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CHANING GREEN | OXFORD CITIZEN

Teacher Kim Price shows students how to color their paper plates in patriotic colors as a part of red, white and blue week at the Ole Miss summer camp Rebel Quest.

Rebel Quest incorporates summer fun and academia

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The Rebel Quest summer program has been serving the LOU community for over 10 years by giving local kids a place to play, learn and experience the university and town during the summer months.

Rebel Quest is operated out of the University of Mississippi’s Division of Outreach. The program is available to rising first through rising sixth graders. These students are placed under the supervision of local education professionals and the few college students assisting them. According to Director of Pre-College Programs Ellen Shelton, the purpose of the Rebel Quest is to engage students in fun summer activities while also giving them an academic boost to help them prepare for the incoming school year.

Along with academics, children participating in the program are exposed to the different workings of the city and the university. They take several field trips around town as well as going around to the differ-

ent offices that make up the campus and learn about what it takes to operate a university. They have even done a scavenger that required them to visit buildings and departments on campus and hear from staff members about what jobs keep the university up and running. Shelton said that Rebel Quest has undergone some changes in recent years that have allowed students to get more out of program than they would a typical summer camp.

“Rebel Quest originally started as a day camp model,” the director said. “A couple of years ago we decided to change the purpose behind Rebel Quest. We didn’t want it to be just a day camp. If we had all these kids on campus, we realized that we could really do so much more. We put in a few more structures and bit more curriculum.”

The program operates on a week-toweek basis. This means that rather than paying for one long summer camp, parents can choose to enroll their children for however many weeks they want during the seven-week program. Shelton said that this model allows for families who go out of

town on vacation or to visit family do not have to worry about missing time at a camp for which they have already paid.

They can just enroll their kids during the weeks they know they will be in town. She went on to say that the camp also gets a lot of students who are from out of town but are staying with relatives in Oxford for a few weeks and are looking for something for them to do during the day. Overall point being that running the camp this way provides maximum flexibility for everyone’s schedules.

Currently, Rebel Quest has a different theme each week. There is an engineering week where kids use Legos to learn the basics of engineering and design. There is a food fusion week, a junior scientist week and even a week that was titled Keep Calm and Camp On. This week was used to teach kids different coping and stress management techniques involving outdoor activities. For example, the kids learned about how doing yoga outside can help someone TURN TO REBEL PAGE 2

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SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2016

Oxford Writes Group prods people to put pens to paper

BY M. SCOTT MORRIS DAILY JOURNAL

On a cooler-than-usual summer night, people shouted out: “Angst!”

“Tragedy!”

“My family!”

They were filling in blanks for David Waddell, who was on stage at Shelter on Van Buren, a coffee shop in Oxford. He’d said, “My story is about …,” and members of the audience responded.

“That is a start,” he told them. “You have a story to tell.”

Oxford is well known in literary circles. Celebrated authors attend conferences at the University of Mississippi, they sign their new releases at Square Books, and they share stories and anecdotes on Thacker Mountain Radio.

Most of those listening to Waddell weren’t published writers, but they had their hopes. Waddell’s job was to encourage them.

“It’s simply not hard to be a writer,” he said. “What do you have to do? You just have to write.”

Waddell, the author of two books, is a board member for Oxford Writes, which formed in the fall. The group’s goal is to get more people to put pens to paper and fingers to keyboards.

“To those who always secretly wanted to be a writer, they’ve got their chance now,” said Waddell, 58, of Taylor.

He called Jeff Roberson the “visionary” behind Oxford Writes. A former sports writer for the Oxford Citizen, Roberson came up with the idea while helping his friend, Wesley Ball.

“Wesley came to visit me.

He said, ‘Hey, read some of my writing,’” Roberson, 56, said. “I thought, hey, there are a lot of people interested in writing in this town.”

As he considered the possibilities, he realized the group didn’t have to specialize in a certain type of writing. It could include fiction and nonfiction. Poets could benefit, as well as songwriters.

Some might be interested in faith-based stories or writing romance novels. Roberson also envisioned a sports writers’ panel for people inclined toward journalism.

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Self-published author David Waddell encourages audience members to tell their stories during an Oxford Writes event at Shelter on Van Buren in Oxford.

“Right now, we haven’t limited it to anything,” he said.

“We’re kind of scatter-shooting.”

Early on, Roberson connected with Wayne Andrews, executive director of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council.

“I said, ‘That’s a really good idea,’” Andrews recalled. “We started talking and seeing how it would work.”

Andrews suggested everything should be free to make it easier for the community to get to know Oxford Writes.

YAC and The Orchard in Oxford sponsored the group’s first event, an April writer’s workshop that drew nearly 60 participants.

It featured Neil White, author of “Sanctuary of Outcasts,” as well as New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Cantrell and songwriter Jim Weatherly, a member of The Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York and the writer of “Midnight Train to Georgia.”

“They put together a good workshop,” Andrews said.

Carol Easley, 69, of Calhoun City, and Sandra Hamilton, 60, of Vardaman, offered higher praise.

“It was awesome,” Easley said.

“Everyone who spoke had a good message,” Hamilton said. “They were focused.

They weren’t rambling. They were speaking from the heart.”

“I understood what they were saying,” Easley added.

“It was some deep-down stuff.”

They both taught English and share a love for words.

Easley has self-published two romances, “Post-Season Legacy” and “Three Strikes.”

Hamilton helped her friend with editing and works on her own projects.

“I write and I get up,”

Hamilton said. “I write and I stop and I start again.”

Oxford Writes’ workshop gave them a morale boost, so the pair drove more than an hour on a Tuesday night in search of extra doses of motivation. About 35 others showed up to listen as Waddell and Oxford songwriter David Vicchiollo talked about their writing lives.

Atrial fibrillation was an unexpected gift for Waddell, who wrote about his health scare and posted it on Facebook. He was pleasantly surprised when a friend asked for a copy.

“I said, ‘Why do you want this?’ She said, ‘It’s good writing,’” he said.

Waddle went on to write and self-publish “Characters of the Bible: Finding My Stories in their Stories” and “Holiday Biblical Characters: Finding My Stories in the Stories of Christmas and Easter.”

