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Oak Hill plans

MONDAY PROFILE
greenhouse,
Crunching the numbers: How Gavin Gilbert has garden for
revolutionized Starkville High School football’s statistics outdoor
education
Pumpkin seeds,
sunflowers already
planted in garden;
Ballard hopes to build
greenhouse this year
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com

WEST POINT —
Oak Hill Academy
assistant principal
Katie Ballard want-
ed to supplement the
school curriculum in
a way that was a little
beyond the norm. Ballard
In January, Ballard
began a grant application through
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mis-
sissippi Foundation in hopes of al-
lowing Oak Hill Academy’s K3-12
students to participate in a school
garden program.
“We wanted to incorporate some
things other than your tradition-
al learning environment,” Ballard
said.
See OAK HILL, 6A
Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff
Gavin Gilbert poses for a portrait on Friday at Starkville High School. Gilbert has recorded statistics for SHS
games since 2009 and has stats going back to the 1920s.

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
R
ushing through the rain
armed with a pen and paper,
Gavin Gilbert entered the
press box at Yellow Jacket Stadium
and began to scribble.
Keeping note of that night’s
scoring plays between Starkville
High School and DeSoto Central,
Gilbert — a social studies teacher
at SHS since 2015 — launched a
career in sports statistics that has
seen him compile numbers for at
least 10 NFL players, nearly every
member of the Clarion Ledger’s
Dandy Dozen who’s played in
Mississippi High School Activities
Association Class 6A since 2010
and countless other high school
prospects who’ve gone on to prolif-
ic collegiate football careers since
their days in the yellow and white.
“He’s got stats going all the way
back to the beginning of time,”
head coach Chris Jones said of
Gilbert. “He’s done a lot of digging
‘He’s done a lot of digging and a lot of research,
and if you’ve got any question about any record,
Columbus police arrest
you just ask him, and he’ll know what was going on’ two in connection with
SHS head football coach Chris Jones
and a lot of research, and if you’ve Arriving at MSU as an under-
armed robbery
got any question about any record, graduate in the fall of 2000, Gilbert DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
you just ask him, and he’ll know quickly became a manager for the
Two people, one a juvenile, have
what was going on.” school’s women’s tennis team. He
been arrested for a robbery at a
Gilbert has long boasted a pas- stayed in that post for six years
South Columbus home Saturday
sion for sports. As a kid, Mississip- before earning a spot as an eighth-
grade social studies teacher at night.
pi State football games constantly
emanated from his radio in near- Armstrong Middle School in the Taveon Macon, 18, and the juve-
by Winona. When the Bulldog fall of 2009. nile have both been charged with
baseball team made their charge to With his ensuing dash through armed robbery, according to Co-
the 1998 College World Series, he the rain during that year’s first re- lumbus Police Chief Fred Shelton.
kept scorebooks of every contest gion game against DeSoto Central, The suspects were in custody eight
— double-checking each book he helped the SHS coaching staff minutes after police were called.
for accurate batting averages and keep stats by hand the rest of the According to a Columbus Po-
other stats. He even looked over year and took over on his own for lice Department press release,
the stats compiled by the computer the season opener against Noxubee the suspects arrived at a home on
while playing the video game Ken County in 2010. He’s since added Sixth Street South at about 10 p.m.
Griffey Jr. Presents Major League positions on stat crews at East Saturday armed with weapons and
Baseball after its release in 1994. Mississippi Community College demanding money. The victim was
“Double-checked the computer’s and MSU during Thursdays and not injured.
math,” he said through a laugh. See GILBERT, 6A “I want to commend the ex-
cellent work of our officers and
the 911 dispatchers for the appre-
See ARMED ROBBERY, 3A

UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME

Analysis: Mississippi group aims for simple flag design

State Department of Archives and History: More than
1,800 people have submitted new flag designs
BY EMILY
WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Nine
commissioners design-
ing a new Mississippi flag
have the complicated task
of choosing a simple de-
sign.
Mississippi recently
retired the last state flag
with the Confederate bat-
tle emblem that’s been
widely condemned as rac-
ist.
An expert told com-
missioners last week that
an effective flag is distinc-
tive and easy to recognize
from a distance. Clay
Moss said a design with
lots of small details might
be a dud on a flagpole.
“A good design will
resonate in people’s
hearts and create a sense
of pride,” he said.
Moss said Texas has
the best-designed state
flag. Children can draw
the lone-star banner, and
anyone with sewing skills
can reproduce it.
“A lot of the U.S. state
flags, of course, are — I
want to be polite — mun-
dane in terms of a re-
curring theme of state
seal after state seal after
state seal on a blue back-
ground, or maybe a dif-
ferent color background,”
Moss said.
The commission has
members appointed by
the governor, lieutenant
governor and House
speaker. They will come
up with a new design that
cannot have the Confed-
erate emblem and must
include the phrase, “In
God We Trust.”
The Mississippi De-
partment of Archives and
History asked the pub-
lic to submit flag ideas,
with a Saturday deadline.
Department spokesman
Michael Morris said that
by Friday, people had sub-
mitted more than 1,800
designs that meet the two
criteria, plus some that do
not.
Archives and History
plans to post the public
submissions that meet
the criteria on its website
by Monday.
See ANALYSIS, 3A

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1 What are the four Hs in 4-H? MEETINGS
2 What is the second-deepest spot on Aug. 4: Starkville
Earth, after the Mariana Trench? Board of Aldermen
3 What hip-hop group suggested in 1988 meeting, 5:30 p.m.,
that we “Don’t Believe the Hype”?
4 What metal was the primary material City Hall
used to construct the Statue of Liberty? Aug. 11: Starkville-Ok-
Joel Heard 5 What animal is Frances in the books tibbeha Consolidated
“Bedtime for Frances” and “Bread and
Kindergarten, Annunciation School District Board
Jam for Frances”?

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Clock is ticking on Trump comeback as early voting nears

Aides are increasingly worried the
2020 campaign may already be RNC: Decision on private Trump renomination vote not final
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS sizing that no final decisions have Carolina, on Aug. 24 to formally
defined as a referendum on Trump’s been made and that logistics and vote to make Trump the GOP stan-
WASHINGTON — The vote press coverage options were still dard-bearer once more.
handling of the COVID-19 pandemic to renominate President Donald being evaluated, The official was Nominating conventions are
Trump is set to be conducted in not authorized to discuss the mat- traditionally meant to be media
BY JONATHAN LEMIRE campaign may already be
AND ZEKE MILLER private later this month, without ter publicly and spoke on condition bonanzas, as political parties seek
defined as a referendum
The Associated Press members of the press present, a of anonymity. to leverage the attention the events
on Trump’s handling of
the COVID-19 pandemic spokeswoman for the Republican While Trump called off the pub- draw to spread their message to
WA S H - and will feature a historic National Convention said on Satur- lic components of the convention as many voters as possible. If the
INGTON — shift to remote and early day, citing the coronavirus. in Florida last month, citing spik- GOP decision stands, it will be the
It’s getting vote options. The presi- However, a Republican National ing cases of the virus across the first party nominating convention
late early. dent’s campaign is scram- Committee official contradicted country, 336 delegates are sched- in modern history to be closed to
Presi- bling for a reset, pausing that assessment Sunday, empha- uled to gather in Charlotte, North reporters.
dent Don- advertisements while
ald Trump struggling to find both a House that it could be in- John McCain’s 2008 pres- two months after Trump’s en, wanted to analyze
is privately cohesive message and a terpreted as an admission idential campaign and an previous campaign man- when and where Trump’s
Trump
reassur- way to safely put the pres- that the president was los- opponent of Trump’s re- ager unleashed a “Death advertising message was
ing Republicans anxious ident on the road in front ing and could hurt their election. “People vote at Star” ad blitz on Biden being delivered. A sig-
about his deficits to Dem- of voters. chances of retaining the a moment in time: Even that only coincided with nificant amount of TV ad
ocrat Joe Biden, noting Trump added to the tu- Senate. if there is something of a the president’s support time has already been
there are three months mult by publicly wonder- And they warned that political recovery for the falling even further. reserved from Labor Day
until Election Day and ing if the election should time is running out: The president in October, that The campaign down- until the election, and the
reminding them of the be delayed while making first state to hold early vot- is irrelevant for those who played the ad pause, campaign said it would
late-breaking events that the unfounded claim that ing, the vital battleground already voted.” saying that the new cam- reboot its advertising on
propelled his 2016 come- the tilt toward mail-in of North Carolina, begins A sudden halt in
back. paign manager, Bill Stepi- Monday.
balloting would lead to the process Sept. 4. Trump’s expensive tele-
But four years later, widespread voter fraud. “He’s losing and the tra- vision advertisements
the dynamics are very dif- That suggestion drew a jectory of the race is mov- last week highlighted the
ferent. rare rebuke from Repub- ing away from him,” said campaign’s challenge. It
Aides are increasing- licans, many of whom Steve Schmidt, a senior came just two weeks after
ly worried that the 2020 quietly warned the White adviser on Republican a staffing shakeup and

Joe Biden nears final decision on running mate

Contenders include Sen. Kamala porters this
week that
rials. Biden will likely
soon begin one-on-one
Harris, Rep. Karen Bass and Obama he
“have
would
a
conversations with those
under consideration,
national security adviser Susan Rice choice
the
in
first
which could be the most
consequential part of the
BY ALEX ANDR A JAFFE on condition of anonym- week of process for a presidential
The Associated Press ity to discuss the plans Aug ust .” candidate who values per-
said a public announce- He notably Biden sonal connections.
WASHINGTON — As ment likely wouldn’t hap- stopped short of saying The leading contend-
Joe Biden nears the an- pen before the week of when he would announce ers include California
nouncement of his vice Aug. 10. That’s one week that choice. Sen. Kamala Harris, Cal-
presidential choice, the before Democrats will Running mates are ifornia Rep. Karen Bass
top contenders and their hold their convention to often announced on the and Obama national secu-
advocates are making fi- officially nominate Biden eve of a convention. As rity adviser Susan Rice.
nal appeals. as their presidential nom- Biden prepares to make The deliberations remain
The campaign hasn’t inee. his choice, a committee fluid, however, and the
finalized a date for nam- Biden said in May that established to vet run- campaign has reviewed
ing a running mate, but he hoped to name his pick ning mates has provided nearly a dozen possible
three people who spoke around Aug. 1 and told re- him with briefing mate- running mates.

