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GTR spreading CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

the word Local schools, events, sports grind

about new ID to halt as state of emergency declared
requirements
for air travel
Passengers must have
‘Real ID’ designation
on driver’s licenses
starting Oct. 1
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com

Starting in Octo-
ber, airline passen-
gers must have a
special designation
on their driver’s li-
censes in order to
go through airport
security checkpoints
and board planes for Hainsey
travel.
On Friday, Golden Triangle
Regional Airport Director Mike
Hainsey joined Kim Jackson, se-
curity director for Mississippi
Transportation Safety Authority in
a press conference about the new
See REAL ID, 6A

DISPATCH NOTICES
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
James Miller reaches for wipes as a last resort on the empty shelves of aisle 13 of Kroger in Columbus Friday afternoon.
Lifestyles changes today Multiple grocery stores in Columbus and Starkville are running low on supplies such as toilet paper, hand sanitizer and wipes
The Dispatch prints Sunday’s due to fears over the spreading of the new coronavirus. “People are overreacting to everything. Being prepared is one thing
C and D Lifestyles sections each but this is going to far,” Miller said.
Friday. This past Friday, just hours
after we printed today’s C and D
sections, Columbus Convention Area schools cancel classes this week, local grocery secure more funding and
resources for MSDH,
and Visitors Bureau CEO Nan-
cy Carpenter canceled the 2020 stores running out of toilet paper, hand sanitizer Mississippi Emergency
Management Agency and
Spring Pilgrimage due to concerns
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN Reeves’ declaration came a day af- other state health offi-
over COVID-19. Of course, our
Lifestyles cover story was on Pil-
ialtman@cdispatch.com ter President Donald Trump declared a cials to fight the virus. It
grimage and was out of date before national emergency and two days after also allows schools that
The spread of the Mississippi Department of Health have canceled classes to
it even published. Labat
COVID-19 prompted announced the state’s first presumptive not build make-up days
We decided to remove the C
section from today’s paper, so this Governor Tate Reeves to positive case of the new coronavirus. into the schedule, said Columbus Mu-
edition only has sections A, B and declare a state of emer- Six people in Mississippi — in Forrest, nicipal School District Superintendent
D. Other stories from the C section gency Saturday, even as Leflore, Copiah and Pearl River coun- Cherie Labat.
have been moved to one of those school districts cancel ties — have been diagnosed with the vi- “(The declaration) also gives us the
three sections. classes, communities rus since Thursday, with 90 throughout legal authority to close schools without
We apologize for any confusion postpone sporting events Reeves the state having been tested, according board action,” she said.
this causes. and other gatherings and to MSDH’s website Saturday afternoon. CMSD, along with Lowndes County,
shoppers clear grocery stores of toilet Three of the six have been hospitalized. Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated and
How The Dispatch is reacting paper and hand sanitizer. The declaration allows the state to See CORONAVIRUS, 6A
to COVID-19
As our community feels the im-
pact of the COVID-19 coronavirus,
we want to share with you what we
are doing to keep our staff and our
customers safe.
In addition to monitoring the
Pilgrimage canceled amid coronavirus outbreak
CDC for updates, we are:
■ Heightening our cleaning
Hannah
Brady
Carpenter: ‘We really
and disinfecting procedures in all
departments
walks
past the had no choice’
■ Maintaining social distancing azaleas in BY YUE STELLA YU
by having many employees work front of the syu@cdispatch.com
remotely Amzi Love
■ Employees with a fever are Home in
Columbus Columbus, Mis-
asked to remain at home
during sissippi Spring Pil-
■ Newspaper carriers have been
the 2010 grimage, one of the
encouraged to wash their hands
regularly and to disinfect Pilgrim- city’s largest annual
age. The festivals that draws
We are taking this situation Pilgrimage
seriously and will continue to take in thousands of tour-
has been ists each year, is can-
measures to ensure the safety of canceled
our customers and staff while con- this year celed this year amid Carpenter
tinuing to publish the paper in print due to the the COVID-19 out-
and online. spread of break, said Nancy Carpenter, CEO
Peter Imes COVID-19. of the Columbus-Lowndes County
Publisher Photo by Carmen K. Sisson/Cloudybright See PILGRIMAGE, 3A

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

1 What New York City mayor from 2002 to 2014 tried Today MEETINGS
to ban foam containers, super-sized sodas and trans March 16:
■ Canceled: St Patty’s
fat in restaurants? Lowndes
2 What rockers disbanded in 1980 after drummer Pawty”: This fundraiser for
County Board
John Bonham died, but reunited in 2007 in a tribute the Columbus-Lowndes Hu-
of Supervisors
concert for the head of Atlantic Records? mane Society is 1-6 p.m. at
Board Meeting,
3 What vitamin is also known as the sunshine vita- Zachary’s, 205 Fifth St. N.,
9 a.m., Lowndes
Maylen Borden min? downtown Columbus. Enjoy
4 What Boston ace notched more than 300 strikeouts County Court
Kindergarten, Annunciation a pet parade, live music,
in the 2017 season, making him and Pedro Martinez House
raffles and green beer, along

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Cloudy, chance a.m. rain
the only Boston players to ever achieve the milestone?
5 What 650-foot-tall observation tower is the top tour-
ist attraction in the Northwest with one million visitors
with food by Huck’s Place.
$10 donation at the door
March 16:
Columbus-
Lowndes
Full forecast on
each year? (cash only). Convention and
Answers, 2D
page 3A. Visitors Bureau
Thursday board, 4 p.m.,
■ Canceled: Story State: CVB office
INSIDE Fostering Innovative Story- March 17:
Classifieds 1D Obituaries 7B telling: This Mississippi State Reagan Chambers is a Columbus City
Comics 5D Opinions 4A Department of Communica- senior at MSU. Her English Council, 5
Crossword 2D Scene & Seen 8B tion event previously listed in Shepherd, Patti Melt, will be 3 p.m., Municipal
141st Year, No. 3 Dear Abby 6B this calendar is canceled. years old on St. Patrick’s Day. Complex

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ASK RUFUS

‘All the Beauty and Innocence of Eden’

S
o often nature adorns
when the Earth with
we think a livery of
of the grand verdant green,
beauty of na- and there is
ture, we think some pleasure
of impressive in an Evening
sights such as to ride up and
Niagara Falls down the sa-
or the Grand vannas. When
Canyon. among a Tuft
While those of Oaks on a
are truly rising knowll,
world class Rufus Ward in the midst
wonders, the of a Large
countryside around us grassy plain, I resolve a
is filled with wondrous thousand things about
beauty and fascinating the primitive life of men.”
sights only on a lesser Thickets of plums and
scale. peaches were found by
Every spring as the Nairne in the Chickasaw
woods and prairies come villages and on the old
alive with wildflowers and fields he found “straw-
the banks of creeks and berrys innumerable.”
the river expose ancient Traveling in 1771 through
ages, I am reminded that the prairie in what is now
the wonders and beauty the West Point area, Ber- Courtesy photo
of nature don’t have to be nard Romans also found Queen Ann’s Lace blooms in Peter Pitchlynn’s Prairie. It is the prairie that runs between present day Artesia and
overwhelming to be awe “…the fragaria or straw- the Golden Triangle Regional Airport. Pitchlynn, who in the 1860s was governor of the Choctaw Nation, lived at its
southern end, just southwest of Artesia during the 1820s.
inspiring. berry is very common in
We often overlook just them (the prairies).” Wild clumps of two or three which, with the sycamore
how beautiful and fasci- strawberries are still a trees are found, present- and mulberry, borders
nating this place where common plant in local ing an oasis-like view to the prairie on all sides.
we live is. For more than yards and fields. Interest-
the eye.” Flowers of red, purple,
10,000 years the Indian ingly, most people do not
Of the old descriptions yellow and indeed of ev-
peoples and their ancient realize that the strawber-
of northeast Mississippi ery hue, are scattered, by
civilizations realized ry is in the rose family.
and northwest Alabama, a bountiful God, in rich
what a special place the Traveling across the
Tombigbee-Alabama-Mo- South on a four-year trek that I have read, my profusion, and in all the
bile River valley was. The beginning in 1773, nat- favorite remains William beauty and innocence of
early Euro-American ex- uralist William Bartram Goodell’s April 20, 1822, Eden, on each side of the
plorers and settlers often described 358 plants. In description of traveling path; and their fragrance
commented on the beauty what is now south central from Columbus to the is, as if the very incense
and wonders of our area. Alabama he came across Choctaw Indian Mission of heaven were there
In the spring of 1708, “…a very singular and at Mayhew. His route fol- offered. You can stand
Capt. Thomas Nairne of beautiful shrub, which
Courtesy photo lowed what is now known in almost any place, and
Early accounts of springtime travel through the Black as Old West Point Road. count flowers of ten or
Charles Town, Carolina, I suppose is a species of Prairie west of Columbus are all filled with descriptions
traveled to the Chickasaw Hydrangia. It grows in of the beautiful wild flowers such as these primroses Mayhew was founded as twelve different hues.”
villages in the Black Prai- coppices or clumps near that still grace us every spring. an Indian mission on a The prairies and
rie at present day Tupelo. or on the banks of rivers ridge overlooking Tibbee woods of our region are
Nairne wrote that (when and creeks … (the leaves) the Chickasaw country it is every where spread Creek between pres- filled with beauty and
he) ”…arrived within 20 very much resembling about six miles from this, over with the most luxu- ent day West Point and the wonders of nature.
miles of the Chickasaw, the leaves of some of our attracts your attention. riant grass. The Prairie Starkville. Hundreds of years ago,
and we had done with oaks.” This Prairie is now in a would almost be monoto- Goodall wrote, “The people were writing of
sand, stones and pines, He seemed especially cultivated state, and pres- nous from its unvarying grass, which will soon the beauty of our area.
the country being pleas- interested in the Oak ents to the eye luxuriant scenery, decked as it be eight feet high, is now We need only to get out of
ant open forest of oak, Leaf Hydrangea which fields of cotton and corn. nevertheless is, with a about eight inches, and built up commercialized
chestnuts and hickerey so he both illustrated and From this we passed profusion of flowers inter- has all the freshness of areas and open our eyes
intermixt with savannas described in detail. I several Prairies of lesser spersed among the grass; spring ... As you proceed, to see that the beauty is
(prairies) as if it was a remember that as a child note, and generally in an but as if nothing should Mayhew ... rises to view still there.
made landscape.” I would go into the woods uncultivated state, till we be wanting to complete in still greater loveliness, Rufus Ward is a local
One thing that caught near Columbus with my came to Mayhew. This is the scene, occasional half encircled with oak, historian.
Nairne’s eye and fas- grandmother who would one of the most splendid
cinated him were the dig up and transplant and fertile Prairies in this
fossils that he found in wild oak leaf Hydrangeas. part of the world....
the exposed outcroppings Bartram’s descriptions “Approaching Mayhew
of chalk. “The Curiosity were included in poems from the East, you all at
which I observed most by both Samuel Taylor once emerge from the
was to see Oyster shells Coleridge and William forest, and a scene of the
every where spread over Wordsworth. most splendid beauty
the Old Fields and savan- A letter dated “Tusca- presents itself. Before
nas, as plentifully as if on loosa, 25th May, 1835,” you is a bed of flowers,
Island by the sea … and which was published seeming to grow upon
thus it is not only here, in the June 12, 1835, Alex- the bosom of a gently
but all over the Choctaw andria Virginia Gazette, undulating sea. To the
Country (south of Tibbee was written by a person right is presented the
Creek).” who had just traveled interesting view of the
French explorer Henri through the prairies west Mission House and its
de Tonti in a March 14, of Columbus. “Leaving appendages. To the left
1702, letter to Iberville Columbus, Mississippi, is a tall forest, bounding
also mentioned the fossil after breakfast, on the the view on that side,
shells in the prairie. He 16th of May, we crossed and to the west is open
wrote, “We left (behind) the Tombeckbee, and im- ground of about five miles
a thing rather ancient; mediately entered upon in extent, skirting which
from the village of the the Choctaw Territory. ... are ranges of trees, and
Chicacha as far as here About three miles after beyond which, at a great
there … is a quantity of crossing the river, a hand- distance, the view is
shells larger & thicker some Prairie of consid- limited by a range of hills,
than oysters scattered erable extent, called the running northwardly into
in the prairies and hills.” Pichlyn Prairie, deriving the Chickasaw country.
“The Flood” was the ex- its name from Major This Prairie contains
planation for the shells. Pichlyn, who has been from 8,000 to 10,000
Nairne also comment- about 77 years a resident acres of land, of the first
ed on spring time in the among the Indians, and quality. The land being
Prairies. “It’s now the who died at 80, and was gently rolling, increases
season of the year, when interred yesterday in its beauty and worth; and
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The following arrests

AREA ARRESTS
Ex-university leaders
plead not guilty in
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Lindsey Tullos, 27,
was charged with felony
taking of a motor vehicle.
n Jaila Robinson, 18,
was charged with posses-
prostitution sting
sion, sale, transfer of a sto- Tullos Robinson D. Miller Mason Gandy Davidson
len firearm. Police: Former JSU president,
n Demetricit Miller,
51, was charged with pos-
art galleries director among 17
session of methamphet-
amine, no insure, expired
arrested after responding to
drivers license and no li-
cense tag.
online ad for prostitution services
n Madison Mason, 24, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
was charged with domes- Butler Bounds Whaley Jenkins W. Miller Ashford
tic violence/aggravated JACKSON — The former president of Jackson
assault. State University and the school’s former art gal-
n Deandre Gandy, 38, leries director pleaded not guilty to charges relat-
was charged with posses- ed to a prostitution sting.
sion of cocaine and tres- William Bynum Jr. wasn’t in court Wednesday,
passing. but his attorney entered the pleas on charges of
n Brandy Davidson, procuring the services of a prostitute, false state-
61, was charged with pos- ment of identity and simple possession of marijua-
session of methamphet- Beverly Pady Wynn Hamilton Banks Myers na, news outlets reported.
amine. Bynum, 57, resigned last month after his ar-
4th offense,
n William Butler, 48, failure to rest in the Jackson suburb of Clinton. Police said
was charged with posses- he was among 17 people who responded to an on-
dim head-
sion of methamphetamine, line ad for prostitution services, and were met by
lights and
possession of a controlled an undercover police officer at a chain hotel.
driving on a
substance, possession of An attorney also submitted not guilty pleas on
marijuana, possession of suspended
license. behalf of Shonda McCarthy, former director of
paraphernalia, speeding JSU art galleries. McCarthy, 46, was arrested in
30+ mph over limit, no in- n Willis
Haguewood Watson Burchfield Dawson Townsel the same sting and charged with procuring ser-
surance and speeding. Miller, 42,
was charged n Felix Wynn, 66, was sion of marijuana more vices of a prostitute and possession of marijuana
n Michelle Bounds, 48, while operating a motor vehicle.
was charged with posses- with retaliation against a charged with a circuit than 30 grams, providing
public servant. court order. alcohol to a minor and Attorneys for Bynum and McCarthy weren’t
sion of methamphetamine immediately available for comment, the Clarion
and possession of a weap- n Lorenzo Ashford, n Frederick Hamilton, false information.
27, was charged with 47, was charged with a n Damian Burchfield, Ledger reported. A trial for Bynum was sched-
on by a felon. uled for July 8, and a trial for McCarthy was set
n Christopher Whaley, intimidating a witness, bench warrant. 24, was charged with pos-
probation violation, no in- n Devonte Banks, 26, session of a controlled for June 24.
42, was charged with flee-
ing or eluding in a motor surance, driving on a sus- was charged with embez- substance, possession of
vehicle and speeding 30+ pended license, no drivers zlement. marijuana and disorderly
mph over limit. license. n Matthew Myers, 21, conduct.
n Jwaski Beverly, 24, was charged with aggra- n Charles Dawson, 27,
The following arrests was charged with credit vated DUI. was charged with DUI 3rd
were made by the Oktib- card fraud and petite lar- n James Haguewood, offense.
beha County Sheriff’s Of- ceny. 34, was charged with an n Zachary Townsel, 29,
fice: n Ellton Pady, 53, was MDOC HOLD. was charged with DUI 3rd
n Mark Jenkins, 51, charged with probation vi- n Woody Watson, 19, offense and two counts
was charged with DUL olation. was charged with posses- hold for another agency.

Georgia to postpone primaries over

virus; second state to do so
‘Events are moving rapidly and my powers to fight COVID-19.
In a speech Saturday, the
tween former Vice Pres-
ident Joe Biden and Ver-
highest priority is protecting the governor renewed a call for
places of worship, schools
mont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Biden has been beating
health of our poll workers, and the and others to consider can-
celing large gatherings as
Sanders among key demo-
graphics at play in Georgia
community at large’ cases in the state rise. Democratic politics like
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger On Friday, Louisiana African Americans and
became the first state to suburban voters and has
BY BEN NADLER Brad Raffensperger said in postpone its presidential been endorsed by a slew of
The Associated Press a statement Saturday. primaries due to the virus. state and local officials.
In addition to public As of Saturday, the Raffensperger’s office
ATLANTA — Geor- virus had infected more said that the decision to
safety, one of the biggest
gia’s March 24 presiden- than 150,000 people world- postpone the election was
considerations was the
tial primaries will be post- wide and killed over 5,600.

Log on.
risk the virus posed to poll made in consultation with
poned until May because Georgia is reporting 66 the state Democratic and
workers, who are often old-
of fears over the new coro- confirmed cases, with Republican Parties.
navirus, state election offi- er, election officials said.
most concentrated around “Our priority is to pro-
cials announced Saturday, “Events are moving rap-
metro Atlanta. One death tect the health and safety
a day after Louisiana also idly and my highest priori- in the state has been at-
ty is protecting the health of all Georgians and to en-
pushed back its primaries. tributed to the virus.
of our poll workers, and sure that as many people
In-person early voting, Only one candidate is
the community at large,” as possible have an oppor-
which began statewide on the Republican ballot
Raffensperger said. tunity to vote,” state Sen.
March 2, will be halted and in Georgia for the presi-
Nikema Williams, chair

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the election will be moved The action followed dential primary: President
Republican Gov. Brian of the Democratic Party of
to May 19, when Geor- Donald Trump.
Kemp’s signature of an Georgia said, according to
gia’s other 2020 primary The Democratic race
emergency declaration the statement.
elections are being held, has been narrowed to
Georgia Secretary of State that unlocked sweeping a two-man matchup be-

Pilgrimage
Continued from Page 1A
Convention and Visitors Bureau. bus sales tax, Columbus restaurant tax,
The CVB board voted unanimously hotel tax,” she said.
to cancel the event after receiving rec- “We are all saddened by this, but the
ommendations to cancel large gather- No.1 priority is the health and wellbeing
ings from the Mississippi Department of ... our community, our citizens and,
of Health (MSDH) and the Mississippi certainly, our guests,” Carpenter said.
Development Authority, Carpenter said. “We really had no choice.”
MSDH issued a statement Friday Despite the cancellation, Carpenter
morning recommending that citizens said CVB will revisit that decision if the
avoid gatherings of 250 or more in the situation improves.
wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. There Tales from the Crypt is also canceled
are six presumptive positive cases of this year following guidance from the
COVID-19 in Mississippi, according to state health department, according to
MSDH. a press release from the Mississippi
Pilgrimage was originally scheduled School for Mathematics and Science.
to take place from March 26 to April 4.
Tales is held at the same time as Pilgrim-
With public universities in Mississip-
age every year and features performanc-
pi extending the spring break for stu-
es by MSMS students who research and
dents and moving to online classes out
write their own monologues and skits
of concerns of the virus, Carpenter said,
some students will also not be back in based on the lives of figures buried at SOLUNAR TABLE
time to perform at some of the Pilgrim- Friendship Cemetery in Columbus. The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Sun. Mon.
age activities. “For 30 years, Tales from the Crypt Major 6:12a 7:09a

