The Journal - July 10, 2020

The Journal Friday, July 10, 2020

Vol. 116 No. 137

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Walhalla councilman proposes to increase transparency

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WALHALLA — City Councilman Josh Roberts raised the possibility this week of recording and posting video of council meetings online in an effort to create more transparency about council actions for city residents.

Roberts, chairman of the council’s government committee, brought up the idea during his committee’s part of the monthly council committee meetings Tuesday. He made a motion for the committee to instruct city Roberts administrator Brent Taylor to prepare ideas and costs related to purchasing microphones, a video camera and other necessary equipment for the full council to consider at its next meeting on July 21.

After nearly 20 minutes of discussion that included other council members, committee members Keith Pace and Danny Woodward declined to move the issue to full council, saying they wanted more time to think about it before making a decision.

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Students work on an art project Aug. 20, 2019, during their first day of school at the Central Academy of The Arts.

Pickens County schools announce reopening plan

BY GREG OLIVER THE JOURNAL

EASLEY — The School District of Pickens County has released a 30-plus page reopening plan in which sixweek schedules containing both face-to-face and online instruction will be used.

“In our first month of school, we will attempt to create a sense of belonging in all grade levels and to prepare for eLearning instruction,” school superintendent Danny Merck said in the letter that is set to be sent to parents today. “The first two weeks of school will allow us to gather vital information from teachers, parents and students to adjust moving forward. To protect our students and to make sure we have a healthy workforce, these schedules will be updated periodically as we continue to monitor community

outbreaks of the virus.”

Merck added that following the first two weeks of school, which begin Aug. 10, the district expects to alter its daily routines in every school “to provide an even safer environment as we monitor daily the safety and well-being of all students and employees.”

The reopening plan states that parents or guardians will have a choice of allowing students to attend school through traditional, virtual or Pickens County Virtual Academy. Should they choose the virtual academy, the superintendent said the district has set the enrollment deadline for July 17.

Under the initial six-week schedule established by the school district, the first two weeks — Aug. 10-14 and Aug. 17-21 — will be for all SEE PLAN, PAGE A3

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preparing its reopening plan for the upcoming 2020-21 school year. Among parents, 82.9 percent of the more than 5,000 respondents said expectations from eLearning were “met” or “somewhat met;” that 80 percent said their “child’s teacher maintained regular contact and care about their child;” but added that 71.7 percent said that “children are looking to return to school in August.”

While the parental survey had 58.4 percent of parents stating, “children’s

Roberts suggested council meetings be recorded in a way similar to Oconee County Council, which shows its meetings live, but also posts them on YouTube for county residents to watch whenever they want.

“The Oconee County Council films all their meetings and puts it on YouTube,” he said at the meeting. “If you want to refer back to something that was said — something good, bad or whatever— you could look back at the meetOUR VIEW ings on TO READ A RELATED YouTube EDITORIAL, TURN and make TO PAGE A4. reference to them. I would like to start looking into doing this. I think we can be better in terms of transparency.

We can do better as a council. We owe it to the taxpayers. We owe it to the voters. We owe it to the people. We can do better.”

He referenced two meetings in April in which he said issues were discussed and voted on, but added all of the discussion on those issues was not included in the minutes of the two meetings. He said a video recording would give residents a

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SDPC releases results of parents, staff survey

BY GREG OLIVER THE JOURNAL

EASLEY — Survey results released on Thursday by the School District of Pickens County found that an overwhelming percentage of parents felt eLearning administered during the extended closure of school in the spring “met or somewhat met their child’s learning needs” while a majority of teachers felt “very” or “somewhat comfortable” with returning to normal school conditions in August.

The district sent surveys to parents and teachers in

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Some Tri-County Tech construction projects put on hold

BY GREG OLIVER THE JOURNAL

PENDLETON — While some capital improvement projects at Tri-County Technical College are moving forward, the COVID-19 pandemic and its financial impact has forced other projects at the Pendleton campus to be put on hold.

During a recent technical college commission meeting, commissioner Butch Harris, who also chairs the building committees, said all current

projects, including construction of new science labs and a new physical plant, remain in the plans — although the science labs won’t be ready for occupancy until October rather than August.

But the commission, at Harris’ request, approved putting several capital projects already planned as well as any future building projects on hold. The estimated $6 million worth of projects affected includes Miller Hall and Oconee Hall

restorations and chiller loop.

“The recommendation is that all future building projects be put on hold until the pandemic is resolved,” Harris said.

Harris added the automotive lab will be left in Wilson Hall and a feasibility study conducted in the next couple of months will determine a long-range option. In addition, the TTI building project asphalt lab approved by Anderson County will be funded and moved from campus, but construction is

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But the building program chairman said there is good news on several fronts. The delay in opening the new science labs will not negatively impact students since it was not included in the fall schedule and the physical plant storage building — a 4,200 square-foot steel structure that will store college inventory and physical supplies — will go forward.

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DHEC reports additional 14 COVID cases in Oconee

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On Thursday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported an additional 14 COVID-19 cases in Oconee County and 30 new cases in Pickens County.

That brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in Oconee to 373 and 1,069 in Pickens.

With South Carolina’s current 89 percent recovery rate, as many as 332 people have recovered in Oconee County and 951 have recovered in Pickens County.

Statewide, DHEC announced 1,723 new confirmed cases — the fourth-highest daily total since the pandemic began — and 22 additional confirmed deaths. There are currently 1,433 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19.

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SENECA — Duke Energy is warning customers about the latest scam tactics after a shocking number of attempts last month.

The energy provider said there were more than 4,000 reports of attempted scams in the month of June, a record high.

A new tactic of promising to mail customers refund checks for overpayments to accounts in exchange for personal data, including Social Security numbers, has taken off amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Unfortunately, the scammers appear to be preying on the uncertainty and financial hardship caused by the pandemic, and they are tracking trends and adjusting their tactics,” Duke Energy vice president of revenue

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services and metering Jared Lawrence said. “As new scam techniques are employed, it is imperative that customers stay alert, informed and make a concerted effort to guard their personal information and wallets.”

Refunds are typically applied as a credit to customers’ accounts and Duke Energy will not directly contact users by phone, email or in-person to mail a check, he said.

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There have already been more than 15,000 scams reported by customers in the first six months of 2020, close to eclipsing 2019’s total of 18,000.

Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas are still suspending disconnections for nonpayment.

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That building is estimated to cost $900,000 and will be located adjacent to the existing physical plant.

Vice president for business affairs Cara Hamilton made a recommendation, approved by the commission, to move to a pre-design phase for those projects put on hold.

The designs and estimated costs would be brought back to the commission for further discussion and, if deemed unreasonable, officials could back off on plans.

Permission to go to a construction design could be sought at a later time.

“I think the building committee made a great decision to put everything on hold and not spend any money right now until these things are resolved,” Hamilton told commissioners.

Commission member John Powell, who along with Helen Rosemond Saunders represents Oconee County, feels the decision to delay further projects is wise.

“I think we have to have common sense in the

thought of where are we going to be in six months to a year from now with this virus,” Powell said.

“I think that’s got all of us stunned and we definitely do not want to ask for any state money not knowing and the state not knowing where they’re going to be from an economic standpoint.”

Powell doesn’t feel any high school, college or technical school is going to operate quite the same again due to COVID-19 — including Tri-County Technical College.

“We’ve got to figure out how to teach kids and it might not be all brick and mortar from now on,” Powell said.

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But the Walhalla resident is excited to know the science labs will open by October after construction was also delayed due to COVID-19.

“As that Bridge program continues to grow with Clemson University, those students and all students will have to have those labs to work in,” he said.

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PLAN: ‘Attempt to provide as much in-person instruction as possible’ FROM PAGE A1

students at school for faceto-face instruction; Aug. 24-28 only for students in special programs and early childhood (3K-second grades) to attend in person and eLearning online for all other students in grades 3-12; Aug. 31-Sept. 4, eLearning for all, with no students at schools; and Sept. 8-11 and Sept. 14-18 for all students, at school with face-to-face instruction.

Merck said while a schedule has been established, it will have to be fluid.

“We will attempt to provide as much in-person instruction as possible during each six-week schedule, but the flu season, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, may result in more eLearning,” Merck said.

“If our county continues to receive a high spread rating from DHEC, then it is likely we will continue with the same six-week schedule as the first six weeks.”

Merck said the school district has identified students in special programs and early childhood (3K-second grade) as the highest priority for in-person face-to-face instruction. The superintendent added those groups will receive face-to-face instruction at times when other student groups are being taught through intermittent virtual or virtual academy. Students targeted in the special programs group will be notified directly by the school district’s special services department.

As far as visitors go, only essential visitors and partners will be allowed to regularly take part in district activities in order to reduce the number of people in buildings. They must also adhere to the same procedures as other adults, including daily symptom checks and wearing of face coverings.

Also included in the plan are cleaning checklists in which custodial crews will clean classrooms and office areas, focusing on disinfecting high-touch areas and conducting regular walkthroughs with supervisors to identify areas requiring additional cleaning.

Small group programming will be allowed, but safety precautions are required to ensure students and staff are safe and that guidelines must be followed.

Specific examples include: installation of foaming hand sanitizer dispensers in each classroom; conducting daily health screens for staff and students; face coverings, such as masks or face shield, for all employees when physical distancing is not possible; bus drivers required and students encouraged to wear face masks or coverings; posted signs throughout buildings promoting safe practices and social distancing;

marking on floors for social distancing in areas where lines typically form; and regular cleaning and disinfecting following the school district’s Comprehensive Cleaning Program.

As far as visitors go, only essential visitors and partners will be allowed to regularly take part in district activities in order to reduce the number of people in buildings. They must also adhere to the same procedures as other adults, including daily symptom checks and wearing of face coverings.

The district will also follow DHEC and state guidelines as close as possible regarding bus capacity (50 percent) and cleaning procedures in between routes. Assigned seating will be required for all routes and first priority for any shared seats will go to members of the same household. goliver@upstatetoday.com | (864) 973-6687 Follow on Twitter @ JournalGO

School District of Pickens County Instructional Models for 2020-21 school year Virtual • Instruction will continue in a modified virtual format as scheduled or during any targeted closure • Personalized daily instruction and support via Schoology and WebEx Traditional • School building(s) open with in-person instruction five days a week • Schools will develop arrival and dismissal plans to decrease the number of students in common areas • Full day structure with access to before- and after-school childcare and extracurricular activities Pickens County Virtual Academy • Accredited curriculum • Students attending the Pickens County Virtual Academy will be considered a student within the district • A School District of Pickens County teacher will be available to assist students • Requires a commitment to remain with program for a set time period • A new full-time learning program that will operate year round Key Safety Precautions • Bus capacities will be limited in attendance with state guidelines (maximum 39 passengers in elementary; 34 passengers in middle and high schools).

