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Noxubee-Columbus basketball game called off

after gunshots damage vehicles in parking lot
Deputy: Lowndes County suspects fired guns in anger after Officers from the
Macon Police Depart-
COVID restrictions kept them from entering Macon gym ment and Noxubee
County Sheriff’s Office
convene in the parking
BY THEO DEROSA forcing the gymnasium to be evacuated. lot of Noxubee County
tderosa@cdispatch.com Noxubee County School District Su- High School on Tues-
perintendent Rodriguez Broadnax said day evening following a
MACON — There were jump shots in- the three suspects are from the Colum- shooting that damaged
side and gunshots outside. bus area and were angry about being de- two vehicles during a
During Noxubee County High nied entry to Tuesday’s games because high school girls bas-
School’s home varsity girls basketball the gym had already hit its attendance ketball game. The black
Toyota sedan that suf-
game against Columbus High School on capacity, which was limited because of fered damage to both
Tuesday evening, three men reportedly COVID-19. driver’s-side windows is
opened fire in the parking lot outside the A search for the three suspects is on- on the right.
high school, damaging two vehicles and See SHOTS, 8A Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff

Local leaders reflect on 2020 as year School board

of record-level advocacy against racism prioritizes
Dismissal of Ricky Ball case, Confederate monument relocation, upgrading CHS
Sanders’ comments deemed milestones in local race relations intercom system
BY YUE STELLA YU System ‘on its last
syu@cdispatch.com
legs’ will cost between
The day the Lowndes
County Board of Super- $28,500 and $145K
visors unanimously voted
to relocate the Confeder- to fix, depending on
ate monument in front of
the county courthouse,
project scope
District Attorney Scott
BY SLIM SMITH
Colom’s parents could not ssmith@cdispatch.com
Colom
believe it.
“They thought that During Monday’s
would have never hap- meeting of the Co-
pened. Not in their life- lumbus Municipal
time, at least,” Colom School District Board
said, referencing his fa- of Trustees, district
ther, longtime local attor- maintenance director
ney Wil Colom, and moth- Stephen Little provid-
er, retired chancery court McConnell ed updates on a list
judge Dorothy Colom. Labat
of capital projects
The century-old monument, deem- — everything from
ing the Civil War a “noble cause,” will concrete and wood
soon find its new home at the city- Dispatch file photo
work to playgrounds,
owned Friendship Cemetery. The deci- Protesters gather outside the Lowndes County Courthouse in June in this Dispatch
lighting and pressure
file photo before a supervisors meeting to demand Harry Sanders’ resignation in
sion, Scott Colom said, was one of the response to racist remarks he made about African Americans. Looking back, some washing.
turning points in 2020 that shaped the local leaders deem Sanders’ remarks and the level of advocacy milestones in the But it was Little’s
racial dynamics in the community. past year that inspired talks about racism and unified the community to some update on the state
Nearing the end of 2020, many local extent. of the intercom/pub-
Spears
leaders are reflecting upon milestone lic address system at
events over the past year that helped Turning points was caught on video and led to protests Columbus High that commanded
define the racial relations in Columbus Floyd’s death “shook the conscience” nationwide. much of the attention.
and Lowndes County. Marches and pro- of the nation and served as a “tipping “This is something that has been “It’s on its last legs,” CMSD Su-
tests against a series of events, ranging point” as communities across the coun- brewing for years and years, but it took perintendent Cherie Labat said.
from the May murder of Minnesota man try demanded justice in the street, said that event to really move people to ac- “We need a system that works and
George Floyd to District 1 Supervisor Germaine McConnell, executive direc- tion,” he said during a Tuesday night works well.”
Harry Sanders’ racist remarks in June, tor of the Mississippi School for Mathe- “Let’s Talk Columbus” panel, which was Board President Jason Spears
brought along unseen advocacy in the matics and Science. Floyd, a Black man, formed in August to address race rela- said addressing the high school’s
local community and unified the com- died after Derek Chauvin, a white Min- tions issues. intercom system should be a top
munity to some degree, some leaders neapolis police officer, knelt on his neck Following Floyd’s death, the Colum- priority.
say. for almost nine minutes. The incident See LEADERS, 3A See CHS, 3A

Clay County EMA director predicts county will be placed under state mask mandate
76 new COVID-19 cases reported in Clay County the governor, due
to its relatively low
the county in the last week alone.
“We have been averaging
fore they travel for the holidays.
“I’m hoping that that 76 …
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN COVID-19, the county’s Emer- case numbers, about 10, 20 a week,” Williams was just abnormal,” he told The
ialtman@cdispatch.com gency Management Agency Di- though the city of told selectmen. Dispatch after the meeting. “...
rector Torrey Williams told the West Point is un- He said it’s possible the high- With everybody getting tested
Clay County may soon join West Point Board of Selectmen der a local mask er number this past week was before the holidays, before they
54 other Mississippi counties at its regular meeting Tuesday. mandate. Howev- due to a reporting delay over the travel, and I’m hoping that’s what
that Gov. Tate Reeves has placed Right now, Clay County is the er, Williams said Williams Thanksgiving holiday or a high- that’s actually from and now peo-
under a mask-wearing executive only one in the Golden Triangle there were 76 new er-than-average number of peo- ple know they are positive.”
order to help curb the spread of not under a mask mandate from COVID-19 cases confirmed in ple getting COVID-19 tests be- See SELECTMEN, 3A

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

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trict board, 12:30
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p.m., Central Of-
or Sydney? James) is featured in a Friends of the
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High 5 What London landmark went silent Saturday 9 a.m., Lowndes
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48TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR

Yue Stella Yu/Dispatch Staff

Wallet in hand, Brenda O’Bannon shops among the vendors at the 48th annual Holiday Bazaar in Starkville Thurs-
day. O’Bannon, a retired high school math teacher in Starkville, said she comes to the event every year.

New White House offer adds

$600 checks to COVID-19 relief
Direct payments, popular with Trump and the public,
are disliked by many GOP lawmakers who say they are
costly, send too much aid to people who do not need it
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Trump
administration dove back into Capi-
tol Hill’s confusing COVID-19 nego-
tiations on Tuesday, offering a $916
billion package to House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi that would send a $600
direct payment to most Americans
— but eliminate a $300 per week em-
ployment benefit favored by a biparti-
san group of Senate negotiators.
Treasury Secretary Steven
Mnuchin made the offer to Pelosi
late Tuesday afternoon, he said in
a statement. He offered few details,
though House GOP Leader Kevin
McCarthy said it proposes the $600
direct payment for individuals and
$1,200 for couples, which is half the
payment delivered by the March
pandemic relief bill.
Mnuchin reached out to Pelosi
after a call with top congressional
GOP leaders, including Senate Ma-
jority Leader Mitch McConnell, who
remains at odds with Democratic
leaders over COVID-19 relief. Pelosi
and Senate Minority Leader Chuck
Schumer, D-N.Y., responded to
Mnuchin’s entreaty with a statement
that said they would prefer to let a bi-
partisan group take the lead.
The bipartisan group, led by Dem-
ocratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West
Virginia and GOP Sens. Susan Col-
lins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of
Alaska, among others, is seeking to
rally lawmakers in both parties be-
hind a $908 billion framework that
includes a $300-per-week pandemic
jobless benefit and $160 billion for
states and local governments. It is
more generous than a GOP plan
that’s been filibustered twice already
but far smaller than a wish list as-
sembled by House Democrats.
McConnell had earlier proposed
shelving a top Democratic priority
— aid to state and local governments
— in exchange for dropping his own
pet provision, a shield against law-
suits for COVID-related negligence.
Democrats angrily rejected the idea,
saying McConnell was undermin-
ing the efforts of a bipartisan group
of Senate negotiators and reneging
on earlier statements that state and
local aid would likely have to be an
element of a COVID-19 relief agree-
ment given Democratic control of the
House.
The $916 billion Mnuchin offer,
the separate ongoing talks among
key rank-and-file senators, and the
shifting demands by the White
House all add up to muddled, con-
fusing prospects for a long-delayed
COVID-19 aid package. The pres-
sure to deliver is intense — all sides
say failure isn’t an option.
The Mnuchin plan resurrects di-
rect payments that are popular with
Trump and the public but which are
disliked by many Republican law-
makers who say they are costly and
send too much aid to people who do
not need it. Democrats generally em-
brace the idea.
“Right now we’re targeting strug-
gling families, failing businesses,
health care workers and we don’t
have a stimulus check to every sin-
gle person, regardless of need,” said
Collins.

Trump hails vaccine ‘miracle,’ with millions of doses soon

Pfizer vaccine expected to receive brating “Operation Warp
Speed,” his administra-
“Every American who
wants the vaccine will be
FDA endorsement as soon as this week tion’s effort to produce
and distribute safe and
able to get the vaccine
and we think by spring
BY ZEKE MILLER will largely be executed effective vaccines for we’re going to be in a po-
The Associated Press by President-elect Joe COVID-19. The first sition nobody would have
Biden. vaccine, from drugmak- believed possible just a
WASHINGTON — Trump said the expect- er Pfizer, is expected to few months ago,” Trump
President Donald Trump ed approvals are com- receive endorsement by said.
celebrated the expected ing before most people a panel of Food and Drug Pfizer developed its
approval of the first U.S. thought possible. “They Administration advisers vaccine outside of “Op-
vaccine for the coronavi- say it’s somewhat of a as soon as this week, with eration Warp Speed,” but
rus Tuesday as the White miracle and I think that’s delivery of 100 million is partnering with the
House worked to instill true,” he declared. doses — enough for 50 federal government on
confidence in the massive Trump led Tuesday’s million Americans — ex- manufacturing and distri-
distribution effort that White House event cele- pected in coming months. bution.

Whoville Cruisin’ to roll through Columbus Saturday
Decorated procession begins at 3:30 p.m.
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
M
any traditional Christ-
mas parades statewide
have been canceled
this year, but Main Street
Columbus, Life Church and
Southbound Coffee are team-
ing up to bring some rolling
festivity to Columbus Saturday.
In keeping with the theme
“Don’t Let the Grinch Steal
Your Christmas,” presenters
have organized Whoville Crui-
sin,’ an opportunity for commu-
nity members to decorate cars,
trucks, golf carts and gators
in “Grinch” style and take the
show on the road.
After a socially-distanced
Leaders
Continued from Page 1A
bus Police Department
updated its policies to ar-
ticulate the ban on use of
chokeholds — the tactic
that killed Floyd, Mayor
Robert Smith pointed out.
Days after Floyd’s
death, Mississippi Attor-
ney General Lynn Fitch’s
office dismissed a crim-
inal charge in the 2015
death of Ricky Ball.
Ball, a Black man, was
shot and killed by former
Columbus police officer
Canyon Boykin, who is
white. Boykin was indict-
ed for manslaughter, but
Fitch’s office concluded
Boykin shot Ball in self-de-
fense.
Angered by the dis-
missal, protesters orga-
nized several peaceful
demonstrations through-
out the city calling for
justice for Ball. That was
a milestone in race rela-
tions, Colom said, because
he had never seen such
a high level of advocacy
that is so “widespread and
long-lasting” in Columbus.
“I don’t recall a time
where you saw that much
CHS
Continued from Page 1A
“It has the potential to
be a safety issue,” Spears
said. “It’s something we
saw when we did our tour
of campuses. The system
is not functioning in most
of the buildings. We do
have a back-up system
with walkie-talkies and
cell phones, but we need
to have a unified system
that works.”
Little provided the
company with two op-
tions, with multiple bids
on each.
“We have three bids
to replace the entire sys-
tem,” Little said. “But we
have another option, too,
which is to replace the
control panel, basically,
the brains of the system
and we have separate bids
for that.”
Little said bids to re-
place the entire system
ranged from $115,000
to $145,000 while bids
to replace the main con-
trol panel ranged from
$28,500 to $42,300.
Selectmen
Continued from Page 1A
COVID-19 numbers are
increasing dramatically
throughout the state and
country, with 1,732 new
cases and 56 new deaths
in Mississippi on Monday
alone, according to the
most recent data available
on the Mississippi State
Department of Health web-
site.
Williams also said CCE-
MA received $264,000 in
CARES (Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Se-
curity) Act funds to reim-
burse the city for personal
protective equipment and
paid overtime for police
officers and other officials
who have had to work ex-
tra hours to enforce the
mask mandate and 10
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opening ceremony for partic-
ipants at 3:15 p.m., cruisin’
begins at 3:30 p.m. from the
Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market,
led by the Columbus Police
Department.
“Decorate your vehicle
and plan to
be part of the
fun,” said Main
Street Colum-
bus Executive
Director Barbara
Bigelow. “Meet at
the Hitching Lot
Farmers’ Market. Bigelow
Enter at Second
Street and Second Avenue
North only. We will make three
laps of the cruisin’ route.”
From the Farmers’ Market,
advocacy,” Colom said,
“and definitely I never
saw a time where you had
as much diversity in the
support of racial reconcil-
iation.”
While protests for Ball
had yet to die down, Sand-
ers commented in June to
The Dispatch on the re-
cord the Black communi-
ty remained “dependent”
since slavery ended and
failed to “assimilate” into
American society. The
racist remarks drew na-
tional attention, criticism
from other local leaders
and months of protests
outside and inside the
courthouse, asking him
to resign entirely from the
board. Sanders stepped
down as board president
in July.
David Armstrong, Co-
lumbus’ chief operations
officer, said Sanders’
comments brought the
local community together
against him.
“It wasn’t just African
Americans who were
protesting. White people
were, too,” he said. “... I
Whichever option the
district chooses, there’s
little doubt the current
system has outlived its
usefulness, Little said.
“As close as I can fig-
ure it, the current system
was installed sometime
between 1993 and 1996,”
Little said. “From talking
to people, that’s about
as long as a system can
last. Little by little, we’ve
done some patch repairs
to keep it going, but that’s
about it. It shouldn’t be
a surprise that we need
to make some major up-
dates.”
Little said one of the
companies that bid on
both projects gives the
district another option,
should it decide to replace
only the main control sys-
tem.
“Mississippi Alarm
said if we chose them to
replace the control panel,
they would warranty the
wiring and speakers for
a year, even though the
p.m.-5 a.m. curfew. Select-
men extended that curfew
Tuesday through the next
board meeting on Jan. 12,
2021.
In other business, se-
lectmen heard an update
on a planned substation
to be built on the western
part of Old White Road.
Chief Administrative
Officer Randy Jones told
selectmen he has received
several bids for the con-
struction of the substation,
which is slated to be com-
pleted in December of next
year. He asked the board
to schedule a special-call
meeting for sometime af-
ter Thursday so he could
present the bids.
The lowest of the bids is
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020 3A
the mini-parade route will head
to Main Street, where it turns
that is not street legal is prohib-
ited from driving outside the
left and proceeds east until parade route.
making a U-turn at the Munic- “After cruisin’ the streets
ipal Complex at 1501 Main St. Saturday, stop in at our fabu-
Then, heading west on Main lous downtown businesses and
Street, cruisers will turn right do some shopping, or grab a
at Ninth Street North, left at bite at one of our downtown
Third Avenue North and left restaurants before you head
at Fifth Street North. After a home,” Bigelow said. “This will
right turn onto College Street, be the last community holiday
the procession will turn right event in 2020 by Main Street
at Third Street North and then Columbus, so we hope you join
right onto Main Street. us for a fun cruise.”
“We feel since we will be Whoville Cruisin’ is spon-
outside and everyone will be in sored by the City of Colum-
their individual vehicles that bus, BankFirst, Main Street
we can have a safe event for Columbus and WSMS 99.9, and
Courtesy photo
the community,” said Bigelow. presented by Life Church and The “Grinch” can’t steal Co-
Any participant stepping out Southbound Coffee. lumbus’ holiday spirit. Festively
of their vehicle should observe For more information, decorated vehicles will take
social distancing and wear a contact the Main Street office, part in a Whoville Cruisin’
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Force Base and organizer
of “Let’s Talk Columbus,”
said she hopes to carry
on the discussion and nor-
malize the conversation.
“To start this type of
dialogue, it’s not just for
a day, it’s not just for a
Armstrong Felton
month,” she said. “We’ve
think that had, ironically, got to be consistent mov-
a unifying effect on the ing forward. … If all of us,
community’s race rela- in our niches, wherever
tions.” we are, have small conver-
sations, and we are a light
Making progress where we are.”
Moving forward, Co- District 5 Supervisor
lom said he hopes to see Leroy Brooks, however,
more in-depth investiga- said he wishes to see more
tions into policing efforts. action than talk. Instead
Local leaders should also of gathering among them-
strive to be transparent selves and talking about
and let data show where the issues, he said people
their biases may lie, he should go straight to the
said. However, change source of racism and in-
may have to happen “or- justice and confront them
ganically,” he said. directly.
“It’s hard for events like “When the talking is
that to change race rela- over, everybody goes in
tions just overnight,” he their own directions. …
said. “(But) it raised the Nothing comes out of it,”
consciousness of a lot of he said. “... (Protests) last
people to the issue of rac- only so long, but at least
ism.” you bring attention to the
Rita Felton, spokesper- notion that people are not
son for the Columbus Air happy with it.”
main warranty would be Other projects out-
on the control panel,” Lit- lined included replacing
tle said. “So after they in- the halide lights at the
stall the control panel, if a football stadium to LED
wire or speaker goes bad, lights (bids ranged from
they would repair it at no $230,000 to $300,000),
charge for a year.”
replacing playground
Mississippi Alarm’s bid
equipment at Franklin
to replace the control pan-
el is $31,296. Academy and Sale El-
Spears said the option ementary ($13,000 to
is intriguing, but he isn’t $15,000 at each school),
ready to commit to either replacing parking lot
project. lights at Columbus Mid-
“The benefit of doing dle School ($7,500 to
(the Mississippi Alarm $9,000) and concrete
project) would give us a work at the high school Tell your child a bedtime story.
year to see if everything is and Joe Cook Elementary
fully functioning, but if the (approximately $21,000).
wires and speakers are as
old as the control panel, it
might be better to address
it all at once,” he said.
Spears said the board
will revisit the plans after
Little provided detailed
information on all of the
bids.
“It’s definitely some-
thing we need to address,’
Spears said. “It’s a priori-
ty.”
about $2 million, with the
highest at $4 million, Jones
told The Dispatch after the
meeting.
Half the $3.2 million
project is being paid for by
Peco Foods, which opened
in the old Bryan Foods
freezer in West Point in
2018. Jones said the sub-
station will power Peco,
which is in the process of SOLUNAR TABLE
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constructing a new par-fry peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Wed. Thurs.
8:56p
facility. The city will be re- Major
Minor
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Minor 3:11p 3:46p
of the substation. Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
Selectmen also unan-
The Dispatch
imously approved for
Jones to advertise bids for
the materials for the sub-
station as well, including The Commercial Dispatch (USPS 142-320)
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Chicago 7-year-old raises money for hospital’s pandemic gear

