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CMSD investigating if GTECHS took

private school students, state money
Spears concerned district MAEP funds are paying for students from started years ago under the
current (memorandum of un-
Annunciation, other area private schools at early college high school derstanding) that ends June
30, it was for a public school (in
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN vate school students to attend district personnel discovered those districts)...,” Spears said.
ialtman@cdispatch.com the Golden Triangle Early Col- that some of “CMSD’s slots” at “And students who are rising
lege High School. GTECHS may have been giv- freshmen from those particular
The Columbus Municipal Last week, Labat recom- en to rising freshmen who did public schools would have the
School District board voted at mended CMSD pull 44 Colum- not attend Columbus Middle opportunity to apply as well as
a special-call meeting Monday bus students out of GTECHS School. Labat Spears attend the school.”
to authorize Superintendent next school year, ending a five- Specifically, Labat and middle school they currently at- GTECHS, which is located
Cherie Labat and board attor- year relationship with the early Spears said, Annunciation tend. ACS is a Columbus-based on East Mississippi Community
ney David Dunn to investigate college high school program. Catholic School is listed among private school that only serves College’s Mayhew campus, has
whether state funds allocated On Monday, board president schools on the application students through eighth grade. 222 students from Lowndes,
for the district have paid for pri- Jason Spears said since then where it asks students what “When the program was See CMSD, 6A

CURBSIDE COOL DOWN Columbus

mayor tightens
regulations for
grocery stores
Employees must wear
protective gear, mark
floors, enforce social
distancing
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com

Grocery stores
and retail stores
selling food in Co-
lumbus must comply
with regulations set
out by Mayor Robert
Smith in a Monday
letter to curb the
spread of COVID-19. Smith
A total of 25 let-
ters were hand-deliv-
ered to stores such
as Walmart, Kroger,
Bargain Hunt and
Walgreens on Mon-
day, said Columbus
Police Chief Fred Shelton
Shelton. The stores
have until today to comply, he said.
Those who violate the regula-
Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
Kelly Moore, front, Melia Grant and Ethan Grant stretch after their daily neighborhood workout Monday afternoon in Starkville. tions, Smith said, will be fined up
The residents of Washington Street usually line the street at a safe social distance every day at 4:30 p.m. for exercise, but to $1,000.
Monday saw less attendance because “it was ab day” and the weather was chilly, resident Debbie Buckner said. Smith said the city received
numerous complaints about some
food stores for not having all em-
ployees wear masks and other pro-
tective gear. 
“I expect our store managers

Patient at The Arrington hospitalized with COVID-19
Assisted living facility has been on lockdown more than a month
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Columbus assisted liv-
ing facility resident is cur-
rently in an area hospital
with COVID-19, Plantation
Pointe Retirement Company
representatives confirmed.
The patient is a resident
of The Arrington on Wind-
sor Boulevard, according to
Misty Holder, admissions
director and licensed social
worker for Plantation Pointe,
the company that oversees
The Arrington and several
other nursing assisted living
facilities in Columbus.
Plantation Pointe facili-
ties have been on lockdown
more than a month, along
with most other assisted liv-
ing facilities in the Golden
Triangle area, in an effort
to help curb the spread of
COVID-19.
As of Monday morning,
the last time Mississippi
State Department of Health
updated its website before
press time, there were 2,942
cases of COVID-19 report-
ed in Mississippi, with 98
deaths.
There are 37 confirmed
cases in Oktibbeha County,
25 in Lowndes County, 20 in
Clay County and six in Noxu-
bee County.
Nationwide, there have
been almost 600,000 con-
firmed cases of COVID-19
and more than 23,000 deaths.
and operators in retail to be held
accountable and be more responsi-
ble,” Smith told The Dispatch this
morning.
Stores must set up signage at
the entrance to instruct customers
to stay six feet away from each oth-
er, and they must have marks on
the floor measuring six-foot inter-
vals between customers, the letter
said. Signs encouraging cashless
and online payments, pickups and
self checkout lanes must also be
in place when possible, the letter
said.
See REGULATIONS, 6A

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extremely quick-
in Courage Award in 2001 for pardoning Board of Trustees
Nixon in 1974? ly, sometimes
Lillian McGregory as soon as we meeting, 6 p.m.,
4 What R&B singer and dancer teamed
Fifth grade, Annunciation publish a print 401 Greensboro
up with Kanye West for the promo tour of

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NEW HOPE YMCA DISTRIBUTES SACK LUNCHES FRIDAY

Garrick Hodge/Dispatch Staff

From left, Sara Parish, Hannah Perrigin and Andy Kalinowski prepare to distribute sack lunches to residents out-
side of the New Hope YMCA building Friday afternoon. Each wore a mask as a precaution, and handed lunches to
residents that drove up to the building.

New Trump panel to explore

path to reopening US economy
Many medical Trump claims he has ‘total’ authority over reopening economy
experts caution THE ASSOCIATED PRESS about the source of his asserted power,
that easing up on which he claimed, despite constitution-
WASHINGTON — President Don- al limitations, was absolute.
social distancing ald Trump claimed the “total” authority “When somebody is president of
to decide how and when to reopen the the United States, the authority is to-
too soon could economy after weeks of tough social dis- tal,” Trump said Monday at the White
tancing guidelines aimed at fighting the House. “The governors know that.”
lead to a new wave new coronavirus. But governors from The comments came not long after
both parties were quick to push back, Democratic leaders in the Northeast
of virus cases noting they have primary responsibility and along the West Coast announced
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
for ensuring public safety in their states separate state compacts to coordinate
and would decide when it’s safe to begin their efforts to scale back stay-at-home
a return to normal operations. orders or reopen businesses on their
WASHINGTON — Ev-
Trump would not offer specifics own timetables.
ery day, a team of public
health officials turns up in
the White House briefing Washington think tank. Treasury Secretary Steve and present, Kevin Has-
room to lay out measures Lee served on a short- Mnuchin, Commerce sett and Larry Kudlow.
being taken to contain the lived manufacturing coun- Secretary Wilbur Ross, New White House chief of
coronavirus pandemic. A cil that Trump established Housing and Urban De- staff Mark Meadows is ex-
different team, expected early in his presidency. velopment Secretary Ben pected to chair the effort.
to be formally announced Among those expected Carson and White House
as early as Tuesday, has to be part of the new team: economic advisers, past
begun meeting behind
closed doors in the West
Wing to tackle another
matter paramount to Pres-
ident Donald Trump: how
to begin reopening the
American economy.
The council, which is
not expected to include
health officials, could
bring to the forefront the
push-pull tensions within
the White House between
economists and public
health officials over how
quickly to reopen the
economy vs. proceeding
cautiously to ensure the
virus doesn’t spike again.
With the country bar-
reling toward a likely re-
cession ahead of Novem-
ber’s election, Trump is
eager to spur an economic
revival, hoping to steady
financial markets and re-
store some of the 16 mil-
lion jobs already lost due
to the pandemic. He orig-
inally hoped to have the
country stirring again by
Easter but now wants at
least a partial reopening
by the end of the month.
Many medical experts
in the government, includ-
ing Dr. Anthony Fauci and
Dr. Deborah Birx, have
cautioned that easing up
on social distancing too
soon could lead a new
wave of the disease that
would require shuttering
the economy again, with
disastrous results.
As for the new council,
Trump said he expected
“they will give us some
also good advice but no,
we want to be very, very
safe. At the same time
we’ve got to get our coun-
try open.”
Some ethics experts
and participants in past
councils created by
Trump voiced concerned
that the president may
not be open to using the
new panel to explore di-
verse viewpoints and hard
truths about the best path
forward.
“It doesn’t work if you
bring in the hallelujah cho-
rus,” said Thea Lee, presi-
dent of the Economic Poli-
cy Institute, a left-leaning
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2020 3A

Prather, 1st woman Mississippi Supreme Court justice, dies

‘She served with class, character, scholarship and impeccable integrity’ judge. Chancellors’ duties in-
clude hearing land disputes, di-
ing of the current Gartin Jus-
tice Building in Jackson, which
Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Bill Waller Jr. vorces, child custody cases. houses the Supreme Court and
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS She was also the first woman called Mississippi State Col- As a Supreme Court justice, the Court of Appeals.
Prather wrote a decision in a Mississippi University for
to serve as chief justice, hold- lege for Women. She was one of
C O L U M - case that specified factors to de- Women awarded Prather its
ing that role from January 1998 only three women in law school
BUS — The first termine a child’s best interests Medal of Excellence in 1990
until her retirement in January at the University of Mississip-
woman to serve in a custody dispute between and the MUW Alumni Achieve-
2001. pi when she started studying
as a Mississippi parents. She wrote a decision in ment Award in 1993. The Uni-
“She served with class, there in 1953. She completed another case that set guidelines versity of Mississippi induct-
Supreme Court
character, scholarship and im- her law degree in 1955. for equitable distribution of ed her into its Hall of Fame in
justice has died at
peccable integrity,” one of her Prather became a city judge marital assets in divorce, which 1986. The University of Missis-
the age of 88.
Retired Justice Supreme Court colleagues, Bill in her hometown of West Point included giving women credit sippi School of Law named her
Lenore Loving Prather Waller Jr., said in the news re- in 1965. She held that post until for non-financial contributions alumna of the year in 1995, and
Prather died Saturday at her lease. September 1972, when then- to the family. inducted her into its Law Alum-
home in Columbus, according Prather was interim pres- Gov. John Bell Williams ap- Waller retired as chief jus- ni Hall of Fame in 2012. Then-
to a news release issued by the ident of Mississippi Universi- pointed her as a chancery judge tice in early 2019. He said in the Gov. Haley Barbour awarded
court Monday. ty for Women from July 2001 for Chickasaw, Clay, Lowndes, news release Monday that he Prather the Mississippi Medal
Prather was appointed to to June 2002. She earned her Noxubee, Oktibbeha and Web- considered Prather a mentor. of Service in 2009.
the nine-member court in 1982 bachelor’s degree from the ster counties. She was the first He said she played an import- Funeral arrangements were
by then-Gov. William Winter. school in 1953, when it was still woman to serve as a chancery ant part in the design and fund- incomplete Monday.

