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CMSD, MUW plan partnership at renovated Hunt campus

Hunt Experience Center will focus on While the
east side of the
conducted online, said Martin
Hatton, dean of the School of
classroom, it’s a high-impact
learning experience. … When

on-site, technology-assisted learning building will be

BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com
Columbus Municipal School
District hopes to reopen the
Hunt campus — destroyed by
the February 2019 tornado —
as Hunt Experience Center
in 2022, with a focus on both
technology-assisted learning
and hands-on workforce devel-
opment, Superintendent Cherie
Labat told The Dispatch.
The project aims to provide
CMSD students with both on-
site and online learning experi-
ences, Labat said. The district
will also partner with students
at Mississippi University for
Women and East Mississippi
Community College to offer
training for CMSD students
and staff.
dedicated to ca-
Education at MUW, but stu-
dents can collaboratively solve
they come together, they are
coming together for problem
reer development problems while physically be- solving, critical thinking, actu-
through the dis- ing in classrooms. ally doing activity as opposed to
primarily lecture.”
trict’s ongoing “The key piece to the blend-
partnership with ed learning academy … is the Additionally, CMSD teach-
Labat
EMCC, the west concept that’s called ‘the flipped ing assistants, faculty members
wing will be focused on aca- classroom’ — the idea that stu- and anyone within the commu-
demic training, with MUW dents are spending a certain nity who wish to pursue a de-
education majors serving as amount of time learning con- gree in education or teacher’s li-
instructors who teach CMSD tent through their homework cense can receive their training
students in a hybrid learning activities before they come to at the Hunt Experience Center,
environment, Labat said. the classroom,” Hatton said. Labat said.
Most of the teaching can be “And when they come to the See CMSD, 6A

MONDAY PROFILE
‘We can’t lose
our momentum:’
Warren hopes to impart life skills Louisiana vows
with athletic skills at new gym to rebuild
‘Once you have a Hurricane Delta blamed
goal and a vision ... for three deaths
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

it’s kind of hard to LAKE CHARLES, La. — Back-

turn away from it’ to-back hurricanes in the space of

six weeks left parts of Louisiana
blanketed Sunday with tarpaulins,
BY TESS VRBIN
mangled metal and downed power
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
lines — but not necessarily despair.

T
errell Warren thought he
had left his basketball days
behind him.
He moved to the Golden Trian-
gle to “get away and start fresh” af-
ter playing high school basketball
in his hometown of Birmingham.
He attended Mississippi State Uni-
versity and then worked for Steel
Dynamics in Lowndes County for
12 years. He has lived in Columbus
since 2009 and is raising four chil-
dren with his wife, Tiffany.
Then two years ago, he started
a summer basketball team for his
eldest son, now 14, and “the love
for the game came back to me,” he
said. He decided his true passion
was to help youth develop both
their athletic and life skills, espe-
cially since the two often intersect,
he said.
“I tell people all the time that
one thing I love about sports is
that it makes individuals interact
with people they wouldn’t in their
normal lives,” Warren said. “So it
gives you an opportunity to interact
with (them), and also you have to
be able to come together and solve
problems as a team.”
Warren left his six-figure job
at Steel Dynamics two weeks
ago, and TNT Elite Training on
Highway 69 South opened a week
ago. So far the gym has two youth
basketball teams with 10 players
each — one of which is the original
team Warren started two years
ago — and seven kids signed up for
one-on-one basketball training with
Warren or the two other trainers,
he said.
TNT isn’t just a sports training
facility: Warren said he’s going to
hold free seminars on financial
management and career options
to make sure kids are prepared for
life after sports.
“Sports is how I get their ear,
and once you have their ear, they
Terrell Warren poses for a portrait Friday at TNT Elite Training, the gym he
opened Oct. 5 in Columbus. Warren worked at Steel Dynamics for 12 years
and left in late September to start TNT, a dream two years in the making.
In addition to athletic training, the gym will also hold free seminars for
career and life skills.
listen and you’re able to hopefully
give them some valuable informa-
tion,” Warren said.
While the gym has membership
fees, some kids can attend via
sponsorships, he said.
Under normal circumstances
there could be 30 kids in the gym
at a time, but due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic, the limit is
15 kids, or five at each basketball
hoop. Everyone is required to wear
a protective face covering, and staff
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
checks everyone’s temperature
at the door and fully sanitizes the
gym daily, Warren said.
He is aware that this year is
“a tough year” to be starting a
business, but he says he has a
“great supporting cast,” including
his wife. Tiffany Warren is a nurse
practitioner and runs the Chosen 2
Care family medical center in Co-
lumbus, and he said he was lucky
to have her example of running a
See WARREN, 6A
Utility crews fanned out across
the battered southwestern part of
the state to restore electricity in the
wake of Hurricane Delta, and resi-
dents began returning home along
roads lined with debris and houses
missing roofs. Some were grateful
that the damage was not as bad as it
could have been.
A 70-year-old woman in Iberia
Parish died in a fire likely caused
by a natural gas leak following dam-
age from Hurricane Delta, the Lou-
isiana Department of Health said
Sunday.
Louisiana officials also blamed
the death of an 86-year-old man on
the hurricane. The St. Martin Par-
ish resident died in a fire that erupt-
ed after he refueled a generator in a
shed, Gov. John Bel Edwards said.
He said it didn’t appear the gener-
ator had cooled down before the
man refilled it.
A third storm-related death
was reported in Florida, where a
19-year-old tourist from Illinois
drowned after getting caught in a
rip current caused by the storm off
Destin, authorities said.
Roughly 350,000 customers in
Louisiana remained without power
two days after Delta blew ashore
near the town of Creole with winds
of 100 mph, slamming a part of the
state still recovering from Hurri-
cane Laura’s 150 mph onslaught on
Aug. 27. Laura was blamed for 32
deaths, many of them caused in the
storm’s aftermath by carbon mon-
oxide poisoning from generators.
The remnants of Delta, mean-
while, dumped heavy rain on parts
of Georgia, the Carolinas and Vir-
ginia.
The storm was also blamed
for washing out a railroad track
and causing the derailment of a
freight train in the Atlanta area
that sparked a small fire and brief-
ly forced some residents from their
homes. Two crew members were
taken to a hospital for observation
and later released.
See HURRICANE, 3A

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Supreme Court nominee Barrett

faces Senate despite virus
Republicans are moving
at a breakneck pace to
seat Barrett before the
Democrats walk tightrope on Barrett’s faith
BY MARY CLARE JALONICK AND ELANA SCHOR
The Associated Press

Nov. 3 election WASHINGTON — “The dogma lives loudly within you.”

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Confirmation
hearings for Supreme Court nom-
inee Amy Coney Barrett are set to
begin as a divided Senate charges
ahead on President Donald Trump’s
pick to replace the late Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg and cement a con-
servative court majority before Elec-
tion Day.
Barrett, a federal appeals court
judge, will tell the Senate Judicia-
ry Committee that she is “forever
grateful” for Ginsburg’s trailblazing
path as a woman. But she is resolved
to maintain the perspective of her
own mentor, the late conservative
Justice Antonin Scalia and “apply
the law as written,” according to her
prepared opening remarks for the
hearings, which start Monday as the
country is in the grips of the corona-
virus pandemic.
“Courts are not designed to solve
every problem or right every wrong
in our public life,” Barrett says in
the remarks, which The Associated
Press obtained.
Republicans, who control the
Senate, are moving at a breakneck
pace to seat Barrett before the Nov.
3 election to secure Trump’s pick
and hear a high-profile challenge
to the Affordable Care Act and any
election-related challenges.
Democrats are trying in vain to
delay the fast-track confirmation
by raising fresh concerns about the
safety of meeting during the pan-
demic after two GOP senators on
the panel tested positive for the nov-
el coronavirus.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen.
Thom Tillis, R-N.C., have not said
if they will attend in person. Lee’s
spokesman said the senator is symp-
tom-free but would be making a de-
It’s that utterance from California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top
Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, that’s on the minds of
Democrats and Republicans preparing for this coming week’s hearings
with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
Feinstein’s 2017 remarks as she questioned Barrett — then a nom-
inee for an appeals court — about the influence of Barrett’s Catholic
faith on her judicial views sparked bipartisan backlash, contributing to
the former law professor’s quick rise as a conservative judicial star.
Three years later, Barrett is back before senators as President Don-
ald Trump’s nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The nomination poses a politically risky test for lawmakers as they try
to probe Barrett’s views on issues of abortion, health care access and
gay marriage without running afoul of the Constitution’s prohibition
against a religious test for public officials.
“Her religion is immaterial,” said Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, but
it’s not out of bounds to question “the views themselves that she has
articulated.”
At hearings that begin Monday, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said he
will focus on Barrett’s “public statements, on her judicial philosophy,
on the ways in which her judicial views as publicly expressed leave me
gravely concerned about how she might rule as a justice.”
Republicans are gleeful, predicting that Democrats will overreach
and alienate key voters just weeks before the Nov. 3 election. Demo-
crats are determined to avoid the trap, recognizing the political danger
as their presidential nominee, Joe Biden, himself a lifelong Catholic,
courts voters of faith.
cision on whether to attend Monday “We’re going to work safely,” said
morning, per his doctor’s orders. A the committee’s chairman, Sen.
spokesman for Tillis did not respond Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Fox
to multiple requests for comment. News Channel’s “Sunday Morning
Both tested positive 10 days ago. Futures.” He said he took a coro-
Key Democrats are staying away. navirus test last week and is “nega-
California Sen. Kamala Harris, the tive.”
Democratic vice presidential nomi- Trump chose the 48-year-old
nee and a committee member, plans judge after the death last month of
to participate remotely from her Ginsburg, a liberal icon. It’s the op-
Senate office due to coronavirus portunity to entrench a conservative
concerns, her spokesman said Sun- majority on the court for years to
day. come with his third justice.
The committee released a letter Outside groups are pushing
from the Architect of the Capitol on Democrats to make a strong case
Sunday that says the hearing room against what they call an illegitimate
has been set up in consultation with confirmation, when people are al-
the Office of Attending Physician ready voting in some states, saying
with appropriate distance between the winner of the presidency should
seats and air ventilation systems make the pick. No Supreme Court
that meet or exceed industry stan- justice has ever been confirmed so
dards. close to a presidential contest.

