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Witness: Second Baptist pastor created ‘cult-
like following’ over failed sanctuary project
Civil trial over church construction begins in Oktibbeha circuit court
BY TESS VRBIN
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Tasers. Threats of violence.
Police alerted to show up at the
first sign of trouble.
Business meetings at Second
Baptist Church in Starkville
had become contentious, even
dangerous, as the congregation
was divided due to a years-long
dispute over a failed construc-
Painted University
Drive bridge
attracts citizens’
attention
Beatty: ‘(It’s) non-
traditional for Starkville
and the Deep South, but
that’s a good thing’
BY TESS VRBIN
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The brightly col-
ored paint on the Uni-
versity Drive bridge
over the railroad
tracks, just east of
Old West Point Road,
has been there for a
week and is already Spruill
the talk of the town,
even at Tuesday’s
board of aldermen
meeting.
Mayor Lynn
Spruill and a few of
the aldermen have
received calls from
constituents won- Bateman
dering where the
art project came from, so Spruill
said at the meeting that it’s one of
several murals the Starkville Area
Arts Council has painted through-
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OCSO still searching
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Another civil suit filed in 2018,
tion project, Charles Ware, a monize you, vilify you and char- TCM Construc- solely against TCM, calls the
spokesman and adviser for the acter-assassinate you from the tion. The suit al- company’s work on the new
church’s board of trustees, said pulpit, and people would not leges Stone and sanctuary “negligent” and “de-
Miller negotiated fective.”
Tuesday on the witness stand respond to him because he was
the May 2013 con- The trustees paid TCM’s
in Oktibbeha County Circuit the pastor.” owner, Donald Crowther, more
tract with TCM
Court. Second Baptist Church has to build a new Stone than $454,000 for the work he
“It was a cult-like following been embroiled in legal issues sanctuary without the board’s was supposed to do, but all that
of (Pastor Joseph) Stone in that since December 2015, when approval and withheld money was ever completed was prelim-
church,” Ware testified. “If you church trustees filed a civil collected through church offer- inary dirt work, and the project
were not a part of his team, as lawsuit in circuit court against ings from the trustees. has not been touched in several
he referred to it, he would de- Stone, Head Deacon Terry The civil trial is expected See TRIAL, 3A
PETA spokesperson: Activists arrested at MSU football
game drawing attention ‘the best way they knew how’
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Mississippi Highway Patrolmen apprehend a fan who ran onto the field and displayed a PETA sign during the first quarter of the
game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Texas A&M Aggies at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field on Saturday.
Two women were arrested after protesting Texas A&M’s canine research. They told police they came to Starkville from the
Atlanta area because it was closer than College Station, Texas, where Texas A&M is located.
Two women arrested Saturday after protesting canine research at Texas A&M
BY BEN PORTNOY
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attempted to run away from a state tended Saturday’s game, explained Up-
trooper, who then tackled her to the church’s and Serrano’s race around the
ground. field came in an effort to bring aware-
Three seconds into the second quar-
They were later charged with tres- ness to the Duchenne muscular dystro-
ter of Mississippi State’s 28-14 home
passing and disorderly conduct and phy canine testing being conducted in
loss to Texas A&M Saturday, Caroline
were released on recognizance due to laboratories at Texas A&M.
Serrano, 28, of Powder Springs, Geor-
gia, and Jenna Upchurch, 28, of Mount the COVID-19 pandemic, according to
an arrest report obtained by The Dis-
“Facts and figures often aren’t
enough to grab people’s attention,” she
Airy, North Carolina, snuck onto Scott
Field at Davis Wade Stadium and raced patch. said. “So these two women decided to
around the playing surface. “These young women decided to try to make a statement by bringing at-
Armed with posters that read risk their own freedom to make a state- tention in the best way they knew how
“TAMU: Stop Cruel Dog Tests, PETA,” ment about shutting the dog lab down,” to a cause that’s very near and dear to
Upchurch and Serrano scampered Tricia Lebkuecher, assistant manager their hearts.”
around the MSU logo on the 50-yard of demo campaigns for the People for DMD is a genetic disorder that
line before being apprehended by the the Ethical Treatment of Animals, told affects 1 in 3,500 to 5,000 newborns
Mississippi State University Police De- The Dispatch in an interview Tuesday. around the world and between 400
partment and state troopers. Upchurch Lebkuecher, who said she also at- See ACTIVISTS, 8A
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2 Which Broadway rap musical is set Symposium: Former Trustees meeting,
in a Dominican American neighbor- U.S. poet laureate 4 p.m.
hood in New York City? Natasha Trethewey and
3 What is the word for one nautical Oct. 28: Oktibbe-
many more writers are ha County Board
mile per hour?
featured in The W’s of Supervisors
4 The word “scuba” is derived from an
acronym that stands for what? virtual symposium. work session, 9
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Trump tends to his electoral

map, Biden prepping for debate
Candidates will debate tomorrow night in Nashville
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WA S H I N G T O N
— President Donald
Trump is hopping
from one must-win
stop on the electoral
map to the next in the
leadup to a final pres-
idential debate that Trump
may be his last, best
chance to alter the
trajectory of the 2020
campaign.
Democrat Joe
Biden has been tak-
ing the opposite ap-
proach, holing up for
debate prep in ad- Biden
vance of Thursday’s
faceoff in Nashville. Trump, trailing
in polls in most battleground states,
stopped in Pennsylvania on Tuesday
and was bound for North Carolina
on Wednesday as he delivers what
his campaign sees as his closing
message.
“This is an election between a
Trump super recovery and a Biden
depression,” the president said in
Erie, Pennsylvania. “You will have
a depression the likes of which you
have never seen.” He added: “If you
want depression, doom and despair,
vote for Sleepy Joe. And boredom.”
But the president’s pitch that
he should lead the rebuilding of an
economy ravaged by the pandemic
has been overshadowed by a series
of fights. In the last two days he has
attacked the nation’s leading infec-
tious disease expert and a venerable
TV newsmagazine while suggesting
that the country was tired of talking
about a virus that has killed more
than 220,000 Americans.
Before leaving the White House
for Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Trump
taped part of an interview with CBS’
“60 Minutes” that apparently end-
ed acrimoniously. On Twitter, the
president declared his interview
with Lesley Stahl to be “FAKE and
BIASED,” and he threatened to re-
lease a White House edit of it before
its Sunday airtime.
Also trailing in fundraising for
campaign ads, Trump is increas-
ingly relying on his signature cam-
paign rallies to maximize turnout
among his GOP base. His trip to
Pennsylvania on Tuesday was one of
what is expected to be several visits
to the state in the next two weeks.
“If we win Pennsylvania, we win
the whole thing,” Trump said in
Erie.
Erie County, which includes the
aging industrial city in the state’s
northwest corner, went for Presi-
dent Barack Obama by 5 percentage
points in 2012 but broke for Trump
by 2 in 2016. That swing, fueled by
Trump’s success with white, work-
ing-class, non-college-educated
voters, was replicated in small cit-
ies and towns and rural areas and
helped him overcome Hillary Clin-
ton’s victories in the state’s big cit-
ies.
But Trump will probably need
to run up the score by more this
time around as his prospects have
slipped since 2016 in vote-rich sub-
urban Philadelphia, where he un-
derperformed by past Republican
measures. This raises the stakes for
his campaign’s more aggressive out-
reach to new rural and small-town
voters across the industrial north.
His aides worry that his oppo-
nent is uniquely situated to prevent
that, as Biden not only hails from
Scranton, but has built his political
persona as a representative of the
middle and working classes.

Mississippi expands curbside voting, sets absentee ‘cure’

‘It is critical that every Mississippi voter can cast their
ballot safely and have their vote counted’
Caren Short, senior staff attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center
BY EMILY
WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Missis-
sippi is expanding access
to curbside voting for
people with symptoms of
COVID-19 and setting a
new process to let voters
correct, or “cure,” minor
discrepancies with signa-
tures on absentee ballots.
The changes are being
made after voting-rights
groups sued the state in
federal court. U.S. Dis-
trict Judge Daniel P. Jor-
dan signed an order Tues-
day that ends the lawsuit.
The plaintiffs obtained
some of the changes they
sought, but not all.
A new rule issued by
Secretary of State Mi-
chael Watson says curb-
side or open-air voting
must be made available
to people showing signs
of COVID-19, includ-
ing coughing, vomiting,
headaches, fever, sore
throat, congestion, or
loss of taste or smell.
Also, election offi-
cials must notify a voter
about any problem with
his or her signature on
an absentee ballot, and
the voter must be given
a chance to correct it,
according to groups that
sued the state. Officials
must offer the voter an
“absentee cure form” by
mail, email or fax within
one business day. The
voter has 10 calendar
days after the election to
correct the issue so the
ballot can be counted.
Jennifer Nwachukwu,
an attorney with the Law-
yers’ Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law, said in
a statement that the new
procedures should help
ensure that absentee bal-
lots are not “arbitrarily
rejected.”
“Just because a re-
cord number of voters
in Mississippi will vote
by mail this year does
not mean there needs to
be a record number of
disenfranchised voters,”
Nwachukwu said. “This
is a key victory in protect-
ing the integrity of our
election and ensuring
the voice of the people is
heard.”
Mississippi requires
absentee ballot applica-
tions to be notarized.
The state also requires
most people to provide an
seeking comment about
the election procedure
changes.
Caren Short, senior
staff attorney for the South-
excuse to vote absentee, ern Poverty Law Center,
such as being out of town said in a statement that
on Election Day. The people who cast absentee
plaintiffs argued those ballots by mail should in-
two requirements are un- clude a phone number and
constitutional. However, email address so election
those procedures are not officials can reach them if
being changed. there are questions about
The lawsuit was filed the signature.
in August by attorneys “It is critical that every
from the Lawyers’ Com- Mississippi voter can cast
mittee for Civil Rights their ballot safely and have
Under Law and the their vote counted,” Short
Southern Poverty Law said.
Center on behalf of three
Mississippi residents, the
League of Women Voters
of Mississippi and the
Mississippi State Con-
ference of the NA ACP. It
says Mississippi election
laws could force people
to choose between their
health and their consti-
tutional right to vote.
It also said Watson and
Attorney General Lynn
Fitch “have failed to take
necessary steps to pro-
tect Mississippi voters’
fundamental right to vote
despite the public health
risks of voting in person
during the COVID-19
pandemic.”
The Associated Press
left phone messages for
Watson and his spokes-
woman on Tuesday,

Trump camp: Stop using his name in medical marijuana effort

BY EMILY
WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Pres-
ident Donald Trump’s
campaign is telling a Mis-
sissippi group to stop say-
ing that Trump supports a
ballot measure that would
legalize medical marijua-
na in the state.
Mississippians for
Compassionate Care is
a group promoting Ini-
tiative 65. It paid for a
letter signed by several
prominent Republicans,
and the outside of the
envelope said: “Join Pres-
ident Trump and 3 out of
4 Mississippi Republicans
who support medical mar-
ijuana.”
The letter said: “Pres-
ident Trump Supports
Medical Marijuana ... and
allowing states to decide
on that issue.”
Michael Glassner, chief
operating officer of the
Trump campaign, sent a
“cease and desist” letter
to the group Oct. 12, and
opponents of Initiative 65
released Glassner’s letter
Tuesday.
“This unauthorized
use of the President’s
name in support of your
group’s cause is unfair to
Mississippi voters who
may be led to vote ‘Yes’
on Initiative 65 on the
false belief that President
Trump supports the mea-
sure,” Glassner wrote.
“Therefore, let us be
clear about this: President
Trump has never stated
his support for passage of
Initiative 65 or the legal-
ization of medical mari-
juana in Mississippi.”
Initiative 65 would al-
low patients to use med-
ical marijuana to treat
debilitating conditions, as
certified by physicians.
An alternative measure
that is also on the Missis-
sippi ballot, Initiative 65A,
would allow patients with
debilitating conditions to
use medical marijuana.
It says the state would
create a program based
on “sound medical princi-
ples.”
Jamie Grantham, com-
munications director for
Mississippians for Com-
passionate Care, said in
a statement Tuesday that
the group had accurately
portrayed Trump’s posi-
tion on medical marijua-
na. She said that “politi-
cians and bureaucrats”
opposing Initiative 65
“clearly orchestrated this
letter from the Trump
campaign.”
“It’s just the latest ex-
ample of the lengths to
which they will go to pre-
vent any form of medical
marijuana in Mississippi,”
Grantham said. “Presi-
dent Trump himself has
said he supports medical
marijuana and is letting
the states decide.”
More than 100,000 reg-
istered voters petitioned
to put Initiative 65 on the
ballot. The alternative
was put there by legis-
lators. Sponsors of the
original initiative say the
alternative is intended to
cause confusion and kill
the original.
There’s a two-step
process for voting on 65
and 65A. The ballot first
instructs people to “Vote
for approval of either,
or against both.” It then
says, “And for vote for
one” — either 65 or 65A.
Secretary of State Mi-
chael Watson said that
even if people vote against
both initiatives on the first
part, they can still vote for
one of the proposals on
the second part.
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3 CPD officers disciplined for body camera violations

Mickens raises concerns about
shootings, police response times
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Colum-
bus Police
Department
issues dom-
inated Tues-
day night’s
city council
meeting,
which end- Shelton
ed with three patrol of-
ficers appearing before
the council in executive
session for apparent viola-
tions of the department’s
body camera policy.
Both CPD Chief Fred
Shelton and the officers’
attorney, Francis Spring-
er of Jackson, confirmed
the officers had violated
the body camera policy,
though they did not give
further details. Shelton
said the officers’ penalty
“followed (CPD’s) policy.”
Chief Operations Offi-
cer David Armstrong and
a council member told
The Dispatch each offi-
cer received a 10-day sus-
pension without pay with
“seven days suspended,”
meaning they will only
be out three days without
pay.
Per CPD policy, offi-
cers are required to turn
their body cameras on
any time they interact
with a civilian while on
duty. In 2016, the council
changed the penalty for
violating the policy from
three days suspension
without pay to 10 days
for the first infraction, 30
days suspension or termi-
nation for the second vio-
lation and termination for
a third violation.
Springer told The Dis-
patch after the meeting
that while he understands
the importance of body
cameras, he feels that
elected officials and oth-
ers in government posi-
tions do not always under-
stand the pressure police
officers are under when
they respond to calls, and
activating their body cam-
eras may not be their first
priority.
“Look at it from the
officers’ perspective,”
he said. “I think that’s
one of the hardest things
elected officials have to
do. … It just needs to be
consistent. The officer’s
thinking about so many
things, from doing their
job to staying alive.”
The matter followed a
meeting that had already
focused primarily on
CPD, with Ward 2 Coun-
cilman Joseph Mickens
questioning Shelton
about the strength of the
patrol force and even ac-
cusing Shelton’s ranking
officers and detectives
of not responding to con-
cerns from citizens.
Currently there are
54 officers employed by
CPD, eight of whom are
training or preparing
for training at the police
academy, Shelton said
during the meeting. He
specified there are four
patrol shifts currently,
three shifts of eight offi-
cers and one shift of nine.
The department has add-
ed a special detail of four
officers to patrol high-
crime areas during the
weekend in addition to
the shift already on duty.
But that was not
enough to quell concerns
from Mickens, who said
he received multiple
phone calls from constit-
uents over the weekend
complaining that officers
were not responding to
shootings and other calls
from citizens.
Though Mickens
raised several examples
— including one instance
in which a truck had ap-
parently dropped a tree on
Beech Street and blocked
off part of the road from
traffic “three weeks ago”
and which police never
addressed despite calls
from residents, including
Mickens
himself —
he said he
was mainly
c onc e r ne d
about the
shootings.
“It’s em-
ba r rassing Mickens
to me when a constituent
of my ward (is) calling
me on Saturday to tell me
there’s shooting in our
ward and I don’t know
nothing about it,” he said.
CPD has received calls
and responded to two
shootings in recent days,
Shelton said. The first oc-
curred on Brown Street
Friday night and result-
ed in two injuries, and
police are still searching
for a suspect. The second,
which occurred Monday
night near East Columbus
Gym on Lawrence Drive,
did not result in any inju-
ries.
Mickens said he and
constituents he’d talked
to had not received fol-
low-up calls from Shelton
and other ranking offi-
cers when they called.
“All these shootings
going on in the city, some-
thing needs to be (done),”
Mickens said. “I mean,
we got no follow-up and
ladies are telling me …
they’re calling (Criminal
Investigation Division).
They say there’s no inves-
tigation out there.”
Shelton said officers
responded to both those
shootings when they re-
ceived calls, and CID is
currently investigating
them. However, he said
he and other ranking offi-
cers sometimes field calls
themselves from constit-
uents who don’t call 911
when shootings occur.
He told The Dispatch af-
ter the meeting that one
witness to the shooting
on Brown Street, who
had a bullet come onto
her property, did not get
in touch with police until
Monday, three days after
the shooting.
Shelton said during
the meeting he would try
to do better about calling
back Mickens and oth-
er council members and
citizens when they con-
tacted them, but told The
Dispatch after the meet-
ing that the best thing
citizens can do during a
shooting or other emer-
gency is call 911.
“I tell people all the
time … ‘Look, I appreci-
ate you calling me, but all
I’m going to do is do the
same thing you’re going
to do,’” he said. “I’m going
to call 911 and say, ‘who’s
working that area?’’ and
say, ‘Send an officer to
that area.’”
Mickens told The Dis-
patch after the meeting
that he did not know if the
constituents who talked
to him had called 911, just
that they reached out to
ranking officers individ-
ually.
“I can’t say who they
call. That I can’t say,”
he said. “But all I’m say-
ing is, when the incident
happens, nobody’s really
coming out and investi-
gating the incident. That’s
what I’m being told.”

