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Crawford
woman arrested
for food stamp
fraud
Ames received $27K
in extra benefits,
investigators allege
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Crawford res-
ident has been ar-
rested for food stamp
fraud, investigators
from the Mississippi
Department of Hu-
man Services found.
Tiffany Ames, 39,
who failed to report Ames
all her employment income to the
MDHS, received $27,314 more in
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program benefits than she should
have, according to a Friday press
release from MDHS.
Ames turned herself in on Fri-
day at Lowndes County Sheriff’s
Department, Capt. Ric Higgins told
The Dispatch. She remains in jail
and her bond has not been set, Hig-
gins said.
“Mississippians depend on these
benefits to feed their families, and
See FRAUD, 6A
Starkville driver
charged with
manslaughter after
killing pedestrian
Incident occurred
Saturday night on
Riviera Road
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Starkville man
was charged with
manslaughter af-
ter hitting a pedes-
trian with his car
on Riviera Road in
northeast Oktibbe-
ha County around 8
p.m. Saturday night, Kitchens
Capt. Brett Watson of the Oktib-
beha County Sheriff’s Office said
Sunday.
See MANSLAUGHTER, 6A
UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME
Analysis: Politics infuse Mississippi governor’s budget plan
Reeves: Young people need to be taught
‘the good and the bad’ about ‘what makes
America the greatest place on earth ...’
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi
Gov. Tate Reeves is using his
state budget proposal to appeal
to a conservative voting base.
He’s proposing a new $3 million
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MONDAY PROFILE
Helmer sees high demand
for bayou seafood
Louisiana Shrimp Shack
owner brings Cajun
cuisine to Columbus
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
F
rom his deep bayou-based
drawl to the varying fishing
accessories coating the walls
of the Louisiana Shrimp Shack,
owner Kenneth Helmer is as genu-
ine as it gets.
A commercial fisherman by
trade, he opened the restaurant
in its current location earlier this
spring as an attempt to bring
an authentic Louisiana seafood
restaurant to Columbus. Today, it
serves as a reminder of his past,
and the hopes of endearing cooking
he learned from his mother to the
community at large.
“I guess it helps out too, you
know, when you’re selling sea-
food ...,” Helmer said of his accent
adding to the authenticity of the
restaurant and his food.
After a hunting trip with long-
time girlfriend Kelley Evans in Ala-
bama, the pair passed through the
area on the way back to southern
Louisiana. Noticing a need for au-
thentic Cajun food and fish, Helmer
opened a smaller version of what
now stands as the Louisiana Shrimp
Shack just up the road near the
Columbus Walmart. But as the de-
mand for po boys and other varying
Cajun dishes outpaced capabilities
of the initial restaurant, the current Ben Portnoy/Dispatch Staff
Kenneth Helmer, a native Louisianan and longtime commercial fisherman,
location was opened this spring.
His first ever restaurant, though,
was back home.
opened the Louisiana Shrimp Shack after he came through Columbus on
the way home from a hunting trip. He felt the area needed a go-to seafood
establishment.
A painting of a fishing boat pull-
ing up to a Bayou-bound general “I put (the picture) in my attic in Famed pirate Jean Laffitte even
store sits prominently in the center my shed at home and I still had it,” used the area and surrounding
of the current establishment’s he continued. “So when I opened waters as a pirate cove to pick off
dining room. With a callused left this place I brought it back up.” passing Spanish merchant ships
hand, Helmer points to about chest That Helmer has gotten into the during the early 19th century.
height, just below the bottom of seafood business is a relatively nat- From the time he was a boy,
the piece, to indicate where the ural progression. At 58 years old, Helmer’s mother, Barbara Stanley,
floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina in he’s spent more than five decades schooled him in Cajun cuisine.
August 2005 reached in his previ- fishing and more than 40 years From gumbo and jambalaya to
ous restaurant, forcing it to close in working on commercial fishing varying concoctions of shrimp,
the aftermath. vessels in some shape or form. crawfish and catfish, he gained a
“When it hit, it pushed a lot of Raised in the bayou town of larger appreciation for the food of
water, drowned a lot of people,” Barataria, Louisiana, the ocean, his family and its past.
Helmer said solemnly. “Killed kids, boating and fishing were a way of After his first restaurant folded
older people, Black, white. People life for Helmer and his family. The in the wake of Katrina, he planned
(were) floating, hanging in the town is small, just 15 miles long out the spot in Columbus in recent
trees. and home to a meager 979 people. See HELMER, 6A
for the fiscal year
that begins July 1.
aimed to tear down American
institutions, and it is poisoning
Reeves unveiled his budget
Nov. 16 on a Facebook live ses-
“Across
country, young
the a generation.”
Reeves has been a staunch
sion. He said young people need
to be taught “the good and the
children have supporter of President Don- bad” about “what makes Amer-
ica the greatest place on earth,
suffered from in- ald Trump. On Nov. 2, the Re-
“Patriotic Education Fund” be- doctrination in publican president created a what makes America — these
cause he says young people are far-left socialist “1776 Commission” to promote United States of America — the
being filled with ideas that un- teachings that Reeves Trump’s vision of patriotic ed- greatest country in the history
dermine the belief in American emphasize America’s short- ucation. Trump had criticized of mankind.”
greatness. comings over the exceptional The New York Times’ “1619 Reeves did not offer specifics
The Republican governor achievements of this country,” Project,” which examined the about what would be taught as
released his recommendations the Reeves budget document long-term consequences of slav- patriotic. For example, could it
last week for a $6 billion budget says. “Revisionist history has ery in the United States. See ANALYSIS, 6A
FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC
1 What common annual bloomed in space, Monday, Nov. 30 MEETINGS
bringing success to the international Space Nov. 30: Lowndes
■ Virtual Christmas Tree Light-
Station’s veggie plant growth system in County Board of Su-
2016? ing: Columbus lights its city tree
pervisors meeting,
2 What restaurant chain famous for its gift via Facebook Live and WCBI at 6
9 a.m., Lowndes
store flew an elderly couple to Tualatin, p.m., with carolers and special
County Courthouse,
Oregon, to assist in their quest to visit guests including Santa and Miz
every location? facebook.com/
Claus. Virtually chat with Santa
3 Which national park shares its name with LowndesCounty-
following the lighting. Main Street
the U2 album that turned 30 in 2017? Mississippi/
Columbus, 662-328-6305.
4 What is the name of Peter Quill’s space- Dec. 1: Columbus
ship in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” inspired City Council, 5
by a 1980s teen star?
5 Which North American country marked its
Tuesday, Dec. 1 p.m., Municipal
■ “Deck the Halls”: Lowndes Complex, facebook.
150th anniversary of becoming a federa-
tion in 2017? County Master Gardeners host a com/CityofColum-
Answers, 5B Christmas decorating seminar at busMS/
10 a.m. via Zoom. (Members may Dec. 15: Colum-
sign up to attend in person at the bus City Council,
INSIDE Lowndes Extension office, if de- Adelyn Stennett, 3, and Teresa 5 p.m., Municipal
Classifieds 5B Dear Abby 4B sired.) Register for the video con- Stennett of Columbus like going to Complex, facebook.
Comics 4B Obituaries 5A ference at https://bit.ly/3o1ia43 the playground. Adelyn is Teresa’s com/CityofColum-
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President’s legal team cried vote
fraud, but courts found none
‘The continuing baseless, evidence-free claims of
alternative facts are actually having an effect on a
substantial number of Americans. They are creating the
conditions for elections not to work in the future.’
Justin Levitt, a Loyola Law School professor who specializes in election law
BY MARYCLAIRE DALE accusations,” not proof of
The Associated Press rampant corruption.
The campaign on Sun-
PHIL A DELPHI A day filed notice it would
— As they frantically appeal the decision to the
searched for ways to sal- 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of
vage President Donald Appeals, a day before the
Trump’s failed reelection state’s 67 counties are set
bid, his campaign pur- to certify their results
sued a dizzying game of and send them to state
legal hopscotch across officials. And they asked
six states that centered Sunday night for an expe-
on the biggest prize of dited hearing Wednesday
all: Pennsylvania. as they seek to amend the
The strategy may Pennsylvania lawsuit that
have played well in front Brann dismissed.
of television camer- Trump’s efforts in
as and on talk radio to Pennsylvania show how
Trump’s supporters. But far he is willing to push
it has proved a disaster baseless theories of wide-
in court, where judges spread voter fraud, even
uniformly rejected their as the legal doors close
claims of vote fraud and on his attempts to have
found the campaign’s le- courts do what voters
gal work amateurish. would not do on Election
In a scathing ruling Day and deliver him a
late Saturday, U.S. Dis- second term.
trict Judge Matthew The effort is being
Brann — a Republican led by Rudy Giuliani,
and Federalist Society Trump’s personal lawyer,
member in central Penn- who descended on the
sylvania — compared the state the Saturday after
campaign’s legal argu- the Nov. 3 election as the
ments to “Frankenstein’s count dragged on and
Monster,” concluding the president played golf.
that Trump’s team of- Summoning reporters to
fered only “speculative a scruffy, far-flung corner
Trump slams global climate
agreement Biden intends to rejoin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ments came during a dis-
cussion among the world’s
WASHINGTON — largest economies on safe-
President Donald Trump guarding the Earth.
railed against the Paris President-elect Joe
climate accord on Sunday, Biden, who takes office in
telling world leaders at a January, has said he will
virtual summit that the rejoin the global pact that
agreement was designed the U.S. helped forge five
to cripple the U.S. econo- years ago.
my, not save the planet. Trump contended the
“To protect American international accord was
workers, I withdrew the “not designed to save the
United States from the environment. It was de-
unfair and one-sided Par- signed to kill the Ameri-
is climate accord, a very can economy.”
unfair act for the United Trump, who has
States,” Trump said in a worked to undo most
video statement from the of President Barack
White House to the Group Obama’s efforts to fight
of 20 summit hosted by climate change, said that
Saudi Arabia. His com- since withdrawing from
Biden wants Congress to pass virus aid in lame-duck session
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS saying in a meeting Fri-
day with the top Demo-
WILMINGTON, Del. crats in the House and
— President-elect Joe Senate that such a pack-
Biden is pushing Con- age should be approved
gress to approve billions during the lame-duck
of dollars in emergency session.
COVID-19 assistance Biden held his first
before he takes office, in-person meeting since
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
vention center,” Giuliani
said. He promised to file
a new round of lawsuits.
He rambled.
“This is a very, very
strong case,” he assert-
ed.
Justin Levitt, a Loyola
Law School professor
of Philadelphia on Nov. who specializes in elec-
7, he held forth at a site tion law, called the Trump
that would soon become lawsuits dangerous.
legendary: Four Seasons “It is a sideshow, but
Total Landscaping. it’s a harmful sideshow,”
The 11:30 a.m. news Levitt said. “It’s a toxic
conference was doomed sideshow. The continuing
from the start. baseless, evidence-free
Only minutes earlier, claims of alternative facts
news outlets had started are actually having an ef-
calling the presidential fect on a substantial num-
contest for Democrat Joe ber of Americans. They
Biden. The race was over. are creating the condi-
Just heating up was tions for elections not to
Trump’s plan to subvert work in the future.”
the election through liti-
gation and howls of fraud
— the same tactic he had
used to stave off losses in
the business world. And
it would soon spread far
beyond Pennsylvania.
“Some of the ballots
looked suspicious,” Gi-
uliani, 76, said of the vote
count in Philadelphia as
he stood behind a chain
link fence, next to a sex
shop. He maligned the
city as being run by a
“decrepit Democratic ma-
chine.”
“Those mail-in ballots
could have been written
the day before, by the
Democratic Party hacks
that were all over the con-
the climate agreement,
the U.S. has reduced car-
bon emissions more than
any nation.
That is true, but not
that remarkable. With its
giant economy, the U.S.
has far more raw emis-
sions of climate-damag-
ing carbon dioxide to cut
than any other country
except China.
A more telling mea-
sure of progress in vari-
ous countries is to look at
what percentage of emis-
sions a county has cut.
Since 2005, the United
States hasn’t been even in
the top 10 in percentage of
greenhouse gas emission
reductions.
winning the presiden-
tial election with House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and
Senate Democratic lead-
er Chuck Schumer, host-
ing them at his makeshift
transition headquarters
in a downtown Wilming-
ton, Delaware, theater.
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3 chicken plants hit in 2019 Advocates want voice

