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Biden accuser spoke to neighbor of alleged assault Washington, D.C. An associate of Tara Reade, a former Senate aide to Joe Biden, says Reade told her about her allegations of sexual assault against Biden — now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee — in the 1990s. Lynda LaCasse, who was Reade’s neighbor in the 1990s, says Reade told her about the alleged assault around the time it happened. “She felt like she was assaulted, and she really didn’t feel there was anything she could do,” LaCasse said. A.P. DILLON | NORTH STATE JOURNAL

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Pandemic Electronic Benefits Program rolled out to help feed NC kids Raleigh A new program is being rolled out to help keep kids fed while schools are closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak in North Carolina. Pandemic Electronic Benefits Program (P-EBT) is a new program for families who have a child that receives a free and reduced lunch at school. The program will help families buy groceries for the more than 800,000 children who typically receive free and reduced lunch at school. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction worked together to request activation of the P-EBT program. Families will receive $257 in P-EBT benefits per child. A.P. DILLON

Court tosses NY case that could have expanded gun rights Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court sidestepped a major decision on gun rights Monday in a dispute over New York City’s former ban on transporting guns. The court ruled that the city’s move to ease restrictions on taking licensed, locked and unloaded guns outside the city limits, coupled with a change in state law to prevent New York from reviving the ban, left the court with nothing to decide. The court asked a lower court to consider whether the city’s new rules still pose problems for gun owners. Lower courts upheld the regulation, but the Supreme Court’s decision early in 2019 to step into the case signaled a revived interest in gun rights. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dr. Sharon Gaber named fifth chancellor of UNC Charlotte Charlotte University of North Carolina System Interim President Bill Roper named Dr. Sharon L. Gaber as the fifth chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Gaber currently serves as president of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, and is recognized nationally for her efforts to increase enrollment, improve graduation and retention rates, and keep education affordable. “Sharon Gaber’s impressive career at each level of education made her stand out as the ideal candidate to lead UNC Charlotte into its next phase of success,” said Roper. “I have great confidence that the university will continue to grow and develop under her strong leadership.” Gaber will succeed Philip L. Dubois, who will retire on June 30. She will be the second woman to lead the institution, following in the footsteps of university founder and philanthropist Bonnie Cone. NSJ STAFF

Protesters from across the state fanned out in downtown Raleigh on Tuesday to protest the statewide stay-at-home order from Gov. Roy Cooper. The movement, which began organizing with Facebook, now boasts 70,000 members. The General Assembly returned on Tuesday to pass COVID-19 related bills.

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A weekend listening to ‘911 for pets’ Area vets provide afterhours emergency hotline By Shawn Krest North State Journal IT’S ONLY NATURAL that one of the calls to the hotline would be concerning the threat of a highly-contagious viral outbreak. “My dog gave birth to a litter last weekend,” the caller said, “and I just found out that one of the puppies died of parvo.” Parvo is a gastro-intestinal disease caused by the canine parvovirus. It’s believed to be up to 91% fatal if not treated. The caller was convinced her new-mom dog had it. “She’s acting like she doesn’t feel well,” she said, without providing specifics. The concerned dog owner is calling the Our Vet hotline, a number connecting several veterinarian offices and animal hospitals in North Carolina, ranging from Raleigh and Cary to Asheboro. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospitals have closed to routine animal care but are still available for emergencies for limited hours during the week. Nights and weekends, all the office phones are routed to Our Vet, which is staffed by some of the vet techs who have seen their in-office hours slashed over the last two months. The vet techs working the phones have access to each animal hospital’s reservations system, so they can book ap-

pointments during the week, if necessary. The software allows them to access the computer at each clinic’s front desk, to the point that a user can spy on the office’s internet searches in real-time using the software. Many of the calls to the pet 911 line are fairly pedestrian. Callers ask when they can come in to pay their bills or inquire about the price of spaying a dog, then casually ask whether the animal really needs to be spayed. Others are clear emergencies that need to be routed to a 24/7 animal hospital in Raleigh — there are none currently operating near Greensboro. One caller said he was pretty sure his dog broke his leg. Another had a dog who had been in labor for more than 24 hours. “I’m pretty sure she needs a c-section,” he said. Still another had a mare who had just gone into labor. Unlike a pre-pandemic veterinarian’s office, most of the callers don’t share their pet’s name. If someone is calling at 10:30 on a Saturday night or before 7 a.m. on a Sunday, the situation is likely too dire for such pleasantries. Instead it’s, “I think my dog swallowed something,” or “Something’s wrong with the cat.” Incidentally, perhaps emphasizing the stereotypical loyalty and independence of the two species, callers almost always refer to “my dog” and “the cat.” Saturday afternoons and early evenings seem to be a time for callers who put off a Friday See PETS page A2

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Protesters descend on Raleigh for third week in a row Protesters say Cooper’s order is ‘unconstitutional,’ vow not to follow it By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — Protesters with ReOpenNC descended on Raleigh for the third week in a row in protest of Gov. Roy Cooper’s recently extended stay-at-home order, demanding businesses be allowed to open. Last week’s protest was attended by multiple elected officials, including the Republican Congressman Dan Bishop, who represents N.C.’s Ninth District. The message this week was the same though — to open the state up for business by May 1.

A sea of signs and protesters filled Jones Street in front of the General Assembly, which came back into session today. A large number of signs contained pleas from small business owners to reopen while others asked the governor to recognize that both they and their businesses are “essential.” A set of counter-protesters showed up as well, some wearing medical scrubs and lab coats. The counter-protesters stood across the street from the ReOpenNC protesters, but at times there was yelling back and forth between the two. ReOpenNC protesters eventually headed to the General Assembly and flooded the patio area, with the See PROTEST page A2

Results coming soon from NC legislaturefunded antibody study By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — After requesting antibody testing of a representative sample of North Carolina’s population for many weeks, Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) was able to utilize $100,000 from a General Assembly discretionary account to fund a Wake Forest Baptist Health study with this purpose. Berger’s deputy chief of staff, Pat Ryan, told NSJ in an April 24 interview that initial results from the study will be available to the public in the next “week or two.” The study, now underway, relies on data gathered from 1,000 at-home antibody kits which are being mailed to residents specifically selected to be part of the sample. “This groundbreaking Wake Forest Baptist Health study, led by Dr. John Sanders, will fill a critical data gap that’s been missing for many weeks, and will help us learn if the true situation is better or worse than the models project,” Berger said in a statement. “Nobody knows the true hospitalization and fatality rates for this virus, even as the government has ordered a full-scale economic shutdown.” Sanders and Dr. David Herrington of Wake Forest Baptist Health will be working with Atrium Health, Scanwell Health, Oracle, Javara and others to produce and analyze the data. Berger’s press release said the money comes from a fund for “legislative operations and business,” and the data will be used to “help legislators make decisions in the coming weeks.” “Wake Forest Baptist Health and Atrium Health are leading the way in pioneering a representative sample antibody study,”

Sanders said. “Coupled with state-of-the-art syndromic surveillance and in collaboration with leading health care providers and companies, our work will help fill a data gap that has existed since the start of the pandemic. I’m grateful to the North Carolina legislature for providing us with up-front funding so we can begin this critical project.” See ANTIBODY page A2

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THE WORD: DOUBTING THOMAS THE GOOD SHEPHERD John 20:27-29 (KJV) The Second Sunday of Easter approaches, John 10: 14-16 (KJV) Bible has many parables, and Christians reminded of the first metaphors andare allegories involving 2715 As Thenthe saith he to 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. Sunday following Christ’s resurrection. Jesus sheep, shepherds and flocks. In Thomas, Reach hither Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. had most of His disciples Johnmet 10, with Jesus speaks again as after Mary thy finger, 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and and theybehold my Magdalene alerted them of that His presence.shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. hands; and reach hither the shepherd and remarks thy hand, and thrust it Thomas was nottheir with shepherd them when they met the sheep know into my side: and be not Jesus, and he said he would not believe in the who can call them by name. faithless, but believing. resurrection he had seen the wounds of According tountil scholars, Jesus 28 And Thomas the for himself. answered and said unto wascrucifixion likely referring to communal him, My Lord and my Eight days many after the resurrection, Thomas areas where flocks might God. 29 Jesus saith unto had his doubts removed when he saw be kept. When approaching the him, Thomas, because Jesus and examined His wounds. gatekeeper, the shepherd could While thou hast seen me, thou Jesus blessed those who believed use a distinctive call to bring his in His hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, resurrection based faith, Jesus He nonetheless flock from the largeron group. and yet have believed. was willing to prove Himself to Thomas. noted that robbers and thieves Thomas had a devoted would not be proven recognized by theand loyal disciple Jesus did not condemn him for flock. In and North Carolina, many “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” by Caravaggio (c. 1601–1602, currently housed in Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany). his skepticism. churches have integrated the term “good shepherd” into their names. Ten Episcopal churches, from Cashiers to Wilmington, use the TRAFFIC from page name. More than a A1 dozen otherstransportation sales tax revenue, shutting down certain business- causing major traffic backups. Florida announced that it is aces. But some states have not. which also is down. use the name: including Lutheran, celeratingofwork schedules byThe sevsite of isthe firstMausoleum “We were hoping depicting to bid it out failed to produce results. A mosaic Jesus asWashington, the good shepherd in the Galla Placidia. Anglican, Catholic and Methodist eral weeks on about World $2 billion coronavirus thethe U.S., In the meantime, some road for construction mosaic very is onesoon, of thebut oldest depictionsoutbreak of Jesus,inand mausoleum is a UNESCO denominations. already have then COVID-19 andSite. all that, so suspended work on 92 of its 100 worth of bridge and road projects. and bridge projects Heritage been put on hold. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has slashed its expected construction projects from 131 down to 38 for the upcomingfrom budget ANTIBODY pageyear, A1 a $2 billion reduction. Ohio has delayed projects until Berger’s push for testing of next interstate highways this year kind on received some backin Columbus belash, though, and withCincinnati state Sen. Nacause the expected decline in tasha of Marcus (D-Mecklenburg), fuel revenue.minority leader, the tax freshman Facedit with a budgetunhelpful, shortfall, calling a “ridiculous, Missouri hasidea.” postponed $46 milunworkable lionParticipants for 18 road for andthe bridge projprogram ects had been priorities for werethat identified through WFBH’s local governments. Asare many as patient database and meant 299 valued to beadditional an accurateprojects representation at $785 million couldThe be particat risk of the state’s makeup. without federal ipants will receivehelp, a newMcKenna at-home said. antibody test — produced by Among Health the immediate deScanwell — every month ferments: a new for a year. The kitshighway direct theinterparchange provide ticipantsto to prick direct their access finger, to thethen expanded Ozarks Medical and the blood is tested for Center in West Plains. The cenCOVID-19 antibodies. ter’s hospital, and speDespite thephysician antibody study becialty clinics are the area’s ing projected to among last a year, Ryan largest employers, serving told NSJ, “We expect theirabout data 40,000 patients eightforrural to be helpful and in useful polcounties southernmuch Missouri icymakingofdecisions soonand northern Arkansas. er than the full year.” The had data allotted more Ryanstate said the will all be than million covercome half made$1.2 available “as to results the road constructiondashboard. costs. The in” on a public-facing other half was tohe come The dashboard, said,from isn’t local “fully ready yet, but we expect it to come soon.” Beyond the antibody testing portion of the study, Ryan said the “syndromic surveillance” WORSHIP fromgoing page to A1 provide portion is also

that timeline is kind of in the air,” active highway projects as a resaid West Plains administrator sult of a stay-at-home order for Tom Stehn, a former state high- most workers. The halted projway engineer. “It was a high pri- ects include major ones in Seattle and Spokane, as well as improveority for us.” Though ambulances are run- ments to an Interstate 90 pass ning as usual and detours are through an avalanche-prone area well-marked for visitors, “ob- of the Cascade Mountains. Vermont’s entire $200 million viously that direct interchange would be nice,” said Daniel Mar- road construction plan for 2020 shall, chief clinical officer for the is on hold, save for a $6 million South Howell County Ambulance emergency repair where a storm washed out part of the foundation District. The city of Bend, Oregon, the on Interstate 89. The longer the delay, the greatnation’s seventh-fastest growing metropolitan area over the er the likelihood that some projpast decade, pulled a $190 mil- ects might not get finished this lion transportation bond off the year. “Every project is sort of at risk May ballot. Supporters had concerns about pushing a property of running out of quality weather tax hike for roads, sidewalks and days to complete the work,” said DAVID J. PHILLIP | AP PHOTO bike lanes while local business- Jeremy Reed, construction engifor the state’s transportation es are suffering draws financially A Phlebotomist bloodand fromneer a patient for COVID-19 agency. many residents areatwithout work. antibody testing Principle Health Systems and SynerGene “They’re going to show up28, on2020,Pennsylvania Laboratory Tuesday, April in Houston. originally halted voters’ day and just glance and all road construction work. But think, `I’m not raising my taxes it has since allowed work to proon 61 critical projects. About right now, nodata. way!’”This said Mike Ri- ceed tics launched a COVID-19 animportant will rely road and projects, at ley, co-chairman of the Go Bend 800 tibody test forbridge purchase online on participating health providbillion, remain hold. office. 2020 Coalition support- $7 without visiting a on doctor’s ers inputting data that (not including By contrast, some states have ed the measure. “We’re to On April 21, Quest announced patients’ identities) into going the sysadvantage of a lull in antitrafcome back to voters,hot butspots now just the launch of its COVID-19 tem so COVID-19 can taken fic to speed up for transportation felt like the wrong time.” body test service health care be identified. have Most statesahave classified road projects. providersConstruction to order oncrews behalf of “If there’s bunch of people, ableThe to shut construction as essential work patients. new down servicehighway broadmore than usual, who present at been during hoursantibody without that canincontinue ens access to prime COVID-19 an ER Guilforddespite Countyorders with lanes fever and coughs, then that data testing in the United States. According to the U.S. Food will be viewable and accessible, and we’ll know about it as it’s and Drug Administration, although it is not known whethhappening,” Ryan said. Nationally, diagnostic infor- er the development of antibodies mation company Quest Diagnos- provides protection from reinfec-

In Maryland, a westbound lane of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge near Annapolis recently re-opened to vehicles following repairs. The $27 million project completed wellprotection ahead of tionwas or how long such schedule, partly antibody because of light lasts, COVID-19 testing traffic amid the coronavirus panmay indicate whether the person demic. exposed to the virus developed Theimmunity decliningtotraffic volumes some the virus. Anhave been especially some tibody testing uses large bloodinserum of the nation’s most famously conspecimens and is sometimes regested metropolitan areas, such ferred to as serology testing. as “With the Santhe Francisco Bay area. introduction of this Business leaders in the region test and service, Quest is making had hoped to put ato 1 cent sales tax it easy for people access qualon November ballot thatto could ity the testing for antibodies the raise over 40 years virus $100 whichbillion causes COVID-19, for and transporwithpublic accesstransit to physician intertation projects in a nine-county pretation and steering into needregion. Butsaid Dr. the coronavirus outed care,” Jay Wohlgebreak on state muth, interrupted senior vice work president and legislation needed to for place the chief medical officer Quest measure on the ballot.the science Diagnostics. “While now couldisbe 2022, or even onItCOVID-19 evolving, testing 2024, before supporters can make for antibodies may identify peoanother for a public vote on ple who push have likely been exposed the measure, said to COVID-19 and John mightGrubb, have chief operating officer ofresponse the Bay mounted an immune Area a business-backed to theCouncil, virus.  Our goal is to empolicy group. power advocacy individuals and their phy“If we’re in a informed poor economy, sicians to make deciwhich it looks likerisk we’re going to sions about their of infection be that wouldthe have been an andin, of spreading virus.”  awful lot is of stimulus an awQuest working and in collaboful lot of job creation,” he said. ration with PWNHealth, an independent national network of physicians providing clinical oversight for QuestDirect services, including the delivery of results and post-test telehealth support to patients.

Benham and others showed up to the Charlotte clinic after receiving calls that the police were there demanding that the group’s members leave the area. When There had been some contro- was asymptomatic, and that her PROTEST from page A1 they reing, the long stream of protestfused to leave, eight were given ci- ers marched around the building, versy and misreporting the day be- doctor instructed her to self-quartations covering of “violation emergency crowd mostofof the area waving signs and chanting, “Re- fore regarding the COVID-19 test- antine, which she did. That quarprohibitions and restrictions” — a member in November.” ing status of one of ReOpenNC’s antine ended April 26. Both the on nearby Jones Street. While Class 2amisdemeanor. group and Whitlock said that at Near the end of the protest, the members, Audrey Whitlock. there, speech was made by Ashsaying there were 50 crowd headed towards the ExecuContrary to some reports, a no time had Whitlock attended a ley“They’re Smith, co-leader of the group, people Benham said on tive Mansion. It was at that loca- spokesperson with ReOpenNC protest. who saidthere,” that the governor’s order the discrepancy betweenand his she action that at least three people, one tells North State Journal that Whitlock vocally defended herwas “unconstitutional,” count and “official” account. of which was identified as Ashley Whitlock is not one of the leaders self on the group’s page, reiteratvowed not tothe follow it. “Just look at the out video. The video Smith, were arrested for stepping of ReOpenNC but is instead an ing information about her status Chants broke occasionally, showsasclear evidence. is a lie.folIt on the sidewalk outside the man- “early supporter” and one of sev- and that she will “not be used by such “USA!” OtherItchants is wrong. Theas,police department, lowed, such “Open up N.C.,” sion gates. Allegedly, law enforce- eral administrators of the group’s the media.” Charlotte theRoy mayor’s of- ment had warned protesters they Facebook page. “I will continue to voice my and, “HeyObserver, hey, ho ho, Cooper fice — “A reporter called her person- opinion in dissent of this lock were not allowed to use the sidehas gotthey’re to go.”all wrong.” Sen. spending Ted Cruzaround (R-Texas), a walk directly in front of the gover- al phone and asked her questions. down and fight for small businessAfter 30 minfriend Benham’s, tweeted out in nor’s residence. She said, no comment,’ to all of es and families to be able to make utes orofmore chanting and giving support ofon him day, Charges pending for Smith the questions, because Ashley is their own decisions,” wrote Whitspeeches thelater stepsthe of same the legiscalling the arrest unconstitutional “I will not be used by the melature, protesters headed be- state she was arrested for violat- our media contact,” wrote Kristin lock. ROBERT CLARK | NORTH STATE JOURNAL and saying, “Because electedofDems tween the N.C. Museums His- ing the governor’s “Executive Or- Elizabeth, an administrator for dia as an attempt to hijack our are pro-abortion, they are towards abusing Attendees of other Northwood in Fayeteville’s 2020 Easternarrative. drive-in service in on I HAVElisten NEVER BEEN the group’s Facebook page. der 117.” Two people Temple arrest- Church tory and Natural Sciences theirN.C. power—in one-sided which way— their fromcharge insideare their cars asNorth PastorState John Hedgepeth deliversTO hisAsermon. REOPENNC RALLY and I Journal reached ed onradios the same Lisa the Capitola Building, to silence Marks Todd, age 55, and Wendy out to the group to clarify and was will not be attending the rally this houses the pregnancy office of thecounselors.” governor. Cruz also at put the a petition on his site Kath Macasieb, age 53. told she tested positive on April 13, week.” Once Capitol Buildnion sets, with sealed wafers and which asks signatories to “Tell crimination against religious in- ‘drive-in’ services.” The very next day, Wilming- cups of juice, but had to call off the Democratic Governor Roy Cooper stitutions and religious believers,” that if abortion is ‘essential’ then said Barr in a statement. “Thus, ton police posted that drive-in ser- plan to distribute them after word pregnancy services are essential, government may not impose spe- vices “will not be considered a vi- from the city. “They said don’t do communion, too. Stop discriminating against cial restrictions on religious activi- olation,” so no legal action would ty that do not also apply to similar be taken against the churches, but and I’m a good man. I try to do people of faith!” police still urged “all churches and what the mayor says,” Hedgepeth U.S. Attorney General Wil- nonreligious activity.” “Where a state has not acted houses of worship to continue with said. “We’re law-abiding. I want to liam Barr has received a flood of complaints from religious people evenhandedly, it must have a com- virtual services, including for Eas- do things the way they said and let them know we’re cooperating with around the country who, like Ben- pelling reason to impose restric- ter.” In Fayetteville, drive-in ser- them.” ham, believe their rights are being tions on places of worship and Benham, though, said he will violated by local and state govern- must ensure that those restrictions vices were allowed, and Northare narrowly tailored to advance wood Temple Pentecostal Holi- not be cooperating with Charments. A tweet from Barr’s commu- its compelling interest,” said Barr. ness Church had an Easter service lotte’s demands for his group to nications director, Kerri Kupec, “Religious institutions must not be at 10 a.m. Pastor John Hedgepeth stop counseling women outside told NSJ the church promoted the the abortion clinic, even after the said, “During this sacred week for singled out for special burdens.” Drive-in church services have celebration and was expecting po- arrest, since he believes the city’s many Americans, AG Barr is monitoring govt regulation of religious been another touchpoint in North tentially hundreds of cars. The ser- requests violate the letter and spirservices. While social distancing Carolina, especially during the vice could be heard on 92.7 FM to it of the law. “Heck yeah we are, of course,” policies are appropriate during Easter season. Wake County gov- allow attendees to sing along to the this emergency, they must be ap- ernment made clear that drive- hymns played inside the sanctuary Benham said when asked whethplied evenhandedly & not single in services would not be permit- and listen to Hedgepeth’s sermon er his group is still present at that out religious orgs. Expect action ted. Some churches, like Plymouth from a raised platform outside, all clinic. “We haven’t stopped. Every Baptist Church in Raleigh, had while congregants remained in- day they’re open, we’re there.” from DOJ next week!” Benham said demand for aborOn Tuesday, Barr announced planned to have a drive-in service side their vehicles. “Other churches are not open. tion hasn’t slowed down, and his that his office had filed a statement but were forced to cancel, as reThey are going to have it by vid- group offers a social service that in support of a church in Missis- ported by Carolina Journal. Gov. Roy Cooper made clear in eo, or by online streaming, but I is federally protected because the sippi after the city fined congregants $500 per person for attend- his executive order 121 that reli- wanted to do it live,” Hedgepeth mothers are offered housing assising parking lot services. Barr’s gious entities were subject to the told NSJ. “I wanted to do it in a tance, child-care assistance, menway they’d never done it. Drive-in. torship and much more. statement also noted that citizens 10-person limitation. “The day I was arrested, while The Wilmington Police Depart- Drive-up. You can still be private were permitted to attend nearI was being cuffed, two mothers by drive-in restaurants, even with ment put out a similar directive to in your car.” Hedgepeth said the mayor sent chose to go onto the mobile ultralocal churches on April 7 on Facetheir windows open. “But even in times of emergen- book, saying they “prohibit any rules for them to abide by when sound unit and both of them chose cy, when reasonable and tempo- event or convening that brings to- they did their service, including life for their kids and are now A.P. DILLON | NORTH STATE JOURNAL into our mentor network,” rary restrictions are placed on gether more than ten individuals how many feet apart to have the plugged Benham said.orders “Two mothers — so vehicles. Temple had stay-at-home in one place (indoor The or outdoor) at took rights, the First Amendment and Reopen NC protesters gather in downtown Raleigh. members issue Northwood with Gov. Roy Cooper’s and federal statutory law prohibit dis- one time. This prohibition includes purchased hundreds of commu- was it worth it for me? Absolutely.” restrictions on businesses.

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U.S. Secretary of Education releases $13B in emergency funds

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In this April 4, 2019 photo, provided by the U.S. Army, a mobile surveillance camera system manned by soldiers monitors a sector near the Presidio Border Patrol Station at Presidio, Texas.

US adds cameras at Mexico border The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration has been quietly adding mobile surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Documents show the Department of Defense, at the request of the Department of Homeland Security, started manning 60 more mobile surveillance cameras this month after deploying 540 additional troops to the southwest border. The cameras are owned by Customs and Border Protection but manned by the military and will be removed after the pandemic has ended, said Matthew Dyman, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, which is under the Department of Homeland Security. The reason for the additional cameras was not “based on border flow numbers” but on rising coronavirus cases in Mexico, he said. “Each person that avoids arrest and makes further entry into the United States has the potential to be carrying the COVID-19 virus and puts American lives at risk,” Dyman said in an email. Apprehensions of people crossing illegally have declined by 77% since a peak in May 2019, according to Customs and Border Protection. April figures have not been released yet but are expected to be even lower. The military help means more Border Patrol agents can focus on apprehending people who cross illegally or expelling foreigners under a rarely used public health law that the Trump administration tapped amid the pandem-

ic, Dyman said. The addition of the mobile cameras, which are mounted in the back of trucks, bring the total to at least 192, according to the documents. Pentagon officials as recently as August were considering a request from the Department of Homeland Security to send reconnaissance planes and military drones designed for battlegrounds in Afghanistan and Iraq to the border. Administration officials have declined to say whether that plan, first reported by Newsweek on Aug. 9, is still in the works. In December, Richardson, the U.S. Army North commander, ordered historically unclassified documents and daily briefings on the U.S.-Mexico border to be moved to a classified system to prevent further leaks. With the additional troops, about 3,000 active-duty service members are on the border along with 2,500 National Guard troops. Barred from law enforcement duties, they have kept a low profile, doing on-the-ground surveillance among other things. Trump uses the monthly border tallies on apprehensions as a benchmark to determine how his policies are working, and that’s become particularly important in an election year. The number of people crossing the border traditionally declines when it’s hot outside, and the winter months often see increases. However, as COVID-19 cases in the United States jumped dramatically in March, apprehensions at the border dipped further, to 29,953 from 30,074 in February and a peak of 132,856 in May.

That coincided with the U.S. expelling more than 10,000 Mexican and Central American asylum-seekers under public health rules that the administration quietly began using March 20 — the same day Trump announced the southern border was closed to nonessential travel. The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, on Monday extended the rules largely shutting down the asylum system until May 20. His order described a “serious danger” of COVID-19 being introduced at Border Patrol stations and ports of entry as well as further into the country. At least 272 Customs and Border Protection employees have tested positive for the virus, including 62 in states bordering Mexico. Redfield also noted that many places on the U.S. side of the border have not yet experienced widespread community transmission of the virus and therefore the pandemic in Canada and Mexico remain “a serious danger to such locations.” The Department of Homeland Security requested the latest military help under the Economy Act, which allows federal agencies to order goods and services from other federal agencies. Congress passed the law in 1932 to eliminate overlapping activities of the federal government. It has been abused, so conditions have been added, including a requirement that the requesting agency demonstrate that its request meets a bona fide need that either exists or is arising within the fiscal year.

NC DOT announces drone programs to combat COVID-19 By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — On Friday, April 24, 2020, the North Carolina Department of Transportation held a webinar announcing plans for a public-private partnership around drones to deliver “critical medical supplies and food” during the COVID-19 outbreak. Julie White, deputy secretary of multimodal transportation for N.C. DOT, welcomed journalists, industry professionals and other interested parties to the presentation webinar. White said there were over 300 people signed up for the virtual presentation and that she was “thrilled to see the level of interest in this really important topic in this important time.” White said their goal at N.C. DOT

was to connect people in innovative and creative ways, or “build the plane as we’re flying it,” and the drone initiative is another example of doing that. The initiative will begin in May and will involve three main projects. The first is delivering medical supplies to Novant Health facilities in the Charlotte area using drones made by Zipline. The second will involve both UPS Flight Forward and Matternet using their fleet to deliver medical supplies to an unnamed hospital in Winston-Salem. UPS Flight Forward already delivers supplies by drone to WakeMed in Raleigh. Lastly, neighborhoods in Holly Springs will get the opportunity to have food from local restaurants delivered to their homes using Flytrex drones. One major goal of the initiative is to gather data on best practices and share

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that with other areas around the country working on similar drone delivery programs. “North Carolina has been a leader in demonstrating how drones can help people in times of crisis,” said state Transportation Secretary Eric Boyette said in a press release on the initiative. “We look forward to putting this technology into productive use as we work to help citizens and medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The N.C. DOT has been working since 2018 within the Federal Aviation Administration’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program, a federal program to research the use of drones across all sectors of society: including, “state, local and tribal governments, and private industries.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced on April 23 that over $13.2 billion in emergency relief funds are now available to state and local education agencies to use for continued learning purposes in K-12. The Elementary and Secondary School Education Relief Fund is to be used for immediate needs to conduct distance or remote education. The ESSER funds can also be used for student health and safety, and for the development and implementation of education logistics and plans for the 2020-21 school year. The funding comes from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. North Carolina’s allotment of the funds is over $396 million. The minimum local education agency distribution represents the bulk of the total amount at $356,680,446. State education agencies in North Carolina may reserve a maximum of over $39.6 million and a maximum for administration of over $1.9 million. ESSER Fund allocations to the states were determined by the fiscal year 2019 State shares of Title I, Part A allocations without the application of the hold harmless provisions in ESEA section 1122. “This national emergency continues to shine a light on the need for all schools to be more agile,” said DeVos in a press release. “Now is the time to truly rethink education and to get creative about how we meet each student’s unique needs.” Education leaders will have the flexibility to use funds from the Elementary and Secondary School Education Relief Fund for immediate needs, such as tools and resources for distance education, ensuring student health and safety, and developing and implementing plans for the next school year. “The funding made available today has very few bureaucratic strings attached and empowers local education leaders to do just that,” Devos said. “I encourage them to focus on investing in the technology, distance learning resources, training and long-term planning that will help education continue for both teachers and students, no matter where learning takes place.” The U.S. Department of Education maintains updates and information for school leaders, students and parents at: ed.gov/coronavirus

Three NC schools recognized for environmental achievements RALEIGH — The U.S. Department of Education named three schools in North Carolina as Green Ribbon Schools based on efforts to reduce environmental impact, improve health and wellness, and ensure effective sustainability education. Wake County’s Lincoln Heights Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary and Millbrook Environmental Connections Magnet Elementary schools are recipients as is Walker-Spivey Elementary School located in Fayetteville in Cumberland County. The Green Ribbon Schools Award program is described as the “first comprehensive federal policy for schools related to environment, health and education.” In a press release, State Superintendent Mark Johnson said the three schools are giving students “lifelong lessons in conservation and efficiency of resources and health and wellness.” According to the U.S. Department of Education, 39 schools, 11 districts and five post-secondary institutions across the country are being honored for their innovative efforts to address the three “pillars” of the program: reducing environmental impact and utility costs, improving health and wellness, and ensuring effective sustainability education. “I want to congratulate this year’s U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School honorees for a job well done,” U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said in the award announcement. “During this unprecedented time, it’s a pleasure to celebrate these bright spots of creativity and to applaud the teachers and local education leaders who have worked to create healthy, sustainable, and innovative learning environments for their students,” said DeVos. National award recipients will be honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., tentatively set for Aug. 4. Additional information on the Green Ribbon Schools Award program is available on the U.S. Department of Education’s website. A.P. DILLON

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Earnhardt was one of the best on the iconic half-mile track in the foothills, recording five wins and an astounded 32 top-10 finishes in 36 career races at the track, which closed in 1996. Earnhardt led 2,680 laps at North Wilkesboro, behind only Bristol Motor Speedway in amount of laps led during Earnhardt’s career.

