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Statewide mask order ends; Golden

Triangle cities leave theirs in place
Reeves: Face coverings still required in schools
DISPATCH STAFF AND
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
Although the state mask re-
quirement expired Wednesday
night, the mask mandate in the
Golden Triangle will stay.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves
ended a statewide mask man-
date Wednesday, but said he
will still require people to wear
face coverings in schools to
curb the spread of the corona-
virus.
“We should not use the heavy
hand of government more than
it is justified,” Reeves said at a
news conference. “We have to
tailor our actions to the current
threat, and make sure that they
do not go beyond what is rea-
sonable.”
However, mayors in the
Golden Triangle have issued
statements that the local man-
dates will remain in place.
In a Wednesday night state-
ment, Columbus Mayor Robert
Smith said he will extend the
mask require- INSIDE
ment, especial- n OUR VIEW: Governor’s lifting of
ly considering mask mandate threatens progress.
the number of Page 4A
COVID-19 cas-
es in Lowndes
say the local spike may be due
County. The
to untimely reporting, The Dis-
mandate has
patch reported. As of Tuesday
been in effect
since March Reeves afternoon, Lowndes County
Spruill Smith
21. had witnessed 1,608 cases and
“Unfortunately, the Lowndes as before, including business- 58 deaths. Oktibbeha County
County number of COVID-19 es.” had 1,819 cases and 52 deaths,
cases are not going down. They The number of cases rose and Clay County saw 599 cases
are increasing,” Smith said. in Lowndes County despite the and 19 deaths.
“Therefore, I am extending our downturn in the number of cas- Smith added that Starkville,
order to continue to wear masks es statewide, although experts See MANDATE, 3A

MSU plans DAY ON THE RIVER

condensed
spring 2021
semester
Schedule cuts out
spring break, ends
semester in April
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT

Mississippi State
University will end
the spring 2021 se-
mester a week early
and eliminate spring
break in response
to the ongoing Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
COVID-19 pandem- Brett Bradford, left, guides his father Ross Bradford as Ross drives their rental boat onto their trailer at the boat ramp off
Shaw Wilkins Wise Road in Columbus Tuesday morning. Ross, who is from Kenduskeag, Maine, was visiting Brett in Columbus
ic, according to a
Wednesday press release. when the two went bass fishing in the Tenn-Tom Waterway.
Classes will start Jan. 6 and end
April 19, final exams will be from
April 22-28 and commencement
will be April 29 and 30. MSU will

New Hope woman arrested for felony child abuse

not have classes on Jan. 18 to ob-
serve Martin Luther King Jr. Day
or on April 2 and April 5, the Friday
before Easter and the Monday af-
terward. Investigators claim abuse happened during sheriff’s
fice press re-
of- release said. Last week, she
was reported to the Missis-
The schedule matches this se-
mester’s schedule, announced in operation of unlicensed child care business lease issued sippi State Department of
July, which eliminated the fall break Wednesday. Health, Licensure Division,
initially scheduled for Oct. 8 and 9. DISPATCH STAFF REPORT child care facility in her Perry had which sent her a cease and
Final exams for fall will be Nov. 18- home. been operating desist letter.
24, and commencement will be Nov. A New Hope woman has Lowndes County sheriff’s the child care On Monday, investigators
25, the day before Thanksgiving. been charged with child deputies arrested Kelsey business from Perry received a report that prior
MSU elected to hold in-per- abuse after she was caught Perry, 29, of Shirley Drive, her address to receiving that letter, on
See MSU, 6A operating an unlincensed on Tuesday, according to a since at least July, the press See ARREST, 6A

Higgins: ‘Large processor’ eyeing West Point industrial site

Sewer work approved at 138-acre tract near Yokohama
BY ZACK PLAIR
zplair@cdispatch.com
WEST POINT —
Work will begin soon to
install sewer lines at 138
acres of the Prairie Belt
Powersite.
Selectmen, in a spe-
cial-call meeting Tues-
day, approved the low bid
of $500,959 from DNA
Construction LLC to lay
sewer pipe to serve that
portion of the industrial
site south of Yokohama
Boulevard. Two other
companies, Perma Corp.
and Eubanks Construc-
tion Company, submitted
higher bids selectmen did
not approve.
Stanley Spradling, the
city’s contracted engineer
who designed the sewer
project, said site work
should begin by early No-
vember and be finished
by spring 2021.
The site already has
electric, water and natu-
ral gas service, meaning
the sewer lines are all
the infrastructure left to
make the tract “shovel
ready” for industry, ac-
cording to Golden Trian-
gle Development LINK
CEO Joe Max Higgins,
who heads industrial re-
cruitment efforts in the
See WEST POINT, 6A

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

1 Name four of the five Great Lakes. Today MEETINGS
2 The North American territory of Oct. 2: Starkville
■ Exhibit reception: The Co-
Acadia once belonged to Spain. True Board of Aldermen
of false? lumbus Arts Council hosts a free
work session, 10
3 “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” is a work reception from 5:30-7 p.m. opening
a.m., City Hall
by which famous composer — Handel, an exhibit by Payton Trim and Jenny
Oct. 5: Oktibbeha
Mozart or Beethoven? Vega at the CAC Rosenzweig Arts
4 A gross is equal to how many County Board of Su-
Hannah Lonney Center, 501 Main St. Face masks
dozen? pervisors meeting,
Fourth grade, Heritage and social distancing required. 662-
5 What is it called when you score Chancery Court-
328-2787 or columbus-arts.org.

78 Low 46
three goals in a hockey game? house, 9 a.m.
High Oct. 6: Starkville
Sunny
Answers, 6B Sunday Board of Aldermen
Full forecast on ■ Oktoberfest Online: The Epis- meeting, 5:30 p.m.,
page 3A. copal Church of the Resurrection in City Hall
Starkville hosts this virtual event to Oct. 13:
INSIDE benefit the J.L. King Center, Casse-
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Business 5B Dear Abby 4B Fund from 6-9 p.m. at event.gives/ School District
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Biden, Trump snipe from road

and rails after debate chaos
The Commission on
Presidential Debates
Biden endorses Espy in Mississippi Senate race
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

promised ‘additional JACKSON — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is endors-

structure ... to ensure a
more orderly discussion
of the issues’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PIT TSBURGH — President
Donald Trump and Democrat Joe
Biden kept up their debate-stage
sniping from the road and the rails,
fighting for working-class voters in
the Midwest while both parties —
and the debate commission, too —
sought to deal with the most cha-
otic presidential faceoff in memory.
The debate raised fresh ques-
tions about Trump’s continued
reluctance to condemn white su-
premacy, his questioning the legiti-
macy of the election and his unwill-
ingness to respect debate ground
rules his campaign had agreed to.
Some Democrats called on Biden
Wednesday to skip the next two
debates.
Biden’s campaign confirmed
he would participate in the subse-
quent meetings, as did Trump’s.
But the Commission on Presiden-
tial Debates promised “additional
ing Mike Espy in Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race as the former agricul-
ture secretary again tries to unseat Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republi-
can loyal to President Donald Trump.
Hyde-Smith was appointed to the Senate in the spring of 2018 to
temporarily succeed longtime Republican Sen. Thad Cochran after he
resigned because of health concerns. She defeated Espy in a November
2018 special election to fill the rest of the six-year term that Cochran
started.
Espy’s campaign announced his support from Biden in a fundraising
email Wednesday.
“Mike Espy has spent his career working to improve the lives of Mis-
sissippi’s working families,” said a Biden statement in the email. “From
his times as the first Black congressman from Mississippi since Recon-
struction, to his critical leadership as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to
his role helping build a strong rural economy across the South, Mike
Espy has the experience to move Mississippi forward.”
structure ... to ensure a more or- debate performance a smashing
derly discussion of the issues.” success during a Wednesday eve-
Less than 12 hours after the ning rally in Duluth, Minnesota.
wild debate concluded, Biden “Last night I did what the corrupt
called Trump’s behavior in the media has refused to do,” Trump
prime-time confrontation “a na- said. “I held Joe Biden accountable
tional embarrassment.” The Dem- for his 47 years of failure.”
ocratic challenger launched his Biden balanced criticism of
most aggressive day on the cam- Trump with a call for national uni-
paign trail all year, with eight stops ty.
planned for a train tour that began “If elected, I’m not going to be a
mid-morning in Cleveland and end- Democratic president. I’m going to
ed 10 hours later in western Penn- be an American president,” Biden
sylvania. Trump proclaimed his said at the Cleveland train station.

Pelosi and Mnuchin have ‘extensive’ talks on COVID relief

BY ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — saying the two would con-
House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi and Treasury Sec-
retary Steven Mnuchin
held an “extensive con-
versation” Wednesday on
a huge COVID-19 rescue
package, meeting face
to face for the first time
in more than a month in
a last-ditch effort to seal
a tentative accord on an
additional round of coro-
navirus relief.
After a 90-minute
meeting in the Capitol,
Pelosi issued a statement
tinue to talk. “We found
areas where we are seek-
ing further clarification,”
she said. Talks resume
Thursday.
“We made a lot of prog-
ress over the last few
days. We still don’t have
an agreement,” Mnuchin
said after meeting with
Pelosi and briefing top
Senate Republican Mitch
McConnell.
At the very least, the
positive tone set by Pelosi
and Mnuchin represented
an improvement over ear-
lier statements. But there
is still a considerable gulf
between the two sides,
McConnell said.
“I’ve seen substantial
movement, yes, and cer-
tainly the rhetoric has
changed,” White House
Chief of Staff Mark Mead-
ows said.
In an appearance on
Fox Business Wednesday
night, Mnuchin described
the talks as the first seri-
ous discussions with Pelo-
si in “several weeks” and
said he is raising his offer
into “the neighborhood”
of $1.5 trillion. That’s well
above what many Sen-
ate Republicans want but
would probably be accept-
able to GOP pragmatists
and senators in difficult
races.

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Mississippi legislators to revise some virus relief spending

Mississippi received $1.25B from Congress
to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi
lawmakers are returning to the
Capitol to reconsider how the
state is spending some coro-
navirus relief money from the
federal government.
The House and Senate will
convene at 10 a.m. Thursday,
and they are expected to re-
main until Friday.
Mississippi, like many other
states, received $1.25 billion
from Congress to respond to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’re looking at moving
some money around,” Senate
President Pro Tempore Dean
Kirby, a Republican from Pearl,
said Wednesday. “We put too
much in some places and not
enough in others.”
Kirby said legislators could
shift some money to veterans’
homes, and send some to hos-
pitals for intensive care units.
He said budget writers might
reconsider the $300 million
they already put into aid for
small businesses.
Officials have said the state
received fewer requests than
expected for the business aid.
But, some business owners
have said the state has been
slow to respond to their appli-
cations.
The coronavirus relief mon-
ey is supposed to be spent by
late December. Mississippi
legislators have already decid-
ed that money not spent by the
deadline will be moved into
the state unemployment trust
fund, which has decreased dra-
matically as claims for jobless
benefits surged because of the
pandemic.
The trust fund had $706 mil-
lion in mid-March, when Mis-
sissippi detected its first cases
of the virus.
Jackie Turner, director of
the Mississippi Department
of Employment Security, told
legislative budget writers last
week that fund’s latest balance
was about $423 million. The lat-
est figure includes nearly $182
million that legislators have al-
ready put there from the feder-
al pandemic relief, she said.
Mississippi legislators usu-
ally finish their annual session
by March or April. The pan-
demic scrambled plans this
year as legislators left in mid-
March. They rearranged their
work deadlines and returned
for several days in May and
June and one day in August.
They have two work days re-
maining before the session ex-
pires.