Routes will be adjusted accordingly • Post signs in classrooms, hallways and entrances to communicate how to stop the spread. COVID-19 symptoms, preventative measures including staying home when sick, good hygiene and school/district specific protocols • Clean and/or disinfect frequently touched surfaces at least daily and shared objects after each use following SDPC Comprehensive Cleaning Program • Daily health screening will occur for students and staff. A protocol for students and or staff will be established if they feel ill or experience symptoms when they come to school • Providing hand sanitizer for students and staff. Students and staff will be strongly encouraged to wear masks • Schools will develop arrival and dismissal plans to decrease the number of students in common areas • Visitors and volunteers will be limited in buildings to reduce the number of individuals in buildings, offices and classrooms • Use the master schedule to limit potential exposure: Elementary and middle students will remain with their homeroom students as much as possible; and high schools, will shift to the 4-by-4 daily schedule in order to reduce the number of weekly in-person contacts • Turn off water fountains. Water bottle filling stations will be available and students and staff may bring water bottles from home No better way No better way to start your day...

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Among the more than 900 staff responses, 65.2 percent said they were “very” or “somewhat comfortable” with returning to normal school conditions; 52.6 percent “very” or “somewhat comfortable” with a full return with protective equipment; 57 percent “very” or “somewhat comfortable” with a full return with as much social distancing as possible and 47.4 percent “very” or “somewhat comfortable” with a return to a blended schedule.

However, 50.8 percent said they were “somewhat” to “very uncomfortable” with a return of only virtual learning.

Parents and staff surveyed on which daily schedule they prefer for the district to use saw 56.3 percent select the intermittent virtual model, where students attend five days per week, as opposed to 43.7 percent that preferred the hybrid model of two days of face-to-face instruction versus three days of virtual.

The district said the survey results were based on feedback from schoolbased administrators, health-care professionals, teachers, support staff, district office staff, students, parents and families and broader community including partners, faith-based community and nonprofits. goliver@upstatetoday.com | (864) 973-6687 Follow on Twitter @ JournalGO

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The media’s mischaracterization of Trump’s speech is not an anomaly

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“We believe in equal opportunity, equal justice and equal treatment for citizens of every race, background, religion and creed.” — President Trump, July 3, 2020, Mount Rushmore.

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missed President Trump’s Mount Rushmore speech Friday night, so when I read the press coverage over the weekend I braced for the worst. The New York Times reported that Trump had delivered an “ominous depiction of the recent protests over racial justice” and “exploit[ed] race and cultural flash points to stoke fear among his base of white supporters.” The Associated Press declared that he had “accus[ed] protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a ‘merciless campaign to wipe out our history.’”

Then I watched the full address.

None of it was true. “We embrace tolerance, not prejudice,” Trump VIEW FROM said. “Every child, of every color — born and unborn — is made in THE POST | the holy image of God.” He praised great black Americans includMARC A. ing Frederick Douglass, Harriet THIESSEN Tubman, Jesse Owens, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Muhammad Ali, declaring that “only America could have produced them all.”

Standing beneath the image of Abraham Lincoln, Trump declared, “Lincoln won the Civil War; he issued the Emancipation Proclamation; he led the passage of the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery for all time.” The crowd cheered at his mention of the abolition of slavery, which got zero mentions in the coverage of his address. Trump explained that “by tearing down Washington and Jefferson, these radicals … would tear down the principles that propelled the abolition of slavery in America and, ultimately, around the world, ending an evil institution that had plagued humanity for thousands and thousands of years.” He declared, “Our opponents would tear apart the very documents that Martin Luther King used to express his dream, and the ideas that were the foundation of the righteous movement for Civil Rights.” To the Times, this amounts to “stoking racial fears to pit a white voting base against nationwide calls for social justice.”

The mischaracterization of the Mount Rushmore speech is not an anomaly. Trump’s critics in the media have fallen into an insidious habit of taking his quotes criticizing the hordes who burn buildings and tear down statues, and reporting them as criticism of “racial justice protesters.” This is dishonest.

Trump has said more than once that he is “an ally of all peaceful protesters.” He’s not the one blurring the lines between violent mobs and peaceful protesters; his media critics are. They know most Americans oppose the mob but support racial justice, and so they twist Trump’s words to make it seem like he opposes both. Trump says and tweets plenty of outrageous things, but that doesn’t give reporters license to make them up.

Trump believes that if you give an inch to the “cancel culture,” it’s a slippery slope. Nearly three years ago, he warned that if we take down statues of Robert E. Lee, soon they’ll come after George Washington.

Well, as Megan McArdle pointed out in The Post, he was prescient. I happen to think we should have a national conversation about Confederate monuments, and that Trump would be in a stronger position to defend the American founding if he led one. But you can’t have a national conversation with a mob. And the rioters tearing down and defacing statues and memorials of Washington, Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant have proven they are not just opposed to the Confederacy — they’re opposed to the Union.

What about the charge that he declared a culture war? That is like saying that America declared war on Japan; it’s technically correct but misses the point. The left launched the culture war and the cancel culture that, as Trump said, is “driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees.” The president is simply fighting back against this war of political intolerance — and it’s about time someone did.

The iconoclasm we see today is rooted in a broader movement that seeks to cancel and discredit the American founding. (One Times reporter’s Twitter header photo literally shows the words “July 4, 1776” with a line drawn through, replaced by “August 20, 1619,” the date the first enslaved Africans arrived at Jamestown.) At Mount Rushmore, Trump declared that no one will cancel the American founding on his watch. That is only controversial in bluest reaches of blue America. If celebrating and defending our founding principles on the Fourth of July is “dark and divisive” that tells us less about Trump than the sad state of our country.

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Roberts had it right

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pportunity knocked for the members of Walhalla City Council Tuesday night — but they didn’t open the door.

“Your Oconee,” the county’s channel, has 439 subscribers and 273 videos. But you don’t have to subscribe to watch county council, the planning commission or the board of zoning appeals work through a meeting. You can see videos of those meetings any time of the day or night.

Councilman Josh Roberts was onto something Tuesday night when he brought up the same idea for Walhalla.

“I would like to start looking into this,” Roberts said. “I think we can be better in terms of transparency.

We can do better as a council. We owe it to the taxpayers. We owe it to the voters. We owe it to the people.”

Roberts’ idea stalled after Mayor Danny Edwards brought up “our meeting rules” which, of course, aren’t really rules at all but are just the way things are done by Walhalla

| TODAY IN HISTORY | Today is Friday, July 10, the 192nd day of 2020.

There are 174 days left in the year.

On this date: 1908, William Jennings Bryan was nominated for president by the Democratic national convention in Denver.

1919, President Woodrow Wilson personally delivered the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate and urged its ratification. (However, the Senate rejected it.)

1925, jury selection took place in Dayton, Tennessee, in the trial of John T. Scopes, charged with violating the law by teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.

(Scopes was convicted and fined, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality.)

1951, armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean War began at Kaesong.

1973, the Bahamas became fully independent after three centuries of British colonial rule.

John Paul Getty III, the teenage grandson of the oil tycoon, was abducted in Rome by kidnappers who cut off his ear when his family was slow to meet their ransom

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City Council.

Something similar happened in April when Mayor Edwards stopped Councilwoman Sarai Melendez as she tried to make a motion during a meeting. In that case, Edwards argued that her idea had to go to committee before she could make the motion to the full council. On Tuesday’s meeting of city council committees, Roberts’ good idea failed for a second.

Why does an elected member of Walhalla City Council need a second on a motion to get the city administrator to start asking technical questions related to Walhalla starting a YouTube channel?

Edwards actually proved Roberts’ point. By insisting that Roberts’ idea had to go through a rule that is actually just a long-standing practice, he demonstrated why the citizens of Walhalla need to keep a closer watch on city council. Which is, of course, what a YouTube channel could do for Walhalla’s taxpayers, voters and citizens.

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demands; Getty was released in December 1973 for nearly $3 million.

1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic. President George H.W. Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.

1992, a New York jury found Pan Am guilty of willful misconduct and responsible for allowing a terrorist bomb to destroy Flight 103 in 1988, killing 270 people, opening the way for civil lawsuits.

1999, the United States women’s soccer team won the World Cup, beating China 5-4 on penalty kicks after 120 minutes of scoreless play at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

2002, The House approved, 310-113, a measure to allow airline pilots to carry guns in the cockpit to defend their planes against terrorists (President George W. Bush later signed the measure into law).

2004, President George W. Bush said in his weekly radio address that legalizing gay marriage would redefine the most fundamental in-

stitution of civilization, and that a constitutional amendment was needed to protect traditional marriage.

2005, a search-andrescue team found the body of a missing U.S. commando in eastern Afghanistan, bringing an end to the desperate search for the last member of an ill-fated, fourman special forces unit that had disappeared the previous month.

2018, a daring rescue mission in Thailand was completed successfully, as the last four of the 12 boys who were trapped in a flooded cave for more than two weeks were brought to safety along with their soccer coach; the other eight had been brought out in the two preceding days.

Ten years ago: Robotic submarines removed a leaking cap from a gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, sending crude flowing freely into the sea until BP installed a new seal that stopped the oil days later. Australia’s Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde headed a class of seven inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

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Bill Clinton, in his book, thanked a late uncle of mine, Carl Whillock, for making his political career possible.

Clinton went to this Arkansas Dem kingmaker who had a large Rolodex, who in turn took him around and vouched for him. This is how the game is played to get elected. This op-ed, though, is about what the two political parties do after a congressman is elected.

Once in office, congressmen discover after their election their real job for either party is revealed: dialing for dollars, but not for them, just their respective parties and party elites. This is what provides power to the DNC and RNC, Pelosi, McConnell, et alia. They aren’t about to give it up. Each party raises $1 billion per year, facts easily verified by checking out Open Secrets, so we are talking real money and real power to dole out “jobs” for poll takers, printers, consultants, etc.

But how do our representatives actually rake in a billion dollars a year while supposedly representing us?

When I worked on Capitol Hill, each congressman was given a list of names to call each week. There was a real science to it, in that it was determined they would average three hours per day. They make these calls in special rooms, something right out of the movie “Boiler Room,” which I saw on a private tour.

Like the mob, you only make the mob boss happy by bringing oodles of money at the end of the week. That’s how you become a “made” congressman. How much money you bring the Speaker, Minority Leader, etc., determines whether or not you sit on influential committees. This is extortion, pure and simple. Newly-elected congressmen who balk at spending time sending money to Pelosi suffer severe consequences — just ask AOC. Like her or not, when Ocasio-Cortez tried to end this she found herself labeled a “non-person” for the audacity of attacking Pelosi’s money mill.

