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Police search for suspect in Monday homicide

Victim apparently argued Tyshun Walker, 24. Columbus Police
Chief Fred Shelton said Walker was shot
Investigators with Co-
lumbus Police Depart-
with suspect in street Monday at about noon after apparently
arguing with the driver of a red or ma-
ment and Lowndes
County Coroner’s
before fatal shooting roon jeep in the street.
Office responded
to a fatal shooting
Walker’s body will be sent to the state near the intersection
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
Medical Examiner’s Office in Pearl for of Seventh Avenue
ialtman@cdispatch.com
autopsy. North and 22nd
When police officers arrived at the Street in Columbus at
Police are searching for a suspect af- about noon Monday.
ter a Columbus man was killed in a shoot- scene, they found the victim on the porch
Authorities have iden-
ing near the intersection of Seventh Ave- of a nearby home, where they began to
tified the victim as
nue North and 22nd Street Monday. perform CPR, Police Chief Fred Shelton Tarcari Tyshun Walk-
Lowndes County Coroner Greg Mer- and Columbus Public Information Offi- er, 24, of Columbus.
chant identified the victim as Tarcari See HOMICIDE, 3A Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff

CMSD unveils new Falcon logo Former

Merchandise sales to drive fundraising, get rebranded bird off the ground Caledonia
water manager
charged with
embezzlement
Baggett personally
charged contractors
for work performed by
department employees
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com

The former man-

Jay Harper, a graphics designer for the Mississippi School Boards Association hired by Columbus Municipal School District
to create designs for the district’s rebrand, shares his thoughts on the new Falcon logos at Joe Cook Elementary School on
Monday. Harper designed a logo for the school district as well as logos for all of the district’s schools. The district unveiled
the rebrand Monday at Cook Elementary School.
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com
For 15 years, the image of a purple
falcon in flight has been a ubiquitous
presence throughout the Columbus
Municipal School District, adorning ev-
erything from letterheads to signage to
sports uniforms.
On Monday in the Joe Cook Elemen-
tary School auditorium, the district un-
veiled its new logo — a profile of a Fal-
ager of the Caledonia
Water Department
has been arrested for
embezzlement, the
State Auditor’s Office
announced Monday.
Barrett Baggett,
42, awaits a hearing Baggett
today after a state auditor’s investi-
gation showed Baggett personally
charged contractors and construc-
tion companies for work performed
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
by water department employees
during the employees’ regular work
hours.
In addition to the embezzlement
charge, State Auditor Shad White
said Baggett was issued a demand
con head with a block letter “C” overlay budget year, there may letter for $3,126.66, a total that in-
— one that will replace the old Falcon- be some money available cludes interest and investigative ex-
in-flight logo. through the marketing penses.
But how quickly the district will budget, but right now, The Caledonia Board of Alder-
transition from old to new relies, quite there aren’t a lot of funds, men terminated Baggett in Septem-
literally, on buy-in from the public, ac- although we did amend ber 2019.
knowledged school board President the budget to provide Mayor Mitch Wiggins referred
Jason Spears and school district Super- $3,000 for branding.” all questions to the town’s attorney,
Spears
intendent Cherie Labat. Labat said the plan is Chris Hemphill.
“There’s no money set aside for to fund the transition to the new brand- In an emailed statement,
changing everything out that I’m aware ing primarily through funds generated Hemphill said the town acted quick-
of,” Spears said. “As we go into the next See CMSD, 6A See EMBEZZLEMENT, 3A

Economist: Recession will last until COVID-19 is ‘under control’

Spruill: Rescheduled MSU football game could make up for this weekend’s lost revenue
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
The economic crisis resulting
from the COVID-19 pandemic
has no real historical precedent,
not even the Great Depression,
Chris Erickson, a professor and
the interim department head of
economics at New Mexico State
University, told the Starkville
Rotary Club via Zoom at its Mon-
day meeting.
Therefore “humility is re-
quired” for economists when
discussing and analyzing the
crisis, he said, but one thing is
quite clear.
“The longer it takes us to
bring COVID under control,
the more likely we’ll be in a pro-
longed recession,” said Erick-
son, a member of the National
Economic Education Delega-
tion.
NEED is a nonprofit of pro-
fessional economists seeking to
the third quarter
shows a recovery
“promote economic policy liter- of 7.4 percent,
acy by putting mainstream eco-
but it still will be
nomics in front of the general
the second-worst
public,” according to its website.
Erickson said the second quarter on record,
quarter of 2020 saw the sharp- second only to
est drop in gross domestic part of the Great Erickson
product (GDP) in U.S. history, Recession in the
with 9 percent. Early data from See ROTARY, 3A

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Republicans back Trump as he

fights election results, transition
AG Barr authorizes the
Justice Department to Kremlin: Putin won’t congratulate
probe unsubstantiated
allegations of voter fraud
Biden until legal challenges end
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY JONATHAN LEMIRE
AND ZEKE MILLER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Trump
administration threw the presi-
dential transition into tumult, with
President Donald Trump blocking
government officials from cooperat-
ing with President-elect Joe Biden’s
team and Attorney General William
Barr authorizing the Justice Depart-
ment to probe unsubstantiated alle-
gations of voter fraud.
Some Republicans, including
Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc-
Connell, rallied behind Trump’s
efforts to fight the election results.
Few in the GOP acknowledged
Biden’s victory or condemned
Trump’s other concerning move on
Monday: his firing of Defense Sec-
retary Mark Esper.
The developments cast doubt on
whether the nation would witness
the same kind of smooth transition
of power that has long anchored its
democracy. The Electoral College
is slated to formally confirm Biden’s
victory on Dec. 14, and the Demo-
crat will be sworn into office in late
January.
On Monday, Barr authorized
U.S. attorneys to probe “substan-
tial” allegations of voter irregular-
ities and election fraud, though no
widespread instances of that type
of trouble in the 2020 election exist.
In fact, election officials from both
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t congratulate
President-elect Joe Biden until legal challenges to the U.S. election are re-
solved and the result is official, the Kremlin announced Monday.
Putin is one of a handful of world leaders who have not commented on
Biden’s victory, which was called by major news organizations on Saturday.
But President Donald Trump’s team has promised legal action in the com-
ing days and refused to concede his loss, while alleging large-scale voter
fraud, so far without proof.
When Trump won in 2016, Putin was prompt in offering congratulations
— but Trump’s challenger in that election, Hillary Clinton, also conceded
the day after the vote.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Monday that this year
is different.
“Obviously, you can see that certain legal procedures are coming there,
which were announced by the incumbent president — therefore this situa-
tion is different, so we consider it correct to wait for the official announce-
ment,” he said.
The leaders of China, Brazil and Turkey also are holdouts in offering
congratulations. And Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
also said he would wait to comment until the legal challenges were re-
solved.
political parties have publicly stated power held off on taking that step.
that voting went well and interna- And the White House moved to
tional observers also confirmed that crack down on those not deemed
there were no serious irregularities. sufficiently loyal as Trump contin-
Biden campaign lawyer Bob Bau- ued to refuse to concede the race.
er said Barr’s memorandum autho- Trump remained out of sight at
rizing investigations “will only fuel the White House, with conversa-
the ‘specious, speculative, fanciful tions ongoing about how the de-
or far-fetched claims’ he professes feated president would spend the
to guard against.” coming days and weeks as he chal-
Biden pressed forward with plans lenged the people’s verdict. Trump
to build out his administration, as- is not expected to formally concede
sembling a team of experts to face but is likely to grudgingly vacate the
the surging pandemic. But the fed- White House at the end of his term,
eral agency that needs to greenlight according to several people around
the beginnings of the transition of him.

GOP tries again to get high court to ax health care law

Supreme Court scheduled to hear its gress in 2017 that reduced
the penalty for not having
If the mandate goes,
they say, the rest of the
third major fight over law today health insurance to zero.
Without the penalty, the
law should go with it be-
cause the mandate was
BY MARK SHERMAN the health care law. law’s mandate to have central to the law’s pas-
The Associated Press The case turns on a health insurance is un- sage.
change made by the Re- constitutional, the GOP-
WASHINGTON — A publican-controlled Con- led states argue.
week after the 2020 elec-
tion, Republican elected
officials and the Trump
administration are ad-
vancing their latest ar-
guments to get rid of the
Affordable Care Act, a
long-held GOP goal that
has repeatedly failed in
Congress and the courts.
In arguments sched-
uled for Tuesday, the Su-
preme Court will hear its
third major fight over the
10-year-old law, popularly
known as “Obamacare.”
Republican attorneys gen-
eral in 18 states and the
administration want the
whole law to be struck
down, which would threat-
en coverage for more than
23 million people.
It would wipe away
protections for people
with preexisting medical
conditions, subsidized
insurance premiums that
make coverage affordable
for millions of Americans
and an expansion of the
Medicaid program that
is available to low-income
people in most states.
California is leading a
group of Democratic-con-
trolled states that is urg-
ing the court to leave the
law in place.
The case comes to a
court that now has three
justices appointed by
President Donald Trump:
Neil Gorsuch, Brett Ka-
vanaugh and Amy Coney
Barrett, who joined the
court late last month fol-
lowing her hurried nom-
ination and confirmation
to replace the late Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The three Trump ap-
pointees have never ruled
on the substance of the
health care law. Barrett,
though, has been critical
of the court’s earlier ma-
jor health care decisions
sustaining the law, both
written by Chief Justice
John Roberts.
The Supreme Court
could have heard the case
before the election, but
set arguments for a week
after. The timing could
add a wrinkle to the case
since President-elect Joe
Biden strongly supports
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Several leadership roles Forrest County voters

shuffled in Mississippi Senate
Next legislative session set to begin in January
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — Several members
of the Mississippi Senate are re-
ceiving new leadership roles, weeks
ahead of the next legislative session
that begins in January.
Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hose-
mann announced some new com-
mittee chairmen and vice chairmen
last week. The changes are being
made after one senator resigned to
take another job and another one re-
signed because of health concerns.
Committee leaders have influ-
ence over which bills live or die.
The changes are being made before
the second year of a four-year term.
Among them:
Republican Sen. Brice Wiggins
of Pascagoula is the new chairman
of the Judiciary A Committee. That
chairmanship had been held by Re-
publican Sen. Sally Doty of Brookha-
ven. She resigned in mid-July after
the governor nominated her as di-
rector of the state Public Utilities
Staff, which analyzes proposals and
provides advice to the Public Ser-
vice Commission’s three elected
members.
Republican Sen. Joey Fillingane
of Sumrall replaces Wiggins as
chairman of the Judiciary B Com-
mittee.
Republican Sen. Jenifer Branning
of Philadelphia replaces Fillingane
as chairman of the Transportation
Committee.
Republican Sen. Jeff Tate of Me-
ridian replaces Branning as chair-
man of the Elections Committee.
Tate had been vice chairman of the
committee. That role goes to Dem-
ocratic Sen. Hob Bryan of Amory.
Democratic Sen. Derrick Sim-
mons of Greenville is the new chair-
man of the Municipalities Commit-
tee. The role was previously held
by Republican Sen. Gary Jackson
of French Camp, who resigned be-
cause of his health.
narrowly approve keeping
Confederate statue in place
Non-binding measure designed
to give supervisors guidance on
where their constituents stand
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAT TIESBURG — Voters have narrowly de-
cided in favor of keeping a Confederate monu-
ment outside the Forrest County courthouse in
southern Mississippi in place.
A referendum on the monument was placed on
the Nov. 3 ballot after the Forrest County Board
of Supervisors couldn’t agree on what to do with
the monument in June, The Hattiesburg Ameri-
can reports. The Forrest County Circuit Clerk’s
Office’s unofficial tally Thursday indicated 51
percent of voters elected to leave the monument
where it is.
The non-binding measure was designed to
give the Forrest County supervisors guidance on

