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Aldermen enact 13-day citywide curfew

Latimer: City curfew provides SPD with statutory Ballard said the city curfew
should clear up any public con-

enforcement authority that countywide curfew did not
BY TESS VRBIN
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
Starkville aldermen ap-
proved a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. cur-
few on Tuesday in response to
the escalating COVID-19 coro-
navirus pandemic.
The curfew is effective im-
mediately and makes an excep-
tion for essential travel. The
Oktibbeha supervisors enacted
a countywide curfew Monday
with many of the same param-
eters, but City Attorney Chris
Latimer said the order was not
enforceable within the city lim-
its without a separate order by
the board of aldermen.
“I don’t think statutory au-
thority existed for the county to
act unilaterally to bind the city
with a curfew,” Latimer said.
The Oktibbeha County Sher-
iff’s Office “had no intention of
enforcing” the county curfew in
the city limits, and the Starkville
Police Department did not have
Latimer Spruill
the power to enforce a county
order, so the city needed to pass
its own, Latimer said.
Starkville Police Chief Mark
fusion and make it easier for the
police department to “manage
public safety in balance with
this pandemic.”
The 13-day city curfew only
runs through 8 a.m. April 20, co-
inciding with Gov. Tate Reeves’
shelter-in-place order issued
last week. The county curfew,
by contrast, is 30 days and will
last until May 6.
See ALDERMEN, 3A

Higgins: EMCC
Nonprofits seeing lull; prepare for rush board blocks
efforts to discuss
terminated Lion
Hills employees in
executive session
Trustee says conflicting
accounts from college,
ex-workers over
termination needs
clarifying
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com

Following the ter-

Steve Greenough, a volunteer from Annunciation Catholic Church, awaits the arrival of visitors who come to
Loaves and Fishes in Columbus for its daily meal service on Monday. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Loaves
and Fishes cannot provide the hot, dine-in lunches it usually provides. Now, the organization provides pick-up
service for sack lunches only.
‘I think when people get that last paycheck, when
they realize that’s going to be the last paycheck
they get for a while, that’s when we’ll get hit’
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com
S
teve Greenough and Carla
Formel stood behind a table
employed for social distanc-
ing, each wearing face masks, as
they waited for people to arrive
for lunch at Loaves and Fishes in
Columbus on Monday.
The two members of Annunci-
ation Catholic Church had filled
another tabletop, just outside the
doorway, with sack lunches con-
sisting of a canned heat-and-serve
meal, a granola bar and bottled
water.
Business turned out to be slow,
mination of four Lion
Hills Club employees
in early March and
conflicting infor-
mation on why they
were let go, Lown-
des County trustees Higgins
on the board of East
Mississippi Commu-
nity College sought
answers.
But the attempts
to discuss the firing
with all board mem-
Slim Smith/Dispatch Staff bers were to no avail,
said Joe Max Hig- Alsobrooks
gins, Golden Triangle
LINK CEO and the latest appointee
to the EMCC board.
See HIGGINS, 8A
“I
don’t
know
what
to tell
you. It’s
though. By the end of the free
meal service, they had distributed
been
pretty
Columbus City
Guerry Sanders
Council allows day
about only 35 sack lunches at a slow,
facility that, during normal times, really,” said Nancy Guerry, direc-
would feed 70 to 150 people with
hot, dine-in meals.
It could be that those who
tor of Helping Hands Ministry, one
of 17 nonprofits supported by the
United Way of Lowndes County.
cares to reopen
regularly arrive for daily lunches
assumed the program had been
Helping Hands provides mort-
gage/rent, prescription medicines,
with restrictions
shut down due to the state shelter utility and food assistance and BY YUE STELLA YU
in place order, which took effect disaster assistance for those in syu@cdispatch.com
Friday. Perhaps, they, too, are need.
honoring that order. Maybe they “We’re not getting a lot of peo- Child care facilities in Colum-
stocked up on food in advance. ple coming to us for assistance, but bus, previously shut down by a
Whatever the motivations, char- we are getting a lot of calls,” said March 21 city order in the wake of
ities and nonprofits throughout the Renee Sanders, director for the the COVID-19 pandemic, can now
Golden Triangle say demand has United Way of Lowndes County. reopen if they comply with a series
been low. See NONPROFITS, 3A of restrictions set out in a city res-
olution the council passed Tuesday
evening.
See COUNCIL, 8A

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New York’s virus toll tops 9/11,

while Wuhan ends lockdown
Despite the staggering death toll in America’s
largest city, authorities in New York were
optimistic that the outbreak might finally be easing
BY MARINA VILLENEUVE
AND CHRIS BLAKE
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — As New York City
faced one of its darkest days with
the death toll from the coronavirus
surging past 4,000 — more than the
number killed on 9/11 — the Chi-
nese city where the global pandem-
ic began lifted its final restrictions
on movement Wednesday as deaths
there plummeted.
The tale of two cities came as
the coronavirus crisis continued
to strain health care systems from
Europe to North America, roil glob-
al stock markets, and strand inter-
national travelers behind closed
borders. In Britain, Prime Minister
Boris Johnson remained in intensive
care, the first major world leader
confirmed to have COVID-19.
Despite the staggering death toll
in America’s largest city, authorities
in New York were optimistic that the
outbreak might finally be easing, as
has been seen in other global hot
spots such as Italy and Spain and
before that, China. Health officials,
however, warned people not to let
their guard down.
The virus toll in New York City is
now more than 1,000 deaths higher
than that of the deadliest terror at-
tack on U.S. soil, which killed 2,753
people in the city and 2,977 overall.
After recording more than 500
deaths a day since late last week,
New York state recorded 731 new
coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, its
biggest one-day jump yet, for a state-
wide toll of nearly 5,500, Gov. An-
drew Cuomo said.
“Behind every one of those num-
bers is an individual. There’s a fam-
ily, there’s a mother, there’s a father,
there’s a sister, there’s a brother. So a
lot of pain again today for many New
Yorkers,” Cuomo said.
In an encouraging sign, the gov-
ernor said hospital admissions and
the number of people receiving
breathing tubes are dropping. And
the death toll itself is a “lagging in-
dicator,” reflecting people who had
been hospitalized before this week,
he said.
But he warned that gains are
dependent on people continuing to
practice social distancing.
“It still depends on what we do,
and what we do will affect those
numbers,” he said.
In Wuhan — the Chinese city of
11 million that was the first in the
world to go on lockdown — tens of
thousands of people streamed out
of town by plane and train alone as
harsh restrictions on movement
were finally lifted. Citizens waved
flags and the city staged a light show
with skyscrapers and bridges radiat-
ing animated images of health work-
ers aiding patients.
Restrictions in the city where
most of China’s more than 82,000
virus cases and over 3,300 deaths
were reported have been gradually
eased in recent weeks as the number
of new cases steadily declined. The
government reported no new cases
Wednesday, though there have been
questions about the veracity of Chi-
na’s count.
“I haven’t been outside for more
than 70 days,” said an emotional
Tong Zhengkun, who was watching
the display. Residents in his apart-
ment complex had contracted the
virus so they couldn’t go out even to
buy groceries, which neighborhood
workers delivered.
“Being indoors for so long drove
me crazy,” he said.
In London, the 55-year-old John-
son was in stable condition and con-
scious at a hospital, where he was
receiving oxygen but was not on a
ventilator, officials said. Foreign Sec-
retary Dominic Raab was designated
to run the country in the meantime.
“I’m confident he’ll pull through
because if there’s one thing I know
about this prime minister, he’s a
fighter,” Raab said.