Trial
Continued from Page 1A
years. The building per-
mit expired in October
2017.
Crowther will be sen-
t e n c e d
Nov. 2 for a
l o n g s t a nd -
ing crim-
inal fraud
charge to
which he
pleaded
guilty in Crowther
July, ad-
mitting that he prepared
and submitted false in-
voices of checks paid to
contractors, which were
later erroneously report-
ed to Second Baptist
Church. Judge Lee Cole-
man ruled in September
that Crowther will pay
the difference between
the amount of money the
church paid Crowther
and the total amount on
the false invoices he sub-
mitted as restitution in
addition to his sentence.
‘Delusions of grandeur’
The idea for a new
sanctuary was born in
2010 during a time of
“booming” prosperity for
the church, when Stone
first became pastor, said
both Ware and Lindsay
Roberts, one of the trust-
ees’ attorneys with the
Jackson-based Carson
Law Group. The entire
congregation supported
the idea at first.
The church hired
Pryor and Morrow, an
architectural engineer-
ing firm with an office in
Columbus, to design the
sanctuary. Stone recom-
mended the trustees hire
Crowther as contractor,
and when they did, he
fired Pryor and Morrow
and put the entire proj-
ect in his and Crowther’s
hands, Ware said.
Roberts said during her
opening statement that
the prosecution hopes
the jury can confirm that
Stone and Miller had a
hand in the church los-
ing $454,000 to Crowther
when “all the church had
to show for it was a hole
in the ground where a
new sanctuary should
have been.” She said she
hopes the jury will under-
stand that Stone and Mill-
er have only served their
own interests, not those
of the church, while the
trustees have always had
the latter in mind.
“(Stone’s) emails to
Mr. Crowther reveal that
his main concern was
that the sanctuary was
bigger and better,” Rob-
erts told the jury. “He
was concerned about the
‘wow factor.’ He wasn’t
worrying about providing
an expanded church for
a growing membership.
He was concerned about
how he looked behind the
pulpit. The only thing that
stood between Mr. Stone
and his delusions of gran-
deur was the board of
trustees.”
By 2013, the board
was no longer comfort-
able with the project and
did not want to sign the
contract Stone proposed
because he and Crowther
negotiated it without the
trustees’ input, Ware said.
Crowther previous-
ly served prison time
in Minnesota for felony
bribing a federal official
in 1995, and the trustees
did not want to work with
him after they found this
out, but Stone “just kind
of blew it off,” Ware testi-
fied.
Stone admitted at a
June 4, 2013, meeting with
the trustees that he gave
Crowther a $50,000 check
from the church without
having a signed contract
in place first, Ware said.
Stone and Miller went on
to pay Crowther every
two weeks via invoices
that were not inspected
by a third party or associ-
ated with any work.
Once the trustees fi-
nally had a contract in
front of them, they hired
Starkville attorney Russ
Rogers for advice, and
he recommended several
changes until, Ware said,
Stone fired him and cited
“disrespect.” con Miller or Rev. Stone,”
Stone tried to get a Starks said. “Rather than
loan for the project from sitting here today, they
Renasant Bank and told would love to be sitting
the congregation he was in a new sanctuary. That
successful, but his emails was their only goal.”
show that he was not, Starks said the prose-
Ware said. Renasant al- cution’s argument “is just
legedly told Stone they about assigning blame,”
did not get involved with and he asked Ware on
building projects that had the stand if the case was
already started. simply an outlet for his
To this day, the con- disapproval of Stone as
gregation has not been pastor. Ware said this was
briefed on the status of not true.
the project because Stone “It bothers me when
has blocked any such op- decisions are made and
portunity, Ware said. votes are taken when
(people) are not given
‘He incites violence’ all the facts,” he said. “If
Hostility between you’re going to put some-
church members who thing on the table, tell the
supported Stone and truth and put it all on the
those who didn’t grew to table and let people make
the point of threats and informed decisions. That
altercations, Ware said. has not been the case in
Starkville Police Depart- Second Baptist Church.”
ment once had to “break Starks asked Ware
up a disturbance” at a why he still contributes
church meeting, and the financially to the church
trustees started notifying after everything that
SPD whenever they were has happened in the past
going to meet with Stone decade, and Ware said
and his supporters, Ware tearfully that his father
said. helped build it.
“One night, one of his “It’s my church,” he
followers pulled a Taser in said.
the church to go after one
of the people speaking
out against (the building
project),” he said.
He claimed Stone also
provoked Ware’s own
cousins to verbally attack
him and that Stone once
charged at Bennie Hair-
ston, the chairman of the
board of trustees, in the
aisle of the church.
“He incites violence,
and he does it from the
protection of the pulpit,”
Ware said.
Stone’s and Miller’s
defense attorney, Wil-
liam Starks of Columbus,
claimed in his opening
statement their “driving
force” was to build a new
sanctuary, not to defraud
Second Baptist Church as
Crowther has admitted to
doing. He said Crowther
should be the defendant
in the case instead.
“No one wanted this
situation less than Dea-
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shooting being investigat-
ed as a homicide, accord-
ing to Oktibbeha County
Coroner Michael Hunt.
OCSO responded at
about 1 a.m. to a report
of shots fired near the in-
tersection of Blair Road
and Sarah Lane, between
Blackjack and Artesia
roads. Emergency medical
services pronounced Gray-
er dead at the scene from
gunshot wounds, Watson
said.
The Mississippi Bureau
of Investigation helped
OCSO process the crime
scene, Watson said. OCSO
is investigating the incident
and did not have a suspect
in custody by press time.
Deputies recovered “a
significant amount of mar-
ijuana from a residence
associated with the scene,”
Watson said.
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AREA OBITUARIES
Keith Parrish al Chapel, with Philip 6 p.m. today, at Lee- Sandra Spence ty-Mt. Carmel CME Eloise, Wanda Faye,
COLUMBUS — Lindsey and Robert Sykes Funeral Home. STARKVILLE — Church. Trenita Deshay, Ada
Keith Ward Parrish, 62, Moore officiating. Lee-Sykes Funeral Sandra Kay Spence, 69, In addition to her Marie all of Columbus.
died Oct. Burial will follow in Home of Columbus is died Oct. 20, 2020, at father, she is survived Brenda Ann Pondex-
18, 2020, in Pleasant Ridge Ceme- in charge of arrange- her residence. by her siblings, Eugene ter and Egenia Renee
Florence, tery. Visitation will be ments. Arrangements are Poindexter Jr., Roos- Adamoh of Houston,
Alabama. from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Mr. Brown was born incomplete and will be evelt Poindexter, Carol Texas.
A cele- at the funeral home. Sept. 24, 1981, to An- announced by Lown-
bration of Tisdale-Lann Memo- thony and Linda Brown. des Funeral Home of
life will be rial Funeral Home of He was a graduate of Columbus.
at 1 p.m. Aberdeen is in charge Columbus High School
Parrish of arrangements. and attended East
Saturday,
Mr. Holt was born Mississippi Community Nettie Poindexter
Oct. 31, COLUMBUS — Net-
2020, at his residence. Sept. 14, 1934, in College and Mississippi
Quincy Community, to State University. He was tie Poindexter, 62, died
Spry-Williams Funer- Oct. 12,
al Home of Florence, the late George Pres- a veteran of the U.S.
ley Holt and Emma Army National Guard. 2020.
Alabama is in charge of Grave-
arrangements. Jane Rye Holt. He was He was formerly em-
a veteran of the U.S. ployed with T.J. Maxx side
He was preceded in services
death by his parents, Army and was formerly and was a member of
employed with Kerr Mc- Stephen Chapel Mis- will be at
Wallace and Gladys 11 a.m.
Parrish. Gee Chemical Corpora- sionary Baptist Church.
tion. He was a member In addition to his Friday,
He is survived by his in Trinity Poindexter
of Bartahatchie Baptist parents, he is survived
sister, Karen McDaniel. Ceme-
Church. by his daughter, Kyara
In addition to her Lenee Brown of Fort tery. Visitation will
Eva Jones parents, he was preced- Gordon, Georgia; and be from noon-5 p.m.
ALICEVILLE, Ala. ed in death by his wife, ex-wife and best friend, Thursday, at Lee-Sykes
— Eva Lee Hinton Mary Agnes Holt; and Kenyatta Blair Brown. Funeral Home. Lee-
Jones, 81, died Oct. 19, siblings, Annie Mae Sykes Funeral Home of
2020, at her residence. Miles, Darlene Lopez, Columbus is in charge
A graveside home Bessie Jaudon Easter Polly Easter of arrangements.
going celebration will and John Presley Holt. CALEDONIA — Mrs. Poindexter
be at 1 p.m. Saturday, He is survived by his Polly Mae McCarley was born May 6, 1958,
in New Sarepta Church children, Renelda Holt Easter, 75, died Oct. 17, in Lowndes County,
Cemetery of Eutaw, Goode and Darryl Holt 2020, at her residence. to Eugene Poindex-
Alabama. Visitation will both of Grubb Springs; Funeral services are ter Sr. and the late
be from 3-5 p.m. Friday, and sister, Sylvia Isbell at noon today, at Otts Mary Emma. She was
at Lavender’s Funeral Hollis. Funeral Home Chapel, previously employed
Service. Lavender’s with Elvis Cochran with Lowndes County
Funeral Service of officiating. Burial will School District and was
Rena Beach
Marilyn Whitten
Aliceville is in charge of follow in Blair Ceme- a member of Trini-
COLUMBUS ­— tery. Visitation is one
arrangements. Rena Faye Beach, 80, hour prior to services
died Oct. 19, 2020, at at the funeral home. Marilyn M. Whitten, 65, passed away on
Dorris Turman Baptist Memorial Hos- Otts Funeral Home of Monday, October 19, 2020, at Sanctuary Hospice
CALEDONIA — pital-Golden Triangle.
Dorris J. Turman, 77, Sulligent is in charge of in Tupelo, MS.
Services will be at arrangements. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM
died Oct. 20, 2020, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday,
her residence. Mrs. Easter was on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, at Egger
at Victory Tabernacle born May 2, 1945, in Cemetery in Caledonia, MS with Pastor Jody
No services are Church, with Granville
scheduled at this time. Marion County, Ala- Andrews officiating.
Wiggins officiating. bama, to the late Floyd Marilyn was born on September 13, 1955, in
Lowndes Funeral Burial will follow in
Home of Columbus is McCarley and Dora Columbus, MS to the late Newman Allen and
Woodlawn Cemetery. Tice. She attended Hilda Henderson Malone. She attended Life
in charge of arrange- Visitation will be one Hamilton, Alabama Church in Columbus. She was known as a kind
ments. hour prior to services at
schools and was a Rena Beach hearted and loving lady who loved animals.
Mrs. Turman was the church. Memorial Visitation:
born April 1, 1943, in member of Piney Thursday, Oct. 22 • 2:30-3:30 PM She is survived by her son, John Whitten of
Gunter Peel Funeral Columbus, MS; sisters, Beverly Deistler (Leo)
Winston County, to Grove Freewill Baptist Victory Tabernacle Church
Home and Crematory, Services: of Kansas City, MO and Diane Clark (Tony) of
the late Alvin Edward Church. Thursday, Oct. 22 • 3:30 PM
Second Avenue North Caledonia, MS; nephews, Roger Burton of West
and Allie Mae William- In addition to her Victory Tabernacle Church
location is in charge of Burial Point, MS and Brad Clark of Columbus, MS; and
son. She was formerly parents, she was pre-
arrangements. Woodlawn Cemetery
nieces, Rachel B. Williams of Madison, MS and
employed as a service ceded in death by her 2nd Ave N. Location
Mrs. Beach was born Brandy Williamson of Ethelsville, AL.
representative with son, Mike Easter; and
April 7, 1940, in Sidon,
Bellsouth. to the late Lewis and
siblings, Faye Pruitt, Marilyn Whitten Honorary pallbearers will be Allen Jones,
Nell Ingle, Mary Lou Graveside Services: Karl Williams, Tommy Vaughn, Henry Vaughn,
In addition to her par- Lorell Flanigan Beach. Wednesday, Oct. 21 • 2 PM
Lynch, Edward McCar- Walt Willis, Danny Malone, Jr. Pounders and the
ents, she was preceded She was formerly Egger Cemetery
ley, Elton McCarley and 2nd Ave N. Location Employees of Bank of Vernon.
in death by her hus- employed with the Act
Alvis McCarley. Donations may be made to the Columbus-
band, Harold Turman; Center and was a mem-
son, Edward Adair; and ber of Victory Taberna-
She is survived by Lisa Heath Lowndes Humane Society, 50 Airline Rd.
her husband, James Incomplete Columbus, MS.
siblings, Ruby McMan, cle Church. College St. Locaiton
Geneva Lowery, Marie Easter; children,
In addition to her par-
Stanford, JT Williamson Brian Easter and Lisa Betty Weaver
ents, she was preceded
and Charles William- Cummings; siblings, Incomplete
in death by her sister,
son. Danny McCarley, Rex College St. Location
Betty Jean Beach.
She is survived by Pallbearers will be McCarley, Dwight Mc-
her daughter, Lisa Stephen Williams, Ken- Carley, Elmon McCa- Sign the online guest book at
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Adair; brother, Aubrey nie Chandler, Chane
Williamson; and five Cruse and A.J. Hicks. Maxine Lockhart and memorialgunterpeel.com 716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
grandchildren. Geraldine Green; six
grandchildren; and six
Anthony Brown Jr.
Ann Chenney
great-grandchildren.
Herbert Holt COLUMBUS — An-

Frank Gilliam
GREENWOOD thony Thomas “Tony”
SPRINGS — Herbert Brown Jr., 39, died Oct.
Denver Holt, 86, died 17, 2020, at the Universi- Ann Chenney passed away peacefully in her
Oct. 19, 2020, at Bap- ty of Mississippi Medi- sleep on October 15, 2020, in Columbus, MS.
Franklin D. “Frank” Gilliam, A private graveside service was held for the
tist Memorial Hospi- cal Center of Jackson. age 86, of Columbus, MS and
tal-Golden Triangle. Graveside services family at Memorial Gardens Friday directed by
formerly of Gordo, AL passed Lowndes Funeral Home officiated by Matthew
Services will be at will be at 11 a.m. Thurs- away October 19, 2020, at
11 a.m. Saturday, at day, in Union Cemetery. Dowdy. A Celebration of Life will be held at a
Baptist Memorial Hospital. later date.
Tisdale-Lann Memori- Visitation is from noon- Funeral services will be Ann was born April 10, 1934, in West Point
2:00 PM Thursday, October to the late Cliff and Martha Cox. She graduated
22, 2020, at Skelton Funeral from West Point High School. Ann and Floyd
Home Chapel, with Bro. Bobby Chenney were married on June 14, 1952.
Sanderson officiating. Burial They were blessed with nearly 60 years of an
will follow in Hargrove United Methodist Church exceptionally happy marriage and enjoyed the
Cemetery with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform last fourteen years in retirement. A member of
directing. Visitation will be one hour prior and the Starkville Church of Christ, she had taught
immediately following the service at the funeral two generations of small children and loved
home. The family requests masks be worn due them all. Ann retired from Mississippi State
to COVID-19. University as an Administrative Assistant in
He was preceded in death by his first wife, the President’s Office with forty-five years of
Nina Faye Gilliam; his parents; sister, Vala White; service. After retiring, her favorite title became
an infant brother; and stepdaughter, Sherry simply, Grammie. Ann used her organizational
Parker. skills to show love to her family and friends as
Survivors include his wife, Edwina Wharton she continued to keep a calendar sending over
Gilliam; sons, Jeffrey Gilliam (Tani) and Randall 150 birthday cards, anniversary cards, and
Gilliam (Prathima); stepdaughter, Sandra newspaper clippings as well as personal letters
Williams (Dennis); two sisters, Nancy Gilliam each year.
and Christine Levine; three grandchildren, Along with her parents and husband, she was
Amanda Nicole Gilliam, Ashley Marie Gilliam preceded in death by a baby brother, Billie Mack
and Jacob Allan Gilliam; and three step- Cox; a sister, Jane Cox Taggart; her daughter-in-
grandchildren, Christy Parker, Stephen Parker law, Melissa Chenney; and grandson, Benjamin
and Natalie Parker. Dowdy.
Frank was born February 28, 1934, in Ann is survived by her two children, Erle
Kennedy Alabama, to the late Paul Gilliam and Floyd Chenney and Carol Ann Chenney Dowdy;
Zelma Shelton Gilliam. He was a member of her grandsons; Nicholas Dowdy, Michael Dowdy
First Baptist Church in Columbus, MS, a general and Matthew Dowdy (Leah); one granddaughter,
contractor and retired employee of Westinghouse Betsy Powell (David); and great-grandchildren,
and a veteran of the U. S. Army. Sophie Dowdy, Hunter Powell and Wes Powell;
Honorary Pallbearers are the Reau Berry one sister, Patti Cox Orman (Roger); and two
Men’s Sunday School Class of First Baptist namesakes, Anne Howell Stricklin and Anne
Church in Columbus. Formby Hutton.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests Memorials may be made to Sunnybrook
memorials to First Baptist Church of Columbus Children’s Home, P. O. Box 1497, Ridgeland, MS
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, P.O. Box 829, 39158-9950. Ann was deeply loved by her family
Send in your church event! Columbus, MS 39703 or Columbus Lowndes and friends and will be greatly missed.
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McConnell warns White House

against COVID relief deal
Senate Majority Leader appears worried agreement
would force Republicans to choose whether to
support a deal that would violate the conservative
positions they’ve stuck with for months
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
WA S H I N G T O N
— Washington ne-
gotiations on a huge
COVID-19 relief bill
took a modest step
forward on Tuesday,
though time is run-
ning out and Sen-
McConnell
ate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, President Don-
ald Trump’s most powerful Senate
ally, is pressing the White House
against going forward.
McConnell on Tuesday told fel-
low Republicans that he has warned
the White House not to divide Re-
publicans by sealing a lopsided
$2 trillion relief deal with House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi before the
election — even as he publicly said
he’d slate any such agreement for a
vote.
Pelosi’s office said talks with
Treasury Secretary Steven
Mnuchin on Tuesday were produc-
tive, but other veteran lawmakers
said there is still too much work to
do and not enough time to do it to
enact a relief bill by Election Day.
McConnell made his remarks
during a private lunch with fellow
Republicans on Tuesday, three
people familiar with them said, re-
questing anonymity because the
session was private.
The Kentucky Republican ap-
pears worried that an agreement
between Pelosi and Mnuchin would
drive a wedge between Republi-
cans, forcing them to choose wheth-
er to support a Pelosi-blessed deal
with Trump that would violate con-
servative positions they’ve stuck
with for months. Many Republicans
say they can’t vote for another huge
Pelosi-brokered agreement.
McConnell said if such a bill
passed the Democratic-controlled
House with Trump’s blessing “we
would put it on the floor of the Sen-
ate.” Those public remarks came
after the private session with fellow
Republicans.
Trump is hoping for an agree-
ment before the election, eager to
announce another round of $1,200
direct payments going out under
his name, but it’s increasingly clear
that time has pretty much run out.
If he wins, Trump is promising re-
lief, but if he loses — as polls are
indicating — it’s unclear that his
enthusiasm for delivering COVID
aid will be as strong. Recent histo-
ry suggests that any post-election
lame-duck session in the event of a
Trump loss wouldn’t produce much.
“It’s not a question of ‘íf.’ It’s a
question of ‘when.’” said Senate
GOP Whip John Thune of South
Dakota. “We have to do more. We
know that.”
Pelosi said earlier Tuesday that
she and Mnuchin remained at odds
over refundable tax credits for the
working poor and families with
children, the size of a Democrat-
ic-sought aid package for state and
local governments, and a liability
shield for businesses and other or-
ganizations against lawsuits over
their COVID preparations.
Pelosi’s spokesman, Drew Ham-
mill, wrote on Twitter that she and
Mnuchin then spoke for 45 minutes
and found “more clarity and com-
mon ground” and that “both sides
are serious about finding a compro-
mise.” Another conversation is slat-
ed for Wednesday.
The Pelosi-Mnuchin talks also
involve pandemic jobless aid, the
second round of $1,200 direct pay-
ments, and money for schools, test-
ing and vaccines.