Mississippi prison system confirms its 1st case of COVID-19

‘... We have further isolated all
the affected areas and increased
screenings for all the inmates who
came in contact with the individual’
Interim Corrections Commissioner Tommy Taylor
BY EMILY
WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — The Mis-
sissippi Department of
Corrections on Monday
night made its first an-
nouncement of a coronavi-
rus case in one of the state
prisons.
An inmate at the Mis-
sissippi State Penitentiary
was found to have had to
the virus after he died, the
department said in a news
release. It did not give the
inmate’s name or say when
he died. It said he had un-
derlying health problems.
“We are committed to
protecting the health and
well-being of all within our
system,” Interim Correc-
tions Commissioner Tom-
my Taylor said.
He said that since the
beginning of the pandemic,
Mississippi has limited the
transfer of inmates from
prison to prison. The only
visitors allowed are attor-
neys, and daily screenings
are done of prison workers.
“With this first positive
case, we have further iso-
lated all the affected areas
and increased screenings
for all the inmates who
came in contact with the
individual,” Taylor said.
“Inmates who came in
close contact with the pos-
itive individual have been
provided with masks.”
A Mississippi mayor
said Monday that people
will not have to pay $500
tickets that police issued to
them last week for attend-
ing drive-up church ser-
vices during the pandemic.
Greenville Mayor Err-
ick D. Simmons said, how-
ever, that the city’s ban on
such gatherings remains
in place to try to save lives
as the highly contagious
virus continues to spread.
The Democrat also called
on Republican Gov. Tate
Reeves to issue clear state-
wide guidance on whether
people are allowed to con-
gregate for worship during
the governor’s statewide
stay-at-home order that re-
mains in effect until April
20.
The governor’s order
tells people not to gather
in groups of 10 or more.
Reeves has said he would
prefer that churches not
hold services in sanctuar-
ies or parking lots. But he
has also said government
does not have the right to
ban worship.
Figures released Mon-
day by the state Health
Department showed Mis-
sissippi had at least 2,942
confirmed cases of the
coronavirus and 98 deaths
from it as of Sunday eve-
ning. That was an increase
of 161 cases and two deaths
from the previous day. The
state’s population is about 3
million.
For most people, the
coronavirus causes mild or
moderate symptoms, such
as fever and cough. But
for others, especially older
adults and people with ex-
isting health problems, the
highly contagious virus
can cause severe symp-
toms and be fatal.
Reeves said during a
briefing Monday that Mis-
sissippi, like other states,
is in an “economic crisis”
because of the pandemic.
He said he will continue
to consult health experts
about when a wide reopen-
ing of businesses might be
safe.
“We need to open things
up as quickly as we respon-
sibly can,” Reeves said.
He will announce Tues-
day whether he will keep
public schools closed be-
yond this Friday.
The state health officer,
Dr. Thomas Dobbs, said
Monday that Mississippi is
approaching its projected
peak for virus cases. He
said coronavirus patients
were in 124 intensive care
unit beds in the state Sun-
day, and 206 other ICU
beds were available. Dobbs
said 84 of the virus patients
were on ventilators, and
496 other ventilators were
available statewide. The
Health Department had
previously not provided
information about ventila-
tors.
The coronavirus has
spread rapidly in Washing-
ton County, where Green-
ville is located. The new
Health Department fig-
ures show the county has
at least 57 confirmed cas-
es in a population of about
44,000. The Greenville
mayor said Monday that
city leaders are not trying
to deny people the ability to
practice their faith.
Texas-based First Lib-
erty Institute emailed a
letter to Greenville officials
Thursday demanding that
the city drop the “draconi-
an and unconstitutional”
restriction on worship ser-
vices. The group said the
pastor of one Greenville
church has been standing
in the parking lot and us-
ing a bullhorn to deliver
his sermon while people
sit in a few cars to listen.
The letter said Greenville
police issued $500 tickets
on Wednesday to people
parked outside another
church for a similar ser-
vice.

Concrete room saves Mississippi

family of 4 from Sunday twister
‘The house is
gone, everything
but the safe room’
Moss resident
Andrew Phillips
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOSS — With a torna-
do bearing down on their
rural home, Andrew Phil-
lips told his wife to grab
their two children and get
into the safest place they
had: A small room built
from concrete blocks.
It was a decision that
likely saved four lives.
While the rest of their
home was obliterated in a
matter of seconds Sunday
afternoon, Phillips, wife
Amber and their kids,
ages 2 and 6 months, sur-
vived without a scratch
inside their safe room,
which doubles as a closet.
The family had been
watching an online Easter
service on Sunday morn-
ing. Phillips, a volunteer
firefighter, then started
tracking the weather on-
line and with the help of a
fire radio.
Realizing a tornado
was close by, Phillips told
Amber to get in the safe
room with the kids and
joined them. Then, after
ducking outside and see-
ing the funnel cloud, he
grabbed more bedroom
pillows and jumped back
inside, shielding his fam-
ily with his body.
“I was in there about 20
seconds when it hit,” he
said. “The house is gone,
everything but the safe
room.”
The family had been
living in the house only a
few weeks. The safe room
was one of the reasons he
bought it, Phillips said.
Clothes were still
hanging neatly inside the
vault-like structure after
the tumult. But the man’s
meat-processing business
next door was smashed,
as were their cars. Pieces
of broken lumber, splin-
tered trees and twisted
wiring littered their prop-
erty.
“I’m just going to let the
insurance handle it and
trust in the good Lord,”
Phillips told The Associ-
ated Press by phone Mon-
day. “We’re going to try
to come back bigger and
better.”

AREA ARRESTS
The following arrests
were made by the Oktib-
beha County Sheriff’s Of-
fice:
n Jamaunte Thomp-
son, 34, was charged with
DUI 4th offense, disorder-
ly conduct, public profani-
ty, careless driving and no Thompson Toineeta Hudson Dotson
insurance.
n Michael Toinee- n Lavel Hudson, 34, n Edward Dotson, 39,
ta, 43, was charged with was charged with MDOC was charged with aggra-
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STATE OF THE NATION CARTOONIST VIEW

In the time
of the virus,
grooming
takes a hit
A
friend closed
in his northern
Italian apart-
ment for almost six
weeks emailed me
saying that his wife
says he looks like a
“clochard.” That’s
French for street bum.
This from a man who
once was a walking
advertisement for fine
Italian tailoring. Froma Harrop
Grooming has tak-
en a hit as the corona-
virus shuts down public life. That’s understand-
able, though others in the household might like
a spiffier cellmate.
The following is not for those suffering from
the coronavirus. Their only job is recovery.
Rather, it is for the healthy self-quarantining
masses stuck for weeks in their homes. Trips
to the drugstore or supermarket don’t count as
public outings. Notice how they’re also looking
shabby.
It’s an interesting experiment to shuffle
through the days in pajama bottoms or sweat-
pants with an occasional upgrade to jeans.
Can I wear a T-shirt with a coffee stain? Just
for today — and tomorrow, and tomorrow, and
tomorrow.
With hair salons closed, we’re getting to
see the real color of people’s hair. “Here comes
the 2-inch zebra stripe of roots,” a dark-haired
friend told me. Pulling one’s hair back would be
a mistake, she adds.
My friend worried that a run on root touch-
up spray would leave the drugstore shelves
in the hair color section as empty as the ones
for thermometers. Hasn’t happened yet, she
reports.
No sympathy here for people desperate for
a cut. Toughen up, I say. But gray roots? That’s
a real concern for vain people of a certain age,
not that I would know.
There’s all sorts of advice on upping one’s
game for those times when you must greet your
public in a video conference. Much of it centers
on what you should wear — from the waist up.
Below the camera’s eye, no one at the other end
can see what you have on or don’t have on.
Of course, you must also fix up the part
of your home that appears behind you. For a
Zoom call with my stylish friend, I placed a
small vase of daffodils within the “eyesight” of
the computer. “How do you like the flowers?”
I asked. “Nice,” she answered, “but you might LETTER TO THE EDITOR
not want the box of 500 envelopes in the back.”
My precious bottle of Purell “advanced”
hand sanitizer advertises that it “kills 99.99%
of most illness causing germs.” I bought it for
Voice of the people
a couple of dollars before the pandemic. Black
marketeers are now apparently trying to sell it
Appreciates responsiveness Wildcat family because that’s what does attend GTECHS. If Lown-
Lowndes County personnel they are out there. des County follows the same way
for more than a flask of Chanel No. 5. There are a lot of people who Columbus did, I am going to be
deserve praise. First thing this
I do wonder about the virus-fighting abilities are hurting right now, and I be- extremely disappointed and not
morning they were out cutting
of my fancy lavender and rosemary liquid hand lieve it was an underhanded effort to mention, my child is going to
up a large branch that fell in the
soap, a relic of gentler times. The label says, by Dr. Labat. That board agenda be extremely disappointed. I don’t
storm last night that was blocking
“Specially formulated to leave your hands feel- did not come out until after 5:30; think they factored in everything
Gilmer Wilburn Road. I have found
ing silky, refreshed and slightly scented.” that meeting started at 5:30. So when they made that decision and
them to be very responsive in the
Can a soap that doesn’t leave the skin dry, nobody knew what was on that I don’t feel like the board members
past too.
cracked and smelling like a pesticide do the agenda. I feel like she needs to be had all of the information they
Virginia Lane Hardy Pierrot
job? I’ve decided to continue using the lovely held accountable for her actions needed.
Columbus
scented soap on the assumption that the virus and the board members should Danielle Berghuis
does not like nice things. be too. I feel like they should’ve Caledonia
The Wall Street Journal interviewed some Feels GTECHS decision was gotten more information instead
beauty experts on how they’re maintaining ‘underhanded’ of just a numbers game. This is Thinks parents, GTECHS should
standards. One makeup artist said she is giving I am extremely disappointed more than just how much it costs
herself facials with a microneedle derma-roller. in CMSD’s decision to terminate to transport and how much it costs
have been notified
A Paris-based acupuncturist revealed she is their contract with GTECHS. For I live here in Columbus, and I
per student. This is a decision that
running a gua sha stone tool over her skin to a district whose motto is “every want to be in support of Colum-
was made abruptly.
release tension. decision in the best interest of bus students being able to go to
Some children do not thrive
If you don’t know what a gua sha stone tool students,” I do not believe that is GTECHS. It was unfair for the
in big classroom settings, and at
is, ask Amazon. They’re apparently still in so after their decision a couple of school board to have their meet-
GTECHS they have a lower num-
stock. The Journal article advises trying some nights ago. ing and unanimously decide that
ber of students. They’re in more of
of these home treatments “so you can at least They did not ask the students Columbus students cannot go to
a caring attitude and atmosphere.
feel human again.” their opinion. They did not ask GTECHS anymore without inform-
A lot of kids that go out there are
Actually, the lapse in grooming is, in a way, the parents their opinion. I believe ing the parents or even the ad-
kids that were having issues in
making some of us feel more human than ever it was solely based on financial ministration of GTECHS that they
their own home school, whether
— in the minimalistic, homo sapiens sense. If reasons. I do not feel like it’s fair to were going to consider that vote. I
it was being bullied or not under-
you don’t apply the vitamin C serum today, no those kids who worked their butt just wanted that to be put forward
standing the material.
one will notice. off to go through the interview that I am in support of Columbus
I’m a Lowndes County School
Froma Harrop, a syndicated columnist, writes process at GTECHS and they got students going to GTECHS.
District parent, and my child’s
for the Providence (Rhode Island) Journal. Her into GTECHS only to not be able Bruce Mize
home school is Caledonia, but she
e-mail address is fharrop@gmail.com. to return in August with their Columbus

“
A MOMENT OF CALM
Don’t quit
When things go wrong, as they some-
times will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all
Social distancing is affecting us all in different ways. We
uphill,When the funds are low but the debts are high,
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will be selected to print in the paper. Even if we don’t As every one of us sometimes learns,
select yours, know that someone is out there listening and And many failures turn about
you’re not alone. We’re all in this together.
When we might have won had we stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow…
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out…
And you can never tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far.
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.
— Edgar A. Guest