Holdout governors: Some states

don’t need stay-at-home order
‘I think it’s
idiotic. The only
way this is going
to work is to have
every state under
the same rules.’
David Leeson, a retiree
in Winterset, Iowa
BY SCOT T MCFETRIDGE
The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Even as most Americans
are under orders from
their governor to stay at
home to slow the spread
of the coronavirus, lead-
ers in a handful of states
have steadfastly refused
to take that action, ar-
guing it’s unneeded and
could be harmful.
Nine governors have
refused to issue statewide
mandates that people stay
at home, but local leaders
have taken action in some
of those states. North Da-
kota, Nebraska, Iowa and
Arkansas are the only
states where no one is un-
der a stay-at-home order.
The lack of action from
those governors — even
as they take other steps
such as closing schools
and limiting the size of
gatherings — has frus-
trated health experts and
left some residents puz-
zled.
“If social distancing
maneuvers are going to
work, they’re most likely
going to work if you do
them early,” said Arthur
L. Reingold, a professor
and infectious disease ex-
pert at the University of
California-Berkeley. “The
District of Columbia fights to enforce
distancing and braces for looming surge
BY ASHRAF KHALIL in May or June and would result in near-
The Associated Press ly 1 in 7 Washington residents infected
by the end of the year and a high-end
WASHINGTON — Pick-up basket-
ball games. Crowds gathering at an out-
death toll over 1,000.
“We are concerned that the next
door fish market. Family hikes along wave … that D.C. could be in the sec-
trails in Rock Creek Park. The warmer ond wave,” Bowser said. “We want the
weather is bringing violations of social message to get in everybody’s head —
distance guidelines in the nation’s cap-
that we see a level of infection in our
ital, even as health officials predict the city that if we aren’t strict in our social
city could become one of the next U.S. distancing, the community spread will
hot spots in the coronavirus pandemic. continue and we will have more people
More than 1,200 people have tested succumb to illness and perhaps death.”
positive, with 22 deaths, in Washington. Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the
But national and local health officials White House coronavirus task force,
predict that the worst is yet to come. has repeatedly mentioned the District
Last week, Mayor Muriel Bowser an- of Columbia as a potential looming hot
nounced that models predict the virus spot, along with Chicago, Detroit, Colo-
would peak in the District of Columbia rado and Pennsylvania.
longer you wait, the hard- Nearly 305 million peo- Even as Iowa’s corona-
er it is for them to have ple live in the 41 states or virus cases have grown
a substantial impact on Washington, D.C., which to more than 1,000 with
transmission of the virus.” mandate people stay at 26 deaths and the state’s
That also has been the home, compared with less medical board has recom-
message of Dr. Anthony than 9 million in the states mended a stay-at-home
Fauci, the nation’s top in- without such mandatory order, Iowa Gov. Kim
fectious disease expert, orders. Enforcement of Reynolds maintains that
who has said all states the rules, however, varies. demanding people not
should have statewide or- The new coronavirus leave their homes would
ders that people remain at causes mild or moderate threaten their mental
home. symptoms for most peo- health.
Fauci on Monday cred- ple, but for some, especial- “We are a connected
ited the governors of Ne- ly older adults and people community. There’s just
braska and Iowa for what with existing health prob- that side of it as well,”
steps they have taken to lems, it can cause more Reynolds said. “In addi-
slow the virus, but David severe illness or death. tion to suicides and do-
Leeson, a retiree in Win- All of the states without mestic abuse there are a
terset, Iowa, said he can’t statewide or local orders lot of downsides to it as
understand why restric- are in the central U.S. well.”
tions that make sense in Each has a Republican At the same time,
most of the country hav- governor, and while they Reynolds has closed
en’t been imposed in his all have hundreds of coro- schools and ordered the
home state. navirus cases and some closure of most retail es-
“I think it’s idiotic,” deaths, the numbers are tablishments other than
Leeson said. “The only significantly less than the grocery stores and gas
way this is going to work hardest-hit areas. stations. She argues her
is to have every state un- The reasons behind moves match or exceed
der the same rules.” their decisions vary. most states.

Trump blasts world health group, defends early virus steps

BY JONATHAN LEMIRE,
JILL COLVIN AND
ZEKE MILLER
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — ed an early warning of
President Donald Trump
on Tuesday threatened to
freeze U.S. funding to the
World Health Organiza-
tion, saying the interna-
tional group had “missed
the call” on the coronavi-
rus pandemic.
Trump also played
down the release of Janu-
ary memos from a senior
adviser that represent-
a possible coronavirus
pandemic, saying he had
not seen them at the time.
But he turned his anger
on the WHO, first declar-
ing that he would cut off
U.S. funding for the orga-
nization, then backtrack-
ing and saying he would
“strongly consider” such
a move.
Trump said the inter-
national group had “called
it wrong” on the virus and
that the organization was
“very China-centric” in
its approach, suggest-
ing that the WHO had
gone along with Beijing’s
efforts months ago to
minimize the severity of
the outbreak. The WHO
has praised China for its
transparency on the vi-
rus, even though there
has been reason to be-
lieve that more people
died of COVID-19 than
the country’s official tal-
ly.
“They should have
known and they probably
did know,” Trump said of
WHO officials.
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Mississippi governor declares Confederate Heritage Month

‘Unnecessary’
Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie
Thompson via Twitter
on Monday
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi Re-
publican Gov. Tate Reeves has
declared April as Confederate
Heritage Month.
The first-year governor is fol-
lowing the practice of several of
his Democratic and Republican
predecessors, and his action
is drawing criticism from the
state’s only African American
congressman.
“Unnecessary,” Democratic
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson
wrote Monday on Twitter.
The Mississippi chapter of
Sons of Confederate Veterans
recently posted Reeves’s proc-
lamation on its Facebook page.
“God bless the Confederate
Soldier. Many of whom are bur-
ied in unmarked and unknown
mass graves throughout the
South,” the group said in the
post. “May he, or his sacrifices,
never be forgotten.”
Reeves’s proclamation is not
dated, so it was not immediate-
ly clear whether he signed it be-
fore late March, when the gov-
ernor started spending much of
his time on the state’s response
to the coronavirus pandemic.
The proclamation does not
mention slavery as the central
issue in the Civil War. It says
that “as we honor all who lost
their lives in this war, it is im-
portant for all Americans to re-
flect upon our nation’s past, to
gain insight from our mistakes
and successes, and to come to
a full understanding that the
lessons learned yesterday and
today will carry us through to-
morrow if we carefully and ear-
nestly strive to understand our
heritage and our opportunities
which lie before us.”
The Jackson Free Press
first reported on the governor’s
proclamation Sunday.

AROUND THE STATE

Anti-violence speaker given speeches about the
need to reduce violence is
charged in Mississippi now accused of beating an-
beating death other man to death with a
GREENWOOD — A baseball bat.
Mississippi man who has Stacy Regular, 45, of
Greenwood, is charged
with capital murder in
the death of 29-year-old
Labrandon Baugh, the
Greenwood Common-
wealth reported.
Baugh, who worked at
a grain oil mill, was beaten
March 28 in Greenwood.
He was taken to a Jackson
hospital and died three
days later.

Aldermen
Continued from Page 1A
If Reeves extends his order, the
city curfew will automatically ex-
tend with it regardless of the county
curfew, Mayor Lynn Spruill said.
“When we have our meeting on
the 21st, we will revisit (the order)
and see what we want to do if the
governor does not extend his,” she
said.
Ward 6 Alderman and Vice May-
or Roy A. Perkins was the only dis-
senting vote on the curfew, not be-
cause he opposed having one but
strictly because he said he saw no
legal need for one after Gov. Tate
Reeves’ statewide “shelter-in-place”
order that went into effect Friday at
5 p.m. Latimer said the curfew does
not “have any more legal teeth” than
the statewide order.
Spruill said at Tuesday’s meet-
ing that she has fielded phone calls,
emails, tweets and Facebook mes-
sages from constituents asking for
clarification about the shelter-in-
place order and the county’s curfew.
“For whatever reason, it does not
seem to penetrate that a curfew is
exactly what we have now, but ‘cur-
few’ seems to be a word that every-
one is comfortable with and under-
stands as a strong measure,” Spruill
said.

Nonprofits
Continued from Page 1A
Just as the full effect preparing. We want to be have had to Beyond food
of the COVID-19 coro- able to provide as much drop out. Because the needs
navirus has yet to arrive assistance as we can “Our
will go beyond food,
here, so yet has the when that time comes.” groups
both United Ways have
demand for nonprofit During the lull, Sand- had always
established programs to
assistance. ers said she’s been busy provided
help people with cash as-
But it’s coming, they with paperwork. and served
sistance for rent/utilities
know, and nonprofits “I’ve been applying hot meals,
Sparkman and other needs.
have been using the for all the federal options which we
last couple of weeks to Sanders said dona-
that are going to be obviously can’t do now,”
prepare for the inevitable available to nonprofits tions to support people in
she said. “The sack
rush from those needing out there,” she said. “We Lowndes and Noxubee
lunches can’t be sand-
help. need to have access to counties can be made by
wiches or meals they put
“I think when people those programs as soon visiting the organization’s
together. They have to
get that last paycheck, as the money is available, website (www.uwlc-ms.
be pre-packaged meals • Firestarter
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going to be the last ahead of all that.” dards required. Some
Crecink said donors Materials
paycheck they get for a
while, that’s when we’ll Finding volunteers
aren’t able to do that.”
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Sanders said anoth-
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said her volunteers are senior Crecink said food can be problematic for Columbus, MS
organiza- drive efforts in Starkville those nonprofits serve.