He suggested others could follow his path without uncomfortable brushes with mortality. Blog sites, Facebook, Twitter and other social media should be seen as opportunities to build confidence.

“The more you write, the better you will become,” he said.

It’s been said many times before, but a writer is someone who writes. That was Waddell’s view, and songwriter Vicchiollo echoed it during his turn on stage.

“The second you start putting words to something you’re playing,” he said, “you are writing off the bat.”

Vicchiollo performed some of his contemporary Christian compositions, and between songs, he talked about one of his fundamental writing goals.

“You want people to feel the things you are feeling in-

side,” he said.

As simple and straightforward as that might sound, it could be a difficult standard to meet, especially for anyone with perfectionistic tendencies. Vicchiollo followed up with a piece of pragmatic advice.

“Writer’s block is a very real thing, but honestly, creativity is literally taking what you have and making the best thing you have the ability to make in the moment,” said Vicchiollo, who posts his music on YouTube.

Songwriting often puts him in vulnerable emotional places, but Vicchiollo said the effort is its own reward.

“Make it your life. Just live it,” he said. “I have until I die to do this.”

There’s no telling how many pens will hit paper or fingers will hit keys after OxfordWrites’ second event, but Graham Harrell, 38, of Oxford, liked what he heard.

“I used to write a lot when I was younger,” he said. “I haven’t really been doing anything with it for a while. I’m hoping this will jumpstart it.”

The group has already had an impact on Wesley Ball, the guy who approached Roberson about writing help last fall. He’s been taking little steps toward his dream.

“I’ve been writing on napkins. I’ve been writing on my hand. In my phone, I have notes. I’ve been writing,” said Ball, an Oxford Writes board member. “I’m writing things that, hopefully, I can share someday, but they’re a work in progress now.”

There are tentative plans for another day-long workshop in the spring, as well as shorter meetings every other month.

Oxford Writes’ next event will be during YAC’s Art-er Limits Fringe Festival. At 2 p.m. Aug. 13, Shelter on Van Buren will host an interactive writing session and panel discussion. Future happenings will be announced at oxfordwrites.com and on Facebook.

“If you’re trying to break into writing or if you’re trying to become a better writer, join us,” Roberson said. “We’re kind of bringing people together.” scott.morris@journalinc.com Twitter: @mscottmorris

CHANING GREEN | OXFORD CITIZEN

UM senior and Rebel Quest student worker Jordan Wells works with students at the university-run summer camp.

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alleviate stress and how running around in the grass for bit can turn their whole day around.

“Each week has a focus,” Shelton elaborated. “However, there are certain activities that we do that are standard to each week. We do two days of swimming so that the kids will develop and enhance basic swimming skills. They get to the movies. They’ll take field trips around town.

These functions stay in place while the different themes of the week are selected by our certified teachers.”

The certified teachers to which Shelton referred are teachers from the community that work in local schools during the fall, winter and spring, but spend their summer months with Rebel Quest. Most are teachers at local elementary schools and one is a professor at the Ole Miss School of Education. Kim Price is one of these teachers and spends the school year teaching math and science to fourth graders at Della Davidson Elementary School.

The classes at Rebel Quest are divided by age with rising first through third in once class and rising fourth through sixth in another. Price teaches the younger group. Price has worked at one of the university’s camps in the past when she spent time with the Ecology Day Camp. She said that she really enjoys the laid back atmosphere of working at an academic summer camp and the flexibility of the curriculum.

“I love it; I absolutely love being here,” Price said. “It’s something fun for the kids to do and keeps them active during the summer. What I like about it as opposed to the regular classroom is that, in here, we get to do a lot of exploring and it’s not so structured. We get to do a lot more traveling around town and campus and experience a lot more interesting things.”

Each teacher at the program has two college students who assist with activities during the camp. Jordan Wells is one of the students who work with Price.Wells will be graduating from the university at the end of July with a degree in biochemistry and will be attending Mississippi College for graduate school in the fall. This is the second and last summer that she has worked with Rebel Quest. Wells spent time in the school district teaching sign language last year. It was there that she learned about Rebel Quest and decided to get involved.

“Working with this program is a ton of fun,” she said. “These teachers make sure that everyday is jam packed with stuff to do for these kids. I’ve been able to do some awesome things with this program that I wasn’t able to do even as a student at the university. We got a behind-the-scenes tour of the new Pavilion as well as the indoor practice facilities. By the end of it, kids were jumping up and down and asking how they could become Ole Miss athletes. That was during our sports week. They just had a ton of fun.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Oxford School District budget approved

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

On July 7, the Oxford School Board met and approved their budget for the upcoming 2016-2017 school year.

This year’s budget has slightly more than last year’s due to an increase in tax revenue that the district was allotted. That money is coming from a variety of different sources including rental car revenue, additional vehicle taxes, federal funds en lieu of taxes from the Tennessee Valley Authority and lastly federal funds en lieu of taxes on federally owned forestland. This money is in what is called the 1901 Repairs and Improvements fund. Last year the 1901 was projected to be at $127,501, however the actual funds collected surpassed the projected number by just over $30,000. That surplus of money was added to this year’s budget.

The Oxford School Dis-

trict had previously set aside some funds in order to hire a new counselor to work at Oxford High School. There are currently three counselors serving at OHS and district officials feel the need to add a fourth to properly serve the amount of students that attend the school. For this next fiscal year, that yet unfilled position was eliminated from the budget and the money that would have went to that counselor’s salary went into the district’s maintenance fund. The district plans on using those funds to repair a busted pipe that sits underneath OHS property.

The busted pipe is not located directly under the school building but on another part of the campus.

School Board President Marian Barksdale said that the pipe issue is believed to be directly related to the construction of the high school and that the board is hoping to have some help from companies in-

volved in the construction.

The money from the counselor salary will give them the ability to dig down and see what actual problem with the pipe is so that they can better understand how to repair it.

