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Group works to get historically Black cemetery ‘on the map’

Local activists, academics hope to highlight
Starkville’s African-American cemeteries
BY TESS VRBIN “There is a whole slave
tvrbin@cdispatch.com cemetery in Starkville that
does not have a point on Ap-
Shane Miller and Molly ple Maps or on Google Maps,”
Zuckerman perked up when MSU student Jala Douglas told
an organizer of Starkville’s ra- the audience of thousands.
cial justice protest mentioned “You can’t find this anywhere
a local cemetery during the unless you’re walking past it.
rally at the Mississippi State We’re going to change that.”
University Amphitheatre on The cemetery in question
June 6. See CEMETERY, 6A

Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff

LEFT: Wier family headstones, as shown on Monday at Odd Fellows Cemetery off of Highway 182 in Starkville. Robert and Sadye Wier both advocated to preserve the Odd Fellows
Cemetery during their lifetimes. Robert organized citizens into a cemetery association that raised funds for preservation in 1955. Sadye helped get a Mississippi Highway Depart-
ment historical marker placed on the property in 1979, according to a Historic Starkville sign posted at the entrance to the cemetery. RIGHT: The headstone of Rosa Stewart, as
shown on Monday at Odd Fellows Cemetery off of Highway 182 in Starkville. Stewart was an English teacher and civil rights activist. Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary is partial-
ly named after her. A group of Starkville activists, including anthropology professors from Mississippi State, are planning a project to get a historic marker for nearby Brush Arbor
Cemetery, in hopes of highlighting Brush Arbor, Odd Fellows and other historic African-American cemeteries in the area.

Beck to become
‘Love always finds a way’ Columbus-Lowndes
Dating apps, websites draw increased chamber director
Zachary’s restaurant manager
traffic in Golden Triangle during pandemic to succeed Lisa James
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com

It took the Colum-

bus-Lowndes Chamber of
Commerce less than two
weeks to find a successor
for Lisa James as its new
presdient.
Restaurant manager Wil-
son Beck was announced as
the new leader of the cham- Beck
ber Monday, following the
June 10 resignation of James, who is mov-
ing to Texas as her husband continues his
Air Force career.
Although new to the position, Beck
is no stranger to the Columbus retail
business community. He comes to the
new position from Zachary’s Restaurant
where, as general manager, he helped the
restaurant eclipse $1 million in annual
sales. Prior to that, he worked at Ashley
Furniture and BancorpSouth.
“The experience I have obtained serv-
ing this city through the years has provid-
Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff
ed me with a skill set that I feel perfectly
Liz Petro looks at her Tinder profile for a photo illustration on Monday in Starkville. Use of dating apps and websites
fits the chamber’s mission of Connect,
has vastly increased, nationwide and in the Golden Triangle, since COVID-19 brought quarantines and social distanc-
ing guidelines. Support, Grow,” Beck said. “I will be a
strong voice for business in Lowndes
County. I am excited to meet all of the
BY TESS VRBIN would land on any Top 100 lists, app again in the first place.” current members and carry on the stel-
AND GARRICK HODGE but it would be the closest thing Bates said he is trying to stop lar reputation set by Lisa James and her
tvrbin@cdispatch.com, using Bumble and Tinder, two
to resembling the truth if several management of the Columbus-Lowndes
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Golden Triangle residents using popular dating apps. But he and Chamber of Commerce.”

I
n 1977, musician John Paul
Young first released the hit
song “Love Is in the Air.”
If a musician tried to write lyrics
to detail the virtual dating scene
in the Golden Triangle amidst the
COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic,
they probably would have a differ-
ent message.
It’s not likely a song titled
“Boredom, Loneliness and Minor
Shreds of Optimism Are in the Air”
dating websites and apps are to be
believed.
“If I get a match or something,
it’s like, ‘Oh, cool’ and there’s that
little release of dopamine in your
brain,” said Cody Bates, a 24-year-
old graduate student at Mississippi
State University. “Then you start
talking with some of these people,
and nine out of 10 (times), it’s just
a super dry conversation and I end
up asking myself why I’m on this
other users agree that activity and
matches on the apps increased in
March and April when the pandem-
ic started restricting activity both
locally and nationally. Gov. Tate
Reeves implemented a “shelter
in place” order in early April that
lasted most of the month.
Since then, activity on dating
sites has increased, both local-
ly and nationally. According to
See DATING, 3A
The CLCC operates under the umbrel-
la of the Golden Triangle Development
LINK.
LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins said
Beck’s energy and enthusiasm made him
an appealing candidate for the chamber
director position.
“Wilson has been a major asset to
Doug (Pellum, Zachary’s owner) and
the Zachary’s team, and we see great po-
tential in his transition to the Chamber,”
Higgins said. “He has great energy and
has experience as a Chamber member
that will serve the membership well.”

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A Thousand Words
Keira Davis, 7, watches as her dad, Greg Davis, washes the car on Thursday at Hancock Carwash in Brooksville.
Keira’s mom, Viola, also came to the carwash with them.
ELECTION 2020
Election chaos renews focus on gutted Voting Rights Act
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — When
some Georgia voters en-
dured a pandemic, pour-
ing rain and massive waits
earlier this month to cast
their ballot, President
Donald Trump and other
Republicans blamed local
Democrats for presiding
over chaos.
“Make no mistake, the
reduction in polling plac-
es is a result of a concert-
ed effort by Democrats to
push vote-by-mail at the
expense of in-person vot-
ing,” said Justin Clark, the
Trump campaign’s senior
counsel. “Nothing more
and nothing less.”
But the meltdown was
also a manifestation of a
landmark Supreme Court
case that gutted a key pro-
vision of the Voting Rights
Act. The 2013 decision —
Shelby County v. Holder
— was heralded by con-
servatives at the time for
invalidating a longstand-
ing “preclearance” pro-
cess that required certain
states and jurisdictions
with high minority popu-
lations and a history of dis-
crimination to get federal
approval for any changes
to voting procedures.
Seven years later, the
fallout from that decision
is colliding with unprece-
dented changes to the way
elections are being con-
ducted. In response to the
coronavirus, many states
are encouraging mail-in
voting. That — combined
with a reduction in poll
workers — has prompted
the consolidation of polling
places.
That reduction would
have been much harder to
pull off in Georgia without
the Supreme Court deci-
sion. Voting rights advo-
cates are braced for more
potential trouble on Tues-
day when another round of
states hold elections.
In Kentucky, the
planned reductions in poll-
ing places are even sharp-
er than Georgia, with few-
er than 200 across a state
that usually has nearly
3,700, prompting worries
especially about the state’s
most populous cities where
Kentucky’s nonwhite pop-
ulation is concentrated.
Meanwhile, Trump has
railed against voting by
mail, arguing without evi-
dence that it could contrib-
ute to fraud. Conservatives
are trying to use an Ari-
zona case over absentee
voting to further weaken
the Voting Rights Act.
And concerns are mount-
ing across the ideological
spectrum that the chang-
ing nature of elections
could leave some Ameri-
cans questioning the re-
sult in November.
“Everything is happen-
ing at once right now,” said
University of Georgia law
professor Lori Ringhand,
citing the pandemic, states
like Georgia moving to
1 city, 1 voting place:
Kentucky braces for
lines in primary
LOUISVILLE, Ky.
— With only one poll-
ing place designated for
Louisville on Tuesday,
voters who didn’t cast
mail-in ballots or show
up early could face long
lines in Kentucky’s pri-
mary election, the latest
to unfold in a pandemic
that’s triggered unprec-
edented election disrup-
tions across the country.
The outcome of a
competitive Democrat-
ic U.S. Senate primary
could hang in the bal-
ance if Election Day
turnout is hampered in
Louisville — the home-
town of Charles Booker,
who’s mounted a strong
late challenge against
presumed front-runner
Amy McGrath.
“If Charles Booker
barely loses, I think the
integrity of that election
is in question,” Repub-
lican state Rep. Jason
Nemes said Monday.
The primary’s winner
will go against Senate
Republican leader Mitch
McConnell, who isn’t ex-
pected to see a serious
GOP primary challenge,
in November.
The state’s Republi-
can secretary of state,
Michael Adams, said
he’s “cautiously opti-
mistic” long lines won’t
force people in Louis-
ville to wait hours be-
fore voting. Early voting
opened statewide two
weeks ago. That, along
with strong demand for
absentee ballots, could
spare people in Louis-
ville or elsewhere from
long waits, Adams said
Monday.
Nemes sued to get
more in-person voting
locations in the state’s
most populous counties.
A federal judge denied
new voting machines and
years of legal wrangling
over racial discrimina-
tion and election security.
“It’s just a perfect storm
happening in a political
environment that has polit-
icized the very act of mak-
ing voting either easier or
harder.”
Democrats worry that
the GOP goal is to make
voting harder. Trump is
especially critical of moves
that would expand voting
by mail and warned with-
out evidence on Monday
that foreign countries may
try to print ballots.
“That’s going to be
Trump’s mantra through
September, October:
‘They’re going to try to
steal the election!’” said
Terry McAuliffe, the for-
mer Virginia governor
and onetime Democratic
National Committee chair-
man.
Georgia Democratic
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Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff
stand the court’s scrutiny,
the request days before
said Ringhand, is for Con-
the election.
The surge of absen-
gress to set standards that
apply nationally.
tee ballots could cause
waits of another sort A White House spokes-
Tuesday, as some coun- man declined to comment
ties have said they won’t when asked whether
release vote totals before Trump might ever pursue
June 30. a Voting Rights Act update.
Kentucky turned The previous require-
to widespread mail-in ments were a key voting
absentee voting in an rights tool because it
agreement between the turned a usual legal prin-
Democratic governor ciple on its head. Litigants
and Adams in response usually must wait until af-
to the coronavirus out- ter some harmful action
break. But many voters before asking a court for
not requesting absen- relief, but “preclearance”
tee ballots will head to put the burden on gov-
the polls Tuesday. Each ernment officials to prove
county submitted a plan their proposed election
to the state on how many rules would not harm mi-
polling places to open.
nority voters.
The state’s primary is
typically in late May but
was delayed.
Many states pushed
their elections back to
manage an onslaught
of poll worker cancella-
tions and consolidation
of polling places. They
also sought time to push
more voters to cast ab-
sentee ballots.
New York also has a
primary Tuesday and
has consolidated some
polling sites. Erie Coun-
ty — home to the state’s
second-largest city, Buf-
falo — will see 40% fewer
polling sites.
State board of elec-
tions spokesman John
Conklin said he hopes
the consolidation plan
will have “minimal” im-
pact on voter turnout
and access.
State election work-
ers were trying to get 1.8
million absentee ballots
to New Yorkers. County
boards of elections have
scrambled to process 11
times as many ballot ap-
plications as they did for
the 2016 primaries with-
out extra state funding,
Conklin said.
SOURCE: AP
Party Chairwoman Ni-
kema Williams said the
anxiety among many in
her party is a reminder
that a full-strength Vot-
ing Rights Act is needed,
though she accepts that
federal law won’t change
before November.
“Your right to vote
should not depend on your
zip code, what county you
live in,” she said.
Joe Biden, the presump-
tive Democratic presiden-
tial nominee, has called
for restoring the Voting
Rights Act, but he has not
released detailed propos-
als.
A key question is wheth-
er to attempt a new version
of “preclearance” by updat-
ing the formula used to de-
cide what states and local
areas must submit to the
process, since that formula
is what the Supreme Court
ruled impermissible. The
path more likely to with-
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AROUND THE STATE

