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Supes remain divided, confused

over LCIDA’s annual funding request
IDA president: ‘I thought it was a done deal’ with LCIDA over the past few
months, however, some super-
the supervisors and each serve
a two-year term.
expenses. For Fiscal Year 2021,
LCIDA asked for $1.3 million but
BY YUE STELLA YU ness and maintain the Lowndes visors said they are still con- The LINK, which has a sepa- was only budgeted for $285,000.
syu@cdispatch.com County Industrial Park near the fused about the obligations laid rate contract with the county to Under the agreement, which
Golden Triangle Regional Air- out in the draft agreement and lead overall industrial develop- was unanimously approved by
L o w n d e s concerned about committing ment efforts, is hired by LCIDA LCIDA board members Oct.
port.
County Board funds without knowing where to manage its day-to-day opera-
The agreement aims to pro- 15, the group would still receive
of Supervisors the need is. tions, Higgins said. LCIDA also
vide steady annual funding for funds from the county to pay
further delayed Formed under the state law holds its board meetings at the
actions Monday LCIDA to cover its operational its debts, but would instead re-
decades ago, LCIDA primarily LINK’s office.
on an agreement costs, such as expensive water oversees the businesses at the The county serves as a pri- ceive a mill’s value — however
that would set up tank maintenance and infra- Industrial Park and maintains mary source of funding and is much a mill generates — from
an annual funding structure building, said Golden the properties on site, LCIDA responsible for all the debts the the county to cover its opera-
stream toward Higgins Triangle LINK CEO Joe Max Board President Thomas Lee agency accrues, Lee said. His- tional expenses. Mills are used
the county’s Industrial Develop- Higgins, who helps manage previously told The Dispatch. torically, the county has allocat- to calculate property taxes, and
ment Authority (LCIDA), which LCIDA’s business. The agency is governed by sev- ed revenue from its general fund one mill equals $1 of property
helps the county recruit busi- Despite several meetings en board members appointed by to cover LCIDA’s operational See SUPES, 3A

Warming TREE LIGHTING GONE VIRTUAL

Center will
not open
due to COVID
concerns
Lowndes organizations
working to find
alternatives for
vulnerable people
needing shelter from
freezing temps
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com

A Monday after-
noon phone call to
Columbus Mayor
Robert Smith con- Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
firmed what Glenda Fred Kinder, dressed as Buddy the Elf, interviews Edwina Williams, dressed as Mrs. Claus, and Sidney Runnels, dressed as
Richardson had al- Santa Claus, during the annual Christmas tree lighting at the Columbus Riverwalk downtown Monday night. Event organizers
ready suspected: The from Main Street Columbus encouraged children to submit questions for Santa online, which Kinder then read aloud for Wil-
city’s warming cen- liams and Reynolds to answer.
ter will not be open Richardson
this winter because of the threat of
COVID-19.
“We just don’t believe it’s a good

Cities discourage large groups in

idea to open the warming center,”
See WARMING CENTER, 6A

social events, holiday shopping season

Starkville Christmas parades canceled in all three Golden Triangle cities Other events, such as
the annual Wassail Fest and
annexation BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
and West Point have all can-
celed their annual Christ-
all of our events, (and) if we
could not have them in our
Christmas parade, have been
replaced with events that will

hearings underway All three cit-

ies in the Gold-
mas parades. Other events,
such as Columbus’ tree
normal fashion, then we al-
tered them to make them
involve less face-to-face in-
teraction, Bigelow said.
On Friday, Main Street will
in chancery court
lighting (held Monday) and work safely for the commu-
en Triangle Starkville’s Holiday Bazaar, nity and for everybody who host “Grinch Fest” instead of
are discourag- will go on with safety restric- participates.” Wassail Fest to encourage
BY TESS VRBIN ing residents tions in place, city leaders Monday evening’s annu- shopping among downtown
tvrbin@cdispatch.com from gather- said. al lighting of the Christmas businesses. Instead of busi-
ing in large “We did not want to can- tree, which saw Columbus nesses making and giving
Oktibbeha County residents op- groups due to cel any of our events for the Mayor Robert Smith and of- away their own wassail, as
Bigelow
posed to Starkville’s effort to annex the ongoing holidays,” Main Street Co- ficials from Main Street Co- typically happens at the
land east of the city have the oppor- COVID-19 pandemic — in- lumbus Executive Director lumbus light a magnolia tree event, Main Street officials
tunity this week in chancery court cluding by canceling annu- Barbara Bigelow said. “A lot at the Columbus Riverwalk, are encouraging shoppers to
to challenge the officials spearhead- al holiday events or adapt- of events have been canceled was streamed online so res- dress in costumes and shop
ing the effort. ing them to go on without and we really ... wanted to idents could participate with- downtown. The event will
Mayor Lynn Spruill, Ward 2 Al- crowds. give the community some- out actually attending the include a costume contest,
See ANNEXATION, 3A Columbus, Starkville thing to do. So we’ve taken event. See EVENTS, 6A

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

Luna Frauedienst
Third grade, Annunciation
1 What First Daughter wrote the 2017 chil- Today MEETINGS
dren’s book “She Persisted”? Today: Columbus
■ “Deck the Halls”: Lowndes
2 In 2016, what New York museum displayed City Council, 5
County Master Gardeners host
a cast of a Titanosaur, which was 122 feet p.m., Municipal
long and stuck out the entrance of an exhibit a Christmas decorating seminar
Complex, facebook.
room? at 10 a.m. via Zoom. (Members
com/CityofColum-
3 What doughnut franchise did Shaquille may sign up to attend in person
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receive a link. 662-328-2111.
Chilly and sunny
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a then-Guinness Record for most selfies in facebook.com/
Full forecast on
page 3A.
three minutes, in 2016?
Answers, 5B
Wednesday LowndesCounty-
and Thursday Mississippi/
■ Holiday Bazaar: Shop for Dec. 15: Colum-
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Trump headed to Georgia as

turnout driver, but also a threat
‘The president has basically taken hostage this race’
Brendan Buck, once a top adviser to former House Speaker Paul Ryan
BY BILL BARROW
AND ALAN FRAM
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Some establish-
ment Republicans are sounding
alarms that President Donald
Trump’s conspiratorial denials of
his own defeat could threaten the
party’s ability to win a Senate major-
ity and counter President-elect Joe
Biden’s administration.
The concerns come ahead of
Trump’s planned Saturday visit to
Georgia to campaign alongside
Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loef-
fler, who face strong Democratic
challengers in Jan. 5 runoffs that will
determine which party controls the
Senate at the outset of Biden’s pres-
idency.
Republicans acknowledge Trump
as the GOP’s biggest turnout driver,
including in Georgia, where Biden
won by fewer than 13,000 votes out
of about 5 million cast. That means
every bit of enthusiasm from one
of Trump’s signature rallies could
matter. But some Republicans worry
Trump will use the platform to am-
plify his baseless allegations of wide-
spread voter fraud — arguments
roundly rejected in state and feder-
al courts across the country. That
could make it harder for Perdue and
Loeffler to keep a clear focus on the
stakes in January and could even
discourage Republicans from voting.
“The president has basically tak-
en hostage this race,” said Brendan
Buck, once a top adviser to former
House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Especially fraught are Trump’s
continued attacks on Georgia’s
Republican state officials and the
state’s election system, potentially
taking away from his public praise of
Loeffler and Perdue.
“Trump’s comments are damag-
ing the Republican brand,” argued
Republican donor Dan Eberhart,
who added that the president is “act-
ing in bad sportsmanship and bad
faith” instead of emphasizing Re-
publicans’ need to maintain Senate
control.
The GOP needs one more seat
for a majority. Democrats need Jon
Ossoff to defeat Perdue and Raphael
Warnock to defeat Loeffler to force a
50-50 Senate, positioning Vice Pres-
ident-elect Kamala Harris as the
tie-breaking majority vote.
Trump on Monday blasted Gov.
Brian Kemp as “hapless” for not in-
tervening to “overrule” Secretary
of State Brad Raffensperger’s cer-
tification of Biden’s win. A day ear-
lier, Trump told Fox News he was
“ashamed” he’d endorsed Kemp in
his 2018 GOP primary for governor.

Top secret: Biden gets access to President’s Daily Brief

BY DEB RIECHMANN
AND ZEKE MILLER
The Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del.
— Joe Biden has had
his first look as presi-
dent-elect at the Presi-
dent’s Daily Brief, a top
secret summary of U.S.
intelligence and world
events — a document for-
mer first lady Michelle
Obama has called “The
Death, Destruction, and
Horrible Things Book.”
Biden has already
had eyes on different it-
erations of the so-called
PDB, which is tailored to
the way each president
likes to absorb informa-
tion.
More than a decade
ago, Biden read President
George W. Bush’s PDB
during Biden’s transition
into the vice presidency.
After that, he read Pres-
ident Barack Obama’s
PDB for eight years. Be-
ginning Monday, after
a four-year break, he’s
reading President Donald
Trump’s PDB.
“The briefers almost
certainly will be asking
Biden what he prefers
in terms of format and
style,” said David Priess,
author of “The Presi-
dent’s Book of Secrets,” a
history of the PDB. “At a
minimum, they’re seeing
what seems to resonate
most with him so that
when they make the book
his book, they can tailor it
to him.”

