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Lathan recalls 20 years in industrial development

LINK senior VP to retire at year’s end en with a master’s in business
administration.
Brenda Lathan will
retire as executive
By Slim Smith velopment, will retire at the end “To be honest, when I got the vice president for
ssmith@cdispatch.com of the year, closing the book on job I didn’t know anything about economic devel-
opment at the

I
f Joe Max Higgins has
become the face of economic
development in the Golden
Triangle, Brenda Lathan may
well be its spirit.
Higgins’ arrival as CEO
of what is now known as the
Golden Triangle Development
LINK 17 years ago heralded in
a robust new era in economic
development in the area, but it is
Lathan whose story most close-
ly parallels what has happened
over the past 20 years.
Lathan, the LINK’s senior
vice president of economic de-
her own remarkable story. economic development,” said
Golden Triangle
In 1999, Lathan went to work Lathan, 62. “But I had worked at Development
as a receptionist for the Colum- ICON and had experience with LINK at the end
bus Lowndes Economic Devel- RFPs (request for proposals) of the year. In her
opment Authority (CLETA), and that was in the job descrip- 20-plus years with
the forerunner of the LINK, tion. ... That’s probably why I the organization
which has expanded to provide got the job.” and its predeces-
economic development support Lathan answered the phone, sor, Lathan has
for Oktibbeha and Clay counties she said, but there wasn’t a lot helped bring three
mega-sites to the
as well as Lowndes County. happening in economic develop-
area as well as
Much like the economic ment at the time, which left her
the procurement
development scene at the time, time to catch up with the tech- of 7,000 acres of
Lathan arrived at her new nology that was just beginning land for econom-
position with untapped poten- to impact the workplace. ic development
tial — a cum laude graduate of “Email was just starting to projects.
Mississippi University for Wom- See Lathan, 3A Courtesy photo

MHP responds
CMSD students using animation to nearly 20
software to ‘Return to Oz’ weather-related
accidents in
Golden Triangle
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

Troopers with Mississippi Highway Pa-

trol responded to nearly 20 weather-related
accidents in the Golden Triangle as of press
time this morning, though none of them had
serious injuries.
MHP spokesperson Sgt. Derrick Beckom
told The Dispatch those accidents involved
collisions or damage to vehicles on state
roads in Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Monroe and
Clay counties, but does not include several
more incidents in which vehicles simply slid
off the road and needed to be towed.
The combination of falling temperatures
and rain and sleet resulted in icy patches on
the roads, particularly on and near bridges,
which is where the accidents usually oc-
curred, Beckom said. Drivers often lose con-
trol of their vehicles when they try to brake
See MHP, 8A
Students learning basics
of script writing, character
building with Hollywood’s help
By Zack Plair
zplair@cdispatch.com
Mistrial declared
C
herie Labat has been superintendent for
Columbus Municipal School District for in Clay County
about a year and a half. Her next role for
the school may very well be on the big screen.
Labat spent about an hour Tuesday morn-
ing with Joe Cook Elementary fourth graders
double-homicide
giving voice to an animated character — which
bore a striking resemblance to the superinten-
State introduced evidence
dent — on the Story Maker software platform.
“Now that we have your character, you never
judge said should have been
know where you may pop up,” Sandra Brace, presented before trial
director of education partnerships for Holly-
wood, California-based Wonder Media, told BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
Labat after her part was finished. “You may just ialtman@cdispatch.com
show up as Aunty Em.”
The murder trial of a Man-
See CMSD, 8A
tee man accused of killing
two people in Clay County two
years ago ended in a mistrial
TOP PHOTO: Joe Cook Elementary fifth-graders Dariyah Hill, left, and Easton Sime work on animating charac- Tuesday.
ters Tuesday on the Story Maker software platform. With the software, students can voice characters, control Shundray Johnson, 25, is
their gestures and much more. RIGHT PHOTO: Sandra Brace, director of education partnerships for Wonder one of two defendants in the
Media in Hollywood, California, trains Joe Cook Elementary students on animation software Tuesday morning.
Students with Cook and Stokes Beard elementaries, as well as Columbus Middle School, will build scenes for 2017 murder of 23-year-olds
an animated “Return to Oz” feature this school year. Photos by Zack Plair/Dispatch Staff Kentario Boyd and Kenya Johnson
Campbell, both of Tupelo.
See Mistrial, 3A

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THE GREATEST SHOW

Courtesy photo
From left, Columbus Christian Academy students Ben Campbell, son of Ray and Tracey Campbell; Jack Middle-
brooks, son of Robert and Jennifer Middlebrooks; and Jacob Minga, son of Jason and Regina Minga, rehearse for
the school’s upcoming production of “The Greatest Show Ever.” The Broadway-style event begins at 6 p.m. Friday
at the school located at 6405 Militry Road, Steens. Come early, at 5:30 p.m., for a mini circus-themed carnival.
Tickets at the door are $9 for adults, $5 for students. For more information, contact the school, 662-328-7888.

THE IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS

Democrats’ impeachment charges say Trump betrayed the nation
The Associated Press by asking Ukraine to inves- in office, “ the nine-page peachment lite” and prom-
tigate his political rivals, impeachment resolution ised it would lead to his
WASHINGTON — including Democrat Joe says. reelection in 2020.
House Democrats an- Biden, while withholding “If we did not hold him The outcome appears
nounced two articles of U.S. military aid as lever- accountable, he would increasingly set as the
impeachment against age. That benefited Russia continue to undermine our House presses ahead to-
President Donald Trump, over the U.S. as America’s election,” Pelosi said later ward impeachment as it
declaring he “betrayed the ally fought Russian aggres- at a forum sponsored by has only three times in
nation” with his actions sion, the Democrats said. Politico. “Nothing less is at history against U.S. presi-
toward Ukraine as they Trump then obstructed stake than the central point dents, a test of the nation’s
pushed toward historic Congress by ordering cur- of our democracy - a free system of checks and bal-
proceedings that are cer- rent and former officials to and fair election.’’
ances.
tain to help define his pres- defy House subpoenas for Trump tweeted that
Chairman Adam Schiff
idency and shape the 2020 testimony and by blocking to impeach a president
of the Intelligence Com-
election. access to documents, the “who has done NOTHING
charges say. wrong, is sheer Political mittee said, “We stand
The specific charges
By his conduct, Trump Madness.” here today because the
aimed at removing the
“demonstrated he will re- He later headed to president’s abuse of power
45th president of the Unit-
ed States: abuse of power main a threat to national Pennsylvania for a reelec- leaves us with no choice.”
and obstruction of Con- security and the Constitu- tion campaign rally, where
gress. tion if allowed to remain he called the effort “im-
Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
flanked by the chairmen
of impeachment inquiry
committees at the U.S.
Capitol, said they were up-
holding their solemn oath
to defend the Constitution.
Trump responded angri-
ly on Twitter: “WITCH
HUNT!”
Voting is expected in
a matter of days by the
Judiciary Committee,
which begins deliberations
Wednesday, and by Christ-
mas in the full House. The
charges, if approved, would
then be sent to the Senate,
where the Republican ma-
jority would be unlikely
to convict Trump, but not
without a potentially bitter
trial just as voters in Iowa
and other early presiden-
tial primary states begin
making their choices.
In the formal articles
announced Tuesday, the
Democrats said Trump
enlisted a foreign power
in “corrupting” the U.S.
election process and en-
dangered national security

Lathan
Continued from Page 1A
get used a lot, as well as
PowerPoint and other
programs, so I learned
that,” she said. “I learned
about research, too —
where to find informa-
tion, who to go to the find
it. That’s my love. I had
a pretty good handle of
that by the time Joe Max
arrived.”
If Lathan was pre-
pared for bigger things,
so was the area.
“Just before Joe Max
came, we got American
Eurocopter (now Air-
bus),” Lathan said. “That
was what we considered
a big project at the time.
It was a small investment,
but it was something we
hadn’t had in the area.
It was a big deal for us
then.”
Lathan said, looking
back, Higgins arrived at a
perfect time.
“He came in with a
vision, which was what
we needed,” she said. “He
got everybody to buy in
to that vision and we’ve
done some wonderful
things — three (industri-
al) megasites in 10 years
and we’ve purchased
7,000 acres of land for
development, just a lot of
things. For a lot of those
years, it was just the two
of us working on it — me
and Joe Max.”
It didn’t take Higgins
long to realize what an
asset he had.
“I saw all the things
she was doing,” Higgins
said. “The thing that
really stood out was that
she was an organization-
al freak in every sense
of the word. When you
wanted to lay your hands
on something, she was
the one that could make
that happen. Around
here, we call her the
Vault — everything is
either in her head or her
files.”
Higgins said he made
it his goal to help her
reach her potential.
“I brought her in and
Mistrial
Continued from Page 1A
Johnson’s trial began
Monday, but 16th Dis-
trict Circuit Court Judge
Jim Kitchens declared it
a mistrial after the state
introduced evidence that
let the jury know Johnson
had a prior felony convic-
tion.
Deputies with Clay
County Sheriff’s Office
discovered the victims’
bodies in a vehicle parked
on the side of Dixie Road
in rural Clay County on
March 14, 2017. Both vic-
tims had suffered multi-
ple gunshot wounds, and
investigators later the-
orized the double homi-
cide had occurred as the
result of a drug deal gone
wrong.
District Attorney
Scott Colom said investi-
gators arrested Johnson
after finding the phone
number of the last person
to contact Boyd in Boyd’s
cell phone. At the time
of the murder, Johnson
was on parole with Mis-
sissippi Department of
Corrections for previous
aggravated assault and
statutory rape charges,
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told her she was too valu-
able to be answering the
phones,” Higgins said. “I
told her we were going to
work on a personal devel-
opment plan for her. She
didn’t even know what I
was talking about. But we
got her into the classes
and training she needed
and she became the first
African-American woman
to become a certified eco-
nomic developer. There
are only 1,100 certified
economic developers in
the country and we have
two of them (Higgins
is the other), which is
unusual.”
The calm in the storm
Although the two have
worked seamlessly to-
gether for 17 years, their
personalities could not
be more disparate — the
temperamental, gregar-
ious Higgins and the
calm, more circumspect
Lathan.
That difference re-
vealed itself early in the
relationship.
“Something happened
— I don’t remember what
it was — and Joe Max just
had one of his rants and
was yelling at everybody,”
Lathan recalls. “It shook
everybody up. Every-
body was scared. But I
wasn’t. They asked me,
‘Why aren’t you scared?’
I told them, ‘Honey, my
daddy invented those
words. (Higgins) doesn’t
scare me. I’ve heard it all
before.’”
Higgins, in mid-tirade,
overheard Lathan’s com-
ments and brought her
into the office.
“I told her, ‘Dammit,
it’s OK for you not to be
scared, but I need to rest
of them to be scared.
Don’t mess that up,’” he
said.
Lathan’s influence has
been important in other
ways, too, said Macaulay
Whitaker, the LINK’s
chief operation office,
and an MDOC officer
confirmed the number
investigators found be-
longed to Johnson.
However, when prose-
cutors called that officer
to the stand, Kitchens
said the evidence could
prejudice the jury against
the defendant and that
prosecutors should have
filed a pretrial motion for
Kitchens to rule outside
the jury’s hearing wheth-
er that evidence could be
presented. Given the se-
riousness of the charge
against Johnson, Kitch-
ens declared a mistrial.
Johnson will now get a
new trial.
“We thought in good
faith that we had a case
that allowed us to intro-
duce this evidence for the
purpose of identifying the
defendant, Mr. Johnson,
as the last contact num-
ber in Kentario Boyd’s
phone,” Colom told The
Dispatch. “In hindsight,
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who arrived in 2011.
“Brenda Lathan is, by
far, the best mentor I’ve
ever had, both person-
ally and professionally,”
Whitaker said. “We work
in a male-dominated
industry and it’s not
uncommon to walk in
to a meeting and be the
only woman in the room.
Well, Brenda wasn’t just
the only woman in the
room, she was often the
only African American in
the room. But she never
once let that impede her
progress or affect the
quality of hr work. She
wouldn’t let anything stop
her. That’s an incredible
thing to witness.”
Her unflappable
nature also served as a
calming effect in a field
that can be chaotic.
“Our styles are differ-
ent, for sure,” Higgins
said. “I remember one
time in particular. We
were rushing to meet a
deadline and it was really
coming down to the last
minutes. I’m running
around, yelling, telling
everybody to hurry up. I
look over at Brenda and
tell her, ‘Come on. We’ve
got to hurry!’
“She just looked at me
and said, ‘I am,’” he said.
“A little while later, I look
at her. She’s just doing
her thing, calm as can
be. I tell her again, ‘Let’s
go!’ Again, she just says
‘I am.’
“I said, ‘I want to hear
you yelling, running
around, your hair messed
up,’” he continued. “But
that just wasn’t Brenda.
We made the deadline.
Everything was fine. She
got it done.”
Whitaker has her own
recollection of Lathan’s
soothing manner.
“I was pregnant with
my first child and as I
was getting ready to go
to work, my water broke,”
Whitaker said. “I called
her at 5 in the morning,
freaking out, you know,
we agree it would have
been a better practice
to have gotten permis-
sion from the court …
before introducing the
evidence and understand
the court’s decision giv-
en the seriousness of the
charges and the court’s
(obligation) to uphold the
defendant’s legal rights.”
Johnson’s attorney,
Kevin Camp of Jack-
son, said he agreed with
Kitchens’ ruling.
“What we don’t want
to have happen is do a tri-
al and then, if it’s an out-
come contrary to us and
it gets up in the appellate
level, this is an issue that
the Supreme Court really
looks at, and so there’s
a chance it would come
back on them,” he said.
“That doesn’t do any
good. We just have to
back up and make sure
we get it correct the next
time.”
He added it was an
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 3A
No injuries
the way it is with a first
time mama. ... I’ll never in school bus
accident
forget it. She just said,
‘Everything’s going to be
OK. Here’s what’s going
to happen. You’re going
to go the hospital and Another vehicle rear-ended bus
you’re going to have a
baby today. That’s what’s stopped on Pandora Drive
going to happen. It’s
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going to be fine.’
“That’s Brenda,” she
Police are investigating a collision between a
added. “She’s very bal-
Columbus Municipal School District bus and an-
anced, very reliable. She other vehicle that occurred early this morning.
has a way to see things Both CMSD Superintendent Cherie Labat and
clearly and do what needs City Public Information Officer Joe Dillon said
to be done.” there were no injuries. There were seven students
At 62, Lathan is retir- on the bus at the time, Labat said.
ing young. She said she’ll The accident occurred on Pandora Drive at
spend her time working
about 6:40 a.m. when another vehicle apparently
with church projects and attempted to go around the stopped school bus,
on the many boards she Dillon said. The vehicle instead hit the rear and
serves on and do some side of the bus. The cause of the crash is not weath-
part-time consulting er-related, he and Labat said.
work. Labat said there was “little to no damage” to the
She wants to make bus.
sure she enjoys her “We were able to pursue the route and continue
retirement years. to pick up children,” she said.
“You know, my Dillon said the driver has not been issued a ci-
husband retired in 2014 tation, but the accident is still under investigation.
and died in early 2015,”
Lathan said. “I want to be
able to enjoy my retire-
ment. My husband didn’t
TODAY IN HISTORY
get to do that.” Today is Wednesday, Dec. 11, the 345th day of
Lathan’s retirement is 2019. There are 20 days left in the year.
one of several changes on Today’s Highlight in History:
the LINK staff. On Dec. 11, 2001, in the first criminal indict-
Maggie Wilson has ment stemming from 9/11, federal prosecutors
been promoted to the charged Zacarias Moussaoui (zak-uh-REE’-uhs
director of Accounting moo-SOW’-ee), a French citizen of Moroccan
and Human Resourc- descent, with conspiring to murder thousands in
es, replacing Jennifer
the suicide hijackings. (Moussaoui pleaded guilty
Pridmore, who has also
to conspiracy in 2005 and was sentenced to life in
retired. Wilson joined
prison.)
the LINK in July of 2014
as the office administra-
tor. Pridmore joined the
On this date:
In 1792, France’s King Louis XVI went before
LINK team in 2011 as the
the Convention to face charges of treason. (Louis
director of Accounting, was convicted and executed the following month.)
later adding Existing In 1844, the first experimental use of an
Industry and Business to inhaled anesthetic in dentistry took place as Dr.
her responsibilities. Horace Wells of Hartford, Connecticut, under the
Kylee Rossiter has influence of nitrous oxide, had a colleague extract
joined the staff as office one of his teeth.
administrator. She will SOURCE: The Associated Press
maintain office efficien-
cy and scheduling and
serve as the first point of
contact for both the LINK
and the Columbus
Lowndes Chamber of
Commerce.
“easy fix” for Kitchens to
look at the evidence in a
pretrial hearing.
“This isn’t something
that makes (the case)
go away, it’s just we have
to make sure we follow
the correct procedures
so that all of Shundray’s
rights are protected,”
Camp said.
Also indicted in the
case was Tabarrius Cof-
fey, 27, of Calhoun City,
who was charged with
manslaughter. His trial is
set for Jan. 13, 2020.
Johnson’s trial has
been rescheduled for
March 16, 2020.
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HEALTH

