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The Iklanna Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

TO GIVE AWAY PAINTINGThe Iklanna Chapter of the DAR will be selling tickets for this painting for $5.00 for one ticket and $8.00 for two tickets to be drawn on December 14, 2019. This 10x20 acrylic painting called “The Belzoni Water Tower” was donated by Tami Hawkins. The painting will be on display it at both banks.

“THE BIGGEST LITTLE PARADE IN THE DELTA”We are excited to announce and invite you as a true

and trusted friend of the Town of Louise to partici-pate in the Biggest Little Parade held in the Delta. The parade will be held Thursday, December 5, 2019, downtown Louise, MS at 6:30 on main Street. We will have live entertainment, fun for the whole fam-ily, fireworks, and of course, Santa will be there in style on the firetruck.

Please be a part of our holiday season and celebra-tion by giving a monetary donation, being a part of the parade or better yet by doing both. An entry form can be picked up at the Town Hall and mailed back to the Town of Louise, P. O. Box 224, Louise. MS 39097 no later than 11/22/2019. This is to ensure that if any changes occur we have enough time to contact you.

The Town of Louise thanks you for helping to make this a great event for our community and sharing in helping spread the Christmas Spirit and Joy to all.

Thank you,Ruffin SmithMayor of Louise

Mississippi’s Employment Situation The Number of Jobs Rises to Historic High. This is the latest information announced today by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

Mississippi’s unemployment rate in October 2019 was 5.5%, a slight over the month increase of one-tenth of a percentage point from September 2019.

The October 2019 rate is eight-tenths of a percentage point higher than a year ago in October 2018, when the rate was 4.7%.

The number of non-farm jobs in Mississippi rose by 300 in October 2019 to 1,171,200, which are the most

jobs ever recorded in Mississippi.Over the year since October 2018, the number of

jobs in our state increased by 11,700. These numbers are based on a survey of employers. That employer survey is recognized as the most reliable indicator of job growth.

The Labor Force, which is made up of everyone who has a job or is looking for a job, expanded in October 2019 by 2,400 to 1,289,800. Over the year since October 2018, the Labor Force increased by 15,500.

The number of unemployed Mississippians rose by

1,500 in October 2019 to 70,800. Over the year since October 2018, the number of

unemployed Mississippians increased by 11,300. The number of Mississippians working rose in

October 2019 by 900 to 1,219,000; and, for the year since October 2018, employed individuals increased by 4,200.

For details or questions on this information, please contact Mary Willoughby at (601) 321-6260 or by email at: mwilloughby@mdes.ms.gov.

Sports Turf Managers Association Announces 2019 ‘Field of the Year’ Winners

(LAWRENCE, Kan.) – Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) – the professional association for 2,700 men and women who manage sports fields worldwide who are critical to the safety of athletes and coaches – awards its 2019 “Field of the Year” winners.

Every year, STMA presents the industry’s highest honors to members who manage baseball, football, soccer, softball and other sporting playing surfaces at the professional, collegiate, schools (K-12), and parks and recreation levels. The 2019 winners are featured below:

ProfessionalBaseball – Louisville Slugger Field at Louisville

Bats (Louisville, Ky.): Tom Nielsen, Former Head Groundskeeper

Soccer – Rio Tinto Stadium home of Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals FC (Sandy, Utah): Dan Farnes, Director of Fields and Grounds

College and UniversityBaseball – Russ Chandler Stadium at Georgia

Tech (Atlanta, Ga.): Chris May, Director of Athletic Grounds

Football – Scott Field, Davis Wade Stadium at

Mississippi State University (Starkville, Miss.): Brandon Hardin, Superintendent-Sports Turf

Soccer – Captains Field at Christopher Newport University (Newport News, Va.): Chris Webb, Associate Director of Grounds

Softball – Patricia Wilson Field at Stetson University (DeLand, Fla.): Steve Barnard, Field Technician

Sporting Grounds – Koskinen Stadium at Duke University (Durham, N.C.): Scott Thompson, CSFM, Superintendent of Sports Fields and Grounds

Schools and ParksBaseball – Park Hill South Baseball Field at the Park

Hill School District (Riverside, Mo.): Eric Jones, Head Groundskeeper

Football – Walsh Field at Pace Academy Riverview Sports Complex (Mableton, Ga.): Daniel Prince, Sports Complex Facility Manager

Softball – Open Space Park at the City of Sioux Center (Sioux Center, Iowa.): Lee Van Meeteren, Parks Director/Head Grounds Superintendent

Sporting Grounds – Linda Reeves Field at the Christ Church Episcopal School (Greenville, S.C.): Brian Dossett, CSFM, Head Turf Manager

“Each of these natural grass facilities embody

the level of excellence that sports field managers around the country strive for every day,” says Kim Heck, CAE, CEO of STMA. “All of the applicants are true examples of professionalism and represent the unwavering commitment of STMA members to field safety and playability. A panel of 12 judges independently scored entries based on playability, appearance of surfaces, utilization of innovative solutions, effective use of budget and implementation of a comprehensive agronomic program. Judges may not award a field in each category. Winners receive a plaque, recognition at the STMA annual Awards Banquet, and will be featured in a 2020 issue of SportsTurf Magazine, the official monthly publication of STMA. Awards will be presented at the 31st annual STMA Conference & Exhibition in West Palm Beach, Florida Jan. 13-16, 2020. More than 1,600 leaders in the sports turf industry will meet at the Palm Beach County Convention Center for four days of cutting-edge educational seminars, exhibitor demonstrations and networking opportunities.

High speed pursuit from Greenwood into and out of Belzoni

At approximately 6:20 p.m. on November 13, 2019, Leflore County Dispatch called Humphreys County Central Dispatch in reference to an active pursuit.

Leflore County deputies were in pursuit of a black Mustang. Leflore County Dispatcher advised that the MS tag does not match the car.

Officers Williams, James and Foxworth responded. Officer James radioed to central advising the subject passed him in a curve on Highway 7.

Officer Foxworth advised central that he was coming down Fishco Rd. to meet the subject on Hwy 7. Officer Williams advised he was coming down Solomon Drive.

At 6:20 p.m. Officer Foxworth advised that the

subject will be coming through the city limits. Sheriff Roseman and Chief Allen were contacted. Officer James advised that the subject just passed First Street headed north. Deputy McPherson radi-oed at 6:27 advising that his unit was in service and subject is headed north on Hwy. 49. Chief Allen radioed to central advising that the subject will be driving on Hwy 49 on the wrong size of the road. Sheriff Roseman radioed to central advising cen-tral to make contact with Sunflower County SO. Central made contact with Sunflower so and ad-vised them of the traffic.

Officer James advised that the subject turned off Hwy 49 and was headed down Cole Lake Rd. At 6:36

Officer James advised that the subject jumped out of the car on foot. Chief Allen advised that the subject was a white male.