GOP sees bright spot in 2020 voter registration push

Democrats appear to have been set back by decision to
curb in-person voter registration drives during pandemic
BY NICHOLAS RICCARDI
The Associated Press
The Republican Party
has cut into Democrats’
advantage in voter reg-
istration tallies across
some critical presidential
battleground states, a fact
they point to as evidence
of steady — and over-
looked — enthusiasm for
President Donald Trump
and his party.
Even though Trump
trails in national polls and
struggles with fundrais-
ing with just weeks before
Election Day, Republi-
cans see their progress
signing up voters in Flori-
da, Pennsylvania, Arizona
and other states as a rare
bright spot. Democrats
appear to have been set
back by their decision to
curb in-person voter reg-
istration drives during
much of the pandemic.
And in something of a
reversal, Republicans
are crowing about their
success bringing in new
voters who could ramp
up turnout and deliver the
White House to their can-
didate.
“The best thing for vot-
er registration is enthusi-
asm for a candidate and
the infrastructure,” said
Nick Trainer, director of
battleground strategy for
Trump’s reelection cam-
paign. “The lack of enthu-
siasm for Biden coupled
with the lack of structure
is the reason they’re not
doing what they did in the
past.”
In Florida, Repub-
licans netted 146,644
voters over Democrats
since the pandemic hit
in March, leaving Demo-
crats with their smallest
overall lead in party reg-
istrations since the state
began tracking them in
1972. In Pennsylvania,
which Trump won with
44,000 votes in 2016, the
GOP added 103,171 more
voters since November
than Democrats did.
Even in Arizona, where
Democrats have steadily
been chipping away at the
GOP’s advantage among
registered voters due to a
growing number of young
Latinos voters, Republi-
cans added 30,000 more
voters than Democrats
since mid-August.
Democrats argue that
Republican gains are
partly illusory: Some of
the GOP registrants are
former Democratic vot-
ers who have been voting
for Republicans, but have
not updated their regis-
tration until now. They
also note young voters,
who lean heavily Demo-
cratic, increasingly reg-
ister as unaffiliated with
either party, which helps
pad the GOP’s advantage
on paper but it might not
help on Election Day.

Trump ups pressure on Barr to probe Bidens as election nears

Trump has been leveling accusations
of corruption against Biden without
verified evidence for months
BY AAMER MADHANI
AND COLLEEN LONG
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON —
President Donald Trump
on Tuesday called on
Attorney General Wil-
liam Barr to immediately
launch an investigation
into unverified claims
about Democrat Joe Biden
and his son Hunter, effec-
tively demanding that the
Justice Department mud-
dy his political opponent
and abandon its historic
resistance to getting in-
volved in elections.
With just two weeks to
go before Election Day,
Trump for the first time
explicitly called on Barr
to investigate the Bidens
and even pointed to the
nearing Nov. 3 election as
reason that Barr should
not delay taking action.
Trump has been leveling
accusations of corruption
against Biden without ver-
ified evidence for months,
but is stepping up the
pressure in the final days
of the campaign.
“We’ve got to get the
attorney general to act,”
Trump said in an inter-
view on “Fox & Friends.”
“He’s got to act, and he’s
got to act fast. He’s got to
appoint somebody. This is
major corruption, and this
has to be known about be-
fore the election.”
Julian Zelizer, a presi-
dential historian at Princ-
eton University, suggest-
ed that Trump’s pressure
campaign on Barr has
moved into uncharted
territory for presidential
politics.
“The question is, Does
Barr erode the guidelines
and reforms from the
post-Watergate era and
move forward with this?”
Zelizer said. “We are see-
ing a total politicization of
the justice system in the fi-
nal stages of an election.”
Trump’s pressuring of
Barr comes as national
and battleground polls
show him facing an in-
creasingly narrow path
to reelection. The presi-
dent has repeatedly cited
Hunter Biden’s past —of-
ten with unsubstantiated
claims — as a reason that
voters can’t trust Biden in
the White House.
The president has
been promoting an un-
confirmed New York
Post report published last
week that cites an email
in which an official from
Ukrainian gas company
Burisma thanked Hunter
Biden, who served on the
company’s board, for ar-
ranging for him to meet
Joe Biden during a 2015
visit to Washington. The
Biden campaign has re-
jected Trump’s assertion
of wrongdoing and noted
that Biden’s schedule did
not show a meeting with
the Burisma official.

Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The policies that have been longtime mem- should occur only within
discriminated against bers. At least three of the marriage and marriage
Supreme LGBTQ people and their couple’s seven children should only be between a
Court nom- children were in place for have attended the Trinity man and a woman.
inee Amy years at Trinity Schools School at Greenlawn, in Interviewees told the
Coney Bar- Inc., both before Barrett South Bend, Indiana. AP that Trinity’s leader-
rett served
joined the board in 2015 The AP spoke with ship communicated an-
for nearly
and during the time she more than two dozen ti-LGBTQ policies and
three years
on the board served. people who attended or positions in meetings,
of private Barrett The three schools, in worked at Trinity Schools, one-on-one conversations,
Christian schools that Indiana, Minnesota and or former members of enrollment agreements,
effectively barred admis- Virginia, are affiliated People of Praise. They employment agreements,
sion to children of same- with People of Praise, an said the community’s handbooks and written
sex parents and made it insular community root- teachings have been con- policies — including
plain that openly gay and ed in its own interpreta- sistent for decades: Ho- those in place when Bar-
lesbian teachers weren’t tion of the Bible, of which mosexuality is an abom- rett was an active member
welcome in the classroom. Barrett and her husband ination against God, sex of the board.
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OUR VIEW
We must not allow COVID-19 to divide us
“Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy”
— Green Day
At a board of aldermen meeting in
Starkville, one alderman proposed
ending the local mask ordnance, but
no citizens spoke in support of his mo-
tion, which died for a lack of a second.
department’s policy is to respond to
reports of violations when they are
notified someone is not in compliance.
Considering the city used initial visits
only to inform the Walters, a claim of
cal businesses, but not at the expense
of public health.
As has been noted all along,
COVID-19 is both a threat to both pub-
lic health and economic security.

T
here are two things that can
be reasonably assumed when
it comes to the recent dispute
between a local merchant and city
officials over the mask mandate in the
city of Columbus.
First, city officials are not out to
ruin local businesses. Second, store
owners don’t want your Aunt Sally to
die from COVID-19.
The city’s mask mandate has been
in place since July 7 when the city
council voted unanimously to require
all citizens to wear masks in indoor
public places, including retail stores.
In the ensuing 3 ½ months, the
mask requirement has been largely
taken in stride by both businesses and
customers alike.
Even when the Governor’s state-
wide mask mandate expired on Sept.
30, there was little demand from the
public to end local mask ordinances.
But that relative quiet ended over targeting or harassment doesn’t seem That leaves cities facing a delicate
the weekend in to hold up, even and difficult balancing act and all mea-
Columbus when
Blaine and Corie
Certainly, city governments though the city
has not been able
sures should be imposed only after
careful deliberation.
Walters posted a
pair of Facebook
should do whatever they to provide The
Dispatch with an
The bottom line in all of this is
knowing the enemy.
Live videos that can do to promote local exact number of The enemy isn’t city government.
claims they are issued mask man- It isn’t the business community,
being targeted businesses, but not at the date citations. either.
by the city for But let’s pause The enemy is COVID-19.
their outspoken expense of public health. for a moment Regardless of your opinion about
opposition to to acknowledge the dispute between the Walters and
mask requirements. Between Oct. 6 something very important: It’s been the city, nothing good can come from
and Oct. 16, police visited the Walters’ a difficult year for our local business this situation. This is not a time to
business, the Bride and Groom Bridal owners. Their livelihoods and the take sides against one another and
Boutique, four times. Police used the financial security of their families and certainly not the time to impugn the
first visit to inform the business of the their employees have been seriously motives of either party.
mandate requirements. On the last challenged. When such divisions occur, it weak-
visit, both of the Walters and a store In such a situation, business own- ens our resolve and our ability to fight
employee were issued citations for not ers look to city governments for help, the real enemy.
wearing masks. not obstacles. We must not allow the pandemic to
The city disputes the Walters’ Certainly, city governments should divide and conquer.
targeting claim, saying the police do whatever they can do to promote lo- Gotta know the enemy.

FROM THE LEFT FROM THE RIGHT

Living in an era where
misinformation is weaponized
“J
ared Kushner is under federal investigation
for diverting money to terrorist organiza-
tions according to a guy I met at the gas sta-
tion who told me he works for the FBI” is something I
would never be allowed to publish.
“Donald Trump Jr. has an escalating cocaine
dependency problem according to a woman I ran into
at the supermarket who told me she’s his dealer” is
another sentence my editor would flag.
There is, you see, this thing in the news business
called judgment. You may or may not have ever heard
of it, though it is supposed to be one of the foundation
stones of journalism. Leonard Pitts
Many of us have spent years pretending other-
wise. Which is to say, pretending we are not in the
business of deciding what is important and what isn’t, what is authoritative
and what is not. Instead, we embrace false equivalence and specious syntac-
tical strategies to spare ourselves from having to draw even the most obvious
conclusions.
That’s how you get people hanging nooses and using the n-word and report-
ers dubbing it “racially insensitive.”
It’s how you get news media creating fake balance between climate scien-
tists and climate change deniers.
It is how, more than 20,000 lies later, you get reports of Donald Trump say-
ing bizarre things “for which he provided no evidence.”
In seeking to avoid charges of anti-conservative bias, mainstream news
media have too often been serial evaders of their responsibility to tell the truth
without fear or favor. And as social media have, to a large degree, supplanted
mainstream media as information conduits, they’ve proven, if anything, even
more cowardly.
Which makes last week’s brouhaha over the New York Post’s story on Hunt-
er Biden all the more fascinating. It seems Facebook and Twitter both limited
users’ ability to share the story, which purports to be based on emails showing
that Joe Biden’s son peddled access to his father when the elder Biden was vice
president.
The restriction has the right wing up in arms. New York Times columnist
Ross Douthat labeled it “dangerous and stupid.” Sen. Ted Cruz called it “cen-
sorship.”
I’m not going to spend a lot of time analyzing the story itself. Suffice it to
say, it is amateurish and poorly sourced. As to its trustworthiness, well, the
paper says it received the emails on a duplicated hard drive from that fount of
unimpeachable credibility, Rudy Giuliani. ‘Nuff said.
But as to the charges leveled by conservatives: No government agency has
banned or intimidated the Post. All that happened is, two shareholder-owned
companies declined to allow broad dissemination of a story they found dubi-
ous. That’s not censorship. It’s responsibility, belatedly accepted.
People have literally died, let us not forget, from U.S. social media’s willing-
ness to be used as uncritical platforms for untruths. BuzzFeed, The Columbia
Journalism Review and the New York Times have reported Facebook’s role
in violent unrest from Libya to Germany to Myanmar. Which is a visceral argu-
ment that, if social media are going to supplant news media’s function, they
darn well better accept news media’s obligation to vet what they put out.
Maybe this is a step in that direction. Either way, it is less troubling that
social media restricted the story than that they had to, that we live in an era
where misinformation is so readily weaponized. And that’s the real point.
“For all its pious moaning about censorship, the right wing is more upset
about being held to a standard of verifiable truth because they know it’s one
they cannot meet” is a sentence I’m pretty sure I can get away with.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a col-
umnist for the Miami Herald. Email him at lpitts@miamiherald.com.
Censoring for
the good of the people
A
llum Bokhari’s just released book, “DELET-
ED,” makes an impressive case that the
Internet has become the transit that tech
companies use to censor everything we read, hear,
say, or think.
In one chapter Bokhari wrote about Dr. Robert
Epstein, former editor in chief of Psychology Today,
who has studied potential effects of search engine
results on political decision-making for years. In
2013 Epstein selected a diverse set of American par-
ticipants and presented them with a choice between
two political candidates.
Participants were given brief profiles of the Daniel L. Gardner
candidates, and asked to rate each one according
to five measurements. Votes for the two candidates
were evenly split among the participants who were then divided into three
groups. Two groups were given programmed search engines with heavily
biased information toward one or the other candidate. The third group was
given balanced information, and each group was given 15 minutes “to search
the Internet.”
Results: “The proportion of people favoring the search engine’s top-ranked
candidate increased by 48.4 percent, and all five of our measures shifted to-
ward that candidate. What’s more, 75 percent of the people in the bias groups
seemed to have been completely unaware that they were viewing biased
search rankings.”
Bokhari wrote, “As a result of his research, Epstein has called Google the
‘most powerful mind-control engine ever created.’ He believes that the vast
power of search engines to alter our political preferences stems from the fact
that the users of the technology don’t perceive search results to be biased.”
In a later chapter Bokhari wrote about “The Good Censor,” an inside docu-
ment leaked out of Google in October 2018. Quoting the document he wrote,
“big tech firms [the document cites Google, Facebook, and Twitter] have
gradually shifted away from unmediated free speech and towards censorship
and moderation.” (Please note that Google, Facebook, and Twitter lean hard
LEFT favoring Biden and undermining Trump.)
The document itself admits these companies control the majority of online
communication. Authors of the document discuss only two models of con-
trolling speech on the Internet: one that “prioritizes free speech for democra-
cy,” and another that “favors dignity over liberty and civility over freedom.”
The document also says that since 2016 all major tech platforms have shifted
their control away from free speech and toward “dignity” and “civility,” i.e.
censorship.
During the pandemic we’ve heard a lot of debate from those who value
liberty (Bill of Rights) vs. those who value safety (follow the science). These
days we can’t have it both ways given the government’s new orders and au-
thority.
For example, Kenneth Cleveland, M.D., Executive Director of Mississippi
State Board of Medical Licensure sent the following memo to “All Licensees
of the Medical Board,” after receiving complaints about licensees’ advice not
being “consistent with the guidance and/or orders coming from MS Depart-
ment of Health (MSDH) and the Governor’s office.”
Cleveland continued, “Orders from the MSDH and the Governor’s office
are legally binding orders and should be obeyed to the greatest extent possi-
ble. If you are asked to advise a public or private institution, or for that matter
if you are advising a patient, you should base your advice on evidence-based
medicine and not personal views.”
At every political level authorities are making us do it what they deem best.
We are being mislead and divided.
Gardner is a syndicated columnist who lives in Starkville. E-mail reaches him
at pjandme2@gmail.com.

TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 21, the
295th day of 2020. There are 71 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Oct. 21, 1879, Thomas Edison
perfected a workable electric light at his
laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.
On this date:
In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate Con-
stitution, also known as “Old Ironsides,”
was christened in Boston’s harbor.
In 1892, schoolchildren across the
U.S. observed Columbus Day (accord-
ing to the Gregorian date) by reciting,
for the first time, the original version
of “The Pledge of Allegiance,” written
by Francis Bellamy for The Youth’s
Companion.
In 1941, superheroine Wonder
Woman made her debut in All-Star
Comics issue No. 8, published by
All-American Comics, Inc. of New York.
In 1944, during World War II, U.S.
troops captured the German city of
Aachen (AH’-kuhn).
In 1945, women in France were al-
lowed to vote in parliamentary elections
for the first time.
In 1960, Democrat John F. Kenne-
dy and Republican Richard M. Nixon
clashed in their fourth and final presi-
dential debate in New York.
In 1966, 144 people, 116 of them
children, were killed when a coal waste
landslide engulfed a school and some
20 houses in Aberfan, Wales.
In 1967, the Israeli destroyer INS
Eilat (ay-LAHT’) was sunk by Egyptian
missile boats near Port Said (sah-
EED’); 47 Israeli crew members were
lost. Tens of thousands of Vietnam War
protesters began two days of demon-
strations in Washington, D.C.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon
nominated Lewis F. Powell and Wil-
liam H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme
Court. (Both nominees were con-
firmed.)
In 2001, Washington, D.C., postal
worker Thomas L. Morris Jr. died of
inhalation anthrax as officials began
testing thousands of postal employees.
In 2012, former senator and 1972
Democratic presidential candidate
George McGovern, 90, died in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota.
SOURCE: AP
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020 7A

Older workers facing higher

unemployment amid virus pandemic
AARP: Workers 55 and
older lost jobs sooner,
AP-NORC/SAP poll: 1 in 4
were rehired slower and workers have weighed quitting
BY ALEX ANDRA OLSON
face higher job losses AP Business Writer

than their counterparts
ages 35 to 54
BY SAR AH SKIDMORE SELL
AP Personal Finance Writer
For the first time in nearly 50
years, older workers face higher
unemployment than their midca-
reer counterparts, according to a
study released Tuesday by the New
School university in New York City.
The pandemic has wreaked hav-
oc on employment for people of all
ages. But researchers found that
during its course, workers 55 and
older lost jobs sooner, were rehired
slower and continue to face higher
job losses than their counterparts
ages 35 to 54.
It is the first time since 1973
that such a severe unemployment
gap has persisted for six months or
longer.
A ARP said the study bolstered
concerns about the economic im-
pact of the virus on older workers.
When people over 50 lose their
jobs, it typically takes them twice
as long to find work as it does for
younger workers, the organization
representing the interests of older
Americans estimates.
The pandemic “may be some-
thing that is pushing people out of
the workforce and they may never
get back in,” said Susan Weinstock,
A ARP’s vice president of financial
resilience programing.
In every recession since the
1970s, older workers had per-
sistently lower unemployment rates
than midcareer workers — partly
because of seniority benefits.
New York — The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Ameri-
cans out of work. But many of those still working are fearful, distressed
and stretched thin.
A quarter of U.S. workers say they have even considered quitting
their jobs as worries related to the pandemic weigh on them, according
to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs
Research in collaboration with the software company SAP. A fifth say
they have taken leave.
About 7 in 10 workers cited juggling their jobs and other responsibil-
ities as a source of stress. Fears of contracting the virus also was a top
concern for those working outside the home.
The good news is that employers are responding. The poll finds
57 percent of workers saying their employer is doing “about the right
amount” in responding to the pandemic; 24 percent say they are “going
above and beyond.” Just 18 percent say their employer is “falling short.”
That satisfaction seems largely related to physical protections from
the virus, which overwhelming majorities of workers considered very
important. Still, at least half also say it is very important for their em-
ployers to expand sick leave, provide flexibility for caregivers and sup-
port mental health, and workers report less satisfaction with efforts in
these areas.
But in the current recession, ing himself to the coronavirus by
older workers experienced higher working around others, he said he
unemployment rates than midca- has looked for work — because he
reer workers in each month since feels he has little choice but to take
the onset of the pandemic. any job he can find.
The older workers’ unemploy- The contractor he worked for,
ment rates from April through Eulen America, has required its
September were 1.1 percentage laid off employees to reapply for
points higher than mid-career their jobs. Gamo did so but said he
workers — at 9.7 percent versus has received no reply.
8.6 percent. The rates were com- The immigrant from Ethiopia
piled using a six-month rolling av- supports three grandchildren,
erage and were far worse for older ages 6, 12 and 14, who live with
workers who are black, female or him. His daughter is still em-
lack college degrees. ployed, but her pay is not enough
Among the newly unemployed to cover their expenses. Gamo
older workers is Legasse Gamo, gets $210 a week in unemployment
65. He was laid off in March from insurance payments and said he
his job as a baggage handler at has spent almost all of his savings.
Reagan National airport in the “I just want to get back to my job
Washington suburb of Arlington, as soon as possible to support my
Virginia. family because I’m afraid we will
While Gamo is afraid of expos- end up homeless,” Gamo said.

