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The Christmas Store inside Discount Building Materials is filled with helpful employees including, sitting, from l. to r., Peyton Rish, Devon Rogers and then sitting, l. to r., Jordan Brown, Kat Cole, Dawn Sink and Rachael McClellan.

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Christmas firmly on display at Discount Building Materials

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

Christmas may still be over two weeks away, but residents of Lafayette County can get a little feel of the North Pole at the Christmas Store located inside Discount Building Materials. Dawn Sink is the one in charge of the fantastic Christmas dec-

orations and all that goes into this part of the business. Even though people like to have their decorations up by this weekend, Sink said, things will remain busy through the holidays.

“It's been a lot busier this year. We expanded this June and July, we opened up to what used to be the carpet and vinyl warehouse area and put the area rugs

back there and some displays back there,” Sink said. “That basically doubled the showroom space. I think people were more surprised that the home décor and the decorations were in here and then it was so much more for us than we've had in the past.”

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OMS teacher selected to participate in special Mount Vernon summit

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Oxford Middle School history teacher Chad Franks really loves teaching and learning about George Washington. Franks considers the first president to be an interesting character who led an exceptional life in the challenging environment of a new America.

In mid-November, Franks was one of only about 20 educators across the country selected to participate in a special professional development program at the George Washington Teacher Institute at Mount Vernon. The program was entitled “George Washington at War: From Soldier to Commander in Chief.”

The four-day, residential development conference gave participants the opportunity to collaborate with Mount Vernon’s experienced historians, curators and educators during their time on site. Renowned 18th Century scholar

COURTESY OF CHAD FRANKS

Oxford Middle School history Teacher Chad Franks and some of his fellow cohorts at the Mount Vernon summit recreate Leutze’s famous painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” Franks is playing Washington in the photo.

Christopher Pearl of Ly- group. Participants studied American Revolution and coming College also led an Washington’s role in the how these conflicts affected intensive study with the French and Indian War, the everyday life in the society that would soon become America.

Franks said that he has long been fascinated with the life of Washington, as well has how the first president became so entangled in a mix of myth, lore and exaggeration but that interest was taken to a whole new level after he went through the program for the first time last year. The tales that many people have been taught in schools of the years regarding Washington and his service are often nothing more than fictional anecdotes. The real person of who Washington was, what he stood for and how he accomplished all that he did, that is what Franks wants his students to understand.

“Here in the South, people love the Civil War,” Franks said. “I love to study the Civil War too, but as a historian and teacher, I wanted to go back a little bit further than the Civil War. I love George Washington as a study. By that, I mean they way people have learned about him over the years.

George Washington has been humanized to me. He has become a real person, and that’s really what I’m trying to get across to my kids.”

This was the second year that Franks has completed the workshop. He first learned about it from Mount Vernon’s website and, with the strong encouragement of colleagues, he decided to apply. Before applying and getting accepted to that first conference, Franks was not extremely familiar with the intimate details of Washington’s life. He of course knew a fair amount about him, but this first conference really showed Franks more of Washington as a man and a patriot than just his position as the first president.

“Once I got in to the program, I was just instantly taken with George Washsaid.

Franks ington,” “There’s so much to learn about him as a person and how valuable he was and just how imperfect he really was. He would probably be a little embarrassed if he could see how we, over the course of time, have been putting him up on a pedestal. That's where my interest really started from, and I’ve just dug deeper ever since.”

Last year, Franks attended the conference in the summer and was therefore able to attended without taking any vacation time or worry about a substitute for his classroom.

This year the school al-

lowed him to attend the conference using professional development days he had accrued.

Mount Vernon is privately maintained by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association who look after the upkeep of the house as well as the historical preservation of the property and everything within it. For fundraising purposes, there are different divisions of the association in several states throughout the country.

The Mississippi branch of the organization provided a scholarship that paid for the entirety of Franks’ trip to Mount Vernon.

“He was a human,” the teacher said when asked why he thinks it’s important that people learn more about Washington and the life he led. “Not long after he died, there was a distant relative, Parson Weems was his name, and he was the one who came up with and perpetuated the myth of George chopping the cherry tree down. Those are the stories that are passed down. What I’ve learned as a historian and what I try to get across to my kids is that the truth is often much more interesting than anything we could ever make up.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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North Mississippi VISTA Project seeking applicants

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The North Mississippi VISTA Project has received funding for their sixth year of operation at the McLean Institute and are now accepting applications for yearlong VISTA terms beginning in January of 2017.

The North Mississippi VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) Project now officially operates out of the University of Mississippi’s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement.

Currently, the institute sponsors 15 different organizations across North Mississippi and the Delta that have the capacity to collectively hire a total of 25 full-year VISTAs. VISTAs train to be useful in different high-need environments. They work to improve the quality of education in schools and strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of vital nonprofits throughout communities across the country.

Stephen Monroe is the founder of the North Mississippi VISTA Project.

Monroe also serves as the assistant dean of the Ole Miss College of Liberal Arts. Until this fall, the VISTA program operated out of the College of Liberal Arts under his direction.

“The work of our VISTA members has been exemMonroe said. plary,”

“Across Mississippi, VISTAs have strengthened vital nonprofits and schools; they have written and received dozens of grants; they have organized national days of service; they have increased our flagship university’s capacity to connect meaningfully to neighboring communities. All of this work has shared the singular purpose of fighting poverty through education. We are proud of our previous VISTAs and excited about the future.”

Since falling under the helm of the McLean Institute this fall, the program is under the direction of Albert Nylander, an Ole Miss professor of sociology. He said that he believes in the VISTA program aligns with the mission of McLean Institute to battle poverty using education as tool to that allows people to work toward a better future for themselves and their community.

“The McLean Institute’s mission of advancing transformative service and fighting poverty through education in Mississippi is bold,” Nylander said. “This initiative will continue establishing and fostering beneficial partnerships and programs that advance education in underserved communities across the state.”

VISTA service members commit to one year of service where they work to improve and provide com-

as a VISTA has allowed me to develop the skills to ensure that our campus and community partners create sustainable systems to further their missions to alleviate poverty.”

Organizations served by the North Mississippi VISTA Project include Good Food for Oxford Schools, Horizons at the University of Mississippi, the Lafayette Literacy Council, North Panola High School, Crenshaw Elementary School, Youth Opportunities Unlimited and many more. The program is seeking highly motivated individuals who have a high school diplomas or the equivalent. For more information about the program, how to apply and placeCOURTESY OF THE NORTH MISSISSIPPI VISTA PROJECT ments available, people The North Mississippi VISTA Project is now recruiting yearlong service members to join their can check out vista.oleranks for sessions beginning in 2017. The program operates out of the McLean Institute for miss.edu, or email VISTA Public Service and Community Engagement and works to improve the quality of life across Leaders Shannon Curtis and Sara Baker at North Mississippi through education. vista@olemiss.edu.

“Service has long been a munities with a measura- a VISTA and said that she ble impact that can be sus- really grew from the expe- part of my life,” she said. chaning.green@journalinc.com “The opportunity to serve tained. They work to write rience.

Twitter: chaningthegreen and obtain grants for organizations, create opportunities for low-income school children, manage and recruit volunteers as well increase access to education opportunities for everyone.

Sara Baker works for the McLean Institute as a VISTA Leaders. She helps supervise a portion of the service members who serve under the North Mississippi VISTA Project.

Baker sent time serving as

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No appointments will be taken, patients will be accepted on a first-come, first served basis. The doors will open at 8 Saturday morning for registration and will treat as many patients as they can till 3.

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OBITUARIES

Brandi Hephner LaBanc keeps things running at Ole Miss

BY CHANING GREEN

ALICE MIZE Alice James Mize, 64, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi.

The funeral service was held Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 at North Oxford Baptist Church with Rev. Annette Ford officiating. Burial followed in Oxford Memorial Cemetery.

Visitation took place Monday, Dec. 5, at Waller Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church.

Memorial contributions in Alice’s memory may be made to North Oxford Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1700, Oxford, MS 38655.

BRIEFING Santa's Workshop Saturday, Sunday Santa's Workshop will be coming to Oxford this Saturday and Sunday. It will be hosted by Charte Companies Ltd, located at 2330 University Ave., next to B&B Concrete. Cost is $15 per child and $10 per child after the second child.

There will be cookies and hot cocoa or milk as well as a picture of Santa for each child. Other activities include decorating a cookie, making an ornament, an elf sing-along and other games.

The event will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and run until noon and then also from 1 until 4 p.m. on Saturday. On Sunday, Santa's Workshop will be open from noon until 4 p.m. Registration is recommended because space is limited.