Cost: 80¢/lb.
citizens,” Sanders said.
tion, which “They are in the most are already underway. COVID-19 is sure to pres-
supports 15 vulnerable group and we “Starkville Academy ent unique and greater
food pan- Crecink
don’t want them to be held a food drive last needs.
tries and exposed to unnecessary week,” she said. “They “I don’t look at them as
meal service programs, risks. So we definitely collected 1,800 food a problem,” Crecink said.
is not being lulled into a need volunteers. items and brought them “Problems, you can put
false sense of complacen- “We are also in need to us (Tuesday). We’ll aside. What we are facing
cy. She knows what lies of face masks for our start the distribution on are challenges and chal- When was the last time you
ahead, she said. volunteers,” she added. Monday and Tuesday, lenges have to be met and picked up a piece of litter?
“From where I’m “Right now, there just calling all our food pro- overcome. It’s neighbors
sitting everybody is aren’t any to be had. So grams and pantries and helping neighbors. That’s
still in the numb stage,” we’re looking for volun- scheduling an appoint- what we’re going to do.”
Crecink said. “But we teers who can provide ment for them to come
know the demand is their own masks.” and add to their stock.”
going to be more and Ann Sparkman, Crecink said her
more apparent in the co-president for Loaves organization plans to
coming days and weeks. and Fishes, said a few of hold food drives that will
So we’re not sitting back 30 churches and orga- allow them to distribute
and saying, ‘Let’s just nizations who provide food to those groups
see what happens.’ We’re meals on a regular basis every two weeks.

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African Americans more than half of Mississippi virus deaths

African Americans make up about 38 percent
of state’s population of nearly 3 million people
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — African Amer-
icans in Mississippi are being
disproportionately affected
by the new coronavirus, and
many have underlying health
problems that make them more
vulnerable to it, the state epide-
miologist said Tuesday.
Dr. Paul Byers said about 50
percent and “maybe a little bit
more” of those testing positive
for the highly contagious virus
and more than 50 percent of
those dying from it in the state
are black.
“This is troubling, obvious-
ly,” Byers said during a news
conference.
African Americans make up
about 38 percent of Mississip-
pi’s population of nearly 3 mil-
lion people.
Mississippi has high rates
of heart disease, diabetes and
asthma. The state also has a
high poverty rate and a large
percentage of uninsured resi-
dents who might be less likely
to seek preventative medical
care for chronic conditions.
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves
said Tuesday that he wants Af-
rican American community
leaders, including pastors and
politicians, to talk to people
about trying to protect them-
selves and seek medical help if
they think they might have the
virus.
“Let’s communicate and talk
about the dangers that exist out
there, and there are dangers to
anyone that has chronic medi-
cal conditions,” Reeves said.
The governor posted a short
Health Department video to his
Facebook page Tuesday show-
ing actor Morgan Freeman,
who lives in Mississippi, tell-
ing people to wash their hands,
disinfect surfaces and keep dis-
tance from others to slow the
spread of the virus.
“We will emerge from this
pandemic stronger as a state
and as a people, I’m sure,” Free-
man says. “Stay home and stay
healthy, Mississippi.”
Mississippi’s overall corona-
virus caseload grew to at least
1,915 infections as of Monday
evening, with 59 deaths, the
Health Department said Tues-
day. That is an increase of 177
cases and eight deaths from the
previous day.
For most people, the corona-
virus causes mild or moderate
symptoms, such as fever and
cough. But for others, especial-
ly older adults and people with
existing health problems, the
highly contagious virus can
cause severe symptoms and be
fatal.
The Mississippi Health De-
partment website, as of Tues-
day, still did not show informa-
tion about the race of people
affected by the coronavirus.
Racial disparities are show-
ing up in other places. Alabama
officials said Tuesday that more
than 40 percent of COVID-19
deaths in that state have been
in African Americans; about 27
percent of Alabama’s popula-
tion is black.
Most of the people who have
died of COVID-19 in Mississip-
pi are 60 or older, and the out-
break has spread to at least 38
long-term care facilities, the
state said Tuesday.
The most-populated areas
are seeing the largest case-
loads. These include three
counties in the metro Jackson
area — Hinds, Rankin and
Madison; DeSoto County in
the northwestern corner of the
state bordering Tennessee;
coastal Harrison and Jackson
counties; and south Mississip-
pi’s Pearl River County, which
borders hard-hit Louisiana and
is a place where people com-
mute to work and shop between
the two states.
But some areas with smaller
populations are seeing growing
caseloads.
Bolivar County is in the Del-
ta, with about 30,600 people,
64 percent African American,
according to the Census. It had
54 confirmed coronavirus cas-
es and two deaths by Monday
evening.
Wilkinson County is in the
southwestern corner of the
state, bordering Louisiana. Its
population of about 8,600 is 71
percent African American. It
has 32 confirmed cases and
three deaths.
The Health Department
said Tuesday that 20,370 coro-
navirus tests had been done in
the state, by public and private
labs, as of Sunday. Cases were
reported in 80 of 82 counties.

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Wisconsin voters forced to choose between health, democracy

Voters reported being afraid, angry and
embarrassed by the state’s unwillingness to
postpone their presidential primary elections
BY STEVE PEOPLES
AND SCOTT BAUER
The Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. — If Wis-
consin was a test case for voting
in the age of the coronavirus, it
did not go well for many voters.
Thousands were forced to con-
gregate for hours in long lines on
Tuesday with no protective gear.
Thousands more stayed home,
unwilling to risk their health and
unable to be counted because
requested absentee ballots never
arrived.
Voters reported being afraid,
angry and embarrassed by the
state’s unwillingness to postpone
their presidential primary elec-
tions as more than a dozen other
states have already done. Neither
Joe Biden nor Bernie Sanders
will be declared a winner at least
until next Monday in accordance
with one of several court orders
that shaped the contest.
And there was evidence that
minority voters were dispro-
portionately impacted by wide-
spread poll closures in their
communities. Michael Claus,
66, wore a protective mask and
a Tuskegee Airmen cap, as he
waited to vote.
The African American man
said he tried to vote absentee and
requested a ballot in March but it
never showed up. His only option
was to vote in person. He blamed
the Republican-controlled state
legislature.
“They could have delayed the
election with no problem,” Claus
said. “They decided if they can
suppress the vote in Milwaukee
and Madison, where you have
a large minority presence, you
can get people elected you want
elected. And that’s sad.”
The chaos in Wisconsin, a
premiere general election bat-
tleground, was expected to re-
verberate across states that still
have primaries ahead. Alaska,
Wyoming and Ohio are conduct-
ing contests by mail this month,
and other states, including Geor-
gia, are slated to hold in-person
voting in May.
Election experts warned that
Wisconsin was an example of
what not to do. And the experi-
ence added immediate context to
the broader debate about protect-
ing voting rights this November.
“We have moved forward
with an election, but we have
not moved forward with democ-
racy in the state of Wisconsin,”
warned Neil Albrecht, executive
director of Milwaukee’s election
commission.
With results not coming un-
til next week, the state did not
offer Biden the knockout blow
he hoped for in his presidential
nomination fight against Sand-
ers. The candidates spoke out
late Tuesday on separate lives-
treams from the safety of their
homes hundreds of miles away
but had little to say about the
Wisconsin contest.
Sanders didn’t say a word
about the election on Tuesday
after warning the night before
that the holding the election was
“dangerous” and “may prove
deadly.” Biden, too, said in-per-
son voting shouldn’t have taken
place.
Democrats in and out of Wis-
consin had pushed for the contest
to be postponed, yet Republicans
— and the conservative-majority
state Supreme Court — would
not give in. The fight over wheth-
er to postpone the election was
influenced by a state Supreme
Court election also being held
Tuesday. A lower turnout was
thought to benefit the conserva-
tive candidate.
Lest there be any doubt about
the GOP’s motivation, Presi-
dent Donald Trump on Tuesday
broke from health experts who
have encouraged all Americans
to stay home by calling on his
supporters to “get out and vote
NOW” for the conservative judi-
cial candidate.