Earnhardt made his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1975 and finished the race in 22nd place. He made more points-paying starts at the speedway than any other track and finished with five wins. Despite being his hometown track, Earnhardt never won a pole at the speedway, and his average finish of 14.8 is the lowest of any other in the series. Charlotte was the scene of one the most iconic moments of his career, the “pass in the grass” during the 1987 all-star race.

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Then known as the North Carolina Motor Speedway, Earnhardt earned three career wins at the Richmond County track. Rockingham was the site of the first NASCAR race after Earnhardt’s death in 2001, which ran on Monday after a rain delay and was won by Steve Park, who drove for Earnhardt’s DEI team.

The No. 3 car of the late NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. sits on pit road before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway, The car was restored to commemorate his final win in Oct. 2000.

April 29 has traditionally been recognized as Dale Earnhardt Day in North Carolina. Earnhardt was born on that date in Kannapolis in 1951. Over a quarter century of NASCAR racing, Earnhardt finished with 76 career wins and seven championships in the Cup Series. “The Intimidator” is revered to this day in the state, and black #3 hats and T-shirts are still among the most popular on race weekends.

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Bear hibernates under Asheville house Buncombe County Haw Creek resident Ann McNamara thought she had a raccoon in her crawl space when she heard scratching. It turned out it was a yearling black bear participating in the Asheville Urban/ Suburban Bears Study. The bear, formally called N184, has a GPS collar that helped scientists confirm it was under McNamara’s porch. Researchers used dayold pastries to lure the bear into a “barrel trap” about three feet in diameter, where it was tranquilized and returned to the wild. AP

COVID-19 free counties down to five Madison County Two more counties in North Carolina have reported their first COVID-19 cases. The Madison County Health Department reported their first case on April 24. The unnamed person is middle-aged and has underlying health problems. Camden County also reported its first case, which brings the number of North Carolina counties without a reported case to five: Graham, Swain, Yancey, Hyde and Avery. WLOS

Transylvania County A single-engine plane rolled off the runway at Transylvania Community Airport. Officials confirmed that a gust of wind caused the plane to roll off on Thursday morning. Pilot Brian Reid Leverson of Hendersonville had just landed when the wind caused the left wing to lift, pulling the landing gear off the ground. The plane veered to the right and rolled into a stream. There were no injuries. WLOS

PIEDMONT Producer of Netflix’s ‘Outer Banks’ explains geography gaffe Orange County It was an editing oversight which may have led some viewers of the Netflix series “Outer Banks” to think Chapel Hill is a ferry ride away from the coast, the show’s producer said. Jonas Pate, a Raeford native, said in the original script, characters took a ferry from an island to the coast, then took a ride-sharing service to Chapel Hill. The travel scene wasn’t shot, and no one realized cutting it would imply Chapel Hill was on the coast. AP

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Got to be NC Festival canceled for safety of visitors Wake County The Got to Be NC Festival announced today that the 2020 edition of the event, slated for May 15-17 at the N.C. State Fairgrounds in Raleigh has been canceled. This will mark the first time the event has been cancelled since it began in 2008. The Got to Be NC Festival is the premier spring celebration of agriculture in North Carolina. Its unique mix of food, fun, music, local products, carnival rides, tractors and animals combine for an event that brings together families and friends to enjoy all that makes North Carolina great. NSJ

Armed suspect killed by deputy Caldwell County Timothy Darryl Sides Jr., 28, was shot and killed by police on Friday. A report of a man standing in the middle of the road drew Caldwell Sheriff’s deputies and Lenoir Police. When officers arrived, they saw that Sides was brandishing a handgun. The deputy who fired the fatal shot has been put on administrative leave while the incident is being investigated.

RALEIGH — Temporary and contract workers face layoffs, and a number of construction projects will be delayed because of a decline in tax revenues resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, the N.C. Department of Transportation said in an April 21 press release. The department said that it expects a budget shortfall of at least $300 million for the fiscal year ending June 30. NCDOT gets its funding from a tax on car sales, a gasoline tax and from fees collected by the Division of Motor Vehicles. NCDOT said it has told local governments, stakeholders and the general public that all but about 50 major projects scheduled to start in the next 12 months are delayed, according to the news release. Workers losing their jobs in NCDOT’s Highway Division were told Friday is their last day. More temporary and contract workers in other areas of

NCDOT will likely lose their jobs as well in the coming weeks, the department said in a news release. So far, no permanent NCDOT workers have lost their jobs, but the department said it is developing plans for potential layoffs or furloughs. The budget shortfall for the NCDOT has also led to cuts of future construction contracts by $2 billion and their project schedule “will have to undergo major changes.” One reason being cited was a stiff drop in gas tax revenues due to far fewer motorists being on the roads as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. “Our latest estimate is that we will have a budget shortfall of at least $300 million for the rest of the fiscal year [which ends June 30], and the impact is forecast to be worse in fiscal year 2020-21. The numbers are constantly changing, so they are not set in stone,” the NCDOT told North State Journal. North State Journal reporter A.P. Dillon contributed to this report.

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Vidant Health announces furloughs, pay cuts due to COVID-19 Pitt County North Carolina-based Vidant Health is enacting furloughs, reducing salaries and cutting employee benefits at its hospitals because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Effective April 26, Vidant will reduce compensation for executives, as much as 25% for CEO Dr. Michael Waldrum, and down to 5% for managers. It will also reduce employer contributions to retirement plans by 50%. In February, the system laid-off nearly 200 workers because of a budget shortfall. AP

Authorities: Mother, son chase delivery driver who hit dog Catawba County A mother and son tried to attack a delivery driver who ran over a dog. The driver told deputies he accidentally hit a dog on his route, and Maxwell Dixon, 23, and his mother Sandy Dixon, 51, chased him in a car after he drove down the road to call his supervisor. Maxwell Dixon fired three shots toward the delivery vehicle. The driver was not struck. Maxwell Dixon was charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle and assault with a deadly weapon. Sandy Dixon was charged with aiding and abetting assault with a deadly weapon. AP

Duke says it won’t take virusrelated federal relief funds Durham County Duke University says it won’t accept federal relief funds related to the coronavirus. The school said accepting the funds could pose legal and regulatory liabilities, even if it passed the money on to students. Congress is offering $14 billion to the nation’s colleges and universities as part of a $2.2 trillion rescue package. Schools were allotted varying sums based on their size and the number of students they teach from poorer backgrounds. Several Ivy League schools have said they will reject millions of dollars in federal funding amid growing scrutiny of wealthy colleges. AP

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North Carolina reports 1st death of state prisoner Pender County The Division of Prisons said a prisoner at the medium-security Pender Correctional institution in Burgaw died at an unnamed hospital on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after he started showing viral symptoms. A positive test came back a few days later and he was hospitalized on April 13, a division release said. It’s the first COVID-19 related death of an offender in the state prison system. The prisoner’s name wasn’t released, but officials said the offender was in his late 50s and had preexisting conditions complicated by the new coronavirus.

Hoke County Hoke County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Willie Davis McArn Jr., 31, of Raeford, last week and charged him with first degree murder. McArn allegedy shot Lares Santwan Blue, 31, in an area parking lot on Thursday. Blue was taken to a local hospital where he died. The police investigation is still ongoing. WRAL

Schools offer WiFi locations Martin County The Martin County school district is offering free WiFi hotspots around the area to help students who don’t have access to the internet at home. Schools around the state are requiring students to complete schoolwork remotely from home. Superintendent Dr. Chris Mansfield said that rural areas in the county lack quality internet access. The district has set up hotspots at five different locations, including four school buildings. WITN

RALEIGH – Live video streaming from the floor of the North Carolina House of Representatives begins this week, the office of House Speaker Tim Moore announced. The streaming will begin with a scaled-back camera setup due to installation delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The North Carolina House voted 115-1 to approve H281 last year, which enabled the live streaming. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Destin Hall (R-Caldwell), Rep. Jason Saine

(R-Lincoln), and Rep. Brenden Jones (R-Columbus). A live video stream of the upcoming session will be broadcast on YouTube. “The North Carolina House will begin to provide unprecedented live video streams of our floor proceedings in the upcoming legislative session despite a disruption of our main camera installations in the chamber,” Moore, Hall, Jones and Saine said in a joint statement. The state House began live video streams of its remote committee meetings on April 14, 2020.

Raleigh firm joins fight against Wake religious restrictions NSJ staff RALEIGH – Raleigh-based Shanahan Law Group has joined with Alliance Defending Freedom to demand that Wake County repeal portions of its April 15 order which they say violates the First Amendment rights of churches. The letter to Wake County states that they have been contacted by multiple Wake County churches concerned with the order and outlines why the restrictions unconstitutionally treat churches and other houses of worship worse than similarly situated secular organizations.

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The letter specifically points out that the bans on distribution of communion elements and in-person collection of tithes at drive-in services are unreasonable given similar exceptions for private businesses. “While it is important to take COVID-19 seriously, a global pandemic does not erase our constitutional rights, nor does it give government officials license to discriminate against churches and other houses of worship,” said former federal prosecutor Kieran Shanahan, founder of Shanahan Law Group. “Wake County crossed the line by targeting faith-based organizations.”

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And the answers should notabe vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some of them get in states, such as Michigan, provide nment Corinthians 1:4, which reminds us our Lord “comforts us in all our helping small businesses keep people o must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about message of affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any relief will soon reach families and work evels It will need to be explained in detailhope to the people of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand EDITORIAL | we STACEY MATTHEWS that will affliction, with the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by continue working on common sense an are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. me a once again enjoy God.” we can defeat the coronavirus and keep amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leaders at the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they hing? sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge you to also whole. are reliable. can be with those answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer s what EDITORIAL reflect on this message and be comforted, that we may live out Until then, the Lenten and Easter se concerts, family | FRANK HILL To date, I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and then with details that give theirso statements believability. EDITORIAL | FRANK HILL COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy spor | FRANK itizens EDITORIAL mandated that we do, butHILL along the way I’ve also hadCOLUMN questions about We should all continue to do what we can to keep our families, gatherings, | BEN SHAPIRO this difficult time. Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many m the data. State Republican leaders have, too. services ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should also still continue church in a free COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO confident we will emerge out of this pandemic stronger than ever. own temporary Unfortunately, when certain types ofand questions get asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home sacrifices for the greate many more ty were In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired they by stories humanity are over. sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those measures are understandable, shouldofalso have an expiration date. after our own osed neighbors helping neighbors. I wish everyone celebrating Easter, a simply questioning the data and asking when we can start getting back This is all new to Americans, and it is not normal. Not in any way, temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray wethe can all continuo WITH MOSTwho STATES under shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen into place. 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So while we should remain vigilant and stay safe,the ONE THING IS CERTAIN; after this virus dissipates The cavalier manner in which China lied about origin of the DURING A CRISIS such as COVID-19, it helps to understand the acknowledge the necessity for the coercive power of government ONE THING IS CERTAIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier manner in which China lied about the origin of the money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary safety guidelines and sacrifices areStates, orders thanks towill local or for state governments, majority of Americans tothis take precautions, I’m uneasy withremain how p otherwise don’taround care ifthe theyglobe get themselves or others sick. the same time virus, we ashouldn’t get comfortable with “new but and in the United China pay this covered up its spread and tried toso-called tell the world there were only ed. THIS WEEK, according to members oflaw the federal government, That would mean that th “THIS IS THE DAY the lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 thinking that goes on in the minds of elected officials behind closed authorities, through the and public opinion, to defend ourselves around the globe and in the United States, China will pay for this virus, covered up its spread and tried to tell the world there were only health care workers out of his own home. through this together. are having to adjust to what is being called the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when things can Since when did questioning government at all levels become a bad normal.” over. North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 catastrophe one way or another. 3,341 related deaths has led to worldwide panic, economic collapse and and state and local governments, Americans have begun to flatten suggested, even if the tra indeaths (Psalm 118:24). doors.free citizens others from being harmed. But under what conditions and forcircles how long catastrophe one way or another. 3,341 related to worldwide panic, economic collapse and WEEK, according to members ofhas the led federal government, That would mean thatcontem the fat of in these ordersTHIS extend at least through the ofit”this month. normal are treated inwork. some with thing? That what living in acaused free society were supposed Not one little bit. coronavirus In order toneed put the crisis bySome China perspective, zero millions ofend Americans needlessly being thrown of the seriousness of theisvirus and the the curve in the novel outbreak. The excitement wasout Secondly, what are we I know that during this challenging time of social distancing, First of all, they are human. They are fearful of making the wrong of a period of time? In order to put the crisis caused by China in perspective, zero millions of Americans needlessly being thrown out of work. ntand of the and state and local governments, Americans have begun to flatten suggested, even if the transm Virginia’s orders go into June.The crisis has cost the U.S. taxpayer They’re treated as though we as a society sim to do, last I checked. worldwide pandemics can their sourcestay-at-home to the United States over at least $2.4 trillion in added m uneasy people who simply ask muted — after all,coronavirus trends canhas easily — but real. Americans Thedifficult institute’s model sim working from home or losing awhat job, it may be to are “rejoice and decision since so much is this, attrace stake. Fortunately, only true “life or On March 11, Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for worldwide pandemics can trace their source tofamily. theCarolina, United States over The crisis costreverse the U.S. taxpayer at least $2.4 trillion in added were onlywith how the curve in the novel outbreak. The excitement was Secondly, what we expe Here in North Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question the government tells us about wh My first concern as we go along in all of course, is my I’m Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah our 231-year history. At least four in the 20th century alone can be debt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the and when things can start getting back to have abided by recommendations and orders. They’ve left their jobs predict how many people be glad” as the Bible tells us to do. However, as a Christian, husband death” vote Congress has to take from time to time is sending soldiers coronavirus and the NBA canceled the season. Two days later, 231-year history. At least four in the 20th century alone can be debt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the collapse and worried about our muted — after all, trends can easily reverse — but real. Americans The institute’s model simply c a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to normalcy. them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will. After and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection. directly tracedhappens to China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” markets and financial outlets. If the U.S. dollar were notmost theofreserve me contempt. to stay1977 atbyhome; they’ve practiced social distancing; in many places, important problem and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me just how much we to war, which infrequently. New York Times published a story that led with the assertion that 2.2 directly traced to China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” 1977 markets and financial outlets. If the U.S. dollar were not the reserve . circles withsuffering have abided recommendations and orders. They’ve left their jobs predict how many people wil state’s stay-at-home orders will extend May. we would not be able to fund No.any Theofgovernment works for us, and we ha from the H1N1flu” virus (swine flu)did during the 2009 pandemic, Since “Russian and thewhen 2002 SARS There evidence the into currency, these emergency gh we asPerhaps a society simply must accept without they’ve donned masks. seasonal, which means w have todistancing; bethe thankful and hopeful for, in thestay-at-home midst of this global Government shutting down theoutbreak. economy todecide saveis due tothat a virus million deaths “could” occur in in America without aeven lot of caveats and “Russian flu” and the 2002 SARS outbreak. There islives evidence that the they’ve currency, we would not be able to fund any of these emergency in added The art ofbeen to stay at home; practiced social many places, most important problem beca Perhaps If he does to extend it, questions should be asked as to questions. And the longer orders a I’ve trying to take extra precautions, because all of this brings up We need massive 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation and currency questioning ment tells us about when it’s safe to begin the The result: a reduction in expected hospitalization and death. in the fall. And that mean Lenten and pandemic. has now1918 become another or death” decision. We have had masks. hedging until later in the“we story. massive “Spanish flu”“life pandemic also had its origins innever China. measures without immediate fearcountry, of rampant inflation andsome currency y to the COVID-19 they’ve donned seasonal, which means we ar justification for it. And the answers should not be vague ones like and the stricter of them get in sta way too many memories of a painful experience I’ d prefer not to repeat. politics COVID-19 There is 100% agreement, outside of China, shutdown that COVID-19 depreciation. normalcy. transparency theseasons University of Washington Institute for Health for large swat For me, my faith is an important my and decisio Wemost need Easter government a coordinated federal/state/local government ofAccording our entire Faced with the possibility of 2.2 million deathspart and alockdowns complete There is 100% agreement, of China, thatof COVID-19 depreciation. etoreserve result: aofto reduction in expected hospitalization and death. in of the fall. Andlife that means w is China’s must do thisthe out an The abundance caution.” the more people, sitting at daily home feeling isolated Buthave what also makes me lose sleep is howoutside easily everyone has originated in Wuhan Province probably from completely China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through finding is China’s orks for us, and we the right to ask those Metrics and Evaluation model most oft cited by members of the testing and contact tracin making. As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 and honesty economy before under any circumstance — not after Pearl Harbor, not stampede of hospital capacity, President Trump, governors and mayors originated in Wuhan Province probably from the completely China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through ncy transparency provide a According to the University of Washington Institute for Health lockdowns for large swaths of at all levels wet markets. It will Some need to be explained detail the peopleand of| this stateHill, who when theyhas canobviously get back not to providing for their fa Nealin Robbins, Frank senior opinion Chernobyl. unregulated unsanitary believe it came out of a topublisher economic financial means. Diplomacy worked stay-at-home orders are in place allswine over and the Trump administration, the expected need for hospital beds ateditor tonot isolate those who are Corinthians 1:4, which reminds us our Lord “comforts us in all our proximate Chernobyl. during flu, not during the AIDS outbreak of the 80s, not during listened to health experts who urged them to take prudent cautionary unregulated and unsanitary wet markets. Some believe it came out of a economic and financial means. Diplomacy has obviously worked from our currency Metrics and Evaluation model most oft cited by members of the testing and contact tracing, om are to remain jobless and at home for anChina undetermined answers. andbeing honesty message of Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill,told senior opinion editor become a communist biowarfare lab run by the Chinese army. to bring into the civilized world of 21st century health, hygiene ome of them get in states, such as Michigan, peak outbreak was revised down by over 120,000, the number of Which raises the third affliction, so that weworld may be able to comfort those who are are in any the polio virus epidemic the 1950s America, andTrump not after 9/11.hope that steps to issue stay-at-home orders and essentially shut down the biowarfare lab run by theofcommunist Chinese army. to bring China into the civilized of health, hygiene solutions administration, thewill expected need for hospital beds at 21st to isolate those who most scientific experts amount of time why models predicting hundreds thousands of cases Leaders atcentury the local and state levels should be fromin our we Until China adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation of by nearly and fair of trade. Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame bad thing? trough home feeling isolated and/or anxious about ventilators 13,000 and the 120,000, number ofthe overall deaths bywe we capable of rolling out affliction, with the comfort which ourselves are comforted byque What is the precedent we are setting for the future? economy overnight. Until China adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation of and fair trade. Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame peak outbreak was revised down by over number of Which raises the third are reliable. can be with those answers — and again, not vag to basically — we need to their food and health protocols, American business has other or express sincere regret nationwide and remorse, becauseofthat is not what scientific experts again enjoy experts ootproviding will August byonce nearly 12,000. months —rolling and compellin God.” That iselected what Wedemand don’tsafety ask our to lock upgone every year to no protect Today, expect fatalities 67,000 due to COVIDfood safety and healthofficials protocols, American business has no other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what worked for their families,their ventilators by nearly 13,000 the number overall deaths by that we capable of out tens To date,us I’ve along with what the state hasand asked and then of with details give their statements believabi know what they choice than to build redundant manufacturing plants elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do. They take advantage of every weakness insoluble Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers to the key virus is transmittable wh — we need to sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge you to also us fromthan all harm. If we did, we could avoid 40,000 car-related deaths 19-related complications. Had 67,000 fatalities been predicted in choice tofree build redundant manufacturing plants elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do. They take advantage of every weakness h, hygiene August by nearly 12,000. months — and compelling pe citizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue to do what we can to for national security and safety reasons as well as supply and delivery they find in adversaries and keep pushing until they win or the dthe state levels should be as forthcoming as they know, what they questions that will allow the economy to reopen. create a contact tracing reflect on this message and be comforted, so that we may live out problems. know what they concerts, family pernational year. Our economy stays open every flu season even though it claims March, a whole different set of policies would have been taken at the for security and safety reasons as well as supply and delivery they find in adversaries and keep pushing until they win or the blame Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers to the key virus is transmittable while cs the data. State Republican leaders have, too. ourselves, and our communities safe. But we sh living in a free reliability concerns. adversaries push back. s — and again, not vague answers, but answer First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate? This question is are we willing to submit God’s example comfort all those in need ustracing during don’t and when an averageconcerns. of 45,000 Americans in spite of the fact we have multiple federal, state andback. local levels of government. North Carolina is now reliability adversaries push what know, what they gatherings, questions will the economy to reopen. create aaround contact syster Unfortunately, when certain types of allow questions asked, is and to ask questions about the data, because while The most direct way to The make China “pay” for thisand disaster is tothat offer That is,get unless anthere exogenous event happens such ashelping the Chernobyl society r statements believability. vaccines important because itcoronavirus determines whether certain areas ought to One thing is certain: this difficult time. Through faith and by one another, I amT available today. sheer impracticality absurdity of 330 expected to experience 370 fatalities due to COVID-19 by Aug. 6, far The most direct waywere to make China “pay” for this disaster is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl they hope to weakness First, what is the true fatality rate? 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Star they Warsshould also have an ought to lock down further. especially asused statistics roll in Since when did questioning government at all levels become a bad normal.” comparison. Senators in Washington are already talking about the possibility North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 icans, and it is not normal. Not in any way, the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage. We money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for sacrifices are to help protect us from certain threats by mitigating risk and loss of economy be closed down before 750,000 laid-off North Carolinians can comparison. Senators in Washington are already talking about the possibility viet Union We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death a thing? 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However, as a Christian, husband These from in the 20th century alone can be debt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the said Rahm Emanuel, who was then a U.S. congressman. a cashier at a fast food restaurant. a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t knowhave yet”to if the process of returning back in to the normalcy. be thankful and hopeful for, even midst of this global workers on the front line a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to normalcy. to stay at home; they’ve practiced social distancing; in many places, most important problem because experts maintain that th and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded just how much we hope, and supplie tly traced to China: 1957 flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” 1977 markets financial outlets. If the U.S.The dollar werealso notme theofreserve The statement has dogged ever since. Republicans Ocasio-Cortez mocked President Trump tweets posted state’s stay-at-home orders willEmanuel extendLenten into May. No. government works for us, and we have for the rightinspiration toheask those When we have and and Since when did “Asian pandemic. While people througho stay-at-home orders will extend into May. No. Thehe government works forwhich us, and we have the right ask those cept without they’ve donned masks. seasonal, means we are likely to see more serious have to be thankful and hopeful for, even in the midst of this global workers on the front ofsp Since sian flu” and thewhen 2002did SARS state’s outbreak. There is evidence that the currency, we would not be able to fund any of these emergency especially view it as confirmation that Democrats will take advantage in which encouraged “stay-at-home” protesters in blue states where If he to extend it, questions should be asked asFor to the questions. And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place allglad overinitiatives the lineswe me, my faith is an important part of my daily life and decision I am Wedoes needdecide Easter seasons this discussion If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions. And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place all over the questioning to begin the The result: a reduction in expected hospitalization and death. in the fall. And that means we will be faced with either Lenten and pandemic. While people throughoutren oh ive 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic also had for its origins in China. measures without immediate fear of rampant and currency of the people and during times of be crisis in order to push the coronavirus social distancing orders stricter to “liberate” questioning justification it. the Andcountry the answers should not vague ones like “we country, and inflation thewith stricter some ofI them getwere in states, such as Michigan, making. As I celebrated Easter my family, reflected on 2 Protection Program, are justification for it. And the answers should not be vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some of them get in states, such as Michigan, transparency provide a According to the University of Washington Institute for Health lockdowns for large swaths of the population, with wide-s about going outside For me, my faith isthe an more important part of my life and to decision I am glad initiatives we have seasons government ere is 100% agreement, of do China, thatof COVID-19 depreciation. through radical left-wing policiesEaster under normal circumstances themselves from their lack of freedom beall able go back to work. must this out an abundance ofthat caution.” people, sitting at daily home feeling isolated and/or anxious about businesses government Corinthians 1:4, which reminds us our Lord “comforts us in our helping small must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about to askin those Metrics and Evaluation model most oftAs cited by members ofpeople, the testing and contact tracing, or with the realization thatsupp we making. I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are and honesty message of nated Wuhan Province probably from the completely China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through back or most people would consider extreme and overreaching. “There’s a lot that we could be doing right now. But ultimately, I provide a at all levels It will need to be explained in detail to the people of thisaffliction, state whoso thatwhen theybecan gettoback to providing forare their families, will demand we may able comfort those who in any relief will soon reach fam at all levels It will need to be explained in detail to the people of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand all over the Trump administration, the expected need for hospital beds at to isolate those who are most vulnerable and let everyone Corinthians 1:4, which reminds uswe our Lordnot “comforts usof inreopening all our helping—small businesses keep gulated and unsanitary Some believe it came out of at a hope economic and financial means. Diplomacy has obviously worked from our that will the years, Emanuel eventually embraced quote and has think, when talk thisare idea society you know, areOver being told to remain jobless and home for we anthe undetermined answers. message of reopening, become aa I wet markets. affliction, with the which we about ourselves comforted byquestion: continue working onwe com are being told to remain jobless and at home for anChina undetermined answers. Michigan, peak outbreak was revised down by over 120,000, thecomfort number of comfort Which raises the third What exactly d affliction, so that we may be able to those who are in any relief will soon reachcan families arfare labbecome run by the communist Chinese army. to bring into the civilized world of 21st century health, hygiene repeated it often, including during the coronavirus crisis currently only in America does the president – when the president tweets scientific once again amount of timeexperts why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leaders at the local and state levels should be as forthcoming asabout they hope that we13,000 willenjoy God.” we can defeat the corona think a lot of amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leaders at the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they bad thing? xious about ventilators by nearly and the number of overall deaths by we capable of rolling out tens of millions of tests over the n affliction, withcommunist the comfort which we ourselves areblame comforted by vague continuewith working til Chinabad adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation of and fair trade. Totalitarian never take the gripping America. ‘liberation’ does he mean ‘go back to work,’” she remarked an on common thing? are reliable. can beregimes with those answers — and again, not answers, but answer — we need to sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge you to also whole. once again enjoy are reliable. can be with those answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer demand August by nearly 12,000. months — and compelling people to take tests regularly, s people should God.” we can defeat the coronaviru That is food safety and health American business has other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what “Never a crisis to gono towhat waste. Start planning for the future. incredulous look on her face, as ifwe tomay suggest someone being free from To date,allow I’ve gone with the state has asked and then with details that give their statements believability. That is what what protocols, reflect on this message and be comforted, so livewhile out carriers Until then, the Lenten they along concerts, family Toknow date,towhat I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and then with details that give their statements believability. Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers to the key virus isthat transmittable areto asymptomatic? Ca sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge you to also whole. e than tofree build redundant manufacturing plants elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do. They take advantage of every weakness just say, ‘No, This has be the last pandemic that creates an economic depression,” overreaching government restrictions on being able to work provide citizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We shouldallallthose continue to do what we can to keep our hope families, God’s example and comfort in need around us during that we will once ag free citizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue to do what we can to keep our families, ming as they know, what they gatherings, questions that will allow the economy to reopen. create a contact tracing system for 330 million Americans reflect on this and beuntil comforted, soorthat may But live out Until the Lenten and concerts, ational security and safety reasons as well asRepublican supplyago andas delivery they find in adversaries andmessage pushing they win thewe he stated a few weeks Democrats infamily Congress werethis pushing tokeep forThrough their families should not be considered the data. State leaders have, too. ourselves, and ourand communities safe. we“liberating.” should also stillthen, continue we’re in not going living a free difficult time. faith by helping one another, I am gatherings, church servic the data. State Republican leaders have, too. ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should also still continue , but answer First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate? This question is are we willing to submit ourselves to one? God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again don’t and when services living in a free bility concerns. adversaries back. include unrelated agenda itemstypes the economic stimulus package, like To be sure, are living in unprecedented times, so own naturally some gatherings, Unfortunately, when certain ofchurch questions get push asked, there is toemerge ask questions about the data, because whileever. reasonable stay-at-home confident we will outto ofwe this pandemic stronger than temporary sacrifice backway to were that.’ Unfortunately, when certain types ofand questions get asked, there istime. to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home society important because it determines whether certain areas ought One thing is certain: Things cannot continue as they haa this difficult Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services e most direct to make China “pay” for this disaster is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl they hope to many more wind and solar tax credits, fuel emission standard changes for the unprecedented steps are going to be taken. But they are meant to be society were sometimes a disturbing tendency among people to treatInthose measures are understandable, they shouldofalso have an expiration date. church some services this same spirit, I continue to be inspired by stories humanity are over. sometimes a disturbing tendency among some people to treat those measures are understandable, they should also have an expiration date. milies, be open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — Sweden style — a Americans are not going to stay home for months on end, confident will emerge outis of stronger ever.normal. own sacrifices for supposed tax credits to companies whosimply willknow source at least half of their meltdown 1986. Some experts believe that event, Star Wars airline industry, and increased bargaining powers forwe union temporary solutions tothe what hopefully be a temporary crisis. This what they after our own questioning the data and collective asking when we caninstart getting back This allthis newpandemic tonot Americans, andthan it is will not Nottemporary inI wish any way, supposed and many more neighbors helping neighbors. everyone celebr simply questioning the data and asking when we can start getting back This is all new to Americans, and it is not normal. Not in any way, ll continue more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether we they certainly will not do so on the basis of ever-evolving m In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired by stories of humanity are over. uction back in the United States. There is approximately $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Soviet Union groups. is not the time to push for long-term “solutions” that have nothing to to do, last II to normal though they are conspiracy theorists or are people who shape, or form. So while weTanner shouldused remain vigilant and stay safe, at and pray we don’t.as temporary In Concord, a high school senior named his own celebration after our own to do, last to normal as though they are conspiracy theorists or are people who shape, or form. So while we should remain vigilant and stay safe, at tay-at-home ought to lock down further. especially as statistics roll in that look like the lower-end m neighbors neighbors. I wish everyone celebrating n worth checked. of American direct investment plants and equipment inor1989. “This is don’t aintremendous opportunity to restructure things to fithelping our do at all with the coronavirus otherwise care if they get themselves others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get crisis. comfortable with so-called “new to buy 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for this necessary safety guidelin sacrifices arerates otherwise don’t care if $65 they get James themselves or others sick. the same time we shouldn’t getused comfortable with this so-called “new iration date. We’ve seen case fatality —money the number ofaChernobyl. deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and the upper-end estimates temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner his own celebration and pray we can ia checked. ina. Chinese direct investment in the U.S. is about billion by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s vision,” House Majority Whip Clyburn (D-SC) was reported as If your ideas for how government should work would not be very Since when did questioning government at all levels become a bad normal.” health care workers out of his own home. through this together. North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Since when did questioning government at all levels become a bad normal.” any way, over. the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage. We need transparency and honesty to buybills. aare 3-D printer and plastic make facemost shields for necessary safetyinguidelines af sacrifices arebesociety parison. Senators inmoney Washington already about the possibility saying That during negotiations as toliving what would included insupposed relief popular inlittle normal times, they definitely should not be tried thing? is what free citizens in a free were Nottalking one bit.to thing? That is what free citizens living in a free society were supposed Not one little bit. yinvestment safe, at and the denominator are likely wrong. We don’t know how many scientific experts — we need to know what they know, wha health$1.2 caretrillion workers ofwe his ownthem home. through together. tax credit of 30% half of U.S. investment China mentality forgiving inout debt as onethat wayamounts to get to nothing more The Democrats’ “never letina China crisis go toofwaste” was also times ofowe crisis. Because thanthis cruelly over. toon do, last I checked. to do, last I checked. lled “new people have actually died of coronavirus. Some sources suggest the don’t and when they hope to know what they y, or $60 billion, applied to repatriated manufacturing China to “pay”isfor damage have Matthews caused thehas US.also Don’t hold onMy display just lastas week in along comments Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exploiting people and a nation atyour their most vulnerable,Sister whichToldjah is adon’t. first American concern we go in all Rep. this, of course, mythe family. I’m they Stacey written under the pseudonym My first concern as we go along in all this, of course, is my family. I’m Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah number has been overestimated, given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to follow their advic tment to the U.S. would costworried the U.S.about Treasury $18 billion the inwith breath waiting Ifor a Chinese to adespicable happen ask your elected (D-NY) made in an interview Vice. pretty thing to do. them catching virus, and I’m worried will. After “Jubilee” and is regularbut contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection. worried about them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will. After and is a regular contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection. of death, particularly among elderly patients, can be variable. Some they need to start answering serious questions, or they wil evenue spread over a few years. $18 billion in lost revenue representatives topandemic, hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for “When we have this discussion about reopening, suffering from the H1N1 virusis(swine flu)going duringback the or 2009 suffering from the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to which all other Am mal dust compared to the $6 I’ve trillion+ Planshould we areprecautions, nowsay, ‘No, this disaster. I think lot of people just we’re not to up Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister beenaMarshall trying to take extra because allgoing of thisback brings I’ve been trying to take extra precautions, because all of this brings up ster Toldjah many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply prone. rtaking to save our own economy, notmany of not defeated as in the It is about time they are expected to operate citizens of to RedState and Legal that.too We’re goingenemies back working 70-hour weeks, just sotothat we Toldjah, and as is responsible a regular contributor way memories of atopainful experience I’d prefer not repeat. way too many memories ofand a painful experience I’ d we prefer not repeat. ction. Even more importantly, have notoclue how many Americans the world like any other modern nation. can put food on the table not even feel any sort of semblance of Insurrection. But what also makes me lose sleep is how easily most everyone has what also me lose sleep how easily most has actually haveiscoronavirus. Someeveryone scientists suggest that the number Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law ina has been cheating, stealing,But pirating and makes pillaging American of identified cases could be an order of magnitude lower than the host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of Dail ness now for the past 30 years. They have made no secret that they Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor number of people who have had coronavirus and not been tested. com. d to replace the U.S. as the premier superpower in the world and ce the dollar as the reserve currency with their renminbi.