Maben man dead in Highway 82 wreck

MHP: No charges against other driver
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Maben man died
Monday after a two-ve-
hicle wreck outside his
home on westbound High-
way 82, Oktibbeha Coun-
ty Coroner Michael Hunt
confirmed to The Dis-
patch this morning.
Robert Johnson, 77,
was injured in a T-bone
collision Monday morning
and died at the Universi-
ty of Mississippi Medical
Center in Jackson at 5:39
p.m., Hunt said. Johnson
was alone in his car, and
no one in the other vehicle
was injured.
In addition to paramed-
ics from OCH Regional
Medical Center, three Ok-
tibbeha County volunteer
fire departments — Ma-
ben, Central Oktibbeha
where their constituents stand after some resi-
dents called for its removal from public view.
Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker and city coun-
cil members were among those who voiced their
and Adaton/Self Creek —
responded to the crash, as opposition to the monument remaining down-
well as the Starkville Fire town. However, they have no authority to move
Department and the Mis- the monument; the final decision is up to the For-
sissippi Highway Patrol. rest County Supervisors.
The other driver faces The monument question on the ballot read:
no charges for the colli- “Please vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on whether the Confed-
sion, MHP Public Informa- erate monument should be moved to a more suit-
tion Officer Derrick Beck- able location.”
om told The Dispatch. The statue was donated to the county in 1910
by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and
is engraved with “to the men and women of the
Confederacy.”

Embezzlement
Continued from Page 1A
ly upon hearing com-
plaints about Baggett.
“When the Town of
Caledonia became aware
of certain facts regarding
alleged actions of Baggett,
many of which are reflect-
ed in the indictment, the
Town took immediate
steps to bring those alle-
gations to the attention
of the Office of the State
Auditor,” Hemphill wrote.
“Baggett was terminated
from his employment with
the Town on September 10,
2019. On that same date,
the Board of Alderpersons
voted to request the State
Auditor to investigate the
allegations. At that point,
all available information
was turned over to the
State Auditor for investiga-
tion and the Town had no
further involvement in the
investigation other than
answering inquiries from
the assigned investigator.”
The investigation be-
gan when a construction
contractor reported receiv-
ing a strange invoice from
Baggett. Investigators also
identified a construction
site where they believe
Baggett was preparing to
continue his scheme.
“Using state resources
for your personal benefit is
illegal and wrong, regard-
less of the size of the loss,”
White said. “I’m thankful
for the work of our inves-
tigators and look forward
to a speedy prosecution in
this case.”
Baggett surrendered to
special agents at the Lown-
des County Courthouse in
Columbus.
If convicted, Baggett
faces up to 20 years in pris-
on and $5,000 in fines.
The town of Caledonia
is protected from liability
through a $50,000 surety
bond, which covered Bag-
gett’s employment at the
water department.
Hemphill said the de-
mand letter will require
Baggett to reimburse the
town for the improper in-
voice that had been paid
through the surety bond.
The town hired Brad
Box, former manager of
the Caledonia Gas Dis-
trict, in November 2019 as
the town’s water depart-
ment manager.
Baggett was released
on a $5,000 bond Monday
afternoon. He is set to go
to trial on Feb. 24.

Rotary
Continued from Page 1A
late 2000s, he said.
Economic downturns
usually affect either sup-
ply or demand, but the
pandemic has had an
adverse impact on both,
Erickson said. Employers
have reduced their labor
supply to minimize ex-
posure to the virus, and
consumers have reduced
their consumption and
driven demand down for
the same reason.
Many states and munic-
ipalities throughout the
U.S. placed restrictions
on business and social ac-
tivity in the early months
of the pandemic, creating
spikes in unemployment
and drops in revenue.
“Obviously lockdowns
and imposing restrictions
on businesses … have a
very negative economic
impact, but the evidence
is pretty strong there’s
a positive impact, that it
does help to stop the coro-
navirus spread,” Erickson
said.
The hospitality and
service sectors of the
workforce initially strug-
gled the most, and the
long-term impact could be
“elevated unemployment
for these workers for some
time,” Erickson said.
As a Southeastern
Conference college town,
Starkville’s hospitality
industry is crucial to its
economy. The city’s over-
all sales tax revenue has
bounced back from the
hit it took early in the
pandemic, Mayor Lynn
Spruill told The Dispatch,
but its food-beverage and
hotel/motel sales tax rev-
enue is still struggling.
The city has not yet re-
ceived the tax data from
August, the first month
that people who have been
unemployed due to the
pandemic did not receive
$600 per week from the
federal Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Se-
curity Act (CARES Act).
The act expired July 31
and Congress has yet to
pass an extension, which
Erickson said is a mis-
take.
Spruill said she is still
hopeful that Congress
will approve some form maining and feeling safe.
of financial relief, though Starkville will not reap
she said $600 per week the economic benefits
was “extremely gener- of a Mississippi State
ous.” University football game
“I think somewhere in this weekend as original-
there, there’s a happy me- ly planned. A COVID-19
dium, and outbreak on the team
it would be forced MSU on Monday
extremely to reschedule Saturday’s
beneficial if home game against Au-
(Congress) burn until Dec. 12.
would pass Spruill said there
another might be a silver lining to
C A R E S this change if it holds up.
Act that … Spruill “Hopefully in Decem-
still allows ber it will make up for
people to have some sup- (this weekend) because
plemental income during it will be Christmas shop-
a time when things are ping time,” she said.
tight — particularly in
the hospitality industry,
which depends on tips
and the kinds of things
that occur only when
people come to their busi-
nesses,” Spruill said.
The city has required
protective face coverings
and social distancing
inside businesses since
July, and Spruill said this
hopefully encourages the
public to contribute to the
local economy while re-

Homicide
Continued from Page 1A
cer Joe Dillon said. E-911 knew each a Black man driving the
dispatchers also gave in- other since jeep who fled the scene
vestigators a description the vic- heading north on 22nd
of the jeep. tim freely Street. He asked anyone
“We believe the jeep walked up with information on the
driver shot the victim to the jeep.” case to call Columbus
while they were in the Shelton Police Department at 662-
street,” Shelton said in the p r ev ious l y 244-3500 or Golden Tri-
press release. “We believe told The Shelton angle Crime Stoppers at
the victim and the suspect Dispatch the suspect is 800-530-7151. SOLUNAR TABLE
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peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Tues. Wed.
Major 8:34p 9:25p
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SLIMANTICS
Asking the better question
W
hen it
became
clear
that Joe Biden
would become the
next President of
the United States,
I found myself
spending the better
part of the week-
end pondering two
questions posed
long ago and about Slim Smith
20 years apart.
On Jan. 20, 1961,
in his inaugural address John
F. Kennedy urged Americans
to ask the right question:
“Ask not what your country
can do for you: Ask what you
can do for your country.”
In October 1980, Ronald
Reagan, during his debate
with Jimmy Carter, asked
Americans a different ques-
tion:
“Are you better off than you wallet? — as a popular cred-
were four years ago?”
Today, and for some time
now, we are a bitterly divided
nation. The elec- The questions Kennedy and
tion held a week Reagan asked were appro-
ago today may have priate to the context of their
decided a Presi- time, or appeared to be, at
dent, but it did little least.
to settle the deep Kennedy strode into office
grievances Amer- at the zenith of American con-
icans hold against fidence, a time of prosperity
each other. Almost and optimism even under the
76 million people growing shadows of the Cold
cast their votes for War.
Biden while almost Reagan’s ascension came
71 million voted for at a time when America was
Trump. struggling through an oil
In light of this, I crisis that wrecked finances
started thinking about those and shook our confidence.
two questions: When you’re worried about
Who asked the better ques- how you’re going to feed your
tion: Kennedy or Reagan? family, self-interest is not a
Kennedy’s was an appeal character flaw.
to unselfish service, a plea for But I wonder, even in
empathy and understanding, Reagan’s time, if Kennedy’s
for something bigger than was not the superior ques-
ourselves. tion, especially if success for
Reagan’s was a more per- one comes at the expense of
sonal question: What’s in your another.
I wonder, in fact, if Kenne-
it-card advertisement states dy’s is not always the better
it. It was, no doubt about it, an question.
appeal to self-interest. In every crisis - from the
Revolutionary War (“We must,
indeed, hang together or, most
assuredly, we shall all hang
separately,” noted Benjamin
Franklin) to the Civil War
(“With malice toward none;
with charity for all; with
firmness in the right ... let us
strive on to finish the work we
are in; to bind up the nation’s
wounds…” said Lincoln) to the
Great Depression (“In every
dark hour of our national life
a leadership of frankness and
vigor has met with that under-
standing and support of the
people themselves which is
essential to victory,’ said FDR)
— we succeed through unity.
In its finest moments, our
nation has never been inclined
toward “every man for him-
self.” In its worst moments, it
always has.
So here we are.
Whatever grievances we
may hold in these days when
the euphoria or bitterness
over the outcome of the elec-
tion remains so fresh in our
minds, we must recognize a
stalemate when we see one.
We are not simply divided but
almost equally divided. If we
go to war with each other, it
will be a war of attrition. No
one will win, though some
may survive.
The proper path, I believe,
lies in understanding the es-
sential question before us.
It is the question Kennedy
urged us to ask almost 60
years ago, one that places
common interest over self-in-
terest — no small matter
during a pandemic.
If we take care of all Amer-
icans, we take care of each
American.
Then, four years from now,
perhaps we can ask another
question:
Ask not, am I better off
than I was four years ago?
Ask, am I a better person?
Slim Smith is a columnist
and feature writer for The
Dispatch. His email address is
ssmith@cdispatch.com.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE CARTOONIST VIEW