Despite virus threat, Black voters wary of voting by mail

‘I always feel better sliding my ballot ing a “delay” to the Nov.
3 presidential election
to the skepticism at a time
when making Black voic-
in. We’ve heard so many controversies — which would take an
act of Congress — as he
es heard has taken on new
urgency during a national
about missing absentee ballots.’ made unsubstantiated al- reckoning over racial in-
Michigan voter Victor Gibson legations in a tweet that justice.
increased mail-in voting Patricia Harris of Mc-
BY COREY WILLIAMS ty precaution during the will result in fraud. Donough, Georgia, south
The Associated Press pandemic. “I would never change of Atlanta, voted in person
For many, historical my mind” about voting in in the primary and said
DETROIT — Despite skepticism of a system person in November, said she will do the same in
fears that the coronavi- that tried to keep Black Gibson, who is Black and November.
rus pandemic will wors- people from the polls hopes Trump loses. “I al- “I simply do not trust
en, Victor Gibson said and worries that a mailed ways feel better sliding mail-in or absentee bal-
he’s not planning to take ballot won’t get counted my ballot in. We’ve heard lots,” said Harris, 73, a
advantage of Michigan’s outweigh the prospect of so many controversies retired event coordinator
expanded vote-by-mail long lines and health dan- about missing absentee at Albany State Universi-
system when he casts his gers from a virus that’s ballots.” ty. “After the primary and
ballot in November. disproportionately affect- Decades of disenfran- the results were in, there
The retired teacher ed communities of color. chisement are at the heart were thousands of absen-
from Detroit just isn’t Ironically, suspicion of of the uneasy choice fac- tee ballots not counted.”
sure he can trust it. Many mail-in voting aligns with ing Black voters, one of In Georgia, roughly
Black Americans share the views of President the Democratic Party’s 12,500 mail-in ballots
similar concerns and are Donald Trump, whom most important voting were rejected in the state’s
planning to vote in person many Black voters want groups. Widespread prob- June primary, while Cal-
on Election Day, even as out of office. lems with mail-in ballots ifornia tossed more than
mail-in voting expands Trump took it a step during this year’s prima- 100,000 absentee ballots
to more states as a safe- further Tuesday, suggest- ry elections have added during its March primary.
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MISSING PERSON SEARCH Mississippi health

department: COVID-19
deaths top 1,700
Number of coronavirus cases
in state had topped 60,000
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JACKSON — Ten more Mississippians have

died from COVID-19, boosting the state’s death
toll from the coronavirus disease above 1,700, ac-
cording to the latest data posted Sunday by the
state health department.
Another 672 positive coronavirus tests were
reported to the Mississippi State Department of
Health, as the number of counted cases in the state
of about 3 million people has topped 60,000.
The true number of virus infections is thought
to be far higher because many people have not
been tested and studies suggest people can be in-
fected without feeling sick. For most people, the
coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms.
For some, especially older adults and those with
existing health problems, it can cause more severe
Antranik Tavitian/Dispatch Staff
or fatal illness.
Joe Oswalt looks for signs during the search for James Ryan Taylor on Saturday at the Columbus Riverwalk. Tay- As Mississippi’s coronavirus death toll rises,
lor has been missing since July 14, when he was last seen at a hotel on the Island, and a team of volunteers got Gov. Tate Reeves’ mask requirements will expand
together on Saturday to search for him. to another eight counties on Monday, in addition to
the 29 counties where people already have been re-
quired to wear face coverings. The mask mandate
covers more than half the state’s population.

Mississippi National Guard unit has

first female battalion leader Mississippi farmers can start
‘I know I have some big shoes to fill, mored Brigade Combat of Hattiesburg, said in a
applying for hemp license
Team, headquartered in statement. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

but I am up to the challenge’ Tupelo.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAT TIESBURG — in Hattiesburg, during a
The Mississippi National
Guard’s largest unit has
its first female battalion
commander.
Lt. Col. Annie Lee as-
sumed command of the
The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Lavaris Bonner, 34,
was charged with bur-
glary, possession of par-
aphernalia and failure to
appear.
n Israel Buckhalter,
39, was charged with mur-
der.
n Anthony Cannon, 35,
was charged with driving
under the influence 3rd
offense and no insurance.
n Derrion Dickerson,
22, was charged with pos-
session of marijuana more
than an ounce.
n Joseph Fenton, 36,
was charged with posses-
sion of a weapon by a felon,
possession of marijuana
more than an ounce and
possession of controlled
substance.
n Al Harris, 38, was
charged with cyber-
stalking and three counts
failure to appear.
Lt. Col. Annie Lee
106th Brigade Support
Battalion, headquartered
ceremony Friday, multi-
ple news outlets report-
ed. The battalion is one
of seven battalions that
make up the 155th Ar-
AREA ARRESTS
Bonner Buckhalter
Miller Williams
n Jordan Miller, 25,
was charged with posses-
sion of marijuana more
than an ounce.
n Aneesah Williams,
27, was charged with em-
bezzlement and public
drunkenness.
n Tony Farmer, 22,
was charged with two
counts shoplifting 3rd of-
fense-$250 or more and
Lee is the first woman
to lead a battalion in the
155th Armored Brigade
Combat Team since the
brigade’s start nearly 70
years ago. She follows Lt.
Col. William Walley into
the position.
“I know I have some
big shoes to fill, but I am
up to the challenge,” Lee,
Cannon Dickerson
Farmer Ray
failure to appear.
The following arrests
were made by the Oktibbe-
ha County Sheriff’s Office:
n Dustin Ray, 36, was
charged with child abuse.
n Cornell Jimerson,
35, was charged with pa-
role violation.
n Derick Ivy, 28, was
charged with possession
The battalion has ap-
proximately 400 soldiers JACKSON — Mississippi farmers or those in-
terested in becoming farmers can start applying
and provides logistics,
maintenance and medical for hemp grower licenses.
The Daily Leader reports the license applica-
support for the full com-
bat unit. tion period began Saturday and runs through Oct.
31 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Col. Jason Nelson,
Industrial hemp has been promoted as a new
commander of the 155th
cash crop for struggling farmers.
Armored Brigade Combat
Hemp is a member of the cannabis plant fam-
Team, said Lee “is poised
ily but contains only traces of the THC chemical
to take this great organi- compound that causes a high for marijuana users.
zation to the next level.” Hemp is used for textiles, fuels, clothing, body lo-
tion, paper, rope and chemical absorbents, among
other products.
Congress paved the way for state hemp pro-
grams in the 2018 Farm Bill, which removed in-
dustrial hemp from the list of federally controlled
substances.
Fenton Harris
Jimerson Ivy
of controlled
substance.
n Julius
Taylor, 33,
was charged
with proba-
tion viola-
tion. Taylor

Analysis
Continued from Page 1A
By early September, the commission
will agree on a design to put on the Nov.
3 statewide ballot. They could accept
one of the public submissions, combine
elements from different designs or start
from scratch and draw their own.
“We’re going to design and approve
a flag that Mississippi can be proud of,”
said former state Supreme Court Jus-
tice Reuben Anderson, the commission
chairman.
If voters accept the proposed design,
it will become the new Mississippi flag. If
they reject it, the commission will find a
new design and that will go on the ballot
later.
“There have only been four major U.S.
state flag changes in the past 66 years,
and Georgia’s done it three times,” Moss
said.
Georgia put the Confederate battle
emblem on its state flag in 1956, during a
backlash to the civil rights movement. It
purged the emblem from its flag in 2001,
then redesigned the flag again in 2003.
The fourth major flag change is the
one Mississippi’s doing now, Moss said.
Mississippi had used the same Con-
federate-themed flag since 1894, when
white supremacists in the Legislature
set the design amid backlash to political
power that African Americans gained
during Reconstruction. People who voted
in a 2001 election chose to keep the flag,
but the symbol remained divisive in a
state with a 38 percent Black population.
SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.

Armed robbery
Mon. Tues.
Major 12:57a 1:47a
Minor 8:13p 8:55p
Major 1:23p 2:12p
Minor 6:43a 7:43a
Courtesy of Mississippi Department
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hension of two suspects
eight minutes after the
call went out,” Shelton
said in the press release.
“The victims on the
scene provided an excel-
lent description, and the
responding officers got
the information to others
quickly. Per our standard
procedure, other officers
began searching the area
and captured the suspects
about five blocks away.”
The victim knew the
suspects, who had pre-
viously cut grass at the
home, the release said.
Macon is in custody at
Lowndes County Adult
Detention Center. His
bond has not been set.
LCADC administrators
were unable to provide
The Dispatch with a mug-
shot of Macon by press
time.
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POSSUMHAW
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“I know to you, it might He’d lean over and peer sprinklers and a good, long soaking. plant back so I could see into the nest.
sound strange. But I wish it into the little pool of water In the present world of technology Wrens cleverly build their nests with
would rain, oh let it rain ... let sitting 8 inches below at where you can “zoom” or “duo call” with a rain covering over top. Both nests
it rain, oh yeah, let it rain.” the quarter-inch mark. So people around the world, it seems so or- were empty- no bird — no fledglings, no
— The Temptations, “I close, but no way to get to dinary to fasten an old metal sprinkler eggs, no broken shells.
Wish it Would Rain,” original it. He flew away, dry and to the end of a My heart
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inally, a much-needed
rain. The ground is
deep with cracks, wide
as a quarter. Until recently
the trees were lush with Shannon Bardwell
leaves, the grass was healthy
and flowers were blooming, nurtured
by morning dew and evening rains. But
lately the ground cracks and furling
leaves prove dry. Thankfully, we’d had
a rain shower from out of nowhere. The
kind of shower that waters your neigh-
bor’s lawn and fields but not yours. And
if you’re lucky, the next day you get
the watering and maybe they don’t, or
maybe you both get lucky.
Looking out the windows off to the
west, I could see the rain gauge hang-
ing on the fence post. On top of the rain ground, I found my watering had nour-
gauge’s yellow funnel, a bird perched.
birdbath from the window. it across the their nests of
About mid-afternoon, a yard and turn the broken
bluebird pair and later a the well water shells. It’s
tufted titmouse couple on at the spig- thought to pro-
would show up for bathing. ot. Sometimes tect the fledg-
The gentlemanly male the sprinkler lings from
always let the female go first. She’d dip turns with no injury and also
down in the water and flitter her wings help, and other to attract any
around, splashing her little heart out. times it needs predators away
Soon she’d fly away to a perch on the a little nudge. from the nest
nearby bench and wait. When he fin- The four arms to the dis-
ished his bathing, the pair would fly off of sprinkler carded shells.
together, often resting on a telephone turn a dizzying Hardworking
wire above the driveway. The tufted round and round, soaking the ground clever little wrens, they are. Perhaps
titmouse couple would follow suit. for about a 10-foot radius. now the mother wrens will join the
Though I had been watering the While the sprinkler watered, I went titmouse and bluebird and dip and dive
flowerbeds faithfully, it wasn’t enough. to check the Carolina wrens’ nests. One through the sprinkler or gather togeth-
Attempting to turn a spade in the hard was in the hanging plant on the porch er at the birdbath.
and the other in a potted plant in the Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Numbers and percentages tell different stories
Many people complain about our pandemic
response by pointing out that the mortality rate is
below one percent of infections, and that less than
two percent of the population has become infected.
They feel that such rates do not support the actions
we have taken. In raw numbers, though, the dis-
ease looks different.
Almost three times as many Americans have
died of COVID-19 in seven months as died in the
entire Viet Nam war, all sixteen years of it. The
World Trade Center would have to be destroyed
thirteen times to kill as many people.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus

OTHER EDITORS
Action needed to save child care industry
With schools shuttered and child-care options
restricted, working parents across the country are
shouldering unexpected child-care burdens. Many
will not be able to return to work until they can find
safe, affordable child care. At the same time, the
child-care industry is collapsing under pandem-
ic-inflicted financial pressure. Without swift action
from Congress, child-care centers are at risk of
permanent closures that could severely undermine
the country’s economic recovery.
Unlike public schools, child-care centers are
largely funded by parents’ tuition payments. Even
before the pandemic, most child-care centers were
barely profitable. At the peak of the crisis, one-
third of the child-care workforce lost their jobs, and
about 60 percent of child-care programs temporari-
ly closed. Now, those that survive are implementing
virus prevention measures that reduce enrollment
— and revenue — while increasing operating costs.
Half the industry is at risk for permanent closure,
which would mean millions of lost child-care slots,
according to an estimate from the Center for Amer-
ican Progress, a liberal think tank.
Such losses would present many parents with
terrible choices. In the absence of safe, affordable
child care, should parents place their children
in unlicensed or lower-quality facilities during a
public health crisis, or spend more than they can
reasonably afford on child care for those lucky
enough to have a safe option nearby? For lower-in-
come families, the lack of affordable child care
could mean giving up work outside the home and
sliding into poverty. Black and brown parents are
more likely than white parents to experience job
disruptions due to child care.
Democrats and Republicans in Congress both
have introduced measures that would help stabilize
the industry. The Democratic-backed Child Care Is
Essential Act would provide $50 billion in fund-
ing to child-care centers through the Child Care
and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), which
provides federal funding to states to subsidize child
care for working families. The Republican-backed
measure would fund child-care providers through
the CCDBG for up to nine months. Experts esti-
mate that the child-care industry needs $9.6 billion
a month to stay afloat, much more than the $3.5
billion the industry received in spring’s coronavirus
legislation.
To prevent mass closures of child-care provid-
ers, Congress must prioritize industry-wide relief.
But even an emergency rescue would not address
the underlying issues associated with the chronic
underfunding of caregiving. Last week, former vice
president Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic
nominee for president, unveiled a proposal to invest
$775 billion over 10 years in caregiving programs
for small children, older Americans and those with
disabilities. This ambitious proposal is a welcome
and unprecedented acknowledgment that care-
giving is central to a fully functioning economy.
Though it is largely focused on bolstering Ameri-
ca’s caregiving infrastructure in the medium term,
Mr. Biden’s plan also mentions fiscal relief to keep
child-care services running — a recognition that,
without stabilization efforts now, there may not be
an industry left to bolster.
Washington Post
STATE OF THE NATION
Who is really burning things down?
M
y friend David
French, one
of the most
admirable voices in
America today, argues
that conservatives need
not vote against Repub-
lican senate candidates
in order to send a mes-
sage about Trumpism. I
disagree. He writes, “A
rage, fury, and a ‘burn
it all down’ mentality Mona Charen
is one of the maladies
that brought us to the
present moment.”
This assumes that the reason
some plan to evict Republican sen- Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Mitt
ators is simply a matter of anger.
But voting against a candidate or
even a whole party is not nihilism.
It’s the legal, Constitutional way to as well.
express approval or disapproval.
The current Republican Party has
chosen to become the burn-it-all-
down party. The most demoraliz-
ing aspect of the past four years
has not been that a boob conman
was elected president but that one
of the two great political parties
surrendered to him utterly.
David suggests that voting
against Republican senators ig-
nores that they had bad choices.
It’s certainly true that Republi-
cans perceived their options to be
limited. If they speak up, they say,
they will flush their careers down
the drain. Look at what happened
to Jeff Flake, Mark Sanford and
Bob Corker!
But this overstates things. A
number of Republicans have stood
up to Trump and maintained their
electoral viability — especially
when they challenged him on mat-
ters in which he has shown little
interest, namely public policy. Sen.
Pat Toomey, R-Pa., for example,
voted against the president’s USM- courage on anything, though
CA trade agreement and (gasp)
wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street
Journal explaining his reasoning.
When the president abruptly
announced, following a phone
call with Turkish leader Recep
Erdogan, that he was
withdrawing Ameri-
can troops forthwith
from Syria, a number
of Republicans voiced
horror. Sen. Ben Sasse,
R-Neb., said it would
lead to a “slaughter.”
Sen. Ted Cruz said it
would be “DISGRACE-
FUL.” Rep. Liz Cheney
called it a “catastrophic
mistake that puts our
gains against ISIS at
risk and threatens
America’s national security.”
Senators Lindsay Graham, R-S.C.,
Romney, R-Utah, Marco Rubio,
R-Fla., former U.N. Ambassador
Nikki Haley and others weighed in
When the president suggested
lifting sanctions on Russia, Sena-
tor Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said it
would be “horrible” for the United
States. And after Gen. James Mat-
tis wrote an op-ed saying that Don-
ald Trump was making a “mockery
of the U.S. Constitution,” Sen.
Lisa Murkowski said: “I was really
thankful. I thought General Mat-
tis’ words were true, and honest
and necessary and overdue.”
So, it is possible to speak up
about this president and survive. I
use that word advisedly, because
these Republican officeholders
often use words like “kill” or
“destroy” or “annihilate” when
contemplating what Trump would
do to them if they raise their heads
too far above the parapet. In fact,
all that actually threatened them
was the possibility of nasty tweets
and the chance that they might
lose their seats.
David is right that very few
people in any walk of life display
craven Republicans holding House
and Senate posts might want to
pause from time to time to contem-
plate the extraordinary valor of
protesters in Hong Kong, Iran and
Egypt who continue to put their
freedom and sometimes their lives
at risk by taking to the streets.
And should being an elected offi-
cial really be one’s “life work”?
As noted above, Republicans
have criticized the president on
policy matters, sometimes even
harshly. Where they have shrunk
into their shells was on matters
that are even more critical to the
health of our republic. They have,
by their silence, given assent to his
cruelty, his assaults on truth, his
dangerous flirtations with political
violence and his consistent demoli-
tion of institutions.
Institutions are like scaffolding.
When a society’s institutions are
weakened, the whole edifice can
come crashing down.
Donald Trump undermined
the institution of the free press,
urging his followers to disbelieve
everything except what came
from the leader. He weakened
respect for law enforcement and
the courts, suggesting that he was
the victim of a “deep state” and
that “so-called judges” need not be
respected. He scorned allies and
toadied to dictators. He has cast
doubt on the integrity of elections.
He ran the executive branch like
a gangster, demanding personal
loyalty and abusing officials such
as the hapless Jeff Sessions, who
merely followed ethics rules. He
ignored the law to get his way on
the border wall. He violated the
most sacred norms of a multieth-
nic society by encouraging racial
hatred. He made the U.S. guilty
of separating babies from their
mothers.
Elected officials, terrified of
their own constituents, have cow-
ered and temporized in the face of
a truly unprecedented assault on
democratic values. They believed
that they were powerless and acted
accordingly. Since they were pow-
erless when it counted, perhaps we
should make it official?
Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow
at the Ethics and Public Policy
Center.
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With loan money gone, restaurants

are at mercy of coronavirus
Pandemic has devastated an industry that expected
to have nearly $900 billion in sales this year
BY JOYCE M. ROSENBERG
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK — The check has
arrived and beleaguered restaurant
owners across America are looking
down on their empty wallets.
Government coronavirus loans in
the spring helped eating establish-
ments rehire laid-off employees and
ride out the pandemic’s initial surge
and wave of shutdown orders.
But that Paycheck Protection
Program money has now been spent
at many restaurants, leaving them in
the same precarious position they
were in during outbreak’s early days:
Thousands of restaurants are being
forced to close down again on man-
dates from state and local officials
combating the virus’s resurgence,
particularly in the South and West.
And even in parts of the country
where the outbreak appears con-
tained, restaurants’ revenue is far
below normal because social dis-
tancing requirements — and wary
diners — mean fewer tables, fewer
customers and limited hours.
John Pepper used a PPP loan to
pay employees and reopen four of his
eight Boloco restaurants when Mas-
sachusetts lifted its shutdown order
in early May. But with the money
spent and business at the restau-
rants down as much as 70 percent,
Pepper had to again close two loca-
tions. The staff of 125 he had before
the virus outbreak is down to 50.
“A lot of this is out of our hands
at this point,” Pepper says. “At this
moment, I don’t see getting my full
payroll back.”
Congress is debating another
relief bill that potentially will have
more help for small businesses, but
even with more loan or grant money,
restaurants will remain at the mercy
of the virus that has decimated their
business.
The virus’s resurgence has
prompted officials in California, Tex-
as, Florida and other states to order
restaurants shut again. In the North-
east and other parts of the country
where infection rates appear more
stable, no one expects limits on in-
side dining to be lifted anytime soon.
Restaurants generally have a low
profit margin, between 5 percent
and 6 percent, and they achieve that
only if they have a full house virtual-
ly every day, says Sean Kennedy, ex-
ecutive vice president for the trade
group National Restaurant Associ-
ation. They also tend to have only
about two weeks of cash on hand,
making them highly vulnerable
when their sales are down.
“They aren’t designed to have an
on-off switch. They’re designed to
be used seven days a week, 14 to 15
hours a day at 100 percent of capaci-
ty,” Kennedy says.
The pandemic has devastated an
industry that expected to have near-
ly $900 billion in sales this year. Be-
fore the outbreak, the Labor Depart-
ment counted 12 million workers
in restaurants and bars, and nearly
two-thirds worked at small business-
es with fewer than 500 workers. In
April, employment in restaurants
and bars of all sizes had been cut by
nearly half as establishments across
the country were closed.
Restaurants were among the
small businesses the Paycheck Pro-
tection Program was intended to
help, but some owners say it was of
limited use.
The program so far has given
about $42 billion in loans to restau-
rants, bars and lodging companies.

Microsoft confirms talks seeking to buy US arm of TikTok

Popular video app has been a source conclude by Sept. 15.
Trump said on Fri-
and providing proper
economic benefits to the
of national security and censorship day that he would soon
ban TikTok in the Unit-
United States, includ-
ing the United States
concerns for the Trump administration ed States. Trump and
CEO Satya Nadella have
Treasury,” the Microsoft
statement said.
BY CATHY BUSSEWITZ rounding such an acqui- spoken, the company The White House did
AP Business Writer sition. said, and Microsoft was not immediately com-
In a statement, Micro- prepared to continue ex- ment on the Microsoft
NEW YORK — Micro- soft said Microsoft and ploring the purchase of statement.
soft confirmed Sunday it ByteDance have provid- TikTok’s U.S. operations Previously, there were
is in talks with Chinese ed notice of their intent to after their conversation. reports that Microsoft
company ByteDance to explore a deal resulting “Microsoft fully ap- was in advanced talks to
acquire the U.S. arm of its in Microsoft owning and preciates the impor- buy the U.S. operations
popular video app TikTok operating the TikTok ser- tance of addressing the of TikTok, which has
and has discussed with vice in the U.S., Canada, President’s concerns. It been a source of national
President Donald Trump Australia and New Zea- is committed to acquir- security and censorship
his concerns about secu- land. The company said ing TikTok subject to a concerns for the Trump
rity and censorship sur- it expects those talks to complete security review administration.
6A MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

Assistant Principal Katie Ballard walks near a sunflower garden on Wednesday at Oak Hill Academy in West Point.
Ballard said last school year the kids had fun watching the flowers grow taller than themselves and then taller
than their teachers. She said students will be surprised by how tall they are this year when they see them in two
weeks on the first day of school.

