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‘In the cow business’
Starkville family follows father’s legacy to open meat wholesaler
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
T
he Sanders family has
always been “in the cow
business,” as Will Sanders
puts it.
Will, along with his older broth-
er Scott, his sister Leslie and his
mother Linda, wished to continue
the legacy of his late father David,
who started working with cattle 40
years ago.
That’s why in February, the
Sanders family opened Welcome
Home Beef, a meat wholesaler, in
Starkville.
“We actually started selling in
August before the store opened in
February,” Will said. “We just kind
of rolled it out to friends and let
them try it, and the feedback was
fantastic. That’s kind of how it was
born.”
Partnered with local cattle farm-
ers in the South that spans across
seven states and a family-owned
farm in Glenville, Nebraska, Wel-
come Home Beef sells a variety of
meats at its location at 329 Univer-
sity Drive.
“My brother wanted to continue
the business and he knew the most
about the cattle,” said Will, who
is a co-owner of the business and
has lived in Starkville his entire
life. “He and my dad had always
talked about doing something like
this, they just never could put it all
together. He was out in Nebraska
and he had tasted some Mississip-
pi-fed cattle. He found out the meat
was really delicious. We always
knew our stuff graded really well
as far as choice, prime, so we de-
cided to kill some of them and the
meat turned out delicious.”
Will and Leslie operate the
sales portion of the business, while
Scott handles the buying and sell-
ing of cattle.
“My mom is the one who really
put the money behind it and really
believed in her kids,” Will said.
“She definitely supports us. My
brother manages all the cattle and
the supply chains. (Leslie and I)
are more of the salespeople. We
recently got into a grocery store
in Collinsville, Mississippi. She’s
MONDAY PROFILE
Will Sanders poses for a portrait alongside the food truck of Starkville meat
wholesaler Welcome Home Beef on Sept. 7 in Starkville. Sanders, along
with his siblings Scott and Leslie and their mother Linda, started the busi-
ness in February, successfully selling beef and other meat products directly
to customers as well as to grocery stores.
managing a lot of that right now,
managing the wholesale accounts,
and I’m right here managing the
store.”
Welcome Home Beef also sells
food from a food truck, which is
open Thursday through Saturday
from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.,
though Will said the days of sale
could expand if more cooks can
be hired in the next few weeks.
Antranik Tavitian/Dispatch Staff
The truck offers burgers, cheese
steaks and street tacos for lunch
and dinner and ribeyes and New
York strips for dinner only.
“Our pork comes from Missis-
sippi State, most of the meat in this
store is from our cattle and our
seafood is bought from Horseshoe
Farms,” Will said. “We supplement
our ribeyes with 44 Farms. A lot of
See SANDERS, 6A
Gulf Coast
residents
brace for Sally,
possible new
hurricane
Meteorologist: For
only the second time
in recorded history,
there are five tropical
cyclones churning in
the Atlantic basin
BY STACEY PLAISANCE
AND TAMARA LUSH
The Associated Press
WAVELAND — Storm-weary
Gulf Coast residents prepared for
a new weather onslaught Monday
as Tropical Storm Sally slowly
churned toward them, with fore-
casters predicting landfall as a hur-
ricane.
Jeffrey Gagnard of Chalmette,
Louisiana, was spending Sunday
in Mississippi helping his parents
prepare their home for Sally — and
making sure they safely evacuated
ahead of the storm.
“I mean, after Katrina, anything
around here and anything on the
water, you’re going to take serious,”
he said, as he loaded the back of his
SUV with cases of bottled water in
a grocery store parking lot in Wave-
land, Mississippi. “You can’t take
anything lightly.”
Gagnard said he planned to head
back across the state line to pre-
pare his own home for winds and
rain Sally was expected to bring to
the New Orleans area.
Forecasters from the National
Hurricane Center in Miami said
Sally is expected to become a hurri-
cane on Monday and reach shore by
early Tuesday, bringing dangerous
weather conditions, including risk
of flooding, to a region stretching
from the western Florida Panhan-
dle to southeast Louisiana.
“I know for a lot of people this
storm seemed to come out of no-
where,” said Louisiana Gov. John
Bel Edwards. “We need everybody
to pay attention to this storm. Let’s
take this one seriously.”
Edwards urged people to pre-
See STORM, 6A

UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME

Analysis: Mississippi ballot

will have candidates and issues
Issues include medical marijuana, eliminating
an electoral college provision in governor
races and a proposal for a new state flag
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS Three issues are on the ballot.
The Associated Press One is the question of whether to
legalize medical marijuana. An-
JACKSON — Mississippi res- other is whether to eliminate an
idents will vote on people and electoral college provision in rac-
issues in the Nov. 3 general elec- es for governor and other state-
Courtesy Photo
tion. wide offices. The third is a yes- TENNESSEE WILLIAMS TRIBUTE: Laura Beth Berry, as Amanda Wingfield, and Laura
The ballot will list candidates or-no vote on a single proposal for Vernon, as Laura, act out a scene from Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie
for president, U.S. House and a new state flag. during the virtual Tennessee Williams Tribute in Columbus on Saturday. The annual
Senate and state Supreme Court. See ANALYSIS, 6A festival honoring Williams was held online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bernie Sanders: Biden win US election spotlight

in November is no ‘slam dunk’ mostly bypasses
‘... Joe has some pretty mainline Protestants
strong positions on the Bloomberg to spend at least $100M ‘Mainline Christians are often
economy, and I think we to help Biden in Florida quieter in their public rhetoric’
should be talking about BY JULIE PACE AND ALEX ANDRA JAFFE Florida-based Bishop Kenneth Carter
The Associated Press
that more than we have’ BY DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders WASHINGTON — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
is committing at least $100 million to help Joe Biden’s presidential cam- NEW YORK — The images were vivid: President
BY ALEXANDRA JAFFE paign in the crucial battleground state of Florida.
The Associated Press
Donald Trump brandishing a Bible outside an Epis-
Bloomberg’s late-stage infusion of cash reflects Democrats’ concerns
copal church in Washington that had been boarded
about the tight race in a state that is a priority for President Donald
WA S H I N G T O N up amid racial injustice protests. Episcopal leaders
Trump. A victory for Biden in Florida, the largest of the perennial battle-
— Bernie Sanders is reacted with outrage at what they deemed a cynical
ground states, would significantly complicate Trump’s path to reaching
warning that if one- photo-op.
the 270 Electoral College votes needed to secure a second term.
time rival Joe Biden “He didn’t say a prayer. … It was used as a matter
Republicans, however, feel confident in their chances in the state,
doesn’t do more to of partisan politics,” said Michael Curry, the denom-
pointing to GOP wins in 2018 and stronger-than-expected turnout in
promote his policies ination’s presiding bishop.
2016 as evidence the state is trending in their direction. They’ve invest-
and reach out to Lati- ed millions in Florida focused on Latino outreach and boosting their That flare-up was notable for another reason. It’s
no voters, the Dem- field operation, and the state’s size and diversity makes campaigns one of the few times that a mainline Protestant de-
ocratic presidential Sanders there expensive. nomination entered the national spotlight amid a vol-
nominee is at risk of atile election year abounding in political news about
falling short to Pres- evangelicals and Catholics.
ident Donald Trump In a Friday interview with PBS, Sanders said Biden’s policies are There’s been a steady stream of news about cer-
this November. Sanders was more blunt: “Am I here “a compromise” but that they were tain evangelical leaders — their close alliance with
Sanders, a self-de- to tell you absolutely, this is a slam “pretty strong, progressive policies.” Trump, their occasional defiance of coronavirus-re-
scribed democrat- dunk, no chance that he will lose? He also encouraged Biden to fo- lated restrictions on worship services. Meanwhile,
ic socialist who left That is not what I’m saying,” the Ver- cus more on Latino and young vot- Trump’s Democratic rival, Joe Biden, is being as-
the primary race in mont senator said. ers, groups that broadly supported sailed by some fellow Catholics, including bishops,
the spring and has Biden His comments follow a week Sanders during the primary. Biden for his support of abortion rights.
worked to shift Biden when Biden campaigned with union has struggled to build enthusiasm Rarely garnering national attention are the
to the left on key issues, has made workers in Michigan and released among young voters, and some mainline Protestant denominations that dominated
the warnings in public and private in a tax plan focused on boosting Democrats have expressed con- America’s political and civic leadership for much of
recent days. Most recently, he went U.S. manufacturing by punishing cerns about what they see as the its history, beginning in colonial times.
on MSNBC on Sunday to express businesses that take jobs overseas. These denominations, including the Episcopal,
campaign’s lack of outreach to Lati-
concerns that Biden wasn’t speak- Biden also emphasized his econom- United Methodist and Presbyterian (U.S.A.) church-
no voters, which Sanders echoed on
ing up enough about his economic ic agenda and attacked Trump for es, are now deeply engaged in campaigns against
his handling of the coronavirus pan- MSNBC.
proposals. racism and voter suppression. Yet they haven’t gen-
“I think Biden’s in an excellent demic while the former vice pres- “We got to reach out to the Latino
erated controversies this year as headline-grabbing
position to win this election, but I ident spent Labor Day with union community. You know, a lot of young
as those involving evangelicals and Catholics.
think we have got to do more as a workers in Pennsylvania. people, you’ve got a lot of Latinos,
“Mainline Christians are often quieter in their
campaign than just go after Trump,” Sanders used his MSNBC ap- African Americans who may not
public rhetoric,” said Florida-based Bishop Kenneth
he said. “We also have to give people pearance to urge Biden to speak vote. They’re not gonna for Donald Carter, former president of the United Methodists’
a reason to vote for Joe Biden. And more about some of his kitchen-table Trump, that’s for sure, but they may Council of Bishops.
Joe has some pretty strong posi- economic policies: raising the mini- not vote at all,” Sanders said. “How “But my experience has been, in every city I’ve
tions on the economy, and I think we mum wage to $15 an hour, lowering do we bring them into the political lived ... that many mainline Christians do the heavy
should be talking about that more prescription drug costs and expand- process? How do we get them to social lifting in their communities on issues such as
than we have.” ing health insurance coverage. vote?” homelessness and food insecurity.”
Carter noted that the United Methodists, the
largest mainline denomination with about 7 million
U.S. members, is politically diverse. Its members in-
clude Democrat Hillary Clinton, former presidential
candidate, senator and secretary of state, and con-
In defiance of Nevada governor, Trump holds indoor rally servative Republican Jeff Sessions, a former senator
and U.S. attorney general.
President: Nation is ‘making the last of COVID-19 weeks later,
though it was not clear if
ing reckless and selfish
actions that are putting
“In every mainline church, you’ll find members
who are Republican and Democrat,” said the Rev.
turn’ in defeating the coronavirus he contracted the virus in
Tulsa.
countless lives in danger
here in Nevada.”
John Dorhauer, president and general minister of
the 800,000-member United Church of Christ.
BY JONATHAN LEMIRE Not since a rally in Recognizing that
AND KEN RIT TER Tulsa, Oklahoma, that many supporters were
The Associated Press was blamed for a surge uncomfortable to gather
of coronavirus infections in a large group indoors,
LAS VE- has he gathered support- where the virus spreads
GAS — In ers indoors. The pan- more easily, the Trump
open de- demic had killed nearly campaign shifted to hold-
fiance of 200,000 Americans and ing smaller, outdoor ral-
state regu- was still claiming 1,000 lies, usually at airplane
lations and lives a day. hangers. But those rallies
his own “We are not shutting have grown in size in re-
administra- the country again. A shut- cent weeks, with little
Trump
tion’s pan- down would destroy the social distancing and few
demic health guidelines, lives and dreams of mil- masks.
President Donald Trump lions Americans,” said And on Sunday, they
hosted his first indoor Trump, before using his returned indoors, in part
rally since June, telling a inflammatory moniker for as a nod to the Las Ve-
packed, nearly mask-less the coronavirus. “We will gas-area heat. Tempera-
Nevada crowd that the very easy defeat the Chi- ture checks were given to
nation was “making the na virus.” all upon entrance at the
last turn” in defeating the The rally in Tulsa, industrial site in Hender-
virus. which was his first in son and while masks were
Eager to project a three months after the encouraged, few wore
sense of normalcy in im- coronavirus reached them.
agery, Trump soaked up American shores, was a Nevada Gov. Steve
the raucous cheers in- disaster for the campaign, Sisolak, a Democrat, has
side a warehouse Sunday a debacle that featured limited in-person gather-
night. Relatively few in a sea of empty seats and ings indoors and outdoors
the crowd wore masks, a rise in COVID-19 cas- to 50 people since May, a
with a clear exception: es, including on his own recommendation based
Those in the stands di- staff. One prominent on White House reopen-
rectly behind Trump, Trump supporter at the ing guidelines. In a state-
whose images would end rally, businessman and ment released just before
up on TV, were mandated former presidential can- the rally began, Sisolak
to wear face coverings. didate Herman Cain, died said Trump was “tak-