DOJ files landmark antitrust case against Google

Lawmakers, consumer advocates have long accused Google
of abusing its dominance in online search and advertising
BY MICHAEL BALSAMO
AND MARCY GORDON
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Eleven states, all with
The Justice Department
on Tuesday sued Google
for abusing its dominance
in online search and ad-
vertising — the govern-
ment’s most significant
attempt to protect com-
petition since its ground-
breaking case against
Microsoft more than 20
years ago.
And it could just be an
opening salvo. Other ma-
jor tech companies includ-
ing Apple, Amazon and
Facebook are under inves-
tigation at both the Justice
Department and the Fed-
eral Trade Commission.
“Google is the gate-
way to the internet and a
search advertising behe-
moth,” U.S. Deputy At-
torney General Jeff Ros-
en told reporters. “It has
maintained its monopoly
power through exclusion-
ary practices that are
harmful to competition.”
Lawmakers and con-
sumer advocates have
long accused Google of
abusing its dominance in
online search and adver-
tising. The case filed in
federal court in Washing-
ton, D.C., alleges that Goo-
gle uses billions of dollars
collected from advertisers
to pay phone manufac-
turers to ensure Google
is the default search en-
gine on browsers. That
stifles competition and
innovation from smaller
upstart rivals to Google
and harms consumers by
reducing the quality of
search and limiting priva-
cy protections and alter-
native search options, the
government alleges.
Critics contend that
multibillion-dollar fines
and mandated changes
in Google’s practices im-
posed by European reg-
ulators in recent years
weren’t severe enough
and Google needs to be
broken up to change its
conduct. The Justice De-
partment didn’t lay out
specific remedies along
those lines, although it
asked the court to order
structural relief “as need-
ed to remedy any anticom-
petitive harm.”
That opens the door
to possible fundamental
changes such as a spinoff
of the company’s Chrome
browser.
Google vowed to de-
fend itself and responded
immediately via tweet:
“Today’s lawsuit by the
Department of Justice
is deeply flawed. People
use Google because they
choose to — not because
they’re forced to or be-
cause they can’t find alter-
natives.”
Republican attorneys
general, joined the fed-
eral government in the
lawsuit. But several other
states demurred.
The attorneys general
of New York, Colorado,
Iowa, Nebraska, North
Carolina, Tennessee and
Utah released a statement
Monday saying they have
not concluded their in-
vestigation into Google
and would want to con-
solidate their case with
the DOJ’s if they decided
to file. “It’s a bipartisan
statement,” said spokes-
man Fabien Levy of the
New York State attorney
general’s office. “There’s
things that still need to be
fleshed out, basically.”

Grand juror speaks after judge ruling in Breonna Taylor case

Anonymous juror had filed suit to speak publicly after the grand jury through
every homicide offense.”
Kentucky AG announced last month that no officers He also said “the grand
jury agreed” that the offi-
would be directly charged in the March shooting death cers who shot Taylor were
justified in returning fire
BY DYLAN LOVAN directly charged in the ecutors didn’t feel they after they were shot at by
The Associated Press March shooting death of could make them stick,” Kenneth Walker, Taylor’s
Taylor during a narcot- the grand juror said. boyfriend. Walker’s lone
LOUISVILLE, Ky — ics raid. The grand jury Cameron had opposed gunshot struck one of the
A grand juror who won a charged one officer with in court allowing grand officers in the leg.
court fight to speak pub- endangering her neigh- jurors to speak about the The anonymous grand
licly about the Breonna bors. proceedings. He said juror challenged Camer-
Taylor investigation took In a written statement Tuesday that he would not on’s comments, saying
issue Tuesday with state- after winning a judge’s appeal the judge’s ruling. the panel “didn’t agree
ments by Kentucky’s at- permission to break si- Grand juries are typically that certain actions were
torney general and said lence in the case, the secret meetings, though justified,” and grand ju-
the jury was not given grand juror, who was not earlier this month the rors “did not have homi-
the option to consider identified, said that only audio recordings of the cide charges explained to
charges connected to Tay- wanton endangerment proceedings in the Taylor them.”
lor’s shooting death by charges were offered to case were released public- The grand juror’s at-
police. them to consider against ly. torney, Kevin Glowgow-
The anonymous one officer. The grand Cameron announced er, said his client’s chief
grand juror had filed jury asked questions the results of the grand complaint was the way in
suit to speak publicly af- about bringing other jury investigation in a which the results were
ter Kentucky Attorney charges against the offi- widely viewed news con- “portrayed to the public
General Daniel Cameron cers, “and the grand jury ference on Sept. 23. At as to who made what de-
announced last month was told there would be that announcement, he cisions and who agreed
that no officers would be none because the pros- said prosecutors “walked with what decisions.”
8A WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020
The bridge on University Drive over the unused railroad tracks in Starkville was painted last week and has drawn
attention from both the public and city officials. Bob Brzuszek, a landscape architecture professor at Mississippi
State University, and two assistant artists, Anstacia Doughty and Joseph MacGown, painted the bridge, with the
design approved by the Starkville Area Arts Council.
Bridge
Continued from Page 1A
out the city over the past
few years. The board ap-
proved a program in 2017
for SAAC to approve de-
sign proposals and work
on the murals, such as the
one on Lampkin Street
near First United Meth-
odist Church.
Bob Brzuszek, a land-
scape architecture pro-
fessor at Mississippi State
University, and two as-
sistant artists, Anstacia
Doughty and Joseph Mac-
Gown, painted the bridge.
SAAC executive di-
rector John Bateman told
The Dispatch that trying
to get public involvement
in such projects is a chal-
lenge.
“Even when stuff gets
announced early, no one
talks about it, and then
as soon as paint goes up,
suddenly there’s all this
interest,” Bateman said.
“I think a lot of it’s just be-
cause it’s new.”
Ward 1 Alderman Ben
Carver said
he would
have pre-
ferred the
bridge be
painted ma-
roon and
white for
Mississippi Carver
State Uni-
versity, rather than the
“shocking” teal and pur-
ple, and he asked Spruill
Activists
Continued from Page 1A
and 600 children in the
United States, according
to the National Institute
of Health. The Muscular
Dystrophy Association
characterizes the condi-
tion as muscle degener-
ation and weakness due
to alterations to dystro-
phin proteins that help
keep one’s muscle cells
intact. Those that suffer
from DMD are generally
expected to live only into
their early 30s and can
be wheelchair bound by
their teenage years.
A report from the Dal-
las Morning News in Sep-
tember 2019 said the test-
ing at Texas A&M began
eight years ago when the
veterinary school hired
Dr. Joseph Kornegay, a
leader in this particular
type of canine research,
to study a similar type
of degenerative condi-
tion that occurs natural-
ly in golden retrievers in
hopes of finding a cure
for the human form. How-
ever, this research has
come with a cost, requir-
ing scientists to breed
sick dogs and, in some in-
stances, euthanize them.
“What this is is a phil-
osophical divide among
those who do not believe
in any animal research
and those of us who de-
vote our lives to animals,
and realize that at this
point animal research is
still necessary,” Dr. Elea-
nor Green, former dean
of the Texas A&M School
of Veterinary Medicine
how the design was se-
lected. She said SA AC is
“the arbiter and clearing-
house” for the design.
“If we were to wait for
the entire community to
weigh in and vote on what
goes on a mural, I don’t
believe you would ever
get anywhere with it,”
Spruill said.
SA AC is responsible
for maintaining the mu-
rals, including repainting
if necessary, Spruill said
in response to a question
from Ward 3 Alderman
David Little.
Ward 4 Alderman Ja-
son Walker
said he ful-
ly supports
such proj-
ects, espe-
cially since
they can
be covered
and redone Walker
if the artists
so choose.
“I think there’s a place
in the community for
(murals), like Main Street
and University Drive,
and I think that shows as
much of a town and gown
relationship as you could
hope,” Walker said.
Walker and Ward 5
Alderman Hamp Beatty
agreed that art is subjec-
tive and the city should
be open to a variety of art
forms.
and Biomedical Sciences,
told The Dallas Morning
News at the time. “One
day, maybe we won’t need
it. And it’s becoming less
and less, but until that
day comes, we believe it’s
necessary.”
According to Leb-
kuecher, this was the
third such instance in
which PETA supporters
disrupted a Texas A&M
football game to protest
against the lab research.
The previous two demon-
strations occurred at the
2019 Texas Bowl and the
2017 Belk Bowl. As was
the case Saturday, pro-
testors in those cases
donned all black outfits
and presented signs with
messages ranging from
“TEXAS A&M STOP
CRUEL DOG TESTS”
to “TEXAS A&M: SHUT
THE DOG LAB DOWN.”
According to the inci-
dent report, one of Serra-
no and Upchurch entered
the playing surface Satur-
day by hopping the fence
around Scott Field, while
the other ran through a
gate near the southeast
corner of Davis Wade Sta-
dium when an attendant
chased after the first per-
son.
Apprehended by San-
ford, Serrano was asked
why she ran across the
field with her sign, to
which she responded that
the pair was protesting
against the treatment of
dogs by researchers at
Texas A&M. She also
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Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
“One of and local businesses.
the things Spruill said some of
we invite is the lights need to be rein-
expression, stalled after bad weather
non-v ulgar caused some electrical
expres - issues, but it should be
sion of art, done soon.
and the In other business, the
bridge is Beatty board agreed to meet in
one of these things,” a special-call work ses-
Beatty said. “We’re be-
sion at 5:30 p.m. on Oct.
coming a more compre-
27 to hopefully come to a
hensive college town,
consensus on what kind
and we’re starting to see
things like this artwork of project to request the
that’s non-traditional for state Legislature fund
Starkville and the Deep during its next session.
South, but that’s a good The aldermen and
thing. State Rep. Rob Roberson
“I like it,” he contin- (R-Starkville) discussed
ued. “It’s different. It a variety of potential re-
makes this bland con- quests at Friday’s work
crete bridge look better.” session, including road
Another recent effort and drainage projects,
to beautify the city is relocating a fire station
Lights on Lafayette: 900 or the county jail, and
LED lights strung in Sep- building a new library or
tember above the street a parking garage.
at the block of Lafayette
Street between Main and
Lampkin streets, in an
effort to create a space
for outdoor events and
enhance foot traffic in the
area.
The project is a col-
laboration among the
city, which provided in-
kind services to erect
the lights, the Greater
Starkville Development
Partnership and its affil-
iates, Mississippi State’s
Carl Small Town Center
noted she traveled to
Starkville from the At-
lanta area because they
knew the Texas A&M
football team would be
playing there, and Davis
Wade Stadium is closer
than College Station.
Both Upchurch and
Serrano denied being a
part of PETA despite both
donning PETA labels on
their clothing and signs
at the time of their arrest.
The Dispatch reached
out to Serrano and Up-
church multiple times for
comment, but neither re-
sponded by press time.
Mississippi State re-
leased the following
statement to The Dis-
patch on the matter: “We
are reviewing the situa-
tion and stadium security
measures, as we strive to
maintain the safest possi-
ble environment for stu-
dent-athletes, coaches,
officials and spectators.”
During his weekly
press conference Tues-
day, MSU head coach
Mike Leach was asked
about the protests and
whether he saw what hap-
pened.
“I didn’t see much of
it. I didn’t see what was
being protested,” Leach
conceded. “I didn’t even
know it was a protest. I
don’t know much about it.
Maybe you can elaborate
on it? Because I hadn’t
thought about it till just
now. But I did see some
action out there between
quarters or something.”
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MSU quarterback Garrett Shrader enters transfer portal

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARK VILLE — the skill set that got me
Mississippi State quar-
terback/wide receiver
Garrett Shrader has
entered the transfer
portal a according to a
report from Matt Zenitz
of AL.com. Shrader lat-
er confirmed the news
via an announcement on
Twitter.
“I would like to thank
my teammates, coach-
es and Mississippi
State fan base that has
supported me during
my time at MSU,” he
wrote. “I have had the
opportunity to develop
friendships that will last
a lifetime. Starkville is
a special place. This is touchdowns. Shrader
not an easy decision, also added 587 yards
but I am a QB and it’s and six touchdowns on
113 carries.
here and fortunately I A natural fit for
have been blessed to Moorhead’s RPO-based
play in the SEC. With attack, Shrader was
this being said I have 3 beat out by Stanford
years of eligibility and graduate transfer K.J.
have entered the trans- Costello and freshman
fer portal.” Will Rogers for the top
Recruited by the two spots on the quar-
Joe Moorhead regime, terback depth chart
Shrader arrived at MSU this fall when new head
as a four-star prospect coach Mike Leach took
in the class of 2019. As a over the program. With
freshman, the Charlotte no clear playing time to
native split time with be had under center, he
Penn State transfer Tom- transitioned to receiver
my Stevens throughout during fall camp. In four
his inaugural campaign games this year, Shrad-
in Starkville, complet- er caught one pass for Matt Bush/USA TODAY Sports
ing 88 of 153 passes for eight yards. Mississippi State Bulldogs quarterback Garrett Shrader (6) passes against the
1,170 yards and eight See SHRADER, 3B Kentucky Wildcats during the second quarter at Davis Wade Stadium last season.

Starkville HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

High School
pausing
football
New Hope volleyball’s stellar season
activities
due to
comes to an end against Lake Cormorant
positive
COVID-19
tests
DISPATCH STAFF

STARKVILLE — The
Starkville High School
football team is shutting
down for two weeks.
According to head
coach Chris Jones, a
handful of positive tests
will force the Yellow Jack-
ets (6-1) to forfeit their
game against Warren
Central scheduled for
Oct. 30. WCBI first re-
ported the news.
Under current guide-
lines, three positive tests
is considered an out-
break. In a letter Athletic
Director Greg Owen sent
to football parents that
The Dispatch obtained,
five members of the var-
See SHS, 3B

SHS, West
Point Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff

plummet New Hope’s Annie Woolbright (23) and Megan Neeb (30) look on as Lake Cormorant celebrates going up 4-3 in the fourth set of Tuesday’s
MHSAA Class 5A semifinal match in New Hope. The Trojans battled back to take the fourth set, but the Gators won the match in five sets.

in new MS
high school
football poll
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
After uncharacteristic
road losses last Friday,
Starkville and West Point
high schools both suf-
fered similarly unusual
drops in the new Asso-
ciated Press Mississippi
high school football poll,
released Tuesday.
Eight Mississippi me-
dia outlets, including The
Commercial Dispatch,
were polled on the top
five teams in each class
and the top 10 overall.
Teams earned 10
points for a first-place
vote, nine for a sec-
ond-place vote, and so on.
Starkville, ranked No.
See POLL 3B
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
NEW HOPE — When the
New Hope volleyball team
learned it would be facing
Lake Cormorant in Tuesday’s
MHSA A Class 5A semifinal,
the Trojans couldn’t help
but think back to last year’s
first-round playoff match, in
which New Hope earned an
exciting, tense five-set win to
knock the Gators out of the
postseason.
A year later, on the Gators’
return trip to New Hope, Tro-
jans coach Allison Woolbright
and her team were prepared
to face an especially motivat-
ed Lake Cormorant team.
“We knew that they were
coming with that in mind,”
Woolbright said. “We knew
that they wanted to put us
out.”
But this time, the Trojans
couldn’t stop it.
New Hope fought hard,
winning the first and fourth
sets. They started to mount
a comeback in the decisive
fifth. But it wasn’t enough.
Lake Cormorant took the
match in five sets — getting
the revenge it had sought for
just over a year — and f loated
out of the New Hope gym on a
wave of happiness, bound for
the state championship game.
Set scores were 23-25, 27-
25, 25 -22, 21-25 and 15 -9 as
the Trojans were eliminated
in the semifinal round for the
second straight season.
“We gave it our all,” Wool-
bright said. “ That’s all we can
ask for.”
New Hope certainly never
gave up from the first point
to the last, but a big deficit
in the winner-take-all fifth
set was enough to send Lake
Cormorant on to Saturday’s
Class 5A title match against
Long Beach at Clinton High
School. The Gators won the
toss for the right to serve first
— a pivotal moment, Wool-
bright said — and rattled off
five straight points to stun
the Trojans and the home
crowd.
“OK, yeah, we’re going to
take this thing,” Lake Cor-
morant senior outside hitter
Alaijiah Rose said she and
her teammates thought when
New Hope called timeout
trailing 5 - 0.
Rose, committed to Austin
Peay, played the biggest part
in making that happen. As
the focal point of the Gators’
offense, she made life diffi-
cult for the Trojans all night,
slamming home powerful
kills or deftly tapping the ball
toward an open spot when she
saw New Hope blockers ris-
ing to meet her above the net.
She cleverly exposed the
f laws in New Hope’s cover-
age, something in which the
Trojans had excelled over the
past few days of preparation,
Woolbright said.
But “a couple of days or so
of practice really isn’t enough
when you’re at this level,” the
coach pointed out.
The Trojans had seen this
year’s version of Rose and the
Gators before. At the Tupe-
lo VolleyFest in September,
Lake Cormorant handled New
Hope 2- 0, causing the Trojans
to switch up their entire of-
fensive scheme. It worked —
until Tuesday, anyway.
That’s when the Gators
were able to repay the Trojans
in kind, something Rose said
Lake Cormorant had waited
to do all season.
“‘Oh, we’re ready for New
Hope,’” Rose said the team
felt at the start of the sum-
mer. “‘We’re going to come
back, and we’re going to take
it’ — and that’s what we did.”
In doing so, the Gators
ended a New Hope campaign
that was less of 2019’s “dream
season” and more of a year in
which the Trojans played how
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Glasnow wilts, can’t stay with Kershaw as Rays drop Game 1

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)
— Tyler Glasnow had already
given up a two-run homer and
four of his six walks when he
went back out for the fifth in-
ning.
Tampa Bay manager Kev-
in Cash might have waited a
smidge too long to go to his
bullpen in Game 1 of the World
Series.
Glasnow was charged with
all four runs in the small-ball
fifth by the Los Angeles Dodg-
ers — three singles, four walks
and three stolen bases that tied
a Fall Classic record — as the
Rays lost 8-3 on Tuesday night
in the franchise’s first Series
game since 2008.
“I think ultimately it was
kind of a lack of strikes thrown
right here,” Cash said. “That’s
not ideal, especially against an
offense like this that can really
capitalize on the free passes.”
The 6-foot-8 Glasnow started
fast enough in his first World
Series start, pumping the oc-
casional 100 mph fastball while
matching postseason veteran
Clayton Kershaw out for out
through three innings.
But after striking out three
around the second of his three
walks to Corey Seager in the
third, Glasnow walked Max
Muncy to start the fourth. Two
batters later, Cody Bellinger hit
the fastest pitch he ever has for
a homer (98.2 mph).
“I felt a little weird in the be-
ginning, made the adjustment
I think in that third inning and
started to feel pretty good,”
Glasnow said. “As the game
went on, I think I was just get-
ting on the side of it, getting a
little rushed, going forward just
a bit too quick. Too many walks,
not executing well enough.”
Glasnow, who struck out
eight, started the fifth with con-
secutive walks to Mookie Betts
and Seager, but Cash stayed
with him long enough to give
up Muncy’s run-scoring field-
er’s choice after a double steal
by Betts and Seager, and Will
Smith’s soft single to center.
“He had plenty of stuff to
keep us right there,” Cash said.
“The walks are definitely not
ideal. Glas would be the first
to recognize that. We didn’t do
a good job holding the runners
on. We can’t let them get the
double steal right there.”
Cash said he stuck with
Glasnow against Muncy be-
cause he thought that was the
best chance for a strikeout with
runners at second and third.
Muncy hit a sharp grounder to
first baseman Yandy Diaz, who
lunged toward second to make
the stop but had to throw across
his body. Betts beat the throw
with a headfirst slide.
The six runs were the most
Glasnow has allowed in sev-
en postseason starts. The six
walks and 112 pitches were ca-
reer highs for the 27-year-old
right-hander.
When he finally pulled Glas-
now, Cash was boxed in because
he needed lefty reliever Ryan
Yarbrough to face the left-hand-
ed Bellinger, who popped out.
Yarbrough had to stay be-
cause of the three-batter mini-
mum, and righty-hitting Chris
Taylor had an RBI single before
Kiké Hernández pinch-hit for
the lefty Joc Pederson and sin-
gled in another run.
Glasnow, one of the shrewd
moves that helped the Rays
get this far when he was ac-
quired for ace Chris Archer at
the trading deadline two years
ago, had to pitch the opener be-
cause Tampa Bay struggled to
close out Houston after winning
the first three games in the AL
Championship Series.
Aces Blake Snell and Char-
lie Morton had to pitch Games
6 and 7, with Morton winning
as the Rays avoided joining the
New York Yankees (2004 ALCS
against Boston) as the only
teams to blow 3-0 leads in the
postseason.
Snell is the probable start-
er for Game 2 on Wednesday
night, with Morton the logical
choice in Game 3 after the first
scheduled day off in the middle
of a postseason series in this
pandemic-altered season.
“We didn’t do ourselves any
favors with the walks,” Cash
said. “I’d like to see us get back
to our strength tomorrow and
that’s attacking and getting ear-
ly strikes and being able to put
guys away.”

