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Claxton's designs a hit at Double Decker

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

Southern charm is not lost on Rodney Claxton. Just as he exudes hospitality and warmness, he appreciates others who do the same. Oxford's Double Decker Arts Festival has been warm and welcoming to Claxton over the past seven years. For a man who attends three festivals, or similar type events, a month during a calendar year, Claxton said there is nothing like being in Oxford in late April.

For those that aren't familiar with the last name, Claxton specializes in outside décor, especially hand-made birdhouses. And he sells them like hot cakes while he's in Oxford for Double Decker.

“Each year we are busier and busier. The Double Decker Festival is one of our favorite events we do,” said Claxton, who calls Jonesboro, Arkansas home. “Its just an exciting event. All the customers are pleasant and having such a good time. We have entire families that visit with us, shop and enjoy the events. Grandparents, parents, kids and grandkids will come by our booth and purchase birdhouses. We actually have a following of people that check with us early in the year to make sure we are attending.”

Central station here to serve county residents

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Ray Hill appointed to the Oxford School Board

15 Sports

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Birdhouses made by Rodney Claxton have become very popular for residents and those that attend the annual Double Decker Arts Festival to purchase each spring.

Heading into his first Double Decker festival, Claxton was hopeful about how sales would go. He came away astounded at the response.

“I never dreamed that we would be as busy as we were.

We have a following of people that always contact me early in January, February to make sure I'm going to be in Oxford for the festival,” he said. “We have some people that have purchased a birdhouse, or

two, every year that we've come. Some people have bought 15 over the past few years. It's just amazing.” been have Pictures TURN TO CLAXTON PAGE 6

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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

Central station here to serve county residents

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

Wes Anderson has been serving the community by fighting fires since 2004. He was a volunteer back then, but after a couple of years, he got a full-time spot with the Oxford Fire Department. He gained the rank of lieutenant before becoming the fire coordinator for Lafayette County.

Anderson works out of the central fire station located just north of Oxford, across the street from the Northpointe subdivision. There are 14 total stations in the department, 13 of those are 100 percent volunteer units. The central station is manned from 7 in the morning until 5 in the evening, Monday through Friday. Each of the stations have multiple trucks stored there.

“We try and staff it with three part-time fire fighters every day during the week,” Anderson said. “The reason we went during the week was those were the days that volunteers weren't available.

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Wes Anderson They can start operations, get the truck so that as volunteers become available they can come help.”

The central station that Anderson works out of responds to the entire county.

Anderson added that thanks to the central fire station, and the men that work out of it, they can be on the scene of a fire a lot faster.

“They are going to run out with Engine 10 to anywhere,” Anderson said. “The other stations will come as they see fit and they may get there first and this truck may be in a support function. We can put dressed out fire fighters and en route a lot sooner than we can with just volunteers. A lot of good saves have happened be-

cause we have people sitting waiting on go when the tone drops.”

Anderson acts as a liasion between the county supervisors and the fire department.

The fire board has a monthly meeting and Anderson attends both of the monthly meetings for the supervisors.

He also helps assist the planning commission for site plan reviews.

At the first meeting in April for the supervisors held this past Monday, Anderson said since October 1, 2015, the department responded to 205 total calls. Of those, 55 were to fight grass fires, 17 structure fires and 15 vehicle fires. He did tell the supervisors that it was 20 calls ahead of pace for the same time pe-

JOHN DAVIS

Wes Anderson is the Lafayette County Fire Coordinator serving the community out of the central fire station. riod from the year before.

Every time a firefighter goes out on a call, and returns unscatched, is considered a good one. Anderson recalled a close call when he worked for the OFD some years back.

“We had a fire on the Square at the old Holcomb

Dunbar law office next to sporting goods. I was on the first truck there and I went in, my captain and I,” Anderson said who was on his hands and knees, crawling along. “I was doing just like we're taught to do and I found a hole. Of course it was blacked out and I could-

n't see anything. I just knew we had to stop and couldn't go any further because of the hole. When the visibility got to where we could see, we figured out it was a great big hole that went all the way to the basement. There was no TURN TO ANDERSON PAGE 4

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LHS names Meredith McCurdy-Rhodes as Teacher of the Year

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Meredith McCurdyRhodes has been selected as Lafayette High School’s Teacher of the Year.

McCurdy-Rhodes teaches agriculture at LHS and servers as the school’s FFA advisor. She has been with the school for the last six years. Before coming to Lafayette, she taught at a school in Aberdeen for a year. It was her first teaching job. She got roped into the profession in an unusual way.

She attended Mississippi State University for both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. McCurdy-Rhodes was completing her master’s in agricultural administration with plans to work in agricultural lobbying upon graduating. That was when she received a call from a friend at the Mississippi Department of Education “They called and wanted to know if I wanted to teach,” she said.

“I was like, ‘Yeah, you know, maybe one day,’ and the guy said, ‘No, you

don’t understand. Do you want to start teaching tomorrow?’ So I went for an interview and started teaching the Tuesday after Labor Day.” She then commuted to Aberdeen everyday. Working on her master’s degree while holding down a fulltime teaching job.

Though she did not have direct intentions of becoming a teacher, she loves it. One of her favorite things about the job, she said, is that everyday is different. As she said this, there was a group of male students working to move a newly constructed chicken coup out of a greenhouse where they had recently added new chicken wire.

A career in agriculture was the logical choice for McCurdy-Rhodes, based on her background. She grew up on a farm and was a part of the South Panola FFA by the time she was in fourth grade. It is something she has always been passionate about. When she still had intentions of being a lobbyist on behalf of Mississippi agriculture, her main goal was to work

to educate Mississippians about how their food makes it to the table.

“The Good Lord had a plan for me, obviously,” she said. “This job would be better fitting for me to share my passion and educate people about agriculture. There are still so many people that don’t understand what agriculture is. You have students here in Lafayette County that don’t know where their food comes from.”

As she finished saying that, a boy stuck his head back in the greenhouse and said, “Mrs. McCurdy, the chicken isn’t in the coup.”

“Then you’d better go catch it,” she said.

McCurdy-Rhodes is currently working to get everything ready for a plant sell the Lafayette FFA is holding this Friday.

It will be held in a greenhouse at the school, and will feature plants that have been grown by stuCHANING GREEN dents. The sale will be Meredith McCurdy-Rhodes, LHS's Teacher of the Year, on the front porch of a greenhouse she going on from 10 a.m. to 2 and her students are working to complete in time for this year's plant sell. p.m. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

Lafayette County School Board holds monthly meeting

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The Lafayette County School Board held their monthly meeting Monday evening in the Lafayette High School Library.

High points of the meeting included when ROTC instructor Major Harvey Rice addressed the board where he discussed his intention to attempt to send a group of students to the next presidential inauguration in January 2017. Maj. Rice said that among the many things that need to be considered before the trip’s actualization and approval is the necessity of funding the trip. Rice is planning to fund the trip through fundraisers and community donations.