Pence drops plan to go to fundraiser hosted by QAnon backers

BY MATTHEW BROWN
The Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. —
Vice President Mike Pence
has canceled plans to at-
tend a Trump campaign
fundraiser in Montana
following revelations that
the event’s hosts had ex-
pressed support for the
QAnon conspiracy theory.
President Donald
Trump’s reelection cam-
paign told The Associated
Press on Saturday that
Pence’s schedule had been
changed, but the campaign
did not provide a reason
or say whether the fund-
raiser might be held at a
later time. The change
comes after the AP report-
ed Wednesday that hosts
Cayrn and Michael Bor-
land in Bozeman, Montana,
had shared QAnon memes
and retweeted posts from
QAnon accounts.
The baseless conspira-
cy theory alleges Trump is
battling an entrenched bu-
reaucracy and sex traffick-
ing ring run by pedophiles.
Three Republicans
seeking election in Mon-
tana also had been sched-
uled to attend the fundrais-
er: U.S. Sen. Steve Daines,
who faces a November
challenge from Demo-
cratic Gov. Steve Bullock;
U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte,
a Republican running for
governor; and state auditor
Matt Rosendale, a candi-
date for the U.S. House.
Pence, Daines and the
other Republican candi-
dates are still scheduled to
hold a campaign rally Mon-
day afternoon in Belgrade,
near Bozeman. Pence will
host a rally earlier in the
day in Wisconsin, an event
that was added as a substi-
tute for the fundraiser, the
Trump campaign said.
Daines campaign
spokesperson Julia Doyle
said the first-term senator
does not know the Bor-
lands nor “does he know
what QAnon even is.”
She referred questions
on whether the event
would be rescheduled to
the Trump campaign.
Gianforte, who faces
Democratic Gov. Lt. Gov.
Mike Cooney in Novem-
ber, also does not know the
Borlands or what QAnon
is, spokesman Travis Hall
said.
A Rosendale spokes-
man said he was unaware
of QAnon. Rosendale “isn’t
focused on false conspiracy
theories and the attempts
of liberal extremists to
smear the President,”
spokesman Andy Westber-
ry said in an email.
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Alabama last in Census response as much of Deep South lags

The 2020 Census will be used to determine
how federal dollars are distributed and how
many congressional seats each state will get
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Al-
abama ranks last in the country
for the response to the 2020
U.S. Census — with Louisiana,
Mississippi and Georgia also in
the bottom five— as officials
warn a low response rate could
lead to the loss of federal funds
and even a congressional seat.
Alabama so far has the low-
est percentage of households
responding — through self-re-
sponse or follow-up contact
— of any state in the country.
About 81.5 percent of Alabama
households have been count-
ed as of Sept. 10, according to
numbers from the U.S. Census.
That compares to a national
percentage of 90.1
Other Deep South states
also had a low response rate.
Mississippi had a response rate
of 82.3 percent. Georgia had a
response rate of 82.1 percent.
Louisiana had a response rate
of 82.7 percent. Montana also
ranked in the bottom five with
82.3 percent. South Carolina
was in the bottom 10 with a rate
of 83.2 percent.
The 2020 Census will be
used to determine how federal
dollars are distributed and how
many congressional seats each
state will get. State officials are
making public pleas for people
to complete the Census, using
public service announcements
with celebrities and even a con-
test to try to boost participation.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey this
week told people that it was
“now or never” to complete the
Census
“I’ve said it since our March
kick-off, and I will say it again:
Alabama stands to lose too
much if we do not reach our
goal of maximum participa-
tion,” Ivey said.
Alabama officials have long
expressed concern that the
state could lose a congressional
seat. U.S. Sen. Doug Jones of
Alabama on Friday also urged
people to respond to the Census
if they haven’t already.
“We are dead last in the Cen-
sus, and we stand a chance of
losing a congressional seat. We
stand a chance of losing a lot
of federal dollars,” Jones said
during a campaign event.
Giles Ward, a former state
senator in Mississippi, spent
a year as head of a committee
assigned to encourage people
to respond to the Census. Ward
said Friday that the state could
receive about $5,000 per per-
son, per year, from the federal
government for various pro-
grams. “We just have to hope
and believe that people are go-
ing to take the civic responsibil-
ity to respond,” Ward said.
Award-winning actor Mor-
gan Freeman, who lives in Mis-
sissippi, appeared in a public
service announcement urging
people in the state to respond
to the Census. “Millions of dol-
lars for Mississippi families,
children, schools, health care,
roads and bridges are at stake,”
Freeman said.
To boost participation, Ala-
bama started the Alabama Cen-
sus Bowl, in which low-respond-
ing counties have the chance to
win $65,000 for their schools
through Census participation.
People can fill out the Cen-
sus online at my2020Census.
gov, by phone at 1-844-330-2020
or by traditional paper form.

The following arrests

were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Joshua Akers, 34,
was charged with pos-
session of methamphet-
amine, no crash helmet,
no insurance, improper
equipment and suspended
drivers license.
n Benjamin Andrews,
47, manufacture of mari-
juana.
n Christopher Hark,
41, was charged with do-
mestic violence-aggravat-
ed assault by strangula-
tion.
n Colby Heinz, 33, was
charged with possession
of methamphetamine and
failure to obey a P.O.
n William Hendrix, 48,
was charged with photo-
graphing of filming anoth-
er without permission.
n Willard Holliman,
62,was charged with pos-
session of methamphet-
amine and possession of
methamphetamine with
intent to distribute.
n Krystal Hoskins, 36,
was charged with embez-
zlement under contract.
n Terry Johnson, 56,
sex offender registration
failure.
n Calvin King, 55, bur-
glary-breaking and enter-
ing a dwelling.
n Tremae Merritt, 28,
was charged with bur-
glary.
n Deidra Norris, 27,
was charged with four
counts food stamp fraud.
n Willie Robinson Jr.,
47, was charged with ag-
gravated assault to mani-
fest extreme indifference
to life.
n William Watkins, 49,
was charged with posses-
sion of a controlled sub-
stance.
n Tevin Williams, 28,
AREA ARRESTS
Fifth indicted in a
scheme to rig state
education contracts
Akers Andrews Hardy Heinz Hendrix Holliman
Memphis lawyer charged with
conspiracy, bribery, and interstate
transportation in aid of bribery
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — A Memphis lawyer has been in-
Hoskins Johnson King Merritt Norris Robinson Jr. dicted for conspiring with a former top official in
the Mississippi Department of Education to rig
contracts and steal public money, authorities said
Friday.
Errol Harmon, 47, is charged with conspiracy,
bribery, and interstate transportation in aid of
bribery, U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst said in a state-
ment. Harmon is the fourth person to be indicted
in the scheme.
Watkins T. Williams Cunningham Emerson Brown Spencer Former Department of Education employee
Cerissa Renfroe Neal, 45, of Madison County, was
charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy,
wire fraud, money laundering and bribery, Hurst
announced Sept. 3. Three contractors from Ten-
nessee face conspiracy and wire fraud charges:
David B. Hunt, 54, of Jackson; Joseph Kyles, 51, of
Memphis: and Lambert Martin, 59, also of Mem-
phis. Kyles is also charged with money launder-
Flowers Edwards Horton Childress J. Williams Gordon ing and bribery.
was charged with posses- fice: n Jacob Edwards, 23, Neal was executive director of the Office of
sion, sale, transfer of a sto- n Jonathan Emerson, was charged with pos- Educator Quality in the Department of Education
len firearm, possession of26, was charged with from 2013 from 2016. The government alleges
session of controlled sub-
Marijuana more than an robbery, MDOC HOLD, that Neal stole $42,000 from the state and grant-
stance.
ounce, careless driving, burglary of a vehicle, two ed contractors she conspired with more than
n Dennis Horton, 20, $650,000 in state contracts, including federal
no drivers license and no counts attempt to commit
was charged with hold for funds the U.S. Department of Education granted
insurance. a crime and possession of
n Darious Cunning- marijuana more than 30 other agency. to Mississippi. Neal has pleaded not guilty.
ham, 34, was charged with grams. n Tonya Childress, 46, Neal manipulated the state contract bidding
possession with intent to n Laci Brown, 24, was possession of schedule process to make a profit by splitting larger con-
distribute, trafficking ofcharged with a bench war- two drug. tract requests into multiple, smaller contracts
controlled rant.
substances, n Javaris Williams, 23, to avoid threshold amounts that would trigger a
failure to appear, no driv- n James Spencer, 21, was charged with failure formal, competitive bidding process, authorities
ers license, no insurance,was charged with six to stop when officer sig- allege. When she needed to obtain vendor quotes
no license tag, possessioncounts felony aggravated for comparison, Neal would obtain false and in-
nals, improper equipment,
of marijuana in a vehicle assault. flated quotes to guarantee the award of the con-
contempt of court and no tract. Then she and her co-conspirators would
and careless driving. n James Flowers, 20,
was charged with posses- insurance. split the profit, officials said.
The following arrests sion of schedule two drug n Shelly Gordon, 28, As alleged in the indictment, Harmon’s role in
were made by the Oktib- and possession of para- was charged with a bench the scheme was to receive money from Kyles and
beha County Sheriff’s Of- phernalia. warrant. transfer it to Neal.

AROUND THE STATE

Mississippi city
restores juvenile
curfew after crime
spike
VICKSBURG — A
recent spike in juvenile
crime has prompted a
Mississippi city to rein-
state a juvenile curfew
effective immediately.
The City of Vicks-
burg moved Thursday to
re-emphasize the curfew
that has been in place as
part of the city’s shelter-
in-place COVID-19 civil
emergency, which is set
to expire Oct. 5. The lat-
est order will run from
7:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
daily and supersedes the
city’s ongoing juvenile
curfew on school nights,
I had to sign a new civil
emergency order this
morning that will put a
juvenile curfew back in
place for the city of Vicks-
burg,” Mayor George
Flaggs Jr. said Thursday.
“We do see a temporary
spike in juvenile crime.
We are seeing juveniles
walking the streets at
night. Because of that, it
is imperative we get on
top of this, and get on top
of it quick.”
Flaggs said he talked
with Vicksburg Warren
School District Super-
intendent Chad Shealy
and Police Chief Milton
Moore about the curfew,
and both agreed there
was a need for it.
Mississippi mayor
to get tested for the virus
and for antibodies and
was notified later Tues-
day that he was positive
for the virus, The Nat-
chez Democrat reported.
Gibson said he had not
felt any of the symptoms
associated with the virus.
“It is the weirdest,
strangest virus,” Gibson
said. “At the very first
onset of the quarantine I
was tired, but I was also
working 10 to 18 hours a
day.”
Gibson said he
thought the tiredness
came from how hard he
was working in the first
days of his term as may-
or. Because he has tested
positive, Gibson said he
would follow CDC guide-
SOLUNAR TABLE
lines and remain quaran- The solunar period indicates

which runs from 10 p.m.

peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Mon. Tues.
tined for another 10 days.
to 6 a.m., The Vicksburg tests positive for “I am a little tired of
Major
Minor
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5:00a
Post reported. COVID-19 being under house ar-
Major
Minor
10:40a
6:18p
11:34a
6:57p
Exceptions for youth NATCHEZ — The rest, but I feel blessed,”
Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

17 and under include mayor of Mississippi’s Gibson said.