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Trump removes watchdog tapped for $2T virus rescue oversight

BY ERIC TUCKER, his impeachment, cas-
MAT THEW DALY AND tigated another he felt
MARY CLARE JALONICK was overly critical of the
The Associated Press coronavirus response and
sidelined a third meant to
WASHINGTON — safeguard against waste-
President Donald Trump ful spending of funds for
has removed the inspec- businesses in economic
tor general tapped to distress.
chair a special oversight “We’re seeing since
board for the $2.2 trillion Friday a wrecking ball
economic relief pack- across the IG communi-
age on the coronavirus, ty,’’ said Danielle Brian,
the latest in a series of executive director of the
steps Trump has taken Project on Government
to confront government Oversight, a watchdog
watchdogs tasked with group. On Friday, Trump
oversight of the executive fired Michael Atkinson,
branch. the inspector general
In the past four days, of the intelligence com-
Trump has fired one in- munity, and on Monday
spector general tied to assailed a health and hu-
man services official who
criticized the adminis-
tration’s response to the
coronavirus crisis.
On Tuesday, Trump
removed Glenn Fine, the
acting Defense Depart-
ment inspector general
and a veteran watchdog
who had been selected
by peers last month to
oversee the economic aid
package. Now it’s unclear
who will oversee the res-
cue law.
Trump’s latest move
threatens to upend the
rigorous oversight that
Democrats in Congress
demanded for the huge
sums of money being
pumped into the Ameri-
can economy because of
the virus.
It’s also part of a broader
conflict between Trump, a
president averse to outside
criticism, and the watch-
dog community tasked
with identifying misman-
agement and problems in-
side government agencies.
Trump’s actions “only
undermine the effective-
ness of the pandemic re-
sponse” legislation and the
ability of inspectors gen-
eral to do their job, Brian
said.
House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi criticized Trump’s
removal of Fine, saying he
is moving to “undermine
oversight.”
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RACE IN AMERICA

Why should Asians have to prove themselves?

T
his is for
every Amer-
ican of Asian
heritage, but one
in particular.
That would be
Andrew Yang, the
former Democratic
candidate for pres-
ident. Last week,
with surely the
best intentions, he
gave Asian Amer- Leonard Pitts
icans the absolute
worst advice imag-
inable. Indeed, advice so bad
as to be painful.
In an op-ed for the Wash-
ington Post, Yang recounted
how he was shopping for
groceries when a man fixed
him with an accusatory stare. all this? Prove yourselves.
“For the first time in years,”
wrote Yang, “I felt it. I felt
self-conscious — even a bit
ashamed — of being Asian.”
Such encounters have
become sadly commonplace
in the era of the coronavirus,
which Donald Trump and
other racists insist tions, and do everything in
on calling the our power to accelerate the
“Chinese virus” end of this crisis. We should
because it origi- show without a shadow of a
nated in the city of doubt that we are Americans
Wuhan in China. who will do our part for our
Predictably we’ve country in this time of need.”
seen a spate of It’s hard to imagine advice
assaults against more shallow, offensive or
people of Asian ignorant. Certainly, each of
heritage all over us should do all that he or she
the United States: can to mitigate this crisis.
A woman in San But why should that be a spe-
Francisco was spat cial responsibility of Asians?
upon, a boy in Los Why should they be required
Angeles sent to the emergen- to prove themselves to racist
cy room, a woman in Manhat- morons?
tan kicked and punched on a In effect, Yang asks Asian
subway platform. Americans to accept respon-
Yang’s advice to Asian sibility for solving a problem
Americans for dealing with that is not theirs. Yes, the
effect of that problem —
“We Asian Americans,” he people being spat upon and
wrote, “need to embrace and beaten — is a challenge for
show our American-ness in the Asian-American commu-
ways we never have before. nity and indeed, for all of us.
We need to step up, help our But the problem itself — the
neighbors, donate gear, vote, racism — belongs to the
wear red white and blue, racists.
volunteer, fund aid organiza- Besides which, this idea
that you can, by force of
excellence and ostenta-
tiousness of patriotism, jolly
haters into liking you, simply
doesn’t work. If you doubt
that, ask the generations of
African Americans who built
businesses, earned degrees,
answered America’s call to
arms and yet are still, to this
day, regarded as something
lesser and other.
For that matter,
Asian-Americans can look
to their own history, to
little Japanese boys playing
baseball behind barbed wire
while their big brothers bled
out the last of life, defending
democracy in places like the
Vosges Mountains in France.
There in the bitter cold rains
of October in 1944, a Jap-
anese-American regiment
fought one of World War II’s
most ferocious battles, suffer-
ing more than 800 casualties
to rescue the fabled “Lost
Battalion” — 211 Texans. And
yes, the math is telling.
If questions of patriotism
could be resolved by sacri-
ficing for your country, then
surely any such questions
about Asian Americans
were answered forever in
that blood-drenched soil.
But those questions are a
hardy weed. They bedeviled
Iranian Americans during
the hostage crisis and have
dogged Muslims since 9/11.
Now they emerge — again
— against Asian Americans.
Worse, an Asian American
lends them credence.
Andrew Yang should know
better. Americans of Asian
heritage have no obligation
to prove themselves to those
who beat and spit upon them.
It is not their job to fix bigots’
hatred.
No, it’s the bigots’ job to fix
themselves.
Leonard Pitts Jr., winner
of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for
commentary, is a columnist for
the Miami Herald. Email him
at lpitts@miamiherald.com.

OUR VIEW

Now is not the

time to relax
A
sked about a famous New
York nightspot, legendary
Yankees baseball player Yogi
Berra responded: “Nobody goes
there anymore. It’s too crowded.”
That quote has always been an
example of Berra’s often jumbled
observations, but today there is
some wisdom to be gleaned from it.
We are now almost a week into
the state-wide shelter in place
order, but we are now only begin-
ning to approach to apex of the
COVID-19 virus in our cities, towns
and neighborhoods. We all know it
is a highly-contagious, potentially
deadly virus.
For those who have been dili-
gent in complying with the order
and have, as a result, grown weary
of the confinement, the shelter
order may leave us tempted to get
out and explore a bit. We are social
animals, after all, and isolation is
not something most of us do well.
There are also others for whom
the shelter order has been taken
more as a shelter suggestion, peo-
ple who appear to be carrying on as
if there are no consequences.
Hopefully, most of us fall into
that first group. Yet to all, we
remind you that now is not the
time to violate this order. Earlier
this week, White House COVD-
19 Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx
said even those trips to the gro-
cery store or pharmacy should be
avoided unless they are absolutely
essential.
So far, distancing seems to be
working in our state, but now is not
the time to relax. It’s the time to
double-down on these measures.
That means staying home, but
if it is absolutely necessary to go to
the grocery store or pharmacy or
making some other truly essential
trip, we urge you to exercise great
caution. If you’re unable to find a
good parking spot, that’s a very
good indication that you would be
wise to reschedule your trip.
The more people you are
exposed to, the greater the dan-
ger. The life you save in avoiding
crowds may be your own or the
lives of people you love. If that isn’t
motivation enough, what in heaven
or on earth could convince you?
So follow Yogi’s advice: Let’s
make crowded places unpopular for
the time being.
Wait for a safer, more opportune
time.
A MOMENT OF CALM
The world is indeed
full of peril, and in it
there are many dark
places; but still there
is much that is fair, and though in
all lands love is now mingled with
grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
(The Fellowship of the Ring)
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Voice of the people
Appreciates Columbus
and Lowndes County
We are blessed to live in Columbus
and Lowndes County, and I will explain
in a second.
First, we are currently going through
a bad time here as well as everywhere in
the world due to the COVID-19 coro-
navirus. Many people are getting sick
and even passing away. This is the first
time in my life that something like this
has occurred. Hopefully, it will be under
control shortly, and my prayer is that no
one gets this illness.
This made me think about how great
it is to live in Columbus and Lowndes
County. We have many reasons to think
this way.
One of the best hospitals is right here
in Columbus, Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Doctors, specialists, nurses and every-
one at the hospital go the extra mile to
make it that way.
We have The W, the Columbus Air
Force Base, the police department and
fire department and many other top
notch organizations. Our mayor, Rob-
ert Smith, the Columbus City Council,
Harry Sanders and the Lowndes Board
of Supervisors make our area the best in
the state of Mississippi.
We also have outstanding school
systems. This includes the Columbus
City schools, the Lowndes County school
system, the Catholic schools, the Colum-
bus Christian School, and all the others
are as good as you will find anywhere.
The school board members and teachers
have a tough job and receive little credit.
We are lucky to have the churches
that we do, and the pastors, and the
people who work there that meet the
spiritual needs of our citizens.
We live only about twenty two miles
from Mississippi State University, and
sixty miles from the University of Ala-
bama. These are top institution of higher
learning, and we get to travel a short dis-
tance to see championship sports games.
Yes, we are blessed to live in Colum-
bus. If I left out some things, I am sorry.
We have so many it is hard to name every
one. Columbus is a unique place to live
in, and we are fortunate.
Thanks for allowing me to express my
feelings about Columbus and Lowndes
County. It is a wonderful place.
Tommy Smith
Columbus
Admires Captain Crozier
Captain Brett Crozier was removed
from his command after allowing his
pleas for help for his crew to be made
public. He jumped his chain of command,
and his removal was inevitable. General
Douglas MacArthur jumped his chain
of command about chasing the Chinese
across the Yalu River, and was relieved of
his command. He was, at that time, one
of our country’s most revered military
heroes. Removal from command is what
is done.
So Captain Crozier, knowing this, put
his crew ahead of his career. I cannot
express the degree of my admiration for
this man.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus
In response to Younger’s letter
She states anger at China for not dis-
closing the facts about COVID-19 sooner
is in the hearts of many Americans.
Remember in 2016 when Trump said
he didn’t need to attend the intelligent
briefings, that he knew more than the
generals?
The stable genius doesn’t believe in
any scientific information, which has
proved to be deadly for many Americans.
Trump and his allies compared the
coronavirus to the seasonal flu.
In late February, Trump tweeted that
the coronavirus was very much under
control in the USA.
The U.S. Army in early February,
stated that the coronavirus could kill as
many as 150,000 Americans.
On Feb. 3, the U.S. shipped 18 tons of
PPE (personal protective equipment) to
China as Trump dismissed threat here,
for which Maxine Waters called him an
incompetent idiot.
Even as late as March 9, Trish Regan
of FOX News, claimed the coronavirus
was a impeachment scam to impeach
Trump and to demonize and destroy him.
The CDC says to wear a mask in pub-
lic. Trump says he won’t do it.
There were weeks of delays in testing
for the coronavirus brought on by errors
and bureaucratic delays.
The Trump Administration ended
pandemic early warning system a year
ago (Obama’s health office) to detect
COVID-19, and a 160 other different
coronaviruses that could become pan-
demic.
The end of the program saw the
departure of dozens of scientists and
analysts working to identify potential
pandemics around the world, including
China.
Science finally caught up with
Trump’s playbook with millions of lives
at stake.
Trump already had the facts.
His and FOX’s denial of the serious-
ness of the coronavirus delayed by six
weeks attacking it.
For this, FOX is faced with a lawsuit.
Anger at Trump could be in the hearts
of many Americans also.
James Hodges
Steens
A call for more joy
My oldest son calls my youngest son
a name.
Youngest son says: Sticks and stones
may break my bones but words will never
hurt me.
Think, no ponder, for a moment where
this can be applied in everyone’s life. We
need more smiles, more happy times
and way more laughter! We are all in this
together. And boy what a long strange
trip it’s been so far!
Al Donald
Caledonia
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Online grocery services

