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Jupiter, Saturn
MONDAY PROFILE
merging in night
sky, closest in Helping math ‘click’
centuries MSMS teacher guides Choctaw Tribal School
Planets should be easily
visible around the world
students, others to upper-level math classes online
a little after sunset,
weather permitting
BY MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Ju-

piter and Saturn will merge in the
night sky Monday, appearing closer
to one another than they have since
Galileo’s time in the 17th century.
Astronomers say so-called con-
junctions between the two largest
planets in our solar system aren’t
particularly rare. Jupiter passes its
neighbor Saturn in their respective
laps around the sun every 20 years.
But the one coming up is espe-
cially close: Jupiter and Saturn will
be just one-tenth of a degree apart
from our perspective or about one-
fifth the width of a full moon. They
should be easily visible around the
world a little after sunset, weather
permitting.
See CONJUNCTION, 6A

Sunday fire
destroys East Alison Alexander, math teacher and distance learning coordinator at Mississippi School for Mathematics and
Courtesy photo

Lowndes Co. home

No injuries reported
as firefighters
investigate cause
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
Lowndes County Volunteer
Fire Department is investigating a
fire that destroyed a home in East
Lowndes County on Sunday after-
noon.
Lowndes County Fire Services
Coordinator Neil Austin said volun-
teers from the District 3 fire station
reported to a call at approximately
4:30 p.m. Sunday, arriving to find
the single-family home, located at
688 Ward Road, fully involved.
“Fortunately, no one was at the
residence at the time,” Austin said.
“We were able to rescue a dog from
See FIRE, 3A
Science, works in her classroom in Columbus Wednesday. In addition to teaching math to in-person students full-
time, Alexander has taught higher-level math classes to online students from Choctaw Tribal Schools and other
school districts throughout the state since 2017 when MSMS first hired her as a part-time math teacher. Alexan-
der says she loves to see students excited about learning.
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
level math classes virtually and Noxubee County School District in
hopefully get a step up in their the past and this year included AP
O
learning. classes for students from Colum-
ne day last school year, Ali- While Alexander had visited the bus Municipal School District — is
son Alexander got a text that students’ home schools in the past, one MSMS has set up as part of
reminded her of why she this was the first time they had its outreach to school districts
loves teaching. visited MSMS. throughout the state that either
Mississippi School for Mathe- “After they left, … (the Choctaw can’t financially support high-level
matics and Science, where Alexan- math and science classes or can’t
Tribal Schools curriculum coor-
der is math teacher and distance dinator) sent me a text message find qualified teachers to teach
learning coordinator, had hosted and said that one of the students them.
students from Choctaw Tribal had said that he was so excited to It’s a program Alexander has
Schools on that particular day. see his ‘other school,’” Alexander helmed since 2017, when she was
For the last two years, Alexander said. “So that’s what I want them to only teaching part-time at MSMS
had been putting together online know. We’re here for them. We are due to her full-time teaching job
Algebra and Geometry classes so their other school.” at East Mississippi Community
the Choctaw students, starting The program — which has also College.
in eighth grade, could take upper virtually taught students from See ALEXANDER, 3A

Mississippi churches face difficult decisions at Christmas

‘From a public health perspective, we
don’t need to go to church’
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs
BY LEAH WILLINGHAM
Associated Press/Report
for America
RIDGELAND — It
always feels special for
Pastor Jay Richardson
when his congregation at
Highland Colony Baptist
Church gathers during
the holidays — but this
year, that’s even more true
because of time they’ve
spent apart.
The church temporari-
ly shut down at the start of
the pandemic, and again
three months ago, when
25 worshipers became
infected with coronavirus
during an outbreak. Rich-
ardson, 70, was hospital-
ized with double pneumo-
nia caused by the virus.
As hard as it was deal-
ing with an outbreak, in
many ways the isolation
it caused has been worse,
Richardson said.
“I’ve made the decision
here that unless it’s a very,
very unique situation,
we’re not going to shut this
church down anymore,”
Richardson said, explain-
ing that not being able to
worship together has hurt
members emotionally and
spiritually.
Mississippi is the cen-
ter of the Bible Belt, where
residents consider them-
selves the most religious
in the entire country, ac-
cording to Pew Research
Center. At the same time,
most of the state falls into
the high-risk category for
coronavirus because of a
high rates of conditions
like hypertension and di-
abetes.
Houses of worship have
faced difficult decisions
during the pandemic and
those challenges have
been exacerbated as new
cases peak during Christ-
mastime, with thousands
of Americans dying from
the virus every day.
State Health Officer
Dr. Thomas Dobbs de-
scribed churches as a
“powder keg” for virus in-
fections and deaths. State
health data have shown
that church services have
caused a significant num-
ber of outbreaks in Missis-
sippi.
“From a public health
perspective, we don’t need
to go to church,” Dobbs
said during a virtual con-
versation about the ap-
proaching holiday.
Meanwhile, Repub-
lican Gov. Tate Reeves
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Congress seals agreement on $900B COVID relief bill

Package would establish a temporary $300
per week supplemental jobless benefit, $600
direct stimulus payment to most Americans
BY ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Top Capi-
tol Hill negotiators sealed a deal
on a $900 billion COVID-19
economic relief package, finally
delivering long-overdue help to
businesses and individuals and
providing money to deliver vac-
cines to a nation eager for them.
The package, expected to
draw votes in Congress on
Monday, would establish a
temporary $300 per week sup-
plemental jobless benefit and a
$600 direct stimulus payment
to most Americans, along with
a new round of subsidies for
hard-hit businesses and money
for schools, health care provid-
ers and renters facing eviction.
It came together Sunday af-
ter months of battling and pos-
turing, but the negotiating dy-
namic changed in Republicans’
favor after the election and as
the end of the congressional
session neared. President-elect
Joe Biden was eager for a deal
to deliver long-awaited help to
suffering people and a boost
to the economy, even though it
was less than half the size that
Democrats wanted this fall.
Biden praised the bipartisan
spirit that produced the mea-
sure, which he called “just the
beginning.”
“This is a model for the chal-
lenging work ahead for our na-
tion,” Biden said Sunday in a
statement.
House leaders informed law-
makers that they would vote on
the legislation on Monday, and
the Senate was likely to vote on
Monday, too. Lawmakers were
eager to leave Washington and
close out a tumultuous year.
“There will be another major
rescue package for the Amer-
ican people,” Senate Majori-
ty Leader Mitch McConnell,
R-Ky., said in announcing the
agreement for the relief bill. “It
is packed with targeted policies
to help struggling Americans
who have already waited too
long.”
Democrats acknowledged it
wasn’t as robust a relief pack-
age as they initially sought —
or, they say, the country needs.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
vowed more to come once Pres-
ident-elect Joe Biden takes of-
fice.
“It is a first step,” she said.
“We have to do more.”
A fight over Federal Re-
serve emergency powers was
resolved Saturday night by the
Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck
Schumer of New York, and con-
servative Republican Pat Toom-
ey of Pennsylvania. That break-
through led to a final round of
negotiations Sunday.
Still, delays in finalizing the
agreement prompted the House
to pass a one-day stopgap
spending bill to prevent a gov-
ernment shutdown at midnight
Sunday. The Senate was likely
to pass the measure Sunday
night as well.
The final agreement would
be the largest spending mea-
sure yet. It combined $900 bil-
lion for COVID-19 relief with a
$1.4 trillion government-wide
funding plan and lots of other
unrelated measures on taxes,
health, infrastructure and ed-
ucation. The government-wide
funding would keep the govern-
ment open through September.

Biden to receive COVID vaccine

as Trump remains on sidelines
Trump is now one of the only senior-most U.S. officials
who has not received the first of two vaccination shots
BY JILL COLVIN
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — the only senior-most U.S.
The leader of the Trump
administration’s vaccina-
tion program says people
who have been infected
with the coronavirus —
a group that includes
President Donald Trump
— should receive the vac-
cine.
Moncef Slaoui, the
chief adviser of Operation
Warp Speed, told CNN’s
“State of the Union” on
Sunday that the vaccine
is safe for those who have
recovered and offers
stronger and potentially
longer protection than
does the virus itself.
“We know that infec-
tion doesn’t induce a very
strong immune response
and it wanes over time.
So I think, as a clear pre-
caution, it is appropriate
to be vaccinated because
it’s safe,” he said. “I think
people should be vaccinat-
ed, indeed.”
Trump is now one of
officials who has not re-
ceived the first of two vac-
cination shots, which be-
gan being administered
last week as part of the
largest vaccination cam-
paign in the nation’s his-
tory. Vice President Mike
Pence, House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,
and Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell,
R-Ky., all were given dos-
es Friday. President-elect
Joe Biden was to receive
his Monday.
All have chosen to pub-
licize their injections as
part of a campaign to con-
vince a skeptical public
that the vaccines are safe
and effective, in hopes of
finally putting an end to a
pandemic that has killed
more than 317,000 people
in the United States and
upended life around the
globe.
Trump, who in the past
has spread misinforma-
tion about vaccine risks,
tweeted earlier this month
that he was “not sched-
uled” to take the vaccine,
but looked “forward to do-
ing so at the appropriate
time.” The White House
says he is still discussing
timing with his doctors.
Trump was hospital-
ized with COVID-19 in
October and given an ex-
perimental monoclonal
antibody treatment that
he credited for his swift
recovery.
A Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
advisory board has said
people who received that
treatment should wait at
least 90 days to be vacci-
nated to avoid any poten-
tial interference.
“When the time is
right, I’m sure he will re-
main willing to take it,”
White House spokesper-
son Brian Morgenstern
echoed Friday. “It’s just
something we’re working
through.”
Trump has spent the
last week largely out of
sight as he continues to
stew about his election
loss and floats increasing-
ly outlandish schemes to
remain in power. It’s an
approach that has bewil-
dered top aides who see
his silence as a missed
opportunity for the pres-
ident, who leaves office
Jan. 20, to claim credit
for helping oversee the
speedy development of
the vaccine and to bur-
nish his legacy.
Trump has also come
under criticism for failing
to take the vaccine him- When was the last time you
self as an example to help
allay concerns about its picked up a piece of litter?
safety, especially among
Republicans.

