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ABOVE: From left,
Terringo McCann, Jake
Thomas and Mary
Williams stand in line
to vote at Townsend
Community Center in
South Columbus this
morning. Though each
said they’ve lived —
and voted — in Colum-
bus their whole lives,
both McCann and
Thomas said they’d
rarely seen so many
people at their polling
place. “This is my first
time being in line,”
McCann said. RIGHT:
Donna Morgan, right,
of Starkville, votes
Tuesday morning at
the National Guard
Armory. Morgan said
she took the day off
work but showed up
when polls opened
because “the line
was only going to get
longer.”
Local entrepreneur: Artificial
intelligence could define future warfare
Gary Butler: ‘AI arms race’ has begun
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com
With increased speed, en-
hanced force and lower cost,
the application of artificial
intelligence (AI) on weapons
will define the next genera-
tion of warfare, Gary Butler,
founder of Starkville-based
tech company Camgian Mi-
crosystems, told Starkville
Rotary Club members Mon-
day afternoon.
Butler, a Mississippi na-
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ELECTION DAY Supes grant
incentives for
possible $60M
solar farm
LINK CEO: Estimated
$60M project ‘could be
much larger than that’
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com
For the second
time in nine months,
Lowndes County su-
pervisors have ten-
tatively approved a
fee-in-lieu of taxes
(FILOT) agreement
with a solar power
Higgins
provider.
Supervisors unanimously ap-
proved an agreement with an un-
identified solar power company
on the recommendation of Golden
Triangle Development LINK CEO
Joe Max Higgins during Monday’s
regular board meeting.
The LINK is contracted to lead
industrial recruitment and devel-
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
opment efforts in the area.
Higgins provided few details of
the planned solar farm other than
to say it would be located west of
the county’s Infinity Megasite in
the western part of the county.
Higgins said the fee-in-lieu request
for a $60 million project, the mini-
mum investment to be eligible for
a FILOT, could be substantially
higher.
“(The company) is working its
way through the TVA (Tennessee
Valley Authority) award process
for a contract to provide solar ener-
gy,” Higgins told the supervisors.
See SOLAR FARM, 3A
GTRA offers free
Wi-Fi to K-12
students
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Hainsey: Students must
reserve a workspace in
advance, wear a mask
while at airport
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
Golden Triangle
ment service
to several gov-
the globe, he said. And now,
AI can help humans breach Regional Airport
ernment and Executive Director
tive, has been working on their own limits.
financial agen- Mike Hainsey knew
advanced technology for “Considering today’s ar-
cies. he had to do some-
roughly 20 years, with a senal weapons, they all have
With years thing productive
focus on sensor systems one thing in common. And with his building’s
of experience
and AI-based technologies, that is to say that they are currently unoccu-
researching
according to his LinkedIn all controlled by ‘human in pied space. Hainsey
AI technology Butler
page. Over the years, he has the loop,’ which limits their So, GTRA created what is now
and its military use, Butler
worked on system develop- said the application of the effectiveness in terms of called the SkiFi learning laboratory
ment with the U.S. military technology in weaponry speed, cost, liability, perfor- on the second floor of its terminal
and the Defense Advanced seems the natural step. His- mance and scale,” he said. building to provide free internet ac-
Research Projects Agency torically, inventions such as “... Moving from human in- cess to K-12 students in the Golden
(DARPA). Camgian, which gunpowder, artillery and nu- telligence to machine intel- Triangle from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every
he founded in 2006, has pro- clear bombs have defined the ligence will have a profound weekday.
vided research and develop- geopolitical power around See BUTLER, 3A See GTRA, 6A
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Huge voter turnout expected

despite virus, political rancor
‘Come hell or high water. It feels like that has been
the attitude voters have needed to make sure
their voices are heard this year.’
Kristen Clarke, executive director of the Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
BY CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
AND ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
The Associated Press
The scourge of a global pandem-
ic produced an election season like
no other in the U.S., persuading re-
cord numbers of Americans to cast
their ballots early, forcing states to
make changes to long-established
election procedures and leading to
hundreds of lawsuits over how votes
will be cast and which ballots will be
counted.
Polls were to open Tuesday as
election officials warned that mil-
lions of absentee ballots could slow
the tallies, perhaps for days, in
some key battleground states and
as President Donald Trump threat-
ened legal action to prevent ballots
from being counted after Election
Day.
Amid the tumult, tens of millions
of Americans heeded warnings to
act early, prompted by concerns
over Postal Service delays and
worries about the virus spreading
through crowded polling places.
“Come hell or high water,” said
Kristen Clarke, executive director
of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law. “It feels like that
has been the attitude voters have
needed to make sure their voices
are heard this year.”
At least 98.1 million people voted
before Election Day, or just shy of
71 percent of the nearly 139 million
ballots cast during the 2016 presi-
dential election, according to data
collected by The Associated Press.
Given that a few states, including
Texas, had already exceeded their
total 2016 vote count, experts were
predicting record turnout this year.
Those yet to vote headed to poll-
ing places on Tuesday despite an-
other spike in COVID-19 cases that
has hit much of the country. Among
those braving the polls were voters
who may have wanted to vote by
mail but waited too long to request
a ballot or those who didn’t receive
their ballots in time.
Others were likely persuaded by
the president’s rhetoric attacking
mail voting or who simply preferred
to vote in person. With Democrats
dominating the early vote, Republi-
cans were expected to comprise a
large share of Tuesday’s voting.
In the months leading up to Elec-
tion Day, election officials had to
deal with a pandemic that has infect-
ed more than 9 million Americans
and killed more than 230,000, forc-
ing them to make systemic changes
largely on the fly and mostly without
federal money. Meanwhile, Trump
repeatedly sought to undermine
the election with unsubstantiated
claims of widespread voter fraud.
He has particularly targeted the
crucial battleground state of Penn-
sylvania, after the U.S. Supreme
Court allowed — at least for now
— a three-day extension for receiv-
ing and counting absentee ballots.
Over the weekend, Trump said that
as soon as the polls close there on
Tuesday, “We’re going in with our
lawyers.”
Misinformation about election
procedures, concerns about con-
frontations at the polls and reports
of mail slowdowns also clouded the
run-up to Election Day.
“The eyes of the American pub-
lic and the world are on election
officials as we administer free and
fair elections during this unprec-
edented time,” said New Mexico
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse
Oliver, who also is president of the
National Association of Secretar-
ies of State. “Rest assured, we are
ready. We have coordinated with
all levels of government and are in
constant communication to ensure
a smooth election.”

Polling places are latest front

in battle over face masks
Most states, even ones with broad
mask mandates, are stopping short of
forcing voters to use a face covering
BY ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
The Associated Press
America’s fight over
masks has reached a new
front: polling places.
On Election Day, voters
across the country will
face varying rules about
mask-wearing when they
cast a ballot as officials try
to balance public safety
precautions amid a global
pandemic with the consti-
tutional right to vote.
Most states, even ones
with broad mask man-
dates, are stopping short
of forcing voters to use
a face covering. Instead,
they’re opting for recom-
mendations to wear them
while providing options for
voters who refuse.
“We are asking every-
one at the polls to observe
social distancing inside
and outside of polling plac-
es, and not to create dis-
turbances about wearing
or not wearing face cover-
ings,” said Meagan Wolfe,
chief elections official in
Wisconsin, where a state
mask mandate applies to
poll workers but not vot-
ers.
During the early vot-
ing period, disagreements
over masks occasionally
led to long voting lines
and had election officials
clearing polling sites for
the mask-less or direct-
ing them to stations away
from other machines.
Still, due to the de-
centralized nature of the
country’s voting systems,
rules are different depend-
ing on where ballots are
cast. Some places are tak-
ing harder stances than
others.
In one case that caught
national attention, a Mary-
land man was arrested
after refusing to wear a
mask while trying to vote
last month. He has since
sued his local election
board over the incident.
In Texas, the issue has
wound up in court.
First, Republican Gov.
Greg Abbott carved out
an exception for voting
locations in his statewide
mask mandate issued ear-
lier this year. Then, in re-
sponse to a challenge from
voting rights groups, a
federal judge ordered that
masks must be worn inside
polling sites. That deci-
sion was quickly reversed
by an appeals court.
Despite the legal back
her order specifically says
“no individual shall be de-
and forth, at least some
Texas elections admin-
nied ingress or egress to
or from a polling place for
istrators had chosen not failure to wear a facial cov-
to enforce the short-lived ering or mask.”
polling station mask man-
date.
Wendy Weiser, director
of the democracy program
at the Brennan Center for
Justice, said governments
should be able to require
masks at polling places
during the coronavirus
pandemic.
“Despite the few at-
tempts to challenge mask
requirements in court,
there is no question that it
is well within the legal au-
thority of states and locali-
ties to require masks to be
worn at polling places —
both as a matter of public
health and as a reasonable
regulation of the election
process,” she said.
With Election Day
looming, most places have
settled on a strategy of
strongly encouraging vot-
ers to wear masks. Their
message is that abiding
by widely accepted health
guidelines will protect poll
workers and other voters.
In Atlanta, Mayor Keis-
ha Lance Bottoms over the
weekend signed an exten-
sion of measures designed
to limit the spread of the
virus, including a mask
mandate in the city. But

Tradition: 2 New Hampshire towns cast votes after midnight

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DIXVILLE NOTCH,
N.H. — Two tiny New
Hampshire communities
that vote for president
just after the stroke of
midnight on Election Day
have cast their ballots,
with one of them marking
60 years since the tradi-
tion began.
The results in Dixville
Notch, near the Canadian
border, were a sweep for
former Vice President Joe
Biden who won the town’s
five votes. In Millsfield, 12
miles (20 kilometers) to
the south, President Don-
ald Trump won 16 votes to
Biden’s five.
Normally, there would
be a big food spread and a
lot of media crammed into
a small space to watch
the voting, Tom Tillot-
son, town moderator in
Dixville Notch, said last
week. But that’s no longer
possible because of the
coronavirus pandemic.
It’s also hard to observe
the 60th anniversary of
the tradition, which start-
ed in November 1960.
“Sixty years — and un-
fortunately, we can’t cele-
brate it,” he said.
A third community
with midnight voting,
Hart’s Location, suspend-
ed the tradition this elec-
tion because of coronavi-
rus concerns. It decided
to hold voting from 11
a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The White Mountains
town started the early
voting in 1948 to accom-
modate railroad workers
who had to be at work be-
fore normal voting hours.
It eventually stopped in
1964 and brought it back
in 1996.
The communities also
vote just after midnight
for New Hampshire’s first-
in-the-nation presiden-
tial primary, which was
on Feb. 11. That almost
didn’t happen this year
in Dixville Notch, when
one person moved away,
leaving the remaining
four residents one short
of the minimum needed
to handle various election
responsibilities. That was
fixed when a developer
working on renovations of
the now-closed Balsams
resort, where the voting
tradition began, moved in.
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Oktibbeha mask mandate ends Campaign attire

after split supervisors vote banned at Mississippi
Roberson: ‘Regardless
polls, masks suggested
you’re doing,” Wil- tic dogs, livestock or poultry.”