Endeavor has generated nearly $20,000 for
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
BY SOPHIA TAREEN
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Hayley Orlin-
sky has made so many brace-
lets, looping colorful rubber
bands over her thumb and
index finger again and again,
that she no longer must watch
her hands.
The spunky 7-year-old from
Chicago has spent most of the
coronavirus pandemic crafting
the creations as a fundraiser to
buy personal protective equip-
ment for a children’s hospital.
So far, the endeavor has gen-
erated nearly $20,000 for Ann
and Robert H. Lurie Children’s
Hospital, prompting praise and
purchases from Chicago politi-
cians, a Broadway actor and
her beloved White Sox.
Hayley’s initial goal was
$200, which she quickly sur-
passed, charging $3 a bracelet
or $5 for an added charm.
It’s hard for the second
grader to grasp how much
more $20,000 is by comparison
— but she figures it’s a lot.
“It’s more than the tooth
fairy gives,” she said.
It all started when she heard
news stories about PPE short-
ages during the COVID-19
pandemic and was inspired
to help. The money Hayley
raises goes directly to Lurie
through a fundraising office.
Lurie hasn’t had any problems
getting gear and has used the
money to pay for masks, gog-
gles, face shields, gloves and
other items for medical work-
ers and visitors, said Tracey
McCusker, an associate direc-
tor at the hospital’s foundation.
While many enterpris-
ing young people are raising
funds for causes close to the
heart, the amount Hayley has
brought in is unusual.
“Her fundraiser is exponen-
tially more than our typical kid
fundraiser,” said McCusker
who estimates $500 to $1,000
is about average.
For Hayley, the mission is
personal. She spent her first
days of life at Lurie’s neonatal
intensive care unit after expe-
riencing breathing problems.
She wanted the doctors, nurs-
es and medical staff working
with kids to “protect them-
selves.”
Her mother, children’s book
author Lori Orlinsky, esti-
mates the effort has created
roughly 8,000 bracelets, most
of them made by Hayley. The
fundraiser has been a fami-
ly project: A 4-year-old sister
helps organize the bands by
color and both parents help
mail the finished products na-
tionwide.

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Tennessee Temple Uni-
versity and Landmark
Baptist College. In addi-
tion to her parents, she
was preceded in death
by one grandchild.
She is survived by
her husband, Danny
Harvey; children,
Cynthia Vasquez, Ronn
Rothfeldt, John Harvey,
Paul Harvey, Melanie
Harvey, Darryl Harvey
and Matthew Harvey;
siblings, Elaine Bolton;
19 grandchildren; and
two great-grandchil-
dren.
William Smith
VERNON — William
“Polar Bear” Smith, 72,
died Dec. 5, 2020, at his
residence.
Funeral services will
be at 1 p.m. Thursday,
at Otts Funeral Home
Chapel. Burial will
follow in Pleasant Ridge
Cemetery. Visitation is
from 6-8p.m. Wednes-
day, at the funeral
home. Otts Funeral
Home of Sulligent is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Smith was born
Doris Upton
AREA OBITUARIES Doris Marie Upton, 90, of Columbus, MS
Sept. 14, 1948, in Lamar Henry L Shields, James Home of Columbus was passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020, at
County, Alabama, to the A. Shields, Johnny L. in charge of arrange- Windsor Place, Columbus, MS.
late John Smith and Vin- Shields, William E. ments. A graveside service will be Thursday,
December 10, 2020, at Memorial Gardens at
nie Lee Hester. He was Shields, Earlie Mae Mr. Elkin was
previously employed as Shields, Fannie Mae born Aug. 12, 1935, in 2:00 PM with Bro. Tommy Gillon officiating and
a diesel mechanic with Shields and Bettye S. Walthall, MS, to the late Lowndes Funeral Home directing.
Detroit Slacks. Peat. Ruby Mitchell Elkin and Mrs. Upton was born on September 25, 1930,
In addition to his He is survived by his Ernest Elkin. He was in Columbus, MS to the late Stella Sanders and
parents, he was pre- children, Bessie Cotton, a veteran of the United GC Helms. She was active with her husband
ceded in death by his Anenet Shields, Robin States Air Force. H was in the VFW and the American Legion enjoyed
wife, Margaret Smith; Shields all of Ocala, formerly employed as playing BINGO and going to the casino. She
siblings, Jimmy Smith, Florida, Sheila Ste- an auxiliary officer with enjoyed going camping, and watching golf on T.V.
J.D. Smith and Doris venson, Willie Shields the Lowndes County In addition to her parents, Mrs. Upton is
Holliday; and one Jr. both of Columbus, deputy sheriffs and with preceded in death by husband, Edward “Gene”
grandchild. Curtis Shields of Craw- the United States Post Upton; sons, Doug Upton and Robert Allen
He is survived by his ford, Deforest Shields Office. Upton; and brother, Doug Helms.
children, Johnny Smith, of Cleveland, Tennes- He is survived by Mrs. Upton is survived by her son, Tommy
James Smith and Rosie see, Timmie Shields his wife, Sarah Henley Upton of Columbus, MS; grandchildren, Robert
Holbrook; siblings, Ter- and James Shields Elkin; children, Gary Allen, Kristie Clark, Kelly Humphres, Rachel
ry Smith, Gray Smith both of Crawford; and Elkin, Donnie Elkin Landrum and TJ Upton; and great-grandchildren,
and Nellie Matthews; siblings, Dorothy S. and Ronnie Elkin; seven Douglas Humphres, William Humphres, Madalyn
five grandchildren; and Robinson of Crawford grandchildren; and six Humphres, Alexis Pratt, Shyann Smith and
one great-grandchild. and Annie McDavid great-grandchildren. Shanna Chapelle.
of Youngstown, Ohio; Memorials may be Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s
made to Fairview Bap- Research Hospital 501 St. Jude Place Memphis,
Latisha Selvie grandchildren; and
tist Church, 127 Airline TN 38105.
CRAWFORD — great-grandchildren.
Road, Columbus, MS, Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
Latisha Rochelle
“Booshane” Selvie, 42, Margaret Weining 39702.
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
died Dec. STARKVILLE —
Gerry Burleson
J.E. Harrison
3, 2020, Margaret Murphey
at OCH of Weining, 103, died Dec. COLUMBUS — Ger-
Starkville. 2, 2020. ry Burleson, 50, died
Grave- An online memorial Dec. 8, 2020, at Bap-
tist Memorial Hospi- J.E. “Corky” Harrison, age
sides service will be held.
tal-Golden Triangle. 92, of Brandon died December
services Welch Funeral Home of
6, 2020, of natural causes.
will be at Starkville is in charge of Arrangements are
incomplete and will be Corky was born in Jonesboro,
11 a.m. Selvie arrangements.
announced by Lown- AR to W. Owen and Elizabeth
Thursday Mrs. Weining was
des Funeral Home of G. Harrison, the oldest of
in Oakland M.B. born March 16, 1917, in
Columbus. three brothers, and grew up
Church Cemetery, with Laurel, to the late Ed-
in Jonesboro and Blytheville,
Bobby L. McCarter Sr. ward Joseph and Ruth
AR. He enlisted in the U.S.
officiating. Visitation is Sammons Murphey.
Marine Corps in 1946 after
from 2-6 p.m. today, at She was previously graduating from high school, served on active
Carter’s Funeral Ser- employed as the owner duty for 18 months, then in the Reserves and
vices. Carter’s Funeral of a bookstore, with a was recalled to active duty in 1951 during the
Services of Columbus telephone company and Korean conflict. When asked why the Marines,
is in charge of arrange- with the Social Security he said simply, “They were the best and I wanted
ments. Administration. She to see if I could do it.” After returning from his
Mrs. Selvie was was a member of First initial enlistment, he attended Arkansas State
born Aug. 12, 1978, in Baptist Church. University in Jonesboro. At a costume party
Starkville, to Shirley In addition to her par- his sophomore year, he met Anne Owen when,
Selvie and the late ents, she was preceded dressed as a cowgirl, she shot him in the eye with
Albert Selvie Sr. She in death by her siblings, a water pistol. They were married for 52 years
was a graduate of West Edward, Herman and until she passed away in 2001. Corky worked
Lowndes High School a still-born sister, Flora in the retail clothing business his entire adult
and a member of Char- Pauline. Charlie Upton life. He moved with Anne and two young sons
ity Mission Full Gospel She is survived by Incomplete
2nd Ave. N. Location
to Columbus, MS in 1959 where he had a long
Baptist Church. her children, Bob Wein- association with Egger’s Dept. Store becoming
In addition to her ing Ruth Jernigan both
of Starkville, Ed Wein- Billy Swedenburg General Merchandise Manager and part owner.
mother, she is sur- Services: After leaving Egger’s, he joined Dillards Dept.
vived by her children, ing of Collinswood, Friday, Dec. 11 • 11 AM
Stores in Little Rock, AR, and Memphis, TN.
Main Street Presbyterian Church
Tatyana Harris and Zoe New Jersey and John He and Anne returned to MS where he joined
2nd Ave. N. Location
Harris both of Craw- Weining of Glen Ridge, McRae’s Dept. Stores in Jackson as the fur
ford; siblings, Gwen- New Jersey; and six buyer. When McRae’s exited the fur business,
dolyn Selvie-Wells of grandchildren. he worked for Gayfers and then Henig Furs in
Crawford, Albert Selvie, Jackson, continuing to work part time well into
Jr. of Meridian, Tammy Jimmy Elkin his 80’s. An avid bass fisherman, Corky’s shelves
T. Selvie of Kennesaw, OXFORD — Jimmy are lined with trophies from the many bass club
Georgia and Rebecca S. Elkin, 85, died Dec. 1, memorialgunterpeel.com fishing tournaments he participated in. Some of
Crawford of Columbus. 2020, at Baptist Memo- his happiest times were spent fishing, and talking
rial Hospital-Oxford. about fishing, with good friends and sharing his
Willie Shields Lowndes Funeral time, passion and expertise with other beginning
COLUMBUS — Wil- fishermen including his two grandsons (who
lie James Shields, 85, sometimes complained mildly that Corky cast to
died Nov. 27, 2020. the good spots first from the front of the boat).
Grave- He (and his many stories) will be greatly missed.
side ser- In addition to his wife Anne, Corky was
vices will preceded in death by his brother, Owen Harrison
be at 1 p.m. and sister-in-law Betsy Harrison of Morehead
Thursday, City, NC; and brother Col. (Ret. USAF) Tommy
at Turn- Harrison of Apopka, FL.
er-Hairston He is survived by two sons, Robert Harrison
Cemetery. (Susan) of Columbus, MS and Cliff Harrison
Visitation Shields (Susan) of Madison, MS; grandson, CMSgt
is from (USAF) Rob Harrison (Kendra); and great-
noon-5 p.m. today, at grandaughter, Raegan of San Antonio, TX;
Lee-Sykes Funeral grandson, John Ford Harrison of New Orleans,
Home. Lee-Sykes LA; sister-in-law Marty Harrison of Apopka, FL;
Funeral Home of Co- and many nieces and nephews.
lumbus is in charge of Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a memorial
arrangements. service will be held at a later date.
Mr. Shields was born In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to
July 7, 1935, to the late the UMMC Fund for the University of Mississippi
Early B. Shields and Medical Center. The family would like to express
Fannie B. Shields. He their gratitude to the doctors, nurses and staff
was a member of Char- of University Physicians, UMMC, Hospice
ity Full Gospel Mission Ministries, home health nurse Lauren McDaniel,
Baptist Church. and sitter Keoshia Killingsworth for their
In addition to his kindness and compassionate care, particularly,
parents, he was preced- in Corky’s final weeks. Arrangements are being
ed in death by his wife, handled by Sebrell Funeral Home.
Bessie Shields; chil-
dren, Elvis, Dean and Paid Obituary - Sebrell Funeral Home
Tony Shields; siblings,
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020 5A

Biden calls for action on virus House approves

as he introduces health team defense bill with
‘I know that out of our collective pain, we will find
our collective purpose: to control the pandemic,
already in place. But Biden said he
would urge governors and mayors
to impose similar requirements.
Topping the roster of Biden’s
veto-proof margin
BY MAT THEW DALY
to save lives, and to heal as a nation’ picks was health secretary nominee The Associated Press
Xavier Becerra, a Latino politician
President-elect Joe Biden
who rose from humble beginnings WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled
BY JONATHAN LEMIRE AND 100 million vaccines and a pledge to to serve in Congress and as Cali- House on Tuesday easily approved a wide-rang-
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR try to reopen a majority of the na- fornia’s attorney general. Others in- ing defense policy bill, defying a veto threat from
The Associated Press
tion’s schools. clude a businessman renowned for President Donald Trump and setting up a possible
“I know that out of our collective his crisis management skills and a showdown with the Republican president in the
WILMINGTON, Del. — Pres- quartet of medical doctors, among waning days of his administration.
ident-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday pain, we will find our collective pur-
them Anthony Fauci, the govern- The 335-78 vote in favor of the $731 billion de-
called for urgent action on the coro- pose: to control the pandemic, to
ment’s top infectious-disease spe- fense measure came hours after Trump renewed
navirus pandemic as he introduced save lives, and to heal as a nation,” cialist.
Biden said. his threat to veto the bill unless lawmakers clamp
a health care team that will be test- The usual feel-good affirmations down on social media companies he claims were
ed at every turn while striving to The president-elect also said he that accompany such unveilings biased against him during the election.
restore the nation to normalcy. would use the power of the federal were overshadowed by urgency, Trump tweeted Tuesday that he will veto “the
Biden laid out three COVID-19 government to require people to with new cases of COVID-19 aver- very weak National Defense Authorization Act,’’
priorities for his first 100 days in of- wear masks in federal buildings aging more than 200,000 a day and or NDAA, unless it repeals so-called Section 230,
fice: a call for all Americans to vol- and when traveling from state to deaths averaging above 2,200 daily a part of the communications code that shields
untarily mask up during those 100 state on planes, trains and buses. as the nation struggles with uncon- Twitter, Facebook and other tech giants from con-
days, a commitment to administer Mostly that would codify policies trolled spread. tent liability. Trump also wants Congress to strip
out a provision of the bill that allows renaming of
military bases that now honor Confederate lead-
ers.
Congressional leaders vowed to move ahead
on the hugely popular bill — which affirms au-
President-elect? GOP may wait for January to say Biden won tomatic 3 percent pay raises for U.S. troops and
authorizes other military programs — despite the
BY LISA MASCARO Majority Leader Mitch an interview. so he stepped up. He in- veto threat.
AP Congressional Correspondent McConnell has signaled Mooney said he was troduced a House resolu- The final vote represented approval from more
Jan. 20 as the certain being pressed by voters tion Tuesday that encour- than 80 percent of the House — well above the
WASHINGTON — date when the country is back home, including Re- ages neither Trump nor two-thirds support required to override a poten-
Americans waiting for “going to have the swear- publican Party activists Biden to concede until tial veto. A total of 140 Republicans joined 195
Republicans in Congress ing-in of the next presi- at an event last month in all the investigations are Democrats to back the bill, which now goes to the
to acknowledge Joe Biden Harper’s Ferry, demand- completed. Senate.
dent.”
as the president-elect may ing to know why no one “The end is when the Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a member of the
The result is a risky
have to keep waiting until was helping the presi- roll call is put up here,” he House Republican leadership, urged Trump not to
standoff like none other
January as GOP leaders dent. They were “very said about the Jan. 6 vote follow through on his veto threat, but added that if
in U.S. history. The refus-
stick with President Don- concerned,” he said, and in Congress. he does veto it, “We should override.’’
al to agree upon the facts
ald Trump’s litany of legal
challenges and unproven of the election threatens
claims of fraud. to undermine voter con-
Tuesday’s deadline fidence, chisel away at
for states to certify their the legitimacy of Biden’s
elections — once viewed presidency and restack
as a pivot point for Repub- civic norms in still-un-
licans to mark Biden’s win knowable ways.
— came and went without Yet some GOP officials
much comment. Next see the dragged-out pro-
week’s Dec. 14 Elector- cess as their best shot
al College deadline may at answering the fiery
produce just a few more questions, calls and com-
congratulatory GOP calls plaints of their constitu-
to Biden. ents who voted for Trump
Increasingly, GOP and refuse to believe he
lawmakers say the Jan. legitimately lost the race
6 vote in Congress to ac- to Biden.
cept the Electoral College “The country needs
outcome may be when to understand, at least,
the presidential winner it was fair,” Rep. Alex
becomes official. Senate Mooney, R-W.Va., said in

