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Saturday, November 24, 2018 VOLUME 145 | ISSUE 237 ADVICE » 12A BUSINESS » 6A CLASSIFIEDS » 6A CROSSWORD » 11A OPINION » 7A OBITUARIES » 4A SPORTS » 1B WEATHER » 3A » RELIGION: A heart for adoption: Tupelo family views process as ‘a picture for the gospel’ PAGE 8A [ DJOURNAL.COM ] TUPELO, MS • 75 CENTS SaTUrday, NOvEMbEr 24, 2018 a LOCaLLy OWNEd NEWSPaPEr dEdICaTEd TO THE SErvICE OF GOd aNd MaNKINd. 6 1 05282 89922 By DILLON MULLAN Daily Journal TUPELO • Traffc on Barnes Crossing road is stop and go, but mostly stop. The parking lots at Walmart and Best Buy have been full since Thursday night. Inside and around the mall, dozens of cookie-cutter restaurants are ready to serve customers in between shopping sprees. Americans will buy more re- tail goods this weekend than any other time of year. From Northeast Mississippi and across state lines, perspective shoppers are converging on Tupelo to buy. Most dollars will go to national brands who send profts up the corporate ladder and out of state. Around Main Street though, retailers are also preparing to sell big on Small Business Sat- urday. With original inventories and local ties, these stores offer an alternative shopping experi- ence to that offered by chains that are open in Tupelo and thousands of other cities across the country. “I would not be able to work in JoS. A. Bank or any sort of na- tional chain. It’s not the same, it’s a completely different atmo- sphere,” said Katherine John- son, manager of MLM Clothiers in downtown Tupelo. “So much about my job is connecting with customers, and you can’t get that at a big chain.” Three days a week, the same trio of men stop by MLM to watch the closing bell of the stock market. Most evenings, a group gathers to watch and dis- cuss local 5 p.m. TV news. The store frst opened in Tupelo in 1940, and its staff directory con- sists of an owner, a seamstress, a manager and two to four Local retailers ready for Small Business Saturday By CALEB BEDILLION Daily Journal Next week’s runoff ballots will deter- mine the outcome of two chancery court races in the Golden Triangle area. In Chancery Court District 14, Rodney Faver and Lee Ann Turner are competing for the post one seat. Faver won the most votes among a crowded feld on the Nov. 6 general election ballot, but not did not win more than 50 percent of support. Turner narrowly beat out another candidate for the second spot on the runoff ballot. For the post two posi- tion, Carrie Jourdan and Joe Studdard will face each other. During the general elec- tion, Studdard fnished frst in a three-candidate feld but Jourdan was close behind. Chancery court involves family law matters, includ- ing divorces, custody issues, guardianships, adoptions, sanity hearings and wills. Challenges to the constitu- tionality of state laws also originate in chancery and these courts have jurisdic- tion over juvenile offenses in counties without a coun- ty court. Chancery judges are called chancellors. Jury tri- als are rare in Chancery Court. The 14th Chancery Court District includes Chicka- saw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxu- bee, Oktibbeha and Webster counties. Faver has nearly 30 years experience and started his career in Florida, where he worked as a prosecutor and also did insur- ance defense work. In Mississippi, Faver’s litigation work has been varied, but with an increasing fo- cus on chancery court. For the past nine years, Faver has been the city of Starkville’s municipal judge, a post he has emphasized in his campaign. He has also been Oktibbeha County prosecutor, Starkville city prosecutor and Starkville city attorney. Turner has been an attorney 22 years and currently practices in Starkville. Her legal career has focused on chancery court, a fact central to her campaign pitch. Turner’s resume includes nearly six years as staff attorney for the judges of Chancery Court District 14, the district where she’s now seeking election as a chancellor herself. She has also been an Oktibbeha County Runof to settle Chancery Court District 14 races By DENNIS SEID Daily Journal TUPELO • For the 19th year, the Chick-Fil-A at Thompson Square has a tree flled with Golden Angels. The program, modeled