Mississippi posts
Miss. Gov. Tate Reeves rejects COVID-19 data
‘separate but equal’ 2-flag plan after 5-day delay
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
‘I don’t believe it would satisfy either side of this THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JACKSON — Mis-
sissippi Republican
Gov. Tate Reeves
said Monday that he’s
against having two
state flags — the cur-
rent banner with the
Confederate battle
emblem that critics Reeves
see as racist, and a
yet-to-be-determined
design that would
erase Confederate im-
ages.
“Over the weekend
there has been a pro-
posal floating amongst
some in the Legisla- Ford
ture to create a second
Mississippi flag. Let’s call it the ‘Sep-
arate but Equal’ flag option,” Reeves
said Monday on social media.
He said having two flags would
further divide the state.
“I don’t believe it would satis-
fy either side of this debate, and I
don’t think it is a viable alternative,”
Reeves said.
Confederate symbols have come
under increased scrutiny in recent
weeks amid protests against racial
injustice across the United States,
and monuments are being toppled in
some states. Mississippi has the only
state flag that includes the Confeder-
ate battle emblem, a red field topped
by a blue X with 13 white stars.
White supremacist Mississippi
lawmakers set the flag design in
1894 during the backlash to politi-
cal power that African Americans
gained during Reconstruction. Peo-
ple who voted in a 2001 statewide
election chose to keep the flag, but
the rebel symbol has remained divi-
sive in a state with a 38% Black pop-
ulation.
Mississippi legislators have the
power to change the flag, just as they
have changed other state symbols.
Several years ago when Reeves was
lieutenant governor and was presid-
ing over the state Senate, legislators
added “In God We Trust” to the state
seal.
Reeves, however, has said repeat-
edly that if the flag is going to be
redesigned, he thinks it should be
debate, and I don’t think it is a viable alternative.’
‘We want one unifying flag that does not incorporate
Confederate symbols or connotations.’
Democratic Sen. Angela Turner Ford of West Point
done in another statewide election.
He said Monday on social media that
“any attempt to change the current
Mississippi flag by a few politicians
in the Capitol will be met with much
contempt.”
The Legislative Black Caucus
said in a statement Monday that
legislators should vote to change
the flag during the current session,
which is set to end in a few days.
“We want one unifying flag that
does not incorporate Confederate
symbols or connotations,” said the
caucus chairwoman, Democratic
Sen. Angela Turner Ford of West
Point. “Our constituents, student
athletes and businesses deserve bet-
ter.”
A white Republican statewide
elected official, Insurance Commis-
sioner Mike Chaney, said Monday
that the current state flag needs to
be “retired and replaced” because it
does not achieve “a common broth-
erhood of our citizens.”
Some people and businesses have
been flying a flag designed in 2014
by Jackson artist Laurin Stennis.
It has red vertical stripes on either
end with a white field in the center
topped by a 19 small blue stars en-
circling a large blue star that rep-
resents Mississippi as the 20th state.
Stennis is the granddaughter of
the late U.S. Sen. John C. Stennis,
who retired in 1989 after being a
segregationist for most of his four
decades in Washington. While she
rejects that part of her grandfather’s
mindset, some critics have said Mis-
sissippi should not adopt a state flag
that has commonly been called the
“Stennis flag” in recent years.
Laurin Stennis said Sunday on
Twitter that she is stepping away
from the effort to change the state
flag “as I understand the hurt and
potential harm my last name can
cause.” The flag she designed has
JACKSON — The Mississippi Depart-
ment of Health reported 1,646 new cases
Gov. Tate Reeves
of coronavirus and 40 deaths on Monday,
after a five-day delay in posting figures
online.
The numbers represent new cases and
deaths that occurred in the state between
been rebranded as the “hospitality Wednesday and Sunday. Two of the 40 re-
flag.” ported deaths happened between May 25
Other people have proposed a and June 7 and were identified from death
variation on the flag Stennis de- certificate reports, officials said.
signed, with a circle of blue stars Mississippi’s total number of
around a magnolia, the state flower. COVID-19 cases since March 11 now
Reeves is not the first person to stands at 22,287, with 978 deaths. There
use “separate but equal” to describe are 485 Mississippians hospitalized with
plans for two state flags. White pol- confirmed COVID-19 infection. Missis-
iticians in the U.S. used the phrase sippi has a population of about 3 million.
decades ago to try to justify keep- Monday’s delay is not the first time offi-
ing racially segregated schools. cials have been slow to post daily corona-
The U.S. Supreme Court declared virus numbers in Mississippi. Health Of-
the doctrine unconstitutional for ficer Dr. Thomas Dobbs has apologized
schools in 1954. repeatedly in recent weeks for delays, cit-
All eight of Mississippi’s public ing the state’s outdated software system.
universities stopped flying the state
In a Facebook post Monday, Depart-
flag years ago because of the Con-
ment officials again blamed the software
federate emblem. Several cities and
for the most recent reporting delays.
counties have also removed it. Sev-
eral business groups have said the “We appreciate the importance of de-
state should drop the Confederate tailed data reporting, and we are working
image from the banner, including to resume timely, accurate and detailed
the politically conservative Delta reports as soon as possible,” the post
Council, which represents business reads.
people and farmers. The delays come as other Southern
Mississippi faces additional pres- states including Florida and Texas have
sure because the NCA A on Friday reported a spike in coronavirus infections
expanded its policy banning states in recent days. Cases in Florida surpassed
with prominent Confederate sym- 100,000 on Monday.
bols from hosting its sponsored The Mississippi Health Department
events. That happened a day after marked its own significant rise in cases
the Southeastern Conference made last Wednesday, when it reported 489
a similar declaration aimed at the more infections and 23 more deaths than
Mississippi flag. it had the day before — one of the larg-
The current NCA A ban, in place est single-day increases since the start of
since 2001, applies to what the the pandemic in March. The deaths hap-
NCA A calls predetermined sites,
pened between May 23 and June 11, but
such as for men’s basketball tourna-
had not been counted previously because
ment games.
Mississippi is the only state cur- of delayed death certificates.
rently affected by the policy. The ex- On Twitter, Gov. Tate Reeves described
panded ban is supported by all eight the jump as “a large number by any mea-
public universities in the state. It sure.”
means that even when sites of NCA A “I’m concerned that people are losing
events are determined by perfor- interest in the effort to keep each oth-
mance, as they are in baseball, wom- er safe,” Reeves wrote Wednesday. “We
en’s basketball and softball, Missis- are all tired and ready to be done, but
sippi schools will not be permitted to the virus doesn’t care. Please be on your
host. guard.”