The majority of the project will be undertaken in the

fall of this year, and will require more planning and logistics but the major is hopeful that Lafayette County’s ROTC will be considered for the event.

The board approved the purchase of a new school bus to add to the district’s fleet.. District officials said that they like to add a new bus to the fleet every few years and cycle out the old ones to ensure that all of the busses are well maintained and that the busses are not extremely old.

School board members also approved the retirement of long-time ExecuSecretary Vickie tive Pielack. Superintendent Adam Pugh presented Pielack with a specially enblanket and graved thanked her for her service to the district.

“I’ve loved it,” Pielack

said, addressing the board and reflecting on her time with the district. “I loved my job. What I’m gonna miss most about it is y’all. I couldn’t have asked for a better board. I’ve always been one of those that loved my job and I love y’all. Thank you.”

Senior Vice President of the Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce Pam Swain was recognized for her service as a parent with children in the district and named a Parent of the Year. Swain has served as president of the Lafayette Upper Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization, as well as the president of the Lafayette Endowment fund for education. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Oxford University Ray Hill appointed to the Oxford School Board School Gears Up For Annual Auction

around for as long as they’ll have me.

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

BY CONNOR HENNESSEY CMHENNES@GO.OLEMISS.EDU

The Oxford University School Annual Auction kicks off Friday night, featuring music from The Whiskey Barrels Band and food from over a dozen local vendors.

The 2016 event will be held at The Powerhouse on University Avenue and will benefit the education efforts at OUS. The theme this year is, “Lights! Camera! Auction!.”

“We hope for a turnout of over 200 adults,” said Parent Support Group President Tonya Covington. “You don’t have to have children at OUS to attend the event. It’s a fun night for the whole Oxford community and we invite everyone to enjoy the night with us.”

Covington pointed out that there would be food available from many local vendors including DoDo Pizza, My Guys, My Michelle’s, Newk’s, Oby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings and more.

There will also be a cash bar sponsored by Yalobusha Brewery and PJ’s Wine and Liquor to accompany the food selection.

Included in the main event will be silent and live auctions with dozens of items being up for grabs. Covington says there will be something for everyone and the public is encouraged to come participate in the worthy cause.

Highlighting the auction table this year will be Ole Miss football, baseball and golf packages, a book from author Ace Atkins, beach trips, trips out east and west and more. Original art from OUS students will also be available along with specialty baskets for almost all ages.

“The school has been serving the community for over 30 years and this annual fundraiser allows us to enhance our educational offerings each year, through better technology, training, scholarships and school improvements,” Covington said.

Proceeds from the auction will go directly back into the school, and for third grade teacher and OUS Advisory Board member Carolyn Davis, it’s a huge difference maker.

“The auction is our largest fundraiser for the year,” Davis said. “It provides us with the extras beyond tuition as well as funding scholarships for families who want an independent school, but need help with finances.”

According to Davis, the fundraiser also serves as a recruiting tool for the school giving prospective families the chance to meet other families and OUS faculty.

“Our parents are very involved in the day to day interaction with our students and staff,” Davis added. “Once our students leave us, we want the receiving schools to be excited about getting a young person who has had the OUS well-rounded education.”

The event begins at 6:30 at The Powerhouse and tickets, which will be available at the door, will cost $10. Dress is cocktail attire and Rick Mize of Q105 will be the emcee for the evening.

For more information call Oxford University School at 662-234-2200.

Ray Hill is the most recent addition to the Oxford School Board. Hill is an attorney with the Clayton O’Donnell law firm in Oxford where he specializes in employment, civil rights, commercial and family law.

Growing up in Starkville, Hill moved to Oxford in 1997 to attend the law school at the University of Mississippi. The city’s Board of Aldermen appointed him to the school board, CHANING GREEN choosing Hill out of four other Ray Hill is sworn in at last week's monthly meeting of the Oxford candidates for the position.

School Board.

CHANNING GREEN: How do you like your job as an attor- don’t really consider myself a you can rely on, Brian Harvey politician, but I did want to too. I met with him several ney?

RAY HILL: I love it. I think you make a direct impact on the times recently, and of course either love it or hate. I’ve always schools. I felt like this would be he’s knowledgeable about enjoyed it. We represent a lot of the perfect opportunity. I know every facet of the district, so small businesses. We do a lot of some of the other board mem- he’s a good person to rely on employment law. I love work- bers and how hard they work about getting up to speed. But, ing with a client to achieve a and the sacrifices they make. I at the end of the day, your decigood result. I love being in the just felt like it was my time to sions are your decisions. You courtroom. Litigation is fun, step up and make a difference gotta do what you think is best for the schools and the stuthough it can be challenging. with the schools. dents.

It’s always something different, CG: How do you like the posiwhich I enjoy.

CG: Do you like everyone tion so far?

CG: Why do you have an inRH: So far, so good. We had you’re working with so far? terest in the school board? our first meeting on Monday. I RH: Yeah, so far, so good. I’ve RH: I’ve been an advocate for was told it was somewhat of a been thrilled. I knew it was a local public education ever light meeting and that they can professional board from the since my kids started attending tend to go pretty long some- beginning. I knew it was made Bramlett as pre-k students. I times. This one lasted I think up of people who take their was on the committee that just about an hour and a half. jobs very seriously. So I can’t worked to get the previous Everyone was quick to tell me say I’ve been surprised at how bond issue passed for the new that was a lucky start. There’s a nice everybody has been, but high school. My mom is the su- lot of prep work that goes into it’s certainly appreciated. perintendent of a school dis- the meetings. You don’t really trict in Georgia. I grew up see that. You have to read a CG: How long do you plan on understanding the importance bunch of reports about every- staying on the board? of public education. I’ve always thing. Once you do that prep RH: It’s a five-year term, as I wanted to give back, and this work and get to the meeting, understand it. So I would aswas the perfect opportunity to the more prepared you are, the sume that if I’m enjoying it and smoother the meetings can go. the board of aldermen still do so.

Marian Barksdale, who is the wants me around, I’d be willing CG: Why did you want to be- current president of the school to stay on. My kids won’t gradboard, I met with her recently uate for quite a while, so I have come a part of the board?

RH: I was looking to do and she helped get me up to a vested interest in seeing the something to get involved. I speed on the issues the district school district achieve and do didn’t want to run for office. I is facing. She’s really someone great things. I plan on being

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way we would have passed it.”

If Anderson hadn't done what he was taught, he and the others behind him, could have fallen 12 to 14 feet down the hole, all the way to the basement.

A rush of adrenaline is what Anderson first liked about fighting fires. It was fun to him and those feelings have evolved into it being the thing he knows how to do well.

