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Downtown business cited for mask violations
after owners publicize their opposition to city order
Most businesses in Columbus, Starkville, ‘just
accept’ local mask ordinance during pandemic
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves
allowed the statewide face mask
mandate to expire on Sept. 30.
In three weeks since, local mask
requirements that remained in
place since the governor’s action
have generally been accepted as
a fact of life among businesses in
Columbus and Starkville during
the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Honestly, we haven’t really
had a lot of conversations about
Loraine Walker, left, the children’s librarian at the Starkville Public Library, shows Caden McKinzie, 5, a Star Wars book from
a goodie bag Saturday at the library’s drive-through event coordinated with the Junior Auxiliary of Starkville. The library and
JA gave away more than 200 free books and signed up about 90 children and adults for new library cards during the 5-hour
event, Walker said. Caden is the son of Amber McKinzie.
Blake Hill, left, vice presi-
dent of Phillips Contracting,
explains to the Oktibbeha
County Board of Supervi-
sors at its Monday meeting
that the Columbus-based
company waited months for
AT&T and 4-County Electric
Power Association to move
utility wires on Longview
Road. Phillips accepted
a $2.2 million contract in
July 2019 to pave the road,
which area residents have
waited for years to happen,
and Hill said the company
had been hoping to start
the project in the spring
and be almost done by now.
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But Columbus, where mask
citations were issued to a down-
Blaine and Corie
Walters, owners
town business, has caught the
attention of the public.
of Bride and
Groom Bridal
masks,’’ said Barbara Bigelow, Blaine and Corie Walters, Boutique on Fifth
Street South in
director for Main Street Colum- owners of The Bride and Groom
Columbus, say
bus. “Most of the merchants I’ve Bridal Boutique on Fifth Street they’ve been tar-
South, say their business has
talked to just accept it as some- geted by the city
thing they have to do now.” been targeted because of their for their opposi-
There are exceptions, howev- outspoken opposition to the tion to the city’s
er. city’s mask mandate. mask order. They
In Starkville, police have is- According to the Walterses, say CPD officers
visited their store
sued citations for violating the police officers came to their
four times in a
mask order at four businesses shop four times between Oct. 6
and 16, issuing citations to both 10-day period and
since Oct. 1, including three sep- issued three cita-
arate incidents at Drifter’s Bar owners and an employee on Oct.
tions for violating
and Grill, where 42 separate vi- 16.
the mask order.
olations were cited. See MASK VIOLATIONS, 3A Courtesy photo
DRIVE-BY BOOKS MSU professor
emeritus: Next
month’s vote
will take days
to be counted
Mail-in ballots, mostly
from Democratic voters,
will most likely decide
the presidential race
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
A handful of ab-
sentee ballots decid-
ed Starkville’s 2017
mayoral contest, and
Marty Wiseman be-
lieves absentee and
mail-in ballots will
decide the 2020 pres-
idential election as Wiseman
well.
As a result, Election Day will
be more like Election Month, the
retired Mississippi State Universi-
ty political science professor told
Starkville Rotary Club at its Mon-
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
day meeting.
“You can go on to bed on elec-
tion night because it will be days
See WISEMAN, 6A
Longview Road project likely
to begin before the end of the year
Phillips VP: Crews will ‘be over there as much as
we can’ now that utility wires are moved
BY TESS VRBIN Residents along the gravel road
tvrbin@cdispatch.com southwest of Starkville have been
waiting decades for the road to be
The first stages of the long-await- paved, and the board of supervi-
ed paving of Longview Road will sors awarded the project to Colum-
most likely start in the next few bus-based Phillips Contracting in
months, after the COVID-19 pan- June 2019 for $2.2 million.
demic delayed the movement of The paving has not yet started,
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff utility wires along the roadway. See SUPERVISORS, 3A
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‘Running angry’: Trump attacks

Dr. Fauci, the press and polls
‘People are tired of How Trump plowed through
hearing Fauci and all
these idiots. Every time
$1 billion, losing cash advantage
BY BRIAN SLODYSKO AND ZEKE MILLER
he goes on television, The Associated Press

there’s always a bomb.’
BY ZEKE MILLER AND JILL COLVIN
The Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. —
An angry President
Donald Trump has
come out swinging
against Dr. Antho-
ny Fauci, the press
and polls that show
him trailing Demo-
crat Joe Biden in key Trump
battleground states in a disjointed
closing message two weeks before
Election Day.
On the third day of a western
campaign swing, Trump was fac-
ing intense pressure to turn around
his campaign, hoping for the type
of last-minute surge that gave him
a come-from-behind victory four
years ago. But his inconsistent mes-
sage, another rise in coronavirus
cases and his attacks on experts
like Fauci could undermine his final
efforts to appeal to voters outside
his most loyal base.
“I’m not running scared,” Trump
told reporters on Monday before
taking off for Tucson, Arizona, for
his fifth rally in three days. “I think
I’m running angry. I’m running
happy, and I’m running very con-
tent ‘cause I’ve done a great job.”
Trump’s aggressive travel comes
as he plays defense in states he won
four years ago, though the Republi-
can president insisted he was confi-
dent as he executed a packed sched-
ule despite the pandemic.
“We’re going to win,” he told
campaign staff on a morning con-
ference call from Las Vegas. He
went on to acknowledge that he
“wouldn’t have told you that maybe
two or three weeks ago,” referring
to the days when he was hospital-
ized with COVID-19. But he said he
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s sprawling political op-
eration has raised well over $1 billion since he took the White House in
2017 — and set a lot of it on fire.
Trump bought a $10 million Super Bowl ad when he didn’t yet have
a challenger. He tapped his political organization to cover exorbitant
legal fees related to his impeachment. Aides made flashy displays of
their newfound wealth — including a fleet of luxury vehicles purchased
by Brad Parscale, his former campaign manager.
Meanwhile, a web of limited liability companies hid more than $310
million in spending from disclosure, records show.
Now, just two weeks out from the election, some campaign aides
privately acknowledge they are facing difficult spending decisions at
a time when Democratic nominee Joe Biden has flooded the airwaves
with advertising. That has put Trump in the position of needing to do
more of his signature rallies as a substitute during the coronavirus pan-
demic while relying on an unproven theory that he can turn out support-
ers who are infrequent voters at historic levels.
“They spent their money on unnecessary overhead, lifestyles-of-the-
rich-and-famous activity by the campaign staff and vanity ads way too
early,” said Mike Murphy, a veteran Republican consultant who advised
John McCain and Jeb Bush and is an outspoken Trump critic. “You
could literally have 10 monkeys with flamethrowers go after the money,
and they wouldn’t have burned through it as stupidly.”
felt better now than at any point in The doctor is both respected
2016. “We’re in the best shape we’ve and popular, and Trump’s rejection
ever been,” he said. of scientific advice on the pandemic
Seeking to shore up the morale has already drawn bipartisan con-
of his staff amid growing private demnation.
concerns that he is running out of At his rally, Trump also ramped
time to make up lost ground, Trump up his attacks on the news media,
blasted his government’s own sci- singling out NBC’s Kristen Welk-
entific experts as too negative, even er, the moderator of the next pres-
as his handling of the pandemic, idential debate, as well as CNN for
which has killed more than 220,000 aggressively covering a pandemic
people in the United States, re- that is now infecting tens of thou-
mains a central issue to voters. sands of Americans every day.
“People are tired of hearing Fau- Fauci, in an interview with CBS’s
ci and all these idiots,” Trump said “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday,
of the government’s top infectious said he was not surprised that
disease expert. “Every time he Trump contracted the virus after
goes on television, there’s always a he held a series of large events with
bomb. But there’s a bigger bomb if few face coverings.
you fire him. But Fauci’s a disaster.” “I was worried that he was go-
At a rally in Prescott, Arizona, ing to get sick when I saw him in
Trump assailed Biden for pledging a completely precarious situation
to heed the advice of scientific ex- of crowded, no separation between
perts, saying dismissively that his people, and almost nobody wearing
rival “wants to listen to Dr. Fauci.” a mask,” Fauci said of the president.

Deadline looms, but COVID

relief deal may be far off
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Pelosi negotiated for
House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi reported some
progress in advance of
a Tuesday deadline for
reaching a pre-election
deal with President Don-
ald Trump on a new coro-
navirus relief package,
but the same core prob-
lems bedeviling the effort
remain in place despite
optimistic talk from the
president and his team.
nearly an hour Monday
with Trump’s top emis-
sary, Treasury Secretary
Steven Mnuchin, and her
office said they are con-
tinuing to narrow their
differences.
“Finally, they have
come to the table and
we’re going to try to get
something done,” Pelosi
said on MSNBC Monday
evening. She said the two
sides would take stock on
Tuesday, which she has
staked out as the deadline
if a deal is to be reached
before the election.
“Let’s make a judg-
ment. We may not like
this, we may not like that
but let’s see on balance if
we can go forward,” Pelosi
said.

