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Sunday, May 21, 2017

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Ford’s new book remembers his parents

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Representatives from each grade in the Lafayette County School District stand before the 2017 graduating class as they walk out to “Pomp and Circumstance.”

Congrats, Grads LHS Graduates 2017 senior class

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The Tad Smith Coliseum at the University of Mississippi was packed out with parents, siblings and loved ones as the 2017 graduating class from Lafayette County High School made their way across the stage to claim their diplomas.

Nearly 200 young adults were seated in front of the stage waiting to have their name called. The Salutatorian Address was delivered by Anja Diercks who talked about she and her fellow classmates moving forward in the world to follow their own paths.

After the presentation of the Hall of Fame, Valedictorian Chyna Quarles presented her address. She began by

thanking God, her peers and her family for helping her get to this point.

She then quoted C.S. Lewis in saying, “Each day we are becoming a creature of splendid glory or one of unthinkable horror.” Quarles says she thinks about the quote a lot and the role each of our decisions make in the playing out of TURN TO GRADS, 7

BES students spend a day at Camp Lake Stephens

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SundAy, MAy 21, 2017

Scott Center students to be placed in proper grades

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

For the upcoming school year, the Oxford School District will be transitioning students from the Scott Center into their age-appropriate grades within the district.

Not all students who attend the Scott Center will be made to leave.

One class of approximately 10 students will remain at the school, but that official number will not be known until the end of next week.

The Scott Center serves just over 20 students who live in the Oxford School District and about 10 who live within the Lafayette County School District.

The Lafayette students attending the center do so because of a contract the two school districts have had for several

years. Once the integration was announced, that contract was no more.

Harvey stressed that the transition is to ensure that the school district is compliant with federal laws referred to as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). He said that this is not a process by which to shut down the Scott Center and that there are no plans to do so anytime in the foreseeable future.

“This is the process we have to take to comply with federal IDEA laws,” Harvey said. “We had an audit last year, and it was strongly suggested that we move students with their age appropriate peers. This is not new. It has been discussed at board meetings and I mentioned it at the last community meeting.”

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Annette Varner came on as the director of special education for the OSD at the beginning of this school year.

When she came to the school district, she was intrigued by the Scott Center. She herself is the mother of a child with

special needs, so seeing the individualized attention students were receiving was amazing, she said. However, she wasn’t sure about the separation of the students with special needs from the general school population.

In certain circumstances, students with special needs are placed in a facility separate from their neurotypical peers. Those kinds of decisions are supposed to be made based on the individual student’s needs as determined by

a small committee. This committee is called an IEP, which stands for Individualized Education Program. An IEP is made up of school officials, parents and sometimes advocates serving on behalf of the parents.

Over the years, students were being placed into the Scott Center because that is where they could get the most help, not because it was advised by their IEP, and that is where the issue arose. By placing all students with moderate to severe disabilities into a separate school, regardless of how much help they are getting, the OSD was not in compliance with federal laws as outlined by IDEA. “IDEA clearly states how those kinds of decisions are made, and that’s not how,” Varner TuRn TO SCOTT CENTER, 3

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said “You wouldn’t, for lack of a better term, segregate based on disability, just as you wouldn’t segregate based on any other factor. So we started talking with the community in board meetings and then privately with parents, discussing that, slowly but surely, we would begin making these decisions on whether or not a child could be educated in a school they would attend if they did not have a disability.”

Students are required to be placed in the grades they would be in if they did not struggle with disabilities, according to IDEA, if their needs can be met.

Teachers from the Scott Center will be placed at schools throughout the district make sure those students receive the proper care.

“I fell in love with the Scott Center when I first saw it,” Varner said. “It’s this separate, safe place and it’s its own school. But there is the compliance issue, and it is not how the world operates.

There is no separate place where children or adults with disabilities can live and exist. They have to be in the world with everyone else. And the opposite is true.

There is no place only for people who don’t have disabilities.”

The Scott Center will also be housing a group of students from the alternative school who need help preparing for the transition out of sixth grade.

Anyone looking for more information about upcoming transition can contact the Oxford School District Central Office at 662234-3541. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: @chaningthegreen

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Leadership Lafayette molding professionals into leaders

BY CODY FUTRELL NEWS WRITER

Leaders come in all shapes and sizes and the city of Oxford is training up the next batch year after year.

The Leadership Lafayette program – through the Oxford Chamber of Commerce – began in 1989 for adult business professionals that aspire to leadership roles in the community a chance to work with others to create projects improving Lafayette county and the city of Oxford.

The new classes are selected by committee following an application process that are available in the fall and begin to meet in January.

Brooke Gobert of Trustmark National Bank in

Oxford, tells The Oxford Citizen that the chance to learn more about the community and the needs to make a better community was a great opportunity.

“We split up into groups and come up with a project that will be beneficial to Oxford,” Gobert explained. “Most people are from different backgrounds.”

Gobert said banking, nursing, and law enforcement are among some of the selections for the 2017 Class of Leadership Lafayette.

The group that Gobert is a part of is attempting to find a logistical way to fix up the Highway 6 exits at Lamar Boulevard and Old Taylor Road in Oxford.

Gobert said the group hopes to help Oxford and to inspire others to make a positive impact on the community.

“We are trying to spruce up the exits,” Gobert said.

“Also, I hope it inspires other groups to impact the entire town. We hope that we can make a difference so that our highways look good too. Not just the square.”

Pam Swain, Vice President of the Oxford-La-

fayette Chamber of Commerce, has been intricately involved with Leadership Lafayette for many years. Swain says the current groups also have projects such as a Friday night summer food market in the works, artist renderings on electrical boxes near The Square, and cleaning up the town before the upcoming Ole Miss football season.

“In the 28 years of the program,” Swain said.

“It has developed many leaders in Oxford and also around our state. This class that is coming through (in 2017) will make projects that will make a lasting impact on our community. It is an extraordinary group of leaders.”

For more information visit the chamber website at www.oxfordms.com.

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SundAy, MAy 21, 2017

OBITUARIES Carolyn Ellis Staton

Carolyn Ellis Staton, 71, died May 19, 2017, at her home in Oxford, MS. A memorial service will be held Monday, May 22, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Paris-Yates Chapel on the Campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS (parking will be available in the circle).

Visitation will be held Sunday, May 21, 2017 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Waller Funeral Home. In conjunction with her easy-going spirit, the family welcomes casual clothing.

Born in Vicksburg, MS, to the late John and Marguerite Shibley Ellis, Mrs. Staton received her Bachelor’s degree at Tulane University, her Master’s degree at Columbia University and her Juris Doctor at Yale University. At the University of Mississippi, she served as a Law Professor, Interim Dean at the Law School, Associate Provost and retired as Provost in 2009. As Provost, she facilitated the creation of the University of Mississippi residential colleges and the Croft Institute. She expanded on the ideas of others in the creation of the Honor’s College. She was a dedicated and loving wife of 33 years and a loving mother to three boys. She found great joy in her travels overseas and prided herself on enabling her children to travel. She was a veteran of the United States Army Reserve JAG Corps where she achieved the rank of Captain. She served on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service in the 1990s at the Pentagon.

She is survived by her husband William Staton of Oxford, MS; sons, William “Will” Staton and his fiancé, Katrina of Washington, DC, Thom Staton of Asheville, NC and Michael Staton of Hooksett, NH and brothers, David Ellis of Hilton Head, SC and Robert Ellis of Memphis, TN. Memorial contributions in Mrs. Staton’s memory may be made to the Carolyn Ellis Staton Scholarship in Law Endowment, University of Mississippi Foundation, 406 University Avenue, Oxford, MS 38655 in lieu of flowers.

James Gundy Dubberly

James Gundy Dubberly, 88, passed away peacefully Thursday, May 18, 2017, at his Oxford home with his wife and family at his side. A celebration of Jim’s life will be held Monday, May 22, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church with The Reverend Jody Burnett, Rector, The Reverend John Moore and The Reverend Park Neff officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

Burial will follow at Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangement.

