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NEWS BRIEFING

State hospitals receive $390 million for COVID-19 treatment Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is processing payments from the Provider Relief Fund to hospitals with large numbers of COVID-19 inpatient admissions and to rural providers in support of the national response to COVID-19.

“These new payments are being distributed to healthcare providers who have been hardest hit by the virus: $12 billion to facilities admitting large numbers of COVID-19 patients and $10 billion to providers in rural areas, who are already working on narrow margins,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “HHS has put these funds out as quickly as possible, after gathering data to ensure that they are going to the providers who need them the most. “ North Carolina highimpact providers will receive $79 million from Provider Relief Fund COVID-19 High Impact Payment Allocations, rural providers will receive $282 million, and hospitals treating low-income and uninsured patients will receive $30 million.

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Suit challenges power of 4 Mecklenburg towns to run charter schools Raleigh A state law that allows four Charlotte-area municipalities to operate charter schools was challenged in North Carolina court last week.

The North Carolina and Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP chapters and two parents filed the lawsuit against the state and Republican legislative leaders.

The plaintiffs argue the law, which granted the option to Matthews, Mint Hill, Huntersville and Cornelius, essentially creates new town school districts that siphon funds from the CharlotteMecklenburg school system.

Elected officials in the towns have said the new authority had nothing to do with race, but rather to address overcrowded public schools. The towns had been at odds with the CharlotteMecklenburg school board, arguing it wasn’t willing to construct enough new schools in their areas despite negotiations.

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UK prime minister: At low point, doctors prepared my death announcement London Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered more insight into his hospitalization for coronavirus, telling a British newspaper that he knew doctors were preparing for the worst.

The 55-year-old Johnson, who spent three nights in intensive care during his treatment, said he was aware that doctors were discussing his fate.

Johnson couldn’t believe how quickly his health had deteriorated and had difficulty understanding why he wasn’t getting better.

Medical workers gave him “liters and liters of oxygen’’ but he said the “indicators kept going in the wrong direction.”

“The bad moment came when it was 50-50 whether they were going to have to put a tube down my windpipe.”

Johnson acknowledged when he left the hospital that his fight to survive “could have gone either way.”

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Flyover salutes health care workers and first responders On Friday, May 1st, F-15E Strike Eagles from the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB showed appreciation and support for Eastern North Carolina medical professionals and first responders during a regional flyover to eight hospitals at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville.

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JOURNaL ELEVATE THE CONVERSATION

Meat processing bottleneck, but no closures for now in NC

By David Larson and A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — With large meat processing facilities closing in the Midwest, concerns have been raised over meat supply chain disruptions in North Carolina, a major supplier of pork and other meat products.

Smithfield’s facility in Tar Heel is the largest pork processing plant in the world, and after reports of COVID-19 outbreaks affecting workers, concerns only increased.

The Tar Heel facility, which processes around 35,000 hogs per day, has had to reduce their hours and put in place extra precautions such as plexiglass barriers between workers, facemasks and temperature tests. A Tyson’s plant in Wilkesboro also grabbed headlines after an outbreak among their more than 1,000 workers.

Despite the fear of these plants closing, no meat processing facilities have closed in the state as of May 5.

“Our North Carolina facilities remain operational,” Smithfield Foods representative Leah Weightman told North State Journal.

Andy Curliss, CEO of the NC Pork Council, which represents the state’s hog farmers, told NSJ, “I’m not aware of any closures. We haven’t had here what has happened in the Midwest. But we do have reduced capacity.”

The reduced hours and increased absences by spooked workers mean there is a “bottleneck” in the food supply chain that farmers can’t ignore. But according to Curliss, the state’s hog farmers have been able to adapt to this reduced capacity as meat processing plants are fighting to stay open.

“We’ve been managing through the reduced capacity of the plants,” Curliss said. He named a few strategies they are implementing, including slowing feedings and breeding, rationing feed, and finding and managing empty spaces. “We’ve dealt with closures and slowdowns in North Carolina, and certainly the Mid-Atlantic, before with hurricanes and ice storms. So I’d say we’re managing through that.”

N.C. commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler and N.C. Farm

Bureau President Shawn Harding recently held a joint media event where they discussed President Donald Trump’s executive order of the Defense Production Act for meat processors, the food supply and the important role North Carolina plays in meeting consumer demand.

“This is unusual and unprecedented times,” said Harding at the meeting. “We appreciate our farmers, plant workers and grocery store workers for continuing to do their job. We also appreciate President Donald Trump’s executive order of the Defense Production Act for meat processors.”

Key takeaways from Troxler and Harding’s discussion included messages that there is no food shortage, the food supply is safe and the critical nature of meat-processing facilities.

Troxler told NSJ he didn’t know if more funding or actions might be needed from state legislators at this time.

“We have requested $20 million from the legislature for euthanasia and disposal should that be needed, and it is included in both the House and Senate’s proposals,” Troxler said. “We want to be prepared, but we remain hopeful that it won’t be needed.”

Curliss said right now, euthanizing healthy hogs to relieve overcrowding is not one of their strategies for dealing with the bottleneck.

Curliss and other agriculture leaders cite the Midwest as the location where meat processing is seeing bigger hurdles after the region had three of the largest plants, which collectively supplied 15% of the nation’s pork supply, close. Farmers have had to euthanize hundreds of thousands of hogs that had nowhere to be processed to enter the food supply.

While President Trump’s executive order will not necessarily directly help plants that are struggling to stay operational, many observers say it removes a liability issue where some companies were unsure if staying open put them in legal danger of worker lawsuits.

“With what has been done at the national level with the Defense Production Act and working with our public health partners and the companies, I think we probably See HOGS page A2

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General Assembly unanimously passes over $1.6B in relief DHHS funds come with data strings attached

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly held a rare Saturday session to pass a pair of relief bills known as the “2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act.” “This legislation puts North Carolina on the right path to recovery. For weeks, our citizens have been anxious about their future because of this virus, and today we can assure them that action is being taken to allay their concerns,” said Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham),

Senate Minority Leader Dan Blue (D-Wake), House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) and House Minority Leader Darren Jackson (D-Wake) in a press release.

The bills were sent to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature the same day, and he signed the bills on May 4.

“I am signing into law two critical relief bills that will provide assistance to families, schools, hospitals and small businesses as our state battles COVID-19,” said Cooper in a press release. “There is more work ahead of us, and I hope the spirit of consensus behind these bills will continue.”

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Here come COVID-19 tracing apps, privacy trade-offs The Associated Press AS GOVERNMENTS around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help stanch the pandemic.

But their decisions on which technologies to use — and how far those allow authorities to peer into private lives — are highlighting some uncomfortable tradeoffs between protecting privacy and public health.

“There are conflicting interests,” said Tina White, a Stanford University researcher who first introduced a privacy-protecting approach in February. “Governments and public health (agencies) want to be able to track people” to minimize the spread of COVID-19, but people are less likely to download a voluntary app if it is intrusive, she said.

Containing infectious disease outbreaks boils down to a simple mantra: test, trace and isolate. Today, that means identifying people who test positive for the novel coronavirus, tracking down others they might have infected, and preventing further spread by quarantining everyone who might be contagious.

That second step requires an army of healthcare workers to question coronavirus carriers about recent contacts so those people can be tested and potentially isolated.

Smartphone apps could speed up that process by collecting data about your movements and alerting you if you’ve spent time near a confirmed coronavirus carrier.

The more detailed that data, the more it could help regional governments identify and contain emerging disease “hot spots.” But data collected by governments can also be abused by governments — or their private-sector partners.

Some countries and local governments are issuing voluntary government-designed apps that make information directly avail-

able to public health authorities.

In Australia, more than 3 million people have downloaded such an app touted by the prime minister, who compared it to the ease of applying sunscreen and said more app downloads would bring about a “more liberated economy and society.” Utah is the first U.S. state to embrace a similar approach, one developed by a social media startup previously focused on helping young people hang out with nearby friends.

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If one inhowever, favored the president’s excludes ecutivecourt order.costs, the fine jumps to $650.

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“Sending any stores. Children can only employees back to work withac-no company if no other suit-to mandatorythem protections in place able person can watch them. protect them from being exposed week, and Cooper issued ato to Last COVID-19 no recourse new executive orderenvironments containing address unsafe work multiple ofofnew threatens layers the lives meatrestricprocesstions on the few retail ing plant workers, as stores well asstill the allowed orviability able to of remain open. long-term the food supThis new order begins at 5 p.m. ply chain.”

April 13 and runs for days.

Curliss agrees that30the health According executive order and safety of to meat processors are 131, five people 1,000be vital only but says the goalper should square feet of retail or 20% both keeping thosespace workers safe of fire marshal posted occupanand keeping their facilities operacy limits can be in a store at one tional. time.

Markings be placedon “There’s a lotmust of attention 6nurses feet apart areas where peoand in doctors and assisted ple gather, like and checkout lines, living assistants, rightfully so; and stores must observe cleanthey’re saving lives,” Curliss said. ing Additional recom“Butmeasures.

I have to say, right next on my mendations in and the order include list is farmers processors and plastic registers andin grocers shields and all atthose working contact-free checkouts. our food supply, because they susThe order overrides any lotain lives.

So they’re all heroes.” calFor prohibitions thatprocessors set a differnow, meat are ent occupancy rate in order to making adjustments.

The curmaintain “uniformity” across the rent situation can be sustained for state.”

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The“We, North Fresh likeCarolina-based so many others, have Market grocery store seen impacts from the viruschain, on our starting 14, will industry,”April he said.

“Andrequire we are all cerguests to wear afor face-covering of tainly planning further impacts some acrosssort. that supply chain.”

THE WORD: DOUBTING MOTHER’S THOMAS DAY

The Second Sunday of Easter Since the first Mother’s Day approaches, and Christians ofearly the first celebrations inare thereminded U.S., in the Sunday following Christ’s resurrection.

20th Century, carnations have been Jesus had met with most of His disciples after Mary the traditional flower for the second Magdalene alerted them of His presence.

Sunday of May. White carnations were Thomas was notas with when they initially favored an them adornment on met Jesus, and he said he would not believe in the Mother’s Day for all mothers. But, resurrection had seen wounds of in part due tountil thehe shortage of the white the crucifixion for himself. carnations, florists suggested that Eight days after thecarnation resurrection, Thomas mothers wear a pink if one’s had his doubts removed when he saw mother was living, or a white one if Jesus and examined His wounds.

While one’s mother was dead.

This tradition Jesus blessed those believed took hold across thewho country.

Redin His resurrection based on faith,element He nonetheless carnations were a familiar of was willing to prove Himself to Thomas. paintings of the Madonna and Child, Thomas had proven a devoted signifying Mary’s love of Jesusand andloyal as disciple and Jesus didcrucifixion. not condemn him for foreshadowing of his his skepticism.

John 20:27-29 Madonna(KJV) of the Carnation 27 Then saith he to

by Leonardo Thomas, daReach Vincihither (1478thy finger, andpermanent behold my 1480, hands; collection and reach hither of the thy hand, and thrust it Alte Pinakothek into mygallery, side: and be not Munich, faithless, but believing.

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28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

“The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” by Caravaggio (c. 1601–1602, currently housed in Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany).

Proverbs 31: 25-26 (KJV) TRAFFIC from page A1 transportation sales tax revenue, shutting down certain business- causing major traffic backups.

Florida announced that it is aces. But some states have not. which also 25 Strength and honour are her clothing; andis down.

Washington, site of the first celerating work schedules by sevwere hoping to bid it out failed to produce she shall rejoice inresults. time to come. 26 She“We openeth for construction very soon, but coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., eral weeks on about $2 billion the meantime, some herIn mouth with wisdom; and road in her tongue is the andofbridge projects already have then COVID-19 and all that, so suspended work on 92 of its 100 worth of bridge and road projects. law kindness.

In Maryland, a westbound that timeline is kind of in the air,” active highway projects as a rebeen put on hold.

The North Carolina Depart- said West Plains administrator sult of a stay-at-home order for lane of the Chesapeake Bay ment of Transportation has Tom Stehn, a former state high- most workers. The halted proj- Bridge near Annapolis recentslashed its expected construction way engineer. “It was a high pri- ects include major ones in Seattle ly re-opened to vehicles followand Spokane, as well as improve- ing repairs. The $27 million projprojects from 131 down to 38 for ority for us.” wasemployees. completed well ahead of an Interstate 90 pass ect Though ambulances are costs, run- ments the upcoming budget school Around $4.5 hospitaltodischarge covering overtime NCGA from page A1 year, a $2 cluding partly because light an avalanche-prone ning as usual and detours are through billion reduction. million will be allotted forofcyberComprehensive reportingarea on schedule, purchasing Personal Protective amid the coronavirus panthe Cascade Mountains. for visitors, Ohio has delayed projects security at schools.

COVID-19 deaths, including the traffic Equipment, sanitation and “obhy- of with various funding issues until such well-marked Vermont’sofentire $200 million demic. that direct interchange next year on interstate highways The Department of Public Inpatients diagnosed gienic supplies, and critical infor- percentage as government operations, busi- viously The declining volumes construction plan for 2020 in Columbus and Cincinnati be- would will gettraffic $1 million for with severe comorbidities prior to struction mation.be nice,” said Daniel Mar- road nesses and education, while Senbeenand especially large in some on hold, save for a $6 million have chief clinical the is cause thehandles expected decline in shall, boosting improving student being diagnosed with COVID-19 $125 million will officer providefor loans ate Billof704 various polithe nation’s famously conrepair where a storm Howell Countythrough Ambulance fuel tax revenue. access to the most internet by installand whether these deaths are of for small businesses the emergency cy changes in economic support, South metropolitan out part of foundation with a budget shortfall, ing Wi-Fi routers on areas, school such bussolely classified as the deaths due to gested Golden LEAF Foundation, which washed taxFaced relief, business and educa- District. as area. inInterstate 89.

The city of Bend, Oregon, the on Missouri $46 miles the andSan $11 Francisco million toBay improve COVID-19 established in 1999 to adtion that has maypostponed be needed due to was Business leaders in region The longer themillion delay, the growlion for 18 road and bridge proj- nation’s connectivity forthe students Another $50 hasgreatbeen ternet minister seventh-fastest tobacco settlement COVID-19. hoped to put a 1 cent sales detax likelihood that some proj- had metropolitan ects that had been for ing by providing internet access setthe aside for the purchase of PPE. agreement moniesarea backover into the ru- er “Members have priorities been workthe November ballot that could might get finished decade, pulled a $190 mil- ects local governments.

As many as past vices.

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Rural hospitals will receive The five requirements are to be for school breakfast and lunch drawn from the over $3.5 billion available to the state from the posted on the COVID-19 Dash- programs and another $70 mil- $65 million while teaching hospilion for supplemental summer tals and a general relief fund for four relief bills passed by Con- board of DHHS’ website: WORSHIP page A1 “CoroPositive and negative learning, reading and math pro- hospitals in the state will receive gress, one offrom which is the $15 million each. grams for elementary students. navirus Aid, Relief, and Econom- COVID-19 test results showed up State and local government In terms of technology needed A list of vendors contracted to ic Benham Security and Act,”others or the “CARES to the Charlotte clinic after Act.” These federal fundsreceivcan- perform COVID-19 testing and for remote learning, $30 million will be able to draw from a $300 ing thattothe policeor were there will go to local school systems for million coronavirus relief renot calls be used replace make up the cost per test demanding the group’s memthe purchase of computers and serve, and there is $100 million COVID-19 recovery rates for lost statethat or local government bers leave the area. When they reCOVID-19-related hospital other electronic devices for stu- allotted for county-level relief. revenue. fused to leave, given$70 ci- discharges, along with underly- dents who need them, and $5 State government operations will Senate Bill eight 704 were includes tations “violation of emergency million offor continuity of gov- ing health conditions, if any, as- million will go towards buying receive $85 million and $5 milprohibitions and restrictions” a sociated with each COVID-19 computers and other devices for lion for tourism industry support. ernment operation needs, —inClass 2 misdemeanor.

“They’re saying there were 50 people there,” Benham said on the discrepancy between his account and the “official” account.

“Just look at the video.

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In this March 9, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit.

Biden pressed to choose a black woman as his running mate The Associated Press DETROIT — After a devastating start to the Democratic primary, Joe Biden’s campaign was revived when black voters in South Carolina and throughout the South overwhelmingly sided with him. Now that he’s the presumptive Democratic nominee, black voters and leaders are pressing for him to pick a black woman as his running mate.

Biden launched a committee last week to begin vetting possible candidates for the vice presidency, a process he has said will likely last through July. He has already committed to picking a woman.

But black voters and leaders say he needs to go further and pick a black woman. They argue that Biden’s success — and that of the Democratic Party as a whole — depends on black people turning out to vote in November. They want a tangible return for their loyalty, not just a thank you for showing up on Election Day. “Black people want an acknowledgement of the many years of support they have given the Democratic Party,” said Niambi Carter, a Howard University political science professor.

House Minority Whip Jim Clyburn, whose endorsement in South Carolina was widely credited with helping widen Biden’s winning margin and start his avalanche of March primary victories, said “clearly” he would prefer a black woman. But he insisted he’s not pushing Biden in that direction.

“I’m the father of three grown African American women. So naturally I prefer an African American woman, but it doesn’t have to be,” Clyburn said. “I’ve made that very clear.”

Biden has been unusually vocal about the people he would consider as running mates. He’s referenced two black women, Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic nominee for governor in Georgia. Other black women, including Rep. Val Demings of Florida and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, have also been mentioned.

But Biden is also thought to be considering several white women,

including Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

President Donald Trump said his November opponent owes the spot to Warren, theorizing that Sen. Bernie Sanders “would have won every single state on Super Tuesday” if Warren had dropped out of the primary race earlier.

In an interview Monday with the New York Post, Trump dismissed Abrams while claiming responsibility for her defeat in the 2018 Georgia governor’s race.

Zerlina Maxwell, a political analyst and former director of progressive media for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, said this is an opportunity for Biden to recognize the political force of black women.

“The Democratic nominee needs to make it completely clear that they understand the moment and that they understand that black women are the foundation of a successful Democratic Party at every level,” Maxwell said.

Adrianne Shropshire, executive director of Black PAC, said black voters are looking for “authenticity.”

“When folks have talked to us about what they want in a candidate, it is someone who can relate to them,” Shropshire said, noting the coronavirus’s disparate impact on black Americans.

But she said that doesn’t mean that a vice presidential nominee has to be a black woman.

“Having a black running mate checks that box for a lot of people, but I would also say in the same way that black voters weren’t simply during the primary contest saying, ‘Who’s the black candidate?’ I don’t think black voters are doing that for the vice-presidential choice either,” she said, later adding the bottom line: “Ultimately, people want to win.”

Tharon Johnson, a prominent black strategist who worked for Barack Obama’s two presidential campaigns, said Biden’s focus should be on “energy,” not necessarily on race.

“I am totally, 100% behind the narrative that it’s time for a black woman on the ticket,” Johnson said. “But he has to consider a lot of metrics. Who can he bring on that

North Carolina courts ‘frozen’ until summer NSJ Staff RALEIGH — Chief Justice Cheri Beasley and N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts director McKinley Wooten Jr. sent a memo to judicial branch employees on the last day of April to highlight the chief justice’s new COVID-19 task force and to provide an update on the status of court proceedings.

In the memo, of which a copy was obtained by North State Journal, Beasley says “We have been closely monitoring the guidance of public health officials as we think about our path forward. Last week, Gov. Cooper announced a graduated plan for lifting restrictions on mass gatherings and reopening North Carolina’s businesses. That plan indicates that we must continue to ex-

ercise social distancing and limit the gathering of large groups, particularly in public places, well into the summer.”

Beasley said it is clear that courts will not be able to resume normal functions for several more months, likely into the fall. She also cautioned that court functions cannot remain “frozen in time” and plans would need to be created to provide services to the public and protect health and safety.

Further, Beasley said it will not be possible to convene jury trials or other high-volume court sessions in June. She had previously ordered court postponements in two orders, which officially have an end date of May 30.

NSJ reached out to the NCAOC to ask about the memo. The NCA-

will increase enthusiasm and drive turnout in those states that matter most in November? And what characteristics are there that will bring that excitement?”

Symone Sanders is the highest-ranking black woman on Biden’s staff and played a key role in shoring up Biden’s campaign in South Carolina. But he also has an older cadre of advisers reminding him of the complicated calculations in putting together a winning coalition.

Kenneth Walden, a 26-year-old black man who lives in the battleground state of North Carolina, said the pick must be a black woman.

“And if not, I believe that it would be a repeat of 2016, where we had an all-white ticket and everybody was not energized,” said Walden, who works in telecommunications and on a YouTube show. “Black people are going to feel betrayed. We’re not just voting based off just party lines anymore.”

Cierra Conerly, a 32-year-old entrepreneur and small-business owner, said she’s torn about whom she wants to see on the ticket, but she said it needs to be someone who can identify strongly with diverse groups.

“I’m African American, I’m a woman, I’m a business owner and I’m also LGBTQ” said Conerly, who lives in Arizona, another state Democrats hope to flip. “All of those aspects are really important and I want someone who is going to be able to speak to those.”

Taylor Harrell, the political director for Mothering Justice, a nonprofit that advocates for mothers, said Biden’s choice shouldn’t be all that complicated: Choose a black woman.

“It’s become a cute catchphrase to say ‘trust black women’ or that black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party; so if we’re truly the backbone, being the backbone should essentially mean being the vice president,” Harrell, a Detroit resident, said. “White people have had a voice for so long and having a black woman will allow us to feel like our voices are going to continue to be heard after they’ve been put on pause for these past four years.”

OC clarified that courthouses remain open for limited purposes, but did not address the contents of the memo sent to judicial branch employees.

“On March 15 Chief Justice Cheri Beasley asked judicial officials to drastically reduce operations in courthouses throughout the state in an effort to further limit the spread of the coronavirus,” said Charles Keller, an information and communication specialist with the agency.

“While a very few courthouses had to close temporarily due to employees being exposed to COVID-19, most of North Carolina’s courthouses have remained open.”

The second order from Chief Justice Beasley stated documents due to be filed from March 16 to June 1 will be deemed timely filed if received on June 1, 2020.

Already, in the state’s 18th Prosecutorial District, which covers Chatham and Orange counties, hundreds of cases have been dismissed citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The cases were previously on the district court criminal docket.

RALEIGH — With North Carolina’s unemployment claims reaching near a million individuals last week, those filing claims still say payments are slow to show up or haven’t arrived at all.

Stories of the website crashing and technical issues have plagued the unemployment filing process, often forcing filers to try multiple times over the course of several days to file a claim.

The family of a young man named Anthony, who lives in Wake County, tells North State Journal that he finally got his claim filed on March 31, but he had to do it at 5 a.m. to get his claim to go through. Weeks later, he had received no follow-up and no benefit payment. The repeated calls to the Employment Security office resulted in reaching only a recording to call back later due to “heavy call volume.”

Frustrated, Anthony and his family turned to lawmakers for help by contacting the office of Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) on April 23. He credits Berger’s constituent and district liaison Rebekah LaHay with sorting out the mess and with his claim being paid out the very next day, on April 24.

Anthony and his family say he was lucky to have family support, and that he didn’t have to worry about food and shelter.

“While we are grateful he is finally receiving his benefits, we should not have had to engage Berger’s office to get him paid,” said Anthony’s mother. “What about others who don’t have family to assist them?”

Before the coronavirus outbreak put a strain on the system, North Carolina was already one of the worst states for issuing unemployment payments in a timely fashion, according to the U.S. Department of Labor statistics

on payments.

“For the first quarter of 2020, North Carolina paid 67.2% of first payments in a timely manner. The national average for the same period was 86.5%,” reporter Kari Travis recently wrote for Carolina Journal.

At a press conference last Thursday, Cooper responded to criticism about the slow unemployment payouts.

“I have ordered the Employment Security Commission to increase the number of people who are handling telephone calls and increase the capability online to take claims,” said Cooper.

Cooper had already used an executive order earlier in April to waive several of North Carolina’s unemployment rules to provide swifter assistance to filers.

DES had announced earlier in the month that they would be hiring over 1,600 people to speed up the processing of claims and payment issuance. Around that same time, the agency said that money from federal assistance programs related to unemployment claims made due to COVID-19 was supposed to start going out the week of April 13.

As of May 4, North Carolina Department of Employment Security published statistics showing that just under 95% of the 1,048,861 claims filed in the state were completed online during a time span of March 15 to May 3. Of the claims filed, 847,748 are COVID-19 related.

Independent contractors being granted the ability to file led to a spike of 54,495 claim filings on April 24. Other notable spikes include 32,613 on April 25 and 28,019 on April 30.

The U.S. added another 3.8 million unemployment claims during the week of April 19-25, putting jobless figures during the coronavirus outbreak at 30 million. The largest spike in filings so far was 6.8 million near the end of March.

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A young girl holds a sign saying all jobs are essential at a ReOpen NC protest in Raleigh.

“While a very few courthouses had to close temporarily due to employees being exposed to COVID-19, most of North Carolina’s courthouses have remained open.”

Charles Keller, information and communication specialist Several more district attorneys’ offices are considering similar measures.

The rotation of Superior Court judges will be suspended for the fall term and all Superior Court judges will be assigned to their home districts. A source in one county told NSJ that they were planning on not having court sessions in June or July.

The emergency directives from

the chief justice have broadened the court system’s ability to use audio and video transmissions for court proceedings, and judges across the state have the option to begin conducting hearings remotely.

“It is vitally important that the public have confidence that our courts are open and available to assist them and that we are taking every step we can to keep them safe when they do,” Beasley said. “We must also ensure the safety of our frontline court personnel by postponing less-urgent matters, avoiding high-volume court sessions, and shifting as much work as possible online.”

To assist in developing plans for dealing with case backlogs and other administrative items, a 16-person task force was formed and is cochaired by senior resident Superior Court Judge Don Bridges and Chief District Court Judge Jay Corpening.

The task force will work with the conferences and associations within the branch to put forward recommendations for future policies and best practices.

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Tony Rand, longtime NC senator, power broker, dies at 80

On April 23, Gov. Roy Cooper outlined his three phases for re-opening the economy and businesses in the state following more than a month on a statewide stay-at-home order. Cooper’s phases, which currently place North Carolina among the last states to re-open, were developed by his administration and the COVID-19 task force.