From people and firms desperate
for aid, one question: When?
Economists have said the cash infusions will be crucial
for sustaining the world’s largest economy
BY JOSH BOAK
AP Economics Writer
BALTIMORE — It’s
been two weeks since
President Donald Trump
signed into law a $2.2
trillion economic rescue
package that will distrib-
ute money to struggling
individuals and business-
es. It feels like a lot longer
than that to James Stearns
of Gulfport, Mississippi.
His job installing vinyl
floors was reduced to just
one day a week because of
the coronavirus outbreak.
He’s barely sleeping. The
April rent on his trailer
is past due. Unless the
combined $2,400 that he
and his wife are to receive
from the rescue package
arrives soon, they and
their two chihuahuas will
be homeless.
“I’m fixing to be evict-
ed — I can’t pay any-
thing,” said Stearns, 52.
“I don’t even have power
right now. Hot as it is,
we’re sitting here sweat-
ing to death.”
The administration
is in a race against time,
trying to provide fami-
lies and businesses with
enough money to survive
Virus closes some meat plants, raising shortage fear
The reduced meat processing
capacity is already driving down the
prices farmers and ranchers receive
for cattle, hogs and chickens
BY JOSH FUNK
The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — Some
massive meat processing
plants have closed at least
temporarily because their
workers were sickened by
the new coronavirus, rais-
ing concerns that there
could soon be shortages
of beef, pork and poultry
in supermarkets.
The meat supply chain
is especially vulnerable
since processing is in-
creasingly done at mas-
sive plants that butcher
tens of thousands of ani-
mals daily, so the closure
of even a few big ones can
quickly be felt by custom-
ers. For instance, a Smith-
field Foods plant that was
forced to close in Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, after
nearly 300 of the plant’s
3,700 workers tested posi-
tive for the virus produces
roughly 5 percent of the
U.S. pork supply each day.
In addition, conditions
at plants can be ripe for
exploitation by the virus:
Workers stand shoul-
der-to-shoulder on the
line and crowd into lock-
er rooms to change their
the devastating economic
plunge caused by the pan-
demic. Neither the White
House nor the Treasury
Department could say
when asked late last week
how much of the $2.2 tril-
lion has actually reached
needy Americans. Econ-
omists have said that the
cash infusions will be
crucial for sustaining the
world’s largest economy.
The task of injecting
this much cash into the
entire country on a scale
never before attempted is
monumental. And it’s ur-
gent: One in 10 U.S. work-
ers lost their jobs in the
past three weeks. Half of
working households say
they’ve lost income. The
economy is expected to
shrink at a shocking 30
percent annual rate in the
April-June quarter.
“There is no way we
could have been opera-
tionally prepared to put
this much money into the
economy immediately,”
said Maya MacGuineas,
president of the Commit-
tee for a Responsible Fed-
eral Budget, which has
long advocated for fiscal
restraint but supported
clothes before and after
shifts.
The virus has infected
hundreds of workers at
plants in Colorado, South
Dakota, Iowa, Pennsylva-
nia, Mississippi and else-
where. The capacity of
plants that remain open
has also been hurt by
workers who are sick or
staying home because of
fears of illness — though
it’s not clear by how much.
While company own-
ers promise to deep clean
their plants and resume
operations as quickly as
possible, it’s difficult to
keep workers healthy giv-
en how closely they work
together.
“There is no social dis-
tance that is possible when
you are either working on
the slaughter line or in a
processing assignment,”
said Paula Schelling, act-
ing chairwoman for the
food inspectors union in
the American Federation
of Government Employ-
ees.
The reduced produc-
tion so far has been offset
by the significant amount
of meat that was in cold
storage, said Glynn Ton-
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2020 5A
Officials want delay in nation’s
head count due to coronavirus
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau
process in some states.
There is also health and
wants to delay deadlines for the 2020 head count
of all U.S. residents because of the coronavirus
disaster spending, aid to
state governments, pay-
outbreak, a move that if approved by lawmakers
would push back timetables for releasing data used
the rescue package. roll tax credits and $510
to draw congressional and legislative districts, offi-
The $290 billion in billion in loans for large
cials said Monday.
checks to individuals is employers for which the
guidelines are still un- Census Bureau officials said they were postpon-
just starting to flow and
known. ing all field operations until June 1 and the deadline
might go out in meaningful
The roll-out of congres- for wrapping up the nation’s head count was being
sums beginning Monday,
sional aid has been nota- pushed back to Oct. 31.
according to comments by
bly slow compared with Field operations for the 2020 census have been
Treasury Secretary Ste-
the aggressive steps tak- suspended since mid-March and were set to re-
ven Mnuchin and a memo
en by the Federal Reserve, sume this week. The deadline for finishing the
from the IRS. About a
which quickly slashed its head count also had been pushed back from the
third of the $349 billion
benchmark interest rate end of July to mid-August because of the pandemic.
for preserving small busi-
to near zero and offered Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham
nesses’ payrolls has been
$2 trillion in loans to and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, whose
approved. But the gov-
businesses and state and department oversees the bureau, said they are
ernment hasn’t said how
much money has actually local governments. The seeking to delay the deadline for delivering state
Fed can shore up markets population counts used for apportionment — the
gone to those employers
so far. and instill confidence. But process of carving up congressional districts —
families and small busi- from the end of this year to the end of April 2021.
The major airlines,
seeking $25 billion to cov- nesses depend most on They also want to push back the deadline for
Congress for immediate giving states data for redistricting from the end of
er their payroll expenses,
are still negotiating with help. March 2021 to the end of July 2021.
Treasury over the terms.
It remains unclear wheth-
er the government will
proceed with a plan to
take ownership stakes in
the airlines in exchange
for that aid.
Most states are still
working to try to distrib-
ute the additional $600 a
week in unemployment
benefits provided in the
federal package, on top of
state benefits. Overload-
ed, outdated computer
systems are delaying the
sor, an agricultural econ-
omist at Kansas State
University. Producers are
also working to shift meat
that would have gone to
now-closed restaurants
over to grocery stores.
Whether shoppers
start to see more empty
shelves or higher prices
will depend on how many
plants close and for how
long.
At least half a dozen
plants have closed tem-
porarily, but that’s across
the pork, chicken and beef
sectors, and Tonsor said
the industry can manage
for now.
“You could shut multi-
ple plants down for a day
or two, and we’ve got wig-
gle room to handle that,”
said Tonsor. “But if you
took four or five of those
big plants ... and they had
to be down for two weeks,
then you’ve got a game
changer.”
Still, the reduced meat
processing capacity is al-
ready driving down the
prices farmers and ranch-
ers receive for cattle, hogs
and chickens.
“It’s like people on an
escalator. Stopping the
pork chain at the top of an
escalator is just going to
cause all sorts of tragedy
and disaster all the way
back up the system,” said
Dermot Hayes, professor
of economics and finance
at Iowa State University.
6A TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Health
HEALTH TIP
n Neither fat nor carbs make you fat: Fat has often
been blamed for obesity, as it has more calories per
gram than protein and carbs. Yet, people who eat a diet
high in fat — but low in carbs — end up eating fewer
calories than people on low-fat, high-carb diets. This has
conversely led many people to blame carbs for obesity.
Source: healthline.com

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

Stand up for your heart
When the NCAA canceled
March Madness it was only a matter
of time until one group or another
decided to come up with a substi-
tute tournament — brackets and all.
But we never could have guessed it
would be in the form of the Ultimate
Stand-Up Comic Bracket. Their
final round put Norm Macdonald
up against Dave Chappelle, and
Macdonald came out the winner,
garnering 53.49 percent of the
18,020 votes cast. We owe a lot to
the stand-ups. They deliver laughter
that raises our spirits and dispels
our stress.
It seems standing up and moving
around starting first thing in the
morning can do that for you too. A
new study in the journal Hyperten-
sion reveals that adding a 30 minute
morning walk to an otherwise
sedentary day helps obese folks age
55 to 80 lower their blood pressure.
Over three weeks, the sedentary
folks who did the rise-and-shine
walk saw their systolic (top) num-
ber fall by an average of 3.4 points
and their diastolic number by up to
1.6.
Those who added a pattern of
standing up every 30 minutes and
doing three minutes of light-inten-
sity walking to the morning 30 min-
ute meander saw their top number
go down an average of 5.1 points
and the lower number decline by
up to 1.8. In addition, women saw
their levels of the
stress hormone
epinephrine decline
by 12 percent to 13
percent.
Making these
small changes to
the daily pattern of
inactivity can help
protect against high
blood pressure-re-
lated heart attack
Drs. Oz and Roizen
and stroke. And
that’s no laughing
matter.
Added sugar is even worse
for you than you knew
In “Hansel and Gretel” the kids
have an appetite for a house made
of cake, with sugar windows and
candy decorations, that leads them
straight into the clutches of an evil
hag. In “Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory,” Augustus Gloop nearly
drowns in the Chocolate River, and
Violet Beauregarde becomes a giant coffee, and avoid processed foods.
blueberry after chowing down a
three-course-dinner gum. But their
fates were not nearly as bad as what
added sugar intake does to your
levels of good HDL cholesterol and
potentially harmful triglycerides.
Research based on the Framing-
ham Heart Study found that when
folks who are 40 and older drink
12 ounces a day of sugar-sweet-
ened beverages — such as sodas,
fruit-flavored drinks, sports drinks
and presweetened
coffees and teas —
it causes potentially
heart-damaging
changes in those
blood lipid levels.
It isn’t just be-
cause added sugar
makes you gain
weight — although
it does and obesity
is very hard on the
heart — it’s sugar
itself that inhib-
its an enzyme that breaks down
triglycerides and lowers your level
of healthy HDL, possibly by altering
liver function.
Americans are sugar crazed,
consuming an average of 57 pounds
of added sugar annually! It’s con-
tributing to a roster of health woes,
from angina and diabetes to a lousy
sex life, increased cancer growth,
dementia and depression. So, opt
for water, unsweetened tea and
Read ingredient lists and nutritional
labels to see if there’s added sugar
— it gets added to everything from
frozen green beans and pasta sauce
to instant oatmeal and coleslaw.
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The
Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen,
M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and
Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve-
land Clinic. To live your healthiest,
tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit
www.sharecare.com.

Regulations
Continued from Page 1A
The letter requires all
employees to wear facial
masks, face shields and
food-grade gloves when
they have to be within
six feet of customers, and
some employees must be
tasked to enforce social
distancing among cus-
tomers.  Before the letter was
Stores equipped with
public-addressing sys-
tems must also make
regular public announce-
ments encouraging social
distancing, the letter said.
“Many of these em-
ployees come in contact
with hundreds of different
people every day,” Smith
said in a Monday press re-
lease. “These businesses
must follow these regula-
tions until further notice.”
sent out, wearing masks
was not required at the
Food Giant store in East
Columbus, said manager
Dan Price.  not a hardship on the
“It was more optional,”
Price said. “Some people
feel kind of suffocated by
them. Takes a little while
to get used to it, including
myself, but we are in com-
pliance now.”
The store has enough
protection equipment for
employees, he said, so it
was easy for the store to
comply with the regula-
tions.  Buckhalter Richardson
“What they asked was
store at all,” Price said.
Representatives from
Kroger and Sunflower
Food Store declined to
comment on the mayor’s
restrictions when contact-
ed today.
For stores lacking in
protection gears, Smith
said they can reach out to
the city’s community out-
reach coordinator Glenda
for resources donated by
community members.