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ONE THING IS CERTAIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier manner in which China lied about the origin of the COLUMN | JEANETTE DORAN COLUMN | JENNA around the globeROBINSON and in the United States, China will pay for this virus, covered up its spread and tried to tell the world there were only catastrophe one way or another. 3,341 related deaths has led to worldwide panic, economic collapse and either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen into place. I understand In order to put the crisis caused by China in perspective,WITH zero MOST STATES millionsunder of Americans needlessly being thrown out of work. orders thanks or state a majority of at Americans to take precautions, but I’m un worldwide pandemics can trace their source to the United States over to localThe crisisgovernments, has cost the U.S. taxpayer least $2.4 trillion in added are having to adjust to what is being called the “new normal.” questions our 231-year history. At least four in the 20th century alone can be debt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the about the data, and w Some of these orders extend least through the of this month. are treated in some circ directly traced to China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” 1977 markets andatfinancial outlets. If end the U.S. dollar were notnormal the reserve Virginia’s stay-at-home orders go into June. They’re treated as though we “Russian flu” and 2002 SARS is evidence The thatchallenged the currency, would notlicensure be able to fund any of these emergency aps ordinance we imposed strict ON the THURSDAY, Gov.outbreak. Roy CooperThere announced WALTER E. WILLIAMS inrecord Northkeeping Carolina, Democratic Gov.toRoy Cooper stated during question what the government massive 1918he“Spanish flu”his pandemic also haduntil its origins inHere China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation and currency and requirements intended deter is extending stay at home order May D-19 a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to no prostitution. 8. Theagreement, toll of both the governor’s orders that and local There is 100% outside of China, COVID-19 depreciation. na’s While discouraging prostitution is afor good idea, proclamations cannot be overstated. state’s stay-at-home orders will into May. No. The government works f originated ingovernment Wuhan Province probably from thedid completely China has extend to pay their aberrant ways and decisions through Since when that wasn’t enough to save the ordinance. The Court More than 700,000wet people have applied tobelieve it came nobyl. If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions. And the longer stayunregulated and unsanitary markets. Some out of a economic and financial means. Diplomacy has obviously not worked but is only able to find low-paying work. I unemployment explained in two past articles that debt is graduates questioning of Appeals explained government “cannot under the insurance benefits instudent North Carolina. justification for it. And the answers should not be vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some biowarfare lab run by the communist Chinese army. to bring China into the civilized world of 21st century health, hygiene Under ISA agreement, he would owe interfere an agreeda real problem andfrom that home universities have encouraged guise an of protecting the public arbitrarily Those working are struggling with government must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at hom Until China adopts rigorous policing and regulation ofpercentage and fair communist regimes never take the blame upon of his income —Totalitarian the actual dollar it through their own irresponsible behavior. with private businesses ortrade. prohibit lawful occupations logistical difficulties ofverifiable telecommuting andWith social at all levels It will need to be explained in detail to the people of this state who when they can get back to prov amount would be very low. With a traditional loan, new college graduates facing an uncertain financial their food safety and health protocols, American business noimpose other unreasonable or express regretrestrictions and remorse, because that is not what andsincere unnecessary distancing, often while balancing educational needs hasor They are he would owe the same amount regardless of his future, so it’s particularly important to find solutions on them.” Although recognizing that preventing of their children. Virtually all of us are feeling the are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. choice than to build redundant manufacturing become a plants elsewhere purely totalitarian governments do. 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Court the ordinance because Asradical North Carolinians suffer the psychological are reliable. loan, henevertheless would likelyinvalidated make interest-only payments as Some proposals, like completely can be with those answers — a reliabilityprivatizing concerns. adversaries push back. their Creator it went “far beyond whattoismount. necessary to accomplish and economic consequences of COVID-19 and shut the principal continued student loans and making subject AMERICA’S COLLEGES are rife with That is them what Toisdate, I’veUniversity gone along with what theexogenous state has askedhappens and then with details that give their stat The most direct wayprotection, to makeareChina “pay” for thisupdisaster to offer That is, unless an event such asThe the Chernobyl that objective.” down orders, people beginning to stand for with certain Purdue is already experimenting with to bankruptcy would certainly work. corruption. financial squeeze resulting Income Share free citizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue U.S. tax credits to companies who will source at least half of their meltdown in 1986. 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In 2020, I’m now tip-toeing in her Market in Wilmington and the rest from a grocery certain grievance studies was concepts through businesses (revenue under $10M)inqualifying for store special considering our population shoes. team of medical, data analytics and business store. We shopped for clothes a department leaders to provide insights and advice. The standard the Lexis/Nexis database, to see how often bankruptcy, if they stay closed through May 15. I a little over 132 million. What’s channels with DHHS and County Public Health theymore appeared in our press would begin opening businesses in less impacted even amazing is that ourover the years. Officials would continue. I would conduct briefings He found hugeproduct increases in the usages counties today. gross domestic for 1944 with stakeholder groups of government, medical of “whitethe privilege,” “unconscious I would categorize N.C. citizens into four groups: exceeded combined economic bias,” and business leaders from across the state, including “critical raceSoviet theory” and “whiteness.” tested positive for Covid-19, hospitalized and in output of the Union, the federal, state, county and municipal folks (elected All of this is being taught to and college critical condition, immunocompromised and have United Kingdom, Japan, Italy and non-elected). I would share the collective and students, many of whom become primary not tested positive, and finally, healthy individuals Germany. Hanson says that our teachers other varying opinions from these groups with the public. and secondary school who then who have not tested positive. These groups need choice regarding epidemic is We need hyper transparency in this matter. indoctrinate ourthe young people. tailored plans on who and how we will care for them. whether or not to continue the Politicians get ridiculed all the time, except when I doubt whether the coronavirusWe need parameters and rules to protect the partisan bickering and blaming. we need them to make monumental decisions. So I caused financial crunch will give college vulnerable. The highest at-risk residents, those in We can ignore the importance of who are a and university administrators, nursing homes and prisons, would see tight rules stay ask each of you reading along — What would you do? the crisis andbetween instead scapegoat crossbreed a parrot and jellyfish, and play the blame game.to We can academic the guts and backbone restore talk not of an America crisis they but get much respectability. Far tooinoften, ofofthe virus’s effects on particular their political support from campus Letters addressed to the editor may be sent to letters@nsjonline.com or 3101 groups. We people can decide hold grievance whothat are to members of the China responsible for lying Industrial Dr. Suite 105. Raleigh, N.C. 27609. Letters must be signed; include the faculty and diversity and about multicultural the virus is mean, racist and, at administrative offices. best, xenophobic. writer’s phone number, city and state; and be no longer than 300 words. Letters The best hope lies with boards of In other words, Hanson says, trustees, serve as yes-men may be edited for style, length or clarity when necessary. Ideas for op-eds should “The choicethough is oursmany whether for the university president. America awakens as a roaring I think that a goodorstart would be toMy find 1950s or 1960s be sent to opinion@nsjonline.com. giant a crying baby.” catalogs. Look at the course offerings at prediction is that Americans, left time own whentendencies, college graduates Letters addressed to the editor may be sent to letters@nsjonline.com or 3101 toa their will roarknew how to read,as write and compute, and make together giants and will ignore Industrial Dr. Suite 105. Raleigh, N.C. 27609. Letters must be signed; include the them today’s curricula. Another helpful the political and media crybabies. writer’s phone number, city and state; and be no longer than 300 words. Letters tool would be to give careful consideration may be edited for style, length or clarity when necessary. Ideas for op-eds should to eliminating all classes/majors/minors Walter E. Williams is a professor word “studies,” be sent to opinion@nsjonline.com. ofcontaining economics the at George Mason such as University. women, Asian, black or queer studies. I’d bet that by restoring the traditional academic mission to colleges, they would put a serious dent into the COVID-19 budget shortfall.

’s okay to ask questions about when e begin to get back to normal Childhood lessons on isolation revisited What would you do?

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NATION & WORLD Muslims in North Carolina adapt Ramadan traditions to shutdown By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — Islam’s holiest month of Ramadan, which for 2020 in the United States is April 23 to May 23, is observed around the world with daily fasting punctuated by large community feasts after sundown. But with stay-athome orders in place across the state, North Carolina’s Muslim community has had to get creative. Like Christian congregations, they have been relying on streaming sermons and drive-by interactions from the safety of their cars. “This is all new for us,” Fadi Deeb, a spokesperson for the Islamic Center of Charlotte, the city’s largest Muslim community, told NSJ. “Every day we are exploring different options of how we can connect with each other. We are connecting via the web, and Zoom is a very helpful tool.” “It’s unprecedented. It’s never happened before like this,” Dr. Mohamed El Gamal, CEO of the Islamic Association of Raleigh, told NSJ regarding adjusting to a socially distant Ramadan. “Our building is closed based on the government recommendations and orders. But our services are still open through live streaming, recorded sermons and all that, for religious activities.” Deeb said ICC has a YouTube channel now where their imam has been giving daily lectures. While five daily prayers are obligatory for Muslims, the only day they are re-

quired to attend masjid (sometimes called a mosque) to pray with the community is on Friday. Both ICC and IAR now stream their Friday prayers like area churches do Sunday worship. But with the shutdown overlapping with Ramadan, masjids have to adjust much more than their Friday prayers — their community feasts at the end of every day, and especially the last feast, called Eid al-Fitr, are a highlight of the year for Muslims. These fast-breaking dinners, or iftar, are also important to fulfill a religious obligation to feed the hungry with funds from a religious tithe called the zakat. So North Carolina masjids have had to get creative here as well in order to find new ways of distributing this food and celebrating the iftar feasts. “Every year during Ramadan, we would be able to feed between 250 and 300 people every day at sunset. This year we are not going to be able to do that,” said El Gamal. Instead, he says his Raleigh congregation will deliver some meals to hungry families in the area and others will come pick up the food in a sort of drive-thru iftar feast. “People will come; they will not leave the car. Volunteers will put the food in the trunk, and they will leave. They will come in one gate and leave the other gate.” The ICC masjid in Charlotte has developed a similar procedure. “We’ve been collecting canned foods, dry goods, napkins, all of

This photo shows the Islamic Center of Charlotte’s 2019 Eid alFitr services. The event draws the largest crowds of the year and concludes the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE ISLAMIC CENTER OF CHARLOTTE.

that, and putting those in boxes and delivering those to people in need,” Deeb said. “We also have a drive-thru for people in our community with food enough for two weeks. We probably had about 100 families come by yesterday.” El Gamal joked that for their Raleigh masjid to feast together while being socially distant, they’d “need a soccer field,” so the drive-thru and deliveries were the only practical option. “But the people can take the food and go home and then tune to the IAR website and listen to a sermon,” El Gamal said. “They can listen to the imam or to Quran, but everybody has iftar, breaking the fast, at about the same time.” El Gamal said that in addition to being a time to have iftar dinners at the masjid, Ramadan is also a time for connecting with loved ones. Families use the nightly iftar dinners to invite neighbors, friends and relatives to eat at their homes and to visit others’ homes. “I used to invite maybe five families to my home. Instead this year, I will deliver the food to their homes,” said El Gamal, adding that to make this more personal, Muslims “can have visual or Zoom gatherings, where they can have fun and talk.” Deeb said his community will also be leaning on the virtual meeting app Zoom for socializing during

shelter-in-place iftar feasts. Overall, both masjids said there was a general acceptance in their communities of the orders from the state to cancel their usual rituals. Their imams stressed that quarantines are discussed in Islamic history, so this is not a new idea or an abandonment of religious duties. “For us to take precautions and not to infect or harm other people is more important than anything else,” said El Gamal. “But of course, people aren’t really happy about it.” “There were some people pushing that we should go back, not being forceful, but in a civilized way, trying to see if we could do prayers for four people or five people or less than 10,” said Deeb on initial reaction from the community. But they determined they would just shut down in-person prayer and meals entirely. “We have to follow the rules and respect the rule of the land.” Despite the state’s protective measures, El Gamal said three or four members of the Triangle-area Muslim community have died of coronavirus, and many others were infected. Deeb said he knows of two Muslim Charlotte-area doctors at Carolinas Medical Center who were infected, but both have since recovered. El Gamal and Deeb say even if the shutdown orders are re-

laxed, it is unlikely the main Ramadan feast of Eid al-Fitr at the conclusion of the month will be held at their congregations as it is in ordinary years. “My humble thoughts at this point is that we aren’t going to hold this festivity together because of the large volume,” Deeb said of ICC’s annual 13,000-person Eid alFitr service. Deeb said most years he spends half the iftar dinners at the masjid and the other half at home with his family, “But this year is going to be different; it’s going to be with my wife and my two children who are at home. As soon as this restriction is off, the first thing I’m going to do is visit my daughter in Cary, North Carolina, to visit my grandchildren as well. That’s the top of my list.” El Gamal said his plans for Ramadan are similar. “I will be with my family, but we will use Zoom to socialize. We will buy some food and deliver it to some friends and families, and I know many people are doing the same thing.” “I agree with the president that we have to liberate the people, so to speak, but with safety first,” said El Gamal, saying he believes overall, the federal government has done an “excellent job.” “If there is even a small probability [of danger] though, we will continue social distancing.”

Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters By David Biller The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world’s pandemic hot spots. Medical officials in Rio de Janeiro and at least four other major cities have warned that their hospital systems are on the verge of collapse, or already too overwhelmed to take any more patients. Health experts expect the number of infections in the country of 211 million people will be much higher than what has been reported because of insufficient, delayed testing. Meanwhile, President Jair Bolsonaro has shown no sign of wavering from his insistence that COVID-19 is a relatively minor disease and that broad social-distancing measures are not needed to stop it. He has said only Brazilians at high risk should be isolated. In Manaus, the biggest city in the Amazon, officials said a cemetery has been forced to dig mass graves because there have been so many deaths. Workers have been burying 100 corpses a day — triple the pre-virus average of burials. Ytalo Rodrigues, a 20-year-old driver for a funerary service provider in Manaus, said he had retrieved one body after another for more than 36 hours, without a break. There were so many deaths, his employer had to add a second hearse, Rodrigues said. So far, the health ministry has confirmed nearly 53,000 COVID-19 cases and more than 3,600 deaths. By official counts, the country had its worst day yet on Thursday, with about 3,700 new cases and more than 400 deaths, and Friday was nearly as grim. Experts warned that paltry testing means the true number of infections is far greater. And because it can take a long time for tests to be processed, the current

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Relatives mourn at the site of a mass burial at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. numbers actually reflect deaths that happened one or two weeks ago, said Domingos Alves, adjunct professor of social medicine at the University of Sao Paulo, who is involved in the project. “We are looking at a photo of the past,” Alves said in an interview last week. “The number of cases in Brazil is, therefore, probably even greater than what we are predicting.” Scientists from the University of Sao Paulo, University of Brasilia and other institutions say the true number of people infected with the virus as of this week is probably as much as 587,000 to 1.1 million people. The health ministry said in a

report earlier this month that it has the capacity to test 6,700 people per day — a far cry from the roughly 40,000 it will need when the virus peaks. “We should do many more tests than we’re doing, but the laboratory here is working at full steam,” said Keny Colares, an infectious disease specialist at the Hospital Sao Jose in northeastern Ceara state who has been advising state officials on the pandemic response. Meanwhile, health care workers can barely handle the cases they have. In Rio state, all but one of seven public hospitals equipped to treat COVID-19 are full and can

only accept new patients once others have either recovered or died, according to the press office of the health secretariat. The sole facility with vacancy is located a two-hour drive from the capital’s center. At the mouth of the Amazon, the city of Belem’s intensive-care beds are all occupied, according to online media outlet G1. As the number of cases rises in the capital of Para state, its health secretary said this week that at least 200 medical staff had been infected, and it is actively seeking to hire more doctors, G1 reported. In Ceara’s capital, Fortaleza, state officials said that intensive care units for COVID-19 patients were 92% full, after reaching ca-

pacity a week ago. Health experts and officials are particularly worried about the virus spreading into the poorest neighborhoods, or favelas, where people depend on public health care. Bolsonaro has continued to dismiss health officials’ dire predictions about the virus’s spread in the country. Last week, the president fired a health minister who had supported tough anti-virus measures. The fight to reopen business “is a risk that I run,” Bolsonaro said at the swearing-in of his newly appointed health minister, Nelson Teich. If the pandemic escalates, Bolsonaro said, “it lands on my lap.”

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2020

SPORTS

‘Uncanceled’ takes on the 1998-99 NBA lockout, B4

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Lenoir Rhyne defensive back Kyle Dugger, left, intercepts a pass intended for Vanderbilt’s Jared Pinkney during the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Dugger was the first player from a North Carolina school drafted when he was picked by the New England Patriots in the second round of the NFL Draft.

the Wednesday SIDELINE REPORT

Dugger leads way at NFL Draft; NC’s Big Four players wait until Day 3

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Greensboro will host 2023 ACC Tournament Greensboro When this year’s ACC men’s basketball tournament in Greensboro was canceled after just two days of play due to the COVID-19 outbreak, no one was sure when — or if — it would return to the Gate City. The answer came Tuesday when league Commissioner John Swofford announced the 2023 ACC Tournament will be held at Greensboro Coliseum. It will be the 28th time the venue will host the tournament, the most in league history. Next year’s tournament is scheduled for Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., followed by the 2022 tournament at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

AUTO RACING

Cooper: Coca-Cola 600 can run without fans Raleigh Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday that NASCAR can go forward with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway without fans in attendance at the end of May unless health conditions deteriorate in the state. Cooper said he and state public health officials have had discussions with NASCAR and the speedway regarding safety protocols for staging the race. “We believe that unless health conditions go down, we believe we can hold the Coca-Cola 600,” Cooper said, adding that NASCAR is expected to have an announcement later this week.

Earnhardt race car up for auction to fund virus relief work Welcome NASCAR team owner Richard Childress is auctioning off one of racing legend Dale Earnhardt’s cars to raise money for coronavirus relief efforts. Richard Childress Racing officials didn’t specify which of Earnhardt’s trademark No. 3 race cars is up for auction. Childress tweeted Friday that parting with one of his cars is “a small sacrifice” for him to make.

The Lenoir-Rhyne defensive back was selected in Round 2 by New England By Brett Friedlander North State Journal

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John Beilein, center, is the biggest name being mentioned for the Wake Forest coaching vacancy, but six others are also strong candidates (clockwise from top left): Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall, Western Carolina’s Mark Prosser, UNCG’s Wes Miller, UMBC’s Ryan Odom, ETSU’s Steve Forbes and Winthrop’s Pat Kelsey.

Manning’s out — who’s next for Wake? AD John Currie will have to conduct the search for the Demon Deacons’ next coach under unique circumstances By Brett Friedlander North State Journal WAKE FOREST DIDN’T have to work hard to win the press conference after the debacle of the Jeff Bzdelik era. But it pulled out all the stops anyway. Not only did it hire a recognizable name when it turned to Danny Manning as its new basketball coach in 2014, but it also introduced the former Final Four Most Outstanding Player and first overall NBA Draft pick by riding him into a glorified pep rally at the Quad on the back of a motorcycle driven by the school’s Deacon mascot. It was an event that turned out to be one of the few high points of Manning’s stay at Wake. The

now-former coach was fired on Saturday, a month after completing the fifth losing season of his six-year tenure. Athletic director John Currie, in announcing the move, said that “the comprehensive search” for Manning’s replacement will begin immediately. “I look forward to introducing the next leader for Wake Forest basketball in short order,” he said. This time as much emphasis must be placed on winning games as is winning the press conference. The search will be more of a challenge than normal because of current social distancing conditions. But at least Currie, whose first anniversary on the job is this week, should have a solid list of potential candidates from which to start. Two of the most prominently mentioned names are John Beilein and Wes Miller. Both are long shots to end up with the Deacons. See WAKE, page B4

THE CALENDAR might say that it’s April. But for Kyle Dugger, Saturday sure felt a lot like late December. “I’d say probably the closest thing would definitely be Christmas, my first Christmas,” the safety from Lenoir-Rhyne said on a teleconference last Friday after becoming the first player from a North Carolina school — and the first pick of the New England Patriots — in this year’s NFL Draft. “I did know that they were going to have interest in me. I was talking to them a lot during this process, a lot with (Coach Bill) Belichick. So I did know they were interested in me.” Dugger’s selection was hardly a surprise despite the size and profile of his school. He made a positive impression at the Senior Bowl in January and had a strong performance at the NFL Scouting Combine a month later, placing in the top 10 among defensive backs in the vertical jump, broad jump and 40-yard dash. In his wildest dreams, however, he said he never could have predicted being selected as high as the second round — with the 37th overall pick — several rounds higher than anyone from higher-profile state schools North Carolina, NC State or Wake Forest. It took until the fourth round and the 126th pick before Tar Heels offensive tackle Charlie Heck finally became the first player from the Big Four to be taken, by the Houston Texans. In fact, Appalachian State and Charlotte also had players drafted before anyone from an in-state ACC team came off the board. Mountaineers running back Darrynton Evans, who passed up his senior season to turn pro, was taken in the third round (93rd overall) by the Tennessee Titans. Charlotte defensive end Alex Highsmith, a former walk-on from Wilmington, went

nine picks later to the Pittsburgh Steelers. “Words can’t explain it,” Highsmith said. “I’m just so happy — this was one of the organizations that I wanted to go to. I’m just so excited to get to work and do whatever I can to get the Steelers (Super Bowl) ring No. 7.” Closer to home, the Carolina Panthers are still chasing their first Super Bowl title. And from the looks of things, new coach Matt Rhule is a subscriber to the theory that while offense puts fans in the seats, it’s defense that wins championships. The Panthers made history by becoming the first team since the NFL-AFL merger to use all seven of their draft picks on defensive players. Only the 1985 Cleveland Browns came close to matching that when they used all seven picks on offense. Oddly enough, for all the talent that it added to its defense last weekend, Carolina didn’t fill what many believe to be its biggest void by finding a replacement for retired star linebacker Luke Kuechly. The Panthers had their chance when Clemson All-American Isaiah Simmons fell into their lap at No. 7 in the first round, but they instead decided to go with Auburn tackle Derrick Brown. They took end Yetur Gross-Matos and Southern Illinois safety Jeremy Chinn in the second round before rounding out their selections with Notre Dame cornerback Troy Pride, West Virginia safety Kenny Robinson, Baylor defensive tackle Bravvion Roy and Florida International cornerback Stantley Thomas-Oliver on day three of the draft. “A few times we had an offensive guy as the next guy up,’’ Rhule said after the draft, indicating that there wasn’t a specific strategy to concentrate solely on defense. “As it got within three or four picks, that player went away. “It’s a unique situation. The great thing is that you have a cohort of young guys who are now going to grow in (defensive coordinator Phil Snow’s) system.’’ Among the other state playSee DRAFT, page B4

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TRENDING

Ryan Newman: The Roush Fenway Racing driver says he will be ready to race again when the NASCAR Cup Series resumes nearly 2½ months after he suffered a concussion in a horrific crash at the Daytona 500. Newman spent 48 hours in the hospital after the accident, and Ross Chastain drove the No. 6 in three races until the season was shut down in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Newman has not yet been medically cleared by NASCAR to resume driving. Des Kitchings: The former NC State assistant has been hired to be South Carolina’s running backs coach. Kitchings fills the spot opened when last year’s offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon left for a job on the Oregon staff. McClendon had been demoted and had planned to coach receivers before leaving coach Will Muschamp’s staff. Former Colorado State head coach Mike Bobo is the new offensive coordinator. Dan Walters: The former San Diego Padres catcher whose career was cut short by injury has died from complications of injuries he suffered as a police officer in 2003. He was 53. Walters was paralyzed in 2003 when he was shot in the neck during a struggle with a domestic violence suspect and struck by a passing car, crushing two cervical vertebrae. The suspect was killed by officers. Walters used a wheelchair until his death — which is considered a line-ofduty fatality — last Thursday. His playing career ended when he suffered a severe spine injury, and he joined the San Diego Police Department in 1998.