of whether there’s a
government mandate,
do the right thing’
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Oktibbeha County no longer re-
quires protective face coverings,
proven to curb the spread of the
COVID-19 coronavirus, at coun-
ty-owned buildings and social gath-
erings outside the Starkville city
limits.
District 3 Supervisor Marvell
Howard left Monday’s board meet-
ing early, and the remaining super-
visors’ vote to continue the mask
mandate was split 2-2, with Orlan-
do Trainer of District 2 and Joe
Williams of District 5 in favor and
Bricklee Miller of District 4 and
Board President John Montgomery
of District 1 against. The mandate
had been in place since July 7 but
expired Monday.
Since the motion was to renew
a measure set to expire, a majority
vote was required to extend it.
Montgomery has said at previ-
ous meetings that wearing masks
should be left up to the individual.
Williams and Trainer both said
Monday that ending the mask man-
date was “a big mistake.”
“I don’t think you realize what
liams said.
Board attorney
Rob Roberson, a Re-
publican who rep-
resents Starkville
in the state House
of Representatives,
contracted and recov- Williams
ered from COVID-19 over the sum-
mer. He told the board Monday he
will continue to wear a mask.
“If you feel uncomfortable and
if you (are around)
people who are old-
er, wear your mask,”
Roberson said. “Re-
gardless of whether
there’s a government
mandate, do the right
thing and protect the
people that you love.” Roberson
The supervisors
voted 4-0 to renew the county’s cur-
few, which runs from midnight to 4
a.m., for another two weeks. They
first enacted it Sept. 8 to discourage
large parties as the pandemic con-
tinues.
They also unanimously approved
changes to the county ordinance
pertaining to vicious dogs in light
of recent dog attacks on both hu-
mans and farm animals in the Ma-
ben area. The ordinance defines a
“vicious dog” as one “with a known
propensity, tendency or disposition
to attack, when unprovoked, to
cause injury or otherwise endanger
the safety of human beings, domes-
Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Of-
fice is responsible for enforcing the
ordinance, and vicious dog cases
are adjudicated in Oktibbeha Coun-
ty Justice Court.
The court is allowed to order
the dog to be euthanized if it is in
fact vicious. If the court finds the
owner unfit to own an animal, the
dog will be “permanently forfeited
and released to (the) city animal
shelter, Oktibbeha County Humane
Society, or other appropriate enti-
ty to be euthanized or rehomed as
deemed necessary,” according to
the ordinance.
The court is also allowed to ap-
point a “temporary custodian,” like-
ly a veterinarian or the Oktibbeha
County Humane Society, for an an-
imal that is believed to be vicious
and seized by law enforcement.
Additionally, the board unani-
mously passed an ordinance to col-
lect unpaid garbage bills. It voted
unanimously in December to bill
property owners instead of renters
for garbage collection services, and
the property owner is ultimately re-
sponsible for paying a garbage bill
even if the previous owner or renter
did not pay it.
The new policy will allow anyone
with a delinquent garbage bill to
pay 25 percent up front and make
regular payments to finish off the
rest of the debt, and they can still
purchase a car tag as long as their
payments are on schedule.
‘We are focusing on having a clean
and safe precinct environment’
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi’s top elections of-
ficial is reminding people not to wear campaign
clothing when they go to vote, because that is
banned by state law.
Secretary of State Michael Watson said the
state also prohibits people from campaigning for
or against candidates or issues within 150 feet (45
meters) of polling places. And, he said, people are
not allowed to take photos of their own ballots.
Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Tuesday. People
who are already in line at 7 p.m. Election Day are
allowed to stay and vote, Watson said.
In addition to the presidential race, the Missis-
sippi ballot has races for the U.S. House and Sen-
ate and state Supreme Court positions. The ballot
also has competing proposals that would legalize
medical marijuana and a proposal to eliminate
an electoral college-type provision that’s used
in electing the governor and other statewide of-
ficials.
Mississippi voters will also get to vote yes or
no on a proposed design for a new state flag that
features a magnolia encircled by stars and the
phrase, “In God We Trust.” The flag election is
happening months after legislators retired the
last state flag in the U.S. that included the Con-
federate battle emblem that’s broadly condemned
as racist.
Poll workers in the state are required to wear
masks as a precaution against COVID-19, Wat-
son said. He said voters are not required to wear
masks, but he strongly encourages them to do so,
anyway, to protect themselves and others.
“We are focusing on having a clean and safe

Solar farm
Continued from Page 1A
“What they want to know
is that if TVA awards the
contract, y’all will give
them a fee-in-lieu on the
project.”
At $60 million, the
company’s fee-in-lieu
would generate $118,000
annually for the county
and $140,000 for Lown-
des County School Dis-
trict during the 10-year
FILOT agreement. That
amounts to roughly one-
third of what full tax-
es would be during the
agreement period.
“But, again, the proj-
ect could be larger than
that,” Higgins empha-
sized.
Higgins said the com-
pany is not asking the
county for any infrastruc-
ture investments.
“They’re not asking
y’all to contribute any
money for water, sewer,
roads or anything like
that,” he said. “This is
a notice of intent that if
they come back with a
contract with TVA and
ask for a fee-in-lieu, y’all
will give it to them.”
Higgins reminded su-
pervisors they had twice
previously approved ten-
tative FILOT agreements
with solar power provid-
ers, most recently in Feb-
ruary.
Supervisors passed an
intent to provide a FILOT
to Florida-based Origis
Energy for a $200 mil-
lion solar farm located on
1,900 acres west of the In-
finity site. The company
has since been awarded a
contract and is expected
to start producing energy
by fall 2022.
Once the project is
completed, Origis will
request a fee-in-lieu
agreement based on the
precinct environment,” Watson said Monday.
Mississippi allows curbside voting for people
who have disabilities and for those who have been
diagnosed with COVID-19 or are showing symp-
toms of it.
county’s intent resolution
Several counties have moved precincts this
passed in February.
year. Watson said people can check their precinct
Higgins said the same
conditions would apply af- location by calling the local circuit clerk or by go-
ter Monday’s decision but ing to the secretary of state’s yallvote.ms website.
did not provide any idea
of when the project, if ap-
proved by TVA, would be
completed.
In other business, the
board voted unanimous-
ly to extend the county’s
face mask mandate until
Dec. 15. The county’s
mask mandate, which
was first put in place in
late July, was extended
in October and was set to
expire on Nov. 11.

Butler
Continued from Page 1A
impact and effect on the
future development of
military systems.”
To showcase the pow-
er of AI, Butler present-
ed club members with a
video of an AI solving a
Rubik’s Cube. With four
robotic arms turning the
cube at high speed, the
AI completed the process
within roughly a second.
Similarly, compared
to human-operated weap-
ons, AI-based and un-
manned weapons can car-
ry out the same mission
within much less time,
Butler said. They also
strike with increased ac-
curacy and force, he said,
and at the same time, the
application of such tech-
nology is rather inexpen-
sive.
“We’ve seen the cost
of computing come down
at a radical pace,” he said.
“Now likewise, with AI,
the transition from hu-
man intelligence to ma-
chine intelligence will
follow a very similar path
of cost and adoption. …
That cost will come down
and its adoption will also
scale.”
Countries around the
world are developing AI-
based technologies for
military use, Butler said.
In the United States, such
technologies have been
used in Iraq and Syria,
and further research is
underway, according to a
Congressional Research
Service report in August.
“It’s really about speed
and force,” Butler said of
the power of AI. “We can
have one … man pilot, we
can have 10, 15, 20 un-
manned drones that are
flying in squadrons with
him.”
Other countries are
selling the technologies
to adversarial countries
to the U.S., Butler said.
China, he said, has devel-
oped an unmanned air-
craft named “Blowfish”
and is selling the weapon
to countries in the Middle deployed on vehicles and
East. small units and also in
“It’s an autonomous full-operating bases.”
helicopter that’s like a The importance of AI
drone that is armed with technology, Butler said,
different forms of muni- cannot be underestimat-
tions. … And when these ed.
systems are combined in “AI is the next revolu-
swarms, such technolo- tion in warfare and will
gies can be, as you could define the future balance
imagine, quite formida- of geopolitical power in
ble on the battlefield,” the world,” he said. “The
he said. “... Today, one AI arms race has most
of the most pressing na- certainly begun.”
tional security issues is
the emergence of lethal
autonomous drones used
against U.S. forces oper-
ating overseas.”
To counter AI-based
attacks, Butler said he is
currently working on a
defensive system that can
“detect, track, ID, assess,
defeat” in milliseconds.
“We are actually on
schedule to deploy our
first version of this sys-
tem overseas for opera-
tional testing,” he said.
“(These systems) will be