raids agree to pay back wages in Mississippi mental
Department of Labor: Mississippi plants have paid It’s unclear if the investigation
was related to the August 2019
health system
$45,719 in back wages to 129 employees raids.
Officials also raided A&B in
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — Three Mississippi
chicken processing plants among
those targeted in one of the largest
workplace immigration raids in the
U.S. in the past decade have agreed
to pay back wages after federal of-
ficials found they failed to pay min-
imum wage and overtime to their
workers.
The U.S. Department of Labor
announced Friday that three plants
have paid $45,719 in back wages to
129 employees.
The plants targeted in the in-
vestigation were a Canton complex
owned by Peco Foods of Tuscaloosa,
Alabama; a Morton complex owned
by Koch Foods of Park Ridge, Illi-
nois; and Pearl River Foods of Car-
thage, a company headquartered in
Gainesville, Georgia.
The Labor Department’s Wage
and House Division found the em-
ployers failed to issue final pay-
checks to multiple workers. Offi-
cials also found that Pearl River
Foods deducted so much money for
uniforms that employees were ille-
gally paid less than minimum wage.
Investigators also determined Koch
failed to include production bonus-
es when calculating overtime, an-
other legal violation.
The Labor Department assessed
a civil fine of $1,693 against Koch
for employing a 15-year-old to work
in meat processing. Children under
18 aren’t allowed to do that work un-
der federal law.
Pelahatchie, PH Food in Morton
and additional Peco Foods plant in
Bay Springs and Sebastapol in the
August 2019 raids, which led to the
arrests of 680 workers accused of
being in the country illegally or us-
ing forged documents to gain work.
The raids brought an outcry
from critics who said some children
had their parents swept up and that
workers were unfairly targeted
without going after the companies
that employ them. In August, on
the anniversary of the raids, offi-
cials said more than 125 people had
been indicted on criminal charges.
An unknown number of additional
people have been deported in ad-
ministrative proceedings without
facing criminal charges.
TUPELO — Mississippi’s new coordinator of
mental health accessibility should include advo-
cates for patients and consumers conversations
about improving access to services, leaders of sev-
eral groups say.
Executive directors of the Coalition for Citizens
with Disabilities; Disability Rights Mississippi;
Families as Allies; and Life of Mississippi wrote an
Oct. 28 letter to Liz Welch, director of the Missis-
sippi Department of Finance and Administration.
It outlined ways that advocacy groups could help
improve mental health services, the Northeast Mis-
sissippi Daily Journal reported.
“Each and every day, we work with people whose
lives bear witness to the fact that Mississippi does
indeed discriminate against people with mental ill-
ness and, as a result, unlawfully segregates them in
institutional settings, in violation of the Americans
with Disabilities Act,” the letter said
The leaders wrote that they have knowledge
about other states’ community mental health prac-
tices that could help Mississippi.
In October, Welch appointed William Rosamond,
an attorney for the Mississippi Department of Men-
tal Health, as the coordinator of mental health ac-

Toy drive at Mississippi children’s hospital going virtual
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — An an-
nual holiday toy drive at
Mississippi’s only chil-
dren’s hospital is going
virtual this year to limit
the spread of coronavirus.
Children’s of Missis-
sippi is asking that donors
purchase from online
wish lists of toys from
Amazon and Walmart
instead of the usual pol-
icy of dropping off toys
in-person at the hospital
in Jackson.
“This will keep our
community safer and
will ensure contactless
delivery of toys that will
brighten the holidays for
our patients and their
families,” said Jen Hos-
podor, director of commu-
nity partnerships at the
University of Mississippi
Medical Center.
Children’s of Missis-
sippi is the pediatric arm
of UMMC. It provides a
gift bag to every child 18
or younger during the
holidays. Gifts have been
selected based on age and
interests.
Toys are needed all
year long, for patients hos-
pitalized on their birth-
day and for incentives
acknowledging healthy
behavior or completing a
treatment, said child life
specialist Tiffany Key.
“We make sure each
child has a gift bag to
help celebrate this special
time of year even while in
the hospital,” Key said.
Information is avail-
able at umc.edu/inkind-
donations.
cessibility. Legislators created the new position for
someone to evaluate the status of mental health sys-
tems and make alterations to some programs.
The advocates’ letter says that when Rosamond
did legal work for the department, the system
“faced and lost litigation,” which caused a federal
judge to rule that Mississippi’s mental health ser-
vices were inadequate.
Rosamond said he is “very interested” in work-
ing with advocacy groups and has already met with
one of the signers.
“They’re advocates and represent the consum-
er,” Rosamond said. “We have to find out if there’s
a breakdown in services. They’re a key part of the
solution.”