Those that register will receive a discount of $5 per family with registration. For more information, call (662) 236-5080 ext. 114 or (662) 8011513. or email santasworkshop38655@gmail. com

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The University of Mississippi could not function without Brandi Hephner LaBanc. As vice chancellor of student affairs, Hepher LaBanc oversees much of the logistics relating to student life and success on the Ole Miss campus. She was hired for the position in July of 2012 and has been dedicated to the betterment of student life at the university ever since. Hephner LaBanc took time between her appointments and committee meetings last Thursday morning to sit down Oxford Citizen reporter Chaning Green and discuss her role at the university and how she ended up there.

CHANING GREEN: How long have you been with the university?

BRANDI HEPHNER LABANC: Well, it’ll be five years in July, so four and half. Previous to the University of Mississippi, I was at Northern Illinois University where I served as associate vice president for student affairs.

GREEN: Was that job similar to what you’re doing now?

LABANC: It was. I had oversight for a portion of the division of student affairs. Of course here, I have a much more broader scope of things, but there I oversaw things like housing, planning and assessment for our military area, our adult student services and other components of the division. Moving here was a bit of a step up for me professionally. I have a much broader scope of things.

GREEN: It seems like your job title is a bit of a blanket term. What all falls under the responsibility of your office?

LABANC: Well, within my role, I organize it into what I call Communities of Practice. So, one of those is Enrollment Management and that includes Admissions, Financial Aid, the Luckyday program as well as all of Housing. All of that falls under the first steps of moving students into our community. There are also the student health and wellness and student success areas of the university that we oversee. That would include

Campus Recreation, our Career Center, the Center for Student Success and Frist-Year Experience, our Counseling Center, Student Disability Services as well as the University Health Center. Our last Community of Practice would be our dean of students’ area. That would of course include the dean of students, Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct as well as the Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement and the Ole Miss Student Union.

In addition to those, I have a development officer, an assistant to the vice chancellor who has oversight over the family programs as well as the assessments in our division. I also have oversight for the University Police Department.

GREEN: How does all of this work into your schedule? Describe one of your work days.

LABANC: No two are the same, but that’s what I love about the job. I really like the diversity of issues I have to deal with every day. The common theme is helping students be successful and creating an environment where students can get their degree in an efficient and effective way, while also being supported through that process. But, gosh, looking at my calendar right now, I have everything from one-on-one meetings with everyone from the individuals I directly supervise to different leadership meetings with my teams as well as the senior leadership of the university. I also meet with several different committees that I serve on.

But there are also times like yesterday when I got to meet with a student and just talk about what was going on her life. I do get a few of those individual meetings with students who I’ve been able to connect with through my job. I also meet with ASB and various student organization leaders from time to time. I also serve on the faculty at the School of Ed, so I work with my doctoral students as well as my master’s-level students.

Any given day is very different from the day before. I do a lot of speaking, of course, and I have a fear of speaking, so I’m always having to work on that.

est and got me to where I am today.

GREEN: Do you like your job?

LABANC: I love my job. I love my job, and I think I’m good at what I do. I love being a part of such an amazing institution and being able to constantly learn from everyone around me. I’m a lifelong learner in this role, which is excellent.

I love being able to meet with students, whether that be individually or through student organizations or even decisions being made regarding larger university policy. It all comes back to advocating for students, facilitating their success and making the collegiate experience more effective for them. I also love watching the learning take place. I love to see the light bulbs go off and see them take that next step.

The environment at the university itself, as well as all of the amazing leaders I get to work with every day, the division staff is just so amazing; it’s all so amazing. I’ve never worked at a place the people are so committed and so student-centered.

We say it a lot, but this really is a special place. There’s a COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS different approach to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Brandi Hephner LaBanc work, and I appreciate that makes it her job to ensure that every student at Ole Miss has so much. the best possible experience while working toward a degree.

GREEN: Why Ole Miss?

GREEN: Did you always options for master’s pro- What was your first impreswant to work in higher edu- grams. One day I was sitting sion when you got here? in the Sorority and Fratercation?

LABANC: No, I did not. I nity Life office, because that LABANC: I applied for this come from a family that has was really where my mentor job when I saw a posting in a lot of law enforcement in and confidant was. I was in the Chronicle of Higher Edit, so my goal when I went to her office and she said, ucation. I was attracted to college was to become an “Why don’t you do higher the components of the job.

FBI agent. I chose to major ed?”

I came from a position in accounting because I was where I was dealing a lot The light bulb went off for with enrollment and I saw very interested in white-collar crime. Back in the day me then. I looked at her and that I could also do that here with the FBI, you had to was like, 'Oh my gosh, you and that was what initially have relevant work experi- get paid.' That was my mo- drew me to the position. ence, so I began working as ment of clarity. That was I had never been to Misa tax accountant. I realized when I began to shift my di- sissippi. It wasn’t like I had quickly that I could do the rection. My inner educator bad opinions; I just didn’t work, but I wasn’t passion- was very easy to find be- have opinions. I knew I had cause I’ve always been to go and find out for myate about the work.

I’d been a very involved someone who enjoys col- self. When I got the invitastudent when I was in col- laboration. I just love the tion to come, it was really lege at the University of whole process of helping just an unknown for me. I Akron. I was the panhel- students succeed and over- feel like I had that experilenic president, I was in- come barriers and helping ence that students always volved in my sorority, I was them learn more about talk about getting here for involved in accounting-re- themselves and become the first time and being like, lated leadership groups, more effective. It was an “Wow.” Everyone is so very and I just really missed easy thing for me. I would kind, and it’s a beautiful those collaborative envi- also say that my work soror- place. ronments. I ended up back ity life as well as my leaderon the campus of the Uni- ship roles as a student really chaning.green@journalinc.com versity of Akron exploring helped facilitate this interTwitter: chaningthegreen

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OXFORD CHRISTMAS PARADE

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The annual Oxford Christmas parade was held Tuesday, a day after rain forced it to be postponed.

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Tiffany Priewe is one of the employees who helps with Christmas decoration and various other items.

Christmas FROM 1

The square footage dedicated to Christmas increased from 8,000 to about 16,000 this year.

There is also more storage space, called the Loft and the Cave, which is used for back stock, Sink said.

“The extra storage allowed us to buy more volume and not run out as fast as in the past,” she added. “The Christmas stuff has expanded. It started out with us just doing a small home décor section if you were remodeling or rebuilding.

That first year I decided to put a Christmas tree in there to just decorate and give it that home feeling back in '05.”

Ever since that first tree went up, that side of the business increased. This year alone, 20 trees were decorated with all kinds of ornaments and novelty items. Sink has always loved Christmas, and she has loved it when kids come in and say 'This is Christmas.'

“They expect Santa to be in here or they will say I know Santa lives here, this is his house,” Sink said.

“Working with the public, you find out people either dreading it, that it brings back sad or hard times or the loss of family that they can't celebrate with this year or they are so excited and it's magi-

cal. You see the kids come in here. We would love to find a way to make it more kid friendly because of all the breakable stuff.”

For Sink, getting ready for Christmas really starts not long after Santa has made his rounds.

“You spend so much work. You go to market in January and your plan your trees and pre purchase. I'll go this January and I'll plan the tree themes and then we start decorating,” she said.

“We're hands on and I make sure it's in the computer and priced right and we unpackage it and start moving. If you come in June or July, you start seeing the first part of the Christmas shipments. It takes us that long.”

The main areas of the showroom are staged by the end of September and definitely by the time Halloween rolls around. The first couple of weeks in November is an open house for Christmas. Sink said it's been fun to see who comes in to see all the over-the-top decorations.

“I've really had so much support from Oxford and the surrounding communities that like to shop local. A lot of the stores are buying their store fronts Sink said. here,” “Batesville has had the Polar Express and they've really wanted to dress up their decorations for the

tourists that come into that. They had a town decorating contest this year, so I had a lot of people come in for that. Of course a lot of Oxford people like to buy local. It's a hidden spot. They don't know what's inside here because the outside looks like a building materials warehouse.”

It is a challenge for Sink to buy just enough material because they don't do an after Christmas sale.

She said there will be some who come in the next few weeks who decided at the last minute to decorate because family and friends decided to pop in.

“I have customers say they come in here to feel Christmas and get into the Christmas spirit or to get motivated and get ideas,” Sink said. “It makes all the work you're doing when it's hot and your sweating putting Christmas out in September, all the labor, worth it. You really do see people get inspired and that feeling of Christmas here. So many of our customers are repeat and long term. They may have bought all this last year, but they come back in to freshen things up or add to what they have. It's good memories, good feelings, good friendships.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Lafayette County welcomes four new deputies to force

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

Lafayette County residents have four new deputy sheriffs taking care of issues and looking to help in any possible manner.

Chequille Williams, Jake Wilson, Tyler Wren and Hoby James just graduated from the state police academy in Pearl. Their respective shifts started over the weekend, and all four were excited to serve and protect.