Renaming Lowndes County
Divisiveness has reared it’s ugly
head in our country for far too long.
Some people lay the blame at Obama’s
feet and others at Trump’s. The who,
what, why, when and how is not really
significant. What is important is the fact
that the progress that had been made
has been set back prior to the time
Martin Luther King emboldened the
citizens of this country to be unified as
one nationality. There should never be
a box to check to classify any American
by their race or ethnicity.
As I watch the riots and damage done
to monuments and statues that tell the
visual story of the growing pains of our
country I am stunned. How can people
think that removing historical markers
will somehow erase the past? If we don’t
learn from the past we will be destined
to repeat it.
Since COVID-19 has given me
months of never ending weekends, I
have used this time to educate myself
on many different subjects that are
relevant today.
When you look at our state it’s easy
to surmise that many of our counties
are named after Native American
words. The history behind the names of
many of our counties are seeped in rich
historical facts and stories.
My curiosity was piqued about
the county in which I live. I thought
it might be interesting, like Possum
Town being the nickname of Columbus.
To my surprise it is a black eye to our THE NATION
state to have been named after William
Jones Lowndes. He was well educat-
ed and politically minded. Like many
men during this time period his father
Trumpism deflates into history
W
owned plantations that he farmed using hen Pennsylva- for money. “Contribute the public with electric shocks of
enslaved labor. Like his father, William nia was called, ANY AMOUNT IMME- outrageous claims whenever minds
owned several plantations along South the world DIATELY to stand with wandered elsewhere.
Carolina’s Atlantic coast which used heard a quick boom, your favorite President Ivanka, Don Jr. and Eric have
enslaved labor. While he was a Leg- followed by the pffffffffft and to DEFEND the in- none of that flair. As much as the
islator he helped negotiate the Mis- of a deflating presidency. tegrity of our Election.” Trump fandom tried to weave fanta-
souri Compromise of 1820 which gave Suddenly, the angry, Send $5. Send $20. The sies of a Trump family dynasty, the
Missouri statehood while letting the paranoiac tweets that grift goes on. kids are quite ordinary.
state continue to use enslaved people. used to scare so many Think there’s not a The big parade float that was
Congress had the right to limit slavery because, after all, Don- personality cult here? Donald Trump cannot be reinflated
in the territories. Many feel this was ald Trump was presi- My favorite email pur- in four years. For one thing, he’s
his most important contribution in his dent, lost their menace. portedly came from Eric now a loser. Whereas others can
political career. William Lowndes was The air was escaping Froma Harrop Trump. “My father wants overcome loss, Trump has crafted
elected to Congress in 1811. even before Joe Biden to see a list of Official his whole mythology around some
In this climate of political correct- was declared winner. Election Defense Fund magical power to win. And in the
ness the logical action to take would be Come Thursday evening, ABC, donors TODAY,” he wrote. “Will he cognitive department, he hasn’t
to distance ourselves from this Con- CBS and NBC felt free to cut away see YOUR NAME?” been aging well.
gressman. He and his father used en- from Trump’s rant about voter fraud Imagine the glory of having the Trump will soon have to deal
slaved people to work the fields of their “stealing” his reelection. The Trum- great man acknowledge your puny with his troubled real estate em-
plantations. Every time I list my county pian power to dominate coverage existence. pire. He owes over $400 million,
on different forms I will be reminded was clearly fading. And what is the fate of Trump- which comes due soon, and several
how he used enslaved people for his Just weeks ago, the pro-Trump ism? Can someone else lasso the properties are failing. The only
own personal gain. Since we’ve adopted New York Post was peddling a populist passions Trump ignited business he made serious money
the new Magnolia Flag to help heal and crazy story about incriminating and run with them for political in was show business, and his TV
unify our state I think it only fitting to emails on a laptop allegedly owned gain? Certainly not anyone we can phenomenon, “The Apprentice,” is
rename Lowndes County to Magnolia by Biden’s son Hunter and left at identify today. The cultural re- done with.
County. a computer repair shop. The shop sentments — not all lacking some Then there are his legal prob-
As far as I can ascertain William owner later said he was legally basis — will endure. But not every lems, notably investigations into
Jones Lowndes never set foot in the blind and not quite sure that the ambitious politician can whip up possible tax fraud of major-league
state of Mississippi. man who left the mystery laptop the public the way Trump could. As dimensions. And wait till his former
Candi Vezina was actually Hunter Biden. One of Republican pollster Frank Luntz advisers turn themselves loose with
Columbus the writers who composed the Post points out, Trumpism was built their memoirs. Suffice it to say,
story refused to put his name on it. around a person, not a philosophy. Trump will have distractions in the
A letter to the editor is an excellent As soon as Trump lost, the Trump actively helping other Re- months and years to come.
way to participate in your community. We tabloid dropped him faster than a publican candidates seems unlikely. Face it: This one-man show is
request the tone of your letters be con- boring headline. It published an He’s not one to do things for others. about to close. If, as they say, jour-
structive and respectful and the length be editorial urging Trump to “stop the Trump did have a genuine talent nalism is the first draft of history,
limited to 450 words. We reserve the right ‘stolen election’ rhetoric.” The Post for oratory, for entertaining in the it’s time for the second draft. Histo-
to edit letters for clarity, grammar and no longer had use for him. Sayo- keep-repeating-the-line Vegas style. rians, take it away.
length. We welcome all letters emailed to nara. It sometimes sounded funny even Froma Harrop, a syndicated
voice@cdispatch.com or mailed to The Despite it being over, Trump when it wasn’t. He was a genius columnist, writes for the Providence
Dispatch, Attn: Letters to the Editor, PO family members continue to send at making himself the center of (Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703-0511. out several email appeals a day national conversation, prodding address is fharrop@gmail.com.
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Attorneys defend Mississippi Pfizer: COVID-19 vaccine is

looking 90 percent effective
marijuana initiative process BY LAURAN NEERGA ARD AND LINDA A. JOHNSON
AP Medical Writers

Approved by 74 percent of Mississippi residents sponsors had gathered enough sig-

who voted last week, Initiative 65 requires the
state Health Department to create a medical
marijuana program by mid-2021
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi’s top
legal officer says the state Supreme
Court should dismiss a mayor’s
“woefully untimely” lawsuit ques-
tioning the legitimacy of the med-
ical marijuana initiative that state
voters approved by a wide margin
last week.
The initiative’s sponsors are
making the same argument, saying
that Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins
Butler, an opponent of legalizing
marijuana, is misinterpreting the
signature-gathering requirements
for getting an initiative onto the bal-
lot.
Approved by 74 percent of Mis-
sissippi residents who voted last
week, Initiative 65 requires the state
Health Department to create a medi-
cal marijuana program by mid-2021.
Butler and the city of Madison
filed a lawsuit days before the Nov.
3 election, arguing that the signa-
ture-gathering on petitions for Ini-
tiative 65 failed to meet state stan-
dards.
The Mississippi Constitution re-
quires that the certified signatures
required for an initiative come in
equal number from the five con-
gressional districts the state had
when this requirement was written
in the 1990s. Mississippi lost a seat
after the 2000 Census, but the con-
stitutional requirement has not been
updated.
The state attorney general’s of-
fice issued a legal opinion in 2009
saying that sponsors of initiatives
should gather signatures from the
five districts used in the 1990s. And
in September 2019, then-Secretary
of State Delbert Hosemann said the
medical marijuana initiative quali-
fied for the ballot because petition
natures from each of the five old
districts. They ultimately gathered
about twice as many as the total of
106,190 signatures required state-
wide.
Butler and Madison, however, ar-
gue that the initiative process is out-
dated because the constitution spec-
ifies that no more than one-fifth of
the signatures may come from any
congressional district, and that cre-
ates a mathematical impossibility
with four districts.
“Even if their interpretative ar-
gument is correct, petitioners’ ac-
tion is woefully untimely,” Attorney
General Lynn Fitch’s office wrote in
papers filed with the state Supreme
Court on Friday. “They could have
asserted their so-called ‘procedural’
challenge years ago.”
Initiative 65 will allow patients to
use medical marijuana to treat de-
bilitating conditions, as certified by
physicians.
Legislators put an alternative
medical marijuana proposal, 65A,
on the ballot but voters rejected it in
favor of 65. Supporters of 65 said the
alternative was intended to confuse
voters.
Pfizer Inc. said Monday that its COVID-19
vaccine may be a remarkable 90 percent effec-
tive, based on early and incomplete test results
that nevertheless brought a big burst of opti-
mism to a world desperate for the means to fi-
nally bring the catastrophic outbreak under
control.
The announcement came less than a week
after an election seen as a referendum on Pres-
ident Donald Trump’s handling of the scourge,
which has killed more than 1.2 million people
worldwide, including almost a quarter-million in
the United States alone.
“We’re in a position potentially to be able to
offer some hope,” Dr. Bill Gruber, Pfizer’s senior
vice president of clinical development, told The
Associated Press. “We’re very encouraged.”
Pfizer, which is developing the vaccine with
its German partner BioNTech, now is on track
to apply later this month for emergency-use ap-
proval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administra-
tion, once it has the necessary safety informa-
tion in hand.
Even if all goes well, authorities have stressed
it is unlikely any vaccine will arrive much before
the end of the year, and the limited initial sup-
plies will be rationed.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s
top infectious-disease expert, said the results
suggesting 90 percent effectiveness are “just
extraordinary,” adding: “Not very many people
expected it would be as high as that.”