By Gary D. Robertson The Associated Press

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Begins Friday, May 8

At least 2-3 weeks after Phase 1

At least 4-6 weeks after Phase 2

• Modifies the stay-at-home order to allow travel for commercial activity at any business that is allowed to be open, such as clothing stores, sporting goods stores, book shops, houseware stores and other retailers

• Lifts stay-at-home order with strong encouragement for vulnerable populations to continue staying at home to remain safe

• Ensures that any open stores implement appropriate employee and consumer social distancing, enhanced hygiene and cleaning protocols, symptom screening of employees, accommodations for vulnerable workers, and provide education to employees and workers to combat misinformation

• Allows limited opening of restaurants, bars, fitness centers, personal care services and other businesses that can follow safety protocols including the potential need to reduce capacity

• Loosens restrictions for vulnerable populations with encouragement to continue practicing physical distancing and minimizing exposure to settings where distancing isn’t possible

• Continues to limit gatherings to no more than 10 people

• Allows gathering at places such as houses of worship and entertainment venues at reduced capacity

• Reopens parks that have been closed subject to the same gathering limitation • Continues to recommend face coverings in public spaces when 6 feet of distancing isn’t possible • Encourages employers to continue teleworking policies • Continues restrictions on nursing homes and other congregant care settings

• Increases number of people allowed at gatherings • Opens public playgrounds • Continues restrictions on nursing homes and other congregant care settings

• Allows increased capacity at restaurants, bars, other businesses, houses of worships and entertainment venues • Further increases the number of people allowed at gatherings • Continues restrictions on nursing homes and other congregant care settings • Reserves right to tighten restrictions if infections spike

• Local emergency orders with more restrictive measures may remain in place WEST Western NC man arrested for diverting rideshare passengers’ route Buncombe County Asheville Police took Anthony Bruce Campbell into custody for felonious restraint for an April 27 incident. He is now being held on a $20,000 bail and was fired from his position with the rideshare company.

The customers requested one route and claim Campbell took them another way. The Major Crimes Unit was alerted, and after an investigation were able to identify Campbell as the driver.

Campbell is being held at the Buncombe County Detention Facility.

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Ex-congregant charged with breaking into minister’s home

Anonymous donation helps Asheville restaurants feed for free Buncombe County When restaurants and festivals have unused food, Food Connection knows where to put it, rescuing food that would otherwise be wasted and delivering it to people who need it most.

When state orders shut down dining rooms and gatherings in March to curb the spread of coronavirus, the supply of surrendered food dropped precipitously. But there were still people to feed and plenty of cooks with empty restaurants. Since then, an anonymous donor has stepped forward with $200,000 for Food Connection to cover food and distribution costs. The team can now feed 5,000 a week.

AP

Tyson plant has COVID-19 outbreak

Rutherford County A secretive evangelical church says hysteria over the coronavirus may have motivated a former member with a gun to break into the home of one of the sect’s top ministers, but the now-jailed suspect said he was on drugs and doesn’t know why he ended up in the communal house. Members of the Word of Faith Fellowship told authorities that Stephen Cordes, 23, was spotted by a congregant walking into Brooke Covington’s home in Rutherfordton. They said they found the man, who once lived in the home, in a closet. When Cordes tried to leave, the members stopped him.

Wilkes County The Tyson Foods plant in Wilkesboro is the latest meat processor to report an outbreak of COVID-19. The plant employs about 3,000 people. Several dozen new cases of COVID-19 have been reported from workers at the plant.

Health officials say that more than half of the 92-case spike in the area over the last week is due to cases of workers at the plant. The plant does not intend to close. It will start testing employees, scanning temperatures and increasing sanitation efforts.

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PIEDMONT Rescue crews recover body of tuber in lake Iredell County Authorities have recovered the body of a missing man from Lake Norman outside of Charlotte. Rescue crews recovered the body of 41-year-old Gregory Moore on Sunday. He had been tubing with friends when he fell off and never resurfaced. Officials with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said Moore was not wearing a safety jacket.

AP

Pick-your-own farm closes after positive COVID-19 tests Guilford County A pick-your-own strawberry farm in North Carolina has temporarily closed after laboratory tests confirmed eight workers tested positive for coronavirus, according to officials. Rudd Farm said on its Facebook page that it took preventative measures, including having workers wear gloves and masks and using a drive-through service to maintain social distancing to protect customers. According to the post, one worker said he felt sick and tested positive, and several other workers also tested positive for COVID-19. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed eight cases linked to on-site housing for farm workers.

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FBI seeks victims in home improvement fraud Chatham County A husband and wife are wanted in connection with a home improvement scheme that defrauded elderly customers out of $2 million.

Jorge Alberto Garcia and Helen Smith-Flores are charged in connection with a scheme that defrauded at least 50 elderly victims.

Garcia and Smith-Flores operated a home improvement business between December 2014 and April 2020 in Durham, Orange and Chatham counties. Garcia offered home improvement services to elderly people largely on fixed incomes, many with significant health issues. The pair took large payments for construction jobs and never completed them. Victims are being asked to come forward.

Board votes to hold marlin tournament in June

Officers shot, wounded while serving warrant Cumberland County Two police officers and a woman accused of shooting at them were wounded while law enforcement tried to serve an arrest warrant.

Spring Lake police arrived at a home to serve the warrant and had taken one suspect into custody when a woman inside began shooting at the officers, police said. The officers returned fire and a bullet struck the woman’s head. She was flown to a hospital. Both officers were also hospitalized, and one of the detectives was stable following surgery early Monday. The department did not immediately identify anyone involved.

Carteret County The Big Rock Board of Directors voted unanimously on Thursday to hold the 62nd Annual Big Rock Tournament on June 8-13 and the 23rd Annual KWLA Tournament on June 6. In a statement, the board said it has monitored the impacts of COVID-19 and feels the tournaments can proceed safely and responsibly with no social events. Officials are asking participants and spectators to adhere to social distancing and other health precautions. According to the website, the tournament can be viewed online and plans are in the works for a drive-through dinner for tournament participants.

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Durham Farmers’ Market reopens after 6-week closure Durham County After a six-week closure amid coronavirus fears, the popular Durham Farmers’ Market reopened Saturday to long lines of mask-wearing customers. The market closed in March because of the city’s stay-at-home order. People waited in long lines that stretched around the block as the market again welcomed visitors. The market had several new safety rules in place, including social distancing guidelines and mandatory face masks. It also had hand-washing stations set up to help prevent the spread of germs. In a Facebook posting, organizers said pre-orders and pre-pay are strongly encouraged.

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Rainfall, winds cause some minor damage

Police rule toddler’s death was homicide

Dare County Strong winds during heavy rains caused minor home damage in the Outer Banks. A wind gust blowing about 70 mph damaged a condo roof in Kill Devil Hills on Thursday afternoon, National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Kennedy said. Dare County spokeswoman Dorothy Hester said another roof was also damaged. A pizza store in the town posted a video on Facebook that shows its sign getting blown over by the winds. Kennedy said it was not known if the winds came from a tornado or were caused by thunder clouds.

Pitt County The death of an 18-month-old boy has been ruled a homicide. Greenville police said in a news release that Isiah Gillis was hospitalized at Vidant Medical Center with a serious head injury on April 2. Officers went to the hospital after the Pitt County Department of Social Services reported a potential case of child abuse. Gillis later died as a result of the injury. Police said the Pitt County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death as a homicide. The investigation is continuing.

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RALEIGH — Former Democratic state Sen. Tony Rand, a longtime power broker in North Carolina state politics whose legislative acumen helped elevate careers of politicians from both parties, died Friday at age 80.

Rand died at a family home in Blowing Rock, according to his son, Ripley, a former U.S. attorney. Rand had battled thyroid cancer and hypopharyngeal squamous cell cancer for several years, he said.

Rand served in the Senate representing Cumberland County more than 11 terms from 1981 through 1988 and from 1995 to 2009.

Beginning in 2001, Rand was simultaneously the majority leader and chairman of the powerful Senate Rules Committee, serving as the chief lieutenant to Senate leader Marc Basnight.

He was heavily involved in fashioning nearly every significant piece of Democratic legislation, from the passage of the state lottery in 2005 to probation reforms. He was the Senate’s chief negotiator in every annual budget.

Rand “was the muscle who moved good ideas into great laws,” Gov. Roy Cooper, who was Rand’s predecessor as Senate majority leader in the late 1990s, said in a news release.

Rand’s campaign fundraising prowess and ability to keep liberal and moderate members of the Senate Democratic Caucus happy allowed the party to extend their century-long dominance in the chamber even as Republican fortunes improved in state politics. After Republicans took over the legislature in 2011, GOP Senate Rules Chairman Tom Apodaca often called Rand seeking advice for operating the chamber.

Current Republican Senate leader Phil Berger, who served with Rand in the 2000s, said Rand “will be remembered as one of the most effective and influential political figures in North Carolina over the past 30 years.”

Rand resigned from the Senate in late 2009 when then-Gov. Beverly Perdue put him on the state probation and parole commission. He later became the commission’s chairman. Cooper later put him on the state lottery commission, where he also ultimately became chairman. With cancer already quieting his booming voice familiar on the Senate floor, Rand resigned from the lottery panel in December.

Rand, a Wake County native, earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for whom he became its largest booster at the legislature.

Rand is survived by his wife, Karen; sons Ripley and Craven; a sister; and two grandchildren.

Lt. Gov. Dan Forest purchases, presents Bronze Star to WinstonSalem veteran NSJ staff WINSTON-SALEM — Last month, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest revealed he spent nearly $200,000 from his campaign account for governor on small businesses and direct assistance to North Carolinians.

“As soon as we saw the depth of the economic pain being felt by the people of North Carolina, we knew we needed to re-tool our campaign,” said Forest.

“It seems senseless and wrong to raise millions of dollars to put advertisements on TV when so many people in our state are out of work or mourning the loss of a loved one,” Forest said. “We have been blessed with so much support over the years, and it felt right to put our campaign money where it could do some real good.”

One of the stories was recently made public by the campaign.

Forest re-presented the Bronze Star to retired Command Sergeant Major Alex Nelson in Winston-Salem, according to a Facebook post, which read in part: “Mr. Nelson had previously posted online that he was selling his Bronze Star in a desperate effort to keep his wife’s gymnastics business afloat as COVID-19 restrictions shut down her gym.”

“Lt. Gov. Forest agreed to purchase the medal for an undisclosed amount, under the condition that he have the honor to present it back to Mr. Nelson, where it belongs.”

Forest campaign spokesman Andrew Dunn said the campaign has canceled dozens of fundraising events across the state to enable staff to focus on relief efforts.

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As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are supporting sel justification for it. 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 continu 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 aseriousness o I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE. experienced four straight balanced budgets from 1998-2001 when 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 remain areStates, orders thanks towill local or for state governments, majority of Americans tothis take precautions, I’m uneasy with how p otherwise don’taround care ifthe theyglobe get themselves or others sick. the same time virus, we ashouldn’t get comfortable with so-called “new but and insacrifices the United China pay this covered up its spread and tried to tell the world there were only ed.

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And the fear of students filing for might be the root of academic corruption, billion worth of American direct investment in plants and equipment in 1989. are contractual society were the new standard, citing theshowing weak economy atresults. the quality, and theensure risk of destroying that economy ofsuggested Americanby eighth-graders: “Grade required for bankruptcy but is already positive would that in loans are small and sometimes the title of a recent study, abynow disturbing tendency among some people to treat those measures are understandable, in in China.

Chinese direct investment theon U.S. is about $65 program billion Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. agreements time.

In 2010, Sheila Holman, currently an assistant has (and should) place real limits the measures 8 Students’ NAEP Scores Decline in the supposed Purdue’s website explains a few of the benefits of prudent.

“Academic Grievance Studies and rulemaking, the questioning data and when we starttalking getting backand This is allResults new to comparison.taken in the name of protecting people and the simplysecretary Senators in asking Washington are can already about theU.S. possibility at the the N.C. Department of Environmental Geography History; in Americans ISAs: as though But such a solution is politically unpopular.

Corruption of Scholarship.”

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So while crippled state An investment tax credit of 30% on of U.S. in China of China $1.2 trillion in we owe them as one way to get Quality under Gov. Cooper, asked the EPA to delay environment.

Civics Unchanged Since 2014.”

The standard payment period for the Back It would considerably reduce the number of done by Areo, an opinion and analysis receive otherwise don’t care ifmay they get themselves orfrom others sick. same time we shouldn’t get standard that have saved In the of environmental management, The tests were administered from orstudents $60 billion, applied tofor repatriated manufacturing China to “pay” forthousands the damage the US. the Don’t hold your checked. of the today, economy a the Boiler-ISA Fund is about 10 years, making it they have caused ablefield to borrow college andAmerican would the digital magazine.

By the way, Areo is short premature death and tens of thousands from other messy exercise of cost-benefit analysis is an essential January to March 2018 to a nationally Since when did questioning government at all levels become a bad normal.” investment to the U.S. would cost the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in breath waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask your elected education competitive with most Federal Plus and private loan affect low-income students. It for Areopagitica, a speech delivered by should compel disproportionately maladies. component of evaluating new regulations. Faced with sample of one 42,700 eighththing?

ThatInisaddition, whatrepresentatives free citizens living ina asix-month free society were representative supposed Not little bit. tax revenue spread over a few years.majoring $18 billion in lost revenue is to hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for terms. all students receive would also disfavor students in soft but John Milton in defense of free speech. funding in Holman’s reason for the request was simple; removing a man-made compound in our water like graders from about 780 schools. The electeddecimal dust to do, last I checked. grace period post-graduation before payments begin. trendy disciplines.

Authors Helen Pluckrose, James A. compared to thewe $6learn trillion+ Marshall nowCarolinathis North was disaster. facing a serious economic GenX, for example, that the costs arePlan muchwe are news is not very good. Only 24% of exchange for a officials to Once a recipient makes successful payments for But there are solutions that can be implemented — Lindsay and Peter Boghossian say that My first concern as we go along in all this, of course, is my family.

I’m Stacey Matthews has also writ undertakinghigher to save own economy, of defeated enemies as in the It is about time they arerate expected to operate asperformed responsible citizens of recession.

She referenced an unemployment of as our the concentrations ofnot the substance in the students at or above the the prescribed term of the contract, no additional even in this acrimonious political climate. something has gone drastically wrong predetermined worried about them catching the virus, and I’m worried I will.

After and is a regular contributor to yearworld later, like President Obama actuallynation. “proficient” level in civics. Worse yet, water supply decrease. The result is a consideration of 11.1%. Almost athe pause past. the any other modern payments are required even if they have paid less The first solution hasagainst been referred to as “skin in in academia, especially within certain withdrew the standard entirely, which was contrary costs to be weighed the benefit received from only 15% scored proficient or above suffering from the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, China the hasgame.” been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American percent implementathan thelaw, amount ofthe funding they received.

Such a policy would call for institutions fields withinhistory, the humanities.

They call to the sotothat national economy could the restriction.

American and 25% were I’ve been trying take extra precautions, because all of thisinbrings up “grievance business now for the past 30 years.

They have made no secret that they Both ISAs and skin in the game policies would a share in the credit risk of every student these fields studies,” where of posttion of public to haveOne continue to recover.

According to some estimates, could argue that the United States managed proficient in geography. At least 25% of wayworld too many memories of abenefits. painful experience I’d prefer not to repeat. intend towho replace the U.S. as the premier superpower in the and have many down-stream Both would put takes out a loan to attend the institution.

In scholarship is not so much based upon North Carolina may face an unemployment rate as to put a man on the moon, so surely we have the America’s eighth-graders are what NAEP healthreplace the dollar as the reserve currency with their renminbi. graduation But what makes me lose sleep is how easily has pressure on universities to keep tuition low and practice, this means that universities would be on finding but uponinattending to high asalso 20% later this year.

Will Cooper follow the most everyone capability of removing all harmful compounds defines astruth “below basic” U.S. history,

The nation’s Fixing college report card corruption

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protections. income over a certain number of years.

offset the artificial pressure on demand for the hook for some studentshort loan of debt socialand grievances.

Grievance scholars lead some of his of Democratic predecessor? from our water,part and of anything thatwhen is an civics geography.

That means they higher education.

They would also align universities’ students default. compromise.

Such a policyOn would require action bullynostudents, administrators and other There are limits to what a government can spend unacceptable the other hand, have understanding of historical and to save lives. could force everyone to drivewould 10 with We those of students.

Universities committing a sizable share of are resources to solve one interests civic issues andinto cannot point out basic

by Congress since student loans disbursed by the departments adhering to their per hour and save many lives, butincreased the resultant or agovernment. handful of problems will leave no resources to locations on aThe map. bemiles invested in student success, not just federal worldview. worldview they promote is economy would generate the resources needed to tackle the many other threats to public health, a Education Secretary Betsy DeVos TORIAL | STACEYBut MATTHEWS enrollment.

Somenot universities would probably begin another solution can be implemented locally. neither scientific nor rigorous.

Grievance health care to uninsured orwhen provide a robust conceptofthat economists “opportunity referred the recent national report tosupport offer better guidance to students they choose A number institutions arecall already giving itcosts.” a studies to consist of disciplines such as environmental protection Does this mean The environmental laws are filled ISAs with are card as “stark and inexcusable.”

Shestudies, majors, choose classes and program. take out loans. try: Income Share Agreements (ISAs). sociology, anthropology, gender some will suffer simply for want spending more of compromises.

The Clean Waterstudents Act, for example, blamed “antiquated” education methods These innovative solutions willofdo what “Free contractual agreements in which receive queer studies, sexuality and critical race the nation’s treasure?

And it has done so explicitly includes cost considerations when setting for low test scores among the nation’s College” cannot: makeAbsolutely. students and universities education funding in exchange for a predetermined studies. for years. standards.

Cost-benefit analysis a dollar behave eighth-graders.

I’d more wisely and act together towards the percent of post-graduation income often over aplaces certain In 2017 andThat’s 2018,nonsense. authors Pluckrose, amount on a “statistical” lifetime.

Benefit calculations bet the rent money that eighth-grade same goal. That goal is to create educated, wise number of years. The percent of income and number Lindsay and Boghossian started Donald van der Vaart is aOnly Senior Fellow at the John include number of trips emergency room, students of earlier say papers during the productive graduates. with smart policies of years canthe change based upontoathe student’s major and and submitting bogusperiods, academic to Locke Foundation.

Formerly, he was secretary of lost workdays, lost school days, and deaths.

Our 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s who were burdened that incentivize student success can we ensure that income potential. academic journals in cultural, queer, the North Carolina Department of Environmental regulatory state is filled with such compromises with “antiquated” education methods colleges truly provide value for students, parents, ISAs are a good deal for students because they race, gender, fat and sexuality studies Quality and the state’s Energy Policy Advisor. because we recognize that environmental such as having to learn algebra and taxpayers and society. are less risky than loans. Imagine a student who to determine if they would pass peer management would suffer irreparable harm if the geometry, identifying parts of speech and WITH MOST STATES under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen into place. I understand the seriousness of and thepoems virus and the need review be accepted forIronsides” publication. economy is severely impaired. Similarly, crippling our Note: This piece was published initially as a research memorizing like “Old Acceptance of dubious research that orders thanks to local or state governments, a majority of Americans to take precautions, but I’m uneasy with how people who simply ask update at johnlocke.org economy would leave us ill-prepared to sustain our could run circles around today’s eighthjournal editors found sympathetic are having to adjust to what is being called the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when things can start getting back to graders, high school graduates and to their intersectional or postmodern perhaps some college graduates. leftist I thinkvision Some of these orders extend at least through the end of this month. normal are treated in some circles with contempt. of the world would prove the problem wesimply need to must bring back these authenticallyof stay-at-home go into June. accept without GUESTVirginia’s OPINION | JEFForders TARTE, FORMER NC STATE SENATOR They’re treated as though we as a society low academic standards. antiquated education methods.

Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what the government tells us aboutPart when it’s the safefake totobegin thepapers Several research of theofsolution our education a recent|coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to normalcy. problem COLUMN NAN MILLER were accepted for publication.

The Fat is given by Dr. Jeffrey Sikkenga, state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. No. The government works for us, and we have the right to ask those Studies journal published a hoax paper professor of political science and e when did that argued the term was executive of all thebodybuilding Ashbrook If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions. And the longer stay-at-home orders aredirector in place over the Center tioning andas should be replaced He said: “Students justification for it. And the answers should not be vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some of them getatexclusionary inAshland states,University. such Michigan, need go back to America’s and ask withto“fat bodybuilding, as apast fat-inclusive rnment must do this out of an abundance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about itpoliticized questions, starting with our Founding. performance.”

One reviewer 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, willgreat demand They to study documents in place. Elderly persons with underlying conditions said,need “I thoroughly enjoyed reading this AS A FORMER state senator, I have been asked are beingmany told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. like the Declaration of Independence, as the cause of healthcare disparities, prompting the IF YOU’RE A SHAKESPEARE FAN, you might me a would be monitored by health teams for some time, article and believe it has an important times what I would do regarding the stay-atthe Constitution, Lincoln’s chief of neuroradiology at Stanford Medical know what a character in “AsThe You Like It” SAH said amount of time why models predicting hundreds of thousands of cases Leaders atvirtual the local andCenter state levels should be as forthcoming they leveraging telemedicine and hospitals. contribution to Abraham make to as the field and this home order in North Carolina. current hing?

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Struggle: One state along senator recently said are going to to and the To date, I’ve gone with what thewe state has asked then withHospital details that give their statements believability. read about them in boring textbooks, to their alignment with a specific political and the Forest of Arden, he rallies fellow outcasts by haveabout a master planWe with primary and a what we can Feminism as anfamilies, Intersectional Reply to need towe know whoway is sick, who not,questions citizens mandated that do,four but things: along the alsoishad all suppliers continue to do to keep our but read the documents themselves, economic ideal” — notshould their methods and In declaring, arewho the usesnot. of I’ve adversity Which, backup plan forourselves, manufacturers in N.C. toresults. re-purpose Neoliberal and Choice Feminism,”for was who has been “Sweet sick and has I agree. /Public the data.

State Republican leaders have, too. and our communities safe.

But we should also still continue themselves.

Have great conversations his 2008 exposé of the WHO’s leftward tilt, the Cato like the toad, ugly and venomous, / Wears yet a in a free facilities to produce ventilators and PPE necessary accepted for publication by Affilia, a health experts are coalescing around benchmarks to Unfortunately, when certain typesThose of questions get asked, there is to ask questions about the reasonable stay-at-home with those great minds — discover for Whitman asked “WHOm Are data, They because while precious his head.” lines capture toInstitute’s take careGlen of our own demands.

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Not President Trump whose decision to exactly the process in place to beat Covid-19 — and a disturbing tendency among some people to treatassessment those measures are understandable, they shouldpaper also have an expiration date.

As long assometimes a would evaluate the re-purposing of consisted in part of a rewritten cases and deaths, widespread testing, ample hospital we are words of those who lived it.” withhold funding was long overdue. the outcome we await. osed It seems simply questioning and whenpatients we can and start getting back This is all new to Americans, and it is not normal.

Not in any way,Two other hotels, emptysweet warehouses and university dorms passage from Mein Kampf. capacity andthe thedata ability to asking monitor business could The school climate, seldom discussed, To those uses, I add a suggestion for parents Phase one of the process is wellnew underway, and what trace , last I to China to normal asno though they are conspiracy theorists or are people who shape, or form.

So while we should remain vigilant and stay safe, ateducation. as emergency field hospitals in conjunction with hoax papers were published, including their contacts. plays a very important role in who’re sheltering university students who are working one can overstate the debt we owe to healthcare demonstrate deployment strategies for health care professionals.

“Rape Culture and Queer Performativity These are reasonable data points that should serve otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new frogs are to During the 2017-18 school year, there online. Students whose instructors are using a workers, to industries that retooled factories to ked.

Virtual andfor direct primary care options at Urban Dog Parks.”

Thisviolent paper’s subject as aproduce foundation to makeand decisions to keep everyone the ability Since when did questioning government atofall levelswho’ve become a badhospitals normal.” were an estimated 962,300 pandemic to stump extensions of government ventilators, to the team experts masterto chefs would be made available through every health was dog-on-dog rape.

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We are not going back to full normal any time incidents and 476,100 nonviolentdog rape relief need homeschooling the fate putwhat our venomous toad living in retreat. teammate from thing? That is free citizens in aAfree society were supposed Not oneinlittle bit.of nations whose follow — asound delicacy system.

Ongoing testing would be implemented. paper eventually forced Boghossian, soon.

We are not reopening everything tomorrow.

We incidents at U.S. public schools citizens are beholden to a central authority — like Dr. Fauci’s high school basketball team remembers to do, lastmust I checked.

Covid-19 Rigorous testing would be they Pluckrose and Lindsay percent to prematurely out take of our mostwho vulnerable citizens, and nationwide.

Seventy-one of China forstatewide instance. antibody In the name of compassion, him as care the point guard “would literally dribble to be dropped My first as we go along all this, ofnow. course, is my family.

I’m once Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah available. themselves.

A Wall Street Journal weconcern must begin to reopen ourin businesses, schools reported having at least one writer accelerate controls — then hold citizens responsible through a brick wall,” and Fauci’s success persuading implemented hygiene, they in coolworried water, about catching the of virus, and I’m After isOr, a regular contributor Insurrection.

Inbearing conjunction with other regional governors hadLegal figured outand what they were doing.

I Americans amthem following a couple models —worried Fuller, I will.for violent incident, 65% reported the and costs. as economist Walter to RedState and to self-isolate isdata no mean feat. would be sufferingHolmes from Those the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during thecases 2009 pandemic, and cooperation with thebest White I would Some papers forincident. publication and theusCDC. The models project N.C. then heated having at least oneaccepted nonviolent Williams just said, “The timeHouse, to be wrong and of who spent whole summers quarantined ensure N.C. receives a fair allocation of items such in academic journals advocated training to peak between April 20 and May 5.

Schools with 1,000 or more students persist in being wrong is when the costs of being during polio epidemics remember being forbidden I’ve been trying to take extra precautions, because all of this brings up allowed to slowly to an had atlike leastdogs one and sworn law enforcement are borne bynational others.” Parents university being scrubbed by not watchful mothers aswrong ventilators from stores toofensure we men punishing white male I playmates, would do the following: I raw would extend way too many memories of a painful experience I’ d prefer not to repeat. re-enter the inescapable officer.

90%for of those law slavery by students remind them that today’s young — andorder beingpast turned the advent of the can address any peak scenario.

There would be a collegeAbout students historical the also SAH April 29 by without But what makes me loseloose sleep is howcompelling easily most everyone has should enforcement carry firearms. adults will be tomorrow’s “others.” vaccine. vaccine for Covid-19 will come, but standing directive for rapid response to enable the asking themofficers to sit in silence on the floor in showing its A necessity.

It is imperative to keep economy. boil. Now is thedataSalk I bet that decades would be logic has never worked hard left, in progress on other fronts will come much sooner. use Such of FDA-approved drugs thatwith arethe experimental chains during classago, andone to be expected to Covid-19 hygiene measures in place: such as social time to plan distancing, hard put to find armed Other or unarmed so I suggest that votersvirus. use this time to look closely Only those who equate prosperity with relation to a pandemic learn from theeither discomfort. papers gathering limits,American masks, hand washing, police officersmorbid patrolling the building. atAs the Democrats’ 2020 could platform.