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Mask violations
Continued from Page 1A
“I’ve been very outspo-
ken about the mandate
and the legitimacy of it,”
Blaine Walters said. “I be-
lieve that’s made us a tar-
get.”
Walters turned to
Facebook to express his
disapproval of the city’s
action, posting Facebook
Live videos on Oct. 8, after
the CPD’s first visit to his
store, and again on Oct.
16, the day the citations
were issued. The latter
post attracted 253 “likes,”
112 comments and 173
shares.
Walters said the first
visit from CPD came
from Chief Fred Shelton
on Oct. 8. He said Shelton
informed the couple that
the sign on the door of the
business was not in com-
pliance with the city’s or-
dinance and needed to be
changed.
“When the governor
issued the mask order, we
discovered what we be-
lieved to be a loophole that
allowed us to be exempt
from the order,” Walters
said. “We printed that sto-
ry out and that was what
we used for a sign.”
The governor’s orders
have often excluded cer-
tain businesses from com-
plying with requirements
if the business could not
function under the man-
dates. That list included
doctor’s offices, dentists
and other essential busi-
nesses. The list of exempt-
ed businesses did not ex-
plicitly list bridal shops,
but the Walterses believe
the nature of their busi-
ness makes it eligible for
the exemption.
“We’re not like most
retail,” Corie Walters said.
“We typically don’t have
a lot of customers in the
store at any one time like
Lowe’s or Walmart. Our
clients are by appointment.
They’re trying on a thou-
sand-dollar dress. They’re
stressed, maybe they ha-
ven’t eaten because they
want to fit into the dress.
Then we have to make
them do something that
Supervisors
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and Phillips Vice Presi-
dent Blake Hill told super-
visors Monday he wanted
to make it clear that the
company is not avoiding
the project. Construction
crews have cut down trees
along the length of the
road in preparation for
paving, but Phillips has
been waiting for utility
companies to finish mov-
ing wires, Hill said.
“4-County (Electric
Power Association) was
supposed to have the
power (lines) moved by
March 1 and that was
completed in July, and
AT&T was supposed to be
working simultaneously
with them and they com-
pleted theirs in mid-Sep-
tember,” Hill said. “What
that has forced us to do
is a lot of dirt work, and
a lot of construction work
is not suitable to do in the
winter.”
Phillips will try to start
the project as soon as pos-
sible, starting on the west
side, and get as much work
done as possible outside
the roadway as the rainy
season approaches. Hill
said the company plans to
pave the road in 2021.
The initial goal was to
start the project in April
or May of this year and be
almost done by now, Hill
said.
“Our plan is to be over
there as much as we can,”
Hill said. “We’ve got to
have enough work to justi-
fy being there, so it might
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On Oct. 6, Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton visited Bride and Groom, informing
owners Blaine and Corie Walters that the signage on the shop’s front door did not
comply with the city’s orders. This is the new sign posted on the shop’s entrance.
makes it difficult for them
to breathe on top of all that?
We’ve had customers pass
out, just from the stress.”
Even so, Blaine said he
complied with Shelton’s
instructions to replace the
sign.
The sign at the shop
now reads: “The mayor of
Columbus dictates that ev-
eryone wears face masks.
They made us post this
sign.”
Blaine said three CPD
officers visited his store
two days later, when the
store was closed and he
was alone in his shop doing
paperwork.
“They said they were
responding to a report,”
Blaine said. “After I told
them that the store was
closed and I was the only
one there, it seems to have
befuddled them. They
were just kind of scratch-
ing their heads.”
Blaine said they left
without issuing a citation.
On Oct. 14, CPD offi-
cers visited again. Neither
owner was at the business
at the time, but an employ-
ee was issued a warning
for violating the mask ordi-
nance.
be sporadic around the
weather.”
Phillips’ contract al-
lows for about 300 work-
ing days, rather than a set
deadline to finish the proj-
ect, Hill said.
Parts of Longview Road
are in District 1 and 4, re-
sp e c t ively.
Supervisors
John Mont-
gomery of
District 1 funding for the project.
and Brick-
lee Miller
of District
4 told The Montgomery
Dispatch
they appre-
ciated know-
ing specif-
ically why
the project
has taken so
long to be-
gin. Miller
“We just
kept hearing (about) util-
ities, so I think they did a
good job clearing that up
and actually giving us the
delay times for each utili-
ty, how long it took them
to get it moved,” Miller
said. “Up until this point,
we did not know that.”
Securing funding to
pave the road took sever-
al attempts over several
years. In June 2018, su-
pervisors de-obligated
funds from the Mississip-
pi Office of State Aid Road
Construction to pave por-
tions of Longview Road
because federal funding
to support the work hadn’t
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Finally, on Oct. 16,
CPD officers visited the
store. Blaine said he was
on the phone with a ven-
dor and was not wearing
a mask at the time. Corie
was in the back office. A
store employee was also
in the store and not wear-
ing a mask. No customers
were in the store at the
time, Walters said.
Officers cited both the
Walterses and the employ-
ee for violating the mask
ordinance.
“Every time they came,
they said they had re-
ports,” Blaine said. “Right
now, we’re doing FOIA
(Freedom of Information
Act) requests to find out
if there were really any re-
ports. I have my doubts.”
Reached Monday, Shel-
ton declined comment,
other than
saying the
city would
issue a “But there are many other
st atement
on the dis-
pute and
would pro-
vide infor- Shelton
mation on
how many mask citations
the department has is-
come through. The State
Aid office later that year
expanded the scope of the
project to include all 3.77
miles of the road, and the
board re-obligated State
Aid funds to be matched
by federal Surface Trans-
portation Program (STP)
funding.
Montgomery and Mill-
er allocated a combined
$742,000 in State Aid
The county is also using
$250,000 of its own mon-
ey and $750,000 in BP oil
spill settlement money
the Legislature approved
for the project during a
special session in August
2018. The funds amount
to $1.74 million, and Miller
said in 2019 that the coun-
ty would get enough State
Aid money for the project
to cover the remainder of
the cost and give a rough-
ly $150,000 buffer.
In other business, the
supervisors unanimously
renewed the county’s cur-
few, which runs from mid-
night to 4 a.m. They first
enacted it Sept. 8 to dis-
courage large parties as
the pandemic continues.
They also voted 3-2,
with Montgomery and
Miller dissenting, to con-
tinue to require protective
face coverings at coun-
ty-owned buildings and
social gatherings outside
the Starkville city limits.
Both the curfew and
the mask mandate will be
in place until at least the
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
sued since Oct. 1. As of
press time, neither the
statement nor the citation
statistics had been provid-
ed to The Dispatch.
Blaine admitted he
has not been enforcing
the mask requirements,
based on the belief that
his company is excluded
from the requirements
found in the governor’s
initial order.
However, in the initial
county-by-county and lat-
er, the statewide order,
the governor’s executive
order has stated that lo-
cal ordinances can be
more restrictive than the
state-ordered mandates.
“I’ll be honest,” Blaine
said. “We don’t enforce
(the mask requirement). I
don’t make my employees
wear masks. It’s a do-as-
you-wish situation.
“Are we following the
order? No,” he added.
places that aren’t doing it
either. Are they being tar-
geted as much as we are?”
‘This is what we have to
do for the time being’
Two doors down from
the Bride and Groom, Ivy
next meeting on Nov. 2.
The supervisors will
hold a work session at
9 a.m. on Oct. 28 to dis-
cuss a variety of issues,
including the county’s or-
dinance for dealing with
vicious dogs. An Oktibbe-
ha County citizen asked
the board in September
to reconsider the current
ordinance after a stray
German Shepherd killed
several livestock, and at
least two pit bull mixes
attacked and injured a cit-
izen in Maben last week.
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Knight, 81, owner of Ivy’s
Outlet, said the mask or-
der hasn’t created much
of an issue for him.
“The only thing I see
sometimes is someone
will forget
to wear a
mask when
they come
in, then
they’ll turn
around and
go back to
their car Knight
and get it,”
said Knight, who has been
in business at his location
for 52 years. “We wear
masks. Our customers
wear masks. That’s how it
is. It’s not a problem.”
Vanesha Williams,
owner of Swanky B Bou-
tique on Main Street in
Starkville, has had a sim-
ilar experience.
“We re-opened in Au-
gust and we’ve followed
the state
and city or-
ders ever
since,” she
said. “Our
custom-
ers haven’t
complained
and we’re Williams
not com-
plaining, either. This is
what we have to do for the
time being. Everybody
understands that.”
Neither Knight nor
Williams recall police
dropping into their busi-
nesses to check on com-
pliance. Blaine Walters,
on the other hand, notes a
different experience.
“It hasn’t been like
they are out going door-
to-door, patrolling,” he
said. “They pull up, park
in front of our business,
come in and go back to
their car.”
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Blaine said he has talk-
ed to both Mayor Robert
Smith and Ward 4 Coun-
cilman Pierre Beard,
whose ward includes that
portion of downtown, but
hadn’t reached an under-
standing.
He said there are two
solutions: Either leave it
up to individual business
owners as to whether they
require masks or draft a
new mandate that permits
exclusions because of the
unique nature of a busi-
ness.
Blaine said unlike the
governor’s mandate, the
city’s order does not seem
to be based on the current
state of the virus.
“What are the num-
bers they are using to
determine that a mask is
needed?” he said.
On Monday, Reeves
issued mask orders for
nine counties, based on
increases in COVID-19
cases.
“But you’ll notice that
Lowndes County isn’t on
the list,” Corie Walters
said.
According to the latest
weekly data provided by
the state health depart-
ment, Oktibbeha County
(56 cases) and Lowndes
County (55 cases) ranked
14th and 15th in new cas-
es of the state’s 82 coun-
ties between Sept. 28 and
Oct. 2. Only six counties
had a higher percentage
increase compared to the
previous week (3 percent).
Blaine Walters hopes
to meet again with the
mayor to find a solution.
“We want to sit down
with the mayor again and
tell him about our prob-
lems with this situation,”
he said. “We’ll see how it
goes.”
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Finds mask enforcement
letter hypocritical
You couldn’t make this up, but
Lee Roy Lollar just puts it out there
in Monday’s letters to the editor:
Apparently Republicans love to
holler “law and order“ and demand
that all laws are strictly enforced...
but only as long as we’re talking
about Minneapolis or Portland.
Our local officers enforcing local
laws, however, seem to have “mis-
placed priorities.“ This is one of
the most interesting examples of
hypocrisy I’ve come across lately,
and no, nobody will join you and
your friend in this foolish quest
against the law, public health, and
plain old common sense. God bless
America, indeed!
Nick Gerteis
Brooksville
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TODAY IN HISTORY
N
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 20, the
294th day of 2020. There are 72
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Oct. 20, 1973, in the
so-called “Saturday Night Massa-
cre,” special Watergate prosecutor
Archibald Cox was dismissed and
Attorney General Elliot L. Richard-
son and Deputy Attorney General
William B. Ruckelshaus resigned.
On this date:
In 1803, the U.S. Senate rati-
fied the Louisiana Purchase.
In 1936, Helen Keller’s teacher,
Anne Sullivan Macy, died in Forest
Hills, N.Y., at age 70.
In 1947, the House Un-Amer-
ican Activities Committee opened
hearings into alleged Communist
influence and infiltration in the U.S.
motion picture industry.
In 1967, a jury in Meridian,
Mississippi, convicted seven men
of violating the civil rights of slain
civil rights workers James Chaney,
Andrew Goodman and Michael
Schwerner; the seven received
prison terms ranging from 3 to 10
years.
In 2001, officials announced
that anthrax had been discovered
in a House postal facility on Capitol
Hill.
SOURCE: AP
THE NATION
Can America do it all?
I
n fiscal year 2020,
which ended on Sept.
30, the U.S. government
set some impressive new
records.
The deficit came in at
$3.1 trillion, twice the previ-
ous record of $1.4 trillion in
2009, which was set during
the Great Recession, and
three times the 2019 deficit
of about $1 trillion.
Federal spending hit $6.5 Patrick Buchanan
trillion, one-third of U.S.
gross domestic product,
a share unrivaled except for the later
years of World War II when federal
spending exceeded 40% of GDP.
The U.S. national debt, $14 trillion
when Donald Trump took office, now
stands at $21 trillion, roughly the same
size as U.S. GDP.
In fiscal year 2021, the deficit could
be of the same magnitude as 2020.
Why so? First, the economy is not
fully recovered from the 2020 depres-
sion. Unemployment is still near 8%.
Nancy Pelosi has already proposed $2.2 tion, born between 1946 and 1964, only
trillion in new spending to battle the
effects of the coronavirus pandemic in
the first month of this fiscal year. And
COVID-19 cases are spiking again.
With the national debt already equal
to the GDP, and growing faster now, a
question arises: Where does this end?
How many more multitrillion-dollar
PANDEMIC
Some countries beat back the virus. Not ours
ew Zealand Prime
Minister Jacinda
Ardern forced a
shutdown so strict that no
one was allowed to go fishing
or golfing, easy pursuits for
social distancing. But her su-
per-tough “go hard, go early”
policy has virtually stamped
out the coronavirus in this
country of 5 million.
Not only can New Zealand-
ers again fish and golf but Froma Harrop
30,000 of them just packed
a stadium to watch a rugby
match. They no longer have to wear
masks even on public transportation,
though that is encouraged. New Zealand bring it in. Americans are not allowed to
is back in business.
The political results are also in. Ard-
ern and her party just won reelection in
a landslide, offering a hint of how Donald harsh medicine to combat the virus’
Trump’s failure to manage the pandemic spread? Let’s just say that governors who
could produce the direct opposite here.
The president’s weak polling
numbers largely reflect his incapac-
ity — whether as a leader or human
being — to treat the coronavirus as the
health crisis it was and still is. Ardern,
meanwhile, has been hailed as “the
anti-Trump.”
Some critics of this comparison
note that New Zealand is less densely
populated than the United States, which
makes social distancing easier to do.
That sounds plausible, except that North he replied, “Lock ‘em all up.”
Dakota and South Dakota have far fewer
people per square mile than New Zea-
deficits can we sustain be-
fore the quality of U.S. debt
is called into question by
Japan, China and the other
nations that traditionally buy
and hold U.S. debt?
How long before the value
of the U.S. dollar is ques-
tioned?
How long before our cred-
itors start demanding higher
interest rates to compensate
for the rising risks they are
taking in buying the bonds
of so profligate a nation?
According to Stein’s Law, named
after Herb Stein, the chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisers who
enunciated it, if something cannot go
on forever, it will stop.
Or was Herb Stein wrong, and we
can borrow and spend forever?
Consider the built-in engines of
spending that were causing trillion-dol-
lar deficits even before the coronavirus
hit?
With the huge baby boomer genera-
half retired and still reaching 65 and 66
in the millions every year, the claims on
Social Security and Medicare, the two
largest programs in the U.S. budget,
are certain to grow. So, too, are the
claims on Medicaid, health care for
the poor, the next largest item in the
budget.
Dispatch
The
land, and they are reporting
the largest number of new
COVID cases per capita in
the United States.
Because it contained the
virus so rapidly, New Zealand
was able to reopen as early as
May. Kids were back in class.
Office workers returned to
their cubicles. Diners filled
restaurants. Five months
ago!
The one major industry
still suffering is tourism. And
that’s not because tourists
fear getting the virus there. It’s because
New Zealanders fear the tourists will
enter the country unless they are perma-
nent residents.
How would Americans take to such
instituted serious lockdowns are among
the most popular. It happens that Mich-
igan is a swing state Trump won by less
than 1 percent in 2016. Michigan Gov.
Gretchen Whitmer’s approval rating is
running well ahead of his.
Consider that she had to endure both
anti-mask goons waving guns on the
statehouse steps (and plotting to kidnap
her) and Trump’s verbal sniping. At a re-
cent rally in Michigan, Trump watched
his crowd chant, “Lock her up!” to which
Who “all” is remains unclear. But one
can imagine that the jail in Trump’s head
With unemployment at 8%, other
social programs that date to the Great
Society days of over half a century ago
— welfare, housing, education, nutri-
tion — and consume a large share of
our budget, are unlikely to shrink.
Interest on the debt, as the U.S.
national debt rises and becomes riskier,
is also likely to be headed one way —
straight up.
Which brings us to that other major
budget item: national defense.
The Trump era has already produced
a significant increase in defense spend-
ing, while defense commitments have
seen no reduction.
We are obligated to defend some 30
NATO allies from the Atlantic to the
Baltic and Black seas. In the Middle
and Near East, we have troops stationed
in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia,
Oman, Afghanistan and Djibouti on the
Horn of Africa.
With the new strategic “pivot to
Asia,” U.S. troops and ships have moved
into the Indo-Pacific region to contain
China in what is being called Cold
War II. Then there are the U.S. treaty
commitments to defend Japan, South
Korea, the Philippines, Australia and
New Zealand dating to the ‘50s
Allies are our strength, we are told.
They are also our dependents.
This morning came press reports
that ISIS, whose caliphate in Syria and
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would happily accommodate another
female politician enjoying acclaim for
competence, namely Ardern.
But no governor seems to arouse
more Trumpian anger and envy than
New York’s Andrew Cuomo. When his
state was hit with an explosion of cases
early in the year, Cuomo aggressively
clamped down on large gatherings,
beefed up testing and hectored New
Yorkers daily to cocoon. And how did
the electorate respond? Back in the dark
days of April, Cuomo’s approval rating
soared to an amazing 81 percent.
New York’s transmission rate is now
among the lowest, and business is crawl-
ing back. Movie theaters in most of the
state are about to reopen.
Few societies would curtail activity
to the extent New Zealand did. But no
advanced country, other than ours, has
a leader who mocks wearing masks and
ignores over 200,000 deaths.
Interesting contrast here. Political
moderates have begun to restore their
pre-COVID business conditions, while
so-called conservatives oversee econo-
mies flailing under the weight of spread-
ing sickness.
In New Zealand, as here, advance
voting hit record levels. In its case, the
surge pointed to a desire to reelect.
Here, the surge strongly suggests the
opposite.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated columnist,
writes for the Providence (Rhode Island)
Journal. Her e-mail address is fharrop@
gmail.com.
Iraq we annihilated, is turning up in
Africa. A new front may be opening up
in the global war on terror.
The question here is a simple one:
Can we continue to do it all?
Our resources are not inexhaustible.
Already, U.S. GDP is receding as a
share of global GDP, and the defense
budget is receding as a share of U.S.
GDP.
We are being obligated to do more
and more, at home and abroad, while
our share of the world’s wealth is less
and less.
Can we continue to maintain stra-
tegic parity and contain the ambitions
of the other great powers, Russia and
China?
Can we continue to defend South
Korea and Japan from Kim Jong Un and
his nuclear arsenal, confront and choke
the Ayatollah’s regime in Iran and, at
the same time, reconstruct George H.
W. Bush’s “new world order”?
While doing all this, can we over-
come the worst pandemic since the
Spanish flu of 100 years ago, and deal
with a national divide and racial crisis
as bad as any since the 1960s, if not the
Civil War?
We’re going to find out.
Patrick J. Buchanan, a nationally
syndicated columnist, was a senior advi-
sor to presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald
Ford and Ronald Reagan. His website is
http://buchanan.org/blog.
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Obituaries
Continued from Page 2A

Ethan Loftin
COLUMBUS —
Ethan Loftin, 28, died
Oct. 10, 2020.
No services are
scheduled at this time.
Lowndes Funeral
Services of Columbus
is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Loftin was born
July 21, 1992, to Debra
Shimp Loftin and the
late Elvis Wayne Lof-
tin. He was formerly
employed as a laborer
for Evergreen Land-
scaping.
In addition to his
mother, he is survived
by his siblings, Haley
Corbell, Whitney Lof-
tin and Candace Loper.
Jack McLemore
VERNON, Ala. —
Jack McLemore, 89,
died Oct. 16, 2020, at
Generations of Vernon.
Funeral services will
be at 1 p.m. Wednes-
day, in the Chandler
Funeral Home chapel,
with Wade Peoples
officiating. Burial will
follow in Crews Cem-
etery. Visitation will
be one hour prior to
services at the funeral
home. Chandler Funer-
al Home of Vernon is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. McLemore was
born July 3, 1931, in
Sulligent, Alabama,
to the late Same and
Pearlie McLemore. He
great-grandchildren. and Becky Ray of five grandchildren; and Eupora, to the late
Pallbearers will be Pontotoc; 11 grandchil- six great-grandchil- Nellie Love and Tom-
Shawn McLemore, dren; and great-grand- dren. my Jennings. He was
Scott McLemore, children. Pallbearers will formerly employed
Kevin Clanton, Haigen Pallbearers will be Andrew Mitchell with Artex and Pre-
Scott, Jason Landers be David Wise, Ben Jones, David Jones, stage Farms.
and Steven Pace. Owen, Kyle Smith, Quinn Pounders, Dan- In addition to his
Memorials may be Eric Boydston, Dillon ny Smith, Ricky Rea, parents, he was pre-
made to the Alzhei- Boydston, C.J. Wise Vic Armstreet and J.J. ceded in death by his
mer’s Association, 225 and Mason Wise. Pounders. wife Debra Coleman Raymond Barker, Sr.
N Michigan Avenue, Graveside Services:
Jennings; son Codey Tuesday, Oct. 20 • 2 PM
17th Floor, Chicago, IL Malchom Pounders Harold Williamson Jennings; and siblings, Friendship Cemetery
2nd Ave N. Location
60601-7633. HAMILTON — Mal- TUPELO — Harold Norma June Reed,
chom Ray Pounders, Gene Williamson, 77, Barbara Wilson, Pat
Marilyn Whitten 70, Oct. 17, 2020, at his Garrett, Tommy “June Lisa Heath
died Oct. 19, 2020, at Incomplete
COLUMBUS — residence. Sanctuary Hospice of Bug” Jennings. College St. Locaiton
Marilyn M. Whitten, Funeral Services are Tupelo. He is survived by his
65, died Oct. 19, 2020, at 11 a.m. today. at Tis- Arrangements are wife, Carrie Guyot Jen- Marilyn Whitten
at Sanctuary Hospice dale-Lann Memorial nings; children, Terry Incomplete
incomplete and will 2nd Ave N. Location
in Tupelo. Funeral Home Chapel, be announced by W.E. Wayne Jennings Jr.
Arrangements are with Russell Kyzar and Pegues Funeral Direc- and Duston Jennings Rena Beach
incomplete and will be Ronald Kyzar officiat- tors. of West Point; and five Incomplete
announced by Memori- ing. Burial will follow grandchildren. 2nd Ave N. Location
al Gunter Peel Funeral in McDuffie Ceme- Pallbearers will be
Home and Crematory,
Rena Beach James Coleman, Jeff Betty Weaver
Second Avenue North
tery. Visitation is from COLUMBUS —
Fulgham, Ken Car-
Incomplete
10-10:45 a.m. prior to Rena Ray Beach, 80, College St. Location
location. services at the funeral michael, Dylan Clem-
died Oct. 19, 2020, at
home. Tisdale-Lann mons, Mark Stafford
Baptist Memorial Hos-
Zada Owen Memorial Funeral pital-Golden Triangle.
and Keith Ellis.
ABERDEEN — Home of Aberdeen is Memorials may be
Arrangements are
Zada Mae Adams in charge of arrange- made to American Dia-
incomplete and will be
betes Association P.O. memorialgunterpeel.com
Owen, 90, died Oct. 16, ments. announced by Memori-
2020. Mr. Pounders was Box 7023 Merrifield,
al Gunter Peel Funeral VA 22116-7023.
Funeral services are born June 3, 1950, in Home and Crematory,
at 1 p.m. today, at Tis- Monroe County, to Second Avenue North
dale-Lann Memorial the late Paul Price location.
Funeral Home. Burial and Jewel Ray Sutton
will follow in Oaklawn Pounders. He was a
Cemetery. Visitation graduate of Hamilton Betty Weaver
is two hours prior to High School and was COLUMBUS —
services at the funeral formerly employed in Betty Weaver, 80, died
home. Tisdale-Lann the construction indus- Oct. 19, 2020, at The
Memorial Funeral try doing road work, Arrington.
Home of Aberdeen is as a project manager Arrangements are
in charge of arrange- building irrigation incomplete and will be
ments. canals and as a master announced by Memori-
Mrs. Owen was born mechanic with several al Gunter Peel Funeral
February 18, 1930, in Ford dealerships. Home and Crematory,