“Their activities are such that the stu- students have learned Minor
Major
1:19a
6:40p
2:23a
—
dents are going to not even be in town not only how to research, Minor 12:00p 12:50p
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over the next week or week and a half,” write and perform, but of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

also how they can make

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Carpenter said, “so they would not be
able to perform.” significant contributions
Hotels and restaurants in Columbus to a local community,” said
are already feeling the negative impact Tales director and MSMS The Commercial Dispatch (USPS 142-320)
history teacher Chuck
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PARTIAL TO HOME
After a half century in the North, home
It was one of grilled feast, a talk about their high-paying “It was a good job,” Morris “We hadn’t really planned
those glad-you-are- funeral procession jobs, said Morris. His sister said, “a jelly job.” to stay that long; it just hap-
alive-and-out-in- snaked its way moved to Chicago in 1960 and A jelly job, Kay explained, pened,” said Kay. “We always
the-world Saturday down Seventh Ave- found a position with Ham- is one where you don’t do said we could come home to
afternoons — sun- nue. As the cortège mond Organ. anything. retire.”
ny, bright, crisp began to make a “It was hard to get a job in Kay worked for Zenith and We talked about the old
and clear — and I left turn two blocks the South then,” Morris said. then as a lunchroom manager days. Kay was one of Mat-
was sitting in the away, my phone Morris grew up in Clif- for the city school system. tie and Lonnie Ball’s eight
three-sided shed rang. tonville, the son of a cotton For a time the Ducks host- children. She grew up in a
that is the in-house It was Morris farmer and bootlegger. ed Kay’s little brother, Jackie, small house on 14th Avenue
dining facility of Duck. We spoke “I always drove a nice car who was just out of college and on Southside, two blocks east
Brother’s Keeper briefly and agreed and had money in my pocket,” trying to make it as a music of Friendship Cemetery and a
Barbecue. Birney Imes to meet soon. he said producer. block south of The Ponderosa,
Before me was Two days later “He was a country boy, In Chicago Jackie made a café/pool room run by Travis
as near-perfect plate of rib Morris welcomed me into the but didn’t think so,” said Kay, high marks on the postal Jones.
tips and chicken as you would brick ranch-style house on displaying wit that is a Ball exam, but his heart was in Mother Mattie took care of
ever hope to savor. That and Hospital Drive he and his wife, family trait. Mississippi — the “Lower C,” the McGahey children; some-
a small cup of Ronnie Clay- Kay, recently purchased. A mutual friend introduced he called his hometown — times Kay helped.
ton’s sweet-and-tart barbecue “So we can be near our doc- them. and after enduring the bitter I asked Kay and Morris how
sauce. tors,” Duck said, explaining “The devil was out ram- Northern winter as a railroad it was to be home.
Clayton, who owns the the location. bling that night,” said Kay. switchman, he lit out for home “I’m determined to adjust,”
joint and serves as its cook, After 50 years in Chicago In Chicago, Kay and Morris in the spring. she said. “I was surprised
order taker and head bottle and four in Lawrenceville, settled in Garfield Ridge, a Back in Columbus Jackie about the neighborhood,” she
washer most of the time, said Georgia, Morris, 82, and Kay, largely Catholic, ethnically would find his calling as a city said, “how it never changed.”
someone had just been there 79, want to spend their final diverse working class neigh- councilman and somewhat “Chicago was a beautiful
looking for me, Morris Duck. years near home. They’ve borhood bordering Midway notorious political operative. city,” said Morris. “It’s a place
Mr. Duck had written his been back since June. Airport. Morris and Kay had one you go to make some money,
name and phone number and Like thousands of blacks Morris found work at the son, who died with cancer then you come back home.
left it with Clayton. across the South in the 50s, General Motors electric motor when he was 42. “This is the best place to
His wife, Ronnie said, is the 60s and 70s, Morris and Kay plant in La Grange, where the “He was super smart,” be.”
sister of an old friend, the late moved North for the jobs. company assembles loco- Morris said. Birney Imes (birney@
Jackie Ball. Those who went before motives. He was a parts and And, before you know it, a cdispatch.com) is the former
As I worked through my them would come home and material expediter. half-century has blown by. publisher of The Dispatch.

OUR VIEW

Roses and thorns

A rose to all of the unsung
heroes — too numerous to
mention individually — who
find themselves in the trench-
es as our community faces
the challenges presented by
the COVID-19 virus. Obviously, that group
includes health care professionals, but there
are others whose judgments will be tested
as our community attempts to cope with the
implications of the virus. Through an abun-
dance of caution, many decision-makers
have chosen to cancel or postpone events
or make major changes in procedures —
everything from employers to churches to
school officials to non-profits. In times of
crisis, people look to leaders for guidance.
Today has been designated as a National
Day of Prayer. Those prayers should include
petitions on behalf of all of our leaders and
all levels of government and beyond.

A thorn to members of
the Golden Triangle dele- OTHER EDITORS
gation — Rep. Gary Chism,
Rep. Rob Roberson and Sen.
Chuck Younger — who voted
in favor of HRC 39, a measure
‘If we work sick, then you get sick’
which places a competing medical mari- Walmart, the nation’s largest pri- come news. Other major restaurant chains
juana initiative on the ballot in November. vate employer, set a standard for the But it is not sufficient, by itself, to that do not offer sick leave to all em-
In a party-line vote, Republican legislators rest of the private sector on Tuesday meet the demands of the moment. ployees did not respond to emails on
have now all but guaranteed the defeat of by announcing that, in addition to Public health officials recommend Tuesday asking whether they would
a citizen-led initiative to amend the con- its existing paid sick leave policy, that people exposed to the coronavi- change their policies.
stitution to make medical marijuana legal. it would provide up to two weeks of rus remain in isolation for 14 days. One idea that might help: In 2016,
Ballot measures that amend the constitution paid leave for employees who fall ill Even companies that provide sick a Colorado state senator proposed
require a 60-percent vote. Since it’s likely or are quarantined because of a con- leave are rarely that generous. Ac- unsuccessfully that restaurants that
that some voters will favor one proposal over firmed exposure to the coronavirus. cordingly, the proposed legislation do not provide paid sick leave be
the other, the likelihood that either will gain It’s now incumbent upon other would also require up to 14 days of required to post a notice on the front
a 60-percent majority is virtually nil. These American employers to match that paid sick leave during public health door.
legislators certainly knew this when they example. emergencies. Eleven states, beginning with
cast their votes. It’s not a matter of which Companies that do not provide One flaw in the proposal is that it Connecticut in 2012, already have
ballot measure is preferable: Legislators had paid sick leave to all employees, would require employers to foot the passed laws requiring large employ-
every opportunity to craft the kind of law particularly those in the retail and bill, even as many companies are fac- ers to offer paid sick leave. The list
they preferred through the normal legisla- restaurant industries, are endanger- ing a drop in revenue. The govern- now includes New York and Cali-
tive process. Instead they took a low-road ing their workers and customers. ment should absorb the cost of the fornia, as well as a number of large
tactic that effectively removes the citizens’ Studies show that paying for sick emergency sick leave provisions by cities, including Washington, D.C.
ability to amend the constitution. For Chism, employees to stay home significantly giving companies a tax credit. But companies can sidestep those
Roberson and Younger, this represents a reduces the spread of the seasonal Americans needn’t wait on Wash- regulations by categorizing workers
thinly-veiled effort to place their thumbs on flu. There’s every reason to think it ington — particularly because any as contractors, and laws require
the scale. would help to check the spread of the change in federal law depends on enforcement.
new coronavirus, too. President Trump’s willingness to act Last month, the Service Employ-
A rose to Golden Triangle But many of the nation’s big in the public interest. ees International Union released a re-
Regional Airport director restaurant chains, in particular, do People looking for a place to eat port alleging Chipotle stores in New
Mike Hainsey on his efforts to not provide paid sick leave. Nation- can protect their own health, and York routinely violated the city’s sick
inform the public of a loom- wide, only 45% of workers in the encourage restaurant chains to do leave laws. It quoted workers who
ing change in airline travel. hotel and food service industries get the right thing, by patronizing places said they had been told to work while
Beginning on Oct. 1, any pas- paid sick days, compared with 97% that offer paid sick leave. sick. The company, which offers paid
senger who does not have a driver’s license in the financial industry, according Darden Restaurants, which owns sick leave at all of its locations even in
compliant with new federal regulations will to the latest federal data. The list chains including Olive Garden and jurisdictions that do not require the
not be allowed to board passenger planes of restaurants that don’t pay sick Longhorn Steakhouse, has long op- benefit, has said that it is committed
unless they have other forms of approved workers to stay home is a roll call of posed paid sick leave for its roughly to following the law and that employ-
ID — a passport or military ID. The “Real familiar brands, including Burger 170,000 hourly workers. Indeed, the ees who are sick should stay home.
ID” requirement dictates that drivers’ licens- King, Chick-fil-A, Jack in the Box, company has campaigned against The city has taken some actions
es must be imbedded with a new security Wendy’s and Panera. sick leave laws. But on Monday, against Chipotle, including suing
designation that verifies the authenticity of One consequence: The Centers following publication of an exposé by the company last year for violating
the license. That designation is a gold star for Disease Control and Prevention the journalist Judd Legum, Darden worker protections at five locations
at the top right-hand corner of the license. reported in 2014 that “one in five said it was offering sick leave effec- in Brooklyn. Last month, New York
Any licenses issued or renewed prior to 2018 food service workers have reported tive immediately. (The company, fined Chipotle for firing a worker who
do not carry that important designation. working at least once in the previous however, has not committed to pay took three sick days. But the union,
Hainsey said two in three people in the U.S. year while sick with vomiting or workers in quarantine.) which has led a series of walkouts at
do not have a “Real ID” license. This week, diarrhea.” McDonald’s confirmed in an New York Chipotle restaurants, said
Hainsey’s staff will distribute information Other developed nations, and email to The Times Tuesday that it workers need better protection.
cards alerting passengers at check-in. He a number of American states and will pay for up to 14 days in quaran- “If we work sick, then you get
also staged a press briefing Friday to spread cities, already mandate some form of tine — although the change does not sick,” workers chanted during a
the word through the media. We applaud paid sick leave, and some congres- apply to workers at the roughly 80% recent protest.
Hainsey’s efforts in raising awareness of this sional Democrats have seized the of McDonald’s owned by franchi- They’re right — and companies
important new requirement. Hainsey will coronavirus moment to push for a sees, and the company still does have a duty to make sure that doesn’t
also be featured in our Progress Magazine change in federal law. Such a change not guarantee paid sick leave to all happen.
cover story when it published March 22. is long overdue, and would be wel- workers. New York Times
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Transitions: IN THE GARDEN WITH FELDER

A look at some of Mother Nature’s ‘weirdos’

Area Weddings, S
ome of the
strangest space
Most people who
ask about them are

Engagements
creatures in the seeking a control
Known Universe grow because it looks like
right here on our own they are killing plants.
planet, including in Often starting as flat

and Anniversaries
Mississippi. patches, they can
Several years expand and complete-
ago, I learned that ly encrust limbs and
the first plant to be branches and really
successfully grown do look like diseases.
from seed to flower But they don’t
in space was one of Felder Rushing harm plants — they
my garden favorites, are symptoms, not
a tidy bush zinnia causes (remember,
called Profusion Orange. Heat- they grow on rocks, too). Actively
and-drought-tolerant, non-stop growing plants shed larger patch-
flowers, covered with butterflies es, but old, weak or otherwise
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
... and able to do the zero-gravity slow-growing plants get covered
Unusual garden residents like
thing as well. quickly. If you find lots of lichens pitcher plants and sundew get
But I’m more fascinated with on a plant, prune or fertilize to nutrients from trapped insects.
the weirdos right here on terra invigorate the plant, and learn
firma. Not talking about bizarre to love the lichens. By the way, There are many other uncon-
fungi, which blow me away with reindeer eat them; never know ventional plants, from those that
their “fruiting bodies” descrip- when Santa’s team will need a sprout little plantlets on the ends
tively called mushrooms, toad- quick snack. of their leaves to wetland-native
stools, puffballs, stinkhorns and A couple of other groups of pitcher plants that get nutrients
shelves. Those “saprophytes” plants with the similar habit of from dissolved insects trapped in
feed on decaying organic matter living on, not in, other plants, are their tubes. Just weird.
like found in rich soils or rotting orchids and bromeliads. These To me the most peculiar
wood. “epiphytes” get their moisture plant of all is dodder vine, which
And the huge variety of un- and nutrients from rainfall and looks all the world like orange
usual but mostly green mosses dissolved dust and plant debris. vermicelli draped over shrubs,
carpeting hard-packed acidic Our native Spanish moss is one of roadside shrubs and perennial
soils in shaded gardens or moist the latter; and the old pass-along wildflowers and sometimes even
sites are trending as actual lawn night blooming cereus cactus annuals in flowerbeds. It twines
substitutes in heavy shade, in is an epiphyte native to tropical around and inserts root-like
need of only occasional weeding trees and cliffs, which is why it structures into stems; the only
Vemitra White and Jamel Alexander and leaf blowing, and maybe a is so tolerant of neglect in small good control, other than repeated
little garden sculpture, rock or pots indoors. pulling, is to remove the infested
old log to give the eye something But the spookiest plants are plants.
to focus on. “parasites” that actually grow Or just enjoy them as space

White/Alexander
I can wax poetic about lichens roots into and feed off other oddities found on this spinning
found on old plants, boulders, plants. Mistletoe is one and is planet. No science fiction writer
iron or concrete bridge rails, very hard to control without could come up with creatures so
and even tombstones. They killing the limbs, too, because its weird.
are a combination fungus and roots wrap around underneath I’ve posted photos of all these
algae which help one another the bark. Best thing to do is on my felderrushing.blog.
Mr. Freddie Payne of Columbus and Ms. Mildred
grow into fantastic flat, frilly or ignore them; I have seen very old Felder Rushing is a Mississippi
White of Crawford announce the engagement of their
scaly shapes. The most com- mistletoe balls three feet in diam- author, columnist, and host of “The
daughter, Dr. Vemitra White, to Dr. Jamel Alexander,
mon are gray-green, but I’ve eter on ancient oaks in England, Gestalt Gardener” on MPB Think
son of Ms. Dorothy Alexander of New Orleans, Louisi-
photographed yellows, reds and without doing serious harm to Radio. Email gardening questions
ana.
oranges as well. the trees. to rushingfelder@yahoo.com.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr.
James Earl Mosley and the late Mrs. Ella Mae Buchan-
an.
She is a 2002 graduate of West Lowndes High
School and is a graduate of Bevill State Community
College, where she received an Associate of Liberal
Arts degree; the University of West Georgia, where
she earned a Bachelor of Business Administration
in finance; and Mississippi State University, where
she received a Bachelor of Business Administration
in management and insurance, a master’s degree in
instructional technology and a Ph.D. in instructional
systems and workforce development.
She is currently a STEM education specialist for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in
Huntsville, Alabama, and is an assistant professor for
the LBJ Institute for STEM education and research at
Texas State University.
The bridegroom is the grandson of the late Mrs.
Marceline Alexander and the late Mr. Raymond Alex-
ander.
He is a 2004 graduate of St. Augustine High School
in New Orleans, and of Xavier University, where he
received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and
minor in mathematics; the University of New Orle-
ans, where he received a master’s degree in applied
physics; and Mississippi State University, where he
received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering
and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering.
He is currently an engineer for the Department of
Defense.
The couple will exchange vows at 7:30 p.m. March
21, 2020, at The Champagne Palace in New Orleans.

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Coronavirus
Continued from Page 1A
West Point Consolidat-
ed school districts, have
all canceled school from
March 16-22, extending
the districts’ spring break
by a week. Some area
private schools, includ-
ing Heritage Academy,
Starkville Academy and
Annunciation Catholic
School, have also can-
celed classes this week.
CMSD and SOCSD
plan to still serve meals to
students. Labat said in a
text to The Dispatch that
children under 18 can re-
ceive breakfast from 7-9
a.m. and lunch from 11
a.m.-1 p.m. at every school
location beginning Mon-
day. A notice posted on
SOCSD’s website Friday
said district administra-
tors plan to begin a feed-
ing program on Tuesday.
They will release further
details about the program
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
Monday. A sign posted at the Kroger in Columbus Friday after-
Local officials are also noon says the store will limit the number of certain
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
keeping an eye on the items in demand as COVID-19 spreads in Mississippi.
virus. Lowndes County Quinn Cooley, a night manager at Vowell’s Marketplace in Starkville, stands next
to an empty shelf that would normally hold toilet paper at the store on Saturday
Emergency Management Lysol or any kind of disin-
Agency Director Cindy
morning. She said the store is completely out of toilet paper, hand sanitizers and Empty shelves fectants. We were told it
disinfectants. “It’s been crazy,” she said. By mid-day Saturday,
Lawrence said she is in would be four months be-
the traffic at Starkville
touch with MSDH daily, any private events booked Baptist Memorial Hospi- At Columbus Air fore we got any more. Our
grocery stores appeared
while Oktibbeha County at the department’s ven- tal-Golden Triangle and Force Base, personnel store manager has been
normal until shoppers
EMA Director Kristen ues are still on the sched- MSHD on Monday. are taking precautions calling warehouses and
Campanella said all emer- reached the areas where
ule unless the organizers “My suggestion to you recommended by the De- suppliers everywhere. I
gency response agencies things such as toilet pa- don’t know what we are
decide to cancel. would be to cease practic- partment of Defense and
in her county have a vir- per and hand-sanitizers going to do, to be honest.”
Roger Short, direc- es until I have the recom- Centers for Disease Con-
tual situation room in or- tor of Lowndes County mendation coming out of trol and Prevention, ac- are usually shelved. Walmart locations
der to stay in contact with Parks and this joint meeting,” Short cording to a CAFB press Quinn Cooley, a night in both Columbus and
each other. Rec reat ion said in a statement to par- release. Otherwise, oper- manager at Vowell’s, said Starkville were out of toi-
The city Depart- ents and coaches, which ations are normal, and the her store was out of disin- let paper and hand san-
of Columbus ment, said he shared with The Dis- base is not on lockdown, fectants such as GermX itizer Saturday, as were
Parks and he is lean- patch. the release says. and Lysol, with no idea Kroger locations in both
R e c reat ion ing toward All Starkville Parks The Starkville-MSU when new stock of those cities. An associate at
Department canceling and Recreation athletics Area Rapid Transit sys- items would come in. Sunflower on Military
has sus- upcoming programs are canceled tem will continue to run “It’s been crazy,” she Road in Columbus said
pended all events as Short until March 23, Director as usual, SMART Direc- said. “We are completely the store still had toi-
sports and well, but Gerry Logan said. All fa- tor Jeremiah Dumas said. out of toilet paper, com- let paper as of Saturday
other activ- Lewis that county officials will cilities will still be open, Starkville’s third an- pletely out of hand sanitiz- morning, but was out of
ities until discuss the issue and both indoor and outdoor, nual Pride Parade, which ers and completely out of hand sanitizer.
April 1, according to a make a decision follow- but attendance at the Tra- was originally scheduled disinfectants. We called Dispatch reporters Slim
city press release, though ing a joint meeting with vis Outlaw Center will be for Saturday, has been our warehouses. They Smith and Tess Vrbin con-
Director Greg Lewis said county and EMA officials, limited to 250 people. postponed until the fall. don’t have any GermX, tributed to this report.

