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Lowndes Confederate monument relocation

could get OK from MDAH by end of month
Engineer: Relocation may take three to four months The Confederate mon-
ument at the Lowndes
County Courthouse
BY YUE STELLA YU bers from across the state, will Calvert, on behalf of the lawn is pictured June
syu@cdispatch.com discuss and vote on the matter county, later submitted a re- 15. Lowndes County
during its Oct. 30 meeting, said location plan to MDAH for its may soon gain approval
L o w n d e s MDAH spokesperson Michael approval. The plan proposed to from the Mississippi
County officials Morris. break down the monument into Department of Archives
may soon receive parts, move them to the ceme- and History to relo-
The update is the latest devel-
the go-ahead cate the Confederate
opment since supervisors voted tery site and pour a new foun- monument outside
from Mississippi unanimously in July to relocate dation on-site, Calvert told The the courthouse to
Department of the monument to city-owned Dispatch on Wednesday. city-owned Friendship
Archives and His- Friendship Cemetery, where On Sept. 30, MDAH’s repre- Cemetery, where both
tory to move the Calvert both Union and Confederate sentatives, including its chief Union and Confederate
Confederate mon- soldiers are buried. Between archeologist and preservation soldiers are buried.
ument on the courthouse lawn two potential sites the city of- specialist met with several su- The supervisors unan-
to Friendship Cemetery, ac- fered to donate to the county, pervisors and Calvert at the imously voted in favor
of the relocation in July
cording to county engineer Bob supervisors decided in August proposed relocation site for the
following weeks of local
Calvert and MDAH officials. to relocate the monument to monument. Morris told The protests against racism
MDAH Board of Trustees, a site close to the Confederate Dispatch the trip was for de- and social injustice.
which consists of nine mem- section within the cemetery. See MONUMENT, 3A Dispatch file photo

Waiting for the great pumpkins MSU searches

Life Church pumpkin patch open through Halloween even as ‘big’ for missing
pumpkins have yet to arrive from New Mexico student
Freshman computer
engineering major last
seen on campus Friday
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Police and other

officials from Missis-
sippi State Universi-
ty are searching for
a student who has
been missing since
Friday, according
to university Chief Smith
Communications Officer Sid Salter.
University police opened an
See MISSING, 6A

BUSINESS MOVES
WITH MARY
Starkville gift store
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
closes after 35
Ziydon Cunningham, left, and his sister, Honour O’Neal, play a game of checkers, one of the activities available at the Life Church
Pumpkin Patch. The pumpkin patch features a variety of games, activities and refreshments and is open daily through Halloween. years due to COVID
BY MARY POLLITZ
BY SLIM SMITH Although still biz@cdispatch.com
ssmith@cdispatch,com awaiting the arriv-

C
al of its shipment

L
inda Brown, event coordinator for Life of pumpkins, the
Church, said the church’s motivation for Life Church Pump-
its pumpkin patch is to bring the commu- kin Patch is open
to the public. OVID-
nity together, but first they’ll have to bring the 19 has
Event coordinator
pumpkin patch together. continued
Linda Brown said
The “patch” is all set up at the church’s prop- the church put the to slash
erty on Frontage Road just east of the Highway pumpkin patch to- the retail
82 exit for Golden Triangle Regional Airport. gether to provide industry
The “pumpkins,” however, are in New Mexico. families a safe, since
“We call and check every day to see if they fun environment March.
are on the way,” Brown said. “They’re still in at a time when Gig-
New Mexico. With the pandemic going on, the pandemic has gleswick, Mary Pollitz
canceled many
they’ve had trouble finding truck drivers. We a gift shop
traditional Hallow-
are hoping they’ll be here by the weekend, but een/Fall Festival that’s stayed open for 35 years
that’s not a guarantee.” activities. in Starkville, is among the latest
See PUMPKIN PATCH, 6A Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff See BUSINESS, 3A

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Viewers’ Guide: After chaotic

debate, Trump, Biden try again
Tonight’s debate from Nashville marks the
candidates’ second and final face-to-face meeting, p.m. ET and will be aired on major net-
with Election Day less than two weeks away
BY MICHELLE L. PRICE
The Associated Press
After meeting last month in
perhaps the most chaotic debate
in modern history, President Don-
ald Trump and his Democratic ri-
val, Joe Biden, will take the stage
Thursday to give it another go.
The bar to improve upon their
last prime-time meeting is low:
Their first debate was punctuated
by frequent interruptions, mostly
from Trump, leaving the two men
talking over each other and Biden
eventually telling the president to
“shut up.” A planned second debate
didn’t happen after the president
was diagnosed with the coronavi-
rus and refused to participate in a
virtual format. Biden and Trump in-
stead participated in dueling town
halls on competing television net-
works.
Thursday’s debate, starting at 9
p.m. ET, from Nashville, Tennes-
see, marks the candidates’ second
and final face-to-face meeting, with
Election Day less than two weeks
away.
Here’s what to watch:
Muted microphones
After viewers of the last pres-
idential debate bemoaned the
moderator’s inability to cut off the
candidates’ microphones, the non-
partisan Commission on Presiden-
tial Debates responded with an
announcement this week that each
candidate’s microphone will be
turned off while his opponent gives
HOW TO WATCH
■ The 90-minute debate will start at 9
works and cable news channels including
ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, Fox News Chan-
nel, Fox Business Network, PBS, NBC,
a two-minute answer to an initial
question on each debate topic.
After those initial replies, the mi-
crophones will stay on during open
discussion, leaving it likely there
will still be lots of crosstalk during
rebuttals.
Coronavirus
Since the last debate, Trump was
diagnosed with and hospitalized
for COVID-19. The Republican has
cast the virus and his own infection
in positive terms, resumed hold-
ing large campaign rallies and at-
tacked the government’s top infec-
tious-disease expert, Dr. Anthony
Fauci. Biden, who has portrayed the
Trump administration’s response
as an abject failure, has taken a
much more cautious approach. He
regularly wears a mask, holds small
in-person campaign events and re-
leases his COVID-19 test results,
which so far have been negative.
Look for them to focus on personal
choices as much as their differing
policy plans.
Race
Following a summer marked by
protests across the country over
racial injustice, Trump has repeat-
edly portrayed himself as a great-
er champion for Black Americans
than Biden is while emphasizing a
law-and-order theme. But during
the last debate, Trump gave a reluc-
tant answer when asked if he would
condemn white supremacists, and
he refused to outright condemn a
MSNBC, Noticias Telemundo and C-SPAN.
Most of the networks will offer a way to
watch the debate live online, through their
apps and accounts on YouTube and other
social media channels.
far-right fascist group, instead tell-
ing them to “stand back and stand
by.”
Biden, who frequently acknowl-
edges systemic racism, has accused
the president of encouraging a rise
of white supremacy and armed mi-
litias and cites Trump’s comments
that there were “good people” on
both sides of a 2017 white suprem-
acist rally in Charlottesville, Virgin-
ia, as the impetus for his presiden-
tial run.
Look for the Democrat to con-
tinue hitting those themes while
Trump casts Biden as responsible
for helping send millions of Black
Americans to prison with a 1994
crime law when Biden was a sena-
tor.
Moderator and format
The debate will be moderated by
NBC News White House correspon-
dent Kristen Welker. Welker will be
the first Black woman to serve as
the moderator of a presidential de-
bate since Carole Simpson in 1992.
The debate be divided into six
15-minute segments, each on a
topic selected by Welker: “Fight-
ing COVID-19,” “American Fami-
lies,” “Race in America,” “Climate
Change,” “National Security” and
“Leadership.”

AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Many in US distrust campaign info

BY DAVID KLEPPER
The Associated Press
In a presidential elec-
tion year that has thrown
the country’s divisions into
stark relief, Americans can
agree on this: Misinforma-
tion about government and
politics is a major problem.
A new survey by The
Associated Press-NORC
Center for Public Opinion
Research and USAFacts
finds that while voters say
it’s pretty easy to find ac-
curate information about
voting, they have a hard-
er time knowing whether
there’s any factual basis
for the information they’re
getting from and about the
candidates.
“The misinformation,
it’s just blossomed to the threatens to undermine “We are living today in
point where it’s unman- confidence in elections, the biggest period of false
ageable,” said nurse Liana democracy and the nation information in history, and
Price, 34, of Tampa Bay, itself, according to Cindy we Americans are large-
Otis, a former CIA officer ly doing it to ourselves,”
Florida, who supports
and now vice president of Otis said last week during
Democrat Joe Biden in the
analysis at Alethea Group, a hearing focused on elec-
contest against President
Donald Trump and wor- a company that helps com- tion-related misinforma- cdispatch.com
bat disinformation. tion.
ries misinformation about
the election could sway
voters. “You try to explain
and provide facts and ac-
tual research, but people
don’t believe it.”
Among the poll’s find-
ings: More than 8 in 10 rat-
ed the spread of misinfor-
mation about government
a “major problem.”
The deluge in political
misinformation and con-
spiracy theories has fueled
distrust in institutions and
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Business
Continued from Page 1A
casualties in the Golden
Triangle.
Janet Massey, who
purchased the business
in 2010, said she’s sad to
close the store but hasn’t
had much of a choice.
“Due to the pan-
demic, things have just
changed so for the retail
industry,” Massey said.
“We had such a nice, big
property, but it was just
not that viable in today’s
market. We just had a
little too much room.”
By the end of October,
Giggleswick’s physical
location at 200 Hwy.
12 will officially close.
For those who feel they
might be missing out on
various gift shop items
such as pottery, women’s
fashion, handbags and
more, Massey said its
online store will remain
in operation.
You can browse, buy
and register for wed-
dings or baby showers at
www.giggleswick.com.
“We’re very saddened
that we’re here to this
point,” Massey said. “We
made so many great
relationships and we
want to continue to offer
the people around the
area still. I’m probably
even going to even offer
gift-wrapping during the
holidays.”
For Massey, the hard-
est part transitioning to
strictly online sales will
be the lack of interaction
she receives when a
customer walks through
the doors.
“It was a wonderful
business and we’ve made
so many great friends,”
Massey said. “It was a
destination business. Not
only the locals, but when
people came to Starkville
for football or events …
they always seemed to
put us on their list to
come by and see us. We
were so appreciative of
that.”
Moving further down
Highway 12, a new work-
shop opened at Middle-
ton Court next to Umi.
The Brush Barn and
Workshop, 325 Hwy. 12,
held its grand opening
last week. The workshop
offers customers a place
to be creative, design
and build wooden, per-
sonalized signs.
Stay-at-home moms,
Natasha Thompson and
Savannah Perry, opened
the workshop center to
help get fellow Starkvil-
lians creative and
together.
“We really wanted to
bring to our community
something that we would
enjoy doing ourselves,”
Perry said. “Something
you could do with friends
or just come in and
work on by yourself. We
both enjoy painting and
creating and really just
wanted to share that with
others.”
You can pre-register
online to see what class-
es are available. Perry
added the two are adding
new projects and work-
shops on their social me-
dia platforms: Facebook
and Instagram.
“We offer a workshop
area where you can come
in and create one of our
wood signs,” Perry said.
“We provide all the ma-
terials and step-by-step
instructions. You sand,
paint and build your proj-
ect to make it your own.”
The Brush Barn also
offers private events
where you and 10 or
more friends can book
the entire workshop. So
if you’re interested, reach
out on Brush Barn’s
website and get those
creative juices flowing.
Starkville is buzzing
with news this week.
Brittany Riland,
Starkville graphic
designer, officially
launched Honey Brash
LLC last month.
“I am a graphic
designer,” Riland said.
“I am wanting to provide
graphic design services
for small businesses
around the community.
I’ve sensed there’s a
need for that with all the
COVID stuff going on.”
After Riland worked
for an architect firm in
Eupora for nearly four
years she decided to
“branch out and do her
own thing.”
Riland is the owner
and sole employee of
Honey Brash. She said
it’s been a 24/7 job, but
she’s always looking and
reaching out to more
clients. With COVID-19
safety precautions,
things have actually been
pretty smooth so far.
“It hasn’t been an is-
sue (for me) because it’s
all online,” Riland said. “I
do have a couple clients
where I’ve never actually
met them in person, it’s
all been virtual. … It
hasn’t been very much of
a problem, it’s just kind
of cool to see how every-
thing is going online.”
Riland said her focus
is reaching out to local
businesses to help en-
hance their image.
“My big thing is that
I don’t want to take
over anybody’s brand,”
Riland said. “I just want
to help get your design
and who you are out
and just kind of be that
helping hand. It’s all
about you, it’s not about
me. As a small business,
being able to work with
small businesses is just
a really cool thing. I love
to hear other people’s
stories and how they got
to where they are and
how they want to present
themselves.”
If you’re looking for
a way to enhance your
business’s image go
ahead and reach out to
Riland through her web-
site at www.honeybrash.
com.

