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Darkness to Light holds community training session

Oxford High School sophomore and coach of the OPC Pistons Darius Pettis takes a knee to talk to his team in between exercises during practice at the Activities Center Wednesday night. This is 15-year-old’s first year coaching.

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Local high schooler coaches community basketball team Oxford Park Commission since he was among them is Pettis’ little brother.

Before signing up to coach, Pettis 8 years old, but this year, he’s coaching knew that the league was in need of one.

Pettis is the coach of the OPC Pistons. coaches for their younger teams. This Oxford High School sophomore Darius Pettis loves basketball. The 15-year- The team is comprised entirely of 7 and old has been playing on teams with the 8-year-olds from the community, TURN TO PETTIS PAGE 4

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2017

An Itch to Stitch Among New Library Programs for This Year

BY KATHRYN WINTER STAFF WRITER

The Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library is now offering one night a month for people who love to sew, knit etc. to come together. An Itch to Stitch meets the first Thursday of every month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Mississippi Room. An Itch to Stitch is a drop-in group, there is no need to sign up or join and everyone is welcome. Meredith Wulff, Youth Specialist at the library said that An Itch to Stitch is a regularly scheduled library program, and they met for the first time last month.

“The group is meant for anyone who does any type of needle craft, knitting, crochet, sewing, quilting, embroidery, cross-stitch-if it requires your hand and a needle or a hook, come join us!” Wulff said. “Nancy and I are both avid knitters and we love to share our passion for the fiber arts! Many of our patrons enjoy handcrafts but have trouble set-

ting aside the time or need help when they get stuck.

While there is no instruction offered at An Itch to Stitch, we have participants of all skill levels and we help each other. And of course, it’s always more fun to do things with friends! This is a great opportunity to get out, meet new people and do something fun in the process!”

Established in 1930, the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library has been serving the community as a branch of First Regional Library for 80 years. In addition to a large collection of books, periodicals, music and movies, the library offers weekly events, such as story time, adult book clubs, guest speakers, puppet shows, and movie showings, all open and free to the public. “The library is a great resource not only for books, videos and computers but also for learning new skills and connecting with other people. Crafts are a great way to do that! We have many craft programs for kids and thought an

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An Itch to Stitch meets the first Thursday of every month, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Mississippi Room of The Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library. inter-generational craft program-one that welcomes both kids and adults would be fun,” Wulff said.

For people not interested in sewing the library has added a “Board at the Library” program for kids and teens on the first Thursday of the month from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Board at the library is a tabletop gaming

for kids and teens on the first Thursday of the month.

Ages eight and under must be accompanied by an adult. “We have classics like chess, checkers, and Scrabble, as well as newer European style games like Ticket to Ride, Pandemic and Forbidden Island. We hold this program in three adjacent rooms so kids can spread

out and teens can play with their peers. Snacks are provided,” Wulff said. “Board games are now available for checkout and use inside the library. Anyone can check these out and play with a friend or family.”

Also new to the library are Saturday Story Play and Teen Comic Book Club. Saturday Story Play features

crafts and playtime for children of all ages on the third Saturday of every month.

Teen Comic Book Club features on graphic novels and manga for teens ages 13 and older. This program is held on the last Thursday of the month at 5 p.m. Snacks are provided.

“Because libraries across Mississippi are facing serious budget cuts, we ask community members to come by starting on February 1, and fill out a postcard for our “Library Love Letter Campaign.” This is a chance for folks to help ensure that the library’s books, computers, programs, meeting space and more can meet our community’s needs.”

The library will help address the postcards so it will go to the officials making the budget cut decisions. For more information on An Itch to Stitch or Youth programs at the library, contact mwulff@firstregional.org or call the library at 662-2345751. The Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library is located at 401 Bramlett Boulevard.

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The Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the opening of our newest furniture store SUMMERHOUSE located at 405 South Lamar Blvd.

Whether you are looking for the perfect comfy chair, furnishing a second home, or building a home from the ground up, SUMMERHOUSE has the skills, talent, and patience to help you and always with the highest level of personalized attention.

Amazon to collect state tax

BY BOBBY HARRISON DAILY JOURNAL JACKSON BUREAU

The decision of internet giant Amazon to voluntarily collect the 7 percent tax for the state on purchases made by Mississippians is welcomed news for many state leaders dealing with revenue shortfalls and budget cuts, but it will not provide any relief for municipal leaders who are facing many of the same problems.

Under current state law, municipalities will not receive a portion of the tax collected by Amazon on sales made to Mississippians. But Ways and Means Chair Jeff Smith, R-Columbus, said he expects legislation to be considered during the 2017 session to provide local governments a share of the windfall.

“That will be considered,” Smith said.

The Mississippi Department of Revenue announced Tuesday that Amazon, which is in essence an online retailer, would start collecting the 7 percent tax just as retailers with buildings located in the state currently do. A 1990s’ U.S. Supreme Court ruling

had said that states could not force retailers that do not have a physical presence in the state to collect the tax.

Many, both Democrats and Republicans in recent years, have expressed frustration with the ruling, saying it was costing the state a growing slice of revenue as internet sales continue to increase, and was unfair to local retailers.

Legislation has been filed this session to attempt to collect the tax and challenge the Supreme Court ruling.

Other states already are trying to force the nation’s high court to revisit the issue. The Mississippi Department of Revenue also is putting in place administrative rules to challenge the Court ruling.

