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COVID outbreak forces SOCSD sixth grade online

Two staff members test positive for virus, and some students were in close
contact with the two who tested
past weekend, according to an
email from the district. Seventh
entirely virtual learning envi-
ronments will be able to pick up
eight more quarantined for ‘close contact’ positive, Thomas said, meaning
10 of the 34 sixth-grade teach-
grade classes do not have to go
entirely online, Thomas said.
Chromebooks from the school
this week as scheduled, the
BY TESS VRBIN district Public Information Of- ers will be unable to return to “This abrupt announcement email states.
tvrbin@cdispatch.com ficer Nicole Thomas confirmed campus for at least 10 days. Stu- reminds us how quickly Covid Students in SOCSD had the
to The Dispatch this morning. dents that the district identifies can force us to adjust our school option at the beginning of the
All sixth grad- Both the requirement for in- as close contacts will have to schedule,” the email states. “It school year to choose between
ers at Partnership structional staff to quarantine quarantine for 14 days, and staff also reminds us that we must be in-person and virtual learning.
Middle School in and the number of close con- members can return to campus diligent with preventative mea- Grades 8-12 also had the option
Starkville-Oktib- tacts with them made in-person after 10 days if they do not have sures while we are at school of a “hybrid” learning mod-
beha Consolidat- classes inadvisable, Thomas symptoms, she said. and while we are away from el, which combines in-person
ed School Dis- said. District officials have Partnership Middle School school. This includes wearing and online instruction, but the
trict will attend not yet decided whether sixth — which houses grades 6 and 7 your mask, observing six feet district got rid of the option in
classes entirely Thomas grade will return to in-person — had only one student and one of distance whenever possible, October after many students
online after two instruction before the end of staff member test positive for avoiding social gatherings, and in hybrid learning were not
instructional staff members the semester. COVID-19 from the start of the washing your hands.” keeping up with their peers and
tested positive for COVID-19, Eight more staff members school year on Aug. 24 until this Middle school students in See SOCSD, 6A

UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME

MONDAY PROFILE Analysis:
Self-described ‘dog lady’ cares Lawsuit pushed
for animals in West Point Mississippi to
simplify elections
Candidates for statewide
offices now only have
to win a majority of the
popular vote
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press

JACKSON — By a wide margin,

Mississippi voters have eliminated
a remnant of the state’s racist his-
tory by repealing a complicated,
multistep process for electing state-
wide officials.
Going forward, candidates for
eight offices — governor, lieu-
tenant governor, attorney general,
secretary of state, treasurer, audi-
tor, insurance commissioner and
agriculture commissioner — will
only have to win a majority of the
popular vote.
They will no longer have to win
the most votes in a majority of the
122 state House districts. That was
roughly the state-level equivalent of
Yue Stella Yu/Dispatch Staff winning a majority of the national
Neely Bryan, director of the West Point-Clay County Animal Shelter, poses for a portrait at the shelter Friday morn- electoral vote in the presidential
ing. Bryan, a Memphis native, moved to Mississippi in 2017 and began taking care of neglected dogs in West Point. race.
On the route she walks every day to feed animals in town, Bryan said, dogs and cats recognize her as she drives by. The presidential race is decided
only by the electoral vote, though.
Through care for chained, fighting Winning any of the eight statewide
offices in Mississippi required both
dogs, animal shelter director the popular vote and the electoral
vote.
hopes to change attitudes toward The question of simplifying Mis-
sissippi’s election process might
man’s best friend never have landed on the ballot
without a strong shove provided by
BY YUE STELLA YU difficult to fix and really a federal lawsuit.
syu@cdispatch.com expensive, and a lot of The suit was filed in 2019 on
behalf of Black plaintiffs. It was

N
eely Bryan woke
up Friday with
a pair of swollen
eyes. She could not sleep
well.
The night before, she
hurried from West Point
to Starkville, worried.
Bradley, a 7-year-old dog
she had rescued, was
dying, her friend told her.
“Something hap-
pened and (his) belly
flipped upside down and
got twisted. It’s really
times they don’t make it
anyway when it happens,”
Bryan said.
Bryan rushed Bradley
to the Mississippi State
University Animal Health
Center that night, hoping
to save him. But with the
small chance Bradley
would survive the $5,000
surgery and the pain he
was in, Bryan decided
she would let go.
“I cannot deal with
them suffering. On the
ride there with him, I
backed by the National Democrat-
ic Redistricting Committee, led by
Yue Stella Yu/Dispatch Staff former U.S. Attorney General Eric
Neely Bryan kisses Queenie, a dog she started taking Holder, who served under Presi-
care of years ago, at the West Point-Clay County Animal dent Barack Obama.
Shelter on Friday morning. Queenie is the first dog she “This is all about fairness —
found chained outside after she moved to Mississippi,
about electoral fairness,” Holder
Bryan said, which inspired her journey of dog rescue told The Associated Press when
around town.
the suit was filed. “The election sys-
was hysterical,” Bryan many dogs Bryan cared tem in Mississippi has really kind
recalled. “We were at the for since she moved from of perpetuated a history of racial
Tennessee to Mississip- discrimination that finally has to
(clinic) by like 8:30 p.m.,
pi in March 2017. Not come to an end.”
and by 10, we had put him
long after she moved to The Mississippi Constitution
to sleep.”
was adopted in 1890, and it set up
Bradley was one of the See BRYAN, 6A
the two-part process for statewide
elections.
See ANALYSIS, 6A

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2A MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Trump faces calls to work with Biden team on transition
President-elect to announce details
of a task force charged with creating
a blueprint to attempt to bring the
pandemic under control today
BY WILL WEISSERT
The Associated Press
WILM-
INGT ON,
Del. — Pres-
ident Don-
ald Trump
is facing
pressure to
c o o p e r a t e Trump
with Pres-
ide nt - ele c t
Joe Biden’s
team to
ensure a amid a raging pandemic,
s m o o t h
transfer of
power when
the new ad- Biden
ministration
takes office in January.
The General Services
Administration is tasked
with formally recognizing
Biden as president-elect,
which begins the tran-
sition. But the agency’s
Trump-appointed admin-
istrator, Emily Murphy,
has not started the pro-
cess and has given no
guidance on when she
will do so.
That lack of clarity is
fueling questions about
Fraud claims aimed in part
at keeping Trump base loyal
BY COLLEEN LONG
AND ZEKE MILLER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — the point.
President Donald Trump
has promised legal ac-
tion in the coming days
as he refused to concede
his loss to Democrat Joe
Biden, making an ag-
gressive pitch for donors
to help finance any court
fight.
Trump and his cam-
paign have leveled ac-
cusations of large-scale
voter fraud in Pennsylva-
nia and other states that
broke for Biden, so far
without proof.
But senior officials,
Trump’s election night party adds to virus scrutiny
BY JILL COLVIN
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — It
was supposed to be a
scene of celebration.
Instead, the Trump
campaign’s election
night watch party in
the White House East
Room has become anoth-
er symbol of President
Donald Trump’s cavalier
attitude toward a virus
that is ripping across
whether Trump, who has
not publicly recognized
Biden’s victory and has
falsely claimed the elec-
tion was stolen, will im-
pede Democrats as they
try to establish a govern-
ment.
There is little prece-
dent in the modern era of
a president erecting such
hurdles for his successor.
The stakes are especially
high this year because
Biden will take office
which will require a com-
prehensive government
response.
“America’s national
security and economic
interests depend on the
federal government sig-
naling clearly and swift-
ly that the United States
government will respect
the will of the American
people and engage in
a smooth and peaceful
transfer of power,” Jen
Psaki, a Biden transition
aide, tweeted Sunday.
The advisory board of
the nonpartisan Center
for Presidential Transition
also urged the Trump ad-
campaign aides and allies
told The Associated Press
that overwhelming evi-
dence of fraud isn’t really
The strategy to wage
a legal fight against the
votes tallied for Biden in
Pennsylvania and other
places is more to provide
Trump with an off-ramp
for a loss he can’t quite
grasp and less about
changing the election’s
outcome, the officials
said. They spoke to AP
on the condition of ano-
nymity to discuss internal
strategy.
Trump aides and al-
lies also acknowledged
privately the legal fights
the nation and infecting
more than 100,000 peo-
ple a day.
Polls suggest that
attitude was a serious
drag on the president’s
reelection bid as voters
chose to deny Trump a
second term in favor of
his Democratic rival,
now President-Elect Joe
Biden. And the party —
with few masks and no
social distancing — is
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Referendum on Trump shatters turnout records
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2008, when the nation elected its experts and partisans already are
With votes still being counted,
first Black president.
The sheer number of votes also
debating the forces behind the
swell of civic participation. Some
turnout in the 2020 presidential
election has hit a 50-year high, ex-
set records, although that’s a less
remarkable milestone given the
pointed to the numbers as evi-
dence of what happens when states
ceeding the record set by the 2008 country’s growing population. So expand the time and the ways vot-
presidential election of Barack far 148 million votes have been tal- ers can cast ballots, as many states
Obama — an extraordinary en- lied, with Democrat Joe Biden win-
did this year. Other noted the ex-
gagement in what amounted to a ning more than 75 million — the
referendum on President Donald highest number for a presidential traordinary high passions Trump
Trump’s leadership. candidate in history. Trump re- provoked — both for and against.
As of Sunday, the tallied votes ceived more than 70 million — the The result: the highest turnout
accounted for 62 percent of the el- highest total for a losing candidate. since 1968, according to data from
igible voting-age population in the The numbers are certain to rise the Associated Press and the Unit-
U.S. That’s a 0.4 percentage point as election officials continue to ed States Elections Project, which
increase so far over the rate hit in count more ballots. But election tracks turnout.
ministration to “immedi- control that he plans to commissioner, David view information such as
ately begin the post-elec- begin implementing after Kessler, as co-chairs. budgetary and staffing
tion transition process assuming the presidency Biden was also launch- decisions, pending reg-
and the Biden team to on Jan. 20. ing agency review teams, ulations and other work
take full advantage of the Biden has already groups of transition in progress from current
resources available under named a former surgeon staffers that have access Trump administration
the Presidential Transi- general, Dr. Vivek Mur- to key agencies in the staff at the departments
tion Act.” thy, and an ex-Food and current administration. to help Biden’s team pre-
Biden, who was elect- Drug Administration They will collect and re- pare to transition.
ed the 46th president on
Saturday, is taking steps
to build a government
despite questions about
whether Trump will offer
the traditional assistance.
He is focusing first
on the virus, which has
already killed near-
ly 240,000 Americans.
Biden will announce de-
tails on Monday of a task
force that will create a
blueprint to attempt to
bring the pandemic under
would — at best — fore-
stall the inevitable, and
some had deep reserva-
tions about the president’s
attempts to undermine
faith in the vote. But they
said Trump and a core
group of loyalists were
aiming to keep his base
of supporters on his side
even in defeat.
There has been no
election in decades in
which such widespread
fraud was alleged. The
closest was the 1960 elec-
tion in which Democrat
John F. Kennedy beat
Republican Richard Nix-
on, and there were alle-
gations that fraud helped
Kennedy win.
now under additional
scrutiny after the pres-
ident’s chief of staff,
Mark Meadows, became
the latest top White
House official to contract
the virus, which has now
killed more than 237,000
people in the U.S. alone.
The White House has re-
peatedly refused to say
who else has tested pos-
itive, even as the virus
continues to spread.
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4-County announces nominal rate cut for members

