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Aldermen decide to keep city mask mandate indefinitely

Both sides of debate wonder what the threshold will be to lift mandate
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Starkville’s requirement for
people to wear protective face
coverings in city buildings and
businesses remains in place in-
definitely after aldermen decid-
ed at Tuesday’s meeting not to
vote on a resolution that would
have rescinded it.
Ward 1 Alderman Ben Carver
proposed the resolution, despite
the ongoing COVID-19 pandem-
ic, and spent several minutes
explaining why he wanted the
board to approve it. But his mo-
tion died when no one seconded,
even after Mayor Lynn Spruill
asked three times.
In a prepared statement,
Carver said he believed the ini-
tial goal of citizens and govern-
ments nationwide was to “flat-
ten the curve,” or minimize the
spread of COVID-19. Now “it
seems that many of our leaders
are all about preventing anyone
and everyone from getting the
virus,” he said.
As of Monday, 54 people in
Oktibbeha County have died of
the virus, as well as 3,027 state-
wide and more than 210,000 na-
tionwide.
“To borrow from Gov. (Tate)
Reeves, let those who are con-
cerned continue to wear masks,
and let those of us who aren’t
(have) the option
to choose,” Carv-
INSIDE
n SLIMANTICS: Tilting at the wind-
er said. mills of reason. Page 6A
Businesses
have been re- markers on the floor reminding
quired since ear- customers to stay six feet apart.
ly July to monitor Reeves enacted a statewide
customers both mask mandate in early August
Carver
at the entrance and let it expire Sept. 30, al-
and inside their facilities to though masks are still required
ensure that all customers over in schools and in businesses
the age of 6 wear masks and such as barber shops that re-
that everyone adheres to social quire close contact between
distancing. Stores must also people.
provide signs at the door and See ALDERMEN, 8A

FLYING THE MAGNOLIA

Man gets
life in prison
for murder
Joshua Murry convicted
of killing Jarrell Ward,
of Starkville, in 2018
over gambling debt
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

Joshua Murry was

sentenced to life in
prison Tuesday after
a Lowndes Coun-
ty jury found him
guilty of murdering
Starkville resident
Jarrell Ward in 2018.
The jury handed Murry
down the verdict after only a few
minutes of deliberation, a day after
Murry testified that the last time
he saw Ward, on July 26, 2018, he
dropped him off at the Donut Fac-
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
tory on Highway 45 in Columbus to
Nic Parish shows off the “Magnolia Flag” that flies outside his home on Seventh Street North in Columbus. The flag was cho-
sen from more than 1,300 designs to go on the ballot on Nov. 3 when voters will decide whether it will become the state’s meet a woman with a red Kia — the
new flag. Parish said he ordered the flag the day it was announced as the one chosen for the ballot about a month ago and same story he told Ward’s family
has been flying at his house for a few days. “Nobody has stopped to ask me about it, but I have noticed a lot of people slow- and investigators after Ward was
ing down to look at the flag,” Parish said. reported missing the next day.
Ward’s body was discovered on
Aug. 1, 2018, in a wooded area off
Sand Road in Lowndes County, and
law enforcement arrested Murry

Voter registration booms ahead of Nov. 3 election

Thousands of new voters register in Golden Triangle by deadline
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com
Lowndes County Circuit
Clerk Teresa Barksdale was
not surprised by the large
volume of new voter regis-
trations ahead of the Nov. 3
election.
“It’s always like that in a
presidential election year,”
Barksdale said.
The last day for citizens to
register to be eligible to vote
in the election was Monday.
As of Tuesday, 1,681 new
voters were added to the poll
book in the county, which
Barksdale said was probably
higher than the new voter
registration that preceded
the 2016.
How much higher?
“Let me run the program
and see,” she said.
A couple of minutes later,
Barksdale had that informa-
tion. In 2016, Lowndes Coun-
ty added 796 new voters be-
fore the Nov. 8 election.
“So this year we had more
than twice the number of
new voter registrations,” she
for murder the same day.
“I’m pleased with the hard work
of law enforcement in the case,”
District Attorney Scott Colom said
said. “That
does surprise
after the trial. “... They did every-
thing in their power to figure out
me.” what was going on. Because of the
Barksdale steps they took, we were able to col-
attributed lect enough evidence to prove that
the surge in Josh Murry killed Jarrell Ward.”
new voters to Murry’s trial began last week,
heightened when multiple witnesses testified
Barksdale
interest in the that Murry had lost either $1,300
presidential candidates for or $1,700 to Ward during a party
the main parties, as well as in Starkville at which the two had
better media campaigns de- been gambling on video games.
See VOTERS, 8A See TRIAL, 8A

New CPD policy makes more detectives available for calls

Columbus refinances 2010 bonds at lower interest rate; will save $310K over next 11 years policy, only one CID of-
ficer would be on call
BY YUE STELLA YU changes in the police de- the chain of command who were not designated Chief Fred Shelton told each night with no back-
syu@cdispatch.com partment’s policy that es- and the no-drinking rule as “on call” were intoxi- The Dispatch. The de- up officers, Shelton told
tablished a schedule for while on duty. cated or out of town and partment will implement The Dispatch. When the
Columbus City Coun- on-call officers at its crim- The changes are could not respond to calls the revisions this week, officer needed assistance
cil unanimously approved inal investigation division prompted by several in- when they were needed he said. for a major crime scene
Tuesday night several (CID) and articulated cidents where officers for additional assistance, Under the previous See CPD, 3A

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

1 Which U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean was Thursday MEETINGS
so infested with brown tree snakes that toxic ■ Downtown Art Walk: Columbus’ re-
Oct. 13:
mice were parachuted in to poison them? Starkville-Oktib-
2 In “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,” what is scheduled Downtown Art Walk from 5:30-
beha Consoli-
the name of the truck driver who terrifyingly 7:30 p.m. features multiple artists in and
dated School
reveals herself to be a ghost? outside participating businesses (bring
District Board of
3 Which species of tiger is the largest — Ben- cash or check for art), live music, promo-
gal, Siberian or Sumatran? Trustees meet-
Ella Margaret Sims tions and a decorated face mask contest.
4 What three-month home fitness system, ing, 6 p.m., 401
Fourth grade, Heritage Main Street Columbus, 662-328-6305, or
created in 2002 by Tony Horton, features Greensboro St.
Columbus Arts Council, 662-328-2787.

86 Low 57
12 intense workouts, a nutrition plan and a Oct. 16:
High fitness guide? Starkville Board
Sunny
5 To what state will a package with the abbre-
viation “MI” in its address be delivered?
Saturday of Aldermen
Full forecast on ■ Women’s Health Campaign Give- work session,
page 3A.
Answers, 8B away: Columbus Mississippi Commu- 10 a.m., City
nity Care hosts a giveaway of feminine Hall
products for Columbus’ frontline workers
INSIDE (medical, police, fire professionals) from
Oct. 19:
Starkville Hous-
Classifieds 8B Food 5B 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Columbus Police ing Authority
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Trump halts COVID-19 relief

talks until after election
‘I have instructed my representatives to stop
negotiating until after the election when, immediately
after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill ...’
President Donald Trump via Twitter
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
AND A AMER MADHANI
The Associated Press
WA S H I N G T O N
— President Donald
Trump on Tuesday
called an abrupt end
to negotiations with
Democrats over ad-
ditional COVID-19
relief, delaying ac-
tion until after the Trump
election despite ominous warn-
ings from his own Federal Reserve
chairman about the deteriorating
conditions in the economy.
Trump tweeted that House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi was “not
negotiating in good faith” and said
he’s asked Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell to direct all his
focus before the election into con-
firming his U.S. Supreme Court
nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.
“I have instructed my represen-
tatives to stop negotiating until
after the election when, imme-
diately after I win, we will pass a
major Stimulus Bill that focuses on
hardworking Americans and Small
Business,” Trump tweeted.
Hours later, Trump appeared
to edge back a bit from his call to
end negotiations. He took to Twit-
ter again and called on Congress
to send him a “Stand Alone Bill
for Stimulus Checks ($1,200)” — a
reference to a pre-election batch
of direct payments to most Amer-
icans that had been a central piece
of negotiations between Pelosi and
the White House. Pelosi has gen-
erally rejected taking a piecemeal
approach to COVID relief.
“I am ready to sign right now.
Are you listening Nancy?” Trump
said in a flurry of tweets Tuesday
evening. He also called on Con-
gress to immediately approve $25
billion for airlines and $135 billion
the Paycheck Protection Program
to help small businesses.
The unexpected turn could
be a blow to Trump’s reelection
prospects and comes as his ad-
ministration and campaign are in
turmoil. Trump is quarantining
in the White House with a case
of COVID, and the latest batch of
opinion polls shows him signifi-
cantly behind former Vice Presi-
dent Joe Biden with the election
four weeks away.
The collapse means that Trump
and down-ballot Republicans will
face reelection without deliver-
ing aid to voters — such as the
$1,200 direct payments, or “Trump
checks,” to most individuals —
even as the national jobless rate
is about 8 percent with millions
facing the threat of eviction. One
endangered Republican, Maine
Sen. Susan Collins, said “waiting
until after the election to reach an
agreement on the next Covid-19
relief package is a huge mistake.”
Former Vice President Joe
Biden slammed Trump’s move.
“Make no mistake: if you are out
of work, if your business is closed,
if your child’s school is shut down,
if you are seeing layoffs in your
community, Donald Trump decid-
ed today that none of that — none
of it — matters to him,” Biden said
in a statement released by his cam-
paign.

Pence-Harris debate to unfold as Trump recovers from virus

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Trump combats the virus, Pence, who was with ed person for at least 15
and Biden, at 77, would be- Trump and others last minutes starting from two
SALT LAKE CITY come the oldest person to week who have since days before the onset of
— Vice President Mike become president if he’s tested positive, has faced symptoms or a positive
Pence and his Democratic elected. questions about whether test.
challenger, California Sen. While the debate will he should be at the debate Pence’s team object-
Kamala Harris, are poised likely cover a range of top- at all. The vice president ed to Harris’ request
to meet for a debate that ics, the virus will be at the has repeatedly tested neg- for plexiglass barriers,
will offer starkly different forefront. ative for the virus, and his arguing it was medical-
visions for a country con- Pence and Harris will staff and doctors insist ly unnecessary. But the
fronting escalating crises. appear on stage exactly he does not need to quar- Commission on Presiden-
The faceoff Wednesday 12.25 feet apart separat- antine under Centers for tial Debates had already
night in Salt Lake City ed by plexiglass barriers. Disease Control and Pre- agreed to the barriers,
is the most highly antic- Anyone in the small audi- vention guidelines. and Pence’s aides said
ipated vice presidential ence who refuses to wear The CDC defines risky their presence wouldn’t
debate in recent memory. a mask will be asked to “close contact” as being dissuade him from attend-
It will unfold while Presi- leave. within 6 feet of an infect- ing the event.
dent Donald Trump recov-
ers at the White House
after testing positive last
week for the coronavirus
and spending several days
in the hospital, a serious
setback for his campaign
that adds pressure on
Pence to defend the ad-
ministration’s handling of
the pandemic.
For Harris, the debate
is her highest-profile op-
portunity to vocalize how
the Democratic presiden-
tial nominee, Joe Biden,
would stabilize the U.S.,
especially when it comes
to resolving the pandemic
and addressing racial in-
justice. She will be able to
explain her views on law
enforcement, an area in
which she’s viewed wari-
ly by some progressives,
given her past as a prose-
cutor.
Ultimately, the debate
is a chance for voters to
decide whether Pence and
Harris are in a position to
step into the presidency
at a moment’s notice. It’s
hardly a theoretical ques-
tion as the 74-year-old
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CMSD juggles pandemic, 200th anniversary of district

Labat: Students’ academic work better
than expected after schools closed in
March; teachers focus on planning, distance
learning, emotional health
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Columbus Mu-
nicipal School
District is ringing
in its 200th anni-
versary in 2021
with a whole new
brand, Superin-
tendent Cherie Labat
Labat said.
Labat showed off the new
logo and touted the new mot-
to — “Celebrating 200 years of
public education” — to mem-
bers of the Columbus Rotary
Club at their weekly meeting
at Lion Hills Center on Tues-
day. She said administrators,
school board members and local
historians — including Colum-
bus-Lowndes Public Library ar-
chivist Mona Vance-Ali and Mis-
sissippi School for Mathematics
and Science history teacher
Chuck Yarborough — have com-
piled a history of the district us-
ing firsthand journal and news-
paper accounts starting with the
founding of Franklin Academy,
the state’s first public school, in
1821.
Of course with the COVID-19
pandemic still limiting students
and teachers’ activities in the
classroom, the rebranding
campaign is not the only thing
CMSD administration has been
juggling, Labat said.
“We continued to come into
work and provide meals for our
students and continued to plan,”
she said. “... We were able to
problem-solve at very high lev-
els and get a lot of input on ev-
erything that was happening be-
cause we were all very present
and still at work.”
The pandemic has brought
into sharp focus the issues stu-
dents and schools face, Labat
said, including poverty and ac-
cess to internet.
“One of the most important
things that we realized … during
the COVID-19 situation is that
we have to continue,” she said.
“We were one of the only school
districts that stayed open for a
relatively long time because we
realized that our kids, the only
time they received two meals is
when they received them from
us. I thought I understood pov-
erty issues. I thought I under-
stood equity issues. But March
to May taught me that I didn’t
know as much as I thought I did.
I think that’s a statement I can
say for all the superintendents
I’ve talked to from all over the
country.”
Students need school, not
only for academics, but for emo-
tional and physical wellness as
well, Labat said.
Currently, CMSD students
are attending school via a hybrid
schedule, meaning half of stu-
dents attending in-person class-
es go to school two days a week
and the other half attend the
other two days. Some students
also attend all virtual classes.
Labat said one of the first
things teachers did when stu-
dents came back to school this
semester was assess how far
behind most students had fall-
en after schools closed down in
March. She said she was cau-
tiously hopeful about the results.
“God gave us great brains, so
it wasn’t as bad as I thought it
would be,” she said. “You think
this is going to be doomful as far
as our data, and really our kids
did respectfully well. We know
that the things that we have in
place will try to meet the learn-
ing gaps from March to May.”
She said teachers will give
students another assessment in
December to determine how ef-
fective virtual and hybrid learn-
ing has been for the district.
She told Rotarians she thinks
COVID-19 will change schools
and their schedules forever.
“We need more time to plan,”
Labat said. “If you look at some
of the highest-performing ju-
risdictions all over the world,
they spend more time planning
than teaching. Now we’ve been
forced into this model and we’re
seeing the benefits of us having
more time to plan, prepare, to
look at data, really analyze our
students and be able to collab-
orate with other teachers and
have time for that. Our schedul-
ing has allowed that.”
That said, the pandemic
has also caused severe levels
of stress among students and
teachers, meaning teachers and
administrators have all had to be
mindful of everyone’s emotional
health in ways they weren’t nec-
essarily before. She said the dis-
trict has a behavior specialist on
campus to work with students
and teachers.
“This is very difficult for chil-
dren and we have to be mindful
and receptive to changes in be-
haviors, anxiety, depression,”
she said. “We’ve not only noticed
that with our students but with
our teachers, and we’ve had to
be OK and vulnerable to be able
to talk about it because this is a
very difficult time for everyone.”
Labat also talked about some
changes coming to the district,
including AP classes thanks to
a partnership with MSMS and
further focus on workforce de-
velopment through a partner-
ship with East Mississippi Com-
munity College.
She also said the district
hopes to renovate the Hunt
campus — which was destroyed
during a tornado in February
2019 — and open it as the Hunt
Experience Center by 2022. The
Hunt Experience Center will be
a partnership with Mississippi
University for Women that al-
lows student teachers to interact
with CMSD students as part of
their learning.
“Our focus will be on blend-
ed learning and technology and
experimental learning,” Labat
said.