AROUND THE STATE

Release: Prison
supervisor brought
contraband to work
LEAKESVILLE — A
Mississippi prison super-
visor was arrested and ac-
cused of bringing contra-
band to work, officials said.
The Mississippi De-
partment of Corrections
told news outlets Monday
that Lt. LaShawn Lynette
Coleman, 53, was charged
with possession of alco-
holic beverages within a
correctional facility and
trafficking in controlled
substance.
The agency said author-
ities searched Coleman
and found twenty small
packs of a “green leafy
substance,” six $100 bills
in her pockets and a plastic
jug labeled Clorox that ap-
peared to contain alcohol.
She was arrested on
Sept. 19.
Coleman worked at the
South Mississippi Correc-
tional Institution in Greene
County and was with the
agency for 26 years. The
agency said Coleman will
be fired.
It’s unclear whether
Coleman had an attorney
who could comment on her
behalf.

Mandate
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West Point and Tupelo
will also extend their re-
quirements.
Starkville Mayor Lynn
Spruill tweeted Wednes-
day afternoon that
Starkville will not lift its
requirement for people to
wear masks in businesses
and public buildings.
“Our requirement was
in place prior to the Gov-
ernor’s statewide order
and remains in place,” she
said.
West Point Mayor Rob-
bie Robinson confirmed
with The Dispatch Thurs-
day morning the mask
ordinance in the city re-
mains in place.
“I certainly want it
to be continued indefi-
nitely,” he said. “I think
masks work.”
The mask mandates in
Tupelo and Meridian are
also still in effect.
Mississippi’s state-
wide mask mandate has
been in place since Aug.
4. Reeves, a Republican,
has chosen to extend the
mandate several times
since then. However, on
Wednesday, he said the
declining number of con-
firmed virus cases and
‘We know
that it was a
very turbulent
summer, but we
have come out on
the other side’
Gov. Tate Reeves
hospitalizations are pos-
itive developments that
call for the lifting of some
restrictions.
“We’ve cut our average
number of new cases in
half. We’ve cut our hospi-
talizations by two-thirds
of what they once were,”
Reeves said. “We know
that it was a very turbu-
lent summer, but we have
come out on the other
side.”
The new executive or-
der ending the statewide
mask mandate, effective
Wednesday at 5 p.m. and
expiring Nov. 11 — af-
ter the presidential elec-
tion — also limits group
gatherings where social
distancing is not possi-
ble to 20 people indoors
and 100 people outdoors.
These restrictions do not
apply to voting precincts,
religious entities and
schools, according to the
order.
In addition to schools,
people will still be re-
quired to wear face cov-
erings while receiving
“close contact personal
care services” in such
places as salons, barber-
shops and spas.
Reeves said there will
still be restrictions on the
number of people who
are allowed in restau-
rants, bars and other
businesses. College foot-
ball games are already
happening in Mississippi,
and Reeves said people
will still be asked to wear
masks while attending
games. The annual Mis-
sissippi State Fair starts
next week in Jackson, and
masks will be required at
that event as well.
The governor said if
cases of coronavirus start
to rise again, he would
consider putting a mask
mandate back in place.
Cities and towns are wel-
come to put in place their
own mask mandates.
The announcement
comes days after a fake
letter made to look like it
came from Reeves’ office
circulated on social me-
dia. It announced an end
to the mask mandate.
Reeves spokeswoman
Renae Eze said Monday
that the letter was “abso-
lutely fake.” Those look-
ing for a trusted source on
the governor’s pandemic
response should stick to
the government’s official
websites, she said.
The state health de-
partment said Wednesday
that Mississippi, with a
population of about 3 mil-
lion, has reported more
than 98,000 cases and at
least 2,969 deaths from
COVID-19 as of Tuesday
evening. That’s an in-
crease of 552 confirmed
cases and 12 deaths from
numbers reported the
day before, with 10 oc-
curring between Sept. 18
and Sept. 29 and recorded
later using death certifi-
cates.
Dispatch reporters Yue
Stella Yu and Tess Vrbin,
and AP reporter Leah Will-
ingham, contributed to the
report.

BUILDING PERMITS
City of Columbus
Sept. 21-25, 2020
■ Aaron Byrd; 614 22nd St. S.;
Renovation; Same
■ Parkwood Developers LLC;
222 Waverly Road; Portable
building; Same
■ Parkwood Developers LLC;
222 Waverly Road; Signs; Mid-
South Signs
■ Angela R. Erby; 801 17th St.
N.; Privacy fence; SAme
■ Columbus Municipal School
District; 213 15th St. N.; Dem-
olition; JB Construction LLC
■ Jay & Nancy Hancock; 616
3rd St. S.; Electrical; Beavers
Electric
■ Johanna C. Thombs; 508
Catalpa St.; Electrical; Beavers
Electric
■ Magnolia Place Cooper LLC;
1440 Old Aberdeen Road; Elec-
trical; Weathers Electric Inc.
■ Tom Porter; 904 9th St. N.;
Electrical; Beavers Electric
■ Jeannie Rigdon; 2206 Bluec-
utt Road; Electrical; Beavers
Electric
■ Sherri Lipsey; 718 10th St.
N.; Electrical; Beavers Electric
■ Kathy Glover; 428 Airline
Road; Electrical; Absolute
Power Solutions
■ Mack Smith; 177 Ponderosa
Dr.; Electrical; Homeowner
■ Mack Smith; 177 Ponderosa
Dr.; Mechanical; Andy Stewart
■ Ronald O. Richardson; 2401
Hwy. 45 N., Ste. B.; Plumbing;
Klutts Plumbing
■ Jeffrey McCarter; 607
Dublin Dr.; Plumbing; Truesdale
Plumbing
■ Gayle Guynup; 201-M Ala-
bama St.; Plumbing; Browning
Plumbing
■ Linda Reed; 1097 South-
down Pkwy.; Plumbing; Klutts
Plumbing
■ Ganpati 16 LLC; 1402 Main
St. Plumbing; William Bird
■ CRM Inc.; 618 Alabama St.;
Plumbing; William Bird St.; set up mobile home; owner
■ Burt Rentals Inc.; 1204 Main ■ Latasha Malone; Malone
St.; Plumbing; Shotz Plumbing St.; move up mobile home;
■ Fred Jones; 814 21st St. N.; McNairy Mobile Homes Cheap thrills.
Plumbing; Bowen Backhoe ■ Adam Jones; Concord Rd.; Go for a walk.
construct s/f residence; owner
Lowndes County
Sept. 30, 2020
■ James Walker; 59 Pe-
tersburg Road; remodel s/f
residence; owner
■ Garrett Bustin; 180 Cedar
Point Dr; Construct storage/
shop; owner
■ Dale and James Hall Jr.;
Wanda Lane; set up mobile
home; owner
■ Dale and James Hall Jr.;
Wanda Lane; move up mobile
home; McNairy Mobile Homes
■ Jimmy Davidson; 66 Mason
Dr. W.; construct carport;
owner
■ Eric Zellner; 137 Hunnington
Dr.; construct storage/shop;
owner
■ Latasha Malone; Malone

Starkville bicyclist dies

after collision with car SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Thurs. Fri.

Victim was riding bike on 12:36a 1:16a

Arial Wang, 34, died at North Mis- Major
Minor — 7:34p
sissippi Medical Center in Tupelo early Major 12:56p 1:36p

Stark Road Tuesday night; Minor 7:09a 8:02a

Wednesday afternoon. Authorities re- Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

sponded to the collision at 10:09 p.m.