Dating
Continued from Page 1A
a spokesperson from
eHarmony, a dating site
that requires a subscrip-
tion, messaging between
users has increased 338
percent in West Point,
Columbus and Starkville
since the beginning
of social distancing in
March. In the Golden
Triangle, the most active
age groups are Millenni-
als (25-40) and Genera-
tion X users (41-55).
To further enhance its
site, eHarmony added a
“Videodate” feature on
April 20, which resulted
in a 28 percent increase
in new user sign-ups
from the month prior.
Videodate is available
only after two members
have initiated a conver-
sation and sent several
messages back and
forth. There are no time
restrictions.
Data from OkCupid,
a free dating website,
shows a 4-percent
increase in introduction
messages sent by users
in the state of Mississip-
pi. An OkCupid spokes-
person said women on
the site have become
more accustomed to
making the first move, as
females have sent 9 per-
cent more intro messag-
es during the pandemic
than they were at this
time in 2019.
Tinder, Hinge and
Plenty of Fish, all of
which are free, declined
to reveal data specific to
matches. In May, the site
began hosting virtual
social hours to help sin-
gles date from a distance
every Thursday and
Saturday night on Live!
“We are always
working on new ways to
best help our members
find meaningful rela-
tionships,” said Gareth
Mandel, chief operating
officer for eHarmony.
“While we’ve had to
adapt to this new normal,
we will always continue
to connect compatible
people looking for rela-
tionships. Love always
finds a way.”
The increase in virtual
dating activity, at least
in the Golden Triangle,
didn’t wane when state
and local restrictions on
businesses and move-
ment lifted in late April
and early May.
Liz Petro, 25, of
Starkville, compares
virtual dating to food de-
livery companies, having
recently started working
for the latter.
“They’ve got a lot
more clients now, and to say about the quaran- pretty isolated already boredom rather than to
they’re going to keep tine, more than likely.” and I’m an introvert find a potential partner,
those clients since they Some mentioned it by nature, so (social Callahan said.
had to use it, and now in their bios, and some distancing) didn’t both- Bates said he has
they’ve discovered, ‘This mentioned it in private er me as much,” said been on a few in-person
is kind of nice,’” Petro conversations after a Callahan, who is 24 and dates recently, but not
said. match. It comes up now a graduate research as- with anyone he met on
in person, said Petro, sistant at MSU’s Center the apps. The lack of
who has been on a cou- for Advanced Vehicular interpersonal contact
The impacts ple of Tinder dates since Systems. during the pandemic
of quarantine restaurants reopened. Callahan agreed has gotten to him, he
Petro has used Kyle Callahan, on with Bates that swiping said.
Bumble and Tinder for the other hand, said he through dating apps “Now more so than
about five years, minus hasn’t gone on any dates provides a dopamine ever, I want that human
a year when she was recently and lost interest rush but doesn’t replace contact,” he said. “Not
in a relationship with in Bumble after the first interactions with others. even in a sexual way, but
someone she met on one few weeks of quarantine. Bumble eventually be- just hugs and snuggles
of the apps. She started “Where I work, I was came a way to alleviate and cuddles and stuff.”
using the apps again
and added Hinge to the
mix last year after the
relationship ended, she
said.
“I’m very picky when
it comes to pictures,
but if I see a person
and hear how they talk
to me, I’m not as shal-
low,” Petro said. “So I
don’t match with tons
of people, but I noticed
(recently) that there was
a good bit, every single
day, more and more, and
they all had something
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4A TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020
LOCAL VOICES
Drug laws need
reform
The Harrison Narcotics
Tax Act of 1914 was a bill
that regulated and taxed
the production, importa-
tion, and distribution of
opiates and coca products.
Actually, since it banned
the sale and use of them,
the tax part has never been
implemented. Senator Har-
rison was a New Yorker,
but the real source of the
bill was the South. Bill Gillmore
Dr. Christopher Koch
of the State Pharmacy Board of Pennsylvania
testified that “Most of the attacks upon the white
women of the South are the direct result of a co-
caine-crazed Negro brain.”
On February 8, 1914, the New York Times pub-
lished an article entitled “Negro Cocaine ‘Fiends’
Are New Southern Menace: Murder and Insanity
Increasing Among Lower-Class Blacks” by Edward
Huntington Williams, which reported that South-
ern sheriffs had increased the caliber of their
weapons from .32 to .38 to bring down Negroes
under the effect of cocaine.
Despite the extreme racial focus that took place
in the buildup to the Act’s passage, the contempo-
rary research on the subject indicated that black
Americans were using cocaine and opium at much
lower rates than white Americans.
Since its passage, enforcement has been pre-
dominantly against African-Americans.
During debate, the Senator from South Carolina
said, “We need this legislation. We have to control
the Negro!”
To make things worse, in 1937, Congress added
marijuana to the list. In 1937, African-Americans
were, by far, the major consumers of marijuana.
The Dispatch publishes a list of arrests each
week. Most weeks, at least half of the arrests are
for “possession of controlled substances.” And
most of those arrested for that are African-Ameri-
can.
August Vollmer, founder of the School of
Criminology at University of California, Irvine and
former president of the International Association of
Chiefs of Police, wrote, “Stringent laws, spectacu-
lar police drives, vigorous prosecution, and impris-
onment of addicts and peddlers have proved not
only useless and enormously expensive as means
of correcting this evil, but they are also unjustifi-
ably and unbelievably cruel in their application to
the unfortunate drug victims... Finally, and not the
least of the evils associated with repression, the
helpless addict has been forced to resort to crime
in order to get money for the drug which is abso-
lutely indispensable for his comfortable existence.”
Our War on Drugs has not only been ineffectual
at controlling proscribed drugs and devastating to
addicts, it has created a vast criminal organization
with almost national wealth and power across the
world, especially in the Americas. It has all but
destroyed the societies of the countries that traffic
in cocaine. Cartels are better armed than state
armies in those countries, far better than their
police. This misery and horror may be laid only at
the door of the Harrison Act.
The War on Drugs was created as a tool for
social control, especially for control of our Afri-
can-American population. Its success is stark. At
the stroke of Woodrow Wilson’s pen, an entire
category of our population was criminalized. Our
prison population, with almost 25 percent of the
world’s prisoners, dwarfs that of even the world’s
worst tyrants, and African-Americans, with 13
percent of the general population, make up 40
percent of the prison population, most of those for
drug-related crimes.
People do not risk their lives and freedom to
buy and use proscribed drugs for no reason. They
are an escape from pain and anguish. People with
nearly nothing, and with institutional walls stand-
ing in the way of their ever having anything, find,
in the words of that great Southern poet, Edgar
Allen Poe, surcease of sorrow.
“Controlling the Negro” leads to prison. Never
to opportunity. Never to help and support. It also
provides for social control of the population at
large. The Drug Enforcement Administration has
chilling powers. They may seize your property
without any due process, and the burden of proof
is on you to show that they were wrong. If you have
five thousand dollars or more in cash you must
prove its source or it is deemed drug money and
seized. They even have seizures built into their
budget.
It is far past time to end this. We must decrim-
inalize these drugs and find socially productive
ways to deal with the ill effects of their use.
Bill Gillmore is a bookseller transplanted to Co-
lumbus from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Voice of the people
Points out problem with litter
We as parents, grandparents, and great grand-
parents have failed both the children we have raised
and are helping to raise. They demonstrate little/no
sense of responsibility toward the earth that God has
blessed us with.
Litter adorns both sides of highways and side
roads. It is so easy to recycle a grocery store, dollar
store or Walmart bag by placing them under the seats
of our vehicles to collect trash inside the cars! There
are garbage cans at every gas station to dispose of the
trash we collect in our vehicles. Since this is so easy,
then why is there so much trash along the roadways?
It is because we are raising inconsiderate children
to turn into inconsiderate teens and adults and the
cycle is perpetuated. I can’t help but think that we are
just spoiled in America and are insensitive to taking
care of what we have.
We as parents/ grandparents need to teach and
demonstrate how to take care of what God has en-
trusted us to care for. We need to protect our environ-
ment and can begin with the litter problem.
Katrina Rhudy
Vernon, Alabama
Confederate symbolism similar to swastika
The Confederate flag is a symbol of hate in exactly
the same way that the swastika is. It is as equally ab-
horrent to people of color as the swastika is to Jewish
people. They both represent atrocities that mankind
must never forget and never minimize.
I am of German heritage. My grandfather and his
brothers were orphaned in southern Ohio. As such, I
really don’t know anything about his extended family.
It is quite possible that some of my relatives fought for
the Nazis. That being said, I am proud of my German
heritage. What I will never do, however, is celebrate it
by displaying a swastika flag!
I don’t believe that people of southern descent
need to be ashamed of their heritage either. We are
not guilty of our fathers sins. But, anyone claiming to
celebrate that heritage by displaying the Confederate
flag is either lying to themselves or proudly acknowl-
edging their hatred!
Francis J. Neutzling
Powell, Ohio
Points out other statues that have been removed
There has been a lot of confusion on wanting to
move the Civil War monument from the Lowndes
County courthouse. People are screaming that
moving it is trying to erase history. Sadly it is not!
The statue would be moved to Friendship Cemetery,
which contains Confederate graves.
History is full of taking down a statue or a monu-
ment. In Bible days, when Moses was so angry with
the Israelites for building the gold calf, he broke the
Ten Commandments and burned down the idol. That
was a part of history and was recorded and not for-
gotten. More recently, over in Russia, Joseph Stalin’s
hometown took down a statue of him. The culture
minister said the reason why is that Stalin had caused
enough and it is time to heal.
Everyone remembers the famous pictures of the
statue of Saddam Hussein being taken down in Bagh-
dad. We all cheered and roared that moment. Why?
That was their history and we were trying to erase
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The exploits of Robert E. Lee and the others who
fought in the Civil War will never be forgotten, even
if you move the statue or take them down. That was
a very important time in the United States. The time
now though is to do the right thing and move it.
Robert E. Lee did not even want them at all. It is like
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An open letter to Gov. Reeves
Dear Governor Reeves,
I applaud you for publicly acknowledging that
you are the Governor of all Mississippians. Begin-
ning your four-year term with the goal of bringing
Mississippi together is a great way to start. It is with
this ideal in mind that I am writing concerning the
Mississippi state flag. I recall touring Washington,
D.C. and looking at all of the flags and my heart sank,
as the Mississippi flag was the only flag which carried
a symbol of hatred.
As such, our state flag is a direct contradiction
to the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. Flag and the
quote we live by, “In God We Trust.” Moreover, it
disappointing that you would declare that the flag
“properly represents the state” — so much so that
you would proclaim April “Confederate Heritage
Month.” I appreciate that you feel any change to the
flag should be made by the people, not through a
back room deal by politicians in Jackson. There is
growing public sentiment in Mississippi for changing
the flag. As State President of the American Federa-
tion of Teachers-MS, I represent a membership that,
like you, has to consider all students, at all times.
This change is a part of that.
I also urge you to consider that Mississippi has
used the Confederate emblem in its flag since
1894—when white supremacists in state government
adopted it after reconstruction. While you say you are
proud to live in a state that produces great men like
Medgar Wiley Evers; recall, Evers, was assassinated
by a white supremacist in Jackson.
With all due respect, I ask you to keep the promise
of your gubernatorial office in line with your slogan:
For All Mississippi. Please sir, change the flag.
Geraldine Bender
AFT-MS State President
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Fauci to testify at a fraught

time for US pandemic response
Infectious disease After Tulsa, Trump heads to virus
expert will testify hotspot Arizona and border
WASHINGTON
before a House Regrouping after a hum-
bling weekend rally, Pres-
committee ident Donald Trump faces
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON —
With coronavirus cases
rising in about half the
states and
political po-
larization
competing
for attention
with public
health rec-
ommenda-
tions, Dr. An- Fauci
thony Fauci
returns to Capitol Hill on
Tuesday at a fraught mo-
ment in the nation’s pan-
demic response.
The government’s top
infectious disease expert
will testify before a House
committee, along with
the heads of the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention, the Food and
Drug Administration, and
a top official at the De-
partment of Health and
Human Services.
Since Fauci’s last ap-
pearance at a high-pro-
file hearing more than
a month ago, the U.S. is
emerging from weeks
of stay-at-home orders
and business shutdowns.
But it’s being done in an
uneven way, with some
states far less cautious
than others. A trio of
states with Republican
governors who are bullish
on reopening — Arizona,
Florida and Texas — are
among those seeing wor-
risome increases in cases.
Last week, Vice Pres-
ident Mike Pence pub-
lished an opinion article
in The Wall Street Jour-
nal saying the admin-
istration’s efforts have
strengthened the nation’s
ability to counter the virus
and should be “a cause for
celebration.”
Then President Donald
Trump said at his week-
end rally in Tulsa that he
had asked administration
officials to slow down
testing, because too many
positive cases are turn-
ing up. Many rally goers
did not wear masks, and
for some that was an act
of defiance against what
they see as government
intrusion. White House
officials later tried to walk
back Trump’s comment
on testing, suggesting it
wasn’t meant to be taken
literally.
Fauci has recently
warned that the U.S. is
still in the first wave of
the pandemic and has
continued to urge the
American public to prac-
tice social distancing.
And, in a recent ABC
News interview, he said
political demonstrations
such as protests against
racial injustice are “risky”
to all involved. Asked if
that applied to Trump ral-
lies, he said it did. Fauci
continues to recognize
widespread testing as
critical for catching clus-
ters of COVID-19 cases
before they turn into full
vs.-blue cultural issue. Polling suggests
that Republicans are far less likely to
wear a face covering than Democrats
— despite health experts’ warnings that it
dramatically reduces the risk of trans-
mitting the virus.
The “Students for Trump” event will
another test of his ability be held at the Dream City Church and
to draw a crowd during a broadcast to groups across the nation.
pandemic Tuesday as he Students for Trump is a special project of
visits Arizona and tries
Turning Point Action, a grouped chaired
to remind voters of one Trump
by Trump ally Charlie Kirk, which is
of his key 2016 campaign
hosting the president for his address.
promises.
Organizers said health and safety mea-
Trump’s weekend rally in Tulsa,
sures still were being finalized and it
Oklahoma, had been meant to be a sign
was unclear if attendees would be asked
of the nation’s reopening and a show
to wear masks or keep socially distant.
of political force but instead generated
Since late May, Arizona has emerged
thousands of empty seats and swirling
as one of the nation’s most active hot
questions about the president’s cam-
spots for the spread of COVID-19. Use of
paign leadership and his case for anoth-
hospitals, intensive care units and venti-
er four years in office. The low turnout
lators has set daily records over the past
has sharpened the focus on Trump’s
week.
visit to Arizona, which doubles as both
Photos of restaurants and bars crowd-
a 2020 battleground state and a surging
ed with unmasked patrons ignited con-
coronavirus hot spot.
troversy. Republican Gov. Doug Ducey,
First, the president will travel to
a Trump supporter, reversed himself
Yuma to mark the construction of more
last week and allowed cities and coun-
than 200 miles (322 kilometers) of wall
ties to require people to wear masks
along the U.S.-Mexico border, an is-
in public places. Most have, including
sue that he built his campaign on four
Phoenix and Yuma and the counties that
years ago. Later, he’ll address a group of
surround them.
young Republicans at a Phoenix mega-
Arizona is seeing disturbing trends
church, where event organizers have
in several benchmarks, including the
pledged thousands will attend.
percentage of tests that prove positive
Throughout the trip, the COVID-19
for the virus, which is the highest in the
pandemic will shadow Trump. The Dem-
nation.
ocratic mayor of Phoenix made clear
The state’s positive test rate is at a
that she does not believe the speech can
seven-day average of 20.4%, well above
be safely held in her city — and urged
the national average of 8.4% and the 10%
the president to wear a face mask.
level that public health officials say is a
“Everyone attending tomorrow’s
event, particularly any elected official, problem.
should set an example to residents by Campaign officials are still assess-
wearing a mask,” said Mayor Kate Gal- ing the fallout from low turnout in Tulsa
lego. “This includes the President.” amid concern about the virus.
Trump has refused to wear a mask
in public, instead turning it into a red- SOURCE: AP
outbreaks in a given com- resources and support have been harshly criti-
munity. Americans need during cal of the administration.
About 2.3 million this time of crisis.” However, not all Repub-
Americans have been There is still no vac- licans have lined up to
sickened in the pandemic, cine for COVID-19, and defend the White House.
and some 120,000 have there are no treatments Some GOP members
died, according to data specifically developed for were growing concerned
from Johns Hopkins Uni- the disease, although the early in the year that the
versity. antiviral drug remdesivir administration wasn’t do-
As head of the Nation- has been shown to help ing enough to prepare.
al Institute of Allergy and some patients, as well as a
Infectious Diseases, Fau- steroid called dexameth-
ci will be joined before asone, and plasma from
the House Energy and patients who have recov-
Commerce Committee ered.
by CDC director Dr. Rob- Since Fauci last testi-
ert Redfield, FDA chief fied, hospital physicians
Dr. Stephen Hahn and have become more skilled
the head of the U.S. Pub- in treating coronavirus pa-
lic Health Service, Adm. tients with the techniques
Brett Giroir. and medications at their
Giroir was tapped disposal. The U.S. con-
by the White House to tinues to ramp up testing,
oversee the expansion of with some 27.5 million
coronavirus testing. But Americans, or more than
he gained notoriety af- 8% of the population, test-
ter a whistleblower com- ed thus far. But most com-
plaint flagged him for munities still lack enough
trying to push a malaria health workers trained in
drug touted by Trump to doing contact tracing, the
treat COVID-19 without work of identifying people
conclusive scientific evi- who have had interactions
dence. The FDA has since with an infected person.
withdrawn its emergency That could make it more
use authorization for hy- difficult to tamp down
droxychloroquine. emerging outbreaks.
“There have been a lot Fauci remains opti-
of unfortunate missteps mistic that a vaccine will
in the Trump adminis- be found, noting that pa-
tration’s response to the tients develop antibodies
COVID-19 pandemic,” to the virus — a sign that
said committee Chairman the human immune sys-
Frank Pallone, D-N.J. “As tem is able to battle back.
communities across the However, he shies away
country ease social dis- from promising results
tancing guidance and by the end of the year, as
reopen their economies, Trump has done.
it is critically important The Energy and Com-
that both the administra- merce panel has oversight
tion and Congress remain over drugs and vaccines,
focused on containing among other facets of the
the spread of the corona- U.S. health care system.
virus and providing the Committee Democrats