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or had to respond to two
scenes at the same time,
the department had to
scramble to find addition-
al officers, he said.
“In April, we had
two shootings. We had
one on the
Southside
and we had
one on the
Nor t hs ide .
Howe ve r,
that one of-
ficer could
not cov- Shelton
er both of
them … at the same time
because they happened
within 10 minutes of each
other,” he said. “When we
had a large crime scene
and I needed more extra
people, people are say-
ing, ‘Well, I’m not on call
so I’m not going to re-
spond.’”
Instead, the new pol-
icy established a rota-
tion schedule that would
place one primary inves-
tigator on call and one to
two officers on backup,
according to a handout
from Shelton. The back-
up officers will respond to
calls if the on-call officer
falls sick or has to deal
with emergencies. It also
clarifies the chain of com-
mand, with Capt. Rick
Jones in charge, CID Ser-
geant Eric Lewis next in
command and the senior
investigator in command
if both Jones and Lewis
are absent.
The policy further ar-
ticulates that on-call of-
ficers and their backups
are considered “on-duty”
when they are on shift but
will only be paid if they
actually respond to calls.
While on duty or prior
to coming to duty, they
cannot be intoxicated and
should be available for
calls.
“You are only going to
get paid for the time you
are actually working,” he
said. “I’m not going to pay
you for 10 hours to sit at
home waiting for some-
thing to happen.”
Additionally, all seven
CID officers, along with
patrol and other person-
nel at CPD, should con-
sider themselves subject
to call during emergen-
cies, including disasters,
riots and major crime
scenes such as murders,
according to the new poli-
cy. That does not mean all
personnel must remain
on duty, Shelton said. In-
stead, it means those who
are subject to call but not
on rotation may receive
calls for assistance, but
will not be punished for
not responding to the
calls, drinking or being
out of town, he said.
“We don’t want … to
get into regulating how
much they should drink,
when they should drink,”
he said. “We are just say-
ing you need a sense of
duty and understand that
as a police officer, you
may be subject to emer-
gency calls although you
are not on the schedule.”
Under the previous
policy, which Shelton
said has not been updated
since 2011, officers, es-
pecially those with fewer
than three years of ex-
perience, were not clear
as to when they were on
duty.
“Investigators at CID
now are younger people.
There are issues arising
about their duly position
and how they pursue it,”
Shelton said. “We haven’t
updated our policy since
2011, so it’s time to do
that.”
Ward 2 Councilman
Joseph Mickens told The
Dispatch there were at
least two instances when
an officer was written up
for not being able to re-
spond to calls for assis-
tance.
“One of them didn’t
come in because he said
he had been drinking. He
played it right. If you’ve
been drinking you are not
supposed to get in a PD
car. … One of the guys
was out of town and they
wrote him up,” Mickens
said. “They revamped
that. They’ve done a good
job.”
Ward 6 Councilman
Bill Gavin told The Dis-
patch he thinks the old
policy did not clarify
which officers were off
duty.
“The way it was writ-
ten, they were always
on duty,” he said. “They
could be in trouble for
getting out of town.
That’s not right.”
Councilwoman Ethel
Stewart of Ward 1 de-
clined to comment. Coun- Under a lower inter- amount due would have
cil members Charlie Box est rate of 1.98 percent, been about $5.8 million.
of Ward 3, Pierre Beard however, the city will Smith said refinancing
of Ward 4 and Stephen pay a total of almost $5.5 the debt is a wise decision
Jones of Ward 5 could not million and is expected because the interest rate
be reached for comment to pay it off by March is low during the pandem-
by press time. 2031, according to the ic.
new pay schedule. That “It’s a win-win,” he said.
City refinances 2010 represents a saving of “If you check around, you
$309,671.27, Smith said, don’t get 1.98-percent in-
street bonds which means the original terest rates now.”
Seeking a lower inter-
est rate on the $8.9 mil-
lion in general obligation
bonds the city issued in
2010 for street paving,
council members unani-
mously voted to refinance
the remaining debt —
$4.94 million — at a fixed
interest rate of 1.98 per-
cent.
State law allows a mu-
nicipality to refinance a
bond at a lower interest
rate when the decision
will result in a saving of
at least 2 percent of the
bond amount. The pro-
jected saving on the re-
maining debt of $4.94 mil-
lion is roughly $310,000,
bond attorney Steve Edds
told the council. That rep-
resents a saving of more
than 6 percent.
Under the previous
pay schedule, the bond
was scheduled to be paid
off by 2030. The interest
rate on the bond is about
4 percent this year and
could rise to 4.5 percent
by 2030, Mayor Robert
Smith told The Dispatch.

AREA ARRESTS

Boozer Coley Dowdle Farley Flippo Stokes

The fol-
lowing ar-
rests were
made by
Lowndes
C o u n t y
Sheriff’s Of-
fice: Walker Watkins Paganelli Culberson Rias
n Brice
Boozer, 48, n Delaney Flippo, 28, The following arrests SOLUNAR TABLE
was charged with posses- was charged with posses- were made by the Oktib-
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Wed. Thurs.
sion of methamphetamine. sion of methamphetamine beha County Sheriff’s Of- Major 4:53a 5:44a
n Willie Coley, 44, was and suspended drivers li- fice:
Minor
Major
10:09p
5:18p
10:51p
6:11p
charged with possession cense due to DUI. n Daniel Paganelli, Minor 12:40p 1:38p
Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of cocaine. n Jeremiah Stokes, 40, 32, was charged with con-
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

n Shelby Dowdle, 25,

was charged with posses-
sion of methamphetamine
and failure to appear.
n Allan Farley, 26, was
charged with possession
of methamphetamine and
cyberstalking-email/com-
munication to extort.
was charged with posses-
sion of methamphetamine.
n Tarcari Walker, 24,
was charged with felony
malicious mischief.
n Randy Watkins, 30,
was charged with molest-
ing-touching a child for
lustful purposes.
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Military leaders quarantined after official tests positive

More than 47,000 service members have
tested positive for the virus as of Monday
BY LOLITA C. BALDOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The na-
tion’s top military leaders were
under self-quarantine Tuesday
after a senior Coast Guard offi-
cial tested positive for the coro-
navirus, the Pentagon said. The
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, and
the vice chairman, Gen. John
Hyten, were among those af-
fected, U.S. officials said.
Military leaders who were
in contact with Adm. Charles
W. Ray, the vice commandant
of the Coast Guard, were told
Monday evening that he had
tested positive, and they were
all tested Tuesday morning, ac-
cording to several U.S. officials.
Pentagon spokesman Jonathan
Hoffman said in a statement
that none have exhibited symp-
toms or have so far tested pos-
itive.
Ray was in a meeting of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff late Friday
morning in what’s called the
Tank — the classified meeting
room in the Pentagon. Officials
said that is where most of the
military leaders were exposed
to him, but he also had other
meetings with officials.
The news stunned officials
at the Pentagon. Top leaders
there have largely remained
free of the virus, although there
have been a number of out-
breaks across the active-duty
force and the reserves around
the nation and overseas. Over-
all, more than 47,000 service
members have tested positive
for the virus, as of Monday,
625 have been hospitalized and
eight have died.
It is not known how Ray con-
tracted the virus. He attended
an event for Gold Star military
families at the White House
on Sept. 27 that was hosted by
President Donald Trump and
first lady Melania Trump.
Several senior military lead-
ers, including Milley, Defense
Secretary Mark Esper, Army
Gen. James McConville and
Army Secretary Ryan McCa-
rthy, also attended the event,
which honored the families
of service members who have
died. A number of the military
officials who were there got
COVID-19 tests late last week
after Trump and his wife both
tested positive for the virus. Ac-
cording to officials, the military
leaders were negative at that
time, and they will continue to
be tested in the coming days.

Ethicists say Trump special treatment raises fairness issues

‘He deserves special treatment by virtue of his office. he enrolled in a study, he
would have risked being
Regeneron also con-
tacted Democratic pres-
The question is whether it’s good treatment.’ randomly assigned to a
comparison group getting
idential nominee Joe
Biden’s campaign “to
George Annas, who heads Boston University’s center for law and health ethics
usual care rather than make them aware of
BY MARILYNN Trump also received a problem,” Annas said, getting the drug. the compassionate use
MARCHIONE the antiviral remdesivir adding that there’s a right Compassionate use mechanism, should they
AP Chief Medical Writer
and the steroid dexameth- to know anything that requests are decided need to apply” if Biden
asone, and it’s impossible could affect Trump’s abili- on a case-by-case basis, becomes infected, Bow-
The special treatment and both the drug com- ie wrote. “There was no
President Donald Trump
to know whether any of ty to do his job.
pany and the U.S. Food promise of access to the Eleanor King
these drugs did him any Incomplete
received to access an ex- and Drug Administra- medicine,” she added.
perimental COVID-19
good. How he got the drug tion must agree. An FDA Alison Bateman-
2nd Ave N. Location

drug raises fairness is-
sues that start with the
flawed health care system
many Americans endure
and end with the public’s
right to know more about
his condition, ethics and
medical experts say.
Regeneron Pharma-
ceuticals Inc. revealed
on Tuesday how rare it
was for anyone to get the
drug it gave Trump out-
side of studies testing its
safety and effectiveness.
The drug, which supplies
antibodies to help the im-
mune system clear the
coronavirus, is widely
viewed as very promising.
“He deserves special
treatment by virtue of his
office,” said George An-
nas, who heads Boston
University’s center for law
and health ethics. “The
question is whether it’s
good treatment.”
These drugs are un-
proven for mild illness
and have not been tested
in combination. The ste-
roid seems at odds with
medical guidelines based
on what doctors have said
about the severity of his
illness.
“The public is getting
mixed messages about
his condition and that’s
Trump’s doctors asked
for the Regeneron drug
under “compassionate
use” rules, which allow a
patient with a life-threat-
ening disease to get an
experimental medicine if
they can’t enroll in a study
testing it and there’s no
good alternative.
Trump was given the
drug at the White House
on Friday before he was
taken to Walter Reed Na-
tional Military Medical
Center. Walter Reed is
not a site where the drug
is being tested, so he may
have met that criterion on
technical grounds. Had
spokeswoman refused
comment on the FDA’s
decision or to say how
many others have asked
for the drug.
How special was this?
Fewer than 10 of these
requests have been
granted, said Regeneron
spokeswoman Alexandra
Bowie. The drug is in lim-
ited supply, the priority is
using it for the ongoing
studies, and emergency
access is granted “only in
rare and exceptional cir-
cumstances,” she wrote
in an email.
House, an ethicist at NYU
Langone Health, said Judy Smith
Incomplete
Regeneron’s overture to
College St. Location
Biden raises concern.
“That crosses lines of
appearing to promote a
potentially unapproved
product” in violation of
FDA rules, she said. Rath-
er than directing people
to enroll in studies, it sug- memorialgunterpeel.com
gests “just call us up and
we’ll cut the line for you,”
she said.

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Graveside services
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A private graveside
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Friday, in Greenwood
Cemetery, with the Rev.
Layne Livingston offici-
ating. Robinson Funeral
Home of Columbus is
in charge of arrange-
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Mrs. King was born
March 25, 1928, in
West Point, to the late
Rev. William T. Dart
and Emma Weibel.
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
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King Jr.; siblings,
Jimmy Dart, Naomi
Brooks, Dorothy “Dot”
Livingston and Ruth
Calloway.
She is survived by
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King of West Point and
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and four great-grand-
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COLUMBUS — Lee
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died Oct. 6, 2020, at his
residence.
A memorial service
will be at 6 p.m. Thurs-
day, at the American
Legion 308 Chubby
Drive, with Sammy
Crawford officiating.
Visitation will be one
hour prior to services
at the American Le-
gion. Lowndes Funeral
Home of Columbus is
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ments.
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born Oct. 29, 1962, in
West Point to the late
Marry “Jackie” Smith
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Vickers. He was for-
merly employed as a
chemical tech with Eka
Chemical.
He is survived by his
wife, Tanya Cantrell
Vickers; children,
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Vickers of Douglasville,
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and four grandchildren.
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al Gunter Peel Funeral
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Columbus.

Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65

BY MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK — Ed-
die Van Halen, the guitar
virtuoso whose blinding
was a gift.”
With his distinct solos,
Eddie Van Halen fueled
the ultimate California
party band and helped
knock disco off the charts
zine put Eddie Van Halen
at No. 8 in its list of the 100
greatest guitarists.
Eddie Van Halen was
something of a musical
contradiction. He was an
world. You were the Mo-
zart of rock guitar. Travel
safe, rockstar,” Motley
Crue’s Nikki Sixx said
on Twitter. Added Lenny
Kravitz: “Heaven will be

speed, control and inno-
vation propelled his band
Van Halen into one of hard
rock’s biggest groups and
became elevated to the
status of rock god, has
died. He was 65.
“He was the best father
I could ask for,” Van Ha-
len’s son, Wolfgang, wrote
starting in the late 1970s
with his band’s self-titled
debut album and then with
the blockbuster record
“1984,” which contains the
classics “Jump,” “Panama”
and “Hot for Teacher.”
Van Halen is among the
top 20 best-selling artists
autodidact who could play
almost any instrument,
but he couldn’t read mu-
sic. He was a classically
trained pianist who also
created some of the most
distinctive guitar riffs
in rock history. He was
a Dutch immigrant who
Log on.
electric tonight.”
The members of Van
Halen — the two Van Ha-
len brothers, Eddie and
Alex; vocalist David Lee
Roth; and bassist Michael
Anthony — formed in
1974 in Pasadena, Cali-
fornia. They were mem-

in a social media post. “Ev-
ery moment I’ve shared
with him on and off stage
of all time, and the band
was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in
2007. Rolling Stone maga-
was considered one of the
greatest American guitar-
ists of his generation.
“You changed our
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bers of rival high school
bands and then attended
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gether.
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Supporters mirror Trump’s rosy

projection of virus infection
‘I think most of us have reached the realization
that, at some point, we’re probably going catch it,
and have to deal with it anyway’
Ken Gray, a county commissioner from Dayton, Nevada
BY MICHELLE L. PRICE
AND FARNOUSH AMIRI
The Associated Press
CANTON, Ohio — As an infect-
ed President Donald Trump urged
Americans not to fear the virus that
has killed more than 1 million peo-
ple worldwide, many of his support-
ers were already in sync with that
message.
In interviews with Republican
voters at Trump events and cam-
paign offices, very few saw the
president’s illness as a cautionary
tale. None said they would change
their personal approach to masks
or distancing, and many expressed
a confidence that the disease was
less dangerous than advertised.
In Ohio, a “Women for Trump”
group gathered indoors — many
maskless and not distanced — to
pray for the president’s recovery.
In Nevada, a Reno businessman
dismissed the threat of the pan-
demic as “overplayed.” Nearby, an-
other Trump backer shrugged off
any second thoughts about having
cheered at a Trump campaign event
last week as part of a maskless
crowd.
“I think most of us have reached
the realization that, at some point,
we’re probably going catch it, and
have to deal with it anyway,” Ken
Gray, a county commissioner from
Dayton, Nevada, shortly before the
president returned to the White
House after three days of treatment
for COVID-19 at Walter Reed Na-
tional Military Medical Center.
Trump’s “don’t be afraid” take-
away is infuriating public health ex-
perts — who note that basic preven-
tion measures do work contain the
spread of the deadly virus. It’s also
angering family members of those
who have died. But for many of
Trump’s supporters, the president
was merely adopting an attitude
they expect, and they themselves
reflect, when it comes to the pan-
demic.
They view Trump’s infection
as almost inevitable. Some were
amazed he’d made it this far before
getting sick.
“It’s October and he’s just now
getting it,” said 18-year-old Taylor
Adams, a first-time voter, at the
women’s meeting in Ohio. Adams
even commended the president for
not contracting the disease sooner.
“I think that he’s definitely going to
pull through. But I’m not surprised
that he did get it eventually.”
The comments were a testament
to the power of Trump’s messag-
ing, widely seen as misleading by
public health experts. Throughout
the pandemic, the president’s pub-
lic portrayal of the virus has been
rosier than reality. He’s routinely
brushed off the severity of the out-
break and dismissed expert advice
on mask wearing and social distanc-
ing. On Tuesday, he compared the
virus to the seasonal flu, suggest-
ing it was something that should be
“learned to live with.”
In fact, COVID-19 has proven to
be a more potent killer than the flu,
particularly among older people,
and has shown indications of hav-
ing long-term impacts on the health
of younger people it infects.
Trump acknowledged to journal-
ist Bob Woodward that he “wanted
to always play it down” because he
did not want to cause panic. Among
many supporters, that appears to
have worked. Trump voters inter-
viewed this week were almost blase
about their president’s health scare,
describing it as an unavoidable part
of his work and travel schedule.
“I don’t find it surprising. The
president has spent much of the
year around the country, with sup-
porters, campaigning for anoth-
er four years,” said Ohio resident
Brenda Parsons, 58.
As women supporting Trump
gathered at an office building in
Canton, a battleground area in the
state’s northeast, few wore masks.
They sat closer than the recom-
mended six feet apart. They posed
for photos with a life-size cutout of
the president and a giant mural of a
bald eagle wearing a “Make Amer-
ica Great Again” hat, and chanted
“four more years!”
They prayed for the president
and First Lady Melania Trump, who
contracted the disease along with
others in the White House.
“I pray and know the president’s
positive mindset combined with his
faith in Jesus is what will help him
pull through this,” Parsons said.