High court rejects GOP bid

to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The
Supreme Court on Tues-
day rejected Republicans’
last-gasp bid to reverse
Pennsylvania’s certifica-
tion of President-elect Joe
Biden’s victory in the elec-
toral battleground.
The court without com-
ment refused to call into
question the certification
process in Pennsylvania.
Democratic Gov. Tom
Wolf already has certified
Biden’s victory over Pres-
ident Donald Trump and
the state’s 20 electors are
to meet on Dec. 14 to cast
their votes for Biden.
In any case, Biden won
306 electoral votes, so
even if Pennsylvania’s re-
sults had been in doubt, he
still would have more than
the 270 electoral votes
needed to become presi-
dent.
The court’s decision not
to intervene came in a law-
suit led by Republican U.S.
Rep. Mike Kelly of north-
eastern Pennsylvania and
GOP congressional can-
didate and Trump favorite
Sean Parnell, who lost to
Pittsburgh-area U.S. Rep.
Conor Lamb, a Democrat.
“Even Trump appoin-
tees & Republicans saw
this for what it was: a cha-
rade,” Lamb said on Twit-
ter.
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OUR VIEW

MSMS outreach serves students throughout the state

S
ince opening its doors
on the campus of Mis-
sissippi University for
Women in 1987, the Missis-
sippi School for Math and
Science has served as a model
for what high school education
can be.
Each year, MSMS ranks
as the top high school in the
state and among the very best
schools in the nation with its
students attracting millions
of dollars in scholarships to
some of the most prestigious
colleges and universities in
the nation.
While the two-year residen-
tial high school is designed for
academically-gifted students,
it is important to note that the
school is a public high school,
funded by the state.
With a student body of
roughly 230 kids, its impact
could be limited. To its credit,
MSMS has never taken an in-
sular approach to its mission.
While the majority of public
school students in Missis-
sippi will not benefit from
attending MSMS, the school’s
administration, staff and,
yes, students, are sharing
resources with students from
kindergarten through 10th
grade through its outreach
programs.
At both the elementary and
middle school level, MSMS
offers “Weekly Wednesday
Workouts,” a virtual program
that focuses on grade-level
math standards. Students can
enroll individually or teachers
can enroll their classrooms.
The free online enrichment
classes are conducted by fac-
ulty and MSMS students.
Beginning at third grade
and through middle school,
students have access to
MSMS “Full Steam Ahead,”
another virtual program
design to teach engineering
design concepts.
At the 9th and 10th grade
level, MSMS sponsors an an-
nual mathematics tournament
and distance learning pro-
grams, designed to fill needs
for schools that are unable to
offer certain courses because
of a lack of funding or person-
nel.
For MSMS, such programs
are a means of outreach, mak-
ing gifted students aware of
what the school has to offer.
But since the majority of
public-school students will
never attend MSMS, the
programs it offers comple-
ment and enhance education
for public school students no
matter where they are.
“We can’t serve every
school in Mississippi, ” MSMS
Executive Director Germain
McConnell said. “But our
focus is: how do we help those
under-resourced areas, those
areas where you have kids
who need to be in those more
advanced level classes? Even
in those schools that have
resources, it’s hard to find
teachers to teach those upper
level classes, so that’s what we
want to do.”
The success MSMS has
enjoyed for three-plus decades
is all the justification needed
for the school. That much of
what the school has to offer
is not confined to the MSMS
student body, but is offered to
other public-school students
only serves to reinforce what
it has to offer.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Believes supervisor should have self-isolated
Once again, Harry shows his ignorance and
arrogance. It’s attitudes like his that spread the
virus and kill people. We, as today’s society, are an
embarrassment to the Greatest Generation who
sacrificed everything in WWII, so we could live
free. We’re repaying them by acting like butt hurt
little brats and killing them by our lack of patri-
otism. If you cared about our country you’d wear
a mask and err on the side of caution and isolate
yourself if you come in contact with an infected
person. Harry the world does not revolve around
you; it will still exist if you miss a meeting. You’re
not that important in the scheme of life to ignore
realities and take risks that may kill others.
Bill Connelly
Columbus

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TODAY IN HISTORY THE NATION

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 9, the 344th day of
2020. There are 22 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

And so this is Christmas
A
On Dec. 9, 2000, the U-S Supreme Court nd so this is But what is Christ- that year. When sailors stepped off
ordered a temporary halt in the Florida vote count Christmas. mas when you can’t their train for a Christmas Day lay-
on which Al Gore pinned his best hopes of winning So sang — or at least, shouldn’t over in Glenwood Springs, Colo.,
the White House. John Lennon in 1971. — travel? To go over the 1,200 residents met them with
The Vietnam War the river and through turkey dinners and gift-wrapped
took 2,414 American the woods to grand- presents from beneath their own
On this date: lives that year, so the ma’s house this year trees. A British mother wrote the
In 1854, Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s famous song was a prayer of is to risk exposing her only American whose name and
poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” was harmony and peace to a deadly virus. Yet address she knew — New York
published in England. with a scrim of irony. any year that denies Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia —
In 1911, an explosion inside the Cross Moun- Nor did the irony end you the ability to go pleading for something impossible
tain coal mine near Briceville, Tennessee, killed there. Lennon was shot home, to gather in a to find in war-ravaged Europe:
84 workers. (Five were rescued.) to death nine years Leonard Pitts place of memory with a doll for her daughter. It was
In 1940, British troops opened their first ma- later, 40 years ago last those you love, is a year booked on a Pan Am flight and
jor offensive in North Africa during World War II. Tuesday. that steals something reached London on Dec. 23rd.
In 1958, the anti-communist John Birch Soci- And if the events of 1971 irreplaceable. That’s why carols This year there is, again, a need
ety was formed in Indianapolis. seemed sharply at odds with the written during World War II brim for something deeper. Something
In 1962, the Petrified Forest in Arizona was hope of the holiday, the same can with such palpable yearning. like they found in North Little
designated a national park. surely be said of 2020. On the sur- “I’ll be home for Christmas, if Rock, Ark., last month after a
In 1965, the James Bond film “Thunderball,” face, things seem much the same only in my dreams...” black family erected a black Santa
starring Sean Connery, had its world premiere in as they ever were, the same crush “Next year, all our troubles will Claus in their yard only to receive
Tokyo. of manufactured joy and consum- be out of sight...” an anonymous note demanding
In 1987, the first Palestinian intefadeh, or er avarice Charlie Brown’s been “I’m dreaming of a white Christ- removal of the “negro” elf. Iddy
uprising, began as riots broke out in Gaza and complaining about for 55 years. On mas, just like the ones I used to Kennedy said it made her wonder
spread to the West Bank, triggering a strong TV, the same photogenic families know...” “if this was the right environment
Israeli response. stand in the driveways of the same How those words must have felt to raise our daughter.”
In 1990, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa (lek upscale homes, beckoning you to to some man sweltering in the jun- Then her neighbors learned of
vah-WEN’-sah) won Poland’s presidential runoff buy a luxury car to celebrate the gles of Guadalcanal. Small wonder the harassment. There are now
by a landslide. night when, Christians believe, the Christmas that came at war’s black Santas up and down the
In 1992, Britain’s Prince Charles and Prin- heaven touched Earth. end — 75 years ago — was “the street. People also sent money,
cess Diana announced their separation. (The But this Christmas is not the greatest celebration in American over $1,000, which the family has
couple’s divorce became final in Aug. 1996.) same. It is a pandemic Christmas history” in the words of Matthew redirected to the Arkansas branch
In 2001, the United States disclosed the ex- where death is already setting Litt, author of, “Christmas 1945.” of Ronald McDonald House Chari-
istence of a videotape in which Osama bin Laden new records. Nearly 2,900 lives It’s a book one is hard-pressed to ties. Speaking to The Washington
said he was pleasantly surprised by the extent of were lost in a single day last read without smiling, tales of sol- Post, Executive Director Janell
damage from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. week, roughly equivalent to a diers, sailors and Marines rushing Mason called it “humanity doing
In 2013, scientists revealed that NASA’s 9/11 every 24 hours. The CDC on crowded roads and rails to get good things.” And so it is.
Curiosity rover had uncovered signs of an ancient says COVID-19 may have claimed home for Christmas and people And so, this is Christmas.
freshwater lake on Mars. nearly 330,000 of us by Dec. 26th. doing for one another with cheer- Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the
In 2014, U.S. Senate investigators concluded Healthcare workers are physically ful, thankful hearts. 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commen-
the United States had brutalized scores of terror and emotionally spent; the system Americans seemed moved by tary, is a columnist for the Miami
suspects with interrogation tactics that turned is cracking under the strain. something deeper than manufac- Herald. Email him at lpitts@
secret CIA prisons into chambers of suffering and And so this is Christmas. tured joy and consumer avarice miamiherald.com.
did nothing to make Americans safer after the
Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Ten years ago: In Britain’s worst political
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14 Fort Hood soldiers fired,

suspended over violence at base
Disciplinary actions and policy changes come
after a year that saw at least 25 Army soldiers die
due to suicide, homicide or accidents
BY LOLITA C. BALDOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Army
on Tuesday said it has fired or sus-
pended 14 officers and enlisted
soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, and
ordered policy changes to address
chronic failures of leadership that
contributed to a widespread pattern
of violence, including murder, sexu-
al assault and harassment.
In a sweeping condemnation of
Fort Hood’s command hierarchy,
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy
fired three top commanders and
suspended two others pending a
further investigation. He also or-
dered a separate probe into staffing
and procedures at the base’s Crim-
inal Investigation Command unit,
which is responsible for investigat-
ing crimes on Fort Hood.
The actions come after a year
that saw at least 25 soldiers as-
signed to Fort Hood die due to sui-
cide, homicide or accidents, includ-
ing the bludgeoning death of Spc.
Vanessa Guillen. Guillen was miss-
ing for about two months before her
remains were found.
Speaking to reporters at the
Pentagon, McCarthy said based on
an independent panel’s review, he
concluded that the issues at Fort
Hood, including major flaws in the
response to sexual assault and ha-
rassment, “are directly related to
leadership failures.” He said he was
gravely disappointed in the com-
manders there, adding, “without
leadership, systems don’t matter.”
Gen. James McConville, the
chief of staff of the Army, told re-
porters that he spoke to Guillen’s
mother on Tuesday morning and
told her, “We are holding leaders
accountable, and we will fix this.”

Family: Black man shot by deputy held a sandwich, not a gun

‘At this point, witness testimony and physical evidence
raise serious concerns about why Casey was even
confronted, let alone why he was shot ...’
Statement from attorneys for family of Casey Goodson Jr.
BY FARNOUSH AMIRI
Report for America
COLUMBUS, Ohio —
Civil rights and FBI inves-
tigators will help look into
the fatal shooting by an
Ohio sheriff’s deputy of a
Black man whose family
says that he was holding
not a gun, but a sandwich,
and that he was shot in
front of two toddlers and
his grandmother while in-
side his home, not outside
it, as authorities assert.
The office of U.S. At-
torney David M. DeVillers
in Ohio said Tuesday that
it would step in — along
with the Justice Depart-
ment’s Civil Rights Divi-
sion, the FBI in Cincinnati
and the Columbus police
— after the state attorney
general’s office declined
to investigate the shoot-
ing of Casey Goodson Jr.,
23, because it said the po-
lice department didn’t ask
soon enough.
“My grandson just got
shot in the back when he
came in the house,” Good-
son’s grandmother told a
dispatcher Friday, accord-
ing to 911 recordings ob-
tained by The Associated
Press. “I don’t know if he’s
OK.”
Goodson had just gone
to the dentist, she told the
dispatcher, and she didn’t
know what had happened
or who shot him.
The Franklin County
Sheriff’s Office first re-
ported Friday the fatal
shooting of a man that day
on the north side of Co-
lumbus. The case was giv-
en to city police because
the Sheriff’s Office does
not oversee investigations
of its own deputies in fatal
shootings, and the police
department did not re-
lease such details as the
names of Goodson and
the deputy who shot him
until Sunday.
Since then, Goodson’s
relatives and law enforce-
ment officials have given
conflicting details. Visi-
ble evidence of the events
is lacking because the
Sheriff’s Office does not
provide officers with body
cameras, and the dep-
uty’s SWAT vehicle did
But attorneys for
Goodson’s family say that
he was shot while walking
in his home, and that his
grandmother and two tod-
dlers, who were not his
own children, witnessed
not have a dash-mounted the shooting.
camera. Tobin’s narrative leaves
The deputy, Jason Me- out “key details that raise
ade, a 17-year veteran of cause for extreme con-
cern,” the attorneys’
the Sheriff’s Office, had
statement reads, includ-
been assigned to a U.S.
ing the object Goodson
Marshals Office fugitive
was holding. Police say it
task force. The task force
was a gun that was later
had just finished an un-
recovered from the scene;
successful search for a
Goodson’s family says
fugitive Friday afternoon he was holding a Subway
when Goodson, who was sandwich.
not the suspect, drove by “At this point, witness
and waved a gun at Me- testimony and physical
ade, according to U.S. evidence raise serious
Marshal Peter Tobin. concerns about why Ca-
Meade confronted him sey was even confronted,
outside Goodson’s vehi- let alone why he was shot
cle in front of the man’s dead while entering his
home, Tobin said. own home,” the lawyers
One witness heard Me- added.
ade command Goodson to Even if Goodson had
drop his gun, and when been carrying a gun, the
he didn’t, the deputy shot statement read, he had a
him, Tobin said. Goodson license to do so.
was taken to a hospital,
where he died.