those youth accompanied
by an adult and those
youth participating in
high school activities or
organized youth sports.
The move comes just
days after a number of
oldest city remains under
quarantine after testing
positive for COVID-19.
Natchez Mayor Dan
Gibson was on a 14-day
self-imposed quarantine
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Voice of the people
Accepting unity nominations
During a time in our country when there is so
much uncertainty and divisiveness, our Unity Park
Committee is pleased that so many people have found
a place where unity is celebrated. That is the Oktib-
beha County Unity Park. We were particularly happy
when we learned that the Mississippi State Football
Team held a “Black Lives Matter” rally there. What a
perfect place for such an event before the Unity Park
Wall of Honor where the pictures and names of people
who spent their lives working for civil rights and
unity are displayed. They should be an inspiration to
everyone. It is a credit to the Oktibbeha County Board
of Supervisors that they listened to the request to
honor those who fought for civil rights and unity, and
we are the beneficiaries of this very special place in
downtown Starkville.
Each year at this time, up until November 1, the
Unity Park Committee will be accepting nominations
of individuals who have worked to bring unity to our
community. Go to starkvilleunitypark.com for the
nominating form and for other information about the
Unity Park.
The Unity Park Committee
Jeanne Marszalek, Chair
Robbie Coblentz
Charles Evans
Jay Hurdle
Everlyn Johnson
Dylan Karges
Billy Nicks
Chris Taylor
Eva Mara White
Condemns police shooting and jeering
As a proud Democrat who knows right from wrong,
I want to loudly condemn the shooting of two police-
man in Compton, California, over the weekend. That it
happened at all is unconscionable. That it seems clear-
ly to have been an ambush on top of that, it is beyond
my comprehension.
I was even more horrified to learn that some appar-
ent BLM protesters took it upon themselves to show
up outside the hospital where these two officers, one a
mother of a young child, the other, a 24-year-old male,
and potential future parent, are currently fighting
for the lives, to jeer them — to shout such things as
‘Death to the police’ and worse. This is so sick, so
depraved, so beyond the pale, that I am shocked to
my core. I find it nearly impossible to believe that
someone could reach that point, no matter what has
happened to them during their lives. But there it is. It
has happened.
Let me be clear. I support the BLM movement as
clearly worthy and a long time coming. And there is a
part of me that wonders how the Black community in
general has remained as patient as they have, for so
long. But just as I will resist assaults on the rule of law
and our nation’s Constitution, I am compelled to point
at this weekend’s events with equal horror.
This behavior only takes us backward. It is wrong
in so many ways. My heart is with these two officers
just as it is with the great majority of reasonable folks
who protest as part of the BLM movement.
I fervently hope we can continue to move onward
towards a better society for all, free of such acts of vi-
olence, where people of all stripes can lead ever safer
and healthier lives. We will all be better off from that
effort. I remain committed to this goal — no matter
how hard or how long it takes to achieve.
Paul Mack
Columbus
In response to Armstrong Williams and Roger
Wade’s last letter
In a recent column, Armstrong Williams states the
Black workers would do better under Trump.
Trump effort to roll back worker protections knock
down in court.
The joint employer rule (which has to do with the
fast food industry) issued by Trump’s labor depart-
ment this year, would make it harder for workers to
sue big chains like McDonald’s if they’ve been stiffed
on the minimum wage or overtime pay. The rule was
knocked down in court, and the original suit was
brought by 18 Democratic Attorneys General.
They called the ruling a critical win for the many
American workers who would have experienced wage
theft or a decrease in income due to this reckless rule.
It would have cost workers $1 billion in lost wag-
es per year. All workers’ worst nightmare is to have
Republicans in charge of the economy.
Trump has the option to appeal. You can stop that
at the polling booth in November.
In response to Roger Wade having decided to with-
draw from voicing his opinions via The Dispatch, he’s
not the only one.
It appears to me these people listen to only conser-
vative news outlets (all others they claim are liars and
at the same time, they are defending a pathological
liar) who are 24/7 smearing the Democrats and news
to make Trump look good.
When they write a letter, it’s about what they’ve
been hearing. And when they get responded to with
a heavy dose of reality, they complain: I can’t take it
anymore. I’ve had it. I quit!
Wade states: It boggles my mind that people go
to church on Sunday, singing, shouting and praises
Jesus, then go vote for the party that supports (the
Democratic platform) this non-sense.
Mary Trump, Trump’s niece, said the exact same
thing, that it boggles her mind that the evangelical
Christians voted overwhelmingly for Trump, and he
has no Christian principles.
Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal attorney for
over 10 years, in his book coming out Tuesday, states
that Trump mocks Christians, calls them fools and
schmucks.
Cohen says Trump labels Christianity bulls**t and
is consumed by a lust for wealth.
I know, Cohen lies, but not more than Trump.
James Hodges
Steens

ELECTION 2020
Stop talking about doomsday
scenarios for election night
A
ll this agonizing over what may
happen if President Donald
Trump tries to steal the election
is highly annoying. It normalizes the
idea that pure aggression can so easily
steamroll the democratic process.
Here are healthier assumptions for
those who value a fair election:
If Trump loses, he leaves the White
House on Jan. 20, 2021. If, heaven for-
fend, he wins, then he stays.
If, by evening on Election Day, there
is no obvious winner — mail-in ballots Froma Harrop
still need to be counted — then we wait
until the mail ballots are counted. If, by bedtime in the Central
time zone, Trump leads in-person voting in key swing states and
declares victory, then we still wait for the mail-in ballots to be
counted. And if that takes days or even weeks, then it takes days
or weeks.
It’s thus too bad that The Washington Post has nervously
called this last outcome a possible “election-night disaster.”
Anti-Trump conservative David Brooks marched anxiety forward
by imagining a “nightmare scenario” whereby Trump supporters
prematurely hit the streets only to be met with angry Joe Biden
voters, and mayhem ensues.
The problem with all this handwringing of what Trump may do
is that it helps set a stage for him to do it. And it could spur Biden
voters to participate in chaos when they should be keeping their
cool.
If Trump declares victory when victory is not yet his, then the
proper response is to ignore him and calmly proceed with the
counting. The same brush-off would apply to Trump supporters
who erupt into a premature happy dance. Paying them no mind
would take the joy out of such provocations.
Chastised for their faulty projections in the 2000 cliffhanger
between George W. Bush and Al Gore, responsible national media
say they will be far more careful this time. And they’re the sourc-
es we take seriously.
Sure, Trump did say that “the only way we’re going to lose this
election is if this election is rigged.” Jeff Flake, a former Repub-
lican senator from Arizona and Trump critic, responded: “What
kind of president talks like that? What kind of American leader
undermines confidence in the elections in his own country?” One
imagines that even many who plan to vote for Trump would agree.
Biden said in June that if Trump loses and refuses to leave, the
military will escort him out of the Oval Office. It seems unlikely
that the armed forces would rush in to keep Trump illegally in
office — even if he hadn’t called them “suckers” and “losers” for
serving their country.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley says that any
dispute over election results would be resolved by law, the courts
and Congress, not the armed forces. To which he added, “We will
not turn our backs on the Constitution of the United States.”
Extortion and threats of violence are things we have gotten
used to. That doesn’t mean we have to heed them. So let’s drop
this talk of “nightmare scenarios.” If Trump doesn’t win more
Electoral College votes than Biden, then the only thing that is
doomed is his administration.
Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has predicted that
there “will never be a peaceful transition of power” if Trump
loses. Peaceful or not, there will be a transition. And the best way
to keep it peaceful is for the Biden camp to not reward Trump’s
efforts to intimidate by showing fear.
The 2018 midterms showed that power — in this case, control
of the House — could be smoothly passed on to another party.
Be prepared for more stress this time, but don’t assume that the
democracy can’t withstand it.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated columnist, writes for the Providence
(Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail address is fharrop@gmail.com.
THE PRESIDENT
Trump’s many lies no longer shock us
W
e weren’t
going to
normalize
this.
Remember that?
Remember the way
many of us solemnly
vowed we would
always maintain the
ability to be out-
raged, hold on to our
capacity for shock?
Well, after almost Leonard Pitts
four years that have
passed like geologic time, that declaration
feels like an artifact from another era, a
Polaroid from back when the kids were little
and you still had all your hair. It feels like
something you said when you were too young
to know any better.
The truth of Donald Trump’s untruths is
that they have become not simply normal, but
taken for granted. Saying that Trump lied is
like saying the tide came in or the Browns
lost. Because, of course. That’s what they
do.The paradox is that the sheer volume of
his lies seems to keep any one of them from
mattering all that much.
A normal presidency in normal times
would have been indelibly marked by any
one of the thousands of whoppers Trump has
excreted. Ask Bill Clinton or Richard Nixon
about that.
But Trump’s mendacities — more numer-
ous and more brazen than those of any presi-
dent before him — are different. Forget dom-
inating history, they often fall short of even
dominating a news cycle. Again: There is so
much. One’s ability to be indignant — or even
to pay attention — is simply overwhelmed.
He lies about voting by mail, about laws
he passed, about jobs he created, about his
border wall, about defunding the police, about
the weather. It becomes a challenge to even
keep track. All lies matter, so no lies matter.
Which brings us to “Rage,” the new book
by Bob Woodward — and its headline take-
away. It seems Trump admitted to Woodward
that, back in the first months of this year,
even as he was telling the American people
COVID-19 was no big deal and that its impact
would be minimal, he knew none of this was
true. He told Woodward in contemporaneous
interviews that the virus was far more deadly
than he was letting on.
“I wanted to always play it down,” he said.
“I still like playing it down, because I don’t
want to create a panic.”
One imagines the captain of the Titanic
sending worried passengers back to their
cabins. “Just a little bump. Nothing to worry
about.”
Democratic presidential nominee Joe
Biden has seized on this revelation, calling
it “a life-and-death betrayal of the American
people.” Which it is. Yet one wonders if —
honestly, one doubts if — the revelation will
move the needle. The people who consider
Trump “the chosen one” will not change
their minds. Meanwhile, those of us who see
him for the shambolic catastrophe he is will
regard it as superfluous confirmation.
But one doubts any of us will be surprised,
or even truly outraged. We have lost some-
thing — the ability to expect recognizably
adult, human behavior in our leader. Worse,
we’ve also lost what we said we wouldn’t: the
ability to feel disappointed and indignant
when it does not come. There is an element of
exhaustion here. Fury feels rote, less a feeling
than the memory of one.
Even if Trump is defeated in November, it’s
an open question whether we’ll get that ability
back — and what kind of people we will be if
we don’t.
After all, Trump’s “strategy” — assuming
one wants to dignify it with that word — has
left dead 190,000 Americans, and count-
ing. He is guilty of lethal incompetence, of
failing his sacred obligation to safeguard the
country. Yet saying this does not suck all the
air out of the room as it should. We said we
weren’t going to normalize this.
Turns out we had no say in the matter.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulit-
zer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the
Miami Herald. Email him at lpitts@miamiher-
ald.com.
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Teacher departures leave schools

scrambling for substitutes
Teachers in at least three states have died after
bouts with virus since start of the new school year
BY CASEY SMITH
The Associated Press/Report for America
INDIANAPOLIS — With many
teachers opting out of returning
to the classroom because of the
coronavirus, schools around the
U.S. are scrambling to find replace-
ments and in some places lowering
certification requirements to help
get substitutes in the door.
Several states have seen surges
in educators filing for retirement or
taking leaves of absence. The de-
partures are straining staff in plac-
es that were dealing with shortages
of teachers and substitutes even
before the pandemic created an ed-
ucation crisis.
Among those leaving is Kay
Orzechowicz, an English teacher at
northwest Indiana’s Griffith High
School, who at 57 had hoped to
teach for a few more years. But she
felt her school’s leadership was not
fully committed to ensuring proper
social distancing and worried that
not enough safety equipment would
be provided for students and teach-
ers.
Add the technology require-
ments and the pressure to record
classes on video, and Orzechowicz
said it “just wasn’t what I signed up
for when I became a teacher.”
“Overall, there was just this ut-
ter disrespect for teachers and their
lives,” she said. “We’re expected to
be going back with so little.” When
school leaders said teachers would
be “going back in-person, full throt-
tle, that’s when I said, ‘I’m not doing
it. No.’”
Teachers in at least three states
have died after bouts with the coro-
navirus since the start of the new
school year. It’s unclear how many
teachers in the U.S. have become
ill with COVID-19, but Mississippi
alone reported 604 cases among
teachers and staff.
In cases where teachers are ex-
posed to the virus, they could face
pressure to return to the class-
room. The Trump administration
has declared teachers to be “critical
infrastructure workers” in guid-
ance that could give the green light
to exempting them from quarantine
requirements.
Throughout Indiana, more than
600 teacher retirements have been
submitted since July, according to
state data. Although the state gets
most of its teacher retirements
during the summer, surveys sug-
gest more retirements than usual
could happen as the calendar year
progresses, said Trish Whitcomb,
executive director of the Indiana
Retired Teachers Association.
“I’ve gotten more (teachers) call-
ing me back saying, ‘Well, I’m going
to go ahead and retire,’” Whitcomb
said. “Some still wanted to go back
in the classroom, but they didn’t
think the risk was worth it. They
looked at their grandkids and the
life they have, and I think they’re
saying, ‘I’m just not going to do it.’”
In Salt Lake County, Utah, the
state’s most populated metropolitan
area, more than 80 teachers have
either resigned or retired early be-
cause of concerns about COVID-19
in schools. More than half of those
happened in one of the county’s five
school districts, Granite School
District. All of the district’s teach-
ers who left were fined $1,000 for
failing to give 30 days’ notice.
Mike McDonough, president of
the Granite Education Association
teachers union, said the departures
stem from frustration over how the
schools have reopened. In Granite,
most students will return to in-per-
son instruction for four days a week,
and there are few opportunities for
teachers to instruct solely online.

