0 0 0 0 Keller p 0 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 3 0 0 0 J.Smith p 0 0 0 0 Vargas 2b 1 0 1 0 Lopez p 2 0 0 0 C.Kelly c 3 1 1 0 Sierra ph-rf 2 1 1 0 Ray p 2 0 0 0 López p 0 0 0 0 Chafin p 0 0 0 0 Almonte rf 2 1 1 1 Totals 33 5 8 4 Totals 32 7 9 7 Miami 000 000 500 — 5Arizona 101 001 40x — 7E_Castro (12), Kinley (0), Chafin (0). DP_Miami 1, Arizona 1. LOB_Miami 6, Arizona 7. 2B_Marte (34), Lamb (6). HR_N.Walker (6), Escobar (34). SB_J.Rojas (2).

IP H R ER BB SOMiami Lopez 6 5 3 3 0 6Guerrero L,1-1 0 2 3 3 1 0Kinley BS,0-1 1 1 1 1 1 1Keller 0 1 0 0 1 0J.Smith 1 0 0 0 0 1Arizona Ray 6 1 1 1 4 7López 0 2 3 3 1 0Chafin BS,0-3 0 1 1 0 0 0Hirano W,4-5 1 1 0 0 0 0Crichton H,1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0McFarland H,7 2-3 2 0 0 0 0Ginkel S,0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1Guerrero pitched to 3 batters in the 7th, Keller pitched to 2 batters in the 8th, Ray pitched to 1 batter in the 7th, López pitched to 3 batters in the 7th, Chafin pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.HBP_Lopez 3 (Flores,J.Rojas,Lamb). WP_Guer-rero.Umpires_Home, Gerry Davis; First, Nick Mahrley; Second, Brian Knight; Third, Pat Hoberg.T_3:25. A_15,897 (48,519).

College FootballSEC Glance

East W L PF PA W L PF PAFlorida 1 0 29 21 3 0 98 41Georgia 1 0 30 6 3 0 148 23Missouri 0 0 0 0 2 1 119 44

Tennessee 0 0 0 0 1 2 101 67Kentucky 0 1 21 29 2 1 97 70South Carolina 0 1 23 47 1 2 115 81Vanderbilt 0 1 6 30 0 2 30 72

West W L PF PA W L PF PAAlabama 1 0 47 23 3 0 151 36Mississippi 1 0 31 17 2 1 81 61Auburn 0 0 0 0 3 0 106 43LSU 0 0 0 0 3 0 165 55Mississippi St 0 0 0 0 2 1 100 74Texas A&M 0 0 0 0 2 1 113 34Arkansas 0 1 17 31 2 1 92 78

Saturday’s GamesGeorgia 55, Arkansas St. 0Tennessee 45, Chattanooga 0Kansas St. 31, Mississippi St. 24Alabama 47, South Carolina 23Mississippi 40, SE Louisiana 29Arkansas 55, Colorado St. 34Florida 29, Kentucky 21Texas A&M 62, Lamar 3Auburn 55, Kent St. 16LSU 65, Northwestern St. 14Missouri 50, SE Missouri 0

Saturday, Sept. 21LSU at Vanderbilt, 11 a.m.Tennessee at Florida, 11 a.m.California at Mississippi, 11 a.m.Southern Miss. at Alabama, 11 a.m.Auburn at Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m.South Carolina at Missouri, 3 p.m.Kentucky at Mississippi St., 3 p.m.San Jose St. at Arkansas, 6:30 p.m.Notre Dame at Georgia, 7 p.m.

Pac 12 GlanceNorth

W L PF PA W L PF PACalifornia 1 0 20 19 3 0 70 49Washington St. 0 0 0 0 3 0 148 48Oregon 0 0 0 0 2 1 133 36Oregon St. 0 0 0 0 1 2 109 90Washington 0 1 19 20 2 1 118 54Stanford 0 1 20 45 1 2 64 97

South W L PF PA W L PF PASouthern Cal 1 0 45 20 2 1 103 73Ariz. St. 0 0 0 0 3 0 59 21Utah 0 0 0 0 3 0 96 29Arizona 0 0 0 0 2 1 131 100Colorado 0 0 0 0 2 1 109 92UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 3 42 95

Friday’s GamesWashington St. 31, Houston 24

Saturday’s GamesAir Force 30, Colorado 23, OTBYU 30, Southern Cal 27UCF 45, Stanford 27Arizona St. 10, Michigan St. 7Utah 31, Idaho St. 0Oregon St. 45, Cal Poly 7California 23, North Texas 17Washington 52, Hawaii 20Oklahoma 48, UCLA 14Arizona 28, Texas Tech 14Oregon 35, Montana 3

Friday, Sept. 20Utah at Southern Cal, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 21California at Mississippi,11 a.m.Washington at BYU, 2:30 p.m.Oregon at Stanford, 6 p.m.Colorado at Arizona St., 9 p.m.UCLA at Washington St., 9:30 p.m.

Big 12 Glance W L PF PA W L PF PAKansas St. 0 0 0 0 3 0 132 38Oklahoma St. 0 0 0 0 3 0 148 71Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 3 0 167 59Baylor 0 0 0 0 2 0 119 31TCU 0 0 0 0 2 0 73 20Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 2 1 97 41Texas 0 0 0 0 2 1 131 72West Virginia 0 0 0 0 2 1 71 78Iowa St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 46 44Kansas 0 0 0 0 1 1 31 29

Friday’s GamesKansas at Boston College, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesKansas St. 31, Mississippi St. 24West Virginia 44, NC State 27Oklahoma St. 40, Tulsa 21Iowa 18, Iowa St. 17TCU 34, Purdue 13Texas 48, Rice 13Oklahoma 48, UCLA 14Arizona 28, Texas Tech 14

Saturday, Sept. 21Louisiana-Monroe at Iowa St., 11 a.m.SMU at TCU, 2:30 p.m.West Virginia at Kansas, 3:30 p.m.Baylor at Rice, 6 p.m.Oklahoma St. at Texas, 6:30 p.m.