California considers calling THC in pot a risk to moms-to-be
Studies indicate a rising number of mothers-
to-be have turned to marijuana products for
relief from morning sickness and headaches,
which have not been backed by science
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — More
than three years after Califor-
nia voters broadly legalized
marijuana, a state panel is con-
sidering if its potent, high-in-
ducing chemical — THC —
should be declared a risk to
pregnant women and require
warnings.
Studies have indicated that
a rising number of mothers-
to-be have turned to marijuana
products for relief from morn-
ing sickness and headaches,
though it’s effectiveness has
not been backed by science.
Cannabis industry officials
say too little sound research
is available on THC to support
such a move and warn that it
could make marijuana compa-
nies a target for lawsuits with
unverified claims of injuries
from pot use during pregnancy.
“That seems like an
open-ended checkbook. How
do we defend ourselves?” said
Los Angeles dispensary own-
er Jerred Kiloh, who heads the
United Cannabis Business As-
sociation, an industry group.
Lawyers looking for a quick
buck will say “give us $10,000
or we are going to take you into
a long court case,” he added.
The California Cannabis In-
dustry Association echoed that
fear, noting that pot’s standing
as an illegal drug at the federal
level has choked off research
by government agencies.
Those studies are needed to
determine if THC poses health
risks for pregnant women.
“Good policy and consumer
protections are based on facts
and data,” spokesman Josh
Drayton said.
The meeting Wednesday
of the obscure state Develop-
mental and Reproductive Tox-
icant Identification Committee
in Sacramento will focus on
whether THC causes “repro-
ductive toxicity.” The panel is
made up of scientists appointed
by the governor.
An affirmative finding would
make THC one of hundreds of
chemicals judged to cause can-
cer or birth defects that the
state requires to carry warning
labels, such as arsenic and lead.
The review is being carried
out under the umbrella of the
Safe Drinking Water and Toxic
Enforcement Act, better known
as Proposition 65. It requires
warning labels for chemicals
judged as dangerous and allows
residents, advocacy groups and
attorneys to sue on behalf of
the state and collect a portion
of civil penalties for failure to
provide warnings.
The 1986 law has been
credited with weeding out
cancer-causing chemicals
from products but also faulted
for setting the stage for legal
shakedowns.
Since 2009, the state has list-
ed marijuana smoke as being
known to cause cancer, similar
to tobacco smoke.
“The expansion of Proposi-
tion 65 as it relates to cannabis
is premature and lacks both the
facts and the data that would
justify this move,” Drayton
said.
The U.S. surgeon general
warned in August that smok-
ing marijuana is dangerous for
pregnant women and their de-
veloping babies. Mainstream
medicine advises against pot
use in pregnancy because of
studies suggesting it might
cause premature birth, low
birth weight or other health
problems, but many of those
studies were in animals or had
findings that were open to dis-
pute.
The National Institute on
Drug Abuse is paying for sev-
eral studies on marijuana use
during pregnancy.
If the California panel de-
clares pot a risk for pregnant
women, it’s not clear what the
immediate impact would be on
the state’s legal pot industry.
Presumably, packaging
would need to be changed over
time to carry warning labels
for pregnant women. But such
requirements would likely take
additional steps by agencies
that oversee marijuana regula-
tion and packaging.
Even products contain-
ing CBD, a trendy ingredient
extracted from marijuana
or hemp, can contain trace
amounts of THC.

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Jerry Roberts
COLUMBUS — Jer-
ry Wayne Roberts, 64,
died Dec. 8, 2019, at his
residence.
Services will be at
1 p.m. Thursday at
Cleveland-Moffett Fu-
neral Home in Amory,
with Chuck Moffett
officiating. Burial will
follow at Smithville
Cemetery. Visitation
is from 5-8 p.m. today
at the funeral home.
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neral Home of Amory
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Mr. Roberts was
born Dec. 27, 1954, in
Monroe County, to Lea-
mond Sr. and Geneva
Vines Roberts. He was
formerly employed with
Fairway Ice Company.
In addition to his
parents, he was preced-
ed in death by his son,
Derrick Kitchens; and
brothers, James and
Leonard Roberts.
Baby Girl Emma Hodges
STARKVILLE —
Emma Leigh Joy Hodg-
es died Dec. 7, 2019, at
LeBonheur Children’s
Hospital in Memphis,
Tennessee.
Services will be at
11:30 a.m. Thursday at
Antioch Community
Church in Ackerman.
Burial will follow at the
church cemetery. Visi-
tation will be one hour
prior to services at the
church. Welch Funeral
Area obituaries
Home of Starkville is at Mt. Hermon M.B.
in charge of arrange- Church, with Manson
ments. B. Johnson officiating.
Baby Girl Emma was Burial will follow at
born Sept. 20, 2019, Greenwood Cemetery.
to Justin and Jessica Visitation will be two
Hodges. hours prior to services
In addition to her at the church. Carter’s
parents, she is survived Mortuary Services of
by her brothers, Declan West Point is in charge
Hodges and Oliver of arrangements.
Hodges, both of Holly Mr. Amos was born
Springs. Feb. 28, 1958, in West
Point, to the late Tessie
Willie Salter Amos and Everlena
COLUMBUS — Wil- Amos. He was formerly
lie James Salter, 64, employed as an engi-
died Dec. 10, 2019, at neer.
He is survived by
Aurora Nursing and
his wife, Vicki Amos of
Rehabilitation Center.
Houston, Texas; sons,
Arrangements are
Malcolm Sykes and
incomplete and will be
Jonathan Amos, both
announced by Carter’s
Funeral Services of of Houston, Nicholas
Columbus. Sykes of Arlington,
Virginia, and Joseph
Amos of Dallas, Tex-
Anthony Barnhill
as; brothers, Robert
TUPELO — Antho-
Amos and Willie Amos,
ny Wayne Barnhill, 25,
both of West Point,
died Dec. 7, 2019.
and George Amos of
Services will be at 11
a.m. Friday at Robinson Boston, Massachusetts;
Funeral Home Chapel, sisters, Lenora Jones
with the Rev. Jerry Pee of Cleveland, Ohio and
officiating. Burial will Viola Amos of West
follow at Cedar Bluff Point; and three grand-
Cumberland Presbyte- children.
rian Cemetery. Visita-
tion will be from 2-4 James Foote Sr.
ABERDEEN —
p.m. Thursday at the
James Aubrey Foote Sr.,
funeral home. Robinson
Funeral Home of West 77, died Dec. 9, 2019, at
Point is in charge of North Mississippi Med-
arrangements. ical Center in Tupelo.
Mr. Barnhill was Services will be at
born Dec. 24, 1993, in 11 a.m. Thursday at
Greenville, to Mary Aberdeen First Baptist
Tompkins Wright and church, with Lloyd Mi-
the late Dwayne Terry. nor officiating. Burial
In addition to his will follow at Lebanon
mother, he is survived Cemetery. Visitation
by his wife, Taylor will be two hours
Barnhill of Tupelo; son, prior to services at the
Kenneth Wayne Terry church. Tisdale-Lann
Barnhill of Tupelo; Memorial Funeral
father, Joey Wright of Home of Aberdeen is
Cedar Bluff; brother, in charge of arrange-
Terry Barnhill of Cedar ments.
Bluff; sisters, Lindsay Mr. Foote was born
Betts of Mathiston, Sept. 23, 1942, in Aber-
Kacey Terry of Har- deen, to the late Aubrey
rison, Arkansas, and Russell Foote and
Hope Barnhill of Cedar Dametra Barnes Foote.
Bluff. He was formerly em-
Pallbearers will be ployed as a metal trades
Colin Watkins, James teacher with Aberdeen
Counts, Bo Seay, High School and a tool
Joseph Tompkins, and die machinist with
Jacob Laster and Jason True Temper of Amory.
Barnhill. He was a member of
Memorials may be Aberdeen First Baptist
made to LeBonheur Church.
Children’s Medical In addition to his par-
Center, 50 Dunlap St., ents, he was preceded
Memphis, TN 38103. in death by his sister,
Mary Belle Shurden.
Joe Amos He is survived by
WEST POINT — Joe his wife, Karen Lou-
W. Amos, 61, died Dec. ise Breaux Foote of
4, 2019, at Merit Hospi- Aberdeen; daughters,
tal in Jackson. Elizabeth Gaye Cald-
Services will be well of Columbus and
at 11 a.m. Thursday Rachael Leigh Moody
of Mantachie; sons,
James Aubrey Foote Jr.
of Fulton and Charles
Russell Foote of Tupelo;
and seven grandchil-
dren.
Pallbearers will be
Matt Breaux, David
Breaux, Will Breaux,
Ronnie Shurden, Rich-
ard Shurden, Bobby
Peeples, Jonathan Nor-
man and Joe Benton.
Bobby Elliott
GUIN, Ala. — Bobby
Guinn Elliott, 70, died
Dec. 9, 2019, at his
residence.
No services will
be held. Otts Funeral
Home of Sulligent is
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Elliott was
born Jan. 7, 1949, in
Susan Smith
Pontotoc, to the late
Howard “Hub” Elliott
and Earline Russell. He
attended Washington Susan Lough Grant Smith
High School in Texas died peacefully in her home on
and was a graduate of December 7, 2019. She was 86.
ICC in Fulton. He was She was born on September 9,
formerly employed as a 1933, in Emmet, AR, to Susie
paramedic. Claire Synder Lough and John-
In addition to his ny Gilbert Lough, the seventh
parents, he was pre- of eight children.
ceded in death by one Susan retired from Weyer-
grandchild. haeuser in 1999, after almost 20
He is survived by years of faithful employment. She was a long time
his son, James “Jamie member of First Baptist Church in Columbus
Elliott of Colorado and taught Sunday school for many years at the
Springs, Colorado; church. She was actively involved in Bible Study
daughters, Jennifer Fellowship (BSF) and the Les Amies Study Club.
Madison of Guin and She was a long-time volunteer at the First Baptist
Pamela Elliott of Ponto- Church Library and with the Baptist Memorial
toc; brother, Jeff Elliott Hospital Auxiliary, working in the gift shop and
of Pontotoc; sister, the Emergency Room.
She is survived by her children, Tambra Smith
Sandra Sneed of New
Lamb (David) of Scottsdale, AZ and Jon W.
Albany; five grand-
Smith (Kelley) of Memphis, TN; five (5) grand-
children; and three
children, Jacob Wendell Lamb (Oklahoma City,
great-grandchildren. OK), Sheridan Susanne Lamb (Orange County,
CA), Cadence Elise Lamb (Abingdon, VA), Oli-
ver Reid Smith (Memphis, TN/Univ of Alabama)
and Mary Dreyer Smith (Memphis, TN/Univ of
Alabama); and her brother, Delmer Gilbert (Son-
ny) Lough (Betty) of Hope, AR. She was also sur-
vived by her canine soulmate, Jackson.
She was preceded in death by her husband of
two (2) months, SSgt. Richard Grant; her hus-
band of 54 years, Dr. Oliver Wendell Smith; her
brothers, Jewel Ellis Lough, John Carroll Lough
and Garland Reed Lough; and her sisters, Ruby
Lough Gill, Emma Lough Hubbard and Martina
Lough Ross.
Services will be held at First Baptist Church in
Bud Morgan downtown Columbus on Saturday, December 14,
Visitation:
Wednesday, Dec. 11 • 1-2 PM 2019, with visitation at Noon, and a celebration of
Wesley United Methodist Church her life at 1:00 PM. A private burial will follow at
Services:
Wednesday, Dec. 11 • 2 PM Friendship Cemetery. Memorial Gunter Peel Fu-
Wesley United Methodist Church neral Home, College Street location, is in charge
Burial With
Military Honors of the arrangements.
Memorial Gardens of Columbus Memorials may be sent to the American Can-
College St. Location cer Society, First Baptist Church, Columbus, the
Palmer Home for Children, or the Dr. O. Wendell
Susan Smith Smith Business Scholarship c/o Mississippi Uni-
Visitation:
Saturday, Dec. 14 • 12-1 PM versity for Women.
First Baptist Church
Services:
Saturday, Dec. 14 • 1 PM
First Baptist Church
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AROUND THE WORLD