Their stated our escape. etc. imperialism and xenophobia could oppose plans long as a business demonstrate theaim ability celebrated obesity as a healthy life For example, between 1950 and 1954, I is to control healthcare, private enterprise and the to loosen China’s grip on our economy.

Trump was to follow sound Covid-19 hygiene, they would be choice and advocated treating privately The dates to lift and reduce or continue on-going attended Benjamin Franklin High School distribution of wealth, but their real mission is to among the first to note the threat China posed to allowed to re-enter the economy.

I would lean into conducted masturbation as a form of restrictions need to be determined using scientific insexual Philadelphia. only time we saw a destroy Donald — and send theand bill American enterprise, but, in 2013, no one knew exercising a littleTrump common sense ontaxpayers what works violenceThe against women.

Typically, evidence.

Suspending and, more concerning, police officer in the building was during for incessant investigations.

Whenever I hear Speaker that China would imperil our health as well — then what is appropriate. Restrictions could be lessened as academic journal editors send submitted violation of individual constitutional rights are an assembly where we had to listen to Pelosi recite that pledge, I remember what Whitaker control access to life-saving equipment. It seems the four benchmarks indicate it is safe to do so. papers out to referees for review. In dangerous exercises regardless of reason. a boring lecture on safety. Today, police Chambers once said about the radical left. They wield we are to China what frogs are to master chefs — North Carolina needs to get back to work. recommending acceptance for publication, Our businesses are on life support. It is imperative patrol the hallways. Another school in a “moral superiority which makes them…berate their a delicacy to be dropped in cool water, then heated For the next 18 months, I would monitor data many reviewers gave these papers glowing to get them opened.

500,000 North Carolinians north Philadelphia, Strawberry Mansion opponents with withering self-righteousness.” Czarina slowly to an inescapable boil. Now is the time to plan while reserving the right to return to stronger praise. haveour signed up for unemployment in the past three High School, once had 94 security Pelosi claims that she prays for President Trump, but I escape. restrictions if necessary.

I would put in place a Political scientist Zach Goldberg weeks.Only Dataslightly indicate N.C. will have 50% of its small cameras, six school police officers and ran suspect she spells it p-r-e-y-s. less culpable is the World Health team of medical, dataDuke analytics andnemesis business certain concepts businesses (revenue under $10M)with qualifying for them special two metalgrievance detectors.studies Students had to through In Shakespeare’s comedy, Senior’s Organization, whose collusion China made leaders provide insights and advice.

The standard the Lexis/Nexis database, to seetohow often bankruptcy, they stayof closed through May 15. I walk through the metal detectors enter repentstohis treachery and restores his brother to downplayifthe threat a pandemic, then congratulate channels with DHHS and County Public Health they appeared in our press over the years. would begin opening businesses in less impacted the building and were often searched by his rightful dukedom.

No one expects Ms. Pelosi China for its “transparency” and its “outbreak would would conduct briefings He found huge increases counties today.The WHO’s duplicity has surprised no one Officials police officers.

It was on thein listthe of usages those to abdicate hercontinue. position asI nemesis or to cooperate response.” groups of government, medical of “white privilege,” “unconscious bias,” I who would categorize N.C. citizens four groups: most persistently dangerous schools in withstakeholder Trump to beat Covid-19 — even though her remembers that their 2000 into report to the United with and business would leadersenhance from across the state, including “critical race theory” and “whiteness.” tested positive for Covid-19, and in37th Pennsylvania. cooperation the process, as well as Nations ranked America’shospitalized healthcare system federal, state, being county andon municipal folks (elected All of this is violence, being taught college critical condition, immunocompromised and have Aside from theretoare many the progress made those other fronts.

The out of 191 countries studied — behind Columbia, and non-elected).

I would share the collective and students,ofmany of whom become not Morocco, tested positive, and finally, healthy individuals instances outright disrespect for primary outcome of the 2020 election is anybody’s guess, but, and Oman. teachers.

First- and second-graders come November, We the People just might favor the As ifnot to confirm their anti-American bias, the varying opinions from these groups with the public. and secondary school teachers who then who have tested positive.

These groups need telling teachersour to “Shut f— up” and constructive use of adversity. in this matter.

WHO’s 2001 citedhow “racism” and “inequalities” We need hyper transparency indoctrinate youngthe people. tailored plans onreport who and we will care for them. calling teachers “bitch.” note the Politicians get ridiculed all the time, except when I doubt whether theTo coronavirusWe need parameters and rules to protect the attitude some school administrators, we need them to make monumental decisions. So I caused of financial crunch will give college vulnerable. The highest at-risk residents, those in aand Newuniversity Jersey teacher was seriouslywho are a administrators, nursing homes and prisons, would see tight rules stay ask each of you reading along — What would you do? assaulted by abetween student.aWhen asked crossbreed parrotshe and jellyfish, her principal to permanently remove the the guts and backbone to restore academic student from herFar classroom, thethey principal respectability. too often, get much told her topolitical “put on support her big girl panties of their from campus and deal with it.” grievance people who are members of the Years ago, behavior young faculty and the diversity andofmulticultural people that we see today would have administrative offices. never been tolerated. There was the The best hope lies with boards of vice principal’s office where corporal trustees, though serve as yes-men Letters addressed to the editor may be sent to letters@nsjonline.com or 3101 punishment wouldmany be administered for the university president. think that a for gross infractions. If the kid Iwas Industrial Dr. Suite 105. Raleigh, N.C. 27609. Letters must be signed; include the good start would behis to find 1950s or 1960s unwise enough to tell parents catalogs.

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Walter E. Williams is aor professor of women, Asian, black queer studies. economics at by George Mason University.

I’d bet that 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 What would youuses do?

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NATION & WORLD 75 years after WWII, search continues for missing soldiers

By David Rising The Associated Press KLESSIN, Germany — Thomas Siepert looks across the verdant grain field, glowing in the sun after a spring thunderstorm, as windmills slowly churn in the distance.

Wild boar piglets trundle across the road into town and a hare pops out and dashes away. Yet the serene scene belies the slaughter there 75 years ago as German troops fought furiously — and futilely — to stave off the Soviet Red Army that was approaching the Nazi capital.

“It seems so idyllic, but it’s a huge cemetery,” Siepert said. “That shouldn’t be forgotten.”

But for decades, many of those who died there were forgotten, some buried where they fell and others dragged by civilians in the months after the war into trenches and foxholes they had themselves dug, and covered over.

For the last 15 years, volunteers like Siepert from around Europe have been trying to rectify that, devoting vacations to excavating long-buried trench lines and military positions in the search for those who never made it home.

During 19 digs, members of the Association for the Recovery of the Fallen in Eastern Europe have found 116 German and 129 Soviet soldiers.

They seek to identify as many

as possible — to provide closure for families, to give the dead their names back, and to separate them from the numbers in the history books in the hope of explaining the cost of war to future generations.

Laue, a 46-year-old businessman from Hamburg, got interested in the search when looking for the grave of his grandfather, which he located near where he died fighting in Russia in 1942 as a young lieutenant. Siepert, 47, an engineer from nearby Frankfurt an der Oder, remembers as a child having regular lectures in school about avoiding the grenades and other munitions still found in the area, and wondering why.

Other volunteers include anthropologists, archaeologists, excavators and the disposal experts needed when munitions are found. They hail from all over, including Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

“We couldn’t, and also don’t, want to look for soldiers from a specific nation,” Laue said. “That’s the interesting thing when one finds one of the dead; one never even knows at the beginning if it’s a German or a Soviet.”

In February 1945, they were bitter foes.

The village of Klessin sits on a height 1.2 miles from the Oder River. German military observers used it to call in artillery strikes on Sovi-

et troops as they streamed across a pontoon bridge in the build-up before the final push on Berlin.

Recognizing the strategic importance of the hamlet, 60 miles east of Berlin, the Soviets made it a target. The Nazis resolved to hold it, moving in a unit of soldiers, augmented by officer cadets and older “Volkssturm” militia, scraped up as the number of military-aged men dwindled.

Fierce combat raged for nearly two months, often hand-to-hand, as the Soviets attempted to take the village, firing off 62,000 mortar rounds and artillery shells.

Exactly how many were killed or listed as missing is not known, but the casualties were enormous, Siepert said.

On March 23, 1945, the beleaguered German soldiers attempted a breakout under the cover of darkness. About 60 made it, and the others were captured or killed.

German tank commander Lt. Hans Eimer was listed as missing after the breakout attempt.

Eimer had led his Panther tank into Klessin the week before on his 22nd birthday to support the garrison, but the vehicle ended up being knocked out and he was wounded and trapped in the village.

Eimer’s younger brother, Fritz, had died in fighting that January.

After the war, his sister Margarete had long urged Laue’s group to try

MARKUS SCHREIBER | AP PHOTO

In this Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019 photo, the remains of a Soviet soldier are exhumed, during a search for fallen WWII soldiers near the village of Klessin in Germany. and determine the fate of her only other sibling.

Eimer’s remains were located by Laue’s group in 2016 by chance and identified by dogtags. The group told Margarete before she died in 2018 that her brother had made it 250 yards out of the village before he was killed, and lay with two other soldiers.

Identifications are rare, especially of Soviet soldiers who had no dogtags, but occasionally the volunteers get lucky.

In a dig on a Soviet outpost on a hill outside of Klessin in 2018, they came across three Soviet soldiers who were all highly decorated and traced their names through the medals.

This year’s spring dig has been postponed due to lockdown restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Some work is still underway

on a memorial site being established amid the rubble of the original farm buildings.

Hermann Kaiser, a member of the small community association behind the memorial, said he remembered finding military material as a kid growing up in the area, happily throwing on an old steel helmet and fighting “war” with his friends, while not understanding they were playing on graves.

The hope is with the memorial to make sure that others do understand.

“We want to present what happened here 75 years ago, what war means, show the younger generation that war destroys everything,” he said, looking at the cratered landscape and rubble of the memorial. “And if we can do that in the place where it happened, it’s unforgettable.”

DHS report: China hid virus’ severity to hoard supplies

By Will Weissert The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show.

Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the pandemic from the world in early January, according to a four-page Department of Homeland Security intelligence report dated May 1. The revelation comes as the Trump administration has intensified its criticism of China, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying Sunday that that country was responsible for the spread of disease and must be held accountable.

The sharper rhetoric coincides with administration critics saying the government’s response to the virus was slow and inadequate. President Donald Trump’s political opponents have accused him of lashing out at China, a geopolitical foe but critical U.S. trade partner, in an attempt to deflect criticism at home.

Not classified but marked “for official use only,” the DHS analysis states that, while downplaying the severity of the coronavirus, China increased imports and decreased

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In this April 29, 2020, file photo Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C. exports of medical supplies. It attempted to cover up doing so by “denying there were export restrictions and obfuscating and delaying provision of its trade data,” the analysis states.

The report also says China held off informing the World Health Organization that the coronavirus “was a contagion” for much of January so it could order medical supplies from abroad — and that its imports of face masks and surgical gowns and gloves increased sharply.

Those conclusions are based on the 95% probability that Chi-

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na’s changes in imports and export behavior were not within normal range, according to the report.

China informed the WHO of the outbreak on Dec. 31. It contacted the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Jan. 3 and publicly identified the pathogen as a novel coronavirus on Jan. 8.

Chinese officials muffled doctors who warned about the virus early on and repeatedly downplayed the threat of the outbreak.

In a tweet on Sunday, the president appeared to blame U.S. intelligence officials for not making

clearer sooner just how dangerous a potential coronavirus outbreak could be. Trump has been defensive over whether he failed to act after receiving early warnings from intelligence officials and others about the coronavirus and its potential impact.

“Intelligence has just reported to me that I was correct, and that they did NOT bring up the CoronaVirus subject matter until late into January, just prior to my banning China from the U.S.,” Trump wrote without citing specifics. “Also, they only spoke of the Virus in a very non-threatening, or matter of fact, manner.”

Trump had previously speculated that China may have unleashed the coronavirus due to some kind of horrible “mistake.” His intelligence agencies say they are still examining a notion put forward by the president and aides that the pandemic may have resulted from an accident at a Chinese lab.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Pompeo said he had no reason to believe that the virus was deliberately spread. But he added, “Remember, China has a history of infecting the world, and they have a history of running substandard laboratories.”

“These are not the first times that we’ve had a world exposed to virus-

es as a result of failures in a Chinese lab,” Pompeo said. “And so, while the intelligence community continues to do its work, they should continue to do that, and verify so that we are certain, I can tell you that there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in Wuhan.”

On Monday, China’s state newspaper Global Times said Pompeo was making “groundless accusations” against Beijing by suggesting the coronavirus was released from a Chinese laboratory.

The tabloid published by the ruling Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily said the claims were a politically-motivated attempt to preserve Donald Trump’s presidency and divert attention from the U.S. administration’s own failures in dealing with the outbreak.

“As the U.S. presidential election campaigns are underway, the Trump administration has implemented a strategy designed to divert attention from the incompetence it has displayed in fighting the pandemic,” the paper said in an editorial.

The paper has made the U.S. top diplomat a main target of its attacks, in recent weeks describing him as “despicable” and of having “evil intentions” by blaming China for having caused the pandemic.

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Wake Forest introduced East Tennessee State’s Steve Forbes as its next men’s basketball coach last Thursday, picking the 55-year-old to replace Danny Manning.

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Forbes’ first duty with Deacons?

Get Wake’s players to come back

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

NC State signee Hall staying in NBA Draft Raleigh For the second straight year, NC State basketball is losing a top recruit before he ever played for the Wolfpack. Josh Hall, a 6-foot-9 forward, announced he is staying in the NBA Draft and is signing with an agent.

Hall played at Moravian Prep in Sawmills for his senior season as well as an additional year of prep school. Last year, Jalen Lecque was eligible for the draft summer after reclassifying his graduation year an bypassing NC State. He went undrafted but signed with Phoenix.

With only two scholarship players committed to returning next season, the new coach must sell his vision to an undecided team

By Brett Friedlander North State Journal

LITTLE LEAGUE

World Series of Little League Softball in Greenville canceled Williamsport, Pa. This year’s Little League World Series and the championship tournaments in six other Little League divisions — including the World Series of Little League Softball in Greenville — have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Little League announced the cancellations last Thursday, saying it would be “impossible” to hold the events amid ongoing restrictions on large gatherings and travel. The Little League World Series has been held every August since 1947 and had never been canceled before.

NASCAR

NASCAR to conclude iRacing schedule at North Wilkesboro North Wilkesboro NASCAR will complete its iRacing Series on Saturday at virtual North Wilkesboro Speedway, a track last raced by the Cup Series in 1996. Dale Earnhardt Jr. last year led a group of volunteers in cleaning the speedway so it could be mapped for use in iRacing. The Cup Series plans to resume real competition — without spectators — starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway.

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Raleigh’s Ben Foster is auctioning off a tobacco card of Shoeless Joe Jackson that is one of fewer than 20 known to exist.

Raleigh man’s rare baseball card find could change lives The Shoeless Joe tobacco card is expected to sell for close to half a million dollars

By Shawn Krest North State Journal IN 1910, SHOELESS Joe Jackson played in 136 games for the Class A New Orleans Pelicans of the Southern Association. It was nine years before his time with the World Series-throwing Chicago Black Sox of 1919, and Jackson hit .354 as a Pelican with two home runs.

He also may have helped change the life of a Raleigh family some 110 years later.

Jackson appeared on a baseball card, which was inserted into packs of cigarettes, during that 1910 season. Unlike the more famous series of tobacco cards — now known as T206 cards, which

featured Hall of Fame players Cy Young, Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner, whose T206 is perhaps the most famous, and expensive, baseball card in existence — the socalled T210 cards on which Jackson appeared featured minor league players and are usually an afterthought to the more famous set that features the legends.

So, when Raleigh’s Ben Foster found a lunch pail containing his father’s old baseball card collection, he focused on the T206 cards.

“There were about 585 of them,” he said. “I looked through them and quickly saw there was no Honus Wagner. I knew to look for that.”

With that potential million-dollar payday off the table, Foster began sorting through the cards, a task made more difficult by the See SHOELESS, page B4

WAKE FOREST HAS a new basketball coach. Now all it needs is enough players on its roster for that coach, Steve Forbes, to field a team.

Forbes was hired last Thursday, less than a week after the dismissal of former coach Danny Manning. He comes to the Deacons from East Tennessee State, where his teams went 130-43 in his five seasons while finishing first or second in the Southern Conference every year.

He said that among his top priorities will be establishing a “gritty, grimy, tough and together on defense” identity for a program that has had only one winning season since 2010.

But before he can do that, Forbes must first replenish his roster.

Seven team members have entered the NCAA’s transfer portal since the end of the season, including three that submitted their names since Manning’s firing. Two incoming recruits have also asked out of their commitments.

Of those in the transfer portal, only senior guard Chaundee Brown has ruled out the possibility of returning. For now, though, forwards Isaiah Mucius and Tariq Ingraham are the only scholarship players currently on Wake’s roster.

“I’m going to work very, very hard to ensure we get all these young men back to Wake Forest this coming year so we can have a very special season,” Forbes said during his virtual introductory press conference on Friday. “We have to build a relationship. Our priority is to get all those guys back.

“Not one of those guys said that they didn’t want to return to Wake. They all have the desire to return, it’s just a matter of relationships, and I can understand

“It is my job to build a relationship and get them to come back, so that’s what I’m going to do.”

Steve Forbes, new Wake Forest men’s basketball coach

that. They can look at other options, but they aren’t going to find a better option than Wake.”

In addition to re-recruiting his team’s current players, especially third-team All-ACC big man Olivier Sarr, Forbes wasted little time hitting the recruiting trail — at least as much as he can, given the current social distancing restrictions.

Within two days of his arrival, the new Deacons coach had already handed out six scholarship offers. All of them, however, were to 2021 and 2022 recruits.

“Coach Forbes is going to concentrate on the current roster until we have a decision,” he said, referring to himself in the third person. “Those are our most important recruits. These are fine young men. They are ingrained in our community and they love it here. It is my job to build a relationship and get them to come back, so that’s what I’m going to do.”

Forbes was one of six candidates originally contacted about the job. The field was eventually narrowed down to two, with the 55-year-old Iowa native ultimately chosen over UNC Greensboro’s Wes Miller.

Among the factors that helped put Forbes over the top, in addition to his impressive track record, was his relationship with the man doing the hiring — Wake athletic director John Currie.

Currie was the athletic director at Tennessee when Forbes was an assistant coach with the Volunteers.

“I knew John meant business,” See FORBES, page B4

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TRENDING

Andy Dalton: The former Bengals starter agreed to a one-year deal with the Cowboys on Saturday to be the backup to Dak Prescott. Dalton was released by Cincinnati after the team drafted LSU quarterback Joe Burrow with the first overall pick in the NFL Draft. Dalton, who played at TCU and owns a home in Dallas, is guaranteed $3 million and could make up to $7 million.

Emmanuel Clase: The Indians’ righthanded reliever was suspended 80 games

by Major League Baseball on Friday for testing positive for a banned performanceenhancing drug. Clase was the biggest piece acquired by Cleveland in the offseason trade that sent two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber to the Rangers.

The 22-year-old’s suspension will not begin until the start of the 2020 regular season, which has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

NFL

The Chicago Bears have reportedly declined their fifth-year option for quarterback Mitch Trubisky for the 2021 season. Trubisky was selected second overall by the Bears in the 2017 draft after three years with the Tar Heels, but he struggled last year in his third NFL season. Chicago acquired 2018 Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles from Jacksonville in March and plans to hold an open competition for the starting job.

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“I really want to get everybody back.”

New Wake Forest men’s basketball Steve Forbes on his efforts to keep Demon Deacons’ players from transferring.

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GYMNASTICS

NHL

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Pep Hamilton: The Charlotte native was hired by the Los Angeles Chargers as quarterbacks coach, The Athletic reported.

Hamilton was head coach of the XFL’s DC Defenders before the league ended its season and then suspended operations.

Prior to joining the XFL, Hamilton was Michigan’s assistant head coach and passing game coordinator in 2017-18. Hamilton’s last NFL job was in Cleveland as assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach in 2016. He was also Indianapolis’ offensive coordinator for three seasons (2013-15) along with previous stints with the New York Jets, San Francisco, Chicago and at Stanford.

“I haven’t had fast food in ...

I think two months.”

Duke defensive end Chris Rumph II on all the home-cooked meals he’s getting during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Former NHL enforcer Georges Laraque returned home from a Montreal-area hospital Monday, four days after announcing he had tested positive for COVID-19. Laraque, who is 43 years old and asthmatic, played 12 seasons in the NHL and was recently assisting with a campaign to get more PPE to front-line staff.

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Former U.S. Olympic coach Maggie Haney has been suspended for eight years by USA Gymnastics for verbal and emotional abuse of athletes, the governing body announced last week.

The decision came after two months of hearings that included gymnasts testifying against Haney, who competed at NC State from 1996-2000.

PRIME NUMBER

60 Consecutive years Charlotte Motor Speedway will host its Memorial Day weekend NASCAR Cup Series event after an announcement last Thursday that its top series will resume racing May 17 at Darlington and hold the Coca-Cola 600 at CMS on May 24.

PGA

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The PGA sent a memo to players last week stating that no one will lose a tour card this year and that Korn Ferry Tour players will have to wait a year before earning one. Players exempt for this season will keep the same status for the 2020-21 season unless they earn a higher ranking after this shortened season.

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WEEK 8

From Gaston to Greene 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 Gaston, Gates, Graham, Granville and Greene counties.

rallied to win the Series in seven games.

He also won 19 and pitched in the 1927 World Series against the New York Yankees, a team that featured Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and is considered by many to be the best in major league history.

Just two years later, he was out of baseball because of an arm injury that ended his career at Lee Meadows the age of 33. His .629 winning percentage with Pittsburgh (88-52) still ranks as the sixth-best in franchise history.

Gaston County

JAMES WORTHY MICHAEL JORDAN WILL ALWAYS be remembered for making the shot against Georgetown in 1982 that delivered North Carolina coaching legend Dean Smith his long-awaited first national championship.

What most people don’t remember is that Jordan, a freshman at the time, would never have had the opportunity to hit his historic jumper had it not been for the play of the team’s star, James Worthy.

The 6-foot-9 forward went 13 of 17 from the floor against the Hoyas, scored 28 points and had the steal of a Fred Brown pass that clinched the Tar Heels’ 63-62 victory on his way to being named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. He was also a first-team All-American that season, sharing national Player of the Year honors with Virginia’s Ralph Sampson.

Worthy went from one championship team to another when he was drafted No. 1 overall by the Los Angeles Lakers, who received the top pick in a trade with the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers. There, he became an integral part of one of the great teams in NBA history. He also lived up to his nickname of “Big Game James” by saving his best performances for games in which the stakes were the highest.

That includes a 36-point, 16-rebound, 10-assist triple-double in Game 7 of the 1988 NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons, a performance that helped Worthy earn the award as Finals MVP. The Gastonia native won three championship rings with the Lakers and was a seven-time All-Star. He averaged 17.7 points and 5.1 rebounds in 926 regular season games. He increased his scoring production to 21.1 points in 143 career playoff games while shooting 54.4% from the floor. His number was retired by both the Lakers and UNC. And yet, as was the case with Jordan and the Tar Heels, Worthy’s accomplishments were often overshadowed by flashier teammates Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Overshadowed, but not overlooked. In 1996, he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history during the league’s 50th-anniversary celebration, and seven years later, he was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Greene County

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Gates County’s Thomas Smith was one of Mack Brown’s “Rude Boys” at UNC before he played nine seasons in the NFL, including making a Super Bowl XVII appearance with the Buffalo Bills in 1993. walk-on after a standout career at tiny Gates County High School. The cornerback quickly earned a starting spot, and — as a leader in a secondary that became known as “The Rude Boys” — he played a major role in helping Brown transform the Tar Heels from a 1-10 record as a freshman to a seven-win bowl team two years later.

Smith finished his college career with six interceptions and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills with the 28th overall pick in the first round of the 1993 NFL Draft. A year later, he was a starting cornerback for the Bills in Super Bowl XVIII against the Dallas Cowboys. He held onto the position for seven seasons, earning a reputation as one of the league’s most reliable shutdown pass defenders before finishing out his career with the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts.

In nine professional seasons, Smith amassed 347 tackles, six interceptions and five fumble recoveries.

After retiring from football, he put the degree in business administration he earned from UNC to good use by starting his own real estate investment firm. He also opened a transportation company and currently owns a successful property management franchise in Baltimore.

In 2016, Smith returned to his alma mater and presented the Gates Red Barons with a gold commemorative football presented by the NFL as a gift to the high schools of all players that participated in the first 50 Super Bowls.

Graham County

WADE CRANE

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Gastonia’s James Worthy won an NCAA title at UNC in 1982 and played 12 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning three NBA championships.

Gates County

THOMAS SMITH MACK BROWN HAS PROVEN TO BE an elite recruiter who has attracted some of the best football players ever to wear a UNC uniform during his two tenures in Chapel Hill. But sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

That turned out to be the case in 1989 when Smith showed up on campus as a

FORCED TO WORK AT AN EARLY age after his father was killed in a car accident, Crane got his first job as a 12-year-old at a pool room called Cooper’s in his hometown of Robbinsville. While most of his time there was spent doing odd jobs such as sweeping the floors and shining shoes, he also proved to be a natural with a cue stick in his hand — even though it was technically illegal for him to play until he turned 16.

Although he was a standout fullback on the Wade Crane Robbinsville High football team, helping the Black Knights to the state playoffs in both his junior and senior seasons, pool was his game of choice. He became so good at it that after moving to Chicago to live with his brother, he quit his day job to make a living hustling. His reputation as a pool shark became so widespread that he took on the alias Billy Johnson so he could play money matches without being recognized for who he actually was.

Crane eventually gave up playing,

returning home to North Carolina to open his own pool hall in Asheville and then later, a video arcade in Robbinsville.

But the itch returned in 1983 when, at the age of 39, he was lured back to pool by the big money payouts being offered in organized pocket billiards tournaments.

Two years later, he was the nation’s top money winner, earning him recognition as Pool & Billiards Magazine’s Player of the Year. He also recorded a perfect score in the finals of a 9-Ball tournament at Resorts International Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, a feat that to this day has yet to be repeated by any other competitor in the pool tournament final match.

Known as “Boom Boom” because of the sound his powerful breaks made, Crane once again began using his given name after winning world championships in both 8- and 9-Ball during the 1980s. He was also famous for his series of instructional videos for beginners and amateur players and the monthly column he wrote for Pool & Billiards Magazine called “Crane’s Winning Ways.”