CMSD
Continued from Page 1A
Oktibbeha, Clay and Nox-
ubee counties, including
the 44 from the Colum-
bus area, Labat said. The
school is designed for stu-
dents who wouldn’t nec-
essarily thrive, either so-
cially or academically, in
a traditional high school
and allows students the
opportunity to take col-
lege-level courses and
graduate high school with
an associate’s degree.
Students are accepted
to GTECHS on an appli-
cation basis, and home
school districts receive
state funds for each stu-
dent that attends there.
Spears said the addi-
tion of Annunciation on
the application raised
concerns that funding
from Mississippi Ade-
quate Education Program
allocated to CMSD but
diverted to Columbus
students at GTECHS is
actually paying for some
students who have never
attended CMSD schools.
MAEP allocates funds
to districts based on a
headcount of the number
of students in that dis-
trict from the year before,
Spears explained to The
Dispatch after the meet-
ing. However, they with-
hold a certain amount
from the district and send
it to GTECHS based on
the number of Columbus
students GTECHS re-
ports having.
“If you have a student
who is not a registered
student at CMSD, they are
not a part of that count,”
Spears said. “Therefore
we as a district do not re-
ceive funds for those stu-
dents who are not in the
count, but then you go to
the next year and MDE
is withholding dollars
(that will go to GTECHS
instead). That reduces
the amount for students
who were in the count
(because the money) is
being redirected to this
program.”
Blowback
from decision
Labat said last week
she was concerned both
about the rising costs of
sending CMSD students
to GTECHS — it would
cost the district more than
$130,000 in the upcoming
school year — and that
she believed Columbus
High School could pro-
vide students with the
dual credit courses and
small class sizes touted at
GTECHS.
The district’s decision
to end its relationship
with GTECHS has caused
blowback from some in
the community who be-
lieve the Columbus stu-
dents currently studying
at the early college high
school should be able
to finish their education
there. GTECHS student
Joshua Helton, whose
letter to the editor argu-
ing in favor of Columbus
students continuing at
GTECHS published in
The Dispatch on Sunday,
has started an online peti-
tion on change.org called
“Keep Columbus kids at
GTECHS.” As of press
time today, the petition
had more than 1,000 sig-
natures.
“Out of nowhere the
Columbus school district
wants to pull the kids
and the entire Columbus
school district out of the
Golden Triangle early
college high school pro-
gram!” Helton says in the
petition. “The GTECHS
school is a family and they
deserve to stay a family!”
GTECHS Principal
Jill Savely did not return
a call from The Dispatch
Monday. EMCC Presi-
dent Scott Alsobrooks
said he doesn’t know
enough about GTECHS’
admission process and
“did not want to get into
a he said-she said kind of
thing” about which stu-
dents are being accepted.
He said he would email
The Dispatch a state-
ment breaking down the
school’s admissions crite-
ria, but had not done so as
of press time.
Savely previously said
the admissions process
includes a written appli-
cation, which must be
filled out by potential stu-
dents and their parents,
followed by a round of in-
terviews to whittle down
candidates. The final stu-
dents are chosen through
a random selection pro-
gram handled by a com-
pany in North Carolina.
Labat said she is con-
cerned Columbus Mid-
dle School teachers and
administrators are not
heavily involved in the
selection of students and
that those teachers are
the ones most qualified to
know whether a particu-
lar child needs GTECHS
or a similar program to
succeed.
“Overall I don’t feel like
the application process
properly gives indicators
to students at risk … of
graduating,” she said.
Hunt roof
In other business, the
board also accepted a
bid from Louisiana-based
Advantage Roofing Con-
struction to repair build-
ings on the former Hunt
High School campus
damaged in a February
2019 tornado that dam-
aged school buildings.
The cost for recon-
struction of the school,
which previously housed
Hunt Success Academy,
will be $1,132,958.
Insurance will pay for
all but $147,510, which
is set aside particularly
for Hunt Museum, which
was housed in one of the
buildings on the campus
and not covered by insur-
ance. Spears and Labat
said Federal Emergency
Management Agency and
Mississippi Emergency
Management Agency will
pay for all but 12.5 per-
cent of those costs, leav-
ing the district to pay for
a little less than $20,000,
he said.

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Sports
ANALYSIS: MCCRAY-PENSON CAN WIN NOW AT MSU
Bulldogs’ talented roster seemingly in place for former Old Dominion coach
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Nik-
ki McCray-Penson is used
to rebuilding jobs.
When she joined Dawn
Staley at South Carolina
ahead of the 2008 sea-
son, the Gamecocks had
been to just two Sweet 16s
since 1990. Over the nine
years they spent together
in Columbia, Staley and
McCray-Penson brought
four SEC regular season
championships, three
conference tournament ti-
tles and the 2017 national
title.
Though not quite to
the same heights, Mc-
Cray-Penson also bol-
stered an Old Dominion
program that boasts a ro-
bust history but had been
lacking for some time. Un-
der longtime coach Wen-
dy Larry, the Monarchs
reached seven Sweet 16s
and the 1997 national
championship game be-
fore the team fell off. De-
spite that, if not for the
outbreak of COVID-19,
McCray-Penson was slat-
ed to guide ODU to its
first NCAA tournament
since 2008 and complete
a turnaround that saw
her win eight games her
inaugural year in Norfolk
to 24 this past season —
earning herself Confer-
ence USA coach of the
year honors.
But as McCray-Penson
takes the reins from Vic
Schaefer in Starkville,
the Bulldogs are not a
program in need of a re-
build. Rather, it’s whether
they’re built to last that
remains the largest ques-
tion around the program.
“This is a national
brand with incredible peo-
ple, a storied tradition and
an outstanding communi-
ty that is second to none,”
MISSISSIPPI STATE SOFTBALL
Catching up with MSU signee Addison Purvis
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Addison Purvis was
down but not out.
When the Sullivan
High School (Missouri)
softball star’s left leg gave
out on a pitch against
Reeds Spring on Oct. 3,
she left the game, but
she wasn’t off the field for
long.
After missing three
games because of the
injury — one doctor told
her she’d popped her
knee out of place; anoth-
er indicated damage to
her lateral collateral liga-
ment — the two-way star
played through the pain
to lead the Eagles to the
Class 3 state tournament,
where they finished sec-
ond.
“It was kinda hard, but
I just kept pushing myself
through,” Purvis said.
“I knew something was
wrong with it, but it didn’t
faze me because I wanted
to make it to state.”
Shortly after her se-
nior season ended, Purvis
met with another doctor,
who ordered an MRI. She
soon got the news: She’d
just played her final seven
games on a torn ACL.
Purvis, who signed
with Mississippi State
in December, is still re-
covering after having
surgery to repair the lig-
ament in mid-November.
Nikki McCray-Penson will inherit a talented roster in Starkville and will have high expectations in her first season
with the Bulldogs. She won 24 games this year and was poised to take the Monarchs to the NCAA tournament.
McCray-Penson said in a
news release Saturday. “I
am confident that my ex-
periences as a coach and
player have prepared me
for this, and I will pour
everything I have into our
student-athletes and pro-
gram.”
While there were ini-
tially concerns that MSU
might undergo a staunch
roster overturn should
administrators not hire
former associate head
coach Johnnie Harris,
those issues were seem-
ingly quelled in recent
days, as numerous mem-
bers of this year’s squad
tweeted excitement at
McCray-Penson’s hiring.
“We locked in ... can’t
wait to be back in the
hump again #HailState,”
freshman guard Aliyah
Matharu tweeted Mon-
day.
“It’s HAIL STATE til
the day I die babyyy,” se-
Sullivan High School senior Addison Purvis takes a
swing during a home game against Union on Sept. 12
in Sullivan, Missouri. Purvis, a Mississippi State sign-
ee, tore her left ACL less than a month later.
She’s not sure if she will
be ready to participate
in practices in Starkville
this fall, but she’s excit-
ed to join the school she
knew was right from her
very first visit.
When former head
coach Vann Stuede-
man first brought her to
Starkville, Purvis was im-
pressed by the Bulldogs’
spacious facilities and the
Mississippi State cam-
pus. She took in a football
game at Davis Wade Sta-
dium and a men’s basket-
ball game at Humphrey
Coliseum — both “awe-
some” experiences. By
her junior year, she was
ready to commit, picking
the Bulldogs over Mis-
souri and Tulsa.
MISSISSIPPI STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
nior guard Andra Espino-
za-Hunter wrote Sunday.
Most notably, it was
the backing of all-SEC
second-team honorees
Rickea Jackson and Jes-
sika Carter that stands
to be the most important
coup of all.
Jackson should enter
next season on the short-
list for SEC and national
player of the year honors
after she averaged 15.1
points and 5.1 rebounds
per game last season —
including six 20-point
games in her final 12
contests. A future WN-
BA-type talent, Jackson
will be expected to take
another step forward
in her sophomore cam-
paign.
Carter’s buy-in is also
a welcome addition after
she watched her minutes
increase from 10.8 to
28.8 per game from her
freshman to sophomore
Courtesy of Julie Johanning
“It just felt like home
right when I pulled in,”
Purvis said of Mississippi
State.
This spring, she fol-
lowed the Bulldogs’ stel-
lar season from home,
cheering on the team as
it raced to a 25-3 start —
and despairing with the
players when the season
was ended due to the
coronavirus pandemic.
“I was getting excited
to see how far they would
go this year,” she said. “It
was devastating. I didn’t
know how to take it at
first.”
Purvis said she was
happy that softball is a fall
sport in Missouri. Had
she not gotten the chance
to finish her senior sea-
season. Granted, MSU
could stand to see her
time on the floor decrease
slightly with another
post presence, but the
Georgia product was a
revelation of sorts as she
averaged 13 points and
8.7 rebounds per game in
a starring role this past
year.
Other names that
could help McCray com-
pete immediately include
Matharu and fellow ris-
ing-sophomore JaMya
Mingo-Young. Matharu is
the likeliest breakout can-
didate of MSU’s returners
given her knack for find-
ing a bucket. Twice earn-
ing SEC freshman of the
week honors, she aver-
aged 15.4 points per game
In the Bulldogs’ final five
games of the year — most
notably her 17-point out-
burst against Staley’s No.
1-ranked South Carolina
squad in the SEC tourna-
son, “it would have been
really sad,” she said. “I
would have more than
likely cried a lot.”
Purvis, who had a hit-
ting lesson Sunday but
won’t be able to swing
without restriction until
May, knows her rehab
process is still ongoing.
Pitching will follow in
June, and Purvis knows
she “can’t be afraid to go
back and pitch” after be-
ing injured in the circle.
And when she comes
to Starkville in the fall —
whether she’s ready for
camp or not — she’ll get to
experience the impact of
the virus at the collegiate
level. With the NCAA Di-
vision I Council’s recent
decision to extend an ex-
tra year of eligibility to
athletes in spring sports,
Purvis knows she’ll have
to work even harder for
playing time on a full and
talented Bulldogs roster.
But after hitting .701
with 12 home runs and
striking out 179 hitters
from the circle during her
standout senior season,
Purvis is fine with that.
“It’ll probably make it
a little hard, but we just
have to keep up the work
ethic,” she said. “We can’t
just let them say, ‘This
person has this position.’
We’re still gonna get the
chance. We just have to
beat them out — work
harder than they do.”
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Old Dominion Athletics
ment final.
Mingo-Young should
factor in heavily, as she
proved to be a rough and
rugged defender in her
first season and offered
some high-end upside
on the offensive end that
starting point guard
Myah Taylor lacks.
MSU also stands to
benefit from the addi-
tions of incoming fresh-
men Madison Hayes and
Deyona Gaston and junior
Michigan State transfer
Sidney Cooks. Hayes be-
came the second McDon-
ald’s All-American to sign
with the Bulldogs out of
high school this year and
is a dynamic scorer off
the wing in the same way
Jackson has proved her-
self, while Gaston could
see some minutes in the
post.
As for Cooks, she
too was a McDonald’s
All-American coming out
NASCAR
Larson suspended
for using racial slur
during virtual race
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLOT TE, N.C.
— Kyle Larson’s racial
slur cost him his two pri-
mary NASCAR support-
ers. It likely will cost him
his job soon.
McDonald’s and Cred-
it One Bank ended their
sponsorship of Larson on
Monday, a day after he
used the N-word during
a live stream of a virtual
race. The decision came
hours after NASCAR
and Chip Ganassi Racing
suspended Larson indefi-
nitely, his team doing so
without pay.
Without funding from
McDonald’s and Credit
One Bank, Ganassi seem-
ingly will be forced to
dump Larson in favor of a
different driver.
“We were extreme-
ly disappointed and ap-
palled to hear about this
incident,” McDonald’s
USA said in a statement.
“The comments made by
Kyle Larson are insen-
sitive, offensive and not
reflective of our inclusive
values and will not be tol-
erated.”
McDonald’s has part-
nered with CGR for near-
ly a decade and sponsors
the team’s No. 42 Chev-
rolet in the Cup Series.
SPORTS LINE
662-241-5000
B
SECTION
of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
and offers a unique ability
to stretch the floor despite
her 6-foot-4-inch frame.
Of course, some attri-
tion was expected. Since
Schaefer took the job at
Texas, freshman guard
Jayla Hemingway com-
mitted to continue her
career at West Virgin-
ia, while junior forward
Chloe Bibby announced
her intention to enter the
transfer portal April 6.
That said, expect a few
other players to join the
fold — whether by trans-
fer or signing — ahead of
next year as MSU boasts
four open scholarships
heading into the offsea-
son.
At present, the Bull-
dogs were ranked No. 3
in ESPN’s way-too-early
top 25 poll for next sea-
son. And while the rank-
ings were released prior
to Schaefer’s departure
and McCray-Penson’s
hiring, the talent that re-
mains and could arrive
in Starkville should be
plenty capable of keeping
the Bulldogs among the
nation’s elite despite the
turnover — especially giv-
en their new head coach’s
penchant for success at
her previous stops.
“Nikki has achieved
success at every step
of her career, both as a
coach and player,” MSU
Athletic Director John Co-
hen said in a news release
Saturday. “She is a proven
winner who will lead one
of the best women’s bas-
ketball programs in the
nation. We are excited to
welcome Nikki and her
family to Starkville and
are thrilled that she will
lead us into the next chap-
ter of Mississippi State
women’s basketball.”
Ending its relationship
with Larson would make
it next to impossible for
Ganassi to stick with Lar-
son behind the wheel.
Ross Chastain would
be a likely replacement.
Chastain is a Ganassi de-
velopment driver who has
been on loan to Roush
Fenway Racing as an in-
jury fill-in for Ryan New-
man.
NASCAR ordered Lar-
son, who is half Japanese,
to complete a sensitivity
training course before he
can be eligible for rein-
statement.
Larson apologized in a
video posted on his social
media accounts.
“I made a mistake, said
the word that should nev-
er, ever be said,” Larson
said. “There is no excuse
for that. I wasn’t raised
that way. It is just an aw-
ful thing to say. I feel very
sorry for my family, my
friends, my partners, the
NASCAR community and
especially the African
American community.
“I understand the
damage is probably unre-
pairable and I own up to
that. But I just want to let
you all know how sorry I
am and I hope everyone is
staying safe during these
See LARSON, 2B
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Youth baseball leagues scrambling amid pandemic

