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NEWS BRIEFING

Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine to protect against virus Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump told reporters he has been taking hydroxychloroquine and a zinc supplement daily “for about a week and a half” after two White House staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. Trump said his doctor did not recommend hydroxychloroquine to him, but that he requested it from the White House physician.

Amid concerns from some public health experts that Trump’s example could send more people to misuse the drug, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Tuesday that “tens of millions of people around the world have used this drug for other purposes,” including malaria prophylaxis.

She emphasized that “any use of hydroxychloroquine has to be in consultation with your doctor.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS

NCDHHS expands COVID-19 measures in long-term care facilities Raleigh The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced all long-term care facilities in the state will receive personal protective equipment packs of needed supplies, and facilities will receive a limited increased rate for some Medicaid services to support infection prevention and management.

“We have a team dedicated to supporting our long-term care facilities as they protect our aging family members and loved ones who require roundthe-clock care and the staff who care for them,” said NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen. “We want to help them do all that they can because once an outbreak occurs in a congregate living setting, it can be difficult to prevent the spread of the virus.”

PPE packs will go to more than 3,000 state-licensed longterm care facilities and include a 14-day supply of face shields, procedure masks, gloves and shoe covers.

NSJ STAFF

US on track to pull troops from Afghanistan despite turmoil Washington, D.C. The United States is on track to meet its commitment to withdraw several thousand troops from Afghanistan by summer, even as violence flares, the peace process is stalled, and Kabul struggles in political deadlock.

U.S. officials say they will reduce to 8,600 troops by July 15 and leave five bases. And by next spring all foreign forces are supposed to withdraw, ending America’s longest war.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said that getting out of Afghanistan would advance his aim of devoting more forces to the Asia-Pacific region to counter China, which he sees as the No. 1 long-term threat to the United States.

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Study: World carbon pollution falls 17% during pandemic peak Kensington, Maryland The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found.

In their study of carbon dioxide emissions during the coronavirus pandemic, an international team of scientists calculated that pollution levels are heading back up — and for the year will end up between 4% and 7% lower than 2019 levels. That’s still the biggest annual drop in carbon emissions since World War II. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Rep. Phil Shepard (R-Onslow) speaks at the Return America rally in front of the General Assembly on Thursday, May 14. Return America was one of the plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper.

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Legislative session begins in Raleigh Impact of pandemic on NC budget, unemployment in focus

By David Larson North State Journal RALEIGH — The North Carolina legislature’s “short session,” which takes place on even-numbered years, has begun in earnest. Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) held a press conference Monday to offer press and the public an idea of what his chamber’s Republican majority would be pursuing in the following weeks.

Berger said the legislature needed Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration to provide more information on several areas so the legislature can proceed with an accurate picture — highlighting specifically COVID-19 testing data from the Department of Health and Human Services, data on unemployment claims from the Department of Commerce, and information on overspending by the Department of Transportation.

“I think all of those things are things that are ripe for legislation and are ripe for the legislature to call on the executive branch to provide us and the people of N.C. with answers,” Berger said.

While he said he’s “got some ideas” for fixes in these areas, Berger said they are at a preliminary stage and haven’t been fleshed out fully into legislation.

“The most important thing is that we get answers from the Department of Commerce as to what they’re doing to move things along,” Berger said on the reports of chaos in the process of getting unemployment checks out to the historic numbers of North Carolinians now unemployed. “We keep hearing that they’re hiring additional people, but that doesn’t seem to be moving the needle.”

A priority of the session will be to make adjustments to the biennial budget. After the last budget was vetoed by Cooper, the state has been operating with funding levels from the previous biennium. With the pandemic crippling tax revenue, Berger suggested this likely would not

be the time to consider an expansion of Medicaid or providing additional raises for teachers.

“Before COVID-19 hit our state, we were looking at a significant surplus. Now, our nonpartisan fiscal staff is estimating a multibillion-dollar revenue shortfall,” Berger said.

A question was posed to Berger on whether, despite these cratering revenues, a court case in progress could force the legislature to raise education funding based on the 1997 Leandro decision, which ruled that a child has a “right to a sound basic education.”

“We can’t spend money that we don’t have,” Berger responded. “Our constitution does not provide for judges to appropriate dollars. We’ve said on multiple occasions that if judges want to get into the field of appropriating, they need to run for the legislature. We’ll see what the order is, but again, we cannot spend money we do not have.”

Berger did say the Republican majority would try to avoid the level of cuts that Democrats made to education during the Great Recession more than a decade earlier.

In a sign that the session could also feature a battle with Cooper over the pace of reopening the economy, Berger called for restaurants and other businesses that have been shut down or forced to limit activity to be permitted to open again to the public. One reporter asked why Berger was calling for restaurants to reopen when her newspaper had spoken with many restaurant owners who said they were not yet ready to welcome back customers.

“So, I’m not saying they’d be required to reopen,” Berger responded. “And I’m not sure how many ‘many’ is. I’m sure there are a large number that want to reopen even under reduced capacity. I think the fact that some don’t want to means that people will have to make their own decisions about what’s safe and what’s not safe.”

Berger said the session, which traditionally tries to wrap up before the Fourth of July holiday, would only take four to six weeks and be out before the end of June.

Indoor worship services return as executive orders challenged Hair salons, other groups push for loosening of restrictions

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — Thanks to a federal court ruling, over this past weekend churches across North Carolina held indoor services for the first time since Gov. Roy Cooper imposed a stay-at-home order on the state, which included restricting gatherings to 10 people or fewer.

U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever heard arguments on Friday, May 15 from plaintiffs challenging Cooper’s authority to restrict religious activities.

The plaintiffs, a group of pastors and churches, alleged Cooper’s orders violate the U.S. and N.C. constitutions with regard to religious worship. The following day, Dever granted a temporary restraining order preventing the enforcement of Cooper’s orders restricting worship “There is no pandemic excep-

“There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution of the United States or the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.”

U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever tion to the Constitution of the United States or the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment,” said Dever in his ruling.

Dever delivered a stark criticism in the order, stating that “The Governor appears to trust citizens to perform non-religious activities indoors (such as shopping or working or selling merchandise) but does not trust them to do the same when they worship indoors together.”

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When North Carolina schools will open is the ‘million-dollar question’ General Assembly workgroup discusses school reopening, nutrition and ‘homework gap’

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — The education workgroup of the North Carolina House Select Committee on COVID-19 heard from technology, education and health officials on topics including the reopening of schools, as well as school connectivity and continuing food service issues.

The committee heard from Jeff Sural, director of the Broadband Infrastructure Office at the state’s Department of Information Technology about school connectivity issues and “homework gap” concerns. The homework gap is when students are assigned homework requiring access to the internet but don’t have home access.

In January of this year, Sural testified before U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology at a digital inclusion hearing.

North Carolina was the only state requested to testify at that hearing.

According to the maps provided

by Sural, which uses data from the Federal Communications Commission, counties considered to have a “homework gap” map are See SCHOOLS page A2

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North Carolina,worker around or are performinghave an broadband essential 76% of households service. access but only 60% of them meet Ocracoke is also speed requiring 25/3 mbps broadband standocumentation in order to gain dard. entry to the town.

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Wrightsville Beach officials already closed beaches to the public but will now alsoA1be fining CHURCH from page violators up to $500. If one includes court costs, the fine jumps cies between the treatment of reto $650.entities and individuals,” ligious Officials andleDever said. in He Wilkesboro noted that the North Wilkesboro announced gal counsel for the governor on adApril only one person mitted8 that as much during oralper arfamily willthat be allowed into guments there “isentry no public any stores.

Children only ac-50 health rationale” forcan allowing company them at if no other suitpeople inside a funeral, but able can watch only person 10 people inside them. for church Last week, Cooper issued a services. new executive order While he had no containing doubt that multiple layersdesired of newtorestricGov. Cooper protect tions the few retail NorthonCarolinians, thestores judgestill said allowed or “not able make to remain open. that it did a difference This order begins at 5did p.m. that new faith-based bigotry not April 13 and for 30 days. motivate” theruns governor’s actions.

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“We 6were feet concerned apart in areas where when theypeowere ple gather, likefrom checkout lines, literally taken us.” andCooper stores responded must observe clean- a through ing measures. Additional spokesperson on the samerecomday the mendations in the orderorder include temporary restraining was plastic at registers issued. shields The governor said heand discontact-free agreed with checkouts. ruling but would not The overrides any loseek to order appeal the decision. cal“We prohibitions thatindoor set a differdon’t want meetent in order ingsoccupancy to becomerate hotspots for to the maintain across the virus and“uniformity” our health experts constate.”

Aswarn with that Cooper’s tinue to large previgroups ous executive orders, municipalisitting together inside for long peties and individual stores canlikely enriods of time are much more act even the stricter measures than to cause spread of COVID-19,” described the new directives. said Ford in Porter, a spokesperson The North Carolina-based Fresh for the governor.

“While our ofMarket grocery chain, fice disagrees withstore the decision, starting 14, will but require all we will April not appeal, instead guests to wear face-covering of urge houses ofaworship and their some sort. leaders to voluntarily follow pub-

THE WORD: DOUBTING THOMAS THE ASCENSION

In the Bible, the Ascension references The Second Sunday of Easter approaches, Luke 24: 50-51 John 20:27-29 (KJV) the ascent of Jesus Christ intoof the first and Christians are reminded 27 Then to as 50 And he led them saith out ashefar heaven 40 days after his resurrection. Jesus Sunday following Christ’s Thomas, hither to Bethany, andReach he lifted up Resurrection.

The scriptures had met with most of His disciples after Mary thy finger, behold my his hands, and and blessed them. referencing the Magdalene alerted them of His presence. hands; and reach hither 51 And it came to pass, thy hand, and thrust it he Ascension (innot Luke while he blessed them, Thomas was with them when they met into myparted side: and bethem, not was from and Acts) a he would not believe in the Jesus, andtell heof said faithless, but believing. and carried up into literal ascension resurrection until he had seen the wounds of 28 Andheaven.

Thomas which marked for himself. the crucifixion answered and said unto anEight end to theafter the resurrection, Thomas him, My Lord and my days God. 29 Jesus saith unto earthly work removed when he saw had his doubts him, Thomas, “Thebecause of Jesus.

Jesus and examined His wounds. While thou hast seen me, thouby Ascension” The New Jesus blessed those who believed in His hast believed: blessed are Rembrandt Testament based on faith, He nonetheless they that have not seen, as part of his resurrection and yet have believed.

Passion Cycle sayswilling Jesusto prove Himself to Thomas. was for Frederick will return Thomas had proven a devoted and loyal Henry, Prince just as and Jesus did not condemn him for disciple “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” by Caravaggio (c. 1601–1602, currently housed of Orange he skepticism. left — in Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany).

(1636); Alte his Pinakothek, physically Munich. through Public the clouds domain.

— but is from page A1 TRAFFIC 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 is down. currently Washington, site of the first celerating work schedules by sev“We were hoping to bid it out failed to produce results. in heaven In the meantime, some road for construction very soon, but coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., eral weeks on about $2 billion at the and bridge projects already have then COVID-19 and all that, so suspended work on 92 of its 100 worth of bridge and road projects. rightput hand In Maryland, a westbound that timeline is kind of in the air,” active highway projects as a rebeen on hold. of The God.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.”

Though ambulances are run- ments to an Interstate 90 pass ect was completed well ahead of the upcoming budget year, a $2 ning as usual and detours are through an avalanche-prone area schedule, partly because of light billion reduction. traffic amid the coronavirus panOhio has delayed projects until well-marked for visitors, “ob- of the Cascade Mountains.

Vermont’s entire $200 million demic. next year on interstate highways viously that direct interchange The declining traffic volumes in Columbus and Cincinnati be- would be nice,” said Daniel Mar- road construction plan for 2020 cause of the expected decline in shall, chief clinical officer for the is on hold, save for a $6 million have been especially large in some South Howell County Ambulance emergency repair where a storm of the nation’s most famously confuel tax revenue. washed out part of the foundation gested metropolitan areas, such Faced with a budget shortfall, District. as the San Francisco Bay area.

The city of Bend, Oregon, the on Interstate 89.

Missouri has postponed $46 milBusiness leaders in the region The longer the delay, the greatlion for 18 road and bridge proj- nation’s seventh-fastest growects that had been priorities for ing metropolitan area over the er the likelihood that some proj- had hoped to put a 1 cent sales tax local governments. As many as past decade, pulled a $190 mil- ects might not get finished this on the November ballot that could raise $100 billion over 40 years 299 additional projects valued lion transportation bond off the year.

“Every project is sort of at risk for public transit and transporat $785 million could be at risk May ballot. Supporters had conwithout federal help, McKenna cerns about pushing a property of running out of quality weather tation projects in a nine-county tax hike for roads, sidewalks and days to complete the work,” said region. But the coronavirus outsaid.

Among the immediate de- bike lanes while local business- Jeremy Reed, construction engi- break interrupted work on state ferments: a new highway inter- es are suffering financially and neer for the state’s transportation legislation needed to place the measure on the ballot. change to provide direct access many residents are without work. agency.

It now could be 2022, or even Pennsylvania originally halted “They’re going to show up on to the expanded Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains. The cen- voters’ day and just glance and all road construction work. But 2024, before supporters can make another for teachers a public vote on it has since allowed worksuggesto pro- safety ter’s spe- think, `I’m not raising my taxes foot of push veteran or staff distancing.

Another tinue to hospital, study the physician “homeworkand gap.” the measure, saidage John Grubb, ceedwas on 61 projects.

About cialty clinics among the area’s right now, no way!’” said Mike Ri- tion are over the of 50 who to critical reconfigure desks so who Updates on are School Nutrition chief be operating officer theexpoBay 800 road bridge projects, ley, co-chairman of the Go Bend children largestrelated employers, servingwere about “Under at increased riskoffor areand seated six feet apart. at could concerns to COVID-19 the epidemic, AreatoCouncil, a business-backed billion, on hold. across sure 40,000 in eight rural 2020 Coalition that support- $7 COVID-19.

Given thatremain many districts given

by Dr.patients Lynn Harvey, School upon“We’re mealsgoing to the state advocacy group. and anBy contrast, some states have policy edreliance the measure. countiesServices of southern During the question have a number of schools Nutrition SectionMissouri chief, the “Ifperiod, we’re Rep. in a Hugh poor Blackwell economy, taken ofover a lull in traf- swer come back voters, but and northern Arkansas. are advantage already well capacity, Department of Public Instruction. provided bytoschools is now just that which it looks like we’re to fic to speed felt like the wrong time.”

The state had allotted mentioned the going low ocquestions remainup on transportation how or if they (R-Burke) “Under the epidemic, the more rebe in, that would have an projects.

Construction crews have Mostthan statesever.” have classified road will thanupon $1.2 meals millionprovided to cover by half greater of COVID-19 in been children be able to accommodate and currence liance awful lot if ofNCDHHS stimulus and an awbeen ablethis to shut highway the road construction costs.

The construction as essential work maintain asked was considkind down of social dis- and schools is greater than ever,” said ful lotreopening of job creation,” lanes during prime hours without ering continue despite orders tancing. other half was to come from local Dr.that schoolshe in said. varying Harvey.

Lynncan Harvey, School Nutrition A series of actions to limit the degrees instead of a one-size-fitsHarvey said that buses have be- Services Section chief number of people in a public school all approach. Perry responded that come a big part of food delivery to were also suggested, such as stag- asymptomatic spread of COVID-19 students and that funding will be needed to keep those deliveries go- Services Susan G. Perry, along with gering school hours or alternating by children was possible.

The safety of very young chiling. She said 18 million meals have DPI’s deputy superintendent of dis- days or weeks when students atWORSHIP from page15, A1either trict support, Dr. Beverly Emory, tend class on campus. dren attending pre-K or kinderbeen served since March Presenters said that actions to garten, who may be at risk from through 1,000 pickup sites or via and deputy superintendent of innoand others showed 2,100 Benham school buses being used forup vation, Dr. David Stegall, present- reduce “sustained exposure” should Kawasaki Disease or Pediatric to drop-offs. the Charlotte clinic after receiv- ed five areas of focus for reopening be employed in every aspect of the Inflammatory Multiorgan Synmeal ing callsindicated that the that police were there schools: social distancing, clean- school’s operations from limit- drome, was not specifically adHarvey food costs that during the group’s willdemanding likely increase the memup- ing/hygiene, monitoring health of ing group activities like clubs and dressed. At least 102 children in bers leave the area.

When coming summer months andthey thatre- students and staff, protecting high- sports, to eating lunch in the class- New York state have reportedfused to leave, eight were given ci- risk populations, and educating room instead of the cafeteria. In ly developed these conditions, shortages could become a factor. tations have of “violation of emergency the same vein, recess should be which typically strikes children 5 “There been challenges in students and staff. and restrictions” — a According to the presentation, staggered as well, and arrival and years old and younger. Three chiltheprohibitions food supply because we abruptClass 2 misdemeanor. ly switched from a cafeteria style NCDHHS will be “vetting prelim- dismissal processes should be al- dren have died from the conditions saying there were 50 inary health guidance options with tered to reduce contact. there as of mid-May. menu,”“They’re said Harvey. people said on education leaders for school reAccording to Perry, NCDHHS “There’s a lot more work that The finalthere,” item Benham on the agenda thewith discrepancy hisis-ac- opening areas under review” in the needs to be done, because while has “very high sense of urgency” dealt logistical between and health and the “official” account. five focus areas. we have some good ideas from the about providing clarity about just suescount associated with the possible “Just look the video.

The upvideo It was suggested that structur- public health side,” said Perry. “The when schools will reopen. When reopening of at schools for the shows clearyear. evidence. It is a lie. It al and physical space modifications implications for schools, we realize, asked about a specific timeline, coming school is wrong.

Thesecretary police department, Perry said, “That’s the million-dolChief deputy of De- be made in schools, including add- are massive.”

Charlotte the mayor’s There was no discussion on the lar question.” partment of Observer, Health and Humanof- ing marked waiting areas with sixfice — they’re all wrong.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a friend of Benham’s, tweeted out in support of him later the same day, calling the arrest unconstitutional preclude citizens using their own ROBERT CLARK | NORTH STATE JOURNAL and saying, “Because elected Dems means from pursuing their own are pro-abortion, they are abusing Attendees of Northwood Temple Church in Fayeteville’s 2020 Easter drive-in said service vocation,” the listen letter. in on their power—in a one-sided way— their radios from inside their cars as Pastor John Hedgepeth delivers his Thesermon. legal firm says that the govto silence pregnancy counselors.” ernor’s executive orders violate Cruz also put a petition on his site the “Fruits of their labor clause” in nion sets, constitution. with sealed wafers which asks signatories to “Tell crimination against religious in- ‘drive-in’ services.” the state’s Their and clicups spokeswoman, of juice, but had Adele to call off the The very next day, Wilming- ent’s Democratic Governor Roy Cooper stitutions and religious believers,” Ange, planthey to distribute word that if abortion is ‘essential’ then said Barr in a statement. “Thus, ton police posted that drive-in ser- said believe itthem was after unconstifrom thefor city. pregnancy services are essential, government may not impose spe- vices “will not be considered a vi- tutional Cooper to have closed “They don’tplace. do communion, too. Stop discriminating against cial restrictions on religious activi- olation,” so no legal action would salons in said the first a good man. I try to do ty that do not also apply to similar be taken against the churches, but and people of faith!”

TheI’m Hair is Essential Associawhathas theset mayor Hedgepeth police still urged “all churches and tion U.S. Attorney General Wil- nonreligious activity.” up asays,” GoFundMe acsaid. “We’re law-abiding.

I wantleto “Where a state has not acted houses of worship to continue with count liam Barr has received a flood of to help with estimated do and things the way said and let complaints from religious people evenhandedly, it must have a com- virtual services, including for Eas- gal court fees they associated with them know cooperating around the country who, like Ben- pelling reason to impose restric- ter.” fighting the we’re governor’s order.with The them.”has raised over $9,000 so In Fayetteville, drive-in ser- group ham, believe their rights are being tions on places of worship and violated by local and state govern- must ensure that those restrictions vices were allowed, and North- far.Benham, though, said he will be cooperating Charare narrowly tailored to advance wood Temple Pentecostal Holi- not ments.

Underscoring the with group’s arlotte’s demands his group to A tweet from Barr’s commu- its compelling interest,” said Barr. ness Church had an Easter service gument is state for statute dealing stop the counseling women outside nications director, Kerri Kupec, “Religious institutions must not be at 10 a.m. Pastor John Hedgepeth with additional powers that the abortion clinic, after the told NSJ the church promoted the can said, “During this sacred week for singled out for special burdens.” be granted to even the governor arrest, asince the city’s Drive-in church services have celebration and was expecting po- during many Americans, AG Barr is monstateheofbelieves emergency that requests“concurrence violate the letter and spiritoring govt regulation of religious been another touchpoint in North tentially hundreds of cars. The ser- require of the CounROBERT CLARK | NORTH STATE JOURNAL it ofofthe law. The letter sent by could be heard on 92.7 FM to cil services. While social distancing Carolina, especially during the vice State.”

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A life-long learner finally gets her reward Wife of former NC cabinet secretary achieves degree after many trials

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — Pomp and circumstance, parties and celebrations, crossing a stage to be handed a diploma — for many, these are the hallmarks of graduation season — a rite of passage marking the shift into a new phase of life. But not this year. Graduation during the COVID-19 pandemic means listening to speeches and degree-recipient names called out over a livestream or driving in a long line of honking cars past one’s school.

One degree recipient has had obstacles land in her way for a lot longer than most. For Liz Skvarla, her journey through academia to obtain her goals has quite literally taken the better part of a lifetime — with repeated attempts to get her nursing degree and an elusive master’s degree. But you’d probably never hear about these trials and tribulations from her as her friends have characterized her as modest to a fault.

Recognizing her long list of struggles and perseverance, her husband, John, has stepped up to help tell the story. You might recognize the Skvarla name. John Skvarla served as secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and then the Department of Commerce under former Gov. Pat McCrory before joining the Raleigh law firm of Nexsen Pruett.

At the onset of 2020, Liz Skvarla was given the surprise of a lifetime with an honorary doctorate from Pfeiffer University; but to do this educational saga justice, the story really needs to start at the beginning.

The tale of the elusive degree goes back to 1966, when John Skvarla met a young woman on a blind date during their sophomore year in college. She was attending Mount Saint Vincent’s, a Catholic college near Yonkers in New York. That girl was Liz Eney.

When John met her, Liz was pursuing a nursing degree through a coop Mount Saint Vincent’s had with Columbia University. In fact, the main reason she had chosen Mount Saint Vincent was due to the co-op program. But it was not meant to be. As fate would have it, mid-way through her sophomore year the coop with Columbia closed down. Liz stayed at Mount Saint Vincent’s and ended up finishing with a degree in psychology.

A year after leaving college, John and Liz got engaged. John headed

to law school in Chapel Hill, while Liz stayed in New York. The couple married in 1971, and when John graduated law school in 1973, they officially set down roots in Raleigh, North Carolina.

John remarked that during those early years in Raleigh, Liz “took classes everywhere” from Meredith College to North Carolina State. He also said that before they were married, and even after, she was active at and had interned with mental health facilities.

“Psychiatric care was and still is her passion,” said John.

Two kids later, Liz told John that she always wanted to get her nursing degree, and he told her that was a great idea. The kids were old enough to juggle her taking courses, and they could find a way for that to happen.

Liz headed to Duke University’s nursing program. As luck would have it, admissions staff told her that due to her past course work, she would only need to make up a single class in order to proceed. The course was sequential, meaning it had first and second semester portions. Liz enrolled and loved the first semester offering, however, once again the proverbial rug would be pulled out from under her. Following that semester’s courses, Duke shut down its nursing program.

“She’s two for two,” said John.

“Columbia closes its school and now Duke closes its nursing school.”

“Not to be denied, she goes over to Chapel Hill,” John said, adding that Chapel Hill said her credits were great and they thought Liz would be a good fit, but their prerequisites were different and numerous.

Chapel Hill told Liz that because she had a background in psychology, she would need to enroll in classes like chemistry, biochemistry and calculus. In a nutshell, Chapel Hill required her to take the hard sciences used to weed students out for medical school as prerequisites for the nursing program.

“The good news is she only had to do two years, because she had a four-year degree already,” said John.

“She only really needed the clinical components.”

Undeterred, Liz enrolled in everything they required, passed them all and applied to the nursing program with Chapel Hill also giving her a full scholarship. According to John, Liz “knocked the socks off” nursing school and finished around third in the state on the nursing boards. In fact, Liz did so well, Chapel Hill officials came to her and asked her to apply to medical school.

John said she passed on that of-

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Family and friends celebrate at the Angus Barn in Raleigh. Skvarla earned an honorary doctorate from Pfeiffer University.

“There is nobody in the world I know that is more humble, more deserving and has earned something like this more.”

John Skvarla about his wife fer. She had already paid quite a price to get where she was and had done so with two kids who were still quite young. It was at that point Liz turned her attention to working with a long list of healthcare-related charities.

In the mid-90s, the children were getting older, and things were settling down for the Skvarlas. Around that time an advertisement by Pfeiffer University for Master’s in Business Administration and Health Administration degrees through a satellite location caught Liz’s attention.

“So, Liz goes over to Pfeiffer, and they say how great it is she has all this background and curriculum in nursing and psychology and all of this board work,” said John. “But if you want an MBA…you don’t have any accounting.”

Of course, she then dutifully took two semesters of accounting to get into the MBA program.

Liz enrolled in the program and made it about halfway through when she made the decision at that point to finish only the Master’s in Health Administration. She was near the homestretch, with around nine credit hours to go and two finals coming up that would have cleared six of those nine credits, when a serious turn of events stopped her in her tracks.

That event was a phone call with urgent news that her father had been in a horrific car accident and had suffered severe head injuries.

The call came just days before her final exams.

NCDOT to begin furloughs starting at ‘top of the organization’

By A.P. Dillon North State Journal RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced that furloughs for employees will begin Monday due to the budget shortfalls made worse by a sharp drop in revenue during the COVID-19 outbreak.

“Numerous actions have been implemented at the programmatic and personnel level to restore financial stability to the department, said NCDOT Secretary Eric

Boyette in an email to staff. “However, the current pandemic situation continues to impact our business significantly, and as a result, difficult programmatic and personnel decisions must occur.”

Boyette took over as secretary at the beginning of March this year after Gov. Roy Cooper announced in February that his appointee, James Trogdon, was resigning.

In an email to all staff late Monday afternoon, Boyette outlined a multi-phase plan for incremental

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furloughs that will start “at the top of the organization.”

Executive and senior leadership furloughs began last Saturday, May 16, and will run through June 26. The number of furlough hours starts at 30 for executive leadership and drops five hours to 25 for senior leadership.

All other NCDOT employees are required to take 20 hours of furlough time starting May 30 through June 26.

The plan, which was also sent in a letter to lawmakers, details the

“Not only did she not take the exams, she rushed to Florida and stayed with her father,” said John.

“Her mission at that time was to take care of him. He had serious head injuries.” Skvarla added that Liz’s father died a few years later and was in his mid-to-late 80’s.

John said it was ironic that she had such tremendous past educational experience and had been truly excelling in the Pfeiffer program, but that no one had contacted her about missing her last two exams.