He was posthumously inducted into his sport’s Hall of Fame after his death in a car accident in 2010.

Granville County

LEE “SPECS” MEADOWS THE SON OF AN OXFORD TOBACCO buyer, Meadows gained instant notoriety when he made his major league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals on April 19, 1915.

But it wasn’t because of his pitching prowess.

Rather, it was because the 20-yearold right-hander was wearing glasses, a rarity at the time that led to his nickname of “Specs.” According to research by the Society for American Baseball Research, he was the first National Leaguer to wear corrective lenses while playing in a game.

“I have worn glasses ever since I was six years old,” he told sportswriter Ward Mason in a story titled “An Eyeglassed Athlete” in the March 1916 issue of Baseball Magazine, “and ever since I can remember I wanted to be a professional ball player.”

Despite the focus on his eyewear, Meadows was much more than a curiosity item.

He won 188 games with an earned run average of 3.37 and more than 1,000 strikeouts in his 15 seasons with the Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates. He pitched 25 career shutouts, including a one-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds on July 2, 1915, and led the National League in wins in 1926, going 20-9.

In the previous season, 1925, Meadows won 19 times and started Game 1 of the World Series against Hall of Famer Walter Johnson. Although his Pirates lost 4-1, they

THEODORE EDWARDS DIDN’T GET his colorful nickname because he liked the color blue or because he was a fan of UNC or Duke. He came upon it one day while he was still a baby when he began choking on something he’d put in his mouth. When his sister discovered the situation, she went running to their mother, yelling “You’ve got a blue boy! You’ve got a blue boy!”

Mom prevented a tragedy by dislodging the impediment, but the nickname his sister saved him with stuck, and he became forever known as “Blue.”

A native of Walstonburg, Edwards grew to be 6-foot-4 and developed a jump shot that left opponents of Greene Central High School feeling blue. But as good as he was, it took two years of junior college ball at Louisburg before he finally got his Division I opportunity at East Carolina.

In his first season with the Pirates, 1986-87, Edwards averaged 14.4 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Then, after being suspended for the entire 1987-88 season, he returned to set a single-season school record by scoring 773 points, leading the Colonial Athletic Association and finishing sixth nationally by averaging 26.7 points per game.

It’s a performance that helped gain him entry into ECU’s Hall of Fame in 1994.

His play also earned him the distinction of becoming the first — and one of only three — Pirates ever to play in the NBA when he was taken by the Utah Jazz with the 21st pick of the first round in the 1989 draft.

Edwards was named to the NBA’s AllRookie second team in 1990 and increased his scoring average in each of his first four seasons in the league, topping out at a career-high of 16.9 points per game in his first season after being traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1992-93.

The athletic wing, who was twice selected to participate in the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest, also played a season with the Boston Celtics before being taken in the expansion draft by the Vancouver Grizzlies.

On March 1, 1996, Edwards recorded the first triple-double in Grizzlies history by hitting for 15 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in a game against the Dallas Mavericks.

Today, Edwards has come full circle by returning home to become the basketball coach at Greene Central.

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Walstonburg’s Theodore “Blue” Edwards is a member of the ECU Hall of Fame and played with five teams during his 10-season NBA career.

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Uncanceled: The 2011-12 NBA lockout Did the Heat become the first team to actually hold on to their crown in our series, or will another team grab the NBA title?

By Shawn Krest North State Journal THE SHUTDOWN DUE to the COVID-19 pandemic has many fans desperate for any kind of sporting event, as the large number of viewers who stayed up to watch Monday night’s opening day in the Korean Baseball Organization attests.

With everyone starving for sports, it’s frustrating to look back over the history of major sports and see how many times leagues have willfully shut down because players and owners couldn’t get along.

So, in an ongoing series, we’ve gone back and reconstructed seasons that were shortened due to labor strife. So far, we’ve reconstructed the 1981 and 1994 MLB seasons, as well as the 1982 and 1987 NFL seasons and the 1998-99 NBA campaign.

We remain in the NBA this week, moving forward 13 years to the 2011-12 season.

The lockout wasn’t quite as impactful as in 1998-99. The 201112 season was reduced from 82 games to 66, which is 16 more than the shortened 1999 season, and it started on Christmas Day. Short seasons seem to breed playoff upsets in the NBA. In 1999, the eighth-seeded Knicks stormed to the NBA Finals. In 2012, the 76ers, also a No. 8 seed, knocked off the top-seeded Bulls in the first round, and the fourth-seeded Celtics made it to the Eastern Conference Finals.

In the end, however, the NBA Finals matched up a pair of 2-seeds in the Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder. Miami prevailed, earning LeBron James his first NBA title.

Would LeBron’s string of Finals appearances have been interrupted had the NBA played the full slate in 2011-12?

Let’s start uncanceling games and find out.

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.

Eastern Conference The Celtics held onto the Atlantic Division title, but a 9-7 record in the makeup games caused them to drop a spot in the playoff seedings, from fourth to fifth. The second-place Knicks closed the gap on Boston slightly and moved up a spot in the seedings to sixth.

In the Central, the Bulls went 7-9 in the makeup games to lose the top seed in the East, falling to No. 2. The second-place Pacers also went 7-9, however, allowing Chicago to hold onto the divisional title.

The Heat dominated their makeup games, going 14-2 to win the Southeast Division by nine games and take the top spot in the East from Chicago. Atlanta went 11-5 to move up from a No. 5 seed to a No. 3 seed.

Overall, the makeup games caused a mild shake-up in the East. The same eight teams made the playoffs, but each of them had a different seeding.

Western Conference The West saw even less movement as a result of playing the remaining 16 games per team. The eight playoff teams all made it to the postseason after the makeups, and half of them held onto the same seeding, including both top seeds.

In the Northwest Division, Oklahoma City went 11-5 to hold onto first place in the division and its No 2 seed. In the Pacific, the Lakers went just 9-7, but that was enough to extend its lead in the division over the Clippers, who were sub-.500. The Spurs went 13-3 to hold onto home-court advantage through the playoffs and wrap up the Southwest.

Playoffs With a different top seed in the East, the No. 8 Sixers couldn’t re-

2012 NBA DRAFT Draft Order/Original team 1. New Orleans 2. Charlotte 3. Washington 4. Cleveland 5. Sacramento 6. Portland 7. Golden State 8. Toronto 9. Detroit 10. New Orleans

Selection Anthony Davis Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Bradley Beal Deion Waiters Thomas Robinson Damian Lillard Harrison Barnes Terrence Ross Andre Drummond Austin Rivers

New team Detroit Charlotte Cleveland Washington Toronto Sacramento Minnesota New Orleans New Jersey Golden State

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LeBron James and Dwyane Wade led Miami to real-life titles in both 2012 and 2013, but would the Heat have won their first of two championships if the 2011-12 season had been played in full? peat their upset, getting swept by the Heat. The sixth-seeded Knicks had the only upset in the East’s first round, beating No. 3 Atlanta, only to get swept by the second-seeded Bulls in the second round. Chicago moved on and took the Heat — who

beat Indiana in the second round — to seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals, but LeBron, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade survived to hold onto the Heat’s spot in the Finals.

Out West, the higher seeds

The makeup games had a fairly significant impact on the draft order. Assuming the lottery balls fell the same way, just with different teams in the various seeding spots, we would see a new home for Anthony Davis. Instead of going to New Orleans with the top spot, he would become a Detroit Piston.

Third overall pick Bradley Beal would have been bound for Cleveland, instead of Washington, while sixth pick Damian Lillard would be available for Sacramento, instead of Portland.

2011-12 NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE

UNCANCELED NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE

Playoff Atlantic Division W L W% GB Position Boston Celtics 39 27 0.591 — 4 New York Knicks 36 30 0.545 3 7 Philadelphia 76ers 35 31 0.53 4 8 Toronto Raptors 23 43 0.348 16 New Jersey Nets 22 44 0.333 17

Playoff Atlantic Division W L W% GB Position Boston Celtics 48 34 0.585 — 5 New York Knicks 46 36 0.561 2 6 Philadelphia 76ers 41 41 0.500 7 8 New Jersey Nets 33 49 0.402 15 Toronto Raptors 30 52 0.366 18

Playoff Central Division W L W% GB Position Chicago Bulls 50 16 0.758 — 1 Indiana Pacers 42 24 0.636 8 3 Milwaukee Bucks 31 35 0.47 19 Detroit Pistons 25 41 0.379 25 Cleveland Cavaliers 21 45 0.318 29

Playoff Central Division W L W% GB Position Chicago Bulls 57 25 0.695 — 2 Indiana Pacers 49 33 0.598 8 4 Milwaukee Bucks 36 46 0.439 21 Detroit Pistons 27 55 0.329 30 Cleveland Cavaliers 26 56 0.317 31

Playoff Southeast Division W L W% GB Position Miami Heat 46 20 0.697 — 2 Atlanta Hawks 40 26 0.606 6 5 Orlando Magic 37 29 0.561 9 6 Washington Wizards 20 46 0.303 26 Charlotte Bobcats 7 59 0.106 39

Playoff Southeast Division W L W% GB Position Miami Heat 60 22 0.732 — 1 Atlanta Hawks 51 31 0.622 9 3 Orlando Magic 42 40 0.512 18 7 Washington Wizards 26 56 0.317 34 Charlotte Bobcats 10 72 0.122 50

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Playoff Northwest Division W L W% GB Position Oklahoma City Thunder 47 19 0.712 — 2 Denver Nuggets 38 28 0.576 9 6 Utah Jazz 36 30 0.545 11 8 Portland Trail Blazers 28 38 0.424 19 Minnesota Timberwolves 26 40 0.394 21

Playoff Northwest Division W L W% GB Position Oklahoma City Thunder 58 24 0.707 — 2 Denver Nuggets 49 33 0.598 9 5 Utah Jazz 44 38 0.537 14 8 Portland Trail Blazers 39 43 0.476 19 Minnesota Timberwolves 32 50 0.390 26

Playoff Pacific Division W L W% GB Position Los Angeles Lakers 41 25 0.621 — 3 Los Angeles Clippers 40 26 0.606 1 5 Phoenix Suns 33 33 0.5 8 Golden State Warriors 23 43 0.348 18 Sacramento Kings 22 44 0.333 19

Playoff Pacific Division W L W% GB Position Los Angeles Clippers 50 32 0.610 — 4 Los Angeles Lakers 47 35 0.573 3 6 Phoenix Suns 35 47 0.427 15 Golden State Warriors 33 49 0.402 17 Sacramento Kings 28 54 0.341 22

Playoff Southwest Division W L W% GB Position San Antonio Spurs 50 16 0.758 — 1 Memphis Grizzlies 41 25 0.621 9 4 Dallas Mavericks 36 30 0.545 14 7 Houston Rockets 34 32 0.515 16 New Orleans Hornets 21 45 0.318 29

Playoff Southwest Division W L W% GB Position San Antonio Spurs 63 19 0.768 — 1 Memphis Grizzlies 52 30 0.634 11 3 Dallas Mavericks 45 37 0.549 18 7 Houston Rockets 43 39 0.524 20 New Orleans Hornets 30 52 0.366 33

SHOELESS from page B1 fact that the tobacco cards only listed the player’s last name.

A self-proclaimed Pokemon card collector as a kid who had no interest in baseball, Foster was at a loss to identify the players.

“I would ask my dad, ‘Young. Would that by Cy Young? Cobb. Would that be Ty Cobb?’ I thought that was pretty cool,” Foster said.

Then he turned his attention to the red-bordered minor league cards. He asked his girlfriend to help find information on them on the internet. She came back with some disappointing news.

“They’re not as valuable (as the T206 cards),” she reported, “unless you happen to have a Joe Jackson.”

Foster found a card reading “Jackson, New Orleans” and checked with his father.

“No,” his father replied. “New Orleans didn’t have a major league team. That wouldn’t be him.”

Late that night, however, Foster recalled that the set featured minor leaguers. So the fact that New Orleans wasn’t a big-league city made sense. After some more internet research, he realized that he did, in fact, have a Joe Jackson, and it was listed as the 10th-rarest baseball card, with fewer than 20 known to exist.

“I got out of bed at 2:30 a.m.,” he recalled, “went downstairs, and put it in a hard plastic case. Then I went back to bed.”

The Jackson card originally belonged to Foster’s great-great-uncle.

“He would have been 10 or 11 when the cards came out,” Foster said. “So he probably got the cards from his parents’ or uncles’ packs of cigarettes.”

When Foster’s father showed an interest in collecting in the 1950s, the great-great-uncle passed his collection on to the child. Like many baseball card collections, they were eventually packed away and lost to the world.

“My father would talk a lot about his old cards,” Foster said. “He focused on the ones he collected himself. He would say that he

all won in the first round, with top-seeded San Antonio and No. 2 Oklahoma City both sweeping.

The Thunder couldn’t hold onto its spot in the Finals, however, losing to third-seeded Memphis in six games in a second-round upset.

The Spurs had another sweep in round two before losing their first game in the Western Conference Finals. San Antonio still won the series, however, topping Memphis in six to meet Miami for the title.

And the Heat became the first champion to hold onto its title in the uncanceled season, beating the Spurs in six to once again give LeBron his first NBA title.

FORBES from page B1

“I’d never actually seen field of … what’s the movie? ‘Field of Dreams’?

I’ve seen it now.”

Ben Foster, owner of the 10th-rarest baseball card in existence

PHOTO COURTESY OF BEN FOSTER

Ben Foster has nearly 600 tobacco cards from 1910, including the Shoeless Joe Jackson card he is auctioning off. had some Roberto Clementes and Johnny Podres (two stars of the 1950s and ’60s). He never mentioned the tobacco cards.”

When Foster was helping his father move in 2009, they found an old metal lunch pail in a partially finished room in the basement.

“It was in this cold, dark room, and it had a (Cubs Hall of Famer) Ernie Banks stamp on it,” Foster said. “My dad knew right away what it was.”

Foster was in high school at the time, so he set the pail on a shelf, never really forgetting it but never finding time to go through it. Until last Christmas, when he found the Jackson.

He had the cards insured and professionally graded, and Shoeless Joe is currently on the auction block at Heritage Auctions. The bidding runs until Thursday, with a presale estimate of $400,000.

The current bid isn’t public information, but Heritage reported that the reserve amount (the minimum the card will be sold for) of $300,000 hadn’t yet been met as of Tuesday afternoon.

Foster isn’t worried.

“I know most of the activity takes place in the last 48 hours,” he said. “I’m sure I’ll be glued to my computer on Thursday, though.”

Assuming a bidder meets the reserve, the windfall will go to Foster’s parents.

“Hopefully, it will knock a few years off my mother’s career,” he said, “and allow her to retire early.”

All thanks to a former minor leaguer whose name Foster recognized, though he wasn’t entirely sure why.

“I’d never actually seen Field of … what’s the movie? ‘Field of Dreams’?” he said. “I’ve seen it now.”

And later this week, his family’s dreams will come true, thanks to a long-lost lunch pail and his great-great-uncle’s childhood hobby.

Forbes said of their time together in Knoxville. “I always knew he had our best interests.”

Not only did Forbes serve under Currie at Tennessee, so did Deacons football coach Dave Clawson.

But even though they were both at the same school in 2008, Forbes and Clawson didn’t officially meet until a few days ago.

“I talked more with Dave Clawson this week than I ever did when I worked with him,” Forbes said.

“At Tennessee, things are spread out and we’re all in different facilities. I honestly really didn’t know Dave.

“It was refreshing to visit with him. I talked with him three times.

I think he has a really good pulse for this institution, academically and athletically. In addition to being a great coach, he’s a very wise man. I leaned on and listened to him a lot.”

Like Clawson, Forbes plans to build his team upon a foundation of discipline, hard work, academics and retention. All 22 of his seniors during his time at ETSU have earned their degrees.

He said his team will play an intense style of basketball that will help bring fans back to Joel Coliseum and breathe life back into a program in desperate need of a spark.

“I think you need to understand that’s what I’m here to do,” he said.

“I’m here to get this program going and get it right back where it needs to be. This program used to win in basketball. This program deserves to win in basketball, and this program will win in basketball. That’s what we’re here to do.”

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NC Chamber pushes to re­open statewide businesses Raleigh In a press release Tuesday the N.C. Chamber offered a plan to relaunch North Carolina’s economy and “ensure our state is better prepared to proactively respond to future crises.” Chamber president and CEO, Gary J. Salamido said, “It is time to relaunch North Carolina’s economy. Our state’s employers are willing and equipped to provide a safe opportunity for people to meet the needs of their families and communities.” The release acknowledged that while the health and safety of all individuals remains a priority for North Carolina employers, the health of the state’s economy beyond the pandemic depends on getting back to work for the 1 million North Carolinians — nearly 20% of the state’s workforce — who have filed for unemployment relief. In addition, the release cited a Main Street America poll conducted in March which revealed that 30% of small businesses anticipate closing permanently if the COVID-19 shutdown persists more than two months. Salamido said, “We are committed to a safe, responsible approach that starts now. Reconnecting North Carolinians with employment is an integral component of restoring health to our communities.” Review the full plan at ncchamber.com/ relaunching-north-carolina.

US trade gap rises to $44.4 billlion as virus slams commerce Washington, D.C. The U.S. trade deficit rose in March as the coronavirus outbreak battered America’s trade with the world. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the gap between what the United States sells and what it buys abroad widened 11.6% in March to $44.4 billion from $39.8 billion in February. U.S. exports fell 9.6% to $187.7 billion on plunging orders for cars, auto parts and industrial machines. Imports fell 6.2% to $232.2 billion. Total trade — exports plus imports — came in at $419.9 billion in March, down 7.8% from February and 11.4% from March 2019. The politically sensitive deficit in the trade of goods with China fell 21.3% to $15.5 billion in March as exports rose slightly and imports plummeted. The coronavirus and the lockdowns and travel restrictions meant to contain it have hammered the world economy and paralyzed global trade. In March, the United States ran a $21.2 billion surplus in the trade of services such as tourism and banking.

But it registered a $65.6 billion deficit in the trade of goods such as cars and appliances.

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J.Crew files for Chapter 11 as pandemic chokes retail sector

By Anne D’Innocenzio The Associated Press NEW YORK — Struggling fashion brand J.Crew has filed for bankruptcy protection, the first major retailer to do so since the coronavirus pandemic forced most stores across the United States to close their doors.

More retail bankruptcies are expected in coming weeks, with Neiman Marcus and J.C. Penney also facing problems. Gap Inc. has warned it is running out of cash and is looking for an infusion.

Thousands of retail stores across the country remain closed, though some states have begun staggered restarts of their economies.

J.Crew, like a number of major retailers, was already in trouble before the pandemic. It had grown from a preppy 1990s fashion staple to an “it” brand worn by former First Lady Michelle Obama and featured at New York Fashion Week. But at some point in recent years, its fashion choices began landing with a clunk in the highly competitive retail sector.

Clothes will still be available online and the company says it will reopen stores when it’s safe to do so, but industry analysts are skeptical about a second act.

Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail, called the company’s $1.7 billion in longterm debt “crippling.”

“Before Chapter 11, J.Crew was on a slow march to ruin,” Saunders said. “This process gives the com-

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In this April 29, 2020, file photo, a woman walks past a boarded up J. Crew storefront along 14th Street in Northwest Washington. pany a chance to survive. However, that survival is not just dependent on reduced debt; it requires a reinvention of the J.Crew brand.”

Saunders called J.Crew fashion “samey” and believes people won’t pay full price for “boring” clothes.

J.Crew’s roots date back to 1947, when Mitchell Cinader and Saul Charles founded Popular Merchandise Inc., which sold low-priced women’s clothing. It was renamed J.Crew in 1983 and retooled as a preppy catalog to compete with those published by Lands’ End and L.L Bean.

In the 1990s, new stores

popped up across the country.

Mickey Drexler, who had spearheaded Gap’s explosive expansion, joined in 2002 as chairman and CEO and catapulted J.Crew into a high-tier player.

Obama elevated the brand even further during her eight years at the White House, favoring casual pieces like cardigans and slim skirts. In 2011, J.Crew became the first mass fashion brand to show its designs at New York Fashion Week.

But, like many other retailers, J.Crew fell victim to seismic changes in what customers

are buying and how they’re buying it. In the face of the pandemic, the most vulnerable have quickly lost the ability to pay bills and are seeking relief from creditors.

March sales at U.S. stores and restaurants had their most severe plunge since 1992, when record-keeping started. Clothing sales fell more than 50%. And that’s probably not the worst of it.

The U.S. Commerce Department reports retail sales figures for April next week. That report will reveal the full brunt of the pandemic because most stores were closed for the entire month.

Consumers drive 70% of the U.S. economy, meaning the abrupt store closures threaten the country’s overall economic health.

Hundreds of thousands of retail workers have been furloughed, meaning they’re probably not participating in the economy in any significant way.

J.Crew said Monday that lenders have agreed to convert $1.65 billion of its debt into equity. It’s also secured commitments for financing of $400 million from existing lenders Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C., GSO Capital Partners and Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, among others.

The company was acquired by TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners for $3 billion in 2011.

In its last full year of operations, J.Crew generated $2.5 billion in sales, a 2% increase from the year before.

J.Crew had planned to spin off its successful Madewell division as a public company and use the proceeds to pay down its debt. The company said Monday that Madewell will remain part of J.Crew Group Inc. There were 193 J.Crew stores, 172 J.Crew Factory outlets and 132 Madewell locations as of Feb. 1.

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A masked worker departs a gate at a Boeing production plant Monday, April 20, 2020, in Renton, Wash.

Italy lets millions back to work, US restrictions easing up The Associated Press ROME — Italy started stirring Monday, with millions allowed back to work as Europe’s longest coronavirus lockdown started easing, while the U.S. took halting steps to lift some restrictions even as tens of thousands of new cases were reported daily.

In Washington, the Senate convened for the first time since March. The Supreme Court heard arguments by telephone and allowed the world to listen in live — for the first time ever.

Dozens in Florida waited before sunrise for the 7 a.m. opening of Clearwater Beach. And a shuttered pork processing plant in South Dakota took its first steps toward reopening after more than 800 employees were infected with the coronavirus.

In Louisiana, state lawmakers were restarting their legislature — but feuded over whether they should return at all.

Political battles have become increasingly embedded in U.S. coronavirus policy.

Republican Louisiana legislators irritated by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ decision to extend the state’s stay-at-home order through

May 15 were eager to return to work.

Democrats saw things differently: “It could be a devastating blow to the strides made and to the safety of our residents, our staff and members if we returned to business as usual prematurely,” Democratic leaders wrote in a letter.

The moves to open U.S. states came even as the country’s oneday death toll stood at 1,313 with more than 25,500 confirmed new infections, according to a Sunday count by Johns Hopkins University. The real numbers are likely significantly higher.

Governments around the world have reported 3.5 million infections and more than 253,000 deaths as of Monday, including more than 68,000 dead in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University. Deliberately concealed outbreaks, low testing rates and the severe strain the disease has placed on health care systems mean the true scale of the pandemic is undoubtedly much greater.

With pressure growing in many countries for more measures to restart the economy, politicians were trying to boost fund-

ing for research into a vaccine for COVID-19. There are hopes one could be available in months, but many scientists warn it could take much longer.

Developing a vaccine will be the key to returning to less restricted everyday life. On Monday, an alliance of world leaders hosted by the European Union held a virtual summit on vaccine research, pledging to give 7.4 billion euros ($8 billion).

The U.S., along with Russia, was notably absent.

The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Norway and top European Union officials said that money raised will be channeled mostly through recognized global health organizations.

French president Emmanuel Macron, who donated 500 million euros on behalf of France, noted that the U.S. was currently “on the sidelines,” but said he had discussed the issue with President Donald Trump and was convinced the U.S. would at some point join the initiative.

Italy, the first European country hit by the pandemic and a nation with one of the world’s highest death tolls, began opening up cautiously after its two-month shutdown — allowing 4.4 million Italians to return to work.

But Europeans’ new-found freedoms are limited as officials are wary of setting off a second wave of infections. In Italy, mourners were allowed to attend funerals, with services limited to 15 people.

Restaurants scrubbed floors in preparation for take-out service.

Sit-down service is several weeks away.

In Florida, where Gov. Ron De-

Santis said restaurants and retail shops could open at 25% capacity beginning Monday, some business owners were unsure how to see things.

Tony Loeffler, the owner of Atlas Body and Home, a men’s apparel and lifestyle shop in downtown St. Petersburg, said he was both apprehensive and excited.

“We feel like we have to do this, even though we feel a little conflicted,” he said. “But we’re practicing all the common sense and CDC requirements so I feel like on our end we’re safe. But it’s so hard to know how everyone else is, how seriously they’re taking it.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and one of the first U.S. governors to impose a statewide stay-home order, announced that some businesses in the state will receive permission to reopen as early as Friday, with restrictions.

In the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, the giant Town Center at Cobb mall reopened Monday but many stores remained closed, with dark interiors and locked gates at Starbucks, Victoria’s Secret and other shops.

A maze of one-way paths wound through the eating area, marked off with signs and blue electrical tape stuck to the floor. But policies were inconsistent.

The four workers at the Chickfil-A counter all wore masks, and customers stood on black X’s about 6 feet apart as they waited to order. Next door at the American Deli, workers Monday morning did not wear masks and there were no marks for customers to stand apart. By afternoon some employees were wearing masks.

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In this Oct. 30, 1974, file photo, challenger Muhammad Ali, top, watches as defending world champion George Foreman goes down to the canvas in the eighth round of their WBA/WBC championship match in Kinshasa, Zaire.

A look at some of the best sports documentaries

By Paul Newberry The Associated Press SPORTS AND CINEMA have an uneasy alliance.

For every “Raging Bull,” there are an abundance of flicks that get it wrong when they try to recapture a memorable event or famous athlete. Seriously, how does the compelling life of Babe Ruth produce not one, but two of the greatest stinkers in the history of film-making (“The Babe Ruth Story” AND “The Babe”)?

There’s another format that serves the genre far better.

The documentary.

No wonder three of the last four Academy Awards in this category went to sports-related films.

With that in mind, here are 10 documentaries that everyone should see: 10. Steve Mcqueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015) McQueen was at the height of his career (and an actual racer) when he decided to make the ultimate racing film centered on the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Too bad he didn’t have a script. The King of Cool was never quite the same after his hubris-fueled making of “Le Mans.”

9. No No: A Dockumentary (2014) Dock Ellis was a Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who wore curlers on the field and always spoke his mind.

The title refers to the 1970 no-hitter that Ellis claims to have thrown under the influence of LSD, but the story of this baseball iconoclast runs far deeper.

8. Murderball (2005) If there’s any doubt that Paralympic athletes approach their craft with just as much skill, determination and even pettiness as their able-bodied counterparts, this film about the battering-ram sport of wheelchair rugby should put that to rest. An Oscar nominee, it lost to “March of the Penguins.”