Oak Hill
Continued from Page 1A
In April, Oak Hill Academy’s
grant application was approved
for the upcoming school year. The
grant money provided from the
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mis-
sissippi Foundation will be used
to purchase a greenhouse, tiller,
fertilizer, water hoses, seeds and
wood to be used for building raised
garden beds. The program will fo-
cus on giving students hands-on
gardening experience and nutrition
education.
“Everybody is really excited
because we’re all K3-12 on one
campus. Everybody has a hand in
everything we do,” Ballard said.
“Anytime we can do something that
enhances what we’re already doing
in the classroom, everybody gets
excited. Parents are excited and
kids are excited.”
Ballard said all grades will use Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

the greenhouse and gardens, with
elementary school students having
science and math coursework that
will deal directly with the program,
while a high school course titled
“outdoor studies” will be offered
that will involve various projects,
such as building raised garden
beds, throughout the year.
The school garden program is
in its early stages at Oak Hill, as
not much gardening has been done
quite yet because of the COVID-19
pandemic, but Ballard took it upon
herself to plant a few seeds over the
summer.
“Since we were closed for the
summer, nobody was up here but
me,” she said. “I planted pumpkins
because I knew our younger stu-
dents would not be able to go to a
pumpkin patch. So I planted them
A sign reading “Be Kind” can be seen behind a garden on Wednesday at
Oak Hill Academy in West Point. The school will be expanding its garden to
add a greenhouse.
and planted sunflowers.”
A greenhouse will be built and
will be used to plant vegetables and
flowers through the winter to be
ready to transplant in the spring.
Each classroom will have its own
shelf to track growth. The green-
house will also be available for the
public as a “plant hotel” for resi-
dents to rent a space for their out-
side plants in the winter.
“The greenhouse is ordered, but
just like everything else you try to
order right now, it’s taking a little
bit of time,” Ballard said. “We hope
to have the greenhouse here within
the first nine weeks of school. We
can start preparing things for the
winter to plant next spring. We’ll
plant things throughout the whole
school year.”
Raised garden beds will be
spread throughout the campus, and
Ballard said she hopes fruit trees
can be planted eventually.
Ballard said she hopes the
school garden program also can be
a nutritional benefit to students.
“I’m hoping that it will introduce
them to some vegetables that they
normally would not eat,” she said.
“A lot of kids may not eat something
because they’ve only seen it on a
salad bar. But if they see it come
out of the ground they may be more
inclined to eat it, or if they’ve taken
care of it they may want to try a new
vegetable.”

Gilbert
Continued from Page 1A
Saturdays in the fall.
“Growing up in Wi-
nona, we were not very
good at football outside
of my freshman year,”
Gilbert said. “So you’d
always go home and
watch the highlights
every Friday night, and
being someone that’s
born and raised Missis-
sippi State, you always
watched Starkville High
School highlights, and
you always wanted them
to do well. So getting to
work here has been a
dream.”
Part of the game
Now entering his
12th year running stats
at Starkville, Gilbert
is a walking encyclo-
pedia of Yellow Jacket
football knowledge.
Within seconds of a
text pinging across his
screen, he can recount
the school-record 3,412
yards quarterback Brady
Davis accrued during the
2014 season or explain
the debate as to whether
David Fair or Joe Carter,
who went on to careers
at MSU and Alabama,
respectively, is the best
running back in school
history.
He’s also compiled
scores of Starkville
games dating back to
1924. As part of his
work, MaxPreps named
the Yellow Jackets the
winningest program in
the history of Mississippi
football in July with a
reported record of 719-
262-26 — though Gilbert
contends his count is
closer to 737 wins.
“I’m missing a few
(games) from the ’30s,”
he concedes. “During the
Depression, I don’t think
we were printing the
newspaper here in town.”
Now utilizing Stat-
Broadcast — a system
used by more than 275
colleges and universi-
ties, 37 athletic confer-
ences and all 42 bowl
games — Gilbert’s job
has simplified from the
early days of his tenure
spent calling newspapers
around the area to report
Starkville scores.
He recalled being
hung up on by one area
newspaper after he noti-
fied them of Starkville’s
surprising 21-20 win over
West Point on Sept. 10,
2010.
Undeterred, Gilbert
rang the newsroom
again, much to the sur-
prise of the sports clerk
on the other end of the
line.
“You’re the second
person to call in,” they
said.
“No I’m not,” Gilbert
retorted as his score was
reluctantly accepted. “I’m
the same person.”
Beyond the intricacies
of statistics and film
clipping that Gilbert has
added to his responsi-
bilities, he remains an “You just kind of
educator at heart. Since realize how fortunate you
joining SHS’s staff, he’s are to be here with this
enlisted the help of cur- system, with a football
rent students interested program that is what it is
in sports statistics or film in the state of Mississip-
to shoot games and keep
pi, with the district being
stats on Friday nights.
supportive of it (and)
Class of 2020 graduate
David Coblentz, who aid- the community where
ed Gilbert all four years you can get that type of
he attended SHS, cur- technology,” he said.
rently works as a student
videographer for MSU’s
football team. Admittedly
a touch overwhelmed
by all the moving pieces
and numerous staffers
involved at the South-
eastern Conference level,
Coblentz added that his
past experience shooting
games under Gilbert’s
watch gave him a certain
comfort in starting his
new post.
“It was definitely an
eye-opener,” he said of
his time at Starkville. “I
definitely realized ‘Yeah,
I’m a big part of the
program going out there
every day with them.’”
Gilbert is currently in
a holding pattern given
the ongoing COVID-19
pandemic and the
persistent question as
to whether football will
even be played this fall.
Despite that, the past
decade-plus advancing
Starkville’s scorebook
has given him fresh per-
spective on the crucial
role he carries on Friday
nights at Yellow Jacket
Stadium and beyond.
Sports
Wright, Braves blank Mets for fifth straight win
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Kyle Wright delivers a pitch to a New York Mets batter in the first inning Sunday at Truist Park in Atlanta.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Kyle
Wright and the Atlanta
bullpen combined on a
10-hit shutout, and the
Braves won their fifth in
a row, beating the Mets
4-0 Sunday and blanking
a New York lineup that
found out late that slug-
ger Yoenis Céspedes had
opted out of playing any
more this season.
Wright pitched score-
less ball for 3 1/3 innings
despite allowing five hits
and issuing four walks.
Tyler Matzek (1-0), A.J.
Minter, Shane Greene
and Mark Melancon
blanked New York over
the final 5 2/3 innings
to send the Mets to their
fifth consecutive loss.
“They’ve been really
good. We’ve put a lot on
them,” Atlanta manag-
er Brian Snitker said of
Pac-12 football players urge opt-out amid COVID-19 concerns
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A group of Pac-12 foot-
ball players on Sunday
threatened to opt out of
the coming season un-
less its concerns about
competing during the
COVID-19 pandemic and
other racial and econom-
ic issues in college sports
are addressed.
The players posted
a statement and list of
demands on The Play-
ers’ Tribune website and
social media with the
hashtag #WeAreUnited
and sent out a news re-
lease to reporters. The
release listed the names
of 13 Pac-12 players from
10 schools, including Or-
egon star safety Jevon
Holland, and provided a
statement from each one.
Arizona State offensive
lineman Cody Shear told
The Associated Press the
players began connect-
ing about a month ago
and have been communi-
cating through the text
messaging app GroupMe.
He said the number of
players in the group has
grown to more than 400,
though it’s impossible to
gauge everyone’s level of
commitment.
“We can’t control
that,” said Shear, a junior
from Eugene, Oregon,
who transferred from
the Ducks to ASU this
year. “To have that many
players, we have a pretty
his bullpen. “It’s been
all hands on deck. They
have been better than ex-
pected. Thank goodness
because we needed it.
Everyone who came out
of the bullpen was huge.”
The Mets released a
statement from general
manager Brodie Van Wa-
genen in the early innings
that said Céspedes, 34,
wasn’t at the ballpark and
the team had been un-
able to contact him. Van
Wagenen said after the
game the organization
was notified by Céspedes’
agent during the loss that
he had decided to opt out
for “for COVID-related
reasons.”
Atlanta has won five
in a row against the Mets
overall.
New York had plenty of
traffic on the bases, espe-
cially against Wright, but
he worked around trouble
good idea there’s a lot of
kids and college athletes
in this conference that
agree with some if not all
that we’re asking as far
as the player demands. I
can’t give you a number,
but there’s an abundance
of players that are mes-
saging in that GroupMe
consistently. It feels like
the phone’s blowing up
every second.”
The public demands
from the Pac-12 players
follow a surge in athlete
empowerment across
college football. Players
have called out coaches
at Iowa, Oklahoma State
and Florida State.
Players have led
demonstrations, marches
and rallies on campuses
all over the country to
protest racial injustice
and police brutality in the
aftermath of the killing of
George Floyd.
Now, as college sports
leaders work to salvage
a football season being
threatened by the pan-
demic, more players are
demanding to be heard.
“We believe a football
season under these con-
ditions would be reckless
and put us at needless
risk,” the players said in
their news release. “We
will not play until there is
real change that is accept-
able to us.”
The Pac-12 on Friday
released a revised football
schedule for the coming
BRAVES 4, METS 0
in each of the first three
innings.
“I felt like I was never
out of control,” Wright
said. “I got myself in a lot
more jams than I wanted
but I felt like I was good
managing it. Hopefully
limit walks next time.”
Ronald Acuna Jr. drew
a bases-loaded walk in
the third from David
Peterson (1-1). Freddie
Freeman added an RBI
grounder.
Johan Camargo hit
a solo home run in the
fourth.
Peterson went six in-
nings, striking out eight
and allowing Atlanta’s
first three runs.
Roster moves
The Mets traded for
speedy outfielder Billy
Hamilton, sending right-
hander Jordan Hum-
season. Officials across
college football antici-
pate disruptions related
to COVID-19. The Atlan-
tic Coast Conference and
Southeastern Conference
also announced plans last
week for truncated sea-
sons.
The NCAA has re-
leased guidelines for
COVID-19 testing and
other health and safety
protocols to be used by
schools, and Power Five
conferences — the Pac-
12, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC
and SEC — are finalizing
their own similar recom-
mendations.
The Pac-12 also an-
nounced Friday that 20
hours per week of man-
datory team activities for
football, including weight
training, meetings and
unpadded walk-through
practices, will be permit-
ted to begin Monday. Pre-
season football practice
for Pac-12 schools is set
to begin Aug. 17.
The states of Arizona
and California, home to
half the Pac-12 schools,
have been hit by some
of the most severe surg-
es in COVID-19 cases
over the last month. Cal-
ifornia-Berkeley has an-
nounced the fall semester
will begin with all classes
being taught online. USC
said most of its classes
will be online for the com-
ing semester.
“Since the system is
phreys to the Giants.
Hamilton has not played
this season, although he
was in San Francisco’s
60-player pool. He was
briefly with the Braves
last season.
New York also trad-
ed right-hander Tyler
Bashor to the Pirates for
cash considerations.
Don’t miss Yo
The Braves learned
about Céspedes’ ab-
sence early in the game,
and Snitker said Atlanta
didn’t miss the slugger.
His seventh-inning home
run was the difference in
New York’s 1-0 win over
the Braves in the season
opener.
“We heard and got the
message he wasn’t in the
ballpark,” Snitker said.
“Kind of nice to cross his
name off and not worry
willing to risk our health
and safety in the midst
of the global pandem-
ic, we must look out for
each other,” Oregon State
defensive back Jaydon
Grant said in a statement.
Pac-12 spokesman An-
drew Walker directed re-
quests for comment from
the conference to a state-
ment released Saturday.
“Neither the Confer-
ence nor our university
athletics departments
have been contacted by
this group regarding
these topics,” the Pac-12
said. “We support our stu-
dent-athletes using their
voices, and have regular
communications with our
student-athletes at many
different levels on a range
of topics.”
The players’ list of de-
mands addresses healthy
and safety protections
related to COVID-19;
protection for all college
sports programs from
being eliminated by bud-
get cuts; racial injustice
in college sports; and
economic rights and com-
pensation for college ath-
letes.
“This is important to
me because I want to see
the young men that are
being exploited by the
PAC12 & NCAA have the
right to earn money for
their families,” Holland
said in his statement.
“I want the safety of my
peers lives to be placed
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about him.”
Albies out
Braves second base-
man Ozzie Albies was
out of the lineup for the
second time in three
days, again because of a
stiff right wrist. Adeiny
Hechavarría started in
his place.
Up next
Mets: Two-time de-
fending NL Cy Young
Award winner Jacob de-
Grom (0-0, 1.64 ERA)
gets the ball for the series
finale Monday night. He
started the season open-
er against Atlanta in a 1-0
New York win.
Braves: Mike Soroka
(0-0, 1.64 ERA) is look-
ing for his first win. He
pitched six innings of
four-hit ball in the season
opener against the Mets.
higher than the sport
they play. If we are treat-
ed like employees then
we should be compensat-
ed as such.”
Among the specifics
are:
— Player-approved
health and safety stan-
dards enforced by a third
party selected by players
to address COVID-19 and
serious injury, abuse and
death.
— 50% of a sport’s rev-
enue distributed evenly
to athletes.
— Medical insurance
for six years after college.
— Reduced pay of Pac-
12 Commissioner Larry
Scott, coaches, adminis-
trators.
— 2% of revenue to
support financial aid for
low-income Black stu-
dents and community ini-
tiatives.
The other players
listed were: Treyjohn
Butler of Stanford; Jake
Curhan, Joshua Drayden
and Valentino Daltoso of
California; Nick Ford of
Utah; Elisha Guidry of
UCLA; Malik Hausman
of Arizona; Dallas Hobbs
of Washington State; and
Ty Jones and Joe Tryon of
Washington.
Oregon offensive line-
man Penei Sewell, who
is projected to be one of
the first players selected
in the NFL draft, showed
support for the movement
on social media.
SPORTS LINE
662-241-5000
BEN’S BURNING
B
SECTION
QUESTIONS
Who MSU
could add to
its schedule
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — The
winds of change are blow-
ing at gale-force levels
across college football.
As players from the
Pac-12 announced their
intentions to boycott the
season over health con-
cerns and
racial in-
justice —
among oth-
er issues
— on Sun-
day, the
Southeast-
ern Con- Portnoy
ference
released its intention to
play a 10-game, confer-
ence-only schedule this
fall earlier this week.
In short, college foot-
ball’s day of reckoning is
coming. Let’s catch up on
the past week.
With the SEC moving
to a conference-only
schedule, who might
Mississippi State add
to its ledger?
I’ll preface this with
the usual adage: This is
all contingent on football
actually being played this
fall. That said, it’s unclear
at this point who MSU
might add to its current
schedule.
The general consen-
sus is that teams will
maintain their eight
currently scheduled
games, while two more
opponents are added to
the ledger. Multiple re-
ports surfaced prior to
the SEC’s announcement
of a 10-game schedule
Thursday that cross-divi-
sion games scheduled for
each team in 2021 — in
MSU’s case, Georgia and
Vanderbilt — would fill
the now-empty slots on
each squad’s ledger.
Hours after the an-
nouncement, Sports
Illustrated’s Ross Del-
lenger reported that the
league office may look
to a strength of sched-
ule-based model to for-
mulate the new match-
ups.
Based on ESPN’s
Football Power Index,
MSU is slated to be the
second-worst team in
the league, falling some-
where between 4.6 wins
and 7.4 losses. Howev-
er, the Bulldogs already
have four top-20-type
teams on their schedule
for next season in Ala-
bama, Auburn, LSU and
Texas A&M.
The best-case sce-
nario is that MSU draws
SEC East bottom-feed-
ers Vanderbilt and South
Carolina. Worst case, the
Bulldogs will play some
combination of Georgia,
Florida or Tennessee —
all of whom project as top
25 teams this fall.
The most likely case:
MSU ends up with one
winnable game and an-
other battle against one
of the conference’s elite.
What’s the latest on
the Egg Bowl, and will
it be moved off its
usual Thanksgiving Day
slot?
This is a complex one
and a question that is
changing by the day.
Last week, multiple
sources confirmed to
The Dispatch that it was
unclear whether the Egg
Bowl would be moved
from its usual spot on
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Portnoy
Continued from Page 1B
Thanksgiving Day to a Arizona-Arizona State. likeness legislation and son, but if united fronts of
later date. This appears It’s not totally out of the everything that entails, players across the coun-
to still be the case and realm of possibility col- but this is a major blow to try — particularly in the
it’s unlikely any more is lege football’s opening football being played this SEC — stand up in the
known until the SEC does weekend could see Mike fall. way those in the Pac-12
announce its new sched- Leach and Lane Kiffin op- It’s long been a point did, it’s only a matter of
ules in the coming days posite one another for the of contention that col- time before the season is
and weeks. first time in their Magno- lege athletes haven’t had canceled.
I’m drawing a touch lia State tenures. a voice. That’s begun to
from the previous ques- change. Just this offsea-
tion, but how about two son we saw MSU running
Ben’s best:
Egg Bowls in one year?
With the Pac-12 players back Kylin Hill threat-
Since quarantine be-
The only time it ever hap- threatening to boycott en to sit out the season gan, I’ve tried to use my
record player more and
pened was 1918 — a year over health concerns, is should Mississippi not
more as I continue to ac-
MSU beat Ole Miss twice it possible this be- remove the Confeder-
and played three contests
against local military bas- comes a trend? ate iconography from its
state flag. Ultimately, the
crue vinyls for my collec-
tion. Here’s a look at the Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