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Joyce Moon
STARKVILLE —
Joyce Wanda Moon, 75,
died Nov. 3, 2020.
A private graveside
service will be at 2
p.m. Nov. 21, 2020, in
Pincecrest Cemetery of
Tchula. Welch Funeral
Home of Starkville is
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ments.
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late Thomas Warren
and Jessie Edna Davis.
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In addition to her
parents, she was
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her husband, Charles
Robert Johnson; and
siblings, James T. Da-
vis, Raymond L. Davis,
Willis W. Davis, Susie
M. Davis and Stella L.
Davis.
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A. Johnson of Florence,
Robert D. Johnson,
Sheryl A. Kinard both
of Starkville and James
R. Johnson of Pearl; sib-
lings, Joseph C. Davis
of Round Rock, Texas,
Juanita D. McLain of
Georgetown, Texas,
Barbara A. McBride
Mrs. Gosa was born
Jan. 22, 1936, in Cedar
Bluff, Iowa, to the late
J.D. Lerch and Hazel
Herbst. She was for-
merly employed with
Clifford Industries,
McCoy Manufactur-
ing, and as owner and
operator of Eva’s Thrift
Shop. She was a mem-
ber of Beaverton Free-
will Baptist Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her husband, Thomas
“Tom” Edison Gosa;
and son, Don Gosa.
She is survived by
her children, Tom E.
Gosa Jr., Rebecca Guy-
ton and Kathy Lawlay;
brother, Junior Lerch;
11 grandchildren;
great-grandchildren;
and great-great-grand-
children.
Charles Buchanan
WEST POINT —
Charles Lester “Char-
lie” Buchanan, 42,
died Oct. 23, 2020, in
Pascagoula.
Services will be held
at a later date. Calvert
Funeral Home of West
Point is in charge of
arrangements.
Roger Porter
COLUMBUS — Rog-
er Porter, 67, died Nov.
9, 2020, at Baptist Me-
morial Hospital-Golden
Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Memori-
al Gunter Peel Funeral
Home and Crematory,
Second Avenue North
location.
Marcia Foster
COLUMBUS — Mar-
cia Wicks Foster, 66,
died Oct.
31, 2020.
A
memorial
service
will be at
11 a.m.
Wednes-
Foster
day, in
Wicks Me-
morial Cemetery. Lee-
Sykes Funeral Home of
Columbus is in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Foster was
born April 27, 1954, in
Starkville, to the late
Odis Wicks Sr. and Au-
rilla E. Hollimon Wicks.
She attended Oktib-
beha Webster Schools
and was a graduate of

Fulton.
Graveside services
were at 3 p.m. Monday,
in Fairview Cemetery,
with Edward Puckett
officiating. Visitation
was an hour prior to
services. Otts Funeral
Home of Sulligent was
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Barnes was
born Oct. 6, 1931, in La-
mar County, Alabama,
to the late Paul McLem-
ore and Mary Jewel
Garrison. She attended
Sulligent schools and
was previously em-
ployed with McCoy
Manufacturing.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her husbands, Gaynor
South, Shorty Egger
and Claudie Barnes;
children, Kathy Welch,
Eugene South, Larry
South and Marvin
South; and siblings,
Buster McLemore, Al-
ton McLemore, Frankie
McLemore and Pauline
Ross.
She is survived by
her children, Doris
Rucker, Nancy Evans
and Debbie Collum;
siblings, Butch Mc-
Lemore, Eva Valentyne,
Jewelie Bohn and Sher-
ry Craig; five grandchil-
dren; 11 great-grand-
children; and five
great-great-grandchil-
dren.
of Pear and Debra L.
Thornton of Brandon;
12 grandchildren; and
seven great-grandchil-
dren.
William Atkins
MILLPORT, Ala. —
William Gary Atkins,
55, died Nov. 8, 2020, at
her residence.
Graveside services
are at 2 p.m. today, in
Pleasant Grove Ceme-
tery. Dowdle Funeral
Home of Millport is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
He was preceded
in death by his father,
Lowell Atkins; and
brother, Ricky Atkins.
He is survived by his
mother, Jewel Atkins;
children, Gabe Knight
and Kayla Flye; brother,
Jeff Atkins; and two
grandchildren.
Eva Gosa
VERNON, Ala. —
Eva Lou Gose, 84, died
Nov. 7, 2020, at her
residence.
Funeral services will
be at 10 a.m. Wednes-
day, at Otts Funeral
Home, with Jerry Pear-
son officiating. Burial
will follow in Love Joy
Cemetery. Visitation
is from 6-8 p.m. today,
at the funeral home.
Otts Funeral Home of
Sulligent, Alabama is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Buchanan was
born may 16, 1978, in
West Point, to Patricia
Yarbrough Bensend
and the late John Mi-
chael Buchanan Sr. He
was formerly employed
as a carpenter and
was a member of The
Church of Christ.
In addition to his
mother, he is sur-
vived by his children,
Michael Buchanan
and Amee Buchanan;
step-father, Marvin
Bensend Jr.; and sib-
lings, John M. Buchan-
an Jr., Marvin Bensend
III, David Bensend and
Danny Bensend.
Jaqueline Brumley
COLUMBUS —
Jaqueline Wheeler
Brumley, 93, died Nov.
9, 2020, at The Windsor
Place.
Graveside services
will be at 2 p.m. Sat-
urday, in Memorial
Gardens. Visitation will
be from 1:30-2 p.m.
prior to services in the
cemetery. Memorial
Gunter Peel Funeral
Home and Crematory
Second Avenue North
location is in charge of
arrangements.
Memorials may be
made to Oliver Creek
Church of Christ,
Attn: Shepherd Gide-
on Knight Fund, 8313
Hwy 70, Arlington, TN,
38002.
Starkville High School
and the University of
Southern Mississippi.
She was formerly em-
ployed as a teacher and
was a member of New
Zion M.B. Church.
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her
brother, Odis Wicks III.
She is survived by
her former husband,
Troy Foster.
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Peggy Barksdale
Peggy Whitten Barksdale, 80, of Columbus,
MS passed away Sunday, November 8, 2020, at
her residence.
Visitation will be Tuesday, November 10,
2020, from 10:00 AM- 11:00 AM at Beersheba
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. A graveside
service will follow at 11:00 AM at Beersheba
Cemetery with Rev. Tim Lee officiating and
Lowndes Funeral Home Columbus, MS directing.
Mrs. Barksdale was born on May 14, 1940,
in Ethelsville, AL to the late Catherine Kemp
Whitten and Troy Whitten. She attended
Beersheba Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Barksdale enjoyed dancing, going to
the junction, and spending time with her
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Barksdale is
preceded in death by her husband, Billy Wayne
Barksdale.
Mrs. Barksdale is survived by her daughters,
Theresa (Rodney) Moore of Columbus, MS and
Karen (Rhett) Dozier of Columbus, MS; son, Tim
(Dixie) Barksdale from Soso, MS; grandchildren,
Amanda (Richard) Barton, Stephanie (Roy)
McAlister, Brandon (Carrie) Dozier, Jay Moore,
Macy (Josh) Cox, Brayden Barksdale and Landry
Barksdale; great-grandchildren, Haley (Robert)
Reed, Dylan Barton, Brody Barton, Alyssa
McAlister, Carter Moore, Quinn McAlister,
Madison Dozier and Mackenzie Dozier; brothers,
Troy (Sue) Whitten and Terry (Sharon) Whitten;
and sister, Patsy Allen.
Pallbearers will be Butch Edmonson, Gentry
Sanford, Chris Buster, Willie Mack Johnson,
Shan Higdon and Donnie Sanders.
Honorary pallbearers will be former employees
of Eka Chemical and New Hope Elementary and
High School.
Memorials may be made to Crossroads of
Columbus P.O. Box 2831 Columbus, MS 39704.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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“One Flu Over the Cuckoo’s
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Did you hear the old one about
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causing the flu? Not a chance!)
Well, now folks are worried
that getting their flu shot may
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to catching COVID-19. This
couldn’t be further from the
truth. Research out of the
Marshfield Clinic Research
Institute indicates the flu vac-
cine does not raise your risk for
other respiratory viruses.
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study by the Cleveland Clinic
of nearly 12,000 Americans
found those who had the flu
and pneumonia shot last year
were less likely to test positive
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Baptist Golden
Triangle’s Cardiac
Rehab helping the
beat go on for heart
patients
COLUMBUS — When
Baptist Memorial Hospi-
tal-Golden temporarily
paused its cardiac rehab
program at the begin-
ning of the COVID-19
pandemic in late March
2020, patients in the pro-
gram, who were all recov-
ering from some type of
heart-related event, were
encouraged to continue
their exercises at home.
Most of the patients
complied and did not lose
any forward momentum
they had made from their
in person classes, ac-
cording to Kayla Pruitt,
director of the hospital’s
cardiology services. But,
she added, it was impera-
tive to get these patients
back into the live classes
as soon as possible, while
keeping their safety as
the top priority.
“They are a vulnera-
ble population. We want
to protect them from the
risk of COVID-19, but
it was important to get
them back into rehab as
quickly as possible,” said
Dr. Julius Kato, invasive
cardiologist and medical
director of the cardiac re-
hab program.
The department was
closed to patients for
about six weeks during
the height of the pan-
demic, with no patients
allowed in the depart-
ment. Before it re-opened
mid-May, Pruitt said her
team initiated stringent
cleaning and decontam-
ination guidelines that
are currently still in place
along with strict social
distancing.
Under normal opera-
tions, the program can
accommodate 12 pa-
tients per class or 72 pa-
tients per day. But, due to
COVID-19, it is currently
operating at slightly more
than half capacity at 43
patients per day. That
gives more time between
the six daily, one-hour
classes so the staff can
deep clean equipment be-
tween classes and allows
more space between pa-
tients.
“We consistently main-
tain social distancing
and follow masking and
enhanced cleaning guide-
lines,” Pruitt explained.
Cardiac rehab is often
the difference between
a cardiac patient fully
recovering from a cardi-
ac event such as a heart
attack, bypass or valve
replacement surgery or
stent placement and a
patient’s repeated read-
mission to the hospital
and months of prolonged
recuperation.
An individualized pro-
gram is developed for
each patient with a goal
to improve his or her
functional capacity by 15
percent by the time they
finish the program. The
average patient attends
36 classes over a 12-week
period, Pruitt explained.
In 2019, 98 percent of pa-
tients graduated the pro-
gram having reached at
least 15 percent of their
functional capacity goal,
Pruitt said.
Functional capacity is
monitored consistently
along with a patient’s vital
signs. Each patient is also
monitored for depression,
which is common after
certain cardiac events
such as bypass surgery
and the patient is referred
to counseling if needed,
Pruitt said. The program
also provides nutrition
and tobacco cessation
counseling for those who
can benefit from those
services.
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through the sale of mer-
chandise featuring the
new logo.
“That’s how we’re
going to
start,” she
said. “If
ever ybody
accepts the
new brand
and pur-
chases mer-
c h a n d i s e Labat
with the
logo, we’ll be able to use
it as a fundraiser.”
Jay Harper, a graphic
designer with the Missis-
sippi School Boards Asso-
ciation the district hired
to create a new design,
said creating an original
logo that could be regis-
tered with the state gives
the district exclusive mar-
keting rights on all mer-
chandise bearing the new
logo, something the old
logo didn’t provide.
Harper said the old
logo was a knock-off of
the Atlanta Falcons’ logo,
which meant the district
could not earn revenue
from merchandise bear-
ing the image.
“The Atlanta Falcons
logo is still the Atlanta
Falcons logo no matter
what color you change it
to,” Harper said.
Spears said the district
will approach retail stores
that carry the school’s
merchandise to notify
them of the change in lo-
gos.
“The plan is to go to
Walgreens or Walmart,
places where we know
our school merchandise
is sold, and ask them to
take the old merchandise
off the shelves and, hope-
In addition to the new
Falcons logo, Harper de-
signed logos for the dis-
trict and each of the city’s
schools. Some transitions
can be made with little
cost and implemented
quickly, such as letter-
heads and small signage.
Other transitions, in-
cluding sports uniforms,
replacing the logo at cen-
ter court at school gyms,
and larger signage will
require time and money.
“I don’t expect to have
new uniforms until may-
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff
be next year,” said boys
The new Falcon logo is registered with the state and
replaces the old Falcons logo copied from the Atlan- basketball coach Phillip
Morris. “Even if we want-
ta Falcons. Designer Jay Harper said the new Falcon
ed to do it now, it usually
provides exclusive marketing rights for the district,
something the old logo did not enjoy. takes about eight weeks
to get uniforms after you
fully, strike some kind of would produce revenue order them, so I don’t
an agreement with them and allow us to make think that’s going to hap-
for merchandise with the some kind of headway in pen.”
new logo,” he said. “That the transition.” Labat said that be-
cause the transition will
occur over time, the old
logo won’t disappear
from public view any time
soon.
“We’re doing this a
little bit at a time,” Labat
said. “Until then, we sort
of see the old Falcon as a
vintage logo.”
The district’s rebrand-
ing campaign is part of
a celebration of two im-
portant milestones in the
district’s history. On Oct.
7, the school celebrated
the 155th anniversary
of Union Academy, the
city’s first public school
for Black children. In
February, the district will
celebrate the bicentenni-
al of Franklin Academy,
the first public school es-
tablished in the state of
Mississippi.
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A quiet start to empty week at Augusta National for Masters