Cybersecurity
official fired
by Trump sues
over threats
BY BEN FOX
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON —
The U.S. cybersecurity
official who was fired last
month by President Don-
ald Trump filed a lawsuit
Tuesday over threatening
remarks by a lawyer for
the president that prompt-
ed a wave of death threats
against him.
Christopher Krebs says
in the suit that he has been
“bombarded” with threats
since attorney Joseph diG-
enova appeared on the
pro-Trump TV network
Newsmax and called for
Krebs to be killed.
“The defendants’
threats have upended
plaintiff’s life, as well as
his family’s security, and
caused serious fear, dis-
tress, suffering, and even
physical damage,” he said
in the lawsuit, filed in
diGenova’s home state of
Maryland.
Amid the threats,
Krebs, a Republican and
Trump appointee, was
forced to move out of his
home in Virginia for sev-
eral days and hire private
security. He still keeps his
children from playing in
their front yard out of fear,
attorney Jim Walden said.
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SOCSD will consider SHS reorganization, other building renovations
Peasant: District is ‘probably overdue’
in considering some improvements
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Starkville-Oktibbeha
Consolidated School Dis-
trict will consider invest-
ing $42 million in major
renovations at most of its
buildings, particularly
Starkville High School, in
a few years at the sugges-
tion of a consulting firm.
The Ridgeland-based
Bailey Education Group
studied the district’s fa-
cilities over the past few
months and found that
most buildings need sev-
eral repairs. SHS, Arm-
strong Junior High and all
the elementary schools
need electrical upgrades,
repainting and bathroom
renovations, Bailey Ed-
ucation Group president
Gary Bailey told the
SOCSD Board of Trustees
at its Tuesday meeting.
SHS in particular
needs several security
upgrades, since it’s cur-
rently “an open campus”
that anyone could access
at any time, he said.
“The site is somewhat
chaotic, and that has to do
with parking and circula-
tion being disorganized,”
he said. “The new front
entry to the building is
not a safe drop-off point
for kids.”
Building a complete-
ly new high school could
cost at least $55 million,
which Bailey said is not
financially feasible for
SOCSD. He proposed ren-
ovating and reorganizing
the SHS campus, a $37
million endeavour, and
renovating other build-
ings for an additional $5
million.
Shots
Continued from Page 1A
going, Noxubee County
Sheriff’s Office Chief
Deputy Dontevis Smith
said.
The suspects’ names
are known to local law
enforcement, including
the Macon and Columbus
police departments, but
were not released as of
press time. Smith said the
gunmen likely opened fire
from the suspects’ car, a
white Honda with damage
to the front, as they left
the high school.
Smith did not speculate
on the charges the perpe-
trators would face once
apprehended but said
they would “possibly” be
heightened because the
shooting occurred on a
school campus.
When Smith arrived
on the scene late in Tues-
day’s girls game, he in-
formed Broadnax the
superintendent needed to
shut down the school and
evacuate the gym. Broad-
nax and Noxubee County
Athletic Director Karen
Dixon pulled Tigers boys
basketball coach Danny
Crawford and Columbus
boys coach Phillip Morris
into the locker room area
to let them know Tues-
day’s boys game would
be canceled and the gym
evacuated.
“Safety is always our
top priority,” Dixon said.
“Of course, we want the
young men to have the
opportunity to play; how-
ever, safety is first.”
Shortly after 7:30 p.m.
— once the girls game
had ended in a 56-54 over-
time win for Noxubee
County — the public ad-
dress announcer spread
the news to a surprised
crowd. Fans filed out the
front door of the school
while Columbus’ boys and
girls teams packed their
things in the locker room
and were escorted to their
buses in the school’s side
lot.
Smith said one vehicle
in that lot had sustained
bullet damage to its side
door; another car, a black
Toyota sedan, was hit in
The proposed reorga-
nization would improve
the fences around the
school’s perimeter and
move the main entrance
to the east and most park-
ing to the south. The Mill-
saps Career and Technol-
ogy Center would move
east of Victory Lane, ac-
cording to a diagram Bai-
ley showed the board.
He proposed a new
gym and a new theater,
both north of Yellow
Jacket Drive, to help SHS
remain “academically
competitive.” The district
should keep the exist-
ing gym and theater for
teaching physical educa-
tion and performing arts,
respectively, Bailey said,
and he also suggested ad-
ditions to Millsaps and to
the dining facilities.
Proposed renovations
at other SOCSD build-
ings include replacing
leaky windows at West
Elementary, reroofing at
Henderson Ward Stew-
art Elementary and more
wheelchair accessibility
at Sudduth Elementary.
“These are not wish
list items,” Bailey said.
“These are the things we
think are important. The
wish list is much longer
than this, and these are
what we consider to be
priority items.”
The Partnership Mid-
dle School on the Mis-
sissippi State University
campus just opened in
August and therefore is
“in good shape,” Bailey
said. The study did not in-
clude The Learning Cen-
ter or Emerson Family
School.
The black Toyota sedan damaged in Tuesday’s shoot-
ing outside Noxubee County High School in Macon is
hauled away by a tow truck from Brothers & Brothers
Auto Body Shop. The car suffered damage to its front
and rear windows.
both driver’s-side win-
dows. Broken glass lit-
tered the ground while a
few shards held steady in
the front window frame,
and a Brothers & Broth-
ers tow truck arrived
around 8:30 p.m. to roll
the damaged cars away.
Smith said he believes
the shooter was firing as
the Honda headed west
toward Highway 45 but is
unsure. He said current
surveillance footage from
the high school painted
an unclear picture and
that further tapes should
help clarify things.
“Until we get all the
video footage from the
school, we won’t be able
to tell exactly which di-
rection the bullets were
coming from,” Smith said.
As of press time, the
surveillance tape avail-
able to local law enforce-
ment failed to give either
a clear indication as to
the model of the Honda
or its license plate. But
Smith said the suspects
are three former Nox-
ubee County residents
who now live in Lowndes
County. One previously
spent time in the Noxubee
County Jail.
Smith said the ongoing
investigation is “extreme”
and is focused on appre-
hending and questioning
the perpetrators.
Broadnax and Dixon
both thanked law enforce-
ment for their roles in the
evacuation and the search
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
SOCSD Chief Finan-
cial Officer Tammie Mc-
serve our students, then
we’re pushing along.”
Garr said the district will
be free of some debt in a
All SOCSD sixth-grad-
ers had to learn online for
few years and will have a several days in November
plan in place by then to after some PMS teachers
ideally be prepared for had to quarantine.
the proposed $42 million The district has added
project. Wi-Fi to 25 buses and sev-
The district could use eral points on its campus-
a bond issue or its fund es and in the community
balance to pay for the in order to make online
project, and “it takes two learning more accessible
years to implement some- Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
for students, Peasant said.
thing this complex,” Bai- Gary Bailey, right, president of Ridgeland-based Bailey
Education Group, presents a list of proposed changes He also said the dis-
ley said.
to Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District trict has contacted par-
Superintendent Eddie
buildings Tuesday at the SOCSD Board of Trustees ents whose children are
Peasant and Board Pres-
meeting. Starkville High School in particular needs in virtual learning to
ident Debra Prince both
security upgrades and would benefit from some new ask them if they want to
told The Dispatch the pro- academic and athletic facilities, Bailey said, and the
continue next semester.
posed project would be a proposed changes to most schools in the district would
He previously told The
worthy investment. total $42 million.
Dispatch that administra-
“We know the needs,
tors strongly encourage
so it’s just going to be a Peasant told the board son learning challenges
parents to enroll their
matter of he had been considering well.
moving SHS to an entirely “They’re trying to children in traditional,
prioritizing
virtual learning environ- keep things going and in-person learning next
and getting
ment this week, but ad- trying to make it to the semester if that student
more com-
ministrators told him the break,” Peasant said. “As is not achieving at least
munity in-
teachers were “stepping long as they’re able to Cs in their classes this se-
put,” Prince
said. up” and handling in-per- do that and we’re able to mester.
Pe a s a nt
said the Peasant
district is
“probably
overdue” in
consider-
ing some of
the renova-
tions.
“ W e
have to Prince
keep the
buildings updated and
relevant and in physical
condition to be able to
serve our kids and have a
clean, safe learning envi-
ronment,” he said.
In other business, 12
students and 12 staff re-
cently tested positive for
COVID-19, and 124 stu-
dents and 41 staff are cur-
rently quarantined due to
close contact, according
to the data on the SOCSD
website.
Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff
for the suspects.
“We thank our securi-
ty team and our chief of
police for really getting
on top of this right away,”
Broadnax told The Dis-
patch.
A few minutes later,
though, the superinten-
dent had one more thing
to add.
“There will be no fur-
ther games with Colum-
bus anytime in the next
20 years,” he said.
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SECTION

Three matchups to watch between MSU and Auburn

BY BEN PORTNOY ups to watch:
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARK VILLE — Auburn quarterback
Mississippi State is en- Bo Nix vs. Mississippi
tering crunch time. State secondary
Sitting at 2-6 and *Insert comments
with roughly seven bowl about the MSU second-
spots up for grabs in the ary being banged up*
Southeastern Confer- OK, I’ll dive into
ence, it remains to be more than that, but it’s
seen whether the Bull- no secret at this point
dogs would earn a post- that the MSU second-
season berth with just ary is reeling. In the
two wins on their led- Bulldogs’ last time out,
ger. Facing an Auburn we saw third-string de-
team that’s hardly been fensive back Landon
a world beater in 2020, Guidry twice burned
MSU would do plenty for long touchdowns as
to aid its case for a bowl Ole Miss scored just
game with a win Satur- enough to outpace MSU
day in Starkville. in Oxford two weeks
Here are three match- ago. To Guidry’s cred-
it, he wrote a lengthy
apology on Twitter after
the game owning his
mistakes. That said, it
doesn’t change the fact
the Bulldogs are short-
handed on the back end.
Enter Nix.
A five-star recruit and
a prodigal son on The
Plains, Nix hasn’t exact-
ly been the picture of ef-
ficiency this fall. While
Auburn head coach Gus
Malzahn should lean on
the run game more than
the passing game Sat-
urday, his starting sig-
nal-caller is averaging
a meager 222 yards per
Bruce Newman/Ole Miss Athletics
game through the air Mississippi wide receiver Elijah Moore (8) makes a catch against Mississippi State
— the sixth-best mark Bulldogs safety Collin Duncan (19) at Vaunt-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford on Nov.
See FOOTBALL, 3B 28.

Tackett MISSISSIPPI STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL

resigns as
New Hope
football
Second half surge lifts MSU men
coach
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
to third straight win
Wade Tackett was
ready for a change.
New Hope High
School administration
was ready to head in a
different direction.
In mid-November,
when Tackett resigned
his position as the
school’s head football
coach, both parties got
what they wanted.
The week after the
Trojans forfeited their
Nov. 6 regular-season
finale at Grenada be-
cause of COVID-19 con-
tact tracing guidelines,
Tackett met with New
Hope principal Matt
Smith. The two men
talked, and Tackett sub-
mitted his resignation
to Smith.
“I’ve enjoyed my
time at New Hope,”
See NEW HOPE, 3B

Lockett’s
3-pointer
lifts Noxubee
County girls Courtesy of Mississippi State athletics

over Falcons
in OT
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
MACON — Na’Kai-
yla Lockett held her fol-
low-through for an extra
beat as the home crowd
roared its approval.
When the Noxubee
County girls basketball
team needed a big shot
in Tuesday’s home game
against Columbus High
School, the dynamic
ninth-grader was there to
deliver it.
Lockett launched a
3-pointer to open the scor-
ing in the overtime peri-
od, draw a loud cheer and
lead the Tigers (5-1) over
the Falcons (4-2) on Tues-
day in Macon, 56-54.
See PREP, 3B
Mississippi State forward Tolu Smith puts up a shot in a men’s college basketball Tuesday at Humphrey Coliseum. MSU picked up its
third straight victory.
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARK VILLE — Things
just weren’t clicking offensive-
ly for Mississippi State in the
opening half Tuesday night.
Mid-range jumpers from
the top of the key continued
to clang off the rim. Second
chances were plentiful, but
often resulted in shots that
barely grazed the rim. Factor
in seven missed free throws
and a measly 35.5 shooting
percentage and the fact MSU
led in-state opponent Jackson
State by four points at half-
time could be considered a
minor miracle.
Then, everything changed.
The lid came off the basket
the same time MSU (3-2)
cranked up its play on the de-
fensive end of the floor. Iver-
son Molinar and Tolu Smith
continued to look like pieces
a young Bulldogs team could
build around. A 16 -0 run in
the first five minutes of the
second half erased any hope
from the Jackson-based visi-
tor of leaving Humphrey Col-
iseum with a major upset in
its season opener. First half
shooting woes were rectified
by turning in a 55-percent
second half shooting clip bol-
stered by converting eight
3-pointers.
All was well that ended well
in the Bulldogs’ 82-59 rout
over the Tigers (0 -1).
“We came out (in in the
second half ) really defensive
minded,” MSU coach Ben
Howland said. “We did a great
job offensively sharing the
ball and getting it inside right
away.”
Molinar, playing in his sec-
ond game of the season after
missing the first three con-
tests, seemed to be the only
Bulldog immune to first half
shooting woes. The sopho-
more point guard made his
first four shots of the night
and scored 13 of his 21 points
entering the break. Molinar’s
scoring output tied a sin-
gle-game career high and he
was 5-of-7 beyond the arc.
“Someone asked me the
other day, where has he im-
proved the most? Well, his
shot,” Howland said. “He has
a perfect rotation and it’s mon-
ey in the bank. Every time
he shoots and he’s open, I’m
thinking it’s going in ... Usu-
ally players improve the most
between their freshman and
sophomore year, but he’s im-
proved more than any other
player I’ve coached since Rus-
sell Westbrook between 2007
and 2008. That’s how much
better he is in every facet of
the game from a year ago.”
Finishing in double figures
for the fifth straight contest
was Tolu Smith, who chipped
in 19 points and 12 rebounds,
giving him his second dou-
ble-double with the Bulldogs.
D.J. Stewart (11 points) and
Javian Davis (11) were the
other MSU players that fin-
ished with double-digit point
totals.
“I feel like we have the best
frontcourt in the SEC,” Smith
said. “With that, it just takes
time to work and continue to
be unselfish with the ball as
we were tonight.”
The Bulldogs doubled
Jackson State’s rebounding
See MSU, 3B
2B WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Jackson, Ravens run past Cowboys 34-17

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE — Back in action
after a 15-day layoff, Lamar Jackson
directed a relentless rushing attack
that the Baltimore Ravens hope will
be the first big step in a run to the
playoffs.
Jackson ran for 94 yards and
a touchdown, and the Ravens re-
turned from a COVID-19 outbreak
to amass 294 yards rushing in a 34-
17 rout of the Dallas Cowboys on
Tuesday night.
Playing for the first time since
Nov. 22 following a positive test for
the potentially deadly virus, Jack-
son carried 13 times and threw for
two scores. He was one of 23 Ra-
vens to spend time on the reserve/
COVID-19 list while four different
strains of the virus swept through
the organization.
“I still can’t really taste or smell,
but I’m good,” Jackson said. “I feel
good to be back with my guys. It
was like two weeks I ain’t seen
them.”
Although the Ravens still have a
half-dozen players on the COVID-19
list, the team felt complete for the
first time in weeks.
“It’s like when you go on a fam-
ily vacation and one of your family
members get sick and you can’t
bring them,” rookie linebacker Pat-
rick Queen said. “You’re down in
the dumps.”
The game was played on Tues-
day night because Baltimore’s pre-
vious game — against Pittsburgh
last Wednesday — was pushed back
three times while the Ravens had at
least one player test positive for 10
consecutive days.
Gus Edwards ran for 101 yards
on just seven carries and rookie
J.K. Dobbins — who also missed
time on the COVID-19 list — added
71 yards rushing and a TD to help
Baltimore (7-5) break a three-game
skid and stay alive in its quest to
reach the postseason for a third
straight year.
“It’s a win we really, really had
to have. It was a must-win,” coach
John Harbaugh said. “Running
game was excellent. That was the
key on offense.”
Dallas came in with the worst
rush defense in the league, and it
showed. The Ravens averaged 7.9
yards per carry and prevailed de-
spite getting only 107 yards passing
from Jackson.
“I think today was obviously
a different challenge than we’ve
seen,” Dallas coach Mike McCar-
thy said. “This is a unique offense.
A very physical offensive line and
the dynamic of the combination of
the running backs and Lamar.”
The last-place Cowboys (3-9)
have lost six of seven. Andy Dalton
went 31 for 48 for 285 yards and two
touchdowns, and Ezekiel Elliott
rushed for 77 yards.
“I thought Andy managed the
game very well,” McCarthy said.
“We needed to throw some bigger
punches there and we needed to get
on the board with touchdowns and
we didn’t get that done.”
Greg Zuerlein missed three field
goal tries and Dallas yielded 20
straight points after taking an early
10-7 lead.
The game was supposed to fea-
ture Ravens receiver Dez Bryant
going against his former team, but
Bryant left during warmups and
was scratched with what Baltimore
termed “an illness.”
Bryant wrote on Twitter that he
tested positive for COVID-19 and
later posted: “Yea I’m going to go
ahead and call it a quit for the rest of
the season... I can’t deal with this.”
He subsequently posted a series
of tweets, including, “Yea I’m com-
ing back... I’m being smart.”
Bryant scored 73 touchdowns
with the Cowboys from 2010-17. He
was signed by the Ravens in Octo-
ber and saw his first action in two
years, catching four passes in three
games.
On his first series following his
unwanted week off, Jackson threw
a pass that was tipped and inter-
cepted. That led to a Dallas field
goal, but Jackson answered with a
37-yard touchdown run on a fourth-
and-2 play.
Tony Pollard took the subse-
quent kickoff 66 yards to set up a
13-yard touchdown pass from Dal-
ton to Michael Gallup. It would be
the last time Dallas led.
An interception by Queen set
up a 38-yard touchdown pass from
Jackson to Miles Boykin for a 14-10
lead.
Jackson’s second TD pass of
the game, a 20-yarder in the third
quarter to Marquise Brown, made
it 24-10.
If Jackson was rusty or stale af-
ter missing a game, it was tough to
tell by his performance.
“The one thing you do know
about Lamar: You’re going to get ev-
erything he’s got,” Harbaugh said.
“That’s all you can ask for.”
Ravens streaks
Baltimore’s Justin Tucker missed
a 36-yard field goal in the second
quarter, ending his NFL-record run
of 70 straight successful FGs from
inside 40 yards. ... The Ravens have
rushed for 100 yards in 35 straight
games, third-longest streak in NFL
history. ... Baltimore has won nine
straight over NFC foes, the longest
active streak for one team against
the other conference.
Injuries
Cowboys: LT Cameron Erving
(knee) was inactive.
Ravens: Fullback Patrick Ricard
left in the third quarter with a possi-
ble concussion but returned.
Up next
Cowboys: Another road game
against an AFC North foe, at Cin-
cinnati on Sunday.
Ravens: More prime-time ac-
tion for Baltimore, against the
host Cleveland Browns on Monday
night. It’s a rematch of the season
opener won by the Ravens, 38-6.