The identity of the subject was later determined to be Shawn Sinclair Fortenberry.

Fortenberry later stole a truck from the Cole Lake area in order to escape. He is a felon and the truck he stole had a gun in it, escalating the charges he already had.

The truck was later found broken down in Green-ville and he was arrested by the Greenville Police Department. He was already facing charges in Green-ville and now has charges in Greenwood and Belzo-ni. Fortenberry remains in jail Greenville.

Library honored Vets with meal

Good food and great company at a luncheon honoring veterans, their spouses, and widows of veterans. Thanks to the Friends of the Humphreys County Library for providing the meal and helping us serve it. Heartfelt thanks to all the veterans and their families for their service!

Photo compliments of Humphreys County Library

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Airman Samuel M. Lamkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Lamkin of Route 2, Isola, has been selected for technical training at Lackland AFB, Texas, as a W. S. Air Force Communications Electronics specialist.

A i r m a n L a m k i n w a s graduated from Belzoni High School in 1964 and attended Mississippi Delta Junior College at Moorhead.

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The 4-H Challengers met February 21, 1967, after school at their adult leader’s home. Refreshments were served.

The meeting was called to order by the president, Nan Pinkerton. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Keith Ferrell and the 4-H Pledge led by Shelia Ables. For the devotion everyone said the Lord’s Prayer.

Laura Pinkerton, secretary, called roll and read the minutes of the last meeting. The club talked and decided that in June they would make a trip to Parchman.

Shelia Ables gave a talk on “Plastic Bags and Their Uses.” Keith Ferrell gave a talk on his trip to Chicago.

D a n n y R o b e r t s o n h a d the recreation. There was no further business and the meeting was adjourned.

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The Isola Music Club met Wednesday, March 8, in the music room. The main topic of discussion was the up-coming Music Festival at Cleveland. We held a “mock” festival to prepare for the event.

The refreshments were compliments of Judy Nerren and Candy and Suze t te Childress.

The Isola Music Club is very proud of their ratings at the festival. They are as follows:

Superior – Jane Nerren, Adrian Crawford, Sandy Sugg, Elizabeth Nerren and Juliann Sugg.

Excellent – Melanie Tirey, Judy Nerren, Adrian Crawford, Sherry Helms, Juliann Sugg, David Walker, Glen Helms, Anne Walker, The Southern Belles, Jackie Switzer and Tammy McCauley.

Very Good –Anne Grant, Sylene Stanley, Sandy Sugg and Melanie Tirey.

Sandy and Melanie will be presented a gold cup at the Music Convention at Jackson. Sandy for his hymn playing; Melanie for her piano playing.

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Recently Jay Turner, III and Billy Howell, Jr., were awarded the “God and Country” Award of the Boy Scouts of America. The awards were made during the Morning Worship Service at the First Methodist Church, Belzoni. Mr. Billy Howell, Sr. is the Scoutmaster of the Troop to which the boys belong. Rev. Roy A. Grisham is the Pastor.

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Minor Carol Dupuy of Belzoni will be among the 356 students for degrees in the 141st annual commencement at Mississippi College on May 28. Dupuy will receive the master of education degree.

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Winners in the 4-H Junior Girls Division Talent Contest were: Patricia Burleson, Angela Mohamed, Charlotte Pennebaker and Brenda Hood on a number called “Boots”.

Jeri Moore was 4-Leaf Clover Clothing winner and Yvonne Logan winning the 4-Leaf Clover Foods Contest.

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STATE OF MISSISSIPPICOUNTY OF HUMPHREYS

SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’SNOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on December 29, 2017, Brian Terrell Mabry executed a certain Deed of Trust to Cousie Giglio, Trustee, in favor of Guaranty Bank & Trust Company as benefi ciary; said deed of trust appearing of record in Trust Deed Book 322, at Page 72, of the deed of trust re-cords as contained in the offi ce of the Chancery Clerk of Humphreys County, Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, W. C. Trotter, III was appointed Substituted Trustee in the Deed of Trust afore-mentioned by instrument dated and recorded April 15, 2019, in the offi ce of the Chancery Clerk aforementioned in Trust Deed Book 330, Page 583, thereof; and

WHEREAS, default having been made under the terms and conditions of said deed of trust and the entire debt secured thereby, having been declared to be due and payable in ac-cordance with the terms of said deed of trust, and the legal holder of said debt, Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, Belzoni, Mississippi, having requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said deed of trust for the purpose of raising the sum due thereunder, together with attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees and expenses of sale.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, the undersigned, W. C. TROTTER, III, Substituted Trustee in said deed of trust, will on

MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2019off er for sale at public outcry and sell within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 A. M. and 4:00 P. M.) at the North Front Door of the Humphreys County Courthouse at Belzoni, Mississippi, to the highest and best bidder for cash, property lying and being situated in Humphreys County, Mississippi, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit:

The West 50 feet of Lots 1,2 and 3, Block 13, Original Town of Isola (formerly Lake Dawson), Humphreys County, Mississippi, as per map or plat thereof on fi le in the offi ce of the Chancery Clerk of Humphreys County, Mississippi, together with all tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto in any wise appertaining.

I will convey only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.

WITNESS my signature, this the 30th day of October 2019./s/W. C. TROTTER, III, Substituted Trustee121 East Jackson StreetP. O. Drawer 338Belzoni, MS 39038Tel. No. 662/247-1362Fax No. 662/247-3333393 44-47---------------------------------------------

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFVIRGINIA REAVES, DECEASED

CAUSE NO. 19-0100DEXTER RUCKER ADMINISTRATOR

S U M M O N STO: ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF

VIRGINIA REAVES, DECEASEDNOTICE TO RESPONDENTS

You have been made Respondents in the Petition fi led in this Court by Dexter Rucker, seeking an adjudication of Heirship of Virginia Reaves, Deceased.

You are required to appear on December 19, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., at Sunfl ower County Chancery Court in Indianola, Mississippi, in the Courtroom of the Honorable Debra Giles, to respond to the Petition for Determination of Heirship fi led against you.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO APPEAR AND FAILURE TO APPEAR WILL RESULT IN JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE MOTION. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO FILE AN ANSWER. If you do, you must also fi le the original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.

ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT, this the 24th day of October, 2019.

LAWRENCE D. BROWDERCHANCERY CLERK, HUMPHREYS

COUNTYBY: Shabon Ellis, D.C.