Pro Football NFL Glance

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PANew England 2 0 0 1.000 76 3Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 45 30N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 19 40Miami 0 2 0 .000 10 102

South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 1 1 0 .500 41 42Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 43 47Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 60 32Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 38 53

North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 2 0 0 1.000 82 27Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 36 46Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 37 62Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 29 61

West W L T Pct PF PAKansas City 2 0 0 1.000 68 36Oakland 1 1 0 .500 34 44L.A. Chargers 1 1 0 .500 40 37Denver 0 2 0 .000 30 40

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 2 0 0 1.000 66 38Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 52 51N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 31 63Washington 0 2 0 .000 48 63

South W L T Pct PF PATampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 37 45Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 36 48New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 39 55Carolina 0 2 0 .000 41 50

North W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 2 0 0 1.000 31 19Detroit 1 0 1 .750 40 37Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 44 33Chicago 1 1 0 .500 19 24

West W L T Pct PF PA

San Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 72 34L.A. Rams 2 0 0 1.000 57 36Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 49 46Arizona 0 1 1 .250 44 50

Thursday’s GamesTampa Bay 20, Carolina 14

Sunday’s GamesDallas 31, Washington 21Detroit 13, L.A. Chargers 10San Francisco 41, Cincinnati 17Houston 13, Jacksonville 12Indianapolis 19, Tennessee 17Baltimore 23, Arizona 17New England 43, Miami 0Buffalo 28, N.Y. Giants 14Seattle 28, Pittsburgh 26Green Bay 21, Minnesota 16Kansas City 28, Oakland 10Chicago 16, Denver 14L.A. Rams 27, New Orleans 9Atlanta 24, Philadelphia 20

Monday’s GamesCleveland 23, N.Y. Jets 3

Thursday, Sept. 19Tennessee at Jacksonville, 7:20 p.m.

SundayMiami at Dallas, NoonOakland at Minnesota, NoonCincinnati at Buffalo, NoonBaltimore at Kansas City, NoonAtlanta at Indianapolis, NoonDetroit at Philadelphia, NoonDenver at Green Bay, NoonN.Y. Jets at New England, NoonN.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 3:05 p.m.Carolina at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.Houston at L.A. Chargers, 3:25 p.m.New Orleans at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.L.A. Rams at Cleveland, 7:20 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 23Chicago at Washington, 7:15 p.m.

Browns 23, Jets 3Cleveland 6 10 7 0—23New York 0 3 0 0 — 3

First QuarterCle_FG Seibert 23, 10:27.Cle_FG Seibert 48, 6:15.

Second QuarterCle_Chubb 19 run (Seibert kick), 10:16.NYJ_FG Ficken 46, 2:56.Cle_FG Seibert 43, :00.

Third QuarterCle_Beckham 89 pass from Mayfield (Seibert kick), 3:32.A_78,523.

Cle NYJFirst downs 16 13Total Net Yards 375 262Rushes-yards 21-70 24-93Passing 305 169Punt Returns 4-48 1-5Kickoff Returns 1-23 3-50Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-13Comp-Att-Int 19-35-1 23-31-0Sacked-Yards Lost 3-20 4-32Punts 6-38.5 7-47.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-Yards 9-85 12-89Time of Possession 29:41 30:19

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING_Cleveland, Chubb 18-62, D.John-son 3-8. New York, Bell 21-68, Montgomery 3-25.PASSING_Cleveland, Mayfield 19-35-1-325. New York, Siemian 3-6-0-3, Falk 20-25-0-198.RECEIVING_Cleveland, Beckham 6-161, Chubb 4-36, D.Johnson 3-42, Landry 3-32, Ratley 2-50, Harris 1-4. New York, Bell 10-61, R.Anderson 4-81, Crowder 4-40, Montgomery 3-15, Bellamy 1-5, D.Thomas 1-(minus 1).MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

TransactionsMonday’s moves

BASEBALLAmerican LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named Matt Blood director of player development; Kevin Buck director of baseball administration; and Mike Snyder director of pro scouting. Promoted Brad Ciolek to supervisor, domestic scouting oper-ations; Di Zou to manager, baseball systems; and Hendrik Herz and Chad Tatum to scouting analysts. Claimed RHP Eric Hanhold off waiv-ers from the New York Mets. Designated LHP Ty Blach for assignment.National LeagueCINCINNATI REDS — Selected the contract of INF Christian Colón from Louisville (IL).PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Claimed INF Cor-ban Joseph off waivers from San Francisco.SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled C Luis Tor-rens from Amarillo (TL). Reinstated RHP Gar-rett Richards from the 60-day IL. Transferred LHP Adrian Morejon to the 60-day IL.

FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueATLANTA FALCONS — Waived injured DT Ra’Shede Hageman.CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Elijah McGuire from the practice squad. Placed QB Drew Stanton on injured reserve.GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed S Raven Greene on injured reserve.MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed CB Mark Fields to the practice squad.NEW YORK GIANTS — Claimed TE Kaden Smith off waivers by the San Francisco 49ers. Waived RB Paul Perkins.NEW YORK JETS — Signed QB Luke Falk from the practice squad. Waived S Bennett Jackson.TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed WR Amara Darboh to the practice squad. Wavied WR Emanuel Hall from the practice squad.Canadian Football LeagueEDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed DL Ste-fan Charles, DL Jeremiah Clarke, OL Tristan Nichelson and DB Robert Priester to the prac-tice roster.

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned G David Tendeck, D Axel Bergvist, D Dennis Busby, D Connor Hall, D Brady Lyle, C Liam Kirk, C David Levin, C Valentin Nussbaumer and RW Eric Uba to their junior teams.American Hockey LeagueLEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Re-signed F Steven Swavely to a one-year contract.

COLLEGEFORDHAM — Named Lindsey Scherf assistant track and f ield/cross country coach.MINNESOTA STATE — Named Scott Nelson director of marketing and community engage-mant.PROVIDENCE — Named Kevin Gould men’s assistant lacrosse coach/offensive coordina-tor.RANDOLPH — Named Shakena Richardson women’s assistant basketball coach.VIRGINIA — Signed men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett to a one-year contract extension.

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McCowan named to WNBA All-Rookie team

STARKVILLE — Teaira McCowan is no stranger to success.

A first-team All-American and 2019 SEC Player of the Year, McCowan earned the first of her major profes-sional honors when she was unanimously selected to the WNBA’s 2019 All-Rookie Team per a news release.

