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Tamami Sugo, 49, poses for a picture at the Coffee House on 5th Thursday afternoon. Sugo followed her husband, Shunji Sugo, to the Columbus Air
Force Base in 2018 for his two-year military service as a pilot.

Japanese native realizes dream

of living abroad in Columbus
Sugo talks language, making
friends in her ‘American hometown’
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com

B
y the time she was 20, Tamami Sugo had never
been on the back of a motorcycle.
Growing up under a strict and protective
father, she recalled, she was never allowed to ride.
So when she learned that her younger sister’s
friend, 18-year-old Shunji, had a bike, she didn’t
hesitate to ask for a ride along.
“We went to the beach, we went to the mountain,”
Shunji recalled. “(We enjoyed) the beautiful view
from the top.”
The young man who took Sugo on her first
Yue Stella Yu/Dispatch Staff
motorcycle ride 30 years ago would later become
Shunji and Tamami Sugo laugh together as they communicate with each
her husband, take her last name and raise two kids other in their native language, Japanese. The couple have known each other
with her. She would follow him for his assignments since she was 20 and he was 18. “She was so beautiful,” Shunji recalled of
See SUGO, 6A when he first saw her. “I liked her.”

UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME

Analysis: Chairman says prisons should not be warehouses

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — The new chairman
of the Mississippi Senate Corrections
Committee inherited a challenging job
— sharing oversight of a prison system
rocked by violence and burdened by de-
crepit and underfunded facilities.
Democratic Sen. Juan Barnett of
Heidelberg said in an interview Thurs-
day that prisons need to be more than
warehouses. He also said Mississippi
needs to do a better job of rehabilitat-
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves was
‘My focus is to make sure that what we do today is not inaugurated Jan. 14 after serving eight
just good for today, but for decades to come.’ years as lieutenant governor. As lieu-
tenant governor, Reeves presided over
Democratic Sen. Juan Barnett of Heidelberg
the Senate and had great influence over
state budgets, including decisions not
ing inmates so they will be ready to term in the Senate. to fund multiple requests made by lead-
work and earn their own living after At least 14 inmates died in Mississip- ers of the Mississippi Department of
they are released. pi prisons from late December through Corrections for money to increase pris-
“My focus is to make sure that what late January. Most of the deaths hap- on guards’ low salaries and to repair
we do today is not just good for today, pened at the Mississippi State Peniten- Parchman’s notorious Unit 29.
but for decades to come,” said Barnett, tiary at Parchman, and many of them State health inspections showed
a former mayor who is in his second happened amid violent confrontations. See CAPITOL DOME, 6A

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2A MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020
SUPER BOWL
Lopez, Shakira in joyful,
exuberant halftime show
IN SPORTS
n SUPER BOWL: Former MSU standout
jones, Chiefs win super bowl. See page 1B.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Seizing their op-
portunity to make a cultural state-
ment, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira
infused the Super Bowl halftime
show with an exuberance and joy
that celebrated their Latina heri-
tage.
Their breathless athleticism
matched that of the football players
waiting in the locker room.
Shakira opened with, yes, a
hip-shaking performance of “She
Wolf” and a fast-moving medley
that included bits of “She Wolf,”
“Whenever, Wherever” and a snip-
pet of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.”
She managed a belly dance, some
rope dancing and even backed
into a crowd surf. Shakira ended
her with her signature song, “Hips
Don’t Lie.”
Lopez, in a black leather outfit
that her dancers matched, started
with a nostalgic snippet of “Jenny
From the Block.” She exhibited
some startling pole-dancing moves,
a reference to her much-celebrated
turn in the movie “Hustlers.” At one
point she bent into a deep squat
while standing on the shoulders of a
dancer that likely had muscles ach-
ing across the country in sympathy.
She tore through “Love Don’t
Cost a Thing,” “Get Right, “On the
Floor” and “Que Calor,” finding
time to slip away from the black
leather in to sparkling silver outfit
that left little to the imagination.
Having, essentially, an opening
act for a concert that stretches not
much longer than a dozen minutes
was a risky move. At times the
performance seemed rushed, as if
they were trying to say too much
in too short of time. The guest acts,
J. Balvin and Bad Bunny, were su-
perfluous and only served to better
emphasize the talents of the head-
liners.
The first halftime show to cele-
brate Latino artists could rightly
be declared a success, and it also
bodes well for the management of
Jay-Z, who packaged the program
for the first time on a new deal with
the NFL.
Memorably, Lopez’s daughter,
Emme, joined her mother for a verse
of “Let’s Get Loud,” where the 11-
year girl sang the chorus of Bruce
Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.”
Her mother then held out her arms
and showed off a red, white and blue
cape to the crowd that was a repre-
sentation of the Puerto Rican flag in
its inner lining, with the stars and
stripes on the outside.
It was a reminder to a television
audience that approached 100 mil-
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The best and worst of Super Bowl ads
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — During advertising’s biggest night, Super Bowl Sun-
day, marketers battled it out to bolster their brands and promote new
products. Advertisers paid up to $5.6 million for 30 seconds, and almost
100 million people tune into the big game.
This year, Hyundai and Jeep scored with whimsical humor by poking
fun at Boston accents and reuniting the “Groundhog Day” cast, Punx-
sutawney Phil included. Google struck heartstrings with a quiet mes-
sage about aging and remembrance. Cheetos and Doritos both played
off exaggerated dancing to good effect.
But Pop Tarts and a Hard Rock action-movie commercial failed to
connect with viewers.
BEST
HYUNDAI
The automaker released its ad early, but it
still drew fans during the game. Boston-af-
filiated celebrities including actor Chris
Evans, John Krasinski, Saturday Night Live
alum Rachel Dratch and former Boston
Red Sox player David Ortiz discussed a
Hyundai feature that lets car owners park
remotely with exaggerated accents that
make “Smart Park” sound like “smaht
pahk.”
JEEP
Super Bowl Sunday was on Groundhog
Day, so someone had to do it. Fiat Chrys-
ler painstakingly recreated the 1993 mov-
ie “Groundhog Day,” including the town
square and other locales, with original
actors Bill Murray, Brian Doyle Murray and
Stephen Tobolowsky. The twist: instead
of a Chevrolet truck, Murray uses a Jeep
Gladiator truck. FCA Group marketing
chief Olivier Francois said the ad worked
to demonstrate the versatility of the Jeep
truck since Murray does something differ-
ent every day.
GOOGLE
Google’s 90-second ad stood out by not
using humor or celebrities. It features a
man reminiscing about his wife, using the
Google Assistant feature to pull up old
photos of her and past vacations. The ad
is set to an instrumental version of “Say
Something” by Great Big World. “It’s so
hard to write earnestly and not make it
cheesy,” said Julia Neumann, executive
creative director at ad agency TBWA(back-
slash)Chiat(backslash)Day in New York.
“This was really, really well done.”
CHEETOS
Cheetos used nostalgia effectively, appro-
priating the 30 year old MC Hammer clas-
sic “U Can’t Touch This” — still an earworm
after all these years. The snack-food ad
features a man with bright orange Chee-
tos dust on his hands who uses it as an
excuse not to move furniture and perform
office tasks. Hammer himself — “Hammer
pants” and all — also kept popping up to
utter his iconic catchphrase.
DORITOS
The brand added a silly danceoff to “Old
Town Road,” the smash hit of the summer
by Lil Nas X. In the Western-themed ad,
Lil Nas faced off with grizzled character
actor Sam Elliott with silly, sometimes
CGI-enhanced dances moves at the “Cool
Ranch.” Billy Cyrus, who features in the
song’s remix, also made a cameo.
in favor of inclusion.
The two women came together at
the end to sing “Waka Waka (This
Time for Africa),” the song Shakira
composed that was the theme of the
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PLANTERS
Planters teased its Super Bowl ad nearly
two weeks before the game, releasing a
teaser that showed its Mr. Peanut mascot
seemingly being killed. The “death” of Mr.
Peanut went viral on Twitter. But when
Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter
crash, the marketing stunt suddenly
seemed insensitive, so Planters paused
its pre-game advertising. The actual Super
Bowl ad was relatively inoffensive, with a
baby Mr. Peanut appearing at the funeral.
“Baby Nut” comparisons to “Baby Yoda”
and “Baby Groot” sprung up online.
WORST
AVOCADOS FROM MEXICO
Avocados from Mexico have carved out
a niche with humorous ads featuring
avocados, but they may have veered a
little too far into “random” territory with
this effort featuring a home shopping net-
work with fake products such as a baby
carrier-like device for avocados. “I thought
the Avocados from Mexico spot felt like a
random and gratuitous use of celebrity,”
said Steve Merino, chief creative officer
of Aloysius, Butler & Clark in Wilmington,
Delaware. “Not only did it not make sense
to have Molly Ringwald as your spokesper-
son, it was also a bit of a distraction.”
POP TARTS
Kellogg’s went for quirky but ended up
with a bland spot that isn’t likely to be
remembered. In a pseudo infomercial,
Jonathan Van Ness of “Queer Eye” de-
scribes the new Pop Tarts pretzel snack.
The idea is that Pop Tarts adds pizazz to
pretzels, but the ad itself failed to have
much spark.
SQUARESPACE
Winona Ryder went back to Winona, Min-
nesota — which she is named after — to
create a website for the town. But nothing
much happened in the ad, which shows
Ryder in a snowdrift on her laptop being
confronted by a “Fargo”-like cop. There’s
a more involved marketing campaign
with Ryder, but the Super Bowl ad didn’t
communicate much.
HARD ROCK INTERNATIONAL
Hard Rock International went all in on its
first Super Bowl ad, maybe too much so.
It enlisted Michael Bay for a frenetic com-
mercial showing a frenzied heist caper
involving Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez,
DJ Khaled, Pitbull, and Steven Van Zandt
— but some found it hard to follow.
2010 World Cup.
“Muchas gracias,” Shakira said
as the camera pulled away.
“Thank you so much,” Lopez
said.
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IN THE NATION

Bernie Ebbers, ex-CEO convicted in WorldCom scandal, dies
Ebbers, 78, died just over a month
after his early release from prison
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The former chief of
WorldCom, convicted in
one of the largest corpo-
rate accounting scandals
in U.S. history, died just
over a month after his
early release from prison.
Bernard Ebbers was 78.
The Canadian-born for-
mer telecommunications
executive died Sunday in
Brookhaven, Mississippi,
surrounded by his fami-
ly, according to a family
statement.
WorldCom Inc. col-
lapsed and went into
bankruptcy in 2002, fol-
lowing revelations of an
$11 billion accounting
fraud that included pres-
sure by top executives
on subordinates to in-
flate numbers to make
the company seem more
profitable. The collapse
caused losses to stock-
holders, including those
who had invested through
retirement plans.
Ebbers was convicted
in New York in 2005 on
securities fraud and other
charges and received a 25-
year sentence. A federal
appeals court judge who
upheld Ebbers’ conviction
in 2006 wrote that World-
Com’s fraudulent account-
ing practices were “specif-
ically intended to create a
false picture of profitabil-
ity even for professional
analysts that, in Ebbers’
case, was motivated by his
personal financial circum-
stances.”
Before establishing
himself in telecommu-
nications, Ebbers had a
diverse career that start-
ed in sports. He received
a basketball scholarship
at Mississippi College,
where he majored in phys-
ical education. After grad-
uating, he coached high
school teams for a year
before investing in a hotel;
he eventually amassed a
chain of Best Westerns in
Mississippi and Texas, as
well as a car dealership in
Columbia, Mississippi.