“I'm a fire fighter. Once I got

through going to college, I went to the Oxford Police Department as a dispatcher. I was volunteering the whole time and I thought maybe I wanted to be in law enforcement and figured out some of the stuff they dealt with and decided not to,” Anderson said. “I liked fighting fires too much and it's all I've done ever since. It's fun, but it's also what I do and all I know how to do.”

Training, which includes things like rappelling and crawling around the building, are the things Anderson likes the most about the job. He also

doesn't mind the cleaning, and the maintenance involved in the job.

A goal for Anderson is to see a fire station constructed on Highway 6 East. Another goal is to see some sort of full-time, supplemental staff added to help the volunteers.

Residents should be on the look for a fundraiser letter coming in the mail from the department. Additional funds are always a help to the funds in the budget. All donations are tax deductible. Extra funds to go towards special projects that can't be met from from the

CG: Is there anything in particular that you’d like to work on while part of the school board?

RH: We need to continue the work of the previous board on continuing to make sure that our facilities improve. We’ve got a big decision coming up, and it’s a community decision, ultimately, about whether or not we’re going to build a new elementary school. That’s a major thing. I don’t know when, I think it would be sooner rather than later. A lot of institutions in Oxford are facing growth issues; we’re no different. We have to remain proactive. The last thing we want to do is react. We want to make sure we’ve planned ahead so the kids can have the best education possible.

The other thing I’d like to see us make some progress on is the achievement gap. We really do attract the best students.

Oxford High School sends kids to the best universities all across the country. We had a student recently that won a national award for photography. I was really impressed with that.

It’s really a great time for the Oxford School District. At the same time, we still have a significant number of students that are struggling with problems that are faced by the majority of public school kids in Mississippi. So how do we close that achievement gap?

Brian Harvey’s done a really good job of facing that head on. We want to make sure we’re working with all the students to make sure they’re achieving on a high level. That’s something I’d like to try to make a difference with. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

millage given annually.

“This year, one of the goals is vehicle extrication equipment and the reason we're asking for that is we run that jointly with the city of Oxford and they are technically primary on that right now,” Anderson said.

“With the guys being up here during the day, we're getting to entrapments sooner so we have trained people. We've got some equipment on the truck now, but it needs to be updated and added to.”

John.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Oxford City Board holds monthly meeting

BY CHANING GREEN OXFORD CITIZEN

This month’s meeting of the Oxford City Board began with Mayor Pat Patterson giving his report.

Patterson discussed plans for the city to continue to work closely with the University of Mississippi in light of estimated growth.

Parking was one of the concerns the mayor voiced about the city’s inevitable growth in the coming months and years.

“The problems we have are good problems,” he said, “but problems nonetheless.”

He then acknowledged the two upcoming trials being held in the coming weeks. One of the trials is to be held in federal court and concerns members of the Aryan Brotherhood.

The other is to be held in circuit court hand is to be held for Derrick Boone, one of the three men charged with capital murder in the 2013 murder of

Ole Miss graduate student, 25-year-old Zacharias McClendon of Gulfport.

The Board of Aldermen then accepted the resignation of Billie Jean Webb from the city’s water department. Webb has worked for the city for 27 years and said that she has greatly enjoyed her time in the position. The board thanked her for all of her work with city and she received a standing ovation.

Newly elected alderman of Ward I Rick Addy was

named the official board liaison to the city’s tourism office, Visit Oxford.

The first reading was held of a new proposed ordnance that would make it illegal for city residents to have untreated standing water on their property. The ordnance is an effort to curb the area’s mosquito population by disrupting the lifecycle of the organism at the larval stage.

Program Director of

Good Food for Oxford Schools spoke to the board about her request to play amplified music and close the street in front of city hall on the afternoon of April 24, the Sunday of the weekend of Double Decker as part of an event the organization has hosted for the last several years. The motion was granted.

Also passed during the meeting was hotly contested sign ordinance that has been discussed over

the past several months.

The main opposition of the ordinance came from local realtors. A representative of the Mississippi Board of Realtors said that the organization felt like the city of Oxford has listened to their concerns and the proposed ordnance had been amended to their satisfaction. The newly amended ordnance passed. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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snapped of women carrying the large birdhouses away from Claxton's booth in droves. He got a laugh out of that as well, adding that they do range in sizes from small to medium to extra large.

“I was just amazed at the response. It's by far the best show that we do and we do several across the United States,” Claxton said. “It just draws such a large crowd and the event is really organized. It's probably one of the most organized events that we attend. The staff is so friendly and helpful. They always ask before we need anything.”

The marriage between Claxton and Double Decker happened through advertising that Visit Oxford does, and research done on the Internet.

“I saw all the people that attended. It looked fun,” Claxton said. “We applied and we got in our first year. It was surprising because I spoke to a lot of other vendors who had

tried for several years.

Double Decker is particular on who they allow to be vendors at their show. We were very fortunate to have gotten in and we will attend as long as they let us.”

Since Claxton first set up at Double Decker, his vendor tent moved to a new location a couple of years ago.

“I really was afraid that people wouldn't find us, especially our repeat customers, but due to the color scheme that we do, they didn't have any problem finding us,” Claxton said. “I was actually so surprised last year when I looked around at other artists and vendors and we saw some paintings of our birdhouses and how they were lined up on the rod iron fence. It was so cool to see that.”

In between the festival, Claxton does like to take in the sights of Oxford, as well as visit some of the well known restaurants.

He also makes sure to stop by the Mustard Seed.

“We enjoy the downtown Square by far. It's a mixture of young, middle

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age, older people just mingled together. It's just awesome,” Claxton said. “We venture out to Taylor's Grocery to dine. It's one of our favorite places in Mississippi to eat.”

A decade ago, Claxton was trying to make a living in real estate. He had been a corporate trainer for a long time and traveling all over the country. When the bottom fell out of the real estate industry, he needed to make some money, and that led him to a sanctuary constructing birdhouses.

“I had never seen birdhouses being done and I was overwhelmed with the response I got. I'm actually making more

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Double Decker Days

money now than I've ever made in my life,” Claxton said. “I've been blessed and blessed by the state of Mississippi.”

Most of Claxton's business comes from residents of Mississippi, another reason he loves to cross the river.

“We do some of our business in Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas but the majority of our business is done in Mississippi,” he added. “We find that the people just love outdoor things and decorating their yard. We have a lot of repeat business from the folks in Mississippi.”

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john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

Colonel Rebel has even found a new home in the birdhouses that are built and sold by Rodney Claxton.

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pril is famously known as the “cruelest month,” by anyone who took high school English and was exposed to this T.S. Eliot declaration. During my pre-historic high school years, Eliot’s wisdom was lost on me but I still preferred English to math. In math class, I was just sort of getting the hang of numbers when suddenly teachers introduced math problems with letters from the alphabet. I’m talking fractions with letters!

Of course, the word “algebra” comes from the Latin phrase meaning, “D- minus.” No, I made that up. Algebra has been defined as (get this): ‘the science of restoring what is missing and equating like with like.” Right. My definition is more accurate.