AREA ARRESTS
The following arrests
were made by the Oktib-
beha County Sheriff’s Of-
fice:
n Lawrence Johnson,
28, was charged with a
bench warrant.
n Jacob Wyatt, 27, was
charged with possession Johnson Wyatt Price Guster Miller Stewart
of marijuana more that 30
grams.
n Adarlyn Price, 19,
was charged with posses-
sion of a stolen firearm.
n Kedarruis Guster,
18, was charged with pos-
session of a stolen firearm.
n Dakota Miller, 33, Ramson Dobbins Reed Gavin Gosa Stanford
was charged with posses- n Macklwayne Dob- was charged with human was charged
sion of marijuana with in- trafficking and possession
bins, 54, was charged with with mur-
tent, possession of a weap-
leaving the scene of an of a weapon by a felon. der and
on by a felon and MDOC
accident, DUI 4th offense, n Tyler Gosa, 29, was two counts
HOLD.
no insurance and driving charged with possession domestic
n Lakorain Stewart,
31, was charged with a cir- with suspended license. of methamphetamine, no v iolence/
cuit court order. insurance and driving un-
n Javonta Reed, 21, was agg ravated
n Christopher Ramson, charged with grand larce-der the influence first of-
assault. Williams
26, was charged with two ny. fense.
counts aggravated assault, n Jonathan Stanford,
two counts failure to stop The following arrests 42, was charged with felo-
for law enforcement, care- were made by Lowndes ny conspiracy to commit a
less driving and no drivers County Sheriff’s Office: crime.
license. n Gregory Gavin, 42, n Jatavis Williams, 21,

SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Mon. Tues.
Major 7:46p 8:30p
Minor 3:10p 3:38p
Major 8:08a 8:50a
Minor 1:57a 2:53a
Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

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STATE OF THE NATION CARTOONIST VIEW

Greed is only greed

G
reed is good.
That, you
may recall, was
the mantra of corpo-
rate raider Gordon
Gekko in the 1987
film, “Wall Street.”
It came to symbolize
the rapacious gluttony
of that era ­­— and its
rejection of the dewy-
eyed idealism of the
1960s. Leonard Pitts
Well, 1987 was a
long time ago, but
Gekko’s cynical watchword feels as timely now
as it ever did. Indeed, a quick tour of recent
headlines suggests that, if anything, he wasn’t
cynical enough.
In Washington, Donald Trump stalls the tran-
sition of incoming president Joe Biden, putting
national security at risk because he can’t face
the fact that he lost the election. And Republi-
cans refuse to acknowledge Biden’s win for fear
of Trump’s wrath.
In Waterloo, Iowa, Tyson Foods is accused
of forcing workers to put in long hours at close
quarters even when they showed symptoms of
COVID-19. Supervisors are said to have or-
ganized a betting pool to wager on how many
workers would be stricken.
In Mexico and Central America, researchers
appointed by U.S. courts are searching for the
families of 545 traumatized children separated
from their parents under Trump’s so-called “zero
tolerance” immigration policy.
The remarkable thing about all of it is how
unremarkable it has become. In the ‘60s, they’d
have been shocked by such cruelty and stupidity.
Even in the ‘80s, decent people would have been
MISSISSIPPI VOICES
Thankful for vaccine
stunned. But here in 2020, one’s ability to be
surprised often feels ... overwhelmed.
Here, greed is good. Cruelty is good. Cow-

J
ardice is good. Self over country is good. Or, if
ust in time for and day to provide As a result, I was able to isolate
not good, so much a part of the wallpaper of our
Thanksgiving, those afflicted with the and not infect anyone.
daily lives as to be barely worth getting angry
several highly best possible care. So I was lucky. My fever and head-
about. This is how it feels, too often. So one is
effective COVID many unsung heroes. ache only lasted a day. Then after
glad for that which lifts you up. Which brings us
vaccines have been Within just a few being asymptomatic for three days,
to Dolly Parton.
announced. They will months, the American I had a runny nose. That was it.
The diminutive diva of country music, we
be here within months healthcare industry I believe my sky-high immedi-
learned last week, quietly gave $1 million to help
and this horrible plague learned and adapted ate fever was my immune system
fund research into a COVID-19 vaccine. Thanks
will soon be over. Now to this new scourge, quickly recognizing the threat and
in part to her generosity — and to scientists at
that’s something to be dropping the fatality responding rapidly. I attribute this
Moderna — we now have one, said to be 94.5
thankful for! rate like a rock. The to the MMR vaccine.
percent effective. This comes just a few months
It’s always dark- COVID fatality rate is Kemal wasn’t so lucky. His
after Parton, queen of a genre of music not Wyatt Emmerich
est before the dawn. one-tenth what it was in symptoms crept up slowly and his
known for its support of African-American caus-
This COVID year has the beginning. immune system got behind the
es, renamed the Dixie Stampede attraction at
been awful in so many We have to look no curve. He ended up spending over
her Tennessee amusement park (“I would never
ways, but we may look back and further than our own backyard a week in the hospital on oxygen.
dream of hurting anybody”) and matter-of-factly
see COVID as the impetus for for a perfect example. (Jackson) So many people were praying for
pronounced her support of Black Lives Matter
humanity finally defeating one of Northsider Dr. Reed Hogan devel- him. Finally, he just up and told
(“Of course black lives matter. Do we think our
its greatest enemies — the micro- oped a simple regimen of Pepcid Jesus that was enough. “You can
little white asses are the only ones that matter?”)
scopic virus. and Zyrtec — two over the counter heal. Go ahead and do it.” Then,
Then there’s her Imagination Library program,
Science has made amazing drugs — that is now being used just like that, he was cured.
which, since 1995, has given 147 million books to
progress over the last decade in throughout the world to prevent So many people have personal-
young children around the world.
understanding how DNA and RNA the deadly “cytokine storm” in ly witnessed the power of prayer as
Small wonder a Washington Post columnist
works. Research is underway that which your immune system overre- a result of this disease. For that, I
dubs her a superhero and a Miami music critic
could lead to the cure of hundreds acts to COVID. am thankful.
calls her “one of the greatest human beings of
of diseases. Robert Wise, another North- I am also thankful that I never
our lifetime.” While it’s hyperbole, it’s hyperbole
The COVID crisis ramped up sider, was one of the first to write got anybody else sick that I know
that speaks to a need. Yes, one is always grati-
this research development to a about the possibility of the MMR of. My daughter Ruth had already
fied when high-profile people use their platforms
far higher scale. Amazingly, we vaccine preventing serious in- had COVID and had the antibod-
in ways that uplift us all.
developed and tested multiple vac- fection. Since his article, first ies. John and Ginny never got sick,
But in an era of famished decency, such
cines in less than a year. Like the published in the Northside Sun, which is most remarkable given
generosity — of money, but more important-
moon race, the benefits from these numerous supporting studies have two members of our family had the
ly, of spirit — offers not just gratification, but
efforts will be magnified over the been done and now a wide scale virus.
emotional comfort food. And a goad to our own
next decades in ways that will be study is underway at the University For many, thankfully, the worst
better angels, a reminder that the only differ-
hard to imagine. We may eradicate of Washington. part of the disease is the quar-
ence between giving $1 million to fund a vaccine
the common cold and dozens of Both these developments, by antine. We dutifully did our part
and passing the clerk your credit card when the
other noxious ailments. the way, were first reported by the and followed CDC guidelines. It
shopper ahead of you can’t pay her bill, is one
The two most promising Northside Sun. Both stories, when is impressive to see the citizenry
of scale. Otherwise, it’s the same act, the same
vaccines claim success rates over posted to our website, went viral do its part voluntarily without the
statement of, We’re all in this thing together.
90 percent. Both use a brand new and spread throughout the world need for government coercion or
That’s something they implicitly knew back in
technology called mRNA (mes- with huge ramifications. No telling enforcement. This is another thing
the 1960s. Even as late as the 1980s. It is worth
senger RNA). It is absolutely mind how many lives were saved. to be thankful for: That we live in
rediscovering in 2020, as we embark upon the
blowing. MMR is a vaccine that stands a state where people do the right
season of thanksgiving and joy in a frightening,
Basically, we have created a new for Measles, Mumps and Rubella, thing out of the goodness in their
uncertain time.
virus just a fraction of the size of all viruses. Turns out the Rubella heart. The Spirit is so strong in
Generosity — of money, but more impor-
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tantly, of spirit — is what’s good. Greed is only
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greed.
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Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulit-
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zer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the
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Inequality ‘baked into’ virus testing access as cases surge