Memorials may be made to Trinity Community Church, 850 McAllister, Greenville, Mississippi 38701, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 113 South 9th Street, Oxford, Mississippi, Camellia Hospice, 2166 South Lamar, Oxford, MS 38655 or a charity of choice.

In honor of Mr. Dubberly’s service to his country, the flag of the United States Army will fly at Waller Funeral Home.

Madge Gardner Todd

Madge Gardner Todd, 87, passed away Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Oxford. Visitation was Saturday, May 20, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Coleman Funeral Home. A funeral service followed at 11:30 a.m. also at Coleman Funeral Home. Elder Steve Weaver officiated.

Donations and memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, Mississippi Chapter, 196 Charmant Dr., Suite 4, Ridgeland, MS 39157 or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 8217, Jackson, MS 39284-8217.

BRIEFING Movies and Music in the Park The Oxford Park Commission is proud to present another great Movies and Music in the Park lineup. The annual event at Avent Park will begin June 9.

Yoknapatawpha Arts Council will sponsor the music. Cannon Motors is sponsoring the first movie, Sing, on June 9. Belk Ford

is the title sponsor for The Jungle Book on June 23. Boyd and Evans will be musical group performing on June 9. Honeyboy and Boots will perform on June 23. Other dates for Movies and Music in the Park are July 7 and July 21. Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 will be shown on July 7, while Zootopia will be shown on July 21. All shows are free. Music starts at 7 p.m.

PHOTO BY KAREN ROBINSON

Richard Ford is an American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day and The Lay of the Land, and the short story collection Rock Springs, which contains several widely anthologized stories.

Ford’s new book remembers his parents

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Internationally acclaimed author and former Oxonian Richard Ford is currently on tour promoting his latest book, “Between Them: Remembering My Parent.”

Ford, a former professor within the Ole Miss English Department, grew up in Jackson. His novel “The Sportswriter” became the first book to ever win both the PEN/Faulkner Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

His work has been translated into several languages, which has taken him all over the world, which is something Ford still gets excited about. His latest book “Between Them” is composed of two essays, one a memoir of his relationship with his father, and the other being the same, but with is mother.

“I love my parents,” Ford said when asked why he wanted to put this book together in the first place.

“There were people who you, that the world would not have ordinarily noticed. I thought that maybe my writerly notice might testify to their lives in a way that would interest a reader.

And I missed them. I thought that maybe if I wrote about them, it would have something good to do bout the way that I missed them”

Ford said he never exactly set out to tell the story of his parents in the form of an essay. That’s just the form it took when he sat down to write it out. He said he never considered anything other than what he did.

Each half of the book was written about 30 years a part.

When I finished the essay about my mother nearly 30 years ago, I knew the symmetry was lacking,” Ford said. “I had a father. Even though he was a peculiar father, by conventional terms, I really needed to write about him. Since that first story, I’ve always had the intention of this book.

The first essay in the book tells the story of Ford’s father, Parker Ford.

When the author came into the world, his father was working as a traveling salesman for a starch company, but there is, of course, a life before children for every parent. Parker spent much of that life in Arkansas where he would later meet Ford’s mother Edna. As the years drew on, Parker was a drinker and a smoker and seemed as though he would never gave up his life on the road. He seemed to become this figure that came in and out of Ford’s childhood on the weekends, something that Ford never felt was unusual as a child.

The second essay of the book, which explores the life of his moth-

er, discusses Edna’s somewhat difficult childhood and her unusual and strained relationship with her own mother. Edna lives a long life. Ford was closer with his mother because she was around more for his childhood and his adult hood. He talks about coming to her with is frequent issues in school and even a pregnancy scare he has as a teenager. His writing of her later years takes on a nurturing tone that can be felt in the pages of the book as Ford recounts the years of his mother’s declining health.

“The fact that lives and deaths often go unnoticed has specifically inspired this small book about my parents and set its task,” Ford writes in the afterward of the book. “Our parents’ lives, even those enfolded in obscurity, offer us our first, strong assurance that human events have consequence. Here we are, after all.”

“Between Them” is a work of remembrance meant that provides an honest look at an ordinary family that the world would have never stopped to notice. Ford brings readers in on the intimate moments that shape a life. It just happened to be his.

“Between Them” by Richard Ford is on sale now at Square Books. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: @chaningthegreen

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Sunday, May 21, 2017

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UM alumna takes comedy on the road

BY CHRISTINA STEUBE SPECIAL TO OXFORD CITIZEN

University of Mississippi alumna Kendall Ketchum has performed her comedy routines for a decade in New York City, but she’s recently taken her talent from dive bars to a tour with former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Darrell Hammond.

Ketchum, who studied theatre arts at Ole Miss, earned her bachelor’s degree in 2006 and moved to New York shortly after, intent on breaking into comedy.

“It was always going to be New York,” she said.

“I always wanted to be on ‘Saturday Night Live.’”

For a girl from Yazoo City, the cultural transition was not as difficult as one might think, thanks to a close network of other Ole Miss graduates.

She immediately tried her hand at stand-up comedy.

“I completely bombed,” she said. “I would get up there and it would just be the sound of crickets. It was horrible.”

Ketchum took a break from stand-up to join the Upright Citizens Brigade, an improv group and training ground for comedians that once included such heavyweights as Amy Poehler.

About five years ago after regaining her footing through improv, Ketchum began doing stand-up again. She performed successfully at big-name venues such as Gotham Comedy Club and Caroline’s on Broadway, which eventually became her home base.

The focus of Ketchum’s comedy is not jokes, but storytelling. She is known for her brand of Mississippi-meets-New York humor as she describes cultural differences and how each handles differ-

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Ole Miss alumna Kendall Ketchum performs her comedy routine at KAABOO’s comedy club in Del Mar, California. ent situations. staring at your material.’”

Ketchum met HamThe two ended up mond while she was pre- talking about New York paring new material for a delis and other random show at Caroline’s. topics when he asked her “I was sitting in the to watch the show with green room by myself and him. She did, and they sat I felt a presence of some- and whispered about difone walk into the room,” ferent styles of comedy, she said. “I look up and it’s including her own unique Darrell. He asks if he could style. sit with me, and I said, “I did my set and when ‘sure,’ but I thought, ‘OK, I got offstage, he was don’t pester him. Just keep gone. We didn’t exchange

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contact information, so I thought that was that.”

Just a few days later, she received a call from Hammond, who had gotten her information from someone at Caroline’s.

“I met with him, and he wanted me to open for his set in New York,” she said.

“He was intrigued that I was Southern and that I went to Ole Miss.”

The two began touring in September and have been working together since. Ketchum has performed with Hammond in Del Mar and San Francisco, California; Jacksonville, Florida; Charlotte, North Carolina; Salt Lake City; and Tempe, Arizona.

“Kendall can be anything she wants to be, go anywhere she wants to go,” Hammond said.

“Her comedy is appealing to everyone of all ages, Republican and Democrats alike. Being able to strike across the

board like that is key.”

Ketchum said Hammond, who has a similar comedic style of storytelling, helps her with writing and ideas.

“It’s just been so great to learn from him, but I always thought my mentor would be someone a few steps ahead of me, not an ‘SNL’ legend,” she said.

“He’s the best impressionist, but what people don’t know is he is the nicest person on the planet.”

Ketchum said she is excited to have gotten a break after years of hard work and, sometimes, frustration.

“I had been doing comedy in some not-so-fun places and I’m still performing in the back of dive bars,” she said. “It was nice to be thrown a bone a little bit, even though it felt out of the blue, even now.”

Ketchum’s mother, Anne Ketchum, resides in Oxford.

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BES students spend a day at Camp Lake Stephens

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Last week, groups of first graders from Bramlett Elementary School toured Oxford’s own Camp Lake Stephens where they learned about the environment and the roles people and animals play in protecting it.