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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SUKHWINDER SINGHBY: CAUSE NO. 2019-0104 MALKIAT KAUR, ADMINISTRATRIX CTA,AMANPREET KAUR, GURLEEN (ROBBY)

SINGH, AND NAVPREET (RICHI) SINGH PETITIONERS

VSMALKIAT KAUR, AMANPREET KAUR, GURLEEN (ROBBY) SINGH, NAVPREET (RICHI) SINGH, AND ANY UNKNOWN

HEIRS AT LAW OF SUKHWINDER SINGH,DECEASED, AND ANY PERSON

OR PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF SUKHWINDER SINGH, DECEASED RESPONDENTS

SUMMONSTO: Respondent Malkiat Kaur, wife of dece-

dent, is an adult resident of DeSoto County, Mississippi, being a permanent resident of the United States but not a United States citizen, and being a citizen of India, her post offi ce and street address being 1935 Stateline Road West, Southaven, Mississippi 38671.

Respondent Amanpreet Kaur, a daughter of decedent, is an adult resident of DeSoto County, Mississippi, and being a United States citizen, her post offi ce and street address being 4744 W E Ross Parkway 52/101, Southaven, Mississippi 38671.

Respondent Gurleen (Robby) Singh, a son of decedent, is an adult resident of DeSoto County, Mississippi, being a permanent resident of the United States but not a United States citizen, and being a citizen of India, his post offi ce and street address being 1935 Stateline Road West, Southaven, Mississippi 38671.

Respondent Navpreet (Richi) Singh, a son of decedent, is an adult resident of DeSoto County, Mississippi, and being a United States citizen, his post offi ce and street address be-ing 1935 Stateline Road West, Southaven, Mississippi 38671.

ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF SUKHWINDER SINGH, DECEASED, AND ANY UNKNOWN PERSON OR PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF SUKHWINDER SINGH, DECEASED

You have been made a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by Malkiat Kaur, as Administratrix of the Estate of Sukhwinder Singh, Deceased, Petitioner herein, seeking a determination of the heirship of Sukhwinder Singh, Deceased. All Respondents in this ac-tion are Malkiat Kaur, Amanpreet Kaur, Gurleen (Robby) Singh, Navpreet (Richi) Singh, and any unknown heirs at law of Sukhwinder Singh, Deceased, and any unknown person or persons having or claiming an interest in the Estate of Sukhwinder Singh, Deceased.

You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition fi led against you in this action at 9:00 a.m. on January 21, 2020, in the courtroom of the Humphreys County Courthouse, 102 Castleman Street, Belzoni, Mississippi 39038, and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment may be entered against you for the things demanded in the Petition.

You are not required to fi le an answer or other pleading but you may do so if you desire. If you fi le an answer or other pleading, you must mail or deliver a copy to Floyd M. Melton III, attorney for Petitioner, whose address is Post Offi ce Box 534, Greenwood, Mississippi 38935-0534, and whose street address is 107 ½ East Market Street, Greenwood, Mississippi 38930, whose phone number is (662) 843-8016 or William C. Trotter III, attorney for Petitioner, whose address is Post Offi ce Box 338, Belzoni, Mississippi 39038-0338, and whose street address is 121 E. Jackson Street, Belzoni, Mississippi 39038, whose phone number is (662) 247-1362, and you must also fi le the original of such answer or pleading with the Clerk of this Court.

Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this day of November, 2019.

LAWRENCE D. BROWDER, CLERKCHANCERY COURT OF HUMPHREYS

COUNTY, MSP. O. BOX 547BELZONI, MS 39038By:\s\Tanisha Goss, D.C.Publish: November 13, 2019, November 20,

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NOTICE TO CREDITORSTO THE CREDITORS OF SUKHWINDER

SINGH, DECEASED:Letters Testamentary on the Last Will and

Testament of Sukhwinder Singh, Deceased, were issued by the Chancery Court of Humphreys County, Mississippi in Cause No. 2019-0104 on the 8th day of October, 2019, to the undersigned as the Administratrix CTA of said Estate. All persons having claims against said Estate are hereby notifi ed that they are required to have the same probated and reg-istered by the Clerk of said Court within ninety (90) days of the date of the fi rst publication of this notice or they will be forever barred.

This the 13th day of November, 2019, which is the date of fi rst publication of this notice.

\s\ Malkiat Kaur Malkiat Kaur, Administratrix CTAEstate of Sukhwinder Singh, DeceasedPublicaton: November 13, 2019, November

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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HUMPHREYS COUNTYSTATE OF MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFJIMMIE LOU OUTLAW DOMINO,

DECEASEDCAUSE NO. E-2018-165

CHARLES JOSEPH DOMINO andMARIE ANTOINETTE D. HARDIN, CO-EXECUTORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORSLetters Testamentary having been granted

on the 17th day of October, 2018, by the Chancery Court of Humphreys County, Mississippi, to the undersigned Executor upon the Estate of JIMMIE LOU OUTLAW DOMINO, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said es-tate to present the same to the clerk of this court for probate and resignation according to the law within ninety (90) days from the fi rst publication of this notice or they will be forever barred.

THIS the 17th day of October, 2018./s/ CHARLES JOSEPH DOMINO CHARLES JOSEPH DOMINO/s/ MARIE ANTONIETTE D. HARDINMARIE ANTONIETTE D. HARDINNOEL D. CROOK, MSB #7882213 N. Hayden StreetP. O. Box 342Belzoni, MS 39038(662) 247-4013(662) 247-4092Attorney for Estate of Jimmie Lou Outlaw DominoPUBLISH:October 24, 2018October 31, 2018November 7, 2018November 14, 2018181 42-45

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NO.E2018-0172BY: ROBERT SHELBY PINKERTON andLAURA P. TEDFORD, PETITIONERS

NOTICE TO CREDITORSLetters Testamentary having been grant-

ed on the 2nd day of November, 2018, by the Chancery Court of Humphreys County, Mississippi, in Cause No. E2018-0172, to Robert Shelby Pinkerton and Laura P. Tedford upon the Estate of Mary N. Pinkerton, de-ceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate to present same to the Clerk of said Court for probate and registration according to law within ninety (90) days from the date of the fi rst publication of this notice, or they will be forever barred.

This 7th day of November, 2018./s/Robert Shelby PinkertonLaura P. TedfordCo-Executors of the Estate of Mary N. Pinkerton, Deceased,OF COUNSEL:Robert N. Warrington, MSBN 6972CAMPBELL DeLONG, LLPPost Offi ce Box 1856Greenville, Mississippi 38702-1856Telephone: (662) 335-6011Facsimile: (662) 334-6407

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Yes, the holidays are already upon us. Honestly, the

holidays have been upon us since September. Increasingly, commercial businesses are hurrying past Halloween and even Thanksgiving in a mad rush to start the Christmas shopping season. Mercy!

Because of the insanity that persists regarding the holiday season of Thanksgiving and Christmas, I couldn’t help but note some of the indicators that the shopping part of the holidays is definitely wide open and growing crazier by the day.