Williams played football for the Lafayette Commodores and graduated from LHS in 2013.

“I want to be an example for the young guys around here. Some of them get in trouble and I want them to be different and show them that there is another way,” Williams said. “When I was younger, I used to say that I wanted to be a police officer. It kind of faded away as I got older and then it came back about a year after I graduated.”

Williams studied criminal justice at Northwest Mississippi Community College, so he applied to become a deputy. He was ready to go once Sheriff Buddy East gave him a call to tell him that he was application was accepted.

The academy was the toughest thing Williams ever did in his life.

“Football has nothing on that. It's serious training down there,” he said.

Wilson, a native of Southaven, came to the area to attend Ole Miss where he studied criminal justice. He graduated in 2015 and his desire to be in law enforcement came when he was in high school. Wilson worked nights in the Lafayette County Detention Center when he was going to school. His wife is from Oxford and Wilson decided to stay and become a deputy once he got a chance. The academy for Wilson was “very tough.”

“It was the worst 12 weeks ever. Being away from my family was terrible,” Wilson said. “It was a sigh of relief to be able to go through all that and be able to use what we learned for the last 12 weeks. It was exciting. I never thought I

JOHN DAVIS

Lafayette County hired four new deputies that just graduated from the state's police academy. They include, from l. to r., Chequille Williams, Tyler Wren, Jake Wilson and Hobie James. would say I was ready to go to work, but I was ready to go to work.”

Wren graduated from Lafayette and his goal was to help serve the people he grew up with.

“I felt like I always needed to give back to the community I grew up in,” said Wren, who played baseball for the Commodores. “My uncle was in law enforcement and I always played with his handcuff and keys.”

Wren is looking to get into a routine now that he's back and on the job. He was excited to be back in town after being in the stress associated with the academy.

“The thing I enjoyed the most was the brotherhood we gained down there. Not just our department, with all the other departments,” Wren said. “The worst part was being in the cat trainer when you do something wrong or in trouble. We

had to do pushups or roll up and down a hill or bear crawl up it. It's not a oneman team down there. If one person gets in trouble, everyone gets in trouble. It forced everybody to grow as a team.”

A total of 50 graduated in this most recent class at the academy. Over 60 started out in the class, and there were a number of departments involved.

James grew up in Baldwyn and he came to Oxford because of Ole Miss. He graduated in 2014 with a criminal justice degree.

James was offered a job after he completed his internship in the jail. He worked in that capacity for about 16 months before he put in for the open deputy positions.

“When all three of us were hired, we all started preparing for the academy.

Some of the guys from department helped us start running and doing push

ups and getting us into the physical requirements that go along with things down there,” said James, who officially started on his shift today. “It was hard work but to me, I feel very successful to have achieved this. All four of us worked hard for 12 weeks and this

is one of those things you earn. It's very rewarding.”

Wren added it was rewarding to help others who may be going through a tough time and not know how to work through it.

“Walking across that stage after 12 weeks and saying you're a graduate,

it's very rewarding,” James added.

Three of the four will have to work Christmas this year. James will work New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. John.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Aerial Fitness is a class that is taught in Oxford at Align Body Mind.

Aerial Fitness achieved at Oxford's Align Body & Mind

BY KATHRYN WINTER STAFF WRITER

Aerial Fitness is the latest workout craze and it has arrived in Oxford at Align Body Mind studio. Aerial fitness uses a fabric hammock, sometimes referred to as a sling, to help students achieve strength, flexibility, and confidence. These classes are referred to as “Elevate.” Align Body Mind is run by four women who have a passion for fitness — Roane Grantham, Alley Bell, Keri Meagher and Elizabeth Paine.

“We start at beginner level in the aerial classes and modify it for everyone. Really it’s going at your own pace. The fabric hammock is relaxing and aerial is known for its core work,” Grantham said. “It’s appealing to so many different people.”

Elevate classes at Align Body Mind include a brief introduction, strength and core training, stretching and skill building.

“You will build strength, flexibility, and confidence. You will recruit both the arms and legs while constantly engaging the

core. The complex movements force you to pay attention to your own breathing and re-balancing the body and mind,” Grantham said.

Some other benefits of elevate classes include: the release of chronic tensions, exploring alignment, unwinds fascial knots and tangles, quiets the mind, builds core strength, and leaves the body feeling rejuvenated.

Before taking the elevate class, Grantham recommends no jewelry, no shorts, and wearing something with a sleeve so the fabric

won’t rub. Wear close fitting clothing so instructors can see form, and abstain from heavy meals and carbonated beverages two to three hours before class. Those who are interested in trying the aerial elevate classes can “drop in” at the rate of $27 per class. For members, the cost is $18 a class. Nonmembers can purchase a five class price pack at $125 while members pay $75.

Winter specials can be purchased from now until Dec. 31 for $95 per month for three months, students $65 per month for three months,

and teachers $75 per month for three months. Align Body Mind is running a special for Elevate Classes going on now through Tuesday, where members can purchase a five-pack for $35 (can purchase one for themselves and up to two for friends) and non-members 5 pack for $60 (Can purchase up to 3.)

All classes at Align Body Mind studio last 60 minutes.

The studio opened last March and Grantham said that they are seeing more and more interest in the aerial yoga classes.

“We want you to have a fantastic workout while having fun,” Meagher said.

By relieving 20 to 80 percent of body weight, the hammock allows students to increase flexibility while improving balance and core strength. Students are able to reach more advanced yoga poses if desired, like inversions, offering improvements in health and vitality in a short amount of time. In addition, the swings are used as “wraps” that gently massage and stimulate various points of the body. Aerial fitness leaves some with

the feeling of an overall detox.

The Align Body Mind women put a lot of thought while planning their classes, and form a sense of community for one another, as well as their students.

“We offer a variety of classes, cardio and strength, kickboxing, dance define (bar and floor exercises) yogalates (yoga and pilates) fitness class,” aerial Grantham said.

Grantham, Bell, Meagher and Paine work to build confidence.

“What makes us unique is that we offer a variety of different fitness classes, all members are women and we want to build confidence in our members. We give essential oils at the end of every class and the quiet time also set us apart,” Meagher said. “We welcome all kinds of levels of fitness and offer a variety of classes which helps prevent burn out. No two classes are the same.”

Align Body Mind is located at 125 B Heritage Drive. For more information, class schedules and times, visit www.alignbodymind.com.

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Next step for parking garage Honda Certified Pre-Owned approved by city board SO RELIABLE, THEY’RE CERTIFIABLE!

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

After four years of debate, numerous studies and countless hours put in by many, a new parking garage on the Square got closer to becoming a reality. The Oxford Board of Aldermen voted to move forward with the recommendation made by the Downtown Parking Advisory Commission to construct a new garage that could accommodate 500 vehicles in the future.

The next step still doesn't guarantee that the garage will be constructed.

A RFP for a design-build plan is what city engineer Bart Robinson will be taking care of now. An architect will also have to be used in order for the next step and the cost of the structure, that right now would be located off Jefferson Avenue on the west side of the Square, has to be $9 million or less in order for it to be achieved.

That number is based on the revenue that can be generated by the paid meters currently in place, and paid back over a 20-year period.

The garage will be free to use, but revenue from the meters will go towards the payment for construction using general obligation bonds. The fees are in place with the exception of Sunday and holidays.

There was an increase in

the cost of the meters approved recently, and parking fees are in place until midnight.

Tuesday's vote was deemed as a positive or another step in the right direction based on providing the necessary parking spots for those that visit the Square.

Tom Sharpe spoke at the meeting while other members of the commission sat in the crowd listening to how everything would turn out. His efforts, and the efforts of the commission, were thanked by Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson.

Sharpe told the board again that data had been collected on a need for a garage for over a year. Lots off the street, not including the meters, have been at or beyond capacity. A total of nine commissioners and a consultant and others from the city helped in the process.

“When a long term parking lot is 90 percent full, it's considered to be full and the data that we showed over that year that at lunch time it was slightly above 90 percent and also at 4 p.m.,” Sharpe said. “Our most recent data for the month of November, 2016 showed at both those times, the average occupancy of the off street lots was at 93 percent. So there is definitely a need for parking.”

“We have worked four years to get to this point,

and I do commend the effort of Tom,” Patterson said before asking the other members of the commission to stand up.

Alderwoman Janice Antonow voted against the recommendation. Before she did, she cited complaints from citizens, and stated their opposition to the garage. The emails were placed into the record.

“If we have a lunch time problem, let's fix that.

Let's get some shuttles, let's get more public transit to and from the university,” she said. “Some of the people that contacted me said during the time of construction, there isn't going to be much parking and the downtown merchants are worried about losing business because there isn't enough parking during that time period.