While Amazon is by far the largest online retailer, Tax Commissioner Herb Frierson said other states with administrative rules similar to what the Mississippi Department of Revenue is putting in place are collecting taxes from as many as 50 more online retailers.

Estimates have put the revenue provided to the state by Amazon at between $15 million to $30

million per year. Frierson said it would not be enough to solve the state’s budget woes, but that it will help.

The tax collected by Amazon and other similar retailers is considered a use tax – not a sales tax.

That is important because municipal governments receive 18.5 percent of the 7 percent sales tax levied on most retail items sold at stores in Mississippi.

Kathy Waterbury, a spokeswoman for the Department of Revenue, said the theory behind not diverting the use tax to the municipalities “is, unlike a brick and mortar business, the cities don’t have to support that business through providing police and fire protection, roads, etc.”

While that is current law, Frierson said the Department of Revenue would not try to prevent the Legislature from making changes so that the local governments receive revenue from the online sales.

Under current law, people are supposed to pay taxes on their internet purchases, but Waterbury has said that few do and it would be difficult for the

Department of Revenue to force them to do so.

But there is a line on the state tax forms to report the internet purchases and pay taxes on them.

While Amazon’s recent decision to collect the tax on retail items for the state is big news, Waterbury said other online retailers already are collecting the tax.

“We do have 35 of the top 50 e-retailers in the state already on the rolls and paying,” she said.

“We also have quite a few ‘voluntary’ taxpayers who aren’t top 50 but who do collect and report the use tax.”

In recent years, use tax collections for the state have been growing faster than many other revenue sources. In fiscal year 2016, the use tax grew 5.2 percent while the sales tax grew by only 1.4 percent. Use tax revenue also is projected to grow at a much faster rate than the sales tax for the current

2017 fiscal year and for the upcoming fiscal year.

Still, though, sales tax revenue makes up a much larger share of the state’s general fund revenue – more than 37 percent compared to less than 5 percent.

But with Amazon collecting taxes for the state, beginning Feb. 1, those numbers should change in the coming years. bobby.harrison@journalinc.com Twitter: @BobbyHarrison9

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OBITUARIES DOLLY SUE BAILEY METCALFE Dolly Sue Bailey Metcalfe, 73, died Tuesday, January 24 at her home in Brandon. A graveside service will be held Monday, January 30 at Oxford Memorial Cemetery at 3:00 p.m. with Rev. Robert Allen officiating. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Metcalfe’s memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.

IRIS KATHERINE MONTGOMERY Iris Katherine Montgomery passed away on Wednesday, January 24 at her home in Harmontown.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday, January 26, at 11:00 a.m., at Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford, with Bro. Pat Ward officiating.

Donations and memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association Mississippi Chapter, 232 Market St., 2nd floor, Flowood, MS 39232.

WILLIAM “BILL” CULLAN MORRIS William “Bill” Cullan Morris (70), a resident of Oxford, formerly of Granite City, IL and Tomah, WI, passed away on January 24, after a lengthy battle with cancer. His time in Oxford was short lived but he managed to capture the hearts of many he met during his time here.

The funeral service will be held Monday, January 30, at Irwin Chapel Funeral Home in Granite City, IL at 1:00 p.m. Visitation will take place beginning at 12:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will take place in Jefferson Barracks Memorial Cemetery in St. Louis, MO. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Veteran Assistance Foundation, 312 Superior Avenue, Tomah, WI 54660

BRIEFING Clarification In the January 22 article "Clothing closet revamped at The Pregnancy Test Center Oxford," the Oxford Citizen reported "Adoption and abortion plans are discussed." To clarify, The Pregnancy Test Center discusses the risks involved with the various abortion procedures and always encourage their clients that choosing life is the better option.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2017

OIS students compete in GeoBee qualifier

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The National Geographic Society partners with schools across the country every year to bring together students under a common love of geography, trivia and competition to participate in GeoBee. GeoBee is to geography what the National Spelling Bee is to spelling. Students are given questions that could range from specifics about the continental United States, to the location and climate of the world’s oldest mountain chain. The questions are often very difficult, and the material cannot exactly be studied for without diving deep into so many specifics about the world we live in. Students spend hours poring an atlas of the world, maps of specific continents and sample questions from NatGeo’s website in an attempt to prepare themselves for any of the questions that could be thrown at them.

Oxford Intermediate School’s GeoBee team held their qualifying competition Thursday in the school’s library to see who would qualify to move on to the state competition. Seven boys sat at tables that were pushed together in a long row in the south corner of the library.

Also in the room were a table of judges, a few parents and

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was the year his brother would start playing and he thought he would enjoy coaching him, so he began to seriously consider the possibility of just going for it. Soon it was time for his brother to sign up to play, so Pettis signed up to coach that very same night.

Watching Pettis lead his team, it can be easy to forget he’s a high school student. He towers over the kids and many of their parents. His hands are big enough to palm any of many basketballs bouncing around the busy Activities Center on the Wednesday afternoons he holds practice. Pettis is also great with his players.

When speaking to them, he gets down on their level, kneeling and talking

PHOTO BY CHANING GREEN

Sixth grade gifted teacher Mary Martha Crow quizzes Oxford Intermediate School students competing to qualify for the state level GeoBee. The GeoBee is a program by the National Geographic Society designed to quiz students under the age of 15 about the geographical features of the world around us. teacher Mary Martha Crow at an improvised podium.