It was almost a decade later, in the early 2000s, she was asked to join the Foundation of Hope Board, which is the largest foundation of its kind in the state. The foundation is known for raising over $1 million a year to support mental health research at the Department of Neurosciences at UNC Chapel Hill. Liz has served on the board for over 13 years and has helped to reorganize the foundation’s board over time to include doctors and medical professionals.

After reading an article about alternative and remote forms of learning, it dawned on John that there had to be a way for Liz, who was only really short a credit or two, to get that Master’s in Health Administration degree finished. And, unbeknownst to Liz, off John went to Pfeiffer to investigate.

John said he talked to the provost, Dr. Tracy Espy, who “got right away” what he was trying to do. It could be done, but there would be hurdles ahead, just like there had been in the past for Liz. Degrees are not just handed out. Panels would have to hear the case and approvals would have to be obtained from accreditors, faculty, administrators and trustees.

The board of the Foundation of Hope, including all of the doctors, wrote “a remarkable letter” in support of Liz receiving the degree according to John, who said it took over two years for the whole process of approvals to play out.

“I thought they were just going to give her the master’s,” said John.

“Numerous actions have been implemented at the programmatic and personnel level to restore financial stability to the department.”

Eric Boyette, NCDOT secretary furloughs will happen in eighthours blocks each week and will be spread out over several weeks.

Employees will take more than eight hours of furlough time in a single week in order to have enough hours (32) to maintain health coverage and benefits.

The furloughs add to bad news

“Well, lo and behold, Dr. Espy calls and says that the board has decided to award her a Ph.D. in Humane Letters.”

John said it was “quite a shock” for him to hear, but the shock for Liz was yet to come.

Plans to surprise Liz were set into motion. John enlisted the help of friends and some “lovely ladies” assisted in extending invitations to a surprise party for Liz. Under the guise that a large donor wanted to help the Foundation of Hope, John whisked Liz to the Angus Barn where 120 of their friends and family were secretly waiting.

Once there and the doors opened, Liz had her first hint that they were not there for a donor meeting. John took the floor about 20 or so minutes after they arrived and unleashed the tale of Liz’s journey, finishing with the award of the Ph.D. “She had no idea what was going on,” said Mary Callow, a friend who has known Liz for several years.

“She kept saying, ‘why is he talking about this?’”

While there was no word count on John’s speech that night, Liz’s look of shock mixed with amazement as he was talking easily said a thousand words.

“I knew she was whip-smart and well-informed,” said friend Nan Miller, adding that Liz had a look of astonishment on her face as John recalled her accomplishments in his speech.

“There is nobody in the world I know that is more humble, more deserving and has earned something like this more,” said John about his wife.

While Liz at least had some type of celebration earlier this year, it’s bittersweet. Had ceremonies not been canceled due to the pandemic, she, like graduates all over the world this year, would have received her degree at the time-honored tradition of commencement. So, it would seem, that yet another obstacle has been placed in Liz’s way, but this time, she’s not alone.

for the NCDOT, after a state audit of its finances showed the department exceeded its projected cash spending plan for state fiscal year 2019 by $742 million.

Last month, the NCDOT acknowledged a budget shortfall which in turn forced spending on future construction contracts to be slashed by $2 billion. NCDOT had stated that their latest estimate is for a budget shortfall of at least $300 million for the remainder of the current fiscal year.

NCDOT also had budget issues last October after it was determined that the department had overspent its budget by $2 billion.

As a result of the overspending, the department came close to running afoul of the state law requiring them to maintain a cash balance between $282 million and $1 billion.

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Examining the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence The Mecklenburg Declaration, dated May 20, 1775, is believed by many (especially in Mecklenburg County) to be the first declaration of independence from Great Britain. But some doubt its authenticity because no known copy exists.

According to the May 20th Society, a non-profit organization established to honor the Mecklenburg Declaration, the document is very real. They say a rider brought news of the massacre of colonists by British troops in Lexington.

That night, the Mecklenburg Convention drew up the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which was read from the courthouse steps on May 20, 1775.

Having declared their independence, the next meeting was set up to establish a new code of governance, the Mecklenburg Resolves.

The Mecklenburg Resolves were published just 11 days later in June of

1775 and set up basic tents for selfgovernance. These and other regional resolutions led to the Halifax Resolves, which the other date on the state flag, April 12, 1776, refers. The Halifax Resolves voiced North Carolinians’ support for the independence of all the American colonies.

Captain James Jack, a local tavern owner, volunteered to carry the two documents, Mecklenburg Declaration and Mecklenburg Resolves, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia and deliver them to the North Carolina delegates. While met with support, no official action was taken, and Jack was sent back to Charlotte.

The legend of the declaration and of Captain James Jack’s ride to Philadelphia lives on. To this day, whether based on fact or fiction, the date of May 20, 1775 continues to fly on the North Carolina state flag.

The approximate route taken by Captain James Jack.

WEST 1 in custody after man shot with crossbow Burke County Authorities took a homeowner into custody hours after someone was shot in the head with a crossbow on his property.

Burke County deputies located Siegfred Albert Jackson, 28, less than a mile from the Hickory home where a man was discovered suffering from a serious head injury. The victim was airlifted to a hospital. Investigators said a crossbow was discovered nearby and Jackson was spotted leaving the scene. Officials did not say whether Jackson was charged.

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Murder charge dismissed over defendant’s mental incompetence

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Buncombe County A murder charge that was filed against a man has been dismissed because of his mental incompetence. A Superior Court judge issued the dismissal order for Buford James Penley, 45, of Asheville.

Penley had faced a first-degree-murder charge in the bludgeoning death of Joshua Christopher Stebbins in Asheville in 2017. Since then, psychologists have found Penley incompetent. Penley’s attorney, Keith S. Hanson, said in court filings that three psychologists found Penley “incapable to proceed and unrestorable.” One psychologist found Penley’s IQ to be 65. That’s well below the average of 100.

Poultry producer closes plant for COVID-19 deep clean

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Wilkes County Tyson Foods is temporarily closing a Wilkesboro plant for cleaning. One of two fresh meat plants at the complex was closed from Thursday to Tuesday.

A second fresh poultry plant at the site will continue limited operations. The closure, following another temporary closure for cleaning, will allow “additional deep cleaning” due to sick workers and quarantine-related absences. Staff will have additional virus testing, protective gear, screening and access to nurse practitioners. The complex employs approximately 3,000. It wasn’t clear how many workers were sick. Wilkes County officials said the plant was linked to most of its 286 cases.

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Amazon to bring distribution center to North Carolina Henderson County Retail and distribution giant Amazon is bringing a distribution center to North Carolina, where it will create 200 jobs.

Amazon spokesperson Shone Jemmott confirmed via email on Thursday that a location in Asheville is expected to open this year. Jemmott said Amazon has more than 150 delivery stations in the U.S. Mills River town manager Daniel Cobb says the total project site is about 27 acres, and the total investment is $28 million. The building will cover 112,000 square feet.

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Award for NC historian’s book about Mississippi city

Stokes County Dr. Brad Rice, the Stokes County Schools Superintendent, is known for signing the announcement of snow days in his district. Now he’s putting his musical talents to work to tell students how much he misses them. With school buildings closed and students learning at home, Rice sang about how he was “homesick for school.” He posted it on his Facebook page, because, “I want the kids to know that I truly do miss them.”

Orange County Zócalo Public Square board chairman and Nirvana co-founder Krist Novoselić will present its 10th annual book award to University of North Carolina historian William Sturkey for his account of civil rights in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Sturkey’s “Hattiesburg: An American City in Black and White” describes the city’s racial history from its founding into the civil rights era, with alternate chapters about white and black people.

Park Service: Outer Banks tourists tried to capture foal

Authorities recover drowned fisherman Northampton County Four days after he went missing while fishing on the Roanoke River, the body of 39-year-old Juan Alberto Saravia Parada was recovered by first responders. Parada was fishing with a relative when he fell in trying to retrieve a fish on Sunday night of last week. His body was found on Thursday morning.

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Stabbing suspect threw gas on officers, stabbed K9 Alamance County Burlington police say a man stabbed another man multiple times before throwing gasoline on police, charging officers with a knife and stabbing a police dog. Police found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds. They tracked down the suspect, Ali Asghari Sandi, 41. Sandi resisted their attempts but was eventually arrested. The victim suffered non-lifethreatening injuries. An officer also suffered injuries and was released from a hospital. A police dog named Talon is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Sandi faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a law enforcement officer and a law enforcement animal.

Man accused of 11 years of sexual assault

Gas station owner injured in explosion Vance County The owner of a Shell station off of I-85 in Henderson was injured late last month when he accidentally crashed into one of his pumps, triggering an explosion. The owner, whose name wasn’t immediately released, was airlifted to the hospital at UNC. He suffered burns to his feet and legs but is expected to make a full recovery.

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Carteret County The National Park Service is looking for three tourists who allegedly tried to capture a month-old wild foal in the Outer Banks in an attempt to take some selfies.

The Park Service said the situation Friday at Shackleford Banks was captured on video. The newspaper reports it is illegal to be within 50 feet of the more-than-100 wild horses in the park. They managed to scare the foal enough that it became separated from its mother. The foal and its mother had reunited by Sunday. A visitor reported witnessing the situation and intervened.

RNC chair McDaniel: ‘We will not be holding a virtual convention’ NSJ staff Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Monday that the party “will not be holding a virtual convention,” pledging that the presidential nominating convention in late August will be conducted at least partially in-person.

The coronavirus outbreak forced Democrats to move their convention from July to August, and it’s still unclear whether that event will be entirely online. On a call with reporters, McDaniel said, “It’s quite a ways away, and there’s ample time for us to adjust, if necessary.”

The RNC has hired Dr. Jeffrey Runge, a leading national health security official, as a medical adviser for the convention. Dr. Runge served as the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at the United States Department of Transportation (2001 – 2005) and the Chief Medical Officer and Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2005 – 2008) and lives in North Carolina.

North Carolina Republican Party chairman Michael Whatley told North State Journal “North Carolina is ready to roll out the red carpet for Republicans from around the country, host a world-class event and nominate President Trump for four more years. The RNC has been working nonstop for over a year to run a safe and

exciting convention, and we can’t wait to welcome the GOP to Charlotte.”

Whatley is also planning the state Republican Party’s convention, which had to be rescheduled from mid-May to July 9-12 in Greenville. The annual state convention is set to host speakers and elect statewide delegates to the national convention in August. He said of the change in dates, “We would like to thank the Greenville Convention Center, our host hotels and vendors for continuing to work with us as we are forced to adapt to an evolving timeline for reopening the state and allowing large events to take place.”

Over the weekend, the RNC marked a 100-day countdown to the convention.

“While convention planning has been underway for well over a year, the 100day mark is a significant benchmark as it’s when all of our planning and preparation moves into execution mode,” said 2020 Convention President and CEO Marcia Lee Kelly. “In 100 days, the Republican Party will gather together, where we will reflect on the incredible legacy and tremendous accomplishments of the Trump Administration. During this historic event, we will celebrate American greatness, honor our nation’s resiliency, and proudly re-nominate President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for four more years of record-breaking results.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Lenoir County A man is in jail after investigators determined he committed multiple sex offenses over an 11-year period, the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said in a news release that the victims reported the crimes against them on May 1. Detectives conducted interviews which showed the alleged offenses took place between 2001 and 2012 on numerous occasions. The sheriff’s office provided no additional details. According to the sheriff’s office, authorities arrested Christopher Canuette on Tuesday and charged him with seven counts of firstdegree statutory sex offense.

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Sheriff’s office charges man in wife’s death Greene County A man whose wife was reported missing last week is now charged in her death, a Greene County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office charged Daniel Herrera, 52, in the murder of his wife, Yelbi Garcia, 39, WITN reported. Herrera was arrested on Monday at a home in Washington.

Garcia was reported missing on Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies said she was last seen at her house in Snow Hill last Wednesday. Herrera is currently being held without bond in the Greene County jail.

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Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new Herridge, too.theythe data and asking know what simply questioning when we can start getting back about non-stop, it is noted extensive in their This is allitnew to Americans, and it in is not normal. write-ups Not in any way, checked. and many more still continue more liberalized society presumes spread, or whether they certainly will do so on the through basisare of over. ever-evolving models, In thisled same Ithe continue towe be inspired stories of not humanity health carespirit, workers out his own home. duction back inusual the States.

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Biden senior advisor Symone Sanders was outraged. nightly media newsletters, and is featured prominently Stelter’s after our own eion stay-at-home ought to lock down further. especially as statistics roll in that look like the lower-end model neighbors helping neighbors.

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We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death and the upper-end estimates temporary defenders of to Since In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray we can in allterms continue to keep faith, prac China. Chinese direct investment in the U.S. is about $65 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 isbad China’s Chernobyl. do, last I checked. when did questioning government at all levels become a normal.”

North State Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 in any way, Obama administration officials, and stated that the real issue was the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator None of that happened in the case of the Biden campaign’s of economic damage.

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We don’tin know how many scientific experts — we need to know what they know, what they health care workers out of his own home. through this together. that award-winning journalists like Herridge “fall for” alleged swipes at Herridge.

In fact, if you were someone who looked An tax credit of 30% on half of U.S. investment China of China forgiving $1.2 trillion debt we owe them as one way to get over. worried about them catching the virus, and I’m I will.

After and is a regular contributor RedState and Legal Insurrection. to do, last I checked. called “newwent people have actually died of coronavirus.

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I’m Stacey Matthews written under the pseudonym Toldjah number has been overestimated, given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to follow their advice. But estment tosilent. the U.S. would costinsinuated the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in breath waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask your elected I’ve beenabout trying to take extra precautions, because all to ofIthis up worried them catching the virus, I’m worried will.brings After and is a regular contributor tohave RedState and Legal Insurrection. distracts the press fromand continuing bash the Trump the media, youthey would never known Symone Sanders and of death, particularly among elderly patients, can be variable.

Some need to start answering serious questions, or they will fall prey revenue spread over a few years. $18 lost revenue hold in tangible financial ways for way toobillion many memories of a is painful experience I’d prefer not toChina repeat.accountable suffering fromin the H1N1 virus (swine flu) representatives during the 2009topandemic, administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Andrew Bates attacked Herridge. sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to which all other American imal dust compared to the $6 I’ve trillion+ Marshall Plan extra we areprecautions, now this disaster.

But what alsodirector makes me sleep is how easily most everyone has been trying to take because all of this brings up nSister Toldjah Joe Biden’s oflose rapid response, Bates, claimed The Stelters and Darcys of world have been saying for many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply prone. dertaking to save our own economy, not of defeated enemies as in the It isAndrew about time they expected to operate as responsible citizens of the way too many memories of a painful experience I’d prefer not to are repeat. rection.

Even more importantly, we have no clue how many Americans Herridge was a “partisan, right-wing hack” and a “regular conduit over three years that attacks on the press are a threat to our t. the world like any other modern nation.

But what also makes me lose sleep is how easily most everyone has actually have coronavirus.

Some scientists suggest thatdemocracy the number andBen Shapiro, a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, for conservative media manipulation ploys,” in a particularly must stop. 36, Butisthat was when journalists viewed China has been cheating, stealing, pirating and pillaging American of identified cases could be an order of magnitude lower than the host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire. iness now for the past 30 years.

They have made no secret they his tweet. vicious attack.

Bates laterthat deleted as hostile to the Trump administration were on the hot seat.

Neal Robbins, publisher | Frank Hill,coronavirus senior opinion editor number of people who have had and not been tested. com. end to replace the U.S. as the premier superpower in the world and There were a number of odd and ironic things about these When a veteran reporter like Herridge faced similar attacks from lace the dollar as the reserve currency with their renminbi.

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First, they directly contradicted comments made by Biden himself earlier in the month in which he painted himself as a Jason protector and defender of the freedom of the press.

“A free press is essential to a free society. That’s why attacking the press and attempting to intimidate independent media is a COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON standard part of the authoritarian playbook around the world,” Biden tweeted on May 3.

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Democrats, these same media defenders yawned.

Their selective outrage is a bad look, especially at a critical time when people need to be able to rely on media outlets to be objective and trustworthy in their reporting.

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There would be a college students slavery the SAH order past April 29 without compelling But what also makes me lose sleep is how easily most everyone has 36% were below with standing directive for rapid response to enable the asking them toproficient, sit in silence on24% the floor in data showing its necessity. It is imperative to keep economy. being proficient above to use of FDA-approved drugs that are experimental in chains during and classnone and testing to be expected Covid-19 hygiene measures in place: such as social proficient. relation to a pandemic virus. learn from the discomfort. Other papers distancing, gathering limits, masks, hand washing, By contrast, at Success Academy, As long as a business could demonstrate the ability celebrated morbid obesity as a healthy life etc. only 17% of third graders were below to follow sound Covid-19 hygiene, they would be choice and advocated treating privately The dates to lift and reduce or continue on-going proficient, with 70% being proficient allowed to re-enter the economy.

I would lean into conducted masturbation as a form of restrictions need to be determined using scientific and 11% violence being above proficient.

Among exercising a little common sense on what works and sexual against women.

Typically, evidence. Suspending and, more concerning, Success Academy’s fourth graders, 51% what is appropriate. Restrictions could be lessened as academic journal editors send submitted violation of individual constitutional rights are and 43%, respectively, scored proficient the four benchmarks indicate it is safe to do so. papers out to referees for review. In dangerous exercises regardless of reason. and above proficient, while their William North Carolina needs to get back to work. recommending acceptance for publication, Our businesses are on life support. It is imperative Floyd counterparts scored 23% and 6%, For the next 18 months, I would monitor data many reviewers gave these papers glowing to get them opened. 500,000 North Carolinians respectively. Similar high performance while reserving the right to return to stronger praise. have signed up for unemployment in the past three can be found in some other Manhattan restrictions if necessary. I would put in place a Political scientist weeks. Data indicate N.C. will have 50% of its small charter schools such asZach KIPPGoldberg Infinity ran special team of medical, data analytics and business certainSchool. grievance studies concepts through businesses (revenue under $10M) qualifying for Middle leaders to provide insights and advice. The standard the Lexis/Nexis database, to see how often bankruptcy, if they stay closed through May 15. I Liberals tell us that racial integration is channels with DHHS and County Public Health appeared in ourfor press over the years. would begin opening businesses in less impacted athey necessary condition black academic Officials would continue. I would conduct briefings He found Public huge increases in the such usages counties today. excellence. charter schools with stakeholder groups of government, medical “white privilege,” “unconscious I would categorize N.C. citizens into four groups: asofthose mentioned above belie that bias,” and business leaders from across the state, including “critical racepoints theory” tested positive for Covid-19, hospitalized and in vision.

Sowell outand that“whiteness.” only 39% federal, state, county and municipal folks (elected of this in is all being to college critical condition, immunocompromised and have ofAll students Newtaught York state schools and non-elected). I would share the collective and students, many oftested whom become primary not tested positive, and finally, healthy individuals who were recently scored at the “proficient” level in math,teachers but 100% of the varying opinions from these groups with the public. and secondary school who then who have not tested positive. These groups need students at the Crown Heights Success We need hyper transparency in thisTED matter. indoctrinate our young people. tailored plans on who and how we will care for them.

S. WARREN | AP PHOTO Academy tested proficient where blacks Politicians get ridiculed all the time, except when I doubt whether the coronavirusWe need parameters and rules to protect the and Hispanics constitute 90% thecollege Nurses at a drive-up coronavirus testing station set up by the University of Washington Medical Center talk to a person we need them to make monumental decisions.

So I caused financial crunch willof give vulnerable. The highest at-risk residents, those in student body. administrators, who are a arriving to be tested as they sit in a car Friday, March 2020, Seattle. ask each of you reading along — What would you do? and university nursing homes and prisons, would see13, tight rulesinstay There’s little question that many crossbreed between a parrot and jellyfish, charter schools provide superior the guts and backbone to restore academic educational opportunities for black respectability.

Far too often, they get much youngsters.

The New York Times wrote, of their political support from campus “Over 100,000 students in hundreds grievance people who are membersofof the the city’s and charter schools aremulticultural doing well faculty diversity and on state tests, and tens of thousands of administrative offices. children are on waiting lists for spots.”

The best hope lies with boards of But here’s New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s trustees, though manyexpressing serve as yes-men take on charter schools, the for the university president.

I think that a interests of the education establishment: good start would be to find 1950sget or 1960s Letters addressed to the editor may be sent to letters@nsjonline.com or 3101 “Get away from high-stakes testing, catalogs.

Look at the course offerings away from charter schools. No federal at a time when college graduates knew how Industrial Dr. addressed Suite 105.to Raleigh, N.C. 27609. must be signed; include the Letters the editor may be sentLetters to letters@nsjonline.com or 3101 funding for charter schools.” toBlack read,people write cannot and compute, afford toand buymake into Industrial Dr. Suite 105.

Raleigh, N.C. 27609.

Letters must be signed; include the writer’s phone number, city and state; and be no longer than 300 words. Letters them today’s curricula.alternatives.

Another helpful any attack on education writer’s phone number, city and state; and be no longer than 300 words. Letters tool would be to give the careful consideration Charter schools across nation offer a may bemay edited for style, length when necessary. for op-eds be edited for style, lengthor orclarity clarity when necessary.

IdeasIdeas for op-eds should should to eliminating all classes/majors/minors way out of the educational abyss. containing the word “studies,” such as sentto toopinion@nsjonline.com. opinion@nsjonline.com. bebe sent 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.

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It’s a work from home Congress as House approves proxy vote

By Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. — It all started with the grandchildren.

As House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer saw it, if he could Face Time with the grandkids, why not have Congress legislate by video chat and avoid the health risks of convening at the Capitol during the coronavirus pandemic?

And so the 80-year-old congressman from Maryland steered the House into one of the more substantial rules changes of its 230 year history.

“This is no revolutionary, radical change,” Hoyer told The Associated Press in an interview. “This is exactly what the Founders wanted to happen.”

The House approved the new rules Friday, during what could likely be the chamber’s last full in-person votes for the foreseeable future.

From now on, lawmakers will be allowed to cast House floor votes by proxy — without being “present” as the Constitution requires. The next step will allow them to skip the middle-man and simply vote remotely once leaders approve the technology.

The shift will dramatically change the look, if not the operation, of the legislative branch.

Debate over the changes has been fierce.

As President Donald Trump encourages Americans back to work, Democrats pushed the changes past the objections of Republicans.

“It’s a very sad day inside this

House,” said Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.

Neither Civil War nor Great Depression or any other national crisis had spurred the House to allow its members to vote from home, a sign of how deeply the response to the virus outbreak is disrupting the institutional norms of American life.

McCarthy, a top Trump ally, argued during debate, “The founders would be ashamed.”

Since the virus outbreak shuttered Capitol Hill in March, the 435-member House has largely stayed away while the smaller Senate resumed operations. Several lawmakers and dozens of staff in the sprawling complex have tested positive as the virus hits close to home.

Democrats argue the House can rely on technology for remote work as the pandemic drags on. But Republicans objected to what they see as a power grab during the crisis.

Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the top Republican on the rules panel, warned the changes will fundamentally alter the nature of the institution, “and not for the better.”

Under the new rules, House lawmakers will no longer be required to travel to Washington to participate in floor votes. Some will. But others can assign their vote to another lawmaker who will be at the Capitol to cast it for them. A single lawmaker can carry 10 proxy votes to the chamber.

Just as important, the House committees — the bread and butter of legislative work — will be

“Convening Congress must not turn into a superspreader event.”

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), chairman of the Rules Committee able to fully function remotely.

Committee hearings are primetime for lawmakers — the chance to grill officials, spar with colleagues and have much of it captured on C-SPAN. House lawmakers will be able to draft bills, conduct oversight and even issue subpoenas from the comfort of their homes.

With the Capitol physician warning it could be years before Congress resumes full operations, lawmakers are anxious to show constituents they are working — but safely.

“Convening Congress must not turn into a super-spreader event,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., the chairman of the Rules Committee.

The changes are expected to be temporary, only through the remainder of this session of Congress, at the end of the year. Democrats insist the changes should be used only under times of crisis.

But Republicans warn there will be legal challenges to legislation passed during this period, questioning the constitutional legitimacy of proxy votes.

ANDREW HARNIK | AP PHOTO

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Washington, D.C. “You’ve got to be here,” said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. “You can’t phone it in.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shelved the proposal two weeks ago insisting she wanted any change of this significance to be bipartisan. McCarthy had proposed a “hybrid” plan that would allow the committees to conduct work remotely but stopped short of allowing the proxy floor voting. A bipartisan task force failed to reach a compromise.

The House has never allowed proxy floor votes, even during some of the most challenging eras in the nation’s history. Lawmakers convened during the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic and only stayed away a short time after the 2001 terror attacks. Proxy votes had been allowed in committees, but that ended decades ago.

For Hoyer, who has spent half his lifetime in Congress — marking his 40th year in the House next week — it’s a reminder that technological savvy cuts across genera-

tional and institutional lines.

He acknowledges being new to technology but quickly grew “enamored” by the feeling of proximity video provided. “It’s a real experience,” he said.

As lawmakers pushed for options during the crisis, the leader came on board. He’s not a fan of proxy voting — he would have preferred a video vote — but sees it as a temporary step until they are able to create the remote vote option.

Known as an institutionalist who often welcomes freshmen lawmakers with Capitol tours, Hoyer believes the changes are in keeping with tradition.

“It is unacceptable to have the Congress sidelined at any point in time,” he said.

“It is the use of technology to do the same thing the Congress has been doing since its inception,” he said — conducting oversight and debating and passing legislation “and sending it to the desk of the president.”

WHO bows to calls from countries for independent virus probe

By Jamey Keaten The Associated Press GENEVA — The World Health Organization bowed to calls Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it managed the international response to the coronavirus, which has been clouded by finger-pointing between the U.S. and China over a pandemic that has killed over 300,000 people and leveled the global economy.

The “comprehensive evaluation,” sought by a coalition of African, European and other countries, is intended to review “lessons learned” from WHO’s coordination of the global response to COVID-19, but would stop short of looking into contentious issues such as the origins of the new coronavirus.

In Washington, Trump faulted WHO for having done “a very sad job” and said he was considering whether to cut the annual U.S. funding from $450 million a year to $40 million.

“They gave us a lot of bad advice, terrible advice,” he said. “They were wrong so much, always on the side of China.”

Later, Trump tweeted a letter he had sent WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

In the letter, Trump said “the only way forward” is if WHO “can actually demonstrate independence from China.”

Trump said that unless WHO commits to “substantive improvements over the next 30 days,” he will make a temporary suspension of U.S. funding permanent.

WHO’s normally bureaucratic annual assembly this week has been overshadowed by mutual recriminations and political snip-

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In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. ing between the U.S. and China.

Trump has repeatedly attacked WHO, claiming that it helped China conceal the extent of the coronavirus pandemic in its early stages. Several Republican lawmakers have called on Tedros to resign.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday it was time to be frank about why COVID-19 has “spun out of control.”

“There was a failure by this organization to obtain the information that the world needed and that failure cost many lives,” Azar said. Speaking hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping announced China would provide $2 billion to help respond to the outbreak and its economic fallout, Azar said the U.S. had allocated $9 billion to

coronavirus containment efforts around the world.