Obama endorses Espy in Mississippi; Trump backs Hyde-Smith

BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A Democrat trying
to unseat a Republican U.S. senator
in Mississippi said Wednesday that
he has received his “biggest en-
dorsement yet,” from former Pres-
ident Barack Obama.
“Mike Espy has a great chance
to win this election for the Senate
and keep Mississippi moving for-
ward,” Obama said in a radio ad and
the text of a fundraising appeal.
Espy was U.S. agriculture secre-
tary under President Bill Clinton,
after serving six years in Congress
from a rural Mississippi district.
He is challenging Republican Sen.
Cindy Hyde-Smith in a rematch of a
2018 special election.
President Donald Trump on
Wednesday afternoon tweeted his
support for Hyde-Smith, saying she
“delivers” for the state.
Hyde-Smith is a former state ag-
riculture commissioner who was
appointed to serve temporarily in
the Senate in the spring of 2018
when longtime Republican Sen.
Thad Cochran retired because of
poor health. A special election was
held in November 2018 to fill the
final two years of the six-year term
Cochran started, and Hyde-Smith
defeated Espy in a runoff.
Hyde-Smith is the first woman
to represent Mississippi in either
chamber of Congress. Espy, an
attorney, made history in 1986 as
the state’s first Black congressman
since the Reconstruction, and Clin-
ton chose him as U.S. agriculture
secretary in 1993. He is trying to
become Mississippi’s first Black
U.S. senator since the Reconstruc-
tion.
Trump stumped for Hyde-Smith
in Mississippi in 2018 and she
campaigns as a loyal supporter of
Trump and his policies.
The Democratic presidential
nominee, former Vice President Joe
Biden, endorsed Espy last month.

Monument
Continued from Page 1A
partment representatives
to “evaluate whether or
not cultural resources
would be affected by the
project’s scope of work.”
During its Oct. 30
meeting, Morris said,
the MDAH board will
receive a presentation
from department staff
on the Lowndes County
case and determine if the
plan is feasible and fol-
lows the U.S. Secretary
of Interior’s standards for
the treatment of historic
properties. He said the
board judges relocation
plans on a “case-by-case
basis.”
“There is no project
that is the same as anoth-
er, because each situation
is different,” Morris said.
“It depends
on whether,
for exam-
ple, a prop-
erty … is on
the National
Register
of Historic
Places or Morris
has some kind of land-
mark status.”
Morris told The Dis-
patch the monument en-
joys a state landmark sta-
tus, because it sits on the
lawn of the courthouse,
which was designated a
state landmark in 1990.
That status means the
state will give the historic
landmark the highest lev-
el of protection, and when
considering the reloca-
tion plan, MDAH staff
will apply a “heightened
scrutiny,” he said.
Erected in 1912, the
monument honors sol-
diers who fought for the
South during the Civil
War and deemed war a
“noble cause.” A soldier
holding a flag in his left
arm stands on top of the
monument.
Calvert told The Dis-
patch on Tuesday he re-
ceived positive feedback
from the representatives
inspecting on site.
“I understand they are
good with everything,”
he said. “... They left and
indicated that everything
was alright.”
If MDAH approves the
plan, Calvert said the next
step will be for the coun-
ty to advertise and award
construction bids, which
will take roughly two
months. Without bids,
Calvert said he is not sure
of the estimated cost. He
previously told super-
visors that pouring the
foundation alone would
cost up to $30,000.
The relocation pro-
cess, which he said will
involve breaking down
the monument, pouring
the new foundation, mov-
ing the structure and re-
assembling it, will take
three to four months to
complete.
“It’s more than just
move it. You got to clean
it. You got to build a new
foundation,” Calvert said.
“It’ll just take time.”

BUILDING PERMITS
City of Columbus
Oct. 13-16, 2020
■ Samuel and Emily Johnson;
617 1st Street South; reface
paneling; J5 GBL LLC
■ Hal Smith; 2011 Main
Street; Lean-to; same
■ Emmitt J Ellis; 803 18th
Street North; new residence;
same
■ WJ&F Builders et al; 2208
3rd Avenue North; new resi-
dence; WJ& F Builders
■ 1811 Main LLC; 1811 Main
Street, bldgs 8, 9, 10 & 11;
electrical; Easley Refrigeration
■ Eddie Cunningham; 1208
Waterworks Road; electrical;
Easley Refrigeration
■ Curtis Davis; 806 17th
Street North; electrical; Easley
Refrigeration
■ Fox Run Apartments of Co-
lumbus LLC; 636 31st Avenue
North, Apt 139; electrical;
Easley Refrigeration
■ Lakeithric James; 2112
14th Avenue North, Apt C;
Electrical; Nell Jones Electrical
Contractor
■ Deshawne Peak; 1025 6th
Avenue North, Apt 4; electri-
cal; Easley Refrigeration
20th Avenue North; electrical;
Easley Refrigeration
■ Anderson Family Living
Trust; 1801 Main Street; elec-
trical; Easley Refrigeration
■ Deshawne Peak; 1025 6th
Avenue North, Apt 2; electri-
cal; Easley Refrigeration
■ S&R Property Company LLC;
424Summerhaven Drive; elec-
trical; Livingston & Sons
■ Columbus Housing Author-
ity; 412 15th Avenue South;
Electrical; Roberts Builders Inc
■ Columbus Housing Author-
ity; 505 Avenue B; Electrical;
Roberts Builders Inc
■ Columbus Housing Author-
ity; 608 Avenue A; Electrical;
Roberts Builders Inc
■ Lenton Dismuke; 1333
5th Street South; electrical;
Jimmie Chism
■ Mayurkumar and Dipika
Patel; 2329 Martin Luther King
Jr Drive; electrical; Mason
Electric
■ Lehmberg Crossing Partners
LLC; 909 Alabama Street;
electrical; Collins Electrical
Contractors
■ Bidpee LLC; 815 13th
Street North, Apt C2; mechani-
cal; Andy’s Heating and Air
Street North, Apt C9; mechani-
cal; Andy’s Heating and Air
■ Pi Chu Crowe; 94 Gardenia
Drive; plumbing; P&H Plumbing
■ Bidpee LLC; 815 13th
Street North, Apt C2; plumb-
ing; Klutts Plumbing
■ Frank Loftis; 721 Water-
works Road; plumbing; P&H
Plumbing
■ Lehmberg Crossing Partners
LLC; 909 Alabama Street;
plumbing; Klutts Plumbing
■ Lehmberg Crossing Partners
LLC; 917 Alabama Street;
plumbing; Klutts Plumbing
■ Lehmberg Crossing Partners
LLC; 923 Alabama Street;
plumbing; Klutts Plumbing
■ Columbus Housing Author-
ity; 412 15th Avenue South;
plumbing; Roberts Builders Inc
Lowndes County
Oct. 21, 2020
■ Roslyn Blair; 1489 Starkville
Road; construct storage/shop;
owner
SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
■ Stan Bates; 6927 Ridge Thurs. Fri.
Major 6:29p 6:57a
Road; addition to storage/ Minor 1:50p 2:41p
shop; owner Major — 6:57a
Minor 11:07p 12:07a
■ Karen Richardson; Phillips Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
Hill Road; set up mobile home;