Trump science adviser Scott Atlas leaving White House

BY ZEKE MILLER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Dr.
Scott Atlas, a science ad-
viser to President Donald
Trump who was skeptical
of measures to control the
coronavirus outbreak, is
leaving his White House
post.
A White House offi-
cial confirmed that the
Stanford University neu-
roradiologist, who had
no formal experience in
public health or infectious
diseases, resigned at the
end of his temporary gov-
ernment assignment. At-
las confirmed the news in
a Monday evening tweet.
Atlas joined the White
House this summer,
where he clashed with top
government scientists,
including Dr. Anthony
Fauci and Dr. Deborah
Birx, as he resisted stron-
ger efforts to contain
the COVID-19 pandemic
that has killed more than
267,000 Americans.
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Supes
Continued from Page 1A
tax levied on $1,000 worth
of assessed value. Lown-
des’ mill value this year is
$750,000.
Supervisors would
also need to give LCIDA
a “three-year notice” if
they wish to terminate
the otherwise permanent
agreement. If the super-
visors gave the notice on
Aug. 1, 2021, the agree-
ment would expire Sept.
30, 2024.
Under state law, how-
ever, supervisors cannot
enter into a contract that
would outlive their term,
which ends Dec. 31, 2023,
supervisors’ attorney Tim
Hudson told The Dispatch.
For that reason, District 5
Supervisor Leroy Brooks
— who has advocated for
the agree-
ment — pro-
posed Mon-
day to allow
the agree-
ment to only
last through
their term.
However, Brooks
Brooks later
withdrew
his motion
and asked
for further
clarifica-
tion on the
matter after
Sanders said Sanders
several LCI-
DA board members sug-
gested to him they did not
need the funding. Sanders
later told The Dispatch he
spoke to two of them.
“I’ve talked to a couple
of board members at LCI-
DA. They indicated they
really don’t need the mon-
ey. They’ve got the mon-
ey,” Sanders said during
the meeting.
Lee said that comment,
along with the lack of ac-
tions at Monday’s meet-
ing, came as a surprise to
him. He said he does not
think any board member
would think LCIDA does
not need the money.
“I thought it was a done
deal,” Lee said.
Higgins said LCIDA
will have a special-call
meeting next Monday
morning at the LINK,
where he will ask each
board member if they
told Sanders the funds
are unnecessary. LCIDA
board members will then
discuss how to proceed,
he said.
More than enough?
Supervisors President
Trip Hairston told The
Dispatch he does not feel
comfortable designating
one mill without knowing
if the agency needs it.
“As a taxpayer, I’m not
sure that’s the best use
of funds,”
he said. “If
they need
something,
we are more
than happy
to consider
that and do
that. To just Hairston
dedicate a
mill for three years run-
ning may be somewhat an
issue.”
Sanders said he is not
against economic devel-
opment, but allocating
the money would create
a slippery slope where
every county department
may come for designated
revenue.
“The Port Authority
might come and ask us
for a contract. Then the li-
brary is going to ask us for
a contract to guarantee
millage,” he said. “Then
the (E-911 department)
comes to ask for it.”
Sanders said he also
has not seen a proposal
from LCIDA on how the
agency would use the
property tax revenue if
allocated. LCIDA also has
$3 million in the bank,
Sanders said, which he
deems a rich cash bal-
ance.
“LCIDA hasn’t given us
any indication what they
need the money for,” he
said.
But LCIDA has had
several meetings with
supervisors explaining
why they need the mon-
ey, Higgins said. Roughly
$1.3 million of the cash re-
serve is untouchable as re-
quired by the Rural Devel-
opment Authority, which
loans the agency money,
he said, and the rest of the
money can be easily spent
on expensive repairs.
“In September, Harry
Sanders and his compa-
dres, all five of them at-
tended an (LCIDA) meet-
ing,” Higgins said. “We
went over an in-depth re-
port about what we want-
ed to do, why we needed
the resources and all that
stuff. So the fact that Har-
ry said he’s never seen
(a proposal) — that’s not
true.”
Lee said the agency
needs a healthy reserve
to expand the Industrial
Park and build up infra-
structure before indus-
tries move in.
“We were able to get
(the current industries)
because we had things
ready when the compa- he said he does not think Local psychiatrist Ray-
nies were ready to go,” he his comments did more mond Overstreet also
said. “No company’s just damage than Higgins did. condemned Sanders’
going to come out here “You can’t name one remarks at the Monday
and just buy all the land single industry that hasn’t meeting and the election
and wait till you build the come here or won’t look of Hairston as board pres-
infrastructure.” at us because of any ident. Hairston, who is
comments I’ve made. white, was elected board
Broken relationship No, I don’t think it’s hurt president in October 3-2
Higgins said he thinks a thing,” Sanders said. along racial lines.
Sanders’ opposition on “(What hurts business- “The message was
the LCIDA deal is largely es) is the folks getting clear. This board still
out there petitioning and votes along racial lines,”
because of the backlash
hollering and screaming Overstreet said. “It indi-
of his racist comments in
June, where Sanders said on a megaphone, ‘Harry, cated there’s no openness
to a Dispatch reporter on resign.’... The comments to change.”
the record that the Black I’ve made? No. It’s the re- In other businesses,
community remained “de- action that Leroy Brooks the county accepted its
pendent” since slavery and the rabble rousers Fiscal Year 2019 audit,
ended and failed to “as- like that are doing.” which was conducted by
similate” into American Sanders’ comments Columbus-based T.E.
society. Higgins and the have drawn multiple pro- Lott. The clean audit
LINK, along with almost tests both outside and yielded no findings, ac-
150 local business own- inside the courthouse. cording to the document.
ers, condemned Sanders’
comments.
“At the end of the
day, that’s the problem.
The comments he made
… and the subsequent
things that happened af-
ter that, and the business
community calling for
his resignation,” Higgins
said. “The names that are
on that list are some of the
business industry’s major
captains of this communi-
ty. How do you get back?
Well, you just don’t fund.
“What has happened
over the last three (super-
visors) meetings is eco-
nomic development has
been a political football,”
he added. “It’s going to be
to Lowndes County’s det-
riment, but it’s going to be
to Clay County and Oktib-
beha’s benefit.”
Sanders said he thinks
his comments obviously
affected his relationship
with Higgins. However,

Annexation
Continued from Page 1A
derman Sandra Sistrunk
and City Clerk Lesa Har-
din faced questions Mon-
day about their goals and
the financial feasibility
of the endeavor from the
group against annexation
— which citizen Dwight
Prisock said has shrunk
from 30 to about eight
over the past year.
“I think that you plan
for the future, and I think
our growth
will be to-
ward the
industrial
area to the
east of us,”
Sistrunk
said when
asked why Sistrunk
the city
wants to annex the land
along the Highway 82 and
Highway 182 corridors out
to Clayton Village and in
the University Hills area
on the east side of Missis-
sippi State University.
The hearing will con-
tinue throughout the
week, and further in
January and February if
Chancery Judge Joseph
Studdard does not decide
before then whether the
annexation ordinance,
drawn up in 2019, will go
forward. The ordinance
will take effect 10 days af-
ter approval.
The board of alder-
men voted 3-3 in August
2019 — Ward 3 Alderman
David Little was absent
— on whether to move
forward with annexation,
and Spruill broke the tie
to vote in favor.
Sistrunk, Ward 4’s Ja-
son Walker and Ward 5’s
Hamp Beatty supported
the annexation plan, while
Ben Carver of Ward 1, Roy
A. Perkins of Ward 6 and
Henry Vaughn of Ward 7
opposed.
When the annexation
study process began in
the fall of 2017, the city set
out with the hope of bring-
ing Mississippi State Uni-
versity into Starkville’s
city limits and pushing
the population to more
than 30,000 people. MSU
declined to be a part of the
annexation, and aldermen
cut the original, larger an-
nexation area to one that’s
much smaller for the sake
of agreement, Sistrunk
said.
The city officials in-
sisted that annexation is a
financially sound maneu-
ver. Prisock disagreed and
said the city will have to
pay a combined $5 million
for road improvements
and water line expansion,
plus about $200,000 per
year in bond repayments.
Most of the citizens
against annexation have
property in the proposed
annexation area (PAA),
and some are low-income
residents, Prisock told
The Dispatch.
“Several people out
there don’t have the mon-
ey to comply with code
enforcement or building
codes,” he said.
It is too early to know
how the PAA will fit into
the city’s existing ward
map, since data from this
year’s U.S. Census will
require the city to redraw
ward boundaries in ac-
cordance with population
changes, Sistrunk said.
Additionally, the entire
board of aldermen is up
for election in April 2021.
“We don’t want to end
up with some gerryman-
dered product,” Sistrunk
said. “We want to keep
groups in a logical collec-
tion.”
Prisock asked why the
city wants to bring in an
area that is already mostly
developed. Sistrunk said
redevelopment is a nor-
mal occurrence in cities
and the area should ex-
pect more growth.
“I think when you have
that orderly development,
businesses will be attract-
ed to areas where they
know there will be other
businesses,” Sistrunk
said. “If you don’t know
what’s going to be adja-
cent to you, you’re more
reluctant to invest in a
property.”
Prisock asked her if
she is aware of support
for annexation from resi-
dents within the PAA, and
Sistrunk said she would
prefer there to be more.
“I know people outside
the PAA who wish they Tell your child a bedtime story.
were in it,” she said.

AROUND THE STATE

11 hurt, none killed, in shooting
at Mississippi biker bar
GRENADA — Eleven people were
hurt in a shooting at a Mississippi bar
early Sunday, authorities said.
No one was killed in the shooting
around 1:30 a.m. at the SMS Biker Club
on state Highway 8 in Grenada, acting
Grenada Police Chief George Douglas
told media outlets.
Several of the wounded were treated
and released from the hospital, Douglas
said.
Investigators think more people may
have been hurt but haven’t sought medi-
cal attention, authorities said.
Police found stolen property and guns
Rashaud Fairley, 22, and Charles John-
son, 34, died at the scene around 5:15
a.m. Saturday, Harrison County Deputy
Coroner Whitney Valles told media out-
lets.
The original call to police was about a
car crash in a residential neighborhood in
Gulfport, authorities said.
Police are investigating the killings
as a double homicide, but did not release
additional information. No arrests have
been made.
Mississippi inmate dies after being
hospitalized since June
JACKSON — The state Department of SOLUNAR TABLE
Corrections said Monday that a 75-year-
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.

inside the club when they responded to old inmate has died in the hospital of the Major
Tue.
1:29a
Wed.
2:21a
the shooting, Douglas said. Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parch-
Minor
Major
7:26p
1:55p
—
2:48p
No arrests have been made and the man. Minor 9:20a 10:17a
investigation continues, the acting chief
Courtesy of Mississippi Department

An autopsy is set on Troy Mark

of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

said.

Police checking car crash find 2 men
shot to death inside
GULFPORT — An investigation into
a wreck Saturday along the Mississippi
coast turned into a homicide probe after
officers found two men shot to death in-
side, authorities said.
Guidroz, who had been hospitalized
since June and died Wednesday. The de-
partment announced his death after con-
tacting his family.
Guidroz pleaded guilty to sexual bat-
tery in Pike County on May 26, 2010, and
was given a 20-year prison sentence.
At least 95 inmates have died in Mis-
sissippi prisons since late December.
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SLIMANTICS
STOP THE EGG BOWL STEAL!
Like most PA-
TRIOTIC Missis-
sippians, we awoke
Sunday morning in
great anticipation
of reading about
Mississippi State’s
BIGLY win in the
Egg Bowl on Sat-
urday.
Many people
were saying it was
one of the biggest Slim Smith
wins in the history
of the Egg Bowl. Mississip-
pi State scored three more
points than it did in last year’s
Egg Bowl,
So imagine our dismay
when we saw that the FAKE
NEWS MEDIA reported that
Ole Miss won Saturday’s game to Ole Miss!
by a score of 31-24 when the
TRUTH is that it was MSU
that won, 31-24.
Of course, we have known
for months that if Mississippi
State lost it was because the
game was RIGGED.
Frankie Valle
will be holding a
press conference
today at the Four
Seasons Theater in
Branson, Missou-
ri, where he will
expose the COR-
RUPT referees who
committee FR AUD
and STOLE the
game from Missis-
sippi State, which
is the GREATEST
team in the history of football.
There was so much FR AUD
in this game.
In the first quarter, the
CORRUPT Ole Miss referees
took away a touchdown by
Mississippi State and gave it
The referees LIED when
they said Mississippi State
receiver Austin Williams, a
GREAT American, dropped
the ball short of the Ole Miss
end zone, allowing a COR-
RUPT Ole Miss player to pick
up the ball and run with it way
down the field to set up an Ole
Miss touchdown a few player
later on a play where Ole Miss
players clearly CHEATED by
FAKING a pass and instead
UNFAIRLY running the ball
into the end zone.
But EVERYBODY KNOWS
that Williams was five yards
into the end zone when he
dropped the ball after scoring
a LEGITIMATE TOUCH-
DOWN that was ROBBED
from MSU and ended up cost-
ing MSU the game.
When the referees re-
viewed the play on instant re-
play, Mississippi State coaches
and players were not allowed
to be close enough to hear
what the referees were saying
as they watched the replay and
were unable to make sure the
referees were being HONEST!
This was just one of the
many FR AUDS committed
during the game.
Everyone knows that Mis-
sissippi State players were not
allowed to be close enough to
the line of scrimmage by the
Ole Miss-supporting referees,
which allowed Mediocre Matt
Corral, the Rebel quarterback,
an UNFAIR amount of time
to throw. Mediocre Matt is
from CALIFORNIA, the most
corrupt state.
Football fans deserve to
KNOW THE TRUTH!
I believe Ole Miss should
have to prove they won the
game fairly and that the
RESULTS should not be final
until every LEGITIMATE
point is counted.
We cannot allow Ole Miss
coach Lame Lane Kiffin to
steal this great win from
Mississippi State coach Mike
Leach, who is being recog-
nized more and more.
As we have said all along,
it’s time to DR AIN THE SEC
SWAMP.
That’s why we are plan-
ning many GREAT lawsuits
to challenge this CORRUPT
outcome. The SEC should
NOT confirm the results until
the American People know the
TRUTH.
Our GREAT LAW YERS
will expose the CORRUPT
and ILLEGAL outcome of this
SO-CALLED Ole Miss win.
We are tired of these
repeated efforts by the OPEN
BOARDER OLE MISS LOOS-
ERS to ruin our American
Way of Life. Ole Miss says we
can’t say MERRY CHRIST-
MAS and wants to TAKE
AWAY OUR GUNS, but we will
not allow this to happen!
That is why we are asking
every PATRIOT to immedi-
ately send us $25 to help fight
this INJUSTICE!
Remember, we will NEVER
quit fighting for you!
MMSUGA!
Slim Smith is a columnist
and feature writer for The
Dispatch. His email address is
ssmith@cdispatch.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Voice of the people
Compares 2016 and 2020 vote margins
Lee Roy Lollar showed his two sides in
his November 27 letter to The Dispatch,
these two sides seemingly at odds with one
another. On one hand, he writes in informa-
tive detail about local matters, including his
pointed and important comment on the size
of the city of Columbus’ sizeable debt (some-
where between $35 and $40 million). Here he
provided useful context to the small surplus
the city observed this past year, surprising
and pleasant though it may be. Yet he does
not seem to apply the same criticism to the
President he has so often championed – the
same one who has run larger overall (and
pre-pandemic) deficits and increased the
national debt nearly as much in three years
as Obama did in eight.
I have a problem with his claim of “voting
irregularities.” In contrast to his comments
on our city, he provides no evidence (just
like the President) – because there is none as
yet to point to despite the most widespread
scrutiny over ballot counting in my lifetime –
and I am not young.
Hilary Clinton elected not to officially
challenge the election results in 2016 when
Trump won in several states by far smaller
margins than most of the “battleground”
states exhibited in 2020 and where, again
in clear contrast with 2020, Clinton won the
popular vote - by a very large margin. Hilary
Clinton conceded the following morning,
NAMASTE