Anti-government groups shift focus from Washington to states

‘There’s no question that these hate ministration have fueled a
resurgence, with paramil-
ti-Defamation League’s
Center on Extremism.
groups are domestic terrorists and I itary groups blending into
a mishmash of far-right
“But they can much
more easily be angry at
think we need to call them that’ factions that spread their state governors, espe-
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer messages on websites and cially Democratic ones,
social media. but sometimes even Re-
BY JOHN FLESHER AND force bent on seizing guns In many ways, their publican ones, who are
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and imposing a socialist focus is unchanged, in- involved with gun-control
The Associated Press “new world order.” cluding contempt for au- efforts or lockdown or an-
Deadly standoffs be- thority, reverence for the ti-pandemic measures,”
TRAVERSE CITY, tween FBI agents and ex- Second Amendment and he added.
Mich. — The alleged tremists at Ruby Ridge, backwoods military-style Whitmer told The
foiled plot to kidnap Mich- Idaho, and Waco, Texas, training exercises. Associated Press in an
igan’s governor is a jarring stoked those groups’ an- But the plot targeting interview Friday that ex-
example of how the an- ger. Timothy McVeigh and Michigan Gov. Gretchen tremism targeted at state
ti-government movement Terry Nichols, convicted Whitmer illustrates one officials is “a very real
in the U.S. has become in the 1995 bombing of stark difference: Nowa- threat to democracy.”
an internet-driven hodge- the Oklahoma City feder- days, much of the anger “There’s no question
podge of conspiracy theo- al building that killed 168 focuses on state officials that these hate groups
rists who have redirected people, were reported to whom extremists accuse are domestic terrorists
their rage from Washing- have met with Michigan of denying rights and free- and I think we need to call
ton toward state capitols. paramilitary activists. doms. them that,” Whitmer said
That’s in contrast to the Public revulsion over “And this is largely due while greeting voters in
self-styled “militia” move- that massacre damaged to the fact that Donald Traverse City. “We need
ment that took shape in the movement, which Trump, who the militia leadership who steps up
the 1990s — loosely con- largely faded from public movement supports, is and takes it on. We need
nected groups whose pri- view. But recent protests at the head of the federal it coming out of the White
mary target was the feder- over racial injustice, the government,” said Mark House, we need it coming
al government, which they coronavirus and other tur- Pitcavage, a senior re- out of all of our statehous-
considered a tyrannical moil during the Trump ad- search fellow at the An- es as well.”
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Adams Co. sheriff: Mississippi ‘minuteman group’ not needed

‘Pick a Democratic state, all these riots are breaking out everywhere’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NATCHEZ — A resident in
one Mississippi county said he
plans to organize a “minuteman
group” in the area to deal with
what he called safety concerns
in their community.
Adams County Sheriff Tra-
vis Patten said such a group is
unnecessary and unwanted in
the area.
Jack Blaney told the Adams
County Board of Supervisors
that the group is “not exactly a
militia.”
“In the last several months
since the China virus and every-
thing came out, I’ve got a lot of
Adams County minuteman organizer Jack Blaney
people and Adams County resi-
dents concerned about different
safety issues,” Blaney said, ac-
cording to The Natchez Demo-
crat. “It is not exactly a militia
group, but we’re discussing
having a bi-monthly meeting
of more of a minuteman-type
of situation. We’re looking to
acquire property in Kingston to
do that with. We have 150-year-
old rules in the State of Missis-
sippi that we have to go by for
such things and the first is to
inform our local leaders.”
The first minutemen were
civilians who independently or-
ganized during the American
Revolutionary War. They were
known for being ready at a min-
ute’s notice, thus the name.
Blaney said he isn’t sure Ad-
ams County law enforcement
could protect him.
“Pick a Democratic state,
all these riots are breaking out
everywhere,” said Blaney, who
said his militia has wealthy peo-
ple interested in funding it, but
refused to say if they lived in
Mississippi.
The sheriff called Blaney an
agitator and said Adams Coun-
ty would get plenty of help from
other counties, the state and
even the federal government to
protect residents in the unlike-
ly event something extremely
serious happened. But he also
said Blaney has the right to cre-
ate any group as long as it con-
forms to the law.
“Just know, if there is a
breach of peace from his group
or any other group that is out
there agitating or causing in-
justice — no matter what their
race, color or religion is — we’re
going to deal with them. Period.
Hate has no place in our com-
munity, no matter what source
it comes from. I’m not classify-
ing (the minutemen) as a hate
group but sometimes views can
be misconstrued,” Patten said.
Blaney said he came to the
Adams County Board of Super-
visors to be upfront about his
group. “Made a clear distinc-
tion from a militia group, that it
will be a group of Adams coun-
ty Boys, Proud to live here and
concerned about the areas se-
curity,” Blaney wrote on social
media after the meeting.
Blaney later said “Boys,
Proud” was not intended as a
nod to the Proud Boys, which
is a right-wing group founded
during the 2016 presidential
election with a history of street
violence against left-wing oppo-
nents. The group gained atten-
tion recently when they were
mentioned in the Sept. 29 pres-
idential debate between Presi-
dent Donald Trump and Demo-
cratic Party challenger, former
Vice President Joe Biden.

MABEN VFD RECEIVES NEW PUMPER TRUCK Hurricane

Continued from Page 1A
Clair Hebert Marceaux lost her home in
Cameron Parish, Louisiana, during Hurri-
cane Laura and said the community was hard
at work on rebuilding when Delta struck.
“We can’t lose our momentum,” she said,
though she added there was “utter devasta-
tion” in the area.
Marceaux, who was born and raised in
Cameron Parish, is the director of the com-
munity’s busy port, which hosts fleets of
shrimp and crab boats and serves as a key
link in the region’s oil and gas industry.
Vessel traffic was halted until port author-
ities and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
could take stock of the damage. Sunken
boats, utility poles and other flotsam filled
waterways.
“We are still in an assessment phase,”
Marceaux said, “but we will be limping along
as best as we can.”
Lynn Nguyen and her four children fled
to Fort Walton, Florida, ahead of the storm
and returned home to Abbeville, Louisiana,
on a circuitous route to avoid flooded roads.
Her home was spared major damage, though
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff a fence was flattened.
From left, Oktibbeha County Fire Services Coordinator Patrick Warner, County Inventory Clerk Scottie Livingston “For the most part, I’m just glad I still have
and Maben Volunteer Fire Department Chief Wayne Yeatman take a look at the $307,000 brand-new pumper a job and a roof over my head,” said Nguyen,
truck the Maben Volunteer Fire Department received Thursday morning at the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court- who works at a seafood market.
house. The truck is replacing an old one that is 15 years old, the threshold to replace or recertify fire trucks, Earnestine and Milton Wesley had decid-
and the county will either sell the old one or move it to another department, Warner said. He expects the state ed to ride out Delta in their Lake Charles
fire rating bureau to lower the Maben department’s insurance rating from 8 to 7 next month thanks to the new
truck, so residents of Maben and northwestern Oktibbeha County will have lower insurance premiums if they are
home, damaged by Laura. As the wind rus-
involved in a fire. tled the roof tarp above them, they grabbed
it through the hole in the ceiling and held
on tight. Water poured in, flooding their den.
“We fought all night long trying to keep
things intact,” Milton said. “And with God’s

‘It’s My Party!”: Theatre Oxford

help we made it.”
After blowing ashore, Delta moved over
Lake Charles, a city where Laura damaged
nearly every home and building. More than