Another portion of the budget that received an increase was the districts budget for “summer projects.” Barksdale explained that things in the summer projects category are primarily maintenance and upkeep endeavors that are undertaken during the

summer months because they are likely to be too disruptive to complete during the regular school year. The school board president went on to say that last year’s budget for summer projects was rather low, so they are now “trying to build that line

item back up.”

Approved summer projects for this summer include traffic flow signs and sound panels in the foyer of the high school. At the middle school the funds will go to repairing erosion on the east of the football field, a walkway from the PE building to the football field, the replacement of picnic tables, paint for the parking lot, combination locks for the PE building, asphalt repair and the instillation of a “bottle water system.

For Oxford Elementary, current summer projects include concrete repair to the bus loop and parking lot, stage pads, replacing of some carpeted areas and the painting of a classroom wall. Della Davidson will see the repair of a

water leak in a ceiling and asphalt repair. Bramlett gets paint for their hall pods and asphalt repair.

The Scott Center will be receiving a new handicap swing and repairs to their playground surface.

Lastly, Oxford Intermediate School will have newly painted yellow lines on their bus loop, a new paint job for the parking lot, repairs to the back fence and gate, paint on the stairwell railways and possibly the instillation of stainless steel stalls in the boys bathrooms. Barksdale said that the board does not yet know precisely what projects will be approved for next summer. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OBITUARIES THOMAS EUGENE BATES Thomas Eugene Bates, 76, passed away Friday, July 15, 2016, at the Methodist Hospital in Memphis. The funeral service will be held Wednesday, July 20 at 2 p.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Oxford with the Reverend Ann Whitaker officiating.

Visitation will be held beginning at noon until the time of the service at the church. Burial will take place Thursday, July 21 at 10 a.m. in Natchez Cemetery with Rev. Hubert Morris officiating. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions in Tom’s memory may be made to the Oxford-Lafayette Library, 401 Bramlett Blvd., Oxford, MS 38655 or Oxford Medical Ministries Clinic, 205 South Commerce, Oxford, MS 38655.

In honor of Bates' service to our country, the flag of the United States Army will be flown at Waller Funeral Home.

ANNA CLAIRE GOURLAY Anna Claire Gourlay, 72, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2016 at The Blake in Oxford. A funeral service will be held Monday, July 18 at 2 p.m. at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church with the Reverend Ann Whitaker officiating. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery.

Visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 12:30 at the church. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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

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Messersmith named director of operations at Regents Micha Messersmith is now serving as the director of operations at Regents School of Oxford.

Regents, located down College Hill Road, is a Classical Christian School and serves around 200 area children from Pre-K up through high school seniors. The school is currently in search of new head of school, which is the position formerly known as headmaster. In the meantime, Messersmith along with his team of trusted colleagues are performing the duties of the head of school while they search for a qualified individual to fill the vacancy.

Currently, Regents is undergoing their summer renovations. Walking into the school now, visitors will be greeted with desks and paint cans that fill the hallways. The smiling faces of faculty members look up from where they are helping to paint, scrub, move furniture and make sure everything is perfectly in place when school starts again in the fall. Messersmith took time away the summer improvements to sit down with Oxford Citizen reporter Chaning Green to discuss his role with the school and what’s to come.

CHANING GREEN: How long have you been with Regents?

MICHA MESSERSMITH: I’ve been here for four years now. I’m getting ready to start my fifth year.

I was in seminary just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina prior coming to Mississippi. My wife did her undergrad here at Ole Miss. She got recruited to come teach at the university. I knew I wanted to teach and that I wanted my children to go to a classical school. I started checking around Oxford and I discovered that Regents is a Classical Christian School. I pursued that

CHANING GREEN | OXFORD CITIZEN

Micha Messersmith is the director of operation for Regents Classical Christian School in Oxford. avenue and the Lord real plans. I enrolled in because I opened the door for me to seminary wanted to be prepared to come and teach. serve the Church in whatGREEN: How did you ever capacity the Lord end up working in Christ- called me to. It was there when I learned that my ian education?

MESSERSMITH: Well, I buddies were struggling went to Auburn University with how to rightly edufor my undergraduate. I cate their children. We graduated with a degree would be putting our chilin philosophy. I tried to do dren in an environment a couple of different for roughly 35 hours a things in college and it week. What do we want was just not how I ticked. I that environment to look tried to focus on business like?

A lot of them were beand some accounting stuff, but it just wasn’t how ginning something called my mind is wired. I ended Classical Conversations, up making a pretty pro- which is a homeschooling found transition to philos- curriculum. Their chilophy. I was serving as a dren were unlike any youth minister at the time. other type of homeI didn’t really have an in- schooled children I’d ever terest in pursuing a life as encountered. They were a pastor or anything, but I very well rounded and knew I wanted to do some were sociable. I don’t sort of work in ministry. I know what it was, but wanted to be prepared to there was just something unique about them. That’s serve the Church.

One of my advisors who what started my inquiry knew I was a youth minis- into classical education. It ter looked over my stuff is the education I would and said, “Look, you’re have wanted for myself as clearly struggling with a young man, and I knew this. Maybe you should that was what I wanted for consider doing philoso- my children. Man, it really phy.” Because they didn’t sparked a fire. have a religion department, I studied that with GREEN: What did you an emphasis on religious study at seminary? studies. So, I ended up MESSERSMITH: I obdoing that and, once she tained a master’s of divingraduated from Ole Miss, ity. My plan was to hang my wife came to Auburn around and do a master of to do her doctoral work. arts in Old Testament as After that, we both went to well, but it didn’t happen.

North Carolina and, The degree I got was only again, I didn’t have any a 90-hour degree, but

being married and having kids and working fulltime, it took the full four years my family was there, and I had to finish up the last couple hours here in Oxford online.

REEN: What are your job responsibilities at Regents?

MESSERSMITH: Well, it’s like a lot of places in that you have to cover a lot of ground. You don’t get to just go in and do one thing. Originally, I wanted to teach logic in our upper school. That was a need the school had when I came in, but an even greater need was in the fifth grade. So I was hired to teach fifth grade and only fifth grade. The following year, I taught rhetoric in the upper school, as well as fifth grade. The year after that, I also taught the senior capstone class. This past year I taught ancient history to our 10th grade class. We started with Plato’s “Republic” there and then worked our way though the reign of Nero. I love working with these kids.