In the camp’s barn, children were seated on hay bales covered in blankets and listening to Grounds Director Brandon Gooch talk about farm animals. He showed the kids pictures of different kinds of animals around the grounds of Camp Lake Stephens and what could be typically found on a farm. Gooch put up a picture of a cow and asked the kids what we use cows for on farms.

Little hands shot up around the room and kids blurted out “hamburgers,” “milk,” “ice cream” and more.

They did the same when asked about pigs, goats and horses. Gooch worked his way through most of the typical barnyard animals, explaining their importance and each of the roles they play in the system that keeps the farm going and a farmer’s livelihood sustained.

Kids were also taken on hike where

PHOTO BY CHANING GREEN

Camp Lake Stephens Grounds Director Brandon Gooch talks to a group of first graders from Bramlett Elementary School about the roles of different farm animals and how they can be used to sustain a farm.

they learned about the different kinds They talked about the different types of flora and fauna in the area. They of animals that call the ecosystem talked about how to identify trees. their home and who they function within it. Kids get to better understand the lifecycles happening constantly around them.

Camp Lake Stephens is a Christian faith-based camp. A big part of their creed is to teach campers to nurture and protect God’s creation, as they put it.

But when dealing with public schools and other nonreligious groups, they approach it a little differently. They talk about environmental science, why it’s important to protect the planet and all the things it provides for us. A lot of it is the same message, just with slightly different verbiage, and it all comes down to protecting our home.

Darrell Whitaker serves as executive director of the camp. This will be his 15th summer in the position. He began coming to the camp as a boy back in the early 1970s. He returned as a counselor during his time at Mississippi College and later when he was attending seminary.

The camp has no specific environmental education program in place, but they do have the resources to welcome groups on short trips out to the grounds so kids and learn more about the world around them.

“Right now, we’re just kind of wordCERTIFIED DEALER of-mouth with it,” Whitaker said. “We want people to know that we do ofwww.brunnerheatingandair.com fer environmental education opportunities for school groups and home

school groups of all ages.”

Whitaker said that the camp uses thoroughly developed lesson plans that tie in to the most recent core curriculum being used by school districts. Students can come to Camp Lake Stephens, spend a day in the woods and in the barn and at the lake, and they will be learning many of the same things they are going over in their classrooms.

“When kids come here, we don’t really like to think of it as a [recreational] fieldtrip as much as it is an educational opportunity,” Whitaker said.

“We tie in the teaching to the core curriculum and do so by each grade.

They’re going to learn it in the classroom, and then come out here and see it and touch it.”

The property has a creek, a lake and a small wetlands area where visitors can learn more ecology of the three different water systems. They do different kinds of water testing and examine the small ecosystems in each body of water. There’s a camp garden which is used to supply campers with food during the summer months.

Campers get to learn about what it takes to sustain a garden maintain a food supply.

For more information about Camp Lake Stephens and the different kinds of programming they offer, visit www. camplakestephens.com or call 662234-3350. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: @chaningthegreen

OXFORD CITIZEN

Sunday, May 21, 2017

‘Most Improved Reader Project’ encourages students to grow

BY SAMANTHA GRISHAM SPECIAL TO OXFORD CITIZEN

The Kiwanis Club of Oxford-Lafayette County is nearing the 14th year of its “Most Improved Reader Project,” a program that, since 2004, awards students from the Oxford School District and the Lafayette County School District for being the most improved reader it their respective grade levels.

Kiwanis member Samir Ross created this project almost 14 years ago to inspire students to read more often by honoring two winners from the third, fourth and fifth grades in both school districts.

This award is not for the best readers, but for the readers who pushed themselves to become better.

When asked what it takes to become a more improved reader, Lauren Lauzon, teacher at Oxford Intermediate School, said, “I think becoming a better, more improved reader takes practice and time.

The key is never giving up and constantly reading whenever they can. These students work really hard to reach that point where they can push themselves.”

Lauzon said that as a teacher, she tries to model good reading and pushes her students to pick up a book any chance they get. Students who do this throughout the semester and make an extra effort to check more books out from the library, are the ones considered for the award.

There are 12 winners total, six boys and six girls.

The teachers of each grade and school choose a boy and girl to win a new bicycle and helmet. The project begins every September and ends the second or third week in December as the semester comes to a close.

The librarians in the schools display the bikes in the library throughout the semester as a reminder to the students of their goal and what they could win for their hard work.

“This has been one of the most successful projects the club has ever done. It really has encouraged students to read so much more.”

Ross said. “We like that the students get at least three chances to win this award.

It gives them something to work hard for.”

In efforts to get children reading, Kiwanis also has a free dictionary project

each year. Each third grader in both school districts receives a free paperback dictionary.

The Kiwanis Club of Oxford-Lafayette County states its mission as enriching the lives of the children living in the community.

“The intent to serve our young children is what drives our efforts. One of the defining statements of our mission is to improve the world one child and one community at a time,” Ross said. Ross will be heading the Kiwanis Club as President starting in October.

He says he will continue the project for as long as the schools will allow them to.

September will bring a new group of bikes into the schools and more readers working on their reading skills.

The Kiwanis Club is an international group of volunteers who focus on helping children in their communities by fundraising and leading local projects.

To find out more information about the Kiwanis Club of Oxford-Lafayette County, or to find out more about the project you can visit the Chamber of Commerce website at oxfordms. com.

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our lives. She encouraged everyone graduating that night to make sure they’re making the right decisions and working to be a person they can be proud of.

LHS Drum Major Tyler Weaver was then presented with the Commodore Award. He was given the award due to his dedication to serving the Lafayette community both in and out of the classroom, and his willingness to always lend a hand.

Students were called up one by one as Becky Babb, Glenn Kitchen,

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LHS Principal Glenn Kitchen presented graduates with their diplomas before formally conferring all degrees, and sending the former high schoolers out into the world.

Grant Crockett and Greg Lewis took turns presenting graduates with their diplomas.

After the presentation of diplomas, the senior class was led in a reciting of the alma mater, and

Cody Cullen closed out the ceremony with a word of prayer. LHS Principal Glen Kitchens then conferred all degrees. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: @chaningthegreen

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BRIEFING City Pool opens May 27

3-7) and July 24-28 (July 17-21). Lessons are held from 10 to 10:30 in the morning or 6:15 to 6:45 School is about out in the evening Monday for the summer, which through Friday. means the Oxford City Pool hours are 1 to Pool is close to its grand 6 p.m., Monday through opening. This year’s Saturday and then opening day is May 27. on Sundays from 1 to Lap swim begins May 5 p.m. Cost is $3 and 31, while senior aerobics free for ages 55 and are set to begin June 5. older. All swimmers Free swimming must be swimwear and lessons are available children under the age again starting on June of 10 must be accompa5. Registration for the nied by an adult, which first class runs May 30 is someone who is 16 or through June 2. It can older and a swimmer. be done online at www.

To contact the pool, oxfordparkcommission. call 232-2386. Special com or in person at the assistance related to disOxford Park Commisability need to contact sion’s administration the ADA coordinator office located at 310 S. at 232-2453, Braxton@ 15th St or at the activity oxfordms.net or visit center at 400 Price St. All the office located at 107 those interested need to Oxford Square. have an athletic account in order to take part.

Kroger will not Swim lessons will also be expanding be held June 19-23 (regto ‘Marketplace’ istration June 12-16), June 26-30 for adults Sources confirm only (registration is June Kroger Oxford will not 19-23), July 10-14 (July be expanding to Kroger

Marketplace. Employees were made aware of the decision Tuesday and are expressing their disappointment to customers. There has been no final decision what will happen to the empty space once filled

by PJ’s Wine and Liquor, Tequila’s, and others.

Expansion plans for Kroger Marketplace started circulating Oxford in 2015. At that time, a Kroger spokesman said the new store was supposed to have the addition of clothing, home goods, small appliances and a bistro.

The expansion would have doubled the store in size.

USA Today reported in January the Cincinnati-based company’s national focus had shifted from expansion to hiring. The Oxford Citizen reached out to Kroger’s corporate office for comment, but has not received a response as of deadline.