New Zealand volcano vents

steam, delays recovery of bodies
The Associated Press
WHAKATANE, New Zealand
— A New Zealand island volca-
no vented more steam and mud
Wednesday, prompting authori-
ties to delay plans to recover the
bodies of victims from a deadly
eruption two days ago.
Volcanic tremors on White Is-
land were intensifying to a level
not seen since an eruption in 2016,
the GeoNet seismic monitoring
agency said, calculating a 40% to
60% chance of another eruption
within the next 24 hours.
Meanwhile, Australia was send-
ing a military plane to bring some
of the Australians injured in the
eruption to Australia for specialist
medical care. Authorities expect-
ed to transport 10 injured patients
to New South Wales and Victoria
states, beginning Thursday.
Six deaths have been confirmed
in Monday’s eruption, which sent a
tower of steam and ash an estimat-
ed 12,000 feet (3,660 meters) into
the air. The bodies of eight other
people are believed to remain on
the ash-covered island. And 30
people remain hospitalized, in-
cluding 25 in critical condition.
Many of the injured suffered se-
vere burns and were being treated
at hospital burn units around New
Zealand.
GeoNet said in an early evening
update that shallow magma within
the volcano appeared to be driv-
ing the increased activity. It also
said there was a low risk to the
mainland. The volcano is about 50
kilometers (30 miles) off New Zea-
land’s main North Island.
Police believe 47 visitors were
on the island at the time of the
eruption, 24 of them Australian,
nine Americans, five New Zea-
landers and others from Germa-
ny, Britain, China and Malaysia.
Many were passengers aboard the
Royal Caribbean cruise ship Ova-
tion of the Seas.
Survivors ran into the sea to es-
cape the scalding steam and ash
and emerged covered in burns,
said those who first helped them.
Geoff Hopkins watched the erup-
tion from a boat after visiting
the island and told the New Zea-
land Herald the eruption quickly
turned menacing.
He told the paper that injured
people transported on their boat
were horrifically burned on their
exposed skin and even under their
clothes.
The first confirmed death
was of a local man, Hayden Mar-
shall-Inman, a guide who had
shown tourists around the island.
Former Whakatane Mayor Tony
Bonne said Marshall-Inman was a
keen fisherman and well-liked.
In the town touted as the gate-
way to White Island, the volcano
has an almost mystical signifi-
cance, its regular puffing a feature
of the landscape. Whether the
island, also known by its Maori
name Whakaari, will ever host
tourists again remains uncertain.
Many people were questioning
why tourists were allowed to visit
the island after seismic monitor-
ing experts raised the volcano’s
alert level last month.
The island had been mined
for sulfur until a 1914 accident
in which at least 10 people were
killed, and a landslide destroyed
the miners’ village and the mine
itself. The island became a private
scenic reserve in 1953.
Daily tours allow more than
10,000 people to visit every year.

The people sing: ‘Les Leaders of Iraq’s have also left Iraq in huge in Baghdad and the pre-
Christians unanimously numbers over the years, dominantly Shiite south-
Mis’ soothes, breaks cancelled Christmas-re- after being targeted by ern provinces on Oct. 1,
Hong Kong hearts lated celebrations in sol- militant Sunni groups when thousands of Iraqis
HONG KONG — For idarity with the protest such as al-Qaida and the first took to the streets
Hong Kong spectators movement — but the Islamic State group. calling for sweeping polit-
mentally and physically aims of their stance go On a recent visit to ical reforms and the end
drained from six months deeper than tinsel and Tahrir Square, the epicen- of Iran’s influence in Iraqi
of pro-democracy pro- fairy lights. Slogans of ter of the protest move- affairs. At least 400 have
tests that have convulsed a united Iraq free of sec- ment, Cardinal Louis Ra- died at the hands of secu-
the city, a rousing per- tarianism resonate deeply phael Sako, patriarch of rity forces and unidenti-
formance of “Les Miser- within the community, the Chaldean Church in fied assailants firing live
ables” proved almost too which since the 2003 fall Iraq, said he was moved. ammunition and tear gas
much to bear. of Saddam Hussein has “Now there you feel to disperse the demon-
Audience members fearfully observed its di- you are Iraqi,” he said in strations.
wept, dabbing their eyes minishing influence amid an interview with The
with handkerchiefs, big growing Shiite-dominat- Associated Press. “A new SOURCE: AP
tears rolling down their ed politics shaping state Iraq is being born.”
cheeks, as a Hong Kong affairs. The Christians The protests erupted
theater troupe aiming to
both comfort and re-ener-
gize emotionally battered
spectators belted out the
rousing musical based on
Victor Hugo’s classic tale
of rebellion in 19th centu-
ry France.
Audience members
said images from the
protests flashed through
their minds as they
soaked up the free out-
door performance on
Tuesday night.
The crowd several
hundred strong joined
with the troupe in singing
“Do You Hear the People
Sing?” — the stirring lyr-
ics eloquently putting to
words what many Hong
Kong protesters feel.
“It is the music of a
people who will not be
slaves again!” they sang.
“Will you join in our cru-
sade? Who will be strong
and stand with me?”
The amateur troupe,
dressed in black, which
has become the color of
protest in Hong Kong,
is made up of volunteers
who responded to an on-
line appeal for singers
and musicians.
Singer Harriet Chung
said their aim is to tour
the show to all 18 of Hong
Kong’s districts. Tues-
day’s performance was
the troupe’s third, staged
in a park in Tai Po in the
New Territories that are
north of Hong Kong Is-
land and Kowloon and
which butt up against
mainland China.

No Christmas tinsel
in Iraq, in solidarity
with protesters
BAGHDAD — The
Christmas tree in the
middle of a central Bagh-
dad plaza occupied by an-
ti-government protesters
is bare, save for portraits
of those killed under fire
from security forces. A
tribute, the demonstra-
tors explained, to a recent
decision by Iraq’s Chris-
tians to call off seasonal
festivities to honor the
losses.
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Slimantics
I’m running on the long weekend platform
Here of late, I’ve
been beginning to
question a number
of things that I have
more or less taken
for granted.
For example, in
Charlotte’s Web,
why is it that the
people in the town
see a message spun
into a spider’s web
and immediately Slim Smith
credit the pig for
the work? Who in their right
mind would conclude, “Gee,
here is a name carefully spun
into a spider’s web. Clearly,
this must be the work of...a
pig!”
That’s like crediting Trump which allows for an even great-
for the economy: It defies
reason.
Me? I’d be looking for that
resourceful spider, who did all
the work yet received none of
the credit.
My questioning goes be-
yond children’s stories.
Now that we are smack
dab between our nation’s two
biggest holidays – Thanks-
giving and Christmas – I have
questions about both.
Why is Thanksgiving
celebrated on a
Thursday, of all
days? And why is
Christmas celebrat-
ed on Dec. 25 with
no regard to what
day that falls on?
This year,
Thanksgiving was
held on a Thurs-
day as usual and
Christmas will be
celebrated on a
Wednesday, which
is even a worse day. In both
cases, there’s no prospect for a
long holiday weekend, which I
think we can say with certain-
ty that everyone approves of.
People love holiday weekends,
er celebration. No one would
say, “Let’s have Labor Day on
a Tuesday” or “Veterans Day
should be held on a Wednes-
day.” You wouldn’t get a single
vote for that.
So how did Thursday wind
up as the preferred choice for
Thanksgiving anyway?
We have no idea what day
the original Thanksgiving fell
on, but we do know the prac-
tice of setting aside a day for
“giving thanks” was common,
although not an annual event
celebrated on a particular day.
Most often, the day was called
for after some significant
event, say the end of a drought
or winning a big battle, events
that fostered a spirit of grati-
tude.
The first official national
Thanksgiving was approved
by Congress in 1783 when
President Washington called
for a day of Thanksgiving for
Nov. 26, which turned out
to be the last Thursday of
November.
Nobody really knows why.
That’s just the day he picked
and, since Washington could
do no wrong, the practice
stuck.
It’s important to note that
the folks of Washington’s
time didn’t operate on a five-
day work week, so the “long
weekend” as we know it wasn’t
a thing. It would have made far
more sense in Washington’s
day to celebrate Thanksgiving
on a Saturday, which would
have given workers a two-day
holiday, but no.
Even so, there was some
tinkering done. In 1939,
President Roosevelt moved the
holiday to Nov. 23 instead of
the last Thursday of the month
(Nov. 30) in order to expand
the Christmas holiday shop-
ping season. Since then, the
fourth Thursday of the month
has stuck.
Canada, by the way, cele-
brates its Thanksgiving Day
on a Monday (second Monday
of October). That works, too.
Since FDR established
the precedent for changing
the time of Thanksgiving, I
propose legislation that would
move Thanksgiving to the
fourth Friday of November.
Vote for me and enjoy another
long weekend. That’s an idea
a candidate could run on,
and I’m surprised no one has
thought of it.
I think Christmas would
also benefit from a date
change and I can find nothing
on the historical record that
suggest this would be any sort
of heresy.
Although Christians cele-
brate Christmas as the day of
Christ’s birth, by now most
people know that the date was
an arbitrary choice. Based
on the scant information
available, religious scholars
generally believe Christ was
born sometime in the spring.
Dec. 25, therefore, has no real
significance.
But this year, Christmas
falls on a Wednesday, which
means only the most generous
of employers afford their work-
ers the pleasure of an extend-
ed holiday weekend. That’s
true also when Christmas falls
on a Tuesday or Thursday.
When it falls on a Saturday
or Sunday, folks usually get
Friday or Monday off. So that
means, 43 percent of the time,
we’re all headed back to work
the day after Christmas. Bah
humbug, right?
So let’s do the logical thing.
When we see a message in a
spider’s web, let’s stop looking
around for a literate pig. Like-
wise, let’s let reason prevail
and move Thanksgiving and
Christmas to Fridays so all of
us can enjoy two more long
holiday weekends.
I’m just not seeing the
downside to this.
Who’s with me?
Slim Smith is a columnist
and feature writer for The
Dispatch. His email address is
ssmith@cdispatch.com.

Other editors
Giving blood makes an
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Over the next few weeks, children will be
shaking boxes under the Christmas tree to see
what might be hidden away for them. Others will
be attending Christmas parties and having the
chance to stand under the mistletoe with someone
special.
Despite being a time of joy and fellowship with
family and friends, there will be accidents that
injure drivers, passengers and others. Emergency
care will be needed, and possibly units of blood.
This time of year it is critical that hospitals have
an adequate supply of blood on hand.
It is estimated that less than 38% of the popu-
lation can give blood. For those who are healthy
enough to donate, this is all the more reason. The
statistics and what they mean are somewhat stag-
gering. But it’s also something that nearly every
one of us can and should do something about.
According to the Red Cross, there is a patient
in need of blood every two seconds in the United
States. It is essential for surgeries, cancer treat-
ment, chronic illness and traumatic injuries. And
just one person making a blood donation can
potentially save up to three lives.
But if you still need a little more motivation,
Vitalant has something just for you, as reported by In remembrance
Daily Journal staff writer Michaela Gibson Morris.
Donors who give blood now through Dec. 15 can
receive a $25 Amazon gift card through the online
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Paul Volcker was a great man
center on South Eason Boulevard in Tupelo or visit Paul Volcker ad- the economy a tem- more difficult it is to correct.” He
Vitalant.org to find a blood mobile. ministered the tough porary boost. But by said that deficits can be good for
No one should ever take this life-saving sub- medicine when the the time he left office, business, enabling them to invest
stance for granted. You never know when you may American economy the national debt had abroad and import more freely.
be the one in an emergency or operating room badly needed it. It was doubled. “But eventually it breaks down,”
requiring blood to stay alive. 1980, and the inflation Under President Bill hurting small manufacturers.
‘Tis the season of giving, and this gift can liter- rate had passed 14 Clinton, taxes were Volcker said he was OK with
ally save someone’s life. You can help, and the cost percent. OPEC, a cartel raised and budget tariffs that were carefully ap-
will only be a few minutes of your time. There are of foreign oil produc- deficits turned to sur- plied. But in an interview held in
a lot of gifts you can give this holiday season, but ers, had launched an pluses. There was even February, he criticized Trump’s
none greater than the gift of blood. oil embargo against talk of eliminating the approach to China. “We are all
(Tupelo) Daily Journal the United States a few national debt altogeth- threats and demands,” Volcker told
years before, causing Froma Harrop er. hedge funder Ray Dalio, whereas
prices to soar. Older Then George W. he believes China seems to want
Americans remember long lines Bush became president. Again, “a harmonious relationship over
THE STAFF OF THE DISPATCH of cars snaking to gas pumps. The Wall Street was turned loose; tax- time.”
country felt in crisis. es were cut; and federal spending Volcker’s biggest concerns of
EDITOR/PUBLISHER President Jimmy Carter took off. The Bush presidency late have centered on Americans’
NEWS appointed Volcker chairman of ended with a financial meltdown loss of trust in government. He
Peter Imes Isabelle Altman the Federal Reserve Board to fix leading to the worst recession laments the falloff in respect for
Theo Derosa
PUBLISHER EMERITUS Matt Garner inflation. Volcker knew he had to since the Great Depression. public institutions among the rich,
Birney Imes Garrick Hodge raise interest rates to beat it down. Entering office with an econ- the poor and the middle class
Jennifer Mosbrucker He did and succeeded, but the cost omy in ruins, President Barack alike. “You can’t survive if people
ADVERTISING Zach Plair was a sharp economic downturn. Obama named Volcker chair of don’t trust their government to do
Ben Portnoy Workers lost jobs, and many re- his Economic Recovery Advisory the right thing most of the time,”
Amber Dumas
Slim Smith garded Volcker as the villain. Board. There Volcker pushed for he told Barron’s.
Kelly Ervin Jan Swoope
Melissa Johnson Tess Vrbin Ronald Reagan defeated Carter the Dodd-Frank regulatory over- In his memoir, “Keeping at It,”
Beth Proffitt in 1980. As president, he took haul. That included the Volcker released late last year, Volcker
Mary Jane Runnels credit for a growing economy, Rule, which curtailed the banks’ wrote, “Too many of the best in
Luther Shields MAILROOM
Christina Boyd thanks in good part to Volcker’s ability to take risks with the depos- the assailed bureaucracy ... have
Evie Vidrine having conquered inflation and itors’ money. left too soon, doubting that their
Joseph Ellis
Bridget Walters Jeffrey Gore falling oil prices. That occurred President Donald Trump is voices could be heard or that their
Katrina Guyton as consumers responded to the oil following his Republican prede- goals could be achieved.”
BUSINESS OFFICE Doris Hill shock by reining in their use of — cessors’ path of slashing taxes, Volcker helped found The
Lindsey Beck Quaylon Jones
Debbie Foster Marquisto Miller and, therefore, demand for — oil. accelerating spending and push- Volcker Alliance, a nonpartisan
Mary Ann Hardy Bobby Williams Reagan wanted to loosen the ing for financial deregulation. group dedicated to improving the
Eddie Johnson Timothy Wilson rules governing Wall Street. Vol- Despite a strong economy — for efficiency and accountability of
Lisa Oswalt cker believed in them, so Reagan the time being, anyway — deficits government at all levels.
PRODUCTION replaced Volcker as Fed chairman are skyrocketing. Volcker died this week at the
CIRCULATION Franklin Hawkins with Alan Greenspan. The relax- In an interview a year ago age of 92. He was a great man and
Christopher Dumas William Hudson
Michael Floyd
ation of regulations led to the sav- with Barron’s, Volcker explained a great American.
Jamie Morrison ings and loan crisis, which forced why the U.S. debt can’t continue Froma Harrop, a syndicated
Courtney Laury Anne Murphy
Deanna a massive government bailout of its explosive growth. “Someday columnist, writes for the Providence
Tina Perry
Robinson-Pugh Rodney Shows failing institutions. Reagan’s tax confidence is lost,” he said. “The (Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
cuts and defense spending gave longer the imbalance lasts, the address is fharrop@gmail.com.