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Steve Dalkowski, a hard-throwing southpaw who inspired the creation of Nuke LaLoosh in the movie “Bull Durham,” has died. He was 80. According to his sister, he had several preexisting conditions that were complicated when he became infected with the new coronavirus. He had been in assisted living for 26 years because of alcoholic dementia. Ted Williams told the movie’s writer, Ron Shelton, Dalkowski threw the “fastest I ever saw,” but he never reached the majors due to control issues.

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“This isn’t how you address my Girlfriend get this trash off the internet” Panthers first-round pick Derrick Brown, in a since‑deleted tweet, after an article referred to his girlfriend as “his baby mama.”

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“Be creative. Try to figure it out.” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on if he thinks MLB games will played in his state this summer. PRIME NUMBER

8.4M Average viewership over three days for the NFL Draft, up more than 35% from last year despite the league having to hold its annual event virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event was widely praised as several executives and coaches — even the Patriots’ Bill Belichick, who gave his dog some TV time — took advantage of the opportunity by having some fun during the broadcast.

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Tom Brady might be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ new starting quarterback, but it looks like former first overall pick Jameis Winston is staying in the NFC South. The New Orleans Saints are working on a contract proposal to have the former Florida State starter join Taysom Hill as a backup to Drew Brees.

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Hendrick Motorsports continues to dominate NASCAR’s iRacing series, winning a third straight race when Alex Bowman won Sunday at virtual Talladega Superspeedway. Bowman held off Corey LaJoie and Ryan Preece in a two-lap overtime, giving Hendrick three straight wins after William Byron won the last two events.

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The UFC is returning to competition on May 9 for three shows without fans in eight days in Jacksonville, Florida, it announced last Friday. UFC 249 will be held May 9 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. UFC President Dana White also plans to hold shows on May 13 and May 16 at the same arena with only “essential personnel.”

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WEEK 7

From Duplin to Franklin

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North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series, led by Brett Friedlander, will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some will be obvious choices, others controversial, but all of our choices are worthy of being recognized for their accomplishments — from the diamond and gridiron to racing ovals and the squared circle. This week’s five profiles come from Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth and Franklin counties.

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Magnolia’s James “Bonecrusher” Smith won the WBA heavyweight title in 1996 by knocking out Tim Witherspoon. Duplin County

JAMES “BONECRUSHER” SMITH SMITH DIDN’T SET OUT TO become a professional boxer, let alone a world champion. In fact, he had given up athletics after playing two years of football at Shaw and joining the Army. The 6-foot4, 230-pound Magnolia native only took up the sport after being noticed by the coach of the base boxing team while stationed in Germany. He turned out to be a natural, winning 35 of 39 amateur fights in such impressive fashion that he gave himself a colorful nickname. “My punches were so hard, I crushed a few bones, broke a few noses, fractured a few ribs,” he said. “So, Bonecrusher.” Despite his success, Smith stopped boxing after his discharge from the Army. He was working as a prison guard in Pender County when he was approached by a promoter to serve as a fill-in after a fighter pulled out of a televised ESPN bout against heavyweight contender James Broad. Needing some extra money to buy Christmas presents, he agreed, making his professional debut in November 1981 at the age of 28. He lost that first fight. But won his next 14, 12 by knockout, to earn a title shot against undefeated Larry Holmes. Although that didn’t end well — the fight was stopped in the 12th round because of a cut — he earned another chance in 1996. And, again, it was as a late replacement for another fighter. This time he made the most of the opportunity by scoring a firstround knockout of Tim Witherspoon for the WBA title. Smith was the first fighter with a college degree to win the heavyweight championship. But he didn’t hold the belt long. In his next fight, on March 7, 1987, he lost a decision to Mike Tyson. Smith continued to fight until the age of 46, finishing his career with a 44-17-1 record with 32 knockouts. He later became an ordained minister and, in 1995, helped establish the N.C. Boxing Commission, serving as its first commissioner. Durham County

JOHN LUCAS LIKE MOST TOP ATHLETES, LUCAS had a decision to make during his senior year at Hillside High School. Only instead of simply choosing which college he’d attend as a scholarship athlete, he also had to settle on which sport he wanted to play. A dynamic 6-foot3 point guard who combined elite John Lucas

playmaking skills with a scoring ability that helped him break Pete Maravich’s state high school scoring record in basketball, Lucas was equally adept on the tennis court, where he was a U.S. Junior Davis Cup team member. Of his 401 college scholarship offers, 350 were in basketball, the rest in tennis. He decided on Maryland, where he was able to play both. He went on to become a two-time first-team All-American and the Terrapins’ all-time leading basketball scorer with 2,015 points while also playing No. 1 singles in tennis in the spring, winning two ACC individual championships. Following his college career, Lucas became the first overall pick in the 1976 NBA draft, going to the Houston Rockets. He played 14 seasons in the league for six different teams and was a member of the Rockets team that went to the NBA Finals in 1986. Although he scored nearly 10,000 points and handed out 6,454 assists as a pro — averaging a career-high 17.5 points per game as a 33-year-old for the Milwaukee Bucks in 1986-87 — he may be best known for his battle with substance abuse. After undergoing drug rehabilitation, Lucas started his own program to help other athletes battle their drug and alcohol issues. He continues to run a wellness and aftercare recovery program for athletes while also having served as a coach with the Spurs, 76ers and Cavaliers. In 2005, Lucas coached the Houston Wranglers of World Team Tennis with a roster that included multiple major champion Steffi Graf. Edgecombe County

WALTER “BUCK” LEONARD IT’S DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY JUST how great a hitter Walter “Buck” Leonard was since he came along before Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier and played his entire career in the relative anonymity of the Negro Leagues. So leave it to fellow Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, who played briefly against Leonard before moving on to the San Francisco Giants, to provide a description. “Trying to sneak a fastball past him,” Irvin Buck Leonard said, “was like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster.” Playing his entire 17-year career for the Homestead Grays, the Negro League equivalent of the old New York Yankees, the hard-hitting first baseman led his team to nine straight Negro National League pennants from 1937-45, including back-toback World Series titles in 1943-44. Although record-keeping from that era wasn’t like it is today and statistics vary depending on the source, Leonard and teammate Josh Gibson were annually among the league leaders in home runs, runs scored and RBI. Known as “the Black Lou Gehrig,” he finished his career with a .320 batting average and .527 slugging percentage. Leonard was 45 when Robinson finally broke through with the Dodgers and opened the door for all players of color. Despite his advanced age, both the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators offered him major league contracts. But he turned them down, saying, “I knew I was over the hill. I didn’t try to fool myself.” He might have been over the hill as a player, but he still had plenty left to give once he left the game. At the age of 52, he earned the high school diploma he was denied as a youngster because his hometown of Rocky Mount didn’t have a school at the time that allowed education for African American students. He was an energetic advocate for civil rights and an

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ambassador for Negro League Baseball until his death at the age of 90. Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, he was ranked No. 47 on a list of the 100 greatest players of all time by The Sporting News in 1999. He was one of only five players to make the list who played most or all of their careers in the Negro Leagues. Forsyth County

CHRIS PAUL PAUL’S ROLE MODEL AS A youngster growing up in Winston-Salem was his grandfather Nathaniel Jones. When he wasn’t on the basketball court honing his considerable skills, Paul would spend countless hours at Jones’ service station helping out and learning life lessons from a man he described as his best friend. On the day he signed his national letter of intent with Wake Forest, Paul put on his grandfather’s Deacons hat to announce his decision. One day later, on Nov. 15, 2002, Jones was murdered while being robbed outside his home. As a tribute, Paul decided to score 61 points — one for each year of his grandfather’s life — in his first game back on the court for West Forsyth High School following the tragedy. He did just that, punctuating an emotional performance by intentionally missing a free throw to stay at 61 before coming out of the game against Parkland. “This was one of those times when I felt there was just no way, I don’t care what kind of defense that you play, who you put in front of me, there was no way you’re going to stop me from getting that goal,” Paul told ESPN for a feature the network did on him shortly after the game. The national attention he received was the first introduction many had to the player that would ultimately develop into one of the best point guards ever to play the game. But it wouldn’t be the last. Paul went on to play two seasons at Wake Forest, helping the team gain the No. 1 national ranking for the first time in school history while earning first-team AllAmerica honors both on the court and in the classroom. He was then drafted fourth overall in the NBA Draft by the then-New Orleans Hornets, beginning a professional career that has seen him win the league’s Rookie of the Year award, be named MVP of an All-Star Game, win two Olympic gold medals, lead the league in assists four times and steals six times while earning eight All-NBA selections during his 15 seasons with the Hornets/Pelicans, Clippers, Rockets and Thunder.

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TARIK COHEN AS A HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN, Tarik Cohen told anyone who would listen that someday he would play in the NFL. Nobody really believed him, though, especially all the college coaches who thought that, at 5-foot‑6 and 160 pounds soaking wet, he was far too small to play at the Division I level, let alone professionally. Without any scholarship offers following a standout career at Bunn High School, Cohen seriously considered giving up on his dream and joining the Air Force until NC A&T’s Rod Broadway finally came along and showed some interest in him. CHARLES REX ARBOGAST | AP PHOTO

Bunn’s Tarik Cohen dominated at NC A&T and was a fourth-round pick of the Chicago Bears in 2017. Broadway envisioned the undersized running back as a kick returner and a thirddown speedster catching passes out of the backfield. But the Hall of Fame coach grossly underestimated what he had in his future star. “He’s not small, he’s just short,” Broadway said of Cohen, who eventually bulked up to 180 pounds. “There’s a distinct difference.” It’s a difference that began to catch the attention of NFL scouts when Cohen posted a blistering 4.42-second 40-yard dash at the league’s pre-draft combine in 2017. While there were still concerns about his size, his other attributes helped him make good on his NFL prediction when the Chicago Bears took him in the fourth round with the 119th overall pick. Three years into his pro career, Cohen has developed into one of the best allpurpose backs in the league. In 2017, he became only the second rookie since Gale Sayers in 1965 to score a rushing, passing, receiving and punt return touchdown in the same game. He earned All-Pro status as a returner in 2018 and has accounted for 15 touchdowns in his three NFL seasons. “It feels good to come into the NFL and do what you want to do,” Cohen said. “You want to come in there, make plays for your team and be successful as a player. Just to do that is a tremendous feeling.”

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Winston-Salem’s Chris Paul was an All-American at Wake Forest before becoming one of NBA’s top point guards.

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Uncanceled: The 1998-99 basketball lockout Had the entire 82-game schedule been played, the NBA’s future could have been drastically changed

tonio fell from the first overall seed in the West to third, while Utah moved up from the second seed to the top spot. Houston went 10-22 in the makeups to fall from a fifth seed to just barely hold onto a playoff berth in the No. 8 spot by a tiebreaker over Seattle in the Pacific Division.

By Shawn Krest North State Journal WHILE WE’VE BEEN waiting for sports to resume following the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve been busy rebuilding past seasons that have had games canceled due to labor unrest. So far, we’ve reconstructed the 1981 and 1994 MLB seasons, as well as the 1982 and 1987 NFL seasons, erasing the black marks of a canceled World Series, a split season and NFL replacement players. Now we turn to the NBA. The 1998-99 NBA lockout lasted from July 1, 1998, to Jan. 20, 1999, eliminating the need for a hyphen in that year’s basketball season, since all the games took place in calendar year 1999. The league lost its traditional Christmas Day games as well as All-Star Weekend and had the season shortened to 50 games from its customary 82. The season started in early February and was packed with backto-back games. The playoffs saw the eight-seed New York Knicks pull three straight

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Would the Lakers’ dynasty have benefited from a full 1998-99 season, or would the tensions that eventually tore the team apart have happened sooner? upsets to advance to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Spurs. Let’s see what would have happened had they played the full schedule. As a reminder, we’re not using computer or video game simulations or statistical tricks. Instead, we’re using actual action that took

place on the court. Basically, for each canceled game, we’ll use the next time those two teams played (at the same venue) as a “makeup game.” For example, we would use games from the 2020-21 NBA and NHL seasons to fill in any holes left by the coronavirus in this year’s schedule.

1998-99 NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE

UNCANCELED NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE

Playoff Atlantic Division W L W% GB Position Miami Heat 33 17 0.660 — 1 Orlando Magic 33 17 0.660 — 3 Philadelphia 76ers 28 22 0.560 5 6 New York Knicks 27 23 0.540 6 8 Boston Celtics 19 31 0.380 14 Washington Wizards 18 32 0.360 15 New Jersey Nets 16 34 0.320 17 Playoff Central Division W L W% GB Position Indiana Pacers 33 17 0.660 — 2 Atlanta Hawks 31 19 0.620 2 4 Detroit Pistons 29 21 0.580 4 5 Milwaukee Bucks 28 22 0.560 5 7 Charlotte Hornets 26 24 0.520 7 Toronto Raptors 23 27 0.460 10 Cleveland Cavaliers 22 28 0.440 11 Chicago Bulls 13 37 0.260 20

Playoff Atlantic Division W L W% GB Position Miami Heat 51 31 0.622 — 2 New York Knicks 50 32 0.610 1 3 Orlando Magic 49 33 0.598 2 4 Philadelphia 76ers 45 37 0.549 6 6 Boston Celtics 32 50 0.390 19 Washington Wizards 29 53 0.354 22 New Jersey Nets 25 57 0.305 26 Playoff Atlantic Division W L W% GB Position Indiana Pacers 55 27 0.671 — 1 Detroit Pistons 48 34 0.585 7 5 Charlotte Hornets 45 37 0.549 10 7 Milwaukee Bucks 44 38 0.537 11 8 Atlanta Hawks 42 40 0.512 13 Toronto Raptors 41 41 0.500 14 Cleveland Cavaliers 37 45 0.451 18 Chicago Bulls 19 63 0.232 36

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Playoff Midwest Division W L W% GB Position San Antonio Spurs 37 13 0.740 — 1 Utah Jazz 37 13 0.740 — 2 Houston Rockets 31 19 0.620 6 5 Minnesota Timberwolves 25 25 0.500 12 8 Dallas Mavericks 19 31 0.380 18 Denver Nuggets 14 36 0.280 23 Vancouver Grizzlies 8 42 0.160 29 Playoff Pacific Division W L W% GB Position Portland Trail Blazers 35 15 0.700 — 3 Los Angeles Lakers 31 19 0.620 4 4 Phoenix Suns 27 23 0.540 8 6 Sacramento Kings 27 23 0.540 8 7 Seattle SuperSonics 25 25 0.500 10 Golden State Warriors 21 29 0.420 14 Los Angeles Clippers 9 41 0.180 26

Playoff Atlantic Division W L W% GB Position Utah Jazz 59 23 0.720 — 1 San Antonio Spurs 58 24 0.707 1 3 Minnesota Timberwolves 44 38 0.537 15 7 Houston Rockets 41 41 0.500 18 8 Dallas Mavericks 29 53 0.354 30 Denver Nuggets 29 53 0.354 30 Vancouver Grizzlies 16 66 0.195 43 Playoff Atlantic Division W L W% GB Position Portland Trail Blazers 59 23 0.720 — 2 Los Angeles Lakers 58 24 0.707 1 4 Phoenix Suns 52 30 0.634 7 5 Sacramento Kings 45 37 0.549 14 6 Seattle SuperSonics 41 41 0.500 18 Golden State Warriors 30 52 0.366 29 Los Angeles Clippers 16 66 0.195 43

WAKE from page B1 Beilein has been a hot commodity since stepping down as coach of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers 54 games into a five-year contract in February. But because of a resume that includes two Final Fours and more than 800 college wins to his credit, he is likely to have higher profile options available to him. At 67 years old, he may also be reluctant to take on a major rebuilding project such as the one at Wake — which has lost its best returning player, Chaundee Brown, to transfer and two incoming recruits over the past few days. Such a situation would be much more attractive to an up-and-coming coach such as Miller, especially since he’s a Triad native. But the current UNC Greensboro coach is also a graduate of rival North Carolina who is positioning himself as the possible heir apparent to his mentor and current Tar Heels coach Roy Williams. Signing on with a program that has been to one NCAA Tournament in the past decade and plays in a conference as competitive as the ACC would be a professional gamble he probably won’t want to take. So who does that leave? One possibility is Gregg Marshall, a South Carolina native whose shine has begun to wear off at Wichita State after leading the Shockers to a Final Four in 2012 and an undefeated regular season the following year. But after paying a hefty multimillion-dollar buyout on Manning’s contract, Wake might be reluctant to spend the kind of money it would take to lure Marshall — who is under contract at $3.5 million per year through 2022. Other, more realistic, options include Winthrop’s Pat Kelsey, East Tennessee State’s Steve Forbes, UMBC’s Ryan Odom and Western Carolina’s Mark Prosser. Three of the four have either direct or indirect ties with Wake, a helpful characteristic considering the unique challenges associated with coaching at and recruiting to the smallest school among the Power 5 conferences. Kelsey was an assistant to both Skip Prosser and Dino Gaudio for five seasons with the De-

mon Deacons before eventually becoming the coach at Winthrop, where he has compiled a 163-93 record since 2012. His team would have made its second NCAA appearance this year had the tournament not been canceled because of the coronavirus crisis. Odom is the son of popular former Deacons coach Dave Odom, who recruited the likes of Tim Duncan and Randolph Childress to the program. He is best known for leading 16th-seeded UMBC to its historic NCAA Tournament upset of top-seeded Virginia in 2018, but he’s also led the Retrievers to 20 or more wins in three of his four seasons. Prosser is also the son of a former Wake coach. Although his record at Western Carolina is only 26-37, he has already shown promise as a program builder by helping Catamounts improve from seven wins in his Danny Manning first season to 19 this year. Forbes, meanwhile, boasts a gaudy .751 winning percentage (130-43) in five seasons at ETSU. His 2019-20 team was 30-4 and headed to the NCAA Tournament. He also led a pair of junior colleges to national runner-up finishes while serving an apprenticeship under Marshall at Wichita State. Although he and the others might not move the needle as much at their introductory press conference — with or without the motorcycle entrance — they would satisfy the most important part of the job description set by Currie during his Zoom conference last weekend. “We’re looking for someone with great energy who knows how to recruit and build great relationships so they can build a great developmental system here and lead the team to great success at Wake Forest,” Currie said. “I know we can attract a world-class coach for our basketball program. ... We will cast a wide net, knowing that this is a special opportunity with tons of advantages.”

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Atlantic Division The Knicks showed that the real fluke in their 1998-99 season wasn’t their playoff run but their regular season record, which was just four games over .500 in the 50-game real-life season. New York went 23-9 in the makeup games for a .719 winning percentage, best in the Eastern Conference. That vaulted them from the eighth seed to the third seed. The Magic and Heat, who tied for first in the Atlantic after 50 games, both slowed down in the makeups. Miami dropped from the top overall seed in the East to No. 2 but still held onto first place by a game over the Knicks. Orlando fell from third to fourth after going .500 in the makeup games. Central Division The Pacers held onto first place in the Central, actually performing slightly better in the makeup games than the real-life ones. Their 22-10 makeup record gave them the top seed in the East. Atlanta, meanwhile, saw the bottom drop out. Second in the Central and the fourth overall seed after 50 games, the Hawks went 11-21 in the makeup games and fell out of the playoffs. The Charlotte Hornets went 1913 in the makeups to take Atlanta’s spot, moving up from a ninth seed to the East’s seventh seed. Midwest Division The Western Conference saw some of the best basketball of the makeup games. Five teams in the West won at least 20 of their 32 makeups, compared to two teams in the East. San Antonio and Utah were tied for first in the Midwest Division after 50 games. The race continued neck-and-neck through the makeups with Utah pulling ahead with a 22-10 record, compared to the Spurs’ 21-11. San An-

DRAFT from page B1 ers taken in the draft were Heck’s UNC teammate, defensive end Jason Strowbridge (fifth round, 154 overall, Miami Dolphins); NC State defensive linemen Larrell Murchison (fifth, 174, Tennessee Titans) and James Smith-Williams (seventh, 229, Washington Redskins); Wake Forest linebacker Justin Strnad (fifth, 178, Denver Broncos) and offensive tackle Justin Herron (sixth, 195, New England Patriots); App State linebacker Akeem Gaither-Davis (fourth, 107, Cincinnati Bengals) and Charlotte offensive tackle Cameron Clark (fourth, 129, New York Jets). Clemson safety Tanner Muse, a native of Belmont, was taken in the third round with the 100th overall pick by the Las Vegas Raiders. While being selected in the draft represented a dream come true for all the players involved, it was especially meaningful for some. Murchison, for instance, was a high school fullback at a small school in Bladen County before moving on to a junior college and then NC State, where he helped carry on a growing tradition of standout defensive linemen. “Once I think about how far I came on this journey and where I started and now to being drafted by the Tennessee Titans, it means everything,” Murchison said. “It’s been a long road, but I always kept the faith along the way. So I’m ready for whatever’s next.” As indirect a path as Murchison took to the NFL, Dugger’s was even more unlikely. Even if his ultimate selection wasn’t. “It’s definitely been a journey with a lot of ups and downs,” said the Cliff Harris Award winner as the top player in Division II in 2019 and the high-

The Los Angeles Lakers went 27-5 in the makeup games, an .844 percentage that was best in the NBA by two games. Their reward? The No. 4 seed in the West that was exactly the same as their seeding after 50 games. That’s because Portland went 24-8 to hold onto the top spot in the Pacific by one game. The Lakers needed all of their wins to hold off hard-charging Phoenix, which went 25-7 to threaten them from the fifth spot.

In the East, the top seeds all advanced in the first round with Indiana (3-1 over Milwaukee), Miami (3-1 over Charlotte), New York (3-1 over Philadelphia) and Orlando (3-2 over Detroit) moving on. New York’s playoff run ended in the next round in seven games against Miami. Indiana also went seven to top Orlando. The Heat then got past the Pacers in seven games to win the Eastern Conference Finals and move onto the NBA Finals for what would have been the first time in franchise history. Out West, two upsets shook up the bracket after the first round. The seventh-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves took out No. 2 Portland, three games to one, and sixthseed Sacramento knocked off the Spurs in five games, meaning the makeup season would have a different champion than the one that was played in reality. The other two top seeds all advanced in No. 1 Utah (3-1 over Houston) and No. 4 Los Angeles (a sweep of Phoenix). The Timberwolves’ Cinderella run continued with a 4-1 upset over Sacramento in the next round, while the Lakers beat Utah in seven games. The Lakers then swept Minnesota to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1991. Los Angeles beat the Heat four games to two to take their first title since 1988 and, potentially, change NBA history for the new millennium. If Shaq and Kobe had actually won the title that season, with midseason replacement Kurt Rambis as coach, would they have resorted to bringing in Phil Jackson the following season? Would the Lakers’ early-2000s run have just added a fourth consecutive title to the mix, or would earlier success without Jackson there have caused the dynasty to implode sooner as Shaq and Kobe struggled to coexist? Unfortunately, there’s no way to simulate that, so we’re left to wonder.

est-selected non-Division I player since 2007. “It was a long time throughout high school and coming into college that I didn’t see this day as how it is now. It wasn’t in sight like it is now. “Just to be able to represent my family and go through adversities and come from them, and to be able to play for an organization like this is a huge honor and really an unexplainable feeling. I’m still kind of shocked, honestly, but it’s really huge for me.”

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the BRIEF Court rules insurers can collect $12B under health care law Washington. D.C. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama. Insurers are entitled to the money under a provision of the “Obamacare” health law that promised the companies a financial cushion for losses they might incur by selling coverage to people in the marketplaces created by the health care law, the justices said by an 8-1 vote. The program only lasted three years, but Congress inserted a provision in the Health and Human Services Department’s spending bills from 2015 to 2017 to limit payments under the “risk corridors” program. Both the Obama and Trump administrations had argued that the provision means the government has no obligation to pay. In dissent, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the court’s decision “has the effect of providing a massive bailout for insurance companies that took a calculated risk and lost. These companies chose to participate in an Affordable Care Act program that they thought would be profitable.” The case is separate from a challenge to the health care law that the court has agreed to hear in its term that begins in October. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NC lab to pay millions to resolve unnecessary test claims Washington. D.C.. A North Carolina-based clinical laboratory services company has agreed to pay approximately $43 million to resolve allegations that it billed for medically unnecessary lab tests, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday. The settlement involving Genova Diagnostics Inc. of Asheville resolves allegations that Genova improperly submitted claims to Medicare, TRICARE, and the federal employee health program for its lab test profiles because the tests were not medically necessary, the department said in a news release. The department also said Genova was accused of engaging in improper billing techniques, and of paying compensation to three vendors that violated a law prohibiting physician self-referral. Under the settlement, Genova has agreed to pay approximately $17 million, through the surrender of claim funds held in suspension by Medicare and TRICARE, plus up to an additional $26 million if certain financial contingencies occur within the next five years. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Liz Weston: How to ask your bank or lender for help The Associated Press MANY BANKS, credit card issuers and other lenders have promised to help those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. They’re offering to defer or reduce payments and waive interest charges and rebate fees for those who have lost jobs, had their hours reduced or otherwise lost income to the COVID-19 crisis. The help usually isn’t automatic, however. You have to ask for it — and ask the right way. “In many cases, you only get the help if you contact your creditor and mention that you need relief due to the coronavirus situation,” says Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center. “And that’s very frustrating because it’s very difficult to get through to your bank or lender.” Many financial institutions are encouraging people to reach out digitally — through live chats or messaging on the companies’ sites or in their mobile apps. However you connect, there are important questions that need to be answered. Among them: ‘What steps do I need to take to qualify?’ You can start your research on the financial institution’s site to see what kinds of help may be available and how to apply. Generally, you’ll want to confirm the details with a human being, including the steps you must take to apply, says Saunders, who advises keeping a record of the conversation and what you were told. You can take written notes of phone calls, including the time, date and name of the company representative, or take screenshots of electronic communications. “Some people assume that (a hardship program) will automatically kick in if they just miss a payment, which is very dangerous to assume,” says Bruce McClary, a spokesman for the National Foun-

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This June 10, 2015, file photo shows chip reader credit cards in Philadelphia. dation for Credit Counseling. Skipped payments can lead to credit score damage and collection calls, and could limit the hardship options available. There’s one forbearance program that is automatic, but it pertains only to student loans held by the federal government. Payments on those loans are suspended until Sept. 30, and interest has been waived. ‘Exactly how does it work?’ Companies take different approaches to their hardship programs. One lender may allow you to skip payments but charge you late fees; another may waive the fees but report skipped payments to the credit bureaus. Most will continue to charge interest, and some will expect you to make a lump sum payment of the amount you skipped. “This is not free money,” Saunders says. “It’s just putting off a debt that you’ll have to repay along with your other debts later.”