‘People are just trying to get by, and they can’t But an increasing number of
pop-up clinics promise visitors
rapid testing to be available and
affordable.”
me where I could pay 250 bucks
to get a rapid test, so the struc-
be taking off work for a week to wait for results’ instant results — at a cost. Dr. Mark Shrime said his ture that we set up for people to
Some charge $150 or more for work gave him the flexibility to be able to keep themselves safe
New Jersey resident Amanda Serulneck
a spot at the front of the queue. wait in line six hours for a test from COVID baked into those
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS hour, officials said they had run While her friend who lacked in New York City last week, but structures is an inequity.”
out again. On her third try, Se- insurance had to pay $125 for he knows not everyone can do Serulneck says it’s been
The day after Amanda Serul- rulneck and her friend called the test, Serulneck’s price was the same. frustrating to watch people do
neck found out she might have several testing centers before only $35. The real cost came “If I’m an hourly worker, I rapid tests so that they can go
been exposed to COVID-19, driving for an hour to one with from the two days she had to can’t take off six hours just so to parties or travel for the hol-
she visited a rapid testing availability. take off from work, she said. I can get a test so I can go back idays.
center in New Jersey but was Lines for free COVID-19 tests “People are just trying to to work,” said Shrime, who “Some people who need rap-
turned away because they ran stretch for blocks and hours in get by, and they can’t be taking needed a test to avoid a 14-day id testing to work can’t afford
out of tests. cities where people feel the dual off work for a week to wait for quarantine after traveling from it,” she said. “It’s not fair. The
She returned at 7 a.m. the strain of the coronavirus surge results,” said Serulneck, who Boston. “Another option was an- majority of people are in my po-
next day. After waiting for an and the approaching holidays. works at a spa. “People need other place 10 blocks away from sition.”

FDA allows emergency use of antibody drug Trump received

BY MARILYNN
MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
U.S. health officials
Saturday agreed to al-
low emergency use of a
second antibody drug to
help the immune system
fight COVID-19, an ex-
perimental medicine that
President Donald Trump
was given when he was
sickened last month.
The Food and Drug
Administration autho-
rized use of the Regen-
eron Pharmaceuticals
Inc. drug to try to prevent
hospitalization and wors-
ening disease from de-
veloping in patients with
mild-to-moderate symp-
toms.
The drug is given
as a one-time treatment
through an IV. The FDA
allowed its use in adults
and children 12 and over
who weigh at least 88
pounds and who are at
high risk of severe illness
from COVID-19 because
of age or certain other
medical conditions.
Emergency authoriza-
tion allows use of the drug
to start while studies are
continuing to establish
safety and effectiveness.