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUGUSTA, Ga. —
Take away a few white
scoreboards in their
usual places behind the
greens, and the green
television stands be-
hind the 12th tee and a
few other strategic lo-
cations, and this is what
Augusta National looks
like in November.
It looks bigger be-
cause hardly anyone is
there.
The grandstands are
gone. The ropes are
missing, replaced by
painted lines — dark
green, of course —
around the tee boxes
and greens and marking
spots along the fairway ready and seeing lots of demic that shut down Under those towering that’s on TV, the pa-
to show the few people people,” Francesco Mo- golf for three months Georgia pines is a mix- trons who comes to the
allowed at the Masters linari said. “So it looks forced a reconfigured ture of pine straw and grounds or the players
where they can stand. different already. I don’t major championship fallen leaves. — it’s an incredible ex-
Instead of Augus- know. We’ll have to see schedule unlike any Mostly, however, it’s perience.
ta National members how everyone adapts to other, particularly at the lack of patrons that “So we’ll be missing
and their the differing conditions. the Masters. The annu- makes it look — and one element. But it’s a
guests, the It’s hard not to have the al rite of spring is now sound — so different. huge element to the ex-
course was fans around, but it’s a strange passage into “There’s no doubt the perience of playing the
filled Mon- amazing to have the autumn. missing gallery is going Masters.”
day with Ti- opportunity to be back The 1,600 azalea to be the biggest differ- Late in the afternoon,
ger Woods here for us as players.” bushes on the 13th hole ence,” Adam Scott said. three women were
and Justin It was a lost opportu- have no blooms. Neither “The things that will be strolling along toward
Thomas, nity for Sergio Garcia do the pink dogwoods the same is it still means the edge of Amen Cor-
Bubba Wat- Woods and Joaquin Niemann, down the right side of the same to us all, and ner with a drink called
son and both of whom tested the second fairway. It’s maybe even more so “Azalea” and not a care
Jordan Spi- positive for the corona- not without color, of because we return to in the world. Their hus-
eth, all of them playing virus and had to with- course. The Firethorn Augusta National every bands were in the field,
a practice round on a draw, another reminder berries on the 15th were year. Everything that but they weren’t sure if
course that only looked why the Masters moved bursting with color, as the club does to make they were playing at the
the same. to November date in the they are prone to do in this a special event for moment. It was a nice
“We’re used to com- first place. late summer and early everybody who gets day. It was easy to get
ing here on Monday al- The COVID-19 pan- fall. to watch it — whether See MASTERS, 3B

Nick Saban: COLLEGE FOOTBALL

No. 1 ranking
‘even more
meaningless
Mississippi State-Auburn game postponed due
this year’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
to COVID-19 positive tests and contact tracing
It’s easier than ever
for Alabama coach Nick
Saban to dismiss a mid-
season No. 1 ranking.
The Crimson Tide
(6 -0) vaulted to the
top after an open date
when No. 2 Notre Dame
knocked off Clemson,
which was playing with-
out quarterback Trevor
Lawrence. Even though
Alabama’s remaining
regular season sched-
ule doesn’t seem partic-
ularly daunting, it’s still
the season of COVID-19
with top teams like No.
3 Ohio State just getting
started.
And teams never
know when a key player
— like Lawrence — or
coach will test positive
or have to be quaran-
tined for close contact
with someone who has
tested positive. Staffs
don’t even know when
games will have to be

See SABAN, 3B

Brewers’
Williams,
Mariners
CF Lewis
win Rookie
of the Year
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Much like one of