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SLIMANTICS
A vote for the future honors the past
By the time
you read this, you
may have already
voted in this year’s
election. If you ha-
ven’t, what are you
waiting for? Polls
are open until 7
p.m., so it’s not too
late to exercise your
right to vote, thus
fulfilling an import-
ant obligation of Slim Smith
citizenship.
While all presidential
elections are historic, this
year’s election seems to have
taken on a heightened sense of
urgency. With more than 100
million votes cast by early-vot-
ing and absentee-voting before
the polls opened this morning,
this year’s election is projected
to have the highest voter turn-
out, by percentage of eligible
voters, since 1908.
But it is another presidential
election I am think- that women were “given” the were prevented from voting Another possible site, he
ing of today. right to vote, of course. Better through intimidation and laws said, is the monument located
One hundred stated, women “won” the right such as poll taxes and literacy on Catfish Alley, which bears
years ago, on Nov. to vote in a 74-year fight for suf- tests. the names of many Black lead-
2, 1920, something frage. The women who initiat- In thinking about the tribute ers of the era, men and women
happened in Missis- ed that fight did not live to see to Susan B. Anthony in New who stood strong in the face of
sippi and 27 other it completed. The women who York, I wondered if we here in attempts to suppress Black vot-
states that had nev- saw it pass were not born when Columbus could begin a sim- ing and participation in their
er happened before: the fight began. ilar tradition, acknowledging government.
Women voted in the Each year, women in Roch- those who fought for Black vot- So, if you happen past Cat-
election, something ester, New York, pay homage to ing rights in our community. fish Alley this afternoon, you’ll
made possible by one of the pioneers of the Suf- I asked MSMS history notice at least one “I Voted”
the ratification of frage Movement. On election teacher Chuck Yarborough, sticker on the monument.
the 19th Amend- day, women visit the grave site who has become the city’s I can’t think of anything
ment to the Constitution in of Susan B. Anthony to place unofficial historian of Black that would better honor their
August of that year. their “I Voted” stickers on her history in Columbus, for his memory.
While women in 20 states headstone. thoughts on what would be a So vote, if you haven’t
were allowed to vote prior to As we know, the passage of suitable place. already.
1920, the election was the first the 19th Amendment did not He said there are two And if you’re wondering
time women in all of the then- create universal suffrage. For notable gravesites at Sandfield what to do with that “I Voted”
48 states were “given” the right Black citizens, the fight contin- Cemetery — those of Sen. sticker you were handed as you
to vote. Of 27 million women ued another 45 years after the Robert Gleed and Rep. Jesse left the polls, I hope you’ll join
who were suddenly eligible to 1920 election. The passage of F. Bouden — both of whom me in a visit to Catfish Alley.
vote, nine million cast their the Voting Rights Act of 1965 served in the state legislature Slim Smith is a columnist
votes in the 1920 presidential restored voting privileges to between the end of the Civil and feature writer for The
election. Black citizens, especially in the War and the end of Reconstruc- Dispatch. His email address is
It is a misnomer to say Jim Crow South, where Blacks tion. ssmith@cdispatch.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Believes administration’s poor handling of
pandemic should guide votes
On Election Day — and the advent of peak flu
season – here are the most critical numbers to
think about in my opinion.
231,003 — the number of people who have died
of COVID-19 through Sunday, 11/1/20, according
to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus
Resource Center website.
99,784 — the number of new Covid-19 infec-
tions reported Friday, 10/30 — the highest num-
ber of new cases reported in a day yet for the US.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evalua-
tion (IHME) at the University of Washington is
currently projecting the number of COVID-19
deaths to reach 258,940 by Thanksgiving, No-
vember 26th.
With that in mind I went back to some letters
I wrote in the past that contained IHME projec-
tions to compare those projections to the number
of deaths that were actually observed. I found 3
such projections I could check. I list them below,
first the date of the projection followed by the
date the projection was for, the forecast number
of deaths, and the actual number of deaths by that
date:
n 4/2/20; forecast deaths by 4/7: 12,500;
actual: 15,377
n 4/2/20; forecast deaths by 8/4: 81,000;
actual: 157,131
n 7/1/20; forecast deaths by 10/1: 175,000;
actual: 206,734
n 8/7/20; forecast deaths by 12/1: 295,000;
actual: unknown
Every single forecast I have listed has been
conservative. That is, it has underestimated the
actual number later seen, and in the case of the THE NATION
8/4/20 forecast, significantly lower than what
actually occurred.
One more number: the forecast for January
20, 2021, Inauguration Day, is 372,031. My guess
is that one will be low as well, perhaps very low,
Can a disintegrating America come together?
Today’s election is an Yet, even after the rate identities?
considering that it will occur right smack in the
us-versus-them choice most divisive elections In tearing down the statues
middle of flu season.
unlike any other, for of the post-war era — of explorers such as Christopher
It is possible to do better — as many countries
the issues in dispute 1952 and 1968 — the Columbus or the Founding Fathers
in the Pacific region of the world demonstrate.
are broader and deeper country pulled back and their successor presidents,
Taiwan, for example, has had only 563 cases total,
than ever before. together. President from Andrew Jackson to Abraham
with only 7 deaths for the entire year, despite
And those issues Dwight Eisenhower, Lincoln to Teddy Roosevelt and
neighboring China, the virus’ epicenter.
raise questions: No mat- from 1952 to 1956, and Woodrow Wilson, the contempt for
Obviously, we could do better. This administra-
ter who wins, can this Richard Nixon, from the country these men helped to
tion, led by President Trump, rejecting the advice
nation come together 1968 to 1972, restored bring into being, and for what this
of qualified scientists like Dr. Fauci in favor of
again? And if it cannot unity to the nation country stands for today, is mani-
Dr. Atlas — who, while a doctor, has little to no
— a real possibility — during their first terms fest.
expertise in this area. Incumbent Mississippi Patrick J. Buchanan by ending the Asian
what form will America A significant slice of America’s
senatorial candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith supports
take as it disintegrates? wars into which their young believes that the nation to
the current administration nearly 100 percent of
Even as voters were mailing in predecessors had taken the nation. which they belong was detestable
the time. Please consider voting for her opponent,
ballots in the millions, stores in our New leadership ended the wars from its birth, and that the Western
former Mississippi Representative and Secretary
great cities were being boarded up and brought the United States civilization from which it sprang is
of Agriculture, Mike Espy, as one who will vote
against rioters, looters and arson- together. not worth saving.
responsibly in the interests of all Mississippians.
ists. The difference today? In his farewell address, Presi-
Paul Mack
Suburban residents, fearful that Americans are not divided over dent Ronald Reagan spoke of the
Columbus
the urban mobs may one day be war. One of Trump’s successes has America where he was raised and
coming for them, were stockpiling been to keep us out of new wars, which he cherished:
Response to David Chism’s support of new guns and ammunition. even if he has not yet extracted us “The hope of human freedom
state flag How divided are we? from the wars he inherited. — the quest for it, the achievement
An opinion like this is obviously why he wasn’t The New York Times “Sunday Today, we are divided over of it — is the American saga. And
elected. Someday soon politicians will learn to lis- Review” devoted its entire section ideology, morality, culture, race I’ve often recalled one group of
ten to the Mississippi citizens and not big money to Donald Trump, as seen from and history. We are divided over early settlers making a treacherous
outsiders. Many more will find themselves out of the eyes of its columnists. On the whether America is the great crossing of the Atlantic on a small
office in the near future for decisions they made cover page of the Review ran the nation we were raised to revere ship when their leader, a minister,
on our state flag. Vote “No” on this fat cat politi- headline, “All 15 of our columnists and love or a nation born in great noted that perhaps their venture
cian rag on the ballot! The Let MS vote referen- explain what the past four years sins and crimes — such as the near would fail and they would become
dum is coming, and we’ll restore our true peo- have cost America, and what’s at annihilation of indigenous peoples a byword, a footnote to history.
ple-approved state flag to its place of prominence. stake in this election.” and their cultures and the enslave- But perhaps, too, with God’s help,
Joe Young Each of the 15 trashed Trump ment of hundreds of thousands of they might also found a new world,
Lowndes County from his or her perspective. Black peoples from Africa. a city upon a hill, a light unto the
Since World War II, America Are we the nation of 1776 and nations.”
A letter to the editor is an excellent way to has held elections where the coun- 1789, or the nation of 1619, whose How many Americans still
participate in your community. We request the tone try seemed at sword’s point. Not institutions are still infected with believe what Reagan believed?
of your letters be constructive and respectful and all were like 1960, where scholar the “systemic racism” of our birth? How many yet see America as “a
the length be limited to 450 words. We reserve the Arthur Schlesinger Jr., felt com- In this divided country, at times, city upon a hill, a light unto the
right to edit letters for clarity, grammar and length. pelled to write the book, “Kenne- Americans seem to detest each nations”?
While commentary on national issues is always dy or Nixon: Does It Make Any other. Patrick J. Buchanan, a nationally
welcome, we limit candidate endorsements to one Difference?” Indeed, if the United States did syndicated columnist, was a senior
per letter-writer. We welcome all letters emailed to Schlesinger felt he had to ex- not exist as one nation, would this advisor to presidents Richard Nixon,
voice@cdispatch.com or mailed to The Dispatch, plain that despite the similarity of diverse people ever agree to form Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
Attn: Letters to the Editor, PO Box 511, Columbus, the candidates, both in their 40s, it a compact to come together, or His website is http://buchanan.org/
MS 39703-0511. made a difference who was elected. would we seek to retain our sepa- blog.

‘Raw exposed nerves’: Anxious
nation awaits Election Day
‘I just can’t wait until the whole thing
is over. And I think it’s long from
over, even after Tuesday. There’s just
so much anxiety.’
58-year-old Detroit voter Diane Spiteri
BY CLAIRE GALOFARO
AP National Writer
WARREN, Mich. —
She could have dropped
her ballot at the post of-
fice, but she wasn’t sure if
she should trust the mail.
She considered slipping it
into the secured box out-
side City Hall, but what if
something happened? A
fire maybe.
This year has deliv-
ered so many shocks
that anything seemed
possible. So 58-year-old
Diane Spiteri trudged up
three flights of steps to
place her absentee ballot
straight into the hands
of the clerk in this battle-
ground suburb of Detroit.
As the traditional Elec-
tion Day closes in, Amer-
icans are exhausted from
constant crises, on edge
because of volatile politi-
cal divisions and anxious
about what will happen
Control of Senate at stake
as Trump’s allies face Democrats
Securing the Senate majority will be
vital for the winner of the presidency,
as senators confirm administration
nominees and can propel or stall the
White House agenda
BY LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON — Trump and Democratic
Control of the Senate is a
razor-close proposition in
Tuesday’s election, as Re-
publicans fight to retain
their majority against a
surge of Democratic can-
didates confronting the
president’s allies across a
vast political map.
Both parties see paths
to victory, and the out-
come might not be known
on election night.
From New England
to the Deep South, the
Midwest to the Mountain
West, Republican sena-
tors are defending seats
in states once considered
long shots for Democrats.
Washington’s handling of
the COVID-19 crisis, the
economic fallout and the
nation’s uneasy mood are
all on the ballot. Stunning
amounts of cash have been
flowing to Democrats
from millions of Amer-
icans apparently voting
with their pocketbooks;
Republicans are tapping
next. Their agony is not in
deciding between Pres-
ident Donald Trump or
his Democratic challeng-
er, Joe Biden. Most made
that choice long ago. In-
stead, voters arriving in
record numbers to cast
early ballots say basic
democratic foundations
feel brittle: Will their vote
count? Will the loser ac-
cept the result? Will the
winner repair a sick and
unsettled nation?
“I just can’t wait until
the whole thing is over.
And I think it’s long from
over, even after Tuesday.
There’s just so much anx-
iety,” said Spiteri, who
voted last week for Biden.
“I am hoping that there
wasn’t too much damage
done in the last four years
that it can’t be undone.”
Here in Macomb Coun-
ty and across the country,
some have obsessively
deep-pocketed donors to
shore up GOP senators.
President Donald
presidential nominee Joe
Biden swooped in on key
states important to the
Senate as they propelled
their own campaigns in a
final stretch.
Securing the Senate
majority will be vital for
the winner of the presi-
dency. Senators confirm
administration nominees,
including the Cabinet,
and can propel or stall
the White House agenda.
With Republicans now
controlling the chamber,
53-47, three or four seats
will determine party con-
trol, depending on who
wins the presidency be-
cause the vice president
can break a tie.
“Let’s run through the
tape,” said Senate Ma-
jority Leader Mitch Mc-
Connell, making a final
campaign swing Monday
in Kentucky as he faces
Democratic former fight-
er pilot Amy McGrath.
McConnell said he
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 5A
tracked polls to soothe
their nerves, or bought
About 7 in 10 voters
say they are anxious
guns, or researched mov-
ing abroad, or retreated
about the election, an AP-
NORC poll found. Biden
to a cabin in the woods.
Tension has ratcheted up,
supporters were more
likely than Trump voters
as each side believes the to be nervous — 72 per-
other is threatening to cent to 61 percent.
usher in the end of Amer- But Trump’s support-
ica as we know it. ers, too, said they feel a
“Our country is in a sense of dread. The pres-
state of chaos,” said Ro- ident has warned that
berta Henderson, as she if he loses crime would
deposited her ballot in
consume the streets and
Sterling Heights, Michi-
freedom would buckle
gan. She voted Trump in
under political correct-
2016. But she grew tired
of his divisiveness. This ness.
“If we let that other
time, she voted for Biden.
guy in, all hell is going
A nation already uncer-
to break loose,” said Dan
tain about its future amid
Smith, 53, in Norfolk,
a worsening pandemic
Virginia. He’s supporting
and a national reckoning
on racism is now contem- Trump because he’s con-
plating the added threat cerned about “law and
of clashes in the wake of order.”
Election Day.
In Texas, vehicles fes-
tooned with Trump flags
swarmed a Biden cam-
paign bus. Weeks ago,
a group of men were ar-
rested for allegedly plot-
ting to kidnap Michigan’s
Democratic governor.
Gun sales have skyrock-
eted. Trump refused to
promise a peaceful trans-
fer of power.
hoped to remain the Re-
publican majority leader
alongside Trump. But he
acknowledged the tough
Senate races could flip
control to the Democrats.
“Obviously, that depends
on what happens,” he said.
The campaigns are
competing across an ex-
pansive Senate map as
Democrats put Republi-
cans on defense deep into
Trump country.
What started as a lop-
sided election cycle with
Republicans defending 23
Senate seats, compared
with 12 for Democrats,
quickly became a starker
referendum on the presi-
dent and his party.
Some of the nation’s
most well-known senators
are in the fights of their
political lives.
In South Carolina,
Democrat Jaime Harrison
is trying to topple GOP
Sen. Lindsey Graham,
one of the president’s top
allies.
The two crisscrossed
the state in a rush of final
campaigning, Graham
acknowledging the tight
contest after Harrison
raised a whopping $100
million by October, an un-
heard-of sum for the state.
The senator, making TV
appeals for cash, said he,
too, hit the $100 million
mark over the weekend.
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Health
HEALTH TIP
n Eat from smaller plates: It has been proven that the size of your dinnerware can affect how much you eat. Eating from a
large plate can make your portion look smaller, while eating from a small plate can make it look bigger. Studies have supported
this and shown that people tend to eat as much as 30 percent more when their food is served in a large bowl or on a large plate.
Also, if you don’t realize that you’re eating more than usual, you will not compensate by eating less at the next meal. By eating
from smaller dinnerware, you can trick your brain into thinking that you’re eating more, making yourself less likely to overeat.
Source: www.healthline.com