Facebook says it will ban groups that openly support QAnon

Company said it started to enforce
the policy Tuesday but cautioned that
it ‘will take time and will continue in
the coming days and weeks’
BY BARBARA ORTUTAY
AP Technology Writer
OAKLAND, Calif. —
Facebook said it will ban
groups that openly sup-
port QAnon, the baseless
conspiracy theory that
paints President Donald
Trump as a secret war-
rior against a supposed
child-trafficking ring run
by celebrities and “deep
state” government offi-
cials.
The company said
Tuesday that it will re-
move Facebook pages,
groups and Instagram ac-
counts for “representing
QAnon” — even if they
don’t promote violence.
The social network said
it will consider a variety
of factors to decide if a
group meets its criteria
for a ban, including its
name, the biography or
“about” section of the
page, and discussions
within the page, group or
Instagram account.
Mentions of QAnon
in a group focused on a
different subject won’t
necessarily lead to a ban,
Facebook said. Adminis-
trators of banned groups
will have their personal
accounts disabled as well.
Less than two months
ago, Facebook said it
would stop promoting the
group and its adherents,
although it faltered with
spotty enforcement. It
said it would only remove
QAnon groups if they pro-
mote violence. That is no
longer the case.
The company said it
started to enforce the pol-
icy Tuesday but cautioned
that it “will take time and
will continue in the com-
ing days and weeks.”
Critics called it a
much-needed, though be-
lated, move by Facebook.
“Now that they have
announced that they will
treat the QAnon ideology
like the very real threat
that it is, we hope that
they will follow up with
some modicum of evi-
dence showing how the
ban is being enforced
and whether it is fully ef-
fective,” said Jonathan A.
Greenblatt, CEO of the
Anti-Defamation League
and one of the founders
of the Stop Hate for Profit
campaign, which orga-
nized a Facebook boycott
by advertisers.
But the conspiracy the-
ory has already seeped
into mainstream politics.
Several Republican run-
Gelinas had been placed
on paid leave after he was
ning for Congress this
year are QAnon-friendly.
identified on Sept. 10 by a
fact-checking site as the
By the time Facebook operator of the website
and other social media QMap.pub and its associ-
companies began enforc- ated mobile apps.
ing — however limited —
policies against QAnon,
critics said it was largely
too late. Reddit, which
began banning QAnon
groups in 2018, was well
ahead, and to date it has
largely avoided having a
notable QAnon presence
on its platform.
“We’ve seen several
issues that led to today’s
update,” Facebook said in
a blog post. “While we’ve
removed QAnon content
that celebrates and sup-
ports violence, we’ve seen
other QAnon content tied
to different forms of real
world harm, including
recent claims that the
west coast wildfires were
started by certain groups,
which diverted attention
of local officials from
fighting the fires and pro-
tecting the public.”
Twitter did not im-
mediately respond to a
message for comment on
Tuesday.
Also on Tuesday, Citi-
group Inc. reportedly
fired a manager in its
technology department
after an investigation
found that he operated a
prominent website dedi-
cated to QAnon. Accord-
ing to Bloomberg, Jason

US trade deficit up to $67.1B in August, 14-year high

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The
U.S. trade deficit rose in
August to the highest level
in 14 years.
The Commerce Depart-
ment reported Tuesday that
the gap between the goods
and services the United
States sells and what it
buys abroad climbed 5.9
percent in August to $67.1
billion, highest since Au-
gust 2006. Exports rose
2.2 percent to $171.9 billion
on a surge in shipments of
soybeans, but imports rose
more — up 3.2 percent to
$239 billion — led by pur-
chases of crude oil, cars
and auto parts.
The U.S. deficit with
the rest of the world in the
trade of goods such as air-
planes and appliances set a
record $83.9 billion in Au-
gust. The United States ran
a surplus of $16.8 billion in
the trade of services such
as banking and education,
lowest since January 2012.
The politically sensitive
deficit in the trade of goods
with China fell 6.7 percent
to $26.4 billion.
So far this year, the
United States has record-
ed a trade gap of $421.8
billion, up 5.7 percent from
January-August 2019.
Hammered by the coro-
navirus and its fallout on
the world economy, total
U.S. trade — exports plus
imports — is down 15.1
percent so far this year to
$3.2 trillion.
“Overall, trade flows
remain subdued and the
outlook is uncertain given
a muted global growth and
demand backdrop,” said
Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S.
economist at High Fre-
quency Economics.
President Donald
Trump campaigned on
a pledge to bring down
America’s persistent trade
deficits. He imposed taxes
on imports of steel, alumi-
num and most products
from China, among other
things; and renegotiated
a North American trade
pact in an effort to encour-
age more production in the
United States.
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SLIMANTICS
Tilting at the windmills of reason
T
he voice in
Ben Carver’s
head must
be an awesome
thing to behold.
I imagine the
narrator being
James Earl Jones,
in his rich baritone,
telling the story of
Starkville’s Ward 1
alderman:
“One man’s Slim Smith
courageous struggle
against the tyranny
of a socialist government that
denies citizens their god-given
right a chance to contract and/
or spread a disease that has
killed 211,000 Americans in
nine months. ‘Freedom!!’ is his
cry. Will anyone heed his plea?”
During Tuesday’s meeting,
the Board of Aldermen consid-
ered a proposal by Carver to
end the city’s mask mandate
after Gov. Tate Reeves lifted
the statewide mask tibbeha County have died of contract. We are not free to be set up for Carver to occupy
mandate a week COVID-19. Carver apparently do whatever we please when until he is ready to join the
ago. believes that number is too doing so endangers others. grown-ups at “the big table.”
Starkville, along low. Surely there are some Reasonable people understand If there is any good news to
with Columbus and expendable people out there this. report, it is that Carver swayed
West Point, have we can sacrifice so we don’t The consensus among med- no one.
chosen to keep have to wear a mask. He’s not ical experts is that wearing Three citizens rose to speak
their mask require- asking for much, really, just a masks aids in the prevention of on the topic, but none sup-
ments in place. modest decrease in the surplus COVID-19 cases. That should ported Carver’s call for an end
In a prepared population. settle the matter. The cost to the city’s mask mandate.
statement, Carver Carver’s is an argument (inconvenience or, in Carver’s Carver’s proposal died for lack
said he believed we keep hearing: It should be case, a misguided notion of of a second by any of the other
the initial goal up to the individual to decide liberty) is small compared six aldermen.
of citizens and whether to wear a mask. But to the health benefits for our One would assume this
governments that’s not how it works in a community. would be the end of the matter,
nationwide was to “flatten the healthy, fully-functioning soci- During the meeting, Carver but you get the feeling that
curve,” or minimize the spread ety. It’s like saying Americans took off his mask to speak. At Starkville’s Don Quixote will
of COVID-19. Now “it seems have a right to choose which other times, he wore his mask live to ride yet again, tilting at
that many of our leaders are side of the road they prefer below his nose, which defeats the windmills of reason, insist-
all about preventing anyone driving on. the whole purpose of a mask. ing they are really evil giants.
and everyone from getting the When dealing with pandem- Those are the acts you typi- Carver’s is a lonely voice,
virus,” he said, ics, there has to be as close to cally associate with a petulant And in this case It deserves
Imagine the nerve of those universal adherence as possi- child. to be.
people, huh? Trying to prevent ble. It’s not like deciding which I suggest in future board Slim Smith is a columnist
unnecessary deaths? Just who flavor of ice cream you want. meetings, the board room and feature writer for The
do they think they are? Individual rights have lim- could be configured in such Dispatch. His email address is
So far, 54 people in Ok- itations as a part of our social a way that a card table could ssmith@cdispatch.com.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE CARTOONIST VIEW

Open letter to author of anonymous emails
Recently, I was notified by my pastor that Lown-
des Funeral Home had received an email about a
member of Fairview Baptist Church, which happened
to be me. The letter said “the deacons and members
of my Sunday School class” had requested me to
leave Fairview Baptist Church because of my racist
views about our city government operations. That
was news to him, because my Sunday school has
not met since March in person, and my name had
not been brought up at any deacons meeting. The
email — and multiple others that followed — was
sent from an anonymous, untraceable email address
and appears to be an effort to cause trouble for me at
my own church. In addition to calling me racist, the
emails criticize my intelligence, suggest my church
no longer wants me and say I make fun of others.
If my fellow members at Fairview had sent it they
would share their name because that’s the kind of
Christians they are, and they are not cowards. “Love
God, Love People” is our motto. The email also
suggested my late mother was upset by my letters to
the editor and that she thought I was a racist. Shame
on you. The nursing home always shared my letters
with her. It made her day knowing I cared about our
civic affairs in Columbus.
I don’t know your identity but God does know. He
also knows my heart. I will not be bullied or insult-
ed by your racial innuendos and accusations. My
criticism of the city’s operation will continue because
this is my home. I’ve paid for my home, I have paid
my taxes and God has blessed me. Through hard
work and good health I have lived the American
dream. Racism has not been in my vocabulary. The
emails have been so full of mistakes, misspelling and
out right exaggerations of my letters, no wonder you THE NATION
The Trump show must go on
want to stay anonymous. I know the author of these
emails reads The Dispatch. Attacking my character
and name is not going to work. I will continue to
express my thoughts about civic issues. Transparen-
cy, open honest government and accountability is all “Are you not enter- Reed National Military House where he stands on a balco-
I want. If that is racism then we have a real problem. tained?” Medical Center Mon- ny and makes a dramatic show of
I just wish my dear mother was alive to read this. She — Maximus, in day, almost certainly removing his mask, then strides
would be proud of me. “Gladiator” against the advice of his infected body into a building
his doctors. “Don’t let it full of government workers.

I
”Love God, love people.”
t helps if you think
God bless America,
of it as a show.
Lee Roy Lollar
Certainly, that’s
Columbus
the way the man in the
middle of it does. So
Encourages voting for man led by God just consider last week-
We are reminded that history repeats itself over end the latest bizarre
time. How far back do you want to go? Well you can episode in Season Four Leonard Pitts
even go back to Biblical times and history just keeps of the Donald Trump
repeating itself. presidency. Call it “The
Reading Judges brought me right back to today. One With COVID-19.”
When we start taking God out of everything in our Granted, it’s a favored conser-
lives and instead of following his laws and forgetting vative trope that liberals are the
all morals, we instead make laws to conform to what ones held hostage to so-called
we want, chaos occurs. One good example is tak- “Hollywood” values. But there is
ing prayer out of schools; we as parents are to pass no one who embodies the worst
God’s word and law to our children. This was done of the dream factory — of image
because of one family, yet the majority have to accept over substance and overween-
their way of thinking and conform to the new laws. ing self-regard — more than the
(Although this is not what Christians want, it is what reality show impresario Trump.
politicians want. Is being a politician so important He has turned the presidency into
that all Christian values are thrown out the window?) a production, stage-managed his
Are they really Christians in their heart? office — and now, his COVID-19
Another example would be making laws that diagnosis — with the sole aim
acknowledge marriage between the same sex, when of boosting his ego and political
the Bible tells us that a marriage is between a man prospects.
and a women. Yet society forces laws on us and People have already died from
requires Christians to accept same sex marriage as this. Based on this latest episode,
it’s equal. We can love the sinner but not the sin; and there may well be more to come.
in our hearts stay true to God’s word. It could be a White House but-
As a Christian (which is a personal choice), the ler, chef or janitor. Maybe a body
only thing I can do is pray for the world and vote for man, a journalist or a Secret Ser-
the person that I feel is being led by God. vice agent. Maybe some member
I urge everyone to read the Constitution and use of Cult 45 who will be persuaded
that God-given right to go out and vote as He leads to emulate Dear Leader’s cavalier
you, not as someone tells you or not because some attitude toward a deadly virus.
one pays you to vote. Stand up to the persecution “Don’t be afraid of COVID,” tweet- tory “working” at the hospital. And
in this country; we have all seen persecution in our ed Trump before leaving Walter
heritage, that is why our ancestors came to America
so many, many years ago. If we reach out to God and
dominate your life.”
Someone will likely
die from that — on a
ventilator, miserable
and alone, gasping out
the last of life, as loved
ones can only watch
via FaceTime or Skype.
For whatever it’s worth,
it could yet be Trump
himself. Because you may lie,
deny and deflect to your heart’s
content, but eventually, the piper
presents her bill.
Of course, we all know how
Trump treats creditors. So one is
hardly shocked that, even after his
diagnosis, with at least 14 people
in his orbit — including his wife,
his press secretary and former
aide Kellyanne “alternative facts”
Conway — also testing positive,
Trump still acts as if COVID-19 is
no big deal. He is less concerned
with being well than with seeming
well, with depicting himself as
unbowed and in charge.
So you get that aimless motor-
cade around the hospital — some
poor Secret Service driver trapped
with him as he waves at MAGA
hats while breathing out disease
inside the hermetically sealed
presidential vehicle. And you get
that picture purporting to show
the laziest president in recent his-
you get that return to the White
Trump is a living Hollywood
facade — a front with nothing
inside. So he resorts to photo ops
like those to make him appear rug-
ged and tough, with powers and
abilities beyond those of mortal
men. It’s all as fake as a Western
street on a Universal Studios back
lot. Yet he will go to great lengths
to make it seem real.
Consider how he pressured
his doctor, Sean Conley, to give a
rosier assessment of his condition
than was medically warranted.
Conley even embraced his pa-
tient’s love of hyperbole, dubbing
Trump a “phenomenal patient,”
whatever in the world that might
be. It was a dubious performance
that cost Conley professional re-
spect; a colleague said he behaved
like “a spin doctor, not a medical
doctor.”
But never mind, so long as
Trump got what he wanted.
And never mind the chef, the
janitor, the journalist, the Secret
Service agent. Never mind 210,000
Americans already dead. Never
mind anything but the performer
and his performance. You know
what they say in Hollywood: The
show must go on.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the
2004 Pulitzer Prize for commen-
tary, is a columnist for the Miami
Herald. Email him at lpitts@
miamiherald.com.