Study: Kids infected at day care spread virus at home

CDC report also showed that
children with no symptoms, or very
mild symptoms, can spread the
infection, just like adults can
BY MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK — Chil-
dren who caught the
coronavirus at day cares
and a day camp spread it
to their relatives, accord-
ing to a new report that
underscores that kids
can bring the germ home
and infect others.
Scientists already
know children can spread
the virus. But the study
published Friday by
the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
“definitively indicates —
in a way that previous
studies have struggled
to do — the potential for
transmission to family
members,” said William
Hanage, a Harvard Uni-
versity infectious diseas-
es researcher.
The findings don’t
mean that schools and
child-care programs
need to close, but it
does confirm that the
virus can spread within
those places and then be
brought home by kids.
So, masks, disinfection
and social distancing are
needed. And people who
work in such facilities
have to be careful and get
tested if they think they
may be infected, experts
said.
Earlier research from
the U.S., China and Eu-
rope has found that chil-
dren are less likely than
adults to be infected by
the virus and are less
likely to become serious-
ly ill when they do get
sick.
There also was data
suggesting that young
children don’t spread the
virus very often, though
older kids are believed
to spread it as easily as
adults.
In the new study, re-
searchers from Utah
and the CDC focused on
three outbreaks in Salt
Lake City child care fa-
cilities between April
and July. Two were child-
care programs for tod-
dlers, and the other was
a camp for older kids.
The average age of kids
at all three programs was
about 7.
At two of the facilities,
investigators were able to
establish that an infected
adult worker unknowing-
ly introduced the virus.
The study concluded
12 children caught the
coronavirus at the fa-
cilities, and spread it to
at least 12 of the 46 par-
ents or siblings that they
came in contact at home.
Three of the infected
children had no symp-
toms, and one of them
spread it to a parent who
was later hospitalized be-
cause of COVID-19, the
researchers said.
That kind of rate of
spread — about 25 per-
cent — is on par with
studies of spread in
households that have in-
cluded both children and
adults. It also shows that
children with no symp-
toms, or very mild symp-
toms, can spread the in-
fection, just like adults
can.
Hanage cautioned that
it’s not clear whether the
findings at the three pro-
grams are broadly appli-
cable.

Harshmallow: Virus prompts pause for Peeps holiday treats

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BETHLEHEM, Pa. —
Peeps treats are going on
hiatus for several months
— another consequence
of the coronavirus pan-
demic.
Just Born Quality
Confections said it won’t
be producing the popu-
lar marshmallow sweets
for Halloween, Christ-
mas or Valentine’s Day
as the Bethlehem, Penn-
sylvania-based company
prepares for next Easter,
PennLive.com reports.
Production of the
holiday-shaped candies
was suspended in the
spring as the coronavi-
rus spread across the
state. Limited produc-
tion resumed in mid-May
with protocols in place to
protect employees, Just
Born said.
“This situation result-
ed in us having to make
the difficult decision to
forego production of our
seasonal candies for Hal-
loween, Christmas and
Valentine’s Day in order
to focus on meeting the
expected overwhelming
demand for Peeps for
next Easter season, as
well as our everyday can-
dies,” the company said.
For confectioners,
Easter is one of their big-
gest and busiest times
of the year as children
— and adults — use the
holiday as an excuse to
indulge in candy eggs
and chocolate bunnies.
Just Born, which has
been in business since
1923, said its other sea-
sonal confections are ex-
pected to return to store
shelves by Halloween
2021.
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Dakotas lead US in virus growth

as both reject mask rules
Infections have been spurred by schools reopening,
mass gatherings like the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Corona-
virus infections in the Dakotas are
growing faster than anywhere else
in the nation, fueling impassioned
debates over masks and personal
freedom after months in which the
two states avoided the worst of the
pandemic.
The argument over masks raged
this week in Brookings, South Dako-
ta, as the city council considered re-
quiring face coverings in businesses.
The city was forced to move its meet-
ing to a local arena to accommodate
intense interest, with many citizens
speaking against it, before the mask
requirement ultimately passed.
Amid the brute force of the pan-
demic, health experts warn that the
infections must be contained before
care systems are overwhelmed.
North Dakota and South Dakota
lead the country in new cases per
capita over the last two weeks, rank-
ing first and second respectively, ac-
cording to Johns Hopkins University
researchers.
South Dakota has also posted
some of the country’s highest posi-
tivity rates for COVID-19 tests in the
last week — over 17 percent — an
indication that there are more infec-
tions than tests are catching.
Infections have been spurred by
schools and universities reopening
and mass gatherings like the Sturgis
Motorcycle Rally, which drew hun-
dreds of thousands of people from
across the country.
“It is not a surprise that South
Dakota has one of the highest
(COVID-19) reproduction rates in
the country,” Brookings City Coun-
cil member Nick Wendell said as he
commented on the many people who
forgo masks in public.
The Republican governors of
both states have eschewed mask re-
quirements, tapping into a spirit of
independence hewn from enduring
the winters and storms of the Great
Plains.
The Dakotas were not always a
hot spot. For months, the states ap-
peared to avoid the worst of the pan-
demic, watching from afar as it raged
through large cities. But spiking in-
fection rates have fanned out across
the nation, from the East Coast to the
Sun Belt and now into the Midwest,
where states like Iowa and Kansas
are also dealing with surges.

Storm
Continued from Page 1A
pare for the storm im-
mediately. He also said
there are still many from
southwestern Louisiana
who evacuated from Hur-
ricane Laura into New Or-
leans — exactly the area
that could be hit by Sally,
which is a slow-moving
storm.
In Mandeville, a city
about 35 miles north of
New Orleans, resident
Chris Yandle has pur-
chased a week’s worth of
groceries and moved all
his patio furniture into his
family’s house and shed in
preparation for the storm.
“I’m mostly trying to
stay calm — especially
with a family of four and
a dog to worry about,”
Yandle said. “I’ve lived
through many hurricanes
growing up in Louisiana,
but I haven’t felt this anx-
ious about a hurricane in
my life.”
Mississippi officials
warned that the storm
was expected to coincide
with high tide, leading to
significant storm surge.
“It needs to be under-
stood by all of our friends
in the coastal region and
in south Mississippi that
if you live in low-lying ar-
eas, the time to get out is
early tomorrow morning,”
Gov. Tate Reeves said late
Sunday.
In Waveland, Missis-
sippi, Joey Chauvin used
rope to tie down a tall
wooden post topped with
a statue of a pelican serv-
ing as a marker at the
driveway leading to his
weekend camp. He said
a matching pelican mark-
er on the opposite side of
the driveway was washed
away in Tropical Storm
Cristobal earlier this sum-
mer. That storm pushed
more than 3 feet of water
into the area.
“If this one hits the
coast as a Cat 2, I’m think-
ing we’re gonna have at
least six to seven feet of
water where we’re stand-
ing at,” Chauvin said. “So,
yeah, we’re definitely not
going to stay.”
The system was mov-
ing west-northwest at 9
mph Monday morning. It
was centered 120 miles
east-southeast of the
mouth of the Mississippi
River, and 175 miles south-
east of Biloxi, Mississippi.
On Sunday, Florida’s Gulf
Coast was battered with
windy, wet weather.
Pensacola, on Florida’s
Panhandle, was bracing
for 10 to 15 inches of rain.
Sally could produce
rain totals up to 24 inches
by the middle of the week,
forecasters said. Its max-
imum sustained winds
Monday morning were 60
mph.
“That system is fore-
cast to bring not only
damaging winds but a
dangerous storm surge,”
said Daniel Brown of the
Hurricane Center. “Be-
cause it’s slowing down it
could produce a tremen-
dous amount of rainfall
over the coming days.”
For only the second
time in recorded histo-
ry, there are five tropical
cyclones churning in the
Atlantic basin, meteorolo-
gist Philip Klotzbach said.
The entire island of
Bermuda, where homes
are built to withstand
major hurricanes, was
inside the eye of Hurri-
cane Paulette on Monday
morning. Once a tropical
storm, Rene was forecast
to become a remnant low
Monday. Teddy became
a tropical storm Monday
morning, and was expect-
ed to become a hurricane
later in the week, forecast-
ers said. And, Tropical
Depression Twenty-One
formed Monday east of
the Cape Verde islands,
with the potential to be-
come a tropical storm.
A mandatory evacu-
ation has already been
issued in Grand Isle, Lou-
isiana, ahead of Sally. On
Saturday, New Orleans
Mayor LaToya Cantrell
issued a mandatory evac-
uation order for Orleans
Parish residents living
outside of the parish’s le-
vee protection system.
All northern Gulf
Coast states are urging
residents to prepare.
“It is likely that this
storm system will be im-
pacting Alabama’s Gulf
Coast. While it is current-
ly not being predicted as
a direct hit to our coastal
areas, we know well that
we should not take the
threat lightly,” said Ala-
bama Gov. Kay Ivey. She
urged residents to pre-
pare and stay informed
of the storm’s path in the
coming days.

Analysis
Continued from Page 1A
Because of the ballot
structure, there’s poten-
tial for confusion on the
medical marijuana ques-
tion.
Initiative 65 would le-
galize medical marijuana.
It is paired on the ballot
with Alternative Measure
65A, which would legalize
medical marijuana only
for people with debilitat-
ing conditions.
There’s a two-step
process for voting on 65
and 65A. The ballot first
instructs people to “Vote
for approval of either,
or against both.” It then
says, “And for vote for
one” — either 65 or 65A.
“Even if you vote
against both, you can
still vote for 65 or 65A
just in case this was to
pass,” Secretary of State
Michael Watson said in a
Facebook video.
Responding to ques-
tions from The Associat-
ed Press, Watson said Fri-
day that it’s OK for people
who vote against both 65
and 65A to skip the sec-
ond part. Their “no” vote
will still count.
Initiative 65 got on the
ballot because more than
100,000 registered voters
petitioned to put it there.
The alternative got on the
ballot because legislators
put it there, as state law
allows.
Putting an alternative
on the same ballot is gen-
erally seen as a way for
legislators to kill the orig-
inal proposal. That hap-
pened in 2015, when leg-
islators put an alternative
on the ballot along with a
school-funding proposal
that got there through the
petition process. Both the
initiative and the alterna-
tive failed.
The second measure
on this year’s Mississip-
pi ballot deals with the
election process, and it
got there because leg-
islators adopted House
Concurrent Resolution 47.
The proposed state con-
stitutional amendment
says that winning a race
for governor or any oth-
er statewide office would
require a simple majority;
if no candidate receives
that, the race would be
decided by a runoff.
The Mississippi Con-
stitution currently re-
quires a statewide can-
didate to win a majority
of the popular vote and a
majority of the electoral
vote. One electoral vote
goes to the candidate re-
ceiving the most support
in each of the 122 state
House districts. If nobody
wins both the popular
vote and the electoral
vote, the race is decided
by the state House. But
representatives are not
obligated to vote as their
districts did.
Mississippi is the only
state with the multistep
process for electing a gov-
ernor. The process was
written when white poli-
ticians across the South
were enacting laws to
erase Black political pow-
er gained during Recon-
struction. The separate
House vote was promot-
ed as a way for the white
ruling class have the final
say in who holds office.
Black plaintiffs sued
the state over its elector-
al process last year. Days
before the 2019 gover-
nor’s race, U.S. District
Judge Daniel P. Jordan III
wrote that he has “grave
concern” about the consti-
tutionality of the elector-
al vote provision. Jordan
wrote that the plaintiffs’
argument about violation
of one person, one vote is
“arguably ... their stron-
gest claim.”
The flag issue is on the
ballot because Mississip-
pi legislators voted in late
June to retire the last state
flag with the Confeder-
ate battle emblem. They
made the change under
pressure from business,
religious, education and
sports groups as wide-
spread protests against
racial injustice in the U.S.
focused attention on the
public display of Confed-
erate symbols.
A commission spent
weeks soliciting and re-
vising designs before
recommending a new
state flag with a magno-
lia. As required by law, it
includes the phrase, “In
God We Trust.” If a ma-
jority of voters accept the
magnolia design, it will
become the new flag. If
they reject it, the design
process starts again, still
with a prohibition on the
Confederate symbol.