Emmert says NCAA must stay open to reform Cycle safe

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — NCAA
President Mark Emmert
hopes lessons learned
through navigating the
pandemic will lead college
sports leaders to be more
open to future reform and
to prioritize opportunities
for athletes when it comes
time to cut costs.
In a 25-minute inter-
view Tuesday with The
Associated Press, Em-
mert said the NCAA and
its member schools have
shown an uncommon
ability to be nimble and
responsive in address-
ing issues of eligibility,
scheduling, recruiting,
transfers and conducting
championship events.
“We’ve done a whole
array of things, many of
which member schools in
the past have said, ‘No, no,
no, we can’t do that. That’s
not right.’ Well, we’re do-
ing it. And the sporting
world hasn’t collapsed,”
Emmert told AP. “And so
can we as we move for-
ward, say, well, why can’t
we continue to do that?
Why can’t we continue to
provide more flexibility?
Why can’t we continue
to think more creatively
about scheduling models
and about the way we run
a variety of elements of
the associations?’
He added: “I’m hoping
that that those lessons ar-
en’t lost.”
It has been a grim 2020
for college sports just the
same. Between the can-
cellation of last season’s
lucrative NCAA basket-
ball tournaments and the
loss of football ticket reve-
nue because of limited at-
tendance, athletic depart-
ments big and small have
been forced to make steep
cuts.
Ohio State, for exam-
ple, has made plans to
lose more than $100 mil-
lion, cutting wages and
jobs, but not teams. Other
schools plan to eliminate
sports, including Iowa
and Stanford, which plans
to drop 11 programs from
one of the largest athletic
departments in the coun-
try.
At lower levels, Fur-
man discontinued its
baseball team and Akron
got rid of cross-country.
Dozens of programs have
been cut as budgets have
been slashed.
“And I know every-
body’s got difficult finan-
cial decisions to make. We
had to make a lot inside
the national office. But
trying to support these
students in as many ways
as we possibly can has
really been the hallmark
of all of this,” Emmert
said. “Because when you
when you look at how the
schools have stepped up
with their health and safe-
ty support for students, it’s
been pretty remarkable.
It’s been extensive. It’s
been hard, but it’s been
really remarkable. And we
need to say, ‘OK, if we can
do that, why can’t we do
these other things?’”
South Carolina last
month fired football coach
Will Muschamp at a cost
of about $12 million to
buy out the remainder of
his contract. That move
came after the athletic
department implement-
ed furloughs to address
an expected $50 million
in lost revenue. There is
also speculation about
the future of Texas foot-
ball coach Tom Herman,
whose buyout with his
staff would be more than
$20 million.
“The pandemic and the
financial struggles that
have come with that, even
at very, very well-financed
schools makes those
choices clearer and a little
more stark,” Emmert said
of the large buyouts that
have become common
in major college football.
“And I hope that causes
folks to think longer and
harder about those kind of
Wear a helmet
allocation decisions. And
that’s not to be critical of
South Carolina or Texas
or anybody else. That’s
just to say that we need to
be clear among ourselves
as to why we’re engaged
in this activity and what
we are trying to accom-
plish collectively and indi-
vidual institutions.”
Emmert spoke to the
AP after participating
in the Sports Business
Journal’s annual Intercol-
legiate Athletics Forum.
The event is being con-
ducted virtually.
Recently, the Knight
Commission on Inter-
collegiate Athletics, an
advocacy group, recently
proposed removing the
highest level of Division
I football, known as the
Bowl Subdivision, from
the NCAA structure. It
recommended the cre-
ation of the National Col-
lege Football Association,
an independent body to
oversee FBS.
Major college football,
the commission conclud-
ed, has created inequities
across all NCAA sports
and hinder the associa-
tion’s ability to govern eq-
uitably.
Emmert called the rec-
ommendation “exactly the
wrong thing to do.” He
told AP he agrees football
has “an outsized influ-
ence” over college sports.
“But that’s a reflection
of the popularity of that
particular sport,” he said.
“And changing the orga-
nizational structure of
football won’t modify that
demand in any fashion.
“So when there’s a pro-
posal to just say, well, let’s
change the organization
of football, move it away
from all the rest of sports,
somehow that will change
the decision making
around football. I think
it’s very unlikely to hap-
pen that way. And I think
it’s very likely to have the
opposite effect.”

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Prep
Continued from Page 1B
“That was a big shot
she made, and then that
allowed us to relax — but
not just be content — on
defense,” Noxubee Coun-
ty coach Micheal Johnson
said. “We kind of took a
deep breath saying, ‘We’re
up three now.’”
Lockett had 15 points
as Noxubee County con-
tinued a hot start to the
season with its win over
the defending MHSAA
Class 5A champion Fal-
cons. Senior Jakeia Walk-
er added 11 for the Tigers,
and Aaliyah Brandy had
10.
“It feels great because
we all came back and
played together as a team
and worked together,”
Walker said.
Noxubee County held
Columbus to just one point
for a majority of the over-
time period, as the Fal-
cons added seven while
the Tigers held a sizable
lead in the final seconds.
DJ Jackson, who led Co-
lumbus with 22 points,
buried a 3-pointer at the
buzzer to make the final
margin two.
Otherwise, it was all
Noxubee County in the
extra period as the Ti-
gers’ defense tightened
against the Falcons. John-
son switched his defense
to a box and one, and the
home team forced misses
and turnovers throughout
the four-minute frame.
“It’s like they were
stung,” Johnson said of
the Falcons following his
defensive change. “They
didn’t want to see that.”
Meanwhile, Noxubee
County performed well
enough at the foul line to
build the lead. That was
perhaps aided by a recent
policy Johnson instituted
— players who miss their
first free throw on a trip to
the stripe must drop and
do five push-ups. (Walker
had to endure the punish-
ment in overtime as the
referee rolled the ball in
the direction of her prone
frame for her second
shot.)
Columbus’ Makayla Rieves (11) goes up for a layup against Noxubee County’s
Na’Kaiyla Lockett (2) in the second quarter Tuesday in Macon. Rieves’ layup rolled
off the rim. The Tigers beat the Falcons 56-54 in overtime.
The end of Tuesday’s
game was reminiscent
of its start, as Noxubee
County scored the first
five points and took a 14-8
lead at the end of the first
quarter. Columbus fought
back, though, as Jackson
hit a 3 for the Falcons’ first
lead at 19-18 with less than
two minutes to go in the
half.
Noxubee County re-
sponded by taking a one-
point lead into halftime
and managing a tight third
quarter to lead by two with
eight minutes to go.
With 65 seconds re-
maining, China Stewart
came up big for Columbus
when she ripped the ball
free from an unsuspecting
Lockett near midcourt.
Jackson grabbed it and
found Stewart near the rim
for a tying layup.
But the Falcons missed
a chance for a go-ahead
score inside the final min-
ute as Jackson dove for a
loose ball and passed it
where a teammate had
been just an instant before
but where no one then
stood. Two more turnovers
— one by each team — sent
the contest to overtime.
In the locker room,
Noxubee County knew it
couldn’t pass up its oppor-
tunity for a statement win.
“They told us to keep
playing hard and don’t give
up,” Walker recalled.
The Tigers didn’t. For-
ty-six seconds into the
overtime period, Lockett’s
3 from just to the left of the
top of the key hit nothing
but net. Noxubee County
had a lead that it never gave
up.
“It means everything
going forward,” Johnson
said. “You beat a good ball-
club, that gives you confi-
dence.”
Columbus boys at Noxu-
bee County, canceled
The boys game between
the Falcons and Tigers was
abruptly canceled because
of gunshots that damaged
two vehicles in the parking
lot outside the Noxubee
County gym. For more on
the shooting, see the news
section of Wednesday’s Dis-
patch or visit cdispatch.com.
Prep Girls Basketball
Winston Academy 41,
Heritage Academy 40, OT
LOUISVILLE — The
Heritage Academy girls
lost Tuesday’s road game at
Winston Academy in over-
time, 41-40.
Lucy Sharp led the Patri-
ots with 16 points, and Rea-
gan Merchant had 15.
Heritage Academy hosts
Leake Academy on Friday.
Theo DeRosa/Dispatch Staff
West Lowndes 58, Caledo-
nia 43
CALEDONIA — The
West Lowndes girls beat
Caledonia 58-43 on Tuesday
in Caledonia.
Tydajasha Hood and
Nenah Young each had 15
points for the Panthers.
West Lowndes will play
at Noxubee County on Sat-
urday.
West Point 51, Houston
40
WEST POINT — The
West Point girls beat Hous-
ton 51-40 in Tuesday’s home
game.
Dukahia Jones had 15
points to lead the Green
Wave. Mekayla Williams
scored 11, and Taylor Fair
had 10.
West Point will host
Itawamba Agricultural on
Friday.
Oak Hill Academy 43,
Starkville Christian 33
STARKVILLE — The
Oak Hill Academy girls
earned a 43-33 road win
at Starkville Christian on
Tuesday.
The Cougars’ Tanner
Smith led all scorers with 13
points.
Carley Wooten led Oak
Hill with 12 points, and
McKenzie Middleton added
11.
Oak Hill Academy will
host Indianola Academy on
Friday in West Point.
Neshoba Central 60, New
Hope 34
Starkville Academy 32,
Lamar School 20
Prep Boys Basketball
Heritage Academy 69,
Winston Academy 20
LOUISVILLE — The
Heritage Academy boys
team routed Winston Acad-
emy 69-20 on Tuesday in
Louisville.
Sam Hannon led the Pa-
triots with 17 points. Trey
Naugher and Luke Fisher
each had 11, and Jonathan
Peal had 10.
Houston 78, West Point
43
WEST POINT — The
West Point boys lost Tues-
day’s home game to Hous-
ton, 78-43.
Jalen Hall led the Green
Wave with 15 points, and DJ
Willis had nine.
Starkville Academy 73,
Lamar School 53
Oak Hill Academy 60,
Starkville Christian 17
Prep Girls Soccer
Caledonia 3, Itawamba
Agricultural 2
CALEDONIA — The
Caledonia girls beat Itawam-
ba Agricultural 3-2 in Tues-
day’s home match.
Caledonia’s next match
is Thursday at South Pon-
totoc.
Kosciusko 8, Columbus 1
Germantown 1, Starkville
0 donia’s only goal.
Tishomingo County 7,
West Point 0
Prep Boys Soccer
Bayou Academy 3, Heri-
tage Academy 1
CLEVELAND — The
Heritage Academy boys
lost Tuesday’s road match at
Bayou Academy, 3-1.
Todd Sharp had the Pa-
triots’ only goal.
Heritage Academy will
play at Magnolia Heights at
1 p.m. Dec. 19.
Starkville Academy 4,
East Rankin Academy 0
STARKVILLE — The
Starkville Academy boys
scored all four goals in the
first half and shut out East
Rankin Academy 4-0 on
Tuesday in Starkville.
Isaac Lepard had two
goals for the Volunteers.
Benjamin Wiley and Brody
Pierce each had one.
The Vols will play at Pil-
low Academy on Monday.
Kosciusko 8, Columbus 1
KOSCIUSKO — The
Columbus boys lost 8-1 on
Tuesday at Kosciusko.
Destin Poindexter
scored the only goal for the
Falcons.
Columbus will play at
Grenada on Friday.
Starkville 3, Germantown
1
MADISON — The
Starkville boys beat Ger-
mantown 3-1 in Tuesday’s
road match.
Jackson Powney, Aaron
Twietmeyer and Ethan Pull-
iam all scored for the Yellow
Jackets.
Starkville will host South
Panola on Friday.
Itawamba Agricultural 1,
Caledonia 1 (IAHS wins on
penalty kicks)
CALEDONIA — The
Caledonia boys lost on pen-
alty kicks to Itawamba Agri-
cultural in Tuesday’s home
match.
The Cavaliers and Indi-
ans went to penalties tied at
1-1.
Logan Powell had Cale-
Tishomingo County 6,
West Point 1
IUKA — The West Point
boys lost 6-1 to Tishomingo
County in Tuesday’s road
match.
Antonio Facella had
the Green Wave goal,
which was assisted by
Alex Harper. JaKobe
Pate had nine saves for
West Point.
The Green Wave will
play Thursday at Wino-
na.

New Hope
Continued from Page 1B
Tackett said. “I appreci-
ate the ones that helped
me along the way, and it’s
just time for me in my ca-
reer to move on.”
Tackett departs New
Hope after leading the
Trojans to a 6-28 record
in three seasons at the
helm. The Trojans went
1-11 in 2018, 3-9 in 2019
and 2-8 in 2020.
“We just hadn’t had a
great deal of success over
the past three years,” said
Smith, who stressed that
Tackett’s resignation was
the coach’s choice. “He’s
a fine man, a fine human
being, and we just felt
like we needed to move
in a different direction.”
The direction the
coaching search will take
remains unknown. New
Hope is still accepting
applications for the po-
sition, and more than 35
people have already ap-
plied.
Smith said he spent
most of Tuesday poring
over submissions and
hopes to begin inter-
views next week. He’d
like to have New Hope’s
next football coach ap-
proved by the Lowndes
County School District
board by winter break if
possible.
“I don’t know if I can
get it done that quick, but
we’re going to try,” Smith
said.
Smith said he’ll be
looking for someone who
can bring longevity to a
New Hope program that
hasn’t had a winning
season since 2016 under
Kris Pickle and hasn’t
won a playoff game since
2014, Pickle’s first sea-
son. Pickle stepped away
from coaching in the
spring of 2018 after four
seasons with the Trojans.
“I’d love to hire some-
body who would be here
for 20-plus years,” Smith
said. “That would be ide-
al. I want nothing more
than stability for our
kids.”
Smith also said he
hopes for more offensive
success out of New Hope
with a new coach. The
Trojans averaged just
11.7 points per game, and
when they did find offen-
sive success, they typi-
cally got outscored.
“I think his system
didn’t necessarily work
here -- not that it wouldn’t
work elsewhere, because
he’s had a great deal of
success in other places
that he’s been,” Smith
said of Tackett, who went
15-0 as the head coach of
Hollandale Simmons and
won the 2017 MHSA A
Class 1A championship.
“I think a lot of it has to
do with personnel.”
Tackett, who will con-
tinue teaching health at
New Hope until the end
of the 2020-21 school
year, said he has other
coaching opportunities
outside the Golden Trian-
gle area lined up but was
not prepared to announce
them Tuesday.
He said he recently
came little by little to the
realization that he was
ready to move on from
New Hope and said he
had no doubt the school
would find a suitable re-
placement.
Smith said whoever
the Trojans bring in will
offer “a different flavor”
as head coach and that
more victories will hope-
fully follow.
“The people in Lown-
des County -- especially
New Hope -- they want
to win ballgames,” Smith
said. “We need to try to
make some adjustments,
and that’s what we’re do-
ing.”