was formerly employed
as a truck driver.
In addition to his
parents, he was pre-
ceded in death by his
wife, Helen McLemore;
children, Jackie Mc-
Lemore and Clara Sue
Clanton; and siblings,
Ann Rogers, Mary
Lou Bookout, Ruth
Egger, Sammie Gun-
nels, Dorothy Warren,
Frank McLemore,
Ewin McLemore, Mac
McLemore and Paul
McLemore.
He is survived by his
son, Larry McLemore
of Vernon; sister, Mel-
Ronnie H. East
the Greenbrier area, In addition to his College Street location.
to the late David and parents, he was pre-
Willie Tate Adams. She ceded in death by his Terry Jennings Sr.
attended Becker and siblings, Catherine EUPOR A — Terry Ronnie H. East, 68, passed away on Saturday,
Athens Schools. She Kyzar, Elois Jones and Wayne Jennings Sr., October 17, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical
was formerly employed Roy Pounds. 64, died Oct. 19, 2020, Center, Tupelo, MS. Born on January 6, 1952, in
as a seamstress in He is survived by his at his residence. Arkansas, he was a son of the late Gervis “Doc”
the garment industry wife, Barbra Pound- Graveside funeral Howard East and Bobbie Lou Jones East.
and was a member ers; children, Michael services will be at 2 Ronnie grew up Arkansas, attended High
of Friendship Baptist Pounders of Hamilton p.m. Thursday, in Pine School, and received his certification as a
Church. and Larry Pounders Bluff Baptist Church Computer Technician. He served in the United
In addition to her of Fayetteville, North Cemetery of Mantee, States Army during the Vietnam War. He was
parents, she was Carolina; step-chil- with Jerry Allen offici- blessed by God during his lifetime with two loving
preceded in death by dren, Todd Waller of ating. Calvert Funeral wives, three children, many grandchildren,
her husband, Johnny Escatawpa, Megann Home of West Point is and six great-grandchildren. Ronnie was a
Elmer Owen; and all of Hall of Wesson and in charge of arrange- great provider and role model for his family.
her siblings. Barrett hall of Crystal ments. He worked initially at Marathon and later at
She is survived by Springs; brother, Jesse Mr. Jennings was Omnova Solutions Inc. Finally, he served for
her children, David Pounders of Hamilton; born July 7, 1956, in many years with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s
Nelson of Utah, Mike department until his retirement. He was a giving

Mary Marler
lie Nolen; six grand- Owen of Amory, Hous- public servant, a true Christian, and he enjoyed
children; and nine ton Owen of Aberdeen spreading the Gospel more than anything else.
In his free time, Ronnie enjoyed riding

Rhoda Lawrence
Rhoda Madge Dotson
Lawrence, 91, of Ethelsville,
AL, passed away Thursday,
October 15, 2020, at Sanctuary
Hospice in Tupelo, MS.
Visitation was Monday,
October 19, 2020, from 12:00 PM
to 2:00 PM at First Pentecostal
Church in Caledonia, MS. A
funeral service followed at 2:00
PM with Bro. Grant Mitchell, Bro. Jay Menona,
Bro. Allen Shortridge, Rev. Ricky Bowen and
Bro. Larry Talent officiating. Interment was
in Vaughn Cemetery in Steens, MS with Rev.
Michael Buras officiating and Lowndes Funeral
Home, Columbus, MS directing.
Mrs. Lawrence was born January 6, 1929, in
Los Angeles, California to the late Harry and
Nellie Holman Dotson. She married the late
Thurman Roy Lawrence on May 30, 1952, in
Bogalusa, LA. Mrs. Lawrence attended Aberdeen
First Pentecostal Church in Aberdeen, MS. She
enjoyed reading, singing, traveling, crocheting,
and spending time with her family.
In addition to her parents and husband, she
is preceded in death by her sisters, Rachel
Hargrove, Louise Dotson, Elizabeth Dickenson
and Pauline LaCount; and brother, John Dotson.
Mrs. Lawrence is survived by her sons,
Timothy (Tina) Lawrence of Butler, MS, Titus
(Genise) Lawrence of Pine, LA and Samuel
(Janice) Lawrence of Caledonia, MS; daughters,
Sharon Rose (Dewayne) Owen of Caledonia,
MS and Rebekah Barham of Ethelsville, AL;
brothers, James Dotson of Dallas, TX and Joe
(Judy) Dotson of Branson, MO; 17 grandchildren;
40 great-grandchildren; and 7 great-great-
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Jonathon Lawrence, Virgil
Lawrence, Tyler Maness, Rodney Lawrence, Ivan
Owen and Andrew Buras. Honorary Pallbearers
were Casey Lawrence, Roy Lawrence, Curtis
Owen, Samuel Lawrence, Jr., Michael Parker,
Adam De La Garza, Michael Berus, Brian
Smith, Alan Davis, Taylor Maness, Johnathan T.
Maness, sons, grandsons, great-grandsons and
great-great-grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
to Longville Pentecostal Church, 151 Herbert
Cooley Rd, Longville, LA 70652 or Pinedale
United Pentecostal Church, 20235 Hwy 22E,
Ponchatoula, LA 70454.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
Mrs. Mary Norwood Marler, 103, of
Brooksville, MS passed away Friday, September
16, 2020, at Elderly Care Center in Macon, MS.
A graveside service was held Tuesday,
September 20, 2020, at Brooksville Cemetery
in Brooksville, MS. Memorials may be made
to Brooksville United Methodist Church, P.O.
Box 164, Brooksville, MS 39739 or Sweet
Paws Rescue, P. O. Box 752, Essex, MA 01929.
Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to entrusted
with arrangements.
Miss Mary was born December 6, 1916, to
Eddie Lee and Martha Rosanna Moore Norwood
in Noxubee County, MS. She was the youngest of
eight children. She attended school in Brooksville
and was the sole survivor of the class of 1934.
Miss Mary loved attending the class reunions
knowing she would always be the oldest and
would receive roses and a gift.
Miss Mary worked for 40 + years at the Bank
of Brooksville (later NBC and now Cadence.) She
retired at 70 because she did not want to learn
computers. She loved to crochet and bake. She
made afghans for all the graduates and brides-to-
be. Her specialty in baking was her pound cake.
Her secret—have all the ingredients at room
temperature. And she loved cats. She fed 10-12
feral kitties twice a day. She enjoyed her grand
cats Remle Edward and Fuddle Dudley. They
lived next door.
She dressed every day as if she were still
working. She wanted to be ready in case she got
an invite. She loved eating at Trail Boss—she
refused to call it Wagon Wheel. She was faithful to
the Brooksville United Methodist Church though
she grew up Presbyterian. She was generous
to her church, her family, and friends. She was
strong willed-Mr. Joe called her stubborn. She
refused to leave her home eleven years ago when
a young man shot thru the recliner in which she
was sitting. She moved to Elderly Care when she
was 100. She had a beautiful smile and was loved
by the aides and residents alike.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband of 56 years, Joe S. Marler; her son-in-law,
Butch Horne; two brothers, Pickens Norwood and
Eddie (Doc) Norwood; and five sisters, Lucille
Gilmore, Willie Mae Graham, Nita Ledbetter,
Laura Cunningham and Elizabeth Eskridge.
Miss Mary is survived by her daughter, Linda
Marler Horne of Brooksville; three nephews,
Jack Ledbetter (Betty), Malcolm Norwood and
Dr. Wm. Graham (Nancy); numerous nieces and
nephews and several great, great, great nieces
and nephews.
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motorcycles, Ronnie was a member of the
“Chariots of Light” Christian Bike group. He was
a former NRA member and followed the Andrew
Wommack Ministries faithfully. A jokester, he
always lightened the mood in a room especially
when he spoke strange sounds to his dogs which
only brought big smiles to those around. One
of his close friends was Danny Holt and they
often liked to camp together at Dwayne Hayes
Campground. Ronnie listened to Country and
Gospel music and often he would spend many
the days working outside. He enjoyed building
things and he was a great handyman.
A loving husband and great father, Ronnie
made many memories through the years with his
family. Through his ministry of reaching others
for Christ, Ronnie was able to touch many lives
with an eternal impact. Above all, his testimony
will be his greatest gift to his family and friends.
They will miss him dearly yet they know he is
with his Savior.
Left behind to treasure his memories are his
wife, Dolores Ann Thompson East, Smithville;
daughters, Toni Knight (Shane), Hatley, Meredith
East Weathers (David), Caledonia; son, Jason H.
East (Tiffany), Columbus; grandchildren, Jerren
Woods, Cody Woods, Justin Fore, Kameron
Weathers, Zach Weathers, Kayla East, Brayden
East, Evelyn Boykin, Cameron Boykin, and
Maddie Boykin; six great-grandchildren; sister,
Lisa East Wallace (Ron), Brentwood, TN; brother,
Rick East, Punta Gorda, FL; mother-in-law, Ethel
Wigginton, Smithville, MS; a host of nieces and
nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
death by his first wife, Sandra Ford East; brother,
Dennis East.
A Graveside Funeral Service will be held on
Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at 3:00 PM, at Pickle
Cemetery, Greenwood Springs, MS with Bro.
Greg Huguley officiating. Burial will follow and
the pallbearers will be Jerren Woods, Cody
Woods, Justin Fore, Zach Weathers, and Collin
Hamby. Visitation for family and friends will be
on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, from 1:00 PM until
2:00 PM at the funeral home in Amory, MS.
Memorials in lieu of donations may be made
to one’s favorite charity or to the Charis Bible
College in Colorado Springs, CO. Memories and
condolences may be shared with his family at
EEPickleFuneralHome.com.
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After mandate repeal, masks required

again in nine Mississippi counties
Hospitals required to reserve 10
percent of space for COVID-19 patients
BY LEAH WILLINGHAM
Associated Press/Report for
America
JACKSON — Missis-
sippi Gov. Tate Reeves an-
nounced Monday that he is
imposing a mask mandate
for public indoor spaces
and other restrictions in
nine counties to curb the
spread of coronavirus
amid weeks of steadily ris-
ing case numbers.
“Here in Mississippi,
we have seen this before,”
Reeves said, referencing
a spike in cases the state
saw in the summer. “We
know what can happen if
we allow this to get out of
control, so want to be pro-
active to prevent that from
happening.”
Reeves said explicitly
that he does not think what
is happening in Mississip-
pi qualifies as a spike.
“We’ve seen a relatively
slow, slight increase over
the last six weeks, which
has really been exacerbat-
ed over the last 10 or 11
days,” he said.
In the past week, Mis-
sissippi had two days
when the number of new
cases reported in one day
reached more than 1,000,
something the Depart-
ment of Health hadn’t re-
ported since mid-August.
The seven-day rolling aver-
age of daily new confirmed
cases in Mississippi has
risen from 518 per day on
Oct. 4 to 725 cases on Sun-
day, according to Johns
Hopkins data analyzed by
The Associated Press.
Reeves’ method of im-
posing restrictions for
The counties where re-
strictions will be imposed
counties by case count
is similar to how he ap-
are DeSoto, Jackson, Lee,
Forrest, Lamar, Itawamba,
proached restrictions at Neshoba, Claiborne and
the start of the pandemic. Chickasaw.
The Republican governor In those nine counties,
first resisted imposing masks will be required in-
a statewide mask man- doors in public when social
date, focusing instead on distancing is not possible.
individual counties with Social gatherings will be
high cases, until cases limited to 10 people in-
were spiking throughout doors and 50 outdoors.
the state in early August. Additionally, Reeves
Reeves’ statewide mask said he is requiring that
mandate went into effect hospitals statewide re-
on Aug. 4 and was repealed
serve 10 percent of total
on Sept. 30.
space for COVID-19 pa-
He said the new re-
tients.
strictions will be imposed
in counties that have 200
recent confirmed cases of
coronavirus or 500 con-
firmed cases per 100,000
residents. Exceptions to
that rule are counties with
200 recent cases that have
fewer than 200 cases per
100,000 residents.