his lofty leaps at the
wall, Kyle Lewis soared
above the field.
The center fielder for
the Seattle Mariners
won the AL Rookie of
the Year award Monday
night, and Milwaukee
Brewers reliever Devin
Williams took home the
NL honor.
The 25-year-old Lew-
is received all 30 first-
place votes in balloting
by the Baseball Writers’
Association of America.
He is the 12th unani-
mous winner of the AL
award, joining a presti-
gious list that includes
Carlton Fisk, Derek
Jeter, Mike Trout and
Aaron Judge.
“It’s just a great first
step for me and being in
that category, it’s just
really special,” Lewis
said.
Williams made his
own history, becoming
the first pitcher to win
See ROY, 3B
Mississippi State’s weekend contest with Auburn scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to positive tests and contact tracing, the
Southeastern Conference announced. MSU will host the Tigers on Dec. 12.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Missis-
sippi State will have to wait an-
other month to play Auburn.
Monday, the Southeastern
Conference announced the
game between the Tigers and
Bulldogs initially scheduled
for Saturday will now be post-
poned to Dec. 12 following
COVID-19 positive tests and
subsequent contract tracing
with the MSU football team.
MSU’s next contest will
now be Nov. 21 at No. 12 Geor-
gia.
“Based on positive tests
and those considered as close
contacts, along with non-
COVID injuries, we do not
have the minimum number of
scholarship student-athletes
available for Saturday’s game
against Auburn,” MSU Athlet-
ic Director John Cohen said in
a news release. “While we are
disappointed that Saturday’s
game has been postponed,
our priority is the health, safe-
ty and well-being of our stu-
dent-athletes and staff.”
Under SEC guidelines,
teams are required to have 53
scholarship players available,
including one quarterback,
seven offensive linemen -- in-
cluding one center -- and four
defensive linemen.
Last week against Vander-
bilt, MSU was reportedly close
to the 53-player threshold, as
only eight offensive linemen
dressed for the contest. Leach
confirmed this in his Monday
press conference, revealing
the Bulldogs were just one
player above the threshold
when facing the Commodores
and that number had obvious-
ly dipped below the require-
ments following that Mon-
day’s round of testing.
The first-year head coach
also noted the postponement
is, in large part, due to contact
tracing.
“The contact tracers add up,
too,” Leach said. “I think that’s
one of the biggest hits. We’ve
got several guys that aren’t
even positive that have to sit at
home and play video games be-
cause they were next to some-
body (that got COVID-19).”
Leach added that no one on
his coaching staff had been af-
fected by the current outbreak
but that, “So far any coaches
that have gotten it got it way
earlier.” He also said Monday
he believes he dealt with his
own bout with COVID-19 in
March after he spoke at the
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics
Conference, though also clari-
fied he was never tested.
“I was on a plane full of Bos-
ton people coming and going
and then went to spring break,
and about a day and a half after
I got back, I got sick,” Leach
said. “But that was back be-
Kentucky Athletics
fore, 1) it was impossible to
find a test, 2) they’re unre-
liable, 3) they’re kind of ex-
pensive so I didn’t get tested.
I did have pretty much all the
symptoms. If I were to bet, I
would definitely bet that I had
it then.”
As MSU’s schedule now
stands, it will mark the first
time since 1998 that the Bull-
dogs will play two games after
the Egg Bowl. That year, MSU
closed its season with Ole
Miss before playing in the SEC
Championship Game against
Tennessee and in the Cotton
Bowl against Texas.
This year will also be just
the second time and first since
1936 the Bulldogs will play two
regular season games after
the Egg Bowl. During the 1936
season, the Bulldogs closed
with wins over Ole Miss, Mer-
cer and Florida before falling
to Duquesne in the Orange
Bowl.
2B TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Column: NASCAR closes stabilized, and energized by Elliott
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
AVONDALE, Ariz. —
Drivers, finally, stop your
engines.
NASCAR has waved
the checkered flag on its
frenetic 2020 season, a
whirlwind of rescheduled
and relocated races, some
held with lots of fans,
some fans and no fans at
all. The effort to complete
all 38 races during the
pandemic was rewarded
with a new champion,
who just happens to be
NASCAR’s reigning most
popular driver.
Chase Elliott won three
of the final five races, in-
cluding Sunday’s winner-
take-all finale at Phoenix
Raceway, to claim the
first Cup of his career.
His late-season surge
upstaged Kevin Harvick
and Denny Hamlin, the
two most dominant driv-
ers this year, and elevat-
ed the second-generation
NASCAR star alongside
his Hall of Fame father as
NASCAR champions.
It was a promising
close for NASCAR, which
very much needs its
Loaded Pac-12 eyeing multiple bids to NCAA Tournament
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Pac-12 expected
to get six, maybe even a
record-tying seven teams,
into last season’s NCAA
Tournament.
The conference’s hopes,
like those of leagues and
teams across the country,
were dashed when March
Madness was canceled
due to the coronavirus pan-
demic.
As the pandemic-de-
layed 2020-21 season is set
to start, the Pac-12 is again
in position to have one of
the toughest, deepest con-
ferences in college basket-
ball.
young stars in the spot-
light. Dale Earnhardt
Jr. was a 12-time winner
of the fan-selected most
popular driver award but
never won a champion-
ship. Elliott took the reins
in 2018 after Earnhardt
retired and rewarded his
loyalists in just his fifth
full season at NASCAR’s
top level.
He has faced quixotic
expectations since he was
14 — that’s when Rick
Hendrick gave him a driv-
er development contract
— from peers who saw
his heritage as a means to
re-energizing a sport that
saw its biggest stars trick-
le out of the driver’s seat
the last five years. Jeff
Gordon, Tony Stewart,
Carl Edwards and Earn-
hardt have all retired,
and seven-time champion
Jimmie Johnson joined
the group Sunday.
Elliott’s instant popu-
larity was ordained not
for what he did in his
Chevrolet, but because
of his family tree, which
dates to a NASCAR some
fans still yearn for. Bill
Elliott won the 1988 Cup
“A year ago, overall we
had one of our best seasons
as a conference,” Arizona
coach Sean Miller said.
“This year, I think it might
be the strongest year in my
12 years in the Pac-12 be-
cause from top to bottom,
it’s so strong and we have
so much returning experi-
ence.”
Oregon has been the
Pac-12’s gold standard,
winning four regular-sea-
son and three conference
tournament titles the past
five years. The Ducks lost
Pac-12 player of the year
Payton Pritchard, but Dana
Altman may field an even
better team this year with
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title, 44 races and fans
voted “Awesome Bill from
Dawsonville” the most
popular driver a record 16
times.
He would have kept
winning the award, too,
but Bill Elliott in 2001 re-
moved his name from the
ballot and encouraged
fans to honor his late ri-
val, Dale Earnhardt Sr.
Chase Elliott, who
turns 25 later this
month and is NASCAR’s
third-youngest champi-
on, is very much like his
dad: soft-spoken outside
of the car, calm and cal-
culated behind the wheel.
The family has never left
its Georgia hometown of
Dawnsonville — a small
town of less than 3,000
people an hour outside of
Atlanta — and they still
sound the siren at the lo-
cal pool hall whenever an
Elliott wins.
When Harvick was
asked in 2017 what NA-
SCAR needed to re-ener-
gize its base, he pointed
directly to Elliott.
“NASCAR needs
Chase Elliott to win,” Har-
vick said. “Chase Elliott
a mix of veterans, transfers
and another strong recruit-
ing class.
Oregon is ranked No.
20 in The Associated Press
preseason poll.
No. 22 UCLA made a
push for a surprise NCAA
Tournament berth in its
first season under Mick
Cronin and has most of that
team back.
Arizona State is the con-
ference’s highest-ranked
team in the AP preseason
poll at No. 18, gets Remy
Martin back and has argu-
ably the best recruiting
class in program history.
Stanford lost Tyrell Ter-
ry to the NBA draft, but
is the tie to the tradition-
al NASCAR fan. It’s the
only shot they’ve got with
the traditional NASCAR
fan. His dad, the history
and heritage of the sport,
there isn’t anybody else in
the lineup that I can think
of.”
He’s won now. And at
the same time, NASCAR
seems to have stabilized.
The series for at least
a decade has been adjust-
ing to an ever-changing
economic landscape, an
aging fan base, declining
television ratings and at-
tendance, and a dearth
of star power. When the
pandemic put NASCAR
on a 10-week pause in
March, the series could
have collapsed.
Instead, NASCAR was
one of the first sports to
resume competition, first
to get fans back into the
stands and first to com-
plete its entire sched-
ule. A new car originally
scheduled for 2021 was
postponed a year, but
expectations of the car
improving the business
model has ignited interest
among new team owners.
returns four starters. The
Cardinal also pulled off a
recruiting coup by landing
Ziaire Williams, one of the
nation’s top recruits.
Miller has reloaded his
roster with six talented for-
eign players to replace the
three talented freshmen
who left for the NBA after
last season.
Freshman Evan Mob-
ley should help Southern
California overcome the
loss of Onyeka Okongwu
to the NBA and could lead
the Trojans into the NCAA
Tournament.
Utah has one of the con-
ference’s best players in
Timmy Allen. Same thing
NASCAR President
Steve Phelps called 2020
“the single most difficult
year that we’ve faced as a
sport,” but a year in which
the industry unified to
keep cars on the track.
Next year’s season-open-
ing Daytona 500 is still on
schedule for Feb. 14 and
plans now include specta-
tors in the stands.
Uncertainty hangs
over everything, but
Phelps said NASCAR is
in good shape.
“Will everyone’s bot-
tom line look more chal-
lenged? The answer
is yes. Do I believe we
as a sport are going to
shut down? We are not,”
Phelps said. “Are we fi-
nancially viable to move
forward? We are. We are
going to persevere and
we are going to continue
to put on races, bring that
great racing to the fan
base.”
Two of NASCAR’s
three championships at
Phoenix were won in dra-
matic late shootouts and
of the three new champi-
ons, Elliott is the oldest.
Truck Series champion
for Colorado with McKin-
ley Wright IV.
Washington has plenty
of experience, but a cou-
ple of big holes to fill with
Isaiah Stewart and Jaden
McDaniels gone after one
season.
It should be a wild, com-
petitive season in the Pac-
12 and, possibly, end with
another big batch of NCAA
Tournament-worthy teams.
Top returners
Arizona State got a huge
boost when Martin opt-
ed to return to the desert
instead of leaving for the
NBA. He’s the Pac-12’s top
returning scorer after aver-
Sheldon Creed is 23; Xfin-
ity Series winner Austin
Cindric is 22.
In Elliott, NASCAR’s
most popular driver is
also the champion for the
first time since Bill El-
liott’s 1988 title. He’s far
from charismatic but has
a Southern charm with
all his “heck,” “dang” and
“shoot” exclamations that
resonates with the sport.
The Cup solidifies his
spot as the new face of
NASCAR, of Hendrick
Motorsports and of Chev-
rolet. But Elliott is hum-
ble, just like his dad, and
not interested in labels.
“I don’t know that
that’s really for me to say
who is or isn’t the face of
something,” he said. “But
from where I sit, it’s the
performance industry,
right? It’s entertainment
from the outside looking
in, but what makes my liv-
ing is performing or not.
“I think me perform-
ing at a high level is going
to take me a lot further in
life than being the face of
something.”
aging 19.1 points per game
last season and is one of
the nation’s most dynamic
guards.
Utah got a similar lift
when Allen, who averaged
17.3 points and 7.2 re-
bounds last season, decid-
ed to return.
Wright seems like he’s
been at Colorado for 10
years and continues to be
one of the league’s best all-
around guards.
California was one of
the nation’s worst offen-
sive teams last season, but
guard Matt Bradley was
one of the Pac-12’s best
scorers, averaging 17.4
points.
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No. 1 Zags: Gonzaga begins season atop Top 25 for first time
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Just about the only thing Gonzaga
has left to accomplish under Mark
Few is win a national championship.
The ‘Zags scratched another first
off the list Monday: They will open
the season at No. 1.
Despite losing West Coast Con-
ference player of the year Filip Petru-
sev, the Bulldogs received 28 first-
place votes and 1,541 points from a
64-member national media panel.
That was just enough to edge Baylor
(24 first-place vote) by a single point
for the top spot in the preseason As-
sociated Press Top 25 heading to-
ward the delayed Nov. 25 start of the
season.
“It’s a great honor to be selected
No. 1,” Few said. “We understand
Luka Garza, its highest preseason
ranking in school history.
Then came a wave of bluebloods
with Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Duke and Kentucky completing the
top 10.
The Bulldogs spent four weeks at
No. 1 last season before finishing sec-
ond to the Jayhawks in the final poll,
which was taken when the NCAA
Tournament was canceled by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Petrusev’s choice to play profes-
sionally in Serbia and then enter the
draft was a blow, but the Bulldogs
still have the pieces to win it all. Co-
rey Kispert and Joel Ayayi provide
scoring punch and the arrival of
potential one-and-done guard Jalen
Suggs should steady their backcourt.
The ‘Zags certainly scheduled
only lost one starter in big man
Freddie Gillespie. But coach Scott
Drew could have the nation’s best
backcourt in Jared Butler, Davion
Mitchell and MaCio Teague, the
best defender in Mark Vital and
depth behind top-100 recruit L.J.
Cryer and transfer Adam Flagler.
The Bears also built a brutal
schedule, playing Illinois and po-
tentially Villanova in the Empire
Classic along with Gonzaga.
“I think it starts with experi-
ence,” Drew said. “Whenever you
return a lot of players that were
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around. It was peaceful.
This is the Augusta
National hardly anyone
gets to see.
And it won’t change
much over the next six
days, except for the fore-
cast. Rain was expected
at least for the next two
practice rounds, and
possibly throughout the
week.
The course already
is softer than it usually
is in April because the
rye grass planted over
the dead Bermuda has
only had a month or so
to take root. It’s still
pristine, and it will look
that way on TV. Even so,
the weather has been so
warm that splotches of
Bermuda grass are ev-
ident on the slopes and
collection areas off the
greens.
That will have a small
effect on chipping.
“I’m anxious to see
over the next couple of
days how tight some of
the run-off areas get
because the grass has
been a little thicker and
longer than we see in
April,” Spieth said.
He played the front
nine on Monday, and
when he finished his
round with former
champion Zach Johnson
and newcomer J.T. Pos-
ton, he noticed a huge
difference in how the
ball responds if it comes
up short.
“Sometimes it rolls
back 20, 25 yards short
of the green,” Spieth
said. “Right now, it’s
only going to go 5 or 10,
making the next shot a
bit easier. It will be in-
teresting to see how that
changes because that
changed a lot from this
weekend to today.”
Spieth was around
on the weekend after
missing the cut in the
Houston Open. Ditto for
players like Phil Mickel-
son and Lee Westwood.
No one likes a weekend
off. When it means go-
ing to Augusta National
to get ready for the Mas-
ters — April, Novem-
ber, doesn’t matter — it
takes the sting off.
Even in practice,
Westwood is used to see-
ing a wall of people down
the right side of the 11th
fairway, jammed in be-
hind the 12th tee, and
then up the right side of
the 13th fairway.
On this day, it was a
walk in the park. Or it
felt like one, anyway.
“It takes some get-
ting used to,” Westwood
said.
What hasn’t changed
is the objective.
“We’re playing the
same golf course and
trying to shoot the low
score and beat the same
players that we have to
try and do every single
year,” Spieth said.

