Andrew Dempsey

Management Services Alabama Farmers Co-op

[DexPreps @DexPreps]

Moving forward, I will have a play of the game that i attend. This week' s play of the game is a block punt for a TD by Ben Dempsey of Piedmont HS (Ala.) vs Westbrook Christian. @GrindLab @TDARecruiting @DownSouthFb1 @ScoutFball @UnLockYourGame @helmet2helmt251 @AverageJoesSpo1

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

America knew him as the man who couldn't outsmart a pig. The Marines knew him as the man who drove into hell 47 times to bring them home.
For six seasons, Eddie Albert made millions laugh as Oliver Wendell Douglas on Green Acres — the eternally optimistic city lawyer hopelessly lost on a farm. He argued with tractors. He lost battles to chickens. Each week, he faced absurd defeat with unshakable dignity. The show climbed to number six in the ratings. He became a household name.
But two decades before Hooterville, Eddie Albert stood in the bloodstained waters of the Pacific, pulling dying men from the surf while machine-gun fire tore through the air around him.
November 20, 1943. Tarawa. Betio Island.
The assault became a massacre within minutes. Coral reefs trapped landing craft hundreds of yards offshore. Marines abandoned their boats and waded through chest-deep water in full combat gear — completely exposed. Japanese machine guns opened fire instantly. Men fell by the dozens. The wounded floated helplessly, too injured to move, waiting to drown or be executed by snipers.
Eddie Albert was a Navy lieutenant assigned to the USS Sheridan. His orders didn't include rescue operations.
He didn't wait for orders.
He commandeered a Higgins boat and drove straight into the gunfire.
Japanese forces fired from fortified pillboxes, destroyed vehicles, and the pier. Bullets punched through his hull. Water erupted in deadly geysers around him. Albert kept going. Trip after trip, he loaded wounded Marines onto his craft while enemy snipers tried to kill him. When his boat filled, he turned around and went back for more.
47 Marines. That's how many he personally pulled from death. He coordinated the rescue of 30 more.
The U.S. Navy awarded him the Bronze Star with Combat "V" — a medal reserved exclusively for valor under direct enemy fire.
Afterward, when people asked about Tarawa, he never spoke about himself. He only mentioned the men who didn't make it home.
After the war, Albert returned to acting. He earned an Oscar nomination in 1953 for Roman Holiday with Audrey Hepburn. He built a respected career in serious dramatic films throughout the 1950s and 60s.
Then in 1965, he made a decision that baffled Hollywood: he accepted the lead in a television sitcom about a lawyer who abandons New York City to become a farmer.
Green Acres became a cultural phenomenon. For six years, America watched Oliver Wendell Douglas lose every argument with rural logic, his wife, and a pig named Arnold. The show was absurd, surreal, and wildly popular. It ran 170 episodes before CBS cancelled it in 1971.
Most actors would have been typecast forever.
Not Albert. In 1972, he earned his second Oscar nomination for The Heartbreak Kid. He worked for three more decades. He became a passionate environmental activist, dedicating his later years to conservation causes.
Eddie Albert died in 2005 at age 99.
Here's what haunts me.
Millions watched him as a gentle, perpetually defeated optimist who couldn't keep chickens out of his living room. They laughed at a man who seemed permanently overwhelmed by life's absurdities.
They never knew that same man had driven a fragile boat into a hurricane of machine-gun fire — not once, but 47 times — refusing to leave until every wounded Marine within reach was safe.
Oliver Wendell Douglas never surrendered, no matter how impossible the odds. He stayed kind. He kept trying. He refused to quit even when everything screamed at him to stop.
Eddie Albert didn't need to study that character.
He'd already become him on the bloodiest beach of the Pacific War, when the only thing that mattered was bringing one more man home alive.
That wasn't acting.
That was his soul.

[Joe Medley @jmedley_EAToday]

ROADS MERGE

Piedmont football standout Dempsey, pole vaulter Patel follow successes, family connections to Millsaps College.

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[Bruce Pearl @coachbrucepearl]

This report will challenge some stereotypes! Educating our children to read, right and think! To love our country, work hard to realize the American dream and yes, pray and worship the Lord! @A1Policy

[Andrew Dempsey @Adempsey73]

@willainsworthAL Stat of the day:

3A has 13 private schools that participate in football of the 63 total schools in 3A. 10/13 private schools made the football playoffs (77%)8/13 privates made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs (62%) and half the field that’s left is made of private schools ???

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Activist: "Going vegan will save the planet."
Farmer: "Going vegan means importing more food from industrial monocultures."
Activist: "But local beef uses too much land."
Farmer: "That land won't grow anything else."
Activist: "Then leave it wild."
Farmer: "It was grazed by wild ruminants for millennia."
Activist: "Cattle aren't wild."
Farmer: "Cattle are doing what wild aurochs did."
Activist: "The methane though."
Farmer: "Has been part of the ecosystem forever."
Activist: "We need to reduce animal agriculture."
Farmer: "And grow what on this rocky hillside?"
Activist: "Something sustainable."
Farmer: "Grass is sustainable. That's why it's growing here."