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PIT TSBURGH — The
end to months of fundrais-
ing, planning and practice
ended with a press re-
lease and tears.
Mike DeLuca envi-
sioned his youngest son,
John, capping his base-
ball career the same way
most 12-year-old All-Star
squads from Monroeville,
Pennsylvania, had for the
last two decades: with a
week spent playing teams
from all over the country
silent — a particular sting
as winter finally gives way
to the warmth of spring.
“It’s like Mother Na-
ture is mocking you,” said
Lafe Hermansen, treasur-
er of North Shore Little
League in the northern
Seattle suburbs.
Hermansen’s sons,
ages 14 and 11, are trying
to fill the void with games
of catch in the yard and
batting practice in the ga-
rage. It will have to do for
now even as their patience
is being tested while they
a ripple effect a year from
now. Capitol Hill LL needs
to pay three different en-
tities for field permits,
an expensive proposition
even for a league whose
participation levels in-
creased dramatically this
year following the Wash-
ington Nationals’ World
Series triumph. A drop in
sponsorship could curtail
momentum.
“We couldn’t do any-
thing else,” Fox said.
“Couldn’t do tourna-
ments. Couldn’t do any
recreational players who
might not play this year
— and then never come
back.
“These in-house kids,
you go to them next
year, they’ll be, ‘Hey, you
dropped us last year,’”
said Gary Sifkey, a board
member with Montour
Youth Baseball League in
the Pittsburgh suburbs.
“We’ve lost them to deck
hockey, we’ve lost them
to video games, we’ve lost
them to soccer.”
Mike Glover, president
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ment season.
When Mike DeLuca
told his son, the boy cried.
“It’s devastating,” said
DeLuca, who is also the
team’s coach. “But it also
is a hard lesson in life
and unfortunately thou-
sands upon thousands of
12-year-olds are learning
this lesson right now. It’s
still a kids’ game. They
should always play like
the cliche says: Play it
like it’s your last game,
because you never know.”
No one does.
Youth sports leagues
and businesses all over
the country are scram-
bling, though baseball and
softball are feeling imme-
diate effects more acutely
than most. Basketball and
hockey seasons are over,
their tournaments called
off. Soccer runs year-
round in many places.
Football for many seems
months away.
Baseball and softball
had an estimated 4.5 mil-
lion players between the
ages of 6-12 in 2018, ac-
cording to the Aspen In-
stitute. Yet fields normal-
ly filled with the familiar
“ding” of aluminum bats
this time of year now sit
“We’re never getting back
what we thought we were
going to have. We’re not.”
things start to get tricky.
Even if federal guide-
lines limiting crowd size
are eased, it doesn’t mean
teams will sprint to the
field to play. Some leagues
are already offering re-
funds to families wary of
having their kids put back
in a team setting.
Others are concerned
about the potential finan-
cial fallout.
The cost for return-
ing sponsors in the Cap-
itol Hill Little League
in Washington, D.C., is
$800. Most are small busi-
nesses, many of which
have been hit hard by the
slowing economy. League
president David Fox won-
ders if those businesses
would be better served
asking for their donations
back.
“That $800 might go to
pay and, quite honestly,
should go to pay people
who need it rather than
a logo on the back of a
T-shirt,” Fox said.
Which might produce
Mike DeLuca
ball, which organizes
baseball and softball tour-
naments in Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia and
South Carolina.
With the calendar
seemingly changing by
the day, DeSantis and his
handful of full-time em-
ployees are scrambling
to find a way to accom-
modate more than 1,400
teams that registered to
play this spring and sum-
mer. He hopes the $2.2
trillion federal stimulus
package helps him avoid
layoffs.
DeSantis is offering
teams scheduled to play
in May the option to find
a tournament later in the
summer. While a Canadi-
an club has bailed, no one
else has taken him up on
it.
“Nobody’s transfer-
ring. They want to play,”
he said.
Tournament teams
represent the committed,
but the heartbeat of lo-
cal youth leagues are the
through.”
Central Perkiomen
the same number only once. The difficulty level
increases from Monday to Sunday.
holds a “bat ceremony”
every spring to honor
kids graduating out of the
program. For some, it will
be the end of baseball.
A week in Cooper-
stown was supposed to
serve as that rite of pas-
sage for John DeLuca and
his teammates. Though
the park is offering a
chance to come back in
the future, by next spring
the Monroeville group
will be teenagers, too
old and too big to play on
fields designed exclusive-
ly for kids. They’re in the
process of having their
$17,000 entry fee refund-
ed. Mike DeLuca found
another tournament in
South Carolina in early
August. He’s holding out
hope the lockdown will be
over so he won’t have to
disappoint his players yet
again.
The coach and the fa-
ther has already made
one rule, however. No one
is allowed to talk about
Cooperstown anymore.
What’s the point?
“We’re never getting
back what we thought
we were going to have,”
DeLuca said. “We’re not.”

Larson
Continued from Page 1B
crazy times.”
Larson was compet-
ing in an iRacing event
Sunday night when he
appeared to lose commu-
nication on his headset
with his spotter. During a
check of his microphone,
he asked his spotter, “You
can’t hear me?” That was
followed by the N-word.
The slur was directed at
his spotter, who is white.
“The words that he
chose to use are offensive
and unacceptable,” Chip
Ganassi Racing said. “As
of this moment, we are
suspending Kyle with-
out pay while we work
through this situation
with all appropriate par-
ties.”
Larson also was sus-
pended indefinitely by
iRacing for “offensive and
inappropriate” language,
but more significant dam-
age to Larson’s future
could come from spon-
sors.
Credit One Bank de-
nounced Larson’s “high-
ly offensive language”
at first and dumped the
driver altogether three
hours later. McDonald’s
followed suit.
Chevrolet suspended
its personal services rela-
tionship with Larson “as
we do not tolerate this be-
havior.”
One secondary spon-
sor, Plan B Sales & Mar-
keting, backed Larson,
saying “we know he is an
awesome young man that
made a mistake and we
are going to stand behind
him 100% and help any
way we can.”
Larson, whose grand-
parents spent time in an
interment camp in Cali-
fornia during World War
II, climbed from short-
track racing into NA-
SCAR through its “Drive
for Diversity” program.
He is the only driver of
Japanese descent to win a
major NASCAR race.
“NASCAR has made
diversity and inclusion a
priority and will not toler-
ate the type of language
used by Kyle Larson
during Sunday’s iRacing
event,” NASCAR said in a
statement. The stock-car
body added that its con-
duct guidelines are clear
and it will enforce them to
“maintain an inclusive en-
vironment for our entire
industry and fan base.”
NASCAR in 2013 sus-
pended Xfinity Series
driver Jeremy Clements
for using the same word
Larson used while Cle-
ACROSS
1 Plucked instru-
ments
ments was speaking to a ed free-agent field when 6 Jazz variety
reporter. Clements was the circuit was suspended 11 Poor sport’s
reinstated after complet- four races into the season cry
ing a sensitivity training as sports stopped during 12 Nebraska city
course and still competes. the coronavirus crisis. 13 Football runs
Larson is the second NASCAR quickly piv- 15 Used a chair
driver in a week to draw oted to create an iRacing 16 In the style of
scrutiny while using the league of virtual racing 17 Negating
online racing platform to that has engaged view- word
fill time during the coro- ers and set records for
18 Tigger’s
navirus pandemic. creator
esports television view-
Bubba Wallace one 20 Jeweler’s unit
ership. One of the draws 23 Conference
week earlier “rage quit” of the platform is that
an official NASCAR iRac- site of 1945
drivers can link into one 27 Wildly eager
ing event televised live another on a live stream, 28 Make prog- DOWN 24 Indulgent
nationally, and his spon- where they banter, ar- ress 1 Hula swayers 25 Make a bow
sor fired him immedi- gue, make jokes and dis- 29 Bar mixer 2 Blue hue in
ately. Wallace had been 31 Puzzled
cuss the racing. Fans can 3 Litter’s littlest 26 Linking word
wrecked, and, fed up, quit 32 Barbershop
eavesdrop through the 4 Deep hole 30 Sundae
the game and admitted it sight 5 Narrow pas- topper
gaming app Twitch.
was out of anger on Twit- 34 Fireplace bit sage 31 Winner
Larson used the slur
ter. Blue-Emu, a topical 37 Series-ending 6 Florist’s field 33 Snacked
during a race for fun
pain reliever who had abbr. 7 Running bird 34 Basics
against drivers from vari-
sponsored Wallace for the 38 Debt remind- 8 Loft setting 35 Manhattan
virtual race and has an ous series. The event was er 9 Cry of distress area
association with him for not part of NASCAR’s offi- 41 Library 10 Days gone by 36 Cow’s foot
real, then fired Wallace in cial series. features 14 Building wing 38 Eye part
a reply to his tweet. Drivers in the chat im- 44 Hymn singers 18 Wizardry 39 In the past
Larson was parked mediately reacted to Lar- 45 Chilled 19 Gung-ho 40 Purposes
during the race Wallace son’s use of the slur, with 46 Sentimental 20 Manx, for one 42 Model buy
quit a week earlier by one alerting him, “Kyle, person 21 In the past 43 One, for Juan
iRacing officials for inten- you’re talking to every- 47 Valentine’s 22 Friend of Har-
tionally wrecking another one, bud.” Others were in gift ry and Hermione
driver. disbelief.
Larson, in his seventh Larson has six career
full season racing at NA- Cup wins and finished a
SCAR’s top Cup level, career-best sixth in the
is in the final year of his standings last season.
contract with Chip Ganas- He is 27 and the married
si Racing. He was at the father of two young chil-
top of the list of a crowd- dren.