Residential customers will see average savings of $2.17 per month;
commercial customers’ savings will vary
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispath.com
When Grey Land heard the
news that 4-County Electric
Power Association would be re-
ducing its rates for the next 12
months, he didn’t immediately
start making his retirement
plans.
He kept on bush-hogging.
“This will be the last time for
the year,” said Land, 63, a cattle
rancher and businessman who
has lived in Noxubee County all
his life. “You look at it and see
it’s about $2.10, $2.20 a month.
That’s not a lot, but for someone
like me with several properties,
it adds up. I’ll take it, that’s for
sure.”
4-County announced the
rate cut, which will average
$2.17 for residential customers
after receiving its allotment of
a $200 million credit from the
Tennessee Valley Authority,
which provides the co-op and
its 40,000 members in east Mis-
sissippi with electricity.
TVA officials say the credit
is intended to help communi-
ties and businesses recover
more quickly from the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic and re-
flects the improved efficiencies
and fiscal performance of TVA,
the company said in its press re-
lease announcing the rate cut.
4-County officials noted it
absorbed a rate increase by
TVA in 2016 without passing
the rate increase on to its mem-
bers. In total, member savings
for that year alone were in ex-
cess of $1.4 million system wide
and $5.66 million over a four-
year period.
Brandon Pres-
ley, Northern
savings will be based on usage
and other variables, 4-County
District commis-
sioner for the
officials said in the announce-
ment.
state’s Public For Land, the rate reduction
Service Com- is less about the money saved
mission, lauded than it is about 4-County’s at-
4-County’s rate titude toward its owner-mem-
reduction.
Presley
bers.
“Any reduction in costs to “I do think they look out for
Mississippians is welcome in their customers,” Land said.
the midst of the economic cri- “With this COVID thing go-
sis we find ourselves in,” Pres- ing on, people are struggling.
ley said. “My hat’s off to the Every dollar counts. I like that
manager and board for passing they’re giving back when they
these savings back to the peo- have a chance. It would have
ple who own 4-County.” been just as easy for them to put
The rate deduction will be- it in their pocket or spend it on
gin in November and last 12 something else. It’s a good sign
months. Commercial business that they did this.”

AREA ARRESTS
The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Sandy Fowler, 43,
was charged with posses-
sion of methamphetamine.
n Freddie Williams,
36, was charged with fel-
ony escape, possession Fowler Williams Gwathney Humphries Johnson C. Jordan S. Jordan McCaa Patmon Pickens
of methamphetamine, produce death. was charged with aggra- burglary and larceny of a
trafficking of controlled n Jameel Johnson, 26, vated assault to manifest dwelling and possession
substances, possession was charged with posses- extreme indifference to of marijuana.
of marijuana in a vehicle, sion, sale, transfer of a sto- life. n Diesha Walker, 25,
resisting arrest, suspend- len firearm. n Jamarcus Patmon, was charged with cyber-
ed drivers license and no
n Corrye Jordan, 22, 29, was charged with flee- stalking-email/communi-
headlights.
was charged with felony ing or eluding in a motor cation to extort and simple
n Dustin Gwathney,
20, was charged with man- malicious mischief, speed- vehicle. assault. Seabrooks Walker Brackin Douglas
slaughter. ing and no insurance. n Allen Pickens, 49, n Briana Brackin, 32,
n Carlos Humphries, n Shannon Jordan, 42, was charged with posses- possession of metham- substance and resisting sion of marijuana more
46, was charged with ag- was charged with felony sion of methamphetamine. phetamine, possession arrest. than an ounce, possession
gravated assault with a malicious mischief. n Elijah Seabrooks, of marijuana in a vehicle, n Dearivs Douglas, 24, with intent to distribute
weapon or other means to n Devario McCaa, 29, 21, was charged with possession of a controlled was charged with posses- and expired license tag.

Greenville man in Oktibbeha jail after 6-hour standoff

DISPATCH STAFF REPORT charges in other jurisdic- in the water, brandished said. The Starkville Fire release from OCSO. $105,000, with $35,000 for
tions, Watson said. the gun and refused for Department, Oktibbeha Boyles was treated at each charge against him
Sheriff ’s OCSO, Starkville Po- six hours to surrender to County Emergency Man- OCH Regional Medical in Oktibbeha County.
deputies lice Department and Mis- authorities, Watson said. agement Agency and the Center for non life-threat- The investigation is
arrested a sissippi Highway Patrol Crisis negotiators from U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive ening injuries and is be- ongoing and will likely
Greenv ille officers pursued Boyles SPD, the FBI and Tupelo
man after Task Force were also in- ing held in the Oktibbeha result in more charges
in a car chase through Police Department “were
a six-hour Oktibbeha County off- able to convince Boyles volved in the pursuit, ac- County Jail, the release against Boyles, Watson
standoff and-on throughout the to surrender peacefully,” cording to a Friday press states. His bond totals said.
near St- day Thursday, losing and according to the press re-
urgis on Boyles finding him again several lease.
Thursday night, in which times, Watson said. Other law enforcement
the suspect stood waist- Boyles hit an officer’s agencies, including the
deep in a lake armed with car with his own car, sheriff’s departments in
a gun, said Capt. Brett which Watson said was Winston and Choctaw
Watson of the Oktibbeha stolen, resulting in the counties and the Acker-
County Sheriff’s Office. charge of assaulting an man and Sturgis police
Gary Boyles, 39, is officer. He drove the car departments, helped
charged in Oktibbeha through someone’s yard OCSO deputies appre-
County with assaulting an and into a lake just outside hend Boyles by blocking
officer, fleeing arrest and Sturgis. The car was com- streets and placing spike
possession of a weapon pletely underwater, and strips on the roads to stop

The Dispatch
by a felon, as well as other Boyles stood on the hood the car chase, Watson

