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Analysis: MONDAY PROFILE

Lawsuit ‘Still going strong’

threatens to
block medical
marijuana
Madison mayor
opposed Initiative 65
because it limits cities’
ability to regulate the
location of medical
marijuana businesses
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press

JACKSON — A court fight

threatens to block a Mississippi
medical marijuana program before
the program even gets started.
Voters on Nov. 3 approved a
medical marijuana initiative by a
wide margin — about 58 percent,
according to certified results. The
initiative amends the state constitu-
tion, requiring the Health Depart-
ment to set regulations and begin
the program by mid-2021.
Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins
Butler opposed Initiative 65 be-
cause it limits cities’ ability to reg-
ulate the location of medical mari-
juana businesses. The Republican Zack Plair/Dispatch Staff
mayor sued the state days before Rose Coffey Graham poses at McKee Park in Starkville on Friday. Since 1984, she has led the Generations 4-H
the election, arguing that the initia- Clubs in Oktibbeha County, as well as helped with various other community efforts in both Maben and Starkville.
tive was not properly on the ballot
because of the number of signa-
tures gathered.
Oktibbeha 4-H leader pushes herself, club the floor a short distance in front of
her and try to walk to it unassisted.
The Mississippi Supreme Court
told attorneys for both sides of the members to keep serving amid pandemic If she fell, she would crawl to the
chair, pull herself up and try again.
lawsuit to submit written argu- BY ZACK PLAIR Each night she met her goal, she
getting around on a walker, making
ments. zplair@cdispatch.com moved the chair farther away the
it back to meetings for her clubs
In a Dec. 8 filing, Butler’s attor- next night.

neys asked justices to declare that
Initiative 65 is invalid, even though
it has been approved by voters. The
attorneys argued that if justices do
that, legislators could still “heed
the will of the majority” and enact
a state law to create a medical mar-
ijuana program.
State attorneys defending the
medical marijuana initiative have a
Dec. 28 deadline to file arguments
in response.
Here’s the central issue: Section
273 of the Mississippi Constitu-
tion creates the initiative process,
and it says initiative sponsors have
one year to gather signatures from
registered voters. It specifies that
See ANALYSIS, 3A
A
stroke in April 2018 tempo-
rarily relegated Rose Coffey
Graham to “working from the
bed.”
She still had plenty to do.
Living near Oktibbeha Coun-
ty Lake, approximately halfway
between Maben and Starkville,
she has volunteered with several
initiatives and organizations in both
communities for decades. Possibly
her best-known contribution is lead-
ing Oktibbeha County’s Controllers
4-H clubs.
Not too long after her stroke,
Graham recalls, she had started
whose members range in age from
5 to 18. Graham had started to
wonder how permanent the walker
would be, when from the mouth of
one of her youngest 4-H members
came a challenge.
“This 5-year-old 4-H-er comes up
to me and says, ‘Ms. Rose, I don’t
like seeing you on that walker,’”
Graham said. “And I thought, ‘If this
young girl has that much faith that
I can get off this walker, then I have
to show I have that much faith too.’”
Each night for a few months
afterward, Graham said, when
everyone else in her home had gone
to bed, she would set a chair out on
By February 2019, Graham, now
54, was walking independently
again. In ways both literally and
figuratively, she’s been doing that
most of her life.
When she was still a student at
Maben High School, she was first
introduced to 4-H when Oktibbeha
County Extension Service Agent
Grenell Rogers taught a cooking
workshop to the church group of a
friend Graham was visiting.
Graham didn’t use that inspira-
tion to join a 4-H Club. She wanted
to start a new one.
See GRAHAM, 6A

Aldermen to consider a new recycling program Mary Love Tagert,

Scooter company Bird looking at
Starkville; Lime left the city in 2019
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Two months after sus-
pending its recycling pro-
gram, Starkville might get a
new one Tuesday that is not
expected to be the financial
burden to the city that the
previous one was.
Aldermen will likely vote
Tuesday on a contract with
the Waste Pro USA office
in Columbus to establish a
drop-off site at the sanitation
building on North Washing-
ton Street. The city had con-
sidered partnering with Mis-
sissippi State University in
its contract with Waste Pro,
but those discussions “hit
a wall” in November, Ward
5 Alderman Hamp Beatty
said.
president of the Missis-
sippi Recycling Coalition,
MSU associate professor
of architecture Alexis Greg-
explains to the Starkville
board of aldermen Friday
ory spoke at the work ses-
sion on behalf of an ad hoc
what a functional city-run
recycling program needs,
including continuous
committee that formed last community education ef-
year with the goal of improv- forts. The aldermen will
ing the recycling program likely vote Tuesday on a
at the time. The committee new recycling program
determined that the city through a contract with
needed to educate the public the Waste Pro USA office
in Columbus. Tagert is
about the benefits of recy- also an assistant MSU
cling and remove barriers to Extension professor in
the program. the Department of Ag-
“Barriers of access (in- ricultural and Biological
cluded) how to sign up for Engineering.
See ALDERMEN, 6A Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

1 What number follows the word “Refinery” to com- Tuesday and Dec. 22 MEETINGS
plete the name of an online lifestyles resource that Dec. 15: Lown-
■ Holiday Fun at 501: Bring your lunch and
was viewed for 50 million hours in 2016? des County
2 The annual Stuck at Prom contest inspires high enjoy sounds of the season 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
schoolers to construct outfits made entirely out of at the Columbus Arts Council, 501 Main St. Board of Super-
what sticky product? Drinks, live music and holiday fun provided. visors meeting,
3 What European country introduced oyster vend- Free. Music by: Dec. 15-Jace Ferraez; Dec. 9 a.m., Lown-
Jax Clark ing machines in 2017? 22-Suzuki Strings. 662-328-2787.
4 What podcast from the creators of “Serial” about des County
Third grade, Caledonia
an eccentric man from Alabama was downloaded Courthouse,
Saturday and Sunday
49 Low 27
10 million times in its first four days of release, in facebook.com/
High 2017? ■ Christmas at the Blues Museum: More
5 What did daredevil Erendire Wallenda use to LowndesCoun-
Turning sunny, cooler than 18 trees decorated by businesses,
hang onto an aerial hoop over Niagara Falls in churches and schools are up at the future tyMississippi/
Full forecast on 2017, setting the world record for the feat?
page 3A. Black Prairie Blues Museum in downtown Dec. 15:
Answers, 6B
West Point, open on days listed from 1-4 Columbus City
p.m., and upon request on weekdays. Take Council, 5 p.m.,
pictures in the Santa Room and enjoy hot
INSIDE chocolate and cookies. 662-494-5121 or
Municipal Com-
plex, facebook.
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Electors meeting to formally

choose Biden as next president
Biden planning
to address nation
after electors
have voted
BY MARK SHERMAN
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — day, his aides say they hope Republi-
Presidential electors are
meeting across the Unit-
ed States on Monday to
formally choose Joe Biden
as the nation’s next presi-
dent.
Monday is the day set
by law for the meeting of
the Electoral College. In
reality, electors meet in
all 50 states and the Dis-
trict of Columbia to cast
their ballots. The results
will be sent to Washing-
ton and tallied in a Jan. 6
joint session of Congress
over which Vice President
Mike Pence will preside.
The electors’ votes
have drawn more atten-
tion than usual this year
because President Don-
ald Trump has refused to
concede the election and
continued to make base-
less allegations of fraud.
Biden aides hope Electoral College vote is GOP turning point
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS demic and staving off economic tumult.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden’s
Republicans, by and large, have
stood by Trump as he’s made unsub-
aides have a message for President
Donald Trump and his supporters: It’s
stantiated claims of a rigged election,
and they show no signs they’ll give
long past time to move on. Biden the semblance of a honeymoon
With the Electoral College set to for- period. Biden will come to power with
mally elect Biden as president on Mon- a narrowly divided Senate — next
month’s runoff elections in Georgia
cans will consider their own long-term will decide who will control the Senate
interests (and the country’s), accept — and a thinned Democratic majority
Trump’s defeat and focus their atten- in the House as Republicans picked up
tion on fighting the coronavirus pan- seats even as Trump lost.
Biden is planning to by judges, Trump and arrangement in July.
address the nation Mon- Republican allies tried to Electors almost always
day night, after the elec- persuade the Supreme vote for the state winner
tors have voted. Trump, Court last week to set anyway because they gen-
meanwhile, is clinging aside 62 electoral votes erally are devoted to their
to his false claims that for Biden in four states, political party. There’s no
he won the election, but which might have thrown reason to expect any de-
also undermining Biden’s the outcome into doubt. fections this year.
presidency even before The justices rejected
it begins. “No, I worry the effort on Friday.
about the country having Biden won 306 elector-
an illegitimate president, al votes to 232 votes for
that’s what I worry about. Trump. It takes 270 votes
A president that lost and to be elected.
lost badly,” Trump said in In 32 states and the
a Fox News interview that District of Columbia, laws
was taped Saturday. require electors to vote
Following weeks of Re- for the popular-vote win-
publican legal challenges ner. The Supreme Court
that were easily dismissed unanimously upheld this

Trump raises China concerns

as reason to veto defense bill
BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE Senate leader, and Rep. gest winner in the defense
The Associated Press Mike Gallagher of Wis- bill is false. Reed also not-
consin, a member of the ed the shifting explana-
WASHINGTON — House Armed Services tions Trump has given for
President Donald Trump Committee, have tweeted the veto threats.
offered a new rationale that the bill would count- “President Trump
Sunday for threatening to er threats from countries clearly hasn’t read the bill,
veto the annual defense such as China. nor does he understand
policy bill that covers Sen. Jack Reed of what’s in it,” Reed said.
the military’s budget for Rhode Island, the top “There are several biparti-
equipment and pay raises Democrat on the Senate san provisions in here that
for service members: Chi- Armed Services Commit- get tougher on China than
na. He did not outline his tee, said Trump’s declara- the Trump Administration
concerns. tion that China is the big- has ever been.”
Republican and Demo-
cratic lawmakers say the
wide-ranging defense pol-
icy bill, which the Senate
sent to the president on
Friday, would be tough on
China and must become
law as soon as possible.
Both the House and
Senate passed the mea-
sure by margins large
enough to override a po-
tential veto from the pres-
ident, who has a history of
failing to carry out actions
he has threatened.
“The biggest winner
of our new defense bill is
China! I will veto!” Trump
said in a new tweet.
The White House did
not immediately respond
to an emailed request for
comment on Trump’s spe-
cific concerns about Chi-
na.
Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,
has said the bill would help
deter Chinese aggression.
Other GOP backers of the
measure, including Sen.
John Thune of South Da-
kota, the second-ranking
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2020 3A