Think about humans not politics

something President Trump appears likely
to never do. Despite losing that vote by twice
the 2016 margin, Trump seeks to overturn
certification in Pennsylvania where the
Biden margin is in excess of 100,000 votes. I
didn’t like the result in 2016, but I accepted
it, never suspecting foul play.
In short, Mr. Lollar does not trust a mar-
gin of 8 million votes, but I am supposed to
accept Trump’s 2000 vote winning margin in
New Hampshire and his 13,000 vote victory
in Michigan..
Some 25-30 legal challenges (I’ve lost
count) lodged by the Trump legal team have
provided no evidence for “irregularities.” In
most cases the presiding judge, including
multiple judges appointed by Trump himself,
have flatly dismissed them as baseless.
The latest smackdown occurred this
past Friday by a Trump-appointed Court of
Appeals judge regarding Trump’s attempt to
stall Pennsylvania’s election result certifi-
cation. The judge stated bluntly in their dis-
missal, “Charges of unfairness are serious.
But calling an election unfair does not make
it so. Charges require specific allegations
and then proof. We have neither here.”
If it was not already ridiculous to persist
by then, it should be now.
Paul Mack
Columbus
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I used to get so many be determined by their
emails connected to own people.
surveys to fill out every One time the U.S. sup-
month, and in most cases ported dictators around
I take time to complete the world, even Saddam
them. The political sur- Hussain. Why should the
veys are interesting. U.S. intervene in some
“What political party other country’s internal
are you affiliated with?” affairs whereas in most
My answer was always cases it goes against the
none but when it comes to majority of the people in
a follow up question like, that country. I don’t want
“Even if you are indepen- Jiben Roy to see American soldiers
dent as you claim, which killed in foreign land with
one you are leaning toward?” no strong interest of the USA.
Yes, I didn’t hesitate to put leaning Trump did one thing good for
towards Democrats, but I never paid the country in winding up the U.S.
any donation, though I used to get military forces from Afghanistan and
emails almost every day for donation. Iraq. What good was to be gained
That doesn’t mean I hate Repub- from keeping the U.S. military in
licans. I liked Ronald Regan. I liked those countries? First of all, there
George Bush Senior, but I didn’t was no point in going to those coun-
much like George W. Bush because tries.
of his starting a war with Iraq Once Bin Laden was killed, the
without having a proof of weapons U.S. should have left Afghanistan.
of mass destruction. That way I find Similarly, once Saddam Hussain was
him partly a failure. killed, the U.S. should have left Iraq.
I don’t like war, because it kills But I am afraid I find a new face
people indiscriminately. In my of Paul Joseph Goebbels in this 21st
adulthood I had a terrible experience century. Goebbels used to say, “If
in war-time situations in my native you tell a lie big enough and keep
country. repeating it, people will eventually
Though we didn’t experience come to believe it.” Are we living in a
World War I and II, films, documen- lying era?
taries, books kept us well informed. Two recent reports made me
What did we learn? aware of certain honesty against
We had a number of regional dishonesty.
wars. I can understand the Afghan- On Thanksgiving Day, Mr.
istan war but why the Iraq war? Michael Flynn was pardoned by our
Saddam Hussain was a dictator and outgoing President. As a president,
not a good person at all, but this is to he can do it. But what were the
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charges? Mr. Flynn lied to FBI.
I wonder for lying, one has to go
to jail? Maybe if someone lies under
oath it is a crime. I understand all the
government hierarchies have to take
oath. So, they are not supposed to lie
in public.
I am happy with the second report
regarding the ruling of President
Trump’s appointee in Pennsylvania
federal appeal court, Judge Stepha-
nos Bibas, who not only dismissed
Trump’s request to block certifica-
tion but with a universal opinion,
“Free, fair elections are the lifeblood
of our democracy. Charges of un-
fairness are serious. But calling an
election unfair does not make it so.
Charges require specific allegations
and then proof. We have neither
here.”
I have been voting in our national
elections since 2008 in Columbus. In
the past, I asked polling agents, “You
don’t check ID cards, how can you be
sure I am Jiben Roy?” However, now
it is required to show ID in Missis-
sippi too. None of the Mississippians
question about fraud in our state and
federal election.
I am fine and very happy living in
Mississippi. Maybe one day I will be
unknowingly visiting the Lowndes
crematory. Until then I will often try
to say namaste to my fellow Missis-
sippians.
Jiben Roy, a native of Bangladesh,
teaches chemistry and pharmaceutical
sciences at Mississippi University for
Women. His email address is royji-
ben@yahoo.com.