McCowan, the No. 3 overall pick by the Indiana Fever in this past April’s draft, finished her inaugural campaign averaging 10 points, nine rebounds and 1.29 blocks per game.

The Bryan, Texas native also set a Fever record with five-straight double-doubles this season.

Joining McCowan on the All-Rookie team were Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, Phoenix Mercury forward Brianna Turner, Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale and Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young.

Ogunbowale, Young and Turner all played colle-giately at Notre Dame and were a part of the 2018 team that defeated MSU in the national championship game. Ogunbowale notably nailed a game-winning 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds remaining to deliver the Fighting Irish the title.

Collier, who played her college ball at UCONN, was named the WNBA’s overall Rookie of the Year.

EMCC back up to fifth in new NJCAA football poll

East Mississippi Community College has moved back up to fifth place in the new National Junior College Athletic Association poll, released Monday.

EMCC (2-1) was fifth in the poll two weeks ago before falling a spot to sixth. The Lions were in the top spot to begin the season before their loss at Hinds.

Hutchinson (Kansas) kept the top spot, receiving 10 first-place votes. Butler (Kansas) was a close second with the other six first-place votes.

Northwest Mississippi and Mississippi Gulf Coast also finished ahead of EMCC.

Among the rest of the top 20, Copiah-Lincoln is eighth, Jones is 13th and Hinds is 19th.

EMCC travels to face Mississippi Delta (0-3) on Thursday.

Source: From Special Reports

Steelers’ Roethlisberger done for season with elbow injuryThe AssociATed Press

PITTSBURGH — Ben Ro-ethlisberger likes to point out that he’s played through the end of every contract he’s ever signed. It’s tangible proof of the longtime Pittsburgh Steel-ers quarterback’s commit-ment both to the game itself and the franchise he’s led to a pair of Super Bowl titles.

That commitment will be tested over the coming months.

The 37-year-old’s aching right elbow needs surgery. His 16th season is over just two weeks in. His future is uncertain. And the keys to the offense Roethlisberger oper-ated so deftly for so long are now in the hands of backup Mason Rudolph, who was in elementary school when the player known universally as Big Ben became a full-fledged NFL starter in the fall of 2004.

It’s an arrangement Roeth-lisberger stressed is tempo-rary.

“This is shocking and heartbreaking for me, to miss this much of a season and feel like I am letting down so many people,” Roethlisberger said in a statement Monday af-ter being placed on injured re-serve. “I can only trust God’s plan, but I am completely de-termined to battle through this challenge and come back stronger than ever next sea-son.”

The end of this season ar-rived suddenly. The Steelers

were moving down the field late in the second quarter against Seattle on Sunday when Roethlisberger twice clutched his elbow following pass attempts. Though he stayed in for the remainder of the drive — including a pair of completions with his arm in obvious pain — when the Steelers came out for the second half, their captain wore a white baseball cap and watched from the sideline as they lost 28-26 to drop to 0-2 .

Enter Rudolph, taken in the third round in the 2018 draft, who beat out Josh Dobbs for the backup job during the pre-season. Now the 24-year-old is tasked with helping the Steel-ers emerge from an early hole without their unquestioned leader.

“It’s kind of sucky circum-stance with our leader and good friend going down,” Ru-dolph said. “He would want me to step up and lead to the best of my ability. That’s what I’ve always believed in and that’s what I’m going to do.”

Roethlisberger underwent an MRI late Sunday. While the nature of his injury hasn’t been disclosed, team doctors decided surgery was the best course of action. Roethlis-berger will undergo the proce-dure later this week. There is no timetable for any possible return.

“It’s really surreal,” guard David DeCastro said. “But at the same time, you’ve got to have a football player mental-

ity, next guy up and move on. But with a guy like that it’s a little different. Easier said than done that’s for sure.”

Roethlisberger has been Pittsburgh’s starter since tak-ing over for Tommy Maddox in Week 2 of the 2004 season as a rookie, developing a signature style for his ability to extend plays, a method dubbed “Ben being Ben.” Yet that style evolved over the years as he matured from raw game man-ager to one of the most prolific passers in league history.

His start on Sunday marked the 218th appearance of his career, second most in the history of a franchise that dates to 1932. He holds the club record in just about every major statistical pass-ing category, including yards (56,545), touchdowns (363), attempts (7,230) and comple-tions (4,651).

Roethlisberger didn’t just put up numbers, he won. A lot, going 144-71-1 in the reg-ular season and 13-8 in the playoffs, restoring the Steel-ers to glory in the process. His 6-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes with 35 seconds left in the 2008 Super Bowl against Arizona gave the Steelers their sixth title and is considered one of the sem-inal moments in Super Bowl history.

He entered 2019 coming off the best statistical sea-son of his career. He cap-tured the NFL passing title last fall after throwing for a

career-high 5,129 yards. He signed an extension in April that runs through the 2021 season and would carry him to the eve of his 40th birth-day. He spoke openly during training camp about his love of the game returning, a re-kindling that happened to coincide with wide receiver Antonio Brown’s offseason departure for Oakland fol-lowing an ugly falling out with the club.

Despite that optimism, Roethlisberger’s season was off to a sluggish start. He failed to get the Steelers into the end zone during a blow-out loss to New England in Week 1 and was just 8 of 15 for 75 yards against Seattle, though he did complete 5 of 6 passes on the drive that marked his final plays of the season.

Roethlisberger com-plained of elbow pain after fall-ing to the Patriots but played through it, a testament to the toughness that’s defined his ca-reer. He’ll need to rely on that tenacity as he faces a lengthy rehabilitation while weighing whether a 17th season is worth the physically demanding road it will take to get there.

“The Steelers committed three years to me this offsea-son and I fully intend to honor my contract and reward them with championship level play,” Roethlisberger said. “I will do all I can to support Mason and the team this season to help win games.”

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Gap between elite and rest growsThe AssociATed Press

Before the season there was talk of a clear dividing line in col-lege football between the elite pro-grams, true national championship and perennial playoff contenders, and everybody else.