Aide: Biden won’t talk about son Hunter

with any attorney general candidates
The president-elect himself is not a
subject of the federal investigation
BY KEVIN FREKING
The Associated Press
WA SH I NG T ON
— President-elect Joe
Biden’s incoming press
secretary said Sunday
that Biden would not dis-
cuss the investigation of
his son with any prospec-
tive candidates for attor-
ney general.
A federal investiga-
tion into the finances of
Biden’s son, Hunter, will
likely be a major point of
contention during Senate
confirmation hearings for
Biden’s nominee to lead
the Justice Department.
Some Republicans are
already calling for the
appointment of a special
counsel to deter the role
of politics in an investiga-
tion.
Biden spokeswoman
Jen Psaki told “Fox News
Sunday” that Biden is
looking for somebody
who is at “the highest lev-
el of integrity” to oversee
the Justice Department.
“And that person,
whomever it is, will be
overseeing whatever in-
vestigations are happen-
ing at the Department of
Justice,” she said.
Psaki also said the top-
ic of Hunter Biden would
not come up in interviews.
“He will not be discussing
it with anyone he is con-
sidering for the role and
he will not be discussing
it with a future attorney
general,” she said. “It will
be up to the purview of a
future attorney general
in his administration to
determine how to handle
any investigation.”
The president-elect
himself is not a subject of
the investigation.
Sen. Doug Jones,
D-Ala., and Merrick
Garland, a federal ap-
peals court judge, have
emerged as the leading
contenders to serve as at-
torney general, The Asso-
ciated Press has learned.
But dynamics could shift,
as any Biden choice now
will be scrutinized for any
perceived loyalty to the
president-elect and bias
in any investigation of his
son.

Trump wants Supreme Court to

overturn Pennsylvania election results
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Un-
deterred by dismissals and
admonitions from judges,
President Donald Trump’s
campaign continued with
its unprecedented efforts
to overturn the results of
the Nov 3. election Sunday,
saying it had filed a new
petition with the Supreme
Court.
The petition seeks to re-
verse a trio of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court cases hav-
ing to do with mail-in bal-
lots and asks the court to
reject voters’ will and allow
the Pennsylvania General
Assembly to pick its own
slate of electors.
While the prospect of
the highest court in the
land throwing out the re-
sults of a democratic elec-
tion based on unfounded
charges of voter fraud is
extraordinary unlikely, it
wouldn’t change the out-
come. President-elect Joe
Biden would still be the
winner even without Penn-
sylvania because of his
wide margin of victory in
the Electoral College.
“The petition seeks
all appropriate remedies,
including vacating the ap-
pointment of electors com-
mitted to Joseph Biden and
allowing the Pennsylvania
General Assembly to se-
lect their replacements,”
Trump attorney Rudy Gi-
uliani said in a statement.
He is asking the court to
move swiftly so it can rule
before Congress meets on
Jan. 6 to tally the vote of the
Electoral College, which
decisively confirmed
Biden’s win with 306 elec-
toral votes to Trump’s 232.
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Alexander
Continued from Page 1A
A Columbus native, Alex-
ander has always been drawn
to math — and to teaching.
She attended Mississippi State
where she got both a bachelors
and masters in math.
“I was a business major in
college, and I hated account-
ing,” she said. “... I knew I
liked math and I was good at it
and I was able to teach myself
through textbooks.”
She also got involved with
math study groups, which was
when she got the idea that she
wanted to teach.
She says she loves seeing
students get excited about
learning.
“That’s what I’ve really love
about being at MSMS,” she
said. “The students want to be
here. They want to ask ques-
tions and they want to learn
more and they want to gain all
the knowledge that they can,
and that’s what I love to see,
when it actually clicks.”
She especially likes when
the students can explain the
concepts to each other — a
common occurrence at MSMS
where teachers encourage
students to get involved in
outreach, tutoring younger
students at math camps and
other events or, in the case of
Alexander’s students, helping
teach the younger students
from Choctaw Tribal Schools.
“That’s just what I love
about teaching, that they can
explain it to their peers better
than I can,” Alexander said. “I
feel like I’ve been a good teach-
er when that happens.”
After teaching several years
at EMCC, Alexander was hired
full-time by MSMS in the
2019-2020 school year. By that
The idea was that successful
students would graduate on
to higher-level math courses
as they moved through high
school.
“We know that students
can do better things if they
start with Algebra I in eighth
grade,” Alexander said. “They
can get through higher-level
math classes. ... I think that’s
where the conversation began,
that we could offer math class-
es for these students, these
higher-achieving students,
in different districts that may
not be able to find a teacher or
have the resources.”
Students who make an A or
a B in Algebra I have the op-
portunity to move on to Geom-
etry in ninth grade, followed
by Algebra II in 10th grade,
Algebra III in 11th grade and
finally Calculus in their senior
year.
Since it’s all virtual, Alexan-
der creates video lectures for
each topic, which coordinators
at the students’ school show
during classrooms. Students
then are able to email with
Alexander any questions, and
Alexander grades their home-
work and quizzes.
It’s a lot of extra work,
Courtesy photo since Alexander also teaches
Alison Alexander interacts with her online students from Choctaw
full-time math at MSMS, but
Tribal Schools during their visit last year to Mississippi School for
it’s also an interesting way
Mathematics and Science, where Alexander is a math teacher and to make a connection with
distance learning coordinator. Alexander, with help from some of students. While she does one
her MSMS students, teaches higher-level Algebra, Geometry and
Calculus classes to students at Choctaw Tribal Schools and other or two live lectures every
year — or at least prior to the
school districts that aren’t able to hire upper-level math teachers.
The Choctaw students said they were glad to be visiting their COVID-19 pandemic — the
“other school.” bulk of her relationships with
the students happens online.
time, she had been teaching Algebra I to eighth graders “They send me emails if
distance math for a couple of from Noxubee and Choctaw they have questions, and that’s
years already. counties, though only Choc- kind of how I have developed
It began with teaching taw continued the program. relationships with them, just
through email basically,” she
said. “Sometimes if they have
a question, I’ve jumped on and
I said, ‘Do you have time to
Zoom’ and would Zoom. Last
semester I remember Zooming
at like 8 o’clock at night with
some of the students getting
ready for a test. ... They feel
comfortable enough to send
me an email and tell me that
they don’t understand and that
we can work through problems
together.”
It seems to be working.
Last year, a 10th grader from
Choctaw Tribal Schools who
Alexander had been teaching
since she was in eighth grade
asked Alexander to write her
a letter of recommendation
so she could apply for MSMS.
This year, the student is the
first from Alexander’s outreach
program to attend MSMS.
“She was actually ... in my
first Algebra I class,” Alexan-
der said. “... Now she is in my
(Foundations of Math, similar
to pre-calculus) class right
now. It’s great that she is actu-
ally here on campus and she
is an MSMS student. She will
graduate in 2022.”
When she’s not teaching
math, Alexander is volun-
teering with Junior Auxiliary,
playing golf or working on
construction projects around
her Southside home with her
husband.
“I like to teach,” she said. “I
like what I do, and I just hope
that my students see that every
day. I had some great math
teachers growing up, and I
want to be like them basically.
... I’m here to help them.”

AREA ARRESTS
The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n William Bradford
Jr., 40, was charged with
trafficking of controlled
substances, no license tag
and suspended drivers li-
Bradford Jr. Brewer Gottschalk Hankins Jackson Pickens
cense.
n Alonzo Brewer, 33,
was charged with posses-
sion of a controlled sub-
stance and possession of
marijuana.
n Jacob Gottschalk,
18, was charged with mo-
lesting-touching child for Davis Gosney Dries Richardson Lockett Reed
lustful purposes.
were made by the Oktib-
n Phillip Hankins, 50, bench war-
was charged with fleeing beha County Sheriff’s Of- rant.
or eluding in a motor ve-fice: n Rod-
hicle. n Mildred Davis, 57, er iques
n Christian Jackson, was charged with DUI Lockett, 24,
20, was charged with pos-2nd. was charged
session, sale, transfer of n Niki Gosney, 35, was with ag-
charged with possession
stolen firearm and failure g r a v a t e d Langford Fair Gillespie
to appear. of controlled substance domestic
n Allen Pickens, 49, and hold for other agency. assault and credit card fraud.
was charged with pos- n Jessica Dries, 31, MDOC Hold. n Jaquavius Fair, 18,
session of methamphet- was charged with posses- n Rachel Reed, 33, was was charged with posses-
amine, disobeying trafficsion of paraphernalia and charged with fraud and sion of schedule 1 drug.
possession of a controlled
control device and failure MDOC hold. n Arthur Gillespie,
to appear. substance. n Waylon Langford, 28, was charged with bur-
n Adam Richardson, 21, was charged with bur- glary of a residence and
The following arrests 37, was charged with a glary of a residence and sexual battery.