7. Deep Water (2006) The tragic story of Britain’s Don-

ald Crowhurst, a quixotic weekend sailor who attempted a non-stop, solo race around the world in 1968.

The quest quickly went awry, and the prospect of financial ruin led to his descent into deceit and madness.

6. One Day In September (1999) It’s still jarring to watch the much-chronicled bungling that led to one of sport’s darkest days — the killing of 11 Israelis at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The Germans’ naive attempts to negotiate with the Palestinian terrorists. The amateurish plans to pull off a rescue. The hopelessly optimistic reports that all had been saved. The first of several Academy Award winners for Best Documentary on our list.

5. Senna (2010) Ayrton Senna was pure genius behind the wheel of a race car, but this film brilliantly captures the true essence of this mercurial Brazilian through archival footage, interviews and home movies. Most touching is Senna’s softer side, as he frets over the future of a homeland as complicated as the man himself.

4. Free Solo (2018) Another Oscar winner, this profile of Alex Honnold’s harrowing climb up El Capitan without ropes or safety equipment (known as a free solo) is a compelling dichotomy — edge-of-the-seat footage and a deeply personal story of a rock climber who seems truly at peace only when he’s clinging to the side of a mountain, dangling between life and death.

3. Icarus (2017) You never know what you might find. Filmmaker and cycling enthusiast Bryan Fogel wanted to explore ways to get away with doping. He wound up uncovering a major international scandal -- the Russian doping scheme at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Fogel rightfully received an Academy Award for this important film, after getting a big assist from whistle-blower Grigory Rodchenkov, former head of Russia’s an-

ti-doping laboratory.

2. When We Were Kings (1996) The 1974 heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman — the famed “Rumble In The Jungle” — was a cultural milestone that ran far deeper than boxing. It was a chance for African-Americans to take pride in their ancestral home, even while acknowledging the highly questionable ethics of staging the bout in an impoverished African country ruled by a brutal dictator. Footage from the accompanying music festival, which featured James Brown and B.B King, is an added bonus in yet another Academy Award winner.

1. Hoop Dreams (1994) The undisputed king of all sports documentaries, this film wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar -- an Academy Award flub that ranks right up there with “Citizen Kane.”

Five years of filming produced an unforgettable portrait of two African-American high school students hoping to escape their crime-ridden Chicago neighborhoods by making it to the NBA. Far more than just a basketball film, this is brutal expose on society’s inequality and poverty’s horrific toll.

Asterisk “O.J.: Made in America” was the Academy Award winner for best documentary of 2016, but it’s really a TV docuseries. That excludes it from our list, but it’s definitely worth watching if you’ve got nearly eight hours to spare.

Don’t Hold Up Well “The Endless Summer” and “Jack Johnson.” The former is recalled as a seminal surfing documentary, but the racial and sexist stereotyping — especially during stops in Africa — made this 1966 film almost impossible to watch. Same for the 1970 Oscar-nominated documentary about the first black heavyweight champion, which largely normalizes the blatant discrimination Johnson endured but is at least worth a listen for the Miles Davis soundtrack.

BORED WITH YOUR surroundings? Justin and Hailey Bieber are showing off their lives in their Toronto home in a new series, while Hulu this week is premiering a documentary looking back at an early 1990s isolation tale — Biosphere 2.

Even if you already know the answers, a re-airing of last year’s epic “Jeopardy!” Greatest of All Time tournament offers a chance to relive Ken Jennings’ greatness, while the Rolling Stones are revisiting six of their concert tours on YouTube.

Later in the week, Erykah Badu and Jill Scott will face off in the latest edition of the uber-popular “Verzuz” series, and just in time for Mother’s Day, Comedy Central will debut a new documentary featuring Awkwafina, Jim Gaffigan, Tig Notaro and other comics and their moms.

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 “Spaceship Earth” Has a vision of life prospering under quarantine ever felt more foolhardy? Matt Wolf’s documentary, on Hulu Friday, chronicles the experience of the Biosphere 2. In 1991, eight people moved into the self-contained replica of Earth’s ecosystem in one very audacious closed experiment. Expect high levels of familiarity.

“Becoming” Unknown until last week, this Netflix documentary trails Michelle Obama on her 20182019 34-city book tour as she embarks on a new life postWhite House. The film, directed

by Nadia Hallgren is both glossy and intimate, capturing the former first lady on and off stage.

Starts streaming Wednesday.

(Read the AP’s review here.)

Saul Bass To celebrate the centennial of the legendary graphic artist, the Criterion Channel on Sunday will line up 20 movies that featured Bass’ groundbreaking title sequences, from his breakout film, Otto Preminger’s “The Man With the Gold Arm,” to Martin Scorsese’s “The Age of Innocence.” Even when the movies aren’t great, the titles are dazzling.

Music The Biebers Following his reality series

on YouTube, Justin Bieber and model-wife Hailey Bieber will debut a new series on Facebook Watch on Monday. The 12-epsiode “The Biebers on Watch” follows the famous couple’s life in Toronto and will be filmed on go-pros positioned around their home. New episodes will be available Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

The Rolling Stones The veteran rockers launched a weekly series on Sunday called “Extra Licks” on YouTube. The six-part special features concert films from their illustrious career, including performances from the 1994 Voodoo Lounge Tour and the 2016 Latin America Ole! Tour. New episodes debut Sunday at 3 p.m. EDT. Television “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time” The repeat airing unfolds in 10 daily half-hour episodes starting Monday (check local listings for time, station).

The contest with superstars Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer will be book-ended by Jennings’ first and last games from his 2004 record-setting 74-game streak.

No spoilers, please.

“Dead to Me” — Netflix’s dark comedy is back for its 10-episode second season Friday, with even wilder twists ahead for widow Jen (Christina Applegate) and Judy (Linda Cardellini), an unlikely, forged-in-fire pair. For those weighing whether to join the show’s addicted fans, a season-one binge session should be all that’s needed to get you on the bandwagon.

“I Know This Much is True” Mark Ruffalo gives yet another worthy performance in HBO’s limited series adapted from Wally Lamb’s 1998 novel.

Three-time Oscar nominee Ruffalo plays opposite himself as twins Thomas and Dominick, the former damaged in body and soul and the latter his longtime protector. The six-part series (9 p.m. EDT Sunday) also features Rosie O’Donnell, Archie Panjabi and Melissa Leo. “Call Your Mother” Like mother, like comedian, or so it seems on Comedy Central’s documentary about comics and their moms. The film is by turns revealing, raucous (very) and charming, with the mothers emerging as clear sources of inspiration for their talented offspring. It airs 10 p.m. EDT Mother’s Day, Sunday, at 10 p.m. EDT, with Awkwafina, Jim Gaffigan and Tig Notaro among those featured.

TAKE NOTICE

CUMBERLAND 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

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CUMBERLAND COUNTY 19SP969 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY SHERILYN FALUTA DATED JULY 20, 2016 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 9904 AT PAGE 234 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 contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and hold-

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 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:

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er 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 10:00AM on May 15, 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 Sherilyn Faluta, dated July 20, 2016 to secure the original principal amount of $77,233.00, and recorded in Book 9904 at Page 234 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: 3101 Westgate Cv, Hope Mills, NC 28348 Tax Parcel ID: 0414-05-6239Present Record Owners: Sherilyn Faluta

Nursery Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28306 Tax Parcel ID: 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

And Being more commonly known as: 3101 Westgate Cv, Hope Mills, NC 28348 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Sherilyn Faluta.

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 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

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.

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.

The date of this Notice is March 9, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-108158

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SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on

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.

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

tained 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.

The date of this Notice is March 16, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-105322

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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

DAVIDSON IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION DAVIDSON COUNTY 19SP187 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY GERALD HOYLE AND PATRICIA HOYLE DATED APRIL 4, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1691 AT PAGE 0817 IN THE DAVIDSON 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

JOHNSTON 20 SP 9 AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NORTH CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Betty E. Joyner to Tiffany L. Davis, Trustee(s), which was dated November 4, 2008 and recorded on November 4, 2008 in Book 3620 at Page 329 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on February 3, 2020 in Book 5517, Page 256, Johnston County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be fore-

WAKE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION WAKE COUNTY 19SP2987 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY HAROLD MAJOR, JR. AND JONIKA MAJOR DATED NOVEMBER 30, 2012 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 15039 AT PAGE 1672 AND MODIFIED

BY AGREEMENT RECORDED FEBRUARY 26, 2019 IN BOOK 17368, PAGE 2661 IN THE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE

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

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.

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:

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;

of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein 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 10:00AM on May 20, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Davidson County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Gerald Hoyle and Patricia Hoyle, dated April 4, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $293,400.00, and recorded in Book 1691 at Page 0817 of the Davidson 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: 282 Mountain Shore Dr, Denton, NC 27239

Tax Parcel ID: 09021C0000004 Present Record Owners: The Estate of Patricia Hoyle And Being more commonly known as: 282 Mountain Shore Dr, Denton, NC 27239 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are The Estate of Patricia Hoyle.

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 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.

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

The date of this Notice is April 1, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-105125

closed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on May 19, 2020 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Johnston County, North Carolina, to wit: All that certain property situated in the County of JOHNSTON, and State of NORTH CAROLINA, being described as follows:

liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Betty E Joyner.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination 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 the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b) (2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for

any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 19-08204-FC01

BEING A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED IN General Warranty Deed from Ernest Y. Wilkinson and Lois

B. Wilkinson to Thaddeus Joyner and Betty E. Joyner, dated 10/20/1995, recorded 10/20/1995, in Deed Book 1475, Page 259, in the Register of Deeds for Johnston County, North Carolina.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 510 W 7th St, Kenly, NC 27542.

A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PURCHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of 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. This sale is made subject to all prior

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 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 10:00AM on May 18, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Wake County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Harold Major, Jr. and Jonika Major, dated November 30, 2012 to secure the original principal amount of $149,897.00, and recorded in Book 15039 at Page 1672 of the Wake 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: 3908 Cold Harbour Dr, Raleigh, NC 27610 Tax Parcel ID: 0247532 Present Record Owners: Harold Major, Jr. and Jonika Major And Being more commonly known as: 3908 Cold Harbour Dr, Raleigh, NC 27610 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Harold Major, Jr. and Jonika Major.

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 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.

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

The date of this Notice is March 26, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 18-100652

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To: Dora Walker-Herring 1630 Roxie Fayetteville, NC 28304

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Any Spouse of Dora Walker-Herring 1630 Roxie Fayetteville, NC 28304

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THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND, LOT 5, CONTAINING 0.235 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THAT CERTAIN FINAL PLAT OF PEA FIELD, PHASE II, PREPARED BY L. DENNIS LEE, P.A., FILED 04/18/2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 66, PAGE 151, JOHNSTON COUNTY RECORDS, NORTH CAROLINA. REFERENCE BEING MADE TO SAID PLAT FOR A MORE FULLANDACCURATEDESCRIPTIONOFSAIDPROPERTY.

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

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Charlotte Pipe and Foundry’s relocation to Oakboro is official to “legal counsel” he received.

“In 1915, over a hundred years ago, Alcoa started making aluALBEMARLE — For over 12 minum at the Badin Works. That years, Charlotte Pipe and Found- was a century event,” state Sen. Tom McInnis (R-Richry’s plan of relocating to mond), whose district Oakboro — known unborders Stanly Counder the codename “Projty, told the board. “This ect Blue Sky” — has been “This is one event is a century event in the works. But at the and a hundred-year opStanly County Board of of these portunity that we have Commissioners special once-in-atonight. This is a meeting Monday night, lifetime type here game-changer and someMay 5, this plan was fithing that will go down in nally made official to the projects. I the annals of history and public. can’t even time as something that “This is a great counchanged the face and dyty and it’s where I live; put into namics of this county for I’m proud to call it home, words how the better.” and I hope that Charlotte County manager Andy Pipe can call it home very significant Lucas explained that in soon,” Roddey Dowd, it is for our format of a 20-year CEO of Charlotte Pipe, community.” the tax incentive agreement, said in the public hearCharlotte Pipe will pay ing portion of the meetthe entirety of the taxes ing. “We’ve had wonder- Andy Lucas, it owes annually and the ful cooperation with the Stanly County county will issue a grant county and having dealt in the name of 80% paid, with counties all across manager as long as the compathe country, you are at the ny meets certain benchtop of the peak.”

With a 6-0 vote, the board ap- marks.

“This is one of these once-in-aproved a plan to grant tax break incentives to Charlotte Pipe, who lifetime type projects,” Lucas stathas immediate goals to invest at ed. “I can’t even put into words how least $325 million in new taxable significant it is for our community.”

According to Lucas, the aninvestment and at least 400 new jobs within the county. Commis- ticipated taxes to be paid by the sioner Mike Barbee, who was ab- company are around $28 milsent in the voting and discussion of lion, and that includes depreciathe resolution, recused himself due tion over time. In addition, the inBy Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal

CHUCK BURTON | AP PHOTO

Vice President Mike Pence, second from left, gets a tour at a Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company plant in Charlotte in Aug. 2016. centive amount on that 80% grant is around $22 million, which will likely change based on the investment.

The company has to meet job and investment benchmarks each year to receive the full 80%, and if not, the grant amount is prorated.

“It’s a great day for Stanly County to have Project Blue Sky come to fruition,” state Rep. Wayne Sasser (R-Stanly) said in a prepared statement read aloud by Lucas. “I would like to thank everyone who worked to make this project happen. This will, without a doubt, make the largest economic impact to Stanly County that has occurred in the last 50 years.”

In addition to the business itself, commissioners mentioned the housing, retail, restaurant and pro-

fessional services that will likely plant their roots in the county to accommodate Charlotte Pipe’s new facility, even further boosting the county’s economy.

“This was the worst-kept secret in American history,” state Sen. Carl Ford (R-Rowan), whose district includes Stanly County, joked in reference to the Project Blue Sky moniker that has been used for years to signify the Charlotte Pipe relocation. “I’ve heard people talking about it way before I started representing Stanly County, back when I was in the House representing Rowan and Cabarrus County. And right now, they’re a little jealous, to be honest.”

The plan for the new facility includes a one-time rail scale payment of $215,000 that will be cost

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Stanly County law enforcement mourns loss of Capt. Eric Thomas

Court says middle finger didn’t warrant traffic stop

By David Larson Stanly County Journal

Stanly County A state trooper’s decision to stop a driver who flashed an obscene hand gesture wasn’t justified, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled, overturning lower court decisions. The justices ruled unanimously that the evidence showed Trooper Paul Stevens lacked reasonable suspicion to pull over Shawn Patrick Ellis for disorderly conduct on a Stanly County road in January 2017. Stevens pursued Ellis’ SUV in his cruiser, with blue lights still flashing, for a half-mile before Ellis stopped. Ellis initially refused to identify himself, and Stevens ultimately cited him for resisting, delaying or obstructing an officer.

AP

NC Zoo names baby rhino ‘Jojo’ Randolph County After an online poll, First Lady of North Carolina Kristin Cooper announced Monday for the NC Zoo that the name selected for the zoo’s newest baby rhino was ‘Jojo.’

The rhino was born in the Asheboro zoo on Feb. 24 at between 80 and 90 pounds.

The rhino keepers provided a list of names, and Jojo, the winning name, was in honor of rhino keeper Joseph “Jojo” Wachira of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.

Wachira said he is “deeply honored to hear the news – this is what I believe in and fight for every day – saving rhinos.”

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ALBEMARLE — The Stanly County Sheriff’s Office posted May 5 on their social media that Eric Thomas, who served Stanly County as a law enforcement officer for almost 40 years, had died. Thomas, 60, had worked as a city police officer, in law enforcement training at Stanly Community College and for the county sheriff’s department.

George Burris, who was the Stanly County sheriff until late 2018, worked closely with Thomas.

“He worked for me for probably three years, but I’ve known Eric since I went through BLET [Basic Law Enforcement Training] 20 years ago. He was the BLET director at Stanly Community College,” Burris told SCJ. “He was the director of BLET for several years, then he came back into law enforcement in 2015, I think it was, and came to work for me as my captain in my patrol division.”

Thomas supervised about 26 deputies in the patrol division and also supervised the fleet. Burris said Thomas was “the rock” for the

office during administrative meetings, too, using his decades of experience to keep everyone compliant with regulations.

“He knew the law, every chapter and verse,” Burris said. “He could quote it and make sure everybody stayed on the right path.”

Thomas didn’t just use his experience to rattle off legal code though — he shaped a generation of Stanly County law enforcement.

“Eric was a true mentor,” current Stanly County Sheriff Jeff Crisco, who worked with Thomas for about a dozen years at the Albemarle Police Department, told SCJ. “He made it his mission in law enforcement to teach all the new young officers coming through the right way of doing things.”

“When you thought about professional, you thought about Eric Thomas,” Burris said. “He was more than just a supervisor or a captain. He was a leader and a mentor to me and all the personnel at the sheriff’s office and every agency he’s worked with.”

Albemarle Police Chief David Dulin also worked with Thomas, who served as his patrol sergeant early in Dulin’s career.

“One of the memories that stuck

More arrests possible in Albemarle homicide case

By David Larson Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — Nearly three months after the Feb. 8 shooting death of Tristan Edward Crump in Albemarle, a suspect in the killing has been extradited to the county where the crime occurred.

Donte Langhorne-Hagins, 25, is being charged with first-degree homicide and with felony conspiracy.

“A conspiracy means that he and one or more other folks got together and conspired to commit some type of crime that led to the death of someone else,” Albemarle Police Chief David Dulin told SCJ on May 5. “It is still an ongoing investigation, and we are looking at more than him for this crime. We’re go-

ing to let that unfold and see where it takes us.”

Langhorne-Hagins was extradited to Stanly County from Newport News, Virginia, on April 28 after spending more than a month jailed there. He was arrested in the coastal Virginia town, near his hometown of Hampton, for the February homicide and was kept there until a hearing approved the extradition.

The February killing took place on a Saturday at about 7 p.m. in a residential area of eastern Albemarle. When the police arrived, they found Crump, 33, of Albemarle, in the yard of 1004 Henry Jay St. with gunshot wounds. Crump was taken to Atrium Health Stanly by EMS where he later died from his

PHOTO PROVIDED BY FORMER STANLY COUNTY SHERIFF GEORGE BURRIS

Eric Thomas, who died this week, is pictured at the 2016 Officer Jeff Shelton Memorial Law Enforcement Awards Banquet where he received an award for outstanding career and service. with me throughout my career was how cool, calm and collected Eric was during a time of stressful events,” Dulin said, calling it a

injuries.

Crump, according to an obituary, was a father of two daughters, Jerzey and Adrianna, and was raised in the area. He attended both Chapel AME Zion Church and the Saints Delight Church, where his funeral was held on Feb. 18.

It is not clear why Langhorne-Hagins was in Stanly County, who the other parties in the alleged conspiracy are, or what was the motive for the killing.

Dulin said he is “unsure at this point” whether Crump and Langhorne-Hagins knew each other.

When Langhorne-Hagins was transferred by Virginia authorities, officers with APD and agents with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations cooperatively made the arrest. Langhorne-Hagins will appear for his first North Carolina court date on the charges June 8, and he was not given the opportunity for bail.

“The investigation does continue; it’s not closed by any means,”

shared with For Stanly, a non-profit fundraising group for economic development.

In addition, there is a 10-year natural gas line extension reimbursement payment structure where Charlotte Pipe will pay $358,452 to Piedmont Natural Gas for the installation of this line.

The county will then reimburse the company for that annual payment for a period of 10 years.

“On behalf of Charlotte Pipe and Foundry, I want to thank the board for your thoughtfulness and thoroughness over the past month months in evaluating this facility,” the company’s attorney, Charles Brown, said. “We recognize the countless hours that county employees have invested in this project to try to make it a reality.”

“privilege” to work under him. “He taught me how to stop and assess the situation and not to react too quickly.”

Thomas was never jealous and never sought publicity or praise for himself, according to Burris. He rarely smiled in pictures because the only image he cared about as an officer was that of honoring the badge with which he was entrusted.

“He’d say, always remember that you were handed that badge at the start of your career, and when you turn it in at the end, make sure it’s never tarnished. That’s one thing that sticks with me that he always said, and he told that to every rookie deputy police officer that he supervised.”

Thomas retired to spend more time with his wife, Pam, but began to experience serious health issues soon after.

“He was a great man and left a fantastic legacy behind, and our prayers are with his wife and his kids,” Burris said. “Just an outstanding man. When you think about a person behind a badge, he’s the one that comes to my mind.”

“Eric was a phenomenal man, a great friend and, as many have said, he’s really going to be missed,” said Crisco. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time.”

Dulin, concurring with many in Stanly County law enforcement, said, “Eric Thomas will be greatly missed.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF ALBEMARLE POLICE DEPT

Donte Jamar LanghorneHagins, 25, was extradited from Virginia to Stanly County on April 28. said Dulin. “And depending on where our leads take us, there could be more arrests in the near future.”

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♦ Walter Irving Gibson, Jr., 85, of Richfield, passed away April 26.

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♦ Faye Hipp, 81, of Albemarle, passed away Tuesday, April 28.

x Jerry Wayne 85, of ♦ Mrs. Janice Hill Fincher, Barbee, Albemarle, died April 3.

85, of, Locust, passed x Sylvester “Corey” Maske, 27, of away April 29.

Albemarle, died April 4. x John Henry Connell, Jr., 91, of ♦ Rebecca “Becky” Stanfield, died April 6.

McNeill Thorne, 49, of x Jason Eugene “Gene” Efird, 94, of Norwood, passed away Stanfield, died April 7.

April 29.x Tony Monroe Smith, 72, of Rockwell, died April 8.

♦ Lessie Harwood x Joyce Joyner Price, 75, of Badin, Plowman, of died98, April 8.

Albemarle, passed away x Danny Paul Luther, 65, of Norwood, April 30.died April 9.

Evelyn Lela Stamper, 90, of ♦ Janet xOakboro, Leona Lewis died April 10.

Burleson, 75, of x Jerry Dickson Huneycutt, 78, of Albemarle, passed Locust, died April away 11.

May 1. x Shirley Mae Haire, 73, of Albemarle, died April 11.

♦ BerrelxRiley Gray, 93, of Betty Jane Keever Rogers, 87, of Albemarle, died April 11.

Albemarle, passed away May 1. x Pauline Elizabeth Almond Tucker, 98, of Albemarle, died April 11.

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Albemarle, NC, on 5/3/2020 NC, on 5/1/2020 /F/36) Arrest on chrg of 1) ♦ Taylor, Michael Shane ♦ Parson, Christopher Breaking And Or Entering ♦ Couick, Nicholas James (W M, 45) Arrest on chrg Darnell (B /M/51) Arrest (f) (F) and 2) Larceny After WEEKLY CRIME LOG(W /M/26) Arrest on chrg of Assault With Deadly on chrg of 1) Driving While Break/enter (F), at Stanly, of 1) Felony Possession Of Weapon (M), at 739 Nc 24Impaired (M) and 2) Dwlr NC, on 4/28/2020 Cocaine (F), 2) Possess 27(M), Bypass x Poplin, Derick Lynn (W M, (F) and 2) Assault On Fta Release Order at E, Albemarle, on Impaired Rev (M), at Main 29) Arrest on chrg of Pwimsd Marijuana Up To 1/2 Ounce ♦ Smith, Brittney Nicola 04/29/2020.

Female (M), at 126 South Stanly, NC, on 4/8/2020 St/anson Ave, Norwood, NC, (F),3) atPossess ThirdMarij St, Albemarle, on Arrest on chrg (M),Fand (W NC, /F/32) on 5/3/2020 Methamphetamine, x Oxendine, (I Damon Kayon Rhone, 781 Leonard Av, Paraphernalia Albemarle, 4/13/2020 (M), at Ross of 1) Pwimsd Sch Ii Cs (F), Misty♦Lee /F/34) Arrest on chrg of FtaArrest on chrg of (B M, 41) on 04/09/2020 ♦ Thompson, Jennifer Leah Dr, Albemarle, NC, on 2) Pwimsd Sch Vi Cs (F), x Hill, James Wilson (W Release Order (M), at NC Assault On Female (M), at (W /F/43) Arrest on chrg of 5/1/2020 3) Felony Possession Sch x Leggett, Timothy James /M/38) Arrest on chrg of 1) Hwy 24/27, Albemarle, NC, St, Albemarle, 710 Henson 1) Pwimsd Sch Ii Cs (F), 2) Ii Cs (F), 4) Possess Drug (W M, 32) ArrestPostlewaite, on chrg Surrender

By Surety (M), 2) on 4/8/2020 Rebeca Erin (W on 04/29/2020.

Pwimsd Cocaine (F), and 3) Paraphernalia (M), and 5) of Felony Possession OfArrest on Surrender

By Surety (F), and /F/30) chrg of 1) Possess Drug Paraphernalia Possess Marij Paraphernalia x Oxendine, Misty♦Lee (I Mclaughlin, Kebriana Cocaine (F), at 161 W Main 3) Surrender (F), Felony Possession Sch I Cs By Surety (M), at Hatley Farm/nc73, (M), at 32402 Nc 740 Hwy/ /F/34) Arrest on chrg of Tinae (B F, 23) Arrest on St/s First St, Albemarle, on at 126 S Third St, Albemarle, Albemarle, NC, on 5/2/2020 (F), 2) Felony Possession shaver Rd, Albemarle, NC,Viol onOutchrg Misd Prob Of County of Assault With Deadly 04/09/2020 Sch Ii Cs (F), and NC, 4/13/2020 3) on Possess 4/28/2020 (M), at NC 24/27, Weapon NC, on (M), at 807 Summit ♦ Whitley, Tyler Andrew (W Drug Paraphernalia (M), at x Tompkins, Christopher x Gomez-garcia, Ruben 4/8/2020 Av/wall St, Albemarle, on /M/29) Arrest on chrg of Hwy 138, Albemarle, NC, on ♦ Wilson, Dometric Jamar Dwayne (W M, 20) Arrest on (U /M/51) Arrest on chrg 04/30/2020.

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3,341 related deaths has led to worldwide panic, economic collapse and governments, a majority Americans precautions, butin I’m uneasy with howcontempt. people who simply ask tend at least through the of end of this month. to take normal are treated some circles with he curve in the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The excitement was Secondly, what are we expecting in terms of a second wave? work every day, keeping our economy afloat and providing essential economy going so you have an opportunity to return to work.

While to I know that during this challenging time of social distancing, In Fayetteville, minister began a program to deliver groceries a zero millions of Americans needlessly being thrown out of work. being the “new normal.” questions about the data, and when things can start getting towithout ders gocalled into June.

They’re treated as though we as a society simply must back accept muted — after all, trends can easily reverse — but real.