Wiseman
Continued from Page 1A
before you know the results, and there
are lots of shenanigans that will happen
in between,” he said.
Wiseman was director for the univer-
sity’s John C. Stennis Institute of Gov-
ernment and Economic Development for
more than two decades. His son, Parker,
was Starkville’s mayor for eight years.
The race for Parker’s successor was
“challenged, as it should be,” Wiseman
said, when Lynn Spruill eked out what
ultimately was a 5-vote lead over Johnny
Moore. The challenge in the Mississippi
Supreme Court finalized Spruill’s victo-
ry.
Absentee and affidavit ballots come
in late and have to be verified in order
to be counted, and a few affidavits were
thrown out during the mayoral election.
As many as 80 million mail-in ballots
could be cast in the presidential election,
in which voting is now well underway in
several states, and about 70 percent of
mail-in ballots are expected to be from
Democratic voters, Wiseman said. There
is a possibility that Republican President
Donald Trump will be considered victo-
rious on Nov. 3 only for Democratic for-
mer Vice President Joe Biden to take the
lead in the following days, he said.
“Trump might declare victory in
states he was leading in only to have a
high percentage of ballots that took up to
10 days, as the law allows in some states,
to finish counting,” Wiseman said.
Trump has continually spoken against
mail-in voting. The U.S. Supreme Court
case Bush v. Gore, which decided the
2000 presidential election in George
W. Bush’s favor, showed that “there are
many ways to get rid of a mail-in bal-
lot,” Wiseman said, and each state has
its own laws for casting and processing
mail-in and absentee ballots.
Two demographic factors that elec-
tion experts will watch closely this year,
Wiseman said, are the divides between
rural and urban voters and between col-
lege-educated and non college-educated
voters. In 2016, rural and non college-ed-
ucated voters overwhelmingly support-
ed Trump while the opposite groups
supported Democratic candidate Hillary
Clinton. The only major metropolitan
areas that Trump won in 2016 were Fort
Worth, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona.
Clinton won far fewer counties nation-
wide than Trump did, but those coun-
ties produce 65 percent of the country’s
gross domestic product, a factor in both
the education and geographic divides,
Wiseman said.
Voter registration demographic data
indicates shifts in potential voters for
both parties, he said.
“There’s been a huge uptick in Repub-
lican registration of non college-educat-
ed white males, which is starting to send
a chill up the spine of the Biden folks,” he
said. “By contrast, there’s been an ero-
sion of the suburban college-educated
female vote.”
Mail-in ballots will not have to decide
the election if Biden has “an insurmount-
able lead” on Election Night, but Wise-
man said that does not appear likely.
Prompted by a question from an audi-
ence member, Wiseman also offered his
thoughts on Mississippi’s U.S. Senate
contest between incumbent Sen. Cindy
Hyde-Smith, a Republican appointed and
then elected to serve the remainder of
the late Sen. Thad Cochran’s term, and
her Democratic opponent, Mike Espy, a
former Congressman and the first Black
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
Wiseman said he anticipates Espy
garnering more than 45 percent of the
vote but having trouble overcoming the
“blue ceiling,” in which a Mississippi
Democrat comes close to 50 percent but
does not quite get there. He said Espy
would have to receive a great deal of sup-
port in the Delta, where he represented
Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District
in the U.S. House of Representatives
from 1987 to 1993.
Biden’s choice of Sen. Kamala Harris
(D-California) as his running mate, the
first Black woman on a major-party tick-
et, might do Espy a favor, Wiseman said.
“The combination of Espy and Harris
may be enough to pull some votes that
might have stayed home or not paid at-
tention otherwise,” he said.
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
After NLCS heartbreak, Braves’ hope rests on young starters
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — There were
pained admissions of heart-
break and declarations of hope
from players and manager Bri-
an Snitker after the Atlanta
Braves fell one win shy of the
World Series.
The heartbreak was obvi-
ous after a 4-3 loss to the Los
Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of
the NL Championship Series
on Sunday night. The Braves
led the series 3-1. They held
leads of 2-0 and 3-2 in the de-
cisive game and still were de-
nied their first World Series
appearance since 1999.
“I hate that,” Snitker said. “I
want to go to the World Series
so bad.”
Freddie Freeman offered a
balanced perspective when he
spoke of the pain of the present
and the promise of the future.
“It hurts right now, it real-
ly does,” Freeman said. “This
moment (stinks), but the At-
lanta Braves organization is
Few fans,
masked
umps, muted
celebrations
for MLB
World Series
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas
— A World Series like
no other opens Tues-
day night with Clayton
Kershaw’s Los Angeles
Dodgers pursuing re-
demption, Kevin Kier-
maier’s Tampa Bay Rays
seeking acclaim and
Major League Baseball
relieved just to reach the
championship of the pan-
demic-delayed season.
Buzz figures to be
dampened, with atten-
dance down to about
11,000 in the smallest
crowd for a Series game
since roughly 1909.
The entire Series
will be played on artifi-
cial turf for the first time
since 1993, at new $1.2
See MLB, 3B
Chiefs,
CEH run
away with
26-17 win
over Bills
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ORCHARD PARK,
N.Y. — Patrick Mahomes
didn’t mind taking a back
seat to rookie Clyde Ed-
wards-Helaire and the
Kansas City Chiefs’ run-
ning attack.
With the Buffalo Bills
working hard to lim-
it deep throws by the
strong-armed Mahomes,
he gladly kept handing
off the ball, and Kansas
City beat Buffalo 26-17 on
Monday night in a game
that was originally sched-
uled for last Thursday.
“You know my nature,
I want to throw it deep
every time. We want
to go down and throw
these long touchdowns,”
said Mahomes, the 2018
MVP. “But if teams are
going to play us like this,
we’ve got to show we can
run the football.”
Mission accom-
plished.
Led by Edwards-He-
laire’s 161 yards rushing,
See CHIEFS, 3B
set up for suc-
cess for a very
long time. This
group of guys we
have this year
is the start of
something spe-
cial.” Snitker
The hope is
bolstered by the emergence
of young starting pitchers
Ian Anderson, Kyle Wright
and Bryse Wilson. The three
seized opportunities during
the pandemic-shortened sea-
son as Atlanta’s rotation was
depleted by injuries and poor
performance.
Opening day starter Mike
Soroka made only three starts
before he was lost for the sea-
son with a torn Achilles ten-
don. Cole Hamels made just
one start. Mike Foltynewicz
and Sean Newcomb were de-
moted, and midseason addi-
tion Tommy Milone hit the
injured list after three poor
starts.
WITH RENEWED FOCUS ON POSITIONLESS BASKETBALL,
NIKKI MCCRAY-PENSON IS MODERNIZING MSU’S OFFENSE
Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Nikki McCray-Penson said she is focusing on her team playing positionless basketball offensively on
Monday. MSU begins its 2020-2021 season in late November.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Nikki Mc-
Cray-Penson is flipping the old
Mississippi State regime’s offen-
sive philosophy on its head.
With Vic Schaefer and the
bulk of his staff off to Texas,
McCray-Penson has done away
with the slow, methodical, drib-
ble-drive, motion offense that
was a staple of MSU teams of
years past. Rather, the first year
head coach has brought from
Old Dominion a more modern
offense predicated on speed,
up-tempo play and ball-handlers
galore.
“It was very fast paced,” Mc-
Cray-Penson said of the team’s
first official practice last week.
“It was almost like a track meet.”
Speaking with the media
Monday, McCray-Penson talked
at length about offensive identi-
ty and her preference for a team
that can fly up and down the floor
Max Fried, who excelled as
the staff’s fill-in ace, tweaked
his ankle in his final regu-
lar-season start. Fried’s in-
jury left even more reason to
question the Braves’ ability
to put together a rotation for
a postseason series of any
length, especially a five- or
seven-game series with no off
days.
Fried recovered and the
Braves threw four shutouts
in sweeping the Reds in the
NL wild-card series and the
Marlins in the Division Se-
ries. Now the Braves can look
forward to Soroka, Fried, An-
derson, Wright and Wilson in
2021 and beyond.
It’s little wonder Freeman,
only minutes after the crush-
ing loss, said “We’re looking
forward to next year already.”
The Braves have won
three consecutive NL East
titles and, with a lineup led
by Freeman, Ronald Acuña
Jr. and Ozzie Albies, should
MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
both offensively and defensively.
By her calculations, a team
is in transition 63 percent of the
time, whether that’s chasing a
missed shot, or getting up the
court. With this in mind, Mc-
Cray-Penson noted physical fit-
ness has been an early obstacle
given the varying levels at which
players could work out during
quarantine.
That said, the new MSU
coaching staff has tailored prac-
tices to where the Bulldogs are
physically at present, while also
working to bring the squad into
game shape ahead of the late No-
vember season start date man-
dated by the NCAA earlier this
summer.
While fitness will come,
there will be more positionless
elements to what the Bulldogs
trot out onto the court, particu-
larly offensively. Monday, Mc-
Cray-Penson noted that sopho-
more guard Rickea Jackson will
be asked to handle the ball more.
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be strong next season. Still,
there will be important deci-
sions to make this offseason.
Ozuna payday
Marcell Ozuna led the NL
with 18 homers and 56 RBIs
after signing an $18 million,
one-year deal with Atlanta. He
was a perfect fit in the lineup,
especially with the designated
hitter in place, and he joins
Freeman as NL MVP contend-
ers.
Ozuna now is eligible for
free agency.
Veteran outfielder Nick
Markakis, catcher Tyler Flow-
ers, closer Mark Melancon
and relievers Shane Green
and Darren O’Day also can be-
come free agents.
Future is now
Cristian Pache, the team’s
top position prospect, started
only one regular-season game
after spending most of the
year at the alternate training
As a freshman, Jackson lit up
the Southeastern Conference to
the tune of 15.1 points per game
on 48.3 percent shooting from
the floor, earning second team
All-SEC honors. With one dy-
namic season in tow, the former
five-star recruit will now likely
be tasked with more responsi-
bilities off the bounce and in
stretching the floor.
In 27 starts a season ago,
Jackson flashed an ability to
knockdown shots from the out-
side, converting at a 41.9 percent
clip from 3-point range, though
that came on just 31 attempts.
Both Monday and in prior me-
dia sessions this offseason,
McCray-Penson has stressed
Jackson’s need to be ready to
play from the moment she steps
off the bus. In 2020, that should
translate to a heavier load behind
the 3-point line and more time
with the ball in her hand.
“That’s another level,” Mc-
Cray-Penson said of Jackson
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site. He made the NLCS ros-
ter, ahead of veteran Ender
Inciarte, and became a starter
when Adam Duvall sustained
a season-ending left oblique
injury in Game 1.
The 21-year-old Pache hit
.182 with a homer in the se-
ries. His strong defense in
center field, with Acuña mov-
ing to right, makes him a can-
didate to open next season as
a starter.
Drought ends
Though they fell short of
their World Series goal, the
Braves ended a 19-year post-
season drought. Before this
year, Atlanta’s last win in a
postseason series or wild-card
game was against Houston in
2001. The Braves had lost in
10 consecutive postseason ap-
pearances.
“We changed the narrative
for sure for what’s gone on the
last 19 years here,” Freeman
said.
Mississippi State Athletics
maintaining consistency while
adding volume to her 3-point
shooting. “It’s going to open
things up a little bit more for her.
Her being a 3-point threat, but
being an efficient 3-point threat
is going to be key for us.”
Beyond Jackson, sophomore
guard Aliyah Matharu and junior
center Sidney Cooks should also
shoulder heavier loads in 2020
despite being relative mysteries
on last year’s squad.
With Jackson and incum-
bent starting point guard
Myah Taylor likely solidified
in the starting lineup, Matharu
should offer a high-upside, vol-
ume scorer in the backcourt to
their sides. Limited to just 9.9
minutes per game last season,
the Washington, D.C. native
was oft-maligned by Schaefer
for her defense. Despite that,
Matharu lit up the score sheet
over her final five games last
season, averaging 15.4 points
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Kershaw’s latest World Series chance with Dodgers near home

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Tex-
as — Clayton Kershaw
has pitched in the final
game of the season for
the Los Angeles Dodg-
ers six of the last seven
years. None of those
were followed by lifting
the World Series trophy.
There are his three
National League Cy
Young Awards, even an
MVP during one of his
21-win seasons, and the
current streak of eight
consecutive NL West ti-
tles for the Dodgers.
But the 32-year-old
ace lefty has a losing re-
cord (11-12) in the post-
season — and Los Ange-
les hasn’t won a World
Series since 1988. That
is the same year Ker-
shaw was born in Dal-
las, where he still lives
and not far from where
he is about to get anoth-
er chance to change that
for the Dodgers and add
a huge missing piece to
his otherwise sparkling
resume.
“I was throwing sim
games May and June in
Dallas, thinking about,
man, are we even going
to play a season?” Ker-
shaw said Monday.
And now for the third
time in four years, Ker-
shaw is set to start Game won three consecutive
1 of the World Series for games when facing
the Dodgers, who were elimination — only the
on the verge of their sea- second time in their
son ending when he left storied history they did
his NL Championship that. Kershaw was in the
Series start last week in bullpen stretching at
Arlington, Texas, where times during Game 7 on
the World Series is also Sunday night, but never
being played. entered the clinching
California-born Ty- 4-3 victory.
ler Glasnow, a 27-year- Before these unusual
old right-hander who playoffs after the pan-
grew up watching the demic-shortened reg-
early part of Kershaw’s ular season, with the
career, starts Tuesday Dodgers already play-
night for the Tampa Bay ing the Division Series
Rays in their first World and NLCS there, Ker-
Series game since 2008. shaw hadn’t pitched pro-
Glasnow was 5-1 with fessionally in Arlington.
a 4.08 ER A in 11 starts His rotation turns never
during the regular sea- matched up with trips to
son and is 2-1 with a 4.66 Texas, not at the old sta-
ER A in four postseason dium across the street
starts. where he used to watch
The World Series the Texas Rangers and
opener comes a week one of his favorite play-
after Kershaw was ers, Will Clark — the
scratched before his reason he wears No. 22
scheduled start in Game — or for the Dodgers’
2 of the NLCS against series at the new $1.2
Atlanta because of back billion Globe Life Field
spasms. He instead at the end of August.
started two days later in Kershaw was 6 -2
Game 4, which was tied with a 2.16 ER A in 10
1-1 before he left after starts during the reg-
allowing three hits in a ular season, then had
row to start the sixth in 13 strikeouts in eight
what became a six-run scoreless innings to win
inning for the Braves the clinching Game 2
on the way to a 10 -2 win against Milwaukee in
and a 3-1 series lead. the first round. He went
But the Dodgers then six innings to beat San
Diego during the NLDS ed 11 strikeouts while dinals in the 2013 NLCS
in his first Arlington allowing one run over and the NLDS the next
start. seven innings to win season. He was 2-0 with
“He’s so competitive,” Game 1 at home against a save in his first four
first-year teammate and the Astros. But after LA appearances during
2018 AL MVP Mookie took an early 4-0 lead the 2016 postseason be-
Betts said. “He does ev- in Game 5 at Houston, fore losing the deciding
erything right.” Kershaw gave up six Game 6 of the NLCS
But as good as Ker- runs and left after 4 2/3 against the Chicago
shaw has been in going innings — whether he Cubs.
175-76 with a 2.43 ER A tipped his pitches, or the “Postseason, you
in the regular season Astros benefited from have that experience to
over his 13 seasons, the their illegal sign-steal- draw on, just trying to
eight-time All-Star has ing scheme that was re- learn from that as best
had plenty of disappoint- vealed years later. The we can,” Kershaw said.
ing finishes in the post- Astros won that game “At the same time, ev-
season, when his ER A is 13-12 in 10 innings, and ery year is different.
nearly two runs higher clinched the series in Every team is different.
at 4.31. Game 7, when Kershaw The Rays are a different
— In relief during pitched four scoreless team than the Astros
Game 5 of the NL Di- in relief at Dodger Sta- and the Red Sox. I’m go-
vision Series at home dium. ing to prepare like I al-
against Washington — Kershaw was the ways do and be as ready
last October, Kershaw loser in season-ending as I can be.”
allowed back-to-back games against the Car- For another chance.
homers to start the
eighth that tied the de-
ciding game before the
eventual World Series
champion Nationals won
on a grand slam in the
10th.
— There was a score-
less inning in relief to
close out Game 7 of the
NLCS in 2018 before
he lost both his starts
against Boston in that
World Series — Game 1
and the deciding Game
5.
— His World Series
debut in 2017 includ-