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to the needs and interests of
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formation, call 662-889-9496.
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AARP Starkville meets the first
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Cal-Kolola Road, Caledonia.
Weigh-in begins at 5-5:30 p.m.
Contact Michelle Holliman,
662-386-3650.
n SENIOR CRAFTS
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Senior Crafts meets at the
Starkville Sportsplex Tuesdays,
10-11:30 a.m. Crafts provided
by the parks department. For
information, call Lisa Cox, 662-
323-2294.
n QUILTING CLUB
Quilting Club meets in the
activities room adjacent to the
multi-purpose facility at the
Starkville Sportsplex Thurs-
days 10 a.m.-noon. Bring your
own project to work on. For
information, call Lisa Cox, 662-
323-2294.
Health Notes
n BLOOD DRIVE
The WCBI/Columbus Commu-
nity hosts a blood drive from
12:30-5:30 p.m. Dec. 18, in
the Conference Room of the
YMCA, 602 2nd Ave. N. Donors
will receive a long-sleeve
T-shirt, while supplies last, and
entered to win a $500 Amazon
gift card. To make an appoint-
ment or for more information,
call Vitalant, 1-877-258-4825
or visit vitalant.org. Sponsor
code: WCBI.
n BLOOD DRIVE
Columbus Nissan, 100 MS-
Hwy 12, hosts a blood drive
from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Dec. 20, in the Bloodmobile.
Donors will receive 20 percent
off their maintenance ticket,
a long-sleeve T-shirt, while
supplies last, and entered to
win a $500 Amazon gift card.
To make an appointment or for
more information, call Vitalant,
1-877-258-4825 or visit
vitalant.org. Sponsor code:
columbusnissan.
n FREE MAMMOGRAMS
Baptist Golden Triangle offers
free mammogram screenings
to area women 35 or above,
have no insurance coverage,
or live in Lowndes, Oktibbeha,
Clay, Monroe or Chickasaw
counties. Walk-ins accepted.
To see if you qualify or for more
information, call 662-244-
2979.
n FREE PSA
SCREENINGS
Baptist Golden Triangle offers
free prostate PSA screenings
for men over 40. Screenings
are every other month. No
screenings for November or De-
cember. To make an appoint-
ment or for more information,
call 662-244-4673.
n CPR CLASSES
Baptist Golden Triangle offers
CPR classes for the community
at 6 p.m. in the Patient Tower.
Preregistration required. Call
the Education Department,
662-244-2498.
n CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Baptist Golden Triangle offers
Childbirth and Breastfeeding
classes each month, 6 p.m.,
in room 6, near the Gift Shop,
$20. For information or to reg-
ister, call 662-386-5592.
n CHILDBIRTH CLASSES
Emerson Family Center in
Starkville offers childbirth
classes from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
every Tuesday. For more infor-
mation, call 662-320-4907.
n CANCER SUPPORT
Baptist Cancer Center hosts
a support group for cancer
survivors and their families,
noon-1 p.m. the third Friday of
every month. Lunch provided.
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For information and location,
call 662-244-2923.
■ DIABETES SUPPORT
Baptist Golden Triangle hosts
day classes for Diabetes
Support on third Wednesdays
of each month, 10-11 a.m.
in Patient Tower room 6. For
information, call Lacy Smith,
662-244-1392.
n CARING FOR THE
CAREGIVER
This support group for caregiv-
ers meets at 11:30 a.m. Dec.
19 at First United Methodist
Church, 602 Main St., Colum-
bus. A study of the book “No
Act of Love is Ever Wasted:
The Spirituality of Caring for
Persons with Dementia” is
underway.
n ABUSE RECOVERY
GROUP
A Domestic Abuse Recovery
Group meets Thursdays at 6
p.m. through Safe Haven Inc.
Group counseling for rape
recovery is available. For infor-
mation, call 662-327-6118.
n BAPTIST VOLUNTEERS
Baptist Golden Triangle
seeks caring, compassion-
ate volunteers to help in a
variety of hospital settings. For
information, call Lisa Bow-
ers,662-244-1165.
n DRUG/ALCOHOL
INTERVENTION
Narconon offers drug and
alcohol interventions. For free
screenings or referrals, call
1-800-431-1754.
n GOLDEN TRIANGLE AA
Golden Triangle AA meets
daily for support. If you want to
drink, that is your business. If
you want to stop drinking, that
is our business. For informa-
tion, call 662-327-8941.
n AL-ANON MEETING
The Columbus Al-Anon Family
Groups meet Mondays and
Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. When
you don’t know where to turn
because someone drinks too
much, we can help. For infor-
mation, call 888-425-2666 or
go to msafg.org.
OTHER EVENTS
n COAT DRIVE
Coleman Head Start Center,
723 22nd St. S., hosts a
winter coat drive through Dec.
13. New or gently-used coats
of all sizes may be dropped
off at the center 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Mon.-Fri. For more information,
call 662-245-1570, or Robin
Cregreen, 662-241-7200.
n FREE NOTARY SER-
VICES
Reach 1 Teach 1 Outreach
Ministries offers free notary
services in December for indi-
viduals, businesses and citizen
services. For more information,
call 870-627-2859 or 662-425-
1816.
n DISASTER LEGAL
ASSISTANCE
The Young Lawyers Division
Disaster Legal Services
Committee of The Mississippi
Bar, in conjunction with FEMA,
American Bar Association
Young Lawyers Division, Mis-
sissippi Emergency Manage-
ment Agency and Mississippi
Center for Legal Services,
provides free disaster legal
assistance efforts to those
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 7A
affected by recent storms in
Clay, Humphreys, Issaquena,
Lowndes, Monroe, Sharkey,
Warren and Yazoo Counties
from Feb. 22-March 29. Call
1-877-691-6185 Monday-Fri-
day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
n BOOK SALE
The Friends of the Starkville
Library Book Sale is the first
Monday of each month at the
Starkville Public Library, 326
University Drive.
n ENVIRONMENTAL
MEETING
Memphis Town Community
Action Group meets fourth
Tuesdays at 6 p.m. to discuss
issues related to the Kerr-Mc-
Gee site. For information,
contact Leon Hines, 662-574-
6109.
n 50 DRESSES MINISTRY
Reach1 Teach1 Ministries’ 50
Dresses Ministry Program to
the Golden Triangle area helps
those in need of a dress or
suit for a job search. Dona-
tions accepted. Call Regional
Coordinator Cequeila Bigbee,
870-627-2859 or e-mail 1deliv-
eredin2014@gmail.com.
n ADULT EDUCATION
CLASSES
Emerson Family Center, 1504
Louisville St., Starkville, offers
Adult Education classes from 8
a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 9.
n WALKING GROUP
J.L. King Center’s Families First
of Oktibbeha County invites the
community to join its Walking
Group at 6:30 a.m. Monday-Fri-
day at Westside Park, 700 N.
Long St., Starkville.

n EFFECTIVE PARENTING
Family Resource Center, Co-
lumbus campus, 1575 Second
Ave. N., offers free effective
parenting classes, with insight
on child safety, appropriate dis-
cipline, effective communica-
tion and more. For information,
call 662-368-3603.
n ACTIVE PARENTING
Emerson Family Center,
Starkville, offers Active Parent-
ing classes 10-11 a.m. Oct.
9. Free diapers for those who
complete the four class series.
Free child care provided. Call
662-320-4607.
n FREE COMPUTER
CLASSES
Emerson Family Center,
Starkville, offers free computer
classes 1-3 p.m. Tuesdays.
Call 662-320-4607.
n FREE TUTORING
Family Resource Center, 1575
Second Ave. N., Columbus,
offers free tutoring, computer
use and printing services for
pre-K-eighth grade. Limited
slots. Call 662-368-3603.
n PARENT CAFÉ
Emerson family Center,
Starkville, offers Parent Café
meetings 11 a.m.-noon every
Monday. For more information,
call 662-418-5193 or visit
fcp-parentcafe.com.
n TENN-TOM WATERWAY
MUSEUM
The Tennessee-Tombigbee
Waterway Transportation
Museum, 318 Seventh St. N.,
Columbus, is open for tours
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
School field trips, civic clubs,
church groups encouraged.
For group tours, call 662-328-
8936 or 662-574-5794.
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CMSD
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CMSD is one of 98 districts
in the U.S., and the only dis-
trict in Mississippi, using Story
Maker, a literacy and technolo-
gy platform that helps teach the
basics of building a 3-D animat-
ed story.
Stokes Beard Elementary
and Columbus Middle School
used the platform in 2018-19 to
create scenes for an animated
feature length version of “The
Wizard of Oz” that will play at
Malco Theater in Columbus in
January.
“This is going to be a very
personalized film for each dis-
trict that does it,” Brace said.
“So in the version that will play
here, there will be images and
things specific to Columbus. It
brings it back home (for the au-
dience).”
This year, about 50 fourth-
and fifth-grade students at
Cook — half from the Gifted
program as well as 25 others se-
lected — will join Stokes Beard
and CMS to create scenes for a
similar project, “Return to Oz.”
This year, though, the project is
more challenging. For the se-
quel Dorothy returns to an Oz
in crisis, where crops are dead
and the trees are hewn down.
How she gets her beloved Oz
and its inhabitants out of the
mess will be entirely up to the
writers.
“Last year, we gave the stu-
dents a script to bring to life,”
Brace said. “This year, they’ll
be writing everything. They’ll
have to problem solve and offer
a script that offers solutions to
problems that range from agri-
cultural to environmental.”
Fifth-graders Joshua James, left, and Daltin Sherman, right, listen
as Sandra Brace with Wonder Media trains students on Story
Maker animation software Tuesday at Joe Cook Elementary. James
has entered a contest to create a character that could become a
permanent part of the software platform.
Labat admitted it’s “pretty
cool” to have her own cartoon
character, especially one stu-
dents helped her bring to life.
“It’s amazing,” she said. “But
what’s more amazing is these
students having input on how
this whole project will be com-
pleted. Giving our students this
kind of exposure is incredible.”
How the platform works
A few years ago, former
CMSD superintendent Phil-
ip Hickman saw Wonder Me-
dia co-founder Terry Thoren
present on Story Maker at a
tech conference. At that time,
the platform wasn’t designed
for children, so Hickman ap-
proached him about changing
that, Brace said.
Over the next 2 1/2 years,
Thoren — creator of such Nick-
elodeon animated series as “Ru-
grats,” “The Wild Thornber-
ries,” “Real Monsters” and “As
Told by Ginger” — developed
the software as a technology
and literacy tool for schools. He
selected CMSD among the first
districts to have a crack at it.
“Animation has always been
a part of (Thoren’s) life,” Brace
said. “Now this is his legacy
stage, where he wants to get
the power of animation into the
hands of kids.”
Students work in four-per-
son crews — a producer, voice
actor, sound engineer and ani-
mator — to create scenes. They
can select from stock avatars,
then use the software to create
backgrounds, control charac-
ters’ motions/gestures and add
their script and sound effects.
“It definitely helps their writ-
ing and the structure of their
writing as they work on scripts
to be animated,” said Heather
Rowland, CMSD Gifted Pro-
gram coordinator. “Even just
working collaboratively and
seeing their work, which is
work adults do in Hollywood,
gives them an idea of career
exploration and a sense of suc-
cess.
“This gives them an oppor-
tunity to write for a purpose,”
Rowland later added. “If they
want to have a good production,
they have to put in the time and
effort to have a good script.”
Brace joined Wonder Me-
dia almost two years ago af-
ter teaching for more than 30
years, either in the U.S. or New
Zealand, in classrooms ranging
from kindergarten to college.
On Tuesday, she was providing
Cook students more intensive
training — funded by a 4-Coun-
ty Electric Cooperative grant
— on Story Maker to help bet-
ter prepare them for Dorothy’s
“Return to Oz.”
“This is the only kind of job
I could imagine having ever left
the classroom for,” she said.
Building character
Joshua James and Daltin
Sherman, both fifth graders
at Cook, looked in amazement
at the new things they learned
about Story Maker Tuesday
morning. But since first getting
their hands on the software ear-
lier this school year, Rowland
said they’ve taken to it like a
fish to water.
“I like to work with the char-
acters and make them do stuff,”
Sherman said. “I’ve always
wanted to be an animator. …
This gives me more to think
about with my characters, so I
have much more information in
my writing.”
James has taken his mission
a step further, entering a Won-
der Media contest to create an
avatar that could be included
as a stock character in the plat-
form.
The challenge was for stu-
dents to create a character with
conflict, develop that charac-
ter’s back story, then animate
and pitch the character.
James created Cyber Sam, a
kid with a speech impediment
and a penchant for technology
who struggles to relate with
others his age.
“Sometimes he says things
he means as a joke, but they
offend the other kids because
they don’t get it,” James ex-
plained.
James likes his chances in
the contest, but he also noted
his experience with Story Mak-
er has made him think a little
differently about the cartoons
he watches at home.
“When I watch cartoons
now, I’m picturing how they
make the animations,” he said.
“It takes us a long time to make
a 30-second clip. (Professional
animators) make a bunch of ep-
isodes. It must take them a real-
ly long time.”