Americans The institute’s model simply cuts off in early August.

It does not services.

At home, millions of others like teachers and pastors are we have been able to accomplish a lot in this time to address the crisis, working from home or losing a job, it may be difficult to “rejoice and seniors throughout Cumberland County.

States over The crisis has cost the U.S. taxpayer at least $2.4 trillion in added d, at least through end of thisstated month. are treated in some circles with Democratic Gov.the Roy Cooper during normal question what the government tells contempt. us about when it’s safe to begin the abided by recommendations and orders.

They’ve left their jobs predict how many people will die in a second wave.

This is the finding new ways to work and reach people.

Governors are starting to I believe it’s time for the full House to get back to work so we can work be glad” as the Bible tells us to do.

However, as a Christian, husband These stories from throughout our region continue to provide esave can be debt plus trillions more in Federal Reserve backup liquidity to the go into June.

They’re treated as though wetoasnormalcy. a society simply must accept without briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back stay 1977 at home; they’ve practiced social distancing; in many places, most important problem because experts maintain that the virus is slowly reopen areas of our economy and even the Senate is going back together and with President Trump on meeting additional needs and and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just how much we hope, inspiration and supplies to people in need and our health care gomocratic flu,” markets and financial outlets.

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And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place all over the The result: aMay. reduction inwithout expected hospitalization and death. innew the fall.

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Additionally, other legislation can be vetted through committees and in the public Corinthians 1:4, which reminds us our Lord “comforts us in all our helping small businesses keep people on the payroll, while direct ame out of a economic and financial means.

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Are companies such as GlaxoSmithKline, Takeda, Roche, Regeneron, eye as our founders intended.

We should do all we can so that we don’t affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any relief will soon reach families and workers.

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Can we sporting events, therapeutics and vaccines that could be used against coronavirus.

Until then, you can count on me to keep coming to work every day If you are celebrating the Easter season, I urge you to also whole. where purely totalitarian governments do.

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT NFL

Bears sign veteran receiver Ginn Jr. to 1-year contract Lake Forest, Ill. The Chicago Bears have signed wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. to a one-year contract, the team announced Monday.

A 13-year veteran who has played in Super Bowls with San Francisco and Carolina, Ginn caught 30 passes for 421 yards and two touchdowns with New Orleans last season.

He has 409 receptions for 5,702 yards and 33 touchdowns for Miami, San Francisco, Arizona, Carolina and New Orleans. Ginn also has returned 257 punts for 2,600 yards with four touchdowns and 307 kickoffs for 6,899 yards and three TDs.

TRACK & FIELD

U.S. sprinter Deajah Stevens suspended in doping case Monaco American sprinter Deajah Stevens was provisionally suspended Friday for repeatedly being unavailable for doping tests. The Athletics Integrity Unit said Stevens amassed three whereabouts violations in a year. Athletes are required to provide regular updates on their whereabouts to make it possible for antidoping authorities to carry out surprise testing outside of competition. A violation means an athlete either did not fill out forms telling authorities where they could be found or weren’t where they said they would be when testers arrived. Stevens won the U.S. national title in the 200 meters in 2017 and was a finalist in the 200 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

COLLEGE SPORTS

NCAA adjusts sexual violence policy, requires disclosure Indianapolis The NCAA has expanded its sexual violence policy to require student-athletes to inform their schools each year about any investigations or disciplinary matters in their past. Failure to fully disclose that information may result in penalties that include a loss of eligibility, as determined by the school.

This applies to current and incoming athletes. This expansion of the policy will take effect in the 2021-22 school year. NCAA officials also said schools must “take reasonable steps” to confirm the information provided by athletes and provide it to other schools if those students attempt to transfer.

Byron gets 3rd iRacing victory in last 4 races As real racing gets closer — the final virtual event will be at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Saturday — Hendrick Motorsports continues its esports dominance

By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — William Byron showed he’s the sharpest gamer in NASCAR’s iRacing Series with his third victory in four events.

Byron passed Timmy Hill with seven laps remaining at virtual Dover International Speedway, where NASCAR was scheduled to actually race Sunday, to win yet again on the iRacing platform. The Hendrick Motorsports driver has consistently been the best of the NASCAR professionals in simulated racing.

Alex Bowman won last week at virtual Talladega Superspeedway, so Hendrick drivers have now won four consecutive iRacing events.

“I’ve enjoyed this iRacing Series, but I’m definitely ready to get going in my real car,” Byron said. “Racing anything, whether it’s a box car or anything with an engine, is going to give you confidence if you are winning.”

He said that in all his years using iRacing, he’s never been in such competitive events since NASCAR launched the invitational esports series after the stock car series was suspended March 13.

Denny Hamlin earned the pole in qualifying, but NASCAR successfully applied an invert — a glitch last week prevented the top 10 from flipping before the race

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William Byron won his third NASCAR iRacing event in the last four races, taking Sunday’s event at virtual Dover International Speedway. began — so Ross Chastain cycled into the top starting spot.

Hamlin had his race ruined last week when his daughter accidentally turned his simulator screen off with a remote control she was holding as he was competing. He made sure to hide all remotes before Sunday’s race, but after an incident with John Hunter Nemechek, he seemed to be deliberately wrecked by Nemechek later in retaliation.

It brought out a late caution and a restart with nine laps remaining and Hill leading Byron at the green flag.

Byron didn’t need to use a bump-and-run — the move Hill used on Byron to win the virtual race at Texas Motor Speedway — and easily passed him on the inside with seven laps remaining.

“I’ve enjoyed this iRacing Series, but I’m definitely ready to get going in my real car.”

William Byron Hill finished second and was shown at times racing with his cat on his steering wheel.

“William has done a great job through this iRacing invitational,” Hill said. “I just wish I could get another win. I’ve had such tremendous support from everyone in the racing community through this; this has been a blast and really brought us all together. We’ve re-

ally had a lot of fun racing all these races, but I can’t wait to get back and see everyone’s faces.”

NASCAR will complete its iRacing Series next Saturday at North Carolina’s deserted North Wilkesboro Speedway, a track last raced by the national series in 1996. Overgrown with weeds and neglected, Dale Earnhardt Jr. last year led a group of volunteers in cleaning the speedway so it could be mapped for use in iRacing.

Although the simulated version of North Wilkesboro is not yet available to the public on the iRacing platform, it will be the virtual host for NASCAR’s finale. Then it’s back to the real thing for the stock car series, which plans to resume competition without spectators starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.

Little League World Series canceled for first time The World Series of Little League Softball in Greenville will also not be held The Associated Press WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — This year’s Little League World Series and the championship tournaments in six other Little League divisions — including the World Series of Little League Softball in Greenville — have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Little League President Stephen Keener announced the cancellations in a Facebook Live broadcast Thursday afternoon from league headquarters in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, saying it would be “impossible” to hold the events amid ongoing restrictions on large gatherings and travel.

The Little League World Series has been held every August since

1947 and had never been canceled before. Next year was to be the 75th playing of the tournament; that milestone has been pushed back to 2022.

“Let me tell the folks in all those communities and all the sites where we have regional qualifying tournaments how disappointed we are to have to do this, but it was inevitable,” Keener said. “It would be irresponsible and impossible to bring teams and thousands of people from all over the world into the community of Williamsport as well as those six other communities that have been such great friends and supporters of ours over the years.”

He added that travel restrictions would make it equally impossible to hold qualifying tournaments for international teams and to bring those teams safely to the United States.

Little League has not, however, called off the 2020 regular season.

Keener said there was reason for optimism that teams could play this spring and summer, depending on restrictions in states and localities.

The annual major league game in Williamsport, which this year was to feature the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 23, has been canceled, MLB said.

“While the cancellation of the 2020 Little League World Series is extremely disappointing, the health and safety of all of the people involved must be the paramount consideration. We look forward to our return to Williamsport for the 2021 MLB Little League Classic,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.

Little League announced in March that the season was on hold until at least May 11 because of guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention against gatherings of 50 people or more.

After that date, Keener said, dis-

tricts and leagues should look to states and localities for guidance on when or if the season can resume.

He also urged districts to hold allstar tournaments to give kids at least a taste of the competition they’ll be missing with World Series qualifying scrapped.

“We will be very amenable to (changing) eligibility requirements and be very flexible to allow as many kids the opportunity to play as possible for whatever can remain of the 2020 Little League season,” he said.

Along with the Little League World Series, which is held in South Williamsport, the other events canceled were the World Series of Little League Softball in Greenville, North Carolina; Junior League Baseball in Taylor, Michigan; Junior League Softball in Kirkland, Washington; Senior League Baseball in Easley, South Carolina; and Senior League Softball in Sussex County, Delaware.

GOLF

McIlroy, Johnson headline charity match for COVID-19 relief Juno Beach, Fla. Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson headline a $3 million charity match for COVID-19 relief that will mark the first live golf on television since the pandemic shut down sports worldwide. The May 17 match will be played at Seminole Golf Club in South Florida. It is to be televised

by NBC networks, including Golf Channel, Sky Sports and the PGA Tour’s global TV partners. McIlroy and Johnson, major champions who have reached No. 1 in the world, will be partners in a Skins match against Oklahoma State alumni Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff.

PHOTO COURTESY LITTLE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL

Rowan County won the World Series of Little League Softball last year, but the first year of a new five-year deal that would see the tournament held in Greenville was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Three former Stanly ‘The Last Dance’ County players directorfootball talks project sign to NFL rosters on Jordan’s Bulls Antonio Williams, T.J. Smith and Lee Autry all signed free agent deals after The 10-part documentary the draft will air over five Sundays

By Jesse Deal By Tim Reynolds Stanly County Journal The Associated Press

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Light heavyweights Anthony Smith, left, will headline the UFC event in Jacksonville, whenCOMMUNICATIONS he faces Glover KEVIN L. DORSEY |Florida, NC A&T ATHLETIC PHOTO Teixeira on May 13.

North Carolina A&T receiver Elijah Bell, pictured in 2017 against North Carolina Central, is among the HBCU draft hopefuls who was affected by the canceled events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

UFC announces matchups HBCU NFL hopefuls adjust for after 2 upcoming events canceled proJacksonville days, combine “I’m excited “Just for the rest because we of the sports are from world to join smaller us! Let’s get schools back to work doesn’t America!” mean we can’t UFC President compete.”

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Anthony Smith and Glover The coronavirus pandemic Teixeira will headline the has made it even harderby May 13 event, followed for under-the-radar players a card featuring Alistair to make an impression Overeem against Walt on teams on May 16 Harris

By Kyle Hightower TheGreg Associated Press By Beacham

The Associated Press DE’MONTREZ Burroughs looked at it as his best shot to the acThe UFC has announced complish NFL dream. full fight his lineups for its shows The South StateMay sescheduled for Carolina May 13 and nior receiver had the dates cir16 as the mixed martial arts procled onmoves his calendar. the motion closer to First, resuming Bulldogs’ annual pro day on competition amid the coronaviMarch 19, followed a week latrus pandemic. er The by the first-ever NFL combine UFC plans to stage severevent held for draft prospects al shows without fans at VyStar from Historically Black Colleges Veterans Memorial Arena in and Universities who didn’t reJacksonville, Florida, this month. ceive first invitations the pay-pernational The event isto the combine Indianapolis. view UFCin249 on May 9.

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lined by Ovince Saint Preux’s can’t compete.” heavyweight debut against Ben But that opportunity never Rothwell.

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ALBEMARLE — Although no players from JASON HEHIR a kid in in the the 2020 standsNFL in Stanly County werewas selected Boston Garden on April 20, 1986, the day that Draft last month, three former standouts have Michael Jordan scored deals a playoff-record 63 since inked free-agent with NFL franpoints. chises.

ItNorth was a Stanly’s Christmas gift fromWilliams his father,signed who Antonio stuck a note promising “Two tickets to the with the Buffalo Bills, North Stanly’s Air T.J. Jordan his stocking holiday seaSmith Show” signedinwith the San that Diego Chargers, son. a gift HehirLee willAutry never forandIt’s Albemarle’s signed with the get, though his current seat for Chicago Bears. another Jordanthe show of sorts is That brings number of Stanly players in considerably better.

“I wouldn’t the league up to six. The other three are two HehirAlbemarle is the director of—the former Bulldogs call it a ESPN and Netflix production “The Indianapolis Colts defensive challenge. I Last Dance,”Autry a 10-part end Denico (Lee documenAutry’s tary series that debuts April 19 and older brother) and Baltimore would call it tells the story of Jordan’s final Chi- “So blessed to Ravens offensive lineman R.J. privilege.” cago Bulls in as 1997-98 that beajoining the Prince — season as well former culminated in a sixth NBA title.

West Stanly Colts standout Buffalo Bills, Hehir’s task: Take hours of Jason Hehir, and current New10,000 York Giants archived footage, add interviews can’t waitofto“The defensive tackle B.J. Hill. director with more than 100 people, and Williams becomes the first get to work!” turn it into about hours of tele- Last Dance” four-year player8½ from North vision.

Stanly to sign a free agent deal “I wouldn’t call it a challenge,” Antonio Williams with an NFL team.

Hehir said.

“I would it a privilege.”

“So blessed to be call joining the on Twitter The series was moved Buffalo Bills, can’t waitup totwo get months to provide content-starved with something new to work!”

Williamsfans tweeted to watchafter during coronavirus pandemic. shortly beingthe signed.

ESPN was originally planning to release the Williams’ head coach at North Carolina, documentary in June, coinciding with what Mack Brown, posted on Twitter about his forwould have been thisto season’s NBA Finals. mer player making the NFL. It“(Antonio) will run over fivesoSundays ending May 17, faced much adversity during with two one-hour broadcasts each week. his career, but all he did was show up with a “I’m happy if we can little bit of light to positive attitude, be abring teamaleader and do anypeople dark time said. “Sports thing in he acould do tohere,” helpHehir our team,” Brown are such an“He’s indelible part of ourgifted cultural fabric tweeted. a physically running and lacking that ... there’s a significant hole in back but also played on almost all of our speenjoyment that people feel, the escape that peocial teams. He’s worked really hard over the ple feeltofrom everydayinlife that sports brings lastcan year put himself this position and he us.” deserves all the success he can get.”

The accelerated has Stanly, only added to a During his timelaunch at North Williams hectic time for Hehir and his team. became the school’s all-time leader in rushThere has(8,012) been much about the ing yards and anticipation sits sixth all-time in documentary, which in Hehir’s mind came toNorth Carolina High School Athletic Associgether much faster than his such a projectcareer usually ation history.

He spent collegiate as does. a running back for two schools; his first two “Normally, to do hourlong years were with theanOhio State archival Buckeyesdocbeumentary fromhis start finish, it with takesthe about fore he spent finaltotwo years Tar aHeels. year from the inception of the idea to the research to doing the shootingattoArkansas getting itand all Smith playedallcollegiately together, mapping out, was withstoryboarding the Comets itinout, high school itbefore editing, getting back, it takes a transferring to notes Colquitt County Highabout School year,” Hehir said.

“We’re doing 10 of those.

And in Georgia before his senior season.

College we had atook littlenotice bit overoftwo to do it so on we’re scouts hisyears performance an already working at five times our normal rate.” undefeated Packers team that won 6A state The pandemic further matters. playoffs and he ended upcomplicates playing 27 games as Hehir and his team are finishing things up a defensive tackle with the Razorbacks. while separated, through Zoomduring meetings Smith connecting received many honors his but largely in isolation at theirthe own laptops to time at Arkansas, including 2019 Broyles get the last pieces of the story ready to air.

Razorback Award, the 2018 Fall SEC AcaThe documentary goes deeper than 1997demic Honor Roll selection, and thejust 2018 SEC 98, though that season is the overriding theme.

Community Service Team selection.

It also a retrospective of Jordan’s Theserves third as Stanly player to join the NFLbaslast ketball life, from his college dayswho at North Caroweek was the younger Autry, played delina through atop the NBA. fensive line his for rise Itawamba Community College Hehireventually knows there is an ongoing buildup before becoming a starter forand the anticipation the mirroring documentary, and Mississippi surrounding State Bulldogs, the path still feels nervousness. met with Jordan sevto the league that his He brother, Denico, took. eralAutry times saw over action the course of the project, includin 18 career games with ing three sit-down are part of Mississippi State interviews and was athat starter for six the documentary. of them. The 6-foot-2, 310-pound defensive “I hope thatundrafted people will like it as much as we tackle went but signed with Chicadid,” Hehir said. go. He is one of 11 undrafted free agents that agreed to terms with the Bears.

Become a part of Stanly County Schools!

Stanly County Schools has an opening for a Speech Language Pathologist serving the K-12 population. Position is a full-time, 10 month position with full benefits. Candidate must hold a current certification from North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists.

Interested applicants can apply through the SCS website and email resume to Dr. Laura Beachum, Director of Exceptional Children's Program, at laura.beachum@stanlycountyschools.org.

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Backup coronavirus hospital in Memphis worries residents

By Adrian Sainz The Associated Press

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 African American Memphis pastor, understands the anxiety. “This is an honest and reasonable concern and skepticism,” Fisher said.

“I think it’s par for the course for black people to be righteously skeptical of governmental intervention that did not consult with areas.

High temperatures people on the ground first.” and sunshine saturated the state chief over Doug McGowen, the city’s the weekend, and on Sunday, sevoperating officer, said the Gateeral parks thatconsidered reopened beafway state site was being ter weekslong closures quickly cause it could potentially accomreached historic modate capacity. hundredsTwo of beds.

Hesites said in Magnolia Plantaif itCharleston, were converted to a treatment tion Middleton have resite,and it would hold Place, only mildly ill opened to visitors, only coronavirus patientsalthough who could be for outdoor, self-guided tours.

With South Carolina bracing for a projected 50% drop in visitors this year, getting the outdoors reopened is critical to recouping lost revenue. Nearly $2 billion in annual taxes are brought into the state by tourism.

Visitors are also flocking to South Carolina’s beaches, although many remained closed amid continuing concerns about the outbreak. In Myrtle Beach, one of

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 coronavirus team to identify large, available buildings where an alternate treatment facility could be located.

“The task of finding space to shelter hundreds of potential patients is not one of choice but necessity,” the officials said in a statement.

For Nutbush residents, their fear of contracting the virus is matched with the worry that they could lose stores that are vital to the neighborhood. Officials haven’t said if stores would close if the Gateway facility was opened.

If they did, shopping would become more difficult for residents, especially for those who are old or have no means of transportation to stores located farther away.

“For people who don’t have a car, what do they do?” asked Harris, who spoke to The Associated Press while lugging a bottle of detergent, a package of bottled water and other items from the Save MEG KINNARD | AP PHOTO A Lot to her car. She noted that a grocery store recently closed near her house and she already has to travel farther to get to Gateway.

“When we do things, we’ve got to consider the people in the neighborhood,” she said. “We don’t need to make the neighborhood the first to itreopen worse than alreadypublic is.” access points McMaster’s U.S. after Rep. Steve Cohen,decision a Memto give municipalities thedecision choice, phis Democrat, said the hundreds of sense. adults and childoesn’t make dren crowded onto and “I’m sure there areblankets other places beach chairswork, near and public entrancthat would they should es overused the weekend, even than as adjahave those rather go cent hotels, along with into beachfront a residential neighborhood,” their own beach points of entry, reCohen said. mained shuttered.

For most people, this coronavirus, to which humans have no natural immunity, causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause severe illness such as pneumonia, or even death.

On Sunday, state health officials reported an additional 141 cases of the virus and eight deaths.

That brings the state’s case total to a little more than 6,600, with 275 deaths.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Faced with the threat of overburdened hospitals, states across the country are converting convention centers, sports facilities and performance spaces into backup treatment sites for coronavirus patients.

What some Memphis, Tennesse, residents don’t get is why in their city, a shopping center in the middle of a predominantly black, low-income residential neighborhood has been chosen.

City and state officials are concerned that an influx of patients from Memphis, as well as nearby Mississippi, Arkansas and rural west Tennessee, will strain hospitals. Their fears are echoed across ADRIAN SAINZ | AP PHOTO the country: Governors, mayors A boyhealth plays in the sand on Myrtle Beach, S.C., onApril Saturday, May 2, 2020. and experts in numerous This Friday, 3, 2020 photo, shows Gateway Shopping Center states are also researching and in Memphis, Tenn. constructing makeshift medical facilities.

In New York City, they’re turn- Lee has disclosed a few: the Mu- a Chinese restaurant and other ing to the Javits Center convention sic City Center in Nashville, the businesses.

Locating a treatment center for site; in Chicago, the McCormick Chattanooga Convention Center, things worse for the econoalong Expo with Center playgrounds By MegConvention Kinnard Center; and in closed, coronavirus patients there posthe Knoxville — all make Place But restaurants The Associated Press es two problems, residents say: sites nightclubs. away from residential neigh- my.

Sandy, Utah, the Mountain Amer- and have a lot of people were being allowed to begin serv- It “We could potentially exposesaying them borhoods. ica Expo Center. are going fast.

Others that say people in outdoor dining areas COLUMBIA, to the virus too amid concerns Gateway Shopping Cen- we The U.S. ArmyS.C. Corps—of South Engi- ingThe are going too slow,” McMaster long as tables were at we Carolina officially begun loos- Monday, blacks are contracting COVID-19 ter in theasNutbush neighborhood neers hashas been scouting locations on Friday. think we areforce do8 feet apart, parties were ening restrictions onofficials travel, comat higher rates;“Iand it could of Memphis is different.

The limcen- said in Tennessee, and here least it just right.” to eight people strict sani- ing merce and recreation implementsome of the stores they rely on to ter features a Saveand A Lot grocery have compiled a list of 35 possi- ited Last week, three conservative were followed. ed initial spread of the store, guidelines a Rent-A-Center, a Fami- close. bleduring backupthe sites.

They haven’t re- tation stair-step coronavirus, as thelist, state tries to Bill re- ly Since Nutbushargued residentthat and McMascommuDollar,beginning a beauty asupply shop, legislators leased the whole but Gov. gain its economic footing ahead of economic shutdown as the corona- ter’s reopening plan wasn’t speedy virus spread in March — the slow enough, and they asked South Carthe summertime tourist season.

Monday marked the end of Gov. pace of which was met with criti- olina House Speaker Jay Lucas to Henry McMaster’s stay-at-home cism from some demanding quick- call lawmakers back to the Stateorder, which placed a $100 fine er action — McMaster has repeat- house to end the governor’s emeron anyone outside their home for edly stressed his desire for a swift, gency orders. Lawmakers are set a reason other than work, visiting yet safe, financial reopening, not- to return to Columbia next week, family, exercising alone or going to ing the severe toll the outbreak although Lucas has not commentan essential business such as a gro- has had on individual workers and ed on the specific request.

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Jason Efird

J Janice Barbee M

ASON EUGENE “GENE” EFIRD, 94, went home to be with his Lord Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at his home in Stanfield.

RS. JANICE HILL BARBEE, Gene was born October 9, 1925, in 85, of 203 Elm Street, Locust, Cabarrus County to the late Simeon NC passed away April 29, 2020.

Jason Efird and the late Sarah Ella Janice was born in Stanly County Burris Efird. In addition to his on January 30, 1935. She was the parents, he was preceded in death by daughter of the late Crowell Jackson his wife, Jewell Little Efird; sisters, and Lois Hathcock Hill. In addition Mary Lambert, Fannie Almond, to her parents, she was also preceded Minnie Furr, Wilma Burleson and in death by her brothers, Larry Hill Aileen Huskey; and brothers, Homer of Locust, Richard Hill of Tennessee, Efird, Getus Efird and Wayne Efird, and Jimmie Hill of Gastonia; sisters, Sr. Betty Howard of Monroe and A private funeral service will be Lavonne Melton of Charlotte. held on Saturday, April 11, 2020 Jan worked for 43 years in at Love’s Grove United Methodist Charlotte as an office secretary and Church Cemetery in Stanfield word processor. She retired in 1977. officiated by Rev. Jim White. Burial Jan enjoyed gardening, baking, will follow at the Love’s Grove United and collecting plates and tea pots.

Methodist Church Cemetery, 4360 She was a talented artist and Polk Ford Road, Stanfield. seamstress. As the Hill Family Survivors include son Gerald Historian, she collected many family Wayne (Gail) Efird of Albemarle; photos and memorabilia. She had a daughter Lisa Efird (Mark) Hartsell kind heart for animals and lovingly of Stanfield; granddaughters, took care of a total of eight dogs, Kelly Efird Barbee and Lauren all of whom gave her devotion and Hartsell (Justin) Crump; and greatcompanionship. grandsons, Ian Patrick Simmons and Survivors include her husband of Elliot Jacob Simmons.

64 years, Charlie Webster Barbee of Memorials may be made to Love’s the home.

Grove United Methodist Church, PO A graveside service will be held at Box 276, Stanfield, NC 28163-0276.

1:00 p.m., Saturday, May 2, 2020, at First Baptist Cemetery, 320 South Central Avenue, Locust officiated by Rev. David Yoran.

Memorials may be made to Carolina Presbyterian Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 369, Locust, NC 28097.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Midland is serving the Barbee family.

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Tony Smith

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Merle Helms

ONY MONROE SMITH, 72, of Rockwell, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at ERREL RILEY GRAY, 93, of his home surrounded by family.

A Albemarle, passed away private family service will beFriday, held.

May 1, 2020 at Atrium Stanly Online condolences canHealth be made at in Albemarle, NC. stanlyfuneralhome.com Mrs. was born July Tony Gray was born August 11,21, 1947 1926 in Hillsbourgh, NC to in Stanly County to the late the Pearlie late Alexander Riley and theLee late Asbury Smith and Emmer Novella Watkins Riley.

She was Smith. He was the son in law of also Pat preceded death by her and Mickin Cagle where hehusband, worked at Rev. Herbert Gray, Jr;until son, the fish houseBennett for many years Herbert Bennett Gray, III; grandson, he opened Anchor House Seafood Robert Michael and twelve in Rockwell.

He Gore; and his wife Becky siblings. owned and operated Anchor House ofretiring Life service will forA25Celebration years before in 2009. be a later date due to Mr.announced Smith wasat a charter member the restrictions. andcurrent deaconhealth at Open Door Baptist Survivors include son, Garythe Church in Richfield.

He loved Gray and fiancée Patti Holt BolesTony Lord and his family abundantly. of Albemarle, NC; daughter, was a wonderful husband, father, and Colean Goreand andcould husband Randy grandfather fix anything of Bahama, NC; grandchildren, he put his hands on.

Jonathan Gore Asheville, NC,wife Mr. Smith is of survived by his Daniel Riley Smith Gray and wife Cara Becky Cagle of the home, Jean of St. Simons, GA,Robbie and Taylor sons Walter Smith and Bennett Gray andKayla wife Allison of Smith; daughter Henderson Creedmoor; NC and eleven great(Brandon); grandchildren Danielle, grandchildren.