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Opinion
4A MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020
POSSUMHAW
This little light of mine
“You are the light, and you
have the power to overcome
the darkness that exists in the
world.”
— Bob Marley, Jamaican
singer and songwriter
(1945-1981)
E
veryone loves a
holiday, and if ever
there was a time we
could use more holidays and
more celebrations perhaps Shannon Bardwell
it would be now. Fortunate-
ly, Nov. 11 was declared a
holiday in Western Europe during the
Middle Ages, known as Martinmas or
the Mass of St. Martin. At that time
the festival was a celebration of gather- and refused his pay. His desire was
ing in the fall wheat and the harvesting to pursue a monastic life. His request
of livestock for winter. Martinmas
would relate somewhat to our Thanks-
giving celebration. Typically, families
and communities gathered together to
celebrate with feasting, dancing, bon-
fires and parades. It was a time to be
grateful for God’s provision, the earth’s lanterns symbolizing bringing light
bounty, for family and friends and the
good things of life.
There are two stories most often
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Democracy in action
Four years back when Trump
got elected, I wrote of democracy
in action.
Once again, I am writing on
this subject in this critical time of
a pandemic.
Who could have thought an
African-American girl of Indi-
an mother would become vice
president-elect of the USA? Or
red states become blue, espe-
cially John McCain’s Arizona or
Georgia? It is only possible in this
USA, a country where diversity
and equal opportunity along with
democracy is in place.
Kamala was born in 1964 to
her immigrant father, Donald
Harris (originally from Jamaica)
and mother, Shyamala Gopalan
(originally from India). However,
her mother — a single mom —
was the architect of bringing up
Kamala.
Who wouldn’t be proud of Vice
President-elect Kamala Harris?
America is really a country of pos-
sibility where dreams can come
true for anyone.
We should rejoice our own
American democracy.
Jiben Roy
Columbus
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Monday, Nov. 9, the
314th day of 2020. There are 52
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
I
On Nov. 9, 1989, communist
East Germany threw open its
borders, allowing citizens to travel
freely to the West; joyous Ger-
mans danced atop the Berlin Wall.
On this date:
In 1620, the passengers and
crew of the Mayflower sighted
Cape Cod.
In 1938, Nazis looted and
burned synagogues as well as
Jewish-owned stores and houses in
Germany and Austria in a pogrom
or deliberate persecution that be-
came known as “Kristallnacht.”
In 1961, U.S. Air Force Maj.
Robert M. White became the first
pilot to fly an X-15 rocket plane at
six times the speed of sound. The
Beatles’ future manager, Brian Ep-
stein, first saw the group perform
at The Cavern Club in Liverpool,
England.
In 1965, the great Northeast
blackout began as a series of power
failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours,
leaving 30 million people in seven
states and part of Canada without
electricity.
In 1967, a Saturn V rocket
carrying an unmanned Apollo
spacecraft blasted off from Cape
Kennedy on a successful test flight.
In 1976, the U.N. General
Assembly approved resolutions con-
demning apartheid in South Africa,
including one characterizing the
white-ruled government as “illegit-
imate.”
SOURCE: AP
told about St. Martin. At
the age of 15, Martin was
conscripted into the French
Calvary. It is said he came
upon a beggar with mea-
ger clothing lying in the
street during a snowstorm.
Martin dismounted and
tore his cloak in two and
covered the beggar. That
night Martin had a dream.
He dreamed he saw the
Christ wearing his cloak
and heard him say, “When
you did it for the least of
these, you did it for me.”
As Martin’s faith grew, he asked to
be dismissed from his military service
was considered cowardice. He was to
be jailed until Martin committed to go
into battle unarmed. Convinced of his
sincerity, his superiors released him.
Traditions evolved for the festival
of Martinmas including a parade of
into a darkened world. Children cre-
ated homemade lanterns, going from
house to house giving and receiving
CARTOONIST VIEW
LOCAL VOICES
Letter from Detroit
voted for President-elect
Biden and Vice-Presi-
dent-elect Harris. I wish
their next administration
much success. But I want to
share a perspective with my
fellow citizens.
I know some voters who
supported President Trump
will always think this
election was stolen from
him. He is certainly feeding
information into that line of Andrew Colom
thinking.
I grew up in Columbus
Mississippi, a place that I love. Many of The problem with such powerful and
the people I called neighbors, friends,
and classmates, are supporters of Pres- much attention is that they naturally
ident Trump. Many of them supported
him in 2016 for very specific reasons,
while not loving everything about him. posture that makes any large change
Adam Garner has been one of my
best friends since elementary school.
I still count him as a beloved, close
friend. Someone I will always deeply
love and support. He supported Trump a pathway for a renewed conversation.
in 2016 and may have supported him
in 2020. But I also know him and his
family (who also may have supported
Trump) are extremely kind, loving,
and God-fearing people.
As President Biden prepares to
resume control over the executive
branch, I want to make sure Demo-
crats understand that America also
belongs to a lot of good people who
supported Trump. We must find a way
to come together with them from a
place of listening, understanding and
love.
The answers to our dilemmas are
nuanced and complex and deserve
Dispatch
The
treats. It is said, in Estonia to receive a
sweet potato or a turnip was quite the
treasure, as vegetables were scarce in
winter.
Also, Martinmas was a time of
decluttering household possessions,
a practice that has become popular
in the last few years. Children went
much debate and consider-
ation. Progress is always
dangerous work even when
necessary because it could
make things worse, and
there are always unintended
consequences to consider.
But I do think we have to
address some fundamental
issues that are not even
political.
For one, local and
independent media have
to break the stranglehold
of the national media.
centralized national media drawing so
become polarized and draw the whole
country into a wrestling-like caricature
very difficult to find compromise to do.
A renewal of local media mixed with
new independent media shows on You-
Tube, Spotify and Twitch, can provide
As much as possible, we need to keep
those spaces free and open for civil
debate even if pointed.
Lastly, we need a return to the idea
of nobility. The most corrosive and de-
structive ideas are ones that deny the
belief that nobility exists at all. Often
rich people use the idea of nobility to
justify their wealth, but nobility isn’t
a class thing. Educators are often
the noblest people in society. What
does it mean to be noble? For one, it
must mean to be honest. I don’t mean
honest in just the surface meaning
of not saying something you know is
not true. I mean honest in the deepest
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through their toys and clothing finding
outgrown and unused items to donate
to charities. Adults did the same with
clothing and household items. The
donations were cleaned, repaired and
made serviceable for those in need.
Perhaps one would even provide some-
thing new — a warm sweater, a scarf,
gloves, a blanket. The celebration of
Martinmas was intended to honor the
memory of Saint Martin who thought
of others more than he thought of
himself.
In the last few weeks, I’ve busied
myself decluttering again. With each
season it seems good to go through
one’s possessions and see what is
needed and what is not; what has been
used and what has not. I find this
practice to be a joy, it’s quiet, almost
meditative. It’s a recycling of sorts.
What we can’t use can often be used
by others and vice-versa.
And so, if you find yourself with
a little time on your hands, perhaps
consider celebrating your own Mar-
tinmas by carrying your lantern into a
darkened world.
Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of
Columbus at msdeltachild@msn.com.
sense of the word. When you aren’t
certain about something, admitting
it, not pretending like you are more
certain than you are. Truly considering
the idea that your point of view may be
missing an angle or information that
would change your opinion. Admitting
how much we as humans change our
opinions over time, or how much of
our opinions are situational. We need
the deepest form of honesty possible
if we are going to be able to negotiate
our way out of this partisanship battle.
We need honesty so powerful you
can’t even cancel the person express-
ing their honesty because they aren’t
afraid of the mob, either on twitter
or on the comment sections of a new
article.
I love Mississippi. I love New York
City (I have ever since I was a child). I
have loved trips to Atlanta, Memphis,
Little Rock, living in Cali for a year.
Now, my great love is Detroit, the city I
choose. I have been all over this great
nation, and I can say I love America,
even when it feels like it does not love
me back. Love is like that sometimes.
President Lincoln once said: “At what
point then is the approach of danger to
be expected? I answer, if it ever reach-
es us, it must spring up amongst us. It
cannot come from abroad. If destruc-
tion be our lot, we must ourselves be
its author and finisher. As a nation of
freemen, we must live through all time,
or die by suicide.”
We must never die by suicide. We
must learn again (maybe truly for the
first time) how to love one another.
Andrew Colom is a Columbus native
now living in Detroit, Michigan.
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Amid virus, Mississippi must set

medical marijuana program
‘This vote shows minds
are changing. We don’t
want our sick suffering.’
Jaqueline Temple Rudder, a home-
maker from Madison County who
lost her father-in-law to cancer
BY LEAH WILLINGHAM
The Associated Press/Report for America
JACKSON — The Mississippi
Department of Health has been
working around the clock to re-
spond to the coronavirus pandem-
ic. Now, the agency will be re-
sponsible for starting a statewide
medical marijuana program within
the next nine months.
Uncertified election results
show 74 percent of Mississippi vot-
ers approved the ballot measure
that allows doctors to prescribe up
to 5 ounces (142 grams) of marijua-
na per month for people who have
at least one of more than 20 serious
medical conditions.
“This vote shows minds are
changing,” said Jaqueline Temple
Rudder, a homemaker from Mad-
ison County who lost her father-
in-law to cancer and voted for Ini-
tiative 65. “We don’t want our sick
suffering.”
Both Gov. Tate Reeves and
state’s top health officer, Dr. Thom-
as Dobbs, opposed the initiative.
Reeves said passage would lead
Mississippi to have the “most lib-
eral weed rules” in the country —
although it does not legalize rec-
reational marijuana. Dobbs said it
would distract health officials who
are working furiously to slow the
spread of the coronavirus.
The constitutional amendment
places the Mississippi Department
of Health in charge of issuing med-
ical marijuana identification cards
and licensing treatment centers
where patients will access marijua-
na for medical purposes. Officials
will have until August to begin li-
censing treatment centers and cer-
tifying eligible patients.
Health Department said
Wednesday that it is in the “plan-
ning stages and reviewing various
elements important to creating a
successful marijuana program.”
“The Agency will do its best to
manage both major (COVID) en-
deavors,” spokeswoman Liz Sharlot
said.
Initiative 65 places specific
guidelines into the state constitu-
tion for how the medical marijuana
program will be run.
Appointments for certification
must be done in-person with li-
censed physicians; treatment cards
for patients, which can cost no
more than $50, are valid for up to 12
months; medical marijuana can be
prescribed for shorter periods or
renewed for longer based on phy-
sicians’ recommendations. Minors
can be prescribed marijuana with
the consent of a parent or guardian.
The Health Department will
not be able to limit the number of
treatment centers or set the price
of medical marijuana. Treatment
centers will be allowed where oth-
er commercial businesses are al-
lowed, although not within 500 feet
of a school, day care or church.
Marijuana sales can be taxed up
to the state tax rate of 7 percent.
Proceeds from medical marijuana
will go toward funding the pro-
gram.
Before July 1, the Health Depart-
ment needs to finalize regulations
on advertising, procedures for
tracking and labeling marijuana at
treatment centers and use of medi-
cal marijuana in nursing homes.
Voters chose Initiative 65 over
a similar but more restrictive mea-
sure designed by lawmakers. Al-
ternative 65A would have left tax
rates, possession limits and certain
other details to the Legislature and
had no start date.
Mary Collins Harwell of Jackson
said she supported Initiative 65 be-
cause her 13-year-old son has se-
vere autism and cerebral palsy and
lives with intense pain that hasn’t
responded to other treatment.
“Unless you are put in a position
in your life where you or somebody
you love needs it, you just don’t
think of marijuana as something
that is going to help,” Harwell said.
“You think about people sitting
around smoking joints. That’s not
what we’re talking about.”
Angie Calhoun of Puckett said
her son suffers from chronic condi-
tions such as focal seizures, severe
joint pain and nausea. He tried 17
prescriptions before moving to
Colorado to try medical marijuana,
which finally helped him.
Now, Calhoun’s son can come
home to Mississippi.
“My son doesn’t have to be a
medical refugee any longer,” she
said. “This vote shows that most
Mississippians, like us, want help
for our sick patients with some-
thing that’s natural and safe.”