presents women’s suffrage play 8,000 Louisiana residents who evacuated

Docudrama, which runs Oct. 22-24, celebrates the 100th
anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment
BY BOBBY PEPPER
The Daily Journal
OXFORD — The
struggle for the right to
vote was shared by wom-
en across America before
the passage of the 19th
Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution in 1920.
Yet while they shared
the vision of casting votes
alongside their male
counterparts, how they
approached the mission
was radically different.
Some wanted to do it dip-
lomatically while others
sought more rebellious
methods.
The conflict between
the women’s suffrage
movement leaders will
be played out on stage
Oct. 22-24 when Theatre
Oxford presents “It’s My
Party!” at the Powerhouse
community arts center.
The docudrama, written
by Ann Timmons, is be-
ing presented jointly with
the League of Women Vot-
ers Oxford/North Missis-
sippi in celebration of the
100th anniversary of the
amendment ratification.
Eight women play
the leaders of the rival
suffrage groups and the
journalists, including
Mississippi native Ida B.
Wells-Barnett, who re-
al amendment.
Carrie Chapman Catt
(played by Jennifer Miz-
enko) is a political strate-
gist who serves as NAW-
SA president between
1915-20. Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw (Lynn Wells), a phy-
sician and ordained min-
ister, was NAWSA pres-
ident before Catt. Maud
Wood Park (Susan Brad-
ley) is NAWSA’s chief lob-
byist in Congress.
Wells-Barnett (Allyson
Alford), a Chicago jour-
nalist who was born in
Holly Springs, joins with
the white suffrage move-
ments but also fights for
the voting rights of Black
women through her own
group, the Alpha Suffrage
Club. Wells-Barnett was
a prominent voice in the
suffrage and Civil Rights
movements.
“I love Ida B. Wells,
and I’m so honored to play
this role,” said Alford, an
Oxford resident and 2018
graduate of the Universi-
ty of Mississippi. “(The
play) reminds me of ev-
erything she did to make
sure I’m able to vote. This
is a humbling experience,
and I will vote in honor of
Ida B. Wells.”
On the other side are
women who split from the
because of Laura were still in shelters as of
Sunday, Edwards said. Roughly 850 people
were in shelters because of Delta.
“When I turned 18, I
was so overwhelmed by
Before Friday’s storm, the streets of Lake
Charles were already lined with mountains
the transition to college
life that I didn’t want to
of debris from the previous hurricane — sog-
gy insulation, moldy mattresses, tree limbs,
Chicago Tribune reporter add another thing to my twisted metal siding, ruined family trea-
covering Capitol Hill, is a plate,” she said. “I was sures. Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter esti-
friend of Paul’s. feeling similarly this year. mated hundreds of already damaged homes
“The National Wom- But after learning about took on water from Delta, which dumped
an’s Party, Alice Paul and what Alice and Lucy went more than 15 inches of rain on the city over
Lucy Burns, had been in through to achieve this two days.
Europe and learned all right, I couldn’t pass it up. Delta, the 25th named storm of an un-
these picketing tactics, There’s definitely a power precedented Atlantic hurricane season, was
protesting and burn- to it, to have a say in how the 10th to hit the mainland U.S. this year,
ing things, and hunger
government should be breaking a record set in 1916, Colorado State
strikes,” Daniels said. run.” University researcher Phil Klotzbach said.
“The NAWSA was defi-
nitely opposed to those
things. They just wanted
to do it by the book, be-
ing ladies. The other one
didn’t care about being
ladies. They just wanted
that vote.”
Mizenko, an Ohio na-
tive who resides in Ox-
ford, said she’s proud to
play a trailblazer like Catt,
who founded the League
of Women Voters in 1920.
She said the determina-
tion shown by leaders of
the suffrage movement
continues to inspire wom-
en today.
“I attended the Wom-
en’s March on Washing-
ton in 2017, and I was re-
ally blown away by all the
women from all over the
country I was with on that
day,” Mizenko said. “This
play touches a lot of the
same issues that women
were dealing with a hun-
dred years ago and are SOLUNAR TABLE
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philosophies, approaches Party (NWP). to us to have a voice and Major 9:24a 10:17a
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and tactics. They were Alice Paul (Robyn Me- our voice to be heard. To Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

definitely not in agree- deiros) and Lucy Burns vote is one of the most im-

ment with each other,”
said Jackie Daniels, direc-
tor of “It’s My Party!”.
On one side are the
women who represent
the National American
Woman Suffrage Asso-
ciation (NAWSA), which
pushed for a constitution-
(Jennifer Lauriello) bring
radical ideas they learned
from European suffrag-
ists to America to pres-
sure for change. Dora
Lewis (Marjorie Buckley)
is a chief lieutenant of
the NWP and Winifred
Mallon (Brenna Paola), a
portant things an Ameri-
can citizen can have.”
Medeiros, an Ole Miss
junior from Millington,
Tennessee, said being a
cast member of “It’s My
Party!” motivated her to
register to vote in this
year’s election.
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POSSUMHAW
For the love of plants
“Sharing these plants, where they were not planted. also growing in the surrounding fields.
known as pass-along plants, I’ve gathered them in bunch- Since all my flowers were successful
had the same result as shar- es to display in vases where this year with just the right amount of
ing a family recipe; it is a they look so lovely. I’ve rain and sun, I called the seed company
way of remembering certain learned to mix other flowers about purchasing the “Pollinator Mix”
people, places, or events ... ” with them, adding a shock and the “Cut Flower Mix.” I asked if I
—Patricia S. York, of blue from the Prairie might plant these mixtures right now in
Southern Living petunias or the blue salvia, the fall. The nice lady suggested I wait
or even a wayward yellow until spring for the best results. I was

T
he past week the
weather could not have
been more beautiful.
With the cool nights Harry Shannon Bardwell
and Wilhelmina, the cats,
choose to stay out all night
and chase little critters. On more than
one occasion we have discovered little
critters placed thoughtfully on the
doormat at the front door as a gift. It’s
the thought that counts, but rather than
little critters we’d prefer something,
well, maybe more colorful.
The sudden coolness brought with
it a tumbling of golden and red leaves
across the yard. The grass has greened.
Spider lilies popped up everywhere this
year — in the raised bed where they
were planted and in the yard and woods
cosmos. Now the swamp
sunflowers are blooming. So
faithful.
A couple of visits to the
garden centers have provid-
ed yellow, blue and purple
pansies. These will do well in cold
weather except for the deer nipping pan-
sies. I have planted most in flower boxes
above the reach of the deer. There are a
few mixed with pink and white dianthus
and planted in pots. Dusty miller does
well in winter coldness, but I haven’t
found any yet.
Some wildflower seeds can be plant-
ed in fall from Sept. 15 to Nov. 15. The
seeds will germinate and the seedlings
will have enough root system before go-
ing dormant in the winter. Some seeds
may not germinate but will stay dormant
and emerge in the spring. I was excited
to read this in my wildflower catalog.
Two years ago, I planted a mixture
called “Butterfly /Hummingbird Blend.”
The first year was not very success-
ful but subsequent years were. I also
planted a mixture called “Southeastern
Wildflower Mix.” My Southeastern mix
worked well but I found it rather humor-
ous to discover what I had purchased
and was growing in my flowerbed was
disappointed because naturally with the
weather so beautiful I was ready to get
going. Waiting on nature isn’t easy.
As temperatures drop potted plants
from the porches and all around the yard
are moved into the greenhouse: poin-
settias from last Christmas, bougain-
villea, mandevilla, hostas, peace plant,
caladiums, pothos, swiss ivy, dracaena,
airplane plants, angel wing begonias,
wandering Jew, a few succulents, an avo-
cado plant and a dozen pineapple plants.
The best part of caring for these
plants is remembering their source.
Many have arrived as gifts or pass-
along plants, each holding its own sweet
memory.
Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of
Columbus at msdeltachild@msn.com.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Questions Harris’ use of ethnicity
in election
Senator Kamala Harris, Democratic
party’s vice-presidential candidate, once
again in her debate dearly remembered
her mother Shyamala Gopalan who immi-
grated from India in late 50s. She, however,
never mentioned or remembered her father
Donald Harris. As a matter of fact, I didn’t
hear her say anything about her father in
any major forum or discussion. Dr. Harris is
a prominent economist and award-winning
Emeritus Professor of Stanford University.
It is to be noted that Senator Harris claims
her ethnicity as a Black American that she
inherited from her father’s side including
the last name. She doesn’t much claim her
mother’s side of ethnicity (that is Indian)
may be because it is not that beneficial to
her in wooing votes.
G.D. Heda
Columbus