These kids are getting to read primary sources. It’s not just names and date and dead people. These events and figures and their ideas were profoundly significant in influencing Western culture and Western thought.

These things are profoundly significant in human history. You can

memorize the names and dates and dead people, and those are important, but we’re trying to show how God has moved throughout history and human thought. Again, this is the education I would have wanted for myself as a teenager and I’m getting to study that stuff right along with these guys.

Going back to my responsibilities, I’m currently, and will be up through the next school year, fulfilling the duties of the head of school. Our previous headmaster moved on and our board decided to, rather than making a sort of knee-jerk decision and picking the next person available to be the head of school, they hired a consulting agency to fill the position.

This agency has helped to place heads of schools all over the United States.

They cast the net very wide, so to speak. The board wanted to have me, Lindsey Manickavasagam and Jake Todd in positions that are bit more permanent than what I’m doing now. All we’ve had as far as administration in the past was the head of school. If they were out for whatever reason, we would step up and make sure everything ran smoothly.

Lindsey was formerly a third grade teacher and has now been moved to dean of academics. Jake is the director of the upper school, because he only teaches in the upper school. We’ve had this structure sort of in place already, but it was unofficial. When the last headmaster stepped down, we changed that, and my job title became director of operations. I will still be teaching a few fifth grade classes, but we have hired a new fifth grade teacher.

A major part of my job now is to be the main liaison between the school and the parents we serve.

I’m taking care of that communication to continue telling the story, mission and vision of our school so that people understand what we’re about here at Regents. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OLE MISS SOCCER CAMP RETURNS The University of Mississippi held one of its many soccer camps the athletics department puts on throughout the year. This camp lasted a little less than a week. Children participating in the camp had the option of staying in campus dormitories or commuting to the camp. Ole Miss soccer coach Matt Mott oversaw the camp with a staff of assistant coaches that worked with the kids.

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SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2016

City Board and mayor hold budget hearing

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Mayor Pat Patterson and the board of aldermen convened a meeting Thursday morning to hear the proposed budgets from various city departments as the new fiscal year approaches.

Perhaps the most discussed and elaborated budget was that of the Oxford Park Commission. It was the first time OPC’s new Executive Director Seth Gaines presented to the Board of Aldermen and the mayor in a budget meeting. He walked everyone present through everything in the proposed budget for the upcoming year, taking a total of nearly 27 minutes to do so. That time also includes Gaines stopping and providing answers to the numerous questions the board and mayor had.

Gaines mentioned that he has been in discussion with Brad Robinson, the city’s engineer, about what it would take to build a small, non air conditioned storage room where sporting equipment an be safely stored while not in use. The storage room would be placed in FNC Park.

Another structure discussed was the possibility of a pavilion

and covered viewing deck that the city is looking to place in such a way that will allow spectators to watch a tennis match happening at the OPC’s Activity Center. The hope is to place this structure in between the courts at the center so that as many courts as possible can be observed from the deck.

“Make sure that you ask around before making any concrete plans,” Ward 5 Aldermen Robyn Tannehill advised. “Obviously, I think this is great, but the placement of this project needs to go through the engineering company that’s looking at designing the Activity Center’s [future additions.] We do don’t want them to come on and say ‘I wish this would have been somewhere else.’ Until we know the actual footprint of what the Activity Center will be, we want to know we’re not in the way of something we might later want to do.”

The estimated cost of the structure is $100,000. Mayor Patterson and a few aldermen voiced concerns about how accurate that estimate was, and that if the city shelled out the full $100,000, they could soon be asked to give even more if the project runs over budget. A compromise was

reached to where the OPC would pay the first $30,000 required for the project and the then city would supply the remainder of the building costs up to $100,000.

This way, if the estimate holds true, the city will only be paying $70,000. If not, then there is a safeguard that makes sure the structure’s completion is fully funded.

Construction of the structure is still in the early stages of discussion and nothing is currently set in stone as far as start dates and other details about when the project could possibly be moving forward.

Director of Oxford Parking Division Matt Davis came next to present his budget to the board and mayor. One of the primary changes in this budget from last year is the $2,500 reduction from the stipend provided by the University of Mississippi to Davis because he will no longer be running the shuttles that take people to and from campus during Ole Miss home games. Davis also made a point to stress that Michael Temple of the department has done an “outstanding job for the division and the city” in the time that he has been employed. Davis has worked into the proposed budget

a raise for the man.

Oxford Police Chief Joey East was next up to present his department’s proposed budget. A heavily discussed topic of East’s proposed budget was the addition of one code enforcement officer to assist with the heavy load of code violations in town. Currently, Johnny Sossaman is the only code enforcement officer in Oxford.

“What we’ll probably do, and I’m just thinking out loud, is that we would have them split responsibilities,” said Chief East, making it clear that nothing is yet set in stone and that they are still trying to figure out how the workload would balance if the department were to take on an additional code

enforcement officer. “There are other issues we need to figure out.

We have to figure out if we are going to make this person a full officer or not.”

Members of the board then asked East if the new hire would have to be a fully trained and certified police officer in order to write tickets on code violations or if perhaps it could be done under the supervision of an accompanying officer. East said that these and other issues are things that will have to be worked out once they begin to move forward with the process. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OM’s Kelly seems ready to provide even better results in 2016 n a conference filled with a number of star players, it was clear Chad Kelly belonged at the top of the heap following his 2015 season. The difference between July 2015 and now is what Kelly did on the field for the Ole Miss Rebels.

He didn’t just talk the talk, he walked the walk. And after some up and down moments at the start of the season, he was fantastic down the stretch last year. Hugh Freeze said the last seven games of 2015, there wasn’t much he could tell Kelly he was doing wrong. He stopped turning the ball over, and he became an even bigger leader.