Alex Trebek, long-running ‘Jeopardy!’ host, dies at 80

Trebek, who announced in 2019 that
he had advanced pancreatic cancer,
died at his Los Angeles home Sunday
BY LYNN ELBER
AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES —
Alex Trebek, who presid-
ed over the beloved quiz
show “Jeopardy!” for more
than 30 years with dap-
per charm and a touch of
schoolmaster strictness,
died Sunday. He was 80.
Trebek, who an-
nounced in 2019 that he
had advanced pancreatic
cancer, died at his Los
Angeles home, surround-
ed by family and friends,
“Jeopardy!” studio Sony
said.
The Canadian-born
host, who made a point of
informing fans about his
health directly, spoke in
a calm, even tone as he
revealed his illness and
hope for a cure in a video
posted March 6, 2019.
In the video, Trebek
said he was joining the
50,000 other Americans
who receive such a diag-
nosis each year and that
he recognized that the
prognosis was not encour-
aging.
But Trebek said he in-
tended to fight it and keep
working, even joking that
he needed to beat the dis-
ease because his “Jeopar-
dy!” contract ran for three
more years. Less than
“Alex wasn’t just the
best ever at what he did.
a week later, he opened
the show with a message
He was also a lovely and
deeply decent man, and
acknowledging the out- I’m grateful for every min-
pouring of kind words and ute I got to spend with
prayers he’d received. him,” tweeted “Jeopardy!”
“Thanks to the — be- champion Ken Jennings.
lieve it or not — hundreds
of thousands of people
who have sent in tweets,
texts, emails, cards and
letters wishing me well,”
Trebek said. “I’m a lucky
guy.”
The program tapes
weeks of shows in ad-
vance, and the remaining
episodes with Trebek will
air through Dec. 25, a
Sony spokeswoman said.
Messages of grief and
respect from former con-
testants, celebrities and
the wider public quickly
followed news of his loss.

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the state, Bryan said,
she started seeing dogs
chained outside. The
level of care, she said,
was awful.
“They are skinny.
They are on chains (and
given) a big bucket of
water,” Bryan said. “I
believe that (dogs) are
here to teach humans
about love. A human is
never going to have that
bond with a dog tied to a
fence.”
Bryan decided to step
up. She knocked on doors
and asked if she could
walk their dogs for them.
She brought the dogs
food, medicine and water.
Over the years, she said,
she has developed a route
in West Point and walks
it every morning to feed
the animals in her way.
“Cats follow my car.
Dogs recognize my
car. Crazy animal lady,”
Bryan referred to herself
with a grin.
Her love for animals,
Bryan said, has roots in
her family. Growing up
on a farm in Memphis,
Bryan said her parents
would pick up animals on
the side of the road, spay,
neuter and care for them.
“I love all animals,
including earthworms.
I move them off the
sidewalk. I swerve for
butterflies,” she said. “ …
If you ever asked, ‘ Say
your name and tell me
one thing about yourself,’
it’s always, ‘I’m Neely and
I love animals.’”
Neely Bryan hugs one of the rescue dogs at the West
Point-Clay County Animal Shelter on Friday afternoon.
As of Friday, the shelter had 34 dogs and 28 cats,
according to the staff.
Now, she gets to
spread that love further.
The Memphis native has
been the director of the
West Point-Clay County
Animal Shelter for a year,
where she trains volun-
teers, helps abandoned,
neglected or surrendered
animals gain strength
and find them a new
home. She makes sure
dogs get the exercise
they need and sets up
“playgroups” in yards for
dogs who get along.
Courtesy photo/Neely Bryan
“There’s never an
empty yard,” she said.
Sometimes, her love
for animals stretches
beyond dogs and cats.
At the sight of a shelter
cat’s capture of a mouse
Friday morning, Bryan
screamed at her staff:
“Save the mouse! Save
the mouse!”
Due to the nature of
her work, she said, the
animal mistreatment she
would witness was gut
wrenching. Bait dogs
and pitbulls, for exam-
ple, were bred to fight in
illegal fighting rings, and
their bodies were torn
with scars, she said.
“They are fought.
They are abused. They
are chained. They are
starved. What I see is
shattering,” Bryan said.
“It’s the most sick, evil
event … on planet earth.”
In March, Bryan
adopted Willow, a bait
dog who used to fight, as
her own. But still, there
are many more lives she
could not save. Because
of the dog fighting world,
Bryan said, people have
stereotypes against
breeds such as pitbulls,
making their adoption
harder than others.
“It’s not their fault. It’s
the humans’ fault. They
bred them horribly,”
Bryan said. “Only one out
of 600 pitbulls ever finds
a home. One in 600.”
Still, Bryan hopes her
actions to raise aware-
ness of animal care have
changed — and continue
to change — people’s
hearts.
“My presence, I feel,
people witnessing what I
do, is still creating a shift
on some level,” Bryan
said. “I get so frustrated,
but that’s where I have
to realize, ‘Look, they
have an awareness now
around dogs. Before you
came, they didn’t. So you
are still doing good work,
Neely.’ I’m the dog lady.”

Analysis
Continued from Page 1A
If no candidate won
both the popular vote and
the electoral vote, the race
was decided by the state
House. Because represen-
tatives were not obligated
to vote as their districts
did, an election could be
decided by deal-making
or even by the whim of a
lawmaker who disagreed
with the majority of voters
in his or her own district.
Mississippi was the
only state in the U.S. with
this multistep process for
electing statewide offi-
cials.
The process was writ-
ten when white politicians
across the South were en-
acting laws to erase Black
political power gained
during Reconstruction.
The separate House vote
was promoted as a way
for the white ruling class
have the final say in who
holds office.
Currently, about 38
percent of Mississippi’s
residents are Black. The
lawsuit argued that Mis-
sissippi’s election system
violated the principle of
one-person, one-vote.
Plaintiffs said Missis-
sippi’s history of racially
polarized voting meant
that candidates preferred
by Black voters needed a
higher share of the state-
wide vote to win a majority
of House districts.
Days before the 2019
governor’s race, U.S. Dis-
trict Judge Daniel P. Jor-
dan III wrote that he had
“grave concern” about the
constitutionality of the
electoral vote provision.
Jordan wrote that the
plaintiffs’ argument about
violation of one person,
one vote is “arguably ...
their strongest claim.”
Jordan put the lawsuit
on hold in December and
gave legislators a chance
to remedy the system by
putting a proposed con-
stitutional amendment on
the ballot.
About 78 percent of
people who cast ballots
in last week’s general
election agreed to repeal Democrats. It is now con-
the electoral provision, trolled by Republicans.
according to uncertified In future races with
results. more than two candidates,
Mississippi has not yet Mississippi will have run-
elected a Black candidate
offs if no candidate re-
to statewide office. Al-
though the complicated ceives a simple majority
election process was de- in the first round of voting.
signed to suppress Black
political power, it was rare-
ly used because most can-
didates have fulfilled both
parts of the checklist.
The last time a gover-
nor’s race was thrown to
the Mississippi House was
in January 2000. Nobody
received the required ma-
jorities in a four-person
governor’s race in 1999.
The top two candidates
were white, and each won
in 61 House districts.
In January 2000, House
members chose Democrat
Ronnie Musgrove, a one-
term lieutenant governor
who led the popular vote
for governor, over Republi-
can former U.S. Rep. Mike
Parker. At the time, the
House was controlled by

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teachers were overburdened with three types of lesson plans, Superintendent Eddie
Peasant said at the time.
As of October, about 70 percent of the district’s elementary school students and
55 to 60 percent of older students commute to and from campuses for traditional
learning, an increase of about 10 percent for both since the start of the school year.