es. Oh, and did I mention

college football also strug-
Frankly, it was only a
matter of time until some-
Mississippi legislature
decided to retire the flag
records I’ve listened to the
most in recent months: Sudoku
Sudoku is a number-
placing puzzle based on
Sunday’s answer
one or some team came 1. Darkness on the Sudoku
a 9x9 gridis witha several
num- 6 1 4 5 7 9 8 2 3
gled to be played under and will choose a new one
the conditions of a global out against the premise of in the coming months. Edge of Town — Bruce ber-placing
given numbers.puzzleThe object 8 2 9 1 6 3 4 5 7

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pandemic? No? Cool. playing football during a Point being, if play- Springsteen based onthe
is to place a 9x9
numbers 3 5 7 8 4 2 1 6 9
It’s unlikely the Bull- pandemic. ers don’t feel safe play- 2. Straight Shooter — grid
1 to 9with
in theseveral
empty spaces 5 9 3 2 1 4 7 8 6
dogs and Rebels meet The Pac-12 has a huge ing football this fall, the Bad Company given
so that numbers.
each row, eachThe 7 4 2 3 8 6 9 1 5
more than once this year, “problem” on its hands insane schedules and 3. Uh-huh — John Mel- object
column and each 3x3 the
is to place box
numbers 1 8 6 7 9 5 3 4 2
but we’ve already seen the for those who continue to swaths of testing college lencamp contains the1same to 9 number
in
2 7 1 6 3 8 5 9 4
Pac-12 move a handful of consider college athletes administrators are trying 4. London Calling — the empty spaces so
only once. The difficulty 4 3 5 9 2 1 6 7 8
amateurs. I won’t get into The Clash that each row, each
heavyweight matchups to to coordinate won’t mat- level increases from
all of the specifics of po- 5. Abbey Road — The column and each 9 6 8 4 5 7 2 3 1
Week 1 with USC-UCLA, ter. This isn’t the final Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday. Difficulty Level 8/01

Stanford-Washington and tential name, image and death knell for a fall sea- Beatles
the same number only once. The difficulty level
increases from Monday to Sunday.

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any player with a special tion opens today and clos- at 11 a.m. Sept. 5 at the SOURCE: Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
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Kadri beats buzzer, helps Avs beat Blues

EDMONTON, Alberta NHL reviewed the play Golden Knights and Dal- alty and the Avalanche
— Nazem Kadri scored for several minutes before las Stars have byes into putting goaltender Jordan
a buzzer-beating pow- calling it a good goal. the traditional first round Binnington and the Blues
er-play goal to give the “I knew there wasn’t of the NHL playoffs and penalty kill under siege
Colorado Avalanche a 2-1 much time left,” Kadri will each face the winner and got even crazier with
comeback victory over said. “I didn’t hear a buzz- of a best-of-five qualifying Kadri’s goal.
the defending Stanley er. I tried to stay on top round series. “At 0.1 it’s on the line,
Cup champion St. Louis of the puck, and luckily it The frenzied finish in- and then at 0 it’s in the
Blues in Western Con- worked out.” cluded St. Louis captain net,” Blues forward David
ference round-robin play Colorado took an ear- Alex Pietrangelo going Perron said. “I’m sure it’s
Sunday night. ly lead in the seeding off slowly after taking a as close a goal as you’ll
Kadri’s shot crossed race among the top four shot off the side of his ever see.”
the goal line with 0.1 sec- teams in the West. The right knee, teammate
onds on the clock. The Avalanche, Blues, Vegas Alex Steen taking a pen- SOURCE: AP
Pittsburgh (Holland 0-0) at Minnesota (Thorpe 0-0), Umpires_Home, Pat Hoberg; First, Ramon De Jesus; Pacific Division
MLB Glance 7:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Duffy 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Mills 1-0),
Second, Shane Livensparger; Third, Bill Welke.
T_3:37.

x-L.A. Lakers
W L Pct GB
50 15 .769 —
National League 7:15 p.m.
Oakland (Montas 0-1) at Seattle (Sheffield 0-1), 8:10
x-L.A. Clippers 45 21 .682 5½
Sacramento 28 38 .424 22½

East Division
W L Pct GB p.m. Astros 6, Angels 5, 11 innings Phoenix 27 39 .409 23½
Atlanta 7 3 .700 _ Tuesday’s Games Houston Los Angeles Golden State 15 50 .231 35
Miami 2 1 .667 1½ Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m. ab r h bi ab r h bi x-clinched playoff spot
Washington 3 4 .429 2½ Philadelphia at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Springer cf 4 1 1 1 Fletcher ss 5 1 1 0 Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia 1 2 .333 2½ Cleveland at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m. Altuve 2b 6 0 0 0 Rengifo 2b 5 0 0 0 Miami 125, Denver 105
New York 3 7 .300 4 St. Louis at Detroit, 5:10 p.m. Bregman 3b 6 1 2 2 Rendon 3b 4 1 1 0 Oklahoma City 110, Utah 94
Central Division Boston at Tampa Bay, 5:40 p.m. Gurriel 1b 4 1 1 0 Upton lf 3 1 0 0 L.A. Clippers 126, New Orleans 103
W L Pct GB Toronto at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m. Straw pr-dh 1 1 0 0 Hermosillo lf 1 0 1 1 Indiana 127, Philadelphia 121
Chicago 7 2 .778 _ Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. Brantley dh 4 1 3 0 Goodwin cf 5 1 0 0 Toronto 107, L.A. Lakers 92
Milwaukee 3 3 .500 2½ Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 7:15 p.m. Reddick rf 3 0 1 1 Pujols dh 4 1 1 4 Sunday’s Games
Cincinnati 4 5 .444 3 Houston at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. Tucker lf 5 1 0 0 Walsh pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Brooklyn 118, Washington 110
St. Louis 2 3 .400 3 Texas at Oakland, 8:10 p.m. Mayfield ss 3 0 1 0 Ward rf 3 0 0 0 Boston 128, Portland 124
Correa ph-ss 2 0 1 0 Stassi c 5 0 1 0
Pittsburgh 2 7 .222 5
West Division
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.
Garneau c 2 0 1 1 Thaiss 1b 4 0 1 0
San Antonio 108, Memphis 106
Orlando 132, Sacramento 116
ACROSS
W L Pct GB
Braves 4, Mets 0
Toro ph
Stubbs c
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 1
Milwaukee at Houston, late 1 Remove rinds
Colorado 6 2 .750 _ Dallas at Phoenix, late
Los Angeles 7 3 .700 _ New York
ab r h bi
Atlanta
ab r h bi
Totals
Houston
41 6 11 6 Totals
020 000 101 11—6
39 5 6 5 Today’s Games from
San Diego 6 4 .600 1 Toronto at Miami, 12:30 p.m.
San Francisco 5 5 .500 2 Nimmo cf 3 0 0 0 Acuña Jr. cf-rf 3 1 1 1 Los Angeles 004 000 000 10—5 Denver at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m. 5 Misplaced
McNeil 3b 5 0 3 0 Swanson ss 4 0 1 0 DP_Houston 0, Los Angeles 1. LOB_Houston 13, Los
Arizona 3 7 .300 4
Saturday’s Games Alonso 1b 5 0 0 0 Freeman 1b 4 0 1 2 Angeles 14. 2B_Gurriel (1), Brantley (4), Rendon (1).
Indiana at Washington, 3 p.m.
Memphis at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m.
9 Kind of wave or
Conforto rf 3 0 0 0 Ozuna dh 4 0 0 0 HR_Bregman (2), Pujols (2). SB_Fletcher (2), Her-
Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 1
L.A. Dodgers 11, Arizona 2 Canó 2b 4 0 1 0 d’Arnaud c 4 0 0 0 mosillo (1). SF_Stubbs (1).
San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Utah, 8 p.m.
basin
Colorado 6, San Diego 1 Davis dh 4 0 1 0 Camargo 3b 3 1 1 1
Do.Smith lf 3 0 1 0 Duvall rf-lf 2 1 2 0