Following the advice
of friends and knowing
little about the phone
business, he invested
in a small long-distance
company, LDDS, in 1983.
He eventually took over
the day-to-day operations
and bought up competi-
tors, transforming LDDS
— which was later re-
named WorldCom, based
in Clinton, Mississippi
— into the fourth-largest
long-distance company by
1996.
He was considered to
be a “no-nonsense” man
with a brash attitude
who preferred jeans to
a suit. One analyst cited
in an early profile in the
late nineties said Bernie
Ebbers was “the tele-
phone equivalent of Bill
Gates.”
By the time of its col-
lapse over its accounting
fraud scandal in 2002,
WorldCom was the na-
tion’s second-largest
long-distance business.
Ebbers left that year and
following his conviction,
was imprisoned from Sep-
tember 2006 until Dec.
21, when he was released
from the custody of the
Bureau of Prisons.
In the meantime,
WorldCom reemerged as
MCI, taken over by Veri-
zon, and relocated to Ash-
burn, Virginia.
U.S. District Judge Val-
erie E. Caproni said late
last year that it fell within
her discretion to order the
early release of Ebbers af-
ter a lawyer cited severe
medical problems and
said that Ebbers had ex-
perienced severe weight
loss. At over 6 feet tall,
he had dropped in weight
from above 200 pounds to
147 pounds. Attorney Gra-
ham Carner told the judge
it was possible his client
might not live another 18
months.
Among other ailments,
Ebbers had heart disease,
Carner said. Ebbers was
not in court when Caproni
announced her ruling on
Dec. 18; his lawyers said
he was hospitalized.
“While Mr. Ebbers
is physically alive ... his
quality of life is gone,”
Carner said in December.
“If he was released today,
Mr. Ebbers is not going to
be playing tennis or run-
ning a business.”
In court papers in Sep-
tember, his lawyers said
Ebbers unintentionally
bumped into another pris-
oner while walking in the
facility in September of
2017, only to have the pris-
oner go to Ebbers’ open
cell later in the day and
physically attack him.
The papers said the at-
tack fractured the bones
around Ebbers’ eyes and
caused blunt head trauma
and other injuries. They
also said Ebbers was put
into solitary confinement
because his “severely lim-
ited eyesight” made him
unable to identify the at-
tacker.
In July 2019, one of
Ebbers’ daughters sub-
mitted a request that her
father receive compas-
sionate release from a
federal prison medical
facility in Fort Worth,
Texas. Court papers say
a Bureau of Prisons offi-
cial denied that request in
August. The family state-
ment said that the Bureau
of Prisons “had no diag-
nosis or treatment plan in
place” and Ebbers experi-
enced a “rapid decline” in
October, followed by mul-
tiple hospitalizations in
November and December.
While prosecutors
agreed that Ebbers’
health had deteriorated
in prison, they opposed
an early release. Assis-
tant U.S. Attorney Jason
Cowley told the judge that
such a move would send
“a terrible message to
the rule of law” because
it would cut Ebbers’ sen-
tence in half.
The family statement
acknowledged resistance
to Ebbers’ early release
from victims of World-
Com’s collapse, but said
that many victims also ex-
pressed their support.
“Many stockholders
and employees lost their
investments in the fall of
WorldCom. Many of our
friends — and many in
our family — did too,” the
statement read. “Thank-
fully, Judge Caproni
agreed with us — keeping
Dad in prison, especially
in his unexplained and
undiagnosed deteriorated
condition, would not bring
back anyone’s invest-
ments.”
The family said they
would pray for the victims.
The statement, which re-
peatedly praised Caproni,
said family members plan
to eventually advocate for
others “who are deserv-
ing of compassionate re-
lease to their families.”

AROUND THE STATE

Mississippi investigates hepati-
tis case at restaurant
VICKSBURG — The Mississippi
Department of Health says a restau-
rant worker in Vicksburg has been
diagnosed with hepatitis A.
A news release people who ate
at The Gumbo Pot on Halls Ferry
Road on Jan. 17, 18 and 22, may have
been exposed to the infectious liver
disease, news agencies report.
“The risk of transmission of
hepatitis A in this situation is likely
very low,” but people who ate at the
Gumbo Pot on Jan. 22 should con-
sider getting vaccinated as a pre-
caution if they haven’t already had
the shots, said Dr. Paul Byers, the
state epidemiologist.
Free vaccinations are available
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and
Tuesday at the Warren County
Health Department on Monroe
Street in Vicksburg. The Centers
for Disease Control and Protection
says the vaccination is made up of
two shots, six months apart.
They won’t protect people ex-
posed more than 14 days earlier, so
the department advises people who
ate there on Jan. 17 or 18 to keep an
eye out for symptoms and see a doc-
tor if symptoms develop.
Symptoms can include fever,
fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea,
vomiting, joint pain and jaundice,
according to the federal Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
Symptoms usually appear two to six
weeks after exposure — but people
can spread hepatitis A without ever
showing any symptoms.
The state health department
says 149 people in Mississippi have
come down with the disease since
April 1, 2019, and 70 of them have
been hospitalized. None has died.
Health inspectors gave the Gum-
bo Pot an A rating Friday, owner
Perry Boyd told the Vicksburg Post.
Boyd said the worker had no
symptoms Jan. 17 or 18. “When the
employee came back to work on
Jan. 22, she was sick and we sent
them home,” he said. “It was then
they went to the emergency room
and was diagnosed with hepatitis
A. They have not been back to work
since then.”
Police: 4 shot in parking lot
in Mississippi
PHILADELPHIA — Police in
Mississippi said officers were work-
ing to identify possible suspects
after a shooting in a parking lot
wounded four people.
Shots were fired Sunday night at
a family fun center in Philadelphia,
The Neshoba Democrat reported.
The people who were wounded
were between 18 and 45 years old.
All four were taken by personal ve-
hicle to hospitals. Then, three of
the four were airlifted to a hospital
in Jackson for further treatment,
the newspaper reported.
Their conditions weren’t imme-
diately released.
Philadelphia, Mississippi, is
about 80 miles (129 kilometers)
northeast of Jackson.
SOURCE: The Associated Press

AROUND THE STATE

Today is Monday, Feb.
3, the 34th day of 2020.
There are 332 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On Feb. 3, 1943,
during World War II, the
U.S. transport ship SS
Dorchester, which was
carrying troops to Green-
land, sank after being
hit by a German torpedo
in the Labrador Sea; of
the more than 900 men
aboard, only some 230
survived. (Four Army
chaplains on board gave
away their life jackets
to save others and went
down with the ship.)
On this date:
In 1690, the first pa-
per money in America
was issued by the Mas-
sachusetts Bay Colony to
finance a military expedi-
tion to Canada.
In 1877, the song
“Chopsticks,” written by
16-year-old Euphemia Al-
len under the pseudonym
Arthur de Lulli, was de-
posited at the British Mu-
seum under the title “The
Celebrated Chop Waltz.”
In 1913, the 16th
Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution, providing
for a federal income tax,
was ratified.
In 1917, the United
States broke off diplo-
by a U-boat off Britain af-
ter the crew was allowed
to board lifeboats.
In 1930, the chief jus-
tice of the United States,
William Howard Taft,
resigned for health rea-
sons. (He died just over a
month later.)
In 1959, rock-and-roll
stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie
Valens and J.P. “The Big
Bopper” Richardson died
in a small plane crash
near Clear Lake, Iowa.
In 1966, the Soviet
probe Luna 9 became the
first manmade object to
make a soft landing on the
moon.
In 1969, “Candid
Camera” creator Allen
Funt and his family were
aboard an Eastern Air-
lines flight that was hi-
jacked to Cuba. (Fellow
passengers who recog-
nized Funt thought the since 1984. A U.S. Marine
whole thing was a stunt plane sliced through the
for his TV show.) cable of a ski gondola in
In 1988, the U.S. Italy, causing the car to
House of Representatives plunge hundreds of feet, Visit us
handed President Ronald
Reagan a major defeat,
killing all 20 people in- on the web at
rejecting his request for
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by a vote of 219-211.
In 1991, the rate for a
first-class postage stamp
rose to 29 cents.
In 1994, the space
shuttle Discovery lifted
off, carrying Sergei Kri-
kalev (SUR’-gay KREE’-
kuh-lev), the first Russian
cosmonaut to fly aboard a
U.S. spacecraft.
In 1998, Texas exe-
cuted Karla Faye Tucker,
38, for the pickax killings
of two people in 1983; she
was the first woman exe-
cuted in the United States
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peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Mon. Tues.
Major 7:19p 8:35p
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Major
1:22p
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Opinion
4A MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020
POSSUMHAW
Change is inevitable
“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same
weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.”
— Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor and philosopher (121-181 A.D.)
M
ost of the time I find
technology a little
scary. I reviewed
George Orwell’s 1964
futuristic book “1984” for
its possibilities. Electronic
screens were located in pub-
lic places — I imagine like
restaurants, waiting rooms,
dentists’ chairs, airports and
along highways. Govern-
ment screens were required
in residential homes, strate- Shannon Bardwell
gically placed where occu-
pants could be monitored. I
looked over at our big screen television
and thought about all the public places
with electronic screens. Who’s really
watching who? I closed the book and
put it away.
In every decade major changes take
place. Some folks find changes unnerv-
ing while others embrace change with
enthusiasm. “Anne Morrow Lindbergh:
A Gift for Life,” by Dorothy Herrmann,
narrates the story of the Lindberghs.
On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh
Jr., age 25, flew the “Spirit of St. Louis”
from New York to Paris, all 3,500 miles, gasoline, gas stations or auto repair
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Voice of the people
Reflections on water
There is exactly the same amount
of fresh water in the world today as
there was at the time of the building
of the Great Pyramid some 4500 years
ago. The difference is that there were
roughly 9 million people in the world
then, and now there are 45 cities with
that many people. 7.8 billion people,
and counting.
U.S. cities are spending millions,
sometimes billions of dollars, to
provide water to growing populations.
Since the amount of water is fixed, and
its availability is declining as we empty
our aquifers, cities have turned to con-
servation of water. Plumbing that uses
less water is mandated in some cities.
One of the great triumphs of the
20th century was the prohibition
against dumping sewage and industrial
waste into our lakes and rivers, and the
development of wastewater treatment.
Wastewater reclamation is now a
mature technology, converting sewage
into potable water. When the Cuyahoga
River caught on fire in 1969 (sending
flames up to 5 stories high), the em-
barrassment lit a fire (pun intended)
and in 1972, we had the Clean Water
Act. Today, the Cuyahoga is a clear
stream—with fish!! The hard-fought
battle against lake and river pollution
has raged since the Civil War. Today
in the U.S., cholera and typhoid are
practically unheard of; most rivers and
streams are clean enough to supply
municipal water systems; and river and
riparian fauna are returning.
Last month, President Trump issued
an executive order removing restric-
tions on the use of pesticides and
chemical fertilizers that run off into
streams and wetlands. The regulations
were “a burden to farmers and indus-
tries.”
Addressing a campaign rally, he
complained about low-water-use plumb-
ing. Since the toilets he complained
of have long since been replaced by
efficient and effective toilets (15 years
ago, the city of San Antonio had a toilet
made of clear plexiglass to show that it
could flush a full-size Idaho russet po-
tato with 1.3 gallons of water), I wonder
where he has been. The Hilton Hotel
asked their guests for their ratings of
their “shower experience” using aerat-
ed shower heads and got very good to
excellent ratings. Where has President
Trump been showering?