Crow is a sixth grade gifted teacher at OIS and oversees GeoBee at the school.

Crow began with a round of questions focusing on the United States. What state is divided into the Upper and Lower Peninsulas? Which U.S. state shares a longer border with Canada, Vermont or Montana? And then the questions got even harder and focused on places like Latin America, Northern Asia and other places. If a contestant got two questions wrong, they were eliminated.

After several rounds, Eli in a quiet yet clear voice about what he wants them to do in the next exercise.

There is a balance to these practices of letting the boys run around and work off their energy, while also maintaining order and staying on schedule with the practice. Pettis seems to have this balance figured out. His voice and demeanor is gentle, but he makes it clear what he expects from his team and they follow through.

The teenager explains that basketball helps him get centered. It’s an escape for him. When he’s on the court, that's all there is. He can leave behind any of his worries and just play ball, even if it’s just for an hour.

“There isn’t really just one thing that I can pinpoint about it,” Pettis said when asked what he loves about the sport. “I guess I would call it a getaway for me. It helps me move

Nordstrom and Captain Alexander made it to the final where they were the only competitors who had yet to be eliminated. Alexander went to the state level competition last year. To determine the overall winner, the two boys had a sheet of paper and Crow asked three questions. The contestants wrote down their answers and shared them with the judges after Crow had called all questions. Nordstrom was declared the winner.

Nordstrom will take an online qualifying test to make sure he has the chops to represent the Oxford area at

state competition. He and Crow will find out midMarch whether or not he qualifies.

Crow has been with the Oxford School District for about a decade now and has been working with GeoBee for most of that time. She really enjoys the competition and thinks it has something valuable to offer students.

“It’s fun to offer something to kids in the school who want to be challenged a little bit more,” Crow said after the competition. “We have the Spelling Bee and stuff, but GeoBee gets a group of kids together who aspire to chal-

PHOTO BY CHANING GREEN

Carson Ellis aims for the basket during a shooting drill Pettis was running with his team during practice Wednesday night. away from the bad things.

I have a basketball goal in backyard. If I’m having a bad day, I can go out there and get some shots out and let all my bad thoughts go.”

In addition to coaching the Pistons, Pettis plays on the OPC Cavaliers, a team in the 13 to 15-year-old division of the league. This is the oldest division OPC of-

fers and soon Pettis will no longer be eligible to play in the park commission’s league. He does, however, think he’ll continue to coach.

He loves working with the kids to make them better. As of Wednesday’s practice, the Pistons have played four games. They lost the first two, but won the last two. Pettis said that

lenge themselves and want to learn more about the world than they would normally learn in school.”

Students interested in participating in GeoBee began meeting with Crow after school a few months ago.

They watched different educational videos and Crow showed them different websites and resources they could use to quiz themselves at home on the subject matter. This combines with much of the students’ own personal travel experiences and their desire to learn more about the manmade and natural borders that make up the planet to create a stiff competition.

“I like getting to know other students,” Crow said when asked what she liked about working with GeoBee. “There are students like Gates Allen and Captain, being fifth graders, who I will be teaching next year. Getting to know them as well other kids in the school who I may never teach, I think that builds a sense of community.

I think it’s important to know teachers in extracurriculars outside of the classroom.

They provide so many different kinds of sports after school, so it’s also just nice to have an academic too.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

he can see the kids on his team getting better. Their skills are improving individually as well as their ability to work together as a team. He can see them grow as players and people, and it’s a good feeling, he said.

“I just like knowing that I’m getting them better,” said Pettis. “I guess you could say I have this responsibility to work with them and make sure that they’re doing right.”

Outside of basketball, Pettis love taking math and science classes at school. He said he has a particular affinity for math and could see himself pursing a degree in engineering upon graduating, but that’s still up in the air.

Right now, he’s just focused on getting his team to their next win. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Camille A. Brown coming to Ford Center

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Camille A. Brown and Dancers will be coming to the Ford Center in March to perform selections from Brown’s “Black Girl: Linguistic Play.” The popular performance piece reflects on the complexities involved in finding an identity as a black girl in urban America.

During the success of her pervious work “Mr. Tol E. Rance,” which delved deep into the world of minstrelsy the black community has been forced to deal with throughout history, Brown was asked several times if she would ever create a piece focusing solely on the experience of the black woman.

“I started thinking about it,” she said. “It usually takes me one to two years to choreograph a piece and it is exhausting work. You’re dealing with a history that is loaded, and it’s a lot to unpack.

Stereotypes are a lot to unpack. I didn’t know if I wanted to spend another two years unpacking stereotypes

specifically about black females. I am a black woman, and I have to deal with those stereotypes and tropes on a daily basis.”

So instead of telling the black girl’s story, Brown set out to tell a black girl’s story: her own. At the time, she was choreographing a show that begins with a character reflecting on his childhood, going back. So Brown decided that she could find the answer by going back as well.

She began drawing upon her experiences as a girl growing up in Queens.

In addition to the piece, Brown created an initiative dedicated to empowering black girls through dance, teaching them use their bodies as a form of self-expression and protest. She did this because she honestly was not sure if the piece would do well, and she wanted the message and meaning of the work to live on through the initiative, which she named Black Girls Spectrum.