In response to letter which encouraged

people to vote Republican
If the Republican party is a patriot of our
democracy, why do they make it hard for peo-
ple to vote, as in voter suppression?
Why do you Republicans not hold Trump
accountable when he lies and does wrong?
Our country will thrive with truth, but
collapse with lies. Today, the truth is dead.
When our leaders hear the truth, they claim
it’s a hoax.
Today, instead of making our country
great again as promised, it’s more divided
than ever.
A truthful leader would be trying to unite
all the people, not just the ones who are loyal
to him.
It’s hard to imagine a governor of one of
our states was in the process of being kid-
napped until the FBI prevented it. Maybe in
some third world country, but not here.
The president was offered the opportuni-
ty to condemn white supremacists and right
wing militias, but instead pivoted to criticiz-
ing leftist protestors.
Does socialism lead to communism?
That’s just a scare tactic that Republicans
have been using as long as since I voted for
John Stennis.
The European countries haven’t. But they
may to keep from having anything to do with
Trump.
Never has our country leaned on social-
ism more than it has today. Trump has bailed
the farmers out 5 times, and with the pan-
demic, he’s sending everybody and corpora-
tions check after check after check.
Like the Republicans said, it’s only a mat-
ter of time before socialism will destroy our
country. There are more young adults that
still live with their parents, percentage-wise,
today than ever in our history, including The
Great Depression.
In the primary, Trump said China is kill-
ing us in trade. It would take someone like
him, a art of the deal negotiator, to change it
in the U.S.’s favor.
Last week, we reported the biggest trade
deficit in 14 years.
Trump said at one of his recent rallies, if
he loses, he we will fight it. What democracy?
James Murdoch, son of FOX news Rupert
Murdoch, says he walked away from family
media empire because it legitimizes disinfor-
mation and obscures facts, and it’s danger-
ous.
Trump’s level of cruelty infects the peo-
ple, he says.
If you only listen to conservative net-
works, including Christian, you really don’t
know what’s going on in this world. Those
are my words, not his.
James Hodges
Steens
Trump’s Republican Party
K
elly Loeffler looked ability of the current pres- virus (along with Sens. Mike Lee
like a standard-is- ident to manage a two-car and Thom Tillis), said he remains
sue Republican funeral, we are asked to opposed to mask mandates because
when she was appointed believe that declining to “while masks can reduce the risk of
senator from Georgia in confront the threat from infection, they’re not a cure-all.” Is
December 2019. She came a virus is neither malfea- Johnson also opposed to food safe-
from a super-rich family sance nor betrayal but in- ty mandates, because while they
(like plenty of Democrats stead some sort of macho decrease the incidence of poisoning,
as well), she was pro-gun, heroism. Tomi Lahren of they’re not a cure-all?
anti-immigration and Fox Nation tweeted that Flash: Sen. Pat Toomey, one of the
pro-business. Originally Joe Biden should carry last semi-sincere conservatives, bows
pro-choice, her position on a purse to go with his out. He never wavered from his free
abortion evolved in time Mona Charen face mask. The fawning trade principles and opposed Trump’s
for her to be accepted by Rep. Matt Gaetz tweeted: revised NAFTA treaty because it
pro-life gatekeepers. “President Trump won’t flouted those principles. He joins the
Once in Washington, D.C., though, have to recover from COVID. COVID 40% of elected Republicans in Wash-
Loeffler quickly got with the pro- will have to recover from President ington who have resigned or retired
gram. She described the impeach- Trump.” And Fox News host Greg since 2017.
ment of the president as a “circus” Gutfeld said this: Flash: The National Republican
and lambasted Mitt Romney for even “Maybe it’s a flaw of Trump... he Congressional Committee has target-
voting to call witnesses, whom she didn’t hide from the virus. The reason ed a New Jersey freshman Democrat
was sure would “slander @realDonald he didn’t hide from the virus is he with ads aimed at linking him to
Trump.” Now, she’s encouraging hero didn’t want America to hide from the what QAnon supporters believe is a
worship of Trump, tweeting: “COVID virus. If he was going to ask America Satanic, cannibalistic, child-abuse
stood NO chance against @realDon- to get back to work, right? ... So he conspiracy backed by Hollywood
aldTrump.” took the risk, he got the virus, but he and Democrats. The grounds? Rep.
This is servile, particularly at was doing it for us.” Tom Malinowski supposedly opposed
a moment when he is literally en- He suffered for our sins? Yep, expanding a sex offender registry.
dangering others’ lives. When she that’s Trump all over. He denies this, but frankly, even if he
appeared, maskless and within inches Let me offer a few more flashbulb had, it’s a totally reasonable position
of others, indoors at the White House glimpses of the state of the GOP to- to adopt. I’ve written about the gross
announcement for Amy Coney Bar- day. A quick glance at the Trump fans miscarriages of justice those regis-
rett, she not only endangered her own who gathered outside Walter Reed tries can cause. The NRCC is not a
health and the health of her loved Hospital over the weekend revealed fringe political action committee. It’s
ones, she became a soldier in the one holding a sign mentioning QAnon the official campaign arm of the Re-
disinformation war Trump is fighting (there may well have been others), publican caucus in the House of Rep-
to dissuade Americans from taking and another with a placard cheerily resentatives, and it now issues official
the threat seriously. emblazoned “Super-spreader event.” statements that read like supermarket
Only yesterday, Republicans were Flash: Greg Abbott, Republican tabloids. “Rep. Tom Malinoski lobbied
livid that President Barack Obama governor of Texas, apparently aban- to protect sexual predators.”
downplayed the threat from terror- doning several common-sense mea- This GOP is inhospitable to
ism. I recall being appalled that no sures to cope with the coronavirus conservatives (see former Speaker
leading American statesman attended like expanding early voting, has now of the House Paul Ryan among many
a Paris rally following the 2015 mas- announced that he will limit the num- others), moderates (see John Kasich)
sacre at Charlie Hebdo headquarters, ber of ballot drop boxes to one per and people of decency and courage
though European heads of state were county. Texas has 254 counties with (see Mitt Romney). Rather than purg-
there, along with Israel’s Benjamin an average of about 114,000 people in ing its ranks of kooks and conspir-
Netanyahu and even the Palestinian each. But, of course, they vary in size. acists, it welcomes and courts them.
Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas. Attor- The single ballot drop box in Loving Rather than fight fair, it seeks to win
ney General Eric Holder was in Paris County will only have to handle the by keeping people from the polls.
at the time, but he skipped the march. county’s 169 residents. The box in America needs a sane, serious,
Republicans fervently believed that Harris County, home to Houston, will humane, center-right party that aims
failure to confront terrorist threats have to accommodate 4.7 million. to persuade, not to dominate. This
to the nation was malfeasance at best They better get a big box. GOP is not it.
and betrayal at worst. Flash: Sen. Ron Johnson, who Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow at
Yet now, to compensate for the in- has tested positive for the corona- the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020 5A

A senior warning sign for Trump: ‘Go Biden’ cry at Villages

Pew Research Center: Nearly 1 in 4 eligible voters will be 65 and older
BY TAMAR A LUSH
The Associated Press
THE VILLAGES, Fla. —
Sara Branscome’s golf cart
whizzed down the smooth as-
phalt path that winds through
The Villages, the nation’s larg-
est retirement community, an
expanse of beautiful homes,
shops and entertainment ven-
ues that bills itself as “Florida’s
Friendliest Hometown.”
Branscome’s cart was fes-
tooned with two American
flags that flapped in the warm
afternoon breeze. A line of on-
coming carts bedecked with
balloons and patriotic stream-
ers chugged past while honk-
ing. Branscome jabbed her left
foot on the horn pedal, then
gave a thumbs-up.
“This gets you rejuvenated
and ready for the next month or
so, so we can do this and win.
It gives you hope,” the 60-year-
old retiree said.
Then she let out a whoop
and two surprising words: “Go
Biden!”
It’s not a cry that might be
expected to resound in The
Villages, and it’s certainly
not one that is encouraging to
President Donald Trump. Old-
er voters helped propel him to
the White House — the Pew
Research Center estimates
Trump led among voters 65 and
older by 9 percentage points
in 2016 — and his campaign
hoped they would be a bulwark
to cement a second term.
They remain a huge chunk
of the electorate. Pew esti-
mates that nationwide, nearly
1 in 4 eligible voters will be 65
and older. It’s the highest level
on record, going back to 1970.
But there have been warn-
ings that older voters are in
play. To be sure, Trump has sol-
id support among older adults,
but his campaign has seen a
drop-off in its internal research,
according to campaign aides,
and some public polls suggest
Democrat Joe Biden is running
ahead or just even with Trump.
Mostly, it seems, older voters
have been put off by Trump’s
handling of the coronavirus,
which affects these voters
more acutely than others. They
were particularly alarmed by
Trump’s performances at dai-
ly task force briefings in the
spring because his remarks
showed an uneven handling
of the crisis and inspired little
confidence.
The president has tried to
shore up his popularity with
older adults. He has empha-
sized themes of law and order,
and has warned that Dem-
ocrats would preside over a
sundering of the suburbs. He
has promoted his prescription
drug policy. And he has kept up
steady visits to Florida — after
Maine, the state with the oldest
population — and advertised
heavily there.
But whatever improvement
he saw is now in jeopardy. The
president’s own COVID-19 in-
fection has refocused attention
on the virus and his handling
of it. If the 74-year-old Trump
can’t safeguard his own health,
some wonder, how can he be
trusted to protect other older
adults who are far more vulner-
able?

Trump official says vaccine expected starting in January

BY MARTHA MENDOZA
AND JULIET LINDERMAN
The Associated Press
A Trump administra-
tion official leading the
response to the corona-
virus pandemic says the
U.S. can expect delivery
of a vaccine starting in
January 2021, despite
statements from the pres-
ident that inoculations
could begin this month.
And a growing, bipar-
tisan chorus of lawmak-
ers, experts and public
health officials says the
country is ill prepared for
a projected winter surge
of COVID-19.
Dr. Robert Kadlec
said in an email Friday
that the administration
“is accelerating produc-
tion of safe and effective
vaccines ... to ensure
delivery starting Janu-
ary 2021.” Kadlec is the
Department of Health
and Human Services’ as-
sistant secretary of pre-
paredness and response.
HHS says a vaccine could
be approved before the
end of the year but will
take time to distribute.
President Donald
Trump has said at ral-
lies, debates and press
conferences that a vac-
cine could arrive within
weeks. “We think we can
start sometime in Oc-
tober,” Trump said at a
White House press brief-
ing last month.
Kadlec wasn’t the first
health official to counter
the president’s optimistic
timeline. Health and Hu-
man Services Secretary
Alex Azar said Thursday
that there could be 100
million vaccine doses
available by the end of
the year “pending FDA
authorizations.” And Dr.
Moncef Slaoui, who is
leading the government’s
vaccine effort, told Mar-
ketwatch on Friday that
researchers could know
“by late October, or No-
vember, or in Decem-
ber” whether one of the couldn’t see a vaccine
vaccines in development sooner than January.
is effective, but that it
would then take weeks to
get emergency authoriza-
tion to administer it.
When asked about
the disparity, the White
House was not specific on
a date but said Trump’s
priority is to distribute a
vaccine “as soon as possi-
ble.” Kadlec said, without
elaborating, that it wasn’t
correct to conclude that
this meant the country

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CMSD
Continued from Page 1A
“If you want to be a
teacher, you could come
work with MUW at the
Hunt facility to convert
your degree into a teach-
ing degree and … work
for your license and take
the courses that you
need,” she said.
The partnership be-
tween CMSD and MUW
will also allow for a dual
enrollment program,
which means high school
seniors who wish to pur-
sue a degree in educa-
tion can enroll in college
courses and begin to earn
credits, Hatton and Labat
said.
Labat said the partner-
ship is focused heavily on
technology to maximize
the use of digital devices
allocated to students as a
result of The Coronavirus
Aid, Relief, and Econom-
ic Security Act (CARES
Act). Each student will re-
ceive one device, she said,
and the devices will be de-
livered by November.
“We don’t want to be
another district that has
the devices but is not
fully taking advantage
of the opportunity for
students to learn,” Labat
said.
Labat said district and
university officials are
still determining how
to pursue funding for
the experience center,
and they have not de-
cided how much of the
cost would be covered
by CMSD or MUW. She
added the experience
center does not yet have
an estimated cost.
“We have not detailed
the cost associated with
the programming,” La-
bat said in a text message
Monday morning. “We
are still in the planning
stages and have several
decisions that have to
be made in the next two
years.”
The project isn’t sim-
ply a result of the pan-
demic, Hatton said. It
emerged amid a national “It gives them a sense
conversation of educa- of autonomy and inde-
tional reform, and the pendence in taking own-
pandemic accelerated it. ership of their own learn-
The use of technology, ing,” Labat said. “It’s a
he said, could change the win-win and the time is
way students learn. now.”
“Education is going
to look different in some
ways moving forward,”
he said. “What we have
is an opportunity for our
students not just to use
technology, but to think
about how they are us-
ing technology to teach
differently, to teach bet-
ter, to achieve different
learning outcomes.”
The program will
benefit students at both
MUW and CMSD, La-
bat said. Through digi-
tal and on-site teaching,
MUW students will earn
real-life experience and
credit hours for interact-
ing with K-12 students at
CMSD. District students
will also gain more expe-
rience learning with the
help of technology.