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

Protecting your tween
from cyberbullying
“Enola Holmes” star Millie
Bobby Brown, now 16, was
cyberbullied while appearing
in “Stranger Things.” Her first
season, she was only 12 and
by 14 she had to shut down her
Twitter account to escape the
abuse. Recently she wrote: “...
the inaccuracy, inappropriate
comments, sexualization and
unnecessary insults ... ulti-
mately have resulted in pain
and insecurity for me. But not
ever will I be defeated.”
Bravo! But tweens aren’t
always able to find the strength
to deal with cyberbullying.
According to a Tween Cyber-
bullying 2020, new report
from Cartoon Network and the
Cyberbullying Research Cen-
ter, online abuse is a growing
problem for younger kids now
that 21 percent of 9-year-olds
and 68 percent of 12-year-olds
have an inter- ed, to give Walks,” it seemed absurdly to increase upper body engage-
net-enabled unequivocal funny. But he just might have ment and calorie burn.
smartphone. support, find been onto something. A daily 3. Do meditative walking.
The report out what your walking routine can get boring Focus on your breathing — a
found 15 per- child wants to — and when you’re bored, it’s count of four to inhale, count of
cent of tweens do about it and harder to stick to your workout eight, slowly, to exhale. Or try
have witnessed offer sugges- schedule. mindful walking. Notice the
cyberbullying; tions for stop- Before exploring how to feel of the air on your skin, lis-
6 percent have ping it from make daily walk-ercise more ten to the wind in the trees. Let
been cyber- happening. fun, here’s why you want to thoughts enter your mind and
bullied many Visit these keep on walking the walk: It drift away. Don’t do these while
times; 8.5 websites lowers lousy LDL cholesterol simultaneously doing Nos. 1
percent report Drs. Oz and Roizen levels, helps control blood sug- or 2! If you add 15 minutes of
together for
being cyber- info on how ar, blood pressure and stress, these calming techniques at
bullied once to proceed: and reduces your risk for car- the end of a walk, however,
or twice. Among kids who’ve stopbullying.gov; National diovascular disease, diabetes you’ll cool down and cool out.
been targets, nearly 70 percent Bullying Prevention Center at and depression. Plus you burn 4. For more tips, check out
say it negatively impacted pacer.org/bullying; and the Cy- calories and build muscle. sharecare.com and search,
their self-esteem. Almost berbullying Research Center at So here’s how to put some “How can I make my exercise
one-third said it affected their cyberbullying.org. pep in your steps: less boring?”
friendships, 13.1 percent said 1. Try interval walking: 30 Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of
it affected their physical health seconds to three minutes of “The Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roi-
and 6.5 percent said it impact- Walk this way ... walking quickly with three zen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer
ed schoolwork. and that way to five minutes of walking at and Chair of Wellness Institute
The report urges parents to When John Cleese high- a regular pace repeated over at Cleveland Clinic. To live your
open up a dialogue with their stepped across the TV screen the course of your 30 to 60+ healthiest, tune into “The Dr. Oz
tweens about the issue, and if in a “Monty Python” sketch minute walk. Show” or visit www.sharecare.
they find their child is affect- called “The Ministry of Silly 2. Use Nordic walking poles com.

HEALTH BRIEF
NMHS upgrades wired,
wireless networks
North Mississippi
Health Services recently
upgraded the wired and
wireless networks at
all six of its community
hospitals to enhance
care for COVID-19 and
other patients, thanks to
CARES Act Provider Re-
lief Funds from the U.S.
Department of Health
and Human Services.
The project, which
totaled more than $2.5
million, will enable the
community hospitals to:
Reduce the use of
personal protective
equipment (PPE). When
it is not necessary for
the nurse to enter a
COVID-19 patient’s
room, he or she can
communicate via video
with the patient from the
nurses’ desk or hallway.
This limits the use of
PPE which has been
in short supply during
the pandemic. Both the
patient and the nurse
have a robust audio-video
experience.
Provide specialty con-
sultation. Patients who
are less acutely ill with
COVID-19 can remain
at community hospi-
tals rather than being
transferred to NMMC in
Tupelo. The doctors car-
ing for them can consult
through video telehealth
with specialists (such as
pulmonologists, cardiol-
ogists, nephrologists and
others).
Enhance the quality
and dependability of ER-
to-ER video consultation.
This technology will
enhance collaboration
among providers in Tu-
pelo and community hos-
pitals to improve access
to health care providers
throughout our region
and avoid unnecessary
transports.
Provide routine
rounding. Hospitalists
at NMMC hospitals can
make virtual rounds on
COVID-19 patients to
enhance access to phy-
sicians where and when
needed.
Provide specialty con-
sultation into the nursing
homes. To limit exposure
of nursing home resi-
dents to COVID-19 and
other transmissible ill-
nesses, patients can have
video visits with their
health care provider.
NMHS’ Information
Technology Services
staff has worked on an
unprecedented timeline
to complete the upgrades
and installation of video
devices in a record two
months. The last hospital
upgrade was completed
Sept. 30. Nurses and
physicians are now being
Tell your child a bedtime story.
trained in the use of the
telehealth technology.

GTRA
Continued from Page 1A
Monday was the labo-
ratory’s first day in oper-
ation and it is expected to
run through the spring.
GTRA had additional
space after it expanded
with a second terminal
in February, but after
enduring months of the
COVID-19 pandemic,
traffic at the airport is
now down 65 percent,
Hainsey said.
With students across
the Golden Triangle uti-
lizing virtual learning
options during the pan-
demic, Hainsey wanted
to put the extra space to
effective use.
“We have a lot of open
space,” Hainsey said.
“We were reading stories
about kids that were sit-
ting outside of McDon-
ald’s to pick up internet so
they could go to school.
It just felt like the right
thing to do to provide
them a comfortable, safe
place to study.”
Up to 15 students can
use the laboratory at a
time. A mask must be
worn and social distanc-
ing protocols will be in
place. Students can re-
serve a workspace by
going online to https://
www.picktime.com/gtra,
or by calling the admin-
istrative office, with walk
ins also welcome. All stu-
dents under 16 must al-
ways have an adult over 21
stay with them and each
desk will be cleaned after
will also be provided.
“They’ll sign in and
we’ll reserve the desk
for them,” Hainsey said.
“They can call in too. My
wife laughed at me when
I said, ‘We ought to have
them reserve it online.’
She said, ‘They can’t get
online.’ But they can call
in or reserve it for anoth-
er day. It will guarantee
them to have a spot.”
Part of the airport’s
February expansion was
increasing its internet
from 20 megabytes per
second to 100 megabytes
per second, so Hainsey
thought GTRA had the
bandwidth needed al-
ready in place to support
the project. The total
cost of the SkiFi learning
laboratory was less than
$1,000, Hainsey said, and
was used from the air-
port’s operating budget
to purchase pads, pens
and other miscellaneous
items.
Superintendents at
Columbus Municipal and
Lowndes County school
districts are already
thrilled about the oppor-
tunity this will provide for
their students.
“Anything like that
which will help out kids
especially during this
time is great,” Lowndes
County School District
Superintendent Sam Alli-
son said. “Obviously, this
is a more rural area, so
I’m not yet sure how many
advantage of it, but I sure
hope that they will.”
Because LCSD is doing
both in-person and virtu-
al learning, Allison said
part of the agreement re-
quired from families who
opted for virtual learning
was contingent on having
reliable internet access
to complete coursework.
But he said early in the
fall semester he heard
from some students their
internet access wasn’t as
reliable as they initially
thought, so the laboratory
could provide a more help-
ful connectivity option.
“Because of the loca-
tion, I think this could re-
ally help the West Lown-
des schools,” Allison said.
“It would be the closest
for them, so that’s my first
thought.”
Columbus Municipal
School District Superin-
tendent Cherie Labat said
she’s thrilled her students
also have another option
for internet access.
“I think it’s a great
initiative that students
can schedule a time to go
online. I’m glad they’re
accommodating both
our younger and older
students,” Labat said.
“Anything that gives our
students additional con-
nectivity and therefore
gives back to the com-
munity is a great thing.
We’re excited about the
initiative and hope some
of our students can take

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How MSU educated its football team ahead of Election Day

BY BEN PORTNOY appointed in anybody
bportnoy@cdispatch.com who doesn’t,” he said.
“I’m glad we got (the
STARK VILLE — If team) registered, and
Mike Leach had his way, gave some, literally, an
everyone in the United education process on
States would vote Tues- how it’s done.”
day. On Sept. 16, the
Speaking with the NCA A announced that
media Monday ahead of the Division I council
Election Day — a day approved a measure that
in which the NCA A has would prohibit practic-
mandated programs es, competitions and
can’t hold practices or other “countable athlet-
organized activities — ically related activities”
Leach was queried on on the first Tuesday af-
what it’s been like see- ter Nov. 1 every year, to
ing the recent run of vot- ensure student athletes
er registration not only have the opportunity to
nationwide, but within partake in Election Day.
his own program.
The legislation was
“I think everybody brought to the council
should vote and I’m dis- by the Division I Stu-
dent-Athlete Advisory
Committee as a way to
increase opportunities
for athletes to partic-
ipate in civic engage-
ment, including voting
and community service.
“The Council unani-
mously supports this im-
portant piece of legisla-
tion,” Council chair and
University of Pennsylva-
nia Athletic Director M.
Grace Calhoun said in a
news release. “Coming
from Division I SA AC,
we know it represents
the voice of student-ath-
letes across the country
who continue to express Mississippi State Athletics
Mississippi State football players gather in the Palmeiro Center for a workshop
a desire to increase their on voter registration in August. Director of Player Development Jay Perry helped
civic engagement at lo- organize the event to provide students with the resources they needed to register to
See MSU, 2B vote ahead of Election Day on Tuesday.

Oak Hill College Football

Academy
catcher NCAA’s Election Day off sends message
Manning
Huffman
signs to
ECCC
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com

WEST POINT —
Mitch Bohon has al-
ways felt like more than
a coach to Manning
Huffman.
Sure, Huffman is a
senior catcher on Bo-
hon’s baseball team at
Oak Hill Academy, but
their two families have
been friends for a long
time, and the coach has
always felt a connec-
tion.
And ever since Huff-
man was in sixth grade,
Bohon realized the
player’s athletic ability
could make him special.
“His baseball IQ is
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NASCAR’s
Johnson
leaves Josh Morgan/USA TODAY Sports

lasting
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney talks with Clemson corner back Andrew Booth Jr. (23) during the fourth quarter of the game against
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mark THE ASSOCIATED PRESS this weekend.