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years. Helmer estimates
he and his team were
tasked with making
about 200 sandwiches
per day. They garnered
so much attention for
their delectable po boys
dressed with shrimp and
crawfish straight from
the bayous surrounding
Barataria, even employ-
ees at the Subway around
the corner poked in to
learn their tricks.
“(Mom) told us back
then, which I should’ve
listened to a little closer,
‘Y’all better learn how to
cook. One day you’re go-
ing to be on your own and
you’re gonna need this,’”
Helmer said. “I wish I’d
have learned more from
her.”
At present, the
operation is small. Only
Helmer, Evans, cousin
Joey Alexie and one other
employee currently work
in the space. However,
the demand has contin-
ued in the new shop.
Once per week, Alexie
drives down to the bayou
and picks up whatever
shrimp and oysters are
needed in a given week.
The store gets its catfish
from a distributor in
Macon. The process is
tedious and pricy, but it
falls in line with Helmer’s
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include lessons about peo-
ple who challenged Mis-
sissippi’s deeply segregat-
ed society in the 1960s?
Were they patriotic? Mis-
sissippi’s governor at the
time, Democrat Ross Bar-
nett, did not think so.
“We must not and we
cannot allow the liberals,
the left-wing elements
of this nation, which are
present in both major
political parties (to) infil-
trate our ranks through
our schools and other
media and brainwash our
youth,” Barnett said in
1962.
A clip of Barnett can be
seen at about the 9-minute
mark in “The Toughest
Job,” a movie about Demo-
crat William Winter, who
was elected Mississippi
governor in 1979.
History professor Rob-
ert Luckett told The Asso-
ciated Press on Thursday
that Reeves, in proposing
a “Patriotic Education
Fund” is using “dog whis-
Mississippi native elected
Harvard student body president
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HAT TIESBURG — A
20-year-old from Missis-
sippi has become the first
Black man to be elected
student body president at
Harvard University.
Noah Harris, of Hat-
tiesburg, was elected
president of Harvard’s Un-
dergraduate Council on
Nov. 12, the Hattiesburg
American reports. He is a
junior government major
who co-chairs the Under-
graduate Council’s Black
Caucus.
Manslaughter
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Brittany Phillips, 26, of Starkville, was pronounced dead early Sunday morning
at OCH Regional Medical Center, deputy county coroner Billy Miller confirmed this
morning.
James Heath Kitchens, 30, is being held in Oktibbeha County Jail on a $25,000
bond. OCSO is still investigating the incident, and officers haven’t released any oth-
er details.
Fraud
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our duty is to ensure that families receive benefits in line with the standards set for
the programs,” MDHS Executive Director Robert G. Anderson said in the release.
“This investigation, which culminated in an arrest, is a great example of cooperation
between our county office, investigation team, and local law enforcement.”
This picture stood in Kenneth Helmer’s first restaurant
in Louisiana and is among the surviving remnants
after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the establishment
in 2005. Helmer hangs the picture in the center of the
restaurant as a reminder of his past.
deep desire to fill his
restaurant with domestic
seafood.
“I do not fool with
foreign seafood at all,”
he explains passionately.
“Strictly against it.”
With the pandemic
continuing to rage,
tle” phrases to appeal to
conservatives by raising
the specter of socialism
spreading in the U.S.
“Frankly, it strikes me
as just kind of a political
ploy and a political state-
ment in the current cli-
mate we’re in, especially
in these waning days of
the Trump administra-
tion,” said Luckett, direc-
tor of the Margaret Walk-
er Center at Jackson State
University.
Luckett said “there’s
something very anti-intel-
lectual about and some-
thing dangerous” about
the idea that historians
should stop evaluating in-
formation.
There’s no guarantee,
of course, that the pro-
posed “Patriotic Educa-
tion Fund” will survive.
Governors can make
spending suggestions,
but budget-writing is a
legislative responsibil-
ity. Mississippi legisla-
tors have a long tradition
Two other Black stu-
dents have previously
headed Harvard’s Un-
dergraduate Council, but
Harris is the first Black
man to be elected by the
student body.
Harris told the Hatties-
burg American that he
does not take the honor
lightly.
“Especially with every-
thing that went on this
summer with the death of
George Floyd and Breon-
na Taylor and Ahmaud Ar-
bery, all the protests that
went on in this moment
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Helmer has used the time
to refurbish his building.
With the help of Alexie,
the pair gutted the space
and replaced it with floor-
to-ceiling hardwood and
decorated the walls with
Louisiana paraphernalia
and hunting trophies.
of ignoring governors’
ideas. Reeves knows this
because he did it during
eight years as lieutenant
governor, when he pre-
sided over the Senate and
alternated years, with the
House speaker, as chair-
man of the 14-member
Joint Legislative Budget
Committee.
On Dec. 7, the Budget
Committee will release
its own set of spending
recommendations for the
year that begins July 1.
More budget discussions
will happen after the leg-
islative session starts in
January. All 122 members
of the House and all 52
members of the Senate
are supposed to vote on
final spending plans by
early April.
In Reeves’ budget pro-
posal, he largely ignores
his own 2019 campaign
promise to increase
teacher pay all four years
during this term as gov-
ernor. He recommends
of racial reckoning in this
country,” he said. “This is
a major statement by the
Harvard student body to
entrust a Black man with
such an unprecedented
moment in its history.”
Harris ran on a plat-
form of diversity of inclu-
sion with future Under-
graduate Council Vice
President Jenny Gan, a
junior from Cleveland,
Ohio. Gan is studying
neuroscience. The two
said they want to focus on
improving students’ men-
tal and physical health.
Having been stalled
in opening their dining
room, which Helmer is
adamant he won’t open
until the coronavirus is
controlled, a to-go win-
dow was built in. Helmer
and Alexie also recently
constructed a covered
patio complete with
picnic tables with designs
ranging from fleur-de-lys
to an LSU logo — though
Helmer is quick to note
Mississippi State and
Alabama-themed tables
are in the works.
Around 4:45 p.m.,
customers begin to
flow toward the pickup
window.
“It’s about that time,”
Helmer says. Evans and
Alexie nod in concur-
rence.
Like the general store
depicted in the painting
hanging in the center of
the restaurant, Helmer
hopes the cars passing
by, too, will spill into the
restaurant for a taste of
authentic bayou-caught
seafood. And while the
food backs up Helmer
and his team’s hopes, his
Louisianan drawl, at the
least, serves as a remind-
er for customers of the
origins of their delectable
dishes.
bonuses for teachers in
high-performing schools
or in schools that improve
in academic ratings.
He also proposes re-
ducing spending for
schools that don’t offer
in-person instruction
during the coronavirus
pandemic. The next bud-
get year is months away,
but Reeves made his rec-
ommendations as Missis-
sippi and other states are
seeing a surge in new vi-
rus cases.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
More than wins, losses at stake as basketball season arrives
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
As more than 300 teams
prepare to start a season that
will look nothing like any be-
fore it, the conversation isn’t
so much about who will be
cutting down the nets at the
end of March Madness as
much as whether anyone will
cut down the nets at all.
If some team, any team,
does climb a ladder in Indi-
anapolis — and the top can-
didates include the usuals,
with No. 1 Gonzaga, Duke,
Kentucky and Kansas among
them — then consider the
season a success.
Anything short of that, and
nothing less than the future
of college sports could hang
in the balance.
Auburn
basketball
imposes
postseason
ban
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Auburn’s basket-
ball team won’t par-
ticipate in postseason
play this season as a
self-imposed penalty
stemming from a brib-
ery scheme involving
former assistant coach
Chuck Person.
The university an-
nounced the self-im-
posed postseason ban
on Sunday over Person’s
steering young athletes
toward advisers and
managers in exchange
for money. Auburn said
it has informed both
the Southeastern Con-
ference and the NCA A,
which could opt to tack
on more penalties.
“This was a diffi-
cult decision but the
right decision,” Auburn
coach Bruce Pearl said
in a statement. “I hate it
for our current players.
See AUBURN, 3B
‘See ya next
year’ Burrow
tweets after
scary knee
injury
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Joe Burrow was look-
ing forward to 2021
even as his rookie sea-
son was apparently
ended by a scary knee
injury.
“Thanks for all the
love. Can’t get rid of me
that easy. See ya next
year,” the Cincinnati
Bengals franchise quar-
terback tweeted after
he was carted off the
field early in the third
quarter of a 20 -9 loss at
Washington on Sunday.
Burrow was hit high
and low by Washington
linemen Montez Sweat
and Jonathan Allen af-
ter throwing a pass, and
the QB’s left leg bent
the wrong way. Burrow
couldn’t put any weight
on it as he was helped
onto a cart.
“That’s an injury
right there to a team
leader that can take the
wind out of your sails,”
Bengals coach Zac Tay-
lor said. “It’s not fun. He
was making improve-
ments every week, and
See BURROW, 3B
This is the new world cre-
ated by a COVID-19 crisis
that is mushrooming to more
than 190,000 new cases a day
across America just as col-
lege basketball gets set to tip
off its season Wednesday.
Teams will play truncated
schedules — many cut from
31 to 27 or 25 games — after
truncated preseasons. It’s a
shrunken, ever-shifting and
still perilous grid laid out
with the health of players and
coaches in the forefront of
everyone’s mind, but with an
unspoken belief that the show
really does need to go on.
The end game is the 68-
team extravaganza known as
March Madness, the event
that was wiped off the cal-
endar eight months ago in a
Saints win 7th straight,
beat Falcons in Hill’s first start
New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill (7) runs against the Atlanta Falcons during the second half Sunday at the Mercedes-Benz
Superdome.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS — Driv-
ing accurate throws down-
field, exhibiting poise in the
pocket and scrambling judi-
ciously, Taysom Hill capital-
ized on his first true oppor-
tunity to make his case as a
candidate to one day succeed
record-setting star Drew
Brees as the Saints quarter-
back.
Hill rushed for two touch-
downs and completed 78.3% of
his passes for 233 yards in his
first NFL start at quarterback,
and New Orleans beat the At-
lanta Falcons 24-9 on Sunday
to extend its winning streak to
seven games.
“Man, he played tremen-
dous,” said Saints receiver
Michael Thomas, who caught
nine passes for 104 yards. “I
could see the look in his eyes.
He was ready for the moment.”
With the 41-year-old Brees
sidelined at least three games
with multiple rib fractures,
Saints coach Sean Payton
gave Hill the nod over offsea-
son free-agent acquisition Ja-
meis Winston.
The decision meant a lot to
Hill, who persevered through
an injury-plagued college ca-
reer at BYU before starting
his NFL career as a 27-year-
stunningly rapid
turn of events as
the seriousness
of the pandemic
set off alarms
across the
U.S. It cost the
NCA A around White
$375 million,
and sent shock-
waves around the entire col-
lege sports landscape.
“The bottom line is that
American higher education,
not just athletics, is hemor-
rhaging like never before,”
Duke athletic director Kev-
in White said earlier this
fall to the U.S. Olympic and
Paralympic Committee, of
which he is a member.
The NCA A is already mak-
ing plans to turn this year’s
PRO FOOTBALL
old undrafted rookie in 2017.
And because Hill initially
flourished in an unconven-
tional utility role, with duties
ranging from change-of-pace
option QB to tight end and
special teams, he played in 46
previous NFL games before
finally getting his first start
under center.
“I spent a lot of time reflect-
ing this week. My wife and I
had so many conversations
about were we’ve been, the
process of getting here,” Hill
said. “If I’m being honest, it
was an emotional week.”
Hill looked comfortable
running the scheme Payton
designed for him. He com-
pleted 18 of 23 passes without
an interception and used his
all-around athleticism to run
intermittently on scrambles
or designed read-option plays,
finishing with a team-high 51
yards rushing. The biggest
blemish in his performance
was an inconsequential,
fourth-quarter fumble after a
20 -yard run to the Atlanta 22.
Still, he had a better day
than Atlanta quarterback
Matt Ryan, who was sacked
eight times and finished 19-
of-37 passing for 232 yards, no
touchdowns and two intercep-
tions to defensive backs Mar-
cus Williams and Janoris Jen-
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postseason into something
much different, and much
less, than it has been in the
past — proposing to hold all
games in a single city, most
likely Indianapolis, which is
where the Final Four is al-
ready scheduled for April 3-5.
Though a vaccine appears
to be on the way, there’s a
good chance that in March,
fans and bands and mascots
will largely miss out, much
the way they’ve been missing
out inside arenas and stadi-
ums that have hosted recent
NBA, MLB and NHL seasons,
as well as the current and
oft-interrupted college and
pro football schedules.
But the reality is, the peo-
ple college basketball really
needs at the arenas are the
kins. Cameron Jordan sacked
Ryan three times, while Trey
Hendrickson and David Onye-
mata each had two sacks.
“You’ve got to give the
Saints credit. They did a great
job on defense,” Falcons in-
terim coach Raheem Morris
said. “The defensive backs,
they did a nice job of limiting
us on what we were able to do.
They had a nice game plan for
us. They did a nice job of keep-
ing Matt under control and
they did a nice job keeping
our receivers under control.”
Hill entered having thrown
just five passes with four com-
pletions for 86 yards this sea-
son and was 10 of 18 for 205
yards in his career, leaving
him relatively unproven as a
passer.
Not anymore. While his
all-around athleticism would
have made scrambling a
tempting default choice, he
regularly showed patience
and poise while delivering
accurate passes moments be-
fore impact from onrushing
defenders.
“I always know that I have
the ability, if things break
down, that I can make a play,”
Hill said. “But my mindset
was: let’s keep your eyes down
the field and let’s find oppor-
tunities” for receivers.
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TV crews.
CBS and various cable af-
filiates are scheduled to pay
around $800 million this sea-
son to televise America’s most
frenetic sports celebration for
three weeks each March and
April. That’s on top of the mil-
lions the biggest conferences
generate in media revenue
during the regular season.
Most of it is money ear-
marked for distribution by the
NCA A and the conferences to
the schools, which combine
hoops and football revenue to
fund smaller sports in their
programs. A staggering 116
of those programs have been
cut from 34 schools at the Di-
vision I level since pandemic
hit, according to the USOPC,
See COLLEGE, 3B
Derick E. Hingle/USA TODAY Sports
Hill was among the last to
leave the field after the game,
raising one hand to acknowl-
edge cheers of the pandem-
ic-limited crowd of about
6,000.
All that was missing was a
first-career scoring pass —
partly because of how effec-
tively the Saints ran the ball.
Alvin Kamara scored New
Orleans’ first TD on a 3-yard
run, Hill scored the second
on a keeper on fourth down
from the Atlanta 2, and Hill’s
second TD came on a 10 -yard
scramble.
Kamara, Hill and Latavi-
us Murray powered a ground
game that netted 168 yards,
which helped the Saints (8-2)
sustain drives that consumed
a total of 33:41.
New Orleans’ sec-
ond-ranked run defense held
Atlanta to 52 yards rushing,
and the Saints defense did
not allow a touchdown for the
second time in three games —
with only one touchdown giv-
en up in between.
The Falcons (3-7) struck
first with a field goal set up
by Ryan’s 46 -yard completion
to Calvin Ridley and led 9-3
on three Younghoe Koo kicks
before the Saints responded
with 21 straight points.
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2B MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Henry’s TD run in OT lifts Titans over skidding Ravens
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE — For
three quarters, the un-
dermanned Ravens put
the clamps on Derrick
Henry and the Tennessee
Titans.
By the time if was all
over, the star running
back and Tennessee
would again head out of
Baltimore with an upset
victory to savor.
Henry ran for a 29-
yard touchdown with 5:21
left in overtime Sunday to
cap another memorable
performance against the
Ravens and provide Ten-
nessee with a 30-24 win.
Heading into the
fourth quarter, Henry had
44 yards on 18 carries
and the Titans trailed 21-
13. He finished with 133
yards on 28 carries — his
sixth 100-yard game of
the season. His big day
also put him over 1,000
yards for the third con-
secutive year.
“You could just kind of
tell as the game wore on
to the fourth quarter that
we were wearing on them
offensively,” Titans coach
Mike Vrabel said.
It was reminiscent of
Henry’s outing last Jan-
uary, when he rambled
for 195 yards to carry the
Titans to a 28-12 upset of
the top-seeded Ravens in
the AFC divisional play-
off.
“I try to do anything
I can when the ball’s in
my hand to help our team
win,” Henry said.
This one didn’t have
the same win-or-go-home
significance, but it was
close.
“It’s a violent game, a
physical game, an emo-
tional game,” Vrabel said.
The harsh stare downs
and trash talking began
before the game and car-
ried well into overtime.
“We kind of knew
If you don’t read The Dispatch, how are you gonna know?
there was going to be
some extra stuff coming
into this game because of
last year,” Titans wide re-
ceiver Corey Davis said.
“We tried to keep our
poise and go out there and
handle business.”
After forcing a punt to
begin overtime, Tennes-
see (7-3) moved 73 yards
on six plays to get back on
track after losing three of
its previous four games.
“I had a ton of confi-
dence that as soon as we
got the ball we were going
to march it down and get
in the end zone,” Titans
quarterback Ryan Tanne-
hill said.
Baltimore (6-4) has
lost two straight and three
of four. Until the fourth
quarter, the Ravens did a
decent job of controlling
Henry without injured
defensive linemen Calais
Campbell (calf) and Bran-
don Williams (ankle).
“We just didn’t stop
him,” rookie middle line-
backer Patrick Queen
said. “We’ve been preach-
ing that we have to play
all four quarters and dom-
inate.”
Tennessee trailed 21-
10 early in the third quar-
ter and 21-16 late in reg-
ulation before launching
a 90-yard drive featuring
the running of Henry and
some precise throws by
Tannehill.
On third down from
the Baltimore 14, A. J.
Brown caught a short
pass on the right side and
broke four tackles before
scoring while standing up
with 2:18 left. Tannehill
ran in the conversion to
make it 24-21.
Lamar Jackson then
drove the Ravens to the
Tennessee 10 before
Justin Tucker kicked a
29-yard field goal with
15 seconds remaining to
force overtime.
“We’ve got to finish
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drives,” Jackson lament-
ed. “We’ve got to stop put-
ting Tuck out there. We’ve
got to punch it in.”
Jackson went 17 for
29 for 186 yards and J.K.
Dobbins, seeing the most
extensive action of his
first NFL season with Bal-
timore, ran for 70 yards
on 15 carries and scored
a second-quarter touch-
down.
Baltimore went up 21-
10 early in the second half
on a 31-yard touchdown
pass from Jackson to
Mark Andrews.
The Titans used a pair
of field goals by Stephen
Gostkowski to close to 21-
16, setting the stage for a
thrilling fourth quarter.
“First half, we were
a little iffy,” Davis said.
“That last stretch was
who we are.”
Baltimore allowed the
Titans to march 79 yards
for a touchdown on their
opening possession, but
bounced back to take a
14-10 halftime lead.
Henry had only 37
yards rushing on 13 car-
ries in the first half. But
his big second half pro-
vided Tennessee with a
feel-good feeling heading
down the stretch.
“We got to start doing
things that will break
us away from the pack,”
Vrabel said. “Today was a
great step.”
Dez returns
Baltimore’s Dez Bry-
ant had four receptions
for 28 yards, all in the
third quarter, his first
catches in an NFL game
since Dec. 31, 2017, with
Dallas. The 32-year-old
Bryant closed his career
with the Cowboys after
the 2017 season, tore his
Achilles tendon in 2018
and was inactive last sea-
son.
Center of attention the Chiefs (9-1), who are of 7 on the drive. Kelce
Patrick Mekari start- in firm control of the race got open across the mid-
for their fifth straight dle for a comfortable
ed at center for Balti-
more in place of Matt AFC West title — but score.
only after another thrill- Daniel Sorensen then
Skura, who had fired
ing comeback led by picked off a heave to
several errant snaps in
their Super Bowl MVP, midfield by Carr with
each of the previous two
who bounced back from 19 seconds left, and the
games. Mekari did an
his second interception Chiefs kneeled out their
ample job of getting the
of the season late in the 18th win in the last 19
ball to Jackson in shot-
first half.
gun and pistol formation. games since Nov. 10,
The Raiders led 24-
Skura instead was used 2019.
21 on Darren Waller’s
on the outside of the line. Carr passed for 275
TD catch on the first
yards and three touch-
play of the fourth quar-
Injuries ter, but Mahomes led a
downs in a strong per-
Titans: LB Jayon formance, but the Raid-
91-yard scoring drive
Brown left with an elbow ers couldn’t match their
midway through the pe-
injury. ... LT Ty Sambrai- offensive excellence in
riod capped by Le’Veon
lo left in the fourth quar- their 40 -32 win at Kan-
Bell’s first TD for Kan-
ter during the pivotal sas City last month. The
sas City.
touchdown drive. Chiefs have won five
Derek Carr and the
Raiders replied with a straight since that de-
Up next crisp drive ending on Ja- feat.
Titans: For the second son Witten’s 1-yard TD Nelson Agholor also
time in 18 days, Tennes- catch with 1:43 left. caught a TD and Josh Ja-
see faces AFC South But the Chiefs’ pow- cobs rushed for a score
rival Indianapolis next erhouse offense needed for the Raiders, who
Sunday. only 75 seconds to go 75 dropped to 2-3 at brand-
Ravens: Baltimore has yards for another score, new Allegiant Stadium
an AFC North match- with Mahomes going 6 in their new hometown.
up with unbeaten Pitts-
burgh on Thanksgiving
night.
Mahomes hits Kelce
in last minute, Chiefs
edge Raiders 35-31
LAS VEGAS — Pat-
rick Mahomes threw a
22-yard touchdown pass
to Travis Kelce with
28 seconds to play, and
the Kansas City Chiefs
avenged their only loss
in the last 12 months
with a 35-31 victory over
the Las Vegas Raiders on
Sunday night.
Mahomes passed for
348 yards and led two
go-ahead scoring drives
in the frantic fourth
quarter for the defend-
ing Super Bowl cham-
pions, who split their
season series with Las
Vegas (6 -4) in dramatic
fashion.
Kelce caught eight
passes for 127 yards for
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Defense’s strong 2nd half leads Colts past Packers in OT