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small business to follow.
“She helps remind
me of the same thing I’m
trying to teach young
kids, that I need to
follow my own example,”
Warren said. “2020 has
been tough and it’s been
a tough transition, but
once you have a goal and
a vision in mind, and you
see it, it’s kind of hard to
turn away from it.”
His now-former co-
workers at Steel Dynam-
ics supported his decision Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
to change careers, which Terrell Warren shoots a hoop at TNT Elite Training on
also made the move eas- Friday in Columbus. He played basketball in high school
ier, he said. He hopes to and rediscovered “the love of the game” two years
ago when he started a summer basketball team for his
include a tour of Steel Dy- eldest son, he said. TNT is the realization of his dream
namics in TNT’s career to mentor youth in both sports and life, and he said
seminars in the future. he hopes to teach kids how to smoothly transition into
He also wants to expand their lives after sports.
the gym’s repertoire to
include strength training Ideally some of them will “I love basketball, but
in addition to agility and come back to Columbus it took me finding a job
basketball skills training. and help mentor the next at a steel mill to be able
He said he hopes to generation. to build my career, to be
see his students go as far Whatever the next able to help kids now,” he
as their athletic careers phases of their lives are, said. “It doesn’t matter
take them, whether that’s Warren hopes he can where you start, it’s all
high school, college or help them transition about where you finish in
professional sports. smoothly. life.”

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MONIGO KARNLEY HELPS MISSISSIPPI STATE SOCCER EXTEND UNBEATEN STREAK

BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — it paid off. The junior,
Mississippi State soccer
coach James Armstrong
said a great week of prac-
tice helped cultivate a bit
of “telepathy” between ju-
nior forwards Hailey Far-
rington-Bentil and Moni-
go Karnley.
The duo put their new-
found connection to good
use in Sunday’s home
match against LSU.
Farrington-Bentil de-
livered a perfect pass,
Karnley slotted the ball
home, and the Bulldogs
(2-0-2) pulled ahead of
the Tigers (0-3-0) in the
78th minute and held on
for a 2-1 win. Through
its first four regular-sea-
son matches, Mississip-
pi State has yet to lose,
though Armstrong isn’t
quite satisfied.
“We wish we had four
wins, no ties and no loss-
es, right?” he said. “That
would be even better.”
But he’s plenty hap-
py with Sunday’s win, in
which the Bulldogs scored
in the ninth minute be-
fore allowing an equalizer
Mississippi State junior forward Monigo Karnley had the go-ahead goal in the 78th minute Sunday as the Bull-
dogs beat LSU 2-1. Karnley also had the only goal last Friday, Oct. 3, as MSU beat rival Ole Miss for the first time
since 2012.
in the 55th when LSU’s
Rammie Noel rammed in
a shot on a well-executed
set piece. Instead of let-
ting the match get away,
though, Mississippi State
responded with a strong
sequence to get the match
tied.
“Today, I thought LSU
asked us questions and
got back in the game,
and I thought we played
our best in the 10-minute
stretch afterward,” Arm-
strong said.
That’s not even count-
ing Karnley’s goal, which
came with just under 13
minutes to go and handed
the Bulldogs their second
straight win after a pair of
draws to open the season.
“To be honest, I just
wanted to go out there
and just fight for these
girls,” Karnley said. “It
was a team effort, and I’m
very honored to be the
one who put the ball in the
Mississippi State Athletics
back of the net, but I felt
like everybody did their
part.”
Karnley found the net
after temporarily being
repositioned when junior
midfielder Alyssa D’Alo-
ise went down with an
injury in the 36th minute.
Armstrong pulled Karn-
ley away from the front
of the Bulldogs’ attack,
but when she returned,
who scored the only goal
last Friday as Mississippi
State beat Ole Miss for
the first time since 2012,
delivered again to put her
team in front.
“She’s a great player —
somebody that if you can
get her in and around the
box, she’s lethal,” Arm-
strong said.
It wasn’t only Karnley
who made the difference
for the Bulldogs on Sun-
day. Sophomore forward
Onyi Echegini’s shot in
the ninth minute bounced
off LSU goalkeeper Bel-
la Zanotelli and trickled
past her into the left side
of the net.
“I feel like from that
moment onward, we had
some momentum going
forward,” Echegini said.
That bounce carried
the Bulldogs into the
second half, where in
the 55th minute, LSU’s
Maddie Moreau threw
the ball in from the cor-
ner, near the goal line,
Taylor Dobles played it
See SOCCER, 2B

Lakers run MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL ANALYSIS

past Heat FOUR THINGS WE LEARNED FROM MSU’S LOSS TO KENTUCKY
for 17th
NBA title
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAKE BUENA VISTA,

Fla. — The ultimate an-
guish. The ultimate joy.
This season, for LeB-
ron James and the Los
Angeles Lakers, had it all.
And it ended in the only
fashion that they deemed
would be acceptable, with
them back atop the basket-
ball world.
For the first time since
Kobe Bryant’s fifth and fi-
nal title a decade ago, the
Lakers are NBA champi-
ons. James had 28 points,
14 rebounds and 10 as-
sists, and the Lakers beat
the Miami Heat 106 -93
on Sunday night to win
See NBA, 3B

Prescott
injured as
Cowboys
rally to beat
Giants
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas
— After Dak Prescott’s
season ended on a grue-
some ankle injury, his
running mate for all five of
their seasons with the Dal-
las Cowboys had a hard
time getting through the
post-game interview.
Ezekiel Elliott sounded
crushed, even after back-
up Andy Dalton led a drive
to Greg Zuerlein’s second
game-ending field goal of
the season as the Cowboys
rallied twice in a 37-34 vic-
tory over the winless New
York Giants on Sunday.
“I can’t even think right
right now,” Elliott, the
two-time rushing cham-
pion, said to no question
in particular as he con-
tinued trying to absorb
the third-quarter injury
See COWBOYS, 3B
Kentucky Wildcats nose guard Quinton Bohanna (95) pressures Mississippi State Bulldogs quarterback K.J. Costello (3) Saturday. Kentucky
defeated Mississippi State 24-2.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State is
not who we thought they were.
After a seemingly monumental upset of
then-No. 6 LSU, Mike Leach’s inaugural
squad in Starkville has nosedived in epic
fashion with dismal losses to Arkansas and
Kentucky over the past two weeks.
So what should be made of the Bulldogs’
latest demise in Lexington? Let’s dive right
in:
Mississippi State has a quarterback
problem
Will the real K.J. Costello please stand
up? In a matter of three weeks, Costello has
broken the MSU and Southeastern Confer-
ence single-game passing records, notched
another school record for completions in
a game and tossed nine interceptions —
three of which were of the pick-six variety.
So what do the Bulldogs have in the
Stanford import? Hard to say.
Costello captured the nation’s conscious-
ness following his 623-yard, five-touch-
down debut against LSU, but times have
changed fast. Over his past eight quarters
of play, he’s thrown seven interceptions,
been benched once, averaged just 6.9 yards
per completion and thrown just a single
touchdown pass.
Will Rogers was OK in relief of Costel-
lo, completing 9 of 15 passes for 43 yards
as he gave the offense a brief rhythm and a
near-touchdown pass when Osirus Mitch-
ell was stripped on the goal line. But to ask
a redshirt freshman to mount a 14-point
comeback on the road in his first college
action is far from fair.
The reality is MSU hasn’t had any sem-
blance of offensive continuity since it left
Baton Rouge, and Costello has had am-
ple opportunities to right the ship. Grant-
ed, the offensive line and receiving corps
didn’t help his cause Saturday, but his leash
Kentucky Athletics
is running short entering next week’s con-
test against No. 11 Texas A&M, if he’s even
given the start at all.
Rogers is inexperienced, sure. However,
if the MSU offense looks like it did against
Kentucky after the first few drives when
the Aggies come to town, expect Costel-
lo to be relegated to the bench once more
and, perhaps, permanently.
What happened to the offensive line?
Entering the 2020 season, there were
two consistent narratives surrounding the
Bulldogs: the offensive line would be deep
and talented, and the defense would be bad,
like really bad. Well through two weeks, I’ll
go ahead and put my foot in my mouth on
both accounts.
I’ll get to the defense in a second, but the
MSU offensive line was abysmal in Lexing-
ton Saturday. Costello and the MSU wide
receivers deserve ample credit for the of-
See MSU, 2B
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Astros’ big bats go silent in ALCS opener loss to Tampa Bay