With the start of another season right around the corner, Kelly seems even more focused. He didn’t lack for confidence when he was put right in front of national writers and TV reporters at SEC Media Days. With 25 to 30 cameras rolling, Kelly said he felt like he was the best quarterback in the nation. Kelly said the focus wasn’t the NCAA allegations or anything that happened off the field. The only thing he was worried about was Florida State, the Rebels’ opponent in the season opener. When asked about losing some key guys from the offense last year, Kelly said this about the newcomers: “They’re doing well, they’re working hard and they have been since day one when they got there,” Kelly said. “They’re learning the playbook as fast as they can.

Everything is happening really, really fast.

As a freshman, it’s hard to slow everything down, but as long as we keep getting out there and working hard with those younger guys, and the older guys bringing them around, I think we’ll be in good hands.”

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Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly was named the top quarterback in the SEC Friday.

Five Rebels named to 2016 All-SEC teams

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Chad Kelly was one of five Ole Miss football players who were selected to be on this year’s preseason All-SEC team.

The annual team is voted on by the media. The coaches’ preseason All-SEC teams will be announced in August prior to the start of the 2016 season.

Kelly was named the top quarterback in the SEC. Tennessee’s Joshua Dobbs was named second team at quarterback, while LSU’s Brandon Harris made the third team. Only LSU running back Leonard Fournette had more votes than Kelly did. Fournette and Kelly are both considered top Heisman Trophy candidates.

Tight end Evan Engram was named to the second team offense. Offensive guard Javon Patterson was the third player on offense. He was picked on the third team.

Former South Panola standout Tony Conner, who is recovering from an injury that sidelined him most of last season, was picked as a member of the second team on defense. Marquis Haynes, who led the Rebels in sacks in 2015, was the fifth Rebel selected. He made the third team on defense.

Alabama had the most players on this year’s All-SEC team with seven.

Since 1992, the most players on a firstteam is nine by Alabama in 2011, followed by eight by Alabama (2010) and

Florida (2009).

Last season Kelly broke 14 singleseason school records, including total offense (4,542 yards), completion percentage (65.1), passing efficiency (155.9), 300-yard passing games (8) and touchdowns responsible for (41).

Completing 298 passes for 4,042 yards and 31 touchdowns, all program bests, Kelly became the third SEC quarterback to throw for more than 4,000 yards in a season.

Engram has already etched his name in the Ole Miss Football record book heading into his final season.

The Powder Springs, Georgia, native is the program’s all-time leader in receptions (97) and receiving yards (1,394) by a tight end, while ranking fifth among Ole Miss tight ends with seven career touchdown catches. ?After playing in every game during his first two years on campus, Conner was limited to five games last season. In 31 career games, Conner has racked up 152 tackles, including 18 tackles for loss over his career. ?Last season, Patterson became the first Rebel true freshman offensive lineman to start in his college debut since John Jerry in 2006. He would go on to make six starts between the two guard spots and help Ole Miss shatter the majority of single-season school records, including most total yards, points, touchdowns and passing yards. ?With 17.5 sacks over his first two seasons at

Ole Miss, Haynes already ranks tied for fourth in school history. The Jacksonville, Florida, native recorded 10 sacks in 2015, cracking the top five in the conference and ranking 19th nationally. Along with his sack total, Haynes tallied 16.5 tackles for loss and finished the season with 43 tackles.

Below is a listing of the 2016 All-SEC team, with vote totals.

OFFENSE First-Team QB Chad Kelly, Ole Miss (321) Leonard Fournette, LSU (329) RB Nick Chubb, Georgia (308) RB WR Calvin Ridley, Alabama (318) WR Christian Kirk, Texas A&M (223) TE O.J. Howard, Alabama (294) Cam Robinson, Alabama (315) OL OL Dan Skipper, Arkansas (228) OL Greg Pyke, Georgia (171) OL Alex Kozan, Auburn (165) Ethan Pocic, LSU (188) C Second-Team QB Joshua Dobbs, Tennessee (313) Jalen Hurd, Tennessee (278) RB RB Ralph Webb, Vanderbilt (151) Malachi Dupre, LSU (167) WR Fred Ross, Mississippi State (139) WR TE Evan Engram, Ole Miss (214) Martez Ivey, Florida (152 OL William Clapp, LSU (143) OL David Sharpe, Florida (138) OL TURN TO ALL-SEC PAGE 14

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Strong Finish Engram ready to reach even higher goals for OM

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

HOOVER, Alabama – A comfortable, and confident, Evan Engram walked through the halls and rooms of the Wynfrey Hyatt hotel. The Ole Miss senior shook hands and smiled his way through SEC Media Days Thursday morning. Engram was used to the bright lights, and the number of questions that the media event presents.

Not that teammates DJ Jones or Chad Kelly looked nervous during their first experience, but Engram made sure to prepare them just in case.

“It’s a huge honor to be picked and to represent our team and university.

I’m more comfortable here this year where last year, I was a little more wide eyed,” Engram said. “I told (Jones, Kelly) just to relax and that there would a lot of different questions coming your way. People try to catch you in stuff. I even told them some funny stuff to help them relax. I told them to be themselves and enjoy the moment because it’s definitely an opportunity that not a lot of people get to have, so let’s enjoy it.”

Engram has talent that very few other players posses. He’s added more muscle to his 6-foot-3 frame, and he has a chance of being selected in the middle rounds of the 2017 NFL Draft. Or maybe higher if he has a monster final year.

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Ole Miss tight end Evan Engram is excited about his final season playing in Oxford. gram for the decision to come back when the evaluation from pros showed he would be better served with an extra year in school. Engram didn’t offer a number goal for catches, but he would like to have the most catches in a single season this fall, if possible.

“I’m shooting for the stars,” he said. “I put the work in for it. I’m excited about it and to have Chad and all the other guys

we’ve been working with.

We had a great spring and we’ve been building chemistry. I feel confident about what I can bring to the table this season.”

Summer workouts have pleased Engram from a leadership standpoint. He added that the team was “smashing everything that was required” with many others putting in extra work.

“A lot of our weapons are bettering their craft, doing

that extra, to perfect their craft and be the best they can be,” Engram said. “I think with Florida State being the season opener, that game has put a little more fire under our butts.