MEMA director hospitalized

with COVID-19 complications
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PEARL — Mississippi’s
top emergency manager is
hospitalized because of
COVID-19 complications.
The Mississippi Emer-
gency Management Agen-
cy said in a statement
Sunday that Director Greg
Michel has been admitted Michel
to a hospital with pneumonia, a compli-
cation from is infection with COVID-19.
Michel tested positive for the corona-
virus on Dec. 9.
Spokesperson Malary White said the
agency continues to “operate as usual
while taking every precaution necessary
to protect our staff.”
White described Michel as remaining
“in good spirits.”
Michel was named to lead the agency
by Gov. Phil Bryant in 2018 after then-di-
rector Lee Smithson resigned. Gov Tate
Reeves, a Republican like Bryant, re-
tained Michel.
Michel is a retired colonel who com-
manded Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg
from 2015 to 2017.

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4A MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020
POSSUMHAW
Dooley joins a gang
“To cherish peace and
goodwill, to be plenteous in
mercy, is to have the real
spirit of Christmas.”
— Calvin Coolidge, 30th
President of the United
States, 1923-1929
I
n 1993 Dad published
his memoirs. “Me &
Jimmy” tells a story of
growing up in the South
in the 1920s. Dad and his Shannon Bardwell
friend Jimmy were mem-
bers of a neighborhood gang. A gang
like the TV show “Spanky and Our
Gang.” The gang members were Billy,
Sanky, Moses, Harry, Bob, Jack,
Smokey, Abe and the leader, Jimmy.
When dad, nicknamed Dooley, met up
with the gang he had to fight Jimmy to Tom’s toasted peanuts. There was no
be a member. The boys made a circle
around Jimmy and Dooley, whooping
and hollering while the two fought.
Dooley said he put up a good fight, but dollar, and selling figs in the summer.
he’d be lying if he said he won. After
that Dooley was a gang member and
he and Jimmy were best friends.
The book recounts tales of building golf balls for a nickel.
forts, fighting brick wars, playing mar-
VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Citizen responds to city
COO’s Sunday letter to the
editor
I’m sorry, but I have to re-
spond to David Armstrong’s
attack.
First of all, I was not at-
tacking “our police officers.”
I was attacking a city policy
that was instigated by the
police chief and approved by
our mayor and city council.
Secondly, how does he
think that woman got to The
Regal Motel?
We truly need a better
Columbus and a better COO.
Bob Raymond
Columbus
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Monday, Dec. 21,
the 356th day of 2020. There
are 10 days left in the year.
Winter arrives at 5:02 a.m.
Eastern time.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Dec. 21, 1620, Pil-
grims aboard the Mayflower
went ashore for the first time
at present-day Plymouth,
Massachusetts.
S
On this date:
In 1864, during the Civil
War, Union forces led by Maj.
Gen. William T. Sherman
concluded their “March to
the Sea” as they captured
Savannah, Georgia.
In 1913, the first news-
paper crossword puzzle,
billed as a “Word-Cross
Puzzle,” was published in the
New York World.
In 1914, the U.S. govern-
ment began requiring pass-
port applicants to provide
photographs of themselves.
In 1940, author F. Scott
Fitzgerald died in Holly-
wood, California, at age 44.
In 1942, the U.S. Su-
preme Court, in Williams
v. North Carolina, ruled 6-2
that all states had to rec-
ognize divorces granted in
Nevada.
In 1945, U.S. Army Gen.
George S. Patton, 60, died
in Heidelberg, Germany, 12
days after being seriously
injured in a car accident.
In 1968, Apollo 8 was
launched on a mission to
orbit the moon.
In 1969, Vince Lombar-
di coached his last football
game as his team, the Wash-
ington Redskins, lost to the
Dallas Cowboys, 20-10.
In 1988, 270 people were
killed when a terrorist bomb
exploded aboard a Pam Am
Boeing 747 over Lockerbie,
Scotland, sending wreckage
crashing to the ground.
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The
ble games with names like and Dooley were on their way to the
“Bullseye” and “Knuchs.” Checkerboard Store when they first
Boys made homemade noticed a shanty house. Two raggedy
sling shots from wooden little girls and two raggedy little boys
crates, inner tubes, fishing were playing with sticks and bottles
line and a leather pad from on the bare ground. At the store Jim-
the tongue of an old shoe. my asked
They made kites from Mr. Tuttle
hollow cane poles, string, about the
newspaper, school paste family. Mr.
and strips torn from an old Tuttle said
shirt. They played football, the father
baseball, basketball, went had tuber-
camping as Boy Scouts, culosis.
fishing, exploring, skinny dipping The moth-
and skating. With a stick and a can, er took in
they played hockey. They hung out at washing
the Checkerboard Store where they and ironing
bought winding balls, Black Crows, to earn
Baby Ruths, Nehi orange drinks and a little mon-
ey. Jimmy
TV or radio. They also worked earn- was trou-
ing money with a push mower, a swing bled by what Mr. Tuttle shared about
blade, cleaning yards for 25 cents to a the family. On the walk home Jimmy
said, “Dooley, what if we give them the
They were carhops at the drugstore best Christmas ever.” “How?” asked
and caddies at the city golf course Dooley. “We hardly have any money.”
where they also sold lost and found So, the boys hatched a plan to ask
for donations for a little money and
Then one December day Jimmy used toys. Nobody had much, but
WASHINGTON
Bye-Bye William Barr
ome heads snapped when their mentor. If those had been
Attorney General Wil- Trump’s only enablers, he
liam Barr told the truth wouldn’t have gone far.
on Dec. 1. “To date, we have No, in order to seize the
not seen fraud on a scale that Republican Party and the
could have effected a different White House, he needed the
outcome in the election.” This assistance of a few key figures,
was not the Bill Barr we had people with credibility, if not
come to expect. We were sur- quite gravitas. The first to
prised again when we learned extend this was the governor
that Hunter Biden has been of New Jersey, Chris Christie.
under federal investigation for Sen. Jeff Sessions was the sec-
some months, that this was Mona Charen ond. Others followed. They laid
known to Barr, and that he their reputations on the altar
didn’t disclose it to President of Trump and watched them
Donald Trump for use in the campaign. burn. It was the tribute he demanded. One
These are damning facts — if you’re work- of the more shocking revelations of this
ing for America’s most corrupt president. low, contemptible era is how much these
Contradicting Trump’s wild, absurdist seemingly self-respecting figures seemed
fantasy of a Hugo-Chavez-orchestrated/ to relish their servility.
hammer-and-scorecard/Dominion plot to Barr immolated his reputation first
steal the election that Trump had “won by by misrepresenting the contents of the
a landslide” was bound to be a poker in the Mueller report. Responding to a reporter’s
eye for the chief executive. And to think question, Barr explicitly denied that “but
that Barr had incriminating information for” the Justice Department policy against
about Hunter Biden — the sort of thing indicting a sitting president, Mueller
Trump had gotten himself impeached might have recommended action.
attempting to extort — and kept it under Mueller protested that this is not what
wraps? Well, Barr’s days were numbered. the report said, and when the redacted
Barr should be grateful that he was report was released, it became clear to all
offered the chance to submit a letter of that Barr had misled us about that very
resignation rather than be fired by tweet matter.
(though, of course, there was a tweet). We know that Barr’s tolerance for deceit
And, frankly, it’s hard to feel sympathy for and disgraceful conduct had to be pretty
the guy. Yes, those last two unexpected robust because he auditioned for the attor-
spasms of basic ethics must be weighed in ney general job after watching his prede-
the balance when considering his tenure, cessor get flayed alive for following ethics
but Barr has much to answer for. rules. This is a question for every one of
Unlike Omarosa, “the Mooch,” Co- Trump’s post-Sessions hires. Sessions was
hen, Lewandowski and the other C-list- a fool to endorse Trump in the primaries,
ers Trump surrounded himself with, but at least he was an early adopter unable
William Pelham Barr, attorney general to learn from others’ mistakes. He also
under George H. W. Bush, former CIA, turned out to have some standards. The
former Verizon attorney, was as pure an rules said he needed to recuse himself.
embodiment of the Republican establish- So he did it. The fact that Trump not only
ment as you could find. Most of Trump’s resented Sessions for this but couldn’t fath-
hangers-on were con men and frauds like om how someone could mold their behav-
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everybody gave something. Mr. Tuttle
gave groceries, and Mr. Addkison at
the hardware store gave some red,
blue and green paint. The gang boys
painted and repaired wagons, tricy-
cles, hobby horses, toys, dolls and a
swing. Mr.
Tuttle’s son
Tom loaded
everything
in the back
of a pickup
and quietly
carried
Santa’s
goodies
up to the
house’s
porch late
Christmas
Eve night.
Christ-
mas day the boys walked in pairs by
the house where they saw the children
and parents laughing and playing
with their new toys. Jimmy turned to
Dooley, “Wasn’t this the best Christ-
mas ever?”
Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of
Columbus at msdeltachild@msn.com.
ior to anything other than raw self-inter-
est, or Trump-interest, told you everything
you needed to know about Trump. Trump’s
selfishness is pathological.
Yet, there was Bill Barr, batting his
eyes and lifting his skirt in Trump’s direc-
tion.
Barr was a weird amalgam of toady
and totem. He constantly disregarded
Justice Department precedent and ethical
standards in service to his chief. As Bob
Bauer and Jack Goldsmith recount in
“After Trump: Reconstructing the Presi-
dency,” Barr appointed U.S. Attorney John
Durham to “investigate the investigators”
in the Russia matter. That much was not
improper. What followed was. Against
Justice Department norms and regulations
requiring department officials to remain
mum about ongoing investigations, Barr
offered public comments about what
Durham was finding. He said the FBI had
acted in bad faith. Regarding former FBI
Director James Comey, Barr opined: “I
think Comey has cast himself as being
seven layers above the decision-making.
I don’t think that holds water. The record
will be clear that that’s not the case.”
He intervened in Roger Stone’s case
to decrease his sentence — a favor not
offered to any non-Donald Trump friend.
He intervened in the Michael Flynn case
as well.
But there were lines he would not cross.
He didn’t participate in the latest and most
damaging of Trump’s assaults on Amer-
ica’s democracy — the stolen election
fraud. He pushed back. And he didn’t hand
over dirt on Hunter Biden.
Had he never joined the Trump admin-
istration, Barr would be remembered as an
honorable man. As it is, his legacy is badly
tarnished. Still, Barr had some standards.
How much worse could things have been if
he had none?
Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow at the
Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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Mississippi grieves the death