Column: Limited in play, Tiger returns to a course he ruled

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Zozo Champion-
ship at Sherwood is his
THOUSAND OAKS, sixth tournament in the
Calif. — Along with his last eight months.
five victories and five- True, the COVID-19
runner-up finishes, Ti- pandemic wiped out
ger Woods only once in three months from
12 appearances at Sher- the schedule. Even so,
wood Country Club has Woods waited a month
finished worse than a tie after the shutdown end-
for fourth. ed in June before making
That one time is a re- his first appearance. He
minder how much time tied for 40th at the Me-
and circumstances have morial. He hasn’t played
changed. in a month since missing
It was at the end of the cut in the U.S. Open.
2005, and Woods was And he likely only has
competing for the sixth one more tournament —
time in six weeks. His
the Masters — the rest of
itinerary took him from
the year.
Atlanta to China to Ja-
Golf should be used to
pan to Hawaii to the this by now.
California desert before Woods has made it
wrapping up his world- clear that less is more in
wide, whirlwind tour at a bid to get as much out of
Sherwood in his Target his aging body. He rarely
World Challenge. He tied plays two weeks in a row
for 14th against a 16-man unless the circumstanc-
field. es force his hand, such as
Imagine that. Six the FedEx Cup playoffs.
events in six weeks, even Everything is geared to-
if two of them were 36 ward the majors.
holes (PGA Grand Slam Go back to 2005 to find
and Skins Games). a 29-year-old Woods who
Now he hardly plays was three years removed
at all. from knee surgery to
remove fluid and a few
benign cysts. Now he is
44 with seven additional
surgeries — three more
on his knee, four on his
back. He has a teenage
daughter and 11-year-old
son who is playing junior
golf events in Florida.
Woods sometimes serves
as his caddie.
Priorities change. His
health has changed. The
game is changing.
All of which makes
Woods more unpredict-
able than ever at this
stage in his career.
Who shows up at Sher-
wood? The 82-time PGA
Tour winner with his
next shot at setting the
record for career victo-
ries? Or the 44-year-old
who doesn’t know how
his body will react until
he wakes up, sometimes
even later than that?
He can win any week,
and evidence of that
comes from the Masters
he won in April 2019,
even if it seems longer
than 18 months ago. He
isn’t the longest off the
tee — that’s been the
case for years — and
doesn’t always putt the
way he did. He remains
a master shot-maker, the
hallmark of his game.
What might help this
week is the course.
Woods tied the PGA
Tour record last year
when he won the Zozo
Championship in Japan
that finished on a Monday
on a rain-soaked course.
He had not played in just
over two months and had
gone six tournaments
without contending. Not
many could have seen
that coming, except that
he’s Tiger Woods.
And then the pandem-
ic caused upheaval, espe-
cially with travel. The CJ
Cup in South Korea opted
to move this year to Shad-
ow Creek in Las Vegas,
and the Zozo Champion-
ship followed by agreeing
to move to Sherwood.
That can only help
Woods.
Sherwood doesn’t
quite fall into the cat-
egory of Firestone or
Torrey Pines, where he
won eight times at each.
While he has five wins
and five seconds at Sher-
wood, most of them were
against 16-man fields.
Firestone and Torrey
Pines were different.
In the first stage of
his incomparable career,
through 2009, Woods
won six out of 12 times at
Torrey Pines, including a
U.S. Open, and he never
was out of the top 10. At
Firestone, he won seven
out of 10 times and never
finished out of the top 5.
(Woods also is an
eight-time winner at Bay
Hill, but he had some
stinkers amid his domi-
nance).
The record at Torrey
Pines might be better be-
cause Woods had to face
a 156-man field. Fires-
tone was a World Golf
Championship where the
field was loaded with the
world’s best players but
invariably featured play-
ers from smaller tours
around the world who
were out of their league.
Woods has 26 victo-
ries on the PGA Tour
against smaller fields
with no cuts. It’s an in-
teresting argument
which are tougher to win.
Those no-cut fields have
the best players in the
world, the ultimate mea-
sure. Full fields increase
the chance of somebody
— these guys are all
good — having a career
week (think Bob May at
the PGA Championship,
Grant Waite in Canada).
One thing is clear.
Woods has his favorite
courses, which is why
he keeps going back.
Sherwood is among 11
courses where he has
won at least three times,
including a European
Tour event in Heidelberg,
Germany.
This will be the short-
est year for Woods when
he wasn’t forced out by
injury. His performances
have not been inspiring.
Father Time, he often
says, remains undefeat-
ed. But he’s still Tiger
Woods. And this might be
one of his better chances.
If not, the Masters is
three weeks away.

AP source: Tagovailoa replaces Fitzpatrick as Miami starter

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS of the past two decades.
He was drafted in April
MIAMI — Tua Tagov- with the fifth overall
ailoa now has a role to pick — the highest
match his jersey num- choice Miami has de-
ber. He’s the Miami voted to a QB since Bob
Dolphins’ No. 1 quarter- Griese in 1967.
back.
Tagovailoa is coming
The former Alabama
back from a serious hip
star will make his first injury that cut short his
NFL start next week Alabama career last No-
for the Miami Dolphins, vember. The recovery
who are turning to him slowed his preparation
to replace Ryan Fitzpat- to assume a starting
rick, a person familiar NFL job, as did the coro-
with the team’s decision navirus pandemic that
said Tuesday. forced the cancellation
The person con- of offseason drills and
firmed the decision to exhibition games.
The Associated Press
on condition on ano-
“He has been thrown
into a very difficult sit-
nymity because the Dol- uation in that he didn’t
phins hadn’t made an have any preseason, he
announcement. didn’t have really an off-
The change by coach season,” Dolphins offen-
Brian Flores will come sive coordinator Chan
after the Dolphins’ bye Gailey said Tuesday,
this week and has been shortly before the news
long anticipated, but of Tagovailoa’s promo-
the timing is surprising tion broke.
because the team won Fitzpatrick, 37, de-
its past two games to scribed himself during
improve to 3-3. Tagov- training camp as a
ailoa will start at home placeholder. He is being
against the Los Angeles benched even though he
Rams on Nov. 1. ranks fifth in the NFL in
Tagovailoa made his completion percentage,
pro debut in mop-up and the Dolphins are
duty at the end of Mi- on pace for their high-
ami’s 24-0 victory Sun- est-scoring season since
day over the New York 1986 at 26.7 points per
Jets. He will become game.
the 22nd quarterback Tagovailoa went 2 for
to start for the Dolphins 2 for 9 yards against the
since Dan Marino re- Jets.
tired following the 1999 “Under duress he
season. made an accurate
At Alabama, Tagov- throw,” Gailey said.
ailoa wore Marino’s No. “Then he sat in the
13. That Dolphins jersey pocket on third down
is retired, and so Tagov- and made a throw for
ailoa now wears No. 1. a first down. For a guy
Touted as a potential that hadn’t played a
franchise quarterback, snap, those are real pos-
the dynamic Tagovailoa itives.”
raises the profile of a After the game, Ta-
team that has been off govailoa spent several
the NFL radar for much minutes sitting alone
on the field and on his
phone with his parents.
“It was exciting to get
out there,” he said. “The
most important thing
that came out of my con-
versation with my par-
ents was just that they
were happy to see me
out there and playing
again.”
Tagovailoa also ex-
pressed gratitude Sun-
day for the support Fitz-
patrick has given him.
“Good drive, bad
drive, he comes to the
sideline and just talks
through his process
with why he did some
things,” Tagovailoa
said. “I’m very fortunate
to have a mentor like
him who is just very en-
couraging on the field,
and he’s just very per-
sonable off the field, as
well.”
Fitzpatrick led cheers
from the sideline when
Tagovailoa took the field
for the first time in 11
months.
“That was a cool mo-
ment for him,” Fitzpat-
rick said. “We were all
excited to see him get
out there.”
Tagovailoa takes over
an offense much-im-
proved from a year ago,
when Miami went 5-11
under rookie coach
Flores. For the first
time in franchise histo-
ry, the Dolphins have
started three draft picks
in the offensive line, and
they’ve allowed only 10
sacks after giving up a
league-high 58 last year.
At Alabama, Tagov-
ailoa threw 76 touch-
down passes in 24 starts
over his final two sea-
sons. He replaced Jalen
Hurts in the national
championship game in
January 2018 and rallied
the Crimson Tide past
Georgia, and the follow-
ing season he was the
Heisman Trophy run-
ner-up.
“Most guys don’t have
to go through what Tua
went through in terms
of the adversity that he
had to overcome from an
injury standpoint,” Ala-
bama coach Nick Saban
said Monday. “We hope
that he does extremely
well, and it surely won’t
surprise me if that’s the
case.”
Saban wants
Alabama’s focus on
what’s ahead after
big win
Nick Saban’s post-
game dance during Al-
abama’s celebration of a
big win was short-lived,
then it was back to busi-
ness.
A video of the sec-
ond-ranked Crimson
Tide coach’s dance
moves after that 41-24
win over No. 4 Geor-
gia made the Internet
rounds. It only lasts a
few seconds before a
grinning Saban stops
and proclaims, “Great
win.”
Saban’s attention
quickly turned to the
Tide’s visit Saturday to
rival Tennessee, but he
wanted his team to sa-
vor the victory against
Georgia.
“We’ve won games
around here where we
go into the locker room
and everybody just kind
of — this is just what
everybody expects,”
he said Monday. “And I
hate that. I hate to see
that. I think everybody
should enjoy every win.
They’re hard to come
by.
“The expectation
sometimes gets to be,
well you’re Alabama
and you’re supposed to
beat this team and if you
don’t beat them a cer-
tain way then that’s not
good enough, and I don’t
really think that’s fair to
the players. These guys
work hard.”
Now, Saban wants Al-
abama to focus on build-
ing on the win and not
getting swept up in the
hype.
The Tide (4-0) fig-
ures to be a heavy favor-
ite the rest of the season
with no ranked teams
left on the schedule.
The pressing ques-
tion now — beyond how
are Saban’s dance moves
— is how Alabama will
remain humble and fo-
cused enough to avoid a
letdown.
“I don’t know how
they’re gonna handle it,”
Saban said. “Hypothet-
ical questions, I don’t
have a crystal ball. I
hope they have enough
maturity to handle it the
way they need to, but
we won’t know until we
practice all week and
until we see how they
play in the game.”
After the 2018 sea-
son, Saban pointed to
the top-ranked Tide’s
29-0 win at No. 3 LSU as
a turning point of sorts.
Alabama kept winning
but not necessarily
maintaining that high
level, all the way into the
national championship
game.
Then, the Tide got
hammered 44-16 by
Clemson.
“We just learned we
can’t take any weeks
off,” Alabama corner-
back Patrick Surtain Jr.
said. “We’ve got to pre-
pare every week like it’s
your last week.
“That sort of kicked
us in the foot a little bit
two years ago, but we
learned from our mis-
takes and we’re ready
to start something new
this year.”
Then there was the
27-19 win over Texas
A&M in 2017 when Al-
abama was coming off
a 59-0 win over Vander-
bilt followed by a 66 -3
stomping of Mississippi.
After the surprisingly
close game against the
Aggies, Saban called all
the media hype “rat poi-
son” for his players and
team, detracting from
their performance.
This team doesn’t
have quite the same
hype or pressure. Clem-
son is ranked No. 1, af-
ter all.
But after that emphat-
ic comeback win, when
Alabama outscored the
Bulldogs 21-0 in the sec-
ond half, Saban wants to
guard against any over-
confidence. The Tide is
a 20 -point favorite over
the Volunteers.
“We have a 24-hour
rule, we enjoy the win
for 24 hours and we
move on to the next
team,” Alabama tail-
back Najee Harris said.
“We’re playing a good
team, so hopefully they
move past it and their
mind is on next week,
this upcoming game.”
That’s where Saban
wants the focus.
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McCarthy’s 1st season in Dallas coming apart over turnovers

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas — Mike
McCarthy is a big believer in
winning the turnover battle.
His first season as coach of
the Dallas Cowboys is coming
apart because of how badly his
team is losing that battle.
Dallas is minus-12 in turnover
margin, the worst in the NFL
through six games since 2013
and the worst for the franchise
since its inaugural — and win-
less — season of 1960.
The Cowboys (2-4) commit-
ted four turnovers without get-
ting one in a 38-10 loss to Arizona
on Monday night, and take no so-
lace in being in first place in the
woeful NFC East heading into
Sunday’s visit to division rival
Washington.
“I have a continuing issue
with ball security on my football
team,” McCarthy said. “That’s
something I personally take a lot
of pride in and how it reflects on
how you play the game of football.
I’m not getting it done right now.”
Ezekiel Elliott has five fum-
bles (four lost), already within
one of the two-time rushing
champion’s career high for a full
season from 2018. Andy Dalton
threw two interceptions in his
first start replacing the injured
Dak Prescott.
“In practice, I’ve been focus-
ing in on just kinda keeping it
tight and not having it loose,” El-
liott said. “I don’t know. I need to
figure something out.”
The Cardinals scored 24
points off those turnovers, and
13 of Dallas’ NFL-leading 15 give-
aways have led to points — 11 of
them touchdowns. The only two
this season that didn’t result in
points were interceptions near the
game’s end.
The 84 points off turnovers
given up by the Cowboys are also
a reflection of a defense that has
slipped to 31st against the run and
allowed at least 250 yards rushing
in two of the past three games.
For the season, Dallas is allowing
5.15 yards per carry.
“We turned the ball over. We
didn’t handle the adversity of
it,” McCarthy said. “These are
things that have gone on so far
this year and we need to turn it
(around) because it’s affecting
the outcome of games clearly.”
What’s working
Nothing, other than having
the lead in a division with three
one-win teams, and even that
doesn’t mean much to normally
optimistic owner Jerry Jones.
“I’m not in the feel-good mood
frankly that we got manna from
heaven being in the East,” Jones
said on his radio show Monday.
“When you’re not playing any
better than we are, it’s hard for
me to basically look to the end-
game, which is to win the East,
and get excited about the fact that
we’re better than anybody.”
What needs help
Plenty, starting with trying
to play with a lead for a change.
The Cowboys never led in two of
the three games on a rare long
homestand that finished 1-2.

New Hope
Continued from Page 1B
they should have, Woolbright said.
“I called last year’s season a
‘dream season’ because we really
didn’t expect to be where we were,”
she said. “ This year, we had that ex-
pectation of, ‘ This is where we want-
ed to be.’ That was our goal, and we
just worked really hard to get here.”
Fighting through the COV ID-19
pandemic was part of reaching the
end of the line, Woolbright said.
During the summer, she and the Tro-
jans were unsure if they’d even get
to play. A two-week delay and an at-
tendance limit of two spectators per
player altered things when they fi-
nally got to take the court.
But not a single game was can-
celed by either New Hope or its oppo-
nents, and Woolbright said she was
proud that the Trojans made it all the
way through.
“It was a dream season in many
ways again,” she said.
But Tuesday night, the Trojans
had to wake up. For New Hope’s
four seniors — Daylyn Nettles, Mi-
caela Hudgins, Ma’Kayla Johnson
and Maci Coleman — the loss meant
the end of their high school careers,
though Nettles and Hudgins will go
on to play in college.
“It’s always sad when your seniors
play their last game,” Woolbright
said.
She’ll send off a senior class that
was instrumental in getting New
Hope to the semifinals for the first
time in school history last season
and repeated the feat this fall. The
Trojans wanted more, of course, but
Woolbright knows the significance
of that achievement.
“We were happy to just get to the
final four, but at the same time, we
didn’t want to just settle for that,” she
said. “A lot of teams were not playing
tonight, and so for us to be playing, I
think that’s a great accomplishment
to make it to the final four for 5A vol-
leyball. I’m very proud of that.”
Still, she said, the loss was disap-
pointing. Nearly every Trojan was in
tears after the Gators’ final point.
But Woolbright could tell that her
players put their heart into it, and
that was all she needed.
“We knew that they would be
good,” she said of Lake Cormorant.
“We knew that they would be tough.
We did not give it to them. They had
to walk into the gym and earn every
point that they got. I’m proud of my
girls for that.”