A primer on the Rays’ fearsome bullpen

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Tampa Bay Rays
have crossed the desert
on some no-name hors-
es.
Advancing from the
AL playoffs in San Diego
to the World Series in
Arlington, Texas, man-
ager Kevin Cash leaned
hard on his bullpen — a
group he described as
“a whole damn stable
of guys who throw 98
miles per hour” during a
memorable spat with the
Yankees in September.
The tagline has come
to define the small-mar-
ket Rays. The relief
corps has no thorough-
breds, no All-Stars, no
big-money headliners
— Aaron Loup is the
highest-paid reliever on
the roster after signing
a $1.65 million, one-year
deal.
Yet the bullpen has
dominated all year.
Twelve different pitch-
ers converted at least
one save during the reg-
ular season, matching
the major league record
despite the compressed
schedule, and the group
had a 3.37 ER A, third
in the majors. They’ve
been just as overpower-
ing in October.
Cash has the utmost
confidence in the crew,
a fact that showed when
he gave notably early
hooks to starters Blake
Snell and Charlie Mor-
ton in Games 6 and 7 of
the AL Championship
Series to hold off the
Houston Astros.
“I wouldn’t want to
hit our group right now,”
Rays general manager
Erik Neander said.
The bullpen is versa-
tile and deep, shoving
high heat at hitters from
all angles. Yet for most
baseball fans, the indi-
viduals remain largely
anonymous.
For viewers curious
who’s waiting behind
those stable doors,
here’s a compendium on
Cash’s top horses:
NICK ANDERSON,
RHP — The Rays’ best
reliever also may be its
most unlikely. Anderson
finished his college ca-
reer at NAIA Mayville
State in 2012, then was
a 32nd-round pick by the
Brewers but didn’t sign.
He played two years
of independent ball,
spent a year remodeling
homes, then returned
to indy ball in ’15. The
Twins snatched him up
for their minor league
system that season, he
reached the majors with
Miami in 2019, and this with two scoreless out- ceptional control. ...
year he posted a 0.55 ings — albeit with shaky LHP Josh Fleming was
ER A in 19 regular-sea- control. Wild at times, the Rays’ fifth starter in
son games for Tampa Alvarado still dominates September but has only
Bay. The 30 -year-old because his sinker can pitched once this post-
throws just two pitches reach 101 mph and is ef- season. ... LHP Shane
— a rising fastball and fective against righties McLanahan, Tampa
sharp breaking ball — and lefties. Bay’s 2018 first-round
both with excellent com- RYAN THOMPSON, draft pick, made his big
mand. Standing 6 -foot-6, RHP — The side-arm- league debut during the
he’s unhittable for right- ing Thompson releases AL Division Series. The
ies, plenty tough versus the ball about 3 ½ feet 23-year-old could crack
lefties and stretched out off the ground, nearly the 2021 starting rota-
for multiple innings if half as low as Tampa tion. For now, he’s most-
needed. Cash will use Bay’s other righty re- ly around for long relief/
him at any point in the lievers. That low angle mopup duty.
game, likely against the helps Thompson gener-
top of the Dodgers’ line- ate impressive sink on
up. his fastball, and the for-
PETE FAIR- mer Astros prospect is
BANKS, RHP — The a ground ball machine.
University of Missouri Cash has used him ag-
alum had Tommy John gressively with runners
surgery twice before on base, hoping for a
debuting in the majors double play ball. Thomp-
with Texas in 2019. Tam- son also has a swing-
pa Bay traded for him and-miss breaking ball
after eight appearances, and steady command of
and he’s now the stable’s both pitches.
hardest thrower, averag- JOHN CURTISS,
ing 97.9 mph on his fast- RHP — A journeyman
ball and reaching 100. recently with the Twins,
His best pitch, though, Phillies and Angels, Cur-
is his slider, a swing- tiss has found a home as
and-miss offering with a reliable strike throw-
heavy drop. In the AL er with the Rays. He
playoffs, he became the walked just three in 25
13th Rays reliever to get innings during the reg-
a save this year. Oddly, ular season, and Cash
Fairbanks has been bet- has used him as a relief
ter in his career against opener a few times, in-
lefties than righties. cluding in ALCS Game
With lefties Corey Sea- 5. The former Texas
ger, Max Muncy and Longhorn doesn’t throw
Cody Bellinger spread as hard as Anderson or
throughout L A’s lineup, Fairbanks, but he has a
Fairbanks’ versatility similar two-pitch reper-
should be tested. toire. The 27-year-old
DIEGO CASTIL- hasn’t been as sharp in
LO, RHP — Among the the postseason, walking
club’s few homegrown four in 6 2/3 innings.
bullpen pieces, Castil- A A RON LOUP,
lo went viral last year LHP — A new rule re-
for his physics-defying quiring pitchers to face
two-seam fastball, a at least three batters
frisbee pitch that runs in 2020 seemingly put
in toward right-handed Loup’s career in jeop-
hitters as hot as 99 mph. ardy. The 32-year-old
The 26 -year-old pairs it carved out eight solid
with a slider that darts seasons as a lefty spe-
in the opposite direc- cialist prior to the rule
tion, and he throws both change, rarely facing
pitches from a lower right-handed hitters,
arm slot than Anderson who have a far easier
and Fairbanks, allowing time picking up the ball
him to induce plenty of from his side-winding
ground balls. He was delivery. And yet, Loup
hit hard by the middle has thrived in his first
of Houston’s lineup in season with the Rays,
Game 6 of the AL Cham- using a fairly new cut
pionship Series but will fastball to hold righty
still be a trusted option hitters to a .192 aver-
for the heart of Los An- age in the regular sea-
geles’ order. son while continuing to
JOSÈ ALVA R ADO, dominate lefties. Cash
LHP — Another suc- would love to match
cess from the Rays’ farm Loup up against NLCS
system, Alvarado was stars Seager or Bell-
among baseball’s best inger with two outs, but
relievers in 2018, but in- it’s no disaster if Loup
juries have slowed him does have to face some
since. He missed the righty hitters, too.
end of this season with THE REST: RHP
shoulder inflammation Aaron Slegers is among
but returned in the AL the tallest pitchers ever
Championship Series at 6 -foot-10 and has ex-
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billion Globe Life Field,
home of a Texas Rangers
team eliminated on Sept.
20. Traditional postgame
victory celebrations are
barred. But surroundings
are largely irrelevant to
the favored Dodgers and
under-the-radar Rays.
Los Angeles, baseball’s
biggest spender, is back
in the Series for the third
time in four years as it
seeks its first title since
1988.
Plate umpire Laz Diaz
will be masked — along
with the rest of the crew.
“I don’t know if you
watched Game 7 last night
but it sure felt like postsea-
son to me,” Dodgers third
baseman Justin Turner
said Monday, after the
Dodgers rallied to beat
Atlanta 4-3 at Globe Life
for the NL pennant. “The
back and forth, the mo-
mentum shifts, big plays,
big swings, big pitches
— that was as much of a
playoff feel as I’ve ever ex-
perienced.”
Tampa Bay, among the
major leagues’ poorest
draws and lowest-salaried
rosters, made it this far
only once before and lost
to Philadelphia in 2008.
Perennially unable to get
a new ballpark built, the
Rays have said they are
exploring splitting future
seasons between St. Pe-
tersburg, Florida, and
Montreal.
While the Rays beat
Houston for the AL pen-
nant on Saturday night
in San Diego, they had to
wait until Monday to trav-
el, allowing the Braves to
vacate space in the Dallas
at Las Colinas - Four Sea-
sons, where the Dodgers
have been bivouacked
since before the Division
Series started Oct. 6. Los
Angeles had an optional
early afternoon workout
with the stadium roof
closed, and the Rays had a
full practice in the evening
under autumn twilight.
“We’ll be able to get out
there tonight, get a feel
for the surroundings of
the field and how the ball
bounces,” Rays outfield-
er Austin Meadows said.
“I’m excited for there to be
fans. It’s been a long time
coming.”
The winner will give
its city a 2-1 advantage in
major U.S. sports league
titles during the novel
coronavirus pandemic
following championships
by the NHL’s Tampa Bay
Lightning on Sept. 28 and
the NBA’s Los Angeles
Lakers on Oct. 11.
Both teams reflect
imprint of Andrew Fried-
man, the Rays’ general
manager from 2005-14 and
the Dodgers’ president of
baseball operations since.
“Some of my best
friends in life are there,”
the 43-year-old Friedman
said. “We joked when I
left the team that we were
going to meet up in the
World Series one day, and
for it actually to happen is
surreal.
After regular-season
attendance dropped from
68.5 million to 0 and the
first two rounds of an ex-
panded postseason also
were played without fans,
Major League Baseball
sold about 28% capacity
for the NL Champion-
ship Series, which aver-
aged 10,835 for the seven
games at 40,518-capacity
Globe Life Field. The Rays
arrived in Dallas on Mon-
day after playing the AL
Division Series and AL
Championship Series at
empty Petco Park in San
Diego.
Still, it was an accom-
plishment for MLB after
a regular season in which
45 games were postponed
for COVID-19-related rea-
sons but just two were not
made up. Rookie outfield-
er Randy Arozarena, the
Cuban defector who led
the Rays’ offense with sev-
en homers in the playoffs,
missed the first month of
the shortened season af-
ter contracting COVID-19
and didn’t play his first
game until Aug. 30.
“I was throwing sim
games May, June in Dal-
las, thinking about, man,
are we going to even play
this season?” said Ker-
shaw, the Dodgers’ Game
1 starter. “Is this going to
be a wasted year in every-
body’s career and things
like that? Is this going to
a be a wasted year for the
Dodgers with the team
that we have? So yeah,
I think to be able to be
here now and be four wins
away from getting to win
a World Series I think is
really a testament to a
lot of people to be able
to make this season hap-
pen, a testament to the
players, even to Major
League Baseball that we
were able to get to this
point. I’m super thankful
for that.”
Kershaw, a 32-year-
old left-hander with
three Cy Young Awards
and an MVP trophy, is
175-76 in the regular
season but 11-12 in the
postseason, including
1-2 in the World Series.
He has been slowed this
month by a reoccurrence
of back spasms.
Tampa Bay starts Ty-
ler Glasnow, a 27-year-old
righty whose fastball av-
erages 97.5 mph and who
grew up in California ad-
miring Kershaw. It will
be the Rays’ first game in
front of fans since spring
training was interrupted
on March 12 and close to
the end of a lengthy bub-
ble existence.
Glasnow and his
teammates are looking
forward to the end of the
Series, when he can go
to a bar or sit at a restau-
rant.
“Hugging someone or
seeing family,” he said.
“Just being able to be a
normal person again.”
This will be the first
World Series entirely at
one ballpark since 1944
between the Cardinals
and Browns at Sports-
man’s Park in St. Louis
— and the fourth over-
all. The Yankees and Gi-
ants shared New York’s
Polo Grounds in 1921
and 1922.
Los Angeles had a
$95.6 million payroll on
Aug. 1, according to fig-
ures compiled by MLB.
Tampa Bay was 28th
at $28.9 million, ahead
of only Baltimore and
Pittsburgh. The Rays
eliminated the Yankees
($83.7 million) and
Houston ($81.4 million)
during the AL playoffs.
“Regardless of pay-
roll, we know we can
compete with anybody,”
Meadows said.
Added Friedman:
“Payrolls don’t decide
the standings and I
think we see evidence of
that every year.”
Tampa Bay is known
best for innovative think-
ing and hard-throwing
relievers, referred to by
manager Kevin Cash as
a “whole damn stable
full of guys that throw 98
miles an hour.”

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the Chiefs finished with 245 —
the most since Mahomes took
over as starter in 2017. Kan-
sas City’s 46 rushing attempts
were also the most in eight
years under coach Andy Reid,
and that was with newly signed
Le’Veon Bell waiting to make
his debut after signing with the
Chiefs last Thursday.
“I can’t wait,” Bell tweeted
during the game.
Edwards-Helaire has al-
ready chatted with the veteran
Bell and is excited to team up.
“Another guy coming in,
another piece to the puzzle.
For me, we can only go up,”
Edwards-Helaire said. “Any-
thing I can do to pick his brain
and gain knowledge from, I’m
there for it.”
Mahomes finished 21 of 26
for 225 yards with two touch-
downs, both to tight end Travis
Kelce. His first touchdown was
the 90th of his career in his
37th game, breaking the NFL
record for fewest games to 90
TD passes. Hall of Famer Dan
Marino had the previous mark
at 40 games.
The Chiefs are off to a their
third 5-1 start in four seasons,
and they bounced back from a
sloppy 40-32 loss to the Las Ve-
gas Raiders on Oct. 11.
Buffalo (4-2) lost its second
straight. The Bills fell 42-16
at Tennessee last Tuesday, a
game that was moved because
of a COVID-19 outbreak on
the Titans. That led to the
Kansas City-Buffalo game be-
ing pushed back as well. The
Chiefs, who were originally
scheduled to play three games
in 11 days, wound up having
two more days of rest than the
Bills.
Buffalo’s defense sold out to
prevent Mahomes from going
deep but proved vulnerable
against the run.
“We felt we did well limiting
them from taking it off the top,
but the run game’s just anoth-
er part of their game, and they
executed it well,” safety Micah
Hyde said.
The Bills were undone by
allowing the Chiefs to convert
nine of 14 third-down chances,
two of them on a 12-play, 75-
yard drive that ended on Harri-
son Butker’s 30-yard field goal
with 1:56 remaining.
During that drive, Buffalo’s
Justin Zimmer stripped the ball
from Edwards-Helaire at the
Kansas City 30. The play was
ruled a fumble on the field, but
that call was overturned after
replays showed Edwards-He-
laire’s knee was down.
Two plays later, on third-
and-11, Mahomes scrambled
out of trouble and hit Byron
Pringle for 37 yards. Mahomes
then ate up more clock with a
9-yard scamper on third-and-7.
“Frustrating, just because
we feel like as a defense we’ve
got to find a way to get our of-
fense back on the field,” Hyde
said. “We had to get a stop and
we didn’t.”
Buffalo’s run defense had its
worst outing since giving up
273 yards in a loss to New En-
gland on Dec. 23, 2018.
Josh Allen finished 14 of 27
for 122 yards with touchdown
passes to Stefon Diggs and
Cole Beasley.
In what was supposed to be
a showdown of the NFL’s top
passers, the Chiefs kept the
Allen-led Bills cooling their
heels on the sideline. Kansas
City had four drives of 10 plays
or more and dominated time
of possession by more than 15
minutes.
Darrel Williams scored on
a 13-yard run to cap a nearly
eight-minute, 82-yard drive
that put the Chiefs ahead 20-10
with 1:18 left in the third quar-
ter.
Social justice protests
As they’ve done all season,
the Bills elected to stay in their
locker room for the perfor-
mance of the national anthem.
The Chiefs were along their
sideline, with defensive end
Alex Okafor the only player
spotted kneeling.
No fans
The Bills continued to play
in an empty stadium because
of state COVID-19 regulations.
Injuries
Chiefs: T Mitchell Schwartz,
who started his 134th con-
secutive game, did not return
after the first series because
of a back injury. He has the
longest active streak among
offensive linemen and third
longest among offensive play-
ers. Okafor was ruled out after
hurting his hamstring in the
second quarter.
Bills: CB Cam Lewis did not
return after hurting his wrist
in the first half. Starting left
guard Cody Ford was carted
off the sideline after hurting
his right knee in the fourth
quarter.
Inactives
Chiefs: WR Sammy Watkins
did not play after hurting his
hamstring last week.
Bills: Buffalo’s defensive
struggles led to a line shake-
up with DE Trent Murphy and
DT Harrison Phillips inactive.
They were replaced by Zimmer
and Bryan Cox, who were ele-
vated from the practice squad
earlier in the day.
Up next
Chiefs: At Denver on Sun-
day.
Bills: At the winless Jets on
Sunday. Buffalo beat New York
27-17 in the season opener.

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per game in that span compared to her season av-
erage of 7.1 points per contest.
As for Cooks, she sat out last winter after trans-
ferring from Michigan State. A former five-star
recruit and McDonald’s All-American herself, she
was lauded for her ability to stretch the f loor in
practice and gives the Bulldogs another capable
perimeter scorer in lieu of her size at 6 -foot-4.
“Sydney is a person that we’re able to have her
handle the ball for us and getting her comfortable
with that to where she’s not always out letting it to
our point guard, but allowing her to have the free-
dom to be able to come up and make a decision,”
McCray-Penson said.
Heading toward the tail end of October, it’s still
unclear when MSU will actually open its season.
The Bulldogs are slated to play in the Basketball
Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge with UConn,
Quinnipiac and Maine on Nov. 28 and 29, though
any further planning has yet to be decided public-
ly.
Taking over a team that was rated No. 6 nation-
ally in ESPN’s latest Way-Too-Early Top 25 poll re-
leased Sept. 28, McCray-Penson is still in the early
stages of reconfiguring the roster and fitting pieces
where they’ll fall. But if anything’s for certain based
on Monday, her Bulldogs are going to play fast.
“You just want to be able to play fast and definite-
ly play under control,” McCray-Penson said. “But I
think for us being on the run is going to give us a
very good chance to be successful, just because of
what we have and how our kids like to operate in
space.”