Virus numbers surge
globally as many
nations ease lockdowns
WELLINGTON, New
Zealand — The number
of global coronavirus
cases continued to surge
Tuesday in many large
countries that have been
lifting lockdowns, includ-
ing the U.S., even as new
infections stabilized or
dropped in parts of West-
ern Europe.
India has been re-
cording about 15,000
new infections each day,
and some states Tuesday
were considering fresh
lockdown measures to
try to halt the spread of
the virus in the nation of
more than 1.3 billion. The
government earlier lifted
a nationwide lockdown in
a bid to restart the ailing
economy, which has shed
millions of jobs.
Hospitals in Pakistan
are turning away patients,
but with the economy
there teetering, the gov-
ernment remains deter-
mined to reopen the coun-
try.
New cases have also
been rising steeply in
Mexico, Colombia and In-
donesia.
Brazil, with more
than 1.1 million cases
and 51,000 deaths, has
been affected more than
anywhere but the U.S.,
which has reported more
than 2.3 million cases and
120,000 deaths, accord-
ing to a tally kept by Johns
Hopkins University.
In the U.S., surges in
cases across the South
and West are raising fears
that progress against the
virus is slipping away, as
states reopen and many
Americans resist wearing
masks and keeping their
distance from others.
On Tuesday, Dr. An-
thony Fauci will return to
Capitol Hill at a fraught
moment in the nation’s
response. The govern-
ment’s top infectious dis-
ease expert will testify be-
fore a House committee.
His testimony comes
after President Donald
Trump said at a weekend
rally in Oklahoma that
he had asked administra-
tion officials to slow down
testing, because too many
positive cases are turning
up.
SOURCE: AP
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Health
HEALTH TIP
n Health is about more than your weight: Most people focus too much on
weight gain or loss. The truth is that health goes way beyond that. Many obese people
are metabolically healthy, while many normal-weight people have the same metabolic
problems associated with obesity. Focusing just on body weight is counterproductive.
It’s possible to improve health without losing weight — and vice versa.
Source: healthline.com

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

What to eat
after a workout
On Thanksgiving Day
2019, when QB Drew
Brees and the Saints
clinched their third
NFC South victory in a
row, they chowed down,
post-game, on succulent
roasted turkey legs. Just
the protein boost needed
to repair tired muscles
after a workout.
We know that when
you’re done with a
moderate- or high-inten-
sity round of exercise,
you want to refuel with
carbs, restore with fluids
and repair with protein.
Registered dietitian
Allison Knott says that
translates to 20 to 25
grams of protein within
an hour of exercise,
paired with a serving or
Bovine colostrum is ers. They shared seven
higher in protein, fat, other top-quality studies
carbohydrates, magne- that found bovine colos-
sium, B vitamins and trum also reduced the
two of want 16 next workout. For more vitamins A, C and E than gastrointestinal damage
healthy ounces. information on foods regular milk, and very linked to NSAIDs such
carbs and As you to eat in all kinds of rich in antibodies. It’s as ibuprofen and aspirin,
hydration exercise, situations, check out Dr. designed to strengthen by 80 percent!
tech- don’t al- Mike’s book “What to the immune system of Dr. Mike suggests
niques low your- Eat When.” a newborn and prepare that docs prescribing a
that start self to the digestive system for low-dose aspirin daily
before become Amazing supplement receiving nutrition — to reduce risk of heart
your thirsty. and it can do the same attack, stroke and 11
work- Post
battles respiratory for you. cancers consider adding
out and workout, infections, gut As Dr. Mike was this supplement to the
continue drink as problems researching supplements regimen. He even joined
after Drs. Oz and Roizen much “The cow is of the that may stop viruses, he the scientific advisory
your cool as you bovine ilk; one end is discovered two random- board of one company to
down. feel you need or enjoy moo, the other milk,” ized studies that found see if he could motivate
Have you enjoyed a hydrating smoothie, is a rhyme by humorist taking bovine colostrum them to fund a study on
a moderately intense such as this tasty treat: Ogden Nash. Well, it’s supplements decreases the benefits of taking bo-
workout? Afterward, you Blend 1 cup of kale; 1 the milk end that we’re the incidence of upper vine colostrum with aspi-
might eat 3 ounces of medium apple (with interested in — partic- respiratory infections rin. Tips: Talk with your
chicken breast (skinless) peel); 1 cup frozen man- ularly the colostrum, (such as COVID-19) by doc before trying this.
or salmon with a side of goes; 1 cup cucumber; 1 the first secretion of the 50 percent. So he got in Avoid if you’re lactose
quinoa or brown rice. tablespoon lemon juice; mammary glands of a touch with the research- intolerant or pregnant.
For hydration? Before 1/2 tablespoon ginger; cow after giving birth.
you exercise, drink an 3/4 cup water and 3 to (It happens for up to
ounce of fluid for ev- 4 ice cubes. You’ll build seven days, and cows
ery 10 pounds of body muscle and stamina, produce far more colos-
weight. Weigh 160? You and be ready for your trum than a calf needs.)