The following arrests

were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Cassady Bovee, 26,
was charged with posses-
sion with intent to distrib-
ute, two counts possession
of a controlled substance,
possession of cocaine and
possession of metham-
phetamine.
n Adolphus Brooks, 32,
was charged with fraudu-
lent use of I.D. and failure
to appear.
n Mark Gann, 34, was
charged with two counts
felony conspiracy to com-
mit a crime, possession
of methamphetamine,
attempt to commit an of-
fense and two counts pos-
session of a weapon by a
felon.
n Stephen James, 38,
was charged with felony
conspiracy to commit a
crime.
n Anthony McClinton,
28, was charged with pos-
session of methamphet-
amine and probation vio-
lation.
n Sammy McCoy, 39,
was charged with traffick-
ing controlled substanc-
es, failure to yield right
AREA ARRESTS
Bovee Brooks
Owings Snell
of way, failure to yield to
blue light, failure to have
vehicle under control, no
insurance, disobeying
traffic control device, driv-
ing on wrong side of the
road, reckless driving, two
counts suspended drivers
license, and no insurance.
n Bruce Owings, 59,
was charged with grand
larceny.
n Alexia Snell, 25, was
charged with grand larce-
ny.
n Bobby Stafford; 41,
was charged with posses-
sion of stolen property.
n Tammy Blanton, 49,
Army Corps report
supports Mississippi
Gann James McClinton McCoy
flood-control pumps
Corps’ reports reverse previous
stance that pumping out
floodwater would harm wetlands
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
Stafford Blanton Robinson Chandler JACKSON — The U.S. Army Corps of En-
possession gineers issued another report Friday favoring
of metham- agribusinesses over environmentalists in a de-
phetamine. cades-long battle over a massive flood control proj-
ect in the south Mississippi Delta.
The fol- The Corps published a final supplement to a
lowing ar- draft environmental impact statement it released
rests were in October. Both reports reverse the Corps’ own
made by the previous stance that pumping out floodwater
D. Lucious Q. Lucious Massey
Ok t ibbeha would harm wetlands. They say that pumps would
County Sher- counts burglary of a vehi- decrease the depth and duration of flooding in
iff’s Office: cle. the rural Yazoo Backwater Area, and that rainfall
n Mahlon Robinson, n Quavontae Lucious, would keep this part of the Delta from drying out.
24, was charged with re- 19, was charged with four “These changes are not anticipated to convert
ceiving stolen property. counts burglary of a vehi- any wetlands to non-wetlands, because precipita-
n Tikorrian Chandler, cle, resisting arrest and tion is the driving force in sustaining wetlands in
20, was charged with pos- assault on an officer. the Yazoo Study Area,” the new report says.
session of marijuana. n Jo Massey, 43, was The reports note the area’s significant flooding
n Dontavious Lucious, charged with grand larce- during nine of the past 10 years, including a 2019
19, was charged with six ny. flood that lasted several months.
Federally funded flood control for the Yazoo
Backwater Area has been debated for decades.
The Environmental Protection Agency vetoed a

Analysis
Continued from Page 1A
no more than one-fifth of
the signatures may come
from any congressional
district. Mississippi had
five congressional dis-
tricts when that process
was written in the early
1990s. The state dropped
to four districts after the
2000 Census, but the lan-
guage in the constitution
remained.
Butler argues that the
constitution creates a
mathematical impossibil-
ity: With four districts,
more than one-fifth of
the signatures must come
from each.
The state attorney gen-
eral’s office issued a legal
opinion in 2009 saying
that initiative sponsors
should collect signatures
from the five districts
used in the 1990s. In Sep-
tember 2019, then-Sec-
retary of State Delbert
Hosemann said the med-
ical marijuana initiative
qualified for the ballot
because petition sponsors
had enough signatures
from each of the five old
districts.
In their Dec. 8 filing,
Butler’s attorneys made
an argument about the
separation of executive
and legislative powers in
state government. They
said legislators have
known for years about
the problem in the ini-
tiative process but have
killed multiple proposals
to fix it. The attorneys
said the secretary of state
should not have relied
on an attorney general’s
opinion about signatures
coming from the five
outdated congressional
districts — that’s one ex-
ecutive-branch agency
listening to another, when
decisions should be made
by the legislative branch.
“It simply is not the role
of the Secretary of State
or the Attorney General
to amend the Constitution
when the Legislature fails
to act,” Butler’s attorneys
wrote.
In 2011, Mississippi
voters approved two other
initiatives that landed on
the ballot under the attor-
ney general’s guidance.
Sponsors gathered sig-
natures from the five old
congressional districts af-
ter the state had only four
districts.
Initiative 27 requires
voters to show govern-
ment-issued photo iden-
tification at the polls.
Initiative 31 restricts gov-
ernments from using the
eminent domain process
to take land for private de-
velopments.
Supporters of medical
marijuana say Butler wait-
ed too long to challenge
Initiative 65. Butler’s
attorneys say their com-
plaint was filed on time,
but they also say the legal
principle that requires a
timely challenge could
protect voter ID and em-
inent domain if the Su-
preme Court invalidates
the medical marijuana
initiative.
“For Voter ID, the State
has spent significant re-
sources implementing its
requirements, and count-
less elections have tak-
en place since its enact-
ment,” Butler’s attorneys
wrote. “For Eminent Do-
main, the State has struc-
tured its takings over the
last nine years to comply.
... The existence of these
two other voter-initiative
amendments is no bar to
the Court’s review of this
challenge to the sufficien-
cy of the Initiative Mea-
sure No. 65 petition.”
plan in 2008, but the current EPA administrator
said in April 2019 that the agency would reconsid-
er that decision. An EPA regional administrator in
Atlanta wrote Nov. 30 that the current version of
the project is not subject to the agency’s 2008 veto.
The current proposal calls for pumps near
Deer Creek north of Vicksburg, while a previous
proposal would have put them elsewhere.
Mississippi’s congressional delegation has
been pushing the Trump administration to act
on the project that’s estimated to cost more than
$400 million. Environmental and conservation
groups remain opposed, saying the project would
hurt wetlands to help agribusiness. It’s unclear
how the project will fare under the Biden admin-
istration.
Thousands of people and groups submitted
comments for and against the draft report, and
the final supplement was published less than two
weeks after the comment period ended.
American Rivers, Audubon Mississippi,
Healthy Gulf and Mississippi Sierra Club said in a
joint statement Friday that the Corps’ new report
shows an “appalling breach of trust by a federal
agency to expedite a sham process driven by poli-
tics rather than due public process and respect for
bedrock environmental laws.”

AROUND THE STATE

MSU works with community college
for agriculture degree
LUCEDALE — Mississippi Gulf
Coast Community College and Missis-
sippi State University are working to-
gether so students can earn associate’s
and bachelor’s degrees in agricultural
science.
The university’s president, Mark
Keenum, and the community college
president, Mary Graham, recently
signed a memorandum of understand-
ing at the college’s George County Cen-
ter, the Mississippi Press reported.
The four-year pathway begins with
two years at the college’s George Coun-
ty campus, followed by two years at
the university in Starkville. After com-
pleting the first 30 hours of degree
work, students can be enrolled in both
schools.

SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Mon. Tue.
Major 12:36a 1:36a
Minor 8:23a 9:27a
Major 1:06p 2:06p
Minor 6:43p —
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of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