Houston
IP H R ER BB SO Tuesday’s Games 10 Kind of
Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 3 Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 12:30 p.m.
San Francisco 7, Texas 3 Rosario ss 4 0 2 0 Riley lf
Nido c
3 1 1 0
3 0 1 0 Inciarte cf 0 0 0 0
James
Valdez
3 1 4 4 6 4
6 1-3 5 1 0 1 8
Dallas at Sacramento, 1:30 p.m. kitchen
Philadelphia at Toronto, ppd., 1st game Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 3 p.m.
Washington at Miami, ppd. Giménez ph 1 0 1 0 Hechavarría 2b 3 0 0 0 Scrubb 1-3 0 0 0 2 0 Orlando at Indiana, 5 p.m. 12 Tests
Totals 35 0 10 0 Totals 30 4 7 4 Taylor W,1-0 1 1-3 0 0 0 2 2
Philadelphia at Toronto, ppd., 2nd game
St. Louis at Milwaukee, ppd. New York 000 000 000—0 Los Angeles
Boston at Miami, 5:30 p.m.
Houston at Portland, 8 p.m.
13 Feel in the
Atlanta 002 100 01x—4 Ohtani 1 2-3 0 2 2 5 3
Sunday’s Games
Cincinnati 4, Detroit 3, 7 innings, 1st game DP_New York 2, Atlanta 2. LOB_New York 13, Atlan- J.Rodriguez 1 2-3 2 0 0 1 0
Wednesday’s Games
Memphis at Utah, 1:30 p.m.
dark
Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 0 ta 4. 2B_McNeil (3), Davis (1), Riley (1), Duvall (1),
Acuña Jr. (4). HR_Camargo (1).
Bedrosian H,1
Milner H,1
2-3 1 0 0 2 1
1 0 0 0 0 0
Denver at San Antonio, 3 p.m. 14 Muscu-
Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh 1, 11 innings Philadelphia at Washington, 3 p.m.
Colorado 9, San Diego 6
New York
IP H R ER BB SO Middleton H,1 1
Mayers H,1
1-3 3 1 1 0 2
1 1 0 0 0 1
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 5:30 p.m. lar-looking, in
L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 0 Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Texas 9, San Francisco 5 Peterson L,1-1 6 5 3 3 1 8
Díaz 1 0 0 0 1 1
Buttrey BS,0-3 1 2-3 3 1 1 0 0
Barnes L,0-2 2 1 2 0 0 2
Brooklyn at Boston, 8 p.m. slang
Cincinnati 4, Detroit 0, 7 innings, 2nd game
Washington at Miami, ppd. Dr.Smith 1 2 1 1 0 0 Mayers pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. 16 Make a choice
WP_James, Ohtani.
St. Louis at Milwaukee, ppd., 1st game
Philadelphia at Toronto, ppd.
Atlanta
Wright 3 1-3 5 0 0 4 5
Matzek W,1-0 2 2 0 0 0 4
Umpires_Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Chris Gu-
ccione; Second, Cory Blaser; Third, Gabe Morales.
NHL Glance 17 Hardens
18 Corduroy
Sunday’s answer
St. Louis at Milwaukee, ppd., 2nd game
Today’s Games Minter H,2 1 1 0 0 0 0 T_4:37. Eastern Conference
Cleveland (Plesac 0-0) at Cincinnati (Gray 2-0), 5:40 Greene H,2
Melancon
1 2-3 1 0 0 0 2
1 1 0 0 1 1
EAST QUALIFYING ROUND
(Best-of-5)
features
p.m.
Philadelphia (Arrieta 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 2-0),
Matzek pitched to 3 batters in the 6th, Minter pitched Yankees 9, Red Sox 7 Toronto 21 Snaky shape 39 Fixes copy date
to 2 batters in the 7th. Boston New York N.Y. Rangers 0, Carolina 1
6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (deGrom 0-0) at Atlanta (Soroka 0-0), 6:10
Umpires_Home, Alan Porter; First, Sean Barber;
Pillar lf-rf
ab r h bi ab r h bi
5 1 1 0 LeMahieu 2b-1b 4 2 2 1
Saturday, Aug. 1: Carolina 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 22 Straightened 40 Refuse 20 Performed
Second, Mark Wegner; Third, Marty Foster. Today: Carolina vs. N.Y. Rangers, 11 a.m.
p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Rodón 0-1) at Milwaukee (Peralta
Devers 3b 5 2 2 2 Judge rf 4 2 2 5 Tuesday: N.Y. Rangers vs. Carolina, 7 p.m. up 41 Painter 22 Hammer or
Martinez rf 4 1 1 0 Torres ss 5 0 0 0
0-1), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Holland 0-0) at Minnesota (Thorpe 0-0),
Reds 4, Tigers 0, Verdugo lf 0 0 0 0 Stanton dh 2 1 0 0
x-Thursday: N.Y. Rangers vs. Carolina, TBD
x-Saturday: Carolina vs. N.Y. Rangers, TBD
23 Lassoed Magritte hacksaw
Bogaerts ss 4 3 4 3 Hicks cf 3 0 0 0
7:10 p.m. 7 innings, 2nd game Vázquez dh 4 0 1 1 Voit 1b 4 1 1 1 Florida 0, N.Y. Islanders 1
24 Reporters’ DOWN 23 Fishing pole
Kansas City (Duffy 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Mills 1-0),
7:15 p.m.
Cincinnati
ab r h bi
Detroit
ab r h bi
Chavis 1b 3 0 0 0 Wade 2b 0 0 0 0
a-Mrlnd ph1b 1 0 0 0 Sánchez c 4 1 1 1
Saturday, Aug. 1: N.Y. Islanders 2, Florida 1 exclusives 1 Sprites 24 Drank daintily
San Francisco (Cueto 0-0) at Colorado (González Tuesday: N.Y. Islanders vs. Florida, 11 a.m.
0-0), 7:40 p.m.
Ervin lf 4 0 0 0 Reyes cf 3 0 0 0
Castellanos rf 3 0 1 0 H.Castro ss 2 0 1 0
Plawecki c 3 0 1 0 Urshela 3b 4 0 3 1
Bradley Jr. cf 4 0 0 0 Andújar lf 3 1 0 0
Wednesday: Florida vs. N.Y. Islanders, 11 a.m. 26 In what way 2 Makes suitable 25 Dream up
x-Friday: Florida vs. N.Y. Islanders, TBD
L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 0-0) at San Diego (Paddack
1-0), 8:10 p.m.
Suárez 3b 4 1 1 0 Cabrera dh 2 0 0 0
Davidson 1b 4 0 1 1 Schoop 2b 3 0 0 0
Peraza 2b 4 0 0 0 Tauchman lf 0 1 0 0 x-Sunday: N.Y. Islanders vs. Florida, TBD 29 Corset’s 3 Highway exits 26 Accepts a
Totals 37 7 10 6 Totals 33 9 9 9
Tuesday’s Games
Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.
Casali c 3 1 1 0 Stewart lf 3 0 0 0 Boston 203 010 100—7 Montreal 1, Pittsburgh 0 cousin 4 Different driver’s invitation
Senzel cf 4 1 2 0 Mercer 1b 2 0 1 0 New York 032 010 03x—9
Philadelphia at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Colón 2b 4 1 2 2 Goodrum ph 1 0 0 0 E_Peraza (4), Andújar (1). DP_Boston 1, New York
Saturday, Aug. 1: Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT
Today: Pittsburgh vs. Montreal, 7 p.m.
30 Fizzy drink 5 Trip segment 27 “Swan Lake”
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 5:10 p.m. Aquino dh 1 0 1 1 Demeritte rf 2 0 0 0
St. Louis at Detroit, 5:10 p.m. Winker ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Candelario ph 1 0 0 0
0. LOB_Boston 4, New York 6. 2B_Martinez (4),
Pillar (4), Bogaerts (2), Sánchez (1), Urshela (2).
Wednesday: Montreal vs. Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. 31 Gorilla or 6 Crew need role
N.Y. Mets at Washington, 6:05 p.m. x-Friday: Montreal vs. Pittsburgh, TBD
Philadelphia at Miami, ppd.
Jankowski pr-dh 1 0 0 0 Greiner c 2 0 0 0
K.Farmer ss 3 0 2 0 Lugo 3b 2 0 0 0
HR_Bogaerts 2 (3), Devers (1), Judge 2 (6), Voit (3).
SB_Tauchman (3).
x-Saturday: Pittsburgh vs. Montreal, TBD gibbon 7 Fall guy 28 Walks in water
Toronto at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.
Totals
Cincinnati
32 4 11 4 Totals
110 000 2—4
23 0 2 0
Boston
IP H R ER BB SO Columbus 1, Toronto 0 32 Dropped 8 Rewarded 29 Shocked
Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 7:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.
Detroit 000 000 0—0
LOB_Cincinnati 11, Detroit 4. 2B_Suárez (2), Colón
Brice 1 0 0 0 2 3
Sunday, Aug. 2: Columbus 2, Toronto 0
Tuesday: Toronto vs. Columbus, 3 p.m. down good service sound
Hall 2 4 5 5 2 2
Houston at Arizona, 8:10 p.m. (1), Senzel 2 (4), Casali (1). SB_Colón (1), Aquino (1). Hembree 2 1 1 1 0 1
Thursday: Columbus vs. Toronto, TBD
x-Friday: Columbus vs. Toronto, TBD
34 Petty argu- 9 Far from wordy 30 Black card
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 8:10 p.m. IP H R ER BB SO Walden 2 2 0 0 1 1
Cincinnati Barnes, L, 0-1 1 2 3 3 1 1
x-Sunday: Toronto vs. Columbus, TBD ments 11 Brooklyn team 33 Bakery worker
Bauer W,1-0 7 2 0 0 2 7
American League Detroit
New York
Paxton 3 7 5 3 0 4 ROUND ROBIN (determines Stanley Cup Playoff 37 Indian social 15 Needed fixing, 35 Light brown
seeding)

