As each of you knows, Trooper Casey Mayo’s wife, Heather, has been diagnosed with stage 4 Melanoma. She is undergoing treatment at M.D. Anderson. Because of a recent setback and a brief stay in ICU, her second round of treatment has been postponed until she regains her strength. There are two things that we are asking of our Trooper Family, the first is to please keep Heather and Casey in your prayers. Second, on August 2, 2010, from 2 pm until 8 pm at the MSU Extension Center behind the Crossroads Arena in Corinth, there will be a “replenishment” blood drive for Heather. If you are not in the Corinth area, you can still get involved by going to any United Blood Service location throughout Mississippi at any time and donate blood in Heather Mayo’s name. So come on Troopers; roll up those sleeves and give blood for Heather! Our thoughts are prayers are with Heather and Casey as they continue this fight!
Trooper Criss Turnipseed of Troop G looks to be having a severe, paralyzing, fast-attacking, no-going-back, nightmarish panic attack! I can hear you asking the question out loud to yourself. What in the world could have him so torn up? Could it be that he was driving the trooper car in the background and hit a parked trooper car? No. Could it be that he saw himself in the reflection of that patrol car? Well, maybe… Could it be that he discovered that someone keyed his car? No. Could it be that he found a spot on his freshly washed and waxed car just seconds before the big troop inspection? Oh yeah! Now you can just feel the goose-bumps jumping up on the back of your neck if that was YOUR car in not-so-clean condition before this big event. Have no fear! As a seasoned member of the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Trooper Turnipseed knew exactly how to save the day and salvage his inspection. You see, this is where that old adage of “spit shine” came from. Once upon a time, there was a trooper, just like our Turnipseed, going through an inspection. He found a spot on his car just after washing it. This once upon a time trooper had no water around him, so he improvised! A little spit, a dry rag, some elbow grease, and thus the term “spit shine” was born! Now back to our Trooper Turnipseed. Just after the panic set in after seeing the tarnished dirty spot, he quickly regained his composure and took care of that little dirty spot leaving a perfect “spit shined” trooper car. Well that’s about all that we can tell you. Turnipseed did have a perfectly clean car that day, but we’ve never been able to determine from sources close to Troop G if he passed inspection. If you or anyone you know has information, please pass it on. And to Trooper Turnipseed, looks like a little panic can make for complete perfection!
On behalf of the MSTA Board of Directors, we are thrilled to announce the birth of little Albel Timothy Caldwell born to Trooper Brad Caldwell (Troop F) and his wife, Summer. The youngest Caldwell was born on June 26th and weighed 7 lbs and was 18 1/2 inches long. Welcome to the Mississippi Highway Patrol family!
We are very happy to let you know that Trooper Reed Harrington, and his wife, Yancey, are the proud parents of little Molly Mason Harrington. She was born on May 19th at 1:51 p.m. Her weight was 8.3 lbs, and she was 21 inches long. Molly Mason was welcomed home by Miss Mary Presley Harrington who is seven. The MSTA Board would like to take this time to say CONGRATULATIONS!