Beware of COVID-19 scams as vaccine approaches FDA approval
‘We’re all very excited about the potential vaccine and treatments.
But I also caution against these criminal organizations and
individuals that will try to exploit the American public.’
Steve Francis, assistant director for global trade investigations with Homeland Security Investigations
BY COLLEEN LONG
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The coro-
navirus vaccine inching toward
approval in the U.S. is desperate-
ly anticipated by weary Ameri-
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normal life. But criminals are
waiting, too, ready to use that
desperation to their advantage,
federal investigators say.
Homeland Security investi-
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“The FDA is particularly
concerned that these decep-
that makes it more important to
educate health care providers
tive and misleading products
might cause Americans to de-
on what the real thing looks
like.
lay or stop appropriate medical “When you have anything in
treatment, leading to serious high demand and limited sup-
and life-threatening harm,” the ply, there is going to be fraud,”
drug companies racing to com- investigations with Homeland agency said in a recent state- she said. Desperation will drive
plete and distribute the vaccine Security Investigations. “But I ment. people around normal channels.
and treatments for the virus. also caution against these crim- The drug companies are to Meanwhile, investigators
have safeguards and brand-pro- are learning about how the
The goal: to prepare for the inal organizations and individ-
tection features in place to help vaccine will be packaged and
scams that are coming, espe- uals that will try to exploit the
avoid fraud, but that may not getting the message out to field
cially after the mess of criminal American public.”
be available until the second agents, creating a mass data-
activity this year with phony No vaccine has yet been ap- generation of vaccine because base of information from more
personal protective equipment, proved by the U.S. Food and everything is operated on such than 200 companies, so they
false cures and extortion Drug Administration. The FDA an emergency basis, said Karen can be prepared to spot fakes
schemes. has approved the first treatment Gardner, chief marketing offi- and crack down on dangerous
“We’re all very excited about for COVID-19, the antiviral drug cer at SIPCA North America, a fraud. They are monitoring tens
the potential vaccine and treat- remdesivir. With vaccines and company that works as a bridge of thousands of false websites
ments,” said Steve Francis, as- treatments both, it has warned between the government, busi- and looking for evidence of fake
sistant director for global trade about the potential for fraud. nesses and consumers. She said cures sold online.
AREA OBITUARIES
services at the ceme- ents, she was preceded In addition to her in charge of arrange- Hill Baptist Church
tery. Carter’s Mortuary in death by her hus- parents, she was pre- ments. Cemetery. Visitation
Services of West Point band, Harold R. Whee- ceded in death by her Mr. Reed was born to will be one hour prior to
is in charge of arrange- less; son John Harold husband, Eddie Ray the late Isaac Clarence services at the church.
ments. Wheeless; and siblings, Morris; and siblings, Reed and Lessie Mae Memorial Gunter Peel
Mr. Chandler was Juanita Bounds and Kam Hughes-Johnson Allen Reed. He was Funeral Home and Cre-
born Jan. 28, 1974, in Chandler Bounds. and Deborah Hughes formerly employed as a matory, Second Avenue
Clay County, to the She is survived by Davis. maintenance mechanic North is in charge of
late D.C. Swain Jr. and her daughter, Jane She is survived by with Mississippi State arrangements.
Carrie Chandler. Wheeless Green of Gil- her children, Michael University and was a
He is survived by his bertown, Alabama; two Morris of Columbus member of Betheden
wife, LaMonica Win- grandchildren; and one and Melvis Morris of Lutheran Church.
ston-Chandler; and sib- great-grandchild. Fairfax, Virginia; sib- In addition to his par-
lings, Willie G. Swain, lings, Floyzell Hughes, ents, he was preceded
Melvin Swain, Darren Willie Shields Cathy Mitchell, Lisa in death by six brothers;
Chandler, Robert Chan- COLUMBUS — Wil- Hughes, Christine and one sister.
dler, James Swain, Ter- lie Shields, 85, died Nov. Hughes all of He is survived by his
rance Winston, Linda 27, 2020. Columbus, Angela wife, Blondie Sue Liv-
Sykes, Brenda Barnes Arrangements are Cotton, Ruby Jean ingston Reed; daughter,
and Greta Hill. incomplete and will be Tucker, Ellen Porter Brenda Ricks of Green-
announced by Lee- all of Atlanta, Georgia, wood; sister, Pearlene
Malone Hughes of Jack-
Joyce Gardner Sykes Funeral Home of
son, Charles Hughes of
McCoy; two grand-
James McNees
COLUMBUS — Columbus. children; and three Graveside Services:
Dallas, Texas, and Char-
Joyce A. Gardner, 69, great-grandchildren. Tuesday, Dec. 1 • 2 PM
lie Hughes of Stock- Friendship Cemetery
died Nov. 30, 2020, at Lakenya Jones ton, California; two
Memorials may be College St. Locaiton
Baptist Memorial Hos- TUSCALOOSA, Ala. made to Betheden Cem-
grandchildren; and two
pital-Golden Triangle. — Lakenya A. “Shay” etery Fund, 40 Living- Margreet Allbritton
great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are Jones, 40, died Nov. 28, ston Rd., Louisville, MS Visitation:
incomplete and will be 2020, at DHC Regional 39339. Wednesday, Dec. 2 • 10-11 AM
announced by Carter’s Medical Center of Tus-
Johnny Harris New Covenant Baptist Church
Services:
WEST POINT —
Funeral Services of caloosa. Johnny Carsey Harris, Margreet Allbritton Wednesday, Dec. 2 • 11 AM
New Covenant Baptist Church-
Columbus. Graveside services STEENS — Margreet Burial
74, died Nov. 20, 2020,
will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at North Mississippi Allbritton, 95, died Nov. Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church Cemetery
Jimmie Verner in New Cemetery, with Medical Center of 30, 2020, at her resi- 2nd Ave. N. Location
COLUMBUS — Jim- the Rev. Willie James Tupelo. dence.
mie Verner, 86, died Lavender officiating. Funeral services will
Graveside ser-
Nov. 26, 2020. Visitation will be from be at 11 a.m. Wednesday,
vices will be at 11
Arrangements are 3-6 p.m. Thursday, at at New Covenant Baptist memorialgunterpeel.com
a.m. Wednesday, in
incomplete and will be Lavender’s Funeral Ser- Greenwood Cemetery, Church, with the Rev.
announced by Lee- vices. Lavender’s Funer- with the Rev. Timothy Ed Nix officiating. Buri-
Sykes Funeral Home of al Services of Aliceville, Brinkley officiating. al will follow at Pleasant
Columbus. Alabama is in charge of Visitation will be from
James McNees
arrangements. 10:30-11 a.m. prior to
Betty Wheeless services at the ceme-
SHUQUALAK — Jerrie Morris tery. Carter’s Mortuary James E. “Joe” McNees, 95
Betty Jane Wheeless, COLUMBUS — Services of West Point passed away on November 29,
87, died Nov. 28, 2020, Jerrie Louis Hughes is in charge of arrange- 2020, in Birmingham, AL.
at Trend Health Rehab Morris, 82, died Nov. ments. Mr. McNees was born on
of Meridian. 24, 2020, at Baptist Me- Mr. Harris was born September 26, 1925, to Joe
A graveside service morial Hospital-Golden Jan. 12, 1946, in Clay Hill McNees, Sr. and Ila Mae
was held Monday, in Triangle. County, to the late John- McNees. He lived the majority
Shuqualak Cemetery, Graveside ser- ny Harris and Willie of his life in Columbus, MS.
with the Rev. Salone vices will be at 2 p.m. Ann Morton. He was He and his wife moved to
Green and James Skip- Wednesday, in Union formerly employed with Birmingham, AL in 2005,
per officiating. Cockrell Cemetery, with Rob- Babcock and Wilcox to be near their children and grandchildren.
Funeral Home of Macon ert Wilson officiating. and was a veteran of the He was a graduate of S.D. Lee High School in
was in charge of ar- Visitation is from 2-6 Army. Columbus, MS and served in the US Navy. He
rangements. p.m. today, at Carter’s attended Asbury United Methodist Church in
Mrs. Wheeless was Funeral Services. Car- Curtis Reed Birmingham.
born Jan. 20, 1933, in ter’s Funeral Services of STARKVILLE — In addition to his parents, he was preceded in
Noxubee County, to the Columbus is in charge Curtis Lee Reed, 84, death by his brothers; Joe Hill McNees, Jr. and
late John Daniel Thor- of arrangements. died Nov. 29, 2020, at Thomas Lavert McNees; his sister, Kathleen
nell and Ethel Leanna Mrs. Morris was University Medical McNees Wilson; and daughter, Diane Materna
Giles Thornell. She was born July 13, 1938, Center of Jackson. Lee.
a graduate of Shuqualak in Columbus, to the Funeral services Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Betty
High School and was late Charlie Hughes are at 2 p.m. today, at Gee McNees; one daughter Jamie McNees
formerly employed as and Ruby Louise Watt Betheden Lutheran Gleason (Jeff); grandchildren, Kaitlyn Gleason
a switchboard operator Hughes. She was a Church of Louisville. and Austin Gleason; and numerous nieces,
with Ellisville State graduate of R.E. Hunt Visitation is one hour nephews and cousins.
School and operated High and was a mem- prior to services at the The family would like to offer special thanks
The Little Giant. ber of Maranatha Faith church. Welch Funeral to caregivers, Cecilia, Cindy, Donna, Gwen and
In addition to her par- Center. Home of Starkville is Teresa.
Mr. McNees loved spending time with his
grandchildren. His favorite past times were
playing pool (which he usually won), cards,
dominoes, checkers and fishing.
Memorial Gunter and Peel Funeral Home,
903 College Street Columbus, MS is in charge of
arrangements. A graveside visitation and service
If you need to enter a ing all kinds of things to The plastic barriers will be held at Friendship Cemetery, 4th Street
store, go during off hours make shoppers feel safe, between customers and South, Columbus, MS at 2:00 on December 1,
when there will likely be but they don’t eliminate cashiers also might not
2020.
fewer people. Wear a mask the risk. Some check shop- block all droplets from an Pallbearers will be Jeff Gleason, Austin
and stay at least 6 feet pers’ temperatures at the infected person, Weisfuse
Gleason, Mike Gee, Seth Gee, Waymon Earl
away from others. entrance, for example, but says. If the air in a store
Tilley, Samuel E. Wilcox. Honorary pallbearers
Try to spend as little an infected person may feels stuffy, he says that’s
not have a fever and can a sign of poor ventilation,
will be: Charles M. Swoope, Martin Stap, Tommy
time inside the store as
still spread the virus. and you should leave. DeMedicis, Billy M. Swedenburg, Sam Chabani
possible, says Dr. Isaac
Weisfuse, a public health
and Jeff Codding.
expert at Cornell Univer- In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to
sity. American Heart Association/ American Stroke
“You just want to go Association PO Box 840692 Dallas, TX 75284-
in and out,” he says. “Get 0692 (www.heart.org).
your shopping done and
move on.”
Use a hand sanitizer
with at least 60% alcohol
when you leave, and then
wash your hands with Sign the online guest book at
soap and water when you www.memorialgunterpeel.com
get home. College Street • Columbus, MS
Retailers have been do-
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Health
HEALTH TIP
n Take the stairs: Taking the stairs instead of the
elevator is a simple way to get a little more physical
activity in your daily life. It also strengthens and tones
your legs and core while you’re at it.
Source: https://fourwellness.co

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

A mask won’t dim your
workout superpowers
Spider-Man has superhuman
strength, speed, agility, stamina,
coordination and endurance — all
while wearing a mask that com-
pletely covers his nose and mouth.
Now, that may seem to confirm his
unique superpower abilities, but
researchers from the University of
Saskatchewan would disagree.
They were interested in seeing
if wearing a COVID-protective,
three-layer face mask while doing
vigorous exercise compromised
oxygen uptake or increased the
rebreathing of carbon dioxide,
depriving blood and muscles of
needed oxygen and making it diffi-
cult to perform well. Their find-
ings, published in the International
Journal of Environmental Research
and Public Health: nope.
Measurements of study partici-
pants who were wearing a surgical
mask, a cloth mask or no mask
revealed no differences for arterial
oxygen saturation, tissue oxygen-
ation, rating of perceived exertion
or heart rate at any time during the
exercise tests.
The researchers stress that
these findings are especially im-
portant for folks who worry about
doing themselves harm while
working out with a mask, those
who are moving their workouts
inside to gyms during cold weath-
er, and anyone playing sports (they
mention hockey, which they say
seems particularly risky for trans-
mission of the virus
without masks).
But if you’re still
uncomfortable
exercising while
wearing a mask,
our suggestion:
Try out new mask
styles, fabrics and
degree of adjusta-
bility.
Getting through
the winter months Drs. Oz and Roizen
without contracting
COVID and getting regular exer-
cise is essential for a happy new
year and a healthy you. And you
have a great chance of doing both
if you wear a mask!
The power of moms to help their
children stay heart-healthy
Meg Tilly (“The Big Chill”)
opted out of the limelight while
raising her children. As she told
People magazine, she wanted to
“make sure they had a hot break-
fast every morning.” That protect-
ed her kids from the often-harmful the researchers call ideal — and so
glare of celebrity and long-distance are the chances for your children’s
parenting.
But moms like YOU can make
an even greater difference in your
children’s future. A study in the
European Journal of Preventive
Cardiology shows that grown chil-
dren of moms who followed a truly
heart-healthy lifestyle are free of
cardiovascular disease for nine
to 10 years longer than offspring
whose moms had moderately or
very unhealthy
habits.
A child’s prema-
ture heart risk may
start in utero from
genetic factors or
exposure to mom’s
obesity, smoking,
poor nutrition, etc.
But even if you
made mistakes
while pregnant or
have a familial risk
for heart woes,
healthy choices you make for your-
self while your children are young
translate into their improved heart
health when they’re grown up.
Rate your lifestyle. How many
of these goals have you achieved:
not smoking; healthy diet; physi-
cally active; a normal body mass
index; and healthy blood pressure,
LDL cholesterol and blood glucose
levels? None to two — your grown
offspring are most at risk for early
heart disease. Three to four puts
your adult children at intermediate
risk. Hit four or five? You’re what
long-term heart health! So if you
aren’t motivated to upgrade your
lifestyle for your own well-being,
do it for your growing children!
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The
Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen,
M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and
Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve-
land Clinic. To live your healthiest,
tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit
www.sharecare.com.

Warming Center
Continued from Page 1A
said Richardson, director
for the city’s Community
Outreach Center. “The
threat of COVID-19 is
just too high. The people
would be in too close prox-
imity to make it safe.”
The city’s warming
shelter, located in the Boy
Scouts hut on the Hitch-
ing Lot Farmers Market,
opened last January, pro-
viding the homeless or
people with inadequate
home heating a place to
stay when temperatures
fall below freezing. Rich-
ardson said as many as a
dozen or more people used
the shelter during the cold
weather of last winter.
Monday’s overnight
low was 24 degrees and
the forecast through the
weekend predicts lows at
or below freezing. Under
normal circumstances,
such weather would trig-
ger preparations from
Richardson, along with
partners the Golden Tri-
angle Homeless Coalition
(GTHC) and Loaves and
Fishes, to prepare the cen-
ter for occupation.
The Community Out-
reach Center helps locate
people in need of a warm
place to stay while the
GTHC stays and oper-
ates the warming center.
Loaves and Fishes pro-
vides meals for those who
use the shelter.
Sandra DePriest of
the GTHC agreed with
the deci-
sion to keep
the warm-
ing center
closed.
“A bso -
lutely,” she
said. “We
had reached DePriest
the same
conclusion. It’s just not
safe, not for our volun-
teers and not for the peo-
ple coming in. We want to
do everything we can to
accommodate homeless
people, but in the current
situation, opening the
homeless center isn’t an
option.”
Richardson said Com-
munity Outreach will try
to provide hotel rooms for
homeless people and is
calling for the community The number is 662-244-
to help. 3525.
“COVID-19 had already GTHC can be reached
put us in a difficult situ- at 662-549-2643.
ation,” Richardson said.
“We normally have our
big fundraising event in
November, but we couldn’t
do that this year because
of COVID. So our funds
are limited. We really
could use donations.”
Richardson said
through an agreement
with area hotels, rooms
are available at $45 per
night.
“We really need cash
donations, but we also
need coats, gloves, hats,
anything that people need
during cold weather,” she
said.
Richardson said first
responders — primarily
patrol officers from Co-
lumbus Police Depart-
ment — are on the lookout
for those who need a warm
place to stay. In other cas-
es, citizens alert Richard-
son when they see people
who may be in need.
“All anyone has to do
is call,” Richardson said.