Real ID
Continued from Page 1A
policy, which was passed
by Congress in 2005 but
has yet to be implement-
ed — something it calls
“Real ID.”
If passengers don’t
have a Real ID designa-
tion on their licenses,
they must have some oth-
er approved form of iden-
tification — primarily a
passport or military ID.
“Beginning Oct. 1,
2020, TSA estimates that
every day as many as one
million people will come
to TSA checkpoints with-
out a compliant ID,” Jack- Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
son said. “At that point, Golden Triangle Regional Airport Director Mike Hainsey,
it’s pretty simple: No com- left, joins Kim Jackson of the Mississippi Transporta-
pliant ID, no air travel.” tion Safety Administration, during a press briefing Fri-
The policy came about day at the airport held to alert travelers on the federal
government’s new “Real ID” policy. The policy requires
in the aftermath of the
that all licenses used as identification to board planes
9/11 attacks, when Con- carry a special designation verifying the authenticity of
gress passed a wave of the license. As of Oct. 1, no one without the Real ID
legislation designed to designation on their driver’s license will be allowed to
prevent future acts of board commercial aircraft.
terrorism, including cre-
ating the Department of
Homeland Defense and
TSA and dozens of oth-
ers measures, large and
small.
Some measures were
put in place almost imme-
diately. Others, like the
Real ID policy, have been
phased in over time.
Hainsey said aware-
ness of the new require-
ment continues to be low.
“As of last week, the
estimate was that only 37 Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
percent of people have a Pictured is a sample driver’s license showing where the
compliant ID,” Hainsey Real ID designation — a gold star in the top right cor-
said. “This is something ner — would appear. Beginning Oct. 1 airline passen-
gers must have the designation or an alternative form
we really need to get to of identification to fly.
word out about.”
Real IDs are issued by Anyone whose license that Real ID will be re-
driver’s license bureaus does not have the gold quired not just at airports,
in each state, but the re- star designation should but at every federal facili-
sponse has been slow. visit their driver’s li- ties where ID is required,
“There are still some cense bureau and obtain including military instal-
states that haven’t started a replacement license. lations such as Columbus
issuing the compliant li- Jackson said there is no Air Force Base.
censes and some are way additional fee for the re- With word of the
behind in issuing them,” placement license other change slow to reach the
Hainsey said. “That con- than the fee charged by public, Hainsey said GTR
cerns us, too, because we the state.
will begin a “Gold Star”
have passengers from all “The purposed of Real
over the country.” campaign.
ID is to make sure ter-
Mississippi began issu- “Anyone who checks in
rorists are not able to use
ing Real ID compliant li- fraudulent identifications and doesn’t have a compli-
censes two years ago. On to board airplanes,” Jack- ant ID will still be able to
the Mississippi license, son said. fly up to Oct. 1, but we’ll be
Real IDs carry a gold star Jackson said travelers handing out information
located in the top right under the age of 18 who do cards to make sure they
part of the license. The not have driver’s license know about this change,”
gold star is embedded or other approved forms Hainsey said. “We’re do- Send in your church event!
with information that TSA of ID can travel only if ing everything we can to Email editorialassistant@cdispatch.com
checkpoint screeners the parent or responsible get the word out so travel Subject: Religious brief
identify with an ultra-vio- adult has a compliant ID. goes smoothly when the
let light. Jackson emphasized change takes place.”
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JA Charity Ball to present 2020 court

BY JAN SWOOPE opportunity and prog-
jswoope@cdispatch.com ress,” said JA of Colum-

T
bus President Bethany
wenty-two high Bustamente.
school seniors
comprise the Ju-
nior Auxiliary of Colum- Charity Ball Court
Members of the 2020
bus Charity Ball Court to
court are:
be presented during the
n Abby Michelle
annual event at Trot-
Amos, daughter of Mr.
ter Convention Center
and Mrs. Marc Darren
March 28. Following the
Amos
introduction of the court
n Mary Hannah
at the 70th annual ball,
Brady, daughter of Mr.
the Charity Ball king and
and Mrs. John Donelson
queen will be presented.
Brady
The evening will also n Ellis Blaine Clark,
include a performance son of Mr. and Mrs. John
by West Lowndes High Newton Dale Jr.
School Marching Band, n Noel Blaine Fisher,
plus live entertainment son of Col. and Mrs.
by The Party Jammers, a James Latimer Fisher
10-piece show band from n Adam Reese Ford,
Memphis, Tennessee. son of Mr. and Mrs. Katie McDill Photography
The traditional royalty Charleigh Dowling Ford Members of the 2020 Junior Auxiliary of Columbus Charity Ball Court to be presented March 28 at Trotter Con-
breakfast will also follow. III vention Center are, in front, Elizabeth Alexander Howard. Second row: Carson Sims Nichols and Katherine Alden
Balcony and royalty Wiygul. Third row: Arthur Cale Upton, Rayne Allen Phillips, Mary Hannah Brady, Abby Michelle Amos, Sophia Kent
n Robert Gunnar Rector, Catherine Bailey Harris and Jackson Pritchard Kizer. Fourth row: William Henry Greene, Jonathon Mark
breakfast tickets will Gale, son of Ms. Stepha-
be sold at the Trotter Swartz, Carter Davis Putt, Emma Madison Holliman, Sara Grace Vought, Ellis Blaine Clark, Robert Gunnar Gale and
nie McLain Gale and Mr. Adam Reese Ford. Fifth row: Carter Reid Smith, Michael Banks Hyde, Noel Blaine Fisher and James Reuben Profitt.
Convention Center ticket Robert Todd Gale
office from 6-8 p.m. on n William Henry Kizer, son of Mr. and Pothjuise Rector and Mr.
March 25-27, and from Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Kizer Edgar Albert Rector Jr.
7-7:45 p.m. on March 28. Mrs. Russell Stuart n Carson Sims Nich- n Carter Reid Smith,
Balcony tickets are $25; Greene ols, daughter of Mr. and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
breakfast tickets are $25. n Catherine Bailey Mrs. Michael Jay Nichols neth Dean Smith
Tickets will be required Harris, daughter of Mr. n Rayne Allen n Jonathan Mark
for admission to the and Mrs. Yandell Swayze Phillips, daughter of Swartz, son of Mr. and
Charity Ball. Harris Ms. Katherine Langford Mrs. Mark Raymond
“Up and Away with n Emma Madison Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Swartz
JA” is the theme of this Holliman, daughter of John Douglass Phillips n Arthur Cale Upton,
year’s ball, which, along Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence n James Reuben son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim-
with the annual Report Mayo Atkins II Proffitt, son of Ms. Beth othy Wayne Upton
to the Community, is the n Elizabeth Alexander Harpole Proffitt and Mr. n Sara Grace Vought,
chapter’s only fundraiser. Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Proceeds support year- and Mrs. Thomas Mal- Profitt Kristopher Shay Vought
round projects and pro- colm Howard Sr. n Carter Davis Putt, n Katherine Alden
grams serving children n Michael Banks son of Mr. and Mrs. Mi- Wiygul, daughter of Mrs.
in Lowndes County. Hyde, son of Mr. and chael Charles Putt Laura Nicole Latham
“It a night of celebra- Mrs. Patrick Foy Hyde III n Sophia Kent Rector, and Dr. and Mrs. James
tion — celebrating hope, n Jackson Pritchard daughter of Ms. Stacy Dorsey Wiygul

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Jury finds 3 liable for about $10M in Medicare fraud

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS federal jury hearing a luz worked, the Sun Her-
whistleblower lawsuit has ald of Biloxi reported.
GULFPORT — A Mis- found. The verdicts are not
sissippi hospital owner Jurors returned their the end of the eight-week
cheated Medicare out verdicts Thursday eve- trial. Judge Henry Win-
of $10.8 million, and ning against Ted and Ju- gate will hear arguments
his wife and the former lie Cain, Tommy Kuluz, March 26 in Gulfport
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CALENDAR
Editor’s note: Due to recent, rapid schedul-
ing fluctuations, The Dispatch advises con-
film, “Trudy Gildea: The Love for the Music,”
premieres in two showings at 2 p.m. and 3:30
firming dates with venues before planning p.m. at the Columbus Arts Council’s Rosenz-
to attend events in today’s Calendar. weig Arts Center, 501 Main St. Directed by
Carlos Rosales and produced by Brian Gildea,
Today the film traces Trudy Gildea’s musical legacy
from New York to her founding of the Columbus
Canceled: “St Patty’s Pawty” — This Suzuki Strings and beyond. Free to the public.
fundraiser for the Columbus-Lowndes Humane
Society is 1-6 p.m. at Zachary’s, 205 Fifth St. Refreshments will be served.
N., downtown Columbus. Enjoy a pet parade,
live music, raffles and green beer, along with
food by Huck’s Place. $10 donation at the door Wednesday, March 25
(cash only). Noon Tunes — Main Street Columbus kicks
off its spring midday music series with tunes
by Jeffrey Rupp at the Trotter Courtyard from
Thursday, March 19 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Additional planned dates
Canceled: Story State–Fostering In- are April 1, 8, 15. For more information, contact
novative Storytelling — This Mississip- MSC, 662-328-6305.
pi State Department of Communication event
previously listed in this calendar is canceled.
Thursday, March 26
Thursday through Saturday, through Saturday, April 4
March 19-21 Canceled: 80th Annual Columbus,
Canceled: “Farce of Nature” — The MS Spring Pilgrimage — Home, church
Columbus Arts Council and Columbus Commu- and garden tours are featured, along with a
nity Theatre present this Southern-fried farce kick-off party, Tales from the Crypt, Catfish in
directed by Melanie Tubbs at 7:30 p.m. nightly, the Alley (music and food), a shrimp and craw-
plus a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee. Tickets are fish boil, 5K run, guided walking tour, Dressing
$10 in advance, $12 at the door, if available. to Mourn lecture, Art of Disney, carriage rides
For tickets or information, visit columbus-arts. and more. Go to visitcolumbusms.org or call the
org/cct or call 662-328-2787 (closed Mon- Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau, 800-
days). 920-3533, 662-329-1191.

March 20, 28, 31 Friday, March 27

Canceled: Music events — Mississippi Black Prairie Blues Museum fund-
University for Women Department of Music
events listed previously are canceled. raiser — Tickets to this museum event at
640 Commerce St. in downtown West Point
are $40 and include a barbecue plate and soft
Saturday, March 21 drinks. BYOB; set-ups available. For tickets or
Canceled: Symphony Masterworks information, contact Jeremy Klutts, 662-295-
— This Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra 8361, or Deborah Mansfield, 662-275-7819. Or
concert is canceled. pick up tickets at the Growth Alliance.

Sunday, March 22 Thursday, April 2

Canceled: Rust College Choir — St. Exhibit reception — The Columbus Arts
James United Methodist Church, 722 Military Council hosts a reception from 5:30-7 p.m. to
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LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS PUT ON PAUSE FOR A WEEK

BY THEO DEROSA and the Noxubee County
tderosa@cdispatch.com School District will not
hold school this week
Fourteen high schools and will cancel all athletic
in the Golden Triangle events during the period.
area will not participate The CMSD and LCSD
in sports for at least this have suspended all athlet-
coming week due to ic practices events until
growing concerns about further notice, affecting
the spread of COVID-19, Columbus, New Hope,
the disease caused by the Caledonia and West
novel coronavirus. Lowndes high schools.
On Saturday after- “The district will con-
noon, the Midsouth As- tinue to seek advisement
sociation for Independent from state officials and
Schools announced it had monitor this evolving sit-
canceled all activities and uation,” the CMSD said in
athletic events beginning a statement Friday. “The
Monday in addition to health and safety of our
recommending all MAIS students, staff and com-
schools close for one munity remains a top pri-
week beginning Monday. ority.”
The MAIS said it will Victory Christian
reevaluate its decision to School will follow the
cancel sporting events LCSD’s policy and close
on a week-to-week basis for the week as well.
beginning March 23, but The SOCSD and
for now, spring sports Dispatch file photo WPCSD canceled all ath-
seasons for six area high The Heritage Academy baseball team beat George County 3-0 on Saturday morning at the Battle at the Beach letic practices and events
schools — Heritage Acad- tournament. Shortly afterward, the Patriots found out that the MAIS had canceled all athletic activities this week. for the duration of the clo-
emy, Columbus Chris- sure, meaning Starkville,
and MAIS guidance/re- as the MAIS evaluates the corresponding agencies The MAIS’s ruling
tian Academy, Starkville West Point and Noxubee
quirements are subject situation. in neighboring states as joined decisions by local
Academy, Starkville County high schools
to change in response to “We continue to mon- we develop our plans for public school districts to
Christian School, Oak could return to competi-
Hill Academy and Hebron new information and rec- itor information coming the coming weeks and cancel school and sus-
tion as soon as March 23.
Christian School. ommendations.” from the Mississippi months,” the statement pend athletic competition. But a Mississippi High
“The health and safety Heritage Academy had Department of Health, read. “Our goal is to mit- The Columbus Munic- School Activities Associ-
of all MAIS students and played a baseball game the Institution of Higher igate the risks posed by ipal School District, the ation meeting scheduled
personnel remain our top as recently as Saturday Learning, the Mississip- the coronavirus while Lowndes County School for Monday morning
priority,” the MAIS said morning, when the Patri- pi Department of Educa- maintaining the quality District, the Starkville could put an end to spring
in its statement regarding ots beat George County tion, and the Mississippi and integrity of our in- Oktibbeha School Dis- sports across the state.
Saturday’s decision. “The in Lucedale, but for now, High School Activities structional and athletic trict, the West Point Con- The MHSAA announced
situation remains fluid, their season is suspended Association, as well as programs.” solidated School District See PREPS, 6B

How the 1918 Mississippi A&M football team NCAA plans to extend
eligibility of athletes
battled a pandemic and war to play its season in all spring sports
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS will have headed to the
pros already, so granting
NEW YORK — The another year wouldn’t do
NCAA is planning to much for them.
extend the eligibility of Florida Athletic Direc-
athletes on spring sports tor Scott Stricklin, the
teams by one year to former athletic director
make up for the season at Mississippi State, said
lost to the new coronavi- he plans to push for legis-
rus. lation that would allow se-
The details of how the niors to return to school
extra eligibility will work and for roster exemptions
are still being ironed out. that would help make it
All three NCAA divi- happen.
sions would potentially “I think any senior
allow another year for who had a championship
athletes in the 14 spring opportunity taken away
sports, which include because of this should get
baseball, softball, la- another year,” he said Fri-
crosse and golf. The de- day. “I don’t know if the
cision comes after the NCAA will take that up.
NCAA announced Thurs- But you have track ath-
day that its winter and letes, you have gymnasts,
spring championships
you have swimmers and
would be canceled as a
divers, and basketball,
precaution against the
that what they worked for
The Reveille (1919) spread of the coronavi-
In 1918, the Mississippi A&M (MSU’s previous name) football team saw its season delayed due to a global in- all year was taken away.”
rus.
fluenza pandemic, but the Aggies marched to a 3-2 record in a season marred by sickness, uncertainty and war. North Carolina la-
Some, but not all, con-
crosse attacker Katie
BY BEN PORTNOY A&M as during the sea- Spanish flu’s impact on football for the 1918 sea- ferences have announced
Hoeg, who is a two-time
bportnoy@cdispatch.com son of 1918,” read the the school. son. A home meeting that their spring sports
All-American and the
1919 edition of The Rev- Training to be a sol- against Marion Mili- teams would not continue
school’s all-time leading
STARKVILLE — Mis- eille, the university year- dier at the time, Catledge tary Institute originally their regular seasons.
scorer, has a teaching
sissippi State sports have book. recalled being sent to the scheduled for Oct. 5 was “I think for the spring
sports athletes, its a and coaching job lined
come to a historic stand-
still.
*** school hospital to help bumped back a month be-
good idea. I like the idea up after she graduates
Following a 1917 cam- with patients. Following a fore also being axed after this spring. She said she
Following the South- sergeant to the first-floor the visitors were quaran- of some kind of a make-
paign in which Mississip- will make arrangements
eastern Conference’s an- ward, he and longtime tined. good there and that’s the
pi A&M (The previous to return for some grad
nouncement Thursday friend Peter Minyard Struggling to find col- way to do it,” Big East
name for MSU) matched courses and play lacrosse
that all spring sports were forced to hold down legiate competition, for- Commissioner Val Acker-
a program record in wins next year if she’s allowed.
will be canceled due to a delirious patient for mer coach and then-ath- man said Friday.
(seven) and downed LSU, “I’m choosing my
the ongoing spread of Kentucky and in-state almost an hour until he letic director William The NCAA Division
COVID-19, the disease I Council Coordination passion,” Hoeg said. “I
rival Ole Miss, the 1918 died. Chadwick helped add
caused by the novel coro- Committee sent an email can’t imagine ending my
season should have been “I saw three men die contests with teams com-
navirus, the 2019-2020 Friday notifying schools lacrosse career the way
met with optimism. that day,” Catledge wrote posed of soldiers from
athletic season at MSU of its intention. The pro- this season is going. I was
Instead, worldwide in his autobiography Payne Field (West Point),
has come to an abrupt posal is expected to pass. pretty hopeful this would
plague and the end of My Life and The Times. Park Field (Millington,
close. Tennessee) and Camp “Details of eligibility be a possibility. I’m real-
World War I decimated “They wouldn’t let Peter
And while the stands and me leave. We had Shelby (Hattiesburg). relief will be finalized at ly excited this decision
not only the Mississippi
at Dudy Noble Field, gained too much needed Two games against Ole a later time,” the NCAA has been made. It’s such
A&M football roster but
Humphrey Coliseum and experience. After three Miss were also added to said in a statement. “Addi- a weird circumstance.
the school itself.
Davis Wade Stadium will days I was assigned to be the final ledger — mark- tional issues with NCAA This has never happened
As the Spanish flu
remain bare for the fore- pandemic killed more assistant to the undertak- ing the only time in the rules must be addressed, before. It would be pret-
seeable future, it’s not than 20 million people er. By then I wanted out schools’ 119-year rivalry and appropriate gover- ty unfair to have our ca-
without precedent. between 1918 and 1920, of there, so I faked a faint. they’ve played twice in a nance bodies will work reers or have this year
In 1918, the Mississip- 52 students at the uni- I didn’t know how people season. through those in the com- taken away from us. I do
pi A&M (MSU’s previous versity died from infec- fainted so I fell to the floor With a smorgasbord ing days and weeks.” agree with their decision
name) football team saw tion while another 1,800 and kicked my feet. The schedule now complete The NCAA needs to because of the circum-
its season delayed due students were infected, undertaker reluctantly and a roster in which figure out logistics in- stances.”
to a global influenza pan- according to the Oct. 12, released me.” just seven of 25 players cluding scholarship lim- The NCAA also in-
demic, but the Aggies 1918, edition of The Col- With the flu gaining a returned to school in Sep- its, roster size and a few formed schools on Friday
marched to a 3-2 record lege Reflector, the school foothold across campus tember 1918 due to the other nuances. that a recruiting dead
in a season marred by newspaper that remains and the globe, the football United States’ induction The association also period is now in effect
sickness, uncertainty and in circulation today. team too felt its wrath. into World War I just a is trying to determine through April 15, ban-
war. Then a student at Mis- Games against Alabama, year and a half prior, the what — if anything — it ning all on-campus visits
“Never before have sissippi A&M, future New LSU and Mississippi Col- Aggies were set for the could do for winter-sport for recruits and off-cam-
conditions been so un- York Times editor Turner lege were canceled as all 1918 season. athletes. In basketball, pus recruiting travel for
favorable for football at Catledge documented the three schools abandoned See FOOTBALL, 6B many of the top players coaches.
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Australia-New Zealand 2nd ODI in Sydney on All-Around World Cup in Tokyo on April 4-5: Rus- Asian Champions League: Matches involving ATP: Monte Carlo Masters from April 12-19 can-