In 1969, just years prior to the Devil algebra being inflicted on our youth, astronauts brought back a rock from the moon and life hasn’t been the same since.

According to our tireless English instructors, Eliot’s observation of April’s cruelty, made in the opening line of his monumental poem, “The Wasteland,” meant that the beauty of early spring gives us false optimism. All the

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Possum’s Love Song Jim Dees Tales of the Town

beauty and blooms that pop out in April, and give us a sense of hope and renewal, are a cruel tease because everything, including us, is doomed to death. Nothing will ever be as beautiful as April; it’s a false promise, or so goes Eliot’s view.

A drive around Oxford this week would give ole Tom Eliot plenty of evidence for his assertion: the square has more tulips than Holland, wisteria is hitching a ride on every available space, even roses, who always play hard to get, are strutting their stuff.

Fish are biting as the days get longer and warmer. Note the rows of 4-wheel drive vehicles, plumber’s trucks and off-duty police cars at Hurricane Landing.

It’s been reported that T.S. Eliot suffered from depression and two bad marriages and his idea that April was a cruel month was his reaction to nicer weather bringing unpleasant memories. It’s a

Or back pain from turning over dirt. Or that early year wasp sting.

Or finding a flat on the wheelbarrow and the mower won’t turn over. For people with allergies, April is cruel in a real way, not just existential. All of these inconveniences are the realities of spring; aggravating but not angst.

Temperatures are expected to dip into the 30s this weekend so our embrace of spring isn’t fullhearted just yet. The Speedo can COURTESY stay folded for another week.

"It’s a shame T.S. Eliot couldn’t enjoy spring for what it is: warmth after Surf’s not quite up which is the beauty of spring - when you actuwinter." ally have it. When it isn’t hi-jacked Prufrock.” Eliot worked in a bank by summer. When left to its own shame that he couldn’t enjoy devices, spring unfolds naturally spring for what it is: warmth after when he wrote both of them. He was so uptight and reserved, Ezra at an ancient, quotidian pace. winter. In Mississippi, it also You have to pay attention to get Pound nicknamed him, “Posmeans the chance to take a couthe full effect of its slow-moving sum.” ple of deep breaths before algethrall.

How can a man named “Posbra’s evil cousin, Humidity, I’m sorry ole ‘Possum’ Eliot had sum” not like spring? Eliot, who arrives.

Eliot lived in London so he did- renounced his American citizen- problems with spring but then again he got a great poem out of n’t have to deal with humidity or, ship to live in London, died of emphysema in 1965 after years of it. Had he visited Oxford in April presumably, algebra. And yet he all his sorrow might have washed heavy smoking. On his tombstill suffered from what his docstone it reads, 'in my beginning is away and he could see spring as tors told him was a “lack of will.”

Then he wrote, “The Wasteland,” my end....in my end is my begin- we do: something of a miracle and a warm welcome. A return. considered a game-changer in lit- ning'. The line echoes his As for algebra, I was right, back in thoughts on April. erature, revolutionary in form those long ago high school, The only thing cruel about and content. He had previously moon rock days: I’ve never April in these parts is callouses wowed the literary world with, from shovel use, turning over dirt. needed it.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

Leo "Bud" Welch to perform at Double Decker

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Blues and gospel guitarist Leo “Bud” Welch is slotted to play the Double Decker Arts Festival Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m.

Welch has been playing the blues and gospel for over 70 years now. He loves playing both genres as much as he can, and to this day, when he is not touring, he still plays at the same two churches on alternating Sundays.

Welch grew up on a farm where his family grew and raised everything from cotton and corn to hogs and cattle. He said anything you can think of, his family probably had it on their farm at some point. When he was a boy, Welch’s cousin R.C. Welch saved up enough money selling garden seeds. With that money, he ordered a guitar. Welch went with another family member to pick up the guitar from the mail carrier while R.C. was at work. R.C. told Welch that while he was gone, his younger cousin was not allowed to touch the guitar. Of course, the younger cousin didn’t listen.

When Welch was 13 years old, R.C. walked in on him playing the guitar.

R.C. did not stop him. He just sat there a listened for a while, dumbfounded.

When Welch finished playing, R.C. told him that he was welcome to the guitar anytime he wanted it. So Welch kept playing.

His manager and longtime friend Vince Varnado said that by the time Welch was 15, he was as good as he is now.

Welch played every opportunity he got. He could be found playing at school parties, community events and church services. He developed of love for both the blues and the gospel and, for the past 70 years, has spent day after day playing.

“I like the noise,” said Welch said about why he loves to play guitar. “It’s nothing to do but sing the blues to help you keep moving on. I love both of them; I like playing the blues, and I like playing gospel. I was born in 1932, been here 84 years. It gives me a good feeling to sit there and play.”

Touring and performing had never been something Welch was particularly interested in pursuing. He just wanted to play his music, in church and with friends. Three years ago, Welch played at Varnado’s birthday.

Varnado recorded the performance and got in touch with Fat Possum Records. A week later, the pair met with Brue Watson from the record label. Welch played

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Leo "Bud" Welch

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The following information is required for all returning students to the Lafayette County School District: •Registration Application (available online www.gocommodores.org or in any school office).

Applications will be available in the LHS Commons during registration week.

•Two of the following proofs of residency (required): •Filed Homestead Exemption Application/Land Tax Receipt (must be from current year and have fixed address) •Mortgage Documents/Property Deed (mortgage documents must indicate current year, if property deed used, physical address must appear on the deed).

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•New Students to the LCSD must provide, in addition to the items listed above: (Birth certificate, Immunization Form, Report card/final Grades from previous school, SS # - if available)

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It can be Memorial Day each day locally

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n the north side of the Lafayette County Courthouse sits a memorial that many pass without likely thinking much about it. In a busy life, filled with children, bills, clubs and recreation events, it's easy to walk by anything without pause. Memorial Day is just a little over seven weeks away. That is the one day that our united country at least stops to honor our fallen service men and women. There are a lot of us that think about those in the armed forces each day, or each week. It can be Memorial Day each and every day, or at least when we walk by this dedication.

We have locals that are serving somewhere, maybe very far away, or serving on a more local basis through the national guard. Service is a good thing, no matter the level, branch or location. While it's easy to walk into the courthouse thinking of business to handle inside, what if we all just took a second to stop and look?

There may be some relative on the list that we may not have known about. There may be a friend of your family on there. Even if none of the names are familiar or dear

to the heart, they were to someone at one time.

Pace of our daily lives is a lot faster than it was when the 16 men that fought in World War I ventured across the Atlantic Ocean. But what could we miss in the 30 seconds it would take to look at their names? As much as I try to cram into a day, it's the small moments I fight for more now than ever. Work can wait. A job may not have been possible without the sacrifice and service of these soldiers.

Most of us have heard the saying that freedom isn't free. It's so true. Everything comes at a price.