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIANAPOLIS — The India-
napolis defense may have turned
Aaron Rodgers into a true believer
Sunday.
Others around the league
should take note, too.
After allowing three touchdown
passes and 28 first-half points, the
Colts held one of the NFL’s high-
est-scoring teams to three sec-
ond-half points, forced a key fum-
ble less than a minute into overtime
and set up Rodrigo Blankship’s de-
cisive 39-yard field goal for a 34-31
over the Green Bay Packers.
“We actually talked in the first
quarter and he made it a point to
say he didn’t mean it as any disre-
spect to me,” Pro Bowl linebacker
ly take it as a disrespect, I took it
as a challenge to go out and earn
your respect. I told him I look for
whatever motivates me because
that’s my ultimate goal: To win the
game and earn the respect of your
opponent.”
Mission accomplished — twice.
Leonard and his teammates
certainly lived up to their No. 1
defensive ranking over the final 33
minutes. They forced three fum-
bles and an interception. They held
Aaron Jones to 41 yards rushing on
10 carries. And they limited Green
Bay (7-3) to 18 offensive snaps over
the final two-plus quarters.
Indy (7-3) did it with an old-
school combination: An offense
that played keep-away while the
defense came up with two three-
almost still wasn’t enough.
Five holding penalties allowed
Rodgers to get one more shot in
regulation, starting at the 6-yard
line with 85 seconds left. Then on
third-and-10 he hooked up with
Marquez Valdes-Scantling for 47
yards. Six plays later, Mason Cros-
by hit a 26-yard field goal to tie the
score with 3 seconds left.
So when the Packers won the
coin toss and took the ball, it
seemed they had all the momen-
tum as Leonard started talking to
himself.
Sudoku
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you’ve got to want to make a play,”
he said. “You have to be the one to
go out there with no fear and no Sudoku
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fourth down stop late in the fourth. get an opportunity you’ve got to grid
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we were getting the of- coaches have respond- know the person,” said bro. Get well soon.”
fense headed in a direc- ed to him, the city has Washington receiver In other injury news:
tion that we thought was responded to him and Terry McLaurin, who n Patriots running
exciting.” all that is equally as im- played with Burrow at back Rex Burkhead
Burrow was 22 of portant,” Taylor said. Ohio State before the QB
sustained a knee injury
34 for 203 yards and a “He energizes this team. transferred to LSU. “One
touchdown before the He’s been a tremendous thing I do know about against the Texans and
injury. player, everything we’d Joe, he’s a resilient guy. had to be helped off the
In a season in which hoped he’d be, and we’ll I’m praying for him. He’s field. He was later taken
the Bengals wanted to get him back at some a guy that when he gets to the locker room on a
get the 2019 Heisman point. We don’t know knocked down, he comes cart. Texans receivers
Trophy winner and when that is.” back stronger.” Kenny Stills (leg) and Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
national champion as Burrow had been Another former Randall Cobb (foot) were
many snaps as possible, sacked 32 times this sea- Buckeyes teammate,
injured.
Burrow was 264 of 404 son, but this injury hap- Washington backup QB
for 2,688 yards and 13 pened after he got rid of Dwayne Haskins, tweet- n Lions cornerback
touchdowns in 10 games. the ball. ed about Burrow almost Phil Ford and Panthers
“The players have “Seeing that sucks, immediately after the guard Dennis Daley left
responded to him, the especially when you game, saying: “Love u with concussions.