■ Carmelo Trejo; 113 Robin-
wood Circle; electrical; Jimmie
Chism
■ James Cunningham; 711
21st Street North; electrical;
Vertis Lee
■ Regions Bank; 2114 high-
way 45 North; electrical; Craft
Electric Company Inc
■ Robert McClanahan; 808
■ Bidpee LLC; 815 13th
Street North, Apt C5; mechani-
cal; Andy’s Heating and Air
■ Bidpee LLC; 815 13th
Street North, Apt C7; mechani-
cal; Andy’s Heating and Air
■ Bidpee LLC; 815 13th
Street North, Apt C8; mechani-
cal; Andy’s Heating and Air
■ Bidpee LLC; 815 13th
owner
■ Karen Richardson; Phillips
Hill Road; move mobile home;
Alan’s Mobile Home
■ Rob Malone; 405 Lura
Drive; construct storage/shop;
owner
■ Joe and Becky Miller; Carroll
Lane; construct s/f residence;
Clardy Home Development
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One good turn of confusion deserves another
A
h! Autumn in
Mississippi.
It’s
still 85 degrees
most days, there’s
pollen, the state’s
universities are
allegedly playing
football (though,
some would argue,
not well). Oh, and
there’s an elec-
tion in a couple of Zack Plair
weeks.
Everyone, of
course, looks to the presiden-
tial race to drive turnout. In
Mississippi, we also have a
Senate race and, my personal
favorite, ballot issues.
This year, just like any other citizens following the rules that
time there’s a situation where
legislators are afraid their will
and voter will won’t match,
we have openly competing
and deliberately confusing
ballot issues. To counter that,
we have massive, hard-fought
education campaigns to help
voters delineate between the
two — efforts that will inevita-
bly fall short because of what
they’re up against.
I think Churchill would
say of the, albeit
well-meaning, edu-
cation campaigns:
Never have so many
tried so hard to
provide clarity to so
few.
The fix is in for
medical marijuana.
Initiative 65 went
through legitimate
channels to make
it to the ballot just
so the Legislature
could cut it down
at the knees with 65A. Same
number, just add a letter, and
it’s meant to help the state
engineer the result it wants by
dishonest means regardless of
should guaranteed the issue a
fair hearing.
It’s the ol’ bait and switch,
which adds extra steps to
“protect the voters from
themselves,” or whatever. And
it happens every time there’s a
controversial statewide issue.
Remember Initiative 42 from
2016 that was meant to allow
citizens to decide whether the
Legislature should be forced to
fully fund the public education
formula. Legislators couldn’t
abide that, so they introduced
42A, which said some garbled
stuff about “maybe we will,
maybe we won’t fund public
education. Or maybe we’ll
just have a ham sandwich for
lunch.”
Then came the civic club
tour, the social media blitz and
the regular media blitz to try
to explain to people what 42
and 42A each would accom-
plish, what voting for either or
neither meant, while people
trying to decipher it all couldn’t
remember their own name
through the din of confusing
minutiae.
In the end with 42, just as
will be with 65, the Legislature
killed it by sticking its A in it,
thus denying voters the right
to truly decide something for
themselves.
It’s crooked, and it speaks
ill of any governing body when
it insults voters by deliberately
muddying the waters. It’s an
assault on democracy, et al, but
we know all this already. Today,
I come bearing a plan for the
future.
I’ve always been taught that
people often do to you what
they most fear being done to
them. And if you ever want
to effect any real change, you
“attack the bully with his own
slingshot” so to speak.
To wit, I recommend anyone
who is serious about running
for state House or Senate next
cycle, go ahead and start the
process of legally changing
your name to that of your
district’s incumbent. Just add
a middle initial. Not always A,
though. People would get wise
to that.
Just imagine a House race
between Philip Gunn and Phil-
ip B. Gunn — or Philip Gunn
versus Phillip Gunn, for that
matter. Or what about a Senate
race between Chris McDaniel
and Chris D. McDaniel?
“Well, sure, but what about
party affiliations?” you may
ask. “People won’t fall for it
if Mr. Initial is the opposite
party.” That’s fair but also an
easy fix. Run against them in a
primary.
Can you imagine those
campaigns, especially if an in-
cumbent already uses a middle
initial on the ballot? I can see it
now: longtime representatives
and senators having to go to
Rotary to tell their own donors
to “be sure to vote for the E.,
not the G.”; or a campaign
mailer in an ultra-conservative
district that reads: “When you
think of me, think of Christ-
mas. No L.”
First of all, it would be
hilarious. More to the point,
who knows? Maybe this is
exactly what we need for the
Legislature to stop treating us
like we’re too stupid to make
up our own minds about ballot
initiatives.
Obviously, what I propose
is silly, and possibly illegal,
though I can’t stress enough
how funny it would be if this
just happened once. But
it serves to show just how
ridiculous causing this type of
confusion is, and it makes you
wonder how quickly a legisla-
tor’s position might change on
a matter if he or she was the
victim instead of the perpetra-
tor.
Zack Plair is managing edi-
tor of The Dispatch. His email
address is zplair@cdispatch.
com.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE CARTOONIST VIEW

Thinks mandate should end
I’m in the restaurant business,
and I want to voice my opinion on
the mask mandate. I think it’s ri-
diculous, and it’s killing the econ-
omy. The customers are scared to
come and dine in with us because
of this mask ordeal and it’s hurt-
ing my wages unless the Mayor
or leaders of our community want
to compensate or raise the wages
in Columbus, but I know it’s too
much for me to ask that. I work
hard the least you can do is lift the
mask mandate so we can as work-
ing people get back to somewhat
of normalcy.
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Columbus

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Virus coincidence?
Even as Gov. Tate Reeves reim-
L
posed Monday a mask mandate
on nine Mississippi counties, he
tried to argue that there’s no cor-
relation between his earlier lifting
of a statewide mandate and the
recent upward trend in COVID-19
cases.
Reeves said he’s looked at the
numbers and mask policies in
neighboring states and they don’t
support the connection.
Here’s the numbers we see.
In the 21 ⁄ 2 weeks since the mask
requirement expired on Sept. 30,
documented cases of the virus
in Mississippi have gone from
averaging 517 per day to 767, a
nearly 50% increase. If that’s a
coincidence, it’s an odd one.
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Imagination Library:
Give the gift of books
Plans to just reopen are idiotic
et us examine the Great tute for Health Metrics and elderly: Actually, there isn’t one.
Barrington Declara- Evaluation. And we’d still be Sweden famously tried to keep its
tion with the respect it nowhere near herd immuni- economy open without imposing many
deserves, which is very little. ty. restrictions on its people. Its reward
The advocates, who include Former Harvard Medical was one of the highest coronavirus
Dr. Scott Atlas, President School professor William death rates in the world. Its economy,
Donald Trump’s preferred Haseltine says just letting the meanwhile, is worse off than some of its
pandemic expert, argue that virus go on a rampage would Scandinavian neighbors’. For example,
all these shutdowns are caus- amount to “mass murder.” Sweden has had 11 times the death rate
ing economic and psycholog- While economic hardship of Norway, and its economy shrunk 8.3
ical havoc that’s worse than can lead to deaths of despair, percent in the second quarter, whereas
the disease. Better to let the so can loss of a loved one. Norway’s fell only 5.1 percent.
coronavirus infect the young Froma Harrop Add to that the uncountable Another important consideration:
and healthy, thus building cost of heart disease, lung Sweden is not the United States. It has
immunity in numbers large ailments and other lingering far lower rates of obesity, a factor in
enough to nearly stop the virus’ spread. health problems that haunt even many many coronavirus deaths. And it did
The elderly and other vulnerable Ameri- young survivors of the disease. ban gatherings of more than 50 people.
cans can lock themselves away. Besides, several states that strenu- Sweden wouldn’t have allowed Trump
Dr. Anthony Fauci, most other Amer- ously locked down to curb the spread of to hold rallies attended by thousands
icans’ preferred pandemic expert, has the disease are already reopening in a crowded together and largely maskless.
called the idea “total nonsense.” generally slow and controlled manner. Americans, we know you hate the
It’s true that the economy can’t be We see the possibilities in countries that restrictions. You hate masks. Of course
shut forever. But with a vaccine on the imposed harsh rules early on. Japan, you do.
horizon, letting the virus just rip is idiot- Australia and South Korea, for example, But stories of survival usually center
ic. Why can’t we just minimize the trans- are almost COVID-free. on tough people who hang in there until
mission of the disease for a few months Some public health experts who don’t help arrives. No one stuck in the wilder-
more until there’s an effective shot? advocate lockdowns as the main way to ness leaves a shelter without a plan of
As Dr. Rochelle Walensky, an infec- curb the virus do urge the wearing of action.
tious disease specialist at Harvard Uni- masks, social distancing, testing and We have the luxury of knowing that
versity, put it, “You don’t roll out disease tracing. That is, people go about their help is on the way. A vaccine is expected
— you roll out vaccination.” business but adopt measures to control to arrive late this year or early next.
Shutdowns do hurt the economy. the spread. Why not minimize harm until the caval-
But so does a plague that makes people That could be a plausible argument in ry comes?
afraid to go to the store. a country not led by Trump. He’s done We can do this.
On that point, the virus could claim less than zero to support those steps. Froma Harrop, a syndicated columnist,
415,000 American lives by Feb. 1 even Nothing could be more dimwitted or writes for the Providence (Rhode Island)
without easing restrictions, according cruel than his mocking people who wear Journal. Her e-mail address is fharrop@
to the University of Washington Insti- masks. About his plan to protect the gmail.com.
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Worsening opioid crisis overshadowed in presidential race

CDC: After a one-year drop in 2018, U.S. opioid overdose deaths
increased again in 2019, topping 50,000 for the first time
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Like
millions of Americans, Diane
Urban watched the first pres-
idential debate last month at
home with her family. When it
was over, she turned off the tele-
vision and climbed into the bed
her 25-year-old son Jordan used
to sleep in.
It was where she found Jor-
dan’s lifeless body after he over-
dosed on the opioid fentanyl one
morning in April 2019.
After watching President
Donald Trump target the son of
former Vice President Joe Biden
for his history of substance
abuse, Urban was reminded
again of the shame her son lived
with during his own battle with
addiction.
“I just think that Trump
doesn’t understand addiction,”
said Urban, 53, a Republican
from Delphos, Ohio, who voted
for the president in 2016.
The exchange over Hunter
Biden’s struggle with addiction
was brief, and neither candidate
was asked a follow-up question
about their plan to tackle the na-
tion’s drug addiction and over-
dose crisis.
The issue has barely regis-
tered in this year’s presidential
campaign, overshadowed by
the human and economic toll
of the coronavirus outbreak
and the Trump administration’s
response to the pandemic. Yet
drug addiction continues its
grim march across the U.S., hav-
ing contributed to the deaths of
more than 470,000 Americans
over the past two decades.
And it’s only getting worse.
After a one-year drop in 2018,
U.S. opioid overdose deaths in-
creased again in 2019, topping
50,000 for the first time, ac-
cording to provisional data from
the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. That
accounted for the majority of
the 71,000 fatal overdoses from
all drugs. While national data
isn’t available for most of 2020,
The Associated Press surveyed
individual states that are report-
ing overdoses and found more
drug-related deaths amid the
coronavirus pandemic.
Ohio, a battleground state in
the presidential contest, is on
track to have one of its deadliest
years of opioid drug overdoses.
More residents died of overdos-
es in May than in any month in
at least 14 years, according to
preliminary mortality statistics
from the state health depart-
ment.
As Trump nears the end of
his first term, some support-
ers, including Urban, feel left
behind by his administration’s
drug policies.
During Trump’s first two
years in office, 48 of the 59 Ohio
counties with reliable data saw
their overdose death rates get
worse, according to an analysis
of CDC data by The Associated
Press.