East Division
W L Pct GB
Norris L,0-1
Schreiber
1
1
2-3 4 2 2 2 0
1-3 1 0 0 0 1
King
Ottavino, W, 1-0 1
3 2-3 2 2 2 0 4
1-3 1 0 0 1 2 Sunday, Aug. 2: Philadelphia 4, Boston 1 class as a faucet 36 Cunning
New York
Baltimore
7 1
5 3 .625 2
.875 _ Cisnero
Soto
2 3 0 0 0 2
1 1 0 0 1 0
Britton, S, 3-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Today: Tampa Bay vs. Washington, 3 p.m.
Wednesday: Boston vs. Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. 38 Potpourri bit 19 Mid-March
WP_Walden, Paxton.
Toronto 3 4 .429 3½ Garcia 1 2 2 2 0 0 Umpires_Home, James Hoye; First, Mike Estabrook; Thursday: Philadelphia vs. Washington, TBD
Tampa Bay 4 6 .400 4 HBP_Garcia (Casali). WP_Bauer. Second, Chad Whitson; Third, Mark Carlson. Saturday: Washington vs. Boston, TBD
Boston 3 7 .300 5 Umpires_Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Chris Con- T_3:12. Sunday: Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia, TBD
Central Division roy; Second, Dave Rackley; Third, John Bacon.
W L Pct GB T_2:36.
Western Conference
Minnesota
Chicago
Cleveland
7 2 .778 _
5 4 .556 2
5 5 .500 2½ Cubs 2, Pirates 1, 11 innings
NBA Glance WEST QUALIFYING ROUND
(Best-of-5)
Detroit 5 5 .500 2½ Pittsburgh Chicago Eastern Conference Edmonton
Chicago 1, Edmonton 0
Kansas City 3 7 .300 4½ ab r h bi ab r h bi Atlantic Division
West Division Frazier 2b 5 0 1 0 Bote 3b 4 1 0 0 W L Pct GB Saturday, Aug. 1: Chicago 6, Edmonton 4
W L Pct GB Newman ss 4 1 2 1 Rizzo 1b 5 0 1 0 x-Toronto 47 18 .723 — Today: Edmonton vs. Chicago, 9:30 p.m.
Houston 5 4 .556 _ Osuna 1b-3b 3 0 0 0 Báez ss 5 0 1 1 x-Boston 44 22 .667 3½ Wednesday: Chicago vs. Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
Oakland 5 4 .556 _ Moran dh 5 0 0 0 Contreras c 4 1 1 0 x-Philadelphia 39 27 .591 8½ x-Friday: Chicago vs. Edmonton, TBD
Seattle 4 6 .400 1½ Evans lf 3 0 1 0 Schwarber lf 3 0 1 1 Brooklyn 31 35 .470 16½ x-Saturday: Edmonton vs. Chicago, TBD
Texas 3 5 .375 1½ Dyson pr-cf 1 0 0 0 Souza Jr. rf 4 0 0 0 New York 21 45 .318 26½
Los Angeles 3 7 .300 2½ Tucker cf-rf 3 0 0 0 Phegley dh 1 0 0 0 Southeast Division Winnipeg 0, Calgary 1
Saturday’s Games Heredia rf 3 0 0 0 Happ ph-dh 1 0 0 0 W L Pct GB Saturday, Aug. 1: Calgary 4, Winnipeg 1
Minnesota 3, Cleveland 0 Reynolds ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Hoerner 2b 4 0 0 0 x-Miami 42 24 .636 — Today: Calgary vs. Winnipeg, 1:30 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 2 Stallings c 4 0 1 0 A lmora Jr. cf 4 0 0 0 Orlando 32 35 .478 10½ Tuesday: Winnipeg vs. Calgary, 5:45 p.m.
Chicago White Sox 11, Kansas City 5 González 3b 3 0 0 0 Washington 24 42 .364 18 x-Thursday: Winnipeg vs. Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
L.A. Angels 5, Houston 4, 10 innings Bell ph-1b 1 0 1 0 Charlotte 23 42 .354 18½ x-Saturday: Calgary vs. Winnipeg, TBD
Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 4, 11 innings Totals 36 1 6 1 Totals 35 2 4 2 Atlanta 20 47 .299 22½
Oakland 3, Seattle 2, 10 innings Pittsburgh 100 000 000 00—1 Central Division Arizona 1, Nashville 0
San Francisco 7, Texas 3 Chicago 000 010 000 01—2 W L Pct GB Sunday, Aug. 2: Arizona 4, Nashville 3
Philadelphia at Toronto, ppd., 1st game E_Hoerner (1). DP_Pittsburgh 0, Chicago 1. LOB_ x-Milwaukee 54 12 .818 — Tuesday: Nashville vs. Arizona, 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, ppd., 2nd game Pittsburgh 9, Chicago 8. 2B_Contreras (5), Schwar- x-Indiana 40 26 .606 14 Wednesday: Arizona vs. Nashville, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games ber (2). HR_Newman (1). SB_Souza Jr. (1), Happ (1). Chicago 22 43 .338 31½ x-Friday: Arizona vs. Nashville, TBD
Cincinnati 4, Detroit 3, 7 innings, 1st game S_Newman (1), Tucker (1). Detroit 20 46 .303 34 x-Sunday: Nashville vs. Arizona, TBD
Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 1 IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland 19 46 .292 34½
Minnesota 3, Cleveland 1 Pittsburgh WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota vs. Vancouver
Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 2 Brault 3 0 0 0 0 4 Southwest Division Sunday, Aug. 2: Vancouver vs. Minnesota, late
Texas 9, San Francisco 5 Kuhl 1 1-3 2 1 1 1 1 W L Pct GB Tuesday: Vancouver vs. Minnesota, 9:45 p.m.
Oakland 3, Seattle 2 Hartlieb 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 x-Houston 41 24 .631 — Thursday: Minnesota vs. Vancouver, TBD
Cincinnati 4, Detroit 0, 7 innings, 2nd game Neverauskas 1 1 0 0 0 1 x-Dallas 40 28 .588 2½ x-Friday: Minnesota vs. Vancouver, TBD
Houston 6, L.A. Angels 5, 11 innings Turley 1 0 0 0 0 1 Memphis 32 35 .478 10 x-Sunday: Vancouver vs. Minnesota, TBD
N.Y. Yankees 9, Boston 7 Rodríguez 1 0 0 0 1 0 San Antonio 29 36 .446 12
Philadelphia at Toronto, ppd. Howard 2 0 0 0 2 3 New Orleans 28 38 .424 13½ ROUND ROBIN (determines Stanley Cup Playoff
Today’s Games Ponce L,0-1 1-3 1 1 0 0 0 Northwest Division seeding)
Cleveland (Plesac 0-0) at Cincinnati (Gray 2-0), 5:40 Chicago W L Pct GB Sunday, Aug. 2: Colorado 2, St. Louis 1
p.m. Lester 6 4 1 1 1 4 x-Denver 43 23 .652 — Today: Las Vegas vs. Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia (Arrieta 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 2-0), Sadler 1 2-3 1 0 0 1 1 x-Utah 42 24 .636 1 Wednesday: Dallas vs. Colorado, 5:30 p.m.
6:05 p.m. Winkler 1 1-3 0 0 0 1 2 x-Oklahoma City 41 24 .631 1½ Thursday: St. Louis vs. Las Vegas, TBD
Chicago White Sox (Rodón 0-1) at Milwaukee (Peralta Tepera 1 1 0 0 0 0 Portland 30 38 .441 14 Saturday: Colorado vs. Las Vegas, TBD
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Tatum has 34, Brown adds 30 as Celtics beat Trail Blazers
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LAKE BUENA VIS-
TA, Fla. — Jayson Tatum
scored 34 points, Jaylen
Brown added 30 and the
Boston Celtics built a big
early lead before holding
on for a 128-124 victory
over the Portland Trail
Blazers on Sunday.
“That was a playoff-lev-
el energy that we had to
play with at the end of
the game,” Boston coach
Brad Stevens said. “This
is a great experience.”
Tatum, who added a
career-high eight assists,
rebounded from a terri-
ble performance in a loss
to Milwaukee on Friday
when he scored just five
points on 2-of-18 shooting.
“It’s just about making
the right reads,” Tatum
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
said. “Seeing the dou-
ble-teams. Making the
right play. Jaylen was
open and those were the
right reads.”
Damian Lillard had 30
points and 16 assists for
Portland. Jusuf Nurkic
added 30 points in his
second official game back
after breaking his leg in
March 2019.
Boston led by as many
as 24 in the second quar-
ter. But Portland opened
the fourth quarter with
a 15-4 run, with three
3-pointers from Lillard
and two from CJ McCo-
llum, to put them on top
101-98.
“If anything, we’ll take
away we played extreme-
ly well in the second half
against a really good
team,” Portland coach
FAMILY CIRCUS
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Terry Stotts said. “We throws to push the lead to
don’t have any time to 127-124. Nurkic’s long in-
have a hangover after a bounds pass bounced out
loss.” of bounds to secure Bos-
Gary Trent Jr. hit a ton’s victory.
3-pointer with less than 2 The Celtics had a
minutes to go before the 10-point lead with less
Celtics used a 7-0 run to than a minute left in the
take a 125-119 lead with third when Lillard was
about 30 seconds left. fouled as he banked in an
Carmelo Anthony got off-balance 3-pointer and
the Blazers within three he made the free throw to
with a 3-pointer and Gor-
get Portland within 92-86.
don Hayward was called
Kemba Walker fin-
for a backcourt violation
ished the quarter with a
to give Portland the ball
basket for Boston to make
back. Lillard lost the
it 94-86 entering the
ball and the Celtics were
fourth.
called for a foul to give
Portland another posses-
sion with 6.8 seconds to Magic 132, Kings 116
go. Nikola Vucevic had 23
A layup by Nurkic cut points and 11 rebounds,
the lead to one with 3.4 Aaron Gordon scored
seconds left, and Hay- 19 of his 22 points in the
ward added two free first half and the Orlando
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I take
care of my
daughter-in-law’s
taxes and have
for the past 15
years. I have
never charged
her for it. When
she brings me the
paperwork, it is
always a mess. I
told her I would
be her full-time
bookkeeper and
charge her $300
a month, but it’s
like getting blood Dear Abby
from a turnip. I
have to beg her each month for
my pay.
My husband said I should
stop doing it for her. What
should I do? I feel that this is
driving a wedge between us.
She owns a small construction
cleaning service and makes
good money. — GOOD WITH
FIGURES IN FLORIDA
DEAR GOOD: Your daughter-
in-law may resent the fact that
you want payment for keeping
her finances in order, but I’ll bet like a horrible person, and
you’re charging far less than a
nonfamily member would. It’s
time to tell her that dunning
her for money every month has
become too stressful. Suggest
that she set up an automatic
fund transfer to your account
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug.
3). You can trust instinct and
intuition better than any other
influence around right now. You
are like a blessed baby who
doesn’t have to know where it’s
going or what it’s doing to be
blissfully protected. A risk taken
in September brings abundantly
more opportunity. Health and
love improvements happen
in November. Sagittarius and
Gemini adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 4, 45, 2, 28 and
16.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). Being stuck is a thing that
happens when you’re afraid of
loss. Once you’re willing to lose
a thing, you can drop it. There’s
suddenly some wiggle room, if
Magic continued a strong
restart with a 132-116 vic-
tory over the Sacramento
Kings on Sunday.
Terrence Ross scored
25 points as the Magic
won a season-best fifth
straight game.
Orlando won the last
three before the hiatus
and beat Brooklyn, the
team it is battling for the
seventh seed in the East-
ern Conference, to open
the restart.
But the Magic lost Jon-
athan Isaac again when
he appeared to re-injure
the left knee he hurt Jan. 1
that kept him out until the
restart. The third-year
player was taken off the
court in a wheelchair af-
ter crumpling to the floor
in pain in the fourth quar-
ter as the knee appeared
to cover the
monthly fee. If
she’s unwilling to
do that, then your
husband has the
right idea and it
would be better
for both of you if
she hired some-
one else for these
services.
DEAR ABBY:
One of my
dearest friends
has a nasty habit
of making snide
comments about
people who are
overweight. We’ve
been friends for more than 40
years, and she has always been
this way.
Now that I’m older, I have
packed on a few pounds my-
self, and when she says these
things in a conversation, I’m
like, “Hey, I’m overweight too!
Am I disgusting?” I can’t seem
to find the words to get her to
think about what she says.
It doesn’t really hurt my feel-
ings, but it makes her sound
she really isn’t. She’s a dear
in almost every other respect.
I would like to get her to stop
this, so what’s your advice? —
FRIEND HAS A FAULT
DEAR FRIEND: The next
time she does it, say out loud,
not an entire swath of space
you can simply walk on out of.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
If you can’t quite put words to
this thing you’re doing, don’t let
that bother you. As suggested
by the ancient philosopher Laot-
zu, “The way is ever nameless.”
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
There is no need to reach or
struggle for your contentment;
you only need to claim it if you
want it. If you don’t, that is fine,
too. It will be waiting for you
either way.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). When you can’t lessen
the measurable impact of a
thing, you can still alter the
immeasurable elements. Only
you can determine how much it
MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020 3B
to buckle on a drive.
De’Aaron Fox scored
13 points after a ca-
reer-high 39 in the restart
opener for the Kings, who
have lost both games in
the bubble as they try to
get in position for a shot
at the final playoff spot in
the West.
Markelle Fultz beat
the buzzer in the first
quarter by draining a
three-quarter court shot
that tied the franchise
record for first-quarter
points and gave Orlando a
44-26 lead.
Gordon scored seven
of the first nine points
for the Magic, who shot
63% in the first half while
building a 24-point half-
time lead. They led by as
many as 36 points in the
second half.
“Hey, I’m overweight, too! Am
I disgusting like you say about
those other people? I have
listened to this for 40 years
and enough is enough! You are
sweet, but when you say those
things, you come across as
nasty and judgmental. So cut it
out!” (Better late than never.)
DEAR ABBY: I am 41,
divorced for the second time,
and I have fallen madly in love
with a wonderful man. He got
out of a 12-year relationship six
months ago. Until just last week
he still had ties with her, but
he finally washed his hands of
her. The only thing is, he lied to
her to avoid a confrontation. He
couldn’t bring himself to stand
up to her and tell her the truth.
It hurts me deeply, and it
has forced a wedge between
us. He doesn’t understand why
it hurts me so much, and he
doesn’t seem to care. I’m trying
to shake it, but it’s hard to do. I
just need someone to help me
get over it. Any advice would be
greatly appreciated. — HEART-
BROKEN IN TENNESSEE
DEAR HEARTBROKEN: I
wish you had revealed what
this gentleman is afraid to tell
his ex. Could it be that he is
involved with you? If so, this
is a red flag. His unwillingness
or inability to tell the truth is a
serious character flaw and not
something you should ignore.
means to you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
can love a plant all you want,
but it will grow according to the
sunlight and soil, not according
to your love. To position and pro-
vide what’s required for thriving
— this is how to effectively love
a plant or anything else.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
If you experience it at home,
and then, when you try to get
away from it it’s still there but
no matter where you go, that
means that you’re it. This is
about the best news you could
get; that the thing is well within
your locus of control.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23). The river never stops. It
is moved by water falling from
the sky to the mountaintop,
where water rushes down to
the deepest part of the ocean.
You, feeling stuck, are, in fact,
in motion. Your connection to
others makes it so.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Even though you receive
praise for being versatile and
adept at many endeavors, you’d
feel like you’re somewhere in-
stead of everywhere. Today, you
long for and will achieve, focus.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Before you ask a person to
give you something, you might
want to check to make sure that
it is within their ability to do so.
This one assurance will steer
interactions in a productive
direction.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). There is a point in which
the most productive thing you
can do is nothing at all. Think
of a screw. If you tighten it past
a certain point, it becomes
stripped and no longer can per-
form its purpose. Know when
to stop.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Your mindset around mon-
ey and what it’s for is changing.
Try this on: You have enough
and therefore you are rich.
Could this statement be true?
How does it make you feel?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). The infinite is formless,
which is why we need frames
made out of our judgments
and rules, our boundaries and
negations. It’s a day to use and
celebrate the word “no,” as it
creates the frame around all
your yesses.
Change horses in midstream
SOLUTION:
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Debate begins for who’s first in line for COVID-19 vaccine