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Sunday, May 21, 2017

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Ben Mikell Sports Writer

2007 OHS track title came down to the mile relay Editor’s Note: This is the No. 14 Oxford story in a 40-part series highlighting the 20 most memorable moments in Oxford Athletics and Lafayette Athletics since the turn of the century. This edition is about the 2007 boys track and field team and their exciting finish in the last event to defeat the Pearl Pirates to win the 4A state title

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ne event left, the 4x400 relay, commonly known as the mile relay with its total length being roughly a mile. The Oxford Chargers and the Pearl Pirates were separated by half of a point for first and second places entering the final event.

That essentially meant whoever placed higher between those two schools in the 4x400 was going to win the state championship.

Then Oxford coach Scott Kendricks knew that, so while building the track program, he helped get the mindset to the Charger athletes that everyone else thinks the 4x400 is difficult because at the time it was the longest relay event in the meet and it was the one event where an athlete can’t just sprint around the track. Once that was established, the mental block of the event being difficult went away and even made it to the point that it was fun.

“In a championship it really should come down to the last event, although the athletes don’t want it to,” Kendricks said. “As a coach, when you got guys on there like (current OHS boys coach) Chris Bush and Cederick (Hilliard) and some of those great athletes we had on there. You know when you line up, the championship is based on this relay. We got a good one, we liked our chances.

We always loved developing on that relay. The boys believed in it because it was hard. Once you got that mindset ‘I’m going to be good at this because it is hard’ and other people won’t do it because it’s hard, then it is easy to get great athletes to run it. I knew we were going to win, because if it came down to TuRn TO COLUMN, 9

PETRE THOMAS | OLE MISS ATHLETICS

Junior Janeah Stewart, left, scored 20 points at the SEC Outdoor Track Championships last weekend, the most for any one athlete at the event.

Special Talent

Stewart keeps throwing tradition alive at OM

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

A year ago, Janeah Stewart was working to become an NJCAA All-American at Iowa Community College. Ole Miss and Oxford hadn’t entered her overall picture let alone winning the SEC Commissioner’s Trophy for scoring the most points at the SEC Outdoor Track Championships.

Stewart, a native of Calumet City, Illinois, became the first female athlete since 2006 to medal in every single event she competed in. She heads to the NCAA East Preliminary next week ranked in the top seven in three different events – the shot put, discus and hammer throw.

As for raking in 20 total points at her first SEC meet, Stewart did just fine overcoming the nerves she had at the start.

“I was just trying to do the best I could for my team and get the most points I could. I did that and overall, I was happy with my performance,”

Stewart said before adding she felt like she still could have done better.

“Then again, I came out with three medals and 20 points, so it was a pretty good day.”

Coming in from Iowa CC wasn’t an issue at all for Stewart she said because the coach she had really did a good job of getting her ready.

“My other coach pretty much did the same as Coach John (Smith) does here, so it was pretty easy transition wise,” Stewart said. “I have improved a lot and really the improvement came with the strength I’ve gotten here. My numbers have really improved so much more there.”

Because of the success of Raven Saunders, and her success as an NCAA Champion, Stewart was interested in Ole Miss, and continuing the tradition of throwers at Ole Miss.

Stewart is looking forward to her first NCAA meet, which is the biggest meet to date.

“I want to qualify, get those top 12 spots, so I can make it to nationals. I’m trying to take it one meet at a

time,” she said. “I have a lot of confidence going into regionals.”

The hammer throw is the event that Stewart likes the most. But it doesn’t mean she does it the best. That hasn’t really been established because the coaches are still trying to figure it all out.

“Since I have been good at all three, we haven’t really figured out which one is the best for sure,” Stewart said.

“I feel like the hammer is the easiest one. It requires the least amount of technique.”

The shot is what Stewart has done the longest. She picked up the weighted lead ball when she was in high school as a junior. The first time she threw the shot, it traveled 35 feet.

That’s when she knew that track could be a real possibility.

“I still had to continue to work out it,” Stewart said before remembering her basketball coach wanting her to try out for track. “He told me he would back me for trying out for the team but TuRn TO STEWART, 15

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the 4x400, we were going to win it.”

Oxford did indeed win the 4x400 relay race overall by a wide margin over Pearl who finished in the middle of the pack, allowing the Chargers to take home the trophy that year and repeated as champions after winning it all in 2006 in blowout fashion.

Ironically in the following year in 2008, Oxford ended up losing the state championship and a chance at a three-peat on the 4x400 race to the Pirates.

“I told them before we got off the bus (in 2008) ‘we may lose, we may win, but we need to act like winners no matter what. I don’t want to see anyone blaming, or getting mad, or throwing a fit. It’s part of a thing that we all learn in sports is to hold it together and have some class,’” Kendricks said. “We lost that by a point and we got back on the bus and I go ‘you know guys, we lost that

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by a point this year, but we’ll be back next year’, but when it’s all said and done, we get to go on a bus and drive home to Oxford, Mississippi and none of these other kids get to drive home to Oxford, Mississippi. They were all pretty happy, and we came back and won it the next year (in 2009).”

The 2007 title wouldn’t have come down to the 4x400 if it wasn’t for the efforts in the field events and just simply scoring. A pair of athletes had failed to achieve a mark going into their last attempt in the long jump and triple jump, but by simply posting a qualifying mark, Oxford was able to score a few needed points.

If a qualifying mark was not met in that event, Oxford would not have scored any points.

“You can’t win state with a bunch of sevenths and eight places, but it can be decided by an eighth place,” Kendricks said. “If everyone else is doing great, you can afford to have a day off, but you can’t afford not to score.”

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR SALES

517 Hwy 7, Oxford

$1,200,000

Building and approx. 2.3 acres make up this prime business location. This commercial location is approx. 13,000 sq. ft., with 10,000 being in the main open area of the shop and an additional 3,000 sq. ft. divided between 2 floors house offices, break rooms and possible living space. The current business, and equipment are not for sale just the building and land. MLS# 136920. Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

2422 S. Lamar, Oxford

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2092 Old Taylor Rd., Oxford, 662.234.5344 210 East Main St., Tupelo, 662.842.3844 tmhomes.com

$750,000

Rare opportunity for commercial property available on South Lamar near the hospital. Sale includes 1) Address 2422 South Lamar--one lot and building zoned commercial and 2) Address 2418 South Lamar--one lot and house zoned residential. On-street parking or redevelop and add more. MLS# 136111. Call Eileen Saunders - 662-404-0816 or Polina Wheeler- 662-401-4632.

500 Craft, Holly Springs

$675,000

Excellent location for a combination convenience store / restaurant. Great opportunity for owner operation. 10,000 sq. ft & 80 parking spaces. MLS# 136110.

Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294 or James Hunter- 662-871-8658.

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Tommy Morgan

Betty Wiseman

Blake Thompson

Caroline Felker

Alister Cove at the Highlands $129,000-$159,000 Come live in the Highlands of Oxford, MS where nature is always present. Select your Highlands’ Lot NOW before they are all taken! No time restrictions to start.

You can begin your custom home when you are ready to build, but immediately begin taking advantage of the private ~80 Acre spring fed Trophy Lake and all the numerous amenities of Braemar Park right away.

(Minimum required (heated/cooled) space is a minimum of 2500 square feet.). MLS# 136853. Call Paula Crum – 662.701.7789.

CR 331 $400,000 Three parcels for a combined 200 +/wooded acres available as a future home site or future harvesting of wood product. MLS#134132. Call Paula Crum – 662.701.7789.

CR 430 $439,500 146.5 acres includes 3/4 mile of road frontage on CR 430, just past CR 445.

Whether a farm or home site or your private place to hunt, you must see this beautiful countryside. Just a few miles from Lafayette County High School. MLS#137672. Call Paula Crum – 662.701.7789.