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO — Af-
ter the Houston Astros
bashed the ball all over
Dodger Stadium for the
past week, they found
it a whole lot harder to
slug when they moved a
couple of hours down the
coast for the AL Champi-
onship Series.
Tampa Bay limited
the Astros’ star-studded
lineup to nine hits — but
just one for extra bases
— in the Rays’ 2-1 victo-
ry to open the ALCS at
Petco Park on Sunday
night.
The Houston offense
that set off postseason
fireworks against Min-
nesota and Oakland was
a dull squib in San Di-
ego — at least after José
Altuve’s first-inning
homer, the Astros’ 14th
long ball of these play-
offs and their 13th in the
last five games.
The Astros got no
more big hits against
Blake Snell and the
Rays’ justifiably vaunted
bullpen. They mounted
significant rallies in five
different innings, but re-
peatedly failed to get the
key knock that would
have turned a tight game
into something more
comfortable for the de-
fending AL champions.
Alex Bregman, Car-
los Correa and the As-
tros left 10 men on base
in the opener, going just
2 for 8 with runners in
scoring position but
driving in no runs with
those two hits.
Houston scored 33
runs in four games
while knocking AL West
champion Oakland out
of the Division Series
in Chavez Ravine last
week, even batting .333
with runners in scoring
position against the A’s.
But with big scoring
opportunities in the fi-
nal two innings of the
ALCS opener, the As-
tros couldn’t capitalize
— and the last two hurt
the most.
Yuli Gurriel ground-
ed into a first-pitch dou-
ble play with the bases
loaded to end the eighth
inning against Diego
Castillo.
Pinch-hitter Josh
Reddick then singled in
the ninth, but George
Springer and Altuve
failed to bring him
home, with Castillo
striking out Altuve with
Reddick on second base
to end it.
Houston’s bats came
into San Diego averag-
ing 6.67 runs and just
under 10 hits per game
in these playoffs, which
they only reached after
a mediocre regular sea-
son in which they were
in the middle of the ma-
jor league pack in nearly
all statistical categories.
The Astros led the
AL in batting average,
on-base percentage and
slugging percentage
last season, but they
appeared to be taking a
step back from the spec-
tacular level of offensive
play that got them to two
AL pennants in three
years. Three-time AL
batting champion Al-
tuve’s average shrunk
to .219 in the regular
season, while Bregman
and Gurriel also hit sig-
nificantly below their
previous statistical stan-
dards.
But after grinding out
two wins over favored
Minnesota in the wild-
card round, the Astros
rediscovered a huge of-
fensive groove against
the A’s.
Just as quickly, they
lost it against the Rays,
whose pitching staff is
fresh off a grinding five-
game victory over the
Yankees’ power-packed
lineup.
The Astros scored
first in all four games
against Oakland in the
ALDS, and they did it
again in Game 1 of the
ALCS. Altuve mashed
a high 2-1 fastball from
Snell in the first inning
for his third homer of
this postseason.
Houston got back-
to-back singles in the
third, but Springer got
caught stealing to quell
the rally. The Astros got
two more hits and two
walks in the fourth, but
a double play slowed the
rally before it ended on
a fly by Martin Maldona-
do, who struggled at the
plate all year long.
Three more baserun-
ners in the sixth didn’t
make it to third base.
Michael Brantley was
on second base in the
eighth when Kyle Tucker
singled off seldom-used
reliever Aaron Loup,
but Tucker hit the ball
so hard — 108 mph off
the bat — that Brantley
didn’t have time to get
around third and score.
Castillo took over and
induced the inning-end-
ing groundout by Gurri-
el, who went 0 for 2 with
two walks.
Braves grown up a
bit for NLCS matchup
against the Dodgers
ARLINGTON, Texas
— Those Baby Braves
that faced the Los Ange-
les Dodgers in the play-
offs two years ago have
grown up a little bit, and
have even won a couple
of postseason series.
The Dodgers have
been here before, in the
NL Championship Se-
ries for the fourth time
in five years and settling
in at the new AL ballpark
where last week they
won their NL Division
series and would like to
stay for the World Se-
ries.
Atlanta is in its first
NLCS since 2001 and,
like Los Angeles, has
won all five games so far
this postseason.
“We’re really, real-
ly strong. 2018, I think
we were just excited to
make it, we completely
flipped the script of our
record from 72-90 to 90 -
72 in a year, so were just
thrilled,” said Braves
first baseman Freddie
Freeman, maybe the fa-
vorite for this season’s
NL MVP. “This is a com-
pletely different story.
... We like our chances.
We’ve been playing real-
ly well.”
Game 1 of the best-of-
seven NLCS is Monday
night. It is a matchup
of the highest-scoring
teams in the majors
during the regular sea-
son, with fans in the
stands for the first time
in this pandemic-affect-
ed season.
After 118 homers
in 60 regular-season
games, the Dodgers
have only two in the
playoffs. They’ve hit
one in the spacious new
Texas Rangers’ ballpark
where they swept the
San Diego Padres in the
NL Division Series there
last week, but scored 23
in those three games.
“We’re not a one-
track offense. We can
score runs in a ton of
different ways,” Dodg-
ers third baseman Justin
Turner said. “And if the
ball happens to go over
the fence, we’ll take that
too.”
Los Angeles won the
2018 NLDS over Atlanta
in four games on way to
its second consecutive
World Series, though
the Dodgers are still
more than three decades
removed from their last
title in 1988. That was
part of 10 consecutive
postseason series losses
before the Braves swept
Cincinnati and Miami
this year.
“When we faced them
the last time, I said af-
terwards we we weren’t
as strong as they were.
We’ve made a lot of prog-
ress in that regard,”
manager Brian Snitker
said. “We’re a stronger
team than we were two
years ago, our offense,
just the total, the bullpen.
And what we’ve seen out
of the young starters is
pretty good, too.”
While young 20-some-
thing standouts Ronald
Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Al-
bies have now been part
of three consecutive NL
East titles, Braves pitch-
ers — a staff with rookie
starters Ian Anderson
and Kyle Wright — have
thrown four shutouts in
these playoffs.
“There’s a lot of young
athleticism on both
sides,” Dodgers manager
Dave Roberts said. “It’s
going to be a fun series.”
Fans in the stands
While the general pub-
lic will be allowed to at-
tend games, it will be far
from a full house at the
$1.2 billion stadium with
a retractable roof for the
NLCS and the World Se-
ries. There will still be no
fans for the AL Champion-
ship Series games in San
Diego.
There were about
11,500 tickets available,
sold in groups of four with
each of those pods sepa-
rated by at least six feet.
That is about 28% of the
40,518 capacity. That al-
lotment sold out for Game
1 and three other NLCS
games so far, as well as all
every World Series game.
“I think it’s a step back
towards the normalcy,
where people have the
right to be free and make
a choice to go out and do
what they want to do,”
Dodgers reliever Blake
Treinen said. “It’s not
fun playing baseball
without fans. ... We wel-
come it, we are excited
for it.”

Soccer
Continued from Page 1B
into the box, and Noel tied
the match with a nice shot
past freshman goalkeeper
Maddy Anderson. It was
Anderson’s only misstep
in another solid perfor-
mance; she has yet to give
up more than one goal in
any match this season.
Armstrong praised not
only Anderson’s ability to
keep the ball out but her
propensity for handling
crosses, coming off her
line when needed, distrib-
uting the ball and manag-
ing the match.
“Maddy’s a freshman;
it’s easy to forget that,
right?” Armstrong said.
“She plays with so much
more seniority than what
she has. She’s a calming
presence on the back
line.”
Anderson finished
with five saves, two of
which were key plays in
the closing minutes with
Mississippi State cling-
ing to its one-goal lead.
She turned away Shannon
Cooke less than two min-
utes after Karnley’s go-
ahead score and rebuffed
Dobles with less than five
minutes to go.
And while two LSU
shots made their way past
Anderson in the final 15
minutes — one short-
ly before Karnley made
her presence known; one
with just over a minute to
go — the linesman’s flag
went up on both supposed
goals. The Tigers were
offside, and the scores
were disallowed.
“It was nerve-racking,
but we trust our back line,
and they all stepped up to-
gether,” Karnley said.
The Bulldogs will take
their undefeated record
into Friday’s game at
Texas A&M, which beat
Mississippi State 3-0 in
Starkville last season
— Armstrong’s first as
MSU’s head coach.
“They’re going to be a
real test for us,” he said
of the Aggies. “Looking
forward to playing against
them, but they’ll be a
formidable opponent for
sure.”