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Athletes completing bans get unexpected chance at Olympics

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The 2020 Olympics
were officially postponed
BRUSSELS, Belgium last month for one year,
— Athletes completing with the opening cere-
doping bans over the next mony now set for July 23,
year will be eligible to 2021.
compete in the postponed Bulut originally won
Tokyo Olympics, an unin- silver in the 1,500 meters
tended effect of the coro- at the 2012 London Olym-
navirus pandemic that pics but was stripped of
has some crying foul. her medal because of ir-
Turkish runner Gamze regularities in her biolog-
Bulut, for example, will ical passport, which mon-
now have plenty of time itors an athlete’s blood
to qualify for a games she profile. She was given a
likely would have missed four-year ban that began
had they gone ahead as in 2016 and expires on
scheduled. May 29 — giving her an
“It doesn’t seem like unexpected full year to
a fair punishment,” Irish qualify for Tokyo.
race walker Brendan “I’m trying my best to
Boyce told The Associat- (attend) the Olympics,”
ed Press in a phone inter- the 27-year-old runner
view. “They haven’t really said. “I hope I can join.”
missed the events they The Athletics Integ-
were supposed to miss.” rity Unit estimates that
about 40 of the 200 or so
banned track and field
athletes who stand to
gain from the Olympic
postponement are inter-
national-level competi-
tors. The AIU maintains
a global list of track ath-
letes banned for doping
violations.
More than 11,000 ath-
letes are expected to com-
pete in 33 sports in Tokyo,
with about 2,000 of them
in track and field.
Boyce, a two-time
Olympian who has qual-
ified for Tokyo, said re-
strictions on the number
of competitors could
make it harder for clean
athletes to earn places.
“I wouldn’t be too hap-
py now if I lost an Olympic
spot because of an anom-
aly like what’s going on at
the minute,” Boyce said.
The Irishman protest-
ed on social media but
stopped short of filing any
formal complaints. Brit-
ish long-distance runner
and Tokyo hopeful Lily
Partridge agreed.
“I don’t believe in
second chances with re-
gards to serious doping
offenses unless you pro-
vide serious assistance
to anti-doping authorities
and even then I don’t be-
lieve you should have the
privilege of being able to
compete and earn money
from the sport,” Partridge
told the AP.
However, World An-
ti-Doping Agency Pres-
ident Witold Banka said
the unforeseen health cri-
sis doesn’t mean author-
ities can “cherry-pick”
when athletes have com-
pleted their bans.
“While an athlete can-
not choose when he or she
would like to be ineligible,
an (anti-doping organiza-
tion) cannot either,” Ban-
ka said. “This is entirely
consistent with principles
of natural justice and oth-
er areas of the law as it
relates to sports or even
criminal activity. When
an offender has done the
time, the sentence is con-
sidered to be served.”
Sebastian Coe, the
Olympic great who is now
president of World Ath-
letics, was less definitive
in comments shortly af-
ter the games were post-
poned.
“This is something we
will need to look at,” Coe
said. “I know it’s some-
thing the Athletics Integ-
rity Unit, and I’m sure all
the other agencies out
there in concert with our
sports, will need to think
about, and that will just
be another issue in an
overflowing inbox at the
moment.”
Athletes who have al-
ready qualified for Tokyo
have been assured that
they’ll keep their spots as
future qualification deci-
sions unfold.
Among notable ath-
letes due to come off
doping bans are Polish
weightlifter Tomasz Ziel-
inski and Irish boxer Mi-
chael O’Reilly.
Boyce, the race walk-
er, said it would be diffi-
cult for an Irish athlete
to compete after a doping
ban.

Comics & Puzzles

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EAR ABBY:
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She doesn’t date, but is very
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DEAR TIRED: Your 20-year-
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DEAR ABBY: My husband
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Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April
14). This year offers the
opportunity to master the art of
shifting gears. There will be fast
action in the next six weeks and
then a period of slower pacing
as you take in beauty, relax,
ponder and review. New people
and projects come into your
BABY BLUES life in July. There’s a chance to
plug into a group that’s making
changes in the world. Aries and
Gemini adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 4, 3, 33, 25 and
15.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
You know who you want to be.
Mold your aspirations. Don’t let
them be dictated by the friends
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
who just happen to show up.
Seek the influencers you want
to be influenced by.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
As for the interesting person
who just happens to cross your
path, this is no mistake. Nor will
it happen again soon. Seize the
opportunity to connect.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You don’t like to be bossed
around by anyone, even your-
self. So you rebel against all
dictates, even your own. It will
take creativity to get yourself to
enact discipline.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Do you have the feeling that
your moment is coming? You’re
absolutely right about that.
Don’t worry, there’s still time
to prepare, and you know best
what to do to get ready.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
By giving a problem too much
focus, you’re apt to overanalyze.
Ask for another perspective.
Someone else will see what’s
simple about it. There’s really
only one thing to fix here.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
The urgent call is to enjoy what
you most would like to. Don’t
wait for permission; you don’t
need it at all. You probably don’t
even need money. All you need
is a strong enough desire.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You’ve thought something
through and now it’s time to
share. Yours will be the first
word, the last word and the
word that everyone remembers.
Much will get better because
you decided to speak up.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Loosen your grip. There
is no way to be in total control,
and trying to grasp too firmly
cuts off circulation and your
ability to be flexible and to feel
and respond to the nuances of
the moment.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Preparation is the most
significant contributor to the
success of your projects. Take
twice the time you think you’ll
need. As for the resources,
keep them simple so you have
fewer things of which to keep
track.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Separations that occur for
logistical reasons may be un-
avoidable. But separations that
occur because of conflicting
attitudes are unnecessary and
should be sorted.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). People will naturally align
themselves in the order of
status. You’ll recognize the psy-
chology and humanity operating
here and quite successfully play
the game.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’ll put deep thought
into your decisions and exercise
free will at every corner. You
don’t mind being led, but only
by those whom you choose to
follow.

Broad minded
SOLUTION:
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Crime drops around the world Lockdowns cut driving

as COVID-19 keeps people inside and crashes, bring
In Chicago, one of America’s most violent cities, movement is likely driving it down
further, according to analysts and
insurance discounts
drug arrests have plummeted 42 percent in the national statistics.
In Peru, where crime levels fell Consumer Federation of America:
weeks since the city shut down due to virus 84 percent last month, Lima morti-
cian Raúl González usually has as Many insurance premiums are
BY STEFANIE DAZIO, FRANKLIN
BRICENO AND MICHAEL TARM
robberies are taking place.
Still, law enforcement officials
many as 15 bodies a day — many
are homicide victims. This week he
based on driving 1,000 miles per
The Associated Press worry about a surge of unreported
domestic violence, and what hap-
napped on a bench after six hours
without a client.
month, but customers may be
CHICAGO — The coronavirus
pandemic that has crippled big-box
pens when restrictions lift — or go
on too long.
“There are almost no killings or
car accidents these days,’’ González
driving only one-tenth of that
retailers and mom and pop shops It’s rare for a city to see a dou- said. BY TOM KRISHER
worldwide may be making a dent in ble-digit drop in crime, even over In South Africa, police reported AP Auto Writer
illicit business, too. a much longer period. During New a stunning decline during their first
In Chicago, one of America’s York City’s 1990s crime decline, week of lockdown measures. Police DETROIT — Interstates and city streets are
most violent cities, drug arrests have one of the biggest turnarounds in Minister Bheki Cele said reported empty and cars are quarantined in their owners’
plummeted 42 percent in the weeks American history, crime dropped rapes were down from 700 to 101 garages, so consumer advocates argue that it only
since the city shut down, compared about 40 percent over three years. over the same period last year. Se- makes sense for auto insurance rates to reflect
with the same period last year. Part That makes the drop-offs occurring rious assault cases plummeted from that.
of that decrease, some criminal law- now — in a period of just a couple of 2,673 to 456, and murders fell from In the states of Washington and New York, the
yers say, is that drug dealers have no weeks — even more seismic. 326 to 94. number of traffic crashes reported to state police
choice but to wait out the economic Across Latin America, crime is The U.S. virus epicenter in New fell about 30 percent in March compared with a
slump. down to levels unseen in decades. York saw major crimes — murder, year ago, as the states were on lockdown for part
“The feedback I’m getting is that “Killings are down, and the gang- rape, robbery, burglary, assault, of the month to stop the spread of coronavirus.
they aren’t able to move, to sell any- sters aren’t harassing so much,’’ grand larceny and car theft — de- Other states are reporting similar declines in
thing anywhere,” said Joseph Lopez, Eduardo Perdomo, a 47-year-old crease by 12 percent from Febru- traffic and crashes, and consumer advocates are
a criminal lawyer in Chicago who construction worker, said while ary to March. In Los Angeles, 2020 calling on insurance companies to cut premiums
represents reputed drug dealers. getting off a bus in San Salvador. “I key crimes statistics were consis- or give refunds by a like amount.
Overall, Chicago’s crime de- think they’re afraid of catching the tent with last year’s figures until Some companies have responded, but the Con-
clined 10 percent after the pan- virus, and they aren’t going out.’’ the week of March 15, when they sumer Federation of America reports that dis-
demic struck, a trend playing out El Salvador reported an average dropped by 30 percent. counts may be too small and aren’t being applied
globally as cities report stunning of two killings a day last month, “There’s a lot fewer opportunities evenly.
crime drops in the weeks since mea- down from a peak of 600 a day a few for criminals to take advantage of,” Many insurance premiums are based on driv-
sures were put into place to slow the years ago. said Joe Giacalone, a former New ing 1,000 miles per month, but customers may be
spread of the virus. Even among re- Much of the decrease has taken York Police Department sergeant driving only one-tenth of that, the federation said.
gions that have the highest levels of place because of tougher security who now teaches at John Jay College “The risk exposure is not nearly the same now
violence outside a war zone, fewer policies and gang truces. But the of Criminal Justice. “Most burglars, as when the policy was first priced,” Doug Hell-
people are being killed and fewer imposition of near-total limits on they wait for you to leave the house.” er, an insurance expert with the federation, said
Monday.
Companies that sell 82 percent of the auto pol-
icies in the U.S. have announced refunds or cred-
its to drivers worth more than $6.5 billion during
the next two months, the federation said.
Heart woes spur partial stop of malaria drug study for virus Some, like State Farm, the country’s largest
auto insurer, are giving credits starting in June
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den death. more days. That is clos- and azithromycin. The lat- That’s the kind of immediate relief that all com-
Scientists in Brazil The Brazilian study, er to what’s being tried ter also can have side ef- panies should offer because so many people have
have stopped part of a in the Amazonian city in some other studies in- fects on the heart. Trump lost their jobs due to stay-at-home orders from
study of a malaria drug of Manaus, had planned cluding some in the Unit- has touted the hydroxy- state governments, according to the federation.
touted as a possible coro- to enroll 440 severely ill ed States. It’s too soon to chloroquine-azithromycin Yet many are offering only 15 percent discounts
navirus treatment after COVID-19 patients to test know whether that will combination. and one, Geico, won’t get the money to customers
heart rhythm problems two doses of chloroquine, prove safe or effective; the Brazil’s President Jair until their policies are renewed.
developed in one-quarter but researchers reported Brazil study had no com- Bolsonaro has repeatedly
of people given the higher results after only 81 had parison group that was touted the benefits of chlo-
of two doses being tested. been treated. getting no treatment. roquine and azithromycin
Chloroquine and a One-fourth of those Only one participant without evidence. He said
newer, similar drug called assigned to get 600 mil- in the Brazil study had no at one point he heard
hydroxychloroquine, have ligrams twice a day for signs of the virus in throat reports of 100 percent
been pushed by President 10 days developed heart swabs after treatment, re- effectiveness when ad-
Donald Trump after some rhythm problems, and searchers noted. ministered in the correct
very small, early tests sug- trends suggested more The results from the dosages, zeroed tariffs for
gested the drugs might deaths were occurring in Brazil study were post- import of the drugs, and
curb the virus from enter- that group, so scientists ed on a research website late last month announced
ing cells. But the drugs stopped that part of the and have not yet been re- military labs were ramp-
have long been known to study. viewed by other scientists. ing up their chloroquine
have potentially serious The other group was Complicating matters production.