People are going to come to the Square, not be able to park and they're going to find another place to eat, to shop, to drink. It's going to have an economic affect on all the restaurants and businesses. I'm not in favor of it, a lot of other people aren't in favor of it and a lot won't speak out because this has taken so long for us to come to this point. It's like all the work that's been done, we just can't say no at this point.”

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214 CR 274, Oxford $89,900

Lafayette County! Build your dream home on this quiet country road surrounded by nature.

Located just minutes from the square. The property is partially cleared with utilities.

MLS# 137244. Call Dede Lewis- 662-681-6997.

480 Cotton Rd., Taylor

$279,500

24 +/- acres with ranch style home with some remodeling. Property has a pond and 4-5 acres of cleared pasture for horses. Approximate 1 mile to Taylor Grocery and less than a mile to Plain Air. MLS# 137277. Call Danny Flowers 662-816-7294.

245 CR 164

$140,000s

Wooded rolling hills with 10 year to mature timber.

Road frontage on two sides, former home site, with some county utilities present. Possible development or single family home site. Your own piece of country living just 15 minutes from Oxford. MLS#134943.

Call Eileen Saunders – 662-404-0816.

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Hwy 6 West, Oxford $1,895,000

This property is made up of 9 parcels for a total of approximately 75 acres. Good highway frontage. Oxford City Schools. Call today for more information. MLS#135269.

Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

Hwy 6, Oxford

$693,600

Good Development location, one small lake on property with several other potential spots. 102 acres available. Owner is a licensed MS real estate Broker. MLS# 135604.

Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

CR 331 - 200 +/- wooded acres available as a future home site or hunter’s paradise.

MLS#134132. $400,000.

CR 430 - 146.5 acres of untouched nature. Just a few miles from Lafayette County High School.

MLS#134789. $439,500.

Hwy 6, Oxford

$1,010,000

Prime commercial lot with homesite and other buildings. 4 acres with 500 feet frontage on busy HWY 6 West just minutes from the Jackson Avenue intersection. Possible commercial development or business relocation. Includes spacious home to live in or convert to office space, B&B, doctor's office… opportunities are endless. Detached 2 car garage features additional workshop space. MLS# 135695. Call Eileen Saunders- 662-404-0816 or Polina Wheeler- 662-401-4632.

2422 S. Lamar, Oxford

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Rare opportunity for commercial property available on South Lamar near the hospital. Sale includes 1) Address 2422 South Lamar--one lot and building zoned commercial and 2) Address 2418 South Lamar--one lot and house zoned residential. On-street parking or redevelop and add more. MLS# 136111. Call Eileen Saunders- 662404-0816 or Polina Wheeler- 662-401-4632.

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Eileen Saunders Danny Flowers Nicole Cain Wright Polina Wheeler Kaye Ladd 662.816.7294 - Oxford 662.617.5744 - Oxford Managing Broker, Oxford 662.404.0816 - Oxford 662.401.4632 - Oxford

Will Troxler 662.231.6362 - Tupelo

Jessica Dozier 662.231.5320 - Tupelo

James R. Hunter, Sr. Deborah Tierce 662.790.5331 - Tupelo 662.871.8658 - Tupelo

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Stan Abel 662.816.9363 - Oxford

Sam Smallwood 662.401.0759 - Oxford

Blake Thompson 662.801.7014 - Oxford

Jennifer Harrelson Amanda Miller 662.871.3574 - Tupelo 662.213.2764 - Tupelo

Mark Prince 662.871.1971 - Tupelo

Jessica Harris Associate Broker

Chris Hill 662.871.8590 - Tupelo

Kevin Knight 662.401.2913 - Tupelo

Technology Director

Wade Magill

Janet Suggs 662.346.3489 - Tupelo

Sheli McClellan 662.266.2212 - Tupelo

Brenda Spencer 662.231.8909 - Tupelo

Brad Franks 662.871.7344 - Tupelo

Megan Robinson 662.322.7132 - Tupelo

Todd Jordan 662.231.9181 - Tupelo

Debbie Russell

Monte Smith 662.871.2833 - Tupelo

Merisa Baker 662.488.5720 Tupelo

Tina O’Quinn 662.791.4456 - Tupelo

Sadie Smith 662.678.3033 Tupelo

Mary Ann Elmore Accounting

Leslie Card Administrative Assistant

Dennis Cox 662.419.2175 - Tupelo

Jennifer Brown Annette Newborn Judy Simpson Office Manager/Relocation 662.871.9123 - Tupelo 662.509.2704 - Tupelo

Chanda Cossitt 662.871.7222 - Tupelo

Michelle McAuley 662.401.0015 - Tupelo

Sue Golmon 662.346.1388 - Tupelo

Brandon Speck 662.401.8046 - Tupelo

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Caroline Felker Weesie Biedenharn Paula Crum 662.801.0878 - Oxford 662.638.5332 - Oxford 662.701.7789 - Oxford

Sanders Edmonson Thaddeus Hooper Shaun Hudson 662.889.8046 - Oxford 601.934.0572 - Oxford 901.870.4626 - Oxford

Vic Sullivan 662.228.6025 - Oxford

Betty Wiseman 662.234.4573 - Oxford

Kim Wood 662.316.3812- Tupelo

Linda Swinney 662.401.1196 - Tupelo

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Angela Mohr 662.213.9007 - Tupelo

Casee Becker 662.871.9056 - Tupelo

Martin Mesecke 662.715.1111 - Tupelo

Ron Smith 662.205.6221 - Tupelo

DeDe Lewis 662.681.6997 - Tupelo

Melissa Knotts 662.825.0416 - Tupelo

Brandon Allred 662.401.1217- Tupelo

Keith Henley 662.213.5599 - Tupelo

Jan Phillips 662.231.6558 - Tupelo

Anita Nunnelee 662.488.1755 - Tupelo

Whitney George 662.567.2573 Tupelo

Susan Griffin 662.542.6315 - Tupelo

Hunter Richardson 662.397.5717 - Tupelo

Meredith Martin 662.401.0811 - Tupelo

Sean Hettinger 330.603.5405 - Tupelo

Kayla Tabler 662.687.2551 - Tupelo

Jenny Decker 662.871.7653 - Tupelo

April Haynes 662.706.3248 - Tupelo

Tommy Morgan

Tiffany Franks 662.871-7366 - Tupelo

Gail Wilemon

Cathy Ward

Blake Trehern 662.687.4455 - Tupelo

Jaz Buchanan 662.523.5840 - Tupelo

Amanda May 662.213.6268 - Tupelo

Elliot Long 662.551.6151 - Tupelo

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Wendy Parker

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Receptionist

Carol Horne Frances Dempsey 662.321.2204 - Tupelo 662.422.9337 - Tupelo

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John Davis Sports Editor

Ole Miss student Adams recalls 'unbelievable' experience

J

arrius Adams has a message for anyone who will listen: Anything in life is possible. The Hattiesburg native, and Ole Miss sophomore, was still celebrating at the start of the week after winning $100,000 from Dr. Pepper. Adams and his mother traveled to Indianapolis, all expenses paid, to the Big Ten Championship game this past weekend.

Adams was selected to participate in the contest Dr. Pepper set up at halftime that had Adams throwing footballs into the plastic bottles with the chance to win the rest of his tuition, and some more. The contest was open for anyone between the ages of 18 and 24, and Adams started the process way back in the fall.

“You basically make a profile and say where you're from and what your goal is in life and you get 50 votes online and that can be through Facebook or Twitter or whatever social media you choose to use,” Adams said. “Once you get 50 votes, you unlock the next phase and that's where you make a video and the video is focused on primarily what you would do with the money if you won and what you would do to change the world. Anything along those lines would be good.”

The video had to be a minute or less, Adams said. He came up with script, filmed it and submitted it. About three weeks after, he got a call from the event producers asking him to take part.

“They gave me excuses for school and then I signed a few contracts or whatever and we started booking flights,” said Adams, who did return to Oxford Monday to start final exams. “A lot of people don't know this, but there are 16 finalists in all.

There are four games in all, the ACC, the Pac-12 and the SEC. Only two make it on TV and we got there on Thursday and had dinner. Then on Friday, that's our preliminary round and we basically do everything we did on the field but in the stadium with no people in the crowd and we go one by one. The top two who get the most balls in the can, make it to the final round which is on TV.” In the preliminary, Adams got 16 balls in the can. In the final, he got 11 in to win.

Heading into the live event, Adams was shooting to throw 20 balls in to really secure the win.

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Lafayette players, including Doug Tanner, celebrate with the team’s state championship trophy after defeating Poplarville in 5A state championship game in Starkville.

One to Remember Lafayette's 2016 title win impressive for so many reasons

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

A few days removed from leading the Lafayette Commodores to their third MHSAA Class 4A state title in school history, Michael Fair said it was fun to look back at the entire year, not just the win over Poplarville.