struggle to meet spike in demand
Instacart, a platform that partners with more than
25,000 stores in North America, says orders in
more recent weeks have surged 150 percent
BY KELVIN CHAN
AP Business Writer
LONDON — A pandemic forcing
everyone to stay home could be the
perfect moment for online grocery
services. In practice, they’ve been
struggling to keep up with a surge
in orders, highlighting their limited
ability to respond to an unprecedent-
ed onslaught of demand.
After panic buying left store
shelves stripped of staples like pas-
ta, canned goods and toilet paper,
many shoppers quickly found online
grocery delivery slots almost impos-
sible to come by, too.
“It’s kind of becoming more chal-
lenging to put a meal together,” said
Paul Smyth, a software engineer
who lives near Manchester, En-
gland, where the online groceries
industry is particularly advanced.
He’s a longtime customer of British
online-only supermarket Ocado but
hasn’t been able to land a slot since
he received his last delivery two
weeks ago.
The problem for many delivery
services is ramping up staff to pick
goods in shops and deliver. But for
Ocado, a cutting edge service that
relies on warehouse robots, signifi-
cantly increasing deliveries would
mean a big investment in new ma-
chinery and warehouses too late to
catch the spike in demand.
Smyth said he’s starting to run
low on meat and frozen goods, but
wants to avoid going to a supermar-
ket because he worries his asthma,
diabetes and high blood pressure
are risk factors if he catches the new
coronavirus.
“I won’t be panicking for another
week, but if I’ve got to wait another
two weeks for a delivery slot it’s go-
ing to be very close to the bone.”
The coronavirus crisis is giving
the e-commerce industry a boost
but troubles at Ocado and other on-
line grocers highlight how hard it is
for the industry to quickly scale up
online delivery.
In the U.S., grocery shopping
had only been slowly migrating on-
line, making up 3 percent of the food
retail market, according to a report
last year by Deutsche Bank.
As the crisis hit, delivery orders
surged as millions of Americans
stayed home. During the week of
March 2, even before some cities
and states imposed “stay at home”
orders, Instacart, Amazon, and
Walmart grocery delivery sales all
jumped by at least two-thirds from
the year before, according to Ear-
nest Research. Instacart, a platform
that partners with more than 25,000
stores in North America, says or-
ders in more recent weeks have
surged 150 percent.
As a result, customers in hard-hit
New York City are waiting days to
schedule deliveries that usually take
just hours.
In China, where the outbreak
originated early this year, ubiqui-
tous smartphone food apps helped
millions get through months of
strict lockdown. Even so, e-com-
merce giant Alibaba’s supermarket
chain Freshippo reportedly recruit-
ed laid off restaurant workers for
temporary staff as more customers
shifted to ordering by app and aver-
age basket sizes jumped in the first
half of February.
Britain’s online grocery market,
one of the world’s most advanced,
is estimated to account for 8.3 per-
cent of all sales in 2020, according
to market research firm Mintel.
Nevertheless, Ocado and the online
arms of bricks and mortar rivals like
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Walmart
owned-Asda were all booked up. To
be fair, they’re prioritizing slots for
vulnerable customers.

Trump allies put unproven virus drug to work in Texas

Small, preliminary studies suggest hydroxychloroquine
might help prevent the new coronavirus from entering
cells and possibly help patients clear the virus sooner
BY PAUL J. WEBER
The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas —
When a coronavirus
outbreak hit a Texas
nursing home, Dr. Robin
Armstrong reached for
an unproven treatment:
the anti-malaria drug hy-
droxychloroquine.
First, he needed to find
a supply. But at a moment
when President Donald
Trump is heavily promot-
ing the drug, Armstrong
is no regular physician. He
is a Republican National
Committee member and
GOP activist in Houston,
and after calling Republi-
can Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick,
the Texas chairman of
Trump’s presidential cam-
paign in 2016, Armstrong
soon had enough doses to
begin treating 27 infected
residents of The Resort at
Texas City.
Armstrong, the med-
ical director at the facili-
ty, said Tuesday it is too
soon to tell whether the
treatment will work. But
his sweeping use of the
drug at one nursing home
along the smoggy Texas
coastline illustrates how
Trump’s championing
of the medication is hav-
ing an impact on doctors
across the U.S., even as
scientists warn that more
testing is needed before
it’s proven safe and effec-
tive against COVID-19.
“I probably would not
have been able to get the
medication had he not
been talking about it so
much,” Armstrong told
The Associated Press.
Hydrox ychloroquine
is officially approved for
treating malaria, rheuma-
toid arthritis and lupus,
not COVID-19. But as
Trump holds out promise
for the drug in the face of
a mounting death toll, he
has often stated, “What
have you got to lose?”
Now in Texas, political
connections and Trump
allies are helping push
the drug into the hands of
more physicians.
Republican Bryan
Hughes, a Texas state
senator, said he is help-
ing organize a pipeline
of hydroxychloroquine
donations to other states
through their GOP lead-
ers. Hughes said he has
spent recent weeks help-
ing Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas and Georgia re-
ceive or expect shipments
from Amneal Pharmaceu-
ticals, a maker of the drug
based in New Jersey. Last
month, the company an-
nounced it had donated 1
million tablets to Texas.
Amneal did not return
an email seeking com-
ment Tuesday. The com-
pany has previously said
it donated 2 million tablets
to New York, and in De-
troit, Henry Ford Health
System announced it
would lead a 3,000-person
U.S. study to determine
the effectiveness of the
drug against COVID-19.
Small, preliminary
studies have suggested
the drug might help pre-
vent the new coronavirus
from entering cells and
possibly help patients
clear the virus sooner. But
those have shown mixed
results.