Through three weeks of the col-lege football season, not much has changed. No. 1 Clemson, No. 2 Ala-bama, No. 3 Georgia, No. 5 Oklaho-ma and No. 6 Ohio State have been dominant and look like the class of the country.

LSU has crept into the middle of that bunch, sitting at No. 4 in the lat-est AP Top 25 college football poll presented by Regions Bank. The Tigers moved in on the strength of a wildly entertaining win at No. 12 Texas. Their victory in Austin rates as the season’s most impressive accomplishment so far. We’ll see how that stands up, but there hasn’t been all that many marquee match-ups from which to choose.

Fans of No. 7 Notre Dame, a team coming off a playoff appearance, and No. 8 Auburn, which claims a neutral-field victory against No. 16 Oregon, could argue they belong in that group, too. Reality Check is more skeptical. The Fighting Irish and Tigers have a chance to stick it to the doubters next weekend, with Notre Dame heading to Georgia and Auburn to No. 17 Texas A&M.

The call here is Notre Dame and Auburn are closer to No. 15 UCF than Clemson, and the AP voters should be showing the Knights a little more love in a world where the difference between No. 7 and No. 17 (or higher) seems marginal.

No. 1 clemson (3-0)Next: vs. Charlottereality check: The Tigers al-

most look a little bored offensively.Ranked: Just right.

No. 2 Alabama (3-0)Next: vs. Southern Missreality check: In two games

against Power Five opponents, the Tide is averaging 3.30 yards per rush and allowing 3.95 per rush. Even this early, that’s unusual.

Ranked: Just right, though the ‘Bama benefit of the doubt is get-ting stretched.

No. 3 Georgia (3-0)Next: vs. No. 7 Notre Damereality check: The Bulldogs

have barely broken sweat and seem to have discovered some young playmakers on the outside in fresh-men George Pickens and Dominick Blaylock.

Ranked: Just a touch too high, based on solely on competition.

No. 4 LsU (3-0)Next: at Vanderbiltreality check: Joe Burrow is

completing 83 percent of his pass-es, best in the nation.

ranked: A touch too low.No. 5 oklahoma (3-0)

Next: vs. Texas Tech, Sept. 28.reality check: Jalen Hurts’ first

three starts this year: 80% comple-tions, 880 yards passing, nine touch-down passes, no interceptions, 373

yards rushing, four touchdowns.Kyler Murray’s first three starts

last year: 67.3% completions, 863 yards passing, eight touchdowns, one interception, 169 yards rush-ing, two touchdowns.

Baker Mayfield’s first three starts in 2017: 76.8 completions, 1,046 yards passing, 10 touch-downs, no interceptions, no yards rushing or touchdowns.

ranked: Just right.No. 6 ohio state (3-0)

Next: vs. Miami (Ohio).reality check: The defense,

ranked ninth in the nation at 3.85 yards per play, is what makes it tempting to put Ohio State in the conversation with Alabama and Clemson. But we’ll tap the brakes for a little longer.

ranked: Just right.No. 7 Notre dame (2-0)

Next: at No. 3 Georgia.reality check: Hard to know

what to take seriously in a 50-point blowout, but the Irish gave up a cou-ple of long runs against New Mexi-co and currently rank 120th in the nation at 4.96 per carry against.

ranked: Too high.No. 8 Auburn (3-0)

Next: at No. 17 Texas A&M.reality check: Will coach Gus

Malzahn work in QB Joey Gate-wood as a runner to go with Bo Nix?

ranked: Too low.No. 9 Florida (3-0)

Next: vs. Tennessee.reality check: QB Feleipe

Franks (leg) has his limitations, but things probably won’t get easier for the Gators without him.

ranked: About right.No. 10 Utah (3-0)

Next: at Southern California.reality check: Winning at BYU

looks better every week.ranked: About right.

No. 11 Michigan (2-0)Next: at No. 13 Wisconsin.reality: Time for that new of-

fense to start producing.ranked: Too high.

No. 12 Texas (3-0)Next: vs. Oklahoma State.reality check: A defense lean-

ing on lots of inexperienced players hopes it won’t be without sopho-more LB Joseph Ossai (shoulder) now that Big 12 play is starting.

ranked: Too low.No. 13 (tie) Wisconsin (2-0)

Next: vs. No. 11 Michigan.reality check: The Badgers

will probably give up some points this week.

ranked: Just right.No. 13 (tie) Penn state (3-0)Next: at Maryland, Sept. 27.reality check: The Nittany Li-

ons look more like a collection of talented players than a cohesive team so far.

ranked: Too high.No. 15 UcF (3-0)

Next: at Pittsburghreality check: The competition

questions will never cease, but the Knights certainly look capable of running with any team outside of that top tier of elites.

ranked: Too low.No. 16 oregon (3-0)

Next: at Stanford.reality check: The Ducks have

gone off on overmatched compe-tition since botching the Auburn game.

ranked: Little too low.No. 17 Texas A&M (3-0)

Next: vs. No. 8 Auburn.reality check: The Aggies

have dominated two patsies and were smothered by the best team in the country. They’ll be punching at their level this week.

ranked: About right.No. 18 iowa (2-0)

Next: vs. Middle Tennessee, Sept. 28.

reality check: Is anything more Iowa than a game-sealing punt?

ranked: About right.No. 19 Washington state

(3-0)Next: vs. UCLA.reality check: Mike Leach’s

magic is fielding pretty much the same team every season while mostly recruiting in the two/three-star bin.

ranked: About rightNo. 20 Boise state (3-0)

Next: vs. Air Force.reality check: The Broncos

will have their hands full in their division with Air Force, Utah State and Wyoming all looking pretty good.

ranked: Just right.No. 21 Virginia (3-0)

Next: vs. Old Dominionreality check: The second-best

team in the ACC. For whatever that’s worth right now.

ranked: Just right.No. 22 Washington (2-1)

Next: at BYU.reality check: The next three

games (at BYU, vs. USC and at Stanford) will determine whether the Cal game was just a blip.

ranked: Too high.No. 23 california (3-0)

Next: at Mississippi.reality check: Congratulations

on the ranking, Bears, but this of-fense is still really sketchy, 99th in the nation at 5.13 per play.

ranked: If Washington is ranked, guess Cal should be, too.