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or swerve to avoid icy
patches, which results in
the accidents.
The temperature in the
Golden Triangle as of 8
a.m. was 34 degrees Fahr-
enheit, with a wind chill of
29 degrees, according to
the National Weather Ser-
vice’s website. Overnight
lows in the area were
around 27 degrees.
Beckom said none of
the accidents he knew of
by press time this morn-
ing had severe injuries.
“I haven’t heard of any-
one being transported to
the hospital or anything
like that,” he said.
He recommended driv-
ers be aware of changing
weather patterns and
drive cautiously. When
coming upon icy patches
on roads, do not attempt
to hit the brakes or swerve
around the ice, he said.
“Foot off the gas and
just try to cruise across
it,” he said.

Authorities search for shooting into an occu-

shooting defendant who
allegedly threatened a
witness
Lowndes
County in-
vestigators
are search-
ing for a
Craw ford
man they
b e l i e v e Malone
may have
threatened a witness in
an ongoing case.
Dekylan Coreonteau
Malone, 18, of Long
Street, is wanted for
allegedly intimidating
a witness by threat, ac-
cording to a Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office
press release. Malone is
a defendant accused of
pied dwelling in Craw-
ford on Mach 28.
According to previ-
ous reporting by The
Dispatch, Malone was
arrested in July after he
allegedly fired multiple
shots into a home on
Long Street, near where
he lives.
Investigators would
not confirm whether the
victim was the witness
in the shooting in the
March 28 case.
Investigators are ask-
ing anyone with informa-
tion on Malone’s where-
abouts to call LCSO at
662-328-6788 or Golden
Triangle Crime Stop-
pers at 1-800-530-7151.
SOURCE:
Dispatch Staff Report
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After back-to-back losses, MSU’s issues glaring, but fixable

Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch

Mississippi State’s Myah Taylor (1) shoots over West Virginia’s Kari Niblack (14) during the second quarter of their NCAA college basketball game Sunday in Starkville.

By Ben Portnoy
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — As
Vic Schaefer sat behind the
podium in the underbelly
of Humphrey Coliseum
Sunday afternoon, there
was an heir of apology in
his voice.
Just minutes after his
team was “out-toughed” by
a West Virginia squad that
has been in and out of the
Associated Press top 25 all
year, Schaefer maligned
his team’s rebounding
ability and propensity for
turnovers as the Bulldogs
dropped their first regu-
lar season non-conference
game since 2012.
“We just got kind of
taken to the woodshed,
really,” he said postgame.
“It’s a great lesson to learn.
When you’re a coach and
you’ve been doing it this
long you can see things
like this coming. We’re still
learning.”
If the quote sounded fa-
miliar, well, it should have.
Following MSU’s 40-point
win over Troy Nov. 18,
Schaefer offered a compa-
rable sermon that called
out his team’s toughness
and inability to rebound.
In that fiery speech, the
eighth-year head coach
was frank — the Bulldogs
are not where they need to
be.
“It’s nice to score all
those points,” Schaefer
said after the win over
Troy. “But all we did was
show the country is we
can’t get back in transi-
tion defense, and we have
a hard time picking up in
transition, and if you play
just a little bit harder and
add a little more toughness
you can get a bunch of re-
bounds from us.”
Through 10 games
this season, the Bulldogs
have struggled to find a
true form despite lopsided
results against the likes
of University of Tennes-
see-Martin and Murray
State. And while wide mar-
gins of victory can mask
the underlying issues, Sun-
day’s loss to the Mountain-
eers offered an affirmation
of Schaefer’s concern for
his team’s ability to match
up with the nation’s best
physically.
At present, the Bull-
dogs have out-rebounded
opponents by an average
of 3.5 boards per game.
And while the overall sta-
tistics are encouraging,
the disparity lies in games
against major conference
competition. In MSU’s two
losses this season to No. 1
Stanford and No. 22 West
Virginia, the Bulldogs
were beaten on the boards
97-65.
By contrast, in seven
regular season and SEC
tournament games against
ranked competition last
year, MSU won the re-
bounding battle by an aver-
age of 13.6 per game.
Further, while the Bull-
dogs have been beaten
on the boards against the
country’s elite, turnovers
— particularly from their
guards — remain a con-
stant issue. With the loss of
incumbent starting point
guard Jazzmun Holmes to
graduation, redshirt soph-
omore Myah Taylor and
freshman Aliyah Matharu
have handled the bulk of
the minutes at the No. 1 —
albeit to mixed results.
Taylor — who spent
most of last season as
Holmes’ understudy —
has shown flashes of play-
making ability, but her
2.5:1 assist/turnover ratio
leaves room for improve-
ment.
Matharu has offered
similar glimpses of dyna-
mism. A former five-star
recruit, she’s more of a
scoring threat than Tay-
lor having played more of
an off-guard role in high
school. But like her veter-
an backcourt mate, Matha-
ru has been prone to turn-
overs as well — boasting
nine assists to 11 turnovers
this season.
“She’s an offensive
threat, but she’s got to
work harder on keeping
the ball in front of her,”
Schaefer said. “That’s the
tradeoff. I’ve got to coach
her better and make her
into a better defender.
And at the same time, of-
fensively, there are days
where you have a hard
time dealing with her —
she’s really good. We’ve
got to get her ready.”
As Schaefer concluded
his podium session Sun-
day, his tone shifted from
negative lecturer to hope-
ful. While the first month
of the season has been
trying for he and his staff,
he remains encouraged
by his youthful squad.
“This is a good, young
group,” Schaefer said.
“I love them and we’ll
be better — we’re going
to be ok. I know people
around here think the sky
is falling because we lost
a non-conference game
today, but it happens.”

Prep basketball: Columbus sweeps doubleheader with Noxubee County
By Theo Derosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Gabe Williams slid into
the padding at the back
wall of the court.
The Columbus senior
looked a little tired after
picking up his second
and-one layup in 34 sec-
onds, and it wasn’t hard
to see why. With the Fal-
cons clinging to a narrow
lead in the fourth quarter
of Tuesday’s home match-
up with Noxubee Coun-
ty, Williams had taken it
upon himself to steady his
team on its path to victory,
and it meant absorbing all
the contact he could take.
Williams got up slowly,
walked to the free-throw
line and missed the bonus
foul shot. Then, less than
a minute later, he picked
up his third and-one layup
in 90 seconds flat, giv-
ing Columbus a six-point
lead and, about five min-
utes afterward, a win.
“We’re tired and all,
but we’ve gotta push
through,” said Williams,
who said he was “ener-
gized” by the physicality
of the fourth quarter.
His efforts helped the
Falcons pull away late,
notching a 55-52 victory
over the Tigers on Tues-
day in Columbus.
“I told him he’s just
gotta be aggressive and
do what he do,” Colum-
bus head coach Phillip
Morris said. “Gabe will
play timid sometimes,
but like I told him, he’s
just gotta stick with it.
… He stepped up big for
us.”
One of just two se-
niors on the Columbus
roster, Williams deliv-
ered 20 points — half of
them came in the fourth
quarter. For the Falcons,
sophomore JJ Williams
contributed 11 points
and junior Eric Caldwell
had 10 points in a victo-
See basketball, 2B
AP source: Yanks land
ace Cole on record
$324M, 9-year deal
The Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — The
New York Yankees land-
ed the biggest prize of
the free agent market,
adding Gerrit Cole to
their rotation with a re-
cord $324 million, nine-
year contract on Tuesday
night, a person familiar
with the deal told The
Associated Press.
The person spoke on
condition of anonymity
because the agreement
had not been announced.
Cole’s deal estab-
lished marks for pitchers
in total dollars and with
its $36 million average
salary, topping the $245
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
Columbus’ Aniyah Saddler shoots the ball during million, seven-year con-
tract Stephen Strasburg
a game against Noxubee County Tuesday night at
Columbus. Saddler scored 19 points during the finalized a day earlier to
game. The Falcons defeated the Tigers 73-16. remain with the World
Series champion Wash-
ington Nationals.
Agent Scott Boras ne-
gotiated both deals.
A 29-year-old right-
hander, Cole was base-
ball’s most dominant
pitcher for much of last
season and helped the
Houston Astros come
within one win of their
second World Series ti-
tle in three seasons.
“Obviously, when you
are talking about a play-
er at the level of Gerrit
Cole, in a lot of ways
that’s a game-changing
type talent,” Yankees
manager Aaron Boone
said earlier in the day.
New York has not
won the World Se-
ries since 2009 and
sought an ace to head
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Belichick says he was unaware

of filming at Bengals’ game
The Associated Press
FOX BOROUGH,
Mass. — New England
Patriots coach Bill Beli-
chick says neither he nor
his coaching staff has
watched
any video
footage
shot by an
in-house
product ion
team now at
the center
of an NFL Belichick
invest iga -
tion for inappropriately
filming the Cincinnati
Bengals’ sideline at a re-
cent game.
Belichick said during
a conference call Tuesday
he was not involved and
had no knowledge of what
took place during Sun-
day’s Bengals-Browns
game in Cleveland. Beli-
chick said he wasn’t in-
formed of it until Monday
afternoon.
“I personally have nev-
Cole
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a rotation that already
includes Luis Severi-
no, Masahiro Tanaka,
James Paxton and J.A.
Happ or Domingo Ger-
mán, who may be sus-
pended at the season’s
start under baseball’s
domestic violence poli-
cy.
General manager Bri-
an Cashman executed
the move out of his same
playbook he used after
the 2008 season, when
he gave CC Sabathia a
$161 million, seven-year
deal to lead a staff and
establish a clubhouse
er viewed any video foot-
age at all, anything that
those production people
have done, other than
what’s shown on public
television or something
like that,” Belichick said.
In a statement post-
ed on Twitter and the
team website Monday
night, the Patriots said a
three-person crew pro-
ducing a web series titled
“Do Your Job” “inappro-
priately filmed the field
from the press box” as
part of a feature on the
scouting department. The
filming took place “with-
out specific knowledge of
league rules,” the state-
ment said.
An NFL spokesman
declined comment. Ben-
gals coach Zac Taylor
confirmed during a news
conference Monday that
the league was investigat-
ing the crew’s activities.
The incident could be
addressed on Wednesday
when NFL owners con-
a young core of hitters
that includes Aaron
Judge, Gleyber Torres
and Gary Sánchez, en-
tering a window when
New York thinks it can
compete consistently for
championships.
Cole was drafted by
the Yankees in the first
round with the 28th
overall pick out of high
school in 2008 but chose
to go to UCLA, then was
drafted first overall by
Pittsburgh three years
later. Traded after the
2017 season, he trans-
formed his career in two
vene for their previously
scheduled winter meeting
in Irving, Texas.
The Patriots’ state-
ment said that while they
were granted credentials
for the crew from the
Browns, “our failure to
inform the Bengals and
the league was an unin-
tended oversight.” When
confronted, the team said
the crew “immediately
turned over all footage to
the league and cooperat-
ed fully.”
The Patriots said the
purpose of the filming
was for an illustration of
the work team advance
scouts do while on the
road. The team says it ac-
cepts full responsibility
for the crew’s actions.
New England was
fined $250,000 and lost a
first-round draft pick in
2007 for violating NFL
rules against using video
to steal signals in a scan-
dal dubbed “Spygate”.
Belichick was also fined
with a 3.50 ER A in five
seasons with the Pi-
rates, he blossomed
under the analytics-fo-
cused staff of the As-
tros. He increased the
usage of his four-seam
fastball and curveball,
virtually dropping his
two-seam sinker while
attacking the top of the
strike zone more often.
He went 15-5 with a
2.88 ER A in 2018, then
20 -5 with a 2.50 ER A a
major league-high 326
strikeouts last season,
finishing second to
teammate Justin Ver-
$500,000.
Spygate fueled a dis-
trust of the Patriots that
persisted when the team
was accused of illegally
deflating the footballs
used in the 2015 AFC
championship game.
The punishment by
the NFL in that case was
also severe. Quarterback
Tom Brady was suspend-
ed four games, and the
team was fined $1 million
and docked another first-
round draft pick.
If the NFL does decide
to discipline the Patriots
for this latest incident, the
previous Spygate episode
suggests that it likely
would be issued swiftly.
The Patriots were pe-
nalized for Spygate less
than a week after the alle-
gations first were report-
ed in September 2007.
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ry that proved narrower
than the Falcons expect-
ed. The Tigers hit two
late 3s and a buzzer-beat-
ing layup to close the
contest at a three-point
disadvantage.
“We should have put
the game away a long
time ago,” Morris said.
Noxubee County, re-
inforced by eight football
players who joined the
basketball team Satur-
day after losing in the
MHSA A Class 3A state
championship game on
Friday in Hattiesburg,
put up a fight. The Ti-
gers kept it neck and
neck with the Falcons in
the first half and trailed
by just one point at the
break.
But Columbus
stretched its lead to sev-
en at the end of the third
quarter and never let
Noxubee County get too
close. The loss dropped
the Tigers to 3-4.
“I’m impressed with
where we’re at,” Noxu-
bee County head coach
Danny Crawford said.
“We’re gonna get a lot
better. This will be a
team that should make
it back to (the) 3A state
(tournament).”
Morris took a trip Ma-
con to watch the Tigers
beat Itawamba Agricul-
tural 67-59 on Saturday,
and he saw much of the
same, noting Noxubee
County’s physicality
and toughness. While
the Falcons were a little
rattled, it was just what
Morris expected. Colum-
bus passed its test.
“I told them I knew it
was gonna be a game to
help them grow mental-
ly more than anything,”
Morris said. “I think
we’re getting better as chance to see what I see
the games go on.” all the time,” Hairston
said. “She’s a big-time
Columbus girls 73, player, and I’m excited to
see her grow and mature
Noxubee County 16 into a great player.”
Columbus girls bas-
While the Falcons’
ketball coach Yvonne
offense had success,
Hairston wanted to
their defense shut down
make sure her team
the Tigers almost com-
wouldn’t lose focus on
pletely. Noxubee County
winless Noxubee Coun-
ty with Friday’s game at never scored more than
seven points in a quarter
Starkville soon to come.
“We’re so young, we and was held scoreless
in the fourth quarter en-
can’t look over anybody,”
she said. tirely. Aaliyah Brandy
led the Tigers with four
Hairston and the Fal-
cons accomplished that points, and Jakeia Walk-
er and Zacaree Rupert
task and then some. Co-
lumbus (5-2) held Noxu- had three apiece.
“The girls didn’t come
bee County (0-8) to just
four points in the second out with energy for the
whole game,” Noxubee
half in a 73-16 win Tues-
day. County coach Glen-
da Liddell-White said.
And while Columbus
star senior Aniya Sad- “They were mentally
dler led the way with 19 somewhere else. … This
points, plenty of skill game, it was just like they
came from the same Fal- left all their energy at
cons youth that had been home.”
inconsistent to start the Columbus had no
season. All 15 Falcons such problem, repeatedly
saw the floor Tuesday, zooming down the court
and freshman Shania to score easy layups in
Givens came off the transition.
bench to score 12 points “We really focus on
and provide some offen- pushing the ball,” Hair-
sive upside. ston said. “We’ve gotta
“We played her a lot push the ball up the floor.”
tonight since we want- With the lopsided win,
ed to get some of that Columbus can turn its at-
nervousness out of her,” tention to Friday’s game
Hairson said, noting that against Starkville, which
Givens’ inconsistencies Columbus beat 45-39 on
were all but gone Tues- Nov. 12 on its own home
day. floor. It’ll be the final reg-
Givens relished the ular-season game against
chance to prove herself, the Yellow Jackets for
having worked hard Saddler and the Falcons’
during the summer and seniors, and they’re look-
the early season to earn ing forward to it.
playing time. Now she’s “It’s gonna be interest-
proven herself a key ing,” Saddler said. “A lot
piece off the bench for of animosity. We’ve just
Columbus. gotta remain humble and
“Everybody else got a relax.”