BRIEFLY Sports events affected March 15 and 3rd ODI in Hobart on March 20,
canceled.
sia team withdrew.
Artistic Jesolo Cup in Italy on April 4-5 canceled.
Chinese clubs Guangzhou Evergrande, Shang-
hai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG postponed to
celed.
ATP: Hungarian Open in Budapest from April 20-
by coronavirus Sri Lanka-England 2-test series from March 19-31
postponed.
Rhythmic World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria on April
10-12 postponed.
April-May. Beijing FC allowed to play from Feb.
18. Matches involving South Korean clubs Jeon-
26 canceled.
WTA: Xi’an Open in China from April 13-19 can-
College Sports Archery
ISSF International Solidarity Championships in
World XI-Asia XI matches in Dhaka, Bangladesh
on March 21-22 postponed.
Trampoline World Cup in Brescia, Italy on April 24-
25 postponed to June 19-20.
buk Hyundai Motors, Suwon Samsung Bluewings
and FC Seoul to be played with no spectators
celed.
ATP: Barcelona Open from April 20-26 canceled.
New Zealand-Australia 3-match Twenty20 series from March 3. Matches involving Iranian clubs ATP: Hungarian Open in Budapest from April 20-
SEC extends suspension through April 15 Dhaka, Bangladesh from Feb. 22-28 postponed.
World Cup in Shanghai from May 4-10 canceled.
from March 24-29, canceled.
Handball Esteghlal, Persepolis, Shahr Khodro, Sepahan on 26 canceled.
The Southeastern Conference announced Friday Indian Premier League, due to start on March 29,
Olympic women’s qualifying tournament in Mon-
March 2-3 postponed. All West Zone group match- WTA: Kunming Open in Anning, China from April
postponed to April 15. es from March 2 postponed. East Zone matches 27-May 3 canceled.
it is extending its suspension of all athletic activities Athletics Pakistan Super League: Matches from March 13, tenegro from March 20-22: China withdrew. Hong postponed to May 19-20 (Match Day 3), May 26- ITF events from March 12 suspended.
through April 15 due to concerns about COVID-19, a World indoor championships in Nanjing from no spectators. Final brought forward from March Kong declined invitation to attend. 27, (Match Day 4), June 16-17 (Match Day 5), and Davis Cup: China forfeited World Group I playoff
disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in a blow March 13-15 postponed to March 19-21, 2021. 22 to March 18. June 23-24 (Match Day 6). Round of 16 postponed vs. Romania in Piatra Neamt on March 6-7.
to hopes of resumption for spring sports across the World half marathon championships in Gdynia, West Indies, all matches from March 16 suspend-
ed.
Horse Racing to Aug. 11-12 and 25-26, quarterfinals to Sept.
15-16 and 29-30, and the semifinals to Oct. 20-
Davis Cup: Japan vs. Ecuador qualifier in Miki on
March 6-7, no spectators.
Poland on March 29 postponed to Oct. 17. Dubai World Cup on March 28, no spectators.
conference. World race walking team championships in Minsk, Australia Women’s tour of South Africa, due to 21 and 27-28. Davis Cup: Italy vs. South Korea in Cagliari on
start on March 22, postponed. Champions League: Valencia vs. Atalanta on March 6-7, no spectators.
The suspension now includes all organized team Belarus from May 2-3 canceled.
Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League A Ice Hockey March 10; Paris Saint-Germain vs. Borussia Dort- Fed Cup Finals in Budapest, Hungary from April
Hong Kong Marathon on Feb. 9 canceled.
activities: team and individual practices, meetings and Asian indoor championships in Hangzhou from between Canada, Denmark, Malaysia, Qatar, NHL from March 12 suspended. mund on March 11, no spectators. Competition 14-19 (with France, Australia, United States,
other organized gatherings, including competition. Feb. 12-13 canceled. Singapore and Vanuatu in Malaysia from March Women’s world championship in Nova Scotia, from March 13 suspended. Czech Republic, Russia, Belarus, Spain, Ger-
Tokyo Marathon on March 1, restricted to elite 16-26 postponed. Canada from March 31-April 10 canceled. Europa League: Inter Milan vs. Getafe on March many, Hungary, Belgium, Slovakia, Switzerland)
Programs will cease all activities by the end of Friday, the runners. Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 between Unit- Women’s world championship Division I Group A 12; Sevilla vs. Roma on March 12, postponed. Inter postponed.
league stated. Paris Half Marathon on March 1 postponed to ed States, Scotland and United Arab Emirates in in Angers, France from April 12-18 canceled. Milan vs. Ludogorets on Feb. 27; Olympiakos vs. Fed Cup playoffs on April 17-18 (Poland vs. Brazil,
That means the Mississippi State baseball, softball, Sept. 6. Florida from April 1-8 postponed. Women’s world championship Division I Group Wolverhampton on March 12; LASK vs. Manches- Mexico vs. Britain, Serbia vs. Canada, Latvia vs.
Nagoya Women’s Marathon on March 8, restricted Everest Premier League in Nepal, due to start on B in Katowice, Poland from March 28-April 3 ter United on March 12; Wolfsburg vs. Shakhtar India, Japan vs. Ukraine, Romania vs. Italy, Ar-
men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis and to elite runners. March 14, postponed. canceled. Donetsk on March 12; Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Ba- gentina vs. Kazakhstan, Netherlands vs. China),
outdoor track and field teams will not be able to practice Rome Half Marathon on March 8 canceled. Women’s ODI Quadrangular between Thailand, Women’s world championship Division II Group sel on March 12, no spectators. Competition from postponed:
Ireland, Netherlands and Zimbabwe in Chiang A in Jaca, Spain from March 29-April 3 canceled. March 13 suspended. Fed Cup Asia-Oceania Group I tournament moved
or compete until April 16 at the very earliest. New Taipei City Marathon in Taiwan on March 15
Mai, Thailand from April 3-11 canceled. Men’s world championship Division IV in Bishkek, South America World Cup qualifying from March from Dongguan, China to Dubai, United Arab Emir-
canceled.
“SEC member institutions will continue to provide Suzhou Half Marathon in China on March 15 Kyrgyzstan from May 3-5 canceled. 23-31 postponed. ates from March 3-7.
their student-athletes with care and support to meet ATP Challenger Tour
canceled.
Barcelona Marathon on March 15 postponed to
Curling Women’s Challenge Cup of Asia in Manila, Philip-
pines from Feb. 23-28 canceled.
Asia World Cup qualifying: China vs. Maldives on
March 26 and vs. Guam on March 31 moved to Bergamo Challenger final in Italy on Feb. 23 can-
needs in areas including academics, medical care, Oct. 25.
Women’s world championships in Prince George, Women’s Challenge Cup of Asia Division I in Ma- Buriram, Thailand, no spectators. Matches from celed.
mental health and wellness, nutrition and housing as Canada from March 14-22 canceled. nila, Philippines from Feb. 23-28 canceled. March 23-April 9 postponed: China vs. Maldives, Qujing Challenger in China from March 2-8 can-
New York Half Marathon on March 15 canceled. Men’s world championships in Glasgow, Scotland Philippines vs. Guam, Maldives vs. Syria, Guam celed.
needed,” the conference said in a statement. Seoul Marathon on March 22 canceled. from March 28-April 5 canceled.
National League and Swiss League in Switzer-
Nur-Sultan Challenger 1 in Kazakhstan on March
Chongqing International Marathon in China on land from March 2 suspended. From March 13 vs. China, China vs. Philippines, Guam vs. Syria,
World mixed doubles and senior championships in canceled. China vs. Syria, Philippines vs. Maldives, Australia 12, Day 4 of 7, canceled.
March 22 canceled. Kelowna, Canada from April 18-25 canceled.
Wuxi Marathon in China on March 22 canceled. Elite League in United Kingdom from March 13 vs. Kuwait, Nepal vs. Taiwan, Kuwait vs. Jordan, Potchefstroom Challenger in South Africa on
NJCAA suspends sports through April 3 Mersin Marathon in Turkey on March 22 post- canceled. Nepal vs. Australia, Australia vs. Taiwan, Nepal vs. March 12, Day 3 of 6, canceled.
The National Junior College Athletic Association poned. Cycling Chinese clubs in Supreme Hockey League playing
home games in Russia.
Jordan, Taiwan vs. Kuwait, Australia vs. Jordan,
Iran vs. Hong Kong, Bahrain vs. Cambodia, Hong
Zhuhai Challenger in China from March 9-15
canceled.
Lisbon Half Marathon on March 22 postponed to Road
has suspended all athletic competition through April 3 Sept. 6. US-Based Professional Women’s Hockey Play- Kong vs. Iraq, Cambodia vs. Iran, Iran vs. Bahrain, Arizona Challenger in Phoenix from March 16-22
Tour of Hainan in China from Feb. 23-March 1
due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. Prague Half Marathon on March 28 postponed. postponed. ers Association tour of Japan from March 4-7 Iraq vs. Cambodia, Iran vs. Iraq, Bahrain vs. Hong canceled.
canceled. Kong, Saudi Arabia vs. Yemen, Palestine vs. Shenzhen Challenger in China from March 16-22
East Mississippi Community College’s baseball and Rome Marathon on March 29 canceled. UAE Tour cancelled on Feb. 27 after 5 of 7 stages.
canceled.
Madrid Half Marathon on March 29 postponed. Strade Bianche in Siena, Italy on March 7 can- Singapore, Yemen vs. Uzbekistan, Singapore vs.
softball teams will be affected by the decision. Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia vs. Palestine, Uzbeki- Olimpia Challenger in Brazil from March 17-22
The NJCAA will also postpone its basketball cham-
Asian cross-country championships in Hong Kong
on March 29 postponed.
celed.
Paris-Nice from March 8-15: Mitchelton-Scott,
Judo stan vs. Singapore, Saudi Arabia vs. Uzbekistan, canceled.
Paris Marathon on April 5 postponed to Oct. 18. Paris Grand Slam on Feb. 8-9: China team with- Palestine vs. Yemen, Bangladesh vs. Afghanistan, Madrid Challenger from March 23-29 postponed
pionships to April 20 and won’t charge student-athletes a Ineos, Astana, UAE Team Emirates, CCC, Mov-
drew. India vs. Qatar, Afghanistan vs. Oman, Qatar vs. to October.
Milan Marathon in Italy on April 5 postponed. istar, Jumbo-Visma teams withdrew. From Stage
year of eligibility should their season be canceled. Daegu International Marathon in South Korea on 2 of 8, no spectators. On March 14, Stage 7 of 8,
Dusseldorf Grand Slam in Germany on Feb. 21-23: Bangladesh, Bangladesh vs. India, Oman vs. Zhangjiagang Challenger in China from March
China team withdrew. 23-29 canceled.
“Our goal is to look after the safety and security of April 5 canceled. canceled.
Rabat Grand Prix in Morocco on March 6-8 can-
Qatar, Bangladesh vs. Oman, India vs. Afghani-
Lille Challenger in France from March 23-29
Rotterdam Marathon in the Netherlands on April GP Larciano in Pistoia, Italy on March 8 canceled. stan, Japan vs. Myanmar, Tajikistan vs. Mongolia,
all involved, while also still providing a pathway to allow 5 postponed. Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy from March 11-17 can-
celed. Myanmar vs. Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia vs. Japan, canceled.
opportunities for our student-athletes and the ability Kyiv Half Marathon in Ukraine on April 5 post- celed.
Swiss Open in Winterthur on March 7-8 canceled. Japan vs. Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan vs. Mongolia, Machala Challenger in Ecuador from March 23-29
Ekaterinburg Grand Slam in Russia on March 13- Japan vs. Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan vs. Myanmar, canceled.
to compete for a national championship,” an NJCAA poned. Istarsko Proljeće in Croatia from March 12-15
15 canceled. St. Brieuc Challenger in France from March
Berlin Half Marathon on April 5 canceled. canceled. United Arab Emirates vs. Malaysia, Thailand vs.
statement read. “The NJCAA will continue to monitor and Wuhan Marathon in China on April 12 canceled. Drentse Acht van Westerveld (women) in the Neth-
Santiago Panamerican Open in Chile from March Indonesia, Malaysia vs. Vietnam, Indonesia vs. 29-April 5 canceled.
make adjustments as needed.” Pyongyang Marathon in North Korea on April 12 14-15 canceled. United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates vs. Taipei Challenger in Taiwan from March 30-April
erlands on March 13 canceled.
Lima Panamerican Open in Peru from March 21- Thailand, Vietnam vs. Indonesia, Thailand vs. Ma- 5 postponed.
canceled. Bevrijdingsronde van Drenthe in the Netherlands
22 canceled. laysia, United Arab Emirates vs. Vietnam, South Marbella Challenger in Spain from March 30-April
Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon in on March 14-15 canceled.
Local Sports China on April 12 postponed.
Vienna City Marathon on April 19 canceled.
Ronde van Drenthe (women) in the Netherlands on
March 15 canceled.
Tbilisi Grand Prix in Georgia from March 27-29
canceled.
Antalya Grand Prix in Turkey from April 3-5 can-
Korea vs. Turkmenistan, North Korea vs. Sri Lan-
ka, Turkmenistan vs. Lebanon, Sri Lanka vs. South
5 canceled.
Nanchang Challenger in China from April 6-12
canceled.
Hamburg Marathon on April 19 postponed. Popolarissima in Italy on March 15 canceled. Korea, South Korea vs. North Korea, Lebanon vs.
Columbus Recreation Department suspends Enschede Marathon in the Netherlands on April Paris-Troyes on March 15 postponed.
celed. Sri Lanka, South Korea vs. Lebanon, North Korea Florianopolis Challenger in Brazil from April 6-12
19 canceled. Danilith Nokere Koerse in Belgium on March 18 vs. Turkmenistan. canceled.
all events until April 1 Boston Marathon on April 20 postponed to Sept. canceled. Modern Pentathlon Euro 2020 qualifying playoffs: Slovakia vs. Ireland San Luis Challenger in Mexico from April 6-12
canceled.
The Columbus Recreation Department announced 14. Volta ao Alentejo in Portugal from March 18-22 World championships moved from Xiamen to Can- in Bratislava on March 26, no spectators.
Murcia Challenger in Spain from April 6-12 can-
London Marathon on April 26 postponed to Oct. 4. canceled. Women’s Euro 2021 qualifying: Montenegro vs.
Saturday it has suspended all practices, games and Madrid Marathon on April 26 postponed to Nov. Olympia’s Tour in the Netherlands from March 18-
cun, Mexico, from May 25-31.
Ireland in Budva on March 11, no spectators. celed.
World laser run championships moved from Xia-
activities until April 1 due to concerns about the spread 15. 22 canceled. men in May to Weiden, Germany, in August. Africa Cup of Nations qualifying from March 25-31 Sarasota Challenger in Florida from April 13-19
postponed. canceled.
of COVID-19. Dongying International Marathon in China on April Milan-San Remo on March 21 canceled.
Asian women’s Olympic qualifying Group B Changsha Challenger in China from April 13-19
26 canceled. Omloop van de Westhoek (women) in Belgium on
“We are exercising caution and follow the guidance Krakow Marathon in Poland on April 26 postponed. March 22 canceled. Motorcycling tournament relocated from Wuhan to Sydney canceled.
Tunis Challenger in Tunisia from April 13-19 can-
of health officials in this decision,” director Greg Lewis Florida Invitational meeting in Miramar on May 9 Trofeo Alfredo Binda (women) in Cittiglio, Italy on MotoGP from Feb. 3-13. China vs. South Korea playoffs
celed.
canceled. March 22 postponed to June 2. Qatar Grand Prix in Doha on March 8 canceled. on March 6 and 11 postponed to April 9 and 14,
said. “Sadly, we also have to suspend our senior adult Edinburgh Marathon on May 24 postponed. Tour de Normandie in France from March 23-27 Thailand Grand Prix in Buriram on March 22 post- and postponed to June 1-10; China home game in Yokohama Challenger in Japan from April 13-19
activities at this time too. Private events already booked canceled. poned to Oct. 4. Sydney. Vietnam vs. Australia in Cẩm Phả on March canceled.
Alicante Challenger in Spain from April 13-19
at our Community Centers will remain on the schedule Auto Racing Volta a Catalunya in Spain from March 23-29 Aragon Grand Prix in Spain moved from Oct. 4 to 11, no spectators.
canceled.
canceled. Sept. 27. English Premier League: Manchester City vs.
since those are not public events. Each group can make Formula One: Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne AG Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne in Belgium from Americas Grand Prix in Austin, Texas on April 5 Arsenal on March 11. Competition from March 13 Anning Challenger in China from April 20-26
their decision on proceeding.” on March 15 canceled. March 25-26 postponed. postponed to Nov. 15. suspended. canceled.
Formula One: Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir on Settimana Coppi e Bartali in Italy from March 25- Argentina Grand Prix in Termas de Rio Hondo on FA Cup quarterfinals on March 21-22 postponed. Manzanillo Challenger in Mexico from April 20-26
March 22 postponed. 29 canceled. April 19 postponed to Nov. 22. La Liga and Segunda Division matches from canceled.