Football
Continued from Page 1B
in the SEC, though that’s
buoyed more by the lack-
ing quarterback play in the
league this year.
Over its past three games,
MSU has allowed at least 336
yards in each contest, while
all three of Vanderbilt, Ole
Miss and No. 12 Georgia
have completed at least 67.4
percent of their passes. By
comparison, Nix enters Sat-
urday’s game completing just
61.5 percent of his throws this
season.
Auburn’s three-headed re-
ceiver trio of Seth Williams,
Anthony Schwartz and Eli
Stove is among the confer-
ence’s best contingents de-
spite their quarterback’s
numbers. If Nix can find his
receivers ever-so-slightly
more accurately, the Tigers
can find holes in an otherwise
stout MSU defense.
Mississippi State offensive
line vs. Auburn pass rush
MSU has looked like a dif-
ferent team since it narrowly
missed upsetting Georgia in
Athens three weeks ago. The
root of that change? The of-
fensive line.
Through eight games,
the offensive line has been a
revolving door with players
being thrust into positions
they’ve never played before
(i.e. Brandon Cunningham at
tackle) or taking over in start-
ing roles despite minimal pre-
vious experience (Hello, Cole
Smith at center). However,
the continuity issues have
seemed to iron themselves
out of late.
According to Pro Football
Focus, the Bulldogs’ front
turned in its second-best
pass blocking grade of the
year against Ole Miss, while
MSU’s passing grade — 75.9
— was the best mark of the
entire season.
As for Auburn, the Tigers
head into Saturday with the
third worst pass rush grade
of any SEC team this year ac-
cording to PFF. Grades aside,
Malzahn’s bunch does sit tied
for fourth in the conference
with 19 sacks on the year.
MSU has looked dangerous
when freshman quarterback
Will Rogers has been given
time to throw. If the Bulldogs
have a chance at springing an
upset Saturday, it will have
to keep Rogers upright and
allow the offense to develop
downfield.
Gus Malzahn vs. the chop-
ping block
OK, this isn’t exactly
MSU-centric, but it bears
mention.
As is common custom
around this time, we’ve en-
tered the part of the year in
which Auburn fans begin
calculating Malzahn’s buy-
out. The Tigers have under-
achieved in a down-SEC this
year, while Nix hasn’t pro-
gressed nearly enough to
merit his five-star rating com-
ing out of high school.
MSU has taken its lumps
this fall, but, as mentioned,
stands to boost its postsea-
son hopes tremendously with
a win or two over the final
weeks of the season. The
Bulldogs have looked revi-
talized of late and had ample
chances to win against Ole
Miss and Georgia. If Mike
Leach is looking for a chance
to salvage his first season in
Starkville while also sending
another head coach packing
in the process, this would
likely be his chance.
Now, can I interest anyone
in Hugh Freeze’s return to
the SEC by way of The Plains?

MSU
Continued from Page 1B
effort, putting up a 50 -25 advantage on the boards and holding a 17- 0 sec-
ond-chance point advantage.
“ We really did a great job on the glass and grabbing 20 offensive boards,”
Howland said. “A nd our defense forced 18 turnovers, overall I was really
pleased with the second half.”
Tristan Jarrett was the leading scorer for Jackson State with 17 points. It
may be a long season for the Tigers, as KenPom has JSU listed as the 306th-
ranked team in Division I (out of 357 teams).
MSU is back in action against Dayton at 11 a.m. Saturday in a neutral site
matchup in Atlanta.
DAWG NOTES: In addition to releasing game times for its Southeastern
Conference slate Tuesday, MSU made a schedule tweak. Originally sched-
uled to play Utah State in a neutral site contest on Dec. 21, the Bulldogs will
instead host Mississippi Valley State due to a scheduling conf lict from the
Mountain West, a MSU spokesperson told The Dispatch Tuesday.
4B WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2020
Michigan cancels Ohio State showdown, citing COVID-19 cases
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANN ARBOR, Mich. —
Citing a rising number of
COVID-19 cases in its pro-
gram, Michigan canceled
its annual showdown with
Ohio State on Tuesday as
college football lurches to-
ward the end of the season
without one of its corner-
stone rivalry games.
The season-ending
grudge match known
as “The Game” won’t be
played for the first time in
102 years.
“Our players, they want
to play,” Michigan coach
Jim Harbaugh said. “They
wanted to play this week
and they want to play next
week.”
Harbaugh said his play-
ers were “very disappoint-
ed” to not face the third-
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
ranked Buckeyes, who
would be heavily favored:
“The odds were against us,
but our players, to a man,
wanted to have that oppor-
tunity.”
Michigan athletic direc-
tor Warde Manuel said the
spread of the coronavirus
has not slowed since last
week’s outbreak began and
the team was not expected
to be cleared to practice by
the end of the week.
“The number of pos-
itive tests has continued
to trend in an upward di-
rection over the last seven
days,” he said. “Unfor-
tunately, we will not be
able to field a team due to
COVID-19 positives and
the associated quarantin-
ing required of close con-
tact individuals.”
Outbreaks have disrupt-
FAMILY CIRCUS
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ed more than 110 games
across major college foot-
ball since August — in-
cluding this weekend’s reg-
ular-season finale between
No. 7 Cincinnati and No. 18
Tulsa, which will instead
look ahead to their match-
up in the Dec. 19 American
Athletic Conference title
game.
NCAA President Mark
Emmert, in an interview
with AP on Tuesday, said
even with all the disrup-
tions more than 80% of
the games are likely to be
played and the football sea-
son should still be consid-
ered a success. Along with
the volleyball and soccer
seasons.
“If you’re just looking at
college football, how can
you have a successful foot-
ball season without Ohio
State-Michigan. I mean,
that seems crazy, right?”
Emmert said. “But on the
other hand, the success
was despite all of the pres-
sures to have that game,
they said no. The health
of our people is just too im-
portant. Our students and
our staff, we’re not going
to risk. So to me, that’s a
success.”
The problems with the
Wolverines were closely
watched in part because
the undefeated Buckeyes
(5-0) have championship
goals again this season.
With two games al-
ready canceled, the Buck-
eyes under current confer-
ence rules still need a sixth
game to be eligible to play
for a Big Ten championship
Dec. 19 in Indianapolis
against Northwestern.
Dear Abby
D
EAR
ABBY:
I need
your opinion. I
have been with
the same guy
for 27 years. We
never married
because we were
both married
before, and I
wasn’t into doing
it again. I have
stuck by him
through sickness,
hard times and
whatever else. Dear Abby
Four months
ago I was diag-
nosed with small cell lung
cancer. I stopped by his house
this week to pick up a rug
scrubber and walked in on him
having sex with some woman. I Society has support groups for
feel hurt, angry, mad, sad. It’s
like, WHY? Do you think he has
been doing this and he just got
caught or what?
I didn’t say anything. I just
left. He called me later and
said it was over between us
because I’m sick and “can’t
do anything.” I’m in shock.
I don’t know what to think. I
have always been there for
him. So why, now that I’m sick
and I need him the most, has
he turned his back on me? —
BLINDSIDED IN OHIO
DEAR BLINDSIDED: I am
so, so sorry that you had to
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
9). Oft the initiator, this solar re-
turn shows a role reversal -- you
will be most auspiciously cho-
sen, beckoned by a soul-fortify-
ing endeavor. You’ll prepare over
many months for a presentation
— the first in many that will net
you impressive dividends and
allow you to grow, teach and
employ others. Work and love
intertwine. Virgo and Sagittarius
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 8, 1, 30, 12 and 16.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). You have an inkling about
a fresh source of fun. It might
not be the most conventional
thing, but you’ll be surprised at
how many others enjoy it, too.
Coach Ryan Day said
the conference should
consider allowing Ohio
State to play with only five
games.
“If we don’t quite get the
games we need to get into
the championship game,
I think that needs to be
looked at hard, just like
anybody else in the confer-
ence,” Day said shortly be-
fore Michigan’s announce-
ment.
“The Michigan-Ohio
State rivalry is one of the
most important rivalries in
all of sports,” the Big Ten
said in a statement. “The
conference is committed
to transparency and will
continue to collaborate
with its member institution
stakeholders to determine
Big Ten championship
game participation re-
find out this
way — when
the chips are
down — that the
man you have
been involved
with for 27 years
isn’t much of a
man after all. I
DO think he has
been doing this
all these years.
Now it is
time to marshal
your friends
and family and
let them know
what’s going on.
If you have been
a caring and supportive friend
or relative, they should be sup-
portive during this challenging
time. The American Cancer
people with cancer if you need
someone to talk to. Its website
is cancer.org. Please know
you are in my thoughts and
prayers for both a spiritual and
physical recovery.
DEAR ABBY: My family is
getting torn apart by my older
brother’s issue with me. It has
become worse over the years,
even after his marriage.
He seems to be upset
with how my life is progress-
ing, and to upset me, he has
been copying everything I do.
He got engaged and married
around the same time I did.
These endeavors light you up
and connect you with a thriving
community.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Peer pressure doesn’t stop just
because a person is grown. Cer-
tain things will be hard to say no
to because their mass appeal is
so strong. The trick is in writing
your own script before the world
writes one for you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
As long as you’re shooting for
the moon, you may as well
shoot for the sun. Either way,
things change once you get out
of the atmosphere and thus the
gravity of a certain situation.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Water itself is no rival to your
quirements as well as tie-
breakers.”
The league could
decide Ohio State will
still represent the East
Division at least in part
because the conference
also doesn’t want to hurt
the Buckeyes’ chances of
earning a playoff berth.
Ohio State entered the day
No. 4 in the CFP rankings.
Manuel said he didn’t
think the Buckeyes, or
any team, should be
punished for not playing
enough games during the
pandemic and added that
Ohio State is one of the top
four teams in the country.
He also said if Ohio State
does not play for the con-
ference championship, it
would be “great” to play
the rivalry game against
Michigan on Dec. 19.
He also got a dog right after
I did, bought a car right after
me and decided he wanted to
start a family as soon as my
wife and I announced we are
having a baby.
My parents constantly
make excuses about why his
actions are justified. I no lon-
ger know what to do. I tried to
reconcile with him, but he re-
buffed me and says he hates
me. It has reached the point
that I don’t want to be around
any of my family anymore
because they defend him on
everything, despite the facts.
What should I do? I seem to
be the only person trying to
reconcile the relationship and
fix/reunite my family. — SAD
SIBLING IN NEW JERSEY
DEAR SIBLING: I find it
hard to believe that your
family would side with a sibling
who declares he “hates” his
brother and refuses attempts
to reconcile. It’s important for
your mental health that you
separate emotionally from your
brother. By that I mean dial
back the resentment, live your
life with your wife and child
and stop obsessing about
what your brother does. That
he literally follows in your foot-
steps shows he either admires
the choices you make, or that
he has no imagination of his
own. Neither of these should
be a problem for YOU.
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suspicion that your talent could
be better used elsewhere?
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far so much as up. Is there an
opportunity for promotion here?
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you have a few silly thoughts.
When you’re on a powerful roll,
you have hundreds of them. The
big ideas will be sandwiched
inside playful ones.
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al-level at many things, you’re
an amateur in other areas — a
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DIY cranberry sauce

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Fruit can take us right through
the holidays. Try this watermelon
blueberry cheesecake for a change
of pace.

Add fruity
flavor and
fun to holiday
desserts
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M
aking the holiday season
special is an import-
ant tradition for many
families, and it’s likely to take
on heightened importance this
year with gatherings, celebra- iStockphoto.com
tions and festivities taking on a If store-bought cranberry sauce has always been your go-to, maybe now is the time to go homemade.
different look than years past.
One family-favorite way to create BY JAN SWOOPE in nutrition between grocery cran- thickener. For best consistency
holiday magic is through delicious jswoope@cdispatch.com berry and homemade cranberry allow some of the berries to split
desserts that can be made and

enjoyed together.
Don’t be afraid to try something
new this year by turning to foods
typically associated with warmer
weather. For example, watermelon
is available year-round and makes
a surprisingly nutritious, flavorful
addition to your seasonal spread,
whether it’s the main ingredient or
included in recipes from entrees to
sides and drinks to desserts.
For a kid-friendly, tasty treat,
ask your little ones to help make
these Holiday Watermelon Cut-
outs. Because they only require
a few ingredients and plenty of cre-
ativity, they’re perfect for getting
the whole family involved. Or try
this Watermelon and Blueberry
Cheesecake as the highlight at
your dessert table with its creamy,
fruity flavor and eye-popping
looks.
To find more holiday dessert
solutions and other sweet recipe
ideas, visit watermelon.org.
See FRUIT, 6B
I
n a year when time has so often
seemed to crawl, it’s startling
how fast Christmas is hurtling
toward us. In just over two weeks
we’ll be serving Christmas dinner
to (hopefully) a smaller, nuclear
family circle. Tradition at our home
always called for turkey and ham,
neither one of which could be
served without cranberry sauce on
the side — usually both homemade
and store-bought, for the finicky
kids.
However much some folks may
hanker for round jellied cranberry
slices, complete with indented
ridges from the can, we have to
acknowledge that the store-bought
version usually packs some un-
necessary ingredients, like high
fructose corn syrup, Texas A&M
Agrilife Extension Service points
out. There is significant difference
sauce, which delivers fewer calo-
ries, carbs and sugars. It generally
has more fiber and potassium, too.
A recipe for Simple Cranberry
Sauce is included today. The kids
can even pitch in with it. Younger
children can help rinse fruit. Older
ones can measure out wet ingre-
dients. The recipe only takes 20
minutes from prep to finish.
The second recipe, for a
Cranberry Chutney, comes from
Wisconsin Cranberries. Try it with
chicken, turkey and pork. It also
makes a great hors d’oeuvre with
cream cheese on crackers.
Thick and thin
While thickness of your sauce
is a matter of preference, if your
sauce is too thick, it’s most likely
overcooked, says eatingwell.com.
When cranberries are cooked, they
burst, releasing pectin, a natural
open, but not all of them. (And
remember, sauce thickens as it
cools, so if it’s already too thick on
the stove, it will be moreso cooled.)
A solution to too-thick is to add a
splash of water or orange juice to
your sauce before you take it off the
stove.
If your sauce is too runny, try
giving it more time on the stove.
If all else fails, add a little thick-
ener, like gelatin, says blog-wil-
liams-sonoma.com.
Even if time or circumstance
prevents you from going the
homemade route, the blog suggests
canned cranberry sauce can be
punched up by adding in slices of
pineapple, orange, grapes or apple.
Or try chopped walnuts or pecans
for an earthy touch. Dried apricots,
figs, dates and cherries can also
deepen the flavor. Enjoy.
See CRANBERRY SAUCE, 6B

A savory way to start festive celebrations Coffee and

FAMILY FEATURES
sweetness whipped
I to perfection
t’s the holiday season
and your family can feel
the cheer as loved ones FAMILY FEATURES
fill their appetizer plates

and excitement fills the air
as gifts are being placed
beneath the tree.
Someone asks, munch-
ing away near the table,
“Wow, how did you make
this?” In your mind, you
think, “It was too easy.”
These Savory Cheese
Balls are not only simple
to make but perfect for
any holiday get-together
or celebration. They’re fun
to create and even more
enjoyable to dive in to once
finished. Texture and color
are the name of the game
with this recipe. The result
is a beautiful array of red,
gold and green, all on one
plate.
Start by rolling cream
cheese into balls and
mixing up three bowls with
powerful flavors to create
the three different colors.
The “green” bowl gets pars-
ley, thyme, rosemary and,
of course, some garlic, just
for an extra kick of season-
ing. The “gold” ball calls
for caraway seeds, poppy
seeds and garlic. Finally,
the “red” ball includes cran-
Savory mini cheese balls in red, gold and green make an impressive appetizer.
berries and pecans.
Simply roll each cream
cheese ball around gently
until it’s coated. It doesn’t
get any simpler than that.
Display the array of cheese
balls on a festive plate for
something equally cheery
and heavenly. Serve the
plate with crackers, fruit or
vegetables for complemen-
tary dipping options.
Find more recipes and
holiday fun this season at
Culinary.net.
SAVORY CHEESE BALLS
Servings: 6-12
2 packages (8 ounces each)
cream cheese
2 tablespoons caraway seeds
1 teaspoon poppy seeds
2 cloves garlic, minced, divided
1/4 cup parsley, chopped
2 teaspoons thyme leaves,
chopped
1 teaspoon rosemary, chopped
1/4 cup dried cranberries,
chopped
2 tablespoons pecans, chopped
Crackers (optional)
Fruit (optional)
Vegetables (optional)
culinary.net
n Cut each cream cheese block
into three squares. Roll each
square into ball.
n In small bowl, combine car-
away seeds, poppy seeds and
half the garlic.
n In second small bowl, com-
bine parsley, thyme, rosemary
and remaining garlic.
n In third small bowl, combine
cranberries and pecans.
n Roll two cheese balls in seed
mixture, two in herb mixture and
two in cranberry mixture.
n Cut each ball in half and serve
with crackers, fruit or vegeta-
bles, if desired.
D
o you know that moment
when something sweet
hits your taste buds and a
smile instantly spreads across your
face? It’s almost magic to some. To
others it’s just simply bliss. This
holiday season, try something
that’s simple yet sophisticated for
an easy way to ensure smiles all
around.
Try an Easy Tiramisu Dip
because whether you’re relaxing at
home, having a small get-together
with friends or joining your annual
family gathering virtually, this dip
is sure to spread culinary cheer.
The recipe starts with “easy,”
and it holds true to its name. With
a short list of ingredients and only
a handful of instructions, this is
something you can whip up (liter-
ally) in just a few moments. Also,
using minimal tools in the kitchen
is always a plus for at-home chefs.
The only appliance needed to
make this recipe is a mixer.
The outcome is fluffy, rich and
sweet with a hint of espresso. It’s
not overpowering, however, so
little ones or non-coffee lovers can
still enjoy this delicious dip.
This is also a unique dessert
because it can be served cool or
See TIRAMISU, 6B
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For shaped holiday treats with a healthy kick, let the kids make these cutouts with
watermelon.