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NASCAR’s nicest
guy will run his final
race this weekend and
close a remarkable ca-
reer that ranks among
the best in history. The
mark Jimmie Johnson
has made off the track
deserves equal celebra-
tion.
Johnson is widely
recognized for his re-
cord-tying seven Cup
Series titles and 83 vic-
tories. That on-track
success gave him a
platform to make an im-
measurable impact on
communities dear to his
family.
The Jimmie Johnson
Foundation to date has
donated more than $12
million through a va-
riety of programs and
grants, many aimed
toward K-12 public ed-
ucation. The generos-
ity of Johnson and his
wife, Chandra, has pur-
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A summer of activism,
sparked by protests of racial
injustice, led to a grassroots
movement to give college ath-
letes the day off from sports
on Election Day.
The NCA A latched on to
the idea and, under a mandate
approved in September, orga-
nized athletics will go dark on
college campuses across the
country. It has not gone over
without a hitch: Tuesdays are
typically when that week’s
game plan is first put into
action, and there has been
grumbling from a few football
coaches.
Clemson safety Nolan Turn-
er, who is from the suburbs of
Birmingham, Alabama, said
Monday he had already voted
by absentee ballot.
“We’re going to have our
typical Tuesday practice to-
day, and then (Tuesday) will
kind of be a midweek day, get
refreshed, get the body feel-
ing good and really get dialed
in on our game plan and what
we’ve got to do against Notre
Dame,” Turner said of the top-
ranked Tigers’ trip to Indiana
That’s the point Turner’s
coach, Dabo Swinney, was
making last month when he
said he “didn’t understand”
the NCA A decision. Many
players will have already
voted and those that haven’t
probably wouldn’t need all day
to do so.
Notre Dame coach Brian
Kelly said having Tuesday off
meant rushing players back
on Sunday for weight training,
physical rehab and meetings
after returning from a road
game at Georgia Tech last
Saturday night. No. 4 Notre
Dame also worked in an addi-
tional COVID-19 test for play-
ers because of the change in
schedule.
“Less than an ideal situa-
tion,” Kelly said.
Florida coach Dan Mullen
said he supports making Elec-
tion Day a federal holiday and
giving everyone a day off from
work and school. But last week
he called the NCA A’s Election
Day decision “disappointing.”
Florida has held a team
voter registration day, Mul-
len said, and he wanted to get
the team together to vote as a
group Tuesday.
“We’re not allowed to do
the organized team activities
that day now,” Mullen said.
At the height of the protests
that came after the police kill-
ings of George Floyd in Min-
neapolis and Breona Taylor in
Louisville, it was common for
college football players and
their coaches to not just take
part in campus marches and
demonstrations but to lead
them.
At Clemson, in particular,
star quarterback Trevor Law-
rence and his teammates or-
ganized an event.
Georgia Tech assistant bas-
ketball coach Eric Reveno has
been credited with planting
the idea of making Election
Day an off day for college ath-
letes back in the summer and
moving it forward on social
media with #AllVoteNoPlay.
Georgia Tech football coach
Geoff Collins backed Reveno’s
idea. Before the NCA A made
it official on Sept. 16, individ-
ual schools such as UCLA and
Minnesota said they would
give athletes Nov. 3 off. Texas
coach Tom Herman said he
planned to do give his team
the day off and provide trans-
portation to the polls for those
who needed it.
Duke coach David Cutcliffe
said the school and athletic
department have put a lot of
effort into empowering ath-
letes, encouraging them to
vote and educating them on
how to go about it.
“We’ve worked very hard
with our team so that anybody
that wasn’t registered is now
registered, and we’ve had our
people administratively help
them get their ballots, make
sure they’re voting and have
voted,” Cutcliffe said.
As for a day off, Cutcliffe
said: “I think it’s a little more
showy, honestly — I’ll just say
it like it is — than it has pur-
pose.”
Perhaps no team had to
condense its preparation this
week more than No. 9 BYU.
The Cougars play their tough-
est game of the season Friday
night at No. 21 Boise State.
BYU, which is affiliated
with the Church of Latter Day
Saints, does not permit athlet-
ic activities on Sundays. Be-
cause of that, the school asked
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cal, state and federal lev-
els. We look forward to
seeing student-athletes
use this opportunity as
a way to create positive
change.”
At Mississippi State,
the integration of stu-
dent athletes, civic en-
gagement and the demo-
cratic process was taken
a step further, particu-
larly with the football
team.
In mid-August,
Leach’s squad took part
in a voter education
and registration night
helmed by Director of
Player Development Jay
and to recognize the
platforms they have as
student athletes.
“I think that there
may be a disconnect
from, even my genera-
tion, as far as the type of
sacrifice and struggles
that have happened,”
Taylor said. “And as time
goes on sometimes you
forget, or sometimes
the sting of the pain is
not as swift or as severe.
My thought process was
to kind of verbally illus-
trate why we are here
preaching about voting
and the idea is simply
this: this is one of your
though not as to sway
them toward one candi-
date or another.
At its core, Perry and
others’ push for student
athletes to register to
vote is that, he believes,
Tuesday’s vote is about
more than just the pres-
idential election be-
tween President Donald
Trump and former Vice
President Joe Biden and,
more specifically, re-
garding local measures
included on the ballot.
For example, this
year’s Mississippi bal-
lot will include a vote to
approve the new state
run around, and we can
register athletes to vote,
or young people in gen-
eral, and that’s fine and
that’s important. But
to me, a big, big piece
of it was the education
piece.”
While players and
coaches have been en-
couraged to vote Tues-
day, Leach noted he’s
not necessarily a pro-
ponent of the NCA A’s
required day off given it
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shed light on how play-
ers and coaches could
get involved.
Among those who
spoke was Rep. Cheikh
Taylor (D-Starkville).
As a local politician and
equally active MSU foot-
ball fan, Taylor told The
Dispatch Monday the
night served as a chance
to educate the team on
how to get registered
football program has
been ongoing. Since
the event, players have
asked him questions
about registration and
ensuring they’re pre-
pared heading into
Election Day. Perry also
plans to send remind-
ers throughout the day
Tuesday to encourage
the team to take part in
the democratic process,
changed and whether
medical marijuana use
will be adopted state-
wide.
“Here’s my firm be-
lief: Number one, vot-
ing is absolutely both
a right, a privilege, but
also a solemn obligation
and duty, frankly,” Per-
ry said. “But here’s the
other deal: it’s not just
enough. Everybody can
think they should can- the same number only once. The difficulty level
cel practice that day as increases from Monday to Sunday.
a result.”
In Mississippi, poll-
ing places are set to
open at 7 a.m. and close
at 7 p.m. Voters will be
allowed to cast their
votes after the deadline
if they are in line at their
respective polling place
ahead of the 7 p.m. dead-
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chased technology, built
playgrounds and outdoor
learning centers, created
wellness programs and
much more.
A $52,000 grant given
to Jay M. Robinson High
School in Concord in 2017
was used to purchase 3D
printers. When the pan-
demic began, the students
used the printers to make
400 PPE face shields and
mask extenders for health-
care workers. The school
later received an order from
Atrium Health for 2,000
more.
Loch Lomond Elementa-
ry School in Virginia in late
2019 won a $48,000 grant
from Johnson for increased
STEM activities. Among
the items purchased were
iPads and Chromebooks,
technology it was able to
loan to 150 students who
could not access virtual
learning during the pan-
demic.
Johnson has partnered
with Habitat for Humanity,
the Make-A-Wish Founda-
tion and created the Jimmie
Johnson Foundation Fit
Fest, a community event
designed to encourage out-
door activities for children
via trail runs, mountain
biking and a Spartan Kids
Race.
“We knew in the begin-
ning that children would
be our focus but we wanted
to keep it broad enough to
help communities in need,
as well,” Johnson told The
Associated Press. “Chani
has a love of the arts and
has always had a watchful
eye on arts-related pro-
grams. I have a watchful
eye on the physical fitness
projects. There are things
that we look for, but we real-
ly try to give help where it is
most needed.”
It started as a small
gesture to help schools in
California and Oklahoma,
where Johnson and his wife
grew up, and in North Car-
olina, their current home. It
has evolved into a multi-lay-
ered program that has
awarded 134 grants, aided
131 different charities and
completed nine technology
makeovers.
Lori Kiesser of Inside
the Outdoors, a science ed-
ucation field trip program,
said an award her group re-
ceived in 2016 transformed
the program’s social media
presence and created a
partnership with the Fon-
tana (California) Unified
School District.
Kiesser noted her grand-
son, Brennan, attends a
Title I school in Southern
California where children
struggle to envision future
opportunities. The award
from Johnson has made it
so her grandson “has no
trouble imagining himself
as part of NASCAR, wheth-
er it is working for a team or
being part of the next gen-
eration of fans.
“We saw the (award) and
the partnership with the
Jimmie Johnson Founda-
tion as a pathway to ensur-
ing that the young people
Inside the Outdoors serves
– no matter where they
were from – could imagine
any future that they dared
to dream,” Kiesser said.
“Education is essential and
the fact that Jimmie, his
family, and his foundation,
invest in it speaks to the
measure of the person that
Jimmie is.” ACROSS
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the NCA A for a waiver
to permit the Cougars to
practice Tuesday. It was
denied.
“Everybody had good
intentions,” BYU athlet-
ic director Tom Holmoe
said. “I don’t think
there’s anybody that’s
going to argue with the
fact that we can do more
as administrators in col-
lege athletics, and thus
the legislation.”
But, he added, “I
think most of the work
has been done.”
David Ridpath, a pro-
fessor of sports business
at Ohio University and
11 Degrade
12 Eyes lecher-
ously
member of the Drake idea by any stretch and 13 Incisor’s
Group watchdog group it probably was more neighbor
for college sports, said public relations than 15 Running bird
it probably wasn’t neces- anything,” Ridpath said. 16 Use a chair
sary to give the athletes “I like the fact that we’re 17 Cry of insight
a full day off. trying to get college stu- 18 1972 Winter
Having it does send a dents and athletes more Games setting
message. politically engaged. I do 20 Scot’s cap
“I certainly don’t think the symbolism is 21 Mine yield
want to say it was a bad important.” 22 Wilder on film
23 Nervous

Oak Hill 26 Took a risk

27 Fishing need toothpaste
43 Oozes
19 Fence part
22 Stadium
Continued from Page 1B 28 Skirt edge
29 Brink DOWN event
30 Oscar-win- 1 Track events 23 Isaac’s father
through the roof, and
ning Hitchcock 2 44th president 24 Kenya capital
he’s got a really bright
film 3 “Stop being a 25 TV fashion
future ahead of him,”
34 Bol. neighbor wimp!” guru
Bohon said.
35 Memorable 4 Letter before 26 Pre-election
On Monday morning,
time omega events
with Bohon, family and
36 Jean — 5 Kind of over- 28 That woman’s
friends looking on, Huff-
Godard load 30 Towel off
man took the next step
37 Clothing 6 Catchphrase again
into that future, sign-
check pattern 7 In the past 31 Nearby
ing his letter of intent
40 The Yokum 8 Bad winner 32 Funny fellow
to play baseball for East
boy 9 Flammable 33 Massage
Central Community Col-
41 Follow as a gas targets
lege.
result 10 Red-faced 38 Volleyball
“I’m really proud of
42 Like some 14 Cork’s need
him for what he just
country 39 Count start
did,” Bohon said.
Huffman said he
chose East Central in
July after building a con-
nection with head coach Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff
Neal Holliman and the Oak Hill Academy senior Manning Huffman signs his letter of intent to East Central
Warriors’ staff. He loved Community College on Monday in West Point. Huffman’s mother and brother stand
the campus in Decatur, behind him, and baseball coach Mitch Bohon (right) looks on.
too. had to say was positive. hon said. football and basketball at
“I knew as soon as I Bohon said East Cen- Bohon said Huffman Oak Hill but said he didn’t
walked in there and talk-
tral has a “really good offers the Warriors consider playing other
ed to the coaches that
program” and that Hol- essentially anything sports besides baseball
that’s where I wanted to
liman, now in his 15th they’d need in a player. in college. With one more
go,” he said.
Huffman also sought year coaching the War- “He’s the best base high school baseball sea-
advice from former riors, has done a great runner I’ve ever had,” son to go, his goal is to
Eupora standout Tan- job. Adding Huffman, the Raiders coach said. get a championship ring,
ner Knight, currently Bohon said, will only “Defensively, he’s the a reminder that though
playing for East Cen- make things better. best catcher that I’ve his future lies in Decatur,
tral. Through mutual “They compete for seen. He’s got a great arm, Huffman’s not ready to
friends, he got Knight’s a state title every year, and he can hit. They’re leave just yet.
number and texted him and they just got a piece getting a complete pack- “I love it,” Huffman said
to ask about the school. that’s going to help age with him.” of Oak Hill. “I wouldn’t
Evidently, what Knight them do that again,” Bo- Huffman also plays trade it for anything.”