Auburn
Continued from Page 1B
They lost the opportu- Former Auburn cen- uled to open the season named “The Rifleman”.
nity for the postseason ter Austin Wiley was Thursday against Saint In 2010, he earned a
last year because of ruled ineligible for a Joseph’s in Fort My- championship ring as an
COVID, and now they full season and forward ers, Florida. They have assistant coach with the
will miss the postseason Danjel Purifoy was held emerged as a nation- Los Angeles Lakers.
again. out for one season plus al power under Pearl, Federal prosecutors
“It’s a two-year post- 30% of a second. making their first Final said Person, who was in
season penalty for them. “We regret the im- Four in 2019. Auburn is financial trouble at the
However, we need to pact this decision has on replacing most of its key time, accepted $91,500
take this penalty now to our student-athletes, yet players from last sea-
in bribes to parlay his
put it behind us.” ” it was made in the best son’s team, including
relationships with top
The school said it will long-term interest of No. 5 overall NBA draft
continue to cooperate the program,” Auburn Pick Isaac Okoro, who players to steer them to
with the NCA A. Auburn said in a statement. “Be- went to the Cleveland a financial adviser.
fired Person after he cause of the ongoing Cavaliers. The adviser, however,
was accused in a 2017 matter, we will not com- Drafted by the Indi- was working as a gov-
federal probe into cor- ment further but hope ana Pacers out of Au- ernment cooperator.
ruption in college bas- for swift consideration burn in 1986, Person A federal judge sen-
ketball. He later pleaded and resolution of the went on to play for five tenced Person to 200 ACROSS
guilty to a bribery con- matter.” NBA teams over 13 hours of community ser- 1 Finish a golf
spiracy charge. The Tigers are sched- seasons and was nick- vice in July 2019. hole
5 “That was
close!”

College 9 River vessel

10 Weather aid
12 Sports site
Continued from Page 1B
13 Martini
whose very ability to guys can play hoops, Dosunmu (Illinois) and college basketball, there garnish
field an Olympic team too. Luka Garza (Iowa). is no debate about this: 14 Dance party
is largely dependent on Most everyone else Garza averaged near- Without any games, crowd
the college system. is planning a season. ly 24 points and 10 re- the money will dry up 16 TV’s Danson
Another year like that Many teams are plan- bounds as a junior last and college sports as 17 Lofty poems
would have the potential ning shorter road trips season. The pandemic we know it will be re- 18 Pays tribute
to mark the beginning and a smaller footprint. complicated his decision shaped, too. to
of the end of the college No trip’s success — not about whether to stay in And so, even with pos- 21 Fellows Sunday’s answer
sports system as we even that of a quick bus school or go pro. He will itive cases of the virus 22 Crime outings
know it. ride — will be taken for now enter the season as 23 Metal fas- 40 Hearty dish 20 Volleyball
surging and the health 41 Whirlpool need
“When you look granted. Testing pro- one of the rarest birds risks as dire as they’ve tener
around the country, this tocols are in place and, in the college basketball 24 Covered DOWN 22 Refer to
ever been, teams scurry 1 Holiday event 23 Ewe’s mate
has potential to force as the college football ecosystem — a senior to fill in blank spots on 26 Had lunch
some schools to recali- season has shown us who also has NBA lot- 29 Carpentry 2 Irregular 24 Spelunkers
their schedules and get 3 Musical 25 Eggy dish
brate what they’re capa- with the cancellation tery potential. ready to put on a show. tool
ble of supporting,” said of a handful of games A mere eight months 30 Water, to sounds 26 Ancient
There was no Midnight 4 Eye drop 27 Thanksgiving
John Tauer, the coach at every weekend, all par- ago, those kind of issues Juan
Madness to mark the 5 Paid player staple
St. Thomas, the Minne- ticipants will need to be — namely, the mass mi- 31 Second
first practices of the sea- 6 “2001” com- 28 Moves cau-
sota school that is mov- able to adjust on the fly. gration of players to the person
son, but that was never puter tiously
ing from Division III to “Those thoughts NBA after a single year 32 Frugal folks
Division I. “It’s a com- creep in every day,” of college, or no college the goal. 7 Book worker 29 High-end car
The goal is March 34 Honeydew,
plicated question that Florida coach Mike at all — fueled that pe- for one 8 Hesitates engine
every school is going to White said. “I wonder rennial cauldron of de- Madness — even if it’s a 9 Billiards shot 30 Steer clear of
TV-only event. 37 “You Send
answer differently.” how many games I’ll bate about the overall Me” singer Sam 11 Cincinnati 33 Land unit
So, how to get from miss this year. I wonder health of the sport and “We don’t know a lot team 35 Low digit
of things,” Duke coach 38 Peace god-
November to March? how many games we’ll the need for reforms. dess 15 Young lads 36 Fresh
The Ivy League has have our five starters COVID-19 makes Mike Krzyzewski said. 19 Commentary
“But we know we’re go- 39 Irritates
already bagged it, can- out there, 12 guys avail- that seem less import- piece
celing all winter sports, able.” ant now. ing to have March Mad-
which means there will When teams do start Though there’s al- ness. We know we’re
be no Harvard or Yale playing, some of the top ways a lot of hand-wring- going to have a regular
come tournament time, players to watch will ing about the outsized season. We just don’t
and none of those emi- be Jared Butler (Bay- role of money — passed know much about both
nently entertaining sto- lor), Cade Cunningham both legitimately and — and it’s a hell of a way
ries about how smart (Oklahoma State), Ayo under the table — in to run a railroad.”