of former Gov. William Winter
‘Mississippi has lost a great leader and statesman’
Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — Mississippi leaders
are remembering former Gov. Wil-
liam Winter as a champion for edu-
cation, advocate for improving race
relations and supporter of the state
Department of Archives and Histo-
ry. A family spokesman said Satur-
day that Winter died Friday night at
home. Some reaction:
“Elee and I are deeply saddened
by the loss of former Gov. William
Winter. He truly loved this state and
his country. And the people of Mis-
sissippi loved him back. He will be
missed by all of us.” — Mississippi
Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican who
took office in January.
“Mississippi has lost a great lead-
er and statesman. Deborah and I
offer our deepest condolences and
prayers to the family of Governor
William Winter upon his passing.”
— former Mississippi Gov. Phil
Bryant, a Republican who held the
office from 2012 to early 2020.
“Governor William Winter was
a student of History and a clarion
voice for a better future. From a call
for kindergartens, more support for
our public schools and a change of
our flag, his voice was for a new and
better Mississippi for all. We have
lost a true Statesman.” — Former
Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove,
a Democrat who served from 2000
to 2004.
“William Winter, best governor
Mississippi ever had ... & a beacon
for equality, inclusion, ethics & edu-
cation has died. Mississippi & USA
so much better because of his life &
service.” — former Mississippi Gov.
Ray Mabus, a Democrat in office
from 1988 to 1992 and who previous-
ly served on Winter’s gubernatorial
staff.
“Mississippi has lost a giant,
and my family has lost a friend
and neighbor. Another courageous
member of the greatest generation
joins the great cloud of witnesses.”
— U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
“Mississippi mourns the loss of
former Gov. William Winter. He will
be remembered for his dedicated
service and commitment to Missis-
sippi and our nation.” — U.S. Sen.
Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss.
“I was saddened to learn of the
passing of former Governor William
F. Winter. Mississippi has lost one of
its greatest ambassadors. His work
on earth speaks for itself. Rest in
peace.” — U.S. Rep. Bennie Thomp-
son, D-Miss.
“William Winter brings people of
all walks of life together for honest
discussion.” — Civil rights leader
Myrlie Evers in a statement pre-
pared on behalf of the Winter family
before his death. Evers and Winter
worked together on projects for the
state Department of Archives and
History, including the Museum of
Mississippi History and the adjoin-
ing Mississippi Civil Rights Muse-
um. They both spoke at the muse-
ums’ opening in December 2017.
Mississippi Department of Ar-
chives and History director Katie
Blount said Winter helped secure
public and private funding for the
two history museums: “These mu-
seums stand at the intersection of
William Winter’s greatest passions
— history, education, and racial jus-
tice. Generations of young people
will come here to experience the
stories that have shaped our state
and nation.”

Churches
Continued from Page 1A
says restrictions can’t
be placed on worship be-
cause religious freedom is
a constitutional right.
Reeves has set limits on
the number of people who
can gather at one time
— currently 10 people
indoors and 50 outdoors,
without social distancing
— but those regulations
have never applied to reli-
gious institutions.
The topic has been
the subject of debate in
the courts. In 5-4 vote
last month, the conserva-
tive-led Supreme Court
barred New York from
enforcing certain limits
on attendance at churches
and synagogues in areas
hit hard by the virus.
“God is bigger than
government,” Reeves
wrote on Facebook after
the court’s ruling. “The
right to freely practice
your faith must never be
infringed.”
As Mississippi has seen
a recent rapid increase in
virus cases, both the Mis-
sissippi United Methodist
Conference Pandemic
Task Force and the Epis-
copal Diocese of Missis-
sippi called for an end to
in-person services.
“It breaks my heart
to make this direction,
especially now, during
Advent,” the state’s Epis-
copal bishop, the Rt. Rev.
Brian R. Seage, wrote in a
Dec. 3 letter.
But many have kept
their routines. For now,
Highland Colony — a ma-
jority-white church in a
Jackson suburb — is still
holding in-person ser-
vices.
“God has built a cer-
tain rhythm into our lives
as Christians, and part of
that rhythm is meeting
together on a real regular
basis,” Richardson said.
“If you get to where you’re
not doing that, your whole
life gets out of rhythm.”
Richardson, who was
hospitalized for five days,
was the most severely ill
member of the church
during the outbreak at
Highland Colony.
Church leaders believe
the outbreak started at a
singing group’s rehearsal,
then spread at a Sunday
service.
Afterward, they can-
celed small group meet-
ings and created more
space for singers. They
had already added a sec-
ond Sunday service to lim-
it crowds, spaced out seat-
ing and added sanitizing
stations and temperature
checks.
Richardson this year
doesn’t expect more than
300 attendees combined
during the two Christmas
Eve services. The church
seats 750.
Joy Sartain, 89, was
wearing a mask sitting in
a section of seats roped off
for vulnerable populations
as she attended a recent
Highland Colony service. I think it is a very, very
“I have trouble under- unsafe method,” he said
standing why some peo- of in-person worship. “It’s
ple will go to a restaurant horribly bad in terms of
and eat, the grocery store people letting down their
or the mall to shop, but guard.”
they are afraid to come Even while taking pre-
to church? That doesn’t cautions, May said five
make sense to me,” she members of the church’s
said. “We can do this safe- praise band had recent-
ly, and it’s so important to ly tested positive for
us.” COVID-19.
Every church’s ap- “A church is not just a
proach has been informed building, a church is peo-
by its experience with the ple,” he said. “We can still
virus.
keep our people connect-
At Anderson United
ed. You can worship God
Methodist, a predomi-
without having to congre-
nantly African-American
gate in a building.”
church in Jackson, the
Rev. Joe May said he’s
seen the toll of COVID-19
firsthand. He said 10 mem-
bers of his church have
died during the pandemic.
Anderson has not re-
turned to in-person wor-
ship, instead doing virtual
services and daily prayer
calls. Once a month, the
church hosts a drive-
in service that attracts
around 400 people. Before
the pandemic, up to 1,000
people attended.
May has noticed per-
sistent anxiety among
members about the virus,
and that’s something he’s
tried to respect. He said
he thinks it’s a reflection
of how the pandemic has
hit Black people especial-
ly hard.
“Now is a very danger-
ous time with numbers
tripling and quadrupling.

Conjunction
Continued from Page 1A
Toss in the winter
solstice in the Northern
Hemisphere, the longest
night of the year — and
the summer solstice in
the Southern Hemisphere
— and this just-in-time-
for-Christmas spectacle
promises to be one of the
greatest of Great Conjunc-
tions.
“What is most rare is
a close conjunction that
occurs in our nighttime
sky,” said Vanderbilt
University’s David Wein-
traub, an astronomy pro-
fessor. “I think it’s fair
to say that such an event
typically may occur just
once in any one person’s
lifetime, and I think ‘once
in my lifetime’ is a pret-
ty good test of whether
something merits being
labeled as rare or special.”
It will be the closest Ju-
piter-Saturn pairing since
July 1623, when the two
planets appeared a little
nearer. This conjunction
was almost impossible to
see, however, because of
its closeness to the sun.
Considerably closer
and in plain view was the
March 1226 conjunction
of the two planets — when
Genghis Khan was con-
quering Asia. Monday’s
conjunction will be the
closest pairing that is vis-
ible since way back then.
Saturn and Jupiter
have been drawing clos-
er in the south-southwest
sky for weeks. Jupiter —
bigger and closer to Earth
— is vastly brighter.
“I love watching them
come closer and closer
to each other and the fact
that I can see it with my
naked eyes from my back
porch!” Virginia Tech as-
tronomer Nahum Arav
said in an email.
To see it, be ready
shortly after sunset Mon-
day, looking to the south-
west fairly low on the
horizon. Saturn will be
the smaller, fainter blob at
Jupiter’s upper right. Bin-
oculars will be needed to
separate the two planets.
Despite appearances,
Jupiter and Saturn will
actually be more than
450 million miles apart.
Earth, meanwhile, will be
550 million miles from Ju-
piter.
A telescope will not
only capture Jupiter and
Saturn in the same field
of view, but even some of
their brightest moons.
Their next super-close
pairing: March 15, 2080.