Burrow, Herbert, Tagovailoa start on same day for 1st time
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Joe Burrow guided his
team to a win. Justin Her-
bert probably deserved
one. And Tua Tagovailoa
didn’t have to do much to
be successful in his NFL
starting debut.
It was a mixed bag Sun-
day for the three quarter-
backs drafted in the top
six last April. It also was an
intriguing look into what
might be ahead for Burrow
in “Joehio,” Herbert in Hol-
lywood, and Tua in South
Beach.
“It was fun just being
able to go out there and
play a full 60-minute game
now, being that it was my
first start in the NFL,” said
Tagovailoa after a 28-17
victory over the Rams in a
game the defense and spe-
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ZITS
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MALLARD FILLMORE
cial teams basically won.
“We really faced a really
good defense. I’m proud
of what we got to do offen-
sively, but I do know that
there’s still a lot of things
we need to correct come
Monday.”
Tagovailoa sat behind
veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick
for six games, and Fitz
led the Dolphins to two
straight victories to get
to 3-3. But then came the
bye week, and it apparently
was Miami’s plan all along
to turn to a healthy Tua
— even when the bye was
moved up from Week 11
due to league rescheduling
because of the COVID-19
pandemic.
The best moves the
lefty from the Alabama
Crimson Tide showed
were doing a dance follow-
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ing a 3-yard touchdown
pass to DeVante Parker.
Tagovailoa also retrieved
the ball as a souvenir.
But it’s not about Tagov-
ailoa being Dan Marino
quite yet. It’s about estab-
lishing him as the team’s
leader for the next decade,
even if he isn’t tearing it up
the way Burrow and Her-
bert are.
Tagovailoa also has
something the other two
NFL newbies don’t: a po-
tential playoff contend-
er. So turning him loose
might not be on the Dol-
phins’ agenda in 2020.
Burrow, the top overall
draftee, has been turned
loose since preseason.
There was never any
question the 2019 national
champion at LSU would
be the man in Cincinnati.
While the Bengals (2-5-1)
are barren in so many ar-
eas, Burrow looks exactly
like a franchise QB.
Burrow has 221 comple-
tions, the most by a player
in his first eight career
games in NFL history.
He has completed at least
25 passes in six games,
tied with Arizona’s Kyler
Murray (2019) for the sec-
ond-most such games by a
rookie. Only Philadelphia’s
Carson Wentz had more,
with seven in 2016.
He shows poise, cre-
ativity — and toughness, a
must for any quarterback,
but absolutely essential
for one joining a rebuild-
ing team coming off a 2-14
year. Burrow has been as
good or better than nearly
every opposing quarter-
back he has faced.
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I am raising
my two
granddaughters
and trying to allow
their mother, my
daughter, to visit
with them. My
problem is, the
entire time she is
with us, she stays
on her phone or
Snapchat. Last
weekend, I drove
to the place where
she resides, and
the whole time
we were there
Dear Abby
she ignored the
girls. I have a ton of family and
friends who say I’m wrong for
allowing her to even see the
girls, period. I don’t want to be
the bad guy when they grow
up. Help, Abby. — FOR THEIR
GOOD IN OHIO
DEAR FOR THEIR GOOD:
Either your daughter doesn’t
know how to relate to her chil-
dren, which is why she stays on
her cellphone when you bring
them to her, or she’s not inter-
ested in creating a bond since
she has offloaded them to you.
Talk with your daughter. Tell
her that if she isn’t prepared
to actually spend time with her
children, you will stop bringing
them, and then follow through.
Children aren’t stupid. They
know when someone is inter-
ested in them and when they
are being ignored. In the end,
you won’t be the “bad guy” in
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov.
3). Love is a creation. It has to
be built. You do this intentional-
ly this year, ordering your priori-
ties to make relationships first.
You’ll get a deeper connection
to the ones who have always
been there. You’ll get fantastic
news in January and happy de-
velopments thereafter. May will
bring a particularly satisfying
sort of relief. Leo and Pisces
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 7, 4, 11, 3 and 13.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Your interpretation of events is
absolutely accurate though also
limited to but one point of view.
Were you to step over even a
foot, you would see different
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020
And the Bengals are im-
proving.
“We don’t feel like a
1-5 football team,” he said.
“One or two plays go our
way over the last couple
weeks and we’re 6-2 or 7-1,
but we know that we didn’t
make those plays until
today and it feels good to
make them.”
It can’t feel very good
for Herbert, whose Char-
gers (2-5) can’t hold leads.
They’ve been outscored
by only six points overall,
but they find ways to lose
in excruciating fashion —
such as 31-30 at Denver on
Sunday.
Still, Herbert has been
pretty much everything
the Chargers sought with
the sixth overall draft
pick. He had three touch-
down passes in that loss
their eyes.
DEAR ABBY:
I am writing
because I’m sure
other grand-
parents have
faced the same
issue as I have.
I enjoy sending
my grandchildren
cards with a
small check for
special occasions
or as a reward
for doing well in
school, etc. My
son and daugh-
ter-in-law have a
reward system
set up with my grandson where
he receives an allowance for
doing his chores, but has mon-
ey deducted if he doesn’t.
I sent my grandson a small
check with his birthday card,
but my son informed me that
he will be able to keep only
$2 of it, because he’s in the
hole for not doing his chores.
I feel the check was a gift and
should have been kept sepa-
rate from the rewards program.
Who is right — my son or
me? — GENEROUS GRAN IN
WASHINGTON
DEAR GRAN: I think you
are. But since your son and
daughter-in-law dictate what
goes on under their roof, it
doesn’t matter what you and I
think. The rules are the rules,
and your grandson needs to get
off his behind and catch up on
those chores!
possibilities. And so you will,
and so you shall.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You will travel a short distance
to deliver a message that
seems, for all intents and pur-
poses, to be necessary to the
dailiness of life. And that will be,
given your take, an art form.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
In any given household, the
pressures exerted upon one
person may greatly outweigh the
pressures on another, and this
is in no way predictable based
on age, profession or otherwise.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
If you get close enough to them,
toxic people can dust you with
their poison. This is why you
3B
to the Broncos, tying him
with Houston’s Deshaun
Watson (2017) as the only
rookies with at least three
TD tosses in four consec-
utive games.
He is resourceful,
competitive and possibly
more versatile than his
two rookie peers.
And he sounds like a
veteran already.
“If anyone thinks this
doesn’t bother me at all,
they’re wrong,” Herbert
said. “I take a lot of pride
in this team. I know I’ve
only been here for a lit-
tle bit, but you can’t do
anything about changing
results that have already
happened. All we can do
now is look forward, go
forward, continue to have
great weeks of practice
and get better.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
and I are snowbirds and head
south for a few sunny months
every winter. We rent in an
active adults community and
enjoy all the clubs and sports.
Our problem is the number of
relatives and friends who invite
themselves down for a free
vacation.
Unless I specifically call and
invite you, I am not interest-
ed in spending my vacation
— which is costing me a
pretty penny — making beds,
washing towels, cooking much
more elaborate meals than my
husband and I usually eat and
ferrying you around to see the
sights. Feel free to rent your
own place or stay in a hotel
wherever you wish, but please
do not include us in your plans.
Thank you, Abby, for letting
me get that off my chest! —
ANSWER IS NO
DEAR ANSWER: You are
welcome. That’s what I am
here for. But you are venting
to the wrong person. This is
something you should express
to each of the friends and rel-
atives who think they can con-
tinue to impose upon you. Who
can blame them? They thought
your silence was consent.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline
Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
at www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
90069.
stay away. You get a sense of
what’s going nowhere fast.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
are like a professional student
of life today. You can learn from
anything and anyone -- your
boss, your assistant, a child,
a dog, a desk lamp, a piece of
gum... you’ll absorb whatever
lessons there are.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
The culture does not exist in a
bubble outside of you. You are
inside of the bubble, and you
are a main contributor to the
atmosphere whether or not you
say a word or make a move.
Your being there is enough.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
In movies, representations of
life, there are editors who get
to say what goes in and what
stays out. Your brain also has
editors. Today, they will be less
strict. The limits of awareness
will expand.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). As a creature, you require
comforts. Know what they are,
and don’t judge — that’s the
challenge of the day. Seem
self-indulgent? The fact that
you are even worried about that
is a sign of selflessness and
self-awareness.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). People around you are
more tuned in to you than you
think. You’ll manage your life
gracefully, balancing the many
elements required to keep you
in good spirits.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). To be too strict on yourself
is a problem for your overall dis-
cipline. There’s not a creature
alive who thrives in bondage.
What if you were to do what you
naturally want to do for a day?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). With a little expressed
appreciation, you’ll be able to
squeeze more information out
of a simple conversation. Even
so, keep in mind that what
people don’t say will be more
revealing than what they do.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Today, you’ll put your
mouth where your money is.
There’s something you believe
in, are wild about, have invested
in, and you’ll back all of that up
by talking about it.
Leave no stone unturned
SOLUTION:
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wife, Jean Lewis; and
siblings, Clyde Ross
Lewis, Eldon B. Lewis,
Rayford Drennen Lew-
is, Flonnie M. McLem-
ore, Flora Belle Stan-
ford, Verna Mae Lewis
and Bernice Barminksi.
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Allen, Darrell McMinn,
AREA OBITUARIES
Richardson and Charles Home of Starkville is Duckworth of Augusta, Hemphill and Roger
Meeks; and siblings, in charge of arrange- Georgia; sister, Janice Merchant.
Elenor Mays, Henry ments. Duckworth Hamilton of Memorials may be
Junior Howell, Bryce Mr. Duckworth Maben; and five grand- made to the Bereans
Howell, Orville Gene was born in Eupora, children.
Fund c/o Linda Blair at
Howell and Sue Terell. to Bessie Kilpatrick Pallbearers will be
Duckworth and Elvin First Baptist Church,
She is survived by Bob Griffin, Bill Wil-
Lee Duckworth. He son, Ralph Nobles, J.L. 106 East Lampkin St.,
her children, Dulaney,
Michael Richardson attended West Point Peeples, Jerry Turn- Starkville, MS.
and Allen Richardson; High School and East er, David Smith, Jim See OBITUARIES, 5B
stepchildren, Linda Mississippi Community