Saban
Continued from Page 1B

canceled or postponed.
Saban said being No.
1 in November is “even
more meaningless this
year than ever before.”
“It means nothing at
all right now,” Saban
said Monday. “And I
think especially in this
year, because it’s very,
very difficult even at
this point in the season,
to know who is really
established as the most
dangerous teams in the
country on a consistent
basis.
“We have confer-
ences that have played
one game, conferences
that have played three
games, conferences
that have played more
games than we’ve
played. So I think it’s
very, very difficult to be
able to determine that.”
Alabama visits L SU
(2-3), the struggling
defending national
champs, on Saturday.
The four remaining op-
ponents are a combined
11-12, and only No. 24
Auburn (4-2) has a win-
ning record.
L SU is dealing with
a COVID outbreak and
won’t be at full-strength
— if the game is even
played. Coach Ed Org-
eron said the situation
has made it difficult
to know who won’t be
available for the game
or whether it might
need to be postponed,
like Auburn-Mississippi
State was on Monday.
L SU snapped an
eight-game losing
streak to Alabama last
season, winning 46 -41.
Now, the Tigers will
be looking to play the
spoiler if they take the
field.
And the Tide will be
looking to stay on task,
No. 1 ranking or not.
“It’s great to be con-
sidered the top team,
but none of it matters,”
quarterback Mac Jones
said. “It doesn’t matter
if you’re ranked 25th or
first, you have to go out
there and control your
own destiny by winning
every game.
“If we can just try to
win every game we’ll
continue to go through-
out the season and get
a chance to play more
games.”
And Saban, as al-
ways, remains on guard
against complacency or
overconfidence. This
is familiar territory for
Alabama; the ascent to
No. 1 Sunday marked
the record 13th consec-
utive year that the Tide
has spent at least one
week atop the poll. ACROSS
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... complacency creates
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a blatant disregard for
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doing what’s right,” Sa-
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ban said. “So you know,
appreciation,
that’s something that maybe
our players are going
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rity and understanding worker
that it’s not where you 17 French article
are right now. It’s where 18 Remember
you finish that counts.” 20 Ascend
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ish this season counts tablets
as much as anything. 22 Has dinner