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Opinion
4A MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2020
POSSUMHAW
As Christmases
come and go
“If for whatever reason,
you find yourself not enjoy-
ing the holidays to the fullest,
let a little child lead you.”
— Sarah Ban Breath-
nach’s Mrs. Sharp’s Tradi-
tions
It wasn’t until the
middle of the 1800s that
Christmas was celebrat-
ed by most of the people
living in America with Shannon Bardwell
typical Dutch, English and
German traditions of yule logs, caroling, ever-
green decorations, church services and a feast on
Christmas day. Christmas developed slowly across
the country as the winter holiday, birth of the
Christ child, and Santa Claus were being accept-
ed. Clement Clarke Moore’s poem “A Visit from
St. Nicholas,” also known as “The Night Before
Christmas,” went a long way in 1823 to promote
the joy of the holiday. In 1836 Alabama was the
first state to declare Christmas a public holiday. In
1870 President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law
that Dec. 25 would be a federal holiday known as
Christmas-translation of the mass of Christ.
In 1930, the beginning of the Great Depression,
my mother was 9 nine years old. Her momma and
daddy and about nine siblings lived on a Missis-
sippi farm. Her daddy owned the town’s hardware
store. She said they never really knew there was a
depression because they grew their own food, had
chickens, pigs and cows. They lived like everyone
around them. Very often her daddy came home
with extra food as payment by the hardware store’s
customers. There was a lot of bartering. Momma
always said, “About ten of us kids,” because extra
kids would move in with them and that’s just the
way things were.
Christmas on the farm meant waking up on
a cold morning and running to the big room
where the children saw the Christmas tree for
the first time. The tree was part of the present on
Christmas day and not before. The tree was lit all
over with real candles. It was beautiful, she said.
“Daddy cut the tree and he and Momma decorated
it while we slept”.
She told of getting a doll once. Stockings, often
socks, had fruit, candy and a quarter. Fruit was
hard to come by and much appreciated. There
was church and Christmas dinner. It was a happy
household.
Then came Christmas 1941, mother was
married and midway through her first pregnancy.
That Christmas brought uncertainty, but she never
complained. I wonder if in her quiet moments she
thought of Mary, the mother of Jesus, pregnant
and uncertain. She never complained. She was
bringing forth her first-born son.
Following came Christmas 1942. The boychild
was now eight months old and they were living
with her mother on the farm. Her husband had in-
sisted she and the boy move in with her mother. It
wouldn’t be right to leave a mother and child alone
while he was a soldier away. That Christmas was
somber and mostly celebrated by women and chil-
dren. She never complained. The next four Christ-
mases would be the same. She never complained.
And here it is Christmas 2020, our COVID pan-
demic year. This will be a different year for most of
us. May our celebrations be meaningful, slow and
simple. May our hearts and minds be open. If ab-
sence makes the heart grow fonder, may our love
of friends and family increase all the more.
Shannon Rule Bardwell is a writer, who lives in
the Prairie. Her e-mail is msdeltachild@msn.com.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Monday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of
2020. There are 17 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman with a semi-auto-
matic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators
at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,
Connecticut, then committed suicide as police
arrived; the 20-year-old had also fatally shot his
mother at their home before carrying out the
attack on the school.
On this date:
In 1799, the first president of the United States,
George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon,
Virginia, home at age 67.
In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd
state.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Discouraged after attempting
to resolve dilapidated housing
situations
My entire life, I have tried to
live by the Martin Luther King
quote “Our lives begin to end the
day we become silent about things
that matter” and do meaningful
things.
City leaders are calling me a
“complainer” and “negative” for
speaking out and raising aware-
ness about the mismanagement of
this city of ours, Columbus. They
conveniently left out that my hus-
band (Will) and I have spent two
years trying to work with them,
and they were not interested. It is
my hope the citizens of Columbus
understand our efforts are out of
determination to make this town
a better place to call home for
everyone.
I thought I was making an easy
ask when I contacted the city two
years ago asking them to make
secure a dilapidated and vacant
home owned by Fannie Mae.
The property was being used by
vagrants and others participating
in illicit behavior. Instead, the
nightmare began. The City has
codes and employs code enforce-
ment officers intended to address
such issues.
Will and I travel frequently, so
we resorted to watching council
meetings and reading the minutes
to stay informed on this code en-
forcement matter. In the process,
we discovered how dysfunctional
the city operates on every level.
We wanted to help!
We offered our expertise. We
spent countless hours researching
what other cities have done to be
successful in eliminating dilapidat-
ed properties. We sent them what
other cities have done to create
new businesses and recruit talent.
We presented plans and offered to
do the heavy lifting in implement-
ing them. We met with several
people in the city administration,
including our councilman. They
listened politely. And nothing
happened.
Meanwhile, when we returned
from travels, another house beside
us became a nuisance property.
We had over 30 inbred, feral cats
removed. In that process, we
learned that animal control was
understaffed and short on traps.
Did I mention that we have learned
about dysfunction at every level-to
the minor to major in trying to get
the city to act?
We painfully watched people
receiving notices of code enforce-
ment violations for the minor
offence of overgrown grass and
yet seemed indifferent about our
alarming situation. We were deal-
ing with vagrants partying and
pooping (yes, literally) and the
city viewed us as “complainers”
and “tired of hearing from us.”
These once-charming homes
now need to be demolished. Our
once owner-occupied street is no
longer the same. The properties
across the street are all vacant and
have sat on the market for years. It
seemed there was no hope. I was
ready to leave Columbus. It’s the
easy thing to do.
But, Will asked me to stay and
help turn things around in his
Dispatch
The
little hometown, where his parents
still call home. “You know, you
couldn’t live with yourself if you
didn’t do your part,” Will reminded
me.
Will knows I am embarrassing-
ly emotional about good govern-
ment. See, I am an overly optimis-
tic, true believer in the democratic
process and still believe one
person can make a difference and
create change. And a committed
group can change the world or at
least Columbus.
Please tell me you haven’t given
up. Will you join our “A Better Co-
lumbus” movement? We’re doing
things that matter and seeking
solutions. I’d like to hear from you:
leslie@magnoliagroup.org
Leslie Sorrell
Columbus
Believes supervisor Brooks
deserves criticism too
The last few months I have
endured this nonstop drama that
reinforces the idea this is a third
world country. The Imes have
reported on this city’s history
and local politics for years and for
some reason, I have watched this
paper become nothing more than
an AP liberal sounding board.
Journalism has died in our so-
ciety. A press that allows for equal
opposing thoughts and real inves-
tigation of people’s allegations is
essential. This paper would garner
respect and knowledge if it were
open and honest. So, as I write
this, I am going to set some things
straight with this feud between
Harry and Leroy that has gone on
for years and really has nothing
to do with Harry’s racist rant this
summer.
Harry probably believes what
he said, but Leroy has done and
said things just as bad. When
District 4 fire department wanted
a second station near Plymouth
Bluff, Leroy said even though
they were in his district he did not
care what they wanted or needed
because they were all rich white
people. There was no outcry from
Harry or this community because
it was Leroy being Leroy. Leroy’s
statements were not used to push
an agenda like Harry’s were this
summer.
Leroy stands on his soapbox
stating he will not work with Har-
ry. In the almost 18 years I have
lived here Leroy has repeatedly
been the least accommodating
member. I watched Leroy read a
newspaper while experts spoke
to the board on a subject he didn’t
agree with.
Leroy throws the premise that
Harry has repeatedly blocked a
Black member of being offered
the position of President ever. In
2001, 2004, 2008 and 2012, Leroy
was nominated for president of
the board of supervisors and each
time he eventually declined the
nomination, stating he stood no
chance of getting it.
Leroy has blocked and delayed
projects because it benefited a
different district, I heard him
say publicly people who live in
Caledonia are all Klan members,
and when he was asked to attend
a meeting in Caledonia about a
project for water treatment needs
to explain his concerns of cost
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and impact he refused because he
said he will not go there after dark
because of the Klan.
Mr. Imes, be inclusive, offer
some conservative opinion writers
to let the readers decide for them-
selves and learn the other opin-
ions. Open eyes to see life good or
bad. Teach these young writers to
get history on these drama queens
before stirring and setting the city
on fire with outside groups that
just want to stir up. Let outsiders
see a southern charm and relaxed
community that is open to all peo-
ple of this nation.
Pauline Redmond
Columbus
Republic or democracy?
In a recent column, Mr. Em-
merich states: A popular vote can
be overturned in many ways, but
Trump has failed to muster the
firepower to make it happen.
Instead of firepower, it should
be enough proof to prove it was
fraud involved, according to the
Supreme Court.
In all my searches in the news,
I haven’t found any that mentions a
republic, only democracy.
The Orlando Sentinel apologiz-
es to their readers for endorsing
Michael Waltz in the 2020 election
for Congress.
We had no idea, no way of
knowing at the time, that Waltz
was not committed to democracy.
A GOP Hill staffer who works
for one of the 126 Congressman
trying to overturn the election:
Never thought my work would in-
clude trying to destroy democracy.
These 126 House Republicans
are trying to undermine our
democracy, includes two from
Mississippi, Rep. Guest and Rep.
Kelly.
When people lose faith in the
electoral process, they are losing
the most important part of democ-
racy, Dragomir says.
Trump’s refusal to accept the
results of the election is just not
weakening American democra-
cy, Fruedenstein says, but also
democratic governments all over
the world.
Texas messed with democracy
and lost.
The Supreme Court was
Trump’s last chance to make an
end run around democracy.
Disinformation endangering
democracy all over the world.
And here’s one I will never
forget: When Bush took us to
war with Iraq, he says when Iraq
becomes a democracy like our
government, they will like it so
much, the other Arab countries
will want it too.
Keeping on looking for a repub-
lic.
James Hodges
Steens
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COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort

The rollout of the Pfizer vaccine ushers in the
biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history
BY MARTHA IRVINE
AND MORRY GASH
The Associated Press
PORTAGE, Michigan — The
first of many freezer-packed
COVID-19 vaccine vials made
their way to distribution sites
across the United States on
Sunday, as the nation’s pan-
demic deaths approached the
horrifying new milestone of
300,000.
The rollout of the Pfizer vac-
cine, the first to be approved
by the Food and Drug Admin-
istration, ushers in the biggest
vaccination effort in U.S. histo-
ry — one that health officials
hope the American public will
embrace, even as some have
voiced initial skepticism or
worry. Shots are expected to
be given to health care workers
and nursing home residents be-
ginning Monday.
Quick transport is key for
the vaccine, especially since
this one must be stored at ex-
tremely low temperatures —
about 94 degrees below zero.
Early Sunday, workers at Pfiz-
er — dressed in fluorescent
yellow clothing, hard hats and
gloves — wasted no time as
they packed vials into boxes.
They scanned the packages
and then placed them into
freezer cases with dry ice. The
vaccines were then taken from
Pfizer’s Portage, Michigan, fa-
cility to Gerald R. Ford Inter-
national Airport in Grand Rap-
ids, where the first cargo plane
took off amid what airport offi-
cials called a “jubilant” mood.
“This is a historic day,” said
Richard W. Smith, who over-
sees operations in the Ameri-
cas for FedEx Express, which
is delivering 630-some pack-
ages of vaccine to distribution
sites across the country. Unit-
ed Parcel Service also is trans-
porting a share of the vaccine.
Helping with the transport
of the vaccine has special
meaning to Bruce Smith, a
FedEx package handler at the
Grand Rapids airport, whose
older sister, Queen, died after
she contracted the coronavirus
in May. She was hospitalized in
Georgia one day after he saw
her on a video chat, and they
never spoke again.
“I think she would be ecstat-
ic to know that something that
has ravaged our family — that
a family member is going to
be part of such a big project,”
said Smith, 58, whose nephew,
Queen’s son, also got sick and
is still undergoing therapy for
stroke-like symptoms. “It is
very, very important.”