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BY BEN PORTNOY “I talked to our team
tderosa@cdispatch.com about being efficient,”
McCray-Penson said
STARK VILLE — postgame. “I want play-
Mississippi State fol- ers that are going to
lowed its script Sunday. make shots and make
Facing a severely the shots that they take
overmatched Central consistently and we
Arkansas team that didn’t do that tonight.”
hadn’t played a major Through five games
conference opponent this year, the Bulldogs
closer than 14 points haven’t really been test-
this year, Nikki McCray ed aside from an over-
Penson’s Bulldogs (5-1) time loss at No. 23 South
rolled to a 72-49 throt- Florida two weeks ago.
tling of the visiting Sug- But in blowouts of Jack-
ar Bears (2-6) Sunday son State, Southern,
at Humphrey Coliseum. Troy, New Orleans and,
Yet while Sunday’s game now, Central Arkansas
added another rout to the same issues persist.
MSU’s current ledger, it MSU made just one
reinforced the miscues of its first seven shots
of games past. and three of its first 10,
notched double-digit
turnovers for the sixth
time this season and al-
lowed the Sugar Bears
to hang around enough
by way of a 22-of-24 free
throw shooting per-
formance. Thanks to a
monster afternoon from
junior forward Jessika
Carter, the Bulldogs
found some breathing
room, though not in one
of their prettiest out-
ings.
“Coach McCray has
been on me about just
being patient in the paint
and slowing down, read-
ing the defense” Carter
said postgame. “So I feel Mississippi State Athletics
like my teammates got Junior forward Jessika Carter goes up for a shot in Sunday’s 72-49 win over Central
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faces Ohio State as Aggies left out
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STARK VILLE —
The Starkville Acad-
emy boys basketball
team just wanted to stay
in the game.
Trailing Hartfield
Academy 33-15 after
three quarters of play
Dec. 12 in Flowood, the
Volunteers knew they
were far from out of
the contest. When the
fourth period started,
they got stop after stop
and scored on posses-
sion after possession to
tighten the gap.
And with 10 seconds
left, down by two, junior
Jarius Jordan sank a go-
ahead 3-pointer to give
Starkville Academy an
improbable 39-38 win.
It was the Vols’ most
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MSU to play
in Armed
Forces Bowl
against
No. 24 Tulsa
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STARKVILLE — Mis-
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bowling.
After concluding its
regular season with a 51-
32 throttling of Missouri
Saturday, the Bulldogs
(3-7) were selected to face
No. 24 Tulsa (6-2) in the
Armed Forces Bowl in
Fort Worth on Jan. 1.
With its selection,
MSU has now been to a
bowl game 11-straight
years. The Bulldogs were
below the usual six-win
threshold, but that re-
quirement was waived
nationwide given the
varying number of games
teams were able to play
amid the COVID-19 pan-
demic. MSU hasn’t played
in a Texas-based bowl
since the 1998 Cotton
Bowl.
Tulsa will head into
the contest after a 6-2
regular season in which
the Golden Hurricanes’
only losses were to No. 21
Oklahoma State and No.
8 Cincinnati in the Amer-
ican Athletic Conference
Championship Game.
MSU is in its first sea-
son under head coach
Mike Leach after he was
hired following an eight-
year run at Washington
State. Leach is also famil-
iar with the Lone Star
State having spent a de-
cade at Texas Tech.
The Alabama Crimson Tide celebrate after beating the Florida Gators in the SEC Championship Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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A season filled with un-
certainty brought on by the
pandemic will end with a
perfectly predictable College
Football Playoff.
Alabama vs. Notre Dame.
Clemson vs. Ohio State. Four
of the bluest of blue bloods
and the teams that have com-
prised the top four in the rank-
ings for nearly two months.
Notre Dame was picked Sun-
day over Texas A&M for the
final spot, ending what little
drama there had been.
“It’s been a unique season
in so many ways,” Ohio State
coach Ryan Day said.
Not not when it comes to
the teams playing for the na-
tional championship.
The top four teams in the
selection committee’s first
rankings of the season were
the same teams at the end,
just in different order. Ala-
bama, Notre Dame, Clemson
and Ohio State have also held
the first four spots in the AP
Top 25 since Oct. 25.
Only 11 schools have ever
reached the playoff and all
four of these participants have
been there before.
The Fighting Irish and
Crimson Tide will meet Jan.
1 at AT&T Stadium in Arling-
ton, Texas, after a late pan-
demic-related relocation from
the Rose Bowl in Pasadena,
California. The Tigers and
Buckeyes are set to play the
same day at the Sugar Bowl
in New Orleans if all goes ac-
cording to plan.
The national champion is
scheduled to be determined
Jan. 11 in suburban Miami.
The Fighting Irish (10 -1)
are back in the playoff for the
second time in three seasons,
becoming the first team to
lose a conference title game
and make the final four. It
was a novelty made possible
only because of the pandem-
ic, which pushed the famously
independent Irish into a con-
ference for the first time in
school history.
The Atlantic Coast Confer-
ence is the second league to
have two teams in the playoff,
joining the SEC in 2017.
After sitting second in the
CFP rankings for a month,
Notre Dame was blown out
34-10 by Clemson in the ACC
championship. That opened
the door for No. 5 Texas A&M
(8-1), but the Aggies were un-
able to become the third team
in the playoff’s seven-year his-
tory to make the field without
even winning its conference
division.
Selection committee chair-
man Gary Barta, the Iowa
athletic director, said Notre
Dame’s extra victory against a
ranked opponent helped give
the Irish an edge over Texas
A&M.
“A great part of our discus-
sion was related to those two
resumes,” Barta said.
Notre Dame beat Clemson
and North Carolina, which
had been 15th in the previ-
ous playoff rankings. Texas
A&M’s only victory against
a CFP team was Florida. The
Aggies played Alabama in Oc-
tober and lost by 28 points.
The decision didn’t go over
well in Aggieland: Texas A&M
quarterback Kellen Mond
tweeted: “JOKE.” The Aggies
can take out their frustrations
on North Carolina in the Or-
ange Bowl on Jan. 2.
Barta said the disparate
number of games played by
contenders — along with far
fewer cross-conference games
than usual — was a challenge
for the committee all season.
But Ohio State’s six-game
schedule was not as important
to the panel as the Buckeyes
going undefeated and winning
the Big Ten.
Oklahoma surged to sixth
in the final rankings after
closing with seven straight
victories and a Big 12 title.
The Sooners will face sev-
enth-place Florida in the Cot-
ton Bowl on Dec. 30.
Unbeaten Cincinnati fin-
ished eighth, making the
Bearcats the top-ranked team
among Group of Five confer-
ence champions and guaran-
teeing them a spot in one of
the New Year’s Six bowls. Cin-
cinnati will meet Georgia in
the Peach Bowl on New Year’s
Day.
Pac-12 champion Oregon
will face Iowa State in the Fi-
esta Bowl on Jan. 2.
Notre Dame’s reward will
be a matchup with Alabama
(11-0), the Southeastern
Conference champion that
is back in the playoff for the
sixth time after missing out
last year. The last time the
Fighting Irish and Crimson
Tide played was the 2012 BCS
championship game and the
Tide won 42-14.
Clemson (10 -1) is in the CP
for the sixth straight season,
only missing out on the first
playoff. Ohio State (6 -0) is
making its fourth appearance.
The Tigers have won two play-
off titles and the Buckeyes
won the first after the 2014
season.
Clemson-Ohio State is a re-
match of last season’s dramat-
ic semifinal in Arizona, won
29-23 by the Tigers. The two
teams also met at the Fiesta
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Coastal Carolina, Cincinnati headline Bowl Day snubs