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Column: Quiet and calm Dixon closes in on 6th IndyCar title
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Scott Dixon was a quiet
kid with rosy red cheeks
when he left New Zealand
looking for a career racing
cars. He had little to say
off the track and relied on
performance to separate
himself in a paddock full of
superstars.
He won his third career
CART Series start at tricky
Nazareth Speedway but
Dixon otherwise trudged
along with a team most rec-
ognized because its cars
starred in the racing movie
“Driven.” When the team
folded, then-manufacturer
Toyota went to owner Chip
Ganassi hoping he would
help keep the the 20-year-
old prospect in the system.
“Why not?” Ganassi re-
membered Monday. “He
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was a young kid and he
didn’t really say much and
he seemed to be fast. And
he won right out of the box
with PacWest at Nazareth,
which in those days was
not an easy track. I mean,
that’s what I remember,
just a quiet kid who was
fast.”
Ganassi had no idea he
had just hired the greatest
driver of his generation.
In the 19 seasons since
Dixon paired with Ganas-
si, the driver has rocketed
through the American
open wheel record books
and is poised for another
milestone. Dixon will race
Sunday for his sixth Indy-
Car championship in the
season finale on the streets
of downtown St. Peters-
burg, Florida.
Dixon must only finish
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ninth or better to clinch
the championship and
move within one title of
A.J. Foyt’s record seven
crowns. Foyt won his final
title in 1979 and Dixon is
the first driver since to ri-
val that season-after-sea-
son consistency.
Dixon has 50 career vic-
tories, ranking him third
all-time behind Foyt (67)
and Mario Andretti (52),
he’s won at least one race
in all but one season of In-
dyCar competition, and he
has been in title contention
every year since 2007.
Five of those title fights
went to Dixon, but Ganas-
si argues that Dixon’s re-
sume doesn’t put enough
emphasis on the nine
consecutive years Dixon
finished in the top three in
championships that were
decided in the finale. Dixon
was beaten four times by
Dario Franchitti, including
three consecutive years as
Ganassi teammates.
“You know everybody
talks about how many
wins Dixon has and how
many championships he
has, he’s had an unrivaled
career in the modern day,”
Ganassi said. “But what
goes unnoticed is all the
second and thirds he’s had
in the series. It’s just such a
pleasure to have somebody
in your cars that anywhere
you go, you can win. There
aren’t too many guys like
that.”
A sixth title is not au-
tomatic Sunday for Dix-
on even after he built a
seemingly insurmountable
points lead with three con-
secutive victories to open
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My son-in-
law “Kirk”
has issues with
closing doors,
kitchen cabinets
and refriger-
ator doors.
Three times my
daughter has
had to throw out
food because
it spoiled. He
doesn’t close ce-
real boxes, bags
of candy or chips,
either.
My husband
Dear Abby
and I tolerated
Kirk’s behavior until a recent
visit to our home. He again
left the door to our garage
open, where our inside cat
could have escaped. He
was rough when opening our
recliner, and he also didn’t
turn the cap all the way down
on the seltzer bottle, but I
know better than to shake the
bottle before checking the cap
because I once spilled orange
juice everywhere after he
failed to tighten the cap.
My daughter says she has
known Kirk for 15 years, and
he isn’t going to change. She
says he doesn’t focus on the
task at hand but is thinking
about something else. I
suppose she has given up and
continually goes behind him to
fasten things.
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
20). You’d rather do favors for
others than be on the receiving
end, but you’ll learn to love the
surprise generosity coming your
way. It’s well-earned and will be
well-spent, too, as you apply re-
sources to the betterment of all.
Sophisticated fun, educational
opportunities and romantic trav-
el are features of 2021. Gemini
and Sagittarius adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 9, 13, 38,
24 and 17.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Non-humans have a way of
bringing out a different side of
people, and you can learn a lot
about someone by the way they
interact with different species.
An animal will bring you luck
the pandemic-disrupted
season. Most challengers
conceded the title to Dixon
by August, but reigning se-
ries champion Josef New-
garden did not.
Newgarden, winner of
three races this season,
has cut Dixon’s lead to 32
points with one race re-
maining. But even if New-
garden wins the race, Dix-
on would need a disastrous
day to lose the title.
Dixon very rarely has
disastrous days.
There’s both a steadi-
ness and a professionalism
about Dixon that makes
him one of the most calcu-
lated racers of his time. He
is a clean and smart racer,
one who doesn’t make mis-
takes and avoids placing
his car in dangerous posi-
tions.
My husband
and I feel he
doesn’t respect
our home when
he behaves this
way. After my
daughter spoke
to Kirk after his
last visit, she
has brought our
granddaughter
over twice, but
he stayed home.
I feel like both
of them think we
are making much
ado about noth-
ing. — OPEN-
AND-SHUT CASE
IN VIRGINIA
DEAR OPEN-AND-SHUT:
Has your daughter or son-in-
law actually said that to you?
You were not wrong to speak
up, and it’s not much ado
about nothing. It is consid-
eration for the property of
others. You should have drawn
the line after the first time
your immature and inconsider-
ate son-in-law left the garage
door open. (Was he stoned
during those visits? Distracted
by his cellphone?) Address the
matter directly with your son-
in-law, and consider seeing
them at their house instead
of yours.
DEAR ABBY: My mom in-
sists on giving my oldest child,
“Jim,” less money than the
other grandchildren because
today.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). In the premodern world,
the people who could read did
so to understand god or their
civic duty. In the modern world,
people read to know about
whatever they wish. Your knowl-
edge wishes will be quickly and
literally granted.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Turn your eyes inward to the
heart cellar and there will be
everything you need: feelings,
paths to other feelings, foun-
dational memories silent as
boulders, wordless dreams.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Do you have confidence in your
ability to charm? If not, pretend
you do. Because it’s import-
“I’ve always felt that he
and I were very similar and
have approached racing
the same way — very me-
thodical, calculated, risk
assessment is usually very
good,” said seven-time NA-
SCAR champion Jimmie
Johnson.
Now connected at Ga-
nassi as teammates for
Johnson’s 2021 move to
IndyCar, others have not-
ed similarities in the two
standard bearers for their
respective series. When
the two began working to-
gether, Johnson learned he
and Dixon debrief in a sim-
ilar manner.
“Looking at data with
him, it was like I was
talking to a teammate I’d
been with for years. It’s
so methodical,” Johnson
said.
he’s my stepson. Jim is 19,
and I am the only mother he
has ever known since he was
2 1/2. I’m still married to his
father, and Jim is part of the
family.
I realized what she was
doing only last Christmas,
when she gave Jimmy $100
and the other 12 grandkids
$500 each. (This included my
two younger children.) When
I asked her why, she couldn’t
give me a straight answer. I
have always regarded Jim as
my own and thought she felt
the same way. Now I’m no lon-
ger sure she’s going to leave
him an inheritance when she’s
gone, and I feel crummy about
the entire situation. — LOST
IN THE SOUTH
DEAR LOST: I don’t blame
you for feeling crummy be-
cause this is a sad situation.
Unfortunately, in some -- not
all -- families this happens.
Bear in mind the money your
mother is gifting is hers to do
with as she wishes, and there
is nothing you can do to force
her to behave more charitably
toward Jim. However, you and
your husband might consid-
er equalizing it in your own
estate plans when the time
comes. Have the two of you
already talked with an attorney
about wills, advance direc-
tives, etc.? If you haven’t, now
may be the time to discuss
the subject.
ant to spend some time on the
niceties and small talk instead
of rushing to the ask before the
other person can get away.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
know firsthand how wonderful
it feels to receive an unexpect-
ed compliment or a token of
appreciation from out of the
blue and this is why, when you
see the opportunity to give this
to someone, you do.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You’re duty-bound to certain
conversations you’d rather not
participate in. Let the words
float by like feathers. It’s not
important to catch them. It’s too
much effort to concentrate on
things that don’t pertain to you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
When friends do kind and gen-
erous things, the burden of rec-
iprocity is heavy on you. That’s
a sign that you’re a good friend.
Fun relationships are actually
a lot of work when you’re doing
them right.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You’re having trouble
committing. It’s not because
you’re fearful or lazy; it’s a
sense you’re getting. There’s
something at the root of the
idea that seems fundamentally
flawed. Address it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). When you witness gusty,
high-pressure tactics you see
them for what they are —
weakness. The person who as
the goods can afford to be cool,
knowing offers will be plenty so
there’s no need to hard-sell.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Love is so often confused
with masqueraders such as ego
gratification, the settling of old
scores or the answer to a short-
age of capital. You’ll be keen to
all imposters.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Breezy conversation and
casual promises abound. A
few nouns and verbs strung
together should not be mistaken
for action. Talk lays down a
context, but without action, talk
is meaningless.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). It’s a day to avoid the
conflict. It is said that few wage
honorable war. Rivalry has a
way of bringing out the worst of
people and reveals faults that
would not be seen in courteous
interactions.
On a roll
SOLUTION:
 WHEREAS, on July 23, 2007,
Classifieds
Dawanda O. Elliott and Mi-
chael E. Elliott executed a
Deed of Trust to T. Harris Colli-
er, III, as Trustee for Trust-
mark National Bank, as Lender,
with Mortgage Electronic Regis-
tration Systems, Inc.,
(“MERS”), as Beneficiary,
which is recorded in the office
of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, MS, in Book
2007 at Page 22309;
WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust
was assigned to Trustmark Na-
tional Bank in Book MORT
2012 at Page 14424;
WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020,
Trustmark National Bank sub-
Legal Notices
stituted James Eldred Renfroe
LEGALS
as Trustee in the aforemen-
tioned deed of trust with this
recorded in Book MORT 2020
at Page 5339;
CALL US: 662-328-2424 WHEREAS, there being a de-
fault in the terms and condi-
Legal Notices tions of the Deed of Trust and
entire debt secured having
The following vehicles have been declared to be due and
been abandoned at payable in accordance with its
terms, Trustmark National
Auto Mart LLC Bank, the holder of the debt
1009 Gardner Blvd has requested the Trustee to
Columbus MS 39702 execute the trust and sell said
or land and property pursuant to
Jim’s Towing and Recovery LLC its terms in order to raise the
1020 ½ Gardner Blvd sums due, with attorney’s and
Columbus, MS 39702 trustee’s fees, and expenses
of sale;
2008 Nissan Maxima
VIN # 1N4BA41E78C831454 NOW, THEREFORE, I, James
Eldred Renfroe, Trustee for
2008 Nissan Altima said Deed of Trust, will on Oc-
VIN # 1N4AL21E68N537767 tober 28, 2020, offer for sale
at public outcry, and sell with-
2015 Nissan A2S in legal hours (being between
VIN # 1N4AL3AP6FC466246 the hours of 11:00 a.m., and
4:00 p.m.) at the main front
2004 Toyoto Camry door of the Lowndes County
VIN # 4T1BE32K74U938663 Courthouse in Columbus, MS,
to the highest and best bidder
2003 Toyoto XPR for cash, the following de-
VIN # 5TESM92N43Z242160 scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, MS, to-wit:
If not claimed they will be sold
on October 21, 2020, at 10 Lot No. Forty (40) of Diamond
AM at 1020 ½ Gardner Blvd., Estates, a subdivision of
Columbus, MS by Auto Mart Lowndes County, Mississippi,
LLC or Jim’s Towing and Recov- as recorded in Plat Book 3 at
ery LLC. They will be sold for Page 48 in the Chancery
monies owed for the tow bill, Clerk’s office of Lowndes
storage fees, and all other ex- County, Mississippi. Said con-
penses incurred to process the veyance is made subject to all
claims. covenants, easements, restric-
tions, reservations, conditions
Witnessed this the 8th day of and rights of record and sub-
October, 2020. ject to any state of facts which
an accurate survey would
Auto Mart LLC show. Together with all and sin-
Jim’s Towing and Recovery LLC gular the rights, easements,
herediments and appurten-
Publish: 10/13 and ances there into belonging. Be-
10/20/2020 ing the same property ac-
quired by the Grantor pursuant
to the provisions of the Nation-
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF al Housing Act, as amended
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- (12 USC 1701 et seq.) and the
SIPPI Department of Housing and
Urban Development Act (79
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- Stat. 667). The above de-
TATE OF ISOM B. BURKS, DE- scribed property in conveyed
CEASED Subject to protective coven-
ants, restrictive covenants,
CAUSE NO. 2020 – 0202-F easements, conditions and lim-
itations, if any now of record af-
MICHAEL RONALD BURKS, EX- fecting the use or enjoyment of
ECUTOR said property, and to the lines
of all taxes, special assess-
NOTICE TO CREDITORS ments and levies of every kind
and nature.
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to MI- INDEXING INSTRUCTIONS: Lot
CHAEL RONALD BURKS, Ex- 40, Diamond Estates, Lowndes
ecutor of the Estate of ISOM B. County, Mississippi.
BURKS, deceased, by the
Chancery Court of Lowndes I will convey only such title as
County, Mississippi, on the 8th is vested in me as Trustee,
day of October, 2020. This is
with no warranties.
to give notice to all persons
having claims against said es- WITNESS my signature this
tate to Probate and Register 25th day of September, 2020.
same with the Chancery Clerk
of Lowndes County, Missis- JAMES ELDRED RENFROE,
sippi, within ninety (90) days Trustee
from this date. A failure to so
Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same.
James Eldred Renfroe, 648
Lakeland East Dr., Ste A, Flo-
wood, MS 39232, Phone 601-
THIS the 9th day of October, 932-1011
2020.
Publish: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20,
/s/ Michael Ronald Burks & 10/27/20
MICHAEL RONALD BURKS, Ex-
ecutor
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE
TRUSTEE’S SALE
PUBLISH: 10/13, 10/20 &
10/27/2020
WHEREAS, by Land Deed of
Trust dated February 13, 2006
TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE (the “Deed of Trust”), filed of
record in Mortgage Book 2006,
WHEREAS, on July 23, 2007, at pages 3814-3820, in the Of-
Dawanda O. Elliott and Mi-
fice of the Chancery Court
chael E. Elliott executed a Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
Deed of Trust to T. Harris Colli- sissippi (the “Land Records”),
er, III, as Trustee for Trust- Donald R. Depriest (the “Bor-
mark National Bank, as Lender, rower”), whose address is P.O.
with Mortgage Electronic Regis- Box 1076, Columbus, Missis-
tration Systems, Inc., sippi did convey in trust to J.
(“MERS”), as Beneficiary, Patrick Caldwell, as Trustee,
which is recorded in the office whose address is P.O. Box
of the Chancery Clerk of 4360, Tupelo, Mississippi
Lowndes County, MS, in Book 38803, certain property de-
2007 at Page 22309; scribed therein to secure pay-
ment of a debt in the original
WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust principal sum of
was assigned to Trustmark Na- $3,538,566.00 for the benefit
tional Bank in Book MORT
2012 at Page 14424;
of BancorpSouth Bank (“Origin-
al Lender”), whose address is
P.O. Box 4360, Tupelo, Missis-
WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020, sippi 38803. Said Deed of
Trustmark National Bank sub- Trust is incorporated herein by
stituted James Eldred Renfroe reference;
as Trustee in the aforemen-
tioned deed of trust with this WHEREAS, Original Lender,
recorded in Book MORT 2020 named and appointed Jack H.
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at Page 5339; Haynes, as Substitute Trustee
under said Deed of Trust pursu-
WHEREAS, there being a de- ant to that certain Appoint-
fault in the terms and condi- ment of Substitute Trustee
tions of the Deed of Trust and dated March 18, 2013, of re-
entire debt secured having cord in Mortgage Book 2013,
been declared to be due and at pages 8466-8467 in said