Cemetery
Continued from Page 1A
is Brush Arbor, former-
ly known as Starkville
Colored Cemetery, next
to the well-known Odd
Fellows Cemetery south
of University Drive and
east of Fellowship Street.
Odd Fellows is one of the
oldest African-American
cemeteries in Mississippi
and has been on the Na-
tional Register of Histor-
ic Places since 1990. It is
one of 10 cemeteries na-
tionwide associated with
the Odd Fellows interna-
tional fraternity.
Miller and Zucker-
man are anthropology
professors at MSU, and
both said they saw an
opportunity in Douglas’
comment. Miller has
since been in contact with
Starkville Stand Up, the
activist group for racial
justice that formed in late
May and organized the
protest.
While Starkville Stand
Up and its associates will
work to get Brush Arbor
recognized on mapping
apps and with a historical
marker, MSU anthropol-
ogy students and faculty
will be doing their own
work to study and high-
light African-American
cemeteries.
“I’d like to think our
role would be just getting
interest from students
and having them see this
as an opportunity to take
the bigger issues that they
see around the world, in
the United States and on
the news, and actually af-
fect some change locally,”
Miller said.
Zuckerman said she
hopes MSU and the
Starkville community
work as a team “to learn
more about the history of
this place and to revive it
and preserve it.”
She is a bioarchaeol-
ogist, or someone who
studies skeletal remains
through an archaeologi-
cal lens, and she said she
has spent the past eight
years researching the site
of the state mental health
asylum in Jackson that
once occupied where the
University of Mississippi
Medical Center is now.
Thousands of deceased
asylum inmates were
buried in now-unmarked
graves there, and at least
50 percent of them were
African Americans, Zuck-
erman said.
Meanwhile, incoming
MSU anthropology grad-
uate student Cassidy Ray-
burn will be researching
African-American cem-
eteries for her master’s
thesis, and she said she is
excited to get started.
“I want to use my time
as a graduate student to
help advocate for commu-
nities and their heritage
as much as possible,” Ray-
burn said.
A rich but
fading history
DeeDee Baldwin, a his-
tory research librarian at
MSU, has been research-
ing cemeteries in Oktib-
beha County for years as
a hobby, including taking
pictures of graves for the
Find-A-Grave website.
Starkville Colored
Cemetery was renamed
Brush Arbor several
years ago because the
latter name was deemed
more respectful to Afri-
can Americans, Baldwin
said.
“I’ve never seen a Find-
A-Grave cemetery that
doesn’t show up on Goo-
gle Maps, so that’s really
strange,” she said.
Many of the graves in
African-American cem-
eteries are unmarked,
and documentation of the
cemeteries’ existence is
rare, so they live on pri-
marily in the memories
of descendants and other
locals, Baldwin and Zuck-
erman both said.
“All over the country,
there are thousands of
African-American burial
grounds that are threat-
ened, that are being
damaged by development
(or) disuse and neglect,
without communities that
know of them and are tak-
ing care of them,” Zucker-
man said.
Federal legislation
passed in 1990 protects
Native American burial
grounds from excava-
tion or occupation by any
group that is not the tribe
buried on that land. There
are no such protections
for African-American
gravesites, and uniform
guidelines are necessary
to properly preserve this
history, Zuckerman said.
“Any remains recov-
ered from them could be
associated with their de-
scendant communities,
so we can move forward
in a coherent way of pro-
tecting these places rath-
er than having to do it in
patchwork,” she said.
Any cemetery in Mis-
sissippi where African
Americans were being
buried in the first half
of the 19th century was
primarily a slave ceme-
tery, said Chuck Yarbor-
ough, who teaches Afri-
can-American history at
the Mississippi School
for Mathematics and Sci-
ence in Columbus.
Even graves that
were originally marked
tend to become “over-
whelmed by time, which
is kind of the reality of
the story of the black
community,” he said.
Once the COVID-19
coronavirus pandemic
recedes and allows peo-
ple to gather in large
groups safely again,
the Oktibbeha County
NAACP plans to hold an
event highlighting local
black cemeteries at the
Heritage Museum, locat-
ed on Fellowship Street
just across from Odd Fel-
lows Cemetery, NAACP
chapter president Yulan-
da Haddix said.
A more immediate
project is cleaning up
debris in Odd Fellows
and Brush Arbor, which
Zuckerman said MSU
students have been do-
ing.
Rayburn said she
hopes her graduate re-
search can “bring to-
gether academic and
cultural communities on
many different levels” for
Starkville’s benefit.
“Personally, I believe
that we can understand
ourselves and our rela-
tionships with others if
we have a better compre-
hension of our history,”
Rayburn said.
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Columbus native Hill threatens to hold out if state flag is not changed
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Mississippi State run-
ning back Kylin Hill has
chimed in on the Missis-
sippi state flag debate.
Hill, who was a four-
star recruit out of Co-
lumbus High School in
the class of 2017, wrote
on Twitter Monday, “Ei-
ther change the flag or
I won’t be representing
this State anymore & I
meant that .. I’m tired.”
MSU safety and West
MISSISSIPPI STATE ATHLETICS
MSU AD COHEN EXPECTING FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE DECISION AROUND ‘30-DAY
MARK,’ OFFERS THOUGHTS ON IMPACT OF NCAA’S CONFEDERATE FLAG RULING
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — As
Davis Wade Stadium sits
barren inching through
the middle of summer, it
remains to be seen when
the Mississippi State’s
football home will be
filled once more.
Speaking with The
Dispatch Monday, MSU
Athletic Director John
Cohen said he thinks the
school will need to make
a final decision on how
many fans can attend
games this fall around
the “30-day mark” ahead
of the Bulldogs’ open-
er against New Mexico
scheduled for Sept. 5.
Should MSU stick to
Cohen’s suggested time-
line, that would mean a
decision would be made
in the days around Aug. 1.
“I think the fact that
we have some time that
we can make some better
decisions, that bodes well
for us,” Cohen told The
Dispatch.
While MSU has yet to
determine how many fans
will be allowed into Davis
Wade Stadium this fall
in conjunction with what
state law will permit, oth-
er schools nationwide are
preparing for a season
with limited capacity.
Monday, officials at
Iowa announced that
NASCAR rallies around Wallace as FBI investigates noose
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bubba Wallace steered
the No. 43 to the front of
pit road, NASCAR cham-
pion Kyle Busch pushing
the famous car on one
side and close friend
Ryan Blaney pushing on
the other.
The entire 40-driv-
er field and their crew
members followed. After
the car came to a stop,
Wallace climbed out, sat
on the window ledge and
sobbed. Richard Petty,
his Hall of Fame team
owner, gently placed a
hand on Wallace’s shoul-
der.
As federal authorities
descended on Talladega
Superspeedway on Mon-
day to investigate the dis-
covery of a noose in Wal-
lace’s garage stall, the
entire industry rallied
around the Cup Series’
only Black driver.
“The news has dis-
turbed us all and of
course we want justice
and know who and why,”
said seven-time NA-
Point product Marcus
Murphy offered his sup-
port of Hill, retweeting
the original
message
with the
added note,
“& we from
Ms... we
gone stand
for some-
thing but Hill
NOT fall
for anything. I’m wit ya
8.”
Hill’s tweet came in
response to a statement
Mississippi State Athletic Director John Cohen estimates the school will have a decision on football attendance
around Aug. 1.
the athletic department additional sales and start officials at Iowa State also tickets.
would cease ticket sales focusing on reduced ca- announced they would
at the end of this month pacity seating models only sell 30,000 season important for all of us to
and only fans who have based on our season tick- tickets to the 61,500-seat be on the same page,” he
renewed their season et holders,” Iowa Athletic Jack Trice Stadium in said. “ And the good news
tickets and completed Director Gary Barta said an effort to incorporate is we have some time. So
per-seat contributions by in a news release. “We social distancing mea- I think it’s not necessari-
June 30 will be incorpo- anticipate finalizing this sures necessitated by the ly careless, but I think in
rated into any new seating by late July and will share COVID-19 pandemic. It’s some ways, it’s a little pre-
plans at Kinnick Stadium. with our fans.”
“We needed to pause
SCAR champion Jimmie
Johnson. “And we want to
stand with our friend.”
The 82-year-old Petty,
at his first race since the
coronavirus pandemic
began and at Talladega
on race day for the first
time in more than 10
years, stood side by side
with Wallace during the
national anthem before
Monday’s rain-postponed
event. Everyone stood
behind the car while
Brad Keselowski held
the American flag at the
front of the display of sol-
idarity.
The idea to stand with
Wallace started with
Johnson, while former
series champion Kevin
Harvick suggested they
all push the car to the
front of the grid, Wallace
said.
One by one, after the
anthem, they hugged
Wallace. He then had a
long embrace with Petty.
And then he went rac-
ing.
If not for a shortage of
fuel, Wallace might have
MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL
put out by Mississippi
Gov. Tate Reaves who
said the plan being float-
ed to create a second
state flag would not meet
the threshold for being
taken seriously by him.
“Any similar plan
would actually accom-
plish the exact opposite
of our stated goal — it
would actually divide
out state more,” Reeves
said in a statement via
Twitter. “I don’t believe
it would satisfy either
side of this debate and I
also expected the school mature to be able to make
Earlier this offseason, won’t sell single-game those decisions.”
had a chance to race for
the win. A late stop for
gas led to a 14th-place fin-
ish but felt like a win for
Wallace. He went to the
fence and slapped hands
through the wiring with a
group of fans, many wear-
ing “I Can’t Breathe”
shirts as they cheered.
He apologized for
not wearing a mandato-
ry mask but didn’t put
it on because “I wanted
to show whoever it was,
you are not going to take
away my smile.”
“This sport is chang-
ing,” he said. “The pre-
race deal was probably
one of the hardest things
I’ve ever had to witness
in my life. From all the
supporters, from drivers
to crew members, every-
body here, the bad-ass
fan base, thank you guys
for coming out. This is
truly incredible and I’m
glad to be a part of this
sport.”
It was Wallace who
successfully pushed the
stock car series to ban
the Confederate flag
don’t think it is a viable
option.”
The NCA A also an-
nounced on Friday
that it would no longer
allow Mississippi to
host NCA A postseason
events in an escalation of
its previously developed
Confederate flag policy.
“There is no place in
college athletics or the
world for symbols or acts
of discrimination and op-
pression,” Chair of the
NCA A Board of Gover-
nors and President of the
at its venues less than
two weeks ago and he
was the target when the
noose was found hang-
ing in the Richard Petty
Motorsports garage stall
Sunday afternoon at the
Alabama track. A mem-
ber of Wallace’s crew
reported it to NASCAR,
and by Monday morning
U.S. Attorney Jay Town
said his office, the FBI
and the Justice Depart-
ment’s Civil Rights Divi-
sion were involved.
“Regardless of wheth-
er federal charges can
be brought, this type of
action has no place in our
society,” Town said.
NASCAR President
Steve Phelps said secu-
rity has been stepped up
for Wallace — his team
was also granted unusual
access to its car Monday
morning to ensure it had
not been tampered with
overnight — and the FBI
was “currently on site” at
the track.
He said the FBI direc-
tor had told agents in Bir-
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THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020
Ohio State University
Michael V. Drake said
in a news release Friday.
“We must continually
evaluate ways to protect
and enhance the cham-
pionship experience for
college athletes. Ex-
panding the Confederate
flag policy to all cham-
pionships is an import-
ant step by the NCA A to
further provide a quality
experience for all partic-
ipants and fans.”
With new head coach
Mike Leach now at the
Mississippi State athletics
“I think we feel like it’s
MSU MBB adds 2020
recruit Derek Fountain
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
Mississippi State
men’s basketball may
have added its last piece
to the puzzle for the
2020-2021 season.
Derek Fountain, a
6 -foot-8 forward from
Holly Springs, signed
his National Letter of
Intent with the Bull-
dogs on Monday. With
Fountain, the Bulldogs
are up to 11 scholar-
ship players, with one
to play with depending
on if Robert Woodard
II decides to return to
school or stay in the
NBA Draft.
“I’m really excited
for Derek to join our
basketball family and
for his commitment to
our program,” MSU
coach Ben Howland
said in a news release.
“He will continue to get
bigger and stronger and
has an outstanding fu-
ture ahead of him being
only 17 years old. Derek
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662-241-5000
B
SECTION
helm in Starkville, Hill
was expected to be a ma-
jor piece of his air raid
offense this fall after
leading the Southeast-
ern Conference in rush-
ing a year ago. His 1,350
yards were just 41 yards
shy of Anthony Dixon’s
single-season school re-
cord.
In addition to the 10
touchdowns Hill notched
on the ground, he added
another 18 receptions for
180 yards and one score.
Cohen also noted that
MSU has been in touch
with officials at Ole Miss,
Southern Miss and Jack-
son State in regard to how
this year’s football season
could be handled, should
it occur.
“We’re always talking
to other schools and oth-
er schools are always
reaching out to us,” Co-
hen said. “It’s not a bad
idea if it’s not your own.
Other people can have re-
ally good ideas. We are in
constant contact, we’re in
meetings with the South-
eastern Conference and
I think we’re constantly
bouncing things off of
each other.”
Confederate flag debate
in legislators’ hands
Having spent eight
years as the head baseball
coach at MSU coupled
with the time he spent
playing for former coach
Ron Polk in the late-
1980s, Cohen has been a
part of eight Regionals/
Super Regionals held at
Dudy Noble Field.
But current and future
Bulldog student-athletes
may not be entitled to
those same events should
the Confederate battle
emblem remain on the
Mississippi state flag.
The NCAA escalated
See COHEN, 2B
is very skilled and pos-
sesses all the tools. He’s
a strong shooter, passer,
rebounder and defender
who comes from a great
family.”
Fountain was the
second-best prospect in
the state of Mississippi
for the 2020 class, ac-
cording to 247Sports.
Mississippi State’s
2020 haul included the
three best players in
the state, with Keondre
Montgomery (No. 1)
and Cameron Matthews
(No. 3) being the other
two. Other incoming
freshmen include Dei-
von Smith and Anders-
son Garcia.
In his senior sea-
son, Fountain posted
23 points and 13 re-
bounds per game as
Holly Springs secured
a 28-5 record en route
to the MHSA A Class 3A
state semifinals. As a ju-
nior, Fountain averaged
16.0 points and 10.0 re-
See MBB, 2B
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MLB plans 60-game slate as union balks