First, there was a lengthy discussion on a talk radio program about the worst day to go shopping for our Thanksgiving celebrations. I thought how ironic it is to be discussing the worst day to go shopping for a day that is set aside in this country to give thanks for all the blessings. Is there ever a terrible day to be thankful or to make preparations to celebrate Thanksgiving?

Apparently, there is a day that we should avoid shopping for our turkey and trimmings. It’s the day when everybody tends to do their shopping. It’s the day when tempers flare and stocks of certain popular items are limited. It’s a day when there are a limited number of parking spaces in the shopping center. There appears to be no shortage of rude people who are willing to cut people off, break in, and take the available parking spaces. So much for the idea of happy holidays, right?

I can’t figure out which is worse, the businesses that start promoting Christmas before Labor Day or us customers who have apparently forgotten what the holidays are supposed to be happy about. We have become so consumed with the Consumer Price Index, the state of the economy, or what gift we simply must give or receive that we can blindly and unemotionally go through all the motions of celebrating happy holidays with little to no happiness or gratitude.

Just to figure out where my own heart is in terms of keeping the heart of the happy holidays at the center of my life, I decided to do a sort of inventory. Walking through one of the large retailers in search for a couple of items such as Gorilla Glue and some disposable hand warmers, I decided to slow down and look around.

What I had missed as I entered the store on my mission, I was surprised on my way out. I hadn’t even noticed some really obvious things in the store. I’ll be honest here, I don’t really shop. I know what I want and go hunting for it. I get it, bag it, tag it, and pay for it, and then I’m out!

What had I missed? There were Christmas decorations everywhere! I had blown by them on my way to the object of my search. There were beautiful, though artificial, Christmas trees. Ornaments of all kinds were stacked high and already on sale. The toy aisles were packed with the “must have” toys of Christmas 2019. Bows, wrapping paper, the latest gadgets for home and car beckoned to be purchased and given away. Christmas? It isn’t even Thanksgiving yet! Oh my, well, happy holidays, right?

Getting back to the parking lot, which is where we can get the best gauge on how happy our happy holiday shoppers are, including me, I took careful note of what was going on. There was serious competition for parking spaces. People were leaving shopping carts in the way rather than considering the next person and putting them in the designated area. Yes, that’s a pet peeve for me. What really surprised me thought was the hording of parking places by a whole group looking for a hand out. Yep, they were taking up 30-40 parking spaces, but few people were actually agitated by the gaggle…of Canada Geese. Waddling through the parking lot, picking up scraps dropped by busy shoppers, at least the geese were enjoying the benefits of a season of happy holidays!

You didn’t see that one coming, did you? It’s what got me started on this whole article. Believing a gaggle of geese can remind us to slow down and enjoy these happy holidays with our family and friends may be a long shot for some of you, but…whatever you do, don’t be afraid to go with the long shots. Live life to its fullest every moment and be ready! Happy Thanksgiving!

2020 MEDICARE COSTS & PART B PREMIUMS ARE RISING!

Reader Alert: Eff ective Oc-tober 1st, the new Medicare.gov Medicare plan fi nder was released. The Medicare plan fi nder has serious fl aws and navigating this site is not easy. Please call your Con-gressman or local TV sta-tions to report on this issue. I need help getting this word out to the public. I am con-cerned that many Americas will not receive the proper Medicare prescription drug plan to fi t their specifi c med-ical situations for 2020.

Beware…Please take your time when searching a new Medicare Part D or Medi-care Advantage plan…Toni

Hello Toni:I have recently enrolled in

Medicare and have received my 2020 Medicare and You handbook and cannot fi nd what the 2020 Medicare Part A and B deductibles will be? Do you have any idea what the new Medicare costs will be? Why weren’t the numbers in the Medicare.gov handbook? Thank You, Sandra from San Antonio, TX

Hello Sandra:Every year the Medicare and

You handbook is printed and mailed out before October 1st

to all Medicare benefi ciaries to help guide them with the Medicare Annual Enrollment period which ends December 7th.

The handbook states that at the time of printing the Medi-care and You Handbook, the premiums, and deductible amounts for Part A and Part B were not available. Do not know why Medicare cannot include what the new costs will be for next year and with this year being stressful with the new Medicare.gov website change.

But guess what? The 2020 Medicare Parts A and B pre-

miums and costs were re-leased by the “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid” aka CMS (Medicare) on Monday, November 12, 2019 and I have some of the cost listed below. Yes, the costs and premiums are going UP!!

The new 2020 Medicare Parts A and B costs are be-low:

• Part A Costs (In-patient Hospital): The new 2020 Part A inpatient hospi-tal deductible will be an in-crease from $1,364 for 2019 to $1,408 which is an increase of $44. Remember the Part A deductible starts over every 60 days. It is not a once a year deductible. Under Part A is also Medicare Skilled Nurs-ing and your 2020 costs will be days 1-20 $0 copay per day and days 21- 100 will be $176per day.

• Part B Costs (Medi-cal): The new 2020 Part B medical/doctor deductible will rise from $185 yearly deduct-ible to $198 beginning Janu-ary 1, 2020, which is a $13 in-crease. With Medicare paying 80% of the Medicare approved amount and you (Medicare benefi ciary) paying the re-maining 20% of the Medicare approved amount.

• Part B Premiums: New premium for 2020 will be increased from $135.50 in 2019 to $144.60 beginning January 1, 2020. This is an average increase and those who income is higher as an in-dividual or couple will be pay-ing more beginning January 1, 2020. This information will be discussed on next week’s article.

• Part D Costs (Pre-scription Drug Plan): The new 2020 Part D deductible is $435 once a year from the 2019 Part D deductible of $415. You will pay your share for your prescription drugs until the combined amount reaches $4020 when 2020 Do-nut Hole begins verses $3820when 2019 Donut Hole began.

There are specifi c Medi-care rules regarding changing Medicare plans. Call the Toni Says Medicare Hotline at 832-519-8664 or visit the Tonisays.com website at www.tonisays.com.

Toni King, author of the new Medicare Survival Guide® Advanced edition is giving a “Thanksgiving” $5 discount for a Toni Says® Medicare Survival bundle package available only at www.toni-says.com.

HERMAN LESTER ASHFORDHerman Lester Ashford, age 89, died peacefully sur-

rounded by those he loved on November 14, 2019. Her-man lived a golden life fi lled with children, grandchildren, and many friends. He was a man that knew the meaning of hard work and the value of family. His work ethic matched his propensity for taking in new family members with no blood relation, both were prolifi c. He knew the meaning of the word “friend” and lived up to that defi nition through-out his 89 years. He was a man of few words, but those few words were profound and impactful. He loved and was loved. Treasuring memories of his life are wife, Pat Casey Ashford; children, Cathy Coker of Bartlette, TN, Casey Holcomb of Flora, MS, Paul Ashford of Lake Vil-lage, AR, Jimmy Carrington of San Antonio, TX and sis-ter, Frances Inman of W. Helena, AR, more grandchildren and great grandchildren than he had fi ngers and toes. Wel-coming him to his heavenly home are parents, Paul Clan-ton Ashford and Daisy Crews Ashford; siblings, Horace Ashford of Water Valley, MS, C J Ashford of Cleveland, MS, Elton Ashford of Warner Robbins, GA, Delpha Hitt of Gulfport, MS and daughter, Courtney Rushing of Bran-don, MS. Herman was a good man, great friend, and even better husband and father.