Saints
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Making history giving him ownership ter favoring his left Saints: Left guard
of the record for most hamstring. Linebacker Andrus Peat left with a
Kamara became the
catches in an NFL play- Foyesade Oluokun was concussion and Deonte
first player in NFL histo- er’s first five seasons. Harris left with a sting-
treated on the field and
ry with at least 500 yards He finished the game walked to the sidelined er, both in the first half.
rushing and receiving with 489. in the fourth quarter.
in each of his first four Receiver Julio Jones saw Up next
NFL seasons. Injuries limited action because Falcons: Host Oak-
Thomas recorded Falcons: Linebacker of hamstring tightness land on Sunday.
his 482nd career catch Mykal Walker limped and made two catches Saints: Visit Denver
during the first half, off in the second quar- for 39 yards. on Sunday.
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AP Top 25: Alabama now unanimous No. 1; Northwestern to 11

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Alabama is now a unanimous No. 1
in The Associated Press college football
poll, and Northwestern moved up to No.
11 on Sunday for its best ranking in 24
years.
For the second straight week, the top
eight teams in the poll held their spots.
The Crimson Tide received all 62 first-
place votes after beating Kentucky 63-
3, making Alabama the first unanimous
No. 1 this season and the first team to do
it in the regular season since 2018.
Notre Dame was No. 2, followed by
Ohio State, Clemson and Texas A&M.
Florida was No. 6, and No. 7 Cincinnati
and No. 8 BYU also held their spots.
The rest of the top 10 was No. 9 Ore-
gon and Miami.
Northwestern moved up eight spots
after beating Wisconsin 17-7 to improve
to 5-0. The Badgers slipped eight spots
to 18th.
The Wildcats were last ranked this
highly in 1996. The year after their
surprising run to the Rose Bowl, coach
Gary Barnett’s team reached a high of
No. 10.
No. 12 Indiana dropped three spots
after putting a scare into Ohio State in
the Big Ten’s other top-25 matchup Sat-
urday. The Buckeyes beat the Hoosiers
42-35 after leading 35-7.
Poll points
This is the 80th time in the history of
the AP poll, which dates back to 1936,
there has been a unanimous No. 1.
It was a rare occurrence in the early
days of the poll, when college football
was more regional. From 1936-66, only
twice was there a unanimous No. 1.
Southern California was a unan-
imous No. 1 twice during the 1967
season, but not until the 1990s did the
unanimous No. 1 become a common oc-
currence.
From 1992, when Alabama finished
the season by getting all the first-place
votes in the poll, to last season when
LSU did the same, the AP Top 25 had a
unanimous No. 1 on 67 occasions.
The unanimous No. 1 for Alabama is
its 22nd overall, most of any school, and
its 21st since 2012.
In-n-out
Four ranked teams lost Saturday, but
three of those defeats came against oth-
er ranked teams. Because of that, just
one team fell out of the rankings.
Liberty took its first loss of the sea-
son, falling 15-14 at North Carolina
State, and is no longer ranked.
Replacing the Flames was North Car-
olina, which moved back into the rank-
ings at No. 25.
Conference call
SEC — 5 (Nos. 1, 5, 6, 13, 22).
ACC — 4 (Nos. 2, 4, 10, 25).
Big Ten — 4 (Nos. 3, 11, 12, 18).
Big 12 — 4 (Nos. 14, 15, 20, 21).
American — 2 (Nos. 7, 24).
Pac-12 — 2 (Nos. 9, 19).
Sun Belt — 2 (Nos. 16, 23).
C-USA — 1 (No. 17).
Independents — 1 (No. 8).
Ranked vs. Ranked
No. 22 Auburn at No. 1 Alabama.
The 24th Iron Bowl that will match
ranked teams.
No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 25 North
Carolina. The Tar Heels have almost
no chance to win the ACC with two
losses already, but they’ll have a say
on who does with this game and Mi-
ami still to come.
No. 15 Iowa State at No. 20 Tex-
as. Cyclones can clinch a spot in the
Big 12 championship game, but the
Longhorns would be in prime posi-
tion with a victory.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My 63-year-
old mother
has recently been
diagnosed with
stage-4 metastat-
ic lung cancer.
Even prior to her
diagnosis she was
a negative and de-
pressed person.
She has been a
ZITS smoker, drinker
and backseat
driver for almost
50 years.
She has un- Dear Abby
dergone intense
radiation but is
refusing to take her chemo pill.
In her words, why should she
prolong her life by another year,
especially if it causes more
side effects and won’t cure
her? My twin and I are her only
children. She has no significant
GARFIELD life partner, and there are no
grandkids.
While I have kept in steady
contact and maintained rela-
tions with her even during all
our bad times, my brother has
taken an “out of sight, out of
mind” attitude. We both live
a two- or three-hour distance
away from Mom. The problem
now is, my brother wants her
to persevere through all the
doctors’ treatments, while I
have accepted her decision to
CANDORVILLE Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov.
23). The solar journey will be
marked by a snappy rhythm:
actions repeated, habits estab-
lished, checkpoints reached to
bring your goals to hand. Your
schedule and the people you
see regularly form a supportive
infrastructure to help you ac-
complish your purpose. In 2021,
you will experience a mysterious
and beautiful process and learn
it intimately so that you may
BABY BLUES teach others. Aries and Pisces
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 8, 10, 33, 38 and 42.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
One way to leave a party is to
slip out without saying goodbye.
It’s quick, but it only works well
in a lively crowd. There’s some-
thing you want to get out of. You
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
essentially let
go. How can I
help him come to
terms with Mom’s
decision, and do
you recommend
any resources?
— SON/BROTH-
ER IN CALIFOR-
NIA
DEAR SON/
BROTHER: I
firmly believe in
a person’s right
to make their
own decision
when it comes
to continuing or
discontinuing
treatment for a terminal illness.
If your mother feels the chemo-
therapy has side effects that
are too debilitating to tolerate,
it should be her choice whether
to discontinue them rather than
the preference of your brother.
If your mother prefers palliative
or hospice care, she is entitled
to have it, and she should dis-
cuss it with her doctor, who can
see that she receives it.
Two excellent books will
provide the information you
are seeking, and more. Read
them and share them with your
brother. Both include the topic
of physician-assisted aid in
dying.
The first, titled “Finish
Strong,” is written by Barbara
dread a long discussion. Wait
for a diversion.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
It would be easy to blame a new
person for what the old person
did. You’ll know you’re doing
this because your reaction will
be disproportionate to what
caused it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
If the meaning of life is to give
life meaning, you’ll be most
fulfilled by today’s experience.
You take it all in, make sense of
it and then assign significance
accordingly.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). In an effort to be strong,
you might tell yourself that you
don’t care (when you do) or that
you’re fine with discomfort (that
is heading toward unbearable).
Coombs Lee, the founder of
Compassion and Choices, an
organization to which I have
been a longtime contributor.
For free resources regarding
your mom’s decision, visit
www.compassionandchoices.
org.
The second book, authored
by Diane Rehm, who hosted
“The Diane Rehm Show” on
NPR from 1979 to 2016, is
titled “When My Time Comes”
and will be followed by a
documentary to be aired in the
spring of 2021 on PBS.
DEAR ABBY: I’ve been
happily married for a few years.
Prior to getting engaged, I had
a close friend I had feelings for,
but nothing ever came of it. We
have remained close and see
each other throughout the year
at work conferences (he lives in
a nearby town).
I have realized the feelings I
have had for him over the years
haven’t gone away. Should I
tell him how I feel or forever
keep my peace? — HISTORY
REPEATING IN ALABAMA
DEAR HISTORY: History isn’t
repeating itself. It’s the same
old story playing in your head.
Ask yourself what you have to
gain by telling him you still have
romantic feelings for him. If the
answer is trouble in your happy
marriage, then keep your trap
shut.
Get to a safe place where you
can rectify your feelings.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). They
say what’s not given freely is
not worth having. On the other
hand, some people are never
going to give freely or fairly, so
you have to extract your dues
when you can instead of waiting
for benevolent disbursement.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You’ll find it hard to put a price
on something, but you must, or
you’re not going to be able to
exchange it for what you need.
Value is subjective, but you’ll
find the sweet spot where a
deal can be struck.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You don’t need to change
anything about yourself today,
though you may need to change
who you’re sharing yourself
with. The ones who get you will
be curious, playful and delight-
ed by your quirks.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
We constantly cast one another
in roles according to what we
each need in our lives. Play the
role you were cast in if it suits
you, but don’t believe for a
minute it’s who you are. You’re
the actor, not the part.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Focus and it’s yours. Get
ahead of potential attention
syphons. Think about what
might distract you, and then
make contingency plans to
prevent those outcomes. With
disruptions to a minimum,
you’re unstoppable.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You may say that you
don’t want to get involved,
but you can’t help but notice
what the people you love are
dealing with. Even so, resist the
impulse to fix people’s problems
for them.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Presentation is important.
Don’t leave it up to the fates.
The power play is to give people
something to focus on. Later,
they’re going to talk. If you’re
proactive, you’ll greatly influ-
ence what they talk about.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). A bit of soul searching will
be in order, but it’s not a long,
deep process. This is a quick
check-in to see how the move
you’re thinking about measures
up to basic tenets, such as the
Golden Rule.

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