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in death by his brother,
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In addition to his
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Aliceville, Alabama and
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Jonathan Lovelady
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
— Jonathan Maurice
Lovelady died Oct. 21,
2020.
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Presbyterian Church,
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officiating. Burial will
follow in the church
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grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
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St, Tupelo, MS 38801
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Humane Society, P.O.
Box 297, Starkville, MS
39760.
Betty Weaver
COLUMBUS — Bet-
ty Greenhaw Weaver,
80, died Oct. 19, 2020,
at The Arrington.
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Dennis Clark Gregg,
Richard Gregg and
Steven Gregg.
She is survived by
her children, Allen
Spence and Bridget
Gregg; siblings, Pam
Gregg Nugent, Penny
Klingenberg and Mi-
chael Gregg; and three
grandchildren.
Henry Basinger
COLUMBUS —
Henry Conner Basing-
er, 88, died Oct. 21,
2020, at Baptist Memo-
rial Hospital-Golden
Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Memori-
al Gunter Peel Funeral
Home and Crematory,
Second Avenue North
location.
Nell Robertson
Nell Wheeler Robertson died
Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at
St. Catherine’s Village.
Visitation will be Friday,
October 23, 2020, from 4:30 to
6:30 PM at Parkway Funeral
Home, Ridgeland, MS.
Graveside service will be held
at Lamar Memory Gardens in
Vernon, Alabama Saturday,
October 24, 2020, at 1:00 PM.
Nell was the youngest child of Tillie Wells
Duncan Wheeler and Festus Buren Wheeler.
Born May 8, 1930. She was president of the class
of 1948 at Caledonia High School and graduated
valedictorian. She graduated from MSCW in
1952. Nell attended First Baptist Church Jackson.
She was married 62 years to the late Willis Joe
Robertson.
She is survived by five children; Dr. Angela
Robertson (Cindy Smith), Vicky Rohr (Kim),
Laurie Sherrill (Paul), Joe E. Robertson and
Nancy Cliburn (Perry). In addition she has
seven grandchildren, Katie Fletcher Esq. (Paul),
Dr. William Rohr (Dr. Jessica), Jennifer Suess,
Jessica Suess, Craig Cliburn (Amanda), Dr.
Rachel Branco (Justin) and Caroline Coy (David);
and four great-grandchildren; Evelyn Fletcher,
Iris Fletcher, Ava Rohr and Titus Branco.
The Robertson family wishes to thank Dr.
George Patton, Leslie Hanes, the staff at St.
Catherine’s Village and Kelly Ingbretsen with
Kindred Hospice for their compassionate care.
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2020, at
Baptist
Memorial
Hospi-
tal-Golden
Triangle.
Funeral Jones
services
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at Carter’s Funeral
Services, with David
Conner officiating.
Visitation will be from
2-6 p.m. Friday, at the
funeral home. Carter’s
Funeral Service of
Macon is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Jones was born
Jan. 16, 1965, in Noxu-
bee County, to Martha
Jones and the late John-
ny Jones Jr. He was a
member of Providence
MBC.
In addition to his
father, he was preceded
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
James Ames
STARKVILLE
— James S. “Dutch”
Ames, 78, died Oct.
21, 2020, at Sanctuary
Hospice in Tupelo.
Graveside services
will be at 11 a.m.
Friday, in Oddfellows
Cemetery, with the Rev.
Jim Genesse officiating.
Welch Funeral Home of
Starkville is in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Ames was born
to the late Arthur
Jessie Ames and Della
Schaefer Ames. He was
a veteran of the United
States Navy. He was
formerly employed as a
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member of First United
Methodist Church.
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Funeral Home and Cre-
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MS, 39703.
Sandra Spence
STARKVILLE —
Sandra Kay Spence, 69,
died Oct. 20, 2020, at
her residence.
No services are
scheduled at this time.
Lowndes Funeral
Home of Columbus is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Spence was
born April 23, 2020, in
Starkville, to the late
Harold and Ruth Helen
Murphy Gregg. She
was formerly employed
as a secretary with
OCH Regional Medical
Center.
Rena Beach
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Victory Tabernacle Church
Services:
Thursday, Oct. 22 • 3:30 PM
Victory Tabernacle Church
Burial
Woodlawn Cemetery
2nd Ave N. Location
Lisa Heath
Memorial Services:
Friday, Oct. 30 • 11 AM
Calvary Baptist Church
Burial
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College St. Locaiton
Betty Weaver
Services:
Saturday, Oct. 24 • 11 AM
Main Street Presbyterian Church
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Friendship Cemetery
College St. Location
Jonathan Lovelady
Visitation:
Saturday, Oct. 24 • 1-2 PM
Beersheba Cumberland
Presbyterian Church
Services:
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Mary Marler
Mrs. Mary Norwood Marler, 103, of
Brooksville, MS passed away Friday, October 16,
2020, at Elderly Care Center in Macon, MS.
A graveside service was held Tuesday,
October 20, 2020, at Brooksville Cemetery in
Brooksville, MS. Memorials may be made to
Brooksville United Methodist Church, P.O.
Box 164, Brooksville, MS 39739 or Sweet
Paws Rescue, P. O. Box 752, Essex, MA 01929.
Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to entrusted
with arrangements.
Miss Mary was born December 6, 1916, to
Eddie Lee and Martha Rosanna Moore Norwood
in Noxubee County, MS. She was the youngest of
eight children. She attended school in Brooksville
and was the sole survivor of the class of 1934.
Miss Mary loved attending the class reunions
knowing she would always be the oldest and
would receive roses and a gift.
Miss Mary worked for 40 + years at the Bank
of Brooksville (later NBC and now Cadence.) She
retired at 70 because she did not want to learn
computers. She loved to crochet and bake. She
made afghans for all the graduates and brides-to-
be. Her specialty in baking was her pound cake.
Her secret—have all the ingredients at room
temperature. And she loved cats. She fed 10-12
feral kitties twice a day. She enjoyed her grand
cats Remle Edward and Fuddle Dudley. They
lived next door.
She dressed every day as if she were still
working. She wanted to be ready in case she got
an invite. She loved eating at Trail Boss—she

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — cluding conspiracy to de-
Drugmaker Purdue Phar-
ma, the company behind
the powerful prescription
painkiller OxyContin that
experts say helped touch
off an opioid epidemic,
will plead guilty to federal
criminal charges as part
of a settlement of more
than $8 billion, the Justice
Department announced
Wednesday.
The deal does not re-
lease any of the company’s
executives or owners —
members of the wealthy
Sackler family — from
criminal liability, and a
criminal investigation is
ongoing. Family members
said they acted “ethically
and lawfully,” but some
state attorneys general
said the agreement fails to
hold the Sacklers account-
able.
The company will plead
guilty to three counts, in-
fraud the United States
and violating federal an-
ti-kickback laws, the offi-
cials said, and the agree-
ment will be detailed in a
bankruptcy court filing in
federal court.
The Sacklers will lose
all control over their com-
pany, a move already in
the works, and Purdue
will become a public ben-
efit company, meaning it
will be governed by a trust
that has to balance the
trust’s interests against
those of the American
public and public health,
officials said.
The settlement is the
highest-profile display yet
of the federal government
seeking to hold a major
drugmaker responsible
for an opioid addiction and
overdose crisis linked to
more than 470,000 deaths
in the country since 2000.
It comes less than two
weeks before a presiden-
tial election where the
opioid epidemic has taken
a political back seat to the
coronavirus pandemic and
other issues, and gives
President Donald Trump’s
administration an exam-
ple of action on the addic-
tion crisis, which he prom-
ised early on in his term.
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refused to call it Wagon Wheel. She was faithful to
the Brooksville United Methodist Church though
she grew up Presbyterian. She was generous
to her church, her family, and friends. She was
strong willed-Mr. Joe called her stubborn. She
refused to leave her home eleven years ago when
a young man shot thru the recliner in which she
was sitting. She moved to Elderly Care when she
was 100. She had a beautiful smile and was loved
by the aides and residents alike.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband of 56 years, Joe S. Marler; her son-in-law,
Butch Horne; two brothers, Pickens Norwood and
Eddie (Doc) Norwood; and five sisters, Lucille
Gilmore, Willie Mae Graham, Nita Ledbetter,
Laura Cunningham and Elizabeth Eskridge.
Miss Mary is survived by her daughter, Linda
Marler Horne of Brooksville; three nephews,
Jack Ledbetter (Betty), Malcolm Norwood and
Dr. Wm. Graham (Nancy); numerous nieces and
nephews and several great, great, great nieces
and nephews.
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Missing
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investigation into Nicholas Smith, a
freshman computer engineering ma-
jor, after his family reported him miss-
ing, Salter said. Smith was last seen
leaving his residence hall on Friday,
Mississippi
when a university camera shows he
State University
was wearing blue jeans, boots and a officials provid-
gray jacket and hoodie. ed this photo of
Salter said officials do not believe freshman Nich-
Smith is still on campus. Beyond that, olas Smith, who
he declined to release information on has been missing
the investigation while officials are still since Friday. The
talking with Smith’s family members. image is a still
“We are hopeful for a positive out- from a universi-
come,” Salter said in an emailed state- ty surveillance
ment to The Dispatch. camera showing
Smith is six feet tall and 130 pounds, Smith leaving his
with green eyes and shoulder-length residence hall the
last time he was
brown hair. MSU officials and Smith’s
seen on campus.
family supplied multiple photos of University officials
Smith, which are circulating social me- are asking any-
dia, and are asking for the public’s help one with informa-
searching for him. tion on Smith’s
Salter said anyone with information whereabouts to
on his whereabouts is asked to contact contact MSU Po-
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Pumpkin patch
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The Life Church across a game board.
Pumpkin Patch was “I like the corn maze
scheduled for Oct. 16 best,” his sister said. “I
through Halloween. didn’t even get lost.”
Aside from a scattering of Laketha watched her
pumpkins used to deco- kids run from one spot
rate scenes where people to another, trying out the
can take family photos, games.
the large pumpkins are “Halloween is going
conspicuously absent. to be a lot different this
The church decided to year,” she said. “We won’t
proceed on schedule sans be trick-or-treating. We’ll
pumpkins. stay home. I’m so glad
“Everything else was they are doing this. It
here so we just decided to gives kids something to
go ahead and open it up do.”
for anyone who wanted Brown said, the
to come out,” Brown Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff pumpkin situation not-
said. “We were initially The corn maze is one of the features of the Life Church withstanding, the church
shocked with how many Pumpkin Patch. The pumpkin patch is open daily
through Halloween. already considers the
people came on Sunday
event a success and plans
— probably 800 people,
“The pandemic has inter- Ziydon Cunningham, 7, to make it an annual of-
maybe even more.”
Even without the rupted so many things and Honour O’Neal, 6, to fering to the community.
pumpkins, there are that we thought this was the patch. “We see it as a great
plenty of attractions — a something we could do to Ziydon and Honour opportunity for outreach
corn maze, hayride and give families a safe, fun did not seem to notice the and service to the com-
kids train ride, along place to go.” absence of the pumpkins. munity,” Brown said. “We
with games, decorated Monday afternoon, “This is a fun place,” have the acreage and
hay bales and settings Laketha Cunningham Ziydon said as he pushed everything we need to do
suitable for fall/Hallow- brought her children, an oversized checker it, so why not?”
een-themed photos.
The pumpkin patch is
open from 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Monday through Satur-
day and from 1-7 p.m. on
Sunday. The pumpkins,
when they arrive, will be
available for sale. There
are also food and shave
ice vendors. Everything
else is free of charge.
The pandemic has
been much on the minds
of Life Church leadership
as it ministers to the
needs of its members and
the community.
“We thought it would
be something that could
bring the community
together,” Brown said.