We’re taking each game by game, but we are looking forward, we are trying to win an SEC Championship.”

The last two seasons, the Rebels have defeated Alabama and they host the Crimson Tide in the third

game of year. Engram said it’s been fun to be able to provide those type of signature wins for the fans.

“Ole Miss has a tradition of winning, very rich, but the past couple of years, before this staff got there, that wasn’t always the case.

So it’s been great to really give these fans something to be happy about,” he said. “It’s been fun to see them celebrate the wins.

It’s definitely big for our fan base to win against a

team like Alabama and LSU, traditional teams.”

Big wins have helped define Ole Miss over the past two seasons, but there have been a few setbacks that prevented bigger results. Being more consistent is something that worries Engram, but he did say being more consistent was wanted.

“You can’t take a week off. There are so many good athletes even just outside of your conference, around the country,” Engram said. “You can’t take a week off, especially when you’re a team that’s stated your dominance and become successful and gotten high in the rankings and winning big games. You have a huge target on your back and so other teams are more eager and ready to perform well against you. We do want to get more consistent at finishing and getting better week by week.”

Ole Miss skill players have been involved in 7on-7 drills, and Engram raved about former Oxford High standout DK Metcalf, and some of the other newcomers.

“I haven’t seen freshmen like them. Even him. Eli (Manning) was in working out and he even said he didn’t have an NFL receiver that looked like Engram said. that,” “(Freshmen) are the real deal. I think they’re going to have a great career at Ole Miss, sooner than later.

No doubt.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

Suleman becomes the seventh Ole Miss athlete to make Olympics A total of seven track and field athletes that either compete for Ole Miss, or have competed for the Rebels, will be in Rio for the 2016 Olympics.

Khadijah Suleman, who completed her eligibility and earned a bachelor’s degree from Ole Miss this year, has been named to the 4x100 meter relay pool for

the Nigerian national team.

She became the seventh athlete added to the list.

Suleman is a two-time AllAmerican as a member of the record-setting Ole Miss 4x100 relay squad. She also ranks third in school history in the 100 (11.39 seconds), fourth in the 200 (23.26), fourth in the indoor 60 (7.38) and second in the indoor

200 (23.65). She was Ole Miss’ nominee for 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year.

The other six Rebels who are set to compete in Rio: Gwen Berry, USA – women’s hammer throw Antwon Hicks, Nigeria – men’s 110-meter hurdles Sam Kendricks, USA – men’s pole vault Brittney Reese, USA –

women’s long jump (threetime Olympian; 2012 gold medalist) Ricky Robertson, USA – men’s high jump Raven Saunders, USA – women’s shot put. Saunders also won the NCAA championship this past June.

The all-time total of Ole Miss representatives to compete at the Olympics

will balloon to 13 in Rio. Other past Ole Miss Olympians include Allan Ince (1988, Barbados), Gary Kinder (1988, USA), Alvin Haynes (1992, Barbados), Tony Dees (1992, USA), Savante’ Stringfellow (2000, USA) and Isiah Young (2012, USA).

In addition to these athletes, Ole Miss will be repre-

sented in a big way in Rio by head coach Connie PriceSmith, who serves as the women’s Olympic head coach for Team USA. PriceSmith was a four-time Olympian (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000) and 25-time U.S. champion during her days as one of the world’s best shot put and discus throwers.

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Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze was asked about the NCAA allegations, but his focus has been on the Florida State Seminoles in the season opener.

Rebels focused on Florida State Seminoles, not NCAA

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

HOOVER, Alabama — Hugh Freeze, and his Ole Miss Rebels, only have eyes for the Florida State Seminoles. Allegations made by the NCAA, and what the future holds on that front, are not part of the equation.

Freeze talked about the NCAA allegations as much as he could. There was no update to give during his time at SEC Media Days, saying the following about specifics of the case: “I have zero update. Obviously our response is out to the allegations. It stands on its own. Obviously we can’t discuss any ongoing matters. That’s one of the frustrating things, but out of respect for the process you just can’t do it,” Freeze said. “We can talk about our integrity and can talk about our core values, but it seems I’m not sure that’s what the media wants to talk about. I just can’t talk about any of the on-going things.

No one wants it to be over more than I do.

I’m ready to concentrate on our team, continuing to build in the relevancy of college football, which we will. I have no update. It’s still ongoing.”

All three of the Ole Miss players – tight end Evan Engram, defensive tackle DJ Jones and quarterback Chad Kelly – were asked about the NCAA stuff being a distraction. Each time the answer was no, and that the focus was the opener against the Seminoles.

“Our focus is on Florida State and whatever happens off the field happens,” Kelly said. “We’re focused on the next game.”

Ole Miss will meet Florida State in Orlando, Florida on Sept. 5. Freeze said he got a kick out of being told it was a “neutral site” contest. He added that the team has played in some tough environments already competing in the SEC. “We’ll prepare just like we do for an SEC game. And the good thing about playing a top five team like Florida State in the opener, it’s not hard to grab the attention of your players or your staff,” Freeze said. “They un-

derstand the task is at hand. They understand that challenge quite clearly. So you hope you can stay healthy throughout the grind of fall camp and then be ready to give Florida State a great game that Monday night. You’ll have the eyes of the nation on you. The kids know that. They get that.”

Asked if he would rather get word from the NCAA sooner, rather than later, Freeze was hoping to put it all behind as quickly as possible, and not after the Rebels have played some contests.

“I’ve had a long enough time with it. I would love for it to be sooner rather than later, but I don’t know what that means really,” Freeze said. “I’m not crazy about the idea of it happening in the middle of the season for sure, but if it does, it does. We’ll go argue our facts and our side of things. Then we’ll be held accountable for the things that were done wrong in and around our program.”

Two area of concerns for Freeze were the offensive line, and linebacker. As a whole, the Rebels have a lot of returning talent, and have gone from being the hunter, to one of the hunted teams.

“My paw paw used to tell me that hunting stops being run when the rabbit gets the gun. Everybody used to like to play Ole Miss.