Fruit
Continued from Page 5B
HOLIDAY
WATERMELON CUTOUTS
1/2 watermelon, cut into 1/2-
inch thick disks
Vanilla frosting or yogurt
Sprinkles, for decorating
n Using holiday cookie
cutters, cut shapes out of
watermelon disks.
n Decorate watermelon
shapes with yogurt. Top with
sprinkles.
(Source: National Watermelon
Promotion Board)
WATERMELON AND
BLUEBERRY
CHEESECAKE
Servings: 12
Cheesecake:
Nonstick cooking spray
1/3 cup graham cracker
crumbs (2 graham crackers)
24 ounces fat-free cream
cheese, at room temperature
8 ounces low-fat cream
cheese, at room temperature
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup no-calorie sugar
substitute
3/4 cup fat-free half-and-half
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons lemon peel,
finely grated
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups liquid egg substi-
tute (equivalent of 6 eggs)
Watermelon-blueberry
sauce:
3 cups watermelon juice, with
pulp
6 teaspoons cornstarch
6 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons no-calorie
sugar substitute
1-1 1/2 teaspoons lemon
extract
2 cups diced watermelon
3 cups blueberries
n To make cheesecake:
Preheat oven to 350 F.
n Spray bottom and sides of
9-inch springform pan. Sprin-
kle graham cracker crumbs in
pan and tilt to spread evenly
over bottom and sides, leaving
extra crumbs on bottom.
n Using electric mixer, beat
fat-free cream cheese, low-fat
cream cheese, sugar and
sugar substitute until creamy
and well-blended. Slowly add
half-and-half, lemon juice, lem-
on peel and vanilla; continue
beating. Add egg substitute
until mixture is thoroughly
blended and creamy. Pour into
crumb-lined pan.
n Place springform pan
in large roasting pan. Pour
enough water into roasting
pan to come halfway up sides
of springform pan. Bake
cheesecake until firm, slightly
golden and top is cracked,
about 1 hour, 25 minutes.
Remove springform pan from
water and refrigerate, uncov-
ered, until cold, about 3 hours
or overnight.
n To make watermelon-blue-
berry sauce: In blender, whip
watermelon juice, cornstarch,
lemon juice, sugar and sugar
substitute until smooth. Pour
into small saucepan over
medium-high heat and bring to
gentle boil until topping begins
to thicken. Remove from heat
and place in refrigerator to
cool. Just before serving, add
lemon extract, diced water-
melon and blueberries; stir to
thoroughly blend.
n To serve, run knife around
sides of cheesecake and
remove springform pan sides.
Top each slice with generous
helping of watermelon-blueber-
ry sauce.
(Source: National Watermelon
Promotion Board)

Cranberry sauce
Continued from Page 5B
juice, cinnamon and orange zest. The sauce
SIMPLE CRANBERRY SAUCE will continue to thicken as it cools. Store in
Prep time: 5 minutes refrigerator.
Cook time: 15 minutes (Source: efnep.tamu.edu)
Makes 16 servings

12 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries

2 pears, peeled, cubed small
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup 100 percent orange juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon orange zest (use 1 medium
orange)
n Rinse cranberries (discard any bad ones).
n Rinse pears, peel and cut into small cubes.
n In a medium saucepan combine cranberries,
pears, water and honey. Bring the mixture to a
boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat
to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally,
until cranberries burst and the mixture has
thickened to your liking, about 5 to 10 minutes.
n Remove the pot from heat and stir in orange
CRANBERRY CHUTNEY
2 cups chopped Braeburn apples
2 cups whole cranberries
1/4 cup chopped onions
1 medium red pepper, chopped (about 2/3 cup)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon chopped garlic
1 tablespoon grated ginger root (or 1 teaspoon
ground ginger)
n Combine all ingredients in a non-aluminum
kettle. Simmer until all fruits and vegetables
are tender, about 20-30 minutes. Stir often to
prevent scorching.
(Source: Wisconsin Cranberries, wiscran.org)

Tiramisu
Continued from Page 5B
chilled. If you are plan-
ning to take a sweet treat
to a party this holiday
season, this is nearly
perfect. No oven time
needed and simple to
serve to kids and adults
alike.
Serve with ladyfingers
or fruit to bring that
sweetness to a whole new
level, and it’s topped with
a final sprinkle of cocoa
powder to give it that
extra appeal. You do eat
with your eyes first after
all.
culinary.net
Give this one a try
This Easy Tiramisu Dip has a short list of ingredients.
and see the faces of your
loved ones light up with 1 tablespoon espresso n In large bowl, use hand
joy this season. This powder mixer to beat cream cheese
creamy, tasty dip is sure 4 ounces cream cheese, until smooth. Add Mascarpone
to impress. softened cheese and beat until com-
8 ounces Mascarpone cheese bined. Gradually add powdered
For more easy dessert 1/2 cup powdered sugar sugar, beating after each
recipes, visit Culinary. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract addition. Add vanilla extract;
net. 2 teaspoons cocoa powder beat mixture. Add espresso
Wafers or fruit, for dipping mixture; beat until soft peaks
form. Keep refrigerated until
EASY TIRAMISU DIP n In medium bowl, whisk ready to serve.
Servings: 4 heavy whipping cream and n Spoon mixture into serving
espresso powder until blend- bowl. Sprinkle with cocoa pow-
1 cup heavy whipping cream ed. der. Serve with wafers or fruit.