Tedros said he would launch an independent evaluation of WHO’s response “at the earliest appropriate moment” — alluding to findings published Monday in a first report by an oversight advisory body commissioned to look into WHO’s response.

The 11-page report raised questions such as whether WHO’s warning system for alerting the world to outbreaks is adequate, and suggested member states might need to “reassess” WHO’s role in providing travel advice to countries.

In his opening remarks at the WHO meeting, Tedros held firm and sought to focus on the bigger troubles posed by the outbreak,

saying “we have been humbled by this very small microbe.”

“This contagion exposes the fault lines, inequalities, injustices and contradictions of our modern world,” Tedros said. “And geopolitical divisions have been thrown into sharp relief.”

China, meanwhile, sought to divert attention to its renewed efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic, with Xi announcing the $2 billion outlay over two years to fight it. Last year, China donated about $86 million to WHO. U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot characterized China’s newly announced contribution as “a token to distract from calls from a growing number of nations demanding accountability for the Chinese government’s failure to meet its obligations.” He said that since China was “the source” of the outbreak, it had “a special responsibility to pay more and give more.”

Xi insisted that China had acted with “openness, transparency and responsibility” when the epidemic was detected in Wuhan. He said China had given all relevant outbreak data to WHO and other countries, including the virus’s genetic sequence, “in a most timely fashion.”

Xi said that in recent weeks, China has dispatched medical supplies to more than 50 African countries and that 46 Chinese medical teams were currently on the continent helping local officials.

Other world leaders including the presidents of France, South Korea and South Africa and Germany’s chancellor were also piped in to throw their support to the WHO, which has been put on the defensive from a Trump administration

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that has blamed it for mishandling the outbreak and showering excessive praise on China’s response.

The European Union and others staked out a middle ground.

The Trump administration has claimed that WHO criticized a U.S. travel ban that Trump ordered on people arriving from China.

Trump ordered a temporary suspension of funding for WHO from the United States — the health agency’s biggest single donor — pending a review of its early response. The advisory body, echoing comments from many countries, said such a review during the “heat of the response” could hurt WHO’s ability to respond to it.

Xi said China supports the idea of a comprehensive review of the global response to COVID-19 and that it should be “based on science and professionalism led by WHO, and conducted in an objective and impartial manner.”

Tedros emphasized that WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a global health emergency on Jan. 30, its highest level of alert, at a time when there were fewer than 100 cases outside of China. In the following weeks, WHO warned countries there was a narrowing “window of opportunity” to prevent the virus from spreading globally.

During the first few months of the outbreak, WHO officials repeatedly described the virus’s spread as “limited” and said it wasn’t as transmissible as flu; experts have since said COVID-19 spreads even faster. It declared the outbreak to be a pandemic on March 11, after the virus had killed thousands globally and sparked large epidemics in South Korea, Italy, Iran and elsewhere.

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McCrary Park, home to the Asheboro Copperheads, remains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the Coastal Plain League plans to resume play July 1.

the Wednesday SIDELINE REPORT NASCAR

Coastal Plain League prepares for July 1 start with states’ OK

Harvick wins Cup Series’ return, CMS awaits

Eight of the summer league’s 15 teams are in North Carolina

Darlington, S.C. The NASCAR Cup Series returned to action Sunday with no fans and limited team members, but that didn’t keep Kevin Harvick from piloting his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Ford to Victory Lane in the first of four races for the series over the next 11 days. The Cup Series will race again at Darlington on Wednesday and then shift to Concord where the CocaCola 600 will he held Sunday followed by a second race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 27.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

AP names its top basketball players in N.C. Raleigh North Mecklenburg’s Tristan Maxwell and Newton-Conover’s Chyna Cornwell were named The Associated Press men’s and women’s prep basketball players of the year in North Carolina for the 2019-20 season Friday following a vote of 15 statewide media members. Maxwell, son of former NBA player Vernon Maxwell and a Georgia Tech recruit, averaged 24 points for the Class 4-A co-champion.

Cornwell, a 6-3 senior committed to Rutgers, averaged 26.2 points and 16.7 rebounds for the 2-A co-champion.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Wolfpack add high-scoring Perez as grad transfer Raleigh NC State is adding graduate transfer Raina Perez from Cal State Fullerton, the school announced last week. The 5-foot-4 guard was the Big West Conference player of the year after averaging a leaguebest 19.8 points. She also averaged 5.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists as a redshirt junior with the Titans.

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ments.

“All you can do is the best you can do,” coach David Cutcliffe said.

“We’re not with them. The difficult task is that they’re in different places and different environments.

Different size of dwellings. Different abilities to go run, even on the street. That concerns me greatly.”

In the early days of the shutdown, the staff acted quickly to help the players.

“When this happened, we saw there was a chance of this being long-term,” Cutcliffe said. “When we were able to go over to the office, before the stay-home, we were able to put together care packages that we sent to every current player. We were able to send different kinds of strength bands, protein powders, really outstanding snacks, different things that they needed to focus on to be as best they can.”

Then Durfey contacted the players to see what they had available in or around their homes.

“After about a week or so, when everything really started closing down, we reached out to find out what guys have access to,” Durfey said on the Duke football podcast. “After we found out what guys

BASEBALL WILL BE PLAYED in North Carolina this summer.

The Coastal Plain League, a college summer wood bat league with eight of its 15 franchises located within the state, has announced plans to begin a condensed 2020 season on July 1 with no or few limitations on the number of fans allowed in the ballpark to watch.

There’s only one catch.

Before the first pitch can be thrown and the first batch of popcorn popped, Gov. Roy Cooper and his counterparts in South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia must first lift current stay-at-home orders and ease other restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Depending on governmental guidance, teams may begin to form in mid-June to prepare for the season and may play some exhibition games in June,” CPL commissioner Justin Sellers said in a release, adding that the league is closely monitoring the COVID-19 announcements of federal, state and local authorities.

“It is expected that this schedule will allow the league’s teams and host cities to properly prepare to give the fans and the country’s finest collegiate baseball players a safe and enjoyable environment.”

Founded in 1997 by Pete Bock, the CPL was designed to give college baseball players from around the country an opportunity to continue playing once their school seasons are finished.

Similar to the more famous Cape Cod League in New England, the CPL provides a competitive setting for players to improve their skills while showcasing themselves for major league scouts that frequently attend the games.

The season usually runs from late May through early August.

The North Carolina-based teams are the Asheboro Copperheads, Forest City Owls, Gastonia Grizzlies, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms, Holly Springs Salamanders, Morehead City Marlins, Wilmington Sharks and Wilson Tobs.

Other teams are located in Macon and Savannah, Georgia; Colonial Heights, Hampton and Martinsville, Virginia; and Lexington, South Carolina. The franchise in Florence, South Carolina, is unable to play this summer because its field, owned

by Francis Marion University, is unavailable.

Although there are still obstacles to clear before the gates can open and the games begin, news of the CPL’s reopening plan has been music to the ears of team officials such as Wilson general manager Mike Bell.

“At this point, I know every team in the CPL is prepared for the season,” Bell said. “The big question has just been the waiting game. It’s still a waiting game at this point, but looking at Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia and

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Duke sent all its football players care packages to help them prepare for the upcoming season during the coronavirus pandemic.

Duke football players using household items to do offseason workouts Care packages, specialized plans and nutritional advice are helping to support the Blue Devils

By Shawn Krest North State Journal CHAMPIONS ARE MADE in the weight room, or so goes the old football cliché, anyway. But what happens when weight rooms are locked and gyms are off-limits?

That was the problem facing most college football programs as the time usually slotted for offseason conditioning arrived, with the nation still mired in a shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

At Duke, for instance, players usually spend much of the summer on campus, taking courses in both summer sessions and working out regularly under the watchful eye of strength and conditioning coach Noel Durfey.

Campus is closed, however.

Classes are online and players are home. Not all homes are created equally, which makes Durfey’s job even tougher as he tries to make sure the Blue Devils get their weight work in despite what may be very different home environ-

“If our government officials think everything is safe, we want to be ready to go.”

Dennis Garcia, Asheboro Copperheads GM

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TRENDING

Martin Jarmond: The Fayetteville native and former UNC Wilmington basketball player is set to become UCLA’s next athletic director. Jarmond has been the AD at Boston College for the past three years.

The 39-year-old has reportedly agreed to a six-year deal to replace Dan Guerrero, who is retiring after 18 years as the Bruins’ AD. Jarmond came to UNCW as a walk-on from Pine Forest High School, eventually worked his way into the starting lineup and was twice named team captain. A 5-foot-9 point guard, he was a key contributor on the Seahawks’ first NCAA Tournament team in 2000.

beyond the box score POTENT QUOTABLES

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

New Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes has added some veteran experience to his backcourt for next season, landing UNLV graduate transfer Jonah Antonio. The 6-foot-5 guard started his career at Mount St. Mary’s, spent a year at South Plains College in Texas and then last season with the Runnin’ Rebels. The Australian guard averaged 6.9 points and was second on the team with 53 made 3-pointers (31.5%).

NELL REDMOND | AP PHOTO

“Let’s get it then” Hornets forward Miles Bridges on Twitter responding to story in which 57-year-old team owner Michael Jordan said he was “pretty sure” he could beat his players 1-on-1.

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NFL

MEDIA

Alex Bowman: The driver of the Cup Series No. 88 has signed a one-year contract extension to remain with Hendrick Motorsports through 2021. Bowman has already qualified for this year’s playoffs after winning at Fontana on March 1, two weeks before the season was suspended by the coronavirus pandemic.

Bowman, 27, is fourth in the Cup standings and in his third full season driving the No. 88 for Hendrick.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic: A much-vandalized statue of the Swedish soccer icon is being moved from its current location outside the stadium of his boyhood club in Malmo but will stay in the city. The 10‑foot statue has been repeatedly attacked since Ibrahimovic become a part-owner in Hammarby, a Stockholm-based team and a rival of Malmo.

The most recent act of vandalism saw the statue cut off at the ankles, leading to it being removed in early January for repairs.

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“We miss the fans.”

Kevin Harvick upon exiting his car following his win Sunday at an empty Darlington Raceway in the return of NASCAR Cup Series racing.

Phyllis George, the 1971 Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70. A family spokeswoman said George died Thursday at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital after a long fight with a blood disorder.

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Former Redskins star Dexter Manley was hospitalized Friday in the Washington area and is receiving oxygen to treat breathing issues after testing positive for the coronavirus May 2, according to two of his children. The 61-year-old Manley has steadily run a temperature between 101 and 104 degrees.

PRIME NUMBER

$640K The amount of money lost per game Major League Baseball told players their prorated salaries would contribute to over an 82-game season in empty ballparks. Owners are instead seeking a 5050 split in revenue that players are reluctant to accept.

NASCAR

BRYNN ANDERSON | AP PHOTO

Ratings were up 38% for the NASCAR Cup Series’ return Sunday at Darlington from the race at Phoenix on March 8.

The race, aired on Fox, peaked with more than 6.8 million viewers, and it was the most-watched Cup race — excluding the Daytona 500 — on any network since the March 5, 2017, race at Atlanta.

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WEEK 10

From Hertford to Jackson 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. The series hits the halfway point with the 10th installment this week with profiles from Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Iredell and Jackson counties.

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Ahoskie’s Timmy Newsome, pictured embracing Cowboys teammate Monty Hunter (34) after an interception returned for a touchdown in a 1983 playoff win over Tampa Bay, played fullback for nine seasons in Dallas.

Hertford County

TIMMY NEWSOME NEWSOME WAS SURROUNDED BY greatness throughout his football career, which started on a team at Ahoskie High School that featured two other future NFL players — Bobby Futrell and Sam Harrell.

His college coach at Winston-Salem State, Bill Hayes, was inducted into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2018, while his long-time coach with the Dallas Cowboys, Tom Landry, is a Pro Football Hall of Famer.

The son of a farmer and teacher, Newsome was a defensive back in high school, helping his team to a 13-0 record as a senior in 1974 before losing in the 3A state championship game to Ragsdale. He was moved to running back at WinstonSalem State, where he led the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association in rushing and scoring three times while guiding the Rams to undefeated seasons in 1978-79.

Newsome was named CIAA Offensive Player of the Year in each of his final three college seasons, twice earning Division II All-America recognition before being selected in the sixth round of the 1980 NFL Draft. Although he shared a backfield with the likes of Hall of Famers Tony Dorsett and Herschel Walker, Newsome played in 121 games over nine seasons as an all-purpose back and lead blocker. He finished his career with 1,225 yards and 19 touchdowns on the ground, along with 1,966 yards and 11 touchdowns on 212 catches as a receiver. Newsome, who runs a successful computer software business in Dallas, was selected to the Cowboys’ alldecade team for the 1980s, and in 2019, he was inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame.

Hoke County

KATHY MCMILLAN BORN AND RAISED IN RURAL Raeford, McMillan had never heard of the Olympics before her track coach at Hoke County High School, William Colston, told her that she might be a good enough long jumper to make the U.S. team for the 1976 Games in Montreal.

“I didn’t know what the Olympic team was,” she said in January upon her induction as an inaugural member of the North Carolina High School Track & Field Hall of Fame. “But I had faith in what he was saying.”

That faith was rewarded a few months later when the 18-year-old broke the U.S. women’s record with a jump of 22 feet, 3

inches at an AAU meet in Los Angeles.

Her leap was more than 2 feet farther than any high school woman had ever recorded and is still the second-best in history. And it turned out to be the springboard that landed her a spot on the Olympic team.

McMillan had already won four consecutive NCHSAA championships in the long jump to go along with the five state titles she won in sprint events.

But the crowning achievement of her career Kathy came just one month after McMillan receiving her high school diploma when she brought home an Olympic silver medal from Montreal. She came literally a toenail away from winning the gold when a marginal foul negated what would have been a jump of 22-4½.

McMillan went on to a successful career at Tennessee State, where she won two national AAU titles and a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games. She missed out on a second chance at Olympic gold because President Jimmy Carter boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games in protest of the Soviet Union’s military presence in Afghanistan.

In addition to being elected into several Halls of Fame, McMillan has served as a board member for USA Track & Field, the governing body for the sport in this country.

Hyde County

SYDNEY AUSTIN TRIPLE-DOUBLES ARE A RARE occurrence in basketball, especially at the high school level where games are eight minutes shorter than in college and 16 minutes less than in the NBA. But not for Sydney Austin.

They became so commonplace during her junior season at Ocracoke School that it was almost a surprise when she didn’t hit for double figures in three statistical categories.

The 6-foot forward did it eight times, but that wasn’t her most impressive accomplishment.

Sydney On Jan. 17, 2016, she Austin became only the seventh player in NC High School Athletic Association history to record a quadruple-double when she put up 22 points, 15 rebounds, 12 steals and 10 assists

in a win against Mattamuskeet.

Austin led all 1A players that season in steals at eight per game as a senior in 2016-17 while finishing second in scoring (24 points per game) and rebounding (11 rebounds per game). She finished her high school career as Ocracoke’s all-time leader in scoring (1,770 points), rebounds (904) and steals (450), twice winning all-district recognition while earning all-conference honors in each of her four seasons.

In the process, she earned a spot on Ocracoke School’s wall of fame alongside her father, Wade Austin, who was a basketball star in his own right.

For all she’s accomplished on the basketball court, though, perhaps her most impressive athletic feat was her fourthplace finish in the high jump at the 1A state track in Greensboro in 2017. She jumped 5 feet even to earn the first state meet medal in school history. And she did it on just the sixth competitive jump of her life after taking up the event on a whim.

“Had she been able to practice, she might have won the whole thing,” her mother, Gwen, told the Ocracoke Observer newspaper.

Following her high school graduation, Austin went on to play two seasons of basketball at Cape Fear Community College. Her story is still being written with one more season of eligibility remaining at William Peace College.

Iredell County

LOUIS “PINKY” CLARKE THE 1924 PARIS OLYMPICS WILL best be remembered for rivalries and relationships between English sprinters Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell and their American counterparts, Jackson Scholz and Charley Paddock, all of whom were immortalized by the Academy Awardwinning film “Chariots of Fire.”

Pinky Clarke might have made an appearance in that movie, too, had the U.S. Olympic Committee not decided during the trip across the Atlantic to substitute Paddock for him in the 200 meters.

Though a reason for the change was never announced, it is believed to have been made because Clarke was Jewish. Paddock went on to win the silver medal in the event.

Despite that disappointment, Clarke didn’t come home empty-handed. The then 22-year-old Statesville native was added to the American 4x100 relay team, on which he combined with teammates Frank Hussey, Loren Murchison and Al LeConey to win the gold medal in a world record time of 41.0 seconds. Sweden won the silver medal with a British team that included Abrahams taking bronze.

Clarke ran the second leg of the race and, according to a newspaper account, came from behind to give the U.S. a lead it never relinquished.

“I never had an opportunity to win an Olympic (individual) event, but making the team is the tough thing,” the first North Carolinian ever to compete in the Summer Games said in a 1955 interview. “Regardless of what you do in the Olympics, you know that you are good enough to make the team.”

Clarke earned his spot on the team through his performances at Johns Hopkins University, where he became a track star almost by accident. He was a benchwarmer on the Blue Jays’ baseball team when a member of the track team noticed his speed on the bases and talked him into switching sports.

It turned out to be a smart move. Clarke went on to win an NCAA championship in the 100-yard dash in 1923 and set what was then an indoor world record in the event with a time of 9.8 seconds in the semifinal heat of a meet held at Baltimore’s First Regiment Armory in February 1924.

Seventy years later, he was honored as a member of the inaugural class inducted into the Johns Hopkins Athletic Hall of Fame.

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Sylva’s Cetera DeGraffenreid was National Player of the Year at Smoky Mountain High School and went on to be an All-ACC pick in three of her four seasons at UNC.

Jackson County

CETERA DEGRAFFENREID SMALL IN STATURE, EVEN BY women’s basketball standards, 5-foot‑5 Cetera DeGraffenreid had a knack for putting up big numbers on the stat sheet at every level she played.

She once scored 60 points in a middle school game, then rang up 45 points in the first varsity game she played as a freshman at Smoky Mountain High School in Sylva.

She averaged 28 points per game — along with 7.5 steals, 6.3 assists and 6.1 assists — as a senior on her way to winning Gatorade North Carolina Player of the Year honors in 2007 and becoming a McDonald’s AllAmerican.

She scored 42 points in her final high school game, setting a state championship game record while leading her team to the 2A title victory against Graham to finish her prep career with 3,081 points — the second-most in NCHSAA women’s history.

Asked at the time how she manages to score so many points, DeGraffenreid told The Associated Press that “just playing the game for many years, I guess it comes naturally.”

Her success carried over into college at North Carolina, where in 2008 she earned ACC All-Freshman honors while helping the Tar Heels advance to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight. She followed that up by finishing among the top 10 in the conference in four statistical categories, including having the ACC’s best assistto-turnover ratio. As a senior, she was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in women’s college basketball.

In four seasons in Chapel Hill, DeGraffenreid was picked to an All-ACC team three times, helped UNC to four NCAA Tournament appearances and more made free throws (544) than anyone in school history. And, oh yes, she also scored a lot of points — 1,563 of them to be exact.

She also ranks third on UNC’s career list in assists with 589 and steals with 371 while also placing among the top 10 with a freethrow percentage of .756.

After graduation, DeGraffenreid played professionally in Israel before going into coaching. She is currently an assistant at UNC Greensboro.

North State Journal for Wednesday, May 20, 2020

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Uncanceled: The 2012-13 NHL lockout In the final entry in the series, NSJ takes on hockey’s last labor stoppage

By Shawn Krest North State Journal FOR THE PAST TWO months, we’ve been trying to make up for the lack of sporting events by reconstructing games that were canceled due to past labor disputes.

If we can’t have live games to follow due to events out of our control, the logic went, then the least we can do is make up the games that owners and players willingly called off because they couldn’t come up with a way to split a pool of money.

We’ve reconstructed two MLB seasons — the strike and lockout marred 1981 and 1994 ones. Then we moved on to the NFL and fixed its 1982 and 1987 seasons. Then we rebuilt the 1998-99 and 2011-12 NBA seasons.

Last week, we turned to the NHL and uncanceled the 1994-95 season.

The next NHL labor dispute wiped out the 2004-05 season.

Since the entire regular season and playoffs were canceled, we’d need to use the entire 2005-06 season as make-up games for the canceled ones. And that means that your Carolina Hurricanes would win back-to-back Stanley Cups — the real one they won on the ice in 2006 would also serve as the makeup for 2005.

Now, our uncanceled series concludes with the 2012-13 NHL season.

A lockout wiped out the start of the season that year. Play finally resumed on Jan. 19, and the 82-game season was shortened to 48.

The Boston Bruins emerged from the fourth seed to win the Eastern Conference, knocking off the top-seeded Penguins in a fourgame sweep in the Eastern finals.

Out west, the top-seeded Blackhawks stormed to the Stanley Cup Final, where they knocked off Boston in six games to hoist the Stanley Cup. Can they pull it off in a full season? 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 ice. 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 Pittsburgh won the Atlantic in a rout through 48 games. The makeups only served to extend the Penguins’ lead, as they won the division

by 23 points. The Islanders went 1218-4 in makeup games to lose their grip on the final playoff spot. Philadelphia, which went 19-11-4 in the makeups, took the spot.

The only other major change in the East was the Bruins, who had a conference-best 24-6-4 makeup record to take the Northeast Division title from Montreal.

Western Conference One division and one playoff spot flipped when we uncanceled the Western Conference. Chicago had a 17-point lead in the Central at the end of 48 games and needed most of that margin to hold off the hardcharging Blues, who went a leaguebest 25-6-3 in the makeups. Unfortunately for St. Louis, it didn’t improve their No. 4 seed at all.

Columbus played one game over .500 in the makeups, but it was enough to earn the Blue Jackets the eighth seed when Vancouver collapsed in the Northwest. The Canucks went 13-17-4 and fell from the division lead to out of the playoffs entirely. Minnesota took the Northwest with a 19-10-5 mark in makeups.

Playoffs The playoffs in the East were thrown a wrench when the eighth-seeded Flyers swept the Penguins in the first round. The No. 2 and 3 seeds, the Bruins and Capitals, advanced to the conference final, and Washington won, four games to one, to play for the Cup. While the one first-round upset scrambled the East, the Western Conference postseason was utter chaos. All four first-round series ended in upsets. Eighth-seeded Colorado swept top-seeded Chicago. No. 7 Detroit beat second-seeded Anaheim in seven games. San Jose, the sixth seed, knocked off No. 3 Minnesota in five games, and fifth-seeded Los Angeles beat fourth-seeded St. Louis in six.

The Kings swept Colorado in the second round and beat San Jose in seven to win the wild, wild West.

Los Angeles then beat Washington in seven games to win the 2013 Stanley Cup, which would give them three straight (they also won in 2012 and 2014), the first team to three-peat since the Islanders of the early 1980s won four in a row.

That brings our uncanceled series to an end, with no more canceled games to make up. Ironically, our series seems to have served its purpose, making up for a lack of pro sports. Just as we end, NASCAR has run its first event and the other leagues are taking steps toward reopening. Of course, showing that we can’t possibly fix everything, just as we finish uncanceling all the past labor disputes, another one — in MLB — could end up delaying or canceling baseball’s return to the field.

CHRIS CARLSON | AP PHOTO

The Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup in the two full seasons that sandwiched the 2012-13 lockout-shortened campaign. Would a full 82-game season have given them three straight titles?

2012-13 NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE

UNCANCELED NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L OTL Points Pittsburgh Penguins 36 12 0 72 New York Rangers 26 18 4 56 New York Islanders 24 17 7 55 Philadelphia Flyers 23 22 3 49 New Jersey Devils 19 19 10 48

Northeast Division W L OTL Points Montreal Canadiens 29 14 5 63 Boston Bruins 28 14 6 62 Toronto Maple Leafs 26 17 5 57 Ottawa Senators 25 17 6 56 Buffalo Sabres 21 21 6 48

Southeast Division W L OTL Points Washington Capitals 27 18 3 57 Winnipeg Jets 24 21 3 51 Carolina Hurricanes 19 25 4 42 Tampa Bay Lightning 18 26 4 40 Florida Panthers 15 27 6 36

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Playoff Position 1 6 8

Central Division W L OTL Points Chicago Blackhawks 36 7 5 77 St. Louis Blues 29 17 2 60 Detroit Red Wings 24 16 8 56 Columbus Blue Jackets 24 17 7 55 Nashville Predators 16 23 9 41

Northwest Division W L OTL Points Vancouver Canucks 26 15 7 59 Minnesota Wild 26 19 3 55 Edmonton Oilers 19 22 7 45 Calgary Flames 19 25 4 42 Colorado Avalanche 16 25 7 39

Pacific Division W L OTL Points Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 30 12 6 66 Los Angeles Kings 27 16 5 59 San Jose Sharks 25 16 7 57 Phoenix Coyotes 21 18 9 51 Dallas Stars 22 22 4 48

Playoff Position 1 4 7

Playoff Position 2 4 5 7 Playoff Position 3

Playoff Position 3 8

Playoff Position 2 5 6

Atlantic Division W L OTL Points Pittsburgh Penguins 57 22 3 117 New York Rangers 44 32 6 94 Philadelphia Flyers 42 33 7 91 New York Islanders 36 35 11 83 New Jersey Devils 32 33 17 81

Northeast Division W L OTL Points Boston Bruins 52 20 10 114 Montreal Canadiens 47 27 8 102 Toronto Maple Leafs 44 30 8 96 Ottawa Senators 41 29 12 94 Buffalo Sabres 30 42 10 70

Southeast Division W L OTL Points Washington Capitals 44 29 9 97 Winnipeg Jets 40 35 7 87 Tampa Bay Lightning 37 37 8 82 Carolina Hurricanes 34 40 8 76 Florida Panthers 28 45 9 65

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Playoff Position 1 7 8

Central Division W L OTL Points Chicago Blackhawks 55 16 11 121 St. Louis Blues 54 23 5 113 Detroit Red Wings 39 29 14 92 Columbus Blue Jackets 40 32 10 90 Nashville Predators 31 37 14 76

Northwest Division W L OTL Points Minnesota Wild 45 29 8 98 Vancouver Canucks 39 32 11 89 Colorado Avalanche 36 36 10 82 Edmonton Oilers 32 39 11 75 Calgary Flames 30 45 7 67

Pacific Division W L OTL Points Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 52 24 9 113 Los Angeles Kings 49 28 8 106 San Jose Sharks 47 28 11 105 Phoenix Coyotes 35 38 15 85 Dallas Stars 38 40 8 84

Playoff Position 1 4 7 8

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the phases where everything sits at, we’ve got a very high confidence that we’re going to be getting the season started.”

One thing going for the league’s teams is that most of the logistics for the season have already been addressed. Rosters have been compiled except for some late additions from other leagues that won’t be playing, host families for the players once they arrive at the venues have been arranged and promotional items have already been ordered and paid for.

Asheboro general manager Dennis Garcia said that league officials have been in communication with one another to ensure that health and safety precautions will be taken at the games.

All that’s left is for the green light to go.

Under the current plan, the league will play a 42-game schedule, down from the usual 56. The All-Star Game in Holly Springs has been canceled and the playoffs shortened. Other cost-cutting measures, including schedules that will minimize travel as much as possible, will also be implemented.