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Columbus, West Point both bring losing streaks into Friday’s matchup
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
WEST POINT —
Chris Chambless doesn’t
know the last time the
West Point football team
lost two games in a row.
Inside the Green Wave
head coach’s office at the
team’s field house, where
championship posters
line the walls and signed
footballs adorn book-
shelves, it still feels odd
to even raise the subject.
But it’s an unusual reality:
West Point, the team that
doesn’t lose, has lost two
straight and is currently
out of the MHSAA Class
5A playoff picture.
“Our backs are against
the wall,” Chambless said.
“Everybody knows it.”
But despite consec-
utive defeats to Lake
Cormorant at home and
Grenada on the road in
overtime, the Green Wave
aren’t stressed. They’re
BULLDOGS START PRACTICE
Mississippi State head coach Ben Howland calls in the play he wants his team to run during the first half of their NCAA college basketball game
against Arkansas on Jan. 22 in Starkville.
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARK VILLE ––
There’s COVID-19 safe-
ty protocols, a gargantu-
an roster turnover and
schedule uncertainty all
popping up rapidly on
Mississippi State men’s
basketball coach Ben
Howland’s plate, but he
doesn’t mind.
As long as his team
remains on track for its
season opener against
Nov. 25, he’ll gladly take
any challenge thrown
his way.
“I’m excited about our
team,” Howland said.
“We have a good group.
Team bonding, I think
the team has never been
closer. You have no one
else you can be with, but
not packing it in. And
they’re not in panic mode,
either.
They’ve just gotten
back to work, knowing
that their final three reg-
ular-season games have
greater importance.
“Our guys have done
a great job this week of
refocusing themselves,”
Chambless said. “There’s
been a renewed sense of
urgency with our guys.”
West Point will first
put that to the test Friday
when struggling Colum-
bus (1-6) visits Hamblin
Stadium. The Falcons
have lost their past three
games after beating New
Hope 23-7 on Sept. 25,
but coach Joshua Pulphus
said he hopes to finish the
season strong.
“In life, you’re going
to have highs, and you’re
going to have lows, but it’s
how you handle it,” Pul-
phus said. “We’re at one of
our low moments, but we
MISSISSIPPI STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
your own team and your
teammates. Basically, if
you’re following proto-
col, you’re not out there
socializing and hanging
out and seeing a lot of
people if you’re smart.”
After a period of time
working out eight hours
a week on the court,
MSU has ramped up its
workload after official-
ly starting practice late
last week. Each member
of the team is being test-
ed for COVID-19 once a
week, and that number
will increase to three
when games start.
COVID-19 outbreaks
have made life difficult
for several college foot-
ball teams this fall, and
with contract tracing
protocols in place, the
testing requirements
can’t give up.”
Turnovers in the red
zone and a complacent
defense cost the Falcons
last week in a 28-0 home
loss to Lake Cormorant,
sending Columbus to 1-3
in Region 1-5A play. The
Green Wave are a game
above them at 2-2, while
the aforementioned Ga-
tors, Grenada, Lafayette
and Center Hill are all tied
at 3-1. The top four teams
make the playoffs, mean-
ing West Point has some
work to do if it wants to
win a fifth straight Class
5A title.
But Pulphus pointed
out that just because the
Green Wave — where he
was an assistant in 2018
— are having an off year
by their superlative stan-
dards, they aren’t objec-
tively doing poorly.
“They’ve lost three
games,” Pulphus said. West Point’s Jimothy Mays (3) looks for room past Columbus’ Kam Jenkins (3) in the
“I don’t consider them second quarter Oct. 25, 2019, in Columbus. The Green Wave will host the Falcons
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could be a logistical
nightmare for basket-
ball rosters that carry
13 scholarship players.
“It’s going to be re-
ally tough,” Howland
said of maneuvering
contact tracing proto-
cols. “That’s why we
started the season ear-
lier and gave ourselves
a little leeway to make
up a game or two at
the end of the season if
we have to. I hope that
doesn’t happen. I think
the way our school year
has been planned where
we’re done with school
prior to our first game,
that helps kind of create
a bubble because there’s
no one else going to be
around here.”
While the optimism
surrounds the start of
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the season consider-
ing the lack of students
on campus, coaches
around the Southeast-
ern Conference are
sweating letting players
go home for a few days
for Christmas. So much
so, that some have opt-
ed to keep their athletes
on campus through the
holidays, according to
Howland.
Safety protocols state
that if players leave
campus for the holidays,
upon return to school,
they must be tested be-
fore being cleared to
practice. SEC teams
are scheduled to start
an 18-game conference
schedule in late Decem-
ber. The sixth-year Mis-
sissippi State coach is
trying to find a window
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Jim Lytle/Dispatch file photo
for his players to get a
break, though.
“(The protocols)
makes sense, but it
makes Christmas break
much more difficult,”
Howland said. “I’ve talk-
ed to colleagues in the
league that say they’re
not going to have their
guys go home because
of that. I’d really like
to have our players get
a few days away from
basketball and spend
time with their families
during Christmas. I
think it’s an important
time. Hopefully it works
out and we can bring
them back in time. But
right after Christmas,
boom, we’re in confer-
ence.”
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Starkville High
School girls
basketball
enters 14-day
quarantine
BY DISPATCH STAFF
A day after the
Starkville High School
football team had to enter
a mandatory 14-day quar-
antine because of five
positive COVID-19 tests
within the program, an-
other sport at the school
will have to do the same.
The Yellow Jackets’
girls basketball team has
entered a 14-day quaran-
tine because of positive
COVID-19 tests, Athletic
Director Greg Owen con-
firmed to The Dispatch
on Wednesday. Owen
said the situation is in the
“early stages” and that
players and coaches are
in the process of getting
tested for the virus.
The Jackets will be
forced to cancel an Oct.
31 game in Tupelo and
will not be able to prac-
tice or compete until the
quarantine is over.
MSU safety
Peters likely
out for season
BY DISPATCH STAFF
Mississippi State ju-
nior safety Fred Peters
is likely done for the
season.
Speaking on the
Southeastern Confer-
ence football coaches
teleconference Wednes-
day afternoon, head
coach Mike Leach con-
firmed that Peters will
probably miss the rest
of the year and had un-
dergone surgery. Leach
did not disclose what
was being repaired.
“It’s killing me that
I won’t be able to go to
war with these boys no
more,” Peters wrote in a
tweet Wednesday morn-
ing. “I will come back
even harder next year.
I know they’re going to
hold it down for me.”
In four games this
season, the former
Jones College product
mustered 20 tackles,
one pass breakup, one
forced fumble and one
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Total package: Betts paying off big for Dodgers

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Tex-
as— Mookie Betts slid
headfirst across home
plate, then popped up
and did a double pump
with his right fist. An in-
ning later, he got to trot
around the bases after
going deep.
That big commitment
to Betts is already pay-
ing off for the Los An-
geles Dodgers this post-
season.
After run-saving
catches in three con-
secutive potential elimi-
nation games to get the
Dodgers this far, Betts
put his speed, instincts
and power on display in
Game 1 of the World Se-
ries. There was a Ruth-
like journey around the
bases to score — and
that was even before
his solo homer in an 8-3
win over the Tampa Bay
Rays on Tuesday night.
“Mookie is pretty
special,” said teammate
Clayton Kershaw, who
pitched six strong in-
nings for the win. “He
does things on a base-
ball field that not many
people can do and he
does it pretty consistent-
ly, which separates him
from a lot of guys.
“You might see one
game and not really ap-
preciate Mookie to his
full potential.”
Betts led off the
Dodgers fifth with a
walk and stole second
base. After NL Champi-
onship Series MVP Co-
rey Seager drew a walk
behind him, they pulled
off a double steal.
“That’s just another
element that Mookie
brings. He does a lot of
studying to be able to
create stress,” Dodgers
manager Dave Roberts
said.
Then, with the Rays
infield playing in, Max
Muncy hit a bouncer
to first baseman Yandy
Diaz, who threw on the
run after Betts broke
quickly for the plate. He
slid past the attempted
tag for a 3-1 lead.
“It’s just all practice,”
Betts said. “In BP, I run
the bases. In spring
training, we’re running
bases, constantly put-
ting in this work for this
time.”
The only other play-
er with a walk and mul-
tiple stolen bases in an
inning during a World
Series game was Babe
Ruth in 1921.
“Stolen bases are a
thing for me. That’s how
I create runs and create
havoc on the basepaths,”
Betts said.
“Once you get on the
bases, you’re not a hit-
ter anymore — you run
the bases. When you’re
in the outfield, you’re on
defense. I’m able to fo-
cus on the task at hand.”
When Betts led off
the sixth with an oppo-
site-field homer to right
to make it 7-1, that was
only his second career
postseason homer — the
other came in the 2018
World Series for Boston
in a five-game series win
over the Dodgers.
That made Betts
the first player to have
a home run, two sto-
len bases and two runs
scored in a World Series
game.
“I did a good job but
my main responsibili-
ty is to win a World Se-
ries,” Betts said. “That’s
all I’m trying to do.”
Los Angeles, which
won its last World Series
title in 1988, acquired
the four-time All-Star
and four-time Gold
Glove winner from the
Red Sox in February,
even agreeing to pay
Boston $48 million over
three years as part of
the deal. It also brought
the Dodgers left-hander
David Price, who opted
out of playing this sea-
son because of the coro-
navirus pandemic.
Already signed to a
$27 million, one-year
deal that would have
made the star right
fielder eligible for free
agency this offseason,
the 28-year-old Betts
agreed in July to a $365
million, 12-year contract
that includes a $65 mil-
lion signing bonus guar-
anteed against work
stoppages and short-
ened seasons such as
this one.
In the clinching
Game 7 of the Nation-
al League Champion-
ship Series two nights
earlier against the At-
lanta Braves, when the
Dodgers trailed 3-2 in
the fifth inning, Betts
sprinted 64 feet to the
wall and jumped with
his glove above the top
of the 8-foot wall to rob
leading NL MVP con-
tender Freddie Free-
man of a home run. The
Dodgers went on to win
that game 4-3.
There was also an
impressive catch in the
3-1 win in NLCS Game 6
when he robbed Marcell
Ozuna of extra bases to
end the fifth inning with
a runner on base. Betts
had a running, shoe-
string grab the game
before that to start a
double play that took
an Atlanta run off the
scoreboard.
“It’s so fun to watch
and we’re so lucky to
have him on our team,”
said Dodgers slugger
Cody Bellinger, who
also homered. “He does
all the little things right.
You can really learn
from that.”
For all Betts is doing
for the Dodgers this
postseason, they’re not
even the only ones ben-
efiting. His initial stolen
base against the Rays
secured everyone in
the nation a free taco as
part of Taco Bell’s annu-
al “Steal a Base, Steal a
Taco” promotion.
“I’m the most proud
of the contact play at
third,” Betts said. “Got a
run there and it was first
and third and we scored
a couple more. It kept
the line moving. It just
showed we don’t have to
hit home runs to be suc-
cessful.”