Mississippi requiring hospitals to halt elective surgeries

State health officer: Intensive care Tuesday, at least until Dec.
23. The list of procedures
states and hospitals have
postponed such treat-
continue to wear masks,
wash hands and avoid
tion’s President Dr. Mark
Horne, Board of Trustees
unit beds are full and he expects more include colonoscopies,
knee replacements and
ments since the corona-
virus pandemic began
social gatherings. It was
signed by Mississippi
Member Dr. Jennifer Bry-
an and Executive Director
hospitalizations of virus patients certain cancer surgeries.
The number of Missis-
because of a crush of
COVID-19 patients and
State Medical Associa- Dr. Claude D. Brunson.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — As Mis-
sissippi’s coronavirus
hospitalizations continue
to surpass records, the
state’s top health official
said Friday that hospitals
full with COVID-19 pa-
tients can no longer han-
dle elective surgeries, and
he’s ordering the facilities
to start postponing many
of the procedures next
week.
Dr. Thomas Dobbs,
Mississippi’s state health
officer, announced the de-
cision on Twitter, saying
the state’s intensive care
unit beds are full and he
expects more hospitaliza-
tions of coronavirus pa-
tients.
“Beginning next Tues
elective surgeries that re-
quire hospitalization must
be delayed — statewide,”
Dobbs said in his tweet.
An order issued by
Dobbs later Friday con-
firmed the move and
spelled out the details:
A specific list of elective
surgery types that require
overnight hospitalization
must be delayed starting
sippians hospitalized with
the COVID-19 disease
caused by the coronavirus
reached a peak of 1,166 pa-
tients Thursday, up from
863 on Nov. 19.
Elective surgeries in-
volve procedures that
aren’t immediately re-
quired to save a life, but
can sometimes be critical
to treating serious con-
ditions that can worsen
without the surgery.
Health officials worry
that delays in such types
of procedures can cause
long-term damage to pa-
tients’ care, but several
limited hospital beds and
staff.
During a conversation
with the Mississippi State
Medical Association,
Dobbs said Friday after-
noon that the decision to
delay elective procedures
was made after doctors
and hospital officials be-
gan calling him saying
they were overwhelmed.
“When that happens,
you know it’s bad,” he said.
Earlier in the day,
three prominent Missis-
sippi doctors released an
open letter to the state’s
residents urging them to

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Graham
Continued from Page 1A
“I thought, ‘Why can’t we get this in
our community?” Graham recalled.
She was too young to lead a club
under her own name, so Rogers took
Graham under her wing to help her
start the first Controllers Club in 1984.
By that time, Graham was a student at
Mississippi State University.
The first club dissolved as members
aged out. But in 2011, Graham started
the Controllers Generation II Club,
followed by Controllers Generation III
in 2018. The two clubs today boast a
combined membership of about 60, she
said, and that number is growing.
“Even with the pandemic going, peo-
ple are still wanting to join,” she said. “I
have applications to turn in right now.”
The clubs’ general format includes
monthly meetings, along with club
projects and workshops in the commu-
nity. Members meet firefighters, police
officers and community leaders; take
part in awareness programs for health
issues like diabetes and breast cancer;
and partner with various organizations
for community projects.
Recently, they volunteered with the
Starkville chapter of United Way’s “Unit-
ed We Read” and “United We Feed”
programs — distributing donated books
to children at the spring and summer
Community Farmers Market and stock-
ing a local food pantry with donated
canned goods.
Last year, they partnered with the
Mayor’s Health Council to start Maben’s
first community garden.
The COVID-19 pandemic has defi-
nitely changed the way the Controllers
clubs operate, but it hasn’t curtailed
their desire to learn and make a differ-
ence, Graham said.
The clubs meet virtually at least once
a month and members keep a calendar
of activities they complete on their own
as they can. They also utilize social
media more than ever.
When they do get together for a
project or workshop in public, they
always wear masks and practice social
distancing.
“We’re still going strong,” Graham
said.
Franco Shields has two prevailing
memories of his time in the first gener-
ation of Controllers 4-H: his mom and
overcoming his fear of public speaking.
Shields, now associate minister at
Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church
in Starkville, is Graham’s eldest child.
He also is a counselor for the Control-
lers Generations II and III clubs.
“One of my earliest memories of 4-H
was Mom loading a bunch of us up and
taking toys for Christmas to kids who
didn’t have any,” Shields said. “... My
mom gets motivated by helping people.
If she couldn’t help people, she would
probably go into a depression.”
For Graham, it’s about leaving a
legacy worthy of whatever time she has
on Earth.
“I know one day I am going to leave
this world, and I just want somebody to
be able to say of something positive they
do, ‘I learned that from Ms. Rose.’”
In the meantime, and as long as
Graham is still around, 4-H stands to
continue featuring prominently in her
work.
“Learning never stops, so why should
I stop?” she said. “Before it’s over, we’re
going to have Controllers Generation
Four. If I live to be 100, there may be a
Generation 10.”

Aldermen
Continued from Page 1A
recycling, when we had
a $2 fee and were using
green bins,” Gregory
said. “That is obviously
not an issue anymore, but
now we have the drop-off
at the sanitation depart-
ment. We (want) a more
organized and better-de-
veloped drop-off, and we
want to make sure that
doesn’t create any barri-
ers to recycling.”
Starkville previously
had a contract with Waste
Management to haul the
collected recyclables to
Tupelo, and the cost went
up from about $40,000 to
about $60,000 this year
while revenue totaled
only about $24,000, said
Ward 2 Alderman Sandra
Sistrunk, who started the
ad hoc committee.
The spike in cost came
from an increase in con-
taminated or non-recy-
clable materials after the
city suspended curbside
pickup in March due to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aldermen voted in Sep-
tember to indefinitely sus-
pend the city’s recycling
program as of Oct. 1 and
did not include it in the
Fiscal Year 2021 budget.
Waste Pro has pro-
posed a $350 hauling fee
per load, and cardboard
will likely make up the
majority of the materials
the city receives, said
Sistrunk, the board’s bud-
get chairperson.
“We’re talking about
two and a half to three
hauls a hours, Sistrunk said.
month until
the program
becomes
more es-
t abl ished,”
she said.
“... Once
we’re past Sistrunk
those start-
up costs, a program that
we’re talking about with
drop-off, accepting things
where (there is) a ready
market, my guess is that
it’s going to cost about
$11,000 or $12,000 for the
remainder of this fiscal
year. That’s manageable
within our current reve-
nue stream.”
Starting the program
in early 2021 will give the
city enough time to work
the program into the Fis-
cal Year 2022 budget if it
is effective, Sistrunk said.
Recycling programs
usually do not make a
profit, said Mary Love
Tagert, an assistant MSU
Extension professor in
the Department of Agri-
cultural and Biological
Engineering and the pres-
ident of the Mississippi
Recycling Coalition.
However, the city could
apply for and receive a va-
riety of grant funds, such
as a Solid Waste Assis-
tance Grant from the Mis-
sissippi Department of
Environmental Quality, to
cover costs like recycling
bins and public relations
campaigns, Tagert said.
She also said continu-
ous community education
efforts are key to keep-
ing a recycling program
alive, both for community
participation and for mini-
mizing contamination and
non-recyclable products.
“It doesn’t matter how
big or how small your
program is,” Tagert said.
“You must have education
to be successful.”
Only about 1,000 peo-
ple signed up for the pre-
vious program, and Ward
1 Alderman Ben Carver
said most people he has
talked to about recycling
do not participate in it.
Gregory told The
Dispatch after the work
session that while many
Starkville citizens were
not aware the previous re-
cycling program existed,
she has spoken to Ward
1 residents who do want
the city to reinstate the
program.
City employees would
be stationed at the drop-
off site to check mate-
rials for contamination
or food waste during set
hours, and the city would
install a fence at the site
to prevent people from
dropping things off after
Environmental Ser-
vices director Calvin
Ware and Ward 7 Alder-
man Henry Vaughn both
said recycling should be
an entity outside the city’s
sanitation and environ-
mental services depart-
ment.
Beatty said the cost
of reinstating a recycling
program would be “mi-
nuscule” compared to
how much the city pays
for solid waste disposal.
“I can’t imagine an
SEC college town, or a
progressive town any-
where of our size and with
our potential, without a
basic recycling program,”
Beatty said.
Bird scooters
interested in Starkville
The scooter ride-shar-
ing service Bird wants
to establish itself in
Starkville, senior account
executive Michael Covato
told the board of alder-
men Friday.
Bird has a presence
in several cities through-
out the country that are
home to major universi-
ties, such as Columbus,
Ohio; Austin, Texas and
Columbia, Missouri. The
company is trying to form
a partnership with an enti-
ty in the city that it cannot
reveal yet, Covato said.
A similar company,
Lime, brought both scoot-
ers and bicycles to the city
in fall 2018 after it brought
bikes to MSU. Lime with-
drew from the Starkville
market in February 2019
when MSU did not allow
its scooters on campus.
Mayor Lynn Spruill
told The Dispatch she
“hated to see them go.”
“There are certain ele-
ments of safety that need
to be con-
sidered, but
I do think
(s c oot e r s)
are not just
fun but
also an al-
ternative
means of Spruill
transporta-
tion for people who don’t
necessarily have the abil-
ity to wait on the SMART
bus, because it might not
be going where they’re
going, or they don’t have
a car,” Spruill said, re-
ferring to the Starkville-
MSU Area Rapid Transit
bus system.
Covato said scooters
are just as safe to use as
bicycles and both the
city and drivers should
treat them as such. It is
up to Bird to decide how
many scooters to bring
to Starkville if the com-
munity partnership goes
forward, and Covato said
it might start with 100,
since the density of the
fleet partially determines
whether scooters become
a reliable form of trans-
portation.
“Having too few scoot-
ers is just as bad as hav-
ing too many,” he said. “I
believe Starkville could
probably support a fleet
of 500, maybe 600 scoot-
ers realistically based on
demographic data and the
size and population, but
I certainly think it’s way
too many to start with.”
Spruill said the city
can give Bird a privilege
license to operate and
can enact requirements
to keep the scooters out
of streets and sidewalks
when they are not being
used.
“If they do that, we
won’t have an issue and
we won’t have any cause
to withdraw their privi-
lege license or fine them,”
she said. “I think it will be
a learning exercise, but I
think they serve a need
for both ease of access
and entertainment.”
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Auburn fires football coach Gus Malzahn after 8 seasons