Make Your Voice Heard

search our hearts, we can all do better and make the
right choices. God bless the USA!
Cheryl Arnold Write The Dispatch: voice@cdispatch.com
Ethelsville, Alabama
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Voter beware: US tells public how

to avoid election mischief
Issues identified run the gamut from the spread of
online disinformation about the electoral process
to cyberattacks targeting election infrastructure
BY ERIC TUCKER AND BEN FOX
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The FBI and
the Department of Homeland Se-
curity’s cybersecurity agency have
issued a series of advisories in re-
cent weeks aimed at warning voters
about problems that could surface
in the election — as well as steps
Americans can take to counter the
foreign interference threat.
The issues identified in the pub-
lic service announcements run the
gamut from the spread of online
disinformation about the elector-
al process to cyberattacks target-
ing election infrastructure. Tak-
en together, the advisories make
clear that American agencies are
tracking a broad range of poten-
tial threats that they believe voters
should know about — not just for
transparency’s sake but also so that
voters can be prepared.
The warnings come even though
U.S. officials as recently as Tuesday
expressed confidence in the integ-
rity of the vote despite repeated ef-
forts by President Donald Trump to
denigrate it.
Some of the announcements
from the FBI and Cybersecurity
and Infrastructure Security Agen-
cy:
Disinformation through bogus
internet domains and email
accounts
It’s not hard to set up a fake, or
spoofed, email account or website
to closely resemble a legitimate
one. That’s precisely what the FBI
and CISA are warning may take
place to trick Americans during the
election.
Cyber criminals routinely forge
websites with slight misspellings
or other barely perceptively alter-
ations to dupe internet users.
In the context of an election, for
instance, a bogus website ending in
“.com” versus “.gov” that purports
to have legitimate voting informa-
tion or results could trick people
who visit the page into thinking that
what they’re reading is an authentic,
trustworthy government source.
Besides spreading false informa-
tion, officials say, such spoofed web-
sites and email accounts can gather
personally identifiable information
and spread malicious software.
One precaution voters can take
is to verify the spelling of websites
and email addresses that may look
legitimate but are actually not.
Disinformation through
online journals
Foreign intelligence services
could use websites like pseudo-ac-
ademic online journals to cause
confusion around the election and
undermine confidence in the legit-
imacy of its results.
That could include promoting
claims of voter suppression and
ballot fraud, denigrating individual
political candidates, disseminating
information about cyberattacks —
both real and alleged — and spread-
ing otherwise misleading or unsub-
stantiated assertions to manipulate
public opinion and discredit the
election process.
U.S. officials are encouraging
voters to rely on trustworthy sourc-
es of information, including state
and local election officials, and to
verify through credible channels re-
ports about problems about voting
before recirculating them online.
False claims of hacked voter
information
How someone voted is private.
But information about who is eligi-
ble to vote, how often a person votes
and for which party is publicly avail-
able through a variety of sources.
That’s why authorities said there
was nothing to be concerned about
last month when Russian media re-
ported that some U.S. voter regis-
tration information was available on
a hacker’s forum.
The FBI and CISA issued a re-
minder not long after that unnamed
“foreign actors” and cyber crimi-
nals are spreading false informa-
tion intended to discredit the Amer-
ican electoral process, including by
falsely claiming to have hacked and
leaked voter information.
Even if those foreign actors or
cyber criminals had such informa-
tion, it wouldn’t do anything to stop
an American from casting a ballot
or to provide a way to manipulate
the vote. The U.S. agencies say they
have no information that any attack
targeting election infrastructure
has compromised the integrity of
election results or the accuracy of
voter registration information, or
prevented an election from occur-
ring.
Cyber threats to voting systems
The advisories describe possible
threats to election infrastructure
that they say may slow voting, or im-
pede access to voting information,
but that should not compromise the
integrity of the results.
One concern relates to so-called
distributed denial-of-service, or
DDoS, attacks in which a server
gets knocked at least temporarily
offline by a flood requests, which
could leave election-related web-
sites inaccessible or slow access to
voting information or results.
Even in such attacks, though,
the underlying voting data should
not be affected, according to federal
officials who say they’ve been work-
ing with local election counterparts
to make sure they can minimize the
impact and recover quickly from
such a disruption.
The FBI and CISA say in anoth-
er of the recently issued warnings
that cyber actors are continuing to
try to break into voter registration
and vote reporting systems. But
the agencies say they haven’t iden-
tified any incidents that could pre-
vent Americans from voting or that
could change vote tallies.

Countering Trump, US officials

defend integrity of election
‘... My confidence in the security soft described election-re-
lated hacking attempts by
of your vote has never been higher’ Russian, Chinese and Ira-
nian agents.
Chris Krebs, the director of the Department
William Evanina, the
of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and
U.S. government’s chief
Infrastructure Security Agency
counterintelligence offi-
BY ERIC TUCKER to be aimed at soothing cial, said in Tuesday’s vid-
The Associated Press jangled nerves of voters eo that foreign adversaries
ahead of an election made are spreading disinforma-
WASHINGTON — unique by an expected tion, engaging in influence
Four weeks ahead of Elec- surge in mail-in ballots be- operations, conducting
tion Day, senior national cyber activities with the
cause of the coronavirus
security officials provided intent of gaining access
pandemic. Though Trump
fresh assurances about to election infrastructure
was not mentioned during
the integrity of the elec- and trying to collect de-
the nine-minute video, the
tions in a video message rogatory information on
message from the speak-
Tuesday, putting them at candidates, campaigns
odds with President Don- ers served as a tacit count- and prominent Americans.
ald Trump’s efforts to dis- er to his repeated efforts, “Despite these nefar-
credit the vote. including in last week’s ious efforts, our election
“I’m here to tell you presidential debate, to al- system remains resilient,”
that my confidence in the lege widespread fraud in said Evanina, director of
security of your vote has the mail ballot process and the National Counterintel-
never been higher,” Chris to preemptively cast doubt ligence and Security Cen-
Krebs, the director of the on the legitimacy of the ter. “To be clear, it would
Department of Homeland election. be very difficult for adver-
Security’s Cybersecurity The video was released saries to interfere with or
and Infrastructure Secu- as U.S. officials have re- manipulate voting results
rity Agency, said in the vealed ongoing foreign at scale.”
video message. “That’s efforts to interfere in the The officials conceded
because of an all-of-nation, election, including Rus- that the Nov. 3 election
unprecedented election sian attempts to denigrate will be different than past
security effort over the Democratic presidential ones because of the mil-
last several years.” nominee Joe Biden. A re- lions of Americans expect-
The video appeared cent blog post by Micro- ed to vote by mail.

Florida gov extends voter registration after site crash

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TALL AHASSEE,
Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron
DeSantis extended the
state’s voter registration
deadline Tuesday after he
said heavy traffic crashed
the state’s online system
and potentially prevent-
ed thousands of enroll-
ing to cast ballots in next
month’s presidential elec-
tion. Several progressive
groups are suing for an
additional extension.
DeSantis extended
the deadline that expired
Monday until 7 p.m. Tues-
day. In addition to online
registration, DeSantis
ordered elections, motor
vehicle and tax collectors
offices to stay open un-
til that hour for anyone
who wanted to register
in person. He also said
any forms postmarked by
Tuesday would be accept-
ed.
Voting and minority
rights groups respond-
ed with a federal lawsuit,
saying the confusion re-
quired more time, but De-
Santis disagreed, saying
the seven-hour outage
required a comparable ex-
tension. The problems be-
gan about 5 p.m. Monday
and continued until the
midnight deadline.
“You can have the
best site in the world,
but sometimes there are
hiccups,” DeSantis said
during a press confer-
ence at The Villages, a
large retirement commu-
nity in central Florida. “If
500,000 people descend at
the same time, it creates a
bottleneck.”
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Aldermen
Continued from Page 1A
The city implemented
its first mask mandate
April 28 after Reeves’
“shelter in place” order,
which lasted most of
April, ended and some
businesses were allowed
to reopen. The aldermen
initially planned to keep
the mandate until May
11 but lifted it May 9 af-
ter Reeves allowed more
businesses to reopen.
Aldermen then re-imple-
mented the mask man-
date on July 7.
Carver was the only
alderman to vote against
both previous city man-
dates.
“The heavy hand of
government should not
be allowed to impose on
citizens’ personal rights,”
he said. “However, if you
want to wear a mask every
day for the rest of your
life, wear a mask while
walking alone outside
(or) while driving alone in
your car, you have every
right to do so and I en-
courage you to do so.”
He repeated a state-
ment he previously told
The Dispatch, in which he
asked if masks will contin-
ue to be required until a
COVID-19 vaccine is de-
veloped and distributed.
His preferred mandate
would be 10 feet of social
distancing, instead of six,
and the option of wearing
a mask, he said. He is not
opposed to the idea of
wearing masks itself.
“I might wear a mask if
you gave me that choice,”
he said, taking off his
mask to speak while
Spruill and the rest of the
board left their masks
on for the entirety of the
board meeting, even
while speaking. When
Carver did wear his mask,
he did not cover his nose
with it.
After his proposed res-
olution died, Carver asked
the board for a timeline or
a “medical threshold” for
when they would consid-
er it safe to lift the mask
mandate. Spruill said the
board would discuss it at
the next work session on
Oct. 16, despite Carver’s
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
Cindy Walker, left, who is a nurse and the chairwoman of the community advisory
board for OCH Regional Medical Center, asks the Starkville board of aldermen Tues-
day to continue to require protective face coverings in city buildings and businesses
to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The requirement has been in place
since July, and Walker said residents of long-term care facilities are struggling with
social isolation since they have not been able to see their families in person since
March. The board decided not to vote on a resolution that would have rescinded the
mask mandate.
insistence that they dis- patients using ventilators and have basically died of
cuss it then and there. to breathe. broken hearts.”
Spruill told The Dis- “We know that opening She implored the board
patch after the meeting things back up is going to to keep the mask man-
that she believes the cause a spike. That’s inev- date in hopes of meeting
board should “revisit the itable,” Bell said. “It’s not the state’s two criteria for
issue” around Thanksgiv- going to go away, so do we long-term care facilities
ing, when the fall semes- open now and not wear to reopen for visits: the
ter at Mississippi State a mask, and then in two facility must be COVID-
University will end and weeks wear a mask? What free for 28 days, and the
most students will leave is our long-term goal?” weekly case numbers for
town. Until then, she said, Bell said he would pre- the county must be in
the city should follow the fer to “trust the numbers” decline for two weeks in
guidance of state and na- to determine how much of a row. Oktibbeha County
tional medical experts. a threat the virus is, and has yet to meet the sec-
“That is where I rest he appeared out of con- ond requirement, and
my reliance, on those cern for his elderly moth- Walker said continuing
who still say to continue er, for whom he is a full- to require masks should
to wear masks as a way to time caretaker. help achieve this goal.
fight this virus,” Spruill Walker is also a care- She told The Dispatch
said. taker and a nurse, as well that she has not seen
as the chairwoman of her grandchildren since
Citizens’ opinions the community advisory March and has walked out
Three citizens — Wil- board for OCH Regional of stores in which people
liam Bell, Walter Okhu- Medical Center, and she are not wearing masks.
ysen and Cindy Walker said she spoke on behalf “We don’t know when
— approached the board of Starkville’s senior citi- this is going to end, and
during the citizen com- zens. I don’t think any statistic
ment period to share their “Residents of our can be the threshold for
thoughts on the mask long-term care facilities making that decision,”
mandate. Walker and have not been able to be Walker said. “To me,
Okhuysen expressed sup- with their families since wearing a mask is such a
port for it, and Bell did not March,” Walker said. small inconvenience, giv-
speak for or against it but “I’ve seen physical, men- en the benefits that have
echoed Carver’s view that tal and emotional decline been proven.”
the city should have an and even death caused by
end goal in mind. this social isolation. I’ve
He asked if the goal seen residents whom I
might be to have no new believe have just given up
confirmed cases of the and do not wish to live un-
virus, deaths, or hospital der these circumstances,

Voters
Continued from Page 1A
signed to inform citizens about voter
registration and more grassroots voter
registration campaigns.
“What this tells me is that there is go-
ing to be a very big turnout for the elec-
tion and probably in absentee voting,
too,” Barksdale said. “Voter registration
is always a pretty good indicator.”
It’s much the same throughout the
Golden Triangle.
“Absolutely, registra-
tions are up,” said Sheryl
Elmore, deputy circuit
clerk in Oktibbeha Coun-
ty. “Monday alone, we had
315 people register to vote.
That’s very high.”
Circuit Clerk Tony
Rook said his office is still Elmore
processing registrations, but estimated
the number of new registrations will be
in the 1,500 range.
Clay County Circuit Clerk Kim Brown
Hood said there had been 414 new regis-
trations since June.
“We probably had 25 to 30 just on
Monday,” she said. “That’s a big number
for us.”
Now that the voter registration dead-
line has passed, the message from the
circuit clerks to voters is to make sure
you know your polling place.
“That’s the biggest problem we have
on election day,” Barksdale said. “People
move and wind up going to the wrong
polling place and wind up having to vote
with a provisional ballot. We have a lot of
time left between now and Nov. 3, so it’s
a good idea to check to make sure you
know where you are supposed to vote.”
Voters can call their circuit clerk’s of-
fice to verify their polling location.