“At its core, the ‘party dues’ system reeks of extortion,” said Issue One executive director Nick Penniman. “It’s perverse that political parties — which are not an official part of our government — are allowed to distort the process and place congressional committee assignments on their own auction blocks and dictate astronomical fundraising quotas to lawmakers.”

(Visit their website for the full report.) Multiple studies have shown this push for fundraising creates a chasm between representatives and their constituents.

Sitting in this adult day care and dialing for dollars gets you $174K “salary” today. Since they only work part-time for us, why aren’t our congressmen being paid per diem? Originally, with independence, congressmen only received per diem pay, a holdover from colonial period in which citizens were to donate their own time. This changed in 1855, when they voted themselves salaries.

It’s been downhill ever since.

In 1653 Oliver Cromwell stomped into Parliament and dissolved it, saying, “Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess? In the name of God, go!” Where is Old Ironsides when you really need him?

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WALHALLA — While a longtime practice at Walhalla City Council meetings usually requires a motion on an issue to be approved by the appropriate council committee before it comes to the full council for a vote, city ordinances do not specify that requirement in writing.

Documents received by city administrator Brent Taylor in April in response to a Freedom of Information Act request show one document that was adopted on Jan. 16, 1990, providing for

standing committees and defining the duties of committees.

That ordinance (No. 1990-1) lists the committees and says each committee has three members and is to meet monthly.

Neither that ordinance, nor a 1992 ordinance dealing with council rules and procedures at meetings, requires that council motions be approved by committees before they are brought to a full council meeting.

Officials said in April they plan to update the ordinances, but council hasn’t voted on any changes yet. Taylor said

‘I’m sorry, but Councilwoman Melendez, that did not come through committee.’

Walhalla Mayor Danny Edwards to Councilwoman Sarai Melendez he believes the practice of getting committees to approve motions before going to the full council goes back a couple of decades before Danny Edwards was first elected mayor in 2011.

The question of whether council was operating in accordance with its written ordinances came up at the April 21 council

meeting when Edwards stopped Councilwoman Sarai Melendez from making a motion at a meeting that hadn’t first gone through a council committee.

After council approved $100 employee bonuses for up to eight weeks, Melendez attempted to make a second motion to reimburse employees up to

$100 per week for money spent at businesses within the city limits from April 21-May 31. Edwards stopped the motion before she could get a second.

“I’m sorry, but Councilwoman Melendez, that did not come through committee,” Edwards told Melendez as she was finishing the motion. “If you want to make that motion at the

first meeting in May, that committee can take that up, and if it goes through committee, then it can be brought to the next regular meeting.”

Edwards said after the April meeting he did not know if the protocol for council action going through committee first was written in any city documents.

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“To video our meetings — record our meetings, put them on YouTube — that way people can see where we stood on certain issues because again, we’re all coming up for re-election one day,” Roberts said. “I think they need to know where we stand on certain things.”

Pace noted the city has recently been offering its meeting on the Zoom virtual platform recently because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We’re pretty much doing that now through Zoom,” Pace told Roberts.

“Everybody in town or actually anybody in the United States that wants to log in can log in and follow what we’re doing in our meetings.”

Roberts and Councilwoman Sarai Melendez attended Tuesday’s meeting through Zoom, but at times he and Melendez said they were having difficulties hearing what was being said in the meeting room, where there was only one shared microphone.

“I can’t hear you because we don’t have microphones,” Roberts said.

“We need microphones and a video camera to show who’s saying what and what they’re saying and stuff like that. My whole thing is, can we

do better? If I would have referred a voter to something that was said months ago, my question is do they have access to it? I don’t think they do.”

Melendez agreed.

“I understand that this is a Zoom session platform, but it’s not equivalent to another platform that could be better,” she said. “I agree Josh …

I do think we can do better in trying to do some type of video broadcasting and when we get back to City Hall, have those cameras set up because it is very difficult to hear and a lot of community members have asked me, too. … They would like to access this online like they would if they were to go to Seneca. Seneca has theirs online and it’s very professional.”

Councilman Dennis Owens called the quality of the Walhalla Zoom feed “substandard.”

“Look at what we’re experiencing tonight,” Owens said at the Tuesday meeting. “Josh’s transmission is garbled. The technology that we have in this building as well as in City Hall is really substandard. ... What I’m agreeing with is we need to improve all of it.”

Mayor Danny Edwards said a majority of the three-member committee would have to approve the motion for it to move ahead to the full council on July 21.

“In order for it to go to the regular council by our meeting rules it first has to be approved in committee,” Edwards said. “It’s got to have two votes from the general government of which you (Josh) are a member and chair. Councilman Pace or Councilman Woodward has to second the motion for it to be carried to the regular meeting. That’s all I’m saying. I don’t have a preference. This is a new idea.”

Woodward told Roberts he wanted to take more time to consider the idea.

“I understand what you’re talking about,” Woodward said. “I think we need to be more transparent. I’d just like to look at the ways, the possibilities. I’d like to look at it myself before I make a second on this.”

Pace agreed.

“It’s not that the two of us are saying ‘no,’” he said. “We said we wanted to look into it because this is something that just got put on the table and I like to look at something before I make a decision.”

Edwards said the issue could come back up next month.

“I don’t think anybody here is against transparency,” Edwards said.

“I think what we’ve got here is a new idea that’s been floated. Maybe these guys would like to discuss it a little bit more and do a little more background and a little more research.”

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WESTMINSTER — A second person faces charges in connection with the April burglary of a gun shop near Westminster in which multiple guns were taken.

Leanna Shyann Green, 22, of 309 Juniper Lane in Pickens is charged with second-degree burglary (violent) and two counts of grand larceny, along with a general sessions bench warrant. She was being held Thursday at the Oconee County Detention Center on a $35,000 surety bond.

Green Michael David McCann, 26, of 275 Tallulah Drive, Westminster, was charged in April with second-degree burglary (violent), grand larceny, malicious injury to property, wearing a mask in commission of a crime and possession with intent to distribute heroin. He was still being held Thursday at the Oconee County Detention Center on a combined $80,125 surety bond on those charges. He also has personal recognizance bonds on four other charges.

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Deputies obtained arrest warrants on April 8 against Green on the grand larceny charge and one count of second-degree burglary (violent) in connection with the gun shop break-in on April 4. She and McCann each were also charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing a 2001 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck. The truck was found abandoned on April 4 in the Foxwood Hills Community.

All of the stolen firearms have been recovered, according to news release from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office.

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Julie Ann Scott, 63, of Wesleyan Drive, was arrested by Scott S.C. Department of Revenue (DOR) agents on Wednesday for failing to file returns from 2012 through 2018, according to arrest warrants.

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Scott, an independent contractor, moved money from her bank account every month throughout the year to prevent the department from “determining her income and levying the account,” warrants allege.

Her tax liability for 2012 through 2018 totaled $77,538. If convicted, Scott faces up to five years in prison and fines up to $10,000 for each charge — maxing out at 35 years and $70,000.

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lease allow me to apologize for an additional worry I may have caused with my absence last week. I am perfectly healthy — minus a patch of healing poison ivy on my back — and was simply taking a few days off last week.

Having made it nearly six months into the year without a day off, it seemed a bit overdue, ya know?

Granted, I spent my first day off doing an interview in Salem and the afternoon of another required a visit to the office for CAT’S a staff meeting. One MEOW | of these was still very worthwhile and also CAITLIN involved smiling miniature ponies.

HERRINGTON I’ll leave you to guess whether that was the interview or staff meeting.

I did try to write my column, by the way, and even felt a little guilty that I didn’t as it should have been my monthly foster care column. But an update on my laptop somehow uninstalled the programs that allow the keyboard and trackpad mouse to work, and I didn’t feel like getting off the couch.

Thank you for understanding and especially to those who checked in at the office — or with me personally — to make sure all is well.

After a few days off, all is well indeed.

I’d like to report that I went on some new hikes, soaked in some gorgeous mountain views or found a new favorite roadside produce stand. But I didn’t do any of that.

I drove around the mountains for a bit on Tuesday, but the brake pads on my borrowed truck — Trixie is probably fine, but that’s a story for another day as I do not yet have a conclusion — and didn’t think the constant downhill grades were a good idea.

So I mostly parked myself on the couch. I did a little cleaning, zero laundry and pruned a lot of tomato plants as I begged them to please let their fruits ripen.

It was luxurious in every way. I know having the ability to take time off work when you’re burning out is absolutely a luxury, and I don’t want to take it lightly.

Honestly, I’d been a bit of a grump as of late. The last month has been especially grumpificating, though I’m sure such a word doesn’t exist, and I needed a break.

Though I likely should have cleaned more or done an extra few loads of laundry, I simply enjoyed being able to curl up on the couch and binge watch Netflix without too many users being active on the shared account.

In fact, there was really only one remotely worrisome thing about the entirety of my time away from the office. After watching the entire first season of Virgin River on Netflix, I began watching Hart of Dixie.

It was bad enough that the two have very similar storylines so far, but the same actor plays a curmudgeony doctor in both, and I’m not concerned Hollywood is type-casting Tim Matheson.

If that’s currently my biggest worry, I think I’m doing all right.

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NEW YORK — What started as a way for two musicians to get out of the house during the pandemic has turned into nightly concerts at the boathouse in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park — with fans who expect them to play three to four hours a night, seven nights a week.

The musicians, accustomed to playing their Haitian roots and jazz music in bars and restaurants that had been shuttered or limited to takeout by the lockdown, couldn’t be happier.

“One day I came here with my guitar out of nowhere, to just get some fresh air. And people just started coming over. And then they were like, ‘Thank you!’ And then it took a life on its own,” said Alegba Jahyile, leader of Alegba and Friends.

Jahyile, a Haitian raised in New York who plays guitar, drums and bass, recalled a woman who cried at one concert.

“You made my day,” she told him. “It’s been a terrible week for me and my family.

Listening to you, singing, I felt the joy, I found a little bit of serenity, of peace to my day.”

It was then, Jahyile said, that “I decided that every day I would come here.”

Classically trained saxophone player Mark Kraszewski has played with Jahyile for more a year. But Kraszewski, who was busking for tips in Central Park last September, can’t believe the group’s good fortune.

“Initially when we started, it was just us playing. We were just practicing and jamming and having fun with it,” he said. “Every once in a while, we’d end a song and we noticed people were clapping. Alegba quickly realized that the Prospect Park boathouse would be a better spot than the park entrance,” where people had no place to sit.