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Major
League Baseball plans
to unilaterally issue a
60-game schedule for its
shortest season since 1878
after the players’ associa-
tion rejected a negotiated
deal of the same length,
putting the sport on track
for a combative and possi-
bly unhappy return to the
field amid the coronavirus
pandemic.
Six days after baseball
Commissioner Rob Man-
fred and union head Tony
sion told The Associated
Press. The person spoke
on condition of anonymity
because no announcement
was made.
MLB asked the union
to respond by 5 p.m. EDT
Tuesday as to whether
players can report to train-
ing and whether the play-
ers’ association will agree
on the operating manual
of health and safety proto-
cols. The schedule would
be the shortest since the
National League’s third
season.
The union announced
“It’s absolute death for
this industry to keep act-
ing as it has been. Both
sides,” Cincinnati pitcher
Trevor Bauer tweeted in
a rare instance of a play-
er criticizing the union.
“We’re driving the bus
straight off a cliff. How is
this good for anyone in-
volved? Covid 19 already
presented a lose lose lose
situation and we’ve some-
how found a way to make
it worse. Incredible.”
The union said in a
statement that the “board
reaffirmed the players’
infighting that fractured
the sport in the past. An
initial deal March 26
called for players to re-
ceive prorated salaries
and gave Manfred power
to set the schedule, but
that agreement did not
require MLB to play in
empty ballparks.
Players refused to al-
ter from their insistence
on prorated salaries, and
MLB finally agreed last
week during the one-on-
one meeting between
Manfred and Clark.
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its rejection, and the vote
total was confirmed by a
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meeting who spoke to the
eagerness to return to
work as soon and as safe-
ly as possible.”
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nymity because the ballot-
ing was not made public.
The decision likely will
provoke what figures to be
lengthy and costly litiga-
tion over the impact of the
coronavirus on the sport,
similar to the collusion cas-
ipate finalizing a com-
prehensive set of health
and safety protocols with
Major League Baseball
in the coming days, and
we await word from the
league on the resumption
of spring training camps
and a proposed 2020
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are disappointed by this
development,” MLB said
in a statement. “The frame-
work provided an oppor-
tunity for MLB and its
players to work together
to confront the difficulties
and challenges presented
by the pandemic. It gave
our fans the chance to see
an exciting new postsea-
son format. And, it offered
players significant bene-
fits.”
MLB’s control owners
approved going unilaterally
with the 60-game schedule
if the final arrangements
can be put in place, a per-
son familiar with the deci-
es that sent baseball spiral-
ing to a a spring training
lockout in 1990 and a 7
1/2-month strike in 1994-
95 that wiped out the World
Series for the first time in
nine decades.
It also eliminates a $25
million postseason play-
ers’ pool, meaning players
will not get paid anything
above meal money during
the playoffs and World
Series, and $33 million in
advance salary that would
have been forgiven for 769
players at the bottom of
the salary scale with low-
er rates of pay while in the
minors.
schedule,” the union said.
With the collapse of a
negotiated deal, playoffs
are set to remain at 10
teams rather than expand
to 16. The framework had
included the expanded
playoffs for both 2020
and 2021, and Manfred
offered to drop its inclu-
sion in the second season
if players feared it would
decrease their future
leverage.
Spring training was
suspended on March
12, two weeks ahead of
scheduled openers, and
the sides have reverted
to the familiar financial
union wanted 70 games the same number only once. The difficulty level
and $1.73 billion plus a increases from Monday to Sunday.
$50 million pool.
Players are expected
to file a grievance, claim-
ing MLB violated a provi-
sion in the March agree-
ment requiring both sides
to “work in good faith to
as soon as is practica-
ble commence play, and
complete the fullest 2020
championship season and
postseason that is eco-
nomically feasible” con-
sistent with several provi-
sions. MLB is expected to
file a grievance accusing
the union of negotiating
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mingham to “use all their resourc-
es” to find the perpetrator.
“Unequivocally they will be
banned from this sport for life,”
Phelps said. “There is no room for
this at all. We won’t tolerate it. They
won’t be here. I don’t care who they
are, they will not be here.”
NASCAR has tried to distance
itself from the Confederate flag for
years at the risk of alienating a core
group of its fan base. At Wallace’s
urging, it went ahead with the ban
as the nation grapples with social
unrest largely tied to George Floyd,
an unarmed Black man who died in
the custody of Minneapolis police.
NASCAR has not outlined how
it will enforce the restriction and
this week’s race at Talladega, in
the heart of the South, presented
the series with its biggest test in
the early going. Disgruntled fans
with Confederate flags drove past
the main entrance to the track all
weekend and a plane flew above
the track Sunday pulling a banner
of the flag that read “Defund NA-
SCAR.”
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she
was “shocked and appalled” by the
“vile act” against Wallace.
“There is no place for this dis-
gusting display of hatred in our
state,” Ivey said. “Bubba Wallace is
one of us; he is a native of Mobile
and on behalf of all Alabamians, I
apologize to Bubba Wallace as well
as to his family and friends for the
hurt this has caused and regret the
mark this leaves on our state.”
Petty said in a statement he was
“enraged” by the “filthy act” of rac-
ism. Retired champion Jeff Gordon
called it a “cowardly” act while re-
tired champion and current team
owner Tony Stewart seethed in a
social media post: “Angry. Out-
raged. Disappointed. Those words
don’t fully describe how I feel.
#IStandWithBubba and I’ll damn
sure stand up to anyone who engag-
es in this kind of behavior.”
Phelps said he was the one who
told Wallace about the noose.
“It was a difficult moment for
Bubba, a difficult moment for me,”
he said. “He’s handled it with the
grace that he has handled every-
thing that’s happened over the last
few weeks.”
The 26-year-old Wallace said
after the noose was discovered:
“T his will not break me, I will not
give in nor will I back down. I will
continue to proudly stand for what
I believe in.”
Wallace has previously worn a
shirt that says “I Can’t Breathe”
over his firesuit and sported a
Black Lives Matter paint scheme in
a race last month in Martinsville,
Virginia.
Talladega is one of the more rau-
cous stops on the NASCAR sched-
ule, but the pandemic prompted
the series, like all sports, to ban or
sharply limit fans. Up to 5,000 fans
were allowed in, but there were far
fewer than that Monday and none
of them had access to the the in-
field or the Cup Series garage.
Under strict new health guide-
ACROSS
lines, a very limited number of
1 Los Angeles
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would include crew members for 5 By the side of
each of the 40 teams, NASCAR em- 10 Some wood-
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and any contracted safety crews or 12 San —,
security guards. California
Phelps declined to discuss 13 Apportioned
whether cameras in the garage 15 Greek vowel
area might have captured anything 16 — Vegas
of value but noted NASCAR has an 17 Hosp. parts
approved list of who is allowed ac- 18 Depends
cess that has been turned over to 20 Lotion
authorities. additive
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28 Secluded 3 Esprit de corps 27 Lemon’s
its stance on the Confederate flag on Friday, barring Starkville than the athletic department.” valleys 4 Min. part cousin
Mississippi from hosting any kind of NCAA postseason Having released statements in favor of changing the 31 Leave out 5 Iowa city 29 Tony winner
event until the controversial iconography is removed state flag in recent days alongside MSU President Dr. 32 Outdoes 6 Boy Patti
from the state banner. Mark E. Keenum, Cohen added that the decision to 34 Young one 7 Peter of “Troy” 30 Husband or
“There is no place in college athletics or the world change the state’s official banner is now up to the state 35 Place 8 Impulse relayer wife
for symbols or acts of discrimination and oppression,” legislators. 36 Luau dish
“I mean this is no longer in our hands,” he said. “And
9 Prepared 33 Places
Chair of the NCAA Board of Governors and President 37 Uncovered
again, that’s one of the things that bothers you is host- 11 Choose 35 Singer
of the Ohio State University Michael V. Drake said in
ing used to be in the hands of the student-athletes and
40 German sub 14 Made verbal Seeger
a news release Friday. “We must continually evaluate
the coaches and their staff. Now it’s in somebody else’s 41 Tightly attacks 38 Joplin piece
ways to protect and enhance the championship experi-
hands.” packed 19 Miniature map 39 Coming-out
ence for college athletes. Expanding the Confederate
flag policy to all championships is an important step by
42 Jessica of 20 “Skyfall” girl
“Tootsie” singer
the NCAA to further provide a quality experience for Humphrey Coliseum renovations on pause
all participants and fans.” With uncertainty regarding football season run-
With the NCAA levying a major blow to supporters ning rampant throughout college athletics, Cohen said
of the Confederate markings emblazoned on the state plans for the renovations on Humphrey Coliseum are
flag, Cohen sympathized with the student-athletes on on hold for the time being.
campus who may not be able to partake in the regionals Should the football season proceed without any ma-
he did as both a player and a coach, but added that the jor complications, he expects the changes to MSU’s
decision could also have a staunch economic impact in home basketball arena to continue as planned, but until
Starkville. then, the school has put the project on pause.
“I’ll tell you, I think the economic impact is bigger “I mean if we can play seven home football games
on the Starkville community than it is for our athletic and if we can get close to full capacity, I think it’s re-
department,” he said. “Because when you’re hosting, alistic,” Cohen said. “If that doesn’t happen, then it’s
you’re sending a great deal of the proceeds back to going to cause delays. So we’re in a little bit of a holding
the NCAA. So I think the bigger impact on the city of pattern to see what football season brings us.”

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bounds per game.

“Derek is a versatile wing man who leads by example,” Holly Springs coach Kenzaki Jones said. “He is a
very humble young man with a great work ethic. I think that once his body develops and he gets stronger,
he will be an elite ball player at the next level. He has all the tangibles to excel and do great things for Mis-
sissippi State.”