driver has not been charged
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Starkville woman died Wednesday
of multi-system trauma after a car hit her
while she was riding a bicycle Tuesday
night on Stark Road, Oktibbeha County
Coroner Michael Hunt told The Dispatch.
Tuesday at the intersection of Stark Road
and Abernathy Drive, Hunt said.
Starkville police are still investigating
the collision, and no charges have been
filed against the driver of the vehicle at
this time, Starkville Police Department
Public Information Officer Brandon
Lovelady said.
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Opinion
4A THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2020
OUR VIEW
Governor’s lifting
of mask mandate
threatens progress
O
n Wednesday, Gov. Tate Reeves lifted
a statewide mask mandate that state
health officials — along with the gover-
nor himself — had said played a significant role
in turning the tide of COVID-19 infections and
deaths in the state.
Wednesday’s decision, which defied the ad-
vice of medical experts, including state health
officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, is illogical and
ultimately a set-back that may negate much of
the progress made over the past two months.
Since implementing the statewide mask
order in August, the average number of new
cases has been cut in half and hospitalizations
are down by two-thirds.
Reeves called those declining numbers “a
testament” to mask-wearing and other state-
wide precautions implemented during the
summer.
It is beyond mystifying why the Governor
would cease one of the measures that has
proven to be effective in reducing COVID
cases and deaths. Mississippi has recorded
almost 100,000 cases and 3,000 deaths from
COVID-19 since March.
As news of Reeves’ decision spread, local
governments moved quickly to mitigate the
potential damage, Columbus mayor Robert
Smith said the city’s mandate that went into
effect in March will continue. He said after
talking with other mayors, mask mandates in
Starkville, West Point and Tupelo will remain
in effect.
While the Governor’s decision does not in-
validate the mask mandates imposed by cities,
it does undermine those efforts and create
confusion.
Reeves justified his decision by saying, “We
should not use the heavy hand of government
more than it is justified. We have to tailor our
actions to the current threat, and make sure
we don’t go beyond what is reasonable.”
We find fault in every assumption made in
that statement. Requiring masks during a pan-
demic is not heavy-handed. It’s a reasonable
precaution based on the expert advice of our
medical experts. Far from being heavy-hand-
ed, the mask requirement is government
living up to its responsibility to protect public
health.
As far as tailoring actions to the current
threat, we believe the mandate is precisely
the action required. All the credible evidence
supports this.
There is an old saying that goes, “lead,
follow or get out of the way.”
Based on what we are seeing from the gov-
ernor, getting out of the way seems the best
option for him.
Thankfully, our local mayors are again
shouldering the leadership role in keeping
citizens safe.
So we urge citizens to do what you know
must be done: Keeping wearing masks. It’s
been proven to work.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Thursday, Oct. 1, the 275th day of
2020. There are 91 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire from
a room at the Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las
Vegas on a crowd of 22,000 country music fans at
a concert below, leaving 58 people dead and more
than 800 injured in the deadliest mass shooting
in modern U.S. history; the gunman, 64-year-old
Stephen Craig Paddock, killed himself before
officers arrived.
On this date:
In 1908, Henry Ford introduced his Model T
automobile to the market.
In 1910, the offices of the Los Angeles
Times were destroyed by a bomb explosion and
fire; 21 Times employees were killed.
In 1937, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
delivered a radio address in which he acknowl-
edged being a former member of the Ku Klux
Klan, but said he had dropped out of the organi-
zation before becoming a U.S. senator.
In 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the
People’s Republic of China during a ceremony in
Beijing. A 42-day strike by the United Steelwork-
ers of America began over the issue of retirement
benefits.
In 1957, the motto “In God We Trust” began
appearing on U.S. paper currency.
In 1961, Roger Maris of the New York
Yankees hit his 61st home run during a 162-game
season, compared to Babe Ruth’s 60 home runs
during a 154-game season. (Tracy Stallard of the
Boston Red Sox gave up the round-tripper; the
Yankees won 1-0.)
In 1962, Johnny Carson debuted as host of
NBC’s “Tonight Show,” beginning a nearly 30-
year run.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
CARTOONIST VIEW
MISSISSIPPI VOICE
Fentanyl makes street drugs deadly
T
ragedy has struck
several Missis-
sippi families
recently. Young men in
the prime of life have
been victims of fentanyl
poisoning.
Fentanyl is an
elephant tranquilizer.
It’s 100 times more
potent than morphine.
It’s being mixed with
common street drugs Wyatt Emmerich
and even marijuana. It
is deadly, and it’s killing
our young people.
Our inability to
One victim was a
friend of my son and the
reconcile our
son of longtime friends.
We are so blessed to live
mixed attitude
in a state where faith is toward liquor
strong, allowing us to
endure tragedy knowing and other
the resurrection awaits
us all and we will soon drugs was
be reunited with those
we have lost. made famous
Oxford Police Chief
Jeff McCutchen said by a young
law enforcement has
responded to 11 calls Mississippi
of drug overdosing this
year. He said two of
legislator
those calls resulted in
death.
named Noah
During a recent inter-
view, McCutchen said,
“Soggy”
“There is a scary trend Sweat.
where you’re seeing
fentanyl in your local drugs. Out of
a batch of 50 pills, there may be one have become deadly. It’s like play-
with fentanyl, so you’re rolling the
dice every time you’re doing this.
“We’ve seen it in what looks like is not that bad. But if it’s laced with
pharmacy pain medicines. We’ve
seen it in Xanax. Something as
small as two grains of salt can kill
you.”
Drug dealers can triple their
profit by cutting typical drugs
with fentanyl. These drugs can be
purchased over the Internet and
mailed. Who knows where they
come from or what’s in them?
How could anyone be so cruel
and heartless as to lace anything
with fentanyl?
Outrage over the plague of
drugs led to the War on Drugs,
which began in the 1970s. Billions
was spent to eradicate illegal
drugs.
Unfortunately, the War on Drugs Noah “Soggy” Sweat. During a
has failed. Drug use has risen
steadly since then. Drug overdose
deaths have skyrocketed in recent
decades, mainly due to synthetic
opiates such as fentanyl.
Last year, 72,000 people died
of overdose deaths in the United
States. That’s three times as many
deaths compared to the previous
decade. It’s a plague.
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Write The Dispatch: voice@cdispatch.com
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Drug overdoses are Our country was founded with
the leading cause of the slogan, “life, liberty and the
death for young people, pursuit of happiness.” If a drink or
even more than traffic joint allows a law-abiding citizen to
accidents. It has risen so enjoy a moment of pleasure, why
fast that it’s causing our should government try to control
national life expectancy its citizens? This is a fundamental
to drop for the first time concept for libertarians.
in recent history. For every alcoholic, there are far
So what is to be done? more people who can drink respon-
The War on Drugs sibly. The same is true of marijua-
increased the price of na. Is it right to deny enjoyment
drugs, making the drug to the many because a few people
trade super lucrative. abuse a drug?
This gave rise to gang
warfare and skyrocket-
If so, where do you draw the
line? Should all drugs be legal?
ing incarceration rates.
Often, addicts ended up
Heroin? Meth? Cocaine?
If drugs were legal, would ad-
incarcerated rather than
in treatment, destroying
dicts be more likely to get treat-
ment without the threat of arrest?
countless lives. One Would toxic street drugs disap-
step forward, two steps pear? Could we regulate drugs in
back. a less fatal way than the current
The march of tech- black market?
nology has worsened If we legalize marijuana, would
the drug crisis. A drug young people be more or less likely
dealer is just a text to try other drugs?
away. Drugs can be or- There is a big controversy right
dered online. Designer now on the question of whether
drugs have proliferated. legalization of marijuana has raised
There are more new or lowered opioid deaths.
synthetic drugs than
enforcement agencies
In the wake of skyrocketing
opioid deaths, the trend is toward
can keep track of, many
of them deadly.
legalization and treatment rather
than prison. Criminal justice re-
One thing we can all
do is sound the alarm.
form passed both chambers of the
legislature before being vetoed by
Talk to your children, the governor. Drug decriminaliza-
your friends, your tion was part of that.
neighbors about how street drugs Marijuana is now legal in 11
states. Medical marijuana is legal
ing Russian Roulette. in all but 17 states. The issue is on
Young people think marijuana the ballot in Mississippi in Novem-
ber. Strong opinions on both sides.
fentanyl, it’s deadly. This changes The trend seems to be inexora-
everything. bly toward adding THC to our list
The failure of the War on Drugs of over-the-counter legal drugs
is not unlike our experience with — caffeine, nicotine and alcohol.
Prohibition. Society saw the dev- We’re probably just a few years
astation of mass-produced alcohol, away from federal marijuana legal-
and we banned it. ization.
Like the War on Drugs, Prohi- Why do we desire drugs? It’s the
bition failed. Bootleggers arose to same reason Adam ate the apple.
ensure ample supply. Corruption We aren’t happy with what we have.
followed. An estimated 10,000 peo- We want more. It’s an insatiable
ple died from ingesting bad moon- human longing that will only be
shine. Eventually, alcohol became a quenched by death. Such is the
culturally accepted drug. nature of human sin.
Our inability to reconcile our Government can’t resist trying
mixed attitude toward liquor and to solve this huge social problem.
other drugs was made famous by a So far, it has failed to find a solu-
young Mississippi legislator named tion.
Ultimately, this is a individual
speech at a banquet at the King Ed- battle. Our best weapon is prayer
ward Hotel, Soggy said he was both and faith. As our new flag states,
for and against alcohol, depending in God we must trust. Only then
on whether it was used for conviv- will our insatiable appetites be
iality and good times or abused quenched.
through addiction. Wyatt Emmerich is the editor and
We battle mightily as a society publisher of The Northside Sun, a
over this issue because there is weekly newspaper in Jackson. He
no clear answer what is the best can be reached by e-mail at wyatt@
course of action. northsidesun.com.
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Police departments seeing modest cuts, but not ‘defunding’

Budget cuts have been driven as much by
shrinking government revenue related to
the coronavirus pandemic as from the calls
to rethink public safety
BY GEOFF MULVIHILL
The Associated Press
DAVENPORT, Iowa — The
racial justice protests follow-
ing the death of George Floyd
earlier this year prompted calls
to “defund the police” in cities
across the country, a priority
for activists that has now be-
come a central point in the pres-
idential contest.
A review by The Associat-
ed Press finds that while local
governments have trimmed po-
lice budgets over the past four
months, the cuts have been
mostly modest. They have been
driven as much by shrinking
government revenue related to
the coronavirus pandemic as
from the calls to rethink public
safety.
Advocates want to overhaul a
policing system that has repeat-
edly been linked to brutality
against Black people, including
the death of Floyd at the hands
of Minneapolis police in May.
Those calling for defunding
generally mean shifting money
from law enforcement agencies
to other efforts. They want so-
cial workers rather than police
to respond to non-crime emer-
gency calls and more money
sent to community programs
aimed at preventing crime.
They want to take police offi-
cers out of schools and military
gear away from departments.
“Police don’t really solve or
prevent most of what is classi-
fied as criminal activity,” said
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson,
a lead activist at the Movement
for Black Lives.
A narrative that has often
overwhelmed local debates
over police reforms and fund-
ing is that activists want to strip
entire budgets from local law
enforcement and replace the de-
partments with something else.
Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings to be released Friday
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS granted a shorter delay, giving the attorney
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky judge has
general until noon on Friday.
Cameron’s office sought the delay “in the in-
delayed until Friday the release of secret grand
jury proceedings in Breonna Taylor’s killing by
terest of protection of witnesses, and in partic-
ular private citizens named in the recordings,”
police, so that prosecutors can edit out witness- according to its legal motion Wednesday. The
es’ names and personal information. recordings are 20 hours long.
Audio recordings of the proceedings were Taylor was shot and killed in her Louisville
originally supposed to be made public Wednes- home by police who were executing a narcotics
day, but Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s of- warrant in March. The grand jury decided this
fice asked a Louisville court for a week’s delay month not to charge any of the police officers
to remove details such as witnesses’ addresses involved with her death; instead, one officer
and phone numbers. was charged with shooting into a neighboring
On Wednesday, Judge Ann Bailey Smith home.
as Austin, Texas, and Berkeley,
President Donald Trump has the majority of the City Council
repeatedly said his Democrat- California, where officials have pledged to dismantle the police
ic rival, former Vice President embraced sweeping changes department. But it’s far from
Joe Biden, supports defund- to policing, implementation is happening: Some council mem-
ing police, even though Biden slow-going and uncertain. bers have backtracked on their
has stated clearly that he does Some of the boldest propos- pledges, and a ballot measure
not. Democratic mayors across als came in Minneapolis, where on the topic won’t go before vot-
the U.S. also have pumped the Floyd died after being pinned ers this year.
brakes on major changes. to the ground by a white offi- In Seattle, activists have
In Minneapolis, Seattle and cer who pressed his knee into called for cutting police fund-
Portland, Oregon, all hotspots Floyd’s neck for nearly eight ing in half. The City Council ap-
for protests and counter pro- minutes. The officer and three proved something much more
tests, the calls for deep police other officers were fired and modest — cuts equal to less
cuts have been answered with have been charged in Floyd’s than 1 percent of the police bud-
modest ones, at least for now. death. get and shifts of some money to
Even in liberal enclaves such Soon after Floyd was killed, community programs.