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BRIEFLY Russia doping saga likely heads back to Switzerland’s courts

College Football The Associated Press points toward a dispute for verified the evidence weeks “It means that WADA deci-
WADA to notify at the highest before the 2018 Pyeongchang sion contradicts the Olympic
EMCC’s Jason Brownlee and Terence Cherry GENEVA — Sports punish- court in sports. Winter Games. Charter,” Putin said in Paris
named NJCAA Football All-Americans ments imposed on Russia this Each side gets to choose Hundreds of Russians com- on Monday.
East Mississippi Community College sophomores week closed one big body of one judge from the CAS list peted at both Olympics after However, section 11 of the
Jason Brownlee and Terence Cherry have been named work for the World Anti-Dop- of sports lawyers worldwide. their personal anti-doping compliance document detail-
2019 NJCAA Football All-Americans. Products of
West Point High School, Brownlee was named to the ing Agency. The most in-demand judges histories were vetted. ing “consequences” does let
NJCAA’s first team while Cherry picked up second-team Now, the sports lawyers typically have worked with WADA do what it did, to “ath-
honors. The selections were made by the NJCAA
Football Committee and announced Tuesday by the
can enter the field — yet
again, in a doping scandal
each other in several previous New Allegations letes and athlete support per-
cases. Russia’s route to closure in sonnel affiliated to that coun-
NJCAA national office headquartered in Charlotte,
North Carolina.
that has raged since 2014. Those judges selected the saga was WADA reinstat- try” under investigation.
Previously chosen as the 2019 MACJC North A Russian legal challenge have three days to pick a third ing RUSADA in September
seems certain after Russia’s judge to lead their panel. If
Division’s Most Valuable Player among offensive backs
and named to the All-Region 23 Team, Brownlee led anti-doping agency was sus- they can’t agree, the pick falls
2018.
A key condition was to hand
Other cases
the NJCAA with 75 pass receptions this past season. pended by the global watch- The Olympic Charter
to the CAS Ordinary Arbi- over data and doping samples
He also ranked second nationally with 1,055 receiving
dog Monday using powers helped Russia at a previous
yards and 12 touchdown catches in 10 games played. tration Division president — from the Moscow lab, shut
gained only last year. Carole Malinvaud, a Harvard CAS hearing involving Vitaly
This year, Brownlee posted five 100-yard receiving down in 2015 and sealed by Mutko.
efforts and had at least one touchdown catch during all Russian President Vlad- Law School graduate who state security forces.
nine regular-season contests. imir Putin already said “we played junior golf for France. The IOC’s life ban from
WADA finally got the data
On defense for the 6-4 and 14th-ranked Lions,
have the grounds to appeal,” WADA’s compliance rule the Olympics for the long-
Cherry was EMCC’s top pass rusher this past year with in January. Forensic analysis
and Prime Minister Dmit- book says the panel should time Russian sports minister,
a team-leading 12 tackles for loss, including eight quar- compared it to previous ev-
ry Medvedev urged national then give a detailed verdict now deputy prime minister,
terback sacks, among his 29 total tackles on the year. idence and a database copy
The All-MACJC North Division and NJCAA All-Region sports authorities to take up within three months. That was overturned at CAS. The
provided by a whistleblower
23 defensive end also led the Lions with three forced the fight. should be in March or April, Olympic body was judged to
fumbles in 2019. For his EMCC career, Cherry had 16 in 2017.
A four-year ban on Russia’s said WADA’s compliance pan- The IOC agreed that lack jurisdiction over govern-
tackles behind the line of scrimmage, including a dozen
sacks, along with forcing five fumbles. identity at Olympic Games el chairman, Jonathan Taylor. WADA proved data was delet- ment officials.
EMCC has now produced a total of 34 NJCAA and world championships is The Tokyo Olympics open ed and altered, including fake Russia also got some So-
All-Americans during Coach Buddy Stephens’ 12 the main sanction for state July 24. evidence planted to shift the chi medals back at CAS, days
seasons at the Lions football helm, including nine before Pyeongchang opened,
quarterbacks and eight defensive linemen.
tampering with data from the WADA rules also give CAS blame on whistleblowers.
Moscow testing laboratory. judges power to decide which Tampering continued into when 28 of 39 athletes won
Men’s College Basketball Athletes implicated in of Monday’s sanctions to en- January 2019 — creating a their appeals against Olym-
MUW can’t climb past Voorhees College doping or whose data was force. Any verdict that goes new rules violation, even if pic life bans and disqualifica-
Three Mississippi University for Women men’s manipulated will be barred against Russia starts the four- some of the athletes implicat- tions.
basketball players finished in double figures Tuesday,
but it wasn’t enough as The W dropped a 74-67 home
from those major events. Rus- year sanctions clock. ed had previously been pros- CAS rulings can be ap-
contest to Voorhees College. sia also cannot bid for or be ecuted. pealed to Switzerland’s
Quin Williams and Keith Harris led The W with awarded rights to host those
events, WADA’s executive
The case against Russia supreme court on limited
grounds, though rarely suc-
13 points apiece, while Tyler Jackson chipped in 12.
Alex Brooks had a game-high 19 points for Voorhees
committee agreed.
Russian doping tainted New rules ceed.
College. 2012 London Olympics re- WADA has used new com-
The W (2-7) is back in action Saturday at Southern A hearing before the Court sults and corrupted the 2014 pliance rules, and a broader Another Russian potential
University. of Arbitration for Sport is ex- Winter Games in Sochi, slate of punishments, updated appeal to CAS in 2020 is over
Women’s College Basketball pected early next year in Lau-
sanne, Switzerland.
where the home team topped in April 2018 to handle the lat- a neutral team name to use in
the medals table. est case. Tokyo.
The W can’t keep up with Voorhees College The IOC’s offer of “Olym-
A poor second quarter let things get out of hand WADA-appointed inves- “The rules are tougher and
for the Mississippi University for Women women’s The legal process tigations and media reports tighter because we learned pic Athlete from Russia” was
basketball team Tuesday evening, getting outscored The next step is by RUSA- have for years detailed state- from some of the difficulties accepted for the 168-strong
17-2 in the quarter en route to a 77-43 home defeat to team in Pyeongchang. Now
Voorhees College.
DA, the Russian anti-doping run cheating and cover-ups. that were caused the first time
Kayla Temple led The W with 14 points. agency ruled “non-compliant” The International Olympic round,” Taylor said Monday. WADA leaders say the word
The W (2-7) is back in action at 5:30 p.m. today at by WADA. Its supervisory Committee resisted WADA’s Still, Putin questioned if “Russia” is off the table.
on the road against Mississippi College in an exhibition board meets Dec. 19. call for a blanket ban of Rus- these sanctions are valid be- Taylor said: “The message
game. That’s within a 21-day sia at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro cause the Russian Olympic is — the team that goes there
Prep Sports deadline to accept or dispute Summer Games. The IOC Committee is not directly im- is not a representative of Rus-
Tuesday’s scores WADA’s decision. Everything appointed its own panel that plicated in tampering. sia.”
- Houston boys basketball 91, West Point 42
- Houston girls basketball 60, West Point 45
- Starkville Academy girls basketball 41, Lamar 28
- Starkville Academy boys basketball 63, Lamar 43
- Heritage Academy boys basketball 78, Winston 38
Source: From Special Reports Column: Patriots bring us a new scandal: Spygate 2.0
CALENDAR
The Associated Press only assume Martin Given his track re- Ravens. said. “It’s disappoint-
Today Scorsese is a full-time cord, those eyes you It was the Ravens ing, but we’re not going
Women’s College Basketball Anyone who’s member of the coach- see rolling are from who actually started to feel sorry for our-
MUW at Mississippi College, 5:30 p.m. watched the New En- ing staff. When they everyone who lives New England’s slide, selves.”
Thursday gland Patriots stumble teach film history in the beyond the six little romping to a 37-20 vic- In a statement post-
Prep Soccer around for the past years to come, they’ll states in the nation’s tory in Week 9. After a ed on Twitter and the
West Point at Columbus, 7 p.m. month or so surely saw need to make men- top right corner — es- bye week, the Patriots team website Monday
Prep Girls Basketball this coming. tion of New England’s pecially since the Pa- bounced back with a night, the Patriots said
South Pontotoc at Caledonia, 5 p.m. With every wobbly ample contributions, triots were caught film- pair of lackluster vic- their film crew was put-
Prep Boys Basketball pass delivered by Tom maybe sandwiched ing the team they play tories: 17-10 over Phil- ting together a feature
South Pontotoc at Caledonia, 6:30 p.m. Brady, every disgusted somewhere between next. adelphia, 13-9 over on the work that ad-
Women’s College Basketball look coming from be- “Citizen Kane” and Sorry, we’re not Dallas, barely beating vance scouts do while
Southern University at MUW, 5:30 p.m. neath Bill Belichick’s cinéma vérité. buying that one of the two of the NFL’s most on the road.
hoodie, every result Of course, let’s not greatest control freaks disappointing teams,
Friday that went on the wrong forget another charm- in NFL history knew that are a combined 12-
Naturally, the Pa-
Prep Girls Soccer
side of New England’s triots thought the best
ing little scandal that nothing about any of 14 on the season.
Grenada at New Hope, 5:30 p.m.
won-loss ledger, it was way to make their
St. Joseph at Mississippi School for
took us all back to sci- this, that it was simply Then came a 28-22
clear the team that home-made movie
Math and Science, 5:30 p.m. ence class. That time another case of a rogue loss at Houston, fol-
brought us Spygate around, the Patriots film crew going off and lowed by a 23-16 set- was to film the next
Starkville at Greenville, 5:30 p.m. team on their sched-
and Deflategate would were accused of il- doing its own thing. back to Kansas City in
Prep Boys Soccer ule, making sure to get
be looking for anoth- legally deflating the Belichick’s support- Foxborough, snapping
Starkville Academy at Heritage Acade- their credentials from
er illicit edge to swing footballs used in the ers will undoubtedly a franchise record-ty-
my, 5:30 p.m. the Browns while not
things back in their fa- 2015 AFC champion- suggest there was no ing streak of 21 straight
Grenada at New Hope, 7 p.m. bothering to inform
vor. ship game, supposedly reason to film the lowly home wins.
St. Joseph at Mississippi School for
Ladies and gentle- to make them easier Bengals (1-12), unless For New England the Bengals they were
Math and Science, 7 p.m.
men, we bring you for Brady to grip and if was for a documenta- fans the most troubling there.
Starkville at Greenville, 7 p.m.
Spygate 2.0. throw on a nasty day. ry on how not to run at aspect of the recent According to the
Prep Girls Basketball
Lamar County at Caledonia, 5 p.m.
The Patriots have The NFL came NFL team. woes has been Brady’s statement, that was “an
Columbus at Starkville, 6 p.m. admitted that one of down hard on the Pa- But we don’t put it play. unintended oversight.”
Choctaw County at West Point, 6 p.m. their production teams triots in that one, too, past Belichick to leave Tom Terrific now We call that one
Louisville at Noxubee County, 6 p.m. filmed the Cincinna- handing Brady a four- anything to chance — looks very much like downright laughable.
Heritage Academy at East Rankin Acad- ti Bengals sideline game suspension, fin- especially the way his a 42-year-old quarter- The NFL should
emy, 6 p.m. during Sunday’s game ing the team $1 million team has been playing. back whose fountain consider the source
Leake Academy at Starkville Academy, at Cleveland, suppos- and snatching away an- Coming off their of youth finally dried when it considers
6 p.m. edly for a Web series other first-round pick. sixth Super Bowl ti- up, a reminder of an whether to punish the
Oak Hill Academy at Indianola Academy, known as “Do Your Belichick got on a tle and third straight aging Willie Mays Patriots again. Clear-
6 p.m. Job” but sounding conference call Tues- appearance in the big sadly stumbling to- ly, this franchise has
Hebron Christian at Winona Christian, much better suited for day to deny any wrong- game, the Patriots ward home plate, or learned nothing from
6 p.m. an episode of “Know doing on his part, say- cruised through the a washed-up Muham- its previous missteps.
Your History.” ing he had not even first half of the sea- mad Ali using his face This time around,
Back in 2007, New seen the film that was son with eight straight to defend himself from
on the air England was caught shot by a three-person wins. Larry Holmes’ punch-
the Patriots should
lose at least two first-
Today doing much the same crew and is now in the It looked as though es.
round picks. Another
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) thing when team work- hands of the league their main chore the Brady is the 21st-rat-
hefty fine is meaning-
6 p.m. — Wisconsin at Rutgers, BTN ers videotaped an op- office for yet another rest of the way would ed passer among the
7 p.m. — Omaha at Arizona, PAC-12N less, so how about a
posing team’s signals investigation into al- be getting everyone fit- league’s 32 starting
7:30 p.m. — Chattanooga at Virginia
to ensure the Patriots lengthy suspension for
Tech, ACCN leged cheating by the ted for another gaudy quarterbacks, sand-
play-calling would Patriots (at this point, ring. wiched between a the man who controls
7 p.m. — Michigan at Illinois, BTN
9 p.m. — Prairie View A&M at Arizona come a whole lot easier we assume, they have a Then, all of a sud- couple of neophytes everything that goes
State, PAC-12N on game day. whole department ded- den, the Patriots — Arizona rookie Ky- on in that organization.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) That little ethical icated to that task). looked old and vulnera- ler Murray and sec- Coach Belichick,
5:30 p.m. — DePaul at Notre Dame, take the rest of the year
ACCN lapse cost the Patri- “I personally have ble and not the least bit ond-year Buffalo sig-
6 p.m. — Tulsa at Arkansas, SECN ots a first-round draft never viewed any video intimidating. nal-caller Josh Allen off.
7 p.m. — Iowa at Iowa State, FS1 pick and a quarter of footage at all, anything They’ve lost three — and on pace for his You could use all
GOLF a million dollars, not that those production of their last five games lowest-rated season that free time to teach
4:30 p.m. — Presidents Cup: U.S. vs. a class at the local col-
International Team, Day 1, Melbourne, to mention a half-mil- people have done, oth- to cede control of the since 2008.
Australia, GOLF lion-dollar withdrawal er than what’s shown race for home-field ad- “We’ve just got to lege.
NBA BASKETBALL from Belichick’s bank on public television or vantage in the AFC to go out and try to play Call it “Techniques
6 p.m. — LA Clippers at Toronto, ESPN account. something like that,” Lamar Jackson and the better, try to win next in Secret Film-making
8:30 p.m. — New Orleans at Milwau-
kee, ESPN At this point, we can Belichick said. brash young Baltimore week’s game,” Brady 101.”
NHL HOCKEY
6 p.m. — Boston at Washington,
NBCSN
8:30 p.m. — Philadelphia at Colorado,
NBCSN
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Pro Football
Pittsburgh 8 5 0 .615 259 242 Carolina 5 8 0 .385 300 360 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 7:20 p.m.
9 p.m. — PRCA: National Finals, Las Cleveland 6 7 0 .462 273 291 Atlanta 4 9 0 .308 300 343 Green Bay 20, Washington 15 Sunday, Dec. 15
Cincinnati 1 12 0 .077 198 325 North Minnesota 20, Detroit 7 Denver at Kansas City, Noon
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Zagreb, Group C, TNT Houston 8 5 0 .615 317 309
Tennessee 8 5 0 .615 318 255 Washington 3 10 0 .231 188 310 x-clinched playoff spot
Kansas City 23, New England 16
Pittsburgh 23, Arizona 17 Atlanta at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.