Visitation, followed immediately by a memorial service, was held Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Flora United Methodist Church, 142 Carter St., Flora, MS 39701.----------------------------------------------------------------------------

BETTY PATE TOWERYBetty Pate Towery, of Isola, Mississippi, passed away

peacefully at South Sunfl ower County Hospital on Friday, November 15, 2019, at the age of 83. Betty was born Feb-ruary 26, 1936 to Benjamin Franklin and Maddie Elmore Pate. She was a quite caring person who was dedicated to her family and church. She will be missed by many.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Towery; daughter, Katrena Towery; her parents, Benjamin Franklin and Maddie Elmore Pate and 12 brothers and sis-ters. Betty leaves behind her loving son, Mark and his wife, Fita, of Isola Mississippi; numerous nieces and nephews; as well as many friends.

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AMAZON LOCATING FULFILLMENTCENTER

CREATING 500 NEW FULL-TIME JOBS

Jackson, Miss. (Nov. 18, 2019) – Amazon is locating its second Mississippi fulfi llment center in Olive Branch. The company will create 500 new full-time jobs at the facility.

“Amazon’s decision to locate a second consumer goods ful-fi llment center in North Mississippi is a tremendous milestone for DeSoto County and our entire state,” Gov. Phil Bryant said. “This announcement serves as a shining example to industry leaders around the globe that Mississippi plays to win. We of-fer a supportive business climate and integrated transportation network so companies with shipping needs, such as Amazon, can reach their customers in rapid time and remain a step ahead of their competition.”

In December 2018, Amazon announced it was locating a ful-fi llment center in Marshall County, creating 850 jobs over three years. The DeSoto County fulfi llment center will be located in Legacy Park in Olive Branch. The company is leasing a 1-mil-lion-square-foot facility from which employees will ship large customer items, such as sports equipment, patio furniture, fi sh-ing rods, pet food, kayaks, bicycles and larger household goods.

The Mississippi Development Authority and the DeSoto Coun-ty Board of Supervisors are providing assistance for public road improvements surrounding the site and park. DeSoto County also will negotiate a fee-in-lieu agreement in support of the proj-ect.

“In just 10 months, Amazon has announced two Mississippi locations creating 1,300 careers for the people of North Mis-sissippi. Amazon’s new DeSoto County location is evidence of the fact that the Mississippi team works together to support ex-traordinary companies, enabling them to achieve their goals in our state,” said MDA Executive Director Glenn McCullough, Jr. “The Mississippi Development Authority, along with the DeSoto County Economic Development Council, DeSoto County and the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors, is proud to once again support one of the world’s most innovative companies as Ama-zon brings another 500 career opportunities to Mississippians.”

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Wash. The company focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artifi cial in-telligence. Amazon is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, along with Google, Apple and Facebook.

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MISSISSIPPI OUTPACES SOUTHERN STATES IN OUTSIDE-THE-CLASSROOM

SPENDINGJACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi spent a higher percentage of

public education money outside the classroom and on adminis-trative expenditures than almost every other state in the South in the last 10 years according to a new report released today by State Auditor Shad White. The report also shows Mississippi spent a smaller portion of money inside the classroom than most other southern states during the same time.

The report found that, if Mississippi spent money inside the classroom at the same rate as the southern state that spends the highest percentage of its budget in the classroom, teachers could see an annual increase of $250 million into their classrooms. As a point of comparison, the $1,500 teacher pay raise signed into law in 2019 cost $77 million per year.

The Auditor’s report used information from the United States Department of Education to compare spending across all south-ern states.

Analyses of outside-the-classroom spending show Mississippi spent a higher percentage of money outside the classroom than any of its border states and other similar states. Mississippi also spent money on administration at a higher rate than any bor-der or other similar state. Mississippi’s outside-the-classroom spending percentage is fourth highest among all 17 states across the South.

Looking inside the classroom, Mississippi is spending a low-er percentage of its budget inside the classroom than it did ten

years ago. Mississippi has ranked last among its border states for the percentage of spending inside the classroom each year since 2006 and ranked fourth-worst among all 17 southern states for the percentage of education funds spent inside the classroom.

The report recommends education policy leaders in Missis-sippi eliminate unnecessary regulations contributing to the in-crease in outside-the-classroom spending and that districts focus on reducing unnecessary administrative spending and salaries.

“As a graduate of Mississippi public schools myself and the son and grandson of Mississippi public school teachers, I know it’s important to make sure as many of our state public educa-tion dollars make it into the classroom as possible,” said Auditor Shad White. “This report shows we can learn something from the states around us when it comes to putting those dollars into teacher salaries and the classroom.”

In April 2019, the Auditor’s offi ce released a report show-ing administrative spending had risen faster than instruction spending in Mississippi public schools over the last 10 years. Infl ation-adjusted spending on administrative salaries has also increased over the last ten years, while spending on teachers’ salaries has decreased. Both reports can be found online at the Auditor’s website.----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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WE TRULY ARE BETTER TOGETHER!

Our local CBS television affiliate station in Little Rock has a terrific theme. It’s called “We are better together.” Each time I watch this I am truly inspired, especially when my friend Craig O’Neill has the closing line and employs that tremendously expressive face of his to end the jingle with the words “we are better together.”

As I thought about this, I realized that this is not only a “theme” but also a principle that any of us can use to make things better in our homes, our businesses, our churches and most importantly our country. I don’t know about you, but I am tired of all the bickering and slanderous conversation that is tearing our nation apart. All of us deserve better.

When we talk about being together, let’s make sure our purpose or objective is good and honorable and has the best interests of those involved. For a home, it should be harmony between family members who love and respect each other. For business, the objective is to earn a profit by meeting the needs of the customers, who pay all the bills. For a church, the single most important objective must be to honor and worship the Lord Jesus Christ. For a nation, while we will always have differences, we should seek to preserve the union by seeking solutions to our problems together, because the whole ship stays up or the whole ship goes down.

To enhance our thinking on this topic, here are some wonderful slogans on togetherness that will give you some ideas.

· Alone we can do so little, TOGETHER we can do so much.

· Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress.