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Republican lawmakers grill Comey

on leadership of Russia probe
Former FBI director: Surveillance Comey, conducted with the the probe as a “slice” of the

on former Trump campaign aide was

‘sloppy’ and embarrassing
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Re-
publican lawmakers on
Wednesday confronted
former FBI Director James
Comey about his oversight
of the Trump-Russia inves-
tigation during a political-
ly charged hearing that
focused attention on prob-
lems with the probe that
have become a rallying
cry for President Donald
Trump’s supporters.
Comey, making his
first appearance before
Congress since a harshly
critical inspector general
report on the investiga-
tion, acknowledged under
questioning that the FBI’s
process for conducting
surveillance on a former
Trump campaign adviser
was “sloppy” and “embar-
rassing.” He said he would
not have certified the sur-
veillance had he known
then what he knows now
about applications the FBI
submitted in 2016 and 2017
to eavesdrop on the aide,
Carter Page.
The questioning of
election just weeks away,
underscores the extent to
which the FBI’s investi-
gation four years ago into
potential coordination be-
tween Trump’s campaign
and Russia remains front
and center in the minds
of Republican lawmakers,
who see an opening to ral-
ly support for the president
and cast him as the victim
of biased law enforcement.
The hearing was part of a
review of the Russia probe
by the GOP-led Senate Ju-
diciary Committee.
Though Comey ac-
knowledged the FBI’s
shortcomings in the sur-
veillance of Page, he also
described that aspect of
broader Russia investiga-
tion, which he defended as
legitimate and valid.
But those answers, in-
cluding Comey’s repeat-
ed assertions that he had
been unaware at the time
of the extent of problems,
frustrated Republicans
who point to the surveil-
lance flaws to try to dis-
credit the overall Russia
investigation.
A Justice Department
inspector general report
identified errors and omis-
sions in each of the four
applications that the FBI
submitted to obtain war-
rants to surveil Page, who
was never charged with
any wrongdoing.
Joan Shelton
Leslie Joan Shelton, 67, of
Columbus, MS passed away
Monday, September 28, 2020, at
Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT.
A visitation will be Thursday,
October 1, 2020, from 6:00-8:00
PM at First Assembly of God,
Columbus, MS. A graveside
service will be Friday, October
2, 2020, at 10:00 AM at
Memorial Gardens with Bro.
Jerry Pounders, Jr. officiating and Bro. Lee
Jaynes assisting.
Mrs. Shelton was born on September 12, 1953,
in Columbus, MS to the late Ethel Banks Atkins
and James Leslie Shelton. She worked as an
accountant for 20 plus years at Perma Corp and
was co-owner of Shelton’s Body Shop/Towing Inc.
Mrs. Shelton enjoyed playing the piano, spoiling
grandkids, and playing solitaire. She attended
church at Freedom Church of Columbus.
Mrs. Shelton is survived by her husband of
47 years, Charles Davis Shelton of Columbus,
MS; daughters, Nicole (Jerry, Jr. ) Pounders of

Can the coronavirus travel more than 6 feet in the air?
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Can the coronavirus
travel more than 6 feet in
the air?
Research indicates it
can, but it’s not clear how
much of the pandemic is
caused by such cases.
People spray liquid
droplets of various sizes
when they cough, sneeze,
talk, sing, shout and even
just breathe. The coro-
navirus can hitchhike on
these particles.
The advice about stay-
ing at least 6 feet apart is
based on the idea that the
larger particles drop to
the ground before getting
very far.
But some scientists
have also focused on tinier
particles called aerosols.
These can linger in the air
for minutes to hours, and
spread through a room
and build up in concentra-
tion if ventilation is poor,
posing a potential risk of
infection if inhaled.
For aerosols, “6 feet
is not a magic distance”
and keeping even farther
apart is better, says Linsey
Marr, who researches
airborne transmission of
infectious diseases at Vir-
ginia Tech.
Some scientists say
there’s enough evidence
about aerosols and the
virus to take protective
measures. In addition
to the usual advice, they
stress the need for ventila-
tion and air-purifying sys-
tems when indoors. Even
better, they say, is to stay
outdoors when interact-
ing with others.
Columbus, MS and Courtney (Jeremy) Broome
of Hamilton, MS; grandchildren, Candra
Michelle Broome, Jonas Lane Pounders, Tacy
Renee Broome and Lillian Taylor Pounders.
Pallbearers will be Jeremy Broome, Josh
Pounders, Jonathan Pounders, Lee Jaynes,
Lewis Hitchcock, Billy Pounders and Tommy
McWilliams. Honorary pallbearers will be Darryl
Shelton and Ronnie Shelton.
Memorials may be made to the American
Diabetes Association 200 Office Park Drive,
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Compliments of
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MSU plans condensed spring 2021 semester
Schedule cuts out spring break, ends semester in April
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
Missis-
sippi State
Un i ve r s i t y
will end the
spring 2021
semester a
week early
and elimi-
nate spring Shaw
break in response to the
ongoing COVID-19 pan-
demic, according to a
Wednesday press release.
Classes will start Jan. 6
West Point
Continued from Page 1A
region. In an email to
The Dispatch, he said the
site is currently a finalist
for a “large processor”
that is expected to decide
where it will locate in the
“first or second quarter”
of 2021.
“Anytime you have a
site that is ready, you are
ahead of the game,” Hig-
gins wrote in the email.
The city and county
jointly own the Prairie
Belt Powersite through
the Clay-West Point
Economic Development
Group. With help from
the Golden Triangle
CMSD
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players, support staff and
coaches for each competi-
tion, along with post-game
snacks when those teams
are on the road.
The board set the com-
petition-day per-diem at
$11.50 per person, mov-
ing $30,000 into the new
account.
“This is something
that has come to light
with the football season
already starting and oth-
er sports having started
or getting ready to start,”
Board President Jason
Spears said in proposing
the per-diem fund. “In the
COVID world we’re living
in, fundraising opportu-
nities have been limited
at this particular point.
That’s especially true for
football, which has only
three home games.”
Spears noted that CHS
booster clubs historically
use the funds they raise to
feed the roughly 500 ath-
letes, band members and
cheerleaders at CHS and
Columbus Middle School
on game days.
That burden, said CHS
Athletic Director Joe
Arrest
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about July 23, Perry had mistreated and abused at least one child under her care, ac-
cording to the press release. LCSO head of investigations Darrell Nabors confirmed
to The Dispatch Perry was charged with one count of felony child abuse but did not
release information about the victim, including the child’s age.
Perry is in custody at Lowndes County Adult Detention Center. Her bond has not
been set.
and end April 19, final ex-
ams will be from April 22-
28 and commencement
will be April 29 and 30.
MSU will not have classes
on Jan. 18 to observe Mar-
tin Luther King Jr. Day or
on April 2 and April 5, the
Friday before Easter and
the Monday afterward.
The schedule matches
this semester’s schedule,
announced in July, which
eliminated the fall break
initially scheduled for
Oct. 8 and 9. Final exams
Planning and Develop-
ment District, the group
landed a $500,000 grant
from the Appalachian
Regional Commission to
assist in the project. The
city and county will split
the remaining roughly
$125,000 in related costs,
Spradling said, which in-
cludes engineering fees.
A portion of the Prairie
Belt Powersite is home to
a Yokohama Tire Compa-
ny plant, which located
there in 2015. Once the
138-acre tract south of
Yokohama Road is out-
fitted with sewer infra-
Garrett, has always been
more than booster clubs
could bear. This year, he
said, it’s been particularly
challenging.
“The booster club
does what it can do, but
it’s never been enough
to cover the cost of those
meals,” Garrett said.
“We’ve always had to use
other funds in addition to
what the booster club has
raised. So what the board
is doing is really going to
help. It’s one less expense
we have to worry about.”
Shirley Thompson, the
CHS football booster club
president, said this year
has been a struggle.
“We only have about six
active members so trying
to supply the players with
food hasn’t been easy,” she
said. “Because of COVID,
we’ve haven’t been able to
have many of the fundrais-
ing events we normally
have and when you only
have three home games, it
takes away a lot of money
in concession sales and
fundraising things we do
at the games.”
Board members debat-
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for fall will be Nov. 18-24,
and commencement will
be Nov. 25, the day before
Thanksgiving.
MSU elected to hold
in-person classes this
semester after campus
closed in March due to
the pandemic. According
to MSU’s Comprehensive
Health and Safety Plan,
in-person classrooms
can be no more than 50
percent full. All students
living on campus are
required to complete a
Higgins Robinson
structure, it will leave 332
acres of the site north of
the road undeveloped,
West Point Mayor Robbie
Robinson said.
Robinson added his
confidence that an indus-
try will quickly occupy
the developed portion
ed how to establish param-
eters for the funding, ulti-
mately coming up with a
fixed maximum per-meal
allowance to ensure that
players from all sports are
treated equitably.
“To make it fair across
the board, you basically
have to have a set per-stu-
dent amount,” Business
Manager Holly Rogers
said.
The board debated
a range of per-student
amounts, ultimately set-
tling on $11.50.
Coaches will be re-
sponsible for keeping
an account of how many
people are fed and be re-
quired to turn in receipts
for the expenses.
“This is an arbitrary
figure right now,” Spears
said. “We’ll be able to
monitor this as it goes
each month, by looking at
what we’re actually spend-
ing. Any money that’s left
over could go back to the
general fund. At the same
time, we can allocate more
money if that’s needed.”
Superintendent Che-
rie Labat said the board’s
temperature screening
every 24 hours, while all
employees are required to
conduct a self-screening
daily prior to coming to
work.
Provost and Execu-
tive Vice President David
Shaw said in the press re-
lease that the condensed
spring schedule will
hopefully give students
enough time to plan for
summer courses or “co-
op experiences, summer
work, or making up other
opportunities lost to the
pandemic this past year.”
and that the rest of the
Powersite will one day be
developed lies primarily
with his confidence in
The LINK.
“As long as we have
The LINK working with
us, we’re always in the
ballgame,” Robinson
said. “... There are no
immediate plans for the
(undeveloped acreage).
We’re trying to get this
project out of the way
first. We leave that up
to Joe Max Higgins. He
brings us the plan, and
we buy into it.”
decision should alleviate
pressure on sports teams
to raise funds for par-
ticipating in district-ap-
proved events.
“Instead of putting the
student-athletes in a com-
promised situation, this
allows us to give some
structure and make sure
their needs are being
met,” she said.
Sports
INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF MIKE LEACH’S VIRAL BANDWAGON
In an effort to recruit idle Big Ten and Pac 12 fans to their side, MSU marketing created a video of Mike Leach riding a bandwagon. The video was
posted at an opportune time on Monday following the Bulldogs’ upset victory over LSU last Saturday.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — ries Thursday and snap
Mike Leach, five Famous
Maroon Band seniors and
a wagon enter Davis Wade
Stadium.
This isn’t the begin-
ning of another corny joke
from your parents. Rath-
er, it’s an idea that started
as a joke in a text chain
between MSU Senior Le-
gal Administrator and Di-
rector of Licensing Duski
Hale, Associate Athletic
Director of Creative Strat-
egy Daniel Watkins and
Deputy Athletic Director
of External Affairs Leah
Beasley that has since
morphed into the latest
viral sensation featuring
MSU’s affable head foot-
ball coach.
“That was fairly ath-
letic if I do say so myself,
getting on top of that
Caledonia seeks ‘shot in the arm’ in Friday’s district opener
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
The Caledonia High
School football team went
into halftime of last sea-
son’s MHSAA Class 4A,
Region 2 opener at Shan-
non ahead 10-8.
Things went downhill
from there.
The Red Raiders put
up 12 unanswered points
in the third and again
in the fourth, took ad-
vantage of a mishandled
Caledonia punt and came
away with a 32-10 win to
send the ’Feds to an 0-1
district record.
“It was like a totally
different team after half-
time,” Caledonia coach
Michael Kelly said.
Kelly knows that
can’t happen again Fri-
day when his team hosts
the Red Raiders (2-2) in
another crucial district
opener.
“It’s a whole new sea-
son for us,” Kelly said.
“That’s what it’s all about
in high school football. ...
It’s really important to get
out and win and try to be
1-0.”
Doing so would give
MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL
wagon,” Leach said at his
Monday press conference
just hours after the video
dropped on social media.
“They’re pretty creative
here and did a good job
putting it together.”
Following a string of
texts in which Hale, Bea-
sley and Watkins quipped
about bringing Big Ten
and Pac-12 fans tempo-
rarily into the MSU fan-
base on the heels of the
conferences’ since-re-
versed cancellations of
their respective seasons
amid the COVID-19 pan-
demic, Hale had a sched-
uled meeting with Leach
to sign apparel in his of-
fice. Broaching the idea
of bringing his former
fans at Washington State
fans into the MSU sup-
port bubble, Leach told
Hale he was all in — and
ensured one other group
was included.
Caledonia running back Kewon Wyatt (21) looks for running room against Heritage Academy on Sept. 11.
Caledonia (1-2) consider-
able impetus towards its
goal of making the Class
4A playoffs for the second
straight season. Kelly’s
team went 5-5 last year
before a loss at Corinth in
the first round.
This year, Caledonia
lost its first two games
against Amory and Her-
itage Academy before
righting the ship with
“Hey don’t forget about
my Texas Tech fans,”
Leach said at the time.
“They’re so down for
that.”
With Leach on board,
Hale said a woman her
office was able to secure
a wagon from a family
in Starkville through a
friend who’d used it as
a wedding prop. It was
hooked to a trailer hitch
and brought to Davis
Wade Stadium for the vid-
eo shoot.
Upon arrival, Hale, Di-
rector of Football Creative
Media Mitchell Bernardo
and Assistant Athletic Di-
rector of Creative Video
Drew Walker, who helped
shoot the video, were
greeted by the sprinkler
system on Scott Field.
Asking one of the atten-
dants overseeing the turf
if they could be turned off
momentarily, Hale said
a 56-15 win over Holly
Springs on Sept. 18.
“You try to go out and
be dominant on both
sides of the ball and really
in all three phases of the
game each Friday night,”
Kelly said. “Obviously,
that’s not going to happen
all the time, but I thought
our kids executed well.”
Caledonia ran 60 times
for a whopping 461 yards
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through a laugh that they
looked at her like she was
nuts.
Instead, the group fi-
nagled the wagon to avoid
the water, timing their
movements with the ro-
tation of the sprinklers
as if they were crossing a
minefield.
“There’s no one else
around, so I’m pushing
this wagon around back
and forth on the football
field, dodging sprinklers,
timing the sprinklers,”
Hale explained.
Local clothier George
Sherman, who has a li-
censing deal with the
school, according to Hale,
planned an outfit of grey
tapered slacks, a pair of
maroon tennis shoes and
an MSU-emblazoned polo
he and Hale hoped would
elicit a West Coast vibe
for the effervescent head
coach’s appearance on
on the ground as 15 dif-
ferent players carried
the ball, while its defense
limited the Hawks to two
touchdowns through the
air. Kelly noted that his
defense is still young and
inexperienced — partic-
ularly in the defensive
backfield.
“I don’t know if we’re
quite playing at the lev-
el I’d like for us to play
the wagon.
Instead, Leach arrived
at the shoot moments af-
ter the sprinklers final-
ly abated, donning the
polo he was given, his
ever-present Old Navy
cargo shorts and a pair of
flip-flops.
“It’s perfect for him,”
Hale said. “I mean who’s
going to be mad? He
is who he is and that’s
what’s so endearing about
him … He’s unapologeti-
cally Coach Leach.”
While the video was
shot in the weeks prior to
the 2020 season, Satur-
day’s road win over LSU
afforded the perfect time
to debut the 50-second
video. Watkins, who over-
sees the bulk of MSU’s
graphic designers, vid-
eographers and photog-
raphers, built a landing
page that was incorporat-
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at right now,” he said.
“We’re still trying to grow
up a few guys on that side
of the ball, especially in
the secondary.”
But things are trend-
ing better for Kelly’s de-
fense. After giving up 44
points to Amory and 28 to
Heritage Academy, Cale-
donia’s output against
Holly Springs was a defi-
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Freeman,
Braves top
Reds 1-0
in 13th
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ATLANTA — The
scoreless innings kept
piling up, along with the
strikeouts. The shadows
began to creep across
the infield, and when the
lights came on in a most-
ly empty stadium for a
postseason game that
began a little past noon,
it seemed like this might
go on forever.
Finally, Freddie Free-
man had seen enough.
The MVP candidate
who warded off a fright-
ening bout with the coro-
navirus at the beginning
of this most unusual sea-
son fittingly delivered
the winning hit in the
13th inning, ending the
longest scoreless duel
in postseason history
as the Atlanta Braves
defeated the Cincinnati
Reds 1-0 in the opener
of their NL wild-card se-
ries Wednesday.
“That was a very
stressful 4 1/2 hours,”
Freeman said with a
chuckle.
The East champion
Braves won a postsea-
son opener for the first
time since Game 1 of
the 2001 NL Division Se-
ries. They’ll try to wrap
up the best-of-three se-
a record-tying streak of
10 straight playoff round
losses.
“We’re one away from
winning it,” said Atlanta
starter Max Fried, who
went seven scoreless
innings and was just 7
years old the last time
the Braves won a play-
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Gov. Reeves
increases
high school
stadium
capacity to
50 percent
BY DISPATCH STAFF
Mississippi Gov.
Tate Reeves announced
Wednesday he has in-
creased capacity at out-
door high school sport-
ing events to 50 percent
from a previous 25 per-
cent limit.
Reeves laid out the
new rule in Executive
Order 1525, in effect as
of 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The order will expire
at 5 p.m. Nov. 11 unless
extended, amended or
rescinded.
Attendance at K-12
extracurricular activities
in outdoor stadiums and
arenas was increased to
50 percent of seating ca-
pacity. At indoor events,
attendance is limited to
25 percent capacity.
Coaches, directors,
teachers, officials, med-
ical personnel, staff and
media are exempted
from the order. The lim-
its still necessitate a so-
cial distance of six feet
between people who are
not from the same house-
hold.
Face coverings are
still required for attend-
ees upon entry and exit
and while “in transit”
within the venue, accord-
ing to the order. They
are recommended and
strongly encouraged in
seating areas.
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Goldschmidt, Cardinals win 7-4 in Padres’ return to playoffs