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The Coastal Carolina Chan-
ticleers did everything asked of
them and then some.
Coastal played 11 games
during a pandemic that wreaked
havoc on schedules nationwide
and won them all. The Chanti-
cleers even added unbeaten BYU
late in the season on short notice
and pulled out a victory in one of
the season’s most exciting games.
That wasn’t enough for the
Sun Belt co-champions to even
get close to the College Football
Playoff. The Chanticleers were
in the College Football Playoff.
That’s been the case every year
since the current format was in-
troduced for the 2014 season.
“If a G-5 team wasn’t going to
make it this year, I don’t know
if they’re ever going to make it,
just because of all the circum-
stances,” Coastal Carolina coach
Jamey Chadwell said.
Cincinnati was rewarded with
a New Year’s Six game — the
Bearcats will play Georgia in the
Peach Bowl. But Coastal was left
out of the top-tier games. The
Chanticleers will play Liberty in
the Cure Bowl on Dec. 26.
would put two G-5’s together. Let
us and Cincinnati play each other
because the eye test was such a
big deal. Let’s see what happens
in that game.”
It wasn’t just the Group of
Five teams that got bruised.
No. 5 Texas A&M, with only a
loss to top-ranked Alabama and
seven straight wins in the rug-
ged Southeastern Conference,
finishined No. 5 in the playoff
rankings. The SEC often gets
the benefit of the doubt, but not
this time.
Texas A&M quarterback Kel-
len Mond took to social media to
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me the ball a lot and I
just read the defense and
what they gave me.”
A season ago, then-
head coach Vic Schaefer
maligned his team for
youth and immaturity
despite the talent the ros-
ter possessed. Change
was again inevitable in
2020-21 as McCray-Pen-
son took over an already
young squad and insti-
tuted a faster, more free
flowing offensive system.
But as was the case a sea-
son ago, MSU continues
to prove its own worst
enemy.
Sunday, the Bulldogs
were messy offensively.
Eight first half turnovers
coupled with a sloppy
shooting start gave Cen-
tral Arkansas a momen-
tary breath of life, albeit
one that was quickly
ripped away. Sunday’s
contest also continued
MSU’s streak of dou-
ble-digit turnovers in ev- the third quarter and
ery game this season. finished with just sev-
The offense found mo- en points and two made
mentary flow in the form field goals.
of Carter, who notched The usually
her 14th career dou- sure-handed Myah
ble-double and continues Taylor also looked
to look like a legitimate slightly out of sorts as
All-American candidate she notched her first
en route to a 29-point, two-turnover game of
15-rebound perfor- the year, bringing her ab-
mance. surd 26:1 assist-to-turn-
“I think I’ve slowed over ratio down to a still
down a lot more and I outlandish 9:1.
feel like I’m not always Holistically, rebound-
relying on my fadeaway,” ing was again an issue
Carter said of how she’s for the size-advantaged
progressed from last Bulldogs. Though the
year to now. “I feel like season is still in its in-
that’s a plus.” fancy, McCray-Penson
But while Carter con- has spent the bulk of
tinued her recent tear, her early season press
other layers of the Bull- conferences harping on
dog offense looked lost. MSU’s inability to dom-
Rickea Jackson, who was inate the paint. Sunday,
averaging a smidge be- the Bulldogs narrowly
low 20 points per game out-rebounded a Sugar
entering the contest, Bears squad that boast-
was just 2-of-10 from the ed just one player stand-
floor midway through ing 6-foot-2 or taller com-
pared to the Bulldogs’
five.
In all, MSU added an-
other rout to its current
resume, but with league
play quickly approaching
—10 days to be exact —
the issues seen Sunday Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
and throughout the early
going won’t end in blow-
outs against Southeast-
ern Conference foes.
“There’s some things
we need to do and get
better,” McCray-Penson
said of whether MSU is
ready for SEC play, which
begins after a 10-day lay-
off over Christmas. “If
we defend and rebound,
I think we’ll be in a po-
sition to win games,
because we’re talented
enough to do that. If we
don’t, we won’t.”
MSU is back in action
in its Southeastern Con-
ference opener at 6 p.m.
on Dec. 31 against Geor-
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exhilarating win over
the course of an 8-0
start that has no one in
orange and blue sur-
prised.
“We expected it,”
senior forward Jawon
Yarbrough said. “We’ve
been working since Au-
gust.”
Starkville Acad-
emy’s schedule has
been touched by the
COVID-19 pandemic —
whose hasn’t? — but the
Vols remain healthy and
full steam ahead. On
Thursday, Yarbrough
previewed the team’s
next game: Saturday
against Shan Whiteside
Classic host DeSoto
Central in Southaven.
“I hope we go out
there and compete and
play hard, and I hope we
come out with the win,”
Yarbrough said.
A victory over an MH-
SA A Class 6A program
would certainly legiti-
mize what the Vols have
accomplished so far this
season, he said.
“It would mean a lot,
actually, because we’re coach Bill Ball and that ments, the two seniors
a private school and the team’s defense has agreed, Starkville Acad-
they’re a public school,” stepped things up. emy’s hot start could ACROSS
Yarbrough said. Unfor- And with so many yield even better results 1 Prejudice
tunately for the Vols, contributors, the load down the line. 5 Highway
they weren’t able to pull on the Vols’ seniors is “We expect to win 9 Tubular pasta
off the upset, falling lessened. Against Win- more games,” Frazier 10 Church fixture
52-40 in their first loss ston Academy on Tues- 12 Grammar
said. “We really want a
of the season, bringing day, 11 players scored topic
their record to 8-1. as Starkville Academy ring before we leave.”
13 Six in a carol
Starkville Academy’s cruised to a 63-10 win. 14 Eleven in a
size — or relative lack “We don’t have to Heritage Academy boys carol
thereof — is one reason
the Vols weren’t highly
take over as much when
everybody’s playing
soccer blanks Mag 16 Cry of insight
Heights 8-0 17 Pop star
regarded to open the good as a team,” Frazier 18 Spread
2020 -21 campaign, se- said. The Heritage Acade-
rumors
nior guard Dre Frazier So far, the Volunteers my boys soccer team de-
21 Was a
said. have been, but they know feated Mag Heights 8-0
pioneer
“Most people doubt- they still have room to Saturday highlighted by
ed us before the season
22 Fuse together Sunday’s answer
improve. At Thursday’s three goals from Owen 23 Ten in a carol
started,” Frazier said. practice, they practiced Riley. 24 Precipices 41 Snaky fish 20 Passport,
So far, he and his passing and handling Todd Sharp contrib- DOWN license, etc.
26 Manual
teammates have done a full-court press in an- uted two goals, while 1 Next to 22 Carol, for
alphabet: Abbr.
their best to dispel those ticipation for the taller Douglas Turner, Blake 2 Like two peas example
29 Oath
doubts. That’s not easy Jaguars defenders they Ward and Parker Sharp — 23 Pot part
30 Opposed to
considering Frazier and faced Saturday. each scored one. 3 Christmas tree 24 Enlarge
31 Long, long
Yarbrough are the Vols’ Frazier said the team topper 25 Soprano
Jared Gruseck and time
only two seniors; the needs to work on hitting 4 Oracle Scotto
team’s roster contains shots at a better clip and Andre Sotomeneses 32 Nine in a
split time in goal record- carol 5 Cloth scrap 26 Menagerie
five juniors and eight taking more charges, 6 Flamenco cry member
sophomores. while Yarbrough men- ing multiple saves to 34 Seven in a
carol 7 Relaxed 27 Brews, as tea
Yarbrough said tioned limiting turn- preserve the shutout.
37 One of San- 8 One of Santa’s 28 Kids mail
Starkville Academy’s overs and continuing Heritage Academy team them to Santa
players have bought in the Vols’ strong defense. moves to 2-1 on the sea- ta’s team
38 Private 9 Eye part 29 Nuisance
more under second-year With those improve- son 2-0 in district play. 11 Enjoy a novel 30 Dote on
teacher
39 Snares 15 Breathing 33 Entr’—

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Bowl in the 2016 playoff
and Clemson beat the
Buckeyes 31-0.
Instead of having
more than three weeks
to prepare for the play-
off, the altered regu-
lar-season schedules
mean the semifinals are
12 days away.
“It’s very different
to prepare,” Clemson
coach Dabo Swinney
said. “It’s basically like
an open date.”
One of the semifi-
nals was scheduled to
be played at the Rose
Bowl, but a move was
announced Saturday
night after coaches and
school officials from
playoff contenders com- Bowl, but that number
plained about Califor- could go up.
nia’s COVID-19 restric- This season has been
tions that ban spectators filled with disruptions
from sporting events as teams navigated
and would have made it COVID-19 outbreaks,
impossible for players’ contact tracing that sent
families to attend the players into extended
game. quarantine and daily un-
Playing the game certainty about whether
at the home of the Dal- games will be played.
las Cowboys will allow More than 100 games
16,000 fans to attend. were canceled or post-
Because of that, Bar- poned since late August
ta said, the committee and more than a doz-
placed top-seeded Ala- en teams have already
bama there to give it the said they have no plans
possibility of more of a to play in a bowl even if
home-field advantage. they are invited.
The Superdome is Ohio State had three
currently set to have regular-season games
3,000 fans for the Sugar canceled and the Big
hands 19 Carmaker 36 Fourth-yr.
Ransom students
Ten had to change a
minimum games played
rule earlier this month
just so the unbeaten
Buckeyes could play
in the conference title
game Saturday against
Northwestern.
Still, 87% of the games
scheduled were played.
College Football Play-
off executive director
Bill Hancock has said
a team selected to a
semifinal would not be
replaced if it could not
play on the scheduled
date. The game would
be postponed if neces-
sary and a every effort
would be made to make
it up.