· Working together is success.· Growth is never by chance, it is the result of forces

working together.· If everyone is moving forward together, success takes

care of itself.· If we want to go fast - go alone, if we want to go far -

go together.· Individually, we are only a drop, but together we are

an ocean. When you see a successful home, business, church or nation,

you will find a qualified, competent and compassionate leader. As every schoolteacher knows, “They don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Now, if what I have been saying sounds like Pollyanna, it is really not, because these are just principles and ideals that have been around since the beginning of time. Our forefathers used them when they came to our shores to establish this nation. While not perfect, the U.S. Constitution has been called the greatest document ever written to govern the affairs of men and women. We have a great heritage and all we have to do is go back to it from to time to make sure we are on the right course.

When it is all said and done, the most precious thing we have is freedom, and that was won with blood, sweat and tears of those who served our nation in times of war. The greatest resource we have is our young people, because in time they will hold all the positions of leadership in our country. As adults, let’s give them something to be proud about, because we made personal sacrifices to build a spirit of harmony and togetherness, among our people. As individuals let’s work hard to do our jobs the very best we can, and hold our elected officials accountable to be productive and represent our people and do things “together” for what is best for America. We need men and woman of character to lead us.

(Editor’s Note: JIM DAVIDSON is an author, public speaker, syndicated columnist and founder of the Bookcase for Every Child project. Since its inception in 1995, Jim’s column has been self-syndicated to over 375 newspapers in 35 states, making it one of the most successful in the history of American journalism.)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MC DEAN’S LIST ANNOUNCED FOR

SPRING 2019CLINTON, MS (11/13/19)-

- The Mississippi College Office of Academic Affairs releases the dean’s list after the close of fall and spring se-mesters each academic year. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must maintain a 3.5 grade point average, based on a 4.0 system. The student must take a full course load of at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate credit with all academic courses impacting their grade point average.

On the Dean’s list from Humphreys County are Brea Domino of Midnight and Han-nah Smith of Isola.

Mississippi College (MC), affiliated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention, is a pri-vate, co-educational, Christian university of liberal arts and sciences serving nearly 5,000 students, from 42 states, one U.S. territory, and 40 coun-tries. Founded in 1826, Mis-sissippi College is the oldest institution of higher learning in Mississippi, the largest pri-vate university in the state,

and America’s second oldest Baptist college. Mississippi College is home to 84 under-graduate areas of study, more than 50 graduate degrees in-cluding a doctor of jurispru-dence, a doctor of educational leadership degree, and a doc-tor of professional counseling. Mississippi College seeks to be a university recognized for academic excellence and com-mitment to the cause of Christ.------------------------------------

CARD OF THANKSSometimes when life seems

empty and we feel alone, we discover the importance of the kindness of others.

We would like to thank ev-eryone for the prayers, phone calls, visits, food, love, and support your kindness meant so very much and will not be forgotten.

The family of Jan Duthu

by Felder Rushing

Felder RushingFar as I know, there isn’t a

formal word for what happens when frozen summer plants melt into a greenish glob. But botanically and practically, it’s nasty.

I studied plant physiology in college, promise to not get too eye-crossing technical here. But, apologies to Professor Price, in general plants are or-ganisms made of living, mul-tiplying cells with fairly rigid walls filled with gooey proto-plasm made of tiny functional bits suspended in water. Water between the cells holds vari-ous soluble nutrients, proteins, enzymes, salts, and other stuff which normally moves in and out of cells to keep things run-ning smoothly. In cold-climate plants, some of the substances act like antifreeze to keep them from drying out or burst-ing their cells.

While most of our familiar trees, shrubs, and perennial plants can grow easily all year by shifting those ingredients as needed to deal with heat, drought, and cold, many oth-ers can’t. Quite a few northern plants that can take well be-low zero degrees can’t handle and burn out in our nonstop

day and night high summer temperatures; desert plants can get overwhelmed by too much rainfall or watering; and tropical plants, including many popular vegetables and summer flowers, die in cold weather.

In my garden, it’s the latter that got wiped out, nastily, dur-ing last week’s sudden freeze. Though the tender-looking new foliage of my daffodil foliage, painted arum, Helle-bores, violas, and kale, which have more of the antifreeze bits in and between their cells, held up perfectly well, my peppers, basil, elephant ears, cannas, castor bean, and zin-nias got wiped out.

One day they were fine, the next they were either wilted and brown, or worse, com-pletely flaccid and splayed flat in a dark green mush over the mulch or hanging listlessly over the edges of pots. Within a couple of days, some began wafting a faintly fetid aroma.

And like I said, there isn’t a unique term to describe it completely. “They froze” doesn’t address the dripping slimy cell goo. However, my college roommate, linguistic scholar Clayton Allen, said I could just make up a term for freezing and thawing plants. He suggested “booglify” which I’ve used it ever since.

I do understand the horror. When cells of tender plants are exposed to freezing tem-peratures, the relatively pure water between cells turns to ice so it can’t move in and out of cells, so the plants lose their “structural integrity” and parts of them wilt. But really cold temps freeze the water inside the cells, which expands and ruptures the rigid cell walls, so when thawing occurs the cell goo leaks out, and plants sim-ply melt.

With me so far? It’s been

compared to how that baby Alien burst out of the astro-naut in the movie.

Because the freeze was so deep and sudden, and I wanted to eke out a few more weeks of some semi-tender succu-lents and heirloom mums that I wanted to photograph, I cov-ered some with pots, others with plastic, though I uncov-ered it all the next morning to prevent steaming damage.

I also watered everything re-ally well ahead of time to keep top parts of plants from drying out in the sun and wind, which is what often kills new shrubs and late-laid grass sod in the winter. Also, water turning to

ice gives off heat which can protect tender plant parts for awhile when temps remain in the upper 20s; this is why fruit growers mist plants continu-ally during frosty weather.

My garden is now filled with cold-hardy winter stuff. I just gotta clean up the booglified stuff before it starts stinking more.

Felder Rushing is a Mis-sissippi author, columnist, and host of the “Gestalt Gar-dener” on MPB Think Radio. Email gardening questions to rushingfelder@yahoo.com.

Make A Christmas Carol A Part of Your Holiday Tradition Jackson, Mississippi—New Stage Theatre’s traditional

holiday gift to the community—A Christmas Carol, A Ghost Story of Christmas—opens on Thursday, December 5 and runs through Sunday, December 22. Curtain times for public performances are 7:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, located inside the Jane Reid Petty Theatre Center, charged by phone by calling the theatre at (601) 948-3533 or ordered online at www.newstagetheatre.com. The production is sponsored by First Commercial Bank and St. Dominic’s.

New Stage Theatre returns with a holiday tradition! Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy man, rich in money and poor in spirit. He’s locked his solitary heart into a cashbox and forgotten where he’s put the key. Haunted by specters and visited by spirits of his past, present, and future, he journeys from the painful losses of his youth to the human kindness and deep joy of a glorious Christmas morning. Dicken’s classic tale reawakens the true spirit of Christmas in a heart-stirring Carol of profound beauty and redemption.