Because all 15 CPL franchises are independently owned and not supported by major league organizations as is the case with minor league teams, their financial survival is dependent on as much of the season being played as possible.

“With this now, half is better than nothing,” Garcia said.

“Anything we can do is important because we have tons of great sponsors and great host families, and our communities

have, we came up with four different workouts.”

Some players had basically the same type of setup they’d have in the Duke weight room, with a full set of weights. Some could do bench press and squats. Some just had dumbbells in the house. And some …

“A lot of guys didn’t have anything,” Durfey said.

When he says “a lot,” Durfey means “most.”

“I’d say it’s about 60/40,” he estimated. “With 60% don’t. 40% have access.”

So he and his staff had to design a workout using items commonly found around the house that would allow a Power Five college football player to get his lifting in.

First, Duke’s staff had to make sure that other items commonly found around the house weren’t going to negate the work Durfey was having the players put in.

“All of us in this quarantine mode, if you got snacks in your house, you’re crazy,” Cutcliffe said. “That’s what you go to first — all of us, including our players. … Beth Miller, our nutritionist, sends out information about reminders and proper nutrition and foods that make them feel full and foods that give them energy and foods that help recovery.”

Assuming the players are eating right, Durfey could set about finding things suitable for them to lift.

Does that mean Duke players around the country are busy deadlifting their refrigerator or pushing the family car up and down hills? Not quite. Durfey’s priority is to keep the players safe, even if it means they can’t get the strength gains from offseason work that players often see.

“They’ve got to come back in shape,” he said. “Worst-case scenario: They come back in July. There’s not enough

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The Coastal Plain League is planning a 42-game schedule — down from 56 — with fans filling stands like these in McCrary Park. are affected if we don’t play.

“We’re definitely hoping to get something in, and we’re going to be ready if we’re allowed. If our government officials think everything is safe, we want to be ready to go.”

According to Bell, the team’s bottom line isn’t the only reason it’s important for baseball to be played in Wilson and places like it around the state.

“Most of the teams in our league aren’t necessarily built into large communities like a Charlotte or a Raleigh,” he said.

“So we’re just not looking at it from a financial standpoint but also a community standpoint.

“As long as COVID is contained and we’re trending in the right direction here, every community needs CPL teams to function because it brings a lot of people out. People are hungry for some sort of entertainment.

“And we don’t just go out there and have Thirsty Thursdays or buy one, get one free tickets. We have Make A Wish Night and Military Night and Home Run For Hunger canned good collections, legitimate programs in this league that directly help people that need it.

So if we’re not able to function, that not only hurts us but also people in our community.”

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time to get in shape. We can get stronger as we go along. That’s really the easier part.”

Instead, players are using something that every college student has available — their backpack. When filled with Duke textbooks, it can become very heavy. Duke’s workout plan involves doing pushups while wearing their backpacks and using them to add weight to leg lifts, delt raises (the dumbbell lift that looks like a bird flapping its wings) and lunges.

Jugs of water and large cans of food can help replace dumbbells for curls and other lifting exercises, and, often, a partner pulling on a towel wrapped around the player’s arm or leg can provide resistance. Durfey has the players using towel resistance for rowing exercises and curls.

To make sure the players understand exactly how they’re supposed to use these household props, and to avoid injury, Durfey and his staff upload videos demonstrating each new exercise and movement.

Eventually, the players will be able to return to campus, and then, it will be time to get ready for the season.

“When the kids do get back, man, it’s gonna be fast and furious,” Durfey said.

Despite that, he realizes that not everyone may have been able to stay in football shape with book bags and towels. As a result, he’s been busy ordering 110 heart-rate monitors to evaluate and monitor the players as they work out in the Duke weight room.

“We’ve got to be patient,” he said.

“We’ve got to be calm. We’ve got to meet the kids where they are physically.”

He’s not too worried about the Blue Devils coming back out of shape, however.

“The teams with the most self-discipline will thrive in this type of environment,” he said. “We’ve got to be that team.”

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Brooks Brothers permanently closing Garland factory Garland, N.C. Brooks Brothers, the iconic men’s clothing company, is shutting the doors of its shirt factory in Sampson County, leaving 146 people without jobs. Local news outlets reported late last week that the New York-­based company sent a letter to the N.C. Department of Commerce confirming the closure, citing recent effects of the coronavirus, including on both the retail and manufacturing fronts. Garland Mayor Winifred Murphy said she expected the job losses to hit the town hard. “We’re devastated right now emotionally because it’s family,” Murphy said. The location, only one of three company factories in the U.S., is scheduled to close permanently on July 20.

With no leader, commission overseeing virus relief struggles

By Matthew Daly The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Seven weeks after Congress unleashed more than $2 trillion to deal with the coronavirus crisis, an oversight commission intended to keep track of how the money is spent remains without a leader.

Four of the five members of the Congressional Oversight Commission have been appointed, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have not agreed on a chair, leaving the commission rudderless as the federal government pumps unprecedented sums into the economy.

Without a leader, the panel’s remaining members can still do some oversight work, but cannot hire staff or set up office space. The four members have not met as a group since the economic rescue law was passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in late March.

“If the commission is not functioning — which it is not — then there is no oversight” on a huge part of the economic rescue law, said John Coates, a professor of law and economics at Harvard Law School.

So far, “it’s a non-oversight, oversight commission,” added Kimberly Wehle, a visiting professor at American University Law School.

Lawmakers trying to oversee the spending law “are surging down the rapids without a raft,’’ she said.

Congress created the panel to watch over $500 billion in lending to distressed industries backed by the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve. The Fed has said the money can be leveraged to offer more than $2 trillion in loans to U.S. companies.

But without a chairman, the panel’s activity has been reduced to tweets and letters by individual commissioners and a May 8 statement in which it pledged to publish a required report “soon.”

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In this May 14, 2020, file photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. “oversight should not suffer because these two can’t agree.”

Representatives for Pelosi and McConnell said they had no update on when the oversight position would be filled, although Pelosi has told reporters she and McConnell have been talking “and hopefully we’ll have a decision soon.”

Meanwhile, they have engaged in a high-profile war of words over a new, $3 trillion rescue law pushed

by House Democrats.

McConnell called the bill “an 1,800-page liberal wish list,’’ while Pelosi lambasted McConnell and other Republicans who have said they want to hold off on more relief spending. “It’s amazing to me how much patience and how much tolerance someone can have for the pain of others,” she said. The House approved the bill on Friday, setting up negotiations with the White House and Senate Republicans that could

go on for weeks.

Wehle, who teaches courses on the separation of powers, said congressional dysfunctional goes back decades. “There used to be a Congress that worked across the aisle to get things done,’’ she said. “They are really not in the business of legislating anymore.’’

Ironically, the economic rescue law itself was a rare exception, as Republicans and Democrats joined together to pass the bill overwhelmingly as the country faced an economic collapse because of the COVID-19 crisis. The Senate passed the bill 96-0 and the House approved it two days later on a voice vote. Trump signed it within hours of final passage.

“It was a shining moment when it first came out,” Wehle said of the economic rescue law. “We had a glimmer of possibility, but that didn’t last.’’

ally a lot of activity,” Powell said.

“The parts that involve people being in the same place, very close together. Those parts of the economy will be challenged until people feel really safe again.”

The Fed chairman said he and other central bank officials, in conversations with businesses, labor leaders, universities and hospitals, have picked up on “a growing sense that the recovery may take some time to gain momentum.”

“That would mean,” he added, “that we will start our recovery and get on that road, and that’ll be a good thing, but that it’ll take

some time to pick up steam.”

Powell reiterated his view that both Congress and the Fed must be prepared to provide additional financial support to prevent permanent damage to the economy from widespread bankruptcies among small businesses or longterm unemployment, which typically erodes workers’ skills and social networks. Congress has already approved roughly $3 trillion in rescue aid for individuals and businesses. But states and localities are in need of federal money to avoid having to cut jobs and services, and legislation to provide that money remains at an impasse in Congress.

If necessary, Powell said, the Fed could expand any of the nine emergency lending programs it has launched since the viral outbreak began to harm the economy — or create new ones. In March, the central bank slashed its benchmark interest rate to near zero as stock markets plunged and bond markets froze. The Fed has also

intervened by buying $2.1 trillion in Treasurys and other bonds in an effort to keep interest rates low and smooth the flow of credit.

The Fed could also provide more explicit guidance on how long it will keep rates pegged at nearly zero and the extent of its bond-purchase programs, Powell said. Doing so would give banks and other companies more confidence that borrowing rates will stay lower for longer.

But the chairman reiterated that the Fed isn’t considering cutting rates into negative territory, which President Donald Trump has repeatedly urged. The issue of negative rates flared up in recent weeks when futures markets essentially bet that the Fed would take that step early next year, as some other central banks have done.

“There’re plenty of people who think negative interest rates are a good policy,” Powell said. “But we don’t really think so at the Federal Reserve.”

nox location was doing incredibly well right before the pandemic struck, having hosted the region’s Manufacturers Association meeting in October, and also a Presidential China event in February.

“Sure, millennials seem to be less tied to these more formal traditions [when it comes to owning fine china]. But I would be totally remiss if I said we saw any earlier warning signs about this happening,” she said. “Lenox has been a very active partner in our community, since their creation. I am so very sad they are leaving…they truly are one of our most dedicated and appreciated beacons in our community.”

Koonce says there was very little turnover at their Kinston facility which speaks to the fact that these workers loved their jobs.

“Each time I visited, they all had smiles on their faces and were happy to be at work-not to mention they were a very talented group of people!”

In press interviews, Kinston mayor Don Hardy, said it is undoubtedly a big loss for the community and for the employees. “It’s gonna be a very, very tough time for those that are going to look for jobs, especially those who had been there 20+ years,” he said.

Most employees are applying for unemployment benefits related to the coronavirus.

Jeff Turner, former vice chair of

the Lenoir County Economic Development Commission and a key player on the team that originally lured Lenox to Kinston said there would be a huge hole in the community with the departure of Lenox. “Every job is so important to eastern North Carolina and it was a great relationship we had with Lenox. They came and opened up and have been a great provider of good jobs for our region for years.

They will be missed.”

He did say the company had a bit of economic trouble back in 2008 when the financial crisis forced people to change their spending habits. Nonetheless they were an icon Turner said, citing a popular TV commercial where an engaged couple says to one another “I’ll get the license, you get the Lenox.”

Social distancing guidelines have forced factories nationwide to shut their doors. COVID-19 outbreaks have affected multiple employees at meat and poultry plants as Tyson Foods announced it will temporarily limit operations at its Wilkesboro plant. Caterpillar is considering closing plants in Germany, Polaris Inc. which makes boats and motorcycles plans to close a plant in Syracuse, IN., and Goodyear Tire will close its operation in Gadsden, AL. It is understandable, seeing as how these workers put themselves in harm’s way just by reporting to the as-

sembly line floor, but it leaves many asking what the future holds for the manufacturing sector.

Lenoir County’s workforce is 26% manufacturing, which illustrates how important manufacturing and training is to the region.

Koonce says the Lenox facility is already for sale and has actually been shown a couple of times since the announcement. Lenoir Community College’s Workforce Development program is a nearby resource that allows employees to re-skill or receive new training as they consider alternative careers.

“We work very closely with LCC trying to match students to careers,” Koonce says.

In addition, the Lenoir County Economic Development Office has been working with area businesses and manufacturers that need additional employees during this time, and the HR departments have been proactive in trying to hire former Lenox workers. Koonce says she is thankful for Lenoir’s Manufacturers Association in a time like this, because it connects these employers and their resources to one another.

“Eastern N.C. is a very resilient region, and we have been dealt many different difficult situations in the past, with hurricanes, etc.,” Koonce said. “However, for the most part our residents fight hard to make a comeback and always do.”

The failure by Pelosi and McConnell to agree on an oversight head is the latest example of a broken Congress, marked by partisanship and polarization. Even as both sides acknowledge the importance of overseeing the sprawling economic rescue law, lawmakers are immobilized by a larger political fight, with no resolution immediately in sight.

“It’s disappointing but not surprising” that the oversight panel lacks a leader nearly two months after the emergency law was adopted, said Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight. “We’ve all seen how Congress operates,’’ she added, saying it was difficult to see Pelosi and McConnell agreeing on an appointee in the near term, given their level of mutual distrust.

The dispute between the two leaders “far transcends this particular problem,’’ Brian said, but

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US home construction dropped 30.2% in April Washington, D.C. U.S. home building plunged again in April, taken down by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that ground breakings plummeted 30.2% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 891,000. Construction of single-family homes dropped 25.4% to an annual rate of 650,000. The lockdowns and travel restrictions designed to contain the pandemic have brought economic life to a near standstill. The unemployment rate is 14.7%, highest since the Great Depression. The construction slump is likely to continue. Building permits for new housing dropped 20.8% to an annual rate of 1.07 million.

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Walmart becomes a lifeline and online sales surge 74% New York Walmart became a lifeline to millions of people as the coronavirus spread and its surging profit and sales during the fiscal first quarter topped almost all expectations. Online sales in the U.S. jumped 74%, fueled by a rush on canned foods, paper towels and other crucial supplies needed as people sheltered in place. Same-store sales rose 10% at U.S. Walmart stores on strong sales of food, health and wellness goods. Costs soared as well, $900 million in all related to the pandemic.

Cash bonuses issued to all hourly workers reached $755 million and Walmart upped pay by $2 per hour at its warehouses. It rolled out an emergency leave policy and spent money on shields at checkout lines, as well as new signage to control the flow of customers in stores. Walmart pulled its guidance for the year, citing the chaos of the pandemic.

It also pulled the plug on Jet.com, an online startup that it bought for more than $3 billion in 2016 as it sought to ramp up online operations to compete with Amazon.com.

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acknowledging that unemployment could peak near the Depression high of 25%, he noted that U.S. banks are far healthier now and that the Fed and other central banks are much more able and willing to intervene to bolster economies than they were in the 1930s.

Still, Powell cautioned that it would take time for the economy to return to anything close to normal. A recovery “could stretch through the end of next year,” he said. And a vaccine would likely be necessary for Americans to feel safe enough to return to their normal economic behavior of shopping, traveling, eating out and congregating in large groups — activities that fuel much of the economy’s growth. Most health experts have said that a vaccine won’t be ready for use for 12 to 18 months at least.

“Certain parts of the economy will find it very difficult to have re-

LENOX from page B5 the competent, dedicated and proud team of the Kinston factory,” he added.

Lenox actually moved into the first Shell Building that Lenoir County built in 1989. It was originally 20,000 square feet, and as it sits today is 255,000 square feet. The factory has seen several expansions since they first began. The company is famous for its innovative and unique manufacturing capabilities, including hand-enameled dots, etching techniques and microwave-safe metals. The Kinston factory produced nine of Lenox’s top ten patterns and could produce 15,000 to 20,000 pieces of fine china daily.

It is inevitable that during a health crisis consumers would tighten their belts and stop spending on nonessential items like fine serve ware. The International Monetary Fund forecasts the world economy will shrink by 3% this year and U.S. consumer spending in March logged its largest monthly decline on record.

This, coupled with the fact that fewer young adults are registering for fine china when they get married, may have played a small role in Lenox’s decision.

However according to Keely Koonce, interim director for the Lenoir County Economic Development Office, Kinston’s Le-

“Certain parts of the economy will find it very difficult to have really a lot of activity.”

Fed Chair Jerome Powell

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The drive-in is giving indie films a box office boost

By Lindsey Bahr The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Indie films and drive-in theaters don’t usually go together. Drive-ins need the big movies, the ones with superheroes and superstars, to draw substantial audiences. So it was a little surprising when “ The Wretched,” a supernatural horror flick with no stars, earned nearly $70,000 from 12 drive-in theaters on its first weekend.

In just two weeks, the IFC Films release has made over $200,000 from drive-ins alone, some of which are only open on the weekends for a single showing a night. And it’s been available to rent at home the whole time. In pre-pandemic times, it would be considered a solid opening for the IFC. In the current climate, it’s a big hit.

The pandemic has forced many in the movie business to get creative with release dates and strategies. For most, that’s meant delaying things a few months or more.

But IFC Films found a silver lining in the drive-in, a theatrical experience uniquely suited to social distancing that also needed new films.

“The interesting thing about this moment in time is that anything is possible!” said Lisa Schwartz, the co-president of IFC Films and Sundance Selects. “We saw an opportunity early on to continue to entertain audiences with drive-ins and thought ‘The Wretched’ had the right DNA for the big outdoor screen.”

Drive-ins were never part of their strategy before, but since theaters around the country shuttered and the theatrical release calendar has been basically wiped clean until mid-July, IFC has released a half dozen films at the drive-in, including “How to Build a Girl,” “Swallow,” “The True History of the Kelly Gang” and “The Other Lamb.” But “The Wretched” is by far the best performer so far.

“There is zero downside for IFC,” said Movie City News editor David Poland. “No one who is going out to a drive-in is buying or renting VOD. Prints are not expensive anymore ...

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Using social distancing practices, moviegoers watch a show at the Stars and Stripes Drive-In Theater that reopened in New Braunfels, Texas.

And drive-ins are cool.”

It’s at least a comparable, if not better earner, than if “The Wretched” had opened under normal circumstances in limited release with competition.

“This is good news for brick and mortar theaters that will be back in operation eventually,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s senior media analyst. “If the drive-ins were empty right now, it would say that people prefer to stay home.”

Dergarabedian said it might even make shops like IFC reconsider whether or not drive-ins should be part of their summer strategy going forward. IFC, which was the first distributor to “day and date” releases with Landmark Theaters 15 years ago, will continue releasing films in drive-ins and on de-

“The interesting thing about this moment in time is that anything is possible!”

Lisa Schwartz, co-president of IFC Films mand up through Dave Franco’s “The Rental” on July 24.

Other companies too are embracing the drive-in with new verve. Tribeca Enterprises, IMAX and AT&T are partnering for “ Tribeca Drive-In,” a series of new and classic films, music and sporting events that will launch nationwide

Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ dies

By Andrew Dalton The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Ken Osmond, who on TV’s “Leave It to Beaver,” played two-faced teenage scoundrel Eddie Haskell, a role so memorable it left him typecast and led to a second career as a police officer, died Monday.

Osmond died in Los Angeles at age 76, his family said. No cause was given.

“He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father,” son Eric Osmond said in a statement. “He had his family gathered around him when he passed. He was loved and will be very missed.”

Ken Osmond’s Eddie Haskell stood out among many memorable characters on the classic family sitcom “Leave it to Beaver,” which ran from 1957 to 1963 on CBS and ABC, but had a decades-long life of reruns and revivals.

Eddie was the best friend of Tony Dow’s Wally Cleaver, big brother to Jerry Mathers’ Beaver Cleaver. He constantly kissed up to adults, flattering and flirting with Wally and Beaver’s mother, and kicked down at his peers, usually in the same scene. He was the closest thing the wholesome show had to a villain,

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This Dec. 10, 1982 file photo shows members of the original cast of the “Leave It To Beaver.” and viewers of all ages loved to hate him.

“He was a terrific guy, he was a terrific actor and his character is probably one that will last forever,” Dow told The Associated Press on Monday.

“He was one of the few guys on the show who really played a char-

acter and created it,” Dow added, chuckling as he mimicked the evil laugh Osmond would unleash when his character was launching one nefarious scheme or another and trying to pull Wally and his younger brother Beaver into it.

Mathers said he will greatly miss his friend of 63 years.

tained 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 26, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Jimmie Lee Cruse and Lucy H Cruse, dated September 24, 2001 to secure the original principal amount of $89,990.00, and recorded in Book 3449 at Page 238 of the Cabarrus 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.

Dr, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124 Tax Parcel ID: 56705346200000 Present Record Owners: Jimmie Lee Cruse and Lucy H. Cruse

on June 25.

And at the moment drive-ins are pulling the box office weight for the depleted theatrical business. On the same weekend last year, they made up 1.5% of business in North America. Now they account for over 91%, according to data from Comscore. But most studios with films playing at drive-ins are opting out of reporting earnings from the showings.

The shutdown of enclosed theaters and the blank release calendar has made the relationship between studios and theater owners even more delicate. Just look at the back-and-forth between Universal and AMC over “Trolls World Tour,” which opened in drive-ins and on demand simultaneously.

Also, while a $70,000 weekend

might be notable for a shop like IFC, it’s a different ballgame for the bigger studios.

“The void between the indies and the studios in this regard is massive,” Poland said. “They don’t want these amounts to be compared to other amounts. There’s just no upside.”

In other words, drive-ins as they exist now are probably not going to save the biggest studios and films.

There are only 300 locations in the United States and only around 100 that are currently open.

“The idea is romantic and charming,” Poland said. “But it’s not a business model.”

For shops like IFC, however, it’s a success story born out of innovation and a much-needed break in the clouds.

“I have always said that he was the best actor on our show because in real life his personality was so opposite of the character that he so brilliantly portrayed,” Mathers said on Twitter.

Osmond was born in Glendale, California, to a carpenter father and a mother who wanted to get him into acting. He got his first role at age 4, working in commercials and as a film extra, and got his first speaking role at 9, appearing mostly in small guest parts on TV series.

The role of Eddie in season one of “Leave It to Beaver” was also supposed to be a one-off guest appearance, but the show’s producers and its audience found him so memorable he became a regular, appearing in nearly 100 of the show’s 234 episodes.

Osmond returned to making guest appearances on TV shows including “The Munsters” in the late 1960s, but found he was so identified with Eddie Haskell that it was hard to land roles.

He would soon give up acting and become a Los Angeles police officer for more than a decade.

“I was very much typecast. It’s a death sentence,” Osmond told radio host Stu Stoshak in a 2008 interview on “Stu’s Show.” “I’m not complaining because Eddie’s been too good to me, but I found work hard to come by. In 1968, I bought my first house, in ‘69 I got married, and we were going to start a family and I needed a job, so I went out and signed up for the LAPD.” LAPD Chief Michel Moore paid tribute to Osmond’s police service.

“Ken may have been a famous TV star,” Moore said in a statement, “but his real life role as Los Angeles Police Officer was where he made his biggest impact. After his successful run on one of the most popular shows of all time, he chose to protect and to serve the residents of Los Angeles, and I’m proud to have been able to call him a law enforcement partner.”

Dow, who was a lifelong friend of Osmond’s said “His motorcycle cop stories are terrific.” He recalled his favorite involved Osmond and his partner chasing down and cornering a robbery suspect who turned and shot Osmond in the stomach before his partner wounded the man. Although Osmond’s bulletproof vest absorbed most of the impact, he still had to go to the hospital.

“And he had to ride in the same ambulance with the guy who shot him,” Dow recalled being told.

He would return to TV in 1983, when “Leave It to Beaver” reruns were having a heyday, appearing in the TV movie “Still the Beaver.”

A revival series, “The New Leave It to Beaver,” came next, with Osmond reprising the role of Haskell alongside Dow and Mathers from 1983 to 1989. Osmond’s real-life sons with wife Sandra Purdy, Eric and Christian, played Haskell’s sons, who shared their father’s smarminess on the series.

In 2014 Osmond would co-author a memoir reflecting on his life as Haskell. It was titled, “Eddie: The Life and Times of America’s Preeminent Bad Boy.”

fered 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.

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

TAKE NOTICE

CABARRUS IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION CABARRUS COUNTY 19SP658 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JIMMIE LEE CRUSE AND LUCY H CRUSE DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 2001 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3449 AT PAGE 238 IN THE CABARRUS COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority con-

Address of property:

1275 Preston

And Being more commonly known as: 1275 Preston Dr, Mount Pleasant, NC 28124 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Jimmie Lee Cruse and Lucy H. Cruse.

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 of-

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

The date of this Notice is March 27, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 19-106888

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DAVIDSON IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION DAVIDSON COUNTY 18SP454 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY KEITH B. DILLON AND SHARON C. DILLON DATED MARCH 14, 2002 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1304 AT PAGE 618 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 of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and

JOHNSTON IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION JOHNSTON COUNTY 18sp203 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RALPH L VIEUX AND RACHELLE VIEUX DATED AUGUST 18, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 3182 AT PAGE 534 IN THE JOHNSTON 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

WAKE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION WAKE COUNTY 10SP4694 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY SARA BURNS AND JAMES BURNS DATED NOVEMBER 3, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 11670 AT PAGE 1943 IN THE WAKE COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority con-

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION WAKE COUNTY 20sp307 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY TARA D. GLOOR DATED OCTOBER 25, 2007 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 12807 AT PAGE 1444 AND MODIFIED BY AGREEMENT RECORDED MARCH 6, 2014 IN BOOK 15596, PAGE 1300 IN THE WAKE 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

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 June 1, 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 Keith B. Dillon and Sharon C. Dillon, dated March 14, 2002 to secure the original principal amount of $133,472.00, and recorded in Book 1304 at Page 618 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.

and Sharon C. Dillon And Being more commonly known as: 1114 Harvey Teague Rd, Winston Salem, NC 27107 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Keith Dillon and Sharon C. Dillon.

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.

vided. 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 23, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 15-069029

Address of property: 1114 Harvey Teague Rd, Winston Salem, NC 27107 Tax Parcel ID: 0100400000030A Present Record Owners: Keith Dillon

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

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 pro-

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 June 2, 2020 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Johnston County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust executed Ralph L Vieux and Rachelle Vieux, dated August 18, 2006 to secure the original principal amount of $150,320.00, and recorded in Book 3182 at Page 534 of the Johnston 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: 114 Nicolet Lane, Smithfield, NC 27577

Tax Parcel ID: 15H07014B Present Record Owners: Ralph L. Vieux And Being more commonly known as: 114 Nicolet Lane, Smithfield, NC 27577 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Ralph L. Vieux.

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 8, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 17-096294

tained 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 June 1, 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 Sara Burns and James Burns, dated November 3, 2005 to secure the original principal amount of $122,400.00, and recorded in Book 11670 at Page 1943 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.

ger Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606 Tax Parcel ID: 0119718 Present Record Owners: James Burns

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.

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.

Address of property:

829 A Barrin-

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 11:00AM on May 29, 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 Tara D. Gloor, dated October 25, 2007 to secure the original principal amount of $84,179.00, and recorded in Book 12807 at Page 1444 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: 4907 Hollenden Drive 201, Raleigh, NC 27616 Tax Parcel ID: REID 0151705; PIN 1726556598

J.

And Being more commonly known as: 829 A Barringer Dr, Raleigh, NC 27606 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are James J. Burns.

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

Present Record Owners: unmarried

Tara D. Gloor,

And Being more commonly known as: 4907 Hollenden Drive 201, Raleigh, NC 27616 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Tara D. Gloor, unmarried.

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

The date of this Notice is April 28, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 16-088177

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

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 2, 2020.

Grady I. Ingle or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 17-094574

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Correctional facility to test all juveniles for COVID-19 Cabarrus County The North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced that all juveniles held at the Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center will be tested for COVID-19 after a staff member reported testing positive for the coronavirus.

The employee has been off work since May 10 after notifying management. The employee showed symptoms and was tested that day.

Facility director Peter Brown said no juveniles have shown symptoms. The department said all staff members believed to have had close contact with the ill employee will be tested and quarantined. Other staff members were also offered the opportunity to be tested.