payable in accordance with its Land Records, who was vested
terms, Trustmark National with all of the rights, powers,
Bank, the holder of the debt and privileges of the Trustee
has requested the Trustee to set forth in the Deed of Trust
execute the trust and sell said and revoked any and all prior
land and property pursuant to appointments made;
its terms in order to raise the
sums due, with attorney’s and WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust
trustee’s fees, and expenses was assigned by Original
of sale; Lender to Lucius E. Burch, III
(hereinafter “Lender”) by As-
NOW, THEREFORE, I, James signment of Deed of Trust
Eldred Renfroe, Trustee for
dated November 21, 2014, of
said Deed of Trust, will on Oc- record in Mortgage Book 2015,
tober 28, 2020, offer for sale at pages 19676-19677 in said
at public outcry, and sell with- Land Records;
in legal hours (being between
the hours of 11:00 a.m., and WHEREAS, Lender is the true
4:00 p.m.) at the main front and lawful owner and holder of
door of the Lowndes County the debt aforesaid, which is se-
Courthouse in Columbus, MS, cured by the Deed of Trust and
to the highest and best bidder Assignment of Rents (the
for cash, the following de- “Debt”);
scribed property situated in
Lowndes County, MS, to-wit: WHEREAS, Erno Lindner (here-
inafter, the “Substitute Trust-
Lot No. Forty (40) of Diamond ee”) was substituted as trust-
Estates, a subdivision of ee under the Deed of Trust in
Lowndes County, Mississippi, the place and stead of the ori-
as recorded in Plat Book 3 at ginal Trustee, and of any other
Page 48 in the Chancery
substitute trustee, by that cer-
Clerk’s office of Lowndes tain Substitution of Trustee
County, Mississippi. Said con- dated August 24, 2020, recor-
veyance is made subject to all ded in the Land Records in
covenants, easements, restric- Book 2020, Pages 21936-
tions, reservations, conditions 21937, and thereafter spread
and rights of record and sub- upon the land records main-
ject to any state of facts which tained by the Chancery Court
an accurate survey would Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
show. Together with all and sin- sissippi; and
gular the rights, easements,
herediments and appurten-
WHEREAS, default having been
ances there into belonging. Be- made in the terms and condi-
ing the same property ac- tions of said Deed of Trust and
quired by the Grantor pursuant the entire Debt secured
to the provisions of the Nation- thereby, and the entire in-
al Housing Act, as amended debtedness having been de-
(12 USC 1701 et seq.) and the clared to be due and payable in
Department of Housing and
Urban Development Act (79
Stat. 667). The above de-
accordance with the terms of
said Deed of Trust, Lender, as
scribed property in conveyed
holder of the Debt and the
Deed of Trust has instructed
Subject to protective coven- the Substitute Trustee to fore-
ants, restrictive covenants, close under the provisions of
easements, conditions and lim- the Deed of Trust in accord-
itations, if any now of record af- ance with the terms of said
fecting the use or enjoyment of Deed of Trust and applicable
said property, and to the lines Mississippi law, for the pur-
of all taxes, special assess- pose of raising the sums due
ments and levies of every kind thereunder, with the proceeds
and nature. thereof to be applied in accord-
ance with the terms and condi-
INDEXING INSTRUCTIONS: Lot tions of the Deed of Trust and
40, Diamond Estates, Lowndes related loan documents;
County, Mississippi.
at pages 3814-3820, in the Of- right-of-way line of U.S. High-
fice of the Chancery Court way No. 45, Lowndes County,
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis- Mississippi, said iron pin be-
sissippi (the “Land Records”),
Donald R. Depriest (the “Bor-
rower”), whose address is P.O.
to in the Donald R. DePriest
Deed of record in Deed Book
ADS APPEAR IN THE COMMERCIAL DISPATCH,
ing the same as that referred
Box 1076, Columbus, Missis-
sippi did convey in trust to J.
Patrick Caldwell, as Trustee,
848, Pages 523-524 of the
land records in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
THE STARKVILLE DISPATCH AND ONLINE
whose address is P.O. Box County, Mississippi, and being
4360, Tupelo, Mississippi
38803, certain property de-
described as the initial point of
beginning of Parcel 1; run
scribed therein to secure pay-
ment of a debt in the original
thence North 81 degrees 44
minutes East along said North
principal sum of right-of-way line 300.00 feet to
$3,538,566.00 for the benefit the point of beginning of the
of BancorpSouth Bank (“Origin- herein described tract:
al Lender”), whose address is Run thence North 08 degrees
P.O. Box 4360, Tupelo, Missis- 20 minutes West 246.82 feet
sippi 38803. Said Deed of to a point; run thence North 05
Trust is incorporated herein by degrees 47 minutes West
Legal Notices
reference; Legal Notices
103.27 feet to a point; run
thence North 04 degrees 50
WHEREAS, Original Lender, minutes West 277.50 feet to a
named and appointed Jack H. point; run thence North 24 de-
Haynes, as Substitute Trustee grees 27 minutes East 343.65
under said Deed of Trust pursu- feet to a point on the South
ant to that certain Appoint- right-of-way line of a public
ment of Substitute Trustee county road known as Bluecutt
dated March 18, 2013, of re- Road; run thence South 85 de-
cord in Mortgage Book 2013, grees 08 minutes East along
at pages 8466-8467 in said said South right-of-way line of
Land Records, who was vested Bluecutt Road for a distance of
with all of the rights, powers, 425.22 feet to a point inter-
and privileges of the Trustee secting the West right-of-way
set forth in the Deed of Trust line of said Chubby Drive; run
and revoked any and all prior thence South 00 degrees 48
appointments made; minutes East along said West
right-of-way line of Chubby Drive
WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust for a distance of 825.12 feet
was assigned by Original to a point intersecting said
Lender to Lucius E. Burch, III North right-of-way line of
(hereinafter “Lender”) by As- Chubby Drive; run thence South
signment of Deed of Trust 81 degrees 35 minutes West
dated November 21, 2014, of along said North right-of-way
record in Mortgage Book 2015, line of Chubby Drive for a dis-
at pages 19676-19677 in said tance of 513.40 feet to the
Land Records; point of beginning, lying and
being situated in the South-
WHEREAS, Lender is the true east Quarter of the Southeast
and lawful owner and holder of Quarter of Section 32, Town-
the debt aforesaid, which is se- ship 17 South, Range 18 West,
cured by the Deed of Trust and and in the Northeast Quarter of
Assignment of Rents (the the Northeast Quarter of Sec-
“Debt”); tion 5, Township 18 South,
Range 18 West, Lowndes
WHEREAS, Erno Lindner (here- County, Mississippi.
inafter, the “Substitute Trust-
ee”) was substituted as trust- LESS AND EXCEPT THERE-
ee under the Deed of Trust in FROM the following tracts or
the place and stead of the ori- parcels of land:
ginal Trustee, and of any other
substitute trustee, by that cer- Parcel A
tain Substitution of Trustee 0.15 acre, more or less, lying
dated August 24, 2020, recor- in the Southeast Quarter of
ded in the Land Records in Section 32, Township 17
Book 2020, Pages 21936- South, Range 18 West, and in
21937, and thereafter spread the Northeast Quarter of Sec-
upon the land records main- tion 5, Township 18 South,
tained by the Chancery Court Range 18 West, all in the City
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis- of Columbus, Lowndes County,
sissippi; and Mississippi, and being de-
scribed as follows:
WHEREAS, default having been Commencing at an iron pin at
made in the terms and condi- the intersection of the North
tions of said Deed of Trust and right-of-way of a paved road
the entire Debt secured known as Chubby Drive and the
thereby, and the entire in- East right-of-way of U.S. High-
debtedness having been de- way 45, said iron pin being the
clared to be due and payable in same as that referred to in the
accordance with the terms of Donald R. DePriest deed of re-
said Deed of Trust, Lender, as cord in Deed Book 848, Pages
holder of the Debt and the 523-524 of the land records in
Deed of Trust has instructed the office of the Chancery Clerk
the Substitute Trustee to fore- of Lowndes County, Missis-
close under the provisions of sippi, and being described
the Deed of Trust in accord- therein as the point of begin-
ance with the terms of said ning of Parcel 1; run thence 6
Deed of Trust and applicable North 81 degrees 44 minutes
Mississippi law, for the pur- East along the North right-of-
pose of raising the sums due way of said Chubby Drive for
thereunder, with the proceeds 300 feet; run thence North 81
thereof to be applied in accord- degrees 35 minutes East along
ance with the terms and condi- said North right-of-way of
tions of the Deed of Trust and Chubby Drive for a distance of
related loan documents; 265.9 feet to the point of be-
ginning of the property hereby
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Erno Lind- conveyed; from said point of
ner, acting solely in my capa- beginning continue thence
city as Substitute Trustee and North 81 degrees 35 minutes
SERVICE DIRECTORY
by virtue of the authority con- East along the North right-of-
ferred upon me by the Deed of way of Chubby Drive (25 feet
Trust, do hereby give notice from the centerline) for a dis-
that I will, between the legal tance of 65 feet; run thence
hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 North 08 degrees 20 minutes
p.m. on Tuesday, October 27, West for a distance of 100
2020, offer for sale at public feet; run thence South 81 de-
outcry at the southeast front grees 35 minutes West for a
door of the Lowndes County
Courthouse, 505 2nd Avenue
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for cash the following de-
scribed real property situated TOGETHER WITH AND INCLUD-
in Lowndes County, Missis- ING a permanent, perpetual
sippi (the “Premises” or “Prop- easement for utilities, being
erty”), to-wit: described as follows: Commen-
cing at the Northwest corner of
Commencing at an iron pin the herein above described
marking the intersection of the 0.15 acre tract, as the point of
North right-of-way line of a pub- beginning, and run thence
lic county road known as North 81 degrees 35 minutes
Chubby Drive and the East East along the North line of
right-of-way line of U.S. High- said 0.15 acre tract for 10
way No. 45, Lowndes County, feet;DAVID’S
run thence North 08&de-
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ing the same as that referred 114.6 feet to a point that is 10
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thence North 81 degrees 44 14 degrees 28 minutes West
minutes East along said North along the East line of an ac-
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the point of beginning of the North 85 degrees 10 minutes
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grees 27 minutes East 343.65 East for 105.2 feet to the point
feet to a point on the South of beginning and the terminus
right-of-way line of a public of this utility easement.
county road known as Bluecutt
Road; run thence South 85 de- Being the same property sold
grees 08 minutes East along by Donald R. DePriest to Guy E.
said South right-of-way line of Evans by Deed dated October
Bluecutt Road for a distance of 1, 1998, appearing of record in
425.22 feet to a point inter- Deed Book 1216 at Page 395
secting the West right-of-way of the land records in the of-
line of said Chubby Drive; run fice of the Chancery Clerk of
thence South 00 degrees 48 Lowndes County, Mississippi.
minutes East along said West
right-of-way line of Chubby Drive Parcel B
for a distance of 825.12 feet A tract of land located in the
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line of Chubby Drive for a dis- described as follows:
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point of beginning, lying and Commencing at an iron pin
being situated in the South- marking the intersection of the
east Quarter of the Southeast North right-of-way line of a pub-
Quarter of Section 32, Town- lic road known as Chubby Drive
ship 17 South, Range 18 West, and the East right-of-way of
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County, Mississippi. Priest deed of record in Deed
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beginning continue thence and the East right-of-way of Priest deed of record in Deed
North 81 degrees 35 minutes U.S. Highway No. 45 in the City Book 848 at Pages 523-524 of
East along the North right-of- of Columbus, Mississippi, said the land records in the office of
way of Chubby Drive (25 feet iron pin being the same as that the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
from the centerline) for a dis-
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Priest deed of record in Deed North 08 degrees 20 minutes
North 08 degrees 20 minutes Book 848 at Pages 523-524 of West along the East right-of-
West for a distance of 100 the land records in the office of way of said U.S. Highway No.
feet; run thence South 81 de- the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes 45 a distance of 246.82 feet
grees 35 minutes West for a County, Mississippi; run thence to a concrete right-of-way mark-
distance of 65 feet; run thence North 08 degrees 20 minutes er, run thence Northwesterly
South 8 degrees 20 minutes West along the East right-of- along a curve and said right-of-
East for a distance of 100 feet way of said U.S. Highway No. way the following chord bear-
to the point of beginning. 45 a distance of 246.82 feet ings: North 07 degrees 33
to a concrete right-of-way mark- minutes West - 103.18 feet,
TOGETHER WITH AND INCLUD- er; run thence Northwesterly North 04 degrees 50 minutes
ING a permanent, perpetual along a curve and said right-of- West - 260.00 feet to a point;
easement for utilities, being way the following chord bear- run thence North 81 degrees
described as follows: Commen- ings: North 07 degrees 33 45 minutes East a distance of
cing at the Northwest corner of minutes West - 103.18 feet, 143.36 feet to a point; run
the herein above described North 04 degrees 50 minutes thence North 24 degrees 46
0.15 acre tract, as the point of West - 260.00 feet to a point; minutes East a distance of
beginning, and run thence run thence North 81 degrees 149.27 feet to the point of be-
North 81 degrees 35 minutes 45 minutes East a distance of ginning of the herein described
East along the North line of 143.36 feet to a point; run tract; run thence North 24 de-
said 0.15 acre tract for 10 thence North 24 degrees 46 grees 46 minutes East a dis-
feet; run thence North 08 de- minutes East a distance of tance of 7.0 feet to a point; run
grees 20 minutes West for 156.27 feet to the point of be- thence South 85 degrees 00
114.6 feet to a point that is 10 ginning of the herein described minutes East a distance of
feet North 85 degrees 10 tract; run thence North 24 de- 201.28 feet to a point; run
minutes East from an iron pin grees 46 minutes East a dis- thence North 24 degrees 27
at the Southeast corner of the tance of 245.00 feet to a point minutes East a distance of
Jameson Inn lot; run thence on the South right-of-way of a 245.00 feet to an iron pin on
South 85 degrees 10 minutes public city road known as the South right-of-way of
West for 267.4 feet to the Bluecutt Road; run thence Bluecutt Road; run thence
Southwest corner of said South 85 degrees 08 minutes South 85 degrees 08 minutes
Jameson Inn lot; thence South East along said right-of-way a East along the South right-of-
14 degrees 28 minutes West distance of 200.00 feet to a way of Bluecutt Road a dis-
along the East line of an ac- point; run thence South 24 de- tance of 10.6 feet to a point;
cess road for 15.9 feet; thence grees 27 minutes West a dis- run thence South 24 degrees
North 85 degrees 10 minutes tance of 245.00 feet to a 27 minutes West a distance of
East parallel to the South line point; run thence North 85 de- 254.25 feet to a point; run
of said Jameson Inn lot for 105 grees 00 minutes West a dis- thence North 77 degrees 22
feet; thence North 4 degrees tance of 201.28 feet to the minutes West a distance of
50 minutes West for 5 feet; point of beginning. 16.0 feet to a point; run thence
thence North 85 degrees 10 Being the same property as North 85 degrees 00 minutes
minutes East parallel to the sold by Donald R. DePriest to West a distance of 195.31 feet
South line of said Jameson Inn Mid-South Development Group, to the point of beginning and
lot for 158.2 feet; run thence LLC, a Kentucky Limited Liabil- containing 3859.7 square feet
South 08 degrees 20 minutes ity Company, by Deed dated Au- or 0.09 acre, more or less.
East for 105.2 feet to the point gust 14, 2000, and appearing
of beginning and the terminus of record in Deed Book 1310 Being the same property as
of this utility easement. at Page 739 of the land re- sold by Donald R. DePriest to
cords in the office of the Chan- MSDG Columbus, LLC, a Ken-
Being the same property sold cery Clerk of Lowndes County, tucky Limited Liability Com-
by Donald R. DePriest to Guy E. Mississippi. pany, by Deed dated July 2,
Evans by Deed dated October 2002, and appearing of record
1, 1998, appearing of record in Parcel C in Deed Book 2002 at Page