“We are excited to produce the traditional holiday favorite A Christmas Carol for our 54th season,” said Artistic Director Francine Thomas Reynolds. “Since New Stage first staged an adaptation of the Dickens’ novella, in 1984, no play has been as consistently produced at the theatre as A Christmas Carol. Five actors have played the role of Scrooge and 13 directors have helmed the production throughout the years. The theatre has delighted Mississippi audiences with four adaptations of the timeless Charles Dickens classic.”

“New Stage Theatre has produced A Christmas Carol twenty-four times,” continues Reynolds. “From life-size puppets to flying ghosts, some traditions have changed over the years but the powerful story of redemption in A Christmas Carol remains the same and will enchant audiences with its message of selfless giving. A Christmas Carol has everything: great story telling, singing, dancing, special effects and heart. I am looking forward to our audiences experiencing this production being performed by a cast of 18 adults and 14 youth actors.”

This year’s cast features familiar faces and new talent. Cast members include Turner Crumbley (New Orleans) as Scrooge, Christopher Sferra (Jackson) as Bob Cratchit, Sam Lovorn (Clinton) as Fred, Mandy Kate Myers (Pearl) as Christmas Past, Joseph Frost (Jackson) as Christmas Present, Christan McLaurin (Nashville, TN) as Mr. Fezziwig, De-De Odom (Hattiesburg) as Mrs. Fezziwig, Malaika Quarterman (Jackson) as Mrs. Cratchit, Ethan Hartfield (Brandon)

as Tiny Tim, and Chris Roebuck (Ridgeland) as Marley. Crumbley appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

Other cast members include Drew Stark (Jackson), Cameron Pitre (Jackson), Andrew Fehrenbacher (Clinton), Jasmine Rivera (Jackson), Jeffrey Cornelius (Jackson), Willis Thigpen (Jackson), Jameson Williams (Brandon), Darby Frost (Jackson), Marshall Robertson (Newton), Nehemiah Thompson (Jackson), Rivka Quarterman (Jackson), Kendra Quarterman (Jackson), Lucy Jones (Madison), Olivia Mathews (Brandon), Chloe Vizier (Jackson), Treasure White (Jackson), Avery Stallings (Jackson), Jenn Harris (Brandon), Jaymi Horn (Jackson), Kyle Devin Hunter (Jackson), Zion Wood (Jackson), and Ellie Boisseau (Jackson).

Special Holiday Events at New Stage Theatre During A Christmas Carol, A Ghost Story of Christmas

Toys for Tots: December 5 – December 7• We will offer $25 tickets to those who bring a

new unwrapped toy to the performances December 5-7. Customers must bring the item to the window and purchase tickets at that time. One toy per ticket. Tickets are subject to availability. Tickets can be purchased in advance during box office hours.• New Stage will continue to collect toys through

December 12Give the Gift of Theatre this Holiday Season!• Gift certificates, Mini-Flex Passes, Education

Classes, and Summer Camps make the perfect holiday gifts. Contact the box office for details.

Assisted Listening Devices: Available at every performance. Please call the box office to reserve a device.

Actor Chat: Wednesday, December 11 and Wednesday, December 18• Stay after the show and ask questions of the cast

and crewA Christmas Carol Performances:December 5-7, 11-14 & 17-21 at 7:30 p.m.December 8, 15, & 22 at 2 p.m.All 10 a.m. School Matinees are Sold OutTicket prices:$35$30 for students, seniors, and militaryGroup discounts are availablePurchase Tickets:601-948-3533

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Humphreys Academy will give away

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Must be 18 years of age or older to claim gunsOnly 1500 tickets will be sold

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Well, as they say, all good things come to an end. The Humphreys Academy Rebel football team played their fi nal game of the year with a loss to Manchester Academy, the only team we lost to during the past two seasons. This senior class fi nishes their high school career with a record of 35-5 with four of those losses being to the down the road rival. We want to congratulate our players and coaches for a season full of great off ense and defense. Our seniors have set the bar high for next year’s team. We will miss them next year as they are off to face new challenges. We love our HA Rebels!!

With football over, the boys will be able to begin practicing basketball. The next game will be at Rebul on Thursday, November 21. It will be high school only and will begin at 5:00. We will have two home games the week after Thanksgiving holidays on December 2 and 3.

With Thanksgiving Holidays next week, we will celebrate with a Thanksgiving Feast on Friday, November 22. We are already looking forward to it because we know it will be DELICIOUS!!! There will be no school the week of November 25-29 because of Thanksgiving Holidays.

The First, Second, and Third Grades Christmas Music Program has been moved to Monday, December 5, at 6:00. Mrs. Brenda does such a wonderful job with our elementary music program. We know it will put you in the Christmas spirit so don’t miss it!

Thanksgiving Holidays: November 25-29

Senior Football Players and Cheerleaders

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES U.S.-SOUTH KOREA RICE AGREEMENT AS GOOD FOR MISSISSIPPI PRODUCERS Rice Pact Comes on Heels of China Agreement to Lift Ban on American Poultry ImportsWASHINGTON, D.C. –

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed news of an agreement that could allow exports of rice grown in Mississippi to South Korea.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced the long-sought

agreement by which South Korea will allow market access for 132,304 tons of U.S. r ice annually, with an annual value of approximately $110 million.

“As a rice producing state, Mississippi can only benefit as South Korea agrees to provide guaranteed market access to U.S . -grown rice,” said Hyde-Smith,

who serves on the Senate committees that authorize and fund federal agricultural programs.

“The South Korean rice deal, along with China agreeing to lift its ban on U.S. poultry imports, represents very positive actions by the President and his team that will benefit Mississippi agriculture

directly,” she said.Last Thursday, China

agreed to open its market to U.S. poultry exports after banning American-grown poultry in 2015. Before the ban, China imported more than $500 million worth of U.S. poultry products in 2013. The U.S. Department of Agriculture now estimates that China could increase

its intake of U.S. poultry and poultry products by 68 percent, amounting to $1 billion annually.

Mississippi is the fifth-largest U.S. producer of broilers, with 747 million chickens worth $2.88 billion produced in 2018. The state also produced more than 1.41 billion eggs last year, valued at $304 million.

Rice production in the Mississippi Delta ranks sixth nationally. With more than 10.1 million hundred weight grown in 2018, valued at $117 million in production value, a $21 million increase over 2017.

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AMAZING MEMORIES: GROWING UP IN BELZONI

Catfish and Moonpies

“I think your mama’s gon-na die.” My cousin and I were about ten and were playing in the yard; and she just blurted it out. I didn’t respond. I didn’t know how. That’s how I realized that my mom was really sick. My mom was in the hospi-tal, which was a pretty com-mon occurrence. I never thought too much about her being there. She had been in and out of the hospital all my life. That was normal for me. She would go in for a week or two for oxygen and would be right back home as if nothing was wrong. But, this is my first memo-ry of really understanding that she was sick. We didn’t speak about it again. We just went back to playing.