His complaints serve to under-
mine the effectiveness of programs
to conserve water — urgently needed
programs.
The water table under the Delta has
been falling more than a foot per year
since the invention of high-volume well
pumps—generations. The State of Mis-
sissippi is suing Memphis for pumping
water from a Mississippi aquifer. We
get 57 inches of rain every year and our
ground water is disappearing.
That our President can say and do
as he has in the face of a water crisis
implies that either he does not know or
does not care.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus
alone. As a result, much of
the country was taken with
the possibility of air travel.
Airlines like Pan Ameri-
can and Transcontinental
were becoming the means
of future travel. Nowadays
air travel is as common as
owning a car, or a washing
machine, a refrigerator, a
big screen TV, a cell phone,
a laptop computer, a nanny
cam, a phone on your wrist.
Maxwell Smart from the
TV show “Get Smart” had a
shoe phone (1965). It seemed absurd.
A friend from California sent an
email containing possibilities and
probabilities for our technological
future. Though I was unable to confirm
the original source of the information,
just imagine how our lives, the lives of
our children and grandchildren, are
changing.
Cars will be electric with recharging
stations on street corners. (Think the
Tennessee Williams Home on Colum-
bus’ Main Street.) There will be no
CARTOONIST VIEW
MUSINGS
There’s no such thing
M
any people, in-
cluding our whop-
ping mistake of
a president, characterize
the investigation and the
impeachment of Donald J.
Trump as a “witch hunt.”
They refer to history, or
rather what they think is
history.
Originally, a witch hunt
was just what it sounds
like. Marc Dion
Your infant daughter
died and, even though
most of your children died in infancy,
back there in the year 1240, you were them everywhere. Weird old John
crazy with grief, and you began to be
suspicious of the mumbling, unpleas-
ant, toothless hag next door. Those
were hard years. She was 45, by the
way. Well, actually, she was 45, but
she looked 80. Or at least you thought village smell pretty bad, but you were
she looked 80, because no one in your a zero-tolerance zone where witches
village ever lived to be 80.
And the old lady had a cat. A black
cat. She wandered all day through
the village, talking to herself, mak-
ing evil faces. She was, of course,
just sliding into a kind of dementia
brought on by bad food, bad water
and losing nine of the 14 children
she’d birthed. The evil faces were the no witches, no witchcraft, no wizards
result of the pain caused by rotting
teeth.
No matter.
Dispatch
The
shops. An electric motor has 20 parts
compared to a gas/diesel motor of
20,000 individual parts. If the electric
motor fails it can be replaced in a few
minutes from a drive-through.
Taxis will be self-driven. Cars will
become computers on wheels. There
will be fewer accidents and loss of
lives — no drunk or inattentive driv-
ers. There will be less of a need for car
insurance, thus changing the insur-
ance industry. Fewer cars mean fewer
parking areas and more green space,
cleaner air, less noise pollution.
Think of camera companies Kodak
and Polaroid and the effects of cell
phones on camera sales. The business
model of both companies changed
“Witch!” you hollered.
The other villagers,
weak-minded from hunger
and homebrewed beer,
agreed with you, and
then there was a trial
before some red-capped,
louse-infested ecclesiastic
who let you burn the semi-
old lady to death.
Having found one
witch, you figured there
were more. After all, who
ever had just one rat in his
hut?
You hunted witches, and you found
who talked to his grapevine. That
nutcase Geofric who couldn’t get a
wife and babbled incessantly about
the Devil.
You burned them all. It made the
were concerned.
And this, they say, is what the lib-
erals did to President Donald Trump.
Trouble is, there never were any
witches in your village. Witches don’t
exist. “There’s no such thing,” as my
parents used to tell 5-year-old me
about ghosts and goblins. There are
and no sorcerers.
The problem with calling Trump’s
legal troubles a “witch hunt” is that
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remarkably in less than three years.
Uber and Airbnb. Uber is now the
largest taxi company, and they don’t
own any cars. Airbnb is the biggest
hotel company, and they don’t own any
property.
Medical diagnosis will be available
online and through apps with greater
accuracy than humans. A device is in
the works enabling a retina scan, blood
test and breath analysis. Legal advice
will be at your fingertips.
It’s not hard to believe the future
possibilities when you can scan your
own items at the grocery store or order
milk and Cheerios online.
Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of
Columbus at msdeltachild@msn.com.
no one is accusing him of something
that doesn’t exist.
He did not bring a murrain upon
the crops, though he’s put numerous
farmers out of business. He did not
cause your infant child to die, not un-
less you are an illegal immigrant and
your kid died in a dog kennel down in
Texas. He most certainly did not use
the black arts to construct a magical
wall along the Mexican border.
See, the guy is completely clean of
committing crimes that do not exist,
or at least they don’t exist as the
result of witchery.
There is such a thing as treason.
There is such a thing as obstruction
of justice. There is such a thing as
inviting a foreign government to help
you fix an American election. Those
things are as real as a convenience
store owner’s identification of the
man who robbed his cash register
at gunpoint. Of course, if the conve-
nience store owner isn’t allowed to
testify, his identification isn’t gonna
count for much.
So don’t call Trump’s legal trou-
bles a “witch hunt.” His crimes can
be seen and touched. They exist.
Marc Dion, a nationally syndicated
columnist, is a reporter and columnist
for The Herald News, the daily news-
paper of his hometown, Fall River,
Massachusetts. For more on Dion, go
to go to www.creators.com.
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China opens virus hospital, market plunges as toll grows

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BEIJING — China sent medical
workers and equipment to a new hos-
pital built in 10 days, infused cash into
tumbling financial markets and further
restricted people’s movement in sweep-
ing new steps Monday to contain a rap-
idly spreading virus and its escalating
impact.
Health authorities released updated
figures of 361 deaths and 17,205 con-
firmed cases, an increase of 2,829 over
a 24-hour period, as other countries
continued evacuating citizens from
hardest-hit Hubei province and restrict-
ed the entry of Chinese or people who
recently traveled in the country. The
World Health Organization said the
number of cases will keep growing be-
cause tests are pending on thousands
of suspected cases.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, presid-
ing over a special meeting of the coun-
try’s top Communist Party body for the
second time since the crisis started,
said “we have launched a people’s war
of prevention of the epidemic.”
He told the Politburo standing
committee that the country must race
against time to curb the spread of the
epidemic and that those who neglect
their duties will be punished. His
speech was read by an anchor on the
major evening news program of state
broadcaster CCTV.
Reopening of schools was also de-
layed to keep the virus from spreading
further in Hubei, where the 1,000-bed
hospital in the provincial capital Wuhan
was completed in just 10 days. A second
hospital with 1,500 beds will open with-
in days. Restrictions were tightened
still further in one city by allowing only
one family member to venture out to
buy supplies every other day.
Medical teams from the People’s Lib-
eration Army were arriving in Wuhan
to relieve overwhelmed health workers
and to work at the new hospital, located
in the countryside far from the city cen-
ter. Its prefabricated wards, where pa-
tients began arriving by late morning,
are equipped with state-of-the-art med-
ical equipment and ventilation systems.
Leading Chinese epidemiologist
Zhong Nanshan said additional hospi-
tal space was crucial to stopping the
spread of new infections.
“The lack of hospital rooms forced
sick people to return home, which is ex-
tremely dangerous. So having addition-
al (beds) available is a great improve-
ment,” Zhong told state broadcaster
CCTV.
Zhong played a major role in over-
coming China’s 2002-2003 outbreak
of SARS, a coronavirus from the same
family as the current pathogen.
In a sign of the economic toll of the
outbreak, China’s Shanghai Composite
index plunged nearly 8% on the first day
of trading after the Lunar New Year
holiday. That despite a central bank an-
nouncement Sunday that it was putting
1.2 trillion yuan ($173 billion) into the
markets.
“We are fully confident in and capa-
ble of minimizing the epidemic’s im-
pact on economy,” said Lian Weiliang,
deputy chief of the National Develop-
ment and Reform Commission, at a
news conference in Beijing.
Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, an-
nounced Monday that the semi-autono-
mous territory will shut almost all land
and sea border control points to the
mainland from midnight to stem the
spread of the virus. She said only two
border checkpoints — at Shenzhen Bay
and the bridge to Macau and Zhuhai —
will remain open.
More than 2,000 hospital workers
had gone on strike earlier in the day,
demanding a complete closure of the
border, and their union has threatened
a bigger walkout Tuesday.
Hong Kong has recorded 15 cases of
the virus and has cut flights and train
and bus connections to the mainland,
but a push is growing for it to close the
border completely. Strike organizers
say about 6,000 medical staff were pre-
pared to participate. Hong Kong was
severely impacted by the SARS out-
break, which many believe was inten-
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all across Japan before
he brought her on a
grander adventure — one
that’s far away from her
hometown in Yokosuka,
Japan, and all the way to
Mississippi for his two-
year military service as
a pilot at Columbus Air
Force Base.
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to the United States is a
dream realized 30 years
late.
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Base. As a teenager born
into the era of famous
American pop musicians
such as Madonna and
Michael Jackson, Sugo
became interested in
English and American
culture. She wanted to
study abroad and expe-
rience a different part
of the world. Her father
never allowed her to live
abroad, but she still got
a job on the Navy base to
practice her English.
“I realized the world
was very big,” Sugo said.
“I wanted to know and
communicate with for-
eign people. They were
born with another face
and they have different
cultures, languages,
ways of thinking. ... It’s
interesting.”
The opportunity to live
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lingering problems at
Parchman, including
broken toilets and sinks,
holes in cell walls, birds’
nests in windows and
widespread mold and
mildew in showers.
Reeves said during his
State of the State speech
Jan. 27 that the state will
take steps to shut down
Unit 29, which consists
of multiple buildings.
The interim commission-
er of corrections, Tommy
Taylor, told reporters
moments later that crews
had already started re-
pairing sinks and toilets
and had restored heat to
Unit 29.
Some inmates went
days without showers
when prisons were locked
down after the violence.
A woman who spoke at
a rally Jan. 24 said her
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abroad finally presented
itself in 2018 when Shunji
was to be stationed in
Columbus for two years.
When Sugo arrived
in October of that year,
Columbus struck her as a
Southern historical town.
From time to time, she
said, she would experi-
ence culture shock.
“When I stopped at the
Walmart ... I could see a
gun section,” Sugo said.
“I was very surprised at
first, because I have nev-
er seen (that) in Japan.
We have very strict rules.
They are illegal. But they
sell it at the supermarket
(in America), and there
are a lot of kids.”
Sugo’s English was
still poor at the time,
she remembered, and
people’s thick Southern
accents did not help. Or-
dering at drive-throughs
sometimes became a
challenge.
“I could not get what
they mean,” Sugo said.
“Sometimes I give up. ...
I (would leave) the car
and go to the shop and I
pointed at the picture (on
the menu).”
Soon, Sugo met a
group of international
friends, with whom she
takes English classes
several times a week in
Starkville. They all come
from different cultures,
husband is incarcerated
in Parchman, and he and
others had to defecate in
plastic bags when toilets
were broken.
Dozens of Mississippi
sheriffs were at the state
Capitol the middle of last
week, and Barnett said
many of them wanted to
talk about the possibil-
ity of the state moving
some inmates to coun-
ty or regional jails. The
state would pay sheriffs’
departments to house in-
mates.
“Everyone is talking
about the cost,” Barnett
said. “You know, ‘I’ll
keep your people at this
cost.’”
Barnett said housing
is an issue, but it’s not the
only consideration.