Deed Book 1216 at Page 395 A tract of land being located in 5515 of the land records in the
of the land records in the of- the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) office of the Chancery Clerk of
fice of the Chancery Clerk of of the Southeast Quarter (SE Lowndes County, Mississippi.
Lowndes County, Mississippi. 1/4) of Section 32, Township
17 South, Range 18 West, Parcel D
Parcel B Lowndes County, Mississippi A tract of land being located in
A tract of land located in the and more particularly de- the Southeast Quarter (SE ¼)
Southeast Quarter of the scribed as follows: of the Southeast Quarter (SE
Southeast Quarter of Section ¼) of Section 32, Township 17
32, Township 17 South, Range Commencing at an iron pin South, Range 18 West, City of
18 West, Lowndes County, Mis- marking the intersection of the Columbus, Lowndes County,
sissippi, and more particularly North right-of-way of a public Mississippi, and more particu-
described as follows: road known as Chubby Drive larly described as follows:
and the East right-of-way of
Commencing at an iron pin U.S. Highway No. 45 in the City Commencing at an iron pin
marking the intersection of the of Columbus, Mississippi, said marking the intersection of the
North right-of-way line of a pub- Iron pin being the same as that North right of way line of a city
lic road known as Chubby Drive referred to in the Donald R. De- road known as Chubby Drive
and the East right-of-way of Priest deed of record in Deed (paved) and the East right of
U.S. Highway No. 45 in the City Book 848 at Pages 523-524 of way line of U.S. Highway 45;
of Columbus, Mississippi, said the land records in the office of run thence North 81 degrees
iron pin being the same as that the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes 44 minute East and along the
referred to in the Donald R. De- County, Mississippi; run thence North right of way line of
Priest deed of record in Deed North 08 degrees 20 minutes Chubby Drive a distance of 300
Book 848 at Pages 523-524 of West along the East right-of- feet to a point; run thence
the land records in the office of way of said U.S. Highway No. North 81 degrees 35 minutes
the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes 45 a distance of 246.82 feet East and along said North right
County, Mississippi; run thence to a concrete right-of-way mark- of way a distance of 513.40
North 08 degrees 20 minutes
West along the East right-of-
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along a curve and said right-of- North 00 degrees 48 minutes
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at Page 739 of the land re- sold by Donald R. DePriest to Commencing at an iron pin
cords in the office of the Chan- MSDG Columbus, LLC, a Ken- marking the intersection of the
cery Clerk of Lowndes County, tucky Limited Liability Com- north right-of-way line of a
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A tract of land being located in 5515 of the land records in the Highway No. 45, Lowndes
the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) office of the Chancery Clerk of County, Mississippi, said iron
of the Southeast Quarter (SE Lowndes County, Mississippi. pin being the same as that re-
1/4) of Section 32, Township ferred to in the Donald R. De-
17 South, Range 18 West, Parcel D Priest deed of record in Deed
Lowndes County, Mississippi A tract of land being located in Book 848, Pages 523-524 of
and more particularly de- the Southeast Quarter (SE ¼) the land records in the Office
scribed as follows: of the Southeast Quarter (SE of the Chancery clerk of
¼) of Section 32, Township 17 Lowndes, Mississippi, and be-
Commencing at an iron pin South, Range 18 West, City of ing described therein as the ini-
marking the intersection of the Columbus, Lowndes County, tial point of beginning of Par-
North right-of-way of a public Mississippi, and more particu- cel 1; thence run North 81 de-
road known as Chubby Drive larly described as follows: grees 44 minutes East along
and the East right-of-way of the north line of said chubby
U.S. Highway No. 45 in the City Commencing at an iron pin Drive a distance of 250.00 feet
of Columbus, Mississippi, said marking the intersection of the to the point of beginning of the
Iron pin being the same as that North right of way line of a city herein described easement;
referred to in the Donald R. De- road known as Chubby Drive from said point of beginning
Priest deed of record in Deed (paved) and the East right of run thence North 08 degrees
Book 848 at Pages 523-524 of way line of U.S. Highway 45; 20 minutes West a distance of
the land records in the office of run thence North 81 degrees 220.0 feet to a point; run
the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes 44 minute East and along the thence North 14 degrees 28
County, Mississippi; run thence North right of way line of minutes East a distance of
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West along the East right-of- feet to a point; run thence thence North 04 degrees 50
way of said U.S. Highway No. North 81 degrees 35 minutes minutes West a distance of
45 a distance of 246.82 feet East and along said North right 260.00 feet to a point; run
to a concrete right-of-way mark- of way a distance of 513.40 thence North 85 degrees 10
er, run thence Northwesterly feet to a point; run thence minutes East a distance of
along a curve and said right-of- North 00 degrees 48 minutes 50.00 feet to a point; run
way the following chord bear- West and along the West right thence South 04 degrees 50
ings: North 07 degrees 33 of way line of said Chubby minutes East a distance of
minutes West - 103.18 feet, Drive a distance of 575.10 feet 268.50 feet to a point; run
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West - 260.00 feet to a point; of the property herein de- minutes West a distance of
run thence North 81 degrees scribed: 139.35 feet to a point; run
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ginning of the herein described point; run thence North 00 de- 81 degrees 44 minutes West
tract; run thence North 24 de- grees 48 minutes West a dis- along said North right-of-way
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tance of 7.0 feet to a point; run on the South right of way of tance of 50.00 feet to the
thence South 85 degrees 00 Bluecutt Road; run thence point of beginning of this ease-
minutes East a distance of South 85 degrees 08 minutes ment.
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thence North 24 degrees 27 of way of Bluecutt Road a dis- PARCEL TWO
minutes East a distance of tance of 250.00 feet to point Commencing at an iron pin
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way of Bluecutt Road a dis- and along said West right of Highway No. 45, Lowndes
tance of 10.6 feet to a point; way of Chubby Drive a dis- County, Mississippi, said iron
run thence South 24 degrees tance of 250.00 feet to the ini- pin being the same as that ref-
27 minutes West a distance of tial point of beginning and con- erenced to in the Donald R. De-
254.25 feet to a point; run taining 1.43 acres, more or Priest deed of record in Deed
thence North 77 degrees 22 less. Book 848, Pages 523-524 of
minutes West a distance of the land records in the office of
16.0 feet to a point; run thence SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO PER- the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
North 85 degrees 00 minutes MANENT (BUT NON-EXCLUSIVE) county, Mississippi; run thence
6B TUESDAY,
Commencing at OCTOBER
an iron pin 20, 2020
This Notice of Sale has been
marking the intersection of the
North right of way line of a city
Legal known
road Notices as Chubby Drive
(paved) and the East right of
way line of U.S. Highway 45;
run thence North 81 degrees
44 minute East and along the
North right of way line of
Chubby Drive a distance of 300
feet to a point; run thence
North 81 degrees 35 minutes
East and along said North right
of way a distance of 513.40
feet to a point; run thence
North 00 degrees 48 minutes
West and along the West right
of way line of said Chubby
Drive a distance of 575.10 feet
to the initial point of beginning
of the property herein de-
scribed:
FROM SAID INITIAL POINT OF
BEGINNING run thence North
85 degrees 08 minutes West a
distance of 250.00 feet to a
point; run thence North 00 de-
grees 48 minutes West a dis-
tance of 250.00 feet to a point
on the South right of way of
Bluecutt Road; run thence
South 85 degrees 08 minutes
East and along said South right
of way of Bluecutt Road a dis-
tance of 250.00 feet to point
of intersection of the South
right of way of Bluecutt Road
and the West right of way of
Chubby Drive; run thence South
00 degrees 48 minutes East
and along said West right of
way of Chubby Drive a dis-
tance of 250.00 feet to the ini-
tial point of beginning and con-
taining 1.43 acres, more or
less.
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO PER-
MANENT (BUT NON-EXCLUSIVE) having claims against said es-
EASEMENTS FOR VEHICULAR
AND OTHER TRAFFIC OVER THE same with the Chancery Clerk
FOLLOWING TWO PARCELS OF of Lowndes County, Missis-
LAND:
PARCEL ONE
Commencing at an iron pin
marking the intersection of the
north right-of-way line of a
paved City of Columbus road
known as Chubby Drive and the
east right-of-way line of U.S.
Highway No. 45, Lowndes
County, Mississippi, said iron
pin being the same as that re-
ferred to in the Donald R. De-
Priest deed of record in Deed
Book 848, Pages 523-524 of
the land records in the Office
of the Chancery clerk of
Lowndes, Mississippi, and be-
ing described therein as the ini- SIPPI
tial point of beginning of Par-
cel 1; thence run North 81 de-
grees 44 minutes East along
the north line of said chubby
Drive a distance of 250.00 feet
to the point of beginning of the CAUSE NO. 2020-0195-JNS
herein described easement;
from said point of beginning
run thence North 08 degrees
20 minutes West a distance of STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
220.0 feet to a point; run
thence North 14 degrees 28
minutes East a distance of
140.94 feet to a point; run
thence North 04 degrees 50
minutes West a distance of
260.00 feet to a point; run
thence North 85 degrees 10
minutes East a distance of
50.00 feet to a point; run
thence South 04 degrees 50
minutes East a distance of
268.50 feet to a point; run
thence South 14 degrees 28
minutes West a distance of
139.35 feet to a point; run
thence South 08 degrees 20
minutes East a distance of
209.94 feet to a point on the
North right-of-way line of said
Chubby Drive; run thence South
81 degrees 44 minutes West
along said North right-of-way
line of Chubby Drive a dis-
tance of 50.00 feet to the
point of beginning of this ease- utrix
ment.
PARCEL TWO
Commencing at an iron pin
marking the intersection of the
North right-of-way line of a
paved city of Columbus street
known as Chubby Drive and the
East right-of-way line of U.S.
Highway No. 45, Lowndes
County, Mississippi, said iron
pin being the same as that ref-
erenced to in the Donald R. De- Customer Service
Priest deed of record in Deed
Book 848, Pages 523-524 of
the land records in the office of
the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
county, Mississippi; run thence
North 81° 44’ East along the
North line of said Chubby Drive
a distance of 250.00 feet to a
point; run thence North 08° 20’
West a distance of 220.00 feet
to a point; run thence North
07° 43’ West a distance of
17.98 feet to the point of be-
ginning of the herein described
easement; run thence North
07° 43’ West a distance of
53.86 feet to a point; run
thence North 65° 37’ East a
distance of 34.83 feet to a
point; run thence South 14°
28’ West a distance of 68.87
feet to a point; run thence
South 81° 41’ West a dis-
tance of 7.36 feet to the point
of beginning and containing
0.03 acre, more or less.
Said property is designated as
tax parcel number
46W200007200, but such
designation is not a part of the
legal description of the prop-
erty sold herein, and in the
event of any discrepancy, the
legal description herein shall
control.
Said sale shall be made for
cash to the highest and best
bidder in cash subject to the
following:
1. Any unpaid taxes against the
property; and
2. Any recorded easements,
conditions, covenants, rights-
of-way or subdivision plats af-
fecting the property; and
3. Any dedication of roads af-
fecting the property and any
governmental zoning and subdi-
vision ordinances or regula-
tions in effect; and
4. Any prior or superior liens, Spreadsheets, Accounts
judgment, deeds of trust or oth-
er interests of record.
Substitute Trustee reserves the Single position in small
right to retain any escrows, re- business with nice atmo-
serves, security deposits, or
other funds or rights to pay-
ment of funds and to apply the Commercial Dispatch
same in accordance with the
terms and provisions of the
Deed of Trust and related docu-
ments.
The right is reserved to ad-
journ the day of sale to anoth-
er day and time certain, without
further publication and in ac-
cordance with law, upon an-
nouncement of said adjourn-
ment on the day and time and
place of sale set forth above.
The failure of any high bidder to
pay the purchase price and
close this sale immediately
shall, at the option of the Trust-
ee, be cause for rejection of
the bid. The proceeds derived
from the sale of the property
will be applied as provided for
in said Deed of Trust and are
made a part hereof as if set
forth verbatim herein. Substi-
tute Trustee shall convey only
such title as is vested in him
as the Substitute Trustee.
This Notice of Sale has been
posted and published in ac-
cordance with Miss. Code Ann.
§ 89-1-55 and any provisions
of the Deed of Trust affecting
same beginning September 29,
2020.
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posted and published in ac-
cordance with Miss. Code Ann.
§Legal Noticesand any provisions
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Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, on the 6th
day of October, 2020. This is
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placing a garage
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COMMUNITY ACROSS
ESTATE SALE 1 Fishing line
185 REEVES DRIVE ADS STARTING AT $12 weight
TURN ACROSS THE 7 Theater unit
STREET FROM TOYOTA Special Notices 11 Dive
OCT 22−26
THUR 10−2, FRI 9−3, 12 Emmy winner
Looking for David E. Yeates
SAT 9−3, SUN 1−4, Anyone knowing the Alan
MON 1−4 whereabouts of David E. 13 Act of taking
This is a massive
estate with a large
Yeates, please contact turns
attorney Chris Leger at 504 15 Release
home and large shop. −534−3255.
There will be everything 16 Shaker
from fine furniture to Travel & Entertainment sprinkle
ratchet sets! This 18 Sign of disuse
BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN home has fine pieces
1BR features tall ceilings, from Henredon and PUBLIC CATFISH POND 21 Citi Field team
exposed brick walls, hard− other high end makers. 130 Hillcrest Dr 22 Casino patron
wood floors, central heat There is Waterford Catfish contest Oct. 1− 24 Sense of self
crystal, Lenox china, 31. $200 for most
and air, walk−in closet and
sterling flatware, weight. $100 for Big 25 Take to court
washer/dryer in the unit.
This apartment is located beautiful rugs, brass Fish. 2 drawings for 26 Bullring cry
right in the heart of accessories, oriental $50 valued prizes. Call 27 Unprovoked weather 22 Hot dog
662−386−8591 for
Columbus, within easy pieces, and so much
details. 29 Blue cheese 3 Squirrel’s holder
more. This is the finest
walking distance of
of the finest. Tons of feature snack 23 Spectrum
restaurants, bars, shops
and the Riverwalk. kitchen pieces including Lost & Found Pets 30 Canada flag 4 Rings out color
$675/month with deposit. cookware and dishes. feature 5 Snowy bird 25 To this time
No pets. Call Peter Washer and Dryer, RED LAB with white spot 31 Boston sym- 6 Tenant’s fee 28 Natural gift
several dining rooms
662−574−1561.
sets, leather furniture,
on his chest & MS State phony 7 Didn’t partici- 29 Mason’s
collar. Lost from Magnolia
fine lamps, and so Cir near Longhorns. Call
32 Powerful pate in material
General Help Wanted much more! Bedroom 662−328−2725. beam 8 Yale rooter 31 Treaty goal
Suits of Every size. 34 Noisy argu- 9 Hoopla 33 Con man’s
Looking for
Books, Records, 8
OFFICE MANAGER needed tracks, tons of MSU ment 10 Shoe shade con
for local Construction com- 40 Before long
pany. Job includes man-
items, and SO MUCH 14 Be of one 34 Nile serpent
a new pet? 41 Thorny shrub mind 35 Singer Rawls
MORE. The shop is the
aging Pay Roll, QuickBooks,
best we have had lately. 42 Fourth-down 16 “Love Story” 36 Great weight
TOOLS, TOOLS, and
Payable & Receivable, Pur- MORE TOOLS! This play writer Erich 37 Drink cubes
chasing & Social Media. house is packed. 43 Just 17 Make amends 38 Gusher’s gush
You’ll find the best deals We do pre sales! DOWN 19 Small porch 39 Opposing
sphere. Mail resume to when you advertise For more info, call
662−321−1261
1 Mud bath site 20 Bridge costs vote
Blind Box 677 c/o The and shop here! or visit us on Facebook. 2 Under the 21 Kitten call
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PO Box 511
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Columbus MS 39703.
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