Navy boss resigns amid uproar over firing of ship captain

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Act-
ing Navy Secretary Thom-
as Modly resigned Tues-
day, bringing to a climax
an extraordinary drama
that he advanced by de-
livering a profanity-laced
upbraiding of the officer
he fired as captain of the
coronavirus-stricken USS
Theodore Roosevelt.
In announcing the
resignation, Defense Sec-
retary Mark Esper said
Modly quit on his own
accord, “putting the Navy
and the sailors above
self,” so the Navy and
the Roosevelt can move
forward. The Roosevelt is
sidelined in port at Guam
as members of the crew
are tested for the corona-
virus and moved ashore.
“His care for the sail-
ors was genuine,” Esper
said.
Esper said he briefed
President Donald Trump
on his conversation with
Modly, and with the pres-
ident’s approval he is ap-
pointing James McPher-
son as acting Navy
secretary. McPherson, a
Navy veteran, is currently
serving as undersecre-
tary of the Army. He was
confirmed in that position
by the Senate last month.
Esper called McPher-
son a “smart, capable and
professional leader who
will restore confidence
and stability in the Navy
during these challenging
times.”
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Mississippi working to expand hospital capacity for virus

‘There will be more Mississippians who die
from this virus. It is serious, it is contagious
and it can be fatal.’
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi
Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday
that hospitals in the state have
about 3,000 beds, and projec-
tions show that almost 400
more beds will be needed when
the state reaches is peak of the
coronavirus outbreak in the
Gov. Tate Reeves
next few weeks.
He said officials are working
on a system to send the sick-
est patients to larger, better
equipped hospitals. He said
smaller, rural hospitals could
care for patients who have ei-
ther not yet reached the most
severe part of the illness or are
past the most severe part and
are recovering.
Reeves also said a military
base in south Mississippi,
Camp Shelby, has 200 beds that
can be used for less severe pa-
tients, and officials are close to
finding a site in north Missis-
sippi that could also be set up
with a 200-bed capacity.
“There will be more Mis-
sissippians who die from this
virus,” Reeves said Monday. “It
is serious, it is contagious and it
can be fatal.”
The Mississippi Health De-
partment said Monday that as
of Sunday evening, the state
had 1,738 positive tests for the
virus and 51 deaths. The state
has about 3 million residents.
For most people, the corona-
virus causes mild or moderate
symptoms, such as fever and
cough. But for others, especial-
ly older adults and people with
existing health problems, the
highly contagious virus can
cause severe symptoms and be
fatal.
Mississippi has high rates
of heart disease, diabetes and
asthma. Reeves said Monday
that many people in the state
have “unique risks.”
The Health Department has
not released statistics showing
the race of people who have
tested positive or died from
COVID-19. Jim Craig, the de-
partment’s senior deputy and
director of the Office of Health
Protection, said in response to a
question Monday that he thinks
African Americans have been
disproportionately affected.
Mississippi on Sunday be-
came the latest U.S. state de-
clared a major disaster area
by President Donald Trump,
giving it access to more federal
assistance to confront the pan-
demic. Reeves announced Fri-
day that he had asked Trump to
issue the declaration.

Higgins
Continued from Page 1A
Higgins told The Dis-
patch he made several
unsuccessful attempts to
discuss the matter in an
executive session during
the board’s April monthly
meeting, which took place
Monday night. The motion
to enter a closed session,
he said, fell short of votes.
“I’m very disturbed,”
Higgins said. “I don’t
know what’s going on and
I was not allowed to know
what’s going on.”
Higgins’ inquiries
came after The Dispatch
reported in March con-
flicting accounts over the
firing of four Lion Hills
Center employees, includ-
ing the head chef, sous
chef, event coordinator
and assistant event coor-
dinator. EMCC has owned
the former Columbus
Country Club since 2012.
EMCC officials said
the four were let go as a
cost-saving measure. Two
of the four ex-employees,
however, previously told
The Dispatch they were
fired for “misconduct” and
without notice. A letter ad-
dressed to the ex-employ-
ees at the time, signed by
EMCC President Scott Al-
sobrooks, cited “acts con-
stituting malfeasance, in-
efficiency, insubordination
and/or other misconduct
or omission.”
“The letter contradicts
with what I and the board
were told,” Higgins said.
“Both of those (accounts)
can’t be true.”
One of the ex-employ-
ees, who spoke on the
condition of their name
not being published, told
The Dispatch the four em-
ployees were told to collect
their personal belongings
immediately and were es-
corted out by security the
day they were fired.
“We literally had no
idea (why),” the former
employee said Tuesday.
“People need to know
that this is what they did to
people,” she added. “One
of these (ex-employees) is
about to give birth, anoth-
er one of the people has a
family and a newly reno-
vated house. It’s just ridic-
ulous. They’ve been there
for years.”
Higgins said in March
he wanted to discuss the
issue in April’s meeting,
according to his emails
to EMCC attorney Mi-
chelle Easterling and Al-
sobrooks. He sent them
another email April 2
pushing for a board-wide
discussion.
“This needs to be on
the agenda,” he wrote.
“Agreed!!!!” echoed
Greg Stewart, the other
Lowndes County trustee
on the board.
Easterling recom-
mended a discussion with
four or five EMCC board
members and staff, but
Higgins disagreed.
“These issues should
be discussed by (the) en-
tire board, not four or five
folks. That’s what causes
problems,” Higgins wrote
back.
Declaring a closed ses-
sion requires 60 percent
of the board votes, ac-
cording to board policies.
The EMCC board is made
up of 12 members. During
the Monday meeting, Hig-
gins and Stewart were the
only two voting in favor.
Alsobrooks said he
cannot discuss person-
nel matters and it was
up to the board to decide
whether to enter a closed
session. But the board’s
reluctance to do so, he
said, may be because
of the online nature of
the meeting during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
“They voted not to
do it at this time. I think
they probably will at some
point,” he said. “We are
having to do things over
(the) telephone and Zoom
… and a lot of people are
not comfortable with
that.”
Spencer Broocks,
board member from Ok-
tibbeha County, cited the
same reason in an email
to The Dispatch.
“Due to the meeting
being livestreamed on
YouTube and each board
member being in plac-
es where confidentiality
couldn’t be confirmed,”
he said, “I did not feel
comfortable going into an
executive session without
being at a meeting in per-
son.”