The Commodores defeated the Hornets 27-12 this past Saturday at Mississippi State's Davis-Wade Stadium. It was the 13th straight win for the Commodores to end the 2016 season. It was also a perfect ending to a first season for Fair, who had confidence that this group had what it took to win a state title.

“Looking back a few days later, I don't look so much at the state championship game but all the little steps and the process along the way,” Fair said. “The first day, when I tried to sell these guys on a goal, and to see each and every week them really try as hard as they could to obtain those goals. That's the fun part for me looking back. What these guys were willing to do to sacrifice their own agendas for the team. It's the most unselfish team I've ever coached in my life. No doubt.”

For the record, Fair has watched the championship game film. And he graded it but he has yet to tell anyone what it was. That will be reveled as the Commodores get into the new year.

“I wanted to see who played really well and who didn't and I thought the effort was just awesome across the

board,” Fair said. “The weather was never a factor for our guys and the mentality of our guys was to just go out there and play. We were very efficient on offense and very stingy on defense, just like we have been all year. We will sit down as coaches and say 'If we're confronted with this same front and same offense again, what will do different?' We will self evaluate and learn from that and we will do that in the next few days.

Other than that, I wouldn't change anything.”

One of the big things that Fair felt helped his team make the run was the non division slate. By the time the playoffs rolled around, his team was razor sharp. They needed to be against a very good Pontotoc team that could make a case for being the second best team in the class because of how the Warriors played the Commodores in the 4A north state final.

“We had a tough schedule starting out. I thought seeing the speed of the game and finding ourselves through the process made this team,” Fair said. “It was an awesome year. We were tested. It was never said that it was going to be given to us. We went out and earned it every week and we were able to do that against some good football teams.”

Lafayette Athletics Director Gary Drewrey praised the job Fair and his staff did and how impressed he was with the Commodores overall.

“I'm not sure that this is the most talented team Lafayette has ever had, but

it's probably one of the best teams they've ever had,” Drewrey said. “I've coached against them and I played there and I have really enjoyed the whole process of this season, getting the right coaches in and the right attitude with the players and their buy-in to the whole program. They played (Saturday) just like we played all year. We went to work at the first of the game. Both teams were well coached but we were stronger and faster and our kids believe so strongly in our coaches. That's the difference.”

Quarterback Will Ard, a senior, was named the MVP of the title game. He gave credit to the defense for another strong performance following the win over the Hornets.

“It's a testament to how great they played all year. I love them and this whole team,” Ard said.

Senior linebacker Dillon Woods, who will attend MSU this next year, said he was very proud of his teammates for the accomplishment of winning 4A. “We did it, we did it. I just knew we could stop (Poplarville). There was something in my mind that told me we could stop it the whole week,” Woods said. “We came out here and did it. I had no doubt in my team, no doubt. I knew that we would come together as a team when we lost that second game. We came together as a team and win the rest of them.

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Lafayette players celebrate before receiving their state championship trophy after defeating Poplarville in the 5A state championship game in Starkville.

Lafayette's Fair already set to work on 2017 season

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Michael Fair planned to take a few days off at the start of the week. He wanted the Lafayette Commodores to clean up their lockers and get the field house back in order.

After that, the plan was for the team to hit the weight room in order to get ready for the 2017 season.

“It's going to be fun to get with our coaches and look at our depth chart and see the guys that are returning, starters who are returning, and then plugging in some of these younger guys,” Fair said.

“That's always a fun time

of year for me, especially after a successful year, is to look at our younger guys. We had a lot who really grew through our JV program this year. We saw a lot of underclassmen make a lot of big plays the other day in the state championship game. It will be a lot of fun to get it going.”

By the end of the week, all of the young Commodores were expected to max out in the weight room and then get a good week, or week and a half of lifting before the Christmas break. After the break, it will be full force from a lifting standpoint leading up to the start of

spring practices.

Fair is also working on the schedule for 2017. He is still a game short on the non division slate, but he has agreed to keep the annual Crosstown Classic with Oxford going. This coming year, the game will be played at Lafayette.

“I have been busy since we've been playing for so long, but now I have a lot more time to try and finalize that this week,” Fair said. “We have Oxford of course but those other three, they're still kind of up in the air. We're trying to find four games and then have an off week before district play begins.

We added a district game

this year with our bigger district in 5A.” Lafayette will be playing against West Point, Saltillo, Olive Branch, Lewisburg, Lake Cormorant, Grenada and Center Hill in 1-5A. West Point won the 5A title this year, while Lake Cormorant lost to the Green Wave in the 5A north half state title game.

“I think it's going to be one of the most competitive districts in the state, regardless of class,” Fair said. “There are two state champions and of course Grenada is a really strong team down there and will be. Olive Branch has so much tradition. You know

they're going to get it back going again. Lake Cormorant made a run and played for north state in 5A this year. A lot of talent is going to be in this district and I'm afraid there are going to be some good teams left at home come playoff time.”

Every offseason, Fair evaluates what worked well and what didn't and things change depending on the personnel coaches have to work with.

“This year we were really big and physical and we were able to get bigger than our opponents and next year I don't know how much we're going to do of that,” Fair said.

“We're going to have to wait and see through this offseason process and see how it turns out but don't be surprised if we have to change some things on both sides of the ball just because of our personnel.

That's something I do every year no matter where I'm at. I do have some core values that I'm going to stick to on both sides of the ball that we're going to do regardless, but a lot of the different formations and fronts will depend on who we are and who we have in those positions.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Cutcliffe, Chargers begin process of building for 2017

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

For the Oxford Chargers, preparations for the 2017 football season have already started. The offseason weight conditioning program, under the direction of Jason Wilfawn, started right after the loss to West Point and coach Chris Cutcliffe has been pleased with the early results.

“Coach Wilfawn has been absolutely phenomenal. We have our whole coaching staff in place which is a big help,” Cutcliffe said. “Last year in the offseason we only had a few of our coaches in the weight room. Having everyone in the weight room every day has been a great, great thing for us so far.”

Cutcliffe has gone back through the entire 2016 season and evaluated what was done well and what wasn't done as well in order to make plans for the future.

“You start looking at your personnel and what is going to give us the chance to be the most successful with the team we're going to have coming up,” Cutcliffe said. “Any position

changes that need to happen, you start looking at those type of things so you can get the ball rolling as soon as possible.”

The thing that the Chargers need to improve on the most, Cutcliffe felt, was being more consistent week to week.

“I think when we played well, when we played our best, you saw us win some big games,” Cutcliffe said.

“Our losses weren't to bad teams but we have to work on consistency and that comes with time. It has to be an all the time thing.

There is no magic switch you turn on when you get on the football field. It's got to be every single day in the classroom, at home, everything. You have to be a disciplined person to be consistent. That's what we're trying to preach.”

The system that is in place on both sides of the ball doesn't need to change, only tweak, and that's based on the personnel available.

“You have to adapt what you do to the type of kids you have on the roster. We are going through all those type of things now and thinking that through,” Cutcliffe said. “You want to have a good plan in place

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Oxford's Chargers have already started their offseason work and coach Chris Cutcliffe is pleased with what he's seen so far. and when you get on the field for spring practice, then you really see where you are and where that plan is going to be put into action. You start planning now but ultimately, you're probably not going to be able to make those decisions until you get back on the practice field.”

The thing the Chargers did the best over the course

of the year was how hard they played.

“There were some games where we got behind and then we were able to come back. The Southaven game in the first game of the year comes to mind,” Cutcliffe said. “The Madison Central game was like that. I feel like our guys stayed positive in the face of adversity and through some chal-

lenges. I never doubted that we would hang our heads and give up if something got tough. I knew we were going to keep fighting and so I was definitely proud of that.”

Hiram Wadlington and Quentin Wilfawn are the two players Cutcliffe was relying on to help lead the team during the offseason.

CJ Terrell was another

player who he was counting on.

The Chargers are losing four starters on the offensive line, including center Colton Skidmore, who garnered the most starts in the history of the program. On defense, the Chargers are graduating some talented playmakers like DQ Thomas and Nick Sisk.

Overall, five starters are going from a solid group on defense.

“We have six starters back on both sides of the ball,” Cutcliffe said. “That's not bad and really when you look at guys that played. We will be inexperienced two years in a row on the offensive line. That's just how it has fallen this time around.”

Most of the football coaches help with the powerlifting team, the next big sport for the football players to take part in mass.

Tryouts were being held this week to complete all the different weight classes.

The weight training the Chargers currently take part in consists of 90 minutes per day, all five days of the week they are in school.

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Oxford's O'Connor sets school record in goals scored

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Oxford freshman forward Morgan O'Connor continued to impress her coach Hunter Crane Tuesday night against Lafayette.