Events
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prizes and
the opportu-
nity for kids
to take pic-
tures with
the Grinch
in the for-
mer Fashion
Barn, which Smith
Bigelow said kids can do
from six feet away.
Likewise, she said, the
parade has been replaced
with “Whoville Cruising,”
in which residents can
decorate their vehicles
and gather at the Hitch-
ing Lot Farmers Market
on Second Street North
downtown on Dec. 12 and
be part of a caravan of
cars that drive through
downtown.
Starkville’s parade,
meanwhile, was replaced
by a televised program
Monday night depicting
previous parades and in-
terviewing locals, Mayor
Lynn Spruill said.
The Holiday Bazaar,
an annual two-day in-
door market at The Mill
Conference Center, will
Spruill Robinson
still be held indoors but
will limit the number of
customers at one time,
Spruill said.
Starkville does not
have an annual gather-
ing to light its downtown
Christmas tree. West
Point does, but the city lit
the tree without an event
of any kind this year, May-
or Robbie Robinson said.
Despite fewer social
events, the holiday shop-
ping season is under-
way. Leaders in all three
cities urged “common
sense,” social distancing
and the continued use of
protective face coverings
throughout the holiday
season to hopefully pre-
vent further spread of
COVID-19.
“We still want you to
get out and shop, and you
can do that safely, but you
just have to be alert when
you’re around people,
or you can shop online,”
Spruill said.
In terms of private
events, Smith said Colum-
bus officials are encour-
aging small gatherings
between families, rather
than large work parties,
and pointed out the usual
holiday parties for city de-
partments have all been
canceled.
“We (are) not trying to
tell you how to run your
household during the
Christmas (season) as far
as Christmas parties and
family get-togethers,” he
said. “We’re just encour-
aging small family gather-
ings ... for the safety (and)
welfare of all our citizens.
We want to see everyone
back in the new year of
2021.”
Dispatch news editor Is-
abelle Altman contributed
to this report.
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New-look Patriots pleased by early returns

BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Senior striker Douglas Turner ex-
pected the Heritage Academy boys soc-
cer team to be “all over the place” in its
first game of the season.
When the Patriots — with a new
head coach and a roster missing eight
seniors from positions all over the field
— hosted Magnolia Heights on Nov. 17,
Heritage Academy scored the first two
goals right off the bat and promptly got
complacent, allowing the Chiefs to tie
the match. Turner’s suspicions appeared
to be confirmed.
Then the Patriots ran off five straight
goals to win their season opener 7-2.
“We definitely showed up,” Turner
said.
Heritage Academy has yet to play an-
other regular-season match — their next
one is Thursday against Pillow Academy
— but if those to follow are anything like
the first one, the Patriots might just be
ahead of schedule in a season in which
little success will be predicted from oth-
ers.
“I think with losing that many se-
niors, people didn’t really expect a lot
this year, but I think we’re really going
to come out and win a lot of games,” se-
nior left wing Blake Ward said.
First-year head coach Tom Velek,
who already coaches the Patriots’ girls
team, noted that the graduations of
multiple key players — including goal-
keeper Parker Maner, striker Jonathan
Swartz, midfielder Noel Fisher and de-
fenders Coen Velek, Reuben Proffitt and
Sterling Bailey — made an impact on
the boys squad from, essentially, “front
to back.”
“You lost something just about every-
where,” he said.
The same was true with the Patriots’
coaching staff, as Velek took over for
longtime coach Joe Asadi in the offsea-
son — a change that took some buy-in
from players as well as Velek and new
assistant Dave Albertson.
“I was very apprehensive and a little
bit nervous about coming in because I
know the way I train and the way Dave
trains is very different from the way Joe
trains,” Velek said.
Senior center back Graham Buxton
said Velek’s style focused on fundamen-
tals and achieving mastery through
practice.
“I think we’re a lot more precise with
what we do and how we move,” Buxton
said.
After their season opener against
Mag Heights, the Patriots feel confident
in that, despite a few errors in communi-
cation and passing.
“We were feeling good at first, but
then after they scored and we kind of
realized that we’ve got to get back into
it, we got our minds straight, and we got
back up on them and won,” senior Liam
Sanders said.
Senior attacking midfielder Owen Ri-
ley had two goals in the win, and junior
striker Todd Sharp had a whopping five.
Sharp, a capable goalkeeper as well, has
been put in the field as juniors Andre
Sotomeneses and Jared Gruseck share
time in frame.
“I’m more used to stopping shots,
but I like to score goals more than stop
them,” Sharp said.
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Ole Miss MISSISSIPPI STATE 68, TEXAS STATE 51

women’s
basketball
opens with
Howland earns career victory No. 500;
win over Bulldogs beat Bobcats for first win
McNeese
FROM SPECIAL REPORTS

OXFORD — The Ole

Miss women’s basketball
team opened its season
with a 99-44 home win
over McNeese State to
open the 2020-21 season
Monday at The Pavilion
at Ole Miss.
Silentianna “Snudda”
Collins had 23 points on
7-of-12 shooting for the
Rebels (1-0), including
five made 3-pointers.
“We knew she could
do that, and she’s just get-
ting started,” head coach
Yolett McPhee-McCuin
said in a news release
from Ole Miss. “So much
of her game is going to
be developed while she’s
here, and I think she’s go-
ing to make history here
at Ole Miss.”
Madison Scott had 15
points for Ole Miss, and
Caitlin McGee had 13.

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Metcalf, Matt Bush/USA TODAY Sports

Mississippi State head coach Ben Howland speaks with players during a timeout against Texas State during the first half Monday at
Wilson lead Humphrey Coliseum. Howland earned his 500th career victory as the Bulldogs won 68-51.