These names made the ultimate sacrifice, even if they didn't realize that was the case at the time.

Moving forward, there will be a pause in my day when walking into the courthouse this way. It won't mean as much as what they gave all of us in return, but it's a start.

If you know a name on the memorial, share the details with me.

Tell me their story. They are one of us, they are with us forever.

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On Tuesday, April 5, the sisters of Alpha Delta Pi at Ole Miss opened their home for the inagural “Alpha Delta Picnic” benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jackson.

Guests and sisters alike enjoyed barbecue sandwiches, a corn-hole tournament, and taking pictures with photo booths set up around the house.

Ann Louise Granger, an active member of ADPi, said of the event, “The Ronald McDonald House holds such a special place in our hearts, so we were so excited to throw a philanthropy event to support them!

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John Davis Sports Editor

Lafayette's Fair has impressed as a mentor, coach

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n order for Ricky Woods to take the South Panola Tigers to the championship level they now hold so dear, he needed some help. As successful as Woods had been as a coach prior to his time in Batesville, winning at a school in the largest classification in the state couldn't be done with just the snap of two fingers.

Michael Fair, the new head football coach of the Lafayette Commodores, was an assistant coach Woods relied on during his tenure at SHS. Fair helped Woods coordinate the offense, and he ran the weight program for the team. Anybody that knows the Tigers knows that strength and being in great shape has been the key to winning tight ballgames over the past 10 to 15 years.

“He was really good for me. Michael is such a good person. As good of a coach as he is, and he's a very, very good coach, he's just a better person than he is a coach,” Woods said. “I think that's even more important.”

Fair could have stayed at South Panola when Woods left to coach in Bainbridge, Georgia. Fair turned down the head coaching job, Woods said.

“Everybody knew what kind of caliber person and coach he was,” Woods said adding he had never met Fair until arriving at South Panola. “He is very, very intelligent and I knew he had a great future. You could just tell, the knowledge that they have and how they work with children and adults and get along with people. He was the guy on staff that you saw a lot of chemistry with everyone. You could tell he was going to be really, really successful. He's a remarkable guy. Kids gravitate towards him. You give him two weeks, and he's going to have everyone wanting to play.”

It seemed Fair relished a challenge that would lead to success, and Pillow Academy in Greenwood is where he eventually found that right mix. Fair led the Mustangs to 10 wins and the AAA, Division II championship in 2010. Fair won 26 games his first three years with Pillow, records that had to impress administrators across the state.

One administrator that definitely was impressed was Bradley Roberson, Oxford High's current principal. At the end of the 2013 season, Roberson was looking to hire a new head football coach at Senatobia and he ended up picking Fair, who took over a program that only had one win in 2013. Fair won six games his first season, and then 10 TURN TO FAIR PAGE 18

JOSH MCCOY/OLE MISS ATHLETICS

Brady Feigl is coming into his own as a pitcher for coach Mike Bianco and the Rebels.

Positive recovery OM's Feigl coming into his own after surgery

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

On the bus heading to games, the Ole Miss baseball team plays Password. Redshirt freshman Brady Feigl is pretty formidable, for a lot of different reasons.

“If you get a good partner, you can be pretty good,” said the 6-foot-5, 220pound native of Chesterfield, Missouri.

Being good at Password isn't the only thing that Feigl has done well for the No. 18 Rebels this spring. He has come out of the bullpen to deliver some needed innings on the mound. Heading into Friday's SEC home series opener against Arkansas, Feigl is 2-0 with an ERA of 3.05.

He has logged 20.2 innings, striking out 17 against three walks allowed. Not bad for any pitcher let alone one who is coming off Tommy John surgery and hadn't pitched since early in his senior season in high school.

“I'm pleased and definitely happy to have the opportunity to be honest,” Feigl said. “It's been a good start to the year. I

VS.

• Friday: 6:30 p.m.

• Saturday: 7 p.m. , SEC • Sunday: Noon • Radio: 93.7 FM hope we can keep it going.”

The news about tearing the Ulnar Collateral Ligament was tough for Feigl to take at first. He was 18 when it happened.

“I couldn't have gotten through it if I hadn't come here to be honest,” Feigl said about Ole Miss and the support he's gotten in Oxford. “They stuck with me

the entire way. They could have easily pushed me aside and not made me a part of the team at all last year because I couldn't even be in the dugouts during games. It was unreal. I talked to the coaches everyday and they asked me how I was doing. I was with (assistant athletic trainer) Josh Porter everyday and what he did for me, and what the team did to keep me involved, was just amazing. It made things a lot easier.”

Drawing a redshirt due to injury turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Feigl, who felt like his success this year was a direct result of sitting out and learning rather than the alternative.

“That year coming in allowed you to settle in and get your first year of classes in and really see how the program worked,” he said. “It's not like you're coming out like a scared freshman for the first time on the mound. You've seen it happen, you've seen what it looks like and been a part of it to a certain extent.

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Family affair Oxford tennis makes Nash trio even tighter

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

A family that plays together stays together.

That's definitely true for the Nash family. Oxford High coach Louis Nash and his two children, Sarah and Bo, have made the courts of the FNC Tennis Center their second home. The courts at Avent Park served that role before that.

The relationship that the three share is obviously unique, but it's not unlike what the other players share. For Louis Nash, there is no special treatment for his son, or daughter. He doesn't take it any easier on them than he does anybody else.

“It's pretty easy. I taught them in elementary school, so they're used to it. They grew up in schools and around coaches, they know how it goes,” Louis Nash said. “That's the least of the problems coaching your own kids. Coaching your own kids, they have to be more than a little better than the kids they play ahead of. If they're a little better, or if it's an equal situation, you almost have to play the other kid. A lot of times in tennis, you can just go out there and play but we don't do our lineup that way because we concentrate more on playing doubles and partners and matching up.”

When a match is going on, Louis Nash said he doesn't look at his kids in a certain way because he has the same feeling for all of them.

“We all have the same purpose and that's playing together so we can win a match,” he said. “They are part of that deal, trying to win a match. When people complement them or they have a good day and do some good things, of course you're proud of them. I have been lucky in the way my two turned out.

My wife has a lot to do with that. They are both very self sufficient, very responsible.

They can take care of their business. They don't need

JOHN DAVIS

Oxford's Bo Nash, Louis Nash and Sarah Nash have become closer as a family through the sport of tennis. any coddling. They can bounce back from bad things happening. In tennis, that's a big thing, the ability to forget what just happened.”

It's been well over a decade since Louis Nash first hit a ball to his two children on the court.

From an early age, Sarah was the one who showed a little more natural ability, her father said.

“She can just pick it up and be pretty good. It's been satisfying to watch and I get a big kick out of watching her and McClellan (Davis) compete together because they're both really hard headed and competitive with a bad taste for losing,” Louis Nash said. “Bo on the other hand, he has taken the attitude that nobody is going to outwork him. I kind of hinted to him early on that he wasn't going to be a real

big kid. And that he was going to have to work for the things he got. It wasn't going to come because he was 6-3, athletic, slender fame et cetera. He decided, not me, that he was going to be out on the court and he was going to do it. He's become an excellent high school player.”