Prep Baseball Formula One: Vietnam Grand Prix in Hanoi on

April 5 postponed.
E3 BinckBank Classic in Belgium on March 27
canceled.
Valencia Grand Prix in Spain on Nov. 15 moved
to Nov. 29.
March 10, no spectators. Competition from March
12 suspended.
Tallahassee Challenger in Florida from April 20-
26 canceled.
Matsuyama Challenger in Japan from April 20-26
Formula One: Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Gent-Wevelgem in Belgium on March 29 can- World Superbikes Copa del Rey final: Real Sociedad vs. Athletic Bil-
Heritage Academy 3, George County 0 April 19 postponed. celed. Qatar Round in Lusail on March 15 postponed. bao in Seville on April 18 postponed. canceled.
LUCEDALE — Blayze Berry pitched a gem as IndyCar: St. Petersburg Grand Prix in Florida on Cholet-Pays de La Loir in France on March 29 Spanish Round in Cadiz on March 29 postponed Serie A, B, C, D and Women’s Serie A matches Francavilla Challenger in Italy from April 20-26
March 15 canceled. canceled. to Oct. 25. in Lombardy and Veneto regions postponed from canceled.
the Heritage Academy baseball team shut out George IndyCar: Alabama Grand :Prix in Birmingham on Dwars door Vlaanderen in Belgium on April 1 French Round in Magny-Cours on Sept. 27 post- Feb. 22. Serie A: 6 matches on Feb. 29-March 2 Split Challenger in Croatia from April 20-26 can-
County 3-0 on Saturday in Lucedale. April 5 canceled. canceled. poned to Oct. 4. postponed. All matches from March 4, no specta- celed.
IndyCar: Long Beach Grand Prix in California on Seoul Challenger in South Korea from April 27-
The Mississippi State signee struck out 10 batters Giro di Sicilia in Italy from April 1-4 canceled. tors. Competition from March 9 suspended.
May 3 postponed to August.
April 19 canceled. Italian Cup semifinals: Juventus vs. AC Milan on
in 6.2 scoreless innings as the Patriots improved to 11-1 IndyCar: AutoNation Challenge in Austin, Texas
Roue Tourangelle in France on April 5 canceled.
Circuit des Ardennes in Belgium from April 10-12 Rowing March 4, Napoli vs. Inter Milan on March 5, post- Busan Challenger in South Korea from May 4-10
on the season. He also led the team with two hits and on April 26 canceled. canceled. World Cup I in Sabuadia, Italy from April 10-12 poned. Final moved from May 13 to May 20. postponed to August.
12 Hours of Sebring in Florida on March 21-22 canceled. Bundesliga from March 11, no spectators. From Gwangju Challenger in South Korea from May 11-
drove in a run. postponed to November.
Tour of Turkey from April 12-19 postponed.
Asia and Oceania Olympic qualifying regatta in 17 postponed to August.
Tour de Bretagne in France from April 25-May 1 March 13, suspended.
Banks Hyde and KJ Smith also had RBIs for NASCAR: Atlanta 500 on March 15 canceled. canceled. Chungju, South Korea from April 27-30 canceled. French Ligue 1: Strasbourg vs. Paris Saint-Ger- Samarkand Challenger in Uzbekistan from May
Heritage Academy. NASCAR: Miami 400 on March 22 canceled. Tour of the Gila in New Mexico from April 29-May European Olympic qualifying regatta in Varese, main on March 7, postponed. Competition from 11-17 canceled.
Formula E: Sanya E-Prix in Japan on March 21 3 canceled. Italy from April 27-29 canceled. March 13 suspended.
canceled.
Formula E: Rome E-Prix on April 4 canceled.
Tour of Chongming Island (women) in China from World Cup II in Varese, Italy from May 1-3 can-
celed.
French League Cup final: Paris Saint-Germain vs.
Lyon in Paris on April 4 postponed.
Triathlon
Heritage Academy 14, Harrison Central 4 Formula E: Paris E-Prix on April 18 canceled.
May 7-9 postponed.
Tour of Zhoushan Island in China from May 12-14 Algarve Cup final in Portugal on March 11: Italy vs.
World Series in Abu Dhabi on March 7 postponed.
World Cup in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida on
D’IBERVILLE — Heritage Academy run-ruled MH- Formula E: Seoul E-Prix on May 3 canceled. postponed. Rugby League Germany canceled. March 22 postponed.
Formula E: Jakarta E-Prix on June 6 canceled. Tour of Taiyuan in China on May 31 postponed. Chinese Super League, due to start on Feb. 22,
SAA Class 6A school Harrison Central 14-4 on Friday at Super League: Catalans vs. Leeds in Perpignan on
delayed.
World Cup in New Plymouth, New Zealand on
Women’s Tour in United Kingdom from June 8-13 March 14, postponed. March 28-29 postponed.
D’Iberville High School.
The Patriots scored eight runs in the fourth inning Badminton postponed.
Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California from Oct.
Iran Pro League: All matches from Feb. 24, no
spectators; season from March 4 suspended.
World Cup in Brasilia, Brazil on April 3-5 post-
China Masters in Hainan from Feb. 25-March 1 poned.
1-4 postponed. J League in Japan: All matches from Feb. 25
and earned the win in five innings. postponed.
Giro d’Italia in Hungary and Italy from May 9-31 Rugby Union postponed.
World Series in Bermuda on April 18-19 post-
poned.
Aaron Downs led Heritage Academy by driving in Asian team championships in Manila from Feb. 11- postponed. Six Nations: Ireland vs. Italy in Dublin on March 7; K League in South Korea, due to start on Feb. 29, World Cup in Huatulco, Mexico on April 25-26
16: China and Hong Kong withdrew. Italy vs. England in Rome on March 14; France vs.
three runs, while Hyde and Seth Harris each had two German Open in Mulheim from March 3-8 can-
Track
Ireland in Paris on March 14; Wales vs. Scotland in
delayed. postponed.
Six Day Manchester in England from March 13-15 Swiss Super League and Challenge League from
RBIs. Downs, Hyde and Cole Ketchum each had two celed. canceled. Cardiff on March 14, postponed. Feb. 28-March 23 postponed.
Olympic mixed relay qualifier moved from Cheng-
Portuguese International Championships in Cal- du, China on May 9 to Valencia, Spain on May 1.
hits. das da Rainha from March 5-8 canceled.
Mountain Bike Women’s Six Nations: Italy vs. Scotland in Leg- V League in Vietnam from March 7, no spectators. World Cup in Chengdu, China on May 10 post-
Eliminator World Cup in Dubai on March 6 can- nano on Feb. 23; Scotland vs. France in Glasgow First League and Second League in Bulgaria from
Hyde struck out two in three innings on the mound. Swiss Open in Basel from March 17-22 postponed. celed. on March 7; Ireland vs. Italy in Dublin on March 8; March 8, no spectators.
poned.
India Open in New Delhi from March 24-29 post- World Cup in Arzachena, Italy on May 30 post-
Cape Epic in South Africa from March 15-22 Italy vs. England in Padua on March 15; Wales vs. Romania, all league matches from March 9, no
poned. poned to October.
canceled. Scotland in Cardiff on March 15; France vs. Ireland spectators. Asian Cup in Tainan, Taiwan on March 8, in Beihai,
Pickens Academy 12, Kemper Academy 0 Orleans Masters in France from March 24-29
canceled.
UCI World Cup in Lousa, Portugal on March 21-22 in Villeneuve-d’Ascq on March 15, postponed.
European Rugby Championship: Georgia vs. Rus-
Primeira Liga in Portugal from March 10, no spec- China on April 5, and Dexing, China on April 11
DE KALB — Pickens Academy (Alabama) shut out Vietnam International Challenge in Hanoi post-
canceled.
sia on March 14; Romania vs. Belgium on March
tators. postponed.
Eliminator World Cup in Barcelona on March 28 Ekstraklasa in Poland from March 10, no spec-
Kemper Academy 12-0 on Saturday in De Kalb. poned from March 24-29 to June 2-7. canceled. 14; Switzerland vs. Netherlands on March 14; tators.
Collin Smith pitched a complete-game shutout for Waikato International in New Zealand from March
26-29 postponed.
Spain vs. Portugal on March 15, postponed. Austrian Bundesliga and 2nd Liga from March 10 Volleyball
Euopean Rugby Women’s Championship: Spain
the Pirates (2-3), striking out nine and allowing two hits Polish Open in Krakow from March 26-29 can- Equestrian vs. Russia on April 5; Spain vs. Netherlands on
postponed.
Premier League in Egypt from March 10, no spec-
Beach volleyball World Cup in Yangzhou, China
from April 22-26 postponed.
and two walks. celed. Hong Kong showjumping leg of Longines Masters April 11, postponed. tators.
Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur from March Series from Feb. 14-16 canceled. Super Rugby: Sunwolves vs. ACT Brumbies on
Will Noland went 4 for 5 with an RBI for Pickens 31-April 5 postponed. March 8 moved from Osaka, Japan to Canberra,
Denmark, all leagues from March 11 suspended.
Water Polo
Eredivisie in the Netherlands from March 12 sus-
Academy, while Hayden Dyer went 2 for 4 with a double Canadian International Challenge in Fort McMur-
and drove in two runs, and Clark Noland walked twice ray from March 31-April 5 postponed. Fencing Australia. Sunwolves vs. Crusaders on March 14
moved from Tokyo to Brisbane, Australia. Jag-
pended.
First Division A in Belgium from March 12, no
Olympic women’s qualifying tournament in Trieste,
Italy from March 8-15 postponed.
Osaka International Challenge in Moriguchi from Anaheim Grand Prix in California on March 13-15 uares vs. Highlanders on March 14, no spectators.
and went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI. April 1-5 postponed. postponed. spectators.
Drake Lowery went 2 for 2, and Clayton Lee and Finnish Open in Vantaa from April 2-5 postponed. Men’s Saber World Cup in Budapest, Hungary on
Competition from March 15 suspended.
French Top 14 from March 13 suspended.
Belgian Cup final: Club Brugge vs. Antwerp in
Brussels on March 22 postponed.
Weightlifting
Singapore Open from April 7-12 postponed. March 20-22 postponed. Asian championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Lane Goodman each went 2 for 4. Dutch International in Wateringen from April 8-11 Men’s Epee World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pro14: Zebre vs. Ospreys on Feb. 29; Treviso vs. Major League Soccer in United States from March from April 16-25 postponed. Originally moved from
Ulster on Feb. 29, postponed. Competition from 12 suspended.
postponed. on March 20-22 postponed. March 12 suspended. Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Women’s Saber World Cup in Sint-Niklaas, Bel- Premiership in Scotland from March 13 suspend- East Asian championships in Seoul from Feb.
Prep Softball Asia championships moved from Wuhan, China to
Manila on April 21-26. gium on March 20-22, postponed.
Women’s Epee World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbeki-
Japan’s Top League: Matches from Feb. 29 post-
poned. From March 14 suspended.
Hong Kong Sevens moved from April 3-5 to Oct.
ed.
AFC Cup: All group stage and playoff matches in
26-March 3 postponed.
Junior world championships in Bucharest, Roma-
east zone delayed to April 7.
New Hope goes 2-2 at Gulf Shores tourney Baseball
stan on March 20-22 postponed.
Junior world championships in Salt Lake City, Utah
16-18. Asian men’s futsal championship in Ashgabat,
nia from March 14-24 canceled.
African championships in Vacoas, Mauritius from
GULF SHORES, Ala. — The New Hope softball Singapore Sevens moved from April 11-12 to Oct. Turkmenistan, from Feb. 26-March 8 postponed
MLB: Preseason from March 12 canceled. Regular on April 3-11 postponed. April 13-20 canceled.
10-11. to Aug. 5-16.
team was shut out 3-0 in five innings by Walker Valley season due to start on March 26, postponed. African Zonal Olympic qualifier in Cairo on April Asia women’s championship in Hong Kong from Qatar Airways International in Doha with Belgium,
European championships in Moscow from April
Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan: Presea- 15 postponed. 13-21 postponed to June 13-21.
on Saturday in their final game at the Pleasure Island son from Feb. 26-March 15, no spectators. Reg- Asian Zonal Olympic qualifier in Seoul on April
March 14-22 postponed to May 8-16. Croatia, Portugal, Switzerland from March 26-30
Olympic test event (Asia Sevens Invitational) in
Showdown in Gulf Shores, Alabama. ular season due to start on March 20, postponed. canceled.
The Trojans were held to just four hits, of which KBO League in South Korea: Preseason from
15-16 postponed.
European Zonal Olympic qualifier in Madrid on
Tokyo from April 25-26 canceled. Men’s friendlies: Netherlands vs. United States Wrestling
March 14-24 canceled. Regular season due to April 18-19 postponed. on March 26; Japan vs. South Africa on March 27; Asian championships in New Delhi from Feb.
Lailah Henderson had two. start on March 28, postponed. American Zonal Olympic qualifier in Panama City Australian Rules Wales vs. Austria on March 27; England vs. Italy 20-23: China, North Korea, Turkmenistan teams
Reagan Cook pitched all four innings for New Hope Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Arizo- on April 18-19 postponed. Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. on March 27; Wales vs. United States on March withdrew.
na from March 22-26 postponed. FIELD HOCKEY 30; England vs. Denmark on March 31; Germa- European Olympic qualifying event in Budapest,
(7-2), striking out two batters. Final Olympic qualifying tournament in Taichung Hockey Pro League women’s matches between ny vs. Italy on March 31, canceled. France vs. Hungary from March 19-22 postponed.
New Hope blew out New Site earlier Saturday in and Dou Liu, Taiwan from April 1-5 postponed to China and Belgium on Feb. 8-9 and Australia on Sailing Ukraine on March 27; France vs. Finland on March Asian Olympic qualifying event from March 27-29
Clipper Round the World Race moved sixth leg 31, no spectators. moved from Xi’an, China to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Gulf Shores, earning an 11-1 win in four innings. June 17-21. March 14-15 postponed.
Women’s friendlies: France vs. North Macedonia Kyrgyzstan withdrew as host on Feb. 29.
Australia’s Hockey Pro League matches in Spain, stopover in Qingdao, China to Subic Bay, Philip-
The Trojans scored eight runs in the third inning to Germany and Netherlands from March 14-29 pines from March 11-21. on April 10, no spectators. United States Olympic trials in State College,
rout the Royals. Basketball postponed. 470 world championship in Mallorca, Spain from Pennsylvania from April 4-5 postponed.
NBA from March 11 suspended. Olympic qualifying event in Sofia, Bulgaria from
Zoe Goodman and Kendal Kostick each drove in Women’s Olympic qualifying tournament moved
New Zealand’s Hockey Pro League matches in
Germany on March 19 and the Netherlands on
March 13-21 postponed.
Asian championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Sumo April 30-May 3 postponed.
three runs for New Hope, and Jeoreia Henry drove in from Foshan, China, to Belgrade, Serbia, from March 29 postponed. Emirates from March 15-22 postponed. Spring Tournament in Osaka, Japan from March
8-22, no spectators.
two. Feb. 6-9.
3x3 Olympic qualifying tournament in Bengaluru,
India women’s tour of China from March 14-25
canceled.
Asian Nacra 17 Championship in Shanghai from
March 1-6 moved to Genoa, Italy, from April 12-19. Others
Charly Clanton led the team with three hits, while Italy declares all sports events without spectators
Goodman and Emma O’Bryant had two.
India from March 18-22 postponed.
Asia Cup qualifiers postponed: Philippines vs.
Ireland women’s tour of Malaysia in March-April On March 12 canceled.
Asian 49erFX Championship in Hainan, China
Swimming from March 4; suspends all sports from March 9.
canceled. Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Iran suspends all sports events from Feb. 24.
Thailand on Feb. 20; Japan vs. China on Feb. 21; from March 20-29 moved to Genoa, Italy, from
Kensley Woolbright pitched all four innings for New China vs. Malaysia on Feb. 24. Matches scheduled April 12-19. On March 12 canceled.
Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Greece declares all sports events without specta-
Hope. for Hong Kong moved to opponents’ homes. Golf Trofeo Princesa Sofía Iberostar 470s in Mallorca,
Diving Grand Prix in Madrid from Feb. 14-16: Chi-
na team withdrew.
tors from March 8-22.
Bulgaria declares all sports events without specta-
New Hope closed Friday with a 5-2 loss to Gulf South Korean Basketball League: All games from US PGA Tour Spain from March 25-April 4 canceled. Diving world series event in Beijing from March tors from March 8.
Feb. 25, no spectators. From Feb. 29, suspended. Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, World Cup Series in Genoa, Italy from April 11-19
Shores (Alabama), the Trojans’ first loss of the season. Serie A in Italy: Games on March 7, no spectators. Florida on March 12, Day 1 of 4, canceled. canceled.
7-9 canceled. Slovakia suspends all sports events from March
Italy Olympic trials in Riccione from March 17-21 10.
The Dolphins scored two runs in the third inning and From March 8-13, postponed. Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida Americas Cup World Series in Cagliari, Italy from canceled.
NBL in Australia: From March 13, no spectators. from March 19-22 canceled. Tokyo Olympic training of volunteers in Japan
two in the fourth to outstrip New Hope in the four-inning EuroLeague: Milan vs. Real Madrid in Milan on WGC-Match Play in Austin, Texas from March 25-
April 23-26 canceled. South America championships in Buenos Aires, postponed from February to May.
SailGP in San Francisco from May 2-3 canceled. Argentina from March 25-29 canceled.
game. March 3; Valencia vs. Milan in Valencia on March 29 canceled. Tokyo Olympic flame lighting dress rehearsal in
Nordic Tour: Bergen Festival in Norway from Olympia, Greece on March 11; flame lighting on
Clanton and Gabbi Manning drove in runs for New 5. Competition from March 12 suspended. Corales Puntacana Championship in Punta Cana,
Hope, and Cook pitched 3.2 innings for the Trojans. EuroLeague Women: Famila Schio vs. Sopron on Dominican Republic from March 26-29 canceled. Shooting March 28-30 canceled.
China Olympic trials in Qingdao from March
March 12, no spectators. Greek torch relay from
Feb. 26; Reyer vs. Riga on Feb. 26; USK Praha Texas Open in San Antonio from April 2-5 can- World Cup in New Delhi from March 15-26 post- March 13 canceled.
28-April 4 moved to May 10-16.
New Hope’s first game of the two-day tournament vs. Famila Schio on March 11; Ekaterinburg vs. celed. poned to May 5-12 and June 2-9.
Ireland Olympic trials in Dublin from April 1-5
Chinese Anti-Doping Agency suspended testing
Masters in Augusta, Georgia from April 9-12 Olympic test event in Tokyo from April 16-26 from Feb. 3-21.
was its best, as the Trojans obliterated Hunters Lane Montpellier on March 11, canceled. Competition
canceled. postponed. Winter X Games events in Chongli, China from
from March 13 suspended. postponed.
(Tennessee) 31-0 in just two innings. EuroCup: Brescia vs. Reyer on March 3, Monaco US LPGA Tour
African championships in Durban, South Africa Feb. 21-23 postponed.
from April 17-22 postponed. Singapore athlete of the year awards on Feb. 26
New Hope scored an astounding 20 runs in the first vs. UNICS Kazan on March 4, Darussafaka vs. Honda LPGA Thailand in Pattaya from Feb. 20-23
Skating Australia championships in Perth from April 17-21 postponed.
Bologna on March 5, no spectators. Competition canceled.
inning and added 11 more in the second to put the game from March 12 suspended. HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singa- Short track speed skating world championships in canceled. International Boxing Association’s European Con-
to bed quickly. EuroCup Women: Castors Braine vs. Valencia pore from Feb. 27-March 1 canceled. Seoul from March 13-15 postponed. tinental Forum in Assisi, Italy on Feb. 29 canceled.
Henry drove in five runs in the game to lead the on March 12; Reyer vs. Girona on March 12, can- Blue Bay LPGA on Hainan Island from March 5-8 Figure skating world championships in Montreal
from March 16-22 canceled. Table Tennis International Boxing Association’s African Conti-
nental Forum in Casablanca, Morocco from March
celed. Dynamo Kursk vs. Avenida on March 12 canceled. World team championships in Busan, South Ko-
Trojans. Goodman was the only player with multiple hits, canceled. Competition from March 13 suspended. Founders Cup in Phoenix from March 19-22 can- rea, postponed from May 22-29 to June 21-28.
13-15 postponed.
as her two-hit day paced a balanced New Hope offense. 3x3 Asia Cup in Changsa, China from March 13-17 celed.
Kia Classic in Carlsbad, California from March
Skiing Asian Cup in Hainan, China from Feb. 28-March
World Chess Federation’s presidential council
meeting moved from China to United Arab Emir-
postponed to Sept. 9-13. Alpine World Cup Finals in Cortina d’Ampezzo, 1 postponed.
Basketball Africa League due to start on March 26-29 canceled. ates on Feb. 28-29.
Italy from March 18-22 canceled. Polish Open in Gliwice from March 11-15, from
World University cross-country championships in
Pickens Academy (Ala.) goes 4-0 in Meridian 13 delayed.
VTB United League in Belarus, Estonia, Ka-
ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage, California from
April 2-5 canceled.
Alpine World Cup in Yanqing, China from Feb. 15-
16 canceled.
March 13, Day 3 of 5, suspended.
Italian Open in Riccione from April 1-5 postponed.
Marrakech, Morocco on March 7 postponed.
Pickens Academy (Alabama) improved to 8-0 with a zakhstan, Poland and Russia from March 13 European Tour Nordic World Cup in Oslo, Norway from March Asian Olympic qualifying tournament in Bangkok
NCAA in the United States, all sports from March
12 canceled.
4-0 weekend at the Clarkdale Tournament in Meridian. suspended. Kenya Open in Nairobi from March 12-15 can- 6-8, no spectators. from April 6-12 postponed. International Weightlifting Federation Congress in
celed. Engadin Skimarathon in Switzerland on March 8 European Olympic qualifying tournament in Mos-
Auburn signee Shelby Lowe picked up wins in all Indian Open in New Delhi from March 19-22 Bucharest, Romania on March 13 canceled.
four games, improving her record to 8-0 as well. Biathlon postponed.
canceled.
Snowboard World Cup in Livigno, Italy on March
cow from April 8-12 postponed.
Latin American Olympic qualifying tournament in
World Conference on Prevention of Injury and
Olympic test event in Zhangjiakou, China from Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malay- Illness in Sport in Monte Carlo from March 12-14
Against Hancock in Pickens’ final game of the Feb. 27-March 2 canceled. sia, from April 16-19 postponed.
10 canceled. Rosario, Argentina from April 15-19 postponed. postponed to Feb. 11-13, 2021.
Ski Jumping World Cup in Trondheim, Norway on Oceania Olympic qualifying tournament in Bris-
weekend, Lowe struck out 15 hitters and gave up five hits World Cup in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic from China Open in Shenzhen from April 23-26 post- March 11-12, no spectators. bane, Australia from April 19-20 postponed.
World Anti-Doping Agency Symposium in Laus-
March 5-8, no spectators. anne, Switzerland on March 17-18 canceled.
as the Pirates won 4-2. poned. Alpine World Cup in Are, Sweden on March 12-14, Japan Open in Kitakyushu on April 21-26 post- FIFA Council meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay, on
Czech Masters in Prague on Aug. 20-23 canceled. poned.
Lily Lowery went 2 for 2 with a single and a double, canceled. March 20 moved to Zurich in June-July.
driving in a run, and Courtney Dudley had an RBI. Boxing Japan LPGA Tour
Daikin Orchid Ladies in Okinawa from March 5-8
Ski Jumping World Cup in Nizhny Tagil, Russia on
March 13-15, no spectators.
South Korea Open in Busan on June 16-21 sus-
pended.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Para
Asia-Oceania Olympic qualifier moved from Wu- canceled. Games in the Philippines from March 20-28 post-
Lowe shut out Vancleave over six innings, striking han, China, to Amman, Jordan, from March 3-11. Ski Jumping World Cup in Vikersund, Norway on Slovenia Open in Otocec from April 22-26 post- poned.
Meiji Yasuda Life Women’s Yokohama Tire Tour- March 13-15, no spectators. poned.
out 13, in a 2-0 Pickens win in the Pirates’ first game Americas Olympic qualifier in Buenos Aires, Ar- nament in Konan from March 13-15 canceled. Ski Cross World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland Australian Open in Geelong on June 23-28 sus-
Hong Kong sports stars awards on March 24
gentina from March 26-April 3 suspended. postponed.
Saturday. World Cup in Cologne, Germany from June 17-20
Asian Tour on March 14 canceled. pended. MCC world cricket committee meeting in Colom-
Royal Cup in Pattaya, Thailand from March 12-15
Carleigh Cameron went 3 for 3 with an RBI in the canceled. postponed.
Snowboard World Cup in Winterberg, Germany on bo, Sri Lanka on March 28-29 canceled.
win. Bangabandhu Cup in Dhaka, Bangladesh from
March 14-15 canceled.
Alpine World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia from Taekwondo XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships (offroad
In Friday’s second game, Lowe had 16 strikeouts in Canoe-kayak March 25-28 postponed.
Ladies European Tour
March 14-15, canceled. Asian Olympic qualifying tournament on April 10-
11 moved from Wuxi, China to Amman, Jordan.
triathlon, duathlon) in Taiwan from March 28-29
canceled.
a 1-0 shutout of Germantown. She and Cameron each Asian canoe slalom championships in Pattaya, Alpine Europa Cup Finals in Saalbach and Reit- Gulf Cooperation Council Games in Kuwait from
Thailand on March 22 postponed to April. Saudi Ladies International in King Abdullah eralm, Austria from March 16-22 canceled. European Olympic qualifying tournament in Milan
went 1 for 3 with a single, and Audrey Fondren had a Economic City, Saudi Arabia from March 19-22 from April 17-19 movd to Moscow from April 16-18. April 3-14 postponed.
Asian Olympic canoe sprint qualifying tournament World ski flying championships in Planica, Slove- International Equestrian Federation Sports Forum
single in her only at-bat. in Pattaya, Thailand on March 26 postponed to postponed. nia from March 17-22, no spectators. On March 12 postponed.
in Lausanne, Switzerland on April 6-7 moved to
April. Ski jumping World Cup in Chaikovsky, Russia on
Pickens romped to a 14-1 victory over Northeast online.
Lauderdale in the Pirates’ first game of the tournament Gymnastics March 18-20, no spectators. Tennis Asian Football Confederation Congress in Kuala

Friday by scoring 10 runs in the first inning en route to a Climbing Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from
Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew.
Slopestyle World Cup in Silvaplana, Switzerland
on March 21-22 canceled.
ATP-WTA: BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells,
California from March 11-22 canceled.
Lumpur, Malaysia on April 16 postponed.
SportAccord summit in Beijing moved to Laus-
Asian Championships in Chongqing, China from Junior ski cross and snowboard cross world cham-
five-inning win. April 25-May 3 to be relocated. All-Around World Cup in Milwaukee on March 7:
pionships in Saint-Lary, France from March 19-25
ATP-WTA: Miami Open from March 24-April 5 anne, Switzerland, on April 19-24.
Russia team withdrew. canceled. World Sailing general meeting in London on May
Lowe, who struck out eight in three innings pitched, Olympic test event in Tokyo on March 6, no ath-
Artistic World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, from canceled. WTA: Zapopan Open in Guadalajara, Mexico from 2 canceled.
letes and spectators. Snowboard World Cup in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech
went 2 for 2 at the plate. Dudley had a single and two World Cup in Wujiang, China from April 18-19 March 14, Day 3 of 4, canceled. March 16-21 canceled. FIFA Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 5
Artistic World Cup in Doha, Qatar on March 18-21 Republic on March 20-21 canceled. ATP: US Men’s Clay Court Championships in postponed to Sept. 18.
RBIs, and Baylee Jaynes had a double and drove in canceled.
postponed to June 3-6. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
World Cup in Chongqing, China on April 22 can- Houston, Texas from April 6-12 canceled.
two runs. celed. All-Around World Cup in Stuttgart, Germany on Snooker ATP: Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech, Morocco Congress on June 20 moved from Shanghai to
Cameron went 1 for 3 with an RBI, and Sawyer March 20-22 canceled. China Open in Beijing from March 30-April 5 from April 6-12 canceled. Antwerp, Belgium.
Aerobic World Cup in Cantanhede, Portugal on WTA: Charleston Open in South Carolina from Singapore bans spectators at National School
Robertson and Caroline Lewis also drove in a run apiece Cricket March 27-29 canceled.
postponed.
April 6-12, canceled. Games from January-August.
for Pickens. India-South Africa 2nd ODI in Lucknow on March Rhythmic World Cup in Pesaro, Italy on April 3-5 WTA: Copa Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia from University Athletic Association of the Philippines
15, 3rd ODI in Kolkata on March 18, postponed. postponed to June 5-7. Soccer April 6-12 canceled. postponed all sports events.
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UFC holds fight card in Brasilia amid coronavirus pandemic