Poll
Continued from Page 1B

Starkville, ranked
No. 1 both overall and in
MHSAA Class 6A last
week, fell to fifth overall
and fourth in Class 6A in
Tuesday’s poll. The Yel-
low Jackets (6-1) were
upended by Madison Cen-
tral 15-9, putting an end
to a previously unbeaten
season. Oak Grove (6-0)
took over the top spot in
both rankings, earning
six first-place votes in the
overall poll and seven in
the Class 6A poll. Oxford
and Warren Central tied
for second in the class,
and D’Iberville was fifth.
West Point, mean-
while, suffered a second
straight loss to fall to 4-3
on the season. The Green
Wave lost at Grenada 28-
21 in overtime a week af-
ter losing 35-26 at home
to Lake Cormorant. Last
week, West Point fell to
ninth overall and third in
Class 5A; this week, they
were out of both polls.
The Green Wave received
just two points overall and
12 in Class 5A. Neshoba
Central, Picayune, West
Jones, Lake Cormorant
and Lafayette were the
top five schools in the
class Tuesday. Ridgeland,
receiving 13 points, was
just ahead of West Point,
too.
<b>In other polls</b>
— Heritage Academy
(6-2) was no longer receiv-
ing votes among private
schools despite beating
Starkville Academy 27-
18 last Friday in Colum-
bus. Madison-Ridgeland
Academy remained the
unanimous No. 1 team in
that category, with Leake
Academy and Jackson
Prep also in the top three.
Jackson Academy joined
the top five at fourth, and
Greenville Christian was
fifth. Heritage Academy
will play at Washing-
ton School on Friday in
Greenville.
— Noxubee County
(4-1) moved up to second
in Class 3A by virtue of
its 60-0 win at Hatley and
former No. 1 Columbia’s
7-6 loss to West Marion.
Magee (six first-place
votes) took over the No. 1
spot in the class, but the
Tigers moved up from
third to second. Columbia
was third, West Marion
was fourth, and North Pa-
nola was fifth. Noxubee
County will host Choctaw
County on Friday in Ma-
con.
— West Lowndes (4-
3) received a single fifth-
place vote in the Class
1A poll Tuesday. The
Panthers have won two
straight games, beating
Smithville and Noxapater.
Nanih Waiya remained
No. 1 in Class 1A, Biggers-
ville and Lumberton tied
for second, Tupelo Chris-
tian Prep was fourth, and
Hollandale Simmons was
fifth. West Lowndes will
host Okolona on Friday in
Columbus.
Here’s the ballot Theo
DeRosa submitted for The
Dispatch
Overall top 10
1. Oak Grove (6-0)
2. Starkville (6-1)
3. Madison-Ridgeland
Academy (8-0)
4. Oxford (6-0)
5. Neshoba Central (7-
0)
6. Warren Central (7-0)
7. Picayune (7-0)
8. West Jones (7-1)
9. Leake Academy (9-
0)
10. D’Iberville (6-0)
Class 1A Class 5A
1. Nanih Waiya (6-0) 1. Neshoba Central (7-
2. Lumberton (6-1) 0)
3. Biggersville (7-0)
2. Picayune (7-0)
4. TCPS (4-2)
5. Resurrection Catho- 3. West Jones (7-1)
lic (5-2) 4. Lafayette (5-2)
Class 2A 5. Lake Cormorant (5-
1. Taylorsville (6-1) 1)
2. North Side (3-0) Class 6A
3. Enterprise Clarke
1. Oak Grove (6-0)
(5-1)
4. Scott Central (6-1) 2. Starkville (7-1)
5. Puckett (8-0) 3. Oxford (6-0)
Class 3A 4. Warren Central (7-0)
1. Magee (5-0) 5. D’Iberville (6-0)
2. Noxubee County (4-
Private schools
1)
3. West Marion (5-2) 1. Madison-Ridgeland
4. Columbia (6-1) Academy (8-0)
5. North Panola (4-1) 2. Leake Academy (9-
Class 4A 0)
1. Louisville (6-1) 3. Jackson Prep (6-2)
2. Newton County (7-
4. Greenville Christian
0)
3. Corinth (4-2) (7-1)
4. Pontotoc (6-1) 5. Presbyterian Chris-
5. Poplarville (4-3) tian (7-2)

SHS
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sity football team received positive
tests. All members of the team will
quarantine for 14 days beginning im-
mediately.
Jones told The Dispatch on Tues-
day night that a virtual coaches meet-
ing is planned for Wednesday to dis-
cuss plans going forward.
According to the document, play-
ers will be clear to return to school
and practice on Nov. 2 if they are fe-
ver and symptom free for at least 24
hours.
Should things hold as they are, the
Yellow Jackets will next take the field
Nov. 6 against Clinton. Starkville is
currently ranked No. 5 in the state
among all six MHSA A classifications
and No. 4 in 6A following a loss last
week to Madison Central.

Shrader
Continued from Page 1B
“He’s a really talented guy so you
hate to leave his talent on the shelf,”
Leach said of Shrader in September.
“Those other quarterbacks, they
don’t have some of the gifts that
Garrett does and so the idea of mov-
ing them to another position, I mean
that’s not really very doable. Their next
position, some of them, is probably
coach.”
Shrader is now the second quarter-
back to leave the program since Leach
took over in January. Junior Keytaon
Thompson announced his intentions to
transfer to Virginia on May 1 via Twitter.
While Shrader can still return to
MSU, the Bulldogs are likely to be left
with just three scholarship quarter-
backs on the roster in Costello, Rog-
ers and junior Jalen Mayden. Leach
and his staff did add Vanderbilt transfer
Allan Walters and one-time Louisiana
Tech quarterback Justin Stolberg over
the summer. MSU also currently boasts
commitments from four-star passer
Sawyer Robertson and three-star sig-
nal caller Daniel Greek in the 2021
class.
4B WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2020
Chiefs grind out win over Bills before Bell’s arrival
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
— The Kansas City Chiefs
had one of their worst
rushing performances in
years against the Raid-
ers, signed running back
Le’Veon Bell midweek
to help them out, then
managed to put up some
of the best rushing num-
bers ever for an Andy
Reid-coached team be-
fore the two-time All-Pro
stepped on the field.
Makes total sense,
right?
Perhaps motivated by
their lousy performance
the previous week, or the
impending arrival of Bell,
the Chiefs ran 46 times for
245 yards in a 26-17 win
over the Bills on Monday
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
night.
The number of carries
matched their most under
Reid and the yardage total
was the fifth most by any
of Reid’s teams in Kansas
City or Philadelphia.
“I didn’t think I gave the
guys enough of a chance
last week with it, especial-
ly in the second half,” Reid
said. “You know, we’re
best when we have some
kind of a balance going.
When you can go back and
forth, it puts a tremendous
amount of pressure on the
defense. So, we were able
to do both, and we felt like
we needed both in this
game.”
Clyde Edwards-He-
laire did most of the
work, running 26 times
for 161 yards. It was the
FAMILY CIRCUS
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third-most yardage by a
rookie in franchise histo-
ry, trailing only Kareem
Hunt’s 172 yards against
the Chargers and Joe Del-
aney’s 193 yards against
the Oilers.
Patrick Mahomes
added 36 yards at crucial
times and Darrel Williams
also reached the end zone.
“Obviously we had a few
more pass played called
— I mean, we always do
— but once we saw how
deep their linebackers,
safeties and corners were
playing, we knew that we
had the run game,” said
Mahomes, who still threw
for 225 yards with a couple
of touchdowns. “If teams
are going to play us like
this, you’re going to see us
running the football.”
Especially with Bell
due to arrive this week. He
had to undergo a week’s
worth of COVID-19 test-
ing before he was cleared
to join the Chiefs (5-1), but
he should be on the field in
some capacity for Sunday’s
game at Denver.
“I can’t wait,” Bell tweet-
ed during the game.
What’s working
The Chiefs defense
bounced back from a mis-
erable performance against
the Raiders’ Derek Carr to
shut down Josh Allen, who
was just 14 of 27 for 122
yards with two touchdowns
and an interception.
What needs work
The Chiefs still haven’t
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I’m a
22-year-old
woman who was
adopted. I recent-
ly started dating
an amazing man
who happens to
be of another
race. My parents,
whom I love
very much, told
me that if I stay
with him, they
will disown me.
They have made
many horrible
comments about Dear Abby
my relationship,
and I’m at a loss about what
to do. I love them, but I also
love my boyfriend. Please give
me advice. What should I do?
— HOPELESS IN INDIANA
DEAR HOPELESS: You
need to figure out which is
more important to you, the
hope for a future with this
amazing man who is new in
your life, or your relationship
with your parents. It’s a tough
choice to make, and there are
variables to consider. Are you
OK with your parents dictating
who you can date in terms of
race? Is this person as serious
as you are about this new re-
lationship? Are you financially
and emotionally independent?
Start by making a list of
the pros and the cons. Once
you are finished, understand-
ing that neither choice will
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
21). Your cosmic gift is one of
the better ones you could ask
for — it is the gift of persever-
ance. If you don’t give up then
you can’t fail. Being honest and
kind at once is an art and you
nail it. Your social grace attracts
stellar invites and interesting
propositions. A streak of money
luck hits in November and early
June. Taurus and Cancer adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 8,
10, 44, 49 and 5
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Submissiveness is appropriate
some of the time, but if you let
others have their way too often
they will begin to encroach on
your space and ultimately take it
over. Defend what’s yours today.
hit the deep throw that has
made their offense so dan-
gerous the past couple of
years. Their longest throw
was a 37-yard pass to Byron
Pringle that picked up an
important third down late
in the game. But that isn’t
necessarily their fault;
defenses have been back-
ing off the line of scrim-
mage to help deal with the
Chiefs’ speed.
Stock up
The Chiefs offensive
line looked nothing like it
did against the Raiders,
when it was dominated all
game by a four-man front.
Daniel Kilgore replaced
Austin Reiter at center,
Mike Remmers kicked out
to right tackle when Mitch-
be pain free,
you may have a
clearer idea of
what your deci-
sion must be.
DEAR ABBY:
My husband of
30 years still
desires me. I
know he has
been faithful.
He’s a wonder-
ful father, has
plenty of friends,
a warm sense
of humor and
even in tough
times has always
managed to be a
good provider. We have never
wanted for anything.
He is in decent shape for
his age, and some women
have commented that he is
handsome. Yet I recoil at his
advances or pretend to be
asleep. I feel like I owe him
sex since it’s part of marriage,
and then I resent him because
I feel I am letting him down. —
NO DESIRE DOWN SOUTH
DEAR NO DESIRE: You
need to figure out whether
your negative reaction to
your husband’s advances is
emotional or physical. Have
you always felt this way, or is it
(relatively) recent?
Hormonal changes as
women age can be a reason
for lack of libido, and if that’s
what’s causing your problem,
it is something you should talk
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Go on and position yourself
right in the middle of the action
(Hint: It’s never far from where
a Sagittarius is...) and enjoy the
sense that this is where you
belong.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). They’ll set out to find the
treasure, and you’ll set out with
them — not so much for the
gold, but for the adventure. Your
focus will be wide where theirs
is narrow. Together you’re the
perfect crew.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
The heart you offer to your loved
ones is soft but supportive
— like a memory foam pillow.
And yet, you can be as hard on
yourself as a marble sculp-
ell Schwartz could not go,
and Nick Allegretti re-
placed the injured Kelechi
Osemele at left guard.
“Those guys really took
it personally upon them-
selves that the light boxes
that we’d been facing and
the pressure was given up
last week,” Mahomes said,
“and they took that person-
ally this week and you saw
it today.”
Stock down
Harrison Butker has
struggled since kicking
multiple 50-yard field goals
in a win over the Chargers.
He hit both of his field-
goal attempts against the
Bills, but he also missed
an extra point for the
third time in four games.
about with your gynecologist
because it may be fixable.
Start there, because you owe
this both to yourself and your
husband.
DEAR ABBY: My fiance
and I decided to live togeth-
er. Although I knew at the
time that his cousin and two
younger people lived in the
house with him, he promised
to make sure there was room
for me and my 13-year-old
son, who has Asperger’s.
However, things are tense in
the house because someone
is stealing my things, and no
one will admit it. There is also
constant fighting about how I
should raise my son because
everyone in the house has an
opinion and wants to be his
boss.
I am at my wits’ end. I love
my fiance, but I can’t take
much more of the anxiety they
put me through. What should I
do? — TORN IN TENNESSEE
DEAR TORN: Have a frank
conversation with your fiance
about the fact that this living
situation isn’t working out for
you. The two of you should
then discuss options. The
most obvious would be that
some folks need to make
other living arrangements —
either you and your son, or the
cousin and the two younger
people. This doesn’t neces-
sarily mean the engagement
has to be broken, but things
cannot continue as they are.
ture of a pillow. Go easier on the
you-to-you relationship.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Mag-
ic words fly from your lips. First,
you say, “I’m doing it,” and next
thing you know, you really are.
No prior experience necessary
on this one. You’ll learn every-
thing along the way.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Ever the down-to-earth planner,
this marks an unusual time
when many of your wishes are
floating above the stratosphere,
far beyond realism. Or perhaps
you were just thinking too small
before. Spend an hour brain-
storming.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You feel that you don’t have
enough resources to properly
do your job. But more resourc-
es won’t help now, since what
you really need is a vision. Let
yourself dream and moonbeams
will light your way.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). To say that a conversa-
tion is eye-opening would be a
serious understatement. You
learn way more than you need
or want to know. You can use
this, though not right now. Tuck
it away for later.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). If you let others decide
what to do, you won’t be blamed
if it doesn’t work out. On the
other hand, your ideas are so
great now that it will be worth it
to bear the risks of responsibili-
ty and leadership.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). In matters of work and
finance, your judgment will be
particularly keen this morning.
One shrewd decision will favor-
ably affect the scene for weeks,
if not months to come.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You’re not ready to show
your work, but you will be soon.
When it’s time, you’ll still feel
unready... but you’ll have filled
in at least five more blanks.
Today’s progress will bring great
satisfaction.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Your ability to deal with
difficult people is nothing short
of astounding, and yet it could
be argued that in your presence
they can be no longer labeled
“difficult” as you have a calm-
ing, taming effect.
Room service
SOLUTION:
Food
Fun
frights
Halloween doesn’t have to mean sugar overload. Here’s an alternative: a jack-o’-lantern fruit tray made with canta-
loupe, blackberries and kiwi. Pair it with a delicious dip.
There’s more than one way
to serve up Halloween
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
A out of trying
s we round the autumnal
turn into the holiday season,
it’s hard to know exactly
what Halloween, Thanksgiving and
Christmas are going to look like.
Even we eternal optimists know we
need to make adjustments this year
to protect family and community
health.
First up: Halloween. The
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention discourages tradition-
al trick-or-treating and crowded
indoor activities. But don’t think
that has to scare the fun out of All
Hallows’ Eve. In fact, it may even
inspire creative twists you may de-
cide to continue in pandemic-free
years ahead.
Alternative fright nights
How about a family scavenger
hunt, suggests Mary Michaela
Parker of Mississippi State Univer-
sity’s Extension Service. Come up
with a list of fall items to look for
while walking or driving — spider
webs, pumpkins, ghosts, the colors
orange and black. Dress in cos-
tumes and take pictures to share.
An outdoor pumpkin decorating
party with a limited, spaced group
of neighbors or friends can be
made even more fun with Hal-
loween tunes playing, prizes and
prepackaged goodie bags.
So much has gone virtual these
Busy season meal solutions
FAMILY FEATURES
A
s families across the country
transition back into more
normal routines this fall with
work, school — whether virtual or
in-person — and calendars jam-
packed with commitments, it’s im-
portant to find ways to save precious
time and squeeze in more moments
with loved ones.
While getting nutritious, delicious
and affordable meals on the table to
help fuel those busy days is crucial,
there are ways to cut down the
A festive veggie skeleton goes well with this squash nacho dip. See the dip
recipe in today’s food pages.
days, why not a virtual costume
contest? Enlist your circle of family
and friends to participate. Offer
an incentive — maybe fun T-shirts
and age-appropriate gadgets for
the younger set; gift cards to
locally-owned small businesses for
adults.
Or, turn Halloween into movie
night — indoors with family, or
transform your backyard into a
viewing venue for a few socially-dis-
tanced neighbors.
Keep in mind
The CDC cautions that costume
masks are not a substitute for a
cloth mask when it comes to reduc-
ing risks of spreading COVID-19.
And don’t wear a costume mask
over a protective cloth mask; it can
amount of time spent in the kitchen
each day. Setting aside a couple
hours each week to meal prep can
make it easier to serve lunch and din-
ner on a tight schedule and budget.
For example, this California-Style
Cheesy Enchilada Casserole can be
made in batches ahead of time then
frozen as individual portions and
reheated when hunger strikes while
working or learning from home.
Using prepared enchilada sauce,
roasted chicken and a Hispanic-style
See SOLUTIONS, 6B
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dinnertonight@tamu.edu
dinnertonight@tamu.edu
be dangerous if the costume mask
makes it harder to breathe. Instead,
consider wearing a cloth mask
decorated for Halloween.
If you’re taking part in anything
that ups the likelihood of scream-
ing, try to distance more than
the standard 6 feet. The greater
the distance, the lower the risk of
spreading any respiratory virus.
If you do decide on limited trick-
or-treating in your own neighbor-
hood, establish ground rules like
no touching communal surfaces,
stay as far away from people
outside your household as feasible,
keep interactions brief. If you’re
giving out candy, maybe consider
prepackaged goodie bags, to avoid
kids rummaging around in candy
bowls touching everything.
See HALLOWEEN, 6B
LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Jan Swoope: 328-2471
familyfeatures.com
A hearty and cheesy German pota-
to soup can chase away the chill.
Combat cool days
with comforting
dishes
FAMILY FEATURES
F
rom filling dinners to favorite
desserts, comfort foods can
bring smiles to friendly faces.
As temperatures drop, lean on
recipes that add flavor and bring
warming scents to your kitchen.
Loaded with comforting ingre-
dients like READ German Potato
Salad, this Cheesy German Potato
Soup can appease appetites with
tantalizing taste. Ideal at dinner
parties or festivities throughout
winter, Mini Chocolate-Beet
Cheesecakes with Maple-Orange
Glaze combine Aunt Nellie’s Sliced
Beets with familiar cheesecake
flavor for a tempting treat.
Visit readsalads.com and aunt-
nellies.com for more comforting
inspiration.
See COMFORT FOODS, 6B
Take the fear
unfamiliar produce
FAMILY FEATURES
I
ntroducing kids to unfamiliar
flavors doesn’t have to be a
frightful experience. Getting
creative and taking cues from some
beloved characters may be all it
takes for families to explore pro-
duce in a new way and discover how
delicious, satisfying and enjoyable
fresh fruits and vegetables can be.
A passion for produce may
begin with America’s favorites,
like bananas, apples, citrus, celery,
carrots and broccoli, but that’s just
the beginning.
Whether it’s their angry names
and tough exteriors, or simply a
fear of the unknown about taste and
preparation, dozens more diverse
and exotic fruits and vegetables
like dragon fruit, horned melon
and Brussels sprouts are often the
sources of produce paranoia.
An initiative from Dole, in col-
laboration with Disney and Pixar’s
Monsters, Inc., is helping to take
the scare out of specialty fruits and
vegetables and widen America’s
produce horizons. That’s because,
like a good book or the characters
in a beloved film, you can’t judge
a fruit or vegetable by its appear-
ance; nature’s true beauty often lies
within.
See PRODUCE, 6B
This Cali-
fornia-style
cheesy enchi-
lada casse-
role can be
made ahead
of time and
frozen as
individual
portions, if
desired.
familyfeatures.com
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Halloween
Continued from Page 5B
We’ve all seen on TV or
online the PVC pipe can-
dy-delivery systems creative
households are coming up
with; if you have a suitable
porch railing, that could be a
fun twist.
Not so sweet
Halloween and sugar
overload generally seem to
go hand-in-hand. Whether
you’re celebrating in-house or
planning to give treats to your
children’s circle of friends,
consider some better-for-you
alternatives, like mini 100-per-
cent juice boxes, low-fat pud-
ding cups, graham crackers,
mini bags of pretzels, mini
boxes of raisins or choco-
late-covered raisins, sug-
ar-free gum or fruit snacks.
Non-food options include
crayons, glow sticks, comic
books, jump ropes, sidewalk
chalk, stickers or temporary
tattoos.
Popcorn is a good low-calo-
rie alternative to sugar-fueled
foods. Make some “bony
fingers” by pouring popcorn
into large-size clear plastic
gloves and tying the ends off
with orange and black rib-
bons, suggests hgic.clemson.
edu. Or make “witches’ brew”
by serving orange juice or
apple juice topped with a small
scoop of orange sherbet, vanil-
la ice cream or frozen yogurt.
Cheeseburgers on the
menu? Top the patties with
cheese slices you’ve cut a jack-
o’-lantern face in. Need an
appetizer tray? Create a fruity
jack o’lantern out of canta-
loupe, kiwi and blackberries,
or an edible skeleton out of
veggies, recommends dinner-
tonight.tamu.edu.
Don’t let being safe equate
to boredom this Halloween.
There are plenty of smart Green onion, diced
ways to make it special. After Guacamole
all, we could all use a bit of fun Fresh lime juice
about now, couldn’t we? n Preheat oven to 400 F.
n Place cubed pumpkin on baking
sheet, drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle
BUTTERNUT SQUASH NACHOS with pepper and coat evenly. Roast
Prep time: 35 minutes
for 30 minutes, until pumpkin is
Servings: 12 people
tender.
4 cups fresh squash or pumpkin n Reduce oven temperature to 350
degrees.
cubed
2 tablespoons olive oil n Use cooking spray to cover 9-by-
13-inch baking pan.
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 13-ounce package blue corn torti- n Layer the chips, pumpkin, beans,
lla chips baked salsa, and cheese in the pan.
1 15-ounce can canned, low sodium Repeat.
n Bake in the oven for 10 minutes,
black beans drained
2 cups low fat mozzarella cheese or until cheese is melted. Add top-
Optional toppings: pings of your choice and serve.
Fresh cilantro, diced (Source: dinnertonight@tamu.edu)