A year after tying the school record in goals scored, O'Connor broke the record with six goals scored against the Lady Commodores in an 8-0 win.

O'Connor now has 29 goals scored in just nine matches. The Lady Chargers, who are now 9-0 on the season, have just rolled over every opponent so far this season.

“She just does special things around the net. She has a nose for the goal and knows how to put the ball in the back of the net,” Crane said of O'Connor.

“Her speed really gives people a hard time. It's not just that, it's her instinct around the net. It's something to see. She is something else.”

The other two goals scored for Oxford in the win over Lafayette were by Ally Shinall, who has also played well this season.

The Lady Chargers, who return to action tonight against West Point, are ranked No. 9 in the nation in the latest Maxpreps.com poll. They defeated Pearl 82 and Ridgeland 5-0 last weekend. The closest match of the season has been a 2-1 win over Tupelo, which is always one of the top teams in the state.

“Last year, even after we won the title, we weren't ranked very high nationally and we have done some things around the state and

were ranked pretty highly in the state,” Crane said. “I think being this far in and being on the winning streak that we're on now, it just kind of validates the process that we've been going through. It gives the girls the recognition that they deserve. That's what is exciting for us as a program.”

Against Pearl, the Lady Chargers got off to a fast start, scoring five goals in the first 18 minutes. That was the goal of Crane with the weather being so poor.

“We wanted to jump on them fast and put the game away early because we didn't know what the weather was going to be like,” Crane said. “We set the tone for the rest of the game and kind of do our thing. Pearl is going to be an excellent team this year so we looked

forward to that challenge.

The weather was a factor. It was wet all day and we may not have played our best that day. But to still put five in the net like that and get the W was good to see.”

Next weekend, the Lady Chargers will be challenged again by playing against Madison Central and West Lauderdale, which won the MHSAA Class 4A state title last season. Crane felt like his team was playing great soccer, and doing all the little things right.

“Our offense is really just controlling the ball the entire game and giving us a lot of opportunities around the net,” Crane said. “That takes huge pressure off our defense and our goal keeper. They're able to sit back and stop the ones that they have to in order to give

us an opportunity to help us win. We look forward to next weekend playing Madison Central, the 6A state champions. West Lauderdale is going to be a big test going into the break. I think we're ready and excited about the opportunities to play two really quality squads in the state.”

The defense is also playing well for the Lady Chargers, who have only allowed four goals this season.

“Coming into the season, we were a little worried about our defense. Anna Dennis and Olivia Rychlak, Jones, Addie Maria Thompson, Anna Abel, they've stepped up and done everything that we've asked them to do,” Crane said. “They are so fast and so physical. What they lack in experience, the others

make up with speed and hustle. I think that group, our back line, is doing excellent things. The offense is getting all the attention right now because we have scored so many goals and beating everybody by a lot but the thing that stands out to me is that we have only given up four goals so far.”

Dennis sliding over to center backfield, a spot she wasn't completely comfortable with, has been key to the defense, Crane said.

“All she said was whatever is best for the team is alright with me. They've just been rock solid back there,” Crane said. “I have no worries when I put that group out there on the field.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Lafayette's defense played major role in 4A title run

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

In order for the Lafayette Commodores to be as good, or better, than they were on defense in 2016, the returning players are going to have to get bigger and stronger over the coming months. Defensive coordinator Ben Ashley is losing several key members of a unit that only allowed 10.7 points per game to opponents this season.

For the 2017 group to be ready to play, Ashley is expecting his guys to get busy in the weight room.

“We feel good about a lot of these JV guys we have coming back. We have to develop those guys and it will be a matter of how much they're willing to do in the offseason as far as work,” Ashley said. “Of course spring practices will be huge. One of the advantages of going five weeks into the playoffs is we got 15 extra practices and our JV guys, we really devoted time to them during the playoffs to try and develop those guys.”

Ashley said Lafayette County is the kind of program that always has guys that can run to the ball and hit someone when the get there.

“Those are always two prerequisites for defense.

There are some guys on our roster that I expect big things from and then there

are some guys that have to buy in,” Ashley said. “I have a couple of guys in mind to where if they buy in, and do what we ask them to do, they will help us.”

Three starters return on defense for Ashley, and one of them are in each level, which gives him a building block. Brandon Curry is back and linebacker and he led the team in tackles.

William Woodall is back on the defensive line and another player in Rashod Sharp who also played a good bit. And in the secondary, Brandon Turnage returns at cornerback. Turnage already has an Ole Miss offer and he turned heads in the Class 4A state title game.

“We're not having to totally rebuild in all areas of our defense. We have one guy coming back that can really, really play, so that's good. We're going to have a leader at each group,” said Ashley, who still feels like he can be a 4-3 base.

“We're going to have enough d-linemen. Coach Carter (Norris) did a really good job of playing some of our other guys. Jason Sawyer played a lot on the d-line. We did that to get him in the game and some experience. We might have to back him up and play linebacker. I think that's where he will end up being.

But I think we will have enough d-linemen to play a 4-3 and be really good

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Lafayette defensive coordinator Ben Ashley had a unit that only allowed 10.7 points per game this season. again next year.”

Ashley added he felt good about the first level and the third level and he needed to get some young guys built in around Curry at linebacker.

“I've got some guys in mind and I've already had a discussion with a couple of them and told them the torch has been passed, it's time to step up,” Ashley said.

This year's defense at

Lafayette was as good as any Ashley has been around. He told head coach Michael Fair that the 2007 South Panola group that helped the Tigers win a Class 5A state title was the only other one that could compare.

“I think in eight of the 11 positions, we were still better this year on defense,” Ashley said. “We had some really, really good players on our side of the ball this

year. The beautiful thing about it is I'm going to challenge next year's bunch to be even better than this year's bunch.

They learned from those guys, a lot of them did, so why can't we be better?

Even though we're graduating some really good players, Lafayette County is the kind of place where the kids work hard and they're hungry. It's a football school and they know

that the pressure is going to be on them to perform next year. I don't see any reason why we can't carry the torch on.”

Lafayette consistently made stops against even the most dynamic of offenses. Ashley had his unit play Cover 4 behind his 43 80 percent of the time.

“We were four deep and three under and we would mix some Cover 3 in there when we rolled safeties but we were so simple,” Ashley said. “They were good enough players that our guys could break on a hitch and make it into a 3-yard gain as opposed to a 9-yard gain. We were blessed on the back end particularly. I could do anything I wanted to because of our four guys on the back end.

They allowed us to be so multiple. Our ends also allowed us to be multiple. I dropped those guys into coverage 50, 60 times this year. Amani Johnson was running stride for stride with a slot receiver against Louisville and Shannon earlier in the year. I was at Amory for three years and that's the one thing we didn't have was defensive ends to contain really athletic quarterbacks and we had that this year. And I think have a couple of guys next year that can do that, too.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

Lady Commodores earn significant win over Ingomar in 5 OTs

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

A significant win is what the Lafayette Lady Commodores earned Tuesday night against Ingomar. And earned is very appropriate to use as it took five overtimes for Lafayette to post a 67-60 victory.

“It's become kind of a rivalry, at least on the part of our girls. They really use the Ingomar game as a status of where are we,” Lafayette coach Shayne Linzy said. “I talked with the Ingomar coach after the game and we were both like 'Wow, what a game.' Obviously the idea is to win, but to play five overtimes, and the

way the girls played, for all intents and purposes, it stayed pretty structured the entire game. It didn't really get crazy. A couple of times, the couple of the 3s they hit to extend the game in the different overtimes, were kind of wild. It was really a great game against two really, really good teams. I'm hoping our girls and look at that and say we can compete with anybody. We can play with anybody as long as we are playing the right way, playing smart.”

Shaniyah Buford led the Lady Commodores, who are now 5-0 on the season, with 21 points, seven assists and four rebounds.

Orianna Shaw had 12

points and five rebounds, while Azariah Buford was the other double-digit scorer with 11 points and five rebounds. Chelsea Allen chipped in nine points and four steals for LHS. “I felt like everybody really played well. We had different girls step up at different times that kind of gave us the spark we needed,” Linzy said. “The team played great.”

Before the game started, Linzy felt like his team had a really good chance of playing with the defending MHSAA Class 2A state champions.

“They're good in any classification and I thought

we had an opportunity to play well and to win,” Linzy said. “I thought we needed to do some things really well in order to win and I felt like we were able to accomplish that last night.”

In the second quarter, Lafayette trailed 25-15, so going five overtimes didn't cross Linzy's mind at that particular juncture.

“I felt like we needed to relax a little and to play a little bit smarter and we did we were able to close the gap,” Linzy said. “It was 2515 midway through the quarter and we went on a 7-2 run to close the half and down 27-22 at halftime. Believe it or not, but I felt like we were in the ballgame.