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Stanfield developer eyes new subdivision project

By Jesse Deal Stanly County Journal STANFIELD — Reece Gibson, a Stanfield developer, has plans to build a new subdivision on 37.99 acres of property at the corner of River Road and Renee Ford Road.

“My goal is to have a nice, safe neighborhood and something that people will be proud to live in,” Gibson told the Stanly County Commission at their latest board meeting. “It’s well designed.

I don’t ever let a builder build a house that I wouldn’t live in myself.”

He mentioned that he isn’t taking on this new project for monetary purposes.

“I do this to keep me alive — I’m eighty years old, and if I don’t stay busy, I won’t live,” Gibson said. “I know the neighbors don’t want more houses down here and

I can’t blame them for that, but the Planning Board told me that if I don’t do this, somebody else will.”

With a 4-3 vote, the commissioners narrowly approved Gibson’s request to rezone his four tracts of land from RA (Residential Agriculture) to R20 (Residential).

Chairman Matthew Swain, Vice-Chair Ashley Morgan and Commissioners Tommy Jordan and Lane Furr voted in favor of the request; Commissioners Bill Lawhon, Zach Almond and Mike Barbee voted against the proposed rezoning.

“If we drop this down to R20, would this open up a can of worms with other developers who would want to come back and reduce their lot sizes too?” Commissioner Barbee asked the board. “That would overtax the area and there

would be a lot of well-water contamination for those who aren’t on water.”

Because the minimum lot sizes in RA are 30,000 square feet, Gibson needed the rezoning to enact his plan of building smaller lot sizes for the subdivision (around 50 lots that are over 25,000 square feet each), which would create 10 to 12 more homes. Ultimately, Gibson hopes to create an entrance to the subdivision on River Road to match the other entrance into the property on Renee Ford Road.

With the revised standards, rear setbacks would be reduced from 40 feet to 35 feet, and front setbacks would be reduced from 50 feet to 40 feet. The lot sizes are tentatively based on the results of a soil survey that is underway.

Gibson has estimated that the price range for the houses would

Stanly mental health and substance abuse clinic to receive $3.9M federal grant

By David Larson Stanly County Journal ALBEMARLE — Monarch, which provides substance abuse and mental health assistance at its Albemarle clinic, will receive a $3.9 million grant to expand services in the area. The grant will be provided by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, known as SAMHSA. The two-year grant is for “expanding vital services for people with serious mental illness and substance use disorders through the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model in Stanly County,” according to a Monarch press release.

“Monarch is honored to receive this grant to continue our work as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic,” said Monarch President and CEO Dr. Peggy Terhune in the release. “We know that in the wake of COVID-19, the mental health needs of our com-

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Pictured is Monarch’s CCBHC Clinic located at 350 Pee Dee Avenue in Albemarle, NC.” Provided by Monarch. munities will only increase. These services are critical, and this grant will ensure we can respond with comprehensive behavioral health care for people who need it most.”

The grant’s funds, which come from the federal CARES Act stimulus bill, will pay through April 2022.

During this two-year peri-

od, Monarch estimates that more than 2,000 patients with “serious mental illness, emotional disturbance, long-term chronic addiction, mild or moderate mental illness and substance use disorders, as well as physical health conditions” will be assisted at their 350 Pee Dee Ave. office in Albemarle.

Monarch received a SAMHSA

be around $250,000.

In 2008, Gibson developed a subdivision called Stanfield Ridge that is also on Renee Ford Road.

The design of homes in the new project will likely be similar to Stanfield Ridge’s homes, which are also zoned R20.

Some neighbors have expressed worries regarding traffic, school overcrowding, additional crime and the tax burden. A few of them addressed the commissioners in the public hearing.

“This is going to overcrowd the schools, and there are no plans to build a new school in that area,” said Ernest Alexander, who lives on Renee Ford Road.

Though the rezoning effort is a step forward for Gibson’s project, he still needs to get approval from the Stanly County Planning Board, North Carolina Department of Transportation and the Stanly County Board of Education.

Back in March, Gibson’s rezoning request was unanimously denied by the Stanly County Planning Board, which cited concerns about septic systems on the smaller lots as well as reductions in lot size.

grant in September 2018 and built an outpatient Medication-Assisted Treatment program to fight the opioid epidemic in the area. Monarch was the sole recipient of a SAMHSA grant in North Carolina that year.

With the additional federal grant through the CARES Act, Monarch says it plans to: provide support for people recently released from a hospital for mental health emergencies; provide occupational therapy services; create a “peer recovery center” to assist community patients; develop tools to treat patients with a “dual diagnosis” of mental health and substance use issues; provide HIV and hepatitis screening; and increase its community outreach and education on substance abuse and mental health issues.

“We are grateful to our federal partners for this funding, and to North Carolina legislators who continue to advocate for the CCBHC model of care at the state and federal level,” said Terhune.

Monarch, founded in 1958, supports those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness and substance use disorders in North Carolina. More information on Monarch can be found at http://www.MonarchNC. org.

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They’re treated as though we as a society simply must accept without and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just how much we hope, inspiration and supplies to peopl Here in North Carolina, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stated during question what the government tells us about when it’s safe to begin the have to be thankful and hopeful for, even in the midst of this global workers on the front lines of the corona a recent coronavirus press briefing that “we just don’t know yet” if the process of returning back to normalcy.

Lenten and pandemic.

While people throughout our commu No. The government works for us, and we have the right to ask those when did state’s stay-at-home orders will extend into May. For me, my faith is an important part of my daily life and decision I am glad initiatives we have passed in Easter seasons If he does decide to extend it, questions should be asked as to the questions. And the longer stay-at-home orders are in place all over the ioning making.

As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are supporting se 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 levels It will need to be explained in detailhope to the people of this state who when they can get back to providing for their families, will demand that we will affliction, with the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by continue working on common sense an are being told to remain jobless and at home for an undetermined answers. me a once again enjoy God.” we can defeat the coronavirus and keep 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 is what reflect and be comforted, that we may live out Until then, the Lenten and Easter se concerts, family To date, I’ve gone along with what the state has asked and thenon this message with details that give theirso statements believability.

God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy spo itizens mandated that we do, but along the way I’ve also had questions about We should all continue to do what we can to keep our families, gatherings, COLUMN | MICHAEL BARONE this difficult time.

Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many the data. State Republican leaders have, too. services ourselves, and our communities safe. But we should also still continue church in a free 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 we can all continu last I to normal as though they are conspiracy theorists or are people who shape, or form. So while we should remain vigilant and stay safe, at money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary safety guidelines and remain sacrifices are sick. otherwise don’t care if they get themselves or others the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new ked. health care workers out of his own home. through this together.

Since when did questioning government normal.” over. at all levels become a bad thing? That is what free citizens living in a free society were supposed Not one little bit. to do, last I checked.

COLUMN | BEN SHAPIRO My first concern as we go along in all this, of course, is my family. I’m Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah hard to disagree with the verdictand of National Review’s Jim ON Acatching MULTI-COUNTRY tripI’m to South America, worried about them the virus, and worried I will.President After and is aIt’s regular contributor to RedState Legal Insurrection.

Geraghty: “These decisions are so spectacularly wrongheaded, so Ronald Reagan couldn’t restrain himself from the inane observation suffering from the H1N1 virus (swine flu) during the 2009 pandemic, epically foolish, that those responsible deserve to be remembered that every tourist finds himself saying about such trips. “Every been trying todissipates take extra precautions, because all of this up AIN; after thisI’ve COVID-19 virus cavalier manner in brings which China lied about the origin of the forever.” country is different.”

So, itThe seems, is every virus capable of spreading wayChina too many memories of a painful experience I’ d prefer not to repeat. he United States, will into pay for this virus, covered up its spread and tried to tell the world there were only before piling on. Remember that, in Let’s hesitate a moment pandemic.

Stanly County Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 r Wednesday, April 15, 2020 But what alsoThe makes me lose sleep isofhow easily everyone March, epidemiologists and governors were worried that hospital influenza pandemic 1918-19, formost example, tended to nother.

3,341 related deaths has led to has worldwide panic, economic collapse and WEEK, according tothe members theages federal would mean that the fatality rate is actually faroflower than facilities be overwhelmed

by COVID-19 patients in need killTHIS otherwise healthy people in prime ofof life, 20 togovernment, 40. s caused by China in perspective, zero millions of Americans needlessly being thrown out That of would work. and state and local governments, Americans have begun to flatten suggested, even if the transmission rate is high. which had been previously used to treat patients with COVID-19 age 70has andcost above, those with n trace their source to the United Statestends overto kill people The crisis theespecially U.S. taxpayer at leastventilators, $2.4 trillion in added curve coronavirus outbreak. The excitement was severe respiratory Secondly, what are we expecting in terms a second reduced by other viruses.

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Trump administration, the expected need for hospital beds at to isolate those who are most vulnerable and let everyone from 20 our rous verifiable policing of and lower fair trade.

Totalitarian communist regimes Government never take the blamedecisions about a novel virus will often turn else work. ages to 40. and regulation officials’ That percentage is revised much (20%) in America’s COVID-19 peak outbreak was down by over 120,000, the number of Which raises the third question: What exactly can we do? Are th protocols, American has no other oritexpress sincere regret and remorse, becauseout that is not whatthat cost scientific experts COVID-19 tendsbusiness to we be mistakes lives. to send viral over patients epicenter, New York, but still leads the number nation with 5,403 nursing ventilators by nearly 13,000 and the of overall deaths by capable of rolling out But tensdecisions of millions of tests the next few ndant manufacturing elsewhere totalitarian do. in They take advantage of every weakness into nursing homes comes the closest to justifying screams of, home deathspurely — about one of every 14governments COVID-19 death the country.

— we to plantsAugust to kill need people by nearly 12,000. months — and compelling people to take tests regularly, since the “There’s blood many? On March 25, the health commissioner safety reasons as well as supplyWhy andso delivery they find in state adversaries and keep pushing until they win oron theyour hands!” know70what age and they Here’s the problem: We still don’t know the answers to the key virus is transmittable while carriers are asymptomatic?

Can we Fortunately, societies can learn from mistakes. We have learned ordered that nursing homes accept patients with the virus. It’s unclear adversaries push back. know, what they questions that will allow the economy to reopen. create a contact tracing system for 330 million Americans — and above, especially is not easily spread in open spaces. We have learned why he is made this fatal decision.

Maybe hean wanted to keepevent hospital make China “pay” for this disaster to offer That is, unless exogenous happensthat suchthe asvirus the Chernobyl First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate?

This question is are we willing to submit ourselves to one? that the risk of fatalities among children and adolescents is near zero, beds available, or maybe he feared that sick people would be dumped don’t and when with at least half of their nies whothose will source meltdown in 1986. Some experts believe that event, not the Star Wars than that seasonal flu. cannot continue as they have been. onto the street. important because it determines whether certain areas ought to perhaps less OneSoviet thing is of certain: Things theyThere hope to nited States. is approximately $120 program oflate Reagan, led directly to the dissolution the Union comorbidities.

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We have models, ignorance.

Two weeks later, on May 9, after 46 days in more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether we they certainly will not do so on the basis of ever-evolving nvestment in the U.S. is about $65he billion by it.

Perhaps COVID-19 is China’s Chernobyl. learned that it’s possible to protect elderly people, even nursing home effect, reversed don’t. ought to lock down further. especially as statistics roll in that look like the lower-end model with comorbidities, with high but not total effectiveness.

New York wasn’t the only state that on placing infectedtalkingresidents Senators in insisted Washington are already about the possibility We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by estimates in terms of death thethe upper-end estimates And we haveway become aware, if onlyand out of corner of our eyes, in terms patients in New Jersey’s policy similar, explicitly it of 30% on half of U.S. investment innursing China homes. of China forgiving $1.2was trillion in debt we owe them as one to get the number of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage.

We need transparency and honesty that theUS. lockdown of large segments of the economy wreaks not just from our homes from requiring testing ied to repatriated Americanbarring manufacturing China to “pay”before for theadmitting damage patients. they have caused the Don’t hold your and the denominator are likely wrong.

We don’t know how many scientific experts need to know what they know,forwhat they economic damage but also—has negative consequences California had the same policy but dropped it after 10 days. uld cost the U.S. Treasury $18 billion in breath waiting for a Chinese “Jubilee” to happen but ask your elected weenormous publicdon’t health, especially among disadvantaged people.

Otherhave states, recognizing thecoronavirus. dangers of infecting the vulnerable, people actually died of Some sources suggest the and when they hope to know what they don’t. few years. $18 billion in lostrequired revenue or is encouragedrepresentatives toset hold China accountable in tangible financial ways All of this points in thefor direction of phasing out lockdowns andadvice. But nursing homes to upclassification separate units for or cause number has been overestimated, given that We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to follow their o the $6 trillion+ Marshall Plan wetoare nowpatientsthis disaster. allowing re-openings, at various rates depending on particular staffs handle testing positive.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, death, particularly among elderly patients, can be variable. Some they need to start answering serious questions, or they will fall prey wn economy, not of defeatedof enemies as in the It is about time they are aexpected to operatecircumstances, as responsible citizens of obvious blunders, and avoiding like sending infections widely criticized in the national media for avoiding total lockdown, sources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to which all other American into nursing homes. zeroed in on nursing homes, encouraging testing nation. and the world like anyrepeated other modern many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply prone. temperature-taking of residents and staff and isolating anyone g, stealing, pirating and pillaging American Even more importantly, we have no clue how many Americans Michael Barone is a senior political analyst for the Washington Florida, a state with 2 million more people than 30 years. They have made notesting secretpositive. that they actually have coronavirus.

Some scientists suggest the number Ben Shapiro, 36, isatathe graduate of Enterprise UCLA andInstitute Harvard Examiner, resident fellow American andLaw School, New had just 714 nursing home deaths, 13% of thethat number in as the premier superpower in theYork, world and co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

New York. cases could be an order of magnitude lower than the longtime of identified host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire. eserve currency with their renminbi. number of people who have had coronavirus and not been tested. com.

Who sent COVID-19 positive patients into nursing homes? l pay for this COVID-19 catastrophe The 3 big questions nobody is answering

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COLUMN | REP. RICHARD HUDSON

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under either shelter-in-place or stay-at-home fallen into place. I understand the seriousness of the virus and the need issipates cavalierofmanner in which China about the origin the with how people who simply ask tate governments,The a majority Americans to takelied precautions, but I’mofuneasy WEEK, virus, according to members ofTHE theand federal government, That would mean that the rate is actually far lower thanNew withfatality Lowe’s to make 100,000 masks available for our region which Co. in WHEN WILL life get back to normal?

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This is one small, but important step in advocating for I hear every daychallenging from folks attime home, and the truth is, contempt. he curve in the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The excitement was Secondly, what are we expecting in terms of a second wave?

I know that during this of social distancing, In Fayetteville, minister began a program to deliver groceries to zero go into June. millions of Americans being thrown out ofeager work. ders They’re treated as though weback as ato society accept without more must resources forearly our community so thatnot we may reopen the country. nobody canneedlessly say for certain.

Just like you, I’m toinstitute’s get the simply muted — after all, trends can easily reverse — but real.

Americans The model simply cuts off in August.

It does working from home or losing a job, it may be difficult to “rejoice and seniors throughout Cumberland County.

States over Gov.The has cost the U.S. at least , Democratic Roycrisis Cooper during question what the trillion government it’sthis safeinto begin the one group of people that should return With mind, I believe waystated things were so taxpayer we can restart our$2.4 economy and in goadded ontells withus ourabout when abided by recommendations and orders.

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

This is the be glad” the Bible tells us to do.

However, asto a Christian, These from throughout our region continue esave can be that debt plus trillions more Federal Reserve liquidity to the to work immediately is the United States Congress.

I have joined to provide lives. briefing “we just don’t know yet”asifin the process ofbackup returning back normalcy. o stay at home; they’ve practiced social distancing; in many places, most important problem because experts maintain that the virus is and dad, the Easter holiday has reminded me of just how much we hope, inspiration and supplies to people in need and many of right my colleagues in repeatedly calling for Speaker Pelosi to our health care By now we are allIffamiliar with terms like not quarantine andus, social gsflu,” markets outlets. theNo. U.S. dollar were the reserve will 1977 extend into May. and financial The government works for and we have the to ask those hey’ve donned masks. seasonal, which means we are likely to see more serious spreading have to be thankful and hopeful for, even in the midst of this global workers on the front lines of the coronavirus response. bring us back into session so that we can negotiate a bipartisan distancing.

For the most part, it is encouraging to see that these ce that the currency, would be able toquestions. fund any of these end it, questions should bewe asked as not to the And theemergency longer stay-at-home orders are in place all over the The result: a reduction inwithout expected hospitalization and death. in the fall. that means we will becoronavirus faced with eitherHowever, renewed response to the crisis. instead of bringing us to step up, strategies are having an of impact.

However, I believe that nowAnd is the Lenten and pandemic.

While people throughout our communities continue measures immediate fear rampant inflation and currency Not only did eChina. answers should not be vague ones like “we country, and the stricter some ofsafe them get in states, such as Michigan, back to work together on behalf of our country, this week we were in time for us to begin to look to open the country through a and ccording to the University of Washington Institute for Health lockdowns for large swaths of the population, with wide-scale For me, my faith is an important part of my daily life and decision I am glad initiatives we have passed in Congress, like the Paycheck Easter -19 depreciation. undance of caution.” the more people, sitting at home feeling isolated and/or anxious about this $3seasons trillion session one day to realization vote on a partisan, 1,800-page Democratic wish-list deliberate process, especially forof communities or people that are not Metrics and Evaluation model most oft cited by members the testing and contact tracing, or with the that we will have making.

As I celebrated Easter with my family, I reflected on 2 Protection Program, are supporting self-employed people and y in detail China has to pay for their ways provide a largest ned the people ofat this state who aberrant when theyand candecisions get back through to providing for their families, demand written inwill secret in and Pelosi’s office. high risk. bill —to the rump administration, the expected need for hospital beds at to isolate those who are most vulnerable let everyone else work.

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 at a home economic and financial means.

Diplomacy haswith obviously worked obless and forinan undetermined answers.

Not only did this $3 trillion bill — the largest spending bill in Many business owners I have met over thenot phone or on video message of spending bill eak outbreak was revised down by over 120,000, the number of Which raises the third question: What exactly can we do?

Are affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any relief will soon reach families and workers.

Please know that I’ll to we bring China into the civilized world ofto21st health, hygiene American history — as failthey to address real needs of the country, but it conference they have gone great lengths toand make surelevels that should be els predicting hundreds thousands ofsay cases Leaders atcentury the local state as forthcoming hope that willof entilators by nearly 13,000 and the number of overall deaths by we capable of rolling out tens of millions of tests over the next few American history affliction, with the comfort which we ourselves are comforted by continue working on common sense and targeted solutions so that also included a laundry list of items not even related to coronavirus. their employees and customers they serve are in a safe ation of and fair trade.

Totalitarian communist never take the blame can beregimes with those answers —environment. and again, not vague answers, but answer once again enjoy ugust by nearly 12,000. months — and compelling people to take tests regularly, since the God.” we can defeat the coronavirus and keep people and businesses These included direct payments to illegal immigrants, a blanket Because of these efforts, it has become clear that more businesses are — fail has nowhat other oraddress express sincere becausethat thatgive is not what with theto state has asked andregret then and remorse, with details their statements believability.

Here’s the problem: We stillable don’t know the answers toadvantage the keyseason, virus isyou transmittable carriers areprisoners, asymptomatic?

Can we bailout of union release of federal a taxpayer-funded safely open, and as Ithe said during a town hall last week, believe while sporting events, If to you are celebrating Easter I urge toIalso where totalitarian do. They take of every weakness real needs of alongpurely the way I’ve also had governments questions about We should all continue to do what we can topensions, keepwhole. ourand families, an overhaul of our election is noprovide way to serve this is the path we need to be headed down while maintaining proper uestions that will allow the economy to reopen. create a contact tracing system for 330 million Americans —laws. and That reflect on this message and be comforted, so that we may live out Until then, the Lenten and Easter seasons a message of concerts, family nd delivery they find in adversaries and keep ourselves, pushing until win or the safe. But we should also still continue n leaders have, too. andthey our communities the country, but the American people. safety precautions.

First, what is the true coronavirus fatality rate?

This question is are we willing to submit ourselves to one?

God’s example and comfort all those in need around us during hope that we will once again enjoy sporting events, concerts, family adversaries back. gatherings, rtain types of questions get push asked, there is effort,tolast ask questions about theLowe’s data, to because while reasonable stay-at-home It’s beyond time for the House of Representatives to come back Aswhether part of this week I partnered with secure itbecause also included mportant it determines certain areas ought to One thing is certain: Things cannot continue as they have been. this difficult time.

Through faith and by helping one another, I am gatherings, church services and many more celebrations after our rndency is to offer That is, unless an exogenous event as the Chernobyl among some people to treat those measures aresuch understandable, they should also expiration date. tohave work.an Folks are hurting and expect us to work together on the 100,000 face masks for ourhappens communities.

Together, we delivered church services a laundry list e open or closed, whether we ought to pursue — Sweden style — a Americans are not going to stay home for months on end, and confident we will emerge out of this pandemic stronger than ever. own temporary sacrifices for the greater good of the country and oftatheir meltdown 1986.

Some experts believe that event, the Star Wars problems facing our way, country. Thankfully, this bill has zero chance of 50,000 masksback to Cabarrus Health Alliance inAmericans, Kannapolis and 50,000 and asking when we caninstart getting This is all new tonot and it is not normal.

Not in any and many more more liberalized society that presumes wide spread, or whether they certainly will do sobecoming on the basis of ever-evolving models, of items not In this same spirit, Ithe continue towe be inspired by stories of humanity are over. ever law.

But the time for politics is long over. I’ll continue masks toled Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville.

Since the not ly $120 program of are Reagan, directly toshape, dissolution of the Soviet Union are conspiracy theorists or people who or form.

So while we should remain vigilant and stay safe, at after our own ught to lock down further. especially as statistics roll in that look like the lower-end model neighbors helping neighbors.

I wish everyone celebrating Easter, well as Passover, to work every day to help our community and getas our country back to a joyous coronavirus pandemic began, I have worked every day to get workers even related to equipment inor1989. y get themselves others sick. the same time we shouldn’t get comfortable with this so-called “new We’ve seen case fatality rates — the number of deaths divided by work. estimates in terms of death and the upper-end estimates in terms and health care providers the resources they need.

I’m proud to work temporary In Concord, a high school senior named Tanner used his own celebration and pray we can all continue to keep faith, practice 5 billion by Perhaps COVID-19 China’s Chernobyl. coronavirus. ning government at all levels become aisbad normal.” atenumber Journal for Wednesday, April 15, 2020 he of identified COVID-19 cases — but both the numerator of economic damage.

We need transparency and honesty from our money to buy a 3-D printer and plastic to make face shields for necessary safety guidelines and remain confident that we will get sacrifices are society Senators inwere Washington are already about itizens living in a free supposed Nottalking one little bit. the possibility nd the denominator are likely wrong.

We don’t know how many scientific experts — we need to know what they know, what they health care workers out of his own home. through this together. nt in China over. of China forgiving $1.2 trillion in debt we owe them as one way to get eople have actually died coronavirus.

Some they sources don’t and they hope to know what they don’t. ufacturing China to of “pay” damage havesuggest causedthe thehas US.also Don’t holdwhen your go along in all this, of course, isfor mythe family.

I’m Stacey Matthews written under the pseudonym Sister Toldjah umber has been overestimated, given that classification for cause We’re grown-ups, and we’re willing to follow their advice. But lion in virus, and breath waiting Ifor a Chinese to ahappen ask your elected ing the I’m worried will.

After “Jubilee” and is regularbut contributor to RedState and Legal Insurrection. f death, particularly among elderly patients, can be variable.

Some they need to start answering serious questions, or they will fall prey nue hold China accountable in tangible financial ways for irusis(swine flu) representatives during the 2009topandemic, ources suggest the number is dramatically underestimated, since to the same lack of institutional faith to which all other American etra areprecautions, now this disaster. because all of this brings up many people are dying at home. institutions seem deeply prone.

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SPORTS SIDELINE REPORT MLB

Former manager, player Howe released from hospital Houston Former major league manager and infielder Art Howe was released from a Houston hospital Sunday after a stay in intensive care because of the coronavirus.

Best known as the manager of the “Moneyball” Oakland Athletics playoff teams in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the 73-year-old Howe confirmed Thursday night he has been dealing with the illness since first feeling symptoms of COVID-19 on May 3. He went to the hospital by ambulance last Tuesday. Howe spent 12 seasons with Pittsburgh Houston and St. Louis, and managed 14 seasons with the Astros, A’s and Mets.

HORSE RACING

Preakness Stakes reschedules for Oct. 3 Baltimore The 145th Preakness Stakes has been rescheduled for Oct. 3, an announcement delivered Saturday less than hour before the original post time for the Triple Crown race. Traditionally held at Pimlico Race Course on the third Saturday in May, the Preakness was postponed April 3 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The makeup date could keep the Preakness as the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, depending on the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes. The Kentucky Derby was switched from May 2 to Sept. 5, and the New York Racing Association is trying to determine the best date for the Belmont, originally scheduled for June 6.

MMA

UFC’s Harris loses first fight since stepdaughter’s death Jacksonville, Fla. Alistair Overeem stopped Walt Harris in the second round of their UFC fight Saturday, ending what was an emotional return for Harris in his first bout since his stepdaughter’s death.

Harris was the sentimental choice as he stepped into the octagon for the first time since his 19-year-old daughter, Aniah Blanchard, was killed in Alabama.

Harris (13-8) looked as though he would notch his 14th career knockout when he dropped Overeem (4618) in the opening round, but the veteran regrouped on the eve of his 40th birthday and dominated the rest of the way.

Harvick wins Cup Series’ return at Darlington The race was the first of four races in 11 days for NASCAR’s top series

By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — This was a 400-mile drive unlike any other in modern day NASCAR. The grandstands were completely empty. There wasn’t a single tailgate inside the track. Everyone wore face coverings — some with the team logos, others opting for plain disposable medical masks.

It was nothing close to the corporate sponsorship, pomp and patriotic traveling circus that symbolizes NASCAR. But when the engines fired at Darlington Raceway following a 10-week layoff during the coronavirus pandemic, it turned into a regular old race.

Kevin Harvick beat Alex Bowman to win the Cup Series’ first race back, a spectacle closely watched to see if the largest racing series in the United States could successfully get back to work.

“I just want to thank everybody from NASCAR and all the teams for letting us do what we do,” Harvick said. “I didn’t think it was going to be that different, but it’s dead silent out here. We miss the fans.”

NASCAR developed a health plan approved by officials in both South Carolina and North Carolina and scheduled seven races over the next 11 days at two tracks. As other states began to open, the series tacked more races to fill the

BRYNN ANDERSON | AP PHOTO

Kevin Harvick does a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Darlington. calendar with 20 events across seven Southern states between now and June 21. There will be no spectators at least through that date.

But to even get to the Coca-Cola 600 next week at Charlotte Motor Speedway, NASCAR had to get it right at Darlington.

Teams were required to submit rosters in advance with only 16 members allotted per car. Names were on a list at a checkpoint at the end of a gravel road just off Harry Byrd Highway and everyone who passed through had their temperature checked and logged before they could enter.