4003 Sutherland $96,500 The Highlands - Have you ever wanted to just get away from all the hustle and bustle of city life, especially the stressful traffic jams? Find peace and tranquility where the only the sounds you hear are the sounds of nature as the buzz of honey bees, the grazing of deer and flapping of eagles wings as they fly over the ~80-acre Trophy Lake and ~30-acre Braemar Park. This ~2.4 acre lot is one of the lowest priced available and will not last long!

(Lafayette County Schools; minimum required (heated/cooled space is 3,000sf). MLS# 136974. Call Paula Crum – 662.701.7789.

Danny Flowers

Eileen Saunders

Nicole Cain-Wright

Paula Crum

Polina Wheeler

Kaye Ladd

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LAND FOR SALE 3014 Highland Circle $239,000 Where is “Heaven on Earth?” It’s the Highlands of Oxford, MS! Beautiful LAKEFRONT Lot where you can witness the Sunrise over the Looking-Glass, Crystal-Clear Lake every morning from “Your back Porch” with that special someone and a cup of your favorite java! Amenities include access to the private Trophy Lake where Bass are legendary; the Marina for boat launch or fishing off the floating docks, taking brisk walks on the ~1 mile paved walking path within Braemar Park which includes Gazebo with BBQ Pit, Basketball, Soccer/Baseball Field, Jungle Gym, and more. Oxford City Schools. MLS# 136113. Call Paula Crum- 662-701-7789.

214 CR 274, Oxford $69,900 Lafayette County! Build your dream home on this quiet country road surrounded by nature. Located just minutes from the square. The property is partially cleared with utilities.MLS# 137244. Call Dede Lewis- 662-6816997.

Hwy 6 West, Oxford $1,895,000 This property is made up of 9 parcels for a total of approximately 75 acres.

Good highway frontage. Oxford City Schools. Call today for more information. MLS#135269. Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

Hwy 6, Oxford $693,600 Good Development location, one small lake on property with several other potential spots. 102 acres available. Owner is a licensed MS real estate Broker. MLS# 135604. Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

Skyline Dr. $30,000 Nice lot in city school district great location for Multi Family buildings.

MLS# 137662. Call Danny Flowers662-816-7294.

CR 460 $49,000 The perfect lot in the county to build your dream home or weekend cabin on. Wooded 1.15 acre lot with approximately 200' road frontage. Former home site offers utilities on property.

Just minutes south of The Square.

Survey available. 137875. Call Eileen Saunders- 662-404-0816.

CR 216 $319,865 This 247 acre property is a turkey & deer hunter's paradise that is bordered by the National Forest on 3 sides & is minutes from I-55. Property contains of 20+/- yr.old pines w/ the remainder in 25 yr.old natural regeneration. Established food plots & trail system allows easy access to the entire property. 137591. Call Greg Warren662-488-5779.

Cooke Rd. $130,200 Paved road frontage on Cooke Rd. 35 acres in 14 yr.old planted pines.

Property is dissected by Mud Creek lending itself to a diverse wildlife habitat. 137593. Call Greg Warren- 662488-5779.

E CR 126 $297,700 229 Acres of prime hunting land.

Backwaters of Jackson Lake are ideal for duck hunting! 126 acres of 13 yr. planted pine w/ some mixed hardwoods in the bottom. Good investment & recreational property that is loaded with deer & turkey. Additional 80 acres available. Call for details.

137595. Call Greg Warren- 662-4885779.

Dillard Rd. $160,818 Excellent hunting & recreational property with several building sites on Dillard Rd. This 66 +/- acre tract has road frontage on Hwy 9 & Dillard Rd. which makes it very accessible.

Owner is willing to subdivide. 137598.

Call Greg Warren- 662-488-5779.

Hwy 15 $112,500 Big Price Reduction! This 45 acre property is in the city limits of Pontotoc with road frontage on Hwy 15 South, West 8th St. and Parkview Cove. Could potentially be a great development. It borders the Tanglefoot Trail and is a great location. Zoned commercial use. 137604. Call Greg Warren- 662488-5779.

N HWY 15 $1,750,000 Excellent investment opportunity with commercial potential. This 9.34 acre property is just off the Hwy 6 ramp and close to a thriving & growing retail area. This would make a great truck stop or hotel site. Permanent structures to remain with property but are given no value. 137605. Call Greg Warren- 662-488-5779.

HWY 41 $230,750 This 130 acre property is a hidden gem. Tract consists primarily of hardwood timber & is surrounded by pine plantations. This is a hunter's dream with an abundance of deer, turkey & other wildlife. 137575. Call Greg Warren- 662-488-5779.

Lot 11 Kiersten Ln. $15,000 Beautiful corner lot located in a great subdivision. 1.86 ac. Convenient to shopping, dining & Hwy 9 & 6. 137626.

Call Greg Warren- 662-488-5779.

Lot 7 Walkers Cv. $20,000 Beautiful lake front lot in a great subdivision. Convenient to all shopping, dining and Hwy 9 & 6. 137662. Call Greg Warren- 662-488-5779.

966 Aaron Rd. $220,000 This 80 acre farm offers the best in country living. A multi-use property with 20 acres of cropland and 20 acres suitable for pasture. The remainder of the property is wooded with large oaks and a mixture of pines.

138270. Call Greg Warren-662-4885779.

Grant Ln. $107,250 Great property located just minutes away from I22. Property is loaded with turkey and deer making an ideal hunting retreat. Multiple building locations with water, power and natural gas available. 7 acres of CRP pines located on the South side of the property.

138300. Call Greg Warren-662-4885779.

Hemphill Dr. $20,000 Rare opportunity for 7 acres in Slate Springs. Private, wooded lot close to main intersection of town. Homesite and utilities on property or nearby.

Civil war era home is in disrepair.

Mostly pine trees shade the property and owner believes a spring is in the NE corner. Road easement on west side for neighbor to access their property. Calhoun County school district.

137925. Call Eileen Saunders- 662-4040816.

Holly Springs Commons This property is surrounded by a hotel, restaurants, and much more. Multiple lots available. Seller is related to the listing agent. 137407. Call Jessica Dozier-662-231-5320.

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$366,000

301 Wishing Tree

$360,000

506 CR 210, Oxford

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$350,500

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.

TARA ESTATES - Gorgeous lakefront home in Tara Estates.

4BR/3BA all on one level. Family room with hardwood floors, large kitchen with island, study, formal dining, huge master suite with soaking tub and separate shower. Professionally landscaped yard, sprinkler system. Brick patio with arbor. All on over 2 acres! MLS# 137996.

Call Jenny Decker- 662-871-7653.

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.

MLS# 137041 Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

122 Breckenridge

36 First Ave. S

2100 Old Taylor Rd. #322$189,900

$239,900

BRECKENRIDGE - Lovely and warm home in popular Breckenridge.

Unique and convenient floor plan with isolated Master. Gorgeous hardwood floors in living room area, hallways, dining and study rooms. Spacious living area features gas fireplace and high ceilings. Dining room is set apart from the kitchen and is attractively shaped. Master Bath has double sinks, separate shower, jetted tub and walk-in closets. Covered grilling porch is separate from beautiful screened in porch that leads out onto big backyard. Stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, and lots of cabinets in kitchen. MLS# 138075. Call Polina Wheeler- 662-401-4632.

$219,000

ABBEVILLE - Very well maintained home and yard on 1.8 acres.

Possibility that seller will add an additional .43 acres at no additional cost. No carpet in the house.

Beautiful screen porch to enjoy the well landscaped yard. Also has a deck and gazebo. Storage shed.

Septic treatment plant and many more features.

Window World windows with a transferable warranty.

This home has been treated with tender loving care.

Sellers are the original owners and have maintained everything about the home in a good manner. If you are looking for a home in this area you need to see this one.MLS#138036. Call Danny Flowers- 662-816-7294.

TURNBERRY - 3 bedroom 2 bath condo close to Ole Miss campus. MLS# 137505. Call Sadie Smith- 662-678-3033.

404 Taylor Ridge Lane$285,000

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.

405 Scarlet Cove

OAKSHIRE - Well built 3BD/2.5BA home minutes from campus.