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS moved him into conten-
tion for a title shot at Jon
BRASILIA, Brazil — Jones.
The UFC staged a full The UFC has not can-
fight card in an empty are- celed any events in the
na Saturday night in Bra- wake of the pandemic,
zil’s capital city, sticking going against the plans
to its plan to keep fighting of nearly all major sports
in the face of the coronavi- leagues and organiza-
rus pandemic.
tions. The promotion ap-
Charles Oliveira
parenlty doesn’t plan to
stopped lightweight Kev-
ban fans from its event in
in Lee with a guillotine
London next week unless
choke in the third round
of the main event in the compelled by regulatory
UFC’s first show since officials.
many other sports organi- The UFC is also mov-
zations around the world ing its following two
postponed and canceled events, scheduled for
competitions. March 28 and April 11,
The world’s biggest to its UFC Apex training
mixed martial arts pro- complex in Las Vegas,
motion held 12 bouts in where they will be held
Brasilia with only the without fans. The events
fighters, their camps, were previously sched-
the television production uled for Columbus, Ohio,
crew and a few dozen es- and for Portland, Oregon.
sential personnel inside Jason da Silva/USA TODAY Sports The Nevada State Ath-
Nilson Nelson Gymnasi- Renato Moicano answers questions in the press room after fighting Damir Hadzovic during UFC Fight Night at letic Commission held an
um. Ginasio Nilson Nelson on Saturday in Brasilia, Brazil. Moicano won in 44 seconds with a rear naked choke. emergency meeting Sat-
“It was a bit weird not sports world is “panick- they walked to the cage, Renato Moicano got the void of live sports during urday and suspended any
having any fans inside the ing” with its cancella- and ring announcer Joe card’s first stoppage victo- what’s usually one of the scheduled combat sports
arena,” said Bea Malecki, tions. Martinez declaimed the ry nearly 4 1/2 hours into busiest weeks of the in- competition through
a Swedish bantamweight Oliveira (29-8) ended fighters’ names with no the show, finishing Damir ternational sporting cal- March 25, when it will
who won a decision over the show by finishing Lee fans in attendance to hear Hadzovic in 44 seconds endar. The fights were meet again. The commis-
Veronica Macedo in the (18-6), a former light- it. After conducting an with a rear naked choke. initially scheduled to be sion said nothing about
show’s opening bout. “But weight title contender in-cage interview, UFC “I’m very frustrated be- aired in the U.S. on the whether it would allow the
I was able to hear every- who missed weight for broadcaster Michael cause today I fought in my ESPN+ subscription ser- UFC to hold its events as
thing my coaches were the bout. Oliveira has won Bisping instinctively ex- hometown, and I don’t see vice, but instead were planned.
saying, and it was good. seven straight fights by horted the absent crowd nobody,” Moicano said. “I shown live on ESPN. The UFC also still
Sometimes it is so loud stoppage, and the Brazil- to “Make some noise!” didn’t see familiar faces. I The 42-year-old Maia hopes to hold its next
out there. It was a crazy ian veteran’s celebratory The absence of crowd didn’t see my family over (28-10), a UFC stalwart pay-per-view event in
week. We didn’t know if screams echoed through energy perhaps played here. I don’t know what to since 2007, had won
the fight was going to hap- Brooklyn on April 18, and
the empty arena. a role in the card’s first say.” his last three bouts in a
pen or not, but we stuck the television broadcast
In the show’s penulti- nine fights all going to The atmosphere out- late-career surge. He was
to the plan. It was really mate bout, Gilbert Burns decisions. Brazil’s Jussi- side the arena was equal- stopped by Burns (18-3), included constant pro-
emotional.” knocked out Brazilian er Formiga lost a nar- ly strange. The UFC had a fellow Brazilian who has motion of the event. UFC
The UFC also plans jiu-jitsu specialist Demi- row unanimous decision already erected signage won five straight fights. 249 would be headlined
to stage a show with fans an Maia, who hadn’t lost to Mexican lightweight and cordoned off gather- Another touted Brazil- by lightweight champion
inside London’s O2 Are- by stoppage in 25 fights Brandon Moreno in the ing areas normally placed ian also lost: light heavy- Khabib Nurmagomedov
na next weekend, and it since August 2009 at UFC type of close bout that outside venues for fans, weight Johnny Walker against Tony Ferguson in
intends to hold fan-free 102. might have been influ- but the areas sat unused lost a one-sided decision a matchup that has been
shows in Las Vegas on The absence of fans led enced by thousands of and empty. to Ukraine’s Nikita Kry- booked four previous
March 28 and April 11. to a unique atmosphere. fans cheering for the The show was broad- lov for his second straight times but canceled each
UFC President Dana The UFC still played its home fighter. cast around the world, defeat since a nine-fight time due to injuries or
White has claimed the fighters’ walk-in music as Lightweight contender and it filled a yawning winning streak that had other circumstances.

For these athletes, this is a spring break they don’t want

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “We didn’t work a States Fort, a senior I thought I was peaking porary sports stoppage Omaha from Minnesota
whole year,” Dotzler said, on the Coastal Carolina this year. I felt I was in the would have been more on Thursday when the
OMAHA, Neb. — “to play 15 games.” men’s golf team, hopes best condition for this sea- appropriate, followed by a players’ Twitter feeds
Creighton right-hander Little said she woke to return for another year son. That’s why I was so reassessment of the situa- started showing confer-
Ben Dotzler was sup- up at 6:30 every morn- even though he’ll gradu- excited for it. We brought tion. He wishes the NCAA ence basketball tourna-
posed to be in the bullpen ing to go to the training ate in May. in so much talent, which would have waited before ments being canceled.
at TD Ameritrade Park room to rehab an injury “I would try to make it helps me defensively. canceling championships An hour after the play-
this weekend, readying and stretch before lifting work with grad courses,” “I’m leaving Richmond scheduled for months ers got home they re-
himself to pitch against weights and running — he said. “I would do every- now with such unfinished from now. ceived a text telling them
Northern Colorado. all before going to a 2 1/2- thing in my power as long business, knowing all the For most people, the to return to campus for a
Molly Little, who plays hour practice and then as the finances are there. potential we could have new coronavirus causes meeting. Steier and Dot-
lacrosse for Denver, ex- her classes. I would love to come back had. I just know how much only mild or moderate zler said everyone sensed
pected to be on the road “There’s nothing that and play with these guys.” more we have to give.” symptoms, such as fever what was coming.
for a much anticipated can prepare you for the Not all seniors will be Now the spring ath- and cough. For some, As coach Ed Servais
match against Michigan, feeling of your season be- able to take advantage of letes are left to wonder especially older adults broke the news, seniors,
the team the Pioneers ing done, and it’s not be- being granted an extra what they’ll do with them- and people with existing who wouldn’t know for
beat to reach the Elite
cause you lost in NCAAs,” year. Some already have selves. health problems, it can another 24 hours they
Eight of the NCAA Tour-
Little said. “I spent many jobs lined up. Others have “It is just heartbreak- cause more severe ill- would be allowed to come
nament last year.
hours crying with team- been accepted into grad- ing to see these kids face ness, including pneumo- back next year, broke into
Avrey Steiner thought
mates. You work your uate programs at other this unfortunate situa- nia. The vast majority of tears.
she would be with her
whole life to get to this schools. There are ath- tion,” longtime University people recover from the “It was hard to see all
softball teammates for Il-
point, to play on this big letes who currently are on of San Francisco base- virus. of them knowing they
linois’ first home games
of the season against stage, and to have it taken partial scholarships, and ball coach Nino Giarrat- “Obviously I’m biased were losing what they
Bowling Green and Green from you is devastating.” they may not be able to af- ano said. “They are too because I play a small love to do,” Steier said.
Bay. Steiner said she was ford paying the difference young.” outdoor sport where spec- Gianforte, the Rich-
Everything changed doing fine emotionally for another year. Creighton sophomore tators aren’t much of an mond lacrosse goalie, said
for thousands of college until she started cleaning Though the eligibili- Tommy Steier said he and issue,” Fort said. “It was she and her teammates
athletes when the NCAA out her locker Friday. ty extension offers some Dotzler, his roommate, kind of quick and a little had a feeling as early as
announced Thursday it “That really got me,” consolation, it will be im- have been spending a lot rash and short-sighted on Wednesday afternoon
was canceling all spring she said. “A lot of peo- possible for athletes to of time hanging out with the NCAA’s part, espe- their season might be in
sports championships, ple are going to say, ‘Oh, duplicate the experiences teammates, rehashing old cially to blanket cancel all jeopardy. That’s when the
along with remaining win- yeah, this is like a week of playing with their 2020 stories and plotting their sports. Ivy League announced it
ter championships, be- off or getting a couple teams. immediate futures. “I can understand bas- was closing down spring
cause of the coronavirus days off. I guarantee you The Richmond wom- Creighton isn’t allow- ketball. That’s a spectator sports.
pandemic. Conferences it’s going to hit me and en’s lacrosse team, for ing athletes to use the sport where you have a “I think the other con-
followed, saying they other people in the com- example, was off to a pro- school’s training facili- ton of people constant- ferences were feeling
were temporarily or per- ing weeks.” gram-best 7-0 start and ties during the shutdown. ly rubbing shoulders. I some peer pressure,” she
manently shutting down Some good news ar- ranked in the top 20 na- Baseball players will can almost understand said.
their regular seasons. rived on Friday when the tionally for the first time work out on their own and baseball. But sports like Then the NBA an-
Suddenly, athletes who NCAA informed schools since 2008. prepare to join summer (men’s) volleyball, soft- nounced Wednesday
put in long hours juggling that spring athletes would “We just accelerat- teams in a few months ball, golf and lacrosse night it was suspending
commitments to their be given another year of ed into the season and — if the summer leagues don’t have as much of a its season.
sports and academics had eligibility to make up for started off so hot,” senior operate. pronounced fan base.” “That,” Gianforte said,
lots of free time. their lost season. Details goaltender Megan Gian- Fort, the Coastal Car- Creighton’s baseball “is when we knew we
And they’re miserable. must be worked out. forte said. “Personally, olina golfer, said a tem- team was busing back to were goners.”

Wuhan soccer team leaving Spain to escape virus

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS planned to leave Spain better.” lockdown as European nia. The vast majority of eral months because the
mid-February but had The team will first go countries took ever more people recover. team began its presea-
MADRID — The Chi- extended its stay in the to the city of Shenzhen, sweeping measures to The number of new son in the Chinese city of
nese soccer team that southern region of the where it is expected to reduce contact among cases have dwindled in Guanghzou, nearly 1,000
was originally stuck in country until at least the finish its preseason train- people and slow the accel- China, where more than
Spain because of the coro- kilometers (620 miles)
end of March. That plan ing for the Chinese Super erating spread of the coro- 65,000 people recovered
navirus outbreak is going away from Wuhan.
changed this week be- League, the country’s navirus. Health author- from the virus. The na-
back home to try to avoid cause of the sharp spike main first-division soccer ities in Spain said more tion has been easing up Although the team was
its rapid spread in Europe. in the number of cases in competition. The league than 5,700 people were in- on lockdown measures far away from the initial
Wuhan Zall was ex- Spain and Europe gener- was supposed to start on fected and the number of in its hardest-hit region outbreak, Spanish health
pected to return to China ally. Feb. 22 but was suspend- cases could reach 10,000 that included the city of authorities had to come
on Saturday, nearly 1 1/2 “Things are well over ed because of the virus. in the coming days. Wuhan. out publicly to say there
months after it arrived there (in China) now,” The city of Wuhan was For most people, the None of the Wuhan was no reason for local
in Spain for preseason José González, the team’s the epicenter of the out- new coronavirus causes Zall players were infect- citizens to be concerned
training. The team had Spanish coach, told The break that rapidly spread only mild or moderate ed when the team arrived about the squad’s arrival
not been able to leave be- Associated Press on to other countries and in- symptoms, such as fever in Spain, but the grand-
in January. Three players
cause of the restrictions Saturday. “The Chinese fected more than 145,000 and cough. For some, mother of one player
in China, but expedited league will likely start at people worldwide, with especially older adults was among the corona- arrived from China later
its departure because of the beginning of May. We 5,400 deaths. and people with existing virus-linked deaths back and had to stay in quaran-
the worsening situation in will have to enter quaran- Spain was set to fol- health problems, it can home. tine and be tested for the
Spain. tine when we arrive, so low Italy on Saturday in cause more severe ill- Players have been virus before joining the
The team initially the sooner we leave, the declaring a nationwide ness, including pneumo- away from home for sev- rest of the group.
4B SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Negative test for Mitchell’s dad ‘a sigh of relief’ to Mets

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Donovan and his family,” results, so we shared medical staff recommend- team’s home city or go to is different and we urged
general manager Brodie that information and we ed his father be tested as their own home. them to make decisions
NEW YORK — When Van Wagenen said Sat- shared with them other a precaution. “The plan for each in their own personal best
the father of Utah Jazz urday on a conference appropriate information For most people, the player will vary. What I interest,” Phillies general
star Donovan Mitchell call with reporters from as it relates to their health new coronavirus causes can say is that we are not manager Matt Klentak
tested negative for the the team’s spring train- and safety,” Van Wagenen only mild or moderate having extended simu- said.
coronavirus, it was “a sigh ing home in Port St. Luc- said. “Players had a num- symptoms, such as fever lation games or live BP Said Twins president of
of relief” to the New York ie, Florida. “And I know ber of questions with our and cough. For some, sessions where pitchers baseball operations Der-
Mets. there was a sigh of relief staff as well as our perfor- especially older adults are throwing to hitters ek Falvey: “Big-picture,
Donovan Mitchell Sr. to a degree of our players mance and medical staff, and people with existing today, and as information baseball was secondary.”
is a fixture in and around and staff here.” and players are making a health problems, it can comes in we will start to Some teams pledged
the Mets’ clubhouse in Van Wagenen said no variety of different choic- cause more severe ill- schedule the agenda for to make decisions as a
his job as the team’s di- other members of the es. Some are choosing to ness, including pneumo- the days that are coming,” group.
rector of player relations staff in Port St. Lucie or travel. Others are still de- nia. The vast majority of Van Wagenen said. “We’re The New York Yan-
and community outreach. baseball operations had ciding while they’re con- people recover from the operating right now that kees are staying in Tam-
The younger Mitchell been tested. templating the variables new virus within a few this is bigger than base- pa, Florida, where many
confirmed Thursday he With spring training with their family and with weeks. ball. This is not about players worked out Satur-
tested positive for the vi- adjourned all around their friends, and others Because of the out- preparing for competi- day with batting practice
rus after Jazz teammate the majors due to the have made the decision to break, Major League tion today as much as it is indoors and fielding drills
Rudy Gobert became the COVID-19 crisis, the club at least stand by here and Baseball canceled the making sure that players outside.
first NBA player to test met Saturday morning stay at least for the near remainder of the spring are considering their own Texas Rangers players
positive, with Gobert’s re- with players who were term.” training schedule Thurs- circumstances.” said they would decide as
sult prompting the league still in Port St. Lucie and After learning of the day and postponed open- The Philadelphia Phil- a team whether to remain
to suspend the season. encouraged them to focus Jazz situation Wednesday ing day by at least two lies and Minnesota Twins at camp in Arizona or per-
The elder Mitchell was not on baseball right now night, the Mets advised weeks to no sooner than each gave their players haps go back to Texas,
tested Thursday and it but on their own health, Mitchell Sr. not to report April 9. Ballparks in Flor- the option to remain in where their new stadium
came back negative, the safety and families. to their spring training ida and Arizona were town near their training is only partly operation-
Mets announced Friday “Obviously, we had facility Thursday morn- closed to the general facilities in Florida or to al — though the bullpen,
night. a unique situation in ing. After finding out public, and MLB has told return to their homes. batting cages and weight
“We all were very that we were awaiting Thursday that Mitchell Jr. players they can remain “We understand every rooms are close to com-
pleased and happy for Donovan Mitchell’s test tested positive, the Mets’ at camp, report to their player and circumstance pletion.

Iditarod mushes on; fans being urged to skip finish in Nome

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS private cargo plane. Race Marshal Mark Iditarod officials were woman to win the race ers in Shaktoolik, decided
“The Iditarod fully ap- Nordman told the An- also scrambling to move was the late Susan Butch- to bypass the community
ANCHORAGE, Alaska preciates and is humbled chorage Daily News that checkpoints away from er, who won her fourth Id- and set up the checkpoint
— As Iditarod mushers by the passion and social he didn’t know how a race villages where mush- itarod in 1990. outside town.
drove their dog teams energy of the Iditarod na- like the Iditarod could be ers stop en route to Royer earlier Saturday
across Alaska on Satur- Food that mushers
tion; however, we are ask- canceled, but said con- Nome. Many times vil- was also the first at the
day, race officials scram- ing you to not make any tinuing the race was be- lage schools are used as checkpoint in Nulato. The have flown to the check-
bled to make last minute nonessential travel to the ing done under the guid- checkpoints or a place to checkpoint in this village point will be moved to
changes prompted by Nome finish, in particular, ance of state officials. allow a musher to rest but of about 360 and origi- the new location, along
concerns over the new those who are traveling “If the state of Alaska the Bering Strait School nally founded in 1838 as with straw for dogs to
coronavirus, including from outside of Alaska,” said the race must stop, District, which includes a Russian trading post is bed down. Provisions are
asking fans not to fly to according to a statement we’d stop,” Nordman told many communities that normally the community being made to allow the
Nome for the finish. from the Iditarod. the newspaper. “We have serve as checkpoints, hall, and the school is also teams to get a hot meal
Officials late Friday Race officials are also not heard that.” closed facilities and said widely used.
before getting back on
night urged race fans, paring down their own The vast majority of it would not host Iditarod “Because the school in
especially those from out staff to only essential per- people recover from the activities. Nulato was not available, the trail.
of state, to skip the finish sonnel needed in Nome new virus. According to Jessie Royer of Fair- the Iditarod changed its The race started Sun-
this week. City officials in for the finish. That list is the World Health Organi- banks was in the race’s checkpoint location to on day in Willow for 57 mush-
Nome followed most oth- limited to veterinarians, zation, people with mild lead Saturday. She was the Yukon River,” Nord- ers, down to 53 after four
er Alaska cities in closing necessary dog handlers illness recover in about the first musher to reach man said in a statement. withdrew, including Nils
or limiting access to most and staff needed for com- two weeks, while those the checkpoint in Kaltag, “All supplies are in place Hahn and Alan Eischens
public buildings in wake munications and to coor- with more severe illness and picked up 25 pounds and the checkpoint is ful- on Friday morning. The
of the state’s first positive dinate logistics. may take three to six of fresh salmon filets and ly manned.” winner of the nearly
test, that of a man from The Iditarod had previ- weeks to recover. More $2,000 for the feat. Roy- Another community
1,000-mile (1,600-kilome-
outside the United States. ously postponed post-race than 80,000 people in Chi- er, an Idaho native who closer to Nome is also off
The man was tested events in Nome, including na have been diagnosed was raised in Montana, limits this year because of ter) race across Alaska is
Thursday at an Anchor- the musher’s banquet and with the coronavirus. is vying to become the concerns over the virus. expected in the town of
age hospital after earlier an annual meet-and-greet More than 65,000 have first woman in 30 years to The Iditarod, in consulta- Nome, on the Bering Sea,
arriving in the city on a with mushers. recovered. win the Iditarod. The last tion with community lead- sometime next week.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 5B