MSU
Continued from Page 1B
fensive issues against
Kentucky, but without a
chance to set his feet, the
former Stanford signal
caller wasn’t entirely at
fault.
A Wildcats defense
that had just four quar-
terback hurries this year
tripled its season output
with eight Saturday night.
Kentucky also notched
two sacks and five tackles
for a loss, keeping MSU’s
limited ground game to
just 20 yards on 14 at-
tempts.
Starting guard Greg
Eiland was returning
from injury, and cen-
ter James Jackson was
starting his first game
this year in place of Cole
Smith, but MSU’s offen-
sive line has to do better
for this offense to click.
Third down continues
to be a problem
In MSU’s Week 1 win
over LSU, the Bulldogs
converted 50 percent of
their third down conver-
sions. Since then, the
Bulldogs are a meager
8 of 31, or 26 percent, in
losses to Arkansas and
Kentucky.
The biggest problem
in MSU’s third down at-
tempts has been where
they’ve occurred. Satur-
day, the Bulldogs were
1 of 9 on third down and
nine or more yards, while
they’re averaging 6.95
yards to go on a given
third-down attempt over
the past two weeks.
As noted, MSU’s air
raid offense lives and dies
by the rhythm it creates.
The Bulldogs are schem-
ing to tire out defenders,
earn loads of yards after
the catch and, eventually,
catch the defense napping
to take shots over the top.
The problem is, MSU
can’t get into that process
when it’s consistently be-
hind the sticks.
There are plenty of
issues to shake out, but
staying on time on first
and second downs will
have as much impact on
MSU’s third down conver-
sion rate as any play call.
Zach Arnett’s defense
is a force to be
reckoned with
For all the issues
MSU’s offense is having,
let’s close on a positive:
This Bulldogs defense is
legitimately good.
One week after Ken-
tucky ran all over Ole
Miss to the tune of 408
yards on the ground,
Zach Arnett’s unit held
the Wildcats to a meager
84 yards on the ground
— 51 of which came on a
Terry Wilson run early in
the second quarter.
Although Wilson isn’t
a world-beater in the
pocket, and the Kentucky
passing attack is medio-
cre at best, this MSU de-
fense’s first three weeks
have been nothing short
of impressive. Follow-
ing Saturday’s loss, the
Bulldogs rank No. 5 in
rush defense, No. 23 in
passing defense, No. 12
in total defense and No.
30 in scoring defense na-
tionally. Even more im-
pressive, MSU sits behind
only Georgia in the SEC’s
total defense rankings, as
they’re allowing just 285.7
yards per game.
In a matter of 21 days,
MSU has become incon-
sistent, ineffective and
borderline unwatchable
on offense. But the Bull-
dogs defense deserves
Help us help them,
credit where credit is due.
It’s not just one of the best
units in the SEC; it’s one The Humane Society
of the best in the country,
and plenty of that is owed
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Cowboys
Continued from Page 1B
to Prescott, a two-time
Pro Bowl quarterback
who was the unheralded
fourth-round pick the
same year Elliott went
fourth overall.
“It’s hard to kind of
put in words,” Elliott,
who rushed for 91 yards
and two touchdowns,
said in the middle of an
answer about Dalton’s
role in the rally. “I’m sor-
ry. I’m just struggling a
little bit right now.”
Prescott was going
have no doubt that he’ll
bounce back from this
and this will be all part
of his great story.”
Michael Gallup made
two spectacular side-
line catches on the final
drive. The first was a
toe-dragging 19-yarder
and the second an over-
the-shoulder catch to
the New York 16 with
Dion Lewis running
stride for stride and one
foot barely staying in-
bounds.
first possession on a the Giants, from 55, 50
3-yard reverse to receiv- and 54.
er Evan Engram.
The Giants led 17-3
in the second quarter —
Green Bay connection
the fourth straight game Two New York line-
with a double-digit backers who played for
deficit for the Cowboys McCarthy in Green Bay
— before the Cowboys had hands in the biggest
went in front 24-20 with defensive plays for the
16 seconds left in the Giants. Linebacker Ky-
first half on Prescott’s ler Fackrell returned an
first career touchdown interception by Prescott
catch. The 11-yarder 46 yards for a touch-
was from receiver Ced-
rick Wilson, who took
down and a 14-3 New
York lead in the first Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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bent at an awkward an-
gle away from his leg.
He was fighting back
tears as he was carted
off with a cast on the leg.
Most of Prescott’s team-
mates rushed to greet
him, as did several New
York players, including
Ryan.
The team said
Prescott had a fracture
dislocation of the right
ankle and was taken to a
hospital, where surgery
was planned later in the
day. Prescott started the
first 69 games of his ca-
reer, from the beginning
of his rookie season.
“I feel terrible for
him,” first-year coach
Mike McCarthy said.
“He was having a tre-
mendous year in the
short time working with
him. He’s made such an
impression on me and
he’s clearly the leader
of this football team. I
cits of at least two touch-
downs.
It was the first game
at the home of the Cow-
boys for former coach
Jason Garrett, the Gi-
ants’ offensive coordina-
tor who was replaced by
McCarthy in Dallas af-
ter the Cowboys missed
the playoffs amid high
expectations last sea-
son.
Four years ago,
Garrett chose to keep
Prescott, then a rookie
leading a franchise-best
11-game winning streak,
as the starter over Tony
Romo when Romo was
healthy again. Prescott,
who replaced an injured
Romo in the preseason,
has started every game
of his career.
Garrett’s offense
stopped a two-game
streak without a touch-
down by getting in the
end zone on New York’s
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opener and 25,021 last
the same number only once. The difficulty level
because he was playing increases from Monday to Sunday.
hell of a game, it was a week. AT&T Stadium
hell of a battle between has 80,000 permanent
us,” Ryan said. “Noth- seats.
ing ill will on my part. I
know he’s going to come Injuries
back stronger.” Giants: LB Loren-
Dalton was Cincinna- zo Carter injured his
ti’s starter for nine sea- left Achilles tendon on
sons before the Bengals
the final play of Dallas’
drafted Joe Burrow No.
opening drive and didn’t
1 overall last spring and
Dalton signed a one-year return. Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
deal to be Prescott’s Cowboys: DT Trysten
backup. Hill was carted off with
Dalton and rookie a right knee on New
center Tyler Biadasz York’s first drive of the
fumbled an exchange second half.
on Dalton’s first full se-
ries, setting up Devonta UP NEXT
Freeman’s 4-yard scor-
Giants: Washington
ing run and offensive
at home next Sunday in
tackle Andrew Thomas’
2-point conversion catch second of three straight
for a 34-31 lead for the NFC East games.
Giants (0 -5). Cowboys: Arizona
Three of Graham Ga- at home in their only
no’s four field goals were scheduled Monday night
from at least 50 yards for appearance, Oct. 19.