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO — Given a
chance to catch their breath
after a crazy month and a half,
the St. Louis Cardinals settled
into the playoffs with yet anoth-
er win against the San Diego
Padres.
Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-
run home run during a four-run
first inning, St. Louis’ bullpen
held strong after starter Kwang
Hyun Kim stumbled in his play-
off debut and the Cardinals ru-
ined the Padres’ long-awaited
return to the playoffs with a 7-4
victory Wednesday in the open-
er of their NL wild-card series.
The Cardinals got a wel-
come two days off before this
series began. They came after
a season-closing grind that
saw them play 53 games in 44
days, including 11 doublehead-
ers, with only two days off. The
team had its season suspended
for 14 games from late July to
mid-August after 10 players and
eight staff members tested pos-
itive for COVID-19 and had to
scramble to fit in the makeups.
“It was nice. We needed
them,” Goldschmidt said. “The
whole last whatever, 45 days,
we were playing every day,
guys were playing as hard as
they could but can’t operate at
100% for that long. It was nice to
kind of recharge and be 100% or
close to it and just be ready to
go.”
The Cardinals need one
more win to eliminate the Pa-
dres from the postseason for
the fourth time since 1996.
They swept the Padres in the
NL Division Series in 1996
and 2005, and won 3-1 in 2006,
which was the last time San
Diego made the postseason.
Game 2 is Thursday.
Right-hander Chris Padd-
ack (0-1) failed to give the Pa-
dres the boost they desperately
needed after Mike Clevinger
and Dinelson Lamet were left
off the wild-card roster due to
injuries suffered in their final
regular-season starts.
Paddack lasted only 2 1/3 in-
nings and gave up six runs.
After retiring leadoff batter
Kolten Wong, Paddack allowed
the next five batters to reach.
San Diego native Tommy Ed-
man singled and Goldschmidt
homered to left. Dylan Carlson
doubled, 38-year-old Yadier Mo-
lina hit an RBI single and Paul
DeJong doubled before Matt
Carpenter hit a sacrifice fly.
“We didn’t come out and say
we needed to be aggressive,
I just think guys were ready
to hit,” Goldschmidt said. “He
threw what, 10 strikes to start
the game, so it wasn’t like we
were swinging at stuff out of
the zone. It just happened that
we got hits.”
Paddack allowed three
straight hits to open the third,
including DeJong’s RBI single,
before being replaced by Matt
Strahm. Carpenter added an
RBI single for a 6-2 lead.
Paddack allowed eight hits,
struck out one and walked none.
“I noticed early that they
were jumping on my fastball,”
Paddack said. “I thought we did
an awesome job of executing
our pitches. I guess that’s post-
season baseball. I take all the
blame for Game 1.
“The game speeds up in a
postseason start,” he added.
“Every pitch I was mentally fa-
tigued because I knew every
pitch was important.”
The Cardinals “came out
swinging first pitch and they
barreled some balls up,” Padres
rookie manager Jayce Tingler
said. “He never really got the
chance to settle in and they
came out really aggressive and
found some barrels.”
Giovanny Gallegos (1-0)
pitched 1 1/3 innings for the
win and Alex Reyes got the last
four outs for the save. Five re-
lievers combined for 5 1/3 in-
nings, allowing three hits and
an unearned run.
Kim, a 32-year-old rookie,
allowed three runs and five hits
in 3 2/3 innings, struck out two
and walked two. He signed with
the Cardinals after playing 13
seasons in the Korea Baseball
Organization, including win-
ning four championships and
one MVP Award. He made
three relief appearances for
Korea at Petco Park in the 2009
World Baseball Classic.
Kim allowed Eric Hosmer’s
sac fly in the first, Aaron Nola’s
sac fly in the second and Tom-
my Pham’s RBI single in the
third.
Nola hit another sac fly in
the sixth. Fernando Tatis Jr.,
who had reached twice, scored
twice and hit a ball to the warn-
ing track in right, struck out
with runners on first and sec-
ond to end the inning.
Tatis came up with two on
and two out in the eighth and
grounded out. Rookie Jake
Cronenworth had a baserun-
ning blunder in both the sixth
and eighth.
Dexter Fowler hit an RBI
single in the ninth off Trevor
Rosenthal, who started his big
league career with the Cardi-
nals.
St. Louis’ Harrison Bader
struck out five times. The cen-
ter fielder did make a nice catch
up against the fence of Wil My-
ers’ fly ball to end the game.
Sad history
The Padres dropped to 0-4
in the postseason at Petco Park,
all against the Cardinals.
Trainer’s room
Padres: GM A.J. Preller said
the Padres decided Clevinger
(right elbow impingement)
and Lamet (biceps tightness)
wouldn’t be capable of making
at least 80-pitch starts.
Yadier Molina
The 17-year-veteran played
in his 99th career playoff game,
tying Tino Martinez for sixth
all-time.
Up next
Cardinals: RHP Adam Wain-
wright (5-3, 3.15 ERA) is sched-
uled to start Game 2 on Thurs-
day. The 39-year-old made his
career postseason debut at Pet-
co Park in Game 1 of the 2006
NL Division Series and got the
save in Game 2. The Cardinals
won the series 3-1 and went on
to win the World Series.
Padres: RHP Zach Davies (7-
4, 2.73) is set to go for the Pa-
dres after Clevinger and Lamet
were left off the wild-card ros-
ter. Davies made one appear-
ance for Milwaukee in the 2018
NLCS against Los Angeles.