Great amenities & well maintained. MLS# 138301. Call Brad & Tiffany Franks-662-871-7344 or 662-871-7366.

$179,900

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12004 Water Ridge Dr. $595,000

112 Cedar Hill

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.

TARA - This 4 bed/4.5 bath home sits on over-sized 1.8 acre lot in one of Oxford's most distinguished and well-established neighborhoods.

Property includes a stand alone mother-in-law building (with kitchenette and full bathroom; with attached garage fitted for AC/heating to allow for expanding the space).

Elegance and charm flow throughout dining room and living room that leads to screened-in porch with serene view over private fishing pond. Cathedral ceilings in foyer. Gas fire-place. Gorgeous hardwood floors on main level. MLS# 137895. Call Polina Wheeler- 662-401-4632.

Wonderful custom built house on 17.2 fenced acres. Close to the Chickasaw Hill Campgrounds and boat ramps.

Owner is ready to Sell. MLS# 138303. Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

1710 Access Rd.

119 Cross Creek

231 PR 3049

Location!!! 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath house. Property zoned for two units in the city schools district.

Near downtown and easy access to Hwy 6. About 1.3 miles from the square and 1.5 miles to campus. 138168. Call Caroline Felker- 662-801-0878 or Eileen Saunders- 662-404-0816.

$175,000

131 Country View Ln $149,900

Attractive cottage style condo with front porch and two-car parking in rear. There are high ceilings. The kitchen and the living area flow together. This townhome is one of the larger units in the area. It could be great for investors, a second home, or even first time home buyers. All three bedrooms are upstairs. Two full baths upstairs and a half bathroom downstairs. Just a few minutes from the shops and restaurants of Jackson Avenue as well as the University campus. FNC Park is very easy access as well. Call today to view your next purchase! MLS# T138061A. Call Blake Thompson - 662-801-7014.

$389,900

$169,000

172 Chickasaw, Pope

Beautifully maintained home in Cross Creek Subd., Open floor plan, FEMA approved tornado shelter in garage, Walk-in Closets in every bedroom, Ceiling fans throughout, updated toilets in both bathrooms and a jetted tub in the master.

138183. Call Weesie Biedenharn- 662-638-5332.

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 Mesecke662-715-1111.

900 Battle Lane

405 CR 102

$132,000

SHILOH PLACE - Very endearing three bedroom home in Shiloh place on a sizable, corner lot with a fenced in backyard.

Home features THREE bedrooms and two baths with all ceramic tiled floors and vaulted ceilings.

Recently repainted and in nice condition for you to move into soon! MLS# 137891. Call Blake Thompson - 662-801-7014.

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$389,500

115 CR 471

$380,000

135 Yancy

$165,000

OXFORD - Wonderful secluded house with guest house, pond, workshop on 14 wooded acres minutes from the square.

MLS#137517.

Call Danny Flowers- 662-816-7294.

$165,900

BRUCE - Country Living at its finest. this lovely wood and stone home is located in one of Bruce's nicest neighborhoods boasting wood floors throughout, Open floor plan on main level and tons of closet space. the lower level offers a cozy family room with a gas fireplace. the wooded lot is located on a stunning lake with lots of deck space to enjoy the natural beauty of the area.

Another amazing feature is the access to the neighborhood pool. MLS# 136109. Call Nicole Cain Wright- 662-617-5744.

$95,000

PITTSBORO - This 4 Bedroom 2 bath has plenty of space for a growing family. Enjoy the peace and quiet on any of the three porches. Beautiful mature landscaping and shade trees.

Storage buildings and playhouse on the property. MLS# 136540. Call Nicole Cain Wright – 662-617-5744.

118 E. Spratlin

BRUCE - 4BD/2BA home with a master suite. Act fast before it's gone. With 2230 square feet there is lots of room for a growing family! Spacious laundry room, storage room, and a walk in closet in the master suite. MLS# 136560. Call Nicole Cain Wright – 662-617-5744.

$78,500

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Sowell signs with Bears, reunited Ole Miss teammate

BY BEN GARRETT SPECIAL TO OXFORD CITIZEN

Former Ole Miss offensive lineman Bradley Sowell was well-versed in NFL free agency when he hit the open market for the third time of his professional career this offseason.

He took a selective approach this time around, with the criteria for his next stop rather simple. His preference was to sign with a Super Bowl contender, but he didn’t rule out any teams that were in the midst of rebuilding. Opportunity mattered, and Sowell wanted to play.

In the end, Sowell – a two-time All-SEC honoree at Ole Miss who started 36 of his final 37 games, including starts in the final 28 at left tackle – landed with the Chicago Bears on a oneyear deal.

“I was talking small talk to a lot of teams, but I actually chose this year to be extremely picky,” he said.

“I was going to wait until

I felt like the opportunity was best; I wasn’t going to just take the first offer that came. I obviously had some other offers from teams, but I wasn’t going to take the first. I wanted a situation that was good. I really wanted a contender. Either a contender or a team that really needed guys to rebuild.

That’s kind of what I found with the Bears, on top of coming up here with Bobby (Massie) as well. It’s cool to be back with Bobby.”

Sowell is a five-year veteran who previously played for the Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks.

“It’s cool,” Sowell said.

“Obviously you’d like to stay put, but you’ve got to go where they want you in this league. You’ve got to go where the opportunity is best. But I’m excited, though. I’m excited to be a Bear. It’s an old-fashioned organization. It’ll be fun. To say you were a Bear, you’ve got to do it.”

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Former Ole Miss Rebel Bradley Sowell is excited to be reunited with teammate Bobbie Massie in Chicago.

Bobby Massie, his former teammate at both Ole Miss and Arizona. Massie played in every game over three seasons (29 starts) as a Rebel from 2009-2011, acting as the right-tackle bookend opposite Sowell. The pair blocked for 14 individual 100-yard rushing performances.

Massie bypassed his se-

nior season and entered the 2012 NFL Draft. He was selected in the fourth round (No. 112) by the Cardinals.

In all, Sowell and Massie are entering their seventh season as teammates: three seasons at Ole Miss, three in Arizona and now one in Chicago.

“It’s pretty cool to come up here and know someone

right away,” Sowell said.

Sowell is currently staying with Massie as he gets settled in to his new surroundings. Offseason workouts begin in earnest May 22, while mandatory minicamp is set for June 13-15.

Sowell made nine starts last season for the Seahawks. Massie and Charles Leno, the incumbent Chi-

cago starters at right tackle and left tackle, respectively, are expected to begin organized team activities as the first-team tackles.

“When you come into a new locker room, you’re the fresh meat,” Sowell said.

“At least I know Bob. It’ll be cool. Hopefully we can work our way to both being on the field at the same time like we did at Arizona and multiple times at Ole Miss. It’ll be fun to be back out there and have two Ole Miss tackles on the team.”

The 6-foot-7, 309-pound Sowell – a former undrafted free agent who began his NFL career as a practice squad player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – suffered an MCL injury last season and missed four games. He started the first six games of the season at left tackle, protecting Seattle franchise quarterback Russell Wilson.

“I’m good,” Sowell said.

“I hurt my knee last year for a little bit, but it’s healed.

That’s really the only injury I’ve ever had.”

Established British Soccer Camp returns to Oxford

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD PARK COMMISSION

One of the most successful, and longest running, soccer camps for children is coming back to Oxford and FNC Park this summer.

Challenger Sports’ annual British Soccer instruction is popular for children because it combines the right amount of teaching with fun to form a perfect marriage.

The week-long camps are not only instructional, but they expose players ages 3 to 14 to a new culture. All of the soccer coaches are professionals, and they are dedicated to the sport of soccer. The goal of the camp is to teach the sport, the fundamentals, as well as to continue to promote the love of a sport that has grown tremendously locally.

“Everyone that comes

out with us to the camp is a professional soccer coach.

We try and keep it fun for these kids, but, at the same time it’s not babysitting.