AROUND THE STATE

Longtime Mississippi
sheriff dies
of COVID-19 in Alabama
PASCAGOULA — A
longtime Mississip-
pi sheriff has died of
COVID-19 in the hospital
where he was being treat-
ed.
The Sun Herald report-
ed that former Jackson
County Sheriff Mike Byrd
died Thursday on his 71st
birthday after battling the
illness caused by the new
coronavirus.
Byrd had been hospi-
talized on a ventilator at
a hospital in Mobile, Al-
abama, and the sheriff’s
department announced
his death on its Facebook
page.
Byrd, who served four
terms as sheriff, resigned
in 2013 before pleading to
state and federal charges
involving his office. He
was still known as a de-
vout Christian who sang
gospel music and was a
good friend and family
man.
“Mike had the great-
est personality,” said Cir-
cuit Clerk Randy Carney.
“Every time I saw him, he
would hug my neck. Mike
would tell me, ‘Man, if you
need anything, just let
me know,’ He had a great
sense of humor.”
Mississippi sets online
meetings about child
care services
JACKSON — The Mis-
sissippi Department of
Human Services is hold-
ing online meetings to
gather information about
improving child care ser-
vices in the state.
“I often say child care
represents the backbone
of the workforce,” Chad
Allgood, director of the
agency’s Division of Early
Childhood Care and De-
velopment, said in a news
release.
“Without child care we
couldn’t work,” he said.
“It is extremely important
that we understand how
important child care is,
and provide the support
our child care providers
need to be successful.”
The meetings begin at
11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mon-
day and Thursday and at
the same times Nov. 18.
Information and links
to the meetings is avail-
able at https://secac.
ms.gov/infosessions.

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Elliott drives from back of the field to first NASCAR title

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Earnhardt Jr. could not tory lane at Phoenix to the championship,” “My heart is full,” 8 years old on skis, su-
and parlayed the pop- win for Hendrick and said Elliott, “those are said Johnson, who is per quiet, wouldn’t say
AVONDALE, Ariz. ularity gleamed off his Chevrolet, which had moments you can only tied with Hall of Famers much.
— The new face of NA- Hall of Fame father into been shut out of the title dream, you know, and Richard Petty and Dale “To watch him grow
SCAR circled Phoenix a NASCAR champion- race since Johnson won this is a dream. Earnhardt with seven up and to be around him
Raceway for a celebra- ship. The son of “Awe- his seventh and final “Just hoping I don’t titles. His 83 victories and to give him some
tory lap of his finest some Bill crown in 2016. ever wake up.” rank sixth on the career advice from time to time
achievement. Chase El- from Daw- “I just never would Elliott’s car failed wins list and his stretch has really been mean-
liott, NASCAR’s most sonville” have thought that this pre-race inspection and of five consecutive titles ingful for me. I think
popular driver, was now Georgia year would have gone the penalty cost him from 2006 -2010 is a NA- more about him winning
a Cup champion, too. solidi f ied like it has,” Elliott said. the pole when he was SCAR record. a championship more
He came upon team- himself as “I mean, NASCAR Cup sent to the rear. But he Asked what he will re- than anything.”
mate Jimmie Johnson, the new Series champion, are raced his way through member about his 686th Elliott, who turns 25
who banged doors with face of Hen- you kidding me? Unre- traffic in the first stage race, Johnson said it later this month, has fol-
Elliott. Then the sev- drick Mo- Elliott al.” and then took control of will be Elliott’s break- lowed his father’s foot-
en-time champion, in torspor ts, He shared a long the championship. El- through. steps. Bill Elliott won
his final race, gave El- of Chev- hug with Johnson, who liott led seven times for “Chase Elliott won the 1988 championship
liott a fist bump. rolet and of NASCAR joined Elliott for the vic- a race-high 153 laps. his first championship. and 16 times was voted
The torch has offi- on the day the greatest tory celebration. Johnson finished fifth I’m so happy for that by the fans NASCAR’s
cially been passed. driver of this generation “Oh my gosh, I mean, — his best result since guy,” he said. “I can re- most popular driver.
This is NASCAR’s called it a career. to share a moment August — in his final call going snowboarding Chase Elliott became
Camelot. Elliott drove from the like that, Jimmie’s last ride in Hendrick’s No. with Bill out in Colorado the fan favorite in 2018
Elliott did what Dale back of the field to vic- race, to win and lock 48 Chevrolet. and Chase was maybe See NASCAR, 3B

New Hope HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

standouts
Greenhaw,
Younger
7&7: Ethan Rollins, Jane Claire Newman
set to take
friendship
lead Caledonia soccer to sweep of Amory
to Meridian
Community
College
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com

NEW HOPE — Rea-

gan Greenhaw wasn’t
speaking to her best
friend.
Greenhaw, a senior at
New Hope High School,
was upset with Bree
Younger — her clos-
est friend since third
grade — when Younger
told Greenhaw she was
on her own for college.
While Greenhaw an-
nounced her commit-
ment to play soccer at
Meridian Community
College on Sept. 10,
Younger — also offered
a scholarship by the Ea-
gles — told her friend
See NEW HOPE, 3B

No fans
means no
roars, the
magic of Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff
Caledonia junior Ethan Rollins (7) dribbles into the box in the first half of Saturday’s home match against Amory. Caledonia won on
the penalty kicks.

Masters BY THEO DEROSA

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUGUSTA, Ga. —
The roars were endless
Sunday at the Masters,
coming from every-
where for just about ev-
eryone.
One moment stood
out in 2011.
From below the rise
of the fairway on the
par-5 eighth hole, it
sounded like a sonic
boom. That was an ea-
gle cheer coming from
the green, no doubt. But
for whom?
“Tiger Woods just
came through,” a mar-
shal said, and thus end-
ed the mystery.
But it didn’t end
there.
Woods, who started
that final round seven
shots out of the lead,
now was tied for the
lead. Moments later, as
Woods headed to the
ninth tee, another cheer
rang out from the 18th
green. And then, anoth-
er one down by Amen
See MASTERS, 3B
tderosa@cdispatch.com
CALEDONIA — A pair
of 7s proved to be a winning
hand for Caledonia soccer
in Saturday’s home matches
against Amory.
Ethan Rollins and Jane
Claire Newman — both of
whom don the No. 7 jersey
— led the way for Caledonia
in wins by the home school’s
boys and girls matches
against the Panthers.
Rollins scored on a penalty
on the first half of the boys
match and later ended it with
the decisive penalty kick to
clinch the match for Caledo-
nia, while Newman scored
twice in the second half to
lead her team to a 3-1 win.
The wins improved both
teams to 1-1 on the season af-
ter losses at Oxford on Thurs-
day.
Newman, whose girls
squad lost to the Chargers
4-0, said Caledonia never gave
up in its season opener de-
spite the tough competition.
The same was true Saturday
even after a goal by Amory’s
Emma Gore in the fourth
minute Saturday served as a
wake-up call.
“I think some of us weren’t
in the right mindset, and
whenever they scored, I feel
like that really opened up our
eyes, and we came back and
we got our job done,” New-
man said.
Lauren Brown answered
for Caledonia on a breakaway
in the 18th minute, prompt-
ing Blake to query his players
from the sideline.
“Hey, can we get going
now?” the coach implored.
“Let’s go!”
It took until the second
half, though not long into it.
Thirty-seven seconds into the
period, Newman sent a cross
in from close range for an
easy go-ahead goal that came
faster than she ever expected.
“She’s our goal scorer up
top,” Blake said of his senior
forward and leader. “She’s the
one we’re counting on to pro-
duce goals, and she found a
way to do that today. We were
really counting on her to put
the ball in the back of the net.”
Less than 20 minutes later
a handball in the box by Amo-
ry gave Caledonia a penalty.
Newman blasted a shot off the
goalkeeper and into the net to
double her team’s lead and
strengthen its confidence.
“They kind of just realized,
‘Hey, we have control of the
game now,’” Newman said of
her teammates.
Blake said his team’s abil-
ity to pull away was import-
ant against an Amory team
against which Caledonia felt
it was the favorite and the bet-
ter team. Matches between
the two schools always seem
to be close, and Caledonia
came through Saturday.
“Every year with Amory
and Caledonia, it’s always a
battle,” Blake said. “They’re
always going to come in here
and give us their very best.”
The same applied in the
boys match Saturday as the
Panthers gave Caledonia all
it could handle. Amory’s Gun-
nar Williams even gave his
team the lead in the 10th min-
ute before Rollins was tripped
up in the 19th for a penalty
and finished his shot to tie the
match.
Blake said he was proud of
Rollins’ progression after be-
ing low on the team’s depth
chart as a sophomore last sea-
son.
“This year, we’re looking
for him to really take a big
step forward, and I think he’s
doing that,” Blake said.
Rollins showed more of
that promise in the penalty
round, coming up with Cale-
donia staked to a 3-2 lead.
He calmly drove his shot past
goalkeeper Tyler Sledge and
shouted “Let’s go!” repeated-
ly as he ran toward his jubi-
lant teammates.
“It was good to get that
win,” Rollins said.
Caledonia rebounded from
a 2-0 loss to Oxford in which,
Rollins said, his team pos-
sessed the ball well against
the Chargers. With several
players shifting positions and
a plethora of first-time start-
ers, Saturday’s win was im-
portant, Blake said.
“We’ve got to build that
confidence,” the coach said.
“You’re going to build that
confidence through winning
games.”
Ultimately, Caledonia did
that Saturday, representing
positive progress that Blake
was happy to see.
“As long as we’re taking
steps forward at this point
in the season, by the end of
the season we’re going to be
a completely different team,”
Blake said. “I think today, the
most important thing is that
we found a way to win.”
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Tagovailoa, Dolphins rally for 34-31 win over Cardinals