Seahawks BY GARRICK HODGE

over Eagles
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA —
DK Metcalf again made
the Philadelphia Eagles
regret passing him up in
the draft.
Metcalf caught 10
passes for 177 yards, Rus-
sell Wilson threw for 230
yards and a touchdown
and the Seattle Seahawks
beat the Eagles 23-17 on
Monday night.
The Seahawks (8-3)
moved one game ahead
of the Rams in the NFC
West. The Eagles (3-7-1)
fell a half-game behind
the Giants and Washing-
ton in the woeful NFC
East.
Carson Wentz didn’t
cede many snaps to back-
up Jalen Hurts but had
another rough game.
He was 25 of 45 for 215
yards, two TDs and one
interception.
Seattle’s defense en-
tered the game allowing
the most yards in the
NFL and most yards
passing but held Phila-
delphia’s inept offense to
250 yards.
Metcalf was on the
board when the Eagles
took J.J. Arcega-White-
See SEAHAWKS, 3B
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — This prob-
ably wasn’t the way Ben How-
land imagined his 500th career
win unfolding.
The 63-year old coaching
veteran, with stops at Northern
Arizona, Pittsburgh and UCLA
before landing his fourth head
coaching job with Mississippi
State, anticipated reaching the
milestone in last year’s South-
eastern Conference tourna-
ment.
If the Bulldogs emerged
victorious in their first-round
matchup, presumably against
Florida, it would have been a
monumental victory and likely
would put the Bulldogs on the
fringe of their second straight
NCAA tournament berth. Nev-
ertheless, you all know the sto-
ry by now. A global pandemic
brought the collegiate basket-
ball postseason to an abrupt
halt.
“I’m just really disappoint-
ed it didn’t happen last year in
the SEC tournament,” Howland
said. “That’s something that’s
always going to haunt me, we
didn’t get a chance to finish our
season last year. We would have
had a great chance to get that
done. It’s something I’ll always
regret didn’t happen.”
The chase for No. 500 had to
stretch into November of 2020,
with a roster stripped of its four
best scorers from a season ago.
Howland’s first two chances
didn’t end with an optimal out-
come. MSU scored the lowest
amount of points in Howland’s
six-year tenure with the Bull-
dogs in a season-opening loss
against Clemson, then allowed
19 3-pointers to Liberty a day
later on a neutral floor.
Monday brought a bit of re-
demption.
Thanks to a dominating sec-
ond half, MSU (1-2) picked up
its first victory of the season,
a 68-51 victory against Texas
State (2-1) in the home opener
at Humphrey Coliseum that put
its coach into an exclusive club
only 70-plus coaches have ever
reached. Ninety-nine of those
500 victories have come leading
the Bulldogs.
“I told our team after the
game, the biggest thing I feel
blessed about is I feel something
that I love to do, and I’ve been
doing it my whole life,” Howland
said. “That’s what you have to
find out as a person, to find out
whatever it is that you love and
are passionate about, to make
it your life is such a blessing. I
don’t know how many people re-
ally get a chance to do that, but
I’m definitely one of them and
I’m very thankful.”
Following the contest, How-
land’s players presented him
with a celebratory token.
“We got to congratulate him
with the game ball,” redshirt
sophomore D.J. Stewart said.
“We told him how we are so
proud to have him as our coach
and how blessed we are to have
him in the program.”
There weren’t many people
around to witness Howland’s
big night. For the 2020-2021
season, MSU limited spectators
at home games to 25 percent ca-
pacity. Overlooking Humphrey
Coliseum from the upper deck
of section 204, the actual atten-
dance could have been estimat-
ed at well below that number.
None of that diminishes the
newly reached milestone from
the man that took UCLA to
three straight Final Fours and
coached various NBA players in
his career such as Russell West-
brook, Kevin Love, Jrue Holi-
day, and more recently, Quin-
ndary Weatherspoon, Reggie
Perry and Robert Woodard II.
“It’s a blessing to have
coached so many good play-
ers over a 26-year head coach-
ing career and to work with so
many great kids and assistant
coaches,” Howland said. “I’ve
really worked with so many
great people over the years, so I
feel really blessed to be around
long enough to get up to that
kind of number.”
After leading Texas State, a
team that won 21 games a sea-
son ago, by a slim two-point
margin at halftime, the Bull-
dogs ripped off a 15-3 run led by
3-pointers from Stewart to cre-
ate a 15-point advantage.
“I thought we did a real-
ly good job defensively in the
second half compared to the
first half in staying in front of
the basketball,” Howland said.
“They shot 28 percent in the
second half, so we did much
better there.”
Stewart finished with a ca-
reer-high 23 points on a 9-of-
14 shooting effort, his third
straight double-digit scoring
performance.
“I felt like our defense gave
us the extra push over the top,”
Stewart said. “Our guys real-
ly made plays for others, and
a couple guys hit a couple big
shots to help us break it open.”
Sophomore forward Tolu
Smith also finished in double
figures for the third consecutive
outing, recording 12 points and
five rebounds.
Sophomore guard Iver-
son Molinar missed his third
straight contest due to testing
positive for COVID-19, Howland
told reporters postgame. The
sixth-year MSU coach is opti-
mistic Molinar, who is asymp-
tomatic, will make his season
debut Friday.
“He has to have a doctor’s ap-
pointment (Tuesday) morning
where he has to get his blood
drawn and they will test his
heart to make sure he doesn’t
have that rare problem, myocar-
ditis,” Howland said. “He’s had
zero symptoms, he hasn’t had
a headache, he hasn’t had any-
thing. He’s really been lucky.
The only reason he knows he
has it is because he got tested.
But we’re hoping he’ll be able to
half practice on Wednesday, go
three-quarters of the practice
on Thursday and be made avail-
able Friday for the game.”
MSU is back in action at 7
p.m. Friday against North Texas
at Humphrey Coliseum.
2B TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020
AP Top 25 Reality Check: Elite 8 gridlock for another week
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
For the fourth straight
week, the top eight teams
in The Associated Press
college football poll
were stuck in place, and
a glance at the upcom-
ing schedule suggests it
could be a couple more
weeks before this grid-
lock lets up.
The elite eight runs
down like this: Alabama
at No. 1 followed by No-
tre Dame, Ohio State,
Clemson and Texas A&M
in the top five. Florida is
sixth, Cincinnati is sev-
enth and BYU eighth.
And that’s the way its
been since Nov. 8, the day
after Notre Dame beat
Clemson.
Here is where the
ranked teams stand head-
ing into an unusual De-
cember stretch run in col-
lege football, where the
pandemic is the toughest
opponent.
No. 1 Alabama (8-0)
Next: at LSU, Satur-
day.
Reality check: Be-
cause the Crimson Tide
really needed another of-
fensive weapon, the last
two weeks sophomore
tight end Jaleel Billings-
ley, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound
former four-star recruit,
has emerged with five
catches for 111 yards and
a touchdown.
No. 2 Notre Dame (9-0)
Next: vs. Syracuse,
Saturday.
Reality check: The
Irish have faced four of
the top-10 rushers in the
Atlantic Coast Confer-
ence. Louisville’s Javian
Hawkins, Clemson’s Tra-
vis Etienne and North
Carolina’s Javonte Wil-
liams and Michael Carter
have run 52 times for 164
yards (3.15 per carry)
against Notre Dame.
No. 3 Ohio State
Next: at Michigan
State, Saturday.
Reality check: If the
Buckeyes lose one more
game from their sched-
ule, and become ineligi-
ble for the Big Ten title
game, it’s going to make a
mess of the College Foot-
ball Playoff race.
No. 4 Clemson (8-1)
Next: at Virginia Tech,
Saturday.
Reality check: Remem-
ber when the Tigers were
looking for a downfield
threat? Senior Cornell
Powell has 23 catches for
442 yards in the last three
games.
No. 5 Texas A&M (6-1)
Next: at Auburn, Sat-
urday.
Reality check: At a
time when defense does
not win championships,
the Aggies are going to
try to make the playoff
with a tough defense —
that was torn up by both
Alabama and Florida ear-
lier this season.
No. 6 Florida (7-1)
Next: at Tennessee,
Saturday.
Reality check: The
Gators played their best
defensive game of the
season against Kentucky,
but don’t get too excited
because it was against
Kentucky.
No. 7 Cincinnati (8-0)
Next: at No. 22 Tulsa,
Dec. 12.
Reality check: Two
weeks on hold for the
Bearcats is poorly timed.
Being out of sight and
maybe out of mind is not
great for a playoff con-
tender.
No. 8 BYU (9-0)
Next: at San Diego
State, Dec. 12.
Reality check: The
Bearcats might not be
ready to play next week,
but the Cougars definitely
want a game. Anyone?
No. 9 Miami (7-1)
Next: at Duke, Satur-
day.
Reality check: The
Hurricanes will return to
action after a two-week
COVID-19 pause against
Duke instead of Wake
Forest, which should be
an easy way for Miami to
get back into the swing of
things.
No. 10 Indiana (5-1)
Next: at No. 18 Wiscon-
sin, Saturday.
Reality check: The run-
ning game was enough for
the Hoosiers to survive
Maryland after Michael
Penix Jr. went out with a
leg injury. That probably
won’t work against the
Badgers.
No. 11 Georgia (6-2)
Next: vs. Vanderbilt,
Saturday.
Reality check: The big
question for the Bulldogs
right now has nothing
to do with this season.
What’s the chances QB
JT Daniels declares for
the NFL draft after a brief
layover in Athens. Seems
unlikely, but who knows?
No. 12 Iowa State (7-2)
Next: vs. West Virgin-
ia, Saturday.
Reality check: The Cy-
clones were a combined
7-84-2 against Oklahoma
and Texas before Matt
Campbell became Iowa
State’s coach in 2016. Un-
der Campbell, the ‘Clones
are 4-6 against those Big
12 blue bloods.
No. 13 Oklahoma (6-2)
Next: vs. Baylor, Sat-
urday.
Reality check: The
Sooners had their first
COVID-19 postponement
last week and now we
wait to see if it turns into
two.
No. 14 Coastal
Carolina (9-0)
Next: vs. No. 25 Liber-
ty, Saturday.
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Reality check: Coast- No. 23 Washington
al scheduled this game
with Liberty in mid-Au- (3-0)
gust after the Power Five Next: vs. Stanford, Sat-
urday.
teams bailed on most
Reality check: If you
of the Group Five. Who
don’t know sophomore
knew it would be one of
outside linebacker Zion
the biggest games of this
Tupuola-Fetui, you need
week?
to catch up. He has seven
No. 15 Marshall (7-0) sacks in three games af-
ter wrecking Utah.
Next: vs. Rice, Satur-
day.
Reality check: The No. 24 Iowa (4-2)
Thundering Herd has not Next: at Illinois, Satur-
played since Nov. 14. day.
Reality check: Solid
No. 16 Northwestern running game. Not much
of a passing game. Good
(5-1) defense, kicker and punt-
Next: vs. Illinois, Dec.
12 er. Just another Iowa foot-
Reality check: Wild- ball team.
cats will have to wait to
No. 25 Liberty (9-1)
bounce back from their
first loss as Minnesota Next: at Coastal Caroli-
works its way through a na, Saturday.
COVID-19 outbreak. Reality check: Flames
looking for their first 10-
No. 17 Southern win season in FBS.
California (3-0)
Next: vs. Washington
State, Sunday.
Reality check: Still
more COVID-19 news.
USC and Washington
State had their games
canceled last week and
will now meet on Sunday
at the Coliseum.
No. 18 Wisconsin (2-1)
Next: vs. No. 10 Indi-
ana, Saturday.
Reality check: QB
Graham Mertz has com-
pleted 55.5 percent of his
passes since going 20 for
21 against Illinois in the
opener.
No. 19 Oklahoma State
(6-2)
Next: at TCU, Satur-
day.
Reality check: Cow-
boys’ defense was lauded
early in the season but
it has crumbled the past
couple weeks, allowing
more than 7 yards per
play against Oklahoma
and Texas Tech.
No. 20 Louisiana-
Lafayette (8-1)
Next: at Appalachian
State, Friday.
Reality check: Ragin’
Cajuns get the defend-
ing Sun Belt champions
and then have a week off
before the rematch with
Coastal Carolina in the
conference title game.
No. 21 Oregon (3-1)
Next: at California,
Saturday.
Reality check: Voters
underrated all the attri-
tion and opt-outs on the
Ducks’ defense, which
ranks 10th in the Pac-12
at 6.37 yards per play al-
lowed.
No. 22 Tulsa (5-1)
Next: at Navy, Satur-
day.
Reality check: The
Golden Hurricane got an
unexpected week off af-
ter Houston had to post-
pone their game. Tulsa
has played in consecutive
weeks twice this season.
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NFL

49ers to play 2 upcoming home games in Arizona

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The San Francisco
49ers will relocate to Ar-
izona for the next three
weeks after new corona-
virus regulations put in
place by officials in North-
ern California forced the
team to find a temporary
new home.
The 49ers (5-6) an-
nounced they will host the
Buffalo Bills next Monday
night and Washington
on Dec. 13 at State Farm
Stadium, home of the Ar-
izona Cardinals, because
they won’t be able to prac-
dented times.”
“The Cardinals or-
ganization, State Farm
Stadium and League offi-
cials have been support-
ive and accommodating
as we work through the
many logistical issues in-
volved in relocating NFL
games,” the 49ers said in
a statement.
Santa Clara County an-
nounced rules Saturday
that include a three-week
ban on practices and
games for contact sports
starting Monday. The
Niners were on a plane
getting ready to travel to
pital space to deal with
the coronavirus and any
other health issues.
“The 49ers are one of
the thousands of organi-
zations impacted by our
most recent actions,” the
county said in a state-
ment. “The County of San-
ta Clara has been in regu-
lar communication with
the 49ers both before and
after the announcement
of the revised mandatory
directive affecting all con-
tact sports. We continue
to do everything we can
to support the 49ers, as
well as all local business-
was decided by DeAndre
Hopkins’ leaping catch of
Kyler Murray’s 43-yard
touchdown pass with two
seconds left.
The catch was imme-
diately dubbed the “Hail
Murray,” and came 32
seconds after Buffalo
pulled ahead on Stefon
Diggs’ 21-yard touchdown
reception. Buffalo squan-
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at least Dec. 21. The per-
son spoke on condition of
anonymity because there
hadn’t been an announce-
ment.
The team was forced
to move because the rules
imposed by Santa Clara
County prohibit any prac-
tice or games for contact
sports and will require
the players to quaran-
tine for 14 days any time
they travel more than 150
miles.
Niners CEO Jed York
said the team had offers
from San Diego and Ar-
izona, but playing at the
Cardinals’ home proved
to be the best option. He
thanked Cardinals owner
Michael Bidwell and offi-
cials in Arizona for their
help in “these unprece-
off run. San Francisco is
currently one game out of
a playoff spot.
“The biggest thing for
me is us all leaving our
families,” coach Kyle Sha-
nahan said after the game.
“We’re all human just like
everyone else. It’s a big
deal to leave your family
for the whole month of
December. A huge deal,
as everyone knows. This
virus is a huge deal.”
Shanahan said it was
“extremely disappoint-
ing” the players and
coaches learned about the
new rules on social media
as they were on the plane.
The county said the
dramatic rise in cases re-
quired “quick action” and
the priority was making
sure there is enough hos-
They finish the season
with a home game against
Seattle on Jan. 3, which
could be played at Levi’s
Stadium if the ban is lifted
as scheduled Dec. 21.
“We just got to have
that open mind and pos-
itive attitude and make
sure that first and fore-
most that everybody’s
safe,” said running back
Raheem Mostert, whose
wife gave birth to the cou-
ple’s second child during
the season back home
in the Cleveland area.
“That’s the main goal.”
The AFC East-leading
Bills (8-3) will return to
Arizona for the second
time in a little over three
weeks, following a heart-
breaking 32-30 loss to
the Cardinals. The game
The rules also will im- the same number only once. The difficulty level
pact the San Jose Sharks increases from Monday to Sunday.
of the NHL and college
teams at Stanford and San
Jose State.
There is no start date
yet for NHL training
camp, but some Sharks
players have been taking
part in voluntary rehabili-
tation and training in a so-
cially distanced setting at
the team’s facility in San
Jose. The team said those
will have to be modified
to comply with the health
order.
“We are reviewing what
options may be available
locally to allow these play-
ers to receive rehabilitation
treatment and continue
their training for the up-
coming season,” the team
said in a statement.