Even if your financial hardship is over, you may not be able to cough up several months’ worth of payments at once, McClary notes. “The last thing you want is to have to drop some big lump sum of money on somebody when you’re in a financially fragile state,” McClary notes. “It’s important to try to negotiate different terms.” Ask if the payments can be tacked on to the end of the loan or paid off over time, McClary suggests. Also request that the account be reported “paid as agreed” to the credit bureaus to avoid a potentially large hit to your credit scores. ‘How long will the help last, and how can it be extended?’ A hardship program may last three to six months, but you may have the option to extend the relief if you ask. If you can’t make the payments on your federally backed mortgage because of the coronavirus pandemic, for example, you have the right to skip payments for near-

ly a year. The CARES Act requires lenders to give affected borrowers forbearance of up to 180 days, with the option to request an additional 180 days after that. Lenders may not make that clear, however. Some borrowers who asked for mortgage forbearance in recent days were told they would owe a lump sum after three months, with no mention of the potential extensions. These rules apply only to mortgages backed by federal entities, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the Veterans Administration (VA), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). But most mortgage lenders have some type of hardship program or loan modification options. Don’t put off asking for help if you’re struggling, since it’s not clear when coronavirus-related economic disruptions will end. It’s better to have more help than you need than to need more help than you have.

DESIGN from page B5 fact that it manufactures supplies for home offices. While Barnes Custom Upholstery and Southern Studio have been able to retain all of their staff, their owners agree the coronavirus will certainly have a long-term impact and introduce permanent changes to the design industry. Serany says she believes everyone will now be more open to remote operations and virtual presentations by their sales representatives. Farris says he expects to see a handful of manufacturers shut down because of the pandemic and that the combination of a labor shortage, import tariffs, and the early rise of the pandemic in the Pacific Rim created sustained financial hardship. As the weather turns nicer designers say they are happy they can be bright spots for many of their clients as they seek to build kids’ recreation rooms and outdoor oases

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New this week: streaming romances, comedies, thrillers, Kenney Chesney album The Associated Press IT’S GOOD TO SEE familiar faces and hear familiar voices, and several are returning this week in ways retro and new. Kenny Chesney is among those with new projects out this week, while Indiana Jones will be back fighting Nazis and hating snakes on network TV. There’s plenty of new arrivals headed to devices this week as well, with Netflix offering a comedy from Mindy Kaling and a teen romance film. Other offerings will allow the housebound a chance to marvel at the splendors of Los Angeles, Dover, England, and Dublin on screens this week. Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies — “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”: With everyone talking about perfect mov-

ies on Twitter, it’s pretty perfect that CBS is kicking off its Sunday Night Movie slate with Steven Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” which even nearly 40 years on is still as fresh and wonderful as can be. Sure, the Indiana Jones movies aren’t hard to find ( they’ve been on Netflix for some time now ), but there is something cozy and comforting about taking the guess work out of it and tuning in to a network to watch at the same time as everyone else. — “The Half of It”: This charming teen romance about a high school loner who helps a jock woo the popular girl in school may look like something you’ve seen before, but no one is exactly who they seem to be in this smart Cyrano de Bergerac-with-a-twist film from writer-director Alice Wu. On Netflix Friday, it’s Wu’s first feature since her 2004 debut, “Saving Face.” — California Dreamin’: The Criterion Channel has programmed an irresistibly hallucinatory Friday double feature with Steven Soderberg’s “The Limey”

and David Lynch’s “Mulholland Dr.” If those visions of Los Angeles are a little too bleak for these surreal times, you can also head over to Lionsgate Live at 9 p.m. EDT Friday for a free screening of “La La Land” for some candy-colored escapist joy. Or, hey, why not make it a triple feature? — Film Writer Lindsey Bahr Music Kenny Chesney, “Here and Now”: The entire music industry has basically requested Ed Sheeran’s writing services for success, including One Direction, Justin Bieber, Tim McGraw, Alicia Keys, BTS, Hootie & the Blowfish, Halsey and Kelsea Ballerni, among others. Country giant Kenny Chesney has joined that long list with “Tip of My Tongue,” a song he co-wrote with Sheeran for his new album “Here and Now,” out Friday. Chesney spent 18 months writing and recording the project, which is his 19th release. He says the album will have a “high fun factor.”

— Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu Television — “Never Have I Ever”: A coming-of-age story from Mindy Kaling of “The Office” and “The Mindy Project” — which means comedy rubs shoulders with vividly drawn characters and empathetic storytelling. Newcomer Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars as Devi, a type-A high school sophomore rebounding from a family tragedy in the 10-episode series out Monday on Netflix. She’s retained her Ivy League ambitions but, more immediately, wants a boyfriend and popularity. Devi, a first-generation Indian American, is at odds with her mother (Poorna Jagannathan) and leans on her loyal pals Eleanor and Fabiola, (Ramona Young, Lee Rodriguez). The series, co-created by Kaling and Lang Fisher, features tennis great John McEnroe as its unlikely narrator. We won’t spoil the explanation. — “Normal People”: The concept of “normal” is at odds with

current events, but it can be just as deceptive in other circumstances. That’s the case with “Normal People,” a 12-episode series out Wednesday on Hulu and based on Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel of the same name. Marianne and Connell (Daisy Edgar-Jones of “War of the Worlds,” Paul Mescal) are small-town Irish schoolmates whose attraction is complicated by bedrock differences. Their lives are destined to change when they head to college in Dublin, along with their whipsawing relationship. Note: It’s not a chaste romance in the book or on screen, so judge it as a family viewing option accordingly. — “Gold Digger”: Julia Ormond (“Mad Men,” “Legends of the Fall”) stars in this contemporary thriller, which debuts May 4, on Acorn TV and unspools in two-episode weekly blocks. Ormond plays newly divorced Julia who, after making her husband (Alex Jennings) and their children her priority, feels liberated by a relationship with Benjamin (Ben Barnes, “Westworld”). But is it love or money that the much younger man has in mind? Julia’s family believes it’s the latter and doesn’t remain silent. There’s also a “dark family secret” to be revealed and, for bonus points, a supporting turn by the cliffs of Dover, England, where the six-part drama was largely filmed. — Television Writer Lynn Elber

Makers gotta make: finding solace, joy in difficult times By Jennifer Forker The Associated Press Their reasons may differ, but crafters agree: Makers gotta make. Those who create things by hand — who weld, weave, play in clay or paints — are pursuing their passions the best they can during the coronavirus pandemic. The creative arts are soothing, fill time, and keep our minds and hands busy. “This is what makes us human,” says Melanie Falick, author of the recent “Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live” (Artisan). Falick, a longtime craft books publisher, quit her job to follow her maker’s heart. Her book is filled with stories of weavers, ceramicists, welders, woodworkers, quilters and more, with photos of the art, the crafts, homes and workspaces. Falick examines how making by hand contributes to a good life. For starters, makers find balance in creating, she says. They may have jobs, families, bills, responsibilities, but crafting provides a needed and active break. “I feel grounded and at home in my skin, in my body, when I’m doing something with my hands. There’s that part of it,’’ says Falick from her home in Beacon, New York. She’s crocheting a hat while we talk. ``There’s so much com-

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This photo provided by Artisan Books shows and image featured in the book “Making a Life” by Melanie Falick. ing at us right now that is overwhelming. This calms me, centers me, grounds me. I feel alive in a healthy way. I’m less frazzled.” Brian Kasstle of Las Vegas, Nevada, says he doesn’t feel like himself when he’s not engrossed in art journaling, using collage, painting and image transfers. Each journal page tells a biographical story. Right now, the airline customer service representative needs his craft more than ever. “I’m in the public eight hours or more a day. I deal with so many

“I really wanted to share some joy during a time that might be full of anxiety for many.” craft kitmaker Laura Plouzek people. I don’t know if I’ll get sick. It’s a really nice diversion to get lost in my art journals,” he says.

Sarah Raven, a fifth-grade science teacher in New York City, has time on her hands now that she’s teaching students online and staying home. She first made small beads out of modeling clay; she’s now “paint pouring” with acrylics, a technique she’s learning from YouTube videos. “Why do I have to create? I have something inside of me that I feel I have to express, to get out,” she says. “Creativity is the opposite of destruction, and at a time when there are so many destructive things happening, it seems logical to want to create things.” Darrel Tenter of Helena, Montana, likes making for its own sake and for the end product, sometimes decorative, often utilitarian. The education technology consultant crafts leather products — wallets and satchels — and welds things, like the shelves in his home office. “I like being creative and trying new stuff, but I tend to get bored after a while and shift to other things,” Tenter said. Time flies by for Tenter in his workshop. “Especially when I’m out in the garage doing welding, the next thing I know, it’s 1 o’clock in the morning and I’ve been out in the garage for eight hours.” Trisha Himmler, a brand manager and graphic designer in Denver, has dabbled in many crafts.

She’s an expert sewer who designed and sewed a friend’s wedding dress from a mere photo. Her latest go-to craft: embroidery. She started with a kit before going free-style and drawing her own patterns. “I like being able to do a project and say, ‘I made that.’ It’s validating about your abilities as a human, and not just being a drone who works a job, comes home, watches TV and then repeats,” she says. Laura Plouzek, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, is taking crafting one step further during the coronavirus outbreak: She not only crafts for herself and makes outlandish bow ties for a living, but she recently assembled crafting care packages, mailing 42 kits worldwide. “I really wanted to share some joy during a time that might be full of anxiety for many,” Plouzek says. The kits include felt, ribbons, thread and more to create diminutive award badges. “Making for me is at the core of who I am,” says this mother of three elementary-school children, whose Etsy shop is called xoelle. Falick believes creative expression is key to health and wellness. She paraphrases scholar Ellen Dissanayake, who has studied the intersection of art, evolution and other sciences: “Art is wired into us. It is the act of making the ordinary extraordinary.”

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TAKE NOTICE CUMBERLAND NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 19 CVS 3588 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, v. Tarheel Supply, Inc.; All Lawful Heirs of Sherrell D. McDuffie a/k/a Shirrell D. McDuffie; James L. McDuffie; Any

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 19sp1614 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY LYNDA COLLINS DATED JUNE 24, 2010 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 08422 AT PAGE 0528 AND MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED JULY 1, 2019 IN BOOK 10533 AT PAGE 800 IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein

Spouse of James L. McDuffie; Jamar McDuffie; Any Spouse of Jamar McDuffie; Boles Holding, Inc. f/k/a Boles Heating & Air Conditioning Supply, Inc..; First Citizens Bank & Trust Company successor by merger to First Citizens Bank; All Lawful Heirs of Betty M. Walker a/k/a Barbara M. Walker; Dora Walker-Herring; Any Spouse of Dora Walker-Herring; Bettina Walker Dorman; Any Spouse of Bettina Walker Dorman; Skip Walker a/k/a Ed Coleman Walker II; Any Spouse of Skip Walker a/k/a Ed Coleman Walker, II Defendants. To: Dora Walker-Herring 1630 Roxie Fayetteville, NC 28304

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Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 10:30AM on May 11, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Lynda Collins, dated June 24, 2010 to secure the original principal amount of $115,025.00, and recorded in Book 08422 at Page 0528 of the Cumberland County Public Registry. The terms of the said Deed of Trust may be modified by other instruments appearing in the public record. Additional identifying information regarding the collateral property is below and is believed to be accurate, but no representation or warranty is intended. Address of property: 3414 Butler Nursery Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28306 Tax Parcel ID:

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays the Court as follows: That the Tract 2 Vesting Deed, recorded in Book 4731 at Page 0851, be reformed to correctly reflect the intended Grantee as “Shirrell D. McDuffie” and the intended Grantor as “Betty M. Walker,” with said reformation relating back, nunc pro tunc, to the original recording date, September 30, 1997; That the Tract 2 Quit Claim Deed, recorded in Book 09378 at Page 0772, be reformed to correctly reflect the intended Grantor as “Shirrell D. McDuffie,” with said reformation relating back, nunc pro tunc, to the original recording date, February 18, 2014; That the Tract 1 Quit Claim Deed, recorded in Book 09406 at Page 0051, be reformed to correctly reflect the intended Grantor as “Shirrell D. McDuffie,” with said reformation relating back, nunc pro tunc, to the original recording date, April 3, 2014; That the Deed of Trust, recorded in Book 6925 at Page 184, be reformed to correctly reflect the intended Grantor as “Shirrell D. McDuffie” and to include a complete legal description for the entire Subject Property, with said reformation relating back, nunc pro tunc, to the original recording date, June 29, 2005;

0443-87-3922Present Record Owners:

Lynda Collins

And Being more commonly known as: 3414 Butler Nursery Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28306 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Lynda Collins. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly

That the Court enter an Order declaring that Plaintiff’s Deed of Trust, recording on June 29, 2005, in Book 6925 at Page 184, is a valid, first position lien on the entire Subject Property and that its lien is superior to the claims of all other defendants in this action; That the Court enter an Order declaring that Defendants All Lawful Heirs of Betty M. Walker a/k/a Barbara M. Walker; Dora Walker-Herring; Any Spouse of Dora Walker-Herring; Bettina Walker Dorman; Any Spouse of Bettina Walker Dorman; Skip Walker a/k/a Ed Coleman Walker II; and Any Spouse of Skip Walker a/k/a Ed Coleman Walker II have no interest in the Subject Property; That the Court enter an Order quieting title to the Subject Property in the name of Defendant James L. McDuffie, as the sole record owner, subject to Plaintiff Deed of Trust on the entire Subject Property; In the alternative, that a constructive trust, resulting trust, or equitable lien be declared in favor of Plaintiff upon the interest of Defendant James L. McDuffie and Sherrell D. McDuffie a/k/a Shirrell D. McDuffie in the entire Subject Property, consistent in all regards with the terms and conditions of the Deed of Trust, and that such constructive trust, resulting trust, or equitable lien be declared a valid, first priority lien upon the entire Subject Property;

That the Court direct that the final Order resulting from this action may be recorded in the public lands records of Cumberland County, North Carolina for the purpose of establishing record notice of this proceeding in the chain of title to the Subject Property; and For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than June 9, 2020, (41 days after date of first publication run on April 29, 2020) and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the attorney of any of the foregoing.

der for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon written notice to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time notice of termination is provided. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Or-

This, the 22nd day of April, 2020. BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC Anthony Carreri, NC Bar #47631 8757 Red Oak Blvd, Suite 150 Charlotte, NC 28217 Attorney for Plaintiff

The date of this Notice is March 9, 2020. Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-108158

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Woman sentenced for impersonating FBI Agent on date Mecklenburg County A woman was sentenced to three years in prison for impersonating an FBI agent on an online dating site and on a date. Riane Brownlee, who identified herself as Agent Alexandria Mancini, posed in a dating profile with a fake FBI badge and a stolen gun. Brownlee had prior convictions on various charges, including identity theft. Authorities said Brownlee, 39, was also driving a stolen car when she got arrested. AP

Hotel attempts to evict residents amid virus Mecklenburg County Residents at the Woodlawn Days Inn hotel said management told them to leave and shut off power and water in violation of the state’s guidelines against evictions amid the pandemic. State Attorney General Josh Stein said that people who live in hotels and motels are included in the statewide suspension of evictions and can’t be removed from their residences without a court order. Electricity and water that were shut off were restored by Tuesday afternoon. AP

Community supports girl who has Make-a-Wish trip cancelled Union County Ivy Van Vorce, of Waxhaw, will turn five on May 7. She’s already had three surgeries, two of them open-heart. The Make-a-Wish foundation helped set up a dream trip to Disney World for Ivy and her family, which got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So her community is trying to make her birthday a memorable one. She’s already received dozens of birthday cards from friends and complete strangers, and her family hopes to cover all the walls of her bedroom with the cards before the big day. You can send them to P.O. Box #1315, Waxhaw NC 28173. AP

Online learning to continue in Stanly through remainder of school year By David Larson Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — Directly following the resignation announcement of Stanly County Schools’ Superintendent Dr. Jeff James, another shockwave hit local schools: the announcement that students would not be returning to their physical school buildings this year. The announcement was made by Gov. Roy Cooper, State Superintendent Mark Johnson and State Board of Education Chairman Eric Davis at a Friday, April 24 press conference, with Cooper saying, “We have decided to continue remote learning for the rest of the school year for our K-12 public schools.” Initially Cooper closed schools for two weeks starting on March 14, but this was later moved to May 15. Stanly County Schools have been using virtual learning since this time. Students in the

district use the “Clever” platform in order to access all their various virtual tools. Recently, a Clever Family Portal was added that will help parents assist their children in their lessons and keep track of their progress. James likes to say, “If you can’t get it in Stanly County, you can’t get it.” And Stanly County has a virtual education platform that has been operational since well before the shutdown, allowing for a relatively easy transition when compared to other counties. “School buildings will stay closed to students for this school year, but school isn’t over,” Cooper said in a statement, encouraging districts to keep the virtual lessons coming even if they aren’t meeting in person the rest of the year. Cooper also announced that in partnership with AT&T and Duke Energy, WIFI hotspots will be deployed using school buses to areas where students are less likely to have the connectivity to ac-

Stanly commissioners set to vote on tax break incentives for ‘Project Blue Sky’ By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — The next step in one of the largest business developments in Stanly County’s history will take place at a Stanly Board of Commissioners special meeting on Monday night, May 4. The board is set to hold a public hearing and vote on the grant of tax break incentives to a large heritage manufacturer that has plans to invest at least $325 million in new taxable investment. Known as “Project Blue Sky,” a term coined by local officials as a code for the rumored relocation of Charlotte Pipe and Foundry to Oakboro, the new development

“It’s going to be one of the biggest things that’s happened in my lifetime in Stanly County.” Commissioner Zach Almond includes the likelihood of at least 400 new jobs within the county. “It’s going to be one of the biggest things that’s happened in my lifetime in Stanly County,” Commissioner Zach Almond told SCJ. “It will pass — I think everybody will be in support of it… This is

cess online tools. “Teachers, staff, and students were hopeful that they could return to the classroom, but that is just not practical at this point,” said Johnson at the briefing. “However, I want to assure everyone that this will not be the

new normal. While this crisis has forced us to be reactive over the last month, plans for next school year are already underway and will be proactive.” Acknowledging the state-imposed order will cause districts and their students some challenges, officials in Raleigh have signaled leniency in a number of areas. A draft bill passed unanimously out of the House COVID-19 Select Committee’s education workgroup on April 23 with an allowance for districts to begin next school year a week early. Also, the State Board of Education agreed in late April to grade middle and elementary students on a pass/fail basis and allow high school students to either choose pass/fail grading or a letter grade. Graduating seniors are an exception and will be given a “pass” or “withdraw” depending on their performance before the shutdowns.

something that has been in the works for probably 10 years.” Almond mentioned that county commissioners have heard a few negative reactions to the particular incentives that the board will likely offer, but that they are necessary in order to be competitive within the state’s economy. “It’s not as if we’re giving them out of the county’s purse strings; it’s money that we didn’t have already,” Almond said. “Another thing that people should be excited about is that some of the company’s vendors are already eying our county. We have consistently kept our taxes low and you can get a lot more for your money here as opposed to up north or other places with higher taxes. The Locust and Stanfield areas are very appealing to outside businesses.” According to the board’s notice of public hearing, one of the county’s proposals is to appropriate and spend from its general fund amounts to make certain annual cash grants to the company over a 20-year period, calculated at 80% of the total property taxes the company pays. As stated in an April 27 special meeting notice provided by coun-

ty manager Andy Lucas, all interested persons are invited to attend the upcoming public hearing. In compliance with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s Executive Order No. 121, citizens who wish to comment during the public hearing portion of the meeting will be individually directed by staff as to when to enter the Commons Meeting Room. Due to COVID-19 precautionary measures, attendees are subject to social distancing guidelines and will be able to watch a live stream of the meeting in the Partnership Meeting Room at Albemarle’s Stanly Commons. The meeting can also be viewed remotely via live video broadcast on YouTube’s StanlyTV page. Following the board’s public hearing and vote on Project Blue Sky incentives, commissioners are scheduled to vote on employee and dependent health insurance rates for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. After that, the board will address the Webb Road Water Line Extension Project Fund before voting on a budget amendment for the project. A bid provided by Herrin Industrial was approved at the board’s previous meeting on April 20.

“Teachers, staff, and students were hopeful that they could return to the classroom, but that is just not practical at this point. However, I want to assure everyone that this will not be the new normal.” State Superintendent Mark Johnson

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Sch Iii Cs (m) (M), at Nc 24/27 (20-01758),Fta -Hwy, x Poplin, Derick Lynn (W M, Operators (F) and 2)License Assault On Release Order (M),NC, at on Albemarle, ♦ Whitaker, Erik D`shane 1329 E(M), Main St/leonard 29) Arrest on chrg of Pwimsd at Female at 126 South Av, Stanly, NC, on 4/8/2020 4/23/2020 (W M, 21) Arrest on chrg of Methamphetamine, F (F), at Albemarle, on 04/22/2020. Third St, Albemarle, NC, on x Oxendine, Misty Lee (I 781 Leonard Av, Albemarle, 4/13/2020 Misdemeanor Larceny (M), at ♦ Lowder, Adam Nicholas (W /F/34) Arrest on chrg of Fta ♦ Ramseur, Clendon Dupree on 04/09/2020 Washington Ln, Albemarle, on /M/40) Arrest on chrg of 1) Hill, James Wilsonon (WCitation - Release Order (M), at NC (BxM, 52) Arrested 04/25/2020. 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First St, Albemarle, at 126 S Third St, Albemarle, Of Child <= 15 (F), 5) First Misd Prob Viol Out Of County 2344 E 04/09/2020 Main St, Albemarle, on NC, on 4/13/2020 Degree Statutory Rape (F), ♦ Starks-jack, Yolanda (B (M), at NC 24/27, NC, on 04/20/2020. and 6) First Degree Statutory /F/43) Arrest on Ruben chrg of x Tompkins, Christopher x Gomez-garcia, 4/8/2020 Rape (F), at 126 South 3rd St, ♦ Bayne, Anna Rebekah Attendance Dwayne (W M, 20) Arrest on School (U /M/51) Arrest onLaw chrg Viol, x Freeman, Michael Albemarle, NC,Lee on(W 4/23/2020 chrg of Possess Marijuana of Detainer (F), at 126 S (W F, 25) Arrest on chrg of M (M), at 410 North Main St, /M/41) Arrest on chrg of 1) Up To 1/2 Ounce (M), at Third St, Albemarle, NC, on Misdemeanor Larceny (M), at Norwood, NC, on 4/26/2020 Financial ♦ Scott, Ray CardHunter Theft (F), 2) (W 825 Mountain Creek Rd/ 4/13/2020 781 Leonard Av, Albemarle, on Financial Card Fraud (f) (F), /M/29) Arrest on chrg of 1) ♦ Mencias, Jose Moises (W talbert Dr, Albemarle, on 04/20/2020. x Frick, Adam Houston (W and 3) Identity Theft (F), at Breaking And Or Entering (f) 04/11/2020 /M/24) Arrest on chrg of 1) /M/28) Arrest on chrg of Scj, (F) on 4/7/2020 and 2) Larceny Of Motor ♦ Sellers, Dezmond Jeaun C Assault On Female (M) and 2) x Tompkins, Christopher 1) Misdemeanor Larceny Vehicle (f)Lawrence (F), at 21343 (B M, 30) Arrested on20) Citation On ChildProperty Under 12 x Pennington, Dwayne (W M, Arrest on Assault (M) and 2) A Obtain Carrick Rd, Albemarle, NC, on of Operate No Insurance at Pretense 12189 Renee chrgVeh of Assault On Female (M), False (F), atFord 41 Rd, Glenn J (W /M/60) Arrest 4/22/2020 on chrg of 1) Breaking And (20-01730), 641 Nc 24- Creek Stanfield, NC, on 4/25/2020 (M) atat 825 Mountain Willow Street, Badin, NC, on Or Entering (f) (F) and 2) 27 Bypass E, Albemarle, on on 4/10/202 Rd/talbert Dr, Albemarle, ♦ Allen, Jeffery John (W ♦ Smith, Andrew Carlton (W Larceny After Break/enter 04/20/2020. 04/11/2020 /M/45) Arrest on x Winley, Jamelon Stephen L (F), at Pennington Rd, onchrg of /M/34) Arrest chrg of Assault On Female (M), at x Thompson, Shawn Lacy (B /M/30) Arrest on chrgM (M),4/7/2020 ♦ Michael, Timothy Wayne Driving While Impaired, 4327 Hwy 200, Stanfield, NC, (B M, 60) Arrest on chrg Misdemeanor (W M, 42) Arrest on chrg of at of NC 24/27 Hwy,Larceny Albemarle, x Huneycutt, Richard of Misdemeanor Larceny (M), at 44717 Nc 8 Hwy/ on 4/22/2020 Simple Possess Sch Vi Cs NC, on 4/25/2020 Stephen (W /M/65) Arrest (M), atWoodhurst 781 Leonard Ln, Av, kerr Rd, New London, NC, on (M), at 2230 on chrg of 1) Conspire B&e ♦ Robertson, Lori Michelle Albemarle, on 04/12/2020 ♦ Fisher, 4/10/2020 Justin William (W Albemarle, on 04/21/2020. Bldg-felony/larceny (F) and (W /F/35) Arrest on chrg of Arrest on chrg of x Godwin, Kathryn Strawn /M/31) x Powell, Thomas Holden (W 2) Conspire To Commit Assault And Battery, M (M), at ♦ Blalock, 48)of Assault A Child Under (W Lisa F, 41)Hiatt Arrest(W on F, chrg /M/22)On Cited on Charge of 12 Felony Larceny (F), at Scj, on 4327 Nc 200 Hwy, Stanfield, Arrest on chrgPossession of Fta - Release (M), at 24940 Thompson Felony Sch Ii Speed In Excess Of 35 MphRd, 4/7/2020 NC, on 4/22/2020 Order, M at 781 126Leonard S ThirdAv, St, Albemarle, NC, onat4/24/2020 Cs(M), (F), at (i) (202000244), 605 N x Hetland, Michael Shane (W Albemarle, on 04/21/2020. Albemarle, on 04/12/2020 Main St/collins Av, Norwood, ♦ Carpenter, Jeffery /M/42) Arrest on chrg of DvDevey ♦ Pittman, Jerry Wayne (W NC, on 4/10/2020 (W /M/29) x Smith, David(W Wayne (W M, /M/23) Cited on Charge of Protection Order Arrest Violationon chrg of ♦ Blalock, Lisa Hiatt F, 48) Assault On A Child Under 12 55) Arrest on chrg of Assault x Dye, James Chase (W (M), at 141 Turner St, Arrest on chrg of Fta - Release Poss Opn Cnt/cons Alc Psg On Female (M), at 312 Martin /M/20) Arrest on chrg of Norwood, NC, on 4/7/2020 (M), at 13300 Northwood Dr, Order, M (M), at 126 S Third St, Area (i) (202000279), at 651 S Luther King Jr Dr, Albemarle, Assault On Female (M), at Norwood, NC, on 4/22/2020 Albemarle, on 04/21/2020 Main St/crawley Av, Norwood,x Pennington, Lawrence on 04/12/2020 8318 742 Oakboro, Oakboro, NC, on 4/24/2020. Glenn J (W /M/60)Rodney Cited on Kareem ♦ Hammond, NC, on 4/9/2020 ♦ Denmark, Kimberly Rose (W x Hartsell, Debra Jean (W F, Charge of Dwlr Impaired Revchrg of (B /M/20) Arrest on F, 37) Arrest on chrg of Assault Danny 28) Arrest on chrg of Possess ♦ Carver, x Dye, Jeffery (WWilliam /M/22) (2001069), at Pennington Statutory Rape Of Child <= And Battery at 199 641Nc Nc24-27 Edward (I /M/19) Cited on Heroin(M), (F), at Arrest on chrg of Simple Rd/mann Rd, Albemarle, on 15, F (F), at 126 Souyh Third 24-27 Bypass on Charge Poss Mtbv/u-wn By 4/7/2020 BypassE, W,Albemarle, Albemarle, on Assaultof(M), at 8318 Nc Street, Albemarle, NC, on 04/21/2020. 19/20 (202000279), aton 651 S 04/08/2020 Hwy 742, Oakboro, NC, 4/9/2020 Main St/crawley Av, Norwood, 4/22/2020 Misenheimer, ♦ Perry,xBilly Brian (WLaura M, 44) NC, on 4/24/2020. ♦ James, Terick Mike (B Evelyn 48) Arrested x James, Thomas Owen (W Arrest on chrg(W ofF,Possess on Citation of Dwlr Impaired /M/44) Arrest on chrg of Dv /M/34) Arrest on chrg of 1) Methamphetamine (F), at 641 ♦ Efird, Martin Franklin (W Rev (20-01605), at 651 Nc Protection Order Violation, Mal Conduct By Prisoner/ Nc 24-27 Bypass E, Albemarle, /M/40) Arrest on chrg of 1) 24-27 Bypass E/henson St, M (M), at 44145 Catfish throw (F) and 2) Assault On on 04/21/2020. Fta - Release Order (M), 2) Albemarle, on 04/08/2020 Rd, New London, NC, on Govt Official/emply (M), at 126 Fta - Release Order (F), 3) 4/9/2020 ♦ Ramseur, Clendon Dupree (B South 3rd St, Albemarle, NC, x Brooks, Michael Lee J (W Fta - Release Order (F), 4) M, 52) Arrest on chrg of Solicit on 4/22/2020 /M/36) Arrest on chrg of x Rankin, Karena Quincanya Fta - Release Order (F), 5) Alms/beg For Money (M), at 1) Assault By Strangulation (B /F/21) Arrest on chrg of Fta - Release Order (F), 6) 357 Leonard Av/lennox St,