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Tigers also were
upset by a struggling
Auburn fired football South Carolina, which
coach Gus Malzahn, wound up firing coach
ending an eight-year run Will Muschamp during
that began with a trip to the season.
the national champion- “A f ter
ship game. eva luat i ng
Athletic director Al- the state of
len Greene announced the Auburn
the firing Sunday, a football
day after the Tigers fin- program,
ished the regular sea- we’ve de-
son with a 24-10 victory cided that
over Mississippi State. it was time Malzahn
Auburn is 6 -4 in a pan- to make a
demic-shortened sea- change in leadership,”
son of all Southeastern Greene said in a state-
Conference opponents, ment. “We appreciate
losing by double digits everything that Gus did
to highly ranked teams for the program over
Alabama, Georgia and the last eight seasons.
Texas A&M. We will begin a search
immediately for a coach national championship rett Stidham and Jeremy but has been inconsis-
that can help the Auburn game. Johnson. tent in his two seasons
program consistently Auburn said Greene Nick Saban, coach of and hasn’t appeared
compete at the highest recommended the firing rival Alabama, said Mal- to progress much as a
level.”” to President Jay Gogue zahn was among those sophomore. Other quar-
Defensive coordina- after conducting a “thor- “at the forefront of” a terbacks have trans-
tor Kevin Steele will ough analysis” of the move to up-tempo of- ferred, including Malik
be interim coach. Au- program. fenses that even the top- Willis (Liberty), Joey
burn will owe Malzahn Known for his ranked Crimson Tide Gatewood (Kentucky)
a $21.45 million buyout up-tempo, no-huddle of- has adopted — with and Woody Barrett
for the remaining four fenses that have since great success. (Kent State).
years of a seven-year, become more preva- “I guess playing The Tigers are tied
$49 million deal. lent, Malzahn was of- against those guys, you for 86th in scoring
The school must pay fensive coordinator in almost get to the point this season, averaging
half of that within 30 2010 when quarterback where you say if you can’t 25.7 points per game.
days. Cam Newton won the beat them you might as They’re 80th in passing
Malzahn went 68-35 Heisman Trophy and led well join them,” Saban at 212.3 yards a game,
in eight seasons and was the Tigers to the nation- said. “I guess that’s why despite having playmak-
39-27 against SEC oppo- al title. He called offen- we’ve changed some of ing receivers like Seth
nents. He led the Tigers sive plays for much of the things we do around Williams and Anthony
to an SEC title in 2013, his tenure, but he strug- here.” Schwartz, along with
his first season, losing gled to develop other Current starter Bo freshman tailback Tank
to Florida State in the passers, including Jar- Nix was a prized recruit See AUBURN, 3B

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senior Zoe
Hansen
signs to play
Despite two wins, MSU is almost a
volleyball at
MUW lock for a bowl game in 2020
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CALEDONIA — Zoe
Hansen was sitting in
French class when she
got the email.
On the first day of her
second semester, the
Caledonia High School
junior opened the mes-
sage and started crying
from happiness.
Hansen had received
an offer to play volley-
ball at Mississippi Uni-
versity for Women, and
she knew she would
take it.
“I love being at home
and just playing a sport
that I love,” Hansen said
Friday morning — near-
ly a year after that mo-
ment — as she signed
her national letter of
intent to play for the
Owls.
Hansen became the
See MUW, 3B

Alabama
cruises into
SEC title
game, Gators
stumble
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Alabama did its part
to set up a Southeastern
Conference champion-
ship game between two
College Football Playoff
contenders.
No. 11 Florida didn’t
hold up its own end,
stumbling to an upset
loss to LSU in a game
settled on dueling long
field goals and a costly
penalty.
Now the unanimous
No. 1-ranked Crimson
Tide (10 -0) confronts a
Florida team trying to
overcome an emotion-
al hangover from that
loss. It dealt a poten-
tially fatal blow to the
Gators’ hopes of mak-
ing the College Football
Playoffs.
“I expect us to have a
great week of practice,
have a lot of energy and
a lot of excitement,”
Florida coach Dan Mul-
len said Sunday. “This
is what you work for, the
opportunity to go play
in this game.
See ALABAMA, 3B
Despite a 2-7 record and a game against Missouri slated for next weekend, all signs point to the Bulldogs playing in a postseason
contest following Mike Leach’s up-and-down first season in Starkville.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARK VILLE — Missis-
sippi State is likely headed
bowling.
Despite a 2-7 record and
a game against Missouri
slated for next weekend, all
signs point to the Bulldogs
playing in a postseason con-
test following Mike Leach’s
up-and-down first season in
Starkville.
Following MSU’s loss to
Auburn on Saturday, Leach
addressed speculation re-
garding a bowl game, noting
he’d be excited about the pros-
pect of doing so but that it re-
mains a day-to-day discussion
as far as where MSU could go
assuming they’re invited.
“It’s kind of a moving tar-
get,” Leach said. “I don’t know
the details on it. I don’t know
that it’s been decided yet with
regards to that. If we have a
chance to play another game,
no matter what form it comes
in, I’d be thrilled to do it be-
cause it’d be a great opportu-
nity for our team to work and
continue to build.”
At present, the South-
eastern Conference’s bowl
picture has become slightly
clearer after LSU announced
it is self-imposing a bowl ban
due to an ongoing NCA A in-
vestigation. With the Tigers
out of the picture, that leaves
nine bowl games plus the Col-
lege Football Playoff and New
Year’s Six games as potential
landing spots for SEC squads.
Assuming things hold
through the final week of the
season, it’s expected Alabama
will make the playoff should
it down Florida in the SEC
championship game Saturday,
while the Gators, Texas A&M
and Georgia should all be in
the running for New Year’s
Six appearances. Presumably,
three of those four teams at
most will end up in the New
Year’s Six and CFP, leaving
nine slots open for the SEC’s
remaining 10 teams, sans
LSU. Presumably winless
Vanderbilt is out on any kind
of bowl trip this year, making
it a virtual lock MSU will ap-
pear in a postseason game.
Given MSU’s spot at the
bottom of the SEC standings
heading into the final week of
the season, MSU’s most likely
destinations are the Liberty
Bowl (Memphis), Gasparilla
Bowl (St. Petersburg, Florida)
and the Birmingham Bowl.
However, Leach’s deep Tex-
as roots that date back to his
time as the head coach at Tex-
as Tech could make the Bull-
dogs a pull in the Texas Bowl
or Armed Forces Bowl, which
are both played in the Lone
Star State.
While the Bulldogs are an
almost guarantee to be select-
ed to a bowl game, it remains
to be seen whether MSU
would actually accept such an
invite. Given the COVID-19
pandemic, consistent testing
and the general stress players
have been under this season
outside the normal realm of
football-related endeavors,
teams like Boston College,
Virginia and Pittsburgh have
all opted to end their seasons
Mississippi State athletics
despite potential postseason
opportunities.
Speaking with reporters
following the Auburn loss
Saturday, both senior line-
backer Erroll Thompson and
junior receiver Austin Wil-
liams voiced that the Bull-
dogs would more than likely
be excited about the prospect
of a bowl game. Leach noted
it would be a chance to make
up for the lost spring given
the extra practices it would
afford.
“We want to play,” Williams
said. “You know, another op-
portunity to get better, de-
velop, grow, prepare guys for
next season, give guys more
film if they want to go to the
(NFL). Whatever it might be,
we want to play. It’s not a ques-
tion. If we’ve got a chance to
roll the ball out, get after it,
I’m all for it.”
“We want to play a bowl
game, of course,” Thomp-
son added. “... We came here
to play football, so why not?
We might as well finish it out
strong.”
2B MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Saints sunken by ‘flat’ half and play call Payton wants back
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
When the Saints
needed 2 yards on
fourth down to extend a
fourth-quarter drive and
potentially take the lead,
coach Sean Payton went
for broke.
Quarterback Taysom
Hill rolled right looking
downfield, far beyond
the short yardage New
Orleans needed. He was
caught from behind by
Eagles defensive end
Josh Sweat, ending what
until then had looked
like a promising posses-
sion across midfield.
“It was more of an ag-
gressive call by me. A
shot play,” Payton said.
“And it’s one of those
where I’ll want that back
relative to the timing in
the game. We had the
momentum.”
After that, the Saints’
momentum was gone.
Soon after, so was their
winning streak, which
ended at nine games.
Also gone was their hold
on the top spot in the
NFC.
It was a stunning re-
sult considering how well
New Orleans had played
since October, and how
much the Eagles had
struggled in losing their
four previous games.
But that failed fourth
down was merely one of
many regrets the Saints
had on Sunday. Payton
said the Saints “were
flat” in a first half in
which they fell into a 17-0
hole that they couldn’t
quite overcome in a 24-
21 loss.
His players agreed.
“We should have
played better in the first
half. And I’ve got to take
some blame for that as a
quarterback,” said Hill,
who fell to 3-1 as a fill-
in starter for the injured
Drew Brees. “This one
does sting a little bit be-
cause we knew what was
at stake and we worked
really hard to put our-
selves in a situation to
be in the driver’s seat
where we could control
our own destiny.”
The anemic first half
for the Saints’ offense
included an interception
on a pass that bounced
off of running back Alvin
Kamara’s hands and a
missed 45-yard field goal
by Wil Lutz
The loss dropped the
Saints (10-3) behind
Green Bay (10-3) by vir-
tue of the fact that the
Packers won their head-
to-head meeting in Week
3, which also happened
to be the last time the
Saints lost before their
trip to Philadelphia in
Week 14.
Now New Orleans
must finish one game
better than Green Bay
during both clubs’ final
three games to earn a
first-round playoff bye –
now given only to the top
seed in each conference
under the NFL’s new 14-
team playoff format.
“The biggest thing is
we didn’t execute early,
so it’s hard to generate
energy. It’s hard to gen-
erate momentum when
you’re not playing well
and that leads to looking
flat,” Saints safety Mal-
colm Jenkins said. “For
us, it’s just homing in on
the details. Make sure
everybody does their
job, not trying to do too
much and then make the
plays that come to you
without forcing. We got
to that later, but obvious-
ly, a little bit too late.
“Obviously frus-
trating, but for us, our
goals are very much still
alive,” Jenkins added.
“It’s really about making
sure that we make the
corrections and show up
better next week.”
They’ll likely need to
be considerably better.
They host defending Su-
per Bowl champion and
current AFC contender
Kansas City next Sun-
day.
Containing Chiefs QB
Patrick Mahomes and
Co. will be a struggle for
the Saints if they look as
uncharacteristically po-
rous and undisciplined
on defense as they did
against Eagles rookie Ja-
len Hurts and Philadel-
phia’s running game.
The Saints had not al-
lowed a 100-yard rusher
in 55 games when they
arrived in Philadelphia.
Then the Eagles had
two. Hurts rushed for
102 yards. Running back
Miles Sanders rushed
for 126 yards, high-
lighted by his 82-yard
touchdown run when
the Saints were trying
to keep their deficit at 10
with less than two min-
utes to go in the half.
“We didn’t play disci-
plined enough football
that first half,” Saints
defensive end Cameron
Jordan said.
“Next week, we have
to tighten up. That first
half we let some big runs
go, something that we
haven’t seen the last cou-
ple years,” Jordan added.
“We dug a hole for our-
selves and that can’t hap-
pen.”

