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$1 Indianola, MS Thursday, February 18, 2021 Volume CXXXV No. 7 Cold, ice no match for Morningside kids Bryan Davis It was cold Tuesday, but that didn’t stop this crew on Morningside from fashioning a car hood into a sled and taking it for a spin around the neighborhood a few times. Pictured in back are Kathryn Chism, Dowdy Carman, Parker Moore, Will Skaggs, Caroline Pannel and Jones Skaggs. In front are Caroline Carman, Nora Pannel and Anna Joy Skaggs. More photos are on Pages 6, 7 and 8. County declares emergency Additionally, they enacted the condition of the bridges on thing," he said. cal matter, if folks can't get to He reasoned that if an em- By RECARDO THOMAS a provision to grant adminis- U.S. Highway 82 between President Riley Rice the courthouse, well they won't ployee didn’t work, then they Staff Reporter trative leave pay for certain Moorhead and Indianola and queried the other members be there and that includes should not get paid. Circuit The current icy road condi- workers who are unable to the ones on U.S. Highway 49 about the possibility of closing your employees and that's Clerk Carolyn Hamilton then tions and the imminent threat come to work because of the near Inverness and other sites the county courthouse for the okay, but I don't think you asked if the employees would of more wintry mix hitting the hazardous road conditions. and noted that historically duration of the week. "I know ought to officially say the have to use personal leave or Delta prompted the Sunflower Sheriff James Haywood stated during severe icy weather it's going to be cold and it's courthouse is closed for a vacation time if they were un- County Board of Supervisors that the roads were in no those structures get very slick. going to be freezing Thursday whole week." able to come in to work. A dis- to declare a state of emergency shape to drive on. "If anybody “A person, if they don't have to morning and I don't think they McWilliams said despite cussion ensued that produced at the start of Tuesday's meet- doesn't need to travel, they travel, they shouldn't even be will be able to get on the road the current conditions and the See Emergency Page 15 ing. don't need to get out there. All crossing them," he said. on Friday," he said. impending inclement weather, The county lawmakers of the roads in Sunflower Referencing the predicted However, Attorney Johnny some citizens may still need to voted unanimously to sign the County, we had snow on them forecast, Haywood added, "If McWilliams informed him conduct official business so, declaration and subsequently and after last night, with peo- we get ice, I wouldn't recom- that there is no provision in hopefully the department register it with the state’s ple traveling, the roads are mend we have any employee the statutes for officially clos- heads will be able to run skele- emergency management offi- slick," he said. take that chance. County ing the courthouse. ton crews in order to transact cials. Haywood also mentioned roads, state highways, every- McWilliams said, "As a practi- business if necessary. Page 2 The Enterprise-Tocsin Thursday, February 18, 2021 For The E-T Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Tricia Walker recently joined The E-T’s Prime Time with Mark & Bryan show to talk about her music career. Walker talks music, sings a couple on Prime Time with Mark and Bryan to talk my momma’s front door and I By MARK H. STOWERS about her career and her path knew if I didn’t make it, I could For The E-T “back home” to Delta State drive home in a day,” Walker She loaded up the truck where she was given the reins said. and drove herself and her be- at the Delta Music Institute. She stayed more than a longings and her guitar to She also talked about her post- day and a couple of decades Nashville. In the days before retirement projects. She al- later after learning her trade, cell phones, social media or ways enjoyed writing and in getting songs cut by A-List even affordable home phones, 1980, she was singing and per- artist and becoming part of a she stepped out on faith. Since forming around Jackson while phenomena called Women in that trip in the early 1980s, working in youth ministry. the Round, she found a calling Tricia Walker learned the She subscribed to Songwriter to come home. hard road of song writing and Magazine and followed the She came to Delta State to Benavides joins Lions became a Grammy Award path they laid out. When she head up the Delta Music Insti- winning songwriter. Her songs asked her friends in music tute and impart her knowl- For The E-T have been recorded by Allison around Jackson how to make edge and talent to those who Our newest member, Juan Benavides, spoke recently to the Indianola Lions Club Krauss, Faith Hill and Patty it in music, they told her to were on the same road she sharing his professional and personal story. A wonderful ambassador for the Delta, Loveless. The Imperials, move to either Los Angeles, had taken. Juan stated “Working for Planters Bank has been a true blessing. The support Debby Boone and Kathy Troc- from the Planters Bank family has been impeccable. Thank you to Lions Club, New York or Nashville. Tune in and hear some Planters Bank and the Delta community for the warm welcome back home. I have coli have all taken Tricia’s Not being a country fan but great stories, great music and hope that this hospitality will encourage young people to come back and begin words and music and put raised on Aretha Franklin, learn more about a Mississippi their careers in the Delta.” He is pictured with Lion Fred Washington. them on their respective al- R&B, blues and rock, Tricia Delta Treasure – Tricia bums as well. Her path in- packed up and headed out for Walker. cluded meeting many other the Country Music Capital of Go to www.enterprise-toc- special folks both on stage and the World to try her luck. sin.com and go to our videos off. “Nashville was closer to section under News. She joined Prime Time home. It was 500 miles from Advertise with The E-T Call Mary Howard at 887-2222 or Bryan at 662-571-6226 Time to Get That Heater Checked! The first cold snap has arrived, and this winter will put your heater to the test. Get your system checked by Perfect Air today! Thursday, February 18, 2021 The Enterprise-Tocsin Page 3 OBITUARIES Digital stories taking root in the Delta Since the early days of its ries associated with Cleve- my entire learning process, Smith and Abigail Killian, William Hays Smith development, the fertile Delta land’s Deep Roots music ini- kept me motivated, built my who were exploring work in region has been the source of tiative. interest and opened my eyes both narrative and documen- William Hays Smith, 70, of Moorhead, passed away Friday, countless stories told through Powell observes, "Story- to the endless amount of cre- tary modes, were selected to Feb. 12, 2021, at Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland. various and evolving medi- telling through digital media ativity in camera work.” work on the upcoming Deep Hays was born August 2, 1950, in Indianola, to Walter Hays ums, including the oral tradi- is a unique form of creative ex- Filmmaker/photographer Roots video series, Music Smith and Mary Elizabeth Hightower Smith. He was a graduate tion of songs and stories, the pression. It can open up a Robert “RJ” Fitzpatrick, Jr. From The Ground Up. Fisher of Ruleville High School and attended Delta State University. permanence of the written whole new world here in the founded Hydro Productions commented, “They were both Hays served in the Mississippi Army National Guard. He was the word, and the beauty of film. Delta, making film, music and after earning his BFA degree in a lighting course when they owner of Moorhead Motors in Moorhead. Hays was a member of The latest platform for other digital arts more acces- in Digital Media Arts from were invited to participate, the Inverness Lions Club and a member of Moorhead Baptist telling the rich stories of the sible to all people. It can in- Delta State in 2017. Since and the opportunity was di- Church. He loved his church and church family. Hays was a gen- Delta is digital media, and it is spire and impact lives, and it’s graduation, Fitzpatrick has rectly connected to their erous man. If he ever found out that someone had a need, he was certainly taking root in Cleve- really cool to see the begin- worked on the documentary study.” always one of the first to lend a helping hand. He was also an hon- land. nings of it here in Cleveland." film, Fannie Lou Hamer’s The stories of the Missis- orable man; his word was his bond. He loved food, but not fast food. Digital storytelling is de- Delta State University’s America, a video series for the sippi Delta are vitally impor- No matter where he was, he was always going to sit down and eat fined as the creation of short, Digital Media Arts program, a Emmitt Till Interpretive Cen- tant in interpreting and a country peas and cornbread type of meal.
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