after the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree, was founded by Trina Finley, the wife of Chick-Fil-A franchise owner Jamey Finley. With the addition of two assisted living facilities – there are now seven involved in the program – the Golden Angel Tree has nearly 500 angels. Typically, the tree has between 375-400. Each angel has a handful of items. “I would say the most requested items are socks, DVDs, Bibles, com- forters for the bed, sweatshirts, base- ball caps ... nothing too expensive,” Finley said. Gifts are due back by Dec. 10. Chick-Fil-A employees will then sort and distribute them to the nursing homes before Christmas. Finley said most requests are under $40, and include items such as paja- mas, socks, house shoes, body wash, comforters and sweatshirts. Those who want to help don’t nec- essarily have to pick up an angel. They can drop off a gift card that can be used to buy the items. They also can donate online at thegoldenangel- tree.squarespace.com. “For whatever reason, about 10 percent of the angels aren’t re- turned,” Finley said. “People get busy, they might have lost the angel. But we keep a database of all of the angels, and with the money we get, we use that strictly for buying the re- quested items.” Finley has wanted to expand the Golden Angel Tree program over the years, and has reached out to fellow Chick-Fil-A operators. This year, two restaurants are participating – one in Fayetteville, Arkansas and another in Evans, Georgia. Finley says he brings up the pro- gram at each year’s Chick-Fil-A own- er-operators’ meeting. “We’re always hoping for more,” he said. [email protected] Twitter: @dennisseid Donations to the Golden Angel Tree program are due Dec. 10. More than 450 ‘Golden Angels’ available ADAM ROBISON | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM Jamey Finley, franchise owner of Chick-Fil-A at Thompson Square in Tupelo, hangs gift tags onto the Golden Angel Tree that is inside his restaurant on Tuesday in Tupelo. In the spirit of giving » SPORTS Three area football teams – West Point, Calhoun City and Smithville – were in MHSAA semifnals last night. See Sports. 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Saturday, November 24, 2018
VOLUME 145 | ISSUE 237ADVICE » 12A BUSINESS » 6A CLASSIFIEDS » 6A CROSSWORD » 11A OPINION » 7A OBITUARIES » 4A SPORTS » 1B WEATHER » 3A
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[ DJOURNAL.COM ]TUPELO, MS • 75 CENTS SaTUrday, NOvEMbEr 24, 2018
a LOCaLLy OWNEd NEWSPaPEr dEdICaTEd TO THE SErvICE OF GOd aNd MaNKINd.
6 105282 89922
By DILLON MULLAN
Daily Journal
TUPELO • Traffic on Barnes Crossing road is stop and go, but mostly stop. The parking lots at Walmart and Best Buy have been full since Thursday night. Inside and around the mall, dozens of cookie-cutter restaurants are ready to serve
customers in between shopping sprees.
Americans will buy more re-tail goods this weekend than any other time of year. From Northeast Mississippi and across state lines, perspective shoppers are converging on Tupelo to buy. Most dollars will go to national brands who send profits up the corporate ladder
and out of state.Around Main Street though,
retailers are also preparing to sell big on Small Business Sat-urday. With original inventories and local ties, these stores offer an alternative shopping experi-ence to that offered by chains that are open in Tupelo and thousands of other cities across the country.
“I would not be able to work in JoS. A. Bank or any sort of na-tional chain. It’s not the same, it’s a completely different atmo-sphere,” said Katherine John-son, manager of MLM Clothiers in downtown Tupelo. “So much about my job is connecting with customers, and you can’t get that at a big chain.”
Three days a week, the same
trio of men stop by MLM to watch the closing bell of the stock market. Most evenings, a group gathers to watch and dis-cuss local 5 p.m. TV news. The store first opened in Tupelo in 1940, and its staff directory con-sists of an owner, a seamstress, a manager and two to four
Local retailers ready for Small Business Saturday
By CALEB BEDILLION
Daily Journal
Next week’s runoff ballots will deter-mine the outcome of two chancery court races in the Golden Triangle area.