“Black Girl: Linguistics Play” premiered in September of 2015 in New York City.

know if I would able to reach black girls or if they would be able to connect to it, but they did. They continue to connect to it wherever we go. Regardless of not being black or not being a female, people are finding a way to relate to it. I set out to create something specific, but with universal themes.”

Though the work is focused on the experiences of a young woman of color, there are overarching themes of friendship, sisterhood and camaraderie—things that Brown describes as universal themes that we all experience has humans.

Because of this, the work has been successful. Black Girl Spectrum has been able to blossom right alongside the piece and focus on what is called social dance. Social PHOTO BY MATT KARAS dance refers to a certain Renowned choreographer and speaker Camille A. Brown will dance move that is widely be coming to the Gertrude C. Ford Center with her Dancers in known in society and cannot March to perform selections from her work “Black Girl: Lin- always be traced back to a singe moment or a single guistics Play.” originator. These dances can “I wanted to do something that is something that I didn’t be traced back to their that was a gift to black know if I would be able to African roots and then women and black girls, and do,” Brown said. “I didn’t through the slave trade and

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into the hip-hop movement of the 80s and 90s. The form is often ignored by the world of dance and music education. Brown believes social dance is an important part of history that has something to teach us all.

“I use social dance as a way to connect to people because it comes from the community,” she said. “When people hear ‘dance,’ they tend to run the other way if they are not dances, but, in a sense, we are all movers. Every day, the mundane things we do contribute to dance. Social dance is often treated as sidebar.

People say it has no technique, but if I came out and did the running man wrong, everyone would know. It's a technique. Dance has always been a way of protest and healing and resistance. It is still very much that today.”

Camille A. Brown and Dancers will be at the Gertrude C. Ford Center March 2 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range in price from $22-$30. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Darkness to Light holds community training session

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

In a group of 10 children, statistically, at least one of them will be sexually abused before he or she reaches the age of 18.

For girls, that number is about 1 in 4 and for boys, 1 in 6. Darkness to Light is seeking to change that statistic while teaching people how to prevent, recognize and respond to childhood sexual assault.

Tomiko D. Mackey is the director of clinical services of Family Crisis Services of Northwest Mississippi. She works out of the Family Crisis Center in Oxford on Heritage Drive, just off of Jackson Avenue. Last Saturday morning, Mackey partnered with the Orchard church on Hwy 7 to provide free community training through the Darkness to Light program.

Sarah Ward, whose husband Pat is the pastor at the Orchard, used to work at the Family Crisis Center and was very familiar with their work as well as the Darkness to Light program. She and her husband invited Mackey to the church to lead the training.

Darkness to Light was founded in 2000 and later created the Stewards of Children, which is the name of the program Mackey used during the seminar. Darkness to Light has affiliates in all 50 states as well as 16 locations in other parts of the world. The program has more than 6,000 trained facilitators working in communities across the globe to educate communities about the prevalence and prevention of childhood sexual abuse. Mackey is one of those facilitators.

“I think it’s easier to believe that child sex abuse doesn't happen in your particular community, whatever that community may be, but the fact of the matter is that it happens in all communities,” Mackey said.

“Whether it is happening in the family, in a faithbased community, an athletic community,

Adverse Childhood Experiences study. Issues like acute hypertension, anxiety, heart disease, depression and other medical issues were present in people who had experienced what is referred to as an adverse childhood experience. Sexual abuse falls into that category.

“I think everyone in the community should be knowledgeable about this,” Mackey said. “What does one have to lose by being educated on childhood sexual abuse prevention and identification and knowing how to respond when a child has been sexually abused? Yeah, it’s uncomfortable to talk about. It would be great if we lived in a world where this didn’t happen, but it does. So what is our responsibility, as a society, to children?”

Catherine Townsend is the grants, research and national strategy manPHOTO BY CHANING GREEN ager for Darkness to Light Tomiko D. Mackey of the Family Crisis Center of Northwest Mississippi gave a presentation at the Orchard church last Satur- and notes that far more day about how to prevent, recognize and react to child sex abuse. children are sexually abused each year than are diagnosed with cancer.

Mackey pointed out that when children are diagnosed with any form of cancer, there are marches and fundraisers and groups seeking to find a cure for that cancer, to raise money in an attempt to end the disease.

A community effort is made in the hopes to ensure this never happens again. She asked what it says about our community and larger society as a whole when we do so little to end child sex abuse, but are always so willing to constantly fight for other causes that, though undeniably are extremely important, are less prevalent. Why is this something so many people ignore?

For more information about the local Family Crisis Center, they can be reached at 662-234-9929.

Darkness to Light also offers this training online at PHOTO BY CHANING GREEN their website Mackey is a trained facilitator with the organization Darkness to Light. It was they who sponsored this training program, called www.D2L.org. They also the Stewards of Children, and others similar around the world. have an extensive collection on resources and insevere medical and social formation on the subject. neighbors— it is happen- are sexually abused, un- abuser.”

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WILLIE PRICE PLAYGROUND GETS AN UPGRADE

PHOTO BY CHANING GREEN

Workers set up the main play structure on the playground of Willie Price Lab School at the campus of the University of Mississippi. The play structure was paid for by a grant from the Mississippi Department of Education and will be supplemented by money raised from a fundraiser the school held earlier in the month.