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people don’t know this
about cattle, but when
you kill an animal, you
only get 20 ribeyes and
70 filets off of that heifer.
You can imagine ribeyes
are the most popular
item, so we supplement
our ribeyes with (meat
from Texas-based beef
producer) 44 Farms”
Will said the family
hoped to open the food
truck sooner, but the
pandemic made that
difficult. Surprisingly, he
said, that’s about the only
difficulty the business
has had despite opening
a month before most
businesses were ordered
to cease operations.
Meat sales went up after
Welcome Home Beef
offered curbside pickup
and made deliveries.
“Honestly it benefited
us with the meat short-
age and people cooking
more at home,” Will said.
“We managed it well. We
did everything we could
to take precautions. For
the most part, we were
able to stay open. God
kind of blessed us in that
way. I think it probably
helped business a little
bit.”
The Sanders family
is also thinking about
growing its business.
“I think the pandem-
ic has changed a lot of
things. We’re definitely
going to get on Door-
Dash and promote deliv-
ery,” Will said. “I think
that’s going to be here
to stay. We’re definitely
going to try and get into
more grocery stores.”
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HOW NOXUBEE COUNTY WIDE RECEIVER AJ FOWLER
FOUND FOOTBALL AGAIN AND CHANGED HIS LIFE
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
MACON — Speed is
Antonio “AJ” Fowler’s big-
gest asset on the football
field, the quality that al-
lows the Noxubee County
sophomore wide receiver
to make the game-break-
ing plays he routinely de-
livers.
It’s also what could
have gotten Fowler killed
someday.
Disillusioned with foot-
ball, he walked away from
the sport last fall, already
rocketing down a path
that all too often leads to
jail or prison or death.
Thankfully, he nev-
er got that far. Parents,
coaches and teammates
intervened, telling Fowl-
er to slow down before
he met those unpleasant
consequences — and not
to give up on the sport he
loved.
“Don’t do it,” they
warned him. “Don’t quit.
Keep on pushing.”
Fowler listened. He
showed up to the football
team’s summer workouts
in June with a whole new
attitude, devoting himself
to the sport instead of the
streets.
And less than a month
into the Tigers’ season,
he’s made a measurable
impact on the field and an
invaluable improvement
within himself.
“I’ve cried plenty
of nights happy that I
changed my life,” Fowler
said.
Walking away
Last season, Fowler
was the No. 1 receiver on
the Tigers’ junior varsity
team.
He was talented. Un-
doubtedly so. But he
wasn’t the player Noxu-
bee County coach Teddy
Young knew he could be.
Fowler typically
missed practice, only
showing up for games.
During those contests,
he didn’t respond well to
coaching. He talked back.
He was disrespectful.
“Last year, I didn’t
care,” Fowler said. “I felt
like I could do it.”
He said it was hard for
MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL
MSU QB Garrett Shrader working at receiver
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Gar-
rett Shrader’s time under
center has seemingly
reached an end.
After starting four
games in 10 appearances
a season ago while throw-
ing for 14 touchdowns,
Shrader is now working
as a slot receiver, accord-
ing to head coach Mike
Leach, after being sup-
planted as the No. 2 quar-
terback by freshman Will
Rogers.
Shrader, who came to
MSU rated the No. 7 du-
al-threat quarterback in
the 2019 class according
to the 247 Sports compos-
ite rankings, saw his pres-
ence most felt as a runner
last year. From his heli-
copter-like flight against
Kansas State to the 587
rush yards he accounted
for, he worked best as
him to concentrate on
sports because of his life
outside of them. He hung
around with his cousins
and friends he’d had since
he was small, and that led
to bad decisions.
Late at night, with
nothing else to do, they’d
decide to do what Fowl-
er called “dumb stuff”
in the streets of Macon.
They’d run from police,
sometimes nearly getting
caught.
As time went on, Fowl-
er’s attitude went south.
His love for football di-
minished.
“I had my mind set that
I didn’t want to play any-
more,” he said.
When the junior varsi-
ty season ended, Fowler
decided he was done with
the sport. He didn’t even
tell Young.
But an eventual return
to football was never gone
from his mind.
“Sometimes, late at
night, I’d be crying just
thinking about how good
I could be if I could get out
of the streets,” he said.
Back in the game
At one low point, Fowl-
er’s mother, Joann Harris,
sat her son down for a
cautionary tale: her broth-
er’s.
Fowler’s uncle has
been in prison since he
himself was a kid, and
his existence feels almost
foreign: Fowler has never
met him and doesn’t know
his name.
Harris warned her son
that if he kept making the
same bad decisions, he
could be headed for a sim-
ilar fate.
“She told me if I don’t
change my life, I’d be on
the same road as him,”
Fowler recalled.
The conversation
helped wake him up to
what he was facing. So did
his teammates.
Before football season
this year, a group of Ti-
gers — Travorus Hatcher,
Macardi Johnson, An-
thony Little, Shunterri-
on Sherrod, Dequadrion
Welch, Chrishaad Rupert
and Trillo Brown — took
Fowler aside.
a dual-threat in former
coach Joe Moorhead’s
RPO-based offense. Now
under the guidance of
Leach and his air raid of-
fense, Shrader’s passing
l i m it at ions
were mag-
nified in
camp after
he complet-
ed just 57.5
percent of
his 153 pass
attempts
Shrader
last year.
“The big-
gest thing is just getting
him tuned in,” Leach said
of Shrader’s flip to receiv-
er. “I think he’s got to get
in shape because there’s a
different type of shape in
playing quarterback than
receiver where you do all
the running. But no, he’s
looked impressive. He’s
got a sense of space and
routes, and he’s tough to
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Disillusioned with football, Noxubee County sophomore wide receiver AJ Fowler walked away from football at
the end of last year’s junior varsity season. But Fowler came back to the Tigers this year and plays a big role at
wideout.
“They told me that the
way I’m living, I need to
slow down because I’m
not going to be able to
make it,” Fowler said.
The words hit home
for Fowler, who was well
aware of the talent he pos-
sessed. He knew it was
time for a change.
So he made one.
He told his old friends
he was changing his
ways. They understood;
that made it easier.
“They’re with me no
matter if I’m in the streets
or playing sports,” Fowler
said.
He texted Young rou-
tinely, saying he was
ready to be part of the
team. The coach told
him to prove it. Again,
he did.
With the help of John-
son, a senior receiver,
bring down.”
For Rogers, he’s
earned wide acclaim
throughout the fall for
his ability to step in and
compete immediately.
Having been recruited
by Leach’s staff at Wash-
ington State and coming
from the same Brandon
High School program
that bred Cougar great
Gardner Minshew, there
was already a familiarity
between Rogers and the
new staff.
Now two weeks shy
of MSU’s season opener
against LSU, Leach said
Saturday if the game
were played today Stan-
ford graduate transfer
K.J. Costello would be
the starter.
“He’s a really talented
guy so you hate to leave
his talent on the shelf,”
Leach said of Shrader.
“Those other quarter-
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Fowler made it to every
day of summer work-
outs. He was nervous at
first after his time away.
That quickly wore off.
“The more he came,
the more he liked it,”
Johnson said.
Locked in
Now, Fowler runs
hard and gets in extra
work with Rupert, the
team’s starting quar-
terback, after practice.
He watches film and
texts Johnson about it
often. He works hard in
the weight room and re-
sponds more readily to
coaches’ comments. He
watches his favorite NFL
receivers — Tyreek Hill,
DeAndre Hopkins and
Julio Jones — in hopes
of reaching their level
backs, they don’t have
some of the gifts that
Garrett does and so the
idea of moving them to
another position, I mean
that’s not really very do-
able. Their next position,
some of them, is probably
coach.”
Mississippi State
cornerback Javorrius
Selmon opts out of
2020 season
A third Mississippi
State football player has
opted out of the 2020 sea-
son over COVID-19 con-
cerns.
A source with knowl-
edge of the situation con-
firmed to The Dispatch
Sunday afternoon that
freshman cornerback
Javorrius Selmon will
not play this fall due to
uncertainty regarding
See MSU, 3B
someday.
“I can tell that he’s
dedicated himself to be-
ing a football player and
being a student-athlete,”
Young said.
Young said he’s not
surprised Fowler came
back: He knew the wide-
out loved football: Fowler
texted Young about it all
the time. It was a matter
of everything else, and
Fowler came through.
“He had to make up
his mind that he want-
ed to get away from the
crowd he was hanging
with and just make it bet-
ter for himself,” Young
said.
So far, that decision is
paying off for Fowler and
Noxubee County.
In the Tigers’ Aug. 28
scrimmage at Louisville,
Fowler opened things
Saints intercept
Brady twice in 34-
23 win over Bucs
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS —
Tom Brady was intercept-
ed twice in his Tampa
Bay debut, Alvin Kamara
scored touchdowns run-
ning and receiving, and
the New Orleans Saints
beat the Buccaneers 34-
23 on Sunday.
The first of Brady’s
interceptions led to Ka-
mara’s 6-yard touch-
down run. The second
pick thrown by the new,
43-year-old Bucs QB
— who left the New En-
gland Patriots in free
agency after 20 years
and six Super Bowl tri-
umphs — was returned
36 yards for a touchdown
by Janoris Jenkins.
Neither quarterback
was statistically excep-
tional in this first-ever
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with an 80-yard kickoff
return touchdown. On
Friday at Philadelphia,
he hauled in a pass from
Rupert and went down the
right sideline for a score.
“Ever since the season
started, he’s been locked
in,” Johnson said.
And the people for
whom it matters are tak-
ing notice, Fowler said. A
couple of his friends who
quit the football team in
the past have thought
about following in Fowl-
er’s footsteps.
“They saw I can do it,
so they can do it,” Fowler
said.
Fowler said he’s proud
of what he did, and see-
ing what he’s inspired just
motivates him even more
to keep it going.
“It makes me go hard
every day,” he said.
NFL game featuring two
quarterbacks in their
40s.
The 41-year-old Drew
Brees passed for 160
yards and two TDs, but
he also avoided critical
mistakes. He did not turn
the ball over and took
only one sack. His first
TD pass was a dump-off
to Kamara from 12 yards
out. In the fourth quarter
he hit free-agent signing
Emmanuel Sanders for a
5-yard score.
Few witnessed this
historically significant
quarterback matchup in
person, with government
leaders and the Saints
having agreed that no
fans should attend the
opener amid the corona-
virus pandemic.
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Thiem 1st since 1949 to win US Open after ceding 1st 2 sets
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — A U.S.
Open unlike any other
finished unlike any other
— and Dominic Thiem
constructed a comeback
the likes of which hadn’t
been seen in 71 years.
After dropping the
opening two sets against
Alexander Zverev on
Sunday at a nearly emp-
ty Arthur Ashe Stadium
— fans were banned be-
cause of the coronavi-
rus pandemic — Thiem
slowly but surely turned
things around for a 2-6,
4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (6) victo-
ry across more than four
hours to earn his first ma-
jor championship.
The 27-year-old from
Austria is the first man to
win the American Grand
Slam tournament after
trailing 2-0 in sets in the
final since Pancho Gon-
zalez did it against Ted
Schroeder in 1949 at an
event then known as the
U.S. Championships and
held in Forest Hills.
Not only that, but in
a fitting finish to an un-
precedented two weeks,
this match was decided
by a fifth-set tiebreaker,
something that had never
happened in this tourna-
ment’s final.
“I wish we could have
two winners today,”
Thiem said. “I think we
both deserved it.”
When it ended on a
groundstroke flubbed
by Zverev, a 23-year-old
from Germany, the wea-
ry Thiem collapsed on
his back way behind the
baseline. Zverev — who
himself came within two
points of the victory —
walked around the net
to offer a handshake and
hug to his pal, two ges-
tures rarely spotted in
this era of social distanc-
ing.
“I wish you would have
missed a little bit more
so I could have held that
trophy up,” Zverev said,
choking up when he men-
tioned his parents, “but
here I am, giving the run-
ner’s-up speech.”
As Thiem stepped
forward to pose for pic-
tures with his shiny new
bit of hardware, Zverev
remained a few feet be-
hind, one hand clutching
his less-impressive silver
tray, the other hand on a
hip.
Thiem had come in 0-3
in Grand Slam finals, but
always faced Rafael Na-
dal or Novak Djokovic in
those others. This time,
he was the favorite and
came out jittery, but even-
tually worked his way out
of that, while Zverev went
from cool and confident
to passive and pushed
around.
The fifth set was just
as back-and-forth as the
other four, the mistakes
rising with the tension
and the history in the off-
ing.
Thiem broke in the
opening game when
Zverev shanked a pair of
forehands. Zverev broke
right back — and pierced
the silence with a rare cry
of “Come on!” — when
Thiem double-faulted.
Then it was Zverev’s
turn to nose ahead,
breaking for a 5-3 lead
when Thiem sent a down-
the-line backhand wide
and leaned over, gasping
for air.
But with a chance to
serve out the biggest win
of his nascent career,
Zverev faltered, getting
broken right back when
he pushed a volley into
the net.
That began a three-
game run for Thiem, who
broke to lead 6-5, earning
his own chance to serve
for it, when Zverev netted
a backhand, followed by a
long forehand.
After having a train-
er check on his right
leg during the ensu-
ing changeover, Thiem
couldn’t seal the deal, ei-
ther, and eventually need-
ed a trio of match points
to end it.
While this was the No.
7-ranked Zverev’s first
Slam final, this was the
first one that Thiem was
supposed to win, follow-
ing losses to Nadal at the
French Open in 2018 and
2019, then to Djokovic at
the Australian Open this
February — back before
the pandemic upended
the world and put tennis
on a five-month hiatus.
Instead of wild ap-
plause and loud shouts
greeting great exchang-
es, the soundtrack at Ar-
thur Ashe Stadium main-
ly came from outside the
largest court in tennis,
courtesy of roaring air-
planes, rumbling trains,
revving car engines,
honking horns and wail-
ing sirens. There was the
occasional polite applause
from the dozens of tour-
nament workers allowed
in the stands — and, deep
into the match, yells from
the players’ entourages.
But the louder crowd
noise heard by TV view-
ers was fake, added by the
broadcaster.
Unable to draw from
support in what’s always
been an electric environ-
ment, on an evening that
felt more like a glorified
practice session than a
match with so much at
stake, both men were
sluggish at times, listless,
even. The play was hardly
perfect: They combined
for 120 unforced errors to
only 95 winners. In a cu-
rious parallel, Zverev bal-
anced his 15 aces with 15
double-faults, and Thiem
had eight in each catego-
ry.
Normally, the U.S.
Open closes each Grand
Slam season, but what
about 2020 has been nor-
mal?
“Strange times,”
Thiem called it.
Because of the
COVID-19 outbreak,
Wimbledon was canceled
for the first time since
World War II, while the
French Open was post-
poned from its originally
scheduled May start and
now will begin in two
weeks.
So the tennis world
quickly shifts to Europe-
an clay after an unusual
two-tournament hard-
court doubleheader in
Flushing Meadows —
called “a crazy idea” by
U.S. Tennis Association
CEO Mike Dowse on Sun-
day.
The U.S. Open was
preceded at its site by
the Western & Southern
Open, which moved from
Ohio to New York as part
of a “controlled environ-
ment” to limit travel.
Another way in which
this whole event was dif-
ferent: A member of the
Big Three of men’s tennis
— Roger Federer, Nadal
or Djokovic — had won
the preceding 13 major
trophies. But Federer and
Nadal didn’t enter the
U.S. Open, while Djokov-
ic was defaulted in the
fourth round for acciden-
tally hitting a line judge
with a ball he smacked
in anger after dropping a
game.
Thiem — barely, just
barely — was the one who
took advantage of the
chance to sneak into the
club of champions.
“I want to congratulate
Dominic on the first of
many Grand Slam titles,”
Zverev said. “I think this
is not the only one.”