Even if a vaccine is declared safe and effective by year’s end, there
won’t be enough for everyone who wants it right away — especially
as most potential vaccines require two doses
BY LAURAN NEERGA ARD
AP Medical Writer
Who gets to be first in line
for a COVID-19 vaccine? U.S.
health authorities hope by late
next month to have some draft
guidance on how to ration ini-
tial doses, but it’s a vexing de-
cision.
“Not everybody’s going to
like the answer,” Dr. Francis
Collins, director of the Nation-
al Institutes of Health, recently
told one of the advisory groups
the government asked to help
decide. “There will be many
people who feel that they should
have been at the top of the list.”
Traditionally, first in line
for a scarce vaccine are health
workers and the people most
vulnerable to the targeted in-
fection.
But Collins tossed new ideas
into the mix: Consider geogra-
phy and give priority to people
where an outbreak is hitting
hardest.
And don’t forget volunteers
in the final stage of vaccine test-
ing who get dummy shots, the
comparison group needed to
tell if the real shots truly work.
“We owe them ... some spe-
cial priority,” Collins said.
Huge studies this summer
aim to prove which of several ex-
perimental COVID-19 vaccines
are safe and effective. Moderna
Inc. and Pfizer Inc. began tests
last week that eventually will
include 30,000 volunteers each;
in the next few months, equally
large calls for volunteers will
go out to test shots made by
AstraZeneca, Johnson & John-
son and Novavax. And some
vaccines made in China are in
smaller late-stage studies in
other countries.
For all the promises of the
U.S. stockpiling millions of dos-
es, the hard truth: Even if a vac-
cine is declared safe and effec-
tive by year’s end, there won’t be
enough for everyone who wants
it right away — especially as
most potential vaccines require
two doses.
It’s a global dilemma. The
World Health Organization is
grappling with the same who-
goes-first question as it tries
to ensure vaccines are fairly
distributed to poor countries —
decisions made even harder as
wealthy nations corner the mar-
ket for the first doses.
In the U.S., the Advisory
Committee on Immunization
Practices, a group established
by the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention, is supposed
to recommend who to vaccinate
and when — advice that the gov-
ernment almost always follows.
But a COVID-19 vaccine de-
cision is so tricky that this time
around, ethicists and vaccine ex-
perts from the National Academy
of Medicine, chartered by Con-
gress to advise the government,
are being asked to weigh in, too.
Setting priorities will require
“creative, moral common sense,”
said Bill Foege, who devised the
vaccination strategy that led to
global eradication of smallpox.
Foege is co-leading the acad-
emy’s deliberations, calling it
“both this opportunity and this
burden.”

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Community Living
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vices will be held at a
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etery of West Point.
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Edwards of Wichita,
Kansas, Marvin Carey
Jones of Clarksdale
and Randolph Wise
Jones of West Point;
and six grandchildren.
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Lorine Baker
STARKVILLE —
Lorine Baker, 70, died
July 31, 2020.
Graveside services
are at 11 a.m. today, in
Sessumes Community
Cemetery. West Memo-
rial Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
of arrangements.
She is survived by
her daughter, Valerie
Rice Pittman; and sib-
lings, Addie Mae Rice
and Curtis Rice III all
of Starkville.
Clara Owen
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residence.
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announced by Lown-
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Columbus.
Mary Lollar
COLUMBUS —
Mary Lollar, 102, died
July 31, 2020, at Trinity
Personal Care.
Graveside services
will be at 11 a.m.
Tuesday, in Pleasant
Hill Cemetery. Lown-
des Funeral Home of
Columbus is in charge
of arrangements.
Kenneth Ledlow
WEST POINT —
Kenneth L. Ledlow, 82,
died Aug. 1, 2020, at
The Carrington Nurs-
ing Center of Starkville.
Funeral services are
at 3 p.m. today, at Em-
manuel Baptist Church
of Starkville, with Da-
vid Easley officiating.
Visitation is one hour
prior to service at the
church. Calvert Funeral
Home of West Point is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Ledlow was born
Nov. 15, 1937, in Scott Jenkins officiating.
County, to the late Ora Lowndes Funeral
Cooper and Fred Lee Home of Columbus is
Ledlow. He was former- in charge of arrange-
ly employed teaching ments.
electrical engineering
at Mississippi State Thyra Ford
University and in aero- BASTROP, La. —
space research. Thyra Jacqueline Ford,
In addition to his 68, died Aug. 1, 2020,
parents, he was pre- at Savannah Court of
ceded in death by one Bastrop.
grandchild. Arrangements are
He is survived by his incomplete and will be
wife, Joyce All Ledlow; announced by Memori-
children, Amy Lear of al Gunter Peel Funeral
West Point and Dallas Home and Crematory
Lee Ledlow of Carey, College Street location.
North Carolina; sib-
lings, Carolyn Ward
of Columbus and Judy
John Sanders
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and three grandchil-
died Aug. 2, 2020, at his
dren.
residence.
Memorials may be
Arrangements are
made to The Friends of
incomplete and will be
Israel Gospel Ministry,
announced by Memori-
P.O. Box 908, Bell-
al Gunter Peel Funeral
mawr, NJ 08099.
Home and Crematory
College Street location.
Marie White
COLUMBUS — Ma-
rie White, 92, died Aug.
1, 2020, at Baptist Me-
morial Hospital-Golden
Triangle.
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Egger Cemetery of
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Wilford Brimley, ‘Cocoon’ and ‘Natural’ actor, dies at 85 Lindell Ezell

BY LYNN ELBER
AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES — Wil-
ford Brimley, who worked
his way up from movie
stunt rider to an indeli-
ble character actor who
brought gruff charm, and
sometimes menace, to a
range of films that includ-
ed “Cocoon,” “The Natu-
ral” and “The Firm,” has
died. He was 85.
Brimley’s manager
Lynda Bensky said the ac-
tor died Saturday morning
in a Utah hospital. He was
on dialysis and had sever-
al medical ailments, she
said.
The mustached Brim-
ley was a familiar face for
a number of roles, often
playing characters like
his grizzled baseball man-
ager in “The Natural” op-
posite Robert Redford’s
bad-luck phenomenon. He
also worked with Redford
in “Brubaker” and “The
Electric Horseman.”
Brimley’s best-known
work was in “Cocoon,”
in which he was part of a
group of seniors who dis-
cover an alien pod that re-
juvenates them. The 1985
Ron Howard film won two
Oscars, including a sup-
porting actor honor for
Don Ameche.
Brimley also starred in
“Cocoon: The Return,” a
1988 sequel.
For years he was pitch-
man for Quaker Oats and
in recent years appeared
in a series of diabetes
spots that turned him at
one point into a social me-
dia sensation.
John Woo, who directed
Brimley as Uncle Douvee
in 1993’s “Hard Target,”
told The Hollywood Re-
porter in 2018 that the part
was “the main great thing
from the film. I was over-
joyed making those scenes
and especially working
with Wilford Brimley.”
A Utah native who grew
up around horses, Brimley
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He forged a friendship
with Robert Duvall, who
encouraged him to seek
more prominent acting memorialgunterpeel.com
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raphy prepared by Turner
Classic Movies.
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