Dustin, and Steele Smith, Keaton Memorials may bebrother made toDavid and Ella Henderson; Memorial Baptist Church, 873 Pee Smith; sisters Kay Kriechbaum, Dee Avenue, Norwood, NC 28128.

Karen Stevenson, Ruby Eudy, and Hartsell Funeral Home of Dorothy Smith (Nick).

Albemarle is serving the Gray He is preceded in death by family. 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.

Berrel Gray

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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 Ann Lambert Almond.

She is survived by her three daughters, Gay Michel (Jack), Oak Island, NC; Pamela Rushing (Foreman), Oakboro, NC; Kathy Hunt (Marc), ANN Albemarle, NC; her ATRICIA RUSSELL, 57, of son,Albemarle, Chris Tucker (Chris Lear), passed away Sunday, Washington, DC. will be greatly May 3, 2020 at herShe home. missed by her five Mrs. Russell wasgrandchildren, born December Heather Rushing Chaneyto (Shannon), 21, 1962 in Stanly County the late MichaelWoodle Rushing, Michel Robert andElizabeth the late Rosa Hartzog (Craig), Jr. Mae Woodle.

SheJack was Michel, also preceded (Jenn), Woody Hunt Mae as well as in deathand by sister, Connie seven great-grandchildren.

She also Woodle, and her granddaughter, leaves behind Emaline Cox. cherished nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends The family on expresses itsat sincere from 11-12pm Saturday Hartsell gratitude to theThe stafffuneral and caregivers Funeral Home. service at Trinity Placeon forSaturday, the care they will be at 12pm also at providedFuneral Pauline.Home. Burial will Hartsell A private graveside service will be follow in Homeland Baptist Church held on Monday, AprilOakwood 13, 2020.Ave, A Cemetery, 1224 West celebration of Pauline’s life and legacy Albemarle. will be heldisthis summer.

Patricia survived by her In lieuJames of flowers, theRussell family of husband, Farrell requests donations be made to theand Albemarle; daughters, Savannah BrightFocus www. her husband, Foundation Parker Cox, at Hannah brightfocus.org.

Russell and brother, Robert Lee Woodle of Albemarle; and godchild, Patricia Hope Bowers.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Russell family.

Patricia Russell

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MJanet Burleson J

ERLE LORRAINE AUSTIN HELMS, 72, of Marshville, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at McWhorter Hospice House ANET LEONA LEWIS in Monroe.

BURLESON, 75, of Albemarle, Lorraine was born April 28, 1947 passed away Friday, May 1, 2020 at in Monroe to the late Homer David Stanly Manor in Albemarle.

Austin and Jewell Delphia-Jane Janet was born August 9, 1944 Austin. She was also preceded in in Horry County, SC to the late death by brothers, A.D. and Teddy Oscar and Leona Inman Lewis.

Austin; and sister, Joy Austin.

She was also preceded in death by The family will receive friends her husband of 51 years, Roger Lee from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Friday, Burleson; sister, Annie Neal Roberts.

April 10, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral The family will receive friends Home of Albemarle. The funeral on Friday, June 12, 2020 at Hartsell service will be at 11:00 am on Funeral Home from 1 - 1:45 pm. The Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist funeral service will follow at 2 pm Church in Marshville, officiated in Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler

by Rev. John Miller and Rev. Leon Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow Whitley. She will lie in state for 30 at Stanly Gardens of Memory. minutes prior to the service. She will Survivors include sons, Rodney be laid to rest in the church cemetery.

Burleson of Albemarle, Art Burleson She is survived by her beloved of New London, Scottie (Cynthia) husband of 47 years, Paul Helms Burleson of Locust; daughter, Bonita of the home; son, Alex (Deanna) Diggs of Norwood, grandchildren, Helms of Pageland; daughter, Paula Travis (Kailey) Burleson, Lisa Marie (Cristin Brandt) Helms of Mint Hill; Burleson, John Thompson, Jr., Chris grandchildren, Mason, Grant, and Thompson, and Dustin Thompson; Raegan Helms; brothers, Boyce, great-grandchildren, Kaydence, Royce, Tim Austin; and sisters, Weston, and Makenna; brothers, Patricia Mullis, and Angel Tarleton.

Carson (June) Lewis, Barry (Jewel) Memorials may be made to the Lewis, Allen Lewis; and numerous Alzheimer’s Association, 4600 Park nieces and nephews.

Rd., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209.

Janet loved her family, friends, and her pets. She also enjoyed crafting and going to the beach.

Memorials may be made to Stanly Manor, 625 Bethany Rd., Albemarle, NC 28001.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Burleson family.

L Marcell Moore

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Shirley Haire

ARCELL LOWDER MOORE, 91, of Albemarle, passed away Monday, May 4, 2020.

Marcell was born September 3, HIRLEY HAIRE, 1928 in StanlyMAE County to the 73, late of Albemarle away on Jasper E. Lowder,passed Sr. and the late April 11, 2020 atDoby Atrium Health Sallie Katherine Lowder.

Stanly.

Thealso family will hold private She was preceded in adeath by graveside service forMoore; Mrs. Haire. her husband Bruce brothers ShirleyLowder, was born December 12,Jr and Hoyle Jasper Lowder, 1946 inLowder.

Washington, DC to the Kenny lateMarcell Charleswas Richard never Bateman a mother and but Elizabeth MaetoMulligan was a mother many. Bateman.

Shirley is graveside survived by her husband A private service will be of 30atyears Vaughn Smith of held Fairview Memorial Park 1425 Albemarle; sister Sandra Painter East Main Street, Albemarle.

The of Gainesville, VA; half-brother service will be officiated

by Pastor RobertClark.

Bateman of Stevensville, Monty MD; step-children Smith Survivors includeHeather nieces, Sherry of Jacksonville, FL and DavidJackie Turbutt and husband Robert, Smith of New London, NC; 4 Almond, and Kitty Coley; sister-instep-grandchildren; nieces Cyndi law, Carolyn T. Lowder; numerous Hentschel Leesburg, VAand andalso great niecesofand nephews Cheryl Hardy of Aylett, VA; 16 grandgreat great nieces and nephews. nieces and nephews; Gus Memorials may beand made tothe dog. Stanly Funeral and Cremation Hospice of Stanly County 960 N 1st Care of Albemarle is serving the St, Albemarle, NC 28001.

Haire family.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Moore family.

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Linda Hatley

Danny Luther

Jerry Fincher

ANNY PAUL LUTHER, 65, of Norwood, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 9, 2020 at Atrium Health Stanly in ESSIE HARWOOD Albemarle.

PLOWMAN, 98, of Albemarle, Mr. Luther was born March 27, passed away on Thursday, April 30, 1955 to the late Robert Fulton and 2020 at Bethany Woods Nursing and Helen Tucker Luther.

Rehab. The family will receive friends Danny was survived by his wife, from 9:30-11:00am on Saturday, Denise Burleson Luther of Norwood; May 2, 2020 at Stanly Funeral and sons, Jeremy (Karen) Luther and Cremation Care of Albemarle. A Jody Luther; step-sons, Bryan private family service will follow Whitley and Gregg (Anita) Whitley; at 11:00AM in chapel. Private Grandchildren, Daniel Luther and burial will follow at Salem United Hunter Zado, as well as his brother, Methodist Church.

Bob Luther Jr (Lorena), uncle Jack Ms. Plowman was born February Luther and several other loved nieces, 12, 1922 in Stanly County to the late nephews and cousins.

Mary Elizabeth Teeter Harwood Danny recently retired from and Martin Luther Harwood. Lessie Charlotte Pipe and Foundry after was a life member at Salem United a dedicated 37 years and worked Methodist Church and had advanced there with his sons and several other to oldest member status. She and friends and family members. her husband owned and operated Danny loved spending time at Plowman Sheet Metal for many his lake house with his family and years. While working in the sheet friends as well as vacationing with his metal industry, they were given the family. Danny and Denise enjoyed opportunity to travel to many places listening to beach music and loved to around the world. Some of there shag dance every chance they could travels included Europe, Mexico, get. He was an amazing father, loving Hawaii, The Virgin Islands, and grandfather and great friend to many more places. One time while many. He will never be forgotten. in England for a month, they dined A celebration of life will be on a yacht on The River Thames announced once the current underneath torch light.

COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

She is survived by her nephew Hartsell Funeral Home of Carol Herlocker and godsons Robert Albemarle is serving the Luther Breading and Cort Gregg. family.

Lessie was preceded in death by her husband Loyd Plowman; sons Terry Plowman, Cleveland Plowman, and Loyd Plowman, Jr.; and daughter Mary Katherine Plowman.

A special thanks to Vickie Furr, Charlotte Cummings, Salem UMW and special pastors for maintaining connection with Mrs. Plowman and the church over the years.

Added thanks are owed to caregivers of Bethany Woods and Community Hospice.

Memorials may be made to the New Fellowship Building fund of Salem UMC. Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle is serving the Plowman family.

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 E. AREY, 75, ofinRichfield hisAMES life. Jerry is preceded death passedsiblings, away Sunday May 3, Billy by three two brothers, 2020 atFincher, Trinity Place in Albemarle.

Gilbert and Larry Richard A memorial willBarbra be heldJoyce Fincher, andservice one sister, Wednesday May 6 at 2 PM at Moore.

Antioch Baptist in Richfield He is survivedChurch by his wife, Eleanor with Lambert Kate Pastor FincherMichael of the home, daughter, officiating.

Cindy Fincher Jacobs of Wingate Born 9, 1944 NC., sonOctober and daughter inin law, Tommy Charleston, SC heof was theLondon son of (Tiffany) Fincher New the late Frank Arey and the late NC., Step Children, Jimmy (Lisa) Hattie Arey. an Lanier Lowder of Locust NC,James Wandawas (Bob) auto body mechanic and owned Krimminger of Locust NC., Eric J&H AutoLanier Repair New London.

(Sharon) ofin Charlotte NC., He enjoyed camping(Gera) and collecting Grandchildren-Trey Whitson antiques. of Midland, Step-grandchildren, He(Brittney) is survived by his wife, Hilda, Zach Washington, Aaron daughter, Tammy Goodman, (Kinsey) Washington, Caleb (Nayeli) stepson, Jackie Dunn, brother Washington, Beth (Robbie) Setzer, Harold, Hill and Janie Matthewsisters, ( AprilMary ) Wallace, Step Phillips, granddaughter, Whitney great-grandchildren, Britlyn-Eve Goodman, and great-grandson, Washington, Robert Setzer, George Brayden Goodman.

In addition (Sara) Setzer, Tracy (Rob) Setzerto his parents, JamesKatie is preceded in death Bumgardener, Underwood, by his son, Jimmy. Step great Andrew Underwood, In lieu of flowers memorials may great grandchild, Waylon George be made to Antioch Baptist Church Setzer and brother Donald Lewis at P.O. Box 151 Richfield, NC 28137.

Fincher of Albemarle, NC. Stanly Funeralwill & Cremation Care Jerry Fincher be laid to rest on of Albemarle is serving the Arey Wednesday April 8,2020 at 11:00 am family. at Canton Baptist Church. Anyone interested in attending, please RSVP at 704-796-2412. Dr. Phil McCray and Pastor Tommy Fincher will officiate.

DLessie Plowman J L J

James Arey

INDA TUCKER HATLEY, 69, of Albemarle, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020.

Linda was born September 18, 1950 in Concord to the late Jacob and Claris Tucker. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Terry Lee Tucker, and her twin sister, Brenda Tucker Strickland. We know Brenda and Linda are in Heaven watching over us and laughing.

Linda was a loving mother, sister, and “Nana.” She was a very giving and loving person. Linda would always do anything she could for others, especially her family. She enjoyed working at FastShop #5, Locust. Linda will be forever loved and greatly missed.

Survivors include her son, Alan Hatley and wife, Angela, of Albemarle; brother, Ronnie Tucker and wife, Linda, of Midland; granddaughter, Leslie Hatley; 1 niece; and 2 nephews.

The family will receive friends from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Thursday, April 16, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral Home in Albemarle. Linda will be laid to rest during a private Celebrate the life of your loved committal service at Bethel United ones. Submit obituaries and Methodist Church, Midland.

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Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, May 6, 2020

STATE & NATION

Epstein frequented Harvard, had own office, report finds

By Collin Binkley The Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein visited Harvard University’s campus more than 40 times after his 2008 sex crimes conviction and was given his own office and unfettered access to a research center he helped establish, according to a review of his ties to the school.

The review, completed at the request of Harvard’s president, also found that the university accepted more than $9 million from Epstein during the decade leading up to his conviction but barred him from making further donations after that point.

About $200,000 of that funding remains unspent, the school said, and will be given to groups that support victims of sexual violence.

The report found that while Harvard’s top leaders cut ties with Epstein in 2008, he maintained close ties with Martin Nowak, a math professor and director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, a research center created in 2003 with $6.5 million from Epstein.

Nowak gave Epstein an office at the program’s building in Harvard Square, the review found, and circumvented campus security rules to grant the financier a key card and “unlimited” access to the fa-

cility.

Epstein frequently visited Office 610, which was known as “Jeffrey’s Office,” and met with scholars to hear about their work, the review found. He brought his own rug and hung his own photos on the wall. Nowak argued that the office was Epstein’s in name only, the report says, but others in the building said it was commonly known to be reserved for the financier.

Harvard announced Friday that Nowak had been placed on paid administrative leave while officials review allegations of misconduct detailed in the report. A message seeking comment was left with Nowak.

“We do not take this step lightly, but the seriousness of the matter leads us to believe it is not appropriate for Professor Nowak to continue in his role,” wrote Claudine Gay, dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Epstein killed himself in his New York City prison cell in August after he was arrested on sex trafficking charges. He had pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing girls as young as 14 and young women in New York and Florida in the early 2000s. In lawsuits, women say the abuse spanned decades.

Among other allegations against Nowak, the report alleged that he allowed his program’s

“The report issued today describes principled decision-making but also reveals institutional and individual shortcomings that must be addressed — not only for the sake of the university but also in recognition of the courageous individuals who sought to bring Epstein to justice.”

Harvard President Lawrence Bacow website to be used to burnish Epstein’s reputation after his 2008 conviction.

In 2013, at the request of Epstein’s publicist, Nowak agreed to post links to the financier’s websites, which had flattering descriptions of Epstein and made false claims about his level of giving to Harvard, the review found.

Nowak is also accused of devoting a page on the program’s website to Epstein, also at the request of the financier’s publicist.

There’s no evidence that Harvard’s top officials knew about the

postings, the report says. Epstein’s page on the website was removed in 2014 after Harvard received complaints from a sexual assault survivor’s group.

The report concludes that Harvard’s senior leaders acted appropriately in their dealings with Epstein. Former President Drew Faust decided to bar donations from Epstein after his conviction, the review says, and a university dean rejected a 2013 request from some faculty to reconsider the decision, saying it would be inconsistent with Harvard’s values.

Some professors beyond Nowak appear to have enjoyed close ties with Epstein, the review found.

The report says “a number” of faculty members visited Epstein at his homes in New York, Florida, New Mexico and the Virgin Islands. Some said they visited him in jail or took trips on his planes.

The visits were done in a personal capacity, the report said, and do not appear to violate Harvard rules.

In total, Epstein made more than 20 donations to Harvard, the largest of which was the $6.5 million to Nowak’s research group.

Smaller shares supported faculty research in psychology, economics, art and education.

Although his gifts were blocked after 2008, the report found that Harvard accepted $736,000 between his arrest and conviction.

Most went to Harvard’s medical school, while $150,000 went to its Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Harvard President Lawrence Bacow called for the review in September 2019 amid public outcry over the university’s relationship with Epstein. Other schools have faced similar scrutiny, including nearby Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which revealed in January that Epstein donated $750,000 and visited the campus at least nine times after his conviction.

The former director of MIT’s famed Media Lab, Joi Ito, resigned last year amid uproar over his ties to Epstein. He issued a public apology and vowed to raise money for victims of trafficking.

Harvard’s report urges the university to develop clearer procedures for reviewing “potentially controversial gifts,” and for enforcing bans on certain donors.

Bacow said he has instructed top officials to implement the suggestions as soon as possible.

“We will always do our best to improve,” Bacow said in a campus message on Friday. “The report issued today describes principled decision-making but also reveals institutional and individual shortcomings that must be addressed — not only for the sake of the university but also in recognition of the courageous individuals who sought to bring Epstein to justice.”

Pence a voice of calm on virus — balancing health, politics

By Zeke Miller The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Watching as nearly 1,000 Air Force Academy cadets celebrated their graduation standing 8 feet apart, Vice President Mike Pence choked up briefly at that slice of life in a nation transformed.

It was a rare outward display of emotion for a man who stood stoically behind President Donald Trump during his lengthy daily press briefings. He speaks when Trump directs him to and delivers solicitous affirmations of the Republican president, but also offers frequent displays of empathy, whether it be words of comfort for mourners or support for graduates marking a milestone without their families.

Pence told the graduates they would “inspire confidence that we will prevail against the invisible enemy.”

In many ways, it is a job that he has subtly taken on, trying to instill confidence in the nation as it confronts the pandemic and even as the president careens from optimism to anger.

Every vice president walks in a president’s shadow, and the one Trump casts is larger than most.

Trump tapped Pence to chair his coronavirus task force, but has not ceded the stage to his No. 2.

At times, Pence has found himself struggling to square scientific guidance with a message that will please the president. He has attempted to limit his role to sober presentations of facts and best public health practices, often waving a flyer on the social distancing recommendations.

Trump thrives on friction. Pence prefers a smooth road.

“I don’t mind controversy. I think controversy is a good thing, not a bad thing,” Trump said at a recent briefing. On Monday, he drew a contrast with Pence.

“Mike doesn’t like to get into this stuff,” Trump said as he launched into criticism of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. “He’s less controversial than I am.”

Vice presidents often hold dueling political ambitions, in service of the president’s, but also of their own. Pence keenly knows his actions will not only help define Trump’s reelection chances in 2020, but also his own prospects for a promotion in 2024.

In recent days, Pence oversaw the release of federal guidelines on how states can ease restrictions meant to slow the virus’s spread. He and federal medical experts insist there are enough COVID-19 tests available to begin the first stage of the reopening effort, though there are documented shortages nationwide.

Now, aides are hopeful Pence

is closing the book on the darkest days of the outbreak.

“Now that we’ve flattened the curve,” says Katie Miller, the vice president’s spokeswoman, “it’s talking about the stories of American ingenuity and how we all came together.”

The vice president had little idea of what he was in for when Trump tapped him in late February to lead the federal government’s response to the coronavirus. At that point, there were just 15 reported cases in the U.S. His selection sparked an outcry from Democrats, who pointed to Pence’s past comments questioning scientific evidence on smoking and climate change and who faulted his handling of an HIV outbreak in Indiana when he was governor.

Aides initially thought Pence would be able to supplement a steady calendar of political events with public health efforts. Instead, Pence was forced to cancel political appearances in the upper Midwestern states where the Trump campaign believed him to be most useful in the reelection effort.

Still, Pence was quicker than others inside the White House to recognize the medical and political threats posed by the virus. He transformed a task force that many in the administration viewed as a bureaucratic muddle into a decision-making body and enlisted

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Vice President Mike Pence waves as he boards Air Force Two at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru, Ind., following a visits to the General Motors/Ventec ventilator production facility in Kokomo, Ind., Thursday, April 30, 2020.

Surgeon General Jerome Adams and FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn.

Pence also hired Deborah Birx, the infectious-disease expert who was leading the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, to add expertise and messaging ability.

As some in the White House pushed last month for a swift reopening after Trump’s initial 15day period of social distancing, Pence helped medical experts convince the president that 30 more days were warranted.

And when Trump declared he had absolute power to decide when governors should reopen their states, Pence, a lifelong defender of states’ rights, backed him up.

“In the long history of this country, the authority of the president of the United States during national emergencies is unquestionably plenary,” Pence said.

Pence has largely drawn praise from governors and members of Congress for his outreach. But a recent call with Democratic senators grew heated when Pence insisted that states had enough testing capacity to reopen.

“I have never been so mad about a phone call in my life,” Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, told Pence during the conversation. Pence aides said he was merely echoing comments by health officials.

Ever the loyal soldier, Pence has given Trump credit for his every action. Less frequently, Trump sends some back.

“Mike Pence has been working day and night on this,” Trump said earlier this month. “He’s got to get a little more sleep than he’s getting.

He hasn’t been getting very much, I will tell you that.”

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In this Feb. 12, 2020, file photo, East Tennessee State University head coach Steve Forbes questions a call during their game against The Citadel at Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tenn. Wake Forest has hired East Tennessee State’s Steve Forbes as its men’s basketball coach. The school announced the hiring Thursday, April 30, 2020.

WHAT’S HAPPENING Police: Teens, children stole nearly 50 cars in a month A group of 19 teenagers and young children stole nearly 50 cars in a month-long string of dealership break-ins. The group, ranging in age from 9 to 16 years old, has stolen cars from 20 dealerships in Forsyth County. The break-ins began on March 17, and the youths robbed some dealerships more than once, police said. Police said the 46 cars are worth more than $1.1 million, and 40 of them have been recovered.

Last month, police arrested Mekeal Stewart Binns, 19, for possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Binns is being held in the Forsyth County Detention Center.

AP

Winston-Salem rescinds stay-at-home order The city of Winston-Salem rescinded its stay-at-home order last week, according to a release from the office of Mayor Allen Joines. The decision puts the city in alignment with the rest of Forsyth County and the state of North Carolina. Currently, Gov. Cooper’s statewide stayat-home order is scheduled to expire on May 8. Rescinding the order and getting on the same schedule as other governments in the state will allow businesses easier reopening.

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Police hold spontaneous parade Police drove through Pine Knolls and Abington neighborhoods last week, in a pop-up parade aimed at cheering up residents who are sheltering in place.

Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office deputies and area firefighters drove through the area, while residents stood along the roadside, waving flags and holding signs. First responders wanted to remind the community they’re there for them and to give residents a chance to step outside of their houses.

AP

Wake Forest’s Forbes focused on keeping current players

By Aaron Beard The Associated Press RALEIGH — New Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes knows he’ll have to tweak his approach to configuring a roster now in a challenging rebuilding job. It starts with figuring out how many Demon Deacons he can persuade to return.

Forbes left East Tennessee State on Thursday to take over a program that has managed two winning seasons and one NCAA Tournament appearance in the past decade. His first task has been talking with the current players about whether they intend to transfer or stay in Winston-Salem.

“I told them over and over again that my No. 1 recruiting responsibility and priority is to get everyone back,” he said Friday during a virtual news conference.

Forbes inherits an uncertain roster with multiple players announcing plans to at least explore a transfer.

That list includes junior center Olivier Sarr – the team’s No. 2 scorer (13.7) and top rebounder (9.0) – who told ESPN on Thursday that he has submitted paperwork to enter the transfer portal.

The team had already lost rising senior guard Chaundee Brown (12.1 points) when he announced he entered his name into the NBA draft and the transfer portal, then

posted on social media that he’s considering Gonzaga, Illinois, Iowa State and LSU if he returns to college basketball.

Additionally, incoming instate signees Djimon Bailey and Jaylon Gibson have both announced they are seeking a release.

Forbes, who replaces fired coach Danny Manning, said he spoke to every current player during his first night on the job.

“I had an unbelievable visit with Olivier, Ismael (Massoud), all those kids that we’re talking about,” he said. “I think it’s one of those things that there’s uncertainty at this time. They don’t know me. And we have to build a relationship.”

Forbes, 55, is coming off a strong five-year run at ETSU, where he went 130-43 while won two Southern Conference Tournaments. His rosters featured at least four junior-college transfers each year along with additions from other Division I schools.

That junior-college option is “not going to be available here at Wake Forest,” Forbes said. The plan is to consider transfers, graduate transfers and international players to supplement high school recruiting, with the focus there to “keep the Carolina kids at home.”

Forbes said the coronavirus pandemic that has shut down of college and professional sports adds an obstacle since he can’t spend in-person time with his new team.

“They don’t get to see my face, my passion,” Forbes said. “It’s a challenge but it’s a challenge I’m up for. I’m going to work really hard to build those relationships, and I really want to get everybody back.”

Homecoming for deployed soldiers altered by quarantine

By Sarah Blake Morgan The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — It was an unusual homecoming for soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division. Instead of marching into a room full of eager family members on Fort Bragg, loved ones stood beside cars decked out with hand-painted signs, as buses carrying weary paratroopers fresh off a no-notice deployment to the Middle East drove by.

Most of the traditional welcome-back fanfare has been replaced with a mandatory 14 day quarantine. The measure is meant to protect from the spread of COVID-19.

This is certainly not the Fort Bragg soldiers left suddenly four months ago.

On New Years Eve, the division’s Immediate Response Force was activated amid rising tension with Iran. Within days, more than three thousand paratroopers were deployed to the Middle East, some having just hours to say goodbye to loved ones.

On Friday evening, Sgt. Ashley Boutte waited patiently for her husband, Sgt. Lawrence Boutte, an Apache helicopter mechanic.

She didn’t expect he’d be home in time for their first wedding anniversary in a few weeks. “It’s nothing but a blessing,” she told The Associated Press.

But for some soldiers, reunions

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In this photo provided by the U.S. Army, paratroopers assigned to Fort Bragg, N.C.’s 82nd Airborne Division return at Pope Army Airfield, Friday, May 1, 2020. will have to wait. For the next two weeks, paratroopers will be quarantined to follow Department of Defense guidelines. Those who live with family members off base will be allowed to hunker down in homes and apartments, but others are immediately being taken to a containment area on Fort Bragg.

They’ll have Wi-Fi and workout equipment. And while the situation isn’t ideal, public affairs officer Maj. Rich Foote said he hasn’t heard many complaints.

“It’s understood. This is what they’re coming home to, they get it,” Foote said.

Face masks and social distanc-

ing aren’t new concepts for these paratroopers. They were months into their deployment when CDC requirements reached their units spread out across Kuwait and Iraq.

It will take three weeks to bring the remaining 2,500 members of the Immediate Response Force back to North Carolina. Ashlee Matlock’s husband wasn’t in the group that arrived Friday night, but she’s expecting him soon.

“I’m so proud of my husband and all of the paratroopers because this is a historic event and for them to react without hesitation and jump into action, that makes my heart so proud,” she said.

Matlock calls herself lucky. Her husband had three days to prepare for his deployment, while others had a matter of hours.

First Brigade’s deployment marked the first time in three decades the IRF was mobilized into a combat situation.

While deployed, the division supported U.S. Central Command missions in both Iraq and Kuwait.

Boutte and her husband get to quarantine at home. She’s grateful to have two weeks to relax with the man she met at a Fort Bragg Bible study, shrugging off the fact that there wasn’t a more formal welcoming event for the troops.