Sarah Nash said it was fun to be around her brother. When they get home at night, they talk about practice and the matches played, she said.

“He is so different out here than he is at home. He talks a lot out here and never at home,” she said.

“He is usually in his room.

He is much more happy out here than he is at home most of the time. He comes out here a lot.”

The court is Bo Nash's happy place. He added that Sarah is happy no matter where she is. The duo took

lessons together growing up and they both learned from the same coaches, dad and Debbie Swindoll.

Bo Nash said there are certain expectations to be met when you are a child of the coach.

“You're expected to be a little better and to always be on your best,” he said.

“At home, he's dad. Here, he's coach.”

There has been times where things have gotten crossed up, Sarah Nash added.

“I never call him coach but everybody is the same.

It's the same exact thing with my mom teaching, too as my dad does out here,” she added.

The Tennis Channel is always on at the Nash house, unless it's football season.

Tennis has always been Sarah Nash's top sport even though she plays soccer for the Lady Chargers.

“Tennis has always been around our lives because dad was coaching here.

When we were able to walk, we always had tennis association, a racket in our hand or we would be taking lessons from Ms. Debbie,” Bo Nash said. “It's always a part of life, even when we're not playing it.

The main topic between me and my sister and my dad is always tennis. And it's going to be like that.”

Roger Federer is the favorite of Sarah Nash. Bo likes Kei Nishikori from Japan.

“He's not as well known as Roger Federer, but I like him a lot,” he said.

“We saw him play in Memphis a couple of weeks ago,” Sarah Nash added.

Over the last year, Bo Nash has become a much more consistent player on the court.

“When it's something you love to do, you're going to do it a lot and I love to play tennis and I'm out here as much as possible,” he said. “I would like to say there is not a day when I'm not out here or trying to get out here. In the summer, I'm probably out here three hours if not more. It's something I love, something that gets me out of the house and makes me move.”

Sarah Nash also feels like she is a better overall tennis player. Late last season, she worked her arm too much and got tennis elbow.

“I had to rest until soccer was over so I didn't play tennis until then,” she said.

“I'm about as good as I was last year. I'm getting better.

It's going well.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Fair meets with LHS players, starts work as head football coach

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

A long standing tradition coupled with some very good facilities and a strong administration are just some of the reasons Michael Fair wanted to be the new head football coach at Lafayette. Fair was officially hired on Monday night by the school board. He will be leading the Commodores after trying to beat them the past two years at Senatobia.

Fair, who graduated from Mississippi State in 2000, met with the football team Wednesday morning. He was welcomed to campus with hugs by three of his new players.

The family atmosphere that Fair felt on his interview is another big reason for wanting to wear red and gold.

“Lafayette has had the tradition of being a wonderful place to work and coach football,” he said Wednesday morning. “It's

not like I looked at Lafayette and said that's where I wanted to be. It wasn't like that, but when the opportunity presented itself, I told my wife Robin that we needed to look into this. Just from the fraternity of coaches, you get to know people and you're always talking about different places and areas to live and raise children, Lafayette kept coming up over the years. The more we investigated into it, the more positive we found it.”

Prior to Senatobia, in which Fair won 16 games, he was the head coach at Pillow Academy. Prior to that, Fair was the offensive coordinator under Ricky Woods at South Panola.

The Tigers won four straight state titles under Woods, and Fair won a title at Pillow, so he's used to winning and high expectations.

“The talent and expectations at Lafayette are great. You're going to have a chance to be competi-

tive year in and year out,” he said. “I don't want to say Senatobia is a place you can't go win because we did prove a lot of people wrong there. It's definitely a place you can win and they had a rich tradition in 3A. I just came in and tried to by myself, just like I will do here. We got some players out there that weren't playing previously. We got some guys to buy in and we had two really good years. Our kids came along way in those two years.”

Gary Drewrey and superintendent Adam Pugh talked highly about Fair right after he was hired.

“Everyone I've spoken with talked about his high character and then he they talked about how great of a football coach he was,” Pugh said. “I'm just proud that we've got somebody like Michael that is going to be a part of our staff.”

“He's proven that he knows how to coach and win games even when he doesn't have the best tal-

ent," Drewrey added. “And that was one of the qualities that we were looking for.”

There are some things for Fair to accomplish now that he is in charge of the program. Spring practices will begin April 25 and he was planning to meet with the existing coaching staff, and then work on hiring replacements for those that will not be back in

2016. Fair was expecting to commute back and forth from Senatobia and really start to be on campus at Lafayette next week. As for his first meeting with the team, Fair said it went “fantastic.”

“I told them what to expect. We're going to be a physical team and there was no substitute for hard work,” he added. “If there was a shortcut to winning,

everybody would do it.

Our goal is to outwork all of our opponents on our schedule. And outwork the ones we can't even see coming. I think that's how you win championships. I told them what to expect from me and that we were going to have fun while we're doing it.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Making an impact Oxford's Markle shows his maturity in latest start

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

One batter and one inning at a time. That was the approach of Oxford pitcher Reed Markle when he went to the mound Saturday to face the Houston Hilltoppers. Markle made his first start at Edwin Moak Field his best as he logged nine innings of work in the Chargers' 3-2 win.

Filling up the strike zone worked well for Markle, who felt really good the first inning and didn't change anything up.

“I kind of felt like I was going to have a good day,” Markle said. “In the fifth and sixth inning, my arm was still feeling good. I didn't have to change anything about the game. I've never been an overwhelming guy who is just going to blow it past everyone. I wanted to throw strikes and let them put it in play and let my guys play behind me.”

Markle was awarded the game ball from coach Chris Baughman following the contest. The gesture made Markle feel good, but without the rest of the team, he felt like none of it would have mattered.

“They made some plays for me. Sage (Mullins) definitely made some plays for me in left. There were a couple of balls on the wall that he tracked down and I told him a couple of times that he saved me. He was a big part of Saturday night,” Markle said before talking about the future. “I've been waiting on my opportunity.

I feel like Coach Baughman gave it to me on Saturday night and I just took it and ran. I'm waiting on my next one. I hope I can get the ball

Fair FROM 15

this past fall as the Warriors actually beat Lafayette to win the Division 2-4A title.

“Any time you're going to have someone with as

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Oxford pitcher Reed Markle just recorded his best outing this past Saturday evening against Houston's tough batting order. again soon.”

Before the start against the Hilltoppers, Markle had an entire week to think about how he wanted it to play out. Markle said he was glad that Baughman gave him some advance notice so that he could really get his mind right.