We didn’t have a lot of guns. We’ve got a few cats now that can play. I like the look of our team. I’m OK being the hunted,” Freeze said.

“I think that says in four years ... Somebody told me this morning walking in that there are only two active coaches that have a .500 win percentage or better against the SEC West. I’m one of those. I don’t say that because I’ve done a great job, but our program has taken a turn. We’re going to weather whatever storms we have to weather, but our players, our strength staff, our coaches, the chemistry we have ... We don’t have any turnover. People are happy in Oxford. We’re going to continue to strive to be relevant.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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New NFHS pitch count rule has pros, cons for high school baseball

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

The National Federation of State High School Associations announced Tuesday that a pitch count restriction rule has been approved and replaced the inning restriction previously in place. The change comes at a time where Tommy John surgeries are becoming more frequent in high school and more emphasis has been put on the number of pitches a player throws.

Each state must approve of their own pitch count restriction before the start of baseball season in the spring of 2017. The previous inning restriction by the MHSAA was that no one pitcher could throw more than 17 innings in a week. It was widely considered to be one of the more lenient inning restrictions in high school.

Both Lafayette coach Greg Lewis and Oxford coach Chris Baughman liked the fact the rule was changed to a pitch count instead of inning counts like it has been in the past. Lewis’ main concern is who will enforce the rule.

“I do hope travel ball teams incorporate the same set of rules,” Lewis said regarding the inning limits most travel tournaments enforce. “I think it’s a great idea, but the issue will be determining who will keep up with the number of pitches and how will it be shared with other teams.”

Baughman shares Lewis’ concerns as to who will be held accountable for the rule, and not just during the game, but enforcing it by making sure the same player does not pitch in a game the player is not eligible to pitch in.

“Who is the one that keeps up with it and who is going to keep somebody from throwing a kid on four or three days rest that’s already thrown 120 pitches three days earlier?” Baughman said. “Whose going to be the one to keep everybody accountable? It’s just like the new football rule where you can have only so many hours of contact or schools who can’t practice baseball after school in the fall, who is going to police that? We hear schools every year from kids that go to Ole Miss (baseball) camp that will tell some of our coaches ‘Yes, we practice after school.’ Who holds them accountable? I know our scoring app does the pitch count for us and we put that on Maxpreps.”

Like Lewis, Baughman does believe it is

a better rule than the innings rule where a player’s pitch count could be all over the place and that it won’t affect his team as much as others.

“I think it’ll affect the smaller schools a lot more than it will affect the larger schools just because of the number of quality pitchers the larger schools are able to have most of the time,” Baughman said.

“The smaller schools will be lucky to have one really good pitcher and use him until the ball game is over. I’m real conscious about our guys. I always try to keep our guys under 110 pitches in a game because of research and my comfort level with (the pitching staff). We have played guys that have thrown 120 pitches or so in games. I think it’ll affect them more than it’ll affect us.

“It is a lot more logical than the 17 inning rule,” Baughman continued. “Seventeen innings is a lot. With the inning rule, it really doesn’t protect pitchers as much as a pitch count rule does. In 17 innings, you could throw as many as 400, 450 pitches.”

At the Oxford Park Commission youth baseball level, a pitch count has been in place for a number of years. Baseball director Nathan John didn’t know when it was instituted, but it was when former OPC director Rob Boyd was in charge. John says it is necessary for a pitch count to be in place for the program in general to not overuse an arm and for other players to get a chance to pitch. John echoed what Baughman said that using an inning rules doesn’t show you the stress it may put on a young arm.

“There is such a variance as to how many pitches it may take to constitute an inning,” John said. “An inning pitched does not give a clear indication as to how much stress it puts on a pitcher’s arm. Our scorekeepers have a pitch counter and record the number of pitches thrown by each player. Most coaches usually do this on their own anyway. OPC rules state a max number of pitches per game for each age group as well as a pitch range and the number of days rest when that number of pitches thrown fall into each range.”

The MHSAA and will meet with coaches on Wednesday to approve what the restriction number will be and potentially what polices will be used to enforce it. States like Alabama, Kentucky, and Texas have already set the pitch limit at 125 pitches.

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Kelly was asked about beating Alabama, and if this was the year the Rebels advance to play in the SEC Championship game. If Arkansas wasn’t able to execute the “Henry Heave” last year, then the Rebels would have been in Atlanta.

“The biggest thing is the margin of error because you put a couple of those games aside, the Arkansas game, it’s a matter of inches,” Kelly said. “That’s what the game is about and one inch be the deciding factor in the whole season as it was with us. What you have to realize is that every time you go out there, one play can be the deciding factor in the whole game.”

Kelly was picked as the first team quarterback by the media in the SEC Friday. He said the extra attention was nice, and then added he was thankful to be in the situation to even be talked about.

“I know I’m going out everyday to try and prove something. I have a chip on my shoulder and I just want to be the best quarterback I can be and lead my team, on and off, the field,” Kelly said.

“The mentality is definitely different. I want to go out and prove that I’m the best. With that, I want to bring the team around me and provide them that they know they are the best, too. As long as everyone has a great mentality, you can accomplish a lot of things. That’s what we’re looking to do, to be the best team in college football.”

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Alphonse Taylor, Alabama (137) Brandon Kublanow, Georgia (121)

Third-Team QB Brandon Harris, LSU (25) RB Stanley “Boom” Williams, Kentucky (60) RB Jovon Robinson, Auburn (55) WR Ricky Seals-Jones, Texas A&M (78) Drew Morgan, Arkansas (49) WR Jeremy Sprinkle, Arkansas (65) TE OL Avery Gennesy, Texas A&M (120) OL Jashon Robertson, Tennessee (119) Braden Smith, Auburn (118) OL Javon Patterson, Ole Miss (113) OL C Ross Pierschbacher, Alabama (101)

DEFENSE First-Team DL Jonathan Allen, Alabama (301) DL Myles Garrett, Texas A&M (286) DL Carl Lawson, Auburn (253) Derek Barnett, Tennessee (171) DL LB Reuben Foster, Alabama (265) LB Kendell Beckwith, LSU (231) LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin,Tennessee (223) Eddie Jackson, Alabama (293) DB DB Jalen Tabor, Florida (249) Tre’Davious White, LSU (221) DB Cameron Sutton, Tennessee (213) DB Second-Team Montravius Adams,Auburn (167) DL Bryan Cox, Florida (105) DL DL Davon Godchaux, LSU (105) Charles Harris, Missouri (103) DL

Watching film of Florida State is something Kelly has already done this summer. He knew all about the Seminoles’ best players on defense.