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Claude Keller
WEST POINT —
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Vadie Smith of West
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Glen Cunningham, John
Cunningham, Mike
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5122 Old Tibbee Road,
West Point, MS 39773
or Bible Baptist Church,
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Home is honored to have been entrusted with the
service arrangements.
Ella Mae Guy was born in Denver Colorado to
the late John Schwindt and Freda Kreig Schwindt
on December 11, 1934. She grew up and attended
school in Denver where she loved to ice skate with
her sister. She met and married Ikey Guy while
he was serving in the U.S. Air Force near Denver.
They made their home in Denver for six years
before moving to Ikey’s hometown of Macon,
MS where they lived for the rest of their lives.
Ella worked at the Macon Police Department and
at the Piggly-Wiggly grocery store for several
years before going to work at Noxubee General
Hospital, from which she retired after 32 years.
She enjoyed shopping, cooking and playing
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all of her family and was called “Maw Ella” by
her grand- and great-grandchildren. Ella was a
member of Salem United Methodist Church near
Macon.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her
husband; and one grandson, Brennan Guy.
Ella Mae Guy is survived by her two sons,
Pastor Jimmy Guy (Sheila) of Macon and
Rodney Guy (Debbie) of Westover, Al; three
grandchildren, Brad Guy, Tyler Guy and Bryan
Guy; and seven great-grandchildren, Taylor Guy,
Spencer Guy, Colton Guy, Clara Guy, Carlee Guy,
Will Guy and Whitleigh Guy.
The family would like to thank Dr. Medlin
and his staff as well as Noxubee County Nursing
Home staff for the great care that our mother and
grandmother received during her stay. Also, we
would like to thank Dr. Glen Peters and Winston
County Nursing Home staff for their care during
her short stay.
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Classifieds
LEGALS
CALL US: 662-328-2424
Legal Notices
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN RE: ESTATE OF BESSIE WILL
BUTLER, DECEASED
JERRY O. BUTLER, EXECUTOR
CAUSE NO.: 2020-00063-RPF
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to the
undersigned upon the Estate of
BESSIE WILL BUTLER, De-
ceased, by the Chancery Court
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, on the 1st day of April,
A.D., 2020. This is to give no-
tice to all persons having
claims against said estate to
Probate and Register same
with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days from
this date. A failure to so Pro-
bate and Register said claim
will forever bar the same.
This the 1st day of April 2020.
Jerry O. Butler
JERRY O. BUTLER
PUBLISH: 4/7, 4/14, &
4/21/2020
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
SIGNALIZATION OF THE INTER-
SECTION OF POOHOUSE ROAD
AND OLD HWY NO. 25
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
Sealed or electronic bids will
be received by the Board of Su-
pervisors of Oktibbeha County,
Mississippi at the Oktibbeha
County Court House, 108 East
Main Street Starkville, Missis-
sippi 39759 until 10:00 A.M.
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 for
construction of Signalization of
the Intersection of Poorhouse
Road and Old Hwy No. 25 at
which time they will be publicly
opened and read aloud.
Items of work include installa-
tion of signal lights, pedestals,
pedestal foundations, control-
lers, traffic loop, etc. for the
signalization of the intersec-
tion.
Proposals shall be good for a
period of 45 day from date of
signing.
Plans and specifications are
being made available via pa-
per or digital copy. Plan Hold-
ers are required to log-in or re-
gister for an account to view or
order bid documents at
www.pritchardengineeringplans.
com. Bid documents are non-
refundable and must be pur-
chased through the website.
Questions regarding website re-
gistration and online orders
please contact Plan House at
662-407-0193. For questions
related to the contract docu-
ments contact the office of
Pritchard Engineering, Inc at
(662) 324-2205, 100 Miley
Road, Starkville, Mississippi
39759. No partial sets of draw-
ings of project manuals will be
issued.
Proposal shall be submitted on Radioear 90db Wall/Corner
Bid Forms provided with the
specifications. Bids may be
submitted in person, or for
those interested, bids can be
electronically submitted at
www.pritchardengineeringplans. Conditioned Play Innovations
com under the project page. No Dual System VRA PRO with
oral, telegraphic, telephonic, or Plushy Characters - chosen at
e-mail proposals will be con-
sidered. For sealed bids, the
current Certificate of Respons- small nonanimated center toy, sissippi University for Women.
ibility Number of the bidder
shall appear on the outside of
each sealed envelope contain- Hard Wired option for original
ing a proposal, said envelope
being plainly marked Bid for
Signalization of the Intersec-
tion of Poorhouse Road and
Old Hwy No. 25. If submitting
electronically, please include
this information on a cover
page with your bid submission. REM/HIT
Each Bid must be accompan-
ied by a bid bond/security de-
posit or certified check in an
amount equal to 5% of the bid,
payable to Oktibbeha County
as bid security. In the event
that an electronic bid is submit-
ted, a copy of the bid bond
must be included with the sub-
mission. If submitting electron-
ically, a hard copy of all bid
documents must be provided
within 3 business days if re-
quested after the bid opening.
John Montgomery, President
Oktibbeha County Board of Su-
pervisors
Publish Dates: April 7, 2020
and April 14, 2020
UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
ALABAMA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF COOPER
MARINE & TIMBERLANDS COR-
PORATION, AS OWNER PRO
HAC VICE AND OPERATOR, OF
THE BARGE BIG 505, OFFICIAL
NO. 110343, PRAYING FOR EX-
ONERATION FROM OR LIMITA-
TION OF LIABILITY
CIVIL ACTION NO. 20-170
NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS OF AC-
TION BROUGHT FOR EXONERA-
TION FROM OR LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Cooper Marine & Timberlands
Corporation (“CMT”) as owner
pro hac vice/operator of the
Barge BIG 505 has filed a
Complaint pursuant to the pro-
visions of 46 U.S.C. §30511for
exoneration from or limitation
of liability of all claims for any
loss, destruction or damage
arising out of the alleged break-
ing away of the Barge BIG 505
on or about February 7, 2020,
as more fully described in
CMT’s Complaint.
1. General Contract (selected
All persons having such claims trades). Floor installer and As-
must file their respective bestos removal.
claims, as provided in Rule F of
NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS OF AC-
TION BROUGHT FOR EXONERA-
TION FROM OR LIMITATION OF
LIABILITY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Cooper Marine & Timberlands
Corporation (“CMT”) as owner
pro hac vice/operator of the
Barge BIG 505 has filed a
Complaint pursuant to the pro-
visions of 46 U.S.C. §30511for
exoneration from or limitation
of liability of all claims for any
loss, destruction or damage
arising out of the alleged break-
ing away of the Barge BIG 505
on or about February 7, 2020,
as more fully described in
CMT’s Complaint.
Legal Notices
All persons having such claims
must file their respective
claims, as provided in Rule F of
the Supplemental Rules for
Certain Admiralty and Maritime
Claims of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure, with the Clerk
of the United States District
Court, Southern District of
Alabama, 155 St. Joseph
Street, Mobile, AL 36602, and
must serve a copy thereof on
counsel for CMT on or before
the 5th day of June, 2020, or
be defaulted.
If any claimant desires to con-
test either the right to exonera-
tion from or the right to limita-
tion of liability, he shall file and
serve on counsel for CMT an
answer to the Complaint on or
before the aforesaid date un-
less his claim has included an
answer so designated or be de-
faulted.
Mobile, Alabama, this 9th day
of April, 2020.
CHARLES R. DIARD, JR.,
CLERK OF COURT.
By: Tammy Thornton,
Deputy Clerk
(SEAL)
Attorneys for Complainant in
Limitation, Cooper Marine &
Timberlands Corporation:
DONALD C. RADCLIFF,
Brady Radcliff & Brown, LLP,
61 Saint Joseph Street,
Mobile, AL 36602,
Telephone: 251-405-0077
Email:
dradcliff@brblawyers.com
PUBLISH: 4/14, 4/21, 4/28,
& 5/5/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF MILDRED H. BANK-
HEAD, DECEASED
LEON BANKHEAD, EXECUTOR
CAUSE NO. 2020 – 0061-DE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary have
been granted and issued to LE-
ON BANKHEAD, Executor of the
Estate of MILDRED H. BANK-
HEAD, deceased, by the Chan-
cery Court of Lowndes County,
Mississippi, on the 23rd day of
March, 2020. This is to give
notice to all persons having
claims against said estate to
Probate and Register same
with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days from
this date. A failure to so Pro-
bate and Register said claim
will forever bar the same.
THIS the 23rd day of March,
2020.
/s/ Leon Bankhead
LEON BANKHEAD, Executor
PUBLISH: 3/31, 4/7, &
4/14/2020
Mississippi University for Wo-
men
Notice of Proposed Sole
Source Purchase 20-003 A. Successful bidder shall be-
gin the Work on receipt of the
Mississippi University for Wo- Notice to Proceed and shall
men anticipates purchasing the complete the Work within the
item(s) listed below as a sole Contract Time.
source purchase.
1.7 BIDDER'S QUALIFICATIONS
Commodity or commodities to
be purchased: A. Bidders must be properly li-
censed under the laws govern-
GSI AudioStar Pro Clinical Two- ing their respective trades and
Channel Audiometer Version 2 be able to obtain insurance
with DD45, B81 and IP30 in- and bonds required for the
sert phones Work. A Performance Bond,
separate Labor and Material
Payment Bond, and Insurance