“For so long, all we
have done in our correc-
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she said, which made her
feel at ease.
“I don’t have to
hesitate to speak with
them, because all the
people who came from
other countries were very
friendly to me,” Sugo
said.
One of those friends,
Olga Almazan, said Sugo
wants to know about
everyone else’s culture.
The two exchange
details about Japan and
Almazan’s native Mexico,
including weather, fash-
ion and family traditions.
“She always tries to
speak with our students
and tries to learn more
about them,” Almazan
said.
Sugo was eager to
learn about Columbus
as well. To prepare for
last year’s Pilgrimage as
a member of the CAFB
International Spouses
Group, she had to learn
how to sew the dress she
would wear.
Patricia Wilson, who
led the efforts to create
the group in 2003, taught
her how, Sugo said.
Since Sugo did not have a
sewing machine at home,
she worked on the dress
at Wilson’s house for a
month.
“I have never sewn a
dress, I just made kids’
clothes,” Sugo said. “(It
tions system is house in-
dividuals,” Barnett said.
He said state policy-
makers need to expand
the conversation beyond
just housing prisoners
as a way to keep county
jails, regional jails or pri-
vate prisons open.
“What we need to
be talking about is the
things ... that they are
willing to do to make
sure that they’re not just
only housing these peo-
ple, but to make sure that
there’s rehabilitation go-
ing on, as well, so that we
don’t have this problem
going forward,” Barnett
said.
Hosemann appointed
Barnett as the Correc-
tions Committee chair-
man, and the two men
express similar goals.
Hosemann said the
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was a) big mission.”
Being a part of
Pilgrimage, standing in
old houses and walking
tourists through a brief
segment of history, made
Sugo’s life in Columbus
more enjoyable. After
more than a year living
in the city, Sugo said she
has adopted the lifestyle
here to some extent.
But sometimes, she
still misses the hot
springs, the food and
culture in Japan.
“When I went to Hous-
ton, I went to a Japanese
supermarket,” Sugo
said. “The atmosphere
reminds me of Japan, my
hometown, a lot.
“But when I go out-
side, it’s America,” she
said.
Sometimes, she said,
she just wants to quit
studying English and go
back to Japan “tomor-
row.”
Other times, she feels
torn at the thought of
leaving Columbus in
October.
By the time she leaves,
she said, Columbus may
even become her “Ameri-
can hometown.”
“This is a once-in-a-
lifetime chance,” Sugo
said. “I should cherish
the time (I spend here).”
first step in the imme-
diate prison crisis is to
secure Parchman. The
second step is to move
prisoners to other facili-
ties. The third step is to
make sure inmates re-
ceive education and job-
skills training and that
they have a valid driver’s
license before they are
free — a necessary step
because public transit is
scarce in Mississippi.
Hosemann said the
fourth step is to have
former inmates back out
in the community with
the goal that they will be
productive and that they
won’t commit an offense
that sends them back to
prison.
“Clearly, Mississippi
is better than Unit 29,”
Hosemann said.
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FORMER MSU STANDOUT JONES, CHIEFS WIN SUPER BOWL
Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Chris Jones (95) knocks down a pass from San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) during the fourth quarter in Super
Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium Sunday.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI GARDENS,
Fla. — Patrick Mahomes
was struggling, and the
Kansas City Chiefs were
in huge trouble.
Until the young quar-
terback coolly brushed
aside three-plus quarters
of frustration and came
through in the clutch,
that is.
As he has already done
so often in his young ca-
MSU heading into heart of conference play with date against Georgia
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Con-
ference play is heating up.
With a three game
stretch against ranked
opponents just around the
corner, the Mississippi
State women’s basketball
team (19-3, 7-1 SEC) wel-
comes Georgia (12-9, 3-5
SEC) to town Monday for
a rematch of the Bulldogs’
seven-point win in Athens
Jan. 5.
“We have to get ready
for a really good Georgia
team,” MSU coach Vic
Schaefer said. “They had
a heart breaker last week
at Texas A&M, losing by
one. They had a great
victory at Arkansas on
the road two weeks ago.
(Coach) Joni Taylor has
reer.
“It’s Magic Mahomes,”
tight end Travis Kelce
said with a huge grin. “It’s
Showtime Mahomes. He’s
going to be himself no
matter what the scenar-
io. And, you know what?
I love him. He willed this
team back into the game.”
Mahomes threw touch-
down passes on consecu-
tive fourth-quarter drives
to lead Andy Reid’s Chiefs
to a 31-20 comeback vic-
done a tremendous job
there. They are playing at
a very high level.”
With the red and white
clad Bulldogs riding a
stretch of four straight
ranked opponents, Tay-
lor’s bunch picked up a
much needed aforemen-
tioned win over Arkansas
Jan. 23 before dropping
games to No. 1 South Car-
olina and suffering a one-
point loss at Texas A&M
Thursday.
Flashing a balanced
offensive attack, Geor-
gia boasts seven players
scoring at least 4.4 points
per game this season. Of
those, guards Gabby Con-
nally and Maya Caldwell
lead the bunch at 12.7 and
10 points per game, re-
spectively.
“We were lucky to
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tory and deliver the fran- get it in the end.” and didn’t stop until they play, 83-yard drive with a
chise its first Super Bowl The 24-year-old Ma- stood in a confetti shower 1-yard touchdown toss to
title in 50 years. homes was selected the while passing around the Kelce that made it 20-17
“We never lost faith,” game’s MVP after bounc- Lombardi Trophy. with 6:13 remaining.
Mahomes said. “That’s ing back from being in- And it was the late- There were already
the biggest thing. Every- tercepted on two straight game performance of signs on that drive that
body on this team, no possessions as the Chiefs’ Mahomes that got them
Mahomes was on the
one had their head down. title hopes seemingly where Len Dawson last
verge of something spe-
And we believed in each slipped away. delivered the Chiefs in
other. And that’s what “I was making a lot of 1970. cial.
we preached all year long mistakes out there early,” “It’s not all Patrick, and “Anything is possible
— and we had this guy Mahomes acknowledged. he’ll be the first to tell you with him,” fullback An-
(Reid) right here to get us But trailing 20-10, Ma- that,” Reid said, “but it’s a thony Sherman said.
there. homes and the Chiefs good place to start.” On third-and-15 from
“And we found a way to suddenly got going — Mahomes capped a 10- See SUPER BOWL, 3B
get out of there after the
first time,” Schaefer said.
“Obviously, I don’t think
we are playing as well as
we were. We have to find
a way to get I fixed. With
that being said, our kids
got a day off. We will get
back at it and get ready for
a well-coached and really
talented Georgia team.”
For MSU, the Bulldogs
enter the contest sitting in
sole possession of second
place in the SEC stand-
ings behind South Car-
olina. And while Schae-
fer’s bunch endured a
tight one-point loss to the
Gamecocks in Columbia
two weeks ago, the squad
has shown a recent pro-
pensity to play down to its
competition since. Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
In wins over Vander- Mississippi State’s Jordan Danberry (24) shoots an open jump shot during the first
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0-9 SEC) put together a strong effort in a game that
tain cross-section of the the people,” Kaepernick said that the more traditional of-
featured 18 lead changes, but Alabama was able to
thrown. country, stoked in part by that day. “Around here, we’re fense he was going to run
edge out a 57-56 win thanks to a late fourth quarter run Seven years ago at the Su- President Donald Trump, ready to play, we’re ready to would not be a good fit for
at The Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. per Bowl, history was made who infamously wondered go anywhere.” an option-read style quarter-
The Crimson Tide (13-9, 3-6 SEC) started the when a 49ers receiver, un- out loud at a political rally But it went nowhere. back the likes of Kaepernick.
game 0-13 from beyond the arc, but they were able to able to break free from the
find their stride at just the right time, hitting three trifec-
about how nice it would be Before that, the NFL, well One twist in all this was that
prying hands of a harassing for an NFL owner to point aware of the need to address one of the few owners who
tas in a row to erase what had been the largest Ole Miss
lead of the game. The Rebels to that point had played cornerback, could not grab a at a kneeling player and say Kaepernick’s off-the-field supported the quarterback
a complete game, turning 16 Alabama turnovers into pass on fourth-and-goal that “Get that son of a bitch off concerns, began pumping publicly was Jed York of the
18 points and shooting 40.7 percent overall and 56.3 would have given San Fran- the field right now.” Not long money into his social-jus- Niners. But a team that was
percent from three on an SEC season-high nine treys. cisco the go-ahead score late after, Vice President Mike tice cause, to the tune of friendly to Kaepernick’s
However, the Tide were able to remain in the ballgame in the game against the Bal-
thanks to a significant 17-9 advantage on the offensive Pence walked out of a game $25 million so far with more cause suddenly had no use
glass that translated to 24 second-chance points, as
timore Ravens. involving the 49ers, several than $60 million additional for him.
well as a 14-of-17 clip from the charity stripe compared The Niners lost that game of whom supported Kaeper- promised. It teamed with an How would things be dif-
to a 3-of-3 line for the Rebels. 34-31 and were relegated to nick’s cause and kneeled activist-minded group com- ferent if he had been a Super
“Great game. Tough loss. Just incredibly proud the forgettable list of very during the anthem before a posed of a few dozen play- Bowl champion?
of my group,” said Ole Miss head coach Yolett good NFL teams who came
McPhee-McCuin in a news release. “After the loss that game against the Indianapo- ers who called themselves “Maybe he wouldn’t have
in second place. For the man lis Colts. The Players Coalition. That been as easily dismissed,”
we had last game (vs. No. 1 South Carolina), the whole
program, myself included, we were in a really down who threw that pass, Col- It forced the NFL into a group, however, did not in- Hunter offers.
place. Today I just talked to them about life. Adversity is in Kaepernick, things have series of uncomfortable de- clude Kaepernick, who went Dismissed how, though?
going to hit and you have to be able to respond.” never been the same. cisions, first in an attempt his own way after a series of As an athlete? As a voice for
The same could be said to simply tamp down the contentious meetings with even bigger issues?
Source: From Special Reports about the NFL. discord about kneeling, then the leaders who ended up “When you win the Super
The 49ers made it back later to try to get on board as the backbone of the Coa- Bowl as a quarterback in the
to the Super Bowl this year, with Kaepernick’s cause, al- lition. NFL, it gives you a certain
CALENDAR but Kaepernick had noth- beit with an unspoken hope The NFL named the pro- level of power,” Hunter says.
ing to do with this trip. His that the protests come to a gram “Inspire Change.” The “But the other side of that is,
Today name has barely been men- halt. league has been running if he’d won, maybe it takes
Prep Girls Basketball tioned. In most instances, “He clearly drew attention a commercial through the him in a whole different di-
Heritage Academy at district tourna- this would simply be anoth-
to a societal problem which playoffs, with another air- rection.”
ment, Lamar, TBA er example of the relentless
needs to be addressed and ing scheduled for the Super At the NFL Players’ Asso-
Hebron Christian at Hamilton, 6 p.m. churn of players through a
that we haven’t addressed,” Bowl, in which former wide ciation’s annual news confer-
Noxubee County at Kosciusko, 6 p.m. league that chews them up
said Alan Page, the Hall of receiver Anquan Boldin, ence earlier this week, the
Prep Boys Basketball and spits them out. But at
Fame defensive lineman who a founder of The Players subject of Kaepernick came
Heritage Academy at district tourna- 32, Kaepernick could, con-
went on to a career as a Min- Coalition, tells the story of up, ever so briefly.
ment, Lamar, TBA ceivably, be in his prime. In-
nesota Supreme Court jus- his cousin getting shot and The union has defended
Hebron Christian at Hamilton, 7:30 stead, he has been out of the
tice. “There’s value in that. killed by a plainclothes po- Kaepernick, fought for him
p.m. league for three years.