“I’m very excited to play against a Florida State team I’ve been watching since I was a young kid. To have the opportunity to go out and play against them, a great team, I’m excited,” Kelly said.

The one thing that Kelly has worked on the most since he arrived on campus was seeing things before they happen.

“As a quarterback, you want the game to slow down. You have to see things before they happen and if you call a protection to the left and they blitz from the right, you’re in trouble,” Kelly said. “You want a lot of Deja Vu moments out there.

That’s how you have to play.”

Outside of LSU running back Leonard Fournette, who was the only player to receive more votes than Kelly for the AllSEC team, Kelly is at the top in the star category from the SEC. He has all the talent to produce another great season. He seems more mature, and his says all the right things about the mental approach.

Opposing teams will be looking to take him down a peg, or two, this season, so he will have to be at his best. His play will determine how good the Rebels ultimately can be. An average Kelly may mean just average results. A really good Kelly may end up producing the kind of season Ole Miss fans have been dreaming about for a long, long time.

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Tim Williams, Alabama (196) Zach Cunningham, Vanderbilt (178) Jarrad Davis, Florida (160) Jamal Adams, LSU (193) Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama (188) Tony Conner, Ole Miss (146) Dominick Sanders, Georgia (145)

Third-Team DL Marquis Haynes, Ole Miss (102) DL Deatrich Wise, Arkansas (95) DL Cece Jefferson, Florida (85) A.J. Jefferson, Mississippi State (84) DL Lorenzo Carter, Georgia (92) LB LB Richie Brown, Mississippi State (84) LB Arden Key, LSU (76) Marcus Maye, Florida (139) DB Marlon Humphrey, Alabama (120) DB DB Johnathan Ford, Auburn (105) DB Armani Watts, Texas A&M (74)

SPECIALISTS First-Team P JK Scott, Alabama (252) PK Daniel Carlson, Auburn (198) Christian Kirk, Texas A&M (214) RS AP Christian Kirk, Texas A&M (240) Second-Team Johnny Townsend, Florida (124) P PK Adam Griffith, Alabama (174) Evan Berry, Tennessee (163) RS Alvin Kamara, Tennessee (152) AP Third-Team Trevor Daniel, Tennessee (97) P Elliott Fry, South Carolina (91) PK RS Isaiah McKenzie, Georgia (100) Isaiah McKenzie, Georgia (112) AP

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PETS

Pet For Sale

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GERMAN ROTTWEILER PUPPIES Akc registered vet checked home trained good with kids, Text or call 978­799­ 0850 for more information $500 (978)799­0850

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Miscellaneous

2 KITTENS FREE TO GOOD HOME. CAT LOVERS ONLY! 1 SOLID BLACK AND 1 GRAY STRIPED CALL 662-401-1756

3 PUPPIES BULLDOG !

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Mixed with Lab. All blonde girls Please call (662)397-1247

STUFF

Home Furnishings FOR SALE! SOLID OAK ARMOIRE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. $350.00.

CALL 662-687-2492

Lawn & Garden

MURRY RIDING MOWER $200 (662)266­3335

PATIO SET

Wrought Iron Patio Set, $140 like new.

(662)266-3335

Sales/Marketing

BACK-TO-SCHOOL SALE ! Under Amour Backpack - $35 ! North Face hoodie, XL - $20 ! Girls’ teenage clothes and shoes, size large and Xl and shoes 7, 7.5 & 8. $3 up to $10.

Men’s shoes - nike, 11 - $20 (662)266-0437 SET OF HOOKER FINDER WELL HEADERS FOR 66 OR 67 CHEVY. $200 (662)554-5212

Vans

AUTO

CHEVY VAN ‘91, 37k miles, Wheel Chair Lift, Many New Parts. $3,500 or best offer (662)397-4984

Antique/Classic CHEVROLET Corvette 1986, Good condition, nice sound system,

$6,000 (662)266-3335

Cars

TRAILER TILT BED 6x10, (no gate) $475 (662)266­3335

Musical

GUITAR

For Sale: Paul Reed Smith custom 22 guitar, 3 soap bar pickup configuration, whale blue in color. Text for price and pictures at 662-401-3050 serious inquiries only. .

GUITAR

For Sale: U.S. Masters custom telecaster with Lollar pickups, 4A flame top with Birdseye maple neck. Text for price and pictures at 662-401-3050 serious inquiries only..

Sales/Marketing

NEIGHBORHOOD SALES Boost Your Income!!

$400­$500/Week Part­Time Possible

Seeking industrious, hard working, ethical, professionals for part time evening & week­ end opportunity offering discount subscrip­ tions to the Daily Journal ­ northeast Missis­ sippi’s leading, award winning newspaper.

Related sales experience a must. Support, training, leads & route maps provided. If you have sales experience selling insurance, cable T.V., security systems, magazines, or other related products, we would love to talk to you.

(Must be able to pass a background check.)

Email experience or a resume and include contact number to: djneighborhoodteam@yahoo.com OR call 662­401­1792.

MITSUBISHI Lancer 2013, 61k miles, 4 door, black, fully equipped, cold air, $9,500.

(662)790-3111

General Employment

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General Employment

CARRIERS WANTED Route

Hours per day (approx.)

Gross per month (approx.)

Area

BOON7 ...2.5.........$975 ....S. Booneville PONT2 ......3 ...$1206.34 ....Pontotoc/Troy VARD1 ...3.5 ...$1192.00.........Vardaman BOON2 ...1.5.....$571.00 ..Booneville/City

$100 signing bonus after one month of good service.

If you have a dependable car, insurance, & a good driving record

call 662-678-1526 DAILY

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