Virus doesn’t deter horse racing at US tracks, but few fans

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS or gift shop, and no mutu- and blew away four rivals Kentucky, Field Pass ran were distributed. As an anything around Grand
al clerks to sell and cash in the $57,000 allowance down Invader to win the added precaution, Kot- Island yet, so maybe now
Drayden Van Dyke tickets. race for 3-year-olds. $250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks ulak visited the jockeys’ will be the last time we
hopped off Charlatan af- Without fans yelling Nadal, Charlatan and in the day’s other Derby room Saturday morning get out in a group like this
ter winning the sixth race for their favorites, the Authentic give Baffert prep. to make sure none of the and have some fun.”
by 10 1/4 lengths at Santa sounds of jockeys chirp- yet another loaded hand Fonner Park in Grand riders was experiencing
Anita on Saturday and cel- Ron Tenski, who came
ing to their mounts and for the Kentucky Derby, Island, Nebraska, was one any symptoms associated
ebrated by trading elbow horses’ hooves pound- which is scheduled to of the few sporting ven- with the virus. to the track with Moritz,
taps in the winner’s circle. ing the dirt track as they be run May 2. Churchill ues in the country open Later, jockeys voted said his wife encouraged
No traditional post-race flew toward the finish line Downs officials have to fans Saturday, and not to race because of dan- him to enjoy a day at the
handshakes during the were easily heard. yet to say whether the 73-year-old Jerry Moritz gerous track conditions races, and he also got the
coronavirus pandemic. “It’s really scary what’s opening leg of the Triple wasn’t going to let con- caused by a snowstorm green light from his doc-
The jockey, like all rid- going on right now,” Van Crown will go on or be cerns over coronavirus that moved through the tor.
ers at the Southern Cali- Dyke said. “I hope they postponed. stop him from going. area. After it was an- “I had my physical yes-
fornia track where no fans get it under control.” “They’re three pretty “If we had a dozen peo- nounced that racing was terday,” said Tenski, 68,
were in attendance, had Even without fans wicked ombres,” Baffert ple in the hospital here canceled, about 50 people of Grand Island, “and he
already had his tempera- around, workers could said. “It’s a good spot to and two or three died, stayed at Fonner Park to
said don’t be afraid to be
ture taken. The jockeys’ be seen cleaning various be in.” then I would probably wager on races simulcast
room has “hand sanitizer public areas of Santa Ani- Charlatan was pur- back off,” said Moritz, from other tracks. out and about.”
everywhere you look,” ta to defend against the chased for $700,000 and who has been attending Joe Brown, who was Laurel Park in Mary-
Van Dyke said. coronavirus, which left is 2-0 in his young career. races regularly since 1970 sitting a table in the en- land was business as usu-
Bugler Jay Cohen horse racing as one of the Sent off as the heavy 1-5 and almost every day in closed grandstand doing al in the paddock and on
blew his horn to an emp- few sports still going on in favorite, he ran 1 mile in recent years. “I feel like some handicapping with the track, and announc-
ty grandstand, with only the U.S. 1:36.24 and paid $2.60 to some people probably got a friend, said he wasn’t er Dave Rodman’s calls
trainers, jockeys and “It’s just weird what’s win. it and don’t even know it overly concerned about echoed off the empty
those working directly going on in the world,” “Unfortunately, there’s and are already over it.” getting sick even though building.
with the horses on hand Hall of Fame trainer Bob nobody here to cheer your No cases of COVID-19 he’s 63 and has underly- Jockey Forest Boyd,
to hear. Baffert said. “I never real- horses on,” Baffert said. have been reported in ing health issues. who won the day’s second
“It’s a little strange ized we’re so vulnerable. “I feel like we’re running Hall County, where Fon- For most people, the
looking up there and not race, said she didn’t no-
This is scary times.” trial races or something.” ner Park is located, and new coronavirus causes
seeing anybody,” Cohen Still, it was a good day Baffert canceled plans that was part of the rea- only mild or moderate tice horses handling the
said before playing the for the two-time Triple to attend a horse sale in son track CEO Chris symptoms, such as fever situation any differently.
traditional “Call to the Crown-winning trainer. Florida because of the vi- Kotulak decided to allow and cough. For some, She was able to keep her
Post” that greets runners He watched from afar as rus. He recently returned fans for the weekend rac- especially older adults focus as a rider.
as they hit the track. Nadal won the $1 million from races in Saudi Ara- ing programs. He said he and people with existing “It’s a little eerie,”
The usual scent of Rebel Stakes — a major bia, where he kept his would have no problem health problems, it can Boyd said. “But luckily
hand-carved sandwich- Kentucky Derby prep — distance from people and with closing the races to cause more severe ill- we’re all out here doing
es — turkey, corned beef by 1 1/2 lengths at Oak- constantly wiped down spectators if advised to do ness, including pneumo- our job and keeping the
and prime rib — wasn’t lawn in Hot Springs, Ar- surfaces. so by health officials. nia. The vast majority of economy going.”
wafting through the air. kansas. “I have allergies, so I Kotulak said the club- people recover from the
Instead of the roar of
The food stands were shut “That was a pretty im- always touch my eyes,” he house and other viewing virus.
down. There was no one pressive performance. He said. “I think I’m going to areas are being cleaned “I’m that part of the fans, individual owners
manning the admission just laid it down,” Baffert put Tabasco sauce on my with increased frequen- population that wants to and trainers could be
gates, selling programs said. fingers just to remind my- cy. Leaflets reminding worry about it,” Brown heard yelling for their
and Daily Racing Forms A short time later, self not to touch.” employees and guests to said. “But I kind of fig- horses while races were
or operating the elevators Charlatan led all the way At Turfway Park in practice good hygiene ured I haven’t heard of underway.

Rick Pitino returns to college basketball as Iona coach

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS north of New York City idence in 1987. he and Louisville settled The settlement closed pearance, following an
in suburban Westchester Pitino coached twice lawsuits stemming from a bitter final chapter be- escort’s book allegations
NEW ROCHELLE, County that has an under- in the NBA, with the New his departure in the wake tween the school and Piti- that former Louisville
N.Y. — Hall of Famer graduate enrollment of York Knicks (1987-89) of a federal investigation no, who wasn’t named in men’s basketball staffer
Rick Pitino was named 3,300 students. and the Boston Celtics of corruption in college the federal complaint. He Andre McGee hired her
basketball coach at Iona “Tim Cluess has done (1997-2001), where he basketball. repeatedly said he knew
College on Saturday. and other dancers to strip
a spectacular job creating was also team president. The coach had sued nothing about payments
Pitino coached at Lou- success and a winning Last June, Pitino the University of Louis- made to the family of a and have sex with players
isville from 2001-17 be- spirit,” Pitino added. “At coached Panathinaikos to ville Athletic Association recruit to sign with Lou- and recruits.
fore being fired in a pay- Iona, I will work with the the championship in the for more than $38.7 mil- isville. Pitino said he was un-
for-play scandal and had same passion, hunger and Greek League. lion in November 2017, The school’s acknowl- aware of any of the ac-
been coaching in Greece. drive that I’ve had for over Iona President Seamus alleging its breached its edgement of its involve- tivities described in the
He replaces Tim Cluess, 40 years.” Carey said “after a thor- contract by firing him ment in the federal in- book.
who resigned Friday due The 67-year-old Piti- ough interview process for cause the previous vestigation occurred as While Louisville reiter-
to health concerns after no has a 770-271 overall we are confident that month. The school had it appealed NCAA sanc- ated in a joint settlement
10 years and six NCAA record in college and Rick’s experience and countersued and sought tions that cost Louisville statement that infractions
Tournament appearanc- became the first coach commitment to Iona and monetary damages for va- its 2013 national champi- under his watch led to
es. to take three different our community make him cated games and bonuses. onship.
“serious consequences”
“My passion in basket- schools to the Final Four. the right person to contin- Pitino received no money In that case, the gov-
ball started in New York He won national cham- ue to build on Tim Cluess’ in the settlement, with his erning body ordered the for the school, it acknowl-
and will end there at Iona pionships at Louisville success.” personnel file changing vacation of 123 victories, edged Pitino’s success
College,” Pitino said in a (2013) and Kentucky Pitino’s return to col- from termination to a res- including the Cardinals’ and commitment to his
statement released by the (1996) and also went to lege basketball comes ignation effective 13 days third national title and players and thanked him
Catholic school located the Final Four with Prov- nearly six months after before he was fired. their 2012 Final Four ap- for his service.

Pistons’ Wood tests

positive for virus
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS impacted by this situation
is paramount.”
Christian Wood of the For most people, the
Detroit Pistons has tested new coronavirus causes
positive for the coronavi- only mild or moderate
rus, a person with direct symptoms, such as fever
knowledge of the situation and cough. For some,
said Saturday night. especially older adults
Wood is feeling fine, and people with existing
according to the person health problems, it can
who spoke to The Asso- cause more severe illness,
ciated Press on condition including pneumonia.
of anonymity because nei- Wood had what was
ther the Pistons nor Wood then a season-high 30
had publicly confirmed points in that March 7
his positive result. Wood’s game against the Jazz,
diagnosis became known topping it four nights lat-
one week after he played er with a 32-point effort
against the Utah Jazz — against Philadelphia. He’s
spending much of that having his best season,
night matched up with averaging 13.1 points and
Rudy Gobert, who was the 6.3 rebounds.
first NBA player known to “The darkest nights
test positive for the virus. produce the brightest
Utah’s Donovan Mitch- stars,” Wood wrote on
ell has also tested positive Instagram earlier in the
for the virus. It cannot week, his comment com-
be concluded that any of ing alongside a photo he
those three players were posted of him dunking
involved in spreading it to over Gobert — the NBA’s
one another. reigning defensive player
The Pistons later of the year and a first-time
confirmed that a play- All-Star this season.
er — they did not name Wood has also played
Wood — tested positive for Philadelphia, Char-
Saturday and has been in lotte, New Orleans and
self-isolation. Milwaukee. He logged 51
“A player on the Detroit games for those franchis-
Pistons, who is under the es combined and has ap-
care of team medical staff peared in 62 this season
and in self-isolation since for Detroit.
Wednesday night, was The outbreak has sick-
tested for COVID-19,” the ened more than 150,000
team said. “A preliminary people worldwide and
positive result came back killed about 5,800.
on March 14. The health The U.S. death toll
and safety of our players, climbed to at least 51 on
our organization, those Saturday, and confirmed
throughout our league, infections in this country
and all those potentially now exceed 2,100.
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Football
Continued from Page 1B

*** Russell to right end R.T. *** MSU baseball coach and some to believe they were sippi A&M to a 13-0 victo-
Davis. field namesake Dudy missing their vocation in ry and clean sweep of the
After a month-long With a win over Camp
After the Aggies Noble, the Mississippi the study of agriculture, Rebels in Oxford on Dec.
delay and a plethora of Shelby the following week
missed the ensuing ex- A&M offense led by Rus- engineering, etc.” 7, 1918.
cancellations, Mississip- courtesy of two touch-
tra point, Payne Field sell and running back R. With a victory over Less than a month re-
pi A&M opened its sea- downs from Russell and
— which boasted colle- Mallory — who starred in their in-state rivals in tow,
son Nov. 2, 1918, against a 6-0 loss to Park Field moved from the end of
giate stars from Virginia place of the injured W.H. the Aggies prepared for a
Payne Field. in Memphis — a game World War I, the Aggies
Tech, Notre Dame and Baskin — raced to a 34-0 rematch with the Rebels
Due to a scheduling Yale — took the lead on staged to benefit the War onslaught of the Rebels in without Chadwick. Hav- had completed another
error, the Payne Field a second-quarter rushing Activities Fund — Mis- their first meeting of the ing succumbed to the flu, season of .500 or better
squad didn’t arrive at the touchdown. sissippi A&M marched season. the 34-year old athletic despite a world plagued
game until 5 p.m., forc- Despite field-length into their final two con- “The ‘Lambs’ from director and coach turned by conflict and disease
ing the teams to agree to drives, the Aggies failed tests against Ole Miss ‘Ole Miss’ were led to his duties over Stanley L. and left onlookers abun-
shortened, eight-minute to score before the half- needing at least one win slaughter under the Robinson. dantly optimistic about
quarters and that if the time and third quarter to finish .500 or better for watchful eyes of ‘Duddy’ Robinson — who spent the years to come.
game had to be called off whistles sounded. With the 10th straight year. Noble on Thanksgiving the previous two years as “With the material de-
for darkness, the visitors darkness enveloping the After struggling to just Day,” the Dec. 7, 1918, the Aggies’ head coach veloped during this sea-
would return for a full playing surface, the game 19 points in its first three edition of The College — had missed the earli-
game at a later date. games, the Aggie offense son, together with the re-
was called at the end of Reflector read. “Eleven er portions of the season
Seeing their first ac- rebounded resoundingly turn of a number of A&M
the third quarter with ‘Cowboys,’ as the A and M after enlisting with the
tion of the season, Mis- Payne Field claiming vic- against its Rebel counter- team has been called by Navy Aviation unit in the stars who have been in
sissippi A&M converted tory despite prior agree- parts at home on Thanks- the ambitious youth who summer of 1918. Return- the service, prospects
their first score of the ments. giving Day. writes the athletic dope at ing to Starkville ahead of look bright for a Southern
year on a touchdown pass Loss aside, football had Facing an Ole Miss The Mississippian, acted the first Ole Miss game, Championship next year,”
from quarterback C.E. returned to Starkville. squad coached by future as the butchers, leading Robinson helped Missis- the 1919 Reveille read.

Preps HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Continued from Page 1B

Thursday it was closely

Coronavirus putting a damper on prep tourneys across country
monitoring the situation THE ASSOCIATED PRESS high school basketball tims due to this virus,” playoff atmosphere. Fans tential playoff sites had
with COVID-19 with pos- tournament, becoming Mays said. “There’s fam- in the student sections policies that wouldn’t
sible courses of action HARTFORD, Wis. — the latest state to scrap a ilies that have lost loved stood throughout the have allowed any fans and
including a restriction There were no pep bands, beloved rite of March for ones and there’s people game. some schools indicated
on fan attendance or the no cheerleaders and only hundreds of communities that are losing revenue “I thought it was pretty they wouldn’t have been
cancellation of competi- about 200 fans as the high across the country. and job opportunities special because the peo- able to play anyway.
tion. school rivals faced off in a At least 33 states had because of all these can- ple we had here were peo- “It was a confluence of
Pickens Academy playoff game that might canceled or postponed cellations and suspen- ple we invited — family a number of different fac-
(Alabama) will not be have drawn close to 2,000 their basketball tour- sions of athletic events members, best friends,’’ tors,” Collins said.
competing in athletics in just about any other cir- naments by late Friday all across the country. Brookfield East’s Hayden And no matter how
for the time being as the cumstance. night, including big states There’s people who have Doyle said. “It’s not a much a state tried to limit
Alabama Independent Instead, it was a small like Texas, New York and real-world problems be- huge gym, but there was the crowd size at its play-
School Association an- crowd that watched Ohio. The California In- cause of this.” still a lot of energy in off games, the threat of
nounced Friday it is sus- Brookfield Central and terscholastic Federation About a dozen states, the gym throughout the spreading the virus re-
pending athletics from Brookfield East stage a called off play the day be- including Florida, had game.’’ mained.
Sunday through April 5. double-overtime thriller fore San Domenico of San completed their state Even after Brookfield “Who’s to say of the
“Our decisions have Thursday night, not all Anselmo was scheduled tournaments before this Central won, the Lancers 170 people who were here
been and will continue to that long after the NCAA to play for a champion- week. The handful of sensed they might not get today, somebody doesn’t
be based on the advice of canceled its beloved ship. states that didn’t halt play a chance to play again. have it?” Wandrey said af-
health care and disease March Madness tourna-
specialists, and as an as- ments and professional “You still kind of feel somewhere inside of you that this ter his game.
All those concerns cre-
sociation it is our obliga- leagues put their seasons
tion to support the great- on hold to combat the is all going to be coming to an end at some point.” ated a sense of inevitabil-
spread of the coronavi- Brookfield Central coach Dan Wandrey ity during the Brookfield
er community in limiting
rus. The two high school “We understand the were restricting the num- “You still kind of feel Central-Brookfield East
the exposure and spread
teams in southeastern situation, but we’re just ber of fans. somewhere inside of you matchup that this might
of the COVID-19 virus,”
Wisconsin simply trea- devastated,” San Dome- That created plenty of that this is all going to be be the final game for both
an AISA statement read.
“We are confident that sured the opportunity to nico coach Mike Fulton scenes like the one that coming to an end at some teams.
our actions are in the play at all. said. “I thought we’d at took place at the Brook- point,” Brookfield Central They paid attention to
best interest of the stake- “Every game we play least play with nobody in field Central-Brookfield coach Dan Wandrey said. what the NBA and NCAA
holders we serve.” from here on out, it could the stands. I’ve got guys East sectional playoff Wisconsin was one of had done earlier in the
The AISA hopes to re- be our last game,” Brook- crying, guys upset.” game in Hartford, about several states that can- week. They knew their
sume competition April 6 field Central’s David Jop- Instead of preparing 35 miles northwest of Mil- celed or postponed their event might be next.
but said that date is sub- lin said after his 31-point his undefeated team for waukee, Wisconsin. playoffs after initially try- “I’d be a little mad, but
ject to change. Should effort in the 76-66 victory. the state tournament, Each team was given ing to continue with limit- I understand that this is
spring sports resume, As it turned out, that’s Ashland (Kentucky) Paul just 88 tickets to distrib- ed crowd sizes. something nobody’s play-
criteria for playoff qual- exactly what it was. Blazer coach Jason Mays ute for a game that was Jeffrey Collins, the ing around with,’’ Joplin
ification are likely to Hours after the game, the spent Thursday trying to moved from a 2,000-seat executive director of the said. “We’ve got to make
change “due to time con- Wisconsin Interscholas- give his players a lesson fieldhouse to a smaller New Hampshire Inter- sure we’re educated. If
straints,” according to tic Athletic Association in perspective. gym. The smaller crowd scholastic Athletic As- it’s canceled, we know it’s
the statement. canceled the rest of its “I said there are vic- did its best to produce a sociation, said some po- for the best.”

Contacting the Sports Department

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Game Coverage / Results

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will include its prep football coverage in Sunday’s edition, so we will contact coaches Friday night or Saturday to get details. Coaches, please let us know what is the best
time for us to contact you.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 15). your inner guidance is trustworthy. accurate evidence presented today. two rungs above you on the ladder person is and they imagine who you
You’ll achieve greatly over the next TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Competi- you would like to climb. are. Somewhere in the middle, you
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of compassion and kindness, you’ll es. Stay agile and alert, ready to this feels, but on the bright side, it’s plan, but you’re just not sure the AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
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relationship leads to improvements GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll back to the drawing board. cannot help but be anyone other
of health and routine. You’ll make occurs to one person as a reason- be sensitive to the subtleties of SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). than who you are. Showing up “au-
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is outside pressure to do what CANCER (June 22-July 22). You LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s in a practical way. around new situations, and it always
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 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 7B

Trump declares virus emergency; House passes aid package

Declaration frees up as much as $50 billion rollout of testing.
As the House prepared to
er and VOTE YES!” He added,
“Look forward to signing the
Still, Trump said officials
don’t want people taking the
for state and local governments to respond vote late Friday, Speaker Nan-
cy Pelosi trumpeted the hard-
final Bill, ASAP!”
The crush of late-day activi-
test unless they have certain
symptoms. “We don’t want peo-
to the coronavirus pandemic fought package that will provide ty capped a tumultuous week in ple without symptoms to go and
free testing, sick pay for work- Washington as the fast-moving do that test,” Trump said, add-
BY LISA MASCARO, ZEKE unleashing as much as $50 bil- ers, enhanced unemployment virus left ordinary Americans ing, “It’s totally unnecessary.”
MILLER, ANDREW TAYLOR lion for state and local govern- benefits and bolstered food pro- suddenly navigating self-quar- Additionally, Trump took a
AND JILL COLVIN
ments to respond to the crisis. grams. antines, school closures and a number of other actions to bol-
The Associated Press
Trump also announced a “We did what we said we changed way of life. ster energy markets, ease the
WA S H I N G - range of executive actions, in- were going to do: Put families The White House was un- financial burden for Americans
TON — President cluding a new public-private first,” said Pelosi, flanked by der enormous pressure, deal- with student loans and give
Donald Trump on partnership to expand corona- Democratic lawmakers, includ- ing with the crisis on multiple medical professionals addition-
Friday declared virus testing capabilities with ing many freshmen. The House fronts as it encroached ever al “flexibility” in treating pa-
the coronavirus drive-through locations, as passed the bill after midnight closer on the president. tients during the public health
pandemic a na- Washington tries to subdue the on a bipartisan vote, 363-40. It Trump has been known to crisis.
tional emergency, new virus whose spread is roil- now goes to the Senate. flout public health advice — “Through a very collective
freeing up money ing markets, shuttering institu- Trump’s tweet of approval in- and was eagerly shaking hands action and shared sacrifice,
Trump tions and disrupting the lives of stilled fresh energy in the pack- during the more than hour-long national determination, we will
and resources
to fight the outbreak, and then everyday Americans. age, all but ensuring that wary afternoon event — but acknowl- overcome the threat of the vi-
threw his support behind an aid But he denied any responsi- Republicans would join with a edged he “most likely” will be rus,” Trump said.
package in Congress that is on bility for delays in making test- robust vote. tested soon after exposures to Central to the aid package
track to provide direct relief to ing available as his administra- “I fully support H.R. 6201: individuals who have tested pos- from Congress, which builds on
Americans. tion has come under criticism Families First CoronaVirus Re- itive for the virus. The White an emergency $8.3 billion mea-
From the Rose Garden, for being too slow to respond. sponse Act,” Trump wrote. House physician indicated later sure approved last week, are
Trump said, “I am officially de- Trump said, “I don’t take re- “I encourage all Republicans his interactions were low-risk the free testing, sick pay and
claring a national emergency,” sponsibility at all” for the slow and Democrats to come togeth- and testing is not necessary. family leave provisions.