Return of college athletes gives glimpse of back to school
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Late last week, Clemson
announced 28 athletes and
athletic staffers had tested
positive for COVID-19.
On Saturday, Kansas
State said it was shutting
down its voluntary work-
outs for athletes at team
facilities after a spike of 14
positive cases.
And on Monday, Notre
Dame reported one positive
among 91 tested football
players, Wisconsin had two
positives among 117 ath-
letes tested and Iowa’s lat-
est round of testing found
nine positives among 40
overall.
As colleges and univer-
sities ponder how to reopen
campuses to droves of stu-
dents during a pandemic,
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sports programs around
the country are providing
a daily glimpse at the chal-
lenges that lie ahead — and
maybe some solutions.
“When you’re thinking
about athletes, people are
very worried about sports
and the close contact they
have. And there’s a little
bit less concern when it
comes to the general stu-
dent body because of their
interactions being differ-
ent,” Dr. Amesh Adalja, a
senior scholar at the Johns
Hopkins University Cen-
ter for Health Security and
a member of the NCAA’s
COVID-19 advisory panel.
“But I do think it speaks to
the fact that the colleges are
going to have to come up
with a plan for dealing with
these cases.”
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With an eye toward
preparing for competition
in a couple months — the
major college football sea-
son kicks off in most plac-
es around the Labor Day
weekend — athletic de-
partments began bringing
groups of athletes back to
campus June 1.
The goal is to create
something of a bubble
around players, using
frequent testing to catch
positive cases and contact
tracing and quarantining to
mitigate spread.
Positive tests were an-
ticipated, and they should
be when the rest of the
students come back. For
athletes, the hope is by
mid-July football teams will
be able to move into larger
group activities, then full-
blown practices in early
August.
To do so, athletic ad-
ministrators and coach-
ing staffs are stressing to
players that there is only
so much that can be put in
place to protect them from
contracting coronavirus.
Some of it is on the players
themselves.
Kansas State University
athletic director Gene Tay-
lor told The Athletic a spike
in cases might have had
two causes: A small num-
ber of athletes not complet-
ing their quarantine after
they arrived on campus and
been tested, and then that
group joining some other
athletes in attending an
off-campus party.
“It wasn’t that they did
anything on purpose. They
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My son was
murdered
four years ago
by a supposed
friend. Despite a
10-year sentence,
the murderer was
released from
prison this month.
The perpetra-
tor and my son
had some mutual
friends. When I go
onto the convicted
manslaughterer’s
Facebook page,
he has many peo- Dear Abby
ple congratulating
and welcoming him home.
The murderer has not once
apologized or shown remorse.
He was on home incarceration
for six months before he was
sentenced for manslaughter,
and during that time, he impreg-
nated his girlfriend instead of
thinking about the devastation
he’s caused my family. My son
will NEVER have a family.
Instead of announcing to
his Facebook friends and family
that he’s on his way home and
that he is home, I feel he should
keep his mouth shut and live a
quiet life. I cannot believe that
murderers and rapists receive
respect and congratulations
once they reenter society. Do
people not recognize the dev-
astation that has been caused
to surviving family members of
the victim? Or do they no longer
care until something like this
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June
23). Your cosmic birthday gift
is raw, unadulterated drive. You
know what you want. Your moti-
vation is so high that whatever
might have stopped you before
will no longer be an issue. You
will have all the support you
desire. There’s frivolous fun that
turns into a lucrative venture.
You’ve an excellent sense for
investing. Aries and Libra adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 8,
40, 2, 10 and 15.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). Relationships heal with
awareness. Knowing what
you’re feeling is stage one, and
then things really come together
just weren’t taking it seri-
ous,” Taylor told The Ath-
letic.
The University of Hous-
ton suspended its voluntary
workouts on June 12 after
six athletes tested positive
with symptoms.
Not every school is re-
vealing testing results.
There have been no reports
of athletes being hospital-
ized.
College students, and
especially college ath-
letes, are mostly among
the lowest risk groups for
becoming severely sick or
dying from COVID-19. For
most athletes, the great-
er personal risk is being
sidelined from competi-
tion or possibly infecting
teammates and causing
an outbreak that disrupts
affects them and
their families? —
HURT AGAIN IN
KENTUCKY
DEAR HURT
AGAIN: Please
accept my sympa-
thy for the tragic
loss of your son.
Nothing can take
away the pain of
losing a child, let
alone at the hand
of another per-
son. The family
and friends of the
person who killed
your son appear
to have lost sight
of the reason for his incarcera-
tion. But viewed from another
perspective, they are happy to
have their loved one back with
them, which is why they are
posting welcome messages.
A resource that might help
you is the National Organization
of Parents of Murdered Children
Inc. You can find it by going to
pomc.com. I hope you will give it
a try. My heart goes out to you.
DEAR ABBY: Sometimes the
simplest situations make me
wonder the most. Recently we
needed to use the local ATM.
When we drove by, we could see
it was being filled by an armored
truck. My husband said I should
get in line. I looked around and
saw other people waiting in
their cars, so I thought I would
do the same. My husband
repeated that I should get out
and get in line. Faced with the
as you get better at recognizing
what’s going on with others.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
In the past, there have been
times when certain people took
advantage of your soft heart.
Now you’re a little more guarded
but not jaded. Compassion is
still your best guide.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Usually, the calm comes before
the storm, but today, the order
will be reversed. The excitement
will hit without warning, followed
by a calm that stretches for
hours beyond.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). You know the emotional
landscape and aren’t afraid of
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020 3B
a season.
The average student
isn’t facing that type of
pressure to take precau-
tions, which worries Dr.
Greg Stewart, the team
physician for Tulane ath-
letics.
“The general student
population, it’s not that
they are not going to care,
but they’re not going to
care as much,” Stewart
said. “It’s not going to be
the same for them as it is
for the football team.”
Setting up protocols
for the return of athletes
has been a campus-wide
project, extending outside
the athletic department at
most schools. Stewart said
he speaks with speaks with
Tulane’s director of student
health at least once a week.
choice of standing in line or
being nagged by my husband, I
chose the former and was the
first person to form a line.
After 20 minutes standing
there and reading the news
on my phone, the ATM guards
seemed to be finished. That’s
when a woman approached me
and said she had been waiting
longer than me, albeit in her
car, and I would have to go to
the end of the line. I ignored
her.
Soon, a guard motioned to
me that the ATM was available.
As I was making my withdrawal,
I could hear the woman say to
the others now lined up behind
her that I had jumped the line
and she called me an expletive,
which two others in line repeat-
ed. Was I wrong to have stood
my ground, or should I have
moved to the back? — WAITING
IN TEXAS
DEAR WAITING: If you were
the first person to stand at the
ATM while others chose to wait
in the comfort of their vehicles,
you owed no one an apology.
The person who was out of line
(literally) was the woman who
called you an expletive, and you
were right to ignore her.
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,
CA 90069.
fluctuations. Highs and lows
only bring out the best in you,
as they help you come to an un-
derstanding of the situation that
otherwise wouldn’t be possible.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
The road of love isn’t always
smooth, so you have to
celebrate the times like right
now, when love is bringing you
comfort and excitement without
asking for too much in return.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Everything in your life serves
a purpose but not always an
obvious one. When you want
something for no apparent
reason, perhaps the reason is
primal, soul deep, or it belongs
to a future known only to your
intuition.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Listening well is easier within
set parameters. Be judicious.
Sure, people need to be heard.
But you’re not the only one in
the world assigned to the work
of listening.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Neatness is not the same
as style, but when things are
neat, clean and organized, it is
easier to see your way to choic-
es that could lift the scene to a
stylish level.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). The surprising and silly
things that happen are what
make a good story. You can’t
force such things, but when
you’re open to them, they tend
to land in your life.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You’ll enjoy your time alone
even more than usual, recogniz-
ing the stellar features of your
own company. It’s so much easi-
er to be a good friend to others
when you’re first a good friend
to yourself.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). “Someday” doesn’t really
exist, and that is why it never
shows up. There is only today.
As you make your plans and act
on them, you’ll line up some-
thing solid for a future “today.”
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’re warm and welcom-
ing, and people will be disarmed
by your lack of pretention.
You don’t have to worry about
earning respect. You’ll have it
automatically.
The cow jumped over the moon
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Funeral for Rayshard Brooks to be held at MLK’s church

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Rayshard
Brooks, who was fatally shot by
a police officer, is to be remem-
bered Tuesday at the church in
Atlanta where the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. once preached.
The private funeral at
Ebenezer Baptist Church fol-
lows a public viewing held Mon-
day. The Rev. Raphael Warnock,
senior pastor at the church and
a Democratic candidate for Sen-
ate, will deliver the eulogy.
“Rayshard Brooks wasn’t
just running from the police.
He was running from a system
that makes slaves out of people.
A system that doesn’t give ordi-
nary people who’ve made mis-
takes a second chance, a real
shot at redemption,” Warnock
plans to say, according to a
short excerpt released Monday.
Officer Garrett Rolfe fatal-
ly shot Brooks in the back af-
ter Brooks fired a Taser in his
direction while running away
after a struggle with officers
outside a Wendy’s restaurant
on June 12. Rolfe, 27, is white.
Brooks, 27, was Black.
King’s daughter, the Rev.
Bernice King, also plans to de-
liver remarks at Brooks’ funer-
al, along with a friend of his and
his mother-in-law, according to
a draft program released by the
church.
“Ebenezer is a parish for all
people, a sanctuary for those
who suffer,” Warnock said in
a statement when the funeral
plans were first announced.
“Rayshard was not a member of
our church but he, and his loved
ones, are a part of our family.
We seek to embrace them, com-
fort them and walk beside them
in the days ahead.”
Actor and filmmaker Tyler
Perry has offered financial help
‘Rayshard was not a member of our church but he, and his
loved ones, are a part of our family. We seek to embrace them,
comfort them and walk beside them in the days ahead.’
The Rev. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church
and Democratic candidate for Senate
for the services, according to direction as he ran away. assault and violating his oath.
that statement. An autopsy found he was Lawyers for both men said
When officers responded to shot twice in the back. their clients’ actions were jus-
complaints of a car blocking the Rolfe was fired and the other tified.
Wendy’s drive-thru lane, they officer, 26-year-old Devin Bros- Interim police Chief Rodney
found Brooks asleep in the car. nan, was placed on desk duty Bryant has said he was sur-
Police body camera video then after the shooting. Police Chief prised Howard brought charges
showed Brooks and officers Erika Shields stepped down so quickly, before the Georgia
having a calm and respectful less than 24 hours after Brooks Bureau of Investigation had fin-
conversation for more than 40 died. ished looking into the shooting.
minutes. Fulton County District Attor- The GBI said in a tweet after
After conducting field so- ney Paul Howard announced 11 Howard announced the charges
briety tests, Rolfe told Brooks charges against Rolfe, includ- that the agency was not consult-
he’d had “too much to drink ing felony murder, and said the ed on the charges.
to be driving.” Brooks resisted officer kicked Brooks as he lay Both Rolfe and Brosnan
being handcuffed, and he and dying. Brosnan, who the pros- turned themselves in Thursday.
the two officers wrestled on the ecutor said stood on Brooks’ Brosnan was released on bond.
ground. Brooks grabbed one of shoulder as he struggled for his Rolfe was being held without
their Tasers and fired it in their life, is charged with aggravated bond.

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Lockdown placed on German area with slaughterhouse outbreak

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN — New lockdown
measures are being imposed for
one week in a German region
that has seen a large increase in
coronavirus infections linked to
a slaughterhouse, officials said
Tuesday.
More than 1,500 people have
tested positive for coronavirus
at the Toennies slaughterhouse
in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck and
thousands more have been put
under a quarantine to try to halt
the outbreak.
The governor of North
Rhine-Westphalia state said
people in Guetersloh and parts
of a neighboring county will
now face the same kind of re-
strictions that existed across
Germany during the early stag-
es of the pandemic in March
and April.
These include limiting the
number of people who can
meet in public to those from a
single household or two people
from separate households, Gov.
Armin Laschet said.
Cinemas, fitness studios
and bars will also be closed, al-
though restaurants can contin-
ue to cater to people from the
same household, he added. Pre-
viously, the western county had
only closed schools and child
care centers.
Laschet said the measures
will be lifted on June 30 if the
situation has improved, but de-
clined to provide specific pa-
rameters for how success will
be measured.
Prior to the latest outbreak,
Germany had been widely
praised for its handling of the
pandemic. Widespread testing,
tracing and hospital prepara-
tion measures tamped down
the outbreak and kept Germa-
ny’s death toll five times small-
er than Britain’s. Germany has
seen 8,899 confirmed virus
deaths.

