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' e e .y sel..' what we were dealing with as it rcbt~s to personnd. Onn: we saw the needs or our immediate team. we had to try . 1 do .1~ hcst we could to till those through recnuting. "You have t-.1 hire a staft'. \'ou have tO get :1 schedule. i'H· drme a number of these alum111 meetings just trymg to gel out and talk to the Ole Mi:;s faith· ful around tl~e "tr.re "And Jmidst all that. you're stt llt ry- ing to o;ell a h(''J'>e. buy '1• >t. and 1110\'t' a l(m, i ly It h:.~s bt-c..·n a ra:lll'r adwnturous first coup it. ,f months·· The ~aml' hnlds li.w llollun:1n ..We'n• b~·c: 1 prclt_, l ~~- "llolln•i 111 ~aid of htm:;,·ll' .md asstst.lllt f\ 11\1lXI A' alon. ··w~.· \:0.: l1..1d. two tryout Tht:rt:'s o,;,:veJ\11 tillllgs gomg ,-,n 111 tli~.· "nuthea..;l Oh'r the •tc\t three"' Ioiii

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Mart~· Stampu Both t:tce tho..: task of rebuilding progran~s coming off losin~;, ,e,tsnn<; and bt•th must do -;o despite being among the ~mallcst -.chocls in thcu respc.:cti\l' le•• gul!s. It won't 'x· '>y fl•r either. but 1 1utft ha\1. "lit file ground runnmg "\\ e ·. tUlll .ed nght ln." l~e'lllCd) saiu prim to l:tst ''"d.;".; Newton County Ole Mi.,s Jlllllllll 111\.CIII Ea..,t I cntr:t l Co•tununny C ullq•c .. Fir'l a11d form10~1. \\-C hnd lfi II get •1ur m·m• £11'(1\lllllth

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