A’s hold off Abreu, White Sox 5-3, force series to Game 3
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND, Calif. —
Oakland’s long-reliable
regulars Marcus Semien
and Khris Davis pow-
ered a couple of home
runs, Mark Canha made
a game-saving catch
against the wall and red-
hot right-hander Chris
Bassitt delivered the start
of his life.
Now, the slugging A’s
are right back in a famil-
iar fall position: one win-
ner-take-all postseason
game with the season on
the line.
Semien and Davis
connected early and Oak-
land’s bullpen barely held
off José Abreu and the
Chicago White Sox late
for a 5-3 win Wednesday
that sent the AL playoff
series to a deciding Game
3.
The A’s lost in the AL
wild-card game each of
the past two seasons, pro-
viding added motivation
to win the division and
earn a longer series.
Game 3 is Thursday at
the Coliseum.
“It feels good. We’re
hungry for more wins,”
Semien said. “Tomorrow,
anything can happen. It’s
just like Game 7.”
A’s reliever Jake Diek-
man walked home a run
in the ninth, then retired
the big-hitting Abreu on
a sharp grounder to end
it and even the best-of-
three wild-card matchup
at 1-all.
The White Sox went
14-0 in the regular sea-
son against left-handed
starters and beat south-
paw Jesús Luzardo in the
playoff opener. A’s manag-
er Bob Melvin acknowl-
edged it might make him
reconsider who to start
with the season on the
line — perhaps righty
Mike Fiers over lefty
Sean Manaea.
“I’m pretty sure we’re
pretty dang confident in
anyone we throw against
the White Sox,” Bassitt
said. “The numbers don’t
mean anything. It’s the
postseason. I thought
they put absurd at-bats
against me, and I’m a
righty.”
Bassitt allowed one run
on six hits in seven-plus
innings during an impres-
sive postseason debut as
the AL West champion
A’s snapped a six-game
postseason losing streak
dating to 2013.
The right-hander,
drafted by the White
Sox before being traded
to Oakland in December
2014, came in on a nice
roll with an 0.34 ERA in
September.
Things got interesting
when Bassitt gave way
to Liam Hendriks after a
leadoff single to Tim An-
derson in the eighth with
a 5-0 lead. Yasmani Gran- really worried, we know season. their staffs to determine
dal hit a two-run homer what we can do. We don’t who would take the
one out later. have to overthink it, just Trainer’s room mound.
Hendriks surrendered go out there and play our White Sox: LF Eloy Oakland kept six start-
a pair of two-out singles game.” Jiménez was out for a ing pitchers on the roster
in the ninth and walked second straight play- to have options for a de-
Yoán Moncada to load the
bases. Diekman relieved
Back on track off game as he nurses a ciding game.
“It’s all hands on deck,”
The A’s had dropped sprained right foot that
and walked Grandal to kept him out of the final Renteria said, not provid-
five straight postseason
bring home a run. three games of the regu- ing specifics on who he
games when facing elim-
Abreu, a leading can- lar season. Jiménez went might start. “TBA.”
ination.
didate for AL MVP, hit a through extensive base-
Oakland’s six-game
hard grounder to second ball work Monday and Dickerson homers as
playoff skid matched the
base as Diekman earned
a tough save.
longest in A’s history — still experienced sore- Marlins beat Cubs 5-1
also done from Oct. 10, ness.
Oakland hit three con- 2006-Oct. 7, 2012. This Jiménez was still re-
in playoff opener
secutive one-out singles CHICAGO — The
marked the club’s first ceiving treatment to de-
in the first against Dal- Miami Marlins just kept
postseason win since termine his status, with
las Keuchel, and rookie fighting. When Kyle Hen-
Game 3 of the 2013 AL manager Rick Renteria
second baseman Nick dricks finally stumbled,
Division Series, a 6-3 vic- noting he wasn’t avail-
Madrigal’s fielding error they pounced.
tory against Detroit at Co- able as designated hitter
allowed two runs to score. This group of Marlins
merica Park. because “you need to be
Keuchel exited after is one resilient bunch of
The A’s lost the wild able to run.”
3 1/3 innings having al- fish.
card game to the Yankees “Right now he’s about
lowed five runs — three Corey Dickerson hit a
in 2018 then Tampa Bay the same, no worse,” Ren-
earned — and six hits. three-run homer off a fad-
last year after winning 97 teria said. “Hopefully that
He couldn’t hold down ing Hendricks in the sev-
games both seasons but can calm down a little bit
the slugging A’s as Lucas enth inning, and Miami
finishing second to the ri- more.”
Giolito did a day earlier beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1
val Houston Astros. on Wednesday in Game 1
taking a perfect game
into the seventh inning “Hopefully that expe- Routine of their NL wild-card se-
of Chicago’s 4-1 Game 1 rience helps a little,” said With another noon ries.
victory. Canha, whose leaping start, some of the A’s Jesús Aguilar also
The White Sox haven’t catch in the fifth robbed chose to hit on the field homered and Sandy Al-
won back-to-back road Anderson. after not doing so Tues- cantara pitched three-hit
playoff games since get- day — which was treated ball into the seventh as
ting six straight in 2005. Davis delivers more like a day game af- Miami conjured up mem-
“The biggest thing is Davis, who led the ma- ter a night game. Melvin ories of past playoff mag-
carry that momentum jors with 48 home runs in said many of his players ic in the franchise’s first
from the last inning into 2018, cleared the fences didn’t want to go two postseason game since it
tomorrow’s game,” Mad- for only the second time straight days without bat- won the World Series in
rigal said. “Even going since Sept. 4 after playing ting practice. 2003. The Marlins, who
into today’s game every- in only 11 games down rallied past the Cubs in
one felt good. We had the stretch. Up next a memorable NLCS that
some good innings just He went just 3 for 18 Both managers year, have never lost a
didn’t cash in. No one’s against the White Sox last planned meetings with playoff series.
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Lakers, LeBron roll in Game 1 of finals, top Heat 116-98

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAKE BUENA VIS -
TA, Fla. — LeBron
James finally got an easy
Game 1 in the NBA Fi-
nals.
A very easy one, at
that.
Anthony Davis scored
34 points in his finals de-
but, James had 25 points,
13 rebounds and nine
assists and the Los An-
geles Lakers rolled past
the Miami Heat 116 -98
on Wednesday night.
The Heat left beaten
and battered.
Kentavious Cald-
well-Pope scored 13
points, Danny Green
had 11 and Alex Caruso
finished with 10 for the
Lakers. They returned
to the finals for the first
time in a decade and
sent a very clear mes-
sage. James’ teams had
been 1-8 in Game 1 of
past finals, with losses
in each of the last seven
openers.
Not this one.
“We kind of picked it
up on both ends of the
floor,” Davis said.
Jimmy Butler fought
through a twisted left
ankle to score 23 points
for Miami. The Heat lost
point guard Goran Drag-
ic at halftime to a left
foot injury and saw All-
Star center Bam Ade-
bayo leave in the third
quarter after apparently
aggravating a left shoul-
der problem.
Kendrick Nunn
scored 18 points for the
Heat, Tyler Herro had 14
and Jae Crowder 12. Ade-
bayo was held to eight
points in 21 minutes,
and Miami went with
subs for a fourth-quarter
burst that turned a total
rout into something only
slightly more palatable
in terms of final margin.
Game 2 is Friday
night.
The Lakers did what-
ever they wanted. They
outrebounded Miami
54-36, led by as many
as 32 points, and made
15 3-pointers — a big
number for a team that
doesn’t necessarily
count on piling up that
many points from be-
yond the arc. They’re
21-3 this season when
making at least 14 3s.
The only stretch that
provided hope for Miami
came in the first six min-
utes. The Heat scored
on six consecutive pos-
sessions in what became
a 13-0 run to take a 23-
10 lead midway through
the opening period.
So, the first six min-
utes were fine for Miami.
Everything else was
all Lakers.
The simplest way to
sum up what happened
over the rest of the open-
ing half is this: Lakers
55, Heat 25. The Lak-
ers came into Game 1
ranked 21st out of the 22
teams that spent time in
the bubble from 3-point
range, making only
33.6% of their tries from
deep at Disney. They
were the only team in
the postseason to have
two games shooting less
than 25% on 3s.
Perhaps they were
due. The Lakers went
9-for-11 on 3’s in the fi-
nal 16 minutes of the
first half. Of the nine
Lakers who played in
the first two quarters,
eight tried a 3-pointer
— and all eight made at
least one.
They closed the first
quarter on a 19-3 run.
Herro banked in a 3 from
a sharp angle for a 43-41
Miami lead with 7:33 left
in the half, and then the
Lakers took off again,
this time on a 24-5 burst
to go into the break with
a 65-48 lead.
And if things weren’t
already bad enough for
Miami, the Heat deter-
mined at the half that
Dragic — playing in
his first finals game —
couldn’t keep going in
Game 1 because of a left
foot injury.
The Lakers started
the third on another
run, this one 18-3, and
the rout was officially
underway.
Tip-ins
Heat: Butler turned
his left ankle in the final
seconds of the first half,
remained in the game
and started the second
half. ... It was the 19th
time that Miami lost a
game this season after
leading by double digits
at some point.
Lakers: The Lakers
improved to 17-15 in
Game 1s of title series.
... Davis was 10 for 10
from the foul line, plus
added nine rebounds,
five assists and three
blocks.
James’ records
The NBA Finals re-
cord book is basically
a James scrapbook of
career achievements,
and he raised his spot
on some of those lists
Wednesday. He became
the seventh player to
appear in 50 NBA Fi-
nals games (he could
climb all the way to a
tie for third on that list
if this series goes seven
games) and passed Mi-
chael Jordan and George
Mikan for fifth in finals
free throws made.
Familiar spot
The Heat fell to 1-5 in
Game 1 of title series.
All three of Miami’s
championships have
come after dropping the
opener.

Braves
Continued from Page 1B
off series. “I’m feeling
really good going into
tomorrow.”
What began as a pitch-
ing showdown between
between Cy Young con-
tenders Fried and Cin-
cinnati ace Trevor Bauer
devolved into a strikeout
contest played before a
handful of family and
friends at Truist Park.
The teams combined
for a postseason re-
cord 37 Ks — 21 by the
Braves.
After a couple of hits
in the 13th against Ar-
chie Bradley, Freeman
drove one into center
field off Amir Garrett
against a five-man infield
with one out to end a
game that dragged on for
more than 4 1/2 hours.
A four-time All-Star,
Freeman produced an-
other big year in a pan-
demic-shortened sea-
son after a battle with
COVID-19 in July so
severe that he said he
prayed: “Please don’t
take me.”
In the 13th, he came
up in a situation he rel-
ishes.
“That’s the guy we
want up there,” manager
Brian Snitker said.
A.J. Minter escaped
a bases-loaded, one-out
jam in the top of the 13th
for the win — the third
straight inning the Reds
pushed a runner to third
but couldn’t get him an-
other 90 feet.
“These guys take so
much pride in coming
through in those situ-
ations,” Reds manager
David Bell said “Each
and every time we had the
opportunity, we believed
it was going to happen.”
While there no deny-
ing the historic nature of
the first postseason game
to be scoreless after 11 in-
nings, it hardly qualified
as a masterpiece leading
off an unprecedented day
of eight playoff games.
With the designated
runner at second base no
longer in play for postsea-
son games, two teams that
rely heavily on the long
ball took turns just flailing
away at the plate, passing
on several opportunities
to bunt runners along.
Mostly, they stirred up
nothing but a stiff breeze.
“We’re a big-swing-
ing team,” Snitker said.
“Sometimes, it doesn’t
happen.”
Bauer certainly lived
up to his billing as one
of baseball’s best pitch-
er. The outspoken right-
hander became the first
pitcher in big league his-
tory to record 12 strike-
outs with no walks, no
runs and two or fewer hits
in a postseason start.
Bauer was lifted after
retiring the first two hit-
ters in the eighth, doing
the Braves chop on his
way to the dugout.
“I brought my ‘A’ game
and everything,” Bauer
said. “I was exhausted.” Fried also benefited
The Braves’ only real from some key defensive
threat against Bauer plays.
came in the sixth, when Castellanos was thrown
Ronald Acuña Jr. led off out by Adam Duvall trying
with a double to the wall to go from first to third
in center and moved in the sixth. Then, in
to third on Freeman’s Fried’s final inning, the
groundout. NL home Reds attempt at a double
run and RBI king Mar- steal ended with a pair
cell Ozuna popped out of rundowns and Austin
behind home plate and Riley tagging out Aris-
Travis d’Arnaud struck tides Aquino just before
out swinging. he touched home.
Fried went nearly
pitch for pitch with the
Cincinnati ace, surren-
Trainer’s room
Reds: Senzel appeared
dering six hits while to jam his left shoulder
striking out five. He
diving back to first on a
didn’t walk anyone, ei- pickoff throw in the third,
ther.
but he stayed in the game.
Braves: There were
Early troubles injury concerns after At-
It hardly looked like a lanta’s last series of the
pitching duel in the be- regular season, but every-
ginning. one was good to go in the
Nick Senzel and Nick playoffs.
Castellanos started the
game with back-to-back
singles off Fried, rekin-
dling memories of the
Braves’ last playoff out-
ing.
In Game 5 of the 2019
NL Division Series, Atlan-
ta gave up a record 10 runs
to the St. Louis Cardinals
in their first at-bat. This
time, Fried escaped a first-
and-third jam by retiring
Joey Votto, Eugenio Suárez
and Mike Moustakas.
“I’m trying to get out of
there with only one run,”
he said. “Fortunately for
me, I was able to get out
with none.”