Trial
Continued from Page 1A
Murry told Ward he
would have to go back to
his Columbus home to
collect the money, and
Ward decided to ride with
him.
Throughout the trial,
Colom and Assistant Dis-
trict Attorney Ben Rush
called on law enforce-
ment and forensic experts
who testified to finding
bullet holes and blood in
Murry’s vehicle which
matched Ward’s blood; to
finding a T-shirt next to
Ward’s body that matched
the T-shirt witnesses
and video surveillance
showed Murry had been
wearing while he gam-
bled with Ward; to find-
ing glass next to Ward’s
body that matched glass
from Murry’s vehicle;
and to discovering data
from Murry’s cell phone
that put Murry in the
area where Ward’s body
was discovered and never
near the Donut Factory.
Moreover, prosecutors
argued, there had never
been any evidence that
Murry and Ward were
anywhere near the Do-
nut Factory, despite law
enforcement pulling vid-
eo surveillance from the
business.
In closing statements,
Colom argued that to find
Murry not guilty, the jury
would have to believe it
was a coincidence that
whoever killed Ward was
wearing the same shirt as
Murry and had the same
type of glass in his vehi-
cle.
“He had to be the un-
luckiest man in the world
for that to be true,” Colom
said. “And the one who
killed him would have to
be the luckiest person in
the world.”
However, Murry stuck
to his story, and defense
attorney Alton Earl Peter-
son, of Jackson, continued
to argue there was never
any sign of animosity be-
tween Ward and Murry,
that there hadn’t been
enough blood in the ve-
hicle by the time law en-
forcement searched it to
suggest a murder had
taken place and that there
were inconsistencies to
some witness testimony,
such as an investigator
giving the wrong date
that he had requested vid-
eo surveillance footage.
“The truth of the mat-
ter is that we really don’t
know what happened to
Jarrell Ward,” he told the
jury during opening state-
ments.
Peterson did not re-
spond to a message from
The Dispatch by press
time.
Murry also faced a
charge of conspiracy af-
ter he and his girlfriend,
Shanice Nottage, alleged-
ly attempted to break him
out of Lowndes County
Adult Detention Center a
few days after his arrest
by having Nottage imper-
sonate a corrections offi-
cer. However, Colom said
he dropped the conspira-
cy charge Tuesday after
Murry was sentenced to
life in prison.
Sports
Why MSU struggled against Arkansas’ zone-heavy scheme,
and how it’s preparing for more zone coverage going forward
Mississippi State’s offense will go back to the drawing board after failing to have much success against a zone defense last Saturday while playing
Arkansas.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Mis-
sissippi State head coach
Mike Leach is preaching
patience, at least offen-
sively.
One week after torch-
ing then-No. 6 LSU for a
school and Southeastern
Conference record 623
passing yards, the Bull-
dogs were befuddled by
Arkansas’ heavily-zone
scheme in Saturday’s
loss in Starkville. So why
is it that MSU had such
difficulty with the eight
men the Razorbacks
dropped into coverage?
Patience and consisten-
cy.
“Consistency, I think,
would be the best way to
put it,” Leach said Mon-
day of how to attack an
eight-man zone scheme.
“You’ve got to under-
stand, we’re out of busi-
Starkville Academy girls soccer shut out by Pillow Academy in first round of MAIS playoffs
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
GREENWOOD — end with a 12-7 record.
They came west laden
with upset dreams again.
But they left on a bus
full of sad smiles and
teary eyes.
The Starkville Acade-
my girls team had ridden
into Greenwood last Oc-
tober and shocked host
Pillow Academy 1-0 in
an MAIS Class 4A, Divi-
sion II first-round playoff
game, so the Volunteers
had every hope of pull-
ing off another big upset
Tuesday when the two
teams matched up once
again.
This time, though, it
wasn’t to be.
The Mustangs scored
their first goal barely two
minutes into the match
and kept adding on for a
decisive 7-0 win over the
MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL
ness decades ago if drop-
ping eight is some secret
deal.”
For nearly 20 years,
Arkansas defensive coor-
dinator Barry Odom has
made a habit of frustrat-
ing opposing defenses.
Saturday, he dropped
eight men into coverage
and rushed just three
most every play, dar-
ing MSU’s high-flying
air raid offense to take
shots into tight windows
if it wouldn’t be patient.
In response, the offense
was anything but.
Senior quarterback
K.J. Costello finished
his night with an MSU
record 43 completions,
yet his three intercep-
tions doomed the Bull-
dogs in crunch time.
Saturday also marked
the second-straight week
Costello spotted the
opposing teams seven
Vols on Tuesday in Green-
wood. Starkville Acade-
my’s season came to an
Volunteers coach John
Morgan said he was disap-
pointed with how his team
performed Tuesday, as
the Vols were thoroughly
outplayed by the powerful
Mustangs. The Vols rare-
ly had possession across
midfield, and when they
did, it didn’t last long.
Their normally stout de-
fense was exploited often.
“We didn’t come out
and execute,” Morgan
said. “That was pretty
clear. Usually, we’re a
team that prides ourself
on defense, and when you
give up (seven) goals, it’s
not that way.”
Morgan pointed to his
team’s relative youth as a
major reason for the dis-
parity in Tuesday’s score- Pillow Academy’s goalkeeper sends a goal kick away in the first half of Tuesday’s play-
See SOCCER, 3B off match against Starkville Academy. The Mustangs beat the Volunteers 7-0.
points as his first quarter
pass was swiped by Greg
Brooks Jr. and returned
69 yards for a score.
“At the end of the
day, we’ve got to execute
in crucial situations,”
Costello said postgame.
“When it’s third-and-
short, fourth-and-three
(or) when it’s fourth-and-
one, I have to take care of
the football, bottom line.
It’s that simple. I’ve got to
take care of the football,
take what the defense
gives me and move the
ball one play at a time.”
Through two weeks,
Costello has been per-
plexing. He’s completed
just over 66 percent of
his passes for 936 yards
and six touchdowns in
just eight quarters. By
contrast, neither Tom-
my Stevens nor Garrett
Shrader passed for more
than 1,170 yards yards a
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020
season ago.
But for as many com-
pletions as Costello
boasts, turnovers and
his intuition to force the
ball into coverage have
become a persistent is-
sue through the season’s
first few contests. Take
the loss to Arkansas, for
example. Trailing by sev-
en with just over five min-
utes remaining, Costello
stepped and fired a pass
to senior receiver JaVonta
Payton in the back of the
end zone despite being
draped by two Arkansas
defenders. Underneath, a
wide-open Tyrell Shavers
sat just a few yards short
of the line to gain.
Two plays later, the
Bulldogs were stuffed
on a fourth down run by
freshman Jo’quavious
Marks, giving Arkansas
both the ball and, ulti-
mately, the win.
Mississippi State Athletics
“Just be patient, put
it in place, stretch the
field, but you have to do
it aggressively,” Leach
further explained of how
to attack zone-heavy
defenses. “The guys
away from the ball have
to push and stretch the
field also. Of course, you
know, run the ball, be
more consistently strong
up front as far as moving
the pile.”
Speaking with the me-
dia Monday, Leach noted
Oregon — a team he fin-
ished his final five years
at Washington State 4-1
against — dropped eight
players into coverage
much of the time his
squad faced the Ducks.
In response, the Cougars
averaged 39.6 points per
game against the Ducks
between 2015 and 2019,
while completing 68.3
See MSU, 3B
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Braves top
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Marlins
9-5 to
open NLDS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON — Ronald
Acuña Jr. made history
with a leadoff home run
to start things off for the
Atlanta Braves in their
NL Division Series opener
against Miami.
And another hit — once
more by the Marlins, this
time with Sandy Alcan-
tara’s fastball to the left
hip — fired up the Braves
and fueled their comeback
in a 9-5 win Tuesday.
“I think it woke us up,”
said Travis d’Arnaud, who
launched a tiebreaking
homer during Atlanta’s
six-run rally in the sev-
enth inning . “And we took
advantage of that momen-
tum.”
D’Arnaud also doubled
and singled in driving
in four runs and Dansby
Swanson homered during
the big comeback to help
power Atlanta.
After shutting out
Cincinnati for 22 innings
during a two-game sweep
in the wild-card round, the
Braves relied on their bats
in this opener. Game 2 of
the best-of-five series is on
Wednesday in Houston.
Acuña got things going
for the Braves in the bot-
tom of the first when he
sent Alcantara’s second
pitch into right-center for
a homer. He watched it for
a second before flipping
his bat and rounding the
bases as he became the
youngest player (22 years,
293 days old) in postsea-
son history with a leadoff
home run.
Things turned testy in
the third when Acuña was
nailed by a 98 mph fast-
ball. The showy All-Star
outfielder held onto his bat
and walked a few steps to-
ward the mound before um-
See BRAVES, 3B
Starkville
no longer
unanimous
No. 1 in
new MS HS
football poll
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
The Starkville High
School football team is
no longer the unanimous
top team in the state, ac-
cording to Tuesday’s new
Mississippi high school
football poll.
Ten Mississippi media
outlets, including The
Commercial Dispatch,
were polled on the top five
teams in each class and
the top 10 overall.
Teams earned 10 points
for a first-place vote, nine
for a second-place vote,
and so on.
The Yellow Jackets (5-
0) earned unanimity for
the first time last week, but
Oak Grove again earned a
single first-place vote both
overall and in MHSAA
Class 6A Tuesday.
Oxford, Warren Central
and d’Iberville rounded
out the top five in Class 6A.
See POLL, 3B
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Springer hits 2 HRs, Astros beat A’s 5-2 for 2-0 ALDS lead
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Back-to-
back home runs off back-to-
back pitches. The Houston As-
tros can’t miss these days.
George Springer hit two
homers and Houston kept mak-
ing more noise in the playoffs,
beating the Oakland Athletics
5-2 on Tuesday to take a 2-0
lead in their AL Division Series.
Martín Maldonado also went
deep for Houston, which needs
one win to reach its fourth
straight AL Championship Se-
ries. Game 3 in the best-of-five
series is Wednesday, when
Houston is the home team in
the neutral site matchup.
“With every victory, the
energy and the confidence
grows,” first-year Houston man-
ager Dusty Baker said. “We’re
expecting good things to hap-
pen.”
Springer put Houston ahead
to stay with a two-run, two-out
drive in the third on a second
straight 90-degree day at Dodg-
er Stadium.
“You don’t know if you’re
ever going to get back here,
so the times you’re here you
might as well try and have fun,”
Springer said.
Houston went back-to-back
in the fifth, extending the lead
to 5-2.
Maldonado’s solo shot
chased loser Sean Manaea in
his first appearance this post-
season. Yusmeiro Petit came
in, and Springer connected for
his second homer of the game.
Maldonado yelled and raised
his right arm in celebration
from his seat in the dugout.
“Just a couple bad pitches,”
Manaea said. “I know we are go-
ing to figure this thing out and
turn it around.”
Springer’s 17 postseason
homers tied Nelson Cruz and
Jim Thome for most through a
player’s first 54 career postsea-
son games. Five of Springer’s
postseason homers have come
at Dodger Stadium, where the
Astros beat the Dodgers in
Game 7 of the 2017 World Se-
ries.
“I don’t really pay attention
to that stuff,” Springer said. “I’d
much rather us win.”
Houston improved to 7-3
in Dodger Stadium since that
World Series. Current A’s pitch-
er Mike Fiers last year told of
his old team’s sign-stealing
scandal used in 2017, a revela-
tion that rocked baseball.
The scandal led to sea-
son-long suspensions of Hous-
ton general manager Jeff Luh-
now and manager AJ Hinch,
who both were fired. Boston
manager Alex Cora and Mets
manager Carlos Beltrán also
lost their jobs as fallout their
roles with the ‘17 Astros, and
Houston still draws ire of other
players and fans.
“This is a team that believes
in one another and sticks to-
gether and really tries to enjoy
the day,” Springer said.
Houston turned three double
plays, including one to end the
game. Second baseman José Al-
tuve got the first two going and
had a hand in all three.
“What kept us in the game
was our defense,” Baker said.
“Jose made some great plays.”
Hot, sunny and dry condi-
tions again created an ideal
environment for the long ball.
The teams combined for five
homers, raising the series total
to 11.
Winner Framber Valdéz al-
lowed two runs and five hits in
seven innings, struck out four
and walked one. The 26-year-
old left-hander, making his first
postseason start, retired his fi-
nal 10 batters.
“His ball is moving all over
the place. His breaking ball was
good,” A’s manager Bob Melvin
said. “Our bats were better ear-
ly. He got more confidence as
the game went along. Last three
times out he has pitched with a
lot of confidence.”
Valdez dazzled in his relief
appearance against Minneso-
ta in the AL wild card series
opener, tossing five scoreless
innings and scattering two hits
to go with five strikeouts.
Enoli Paredes retired the
side in the eighth. Ryan Press-
ly worked around Marcus
Semien’s leadoff single in the
ninth, Oakland’s only hit past
the fourth inning, to finish a
six-hitter for his second save of
the postseason.
Oakland didn’t have an at-bat
with a runner in scoring posi-
tion. The A’s are hitting 14 for
62 (.226) in the series.
“We have nothing to lose
from here,” A’s infielder Chad
Pinder said.
Oakland got on board with
Khris Davis’ second-inning
home run, his third of this post-
season that put the A’s ahead.
After Springer’s first homer,
the Astros extended their lead
to 3-1 on Carlos Correa’s RBI
groundout in the fourth that
scored Michael Brantley, who
doubled leading off.
Pinder led off the bottom
half with a 453-foot homer to
right-center, the longest home
run at Dodger Stadium this sea-
son.
For the second straight
game, Oakland’s starting pitch-
ing failed to go deep. Manaea
gave up four runs and five hits
in 4 2/3 innings. Chris Bassitt
didn’t get out of the fourth in
Game 1, allowing three runs
and nine hits.
“We just have to win tomor-
row and worry about the next
day after that,” Melvin said.
“Anything further than that is a
distraction.”
Greinke hurt
Baker said right-hander
Zack Greinke is dealing with
arm soreness. He hasn’t pitched
in the series and Baker said the
team is awaiting test results.
“It’s pretty evident the last
three, four starts that he wasn’t
himself,” the manager said.
Off day
Correa was 0 for 3 with a
RBI and a strikeout after hom-
ering twice in Game 1 and be-
coming the first shortstop in
major league history with two
multi-homer games in postsea-
son play.
Up next
Astros: RHP Jose Urquidy
goes in Game 3. He started
Game 2 of the AL wild card
against Minnesota, allowing
one run and two hits in 4 1/3 in-
nings. He struck out three and
walked two.
Athletics: LHP Jesús Luzar-
do starts for Oakland. He start-
ed and lost the wild card opener
against the Chicago White Sox,
giving up three runs and six
hits in 3 1/3 innings with five
strikeouts and no walks.