We’re sending high quality soccer coaches who have been through a pretty intense interview process,” said Ross Lawrence, who is the regional director for Challenger Sports and very familiar with Oxford. “They get interviewed then they come to a one-day training event and then our full-time staff from U.S. flies over to the U.K for a weekend to interview them again.

So, anyone who comes to the States has interviewed three times. We’ve watched them coaching three times and we’re confident they are the best of the people that have interviewed. They have been vetted pretty thoroughly and we’re not just going to accept everyone.”

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Challenger Sports’ annual British Soccer camp is coming back to FNC Park for 2 camps this summer.

Lawrence said the soccer instruction organization has been in the United States the past 25 years, and they are the No. 1 soccer camp provider in America because all of the instructors know the sport, but are also child care providers.

“They all come out here with the aim of providing an enjoyable experience, an educational experience, with everyone they work with,” Lawrence said. “Being here 10 weeks in the summer is something they love doing, and for that

reason, they are making the most of that week and wanting to have as much fun and training as they can before they have to go back to the UK for their full-time jobs. It’s a proven program the past 25 years and one that I believe in very much.”

Another program that Oxford residents should be familiar with that is provided by Lawrence and Challenger are Mini Kickers, which is geared to children ages 3 to 5.

“That program has consistently been 50 kids and our highest has been over 100 kids to sign up in the spring and fall,” Lawrence said. “Our soccer camp is consistently over 30 kids every week and the highest has been 75 on week. I think the camps are successful because it’s something completely different for these kids that they’re not going to get on a week-

to-week basis.”

The growth of the Oxford Soccer Club, which has now merged with Tupelo to create the North Mississippi Soccer Academy, has been helped by Mini Kickers and British Soccer Camp.

“We keep people involved, we show them that soccer is fun and we keep them coming back,” Lawrence said.

The first of two camps at FNC will be held June 26-30.

Mini Soccer is for ages 3 to 6 and it runs from 8 to 9 a.m.

Cost is $100. For a half day, which is for ages 6 to 14, the cost is $149. Those camps run from 9 in the morning until noon. The second soccer camp runs from July 17 through July 21. Cost and times are the same. Registration is available online at challlengersports.com. A free jersey is available if signup happens before June 2 for the second camp.

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volve around the numbers.

“We haven’t had the number we need to make sense to have a big, competitive team to do much more than what we’ve done over the past years,” Mitchell said. “We actually have gone to state before and have had our own OPC gymnast qualify for state and do very well. This is the first time that we’ve had at least a half dozen that have been interested in continuing to do more. In the past when we had them qualify for state, it was just one other besides my own girls.”

The parental support increased as well and after

the Bunny Hop, Mitchell felt an even bigger push for the program and team do more. Intermediate gymnastics started younger and Mitchell feels like they can really move up in the sport. There are number of hard workers in the group, and Mitchell reminded that “hard work beats talent when talent hardly works.”

Competitive gymnastics has been a part of the OPC program for the past seven to eight years. Mitchell has been teaching the past 10 to 12 years.

“Gymnastics teaches you a whole lot more than just physical skills. It’s the

dedication, the determination. The fun is working and being challenged especially working with girls who are quick to say they can’t do this,” Mitchell said.

“I’ve seen them grow. I’ve seen them chose and work through their fear and see the things they have accomplished. It all equals that you can do this. There is a whole lot of that going on to where you mentally choose, am I going to believe the fear? Or am I going to believe the evidence in what my coaches are telling to make that decision and go for it. There are those life lessons, obedience, en-

couraging each other, that they learn from that. It may be an individual sport, it’s also good to be in a group of other girls that are also working and struggling and obtaining and gaining and growing.”

There are a number of classes offered by the OPC throughout the year. Mitchell has seen consistent growth both in the number of kids participating as well as the number of kids that want to be in the gym even longer.

“I’m seeing that the kids want more and that’s usually a pretty good indication that they love it and enjoy

spending time on their hands,” Mitchell said. “It’s great for them to work so hard and have the benefits of them enjoying it. I’m really proud to be a part of a city-based program that is very community oriented.

It’s a support system that has brought us all together.

I don’t think those benefits can be ascertained inside the gymnastics room. I think you see that coming in and out of the building and walking in and out of the activity center with different folks. That’s a neat benefit that doesn’t have everything to do with gymnastics but with the Oxford Park Commission and what is ultimately a stabilizing factor in our community.”

Mitchell reminded that another good reason for parents to sign up their children for gymnastics is that it gives them a break.

“It wears them out,” Mitchell said with a laugh.

“It supports what the parents are trying to get into their kids. I don’t want to hear the word camp, especially at the intermediate and advanced levels.

There are immediate consequences. Delayed obedience is disobedience and there are natural consequences that are understood. There is so much that goes into the growth and support of the kids and their mentality and their choices of right and wrong and choices. Truly it takes a community to raise kids and being in that type of loving and yet in a firm environment is really important as well.”

Gymnastics classes begin as early as age 4 at the OPC. Classes for the summer are currently registering. For more information, visit www.oxfordparkcommission.com

really didn’t know about the field events. He had me throw the shot put FROM 8 35 feet and he told me I I didn’t want to come for had to stay and continue track because I thought it because I was throwing was all about running. I farther than all the other

girls that were there before me.”

Basketball was the other sport Stewart used to play. Now that she’s been at Ole Miss, the only other things Stewart has

time for are school, and sleep.

Brian Williams, Stewart’s teammate here at Ole Miss and Iowa, loved how hard she worked to get better.

“She doesn’t really cut corners when it comes to training. She does what it takes every single day, which is something I appreciate,” Williams said.

“She is very devoted to

her craft and it rubs off of us as a group. It keeps us on pace for working.

If you want to get better, you have to do the little things and she is always a great example of that.”

BY JOHN DAVIS

OXFORD PARK COMMISSION

With her gymnasts lined up waiting on results at the recent Elite Bunny Hop event, Oxford Park Commission gymnastics coach Lisa Mitchell remembers telling a fellow coach that she was praying for them.

She wanted their hearts to be open to whatever the final results of the meet were.

Moments later, the good news started to flow as the team garnered multiple first-place finishes to ultimate become the best allaround team in the state of Mississippi.

“I was pleasantly surprised and very thankful,” Mitchell said about the results of the 13 gymnasts who took part in the meet held at Metry McGaughy’s Elite II gym. “We’ve gone to this meet and we have done well before. We have had some first place individually but this is the first time that we’ve gone under one category and the first time we’ve come back with a unified team trophy.”

Alexa Farese earned the overall highindividual score for the OPC team to secure the highest all around team scores. Other members of the first-place team included Kaitlyn Johnson, Izzy Langendoen, Hope Sullivan, Veronika Krievskaya, Lainey Schuesselin, Addison and Julia Winburn, Collins Walker, Layla Farese, Jarah Jones, Gray Flowers, Avery Vanderford and Chloe Harrington.

There were a lot of smiles on faces of the gymnasts following the meet. Many of them have been in the OPC program for several years.

The results have been good for several years, Mitchell said, but the difference now as opposed to the past re-

Stewart

The Oxford Park Commission’s gymnasts won the all-around title at the Elite Bunny Hop held in Tupelo.

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Oxford’s Lowery ready for Meridian after successful HS career

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

Amanda Lowery was well aware that a number of Oxford High tennis players before her signed with Meridian Community College. The graduating senior, who signed with the Eagles earlier this week, had other reasons why she wanted to play tennis a little longer besides the instant connection to the Chargers.

She really liked coach Wanda McPhail, who has built a stellar program, on both sides of the court, during her tenure. Lowery ultimate got a late offer to keep playing a sport she really enjoyed, and that was something that finalized things for her.

“I didn’t want to go at all for a while and then I just decided to go in late April. People from our school that have gone before, it didn’t matter to me if they were there or not. It didn’t matter to me,” Lowery said who added she was looking to leave Oxford and gain a new start.

“Coach McPhail seems really sweet and she seems like she was really excited about the tennis season.”