Prospect Park is Central Park’s lesser-known, outer-borough sister, designed as well by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux.

With so many people out of work — with no school, no camp and for most, no vacation homes to escape to — the park has become a

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daily escape. On weekdays, it’s as crowded as Memorial Day or July 4, especially in the early evening when the group performs.

Situated on what’s known as the Lullwater, a winding park waterway, the BeauxArts style 1905 boathouse has steps that are good for sitting. It’s also adjacent to a grassy hill where people can bring children and dogs, spread blankets, plop down lounge chairs and picnic while listening to the music.

“I think everyone just kinds of needs that literal breath of fresh air,” said one fan, Jackie Padilla.

“But also just hearing them reminds you that it’s still summertime, and we still can be a community.”

Said Jahyile: “When people come here, they come to have a little good time, to have a picnic with their family, their friends, their lovers. And then the music takes them to another level. So, it becomes a daily thing.”

People ask him, “‘Are you going to be here tonight?’

And I say, ‘Yes. This is your daily rendezvous until the next snowflakes. I will be here.’”

Kraszeswki has his own take: After each performance, as the musicians leave, “people on the steps say, ‘Thank you for doing this. I haven’t heard live music in months.’ Ironically for us, if there were just three people, we would still be doing the same thing.”

New York City is in the second phase of reopening and gatherings are restricted to 10 people or less.

The constant work is good for the band’s music. “We get to keep working on our skills and on our sound while also building an audience, turning our music on to new people,” Kraszewski said.

It has become, he said, “our own self-generated concert residency in Prospect Park.”

And the crowds are enthusiastic.

“We’ve had really lively concerts that rival where we would have been playing in bars and clubs. Some nights it’s better,” Kraszeswki said.

‘Listening to you ... I felt the joy, I found a little bit of serenity, of peace to my day.’

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From top, musician Alix Julien, above, center, encourages 6-year-old Nova Sankara to dance. Members of an impromptu audience thank musician Mark Kraszewski, right, who collects tips as he greets fans.Yasmeen Saleh, now a regular at the nightly event, applauds the music of Haitian roots band Alegba and Friends. Below, band members play at the boathouse, a 1905 landmark in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park in New York.

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Is it safe to visit the dentist during the pandemic?

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Is it safe to visit the dentist during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Dentists can’t eliminate all risk, but they are taking steps to minimize the chances of spreading the coronavirus.

You’ll likely notice changes as soon as you enter the office. Many dentists have removed magazines from waiting rooms, for example, as well as some chairs to encourage social distancing. They are also spacing out appointments to avoid crowding their offices.

You may be asked to arrive for your appointment with a facial covering and to wait in your car until equipment is cleaned and the dentist is ready.

Before receiving care, you can also expect staff to take your temperature and ask about COVID-19 symptoms.

Procedures are changing, too.

Coronavirus is spread mainly through droplets people spray when they talk, cough or sneeze.

Dental care requires close quarters and procedures that can generate a spray of saliva and water.

To reduce risk, dentists are returning to manual tools for procedures like teeth cleanings, instead of other instruments that may do the job faster but create more of that spray.

Staff also have started wearing masks, face shields and other personal protective equipment.

Some dentists are charging for all the extra gear, so ask in advance if you should expect extra costs.

DOES WEARING A MASK POSE ANY HEALTH RISKS?

No, not for most people.

Babies and toddlers should not wear masks because they could suffocate. The same goes for anyone who has trouble removing a mask without help.

Others can wear masks without risking their health, according to experts, despite false rumors to the contrary.

In areas where COVID-19 is spreading, health experts agree that wearing masks or other face coverings in public helps reduce the risk of spreading the virus when people can’t socially distance by staying 6 feet apart.

The coronavirus mainly spreads through droplets that are emitted when people talk, laugh, sing, cough and sneeze. Masks lower the likelihood of those droplets reaching other people. Even if you don’t have symptoms, you could be carrying the virus and could spread it.

When it’s humid outside, it could feel like it’s harder to breathe if you’re not used to wearing a mask, said Benjamin

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But he said masks don’t meaningfully decrease oxygen in the body.

“The body is quite good at adjusting to keep oxygen levels where they need to be,” he said.

There’s also no evidence that the use of masks causes fungal or bacterial infections, according to Davidson Hamer, an infectious disease expert at Boston University. Disposable face masks are meant to be used once, then thrown in the garbage. With cloth masks, it’s a good idea to wash them regularly.

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JUNE 21, 2020 SENECA, S.C. — Natalie Alling Porter Hamill, “Sunny,” 97, wife of the late Robert G. Hamill, of 19 Westwind Court, died on Sunday, June 21, at Park Springs Skilled Nursing Facility in Stone Mountain, Ga. A celebration of life will be held at a later date in Seneca, S.C. Memorials may be made to The Salvation Army or the ASPCA. Sunny is survived by her daughter, Heather and son-in-law, Larry McLendon, who reside in Stone Mountain; her granddaughter, Samantha, and her husband, Cody Harper; and great-grandson, Anderson, who reside in Columbia, S.C.

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JUNE 30, 2020 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — William Gregory Turbeville, 49, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla. Greg was born on Sept.

1, 1970, to Jeremiah Eugene Turbeville Sr. and Jane Parsons Turbeville, Turbeville He was a 1988 graduate of Seneca High School and held B.S. degrees in music and economics and a M.S. in economics from Florida State University. His career was in public service in the state of Florida, having served on the staffs of former Speaker of the House John Thrasher

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and former Gov. Jeb Bush and, for the past 17 years, as a lobbyist for Ballard Partners.

He is survived by his mother, Jane Parsons Turbeville, of Conover, N.C.; his brother, Jeremiah Eugene Turbeville Jr. (Tanya); and his beloved nephews, Drew and Grant Turbeville of Newton, N.C. He was preceded in death by his father, Jeremiah Eugene Turbeville Sr. No formal service will be held at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A celebration of life will be held in Tallahassee in the fall. The family requests that memorials be made to the Gregory Turbeville Scholarship Fund (music) at the FSU Foundation. Checks should be made payable to FSU Foundation and mailed to 325 W. College Ave., Tallahassee, FL 32301 (include “Gregory Turbeville Scholarship Fund” in the check’s memo line).

Georgia Lee Carter Willis JULY 8, 2020 SENECA, S.C. — Georgia Lee Carter Willis, 98, wife of the late Joseph A. Willis, passed away Wednesday, July 8, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.

A funeral service will Willis be held at a later date in Prattville, Ala. In lieu of

flowers, a memorial in Georgia’s memory can be made to St. Jude, Attn: Memorial Giving, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

She was born in Autauga County, Ala., to the late Wyatt Carter and Mitchell Rawlinson Hedgepeth.

Georgia was a retired supervisor from the textile industry and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Prattville.

In her free time, Georgia enjoyed sewing, painting and traveling.

Georgia is survived by a son, Joseph W. Willis and wife, Betty, of Prattville; daughter, Carol W. Bramlett and husband, Winfred, of Fair Play, S.C.; son-in-law, Mike Bartlett of Westminster, S.C.; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, Georgia was preceded in death by a son, Allen Willis; daughter, Wanda Bartless; brothers, Robert Carter and James Hedgepeth; and sisters, Evelyn Dawson, Willodean Brown and Patsy Lundy.

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Volunteers reflect good citizenship

Looking to demolish this relationship

Only God himself can understand us fully

“Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the Earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience and just plain loving one another.” — Erma Bombeck As we began to identify the need for volunteers in the after-school program, which is opening in August, we ran across this quote and thought about how it relates to the culture we will work to instill as part of our citizenship program.

The Tamassee after-school program has been designed to consist of four primary compoThose components TAMASSEE nents. are academics, enrichDAR | ment opportunities, resiliency skills and good citizenship.

CONNIE The words in the quote SPARKS that define a volunteer seem to closely mirror the values that are included as part of our Tamassee Navigator citizenship program.

Among many other obligations, being a good citizen in your community includes carrying out the duties and responsibilities of a member of a particular society.

Citizenship entails feeling both connected and obligated to the common good — at the simplest level, to the good of one’s own group, and at the broadest, for everyone everywhere. In other words, recognizing ways to improve the quality of life for others and making positive contributions when the opportunities arise.

This is what volunteers do.

Children learn through example, and we are searching for volunteers to be a part of the after-school program who will be real-life role models and whose actions reinforce the positive impacts that can be made through good citizenship practices.

The Tamassee Navigator curriculum will be used to create a culture of citizenship and from there we will empower children to be everyday heroes, much like a volunteer. In our program, heroes are defined as people who are admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities — again, much like a volunteer. At Tamassee, a “culture of citizenship,” means how we model citizenship for students and how we train them to practice it. Volunteers are shining examples.

Do you miss that rewarding feeling of accomplishment when the light of understanding flashes in a child’s eyes? We are looking for instructors in STEM/robotics, healthy/wellness, drama/theatre, cooking/ nutrition, music, arts/crafts, tecreation/ sports/outdoor activities and more.

Attention, tutors who are looking to assist struggling students to make the most of their educational opportunities in oneto-one or small group sessions. Scheduled homework times will be Monday through Thursday between 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Math and reading sessions will also be made available during this timeframe.

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The after-school program is for students grades 1 through 8 beginning Aug. 10 and following the School District of Oconee County school year calendar. We would love to talk to you about becoming a part of our Tamassee family.

If interested, please call Erin Lewis at (864) 944-1390 ext. 112 to discuss the many available opportunities.

Dear Annie: My husband is in his late 50s and works in road construction. Every time that he is assigned to a job that lasts at least six to eight weeks, he always seems to start trying to pick up a female co-worker, usually in the age range of 25 to 35. He will buy them cigarettes and lunch and drinks and is super sweet to them. He texts them all day and always tells them how beautiful they looked that day. And to every single one of these women, he at some point says: “Ever since I’ve met you, I’ve really come out of my shell.

Thank you.”

DEAR I have tried to talk to ANNIE | him about it, but he just denies it every time, even as I quote to him ANNIE the text messages verLANE batim. He doesn’t know how I know that he does this. I don’t know if it is something to worry about. Am I just overreacting?

To me, it seems like emotional abuse.

Should I stay with him or dump his sorry butt? — Confused Dear Confused: If only he really were sorry; that’s the crux of the issue.

He doesn’t seem to have a shred of remorse. Tell him that if he wants this marriage to work, you two need to go to marriage counseling. Otherwise, he can take his shell and get crawling.

Dear Annie: Recently, you’ve published a number of letters from older folks who say they are lonely and forgotten. I don’t doubt their feelings, but I want to tell you my experience with my older neighbors. They read your column, so I hope they see this letter.