Keselowski dominates in playoff win at Richmond

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHMOND, Va. —
Brad Keselowski entered
NASCAR’s playoffs cer-
tain he has as good a
chance at the Cup cham-
pionship as favorites Kev-
in Harvick and Denny
Hamlin.
He even predicted
he’d win at Richmond
Raceway.
His confidence was
justified as Keselows-
ki dominated Saturday
night at Richmond Race-
way, leading 192 laps in
the second playoff race
and advancing into the
next round.
On a night when the
only caution flags were
scheduled by NASCAR,
leading to plenty of
green-flag pit stops that
jumbled the leaderboard,
Keselowski kept rising to
the top.
“I tell you, it’s a chess
game and I got blinders
on,” Keselowski said. “I
don’t know what every-
body is doing and who
is where and who is on
what strategy, but (crew
chief) Jeremy Bullins,
the whole 2 team, excel-
lent performance.”
Harvick, the title fa-
vorite, won last week’s
opener to earn the auto-
matic berth into the sec-
ond round. Hamlin, de-
railed at his home track
of Richmond by a speed-
ing penalty, finished 12th
but still advanced into
the next round based on
points.
Keselowski was the
only driver able to run
with Harvick and Hamlin
when racing resumed in
May following a pause
for the pandemic. He
won three earlier races,
earned a contract exten-
sion at Team Penske and
steadfastly maintained
he should not be dis-
counted in the title race.
He didn’t do a cele-
bratory burnout after
making good on his Rich-
mond prediction because
that specific No. 2 Ford
has won twice in as many
races this year and Kes-
elowski wants it intact for
the championship-decid-
ing finale at Phoenix.
That doesn’t mean
he thinks he’s already
locked up a berth in the
title race.
“We’ve got to get
there,” he said. “The last
two years I haven’t made
it all the way, so we’ve got
to get all the way there,
but if we can get to Phoe-
nix, we’re gonna be real-
ly good. ... I don’t want
to look too far ahead, the
next round is going to be
really difficult, but still I
am really pumped about
this performance.”
Keselowski also gave
Team Penske a sweep
of the day — Will Power
won for the IndyCar arm
of the organization earli-
er Saturday.
Harvick, Hamlin and
Keselowski are the only
drivers locked into the
next round of the play-
offs. Hamlin has six
wins, but just ne in the
last nine races, leading
to frustration.
“It just seemed like
once the track rubbered
up, we just weren’t any
good,” he said.
Headed into next Sat-
urday night’s elimination
race at Bristol Motor
Speedway, William By-
ron, Cole Custer, Matt
DiBenedetto and Ryan
Blaney are below the cut-
off line.
Martin Truex Jr. fin-
ished second at Rich-
mond, followed by Kes-
elowski teammate Joey
Logano and Austin Dil-
lon, who has opened the
playoffs with back-to-
back top-five finishes
for the first time in his
career. Harvick finished
seventh.
“I wanted to win and
going for three in a row
here would have been
pretty cool,” Truex, who
swept both races on the
0.75-mile oval last sea-
son, said. There still
was satisfaction, though.
“When your car is off
and you can run second,
it says a lot about yout
team.”
Logano called it a
“pick your poison” night
when adjustments never
got his car quite right,
but was happy to get his
second consecutive third
place finish in the post-
season.
“We’re doing what we
have to do. We scored
stage points and a top
five and puts us in a pret-
ty good spot for next
weekend,” Logano said.
“... You can top-three,
top-five all the way to
Phoenix if you keep do-
ing this.”

Duvall, Albies power a 4-2 lead into the sixth,
and Scherzer had already
Braves to 8-4 triumph thrown 104 pitches. Man-
over Nationals ager Dave Martinez sent
WASHINGTON — the three-time Cy Young
Adam Duvall and Ozzie Award winner out to start
Albies each hit a two-run the inning, and stuck with
homer off a laboring Max him after Dansby Swan-
Scherzer, and the Atlan- son flied out and Nick
ta Braves rallied past the Markakis singled.
Washington Nationals 8-4 Two pitches later, Du-
on Sunday. vall blasted his major
Kyle Wright pitched six league-leading ninth ho-
innings for his first major mer in September. The
league win, helping Atlan- drive to deep center was
ta take three of four from his 14th homer overall this
Washington. season.
The Nationals carried Martinez still didn’t
change pitchers, and Aus-
tin Riley looped a single to
right before Albies lashed
his third homer to center.
“I had an extra day
coming into the start, got
two extra days coming
up, bullpen’s been taxed,
threw five innings, I’m
thinking there I need
to get through the sixth
inning,” Scherzer said.
“We got three of the four
right-handed hitters com-
ing up, that’s an opportu-
nity for me to go out there
and try to get through that
inning. There’s no reason
why I should come out of
the game after the fifth
inning.”
Scherzer (4-3) struck
out 10 while throwing 119
pitches in 5 1/3 innings.
He allowed six runs for
the first time since yield-
ing seven against Miami
on April 20, 2019.
“We get to the sixth in-
ning and it was all about
location that inning,” Mar-
tinez said. “He’s our ace.
And when you have these
conversations and you’re
watching him and he says
he feels good, for me, who
else do you want out there
in the sixth inning?”
Wright (1-4), who was
0-7 with a 7.86 ERA in 16
career appearances be-
fore Sunday, allowed three
earned runs and eight
hits.
“It took a lot longer
than expected,” Wright
said of his first victory. “I
felt like I kind of got away
from myself a little bit.
Now I’m slowly getting
back to where I need to
be. I still have a long way
to go, but I definitely like
the way I am trending.”
The 24-year-old had
pitched more than four
innings just once in his
five previous starts in
2020.
“He’s experiencing
things and he’s figuring
himself out,” Braves man-
ager Brian Snitker said.
“It’s really good. I’ve had
multiple talks with him
about how good his stuff
is. How good he can be.
He doesn’t have to take a
backseat to anybody and
you saw it today.” 
SOURCE: AP
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Wilson throws 4 TD passes, Seahawks beat Falcons 38-25

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — The Se-
attle Seahawks let Russell
Wilson do the cooking.
The only thing he
burned was the Atlanta
Falcons.
Showing what he can
do when given a chance
to open up the offense,
Wilson threw four touch-
down passes to lead the
Seahawks to a 38-25 victo-
ry over the Falcons in the
season opener Sunday.
Wilson dished out
throws to nine receivers,
field, but instead of going
for the first down with a
short throw, Wilson lofted
one to DK Metcalf, who
was streaking toward the
end zone.
Metcalf beat corner-
back Isaiah Oliver and
hauled in the perfect-
ly thrown ball without
breaking stride to push
Seattle to a 21-12 lead.
“They made a good
stop on third down and
were all celebrating,” Wil-
son said. “I looked at the
sideline and said, ‘OK,
let’s go after ’em.’ I want-
for Atlanta was Matt Ryan
going past John Elway
for ninth on the NFL ca-
reer passing yardage list.
Matty Ice was 37 of 54 for
450 yards and two touch-
downs, the second-high-
est yardage total of his
career.
Even that wasn’t
enough against Wilson.
“Just being himself,”
Falcons defensive tackle
Grady Jarrett said. “He’s
a premier player in this
league for a reason.”
Taking a knee
when the play is reviewed.
Up next
Seahawks: Host Cam
Newton and the New En-
gland Patriots in their
home opener next Sun-
day.
Falcons: Travel to Dal-
las to take on the Cow-
boys next Sunday.
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enough offense to slip
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“We wanted to spread
the ball around,” Wilson
said. “We wanted to get
the ball to a lot of different
guys. We wanted to be ag-
gressive in our approach.”
That sort of talk will
surely be pleasing to Se-
ahawks fans, who have
pleaded with the team to
“Let Russ Cook” — es-
sentially a call to be more
aggressive offensively
from the start rather than
relying on Wilson to keep
leading dramatic come-
backs.
How did that work out?
The Seahawks threw
on 21 of their first 35
plays. More tellingly, Wil-
son dropped back to pass
on seven of 12 first-down
plays in the opening half,
and ran it himself two oth-
er times. There were only
three handoffs in those
situations.
“Russell was in total
command of the game,”
Seattle coach Pete Carroll
said.
Wilson threw a pair
of TD passes in the first
quarter as Seattle built a
14-12 halftime lead. He
added two more in the
third quarter to put the
Falcons away in a game
played with no fans at
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
because of the coronavi-
rus pandemic.
The biggest play of all
came after the Falcons
made what looked to be
a crucial stop, leaving the
Seahawks with fourth-
and-5 at the Atlanta 38.
The offense stayed on the
from its own 33. Blocking
back Sharrod Neasman
took a direct snap and had
enough for the first down
on a run up the middle,
only to fumble the ball
away. It was recovered by
Seattle’s Freddie Swain at
the 36.
Five plays later, Wilson
zipped his fourth TD pass
of the game, a 7-yarder to
new tight end Greg Olsen.
The 35-year-old was let
go after spending the last
nine years at Carolina,
where he faced the Fal-
cons twice a season.
Wilson hooked up with
running back Chris Car-
son on his first two scor-
ing passes.
A 3-yard TD toss was
set up by a 41-yard pass in-
terference penalty against
Ricardo Allen that erased
a third-and-23 hole. After
the Falcons were stopped
on a fourth-and-3 play
from their own 40, Wilson
went to Carson again on a
screen pass for a 19-yard
score.
The Falcons outgained
the Seahawks 506 yards
to 383, with Julio Jones,
Calvin Ridley and Russell
Gage all collecting more
than 100 receiving yards.
But Atlanta came up short
all four times it tried to
convert on fourth down.
It was not a promising
start to a make-or-break
year for Falcons coach
Dan Quinn, who kept his
job despite back-to-back
losing seasons. He likely
must lead Atlanta to the
playoffs to return in 2021.
The only bright spot
play of the game.
As the opening kickoff
by Seattle’s Jason Myers
sailed through the end
zone, all 22 players re-
mained in place and took
a knee. After a few sec-
onds, they stood back up,
trotted off the field and
the game carried on with
the Falcons taking the
ball at their own 25.
“It was good to have
both organizations come
together and do some-
thing together,” Jarrett
said. “I think it will help
spark conversations for
change.”
Civil rights leader John
Lewis, a longtime con-
gressman from Atlanta
who died in July, also was
honored as every play-
er wore white armbands
with the initials “JL” and
the team logos.
In addition, the Falcons
made Lewis an honorary
captain. A black jersey
with his name was draped
over an empty spot on the
Atlanta bench.
Injury report
Seahawks: DE Ra-
sheem Green went out in
the first half with a shoul-
der injury.
Falcons: Gage took a
shot to the head on a hel-
met-to-helmet hit by new
Seattle S Jamal Adams in
the second quarter. After
being evaluated for a pos-
sible concussion, Gage
was cleared to return in
the second half. Adams
was not penalized on the
play but could face dis-
cipline from the league
based onthe a 9x9
tered just enough offense is to place numbers 4 9 1 5 8 2 6 7 3
— and got just enough grid
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only once. The difficulty 1 5 2 4 3 6 8 9 7
but showed they still have that each row, each
level increases from
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Monday
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Difficulty Level 9/12
hind journeyman Tyrod
the same number only once. The difficulty level
Taylor.
increases from Monday to Sunday.
Taylor — LA’s starter
for now, with rookie Jus-
tin Herbert awaiting his
opportunity — and run-
ning back Austin Ekeler
chipped away at the im-
proved Bengals defense
and found just enough
cracks to escape with a
16-13 win. The Chargers
got a break when Randy
Bullock missed a 31-yard Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
field goal that would have
tied the game with 7 sec-
onds left, thwarting a
last-minute rally by Ben-
gals rookie quarterback
Joe Burrow.
Taylor, who has had
stints with Baltimore, Buf-
falo and Cleveland, was
a mundane 16 for 30 for
208 yards. Rookie Joshua
Kelley ran for the only
Chargers touchdown, and
Michael Badgley booted
three field goals.
“Early on in the game,
a little out of synch,” Tay-
lor said. “And I’ll take full
blame for that. We have to
be better on third down,
and that starts with me.
We can do that. As the
game progressed more
and more we were able to
get on the same page.”
Ekeler carried 19 times
for 84 yards, and Hunter
Henry caught five passes
for 73 yards.