No. 24 Arizona state (3-0)Next: vs. Colorado.reality check: The Sun Dev-

ils are 5-1 under coach Herm Ed-wards in games decided by three points. Not sure how much of this is a sustainable skill and how much is good fortune.

ranked: Road wins will get you in the bottom of the rankings three weeks into the season. Just right.

No. 25 TcU (2-0)Next: vs. SMU.reality check: Could this be

another TCU team that comes off the radar to contend in the Big 12?

ranked: See Arizona State. Just right.

Instead of Washington what about Oklahoma State or Kansas State?

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Clemson Tigers cornerback A.J. Terrell (8) breaks up a pass intended for Syracuse Orange wide receiver Taj Har-ris (80) during the first quarter Saturday at the Carrier Dome. Defensive offsides was called on the play.

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running backs room or doctor’s office

While the secondary has taken their lumps on the injury front, the MSU running backs room has been decimated of late.

Senior Nick Gibson, who Moorhead said didn’t practice all of last week, remains day-to-day with a lower body issue, while senior Alec Murphy is done for the season.

With Murphy and Gib-son banged up, that leaves just junior Kylin Hill and true freshman Lee With-erspoon to shoulder the load.

Given Hill’s past in-jury history and With-erspoon’s greenness, that’s a far cry from the three-headed attack MSU boasted at the season’s outset.

“We’d like to get Nick back as quickly as we

can,” he said. “Ideally it would be like it was the first game-and-a-half — Kylin is going to be the starter, Nick is going to be the backup and then you utilize Lee as neces-sary.”

In the interim, wide re-ceiver Malik Dear could also be used to bolster the group. A running back during his time at Murrah High School, Dear took one snap in the backfield Saturday against Kansas State.

“Very, very high foot-ball IQ,” Moorhead said of Dear. “So we pressed into duty at running back a little bit last week, got in for a snap and did real well but I think he’s capable of doing those things at tail-back.”

One welcome addition would be junior college transfer Kareem Walk-er — who is currently

enrolled at MSU but re-mains ineligible to play. Moorhead said he has one more administrative issue to clear up before he can start practicing.

Other news and notes

Also on the injury front, Dareuan Parker re-mains day-to-day with an injury he suffered in the season opener against Louisiana. Parker has not played the past two weeks though Moorhead said he participated in practice Monday.

As for the suspensions that continue to hold a cloud over the MSU pro-gram, Moorhead said Monday he would not elaborate on why senior defensive tackle Lee Au-try missed the season opener, played against Southern Miss, and then was suspended once more against Kansas State.

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made the trip with VJ and Cohen in Pinehurst, and so did Cissye Gallagher, a former LPGA player and the wife of former PGA Tour player Jim Gal-lagher. The Trolios have a close relationship with the Gallaghers, and Co-hen credits Jim Gallagher in particular for improv-ing his game.

“He knows a lot, so when I have big things coming up, I’ll always give him a call,” Cohen said. “Me and him just jell because we’re both golf nerds.”

And when the two face off for matches, Cohen more than holds his own — but Gallagher’s a tricky foe.

“He still gets me,” Co-hen said. “He’ll get me sometimes.”

Gallagher and VJ have both been all over — “you name a golf course, he’s played it,” Cohen said of Gallagher — and they’ve made it to places Cohen has never been but as-pires to play someday.

That includes Augusta, home of The Masters, and Cohen knows how close

he came to changing that. Had he made it to the U.S. Amateur finals, he would have received a spot in The Masters, and he would have also been granted an exemption into the U.S. Open. But there’s time for that later.

“I just turned 17, so I got a good ways to go,” Cohen said. “And I hope-fully have plenty of chanc-es to play in The Masters. And if not, then we’ll see what happens, but I’m not too disappointed about it.”

For now, Cohen’s fo-cused on his junior sea-son at Oak Hill, where as well as golf he plays varsi-ty basketball.

“Basketball is a whole lot easier than hitting a golf ball,” Cohen said. “But when it’s cold out-side, it’s 7:30, 8 o’clock at night, when it gets dark at four, there’s really noth-ing else to do.”

Understandably, Co-hen is choosing to focus on golf only when he moves to the next level. He committed to LSU the summer after his fresh-man year, and he’s look-ing forward to playing

under coach Chuck Win-stead in Baton Rouge.

“He’s an awesome coach, one of the best out there for sure,” Cohen said. “The atmosphere around the team is cool. I’m good friends with a lot of kids who are coming in, so it’s exciting.”

VJ, who knows the importance of the rela-tionship between a young golfer and their coach, also knows Winstead’s skill. He’s happy with Co-hen’s choice.

“t doesn’t matter to me where they go,” VJ said. “They just better love the coach.”

VJ made it clear he had no golf input on the deci-sion — it was Cohen’s own to make.

“I play dad on the whole college thing,” he said. “I just completely play dad.”

So while Cohen’s still around, VJ makes sure there’s still time for them to play a round at Old Wa-verly or Mossy Oak, clear of any lessons or tourna-ment obligations.

“On Sunday afternoons we get out there and get dirty with it,” VJ said.

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with New England’s Tom Brady, 17 behind retired former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos quar-terback Peyton Manning.

The Saints are practic-ing this week in the Se-attle area before playing the Seahawks on Sunday. New Orleans’ five games after they face Seattle are against Dallas, Tampa Bay, Jacksonville, Chica-go and Arizona, followed by a Week 9 bye.

Bridgewater, a sec-ond-year Saints who re-turned to New Orleans this season on a one-year, $7.2 million free-agent deal, is the primary back-up.

Taysom Hill, who plays

a variety of skill posi-tions on offense and also plays on special teams, is the third string QB. It remains to be seen how his playing time at vari-ous positions will be af-fected if he is elevated to second-string QB while Brees is out.

Bridgewater’s last start was with the Saints in the final regular season game of 2018, when New Orle-ans had already locked up the top seed in the NFC playoffs. Bridgewater completed 14 of 22 passes for 118 yards, one TD and one interception in a 33-14 loss to Carolina.

Earlier in his career, he was 17-11 as a starter with

the Minnesota Vikings before a major knee in-jury sidelined him for all of 2016 and nearly all of 2017.