“I was thinking about this game and thinking about what I wanted to go out and do and I went out and did a little more of what I expected,” he said. “I didn't use my changeup as much, which isn't normal because Coach Baughman likes me throwing my changeup. My fastball velocity was a little better than it normally is and my slider was working, so we were throwing all three. We were going fastball, changeup, slider on

and off. It was all working for me well. Somebody came up to me before the fourth inning and told me I had a no-hitter going on. I wasn't really worried about a no-hitter. I just tried to throw my best stuff against a good team.”

In the time between his next appearance on the mound, Markle will continue to keep the OHS dugout lively. He is always active there, cheering on his teammates when they are at the plate.

“I gave myself that role last year but I always knew that there was more to me than just that,” he said. “Me and Coach Baughman have talked about that also. Maturity was definitely a big thing. That's something that me and Coach Baugh-

man talked about and last year, he put me in some big situations as a relief guy and that helped me grow. Even at the beginning of this year, when I was throwing down in Jackson and the first loss of our season came when I was on the mound. That was a big step for me, too.

Things aren't always going to go your way and we both agreed that it was good for me to be put into that situation. Hopefully last Saturday night showed what I can do and that I can get more of it to help the team out.”

Baughman wasn't surprised at all by the outing Markle had because he's always had outings like that.

Even after some bumps in the road, and being put into tough situations, Markle

has responded. Baughman reminded that Markle hadn't thrown since the Chargers were in Atlanta over two full weeks ago.

“He did what he always does. I was very proud with the way he handled adversity from appearance to appearance. That's some of the things that we've worked on with him, how to handle the good and the bad,” Baughman said. “If he's good, he's good. If things are going well for Reed, he's as good as anybody. He doesn't have the velocity of a Jason (Barber) or Houston (Roth) but very few people do. He's as good as anybody else that we have on the mound. He was tremendous the other night and tremendous in Atlanta.

He was good in our first loss

much influence over young people as a head football coach, obviously you want somebody with strong character and that is the first thing that stood out about Michael,” Roberson said. “He wasn't just coming to coach football, he was coming to Senatobia to raise a family.

And I'm not just talking about his own family, but I'm talking about the kids that he coached. He talked a lot about that in his interview, about the simple fact that he wanted kids over to eat supper. It was a family thing. He was raising football players, boys, to be young men.”

Roberson said that it was important for him to realize that Fair could rebuild a program. He had done it at Pillow and he had been around great coaches like Woods. Year in and year out, Senatobia isn't going to have the number of athletes that a program like Lafayette has. The one

thing Roberson said Fair's team always had was they competed hard, for the entire game.

“They did that out of respect for their coach. They wanted to win for him,” Roberson said. “You can expect to get a great football coach and an even better man. That kind of

to Hillcrest, we just booted the ball behind him and quit hitting the baseball. He could easily be sitting at 3-0 or 2-0. I'm proud of the way he's maturing. He still has a ways to go, but he's a made a conscious effort to get better in that aspect which is much bigger than playing the game of baseball.”

The conversation that Baughman and Markle had about him having a bigger role on the team came to fruition for sure against Houston and Baughman said he could be “a great example of what happens when a kid accepts and thrives in his role while also being hungry enough to want more without that letting get in the way.”

“There was a game or two where he was wanting to be more than just the pitcher and I told him that if he didn't want to be more than a pitcher, then something is wrong,” Baughman added.

“It's one thing for you to accept a role, it's another thing to just be satisfied with your role. If any of our kids are satisfied with their role, the kids that aren't playing, then something is wrong. Everyone wants to be out there, from No. 1 to No. 28. Only 10 can be out there at a time. There are situations that arise and I want to use him as a base runner sometimes but I can't because I can't burn him since I may need him in relief pitching wise at the end of the game. He's a great example of wanting more and working towards wanting more but accepting what we need him to do at the moment.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

sums Michael up. You will see young men that are going to play incredibly hard and you're going to see high school studentathletes develop into young men under Michael Fair.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

Dynamic duo Moore, Wilson have improved for LHS tennis

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Emma Wilson and Halle Moore have taken steps as Lafayette tennis players.

The soccer standouts have traded in their cleats for rackets and tennis shoes and they have done their part in helping the Commodores win matches as the No. 1 girls doubles team this spring.

“It's gone really well.

We've had some wins and losses but overall, we stepped up this year,” Wilson said.

The duo have dealt with the expectations, or pressure, that coach Debbie Swindoll has put on them during the season. Swindoll has told the girls that they do well in that role, Moore said.

Both are used to winning and competing for championships as the Lady Commodores have had tremendous success in soccer. Moore felt playing soccer has helped with the fitness aspect of playing tennis.

“We can get around on the court better. Even if we don't hit the ball perfectly, we still hustle more than usual,” Moore said adding she has seen improvement in her game. “My placement is better, my ground strokes are better.”

Wilson has improved at the net the most. She is ready for a return shot better than she has in the past,

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Emma Wilson and Halle Moore have used their athletic ability to become the No. 1 girls doubles team for Lafayette this spring. and her ground strokes have also come along. Wilson is not strong serving the ball, adding Moore was better there for sure.

“We like Emma at the net and me in the back,” Moore said.

“We know how to play off each other,” Wilson added.

“We're really good friends on and off the court. If one of us gets mad at one another, we get over it. We know what we're going to

do next.”

Tennis is a lot more laid back than soccer. That's obvious, but for Wilson and Moore, it's good to get a bit of a break while still being active.

“We do have practice every day but we don't have it for two and a half hours like soccer,” Wilson said.

“The weather is a lot better.

It's not freezing cold.”

Moore has been playing tennis on and off and been

a part of the Lafayette program since she was in seventh grade. Moore's mother plays tennis and she was the one who encouraged her to play.

“I feel like you get more chances to fix yourself when you mess up. You can get a lot more practice in,” Moore said as to why she likes tennis.

Wilson has been playing a little longer. Her brother, Easton Wilson, played and

Swindoll knew her and recruited Wilson to the team.

The girls that make up the Commodores are the ones that Swindoll is really building for the future. New Albany is the team that Lafayette is looking to get past in the playoffs in order to make a run at a championship.

“New Albany is losing like 11 seniors and we're only losing two. We have a good team and we're pretty

young,” Wilson said. “Next year should be a good year for the state championship.”

Swindoll has been pleased with the amount of work the two have put in.

There is still some technical stuff to work on from a skills standpoint, but athleticism and competitive drive has taken them to the level they are at currently.

“I've gotten to them point to where their positioning is good and now we have to work on the skills,” Swindoll said. “The positioning is awesome. They're not tennis players but they are natural athletes. They will capture the net and do what they are supposed to do. Halle is more consistent serving and Emma is a warrior at the net. She is very aggressive.”

Swindoll added that Wilson is the best “poacher” on the team. What is a poacher? A player who will come across and get anything on the other side.

“She will run across the net and hit or miss, she's going to swing at it,” Swindoll said. “A poacher is like an interceptor. You want to get it on the other side. They are both excellent tennis players for soccer players.

