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BY CARL SMITH
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As consolida-tion committeemembers turntheir attentionto orming a uni-fed school dis-tricts structure
or students, theate o the coun-tys educationbuilding remains an unsettledissue.
The county-owned acil ity,built in 2011, houses Oktib-beha County School Districtsadministration. Constructionplans were developed ater thedistricts ormer headquarterswere damaged ater HurricaneKatrina made landall andworked inland in 2005. Workbegan on the 8,000-square-oot, almost-$1.6 million acil-
ity while the school districtrented ofce in the strip mallthat houses Dirt Cheap.
Last week, OCSD Con-servator Margie Pulley andStarkville School District Su-perintendent Lewis Hollowaypitched various plans to logis-tically merge the two systems.
Working ideas include bring-ing high school-age studentsto Starkville High School,upgrading the countys twoelementary schools and con-structing a new campus ormiddle school-age students.
Also, Mississippi State Uni-
Weather
Rayne Phillips
Sixth grade, Annunciation
High83 Low64Chance t-storm
Full forecast on
page 2A.
Five Questions
1 When a CB radio user asks Whatsyour 20? what should you tell him?2 What former frontman of the Jamplayed lead guitar on Oasiss Cham-pagne Supernova?3 Michael Jordan is now a part ownerof what NBA team?
4 C. S. Lewiss The Screwtape Lettersare written to what junior devil, Screw-tapes nephew?5 Whats pictured in the painting that
hangs aboveThe Simpsons couch?
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Obituaries 5AOpinions 4A
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Shasta Dodd works at WatersTruck and Tractor in Columbus.
caLendar
Toay Lincoln symposium: Eventson the Mississippi State campusinclude 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.free talks at Mitchell MemorialLibrary on Abraham Lincolnsleadership and the 13th Amend-ment, and a 7:30 p.m. discus-sion at McCool Hall by historianFrank Williams about Steven
Spielbergs movie Lincoln.
Saturay, Sept. 28 Marker unveiling: As part
of Mississippis recognition of
the 150th anniversary of the
Civil War, the public is invited to
a Mississippi Historical Marker
unveiling at 10 a.m. at the cor-
ner of Highway 12 and LouisvilleStreet (in front of Walgreens)in Starkville, noting Union Gen.Benjamin Griersons raid thatcame through Starkville in 1863.Period music and reenactorswill be on hand afterward at theGreensboro Center.
Suay, Sept. 29Book signing: Columbusauthor Michael Farris Smith willread from his novel Riversand sign books at the Tennes-see Williams Welcome Center,300 Main St., from 2-4 p.m.Refreshments will be servedat this event presented by theColumbus Cultural HeritageFoundation.
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Ofcials celebrate start o Yokohama costructioBY NATHAN [email protected]
WEST POINT Somepeople say Mississippis aclub, Joe Max Higgins saidMonday. Mississippi is aamily, and weve got newamily members in the house today, olks.
Higgins, the Golden Triangle Development LinkCEO, was reerring to Yokohama Tire Manuactur-ing Mississippi. Company, state and local ofcialsbroke ground on what will be one o the largesttire plants in the country during a ceremony at thePrairie Belt Powersite in Clay County. In abouttwo years, the acility will open its doors or 500
workers.
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President of Yokohama Tire Company Hikomitsu Noji shakes hands with Audriana Taylor, a fourth grader at Southside Elementary inWest Point, after she presented him with a magnolia tree to be planted. TOP OF PAGE: President of Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mis-sissippi Tadahuru Yamamoto, Gov. Phil Bryant, President of Yokohama Tire Company Hikomitsu Noji, Consul General of Japan in Nash-ville Motohiko Kato, Link CEO Joe Max Higgins and Sen. Roger Wicker break ground on the new Yokohama plant in Clay County Monday.
InSIdEOUR VIEW: A niceday or an outdoor wed-ding. Page 4A
Residents giddy with enthusiasmover arrival of new industryBY SARAH fOwLER
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The excitement in the air at Yo-kohama Tire Manuacturing Missis-sippis ground-breaking ceremonyin Clay County was almost palpableMonday morning as executives,lawmakers and Clay County residentsgathered on the hundreds o acres oarm land that will soon house a boom-
ing tire manuacturer.Governor Phil Bryant said West
Point would one daybe a shining city onthe hill. Yokohamapresident HikomitsuNoji compared themerging o the Japaneseindustry and the Mis-sissippi work orce to amarriage with a happyhoneymoon in the nearuture and a baby the acility
born 45 months later.See yokohama, 6A See building, 6ASee reactions, 8A
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Five-Day forecast for the Golden Triangle
Almanac Data National Weather
Lake Levels
River Stages
Sun and MoonSolunar table
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the da
City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, i-ice, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms,r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow
Yesterday 7 a.m. 24-hr.Lake Capacity yest. change
The solunar
period scheduleallows planning days
so you will be fshingin good territory orhunting in good cover
during those times.
Temperature
Precipitation
Tombigbee
Yesterday Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr.River stage yest. change
Columbus Monday
High/low ................................... .. 86/56
Normal high/low ................ ......... 85/60
Record high .... ........................ 96 (1980)
Record low .............................. 44 (1974)
Monday ..................................... ...... 0.00"
Month to date ........................... ...... 3.67"
Normal month to date ...................... 2.73"
Year to date .................................. 49.08"
Normal year to date ....................... 40.60"
Wednesday Thursday
Atlanta 73 63 t 78 62 pc
Boston 65 54 s 65 55 sChicago 71 56 s 74 56 s
Dallas 92 67 s 93 70 s
Honolulu 89 72 pc 88 73 pc
Jacksonville 80 71 t 84 69 pc
Memphis 84 66 pc 85 69 pc
84
64
Wednesday
A morning shower in
places
83
64
Thursday
Partly sunny and
seasonable
84
61
Friday
Mostly sunny
84
59
Saturday
Mostly sunny, nice
and warm
Aberdeen Dam 188' 163.37' -0.84'
Stennis Dam 166' 137.01' -0.84'
Bevill Dam 136' 136.49' +0.17'
Amory 20' 11.39' -0.46'
Bigbee 14' 5.18' -0.70'
Columbus 15' 5.69' +0.24'
Fulton 20' 9.86' -1.60'
Tupelo 21' 2.70' -0.30'
Full
Oct. 18
First
Oct. 11
New
Oct. 4
Last
Sep. 26
Sunrise ..... 6:43 a.m.
Sunset . ..... 6:48 p.m.
Moonrise . 10:19 p.m.
Moonset .. 11:43 a.m.
F
Major ..... 5:19 a.m.
Minor ... 11:32 a.m.
Major ..... 5:44 p.m.
Minor ... 11:56 p.m.
Major ... .. 6:10 a.m.
Minor ... 12:22 p.m.
Major ... .. 6:34 p.m.
Minor ......... ........ ----
WednesdayTuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Nashville 77 60 sh 82 62 pc
Orlando 81 73 r 89 74 pcPhiladelphia 75 56 s 75 56