At 1-1, the Saints are tied for first place in the NFC South. They entered the season with high ex-pectations after advanc-ing to the NFC title game last season, losing to the Rams in a game marred by officials’ non-call of pass interference and helmet-to-helmet contact fouls committed by Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman against then-Saints receiver Tom-mylee Lewis.

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Beckham puts on show in MetLife return, Browns top Jets 23-3The AssociATed Press

EAST RUTHER-FORD, N.J. — Odell Beckham Jr. had an 89-yard touchdown catch and a spectacular one-handed grab in his return to MetLife Sta-dium, and Baker May-field and the Cleveland Browns did just enough to beat the short-hand-ed and banged-up New York Jets 23-3 on Monday night.

Beckham, traded from the Giants in March, helped the Browns (1-1) bounce back from a 30-point loss to Tennes-see in their opener to top the Jets (0-2).

New York lost quar-terback Trevor Siemian to an ankle injury in the second quarter, and Luke Falk — promoted from

the practice squad earlier in the day — played the rest of the game. Siemi-an was starting in place of Sam Darnold, who’s sidelined for at least a few weeks while recovering from mononucleosis.

The Jets couldn’t get anything going on of-fense, and the Browns blew open the game late in the third quarter.

Falk led the Jets on their longest drive of night to that point — 60 yards — but Le’Veon Bell could only get 1 yard on a fourth-and-2 pass, turning the ball over on downs at the Browns 11.

On the very next play, Mayfield hit Beckham with a slant pass, and the receiver outran the Jets’ defenders all the way to the end zone for an 89-yard TD that put Cleve-

land up 23-3 with 3:32 remaining in the third quarter.

The touchdown came after Beckham called out Jets defensive coor-dinator Gregg Williams last Thursday, saying the coach — then with the Browns — instructed players to hurt him in a preseason game in 2017. Williams denied Beck-ham’s accusations, jok-ingly asking reporters: “Odell who?” Williams, who led the Browns to a 5-3 record as their in-terim coach last season, also chided reporters for giving Beckham atten-tion.

Well, Williams clearly knows who Beckham is now. The coach was seen shouting angrily on the sideline after Beckham’s touchdown.

And, that wasn’t all for Beckham, who finished with six catches for 161 yards and the TD.

He helped the Browns take a 3-0 lead on their first possession on Aus-tin Seibert’s 23-yard field goal — a drive highlight-

ed by a spectacular 33-yard, one-handed grab that got Cleveland down to the Jets 4.

It was reminiscent of Beckham’s high-light-reel, one-handed re-ception for the Giants on “Sunday Night Football”

as a rookie in 2014. On this one, Mayfield found Beckham down the right sideline, and the receiver stuck out his right hand to snare the ball behind Nate Hairston — in near-ly the same spot as his big catch five years ago.

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Comics & PuzzlesDear AbbyDILBERT

ZITS

GARFIELD

CANDORVILLE

BABY BLUES

BEETLE BAILEY

MALLARD FILLMORE

HoroscopesTODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept.

17). Throughout the year, there will be times you’ll live it up and laugh it down, and those will work brilliantly. More times, you’ll work through the challenge with meticulous and determined persistence — you’ll have so much of that at your disposal. And your vitality increases with lifestyle changes you make in November. Cancer and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 18, 1, 3, 33 and 50.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You can be mean to yourself sometimes. You wouldn’t hang out with people who talk to you the way you talk to yourself when you’re being mean. Interrupt the pattern. Try distracting yourself with positive

influences. TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

The way that words, ideas and art are conceived will have a direct correlation with how they are received. What comes from the heart will go to the heart.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Taking charge of your own focus seems like a basic right, but your life and work can be so tied in to the lives and work of others that autonomous acts can be surprisingly hard to carry out. At least you’re needed.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re going to have a hard time carrying out the goals you be-lieve you should be committed to, but it won’t be hard at all to do the things you really want to do. So the trick is in wanting what’s good for you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Success will be a matter of taking charge of your definition of it and then honoring that. Be reasonable, and start small. Also, there’s really no point in getting mired in a history of all the things that haven’t worked so far. Clean the slate.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You used to give yourself credit for learning new things, but these days, picking up new skills is a daily adaptation to the escalating pace of technology. Still, pat yourself on the back. You keep getting smarter!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Humans are social creatures for which the approval of others can be a matter of trivia or a matter of survival. Luckily, you’re in for a few days of ease with a relaxed attitude that doesn’t change based on your approval rating.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The things that reward one person may not mean much to another. It will be especially important to get this right on a you-to-you basis, as it will be hard to motivate yourself with-out the proper reward.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Time and trust are the themes of the day. Timeframes have a lot to do with people’s willingness to participate. Tell people upfront the amount of time they’ll be expected to put in. Start brief, and build.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). What appears from the outside to be a solidly built relationship may be, from the perspective of those living in it, more like a set piece on a stage. Respect that every rela-tionship is different, and make no assumptions.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The role of caregiver can be a soul-enriching one to take on, especially when the other person really is your responsibil-ity. But when the other person is taking advantage of your kindness, it’s another dynamic entirely.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). New relationships will start with a simple hello. No special knowledge or attractive qualities need come into play, because what really matters in building rapport is the exchange of pleasant vibes.

SOLUTION:Six of one and half-a-dozen of the other

FAMILY CIRCUS

DEAR ABBY: My 40-year-old daughter,

“Marta,” and I are widows. I’m retired, and my daughter has a small home-based business. She and her three children live with me. Because the cost of living is high in our city, living together has allowed us to pool our resources and co-parent my grandkids.

Marta has had a boyfriend for a year and a half. I have not warmed to him. He has four kids by a previous girlfriend or wife. The youngest is 18 months old. He works at a gro-cery store, and I just don’t see a viable future for my daughter with him.

My dilemma: She sneaks him in, and he spends the night several nights a week. Marta never asked my permission. I guess she assumed it is OK. To me it is unseemly and un-trustworthy on both their parts. It sends the wrong message to my grandchildren. My mistake was not having said anything to her the first time it happened. How should I proceed now? — BOTHERED IN CALIFORNIA

DEAR BOTHERED: Proceed by having an adult conversation with your daughter and tell her

exactly how you feel about this arrangement. While whether or not the boyfriend is good enough for Marta is not your decision to make — face it, she’s 40 now — the talk may clear the air. If her sex life is important to her, she may opt to look for another place to live, so don’t be surprised if she does.