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GLENDALE, Ariz.
— The first professional
matchup of Tua Tagov-
ailoa and Kyler Murray
certainly lived up to the
hype.
The two young quar-
terbacks traded pinpoint
passes, timely scram-
bles and other big plays
in a dazzling show of the
league’s future. In the
end, it was the rookie who
came out with the win.
The 22-year-old Tagov-
ailoa threw for 248 yards
and two touchdowns in
just his second NFL start
as the Miami Dolphins
rallied in the fourth quar-
ter for a 34-31 victory over
the Arizona Cardinals on
Sunday.
“That was awesome.
It was fun for the fans
as well, not just us com-
peting,” Tagovailoa said
of the duel with Murray.
“You know what you’re
going to get when it
comes to Kyler. You know
the kind of explosive play-
er he is. He might be the
fastest player in the NFL
right now. Oh my gosh,
he’s faster than me.”
But Tagovailoa was
the winner. He’s 2-0 since
taking over for Ryan
Fitzpatrick as the starter
following the team’s bye
week.
Miami (5-3) has won
four straight games. The
Cardinals (5-3) had their
three-game winning
streak snapped.
Murray, the 2019 Of-
fensive Rookie of the
Year, finished with 283
yards passing and three
touchdowns, adding 106
yards rushing on 11 car-
ries in another stellar
performance. He was
obviously frustrated the
Cardinals couldn’t score
in the fourth quarter and
watched the Dolphins
score 10 unanswered
points for the victory
Arizona’s Zane Gonza-
lez was short on a 49-yard
field goal attempt that
would have tied the game
with 1:53 left.
Murray paused for sev-
eral seconds before an-
swering a few postgame
questions, struggling for
a response.
“We came out here and
laid an egg,” Murray said.
Tagovailoa was much
more productive in his
second start after throw-
ing for just 93 yards
against the Rams last
week. He showed great
poise during two scor-
ing drives in the fourth
quarter. The left-hander
also made some plays
with his feet, extending
drives with scrambles.
He finished with 35 yards
rushing.
“Tua did his part,” Mi-
ami coach Brian Flores
said. “It wasn’t a perfect
game. He made some
mistakes, like we all did.
But he fought back. We
fought back as a team.”
This matches the Dol-
phins’ best record at the
halfway point since 2001
and the four-game win-
ning streak is their lon-
gest since 2016.
Miami had a 24-17
halftime lead but Arizo-
na tied the game early in
the third quarter on Mur-
ray’s 21-yard pass to tight
end Darrell Daniels, who
snatched the ball away
from cornerback Byron
Jones as the two tumbled
to the ground in the end
zone.
The Cardinals pushed
ahead 31-24 late in the
third quarter on Mur-
ray’s 12-yard run. It was
the seventh time in eight
games the quarterback
has thrown and run for at
least one touchdown.
But the Dolphins and
Tagovailoa fought back
on the next series, deliv-
ering an impressive 10-
play, 93-yard drive that
ended with an 11-yard
touchdown pass to Mack
Hollins. Miami pushed
ahead 34-31 with 3:30 left
on a 50-yard field goal by
Jason Sanders.
“I don’t think any mo-
ment is too big for Tua,”
Miami center Ted Karras
said. “He has gained the
respect of everyone in
that huddle, and we want
to go to battle for him and
keep winning games.”
Miami came in allow-
ing the fewest points per
game in the NFL and the
defense supplied seven of
its own in the first quar-
ter. Murray was scram-
bling on third down
when Emmanuel Ogbah
smacked the ball out of
his hands. Shaq Lawson
scooped up the fumble
and ran 36 yards for a 7-0
lead.
Murray played much
better after that cost-
ly miscue, throwing for
151 yards and two touch-
downs while also running
for 52 yards in the first
half.
Big foot
Sanders made a 56-
yard field goal as time ex-
pired in the second quar-
ter to give the Dolphins a
24-17 halftime lead. It was
the longest field goal of
his three-year pro career.
Sanders has made 20
consecutive field goals, a
franchise record.
Coaches out
The Dolphins had five
assistant coaches un-
available on Sunday be-
cause of COVID-19 pro-
tocols.
They were defensive
backs coach Gerald Al-
exander, quarterbacks
coach Robby Brown, out-
side linebackers coach
Austin Clark, defensive
line coach Marion Hobby
and quality control coach
Kolby Smith.
“The protocol said
those coaches had to be
out,” Flores said. “Noth-
ing is more important
than the health of this
team. We’re going to do
everything possible to
contain the virus. We all
know there is a pandem-
ic. The infections are go-
ing up. We’re trying to do
everything we can.”
Injuries
Dolphins: WR Preston
Williams (foot) left the
game in the second quar-
ter and didn’t return. ...
TE Durham Smythe was
evaluated for a concus-
sion in the second half.
Cardinals: CB Kevin
Peterson left the game
early in the second quar-
ter for a concussion eval-
uation and didn’t return.
Arizona was already play-
ing without starting CB
Dre Kirkpatrick, inactive
with a thigh injury.
Up next
Dolphins: return home
to host the Chargers next
Sunday.
Cardinals: host the
Bills next Sunday.