Lakers top Heat 102-96, take 3-1 lead in NBA Finals

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAKE BUENA VIS-
TA, Fla. — LeBron
James woke up from his
gameday nap Tuesday
and decided it was time
to send his Los Angeles
Lakers teammates a mes-
sage.
He grabbed his phone
and told the Lakers they
were facing a must-win
game.
“I felt that vibe. I felt
that pressure,” James
said. “I felt like, for me
personally, this was one
of the biggest games of
my career.”
Message delivered.
James and the Lak-
ers are back in control of
these NBA Finals, one
win away from the fran-
chise’s 17th champion-
ship. James finished with
28 points, 12 rebounds
and eight assists, Antho-
ny Davis’ 3-pointer with
39.5 seconds left finally
settled matters and the
Lakers beat the Miami
Heat 102-96 in Game 4.
The Lakers lead 3-1
and can win the title
when the series resumes
Friday.
“Big-time play. Big-
time moment,” James
said of Davis’ 3-pointer.
“Not only for A.D., but for
our ballclub and for our
franchise.”
Davis finished with 22
points, Kentavious Cald-
well-Pope scored 15 and
Danny Green added 10
for the Lakers, who didn’t
trail at any point in the fi-
nal 20-plus minutes. The
Lakers are now 56-0 this
season when leading go-
ing into the fourth quar-
ter.
Jimmy Butler scored
22 points for Miami,
which got 21 from Tyler
Herro, 17 from Duncan
Robinson and 15 from
Bam Adebayo — who re-
turned after missing two
games with a neck injury.
“I just loved seeing our
guys compete. I love how
they respond in between
those four lines,” Heat
coach Erik Spoelstra
said. “This was a throw-
back game and there
were some moments of
truth there at the end,
and probably the bottom
line is they won those mo-
ments of truth.”
He’s right. Whenever
Miami had something go-
ing, the Lakers snuffed it
out.
James’ 3-pointer with
8:18 left in the third put
the Lakers up 55-54 and
set the tone for the way
the rest of the night was
going to go; L.A. leading,
Miami chasing.
“Like I always say,
they’re a really, really, re-
ally good team and we’ve
got to play damn near per-
fect to beat them,” Butler
said. “We didn’t do that
tonight. ... We’ll watch
this, learn from it, but we
can’t lose another one.”
The Lakers were up
by seven with 2:27 left in
the third after a 3-pointer
by Davis; Miami scored
the next six to get with-
in one. Herro made a 3
early in the fourth to get
Miami within one again;
the Heat promptly fouled
Markieff Morris on a
3-point try, and he made
all three shots.
Butler scored inside
to tie the game with 6:27
left; James scored the
next five points himself,
including a three-point
play where he ended up
flat on his back after spin-
ning the ball perfectly off
the glass for a score on a
drive while taking con-
tact.
“You have to credit our
guys’ competitive spirit,”
Lakers coach Frank Vo-
gel said. “They were fly-
ing around and just com-
peting at an extremely
high level that end of the
floor.”
A bounce here, a
bounce there. Those were
the differences late, and
the Lakers made their
own breaks.
Butler had a corner 3
that would have given Mi-
ami the lead rim out with
3:05 left; Caldwell-Pope
made a corner 3 at the oth-
er end seven seconds later
and the Lakers were up 93-
88. Miami then turned the
ball over on a shot-clock
violation; Caldwell-Pope
scored on a drive for a sev-
en-point lead.
James said the job isn’t
done. But he knows the
Lakers are on the brink.
“I love what we did to-
night,” James said.
Tip-ins
Lakers: Dwight How-
ard nearly collided with
NBA Commissioner
Adam Silver while lead-
ing the Lakers out of the
locker room for pregame
warmups. ... The Lakers
were 14 for 39 on 3-point-
ers, making them 59 for
166 in the series. Before
this year, the Lakers’ re-
cord for 3s in a finals were
43 made and 125 attempts
— both of which were
surpassed this year in the
first three games.
Heat: Point guard Go-
ran Dragic (torn left plan-
tar fascia) went through an
on-court workout before
the game with hopes of be-
ing able to play for the first
time since the first half of
Game 1, but was ruled out
again shortly afterward.
... Robinson’s first 3-point-
er Tuesday was his 50th
of the playoffs, meaning
he and Jae Crowder are
the first duo in Heat his-
tory with 50 postseason 3s
apiece. They’re the fourth
teammates in NBA history
to pull off that feat.
3-1 leads
This is the 36th time
that a team has held a 3-1
lead in the NBA Finals. Of
the previous 35, the team
with the lead has gone on
to win the title 34 times —
James and the Cleveland
Cavaliers in 2016 becoming
the exception when they
won three straight games
to defeat Golden State.
In the 3-1 Finals situa-
tion, the series has ended in
five games 51.4% of the time
(18 instances), in six games
40% of the time (14 instanc-
es) and in seven games
8.6% of the time (three in-
stances).
Rare half
The Lakers led 49-47
at halftime. It was just the
third time in the last 26
NBA Finals games that
neither team reached 50
points in the first 24 min-
utes. Tuesday’s was the
1,140th game played this
season and just the 35th
occurrence of both teams
scoring 49 or less by the
break, which works out to
3.1% of the time.
Pelicans’ Jrue Holiday
picked as NBA’s top
teammate
Jrue Holiday of the
New Orleans Pelicans
was announced Tuesday
as the winner of the Twy-
man-Stokes Teammate of
the Year award.
NBA players choose the
winner from a field of 12
finalists. Holiday received
53 of 267 first-place votes
to win over Philadelphia’s
Tobias Harris (48 first-
place votes), Milwaukee’s
Kyle Korver (26 first-place
votes) and Miami’s Udo-
nis Haslem (20 first-place
votes).
Holiday announced in
July that he would donate
about $5 million in salary
-- what he earned after the
NBA season restarted -- to
start a social justice fund
with his wife, Lauren, a
former soccer player for
the U.S. Women’s National
Team. The Jrue and Lauren
Holiday Social Justice Im-
pact Fund primarily targets
“socioeconomics inequali-
ties across communities in
New Orleans, the Los An-
geles area and Indianapo-
lis.” The money aids Black-
owned businesses in those
cities and others, as well as
helps historically Black col-
leges and universities.
The other finalists, in
order of finish: Portland’s
Damian Lillard, Dallas’ J.J.
Barea, San Antonio’s Pat-
ty Mills, Boston’s Gordon
Hayward, the Los Ange-
les Lakers’ Jared Dudley,
Indiana’s Myles Turner,
Denver’s Torrey Craig and
Toronto’s Serge Ibaka.
The award is named for
Jack Twyman and Maurice
Stokes, both members of
the Basketball Hall of Fame
who were forever linked by
what happened in the final
game of the 1957-58 regu-
lar season, when Stokes
suffered a brain injury.
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pires and Braves coaches
surrounded him and di-
rected him away from Al-
cantara, who had started
to walk toward him.
After a short delay, fea-
turing plenty of chirping
from both dugouts, Acuña
took his base. Umpires
warned the teams against
further trouble.
There’s already been
plenty — in 2018, when
Acuña was a rookie and on
a big homer-hitting streak,
José Ureña nailed him
with a fastball on his first
pitch.
He’s become a Marlins
target over the years.
“I looked over to their
bench and said, ‘It’s been
five times,’” Acuña said
through a translator. “At
this point I think we’ve
grown accustomed to it.”
Alcantara insisted he
didn’t intend to hit Acuña
and that Miami’s game
plan is simply to pitch
inside to him, but added
some trash talk after the
denial.
“If he’s ready to fight,
I’m ready to fight, too,” Al-
cantara said.
Braves manager Bri-
an Snitker said that even
though he didn’t believe
this pitch was on purpose,
the Marlins have hit Acuña
far too many times.
“You better be good at
going in and not hitting
him after a homer,” Snit-
ker said.
Acuña and his team-
mates quickly got revenge.
The Braves trailed 4-3
in the seventh before Aus-
tin Riley and Acuña hit
consecutive singles with
no outs to chase Alcantara.
“As long as we’ve got
a strike left we’re pretty
dangerous,” Snitker said.
“These guys can score a
lot of runs in a hurry.”
And that’s exactly what
they did.
Yimi Garcia took over
and Freddie Freeman
grounded into a forceout
that left runners at the
corners. Marcell Ozuna
lined a single to left that
made it 4-all.
Then d’Arnaud, in his
first season with Atlan-
ta, belted a slider over
the fence in center field
for a three-run drive that
made it 7-4. The shot
caused the Braves dug-
out to erupt with Acuña
jumping over the railing
to celebrate.
D’Arnaud, who played
for the Mets, Dodgers
and Rays last year, began
the day as a .169 career
hitter in the postseason,
striking out 27 times in
83 at-bats.
But the Braves weren’t
done yet.
James Hoyt replaced
Garcia with one out and
Swanson sent his first
pitch off the wall in center
field for a two-run homer.
“The tide kind of
turned,” Miami manager
Don Mattingly said. “We
get that three-run lead,
and then we give two runs
right back. From there,
really, we got stopped all
day.”
The Braves, who have
long dominated the Mar-
lins in the NL East, im-
proved to 3-0 this post-
season after sweeping
the Reds in the wild-card
round for their first play-
off series win since 2001.
The Marlins overcame
a coronavirus outbreak
that sidelined more than
half the team in July to
make the playoffs for the
first time since 2003 be-
fore sweeping their wild-
card series against the
Cubs.
And the scrappy Mar-
lins, who lost 105 games
in 2019, looked good early
in this one, using a three-
run third inning to take a
4-1 lead. But their offense
stalled after that and the
Braves scored two in the
third to get within one be-
fore putting Miami away
with their home run bar-
rage in the seventh.
The Braves got the win
despite a tough start from
Max Fried, who allowed
six hits and a season-high
four runs in just four in-
nings. He was picked up
by a bevy of relievers who
allowed just one run over
the last five innings. Will
Smith pitched a perfect
seventh for the win.
Alcantara yielded
eight hits and five runs
with eight strikeouts in
six-plus inning.
Atlanta’s scoreless
streak in the playoffs end-
ed early in this one when
Miguel Rojas homered to
the seats in left field to
make it 1-all in the sec-
ond.
Garrett Cooper hit a
two-run double to put
the Marlins up 3-1 in the
third. Brian Anderson fol-
lowed with an RBI single.

Poll
Continued from Page 1B
Starkville was originally sched- steady at No. 4 among Mississip- 5. Walnut (4-1)
uled to host Greenville this week, pi private schools in Tuesday’s
but the game will not take place, poll. Madison-Ridgeland Acade- Class 3A
Jackets coach Chris Jones con- my -- No. 7 overall -- was first in 1. Columbia (5-0)
firmed Monday. the class, while Leake Academy 2. Noxubee County (3-1)
was second, and Jackson Prep 3. West Marion (4-1)
In other polls was third. Greenville Christian 4. Magee (3-0)
n West Point (4-1) remained finished fifth in the class. The Pa- 5. Jefferson Davis County (3-2)
No. 1 in Class 5A and No. 3 overall triots were off last week and will
travel to face Lamar School on
in Tuesday’s poll. The Green Wave Class 4A
Friday.
shut out Saltillo 27-0 on the road 1. Louisville (4-1)
last week and will host Lake Cor- 2. Corinth (3-2)
Here’s the ballot Theo DeRosa
morant on Thursday, one of many 3. Newton County (4-0)
submitted for The Dispatch:
rescheduled games this week be- 4. Pontotoc (4-1)
Overall top 10
cause of the effects of Hurricane 5. Poplarville (2-3)
1. Starkville (5-0)
Delta. Neshoba Central was No. 2. West Point (4-1)
4 overall and No. 3 in Class 5A, 3. Oak Grove (4-0) Class 5A
while West Jones was fifth over- 4. Madison-Ridgeland Acade- 1. West Point (4-1)
all and second in the class. The my (7-0) 2. Neshoba Central (5-0)
Green Wave earned seven of 10 5. Oxford (4-0) 3. Lafayette (3-2)
first-place votes, West Jones had 6. Neshoba Central (5-0) 4. West Jones (3-0)
two, and Neshoba Central had one. 7. Lafayette (3-2) 5. Picayune (5-0)
Picayune and Lafayette rounded 8. Warren Central (5-0)
out the Class 5A rankings. 9. Leake Academy (7-0) Class 6A
n Noxubee County (3-1) is still 10. West Jones (3-0)
third in Class 3A, but the Tigers 1. Starkville (5-0)
were jumped by a new team. Ma- 2. Oak Grove (4-0)
Class 1A 3. Oxford (4-0)
gee is now ranked second in the 1. Nanih Waiya (5-0)
class behind only Columbia. Jef- 4. Warren Central (3-1)
2. Lumberton (4-1)
ferson Davis County, which was 5. Madison Central (4-1)
3. Biggersville (5-0)
second last week, is now fifth af- 4. TCPS (2-2)
ter being blown out by new No. 5. Resurrection Catholic (4-1) Private schools
4 West Marion. Noxubee County 1. Madison-Ridgeland Acade- A club for boys and girls
beat Houston 15-13 last Friday and Class 2A my (7-0) Boys and Girls Club of Columbus
2. Leake Academy (7-0)
will be off this week after its game 1. Taylorsville (4-0)
3. Jackson Prep (5-1)
662-244-7090
with Class 4A No. 2 Corinth was 2. North Side (1-0)
canceled Tuesday. 3. Enterprise Clarke (3-0) 5. Heritage Academy (5-1)
n Heritage Academy (5-1) held 4. Scott Central (4-1) 5. Presbyterian Christian (6 -1)

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line. The Vols were led by
twin seniors Lauren and
Kaitlyn Bock this season,
and junior Mia Kate Cade
plays a major role, but mid-
dle schoolers abound oth-
erwise. Starkville Acad-
emy’s roster features 25
players, nine of whom are
in eighth grade and four
of whom are seventh grad-
ers. By contrast, district
opponent Lamar School
has just one eighth grader;
Pillow has none.
But Morgan pointed
out that his team’s young-
er players can get rare
The one blip, of course,
was last year’s 1-0 loss to
Starkville Academy, in
which Vols goalkeeper
Meri Laci Archer shut out
the Mustangs.
Morgan said overcon-
fidence likely cost Pillow
Academy in that contest,
and the home team didn’t
take the Vols quite as light-
ly Tuesday. Instead, they
added onto a 2-0 halftime
lead with goal after goal.
They even scored seconds
before the final whistle to
make the final score 7-0.
“They’re the ones who
really had the pressure on
day’s home match to Pon-
totoc, 3-1.
Set scores were 17-25,
25-20, 21-25 and 16-25.
Emily Clark had 21
digs for Caledonia, and Al-
exa Lindsey and Lily Rose
Nodine each had 18. Clark
added 21 assists.
Libby McMurphey had
eight attacks, and Zoe
Hansen had seven.
Megan Chandler had
two blocks, and Kordelia
Bergstrom and Hansen
each had one.
Nodine, Bergstrom and
Hansen all had two aces

firsthand training in the
pressure of a playoff atmo-
sphere.
“We’re young, and
this is great playoff expe-
PEACEFUL
apiece.
them to perform,” Morgan Caledonia will play
said. “They knew we upset at Shannon at 6:30 p.m.
them last year. We knew Wednesday.
they were gonna come for
blood.”

rience for a lot of these
young girls who normally
wouldn’t get it on another
team,” he said.
While the Vols skew
Soon, he hopes, that
dynamic will change. Mor-
gan said just the fact that
the Vols made the postsea-
PROTEST
West Lowndes 3, Aber-
deen 2
ABERDEEN — West
Lowndes came back for a
big win over Aberdeen in

younger, Pillow’s strength
lies in its junior class, Mor-
gan said. The Mustangs’
powerful class of 2020 in-
cludes Sarah Presley How-
ard, who had a hat trick
Tuesday, scoring on a pen-
son with a roster as young
as theirs was promising.
With time, he said, they’ll
get better and better.
“You give it a couple
years, and I think this
team is really going to
make heads roll,” he said.
IS OUR
Tuesday’s home match.
After dropping two
close sets, the Panthers
came back to take all of
the final three.
Set scores were 24-25,
23-25, 25-13, 25-14 and 25-

alty kick in the 25th min-
ute and adding goals in the
43rd and 58th minutes.
Howard leads a team
that can make its fifth state
championship game in the
past six years with a win
over Lamar on Thursday.
Other scores
Prep volleyball
Pontotoc 3, Caledonia 1
CALEDONIA — The
Caledonia High School
volleyball team lost Tues-
RIGHT.
10.
West Lowndes can
qualify for the playoffs
with a win Thursday
against Hamilton in Co-
lumbus.
Heritage Academy 3,
Winston Academy 0