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COLUMBUS — Glo-
ria J. Patman, 62, died
Nov. 1, 2020, at Bap-
tist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of
Columbus.
James Lewis
SULLIGENT —
James “Cecil” Lewis,
95, died Oct. 29, 2020,
in Gardendale, Ala-
bama.
Funeral services
were at 11 a.m. Mon-
day, at Otts Funeral
Home Chapel, with
the Rev. Robert L.
Holley and Rev. Randy
Burbank officiating.
Burial followed in Pine
Springs Cemetery.
Visitation was one
hour prior to services
at the funeral home.
Otts Funeral Home of
Sulligent was in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Lewis was born
July 6, 1925, in Sulli-
gent, Alabama, to the
late Joseph Colvis Lew-
is and Mary Elizabeth
“Lizzie” Lewis. He was
a member of Oakhill
United Methodist
Church.
In addition to his
parents, he was pre-
ceded in death by his
Jared McSpadden, Lar-
ry Franklin and Homer
Crutchfield.
Memorials may be
made to the St. Vin-
cent’s Hospice Pro-
gram, 1400 Urban Cen-
ter Drive #420, Vestavia
Hills, AL 35242.
Barbara Meeks
AMORY — Barbara
Ruth Howell Richard-
son Meeks, 80, passed
away.
Funeral services will
be at 1 p.m. Wednesday,
at Cleveland-Moffett
Funeral Home, with
Jason Green and Bryan
Richardson officiating.
Burial will follow in
Hatley Cemetery. Visi-
tation is from 5-8 p.m.
today, at the funeral
home. Cleveland-Mof-
fett Funeral Home of
Amory is in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Meeks was
born Aug. 20, 1940, to
the late John Henry and
Mintie Hughes How-
ell. She was formerly
employed with Amory
Garment plant and was
a member of Becker
Baptist Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her husbands, Ernest
Dorothy Ray
Incomplete
2nd Ave. N. Location
Catherine Wilson
Visitation:
Tuesday, Nov. 3 • 12-2 PM
College St. Location
Services:
Tuesday, Nov. 3 • 2 PM
College Street Location
Burial
Egger Cemetery
College St. Location
Loria Gordon
Visitation:
Tuesday, Nov. 3 • 12-1:30 PM
2nd Ave. N. Location
Services:
Tuesday, Nov. 3 • 2 PM
2nd Ave. N. Locaiton
Burial
Friendship Cemetery
2nd Ave. N. Location
Bobby Thompson
Robinson, Brenda College and was a vet-
Meeks and Kay Meeks; eran of the U.S. Army
brother, Jack Howell; National Guard. He was
formerly employed with Bobby Donald Thompson
six grandchildren; and
AT&T, and as super- died peacefully in his sleep while
five great-grandchil-
visor of IT services home on his beef cattle farm
dren.
with Mississippi State in Clay County, Mississippi,
University. He was a Wednesday, October 28th,
Carl Duckworth member of First Baptist 2020.
STARKVILLE — Church. A graveside service with
Carl Thomas Duck- He was preceded in U.S. Air Force Honors as held
worth died Nov. 1, 2020. death by his wife, Linda Monday Nov. 2, 2020.
A graveside ser- Bobby Don was born on
Jennings Duckworth;
vice will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 27, 1939, in Ruleville, MS
and sister, Margie
Wednesday, in Memori- (Sunflower county) to the late Grover Leon and
Duckworth Bott of
al Garden Park Ceme- Jessie Beatrice “Sally Ann” Burnley Thompson.
Palatka, Florida.
tery. Visitation will be He was the owner/operator of Quality Auto
He is survived by his
from 10:15-11 a.m. prior Service, a U.S. Air Force Veteran and a past
children, Cindy Duck-
to services at the cem- president of The Exchange Club of Columbus.
worth Harris of Colum-
bus and Patrick Lee A 1957 graduate of Ruleville High School, he
etery. Welch Funeral
joined the US Naval Reserves. After his first
cruise, he transferred to the U.S. Air Force to
fulfill his active duty service commitment. Upon
completion of Basic Training and Basic Air Police
school, he was assigned to the 4228th Strategic
Wing, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi
where he secured the flight line and other
sensitive areas as an Air Policeman and Sentry
Dog Handler until he was discharged on June
1st, 1962. While serving in Columbus, he met
the love of his life, Zerelda Mims Thompson, and
they were married for 47 years until her passing
in 2009. Growing up as the son of sharecroppers
in the Mississippi Delta, Bobby came from
humble beginnings. He married Zee in 1961
Catherine Wilson and they made Columbus their home. Bobby
opened Quality Auto Service in August 1965. He
performed and supervised automobile repairs
Catherine Kelly Wilson
until March 2009. He retired to his home and
age 81 died Saturday, October
31, 2020, at her residence in beef cattle farm and thoroughly enjoyed riding
Caledonia. his tractor and tending his cattle where he most
Services will be held Tuesday especially treasured his time with his kids and
at 2:00 PM at the 903 College grandkids. He was the most senior member of
Street Chapel of Memorial the Columbus Exchange Club having joined
Gunter Peel Funeral Home, August 1, 1973.
with Bro. Patrick Lawhorne In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
officiating; burial will follow at death by his wife, Zerelda Mims Thompson; his
Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday sister Mavis Evelyn Everitt; and his brothers,
from 12:00 noon until service time at the funeral Grady Leon Thompson, Billy Wayne Thompson
home. and Kenneth Floyd Thompson.
Mrs. Wilson was born on Tuesday, May 30, He is survived by his daughter, Gail Thompson
1939, in Greenville, MS to the late Charlie Alonzo (West Point, MS); son, Donnie (Glen) Thompson
and Ivy Lee Wright Kelly. She was a homemaker. (Orange Park, FL); seven grandchildren,
Marcus Swentkofske (Arlington, VA), Kathryn
In addition to her parents, she was preceded
in death by her sisters, Imogene Sullivan and (Tyler) Thompson-Ferguson (Jacksonville,
FL), Bobby “Danny” Swentkofske (Gainesville,
Rachel Spencer; and her brother Frank Kelly.
Survivors include her husband, Robert FL), Rosemary Thompson (St Augustine, FL),
Jesslyn Thompson (Macclenny, FL), Madelyn
Wilson, Caledonia, MS; daughter, Kathy Lemons
Greathouse (Jacksonville, FL) and Caroline
(Jerry), Caledonia, MS; son, Robert Wilson, III
(Jennifer), Caledonia, MS; sister, Mary Shaw, Greathouse (Jacksonville, FL).
Bobby was the third of eight children born to
Caledonia, MS; grandchildren, Ashley and Hailey
Wilson, Tonya Hise, Brook Arnold, Breeann Leon and Sally Ann Thompson and is survived
by two brothers, Dale (Carol) Thompson and
Franks, (Cody) and Caleb Lemons; great-
Roy (Gloria) Thompson; and a sister, Frances
grandchildren; Clayton and Aiden McDaniel,
Delany Hise, Treyven Edwards, Joshua Spicer, (David) Troxler.
In keeping with Bobby’s sense of practicality,
Malachi Franks and Aeriana Franks; great-great-
grandchildren, Kinley and Bella Spicer. the family asks that in lieu of flowers you make
a donation to either The Exchange Club of
Serving as Pallbearers will be: Robert M.
Columbus https://exchangeclubofcolumbus.
Wilson III, Roger Poteet, Cody Franks, Delany
Hise, Treyven Edwards and Matthew Holzman portalbuzz.com/, SARDA https://sardaa.org/
donate2/, the American Red Cross https://www.
Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be
Byron McDaniel, Abbi Poteet, Karlie Poteet and redcross.org/donate/donation.html/, or a charity
Stephen Garcia. of your choice.

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Sign the online guest book at
memorialgunterpeel.com
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
College Street • Columbus, MS
Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
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Hospitals competing for nurses as US coronavirus cases surge

‘Who can actually work and who feels safe help fill the gaps.
Adding to the strain, experi-
typically cares for four patients
as COVID-19 hospitalizations
ited by family obligations to pro-
tect their own health,” said Kar-
working are limited by family obligations enced nurses are “burned out
with this whole (pandemic)” and
surge anew. Hospital officials
did not respond to requests for
en Donelan, professor of U.S.
health policy at Brandeis Uni-
to protect their own health.’ some are quitting, said Kevin comment. versity’s Heller School for Social
Karen Donelan, professor of U.S. health policy at Brandeis Fitzpatrick, an emergency room But the departures are not Policy and Management. “All of
University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management nurse at Hurley Medical Center surprising, according to ex- those things have been factors.”
in Flint, Michigan, where sever- perts, considering not only the Donelan said there is little
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS areas and at small hospitals. al left just in the past month to mental toll but the fact that many data so far on how the pandem-
Nurses are being trained work in hospice or home care or nurses trained in acute care are ic, which has killed more than
FENTON, Michigan — As to provide care in fields where at outpatient clinics. over 50 and at increased risk of 231,000 people in the country,
the coronavirus pandemic they have limited experience. “And replacing them is not complications if they contract is affecting nursing overall. But
surges across the nation and Hospitals are scaling back ser- easy,” Fitzpatrick said. COVID-19, while younger nurs- some hospitals had a shortage
infections and hospitalizations vices to ensure enough staff As a result, he said, the ER es often have children or other even before the virus took hold,
rise, medical administrators are to handle critically ill patients. is operating at about five nurs- family to worry about. despite a national rise in the
scrambling to find enough nurs- And health systems are turning es short of its optimal level at “Who can actually work and number of nurses over the past
ing help — especially in rural to short-term travel nurses to any given time, and each one who feels safe working are lim- decade.