Rocky start to Dolphins’ QB transition to Tua

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI — The Mi-
ami Dolphins’ transition
to Tua Tagovailoa didn’t
start the way coach Brian
Flores intended, and de-
posed quarterback Ryan
Fitzpatrick said the sur-
prising timing left him
heartbroken.
Flores said he regret-
ted that most of his play-
ers found out about the
change through social
media rather than from
him, and said benching
Fitzpatrick was a difficult
decision.
“Fitz has done a great
job,” Flores said Wednes-
day. “But we felt like for
the team now, moving
forward, this is a move we
need to make.”
Tagovailoa, the fifth
pick in the April draft, will
make his first NFL start
on Nov. 1 against the Los
Angeles Rams after Mi-
ami’s bye this week.
The Dolphins (3-3)
have won their past two
games by a combined
score of 67-17, and Fitzpat-
rick said he was shocked
by the timing of his demo-
tion.
“It definitely caught
me off guard,” the 16-year
veteran said. “It was a
hard thing for me to hear.
Digesting the news, my
heart just hurt all day.
“This eventually was
going to happen; it was a
matter of when and not if.
It’s still a tough thing for
me to hear, and to now
have to deal with. But I’m
going to do my best.”
Flores told Fitzpatrick
and Tagovailoa of his de-
cision Tuesday, but the
news leaked before the
coach could share it with
other players.
“The one thing in this
situation that’s unfortu-
nate is that I didn’t get
a chance to address the
team before this was out
in the media,” Flores said.
“It’s not the way I or we
want to do business. Un-
fortunately, it’s kind of
the way of the world right
now.
“I’m not happy about
that at all. I’ll address
that to the team, and re-
ally apologize to them
that they had to find out
through social media. I
don’t think that’s fair to
them.”
Flores shed little light
on his reason to switch
quarterbacks now. Tagov-
ailoa made his NFL debut
during mop-up time last
week, completing both
passes in his first action
since suffering a serious
hip injury last November
that ended his Alabama
career.
Even Tagovailoa’s par-
ents were surprised to
hear of their son’s promo-
tion.
“They didn’t believe
me for a little bit,” Tagov-
ailoa said. “My dad joked,
‘After two throws, they
want to put you in?’”
The two Dolphins QBs
have what Tagovailoa
laughingly described as
a father/son relationship,
and they said that will
continue. But both agreed
that for the moment, the
situation is awkward.
“This profession is
interesting,” Fitzpatrick
said, “in that I basical-
ly got fired, and my day
of work today basically
consists of me in Zoom
meetings listening to the
guy that fired me, and
then locked in a room
with my replacement for
four hours. There aren’t a
whole lot of jobs like that.”
While the 37-year-old
Fitzpatrick is popular
with his teammates, cap-
tain Jerome Baker said
the locker room is excited
Flores is giving Tagov-
ailoa a chance to show
what he can do.
“We just put all our
trust in Flo,” Baker said.
“If he says Tua is the man
to lead us, we’re going to
go with it.”
Fitzpatrick, in his
second season with his
eighth NFL team, has
been characteristically
inconsistent this year. He
is fifth in the the league
in completion percentage
but third in interceptions
with seven.
“Fitz has been great for
the last year and a half,”
Flores said. “I don’t know
if there has been anybody
more instrumental in try-
ing to instill the culture
that we’re looking for. He
has made an impact on
Tua and a lot of other play-
ers on this team. I have a
great respect for him, and
that made this decision
very tough.”
Even so, it was a de-
cision anticipated since — they’re all making the
the day Miami drafted right decision and all on
Tagovailoa as a potential the same page. It’s a tough
franchise quarterback. offense to stop. I’m just go-
The cancellation of offsea- ing to come in and fit in
son drills and exhibition where I can.”
games because of the coro-
navirus slowed his NFL de-
velopment, and two weeks
ago, Flores said Tagovailoa
wasn’t ready to start.
Now he is.
“He has gotten more
comfortable,” Flores said.
“Accuracy, decision mak-
ing, all those things have
been good in practice.
Practice is very different
from games, but we’re
comfortable and confident
he’ll be able to be compet-
itive.”
Tagovailoa believes he’s
ready, too.
“Opportunities come,”
Tagovailoa said, “and when
they come, you’ve got to
take them and run with
them.”
Le’Veon Bell ready to roll
with Chiefs for first time
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Le’Veon Bell once carried
the ball a league-leading
321 times in a single sea-
son for the Pittsburgh
Steelers.
He doesn’t figure to
get nearly as many chanc-
es with the Kansas City
Chiefs.
That’s just fine with
the two-time All-Pro run-
ning back, though. Bell
has been the focal point
of defenses for the major-
ity of his career, whether
that was in Pittsburgh or
during his short stint with
the New York Jets. But now
Bell’s on a team with so
much offensive firepower
that he could only marvel
while watching them beat
the Buffalo Bills on Mon-
day night.
“I was just like, ‘This
is unbelievable,’” said
Bell, who had to return a
week’s worth of negative
COVID-19 tests before
joining his new team. He
took the practice field for
the first time Wednesday
ahead of Sunday’s game in
Denver.
“I was watching kind of
like, ‘As a defense, they’re
so tough to stop,’” Bell con-
tinued. “There’s so many
weapons. You have to pick
your poison. You have the
guys coaching, the offen-
sive line, the quarterback
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Lowe homers twice, Rays hold off Dodgers 6-4 to even Series
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas
— Brandon Lowe bust-
ed out early and Tampa
Bay’s bullpen hung on
late.
Rays and Dodgers,
tied in Texas.
Lowe shook loose
from his extended post-
season slump with two
opposite-field home
runs, and Tampa Bay
held off Los Angeles 6 -4
on Wednesday night to
square the World Series
at one game apiece.
“Yeah, those felt re-
ally good,” said Lowe,
a 2019 All-Star who led
the Rays with 14 homers
and 37 RBIs this season.
“It felt great to kind of
get back and contribute
to the team. You know,
they’ve been doing so
well for the past month
— it felt really good to
get back and actually
start doing stuff again.”
Blake Snell struck
out nine in 4 2/3 innings
for the Rays and didn’t
allow a hit until Chris
Taylor’s two-run homer
trimmed it to 5-2 in
the fifth. The Dodgers
threatened to complete
a big comeback in the
eighth, but Tampa Bay’s
relievers held firm.
Lowe and Joey Wen-
dle each drove in three
runs for the Rays.
Nick Anderson got
four outs for the win. Di-
ego Castillo earned the
save when he struck out
Taylor, the only batter
he faced.
Left-hander Aaron
Loup also did a nice job,
throwing a called third
strike past Cody Bell-
inger with a runner on
second to end the eighth
before retiring the first
two hitters in the ninth.
After an off day,
Game 3 in the best-of-
seven Series matches
two big-game pitchers
starting on extra rest
Friday night. Charlie
Morton gets the ball
for Tampa Bay against
Walker Buehler.
Lowe hit an oppo-
site-field solo homer to
left-center in the first off
Tony Gonsolin, putting
the American League
champion Rays ahead
for the first time at
this neutral-site World
Series with their 27th
home run of the post-
season, matching a ma-
jor league record. The
second baseman was
hitting .107 this post-
season, and in an even
worse 4-for-48 slide
(.083) the past 13 games
since the start of the AL
Division Series.
“Sometimes guys,
you’ve got to allow them
to go through some
tough patches, and he’s
been in one,” Rays man-
ager Kevin Cash said.
“He will go quiet for a
little while, but he can
get as hot as anybody in
baseball.”
By the time he
went deep again in the
fifth, his second oppo-
site-field shot of the
game and the entire sea-
son — with a runner on
against Dustin May, al-
ready the fourth Dodg-
ers pitcher — it was 5-0.
Will Smith and NLCS
MVP Corey Seager also
homered for the Dodg-
ers. Seager’s solo shot
in the eighth was his
seventh homer and 16th
RBI, extended the fran-
chise records he had
already set this postsea-
son. Those are also the
most homers by a short-
stop in any MLB post-
season.
Snell already had all
his strikeouts when he
walked Kiké Hernández
with two outs in the fifth
before Taylor, the No. 9
batter, homered on his
80th pitch. The Rays
ace was out of the game
two batters later, after
Mookie Betts walked
and Seager singled.
“He was outstand-
ing,” Cash said. “The
slider from my vantage
looked like it was a real-
ly good weapon for him.
He was awesome. Gave
us everything that we
needed.”
Anderson got out of
the jam with a strikeout
of Justin Turner.
The Dodgers knew
it would be primarily
a bullpen game using
various arms, instead of
bringing back Buehler
on short rest after ace
lefty Clayton Kershaw
threw six strong innings
in their 8-3 win Tuesday
night in Game 1.
Four of the first five
LA pitchers allowed
runs, with Dylan Floro
keeping a clean slate
after benefiting from a
nice defensive play and a
replay review that ended
the second. The Dodg-
ers were the first team
to use four pitchers
within the first four in-
nings of a World Series
game since the Oakland
Athletics against Cin-
cinnati in Game 3 of the
1990 World Series.
Gonsolin, the rookie
right-hander who start-
ed, allowed Lowe’s first
homer and was done af-
ter 1 1/3 innings. That
was the shortest start
in a World Series game
since San Francisco’s
Jake Peavy was done af-
ter giving up five runs
in 1 1-/ innings in a
10 -0 loss at Kansas City
in Game 6 of the 2014
World Series.
Snell threw only 10
pitches in a 1-2-3 first
that included strike-
outs of Betts and Turn-
er. After 11 of his first
15 pitches in the sec-
ond inning were balls,
among two walks and
a strikeout, the 2018 Al
Cy Young Award win-
ner retired the next 10
batters until the walk to
Hernández in the fifth.
The left-hander was
attacking with break-
ing pitches in the strike
zone, not his usual pat-
tern, since the Dodg-
ers don’t often chase.
But Los Angeles didn’t
get many bats on the
ball against him. But
less than a week after
an aggressive hook by
Cash to take Snell out of
Game 6 of the ALCS af-
ter four innings, he still
hasn’t completed six in-
nings in a game since
July 2019.
Smith homered for
Los Angeles in the sixth
off Anderson.
A bobble by Hernán-
dez at second base
proved costly, taking
away a potential in-
ning-ending double play
in the fourth before the
Dodgers changed pitch-
ers again and gave up
two runs.
With one out and
Randy Arozarena at
first, Ji-Man Choi hit a
grounder to Hernández,
and by time the second
baseman gathered the
ball to get the force,
Seager’s relay throw
was late. Manuel Mar-
got then greeted May,
the third reliever, with
a single before Wendle’s
two-run double into the
right-center gap for a
3-0 lead.
Wendle added a sacri-
fice fly in the sixth.
Up next
Rays: Morton faces
the first time since the
2017 World Series, when
he pitched the final four
innings for the Astros
in Game 7. Morton also
pitched in Game 4 that
Series, when he limited
LA to one run and three
hits while striking out
seven over 6 1/3 innings
— a game the Dodgers
won 6 -2 after a five-run
ninth.
Dodgers: Buehler’s
only previous World Se-
ries start was Game 3
against Boston in 2018,
when he threw seven
scoreless innings in the
only game the Dodgers
won against Betts and
the Red Sox in that Se-
ries.