My mother was Kathy Marshall and her story was kind of a big deal around these parts. Mama had a very rare lung disease called Bronchiectasis. It is similar to cystic fibrosis. She was never supposed to live to see eighteen. There’s no cure for bronchi-ectasis. Her only hope was a double-lung transplant; and, at that point, no one in the United States had sur-vived the surgery. Because it was considered to be an experimental surgery, in-surance would not be cov-ering the costs. We need-

ed over $75,000 to have mama put on the transplant waiting list alone. We were poor. We lived in the Mis-sissippi Delta and we had little hope. In hindsight, this should be a sad story. But it really wasn’t. My mother’s story is a beautiful story for no other reason than this community. As a poor little Delta girl, I may have had a sick mama; but I had a community that stepped up to the plate every single time; and gave my family more support than we could ever imagine.

We didn’t have money or much hope; but we had Humphreys County and during that time, Hum-phreys County had catfish! The saying goes, “teach a man to fish and you’ve fed him for a lifetime.” I also learned that if you fry a fish, people will pay. When news spread about our needs, this entire county stepped up! At the time, catfish was king. Most everyone worked in some aspect of the catfish industry. Week after week, different farm-ers donated the fish, friends volunteered to cook, and churches hosted catfish fries to raise the funds we so desperately needed. I know ya’ll were so sick and tired of eating and cooking catfish; but no one com-plained. Every weekend, someone was organizing a fish fry or walk-a-thon or some other kind of fund-raiser for my mom. And not only did we raise enough money to put my mom on the transplant waiting list; enough money was raised to put me through school! None of that would’ve been possible in any other place in the world. Only the Mis-sissippi Delta breeds that kind of generosity.

Catfish was definitely the king of my childhood; but moonpies ran a close sec-ond. Every afternoon my

mama enjoyed her moon-pie and coke. Everyday she ate her snack and still wore a size zero. One day we had a knock on the door. A black lady that lived a cou-ple miles down the road was standing there with a moonpie and coke. She said, “I noticed you weren’t at the store this afternoon. I heard you were sick. So, I brought you your snack.” My mom’s eyes filled up with tears and they em-braced. After she left I teased my mom for getting emotional over a moonpie. “When a moonpie is all you can get; and you choose to give it to someone else, that moonpie means more than any amount of money.” And she was right. One of the greatest lessons I’ve ever learned in my life is that of catfish and moonpies.

My mama was the first survivor of a double–lung transplant in the United States. She graced the cover of many national magazines and was on the news for months after-wards. President Reagan even called to congratulate her! When my mama got her transplant, the only part of her lungs that was still working was the size of a quarter. She had only a few weeks left to live. Because of the transplant, we had her for another eight years. This is eight years with my mama that I never would have had if it were not for the generosity and compas-sion of Humphreys County.

My memories of growing up in Belzoni are simple. If you were down and out with no hope, someone would pull you back up. If you were hungry, someone would feed you. There was no color or social status. There was no fear- even when we were facing the death of my mother. There was only love and generosi-ty. What should have been

a childhood scarred by the drama of hospital stays and surgeries was a happy

childhood where I felt loved and safe.

Catfish and Moonpies will

always hold a special place in my heart; as will Hum-phreys County.

Amy Marshall Reed, Kathy Aderholt Ables Marshall, Tracy Ables Rainey

Stanley Marshall & Kathy Aderholt Ables Marshall

Guest Writer:Tracy Rainey

TRIPPINGThe roads I hope to travel

are many. As an adult with grown teens I have found that traveling is literally my new favorite thing. No more overly full diaper bags and unwieldy strollers to cart around in the process, as my luggage gets smaller my plans get more elaborate.

I’m in the process of sched-uling my youngest daughters’ senior trip. Her school, like most, is putting together a bi-yearly trip to Spain for those students that have a few years of Spanish under their belt but when going over the sched-ules… she noted how much more fun it would be on our own. Poof. The idea would be-gin to take root.

Now I have planned some cool continental trips: New York, Boston, Alaska, Baha-mas but the idea of an overseas trip is outside of my comfort zone. I took to the internet to begin the hunt and mercy me there is a ton of options out there.

There are a million ways you can go about a trip to a foreign country. You can join a group… any group you can think of… they have a special group trip you can join. Sin-gle? Wine and Foodie? Festi-val Hopper? Backpacker hos-tel seeker? Luxury religious pilgrimage? There are dozens and dozens of options for ev-eryone. Trips that are afford-able due to being pre-planned and convenient.

Sifting through all of these though I remembered how much she disliked the Wash-ington DC trip she took previ-ously with the school. It was mostly about hopping from one place, one site to another while not losing a group mem-ber. She longed to straggle behind at the Capital building and was disappointed to not spend a whole day in a mu-seum. We also remembered the throngs of people in tour groups touring other cities that we have saw. We didn’t want

to be just one in a group of fif-ty following a strict schedule.

We didn’t want a repeat. We needed an independent, one of a kind… custom trip that was just for us… but wouldn’t break the bank. Must have de-cent hotels (hello safety, and I’m thoroughly anti bed-bug)

We would chew on the idea of this trip for several months before during a random view-ing of the “Murder on the Ori-ental Express” I mentioned how I would love to do a train trip such as that. Boom, the better half but the two ideas to-gether and we found ourselves looking specifically for travel companies that could make it happen.

However, travel companies have evolved as the technolo-gy has. A European rail broker company happened to have an office in Los Angeles, and we were able to shoot off an email broadly laying out our train trip idea. I woke up the next morning to an emailed itiner-ary with a detailed schedule for the proposed trip of a life-time to both Spain and Portu-gal.

The price was a pleasant sur-prise considering that it cov-ered hotels and all train costs for the trip. So we sat down with a map and got serious about what we wanted to ac-complish on that trip.

The teen had a few simple directives: food, old old old places, and food.

I can work with that. So I think we have the very ba-sics down. We will start in Barcelona with a planned day trip to Girona and another to Montserrat. Train over to Ma-drid where another day trip to Segovia is planned. Onward to both Lisbon and Porto in Por-tugal.

Working with the agency, I managed to lock everything in place a full year in advance. Whew. So now the fun part… spending the rest of the time whittling down or list of foods we must eat and places we

would like to see. While this is the daughter’s

dream trip, I’m going to work a few of my “wants” in there as well. Rumor has it that Ma-drid especially has a few glu-ten free bakeries. My fascina-tion with monasteries, trains, street cars, basically anything built first by the Romans will be well fed.

So, while the actual depar-ture is well off in the future, the bare bones of this trip have been laid and paid. On to the next.