Council
Continued from Page 1A
The resolution passed
by a 5-1 margin despite
concerns from some
council members about
the potential danger of
allowing the businesses
to stay open, as well as
the enforceability of the
law. Ward 2 Councilman
Joseph Mickens cast the
lone dissenting vote.
City Attorney Jeff Tur-
nage said the city’s reso-
lution is designed to com-
ply with the executive
orders Gov. Tate Reeves
signed on March 23 and
last week, both of which
identified child care fa-
cilities as essential busi-
nesses during the state
emergency. The resolu-
tion will last until at least
8 a.m. April 20, the same
time Reeves’ shelter in
place order expires, un-
less the city takes further
actions.
The executive orders
“nullified” the city’s
March 21 order that shut
down those facilities, Tur-
nage said. Not complying
with the orders may sub-
ject the city to lawsuits
brought by businesses
under the Civil Rights
Act, he said.
“The governor has left
us no room (to force the
closure),” he said.
The city is allowed to
design more stringent
rules than
the execu-
tive orders,
Tu r n a ge
said, but
only if they
don’t hinder
op e r at ions
of the essen- Turnage
tial businesses. Although
the city cannot shut down
child care facilities, it is
allowed to implement reg-
ulations, he said.
To stay open, child care
facilities in the city must
take reasonable steps to
protect children’s health,
including preventing chil-
dren from touching their
mouths, noses and eyes,
stopping in-person con-
tacts between children
and keeping them six feet
apart, according to the
resolution.
Employees should all
wear masks when within
six feet of a child, make
sure there are fewer than
10 people in the same
space at once and check
temperatures of all sup-
port staff, the resolution
said. Parents also have to
make sure not to drop off
sick children at day cares.
Naomi Edmonds, as-
sistant director at the
First United Methodist
Church Early Learning
Center, recommended
designating staff to work
Smith Gavin
with certain children in a
designated room to slow
down the spread of the
virus.
“When you go down
to 10 (people in a room),
you are talking about
two teachers and eight
children. That’s a big
change,” Edmonds said.
“I would make sure that
those ... were the only
people that had contact
with each other all day
long, Monday through
Friday.”
Mayor Robert Smith
said he doesn’t know any
day care centers in Co-
lumbus that remain open.
Schools are already re-
quired to close, he said,
and child care facilities
are just as vital.
“I just don’t under-
stand the reason behind
the day cares not being
important (enough) to
close down,” Smith said.
Violating the regula-
tions would result in a
fine of up to $1,000 or up
to 90 days in jail, Turnage
said.
Beard Mickens
Although not without
concerns, some council
members voiced agree-
ment that applying re-
strictions was the best
way to minimize the
spread of coronavirus
while complying with the
governor’s orders.
“We may not have
a choice,” said Ward 6
Councilman Bill Gavin.
“But maybe we can put
those limitations on it so
that we can do what we
can as a governing body.”
Ward 4 Councilman
Pierre Beard said it can
be hard to enforce the law
on child care facilities,
since it’s hard to prevent
children from touching
their faces or keep them
at a safe distance all the
time.
“That’s kind of like im-
possible already,” Beard
said. “If we say we are
going fine day cares and
they look at these stipu-
lations … there’s nobody
that’s going to go to every
single day care if they
open to see that.”
Mickens, who voted
against the resolution,
said he disagrees with
the governor’s decision to
allow day cares to be open
at all. Statistics in other
cities show the coronavi-
rus heavily impacts Afri-
can Americans, he said,
and more than 60 percent
of Columbus’ population
is African American.
“We got 30 percent
of the population in Chi-
cago, Illinois,” Mickens
said. “Seventy percent of
the deaths look like me.
“I can’t agree to open-
ing these centers back
up. I can’t,” he added.
Lion Hills stays closed
The council also dis-
cussed whether to al-
low Lion Hills Club golf
course to open. The
golf course is currently
closed, but Smith said he
spoke with Lion Hills Di-
rector Cheryl Hubbard,
who told him the club can
work to keep golf carts
and other equipment san-
itized.
Smith said a resident
emailed him to let him
know that “the governor
said he didn’t see a prob-
lem with them playing
golf.”
But many council
members refused to en-
tertain the idea.
“(All the sports fa-
cilities) are shut down
because of this, and we
are going to open up a
golf course?” Gavin said.
“You might as well open
up the tennis court, and
you might as well open up
the Parks and Rec.”
The city is also apply-
ing for federal assistance
for the COVID-19 pan-
demic after President
Donald Trump approved
Mississippi’s Disaster
Declaration during the
crisis, said city spokes-
person Joe Dillon.
At the meeting, Dil-
lon was appointed as the
city’s Federal Emergen-
cy Management Agency
disaster manager for the
COVID-19 pandemic. He
will be paid $92 an hour
for related work and his
salary will be capped at
$10,000, the council de-
cided Tuesday night. The
city will pay for the cost
upfront and 87.5 percent
of the cost will be reim-
bursed by federal and
state emergency manage-
ment agencies, he said.
“It would not cost the
city anything except for
the 12.5 percent of what-
ever (the salary ends
up being),” Dillon said
during the meeting.
Sports
LEMONIS SOUNDS OFF ON EXTRA ELIGIBILITY, SCHOLARSHIP
LIMITS, MLB DRAFT IN WAKE OF CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Chris Lemonis watches his team during practice day before the start of the College World Series on June
14, 2019 at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — demics — I know that’s
Mississippi State base-
ball coach Chris Lemo-
nis is getting antsy.
Now four weeks since
the college baseball
season was shut down
due to the outbreak of
COVID-19, Lemonis
quipped his family is as
ready for him to leave the
house as he is.
That said, the down
time has given him and
his staff ample opportu-
nity to keep tabs on the
Bulldogs as they grapple
with the longer term ef-
fects the coronavirus has
had on the team.
Players, managers intrigued by MLB’s all-Arizona option
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Boston’s Chris Sale,
out for the season fol-
lowing Tommy John
surgery, thought about
the prospect of his team-
mates sequestered in
the Phoenix area for an
extended period if Major
League Baseball and its
players adopt an all-Ari-
zona start to the season.
“I don’t know if I
could look at my kids just
through a screen for four
or five months. Same
thing goes with my wife,”
the pitcher said Tuesday.
“That’s a long time. But
people have done it in
harsh scenarios, I guess.
I think there’s a lot of fig-
uring out to do.”
Putting all 30 teams
in the Phoenix area this
season and playing in
MISSISSIPPI STATE BASEBALL
“The message has
been to stay positive,
stay on top of their aca-
probably not what they
want to hear — and then
we’re just trying to keep
them educated,” Lemo-
nis said of his squad. “I
think the biggest mental
stress is the fear of the
unknown for these guys
— draft, team, season.
They’re used to being
around a very strong
group of guys so that’s a
piece that they’ve been
struggling with a little
bit.”
While Lemonis has
stayed busy playing golf
with hitting coach Jake
Gautreau until minor
empty ballparks was
among the ideas dis-
cussed Monday during
a call among five top of-
ficials from MLB and the
players’ association that
was led by Commission-
er Rob Manfred, people
familiar with the discus-
sion told The Associat-
ed Press. They spoke to
the AP on condition of
anonymity because no
details were announced.
With its season de-
layed due to the new
coronavirus, both sides
are searching for ways
to get under way. Kan-
sas City manager Mike
Matheny would feel priv-
ileged to help the coun-
try return to a semblance
of normalcy and provide
an escape for fans.
“Just jump in and trust
that we may not know
injuries hindered both
coaches, the past weeks
have given the MSU staff
a clearer look at what
they can expect from the
2021 roster. Following
lengthy discussions, the
NCAA has issued an ex-
tra year of eligibility for
players that saw their
seasons canceled this
year due to the growing
pandemic. And while
overloaded rosters will
remain an issue for as
many as the next five
years, Lemonis believes
the extra year of eligibil-
ity is a step in the right
direction.
“The ruling was great
for almost every sport,
but it didn’t totally fix
when we’ll reconnect
with our families, and
trust that when health
officials decide it’s OK
we’ll be able to do that,”
Matheny said. “But in the
meantime, do something
that would really help the
healing process.”
Baseball officials
intend to study which
options may be viable
economically and would
gain necessary approv-
als. The league said it
has not yet sought ap-
proval of any plan from
federal, state and local
officials, or from the
players’ association.
“MLB has been active-
ly considering numerous
contingency plans that
would allow play to com-
mence once the public
health situation has im-
proved to the point that it
baseball,” he said. “We’re
hoping there’s some-
thing down the road (in
terms of) roster limits
and scholarship relief.
It puts us in a tough sit-
uation especially with a
draft that doesn’t look
like it’s going to be as
big as it normally is. We
have to be able to look at
some things differently
so hopefully we can help
out our students.”
“My whole clubhouse
wants to play profession-
al baseball,” Lemonis
continued. “So when you
lose a year that’s really
tough on an athlete, their
development, bargaining
power and everything.
I thought it was a good
is safe to do so,” the com-
missioner’s office said in
a statement. “While we
have discussed the idea
of staging games at one
location as one potential
option, we have not set-
tled on that option or de-
veloped a detailed plan.”
Arizona has 10 spring
training ballparks plus
the Arizona Diamond-
backs’ Chase Field all
within about 50 miles.
Phoenix Municipal Sta-
dium — Oakland’s old
spring training base
and now Arizona State’s
stadium — is an option
along with Grand Can-
yon’s Brazell Field.
Chase Field could
host several games each
day following its switch
to an artificial surface
ahead of the 2019 season.
“We would not have
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move, we just hope in the
college baseball world
that they’ll do more. We
need more in our world
because of juniors and
incoming guys and the
MLB Draft and we’re
just going to end up with
some crazy rosters or
you’re going to be the
bad guy in this. So hope-
fully we get some more
relief down the road.”
Beyond extra eli-
gibility, Lemonis also
provided some insight
into the draft process in
Starkville. At present,
MSU’s junior and senior
classes are in a holding
pattern. ESPN’s Jeff Pas-
See MSU, 2B
been able to do it with
grass, but now with the
synthetic grass, abso-
lutely,” Diamondbacks
President Derrick Hall
said.
Baseball’s look would
be different in empty
ballparks. Players from
the Orioles and the Chi-
cago White Sox still re-
call playing in a deserted
Camden Yards in 2015
when civil unrest caused
a closed-doors game.
The game sped along in
2 hours, 3 minutes.
“It was a weird feel-
ing having nobody in
the stands,” said Sale, a
member of those White
Sox. “But sometimes
you got to adapt. Some-
times you got to do some
things for the greater
good of what’s going on
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statement
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tweet
BY DISPATCH STAFF
STA RK VILLE —
Mike Leach’s twitter
saga continued Tues-
day as Mississippi State
Athletic Director John
Cohen issued a state-
ment on the subject.
“No matter the con-
text, for many Amer-
icans the image of a
noose is never appro-
priate and that’s partic-
ularly true in the South
and in Mis-
sis sippi ,”
Cohen said
in a news
release.
“Missis-
sippi State
Un iversit y
was disap- Cohen
pointed in
the use of such an im-
age in a tweet by Coach
Mike Leach. He re-
moved the tweet and is-
sued a public apology.”
Cohen also noted
that Leach will meet
with student, alumni
and community groups
as a chance to expand
his cultural awareness
of Mississippi. As part
of this plan, Leach is
slated to take a guided
visit to the Museum of
Mississippi History and
Mississippi Civil Rights
Museum in Jackson
when restrictions from
the COVID-19 crisis al-
low.
A source with im-
mediate knowledge of
the situation also told
The Dispatch Monday
that he has already had
multiple meetings with
the team and his staff
— including one-on-one
conversations with a
handful of players — to
discuss the matter.
“The university is
confident that  Coach
See COHEN, 2B
Bibby
enters
transfer
portal
BY DISPATCH STAFF
STARKVILLE — The
post-Vic Schaefer era attri-
tion has begun.
Following Schaefer’s
departure to Texas Sun-
day, Mississippi State
forward Chloe Bibby an-
nounced
that she
has entered
the transfer
portal via
her Twit-
ter account
Monday
night. Bibby
“I want
to say a
massive thank you to the
fans fore embracing me
and making the past three
years an incredible expe-
rience,” Bibby wrote. “I
will forever cherish every
photo, autograph, conver-
sation and laugh I’ve had
with all of you, and I truly
feel blessed to have been a
Bulldog. To my teammates
I will be forever grateful to
See BIBBY, 2B
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Iconic sports cities turn eerie during coronavirus shutdown