NASCAR did not have to turn anyone away, and all 40 drivers were cleared to race. NASCAR has declined to do COVID-19 testing

to ensure those tests go to those in need.

Among those to make it inside were Ryan Newman, back for the first time since he suffered a head injury exactly three months ago in a wreck on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Newman missed only three races because of NASCAR’s shutdown and finished 15th in his return.

Also in the field was Matt Kenseth, who at 48 was the oldest driver at Darlington and he raced for the first time since the 2018 season finale. Kenseth was brought out of retirement by Chip Ganassi when Kyle Larson was fired for using a racial slur during an iRacing event that kept NASCAR occupied when racing was on hold. Kenseth

finished 10th.

Bowman, who signed a one-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports on Saturday, was second. Kurt Busch, winner of the closest finish in Darlington history, was third for Ganassi.

It was the 50th career victory for Harvick, in a Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing. A previous winner at Darlington, Harvick led 159 of the 293 laps.

Harvick tied Hall of Famers Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett for 12th on NASCAR’s all-time wins list.

NASCAR’s elite Cup Series next races Wednesday night at Darlington, which is hosting three NASCAR events in four days before the sport shifts to Charlotte.

MLB proposal: shower at home, don’t spit, no mascots In an effort to get back to playing, the league has offered strict guidelines

By Ronald Blum The Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in uniform, like they did when they were teenagers.

Team personnel will be banned from eating at restaurants on road trips.

Even the Phillie Phanatic and Mr. Met will be missing, banned from the field along with all other team mascots.

The traditional exchange of lineup cards would be eliminated, along with high-fives, fist bumps,

and bat boys and girls, according to a 67-page draft of MLB’s proposed 2020 Operations Manual.

A copy was sent to teams Friday and obtained by The Associated Press. The guidelines, first reported by The Athletic, are subject to negotiation with the players’ association.

Teams will be allowed to have 50 players each under the plan, with the number active for each game still be negotiated.

Spitting is prohibited along with water jugs and the use of saunas, steam rooms, pools and cryotherapy chambers. Hitting in indoor cages is discouraged, batting gloves encouraged.

Batting practice pitchers are to wear masks, dugout telephones disinfected after each use. Players may not touch their face to give signs, and they’re not allowed to lick their fingers. Teams are encouraged to hold meetings outdoors, players spread apart.

Teams were asked to respond with their suggested input by May 22.

Protocols include details on testing for team staff, who are divided into three tiers. All others may not enter clubhouses, dugouts and the field.

Managers and coaches must wear masks while in the dugouts.

The entire traveling party — including players — must wear personal protective equipment while on buses and flights. Restaurants are off limits on the road, including the ones in hotels, as are hotel fitness centers.

“We emphasize that this is a first draft, and will undergo several rounds of changes as we collect comments and suggestions from the clubs, the players’ association, players, and government officials,” deputy commissioner Dan Halem wrote in an email to owners, team presidents and CEOs, and general managers that accompanied the

protocols.

“The document is designed to set minimum standards and identify best practices, but we have attempted to provide clubs with enough flexibility to achieve the desired health and safety objectives in a manner that is tailored to their particular circumstances, including ballpark configuration, location, and the nature of any local governmental regulations or restrictions,” Halem wrote.

Scoreboard video is prohibited but music allowed. While there won’t be fans, at least not at the start, it will provide a familiar background audio for the telecasts critical to MLB’s bottom line.

A ball will be thrown away after it is touched by multiple players and throwing the ball around the infield will be discouraged.

Personnel who rub baseballs with mud for the umpires must use gloves.

NBA

Autopsy: Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash had no alcohol, drugs Los Angeles The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all nine sustained immediately fatal injuries when their helicopter slammed into a hillside outside Los Angeles in January, according to autopsies released Friday. The crash that killed the 41-yearold retired Los Angeles Lakers star, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna — clad in the jersey she would have worn to play that morning, with the word “Mamba” on the front and her last name on the back — pilot Ara Zobayan and the six others is considered accidental.

ORLIN WAGNER | AP PHOTO

The exchange of lineup cards, like this one from 2013, would be eliminated and fielders will be encouraged to space themselves from baserunners between pitches under Major League Baseball’s proposed operations manual for starting the coronavirus-delayed season.

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NCHSAA expire dead ‘The LasttoDance’ period ontalks June project 1 though director questions remain on Jordan’s Bulls Discussions on when to resume high The 10-part documentary school sports will hinge on the state’s will air over five Sundays phased reopening plans By Reynolds

By Tim Jesse Deal The Associated Stanly CountyPress Journal

KEVIN L. DORSEY | NC A&T ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PHOTO

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.

HBCU NFL hopefuls adjust after canceled pro days, combine Governors warming to the idea JOHN WOIKE | SAMARA MEDIA VIA AP

Governors from some of major sports’ biggest states — including New York, home of Yankee Stadium — are inching toward welcoming back their teams, even if it means playing in empty stadiums and arenas.

of the return of pro sports “Just because we are from smaller “Hockey, schools basketball, doesn’t baseball, mean football, we can’t whoever can compete.” reopen we’re aDe’Montrez ready, Burroughs, willing Southable Carolina and State receiver partner.”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo

The coronavirus pandemic has made it even harder for under-the-radar players to make an impression on teams Some states — including California, New York and

By Kyle Hightower Texas — are inching toward The Associated Press welcoming back teams

DE’MONTREZ Burroughs looked at it as his best The Associated Press shot to accomplish his NFL dream.

The South Carolina State the seGOVERNORS around nior receiver had the dates circountry are warming to the idea cledthe on return his calendar.

First, the of of professional Bulldogs’ annual pro on sports to their states, withday two caMarch 19, followed a week latveats: continued progress against er bycoronavirus the first-ever NFL the and nocombine spectaevent held for draft prospects tors in the stands. from Black Colleges TheHistorically heads of California, Texand Universities who didn’t reas, New York and Pennsylvania ceive invitations thereturn national spoke Monday oftothe of combine in Indianapolis. professional sports to their states, He left spring break the possibly as for soon as next month. week before his pro day with evFlorida and Arizona earlier this erything ready to go.

He had film month gave the go ahead for propackagessports. to distribute to scouts. fessional HeCalifornia was also thinking about what Gov. Gavin Newsom he would say in interviews with tied the return of pro sports with representatives from NFL teams the state’s continued progress and what ask idols like Pro against thetovirus.

The state has Football Hall of Famer Deion posted a 7.5% decline in hospitalSanders,over whothe would izations last be twothere. weeks.

“It was a chance to be able to Newsom said if that trend conshowcase our talent,” Burroughs tinues, pro sports could be back said. in the“Just “firstbecause week orwesoare of from June smaller schools doesn’t mean we without spectators and modifica-

can’t compete.”

But that opportunity never came.

South Carolina State’s pro day and the HBCU combine becameand partvery of prescriptive a growing condilist of tions events canceled because of the tions.” coronavirus pandemic.

That’s welcome news forWhile Calsmall school borderline ifornia teamsand wondering if draft they prospects from across the counwould have to make contingency try will hurt by a lack of simplans to be play elsewhere. ilarMajor events, HBCU players League Baseball andmay its be hit hardest without them and players association are in negotithe Regional Combine ations about starting the Invitaseason tional that HBCU players in rearound July 1, with spring traincentto years had previously to ing resume either in aused team’s boost their draft stock. ballpark or in Florida or Arizona.

“When you’re an The NBA andcoming MLS out haveof alHBCU, you know that the teams lowed practice facilities to reare going to be looking at Diviopen for limited workouts.

The sion Iannounced talent first,” said Kansas NFL its schedule two City Chiefs defensive Alex weeks ago and intends back on having a SC State The alum.

“With aBrown, complete season.

National this HBCU combine, difHockey League is still that’s assessing ferent.

I wish we had that when its plans.

I was coming was gonna Texas Gov. out.

GregIt Abbott on be a chance to have all teams Monday lifted most the coronavilooking at those guys.”in his state. rus lockdown orders Only four HBCU players were The sweeping move set up the reselected in the 2019 draft with turn of some professional sportsa fullJune. predraft process, though 32 by made 1 rosters.

Gov.Week Andrew Cuomo said The 51 players invited the Monday that western NewtoYork, HBCU combine tryingmet to including the city were of Buffalo, position themselves to do the the state’s coronavirus containsame. goals The list also Florment and canincluded begin to reida A&M University quarterback open its economy.

Ryan and North Carolina He Stanley also urged the state’s pro

Central defensive lineman Darius Royster, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference offensive and defensive players of the year, respectively.

“Does extra exposure help? sports teams to begin planning to Yes, it does.

But once it’s taken resume playing without fans. away it limits certain get “New York state willguys help to those their film out there,” said Mormajor sport franchises to do just gan State coach Wheatthat,” Cuomo said.Tyrone “Hockey, basley, a first-round pick by the New ketball, baseball, football, whoevYork inwe’re 1995.a“It limitswillthe er canGiants reopen ready, pro and scouts actually seeing ing ablefrom partner.” these one-on-one, toeager look The guys governor said he was at them and physically place to watch the Buffalo Bills play.eyes onIn them.

To get some of the quesPennsylvania, Gov. Tom tions answered up close Wolf said NASCAR canand holdperits sonal.”at Pocono Raceway in late races Aside from getting a chance to June if the coronavirus situation run the 40-yard dash and comimproves in the area, though the plete might other strength and races have to go offagility withdrills in front of scouts from the out fans.

NFL’s 32 franchises, were Pocono Raceway isplayers in Monroe going towhich get thecurrently chance to interCounty, is under view with team pandemic executivesorders. on the Wolf’s strictest firstthe daygovernor of the HBCU combine But said if the counevent. ty moves to yellow, then NASCAR Teams may hold are the still two conducting races June in27 terviews by phone video and 28, as long asand there areconno ferencing, present but those capped spectators andare guidelines at three per week, said agent Auare followed to keep competitors gustine Wiggins, whose clients safe. include Burroughs.

NASCAR resumed its Cup SeharderSunday to garner interries“It’s schedule at Darlingest and understand where the inton without fans and will there terest is for clients than in years again Wednesday before two racpast,” Wiggins said.

“It’s a slightly es in four days at Charlotte Motor different pivot.”

Speedway.

JASON HEHIR—was a kid 68 in days the stands ALBEMARLE It’s been since in Boston Garden on April 20, 1986, the dayinthat a high school sports team has competed Michael Jordan scored a playoff-record 63 North Carolina. points.

Last week, the N.C. High School AthIt was a Christmas gift fromtohis father, who letic Association announced statewide stuck a note promising “Two tickets to the Air athletic directors that it will indeed expire Jordan Show” in his stocking that holiday its coronavirus precautionary dead periodseason.

It’s a1.gift Hehir will never for- of sumon June However, the possibility get, though his current seat beginning for mer workouts for fall sports is another Jordan show of sorts is far from a done deal. considerably better.

The NCHSAA stated that it will be“I upwouldn’t to Hehir is the school director of theas well as county and city systems, call it a ESPN andlocal Netflix productionleaders, “The to give state and government challenge. I Last 10-part high Dance,” schools athe greendocumenlight for summer tary series that debuts April 19 and workouts in preparation for fall athletics. would call it tells the story of Jordan’s Chi“After consulting withfinal superintendents a privilege.” cago 1997-98 that that acrossBulls the season state, itinwas determined a culminated in a sixth NBA title. set date is necessary and important to help Hehir’s task:there Takeis10,000 hours as of weJason ensure that consistency move Hehir, archived footage, add interviews towards what is typically the summer sea- of “The director with than 100 people, son,” more an NCHSAA email sent and last week to turn it intoschool about districts 8½ hourssaid. of teleLast Dance” statewide “These regvision. ulations will neither supersede the gover“I wouldn’t a challenge,”nor those nor’s mandatescall andit allowances, Hehir said.

“I would call it a privilege.” of the local school system.”

The series was moved up two months to proGov. Roy Cooper’s phased reopening vide content-starved with something approach is a crucialfans component when itnew to watch during the coronavirus pandemic. comes to the immediate future of state athESPN was originally planning to release letics. The second phase, which begins no the documentary in June, coinciding what earlier than March 22, would allow with groups would have been this season’s NBA Finals. of more than 10 people to assemble, therewill runfitness over five Sundays ending May 17,

by Itallowing centers, entertainment with two one-hour broadcasts each venues and playgrounds to reopen.week.

“I’m happy we can bring a little bit of light to It will takeiffour to six weeks after Coopeople in a dark time Hehir said. per’s “phase two” for here,” “phase three” to “Sports beare an indelible part of our cultural fabric gin,such a stage where high school adminisand lacking that ... there’s a significant hole trators could feel less pressure to keep in enjoyment thatdown peopledue feel,tothe thatofpeoathletics shut theescape absence ple can feel from everyday life that sports brings guidelines pertaining to assembly. us.”If that holds true, summer workouts Thea accelerated launch has only in added have better chance of returning July.to a hectic time for Hehir and his team.

So far, all training sessions have been reThere to hasthe been much about the stricted form of anticipation virtual workouts, documentary, which in Hehir’s mind came towhich the NCHSAA made an exception gether much faster than such for; coaches are typically nota project allowedusually to does. work with their athletes during a dead pe“Normally, to do an hourlong archival docriod. umentary from13,start finish, itsuspendtakes about On March the to NCHSAA aedyear from the inception of the idea to the reall spring sports, including unfinished search to doing all the shooting to getting basketball state championships. A monthit all together, it out, mapping it out, later, the storyboarding rest of the athletic spring season editing, getting notes back, it takes about was canceled following Cooper’s order to a year,” Hehir said. doing 10 of of the those. close schools for “We’re the remainder ac-And we had a little bit over two years to do it so we’re ademic year. already working at five times our normal rate.”

The basketball situation has since been The pandemic complicates resolved — it wasfurther decided at an Aprilmatters.

29 Hehir and his team are finishing things up while board of directors meeting that co-state separated, Zoomseason meetings championsconnecting for the through 2019-2020 but largely in isolation at their own laptops would be named for the unresolved bas- to get the last pieces of the story ready to air. ketball tournaments.

The documentary goesthe deeper thanchamjust 1997For men’s basketball, eastern 98, though that season is the overriding theme. pions include Henderson Collegiate (1A), It also serves as a retrospective of Jordan’s Farmville Central (2A), Westover (3A),basketball life, from his college at North Caroand Lumberton (4A).

The days western chamlina through his rise atop the NBA. pions are Winston-Salem Prep (1A), Shelthere is an ongoing

by Hehir (2A), knows Freedom (3A) and Northbuildup Meck-and anticipation lenburg (4A).surrounding the documentary, and still feels met with Jordan On thenervousness. women’s side,He the eastern region-several times over are the course the project, includal champions Weldonof(1A), Farmville ing three sit-down interviews that are part of Central (2A), E.E. Smith (3A) and Souththe documentary. east Raleigh (4A). Western champions in“I hope that (1A), people will like it as much as we clude Murphy Newton-Conover (2A), did,” Hehir said.

Southeast Guilford (3A) and Vance (4A).

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Burr steps aside as hospital Backup coronavirus Senate intelligence in Memphis worries residents chair amid FBI probe

By Adrian Sainz The Associated Press

By Eric Tucker TheMEMPHIS, Associated Press Tenn. — Faced with the threat of overburdened WASHINGTON, D.C. A Rehospitals, states across the—country publican senator with access to are converting convention centers, some the nation’s secrets besportsoffacilities andtop performance came entangled in a deepspacesfurther into backup treatment sites ening FBI investigation for coronavirus patients. as agents examining sales of stocks during What some Memphis, Tenthe coronavirus outbreak nesse, residents don’t get isshowed why in up at city, his home with acenter warrant to their a shopping in the search middlehis of cellphone. a predominantly black, Sen. Richard Burr,neighborR-NC, low-income residential stepped late last week as hood hasaside been chosen. chairman the powerful Senate City andofstate officials are conIntelligence it cerned that Committee, an influx ofcalling patients the “best thing toas do.”

Burr defrom Memphis, well as has nearby nied wrongdoing.

Mississippi, Arkansas and rural “This is a distraction to thehospihard west Tennessee, will strain work of the committee and the tals. Their fears are echoed across members, and Governors, I think that mayors the sethe country: curity of the country importand health experts isintoo numerous ant to are havealso a distraction,” states researching Burr and said.

He said he would serve out constructing makeshift medical the remainder of his term, which facilities. ends 2023. is they’re not running In in New YorkHe City, turnfor ingreelection. to the Javits Center convention Theinsearch warrant marked a site; Chicago, the McCormick dramatic escalationCenter; in the Justice Place Convention and in Department’s investigation into Sandy, Utah, the Mountain Amerwhether Burr exploited advance ica Expo Center. information when he unloaded as The U.S. Army Corps of Engimuch as $1.7 million in stocks in neers has been scouting locations the days beforeand theofficials coronavirus in Tennessee, here caused markets atolist plummet.

Such have compiled of 35 possiwarrants require investigators to ble backup sites. They haven’t reestablish a judge leased thetowhole list,that but probable Gov. Bill

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 cause exists to believe a crime has here. It’s just going to kill this occurred. area.”

The warrant was confirmed by He also cited a widespread fear two people familiar with the matof being unnecessarily exposed to ter, including a senior department the virus. official. They spoke on condition of “All around, people are scared,” anonymity because they were not he said.

GABRIELLA DEMCZUK | THE NEW YORK TIMES VIA AP authorized to publicly discuss an Their fears are not unfounded. ongoing investigation.

Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., listens at a Senate Intelligence In this majority-black city along Burr faces no public accusa- Committee hearing for a nominationthe hearing for Rep. Johnlawmakers Ratcliffe, Mississippi River, tions by the government that he R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May. 5, 2020. and Tuesday, community leaders have been exploited inside information resounding the alarm over what they ceived during briefings. But the see as a disturbing trend of the viwas approved at the highest search warrant immediately af- stantial portions of their portfolio rant rus killing African Americans at a the department, the offifected the standing inside Con- and purchased new stocks around levels higherofrate. said. resident Patricia Hargress of the influential Republi- the time Congress was receiving cialNutbush Fisher, a lawyer Burr, can, who has earned bipartisan briefings on the seriousness of the risAlice wondered aloud if cityfor officials that Burr for an ethsupport for leading a congressio- pandemic. Loeffler has said she noted were “trying to called contaminate” the inquiry into the stock sales nal investigation into Russian in- had no involvement in the trades ics neighborhood. they were disclosed.

SheAfrisaid terference in the 2016 presidential and said they were managed by once Activist Earle Fisher, an ADRIAN SAINZ | AP PHOTO the has “been actively cocampaign — work that sometimes third-party advisers. can senator American Memphis pastor, withthe theanxiety. government’s A spokesperson said Center Loeffler operating rankled President understands “This This Friday, AprilDonald 3, 2020Trump photo, shows Gateway Shopping as he and said reasonable he would.” conhas forwarded documents to the inquiry, and his supporters. is an honest in Memphis, Tenn.

“From outset, Senator News of the warrant also un- Justice Department, the Securi- cern and the skepticism,” Fisher Burr said. beenit’s focused onthe an course appropriderscored the public scrutiny sur- ties and Exchange Commission has “I think par for for andpeople thorough review of the the Senate Ethics Committee rounding the stockamarket activiblack to be righteously a Chinese restaurant and other ate Lee has disclosed few: the Mu- and in this which will esties of multiple and their skeptical of matter, governmental interbusinesses. that she and her hus- facts sic City Centersenators in Nashville, the “establishing werewith apacted entirely appropriately families around the same time. vention that that his did actions not consult Locating a treatment center for tablish Chattanooga Convention Center, band Fisher saidfirst.” in a stateobservedpatients both thethere letter posand propriate,” spokesman for Center Sen. Dianne people on the ground coronavirus theA Knoxville Expo — all and spiritproblems, of the law.”residents say: ment.

Feinstein, said she was the Doug McGowen, the city’s chief es two sites away D-Calif., from residential neighSenate records BurrGateand Burr’s case, theexpose search them war- operating asked “some basic questions” by It In officer, show said the could potentially borhoods. wifewas sold between roughwas served onconcerns a lawyerthat for his lawThe enforcement salesCenher rant way site being considered beto the virus amid Gateway about Shopping $600,000 $1.7 million of agents went to the ly husband and had voluntari- him, cause it couldand potentially accomblacksand areFBI contracting COVID-19 ter in themade Nutbush neighborhood inhundreds more than 30 transactheitWashington ly modate of beds.

He said at higherhome rates;inand could force stock of answered Memphis questions. is different. The cen- senator’s in late Januaryto and mid-Febthe they cellphone, Sen.A Kelly Loef- area if it were converted a treatment sometoofretrieve the stores rely onthe to tions terRepublican features a Save Lot grocery before market fler, lawmaker from Geor- Justice site, it just would holdthe only mildlybeill close. Department official said. ruary, store,a new a Rent-A-Center, a Famito dive and who government decisionresident to obtain war- gan gia, and herahusband sub- The coronavirus patients could be Nutbush and the commuly Dollar, beauty dumped supply shop,

health began sound quickly officials transported to atohospital alarms aboutconditions the virus. worsen.

Several of should their theMemphis stocks were in companies that officials said the Gateown hotels. way site was put on the list in reBurr to has acknowledged sponse a request from theselling state’s the stocks because the coronacoronavirus team toofidentify large, virus but buildings said he relied on available where“solely an alterpublic news reports,” specifically nate treatment facility could be loCNBC’s cated. daily health and science reporting out of Asia, to make “The task finding spacethe to financial decisions.of potential pashelter hundreds Senators a but closedtients is not did one receive of choice nedoor briefing on thesaid virus Jan. cessity,” the officials in on a state24, which was public knowledge. ment.

A separate briefing was held their Feb. For Nutbush residents, 12 Senate Health, Educafearbyofthecontracting the virus is tion, Labor andthe Pensions matched with worry Committhat they tee, of which Burr that is a member. could lose stores are vitalIt’s to unclear if he attended either sesthe neighborhood.

Officials hasion. ven’t said if stores would close if was firstfacility electedwas to the SentheHe Gateway opened. ate in 2004 chairedwould the SenIf they did, and shopping beate Intelligence Committee as it come more difficult for residents, conducted itsthose ownwho investigation especially for are old or into election interference haveRussian no means of transportation in 2016 presidential to the stores located fartherelection. away.

As Burrdon’t has have accessa “Forchairman, people who to the most incar, what dosensitive they do?”classified asked Harformation that istoprovided to Conris, who spoke The Associated gress.

Alonglugging with Republican Press while a bottle ofand deDemocratic leadership and wathe tergent, a package of bottled top lawmakers on the House Inter and other items from the Save telligence Committee, Burr isthat parta A Lot to her car. She noted of the group eight lawmakers in grocery storeofrecently closed near Congress the highest her housewho and receive she already has to level briefings. travelclassified farther to get to Gateway.

His decision the chair“When we to doleave things, we’ve man surprised got to position consider the people fellow in the committee members. neighborhood,” she said. “We don’t Sen.to John R-Texas, need make Cornyn, the neighborhood said hethan respected Burr’s worse it already is.” decision, adding preU.S. that Rep. “he’s Steveentitled Cohen,to a aMemsumption of innocence like phis Democrat, said the just decision anybody else.”sense. doesn’t make “The best there I can are tell,other he is trying “I’m sure places to dowould the right thing bythey the Senate, that work, and should and Cornyn said.go haveI appreciate used thoseit,”rather than Thea Los Angelesneighborhood,” Times first reinto residential ported the search warrant.

Cohen said.

FBI: Shooter at Pensacola military base linked to al-Qaida OPEC, oil nations agree to nearly 10M barrel cut

By Eric Tucker The Associated Press

THE GUNMAN who killed three U.S. sailorsPress at a military base The Associated in Florida last year repeatedly communicated al-Qaida DUBAI, with United Arab operaEmirtives planning in the months ates about — OPEC, Russia and other leading up to the attack,onU.S. offioil-producing nations Sunday cials said Monday.

They lashedproout finalized an unprecedented at Apple for to 10 helpmillion them duction cut refusing of nearly open theorshooter’s they barrels, a 10th ofphones globalso supply, could access key evidence. in hopes of boosting crashing pricofficials dises Law amidenforcement the coronavirus pandemic covered contacts between and a price war, officials said. Mohammed SaeedbeAlshamrani “This could the largestand reoperatives of al-Qaidafrom afterOPEC FBI duction in production technicians on their for perhaps asucceeded decade, maybe lonown into two cellger,” in saidbreaking U.S. Energy Secretary phones that had previously been Dan Brouillette, who credited locked and that the shooter, President Donald Trump’sa Sauperdi Air Force officer, had tried todueldesonal involvement in getting stroy before to hethe wastable killed law ing parties andbyhelpenforcement. ing to end a price war between “WeArabia now have clearer underSaudi andaRussia. standing of Alshamrani’s Oil prices have collapsedassocias the ations and activities the years, coronavirus and thein COVID-19 months dayshave leading up tohalthis illness itand causes largely attack,” Attorney General William ed global travel and slowed down Barr at a news conference in othersaid energy-chugging sectors which he sharply chastised ItApple such as manufacturing. has for not helping unlock phones.in devastated the oil the industry new details, that theThe U.S., which nowincluding pumps more Alshamrani hadother beencountry. radicalized crude than any in Saudi Arabia years before arBut some producers havehebeen rived in the fresh reluctant toU.S., ease raise supply.

Thequescartions about vetting Sautel and otherthe nations on of Sunday di military members and agreed to allow Mexico to trainees cut only who spendbarrels time ata American mili100,000 month, a sticktary also ing bases. point The for announcement an accord initially comes as Friday the U.S. andaSaudi Arareached after marathon bia areconference at odds over oil production video between 23 naduring thenations coronavirus pandemic tions. The together agreed and as the to cut 9.7 Trump millionadministration barrels a day faces enduring that it is throughout Maycriticism and June. notThe doing enough to hold kinggroup reached thethe deal just dom for human rights hoursaccountable before Asian markets reviolations. opened Monday and as internaThe criticism directed at Apple tional benchmark Brent crude could escalate betradedalso at just over divisions $31 a barrel tween the U.S. government and and American shale producers the massive technology company, struggle. which previously the charVideo aired byrejected the Saudi-owned acterization that it hadAl-Arabiya not been satellite channel helpful. whichSaudi was showed The the company, moment that sued byMinister the Justice Department Energy Prince Abdulaziz

as facts.

Barr said the information retrieved from Alshramani’s phone has already proved valuable, with U.S. officials recently conducting a bin Salman, a son of King Salman, counterterrorism operation targetassented to the deal. ing an AQAP operative who was “I go with the consent, so I one of Alshramani’s contacts. agree,” the prince said, chuckling, In January, U.S. officials andrawing a round of applause from nounced that they were sending those on the video call. home 21 Saudi military students But it had not been smiles and after an investigation revealed laughs for weeks after the sothat they had had jihadist or ancalled OPEC+ group of OPEC ti-American sentiments on social members and other nations failed media pages or had “contact with in March to reach an agreement child pornography.” on production cuts, sending pricBarr said at the time that Saues tumbling. Saudi Arabia sharply di Arabia had agreed to review criticized Russia days earlier over the conduct of all 21 to see if they what it described as comments should face military discipline and critical of the kingdom, which to send back anyone the U.S. later finds itself trying to appease determines should face charges.