The problem is, we get side- lice officer in Florida. in the collusion case and, in
Noxubee County at Kosciusko, 7:30 And yet, if there’s a sin-
tracked, I think, in focusing The irony isn’t lost that theory, is behind what he’s
p.m. gle player who brought this
on things that aren’t really the NFL is getting credit for all about. The union also rep-
Women’s College Basketball league to a point of reckon-
relevant to the problem. We advancing a cause spurred resents players involved in
Georgia at Mississippi State, 6 p.m. ing — who exposed it for
get sidetracked on flags and by a player who cannot get a the Players Coalition, which
East Mississippi Community College at what it is, what it is not, and
what it could still be when all that.” job in its own league. is fighting for many of the
Holmes Community College, 5:30 p.m. Also sidetracked: Kaeper- “Doing the right thing for same things but is not on the
Men’s College Basketball it comes to shaping conver-
sations about the American nick’s career. whatever reason is always a same page with the quarter-
East Mississippi Community College at Though it’s hard to imag- plus,” Page said of the NFL. back.
Holmes Community College, 7:30 p.m. experience that cascade well
beyond the football field — ine that not one of 32 teams “I’ve gotten beyond trying NFLPA executive director
Tuesday it is that now-unemployed could find a place for a quar- to ascribe people’s motives. DeMaurice Smith danced
Prep Boys Soccer
quarterback out of Nevada terback with potential to What’s important is they do around the question of what
Heritage Academy at Magnolia Heights,
who came 5 yards from win- disrupt defenses with both the right thing.” he thought about Kaeper-
4 p.m.
ning the Super Bowl in 2013. his arm and his legs, a quar- What there is no defini- nick specifically, choosing
Lamar School at Starkville Academy,
“By losing that job, he terback who, to this day, has tive answer to, though, is ex- instead to generically laud
5 p.m.
gained a legacy, a career,” the sixth-best TD-to-inter- actly what the “right thing” “anybody who makes a de-
Men’s College Basketball
said Marcus Hunter, chair ception ratio in NFL histo- really is. cision to represent issues
Mississippi State at Kentucky, 8 p.m. ry, a quarterback not far re- As the 49ers prepared for that are greater than them-
of the department of Afri-
MUW at Lyon College, 7 p.m. moved from bringing a team their first trip to the Super selves.”
can-American Studies at
Prep Girls Basketball within five yards of winning Bowl since the Kaepernick After that flourish, the
UCLA. “Now, he has more
Germantown at Starkville, 6 p.m. the Super Bowl, there is no game, it was hard not to won- microphone moved to the
than a job. He’s an activ-
Noxubee County at Columbus, 6 p.m. spot for Kaepernick. der how both football and the next reporter. But before
ist-minded thought leader
West Point at Choctaw County, 6 p.m. He filed a grievance quarterback might be differ- the question came, Michael
about the state of race in
Ethel at West Lowndes, 6 p.m. against the league, claiming ent were it not for those five Thomas, a player’s rep from
America. A lot of young peo-
Heritage Academy at district tourna- the teams colluded to keep yards that were not gained the New York Giants who
ple, including a lot who I
ment, Lamar, TBA him out, and the parties and the touchdown that was sided with Kaepernick in the
teach, often find themselves
Prep Boys Basketball eventually reached an undis- not scored that day in the Su- contentious debate over The
sitting there waiting to see
Germantown at Starkville, 7:30 p.m. closed settlement. perdome. Players Coalition, stopped
what he is going to say.”
Noxubee County at Columbus, 7:30 In one of the more bizarre As it turned out, Kaeper- the momentum.
Instead of being forev-
p.m. 24-hour news cycles of the nick followed up with a pro- “As a player who did take
er known as a Super Bowl
West Point at Choctaw County, 7:30 past season, the NFL ar- ductive season that stopped a knee with him, he had a
champion, Kaepernick will
p.m. ranged a workout for Kaeper- one game short of the Super huge impact on a lot of play-
go down as the quarterback
Ethel at West Lowndes, 7:30 p.m. nick in Atlanta that all teams Bowl. He followed that by ers, that whole movement
who kneeled — first during
Heritage Academy at district tourna- were welcome to attend. But signing a six-year, $126 mil- did,” Thomas interjected. “It
the national anthem before a
ment, Lamar, TBA unhappy with caveats and lion contract that he would means a lot, taking a stand
preseason game — to spark
Wednesday one of the biggest controver- rules the league placed on never come close to playing for something that’s greater
Prep Girls Basketball sies in the NFL’s 100 -year the workout, Kaepernick out. He struggled through than us, knowing you’re go-
Heritage Academy at district tourna- history and, in turn, to bring abruptly pulled out of the 2014, then dealt with injuries ing to get punished. We’ve
ment, Lamar, TBA what looks like a premature NFL -sanctioned event and and an unsuccessful transi- seen how he’s been pun-
Prep Boys Basketball end to his own career. arranged a different work- tion to a new coaching staff, ished, and the impact was
Heritage Academy at district tourna- He explained his low-key out in another location. led by Jim Tomsula, who huge. And a lot of players
ment, Lamar, TBA decision not to stand in 2016 Only a handful of teams sent went 5-11 in 2015 and was still talk about it.”
Men’s College Basketball as a way of underscoring his scouts, and the day ended promptly fired. And with that, Thom-
South Carolina at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. disdain for social injustice in with everyone’s intentions in In 2016, Kaepernick was as may have best summed
America, a country where question. working with another new up the place to which both
blacks are targeted and ar- Did the NFL really want coach, Chip Kelly, but the Kaepernick and the NFL
rested by police at alarm- to help Kaepernick? quarterback was coming have been brought to today
ON THE AIR ingly higher rates than are Did Kaepernick really off injuries, had asked for a — still unsettled, still un-
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) whites. want to play again? trade and, eventually, had comfortable, but all of it still
6 p.m. — Lafayette College at Bucknell, The decision drew the “We’re waiting for the his contract reworked to bubbling, even if it’s a little
CBSSN support of fellow players, 32 owners, the 32 teams, much less lucrative terms. bit farther beneath the sur-
6 p.m. — North Carolina at Florida dozens of whom initially (NFL commissioner) Roger Kelly also was ousted af- face.
State, ESPN
6 p.m. — Norfolk State at North Caroli-
na Central, ESPNU
8 p.m. — Texas at Kansas, ESPN
8 p.m. — Baylor at Kansas State,
ESPN2
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)
5 p.m. — Indiana at Purdue, BTN
No. 1 South Carolina defeats No. 22 Vols 69-48
6 p.m. — Oregon at Connecticut, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS South Carolina coach and rebounder came back it needs to match up with
ESPN2 Dawn Staley likes how her to the bench with her right the country’s best teams,
6 p.m. — Georgia at Mississippi State, COLUMBI A, S.C. — Zia knee heavily wrapped, and
SECN freshman class, rated No. 1 averaging only 48 points in
7 p.m. — Michigan State at Maryland, Cooke thinks communica- in the country, is develop- Staley patted the freshman losses to Stanford, South
BTN tion is the key to South Car- ing. on the head as the final pe- Carolina and UConn this
COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S) olina’s tough defense. “They are just super riod began. season.
4 p.m. — Beanpot Tournament: North- All that talking worked competitive young ladies Boston, who joked and
eastern vs. Harvard, Boston, NHLN South Carolina: The
7 p.m. — Beanpot Tournament: Boston out quite well on Sunday. who don’t like to lose,” Sta- chatted with teammates in Gamecocks look every bit
College vs. Boston University, Boston, Cooke scored 20 points, ley said. the fourth, finished with the equal to the 2017 nation-
NHLN and the top-ranked Game- Tennessee (17-5, 7-2) had 10 points, five rebounds, al champions. There are
COLLEGE HOCKEY (WOMEN’S) cocks clamped down on No. a season-low 23 points in two blocks and two steals.
6:30 p.m. — Rivalry Series: U.S. vs. still tests ahead, including
Canada, Memorial Centre, Victoria B.C, 22 Tennessee for a 69 -48 the first half. The Lady Vols Staley said Boston would UConn at home on Feb. 10.
NHLN. victory. shot just 34.6% (18 of 52) for be fine and she would have
NBA BASKETBALL South Carolina (21-1, 9 -0 the game and finished with gone back in if the Game-
6:30 p.m. — Philadelphia at Miami, Southeastern Conference) 21 turnovers. cocks were playing a cham- Happy birthday
NBATV
earned its 15th straight pionship game. Staley made sure to bring
9:30 p.m. — San Antonio at LA Clip- Rennia Davis had 18
win. Cooke posted her The Lady Vols cut a up that reserve Destanni
pers, NBATV points and 10 rebounds for
fourth game with at least 20 15 -point halftime lead to 38 - Henderson had 12 points on
NHL HOCKEY Tennessee, which lost its
6:30 p.m. — Philadelphia at Detroit, points, and fellow freshmen 29 in the third quarter. But her birthday.
eighth straight to a No. 1
NBCSN Aliyah Boston and Brea Boston had a basket and “We win all the games
SOCCER (WOMEN’S) opponent since defeating
Beal also helped with the L SU in 2005. four foul shots to re-estab- on birthdays,” Staley said.
4:50 p.m. — CONCACAF Olympic Quali-
fying: Panama vs. Haiti, Houston, FS2 Gamecocks’ impressive de- “They play with great lish South Carolina’s lead. “We’re into that.”
7:30 p.m. — CONCACAF Olympic Qual- fensive performance. poise,” Tennessee coach
ifying: U.S. vs. Costa Rica, Houston,
FS1
“I think communication Kellie Harper said. “”Yet Big picture Up next
SPEEDSKATING is something that’s helping they’re very aggressive.” Tennessee: The Lady Tennessee returns home
10 p.m. — ISU: Four Continents Cham- us out a lot,” Cooke said. South Carolina got a Vols seem to be on the right to face No. 9 Mississippi
pionships, Milwaukee (taped), NBCSN “At practice we go hard temporary scare in the track under former star State on Thursday night.
TENNIS and whenever we go hard third quarter when Boston guard and first-year coach South Carolina goes to
12:30 p.m. — ATP: The Córdoba Open,
Early Rounds, Córdoba, Argentina, at practice it helps us out in hobbled off the court. The Harper. But Tennessee is No. 25 Arkansas on Thurs-
TENNIS the game as well.” Gamecocks’ leading scorer still searching for the depth day night.
4 a.m. (Tuesday) — ATP/USTA: Mont-
pellier-ATP, Córdoba-ATP, Pune-ATP,
USTA Pro Circuit Dallas & Midland Early
Rounds, TENNIS
5 a.m. (Tuesday) — ATP/USTA: Mont- After-school fun:
pellier-ATP, Córdoba-ATP, Pune-ATP,
USTA Pro Circuit Dallas & Midland Early
Boys and Girls Club
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Chiefs defense comes through in Super Bowl triumph
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI GARDENS,
Fla. — The Kansas City
Chiefs were staring at a
double-digit deficit for the
third time in three post-
season games.
This time with less
than 15 minutes left
against the San Fran-
cisco 49ers in the Super
Bowl, when defensive end
Frank Clark sauntered
onto the field in Hard
Rock Stadium and began
to talk some trash.
He had that much con-
fidence in his team. He
had that much confidence
in his defense.