Saints
Continued from Page 1B
That turned the nor-
mally deafening 73,000-
seat Superdome into
more of an echo chamber.
When Wil Lutz’s field goal
put New Orleans up 17-7,
the squeaking of pulleys
could be heard across the
stadium as the net behind
the goal post was lowered.
Tight end Jared Cook
caught five passes for 80
yards for New Orleans,
highlighted by a 46-yard
reception down the left
side that set up Sanders’
TD.
Brady was 15 of 28
passing for 157 yards and
one TD through the first
54 minutes of the game.
He padded his numbers
in garbage time, finishing
with 239 yards and two
TDs, the second scoring
strike going to Mike Ev-
ans with 2:41 left.
Tampa Bay’s opening
drive was promising for
Brady, who the Bucs hope
can lead them to their
first playoff appearance
since the 2007 season.
He lofted a 26-yard
completion to Chris
ACROSS
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5 Library stamp
10 Heap
11 Martini gar-
Godwin along the right goal attempt in the first only catch was his late, nishes
sideline, drew a pass in- half and had a sack in the 2-yard TD. DL Rakeem 13 Prayer finish
terference penalty with a fourth quarter. Receiv- Nunez-Roches was down 14 Give to
22-yard attempt to Mike er Bennie Fowler recov- and briefly attended to by charity
Evans and capped the ered a muffed kickoff at team staff late in the first 15 Prom date’s
drive with a 2-yard keep- the Tampa Bay 18 in the quarter before walking gift
er, after which he emphat- fourth quarter. That set off on his own. 17 Immoral act
ically spiked the ball off up a 21-yard field goal Saints: Two-time All- 18 Tempts
the turf. that made it a three-score Pro WR Michael Thomas 19 Lyricist Ger-
After that, however, his game with 8:01 left. appeared to be limping shwin
turnovers helped stake in the fourth quarter of 20 Hockey great
the Saints to a lead they Interference a game in which he had Bobby Sunday’s answer
would not relinquish. Defensive pass inter- just three catches for 17 21 Verse writer 41 Declares retirees
ference penalties had a yards. New RB Ty Mont- 22 Crumpet’s DOWN 22 Grew old
Social justice considerable effect on the gomery appeared shaken cousin 1 Word sep- 23 Fast sailing
Both teams largely game. The Saints were up after special teams 25 Good judg- arator ship
stood along the sidelines flagged four times for 101 play in the third quarter ment 2 Shakespeare’s 24 Surpassed
during the national an- yards, with all of those but was able to walk to 26 Greek letters Athenian 25 Aching
them. calls occurring during the the sideline. Hunt also
One exception was Bucs’ first three scoring
27 Mafia leader 3 Vigilant 27 Hate
required attention on the
Saints safety and Players drives. A 33-yard interfer- 28 Gallery fill 4 Causes of 29 Makes roads
field in the third quarter 29 Keep at it stress 30 Delhi’s land
Coalition co-founder Mal- ence penalty against Tam-
and walked off. 33 Young fellow 5 Los Angeles 31 Unemotional
colm Jenkins, who trotted pa Bay at its own 6-yard
to the Saints bench area line set up Kamara’s sec- 34 Eroded player 32 Bullfight bulls
after the anthem had fin- ond touchdown of the Up next 35 Change over 6 African lilies 36 — Fail (Irish
ished. game. Officials called de- Buccaneers: Contin- time 7 Light metal coronation
fensive pass interference ue NFC South play when 37 Smell 8 Vague answer stone)
Fortuitous moves six times for 149 yards on Brady makes his home 38 Refuses 9 Stops working
The Saints saw two both teams combined. debut against Carolina on 39 Spanish boy 12 Capitol group
players activated from Sunday. 40 Minimal 16 Plot unit
the practice squad on Injury report Saints: Take part in the amount 21 Funds for
Friday come up with big Buccaneers: Evans first NFL game played in
special teams plays. De- played after missing prac- Las Vegas, the Raiders’
fensive end Margus Hunt tice the past week with home opener on Monday
blocked a 54-yard field a hamstring injury. His night, Sept. 21.

MSU
Continued from Page 1B
the ongoing coronavirus
pandemic. Paul Jones of
247Sports first reported
the news.
Selmon arrived at
MSU as a three-star pros-
pect, the No. 607 player
in the class of 2020 and
No. 17-rated player in
Mississippi according to
247Sports Composite.
The Jackson native is now
the second cornerback to
opt out of the season after
junior Tyler Williams did
so earlier this offseason.
With Selmon and Wil-
liams not playing this
fall, MSU is now left with
just nine cornerbacks on
its current roster. Sopho-
more Martin Emerson is
the most experienced of
the bunch having played
all 13 games a season
ago, but the Bulldogs
are severely lacking in
grizzled veterans at the
position.
Wide receiver Taury
Dixon was the second
player to announce his in-
tentions to opt out of the
season after Williams.
Dixon noted in a Twitter
post on Aug. 24 that he in-
tends to graduate trans-
fer in December.
MSU is entering its
first season under head
coach Mike Leach, who
took over for the now-de-
parted Joe Moorhead.
Leach was 55-47 in eight
years as the head coach at
Washington State prior to
his arrival in Starkville.
The Bulldogs are set to
open their season at 2:30
p.m. on Sept. 26 against
defending national cham-
pion LSU in Baton Rouge.
Capacity at Tiger Stadium
is expected to be limit-
ed to 25 percent due to
COVID-19 concerns.
MSU’s first home
game of the year is set
for 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 3
against Arkansas.
4B MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Nuggets do it again, taking Clippers to Game 7 in West
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAKE BUENA VIS-
TA, Fla. — Flights home
from the NBA’s bubble are
planned whenever a team
is on the cusp of elimina-
tion, just in case they’re
needed.
Denver is in no hurry to
board that plane.
The never-say-die Nug-
gets pulled off another
season-saving comeback
— and, after rallying from
19 points down with 22
minutes remaining, they’ll
see the Los Angeles Clip-
pers in Game 7 on Tues-
day night for a berth in
the Western Conference
finals.
Nikola Jokic had 34
points, 14 rebounds and
seven assists, and the Nug-
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
gets topped the Clippers
111-98 on Sunday to even
their West semifinal se-
ries at three games apiece.
The Nuggets will try to
become the first team in
NBA history to rally from
a pair of 3-1 deficits in the
same postseason, after do-
ing so against Utah in the
West first round.
“I’m running out of
adjectives, superlatives,
whatever you want to call
it to speak on our team,”
Nuggets coach Michael
Malone said. “That is a
tough, resilient group of
you-know-whats. I love
our team. I love our team.
I love our toughness.”
Jamal Murray scored
21 for Denver, which got 16
from Gary Harris, 13 from
Michael Porter Jr. and 10
FAMILY CIRCUS
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
from Monte Morris. The
Nuggets outscored the
Clippers 62-27 over a diz-
zying 20-minute stretch of
the second half, turning
everything around.
“I don’t know how we
did it, to be honest,” Jok-
ic said. “That’s an amaz-
ing team. They are really
talented, well-coached.
They’re really scary.”
Paul George had 33
points, Kawhi Leonard
scored 25 and Lou Wil-
liams had 14 for the Clip-
pers, who are now 0-7 in
games where they could
clinch a trip to the confer-
ence finals.
The Clippers were out-
scored by 29 after half-
time, their worst such
deficit of the season.
“It’s frustrating,” Clip-
pers coach Doc Rivers
said. “Listen, when you de-
cide to be a coach it’s not
going to be roses every
day. We clearly have the
right formula as far as how
we’re playing and then we
keep losing it.”
The Nuggets were
down 16 at the half —
the fourth time out of six
games in the series when
they trailed by at least that
many in a game — and
eventually fell behind by
as many as 19 in the third
quarter.
“I just think we’re a re-
ally good team,” Murray
said. “It shouldn’t get to
this point.”
Of course, the Nuggets
flourish when they’re in
trouble.
They saved their sea-
Dear Abby
D
EAR
ABBY: I’m
considered
an essential em-
ployee during this
pandemic. I am
writing on behalf
of myself and all
retail workers.
First let me
say that it is my
pleasure to serve
on the front line.
We are all a little
apprehensive, but
we feel we are
called to help.
Our problem:
Dear Abby
A lot of shoppers
coming into our stores are
extremely rude to us. They are
angry when they encounter
longer lines and waiting times.
One customer actually spit on
a plexiglass shield we put up
to protect our cashiers. They
also bring small children and
babies in with them to shop.
We have been cursed
at and yelled at for reasons
beyond our control. Please let
the public know we are trying
our best to serve them even
though a lot of us are afraid
for our health and the health
of our families. My daugh-
ter is a nurse, and she has
experienced some of the same
things. -- IN THIS TOGETHER
DEAR IN THIS: Your letter
carries an important message.
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept.
14). You’re not stuck in one way
of claiming the life you want.
You go boldly into this new era,
making fresh connections,
adjusting your views and retro-
fitting the old plans to create
a new future. With loved ones,
you refuse to coast on your past
successes and will have fun
working on your relationships.
Sagittarius and Pisces adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 9,
3, 33, 18 and 44.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You have a fear to overcome,
and overcome it you will — first
in tiny steps, and then in one
big leap. You’ll work your way to
a course of action of which you
can later be proud.
son in Game 5 of the open-
ing round by rallying from
15 points down in the third
quarter against Utah to set
the tone for a rally from a
3-1 series deficit. They
saved themselves again
in Game 5 of this series,
getting down by 16 before
coming back to save the
season again.
On Sunday, it was more
of the same.
George hit a 3-pointer
shortly after halftime for a
19-point lead and Leonard
made a pair of free throws
with 8:27 left in the third
quarter to put the Clippers
up 73-55. That’s appar-
ently when the Nuggets
decided it was time to get
going.
Over the next 10
minutes, the Nuggets
There is no
excuse for the
abuse you have
described. Fear,
stress and ex-
tended isolation
have brought
out the worst in
some of us.
I don’t offer
this in an at-
tempt to excuse
unacceptable
behavior, but the
customers you
describe appear
to be so upset
and on edge
that they can no
longer control their emotions.
Yes -- some of them are also
entitled, impatient and arro-
gant. Personally, I think that
when a customer acts out, the
store manager should step
in and remove that person
from the premises. Some
stores have increased their
security staff to deal with this.
If enough managers did this,
customers would be put on
notice that bad behavior won’t
be tolerated.
P.S. As to mothers with
babies and small children who
are unable to arrange for child
care while they shop, try to
cut them some slack because
they may be doing it because
they have no other choice.
DEAR ABBY: My situation
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’re looking forward to an
event and, at the same time,
dreading it. If it weren’t so, it
wouldn’t be worth committing
to. You’re better for having such
milestone markers in your life.
Embrace the awful excitement.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). Emotional growth doesn’t
always go with physical growth.
While you can see when a
person is physically grown,
you have to test for emotional
growth, which you do in small
ways when you’re getting to
know a person.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Tantrums are the communica-
tion style of a person who feels
powerless. No one who feels
outscored the Clippers
30-8. Denver had eight
different players score in
that stretch, Murray and
Morris scoring seven
apiece, and the big defi-
cit became an 85-81 lead
with 10:16 left.
“It’s not that we don’t
respect them,” George
said. “We respect the
opponent. They got this
far for a reason. They’ve
been together for a while
so they’re a connected
group. They’ve been
here. They’ve been a part
of a lot of Game 7s.”
Another one awaits.
“It’s going to sound
weird or funny or what-
ever, but we don’t care,”
Jokic said. “We’re just go-
ing to go there and have
fun.”
concerns my significant other’s
18-year-old daughter. I have
been dating (now living with)
“Frank” for two years. I have
been a big help to him. With a
healthy diet and loving care, I
have helped him to lose more
than 50 pounds, which got him
off insulin that we were paying
$250 every 10 days for.
I have always been nice
to his daughter, “Franny,”
on the rare occasions I have
been around her. I wasn’t in
the picture when her parents
divorced. Frank’s family, i.e.
sister and son, have accepted
me, and his sister tells me
often how much she loves
me and appreciates all I have
done for her brother.
Franny, on the other hand,
refuses to visit him or even
call him “unless he gets rid of
me.” He loves me, but I worry
this is breaking his heart. He
naturally loves his daughter.
The reason she says she
hates me is, I’m older than he
is -- actually, quite a bit older.
Should I approach her to talk
about it, or should I just leave
things as they are? -- “OLD”
GAL IN THE SOUTH
DEAR GAL: You are not
responsible for Frank’s pain
or his daughter’s attempts at
emotional blackmail. Leave
things as they are. The person
to talk some sense into Franny
is her father, not you.
powerful has the need for big
displays of rage. Your compas-
sion and patience will be called
on.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Unfortunately, the busywork
does matter; it matters quite a
lot. Smooth dealings will be the
result of details that are well
aligned with the procedures
and expectations of all involved
parties.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). It is not wrong to seek
status, but it is also excellent to
recognize the unsustainability
of the goal. High-status stations
run on cycles and obey laws of
relativity.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You care about someone and
every time you do that, the one
you care about gains a little
bit of power over you. A key bit
of your life is in this person’s
hands. It’s scary but part of
being fully alive.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Everyone is dealing with
the same threats, doubts and
anxieties. It doesn’t make your
own worries any less signifi-
cant, but it does make you feel
a sense of belonging and an
impetus to help the others.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). The world of fiction
provides what reality cannot.
Escapism isn’t necessarily a
vice. It helps you get perspec-
tive, as well as lifting some of
your perceived limits.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Ego loss hurts, but it is
worth it today as a reduced ego
allows for entering into the spirit
of another and returning to your
own lens with a different and
deeper understanding of the
world.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). When you were small, you
got angry and exploded. Also,
when you were bigger. But
robust self-assertion is now an
option to you, not a knee-jerk
reaction and that right there is a
mark of emotional growth.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Take no shortcuts. There
will be something deeply satis-
fying, not to mention necessary,
about going through all of the
motions. Amidst the details, you
will find answers.
On all fours
SOLUTION:
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Fires raise fight over climate change before Trump’s visit