Peters
Continued from Page 1B
forced fumble and one
fumble recovery.
With Peters now likely
unavailable the rest of the
way for a unit that leads
the SEC in total defense,
responsibilities will likely
fall on sophomore Collin
Duncan. It’s also conceiv-
able sophomore defensive
back Shawn Preston Jr.,
who’s seen most of his
time at Bulldog this fall,
could move over to the free
safety position.
Now in the midst of a
bye week, MSU is 1-3 on
the season with a date
against Alabama sched-
uled for Oct. 31. The Bull-
dogs opened their season
with an upset of then-No.
6 LSU in Baton Rouge
before dropping three-
straight contests.
The MSU defense cur-
rently ranks No. 17 nation-
ally in rush defense, No. 18
in pass defense and No.
32 in scoring defense.

MSU
Continued from Page 1B

Abdul, Johnson will
be eligible to
return next season
Earlier this month, the
NCAA granted a blanket
waiver of eligibility to all
winter athletes, meaning
seniors could come back
for the 2021-2022 season
should they choose. MSU
currently has two seniors
on the team: Abdul Ado,
who has been with the
team for three years, and
Louisiana graduate trans-
fer Jalen Johnson.
“I’m not sure if our se-
niors will elect to come
back or move on, but
if they elected to come
back, that won’t count
against our 13 scholar-
ships,” Howland said.
“So, it’s great. We’ll come
to that bridge at the end of
the year.”
Scheduling updates
Wednesday morning,
MSU announced it will
host Iowa State on Jan. 30
as part of the Big 12/SEC
Challenge. However, the
release of the full sched-
ule is still “a couple weeks
away,” according to How-
land. The NCAA declared
colleges are allowed to
play up to 27 regular sea-
son games this year.
“I think you’re a couple
of weeks away from see-
ing that from the confer-
ence office,” he said. “At
that time, we will have a
couple of other tweaks
to our non-conference
schedule to announce, so
it will all come out at one
time.”
The Bulldogs are
scheduled to open the
season against Clemson
on Nov. 25.
“Our first game
against live competition,
of seeing anybody else, is
Clemson,” Howland said.
“That’s tough, especial-
ly for a team as young as
ours. But it is what it is.
It’s the same for every-
body (without exhibi-
tions).

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Continued from Page 1B
struggling.”
Columbus, which
went 4-7 in Pulphus’ first
season as head coach,
would certainly take
a West Point-caliber
down season like 2020.
The Falcons are “trying
to get over the hump”
after COVID-19 short-
ened their offseason and
put them behind, and
they’ve performed poor-
ly in the fundamental
areas where they need
to be excelling, Pulphus
said.
“I don’t care who you
are: If you turn the ball
over — fumble, intercep-
tion, missed tackle —
you’re going to get beat
by anyone, not just the
West Points,” he said.
But West Point senior
defensive end Jaquari-
us Thomas expects the
Falcons to step up for a
chance at a win against
the 11-time MHSA A
champion Green Wave.
It’s the way it’s been for
the past several years as
West Point kept winning
and its reputation got
bigger, Thomas said.
“Just like any other
team playing West Point,
I know they’re going to
give us their best shot,”
he said.
Thomas said the
Green Wave must “lock
in” mentally and contain
Columbus quarterback
Ethan Conner to beat the
Falcons on Friday. West
Point has spy packag-
es it can deploy to keep
Conner from picking up
yardage on the ground if
needed.
“They have an athlet-
ic quarterback,” Thomas
said. “We have to be ath-
letic with him.”
West Point contained
Conner while Green
Wave running backs
Dantariyus Cannon and
Jimothy Mays reaped
the benefits last Octo-
ber, leading to a 35-6
West Point win in Co-
lumbus. Both rushers
and star Brandon Harris
have graduated, but ju-
nior linebacker Jykeon
Cunningham said his
confidence in his team’s
ability to score hasn’t
wavered.
“I’ve got a lot of faith
in our offense,” Cunning-
ham said. “We can do it.”
West Point faltered in
its overtime possession
against Grenada last Fri-
day after the Chargers
opened the extra period
with a score. The Green
Wave were stopped on
fourth down to end the
game, suffering their
second loss in as many
weeks.
Cunningham stated
the obvious: West Point
can’t afford a third.
“We just know we
have to bounce back,
stay humble, keep push-
ing and keep grinding
so we can get there,” he
said.
Thomas had an admit-
tedly bolder prediction:
West Point will rebound
by running the table
in the regular season
and winning in all four
rounds of the playoffs to
stretch its title streak to
five.
“We’re going to win
these next seven and get
home the gold ball,” he
said.
But getting off to a
good start begins — and
could just as promptly
end — with Columbus,
and the Falcons hope to
keep West Point’s slump
going when the two
teams meet Friday.
“We’re just excited to
get on the bus and go
play football,” Pulphus
said.
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Stan Van Gundy agrees to become New Orleans Pelicans’ coach

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the opportunity.
“It will be an honor to
Stan Van Gundy is work with our players and
headed to the New Orle- to work for Mrs. Benson
ans Pelicans, where he’ll and David Griffin, Trajan
take over a promising Langdon, their staff and
team that includes 2019 the great people of New
No. 1 overall draft pick Orleans,” Van Gundy
Zion Williamson and wrote. “I can’t wait to talk
reigning Most Improved to our players and get the
Player Brandon Ingram. process started.”
Van Gundy agreed to Among the players
a four-year contract, said he’ll talk to is veteran lock-
a person who spoke to
er-room leader JJ Redick,
The Associated Press on who spent his second
condition of anonymity through sixth NBA sea-
because the terms had not sons playing for Van Gun-
been revealed publicly. dy in Orlando. Redick has
The coach said on his readily credited Van Gun-
Twitter account Wednes- dy for helping him develop
day that he was “excited into a reliable double-digit
to join a talented New Or- scorer.
leans Pelicans team” and “In terms of intangibles
thanked team owner Gay- and characteristics I think
le Benson and others for any NBA player should
have, I think he taught
me those things and he
reinforced those things
in me — professionalism,
accountability ... not tak-
ing any nights off, all that
stuff, because he lives
that,” Redick said of Van
Gundy in 2016, when he
played for the Los Angeles
Clippers and Van Gundy
was coaching Detroit. “I
see how hard he works,
how much he invests in his
craft, and so as a player,
playing for him, you really
have no choice but to do
the same.”
In New Orleans, Van
Gundy will replace Alvin
Gentry, who was let go
after the Pelicans missed
this season’s playoffs. Part
of the problem for the Pel-
icans this season was that
Williamson missed most
of the season; he averaged
22.5 points and 6.3 re-
bounds per game on 58%
shooting, albeit in only 24
games.
The Pelicans were
30-42 this past season,
getting to the NBA’s re-
start bubble at Walt Dis-
ney World but falling well
short of the playoffs. They
have a promising young
core with Williamson, In-
gram, Lonzo Ball, Jaxson
Hayes and Nickeil Alexan-
der-Walker, plus current-
ly hold four picks in this
year’s draft.
Van Gundy, 61, is a sea-
soned coach with a more
traditional and direct style
of communicating with
players. His task now is
to get Williamson and a
largely young supporting
cast to buy into a vision
that is bound to emphasize
defense as much, if not
more, than pace of play.
Van Gundy spent parts
of 12 seasons coaching
Miami, Orlando and De-
troit, winning 58% of his
games and going to the
playoffs eight times. He
was Dwyane Wade’s first
coach in Miami after Pat
Riley’s surprise resigna-
tion in the fall of 2003,
then stepped down from
the Heat job 21 games into
the 2005-06 season — the
year Miami went on to win
its first championship.
He won 66% of his
games in five seasons in
Orlando, taking the Mag-
ic to the 2009 NBA Finals
against the Los Angeles
Lakers and going to the
playoffs in each of those
seasons. His firing from
the Magic in 2012 came
after a season in which
he said he’d been told by
management that Dwight
Howard wanted him fired.
And then his four sea-
sons in Detroit were large-
ly a struggle — three los-
ing seasons, the best year
in that run being a 44-38
season where the Pistons
got swept from the play-
offs.
But a common theme
in Van Gundy’s coaching
career is solid defense. In
eight of his seasons, his
teams ranked in the top
10 defensively, including
the 2008-09 Magic that
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Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My sister-in-
law “Brenda”
often takes it
upon herself to
change a baby’s
diaper during
social gatherings
with family. She
never bothers to
ask the baby’s
parents if it’s OK
to do this, and
ZITS they never solicit
her help. For
years, I found it
a bit strange, but
never said any- Dear Abby
thing to Brenda or
another family member.
Some time ago, my in-laws
and immediate family were
at my son’s baptismal party.
Several babies from my wife’s
side as well as my own were
there. My wife’s relatives aren’t
well-acquainted with mine.
Before our wedding, neither of
GARFIELD our families had ever met the
other.
During the festivities, my
wife’s niece — who was still in
diapers — appeared to have a
full load in her back side. Her
parents were in another room.
Without informing them of the
issue or asking permission,
Brenda took it upon herself to
change the diaper. The child’s
mother walked into the room
and began to loudly scold
Brenda for doing it without her
CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
22). You’ve an excellent sense
for which door will open to the
thrilling path. Marvels, myster-
ies and magic are in store for
the next 12 months. Something
you’ve waited on will finally be
yours in January, including a
financial boon for your patience.
You’ll win a contest or land a
coveted position in early 2021.
Virgo and Capricorn adore you.
BABY BLUES Your lucky numbers are: 5, 16,
33, 28 and 42.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). It is as difficult for people
who feel dominated to love or
respect their aggressor as it is
for aggressive people to love or
respect those who will submit
to them. There is no true affinity
without equality.
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
consent. You
could see the
mother was upset
and scared, since
she did not know
Brenda at all.
After the
party ended, my
family couldn’t
understand why
the child’s mother
became so upset.
They thought she
was some kind of
nut for reacting
the way she did. I
fully understand
why the mother
became upset.
Given the fact that she doesn’t
know Brenda, and that one
must clean the baby’s private
parts when changing a diaper,
I don’t understand why Brenda
would take this upon herself.
What’s your opinion, Abby? —
STRANGE IN THE EAST
DEAR STRANGE: What your
sister-in-law did may have been
fine with her own family, but
for her to have changed the
diaper of a child whose parents
she didn’t know well (and from
whom she didn’t have per-
mission!) was inappropriate. I
don’t fault the mother for being
upset. Rather than blame her
for reacting the way she did, it’s
time someone explains bound-
aries to Miss Brenda.
DEAR ABBY: Being bored
due to the quarantine, I signed
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
There are certain themes that
pass through your experience
and conversations, subjects
that come up so predictably
you don’t give them a second
thought, though they are most
worthy of your consideration
now.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You could control it all today,
but it wouldn’t be as fun. In-
clude some indeterminacy into
your world by letting someone
or something else decide what
direction you head in, ala coin
toss, bottle spin, random
draw...
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Today, the world is a puzzle
that will come together just
as soon as you decide what
up to Classmates.com to look
for old friends. Moments later
I received a response from a
male classmate. We gradu-
ated the same year. I really
don’t remember him, although
he said he remembered me.
Anyway, we started texting and
exchanging graduation pictures.
He still lives in our hometown; I
don’t. We have started talking
almost every day.
My problem is, we have so
many things in common, from
family to same make of car
and insurance company, I have
started getting a creepy feeling.
It freaked me out to the point
that I blocked him.
He was always respectful,
but for us to have so much in
common made my stomach
lurch. Do you think this is
possible? Or is there a chance
he could be stalking me? —
FREAKED OUT
DEAR FREAKED: It could be
coincidental that you have so
much in common, but I would
never advise anyone who had
a gut feeling that something
wasn’t right to ignore it. Listen
to your intuition and you will
never go wrong.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother,
Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles,
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the picture is supposed to be.
Determine the meaning and all
the supporting evidence will fall
into place.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
You’re able to detach and be ob-
jective about your situation. In
an act of self-ethnography, you
will document your observations
of yourself as though you were a
foreign culture.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Sacrifice is admirable under
the right circumstance though
if it’s the default mode and is
happening basically of the time,
it’s not generous so much as
pathological. Today’s priority
should be you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You can take the fact that
everyone is trying to steal your
attention as a clue to exactly
how valuable it is, which is to
say extremely. Attention makes
things happen. Direct it carefully
now.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Don’t worry about how
many you’ve got on board right
now. When you’re trying to do all
you can to make the project go,
remarkable people will come to
your aid.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). The game isn’t rigged; it’s
just random and unpredictable.
If there’s one outcome for you,
and another for someone else,
don’t assume that there’s any
rhyme or reason to that. Do
what you can with what you
have.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Just when you thought
you knew what you were good
at, you find out that you have
a natural knack for something
heretofore unconsidered.
Amazing!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). What you really care about
is hidden from you. Where does
your mind flow? What captures
your interest the longest? May-
be it’s not exactly that, but it’s
buried inside of it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). To take on a creative proj-
ect, however small, is to affirm
your ability to take a thing from
nothing to something. It doesn’t
matter how well the “some-
thing” turns out, it only matters
that you move forward through
uncertainty.