I’m a 54-year-old empty-nester who works part time as an RN. I’m a naturally caring person, and I enjoy people.

When I check on my neighbors either through a phone call, a quick visit over the fence or taking over a piece of warm cake, they seem to care less.

Especially an older couple across the street. The husband reminded me that his kin live in the neighborhood, and they help them out when needed. Oddly, I really don’t see his kin over there much. They all work and seem really busy. I get lonely myself, but when I attempt to reach out to older neighbors, they seem a bit aloof. I’m very careful not to infringe on their personal time, and I don’t show up unannounced.

Remind your readers we all can use an extra friend or two, and you never know who you might need in an emergency. Thanks for letting me vent. — A Neighbor in the South

Question: I have been treated for several disorders and my mother who I believe loves me cannot understand why I can’t “snap” out of my deep-seated troubles. It keeps both of us frustrated. Why can’t she understand that my problems are things that cannot be seen, only felt? — F.C. Answer: Years ago science devised a remarkable machine called the body scanner that can detect disorders in the body which evade even the X-ray. Sometimes we have hurts too deep and sensitive for MY others to see or help.

ANSWER | God Himself is the only one who can BILLY understand us fully.

The psalmist wrote: GRAHAM “O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off” (Psalm 139:1-2).

Who but God Himself can scan the invisible person - the heart, the soul, and the spirit? Only God can answer. Only He can diagnose our problem accurately. There are hurts in our personalities too deep and too complicated for even the most sophisticated modern techniques to diagnose or to solve.

And He doesn’t just leave us alone to suffer the diagnosis. He shows us how to solve it; and when there is no human solution, He will give us grace to live with it and bring us peace. This is hard for people to accept when they have refused making Jesus Master of their lives.

When we submit ourselves completely to the Lord, He comes alongside and guides us every step of the way. He gives us His very presence that comforts. He gives us His power for endurance that makes us strong.

He reveals His purpose so that we might gain insight into our situation. And He can produce within us valuable qualities that will strengthen and mold our lives. May we let the Holy Spirit of God make Jesus Lord in our lives (1 Corinthians 12:3).

CONNIE SPARKS is the public relations specialist at Tamassee DAR School.

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Dear Annie: What is the social protocol during a FaceTime call? For example, when a nonparticipating family member walks past the camera during the FaceTime call, should the viewer acknowledge them or simply continue the conversation without any acknowledgment? — New to This Dear New to This: There’s no protocol here, but I believe a wave and a smile are always appropriate. This allows the passerby an opportunity to stop and chat more if they’d like, without putting any pressure on them to do so.

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(This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Billy Graham.)

REV. BILLY Graham’s informative approach to his beliefs and his respectful examination of the beliefs of others have kept his nondenominational Q&A column at the forefront of religious discourse for more than 60 years.

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Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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This maneuver is similar to the Dirty Coup showcased yesterday, in that it encourages a continuation of the first suit to the detriment of the defense.

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Here is the French International Patrick Sussel pulling the wool over the eyes of distinguished International opposition, demonstrating that you can achieve equally successful deception against a pair playing count signals as against those playing only attitude. As with so many deceptive maneuvers, it involves an unnatural play that catches the defense off guard.

Sussel, as South, opened a weak two in spades and was raised to game by his partner. West’s opening lead was naturally the diamond king, and East helpfully showed an odd number of diamonds by playing the deuce. When Sussel smoothly followed with the jack, it was natural for West to assume he should cash his side’s second diamond before playing on clubs, but the consequence was that Sussel could win and clear trumps without letting West back on lead for a club shift through dummy’s king. Of course, if Sussel had won the first diamond, the defense would have been much more straightforward, East winning the first trump and returning a diamond to receive a club through.

Incidentally, had the defenders been playing attitude

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: LINER WALTZ MADDER SERMON Yesterday’s Answer: The doctor had a rough, callous bedside manner, but he — DID MEAN WELL

ANSWER: Bid three hearts. Hands like this one, with a good primary suit and support for partner’s major, are often difficult to bid. Your hand is certainly a non-minimum, with the spade queen looking better now, so upgrade to a threeheart rebid. Even the heart 10 should play a factor in your decision. Facing a singleton heart, that card makes it far more likely hearts can be played for no loser.

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15 Televised 16 You might preheat it 17 Rain on one’s parade?

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20 Word before “mill” or “wool” 21 General ___ chicken 22 Upper arm muscles, informally 23 Tibetan monk 25 Polaris, for one 27 One may hold a TV dinner 31 Luxury German vehicles 35 Pirate’s drink 36 “Boo’d Up” singer Mai 37 France’s Emmanuel 38 Not yet eliminated 40 Present, for the verb “present” 42 “Citizen ___” 43 Druids and Wiccans 45 $$$ dispensers 47 Actress Farrow 48 Plagiarized 49 Crime scene clue left by a vehicle 1 Ness, for one 5

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Take the helm Not just two times Give a new look to Seek to please, with “to” What many parents do about their kids?

Brain section Sign for the superstitious “That’s my cue!”

On any occasion He “fiddled” while Rome burned Vehicle rarely seen in the summer How-___ (instructional books)

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I really do hope you rest your case, because this is a stupid thing Willie, I was wondering whether you could find out something for me. Is there a federal, state or county ordinance that requires manhole covers to be a minimum of one inch below the level of the road?

Seems to be common on the roads around South Carolina. You’ve got a couple right by your office building.

Willie says: Here’s what my reading turned up. Paving and utilities contractors work together to make sure manhole covers are flush with the pavement. That’s the best practice. If it ends up below the pavement, it’s best if it’s only onequarter-inch below the finished grade of the asphalt.

There are lots of reasons it can end up lower than that, especially when roads are repaved. But there are no laws I could find requiring it to be an inch or more below the road like you asked.

If we’ve got any experts out there wanting to help us with more information, I hope they’ll weigh in.

Willie, I read where Columbus, Ohio, is now the subject of wanting to be changed.

What’s scary is that our capital is Columbia. Both names are in honor of Christopher Columbus.

It’s even been suggest-

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serve for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualify. The General Assembly shall provide by law for their duties and compensation …”

The qualifications for being elected as sheriff in South Carolina are governed by state statute voted on by the General Assembly.

ed that statues of Jesus be removed because he’s portrayed as a white man.

What next?

Willie says: Don’t ask me. My crystal ball is on strike.

Willie, A letter to the editor last week brought up a question I have been wondering about myself. Why are the sheriff, county council members and even the coroner elections based on party affiliation?

These positions should be apolitical, and every voter in the county should be able to select the person they feel most qualified. And, as the writer pointed out, since it is near impossible for a Democrat to be elected in this county, most candidates will identify as Republican.

Whom should I contact to voice this objection?

Is this an electoral board decision or is the ruling from elsewhere? Thank you.

Willie says: You should know that every little town can’t just make it up as they go along when it comes to electing sheriffs, etc.

The Constitution of S.C. states in part, “there shall be elected in each county by the electors thereof a clerk of the circuit court, a sheriff, and a coroner ... All of these officers shall

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Willie, There was a cartoon in the June 26 edition of The Journal that depicts white Southern people as bearded barefoot moonshine-making hillbillies.

Should the protest begin?

Of course not, because white Southern people don’t count. They have something called a sense of humor.

It seems a double standard though. Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben had to be changed, but hillbillies are OK. Argue all you want; in all fairness, it is a double standard.

Willie says: The most important words in your comment are “sense of humor.” We all need to

be able to laugh at ourselves without being offended by everything that everybody says or does. It’s a cartoon, after all.

Willie, I recently wrote about women trying to dress like men. You said blue jeans were introduced for women in the ’30s.

True, but the women’s pants had a zipper in the side where it belongs. Now they wear pants with the zipper in the front like men.

I rest my case.

Willie says: I really hope you do rest your case, because this is a stupid thing to be debating anyway.

It’s none of my business or yours what ladies choose to wear!

Happy Friday!

Willie COMMENTS ARE not intended to reflect views of The Journal’s management or staff and are the opinions of readers submitting them. The Journal makes no guarantee of their accuracy. As for answers, ol’ Willie does his best to get it right.

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Clemson forward Kimarni Smith, right, works to get past a Pittsburgh defender during their Nov. 13 matchup at Riggs Field in Clemson. The Clemson men’s soccer team — and all other Olympic sports teams across the ACC — won’t begin their seasons until Sept. 1 at the earliest, the league office announced Thursday.

Decision time

ACC, Big Ten announce changes to fall sports

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More changes in the tentative world of sports were announced Thursday amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as both the ACC and Big Ten announced some new decisions for fall athletics.

On Thursday morning, the ACC announced that each of its fall Olympic sports will delay the start of competition until at least Sept.

1. The delay includes all exhibition and non-conference games in men’s and women’s cross-country, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball.

The league added that it “continues to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on fall schedules and competitions with the understanding that there may be future changes, and that the priority remains the health and safety of our student-athletes.”

While the ACC didn’t make any announcements regarding football on Thursday, the Big Ten did, officially announcing that it will not play non-conference games in football and several other sports this fall — the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the pandemic.

Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said it was “much easier

if we’re just working with our Big Ten institutions” in terms of things like scheduling and traveling.

“We may not have sports in the fall,” Warren told the Big Ten Network. “We may not have a college football season in the Big Ten. … so we just wanted to make sure that this was the next logical step to always rely on our medical experts to keep our student-athletes at the center of all of our decisions and make sure that they are as healthy as they possibly can be from a mental, a physical, an emotional health and wellness standpoint.”

The Big Ten decision is the biggest yet because Bowl Subdivision football games — more than 40 of them, all moneymakers in different ways — were simply erased.

And the move didn’t wash away fears the entire fall season could be in jeopardy.

“I am really concerned, that is the question of the day,” Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said on a conference call after the announcement. “I was cautiously optimistic.

I’m not even there now.”

Besides football, the sports affected by the Big Ten’s decision include men’s and women’s cross-country, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball.

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The other big conferences — the SEC, ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 — have all indicated they intend to play fall sports.

“The Big Ten decisions are interesting and provide additional information to inform our discussions,” Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said. “At this time our medical and scientific advisors have suggested we should move ahead slowly and with constant re-evaluation. We plan to continue to prepare for all available scenarios until we are informed that some are no longer viable.”

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said league officials “will continue to meet regularly with our campus leaders in the coming weeks, guided by the medical advisors, to make the important decisions necessary to determine the best path forward related to the SEC fall sports.”

Marquee non-conference matchups in the Big Ten this season would have included Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin on Oct. 3 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisc. Other big matchups included Michigan-Washington, Ohio State-Oregon, Penn State-Virginia Tech and Miami-Michigan State.