Obituaries
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Inez Bobbitt Zaiontz; two grandchil- Merchant and Patsy death by his parents, formerly employed as a David Roth.
MILLPORT — Inez dren; four great-grand- Nichols; and two grand- Leon Houston Mathis professor at MUW. He is survived by his
Johnson Bobbitt, 92, children; and four children. Sr. and Eloise Wheel- In addition to his par- brother, Michael Roth
died Nov. great-great-grandchil- Pallbearers will be er Mathis; children, ents, he was preceded of Clark Summit, Penn-
2, 2020, dren. Kenny Jordan, Dennis Donald E. Whitehead Jr in death by his brother, sylvania.
at Baptist Hopper, Tony Merchant, and Michael Ray White-
Memorial Rickey Merchant Geoffrey Cantrell, Jason head; siblings, Mary
VERNON, Ala. — Young, Kevin Gunnels, Ann Darby and Barbara
Hospi-
Rickey Harrison Mer- Mike McCool, James Combs.
tal-Golden
chant, 65, died Oct. 31, Robinson and Chuck He is survived by
Triangle.
2020, at his residence. White. his wife, Inez Greene
Funeral Bobbitt
Funeral services Mathis; children, Leon
services
are at 3 p.m. today, in Arlene Langowski “Matt” Houston III of
will be at 11
the chapel of Chandler COLUMBUS — Ar- Southaven, Mark Lee
a.m. Thursday, at Dowd-
Funeral Home, with lene Langowski, 83, Mathis of Starkville,
le Funeral Home. Burial Rhonda Mathis Shotts
James Godsey officiat- died Nov. 3, 2020, at
will follow in Kennedy of Louisville and Nancy
ing. Burial will follow Sanctuary Hospice
City Cemetery. Visita- Whitehead Martin of
in Wofford Cemetery. House of Tupelo.
tion will be one hour Starkville; six grand-
Visitation is two hours Arrangements are
prior to services at the children; and five
prior to services at the incomplete and will be
funeral home. Dow- funeral home. Chan- great-grandchildren.
dle Funeral Home of announced by Lown-
dler Funeral Home of des Funeral Home of
Millport is in charge of
arrangements.
Vernon is in charge of Columbus. James Roth
arrangements. COLUMBUS —
Mrs. Bobbitt was Mr. Merchant was James D. Roth, 73, died
born Nov. 19, 1927, in born July 6, 1955, in Leon Mathis Jr. Oct. 31, 2020, at Bap-
Lamar County, Ala- Lamar County, Ala- STARKVILLE — tist Memorial Hospi-
bama, to Nolan and Wil- bama, to the late Noble Leon Houston Mathis tal-Golden Triangle.
ma Johnson. She was and Jessie Mae Mer- Jr., 84, died Oct. 31, Lowndes Funeral
a member of Pleasant chant. He was formerly 2020, at his residence. Home of Columbus is
Grove Baptist Church. employed as a carpenter A graveside service in charge of arrange-
She was preceded in and cattle farmer. was held at 10 a.m. ments.
death by her husband, In addition to his par- Saturday, in Memorial Mr. Roth was born
Junior Bobbitt; and ents, he was preceded Cemetery of Lake City, Aug. 26, 1947, in Allen-
siblings, Hershel, How- in death by his siblings, Florida, with the Rev. town, Pennsylvania, to
ard Johnson, Kathryn Lois Hanson and Eva Jo Mark Mathis offici- the late Reba Rubinow
Crowe, Minnie Hudson Merchant. ating. Welch Funeral and Elias Roth. He was
and Pearl Plyler. He is survived by Home of Starkville was
She is survived by his children, Jesse in charge of arrange-
her children, Rebecca Merchant and Josey ments.
Watkins and Genise Merchant; siblings, Al He was preceded in
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
COLUMBUS LIGHT AND WATER
DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR WA-
TER AND SEWER SYSTEM RE-
PAIR WORK
PART A – WATER SYSTEM RE-
PAIR WORK
PART B – CURED IN PLACE
PIPE (CIPP) INSTALLATION
PART C – SEWER SYSTEM RE-
PAIR WORK
PART D – MANHOLE REHABILIT-
ATION
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
Sealed bids will be received by
the Columbus Light and Water
Department, Columbus, Missis- Plans and specifications are
sippi in the second floor confer- being made available via pa-
ence room at the Columbus
Light and Water Department,
420 4th Avenue South, Colum- gister for an account to view or RICHARD J. COREY, JR., Co-Ex-
bus, MS 39703, until 10:00
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Part D –Manhole Rehabilita-
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The above general outline of
features of the work does not
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ity of the Contractor to perform
all work and furnish all labor,
equipment and materials re-
quired by the specifications
and/or the drawings referred to
therein.
CERTIFICATE OF RESPONSIBIL- www.pritchardengineeringplans.
ITY: Each contractor submit-
ting a bid in excess of
$50,000.00 must show on his e-mail proposals will be con-
bid and on the face of the en-
velope (or the first page of an
electronic bid submittal) con-
taining the bid, his Certificate shall appear on the outside of
of Responsibility Number, as
required by Section 31-3-21
and 21-3-15, Mississippi Code being plainly marked Bid for
of 1972. If the bid does not ex- Slurry Seal Sellers Road and
ceed $50,000.00, a notation
so stating must appear on the tronically, please include this
face of the envelope (or the
first page of an electronic bid
submittal).
EVIDENCE: No bid will be
opened, considered or accep-
ted unless the above informa-
tion is given as specified.
Sealed envelope proposals
shall be deposited with the
Columbus Light and Water De- must be included with the sub- for the following: Exterior
partment prior to the hour and mission. If submitting electron- walls w/ 8" metal stud
date herein before designated. ically, a hard copy of all bid
Electronic bids shall be accep- documents must be provided
ted, if received prior to the bid within 3 business days if re-
date and time.
No bidder may withdraw his bid
within ninety (90) days after
the actual date of the opening
thereof.
The award of this contract will
be contingent upon the Bidder
satisfying that a goal of 25%
minority business participation
has been considered in his/her
Bidder’s Proposal with evid-
ence provided.
Awarding public contracts to
non-resident Bidders will be on
the same basis as the non-res-
ident bidder’s state awards
contracts to Mississippi Con-
tractors bidding under similar
circumstances. In order to en-
sure that Mississippi’s Golden
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quires a non-resident bidder to
attach to his bid, a copy of
his/her resident state’s cur-
rent laws pertaining to such
state’s treatment of non-resid-
ent contractors.
Each Bidder must deposit with
his proposal, a Bid Bond or
Certified Check in an amount
equal to five percent (5%) of
$50,000.00, payable to the
Columbus Light and Water De-
partment, as bid security. The
successful bidder will be re-
quired to furnish a Payment
Bond and Performance Bond
each in the amount of
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stipulated in the bidder’s pro-
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Bid documents are being made Cellco Partnership and its con- pet friendly, and furnished
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Bidders that it will affirmatively
insure that in any contract
entered into pursuant to this
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and women’s business enter-
prises will be afforded the full
opportunity to submit bids in
response to this invitation and
will not be discriminated
against on the grounds of race,
color, or national origin in con-
sideration for an award.
The Engineer is Neel-Schaffer,
Inc., P. O. Box 2100, (2310
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive),
Columbus, Mississippi, 39704,
(39705) Phone No. (662)328-
4460, Fax No. (662)328-8552.
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
SLURRY SEAL SELLERS ROAD
AND BLUE DRIVE
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
Sealed or electronic bids will
be received by the Board of Su-
pervisors of Oktibbeha County,
Mississippi at the Oktibbeha
County Office of the Chancery
Clerk, 101 East Main Street
Starkville, Mississippi 39759
until 10:00 a.m. Wednesday,
December 2nd, 2020 for con-
struction of Slurry Seal of
Sellers Road and Blue Drive at
which time they will be publicly
opened and read aloud.
Items of work include slurry
seal and traffic striping on ap-
proximately 0.91 miles of exist- the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
ing roadway(s).
Proposals shall be good for a
period of 120 days from date
of signing.
per or digital copy. Plan Hold-
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com. Bid documents are non-
refundable and must be pur-
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related to the contract docu-
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Road, Starkville, Mississippi
39759. No partial sets of draw-
ings of project manuals will be
Proposal shall be submitted on
Bid Forms provided with the
specifications. Bids may be
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those interested, bids can be
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sidered. For sealed bids, the
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Blue Drive. If submitting elec-
information on a cover page
with your bid submission.
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ied by a bid bond/security de-
posit or certified check in an
amount equal to 5% of the bid,
payable to Oktibbeha County
as bid security. In the event
that an electronic bid is submit- FIRST PENTECOSTAL
ted, a copy of the bid bond
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John Montgomery, President
Oktibbeha County Board of Su-
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November 9, 2020
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COLUMBUS, MS 39701
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Office of Purchasing, Whitfield
Hall, Columbus, MS 39701 at
2:00 p.m. December 2, 2020
at which time they will be pub-
licly opened and read. Specific-
ations may be obtained from:
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Whitfield Hall
1100 College Street MUW
1628
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Telephone (662) 329-7126
Email: Purchase@muw.edu
Mississippi University for Wo-
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF RICHARD J. COREY,
SR., DECEASED
RICHARD J. COREY, JR, AND
RENEE BOBITT PETITIONER
CAUSE NO. 2020-0197DE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary having
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
Richard J. Corey, Sr., de-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi on the 21st day of Octo-
ber, 2020. This is to give no-
tice to all persons having
claims against said estate to
probate and register same with
County, Mississippi within 90
days from the date of the first
publication of this notice. A fail-
ure to probate and register this
claim will forever bar the same.
This the 23rd day of October,
2020.
/s/ RICHARD J. COREY, JR
ecutor
/s/ RENEE BOBITT
RENEE BOBITT, Co-Executor
11/10/2020
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Apts For Rent: West Houses For Rent: East
MERCHANDISE VEHICLES
VIP
3BR/1BA, stove, refrig−
erator, fresh paint & hard−
Rentals
wood floors. Available
11/1. $600/mo + $500 ADS STARTING AT $12 ADS STARTING AT $12
dep. No HUD, no pets.
Apartments & Houses 662−295−3022. Firewood / Fuel Autos For Sale
Mobile Homes for Rent
1 Bedrooms FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
Various lengths.
2006 FORD Ranger FX4
ext. cab, 4.0 L Eng. with
2 Bedroooms 3BR/2BA MH in New Hope. 662−295−2274.
$650 dep + $650/mo. No
only 208K miles. Has
3 Bedrooms pets, quiet area. Leave full General Merchandise camper shell, bed rug,
brush guard with light bar,
name & message,
new tires in Sept, cold air
Furnished & Unfurnished 205−712−6697. Mobile Home Frames intake, new water pump in
1, 2, & 3 Baths
2 Mobile Home Frames for Oct, and new A/C in 2019.
$500 Each. 30 Free Has 3 coats of ceramic
Lease, Deposit
REAL ESTATE
Concrete Blocks w/ Each coating. Looks & runs
& Credit Check Frame good. Only $8500.
501−545−7750 in
viceinvestments.com 2 Electric Tongue Jacks Columbus.
ADS STARTING AT $25
327-8555
$150 Each
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Houses For Sale: East
Apts For Rent: Other 662−272−8711
3BR/2BA in 55+ Sporting Goods
community of Plantation
Pointe. For more info call
Crawford Army Surplus ADS STARTING AT $12
after 5pm, 662−251− on Main in Crawford.
7664. Now for sale: Metal Ammo Travel & Entertainment
cans 30&50 cal, $10;
Houses For Sale: Southside
.155mm Howitzer treated
wood ammo boxes, PUBLIC CATFISH POND
1512 WASHINGTON AVE 130 Hillcrest Dr
3BR/1.5BA, living room w/ $5&10; Army steel
bunkbeds, $125; Field Catfish contest Oct. 1−
gas log−heat, dining room, 31. $200 for most
front/back porch, natural Artillery camo nets with
spreader poles, $225; weight. $100 for Big
gas heat, window units− Fish. 2 drawings for
cooling, storage bldg & Unissued camo (BDU/
ACU/ABU) military 6− $50 valued prizes. Call
carport. 1,230 sq ft. 662−386−8591 for
Call 662−425−9451. pocket fatigues, $35 & M−
65 field coats & fire− details.
Houses For Sale: Other retardant coveralls, $50;
polypro col weather under Pets
FSBO: 4BR/4.5BA
10,000+sqft, situated on
13 ac in South Lowndes Co
garment, $18;
OCP T−shirts, $5.
Call 662.769.1889
Big Puppies For Sale:
Two large breed Standard
@ 627 Canfield Rd. New Poodle cross, 12 wk old
Hope school district. 50x ED SANDERS GUNSMITH puppies for sale. Wormed,
100 shop, in ground pool Open for season! vaccinated, vet checked
The Military Square w/pool house & 1.5 acre Tue−Fri: 9−5 & Sat: 9−12 and very healthy. They have
Apartments are now stock pond. Ideal place for Over 50 years experience! long white curly hair with
accepting applicants! mini farm! $675,000. Repairs, cleaning, refin− tan and gray spots around
We have 1, 2, and 3 662−327−3477
ishing, scopes mounted & the face and ears. 1 male,
bedroom units available. zeroed, handmade knives. 1 female, very smart with
All apartments are newly Lots & Acreage
Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North gentle temperament and
remodeled, and include: of West Point, turn right on lots of energy. Located in
New Washer/Dryer, New 1.75 ACRE LOTS Good/ Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn Crawford, MS. $350.
Refrigerator, New A/C Unit! Bad Credit Options. Good left on Darracott Rd, will 626−590−2584
credit as low as 20% down, see sign, 2.5mi ahead
We also offer rent $499/mo. Eaton Land, shop on left.
discounts for: 662−361−7711. 662−494−6218. Five Questions:
−Active Military
−Veterans
Approx. 7 acres located
One person’s junk,
1 Dumpster fire
−Seniors
between Dale Road and
!
Call us at: 662−205−0005 Buck Egger Road at end of
is another person’s
treasure
Renon Lane. $30,000
COLEMAN
2 Oxygen
Call; leave message.
662−549−0696
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TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS PICKENS COUNTY, AL
1 BEDROOM
180 acres in Liberty
Community. Good hunting
3 Cricket
2 BEDROOMS & road systems. $850/ac.
4 Clocks
Other tracts available. Call
3 BEDROOMS 205−799−9846 or 205−
695−2248.
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