Comfort foods
Continued from Page 5B
MINI CHOCOLATE-BEET
CHEESECAKES WITH
MAPLE-ORANGE GLAZE
Servings: 12
Crust:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
3 tablespoons salted butter,
softened
Cheesecake:
1 jar (15 ounces) Aunt Nellie’s
Sliced Beets
1 package (8 ounces) cream
cheese, softened
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1 large egg
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate
chips, melted
Topping:
2 tablespoons frozen orange
juice concentrate
3 tablespoons pure maple
syrup
1/8 teaspoon ground cinna-
mon
Whipped cream (optional)
n Preheat oven to 350 F. Line
12 medium muffin cups with
foil liners.
n To make crust: In medium
bowl, combine flour and
walnuts.
n Using fork or pastry blend-
These mini chocolate cheesecakes are topped with glazed diced beets.
er, cut in butter until mixture
resembles fine crumbs. Place
about 1 tablespoon mixture
into each lined muffin cup.
Lightly press crumbs into
bottom. Bake 5-6 minutes, or
until crust begins to brown.
n To make cheesecake:
Drain beets, reserving 2
tablespoons liquid. In blender,
puree 1/2 cup beets and re-
served liquid until smooth; set
aside. Dice remaining beets;
set aside.
n In large bowl, combine
cream cheese and syrup.
Beat until smooth. Add egg;
mix until blended. Stir in
reserved pureed beets. Add
melted chocolate; mix well.
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Spoon about 3 tablespoons
cream cheese mixture into
muffin cups over warm crusts.
Bake 15 minutes, or until
filling is set. Let cool to room
temperature. Place cheese-
cakes in refrigerator at least
30 minutes.
n To make topping: In small
saucepan, combine reserved
diced beets, orange juice con-
centrate, syrup and cinnamon.
Cook and stir over medium
heat until mixture comes to
boil, stirring frequently. Con-
tinue cooking and stirring until
mixture thickens and appears
glossy, 5-8 minutes. Remove
from heat; let cool to room
temperature.
n Remove cheesecakes from
muffin liners. Top evenly with
glazed beets. Serve with
whipped cream, if desired.
CHEESY GERMAN
POTATO SOUP
Servings: 8
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar
cheese
1 cup shredded Gruyere
cheese
3 tablespoons all-purpose
flour
8 slices bacon, chopped
3 large carrots, chopped
1 medium onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 cups low-sodium chicken
broth
1/2 teaspoon ground black
pepper
1/2 teaspoon crushed red
pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon dried parsley
2 cans (15 ounces each)
READ German Potato Salad
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup whole milk
Chopped parsley or chives
(optional)
n Place cheeses and flour in
gallon-size zip-top bag. Close
bag. Shake until cheese is
covered with flour; set aside.
n In large Dutch oven over
medium heat, cook bacon un-
til crisp, stirring occasionally.
Transfer to paper towel-lined
plate; set aside.
n Pour off all but 2-3 table-
spoons bacon drippings.
Return Dutch oven to medium
heat. Add carrots, onion and
garlic. Cook until onions are
translucent and carrots are
softened, 3-4 minutes. Add
chicken broth, black pepper,
red pepper flakes, thyme and
parsley. Stir in potato salad.
Continue cooking over medi-
um heat 5 minutes, or until
potatoes are heated through,
stirring occasionally.
n Reduce heat to low. Slowly
stir in cream and milk. Cook
5-8 minutes until blended and
heated through, stirring fre-
quently. Slowly add cheeses,
stirring until melted. Top with
bacon. Garnish with parsley or
chives, if desired.
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CALIFORNIA-STYLE
CHEESY ENCHILADA
CASSEROLE
Cooking sauce:
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup Real California half-
and-half, milk or evaporated
milk
1/2 cup Real California sour
cream
Vegetable oil
Casserole:
1 1/2-2 cups prepared enchi-
lada sauce, divided
12 corn tortillas, divided
1 cup roasted skinless chick-
en, cut into bite-size pieces
2 teaspoons enchilada sea-
soning
4 cups shredded Real Cali-
fornia Mexican cheese blend,
divided, or 1 cup each shred-
ded Real California Oaxaca,
Cheddar, Jalapeño Jack and
crumbled Cotija cheeses
1 cup canned pinto beans,
drained well
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/3 cup canned kernel corn,
well drained
1/3 cup sliced black olives,
well drained
1/3 cup mild green chiles,
well drained
2 tablespoons of cilantro,
minced
2 green onions, sliced
Lime wedges, for serving
Sour cream, for serving
n Preheat oven to 350 F. tortillas, overlapped, then remaining shredded cheese. rest 10 minutes before cut-
n To make cooking sauce: In spread remaining enchilada Let rest at least 30 minutes. ting. Sprinkle with cilantro and
bowl, whisk eggs, salt, half- sauce over them. Pour cooking n Bake 50-60 minutes, or green onions. Serve with lime
sauce over casserole. Top with until bubbling. Remove and wedges and sour cream.
and-half and sour cream; set
aside.
n Spray casserole dish with
vegetable oil. To make cas-
serole: Assemble first layer
by spreading 6 tablespoons
enchilada sauce on bottom of
casserole dish. Top with four
tortillas, overlapping them.
Cover tortillas with 6 table-
spoons enchilada sauce.
n Assemble second layer by
tossing chicken with enchilada
seasoning. Mix with 3 cups
shredded cheese. Layer half
chicken-cheese mixture over
tortillas.
n Assemble third layer by sea-
soning pinto beans with cumin
and garlic powder. Spread
beans over cheese-chicken
layer.
n Assemble fourth layer by
overlapping four tortillas then
cover with 6-8 tablespoons
enchilada sauce. Cover with
corn, olives and chiles. Top
with remaining cheese-chicken
mixture.
n Assemble final layer by
covering filling with remaining