[Coach Brandon Wilcox @CoachWilcox55]

Some of the best coaches in the state play with the cards they were dealt, turn boys into men, and go 5-5 every year. Hand picking the best athletes in your area and beating less talented teams doesn't make you a great coach, it makes you a great recruiter.

[Powerhouse Sports @PowerHSports]

🚨ROUND 3 — THE FANS HAVE SPOKEN!!🚨
For just the second time EVER, we are headed to The Field of Champions in Piedmont, AL for our Game of the Week!!

Piedmont will host the Gordo Greenwaves in a massive 3A Quarterfinal showdown!

This Piedmont defense has been ELITE all year — posting 5 shutouts and allowing just 9 points per game! Led by standouts Carson Sanders and Ben Dempsey, the Bulldogs are looking to EAT Friday night.

On offense, Piedmont is powered by breakout QB Cole Austin, who has exploded onto the scene this season, and star receiver Rollie Pinto, arguably one of the best wideouts in the entire state. This high-octane attack is averaging 49 points per game and doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon.

Gordo rolls in averaging nearly 40 points per game while giving up about 18. First-year head coach Chris Chambless may be new to the Greenwaves, but he’s no stranger to big games — bringing 7 Mississippi state titles worth of championship pedigree into this postseason run.

Expect a physical, heavyweight battle Friday night in Piedmont!!
You already know the deal…

BEAT. US. THERE.😤🔥@PiedmontHS @DownSouthFb1 @AverageJoesSpo1 @TalkoftheTownFB @SouthernCharmSp @PHSBulldogRadio @RolliePinto

[Andrew Dempsey @Adempsey73]

@NicholasMixson1 👍

[Amy @amyknowsball]

In a world full of Brandon Ingrams, be a Jamal Shead

[Ben Dempsey @bendempsey_14]

Blessed to receive my first offer from Millsaps College! @CoachZug @CoachTMar

[Andrew Dempsey @Adempsey73]

@FitFounder Walk

[BamaPreps @BamaPrepsFB]

Piedmont with an emphatic victory to end the regular season 10-0!

[Chuck Grassley @ChuckGrassley]

Trump admin can help family farmers by lowering countervailing duties on phosphate frm Morocco In 2024, Biden increased duties on Moroccan phosphate to 18% The Biden phosphate duties hv only hurt farmers by boxing out access 2 important market on essential input w no substitute

[Chuck Grassley @ChuckGrassley]

My Fertilizer Research Act would require the Dept of Agriculture to do a comprehensive study on the fertilizer industry to shed light on the reasons farmers are paying so much for fertilizer

Congress shld pass this legislation asap

[Becky Pinto @PintoBecky]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Andrew Dempsey @Adempsey73]

@SewaneeFootball @CoachTMar @CoachMacSewanee @MajorsFootball @bendempsey_14

[DexPreps @DexPreps]

Moving forward, I will have a play of the game that i attend. This week' s play of the game is a block punt for a TD by Ben Dempsey of Piedmont HS (Ala.) vs Westbrook Christian. @GrindLab @TDARecruiting @DownSouthFb1 @ScoutFball @UnLockYourGame @helmet2helmt251 @AverageJoesSpo1

[Tamorah Shareef Muhammad @ModestyQueen19]

NBA legend Alonzo Mourning built a 37 million dollar senior living complex in Florida, called Astoria on 9th. It has 120 apartments, with one and two bedroom homes that are between 635 and 900 square feet.

Rent is only 322 dollars for those with very low income, and even the highest rent is around 1316 dollars, which is still much less than most places in Florida. To qualify, seniors must be 55 or older and have an income below certain levels, so it is made for people who really need affordable housing.

The community is not just about cheap rent. It has a cyber café with internet and a kitchen, a gym for exercise, a clubhouse where people can gather, and even a dog park for pets. Everything was designed to look modern and welcoming, just like expensive apartments, so that seniors feel proud of where they live.

This project gives seniors a safe and beautiful home at a price they can afford. Alonzo Mourning showed all rich people what giving back really looks like, building something that changes lives in a real and lasting way.

[Scott Matthews @SMatthewsfarms]

Farm Crisis meeting, with all field representatives from Crawford, Boozman and Cotton’s office Tuesday morning September 2 at 8:30 am. Location First Community Bank Brookland, AR

The farmers showed up 👍

[Andrew Dempsey @Adempsey73]

@bendempsey_14 Proud of you.

[Piedmont Elementary School @piedmontelem]

🏈✨ A huge thank you to our @PiedmontHS Bulldog football players who took time this morning to welcome our elementary students with big smiles, fist bumps, and high-fives! What a great way to kick off game day and show true school spirit! 💙💛 #BulldogPride #BlueGoldTradition