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3018 Highlands Circle

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2100 Old Taylor Rd. #322

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404 Taylor Ridge Lane

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317 Windsor Dr. N

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THE HIGHLANDS - Professionally decorated, custom built home w/ open floorplan (City of Oxford Schools); every BR has a bath, 4BR, 4BA (2 down & 2 up), stainless appliance pkg, hardwood floors, 10’ smooth ceilings, 8’ solid wood doors, kitchen opens to the Keeping Room, bookcases, stone fireplace, Wet Bar, breakfast area and large screened porch that includes a fireplace for those chilly nights for roasting marshmallows. House is encapsulated with foam insulation; backyard has an iron-type fence. Access to ~80-acre Trophy Lake & ~30-acre Park.

MLS#136645. Call Paula Crum- 662-701-7789.

WELLSGATE - Come be a part of one of Oxford's most prestigious neighborhoods in this custom built home! This great home sits in the back of Wellsgate & backs up to one of Wellsgate's natural lakes where you can enjoy beautiful sunsets. Kitchen with custom oak cabinets and stainless appliances features solid granite counter tops. Hardwood, ceramic, and carpeted floors throughout the home. Family room with a fireplace on lower level. Two pantries for storing your goods. Breakfast area looks out to the lake. Jetted tubs in the bathrooms. Sellers giving $1k allowances for both carpet and appliances. MLS# 137482. Call Blake Thompson - 662-801-7014.

THE SOLEIL - Very popular unit. Freestanding 3 bedroom, 2 .5 bathroom cottage style condo. Front door parking, lots of green space, gated community. MLS# 137010. Call Martin Mesecke- 662-715-1111.

COBBLESTONE PARK - Spacious home with a view of the large pond and very affordably priced! 4BR/3BA, huge kitchen, granite countertops, double walk-in pantries, eat in kitchen, dining room, family room completes the Main Floor. Upstairs, another BR and Bath with a huge finished bonus room utilized at the Home Theater complete with Cotton Candy and Popcorn Machine!

Storage room galore! MLS# 136466. Call Paula Crum662-701-7789.

WOODLAND HILLS - TWO MASTER BEDROOMs (up & down), 4BR/3.5BA , 1.5 acres, kitchen w/double oven, built-in desk, breakfast area with picturesque view, laundry room, separate dining room, large family rm w/gas fireplace and bookshelves, BR upstairs can be used as Playroom or Media Rm, MBR is comfortably spacious w/Master Bath w/two sinks, jetted tub, shower; detached brick garage/workroom; storage galore, hardwood floors all downstairs, except tiled kitchen and Laundry Rm, 1/2 bath off garage for easy clean-up. Lovely front porch to enjoy view of trees & private patio off family room for those cookouts. Call Paula Crum – 662.701.7789.

Property includes a 3BD/3BA home and 47 acres.

Approximately half pasture and half wooded, storm shelter, fenced pasture, deer stands, cleared shooting lanes, horse barn, ATV storage, other storage building, pond, and heated tile floor in master bath are just some of the amenities. Not far from town but quiet country living or just a get away. Little Q quail preserve is across the street. MLS# 136965. Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

OXFORD - Wonderful secluded house with guest house, pond, workshop on 14 wooded acres minutes from the square. MLS#137517. Call Danny Flowers- 662-8167294.

WELLSGATE - Beautiful 4BR/4.5BA home with inground pool overlooking lake. Open floorplan with large 2 story living room highlighted by a stone fireplace.

Home features wooden beams, columns and bead board ceilings. The large kitchen/keeping room combination was a brick hearth over the gas cooktop.

Large master suite is on main level with a sitting area.Screened porch on the back leads to a large patio and inground pool. Professionally landscaped with irrigation system. Agent is related to the sellers.

MLS# 137214. Call Meredith Martin- 662-401-0811.

Taylor-Greene- Proposed construction starting soon.

Should be available before Christmas 2016. Open floor plan, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths with a formal living room.

Still time to pick your finishings. Please Builder is a licensed Mississippi real estate agent and listing agent.

MLS# 136748. Call Stan Abel- 662-816-9363.

TURNBERRY CONDOS - 3 bedroom 2 bath condo close to Ole Miss campus.MLS# 137505. Call Sadie Smith662-678-3033.

Quiet country living with acreage less than 10 miles from town. Even the walls are insulated to make it more quiet. Home also features a storm shelter. Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

WINDSOR FALLS - Beautiful 4 bedroom/3 bath in popular neighborhood. Customized Indianola plan includes a slightly larger kitchen, 4th bedroom (full bath and closet) upstairs that could also be used as a bonus room, office or guest room. Built-in cabinets surrounding fireplace. Covered patio accessible to master bedroom and kitchen. Fenced yard for privacy. Community pool access for an extra $300/year. Approx. 2 miles to Baptist Memorial, 3 miles to the Square. MLS# 136673. Call Eileen Saunders- 662-404-0816.

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Ben Garrett Special to Oxford Citizen

Ole Miss the Favorite for Richardson?

BY BEN GARRETT SPECIAL TO OXFORD CITIZEN

Four-star running back Cordarrian Richardson is one of the most highly-recruited prospects in the country.

His offers range from Ole Miss, Michigan State and Oregon to Alabama, Clemson and Florida State. He can go anywhere he wants, really. But only one school – Ole Miss – offers the opportunity to play close to his home in Memphis, Tenn.

Richardson visited the Rebels officially last weekend.

“It was pretty good,” he said. “I enjoyed myself and got to know all the coaches. I got to meet all the new coaches. It was a good positive vibe about the trip. (Ole Miss being close to home) is a big deal, but it all just depends on how I’m feeling.”