— The Associated Press contributed to this report

MLB, NBA crucial for return of team sports

n less than two weeks, Major League Baseball will begin its season, and the NBA will follow in resuming its season that was suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The upcoming flurry of activity is a crucial test to see where things stand with the virus and the ability to play team sports — though it’s worth noting Major League Soccer and the National Women’s Soccer League are already back in action. Still, once optimistic plans to play prior to a vaccine being developed have turned more pessimistic in the past week or so as positive cases have ramped back up.

The increase in cases has brought increasing concerns from pro athletes about the ability to play under such conditions.

MLB and the NBA have different restart plans, with MLB set for teams to play in their own stadiums, while the NBA is setting up in a bubble scenario. All 22 NBA teams whose seasons are still alive have already reported to Orlando, Fla., where they will be regularly tested and play in a bubble — meaning they will have to stay on site and cannot venture outside in an effort to reduce the chances of getting or spreading the virus.

As you would expect, many players are not excited about the prospect of basically being in lockdown mode for several months.

Though some teams will stay in the bubble for considerably less time than others as teams are eliminated by the end of the regular season and through the playoffs, this will still be a difficult adjustment considering the usual freedom of movement players enjoy.

There are also concerns from players with pregnant wives or who may experience their own health challenges that place them at higher risk. As a result, some players in both MLB

and the NBA have opted out for this season, and you can expect more to follow.

The success, or lack thereof, for MLB and the A SPORTING NBA moving VIEW | forward will go GREG a long OLIVER way to determining whether we will see football this fall.

While the feeling isn’t as optimistic as each day draws closer, some good news is that only 1.2 percent of MLB players have tested positive for the virus thus far.

College football and the NFL will undoubtedly be watching what happens in MLB and the NBA. NBA commissioner Adam Silver this week even admitted he was less optimistic about his sport being able to reboot or even make it through the rest of the shortened regular season and playoffs without having to shut down again.

Even with the precautions both sports are taking, players are still testing positive, and those who aren’t are clearly nervous — definitely not something you want to hear so close to both seasons getting underway.

As I’ve said before, the best thing we all can do is take a wait-and-see attitude as far as team professional sports go.

Certainly, NASCAR, MMA, the PGA Tour and professional soccer have resumed, but the next big test will be whether team sports can follow suit.

With less than two weeks to go before baseball is scheduled to begin and with the NBA to follow by the end of the month, we will soon have our answer.

GREG OLIVER has been a staff writer at The Journal since 1994 and has written a weekly sports column since 2004. Write to him at goliver@upstatetoday.com.

NBA practices begin as teams get restarted

BY TIM REYNOLDS ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nikola Vucevic had to raise his voice a bit to answer a question. He had just walked off the court after the first Orlando Magic practice of the restart, and some of his teammates remained on the floor while engaged in a loud and enthusiastic shooting contest.

After four months, basketball was truly back.

Full-scale practices inside the NBA bubble at the Disney complex in Orlando,

Fla., started Thursday, with the Magic — the first team to get into the campus earlier this week — becoming the first team formally back on the floor. By the close of business Thursday, all 22 teams participating in the restart were to be checked into their hotel and beginning their isolation from the rest of the world for what will be several weeks at least.

“It’s great to be back after four months,” Vucevic said. “We all missed it.”

The last eight teams

were coming in Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers among them. 76ers forward Joel Embiid — who raised some eyebrows earlier this week when he said he was “not a big fan of the idea” of restarting the season in a bubble — showed up for his team’s flight in what appeared to be a full hazmat suit.

Another last-day arrival at the Disney campus was the reigning NBA champion Toronto Raptors, who boarded buses for the

two-hour drive from Naples, Fla. — they’ve been there for about two weeks training — for the trip to the bubble.

Brooklyn, Utah, Washington and Phoenix all were down to practice Thursday, along with the Magic.

By Saturday, practices will be constant — 22 teams working at various times in a window spanning 13.5 hours and spread out across seven facilities.

Exhibition games begin July 22. Games start for real on July 30.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, seen during a Feb. 24 game against the Atlanta Hawks in Philadelphia, arrived in Orlando, Fla., Thursday sporting a hazmat suit.

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| SPORTS |

| SPORTS ON TV | Today

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL

5:30 a.m.

FS1 — AFL: Hawthorn at Collingwood 10:30 p.m.

FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at Fremantle 1 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Adelaide at West Coast

AUTO RACING

4:55 a.m.

ESPN2 — Formula One: Practice 1, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 8:55 a.m.

ESPN2 — Formula One: Practice 2, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 8 p.m.

FS1 — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The Alsco 300, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Ky. 5:55 a.m. (Saturday) ESPN2 — Formula One: Practice 3, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria

BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

2 p.m.

ESPN — TBT: Golden Eagles vs. Team Brotherly Love, Quarterfinal, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio 4 p.m.

ESPN — TBT: Red Scare vs.

House of ‘Paign, Quarterfinal, Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio

GOLF

3 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Golf: The Workday Charity Open, Second Round, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio 5 p.m.

NBCSN — American Century Championship Golf: First Round, Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, Stateline, Nev. 10 p.m.

GOLF — American Century Championship Golf: First Round, Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, Stateline, Nev. (taped)

HORSE RACING

1 p.m.

FS2 — America’s Day at the Races

KBO BASEBALL

5:25 a.m.

ESPN — NC at LG 4:55 a.m. (Saturday) ESPN — Doosan at Lotte

RODEO

9 p.m.

CBSSN — PBR: Monster Energy Team Challenge, Sioux Falls, S.D.

RUGBY

3 a.m. (Saturday) ESPN2 — Super Rugby: Auckland at Christchurch 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS1 — NRL: Melbourne at Canberra

SOCCER (MEN’S)

9 p.m.

ESPN — MLS is Back Tournament: Seattle vs. San Jose, Group B, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla.

TENNIS

11 a.m.

TENNIS — UTR: Pro Tennis Series Liga MAPFRE Day 1

| BRIEFLY | NFL players are banned from exchanging jerseys (AP) — NFL teams will be prohibited from postgame interactions within 6 feet of each other, which means players won’t be allowed to exchange jerseys after games as part of the guidelines to help limit the spread of the coronavirus.

The restrictions are outlined in the gameday protocols finalized by the league and NFL Players Association on Wednesday.

Several players criticized the league banning jersey exchanges.

Hosuton Texans quarterback and former Clemson star Deshaun Watson called it “silly” and asked, “why are they letting us play at all?”

Keowee softball squad earns split on road SPARTANBURG — The over-70 Lake Keowee senior softball Zenith traveled to Tyger River Park in Spartanburg on

FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2020

Thursday to play a doubleheader against Spartanburg Upstate and came away with a split.

The Zenith (3-3) dropped the opener by a final score of 27-18. Paul Goldman, Danny Stancil, Johnny

Kelley, Claude Smith, Danny Woodward and Tom Flaherty all had three hits for the Zenith, while Jim Lamarand, Woody King, Ed Nielsen, Doug Rochester and Bill Grimes each had a pair.

In the nightcap, the Zenith rallied for seven runs in the bottom of the seventh to win by a score of 25-24. Kelley had a two-out, walk-off double to seal the win. Donnie Rogers and Rochester

each had four hits, while Bill Kimpton, Stancil, Kelley, Smith, Nielsen and Flaherty had three apiece.

The Zenith will travel to Hendersonville, N.C., next Thursday for a doubleheader.

May 3 — NASCAR Cup Series Race at Dover, Dover, Del. May 9 — Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500, Martinsville, Va. May 16 — x-NASCAR Open, Concord, N.C. May 16 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. May 17 — The Real Heroes 400 (Kevin Harvick) May 20 — Toyota 500 (Denny Hamlin) May 24 — Coca-Cola 600 (Brad Keselowski) May 28 — Alsco Uniforms 500 (Chase Elliott) May 31 — Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 (Brad Keselowski) June 7 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Kevin Harvick) June 10 — Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 (Martin Truex Jr) June 14 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.

June 14 — Dixie Vodka 400 (Denny Hamlin) June 21 — Chicagoland 400, Joliet, Ill. June 22 — GEICO 500 (Ryan Blaney) June 27 — Pocono Organics 325 in partnership with Rodale Institute (Kevin Harvick) June 28 — Pocono 350 (Denny Hamlin) July 5 — Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 Powered by Big Machine Records (Kevin Harvick) July 12 — Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart, Sparta, Ky. July 15 — x-NASCAR Open, Bristol, Tenn.

July 15 — NASCAR All-Star Race, Bristol, Tenn.

July 19 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Fort Worth, Texas

July 23 — Kansas 400, Kansas City, Kan. Aug. 2 — Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Loudon, N.H. x-non-points race

Sepp Straka Keegan Bradley Troy Merritt Joaquin Niemann Andrew Putnam Sam Burns

TRANSACTIONS n Thursday’s Sports Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed T Jedrick Wills to a four-year contract.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed LB Kamal Martin to a four-year contract.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR Laviska Shenault Jr. to a four-year contract.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed RB La’Mical Perine to a four-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Name Tom Fitzgerald Executive Vice President/ General Manager. Named Lindy Ruff head coach.

ECHL READING ROYALS — Agreed to terms with F Brayden Low on a oneyear contract.

COLLEGE CAMPBELL — Named Steven Williams football special teams coordinator.

EAST CAROLINA — Extended contract for baseball head coach Cliff Godwin through June 2025.

FLAGLER — Named Thomas Coombes men’s soccer assistant coach.

WASHINGTON (MO.) — Announced Kelly Stahlhuth resigns as women’s tennis coach.

| SCOREBOARD | AUTO RACING n NASCAR — Cup Series Points Leaders Through July 5 1. Kevin Harvick, 637.

2. Chase Elliott, 552.

3. Brad Keselowski, 549.

4. Ryan Blaney, 534.

5. Denny Hamlin, 528.

6. Joey Logano, 527.

7. Martin Truex Jr, 501.

8. Alex Bowman, 471.

9. Aric Almirola, 465.

10. Kyle Busch, 461.

11. Kurt Busch, 457.

12. Matt DiBenedetto, 413.

13. Clint Bowyer, 410.

14. William Byron, 392.

15. Jimmie Johnson, 390.

16. Austin Dillon, 360.

17. Erik Jones, 354.

18. Tyler Reddick, 344.

19. Bubba Wallace, 318.

20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 312.

