Two more states voted to legalize marijuana in the recent mid-term elections. Ten states now allow recreational marijuana. Thirty states allow medical marijuana. The latest polls show 66 percent of American adults now favor legalization. Canada has legalized recreational marijuana nationwide.
There are many aspects of the 2018 midterms in Mississippi that will be examined and discussed.
One fact, I do know is that all the winners in the election campaigns placed ads in newspapers. For example, Kiley Kirk, running for the Chancery Judge Place 2 Post, placed ads and won this position.
Duration--- I knew this word before I knew all my colors. There were things no longer part of our lives—at least for the duration. “How long is a duration?” I asked. “I don’t know,” my mother replied. “Until it’s over, I think.” “Until what’s over?” I persisted. “The war,” she answered.
Older fans will remember this. Back in the old days, when John Vaught was the Ole Miss football coach and the Rebels were ranked in the Top 10 nearly every year, the Rebels would play an annual game with Chattanooga.
No trip to the hunting camp can be complete without first stopping by your local grocer for items that will sustain you for a few days or perhaps longer. I’m sure most of us have a routine of which aisles to travel first. My jaunt usually begins with picking up charcoal and paper towels.
Hold on! What happened to the fall? Is winter here already? Where did all the daylight go? How can daylight savings end already? Can it really be that the sun is now setting at 5 p.m? Horrors!
Soon I turn 65. That age that many associate with retirement, but I’m not retiring. My work is my hobby, a hobby I’ve had that I started full time when I was denied the opportunity to re-enroll at the University of Southern Mississippi because of some silly grade point average.
I try to always remember that bad moments do not make a bad day if you don’t let them.
But, sometimes that’s hard to remember when you wake up late because you didn’t hear your alarm, the dog potties inside before you can take her out, you don’t have time to make coffee and have to throw yourself together for an 8:30 a.m. interview.
The realization is slowly gaining traction in Mississippi that if this state really wants to make a serious dent in reducing its chronic academic deficiencies, it has to start working at it sooner than kindergarten.
Most astute football historians can tell you Greenville’s Wilbert Montgomery played at Abilene Christian before he went on to NFL stardom as a remarkably productive Philadelphia Eagles running back.
A few probably could tell you Montgomery briefly attended Jackson State before transferring to NAIA Abilene Christian.