AP Top 25: Coastal breaks into top 10; Alabama still No. 1
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The first top-10 shake-
up in more than a month
pushed Coastal Carolina
to No. 9 in The Associat-
ed Press college football
poll Sunday.
Alabama was a unan-
imous No. 1, followed
by Notre Dame, Ohio
State, Clemson and Tex-
as A&M as those teams
held their spots for a
sixth straight week.
Surprising losses by
Florida and Miami shuf-
fled the rest of the top 10.
No. 6 Cincinnati and No.
7 Indiana each moved up
one spot and No. 8 Iowa
State jumped two.
Then come the un-
beaten Chanticleers
(11-0), the first Sun Belt
Conference team to
crack the AP’s top 10.
Georgia landed at No.
10 ahead of Florida at
11. The Gators dropped
five spots after losing
in bizarre and dramatic
fashion to LSU in the fog
Saturday night.
Miami plummeted 10
spots to No. 19 after get-
ting blown out by North
Carolina. The Tar Heels
moved up four spots to
No. 16.
POLL POINTS
Alabama has been
ranked in 211 consecu-
tive polls, matching Flor-
ida State (1989-2001)
for the second-longest
streak in poll history.
The Crimson Tide will
likely move into second
all by themselves after
the Southeastern Con-
ference championship
game next week. To pass
Nebraska’s record of 348
consecutive poll appear-
ances from 1981-2002,
Alabama will need about
eight more seasons in
the Top 25.
IN-N-OUT
This pandemic-al-
tered season has helped
create some opportuni-
ties for teams that have
not been ranked in a
while — or ever before,
like Coastal Carolina —
to get into the Top 25.
No. 25 San Jose State
is this week’s upstart.
The Spartans improved
to 6 -0 and earned a spot
in the Mountain West
title game for the first
time with a second-half
rally against Nevada on
Friday night.
The last time San Jose
State was ranked was
2012, when the Spartans
moved into the rankings
after the regular season
was complete and fin-
ished No. 21 in the final
poll.
“Love it. Love it, man.
It’s awesome,” fourth-
year coach Brent Bren-
nan to AP Sunday in a
phone interview. “I think
it’s awesome for these
players. I think it’s awe-
some for these player
that can look at how hard
they worked. How they
persevered through all
kinds of challenges.”
This San Jose State
team showed progress
last year, going 5-7 after
winning three games to-
tal in Brennan’s first two
seasons.
The pandemic shut-
down scattered his team
in the spring and local
COVID-19 restrictions
have made the season a
challenge at every turn.
San Jose State had to re-
locate to practice at first
and then to play.
The team and staff
is currently staying at a
hotel in Las Vegas after
playing Nevada at Boyd
Stadium on Friday. The
Spartans will “host” the
Mountain West champi-
onship game against Boi-
se State at Boyd Stadium
on Saturday.
“This is really a neat
thing for our players to
feel that sense of pride
and that sense of ex-
citement, of like, we’ve
worked really hard for
this and we’ve overcome
so much and we’re get-
ting recognition on a
national level,” Brennan
said of the ranking.
Also moving back into
the rankings was No. 24
North Carolina State (8-
3). The Wolfpack com-
pleted their season last
week.
Falling out were Col-
orado, which lost for the
first time this season,
and Wisconsin, which
lost for the third time
and finally got the boot.
CONFERENCE CALL
ACC — 5 (Nos. 2, 4,
16, 19, 24)
SEC — 4 (Nos. 1, 5,
10, 11).
Big Ten — 4 (Nos. 3,
7, 15, 18).
Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 8,
12, 21).
American — 2 (Nos.
6, 20).
Sun Belt — 2 (Nos. 9,
17).
Pac-12 — 1 (No. 13).
MAC — 1 (No. 23).
Mountain West — 1
(No. 25).
Independent — 2
(Nos. 14, 22).
CHAMPIONSHIP
WEEKEND
Nine of the 10 FBS
conference champion-
ship games will feature
at least one ranked team
and six will match Top-
25 teams. Conference
USA is the only one with
no ranked teams.

Hilton, Taylor lead Colts’ rout of Raiders

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS — Frank
Reich found himself reg-
ularly amazed while he
watched everything his
Indianapolis Colts accom-
plished in their first trip to
Sin City.
The coach couldn’t
believe Kenny Moore’s
one-handed, diving end-
zone interception. He also
marveled at the break-
away speed of Jonathan
Taylor, who outran the
Raiders’ entire secondary
on a 62-yard TD sprint.
At the final whistle on
a 44-27 victory Sunday,
Reich was still extremely
impressed with his team
and its potential.
“I believed that we can
be that good, but obvious-
ly this was a big day,” Re-
ich said.
Indianapolis racked up
456 total yards, includ-
ing a whopping 212 on
the ground, in its high-
est-scoring performance
in its three seasons un-
der Reich, and its biggest
since 2014 overall. Their
offensive superlatives
prompted the Raiders to
fire defensive coordinator
Paul Guenther less than
three hours after the final
whistle.
While the Colts (9-4)
haven’t clinched their sec-
ond playoff berth in Re-
ich’s three seasons, they
appear to be in elite form
as they head down the
postseason stretch.
“It’s hard to put up
those numbers in this
league, but we did it to-
day, and we have the per-
sonnel to do that,” Reich
said. “We have the per-
sonnel to be dominant in
the run game and we have
the personnel to be domi-
nant in the pass game.”
T.Y. Hilton caught
two touchdown passes
from Philip Rivers, while
Taylor rushed for a ca-
reer-best 150 yards and
two scores. Rivers passed
for 244 yards as the Colts
scored on seven of their
first eight drives in their
fourth victory in five
games.
“You hope you’re play-
ing your best ball here in
the fourth quarter (of the
season), and that’s what
we’re going to have to do
to give ourselves a chance
in the playoffs here,” Riv-
ers said. “We’re built to
be efficient and dink-and-
dunk it and grind out the
4-yard runs, but there’s no
question what big plays
do for you. It’s huge.”
Safety Khari Willis
clinched the win with a
53-yard interception re-
turn for his first career
touchdown with 5:22 to
play. Indianapolis stayed
securely in one of the
conference’s wild-card
spots and remained atop
the AFC South alongside
Tennessee, which has a
better divisional record
for now.
Derek Carr passed for
316 yards with two touch-
downs and two intercep-
tions for the Raiders (7-
6), who have lost three of
four after a strong start to
their relocation season.
Foster Moreau and
Nelson Agholor made TD
catches in the first half,
but the offense couldn’t
keep up while Indianapo-
lis marched up and down
the field to little resis-
tance. Coach Jon Gruden
addressed the defense’s
woes by firing Guenther,
who had been Gruden’s
defensive coordinator
since he took over the
franchise in Oakland in
2018, even though the
Raiders have another
game Thursday.
“When you need a win
against a team you’re bat-
tling with for a playoff
spot and you don’t get it, it
really rips your heart out,”
Carr said.
Rivers, the longtime
Chargers quarterback,
made his 29th career
start against the Raiders
and beat them for the 19th
time, both the most by
any opponent in Raiders
history.
Rivers isn’t the only
quarterback picking
apart this Raiders defense
down the stretch, howev-
er: Las Vegas has given
up 150 points in its last
four games, with the em-
battled Guenther’s unit
yielding an average of 399
yards per game in that
stretch.
Only a last-second
comeback against the
winless Jets has prevent-
ed Las Vegas from going
0-4 since its 6-3 start to
the season.
“We were in a situation
where we had to score a
touchdown every time we
had the ball, it seemed,”
Gruden said. “You get to
the point where you sec-
ond-guess everything
you’re doing offensively
every time you punt. It’s
tough right now, but you
have to stay confident that
your players are going to
put it together.”
Both offenses started
superbly at new Allegiant
Stadium, where the Raid-
ers are 2-4.
Moreau eluded two
defenders on a 47-yard
catch-and-run TD shortly
before Agholor’s 21-yard
TD reception put the
Raiders up 14-10 early in
the second quarter.
Hilton’s 41-yard TD
catch put Indianapolis
back in front moments
later. A touchdown-saving
tackle by Vegas’ Trayvon
Mullen with 1 second left
in the first half limited the
Colts’ halftime lead to 20-
14.
Taylor surpassed 1,000
yards from scrimmage in
his rookie season in the
third quarter on his long
touchdown run.
“Getting a bit of fresh
air was definitely fulfill-
ing,” Taylor said with a
laugh.
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Mahomes, Chiefs clinch AFC West with 33-27 win over Dolphins
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. —
Patrick Mahomes took a 30 -yard
sack before he got the Kansas
City Chiefs going in the right di-
rection.
The Chiefs overcame a 10 -point
deficit and four turnovers Sunday
to clinch their fifth consecutive
AFC West title by beating Miami
33-27.
Mahomes took the longest
sack in the NFL in five years
and was picked off three times,
homes’ two interceptions.
“We won the Super Bowl here
and just clinched the AFC West
— it seems every time we leave
this stadium we have a hat about
something we accomplished,”
Mahomes said. “The (bad) part,
it seems, is like I have half my in-
terceptions at this stadium.”
With Miami’s loss, the Pitts-
burgh Steelers clinched a playoff
spot.
Tyreek Hill ran through the
Dolphins’ secondary and behind
it, scoring on a 32-yard run and
fense.
Chris Jones sacked the rookie
for a safety for a 30 -10 lead, and
the Chiefs set a team record with
their 10th road win in a row.
“Glad to get the win and get
out of here,” coach Andy Reid
said. “That’s a good football
team.”
Kansas City reached 12 wins
for the third consecutive season,
the longest streak in club histo-
ry, and has the best 13-game re-
cord in franchise history, good
for another division title.