Medical marijuana bills challenge Bible Belt politics

While medical cannabis is legal now Florida, other Southern
states remain among the
medical marijuana in No-
vember, after a group sub-
board would determine
what conditions would
off a slippery slope lead-
ing to recreational use of
in 33 states, including Arkansas, holdouts.
Whether wavering re-
mitted more than enough
signatures to put the issue
qualify for prescriptions.
The House-passed ver-
the drug.
“Marijuana isn’t just a
Louisiana and Florida, other Southern sistance will lead to legal-
ization remains unclear.
on the ballot. But that bal-
lot question might have
sion would ensure that ap- carefree, happy-go-lucky
proved conditions would kind of thing you just do
states remain among the holdouts After years of setbacks, competition. include chronic pain, ep- on a whim,” Republican
the Kentucky bill’s sup- The Mississippi House ilepsy, multiple sclerosis Rep. Stan Lee said. “It’s
BY BRUCE SCHREINER why are we opening up porters cleared a historic voted to put a second med- and nausea or vomiting. a drug. And I don’t think
The Associated Press another avenue of abuse?” hurdle when the House ical marijuana proposal Opposition has come it’s good for our society.
the state senator said in passed the measure. The on the statewide ballot from socially conservative I don’t think it’s good for
FRANKFORT, Ky. — an interview. “But the flip Senate appears more this year. People who peti-
Facing a potentially his- lawmakers who warn that our people. And I fear
side of it is, if there are skeptical. tioned to get the first one legalizing medical canna- that’s where we’re going
toric vote on whether to le- people who need medical Lawmakers in other there say the second is de-
galize medical marijuana bis would push Kentucky — step by step.”
attention and truly believe Southern states are also signed to split the vote and
in Kentucky, Republican that it will help them, who cautiously eyeing chang- kill both proposals. The
lawmaker John Schickel is are we to say they can’t es, though there’s reason alternative proposal would
conflicted. have it?” for hope among advocates. go on the ballot only if it is
A retired law enforce- Schickel’s dilemma In Alabama, a med- also approved by the state
ment officer, Schickel stands as yet another sign ical marijuana bill won Senate.
once steadfastly opposed that views about marijua- approval in the Alabama The Kentucky bill
medical cannabis, but his na are changing across Senate as advocates make would allow doctors to
stance has softened. Now the South, where efforts headway after years of prescribe cannabis that
he says he’s approaching to legalize it have long setbacks. The legislation patients could obtain at
the question with an open been stymied by Bible moves to the state House approved dispensaries in
mind. Belt politics. While med- next. forms such as pills and
“One side of me says ical cannabis is legal now And in Mississippi, vot- oils. Smoking medical
that with all the drug in 33 states, including ers will decide for them- cannabis would not be
abuse we have right now, Arkansas, Louisiana and selves whether to legalize permitted. A regulatory Funeral services for
Robert Proffitt, Jr.,
that were planned at
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Scene&Seen BLACKWOOD
Author Micheal Farris Smith helped kick off the book tour for his latest novel, “Blackwood,” with
a reading and book signing at the Columbus Arts Council in Columbus March 4. Smith, of Oxford,
formerly lived in Columbus. Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff

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Kathy Baeuerlin, Patti Johnson Jimmy Rivers, Ron Rivers

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Starkville Feb. 27-29.
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Church Directory
Where the Spirit of the Lord is
“There is Liberty”
Ke nne th Mo ntg o m ery
Proudly serving our community
for over 30 years These church directory pages are made possible by the sponsorship of the following businesses.
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor L. White, Pastor.
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope High Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH
Road. Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor. — 9203 Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
662-664-0852 662-272-8221 Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible
THE ASSEMBLY COLUMBUS — 2201 Military PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Study 7 p.m. Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
Road. Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Rd. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd.
Nursery Church (2-3 yrs.) Children’s Church 10:30 a.m. Bill Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921 Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. (something for all ages). Nursery PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth p.m. A. Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
provided for all services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328- Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S.
6374 Randy Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
BAPTIST SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 7 p.m. Rev. Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Hwy. 12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor. Island Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
McWilliams, Pastor. 662-328-4765 12859 Martin Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala.
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 a.m., Sunday Bible Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible sovereigngrace.net 6 p.m. Rev. David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
Study Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662- STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH —
328-0670 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 4898 Baldwin Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662- Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor 329-2973 SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry
Jeff Morgan. TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST Rd. E. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road. CHURCH — 4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave.
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor. Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-2580 N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., blocks east of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 2344
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor. SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S.
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734 UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 (1st & 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship
2500 Military Road Suite 1 BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Louisville St., Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. 11:30 a.m., (1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin,
Columbus, MS Hwy. 12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship Luke Lutheran Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Pastor. 662-327-9843
662-328-7500 WEST REALTY COMPANY
10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., 11 a.m. Bert Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 2008 7th
westrealtycompany.com Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children, and Youth VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Ave. N. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m.
Don West, Broker/Owner classes 6:30 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-0541. Victory Loop off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Bible Study Wednesday 10:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm. ST. JAMES MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship and 6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
Northeast Exterminating 10:55 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 ST. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd.,
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe p.m. Kevin Jenkins, Pastor. 662-327-6689. Brad Wright, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
If it Jimmy Linley • Richard Linley
LLC
Road, Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m., Youth Minister. Bible Study 7 p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
Sunday School 10 a.m. Sunday, Worship 11 a.m. Sunday, ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday
crawls, Columbus Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH
— 1118 7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
call... 662-329-9992 6:30 p.m. Kelby R. Johnson, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
Rev. Willie Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St.
Dr. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult INDEPENDENT BAPTIST Disciple Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00
BRISLIN, INC. Choir rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
a.m. Rev. John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST
Sales • Service • Installation Pastor. 662-328-6741 Nathaniel Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@ CHURCH — 325 Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday
Residential • Commercial • Industrial CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, yahoo.com School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Since 1956 Vernon, Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West Study 6 p.m.
www.brislininc.com 5 p.m. (6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver
p.m. Wil Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845 Wednesday 7 p.m. Rd. (Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
4051 Military Road • 662-328-5814 CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5 373. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive,
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-327- Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor. Macon. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
3771 LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. Wednesday 6 p.m.
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday 182 E. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150
School 8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130 Spurlock Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Study 6 p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226 SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Wednesday 6 p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Sunset Drive, Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH —
Yorkville Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 Room, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 8086 Hwy. 12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes p.m. Pastor John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282 Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David
6:30 p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music MISSIONARY BAPTIST Retherford, Pastor.
Director. 662-327-5306 ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1131 THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Woodlawn Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Old West Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. Rev. William Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
Greg Upperman, Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www. Sparks, Pastor. 662-356-4968. ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
cornerstonestarkville.com ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
50 W. (Hwy. 50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 Kenny Bridges, Pastor. Dr. James A. Boyd, Pastor.
www.hydrovaconline.com a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road, PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
Discipleship Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
Jarrett’s Towing Sanctuary Choir 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting,
Youth Worship, Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m.
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
— Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday
10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-
Wrecker Service Bryon Benson, Pastor. 662-328-5915 Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424 4937
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
5209 N. Hwy 182 E. • Columbus, MS 39702 Christopher Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Activity Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, Flower Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy.
329-2447 We unlock Wednesday 7 p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
4th & 5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-
744-0561
45. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-
2305
If no answer 251-2448 cars
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924 9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only 842 Hwy. 45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30
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LER OO FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621
Mike Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess
a.m. Herb Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland
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& Insured Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252 Lyons Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 Road, Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday
W H INC. G FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave. a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible
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RESIDENTIAL (Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Worship Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., CHURCH — North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton.
662-328-3625 • 662-328-7612 Sunday Evening Worship 5 p.m., Midweek Prayer Service Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662- Sunday 10:30 a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder

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Wednesday 6 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker, 434-6528 Joseph Mettles, Pastor. 662-369-2532
Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 CHURCH — 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew
Odom Rd., Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday Rd., Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-
Authorized Dealer a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W.
6:30 p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday
5939 or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
Citizens and Pulsar Watches Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U. ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808
Downtown Columbus 662-328-8824 Wednesday 7 p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m. College St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8
662-328-3183 ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave. a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m.,
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Tuesday 5:30 p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation
When Caring Counts... Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor. Catholic School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey
Wednesday 6 p.m. Charles Whitney, Pastor. FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Waldrep, Priest.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 Road. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class CHRISTIAN
11th Ave. S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary.
Burns. 662-328-1096 FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Lavelle Smith, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
1131 Lehmberg Rd., Columbus • 662-328-1808 — 278 East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave.
Rev. John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445 Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday N. and 8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military 6 p.m. Dr. Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or CHURCH OF CHRIST
Rd., Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 662-251-4185 CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668 GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 St., Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S.
AWANA 4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah
5 p.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Church Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Johnson 662-574-0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.
Children’s Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday Worship 11 a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor. com
7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd.

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LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner
Street, Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship
Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry
Johnson, Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Sunday Bible class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard Latham, Minister.
662-328- 4705
3189 Hwy 45 N. • 328-5421 11:00 a.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th
Worship 6:00 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor. St. S. Morning Worship (1st, 2nd, & 4th Sunday)
1702 6th St. N. • 328-5361 Interim Pastor Ron Linkins, or email ynyministry@yahoo.
com, 662-769-4774
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
9:45 a.m., (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Wednesday
Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629 327-6060 Bishop Timothy Heard, Pastor.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401
Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. North St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 7th St. N. Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship
Jimmy Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor. 10:30 a.m., Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH 6:30 p.m. Paul Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 — 1207 5th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship
APAC-MISSISSIPPI, INC. p.m., Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver 11 a.m., Baptist Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m.,
Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship; Hunter Johnson,
Youth Minister.
Michael Bogue & Employees Clark, Pastor. Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor. EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST —
Lake Norris Rd. 328-6555 MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 MOUNT ZION MB CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. Highway 182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m.,
East Tibbee Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
a.m., 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday Study 7 p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979 p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch.com
School 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot HW Y. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy.
Pastor. #4. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 69 S. Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake p.m. Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor. a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister Jay
Lowndes Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Street. www.highway69coc.com
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903
662-328-2811 Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor. Lone Oak Rd., Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport, a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Sunday Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups Ala. Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess
for all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m., Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923 Lyons Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia. 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor.
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 662-769-5514.
9297 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580 NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST
a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 — 900 North Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week Worship 10:00 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00
Telephone: 662-327-1467 50 E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday except 5th Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098.
P.O. Box 1278 • 1616 7th Ave. S., Columbus, MS 39703 7 p.m. Ed Nix, Pastor. Sunday, 5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Email: nhill crestcoc@gmail.com
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Gardner, Pastor. 662-329-3321 STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Vernon Rd. 9:15 a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m.
This ad space can be yours Edge, Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe
Hope Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services
11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley,
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Tim Gentle, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828
for only $10 per week. Rd., 3 miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 Pastor. 10th Ave. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand a.m., Bible Class 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
Call today 328-2424 Evening - AWANA 4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Willie McCord, Minister.
& Adult 5 p.m., Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - 6 p.m. Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224 WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST —
to schedule your ad. Adults, Youth & Children 6:30 p.m. 662-356-4940 www. OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Woodlawn Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45
newsalembaptistcaledonia.com Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor. Thurston Rd. Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. 5th Sunday 8 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Logan, Minister.
and Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship Pastor Therman Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179 CHURCH OF GOD
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12.
Do you need to change your Pastor. Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Sunday 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes,
church’s listing? Call 328-2424 or OPEN DOOR MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal Pastor.
email changes to tinap@cdispatch.com 405 Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. - Wed. before 1st and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840
1st 2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263- Rehearsal - Wed. before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Wolfe Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,
subject: church page 7102 Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
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LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. each Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6 MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST TABERNACLE OF MERCY (MINISTRY OF
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor. CHURCH — Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, JESUS CHRIST) — 4435 Hwy. 45 N., Sunday Service
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday 9 a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-
Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327- 241-6723 www.memorialgunterpeel.com
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, 4263 THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7
Pastor. NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road p.m. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville East, Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
Rd., Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 service first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old,
a.m., Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia 5-12 yr. old. Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256 Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-5309
Eubanks.
or www.yorkvilleheights.com NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 2503 New Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD School 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah CHURCH — 4068 Jess Lyons Rd., Sunday Prayer
IN CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m., Windham, Pastor. Time 9:50 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible NEW ZION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Thursday Bible Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines-Goode, Planter
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy 2169 S. Montgomery St., Starkville. Sunday School 9:30- and Pastor. 662-630-5216
Williams, Pastor. 10:30 a.m., Young Adult Bible Study (ages 18-30) Thursday TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St.,
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 6:30 p.m. Tyrone Stallings, Pastor. 662-324-0789 Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
— 917 15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson School 7 p.m. Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella,
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor. Street, Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastors. 662-617-4088
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH Saturday 9 a.m. TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY —
OF GOD IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 2119 7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday — 102 Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie
7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy Edwards, Pastors.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN Tentoni, Pastor. TRUE LIFE CHURCH — 435 Cedarcrest Dr. (corner of
CHRIST — 5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., PLAIR UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 1579 Yorkville and Cedarcrest), Sunday prayer 8:45 a.m., Worship
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday
Fellowship Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday
Sun Creek Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 8:45-9:45
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6-7 p.m. Rev.
10 a.m., Wednesday prayer 6:30 p.m., Service 7:30 p.m.
662-798-0259
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
Bible Study 6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662- Sylvester Miller III, Pastor. 662-324-0036 TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St., Since 1960
327-4221. Email: mr.endure@aol.com SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military St. N. Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
24 Hour Towing
Road, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Night Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
a.m. Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER 1024 Gardner Blvd.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer CHURCH — 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional MINISTRIES — 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
328-8277
Ave., Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 Worship Service 9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
a.m., Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252
Thursday Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor. — 722 Military Rd. Breakfast 9:10 a.m., Sunday School UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL
662-574-2847. 9:40 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Adult/Children Bible Study MINISTRIES — 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Dwight Prowell, Pastor. Sunday Worship 8-9:30 a.m., 662-889-8711
CHRIST — 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville. ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
Sunday Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 CHURCH — Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., 8 a.m., 9:45 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Vibe Cafe 7 a.m.,
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m. First Wednesday 7 p.m. Age 6 weeks through 5th grade,
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN John Powell, Pastor. Champions Club (special needs children). Jason Delgado,
CHRIST — Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Pastor. 662-329-2279
Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 307 South Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30 WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN
662-243-2064 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. CENTER — 2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE Demetric Darden, Pastor. a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis,
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Pastor. 662-230-3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest Father — 800 Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday School a.m. and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Andy Tentoni, ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col. Steven Pastor. CHURCH — 725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.
Richardson. 662-434-2500 TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
stcatherineorthodox.com for schedule of services and
EPISCOPAL — Rt. 2, 6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH — School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 updates on this Mission.
321 Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 p.m. Carol Lambert, Pastor. 205-662-3443 APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North
662-574-1972 Carson Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor McCrary Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College Lizzie Harris. 662-329-3995 L. Obsorne, Pastor.
St. Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601
Rev. Jason Shelby. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com. S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5 14th Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
FULL GOSPEL p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor. Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road. WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6 Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday LOVE — 1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human
p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor. 5:15 p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m. Resources. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST Rev. Sarah Windham. Gloria Jones, Pastor.
CHURCH — 8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267
Service 8:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy CHURCH — Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School Byrnes Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Bourne, Senior Pastor. 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges, Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — Pastor. 662-422-9013. THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH
1524 6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., MORMON — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST SAINTS — 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106
CHURCH — 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School Sunday School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m.,
22nd St. S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
9:40 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Youth Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-
Hour Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership 328-3179. Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District
Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272- CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Elder Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
5355 FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and — Billy Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor. Worship 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7
Evening 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. NON — DENOMINATIONAL p.m. Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
FAIRVIEW FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6
— 1446 Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 St. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday Boyd Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon,
a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 6 p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778 Tuesday Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
662-328-2793 ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S. Mildred Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig ONENESS PENTECOSTAL
182 E. Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 Morris, Pastor. NEW HOPE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 875
a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Richardson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
7 p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905 CHURCH, INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Jared Glover, Pastor. 662-251-3747
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL Wednesday 6:45 p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. E-mail: nhpccolumbus@yahoo.com
GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 PENTECOSTAL
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only. FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH
p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. 662-244-7088 CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER MINISTRIES — 118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday — 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson, a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor.
Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
Pastor. 662-329-2820 662-855-5006
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St.
CHURCH — 318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., McCrary Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662- 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
327-3962 662-328-3328 LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
— 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship Maxwell Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
10a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. a.m., Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7 SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old p.m. Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124 17th St. N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11
Macon Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Harrison Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 5580 Ridge
Pastor. Sunday Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Road. Sunday School 10 a.m., Praise & Worship 10:45 a.m.,
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH Dees, Pastor. 662-327-4303 Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. G.E. Wiggins Sr., Pastor.
— 120 19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — UNITED PENTECOSTAL 1721 Hwy 45 N
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd 1608 Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor. Sunday at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor. CHURCH — 5850 Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia.
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JEWISH FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, 662.848.0919
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi- Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889- Pastor. 662-356-0202
monthly. Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038 8132 Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa
UNIVERSALIST FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m.,
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple MINISTRIES — 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday

TRINITY PLACE
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
B’nai Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning
Worship 9 a.m. Pastor Kenyon Ashford. 1750
662-620-7344 or uua.org

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LUTHERAN FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP PRESBYTERIAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH CHRISTIAN CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
(WELS) — Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Brooksville. Prayer Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Offering independent living apartments, personal
Class 3:45 p.m., Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647 Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740 School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
— 1211 18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC)
— 515 Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 “Our Bottom Line Is People”
Stan Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
MENNONITE Maxine Hall, Pastor. a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 Hunting • Fishing
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday p.m. John Richards, Pastor. Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
Rd., Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
a.m., 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30
p.m. Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
Darren Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742
CHURCH — 2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m.,
Oktibbeha County Co-Op
METHODIST Old West Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 6 p.m. Donnell Wicks, Pastor. Tue. 4 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: 662-323-1742
Church Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday Exercise Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
a.m. Gene Merkl, Pastor. School, 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Lawson, Pastor. 662-328-2692
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Wednesday 7 a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt
— 811 Main Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE
Rd. Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor. APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N.
Adult Choir Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30
p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For Wednesdays 6 p.m. B.J. Chain, Pastor.
Ferry Rd. E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 more information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251- MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
p.m., Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor. 1118, Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or (PCA) — Main and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST Lynette Williams 662-327-9074. Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship
CHURCH — 1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH Supper 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha,
Worship 11 a.m. Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor. — 3193 Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — School 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662- MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
618 31st Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 327-1960 CHURCH — 3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Eugene Bramlett, Pastor. LIFE CHURCH — 4888 N. Frontage Rd. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
Main St., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 call 662-570-4171 THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy.
a.m. Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848 LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. 82 East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
CROSSROAD CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Steens. Martin Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 a.m., Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311 p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor. LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 INTERNATIONAL — 113 Jefferson St., Macon. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
Lehmberg Rd. Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
worship at 11 a.m. Minister Gary Shelton. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor. 662-493-2456 E-mail: CHURCH — 301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m.,
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
Sabbath School 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting
Main St. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m. NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
6:30 p.m. Ray Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311 The McBryde Family
Rev. Jimmy Criddle, Lead Pastor; Rev. Anne Russell MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th
Bradley, Associate Pastor; Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate 1st and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study
St. N. Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
Pastor. 328-5252 10:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 9843 or 662-497-3434. 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
80 Old Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson. 327-9729
9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. John Longmire, Pastor. Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor. APOSTOLIC CHURCH
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES
S. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael 18th St. S. Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor. APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109 PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — School 10:30 a.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
HEBRON CME. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, 2651 Trinity Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 Wednesday Prayer Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 Specializing in industrial accounts
Steens. Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class a.m., Every 2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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