Patriots
Continued from Page 1B

With three more con-
tests before winter break,
the Patriots will have
plenty of opportunities to
get even better. Velek said
he made an effort to front-
load the schedule, which
is typically difficult with
a winter sport like boys
soccer.
Riley said the games
— including two district
matches — will help the
Patriots see where they
stand early on.
“I think we’ll definite-
ly see some of our weak-
nesses and some of our
strong points, and we’ll
definitely build on those,”
he said.
Improvement over the
course of the season is
what Velek said he hopes
to see with the Patriots
after taking over the job.
While Heritage Academy
reached the MAIS Class
4A, Division II semifinals
last year and lost a tough
game to St. Aloysius,
Velek said he has to man-
age expectations to keep
his team working toward
its goals.
“If you come in here
and say, ‘We’re going to
win a state championship
every year,’ they can call
bull quicker than any-
thing,” Velek said. “If you
say, ‘Listen, we have a lot
of talent here that we can
build on. Where do you
guys want to be at the end
of the year? Are we get-
ting better every game?
Are we ending this prac-
tice a better team than
we started this practice?’
Those are the kinds of
things that you can instill
in them. If you say, ‘We
were one goal away from
a north half state cham-
pionship last year,’ I just
don’t find that inspiring.”
Buxton said he and
his five fellow seniors are
trying to follow that plan.
They’re stepping into the
shoes of the players who
came before them, and
early on, it’s been work-
ing.
“As far as we’re look-
ing right now, I think
we’re building toward
something that could po-
tentially be really good,”
he said.
Monday’s scores
Prep Boys Basket-
ball
Tuscaloosa Home Edu-
cators (Ala.) 59, Pickens
Academy (Ala.) 46
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.
— The Pickens Academy
(Alabama) boys basket-
ball team lost Monday’s
season opener at Tusca-
loosa Home Educators,
59-46.
ACROSS
Rafe Brown had 16 1 Succotash
points to lead the Pirates beans
(0-1). Hayden Dyer and 6 Track event
William Parker each had 11 Laughable
11. 12 Fuming
Pickens will host Co- 13 Prepares fish
osa Valley Academy (Al- for fish and chips
abama) today in Carroll- 15 Ram’s partner
ton, Alabama. 16 Topper

Seahawks
Continued from Page 1B
side in the second round
with the 57th pick in 2019.
Arcega-Whiteside has 12
career catches and was
a healthy inactive before
landing on the COVID-19
list. Metcalf, who was the
final pick of the second
round, had the best game
of his rookie year in Se-
attle’s playoff win at Phil-
adelphia last season and
again showed why he’s
one of the best receivers
in the NFL.
Metcalf’s 52-yard catch
on third-and-13 set up
Wilson’s 1-yard TD pass
to David Moore that gave
the Seahawks a 7-0 lead.
Chris Carson bullied
his way through Phila-
delphia’s defense for a 16-
yard run to make it 14-0.
The Eagles didn’t get
a first down until Wentz
ran for 20 yards with
under five minutes left
in the first half. Wentz
scrambled for 13 yards
on third-and-5 to keep the
drive going and tossed a
3-yard TD pass to Dallas
Goedert to cut it to 14-6
at halftime. Jake Elliott
missed the extra point
wide left.
Elliott’s 42-yard field
goal cut it to 14-9 in the
third quarter. Jason My-
ers hit one from 44 to ex-
tend it to 17-9.
After a holding call on
Cedric Ogbuehi negated a
17-yard TD run by Carlos
Hyde, Myers connected
from 33 yards. He hit an-
other one from 39.
Richard Rodgers
caught a tipped ball on
a desperation heave by
Wentz for a 33-yard TD in
the final minute.
Eagles coach Doug
Pederson passed up a field
goal down 11 and went for
it on fourth-and-4 from
the Seahawks 15. Wentz’s
pass went straight to Se-
attle’s Quandre Diggs as
Goedert turned the other
way on the route.
The Eagles got a huge
stop on Seattle’s opening
series. After a pair of un-
sportsmanlike conduct
17 Performed
18 Diminishes
20 Count start
21 Tick off
penalties helped the Sea- nus-4 vs Minnesota on 22 “Life is —
hawks reach the 3, Derek Oct. 7, 2018). The last dream”
Barnett stuffed Moore for team to have negative 23 Squad leader
a 5-yard loss on fourth yards in the first quarter 26 Copter part dele 22 Marshy spots
down from the 2. was Chicago with minus-1 27 Magnetic DOWN 23 Courtroom
Barnett sacked Wilson against Philadelphia on metal 1 Defamatory conference
on fourth-and-2 from Phil- Nov. 3, 2019. 28 Cribbage text 24 Salad herb
adelphia’s 37 on Seattle’s The Eagles went three- marker 2 Deeply im- 25 Stiffly awk-
second drive. and-out on their first five 29 Supply voices pressed ward
drives. for 3 Chess wins 26 Snubs
Owning Philly 30 Olympics 4 Little laborer 28 Destitute
Wilson is 6-0 against Injury report racer 5 “Now you 30 Mix
the Eagles and the Sea- Both teams were miss- 34 Sense of self listen!” 31 River through
hawks have won seven in 35 Singer Rawls 6 Divisions Nantes
ing their starting right
a row in the series. 36 Spanish gold 7 Mess up 32 Put up
tackle.
37 Colorful 8 Decked 33 Rx amounts
Seattle’s Brandon Shell
No QB rotation was inactive because of insects 9 Eroded 38 Golf need
Hurts took the snap on an ankle injury. Ogbuehi 40 Space visitor 10 Sweetheart’s 39 Place to park
two plays. He completed took his spot. 41 Compel assent
a 6-yard pass to Alshon Philadelphia’s Lane 42 Sped 14 Put in order
Jeffery on one and hand- Johnson is sidelined for 43 Undoes a 19 Leo or Libra
ed off on the other. Wentz the rest of the season with
was split wide on the run- an ankle injury. Matt Pry-
ning play and on the side- or started in his place.
line for the pass.
Up next
Going backward Seahawks: Host the
The Eagles had mi- New York Giants (4-7) on
nus-4 yards in the first Sunday.
quarter, matching their Eagles: Visit the
worst first quarter in the Green Bay Packers (8-3)
past 30 seasons (also mi- on Sunday.