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Chinese direct investmentSince in thewhen U.S. did is about $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 isbad China’s Chernobyl. questioning government at all levels become aChina normal.” ONE THING IS CERTAIN; after this COVID-19 virus dissipates The cavalier manner in which lied about the origin of the North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 not normal. Not in any way, the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage. We need transpa money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary sacrifices are comparison. Senators inwere Washington already talking about possibility Stanly Journal Wednesday, April 29, are 2020 thing?will That is for what free County citizens living in afor free society supposed Not onethere little bit. the and in States, China pay this virus, covered up itslikely spread and tried to tell the world were only ain around vigilant the andglobe stay safe, at the United and the denominator are wrong. 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Someadded they need to start qu revenue can spread over a few years. billion in lost revenue is(swine representatives topandemic, hold Chinacan accountable in tangible financial ways for answering the curve in the novel coronavirus outbreak. The excitement was Secondly, what are we expecting in terms serious of a secon suffering from the H1N1 virus flu) during the 2009 our 231-year history. At least four in the 20th century alone can be debt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith decimal dust compared to the $6 I’ve trillion+ Plan we now can easily this disaster. muted — take after all,are trends reverse — but real. Americans The institute’s model simply cuts off in early August. to I been Marshall trying to extra precautions, because alloutlets. of this brings up dollar were traced to China: 1957 “Asian flu,” 1968 “Hong Kong flu,” 1977 markets and financial If the U.S. not the reserve r thedirectly pseudonym Sister Toldjah many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply prone.wave. Th undertaking to save our own economy, not of defeated enemies as in the It is about time they are expected to operate as responsible citizens of have abided by recommendations and orders. They’ve left their jobs predict how many people will die in a second way too memories a painful experience I’dnot prefer not to repeat. “Russian flu” and the 2002 SARS outbreak. There is many evidence that theofEven currency, we would able fund anymany of these emergency e and Legal Insurrection. more importantly, we have noto clue how Americans past. thesocial worlddistancing; likebe any other modern nation. to stay at home; they’ve practiced in many places, mostand important problem because experts maintain th But what also makes me lose sleep is how easily most everyone has Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor massive 1918 China “Spanish flu” pandemic also had its origins in China. measures without immediate fear of rampant inflation currency actually have coronavirus. Some scientists suggest that the number Ben Shapiro, 36,likely is a graduate of UCLA has been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American they’ve donned masks. seasonal, which means we are to see more seriou Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor There is business 100% agreement, outside of China, that COVID-19 depreciation. of identified cases could be an order of magnitude lower than the host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and ed We30 need now for the past years. They haveThe made no secret that they result: a reduction in expected hospitalization and death. in the fall. And that means we will be faced with eithe Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior opinion editor originated intend in Wuhan Province probably from the completely China has to pay for their aberrant ways and decisions through number of people who have had coronavirus and not been tested. com. to replace the U.S. as the premier superpower in world and of Washington transparency According to the the Institute for opinion Health editor lockdowns for large swaths of the population, with wi Neal out Robbins, publisher | financial Frank Hill, senior unregulated and unsanitary wet markets. Some believe it their came of aUniversity economic and means. Diplomacy has obviously not worked replace the dollar as the reserve currency with renminbi. Metrics and Evaluation model most oft cited by members of the testing andhygiene contact tracing, or with the realization tha and Chinese honesty Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill, senior biowarfare lab run by the communist army.opinion editor to bring China into the civilized world of 21st century health, Trump administration, the expected need for hospital beds at to isolate those who are most vulnerable and let every from our Until China adopts rigorous verifiable policing and regulation of and fair trade. Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame peak outbreak was revised down by over 120,000, the number of Which raises the third question: What exactly can w their food safety and health protocols, American business has no other or express sincere regret and remorse, because that is not what scientific experts ventilators by nearly 13,000 and the number of overall deaths by we capable of rolling Jasongovernments do. They take advantage of every weakness out tens of millions of tests over choice than to build redundant manufacturing elsewhere purely totalitarian — we need to plantsAugust by nearly 12,000. TORIAL | STACEY MATTHEWS for national security and safety reasons as well as supply and delivery they find in adversaries and keep pushing until theymonths win or — theand compelling people to take tests regular know what they Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers to the key virus is transmittable while carriers are asymptomati reliability concerns. adversaries push back. know, what they questions that will allow the economy to reopen. create a contact tracing system for 330 million Ameri The most direct way to make China “pay” for this disaster is to| offer That is, unless an exogenous event happens such as the Chernobyl COLUMN REP. RICHARD HUDSON First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate? This question is are we willing to submit ourselves to one? and when U.S. tax credits to companies whodon’t will source at least half of their meltdown in 1986. Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars important because it determines whether certain areas ought to One thing is certain: Things cannot continue as the theyThere hope to production back in the United States. is approximately $120 program of Reagan, led directly to the dissolution of the Soviet Union be open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — Sweden style — a Americans are not going to stay home for months on e billion worth of American direct investment plants and equipment in 1989. know what in they more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether we they certainly will not do so on the basis of ever-evolv in China. 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And the lower longerthan stay-at-home orders inBen place all overShow” the and editor-in-chief of of seasons identified cases of magnitude the host ofare “The Shapiro ioning replace thejustification dollar as thefor reserve currency with their renminbi. making. As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are supporting se it. And the answers should notabe vague oneswho like “we and the some of them get in states, such as Michigan, provide number of people have hadcountry, coronavirus andstricter not been tested. com. nment Corinthians 1:4, which reminds us our Lord “comforts us in all our helping small businesses keep people o must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about message of affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any relief will soon reach families and work levels It will need to be explained in detailhope to the people of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand that we will affliction, with the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by continue working on common sense an are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. me a once again enjoy God.” we can defeat the coronavirus and keep | STACEYamount MATTHEWS of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leaders at the local and state levels should be as forthcoming as they hing? sporting events, If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge you to also whole. are reliable. can be with those answers — and again, not vague answers, but answer is what reflect and be comforted, that we may live out Until then, the Lenten and Easter se concerts, family To date, I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and thenon this message with details that give theirso statements believability. COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy spo itizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue to do what we can to keep our families, gatherings, this difficult time. Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many the data. |State Republican leaders have, too. services BEN SHAPIRO church in a freeCOLUMN COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should also still continue confident we will emerge out of this pandemic stronger than ever. own temporary COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO Unfortunately, when certain types ofand questions get asked, there is to ask questions about the data, because while reasonable stay-at-home sacrifices for the greate many more ty were In this same spirit, I continue to be inspired they by stories humanity are over. disturbing tendency among some people to treat those China lied measures are origin understandable, shouldofalso have an expiration date. AIN; after thissometimes COVID-19avirus dissipates The cavalier manner in which about the of the after our own osed neighbors helping neighbors. I wish everyone celebrating Easter, a simply questioning the data and asking when we can start getting back This isworld all new to Americans, and it is not normal. Not in any way, he United States, China will pay for this virus, covered up its spread and tried to tell the there were only Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray we can all continu I to normal as though they are conspiracy theorists or arehas people who shape, oreconomic form. 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And the answers should not bethe vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some ofthose themwho get in states, such as Michigan, Trump administration, expected need for hospital beds at to isolate are most vulnerable and let everyone else work. transparency love to see it. According to the University of Washington Institute for Health lockdowns for large swaths of the population, with wide-scale given her past commentary — and she deleted it. But she then goals like preventing coronavirus patients from swamping the health For me, my faith is an important part of my daily life and decision I am glad initiatives we have passed in Congress, like from our Easter seasons rous verifiable policing and regulation of and fair trade. Totalitarian communist regimes never take the blame utside of China, that COVID-19 depreciation. must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the people, sitting at homeraises feeling isolated and/or anxious about can we do? 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But authorities must earn our temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray we can all continue to keep faith uld cost the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in breath waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask your elected tment in the U.S. is about $65 by Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. Since when did questioning government at died all levels become a bad normal.” people have actually of coronavirus. Some sources suggest the don’t and when they hope to know what they don’t. North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage. We need transparency and honesty from our confident that survival. In time, that could make them look at government trust with well-founded, sensible policy. They must be transparent money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary safety guidelines and remain sacrifices are fewthing? years. That $18 billion in lost revenue is representatives hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for Senators in Washington are already talking about the possibility is what free number citizens living in aoverestimated, free society were supposed Not one little bit. has been given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, andneed we’re willing to are follow their But and theChina denominator are disaster. likely wrong. We don’t know many scientific — we to know what they know, what they differently.” about what they are doing and why they doing it. advice. When health care workers out his own home. through this together. o30% theto$6 trillion+ Marshall Plan we are now this on half U.S. investment in of China forgiving $1.2 trillion in debtofhow we owe them as one way toexperts get over. do, lastof I checked. of death, particularly among elderly patients, can be variable. 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Please know that I’ll with state andregret thensoand that give their statements believability. in detail to the the people ofasked this state who theydetails can get back providing forare their families, will demand hope that wehas will Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers toadvantage the key virus isyou transmittable while carriers are asymptomatic? Cansense we and sporting events, For over acelebrating week, Icomfort called on my colleagues toweakness aside Given the extraordinary assistance Congress andsolutions the Trump If you are the Easter season, I urge to also where affliction, with which we ourselves are comforted byand totalitarian do.the They take of every continue working on common targeted so that of these the way I’ve also had governments questions about We should all continue toput dopolitics what we can to keepwhole. our families, ssalong andpurely at home for an undetermined answers. uestions that will allow the economy to reopen. create a contact tracing system for 330 million Americans — and once again enjoy support this critical program, as a number of small businesses in our Administration have put out so far, my focus is on two now. reflect on this message and be comforted, so that we may live out Until then, the Lenten and Easter seasons provide afronts message of concerts, family nd delivery God.”of casesand keep theyand in adversaries pushing they winstate or the we can defeat the coronavirus and keep people and businesses nredicting leaders have, too. ourselves, and ourand communities But be weas should also still hundreds offind thousands Leaders at until the local levelssafe. should forthcoming ascontinue they programs, First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate? This question is are we willing submit ourselves to one? district are running tight budgets and already stretching to keep the First, I want to ensure the successful implementation of these God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy sporting events, concerts, family sporting events, If you are is celebrating thequestions Easter season, urge you to also adversaries back. whole. gatherings, rtain types of questions get push asked, there to ask about I— the data, because while answers, reasonable stay-at-home can be with those answers and again, not vague but answer second, I want mportant because it determines whether certain areas ought to One thing is certain: cannot continue as they have lights and the bills paid. programs, and second, I want tobeen. lookseasons atmore wayscelebrations we can begin to open this difficult Through faith and by another, amThings gatherings, church services and many after our is to offer reflect on thistime. message and be comforted, so thatone we may live Iout That is, unless anon exogenous event happens such ashelping the Chernobyl Until then, the Lenten and Easter provide a message of concerts, family among some people to treat those measures are understandable, they should also have an expiration date. hrndency what the state has asked and then with details that give their statements believability. church services to look at ways e open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — Sweden style — a Americans are not going to stay home for months on end, and Last week, Congress was able to agree on a package and infuse our economy back up. confident we will emerge out of this pandemic stronger than ever. own temporary sacrifices for the greater good of the country and of God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during meltdown in 1986. Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars hope that we will once again enjoy sporting events, concerts, family tatheir andway asking when we can start getting back This is all new to Americans, and it is not normal. Not in any way, ng the I’ve also had questions about We should all continue to do what we can to keep our families, gatherings, and many more that presumes more liberalized society wide spread, or whether we they certainly will not do so on the basis of ever-evolving models, money into the program so small businesses can once again get we can begin I know you and your family aremany anxious tocelebrations get back to work In this same spirit, Ithe continue to be inspired stories of humanity are over. ly $120 this difficult time. Through faith and by helping one another, I am program of are Reagan, led directly toshape, dissolution of the Soviet Union gatherings, church services and more afterand our to are conspiracy theorists or people who or form. So while webyshould remain vigilant safe, at ders have, too.our ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should alsoand stillstay continue church services after own ught to lock down further. especially as statistics roll in that look like the lower-end model approved and start making payroll. The package includes $310 some form of normalcy. We must do this, while also protecting public neighbors helping neighbors. I wish everyone celebrating Easter, as well as Passover, a joyous to open our equipment confident out of this pandemic than ever. inor1989. own temporary get themselves others sick. thequestions same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “newsacrifices for the greater good of the country and ny types ofand questions get asked, there is we willtoemerge ask about the data,stronger because while reasonable stay-at-home many more We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and the upper-end estimates in terms temporary billion for the Paycheck Protection Program, $60 billion of which health. President Trump has laid out a good framework to reopen In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray we can all continue to keep faith, practice 5 billion by some people Inthose thisais same spirit, I continue to be inspired they by stories Perhaps China’s Chernobyl. humanity are over. economy ning government at all levels become bad normal.” ncy among to COVID-19 treat measures are understandable, shouldofalso have an expiration date. atenumber Journal Wednesday, April 15,buy 2020 he offor identified COVID-19 cases —aare but both the numerator ofpossibility economic We needour transparency and honesty from our after our own iswere set aside for smaller lenders tolittle ensure they areface able todamage. help their country. Know that I will work with him the to to 3-D printer and plastic make safety guidelines and remain thatgovernor we awill get sacrifices are neighbors helping neighbors. Senators Washington already talking about the I wish everyone celebrating Easter, asconfident well and as Passover, joyous itizens living in awe free supposed Not one bit.to nd asking when cansociety startinmoney getting back This is all new to Americans, and itshields is not for normal. Notnecessary in any way, back up. nd the denominator are likely wrong. We don’t know how many scientific experts — we need to know what they know, what they communities directly. This funding will save an additional 28.7 support families, workers and small businesses in our state and get health care workers out of his own home. through this together. temporary nt in China In Concord, a shape, high school senior named Tanner used own of China forgiving $1.2 trillion in debt oweSothem aswe one way to gethis vigilant over. conspiracy theorists or are people who or we form. while should remain and celebration stay safe, at and pray we can all continue to keep faith, practice eople have actually died of coronavirus. Some sources suggest the don’t and when they hope to know what they don’t. million jobs, including 765,000 in North Carolina. North Carolina back open. ufacturing money todamage buy I’m a 3-D printer andwe plastic to also make face for China to “pay” they have caused thehas US. Don’t holdshields your necessary safety guidelines and remain confident that we will get are go along sacrifices in allorthis, of course, isfor mythe family. 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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT NASCAR

Kenseth comes out of retirement to take over for fired Larson Charlotte Former NASCAR champion Matt Kenseth will again come out of retirement to compete for Chip Ganassi Racing as the replacement for fired driver Kyle Larson. Larson lost his job two weeks ago for using a racial slur while competing in a virtual race. Although Ganassi development driver Ross Chastain was assumed to be the leading contender to replace Larson in the No. 42 Chevrolet, the team instead announced Monday it will go with the two-time Daytona 500 winner. Kenseth is one of five drivers who have won a Cup Series championship, rookie of the year award and the Daytona 500.

TENNIS

Ex-tennis champ Hewitt, convicted of rape, out on parole Cape Town, South Africa Former Grand Slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt was released from prison on parole Friday after serving nearly four years of a six-year sentence for the rape and sexual assault of girls he coached in South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. The three victims were all minors at the time. Hewitt, who is now 80, was convicted in 2015. He was found guilty of raping one girl and raping another girl in 1982. He was found guilty of sexually assaulting a third girl in 1994.

Newman says he will be ready to race when Cup Series resumes The Roush Fenway Racing driver missed three races after a spectacular crash at the Daytona 500 By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — Ryan Newman said he will be ready to race when NASCAR resumes competition, which could be as early as May 17. Newman suffered a head injury in the season-opening Daytona 500, and the Indiana native spent less than 48 hours in the hospital before walking out holding hands with his two daughters. Ross Chastain drove the No. 6 Ford in place of Newman for three races before the NASCAR season was suspended March 13 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking before NASCAR’s iRacing event Sunday, Newman said on Fox Sports that he will be ready to race when NASCAR calls drivers back to the track. “That’s the absolute plan for sure. I am healthy,” Newman said. “I have been blessed with another layer of this (coronavirus) situation giving me more time to heal, and I look forward to being back in the seat, for sure.” Newman was in a spectacular crash while racing for the lead on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 17. His airborne car was hit by another car, his Ford rolled several times and came to a stop on his roof. It took several minutes to get him out of the car and trans-

Los Angeles Retired Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully is back home after falling and being hospitalized. The team quoted Scully on Twitter Saturday saying, “I’m home and resting comfortably with my wife and we are both eagerly awaiting the Time for Dodger Baseball!” That’s a phrase announced before the start of every Dodgers home game. The 92-year-old fell last Tuesday at his Los Angelesarea home. Scully retired after the 2016 season, ending a career in which he called Dodgers games for 67 years.

Ryan Newman says he will be ready to race when NASCAR resumes competition. He suffered a head injury during a crash on the final lap of the season-opening Daytona 500. ferred to a Florida hospital, where his condition was considered serious but not life-threatening. NASCAR said in a statement that Newman has not yet been cleared by the series to return. “We share Ryan’s enthusiasm in his return to the track,” the statement said. “We look forward to Ryan returning to racing as soon as he is medically cleared to race.” Newman used his brief appearance on Fox Sports to give thanks again for the outpouring of support he has received during his recovery. “I am so excited and thankful all

at the same time to be healthy and, at some point, get back in a race car when the world starts turning again,” Newman said. “And thankful for all the people and support that I’ve got from family, fans, you name it that have prayed for me … you have given me this multitude of miracles.” NASCAR is hoping to resume its season without spectators as early as May 17. The situation remains fluid as the sanctioning body hammers out a new schedule and finds states that will host the series, and teams plan their return to their race shops.

“I am so excited and thankful all at the same time to be healthy and at some point get back in a race car when the world starts turning again.” Ryan Newman

Source: NBA training facilities to begin to reopen Friday The league shut down on March 11 after two players tested positive for coronavirus, the first major North American sports league to do so

MLB

Hall of Fame broadcaster Scully home from hospital after fall

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By Tim Reynolds The Associated Press MIAMI — NBA players will be allowed to return to team training facilities starting Friday, provided that their local governments do not have a stay-at-home order prohibiting such movement still in place as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic. Any workouts that take place would be voluntary and be limited to individual sessions only, according to a person familiar with the league’s decision. The person spoke

to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Saturday because the directives from the league were not released publicly. Group practices would not be allowed yet, and teams will not yet be permitted to organize in-person workouts. But as certain states and municipalities began loosening restrictions on personal movement, the NBA decided it was time to let players return to their practice courts — if only on a limited basis. Georgia and Oklahoma are among the states that have allowed some businesses to reopen, and some cities in Florida are expected to loosen their stay-at-home policies in the coming days even though health officials are warning that such moves are being made too quickly. For those teams in cities where stay-at-home orders still make such a return impossible, the NBA said

it would work to find “alternative arrangements,” the person with knowledge of the matter said. This move does not mean that a resumption of games is imminent. Still, the decision to let teams back into facilities is a significant step. ESPN first reported details of the NBA’s decision. In the NHL, suspended at about the same point of the season as the NBA, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said league officials “haven’t made any decisions yet.” Daly said only that the NHL owes players and teams guidance before April 30 and will consider its next steps in that context. Many NBA players have said they haven’t even had access to a basket since the league ordered teams to close their practice facilities on March 19. All-Star Jimmy Butler sent baskets to his Miami Heat teammates earlier this

month, but some other players around the league said they haven’t even touched a basketball during the shutdown. If they’re so inclined, that can now change. There remains no indicator about when a full-fledged return to organized team workouts will resume, however. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has said on several occasions that the league does not anticipate being able to decide until sometime in May — at the earliest — if a resumption of the season is possible. The NBA suspended the season March 11. It ordered teams to shutter their facilities eight days later, saying at the time it was doing so “in light of the rapidly-developing coronavirus situation, and consistent with evolving advice from health experts regarding how to promote individual and public health while minimizing the spread of the virus.”

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Louisville football signee shot and killed in Florida Orlando, Fla. A star high school football player from Florida who had signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Louisville was fatally shot late Saturday, Orlando police said. Dexter Rentz Jr. tied a state record in 2017 when he intercepted five passes in a single game while playing as a sophomore at Ocoee High School, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Police said the high school senior was among four people hit by gunfire, and the only fatality, in a crime called into authorities shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday.

CHUCK BURTON | AP PHOTO

The Hornets have not played at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center since a win March 7 over the Houston Rockets.

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NCHSAA ‘The Lastcancels Dance’ sports for remainder of directoracademic talks project 2019-20 year

on Jordan’s Bulls

The decision includes not completing the state basketball championships The 10-part documentary will air over five Sundays

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North Carolina A&T receiver Elijah Bell, pictured in 2017 against North Carolina Central, is among the HBCUAPdraft PHOTO hopefuls who was affected by the canceled events due to the coronavirus pandemic. Dennis Rodman and Michael Jordon won three consecutive titles together with the Chicago Bulls from 1996-98.

HBCU NFLrole hopefuls adjust Rodman’s in Bulls titlesafter canceled proindays, combine highlighted ‘The Last Dance’ “Just “Dennis because we always are from brought smaller energy schools and always doesn’t brought mean effort. And we can’t the way he compete.” did it, it was contagious.” De’Montrez Burroughs, B.J. Armstrong South Carolina State receiver

The coronavirus pandemic Former Bulls guard B.J. has made it even harder Armstrong remembers how for under-the-radar players the NBA’s top rebounder to make an impression on helped teams Chicago By Tim KyleReynolds Hightower The Associated AssociatedPress Press

DENNIS RODMAN was one DE’MONTREZ Burroughs of the rivals Michael looked at it as his bestJordan shot tohad acto conquerhis onNFL his way to his first complish dream. runThe of three NBA titles. Southstraight Carolina State seAnd Rodmanhad thenthe became nior receiver dates one cirof who helped cledthe on teammates his calendar. First, the Jordan pullannual off his second threeBulldogs’ pro day on peat. March 19, followed a week latArmstrong both sides. er B.J. by the first-eversaw NFL combine Armstrong there in the event held forwas draft prospects beginning, when Jordan and the from Historically Black Colleges Chicago Bulls needed to figand Universities whotime didn’t reure how to eventually beat ceiveout invitations to the national Rodman and the Detroit Pistons combine in Indianapolis. forHe Eastern Conference supremaleft for spring break the cy andbefore a triphis to pro the day NBAwith Finals week evin 1991 that started erything ready to go.the Hetitle had run. film And Armstrong was ontothe othpackages to distribute scouts. er 1997-98, playing for a Heside was in also thinking about what Charlotte team lost to with Jorhe would say in that interviews dan, Rodman and the NFL Bulls teams in the representatives from East thatidols season. and semifinals what to ask like Pro For as good likes of JorFootball Hall asofthe Famer Deion dan andwho Scottie were, Sanders, wouldPippen be there. Armstrong the longtime NBA “It was a — chance to be able to guard three-time NBA showcaseand our talent,” Burroughs champion the we Bulls is said. “Just with because arewho from now a schools California-based sports smaller doesn’t mean we agent — cautions against un-

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By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal By Tim Reynolds ALBEMARLE — In light of North Carolina Gov. The Associated Press Roy Cooper’s recent order to close public schools for theJASON rest of the academic theinNorth Carolina HEHIR wasyear, a kid the stands in High School followed suit. BostonAthletic Garden Association on April 20,has 1986, the day that Last Friday. Michael JordanNCHSAA scored aCommissioner playoff-recordQue 63Tucker announced the suspension of all spring and winter points. sports championships, including the father, conclusion It was a Christmas gift from his whoof the basketball state tournaments that have been stuck a note promising “Two tickets to the Airput on hold since earlyinMarch. Jordan Show” his stocking that holiday sea“Today’s decision is never difficult son. It’s a gift Hehir will for-for the NCHSAA Board of Directors and staff,” said. “We emget, though his current seat Tucker for pathize the thousands of student-athletes, espeanotherwith Jordan show of sorts is cially graduating seniors, coaching staffs, officials and considerably better. “I wouldn’t family members thisthe Hehir is the affected directorby of decision. ESPN and Netflix production “The call it a “However, decision rechallenge. I Last Dance,” athis 10-part documenflects a commitment keeping tary series that debutstoApril 19 and “We mustcall it would our student-athletes, tells the story of Jordan’sofficials final Chito and schools’ staffs and a privilege.” cagomember Bulls season in 1997-98 that [continue their communities safe,NBA while culminated in a sixth title. deal with this following theTake guidelines pro- of Hehir’s task: 10,000 hours Jason Hehir, vided by the Governor and his difficult time] archived footage, add interviews of “The team, alongthan with100 thepeople, Depart-and bydirector with more applying ment of Public Instruction and turn it into about 8½ hours of tele- Last Dance” the lessons the State Board of Education.” vision. Thirty-eight state athletic as“I wouldn’t call it a challenge,” that educationsociations ended Hehir said. have “I would call itspring a privilege.” based athletics sports thewas remainder of two the months to proThe for series moved up teachesnew us: 2019-20 academic year. vide content-starved fans with something to thethe NCHSAA’s to According watch during coronaviruscooperation, pandemic. press the association’s ESPN release, was originally planning to release the board of directors will meet this patience, documentary in June, coinciding with what week discuss the season’s possibility wouldto have been this NBAsacrifice, Finals. of finalizing state It will runthe over fivebasketball Sundays ending May 17, responsibility, playoffs. of the basketball with twoMany one-hour broadcasts each week. tournaments were down to athe “I’m happy if we can bring little perseverance bit of light to final peoplechampionship in a dark timeround here,”only Hehir said. “Sports and resilience.” to cut short due to COVID-19 arebesuch an indelible part of our cultural fabric safety precautions. and lacking that ... there’s a significant hole in The board will also negotiate Quethat Tucker, enjoyment that people feel, the escape peoplanning forfrom academic eligibiliple can feel everyday life that sports brings NCHSAA ty concerns for the fall as well as us.” dictate policies for launch summerhas ac-onlycommissioner The accelerated added to a tivities. hectic time for Hehir and his team. “We had for There hasmaintained been muchhope anticipation about the adocumentary, conclusion towhich our state basketball in Hehir’s mind championships came toand a modified spring sports to help return a gether much faster than suchseason a project usually sense of normalcy to our communities,” Tucker said. does. “Now, as we continue deal witharchival this difficult “Normally, to do antohourlong doc- time, we must do so by applying the itlessons umentary from start to finish, takes that abouteducation-based teachesofus: a year fromathletics the inception thecooperation, idea to the patience, resacrifice, perseverance and resilience.” search toresponsibility, doing all the shooting to getting it all The NCHSAA’s athletics suspension together, storyboarding it out, mapping isit the out, latest in what has beennotes a series of official mandates editing, getting back, it takes about afor the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. year,” Hehir said. “We’re doing 10 of those. And On March 12, the NCHSAA decided to suspend all school we had a little bit over two years to do it so we’re athletics throughatApril 6. Just 11normal days later, the susalready working five times our rate.” pension was extended through May 18. matters. The pandemic further complicates On and April Carolina Independent Hehir his24, teamthe are North finishing things up while Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA), a group separated, connecting through Zoom meetings that createsinathletic guidelines statewide but largely isolation at their for own94laptops to private schools, also canceled theready remainder get the last pieces of the story to air. of the high school sports season. The spring documentary goes deeper than just 1997“None of the aforementioned decisions have been 98, though that season is the overriding theme. made significant consultation It alsolightly servesor aswithout a retrospective of Jordan’s bas- from aketball variety of from relevant sources,” NCISAA Executive life, his college days at North Caro- Director Homarhis Ramirez said his memorandum relina through rise atop thein NBA. leased onknows April there 24. “Iiswould especially likeand to thank Hehir an ongoing buildup our Board of Advisors. the They have been and faithfully anticipation surrounding documentary, meeting week, passionately still feelsevery nervousness. He met withworking Jordan on sev-behalf of our entire association and for all student-athletes. eral times over the course of the project, includmatter how much we prepare ing“No three sit-down interviews that ourselves, are part ofthe reality is that these are disappointing times,” Ramirez the documentary. continued. “Our hopewill is like thatit your community is “I hope that people as much as we healthy andsaid. safe and we look forward to making plans did,” Hehir for the future.”