mount passive speaker pair in a form acceptable to Owner
W/GSI cable will be required of the success-
ful Bidder.
GSI Tympstar Pro
1.8 NOTIFICATION
A. This Advertisement for Bids
document is issued by Mr.
random Works with GSI ASP Mark Ellard, Vice President of
and new ASP (Two side units, Administration and CFO- Mis-
wireless remote)
Conditioned Play Innovations B. Dates of Publication:
April 10, 2020
ASP (25’ wire to run from ASP April 14, 2020
to one side unit)
GSI Corti DPOAE Screening Unit
+ Cradle
Audioscan Verifit 2 Clinical
Etymonic Design NOAH Module
Audioscan/Verifit/Axiom Probe
Tubes-40/pk
https://www.muw.edu/re-
sources/purchasing/bids
PUBLISH: 4/7 & 4/14/2020
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
1.1 PROJECT INFORMATION
A. Notice to Bidders: Qualified
bidders may submit bids for
project as described in this
Document. Submit bids accord-
ing to the Instructions to Bid-
ders.
B. Project Identification: Missis-
sippi University for Women,
Callaway Hall Flooring Replace-
ment, Architect’s Project num-
ber 20000
1. Project Location: Missis-
sippi University for Women
1100 College Street
Columbus, MS
C. Owner: Mississippi Uni-
versity for Women
1100 College Street
Columbus, Mississippi 39701
1. Owner's Representative:
Jody Kennedy, Physical Plant
Director
D. Architect: Major Design Stu-
dio, PLLC
1204 2nd Avenue North
Columbus, Mississippi 39701
Major Andrews IV, AIA, Principal
Ryan Ashford, Sr. Senior Asso-
ciate/ Senior Project Manager
E. Project Description: Flooring
replacement consists of asbes-
tos tile removal and carpet re-
moval and new flooring in-
stalled on three floors.
F. Construction Contract: Bids
will be received for the follow-
ing Work:
Jody Kennedy, Physical Plant
Director
D. Architect: Major Design Stu-
dio, PLLC
1204 2nd Avenue North
Columbus, Mississippi 39701
Major Andrews IV, AIA, Principal
Ryan Ashford, Sr. Senior Asso-
ciate/ Senior Project Manager
E. Project Description: Flooring
replacement consists of asbes-
tos tile removal and carpet re-
moval and new flooring in-
stalled on three floors.
F. Construction Contract: Bids
will be received for the follow-
ing Work:
Legal
1. Notices Contract (selected
General
trades). Floor installer and As-
bestos removal.
1.2 BID SUBMITTAL AND OPEN-
ING
A. Owner will receive sealed
lump sum bids until the bid
time and date at the location
given below. Owner will con-
sider bids prepared in compli-
ance with the Instructions to
Bidders issued by Owner, and
delivered as follows:
1. Bid Date: May 7, 2020
2. Bid Time: 2:00 p.m., local
time.
3. Location: Electronic Bidding
B. Bids will be thereafter pub-
licly opened and read aloud.
1.3 BID SECURITY
A. Bid security shall be submit-
ted with each bid in the
amount of five percent (5%) of
the bid amount. No bids may
be withdrawn for a period of
sixty (60) days after opening of
bids. Owner reserves the right
to reject any and all bids and to
waive informalities and irregu-
larities.
1.4 PREBID MEETING
A. Prebid Meeting: A Prebid
meeting for all bidders will be
held at the online at, Thursday,
April 30, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
local time. Prospective prime
bidders are requested to at-
tend online.
1. Bidders' Questions: Archi-
tect will provide responses at
Prebid conference to bidders'
questions received up to (2)
two business days prior to con-
ference.
1.5 DOCUMENTS
A. Printed Procurement and
Contracting Documents: April
10, 2020, through Plan House
Printing. Those interested in
viewing or obtaining docu-
ments are required to register
for an account at majordesign-
studioplans.com. Bid docu-
ments are non-refundable, but
they must be purchased
through the website. Checks
should be made payable to Ma-
jor Design Studio and mailed to
Plan House Printing, 607 West
Main Street, Tupelo, MS
38804. Questions regarding
website registration and online
orders should be directed to
Plan House Printing at (662)
407-0193. Only complete sets
of documents will be issued.
1. A Non-Refundable deposit of
$100.00 per copy made pay-
able to Plan House Printing.
B. Viewing Procurement and
Contracting Documents: Exam-
ine after April 10, 2020 at the
locations below:
1. Online Access is available
and pickup only is available at
Office of Plan House Printing,
601.336.6378 or
662.407.0193.
1.6 TIME OF COMPLETION
RENTALS
ADS STARTING AT $25
Apts For Rent: West
VIP
Rentals
Apartments & Houses
1 Bedrooms
2 Bedroooms
3 Bedrooms
Furnished & Unfurnished
1, 2, & 3 Baths
Lease, Deposit
& Credit Check
viceinvestments.com
327-8555
Apts For Rent: Other
7596 Hwy 45 Alt N • West Point
1ST MONTH − RENT FREE!
1−2 BR Apt: $350−435
1−2BR TwnHm: $625−650
Lease, Dep, Credit Check.
Coleman Realty
662−329−2323
You’ll find the best deals
when you advertise
and shop here!
ads.cdispatch.com
ADS APPEAR IN THE COMMERCIAL DISPATCH,
THE STARKVILLE DISPATCH AND ONLINE
call 662-328-2424 or visit ads.cdispatch.com
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Apts For Rent: Other Houses For Rent: Other
HOUSE NEAR MUW W/
APARTMENT. 323 13th St.
N. 3 Blks from MUW. LR,
DR, 2/3BR−3BA, lg den w/
fire place, kitchen, laundry,
outside fenced patio,
screened side porch &
work room & ATTACHED
APARTMENT: 1BR/1BA,
living room/kitchenette
area. NO HUD. Ref req.
Dep req. $1075/mo.
662−386−7506.
Mobile Homes for Rent
RENT A CAMPER!
CHEAPER THAN A MOTEL!
Utilities & cable included,
from $145/wk − $535/mo
Columbus & County School
locations. 662−242−7653
or 205−442−2011.
COLEMAN
RENTALS RV/MOBILE HOME SITE
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS East or West Columbus or
near CAFB, Caledonia
1 BEDROOM schools. 601−940−1397.
2 BEDROOMS
Office Spaces For Rent
3 BEDROOMS
OFFICE SPACE FOR
LEASE,
© The Dispatch
LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
DEPOSIT Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft.
AND Plenty of private parking.
662−327−9559.
CREDIT CHECK
662-329-2323
REAL ESTATE
2411 HWY 45 N
COLUMBUS, MS ADS STARTING AT $25
Commercial Property For Rent Houses For Sale: East
FOR RENT LOCATED NEAR
DOWNTOWN. 3,000 sq. ft.
2BR/1BA @ 1521
Shepherd Rd.
truck terminal, 9,500 sq. Sold as is, needs work.
ft. shop & 3,200 sq. ft. Serious inquiries only,
office/shop. Buildings can 769−274−4110.
be rented together or
separately. All w/ excellent
access & Hwy. 82 visibility.
662−327−9559.
Did you
?
know
The
Dispatch
BARGAIN: 2BR/2BA in
Columbus. LR, DR/KIT &
The Dispatch employs 42 step down den. Large lot.
people. Three have Needs work but is livable.
Price reduced. Must sell.
been here 30+ years. $9500. 662−574−2617.
SERVICE DIRECTORY
PROMOTE YOUR SMALL BUSINESS STARTING AT ONLY $25
Carpet & Flooring
Automotive Services
Auto Sales
LE S
WHO ALE
New & Used
Tires
Maintenance
Brakes
UT Insurance
O CENTE
A
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662-605-5125
Building & Remodeling DAVID’S CARPET &
UPHOLSTERY
CLEANING AND
HOME REPAIRS &
DISINFECTING
MAINTENANCE 1 Room − $50
Work wanted. Carpentry,
2 Rooms − $70
concrete, electrical &
3+ Rooms − $30 EA
plumbing, shingle & metal
Rugs−Must Be Seen
roofing, fascia & soffit Car Upholstery
repairs, pressure washing
Cleaning Available
& mobile home repairs. 662−722−1758
No Job Too Small.
662−549−7031.
General Services
A & T TREE SERVICES
Bucket truck & stump
Read local.
removal. Free est.
Serving Columbus
since 1987. Senior
cdispatch.com citizen disc. Call Alvin @
242−0324/241−4447
"We’ll go out on a limb for
you!"
To place ads starting at only $12,
Houses For Sale: New Hope
VEHICLES
16 WIDNER IN NEW HOPE
Newly remodeled. 3BR/
2BA home. Approx. 1,500
sq. ft. Has 25’x30’ wired ADS STARTING AT $12
metal shop w/ roll−up front
& side door. $154,500. Campers & RVs
662−549−9298.
2012 JAYCO EAGLE 5th
Lots & Acreage
WHEEL, 39ft, 4 slide−outs.
2BR, 48" TV & 27" TV.
1.75 ACRE LOTS. $26,500. 662−386−9605.
Good/Bad Credit Options.
Good credit as low as 10%
down, $299/mo. Eaton 2012 JAYCO EAGLE 5th
WHEEL, 39ft, 4 slide−outs.
Land, 662−361−7711.
2BR, 48" TV & 27" TV.
$26,500. 662−386−9605.
LOT FOR SALE @ 406
Cherry Street. $5,000.
Motorcycles & ATVs
Call 662−328−5063 or
662−436−6238,
leave message. 1993 KAWASAKI
VOYAGER XII Only 25,500
miles. Runs & looks good.
No problems. $3000 OBO.
MERCHANDISE
Can be seen local.
501−545−7750.
ADS STARTING AT $12 2 RACING GO KARTS,
extra tires & gears,
Farm Equipment & Supplies $2,500. Call between
8a−7p, 662−328−0028.
JOHN DEERE MODEL M
TRACTOR. A set of one row
COMMUNITY
cultivators w/ hydraulic lift,
has been repainted, looks
good & runs good, $3500.
Call 662−436−2037.
ADS STARTING AT $12
Furniture
Travel & Entertainment
FURNITURE. Micro fabric
sofa. $150. Two like new
PUBLIC CATFISH POND
recliners. $150 ea.
Price negotiable. @ 130 Hillcrest Drive.
Open Tues−Sat, 7a−5p
Call 662−523−8662.
Appointment Only, call
662−386−8591
LIVING ROOM SET
Loveseat & chaise for sale.
NEW!! $300.
662−242−2884. Leave a
message.
Five Questions:
1 Sandals
General Merchandise
WANTED FREON R12.
We pay CA$H.
2 “District 9”
R12 R500 R11.
Convenient.
Certified professionals.
312−291−9169
3 Gerald Ford
RefrigerantFinders.com/ad
WHITE POSTER
BOARDS.
4 Usher
24"x23"
$0.50 each
100 in stock
Visit 516 Main Street
5 Finland
or call 662−328−2424
General Services Lawn Care / Landscaping
WORK WANTED: Licensed JESSE & BEVERLY’S
& Bonded. Carpentry, minor LAWN SERVICE
electrical, minor plumbing, Mowing, cleanup,
insulation, painting,
demolition, gutters
landscaping, sodding,
& tree cutting.
cleaned, pressure washing, 662−356−6525
landscaping, cleanup work,
moving help. 662−242− SAM’S LAWN SERVICE
3608. No lawn too large or too
small. Mowing, trimming &
ANNIVERSARY?
weedeating.
Call 662−243−1694
RKERS CALL US! Painting & Papering
PA
ON
J.
SULLIVAN’S PAINT
100 Russell St. SERVICE
E
W ELER
J
S
Starkville, MS Special Prices.
662-268-8058 Interior & Exterior Painting
662−435−6528
CHAPTER 7 BANKRUPTCY
$545 plus Filing Fee
CHAPTER 13 BANKRUPTCY
All Attorney Fees Through The Plan
Jim Arnold, Attorney
662-324-1666 • 601-656-6914
104 South Lafayette Street, Starkville
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