“I went out there and
told them, ‘You guys are
going to go home like
everybody else,’” Clark
recalled. “I told George
Kittle he was going home.
I told Joe Staley he was
going home. I told all of
those guys, they were go-
ing home.”
The Chiefs indeed sent
them home with a stun-
ning 31-20 defeat.
Leading the way? A
defense that was rebuilt
Column: Reid wasn’t going to let this Super Bowl slip away
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI GARDENS,
Fla. — Andy Reid
hugged Patrick Ma-
homes early, and every-
one else moments later.
Good practice, because
all of Kansas City wants
to hug him now.
Reid wasn’t about to
let this Super Bowl slip
away. Not with the bril-
liant Mahomes under
center, and not after 21
years of working late ev-
ery night to get it right.
The big guy finally
got his biggest win. And
a city that has waited 50
years to celebrate can’t
wait to welcome him
home.
“Nobody deserves
this trophy more than
Andy Reid,” Chiefs
owner Clark Hunt said
as Mahomes and his
teammates celebrated
around him.
Criticized for losing
the big game once be-
fore with conservative
play calling, Reid went
the other way on this
magical night in Flor-
Super Bowl
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the Chiefs 35, Mahomes
found a wide-open
Tyreek Hill 44 yards
downfield for a first
down that set up the
score — the key play in
the comeback.
“We were in a bad sit-
uation,” Mahomes said.
“Tyreek made a really
great play and that got
us going there.”
On Kansas City’s next
drive, Mahomes zipped
the ball around — for
13 yards to Kelce and
3 to Hill, before toss-
ing a perfectly placed
rainbow pass to Sammy
Watkins down the right
sideline for 38 yards to
get the ball to the 49ers
10.
Three plays lat-
er, Mahomes threw a
5-yard pass to Damien
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bilt, Ole Miss and Au-
burn, the Bulldogs aver-
aged 14.3 turnovers per
game compared to their
season mark of 13.3 per
night. Similarly, it took a
22-2 fourth quarter run
to down the Commo-
dores and a 27-13 third
quarter to find breathing
room against the Tigers
in games that profiled
as potential blowouts on
paper.
Despite the recent
downturn, Schaefer has
received encouraging
from the ground up after
its AFC championship
game collapse a year ago,
and that had struggled all
night to pick up the fiz-
zling Kansas City offense.
The defense forced
the 49ers into a pair of
punts in the fourth quar-
ter, giving Patrick Ma-
homes a chance to rally
the Chiefs to their first
title in 50 years, and the
young quarterback came
through with touchdown
passes to Travis Kelce
and Damien Williams to
give his team the lead.
“I knew we weren’t
in the ideal situation,”
Mahomes said, “but I be-
lieved in my defense to
get stops and they did.”
The 49ers still had a
chance after Williams
reached over the pylon
with 2:44 left, and a video
review upheld the touch-
down call that gave Kan-
sas City the lead.
But after allowing a
first down, a defense that
carried a newfound sense
of purpose — “swagger,”
safety Tyrann Mathieu
ida. He let Mahomes
be Mahomes, and that
was enough to rally the
Chiefs with three touch-
downs in the last 6:13 for
a 31-20 win.
The coach who had
won more games than
any other without win-
ning a Super Bowl now
has one on his resume.
A city that hadn’t held
the Super Bowl trophy
aloft in half a century
can now proudly do it
once again.
All thanks to a coach
who kept plugging away
and plugging away, cer-
tain he would one day
have a winner no matter
what anyone said.
“This is what it’s all
about,” Reid said. “What
a great team, great
coaches. Appreciate ev-
ery bit of it.”
For a time in the
fourth quarter it seemed
like history was repeat-
ing itself for a coach
who kept winning
games — but couldn’t
win the biggest game.
The Chiefs were down
Williams, who reached
over the goal line — and
it stood after a video re-
view — to put Kansas
City up 24-20 with 2:44
remaining.
Mahomes flexed both
arms in front of him and
shouted in celebration,
letting loose three quar-
ters of frustration, sens-
ing a Super Bowl title.
“We have heart,” Ma-
homes said. “That’s just
from Day One. Coach
pushes us to be the best
people that we can be,
and we never give up.”
After Kansas City
stopped Jimmy Garop-
polo and the 49ers on
fourth down, Williams
ran up the middle for 4
yards. Then he sealed
the win by zipping 38
yards into the end zone
play from sophomore
forward Xaria Wiggins
and freshmen guards
Aliyah Matharu and
JaMya Mingo-Young of
late.
While Matharu and
Ming-Young were sty-
mied in the win over Au-
burn, both scored dou-
ble-digits against South
Carolina. A 10-point
outburst three nights
later from Matharu also
helped the Bulldogs sur-
vive a trip to Nashville
and defeat Vanderbilt.
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called it — made four con-
secutive plays when they
needed it most.
Jimmy Garoppolo
threw three straight in-
completions, then the
49ers quarterback was
sacked by Frank Clark,
the $105.5 million offsea-
son acquisition. That gave
the Chiefs the ball back,
Williams got loose for a
long touchdown run and
Kendall Fuller picked off
a desperation heave to put
an exclamation point on
the comeback.
“There were great ex-
pectations coming into
this season,” Mathieu
said, “but we knew we
had the pieces in place. It
was a great challenge de-
fensively going into this
game. I’m proud that we
kind of shut them down.”
Back in Kansas City,
a fanbase that hadn’t cel-
ebrated a title since the
Nixon administration was
finally able to exhale.
“I think those people
are so happy, and obvi-
ously, we’re so grateful
we were the group to kind
of bring it back to those
20 -10 and facing a third-
and-15 with a little more
than seven minutes left
when Mahomes found
Tyreek Hill open for a
44-yard gain that turned
the game around.
Mahomes had strug-
gled before then, throw-
ing two interceptions.
But if the Chiefs were
going down, they were
going to go down throw-
ing.
“Coach Reid told me
after both (intercep-
tions) to keep firing,”
Mahomes said. “Keep
believing in your eyes,
keep throwing it. He
gives me the confidence
to go out there no mat-
ter what I do, and we
worked out well in the
end.”
Up against a wunder-
kind in San Francisco’s
Kyle Shanahan, Reid
used the wisdom gained
in 21 years of coach-
ing in Philadelphia and
Kansas City for a fourth
quarter that will live
long in Chiefs lore.
Then again, it doesn’t
for a 31-20 lead with 1:12
left.
It was reminiscent
of the divisional round
when Kansas City fell
behind early against
Houston before Ma-
homes led the Chiefs
back from a 24-point
deficit to pull off the
greatest comeback in
franchise history.
They weren’t in near-
ly as big a hole in this
one, but the 49ers were
making it tough all night
for Mahomes to get in a
rhythm.
“They’re one of the
best defenses that I’ve
been up against in my
career so far,” he said.
“We weren’t executing
at a high enough level
and when you play a de-
fense like that, you’re
Wiggins has also seen
a recent uptick in min-
utes — averaging 21 per
game over the past three
contests compared to
her season average of
13.9. In a more prolific
role, the Virginia Beach,
Virginia native has de-
livered — notching 26
points on 9 of 18 shoot-
ing over her past four
games.
“I think we have to
bring a lot of energy
coming off the bench
— that’s out job,” Min-
people,” Mathieu said.
“Those people have been
supporting us all year
long. It’s kind of cool to
end as a champion.”
The Chiefs’ defense
has been the bane of the
organization for years
— especially in the post-
season. There was their
memorable 38-31 divi-
sional loss to the Colts
after the 2003 season in
which nobody punted in
the game, and the 45-44
collapse in Indianapolis
in the wild-card round
after the 2013 season
when the Chiefs blew a
31-10 halftime lead and
the pressure and ridicule
mounted on coach Andy
Reid that he would never
win the big one.
The most heartbreak-
ing loss, though, was
the one that spurred the
Chiefs to make wholesale
changes last offseason.
They took the New En-
gland Patriots to overtime
before losing the coin
toss, and their defense
failed to get Tom Brady
and his bunch off the
field. The Chiefs lost with-
take all that much wis-
dom to hand Mahomes
the ball and tell him to
find someone to catch it.
“Pat Mahomes and all
his boys on defense tak-
ing care of business, the
coaches, man, a great
job of keeping things
right at the right time,”
Reid said. “And it was a
beautiful thing.”
It was Reid and his
staff who saw the po-
tential in Mahomes,
trading up to make him
the 10th pick in the 2017
draft despite having a
perfectly capable quar-
terback in Alex Smith.
After letting Mahomes
sit and learn for a year,
Reid linked his for-
tunes to the talents of
his young charge. His
faith was rewarded with
three touchdowns in the
final minutes.
And a Lombardi Tro-
phy.
If he didn’t totally
erase the memories
about what happened
15 years ago when the
Eagles lost to New En-
not going to have suc-
cess.”
Mahomes was inter-
cepted by Fred Warner
in the third quarter, and
was picked off by Tarvar-
ius Moore to short-cir-
cuit Kansas City’s next
drive. It marked the first
time Mahomes threw
multiple interceptions in
a game since Week 11 of
the 2018 season against
the Los Angeles Rams,
when he tossed three in
a 54-51 loss.
But Mahomes led
Kansas City to its third
straight comeback from
a double-digit deficit in
this year’s postseason.
“He kept firing, that’s
what he did,” Reid said.
“And the guys around
him just believed in him.
... Nobody lost their
go-Young said last week.
“You can’t have a down-
fall when you come off
the bench, so I’m happy
for Aliyah — that kid,
she’s so tough — but
we’ve just got to embrace
the role and whatever
coach needs us to do
we’ve got to go out there
and do it.”
Sitting precariously
behind South Carolina
for a shot at the SEC reg-
ular season title, MSU’s
game against Georgia
becomes all the more im-
out giving Mahomes and
the NFL’s best offense an
opportunity with the ball.
The famously loy-
al Reid decided to fire
then-coordinator Bob
Sutton and bring in Steve
Spagnuolo, whose switch
to a 4-3 scheme required
new personnel across the
board. The Chiefs trad-
ed for Clark and signed
him to a big deal, added
Mathieu in free agency,
then added a supporting
cast that gave Reid con-
fidence they could hang
with just about anyone.
The first eight games
were a struggle. The fi-
nal eight games were a
lesson in dominance. And
that rebuilt defense that
couldn’t get the Patriots
off the field last postsea-
son? It got the 49ers off
the field when it mattered
Sunday night.
The Chiefs held Garop-
polo to 219 yards passing
with a touchdown and two
interceptions. It held one
of the NFL’s best ground
attacks to 141 yards rush-
ing. And it finally quit
biting on trick plays and
gland, he at least has
some new ones to take
their place.
“He’s one of the great-
est coaches of all time,”
Mahomes said. “I don’t
think he needs the Lom-
bardi Trophy to prove
that, but I think it takes
all doubt away.”
It was the first Super
Bowl for Mahomes, who
could have been over-
whelmed over getting
the opportunity of his
lifetime. At times on
Sunday he seemed just
that, misfiring early and
throwing a pair of inter-
ceptions — his first in
five postseason games
— that could have prov-
en costly.
But Reid’s greatest
strength — besides his
incredible work ethic —
might be his ability to
let his players be them-
selves. That’s true not
only with Mahomes, but
seemingly every other
player on a team that
came agonizingly close
to the Super Bowl a year
earlier.
poise. They just kept
rolling.”
Mahomes finished 26
of 42 for 286 yards and
the two scores, and also
had a 1-yard touchdown
run against the 49ers.