Ole Miss
Continued from Page 1B

The Rebels finally got into action after a cancellation
last week because of COVID-19.
“Just extremely grateful to be out here and play,”
McPhee-McCuin said. “Just an incredible story with
McNeese being displaced by the hurricane, and them
coming down and playing us. With our last game get-
ting canceled, my girls refused to get excited for the
game until shootaround. I just remember calling (Mc-
Neese State coach) Kacie (Cryer) and saying, ‘If we
can’t play you, my kids are going to take me out.’ I was
really glad that we passed the protocol, and everyone
was safe. I’m just grateful for the opportunity to get out
here and finally play a game.”
Ole Miss’ next game is against Kansas at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday in Oxford.
4B TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Gonzaga, Baylor stay atop AP Top 25; Va. Tech, Richmond in
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The first Associated
Press men’s college bas-
ketball poll of the regular
season remained steady
at the top.
The rest, predictably,
was filled with change as
teams exceeded or failed
to live up to preseason ex-
pectations.
Gonzaga and Baylor
remained Nos. 1-2 in the
poll released Monday.
The Zags received 57 of
63 first-place votes from
a media panel and the
Bears had six first-place
votes. They were the only
two teams to hold their
places from the presea-
son poll.
Gonzaga kept the top
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spot by a commanding COVID-19. The Bears (2-
margin with impressive 0) adjusted their sched-
wins in Fort Myers, Flor- ule and had no trouble
ida. The Zags (2-0) rolled playing under assistant
over Kansas 102-90 and coach Jerome Tang, rout-
crushed Auburn 90-67 ing Louisiana-Lafayette
the next day. and Washington.
“We feel we can score Villanova fell nine plac-
on anybody,” said Gonza- es to No. 12 after losing
ga’s Drew Timme, who to Virginia Tech, which
had 28 points and 10 re- moved into the poll at No.
bounds against Auburn. 16. Virginia also took a
“We’ve got great coach- big tumble after losing to
ing. If we execute our San Francisco, dropping
offense and move the ball 11 spots to No. 15.
and not get stymied, we The two losses al-
feel we can score on ev- lowed Iowa to move up
ery team.” two spots to No. 3, with
Baylor was forced to Wisconsin and Illinois
drop out of the “Bub- rounding out the top
bleville” tournament in five. The Illini are in the
Uncasville, Connecti- top five for the first time
cut, after coach Scott since reaching No. 1 in
Drew tested positive for 2004-05.
FAMILY CIRCUS
Jayhawks break record
Kansas dropped a spot
to No. 7 after the loss to
Gonzaga. The Jayhawks
still managed to move
atop the all-time consecu-
tive polls list.
Kansas was ranked for
the 222nd week, breaking
the record set by UCLA
from 1966-80.
No. 6 Duke has the
second-longest active
poll streak at 85 straight
weeks.
Hawkeyes climb
Iowa has its highest
ranking since the 2015-16
team reached No. 3.
Luka Garza had a lot to
do with it.
The preseason
Dear Abby
D
EAR
ABBY:
I am
a nurse in New
York City. My
boyfriend lives
in Philadelphia.
During the height
of the pandemic,
we didn’t see each
other because I
worked on a COVID
unit and contract-
ed the virus. His
sister became very
controlling and
kept urging him not Dear Abby
to see me, which
brought me great pain. I was ex-
tremely lonely, and for months,
the only people I saw were my
co-workers.
At the end of May, my boy-
friend and I began seeing each
other regularly. Because he sees
me, his sister refuses to see
him, which makes me very sad.
His mother died two years ago.
When his family tries to plan
things, his sister either comes
late or doesn’t show up. If I’m
invited, she says she doesn’t
want to be in the same room as
me. I spend a lot of time with my
boyfriend and his older father,
who he now lives with. His father
has never expressed that he
feels uncomfortable around me.
I feel like we have to plan
things around this sister. I want
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
1). There are always those who
believe they know your duty
better than you do. Your cosmic
gift is a self-authority that
serves as an armor deflecting
the authority of others. You
are reinforced by the work you
do as a result and you grow
in capability, therefore power.
You’ll use this to lift loved ones
in 2021. Gemini and Capricorn
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 19, 10, 13, 5 and 7.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You’re typically quite sensitive
to what people around you
might need and being focused
in this way could interfere with
recognizing your own needs. So,
turn those sensors on yourself
and take action to relieve
stress.
All-American kicked off
his senior season with 26
points and 10 rebounds in
a win over North Carolina
Central, then scored 41
points on 14-of-15 shoot-
ing in a rout over South-
ern.
“Whenever I get the
ball, I feel like I can score,”
Garza said. “Sometimes
you have those days
where you’re just making
shots. I put enough work
into each shot that when I
put it up, I have a strong
feeling that it’s going to
go in.”
Rising/falling
Virginia and Villano-
va had two of the biggest
drops in the opening reg-
my boyfriend to
spend time with
his family, but
she’s extremely
controlling when
everyone else in
the family seems
excited to see me.
What do I do? —
UNCOMFORTABLE
SITUATION
DEAR UN-
COMFORTABLE:
I am assuming
that if you are
again working that
you are tested
regularly for COVID
and therefore in no danger of
giving the virus to anyone. Be-
cause there has been so much
misinformation spread during
the pandemic, many people are
being extremely cautious — and
rightfully so.
If you had a good relation-
ship with your boyfriend’s sister
before the pandemic began,
recognize that she acts the way
she does because she’s afraid
for her life, so stop personalizing
it and judging her for it. She has
a right to protect herself, even if
it seems irrational to you.
DEAR ABBY: As a grandpar-
ent, I feel the Christmas gift
my husband and I received last
year from our granddaughter
was a gift of a lifetime. We have
enjoyed it all year. It was a gift of
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Someone who is watching
you closely may make you feel
self-conscious and prone to
mistakes. The attention is a
compliment, though one that
would more comfortably be
deflected.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Halfway between two ideas you
are unlikely to find favor with
either side. But you’re not doing
this for the approval. You really
want to find a good fit — a way
to see things that makes sense
to you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Perhaps the moon is not the
reason for life on earth, but its
influence on the tides has made
for more diversity than could
otherwise be possible. Some-
one orbiting you will have a
ular-season poll, but there
was plenty of other move-
ment.
Houston climbed sev-
en spots from No. 17 after
knocking off No. 17 Tex-
as Tech, which dropped
three spots from last
week.
No. 8 Michigan State
climbed five spots after
beating Notre Dame and
Eastern Michigan.
No. 20 Kentucky fell 10
spots after losing at home
to Richmond. The win
was the Spiders’ first on
the road against a top-10
team and helped them en-
ter the poll at No. 19.
No. 25 Arizona State
also fell seven spots fol-
lowing two wins and a
loss to Villanova.
memories, written on 12 cards
to be opened on the first day of
each month. She had inserted
each card into an individual
envelope, designated with which
month it was to be opened. She
put them in a box wrapped with
a bow and placed it under the
tree.
The excitement generated
while anxiously awaiting a new
month’s arrival so the new
memory could be read created
enthusiasm among the entire
family. In each envelope were
experiences we had forgotten
or never realized had made an
impact on her life.
A gift like this requires only
time and 12 pieces of paper. The
concept could even be reversed
so it would be from grandparent
to grandchild. Few of us grand-
parents need material gifts, but
the caring, thought and love
shown by this gift will remain
with us all our lives. — WANTED
TO SHARE, FRESNO, CALIF.
DEAR WANTED TO SHARE:
What a precious gift. I have long
advocated that the most mean-
ingful gift we can give each other
is the gift of self, in the form of
time, attention, a handwritten
letter or a phone call. Your
granddaughter’s concept of a
“Memory of the Month Club” was
ingenious. I congratulate her for
it, and I hope it inspires others
similarly favorable influence.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Ambitious people are exciting to
you insofar as they work toward
achievement. What people
would like to do and what they
actually do can be two different
things, a difference you’ll pay
attention to.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
There are many nuances at play
as you connect with someone
you’ve known a long time and
these make the relationship rich
in a way that cannot compare
with those you barely know —
something you appreciate today.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Remember when you watched
yourself making a mistake, in
full consciousness of the error
but somehow still not able to
stop yourself? It will happen
again because some mistakes
are just too fun to make!
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). For now, don’t concern
yourself with the matter of how
pointless is an activity. It is
quite pointless, indeed, but ev-
erything doesn’t have to have a
point. Anyway, this one will pay
off further down the road.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Even though every state
of being is temporary, there are
some you want to make last as
long as possible. Trying too hard
won’t work, though you may be
able to relax and give yourself
more to savor with increased
noticing.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). What the self says mat-
ters. It matters going into an en-
deavor. It matters when the self
is satisfied, and it matters even
more when the world doesn’t
validate the self’s satisfaction.
Believe in your compass, not
theirs.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Force isn’t the only way to
make things happen, and usual-
ly it’s not even the best way. Be
like water, soft but powerfully
shaping all it touches as it
makes its way down the path of
least resistance.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). There is no universal “up”
or “down,” just people pulled
toward earth from wherever they
happen to be on the sphere. Re-
latedly, you appreciate friends
living according to their beliefs,
which are so different from your
own.
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the entire debt secured
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WHEREAS, on November 5,
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Walker, which Deed of Trust is
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pages 24522-24526, in the of-
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
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Letters Testamentary have
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John Campbell Proffitt, Execut-
or of the Estate of Elizabeth B.
Proffitt, deceased, by the Chan-
cery Court of Lowndes County,
Mississippi, on the 19th day of
November 2020. This is to give
notice to all persons having
claims against said estate to
Probate and Register same
with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days from the
date of first publication of this
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quested the undersigned Sub-
Commencing at the Southeast stituted Trustee to execute the Attached front porch with
corner of the Southwest trust and sell said land and & Credit Check roof. May have to be
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF JEROME WILLIAM LA-
VOIE, DECEASED
JOLINE MANSEAU PETITIONER
NO: 20-0228F
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary having
been issued on the 2nd day of
September, 2020, by the Chan-
cery Court of Lowndes County,
Mississippi, to the under-
signed upon the Estate of
Jerome William Lavoie, De-
ceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims
against said Estate to present
the same to the Clerk of said
Court for probate and registra-
tion according to law within
ninety (90) days from the first
publication of this notice; oth-
erwise, said claim will be
forever barred.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this
the 24th day of November,
2020.
/S/ JOLINE MANSEAU
JOLINE MANSEAU, ADMINIS-
TRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF
JEROME WILLIAM LAVOIE, DE-
CEASED
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Merchandise
100 feet to a point on the expense of sale.
West Side of a paved county
road known as Spurlock Road, NOW, THEREFORE, I, Christoph-
said point being 20 feet from er D. Hemphill, Substituted
centerline; thence Northeast- Trustee of said Deed of Trust
erly along the said West side of will on the 23rd day of Decem-
Ads starting at $12
Spurlock Road a distance of ber 2020 offer for sale at pub-
388 feet; thence North 23 de- lic outcry for cash to the Firewood / Fuel
grees 27 minutes East along highest bidder, and sell within
the said West a distance of 75 legal hours (being between the FIREWOOD FOR SALE.
feet; thence North 22 degrees hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
05 minutes East along the said p.m.) at the south east front
Various lengths.
662−295−2274.
West side a distance of 200 door of the Lowndes County
feet to an iron pipe; thence Courthouse at 505 2nd Aven-
North 24 degrees 19 minutes ue North, Columbus, County of
Lawn & Garden
East along the West side a dis- Lowndes, State of Mississippi,
tance of 210.69 feet; thence the following described prop- STIHL EQUIPMENT:
North 25 degrees 30 minutes erty situated in Lowndes BG 55 Hand held blower
East along the said West side County, Mississippi, together $50.
a distance of 94.76 feet to an with all improvements and ap- FS 55RC Grass Edger $50.
iron pipe and being the point of purtenances now erected on,
HS 45 Hedge Trimmer $50.
beginning of the herein de- and all fixtures of any kind, or
scribed tract of land; thence description now attached to
662−368−6779. Five Questions:
continue North 25 degrees 30 said land:
minutes East along the said
1 Chelsea Clinton
west side a distance of 102.79 5.14 acres, more or less, lying
feet, to an iron pipe; thence in the Southwest Quarter of the
North 60 degrees 20 minutes Northwest Quarter of Section
West a distance of 423.48 feet 6, Township 19 South, Range The Military Square
2 American Mu-
to an iron pipe; thence South 17 West, Lowndes County, Mis- Apartments are now
27 degrees 05 minutes West a sissippi, described as follows: accepting applicants!
seum of Natural
distance of 102.62 feet to an We have 1, 2, and 3
iron pipe; thence South 60 de- Commencing at the Northwest bedroom units available.
History
grees 20 minutes East a dis- corner of the Southwest All apartments are newly
tance of 426.32 feet to the Quarter of the Northwest
remodeled, and include:
point of beginning and contain- Quarter of Section 6; run New Washer/Dryer, New
ing 1.0 acres, more or less, thence South for 16 feet; run
Refrigerator, New A/C Unit!
3 Krispy Kreme
and being located and situ- thence East for 22 feet to an
ated in the Southwest Quarter existing fence corner, as the
You’ll find the best deals
of Section 3, Township 20 POINT OF BEGINNING; thence We also offer rent
South, Range 17 West, South 87 degrees 00 minutes discounts for:
Lowndes County, Mississippi. East along a fence and the
South right-of-way of a public
−Active Military
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when you advertise 4 Chicago
Including the following manu-
factured home: 1999 Legend
road known as Oswalt Road for
415 feet; thence South 00 de-
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1999 Legend 16x82 Mobile the South right-of-way of afore-
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berg
415 feet to the East right-of- RENTALS
I WILL CONVEY only such title way of a public road known as TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
as is vested in me as Trustee. Crowe Road; thence North 00
degrees 09 minutes West 1 BEDROOM Need a
new car?
Witness my signature this the
24th day of November 2020.
along the East right-of-way of
said Crowe Road and along a
2 BEDROOMS
fence for 540 feet to the POINT 3 BEDROOMS
/s/ Christopher D. Hemphill OF BEGINNING.
Christopher D. Hemphill, Trust- LEASE,
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SCOTT MULLENNIX ee (MSB #9367) I WILL CONVEY only such title

MSB#104859
405 TOMBIGBEE STREET
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39201
TELEPHONE: 601-948-9840;
FACSIMILE: 601-487-5341
EMAIL:
cwgibsonlaw@gmail.com
PUBLISH: 12/1, 12/8 &
12/15/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF LISA HARPOLE HEATH,
DECEASED
VICKI ROSE HARPOLE COX, AD-
MINISTRATOR
NO. 2020-0212-PDE
Dunn & Hemphill, P.A.
214 5th Street South
Columbus, MS 39701
chemphill@marketstreetlaw.co Witness my signature this the
m 24th day of November 2020.
Telephone: (662) 327-4211
Facsimile: (662) 328-3468
Posted: 11/30/20
Publish: 12/1/20, 12/8/20,
12/15/20, 12/22/20
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF VIOLA NEAL, DE-
CEASED
as is vested in me as Substi- DEPOSIT
tuted Trustee.
AND
CREDIT CHECK
/s/ Christopher D. Hemphill
Christopher D. Hemphill, Sub-
662-329-2323
stituted Trustee (MSB #9367)
Dunn & Hemphill, P.A. 2411 HWY 45 N
214 5th Street South
Columbus, MS 39701 COLUMBUS, MS
chemphill@marketstreetlaw.co
m
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration have
been granted and issued to
Vicki Rose Harpole Cox, Admin-
istrator of the Estate of Lisa
Harpole Heath, deceased, by
the Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, on the 6
day of November, 2020. This is
to give notice to all persons
having claims against said es-
tate to Probate and Register
same with the Chancery Clerk
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, within ninety (90) days
from this date. A failure to so
Probate and Register said
claim will forever bar the same.
THIS the 6 day of November,
2020.
/s/ Vicki Rose Harpole Cox
Vicki Rose Harpole Cox
OF COUNSEL:
William F. Gillis, MBN 4854
CROWELL GILLIS & COOPER,
PLLC
Post Office Box 1827
Columbus, MS 39703
(662) 243-7334
wgillis@cgclawpllc.com
PUBLISH: 11/17, 11/24 &
12/1/2020
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CAUSE NO: 2018-0245
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LOWNDES COUNTY
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
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Viola Neal, deceased, by the
Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, on the Carpet & Flooring General Services General Services Lawn Care / Landscaping
16th day of November, A. D.,
2018. This is to give notice to A & T TREE SERVICES TERRA CARE
all persons having claims Bucket truck & stump LANDSCAPING L.L.C.
against said estate to Probate removal. Free est. Phone: 662−549−1878
and Register same with the Serving Columbus Landscaping, Property
Chancery Clerk of Lowndes since 1987. Senior Clean Up, Plant Care,
County, Mississippi, within
ninety (90) days from the first
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ Bush Hogging,
publication date of this Notice 242−0324/241−4447 Herbicide Spraying
to Creditors. A failure to so Pro- "We’ll go out on a limb for
bate and Register said claim you!" Painting & Papering
will forever bar the same.
**HOLIDAY SPECIAL** WORK WANTED: Licensed QUALITY PAINTING.
This is the 19th day of Novem- 4 ROOMS − $100 Ext/Int Painting.
ber, 2020. & Bonded. Carpentry, minor
1 Room − $50 electrical, minor plumbing, Sheet Rock Hang, Finish &
2 Room − $70
/s/CURTIS NEAL, EXECUTOR insulation, painting, demo− Repair. Pressure Washing.
3 Rooms − $90 lition, gutters cleaned, Free Estimates. Ask for
Steven R. McEwen Carpet−Rugs−Tile−Cars pressure washing, land− specials! Larry Webber,
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P. O. Box 709 UPHOLSTERY 662−242−3608.
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how are they gonna know? cutting, landscaping,
sodding & bush hogging.
Find the best deals.
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