DEAR ABBY: I had major surgery

eight months ago. When I came out from under the anesthesia, I was disappointed to find my wife wasn’t there. It turned out she had left the hospital to have lunch with my sister instead of eating on-site.

I have expressed my dis-appointment to her twice, and I know she regrets not being there, but every few months the memory of what felt like abandonment rises up and depression sets in, often for several days. How do I let this go? — POST-SURGERY BLUES

DEAR P.S.B.: Your wife did not abandon you; she had lunch with your sister. It was a mistake she regrets. You were feeling helpless and vulnera-ble, which is normal.

I’m wondering if your reac-tion could be connected to the

surgery or medications. Please talk about this with your doctor. If that doesn’t help, a licensed mental health professional can help you get beyond this. Your doctor or health care provider can refer you to someone who can help with these episodes of depression.

DEAR ABBY: My dear friend has a terrible habit of ALWAYS talking about her husband, “Bennet.” According to her, he can do everything and knows everything. In one evening she mentioned his name 19 times. (I counted.) For the record, Bennet is an average guy and nondescript in every way. Even her kids think he is royalty.

How can I kindly tell her she is embarrassing herself, and her friends find it annoy-ing? This has been going on for years, and it keeps getting worse. — NOT IMPRESSED IN THE EAST

DEAR NOT IMPRESSED: For the record, Bennet must be doing something right or his family wouldn’t idolize him the way you say they do.

If you think there is anything you can “kindly” say to your dear friend about her Knight in Shining Armor being nondescript in every way, you are dreaming. Tell your friend you appreciate how proud she is of her husband, but you’d like to hear about some other subjects. If it falls on deaf ears, see her less often if you must, but don’t smash her idol.

Dear Abby

DAk Prescott sPreADing the weAlth in hot stArt for cowboysThe AssociATed Press

FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys receivers and tight ends have seven touchdown catches through two games, the same number of TDs the en-tire offense had in the first five games last year.

Dak Prescott’s hot start has plenty to do with depth at posi-tions that looked promising in the preseason, and have deliv-ered in a pair of victories over NFC East rivals for the defend-ing division champions.

“Everybody’s alive,” coach Jason Garrett said after Sun-day’s 31-21 win at Washington. “You want to be able to feature certain guys in your offense, but we also want to be able to say, ‘Hey, I’ll throw it to this guy. He’s open. Let’s give him a chance.’”

The best case in point

against the Redskins was re-ceiver Devin Smith. A 2015 second-round pick by the New York Jets after helping Ohio State win a national champion-ship, Smith sustained a pair of knee injuries that wrecked his career.

Smith’s 51-yard touchdown catch sparked a second consec-utive game with five straight scoring drives for Dallas (2-0). It also made Smith the fifth re-ceiver with a catch of at least 25 yards from Prescott, who had five of those type of plays in the 35-17 season-opening win over the Giants.

Prescott completed his last 18 passes to tie the longest streak of his career, finishing 26 of 30 for 269 yards and three touchdowns. He has completed 82 percent of his passes for 674 yards with seven TDs and one

interception in two games.Amari Cooper and Jason

Witten have two touchdowns receiving apiece, while Smith, Randall Cobb and Blake Jarwin have one.

“Bottom line is we’re having a lot of guys show up,” owner Jerry Jones said. “We’re hav-ing a lot of receivers show up, getting some great work in our front. I wouldn’t take back these first two in any parts of it.”

what’s workingThe plan to get RB Ezekiel

Elliott up to speed is coming along nicely after the two-time rushing champion missed the entire preseason holding out for a new contract.

Elliott reached 100 yards (111) thanks to a 27-yard run the play before Prescott took a knee to run out the clock. The

fourth-year back was right on his career average of 25 touch-es (23 carries, two catches for 9 yards) in 53 snaps after getting 14 touches on 37 plays in the opener.

The biggest breather for El-liott came on an 11-play drive that ended with Brett Maher’s 25-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. Rookie Tony Pollard took the whole series, getting three carries for all 22 of his yards rushing and his only catch, a 3-yarder.

“I think slowly and surely, I’m getting back in my rhythm and knocking the rust off,” El-liott said. “I feel good about ev-erything going forward.”

what needs helpThe Dallas defense is a little

light on turnovers and sacks so far. Getting takeaways has

been a persistent problem, and the Cowboys have two through two games, a pair of fumbles against the Giants.

While Tyrone Crawford had an important sack of Washing-ton’s Case Keenum when the Dallas offense was struggling in the first half, it was the only one. The Cowboys sacked Eli Manning just once as well.

stock upIt figured that new offen-

sive coordinator Kellen Moore would incorporate Prescott’s ability as a runner, and so far the 31-year-old play-caller has. Prescott had the longest car-ry for a quarterback in Dallas history with a 42-yarder to set up one of his three touchdown passes. Prescott’s 69 yards rushing were the second most of his career.

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495 EMERALD Dr.Nice Brick Home inestablished neighborhood.Located on a large lot. Thehome boasts 4BR/2.5BAw/ 2 car garage. Freshlypainted interior and tilefloors in the kitchen &bathrooms. $125K OBO.770−658−7726.

Lots & Acreage

20 ACRE

UNRESTRICTED

HOMESITE. Exceptionallocation on Old West PointRoad. Perfect house site,approved lake site,utilities, greatneighborhood and all within15 minutes of downtownand mega site.Call Long & Long @662−328−0770.Broker/Owner.

356.7 ACRES ON HWY. 69

S. 5 mi. from Columbus.30−year old mature pines,green fields, good hunting.$3000/ac. Bud Phillips,662−549−2302.

LOWNDES CO:

153 ACRES on Hwy 50 E atend of Brewer Rd. 4 greenfields, exc hunting, sand,gravel & clay deposits.$1,250 per acre.For more info call205−799−9846 or205−695−2248.

merchanDiSeaDS Starting at $12

Furniture

BABY ROOM FURNITURE:

Dresser, changing table (nopad), and infant crib(nomattress)−converts todaybed and is currentlypacked back in box. Allmatching pieces. Oakcolor. Light scratches butnothing broken. Very goodcondition! Would like to sellall together if possible for$375 for all. Cash orPayPal accepted.662−397−4840

TAN SECTIONAL SOFA

2 reclining chairs attached,in good condition. Asking$450. Call 662−352−6157 anytime.