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Military pivot hospital to serve soldiers in virus outbreak Backupchaplains coronavirus nity volunteer Homer Osborne said he understands the need to help coronavirus patients, but he questions why officials chose Gateway. “There are a lot of poor people in this neighborhood that come here and shop,” said Osborne, who was buying food at the center for a home delivery service he’s providing during the virus outbreak. “People won’t want to come over here. It’s just going to kill this area.” He also cited a widespread fear of being unnecessarily exposed to the virus. “All around, people are scared,” he said. Their fears are not unfounded. In this majority-black city along the Mississippi River, lawmakers and community leaders have been sounding the alarm over what they see as a disturbing trend of the virus killing African Americans at a higher rate. Nutbush resident Patricia Harris wondered aloud if city officials were “trying to contaminate” the neighborhood. Activist Earle Fisher, an AfriADRIAN SAINZ | AP PHOTO can American Memphis pastor, understands the anxiety. “This This Friday, April 3, 2020 photo, shows Gateway Shopping Center is an honest and reasonable conin Memphis, Tenn. SARAH BLAKE MORGAN | AP PHOTO cern and skepticism,” Fisher said. In this Thursday, April 16, 2020 photo, U.S. Army Major Brian Minietta records weekly Facebook “I think it’s apar for the course for message outside the headquarters 3rd Special Forces Group blackBragg. people to be righteously a the Chinese restaurant and otherat Fort Lee has disclosed a few: the Mu- of skeptical of governmental intersic City Center in Nashville, the businesses. Locating a treatment center for vention that did not consult with Chattanooga Convention Center, Special selection since the pandemic while tensionsExpo are high for—solpeople on theForces ground first.” procoronavirus patients therebegan. pos- the the Knoxville Center all corded theyMcGowen, train, deploy arechief airalsoproblems, preached about fear and diers. Doug theand city’s es two residents say: cess, sites away from residential neigh- He’s qualified, of in video clips uploaded his borne “Whether that’s anxiety, wheth- hope operating officer, jumping said the out GateIt could potentially expose to them borhoods. alongside the operators page. er that’s fear, whether it’s the famway site was being considered beto the Facebook virus amid concerns that airplanes The Gateway Shopping Cen- group’s Minietta, after accomspendThe are Green Berets COVID-19 he serves they ily that come up from blacks causeserve. it could potentially contracting ter dynamics in the Nutbush neighborhood yearshundreds as a missionary and knownrates; as quiet being home — have the oppormodate of beds. Heyouth said at higher and professionals. it could force ing of Memphis is we different. The cen- are was commissioned in 2007 a lot,they seenrely a lot tunity to support,” heLot said. “This They’ve if it were converted to a treatment some of done the stores on — to pastor, ter features a Save A grocery deployed seven they don’t talk about it much. and has given us the opportunity to be but site, has it would hold onlytimes. mildly ill close. store, a Rent-A-Center, a FamiWhen Capt. Scottwho Britton, a their trust takes and coronavirus innovative creative.” patients could be Nutbush resident and time commuly Dollar, and a beauty supply shop, Gaining Minietta’s patience-themed vid- effort, Minietta said. And while fellow Fort Bragg chaplain who eo message is the third he’s re- most chaplains don’t go through serves the Green Berets of 3rd

in Memphis worries residents

By Sarah Blake Morgan The Associated Press

FORT BRAGG — Maj. Brian Minietta’s eyes are locked down the barrel Sainz of a camera lens. He By Adrian sways gently back and forth in siThe Associated Press lence, then his gruff voice belts out, in MEMPHIS, singsong: “A Tenn. little patience ... — Faced yeah, with yeah!” the threat of overburdened He finishes theacross chorus it’s the hospitals, states the—country 1989 Guns N’ Roses hit “Patience.” are converting convention centers, And hefacilities tells theand Green Berets he sports performance counsels an Army chaplain: spaces intoasbackup treatment sites “Yeah. Patience.patients. That’s the word for coronavirus we’re goingsome to talkMemphis, about today.” What TenFor residents two years, Minietta, nesse, don’t get is why46, in has 3rd Special theirserved city, a the shopping centerForces in the Group, at Fort Bragg, North middle based of a predominantly black, Carolina, though many of the sollow-income residential neighbordiers spentchosen. more time bounchood have has been ingCity from deployments to are conflict and state officials conzones Afghanistan, and cernedinthat an influx ofIraq patients Syria than at home. As Green Befrom Memphis, as well as nearby rets — the better-known moniker Mississippi, Arkansas and rural for the elite soldiers the Special west Tennessee, willofstrain hospiForces — these tals. Their fears operators are echoedspecialacross ize unconventional warfare, fortheincountry: Governors, mayors eign defense in andnumerous counterand internal health experts insurgency. states are also researching and Now, the coronavirus constructing makeshift outbreak medical has upended the norm on base facilities. andIn beyond. Some and New York City, training they’re turndeployments continue, but many ing to the Javits Center convention have been sidelined. essensite; in Chicago, the Only McCormick tial workers are reporting post, Place Convention Center;on and in ushered through gates patrolled Sandy, Utah, the Mountain Amerby police officers wearing icamilitary Expo Center. masks. The U.S. Army Corps of EngiA chaplain’s no matneers has beenministry scouting—locations ter religion — hasofficials always been in the Tennessee, and here about in-personaconnections. How have compiled list of 35 possidoes that continue when the flock ble backup sites. They haven’t reis forced leased theapart? wholeMinietta list, but and Gov.othBill ers are figuring it out on the fly, with the help of technology, all

quickly transported to a hospital should their conditions worsen. Memphis officials said the Gateway site was put on the list in response to a request from the state’s Group’s 3rd team Battalion, joined the coronavirus to identify large, Army in 2012, he felt he was available buildings where an walkaltering giants. But through nateamong treatment facility could be his lotraining and building relationcated. ships, nowoffeels connected “Thehetask finding space to his soldiers. shelter hundreds of potential pa“This styleone of ofministry allows tients is not choice but nethe shepherd to smell the cessity,” the officials said inlike a statesheep,” ment. Britton, 42, said. “We get to experience a lot of residents, the same things For Nutbush their the do, and I think for a lot fearsoldiers of contracting the virus is of chaplains a comfortable matched withthat’s the worry that they place be.”stores that are vital to could to lose month, Britton preached theThis neighborhood. Officials hahis alone close on his ven’tEaster said ifsermon stores would if back porch, facility while was 35 opened. soldiers the Gateway training in theshopping field listened on the If they did, would bephone. It was certainly first, he come more difficult for aresidents, said, but “we findwho ways.” especially fordo those are old or Both they’re used have nochaplains means ofsay transportation to being of their comfort zones. storesout located farther away. Working with soldiers whose livesa “For people who don’t have are in chaos lossHarcan car,grounded what do they do?”and asked be ris,hard. who spoke to The Associated Since 2002, thea 3rd Press while lugging bottleSpecial of deForces has lost 60 Green tergent,Group a package of bottled waBerets action. ter and in other itemsSixteen from thetimes, Save Minietta hascar. knocked on that doorsa A Lot to her She noted alongside casualty assistance ofgrocery store recently closed near ficers who and are giving families her house she already hasthe to worst of news. travel kind farther to get to Gateway. “Every knock on a we’ve door, “When time we Ido things, there an unbelievable got toare consider the peopleamount in the of nerves,” he said. neighborhood,” she said. “We don’t Minietta brings those door need to make the up neighborhood knocks at the end of worse than it already is.”his video message. HeSteve tells Cohen, the camera he U.S. Rep. a Memcouldn’t have done without paphis Democrat, saidit the decision tience patience doesn’t — make sense. to know the worst never last places thing, “I’mthing sure is there arethe other whether it’s work, death, and divorce or a that would theyand should pandemic. have used those rather than go “May we remember that Axl into a residential neighborhood,” Rose had it right,” he Cohenultimately said. told his video audience. “All we need is a little patience.”

OPEC, oil nations agree NC data release shows to nearly 10M barrel cut 4 nursing homes with 10-plus deaths The Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — OPEC, Russia and other oil-producing nations on Sunday By Gary D. finalized anRobertson unprecedented proThe Associated duction cut ofPress nearly 10 million barrels, or a 10th of global supply, — Fourcrashing North Caroin RALEIGH hopes of boosting priclina nursing homes havepandemic each had es amid the coronavirus at least 10 deaths of residents and a price war, officials said. diagnosed with COVID-19, accord“This could be the largest reing to data released onfrom Monday by duction in production OPEC state health officials. for perhaps a decade, maybe lonThesaid Department of Health and ger,” U.S. Energy Secretary Human Services agreed specifDan Brouillette, who tocredited ically identify more Trump’s than 70 longPresident Donald perterm rehabilitation censonal facilities, involvement in getting duelters, adult care homes ing parties to the table and and other helpcorporate locations where ing to endliving a price war between outbreaks have Saudi Arabia andoccurred. Russia. Now it willOil give updates weekly. prices havetwice collapsed as the Before Monday, coronavirus and the department COVID-19 hadn’t the specific illness identified it causes have largely facilhaltities, with travel officials it down could ed global andsaying slowed break rules sectors on paother confidentiality energy-chugging tient The agency such information. as manufacturing. It had has only releasedthe the overall number in of devastated oil industry positive at these facilitiesmore and the U.S.,cases which now pumps the counties where they were locatcrude than any other country. ed.But But some some county health departproducers have been ments named the facilities anyway, reluctant to ease supply. The carleading a fragmented picture of tel and to other nations on Sunday cases. agreed to allow Mexico to cut only State DHHS 100,000 barrels Secretary a month, aMandy stickCohen saidfor her an department revisiting point accord initially ed the policy in the interest of stanreached Friday after a marathon dardizing information and 23 avoidvideo conference between naing a patchwork of together rules across the tions. The nations agreed state. media outlets reto cutSeveral 9.7 million barrelshad a day ported aboutMay the and disparate throughout June. release of the andthe haddeal pressed Theinformation group reached just DHHS to release specific informahours before Asian markets retion about infections at opened Monday andand as deaths internaindividual nursing homes tional benchmark Brent across crude the state.at just over $31 a barrel traded “We’ve been trying always and American shale to producers strike the balance of transparency struggle. andVideo getting good to folks, proaired bydata the Saudi-owned tecting health and protectsatellitepublic channel Al-Arabiya ing individual privacy,” that CohenSaudi said showed the moment at a media briefing. Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz

bin Salman, a son of King Salman, assented to the deal. “I go with the consent, so I agree,” the prince said, chuckling, drawing a round of applause from Likeonelsewhere in the counthose the video call. try,But theitnew is strikhad coronavirus not been smiles and ing North homes laughs forCarolina weeks nursing after the soand congregate calledsimilar OPEC+ group offacilities OPEC particularly remembers andhard. other Monday’s nations failed port counted 1,650 an positive casin March to reach agreement es residents more pricthan onamong production cuts,and sending 140 deaths. Gov. Cooper has es tumbling. SaudiRoy Arabia sharply issued an Russia executive telling criticized daysorder earlier over workers long-termas care facilities what it atdescribed comments to wear masks the time and isocritical of theallkingdom, which late who testtopositive or findsresidents itself trying appease have suspected cases. Trump, a longtime OPEC critic. Some of the deadliest outbreaks Even U.S. senators had warned at nursing homes Monday’s Saudi Arabia to on find a way list to had disclosed by loboostalready pricesbeen as American shale cal health The Louisfirms facedepartments. far-higher production burg Rehab costs.Healthcare American and troops had Cenbeen ter has 14 while for Pruitt deployed to deaths, the kingdom the Health-Carolina Point in11, Orange first time since the Sept. 2001, County 11 deaths, Monday’s reattacks has over concerns of Iraniport shows. an retaliation amid regional tenThe Citadel at Salisbury and Ausions. tumn Care inspent Cornelius “They’ve over both the had last 10 deaths. Rowan County governmonth waging war on American ment said last week 15 resoil producers while wethat are defendidents at The hadfriends died. ing theirs. This Citadel is not how Rowan emergency leadtreat friends,” saidservices Sen. Kevin er TJ Brown said later from Monday he Cramer, a Republican North wasn’t sure whythe the OPEC+ state’s number Dakota, before deal. didn’t U.S.match. producers have already Overall, North Carolina been reducing output. The reportAmered than 9,100 positivelaudcasicanmore Petroleum Institute es as of Monday, an ined statewide Sunday’s global pact, saying it crease of 300 to Sunday. will help get compared other nations’ stateThere been more ownedhave oil production to than follow300 the deaths, and producers 475 peoplethat withare thetryvilead of U.S. rus areadjust currently hospitalized, acing to to plunging demand. cording to DHHS Brouillette saidtesting. the U.S. did not Expanded testing also appears make commitments of its own to have contributed additional production cuts, buttowas able to positive within stateplunging prisons show thecases obvious — that and at food processing facilities. demand because of the pandemTesting overtothe weekend ofic is expected slash U.S. oilofprofenders duction.in all five dormitories in a housing unit the North Carolina Iranian OilatMinister Bijan ZanCorrectional Institution Womganeh also told state for television

SAUDI ENERGY MINISTRY

In this photo released by Saudi Energy Ministry, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, third right, chairs a virtual summit of the Group of 20 energy ministers at his office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, April 10, 2020, to coordinate a response to plummeting oil prices due to an oversupply in the market and a downturn in global demand due to the pandemic. that Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the deal but its president, Andrés praise. “The pure size of the cut is unthe United Arab Emirates would Manuel López Obrador, had said cut another 2 million barrels of Friday that he had agreed with precedented, but, then again, so oil a day between them atop the Trump that the U.S. will compen- is the impact the coronavirus is said MohamOPEC+ deal. The three countries sate what Mexico cannot add to having on demand,” JOHN MINCHILLO | AP PHOTO med Ghulam, an energy analyst at did not immediately acknowledge the proposed cuts. In 17, 2020, file photo, loaded into with an ambulance by emergency medical workers James. “The isbig Oil Deal OPEC Raymond thethis cutApril themselves, though Zan- a patient outside Cobble Hill Health Center in theisBrooklyn borough of New Plus done. This will save hun-York.But Ghulam and others worried ganeh attended the video conferdreds of thousands of energy jobs it may not be enough. ence. “This is at least a temporary reOfficials said other planned cuts in the United States,” Trump said out a three-phase plan facilities, state 8. en in Raleigh that 70 meat-processing liefHe forlaid the energy industry and for in a tweet. “I would like toathank would stand indetermined the deal, meaning businessesThis andindustry loosen spokeswoman said Monhad tested positive, the state Dethereopen global economy. and congratulate President Pu- to an 8-million-barrel-per-day cut DHHS onlet mass gatherings if increase of almost partment Public the Safety A day, is too big to be to fail and the altin ofan Russia and King Salman140 of restrictions from July of through endsaid. of the state meetsresponsibility case and hospitalto Friday. There are 13 the majority the women showed no compared liance showed with Saudi Arabia.” year and of a 6-million-barrel cut for goals and said the expansion of at facilities 11 coun- ization COVID-19 symptoms.in For this agreement,” Per Magnus The Kremlin saidinPresident 16 months beginning 2021.most outbreaks and but the agency declined people, coronavirus caus- ties, Nysveen, thecontact head oftracing. analysisCoat Vladimir Putin heldhas a joint call testing “Thisthe willnew enable the rebalancannounced an initiative on identify plants. has hen es or moderate symptoms. Rystad Energy. “Even though the with Trumpthe and SaudiDHHS King Salingmild of the oil markets and the For ex- to with Community Care of some support plant operators some, can causeofsevere or worked production cuts are smaller than man towith express of the Monday pectedit rebound pricesillness by $15 Carolina and the North provide testing workers even death.in Two di- to what the market needed and Caronly deal. It alsofree said Putinfor spoke sep- North per barrel thestate shortprisoners term,” said Areathe Health theirwith family members. agnosed with COVID-19 have died. postpone stockEducation building Cenconarately Trump about the oil olina a statement from Nigeria’s oil and to hire an additional 250islocal Cooper last week issued a state- ters There are now 400 con- market straints problem, the worst for and other issues. ministry. workers. stay-at-home order until May tracing firmed caseshad involving workers at wide now avoided.” Analysts offered cautious Mexico initially blocked

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obituaries

Jason Efird

ASON EUGENE “GENE” EFIRD, 94, went home to be with his Lord Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at his home in Stanfield. Gene was born October 9, 1925, in Cabarrus County to the late Simeon LONTZ LEE CURLEE, 97, Jason Efird Hill, and the Sarah Ella of Mint NClate passed away Burris his Sunday,Efird. AprilIn 26,addition 2020 atto Clear parents, he was&preceded in death by Creek Nursing Rehabilitation his wife,inJewell Little Efird; sisters, Center Mint Hill. Mary Fannie Mr.Lambert, Curlee was born Almond, September Minnie Wilma Burleson 25, 1922Furr, in Oakboro, NC to theand late Aileen Huskey; and brothers, James Lee Curlee and the lateHomer Ethel Efird, and Wayne Efird, MarieGetus SmithEfird Curlee. Sr.He was also preceded in death by private funeral be hisAwife, Doris Ruthservice Curlee;will sister held on Saturday, April 11, 2020 Zula Little; brother James Lloyd at Love’sasGrove United Methodist Curlee; well as his daughter in law, Church Cemetery in Stanfield Judi Nelson Curlee. officiated by Rev. Jimhis White. Burial Survivors include son, Ron will follow at the Love’ s Grove United Curlee of Mint Hill, NC; grandson, Methodist Church Cemetery, 4360 Matthew Curlee; granddaughter Polk Road, Stanfield. SarahFord Curlee; grandson, Daniel Survivors include songreatGerald Curlee and wife Sarah; Wayne (Gail) Efird of Albemarle; grandchildren, Hudson and Evelyn daughter Lisa Efird (Mark) Hartsell Curlee; and sister, Gertrude Coble. of Stanfield; The familygranddaughters, will hold a private Kelly Efirdservice Barbee LaurenApril graveside onand Thursday, Hartsell (Justin) Crump; and great30th at Oakboro Cemetery, officiated grandsons, Ian Patrick Simmons by Chaplain Amanda Lewis of and Elliot Jacob Simmons. Novant Hospice. Memorials may bememorials made to Love’ In lieu of flowers, mays Grove United Methodist Church, be made to the Shriner’s Hospital.PO BoxHartsell 276, Stanfield, 28163-0276. FuneralNC Home of Midland is serving the Curlee family. Memories and condolences may be shared at www.hartsellfh.com

Clontz Curlee

ONY MONROE SMITH, 72, of Rockwell, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at his home surrounded by family. A private familyHAHN service will be held. RANCES SMITH, Online condolences can beaway made at 86, of Oakboro, passed stanlyfuneralhome.com Friday, April 24, 2020 in her home Tony was by born 11, 1947A surrounded herAugust loving family. in Stanly County to the late private graveside service willPearlie be held Asbury Emmer at a laterSmith date. and Frances was Lee a member Smith. He was the son in law ofin Pat of Philadelphia Baptist Church and Mick Cagle where he worked at Stanfield. theBorn fish house for 15, many years until October 1933 in Stanly he opened House Seafood County, sheAnchor is the daughter of the late in Rockwell. He and histhe wife Becky Hubert Lee Hahn and late Ruby owned and operated Anchor House Poplin Hahn. Frances is survived for 25 years retiring 2009. by her lovingbefore husband of 64inyears, Mr. Smith was charter Glenn Smith ofathe home,member daughter, and deacon OpenofDoor Baptist Myra Hatleyat(Don) Locust, Church in Richfield. He loved the six grandchildren, eleven greatLord and his family abundantly. Tony grandchildren, and two great-great was a wonderfulInhusband, grandchildren. additionfather, to her and grandfather and could fix anything parents, Frances is preceded in death he put his hands on. by her daughter, Jan Smith. Mr. Smith is survived by his wife In lieu of flowers, memorials may Becky Cagle Smith ofofthe home, be made to Hospice Stanly & the sons Walter Robbie Uwharrie atSmith 960 Nand 1st St, Albemarle, Smith; daughter Kayla Henderson NC 28001 (Brandon); grandchildren Danielle, Stanly Funeral & Cremation Care Dustin, and Steele Smith, Keaton of Locust is serving the Smith family. and Ella Henderson; brother David Smith; sisters Kay Kriechbaum, Karen Stevenson, Ruby Eudy, and Dorothy Smith (Nick). He is preceded in death by brothers Joe Smith, Wayne Smith, Claude Smith, Wade Smith, Robert Smith, and sister Mary Morris. Memorial contributions can be made to Open Door Baptist Church at 44563 Hwy 52, Richfield, NC 28137 or to Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County at 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Pauline Tucker

AULINE ELIZABETH ALMOND TUCKER, 98, passed away peacefully at Trinity Place, Albemarle, NC on April 11, 2020. Pauline was born on March 22, 1922 in Cabarrus County, NC to the late John Richard Almond and Alice Ada UBERT Ann Lambert Almond. JACKSON HAHN, She is survived by her three also known as “Jackie”, 82, of daughters,passed Gay Michel (Jack), April Oakboro, away Friday, Oak2020 Island, NC; Pamela Rushing 24, at his home. (Foreman), Oakboro, NC; Jackie was born April 7,Kathy 1938 in Hunt (Marc), Albemarle, NC; her Stanly County to the late Hubert son,Hahn Chris and Tucker Lear), Lee the(Chris late Ruby Poplin Washington, DC. She will be greatly Hahn. missed by her to fivehis grandchildren, In addition parents, he was Heather Rushing Chaney (Shannon), also preceded in death by his son, Michael Rushing, Elizabeth Michel Andy Craig Hahn and his daughter, Hartzog Donna Jo(Craig), Hahn. Jack Michel, Jr. (Jenn), and as60 well as SurvivorsWoody includeHunt wife of years, seven great-grandchildren. She also Joanne Barbee Hahn; one son, leaves behind cherished and Rodney (Candy) Hahn ofnieces Oakboro; nephews. two granddaughters, Samantha TheDuncan family expresses itsHahn, sincere (Steve) and Renia gratitude to the staff and caregivers both of Oakboro; one grandson, at Trinity Place for the care Dillion Cole of Oakboro; onethey greatprovided Pauline. granddaughter; and two greatA private graveside service will be grandsons. held on Monday, Aprilservice 13, 2020. A private graveside willAbe celebration of Pauline’ s life and legacy held at a later date. will be held this summer. Hartsell Funeral Home of In lieuisofserving flowers,the theHahn family Midland family. requests donations be made tomade the Online condolences may be BrightFocus Foundation at www. at www.hartsellfh.com brightfocus.org.

Hubert Hahn

Tony Smith

Frances Smith

ERLE LORRAINE AUSTIN HELMS, 72, of Marshville, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at McWhorter Hospice House in Monroe. Lorraine wasHATLEY, born April63, 28, 1947 ICKY JOE in Monroe to the late Homer David of Burnsville, passed away Austin and Jewell Delphia-Jane Wednesday April 22, 2020. A private Austin. She was also in memorial service willpreceded he held and death by brothers, A.D. and Teddy a Celebration of Life service will be Austin; held at aand latersister, date.Joy Austin. The will receive friends Bornfamily July 24, 1956 in Albemarle, from 6:00 pm,Joe Friday, he was the pm son-of8:00 the late Augusta April 2020 at Hartsell Hatley10, and Peggy BerniceFuneral Tucker Home Albemarle. Theemployee funeral of Hatley.ofHe was a former service will beand at 11:00 am on Pitney Bowes attended Rocky Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Mount Baptist Church. Church Marshville, He isin survived by hisofficiated wife Carmen by Rev.Guhl JohnHatley Miller of and Rev. Leon Ingrid the home and Whitley. will in state 30 brothers She Terry R.lie Hatley andfor wife minutes prior to theand service. SheC.will Janie of Albemarle Sidney be laid to rest in the church cemetery. Hatley and wife Brenda of Badin, is survived by her andShe Aunt Faye Trexler ofbeloved China husband of 47 years, Helms Grove, nephew AdamPaul Hatley and of the home; son, Alex (Deanna) wife Kelsie and niece Whitney Moore Helms of Pageland; and husband Justin daughter, and great Paula niece (Cristin Chesnee.Brandt) Helms of Mint Hill; grandchildren, Mason, Grant, and Stanly Funeral and Cremation Raegan Helms; brothers, Boyce, Care of Albemarle is serving the Royce, Tim Austin; and sisters, Hatley family Patricia Mullis, and Angel Tarleton. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 4600 Park Rd., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209.

Ricky Hatley

Linda Hatley Walter TUCKER HATLEY, 69, of Gibson Albemarle, passed away Monday, LINDA

Betty Ward

ETTY LOU HELMS WARD, 69, of Midland, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020. Mrs. Ward was born January 16, 1951 to the late Jack Sturgis and Iva Thomas Helms. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her nephew, Bryan HIRLEY MAE HAIRE, 73, Callahan. of Albemarle away on Betty will lie inpassed state at Hartsell April 11,Home, 2020 at13575 Atrium Health Funeral Broadway Stanly. The familyfrom will hold Avenue, Midland 12:00a -private 5:00 graveside service April for Mrs. pm, on Saturday, 25,Haire. 2020. Shirley was born will December A funeral service be held12, on 1946 in Washington, DCatto2:00 the pm, Sunday, April 26, 2020, late Charles Richard Bateman and at Arlington Baptist Church, 9801 Elizabeth Mae Mulligan Bateman. Arlington Church Rd., Charlotte, Shirleyby is survived by her husband officiated Pastor Rick Whittier. of 30 years Vaughn of Gene Survivors include:Smith husband, Albemarle; sister Ward Sandra Painter Ward; son, Brian and wife of Gainesville, VA; half-brother Tammy; grandchildren, Abbey and Robert Bateman Stevensville, Kloe Ward; sister,ofHelen Callahan MD;husband step-children Heather Smith and Gerald; nephews, of Jacksonville, FL Callahan. and David Garrett and Dillon Smith of New may London, NC; 4 Memorials be made to step-grandchildren; nieces9801 Cyndi Arlington Baptist Church, HentschelChurch of Leesburg, VA and Arlington Road., Charlotte, Cheryl Hardy of Aylett, VA; 16 grand28227. nieces and nephews; and Gus Hartsell Funeral Home of the dog. Stanly Funeralthe and Cremation Midland is serving Ward family. Care of Albemarle is serving the Online condolences may be made Haire family. at www.hartsellfh.com

Merle Helms

Shirley Haire

April 13, 2020. ALTER IRVING GIBSON, Linda was born September 18, JR., 85, of Richfield, NC, 1950 in Concord to the late Jacob and passed away Sunday April 26, 2020 Claris Tucker. She was also preceded in Bethany Woods Nursing and in death by her brother, Terry Lee Rehabcenter. Services for Mr. Gibson Tucker, and her twin sister, Brenda will be held at a later date. Tucker Strickland. We know Brenda Mr. Gibson was born August and Linda are in Heaven watching 11,1934 and was the son of the over us and laughing. late Walter Irving Gibson, Sr. and Linda was a loving mother, sister, Lucile Brown Gibson. He attended and “Nana.” She was a very giving the University of North Carolina and loving person. Linda would at Chapel Hill. Walter formerly always do anything she could for worked at Pfeiffer University as the others, especially her family. She bookstore and business manager. He enjoyed working at FastShop #5, retired from the Stanly County Farm Locust. Linda will be forever loved Bureau after a insurance career of and greatly missed. seventeen years. Walter was a former Survivors include her son, member of the Richfield Civitan Club Alan Hatley and wife, Angela, of and Pfeiffer – North Stanly Water Albemarle; brother, Ronnie Tucker Association Board. He loved fishing and wife, Linda, of Midland; and playing golf. Mr. Gibson was granddaughter, Leslie Hatley; 1 a member of New London United niece; and 2 nephews. Methodist Church, where he served The family will receive friends on many committees. from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Thursday, Walter is survived by his wife April 16, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral Mildred Wheless Gibson. He is Home in Albemarle. Linda will survived by a son, Alan B. Gibson be laid to rest during a private and wife Jennifer of Albemarle, NC committal service at Bethel United and three grandchildren, Andrew Methodist Church, Midland. Gibson, Luke Gibson and Rachel In lieu of flowers, please consider a Gibson. memorial donation to Bethel UMC, Stanly Funeral and Cremation 12700 Idlebrook Rd, Midland, NC Care of Albemarle is serving the 28107. Gibson family.