21. Chris Buescher, 304.

22. John H. Nemechek, 291.

23. Michael McDowell, 285.

24. Christopher Bell, 279.

25. Cole Custer, 273.

26. Ryan Newman, 256.

27. Ty Dillon, 232.

28. Matt Kenseth, 222.

29. Corey Lajoie, 213.

30. Ryan Preece, 188.

31. Daniel Suarez, 159.

32. Kyle Larson, 121.

33. Brennan Poole, 113.

34. Quin Houff, 83.

35. Brendan Gaughan, 46.

36. David Ragan, 33.

37. Reed Sorenson, 27.

38. James Davison, 10. n NASCAR — Cup Series Schedule and Winners Feb. 9 — x-Busch Clash at DAYTONA (Erik Jones) Feb. 13 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 1 at DAYTONA (Joey Logano) Feb. 13 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel 2 at DAYTONA (William Byron) Feb. 16 — DAYTONA 500 (Denny Hamlin) Feb. 23 — Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube (Joey Logano) March 1 — Auto Club 400 (Alex Bowman) March 8 — FanShield 500 (Joey Logano) March 15 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Hampton, Ga. March 22 — Dixie Vodka 400, Homestead, Fla. March 29 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Fort Worth, Texas April 5 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn.

April 19 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va. April 26 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala.

GOLF n PGA Tour — Workday Charity Open Par Scores Thursday At Muirfield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,456; Par: 72 First Round (Top 20 and ties) Collin Morikawa 32-33 — 65 Adam Hadwin 31-35 — 66 Nick Taylor 35-32 — 67 Hideki Matsuyama 32-35 — 67 Zach Johnson 34-33 — 67 Aaron Wise 32-35 — 67 Justin Thomas 33-35 — 68 Pat Perez 33-35 — 68 Louis Oosthuizen 33-35 — 68 Tim Wilkinson 33-35 — 68 Peter Malnati 31-37 — 68 Patrick Reed 33-35 — 68 Ian Poulter 33-35 — 68 Adam Long 34-34 — 68 Graeme McDowell 34-34 — 68 Roger Sloan 34-34 — 68 Chase Seiffert 34-34 — 68 Luke List 35-34 — 69 Matt Jones 33-36 — 69 Shane Lowry 33-36 — 69 Matt Kuchar 33-36 — 69 Brendan Steele 35-34 — 69 Hudson Swafford 35-34 — 69 Viktor Hovland 31-38 — 69 Jason Day 34-35 — 69 Xander Schauffele 35-34 — 69 Steve Stricker 34-35 — 69 Jason Dufner 35-34 — 69 Rory Sabbatini 33-36 — 69

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SOCCER n MLS is Back Tournament Schedule All matches played at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Orlando, Fla. Group Stage Late Wednesday Orlando City 2, Inter Miami CF 1 Nashville SC vs. Chicago Fire, ppd.

Thursday Philadelphia Union 1, New York City FC 0 Montreal vs. New England, late Friday Seattle vs. San Jose, 9 p.m.

Saturday Atlanta vs. New York, 8 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Columbus, 10:30 p.m. n NWSL Challenge Cup Schedule and Results Late Wednesday Sky Blue 2, Houston Dash 0 Sunday Washington Spirit vs. Houston Dash, 12:30 p.m.

Chicago Red Stars vs. Utah Royals, 10 p.m.

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-0.5 Those declines had reflected in part the steep drop in demand caused by gov- -1.0 ernment-ordered shutdowns to deal with the coronavirus. Economists pre- -1.5 dict the Labor Department will report J F M A M J today that wholesale prices rose 0.4% 2020 last month.

Source: FactSet

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 0.60% on Thursday.

Yields affect rates on mortgages and other consumer loans.

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FUELS CLOSE Crude Oil (bbl) 39.62 Ethanol (gal) 1.40 Heating Oil (gal) 1.22 Natural Gas (mm btu) 1.78 Unleaded Gas (gal) 1.25

Commodities

Energy prices were broadly lower, with U.S. crude oil falling more than 3%.

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U.S. rig count Oilfield services company Baker weekly total Hughes issues its weekly tally of U.S. 301 300 284 279 oil and natural gas rigs today.

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The six-year-old company based in San Diego uses its gene engineering platform to create cell and gene therapies. It is working on treatments to cure several types of cancer and tumors. Poseida’s shares will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker “PSTX.”

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Bed, bath & beleaguered

Shares in Bed Bath & Beyond had their worst day ever after the home furnishings company said it would close 200 stores over the next two years in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The New Jersey-based company’s sales plunged by about half in the first quarter as the virus outbreak forced it to close nearly all its roughly 1,500 stores for most of the period. It gave no financial forecast for the rest of the year.

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The store closures and other measures will save the company between $250 and $350 million dollars annually, Bed Bath and Beyond said.

“It is still early in the reopening process and the virus and its impact are still unpredictable, but we’re encouraged by our customer support and response so far,” CEO Mark Tritton said.

Bed Bath & Beyond fell 24.5% to close at $7.86 on Thursday.

Thursday’s close: $7.86, -2.55 Price-earnings ratio: Lost money (Based on past 12-month results)

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-26.1%

8826

11 5.16f

Citigroup

C

32.00 4

83.11

49.45

-1.43

-2.8%

t

s

t

-38.1%

-26.7% 24209

7 2.04

68 23 1.62

4718 12 1.12 4 2.82f

3396 30 2.20

-1.52

-0.8%

s

t

t

-6.7%

-9.7%

2331 28 5.00

72.13 4 122.15

90.13

-1.48

-1.6%

t

t

t

-20.6%

-4.3%

4060 55 2.16

Merck & Co

MRK

65.25 5

92.64

76.69

-1.23

-1.6%

t

t

t

-15.7%

-5.3%

7599 29 2.44

Microsoft Corp

MSFT 130.78 0 214.67 214.32

+1.49

+0.7%

s

s

s +35.9% +53.4% 33048 42 2.04

Norfolk Sthn

NSC

112.62 6 219.88 170.91

-4.35

-2.5%

t

t

t

Oconee Fed Fin

OFED 15.25 9

28.00

25.70

-.08

-0.3%

s

t

t

Oracle Corp

ORCL 39.71 9

60.50

57.53

+.87

+1.5%

s

s

s

101.42 7 147.20 132.71

-12.0%

-11.5%

-1.2% +10.2% +8.6%

CocaCola Co

KO

36.27 4

60.07

43.91

-1.16

-2.6%

t

t

t

-20.7%

-10.1% 16074 27 1.64f

PepsiCo

PEP

-1.51

-1.1%

t

s

s

-2.9%

Colgate-Palmolive

CL

58.49 8

77.41

73.32

-1.17

-1.6%

s

s

s

+6.5%

+3.5%

Pfizer Inc

PFE

27.88 4

44.11

33.46

-.29

-0.9%

t

s

s

-14.6%

Disney

DIS

79.07 6 153.41 116.81

+.15

+0.1%

s

s

s

-19.2%

-19.6% 13567 16 1.76

Duke Energy

DUK

62.13 5 103.79

79.74

-1.70

-2.1%

t

t

t

-12.6%

Enbridge Inc

ENB

22.57 4

43.15

29.59

-.51

-1.7%

t

t

t

-25.6%

Exxon Mobil Corp

XOM

30.11 3

77.88

41.36

-1.78

-4.1%

t

t

t

-40.7%

FedEx Corp

FDX

88.69 8 178.50 155.74

-2.82

-1.8%

s

s

s

+3.0%

-0.5%

2237 84 2.60

Truist Financial Cp

TFC

24.01 3

Gen Dynamics

GD

100.55 5 193.76 138.02

-5.88

-4.1%

t

t

t

-21.7%

-18.0%

1301 15 4.40

Verizon Comm

VZ

48.84 4

Gen Electric

GE

5.48 2

13.26

6.58

-.28

-4.1%

t

t

t

-41.0%

-35.2% 74533 dd 0.04

HP Inc

HPQ

12.54 4

23.93

16.41

-.34

-2.0%

t

s

t

-20.1%

-18.2% 12486

Honeywell Intl

HON

101.08 5 184.06 141.37

-4.22

-2.9%

t

t

t

-20.1%

-15.9%

Wendys Co

2917 27 1.76

...

9 3.20

MDT

... Medtronic Inc

11 4.12

325 57

1815 18 3.76 10

0.40

-3.4% 15692 59 0.96 +3.3%

4003 15 4.09f

-19.2% 19297 13 1.52

Philip Morris Intl

PM

56.01 5

90.17

70.14

-2.16

-3.0%

t

t

s

-17.6%

-5.7%

3456 20 3.86f

Schlumberger Ltd

SLB

11.87 2

41.40

17.13

-.94

-5.2%

t

t

t

-57.4%

-50.0% 12011 100.50m

-7.8%

2898 20 2.55

Sonoco Prods

SON

37.30 5

66.57

49.96

-1.11

-2.2%

t

s

t

-19.1%

-19.1%

482 21 1.72

3M Company

MMM 114.04 6 187.72 151.45

-3.13

-2.0%

t

t

t

-14.2%

-6.6%

2189 21 5.88

56.92

33.61

-1.71

-4.8%

t

t

t

-40.3%

-25.7%

62.22

53.94

-.82

-1.5%

t

t

t

-12.1%

WalMart Strs

WMT 102.00 9 133.38

127.75

+3.31

+2.7%

s

s

s

Wells Fargo & Co

WFC

22.00 1

54.75

24.04

-.51

-2.1%

t

t

t

WEN

6.82 9

24.04

21.63

-.58

-2.6%

t

s

t

-38.6% 25846 10 3.48

5 0.70

3167 16 3.60

-3.1%

4324 14 4.68

4816

9 1.80

-1.4% 17612 12 2.46

+7.5% +15.3% 14198 73 2.16f -55.3%

-44.5% 37978

-2.6% +12.8%

5 2.04

2566 240.20m

Dividend Footnotes: a - Extra dividends were paid, but are not included. b - Annual rate plus stock. c - Liquidating dividend. e - Amount declared or paid in last 12 months. f - Current annual rate, which was increased by most recent dividend announcement. i - Sum of dividends paid after stock split, no regular rate. j - Sum of dividends paid this year.

Most recent dividend was omitted or deferred. k - Declared or paid this year, a cumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m - Current annual rate, which was decreased by most recent dividend announcement. p - Initial dividend, annual rate not known, yield not shown. r - Declared or paid in preceding 12 months plus stock dividend. t - Paid in stock, approximate cash value on ex-distribution date. PE Footnotes: q - Stock is a closed-end fund - no P/E ratio shown. cc - P/E exceeds 99. dd - Loss in last 12 months. Fund Footnotes: b - Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d - Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f - front load (sales charges). m - Multiple fees are charged, usually a marketing fee and either a sales or redemption fee. NA - not available. p - previous day´s net asset value. s - fund split shares during the week. x - fund paid a distribution during the week.