Two Piece Living Room Set

A loveseat and chaise forsale. Brown and blue.New!!! Leave a message.$300.00 662−242−2884

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CRAFT COOKWARE Call318−965−3010 or 318−423−2351.

vehicleSaDS Starting at $12

Autos For Sale

06 HYUNDAI ELANTRA,

stick shift, gold, 4 door,4 cyl, 60k miles, cold AC.$2,500.662−549−5358.

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2016 Toyota Camry2011 Hyundai Veracruz2015 Honda Accord2012 Toyota Camry2014 Nissan Versa2011 Buick Regal2015 Kawasaki

KL650−E2016 Chevy Colorado2013 Ford Fusion

2010 Toyota Tundra2013 Ford F−1502008 Hummer H32005 Chrysler 3002014 Chrysler 3002008 Ford Mustang

2011 Mazda 62012 Chevy Traverse

2012 KawasakiVN900−B

2013 Dodge Charger2005 Honda Odyssey2017 Chevy Impala2008 GMC Yukon2008 Chevy HHR

2006 Dodge Ram 35002015 Jeep Wrangler2010 Mercedes Benz

M−Class2013 Chevy Equinox

Autos For Sale

GULF STATES AUTOAutomotive Sales 2601

Buttermilk RdCottondale, AL 35453gulfstatesauto.com205−562−2188

New inventory arriving daily!

Sedans:2015 Honda Accord LX;4dr, Silver, 34K Miles,

$11,9002017 Honda Accord Sport;

4dr, Gray, 25K Miles,$16,900

2017 Honda Accord Black;4dr, Black, 29K Miles,

$16,9002018 Honda AccordTouring; 4dr, Red, 48

Miles, $24,9002012 Honda Civic EX; 4dr,Silver, 151K Miles, $7,9002017 Honda Civic Sport

Hatchback; 4dr, Gray, 53KMiles, $16,900

2018 Honda Civic Sport;4dr, Blue, 474 Miles,

$17,9002013 Nissan Altima 2.5;4dr, Maroon, 86K Miles,

$9,9002015 Nissan Altima 2.5;White, 70K Miles, $9,9002017 Nissan Maxima 3.5S; 4dr, White, 50K Miles,

$16,9002018 Nissan Maxima SL;4dr, Black, 1362 Miles,

$21,900

SUV’S:2013 Acura RDX

Technology Pkg; 4dr, Gray,76K Miles, $13,9002018 Acura RDX

Technology Pkg; 4dr, Black,8K Miles, $21,900

Vans:2010 Honda Odyssey EX;4dr, 135K Miles, Silver,

$7,9002013 Honda Odyssey EX;4dr, 56K Miles, Gray,

$13,900Trucks:

2017 FreightlinerCascadia; 155K Miles,

Red, $60,0002011 Toyota Tacoma

PreRunner V6 SR5; 4dr,Brown, 162K Miles,

$13,900Miscellaneous:

2016 JLG 4069LE 35Hours Man Lift; Green,

$25,000Upcoming Vehicles:

2013 Toyota Tacoma 4WDDouble Cab; 102K Miles,

$18,9002019 Honda Civic LX; 4dr,

Black, 8K Miles

Campers & RVs

1998 WINNEBAGO. Newtires. $17,000. 662−327−0284.

2011 HEARTLAND

NORTH COUNTRY

LAKESIDE BUMPER PULL

TRAVEL TRAILER

MODEL 29RKS.

Purchased new April2012, one owner, non−smoker. Large u−shapedwrap around kitchencounter. Dining tablewith 4 chairs. Couch beencovered since purchase,makes into full bed, airmattress and pumpincluded. 2 euro−recliners less than 3years old. Walk thru bathwith neo−angle shower.Queen size bed inbedroom with a brandnew mattress.To view campercall or text662−364−2226.Additional photosavailable at request.$10,000 negotiable.

Motorcycles & ATVs

1993 KAWASAKI

VOYAGER XII

Only 25,500 miles. Runs &looks good. No problems.

$3500 OBO.501−545−7750.

1999 ROADSTAR 1600

Only 45k miles. Hard bags,rider & passenger back

rests w/ luggage rack, haswindshield. Ready to ride!

$3500 OBO.501−545−7750.

2004 KAWASAKI Drifter.

1500cc, Vance & Hinesloud muffler, 32,400mi.Looks like an Indian M/C.$4500. 662−352−4776.

ELECTRIC SCOOTER withcar carrier. $800. 662−327−0284.

communityaDS Starting at $12

Travel & Entertainment

Drummer, Experienced,

New to Columbus

Excellent drummer withRoland V Pro levelelectronic equipmentjust moving toColumbus, MS andwould like to joincurrent group or formnew and dynamic bandwith dedicated, qualitymusicians. Over theyears I have playedtraditional soul, R&R,rockabilly, C&W, someblues and zydeco aswell as my current lovewhich is SouthernGospel, traditionalGospel, Country Gospeland bluegrass. I guessa "Dailey & Vincent"sortof mix is what I likemost but definitely opento any mix of the above−listed genres. I am asolid Christian, fun andeasy to deal with andknow how to blend inwith and act in aprofessional band. Yes,I am "retired"more orless but still have itgoing on when it comesto the music. I haverecently been with TheGlorybound GospelBand out of Pensacola,FL for the last five yearsand you can see meplay on their Facebookpage. Some travel ortouring would be ok forthe right situation ifnecessary. I will beavailable in Columbusstarting the first ofSeptember. Send me atext if interested,706−575−9399.

Pets

AKC GERMAN

SHEPHERD PUPPIES.

Exc. ped. Blk, blk/silv &blk/red. Vet checked, w/s.Taking deposits.662−213−4609.

MALTESE PUPPIES ForSale with papers, firstshots & pad trained. $900.Call 662−425−2741.

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