Come down to earth

SOLUTION:
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Business
Pandemic relief bill faces
uncertainty in postelection session
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Negotiations
on a COVID-19 relief bill are inch-
ing forward, but it’s clear the win-
dow for action before the Nov. 3
election is closing and the issue will
be tossed to a postelection lame-
duck session of Congress.
The only thing that seems cer-
tain beyond that is uncertainty,
with Capitol Hill veterans caution-
ing against expecting a quick and
smooth resolution for an aid pack-
age that has tied Washington in
knots for months.
Treasury Secretary Steven
Mnuchin and House Speaker Nan-
cy Pelosi spoke again Wednesday
but her office signaled no real prog-
ress, and she acknowledged for the
first time publicly that the measure
won’t pass before the election.
President Donald Trump’s chief
of staff, Mark Meadows, accused
Pelosi of slow-walking the talks.
Trump’s most powerful Senate
GOP ally, Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, is warning against a
costly deal that could drive a wedge
between the president and his fel-
low Republicans.
No one knows whether Election
Day will bring much more clarity.
“I’m never very optimistic about
the lame duck and I’ve never been
surprised,” said Sen. Roy Blunt,
R-Mo. “You don’t get near as much
done as you think you’re going to
get done.”
Those Republicans willing to
speculate about a Trump loss in
two weeks say not to expect much,
either.
“I think Democrats would want
to wait until the new president is
sworn in and do it then and I think
Republicans probably would say ...
the economy’s taking care of it,”
said Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa.

Report: Tax records show Trump tried to land China projects

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — agement LLC, which the
President Donald Trump
spent a decade unsuccess-
fully pursuing projects in
China, operating an office
there during his first run
for president and forging
a partnership with a major
gover nment- cont rolled
company, The New York
Times reported Tuesday.
China is one of only
is controlled by Trump
International Hotels Man-
tax records show paid
$188,561 in taxes in Chi-
na while pursuing licens-
ing deals there from 2013
to 2015.
In response to ques-
tions from The Times,
Alan Garten, a lawyer for
the Trump Organization,
said the company had
“opened an account with
and, since 2015, the office
has remained inactive,”
Garten said. “Though the
bank account remains
open, it has never been
used for any other pur-
pose.”
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beautiful rugs, brass
Community grid
given
with several
1 to 9 in the empty spaces 6 3 1 8 2 5 4 7 9
so thatnumbers. The 5 7 2 4 6 9 8 3 1
each row, each
object
column and each 3x3 the
is to place box 8 4 9 1 3 7 5 2 6
accessories, oriental Ads starting at $12 numbers
contains the1same
to 9 number
in
pieces, and so much
more. This is the finest the empty spaces so 4 9 7 6 5 8 3 1 2
Special Notices only once. The difficulty 3 1 8 7 9 2 6 4 5
of the finest. Tons of that each row, each
kitchen pieces including level increases from
Looking for David E. Yeates column and each 2 5 6 3 4 1 9 8 7
cookware and dishes.
Anyone knowing the Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday. Difficulty Level 10/21
Washer and Dryer,
several dining rooms whereabouts of David E. the same number only once. The difficulty level
attorney Chris Leger at 504 increases from Monday to Sunday.
sets, leather furniture, Yeates, please contact
fine lamps, and so
much more! Bedroom −534−3255.
Suits of Every size.
Books, Records, 8 Travel & Entertainment
tracks, tons of MSU
items, and SO MUCH
MORE. The shop is the PUBLIC CATFISH POND
best we have had lately. 130 Hillcrest Dr
TOOLS, TOOLS, and Catfish contest Oct. 1−
MORE TOOLS! This 31. $200 for most
house is packed. weight. $100 for Big
We do pre sales! Fish. 2 drawings for
For more info, call $50 valued prizes. Call
662−321−1261 662−386−8591 for
details.
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Pets
Garage Sales: Caledonia Big Puppies For Sale:
Two large breed Standard
3166 Cal−Vernon Road. Poodle cross, 12 wk old
Thursday, Friday and puppies for sale. Wormed,
Saturday. 8am to 5pm. vaccinated, vet checked
and very healthy. They have
Plus size clothes, Baby
long white curly hair with
items, household items
tan and gray spots around
and misc items.
the face and ears. 1 male,
1 female, very smart with
Garage Sales: Other
gentle temperament and
lots of energy. Located in
Moving Sale: Saturday,
October 24th. We will have Crawford, MS. $350.
626−590−2584
various items for sale.
Starting at 7am until. 66
Betty Drive, off of Spivey Lost & Found Pets
Road in Columbus.
RED LAB with white spot
on his chest & MS State
collar. Lost from Magnolia
Merchandise
Cir near Longhorns. Call
662−328−2725.
Ads starting at $12
Five Questions:
Firewood / Fuel
1 “Stairway
FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
Various lengths.
to Heaven”
662−295−2274.
General Merchandise
2 Chicago
Mobile Home Frames
ACROSS
2 Mobile Home Frames for
$500 Each. 30 Free
1 Pleased
Concrete Blocks w/ Each
5 Sentimental
Frame
3 “Blade person
10 Script unit
Runner”
11 Prosper
12 Nick and
Nora’s dog
4 Penguin
13 Carter’s
successor
Shop 14 Event for
5 Houston
overseas sol-
Classifieds
diers
Astrodome 16 Rapid plunge
20 Gallery star
23 Fanciful poem
24 Knee, e.g.
25 Secluded Bart’s sister Bonheur
valleys
27 Invite
3 Against 22 Polynesian
4 Bought and idol
28 Political trip sold 25 Twofold
Painting & Papering
29 Reading, for
one
5 Beach find
6 Some exams
26 Last in a row
28 Ceiling sup-
QUALITY PAINTING.
32 Desperation 7 Pear-shaped porter
football pass fruit 30 Tibet’s capital
Ext/Int Painting.
Sheet Rock Hang, Finish & 36 Church sights 8 Dam org. 31 Less common
Free Estimates. Ask for
40 Social service
9 Hankering 33 Skilled
specials! Larry Webber, 11 Characteristic 34 Speckled
662−242−4932. 41 Cabbage dish 15 Play group horse
42 Painter 17 Tyler’s suc- 35 Evergreen
Painting & Papering Degas cessor shrubs
SULLIVAN’S PAINT 43 Some bills 18 Goofing off 36 Had lunch
SERVICE DOWN 19 Egg setting 37 Was ahead
1 Glitter rock
Special Prices. 20 Open a bit 38 Price place
Interior & Exterior Painting.
662−435−6528 2 Maggie and 21 Painter
sodding & bush hogging.
662−356−6525
Plumbing
ACME, INC.
Don’t have time Stan McCown
to keep your lawn? "We fix leaks."
Natural gas & water.
Find help here! 662−386−2915