“You know, Pat Ma-
homes, like I’ve been
saying all year, man: I’ll
take that quarterback
over any quarterback,”
defensive end Frank
Clark said. “There’s
none like him.”
On Feb. 6, 2013, a
17-year-old Mahomes
tweeted: “I bet it feels
amazing to be the quar-
terback who says ‘I’m
going to Disney World’
after winning the Super
Bowl.”
Well, Mahomes is
the youngest player to
be named The Associ-
portant as games against
No. 22 Tennessee, No.
13 Kentucky and No. 15
Texas A&M loom over
the next two weeks. And
as the Bulldogs learned
in Athens, anything
short of a complete game
could leave them out
of the mix for a third-
straight regular season
conference champion-
ship.
“Look I learn some-
thing new about them
every day,” Schaefer said
Friday. “And so I think
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end-arounds that caused
them fits the entire first
half, playing the kind of
defense down the stretch
that Kansas City has
sought for years.
When the final sec-
onds finally ticked off the
clock, Clark ripped off his
helmet and ran the length
of the field, falling to his
knees and staring into
the sky. Mathieu pranced
around in celebration, his
own roller-coaster jour-
ney reaching its climax.
The defensive line that
consistently put pressure
on Garoppolo down the
stretch looked like giddy
schoolchildren as they
hugged amid the flying
confetti, the celebration
five decades in the mak-
ing finally playing out on
a field in Miami.
“I told Coach Reid
we’re not leaving without
a ring. We’re not going to
get on that bus without a
ring,” Chiefs defensive
tackle Chris Jones said.
“If the defense makes
stops, Pat will make some-
thing happen. We made a
stop and they sailed.”
“We’ve got a great
leader in Pat (Ma-
homes) and then you put
the mastermind Andy
Reid behind that, it’s ab-
solutely unbelievable,”
Chiefs tackle Eric Fish-
er said. “So much hard
work paid off.”
The hardest work-
er of all was Reid, the
coach who comes in
hours before everyone
else and leaves hours af-
ter. Reid has done it his
entire career, even when
one of his sons died of a
drug overdose just as
he was taking over the
Chiefs seven years ago.
His players see it and
want to work harder
themselves.
“He’s there at 3 in the
morning and there to
11 at night,” Mahomes
said. “I don’t think he
sleeps. He works hard-
er than anyone I’ve ever
known.”
The hard work finally
paid off.
And now he’s a Super
Bowl champion.
ated Press NFL MVP
and win a Super Bowl in
his career. He’s also the
youngest quarterback
to be selected the Super
Bowl MVP.
It was exactly this
type of moment the
Chiefs envisioned when
they drafted Mahomes
with the 10th overall
pick in 2017.
The confetti. The
Lombardi. The joyful
tears.
All with Mahomes
leading the way.
“This fan base has
accepted me since Day
One and they’ve sup-
ported me to the maxi-
mum,” Mahomes said.
“To get that trophy back
to Kansas City is amaz-
ing.”
what we’ve seen is how
well they can play and
we’ve also seen the flip
side of it — how they’ve
struggled at times. My
job is to get that consis-
tency from them every
day in practice and ev-
eryday in a game when
the lights come one and
that’s the challenge. But
I think the one thing we
are and we’re going be
tomorrow is we’re talent-
ed, we’re skilled. We’ve
got to continue to think
the game a little bit.”
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Shanahan must answer for another Super Bowl collapse
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MIAMI GARDENS,
Fla. — Kyle Shanahan
will now have another Su-
per Bowl collapse to an-
swer questions about.
After being peppered
all week by reporters
seeking to rehash that
blown 28-3 lead to New
England three years ago
when Shanahan was of-
fensive coordinator in
Atlanta, Shanahan’s first
trip to the Super Bowl as
a head coach ended in
another late-game melt-
down.
The 49ers became
the third team in Super
Bowl history to give up a
10-point lead in the sec-
ond half when they blew
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a 20-10 advantage and lost
31-20 to the Kansas City
Chiefs on Sunday night.
“Those guys are hurt-
ing in there, just like I
am,” Shanahan said. “We
all are (hurting) right
now. It’s tough when you
lose a Super Bowl, but I’m
so unbelievably proud of
those guys, what they’ve
done all year. I’ve been
coaching a while and it’s
as special a group as I’ve
ever been around. It’s
tough that it had to end to-
day in the way it did.”
In two trips to the Su-
per Bowl, Shanahan’s
teams have been out-
scored 46-0 in the fourth
quarter and overtime and
he can only think about
what went wrong to cost
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Shanahan has now had
seven drives as a play-call-
er in the fourth quarter
of Super Bowls and his
teams have four punts,
two turnovers, one failed
fourth down and only six
first downs.
“We just didn’t get it
done when we got the
ball,” Shanahan said.
“Came up short on a just
couple plays. ... We had
our chance a little bit
there at the end, and they
made some good plays,
and we just missed them.”
The 49ers appeared to
be firmly in control when
they intercepted Patrick
Mahomes for a second
time with 11:57 to play
and a 10-point lead.
But then the coach
known as perhaps one of
the league’s most innova-
tive play-callers couldn’t
dial up the right plays to
help the 49ers seal the
win.
Jimmy Garoppolo com-
pleted a 12-yard pass to
George Kittle to give the
Niners a first down with
less than 11 minutes to
play. But Raheem Mo-
stert was stopped for 1
yard, Garoppolo threw an
incompletion on second
down and then was forced
into a short scramble on
third down following a
false start on Joe Staley.
That forced a punt and
Mahomes led an 83-yard
drive that got the Chiefs
right back into the game.
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
Our 24-year-
old grand-
son “Raffy,” a
college grad from
a respected tech-
nical institution,
couldn’t find a job
for a year after
graduation. He
has been living
with us for more
than six months
without paying
rent because we
wanted to help
him get on his
feet. Currently, Dear Abby
his only respon-
sibility is helping somewhat
after dinner. He now has a
good job.
I should mention that Raffy
tends to be narcissistic. He
frequently wears his baseball
hat to meals, even though I
have asked him not to. He can
also be difficult to deal with,
attacking me when there’s a
difference of opinion or if he’s
angry about something.
We live in a three-bed-
room condo. What rules are
legitimate for me to require?
Can I ask him to keep his room
straight and take his hat off
at meals or when going out for
dinner? How much room and
board should we ask for?
We have frequent guests
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb.
3). This solar return will be a
self-esteem booster, a spiritual
uplift and a real-world advocate.
The fates favor you, and you pay
it forward. Because of the ad-
venture that is friendship, you’ll
wind up where you never imag-
ined you’d be. In spring, your
professionalism and passion go
hand in hand toward promotion.
Scorpio and Cancer adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 8, 30,
2, 33 and 1.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Though you may do your best
work under the pressure of peo-
ple watching, it is important to
work alone, too. Solo repetition
is how your muscles (including
emotional and intellectual mus-
cles) get their memory. Practice!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
“The turning point
is we got a turnover and
didn’t execute on of-
fense,” Kittle said. “We
gave the ball right back.”
The Niners still had
a chance to seal it with
a productive drive on of-
fense but a first down run
followed by two incom-
pletions, including one
batted at the line by Chris
Jones gave the Chiefs the
ball back again.
Mahomes led anoth-
er TD drive to give the
Chiefs a 24-20 edge, set-
ting the stage for Garop-
polo to lead a late-game
comeback in the final
2:39.
The Niners managed
to move the ball across
midfield following the
— family, our
friends, his
friends — be-
cause we live
close to the
beach in Florida.
Space gets to
be a big issue,
and he refuses
to allow visiting
cousins to sleep
in his room, even
though there are
two double beds.
I welcome your
input, Abby. —
OUT OF CON-
TROL IN FLORIDA
DEAR OUT
OF CONTROL: You seem to
have forgotten that the condo
Raffy lives in belongs to you.
Because it is your home, and
he has been living rent-free,
you should be making the
rules. It’s time to sit him down
and tell him together that if he
wants to continue living there,
he will:
1. Keep his room neat at
all times.
2. Remove his hat during
the meals he shares with you.
3. Allow the visiting cousins
to use the extra bed in “his”
room — which is really your
guest room.
4. I hesitate to suggest you
ask him for money because if
you turn the arrangement into
You thought you knew what
you wanted out of life, and that
framework was right for then.
Things are different now. Ask
yourself some questions today
aimed at figuring out what is
going to serve you best in the
next 10 weeks.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
“My job is keeping faces clean,
and nobody knows de stubble
I’ve seen.” — Burma-Shave
advertisement, circa 1950.
Relatedly, your job will revolve
around keeping faces clean,
or saving them, and you’ll be
mighty good at it.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Emotions drive thoughts
as much as thoughts drive
emotions. You can chip away at
this from both sides. Decide to
feel better, smile, sing a little,
two-minute warning
before two straight in-
completions. Emmanuel
Sanders then broke open
deep on third down but
Garoppolo just overthrew
him.
“We missed some
shots downfield, some
plays we usually make,”
Garoppolo said. “We just
didn’t make some of the
plays we normally make.”
A fourth-down sack
ended the chance for
Shanahan to join his fa-
ther, Mike, as the only
father-son Super Bowl
champion coaches.
The Chiefs added a
late TD and then Garop-
polo’s desperation inter-
ception ended any come-
back chance for the 49ers.
a business deal, you may lose
leverage. But I do think you
should set a deadline for your
gainfully employed (but diffi-
cult) grandson to leave. With
the money he has been sock-
ing away on rent, he should be
able to accumulate enough to
afford a place of his own.
DEAR ABBY: As kids, we
were taught not to kiss on
the mouth (unless a spouse
or romantic partner). We
never kissed our children on
the mouth and felt disgusted
when we witnessed it.
We see it happen all the
time now, especially on TV. It
never happened in the ‘50s
and ‘60s. Is my family wrong?
— HOLDING BACK IN HAMIL-
TON, OHIO
DEAR HOLDING BACK: It’s
a matter of personal prefer-
ence and upbringing. Giving a
family member a peck on the
lips is neither right nor wrong,
and I have certainly never
considered a parent or sibling
showing affection in this way
to be shocking or disgusting.
Readers, what do you think?
Dear Abby is written by Ab-
igail Van Buren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother,
Pauline Phillips. Contact
Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.
com or P.O. Box 69440, Los
Angeles, CA 90069.
hug yourself. Also, tell yourself
you’re doing mighty fine, be-
cause you are.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). To
prioritize current wants in such
a way that they infringe on
tomorrow’s happiness — that’s
the stuff of child’s play. Maturity
offers the sort of well-rounded
focus that keeps you from steal-
ing from future you for a little
pleasure now.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
The look of things matters to
you. This isn’t shallowness; in
fact, it couldn’t be further from
it. The visual is a communica-
tion, and you care enough to
make sure it’s communicating
the right thing.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It
feels like you don’t have time to
do the regiment you want to do,
but the bottom line is exercise
gives you more energy than it
takes. It’s a keystone habit that
holds you in good stead. Move
and be happy.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Ideally, you believe in your
ability to permanently solve the
problem, even if it’s a deeply
engrained habit. If you don’t
believe, that’s fine. Just act as
though you do believe and one
day you will.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). What allows you to be
your best self? A fair amount of
structure and a solid routine.
Being in control of one sector
of life gives you the confidence
to learn, grow and take risks in
other sectors.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You get to choose what
to believe. Some thoughts are
trash drifting in with the tide.
Some thoughts have been delib-
erately assembled and secured
to form lighthouses of the mind.