Harris scores 5 TDs, No. 1 Bama escapes No. 11 Florida 52-46
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ATLANTA — In a sea-
son of blowouts, Alabama
finally got tested. Against
a team that just wouldn’t
quit, the Crimson Tide re-
quired every last point.
Nick Saban needed his
offensive stars to shine as
bright as they have all sea-
son.
Boy, did they ever.
Najee Harris rushed for
178 yards and scored five
touchdowns. Mac Jones
threw for 418 yards and
five TDs. DeVonta Smith
hauled in 15 receptions for
184 yards and two scores.
It was just enough to
send No. 1 Alabama to
the College Football Play-
off with a perfect record,
holding off No. 11 Florida
in a 52-46 shootout for the
Comics & Puzzles
DILBERT
ZITS
GARFIELD
CANDORVILLE
BABY BLUES
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
Southeastern Conference
championship Saturday
night.
“Those guys are pretty
phenomenal. They have
been all year,” Saban said.
“They certainly delivered
tonight when we needed
them to.”
The Crimson Tide (11-
0, No. 1 CFP) got its tough-
est challenge in a season
of blowouts, but the result
was the same. Another
win. Now, with one of
his best teams yet, the
69-year-old coach heads to
the playoff in search of his
seventh national title.
“This has been a year
with a lot of disruptions,”
said Saban, who had his
own bout with COVID-19.
“The resiliency this team
has shown this season
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to win 11 games is pretty
phenomenal.”
After trailing 35-17 at
halftime, Florida (8-3, No.
7 CFP) made a game of it
with a pair of third-quar-
ter scores. And the Gators
fought to the bitter end,
adding two more TDs in
the fourth period before
the clock hit zero.
“We were rolling pretty
good,” said quarterback
Kyle Trask, who threw for
408 yards and three TDs.
“We just ran out of time.”
Harris, the game’s
MVP, essentially estab-
lished residency in the
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
end zones.
The senior running
back had 31 bruising car-
ries, scoring on plays of 8
and 1 yards and leaping
like a hurdler over a de-
fender who tried to go low
on a 19-yard run.
Amazingly, Harris
was even more dynamic
in the passing game. He
hauled in five throws for
67 yards, including touch-
down plays of 23, 17 and 7
yards in Alabama’s first-
half blitz. The shortest of
those scoring catches may
have been his best, as Har-
ris sent a would-be tackler
tumbling to the turf with a
dazzling spin move.
“I’ve been catching
the ball since birth,” he
quipped. ”People don’t ex-
pect it because of the run-
ning back name, but I can
catch.”
Harris set an SEC
championship game re-
cord with his five touch-
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I’ve known
my friend
“Ashley” for a lot
of years. She is
single. Several
years ago, I
introduced her to
another couple,
the “Smiths.”
We all have a lot
in common and
take turns inviting
each other for
dinner. This group
and a couple of
other couples are Dear Abby
the only people in
my social circle I
have seen periodically during
this pandemic.
Two weeks ago, Ashley in-
vited my husband and me and
the Smiths for dinner. Three
days before the dinner, Ashley
sent me a text that the Smiths
will be bringing another couple,
and she wanted to be sure it
was OK with us. I called her
immediately and told her that
with the spike in COVID cases,
I wasn’t comfortable having a
close dinner with a couple who
wasn’t in my social circle. She
said she was “sorry,” meaning
if I didn’t like it, my husband
and I could stay home.
I’m extremely hurt and
angry and am losing sleep over can get a weekend to be with
this. I feel Ashley should have
asked us BEFORE adding this
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
21). The emotional labor that
fell to you will no longer be nec-
essary. You’re free to be who
you are doing what you love.
You’ll speak up. The difference
you make will empower and lift
all. Invest in your experiments
and projects and do not burden
them with requirements to repay
you. You’ll make a key discov-
ery. Capricorn and Libra adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 4,
44, 28, 30 and 18.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You are captivating, and yet,
most will hide their interest.
Still, to the astute observer,
your influence will be obvious.
People will either do as you say
or, more likely, do as you do.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2020
downs, breaking the
mark of four scored by
Auburn’s Tre Mason in
2013. The Alabama senior
also knocked off a couple
of school records, setting
new standards for career
rushing TDs (44) and
overall TDs (54).
The two quarterbacks
did nothing to hurt their
standing as two of the
leading Heisman Trophy
contenders. Neither did
Smith, the Crimson Tide’s
other top candidate.
After Saturday night’s
performance, Harris
should probably be in the
mix as well.
“I’m not worried about
that,” he said. “The two
guys we’ve got up there
now is good enough.”
In addition to catching
other couple to
our dinner. I feel
like sending her
a letter saying
that no friend
should treat an-
other friend like
this, that I guess
she’s not really
a friend and end
the relationship.
My husband is
stopping me
from sending
such a letter. Am
I overreacting?
— ANGRY IN
OREGON
DEAR ANGRY:
Yes, you are. You have blown
this out of proportion. Be glad
you have a husband who ad-
vised you as he did. Ashley did
the right thing by telling you
the guest list for the dinner
had grown so you could opt
out if you wished. Because
she was the host, she was not
obligated to ask permission to
include the extras.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a truck
driver who is on the road for
weeks at a time. My girlfriend
got a new job and is working
every day. On the weekends
she goes out to bars.
I feel jealous because
I’m working and even when I
her, she doesn’t want to be
intimate. Also she promises to
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You’re well-aware that some-
times the best communication
is no communication. Brief
silence sends a message. Long
silence sends a different one.
You’ll use it to your advantage
today.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Your travels, either physical or
intellectual, open your eyes to
new ways of thinking about life.
Your imagination will explore the
potential of concepts in a way
that is so you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Don’t be surprised if you go to
the expert seeking answers and
wind up with more questions
instead. The real answer is the
solace of an agreement you
3B
all those passes, Smith
came up with a key fum-
ble recovery after Flor-
ida’s Trey Dean picked
off a throw from Jones,
snatching the ball away
from the intended receiv-
er, only to cough it up on
a brutal, blind-side hit by
Alabama receiver John
Metchie.
Jones threw a 31-yard
touchdown pass to Smith
on the very next play.
Trask was 26 of 40 with
a 51-yard scoring pass ear-
ly on to Kadarius Toney,
who finished with eight
receptions for 153 yards.
The Gators quarterback
also hooked up with Trev-
on Grimes on a 50-yard
touchdown throw, in addi-
tion to scoring one of his
own with a 1-yard run.
call me but rarely does. Should
I just end it? I’ve been married
twice and thought we would
be a couple and marry. I don’t
know what I should do. — ON
THE ROAD
DEAR ON THE ROAD: Allow
me to steer you in the right
direction. You are apart from
this woman weeks at a time,
and when you do manage to be
together, she isn’t interested
in intimacy. After promising to
stay in closer touch with you,
she fails to follow through.
This should tell you that when
you’re out of sight, you’re not
on her mind.
Take the hint. End the
“romance” — what little there
is of it. Then thank your lucky
stars she isn’t your wife, and
you’re not heading to divorce
court for a third time.
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grandson desperately needs
a haircut. Is it OK for Santa
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son’s hair the way it is. If the
reason they are leaving it long
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be appreciated. However, if
that’s not the case, your ges-
ture would be interpreted as
judgmental, and it would not
be appreciated.
make with yourself that you can
handle any development.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The
fear of failure and rejection is
not a sign of weakness; rather,
it’s a marker of intelligence. To
note the feeling and still move
into the area of danger is a su-
perior exercise with unparalleled
benefit.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Being too comfortable, people
can lose their manners. The
mode that works best for rela-
tionships is neither completely
at ease nor too worried about
making a mistake. You’ll ride
a nice tension between those
states.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Realizing that you lost some-
thing is a step toward finding
it. After all, those who are
oblivious don’t think to start the
search. No regret, no blaming,
all that’s needed now is wide-
open eyes.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You’ll do some positive
thinking about a situation, not
just practically sorting out the
plusses but impractically pro-
jecting a future in which they are
maximized and glorified.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). When you consider all that
had to happen for you to land
here, your presence and posi-
tion in this glorious mix is noth-
ing short of astounding. Revel a
moment in the sublime wonder
of this and be revitalized.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Be proud of where you’ve
been and feel free to spin it. It’s
your story, and you have every
right to tell it, color it, arrange
it, diminish it, sing it, act it or
publish it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). To communicate well takes
focus. You’re inclined to give all
or nothing today. A large part of
you doesn’t wish to communi-
cate, except by quietly working
on the things that matter to you,
which says a lot.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’ve now spent so long
on the inside of a problem that
you can’t seem to understand
the larger context. Ask for feed-
back from someone you know to
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The following cases were heard in the Nov. 9-Dec. 4 Circuit Court term:
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
Judge Jim Kitchens
■ Jimmy Dean Barker
II, possession of weapon
by felon, 10 years MDOC,
seven to serve, three
years suspended, posses-
sion of a stolen firearm
and hindering prosecu-
tion retired to files based
on plea;
■ Gary Baswell Jr.,
possession of metham-
phetamine, revoked
sentence to eight years
MDOC based on violation
of terms of suspended
sentence;
■ Shaphan Cuevas,
sale of hydrocodone, re-
voked sentence to five
years MDOC based on
violation of terms of sus-
pended sentence;
■ Tiquan Deandre Da-
vis, trafficking cocaine,
25 years MDOC, 15
years to serve, 10 years
suspended, sale of hy-
drocodone, other charges
retired to files based on
plea;
■ Demarco Antonae
Elliot, possession of a
weapon by a felon, 10
years MDOC, 10 years
suspended, possession of
marijuana with intent to
distribute retired to files
based on plea;
■ Damion Fenton,
felony taking of a motor
vehicle, sentenced to
restitution center based
on violated terms of sus-
pended sentence;
■ Jeremy Finch Jr., fail-
ure to register as a sex of-
fender, five years MDOC,
five years suspended;
■ Earl Clay Gaspar, ag-
gravated assault, revoked