Cowboys settle for progress in near-upset of 8-0 Steelers

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Tex-
as — Garrett Gilbert
breathed some life into an
offense that needed it and
had the Dallas Cowboys
23 yards from a big upset
in his first career start six
years after the quarter-
back was drafted.
The Cowboys had to
settle for progress in a
season that’s just about
lost, falling 24-19 to the
unbeaten Pittsburgh
Steelers on Sunday when
Dallas was the biggest
underdog it has been at
home in at least 31 years.
“We deserved a chance
to win that game,” Gilbert
said. “Obviously, we gave
ourselves that chance. It’s
just tough when all of us
together put everything
into that thing and then
come up short.”
Gilbert was the fourth
different starter in a
five-game span for the
Cowboys since star Dak
Prescott’s season-ending
ankle injury. Dallas (2-
7) has lost all four games
without Prescott, drop-
ping into a tie for last in the
woeful NFC East with the
New York Giants.
A former Texas quar-
terback who finished his
career at nearby SMU,
Gilbert got the nod over
Cooper Rush, who was
Prescott’s backup for most
of three seasons and was
re-signed after new back-
up Andy Dalton got a con-
cussion.
Rookie Ben DiNucci
made his first career start
last week against the Ea-
gles, but first-year coach
Mike McCarthy chose the
experience of just being in
the league over another
start for the seventh-round
pick, who returned to the
inactive list.
The decision looked
like a good one, with Gil-
bert comfortably direct-
ing the offense and avoid-
ing big mistakes outside
of an interception with a
chance to extend a lead. It
was only partially his fault
because he was hit just as
he was throwing.
Dallas’ last good
chance appeared to end
when Gilbert was sacked
on fourth down deep in
Dallas territory, but the
Cowboys got another shot
after Pittsburgh coach
Mike Tomlin went for it on
fourth-and-1 rather than
kick a short field goal with
about a minute remaining.
The Cowboys got the
stop, and Gilbert moved
them 52 yards to the Pitts-
burgh 23 in about a minute
for a final play. His pass to
the end zone was short
and knocked away by
Minkah Fitzpatrick near
the goal line.
“Today’s a reflection
of what we’re capable of
doing,” McCarthy said. “I
think the understanding
of how we’re playing and
how we want things done,
you can see it building
throughout the prepara-
tion phase.”
Gilbert’s first career
TD pass — a 20-yarder to
rookie CeeDee Lamb —
ended a two-game stretch
without reaching the end
zone for an offense that
was No. 1 in the NFL with
Prescott. But that was the
only TD, and the offense
squandered two more
good chances provided by
special teams.
C.J. Goodwin took an
across-the-field lateral on
a punt down the right side-
line 83 yards, but some of
that was erased by an ille-
gal blocking penalty. Dal-
las had to settle for one of
Greg Zuerlein’s four field
goals.
With Pittsburgh kick-
ing off from the 50 after
a field goal, rookie Rico
Dowdle’s 64-yard return
gave the Cowboys anoth-
er short field. Leading
19-15 from the Pittsburgh
5, Gilbert was hit by Cam
Heyward as he threw and
Fitzpatrick intercepted
the fluttering pass in the
end zone.
With just six passes
for his career coming in,
Gilbert finished 21 of 38
for 243 yards. Dalton was
unavailable because he’s
on the COVID-19 list, but
he’s expected to be avail-
able after the open week.
Dallas is at Minnesota in
two weeks.
“I thought Garrett kept
us in good plays,” McCa-
rthy said. “There was a
lot going on at the line of
scrimmage. He was pre-
pared. You could see it
during the course of the
week he was getting more
and more comfortable as
he had the opportunity to
exercise the game plan.”
The Cowboys came in
with the NFL’s worst rush-
ing defense, but held the
Steelers to a season-low 46
yards.
Ezekiel Elliott played
after being limited in prac-
tice all week by a ham-
string injury that he had
to test on the field before
the game. The two-time
rushing champion fin-
ished with 51 yards on 18
carries, while Tony Pol-
lard had 57 yards on nine
carries.
Titans snap 2-game
losing streak, beat
skidding Bears 24-17
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
— Coach Mike Vrabel and COVID-19 issues.
has been warning his Chicago lost its third
Tennessee Titans they straight despite the de-
had reached a crossroads fense coming up with
after losing back-to-back three sacks and holding
games. the NFL’s fifth-best of-
Ryan Tannehill threw fense averaging 407 yards
two touchdown passes, a game to a season-low
and the banged-up Ten- 228.
nessee Titans responded “When you’re sitting
Sunday by never trailing 5-1, to be 5-4, it hurts,”
in beating the Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy
Bears 24-17. said. “But now we’ve got
The Titans (6-2) avoid- to make sure, whatever
ed their longest skid those issues are, we just
since Tannehill took over at some point in time get
as starting quarterback this thing back on track.”
and stayed atop the AFC
South going into Thurs-
day night’s division show-
down against Indianapo-
lis.
Still, Vrabel clearly
wasn’t very happy after
his Titans failed to build
on a 17-0 lead after three
quarters.
“We just have to fin-
ish games better,” Vrabel
said. “We’re up, dominat-
ing the football game and
make it too close.”
Amani Hooker recov-
ered the Bears’ onside
kick attempt for Tennes-
see with about a minute
left to seal the victory
after Nick Foles made it
interesting with a pair of
late TD passes for Chica-
go.
Tennessee got a big
boost from an under-
manned and struggling
defense missing three-
time Pro Bowl linebacker
Jadeveon Clowney with
an injured knee days after
linebacker Vic Beasley Jr.
and starting cornerback
Johnathan Joseph both
were waived.
Cornerback Desmond
King picked up a fumble
and ran 63 yards for a TD
only days after the Titans
picked up the 2018 All-
Pro from the Chargers for
a sixth-round pick. King
didn’t join Tennessee un-
til Saturday after clearing
COVID-19 testing proto-
cols and put the Titans
up 17-0 late in the third
quarter.
Once he picked up the
ball, King said he knew
he had to score. It was the
third defensive TD of his
career.
“I knew I had a short
week of getting this down
and not letting it be a
distraction and using it
as motivation knowing I
have to get this done to
go out there and play and
have my teammates trust
me while I’m out there,”
said King, who studied
his new playbook and met
with his new team virtual-
ly from his hotel room.
The Bears (5-4) came
in trailing Green Bay in
the NFC North dealing
with their own injuries
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Masters
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Corner. And then a third
cheer in the direction of
the 15th green.
More birdies? Eagles?
No, it was the crowd
scattered across the
golf course responding
to seeing scoreboards
change as Woods moved
into a tie for the lead. He
couldn’t keep it going.
That was the year eight
players had at least a
share of the lead at some
point on the back nine
until Charl Schwart-
zel finished with four
anticipation to letdown
to delirium when his chip
on the 16th hole in 2005
trickled down the hill,
stopped for a full second
on the brim of the cup
until gravity took over
and the ball dropped for
a birdie.
Ask what one moment
stood out and it wasn’t
even for him.
He was paired in the
final round with Da-
vis Love III in 1998.
Right behind them was
58-year-old Jack Nick-
them made the putt from
down below to the front
right up-on-top pin. And
the place erupted to the
point where the ground
actually shook and you
could feel the vibrations
in my feet,” Mickelson
said.
“And moments lat-
er, the other player — I
don’t know who putted
first between Tom and
Jack — made the same
putt and the place erupt-
ed again,” he said. “That
was my first Masters.”
unreal.”
Louis Oosthuizen
could hear better than
he could see when in
2012 he became the
only player to make an
albatross on the par-5
second hole, holing a
4-iron from 253 yards.
He never saw the ball go
in the hole, but he saw
the people.
And he could hear
them.
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go up and disappearing
behind the bunker,” he
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travels,” Woods said.
“It’s unlike any place in
the world.”
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share. He probably can
still hear the lustrous
chants of “Tiger! Tiger!”
after he celebrated a fifth
and most unlikely Mas-
ters victory last year. Or
the change in pitch from
that Phil Mickelson still
remembers. It was the
second round of 1991.
Mickelson, the 20-year-
old U.S. Amateur cham-
pion, opened with a 69
and was on the 18th
green.
“Tom Watson and
Jack Nicklaus were
playing together and on
the 16th green, one of
with Spieth since they
were teenagers.
“He made about a
35-footer and that was
the loudest roar I’ve
ever heard in my life.
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was moving. It was in-
sane,” Thomas said. “I’m
getting goosebumps
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NASCAR
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after Earnhardt Jr. re-
tired. He’s the first most
popular driver to win
the championship since
his father won his only
title.
The Elliotts joined
Lee and Richard Petty
and Ned and Dale Jar-
rett as just the third fa-
ther-son combination
to win a NASCAR Cup
title. The Elliotts, along
with Hall of Famer Tim
Flock, are the only three
drivers from Georgia to
win the title.
Hendrick Motor-
sports extended its NA-
SCAR record with a 13th
championship.
Elliott passed Joey
Logano with 42 laps
remaining and pulled
away in a race Elliott
controlled even as the
four title contenders
ran 1-2-3-4 most of the
afternoon. Elliott had
charged through the
field during the first
stage to clump the four
contenders in the win-
ner-take-all season fina-
le.
It was Elliott’s fifth
win of the season, trail-
ing only Kevin Harvick
(nine) and Denny Ham-
lin (seven). Elliott’s win
at Martinsville last week
not only locked him into
the final four, but elim-
inated regular-season
champion Harvick.
“I felt like we took
some really big strides
this year, and last week
was a huge one,” said
Elliott, who also won
the All-Star race at Bris-
tol. “To come out of that
with a win and a shot to
come here and have a
chance to race is unbe-
lievable.”
Elliott beat Brad Ke-
selowski, who was fol-
lowed by Team Penske
teammate Logano and
then Hamlin, who is
now 0 for 4 in title rac-
es. Hamlin is considered
along with Hall of Fam-
er Mark Martin the best
driver without a Cup ti-
tle.
“No one has won
more than we have over
the last two years. Pret-
ty proud what this team
is doing,” Hamlin said.
“We’ll come back and do
it again next year.”
Hamlin was the only
driver among the final
four not to lead a lap at
Phoenix, where he won
last November.
Logano led 125 laps,
but most of them early.
“It stings not win-
ning, I’m not going to
lie. It hurts,” he said.
Keselowski had been
holding out hope for a
late caution to set up a
short sprint to the fin-
ish, which is how both
the Truck Series and
Xfinity Series titles
were decided the previ-
ous two nights.
“I would have loved to
have raced it out,” Kes-
elowski said. “We just
didn’t get any yellows.”
The race had just four
total cautions, three of
them scheduled breaks.
It made Elliott’s corona-
tion look easy.
The race completed
NASCAR’s frenzied 38-
race schedule that was
overhauled because of
the pandemic. The sea-
son was suspended five
days after NASCAR
raced at Phoenix in
March, a race won by
Logano, and the engines
idled for 10 weeks.
But facing crippling
financial losses to the
teams and the industry,
NASCAR was one of the
first sports to resume
competition. NASCAR
went racing again May
17 and used doublehead-
ers, midweek races and
a massive scheduling
shuffle to complete the
season for all three of its
national series.
For the finale, the
first one at NASCAR’s
owned and remodeled
Phoenix Raceway, NA-
SCAR loosened its “bub-
ble” and allowed fami-
lies and guests for the
first time since, well,
the last time they raced
at Phoenix. The post-
race celebration was the
first time Johnson had
seen Rick Hendrick, his
boss of 20 years, since
March.
“If you can get
through a year like this
and you’re NASCAR, ACROSS
certainly it bodes well,” 1 Bowlers and
Keselowski said. “I derbies
thought it was really 5 Use four-letter
amazing what the sport words
was able to achieve, that 10 Foreboding
we were able to get all sign
the races in. To be here 11 Not as well off
today and have a great 13 Kelly of morn-
race for a championship, ing TV
I think that’s really im- 14 Highly deco-
pressive.” rative
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Greenhaw, though,
a page 40 Attire 22 Was inclined
Younger had already
25 Pebble or 41 Merriment 23 Like museum
accepted the offer. She
boulder DOWN exhibits
had a surprise planned.
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The next day at soc-
organ 2 Friendliness 25 Diner order
cer practice, Younger
27 Big snake 3 Sioux shelter 27 Alternative to
slipped a bottle of tea
28 Spanish gold 4 Becoming briefs
into Greenhaw’s locker.
29 Connoisseur tangled 29 Heredity units
On it, she’d written two
of fine food 5 Teapot parts 30 Cook’s mush-
words: “Hey, roomie.”
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prised,” Younger said
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of Greenhaw on Friday
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morning, shortly after
37 Persia, today 9 Captured anew example
the two signed their
38 More pro- 12 Newly fash-
letters of intent to play
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soccer together for the
Eagles -- and, naturally,
live together.
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meet new people, but Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff

I’m glad to have that
one person I can go
back to at the end of the
day and talk to and talk
about our day -- just have
somebody that I know
and somebody that I’m
comfortable with there,”
Younger said.
She announced her
commitment Sept. 29,
less than three weeks
after Greenhaw did. Al-
though the two went to
Meridian together to visit
the campus and received
their offers at the same
time, Younger wanted to
wait a bit after her friend
Bree Younger (left) and Reagan Greenhaw signed their letters of intent to play
soccer at Meridian Community College on Friday morning in the New Hope High
School cafeteria.
made her choice.
“When she committed,
I was like, ‘Well, I don’t
want to just go for her,’”
Younger said. “I wanted to
see if I liked it for myself.”
She did. Younger
picked Meridian over
Northwest Mississip-
pi Community College,
which turned out to be
a good choice when the
Rangers’ coach left not
long after Younger re-
ceived an offer from the
school.
She and Greenhaw
will play for the Eagles
and coach Mike Smith,
who coached both play-
ers with Alliance Futbol
Club in Meridian. Green-
haw said the familiarity
she had with Smith and a
great visit to the campus
made the choice easy.
“Everybody was so
welcoming,” Greenhaw
said. “It just felt like home.
It definitely felt like I was
supposed to go there.”
Now, she won’t have to
go alone. Younger will be
there, too.
“I just think everything
worked out how it should
have,” Younger said.
Greenhaw agreed, say-
ing she was glad to see
her and her best friend’s
efforts rewarded Friday
as the two took their next
step together.
“It just feels really
good to have all that
hard work pay off,”
Greenhaw said.
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Grieving Allen shines in Bills’ 44-34 win over Seahawks
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.
— Josh Allen set aside his
grief over the death of his
grandmother to enjoy one
of the most productive
games of his three-year ca-
reer.
Though Allen made no
mention of his loss immedi-
ately following a 44-34 win
over the Seattle Seahawks
on Sunday, coach Sean Mc-
Dermott revealed Allen’s
grandmother had died a
day earlier while praising
his quarterback’s resolve.
“Josh was emotional,”
McDermott said.
“He said he wanted to
play and you know, he just
felt like was going to have to
compartmentalize for the
better part of 24 hours to
get through the game, and
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that’s what he did,” McDer-
mott added. “It was a big,
big win, and a great, great
thing for him to play like
he played. Just a mentally
tough man.”
Allen got the Bills’ of-
fense off to such a produc-
tive start, not even Russell
Wilson and the high-scor-
ing Seahawks could keep
pace. Starting with a three-
play, 45-yard scoring drive,
Allen threw touchdown
passes on three of Buffalo’s
first four possessions. He
later added a rushing TD.
He finished 31 of 38 and
equaled his career best
with 415 yards passing. The
AFC East-leading Bills are
7-2 through nine games for
the first time since 1993, a
season that ended with the
Jim Kelly-led Bills making
their fourth consecutive,
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and final, Super Bowl ap-
pearance.
Allen deflected any
praise, noting the defense
forced Wilson to turn over
the ball four times, and spe-
cial teams contributions.
“As a whole team, we
took care of business to-
day,” Allen said. “Sitting
here, 7-2, we’re excited with
what we can do and how we
can play.”
Allen’s 24 completions
and 282 yards passing in
the first half alone were
both the most by a Bills
player since at least 1991.
The Seahawks (6-2)
blew an opportunity to
match their best record
through eight games. They
were 7-1 in 2013.
Working with an early
17-0 advantage, the Bills’
defense went into attack
mode and rattled Wilson,
who was sacked five times,
threw two interceptions
and lost two fumbles.
“What I will tell you is I
don’t recognize that game.
We haven’t seen us look like
that, and it’s a game that I
don’t have any place in my
brain for it,” said Seahawks
coach Pete Carroll, who
confirmed after the game
that he has signed a mul-
tiyear contract extension.
“We just don’t turn the ball
over like that, but we did
today and they capitalized
on all of it and just made us
pay.”
Wilson finished 28 of
41 for 390 yards with two
touchdowns, but has sev-
en turnovers in the past
three games. He threw a
season-worst three inter-
ceptions in a 37-34 overtime
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
We are
approach-
ing the time of
year when many
people struggle
with how to divide
time between
families during the
holidays. This is
often made harder
when there has
been divorce and
remarriage within
a family, especially
when children are
involved. This was
the case in our Dear Abby
family.
Planning dinners and
celebrations became far easier
once I realized that holidays
are not just arbitrary dates on
a calendar, but a spirit of heart
and mind. I let everyone else
plan their events, and then
choose a day that as many peo-
ple as possible are available. I
host an event on that day — a
week earlier, a week (or month)
later — it doesn’t matter. What
does matter is that we gather in
love and friendship and have a
wonderful time.
As a result, even my former
daughters-in-law readily join
in with their new spouses and
children and we have a ball!
We get to blend together four
generations, and our youngest
generation is richer for the ex-
perience. We joke about having
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov.
9). You’ve chased a certain kind
of success in the past, but this
time around the sun, it chases
you. Connecting with people and
making a stellar impression is
one of your specialties. You’ll
have the pleasure of assembling
a crew for a new journey. In
February, you’ll bank a top goal.
Aquarius and Capricorn adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 10,
4, 44, 3 and 18.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). There is no time to waste in
wondering what the other person
means. Talk about what you’ve
already learned, and see if you
can get some guidance. Ask
questions, and if you still don’t
understand, ask different ones.
loss to Arizona two weeks
ago.
The turnovers weren’t
the only problem. Seattle
became the NFL’s sixth
team to score 25 or more
points in each of its first
eight games, but the de-
fense surrendered 420
yards — the fifth time this
season an opponent has
topped 400 yards.
The 44 points allowed
were the most in Carroll’s
11 seasons in Seattle and
the most for the franchise
since a 48-10 loss at Green
Bay on Dec. 27, 2009. It was
just the eighth time since
Week 9 of the 2011 season
the Carroll-led Seahawks
have lost by 10 points or
more.
“We just got to be clean-
er,” Wilson said. “We scored
34 points. We’re a pretty
“in-law” and “out-
law” tables.
I’ll be honest,
it took work. The
adults had to
agree to act like
adults, but I’m
proud that every-
one looks forward
to coming to our
holiday celebra-
tions whenever
they are held. My
advice to your
readers: Forget
the calendar
and remember
the reason for
the gathering! —
FOUND HOLIDAY SPIRIT
DEAR FOUND: I love your at-
titude, and couldn’t stop smiling
after reading your letter. Thank
you so much for writing. I hope it
will open the minds and hearts
of other readers.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a 61-year-
old man. When I was 40, I was
told by my sister that Dad had
confided that our mom — who
had recently passed — had
been married before. We were
both floored that it was a secret
all those years and that, with a
family of 12 aunts and uncles
and countless cousins, no one
ever spilled the beans.
About a year ago, I asked an
older cousin on Facebook why
no one had ever mentioned it.
He said his mom told him not
to, AND that my oldest sister,
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Without the diversion of novelty
and fun, you run the risk of
contracting a bad case of serious-
ness. Don’t wait for a reason to
find the humor in things. Laughter
is a balm.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You can play it cool if you wish,
but a corny, old-timey music
number does tend to play inside
your heart every time you think of
a certain someone, an indication
that this may be a connection for
the ages.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You have already made a solid
case with the facts, and there’s
nowhere left to go with that. If it
still didn’t sway the other person,
move to the very influential
good offense. But I think
that we can be better.”
Though Buffalo never
trailed, the game was de-
cided in the opening min-
utes of the fourth quarter,
when the Bills scored
touchdowns over a span of
2:49 to open a 41-20 lead.
Zack Moss scored on a
1-yard run, one play after
Allen converted a third-
and-16 by hitting John
Brown on a 33-yard catch-
and-run.
Facing third and 25 on
Seattle’s next possession,
Wilson threw his second
interception. Tre’Davious
White broke off covering
tight end Jacob Hollister
to jump in front of a pass
intended for DK Metcalf.
White returned it to the Se-
attle 3, and Allen scored on
a sweep on the next play.
also deceased, wasn’t my dad’s
daughter. Dad is gone now, and
I only have my cousin’s word to
go by.
Almost all of the relatives
are dead, and the only living un-
cle was younger than my mom.
He’s in his 80s now and doesn’t
remember anything like that. I
can’t help but wonder what oth-
er parts of my life were a “lie.” I
have suffered from depression
for years and this certainly
doesn’t help. Any thoughts? —
JUMBLED IN TEXAS
DEAR JUMBLED: I’m glad
you asked because I do have
some to offer. None of the parts
of your life have been a “lie.”
Certain parts of your PARENTS’
lives were obfuscated, most
likely because they weren’t
proud of them. In your parents’
generation, divorce was less
common than it has been in
more recent decades. But they
are dead and gone now. It is
time to forgive them for their
lapses and concentrate on
your own life. A step in the right
direction would be to schedule
some time with a licensed psy-
chotherapist to talk about your
depression.
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.
realm of story and feelings.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
There’s a decision to make and
something important hanging in
the balance. You’re starting to get
the feeling that once you make up
your mind about this, you proba-
bly won’t unmake it. All the more
reason to take your time.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
In the past, you’ve run ideas by
certain people looking for guid-
ance or approval. Now you realize
that your need and focus have
changed. Seek new mentors for
new directions.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Showing up strong always works
best when you actually have all
that it takes to do so. When you’re
not quite sure where the relation-
ship should go next, forget about
strength. Show up curious and
ready to listen and learn.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Tell your side of the story.
A lot of people have gone before
you already, but that doesn’t
make your point of view any less
important. Contribute. You never
know who needs to hear you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You never really operate
alone. You will sense the influ-
ence and perhaps the presence
of someone while you are en-
gaged in an activity you associate
with that person.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Some people’s patience is
very easily challenged, especially
those who are thinking in shorter
and more closed terms, or who
have extremely strong self-in-
terest.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You won’t be sure what to
say, but you’ll be sure that you’re
supposed to connect and say
something. Relax and start the
conversation. Once you get over
the initial icebreaker, it all flows
naturally.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’re in a role, so play it.
Don’t worry how well it really
suits you. That takes away from
the show. This is no time for pon-
dering. Commit. It’s short term.
Later, you can look back and
know you gave it your all.
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