Ole Miss is currently without a running back commitment for the 2017 class, which isn’t lost on Richardson, who is ranked the No. 101 overall player by Scout.com and the No. 8 running back. The Rebels’ focus for the past year was on Clinton, Miss., running back Cam Akers, a five-star prospect and the No. 2 running back overall.

However, Akers opted for Florida State in December, which left Ole Miss with few alternatives so late in the process. Richardson, though, was available due to questions surrounding his ability to become academically qualified. But as his academic standing improved towards the end of the fall, recruiting interest picked back up, and Ole Miss jumped in.

Richardson said Ole Miss has “a 90 percent chance” of landing his signature on National Signing Day Feb. 1. “(Ole Miss running backs) Coach (Derrick) Nix and I have a good relationship,” Richardson said. “He told me I was coming in at a good time and wants to go into a season with five running backs, so it’s a perfect time. (Ole Miss needing a running back) plays a good role.”

Ole Miss is a late entrant into the chase for Richardson, a former Clemson commitment who has also taken an official visit to Central Florida. Though the Rebels long kept tabs on him, they didn’t truly enter into the picture until around the New Year, a handful of weeks removed from the sting of the loss of Akers.

Richardson was scheduled to visit Oregon – his “dream school,” in his words, growing up – this weekend, and he was considering a visit to Oklahoma as well. However, he’ll instead TURN TO RICHARDSON PAGE 14

JOSH MCCOY/OLE MISS ATHLETICS

Ole Miss third baseman Colby Bortles is back for his senior season. The Rebels started practice this week and will open the season Feb. 17 against East Carolina.

Leading the Way Bortles is the anchor for Ole Miss Rebels

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

Colby Bortles returning to the Ole Miss baseball team for a fourth season is big on a lot of different levels. That's the way head coach Mike Bianco sees things anyway. From a leadership standpoint, Bortles is at the top of the list as only eight players are upper classmen, and only two of those eight are seniors.

“He is the last guy on the team that played in the World Series. He reached the pinnacle of college baseball. He's kind of built that way, to be a leader, and he's been a great one for us since his freshman year,” Bianco said. “I think it's understated for kids like him to return in a lot of programs. When we went to the World Series in '14, and all those seniors that came back, they had their best year. Besides the statistics and the play on the field, that's his biggest thing, his leadership and what he means in the dugout and in the locker room. I think that means more.”

Second baseman Tate Blackman said a lot of players seek out Bortles for advice on a number of things, beyond just the finer points of baseball.

“He is one of the go-to guys. He's been here four years and he's been to Omaha.

He knows what it feels like,” Blackman

said. “He knows the feeling to lose a regional and he knows the feeling to dog pile after a super regional win. He's very important to this team. I would say he's the face of this team and this program.

He's a very quiet guy, but if he gets on to you, it lets you know that you have to do it the right way or I need to hustle a little harder. He lets you know to do it the right way.”

Last season, Bortles hit a career-best eight home runs and drove in 50 runs, which was also the most during his career. Each year, Bortles said his role was to do what he could to help the team and to lead them to Omaha for the College World Series.

“I'm looking forward to being a leader on this team. That's what we've been working toward in every practice, every day,” Bortles said. “I feel like I have a lot more confidence in myself and my teammates. It comes from working hard and surrounding myself with people that can help me in baseball. One hundred percent, I'm a much better player than when I got here.”

Bortles has noticed that the freshmen, or the newcomers in general, have come up to him to ask questions.

“We always hang out together. They're my brothers and they do ask me about

different stuff and what it's going to be like during the season,” said Bortles, who started and played in all 62 games during the 2016 season. “I just try and give them the best advice so that when that stuff does happen, they're not just stranded there and don't know what to do.”

Bortles thought the Rebels were “really good” and that the team “hits really well” and pitches “really well.”

“Our bullpen is really good and we have a good core group of guys. We have the No. 1 recruiting class in the country, so obviously they're really good,” Bortles said. “I think we're the hardest working team in the country. We work out harder than anyone else. The conditioning this year was really tough. I'm not going to lie.

Going 0-2 the last few years in a regional, it's not going to be easy. (Strength coach) Ben Fleming is going to push us until we crack so that we don't crack in May or June or whenever we play. I think it's gotten us ready for the season.”

As a hitter, Bortles felt he was a lot more confident at the plate. He also felt like he was stronger coming into the year.

“My hitting plan is different. I'm not trying to look for that one pitch anymore,” Bortles said. “I'm looking to get a pitch elevated and see what I can do with it.”

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Lady Chargers impressed Crane in 5A playoff opener

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

Hunter Crane sat down to watch the film of his Oxford Lady Chargers defeating Center Hill Thursday. He was pleased with how his soccer team looked immediately after their win in the first round of the MHSAA Class 5A playoffs.

Watching the video did nothing to change Crane’s opinion of the victory. It only enhanced things.

“It was probably the most complete game that we played all season long,” Crane said. “When we’re able to get everyone involved in the scoring, our possession was the best I’ve seen it all season long. I knew it was good and that we were having a good night, but when I went back and watched it again a couple of days later, I felt like we could have beaten anybody with the way we played.”

Grenada was the team up next for the undefeated Lady Chargers, who improved to 17-0 win the 8-1 win over Center Hill. Oxford defeated Grenada 3-1 on Jan. 10, and Crane was

expecting to see them employ a similar approach to Center Hill.