“Just because there’s no ceremony doesn’t mean it’s not absolutely marvelous.”

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OPINION | BEN SHAPIRO

The Biden double standard THIS WEEK, NEW EVIDENCE emerged in the sexual assault allegation by former Joe Biden staffer Tara Reade against the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee. According to Business Insider, four people have stated that Reade told them contemporaneously about her accusation that Biden forcibly penetrated her with his fingers in 1993. Meanwhile, the Media Research Center uncovered a clip, purportedly of Reade’s mother, calling into “Larry King Live” back in 1993 to obliquely refer to the allegation. While such evidence does not speak to the actual event at issue, it does demonstrate that Reade has been talking about the alleged incident since it occurred.

The media ignored the original allegation for weeks. Now, even while reporting on the new developments, they’ve found ways to downplay their importance. Thus, The Washington Post — democracy dies in darkness! — wrote an article headlined “Trump allies highlight new claims regarding allegations against Biden.”

Normally, headlines are designed to convey information about the underlying story. This headline was apparently written in English, translated to Swahili and then to Punjabi via Google Translate and then back to English before printing.

Other news outlets skipped the revelations altogether. The New York Times, which ran a comprehensive piece two weeks ago attempting to debunk Reade’s case, completely ignored the new information. NBC News didn’t bother covering the information either. Meanwhile, NBC News and MSNBC Chairman Andy Lack printed a piece on the network website celebrating its journalistic performance. “Humbled by the responsibility we bear, we try our damnedest to serve our audience,” he said. It’s a wonder Lack didn’t dislocate both arms trying desperately to pat himself on the back.

As of this writing, Biden has not been asked a single direct question about Reade by a television reporter. Meanwhile, members of the media cheer their audacity in asking President Donald Trump questions like, “If an American president loses more Americans over the course of six weeks than died in the entirety of the Vietnam War, does he deserve to be re-elected?” So. Much. Journalisming.

Why does any of this matter? Not because Biden should be convicted in the court of public opinion without evidence. He shouldn’t. The standards of due process should apply evenly, regardless of partisanship. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh should not have been subjected to thousands of hit pieces, magazine covers and twisted accusations that his anger at rape accusations he disputed was mere evidence of his privilege.

Christine Blasey Ford should not have been celebrated nationwide as a symbol of truth telling without any corroborative evidence. #BelieveAllWomen was always an idiotic slogan. Only now are members of the media admitting it.

That’s why thismatters. Biden’s candidacy will survive Tara Reade: Democrats aren’t dumping Biden overboard based on a 27-year-old accusation of questionable veracity, and they certainly won’t do so when running against Trump, who has his own checkered history. But the media’s pathetically hypocritical standard on due process and sexual assault allegations won’t survive. Neither will their credibility.

President Trump spends an inordinate amount of time bashing the media for their lack of seriousness. The same media who laureled Democrats for cashiering Kavanaugh and now spend their days studiously avoiding any talk about Tara Reade deserve every ounce of skepticism the American people can muster.

There’s a serio-comic tenor to this whole situation. We’re living in a time when we must trust the media more than ever — to bring us unbiased, factual information about a global pandemic, to warn us of dangers and to be reasonable about risk assessment. Yet the media have spent so many years burning through their credibility that they have little left. That’s their own fault. If they wish to restore their credibility, they could start by apologizing for their Kavanaugh coverage — and by providing some fact-checking about their own political motivations.

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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♦ DAWKINS, CRAIG ALEXANDER was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 3330 SILAS CREEK PW on 5/2/2020 ♦ Drake, Austin Deche (M/26) Arrest on chrg of 1) Trafficking In Methamphetamine Or Amphetamine (F), 2) Trafficking In Methamphetamine Or Amphetamine (F), 3) P/w/i/s/d Sched Ii (F), and 4) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 2328 New Walkertown Rd/e Tenth St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/1/2020 20:00. ♦ Dula, Andrew Tiresay (M/50) Arrest on chrg of 1) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), 2) Resisting Arrest (M), and 3) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), at 898 Hanes Mall Bv/s Stratford Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/3/2020 21:28. ♦ EMERSON, JOHN DANIEL was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 713 N ACADEMY ST on 5/4/2020 ♦ Farrington, Anthony Hope (M/60) Arrest on chrg of Assault-simple (M), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 4/30/2020 03:08. ♦ Farris, Erik Derell (M/36) Arrest on chrg of 1) 90-95h2 Traff Methaq (F), 2) Maintain Dwelling (F), 3) Possession Marijuana (M), 4) Drug Paraphernalia (M), and 5) Liquor-consuming (M), at 7300 Blk Broad St, Winstonsalem, NC, on 5/3/2020 09:31. ♦ Gore, Ryan Scott (M/33) Arrest on chrg of Vand-real Property (M), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/1/2020 00:35. ♦ Hanner, Mark Anthony (M/59) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking/larc-felony (F) and 2) Larceny After B&e (F), at 1936 Hampton Rd, Germanton, NC, on 4/29/2020 14:28. ♦ Hardy, Victor Floyd (M/32) Arrest on chrg of Mv Theft (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 4/29/2020 17:45. ♦ Hardy, Victor Floyd (M/32) Arrest on chrg of 1) Larcenyfelony (F) and 2) Interference W/electronic Monitoring

Devices (F), at 5941 Old Rural Hall Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 4/29/2020 13:30. ♦ Howard, Joy Grace (F/32) Arrest on chrg of 1) 2nd Degree Trespass (M), 2) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), and 3) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), at 4000 Camp Betty Hastings Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 5/4/2020 02:59. ♦ HUKINS, CRAIG JAMES was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 2700 REYNOLDA RD on 5/3/2020 ♦ HUKINS, MELANIE RENEE was arrested on a charge of ADW - INFLICT INJURY at 725 N CHERRY ST on 5/3/2020 ♦ JEFFERIES, DANIELLE LETRICE was arrested on a charge of DRUGS-POSS SCHED II at 2300 OLD SALISBURY RD on 5/2/2020 ♦ LYLES, DARRELL ANDRE was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 402 N CHERRY ST on 5/2/2020 ♦ MCDOWELL, ANDRE GERODE was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 3180 PETERS CREEK PW on 5/3/2020 ♦ PINKNEY, QUAYSHAWN MAURICE was arrested on a charge of P/W/I/S/D MARIJUANA at 3099 INDIANA AV/INVERNESS ST on 5/2/2020 ♦ Price, Brian Scott (M/39) Arrest on chrg of 1) Poss Stolen Goods (F), 2) 90-95h2 Traff Methaq (F), 3) Maintain Dwelling (F), 4) Drug Paraphernalia (M), and 5) Weap-poss By Felon (F), at 5500 Germanton Rd, Winstonsalem, NC, on 5/2/2020 03:09. ♦ QUICK, JEFFERY MAURICE was arrested on a charge of 2ND DEGREE TRESPASS at 1499 NEW WALKERTOWN RD on 5/3/2020 ♦ RICKARD, MELODY LAWANA was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT-SIMPLE at 713 W ACADEMY ST on 5/4/2020 ♦ Robinson, William Lamont (M/43) Arrest on chrg of Harassing Phone Calls, M (M), at 1109 Salem Valley Rd, Winstonsalem, NC, on 5/4/2020 15:20.

♦ Roten, Michael Wayne (M/25) Arrest on chrg of Probation Violation (M), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/2/2020 04:30. ♦ Ruona, Christopher John (M/34) Arrest on chrg of 1) Trafficking In Methamphetamine Or Amphetamine (F), 2) Trafficking In Methamphetamine Or Amphetamine (F), 3) P/w/ i/s/d Sched Ii (F), and 4) Poss Marijuana Misd (M), at 2328 New Walkertown Rd/e Tenth St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/1/2020 20:00. ♦ SANCHEZAVILA, OMAR was arrested on a charge of CONTRIB DELINQ MINOR at 2115 PETERS CREEK PW on 5/3/2020

DEATH NOTICES ♦ Paul B. Barney, 96, of Cornatzer, died May 3, 2020. ♦ Ernest “Ray” Caudle, Sr., 83, of Winston-Salem, died April 30, 2020. ♦ Mary Ann Hampton Crump, 69, of Kernersville, died May 2, 2020. ♦ Jettie Kathleen Hutchens Davis, 97, of Kernersville, died April 29, 2020. ♦ Betty Lou Clayton Doss, 90, of Wayne County, died April 30, 2020. ♦ Andrea Renee Freeman, 43, of Forsyth County, died April 30, 2020.

♦ Smith, Jessica Dawn (F/29) Arrest on chrg of 1) Child Abuse (M) and 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 6204 Ramada Dr, Clemmons, NC, on 4/30/2020 01:37.

♦ Joyce Smith Gabard, 87, of Winston-Salem, died May 1, 2020.

♦ THORNTON, PAMELA NICOLE was arrested on a charge of FELON ADW/SER INJURY at 819 OLD HOLLOW RD on 5/3/2020

♦ Maudisteen Williams Harvey, 78, of Winston-Salem, died May 1, 2020.

♦ Transou, Bianca Jermaine (F/26) Arrest on chrg of Affray, M (M), at 1200 Brookhill Park Dr, Rural Hall, NC, on 4/29/2020 03:29. ♦ Williams, Jerry Lee (M/30) Arrest on chrg of 1) Breaking/ enter-misd (M), 2) Larcenyfelony (F), 3) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 4) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), and 5) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), at 1402 Secret Gardens, Winston Salem, NC, on 5/1/2020 08:00. ♦ Williamson, Rashon Lavonte (M/27) Arrest on chrg of 1) Poss Stolen Goods (F), 2) Drugsmaintain (M), 3) Poss Marijuana Misd (M), 4) P/w/i/s/d Cocaine (F), 5) Drug Paraphernalia (M), 6) Weap-poss By Felon (F), 7) Ccw - Firearm (M), 8) Resisting Arrest (M), 9) Drive Wrong Side - Highway (M), and 10) Ndl - Suspended / Revoked (M), at 1104 Bethania-rural Hall Rd/ sb 52_bethania Rural Hall Rd Ra, Rural Hall, NC, on 5/1/2020 22:05.

♦ Linda Morse Gordon, 71, died April 29, 2020.

♦ Evva Jean Perryman Hildreth, 91, of Winston-Salem, died May 1, 2020. ♦ Rufus Daniel (Dan) Joyce Sr., 85, of Rural Hall, died April 29, 2020. ♦ Albert Abraham Mendlovitz, 89, of Clemmons, died April 30, 2020. ♦ Brenda Carol Chatman Parks, 66, died April 30, 2020. ♦ Judy Orr Phipps, 80, of Winston-Salem, died May 2, 2020. ♦ Catherine Grant Robinson, 66, of Winston-Salem, died April 29, 2020. ♦ Jesse Thomas “J.T.” Shelton, 72, of Forsyth County, died May 4, 2020. ♦ Philip Chad Stoltz, 41, of King, died on April 29, 2020. ♦ Jo Ann Bowers Swift, 79, of Kernersville, died May 3, 2020. ♦ Mary Jo Troutt, 80, of Advance, died May 1, 2020. ♦ Mary Elizabeth Hallawell Vogel, 101, of Winston-Salem, died April 30, 2020.

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT NFL

Bears sign veteran receiver Ginn Jr. to 1-year contract Lake Forest, Ill. The Chicago Bears have signed wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. to a one-year contract, the team announced Monday.

A 13-year veteran who has played in Super Bowls with San Francisco and Carolina, Ginn caught 30 passes for 421 yards and two touchdowns with New Orleans last season.

He has 409 receptions for 5,702 yards and 33 touchdowns for Miami, San Francisco, Arizona, Carolina and New Orleans. Ginn also has returned 257 punts for 2,600 yards with four touchdowns and 307 kickoffs for 6,899 yards and three TDs.

TRACK & FIELD

U.S. sprinter Deajah Stevens suspended in doping case Monaco American sprinter Deajah Stevens was provisionally suspended Friday for repeatedly being unavailable for doping tests. The Athletics Integrity Unit said Stevens amassed three whereabouts violations in a year. Athletes are required to provide regular updates on their whereabouts to make it possible for antidoping authorities to carry out surprise testing outside of competition. A violation means an athlete either did not fill out forms telling authorities where they could be found or weren’t where they said they would be when testers arrived. Stevens won the U.S. national title in the 200 meters in 2017 and was a finalist in the 200 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

COLLEGE SPORTS

NCAA adjusts sexual violence policy, requires disclosure Indianapolis The NCAA has expanded its sexual violence policy to require student-athletes to inform their schools each year about any investigations or disciplinary matters in their past. Failure to fully disclose that information may result in penalties that include a loss of eligibility, as determined by the school.

This applies to current and incoming athletes. This expansion of the policy will take effect in the 2021-22 school year. NCAA officials also said schools must “take reasonable steps” to confirm the information provided by athletes and provide it to other schools if those students attempt to transfer.

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Byron gets 3rd iRacing victory in last 4 races As real racing gets closer — the final virtual event will be at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Saturday — Hendrick Motorsports continues its esports dominance

By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press CHARLOTTE — William Byron showed he’s the sharpest gamer in NASCAR’s iRacing Series with his third victory in four events.

Byron passed Timmy Hill with seven laps remaining at virtual Dover International Speedway, where NASCAR was scheduled to actually race Sunday, to win yet again on the iRacing platform. The Hendrick Motorsports driver has consistently been the best of the NASCAR professionals in simulated racing.

Alex Bowman won last week at virtual Talladega Superspeedway, so Hendrick drivers have now won four consecutive iRacing events.

“I’ve enjoyed this iRacing Series, but I’m definitely ready to get going in my real car,” Byron said. “Racing anything, whether it’s a box car or anything with an engine, is going to give you confidence if you are winning.”

He said that in all his years using iRacing, he’s never been in such competitive events since NASCAR launched the invitational esports series after the stock car series was suspended March 13.

Denny Hamlin earned the pole in qualifying, but NASCAR successfully applied an invert — a glitch last week prevented the top 10 from flipping before the race

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William Byron won his third NASCAR iRacing event in the last four races, taking Sunday’s event at virtual Dover International Speedway. began — so Ross Chastain cycled into the top starting spot.

Hamlin had his race ruined last week when his daughter accidentally turned his simulator screen off with a remote control she was holding as he was competing. He made sure to hide all remotes before Sunday’s race, but after an incident with John Hunter Nemechek, he seemed to be deliberately wrecked by Nemechek later in retaliation.

It brought out a late caution and a restart with nine laps remaining and Hill leading Byron at the green flag.

Byron didn’t need to use a bump-and-run — the move Hill used on Byron to win the virtual race at Texas Motor Speedway — and easily passed him on the inside with seven laps remaining.

“I’ve enjoyed this iRacing Series, but I’m definitely ready to get going in my real car.”

William Byron Hill finished second and was shown at times racing with his cat on his steering wheel.

“William has done a great job through this iRacing invitational,” Hill said. “I just wish I could get another win. I’ve had such tremendous support from everyone in the racing community through this; this has been a blast and really brought us all together. We’ve re-

ally had a lot of fun racing all these races, but I can’t wait to get back and see everyone’s faces.”

NASCAR will complete its iRacing Series next Saturday at North Carolina’s deserted North Wilkesboro Speedway, a track last raced by the national series in 1996. Overgrown with weeds and neglected, Dale Earnhardt Jr. last year led a group of volunteers in cleaning the speedway so it could be mapped for use in iRacing.

Although the simulated version of North Wilkesboro is not yet available to the public on the iRacing platform, it will be the virtual host for NASCAR’s finale. Then it’s back to the real thing for the stock car series, which plans to resume competition without spectators starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.

Little League World Series canceled for first time The World Series of Little League Softball in Greenville will also not be held The Associated Press WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — This year’s Little League World Series and the championship tournaments in six other Little League divisions — including the World Series of Little League Softball in Greenville — have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Little League President Stephen Keener announced the cancellations in a Facebook Live broadcast Thursday afternoon from league headquarters in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, saying it would be “impossible” to hold the events amid ongoing restrictions on large gatherings and travel.

The Little League World Series has been held every August since

1947 and had never been canceled before. Next year was to be the 75th playing of the tournament; that milestone has been pushed back to 2022.

“Let me tell the folks in all those communities and all the sites where we have regional qualifying tournaments how disappointed we are to have to do this, but it was inevitable,” Keener said. “It would be irresponsible and impossible to bring teams and thousands of people from all over the world into the community of Williamsport as well as those six other communities that have been such great friends and supporters of ours over the years.”

He added that travel restrictions would make it equally impossible to hold qualifying tournaments for international teams and to bring those teams safely to the United States.

Little League has not, however, called off the 2020 regular season.

Keener said there was reason for optimism that teams could play this spring and summer, depending on restrictions in states and localities.

The annual major league game in Williamsport, which this year was to feature the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 23, has been canceled, MLB said.

“While the cancellation of the 2020 Little League World Series is extremely disappointing, the health and safety of all of the people involved must be the paramount consideration. We look forward to our return to Williamsport for the 2021 MLB Little League Classic,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.

Little League announced in March that the season was on hold until at least May 11 because of guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention against gatherings of 50 people or more.

After that date, Keener said, dis-

tricts and leagues should look to states and localities for guidance on when or if the season can resume.

He also urged districts to hold allstar tournaments to give kids at least a taste of the competition they’ll be missing with World Series qualifying scrapped.

“We will be very amenable to (changing) eligibility requirements and be very flexible to allow as many kids the opportunity to play as possible for whatever can remain of the 2020 Little League season,” he said.

Along with the Little League World Series, which is held in South Williamsport, the other events canceled were the World Series of Little League Softball in Greenville, North Carolina; Junior League Baseball in Taylor, Michigan; Junior League Softball in Kirkland, Washington; Senior League Baseball in Easley, South Carolina; and Senior League Softball in Sussex County, Delaware.

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McIlroy, Johnson headline charity match for COVID-19 relief Juno Beach, Fla. Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson headline a $3 million charity match for COVID-19 relief that will mark the first live golf on television since the pandemic shut down sports worldwide. The May 17 match will be played at Seminole Golf Club in South Florida. It is to be televised

by NBC networks, including Golf Channel, Sky Sports and the PGA Tour’s global TV partners. McIlroy and Johnson, major champions who have reached No. 1 in the world, will be partners in a Skins match against Oklahoma State alumni Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff.

PHOTO COURTESY LITTLE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL

Rowan County won the World Series of Little League Softball last year, but the first year of a new five-year deal that would see the tournament held in Greenville was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Epstein frequented Harvard, had own office, report finds

By Collin Binkley The Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein visited Harvard University’s campus more than 40 times after his 2008 sex crimes conviction and was given his own office and unfettered access to a research center he helped establish, according to a review of his ties to the school.

The review, completed at the request of Harvard’s president, also found that the university accepted more than $9 million from Epstein during the decade leading up to his conviction but barred him from making further donations after that point.

About $200,000 of that funding remains unspent, the school said, and will be given to groups that support victims of sexual violence.

The report found that while Harvard’s top leaders cut ties with Epstein in 2008, he maintained close ties with Martin Nowak, a math professor and director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, a research center created in 2003 with $6.5 million from Epstein.

Nowak gave Epstein an office at the program’s building in Harvard Square, the review found, and circumvented campus security rules to grant the financier a key card and “unlimited” access to the fa-

cility.

Epstein frequently visited Office 610, which was known as “Jeffrey’s Office,” and met with scholars to hear about their work, the review found. He brought his own rug and hung his own photos on the wall. Nowak argued that the office was Epstein’s in name only, the report says, but others in the building said it was commonly known to be reserved for the financier.

Harvard announced Friday that Nowak had been placed on paid administrative leave while officials review allegations of misconduct detailed in the report. A message seeking comment was left with Nowak.

“We do not take this step lightly, but the seriousness of the matter leads us to believe it is not appropriate for Professor Nowak to continue in his role,” wrote Claudine Gay, dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Epstein killed himself in his New York City prison cell in August after he was arrested on sex trafficking charges. He had pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing girls as young as 14 and young women in New York and Florida in the early 2000s. In lawsuits, women say the abuse spanned decades.

Among other allegations against Nowak, the report alleged that he allowed his program’s

“The report issued today describes principled decision-making but also reveals institutional and individual shortcomings that must be addressed — not only for the sake of the university but also in recognition of the courageous individuals who sought to bring Epstein to justice.”

Harvard President Lawrence Bacow website to be used to burnish Epstein’s reputation after his 2008 conviction.

In 2013, at the request of Epstein’s publicist, Nowak agreed to post links to the financier’s websites, which had flattering descriptions of Epstein and made false claims about his level of giving to Harvard, the review found.

Nowak is also accused of devoting a page on the program’s website to Epstein, also at the request of the financier’s publicist.

There’s no evidence that Harvard’s top officials knew about the

postings, the report says. Epstein’s page on the website was removed in 2014 after Harvard received complaints from a sexual assault survivor’s group.

The report concludes that Harvard’s senior leaders acted appropriately in their dealings with Epstein. Former President Drew Faust decided to bar donations from Epstein after his conviction, the review says, and a university dean rejected a 2013 request from some faculty to reconsider the decision, saying it would be inconsistent with Harvard’s values.

Some professors beyond Nowak appear to have enjoyed close ties with Epstein, the review found.

The report says “a number” of faculty members visited Epstein at his homes in New York, Florida, New Mexico and the Virgin Islands. Some said they visited him in jail or took trips on his planes.

The visits were done in a personal capacity, the report said, and do not appear to violate Harvard rules.

In total, Epstein made more than 20 donations to Harvard, the largest of which was the $6.5 million to Nowak’s research group.

Smaller shares supported faculty research in psychology, economics, art and education.

Although his gifts were blocked after 2008, the report found that Harvard accepted $736,000 between his arrest and conviction.

Most went to Harvard’s medical school, while $150,000 went to its Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Harvard President Lawrence Bacow called for the review in September 2019 amid public outcry over the university’s relationship with Epstein. Other schools have faced similar scrutiny, including nearby Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which revealed in January that Epstein donated $750,000 and visited the campus at least nine times after his conviction.

The former director of MIT’s famed Media Lab, Joi Ito, resigned last year amid uproar over his ties to Epstein. He issued a public apology and vowed to raise money for victims of trafficking.

Harvard’s report urges the university to develop clearer procedures for reviewing “potentially controversial gifts,” and for enforcing bans on certain donors.

Bacow said he has instructed top officials to implement the suggestions as soon as possible.

“We will always do our best to improve,” Bacow said in a campus message on Friday. “The report issued today describes principled decision-making but also reveals institutional and individual shortcomings that must be addressed — not only for the sake of the university but also in recognition of the courageous individuals who sought to bring Epstein to justice.”

Pence a voice of calm on virus — balancing health, politics

By Zeke Miller The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — Watching as nearly 1,000 Air Force Academy cadets celebrated their graduation standing 8 feet apart, Vice President Mike Pence choked up briefly at that slice of life in a nation transformed.

It was a rare outward display of emotion for a man who stood stoically behind President Donald Trump during his lengthy daily press briefings. He speaks when Trump directs him to and delivers solicitous affirmations of the Republican president, but also offers frequent displays of empathy, whether it be words of comfort for mourners or support for graduates marking a milestone without their families.

Pence told the graduates they would “inspire confidence that we will prevail against the invisible enemy.”

In many ways, it is a job that he has subtly taken on, trying to instill confidence in the nation as it confronts the pandemic and even as the president careens from optimism to anger.

Every vice president walks in a president’s shadow, and the one Trump casts is larger than most.

Trump tapped Pence to chair his coronavirus task force, but has not ceded the stage to his No. 2.

At times, Pence has found himself struggling to square scientific guidance with a message that will please the president. He has attempted to limit his role to sober presentations of facts and best public health practices, often waving a flyer on the social distancing recommendations.

Trump thrives on friction. Pence prefers a smooth road.

“I don’t mind controversy. I think controversy is a good thing, not a bad thing,” Trump said at a recent briefing. On Monday, he drew a contrast with Pence.

“Mike doesn’t like to get into this stuff,” Trump said as he launched into criticism of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. “He’s less controversial than I am.”

Vice presidents often hold dueling political ambitions, in service of the president’s, but also of their own. Pence keenly knows his actions will not only help define Trump’s reelection chances in 2020, but also his own prospects for a promotion in 2024.

In recent days, Pence oversaw the release of federal guidelines on how states can ease restrictions meant to slow the virus’s spread. He and federal medical experts insist there are enough COVID-19 tests available to begin the first stage of the reopening effort, though there are documented shortages nationwide.

Now, aides are hopeful Pence

is closing the book on the darkest days of the outbreak.

“Now that we’ve flattened the curve,” says Katie Miller, the vice president’s spokeswoman, “it’s talking about the stories of American ingenuity and how we all came together.”

The vice president had little idea of what he was in for when Trump tapped him in late February to lead the federal government’s response to the coronavirus. At that point, there were just 15 reported cases in the U.S. His selection sparked an outcry from Democrats, who pointed to Pence’s past comments questioning scientific evidence on smoking and climate change and who faulted his handling of an HIV outbreak in Indiana when he was governor.

Aides initially thought Pence would be able to supplement a steady calendar of political events with public health efforts. Instead, Pence was forced to cancel political appearances in the upper Midwestern states where the Trump campaign believed him to be most useful in the reelection effort.

Still, Pence was quicker than others inside the White House to recognize the medical and political threats posed by the virus. He transformed a task force that many in the administration viewed as a bureaucratic muddle into a decision-making body and enlisted

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Vice President Mike Pence waves as he boards Air Force Two at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru, Ind., following a visits to the General Motors/Ventec ventilator production facility in Kokomo, Ind., Thursday, April 30, 2020.

Surgeon General Jerome Adams and FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn.

Pence also hired Deborah Birx, the infectious-disease expert who was leading the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, to add expertise and messaging ability.

As some in the White House pushed last month for a swift reopening after Trump’s initial 15day period of social distancing, Pence helped medical experts convince the president that 30 more days were warranted.

And when Trump declared he had absolute power to decide when governors should reopen their states, Pence, a lifelong defender of states’ rights, backed him up.

“In the long history of this country, the authority of the president of the United States during national emergencies is unquestionably plenary,” Pence said.

Pence has largely drawn praise from governors and members of Congress for his outreach. But a recent call with Democratic senators grew heated when Pence insisted that states had enough testing capacity to reopen.

“I have never been so mad about a phone call in my life,” Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, told Pence during the conversation. Pence aides said he was merely echoing comments by health officials.

Ever the loyal soldier, Pence has given Trump credit for his every action. Less frequently, Trump sends some back.

“Mike Pence has been working day and night on this,” Trump said earlier this month. “He’s got to get a little more sleep than he’s getting.

He hasn’t been getting very much, I will tell you that.”