Danny Luther

ANNY PAUL LUTHER, 65, of Norwood, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 9, 2020 at Atrium Health Stanly in Albemarle. Mr.ARVIN Luther was March80, 27, RAYborn HINSON, 1955 to late Robertpassed Fultonaway and ofthe New London, Helen Tucker Monday, AprilLuther. 20, 2020 at home Danny was survived by his wife, with his family by his side. Denise Burleson Luther of Norwood; Marvin was born September 8, sons, in Jeremy and 1939 Stanly(Karen) CountyLuther to the late Jody Luther; step-sons, BryanSr. Richard Lumas “Bud” Hinson Whitley andCora Gregg (Anita) Whitley; and the late Magdalene Hinson Grandchildren, Luther and Hinson. He wasDaniel also preceded in Hunter as well as his brother, death byZado, one brother, Richard Lumas Bob Luther (Lorena), uncleJane Jack Hinson, Jr.; Jr one sister, Annie Luther and several other loved nieces, Hinson Stamper; and nieces, Donna nephews and and Janet cousins. Stamper Godwin. Danny recently retired from Marvin was raised up on Reap Charlotte and Foundry after road in thePipe Aquadale Community. a dedicated 37dad years He helped his onand theworked dairy there with his at sons several farm, worked theand Solite Politeother in friends andbefore familybuying members. Aquadale, Springfield Danny lovedPark, spending time at in Mobile Home New London his lake house with his family and 1975. He really enjoyed the rental friends as He wellwas as vacationing with his business. a good hearted, family. and Danny and Denise enjoyed honest compassionate person, listening to beach loved to whom would help music anyoneand in need. shagtreated dancepeople every chance could He like he they wanted to get. He was an amazing father, loving be treated. grandfather and greatwill friend A graveside service be to held many. He will never on Wednesday, Aprilbe 22,forgotten. 2020, A celebration of life will be at 3:00 pm, at Aquadale Baptist announced once the current Church Cemetery, 32871 Church Rd, COVID-19officiated restrictions Norwood, by,are Rev.lifted. Jeremy Hartsell Funeral Home of Holt. Albemarle is survived serving the Marvin is by Luther his wife of family. 42 years, Barbara Brooks Hinson and one daughter, Lynn Michelle of the home. He is also survived by son, Kevin Efird of New London; one granddaughter, Misty Tanner of Tennessee; five great grandchildren; niece, Sherri Blackmon of Aquadale; nephews, Roger Hinson of Badin, and Chris Stamper of Locust; special friends, Samantha Wilson, Debbie Springer, Lisa Wright, Jeff Boones and Judy Parnell. Marvin had devoted his life to taking care of his daughter, Michelle for 42 years. He loved her very much. She was his heart, as was his son, Kevin.

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Jerry Fincher

ERRY FINCHER passed from this life on April 3, 2020 at 8:05 pm. He was surrounded by his family and holding the hand of the love of his life. Jerry is preceded in death by three two brothers,49, Billy ULIAsiblings, ADAMS INGOLD, Gilbert Fincher, passed and Larry Richard of Albemarle away on Fincher, and one sister, Saturday, April 25, 2020Barbra at her Joyce home. Moore. A Public viewing will be held is survived wife, Eleanor on He Monday, Aprilby 27,his 2019 from Kate Fincher the home, daughter, 10am-3pm atof Stanly Funeral and Cindy Fincher Jacobs of Wingate Cremation Care in Albemarle. A NC., sonfamily and daughter inservice law, Tommy private memorial (Tiffany) of New will followFincher at Union GroveLondon Baptist NC., Step Children, Jimmy (Lisa) Church. Lanier Locust Wanda Juliaofwas bornNC, January 21,(Bob) 1971 in Krimminger of Locust NC., Eric Stanly County to Betty Ann Melton (Sharon) Lanier Charlotte and the late SamofDaniels. SheNC., loved Grandchildren-Trey (Gera) Whitson crafting, gardening, and spending of Midland, Step-grandchildren, time with her family, especially her Zach (Brittney)Julia Washington, Aaron grandchildren. was a member (Kinsey) Washington, Caleb (Nayeli) at Union Grove Baptist Church. Washington, (Robbie) Mrs. IngoldBeth is survived bySetzer, her MatthewTim ( April ) Wallace, Step husband Ingold; daughters great-grandchildren, Britlyn-Eve Rachael Cabrera (Sabino) of Washington, Robert Setzer, George Albemarle, Casey Eudy (Dustyn) (Sara) Setzer, Tracy (Rob) Setzer of Albemarle; sons Eric Ingold Bumgardener, Katie Underwood, (Melissa), James Lineberry of Andrew Underwood, StepSophia, great Salisbury; grandchildren: great grandchild, Maya, McKenzie, Waylon Hayden,George Leia, Setzer and Donald Lewis Saylor; stepbrother father James Melton; FincherMichael of Albemarle, NC.and Sister brother Daniels; Jerry Fincher will be laid to rest on Samantha Queen. Wednesday April 8,2020 at 11:00 She was preceded in death by am at Canton BaptistEverhart Church.and Anyone her son Stephen sister interested in attending, please RSVP Betty Garmon. at 704-796-2412. McCray Stanly FuneralDr. andPhil Cremation and Pastor Tommy Fincher Care of Albemarle is servingwill the officiate. Ingold family.

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Federal trial opens over Florida’s felon voting law By Bobby Caina Calvan The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Betty Riddle took her place at the head of the line at a Sarasota community center early one morning in March, butterflies rising in her stomach. In and out of prison for much of her life, she never thought the day would come when she would be casting her first ballot — at age 62. That day arrived March 17 when Florida held its presidential primary. For Riddle, it was her first opportunity to vote after a federal judge last fall temporarily barred the state of Florida from preventing her and 16 others from voting. During a trial that began Monday morning, her lawyers hope to persuade the same U.S. District Court judge to permanently undo a state law that requires felons to first settle their financial debts

before regaining the right to vote under Amendment 4. That 2018 ballot measure restored the voting franchise to felons who have done their time and completed probation. “It was one of the greatest moments in my life,” said Riddle, describing that day in March when she cast her first vote. “It was like getting your freedom back, allowing my voice to be heard.” As a plaintiff in a voting rights case, which is being held by virtual conferencing because of the coronavirus outbreak, she now speaks on behalf of many more disenfranchised Floridians who lost the right to vote when they were convicted of serious crimes. In a state that holds great sway in national politics, particularly because of razor-thin margins that sometimes decide key races, access to the ballot box is no minor issue. According to a study submitted as evidence, more than

774,000 felons across Florida’s 67 counties are ineligible to vote because of financial debts — a sizable group of potential voters. “We’re talking about the voting rights of three-quarters of a million people. Obviously, that’s enough to determine plenty of local or statewide, or even wider, elections,” said Julie Ebenstein, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. After voters approved Amendment 4, Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis stipulating that felons must pay all fines, restitution and other legal financial obligations before their sentences will be considered fully served. In October, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle issued a preliminary injunction against some parts of that new law. And in February, a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit let the injunc-

tion stand. Last month, an Atlanta-based appellate court declined to hear a further appeal backed by the governor. The ACLU and two other groups are representing the majority of the named plaintiffs in what is now a consolidated class action suit. The case is seeking to strike down Florida’s financial requirement that bars felons from voting. DeSantis and other Republicans argue that paying one’s debt to society is not just about serving time, but also settling outstanding fines, restitution and other legal financial obligations. At a hearing last fall, Judge Hinkle suggested that Florida can prevent felons access to the ballot box if they have the means to repay outstanding financial obligations but refuse. But he likened the state’s financial requirement to a poll tax if it continues to deny the vote to felons too poor to ful-

Remote vote? In Trump shadow, stayhome Congress eyes change By Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — They long for what’s being lost: the ability to publicly question officials at committee hearings, to chat across the aisle, to speak from the House and Senate floor for all of America, and history, to hear. Congress wants its voice back. With no real plan to reopen Capitol Hill any time soon, the coronavirus shutdown poses an existential crisis that’s pushing Congress reluctantly toward the 21st century option of remote legislating from home. “It’s the ability to be an equal branch of government,” said Rep. Katie Porter, a freshman Democrat from California. Divisions are fierce, but so too is the sense of what is being lost. Every day lawmakers shelter at home, their public role is being visibly diminished. While they are approving record sums of virus aid, they are ceding authority to oversee the effort and tackle next steps. It’s an imbalance of power for all to see: President Donald Trump’s daily public briefings without a robust response from Capitol Hill, though the White House is also discussing changing its format. Changing the rules to allow lawmakers to cast votes or hold hearings from home would be unprecedented in House and Senate history. The Constitution requires lawmakers be “present” for most action. Some lawmakers want to stick with tradition; others are ready for change. A vocal band of conservatives insists Congress must reopen now, despite public health warnings, echoing Trump’s push to end the shutdown. Others have no interest in returning to the crowded Capitol complex until it’s safe.

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In this April 23, 2020, file photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walks to her office after signing the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, H.R. 266, after it passed the House on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said on CNN’s “State of the Union’’ that she’s “all for doing the remote voting by proxy.” She shelved a proposal this past week after Republicans objected. Once resistant to what she called “Congress by Zoom” meeting, she tapped a bipartisan task force to present fresh ideas. In the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., rejected a GOP remote vote proposal. He expects Congress to return May 4, as planned. But House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy of California told Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that he would like to “have committees working.” The reluctance to change is leaving the legislative branch behind

after even the tradition-bound Supreme Court announced it would hear oral arguments by teleconference as stay-home rules reorder civic life. “It’s a huge can of worms,” said Sarah Binder, a professor at George Washington University. She said the pandemic provokes questions far beyond the logistics of working remotely. Among them: Is it safe to return to Capitol Hill? Can you be “present” if you appear on a computer screen? But she said, “They need a solution if they’re not going to be able to come back.” Lawmakers say they can only do so much on conference calls and virtual town hall meetings as they assess $3 trillion in coronavirus aid and consider annual spending, de-

fense and other bills. While the 100 senators can usually command attention on their own, the 435 rank-and-file House members have a harder time being heard. One prime opportunity is time allotted to lawmakers at committee hearings. It may be just five minutes on C-SPAN. But for members of Congress, the committee means everything. It’s their chance to make a difference. Porter knows firsthand what’s being lost with Congress away. As the pandemic emerged, she wrote a letter asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide free virus testing as country scrambled to slow the spread of COVID-19.

ly settle up. Riddle was 17 when she was first convicted of a violent assault. Over the years, she spent five stints in prison, mostly for drug offenses. Her last stint ended in 2008. She said she can’t afford to pay her outstanding debts, which she estimated to be at least $2,000. She’s not even sure exactly how much she owes because records aren’t easy to track. All those many years, she said, she sat from the sidelines knowing she couldn’t fully take part in her civic duties. “It was a lifetime sentence. I always thought about it when I saw people going out to vote or watching it on TV. I knew I couldn’t,” she said. But the day she could vote finally came. “I was excited. I was giddy. I was nervous. I was all those things,” she said. “I was clapping my hands excitedly, and I was praying to the Lord.” The trial’s outcome, however, may not be the final word because the losing side is likely to appeal.

“They blew us off,” she said. But when CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield appeared before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Porter had her moment. In a video that went viral, she grilled Redfield on whether he would commit to invoking authority under federal law to declare pandemic testing free. He said yes. “It wasn’t until we got Dr. Redfield in front on me, and I had my five minutes with the cameras on him, in front of the American people, that I was able to get an answer,” she said. But under House rules, committees usually need members to be physically present to meet. While several committees have been conducting briefing calls with key administration officials, it’s mostly out of public view. The House Small Business Committee confirmed a private call this past week with the head of the Small Business Administration running the coronavirus paycheck program. The Appropriations Committee held one with Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has had calls with other committees. Still, some say the only way for Congress to work is for lawmakers to return to Washington during the pandemic. Conservative House Freedom Caucus members rallied this past week to reopen the Capitol. Key GOP senators agree. “If COVID-19 requires Congress to act, then it requires Congress to convene,” said Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who self-quarantined last month after sitting near another GOP senator who tested positive for the virus. Porter warns that without changes the 535-member legislative branch is being distilled to its most visible leaders — “a four person Congress,” she said. “Technology is not disruptive to the Founders’ idea,” she said. “It’s limiting the technology that is consolidating power in a small number of people,” she said, “which is what they were worried about when they created the House of Representatives.”

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In this Tuesday, March 3, 2020 file photo, Wake Forest head coach Danny Manning leaves the court after the team lost to North Carolina in an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Courthouse closes after worker tests positive for COVID-19 Judge Todd Burke signed an order closing the Forsyth County Hall of Justice to the public after a worker tested positive for COVID-19. The order closes it from last Friday through May 4. Burke said an employee came to work on Thursday exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. The employee left work immediately and was tested, which came back positive. Although he didn’t identify the worker, Burke said that the employee worked in the bookkeeping department in the clerk’s office and was responsible for helping people with payments and for filing and distributing papers. AP

Wake Forest fires coach Danny Manning By Aaron Beard The Associated Press RALEIGH — Danny Manning never built a winner at Wake Forest. Now the school is looking for a new coach and direction. Wake Forest fired Manning on Saturday after losing seasons in five of his six years with one NCAA Tournament appearance. The move came more than six weeks after the Demon Deacons lost to Pittsburgh in the opening game of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, ending the season shortly before the coronavirus pandemic led to a shutdown of college and professional sports. It also came just a short time after Manning announced publicly that he expected to be back next season. The decision came after what

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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will furlough leadership and administrative employees beginning either next week or in early May because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A memo said that the furlough period would last 16 weeks, although it’s not clear how many furlough days or weeks employees will be required to take. Management, from the vicepresidential level and above, and department chairs will take pay reductions of between 20% and 30% during the furlough period.

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team in the interim. Currie declined to discuss details of Manning’s contract or financial obligations tied to the change. Manning received an extension after his lone NCAA Tournament trip in 2017, though the private school typically doesn’t make terms public. “Ultimately this is a basketball decision,” Currie said, adding later: “In this particular decision, if you look at the overall program and where we are right now, the economics support the decision.” “I wish the program nothing but success going forward,” Manning said in a school statement Saturday. The Demon Deacons appeared to be trending upward in 2017, when sophomore John Collins led the Demon Deacons to a 19-win season and a .500 league mark

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athletic director John Currie called an “overall evaluation” of the program. “As time goes by, we’re able to resume things,” Currie said in a video teleconference. “We never stopped working on this particular program because it is so important to all of us, just like we haven’t stopped with the day-to-day duties. ... But certainly the onset of the pandemic played a role in the timing of today’s announcement.” Manning went 78-111 in Winston-Salem with a 30-80 mark in ACC regular-season games. Those league struggles included a 6-49 mark in league road games and 1-6 in the ACC Tournament. Currie said he and Manning notified the team earlier Saturday in a video teleconference. Associate head coach and program great Randolph Childress will lead the

WINSTON-SALEM — A vast network of community and faithbased organizations are beginning to distribute masks as part of the new Mask the City initiative to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in this area. The Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity and Love Out Loud are spearheading this effort. The purpose of Mask the City is to provide everyone in Winston-Salem access to a mask and urge them to wear it as well as to continue social distancing for 40 days from April 22 through May 31. The masks will be widely dispersed throughout the community under the program. William M. Satterwhite, III, JD, MD, Chief Wellness Officer at Wake Forest Baptist Health, and his team designed the mask in conjunction with Renfro Corporation, who is manufacturing it. Approximately 60,000 masks have already been received from Renfro and have started to be distributed to community organizations. A number of businesses, foundations, other organizations and private donors paid for the

masks. Masks will be made available for disbursement at no cost to low-income individuals and other at-risk residents through a variety of community organizations and faith-based organizations. These entities are receiving masks this week and, in many cases, will begin distribution this week or early next. Per the parameters established by The Winston-Salem Foundation through the Mask the City – Winston-Salem Fund these masks are dedicated specifically for 1) people living in Winston-Salem at or below the poverty line or 2) seniors without jobs living independently in Winston-Salem on fixed incomes. In many cases the listed organization may have “members”—but their respective distribution of masks are going to the specific audience previously listed and not their general membership. “Mask the City is encouraging residents of Winston-Salem needing access to a mask at no cost to reach out to a community organization they have a relationship with or that serves their need—be that a church, a local agency, or a neighborhood organization,” said Chuck Spong, executive director of Love Out Loud. “We have been working closely with Elder Tembila Covington with the Minis-

ters Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity to get these masks to those in need and at risk as quickly as possible.” The following is an initial list of partner organizations receiving masks for distribution to low-income and at-risk residents: • Alianza Cristiana y Misionera • Bethesda Center for the Homeless • Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church • Boston-Thurmond Network • Brownsboro Community Partnership • Catholic Charities • Centers for Exceptional Children • Central Terrace United Methodist Church – New Story • Children’s Law Center of Central North Carolina • Christ Church Winston-Salem • City Lights Ministry • Crosby Scholars • Destiny Temple, Inc. • Dress for Success – WinstonSalem • Experiment in Self-Reliance, Inc. • Family Services Forsyth County • The Fellowship Home • Financial Pathways of the Piedmont • First Alliance Church • First Baptist Church on Fifth

along with a spot in the NCAA’s First Four. But Collins left to become a first-round NBA draft pick, while junior Dino Mitoglou left to play professionally in Europe. And over the next few seasons, key players such as Bryant Crawford, Doral Moore and Keyshawn Woods left with eligibility remaining to pursue professional careers or play elsewhere in college. It happened again this year, with junior Chaundee Brown entering the NBA draft as well as the NCAA transfer portal. Amid that turnover, Manning’s program never was able to build on the 2017 run, going 11-20 in each of the following two seasons. Along the way, once-rowdy gameday environments at Joel Coliseum grew quiet with large swaths of empty seats.

• Fulton Family YMCA • Greater Galilee Baptist Church • Greater Tabernacle Worship Center • greeNest • Iglesia Cristiana Sin Fronteras • Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County • Insight Human Services • El Buen Pastor Latino Community Services • LEAD Girls of NC • Legal Aid of North Carolina • Mission on the Move Outreach • Moore Elementary Food Pantry; Highland Presbyterian Church & Temple Emanuel • Mount Calvary Holy Church • Parkway United Church of Christ • Redeemer Presbyterian Church • Royal Curtain Drama Guild Productions, Inc. • The Salvation Army • Samaritan Ministries • Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC • The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem • Shiloh Baptist Church • Springwell Network, Inc. • The Parenting PATH • TURN • Union Baptist Church • United Way • Whole Man Ministries • Winston Lake Family YMCA • Winston-Salem First • Winston-Salem Street School • YMCA of Northwest North Carolina • YWCA

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THIS WEEK, the price of oil futures collapsed catastrophically. In fact, the prices collapsed into negative territory in the near term. This bizarre situation, prompted by lack of consumer demand and lack of storage facility, led the irrepressible Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to tweet: “You absolutely love to see it. This along with record low interest rates means it’s the right time for a worker-led, mass investment in green infrastructure to save our planet.” This tweet was too dumb even for her — an extraordinary bar, given her past commentary — and she deleted it. But she then reiterated the point in a follow-up tweet, characterizing the rockbottom oil prices as a “key opportunity” to “create millions of jobs transitioning to renewable and clean energy.” Needless to say, investing in expensive green energy at a time when oil producers cannot give away oil is peak stupidity. But the Boston University economics major’s faux pas merely underscores an uncomfortable truth regarding this pandemic and its aftermath: For the most partisan, every crisis is an opportunity to push political priors. The most obvious agenda item for those on the political left has been the growth of government. Dan Balz, chief correspondent of The Washington Post, drooled while saying: “For the first time, many Americans are looking to government for their very economic survival. In time, that could make them look at government differently.” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wrote for The New York Times that the “unequal impact of the pandemic and economic collapse are forcing us to rethink the assumptions of our system.” Among those assumptions: the free market economy (Sanders terms the free market “the path of greed and unfettered capitalism”). The New York Times termed the coronavirus a “new frontier in the fight for civil rights” and quoted race hustler the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who is calling for a government commission to

investigate the “racism and discrimination built into public policies” that result in racial health disparities. Precisely this attitude — that every crisis is a new weapon in the war for more expansive government, and in favor of a complete rethinking of the constitutional bargain — will lead more and more Americans to view shutdown orders with skepticism. It is one thing to lock down populations on a bipartisan basis with clear goals — goals like preventing coronavirus patients from swamping the health care system. Most Americans will go along with that, and most Americans are willing to grant policymakers the benefit of the doubt. But when politicians begin to reveal ulterior motives for such shutdowns, Americans begin to ask questions. When politicians simultaneously take measures that obviously do nothing to combat the coronavirus — measures like locking public parks where people are social distancing, or banning Americans from buying gardening supplies but ensuring access to abortion remains fully available — Americans begin to wonder whether their politicians are trustworthy. And when politicians meet such questions with hysterical accusations that the questioners simply don’t care about human life, Americans grow even more suspicious. Crises require trust in authority. But authorities must earn our trust with well-founded, sensible policy. They must be transparent about what they are doing and why they are doing it. When authorities instead suggest openly that their agenda isn’t solely curbing the coronavirus but remaking America along the lines of their own political priors, they lose our trust. And they should. Ben Shapiro, 36, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com.

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WEEKLY CRIME REPORT ♦ ANDERSON, ANDRE JOVANEE was arrested on a charge of COMMUNICATE THREATS at 1825 WILLOW OAK WY on 4/27/2020 ♦ Becker, Daryl William (M/53) Arrest on chrg of Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), at 1556 Old Coach Rd, Kernersville, NC, on 4/25/2020 19:34. ♦ BINYARD, TROY NATHANIEL was arrested on a charge of P/W/I/S/D MARIJUANA at 5000 SPLIT RAIL CR on 4/27/2020 ♦ BOSTON, GERALD MARQUIS was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 301 MEDICAL CENTER BV on 4/26/2020 ♦ BRIDGES, BRYAN MICHAEL was arrested on a charge of PROBATION VIOLATION at 2822 N GLENN AV on 4/26/2020 ♦ BRYANT, CHAMARAY DEVON was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 1305 N LIBERTY ST on 4/25/2020 ♦ Burton, Nevin Casey (M/28) Arrest on chrg of 1) Larcenyfelony (F), 2) Fraud-obt Property (F), 3) Fraud-obt Property (F), 4) Fraud-obt Property (F), 5) Fraud-obt Property (F), 6) Fraud-obt Property (F), and 7) Probation Violation (M), at 3633 Clemmons Rd, Clemmons, NC, on 4/27/2020 10:17. ♦ Constable, Devon James (M/27) Arrest on chrg of 1) Impaired Driving Dwi (M) and 2) Open Beverage (M), at 6883 Idols Rd, Clemmons, NC, on 4/26/2020 17:55. ♦ Corral, Jessica Justine (F/32) Arrest on chrg of Assaultsimple, M (M), at 7090 Tucker Rd, Walnut Cove, NC, on 4/23/2020 08:05. ♦ Darnell, Kelly Larimore (F/33) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assaultsimple (M) and 2) Impaired Driving Dwi (M), at 7300 Pine Hall Rd, Belews Creek, NC, on 4/27/2020 01:54.

♦ FITCHETT, TOBY RAY was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 1808 CENTER ST on 4/27/2020 ♦ FLOYD, FALLON NICOLE was arrested on a charge of DRUGS-POSS SCHED I at 2000 ARDMORE RD on 4/27/2020 ♦ Harrison, Benjamin Brajon (M/18) Arrest on chrg of 1) Robbery (F) and 2) Robbery (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 4/22/2020 12:02. ♦ Hayes, Charlie Jackson (M/30) Arrest on chrg of Violation Of Local Ordinances (M), at 6990 Clifton Wood Dr, Walkertown, NC, on 4/24/2020 23:12. ♦ Johnson, Tyson Wayne (M/27) Arrest on chrg of 1) Impaired Driving Dwi (M) and 2) Liquor-transport (M), at 6000 Germanton Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 4/25/2020 03:36. ♦ JOHNSON, VERONICA MICHELLE was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-SIMPLE at 4208 FERN PL on 4/27/2020 ♦ Jones, Christopher Lee (M/33) Arrest on chrg of 1) B&e-vehicle (F), 2) Larceny/ misdemeanor (M), and 3) Larceny/misdemeanor (M), at 201 N Church St, Winstonsalem, NC, on 4/26/2020 00:03. ♦ Jones, Christopher Lee (M/33) Arrest on chrg of 1) Adw - Inflict Injury (M), 2) Vand-personal Prop (M), and 3) Probation Violation (M), at 6430 Gentry Cr, Clemmons, NC, on 4/25/2020 03:15. ♦ Kindlon, Joseph Thomas (M/46) Arrest on Larceny/ misdemeanor (M), 5) Probation Violation (M), and 6) Probation Violation (F), at 301 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 4/27/2020 14:30. ♦ KINGTIPTON, LETHA NICOLE was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-SIMPLE at 930 N PATTERSON AV on 4/26/2020 ♦ MASSEY, WILLIE DOUGLAS was arrested on a charge of VIO ASSAULT ON FEMALE

at 1930 FRANCISCAN DR on 4/26/2020 ♦ Metts, James Trey (M/31) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugs-poss Sched I (F), 2) Drugs-misd Poss (M), and 3) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 3008 Old Hollow Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 4/26/2020 21:00. ♦ MOORE, BRODERICK JAMIL was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 4224 OGBURN AV on 4/25/2020 ♦ OWENS, ERIC SHANE was arrested on a charge of DISCHARGING FIREARMS at 5334 PINE VIEW DR on 4/26/2020 ♦ Plemmons, Brooks Janzen (M/34) Arrest on chrg of Adw - Inflict Injury (M), at 5921 Cutters Creek Ct, Pfafftown, NC, on 4/22/2020 22:45. ♦ POTTER, JEREMY ANTHONY was arrested on a charge of POSS STOLEN GOODS at 1339 E FIRST ST/N MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR on 4/26/2020 ♦ RODAS, FRANKLIN JOSE was arrested on a charge of RESISTING ARREST at 4149 EDGEWARE RD/PEMBROOKE RD on 4/25/2020 ♦ ROSEMOND, CHAZ JAMARL was arrested on a charge of MV THEFT at 1339 E FIRST ST/N MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR on 4/26/2020 ♦ RUIZ, SAMANTHA TEAL was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-SIMPLE at 410 SEAMAN ST on 4/26/2020 ♦ SHANNON, DIREZ LUKEEM was arrested on a charge of VIO. PROTECTIVE ORDER BY COURTS ANOTHER STATE/ INDIAN TRIBE at 900 WAUGHTOWN ST on 4/26/2020 ♦ SHELLER, DIMURA LAVENTA was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 2201 INDEPENDENCE RD on 4/25/2020 ♦ SMITH, TERRELL LAQUE was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 1475 NEW WALKERTOWN RD on 4/26/2020

♦ Taylor, Marion Reshan (M/42) Arrest on chrg of Assault Strangulation (F), at 1002 Camel Heights Dr, Winstonsalem, NC, on 4/24/2020 14:33.

♦ Henry Elbert Baucom Sr., 92, of Winston-Salem, died April 23, 2020.

♦ TUKES, ALEXANDRE MARQUETT was arrested on a charge of VIO. PROTECTIVE ORDER BY COURTS ANOTHER STATE/ INDIAN TRIBE at 801 N MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR on 4/26/2020

♦ Agnes Elizabeth Wilkes Caudle, 93, died April 23, 2020.

♦ VINCENT, TERRON ISIAH was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-AGGRAVATED at 1438 SCOFIELD CT on 4/25/2020 ♦ Welch, Steven Anthony (M/29) Arrest on chrg of Assault On Female (M), at 5435 Walkertown Landing Cr, Walkertown, NC, on 4/26/2020 23:00. ♦ Whisenhut, Waylon Samuel (M/19) Arrest on chrg of 1) Larceny-felony (F) and 2) Poss Stolen Goods (F), at 5995 University Pw, Winston-salem, NC, on 4/24/2020 21:24. ♦ Wilkins, Nathan Douglas (M/36) Arrest on chrg of 1) Misd. Poss. Of Stolen Goods (M) and 2) Ndl - chrg of 1) Larceny/misdemeanor (M), 2) Larceny-felony (F), 3) Larceny/misdemeanor (M), 4) Suspended / Revoked (M), at 6101 Idols Rd/s Stratford Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 4/26/2020 02:59. ♦ Williams, Chad Aaron (M/50) Arrest on chrg of Discharge Firearm Within 3000 Ft Of Dwelling, M (M), at 520 Belmeade Way Tl, Lewisville, NC, on 4/22/2020 12:12. ♦ Wilson, Derek Ray (M/29) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Female (M) and 2) Assault On Female (M), at 4740 Rockwell Place Dr, Tobaccoville, NC, on 4/24/2020 17:04.

♦ James Henry Capps, Jr., 88, of Winston-Salem, died April 24, 2020.

♦ Haley Parham Donley, 28, died April 25, 2020. ♦ Sonia M. Ferraiolo, 60, died April 23, 2020. ♦ Martha Edwina Groves, 79, of Winston-Salem, died April 25, 2020. ♦ Lorraine Sylvia Jackson, 63, of Winston-Salem, died April 22, 2020. ♦ Verdia Lee Howard Jones, 90, died April 26, 2020. ♦ Robert G. “Sonny” Joyce, 88, of Forsyth County, died April 23, 2020. ♦ Micheal David Kestner, 52, of Winston-Salem, died April 22, 2020. ♦ Elizabeth Shore Kiser, 94, of Forsyth County, died April 24, 2020. ♦ Gail Allen Lake, 80, of Winston-Salem, died April 25, 2020. ♦ Larry W. Meacham, 66, of Winston-Salem, died April 25, 2020. ♦ Frances Krites Murphy, 95, of Winston-Salem, died April 22, 2020. ♦ Etta “Jodie” Louise Seawell Smith, 86, of Colfax, died April 23, 2020. ♦ Ann Stanfield, 67, of WinstonSalem, died April 23, 2020. ♦ Alice Faye White, 58, of Clemmons, died April 27, 2020. ♦ Corrine Astrop Williams, 68, of Forsyth County, died April 23, 2020. ♦ Roy Lee Wyche Sr., 77, of Winston-Salem, died April 23, 2020.

Twin City Herald for Wednesday, April 29, 2020

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