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Rookie of the Year with-
out recording a save or
making a start during
his award-winning sea-
son — reflecting the
increased importance
of the bullpen in today’s
game. He is the first
Rookie of the Year for
Milwaukee since Ryan
Braun in 2007.
“I don’t really think
that saves are the end-
all be-all,” Williams
said on a conference
call during a vacation in
Jamaica. “If I come up in
the seventh inning and I
go through one through
five, I think that that
can be pretty valuable
as well.”
The 25 -year-old Lew-
is was one of baseball’s
breakout stars during
the pandemic-short-
ened season, batting
.262 with 11 homers and
28 RBIs in 58 games. He
led big league rookies
with 37 runs, 90 total
bases and a .364 on-
base percentage.
Lewis also made a
couple of memorable
plays in center, robbing
Oakland’s Ramón Lau-
reano of a grand slam
on Sept. 14. He is the
first player to win the
award for Seattle since
Ichiro Suzuki in 2001.
San Diego Padres
second baseman Jake
Cronenworth and Phila-
delphia Phillies infield-
er Alec Bohm tied for
second in NL balloting
by the Baseball Writers’
Association of America.
Chicago White Sox cen-
ter fielder Luis Robert
finished second in the
AL race, followed by
Houston Astros right-
hander Cristian Javier.
Lewis and Robert
had similar seasons,
with fast starts followed
by slow finishes. Lewis
batted just .147 in Sep-
tember, and Robert hit
.136 with 32 strikeouts
in 23 games in the final
month.
Lewis was selected
by Seattle with the No.
11 overall pick in the
2016 amateur draft out
of Mercer University.
He broke into the ma-
jors last year, appearing
in 18 September games
with the Mariners.
The Georgia native is
the beginning of what
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native, was selected by the playoffs because of
Milwaukee in the sec- shoulder soreness.
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draft. He had Tommy of rehab still, but it’s
John surgery while he feeling good,” Williams
was in the minors and said.
made his big league de- The Managers of the
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On Football: Be prepared or be ready for an unexpected test
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Be prepared, or be ready
for an unexpected chal-
lenge.
That’s an NFL mantra
that seems to always be
in play. Perfect proof was
provided Sunday in Big D,
where the unbeaten Steel-
ers nearly had a Big Deba-
cle against the woeful Cow-
boys.
Sure, the resilient and
versatile Steelers came
back after trailing all day
to win 24-19 against an
opponent they should
have shoved aside without
breaking a sweat. Instead,
because they were as flat as
the turf in Jerry Jones’ pal-
ace, they had to sweat out
everything. Such as a bum-
bling beginning. A knee in-
jury for Ben Roethlisberger
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
when the quarterback was
sandwiched by two Cow-
boys pass rushers, slowing
but not stopping him. And a
pair of missed extra points
— even though Chris Bo-
swell made a 59-yard field
goal.
Still, these Steelers are
the only squad in franchise
history to go 8-0, though
they weren’t kidding them-
selves about how they got
there.
“We’re humbled and
honored to be in that
group,” coach Mike Tomlin
said. “It’s not without its tri-
als today, obviously. Some
of it was created by us. We
can’t keep having these
conversations every week
because one of these weeks
we’ll be doing it with an ‘L’ if
we’re not careful.”
Perhaps it was under-
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standable. After all, the
Steelers were coming off
one emotional victory after
another, against long-time
rival (and, apparently, play-
off pretender) Cleveland,
unbeaten Tennessee and
archrival Baltimore. They
were facing the most under-
achieving, albeit banged-
up, squad in pro football,
with journeyman quarter-
back Garrett Gilbert in his
first NFL start, and on a
three-game slide.
Certainly it was more un-
derstandable than what the
Buccaneers came up with
against their top division
and possibly conference
foe, the Saints, on Sunday
night. That motivation and
undivided attention should
have been a no-brainer. Yet
Tampa Bay played a pretty
brainless first half, falling
behind 31-0, even putting
his young daughter who
was at the game to sleep.
That Pittsburgh over-
came it’s own languor and
the Cowboys’ most spirit-
ed performance all season
is a tribute to the Steelers’
resourcefulness. And guts.
Roethlisberger easily could
have sat out the second
half, his eye on further priz-
es. He’s not built that way,
and neither is his team.
And he believes the
Steelers will learn from
struggling like they did
Sunday.
“I hope so. It’s the NFL.
There are no easy games,”
he said. “We’re the Pitts-
burgh Steelers. We know
everybody is coming for
us.”
As the Steelers and ev-
eryone else move into the
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My husband
and I own a
condo in a building
with 22 units.
Because of COVID,
one of the HOA
board members
has posted signs
stating “rules”
throughout the
building. The rules
are typical for
these trying times,
but the number of
signs is obses-
sive. Many of the
residents dislike Dear Abby
the signs, but my
husband was the one who wrote
a nasty letter to the HOA about
how many are posted.
The board member who
was responsible for posting
the signs was a friend of mine.
Her feelings were hurt, and she
has made some snide remarks
about the letter. A group of
women meet weekly for happy
hour, and she and I are both
part of that group. I feel caught
in the middle. My husband has
had a hard time getting over
being mad about the signs, and
I know the HOA member is angry
at him. I just want to go to happy
hour and drink and gossip. Why
can’t we all just get along? — IN
THE MIDDLE
DEAR IN THE MIDDLE: We
are living in trying times, and
many people — your husband
included — aren’t their better
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov.
10). A magnificent calm takes
hold in which you feel powerfully
clear about what you want.
Whether you’re speaking words
of love or laying down a financial
deal, you speak directly and
get quick responses. Some
relationships take longer to
synchronize. Once they do, they
become alternately practical
and magical. Leo and Virgo
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 3, 22, 14, 4 and 17.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). You won’t do the job to
perfection, but only because
that would be both boring and
impossible. You will do the job,
second half of the sched-
ule, they should look at
Sunday as a cautionary
tale. It surely was that
for the Buccaneers, who
looked lethargic and con-
fused in only their biggest
test so far this season.
Same for Seattle, which
had a difficult chore in
traveling cross-country to
Buffalo and then having
an early kickoff. But the
Bills, who have struggled
a bit the last month, blew
away the Seahawks in the
first half, toying with a de-
fense that was practically
invisible for the first half
of a 44-34 Buffalo win.
“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,” coach
selves right now.
The HOA board
was fulfilling its
obligation to the
community by
posting health
and safety signs.
They are meant to
educate not only
homeowners but
also visitors to the
building, but too
often they tend
to become like
“wallpaper” and
are ignored. You
are not caught in
the middle. Your
husband owes
that woman an apology for get-
ting snarky. But it probably won’t
happen unless you insist upon
it. (If it doesn’t, you can always
do it “for” him the next time you
all meet for happy hour.)
DEAR ABBY: I met a wonder-
ful man who was 14 years older
who treated me like I have never
been treated before. He opened
doors for me, took me on actual
dates, paid for things, met all
my friends and family, and took
me on my first vacation at 39
years old. He was very cuddly
and such a gentleman. He even
introduced himself as my “boy-
friend” to some of my friends.
Seven months ago, we had
our first argument and he asked
me how I felt about him. I said
I loved him and he returned
with, “I like you a lot.” He said
he didn’t feel as strongly as I did
like only you can, and with an
impressive level of commitment.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
While it seems like most people
are investing for financial profit,
you are the rebel who will invest
for a different kind of profit —
improvement and benefits for
the many, not just the few.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You, like most people, don’t like
to be wrong. Therefore, you’ll
usually pause before you decide
what to lock into. Today is dif-
ferent. You’re sure immediately.
You go without hesitation.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
There are thoughts you’d like to
shove back so you can concen-
Pete Carroll said. “It’s just
such an out-of-character
game across the board that
I don’t even recognize us.”
But it happens to virtu-
ally ever club some time
during a 17-week schedule.
During 2020, with all of the
pandemic-related issues, it
is even more difficult to
remain on an even keel.
Being stoked in every situ-
ation? No way.
So when the Steelers
line up against the Ben-
gals (2-5-1) next week, and
the Packers (6-2) face the
Jaguars (1-7), they should
keep Week 9 in mind. Dit-
to for the Buccaneers (6-
3) against the Panthers
(3-6), and the Ravens
(6-2) against the Patriots
(2-5 heading into Monday
night’s game at the Jets).
and doesn’t want a relationship.
When we broke up shortly
after, he said he wanted to be
friends. But he still called and
invited me over for sex regularly
for the next six weeks. I was
very hurt, but I finally cut ties
because emotionally I couldn’t
handle it. He still wants to be
friends but I cannot. He still will
do anything for me and wants
the benefits of being together
without the labels.
It has been more than two
months and I’m heartbroken. If
I call him, he answers and talks
like we are the best of friends,
and it kills me. How do I get over
him? Is it worth trying to see if
we will work out? — BROKEN IN
UTAH
DEAR BROKEN: This “gen-
tleman” made clear that his
feelings for you are not as strong
as those you have for him. You
are involved with someone who
is honest about wanting nothing
more than the status quo. If
you’re willing to settle for being
only FWB — which, I suspect, you
have too much intelligence and
self-esteem to do — go along
with what he’s offering (which is
very little). But if you do, know
full well that it won’t “work out.”
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.
trate on the day’s tasks. Even
so, shoving is not advised. Give
it a quick sort, fold and tuck.
Compartmentalize if needed.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
To take advantage of all your
current scene has to offer, avoid
gazing at the supposedly green-
er grass on the other side of the
fence and stay focused on your
own backyard.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You’ll add skills, meet people
and refine your game. One spe-
cial alliance will help you do all
that and more. A light, friendly
approach is what’s needed. Let
whimsy be your guide.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Your life is growing in dimen-
sion, and you’re taking on more.
It’s not just your slice of life
that’s growing either. You’re
seeing more to life in general.
Here comes an element of the
bizarre and fantastic.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You used to think that you
knew your limits and abilities,
but now you realize that you
have no idea what is possible
until you get in there and make
things happen — or not. You’ve
the guts to find out.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You know what people
want you to say, but a rebellious
surge disallows it. Anyway,
you’re confident and creative
enough to serve them up more
than what they want, that is to
say, what they need.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Advice may sound like criti-
cism, but there’s still something
valuable in it if you can get past
the tone. The smaller you make
your ego, the bigger you can
make your brain.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It’s easy to be influenced
by an overly excited and worried
world. Take a deep breath and
count your exhale as “one.”
Keep repeating, and by 10,
you’ll be calmer and more
empowered.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You deserve the opportu-
nity to grow and develop in your
own way. Once you mentally
separate yourself from a culture
that bosses you around and
boxes you into a role, you’ll start
to see a unique path.
Circle of friends
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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
PUBLISH: 11/3 &
seal and traffic striping on ap-
proximately 0.91 miles of exist- 11/10/2020
ing roadway(s).
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Proposals shall be good for a
period of 120 days from date
COLUMBUS LIGHT AND WATER
of signing.
DEPARTMENT
Plans and specifications are
being made available via pa-
per or digital copy. Plan Hold-
ers are required to log-in or re-
gister for an account to view or
order bid documents at
www.pritchardengineeringplans.
com. Bid documents are non-
refundable and must be pur-
chased through the website.
Questions regarding website re-
gistration and online orders
please contact Plan House at
662-407-0193. For questions
related to the contract docu-
ments contact the office of
Pritchard Engineering, Inc at
(662) 324-2205, 100 Miley
Road, Starkville, Mississippi
39759. No partial sets of draw-
ings of project manuals will be
issued.
Proposal shall be submitted on Light and Water Department,
Bid Forms provided with the
specifications. Bids may be
submitted in person, or for
those interested, bids can be
electronically submitted at
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oral, telegraphic, telephonic, or er System Repair Work, Part A
e-mail proposals will be con-
sidered. For sealed bids, the
current Certificate of Respons- (CIPP) Installation, Part C –
ibility Number of the bidder
shall appear on the outside of
each sealed envelope contain- tion.
ing a proposal, said envelope
being plainly marked Bid for
Slurry Seal Sellers Road and
Blue Drive. If submitting elec-
tronically, please include this
information on a cover page
with your bid submission.
Each Bid must be accompan-
ied by a bid bond/security de-
posit or certified check in an
amount equal to 5% of the bid, CERTIFICATE OF RESPONSIBIL-
payable to Oktibbeha County
as bid security. In the event
that an electronic bid is submit- $50,000.00 must show on his
ted, a copy of the bid bond
must be included with the sub- velope (or the first page of an
mission. If submitting electron- electronic bid submittal) con-
ically, a hard copy of all bid
documents must be provided
within 3 business days if re-
quested after the bid opening. and 21-3-15, Mississippi Code
John Montgomery, President
Oktibbeha County Board of Su- so stating must appear on the
pervisors
Publish Dates:
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November 9, 2020
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
the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
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
RICHARD J. COREY, JR., Co-Ex-
ecutor
/s/ RENEE BOBITT
RENEE BOBITT, Co-Executor
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SURPLUS PROPERTY SALE
Dodge Grand Caravan for sale
Dodge Charger for sale
MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR
WOMEN
COLUMBUS, MS 39701
Sealed bids will be received at
the Office of Purchasing. The
bid opening will be held in the
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:
Office of Purchasing
Whitfield Hall
1100 College Street MUW
1628
Columbus, MS 39701
Telephone (662) 329-7126
Email: Purchase@muw.edu
Mississippi University for Wo-
men reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
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-
sippi in the second floor confer-
ence room at the Columbus
420 4th Avenue South, Colum-
bus, MS 39703, until 10:00
A.M., Local Time, on Decem-
ber 3, 2020, for supplying all
labor and materials (as spe-
– Water System Repair Work,
Part B –Cured In Place Pipe
Sewer System Repair Work and
Part D –Manhole Rehabilita-
The above general outline of
features of the work does not
in any way limit the responsibil-
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.
ITY: Each contractor submit-
ting a bid in excess of
bid and on the face of the en-
taining the bid, his Certificate
of Responsibility Number, as
required by Section 31-3-21
of 1972. If the bid does not ex-
ceed $50,000.00, a notation
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-
partment prior to the hour and
date herein before designated.
Electronic bids shall be accep-
ted, if received prior to the bid
date and time.
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within ninety (90) days after
the actual date of the opening
thereof.
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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.
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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
Rule is followed, state law re-
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
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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
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each in the amount of
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fundable and must be pur-
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stipulated in the bidder’s pro-
posal.
Legal Notices Apts For Rent: South
Bid documents are being made
available via original paper Large 2−bedrm apartment. Real Estate Vehicles Need a new
copy. Plan holders are re-
quired to register for an ac-
count at www.neel-schaffer-
Recently renovated, very
nice, includes washer /
Ads starting at $25 Ads starting at $12
companion?
plans.com to view and order dryer, lots of closets, great
Bid Documents. All plan hold- location. Must see inside.
ers are required to have a val- $850. 662−364−1610 Houses For Sale: Southside Autos For Sale
id email address for registra-
tion. Bid documents are non-re-
fundable and must be pur- Apts For Rent: West 1512 WASHINGTON AVE 2006 FORD Ranger FX4
3BR/1.5BA, living room w/ ext. cab, 4.0 L Eng. with
chased through the website.
VIP
For questions regarding web- gas log−heat, dining room, only 208K miles. Has
site registration and online or- front/back porch, natural camper shell, bed rug,
ders, please contact Plan gas heat, window units− brush guard with light bar,
Rentals
House Printing at (662) 407- cooling, storage bldg & new tires in Sept, cold air
0193. carport. 1,230 sq ft. intake, new water pump in
Call 662−425−9451. Oct, and new A/C in 2019.
The Columbus Light and Water Apartments & Houses Has 3 coats of ceramic
Department hereby notifies all Lots & Acreage
1 Bedrooms
Bidders that it will affirmatively coating. Looks & runs
insure that in any contract good. Only $8500.
entered into pursuant to this 2 Bedroooms 1.75 ACRE LOTS Good/ 501−545−7750 in
When looking
advertisement, disadvantaged Bad Credit Options. Good Columbus.
3 Bedrooms
and women’s business enter- credit as low as 20% down,
prises will be afforded the full $499/mo. Eaton Land,
opportunity to submit bids in Furnished & Unfurnished
for a new pet,
662−361−7711.
response to this invitation and
will not be discriminated
against on the grounds of race, 1, 2, & 3 Baths For Sale: 17+/− acres, Community
Lease, Deposit
color, or national origin in con-
sideration for an award.
& Credit Check
3442 Nashville Ferry Rd.
Has 2 trailer spots on
property. Partially wooded.
Ads starting at $12 adoption is
always a
The Engineer is Neel-Schaffer, $25,500. 662−327−8712.
Inc., P. O. Box 2100, (2310 viceinvestments.com Good Things To Eat
327-8555
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive),
Columbus, Mississippi, 39704,
Merchandise good option.
(39705) Phone No. (662)328-
4460, Fax No. (662)328-8552.
Apts For Rent: Other
The Columbus Light and Water
Department reserves the right Ads starting at $12
to reject any and all bids and to
waive any informalities or irreg- Antiques
ularities therein.
BY: /s/ Todd Gale
Todd Gale, General Manager
CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE
Magnolia Antique Mall Five Questions:
Columbus Light and Water De- Sat., Nov. 21, 2020
partment 10AM−5PM
302 Alabama St.
1 David
DATES OF PUBLICATION: Columbus
November 3, 2020
November 10, 2020
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CELL PHONE SANITIZER
Employment
NEW BLACK CELL PHONE
SANITIZER $20 firm.
2 Drone
Columbus.
662−352−1407
Call us: 662-328-2424
Firewood / Fuel
General Help Wanted
3 Martina
FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES: Various lengths.
SECRETARY will provide 662−295−2274.
Navratilova
general clerical & office
support. Clerical duties will
include but not limited to
COLEMAN Furniture
It’s a classified
rule-of-thumb: 4 Morocco
answering the phone, re- RENTALS Moving Sale, West Point:
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
cord keeping, file mainten- All good cond. BR suite, 2
ance, editing employee
1 BEDROOM
Queen mattresses, washer
($500) & dryer, DR set,
We tell readers
time, Accounts Payable &
Receivable, basic com- 2 BEDROOMS lamps, TV stand, desk, what they need
to know to buy 5 “Paw
puter skills including Mi- bookshelf, pictures, area
crosoft Word, Excel, etc.
3 BEDROOMS rugs, dressers, night stand,
end tables. Call anytime,
what they need.
Patrol”
Must be able to function in
LEASE,
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662−275−7679.
high volume setting & pos-
sess great communication DEPOSIT
Sporting Goods
and interpersonal skills. AND
SITE LEAD SUPERVISOR
will be responsible for su- CREDIT CHECK Crawford Army Surplus
pervision of employees on on Main in Crawford.
the job site. Interested
candidates should mail
662-329-2323 Now for sale: Metal Ammo
cans 30&50 cal, $10;
.155mm Howitzer treated
resume to: Blind Box 678
c/o Commercial Dispatch
2411 HWY 45 N wood ammo boxes,
$5&10; Army steel
PO Box 511 COLUMBUS, MS bunkbeds, $125; Field
Columbus, MS 39703 Artillery camo nets with
Place an ad safely
Houses For Rent: North spreader poles, $225;
Unissued camo (BDU/
Business
ACU/ABU) military 6−
315 SWARTZ DR. 3BR/
from home with
pocket fatigues, $35 & M−
1.5BA. $600 mo. $400
dep. 662−574−6188. 65 field coats & fire−
retardant coveralls, $50;
Ads starting at $25 polypro col weather under
the Classifieds.
Mobile Homes for Rent garment, $18;
Business Opportunity OCP T−shirts, $5.
3BR/2BA MH in New Hope. Call 662.769.1889
FIRST PENTECOSTAL $650 dep + $650/mo. No
CHURCH is accepting BIDS pets, quiet area. Leave full ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
for the following: Exterior name & message, Open for season!
205−712−6697.
walls w/ 8" metal stud Tue−Fri: 9−5 & Sat: 9−12
framing, EIFS on east & Over 50 years experience!
south walls & Porte− Repairs, cleaning, refin−
cochere, wood blocking & ishing, scopes mounted &
metal parapet cap, alum− zeroed, handmade knives.
inum framed windows & Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
doors, install stone veneer of West Point, turn right on
on 7 columns, exterior Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
metal door & frame 1 door, Have a rental property? left on Darracott Rd, will
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Porte−cochere metal stud List it here for fast results. see sign, 2.5mi ahead
framing, Interior walls 3 5/ shop on left.
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In the Classifieds section.
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