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percent of their passes.
Following Saturday’s effort, Leach
mentioned there’s a good chance his
squad will see more zone coverage going
forward and beginning as soon as this
weekend against Kentucky given what
was put on film. But if past precedent
proves anything, it’s that the air raid can
continue to be successful when the quar-
terback remains patient.
Protect freedom of assembly.
“(Zone coverage is) not something
that was newly invented either,” Leach freespeech.center
said. “You’ve got to go out there and ex-
ecute. They did, we didn’t, and we had a
lot of chances that game too. We just have
to get better. We have to be a steady, con-
sistent team. We can’t rest on any level
of perceived success. We have to be the
same team every snap, and I didn’t think
we were.”
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Rays hit 4 homers, Glasnow fans 10 in 7-5 win against Yanks
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO — Randy
Arozarena, Mike Zunino,
Manuel Margot and Aus-
tin Meadows hit home
runs, and Tyler Glas-
now struck out 10 to set
a postseason record for
the Tampa Bay Rays, who
beat the New York Yan-
kees 7-5 Tuesday night to
even their AL Division Se-
ries at one game apiece.
The Rays had enough
pop to overcome a huge
game by Giancarlo Stan-
ton, who had two home
runs and four RBIs. His
impressive power display
included a 458-foot, three-
run homer that landed un-
der the giant video board
in left field at Petco Park.
It was reminiscent of the
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DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
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mammoth shots he hit in in Cash said. “Z came up
winning the Home Run with just a big homer for
Derby here in 2016. us. Meadows, it’s good to
Stanton has three see him get going; Manny
homers this series and just separated the game
five in four postseason right there was good.
games. His grand slam Unfortunately we didn’t
in the ninth inning Mon- get that shutdown inning
day night was the Bronx we were looking for. We
Bombers’ fourth homer in needed every bit of them.”
the 9-3 Game 1 win. The Four Rays pitchers
Yankees have 13 homers struck out 18, an MLB
in five games. postseason record for a
Each team has hit six nine-inning game and
home runs in two games a postseason record for
at the downtown ballpark, Yankees batters.
where the outfield once DJ LeMahieu had hit
had the reputation as a an RBI single with two
place where fly balls went outs. in the ninth, and
to die. The fences were Pete Fairbanks retired
moved in before the 2013 Aaron Judge on a ground-
season. er with runners on the
“Randy, it’s unbeliev- corners to end the game.
able what he’s doing right Game 3 in the best-of-
now,” Rays manager Kev- five series is Wednesday
FAMILY CIRCUS
night. The Rays, who won
the AL East at 40-20 and
are the top seed, were
the home team for the
first two games while the
Yankees will be the home
team for the next two
games.
Stanton became the
first Yankees player to ho-
mer in four straight games
in the same postseason
when he lined a shot into
the home run porch in
right field off Glasnow
leading off the second.
Stanton, who’s from Los
Angeles, joined Reggie
Jackson and Lou Gehrig
as the only Yankees to ho-
mer in four straight post-
season games overall.
“That was a good
swing,” Stanton said of
his long homer. “I was just
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
While
researching
my family, I dis-
covered that my
now-elderly moth-
er was charged
with the murder
of a toddler 40
years ago, before I
was born. She was
never convicted
and never men-
tioned it. However,
after reading her
testimony and
things she’s said
after the incident, Dear Abby
I have no doubt
she is guilty.
This has me reeling because
she has always been a great
and loving mother. When she
heard I was researching our
family, she mentioned that I
would find something unsavory
and asked me to please not
look into it because it’s in the
past and she didn’t want it to
tarnish my image of her. I don’t
know how to feel or what to do.
— SHOCKED IN THE WEST
DEAR SHOCKED: If your
mother was charged with
murder, either the charges
were dropped or she was found
innocent by a jury. You wrote
that your mother was a great
and loving mother. For that you
should feel grateful because
not all children are so fortunate
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
7). First epic fun and lucrative
work, and then it flips the other
way around. What luck! It’s
due in part to your tendency to
gravitate toward projects that
engage you on many levels.
You’ll explore relationships with
your eyes wide open. The more
you know about attachment
style and love languages, the
smoother it will go. Sagittarius
and Aquarius adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 5, 23, 30,
1 and 28.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
No matter how large or small a
threat may be, the same move
is called for — turn and face
it. Your psyche memorizes the
“move” the more times you do
it. Facing small stuff makes it
glad to put the barrel on
it. I didn’t really care how
far it was going. I knew it
was out. That’s all I cared
about. You kind of black
out sometimes on those.”
But the Rays have pop,
too. Arozarena homered
for the second time this
series, with two outs in
the first against rookie
Deivi García, who at 21
years, 140 days, became
the youngest Yankees
pitcher to make a post-
season start. Arozarena’s
opposite-field shot landed
in the home run deck in
right.
García served as an
opener for J.A. Happ,
who surrendered Zuni-
no’s two-run shot off the
façade of the second deck
in left with two outs in
as you were. I
think it’s time for
you to take the
opportunity to get
her side of the
story. Unless you
have all the facts,
the last thing you
should do is judge
her.
DEAR ABBY:
My sweet, intro-
verted son has
just started high
school. He’s a shy
person who has a
hard time making
friends, and the
few friends he
had in middle school aren’t
attending the same high school.
He has confided that he is ter-
rified that he will be bullied and
won’t know how to respond. He
asked me if there was a phrase
that repels bullies. I told him I
don’t know any and I would ask
you. — WORRIED MOM
DEAR WORRIED MOM: Like
your son, many students transi-
tioning to high school are afraid
of the unknown. Why is he afraid
of being bullied? Did it happen
to him in middle school? If so,
why? Many schools have an-
tibullying policies in place, and
students who are subjected to it
should report it immediately.
While I know of no one-size-
fits-all phrase that will repel a
bully, I do think that enrolling
easier to face big stuff.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
There’s much that will go right
as you mind your own business
(and much could go wrong if you
don’t.) The trick is in planning
ahead — knowing what you’re
going to focus on and erecting
barriers to distraction.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You often step up to take care
of the situation, but you don’t
have to be the point person
every time. Let others step in.
It’s good for the bond when
everyone takes some of the
responsibility.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
One benefit to getting really
good at something is that you
don’t have to start from scratch
every time. It won’t even feel
the second for a 2-1 lead.
Happ also gave up Man-
uel Margot’s two-run
homer to straightaway
center with one out in the
third that made it 5-1 lead.
Margot played for the
San Diego Padres for
four seasons before being
traded to the Rays for re-
liever Emilio Pagán
Happ said he preferred
to be used as a starter.
The lead was just
enough to survive Stan-
ton’s three-run shot.
Glasnow walked Aaron
Hicks to open the sixth
and Diego Castillo came
on and struck out 2020
home run leader Luke
Voit and Stanton on three
pitches each before retir-
ing Gio Urshela on a fly
ball.
your son in martial arts classes
would give him a sense of con-
fidence that he is lacking now.
You should also encourage him
to get involved with special in-
terest groups at his new school,
which might enable him to meet
and interact with more kids and
possibly make new friends.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
insists that I go out in public
without wearing any underwear.
He thinks it’s sexy. I am uncom-
fortable doing this because it
makes me feel dirty and trashy.
I also feel it is unsanitary. Your
thoughts? — NOT MY THING IN
VIRGINIA
DEAR NOT: I’m glad you
asked. Dirty and trashy are
separate issues from unsan-
itary. You are a married adult
woman, and wearing or not
wearing anything under your
dresses or skirts has no bearing
on whether you are (or aren’t) a
“good” girl.
I imagine some couples go
out for a special night on the
town “commando” because it’s
exciting, their secret, and may-
be can lead to romance later.
Some people also feel more
comfortable never wearing un-
derwear. If you have questions
about whether the practice is
unhealthy, discuss it with your
physician or gynecologist.
Bottom line, you should not
do anything you’re uncomfort-
able with.
like work until you’re in the
middle part. Keep at this. You’re
headed toward mastery.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your
gut tells you about more than
one kind of hunger. Today, it’s
in tune to emotional needs and
the craving for comforts that
cannot be satisfied with food.
Who are your go-to sources for
emotional warmth?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). There is no happiness
guarantee for helping others,
not for the helper, nor for the
helped. However, to give in this
way certainly raises the odds
that somewhere along the line,
someone will be satisfied.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
The number of useful actions
you complete in a day would
be mindboggling to a younger
version of you. Don’t forget that
you’ve worked up to this and
deserve every reward coming
to you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Bright notions will light up
your mind in a nonstop flow.
They’re more than you can act
on now, but stockpile them for
the future. And remember, mon-
ey can’t buy ideas. Ideas come
first and the money follows.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Beware the optical illusions
of progress. Forward movement
doesn’t always look the same
and the backward slide can be
just as tricky to detect. This
is why you need witnesses in
various positions.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Accept all the care people
want to give you today, and
they will give more than you’re
comfortable with. It might even
annoy you. Still, it’s important to
understand what it’s like to be
on all sides of a relationship.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). While some worry their
lives are too ordinary to be inter-
esting conversation, you’ll have
the opposite concern. You’ll
hold back wild stories aplenty
as you’re careful to share the
information most likely to help
you fit in.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’ll be appointed to clear
up a messy situation. Approach
it like you’re cleaning out a junk
drawer. Things that land in a
junk drawer are usually junk. Be
merciless.
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familyfeatures.com
Pigskin potatoes prove few things
go together better than bacon and
potatoes.
Great for
game day
FAMILY FEATURES
W
hile you may not be able
to enjoy game day with
thousands of your closest
friends at the stadium this year,
that doesn’t mean you can’t still
enjoy tailgate-worthy grub at home
with a smaller group of friends and
loved ones.
Step up your home-gate with
an appetizing pre-game lineup
featuring customized hot dogs
and bratwursts as the main course
with other plate-filling appetizers
on the side to keep the noshing
going right up to game time like
bacon-wrapped potatoes and sweet
cinnamon churros.
Find more game day recipes
worth cheering about at Culinary.
net.
Try pigskin potatoes, a mouth-
watering bacon-wrapped winner.
Take one to the house with these
potatoes that cut down on prep
time and cleanup as an easy-to-eat
finger food that can be made in
advance. Just prep the potatoes
and wrap with bacon a day or two
ahead of time then throw in the
oven an hour or so before kickoff.
Find more game day inspiration
at eatwisconsinpotatoes.com.
For a sweet cinnamon hand-
held snack, churros are an ideal
example of a quick, fun bite that’s
made with ease. Requiring less
than an hour in the kitchen, they
can be made in short order without
missing your favorite team’s first
play. Lightly coated with fresh
cinnamon and flavored with C&H
Golden Brown Sugar, these deep-
fried delights are as simple to
make as they are delicious.
Find more home-gating recipe
ideas at chsugar.com.
PIGSKIN POTATOES
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 44 minutes
Serves: 8
1 1/2 pounds Boomer Gold Little Pota-
toes
6 ounces plain cream cheese, at room
temperature
1/3 cup orange cheddar cheese, finely
shredded
3 tablespoons fresh chives, finely
chopped
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Jalapenos, to taste (optional)
1 pound bacon, thinly sliced, rashers cut
in half
See GAME DAY, 6B
Enjoy seasonal favorites with fall comfort foods
FAMILY FEATURES
W
hile this autumn season
will likely look different
than years past, wholesome
meals celebrating fall flavors provide
something to look forward to. Eating
foods like walnuts, colorful fruits
and vegetables, and whole grains
can be a solution for improving
overall well-being in an enjoyable,
delicious way.
Along with fall favorites like root
vegetables, Brussels sprouts, apples
and cranberries, kitchen staples like
walnuts also have their own prime
season. Walnuts harvested during
autumn from the fertile soils of Cal-
ifornia supply more than 99 percent
of walnuts in the U.S. and more than
half of the world’s walnut trade.
Each harvest produces enough
walnuts for you to enjoy the tasty
and nutrient rich benefits year-
round. Pro tip: Storing them in the
fridge or freezer maintains fresh-
ness longer.
See COMFORT FOODS, 6B
LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Jan Swoope: 328-2471
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 n 5B
Sweet potato time
Harvest goodness from one of Mississippi’s premier crops
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
T
ravelers through Calhoun
County — about an hour
“up the road” — may have
noticed an uptick in traffic lately,
especially near the family-run
sweet potato packing sheds
around the small town of about
1,300 people. No surprise. It’s
harvest season in this place
called “the sweet potato capital
of the world.” The area’s output
helps keep the Magnolia State
one of the top growers of sweet
potatoes in the nation.
Fueled by consumer demand,
sweet potato acreage in the state
has increased 35 percent in the
last decade, according to an Aug.
14, 2019, article in Mississippi
Farm Country. In 2018, about
89 farms in Mississippi planted
approximately 29,000 acres in
sweet potatoes. The harvest of
540 million pounds of potatoes
was valued at $118 million, per
the Mississippi State Univer-
sity Agriculture, Forestry and
Natural Resources Fact Book. A
big part of that harvest is grown
in the five-county area around
Vardaman.
That is rightfully something
for North Mississippi to be proud
of, but let’s get down to what’s
really important: visions of sweet
potatoes smothered in brown
sugar and marshmallows, or
sliced into crispy wedges warm
from the oven, or made into
MSU Extension Service
pancakes with cinnamon cream,
Mississippi’s sweet potato harvest will turn up on tables across the coun- or turned into spicy sweet potato
try, in recipes ranging from pork chops to cheesecake. chips. We can use Mississippi’s
sweet potatoes in soups, pud-
dings, casseroles and baked
goods, or even as a sub for white
potatoes in some of our favorite
recipes.
A few tips
When shopping, look for
potatoes that are smooth, plump,
dry and clean. Sweet potatoes
should not be refrigerated unless
cooked, says foodreference.com.
Store them in a dry, cool place
(55-60 F), but don’t put them in
the fridge. That can cause them
to develop a hard core and an
“off” taste.
Wash and dry sweet potatoes
well before preparing. Cook
them whole when possible; most
of the nutrients are next to the
skin, plus skins are easier to
remove after they have been
cooked.
Always use a stainless steel
knife when cutting sweet pota-
toes. Using a carbon blade will
cause them to darken.
In January 2019, Mississippi
State Extension Service dietetic
tasteofhome.com
Harissa sweet potato fritters carry a hot chili pepper kick. See SWEET POTATOES, 6B
A delicious
breakfast-
inspired dessert
FAMILY FEATURES
B
reakfast for dinner may be a
widely accepted practice for
many families, but breakfast
for dessert can be a new option
for your loved ones when a sweet
craving strikes.
This Maple Pecan Dessert
Pancake from author and James
Beard Award winner Ellie Krieg-
er’s “Whole in One” is cooked in a
skillet with a maple-sweetened egg
batter and can be served warm
or chilled. It feels like a homey,
sweet pancake when served warm.
Chilled, it becomes more of a flan-
like tart with its custardy batter
and caramelized sugars.
Visit milkmeansmore.org for
familyfeatures.com more family dessert inspiration.
An apple pear walnut crisp blends flavors of fall. See DESSERT, 6B
6B WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020
Sweet potatoes
Continued from Page 5B
intern Emily Faquin told
Farm and Family, “Like
the name suggests, sweet
potatoes can be cooked
in ways that bring out the
natural sugars and sweet-
ness of the vegetable. To
do this in a healthy way,
I recommend baking the
sweet potatoes in the
oven. Then put them in
a bowl with a little bit of
butter and cinnamon and
mix with a hand mixer to
get the perfect mashed
sweet potato dish.”
Faquin continued,
“They’re already natural-
ly sweet so adding excess
sugar is unnecessary.
Sweet potatoes can also
have a savory taste, de-
pending on how you cook
and season them. I like to
cube my sweet potatoes
then roast them in the
oven with a little bit of
olive oil and rosemary for
a nice savory side to go
with my meal.”
However your family
likes them, there is no
better time to have one
of Mississippi’s premier
vegetables on your table.
Look for the fresh fall
harvest at area farmers’
markets this month.
HARISSA SWEET
POTATO FRITTERS
Prep: 20 minutes+standing
Cook: 5 minutes/batch
Makes 6 servings
6 cups boiling water
Game day
Continued from Page 5B
n Preheat oven to 400 F.
n Boil potatoes until fork
tender, approximately 15-20
minutes. Cut in half and allow
to cool.
n In bowl, use spatula to
combine cream cheese, ched-
dar, chives, salt, pepper and
jalapenos, if desired.
n Once potatoes cool, spread
cream cheese on one half of
each cut potato and sandwich
using other half. Wrap each
potato using half rasher of
bacon around cut middle to
secure cheese filling.
n Bake on middle rack 10
minutes to allow bacon to set.
Flip and bake 10 minutes.
n Turn oven to broil. Broil
2 minutes, turn and broil 2
minutes until bacon reaches
desired crispiness.
Tip: Bacon-wrapped potatoes
can be made ahead of time
and kept in refrigerator until
ready to bake.
(Source: Recipe courtesy of
The Little Potato Company on
behalf of Wisconsin Potatoes)
Comfort foods
Continued from Page 5B
Welcome the flavors of
fall with this Apple Pear
Walnut Crisp and Pump-
kin Walnut Sage Risotto,
and find more recipes to
celebrate the season at
walnuts.org/fall-favor-
ites.
APPLE PEAR
WALNUT CRISP
Total time: 1 hour, 5 minutes
Servings: 4
Walnut crisp topping:
1 1/2 cups California walnuts,
divided
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
1/2 teaspoon ground cinna-
mon
1/2 cup butter, chilled and