sentence to five years
MDOC based on violated
terms of post release;
■ Frank Hamler Jr.,
possession of a weapon by
felon, five years MDOC to
be served through two
years house arrest;
■ Antjuan Marquette
Harris, embezzlement,
five years in prison, five
years suspended;
■ Shaundra Nicole
Harris, reduced to forg-
ery, remanded to Lown-
des County Justice Court,
two counts sale of mor-
phine, sentenced modi-
fied to two years MDOC
based on violation of post
release, two years super-
vised probation;
■ Kevis Kwesi Hill,
possession of cocaine,
eight years MDOC, two
counts aggravated as-
sault retired to files based
on plea;
■ Willard Bubba Hol-
liman Jr., sale of meth-
amphetamine, 10 years
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MDOC, five years to
serve, five years suspend-
ed, second count retired
to files based on plea;
■ Barry Joe Jennings,
armed robbery, revoked
sentence to five years
MDOC based on violated
terms of suspended sen-
tence;
■ Tony Latarrence
Lowe, possession of hy-
drocodone, eight years
MDOC, five years to
serve, three years sus-
pended;
■ Mark Anthony Mc-
Corkle, grand larceny,
five years MDOC, five
years suspended;
■ Derrion Arcen-
io Nash, possession of
methamphetamine with
intent to distribute, 20
years MDOC, 20 years
suspended;
■ Kenneth Payne,
aggravated assault-do-
mestic violence, 10 years
MDOC, three years to
serve, seven suspended;
■ Kevin Jamon Salter,
simple assault domestic
violence third offense, 10
years MDOC, two years
to serve, eight years sus-
pended;
■ Cliff Taylor, false
pretense, dismissed with-
out prejudice;
■ Harold Bret Teasdel,
tampering with evidence,
revoked sentence to five
years MDOC based on
violation of terms of sus-
pended sentence, sen-
tenced to long term drug
and alcohol;
■ Aneesha Sabre Wil-
liams, embezzlement, five
years MDOC, five years
suspended, malicious
mischief retired to files;
■ Montevias Wil-
liams, felony taking of a
motor vehicle, five years
MDOC.
Judge Lee Coleman
■ Teresa Ann Atkins,
reduced to misdemeanor
possession of a controlled
substance, remanded to
Lowndes County Justice
Court;
■ Monterio Barry,
grand larceny, retired to
files;
■ Jimmy Lavont Bon-
ner, possession of meth-
amphetamine, 20 years
MDOC, 20 years sus-
pended, credit for one
year served in county jail;
■ Demetrius Lenard
Burgin, possession of
marijuana, 10 years
MDOC, 10 years sus-
pended;
■ James Wesley
Dummitt, possession of
morphine, three years
MDOC, one year to serve,
two years suspended;
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■ Tony Ewing, false
pretense, dismissed with
prejudice;
■ Sara Frances Gib-
son, simple assault on a
police officer, three years
MDOC, one year to serve,
two suspended;
■ Broderick Glenn,
possession of a firearm
by a convicted felon, five
years house arrest;
■ Carl Ray Handley,
possession of metham-
phetamine, three years
MDOC, one year to
serve, two years suspend-
ed, possession of meth-
amphetamine sentence
revoked to two years
MDOC based on violation
of suspended sentence;
■ Michael Hughes,
possession of firearm by
felon, five years MDOC
to be served through one
year house arrest;
■ Corey McGee, do-
mestic violence-aggra-
vated assault, 10 years
MDOC, 10 years sus-
pended, second count,
domestic violence third
offense retired to files
based on plea;
■ Demetricit Miller,
possession of cocaine,
sentence revoked to
serve the remaining time
on suspended sentence in
prison based on violation
of suspended sentence;
■ Dontae Marquavi-
ous Moody, reduced to
shoplifting, remanded to
Lowndes County Justice
Court;
■ Willie Moody II, ag-
gravated assault, retired
to files based on separate
guilty plea;
■ Joshua Murry, first
degree murder, life in
MDOC, other charge
retired to files based on
guilty verdict;
■ Deidra Norris, four
counts food stamp fraud,
three years non-adjudi-
cated probation;
■ Shanice Nottage,
conspiracy, dismissed
without prejudice;
■ Oscar Roby, aggra-
vated assault, 17 years
MDOC, nine years to
serve, eight years sus-
pended, three counts
failure to register as sex
offender, fondling/mo-
lestation, retired to files
based on plea;
■ Rericas Quantez
Sherrod, burglary of an
automobile reduced to pe-
tit larceny, remanded to
city court;
■ Henry Lee Spencer
Sr., domestic violence
third offense, 10 years
MDOC, three years to
serve, seven suspended,
failure to register as sex
offender sentenced re-
voked to one year MDOC
concurrent;
■ Donta Jermaine
West, possession of meth-
amphetamine, two years
MDOC, possession of
cocaine retired to files
based on plea;
■ Warren Wright, pos-
session of methamphet-
amine, modified sentence
to serve remaining five
years as two years house
arrest based on violation
of suspended sentence.
Judge Lee Howard
■ Phillip Anthony
Adkins, Jr., three counts
burglary of a commer-
cial building, seven years
MDOC; grand larceny,
five years MDOC, five
counts burglary, burglary
of an auto, felony taking
of motor vehicle retired to
files based on pleas;
■ Cameyer Sharell An-
derson, racketeering, 10
years MDOC, five years
house arrest, five years
suspended;
■ Christopher Devon-
ta Bradley, felony shop-
lifting, five years MDOC,
one year house arrest,
four years suspended;
■ Dexter Calvin Ful-
ton, reduced to petit lar-
ceny remanded to city
court;
■ Adolphus Bernard
Brooks, fraudulent use
of ID, five years MDOC,
second count retired to
files based on plea;
■ William Lance
Burns, possession of
weapon by felon, 10
years MDOC, six years
to serve, four years sus-
pended;
■ Leroy Calvert III,
possession of marijuana,
one year probation;
■ John Drake Deloach
Jr., aggravated assault on
law enforcement officer,
dismissed;
■ James Dooley Jr.,
intimidating a witness,
eight years MDOC, cy-
berstalking retired to
files based on plea;
■ Dennis Earl Ellis Jr.,
possession of metham-
phetamine, three years
MDOC, three years sus-
pended;
■ Jonathan Laroy
Gray, false pretense, dis-
missed without prejudice;
■ Desi John Harris Jr.,
accessory after the fact
to aggravated assault, 10
years MDOC, three years
house arrest, seven years
suspended;
■ Justin Donte Hill,
trafficking methamphet-
amine, 10 years MDOC,
possession of cocaine,
possession of a weapon
by a felon retired to files
based on plea;
■ Daniel Lewis Jones,
possession of cocaine
with intent to distribute,
20 years MDOC, eight
years to serve, 12 years
suspended;
■ Willie James Jones,
possession of metham-
phetamine, three years
MDOC, three years sus-
pended;
■ Scotty Lynn Lock-
hart, possession of a
counterfeit instrument;
revoked sentence to serve
rest of suspended sen-
tence in prison based on
violation of post release;
■ Terrance Vontell
McBride, possession of
cocaine, dismissed with-
out prejudice;
■ Corey Benjamin
Mixon, receiving/posses-
sion of stolen property,
five years MDOC, four
years to serve, one year
suspended, other charges
retired to files based on
plea;
■ Carlos Morgan, bur-
glary of a building, seven
years in prison;
■ William Murphy,
embezzlement, dismissed
without prejudice;
■ Michael David Pat-
terson, possession of a
firearm by a convicted
felon, burglary, retired to
files based on participa-
tion in a court sponsored
program;
■ Ryan Scott Perrigan,
sexual battery, dismissed
based on superceding in-
dictment;
■ Zerrick Taylor, pos-
session of cocaine, one
years MDOC;
■ Nicholas Kerria
Vaughn, burglary of an
automobile, seven years
MDOC, five years to
serve, two years suspend-
ed, possession of a sto-
len firearm, three years
MDOC to run consecu-
tive, aggravated assault,
burglary of an automobile
retired to files based on
plea;
■ Quinn Martez Wi-
ley, possession of contra-
band in a correctional fa-
cility, 15 years MDOC, 10
years to serve, five years
suspended, possession of
a weapon by a felon, five
years MDOC to run con-
current, shooting into a
dwelling, possession of a
firearm by a convicted fel-
on retired to files.
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE
On July 19, 2013, JOHNNY
TYLER and wife, IDA MAE
TYLER, Grantors, executed and
delivered to George M. Vaughn,
Trustee, for the use and bene-
fit of PATRICIA HANKINS HOLLI-
MAN (incorrectly identified as
Patricia Holliman Hankins in
the deed of trust), a deed of
trust covering the property de-
scribed herein which is recor-
ded in Mortgage Book 2013 at
Page 20654 in the land re-
cords of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi.
There was a default in the pay-
ment of the indebtedness se-
cured by the deed of trust, and
the owner and holder of the
deed of trust requested the un-
dersigned to foreclose the
deed of trust and sell the prop-
erty described herein for collec-
tion of the indebtedness se-
cured and other allowed ex-
penses.
On February 17, 2020, Patricia
H. Holliman passed away. Her
estate has been probated in
the Chancery Court of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, as Cause
No. 2020-0038-JNS, and Gene
Douglas Holliman, Jr. and Dar-
ren Lee Holliman were named
as Co-Executors.
The owner and holder of the
deed of trust appointed the un-
dersigned ELIZABETH F. JONES
as the substituted trustee by
instrument dated October 16,
2020, recorded in Mortgage
Book 2020 at page 27017 of
the land records of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, prior to
the posting and first publica-
tion of the Notice of Foreclos-
ure Sale.
On October 16, 2020, the Es-
tate of Patricia H. Holliman, De-
ceased, assigned its interest in
the aforementioned Deed of
Trust to Gene Douglas Holli-
man, Jr., Denise Holliman Gat-
lin, Dolores Holliman Davis,
Donna Holliman Vaughn, and
Darren Lee Holliman, said As-
signment being recorded in
Mortgage Book 2020 at Page
27019, in the land records of
the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi.
Notice is given that I will on the
22nd day of December, 2020,
within the legal hours (between
11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), of-
fer for sale and will sell at pub-
lic auction to the highest and
best bidder for cash, at the
eastern front door of the
Lowndes County Courthouse in
Columbus, Mississippi, the
property described herein
which is situated in Lowndes
County, Mississippi, and more
particularly described as fol-
lows:
A tract of land being situated in
the Northeast Quarter of Sec-
tion 33, Township 17 South,
Range 17 West, Lowndes
County, Mississippi and more
particularly described as fol-
lows:
Commencing at the point mark-
ing the Northeast corner of
said Section 33; run thence
North 87 degrees 52 minutes
West a distance of 1324.7 feet
to an iron pin; run thence
South 41 degrees 39 minutes
West a distance of 418.2 feet
to the point of beginning of the
herein described tract:
Continue thence South 41 de-
grees 39 minutes West a dis-
tance of 315.1 feet to a point;
run thence North 36 degrees
32 minutes West a distance of
136.5 feet to a point; run
thence North 46 degrees 28
minutes West a distance of
170.9 feet to a point on the
East right-of-way of Blaylock
Road; run thence North 44 de-
grees 02 minutes East along
said East right-of-way, a dis-
tance of 247.7 feet to an iron
pin; continue thence along said
East right-of-way North 42 de-
grees 04 minutes East a dis-
tance of 33.9 feet to a point;
run thence South 48 degrees
21 minutes East a distance of
293.8 feet to the point of be-
ginning and containing 2.0
acres, more or less.
Title to the property is believed
to be good, but I will sell only
such title as is vested in me.
Witness my signature on this
the 19th day of November,
2020.
/s/ Elizabeth F. Jones
ELIZABETH F. JONES, Trustee
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December 7, 2020
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