Trump, a longtime OPEC critic.

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obituaries

Jason Efird

Tony Smith

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

ELEN LAMBERT, 98, of Gene was born October 9, 1925, in Locust passed away Thursday, Cabarrus County to the late Simeon May 14, 2020 at Five Oaks Manor.

Jason Efird and the late Sarah Ella She was born to Almer and Effie Burris Efird. In addition to his Hartsell Smith, December 5, 1921 parents, he was preceded in death by in Stanly County. Helen was also his wife, Jewell Little Efird; sisters, preceded in death by two siblings, Mary Lambert, Fannie Almond, Joe Smith and Betty Sue Hartsell.

Minnie Furr, Wilma Burleson and Helen graduated from Oakboro Aileen Huskey; and brothers, Homer High School. She was married to Efird, Getus Efird and Wayne Efird, the late Afton Lambert and both Sr. were very active charter members A private funeral service will be of West Stanly Baptist Church. held on Saturday, April 11, 2020 The family will receive friends at Love’s Grove United Methodist from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Sunday, Church Cemetery in Stanfield May 17, 2020, at Hartsell Funeral officiated by Rev. Jim White. Burial Home of Midland. The funeral will follow at the Love’s Grove United service will be Monday, May 18, Methodist Church Cemetery, 4360 2020, 1:00 pm at West Stanly Polk Ford Road, Stanfield.

Baptist Church, 24172 NC Hwy Survivors include son Gerald 24/27, Albemarle officiated by Rev. Wayne (Gail) Efird of Albemarle; George Quick. Burial will follow in daughter Lisa Efird (Mark) Hartsell the church cemetery. of Stanfield; granddaughters, Helen is survived by sons Kelly Efird Barbee and Lauren Stephen Lambert (Shirley) Hartsell (Justin) Crump; and greatand David Lambert (Kathy), grandsons, Ian Patrick Simmons and grandchildren Donna Allen (Larry), Elliot Jacob Simmons.

Jeff Lambert (Michelle), and Memorials may be made to Love’s Matthew Lambert (Lindsay), greatGrove United Methodist Church, PO grandchildren Danielle Hartsell Box 276, Stanfield, NC 28163-0276.

(Ryan), Hailey Barbee (Devin), Landon Allen (Gabrielle), Jonathan Lambert (Tiffany), Brittany Medlin (Shawn) and a host of great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by a brother, Leroy Smith.

Helen was a loving and devoted mother, adored her family and always looked forward to gatherings and reunions.

Discussions about family, past and present, were an enjoyment. She was loved by everyone who met her, never met a stranger and loved her church family.

ONY MONROE SMITH, 72, of Rockwell, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at INDAsurrounded ANN HATLEY his home by family. A KENDALL, 73, ofwill New private family service be held.

London, passed away Online condolences canon be Saturday, made at May 16, 2020 at her home. A stanlyfuneralhome.com graveside service will be11, held Tony was born August 1947at 11:00AM on Tuesday, May 19, in Stanly County to the late Pearlie 2020 the Kendall’s Baptist AsburyinSmith and Emmer Lee Church Cemetery officiated Smith. He was the son in law ofby Pat Rev. KentCagle Little.

The he family will and Mick where worked at receive friends the the fish house forfollowing many years until service in Anchor the church fellowship he opened House Seafood hall from 11:30AM-1:30PM. in Rockwell.

He and his wife Becky Linda was born November 23, owned and operated Anchor House 1946 in Stanly County to the late for 25 years before retiring in 2009.

Hal Floydwas Hatley and Stella Mae Mr. Smith a charter member Hatley Hatley.

She retired from and deacon at Open Door Baptist the Boyin Scouts of America Church Richfield.

He lovedafter the working in accounting and as Tony Lord and his family abundantly. an manager for 44 father, years.and wasoffice a wonderful husband, Mrs. Kendall was a member at grandfather and could fix anything Kendall’s Baptist Church.

She he put his hands on. loved time with herwife Mr.spending Smith is survived by his grandchildren andofnever missed a Becky Cagle Smith the home, sports event. sons Walter Smith and Robbie Mrs.daughter KendallKayla is survived by Smith; Henderson her husband Kenneth Kendall, (Brandon); grandchildren Danielle, Sr.; sonand Kenny Kendall Dustin, Steele Smith,(Laina) Keaton of New daughter and EllaLondon; Henderson; brother David Tracy (Tommy) Richfield; Smith;Sells sisters Kay Kriechbaum, grandchildren Ashley Kendall, Karen Stevenson, Ruby Eudy, and Jerrett Dakota Evonsion DorothyKendall, Smith (Nick).

(Cole), Sells, He isAlexa preceded in and deathHunter by Sells; and great-grandchild brothers Joe Smith, Wayne Smith, Coleten Evonsion.

Claude Smith, Wade Smith, Robert She was preceded death by Smith, and sister Maryin Morris. herMemorial sister Ruby Gathings.can be contributions Memorial can be made to Opencontributions Door Baptist Church made to Community Home Care at 44563 Hwy 52, Richfield, NC and Hospice at 1024 Albemarle 28137 or to Hospice & Palliative Care Rd. Suite 904, Troy, 27371 or of Cabarrus County at NC 5003 Hospice to Kendall’s Baptist Lane, Kannapolis, NCChurch 28081. Cross Ministries Youth Fund at PO Box 40, Richfield, NC 28137.

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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), Albemarle, NC; her son, Chris Tucker (Chris Lear), Washington, DC. She will be greatly missed by her five grandchildren, Heather Rushing Chaney (Shannon), Michael Elizabeth YANRushing, RANDALL LEEMichel Hartzog (Craig), Jack Jr.baby OLDAKER, the Michel, precious (Jenn), and Woody Hunt as well as boy of Vicky Shaver, passed away seven great-grandchildren.

May 15, 2020. In additionShe to also his leaves behind nieces andby mother, Babycherished Ryan is survived nephews. maternal grandparents, Franklin The family expresses its sincere and Ruth Shaver, brothers, Jacob, gratitude to the staff and caregivers Daniel, Michael and Steven, at TrinityEmily Placeand for the careWoodson; they sisters, Carol provided Pauline. aunt, Pansy Shaver, and greatA private graveside aunts, Ella Wells andservice Marywill be held on Monday, 13, 2020.

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OtherApril survivors include celebration of Pauline’ s life and legacy dear friends, Patricia Culley, will be held this summer.

David Rhinehardt, Judy Turner, In lieuBost, of flowers, the Turner, family Jon Robert Michael requests donations be Amy madeHurley, to the and Patrick Motley, BrightFocus Foundation www.

Scott Leonard, Johnnyat Owens, brightfocus.org. and Bill Rhinehardt.

Baby Ryan is preceded in death by his uncle, Jeffery H. Shaver.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

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Merle Helms

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ERLE LORRAINE AUSTIN HELMS, 72, of Marshville, passed away Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at McWhorter Hospice House ILLIAM LINK GREEN, in Monroe.

54, of New London, passed Lorraine was born April 28, 1947 away Saturday May 16, 2020 at in Monroe to the late Homer David his home. A memorial service will Austin and Jewell Delphia-Jane be held at 2 pm on Saturday May Austin. She was also preceded in 23, 2020 at his home. death by brothers, A.D. and Teddy Mr. Green was born March 21, Austin; and sister, Joy Austin.

1966 in Gaston County, NC and The family will receive friends was the son of Mary Nell Cole from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Friday, Rickettson of Lincolnton, NC and April 10, 2020 at Hartsell Funeral the late Joseph Monroe Green. He Home of Albemarle. The funeral was a member of Vortex Church. service will be at 11:00 am on William is survived by his wife Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Mary Ann Forsythe Green of the Church in Marshville, officiated home. Other survivors include

by Rev. John Miller and Rev. Leon four daughters, Trinity Efird Whitley. She will lie in state for 30 (Billie) of Albemarle, NC, Lynzee minutes prior to the service. She will Butler of Gastonia, NC, Chelsie be laid to rest in the church cemetery.

Tucker of Albemarle, NC and She is survived by her beloved Daneysha Ingram of Albemarle, husband of 47 years, Paul Helms NC; a brother Edward Green of of the home; son, Alex (Deanna) Gastonia, NC; two sisters, Jodie Helms of Pageland; daughter, Paula Phillips of Gastonia, NC and (Cristin Brandt) Helms of Mint Hill; Rebecca Morales of Gaston, NC grandchildren, Mason, Grant, and and eleven grandchildren. Mr. Raegan Helms; brothers, Boyce, Green is also preceded in death by Royce, Tim Austin; and sisters, a son, Byran Derek Forsythe and a Patricia Mullis, and Angel Tarleton. brother, Joseph M. Green, Jr. Memorials may be made to the Stanly Funeral and Cremation Alzheimer’s Association, 4600 Park Care of Albemarle is serving the Rd., Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28209.

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Shirley Haire

HIRLEY MAE HAIRE, 73, of Albemarle passed away on April 11, 2020 at Atrium Health Stanly. The family will hold a private graveside service for Mrs. Haire.

Shirley was born December 12, 1946 in Washington, DC to the late Charles Richard Bateman and Elizabeth Mae Mulligan Bateman.

Shirley is survived by her husband of 30 years Vaughn Smith of Albemarle; sister Sandra Painter of Gainesville, VA; half-brother Robert Bateman of Stevensville, MD; step-children Heather Smith of Jacksonville, FL and David Smith of New London, NC; 4 step-grandchildren; nieces Cyndi Hentschel of Leesburg, VA and Cheryl Hardy of Aylett, VA; 16 grandnieces and nephews; and Gus the dog. Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle is serving the Haire family.

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Danny Luther

ANNY PAUL LUTHER, 65, of Norwood, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, April 9, 2020 at Atrium Health Stanly in ANET ANN GREEN, 61, of Albemarle.

Locust passed awayMarch Monday, Mr. Luther was born 27, May 18,the 2020 her home 1955 to late in Robert Fulton and surrounded her loving family.

Helen Tuckerby Luther.

Her funeral be Wednesday, Danny waswill survived by his wife, May 20Burleson at 2 PMLuther at Meadow Creek Denise of Norwood; Primitive Baptist Church sons, Jeremy (Karen) Lutherin and Locust with Elders Eddie Fowler Jody Luther; step-sons, Bryan and Charles Smith(Anita) officiating.

Whitley and Gregg Whitley; Burial will follow at First Baptist Grandchildren, Daniel Luther and Church cemetery inas Locust.

The Hunter Zado, as well his brother, family will Jr receive friends Bob Luther (Lorena), unclefrom Jack 1 PM to 2 PM priorother to theloved service Luther and several nieces, at the church.

Due to Covid-19 nephews and cousins. restrictions, friends are from invited to Danny recently retired Stanly Funeral & Cremation Care Charlotte Pipe and Foundry after at 501 N. Central a dedicated 37 yearsAve. andLocust, worked NC 28097 to pay theirand respects. there with his sons several other Bornand May 5, 1959 in Cabarrus friends family members.

County, the daughter DannyJanet lovedis spending time atof Melvin and Ruth She is his lake house withGreen. his family and also survived byvacationing her brother, Todd friends as well as with his Green sister, Susan family. (Debbie), Danny andand Denise enjoyed Smith (David) allmusic of Locust.

Janet listening to beach and loved to is preceded in death bythey her infant shag dance every chance could brother, Roger Dale Green. get. He was an amazing father, loving Janet wasand a member of to grandfather great friend Meadow Primitive Baptist many. He Creek will never be forgotten.

Church and worked the A celebration of lifewith will be Stanly County announced onceVocational the current Workshop.

The familyare would COVID-19 restrictions lifted. likeHartsell to extend a special to Funeral Homethanks of Hospice ofisStanly theLuther Uwharrie Albemarle serving&the and her dear friend and caretaker, family.

Alicia Lowder for their love and care for Janet.

Stanly Funeral & Cremation Care of Locust is serving the Green family.

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Janet Green

Jerry Fincher

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ERRY FINCHER passed from this life on April 3, 2020 at 8:05 pm. He was surrounded by his family and UTH holding hand of the H.the WHITLEY, 91,love of of his life.

Jerry is passed preceded in death Oakboro, away Friday, by three brothers, Billy May 15,siblings, 2020 attwo Trinity Place in Gilbert Fincher, and Larry Richard Albemarle.

Fincher, and one sister, Barbra Joyce Mrs.Whitley was born October Moore.

24, 1928 in Stanly County to the HeMartin is survived by his wife, late Alexander HillEleanor and Kate Fincher of the home,Hill. daughter, the late Laura Whitley She Cindy Fincher Jacobsinofdeath Wingate was also preceded by NC., son and daughter in law, Tommy her husband, Lloyd Whitley; and (Tiffany) Fincher of New London brother, John Hill.

NC., StepWhitley Children, Jimmy Mrs. will lie in(Lisa) state Lanier of Locust Wanda from 11:00 AM NC, - 7:00 PM,(Bob) Krimminger of 19, Locust NC., Tuesday, May 2020 at Eric Hartsell (Sharon) Lanier of Charlotte NC., Funeral Home of Albemarle.

Grandchildren-Trey Whitson A graveside service(Gera) will be on of Midland, Step-grandchildren, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 3:00 Zach Washington, Aaron PM at(Brittney) Smith Grove Primitive (Kinsey) Washington, Caleb (Nayeli) Baptist Church Cemetery at Washington, Beth (Robbie) Setzer, 25711 Old School Road, Oakboro Matthew April ) Wallace, Step officiated( by Rev. Ed Lowder. great-grandchildren, Survivors includeBritlyn-Eve daughter, Washington, Robert George Donna Harvell andSetzer, husband (Sara) Setzer, Tracy (Rob) Setzer Leonard of Oakboro; sons, Bumgardener, Underwood, Dale Whitley Katie and wife Jill of Andrew Step great OakboroUnderwood, and Steve Whitley great grandchild, Waylon George and wife Lee of Glen Alpine; Setzer and brother Donald grandchildren, RhiannonLewis Fincher Albemarle, Chanceof and husbandNC. Ronald of Jerry Fincher will beByrd laid to rest on Harrisburg, Shanna and Wednesday April 8,2020 at 11:00 husband Lee of Gastonia, Wes am at CantonofBaptist Church.

Whitley Oakboro, JeffAnyone Harvell interested in attending, please RSVP and wife Charlene of Oakboro, at 704-796-2412.

Phil McCray Phil Harvell andDr. wife Tammy and Pastor Tommy Fincher will of Chesterfield, VA; and eleven officiate. great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Stanly County and the Uwharrie, 960 N. First Street, Albemarle, NC 28001.

Linda Hatley

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, the life of your loved April 16, 2020 atCelebrate Hartsell Funeral Home in Albemarle.

Linda will ones.

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STATE & NATION

Age and pandemic: Time lost, plans canceled, dreams deferred

By Tamara Lush The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Elizabeth Hubbart was booked for a cruise that followed the path of Lewis and Clark’s expedition in the Pacific Northwest. Joel Demski was set to watch and cheer his grandson graduating from the Naval Academy. James Kelly planned a trip to Scotland, to scatter his father’s ashes in the Clyde River near Glasgow.

They are all older than 60. And like millions of others, they now face the painful realization that their plans, their hopes, their bucket-list items, were not simply deferred but in many cases denied thanks to the coronavirus.

The global pandemic has left them wondering about the time they have left, and how to spend those moments when movement is severely limited. Instead of taking in the Seven Wonders of the World or making family memories, many are worried about the mundane, like whether it’s safe to grocery shop or even go outdoors.

Guilt, anger and frustration seep in, with all this precious time lost.

“One less year is one less trip,” said 72-year-old Bob Busch, an avid traveler from Sarasota, Flor-

ida who canceled a 35-day camping trip with his wife. They are healthy this year, but what about in the future, after the pandemic has passed? “How many times can you hook up the trailer and head west?”

Demski, who lives in Vero Beach, Florida, was crestfallen when the Naval Academy canceled its graduation ceremonies. Instead of taking in the celebration in Annapolis with his grandson, he is left with concern as the young man ships out on his assignment. Plans to see another grandson graduate from UCLA in California have also been scrapped.

“I’m really just sad. It’s sadness for the whole country,” said Demski, who is a few months shy of his 80th birthday.

Mick Smyer, a psychology professor at Bucknell University who studies aging and the elderly, said the Baby Boom generation is among the first to have additional years of vitality. This pandemic is hitting in the middle of their generation’s “developmental task,” which, as the American Psychological Association defines it, is “the fundamental physical, social, intellectual, and emotional achievements and abilities that must be acquired at each stage of life for normal and healthy development.”

“Boomers are thinking back about whether it has it been a good life, and what was it all about. Now there are fewer options in the near term. The next two years are off the table, and how many good years are left?”

Mick Smyer, psychology professor at Bucknell University In other words, boomers are feeling their mortality. As headlines blare about elders being more susceptible to dying of Coronavirus, the healthy wonder: Will I be able to achieve, see, and do everything I wanted out of life?

“Boomers are thinking back about whether it has it been a good life, and what was it all about,” he said. “Now there are fewer options in the near term. The next two years are off the table, and how many good years are left?”

Kelly, a 63-year-old psychologist, also plays guitar and writes country rock and Americana songs.

Lately, he’s been pondering his fate as he sits alone in his Atlanta home, thinking about when he’ll be able to bring his father’s ashes to his native Scotland.

“My most recent songs have been about aging. Dealing with life and loss. The road behind and the road ahead, about how much is behind me and how little is in front of me.”

“There’s not a lot more road in front of me,” he recently wrote in a song lyric.

At the same time, many acknowledge that their sacrifices are also a product of privilege. Millions of people who are unemployed or working in essential, yet low-wage jobs, don’t have that luxury now — or possibly ever.

“Some of my emotion, in all honesty, is guilt,” said Judy Forman, a 70-year-old from Flourtown, Pennsylvania. “We’re inconvenienced and we’re scared and we’re able to handle it. I try to help as much as I can. When I get a food order, I leave a huge tip. I give to food pantries.”

But the feeling that time is slipping away grates on her. She can’t travel to visit one of her daughters in California. She can’t even hug her three grandsons, who live across the street.

Helen Miltiades, a professor of gerontology at Fresno State in Cal-

ifornia, said older adults are struggling in ways younger folks aren’t.

“The whole phrase ‘the new normal.’ People are using that, but what does that mean? People make jokes about it. That’s a way of coping with change without really understanding what the change entails. I don’t think we have that figured out yet.”

Hubbart, who was supposed to go on the cruise with her husband, canceled that. The 70-year-old Miami resident is holding onto a shred of hope that she can see Hugh Jackman — her favorite actor — on Broadway this fall, but she’s prepared for disappointment.

“This was supposed to be my decade,” she said. “And it’s going to be very different than I expected.”

Dena Davis is more optimistic.

She’s a 73-year-old professor of bioethics at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She has postponed her sabbatical because of the pandemic and figures her plans for retirement have been pushed back.

“If you’re lucky, the reason there isn’t that much more time is because you’ve already had a lot of time. ... It depends on the way you look at it,” she said. “I’m not seeing endless vistas in front of me. There are pretty big vistas behind me. You can’t have it both ways.”

SoftBank racks up losses as Vision Fund investments plunge

By Yuri Kageyama The Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. racked up a loss of $9 billion for the fiscal year through March, on red ink related to its Vision Fund investments including troubled office space-sharing venture WeWork.

SoftBank, founded in 1981, said Monday the drop in share prices around the world from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic had slammed the value of its sprawling investments.

Tokyo-based SoftBank sales for the fiscal year inched up 1% to $58 billion. It did not immediately break down quarterly results or give a forecast for the fiscal year through March 2021.

On top of WeWork’s poor performance, the company suffered damage to the value of Uber and other holdings in its portfolio. The pandemic is adding to uncertainties.

The merger of Sprint with T-Mobile in the U.S. was completed on April 1, in one bit of good news.

The pandemic was not expected to affect SoftBank’s telecommunications business, such as mobile phone services in Japan. As people stay home to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, they tend to use more online deliveries and

other internet-based activities.

But the company’s technology licensing and royalty revenues may drop due to Arm, which provides microprocessors and other technology and is also part of SoftBank’s operations, because of pandemic-related disruptions.

SoftBank’s chief executive, Masayoshi Son, told reporters the company was facing “unprecedented challenges” because of the pandemic.

But he said some businesses such as Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Arm hold great potential, and the stock value of SoftBank’s holdings has fallen but is not crashing.

“I realize I am giving excuses, and the extreme economic hardships from this ‘corona-shock’ are very real,” Son said.

SoftBank bailed out WeWork last year, and severed ties with its co-founder Adam Neumann, whose reported lavish living has tarnished the brand. Its IPO was ditched, and SoftBank has shelved its tender offer.

The future of the office-sharing business model itself is in question as reopening economies try to abide by social-distancing measures against the virus that causes COVID-19.

Earlier in the day, SoftBank announced Chinese billionaire Jack Ma was stepping down from the board.

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In this Oct. 8, 2019 photo, a person walks by a SoftBank shop in Tokyo.

Son said the move was related to Ma’s decision to semi-retire, including from his post at Alibaba.

They continue to communicate regularly as “like-minded soulmates,” said Son. “It’s sad to see him go, but we will be best friends forever,” he said.

SoftBank is a major investor in Alibaba. Ma, who joined the SoftBank board in 2007, and Son have a longstanding close relationship.

Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba, has been focusing on philanthropy lately, such as donating masks and test kits to help in the efforts against the pandemic.

SoftBank announced three new board members, including SoftBank Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto and Waseda University professor Yuko Kawa-

moto.

Another new member is LipBu Tan, founder of Walden International, a venture capital firm focused on computer chips, cloud and artificial intelligence. He is also chief executive of Cadence Design, a U.S. electronic design automation software and engineering services company.

Son said that adding outside board members will enhance corporate governance at SoftBank, responding to criticism he wielded too much control.

Also Monday, SoftBank said it was buying back its own shares, of up to $4.7 billion in value, to shore up its bottom line.

“I am not totally pessimistic, given all the challenges we have faced in the past,” said Son. “We will keep at it.”

“I realize I am giving excuses, and the extreme economic hardships from this ‘corona-shock’ are very real.”

Masayoshi Son, chief executive of SoftBank

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Puzzle company sees pandemic business boom With the COVID-19 pandemic having largely brought the U.S. economy to a halt, Heritage Puzzle, a Pfafftownbased jigsaw puzzle company, is shipping out puzzles at a rate the owners have never seen. Business is so busy, that Karen and Matt Everhart are having a hard time keeping up supply to meet demand. As a result of a booming business, the Everharts decided to freeze their prices instead of raising them with raised demand, keeping the puzzles affordable during a tough economic period.

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Chase ends with car crashing into house Police tried to conduct a traffic stop in Rural Hall last week, but when the suspect refused to stop, it resulted in a police chase that ended when the driver collided with a home on Germanton Road. The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle. Police have not released the name of the driver, and charges have not yet been filed.

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Heartfelt words, celebrity appearances highlight online ceremony TCH staff WAKE FOREST held a virtual conferring of degrees for the class of 2020 on Monday evening.

The university was forced to postpone its usual graduation ceremony, scheduled for the same time and date, due to the nationwide shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The school plans to hold a ceremony for this year’s graduating class on October 31.

The school didn’t want the originally scheduled date to pass without taking note of the milestone, however.

“With all of my heart I wish we could be here together,” University President Nathan O. Hatch said.

“I do anticipate the coming day when we can gather one and all.

And we will do it, with all the appropriate bells and whistles.”

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Wake Forest’s campus was empty, but the Class of 2020 was still remembered on Hearn Plaza as the school held a virtual ceremony.

Hatch spoke about “before and after” moments in history, such as the American Revolution, the Depression and 9/11.

“You’re experiencing two before and after moments,” he told the class. “First, we’re celebrating you earning your Wake Forest de-

N.C. Rep. Womble, champion for sterilization victims, dies Winston-Salem politician was 78

The Ramos family has been hit hard by the coronavirus, with three of the eight family members testing positive for COVID-19.

The family has isolated the positive relatives, walling off their rooms with plastic sheets, cleaning everything regularly and segregating bathrooms. The family has rented a port-a-potty, which is outside on the lawn, to avoid sharing bathrooms with the coronavirus-positive family members.

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“Spread near and far yet standing tall”— Wake Forest holds virtual graduation

By Gary D. Robertson The Associated Press RALEIGH — Former state Rep. Larry Womble, an educator who championed the cause of compensating North Carolina’s sterilization victims from the 20th century, has died at age 78.

Womble died at his home in Winston-Salem on Thursday of natural causes, according to Carmen Russell Bonham, director at Russell Funeral Home in Winston-Salem.

A former Winston-Salem alderman, Womble joined the state House in 1995 and served nine terms. The Democrat decided not to seek reelection in 2012 after he nearly died in a head-on vehicle collision the year before in which

the other driver was killed.

Womble spent his last years in the General Assembly seeking financial payments and other assistance for victims of the state-sponsored eugenics program that ended in the 1970s.

North Carolina sterilized about 7,600 people whom the state deemed feeble-minded or otherwise undesirable between 1929 and 1974. While most of the people were either forced or coerced into having the procedure, a small number of them chose to be sterilized.

It wasn’t until 2013 that lawmakers agreed to set aside $10 million for payments to victims — making North Carolina the first state to pay compensation to the victims of a government-run sterilization program.

Womble’s chief ally for the cause was a Republican — then-House Speaker Thom Tillis, now a U.S.

“He never backed down from a fight and was always honest about his beliefs, even when they weren’t always popular.”

Chairman Wayne Goodwin, state Democratic Party senator.

“Larry was relentless in shining a light on one of the darkest moments of our state’s history, and he never backed down and never gave up in the pursuit of justice,” Tillis said in a news release, calling supporting Womble’s efforts “one of the greatest honors of my life.”

In 2012, a still-recovering Womble returned to the legislative

grees. Before today, you were students. After today, you are alumni.

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complex in a wheelchair to push for financial compensation. Lawmakers left town that year with no agreement on funding.

“I hope all of you support this history-making event that no one else in this nation has ever done,” Womble told colleagues at the time.

“You’ll be on the right side of history.”

Womble was a strong advocate on issues of race, pressing for passage of the 2009 Racial Justice Act, which gave death row prisoners a way to seek a reduced sentence because of racial bias. The law was ultimately repealed by the Republican-controlled legislature. He was known for his colorful suits and soliloquies on black history on the House floor.

“He never backed down from a fight and was always honest about his beliefs, even when they weren’t always popular,” said state Democratic Party Chairman Wayne Goodwin, who served with Womble in the House. “He made a point of giving a voice to the voiceless and, in his own words, to ‘make government personal.’”

A Winston-Salem native, Womble became a teacher and school administrator. He was elected to the alderman board in 1981.

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WAKE FOREST from page 1 But throughout, we were all Wake Foresters.”

The second before and after moment Hatch spoke of was “the global pandemic that keeps us apart today.”

“We’re still in between this before and after,” he said. “We have the uncommon gift of both reflection and anticipation. In just a few short months, this crisis has prepared you, our future leaders, in ways no typical education could.

You have learned to be remarkably flexible and resilient. You’ve redefined what it means to connect with one another. You’ve embraced ambiguity fearlessly.”