When it comes time for his players to look at schools, OHS coach Louis Nash has always told them to keep an open mind.

“When she visited there,

COURTESY

Oxford High tennis senior Amanda Lowery signed with Meridian Community College last week. Joining her at the signing were her coaches and her family. what got her were the girls on the team that are coming back next year,” Nash said. “She developed a nice relationship with them and thought this may just work out. They’re winning down there and our kids are used to winning so that helps. She was comfortable down there.

Wanda is a good recruiter. Her assistant coach is a good technician and together that’s where the kids decided they wanted to go. Amanda got a good feel for it when she was down there.”

Nash, who didn’t think

Lowery would play tennis past this May, was glad to keep up with her the future.

He added that she has tools to make a difference for Meridian, and also good for her as an individual.

“Amanda is as physically strong as any player coming out this year. To add to that, she has really good touch around the court,” Nash said. “She has all the shots necessary to be an excellent college player. Down there, she will have to spend more time on the court. That’s what they do and she is going to become an even

better player. The more time she spends out there, the better she’s going to get and she’s pretty good right now.”

From an intangibles standpoint, Nash thought Lowery had the kind of personality that would allow her to succeed.

“She has a great personality and her leadership comes from the fact that not a whole lot bothers her,” Nash said. “She is kind of a throw-back kid as far as personality. It would be hard if you met Amanda to not like her. If you spend some time around her, she

can be a frustrating kid at times to coach, but you can’t ever say you don’t like her personality wise.”

Lowery wasn’t sure if she was going to play doubles or singles or have to do both just yet. She seemed ready to do whatever she needed to do, adding it was nice to have the option to play outside of high school.

The 2017 season was a lot of fun for Lowery, who thought the team played pretty well.

“We got a lot better throughout and I think everyone ended very,

very strong,” said Lowery, who helped the Chargers garner a 10th straight over team title earlier this month. “I think as an individual I did fine.”

Lowery wasn’t sure when she was going to start playing tennis again.

For the time being, she was ready to take a break and cut back to a few times a week when she got back on the court.

“But we do have tennis courts on the fourth floor here,” said Lowery who was on vacation over the weekend at the beach in Alabama.

Ole Miss knocks off Southern Illinois to advance in Oxford Regional

BY PARRISH ALFORD DAILY JOURNAL

The darlings of the SEC softball tournament are still rolling.

Kylan Becker, tripled, homered and drove in five runs, as the Rebels defeated Southern Illinois by a run-rule count of 8-0 to advance in the Oxford Regional before a crowd of 1,677 at the Ole Miss Softball Complex Friday night.

The Rebels (41-18) won for the 10{sup}th{/sup} time in 12 games and will face Arizona State, a 9-3 winner over Arizo-

na State, at 1:30 Saturday. The Missouri Valley Conference tournament champion, SIU (33-23) will face North Carolina in an elimination game.

Ole Miss scored all eight runs in two innings, the second and fifth.

“It was awesome. When I had my first opportunity to drive in runs I was like, ‘All right, I have to do my job right now,’” Becker said.

SIU right-hander Brian Jones retired the Rebels in order in the first, and a called strikeout of Dylinn Stancil didn’t set a good tone to lead off the second.

That tone changed dramatically.

Becker’s triple to the left field corner scored three runs, the big hit in a five-run second inning.

The Rebels also scored on a squeeze bunt by catcher Courtney Syrett and a hit through the left side by Paige McKinney.

There were four hits in the inning, one a double by Kaylee Horton.

Becker’s two-run inside-thepark home run in the fifth made it 7-0. It was followed by a double from Ashton Lampton who was bunted to third and scored

when Miranda Strother singled to center field. That set off a celebration as Ole Miss players poured out of the dugout.

Ole Miss coach Mike Smith said starting right-handed pitcher Kaitlin Lee was a gametime decision, but the SEC tournament MVP scattered four hits, walked none and struck out two in a complete game.

The Salukis’ best chance against Lee came in the third when Susie Baranski and Eyrika Brandenburg had back-to-back one-out hits. Lee then got SIU’s

top hitter, Shaye Harre to fly out and Merri Anne Patterson to pop to the catcher.

“Luckily for me my curve ball was on tonight. I don’t think they were looking for that,” Lee said. “I don’t think my stuff was moving or that I was pitching my best, but I had what I needed, and I threw some pitches I don’t throw on a daily basis.”

The Rebels had eight hits, two more of them from left fielder Elantra Cox. parrish.alford@journalinc.com Twitter: @parrishalford

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Oxford pounds PRC to even series

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

PEARL – The Pearl River Central Blue Devils played like they had been to the state championship several times before in Game 1.

In Game 2 at least defensively, they played like they haven’t been there before.

To the Blue Devils credit, this is their first trip to the title series in school history, but in Game 2 it started to show in their fielding with four errors.

Add 13 free passes from the Blue Devil pitching to the tune of seven walks and six hit batters and then add eight Charger hits and that recipe makes a 9-2 Oxford victory to even the series at 1-1.

PRC (26-12 overall) scored first in the first inning with Tristan Schlottman reaching on an error then reaching second on the same play on a separate throwing error.

Schlottman scored two batters later on a Hayden Dunhurst single.

Oxford (32-6) responded in the second inning with a one-out Preston Perkins walk and then advanced to second on a Duncan Graeber groundout. Parker Stinnett scored Perkins on a RBI single to tie the game at 1-1.

The Chargers then started to put the pressure on the Blue Devils, reaching on two singles by Perkins and Graeber and a hit batter from Parker Stinnett to load the bases. Sam Bianco then grounded to the PRC first baseman who bobbled the ball for their first of three fourth inning errors to score Perkins and take a 2-1 lead for the

CHRIS TODD

Oxford fans cheer for the Chargers on Friday, May 19, 2017, in the MHSAA State Baseball Championships at Trustmark Park in Pearl, MS.

CHRIS TODD

Oxford’s Parker Stinnett pitches against Pearl River on Friday, May 19, 2017, in the MHSAA State Baseball Championships at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss.

Chargers. Carson Stinnett was then hit by a pitch to drive in another and make it 3-1. Drew Bianco provided the big blow with a two-RBI single to left field to double the Charger lead to 5-1.

“I thought we pressed a little bit in a big ball park (in Game 1),” Oxford coach Chris Baughman said. “We went to Swayze Field Wednesday and hit.

We saw not all of us could

put it in the trees like we could at our place. I still thought in the first couple of innings we swung it real tentatively, and when I say that, I thought we were too big. I thought we were letting the moment get to us at the plate. We settled down a little bit, got a little shorter, got back to our approach we’ve preached all year and that’s stay gap to gap and up the middle and did a wonderful job

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from there on out.”

Oxford added two more runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings to blow the lead open to 9-1. PRC was able to respond with a single run in the sixth

before back-to-back lineouts ended that inning.

The Blue Devils were able to load the bases with one out in the seventh, but back-to-back strikeouts from Parker Stinnett ended the contest and any Blue Devil rally attempt.

“He’s been great for us all year,” Baughman said of Stinnett’s performance on the mound.

“He’s probably had the best stuff all year. He’s a battler, he’s a competitor.

I told him ‘I’m not coming to get you unless you get to 120 (pitches)’. Same thing I told him last week against New Hope. He just battled his butt off.

I’m proud of him.”

Stinnett went the distance on the mound al-

lowing two unearned runs on five hits, allowed one walk, one hit batter, and had seven strikeouts.

Perkins led the Chargers on offense going 2-for-2 with two walks and scored three times.

The Oxford assistant coaches who were suspended for Games 1 and 2 will be back in the dugout for Game 3. As of press time Saturday, Game 3 was supposed to start at 7:00 p.m., but the latest weather forecast for the Pearl-area had a 70 percent chance for Thunderstorms for Saturday.

Three other Game 3’s in Class 6A, 4A, and 2A are also supposed to be played prior to Class 5A’s Game 3 on Saturday.

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