Our shots weren't falling in the first half. I felt like in the second half, if we can knock down some of the easy shots we were missing, we've got ourselves a chance. And sure enough, the second half was a lot better half of basketball for us. We were down at the end of the third quarter and we were able to take the lead in the fourth before they hit a 3 right close to the buzzer to send it into the first overtime.”

Last season, Ingomar defeated Lafayette by 21 points, so the win shows the Lady Commodores how much work they've put in, Linzy felt.

“They had everybody

back from last year and we lost three seniors from last year's team so I think it shows that our girls are progressing,” Linzy said.

“Once again, I hope we don't hit our peak until late February and into March but I think you can look at this game and say that they are heading in the right direction and getting there.

The work is showing.”

Lafayette will return to action tonight against South Panola. The Lady Commodores will then play at North Panola against a team from Memphis over the weekend.

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Rebels' Stringfellow headed to NFL FROM OXFORD CITIZEN REPORTS

Ole Miss quarterback Shea Patterson will have one less target with a lot of experience to throw to in 2017.

Wide receiver Damore'ea Stringfellow announced Monday that he will forgo his senior season and enter the upcoming 2017 National Football League Draft.

"I cannot begin to express to Rebel Nation what an honor and privilege these last three years have been putting on the Ole Miss jersey each Saturday," Stringfellow said in a release.

"The fans' endless support, both on and off the field, has allowed me to grow and develop into the athlete and man that I am today.

"In that light, after much reflection and prayer, it pleases and saddens me to announce that I have decided to forgo my senior year and declare for the 2017 NFL Draft to pursue my dream of playing on Sundays. I would like to thank my family, coaches, professors and most of all the fans that have given me the love, courage and much needed prayer to go out and make Oxford proud. I truly would not have this amazing opportunity without you."

"I am grateful to Damore'ea for his commitment to our program," Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze said. "He has a tremendous opportunity, and we are excited for him to enter the next phase of his life. We look forward to seeing another Rebel receiver in the NFL." A 6-foot-2, 219-pounder from Perris, California, Stringfellow totaled 82 receptions for 1,219 yards and 11 touchdowns during his two seasons at Ole Miss.

As a junior this fall, Stringfellow ranks top-10 in the SEC with 59.7 receiving yards per game.

He finished the year with 46 grabs for 716 yards and six TDs.

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Ole Miss junior wide receiver Damore’ea Stringfellow decided to declare for the NFL Draft on Monday.

In his first season on the field for the Rebels in 2015, Stringfellow amassed 36 catches for 503 and five scores in helping Ole Miss to a Sugar Bowl win.

A 2012 Under Armour AllAmerica selection at Rancho Verde High School, Stringfellow arrived in Oxford after spending his freshman campaign at the

University of Washington. He collected 20 catches for 259 yards and a touchdown in his lone season with the Huskies in 2013.

Ole Miss has four wide re-

ceivers on current NFL rosters, including Cody Core (Bengals), Donte Moncrief (Colts), Laquon Treadwell (Vikings) and Mike Wallace (Ravens).

Rebels' Engram wins Ozzie Newsome Award FROM OXFORD CITIZEN REPORTS

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Postseason awards continued to flood in for Ole Miss senior Evan Engram on Wednesday was recognized as the winner of the 2016 Ozzie Newsome Award, presented to college football’s best tight end by the Touchdown Club of Columbus.

Engram, who was named first team All-SEC by the Southeastern

Conference coaches on Tuesday, started all 11 games as a team captain before missing the Egg Bowl with a hamstring injury. The Powder Springs, Georgia, native is the nation's leading tight end with 5.9 catches per game and 84.2 receiving yards per game. He ranks top three among all SEC players of any position in both catches and yards per game. His eight touchdowns are tied for second nation-

ally among tight ends.

Engram set or tied Ole Miss records for most catches, yards and touchdowns in a season and a career by a tight end. He is the nation's active leader among tight ends with 2,320 career receiving yards. In 2016, he racked up 65 catches for 926 yards and eight TDs. His biggest games came against some of the Rebels’ best competi-

tion. He put up more than 100 receiving yards against No. 4 Florida State, No. 1 Alabama, No. 22 Arkansas and Vanderbilt. He had touchdown grabs against No. 4 Florida State, No. 1 Alabama, No. 11 Georgia, Memphis, No. 22 Arkansas, No. 15 Auburn, Georgia Southern and Vanderbilt.

Engram’s growing list of postseason honors also already includes the Conerly Trophy, SEC

Community Service Team and an invitation to the Senior Bowl.

The 2016 Ozzie Newsome Award will be presented during the 62nd Touchdown Club of Columbus Awards on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 at Express Live! in downtown Columbus. For additional information concerning the award and the TDC's 62-year history, visit www.tdc columbus.com.

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MHSAA CLASS 4A STATE TITLE GAME

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Oxford's Drew Tyler is excited about the latest field involved in the annual "O" Town Showdown in the OHS gym.

Tyler upbeat about his Chargers heading into 'O' Town Showdown

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

A win over Senatobia on Tuesday night is something Oxford's Drew Tyler is hoping his basketball Chargers use as a springboard into the annual “O” Town Showdown. The Chargers, led by Jarkel Joiner, are now 4-0 with back-to-back games set on the horizon.

Oxford's girls and boys will host Jackson Prep and Madison-Ridgeland Academy on Friday and Saturday in the OHS gym. A number of other teams, like Olive Branch, will be involved in the 11 games overall.

Tyler said his Chargers have to shore some things up after the 85-78 win over Senatobia, but having a win to build on is a big plus.

“There are some things we have to weed out of our game and some things we have to get better as we move on into December and January,” Tyler said.

“With the win, we're able to focus on our Friday night opponent more than we would probably after a loss.

Our opponent Friday is Jackson Prep and Saturday it's MRA and both are winning and already played a tough schedule. We're playing the two biggest academies in Mississippi.”

Games start at 2:30 Friday afternoon, and there are a lot of competitive matchups that feature some of the nation's best talent, Tyler said. Olive Branch's DJ Jefferies is a top playmaker as a sophomore, ranked No. 1 by some recruiting services. Ashland has a top player in DeAnthony Tipler, who has offers from several schools as a junior. And that doesn't include Joiner or Terry Williams, Oxford's dynamic guard duo. Both of Southaven's teams will compete on Saturday and both teams always have a lot of talent.

“Some teams have had their football players for three and a half weeks and some have had them for about two weeks,” Tyler said. “The football-basketball players have some games under their belt and I would think basketball is on the front of people's minds. It's full speed of ahead. For the price of $5, we're going to give them five games on Friday and then for another $5, they can see six more games on Saturday.”

This month will be a challenging one for the Chargers because of the level of competition, and the amount of games involved.

“The teams that we're

playing really have a lot talent and it will challenge our discipline and our decision making on both ends of the court,” Tyler said. “We're playing two strong opponents in the O Town Showdown. Both teams are fundamental and well coached. Then we back that up with four games at Briarcrest and I would think that we're going to see through the O Town Showdown and then hosting our crosstown rival, a heated rival, and then going to Jefferson City, Missouri, it will really season us going into January for the start of division play.”

There were some lulls defensively against Senatobia, but Tyler said his team did a great job on offense.

“Over the next few days, we will have some classroom time in order to get ready for Jackson Prep and then we will put it motion,” Tyler said. “The majority of the practice time will be teammates blocking out teammates because we have got to value the importance of a rebound. We gave up too many second and third shots against Senatobia. When we get people down 20 points, we have to keep a 20-point lead.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Lafayette senior Dillon Woods makes a catch during last Saturday's MHSAA Class 4A state title game against Poplarville. Woods helped the Commodores win their third state championship since 2010 with a 27-12 victory over the Hornets.

BRIEFING Ole Miss hosting pitching/catching camp The Ole Miss baseball team will host a Pitching/Catching Specialty Camp this weekend. It will be conducted on campus at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.

Ole Miss baseball camps are designed to help improve the performance of baseball players of all ages and skill levels. Campers will receive instruction from some of the top coaches

in the country that are dedicated to the development and growth of all campers who attend.

Camps are open to any and all entrants in grades 1-12.

The Pitching/Catching Specialty Camp offers extensive instruction on the specific skill of pitching or catching for campers of all grade levels. Aspiring pitchers will learn proper pitching mechanics, grips, signals, pickoff moves and much more. Catchers will be taught receiving, blocking, throwing to bases and calling pitches. Both

pitchers and catchers will also learn useful weight training techniques.

Lunch will be provided at both camps for each day. Cost for the camp is $240. All campers will be responsible for bringing their own glove, cleats and hat.