“I think they’re going to try and take away our offense. We enjoy people trying to play defense against us because that means our offense is going to have the ball for a majority of the game,” Crane said. “We’re comfortable with the matchup and stuff but we have to stay focused. If we can continue to play like we did Tuesday night, I feel good about our chances.”

Crane was actually “nitpicky” with his team on certain things when they all sat down and watched the film of the win.

“I told them we can always do things better and I went along and pointed out things we could have done even more and given us even more of an opportunity,” Crane said. “I do feel good about our chances moving forward if we can continue to play at a high level.”

Oxford took 48 shots against Center Hill which only had three shots.

Crane’s speed neutralized anything the Lady Mustangs were able to throw

PETRE THOMAS

Hunter Crane was very pleased with how his Oxford Lady Chargers played in the first round of the MHSAA Class 5A soccer playoffs, adding it was the best the team had looked all season long. at them from an offensive standpoint.

Addie Thompson is a defender that Crane was really

pleased with again.

Thompson changed positions to outside back.

Along with freshman

Maria Jones, Thompson, a sophomore, has really stepped up, Crane said.

“With Addie going through a position change, it was really nice to see Addie, coming back from Christmas break, she got a lot more comfortable on the defensive side,” Crane said. “She’s always been a forward. She’s a great cross country runner and with our formations and stuff that we do, she has that offensive mentality and we allow her to go forward in an offensive role. She’s also so aggressive and so physical that she’s good enough to play outside back. I’m comfortable with her being there. She won a starting role and I’ve been real pleased with her here lately.”

When it has come to focus, Crane noticed his team ramping up from an intensity standpoint. And he knows the team is well aware of the fact that a subpar effort could lead to a loss and the season coming to an end.

“We can’t take a day off and we can’t just depend on the fact that we’re undefeated that we’re going

to stay that way,” Crane said. “That’s not how the playoffs work. You’re going to get everybody’s best shot no matter what. If you take a day off, your season will be over. They really took that to heart and they came out focused against Center Hill.”

If Oxford is able to win Saturday’s matchup, the Lady Chargers will host the 5A north state title match this coming Tuesday. Germantown and Lewisburg were matching up in the second round.

Oxford defeated Germantown in the north state playoffs last season, and the two programs have become rivals.

“I’m friends with their coach. We talk a lot in the offseason and we know we each other pretty well,” Crane said. “They have been a thorn in our side before. The year before I took over, the girls lost to Germantown and last year we returned the favor to them. They are always the hurdle that we have to get through. Lewisburg has also had a great season and I imagine that game between both of them will be a good one.”

Oxford's Sabatier has been impressed with Chargers' focus

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

Even when the pressure has been on the Oxford Chargers this season, they have responded. The MHSAA Class 5A soccer playoffs continued Saturday with a trip to Ridgeland for the Chargers. Coach Charley Sabatier saw his team weather a strong second half from Lewisburg on Tuesday night in order to meet the Titans for the second time this season.

One of the things that Sabatier has liked as much as anything about his team is the way they have handled themselves on the field, and in emotional situations. Even when other teams have gotten red cards for behavior, the Chargers have refrained from a retaliation standpoint.

“I'm really proud of our boys. They have handled

themselves the last couple of matches against Saltillo and Lewisburg. Fans have been emotional and really fired up from the sidelines but the boys kept their cool and played Oxford soccer,” Sabatier said. “They played with integrity. We didn't get any red cards and the two yellow cards we got were just good, aggressive soccer. The boys made adjustments. I was proud of the way they handled themselves despite the pressure they faced.”

Channeling the emotions in the proper way, and staying focused, was a key to success for the Chargers in the playoff opener. It's something the team has been working on all season.

“We've been working on not creating unnecessary fouls or retaliate with their style of play. We want to play our style and we beat them with the ball,”

JOHN DAVIS

Charley Sabatier was pleased with how his Oxford Chargers handled their business in a win over Lewisburg Tuesday night.

Sabatier said. “The boys have really stepped up and proud of the way they handled themselves.”

Defense has been the most consistent thing the Chargers have done this season and that was the case against Lewisburg as they earned their 11th shutout of the year.

“They are the backbone

of our team I would say.

With Sean Brown, our senior back, leading the way and Griffin O'Neil, our keeper, stepping up, he made a couple of phenomenal saves,” Sabatier said.

“Those guys are playing really solid and I'm really proud of how they're working together. Defense has been one of our stronger

characteristics this season.”

Sabatier likes how the Chargers are on offense because of the amount of weapons the team has.

“We have a lot of guys that can score goals. In the game against Lewisburg, Cole Calhoon, our senior center mid, had a great goal from the outside and we've had several wins this year that have been like that,” Sabatier said. “A player steps up when they have the opportunity and we walk away 1-0 with a win.”

Oxford defeated Ridgeland 3-0 on Dec. 3 and Sabatier said the team was excited to see the Titans again.

“We know they're not going to be the same team we played earlier in the season and we're preparing for another tough match,” he said. “We're excited about that and not

trying to focus on the next round, which will come quick on Tuesday if that does happen. This team is going to be a step up from our first round opponent and we have to step up and play that much better.”

One of the things Sabatier had his team work on this week was working on adjustments from the sideline, and not just at the half.