“Class of 2020, you are uniquely equipped to face the challenges of today and those still to come,” he continued. “The current experience trying as it may be, has tempered you to understand and to lead a world recovering from this pandemic. That world needs you as instruments of good will and beacons of hope.”

Provost Rogan Kersh then called upon each of the school’s deans to present their graduates to President Hatch. Provost Kersh asked each graduate to stand when their dean called up them and remain standing.

He then presented the group to President Hatch, “Spread near and far, yet standing tall, from the Wake Forest Class of 2020.”

“With all of my heart I wish we could be here together.

I do anticipate the coming day when we can gather one and all. And we will do it, with all the appropriate bells and whistles.”

Nathan O. Hatch, University President

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Wake Forest student body president Mellie Mesfin speaks at the school’s virtual commencement ceremony.

Next, student body president Mellie Mesfin spoke with a heartfelt mixture of melancholy and hope.

“I know that this is not how we pictured this day would go,” she

said. “Nobody could have anticipated that we would be spread all across the world right now, as we are, but we are, and that hurts.

Our story hasn’t ended the way we pictured it would, and it would

be inauthentic of me to minimize that loss. So I won’t do that. Instead, I‘ll point out that we still have something to celebrate today.”

After the speeches, the celebration began, with surprise appearances from several celebrities, including Tina Fey, who told the graduates, “We’re ready for you.

We need you in the world. Come on in.”

She then joked, “Most times people don’t even remember their college graduations, but y’all are gonna remember this one.”

Carson Daly spoke, offering the advice, “Don’t forget to call your mom.”

Next, Jon Stewart told the class, “I have just one request if I could: Save us! Save us! Get to work!”

Tracy Morgan, Jimmy Kimmel and former Demon Deacon Chris Paul also spoke.

WEEKLY CRIME REPORT

DEATH NOTICES ♦ Jamila Allah, aka Linda Anderson Massey, 79, of Winston-Salem, died May 13, 2020. ♦ Mae Alice Cox Braddy, 84, died May 14, 2020. ♦ Lisa Denise Carlyle Brown, 51, of Forsyth County, died May 15, 2020. ♦ Helen G. Chapel, 98, of Winston-Salem, died May 16, 2020. ♦ Lucille Davis Coker, 92, of Winston-Salem, died May 13, 2020. ♦ Roland Floyd Eller, 85, of Forsyth County, died May 16, 2020. ♦ Norma Trinidad Frugé, 62, died May 15, 2020. ♦ Robin Denise Baynes McKeown, 62, of Clemmons, died May 14, 2020. ♦ Judy Gail Hancock Morris, 76, of Clemmons, died May 13, 2020. ♦ Opal Elaine Roddy Parker, 88, of Surry County, died May 13, 2020. ♦ Grady Allen Rothrock, 91, of Forsyth County, died May 13, 2020. ♦ Connie Ray Lemons Smith, 82, of Kernersville, died May 15, 2020. ♦ Betty Jarvis Stewart, 87, died May 14, 2020. ♦ Jo Ann Ketner Totten, 72, of Winston-Salem, died May 14, 2020. ♦ Artie Andes Cunningham Walker, 91, of Davidson County, died May 18, 2020.

♦ Aaron, Alfred Sherman (M/34) Arrest on chrg of 2nd Degree Trespass, M (M), at 2981 Mizpah Church Rd, Rural Hall, NC, on 5/15/2020 15:52.

♦ Arrest on chrg of 1) Disorderly Pub Bldg (M) and 2) Reckless Driving (M), at Eb 40/mcgregor Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/16/2020 14:15.

♦ ALFORD, GEORGE RAFT was arrested on a charge of AWIK/ SERIOUS INJURY at 201 N CHURCH ST on 5/18/2020

♦ Goldner, Jeremy Lee (M/35) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugsposs Sched Vi (M) and 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 2498 Lewisville-clemmons Rd/stadium Dr, Clemmons, NC, on 5/16/2020 16:00.

♦ Bell, Demani Ahmad (M/36) Arrest on chrg of 1) Vand-real Property (M), 2) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 3) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 4) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 5) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), and 6) Speeding To Elude Arrest (F), at 6553 Germanton Rd, Rural Hall, NC, on 5/13/2020 23:44. ♦ Bonner, Davon Lamonte (M/26) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drug Trafficking (F), 2) Drug Trafficking (F), 3) Drugs-maintain (F), 4) Drug Trafficking (F), 5) Drugs-maintain (F), 6) Drugs-maintain (F), 7) Drug Trafficking (F), 8) Drug Trafficking (F), 9) Drug Trafficking (F), 10) Drug Trafficking (F), and 11) Drug Trafficking (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/14/2020 13:14. ♦ Britton, Nicholas Jerez (M/30) Arrest on chrg of 1) Asslt On Off/ st Emp (M), 2) Asslt On Off/st Emp (M), 3) P/w/i/s/d Marijuana (F), 4) Possession Marijuana (F), 5) Drug Trafficking (F), 6) P/w/i/s/d Sched I (F), 7) Drug Paraphernalia (M), 8) Drug Paraphernalia (M), 9) Resisting Arrest (M), and 10) Alter, Destroy, Or Steal Evidence Of Criminal Conduct (F), at 2798 Jim Conrad Ln/rosemary Dr, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/16/2020 23:00. ♦ Burgess, Tina Marie (F/19) Arrest on chrg of 1) Larcenyfelony (F) and 2) Larceny-felony (F), at 413 Motor Rd, Winstonsalem, NC, on 5/14/2020 10:00. ♦ Cheek, Christopher Miles (M/31) Arrest on chrg of 1) False Imprisonment (M), 2) Assault Strangulation (F), 3) Assault - In Presence Of A Minor (affray, Deadly Weapon, Et (M), 4) Child Abuse (M), and 5) Poss Cocaine Fel (F), at 3420 Cook Place Dr, Clemmons, NC, on 5/18/2020 20:05. ♦ Crews, Jerry Lee (M/63) Arrest on chrg of Disorderly Conduct (M), at 2798 Lewisville-clemmons Rd/clemmons Rd, Clemmons, NC, on 5/15/2020 07:51. ♦ Dominguez Servin, Erasmo (M/59) Arrest on chrg of 2nd Degree Trespass, M (M), at 507 Sunny Park Cr, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/14/2020 12:26. ♦ Dotson, Tealisha Qushon (F/34)

♦ GOMEZ, FELIPE was arrested on a charge of KIDNAPPING at 201 N CHURCH ST on 5/18/2020 ♦ Gonzalez, Rivera Eridiel (M/29) Arrest on chrg of 1) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M) and 2) Vio. Protective Order By Courts Another State/ Indian Tribe (M), at 200 E Hanes Mill Rd, Winstonsalem, NC, on 5/17/2020 01:22. ♦ Henderson, Taryan Josef (M/32) Arrest on chrg of Poss Stolen Goods, F (F), at 1600 Union Cross Rd, Kernersville, NC, on 5/16/2020 04:22. ♦ Hughes, Darrin Shawn (M/47) Arrest on chrg of Disorderly Conduct, M (M), at 4439 New Walkertown Rd/dillon Farm Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/13/2020 22:55. ♦ Lambert, Lindsay Marie (F/31) Arrest on chrg of 1) Larcenyfelony (F) and 2) Mv Theft (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/13/2020 08:47. ♦ LEWIS, AKEEM ANDREW was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 1825 TRELLIS LN on 5/18/2020 ♦ Little, Anthony Jamal (M/26) Arrest on chrg of 1) P/w/i/s/d Marijuana (F), 2) Drugs-maintain (F), 3) Drug Paraphernalia (M), and 4) Equip - Violation Tinted Windows (M), at 2499 Darrow Rd/reidsville Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 5/15/2020 19:01. ♦ Mcqueen, Terrell Anthony (M/21) Arrest on chrg of Mv Theft (F), at 201 N Church St, Winstonsalem, NC, on 5/14/2020 15:00. ♦ Mcqueen, Terrell Anthony (M/21) Arrest on chrg of 1) Larceny-felony (F) and 2) Mv Theft (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/13/2020 08:47. ♦ Mertes, Timothy William (M/40) Arrest on chrg of Mv Theft, F (F), at 201 N Church St, Winstonsalem, NC, on 5/15/2020 00:58. ♦ Moore, Cassie Whitener (F/33) Arrest on chrg of Assaultsimple (M), at 500 Shepherd St, Winston-salem, NC, on

5/13/2020 16:24. ♦ Moore, Keaton Allen (M/36) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Female (M), 2) Assault On Female (M), 3) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 4) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 5) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 6) Fail To Appear/compl (M), and 7) Fail To Appear/compl (M), at 1281 Woodbrook Dr, Kernersville, NC, on 5/16/2020 13:41. ♦ Murray, Alexander Martin (M/29) Arrest on chrg of 1) Order For Arrest (M), 2) Drug Paraphernalia (M), 3) Probation Violation (M), 4) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 5) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 6) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 7) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), and 8) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), at Barnes Rd/s Main St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/14/2020 09:14. ♦ Murray, Alexander Martin (M/29) Arrest on chrg of Drugsposs Sched Ii, F (F), at Barnes Rd/s Main St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/14/2020 09:14. ♦ Padilla, Christina Nacole (F/36) Arrest on chrg of 1) Fraud-obt Property (F), 2) Fraud-obt Property (F), 3) Fraud-obt Property (F), 4) Poss Stolen Goods (M), 5) Poss Stolen Goods (M), and 6) Poss Stolen Goods (M), at 6172 Ridgecrest Dr, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/13/2020 08:45. ♦ PAYNE, TYSON GARNERTHOMAS was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 3500 N PATTERSON AV on 5/18/2020 ♦ Prevette, Steven Kelly (M/53) Arrest on chrg of 1) Stalking (M) and 2) Harassing Phone Calls (M), at 1615 Williams Rd, Lewisville, NC, on 5/18/2020 09:08. ♦ Priddy, Joshua Steven (M/30) Arrest on chrg of 1) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 2) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 3) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 4) Fail To Appear/compl (M), 5) Probation Violation (M), 6) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 7) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 8) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 9) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 10) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), 11) Fail To Appear/ compl (M), and 12) Fail To Appear/compl (M), at 1000 Brownwood Dr/germanton Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/15/2020 18:00. ♦ RAMOS, MARIO SANCHEZ was arrested on a charge of ASSAULT ON FEMALE at 315 MOTOR RD on 5/17/2020 ♦ Russell, Javon Jamal (M/22) Arrest on chrg of Fugitive Arrest

(magistrate`s Order) (F), at 201 N Church St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/15/2020 02:00. ♦ Savage, Rebecca Anne (F/28) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugsposs Controlled Substancemethamphetamine>less Than 1 (F) and 2) Drugs-poss Sched I (F), at 601 Lewisville-clemmons Rd, Lewisville, NC, on 5/17/2020 16:26. ♦ Segovia, Cristian David (M/18) Arrest on chrg of Drug Paraphernalia, M (M), at 2598 S Stratford Rd/densmore St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/16/2020 08:00. ♦ Smith, Jesse James (M/32) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugs-poss Sched Ii (F), 2) Ccw (M), and 3) Probation Violation (M), at 3008 Old Hollow Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 5/17/2020 10:00. ♦ Smith, Jesse James (M/32) Arrest on chrg of Poss Heroin (F), at 3008 Old Hollow Rd, Walkertown, NC, on 5/17/2020 10:00. ♦ Smith, Keino Shantez (M/38) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Female (M), 2) Communicate Threats (M), 3) Communicate Threats (M), 4) Breaking/larcfelony (F), 5) Vand-personal Prop (M), 6) Vand-real Property (M), 7) 2nd Degree Trespass (M), and 8) Interfering With Emergency Communication (M), at 816 E Brookline St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/13/2020 16:40. ♦ Tolentino, Amancio Luna (M/23) Arrest on chrg of 1) Assault On Minor (M) and 2) Breaking/enter-misd (M), at 310 Idlewood Ct, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/13/2020 23:43. ♦ TUTTLE, JORDAN LAMARTE was arrested on a charge of FELON ADW/SER INJURY at 531 AKRON DR on 5/17/2020 ♦ Vawter, Melissa Ann (F/50) Arrest on chrg of Drug Trafficking (F), at 1000 Brownwood Dr/ germanton Rd, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/15/2020 18:00. ♦ White, Neva Faith (F/25) Arrest on chrg of 1) Drugs-poss Sched Ii (F), 2) P/w/i/s/d Heroin (F), 3) Drugs-maintain (M), 4) Drugsposs Sched Iv (M), 5) Possession Marijuana (M), 6) Poss Cocaine Fel (F), and 7) Drug Paraphernalia (M), at 2598 S Stratford Rd/ densmore St, Winston-salem, NC, on 5/17/2020 04:57.

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Former manager, player Howe released from hospital Houston Former major league manager and infielder Art Howe was released from a Houston hospital Sunday after a stay in intensive care because of the coronavirus.

Best known as the manager of the “Moneyball” Oakland Athletics playoff teams in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the 73-year-old Howe confirmed Thursday night he has been dealing with the illness since first feeling symptoms of COVID-19 on May 3. He went to the hospital by ambulance last Tuesday. Howe spent 12 seasons with Pittsburgh Houston and St. Louis, and managed 14 seasons with the Astros, A’s and Mets.

HORSE RACING

Preakness Stakes reschedules for Oct. 3 Baltimore The 145th Preakness Stakes has been rescheduled for Oct. 3, an announcement delivered Saturday less than hour before the original post time for the Triple Crown race. Traditionally held at Pimlico Race Course on the third Saturday in May, the Preakness was postponed April 3 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The makeup date could keep the Preakness as the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, depending on the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes. The Kentucky Derby was switched from May 2 to Sept. 5, and the New York Racing Association is trying to determine the best date for the Belmont, originally scheduled for June 6.

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UFC’s Harris loses first fight since stepdaughter’s death Jacksonville, Fla. Alistair Overeem stopped Walt Harris in the second round of their UFC fight Saturday, ending what was an emotional return for Harris in his first bout since his stepdaughter’s death.

Harris was the sentimental choice as he stepped into the octagon for the first time since his 19-year-old daughter, Aniah Blanchard, was killed in Alabama.

Harris (13-8) looked as though he would notch his 14th career knockout when he dropped Overeem (4618) in the opening round, but the veteran regrouped on the eve of his 40th birthday and dominated the rest of the way.

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Harvick wins Cup Series’ return at Darlington The race was the first of four races in 11 days for NASCAR’s top series

By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — This was a 400-mile drive unlike any other in modern day NASCAR. The grandstands were completely empty. There wasn’t a single tailgate inside the track. Everyone wore face coverings — some with the team logos, others opting for plain disposable medical masks.

It was nothing close to the corporate sponsorship, pomp and patriotic traveling circus that symbolizes NASCAR. But when the engines fired at Darlington Raceway following a 10-week layoff during the coronavirus pandemic, it turned into a regular old race.

Kevin Harvick beat Alex Bowman to win the Cup Series’ first race back, a spectacle closely watched to see if the largest racing series in the United States could successfully get back to work.

“I just want to thank everybody from NASCAR and all the teams for letting us do what we do,” Harvick said. “I didn’t think it was going to be that different, but it’s dead silent out here. We miss the fans.”

NASCAR developed a health plan approved by officials in both South Carolina and North Carolina and scheduled seven races over the next 11 days at two tracks. As other states began to open, the series tacked more races to fill the

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Kevin Harvick does a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Darlington. calendar with 20 events across seven Southern states between now and June 21. There will be no spectators at least through that date.

But to even get to the Coca-Cola 600 next week at Charlotte Motor Speedway, NASCAR had to get it right at Darlington.

Teams were required to submit rosters in advance with only 16 members allotted per car. Names were on a list at a checkpoint at the end of a gravel road just off Harry Byrd Highway and everyone who passed through had their temperature checked and logged before they could enter.

NASCAR did not have to turn anyone away, and all 40 drivers were cleared to race. NASCAR has declined to do COVID-19 testing

to ensure those tests go to those in need.

Among those to make it inside were Ryan Newman, back for the first time since he suffered a head injury exactly three months ago in a wreck on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Newman missed only three races because of NASCAR’s shutdown and finished 15th in his return.

Also in the field was Matt Kenseth, who at 48 was the oldest driver at Darlington and he raced for the first time since the 2018 season finale. Kenseth was brought out of retirement by Chip Ganassi when Kyle Larson was fired for using a racial slur during an iRacing event that kept NASCAR occupied when racing was on hold. Kenseth

finished 10th.

Bowman, who signed a one-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports on Saturday, was second. Kurt Busch, winner of the closest finish in Darlington history, was third for Ganassi.

It was the 50th career victory for Harvick, in a Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing. A previous winner at Darlington, Harvick led 159 of the 293 laps.

Harvick tied Hall of Famers Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett for 12th on NASCAR’s all-time wins list.

NASCAR’s elite Cup Series next races Wednesday night at Darlington, which is hosting three NASCAR events in four days before the sport shifts to Charlotte.

MLB proposal: shower at home, don’t spit, no mascots In an effort to get back to playing, the league has offered strict guidelines

By Ronald Blum The Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will look somewhat like high school ball this year under protocols to deal with the new coronavirus, with showers at ballparks discouraged and players possibly arriving in uniform, like they did when they were teenagers.

Team personnel will be banned from eating at restaurants on road trips.

Even the Phillie Phanatic and Mr. Met will be missing, banned from the field along with all other team mascots.

The traditional exchange of lineup cards would be eliminated, along with high-fives, fist bumps,

and bat boys and girls, according to a 67-page draft of MLB’s proposed 2020 Operations Manual.

A copy was sent to teams Friday and obtained by The Associated Press. The guidelines, first reported by The Athletic, are subject to negotiation with the players’ association.

Teams will be allowed to have 50 players each under the plan, with the number active for each game still be negotiated.

Spitting is prohibited along with water jugs and the use of saunas, steam rooms, pools and cryotherapy chambers. Hitting in indoor cages is discouraged, batting gloves encouraged.

Batting practice pitchers are to wear masks, dugout telephones disinfected after each use. Players may not touch their face to give signs, and they’re not allowed to lick their fingers. Teams are encouraged to hold meetings outdoors, players spread apart.

Teams were asked to respond with their suggested input by May 22.

Protocols include details on testing for team staff, who are divided into three tiers. All others may not enter clubhouses, dugouts and the field.

Managers and coaches must wear masks while in the dugouts.

The entire traveling party — including players — must wear personal protective equipment while on buses and flights. Restaurants are off limits on the road, including the ones in hotels, as are hotel fitness centers.

“We emphasize that this is a first draft, and will undergo several rounds of changes as we collect comments and suggestions from the clubs, the players’ association, players, and government officials,” deputy commissioner Dan Halem wrote in an email to owners, team presidents and CEOs, and general managers that accompanied the

protocols.

“The document is designed to set minimum standards and identify best practices, but we have attempted to provide clubs with enough flexibility to achieve the desired health and safety objectives in a manner that is tailored to their particular circumstances, including ballpark configuration, location, and the nature of any local governmental regulations or restrictions,” Halem wrote.

Scoreboard video is prohibited but music allowed. While there won’t be fans, at least not at the start, it will provide a familiar background audio for the telecasts critical to MLB’s bottom line.

A ball will be thrown away after it is touched by multiple players and throwing the ball around the infield will be discouraged.

Personnel who rub baseballs with mud for the umpires must use gloves.

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Autopsy: Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash had no alcohol, drugs Los Angeles The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all nine sustained immediately fatal injuries when their helicopter slammed into a hillside outside Los Angeles in January, according to autopsies released Friday. The crash that killed the 41-yearold retired Los Angeles Lakers star, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna — clad in the jersey she would have worn to play that morning, with the word “Mamba” on the front and her last name on the back — pilot Ara Zobayan and the six others is considered accidental.

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Age and pandemic: Time lost, plans canceled, dreams deferred

By Tamara Lush The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Elizabeth Hubbart was booked for a cruise that followed the path of Lewis and Clark’s expedition in the Pacific Northwest. Joel Demski was set to watch and cheer his grandson graduating from the Naval Academy. James Kelly planned a trip to Scotland, to scatter his father’s ashes in the Clyde River near Glasgow.

They are all older than 60. And like millions of others, they now face the painful realization that their plans, their hopes, their bucket-list items, were not simply deferred but in many cases denied thanks to the coronavirus.

The global pandemic has left them wondering about the time they have left, and how to spend those moments when movement is severely limited. Instead of taking in the Seven Wonders of the World or making family memories, many are worried about the mundane, like whether it’s safe to grocery shop or even go outdoors.

Guilt, anger and frustration seep in, with all this precious time lost.

“One less year is one less trip,” said 72-year-old Bob Busch, an avid traveler from Sarasota, Flor-

ida who canceled a 35-day camping trip with his wife. They are healthy this year, but what about in the future, after the pandemic has passed? “How many times can you hook up the trailer and head west?”

Demski, who lives in Vero Beach, Florida, was crestfallen when the Naval Academy canceled its graduation ceremonies. Instead of taking in the celebration in Annapolis with his grandson, he is left with concern as the young man ships out on his assignment. Plans to see another grandson graduate from UCLA in California have also been scrapped.

“I’m really just sad. It’s sadness for the whole country,” said Demski, who is a few months shy of his 80th birthday.

Mick Smyer, a psychology professor at Bucknell University who studies aging and the elderly, said the Baby Boom generation is among the first to have additional years of vitality. This pandemic is hitting in the middle of their generation’s “developmental task,” which, as the American Psychological Association defines it, is “the fundamental physical, social, intellectual, and emotional achievements and abilities that must be acquired at each stage of life for normal and healthy development.”

“Boomers are thinking back about whether it has it been a good life, and what was it all about. Now there are fewer options in the near term. The next two years are off the table, and how many good years are left?”

Mick Smyer, psychology professor at Bucknell University In other words, boomers are feeling their mortality. As headlines blare about elders being more susceptible to dying of Coronavirus, the healthy wonder: Will I be able to achieve, see, and do everything I wanted out of life?

“Boomers are thinking back about whether it has it been a good life, and what was it all about,” he said. “Now there are fewer options in the near term. The next two years are off the table, and how many good years are left?”

Kelly, a 63-year-old psychologist, also plays guitar and writes country rock and Americana songs.

Lately, he’s been pondering his fate as he sits alone in his Atlanta home, thinking about when he’ll be able to bring his father’s ashes to his native Scotland.

“My most recent songs have been about aging. Dealing with life and loss. The road behind and the road ahead, about how much is behind me and how little is in front of me.”

“There’s not a lot more road in front of me,” he recently wrote in a song lyric.

At the same time, many acknowledge that their sacrifices are also a product of privilege. Millions of people who are unemployed or working in essential, yet low-wage jobs, don’t have that luxury now — or possibly ever.

“Some of my emotion, in all honesty, is guilt,” said Judy Forman, a 70-year-old from Flourtown, Pennsylvania. “We’re inconvenienced and we’re scared and we’re able to handle it. I try to help as much as I can. When I get a food order, I leave a huge tip. I give to food pantries.”

But the feeling that time is slipping away grates on her. She can’t travel to visit one of her daughters in California. She can’t even hug her three grandsons, who live across the street.

Helen Miltiades, a professor of gerontology at Fresno State in Cal-

ifornia, said older adults are struggling in ways younger folks aren’t.

“The whole phrase ‘the new normal.’ People are using that, but what does that mean? People make jokes about it. That’s a way of coping with change without really understanding what the change entails. I don’t think we have that figured out yet.”

Hubbart, who was supposed to go on the cruise with her husband, canceled that. The 70-year-old Miami resident is holding onto a shred of hope that she can see Hugh Jackman — her favorite actor — on Broadway this fall, but she’s prepared for disappointment.

“This was supposed to be my decade,” she said. “And it’s going to be very different than I expected.”

Dena Davis is more optimistic.

She’s a 73-year-old professor of bioethics at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She has postponed her sabbatical because of the pandemic and figures her plans for retirement have been pushed back.

“If you’re lucky, the reason there isn’t that much more time is because you’ve already had a lot of time. ... It depends on the way you look at it,” she said. “I’m not seeing endless vistas in front of me. There are pretty big vistas behind me. You can’t have it both ways.”

SoftBank racks up losses as Vision Fund investments plunge

By Yuri Kageyama The Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. racked up a loss of $9 billion for the fiscal year through March, on red ink related to its Vision Fund investments including troubled office space-sharing venture WeWork.

SoftBank, founded in 1981, said Monday the drop in share prices around the world from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic had slammed the value of its sprawling investments.

Tokyo-based SoftBank sales for the fiscal year inched up 1% to $58 billion. It did not immediately break down quarterly results or give a forecast for the fiscal year through March 2021.

On top of WeWork’s poor performance, the company suffered damage to the value of Uber and other holdings in its portfolio. The pandemic is adding to uncertainties.

The merger of Sprint with T-Mobile in the U.S. was completed on April 1, in one bit of good news.

The pandemic was not expected to affect SoftBank’s telecommunications business, such as mobile phone services in Japan. As people stay home to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, they tend to use more online deliveries and

other internet-based activities.

But the company’s technology licensing and royalty revenues may drop due to Arm, which provides microprocessors and other technology and is also part of SoftBank’s operations, because of pandemic-related disruptions.

SoftBank’s chief executive, Masayoshi Son, told reporters the company was facing “unprecedented challenges” because of the pandemic.

But he said some businesses such as Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Arm hold great potential, and the stock value of SoftBank’s holdings has fallen but is not crashing.

“I realize I am giving excuses, and the extreme economic hardships from this ‘corona-shock’ are very real,” Son said.

SoftBank bailed out WeWork last year, and severed ties with its co-founder Adam Neumann, whose reported lavish living has tarnished the brand. Its IPO was ditched, and SoftBank has shelved its tender offer.

The future of the office-sharing business model itself is in question as reopening economies try to abide by social-distancing measures against the virus that causes COVID-19.

Earlier in the day, SoftBank announced Chinese billionaire Jack Ma was stepping down from the board.

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In this Oct. 8, 2019 photo, a person walks by a SoftBank shop in Tokyo.

Son said the move was related to Ma’s decision to semi-retire, including from his post at Alibaba.

They continue to communicate regularly as “like-minded soulmates,” said Son. “It’s sad to see him go, but we will be best friends forever,” he said.

SoftBank is a major investor in Alibaba. Ma, who joined the SoftBank board in 2007, and Son have a longstanding close relationship.

Ma, the co-founder of Alibaba, has been focusing on philanthropy lately, such as donating masks and test kits to help in the efforts against the pandemic.

SoftBank announced three new board members, including SoftBank Chief Financial Officer Yoshimitsu Goto and Waseda University professor Yuko Kawa-

moto.

Another new member is LipBu Tan, founder of Walden International, a venture capital firm focused on computer chips, cloud and artificial intelligence. He is also chief executive of Cadence Design, a U.S. electronic design automation software and engineering services company.

Son said that adding outside board members will enhance corporate governance at SoftBank, responding to criticism he wielded too much control.

Also Monday, SoftBank said it was buying back its own shares, of up to $4.7 billion in value, to shore up its bottom line.

“I am not totally pessimistic, given all the challenges we have faced in the past,” said Son. “We will keep at it.”

“I realize I am giving excuses, and the extreme economic hardships from this ‘corona-shock’ are very real.”

Masayoshi Son, chief executive of SoftBank