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sixth Caledonia player our area an opportunity,” as far as keeping the ball Drew Pack was voted increases from Monday to Sunday.
in the past five years to the coach said. in play, even putting the young male referee of
join the squad at MUW. Now among them is ball away.” the year. Micah Zellner
Savannah Thomas, Ha- Hansen, who overcame Brooks said Hansen was selected as TOP Soc-
ley McMurphey and technical difficulties to will be a great addition to cer Buddy of the Year.
Cheyenne Ruth all pre- put her name to paper The W’s team and could TOP Soccer is CSO’s
viously played for the Friday: The pen laid out be poised to provide val- adaptive soccer program
Owls, and Camryn John- for her signing refused ue in another sense soon: for players with special
son and Maddy Suggs to write. Hansen is majoring in needs. Buddies work
are currently on the “That’s not good,” education and hopes to with individual players to
team. Hansen observed quiet- coach volleyball at the help them play the game.
Hansen, close with ly. high school level some- Zellner is in his second Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
both Johnson and Suggs Still, the senior man- day. year with TOP Soccer.
during their high school aged to honor the com- “She’ll definitely be an In addition to a certifi-
days at Caledonia, be- mitment she made to asset as a coach as well,” cate, each award winner
gan to realize something her sport since she was Brooks said. was given a $20 gift card
when the duo commit- young. Introduced to vol- Brooks said she plans courtesy of CSO sponsor
ted to play for the Owls: leyball around age 6 or 7 to take her team to watch Dick’s Sporting Goods.
“Maybe this is a good when her sister, Allison Hansen join Johnson and For more information
opportunity for me, too.” Garrett, played for Cale- Suggs on the court next regarding CSO visit:
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to The W,” Hansen said. team and Level Elite. honored individuals who ley aced the third hole
Hansen’s signing so- Brooks said Hansen contributed to its fall rec- on Dec. 5, both Tom Mc-
lidifies a local connec- developed into a player reational soccer season. Murdy and Greg Noland
tion that has been in with great court sense Jason Spears was voted did the same within an
place ever since MUW who understands the male recreational coach hour of each other on
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coach Samantha Brooks, set for herself,” Brooks daughter coaching team Sonny Miles, George
who played for the Owls said. “She’s helped our of Aven and Ashley Mat- Geer and Chuck Putt. ACROSS
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field goal with 23 seconds re- quarterback. Saban, in understated fashion, 29 Asp or adder
30 Some cars 3 “Not — dare!” Planet
maining amid a dense fog. Flor- Kyle Trask, who had three on the Gators: “They’ve certain-
32 Sink problem 4 Mustache type 25 Tom Joad, for
ida’s Marco Wilson was flagged turnovers in the second quarter ly made their share of explosive
33 Drives back 5 Harmon of TV one
for throwing tight end Kole Tay- against LSU, directs the nation’s plays this year, that’s for sure.”
lor’s shoe down the field after 35 Decline 6 Soup veggies 26 Workout
top passing offense. Mac Jones But now the Gators and Wilson
what would have been a big third- and Alabama have the No. 6 pass- 38 Lawyer’s job 7 S&L offering count
have to regroup and repair their 8 Scout’s base 28 Words on a
down stop. ing team. psyches after their second three-
39 Steer clear
Florida still had a chance to The Tide is third in scoring 41 In the know 9 Words of penny
point loss of the season. Mullen understanding 31 Relaxing
tie, but Evan McPherson’s 51- and the Gators 12th. 45 Two-dot
said there was plenty of blame to 10 Exam resort
yard field goal attempt went wide It’s a reprisal of the 2008 and character
go around besides Wilson’s lapse 16 Series-ending 34 Grammar
left on the final play. 2009 Florida-Alabama title games 46 Letter after
in judgment. abbr. topic
Alabama had no such drama in that featured 1 versus 2 match- beta
“That’s certainly not the rea- 18 P.M. times: 35 Religious
polishing off the regular season ups. The teams split them, with 47 Online mes-
with a 52-3 romp over Arkansas Florida winning 31-20 and then son we lost the game,” he said. sage Abbr. group
to remain on track for a certain Alabama getting even, 32-13. “There were many, many factors 48 Live 19 Factual 36 State frankly
playoff berth with a win — and Each time the winner went on that went into that.” DOWN 20 Grazing 37 Strong wind
maybe even a competitive loss. to win the national title. Those Both teams are hoping to get 1 Play division group 40 Buck’s mate
“I feared that our players might scores seem like defensive strug- injured players back. Florida star 2 Near the 21 Wick’s sur- 42 French friend
be looking forward to the SEC gles given how explosive both of- tight end Kyle Pitts missed the ground rounder 43 Apt. ad abbr.
Championship game in terms fenses are. LSU game with an undisclosed 24 The Red 44 Have lunch
of playing up at Arkansas,” Tide “Obviously they’ve got talent at injury.
coach Nick Saban said. “I was re- every position all over the field,” “Talking to our trainers, they
ally pleased that ... we didn’t start Mullen said. “There aren’t a lot of expect him to be cleared to play
out great, but we played pretty weaknesses in any aspect of their this week,” Mullen said.
well in the game. game. Obviously, they can put up Saban is hoping that lineback-
“I think it’s a challenge for any a lot of points offensively. They er Christian Harris can return
coach with any team when you’re can do it in their running game. from a shoulder injury.

