Tombigbee Tales

Slapping Lipstick on MUWs Heifer Wynbridge

The powers that be at Mississippi University for Women are slapping lipstick on their renaming efforts and royally alienating alumni...and it is UGLY...

MUW Renaming Boondoggle

Mississippi University for Women has had two failed renaming campaigns and is currently on their third...why is so much money and energy put into rebranding the University when students say they are exiting because they don't feel safe on campus and their rooms are devoid of the minimum expectations of housing: heating and air conditioning. Bernie Ellis, MA, MPH, a 7th generation Lowndes Countian, retired public health epidemiologist, former Program Director at the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and a former Assistant Dean of Admissions at Vanderbilt University provides insights and observations on the issues.

The Cat's Out of the Bag with Nancy Carpenter's Incompetence

CVB Director Nancy Carpenter won't return calls or emails to tournament organizers. In other words, she is not doing her job! 

Nancy Carpenter and the Pig in a Poke

Nancy Carpenter is scrambling to find the match share grant for the Tennessee Williams building because she waited to the last minute - as usual - and her last minute mess is catching up with her. She's getting pretty desperate. 

Why the CCHF Director Nancy Luke Carpenter and Mayor Keith Gaskin Make Such Odd Bedfellows

CCHF Director Nancy Luke Carpenter and Mayor Keith Gaskin are making some shady backroom deals with OUR tax dollars.  
 
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Abe Loftis-Constable: Fallen in the Line of Duty

Abe Loftis was a constable in Columbus, MS who fell to his death breaking up a craps game on top of the coal chute at the Southern Railroad yard. 

St. Paul's EpiscopalRector J. H. Ingraham and Cecil B. DeMille

St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Columbus' Rector J. H. Ingraham's book The Pillar of Fire was the most popular book across the US (other than the Bible) after the Civil War. His name appears as the writer on the movie The Ten Commandments right after Cecil B. DeMille's. 

Hilma Ensminger - Poisoner or Victim?

Did Hilma Ensminger try and poison her step-son or was she framed? 

Application Numbers and Missing Grant Elements

The actual application sent to MDAH is super interesting for what it contains and what it did NOT contain. Did MDAH VP Nancy Luke Carpenter get special treatment by her pals on the grant board? 

The MDAH Grant Particulars and the Tennessee Wiliams Home

Carpenter and the Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation have to come up with over $200,000 up front for their latest grant boondoggle at the Tennessee Williams home before they ever get a dime of reimbursement from the MDAH. How is THAT going to work out?