‘This is truly the bellwether for climate change
on the West Coast. And this is a wake-up call
for all of us that we have got to do everything
in our power to tackle climate change.’
BY LINDSAY WHITEHURST
AND SAR A CLINE
The Associated Press/Report
for America
BEAVERCREEK, Ore. —
With crews battling wildfires
that have killed at least 35 peo-
ple, destroyed neighborhoods
and enveloped the West Coast
in smoke, another fight has
emerged: leaders in the Demo-
cratic-led states and President
Donald Trump have clashed
over the role of climate change
ahead of his visit Monday to
California.
California, Oregon and
Washington state have seen
historic wildfires that have
burned faster and farther than
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
ever before. Numerous studies
in recent years have linked big-
ger wildfires in the U.S. to glob-
al warming from the burning of
coal, oil and gas.
The Democratic governors
say the fires are a consequence
of climate change, while the
Trump administration has
blamed poor forest manage-
ment for the flames that have
raced through the region and
made the air in places like Port-
land, Oregon, Seattle and San
Francisco some of the worst in
the world.
Trump is headed to McClel-
lan Park, a former air base just
outside Sacramento, California,
White House spokesman Judd
Deere said. California Gov.
Gavin Newsom’s office said he
would be meeting with Trump.
The governors have been
blunt: Washington Gov. Jay In-
slee on Sunday called climate
change “a blowtorch over our
states in the West.”
“It is maddening right now
that when we have this cosmic
challenge to our communities,
with the entire West Coast of
the United States on fire, to
have a president to deny that
these are not just wildfires,
these are climate fires,” Wash-
ington Gov. Jay Inslee said Sun-
day on ABC’s “This Week.”
As Newsom toured a ghost-
like landscape destroyed by
flames Friday, he called out the
“ideological BS” of those who
deny the danger.
“The debate is over around
climate change. Just come to
the state of California, observe
it with your own eyes,” he said.
He noted that just in the
last month, California had its
hottest August, with world-re-
cord-setting heat in Death Val-
ley. It had 14,000 dry lightning
strikes that set off hundreds of
fires, some that combined into
creating five of the 10 largest
fires in the state’s recorded his-
tory. And it had back-to-back
heat waves.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
said about 500,000 acres typ-
ically burn each year, but just
in the past week, flames have
swallowed over a million acres,
pointing to long-term drought
and recent wild weather swings
in the state.
“This is truly the bellwether
for climate change on the West
Coast,” she said Sunday on
CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “And
this is a wake-up call for all of
us that we have got to do every-
thing in our power to tackle cli-
mate change.”
At a rally in Nevada, Trump
blamed the way states have run
the land, saying “it is about for-
est management.” White House
adviser Peter Navarro echoed
that Sunday on CNN’s “State
of the Union,” saying that for
many years in California, “par-
ticularly because of budget cut-
backs, there was no inclination
to manage our forests.”
Forest management, which
includes tree thinning and
brush clearing, is costly, la-
bor-intensive work that is effec-
tive in reducing fuel for wild-
fires. Millions of dollars are
spent on such reduction efforts
every year in Western states
though many argue more needs
to be done. The efforts can also
be undercut when homeowners
in rural areas don’t undertake
similar efforts on their own
properties.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric
Garcetti accused Trump of per-
petuating a lie that only forest
management can curtail the
massive fires seen in recent
years. He pointed to drought
and the need to reduce carbon
emissions.

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siblings, Don Knight of Home and Crematory her brother, Charles Macon, to Danny and
Saltillo, Eugene Knight Second Avenue North Mosely. Margie Stuart Kinard.
of Tupelo, Johnny “Bo” location is in charge of She is survived by She was a graduate of
Knight and Lynda arrangements. her husband, Allen Louisville High School
Francis both of Amory; Mr. Shanks was Moore; son, Billy Dean and East Mississippi
nine grandchildren; 13 born April 25, 1939, Pickle; step-children, Community College.
great-grandchildren; in Artesia, to the late Shawn Moore and An- She was formerly em-
and one great-great- Dewey and Earline gela Atkins; sister, Judy ployed as a K-4 teacher Helen Wallace
grandchild. Smith Shanks. He was Graveside Services:
Fletcher; and grand- with Central Academy Monday, Sept. 14 • 10 AM
Pallbearers will be formerly employed as a children. Living Faith Tabernacle Cemetery
Jacob and Jared Knight, beekeeper and farmer and was a member of 2nd Ave. N Location
Dusty Thompson, Scott and attended Artesia Elon Baptist Church.
Bunch, Eric Price, United Methodist
Angie Disbrow In addition to her Boyd Shanks
MACON — Angie parents, she is survived Services:
Matthew Gazaway and Church. Tuesday, Sept. 15 • 2 PM
Kinard Disbrow, 55, by her husband, Mike
Blake Goodin. In addition to his par- 2nd Ave. N Location
died Sept. 10, 2020, at Visitation:
ents, he was preceded Disbrow; children, Will
her residence. Monday, Sept. 14 • 5-7 PM
Sharon Odom in death by his siblings,
A private graveside
Disbrow, Dani Disbrow, 2nd Ave. N Location
Burial:
ABERDEEN — Calvin Shanks, Alton Kayla Disbrow and
Shanks, Samuel Shanks service was held Satur- Oktibbeha Memorial Garden Park
Sharon Lee Holloway day in Memorial Park Coley Disbrow; and 2nd Ave. N Location
Odom, 75, died Sept. and Bertha Thrasher. siblings, Beth Clark
He is survived by his of Louisville, with Steve
11, 2020, at North Mis- and Stuart Kinard.
children, Boyde “Bub- Reynolds officiating.
sissippi Medical Cen- Memorials may be
ba” Shanks Jr. of Shan- Cockrell Funeral Home
ter-Hospital of Tupelo. made to the American
non, Gloria Berry and of Macon was in charge memorialgunterpeel.com
A graveside ser- Cancer Society, P.O.
Windy Raines both of of arrangements.
vice will be at 11 a.m.
Columbus; sister, Ann Mrs. Disbrow was Box 22478, Oklahoma
Tuesday, in Howell
Cemetery, with Sammy Minor of Columbus; born June 23, 1965, in City, OK 73123.
seven grandchildren;
Washburn officiating.
Cleveland-Moffett Fu- and four great-grand-
neral Home of Amory children.
is in charge of arrange- Pallbearers will be
ments. Chris Berry, Brandon
Mrs. Odom was born Whitmore, Freddie
Feb. 24, 1945, in San- Minor, Dwayne Woo-
ford, Maine, to the late ten, Arthur Pugh and
Robert D. and Virginia Frankie Pugh.
Whicker Holloway. She Memorials may be
attended Aberdeen made to the Columbus
High School and was a Lowndes Humane
graduate of Meridian Society, P.O. Box 85,
School. She was former- Columbus, MS, 39703.
ly employed with Farm
Bureau Insurance. Sandy Moore
She is survived by SULLIGENT — San-
her husband, Robert dy Mosley Moore, 65,
Odom; children, Kim died Sept. 11, 2020, at
Matheny of Tyrone, her residence.
Georgia and Jeff La- Funeral services
Greek of Garden Grove, were at 5:30 p.m.
California; step-chil- Sunday, at Otts Funeral
dren, Rob Odom, Home Chapel, with
David Odom both of Shane Harris and Tan-
Aberdeen and Deana ner Trentelman offici-
Honeycutt of Caledonia; ating. Burial followed
siblings, Sue Franklin in Sizemore Memorial
of Arkansas and Judy Cemetery. Visitation
Smith of Meridian; was one hour prior to
four grandchildren; six services at the funeral
step-grandchildren; home. Otts Funeral
and four great-grand- Home of Sulligent was
children. in charge of arrange-
Pallbearers will be ments.
Brad Matheny, David Mrs. Moore was
Odom, Tom Crook, born March 11, 1955, in
Billy Head, Larry Sykes Guin, Alabama, to the
and Dustin Odom. late Willie B. Mosley
and Margie Robertson.
Boyd Shanks She was a graduate of
COLUMBUS — Sulligent High School
Boyd Eugene Shanks, and MUW. She was
81, died Sept. 12, 2020. formerly employed as
Funeral services will the CFO of Trimjoist
be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Corporation, as an ac-
at Memorial Gunter countant with NACCO
Peel Chapel. Burial and as a professional
will follow in Oktibbe- photographer. She
ha Memorial Garden attended Beaverton
Park. Visitation is from Methodist Church.
5-7 p.m. today, at the In addition to her
funeral home. Memori- parents, she was
al Gunter Peel Funeral preceded in death by

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