sliced into 1-tablespoon
pieces
Apple pear filling:
3 Granny Smith apples,
peeled and sliced into 1/4-
inch slices
2 D’Anjou pears, peeled and
Dessert
Continued from Page 5B
MAPLE PECAN
DESSERT PANCAKE
Servings: 8
1 cup pecan pieces, divided
4 large eggs
1/3 cup whole milk
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinna-
mon
1 pinch salt
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 teaspoon confectioners’
sugar
n Preheat oven to 400 F. In
small bowl of food processor,
process 1/2 cup pecans until
finely ground. Transfer to bowl.
In processor, pulse remaining
pecans to coarsely chop.
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duced fat 2 percent)
n For the crust: Combine
crumbs and butter. Press mix-
ture into bottom and 1 inch up
sides of an 8 inch spring form
pan. Set aside
n For filling: In a large mixing
bowl, beat cream cheese,
sweet potatoes, egg white,
sugar, pumpkin pie spice, or-
ange peel and the vanilla until
combined. Do not over-beat.
n Stir in milk. Carefully pour
into prepared pan.
n Bake at 350 F 60-70
minutes until center appears
set. Cool on wire rack for
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45 minutes. Cover and chill
thoroughly.
n Remove sides of pan. Gar-
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n In a medium skillet, brown
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pork chops in a small amount
n Pour boiling water over 1 cup gingersnaps (finely of oil.
sweet potatoes in a large crumbed, or graham crackers) n Cut sweet potato into 1/2-
bowl; let stand 20 minutes. 3 tablespoons butter (unsalt- inch slices.
n Spray a baking dish with
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excess liquid. Pat dry. 8 ounces cream cheese (light, nonstick spray. Place meat
n In a large bowl, whisk the softened) and sweet potato slices in the
eggs, flour, baking powder, 1 cup sweet potatoes baking dish and sprinkle with
cornstarch, seasoned salt and (mashed, peeled and cooked) seasonings. Top with orange
harissa. Add the sweet pota- 1/3 cup sugar slices.
n Cover and bake for 1 hour
toes and onion; toss to coat. 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie
n In a large nonstick skillet, spice until meat is tender. Pork is
heat 2 tablespoons coconut 1 teaspoon orange peel (finely safely cooked when it has
oil over medium heat. Working shredded) been heated to 145 degrees
in batches, drop sweet potato 1 teaspoon vanilla F, followed by a 3-minute rest.
mixture by 1/4 cupfuls into 5 egg whites (Source: extension.msstate.
oil; press slightly to flatten. 1 cup milk (evaporated, re- edu, Natasha Haynes)
2 tablespoons ground cinna-
mon
n In medium saucepan over
high heat, combine water,
butter, sugar and salt; bring
to boil.
n Reduce heat and add flour.
Using wooden spoon, mix
vigorously until mixture forms
into dough. Remove from heat.
n While stirring, gradually
add eggs into dough. Mix well.
Place dough in pastry bag
fitted with large star tip.
n In heavy pot over medi-
um-high heat, heat oil until it
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Churros are a sweet, cinnamon-flavored handheld n On plate, mix granulated
snack just right for game day snacking. sugar and cinnamon; set
aside.
butter n Squeeze churro dough
CHURROS 2 teaspoons C&H Golden in 4-inch strips into hot oil.
Prep time: 20 minutes Brown Sugar Fry 5-6 churros in batches
Cook time: 20 minutes 1/4 teaspoon salt until golden brown, about 2
Yield: 45 churros 1 cup all-purpose flour minutes per side. When ready,
3 large eggs, lightly beaten transfer to plate lined with ACROSS
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1/8 teaspoon salt onion and cook, stirring often,
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Ice cream (optional) n Add rice and cook, stirring 17 Atlantic catch
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stock is absorbed, add anoth- 23 Winter wear budge 20 “Well, that’s
1/4 cup olive oil
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sugar, oats and cinnamon. Cut 1 1/2 cups Arborio rice rice is cooked al dente, about
butter into mixture until coarse 1 cup pumpkin puree 20 minutes. Stir in pumpkin 29 Upper limit night writer
crumb forms. 1/4 cup grated pecorino and cheese. 32 Ammo for a 2 White keys 24 Book extras
n Coarsely chop remaining cheese n To make walnut sage pesto: Red Ryder 3 Kind of bliss 25 Mardi Gras,
walnuts and stir into crumb In bowl of food processor,
mixture until incorporated. Set combine garlic and walnuts; 33 Ruby of films 4 Drill parts e.g.
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aside. 2 cloves fresh garlic pulse until minced. Add 1/2 34 Can’t stand 5 Flamenco cry 27 Crunch
n To make apple pear filling: 1 cup California walnuts cup sage leaves, 1/2 cup 36 Sunset site 6 Tibia’s place targets
Preheat oven to 350 F. 1/2 cup fresh sage leaves, cheese and olive oil; pulse 37 Hunting
n In bowl, toss apples, pears, until coarse pesto forms. 7 Right now 28 Potpourri
plus additional for garnish, if goddess
sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, desired Season with salt, to taste. 8 Protractor pieces
salt and lemon juice. 1/2 cup grated pecorino n In final few minutes, add 38 Bamboo measure 29 West Pointer
n Place fruit mixture in bot- cheese, plus additional for 1/2 cup walnut sage pesto eater 9 Oboe parts 30 Tolerate
tom of 10-inch cast-iron pan or garnish, if desired to risotto, stirring until well 39 Collectible
baking dish. 2 tablespoons olive oil incorporated. Season with ko- 11 Catalog 31 Full moon, for
n Sprinkle walnut crisp Kosher salt, to taste sher salt and black pepper, to car choices one
topping mixture over fruit. lack pepper, to taste taste. Garnish with remaining 40 Kind of wave 15 Retina part 35 Some bills
n Bake 45 minutes, or until pesto, cheese and fresh sage, 41 Casual tops 17 Appealing to 36 “Hold on!”
fruit mixture is hot and bubbly n To make risotto: In medium if desired. 42 Doesn’t brainiacs 38 Score amts.
n In medium bowl, whisk
eggs, milk, maple syrup, brown
sugar, cinnamon and salt. Stir
in finely ground and coarsely
chopped pecans.
n In 10-inch ovenproof skillet
over medium-low heat, heat
butter. Add batter to pan. Cook
without stirring until edges
begin to set, 5 minutes, then
transfer to oven and bake until
completely set and golden
brown, 10 minutes. Pancake
will puff up in oven then fall
into place as it cools.
n Allow to cool in pan 10
minutes then sprinkle with
confectioners’ sugar and cut
into eight wedges. Serve warm
or chilled.
(Source: Recipe courtesy of familyfeatures.com
“Whole in One” by Ellie Krieger This maple pecan dessert pancake can be served
on behalf of Milk Means More) warm or chilled.
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Classifieds
LEGALS
Call us: 662-328-2424
Legal Notices
The following vehicle has been
abandoned at Jarrett's Towing,
Inc. 5209 Hwy 182 East,
Columbus, MS.
1993 Chevy
VIN# 1GCDC14Z6PZ219784
IF THIS VEHICLE IS NOT
CLAIMED IT WILL BE PUT UP
FOR SALE ON THE 23RD DAY
OF OCTOBER, 2020 AT 10:00
A.M. AT JARRETT'S TOWING,
INC. 5209 HWY 182 EAST,
COLUMBUS, MS.
PUBLISH: 10/7, 10/14, &
10/21/2020
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NO-
TICE OF SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF Lowndes
WHEREAS, on the 25th day of
September, 2015, Amy Denise shall be on a lump sum price
Hendricks Unmarried, ex-
ecuted and delivered a certain ductive alternate bid items as
Deed of Trust unto W Stewart
Robison, Trustee for Ditech Fin-
ancial LLC, Beneficiary, to se- The Issuing Office for the Bid-
cure an indebtedness therein
described, which Deed of Trust Spradling Engineers, Inc.;
is recorded in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi in MORT
Book 2015 at Page 22123;
and
WHEREAS, on the 11th day of
September, 2020, Ditech Fin-
ancial LLC, assigned said Deed of the Bidding Documents from
of Trust unto U.S. Bank, N.A.,
as Trustee, successor in in-
terest to Wachovia Bank, Na-
tional Association, as Trustee, Printed copies of the Bidding
for Mid-State Trust XI, by instru- Documents may be obtained
ment recorded in the office of
the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in the hours indicated above,
Book 2020 at Page 23468;
and
WHEREAS, on the 24th day of
September, 2020 the Holder of Calvert-Spradling Engineers,
said Deed of Trust substituted Inc. Upon request and receipt
and appointed Dean Morris,
LLC as Substitute Trustee by
instrument recorded in the of-
fice of the aforesaid Chancery
Clerk in Mort Book 2020 at
Page 24403; and
WHEREAS, default having been shipping method selected by
made in the payments of the
indebtedness secured by the
said Deed of Trust, and the
holder of said Deed of Trust,
having requested the under-
signed so to do, on the 28th
day of October, 2020, I will dur- ments. Partial sets of Bidding
ing the lawful hours of between Documents will not be avail-
11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., at
public outcry, offer for sale and Neither Owner nor Engineer will
will sell, at the south east front be responsible for full or par-
door of Lowndes County Court- tial sets of Bidding Documents,
house, 505 2nd Ave. North at
Columbus, Mississippi, for
cash to the highest bidder, the the Issuing Office.
following described land and
property situated in Lowndes
County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Beginning at the Southwest
Corner of the West Half of the
Southwest Quarter of Section
27, Township 17 North, Range October 21, 2020 at the La-
18 East, thence North 210
feet; thence East 210 feet;
thence South 210 feet; thence is highly encouraged but is not
West 210 feet back to the
Point of Beginning, containing
1 acre more or less and being
located in the Southwest
Quarter of said Section. All in
Lowndes County, State of Mis- ference. Engineer will transmit
sissippi.
I will only convey such title as
is vested in me as Substitute
Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this and will not be binding or leg-
28th day of September, 2020. ally effective.
Dean Morris, LLC
Substitute Trustee
855 S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste.
404, Bldg. 400
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(318) 330-9020
adp/F20-0448
PUBLISH: 10/7, 10/14 &
10/21/20
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
VERONICA HILL, INDIVIDUALLY,
AND ON BEHALF OF THE
HEIRS-AT-LAW OF RICKIE HILL,
SR., DECEASED
CAUSE NO.:20-pr-00193RPF
VERONICA HILL PETITIONER
RULE 81 SUMMONS BY PUB-
LICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW
OF RICKIE HILL, SR., DE-
CEASED
You have been made a re-
spondent in the Petition to De-
termine Heirs filed with the
Court by Veronica Hill seeking
a judicial determination of the
heirs at law of Rickie Hill, Sr.,
deceased.
You are summoned to appear
and defend against said peti-
tion filed against you in this ac-
tion at 9:00 a.m. on the 12TH
day of November, 2020, at the
Oktibbeha County Courthouse,
Starkville, Mississippi, and in
case of your failure to appear
and defend a judgment will be
entered against you for the
things demanded in the peti-
tion.
You are not required to file an
answer or other pleading but
you may do so if you desire.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND
SEAL OF THIS COURT, this the
5th day of October, 2020.
/s/Cindy E. Goode
Cindy Goode, Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi PUBLISH: 10/7, 10/14 &
10/21/2020
(Seal)
By: Tina Fisher, D.C.
CHYNEE A. BAILEY
BAILEY LAW, PLLC
POST OFFICE BOX 8121
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
39705
TELEPHONE 601.857.8100
FACSIMILE 601.857.8010
PUBLISH: 10/7, 10/14 &
10/21/2020
Legal Notices
TOWN OF ARTESIA
LOWNDES COUNTY, MS
PART 1 – SEWER LINE INSPEC-
TION
PART 2 – SEWER LINE REHAB-
ILITATION
PART 3 – PUMP STATION RE-
HABILITATION
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed Bids for the construc-
tion of the Part 1: Sewer Line
Inspection, Part 2: Sewer Line
Rehabilitation and Part 3:
Pump Station Rehabilitation
(One Contract) will be received
by the Mayor and Board Mem-
bers of the Town of Artesia, at
the offices of Town Hall loc-
ated at 101 North Front Street,
Artesia, MS 39736 until 10:00
a.m. on October 29, 2020, at
which time the Bids received
will be publicly opened and
read. The Project consists of
constructing Part 1: Sewer Line
Inspection, Part 2: Sewer Line
Rehabilitation and Part 3:
Pump Station Rehabilitation.
Bids will be received for a WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on
single prime Contract. Bids this 21st day of September,
2020.
basis, with additive and/or de-
/s/Jennifer Kingsbury
indicated in the Bid Form. JENNIFER LYNN
EXECUTRIX
ding Documents is: Calvert- PUBLISH: 9/23, 9/30 &
7085 Highway 45 North Altern-
10/7/2020
ate, P.O. Drawer 1078, West
Point, MS 39773. Prospective IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
Bidders
ding
may
Documents
examine
at the
the Bid-
Issuing SIPPI
Office on Mondays through Fri-
days during regular business IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
hours, and may obtain copies TATE OF WILLIE GEORGE ED-
WARDS, DECEASED
the Issuing Office as de-
scribed below. MONICA
CAUSE NO.:2019-0125-F
from the Issuing Office, during
upon payment of a non-refund-
able deposit of $100.00_ for
each set. Checks for Bidding
Documents shall be payable to
of the document deposit indic-
ated above plus a non-refund-
able shipping charge, the Issu-
ing Office will transmit the Bid-
ding Documents via delivery
service. The shipping charge
amount will depend on the
the prospective Bidder. The
date that the Bidding Docu-
ments are transmitted by the
Issuing Office will be con-
sidered the Bidder’s date of re-
ceipt of the Bidding Docu-
able from the Issuing Office.
including Addenda if any, ob-
tained from sources other than
Bid security shall be furnished
in accordance with the Instruc-
tions to Bidders.
A pre-bid conference will be
held at 9:00 a.m. local time on
goon Pump Station. Attend-
ance at the pre-bid conference
mandatory. Representatives of
Owner and Engineer will be
present to discuss the Project.
Bidders are encouraged to at-
tend and participate in the con-
to all prospective Bidders of re-
cord such Addenda as Engin-
eer considers necessary in re-
sponse to questions arising at
the conference. Oral state-
ments may not be relied upon
This project is funded through
a grant from the Mississippi
Community Development Block
Grant Program and is a Sec-
tion 3 covered activity as
defined by the Housing and
Urban Development Act of
1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u) (sec-
tion 3). Contractors and sub-
contractors are encouraged to
provide, to the greatest extent
feasible, training, employment,
and contracting, opportunities
generated by the expenditure
of this assistance to low-and
very low-income persons and
business concerns owned by
low-and very low-income per-
sons, or which employ low-and
very low-income persons. Pref-
erence can be given to busi-
nesses that comply with Sec-
tion 3.
The Town of Artesia does not
discriminate on the basis of
disability in the admissions or
access to or treatment or em-
ployment in its programs or
activities. The Town of Artesia
considers itself an equal em-
ployment opportunity com-
munity and seeks to further fair
housing within the City to the
greatest extent possible.
Bid security shall be furnished
in accordance with the Instruc-
tions to Bidders.
Owner: Town of Artesia
By: Jimmy Sanders
Title: Mayor
Date: September 22, 2020
Publish: September 30, 2020
and October 7, 2020
The following vehicle has been
abandoned at Shelton's Tow-
ing, Inc., 1024 Gardner Blvd.,
Columbus, MS 39702.
2004 Chevrolet Impala
Vin: 2G1WF52E349165916
1993 Cadillac Seville
VIN: 1G6KY5299PU812056
This vehicle will be put up for
sale on the 4th day of Novem-
ber, 2020 at 10am at
Shelton's Towing, Inc., 1024
Gardner Blvd., Columbus, MS
39702.
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Legal Notices
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
RE: LAST WILL AND TESTA-
MENT OF CHAD DOWNING
KINGSBURY, DECEASED
NO. 44CH1:20-pr-00152-JNS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is given that Letters
Testamentary have been gran-
ted to the undersigned, Jen-
nifer Lynn Kingsbury, in the
matter of the Estate of Chad
Downing Kingsbury, deceased,
by the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
and all persons having claims
against said estate are re-
quired to have the same pro-
bated and registered by the
clerk of said court within ninety
MILITARY SQUARE APTS.
(90) days after the date of the
Remodeled units 1−4
first publication of this notice,
bedrooms. Military, police
or the same shall be forever
officers, fireman & SSI.
barred. The first day of publica-
Discounted rates. Come
tion of this notice is Septem-
ber 23, 2020. check us out! Call Joyce for 001.00, 40 acres & 153−
showing. 662−549−9873.
Apts For Rent: West
KINGSBURY
Apartments
2 Bedroooms
Furnished & Unfurnished
EDWARDS PETITIONER
Lease, Deposit
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of administration hav-
ing been granted on the 28th
day of July, 2020, by the Chan-
cery Court of Lowndes County,
Mississippi in Cause No.:
2019-0125-F to the under-
signed Administratrix upon the
Estate of Willie George Ed-
wards, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all
persons having claims against
said estate to present same to
the Clerk of said Court for pro-
bate and registration accord-
ing to law within ninety (90)
days from the first date of pub-
lication of this notice or they
will be forever barred under
Mississippi law.
/s/ Monica Edwards
Monica Edwards, Administrat-
rix of the Estate of Willie
George Edwards, deceased
Submitted by:
Chynee A. Bailey, MSB 99513
Bailey Law, PLLC
Post Office Box 8121
Columbus, MS 39705
601.857.8100 (Telephone)
601.857.8010 (Facsimile)
Publication dates: 9/23, 9/30
& 10/7/2020
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FIELD SERVICES, INC.
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Ads starting at $25 name & message,
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$595−$645 monthly.
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corporate apts.
24−HOUR PROFESSIONAL Farms & Timberland
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SURVEILLANCE. Benji &
purchase 470 +/− acres of
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farmland & mobile home
located on Highway 388,
Brooksville, MS up to & not
later than Friday, October
9, 2020 10:00a.m. The
parcels are 153−18−
18−001.01, 431.60
acres. The bids will be
opened at 10:00 a.m. at
the office of Ricky Walker,
VIP
Attorney−at−Law, 2962
Jefferson Street, Macon,
Rentals
MS. After all bids are
opened, the top 3 bidders
will have the opportunity to
& Houses make a second bid. The
right to reject any & all bids
1 Bedrooms
is reserved. Accepted bid
must be approved by
Probate Court. Send all
bids to Ricky Walker,
3 Bedrooms Attorney−at−Law, P.O. Box
427, Macon, MS 39341.
For more information call
Judy or Stan Miller,
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662−418−8266.
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799−9846 or 205−695−
Apts For Rent: Other 2248.
Sporting Goods
Pets
Lots & Acreage
ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
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FOR SALE:. 10 weeks old.
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AND FIREWOOD FOR SALE. Essex Diesel Pusher 30K
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2 Large
Community
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4 P90X
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Frame 31. $200 for most
weight. $100 for Big
2 Electric Tongue Jacks
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what they need. Jessie Brooks @ details.
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