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1 1/2 teaspoons canola oil
1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
1 Dole avocado, halved, pitted
and peeled
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2cup thinly shredded Dole
purple cabbage
n Preheat oven to 375 F. Toss
plantain slices with canola
oil and season with pinch of
salt. On parchment paper-lined
baking sheet, arrange slices in
single layer with no overlap-
ping.
n Bake 18-20 minutes, or until
crispy and lightly golden. Cool
completely and set aside.
n Using spoon, scoop flesh
of avocado into small bowl
and mash, reserving one half
avocado shell. Stir mashed
avocado with lime juice,
garlic and remaining salt. Stir
in slaw, reserving some for
garnish. Scoop into reserved
avocado shell and smooth
top with back of spoon. Stick
reserved cabbage shreds out
of avocado mixture to look like
hair. Serve slime nacho cups
with plantain chips.
SLIPPERY SLIMY
SMOOTHIE
Prep time:10 minutes
Servings: 2
1/2 cup DOLE® spinach
1 Dole banana, peeled and
frozen
1/2 cup Dole green grapes,
frozen
1/3 cup cucumber, diced
1/2 cup Dole Pineapple
1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla
almond milk
1/2 cup nonfat plain Greek
yogurt
5 ice cubes
n In blender, blend spinach,
banana, grapes, cucumber,
pineapple, almond milk, Greek
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sippi Secretary of State’s Of-
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for House Concurrent Resolu-
tion No. 47 (Statewide Ballot
Measure 2).
House Concurrent Resolution
No. 47 Proposed Constitution-
al Amendment:
Amend Section 140, Missis-
sippi Constitution of 1890, to
read as follows:
Section 140. The Governor of
the state and all statewide
elected officials shall be elec-
ted by the people in a general
election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday
of November 2023, and on the
first Tuesday after the first
Monday of November in every
fourth year thereafter. The per-
son receiving a majority of the
number of votes cast in the
election for these offices shall
be declared elected. If no per-
son receives a majority of the
votes, then a runoff election
shall be held under proced-
ures prescribed by the Legis-
lature in general law.
Amend the Mississippi Consti-
tution of 1890 by repealing
Section 141, which reads as
follows:
Section 141. If no person shall
receive such majorities, then
the House of Representatives
shall proceed to choose a Gov-
ernor from the two persons
who shall have received the
highest number of popular
votes. The election shall be by
viva voce vote, which shall be
recorded in the journal, in such
manner as to show for whom
each member voted.
III.
Amend the Mississippi Consti-
tution of 1890 by repealing
Section 142, which reads as
follows:
Section 142. In case of an
election of Governor or any
state officer by the House of
Representatives, no member of
that house shall be eligible to
receive any appointment from
the Governor or other state of-
ficer so elected, during the
term for which he shall be elec-
ted.
IV.
Amend the Mississippi Consti-
tution of 1890 by repealing
Section 143, which reads as
follows:
Section 143. All other state of-
ficers shall be elected at the
same time, and in the same
manner as provided for elec-
tion of Governor.
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NO-
TICE OF SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF Lowndes
WHEREAS, on the 25th day of
September, 2015, Amy Denise
Hendricks Unmarried, ex-
ecuted and delivered a certain
Deed of Trust unto W Stewart
Robison, Trustee for Ditech Fin-
ancial LLC, Beneficiary, to se-
cure an indebtedness therein
described, which Deed of Trust
is recorded in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi in MORT
Book 2015 at Page 22123;
and
WHEREAS, on the 11th day of
September, 2020, Ditech Fin-
ancial LLC, assigned said Deed
of Trust unto U.S. Bank, N.A.,
as Trustee, successor in in-
terest to Wachovia Bank, Na-
tional Association, as Trustee,
for Mid-State Trust XI, by instru- 39705.
ment recorded in the office of
the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in
Book 2020 at Page 23468;
and
WHEREAS, on the 24th day of
September, 2020 the Holder of VIN# 1N4AL11D46C242418
said Deed of Trust substituted Tag# LTB-6288 Ms.
and appointed Dean Morris,
LLC as Substitute Trustee by
instrument recorded in the of-
fice of the aforesaid Chancery
Clerk in Mort Book 2020 at
Page 24403; and
WHEREAS, default having been Tag# 2L99V Ms.
made in the payments of the
indebtedness secured by the
said Deed of Trust, and the
holder of said Deed of Trust,
having requested the under-
signed so to do, on the 28th
day of October, 2020, I will dur- VIN# 2HGFG1B80AH520907
ing the lawful hours of between Tag# LTB-9783 Ms.
11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., at
public outcry, offer for sale and 7) 1998 Mercury Grand Mar-
will sell, at the south east front quis (White)
door of Lowndes County Court- VIN# 2MEFM75W7WX669198 ing claims against said estate
house, 505 2nd Ave. North at
Columbus, Mississippi, for
cash to the highest bidder, the 8) 1995 Ford F-150 4x4 (Red)
following described land and
property situated in Lowndes
County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Beginning at the Southwest
Corner of the West Half of the
Southwest Quarter of Section
27, Township 17 North, Range 10) 2004 Chevy 1500 Z-71
18 East, thence North 210
feet; thence East 210 feet;
thence South 210 feet; thence Tag# LU5-744 Ms.
West 210 feet back to the
Point of Beginning, containing
1 acre more or less and being
located in the Southwest
Quarter of said Section. All in
Lowndes County, State of Mis- 12) 2001 Toyota Camry (Black
sissippi.
I will only convey such title as
is vested in me as Substitute
Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this THE PROPERTY OF BOB'S TOW- Vin: 2G1WF52E349165916
28th day of September, 2020. ING, LLC AND WILL BE SOLD
Dean Morris, LLC
Substitute Trustee
855 S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste.
404, Bldg. 400
Ridgeland, MS 39157
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF The following vehicle has been following meanings: ers, operators, employees, con- A medical marijuana identifica-
COUNTY OF OKTIBBEHA LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- abandoned at Jarrett's Towing, (1) "Caregiver" shall mean a tractors, and agents of treat- tion card issued pursuant to
SIPPI Inc. 5209 Hwy 182 East, person who is at least twenty ment centers; implementation this article shall serve to identi-
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID PRO-
POSALS VERONICA HILL, INDIVIDUALLY,
Columbus, MS. one (21) years of age, who
complies with the regulations
and operation of a statewide
data base system to support
fy a person as a qualified pa-
tient or caregiver or officer,
AND ON BEHALF OF THE 1993 Chevy prescribed by the department, the utilization of identification owner, operator, employee,
PARCEL MAPPING AND MAIN- HEIRS-AT-LAW OF RICKIE HILL, VIN# 1GCDC14Z6PZ219784 and who assists with a quali- cards; and penalties for viola- contractor, or agent of a medic-
TENANCE SERVICES SR., DECEASED fied patient's use of medical tions of this article. al marijuana treatment center
IF THIS VEHICLE IS NOT marijuana. The department (3) The rules and regulations and thus exempt such person
BE IT ORDERED by the Oktib- CAUSE NO.:20-pr-00193RPF CLAIMED IT WILL BE PUT UP may limit the number of quali- may include a reasonable fee from criminal or civil sanctions
beha County Board of Super- FOR SALE ON THE 23RD DAY fied patients a caregiver may of up to Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for the conduct authorized by
visors that the Clerk advertise VERONICA HILL PETITIONER OF OCTOBER, 2020 AT 10:00 assist at any one time. A quali- for issuing an identification this article.
for sealed bids as provided by A.M. AT JARRETT'S TOWING, fied patient may have more card and reasonable fees for li-
Section 31-7-13 of the Miss. RULE 81 SUMMONS BY PUB- INC. 5209 HWY 182 EAST, than one caregiver. A caregiver censing treatment centers, Section 8.
Code 1972, as amended, to be LICATION COLUMBUS, MS. is prohibited from consuming which shall be fixed by and (1) Medical marijuana treat-
received by the Board of Super- medical marijuana provided for paid to the department, pursu- ment centers shall not provide
visors in the office of the Clerk THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PUBLISH: 10/7, 10/14, & use by a qualified patient. ant to Section 6. to a qualified patient, during
up to 9:00 A.M. November 16, COUNTY OF LOWNDES 10/21/2020 (2) "Criminal or civil sanctions" (4) The rules and regulations any one fourteen-day period, an
2020, or mailed to the Office shall mean arrest; incarcera- shall not limit the number of li- amount of medical marijuana
of County Administrator, P. O. TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. tion; prosecution; penalty; fine; censed medical marijuana that exceeds 2.5 ounces by
Box 80285, Starkville, MS OF RICKIE HILL, SR., DE- Section 23-17-45(1), we, The sanction; the denial of any treatment centers nor set the weight. At no one time shall a
39759. CEASED Mississippi Secretary of right, privilege, license, certific- price of medical marijuana. qualified patient possess more
State’s Office, supply to you ation; and/or to be subject to (5) The rules and regulations than 2.5 ounces of medical
NOTICE TO BIDDERS You have been made a re- the ballot title and summary, disciplinary action by a licens- shall require the department to marijuana. The weight limita-
Sealed bids will be received by spondent in the Petition to De- arguments or explanations for ing board or commission; issue an identification card or a tion herein shall not include
the Board of Supervisors of termine Heirs filed with the and against each measure and and/or to be subject to seizure license for a treatment center any ingredients combined with
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi Court by Veronica Hill seeking alternative, Legislative Budget and/or forfeiture of assets pur- within a reasonable time follow- medical marijuana to prepare
in the office of the Clerk or by a judicial determination of the Office fiscal analysis and full suant to any Mississippi law, ing an application for a card or edible products, topical
mail, up to 9:00 a.m. on heirs at law of Rickie Hill, Sr., text for Initiative Measure No. local ordinance, or board, com- license. products, ointments, oils, tinc-
November 16, 2020, at which deceased. 65 and Alternative Measure mission, or agency regulation (6) The department shall issue tures, or other products.
time and place said bids shall No. 65 A (Statewide Ballot or rule. a qualified patient a medical (2) Medical marijuana shall
be publicly opened and read. You are summoned to appear Measure 1). (3) "Debilitating medical condi- marijuana identification card only be dispensed to a quali-
and defend against said peti- tion" shall mean cancer, epi- upon presentation of a physi- fied patient or caregiver with a
ALL WORK MUST MEET OR EX- tion filed against you in this ac- Ballot Title: lepsy or other seizures, Parkin- cian certification. Such card current medical marijuana iden-
CEED THE REQUIREMENTS OF tion at 9:00 a.m. on the 12TH Should Mississippi allow quali- son's disease, Huntington's shall be renewed, as applic- tification card by a medical
THE MISSISSIPPI DEPART- day of November, 2020, at the fied patients with debilitating disease, muscular dystrophy, able, upon presentation of a marijuana treatment center.
MENT OF REVENUE Oktibbeha County Courthouse, medical conditions, as certi- multiple sclerosis, cachexia, new physician certification, but (3) All contracts under this art-
Starkville, Mississippi, and in fied by Mississippi licensed post-traumatic stress disorder, in no case shall a card have an icle and related to the opera-
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, case of your failure to appear physicians, to use medical positive status for human im- expiration term longer than tion of medical marijuana treat-
is requesting bid proposals and defend a judgment will be marijuana? munodeficiency virus, acquired twelve (12) months. A quali- ment centers shall be enforce-
from companies experienced in entered against you for the immune deficiency syndrome, fied patient is authorized to re- able and rules applicable to
tax parcel mapping and annual things demanded in the peti- Ballot Summary: chronic or debilitating pain, ceive medical marijuana from a other similar businesses by the
maintenance services for years tion. Initiative Measure No. 65 pro- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, treatment center upon present- Department of Revenue shall
2021, 2022 and 2023. De- poses to amend the Missis- glaucoma, agitation of demen- ation of his or her identifica- apply to medical marijuana
tailed proposal specifications You are not required to file an sippi Constitution to allow qual- tias, Crohn's disease, ulcerat- tion card. treatment centers created pur-
can be obtain from the Tax Col- answer or other pleading but ified patients with debilitating ive colitis, sickle-cell anemia, (7) The department and medic- suant to this article, except
lector/Assessor’s Office you may do so if you desire. medical conditions, as certi- autism with aggressive or self- al marijuana treatment centers that the processing and use of
(662)323-1273 or the County fied by Mississippi licensed injurious behaviors, pain re- shall protect the confidentiality medical marijuana shall be ex-
Administrator’s Office ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND physicians, to use medical fractory to appropriate opioid of all qualified patients. All re- empt from the application of
(662)323-1520. All respond- SEAL OF THIS COURT, this the marijuana. This amendment management, spinal cord dis- cords containing the identity of any state and/or local sales
ents shall complete Addendum 5th day of October, 2020. would allow medical marijuana ease or severe injury, intract- qualified patients, caregivers, tax or other fee, other than that
"A" and the Proposal Cost to be provided only by licenses able nausea, severe muscle and physicians shall be confid- authorized by this article.
Summary form included in the /s/Cindy E. Goode treatment centers. The Missis- spasticity, or another medical ential and exempt from disclos- (4) No medical marijuana treat-
specification packet. Failure to Cindy Goode, Chancery Clerk of sippi State Department of condition of the same kind or ure under the Mississippi Pub- ment center shall be located
complete these items will be Lowndes County, Mississippi Health would regulate and en- class to those herein enumer- lic Records Act or any related within five hundred (500) feet
considered as a non-respons- (Seal) force the provisions of this ated and for which a physician statute, regulation, or rule per- of a pre-existing school,
ive submittal and the bid pro- amendment. believes the benefits of using taining to the public disclosure church, or licensed child care
posal will not be considered. By: Tina Fisher, D.C. medical marijuana would reas- of records. center.
Sponsor: onably outweigh potential (8) The department may estab- (5) Except as otherwise
All work will be performed un- CHYNEE A. BAILEY Ms. Ashley Ann Durval health risks. lish an advisory committee to provided in this article, any zon-
der the direction of Allen Mor- BAILEY LAW, PLLC (4) "Department" shall mean assist the department in the ing ordinances, regulations
gan, Oktibbeha County Tax As- POST OFFICE BOX 8121 Legislative Budget Office Fisc- the Mississippi State Depart- promulgation of rules and regu- and/or provisions of a municip-
sessor. All questions concern- COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI al Analysis: ment of Health or its suc- lations and the regulation and ality or county shall be consist-
ing the specifications shall be 39705 The overall cost to Mississippi cessor agency. enforcement of the provisions ent with Section 1 of this art-
emailed to TELEPHONE 601.857.8100 for the first year is estimated (5) "Medical marijuana" shall of this article. icle and shall not impair the
amorgan@gtpdd.com or faxed FACSIMILE 601.857.8010 to be $11,068,150. The anti- have the meanings given as of (9) The department shall ad- availability of and reasonable
to (662)338-1066. No ques- cipated expenses for the first July 1, 2018 in Section 41- opt final rules and regulations access to medical marijuana.
tions will be answered verbally. PUBLISH: 10/7, 10/14 & year to implement a medical 29105(r) and/or Section 41- pursuant to this article no later Zoning provisions applicable to
10/21/2020 marijuana program is 29-105(0), of the Mississippi than July 1, 2021. The depart- retail dispensaries shall be no
Oktibbeha County utilizes Auto- $24,068,150 (Plants – seeds Code of 1972, and which is ment shall begin issuing identi- more restrictive than those for
CAD to maintain digital and to Sale: $5,000,000; Licens- used to treat the symptoms fication cards and treatment a licensed retail pharmacy and
hard copy mapping for tax par- ing, Monitoring, Inspection: and/or effects of a debilitating center licenses no later than zoning provisions applicable to
cels. Applications software is IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF medical condition as provided August 15, 2021. other businesses that fall with-
$16,220,150; and Cost to Col-
used for a variety of purposes LOWNDES COUNTY, for in this article. (10) To ensure timely imple- in the definition of medical
lect Revenue: $2,848,000).
based on the AutoCAD plat- MISSISSIPPI, (6) "Medical marijuana identi- mentation of this chapter for marijuana treatment centers
The anticipated revenue is
form. The use of these applica- $13,000,000 (User ID Cards: fication card" shall mean a qualified patients, and only for shall be no more restrictive
tions will continue so data IN RE: PEACH FLOWERS SMITH document, prescribed by and activities associated with im- than other comparably sized
$2,500,000; Commercial Li-
structuring including layers, ex- DECEASED issued by the department, plementation and operation, and staffed lawful commercial
censes: $500,000 and sales
tended entity data, and fonts fee at 7 percent: which identifies a person as a the department is exempt from or industrial businesses.
shall be maintained in pre- CASE NO: 20- 072 qualified patient or caregiver or the Mississippi Department of
$10,000,000).
cisely the same manner as the The anticipated expenses for officer, owner, operator, em- Information Technology Ser- Section 9.
existing data. NOTICE TO CREDITORS ployee, contractor, or agent of vices laws, rules, and regula- No later than two years from
years following the first for a
medical marijuana program is a medical marijuana treatment tions for any information tech- the implementation of this art-
All costs associated with Delta LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION center. nology procurements made up icle, and every two years there-
$15,338,000 (Plants – seeds
Computer Systems shall be in- having been granted on the (7) "Medical marijuana treat- to Two Hundred Fifty Thousand after, the department shall
to Sale: $5,000,000; Licens-
cluded in the bid. 17th day of June 2020 to Tom- ment center" shall mean an en- Dollars ($250,000) for two provide to the Legislature a
ing, Monitoring, Inspection:
mie Flowers by the Chancery tity that is registered with and years from the effective date of comprehensive public report of
$8,756,000; and Cost to Col-
Respondents are encouraged Court of Lowndes County, Mis- licensed and regulated by the this chapter. This exemption the operation of this article.
lect Revenue: $1,582,000).
to provide letters of reference sissippi, upon the Estate of department and that pro- shall not apply to any reporting
The anticipated revenue is
from past or current Missis- Peach flower Smith, Deceased, cesses medical marijuana, re- requirements. Section 10.
$26,000,000 (User ID Cards:
sippi County mapping mainten- notice is hereby given to any lated supplies, and/or educa- (11) The department is author- The provisions of this article
$5,000,000; Commercial Li-
ance projects that are similar and all persons having claims tional materials. A treatment ized to adopt and levy adminis- are declared to be severable,
censes: $1,000,000 and sales
in nature to the requirements against said Peach Flowers center may engage in one or trative fines to enforce the pro- and if any provision, word,
fee at 7 percent:
of this project in Oktibbeha Smith, Deceased to present more of the activities involved visions of this article. Payment phrase, or clause of this art-
$20,000,000). The overall an-
County. Bidders shall be re- the same to the Clerk of said in the processing of medical of any fines shall be deposited icle or the application thereof
nual revenue is anticipated to
quired to comply with the provi- Court for probate and registra- marijuana. in the special fund created by shall be held invalid, such in-
be $10,662.000, all of which
sions of Title 31 of the Missis- tion according to law within (8) "Physician" shall mean a Section 6 of this article. validity shall not affect the
must be used to support the
sippi Code of 1972, as ninety (90) days from the first person with a valid Doctor of (12) The department is author- validity of the remaining por-
state marijuana program.
amended and revised. publication of this notice, oth- Medicine or Doctor of Osteo- ized to adopt and levy the fol- tions of this article.
erwise, said claim will be pathic Medicine degree and lowing sanctions, singly or in
Initiative 65 Full Text:
The Board of Supervisors re- forever barred. who holds an unrestricted li- combination, when it finds an Ballot Title (65A):
cense to practice medicine in applicant or licensee has com- Shall Mississippi establish a
serves the right to reject any Section 1.
THIS the 10th day of October the state of Mississippi by the mitted any violation of this art- program to allow the medical
and all bids for the service be- The purpose of this article is to
2020. Mississippi Board of Medical icle or department rules or reg- use of marijuana products by
ing sought. ensure the availability of and
Licensure, or its successor ulations: revoke or suspend a qualified persons with debilitat-
safe access to medical
John Montgomery, President s/ Tommie Smith agency. license, censure a licensee, im- ing conditions?
marijuana for qualified per-
Board of Supervisors TOMMIE SMITH (9) "Physician certification" pose a fine in an amount not to
sons with debilitating medical
Executor of the Estate of Peach shall mean a form approved by exceed Five Thousand Dollars Ballot Summary (65A):
conditions.
Publish: October 14 and Octo- Flowers Smith the department, signed and ($5,000) for the first violation This constitutional amendment
dated by a physician, certifying and an amount not to exceed is proposed as a legislative al-
ber 21, 2020 Section 2.
OF COUNSEL: that a person suffers from a Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ternative measure to Initiative
(1) Except as otherwise
Gerald Gaggini, MSB 99905 debilitating medical condition ($25,000) for each sub- No. 65 and would establish a
provided for in this article, a
2500 Hickory Wood Dr. for which the use of medical sequent violation, place a li- program to allow the medical
qualified patient or caregiver
Tupelo, MS 38801 marijuana may mitigate the censee on a probationary use of marijuana products by
The following vehicles have shall not be subject to criminal
Telephone: 662-350-0549 symptoms and/or effects. The status, require the licensee to qualified person with debilitat-
been abandoned at Bob's Tow- or civil sanctions for the use of
medical marijuana, obtained certification shall remain cur- file regular reports and submit ing medical conditions.
ing, LLC, at 123 East Ply- PUBLISH: 10/14, 10/21 & rent for twelve months, unless to reasonable requirements
mouth Road Columbus, MS from a medical marijuana treat-
10/28/2020 the physician specifies a short- and restrictions, revoke proba- Introduced by:
ment center, for a debilitating
medical condition. er period of time, and shall be tionary status of a licensee and Representative John Thomas
issued only after an in-person impose other authorized sanc- “Trey” Lamar and Representat-
1) 1998 Honda Accord Tan (2) Except as otherwise
provided for in this article, a examination of the patient in tions, and refuse to issue or re- ive Brent Powell
VIN# 1HGCG5659WA264279 IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF Mississippi. A certification new a license, restrict a li-
Tag# LTB-0691 Ms. LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- physician shall not be subject
to criminal or civil sanctions shall only be issued on behalf cense, or accept a voluntary Legislative Budget Office Fisc-
SIPPI of a minor when the minor's surrendering of a license. The al Analysis:
2) 2006 Nissan Altima Grey solely for issuing a physician
certification to a person dia- parent or guardian is present department is authorized to The cost or revenue impact as-
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- and provides signed consent. deny, suspend or revoke a li- sociated with this initiative is
TATE OF JANICE RILEY, formerly gnosed with a debilitating med- Nothing herein shall require a cense in any case in which it undeterminable.
known as JANICE GREEN, DE- ical condition.
(3) Except as otherwise physician to issue a certifica- finds that there has been a
3) 2005 Ford Sport Trac Silver CEASED tion. substantial failure to comply Initiative 65A Full Text:
VIN# 1FMDU67KX5UB93804 provided for in this article, a
medical marijuana treatment (10) "Process" shall mean to with the requirements of a li-
Tag# LTQ-965 Ms. CAUSE NO.: 2020-0171-PDE acquire, administer, com- censee. The notice and hear- NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-
center and its officers, owners,
operators, employees, contract- pound, convert, cultivate, deliv- ing requirements and judicial SOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE
4) 2002 Ford Ranger (Black) NOTICE TO CREDITORS er, develop, disburse, dis- review provisions contained in OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
VIN# 1FTYR14V62PB42092 ors, and agents shall not be
subject to criminal or civil sanc- pense, distribute, grow, har- Section 43-11-11 of the Missis- That the following amendment
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI vest, manufacture, package, sippi Code of 1972, as of July to the Mississippi Constitution
COUNTY OF LOWNDES tions for processing medical
marijuana in compliance with possess, prepare, process, 1, 2018, shall apply to the of 1890 is proposed to the
5) 2014 Ford Mustang (Red) produce, propagate, research, denial, suspension, or revoca- qualified electors of the state
VIN# 1ZVBP8CF9E5218772 Letters of Administration have regulations prescribed by the
sell, test, transport, or trans- tion of a license. at the November 2020 elec-
Tag# LTD-0578 or SMUVE Ms. been granted and issued to the department. fer medical marijuana or any re- tion, as an alternative to the
undersigned upon the Estate of lated products such as foods, Section 6. amendment proposed by Initiat-
6) 2010 Honda Civic (Black) Janice Riley, formerly known as Section 3. tinctures, aerosols, oils, or In addition to the fees applied ive Measure No. 65:
Janice Green, deceased, by the (1) Except as otherwise ointments. to issuing identification cards
Chancery Court of Lowndes provided for in this article,
(11) "Qualified patient" shall and licensing medical Article 16, Section 290, Mis-
County, Mississippi, on the 8th nothing in this article shall: mean a person who has been marijuana treatment centers, sissippi Constitution of 1890,
day of October 2020. This is to (a) Affect or repeal laws relat- diagnosed with a debilitating the department may assess up is created to read as follows:
give notice to all persons hav- ing to the use of marijuana that
is not intended for use for a de- medical condition and who has to the equivalent of the state's
been issued a physician certi- sales tax rate to the final sale Section 290. There is estab-
Tag# LTD-2703 Ms. to probate and register same bilitating medical condition.
(b) Authorize the use of medic- fication. of medical marijuana. Revenue lished a program in the State
with the Chancery Clerk of (12) "Use" shall mean the ac- generated under this section or of Mississippi to allow the
Lowndes County, Mississippi, al marijuana for anyone other
quisition, possession, prepara- through the issuance of identi- medical use of marijuana
VIN#1FTEF14H6SNA56573 within ninety (90) days from the than a qualified patient, and, tion, use or use with an ac- fication cards or the licensing products by qualified persons.
Tag#LT3-541 Ms. first publication date of this No- where authorized by this cessory, delivery, transfer, or of medical marijuana treat- The program shall be struc-
tice to Creditors. A failure to so chapter, for caregivers and of- administration of medical ment centers shall pay for the tured to include, at a minimum,
9)2006 Ford Expedition (Black) probate and register said claim ficers, owners, operators, em- marijuana by a qualified pa- costs incurred by the depart- the following conditions and re-
VIN# 1FMPU17506LA95396 will forever bar the same. ployees, contractors, and
agents of treatment centers. tient or caregiver. For pur- ment in implementing and en- quirements:
Tag# LTE-7943 Ms. poses of this chapter, "access- forcing the provisions of this (a) The program shall be based
This the 16th day of October (c) Permit a person to operate
any motor vehicle, aircraft, ory" shall have the meaning article and shall be deposited on sound medical principles;
2020. given in Section 41-29-105(v) into a special fund in the state (b) The program shall be ad-
(Tan) train, or boat while consuming
of the Mississippi Code of treasury to be expended by the ministered by an appropriate
VIN# 2GCEK19T441208086 /s/ Jerry C. Jones, Administrat- or impaired by medical 1972, as of July 1, 2018. department without prior appro- state agency;
or marijuana.
(d) Require accommodation for priation or authorization. The (c) The administering state
Section 5. department shall administer agency shall seek the input of
11) 2000 ford Ranger (Bronze) PUBLISH: 10/21, 10/28 & the use of medical marijuana
or require any on-site use of (1) The department shall imple- the fund and make expendit- health professionals to help
VIN# 1FTYR14V9YPA43923 11/4/2020 ment, administer, and enforce ures from the fund for costs or design the program;
Tag# LT1-6537 (Ms.) medical marijuana in any pub-
lic or private correctional insti- the provisions of this article other services or programs as- (d) The program shall be lim-
and shall issue reasonable sociated with this article. Fund ited to qualified persons with
tution, detention facility, or
rules and regulations, pursu- balances shall not revert to the debilitating medical conditions
& Silver) The following vehicle has been place of education, or employ- ant to the Mississippi Adminis- General Fund. The department as certified by health practition-
VIN# 4T1BF28K61U120920 abandoned at Shelton's Tow- ment.
(e) Require any health insur- trative Procedures Act, in the shall have the authority to util- ers who are licensed under
Tag# LTD-649 Ms. ing, Inc., 1024 Gardner Blvd., discharge of its responsibilit- ize these special funds to es- state law;
Columbus, MS 39702. ance provider or any govern-
ment agency or authority to re- ies. calate personnel positions in (e) Marijuana products that are
IF THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT (2) The department shall pre- the department where needed, used by qualified persons in
CLAIMED THEY WILL BECOME 2004 Chevrolet Impala imburse any person for ex-
penses related to the use of scribe reasonable rules and as non-state-service, to admin- the program shall be of suit-
regulations pursuant to this ister and enforce the provi- able pharmaceutical quality
medical marijuana. (f) Override
any public laws, ordinances, section that shall include, but sions of this article. Upon re- and prepared by state-licensed
ON OCTOBER 30TH, 2020 AT 1993 Cadillac Seville not be limited to, tracking and quest of the department, the manufacturers;
11:30AM AT THE ABOVE AD- VIN: 1G6KY5299PU812056 regulations, or rules or any
private rules, regulations, or labelling of medical marijuana; State Treasurer shall provide a (f) Treatment of qualified per-
DRESS. WE ALSO RESERVE qualifications for and safe and line of credit from the Working sons in the program shall be
THE RIGHT TO RETAIN THE This vehicle will be put up for provisions related to smoking
in or on public or private secure processing of medical Cash Stabilization Fund or any carried out by physicians,
VEHICLE. THESE VEHICLES sale on the 4th day of Novem- marijuana by medical other available special source nurses and pharmacists who
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SAL- ber, 2020 at 10am at places. (g) Affect any existing
drug testing laws, regulations, marijuana treatment centers; funds maintained in the state are licensed under state law;
VAGE AND ARE NOT DRIVABLE. Shelton's Towing, Inc., 1024 restrictions on advertising and treasury in an amount not to (g) The program shall provide
THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE Gardner Blvd., Columbus, MS or rules.
(2) It is unlawful for any per- marketing; issuance of medic- exceed Two Million Five Hun- for limited categories of
KEYS. 39702. al marijuana identification dred Thousand Dollars marijuana preparation of suit-
son to smoke medical
marijuana in a public place. cards; standards for testing fa- ($2,500,000), for deposit to able and verified quality stand-
PUBLISH: 10/14, 10/21, & PUBLISH: 10/7, 10/14 & cilities; use of medical this special fund to provide suf- ards for oral administration;
10/28/2019 10/21/2020 Any person who violates this
subsection may, upon convic- marijuana in nursing homes, ficient working cash to imple- (h) The smoking of marijuana
tion, be punished by a fine of hospices, and assisted living ment the provisions of this art- products shall be restricted to
not more than One Hundred facilities; reciprocal agree- icle. Any such loans shall be re- the treatment of qualified per-
Dollars ($100.00). ments with other states for pa- paid from the available funds sons who have terminal medic-
tients registered in medical received by the department un- al conditions as certified by
Section 4. marijuana programs; qualifica- der this article. health practitioners who are li-
For purposes of this article, the tions of and limitations on censed under state law;
following terms shall have the caregivers and officers, own- Section 7. (i) The program shall provide
ers, operators, employees, con- A medical marijuana identifica- for a limited number of state-li-
following meanings:
(1) "Caregiver" shall mean a tractors, and agents of treat- tion card issued pursuant to censed manufacturers of
ment centers; implementation this article shall serve to identi- marijuana products;
the treatment of qualified per-
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treatment outcomes assess-
ment; and
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