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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
BRUCE WAYNE BRADLEY
PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
REBECCA FAYE MORRIS
THOMPSON DEFENDANT
CAUSE NO: 2015-0194-D
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: REBECCA FAYE MORRIS
THOMPSON an adult non-resid- CEASED, THE UNKNOWN
ent citizen of the State of Mis- HEIRS-AT-LAW AND DEVISEES
sissippi or not to be found
therein on diligent inquiry and
the Post Office and physical ad- ING OR CLAIMING A LEGAL OR
dresses are unknown. You
have been made parties in the TAIN REAL PROPERTY LOC-
Complaint for Child Custody
and Other Relief filed in the
Court by Bruce Wayne Bradley. COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI IN
You are summoned to appear
in this cause at 9:00 o'clock
A.M. on the 29th day of July,
A.D., 2020 in the Chancery
Courthouse in West Point, Clay 61W090004800 ASSESSED
County, Mississippi, and in the TO IRENE P. MCCOY AND
case of your failure to appear
and defend this matter will be
forced to default all rights.
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a copy of a writ-
ten ANSWER either admitting
or denying each allegation in
the Complaint to Charles Eas-
ley, Jr., Attorney whose ad-
dress is Post Office Box 1472, Lowndes tax parcel
Columbus, MS 39703-1472.
YOUR ANSWER MUST BE
MAILED OR DELIVERED NO
LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS Urban Renewal Plan (Burns
FROM THE DATE OF FIRST PUB- Bottom) of the City of Colum-
LICATION. IF YOUR ANSWER IS bus, Mississippi.
NOT MAILED OR DELIVERED
AND YOU APPEAR AT SAID
TIME, A JUDGEMENT MAY BE
ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR
THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF you in this action at 9:30
DEMANDED IN THE COM-
PLAINT FOR DIVORCE AND
OTHER RELIEF.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND
OFFICIAL SEAL OF said Court of bus, Mississippi, and in case
Lowndes County, Columbus,
Mississippi, this 12th day of
June, 2020.
Cindy Goode
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi
(SEAL)
BY: Tina Fisher
PUBLISH: 6/16, 6/23, &
6/30/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN RE: MATTER OF THE LAST
WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
DOROTHY PIERCE, DECEASED, Stegall, P. O. Box 7120, Tu-
MELISSA A. TURNER, EXEC-
UTRIX
CAUSE NO. 2020-0103-PDE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary were is-
sued unto me as Executrix of
the Last Will and Testament of
Dorothy T. Pierce, deceased, by
the Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi on the
10th day of June, 2020.
Notice is hereby given to all
persons having claims against
the Estate of Dorothy T. Pierce
to have the same probated and
registered by the Chancery
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi within ninety (90) days
of the date of the first publica-
tion of this Notice, or they will
be forever barred.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this
the 15th day of June, 2020.
s/MELISSA A. TURNER
MELISSA A. TURNER,
EXECUTRIX
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FENDANTS
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LAW AND DEVISEES OF GLOR-
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ATED IN BLOCK 22, NORTH OF
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SOUTH, RANGE 18 WEST,
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI, BEING TAX PARCEL NO.
FEBBER B. MCCOY
You have been made Defend-
ants in a lawsuit filed in this
Court by the Columbus Re-
development Authority to con-
demn by eminent domain cer-
tain real property located in
Block 22 North of Main, Colum-
bus, Mississippi, and being
61W090004800. The property
is necessary to renew and re-
development blighted condi-
tions in accordance with the
You are summoned to appear
and defend against the com-
plaint or petition filed against
o’clock a. m. on the 17th day
of September, 2020, in the
second floor County Court
courtroom of the Lowndes
County Courthouse in Colum-
of your failure to appear and
defend, a judgment will be
entered against you for the
money or other things deman-
ded in the complaint or peti-
tion.
You are hereby further given
notice that not less than ten
(10) days prior to the date of
the trial on September 17,
2020, you are required to file
the Statement of Values pursu-
ant to Miss. Code Ann. §11-27-
7, which shall be treated as
pleadings in this action. The
date of the filing of the Com-
plaint herein is the 30th day of
March, 2020, and the name
and address of the attorney for
the Plaintiff is Martha Bost
pelo, Mississippi 38802. Oth-
er than the Statement of Val-
ues you are not required to file
an Answer or other pleading
but you may do so if you de-
sire.
Issued under my hand and the
seal of said Court, this 10th
day of June, 2020.
TERESA BARKSDALE, CLERK
SPECIAL COURT OF EMINENT
DOMAIN,
LOWNDES COUNTY, MS
BY: Ann Marie Langford, D.C.
Publish: 6/16, 6/23 &
6/30/2020
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued for
the undersigned upon the Es-
tate of Todd Taggart, De-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi on the 10th day of June,
2020. This is to give notice to
all persons having claims
against said estate to probate
and register same with the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, within 90
(ninety) days from this date. A
failure to so probate and re-
gister said claim will forever
bar the same.
This the 15th day of June,
2020
/s/ J. Fowler
Janice Fowler
Executrix of the Estate of Todd
Taggart, Deceased
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662-574-4221
AREA BUSINESS
is seeking a mature,
motivated person who
enjoys interacting with
people, being outdoors
and multitasking. Skills
related to maintaining
equipment and/or farm
work are desired but not
required. Person needs to
be flexible enough to pitch
in where ever needed but
also keep their core
responsibilities in mind.
If you enjoy a different ex-
perience on the regular,
meeting new people and
believe in customer
satisfaction this job might
be for you.
Please submit resume to:
Blind Box 675 c/o The
Commercial Dispatch
PO Box 511
Columbus, MS 39703
CALEDONIA BUSINESS
needs General Laborer.
Experienced weed-eater,
$10-12/hour. Valid driver's
license, transportation &
experience helpful. Call
Jesse & Beverly's Lawn
Service at 662-356-6525.
ORGANIST POSITION at St.
David Anglican Church in
Mayhew, MS, to provide
music for Sunday service &
occasional special ser-
vices. Knowledge/experi-
ence with Anglican Liturgy
helpful, but not necessary.
The 1928 Book of Com-
mon Pray & the 1940 Epis-
copal Hymnal are used.
(318)527-9213 for info.
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General Help Wanted Apts For Rent: Other Waterfront Property
THE COMMERCIAL
DISPATCH seeks a motiv- COLEMAN
NEWLY RENOVATED three
bedroom, two 1/2 bath
Vehicles
ated, contracted carrier for
RENTALS home in private community
Ads starting at $12
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS with community boat
landing. Property sits on
to earn money for college. 1 BEDROOM Tibbee Creek and is Autos For Sale
Must have good transporta- conveniently located to
tion, valid driver's license 2 BEDROOMS West Point, Columbus, and 2004 FORD T−BIRD. Two
& insurance. Delivers on 3 BEDROOMS Starkville. Home has a tops, hard & soft. Little
Sunday morning and Mon- screened in back patio with over 100k mi. Excellent
Fri afternoons. Apply at The LEASE, a deck that overlooks
© The Dispatch
Condition. Call Holly at
Commercial Dispatch, 516 Tibbee Creek. $198,800. Eaton Motor Company in
Main Street in Columbus. DEPOSIT 662−549−2768 Houston, 662−705−1143.
AND
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Merchandise
Rentals 662-329-2323 2009 Red, Extended cab,
Chevrolet Silverado 1500,
2411 HWY 45 N Ads starting at $12 less than 78k mi. Can be
seen @ Stokes on 82 on
Ads starting at $25 COLUMBUS, MS
Monday, 6/22. Cashier’s
General Merchandise check only. $11,500.
662−327−7845.
Apts For Rent: North Houses For Rent: North 2018 40FT Gooseneck
Trailer w/ 5ft dovetail, 12
FOX RUN APARTMENTS 135 HORSESHOE LOOP, ton axles, 10−4inch straps
Community
1 & 2 BR near hospital. COLUMBUS. 3BR/2BA,
& tarps. $7,000.
$595−$645 monthly. fenced yard, quiet & retired 662−251−3001.
Military discount, pet area,
area. Storage building in
pet friendly, and furnished back yard. $700/mo +
corporate apts. dep. 901−314−3098. 5X10 UTILITY TRAILER Ads starting at $12
24−HOUR PROFESSIONAL Good condition, single axle.
GYM. ON SITE SECURITY. $500. 662−425−2454. Travel & Entertainment
HOUSE FOR RENT BY
OWNER. 220 Mclemore
ON SITE MANAGEMENT.
Road, Columbus. 1750sqft FREE HORSE MANURE, PUBLIC CATFISH POND
Brick house in quiet neigh− mixed with sawdust. @ 130 Hillcrest Drive.
SURVEILLANCE. Benji & borhood. 3 bedrooms & 2 By appointment. Will load.
Open Tues−Sat, 7a−5p
Ashleigh, 662−386−4446. full baths. No HUD, West Lowndes.
662−364−6990. 662−386−8591
Columbus City school Call for pricing.
Apts For Rent: West district. $1000/mo with
1 mo deposit. Serious
VIP
inquiries only please. Call WHITE POSTER BOARD
Five Questions:
662−574−3202 to see the $0.50 each − 24"x23"
Visit 516 Main Street
Rentals
house or make application.
or call 662−328−2424
HOUSE FOR RENT
1 Blue eyes
Apartments & Houses 2−3 Bedroom w/ 1.5 Bath Lawn & Garden
Fenced in yard. $675.
1 Bedrooms 662−549−9555.
Ask for Glenn or text.
HAYES DAYLILIES
2 Bedroooms
Open mornings. M−S.
2 Grand
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3 Bedrooms
662−251−6665.
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Columbus & County School work good. 806 Shiloh Dr.
locations. 662−242−7653 662−889−6619.
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or 205−442−2011.
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Houses For Sale: New Hope 5 Minnesota
NEW CONSTRUCTION
NEW HOPE SCHOOLS Need a
FOR SALE SOON
This 4 bedroom beauty is
almost ready. Take
new car?
advantage of historic low
interest rates. Hardwood,
granite, security and more.
Call P & D Builders, Inc.
@ 662−328−0770.
Builder/Broker/Owner.
Lots & Acreage
1.75 ACRE LOTS.
Good/Bad Credit Options.
Good credit as low as 10%
down, $299/mo. Eaton
Land, 662−361−7711.
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Carpet & Flooring General Services Lawn Care / Landscaping Painting & Papering
CARPET INSTALLATION. Jake’s Mowing QUALITY PAINTING.
Re−Stretch & Repair also Mowing, Weed−eating, Ext/Int Painting.
avail. I accept select jobs. Blow off walks, Trim shrubs Sheet Rock Hang, Finish &
Call Walt, 662−574−8134. Free quote. Great pricing. Repair. Pressure Washing.
Call, text, leave message. Free Estimates. Ask for
General Services 662−570−8815 specials! Larry Webber,
662−242−4932.
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Bucket truck & stump LAWN SERVICE
SULLIVAN’S PAINT
removal. Free est. Garage Door Services Mowing, cleanup,
Serving Columbus M&M Garage Door, LLC landscaping, sodding, SERVICE
Special Prices.
since 1987. Senior Offering competitive prices & tree cutting.
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ and quality service. 662−356−6525 Interior & Exterior Painting.
662−435−6528
242−0324/241−4447 Available for all of your
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662-324-1666 • 601-656-6914
paint, drywall, clean,
pressure wash & cut grass.
No lawn too large or too
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104 South Lafayette Street, Starkville
Reasonable rates. Safe &
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