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4B Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Young, McFadden, White head to Hall of Fame without Heismans
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Vince
Young put up dizzying du-
al-threat numbers at Texas
before it was common in
college football.
Arkansas’ Darren Mc-
Fadden was one of the first
great running backs to get
swept aside as college foot-
ball became dominated
by the wave of dual-threat
quarterbacks who followed
Young.
Lorenzo White was a
standout at Michigan State
in the days when running
backs were college foot-
ball’s biggest stars, but his
best season came as a soph-
omore back when Heisman
Trophy winners were al-
ways upperclassmen.
Young, McFadden and
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White were among 13
players and two coaches
being inducted into Col-
lege Football Hall of Fame
on Tuesday night at the
National Football Foun-
dation’s awards dinner in
New York.
There are no Heisman
winners in the class and
the campaigns of Young,
McFadden and White
might have done better at
different times.
Young wasn’t the first
star quarterback who could
tear apart a defense with
his legs and his arm, but he
set new standards at Texas.
In 2005, with the college
football world transfixed on
USC taking a run at three
straight national titles with
running back Reggie Bush
and quarterback Matt
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Leinart, Young was being
promoted by Texas as both
Trojans stars rolled into
one.
Young passed for 3,036
yards and 26 touchdowns
that season and ran for
1,050 and 12 scores, topped
off by 450 total yards and
three scores in a memo-
rable Rose Bowl perfor-
mance that took down USC
and made the Longhorns
national champions. Young
was the first player in
NCAA history to rush for
more than 1,000 yards and
pass for more than 2,500 in
a single season.
Since then, 20 quarter-
backs have done it, includ-
ing last year’s Heisman
winner, Kyler Murray, who
along with Clemson’s De-
shaun Waston are the only
players with 4,000 yards
passing and 1,000 yards
rushing in a season. Imag-
ine what Young could have
done in today’s offenses?
“Everybody says you
came (up) too early,” Young
said Tuesday.
Young finished second
to Bush in the Heisman
voting and then used it as
motivation to go out and
win the national title.
“I was really pissed
about losing that Heisman.
I really wanted to bring that
Heisman back to Texas,’’
Young
McFadden was
Heisman runner-up twice,
losing out twice to quarter-
backs who could do it all.
Troy Smith of Ohio State
was a landslide winner in
2006, though he didn’t run
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I was
molested
by my sister’s
husband in 1959.
I was 5 years
old. Growing up
in the late ‘50s
and ‘60s, sexual
abuse was never
discussed in my
parents’ home. It
just wasn’t done
then. Of course,
my brother-in-law
told me it was
“our little secret.”
This has af-
Dear Abby
fected my entire
life. I didn’t get counseling for
it because I didn’t remember
it. I became promiscuous
at a young age, but I cannot
remember any of the sexual
episodes. I have been with
several thousand men and
don’t remember any of them.
I came up with a theory
that each time, I went into a
“fugue state.” I understand
it’s common in children who
are molested young. I am
horribly ashamed of my behav-
ior, and I beg God nightly for
forgiveness.
I’m married with a 29-year-
old son, and my husband
and son know all about my
activities during our entire
marriage. I have been chaste
now for more than a year and
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
11). As always, your opinion
of yourself catches on. You’ll
believe that you’re vital to the
action, and then soon find your-
self right at the center, making
improvements in your world.
Colleagues and loved ones hold
you up as inspiration. You’ll
work with someone you’ve long
admired. Sweet souls come
into your day to day. Cancer and
Gemini adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 3, 33, 13, 28
and 16.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). Though it feels like you
shouldn’t or can’t move from
a situation, you’re not actually
stuck. What holds you here is
imaginary, but it may still be a
very good reason. Examine your
as much that season as he
did as a junior. McFadden
was relegated to second in
2007 by Florida’s Tim Te-
bow, who was the first play-
er to throw 20 touchdown
passes and run for 20 TDs
in a season.
McFadden ran for more
than 1,600 yards in each
of those seasons, and in
’07 was his own version of
a dual-threat. Running out
of Arkansas’ wildcat forma-
tion, McFadden threw four
touchdown passes in 11 at-
tempts.
Sixteen of the last 19
Heisman winners have
been quarterbacks, and
now it’s becoming difficult
for running backs to even
get enough support among
voters to be a finalist. This
year the finalists are three
doing my best to
not “fall off the
wagon.”
My sister and
her husband are
now elderly, but
I still want to
tell her that he
abused me. He
also abused his
adopted daugh-
ter, who ran away
when she was
14. Should I tell
my sister about
what he did to
me, or must I
take it to my
grave? (We are
already estranged.) — SUR-
VIVING IN TEXAS
DEAR SURVIVING: I am
truly sorry for what you experi-
enced and how it has affected
your life, and I congratulate
you for your year of sobriety.
That said, I think you would
benefit from talking to a men-
tal health professional about
this before deciding whether
to tell your sister. I say this for
your sake, not hers.
If she remained with her
husband after he assaulted
her young teenaged daughter
(!), it won’t come as a total
shock to her. However, she
may be so calloused or deeply
in denial that she won’t react
or apologize, so do not expect
it.
options. Ask for insight from
others.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’re afraid that if you show
too much support, enthusiasm
or appreciation, people will
become satisfied and stop
trying to impress you. Perhaps
it’s true. But it’s more likely that
they will become addicted to
your attention.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You can still be an open and
honest person without sharing
everything with everyone.
People can only handle so
much. Holding back honors your
individuality whilst respecting
the value of their time and
attention.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You’ve developed a sense about
quarterbacks and Ohio
State defensive end Chase
Young.
Over the last four sea-
sons just one running back
as been invited to New
York for the presentation
ceremony.
“As a running back you
have to root for other run-
ning backs,” McFadden
said.
White played at the
end of an era when run-
ning backs owned the
Heisman. From 1973-85,
running backs won all but
one Heisman. White ran
for 2,066 yards, tops in the
nation, and 17 touchdowns
in 1985, but finished fourth
behind winner Bo Jackson
of Auburn and quarter-
backs Chuck Long of Iowa
and Robbie Bosco of BYU.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
wants us to go to nudist
resorts. We are both in our
70s and very out of shape. He
is extremely overweight and
old looking. Everything hangs.
He has been rude and nasty
to me because I always say
no. I’m too old to leave him.
We can’t keep fighting over
this. He is also very unhealthy.
Help! Please give me some
advice. — CLOTHING NOT
OPTIONAL
DEAR C.N.O.: I’ll try. Natur-
ist or clothing-optional resorts
are not what you may think
they are. They are patronized
by families and individuals of
every shape, size and age.
In the interest of peace
in your household, please do
some research. Your husband
is unwell, and you belong with
him. You will not be the ex-
ception, you will be the norm
and you will not be judged. Try
it once and you will see that
when the clothes come off, we
are all variations on one grand
design — even if some of the
moving parts sag a little.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother,
Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles,
CA 90069.
people. You can tell when they
are interacting with a version
of you that they’ve created and
when they are actually seeing
you. It’s knowledge that’s come
to you because you were ready
for it.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You
don’t have all that’s necessary
to accomplish what you want,
but go forward anyway. You’ll
be surprised at the resources
you’ll be able to access once
this train starts moving down
the track.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
How boring life would be if you
only took on the tasks you knew
you would succeed at. Anyway,
today you’re not attracted to the
places you’ve already been. You
want to see and try new things.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You’ve lost objectivity. A differ-
ent person could live inside your
daily life and consider the expe-
rience a vacation, an adventure,
a thrilling challenge or an insur-
mountable one. Imagining their
view will change yours.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Stretching is good for the
body and better for the soul. So
agree to a task that seems like
a sizable reach. You’ve been
underestimating yourself lately
and are capable of much more
than you think.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). People can’t play when
they are stressed. Fear limits
the range of both imagination
and body. Playful moods take
hold in an atmosphere of trust
and safety.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). If you’ve ever gotten to
know identical twins, you’ve
experienced firsthand the way
physicality completely changes
to reflect the being inside. Any
work you do on your insides will
be reflected in your appearance.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You’ll get the chance to
show people how you came to
a conclusion, or let them know
what’s involved in a process you
know about. You’ll glean new
insights in the sharing.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Writing helps you inter-
nalize information. And at an
even more primal level, so does
drawing. It matters not a bit
how good you are at either. Put
this useful tool to work to make
a change you’ve been thinking
about.
Jump start
SOLUTION:
Food
Dressing,
Recipe adds spice to
classic holiday dressing
MUW UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
W
ith the Christmas season in
full swing, it’s time to start
planning and preparing for
those holiday meals. One dish sure
to be on many tables is dressing.
In most families, there is a staple
dressing recipe that is sure to never
disappoint. However, when bouncing
around from one family gathering to
the next, the same traditional dress-
ing can become mundane.
Chef Alexei Harrison, chair of the
Culinary Arts Institute at Missis-
sippi University for Women, has
prepared a Cajun dressing for her
family over the past several years to
spice up traditional dressing.
“I started using this recipe
because my family and I got tired of
having the same traditional dressing
at every family gathering,” stated
Chef Harrison. “Now, my family
won’t let me use any other recipe.”
Some people do not enjoy spicy
food. Others cannot handle eating
spicy food. In these instances, Har-
rison suggested adjusting the spice
level in accordance to those who will
be consuming the meal. It is import-
ant to be aware of this knowledge
when preparing the dish.
“You can just about put anything
together with bread and make a
Pop up a holiday movie night
FAMILY FEATURES
I
nvite your friends and neighbors
over, spread out some comfy
seating and dim the lights.
Whether it’s a birthday sleepover,
an adults-only gathering or nearly
anything in-between, hosting a
movie night in the comfort of your
own home — or on a projector in the
Turn popcorn, cheeses, pepperoni and a few other ingredients into popcorn
pepperoni pizza dippers for movie night during the holidays.
with a twist
Mississippi University for Women Culinary Arts Institute Chair Alexei Harri-
son shares a favorite dressing recipe for the holidays.
good dressing,” said Harrison. “So
long as you have some form of bread
and good ingredients to start out
with, it’s easy to make a delicious
dressing.”
The most important thing when
it comes to making any dressing is
to ensure that it is not dry. The way
to do this is be sure that you add
enough liquid ingredients before you
bake your dressing. The fat content
yard — can be the perfect escape. Of
course, tasty snacks only add to the
fun.
Light and airy popcorn is a movie
watching staple, and one you can
feel good about eating. At only
30 calories per cup, whole-grain,
freshly popped popcorn is naturally
low in fat and calories, non-GMO,
gluten-free, contains no artificial
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of the meat you choose to add will
also keep the dish from drying out.
If you or someone in your family
is vegetarian or vegan, Harrison sug-
gested a squash dressing.
Give this Cajun dressing recipe
a try for a new take on a classic
holiday dish.
Chef Harrison provided her fami-
ly’s favorite dressing recipe:
See Dressing, 6B
additives or preservatives and is
sugar-free.
Enjoyed a handful at a time or
as part of creative, flavorful snack
recipes — like Popcorn Pepperoni
Pizza Dippers and Sweet and Salty
Popcorn Party Mix — popcorn offers
plenty of versatility to fit nearly any
theme. Find more recipes perfect for
serving at your next movie night at
popcorn.org.
POPCORN PEPPERONI
PIZZA DIPPERS
Yield: 16 squares
Nonstick cooking spray
2 eggs
1/2 cup tomato and basil reduced-fat cook-
ing cream
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
1/8 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
10 cups popped popcorn
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/3 cup thinly sliced pepperoni, coarsely
chopped
Marinara sauce, for dipping
n Heat oven to 350 F. Spray 8-inch square
baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
n In large bowl, whisk eggs, cooking cream,
parmesan cheese and black pepper. Stir in
popcorn, mozzarella cheese and pepperoni.
n Spread mixture in prepared pan, patting
down with spatula or spoon.
n Bake about 15 minutes until set and
lightly browned. Let sit 5 minutes. Cut into
16 bars. Serve warm with marinara sauce.
See Movie Night, 6B
LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Jan Swoope: 328-2471
amilyfeatures.com
Eggs, sausage, pancake batter and
cheese go into these breakfast stacks.
Breakfast
stacks to
start the day
FAMILY FEATURES
S
tart your morning with these
delicious and simple breakfast
stacks made with eggs, pancake
batter and sausage. Your family will be
begging for more. For more recipes, go
to culinary.net.
BREAKFAST STACKS
6 large eggs, lightly beaten
12 fully cooked sausage patties or 12 vegeta-
ble sausage patties
1 1/2 cup buttermilk pancake and waffle mix
1 cup water
Shredded sharp cheddar or pepper jack
cheese (optional)
Maple syrup
n Heat oven to 375 F. Coat 12 muffin cups or
glass custard cups generously with no-stick
cooking spray.
n Divide beaten eggs evenly into prepared
muffin cups. Top with sausage patty.
n Whisk pancake mix and water together in
medium bowl until smooth. Pour evenly over
sausage.
n Bake 14-16 minutes or until toothpick
inserted in centr comes out clean. Cool 2
minutes.
n Sprinkle immediately with cheese, if de-
sired. Serve warm with syrup.
(Source. culinary.net)
A delectable
dessert
FAMILY FEATURES
L
ooking for a dessert idea for the
party season? Add the rich flavor
of caramel to your dessert table
with a recipe like this No Bake Choco-
late Caramel Cheesecake for a tempt-
ing, tasty treat. Find more dessert
recipes at culinary.net.
NO BAKE CHOCOLATE
CARAMEL CHEESECAKE
10 graham crackers, crumbled
7 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Caramel sauce, divided
16 ounces cream cheese
7 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 cup whipping cream
Chocolate covered caramels
n Place graham crackers in re-sealable plastic
bag. Using rolling pin or soup can, roll graham
crackers into fine crumbs.
n In medium bowl, add cracker crumbs,
melted butter, sugar and cinnamon; stir until
combined. Press into bottom of pie plate. Driz-
zle caramel sauce over crust; set aside.
n In medium bowl, combine cream cheese,
powdered sugar and whipping cream. Pour over
graham cracker crust. Refrigerate 24 hours.
n Place chocolate caramel candy pieces
around pie. Drizzle with caramel sauce. Refrig-
erate leftovers.
culinary.net
Holiday flavors like graham crackers,
cinnamon, caramel and powdered sugar
go into this chocolate caramel cheese-
cake that requires no baking.
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Ham and avocado sliders