To register for a 2016 Ole Miss Baseball Specialty Camp, visit www.olemissbaseballcamps.com. For more information, assistant coach contact Marc MacMillan via email (mjmacmil@olemiss.edu) or phone (662-915-6643).

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Jarrius

messages. Who wants to look through messages when they're watching the game? So I deFROM 14 cided to stay for the game, but then I had people coming up to “I was so pumped after I got take pictures and get me to talk 16. I said 'I got it, I got it,'” to them,” Adams said. “It beAdams said. “It's so different come overwhelming, so we had when there are thousands and to leave. I basically went to my thousands of people around you. I was honestly excited. A lot room for the rest of the night. of people have seen the Dr. Pep- The next day came and we caught our flight and I have the per promotion giveaway for big check in my hand that you years. I think there was a lot see on TV and I have to carry it more pressure on us because we were the last game since the around and of course it can't fit in my suitcase. We were going ACC, the Pac-12 and SEC had through security and through already gone. Social media was buzzing about them. They were the airport in Atlanta and then New Orleans, it was unbelievbasically saying what are we going to do at the Big Ten game. able. People from all over wanted to take a picture. It was It was a lot of pressure, but at the same time, I really enjoyed it an amazing experience. I know my Facebook and Twitter were because it was live, it was on blowing up. There are still hunFox and I had people watching dreds of messages I haven't me that I knew were sitting on the couch, waiting for me to do gone through. All kind of people have been saying wonderful what I had to do. It was a joyful things.” experience.”

The money Adams won will For the record, Adams go towards the rest of his cheered for Penn State to beat schooling. Thankfully, he hasn't Wisconsin. He was unable to had to get any loans. watch the conclusion of the “We still have to sit down with game won by the Nittany Lions Dr. Pepper and Ole Miss and because everyone wanted to take a picture with him once he talk with them about the rules.

It has to be spent by a certain returned to the stands at Lucas date and it has to be used for Oil Stadium. this and this,” Adams said.

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Adams hadn't played football since he was in middle school and that was only for a year. The joke was that Hugh Freeze should offer Adams a spot on the team.

“I heard that rumor and if he calls me, we can work something out,” said Adams, who added his favorite sport was baseball. “I had to choose in school when I took the path and decided to get on the speech and debate team. I was on the speech and debate team or seven years and I became the national speech and debate team student of the year my senior year. I won a few national championships. My family is competitive in the things we do.

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Oxford's Mauney signs on to play for MCC Eagles

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

There are 181 miles between Oxford and Meridian but for Charger tennis standout Max Mauney, it seemed the distance was right down the street. Meridian Community College will be Mauney's new home as he plays tennis for coach Wanda McPhail in the future. He is the latest OHS player to play for the Eagles, joining Will Swindoll and Callan Shinall who are currently on the roster.

“It definitely felt like home when I went there, especially because of Callan and Will. (McPhail) makes it feel like somewhere you would want to go,” Mauney said.

“At first I didn't know, but as soon as I went down there, I pretty much made my decision. I'm excited. I'll be with Callan and Will again. I ate lunch with Will and I saw Callan at their practice.”

Mauney visited MCC back in the fall on a visit and he made the choice not too long after. He is expecting to play doubles and singles for the Eagles. Mauney felt like his tennis was at a high peak heading into the Christmas holidays.

“That's why I'm going to play there because I feel like she can make me better and then go on to a bigger step from there,” Mauney said. “I feel good about our chances this year. It's always the same, we're expected to contend.”

Mauney has joined Bo Nash in various tennis tournaments over the fall, traveling to Memphis and Alabama and all over the state of Mississippi.

“We practice everyday with each other. We definitely help each other get better,” Mauney said.

Oxford coach Louis Nash told Mauney to pick a school where he wanted to go. He agreed that there is a large amount of Oxford players choosing Meridian.

“I likened Coach McPhail to that tough momma that is going to be hard on you, but you're going to love her anyway before it's over,” Louis Nash said. “I think they take to that. Max has been knowing those guys that we got to watch grow up in the tennis community. He grew up with my kids playing and they played junior team tennis from little bitty to now. He's been an excellent team player and a great team guy. We're

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Oxford tennis standout Max Mauney signed a scholarship to play tennis at Meridian Community College. He is joined at his ceremony by his mother Jennifer, his father Joey, sister Ellie and coach Louis Nash. proud of him and glad for him and his family. They've been terrific.”

Louis Nash was confident that Mauney would play right away.

He just didn't know where in the lineup.

“He should be in their lineup from the first week on. I think she

is counting on him to play,” Louis Nash said. “It's been incremental.

He took a turn for the better from a mental standpoint really his 10th grade year. He started calming down a lot and he was able to handle himself on the court more and that allowed him to be a better match player.”

Another thing that separates Mauney apart is his athleticism and the ability to run like a rabbit, Louis Nash said.

“He will probably play every spot in the lineup before it's all done. He is one of those guys that can play everywhere,” he said.

“He can play doubles with anybody, he can play singles. He can play mixed. He won the state in mixed with Abbie (Vaughn) last year. Not everybody can play mix, but he can. You have to be willing to protect your partner and be willing to go after another partner.

Sometimes guys can't do it.”

Another combination that could shake out this coming year is Mauney playing with Bo Nash.

“He and Bo will play and they will be good. There is no doubt.

How often we can afford to put them together, that's another thing,” Louis Nash said. “All the guys are close by. They may not be with them just yet. On some days they can be. Bo and Max will lead us but it will probably not be often that we can put those guys together but when we do, they will be good together.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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All Real Estate advertising here­ in is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any prefer­ ence, limitation or discrimina­ tion based on race, color, reli­ gion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preferences, limitations or dis­ crimination. We will not know­ ingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are here­ by informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

If you believe that you may have been discriminated against in connection with the sale, rental or financing of housing, call The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at 1­800­669­9777.

Manufactured Housing For Sale

No Credit Check!!! Brand New Single Wide $7,500 Down Won’t last long!!

Call 662-401-1093 ******************** 28X60 Double Wide, New floor covering & paint Throughout $35,900 includes delivery & set up. Call 662-401-1093

PETS Free Pet

Free Dogs. I have to move out of the area and must find homes for my dogs. They are all of mixed breed.

Call (662) 213 1627

STUFF

FAX Your Classified Ads 662-620-8301 ** 24 Hours A Day! **

Manufactured Housing For Sale 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Manufactored Homes. Starting at 39,900. Energy efficint, includes delivery and set up.

Call Michele Hill 662-507-0248

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

CALL 662-687-2492

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Miscellaneous BUFFET LAMPS (2) stained glass shades, 30” tall, $60 for pair.

(662)346-6741

RECREATION

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Motorcycles

Buy It! Find It! Sell It! With a Classified Ad 1-800-270-2622 DINING TABLE with Lazy Susan, 60” diameter, inlaid wood, and 6 chairs. $650, or best offer. (662)346-6741 DISPLAY CABINET corner unit, mission style, 36” tall. $250 or best offer.

(662)346-6741 FULL BED head board, foot board, mattress & box springs. $180 (662)231-8712

HARLEY DAVIDSON ULTRA CLASSIC LIMITED MODEL 2013

8300 Miles, 2-tone red and burgundy, V & H “X” Pipe, Rush Exhaust, Screaming Eagle Intake, Tuner, loaded $18,500.

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Oxford Citizen Classifieds are here to serve your needs.

MAZDA WHEELS 16" Wheels, set of 4, 5 HOLES, great condition, $100 Or Best Offer.

Tupelo (662) 321­ 8598

WORK BENCH wood, 2 drawer, 5 ft wide, 34” high, 28” deep, $50.

(662)346-6741

You need answers.

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Oxford Citizen Classified Ad-Visors are as close as the nearest phone, well-versed and ready to assist you. We have a variety of ways to customize your ad to get the action and results you want!

Call today to place your classified ad!

1-800-270-2622 Fax: 662-620-8301 E-mail: classifieds@journalinc.com

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Residential & Commercial

589 N. Coley Rd. Tupelo, MS

Streets, Driveways, & Parking Lots

Call 662-234-4129

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FREE ESTIMATES! Real Estate Thinking of Selling Your Home or Property?

We Have Six Full-Time Agents Pontotoc Ridge Realty, Ltd. Who Call MOSSY OAK PROPERTIES OFFICE Pontotoc Home. ISEACH INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Call Us Today 662-489-2848

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C I R C A D E N C E R & D FA C I L I T Y CDF BUILDING • 398 EAST MAIN ST., 2ND FLOOR • TUPELO, MS 38804 662-821-2500 • www.circadence.com

PO Box 909 Tupelo, MS | 38802-0909 1242 South Green Street Tupelo, MS | 38804

Phone 662.678.1530 or 1.800.270.2614 ext.530 Fax 662.620.8301

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