They understand angles, coaching and they're competitive. They take me getting on them better than anybody on the team.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

Lady 'Dores have momentum on their side

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Lafayette heads into tonight's key home softball matchup with Senatobia with some momentum.

Thanks to a 16-1 win over Ripley Tuesday night, the Lady Commodores feel good about evening the season series with the Lady Warriors.

Pitcher Chloe Russell

was the one who set the tone Tuesday as she struck out seven, and only allowed one hit. She credited the play of her defense behind her. Of course, Russell agreed it was a little easier to pitch and get outs with great run support.

“People have to come in and do their job as a part of a team. Instead of me just doing it myself, you have to have your whole team

together,” Russell said.

“You have to think about your teammates being behind you and having them there to back you up and everything else.”

Lafayette finished with 18 total hits against Ripley, and Hope Patton had four of those, along with three RBIs. Emily Robinson also drove in three runs in the win. Both are looking forward to playing the War-

riors. Coming into the week, Robinson said the team talked about having big bats and being confident at the plate.

“We also wanted to be aggressive base running.

As a senior infield, we also want our pitchers to be confident, that they have a good defense behind them,” Robinson said.

Patton praised the efforts of Russell and the

level she is pitching at for her being a freshman.

Maintaining momentum in order to garner the division title is key, the duo both agreed.

“That's one of our biggest competitors, Senatobia, and we always want to try and better ourselves to beat them,” Patton said.

“We want to beat everybody but we always want to be better than them. I

think tonight will give everybody a boost. I know I figured out my hitting.”

“Last game against Senatobia, we just didn't finish it. We had a lead and it was like all just stopped,” Robinson added.

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It's just one step further so it definitely helped me.”

There is a chance that Feigl sees a larger role on the mound for the Rebels.

Head coach Mike Bianco said he was a candidate in regards to starting on either Saturday or Sunday.

“He has really grown and they're all recruited as starters. Occasionally we say that somebody should be good in the bullpen, but when we recruit guys, we think they have a shot to throw on the weekend,” Bianco said. “And Brady comes out of high school, hurts himself his senior year. He had a good fall but not one where you would say he's going to be a weekend starter, but there were a lot of positive things out of the fall. His velocity was good. He picked up a slider and it's more of a slurve, but it's a good pitch for him. And his changeup continues to get better and better.”

Another key Bianco pointed to for Feigl's success revolved around time

away from surgery.

“One of the things that happens with those surgery guys is they hit a point where they just keep getting better and he is so much different now than he was even a month ago,” Bianco said. “Command wise, confidence wise, each time out, I think he gets better and better. That happens a lot with the youth. I think each day he's starting to feel better. He may say he feels normal, but normal compared to what? He probably forgot what it's like to be normal. That surgery and rehab is such a long thing. I'm proud of him. He's worked really hard. He's a tremendous kid.”

Carl Lafferty, the Rebels' pitching coach, recruited Feigl out of high school.

He said what Feigl has done wasn't unexpected.

“I think the fans are seeing what we saw in high school, the guy that we recruited. Tommy John surgery can set you back and I think now he is getting back to who he is,” Lafferty said. “He was a guy that had three quality

pitches. He has a fastball, slider and a changeup which gives him the ability to get out right handers and left handers out.”

The pitch that Feigl throws the best is his fastball, which is between 90 and 93 miles-per-hour.

Lafferty felt like his stuff, and confidence, were mixed in just right.

“He has a good slider that he can punch right handers and left handers out and a changeup. I think the thing that he's doing is he is commanding all three well,” Lafferty added. “In high school, you saw a kid that was 6foot-4 and had a really good fastball, 88, 92. He spun a good breaking ball and he always threw strikes and he always seemed to win. Now he's bigger and more mature and the breaking ball has tightened up and now he's developed a really good changeup. We recruited him as a guy that had the ability to start here and I think he's starting to work his way into that.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Lafayette grinds out win over Senatobia

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Grit and grind aren't exclusive to the Memphis Grizzlies.

Lafayette's Commodores showed plenty of grit and moxie as they defeated Senatobia 4-3 Tuesday night in grind-it-out style. Reed Robison found a way to overcome an early deficit to earn the win on the mound for Lafayette, while the Commodores found a way to manufacture some offense to improve to 70 in Division 2-4A play.

Will Christian, aka Skeeter, was a Commodore who came through in the clutch as he collected a single to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth. Xaiver Martin was another player Lafayette coach praised for some late-game heroics. Lewis liked what he saw from his team, and how they came back after being down three runs.

“It was great to finally see that. We had a great game against Center Hill this past Saturday until the sixth inning, so we've looking for that game where we finally come back from,” Lewis said.

“We've been playing better and that's why I still felt good about coming back even being down three, as long as we could still hold it. I felt if we could keep them under five, we still had a shot. We had to figure out how to score a run.”

Christian, who used a new bat to hit a fastball offering from Adam McMasters for his single, liked how his teammates fought, and have bought into the style they have to play with each game.

“For us to win and be successful, we're just going to have to fight. Be gritty,” Christian said. “We don't have D-1 commits but as long as we play as a team and hit hard ground balls, we'll be fine.

We're pretty good across the board if we play as a team and have good at bats. Good things will happen.”

Robison gave another bulldog effort, going into the seventh before coming off the mound.

“He's been doing that the last couple of times he's gone out,” Christian said. “They had a couple of lucky hits and dinkers to right and that one to Mack (Bishop) that just bounced over his head. He stayed in there and kept battling and filling up the zone, curveball, fastball, changeup.”

Lafayette will return to action Friday at Senatobia. Next week, the Commodores face Ripley in a series that will decide the 2-4A title. For more on the Commodores, see www.oxfordcitizen.com john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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$43,500

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY SOLARA SLE COUPE

$529/mo.

$332/mo.

2010 FORD ESCAPE XLT

Supercrew

$36,900

$23,900

OR

4x4, Supercrew

OR

2011 TOYOTA 4-RUNNER 4X2

$119/mo.

Stock #020648

$174/mo.

OR

$9,900

2013 FORD F-250 SUPERDUTY 6.4 LARIAT

$13,500

$453/mo.

OR

Stock #020653

Crew Max

$31,900

$499/mo.

2011 HYUNDAI SONATA SE

4x4, Supercrew

$38,500

$341/mo.

OR

Stock #020297

OR

2014 FORD F-150 LARIAT

Stock #020628

$18,500

2013 AUDI A-5

$299/mo.

OR

2013 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED 3 to Choose From!

$21,900

Stock #020306

$24,900

$347/mo.

OR

$17,900

$241/mo.

OR

All prices & payments + tax & fees based on 72 mo. @ 2.9% financing and $2,000 down at time of signing qualified buyers. With approved credit. Warranty excludes twin turbos. Pictures are for demonstration purposes only.