Prep
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nite step forward.
“I think we’re taking small steps in
the right direction,” Kelly said.
Those improvements will be tested
against a Shannon offense consisting of
several talented playmakers, including
senior running back Sentwali White.
Kelly said it feels like White’s been with
the Red Raiders even longer than he ac-
tually has.
“It seems like he’s been playing for
them the last four years,” the coach said.
Kelly said his team will have to stop
White and Shannon’s other big threats
from making big plays, something on
which Caledonia’s own offense is pred-
icated. Against a strong Shannon de-
fense that shut out Okolona last week,
Caledonia’s “flex-bone” option scheme
will be tested.
“They’re big, they’re aggressive, and
they get to the football,” Kelly said of
the Red Raiders’ defense. “We’re going
to have to play very well in all phases of
the game to give ourselves a chance to
win.”
Following through on that plan, Kel-
ly said, would be a “shot in the arm” for
him — and hopefully for his players —
to power through the remainder of the
schedule.
“It’s nice after the first week of divi-
sion when you see 1-0 up there beside
your name,” Kelly said. “That’s what we
strive for. That’s what we work for each
and every day.”

MSU
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ed into the social media posts with a link
conveniently titled hailst.at/Bandwag-
on.
Once the link is clicked, web surfers
are directed to a slew of comical ques-
tions like “Which is better Las Vegas or
StarkVegas?” and “Do you know ALL
the words to Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Be-
lievin’’?” Those that completed the sev-
en-question survey were then sent a free
block MSU logo decal. Watkins said the
initial idea was to send out 500 decals.
As of Wednesday afternoon, there were
1,781 submissions.
“Like you would’ve hoped, people
have really gravitated toward it,” Wat-
kins told The Dispatch. “And I think one
of the good things for us is Mike already
kind of has a brand. Our goal is just kind
of to play off of that a little bit and, that’s
kind of what we did.”
“It’s pretty magical whenever it ac-
tually does work,” Beasley added. “Be-
cause sometimes it just flat out fails. But
this is definitely not one of those times.”
Since Leach’s arrival in Starkville, the
MSU marketing department has spent
countless hours scheming new and im-
proved content ideas for the head coach.
Among them, pirate-themed MSU gear
— an ode to Leach’s self-authored book
“Swing Your Sword” and his affinity for
swashbuckler lore — has graced bill-
boards, T-shirts, polos and more in his
nine months on the job. Hale said it took
just 38 minutes after Leach’s contract
was made official in January before she
saw a Walking Bully logo donning an eye
patch.
As for the bandwagon, it’s still taking
on supporters.
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Virus outbreak pushes Steelers-Titans to Monday or Tuesday
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
— The Tennessee Titans
have at least one more
day to see if the team’s
coronavirus outbreak is
under control before their
game with the Steelers is
rescheduled for Monday
or Tuesday.
Only one new positive
test result came back
Wednesday, a day after
the Titans had three play-
ers and five team per-
sonnel test positive for
COVID-19. More daily
test results are upcoming.
The league announced
the postponement from
Sunday afternoon on
Wednesday.
The Titans hope to be
allowed back inside their
facility Saturday, though
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
coach Mike Vrabel said
that could happen before
then or later. The Titans
are preparing to play as
early as Monday. Vrabel
said he’s confident the
NFL will allow them some
time to practice before
the game.
“We’ve worked on
short weeks before,” Vra-
bel said. “We’ve played
three games in 13 days.
I’m sure the other teams
that we played before had
a few extra days of prac-
tice. And so it’ll be im-
portant that the time that
we do get to spend prac-
ticing, we take advantage
of it.”
Outside linebackers
coach Shane Bowen was
the first to test positive,
with the Titans learning
Saturday of his results.
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He didn’t make the trip
to Minnesota, where Ten-
nessee won 31-30.
On Tuesday, the Titans
placed three players on
the reserve/COVID-19
list, including key play-
ers defensive captain and
lineman DaQuan Jones
and long snapper Beau
Brinkley. Outside line-
backer Kamalei Correa
became the fourth on that
list Wednesday.
Vrabel is not identify-
ing the five other person-
nel who tested positive,
saying only that he was
not among that group.
The Titans coach said
some of those who tested
positive are experiencing
“flu-like symptoms” and
he expects they will feel
better shortly.
The league’s infectious
disease experts have
been helping the Titans
and the Vikings track
down anyone in contact
with those who tested
positive. The Vikings had
no positive test results
Wednesday and were
preparing to reopen their
building Thursday, with a
game Sunday at Houston.
The Titans also have
evaluated all of the proto-
cols and how they’ve han-
dled meetings and social
distancing. Vrabel said
he and general manag-
er Jon Robinson already
had taken steps Monday
to severely limit who had
access to the team’s head-
quarters this week before
the NFL decision to close
the building.
“We want to make sure
that we’re doing every-
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I have been
with my
husband for 20
years, married for
eight of them. He
thinks his mother
can do no wrong.
She takes pic-
tures of me when
I least expect it,
and then posts
the worst ones on
Facebook. She
laughs and thinks
it’s funny, but I am
really hurt by it.
To make it Dear Abby
worse, his sister
does the same to me now. They
constantly have their phones
pointed toward me, and when
confronted, they deny taking
pictures or insist all pictures
have been deleted.
I have always supported
my husband’s relationship with
his family, but I don’t feel like
they support us being together.
I have deleted his mother as
a friend on Facebook and no
longer go to family functions.
My husband agrees that what
she’s doing is wrong, but offers
no support. His family prides
themselves on class, but this is
anything but classy. — CAUGHT
OFF GUARD
DEAR CAUGHT: It isn’t
classy to willfully hurt others,
as your MIL and SIL have been
doing. Both appear to have a
cruel streak, and this is their
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct.
1). Wowed by superficial
attributes, others seek to know
you the depths of you. How
fulfilling to be so thoroughly
appreciated. You’ll gain lifestyle
improvements as you organize
your possessions and time dif-
ferently. An educational win will
be followed by a work opportuni-
ty that has your social network
buzzing. Scorpio and Sagittarius
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 6, 13, 20, 1 and 48.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
The temptation will be to get a
diagnosis for things that may
or may not be better off with
one. How much does it really
matter what you call a thing?
Not as much as coming up with
thing we can to make the
players safe and that this
doesn’t happen again,”
Vrabel said.
Now the Titans must
prepare virtually until
they can hit the practice
field for a game against
the Steelers pitting two of
the NFL’s seven undefeat-
ed teams.
Vrabel said they held
a team meeting virtually
Wednesday morning and
he showed the Titans vid-
eo of Pittsburgh. Players
had meetings with their
position coaches — all
through video conference
calls.
With only a practice
and a walk-through pos-
sible before kickoff, the
Titans will be preparing
virtually for the Steelers
to make sure they’re all
way of needling
you.
What troubles
me is that you
have allowed
them to drive
you away from
family functions,
which I assume
your husband is
attending without
you. Have anoth-
er talk with him.
Go to another
family gathering,
and when you
see the cameras
aimed at you, tell
them to cut it out.
Your spineless husband should
back you up on it, tell them that
it isn’t funny, and if there are
any shots of you on their FB
pages, HE wants them deleted
immediately.
DEAR ABBY: I’m in an eight-
year relationship, and we share
a 3-year-old child together. We
talk about marriage, but truth
be told, I’m having doubts. He
has a wandering eye, which is a
total turn-off for me.
For instance, when we
go to a restaurant and the
waitress walks up to assist us,
as soon as she turns around,
he automatically glues his eyes
on her backside. I don’t say
anything about it, but it’s so
annoying. Should I say anything
or just continue to pretend that
I don’t see? — BOTHERED IN
LOUISIANA
a course of action to make it
all work.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You may start feeling like things
are getting away from you, but it
won’t take much to reestablish
your grip. Center yourself, and
then make a boundary decision
or two.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
While it’s depleting to dwell
on those wishes that must be
granted somewhere outside
of your realm of control, it is
enormously energizing indeed to
focus on what is doable.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
If someone is with you one
week and against you the next,
then it’s not love; it’s a trans-
action. Relationships that are
on the same page. Pitts-
burgh has a league-high
15 sacks, so paying atten-
tion and talking on those
Zoom calls will be crucial.
Players with injuries
still can receive treatment
at the Titans’ facility, with
visits to the training room
staggered. Other Titans
are home hoping no more
positive results turn up
and that they themselves
don’t test positive even as
they attempt to keep their
family members safe.
Safety Kevin Byard
said more positives re-
main a possibility, with
the virus sometimes
showing up days after ex-
posure. In the meantime,
it’s up to individual play-
ers being professionals
and finding a way to make
up for missed practices.
DEAR BOTHERED: Many
men ogle, but for most of
them, it’s only their eye that
wanders. Because it bothers
you so much you may not
want to move the relationship
forward, by all means speak up.
Pretending not to notice has
changed nothing. After eight
years of silence, I think it’s time
to set the father of your child
straight, don’t you?
DEAR ABBY: I have wonder-
ful neighbors. They own a fish
market in Chinatown. Since
they moved in three years ago,
he has given me fish almost
every other week. My dilem-
ma is, he speaks almost no
English, and she speaks only
broken English. Some of the
fish he gives me I don’t use, so
I offer it to another neighbor or
throw it out.
I would like to tell him which
fish I prefer, but don’t want
to seem ungrateful or like it’s
shopping from home. Any sug-
gestions on how to handle this?
— GRATEFUL IN NEW YORK
DEAR GRATEFUL: You might
“innocently” mention which fish
you especially appreciate when
he brings it to you, but other
than that, I think you should
be grateful for your neighbor’s
generosity and forget about
“placing an order” for some-
thing you’re not paying for. You
should also make an effort to
reciprocate in some way so the
man and his wife are not doing
all the giving.
based on an arrangement tend
to change when the arrange-
ment does.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). To
blame one person would be re-
ductive and to blame everyone
would be meaningless. Why
blame anyone at all? Accept
what is, and then do what you
need to do to move the situa-
tion where you need it to be.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). You’re susceptible to
beauty. You’ve a weakness for
sweetness, and you can be
deeply moved by instances of
loveliness. You’ll find uplift in
the smile of a certain someone.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You’ll distrust over-the-top
sentiments and will prefer to
be shown respect and love
in low-key ways. Your favorite
acknowledgment will be quality
time together doing the things
that you find relaxing.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Conflict is easily deacti-
vated. Chances are that this
is rooted in a misunderstand-
ing. When you assume that
everyone involved started with
goodwill, you can calmly sort
the facts and figure out what
happened.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). It takes getting around new
people to know that you have
more stories to share than you
realize. Part of enjoying your
interesting life is in retelling
it to people, especially good
listeners.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Gray areas aren’t to be
feared; rather, they are to be
observed, tolerated, negotiated
and, considering they encom-
pass most of existence, hope-
fully, ultimately embraced.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You can take an action,
feel good about it afterward,
and still not be completely
convinced that it was the right
thing to do. You’ll check back in
a year or two. Until then, wash
your hands of it and move on.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). The young feel omnipotent.
To some extent, the same goes
for the immature and inexpe-
rienced. This is a necessary
state at the start of any pursuit.
If we knew what there was to
fear, we’d never embark.
Spellbound
SOLUTION:
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Business
BUSINESS MOVES WITH MARY