In Chancery Court District 14, Rodney Faver and Lee Ann Turner are competing for the post one seat.
Faver won the most votes among a crowded field on the Nov. 6 general election ballot, but not did not win more than 50 percent of support. Turner narrowly beat out another candidate for the second spot on the runoff ballot.
For the post two posi-tion, Carrie Jourdan and Joe Studdard will face each other.
During the general elec-tion, Studdard finished first in a three-candidate field but Jourdan was close behind.
Chancery court involves family law matters, includ-ing divorces, custody issues, guardianships, adoptions, sanity hearings and wills. Challenges to the constitu-tionality of state laws also originate in chancery and these courts have jurisdic-tion over juvenile offenses in counties without a coun-ty court.
Chancery judges are called chancellors. Jury tri-als are rare in Chancery Court.
The 14th Chancery Court District includes Chicka-saw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxu-bee, Oktibbeha and Webster counties.
Faver has nearly 30 years experience and started his career in Florida, where he worked as a prosecutor and also did insur-ance defense work.
In Mississippi, Faver’s litigation work has been varied, but with an increasing fo-cus on chancery court.
For the past nine years, Faver has been the city of Starkville’s municipal judge, a post he has emphasized in his campaign.
He has also been Oktibbeha County prosecutor, Starkville city prosecutor and Starkville city attorney.
Turner has been an attorney 22 years and currently practices in Starkville. Her legal career has focused on chancery court, a fact central to her campaign pitch.
Turner’s resume includes nearly six years as staff attorney for the judges of Chancery Court District 14, the district where she’s now seeking election as a chancellor herself.
She has also been an Oktibbeha County
Runoff to settle Chancery Court District 14 races
By DENNIS SEID
Daily Journal
TUPELO • For the 19th year, the Chick-Fil-A at Thompson Square has a tree filled with Golden Angels.
The program, modeled after the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree, was founded by Trina Finley, the wife of Chick-Fil-A franchise owner Jamey Finley.
With the addition of two assisted living facilities – there are now seven involved in the program – the Golden Angel Tree has nearly 500 angels.
Typically, the tree has between 375-400.
Each angel has a handful of items.“I would say the most requested
items are socks, DVDs, Bibles, com-forters for the bed, sweatshirts, base-ball caps ... nothing too expensive,” Finley said.
Gifts are due back by Dec. 10. Chick-Fil-A employees will then sort and distribute them to the nursing homes before Christmas.
Finley said most requests are under $40, and include items such as paja-mas, socks, house shoes, body wash, comforters and sweatshirts.
Those who want to help don’t nec-essarily have to pick up an angel. They can drop off a gift card that can be used to buy the items. They also can donate online at thegoldenangel-
tree.squarespace.com.“For whatever reason, about 10
percent of the angels aren’t re-turned,” Finley said. “People get busy, they might have lost the angel. But we keep a database of all of the angels, and with the money we get, we use that strictly for buying the re-quested items.”
Finley has wanted to expand the Golden Angel Tree program over the years, and has reached out to fellow
Chick-Fil-A operators. This year, two restaurants are participating – one in Fayetteville, Arkansas and another in Evans, Georgia.
Finley says he brings up the pro-gram at each year’s Chick-Fil-A own-er-operators’ meeting.
“We’re always hoping for more,” he said.
Twitter: @dennisseid
Donations to the Golden Angel Tree program are due Dec. 10.
More than 450 ‘Golden Angels’ available
ADAM ROBISON | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM
Jamey Finley, franchise owner of Chick-Fil-A at Thompson Square in Tupelo, hangs gift tags onto the Golden Angel Tree that is inside his restaurant on Tuesday in Tupelo.
In the spirit of giving
» SPORTS Three area football teams – West Point, Calhoun City and Smithville – were in MHSAA semifinals last night. See Sports.
Faver
Turner
Jourdan
Studdard
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TURN TO CHANCERY, 5A