NBA
Continued from Page 1B
the NBA Finals in six games.
“Our organization wants their
respect. Laker Nation wants their
respect,” James said. “And I want
my damn respect, too.”
Anthony Davis had 19 points
and 15 rebounds for the Lakers,
who dealt with the enormous an-
guish that followed the death of
the iconic Bryant in January and
all the challenges that came with
leaving home for three months to
play at Walt Disney World in a bub-
ble designed to keep inhabitants
safe from the coronavirus.
It would be, James predicted,
the toughest title to ever win.
“We have a Ph.D in adversity,
I’ll tell you that much,” Lakers
coach Frank Vogel said. “We’ve
been through a lot.”
They made the clincher look
easy. James won his fourth title,
doing it with a third different
franchise — and against the Heat
franchise that showed him to to
become a champion.
Bam Adebayo had 25 points
and 10 rebounds for Miami, which
got 12 points from Jimmy Butler
— the player who, in his first Heat
season, got the team back to title
contention. Rajon Rondo scored
19 points for the Lakers, who put
together the elite talents of James
and Davis with this moment in
mind.
And Davis, as white and gold
confetti coated the floor around
him, spent his first moments as an
NBA champion thinking of Bry-
ant.
“All we wanted to do was do
it for him,” Davis said. “And we
didn’t let him down. ... I know he’s
looking down on us, proud of us.”
With that, the league’s bubble
chapter, put together after a 4
1/2-month suspension of play that
started March 11 because of the
coronavirus pandemic and came
with a promise that it would raise
awareness to the problems of ra-
cial injustice and police brutality,
is over. So, too, is a season that
saw the league and China get into
political sparring, the death on
Jan. 1 of commissioner emeritus
David Stern — the man who did
so much to make the league what
it is — and then the shock on Jan.
26 that came with the news that
Bryant, his daughter Gianna and
seven other died in a helicopter
crash.
The Lakers said they were play-
ing the rest of the season in his
memory.
They delivered what Bryant did Heat to 90-69 with 8:37 left. But
five times for L.A. — a ring, and the outcome was never in doubt,
the clincher was emphatic. and before long confetti was blast-
“You have written your own in- ed into the air as the Lakers’ cel-
spiring chapter in the great Lak- ebration formally and officially
er history,” Lakers owner Jeanie began.
Buss said. “And to Laker Nation, “Laker Nation,” Vogel, now a
we have been through a heart- ACROSS
first-time champion who saw his 1 FBI agent,
breaking tragedy with the loss title hopes as Indiana’s coach
of our beloved Kobe Bryant. Let informally
thwarted three times by James 5 Allure
this trophy serve as a reminder of and the Heat, bellowed during the
when we come together, believe in 10 Nonpayment
trophy ceremony. “We did it.” result, for short
each other, incredible things can
happen.” 11 Enjoy a favor-
Game 6 was over by halftime, Tip-ins ite book, say
the Lakers taking a 64-36 lead into Lakers: Davis did not wear the 13 Smell
the break. The Heat never led and gold-painted sneakers that he 14 Gaming
couldn’t shoot from anywhere: had for Game 5; instead, he went center
35% from 2-point range in the half, with red-and-black ones Sunday. 15 London
... Among the ring-winners: Dion theater area
33% from 3-point range and even
Waiters, who began this season 17 Director Spike
an uncharacteristic 42% from the
with the Heat; 19-year-old Talen 18 Hale and
line, not like any of it really mat-
Horton-Tucker (he turns 20 Nov. Lane
tered. The Lakers were getting
19 Singer
everything they wanted and then 25) and Kostas Antetokounmpo
McGraw Sunday’s answer
some, outscoring Miami 36 -16 in — the brother of two-time NBA
20 Pig’s pen 38 Staggered 9 Amber dessert
the second quarter and doing all MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo of
21 In need of a 39 Yankee great, wine
that with James making just one the Milwaukee Bucks. massage familiarly 12 Judged
shot in the period. Heat: Goran Dragic (torn left 22 Is furious 40 Attire 16 Has dinner
Rondo, now a two-time champi- plantar fascia) checked in late in 25 Org. that
on and the first to win NBA rings 41 Moistens 21 Lefty
the first quarter, his first appear- tracks Santa
as a player in the cities of Boston DOWN 22 Terror of 1888
ance since Game 1 of the series. 26 Notion 1 Gotten bigger London
and Los Angeles — the franchis- “I just wanted to be out there to 27 Baseball’s
es now tied with 17 titles apiece 2 Sorceress of 23 Decorated
help my team as much as possible. Gehrig Greek myth 24 Recover from
— was 6 for 6 in the half, the first It is what it is. The Lakers were 28 Poker prize
time he’d done that since Novem-
3 As deaf as — 25 Face feature
better,” an emotional Dragic said. 29 Kodak 4 Outlet for the 27 Scottish
ber 2007. The Lakers’ lead was 46 - ... Jae Crowder had 12 points and founder
32 with 5:00 left in the half, and
Thames landowners
Duncan Robinson had 10 for the 33 Paid player 5 Nook’s partner 29 Fencing
they outscored Miami 18-4 from Heat. 34 Mouth, in 6 Grazing swords
there until intermission. slang groups 30 Demi or
Ball game. The 28-point half-
time lead was the second-biggest Join the club 35 Green-eyed
person
7 Rainbow Julianne
John Salley and Robert Horry shape 31 Parcel out
in NBA Finals history, topped only 37 Warsaw
were, until Sunday, the only play- 8 House tour 32 Must have
by the Celtics leading the Lakers native
ers to win championships with giver 36 — de France
79-49 on May 27, 1985.
“We didn’t get the final result three different franchises. James
that we wanted,” Heat coach Erik (Miami, Cleveland) and Danny
Spoelstra said. “But even what I Green (San Antonio, Toronto)
mentioned to the guys, these are added their names to that list with
going to be lifetime memories this title.
that we have together. This locker
room ... we’re going to remember Heat season
this year, this season, this experi- Miami led the NBA with 94
ence and that locker room broth- games played this season — 30
erhood for the rest of our lives.” more than Minnesota, which
True to form, the Heat — a No. played the fewest in the NBA. The
5 seed in the Eastern Conference Heat finished with 1,247 3-point-
that finished with a losing record ers this season, including play-
last season, a team that embraced
offs, 290 more than any other year
the challenge of the bubble like
in team history.
none other — didn’t stop playing,
not even when the deficit got to 36
in the third quarter. Up next
“We’re trending in the right di- Nobody knows. The draft is
rection,” Butler said. “We’re going set for Nov. 18, but the dates for
to learn from this. We’re going to the start of free agency, training
get better. We’re going to come camps and next season’s schedule
back.” could be weeks away from being
A 23-8 run by Miami got the finalized.
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Elliott wins at Roval as champ Busch bounced from playoffs
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CONCORD, N.C. —
Kyle Busch, leading a
race he had to win, not
once believed he was driv-
ing toward a season-sav-
ing victory. He doesn’t
even think he can get to
victory lane this year.
“Do we even have a
shot to win? I don’t think
we have a shot,” Busch
said after he was elimi-
nated from the playoffs
Sunday.
NASCAR will crown a
new champion this year
and the worst season of
Busch’s career extended
to mark the earliest the
reigning Cup champion
has been eliminated since
the format debuted in
2014.
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Chase Elliott won on
the hybrid road course-
oval at Charlotte Motor
Speedway, where Busch
and three others were
trimmed from title con-
tention. It was Elliott’s
fourth straight road
course victory dating to
last season.
Elliott is in the round
of eight for the fourth
consecutive year and still
seeking his first appear-
ance in the championship
final four.
“We’ve been fortu-
nate to get to the round
of eight the last couple
years, that’s kind of been
the stopping point,” El-
liott said. “We’re just eyes
ahead trying to assert
ourselves amongst the
next group.”
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Busch, meanwhile,
won’t be in the title-de-
ciding finale for the first
time in six years. He
needed his first win of
the season to advance,
a tall ask in this bumpy
year. He seemed good
as done when a flat tire
at the end of the second
stage should have ended
his chances.
He seemed resigned
when he keyed his mic
and said, “Good job this
year, guys,” to his No. 18
Joe Gibbs Racing crew.
He still somehow recov-
ered and was third when
he gambled on not pitting
to take over the lead.
His fate was in his
hands but Busch knew he
didn’t have a chance.
“We were trying some-
thing, anything,” Busch
said. “I didn’t have any-
thing for nobody.”
Busch led just one
lap after the restart be-
fore both teammate Erik
Jones and Elliott passed
him and then his Toyo-
ta began to fade. Busch
finished 30th. There are
only four races remain-
ing for him to extend his
streak to 16 consecutive
seasons with at least one
victory.
He acknowledged the
mental toll of this disap-
pointing year and didn’t
rule out personnel chang-
es for his team.
“There have certainly
been times this year were
I’ve thought, ‘Man, there
was something wrong
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I am 25
and live
with my parents.
My 28-year-old
sister lives in a
condo about 10
minutes away. She
just graduated
from school and
moved back here,
which means she
doesn’t have many
friends in the city.
For the last
five months, she
has been coming
over for dinner like Dear Abby
clockwork every
day and every
weekend. I’m still finding ways to
be social during quarantine, but
my sister doesn’t seem able to
find other means to meet people.
Seeing this much of her is, well,
too much.
She demands attention, prac-
tically forces us to entertain her
and gets upset when the dinner
my parents are cooking doesn’t
meet her specifications. At her
age, spending this much time
with your parents seems, quite
frankly, unhealthy. I’m scared to
bring it up because she’s hyper-
sensitive. How do I avoid another
several months of lockdown with
a person who doesn’t even live
with me? — OVERWHELMED IN
OREGON
DEAR OVERWHELMED:
This isn’t a subject you should
address with your sister, but
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
12). You keep finding the sorts
of pursuits that are obviously
and inherently worth your time
— opportunities to help people,
to make changes that matter,
and to build systems and struc-
tures that improve lives. With
every project completed, your
self-worth grows along with your
power and esteem in the world.
Taurus and Scorpio adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 9, 30,
1, 17 and 16.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Approve of yourself. Once you
stamp yourself with “good” or
even just “good enough,” all of
your interactions feel better be-
cause you’re no longer seeking
validation from others.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Your sense of self is in a
with me. I’m not doing it
right, I don’t know what
I’m doing,’” Busch said. “I
don’t know what to think,
but certainly it would be
nice to score a win. To
have a win for this year,
that would be the consola-
tion prize for the way this
year has gone.”
Austin Dillon in a
Chevrolet for Richard
Childress Racing, and
Stewart-Haas Racing
teammates Clint Bow-
yer and Aric Almirola in
Fords also were elimi-
nated. Bowyer, who this
week said he’s retiring at
the end of the season and
will move to the televi-
sion booth, was treated
for exhaustion after driv-
ing the second half of
the race without power
is something to
discuss privately
with your parents.
Whether to draw
the line and
encourage your
sister to become
less dependent
is something they
might want to
consider.
When her
company becomes
more than you can
handle, excuse
yourself, go to
your room and
avail yourself of
your other ways to
be social by firing
up your computer and visiting
with friends. It would also be
a kindness for you to suggest
ways she, too, can network with
people in her field or who have
some common interests.
DEAR ABBY: Every day when
my husband comes home, he
takes off his shoes to relax. He
works hard outdoors more than
10 hours daily. His feet smell hor-
rible — unbearable to be around.
We have tried insoles, baking
soda, foot sprays and even
health checks, which helped but
didn’t get rid of the problem.
He gets offended when I ask
him to change his socks and
wash his feet. To him I’m out of
line to continually point it out.
But I can’t even sit in the same
room with him. Help! — STINKING
TIRED IN THE SOUTH
state of flux. You’re a bundle of
perceptions, many of which are
new and different from what you
experienced yesterday. There’s
no need to rush into decisions.
Give it a moment.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). There are any number of
things you could believe, but
the belief that is useful is more
than a thought. It’s fuel. If a
belief helps you get on with the
business of living, isn’t that
justification enough to keep it in
the arsenal?
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
A good sense of humor sug-
gests a high level of tolerance
for the complexities of life. You
fall into the category! You’re
delightfully complex! You’re
attracted to the one who finds
your complexities fascinating.
steering.
Elliott, meanwhile,
won for the second con-
secutive year at “The
Roval” and third time
this season. It’s his sec-
ond win this season at
Charlotte — he won on
the oval in May when
NASCAR resumed rac-
ing during the pandem-
ic.
Elliott will try to take
that momentum into the
round of eight, which
he advanced to for the
fourth-straight year. El-
liott has never made it to
the championship finale.
“Best way to get into
the next round is to win,”
Elliott said. “Looking
forward to the opportu-
nity and looking to make
some noise.”
DEAR STINKING TIRED: There
is a name for your husband’s
very common medical condition:
It’s bromodosis, and it is fixable.
It’s the result of sweat and the
growth of bacteria and possibly
fungus.
Your husband should discuss
this again with his doctor. Direc-
tions for treating his condition
are also available online, but they
are longer than my column can
accommodate. Doing a search
on healthline.com would be a
good place to start. He should
also carry an extra pair of shoes
and socks and change them in
the course of the workday. Let’s
hope that from now on your
husband will put his best foot
forward.
DEAR ABBY: I want to donate
to organizations that do good
work. My question is, where can
I find out which charities put all
of the donations toward their
cause rather than to staff and
fundraising? I read years ago
that a well-known charity paid an
exorbitant salary to the person in
charge, who was already wealthy.
— GIVING IN NEW JERSEY
DEAR GIVING: Go online and
search Charity Navigator. It’s the
largest evaluator of charities in
the United States and provides
reliable data on more than 1.8
million charities and nonprofits.
Many people use it to gauge
how their contributions will be
spent before they donate, and
sometimes that information is a
real eye-opener.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Getting to know yourself can
take longer than it takes to
learn someone else. Becoming
aware of the many ways you
are wonderful and difficult to
live with typically takes a good
many years, and some never get
there. Be patient.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
There’s a fine line between idle
dreaming and inspired envi-
sioning. You really can afford to
let yourself go off in a fanciful
direction, far more off-track than
you’d normally allow. There are
treasures to discover out there.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You take responsibility, though
your leadership style is one that
allows people to be themselves.
You don’t need everything to
be perfectly done the way you
would do it; you just need it
done.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Sure, adversity makes us
better, but we don’t need to
seek it. The average life gets
enough of it naturally. Choose
the challenge that’s going to be
enjoyable and worth the risk.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). It’s easy to be decisive
when you don’t know about the
consequences of your actions.
But when you’re well-aware of
numerous and complicated
possible outcomes, things get
trickier.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Neediness is not greedi-
ness. You don’t like to ask, but
in fact, allowing others to help
you can be as much a gift to
them as it is to you. Helping is
purposeful, and it feels good.
Why wouldn’t you want that for
them?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Sometimes, you’re moti-
vated to turn your dream into
a goal and attack it systemati-
cally. Other times, it’s enough
to just do the next right thing.
Don’t let yourself get over-
whelmed. Do the work in front
of you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’re careful about the
way you speak, because you
know how infectious an outlook
or a mood can be, not to men-
tion certain phrases. You feel a
little responsible for bringing up
the tone.
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