Auburn
Continued from Page 1B
Bigsby and a second-year starter
in Nix.
Besides the South Carolina
loss, Auburn wilted against No.
10 Georgia (27-6), No. 1 Alabama
(42-13) and No. 5 Texas A&M (31-
20).
Malzahn started his tenure in
impressive fashion, leading the
Tigers to a turnaround from 3-9
in Gene Chizik’s final year to 12-2
in 2013. But they lost at least four
games in each of his remaining
seven seasons, despite making it
to the SEC championship game in
2017 after knocking off No. 1 Ala-
bama in the Iron Bowl.
Malzahn was already pointing
to next season after the loss to
Texas A&M.
“We’re not happy with a six-
win season,” he said the next
day, Dec. 6. “But under the cir-
cumstances of being an inexperi-
enced team, having a couple inju-
ries, not having a nonconference
schedule — which, in the past,
we’ve been very good in noncon-
ference. But make no mistake,
our goal is to win championships.
“I will say this: I’m extremely
excited about next year.”
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Rodgers-led Packers beat Lions 31-24, clinch NFC North
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DETROIT — Aaron
Rodgers has played for
the NFC championship
four times without having
his cleats in the turf at
Lambeau Field once.
He hopes to change
that fact next month.
Rodgers ran for a tie-
breaking score in the
third quarter and threw
three touchdown pass-
es, lifting the Green Bay
Packers to a 31-24 win over
the Detroit Lions to clinch
the NFC North title.
The Packers (10-3) also
moved into the top spot in
the NFC. That gives them
a shot to have home-field
advantage on a potential
path to the conference’s
only bye in the NFL’s pan-
demic-altered postseason
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format — and maybe to
the Super Bowl.
“To have the whole
thing come through
Green Bay is something
we’ve talked about for a
long time,” Rodgers said.
“That would definitely
be in our favor with the
weather that we have in
Green Bay.
“That’s definitely in
play now.”
The New Orleans
Saints lost to Philadelphia
to fall back into a tie with
Green Bay atop the NFC,
and they would lose a po-
tential tiebreaker because
they lost to the Packers
earlier this season. Green
Bay repeated as division
champion with its win and
Minnesota’s loss to Tampa
Bay earlier in the day.
The Lions (5-8) lost
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Matthew Stafford in the
fourth quarter with a rib
injury, but their latest set-
back was tied to their in-
ability to stop Rodgers.
The two-time MVP
and one-time Super Bowl
champion completed his
first eight passes for 119
yards and two scores.
Rodgers finished 26 of 33
for 290 yards, three TDs
and did not throw an inter-
ception for a third straight
game.
“He should be the
front-runner for the MVP,”
Green Bay coach Matt La-
Fleur said.
Rodgers ran 6 yards
untouched to put the Pack-
ers ahead 21-14 for his
30th career rushing TD to
break Tobin Rote’s team
record for a quarterback.
Green Bay receiver Da-
vante Adams also broke a
franchise record.
He extended his touch-
down reception streak to
eight games, turning a
short pass from Rodgers
into a 56-yard touchdown
to pull into a 7-7 tie in the
first quarter. Adams broke
the franchise record set
by Hall of Famer Don
Hutson, who had a pair
of seven-game streaks in
the 1940s. He finished
with seven catches for 115
yards.
“He’s such a difference
maker and commands so
much respect and dic-
tates coverage,” Rodgers
said.
Rodgers also threw a
14-yard TD pass to Mar-
quez Valdes-Scantling’s
back shoulder to put the
Packers ahead 14-7 in the
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I have been
married to my
husband 25 years
as of today. (We’ve
been a couple
for 32 years.)
He has done
absolutely nothing
to commemorate
this. I reminded
him months ago to
save for something
because it was
very important to
me. My friends
would have happily Dear Abby
helped him do
something.
Every year it’s the same old
nothing. He asked me to remind
him and I did, but it made no
difference. Same with my birth-
day. Yes, we have been in better
positions financially than now.
But if something was important
to him, he always saved for it. I
have money put away we could
have used, and he knew this. Yet
nothing.
The only time he shows me
any kind of emotion or love/sex is diapers. However, her urine really
when he’s drunk. But he swears
he loves me. I don’t suspect
cheating. He doesn’t care what
he looks like when we go places.
I always try to look my best.
I’m at the end of my rope.
This 25th anniversary really hurt
me. He said we’ll do something
when he can. I can’t take it
anymore. I feel worthy of nothing,
like I don’t matter. What do I do?
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
14). You’ll uplift those you love.
Ironically, it’s the thankless
jobs that produce the treasures
of your life. Acting from the
core of your character, you’re
repaid in a currency beyond
worldly significance. You grow in
power and wisdom, but you’re
not above enjoying the many
frivolous delights that spice up
your days. Gemini and Capricorn
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 16, 39, 4, 31 and 12.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
To you, seeing someone you
love mess up or experience
loss or pain is far worse than
experiencing those things your-
self. And yet, when you think
about it, you wouldn’t trade
the lessons you’ve learned for
opening minute of the
second quarter. Tight end
Robert Tonyan made his
ninth TD reception early
in the fourth quarter.
Stafford went toward
the team’s locker room
in the fourth period, re-
turned to the field to
throw some passes, then
retreated out of view
again. Lions interim
coach Darrell Bevell said
it was too early to know
how significant Stafford’s
injury was, adding the
team would know more
Monday after X-rays.
“He’s one of the tough-
est kids in this league,”
Bevell said.
Stafford was 24 of 34
for 244 yards with a 1-yard
TD pass to T.J. Hocken-
son to cap the opening
drive.
— ANNIVERSARY
SADNESS
DEAR ANNI-
VERSARY SAD-
NESS: If the only
time your husband
shows you any
kind of affection-
ate attention is
when he is drunk,
you have bigger
problems than
the fact that he
“forgets” special
occasions. Is this
the way you want
to spend the next
25 years of your
life?
Receiving gifts does not
make a person “worthy.” You
need to work on your level of
self-esteem. As expensive as a
celebration might have been, a
gift you could both benefit from
would be couples counseling.
DEAR ABBY: I have a wonder-
ful mother-in-law who recently
turned 92. For the past five or so
years, she has struggled with uri-
nary incontinence and uses adult
stinks. I don’t think she changes
her diaper often enough, and the
smell is really strong throughout
the day. I’m also afraid that by
not changing often enough, she
may get an infection.
Her children refuse to discuss
the issue with her, so nothing
is being done to change the
situation. I find myself distancing
from her since I can’t stand the
anything.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Good-fortune move: Drum up
gratitude for the unchanging
pillars of your current day to day.
Like statues you can visit any
time, under varying weather and
light, they remain, faces fixed
on the same horizon.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
It is not selfish to focus on your
own satisfaction. It is also not
easily accomplished, as real
satisfaction is highly personal
and takes introspection and
work to accomplish -- all well
worth the effort.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
They were doing the best they
could when they made those
mistakes that harshly affected
you. Turn a soft heart and a kind
Chase Daniel re-
placed Stafford and led
a drive that ended with
Matt Prater’s 32-yard
field goal with 1:49 left
to pull the Lions within
seven points. The Lions’
comeback hopes were
dashed when the ensu-
ing onside kick didn’t
go 10 yards and Rodgers
completed a pass to con-
vert a third down on his
final possession.
Rodgers directed a 14-
play, 8:49 possession and
took advantage of penal-
ties to open the second
half and his 6 -yard run
gave Green Bay a 21-14
lead. The Packers ran
21 plays in the third pe-
riod for 143 yards, while
the Lions had just three
snaps on offense and
gained just 4 yards.
smell. I have researched the
topic, and I don’t think there’s
anything that can be done to
address the incontinence issue
due to her age and other medical
issues. However, I think if she
drank more fluids so her urine
wouldn’t be so concentrated, the
smell wouldn’t be so bad. I have
talked to her about drinking more
water for other reasons, but she
doesn’t want to because then
she would need to urinate more.
I really love my MIL, but I
can’t stand to be near her. I feel
like I’m only the daughter-in-law
and that any discussions should
come from her children, but they
don’t want to bring it up with her.
What can be done? — KEEPING
MY DISTANCE
DEAR KEEPING: Has your
mother-in-law seen a urologist
and been told nothing can be
done about her incontinence
problem, or is she so embar-
rassed she hasn’t seen one?
Because her children refuse to
discuss this with their mother,
the ball is in your court. Please
talk to her and urge her to see
a doctor. Because when people
age their sense of smell can
diminish, she may not be aware
that she has the problem you’re
describing.
She does need to drink more
water and change her diaper
more often than she’s doing. Her
mental and physical health could
depend upon it. But she also
needs to see a urologist.
eye their way, and then welcome
the divine fuel injection that will
power your next act of grace.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Feel-
ings of grandeur (which all are
sometimes prone to) can inspire
fantasy, provide momentary
escape and point the way to
your next move. Even so, they
are best indulged briefly, kept
private and then brought down
to Earth.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
You fear that, were you to give
in to an attraction, you’d be off
track with your agenda. These
two parts of you, the attracted
and the task master, needn’t
be at war. Brainstorm. There’s a
way to integrate them.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
There is a difference between
retreating to hide out and re-
treating to regroup. You are not
afraid of what’s going on, but
you need time to process it and
come up with a plan.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
You’ll deal with a complicated
situation. You haven’t struck
the answer yet, but you will.
Keep trying to put yourself in
the shoes of different people
involved. This one will unravel
with patience and empathy.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Surround yourself with the
sacred and the day takes on a
hallowed tone. It’s worth dipping
into, but don’t be surprised if
you have a low tolerance for the
gravity. When it’s time, let the
pendulum swing, guilt-free into
stupidity.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Though you are a single
individual, you play a role in the
trajectory of human evolution.
Advances will occur, as they
always have — sporadically
at first, with individuals at the
forefront. Why not you?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Reaffirm that you are your
own authority. It will clarify and
quiet your inner conversation
— no more wondering whom to
follow — and will eliminate the
outside competition for your
attention and allegiance.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Sunshine and exercise,
more water, less worry: It’s easy
to say, harder to remember to
do. Consider this your reminder.
You are important. People need
you to be the best you can be.
Rhythm and blues
SOLUTION:
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE
On July 19, 2013, JOHNNY
TYLER and wife, IDA MAE
TYLER, Grantors, executed and
delivered to George M. Vaughn,
Trustee, for the use and bene-
fit of PATRICIA HANKINS HOLLI-
MAN (incorrectly identified as
Patricia Holliman Hankins in
the deed of trust), a deed of
trust covering the property de-
scribed herein which is recor-
ded in Mortgage Book 2013 at
Page 20654 in the land re-
cords of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi.
There was a default in the pay-
ment of the indebtedness se-
cured by the deed of trust, and
the owner and holder of the
deed of trust requested the un-
dersigned to foreclose the
deed of trust and sell the prop-
erty described herein for collec-
tion of the indebtedness se-
cured and other allowed ex-
penses.
On February 17, 2020, Patricia
H. Holliman passed away. Her
estate has been probated in
the Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, as Cause
No. 2020-0038-JNS, and Gene
Douglas Holliman, Jr. and Dar-
ren Lee Holliman were named
as Co-Executors.
The owner and holder of the
deed of trust appointed the un-
dersigned ELIZABETH F. JONES
as the substituted trustee by
instrument dated October 16,
2020, recorded in Mortgage
Book 2020 at page 27017 of
the land records of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, prior to
the posting and first publica-
tion of the Notice of Foreclos-
ure Sale.
On October 16, 2020, the Es-
tate of Patricia H. Holliman, De-
ceased, assigned its interest in
the aforementioned Deed of
Trust to Gene Douglas Holli-
man, Jr., Denise Holliman Gat-
lin, Dolores Holliman Davis,
Donna Holliman Vaughn, and
Darren Lee Holliman, said As-
signment being recorded in
Mortgage Book 2020 at Page
27019, in the land records of
the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
Notice is given that I will on the
22nd day of December, 2020,
within the legal hours (between
11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), of-
fer for sale and will sell at pub-
lic auction to the highest and
best bidder for cash, at the
eastern front door of the
Lowndes County Courthouse in
Columbus, Mississippi, the
property described herein
which is situated in Lowndes
County, Mississippi, and more
particularly described as fol-
lows:
A tract of land being situated in
the Northeast Quarter of Sec-
tion 33, Township 17 South,
Range 17 West, Lowndes
County, Mississippi and more
particularly described as fol-
lows:
Commencing at the point mark-
ing the Northeast corner of
said Section 33; run thence
North 87 degrees 52 minutes
West a distance of 1324.7 feet
to an iron pin; run thence
South 41 degrees 39 minutes
West a distance of 418.2 feet
to the point of beginning of the
herein described tract:
Continue thence South 41 de-
grees 39 minutes West a dis-
tance of 315.1 feet to a point;
run thence North 36 degrees
32 minutes West a distance of
136.5 feet to a point; run
thence North 46 degrees 28
minutes West a distance of
170.9 feet to a point on the
East right-of-way of Blaylock
Road; run thence North 44 de-
grees 02 minutes East along
said East right-of-way, a dis-
tance of 247.7 feet to an iron
pin; continue thence along said
East right-of-way North 42 de-
grees 04 minutes East a dis-
tance of 33.9 feet to a point;
run thence South 48 degrees
21 minutes East a distance of
293.8 feet to the point of be-
ginning and containing 2.0
acres, more or less.
Title to the property is believed
to be good, but I will sell only
such title as is vested in me.
Witness my signature on this
the 19th day of November,
2020.
/s/ Elizabeth F. Jones
ELIZABETH F. JONES, Trustee
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Mobile Homes for Sale
3 France
2019 Clayton Mobile Home
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4 “S-Town”
Attached front porch with
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