Some thoughts are destiny.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). The funny part about a rev-
olution is that sometimes you
don’t know you’re in one. It’s
like standing in a wave current
and feeling that first tug: gentle
enough, and yet, it’s already
too late.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Movements are not always
progress. As it is in dance,
movements can just as easily
take the body back to an earlier
position. In fact, a good dance
will do this, as patterns are a
key element in organization.
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and defend, a judgment will be
entered against you for the
money or other things deman-
ded in said Petition.
You are not required to file and Chancellor of the 14th Chan-
Answer or other Pleading, but
you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal house in Starkville, Missis-
of said Court, this 28th day of
Chancery Court Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi
Cindy E. Goode
By: Shantrell W. Granderson
PUBLISH: 2/3, 2/10, &
2/17/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
SIPPI
CEASED
CAUSE NO.2019-0667-F
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Letters Testamentary have
undersigned upon the Estate of
M D Morgan, Deceased, by the PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN
Chancery Court of Lowndes
This is to give notice to all per-
sons having claims against
said estate to probate and re-
gister same with the Chancery FENDANTS
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, within ninety (90) days CAUSE NO CV2014-0427
from the first publication date
of this Notice to Creditors. A
failure to so probate and re-
gister said claim will forever
bar the same.
This the 29th day of January,
2020.
/s/ Marilyn Michelle Butler
MARILYN MICHELLE BUTLER,
Executrix
PUBLISH: 2/3, 2/10, &
2/17/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF FLOYD WELLS, DE-
CEASED
RAINA WELLS, ADMINISTRAT-
RIX
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Floyd Wells, deceased, and Any You are not required to file an
Unknown Parties In Interest
You have been made a defend-
tion of Heirs-at-Law [Doc. No.
16] filed by the Administratrix, 27th day
the heirs-at-law of Floyd Wells, Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis-
deceased. Other than you, the sissippi
only other interested parties in (SEAL)
this action are Raina Wells and
Crystal Wells.
You are summoned to appear
and represent your interests
against said Petition before the
Honorable Paula Drungole-Ellis,
cery District at 9:30 a.m. on
the 12th day of March 2020,
at the Oktibbeha County Court-
sippi, and in case of your fail-
ure to appear your interest in
this matter will not be con-
sidered.
You are not required to file an
answer or other pleading, but
you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the
seal of said Court, this the
16th day of January 2020.
CINDY GOODE, CHANCERY
CLERK
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
(SEAL)
BY: /s/ Shantrell W. Grander-
son, D.C.
PUBLISH: 1/20, 1/27, &
2/3/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF FLOYD WELLS, DE-
CEASED
RAINA WELLS, ADMINISTRAT-
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TO: All Unknown Heirs-at-Law of
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Floyd Wells, deceased, and Any
Unknown Parties In Interest
You have been made a defend-
ant in the Petition for Adjudica-
tion of Heirs-at-Law [Doc. No.
16] filed by the Administratrix,
Raina Wells, on January 13,
2020, seeking to determine
the heirs-at-law of Floyd Wells,
deceased. Other than you, the
only other interested parties in
this action are Raina Wells and
Crystal Wells.
You are summoned to appear
and represent your interests
against said Petition before the
Honorable Paula Drungole-Ellis,
cery District at 9:30 a.m. on
the 12th day of March 2020,
at the Oktibbeha County Court-
sippi, and in case of your fail-
ure to appear your interest in
this matter will not be con-
sidered.
You are not required to file an
answer or other pleading, but
you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the
seal of said Court, this the
16th day of January 2020.
CINDY GOODE, CHANCERY
CLERK
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
(SEAL)
BY: /s/ Shantrell W. Grander-
son, D.C.
PUBLISH: 1/20, 1/27, &
2/3/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
PLAINTIFF
vs
MICHAEL DAVID SIMPSON AND
CRYSTAL GAIL PUTNEY DE-
SUMMONS
(Service by Publicatlon)
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: CRYSTAL GAIL PUTNEY,
whose address, PO Box and
whereabouts. is unknown after
diligent search and inquiry
You have been made a Defend-
ant in the suit filed in this
Court by Palmer Home for Chil-
dren seeking Modification of
Custody and Other relief. A de-
fendant other than you in this
action is Michael David
Simpson.
You are summoned to appear
and defend the complaint or
petition filed against you in this claim for damages. Shirley Ann
action at 9:00 O'clock a.m. on Barrett’s death was due to
the 6th day of March, 2020, at causes unrelated to the
the Oktibbeha County Court-
house, located in Starkville,
Mississippi, and in case of
your failure to appear and de-
fend a judgment will be entered of Shirley Ann Barrett, de-
against you for the money or
other things demanded in the
complaint or petition.
answer of other pleading but
you may do so if you desire.
my hand and the
seal of said Court, this the
of January, 2020.
Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk
By: Tina Fisher, D.C.
Deputy Clerk
Publish: 2/3, 2/10, &
2/17/2020
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results and highlighted
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Graphic $10.50
Enhance your ad with
an attention /s/
getter.
Roger K. Doolittle
Roger K. Doolittle, Esq.
Court by Palmer Home for Chil- John Does, 1-10; In the United
dren seeking Modification of State District Court for the
Custody and Other relief. A de- Northern District of Missis-
fendant other than you in this
action is Michael David
Simpson.
sippi, Aberdeen Division, Civil
Action No.: 1:18-cv-00003-
GHD-DAS (hereinafter “the per-
You are summoned to appear
and defend the complaint or
sonal injury action”). The es-
tate and the beneficiaries have
an interest in this unliquidated
petition filed against you in this claim for damages. Shirley Ann
action at 9:00 O'clock a.m. on Barrett’s death was due to
the 6th day of March, 2020, at causes unrelated to the
the Oktibbeha County Court-
house, located in Starkville,
pending lawsuit.
Mississippi, and in case of 4. The names and/or identit-
your failure to appear and de-
fend a judgment will n MONDAY,ies
be entered
of the unknown heirs at law
ofFEBRUARY 3, 2020de-n 5B
Shirley Ann Barrett,
against you for the money or ceased, are unknown to the Pe-
other things demanded in the titioner.
complaint or petition.
5. Stanley Barrett, the surviv-
Legalare
You Notices
not required to file an Legal
ing Notices of Shirley Ann Bar-
spouse
answer of other pleading but rett, and Christopher Barrett,
you may do so if you desire. the only surviving adult child of
Shirley Ann Barrett, are upon
Issued under my hand and the information and belief, the only
seal of said Court, this the
27th day of January, 2020.
heirs at law of Shirley Ann Bar-
rett and the only persons en-
titled to share in her estate un-
Cindy E. Goode, Chancery Clerk der the laws of Descent and
Clerk of Lowndes County, Mis- Distribution in the State of Mis-
sissippi sissippi, pursuant to Missis-
(SEAL) sippi Code Annotated §91-1-1,
By: Tina Fisher, D.C. et seq. (1972).
Deputy Clerk
WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays
Publish: 2/3, 2/10, & this Court enter an Order de-
2/17/2020 claring and recognizing Stanley
Barrett and Christopher Barrett
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF as the sole heirs at law and be-
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS- neficiaries of Shirley Ann Bar-
SIPPI rett, deceased.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- Petitioner further prays for such
TATE OF SHIRLEY ANN BAR- further and general relief to
RETT, DECEASED which he may be entitled in the
premises.
STANLEY BARRETT, PETITION-
ER Respectfully submitted,
NO. 44CH1:19-pr-00145-JNS /s/ Stanley Barrett
STANLEY BARRETT
PETITION TO ESTABLISH HEIRS
AT LAW STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LEE
Comes now Stanley Ann Bar-
rett, Administrator of the Es- Personally came and appeared
tate of Shirley Ann Barrett, de- before me, the undersigned au-
ceased, and files this his Peti- thority in and for the jurisdic-
tion to declare Stanley Barrett tion aforesaid, the within
and Christopher Barrett, sole named, STANLEY BARRETT,
heirs at law of Shirley Ann Bar- who having been by me first
rett, deceased, pursuant to duly sworn, and stated on their
Mississippi Code Annotated oath that the matters con-
§91-1-27 (1972) and as tained and set forth in the
amended, and in support there- above and foregoing Petition
of would show the following: are true and correct as therein
stated.
1. Petitioner is adult resident
citizen of Lowndes County, /s/ Stanley Barrett
whose address is 50002 Birch- STANLEY BARRETT
wood Drive, Caledonia, Missis-
sippi. SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED
before me this the 2nd day of
2. The deceased, Shirley Ann December, 2019.
Barrett died on April 26, 2019.
At the time of her death, the /s/ Bobby Seaney
said Shirley Ann Barrett was an NOTARY PUBLIC
adult resident of and had a My Commission Expires: April
fixed place of residence in 2, 2021
Lowndes County, Mississippi. (SEAL)
3. Shirley Ann Barrett died in- /s/ Roger K. Doolittle
testate and possessed no real Roger K. Doolittle, Esq.
property and very little person- Attorney at Law
al property located in Lowndes 460 Briarwood Drive
County, Mississippi. At the Suite 500
time of her death Shirley Ann Jackson, MS 39206
Barrett was a party plaintiff in Ph: (601) 957-9777
an action to recover personal Fax: (601) 957-9779
injury damages pending in the Email: rogerkdoolittle@aol.com
United States District Court for ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER
the Northern District of Missis-
sippi – Aberdeen Division, PUBLISH: 1/20, 1/27, &
styled as Shirley Barrett and 2/3/2020
Stanley Barrett vs. Pamela
Shaw, New Prime, Inc., and
John Does, 1-10; In the United
State District Court for the
Northern District of Missis-
sippi, Aberdeen Division, Civil
Action No.: 1:18-cv-00003-
GHD-DAS (hereinafter “the per-
sonal injury action”). The es-
tate and the beneficiaries have
an interest in this unliquidated All notices must
be emailed to
pending lawsuit. classifieds@
4. The names and/or identit- cdispatch.com.
ies of the unknown heirs at law
ceased, are unknown to the Pe-
titioner.
5. Stanley Barrett, the surviv-
ing spouse of Shirley Ann Bar-
rett, and Christopher Barrett,
the only surviving adult child of
Shirley Ann Barrett, are upon
information and belief, the only
heirs at law of Shirley Ann Bar-
rett and the only persons en-
titled to share in her estate un-
der the laws of Descent and
Distribution in the State of Mis-
sissippi, pursuant to Missis-
sippi Code Annotated §91-1-1,
et seq. (1972).
WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays
this Court enter an Order de-
claring and recognizing Stanley
Barrett and Christopher Barrett
as the sole heirs at law and be-
neficiaries of Shirley Ann Bar-
rett, deceased.
Petitioner further prays for such
further and general relief to
which he may be entitled in the
premises.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Stanley Barrett
STANLEY BARRETT
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LEE
Personally came and appeared
before me, the undersigned au-
thority in and for the jurisdic-
tion aforesaid, the within
named, STANLEY BARRETT,
who having been by me first
duly sworn, and stated on their
oath that the matters con-
tained and set forth in the
above and foregoing Petition
are true and correct as therein
stated.
/s/ Stanley Barrett
STANLEY BARRETT
in search
/s/ Bobby Seaney
NOTARY PUBLIC
My Commission Expires: April
2, 2021
(SEAL)
Attorney at Law
460 Briarwood Drive ADS STARTING AT
$12
Suite 500
Jackson, MS 39206
Ph: (601) 957-9777
Fax: (601) 957-9779
Email: rogerkdoolittle@aol.com
ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER
PUBLISH: 1/20, 1/27, &
2/3/2020
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