“We played a great first half against Lewisburg. We didn't make any significant adjustments at the half where they came out and made some pretty significant adjustments and we scrambled to detain them in the second half,” Sabatier said. “This week we talked about the adjustments we could make with our personnel so that our team understands the difference in some adjustments we can make from the sideline.”

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Lady 'Dores clinch playoff berth against Lady Warriors Senatobia overwhelms Lafayette in nightcap

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

If the Lafayette Lady Commodores ever lose again, you do not want to be their next opponent.

Lafayette blitzed the Senatobia Lady Warriors from the opening tip, racing out to a 37-11 halftime lead en route to a 53-35 victory in a game that was not as close as the final score indicated. The victory clinched the No. 2 seed from Division 2-4A, a bye in the 2-4A Tournament in three weeks, and guarantees a playoff berth in the 4A playoffs.

After their first loss of the season to Choctaw Central, even though the result of the following game was a 50point victory over Rosa Fort, Lafayette (19-2 overall, 4-1 in Division 2-4A) allowed Rosa Fort to remain competitive against the Lady 'Dores in the first half. Lafayette girls coach Shayne Linzy wanted to see that switch against Senatobia and liked what he saw.

"After the loss to Choctaw Central, the first half against

Rosa Fort was not very good," Linzy said. "We had that same discussion tonight before this game. We just lost to Byhalia.

We wanted to make sure that we didn't come out sluggish in the first half tonight against Senatobia because it is a division game. We really came out on fire. We played really well on the offense and defensive end. We really got out in transition. Everyone just really played well."

Lafayette went on a 23-2 run over nearly 10 minutes that spanned from the last minute of the first quarter to the 7:00 mark of the third quarter. The Lady Commodores led by as many as 31 points in the contest.

Lafayette outrebounded Senatobia 51-27 and blocked 12 shots as a team. Shaniyah Buford led all scorers with 19 points and added six rebounds and three blocks.

Mariah Holland finished with a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Tanajah Saulsberry lead Senatobia (15-6, 3-2) with 12 points and three steals.

WARRIORS WIN The Lafayette Commodores couldn't climb out of an early first quarter doubledigit hole as they fell to the home-standing Senatobia Warriors 68-52. The two teams will face each other in the 2-4A tournament in three weeks in an elimination game.

Lafayette (7-10, 1-4) managed to trim the lead to seven a couple times in the second quarter before it ballooned to 14 by halftime at 35-21. Senatobia (8-13, 2-3) pushed the lead to as much as 21 in the second half while maintaining its double-digit lead throughout the remainder of the contest.

We weren't ready for the way they played tonight," Lafayette boys coach John Sherman said. "They played with a lot more energy. We didn't have the energy that they had to start with. That's my fault. I didn't have them ready to play this game. We were a step slow, maybe three steps slow. They were the aggressor. We didn't guard them very well. We didn't help (on

defense) very well. This team can finish when they get to the rim. When we get to the rim, we don't seem to be able to finish. We had some chances and we don't take advantage of our chances."

"We got hit in the mouth early and we didn't respond," Sherman continued. "We came out in the second quarter I thought and responded.

We played with a lot more energy, played with a lot more fight in us. It was just a little bit too late. Anytime we would make a run, we either did not finish or they would answer our run."

Senatobia's Talvyn Dean lead all scorers with 15 points and five assists. Alvarez Powell for Senatobia added 13 points and eight rebounds. Travis Tucker for the Warriors chipped in 12 points and seven rebounds. Hogan Linzy lead all Lafayette scorers with 10 points and added eight rebounds with four steals. The Commodores were 7-for-22 shooting within five feet from the basket in the game while the Warriors were 11-for-19.

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stay home, further solidifying Ole Miss’ frontrunner status.

Richardson said Sunday Ole Miss, Oregon and UCF are his top schools. But with Oregon seemingly out of the race, Richardson could be honing in on Ole Miss and UCF, with the Rebels holding all momentum.

Richardson tripped to UCF the weekend of Jan. 13.

“UCF, the coaches are cool and all the same,” he said. “It’s a new staff that brings a positive energy.”

The addition of Richardson would certainly be a boost for Ole Miss. The Rebels lost their starting running back in 2016, Akeem Judd, to graduation, though they return senior Jordan Wilkins, juniors Eric Swinney and Eugene Brazley and sophomore D’Vaughn Pennamon.

Judd and Brazley finished first and third, respectively, in rushing for Ole Miss in 2016. Judd totaled 826 yards and six touchdowns on 164 carries, while Brazley had 261 yards and

two touchdowns. Quarterback Chad Kelly was the team’s second-leading rusher.

Richardson ran for almost 5,000 yards during his career at Trezevant High School. He was named Tennessee’s Mr. Football as a senior after combining to rush for 4,030 yards on 446 carries. He scored 29 touchdowns. As a junior, Richardson ran for 342 yards in leading Trezevant to a 2A state title.

Richardson said in his one-on-one meeting with Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze on Saturday, Freeze laid out how Ole Miss plans to utilize Richardson should he ultimately decide on the Rebels.

“We just talked about how the offensive scheme is and the running back situation,” he said. “They told me they will use the running backs a lot more than they have.“ All in all, the 5-foot-11, 222-pound Richardson is ready to see the recruiting process come to an end.

“I ain’t going to lie to you,” he said, “I’ve been tired of the recruiting process, but I had to do it.”

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