make great brunch bites
FAMILY FEATURES mashed
Spinach leaves

A
perfect addition to your brunch,
these savory mini ham and
avocado biscuit sliders are quick
and easy to make. For even more home-
made flavor, make the biscuits from
scratch using a buttermilk-sweet potato
mixture. Find more brunch recipes at
culinary.net.
MINI HAM AND AVOCADO
BISCUIT SLIDERS
2 cups, plus 1 tablespoon, all-purpose flour,
divided
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon sage
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/2 cup cold butter, cut into 1/2 inch slices
1 cup buttermilk, divided
1 medium sweet potato, boiled, peeled and
Deli ham
1 avocado
n Heat oven to 425 F. Prepare baking sheet
with parchment paper.
n In large bowl, whisk 2 cups flour, baking
powder, salt, sage and paprika. With pastry
blender, cut in cold butter until mixture resem-
bles coarse crumbs.
n In medium bowl, whisk 3/4 cup buttermilk
and mashed sweet potato. Stir into flour mix-
ture until dough forms.
n Using remaining flour to prepare surface,
knead until dough forms. Roll dough to 3/4-inch
thickness. Using 2-inch round cutter, cut dough
into 18 biscuits. Re-roll and cut out dough until
all is used.
n Place biscuits on prepared baking sheet.
Brush each biscuit with remaining buttermilk.
n Bake 11-13 minutes, or until golden brown.
Cool completely.
n Split biscuits in half. Top bottom half of
biscuit with spinach leaves, deli ham and an
avocado slice. Replace biscuit top and serve
immediately.
(Source: Recipe adapted from Wilton)

Dressing
Continued from Page 5B
CAJUN DRESSING
Yields 10-12 servings
6 to 8 ounces Andouille sau-
sage, (about 2 links) diced
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 celery stalks, small dice
1 green bell pepper, small dice
1 large onion, small dice
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 pound frozen crawfish tails,
thawed
3 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
blend, divided
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup half-and-half
2 1/2 cups crumbled corn-
bread
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons chopped fresh
parsley
1 to 1 1/2 cups chicken stock
n Brown sausage in a large
skillet. Add butter and allow to
melt. Add celery, bell pepper
and onion and cook until soft
and translucent.
n Add garlic and cook 1
minute.
n Add crawfish, 2 teaspoons
Cajun seasoning, dry mustard
and black pepper. Mix together
and remove from heat.
n In a large bowl, whisk
together eggs, half-and-half
and remaining 1 teaspoon
Tony Chachere’s seasoning.
Add cornbread, bread crumbs,
parsley and crawfish mixture.
Mix together well.
n Add enough chicken stock
to moisten the mixture.
n Transfer to a greased 9x13-
inch pan. Cover with aluminum
foil and bake 40 minutes at
350 degrees. Uncover and
bake 15 more minutes.

Movie nigh
Continued from Page 5B
1/2 cup packed brown sugar boil. Boil 3 minutes without
SWEET AND SALTY 1/4 cup corn syrup stirring. Remove from heat
POPCORN PARTY MIX 1/2 teaspoon baking soda and stir in baking soda. Note:
Mixture will foam.
Yield: 14 cups n Heat oven to 300 F. n Pour syrup over popcorn
n In large bowl, combine mixture and stir until evenly
10 cups popped popcorn popcorn, pretzels, pecans, coated. Pour mixture onto
2 cups miniature pretzel twists peanuts and cereal squares; large, rimmed baking sheet
1 cup pecans set aside. or roasting pan. Bake 30
1 cup peanuts n In medium saucepan over minutes, stirring twice during
2 cups rice, wheat or corn medium heat, heat butter, baking. Stir mixture several
cereal squares brown sugar and corn syrup. times as it cools. Store in
1/2 cup butter (1 stick) Stir mixture until it begins to airtight container.
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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NO-
TICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on August 13,
2008, James Siegle, individu-
ally unmarried executed a cer-
tain deed of trust to First Amer- Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
ican Title Insurance Company,
Trustee for the benefit of Wells Book 2017 at Page 17732;
Fargo Financial MIssissippi 2,
Inc. which deed of trust is of re-
cord in the office of the Chan-
cery Clerk of Lowndes County,
State of Mississippi in Book
2008 at Page 21214; and
WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A. has heretofore substi-
tuted Shapiro & Brown, LLC as
Trustee by instrument dated
November 2, 2017 and recor-
ded in the aforesaid Chancery
Clerk's Office in Book 2017 at
Page 25106; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the terms and condi-
tions of said deed of trust and
the entire debt secured thereby
having been declared to be due
TICE OF SALE Employment FOX RUN APARTMENTS
1 & 2 BR near hospital.
$595−$645 monthly.
WHEREAS, on July 27, 2017,
Henry A. Smith, III, an unmar-
Call us: 662-328-2424 Military discount, pet area,
ried man executed a certain pet friendly, and furnished
deed of trust to Fidelity Nation- Customer Service corporate apts.
al Title, Trustee for the benefit 24−HOUR PROFESSIONAL
of Mortgage Electronic Regis- GOLDEN TRIANGLE WATER GYM. ON SITE SECURITY.
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of record in the office of the knowledge, customer ser- SURVEILLANCE. Benji &
vice, posting and receiving Ashleigh, 662−386−4446.
County, State of Mississippi in payments. Must have posit-
Apts For Rent: East
ive attitude and be depend-
and able. Send resume to
(2) 1 ROOM/1 BATH.
WHEREAS, Oceanside Mort- GTWA PO Box 1115
Utilities incl. 1 @ $385/
gage Company has heretofore West Point, MS 39773. mo. 1 @ $475/mo.
substituted Shapiro & Brown, 1 person only per unit.
LLC as Trustee by instrument General Help Wanted 662−328−8655.
dated November 12, 2019 and
recorded in the aforesaid Chan- Apts For Rent: South
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Customer Service Repres- TWO ONE−BEDROOM,
WHEREAS, default having been entative. Position reports downtown loft apartments
made in the terms and condi- to the Circulation Manager available. Wood floors, tall
tions of said deed of trust and
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the entire debt secured thereby
week. Candidate must be Nice apartments in great
having been declared to be due
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Oceanside Mortgage Company, attention to detail, be a
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drug screen.
in accordance with the terms of
al holder of said indebtedness,
having requested the under- Please send resume to:
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ance with the terms of said
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THE COMMERCIAL DIS- 3 Bedrooms
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sale at public outcry and sell PATCH seeks a motivated, Furnished & Unfurnished
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Shapiro & within legal hours (being contracted carrier for the
Brown, LLC, Substituted Trust- between the hours of 11:00
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Brooksville & Macon area.
Excellent opportunity to
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tuted Trustee. PLANS "We fix leaks."
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this 21st day of November, Call or text Joe Seals, comfort of their own home.
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Flowood, MS 39232 662−722−1758 or 662−272−8746.
(601) 981-9299 −holiday sitter
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1982 New Hope Rd General Services JESSE & BEVERLY’S care
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& references required. FIREWOOD FOR SALE. the sheer enjoyment
Lot 1 − small lot Various lengths. but also we could take
Commercial Property For Rent 662−295−2274. it to churches,
between great
neighbors, ideal for long reunions, the pavilion in
FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR −term RV. We will downtown Columbus on
DOWNTOWN. 3,000 sq. ft. Furniture a nice day, etc., etc. as
prepare electric pole.
truck terminal, 9,500 sq. $175/month includes we desire. Practice
ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft. water and sewer. First LIVING ROOM SET once a week and work
office/shop. Buildings can month free with 6 Loveseat & chaise for sale. on selections in
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separately. All w/ excellent deposit. 2884. Leave a message. Now is the right time to
access & Hwy. 82 visibility. Lot 6 − oversized lot USE your talent before
662−327−9559. ideal for 16 x 80 or it is gone and you might
double wide, $185/ have to answer to the
NEW BUFFET, "Bandleader up
month includes water 48"x18"x36", doors &
RESTAURANT SPACE and sewer. We will there"as to why you let
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prepare site. First $300. 662−242−2924.
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inquiries only. 662−328− minimum 12 month text at (706) 575−9399
8655 or 662−574−7879. lease. Please call Pam, General Merchandise and I will get back with
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until we have enough
Houses For Rent: North WANTED FREON R12. folks to get started. I
We pay CA$H. KNOW there must be
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442−2011. Pets
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Caledonia Schools. No
pets. $800/mo. $800 dep. ED SANDERS GUNSMITH SALE with papers, first
GREAT, CONVENIENT OPEN FOR SEASON! shots & pad trained.
1 yr lease. Weathers LOCATION! Office space for $1000. 662−425−2741.
Rentals, 662−574−0345. 9−5: Tues−Fri &
lease at 822 2nd Ave. N. 9−12: Sat.
Open Mon−Fri, 8a−4p. 662−574−3970. Over 50 years experience!
Repairs, cleaning, Looking for
a new pet?
Houses For Sale: Other refinishing, scopes
mounted & zeroed,
handmade knives.
Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North
of West Point, turn right on
Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn
left on Darracott Rd, see
sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on
left. 662−494−6218.
ACROSS
1 Boxcar rider
5 Trembled
Community 11 Stratford’s river
12 Still green
13 Goose egg
Ads starting at $12 14 “Nashville”
director
Good Things To Eat Five Questions: 15 Make mistakes
16 Purposes
17 Desert spot
1 Dr. Doolittle 19 Gift topper
22 Sunups
24 Diver’s gear
2 Jupiter 26 Valhalla VIP
27 Steel ingre-
dient
28 Like urban
3 Kentucky areas 2 Finished 23 Sick as —
Derby, Preak- 30 Got along
31 Easter quest
3 Some bank
activity
25 “See ya!”
29 Some semi-
ness Stakes, 32 Dome-shaped
home
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5 Sort of 30 Take wing
Belmont Stakes 34 Young kan- 6 Except if 33 Gaggle group
garoo 7 Liberal study 34 Coffee,
35 Misery 8 Kipling book slangily
4 Jules Verne 38 Overrun
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10 Bear’s lair
36 Savvy about
37 Former
42 “The Matrix” 16 Battleship spouses
star letters 38 Lyricist Ger-
5 McLovin 43 Poker price 18 Last Stuart shwin
44 Not nervous ruler 39 Pay stub line
45 They may 19 Digging 40 Neckline
clash tunnels shape
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