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PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS description shall control. TON CONSTRUCTION made to the lowest qualified (9.5mm) LEVELING
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The following vehicle has been MISSISSIPPI, THENCE EAST 15.600 SECTION 900 SY
abandoned at Shelton's Tow- ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPT- AC MINIMUM WAGE RATES for this
ing, Inc., 1024 Gardner Blvd., SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: project have been predeter- MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC
Columbus, MS 39702. (NE 1/4) A DISTANCE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL VEGETATIVE MATERIALS FOR Sealed bids will be received by mined by the Secretary of the LUMP SUM
330.0 FEET; THENCE NORTH A BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MULCH the Board of Supervisors of Department of Labor in accord- LS
2000 BMW 740 DISTANCE OF 25 FEET TO A 31.200 Lowndes County, Mississippi at ance with the requirements of
VIN: WBAGH83491DP23311 POINT ON THE NORTH BOUND- Rubin Lublin, LLC TON the Lowndes County Court- Federal regulations governing ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION
ARY LINE OF A PAVED ROAD, 428 North Lamar Blvd, Suite house, Columbus, Mississippi, the expenditure of FEDERAL SIGNS
This vehicle will be put up for THE INITIAL POINT OF THE 107 SOLID SODDING until 10:00 a.m. On the 15th AID HIGHWAY FUNDS and are 0.000
sale on the 28th day of Decem- PROPERTY HEREIN DE- Oxford, MS 38655 1,851.000 day of January, 2021 and set out in the labor regulations SF
ber, 2020 at 10am at SCRIBED; THENCE NORTH A rlselaw.com/property-listing SY shortly thereafter publicly contained in the proposal.
Shelton's Towing, Inc., 1024 DISTANCE OF 443.8 FEET TO Tel: (877) 813-0992 opened for the construction of TEMPORARY TRAFFIC STRIPE,
Gardner Blvd., Columbus, MS THE CENTERLINE OF A SMALL Fax: (470) 508-9401 TEMPORARY GRASSING 7.465 miles of HOT MIX AS- The Board of Supervisors CONTINUOUS YELLOW
39702. DITCH, THENCE SOUTHEAST- 3.000 PHALT OVERLAY on ROAD "A" hereby notifies all bidders that 27,484.000
ERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE PUBLISH: 12/09/2020, AC THROUGH "D" being known as it will affirmatively insure that LF
PUBLISH: 12/2, 12/9 & OF SAID DITCH, A DISTANCE 12/16/2020, 12/23/2020, Project No. SAP-44(11)M in in any contract entered into
12/16/2020 OF 209 FEET, MORE OR LESS; 12/30/2020 TEMPORARY SILT FENCE Lowndes County, Mississippi pursuant to this advertisement, TEMPORARY TRAFFIC STRIPE,
THENCE SOUTH 327.2 FEET TO 8,800.000 minority business enterprise SKIP YELLOW
A POINT ON THE NORTH OFFICE OF STATE AID ROAD LF PRINCIPAL ITEMS OF WORK will be afforded full opportunity 43,492.000
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID ARE APPROXIMATELY AS FOL- to submit bids in response to LF
TRUSTEE’S SALE CONSTRUCTION
PAVED COUNTY ROAD; THENCE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WATTLES 20" LOWS: this invitation and will not be
NORTH 86 DEGREES 44 TRANSPORTATION 2,000.000 discriminated against on the TEMPORARY TRAFFIC STRIPE,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI MINUTES WEST ALONG THE LF ITEM grounds of race, color, or na- LEGEND WHITE
COUNTY OF LOWNDES AND
NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF QUANTITY tional origin in consideration for 1,050.000
SAID PAVED COUNTY ROAD, A SUPERVISORS LOOSE RIPRAP, 100 LB. UNIT an award. LF
WHEREAS, default has oc- DISTANCE OF 167.2 FEET TO 40.000
curred in the performance of THE INITIAL POINT OF THIS DE- TON ROADWAY ITEMS: PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS 4" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC
the covenants, terms and con- SCRIPTION, AND CONTAINING SECTION 900
are on file in the Office of the EDGE STRIP (CONTINUOUS
ditions of a Deed of Trust 1.5 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. LOOSE RIPRAP, 200 LB. MOBILIZATION Chancery Clerk of Lowndes WHITE) (60 mil)
dated February 2, 2001, ex- NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY Sealed bids will be received by 690.000 LUMP SUM County, the County Engineer's 15.137
ecuted by A J STEVENSON, JR., CONVEYED TO DEPOSIT GUAR- TON LS office and the Office of the MI
DEBORRAH LYNN STEVENSON, ANTY NATIONAL BANK AS the Board of Supervisors of
Lowndes County, Mississippi at State Aid Engineer, 412 E.
conveying certain real property TRUSTEE FOR THE SINGLE NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: UNCLASSIFIED EXCAVATION Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jack- 4" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC
therein described to *NONE the Lowndes County Court-
FAMILY MORTGAGEPURCHASE house, Columbus, Mississippi, (FM) son, Mississippi. This project TRAFFIC STRIPE (SKIP YELLOW)
STATED*, as Trustee, for REVENUE BONDS, SERIES CONTRACT TIME: 150 Working 8.000 shall be constructed in accord- (90 mil)
CITIFINANCIAL MORTGAGE until 10:00 a.m. On the 15th
1983, OF THE MISSISSIPPI day of January, 2021 and Days CY ance with the latest edition of 6.709
COMPANY, Original Beneficiary, HOUSING FINANCE CORPORA- the Mississippi Standard Spe- MI
to secure the indebtedness shortly thereafter publicly
TION BY TRUSTEE`S DEED FOR opened for the construction of BASIS OF AWARD GRANULAR MATERIAL (LVM), cifications for State Aid Road
therein described, as same ap- ROBERT B. PRATHER, SUBSTI- The award, if made, will be (CLASS 3, GROUP "B") and Bridge Construction. 4" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC
pears of record in the office of TUTE TRUSTEE, RECORDED IN 1.492 miles of WIDENING AND
HOT MIX ASPHALT PAVING on made to the lowest qualified 2,372.000 TRAFFIC STRIPE (CONTINUOUS
the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes BOOK 740, PAGE 303-307 IN bidder on the basis of pub- CY PLANS AND PROPOSALS may YELLOW) (90 mil)
County, Mississippi filed and the CHARLEIGH FORD DRIVE
THE OFFICE OF THE CHAN- being known as Project No. lished quantities. be secured from Robert L. Cal- 22,623.000
recorded February 13, 2001, in CERY CLERK OF LOWNDES CRUSHED STONE vert, County Engineer for LF
Deed Book 1359, Page 152 , APL-0044(36)B in Lowndes
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. County, Mississippi. The attention of the BIDDER is 836.000 Lowndes County, Mississippi,
and re-recorded March 27, directed to the State and Fed- TON P.0. Drawer 1078, West Point. THERMOPLASTIC LEGEND
2001 in Deed Book 1365, PROPERTY ADDRESS: The eral laws governing selection of The Cost is seventy-five dollars (WHITE) (120 mil)
Page 529; and PRINCIPAL ITEMS OF WORK
street address of the property ARE APPROXIMATELY AS FOL- and employment of labor. HOT MIX ASPHALT, ($75.00) for the plans and sev- 780.000
is believed to be 1174 MOUNT LOWS: (ST)(12.5mm) (BASE REPAIR) enty-five dollars ($75.00)for LF
WHEREAS, the beneficial in- VERNON RD, COLUMBUS, MS MINIMUM WAGE RATES for this 16.000 the proposal, non-refundable.
terest of said Deed of Trust 39702. In the event of any dis- project have been predeter- TON THERMOPLASTIC LEGEND
was transferred and assigned ITEM
crepancy between this street QUANTITY mined by the Secretary of the Certified check or bid bond for (WHITE)(120 mil)
to Towd Point Mortgage Trust address and the legal descrip- Department of Labor in accord- HOT MIX ASPHALT, (ST) five percent (5%) of the total 120.000
2018-3, U.S. Bank National As- tion of the property, the legal UNIT
ance with the requirements of (9.5mm) bid, made payable to Lowndes SF
sociation, as Indenture Trust- description shall control. Federal regulations governing 3,576.000 County and the State of Missis-
ee; and ROADWAY ITEMS:
MOBILIZATION the expenditure of FEDERAL TON sippi must accompany each TWO-WAY YELLOW REFLECT-
Title to the above described LUMP SUM AID HIGHWAY FUNDS and are proposal. IVE HIGH PERFORMANCE
WHEREAS, Rubin Lublin, LLC property is believed to be good, set out in the labor regulations HOT MIX ASPHALT, (ST) RAISED MARKERS
has been appointed as Substi- but I will convey only such title LS
contained in the proposal. (9.5mm) LEVELING Bidders are hereby notified that 597.000
tute Trustee; and as is vested in me as Substi- 113.000 any proposal accompanied by EA
CLEARING AND GRUBBING
tute Trustee. LUMP SUM The Board of Supervisors TON letters qualifying in any man-
NOW, THEREFORE, the holder hereby notifies all bidders that ner the condition under which REFLECTORIZED TRAFFIC
of said Deed of Trust, having LS
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPT- it will affirmatively insure that COLD MILLING OF BITUMIN- the proposal is tendered will be WARNING SIGN (ENCAPSU-
requested the undersigned so ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY in any contract entered into OUS PAVEMENT, ALL DEPTHS considered an irregular bid and LATED LENS)
to do, as Substitute Trustee or INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL UNCLASSIFIED EXCAVATION
(FM) pursuant to this advertisement, 1,420.000 such proposal will not be con- 38.000
his duly appointed agent, by vir- BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. minority business enterprise SY sidered in making the award. EA
tue of the power, duty and au- 19,512.000
CY will be afforded full opportunity
thority vested and imposed Rubin Lublin, LLC to submit bids in response to ULTRA-THIN ASPHALT PAVE- Official bid documents can be REFLECTORIZED TRAFFIC REG-
upon said Substitute Trustee 428 North Lamar Blvd, Suite this invitation and will not be MENT downloaded from Central at ULATORY SIGN (ENCAPSU-
shall, on January 6, 2021 with- 107 GRANULAR MATERIAL (LVM),
(CLASS 3, GROUP "B") discriminated against on the 3,260.000 www.centralbidding.com. Elec- LATED LENS)
in the lawful hours of sale Oxford, MS 38655 grounds of race, color, or na- TON tronic bids can be submitted at 24.000
between 11:00AM and 4:00PM rlselaw.com/property-listing 7,914.000
CY tional origin in consideration for www.centralbidding.com. For EA
at the southeast front door of Tel: (877) 813-0992 an award. MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC any questions related to the
Courthouse proceed to sell at Fax: (470) 508-9401 LUMP SUM electronic bidding process, REFLECTORIZED TRAFFIC OB-
public outcry to the highest and CRUSHED STONE
7,085.000 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS LS please call Central Bidding at JECT MARKER (ENCAPSU-
best bidder for cash or certi- PUBLISH: 12/09/2020, are on file in the Office of the 225-810-4814. LATED LENS) (TYPE 3)
fied funds ONLY, the following TON
12/16/2020, 12/23/2020, Chancery Clerk of Lowndes ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION 16.000
described property situated in 12/30/2020 County, the County Engineer's SIGNS Trip Hairston, President EA
Lowndes County, Mississippi, HOT MIX ASPHALT, (ST)
(12.5mm) office and the Office of the 0.000 Lowndes County Board of Su-
to wit: State Aid Engineer, 412 E. SF pervisors REFLECTORIZED TRAFFIC REG-
4,901.000
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TON Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jack- ULATORY SIGN WITH SUPP.
LOT 11 AND SOUTH HALF OF son, Mississippi. This project TEMPORARY TRAFFIC STRIPE, Publish: December 9, 2020 PLATE (ENCAPSULATED LENS)
LOT 10, OF AND IN PINE TRUSTEE’S SALE
HOT MIX ASPHALT, (ST) shall be constructed in accord- CONTINUOUS YELLOW December 16, 2020 2.000
HAVEN SUBDIVISION, AS ance with the latest edition of 19,473.000 EA
SHOWN AND RECORDED IN STATE OF MISSISSIPPI (19mm)
COUNTY OF LOWNDES 4,362.000 the Mississippi Standard Spe- LF
PLAT BOOK 2 AT PAGE 62 IN cifications for State Aid Road NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:
THE CHANCERY CLERK`S OF- TON OFFICE OF STATE AID ROAD
WHEREAS, default has oc- and Bridge Construction. TEMPORARY TRAFFIC STRIPE,
FICE OF LOWNDES COUNTY, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TIME: 75 Working
curred in the performance of HOT MIX ASPHALT, (ST) SKIP YELLOW MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF
MISSISSIPPI. PLANS AND PROPOSALS may 36,740.000 Days
the covenants, terms and con- (9.5mm) TRANSPORTATION
ditions of a Deed of Trust 2,072.000 be secured from Robert L. Cal- LF
PROPERTY ADDRESS: The AND BASIS OF AWARD
dated May 16, 2013, ex- TON vert, County Engineer for
street address of the property LOWNDES COUNTY BOARD OF The award, if made, will be
ecuted by PAUL N. STEWART, Lowndes County, Mississippi, TEMPORARY TRAFFIC STRIPE,
is believed to be 86 ELMORE SUPERVISORS made to the lowest qualified
conveying certain real property COLD MILLING OF BITUMIN- P.0. Drawer 1078, West Point. LEGEND WHITE
STREET, COLUMBUS, MS The Cost is seventy-five dollars 2,240.000 bidder on the basis of pub-
39702. In the event of any dis- therein described to REAL ES- OUS PAVEMENT, ALL DEPTHS
($75.00) for the plans and sev- LF
SECTION 900 lished quantities.
crepancy between this street TATE CLOSING SERVICES INC, 160.000
as Trustee, for REVERSE SY enty-five dollars ($75.00)for
address and the legal descrip- NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: The attention of the BIDDER is
MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., the proposal, non-refundable. 4" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC
tion of the property, the legal Sealed bids will be received by directed to the State and Fed-
Original Beneficiary, to secure RUMBLE STRIPS, GROUND-IN EDGE STRIP (CONTINUOUS the Board of Supervisors of
description shall control. Certified check or bid bond for WHITE) (60 mil) eral laws governing selection of
the indebtedness therein de- 2.990 Lowndes County, Mississippi at
scribed, as same appears of MI five percent (5%) of the total 14.716 and employment of labor.
Title to the above described the Lowndes County Court-
bid, made payable to Lowndes MI
property is believed to be good, record in the office of the Chan- County and the State of Missis-
house, Columbus, Mississippi, MINIMUM WAGE RATES for this
but I will convey only such title cery Clerk of Lowndes County, 15" PIPE REMOVED AND RE- until 10:00 a.m. On the 15th
Mississippi filed and recorded LAID (CPP) sippi must accompany each 4" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC project have been predeter-
as is vested in me as Substi- day of January, 2021 and mined by the Secretary of the
May 22, 2013, in Deed Book 180.000 proposal. TRAFFIC STRIPE (SKIP YELLOW)
tute Trustee. shortly thereafter publicly Department of Labor in accord-
2013, Page 14797 ; and LF (90 mil) opened for the construction of
Bidders are hereby notified that 6.958 ance with the requirements of
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPT- 7.603 miles of HOT MIX AS- Federal regulations governing
WHEREAS, the beneficial in- 24" PIPE REMOVED AND RE- any proposal accompanied by MI
ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY PHALT OVERLAY on ROAD "E" the expenditure of FEDERAL
letters qualifying in any man-
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL terest of said Deed of Trust LAID (CMP)
ner the condition under which 4" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC
THROUGH "G" being known as AID HIGHWAY FUNDS and are
BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. was transferred and assigned 60.000
the proposal is tendered will be TRAFFIC STRIPE (CONTINUOUS
Project No. SAP-44(12)M in set out in the labor regulations
to Reverse Mortgage Solutions, LF Lowndes County, Mississippi
Inc.; and considered an irregular bid and YELLOW) (90 mil) contained in the proposal.
Rubin Lublin, LLC such proposal will not be con- 19,473.000
428 North Lamar Blvd, Suite 24" PIPE REMOVED AND RE- PRINCIPAL ITEMS OF WORK
WHEREAS, Rubin Lublin, LLC LAID (RCP CLASS III) sidered in making the award. LF The Board of Supervisors
107 ARE APPROXIMATELY AS FOL- hereby notifies all bidders that
Oxford, MS 38655 has been appointed as Substi- 32.000 LOWS:
tute Trustee; and LF Official bid documents can be THERMOPLASTIC LEGEND it will affirmatively insure that
rlselaw.com/property-listing downloaded from Central at (WHITE)(120 mil) in any contract entered into
Tel: (877) 813-0992 ITEM pursuant to this advertisement,
NOW, THEREFORE, the holder 42" PIPE REMOVED AND RE- www.centralbidding.com. Elec- 2,240.000
Fax: (470) 508-9401 QUANTITY minority business enterprise
of said Deed of Trust, having LAID (CPP) tronic bids can be submitted at LF UNIT will be afforded full opportunity
requested the undersigned so 80.000 www.centralbidding.com. For
PUBLISH: 12/09/2020, any questions related to the TWO-WAY YELLOW REFLECT- to submit bids in response to
12/16/2020, 12/23/2020, to do, as Substitute Trustee or LF ROADWAY ITEMS:
his duly appointed agent, by vir- electronic bidding process, IVE HIGH PERFORMANCE this invitation and will not be
12/30/2020 please call Central Bidding at RAISED MARKERS discriminated against on the
tue of the power, duty and au- 24" END SECTION REMOVED MOBILIZATION
thority vested and imposed AND RELAID (RCP) 225-810-4814. 617.000 grounds of race, color, or na-
LUMP SUM tional origin in consideration for
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE upon said Substitute Trustee 2.000 EA LS
TRUSTEE’S SALE shall, on January 6, 2021 with- EA Trip Hairston, President an award.
in the lawful hours of sale Lowndes County Board of Su- REFLECTORIZED TRAFFIC UNCLASSIFIED EXCAVATION PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI between 11:00AM and 4:00PM RIGHT-OF-WAY MARKERS (TYPE pervisors WARNING SIGN (ENCAPSU- (FM)
COUNTY OF LOWNDES at the southeast front door of I) LATED LENS) are on file in the Office of the
171.000 Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
Courthouse proceed to sell at 12.000 Publish: December 9, 2020 73.000 CY County, the County Engineer's
WHEREAS, default has oc- public outcry to the highest and EA December 16, 2020 EA
curred in the performance of best bidder for cash or certi- office and the Office of the
GRANULAR MATERIAL (LVM), State Aid Engineer, 412 E.
the covenants, terms and con- fied funds ONLY, the following MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC REFLECTORIZED TRAFFIC REG- (CLASS 3, GROUP "B")
ditions of a Deed of Trust described property situated in LUMP SUM ULATORY SIGN (ENCAPSU- Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jack-
2,029.000 son, Mississippi. This project
dated November 14, 2003, ex- Lowndes County, Mississippi, LS LATED LENS) CY
ecuted by MINNIE S. ARMOUR, to wit: 43.000 shall be constructed in accord-
conveying certain real property ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION EA ance with the latest edition of
CRUSHED STONE the Mississippi Standard Spe-
therein described to T. FRANK BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHW- SIGNS 548.000
COLLINS, as Trustee, for EST CORNER OF SECTION 31, 0.000 REFLECTORIZED TRAFFIC OB- cifications for State Aid Road
TON
WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL MIS- TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE SF All notices must be JECT MARKER (ENCAPSU- and Bridge Construction.
SISSIPPI 2, INC., Original Bene- 17 WEST, LOWNDES COUNTY, LATED LENS) (TYPE 3)
ficiary, to secure the indebted- MISSISSIPPI; THENCE NORTH 6" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC
emailed to 8.000
HOT MIX ASPHALT, (ST)
(12.5mm) (BASE REPAIR)
PLANS AND PROPOSALS may
EA be secured from Robert L. Cal-
ness therein described, as 1 DEGREE 20 MINUTES WEST EDGE STRIPE (CONTINUOUS classifieds@ 339.000 vert, County Engineer for
same appears of record in the 561 FEET; THENCE NORTH 1 WHITE) (60 mil) TON
office of the Chancery Clerk of DEGREE 00 MINUTES WEST A 2.947 cdispatch.com. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: Lowndes County, Mississippi,
Lowndes County, Mississippi DISTANCE OF 466 FEET TO MI P.0. Drawer 1078, West Point.
HOT MIX ASPHALT, (ST) The Cost is seventy-five dollars
filed and recorded November THE INITIAL POINT OF BEGIN- CONTRACT TIME: 75 Working (9.5mm)
20, 2003, in Deed Book 2003, NING OF THE PROPERTY 6" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC Days ($75.00) for the plans and sev-
8,656.000 enty-five dollars ($75.00)for
Page 46894 ; and HEREIN DESCRIBED; THENCE TRAFFIC STRIPE (SKIP YELLOW) TON
CONTINUE NORTH 1 DEGREE (90 mil) BASIS OF AWARD the proposal, non-refundable.
WHEREAS, the beneficial in- 00 MINUTES WEST A DIS- 1.432 The award, if made, will be HOT MIX ASPHALT, (ST)

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terest of said Deed of Trust TANCE OF 298 FEET; THENCE MI made to the lowest qualified Certified check or bid bond for
(9.5mm) LEVELING five percent (5%) of the total
was transferred and assigned NORTH 3 DEGREES 26 bidder on the basis of pub- 195.000
to Wilmington Trust, National MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 6" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC lished quantities. bid, made payable to Lowndes
TON County and the State of Missis-
Association, not in its individu- 240 FEET; THENCE NORTH 23 TRAFFIC STRIPE (CONTINUOUS The attention of the BIDDER is
al capacity, but solely as trust- DEGREES 32 MINUTES EAST A YELLOW) (90 mil) directed to the State and Fed- sippi must accompany each
COLD MILLING OF BITUMIN- proposal.
ee of MFRA Trust 2015-1; and DISTANCE OF 132.8 FEET; 4,090.000 eral laws governing selection of OUS PAVEMENT, ALL DEPTHS
THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES LF and employment of labor. 25,256.000
WHEREAS, Rubin Lublin, LLC 4 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE Bidders are hereby notified that
SY
has been appointed as Substi- OF 435.3 FEET; THENCE
tute Trustee; and SOUTH 3 DEGREES 26
THERMOPLASTIC LEGEND
(WHITE) (120 mil)
Promote your small business
project havestarting at onlyMAINTENANCE
MINIMUM WAGE RATES for this
been predeter- $25 OF TRAFFIC
any proposal accompanied by
letters qualifying in any man-
MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE 180.000 mined by the Secretary of the ner the condition under which
LUMP SUM the
NOW, THEREFORE, the holder OF 200 FEET; THENCE NORTH LF Carpet & Flooring General Servicesof Labor in accord-
Department General Services
LS Lawnproposal is tendered will be
Care / Landscaping
of said Deed of Trust, having 87 DEGREES 44 MINUTES ance with the requirements of considered an irregular bid and
requested the undersigned so WEST A DISTANCE OF 10 FEET; TWO-WAY YELLOW REFLECT- Federal regulations governing such proposal will not be con-
A&T TREE SERVICES ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION JESSE & BEVERLY’S
sidered in making the award.
to do, as Substitute Trustee or THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES IVE HIGH PERFORMANCE the expenditure of FEDERAL SIGNS
his duly appointed agent, by vir- 14 MINUTES EAST A DIS- RAISED MARKERS AID HIGHWAY FUNDSstump
Bucket truck & and are 0.000
LAWN SERVICE
removal.
set out Freeregulations
in the labor est. Mowing,
Official cleanup,can
bid documents treebe
tue of the power, duty and au- TANCE OF 476 FEET; THENCE 116.000 SF
thority vested and imposed NORTH 87 DEGREES 44 EA
Serving Columbus
contained in the proposal. cutting, from
downloaded landscaping,
Central at
upon said Substitute Trustee MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE since 1987. Senior www.centralbidding.com.
sodding & bush hogging. Elec-
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC STRIPE, tronic bids can be submitted at
shall, on January 6, 2021 with- OF 478 FEET TO THE INITIAL REFLECTORIZED TRAFFIC The Boarddisc.
citizen of Supervisors
Call Alvin @ CONTINUOUS YELLOW 662−356−6525
in the lawful hours of sale POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE WARNING SIGN (ENCAPSU- hereby notifies all bidders that
242−0324/241−4447 www.centralbidding.com. For
27,484.000 any questions related to the
between 11:00AM and 4:00PM PROPERTY HEREIN DE- LATED LENS) it"We’ll
will affirmatively
go out oninsure
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electronic biddingCARE
process,
at the southeast front door of SCRIBED AND CONTAINING 3.000 you!" LANDSCAPING L.L.C.at
Courthouse proceed to sell at 7.31 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, EA pursuant to this advertisement, please call Central Bidding
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC STRIPE, Phone: 662−549−1878
225-810-4814.
public outcry to the highest and LYING AND BEING SITUATED IN minority business enterprise SKIP YELLOW
**HOLIDAY SPECIAL** will be afforded full opportunity Landscaping, Property
best bidder for cash or certi- THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF REFLECTORIZED TRAFFIC REG- 4 ROOMS − $100 WORK WANTED: Licensed 43,492.000
fied funds ONLY, the following SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 18 ULATORY SIGN (ENCAPSU- to submit bids
& Bonded. in response
Carpentry, to
minor TripClean
Hairston,
Up,President
Plant Care,
1 Room − $50 LF Lowndes County Board of Su-
described property situated in SOUTH, RANGE 17 WEST, LATED LENS) this invitation and will
electrical, minor plumbing,not be Bush Hogging,
Lowndes County, Mississippi, LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- 2.000 2 Room − $70 discriminated against on the pervisors
Herbicide Spraying
insulation, painting, demo− TEMPORARY TRAFFIC STRIPE,
to wit: SIPPI. EA 3 Rooms − $90 grounds of race, color, or na- LEGEND WHITE
Carpet−Rugs−Tile−Cars lition, gutters
tional origin cleaned, for
in consideration Publish: December 9, 2020
pressure 1,050.000 Painting & Papering
A TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND PROPERTY ADDRESS: The EROSION CONTROL ITEMS: DAVID’S CARPET & an award. washing, land− LF
December 16, 2020
LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST street address of the property UPHOLSTERY scaping, cleanup work.
QUARTER (SW 1/4) OF THE is believed to be 119 SONIA AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
662−242−3608. SULLIVAN’S PAINT
CLEANING 4" WIDE THERMOPLASTIC
NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE DRIVE, COLUMBUS, MS 15.600 are on file in the Office of the EDGE STRIP (CONTINUOUS
SERVICE
Call for more info! Chancery Clerk of Lowndes Special Prices.
1/4) OF SECTION 21, TOWN- 39702. In the event of any dis- TON 662−722−1758 WHITE) (60 mil)
SHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 17 crepancy between this street COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER (13- County, the County Engineer's 15.137 Interior & Exterior Painting.
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