Bowling alley expands with trampoline park

PLUS: New salon maintained its
same owner,
opened The
Blend Bar, 101
Moving over to West
Point, we have a rib-
tinkering mind to work
toward the hobbies she
floor and the second floor,
which was previously
in Columbus Praveen Ravi,
and just ex-
Holly Hills
Road, earlier
bon-cutting happening on
Commerce Street.
enjoys.
“It’s been a whole lot
closed to the public.
The Growth Alli-
BY MARY POLLITZ panded with this week. If you’re an avid of fun,” Arick said. “I see ance will host its grand
biz@cdispatch.com the trampo- The salon of- antiquer, you may have myself as a fixer anyways. reopening Friday at 11
line park. fers coloring, already shopped at Bits … I spent a lot of time fix- a.m. For Friday and Sat-

C
olumbus, jump on Tucker add- extensions, N Pieces. In fact, while ing stuff and I’m an avid urday, Arick is collecting
it. ed construc- relaxers and Shannon Arick perused crafter and DIY-er (do- non-perishable food items
Starting this tion began waxing, and is around the store earlier it-yourself) myself and for the West Point food
weekend, kids and kids at in mid-July currently look- this year, she saw the having an antique store is pantry. In exchange for
heart can start jumping and the soft ing for nail former owner Connie something I’ve wanted for those goods, you can
at a new trampoline park. opening was Mary Pollitz technicians to Hudson was looking to a long time.” get 10 percent off of one
Event Zona and Rebound a success, expand to nail sell the building as well Bits N Pieces has a single item.
Trampoline Park, former- meaning jumpers can care. as the business. little bit of everything and Arick, who often
ly known as GT Lanes get to jumping by this Mitchell said she That’s how Arick Arick said she’s hoping fundraises for the West
at 1207 Hwy. 45, has weekend. worked for about a decade became the new owner of to add more local artists Point food pantry said
revamped into a trampo- “We are looking for another salon in town the antique store at 646 to that list. Customers though the special is only
line park. forward to continuing to before she decided to Commerce St. can find furniture, home running Friday and Sat-
Though the name has serve the Golden Triangle expand on her own. “Back in June when I décor, antiques, dishes, urday, she will continue
changed and the trampo- area,” Tucker said. “We “I decided during was working from home, candles and more. One to collect items for the
line park has been added, just want to thank every- COVID, it’s time to step I just happened to be thing that has changed food pantry to help those
you can still bowl, play one for their continued out on my own,” Mitchell off on Friday. I noticed since Arick purchased in need.
laser tag and play your patronage.” said. “It’s been stressful that the lights were on,” the business is that she Be sure to check out
favorite arcade games. The trampoline park and fun at the same time.” Arick said. “I came in and has expanded its layout. Bits N Pieces Monday
This marks the third will be open 2-10 p.m. The Blend Bar is open picked up a few things By Friday, customers will through Saturday from 10
Rebound Trampoline Monday through Thurs- Tuesday through Friday and found out it was for be able to shop the first a.m.-5 p.m.
Park in Mississippi, with day, Friday from 2 p.m.-1 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and sale and it went from
locations in Meridian, Tu- a.m., Saturday from 11 Saturday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. there.”
pelo and now Columbus. a.m.-1 a.m. and Sunday Mitchell said she Arick purchased the
Logan Tucker, the from noon-10 p.m. recommends calling business about a month
manager of the Meridi- Also in Columbus, 662-769-6045 to make an ago, leaving behind the
an location, confirmed there’s a new salon. appointment but she does stress of an engineer-
the Columbus facility Latisha Mitchell accept walk-ins. ing job and putting that

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International Paper
Columbus Mill’s Golf
Tournament raises
$60,000 for
United Way of Lowndes
and Noxubee
COLUMBUS —
Eighty golfers and a
team of volunteers gath-
ered at Elm Lake Golf
Course on Sept. 11 for a
day of outdoor fun and to
help present United Way
of Lowndes and Nox-
ubee with a generous
gift. Sponsors donated
$37,500 and Internation-
al Paper matched that
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“At International Sept. 11 raised $60,000 for the United Way of Lowndes and Noxubee counties.
Paper, we believe our
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stability of Lowndes and Solenis, and every other North Africa and Russia. 150 countries. Net sales
Noxubee counties.” sponsor who generously It produces corrugated for 2019 were $22 billion.
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Sunday. Difficulty Level 9/30
pets, quiet area. Leave full reqrd. No early birds.
name & message,
205−712−6697. Garage Sales: Other Vehicles always a the same number only once. The difficulty level
increases from Monday to Sunday.
182 Sanders Lane. Lots of
toddler boy clothes, toys ,
Ads starting at $12 good option.
RENT A CAMPER! Halloween decor, lots h/h
CHEAPER THAN A MOTEL! items and much more! Campers & RVs
Utilities & cable included,
from $145/wk − $535/mo
55 Oakwood Dr.,
Columbus & County School
locations. 662−242−7653 Brooksville. 10/3, 7:30am.
or 205−442−2011. 25+ tables & food booths!
Five Questions:
Come shop with us!
797 SANDERS Mill Rd.,
RV/MOBILE HOME SITE
1 Erie, Huron,
Steens. Big sale + 2 sheds!
East or West Columbus or Fri: 7−4 & Sat: 7−10.
near CAFB, Caledonia
Please wear mask. 2007 45 Luxury Newmar
Michigan,
schools. 601−940−1397.
Essex Diesel Pusher 30K
One person’s junk, miles. Sale price $34,500,
is another person’s
! Ontario,
Everything works properly
Real Estate treasure
on it. TEXT 2283672671
Superior
Ads starting at $25
Community
2 False
Farms & Timberland
Ads starting at $12
BURGESS FARM FOR
SALE. We are accepting
Travel & Entertainment
3 Mozart
prime Noxubee County
PUBLIC CATFISH POND
farmland & mobile home FIND YOUR 130 Hillcrest Dr
located on Highway 388,
GOLDEN DEAL WITH Catfish contest Oct. 1−
4 Twelve
31. $200 for most
GARAGE
later than Friday, October weight. $100 for Big
9, 2020 10:00a.m. The
Fish. 2 drawings for
parcels are 153−18− $50 valued prizes. Call
SALES
662−386−8591 for
5 Hat trick
18−001.01, 431.60 details.
acres. The bids will be
opened at 10:00 a.m. at
Medical / Dental
Attorney−at−Law, 2962
Jefferson Street, Macon,
MS. After all bids are
make a second bid. The
is reserved. Accepted bid
must be approved by
Probate Court. Send all
bids to Ricky Walker,
ACROSS
427, Macon, MS 39341. 1 Large truck
For more information call 5 Huge hit
Judy or Stan Miller,
601−260−7712 or 10 Nurse Barton
662−418−8266. 12 Therefore
13 Tricks
Lots & Acreage 14 Extreme
15 Major fuss
1.75 ACRE LOTS
16 Black leopard
Good/Bad Credit Options.
Good credit as low as 20% 18 Schoolbag
down, $499/mo. Eaton item
Land, 662−361−7711.
20 Put away
21 Burdon of
PICKENS COUNTY, AL The Animals
180 acres in Liberty 23 Apt. ad abbr.
Community. Good hunting
& road systems. $850/ 24 Porter of song
acre. Other tracks
available. Call 205−799−
26 Sound from
an angry cat 46 Stiff drink metheus
9846 or 205−695−2248. 28 Jazz style
DOWN 24 Flower part
29 Checkout act 1 Throw away 25 Reception
31 Smelter 2 Steer clear of feature
supply 3 Wall worker 27 Roadhouse
32 Toy-filled 4 Hot blood 28 Tender of
target 5 Eschew nursery rhyme
36 Seaplane 6 Turn to liquid sheep
Looking for a new home? part 7 Flower parts 30 USN rank
Let us help, shop here. 39 Tom Hanks 8 Horror movie 33 Higher than
movie sounds 34 Kind of pool
Service Directory
40 Macaroni 9 Trick-taking 35 Deal maker
shape game 37 Carry
41 Wear away 11 Hopes 38 Has debts
43 Gladden 17 Clay, later 42 Vault part
44 Sofa’s kin 19 Animation
Promote your small business starting at only $25 45 Does kitchen frame
work 22 Like Pro-
Carpet & Flooring General Services General Services Lawn Care / Landscaping
A & T TREE SERVICES JESSE & BEVERLY’S
Bucket truck & stump LAWN SERVICE
removal. Free est. Mowing, cleanup,
Serving Columbus landscaping, sodding,
since 1987. Senior & tree cutting.
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ 662−356−6525
242−0324/241−4447
"We’ll go out on a limb for Painting & Papering
you!"
QUALITY PAINTING.
DAVID’S CARPET & WORK WANTED: Licensed Ext/Int Painting.
UPHOLSTERY & Bonded. Carpentry, minor Sheet Rock Hang, Finish &
CLEANING electrical, minor plumbing, Repair. Pressure Washing.
Fall Special: 4 Rms $99 insulation, painting, demo− Free Estimates. Ask for
1 Room − $50 lition, gutters cleaned, specials! Larry Webber,
2 Room − $70 pressure washing, land− 662−242−4932.
3 Rooms − $90 scaping, cleanup work.
Carpet−Rugs−Tile−Cars 662−242−3608. Tree Services
Call for more info!
662−722−1758 J&A TREE REMOVAL
Work from a bucket truck.
LIST YOUR BUSINESS HERE! Insured/bonded.
Ads starting at $25 ads.cdispatch.com. Call Jimmy Prescott for free
ads.cdispatch.com estimate, 662−386−6286.
662-328-2424