FUND

12-MO NAV CHG %RTN

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FUND

12-MO NAV CHG %RTN

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FUND

12-MO NAV CHG %RTN

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MutualFunds

FUND

12-MO NAV CHG %RTN

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...

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-5.2

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FUND

12-MO NAV CHG %RTN

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... +.52 +.56 -.27 -.61 -.62 ... +.03 +.02 +.02 +.68 -.20 +.02 +.02 +.01 ...

-.31 -.35 -1.27 ...

-.05 ... ... ... ...

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FUND

12-MO NAV CHG %RTN

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FUND

12-MO NAV CHG %RTN

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Morikawa back with strong debut at Muirfield

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DUBLIN, Ohio — Collin Morikawa didn’t get rattled by his first missed cut as a pro or his first time playing Muirfield Village.

Morikawa finally had a forced weekend off two weeks ago after 22 consecutive cuts to start his PGA Tour career, three short of the standard set by Tiger Woods. He bounced back Thursday in the Workday Charity Open with a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead over Adam Hadwin.

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Collin Morikawa hits from a bunker on the 18th hole during the opening round of the Workday Charity Open on Thursday in Dublin, Ohio. steamy afternoon on the course — sans fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic — that Jack Nicklaus built.

His shot into the par-5 fifth settled 3 feet away for

eagle. All but one of his birdie putts was inside 12 feet. The only setback was a bogey from the fairway on the 18th.

“It’s a beautiful track.

It’s a very tough course, obviously, but you just have to map your way around it,” Morikawa said.

For the first time in 63 years, the PGA Tour will have tournaments on the same course in consecutive weeks. The Workday Charity Open fills a void this year for the John Deere Classic, which decided to cancel without being able to have spectators, a pro-am or corporate hospitality.

The second week at Muirfield Village — the Memorial — was supposed to be the first with fans since the PGA Tour returned June 11. That plan was scrapped at the last minute.

Woods to return next week at Muirfield Village

BY DOUG FERGUSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

DUBLIN, Ohio — The PGA Tour returned five weeks ago with some of its strongest fields. Now it gets its biggest star.

Tiger Woods announced Thursday on Twitter he will play next week at the Memorial, a tournament he has won a record five times, as he goes after his record 83rd career victory on the PGA Tour.

“I’ve missed going out and competing with the guys and can’t wait to get back out there,” Woods said.

It will end a five-month break from competition Woods for Woods. He last played on Feb. 16 at the Genesis Invitational, where he shot 76-77 at chilly Riviera to finish

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Woods said he felt stiffness in the cold weather.

He chose not to go to Mexico City for a World Golf Championship, then skipped three straight tournaments in Florida before golf was halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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partner against Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady.

The tour resumed June 11 at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, and most weeks brought some level of speculation that Woods was going to play. He had contemplated coming to Muirfield Village for the Workday Charity Open, a one-time event that replaces the canceled John Deere Classic, but ultimately waited until the second week at Memorial.

Court filing alleges $400K paid to Williamson family (AP) — The legal fight over NBA rookie Zion Williamson’s endorsement potential now includes an allegation that his family received $400,000 from a marketing agency before his lone season at Duke.

Prime Sports Marketing and company president Gina Ford filed a lawsuit last summer in a Florida state court, accusing Williamson and the agency now representing him of breach of contract.

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| U.S. & WORLD BRIEFS | Singapore votes expected to return ruling party SINGAPORE (AP) — Wearing masks and plastic gloves, Singaporeans began voting toay in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s long-governing party to power.

About 1,100 polling stations across the city-state were open at 8 a.m., with strict safety measures in place for Southeast Asia’s first national election since the coronavirus pandemic began. Older voters were given priority in the early morning hours as protection against the virus, and people being treated for COVID-19 or under quarantine at home were not allowed to vote.

The health crisis and concerns over an economic recession are a bonanza for Lee’s People’s Action Party, with voters likely to opt for stability. It faces 10 small opposition parties that are contesting the 93 parliamentary seats mostly on a one-on-one basis against the PAP.

Bolivian president, region’s elite have virus LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s interim president and Venezuela’s No. 2 leader announced Thursday that they have been infected with the new coronavirus, just days after Brazil’s leader tested positive as the pandemic hits hard at some of Latin America’s political elite.

Three Cabinet ministers in the administration of Bolivian leader Jeanine Áñez have also tested positive for the virus, including Health Minister Eidy Roca and Presidency Minister Yerko Nuñez, who is hospitalized.

The infections in Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia, which is seeing a spike in cases, come after Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández tested positive in June and was briefly hospitalized.

Rolling Stones to release unheard tracks from 1973 The Rolling Stones will release a new version of their 1973 album “Goats Head Soup” featuring three unheard tracks, including one featuring Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page.

The band announced on Thursday that the release on Sept. 4 will include a fourdisc CD and vinyl box set editions that includes 10 bonus tracks, including outtakes and alternative versions.

Page appears on a song called “Scarlet,” and the Stones also released a video for one of the unheard songs, called “Criss Cross.”

US sanctions Chinese officials for repression

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen during a news conference at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party, including a member of the ruling Politburo, for alleged human rights abuses targeting ethnic and religious minorities that China has detained in the western part of the country.

The decision to bar these senior officials from entering the U.S.

is the latest of a series of actions the Trump administration has taken against China as relations deteriorate over the coronavirus pandemic, human rights, Hong Kong and trade. Just a day earlier, the administration had announced visa bans against officials deemed responsible for barring foreigners’ access to Tibet. Thursday’s step, however, hits a more senior level of leadership and is likely to draw a harsh response from Beijing.

The measures come as President Donald Trump has increasingly sought to blame China for the spread of COVID-19 in the United States and beyond and accuse his presumptive challenger in November’s election, former Vice President Joe Biden, of being soft on China. They follow an allegation in a new book by former national security adviser John Bolton that Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping he was right to build

detention camps to house hundreds of thousands of ethnic minorities.

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Officers in deadly Kentucky raid thought victim was alone

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville police officers who fatally shot Breonna Taylor while serving a warrant were told she should be home alone because the main target of the investigation was elsewhere, according to an interview with one of the detectives who served the warrant.

Taylor was shot eight times after officers used a battering ram to knock down her door and fired into the apartment after midnight March 13. One officer SEE RAID, PAGE D4

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Over 8,000 Bosnian Muslims perished in 10 days of slaughter after the town was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces in the closing months of the country’s 1992-95 fratricidal war. Their executioners tried to ensure they would never get the sort of memorial Srebrenica holds every year. Their bodies were plowed into hastily made mass graves and then later dug up with bulldozers and scattered among other burial sites to hide the evidence of the crime.

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part hereof by reference thereto. This being the identical lot of land conveyed to Robert R. Fricks and Rhonda K. Fricks by Deed of Ralph Alexander, Inc., dated November 21, 2007 and recorded in Deed Book 1629, at Page 201, records of the Register of Deeds Office for Oconee County, South Carolina.

NOTICE OF SALE Ralph Alexander, Inc. Plaintiff

Property Address 700 W. North 1st Street Seneca, SC 29678 TMS #: 520-22-01-041

vs Robert R. Fricks, aka Robert Randall Fricks, aka Robert Fricks, Rhonda K. Fricks, aka Rhonda Kay B. Fricks, aka Rhonda Kay Bennett Fricks, aka Rhonda Fricks and Discover Bank NA Defendants PURSUANT TO THE terms of the Master's Order of Foreclosure and Sale granted in the above entitled case, I will sell on the next sales day, the same being Monday, August 3, 2020, during the usual hours of public sale, before me, in the Oconee County Courthouse, 205 W. Main Street, Walhalla, South Carolina, to the highest bidder, for cash, the below-described property: ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any and all improvements located thereon, lying and being situate in the State of South Carolina, County of Oconee, within the corporate limits of the City of Seneca, on North First Street, also known as U.S. Hwy. 123 Business, being shown and designated as Lot Number One (1) on a Plat thereof prepared by Harold Hawkins, RLS #2266 dated October 11, 1965 and recorded in Plat Book P-27, at Page 132, records of the Register of Deeds Office for Oconee County, Walhalla, South Carolina. Later surveyed on April 8, 1966 and revised July 20, 1966 and recorded in Plat Book P-62 at Page 934, records of the Register of Deeds Office for Oconee County, Walhalla, South Carolina; having the metes and bounds, courses and distances as appear upon said Plat, being incorporated herewith and made a

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Clerk of Court at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff's debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff's representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement.

Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within ten (10) days, the Master-in-Equity may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder).

The Honorable Beverly H. Whitfield Clerk of Court, Oconee County, South Carolina Bradley K. Richardson, P.C. Nathan R. Williams, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff 450 Bypass 123 Suite D Seneca, South Carolina 29607 Telephone: (864) 844-9580 Facsimile: (864) 222-0892 Filed - 2020, June 30, 10:20 AM Oconee Common Pleas Case #2019CP3700077 Case Caption: Ralph Alexander, Inc., VS Robert R Fricks, defendant, et al Type - Master - Order/Notice of Foreclosure Sale So Ordered

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Having a grave to visit will bring them some relief, Efendic says. Her husband, Hamed, and her only son, Fejzo, were killed in the massacre.

For years, every time a new mass grave was found, she rushed to the site hoping to see something she would recognize as having belonged to her loved ones.

“There are no words to describe the sorrow you feel when you are looking for (your loved ones) bone by bone,” Efendic said. “I visited every newfound mass grave; I’ve seen the inside of every one of them.”

All of Hamed’s remains were found in two mass graves, one unearthed in 1998 and the other in 2000.

Fejzo — or rather two of his leg bones — was found in another one several years later. Efendic buried her husband at Potocari after his remains were found but waited years before finally deciding to do the same with Fejzo’s partial remains.

“I wanted him to be next to his father and to be able to come and pray over their graves,” she said.

Typically, thousands of visitors from various countries attend the July 11 service, but this year — because of the coronavirus pandemic — only a relatively small number of survivors will be allowed at the cemetery.

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Gravestones are lined up at the memorial cemetery in Potocari, near Srebrenica, Bosnia. A quarter of a century after they were killed in Sreberenica, eight Bosnian men and boys will be laid to rest Saturday. and identify the remains of some 40,000 people — the vast majority of them from Bosnia — who had been reported as missing as a result of the 1990s conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.

In 2014, the commission became a permanent global body, expanded its mission to other conflicts and natural disasters, and moved its headquarters to The Hague.

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While many Bosnian Serbs continue to deny the extent of the crime, the still-expanding sea of white marble at Potocari makes the truth plain.

“This is Srebrenica,” said Efendic, looking out at the gravestones.

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