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
They are cities defined
by iconic sporting events.
When Augusta comes
up, one instantly thinks
of the Masters. If Omaha
is mentioned, it’s often
in the same breath with
the College World Series.
It’s hard to imagine Lou-
isville without the Ken-
tucky Derby.
In the coming weeks,
The Associated Press will
look at those cities and
others like them — from
Williamsport to Okla-
homa City to Cheyenne
— to examine how the
shutdown caused by the
coronavirus pandemic is
an especially wrenching
blow.
“This is who we are,”
said Jason Fink, the
chamber of commerce
president in Williams-
port, Pennsylvania, which
has been synonymous
with the Little League
World Series since it was
founded in 1947.
They can certainly re-
late to that sentiment in
Augusta.
The Masters got
its start in 1934 on the
grounds of a former nurs-
ery and the golf tourna-
ment is usually held the
first full week of April.
This week, the city
looks like a ghost town.
Augusta National Golf
Club is all locked up.
Washington Road, which
should’ve been teeming
with cars and commerce
and humanity, is desolate
instead.
A tradition unlike any
other has become a year
unlike any since the end
of World II.
No ticket brokers of-
fering to buy and sell the
coveted badges. No long
lines trying to land a table
at TBonz steakhouse.
“It’s a big hiccup,”
said Mark Cumins, who
co-founded TBonz in 1985
and serves up a who’s who
of golfers, athletes and ce-
lebrities during Masters
week. “It’s not going to
destroy us, but it hurts.”
While the Masters has
been rescheduled for No-
vember, it won’t be quite
the same.
Another event seeping
in tradition, the Kentucky
Derby is headed for quite
a shakeup — assuming it
actually gets to the start-
ing gate.
The Run For The Ros-
es is usually held on the
first Saturday of May.
Because of the pandem-
ic, hold those mint juleps
until Labor Day weekend,
when the first leg of the
Triple Crown is crammed
into a slot that also marks
the start of college foot-
ball season.
Not so fortunate: the
College World Series in
Omaha, Nebraska and
the Women’s College
World Series in Oklaho-
ma City, both of which
have already been wiped
from the 2020 calendar.
The NCAA Division I
baseball championship
has been decided in Oma-
ha for the past 70 years.
The eight-team tourna-
ment is such a part of the
city’s identity that $100
million TD Ameritrade
Park was constructed a
decade ago in exchange
for a 25-year promise not
to move the event.
Rich Tokheim’s sports
apparel shop is right
across the street from
the 24,000-seat stadium,
which is dark most of the
year other than the occa-
sional local college game
played before sparse
crowds. More than half
Tokheim’s annual reve-
nue comes from those 11
or 12 days when the CWS
is held each June.
“We’re here because
of the College World Se-
ries,” he said. “It’s just so
many people.”

MSU
Continued from Page 1B
san and Kiley McDaniel
reported March 20 that
the MLB can shorten its
annual First Year Play-
er Draft to as few as five
rounds this year. And
while players like junior
middle infielders Justin
Foscue and Jordan West-
burg figure to be selected
regardless of how many
rounds take place, it
leaves the rest of MSU’s
draft-eligible players in a
waiting game.
Recent changes also
create unique situations
in the cases of pitchers
David Dunlavey and Car-
lisle Koestler. Graduate
transfers that joined the
fold in Starkville this sea-
son, Dunlavey and Koes-
tler would be sixth and
seventh-year seniors,
respectively, should they
return to MSU in the fall
following productive, but
shortened seasons this
spring.
“They all want to play
pro ball so if they get an
opportunity in pro ball i
think that’s something
they’ll look at pretty
heavily,” Lemonis said
of his team. “But it’s got
to be the right time and
the right opportunity. I
think this is a new era for
all of us and they’re just
waiting for information,
waiting to hear how long
the draft’s going to be,
when the draft’s going
to be, what are the stipu-
lations around the draft.
We’re just trying to keep
them educated right now
and see where they’re at
from there.
Though Lemonis
is hoping to have the
majority of his players
back should profession-
al aspirations go by the
wayside, the upcoming
season has its list of
challenges.
The NCA A’s recent
ruling will allow schools
to continue providing
scholarships to players
that were affected by
the cancellation of the
season, but the second
year head coach also
sees the current cli-
mate as a chance to dis-
cuss college baseball’s
already-hindering 11.7
scholarship-limit.
“I mean I feel like
it’s a good time but (the
NCA A) has a lot of is-
sues on their plate,” Le-
monis said. “Probably
won’t be able to get that
at this point. I wish we
would, but I just hope
they’re going to help out
the kids in this era right
now. And this isn’t a one
year thing — the trickle
down lasts for a couple
years. College base-
ball just got to be really
packed with kids and
you want to do what’s
right for your guys.”

Cohen
Continued from Page 1B
Leach is moving quickly and sincerely past this
unintended misstep and will provide the leader-
ship for our student athletes and excitement for
our football program that our fans deserve and
that our students and alumni will be proud to sup-
port,” Cohen added.
MSU’s response comes five days after Leach
tweeted an image that depicted a wife knitting a
noose for her husband. The tweet was met with
backlash from the public and a number of Bulldog
football players.
Among those that took notice, redshirt fresh-
man Fabien Lovett subsequently entered the
transfer portal just one day after Leach released
the controversial image.
“I sincerely regret if my choice of images in my
tweets were found offensive,” Leach wrote last week.
“I had no intention of offending anyone.”

Bibby
Continued from Page 1B
have played alongside you
and call you my sisters.
After long discussions
with my family I have
decided to enter into the
transfer portal to explore
all of my options moving
forward. Lastly, please
stay safe during this dif-
ficult time and treasure
every moment with loved
ones.”
After suffering a sea-
son-ending knee injury
as a sophomore, Bibby
averaged 7.5 points, 5.2
rebounds and 0.9 assists
per game this season.
She also shot 31.7 percent
from behind the 3-point
line, while her minutes
dipped from 27.6 minutes
per game to 23 minutes.
A native of Warrack-
nabeal, Bibby was a fan
favorite during her time
in Starkville — often
staying late to sign auto-
graphs and visit with fans
after games.

MLB
Continued from Page 1B
around you.”
That was a one-off. This
would be every day, pretty
much 15 games a day.
“My sense is that it di-
vorces the game from the
fans except via television,
and that’s a mistake,” for-
mer Commissioner Fay
Vincent said. “I don’t think
a televised game without
an audience and without
fan reaction is a great idea.
I think it’s born in desper-
ation. I’m a traditionalist
and a bit of a romantic.
I think we ought to wait
until we can present the
game in its best light.”
Phoenix Mayor Kate
Gallego maintained player
and public health would be
the top priorities.
“There is not a person
on the planet who doesn’t
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BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
want to get back to a
time and place marked
by familiarity, and there
is nothing more familiar
than sports, especial-
ly the great American
pastime of baseball,”
she said in a statement.
“All of our lives post-
COVID-19 will look dif-
ferent. At the city we
value flexibility and inno-
vation and are willing to
work with the many dif-
ferent sports franchises
that call Phoenix home,
but only if public health
leads every single dis-
cussion.”
Former manager Jim
Leyland thinks the game
will return to the field at
some point this year.
“I do applaud peo-
ple that are trying to be
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creative and come up and even tripleheaders.
with different ideas,” he
said. “At the end of the
day, they’ll come up with
Expanded rosters
Given the heat and
some type of a wonderful the compacted schedule,
package. It’s just a mat- active rosters could be
ter of when that’s going
expanded from 26. With
to be allowed.”
Starting the season in
teams isolated and the
status of minor leagues
Arizona presents plenty
uncertain, extra players
of complications:
also could be kept in the
group.
Some like it hot
Temperatures average
a high of 105 in Phoenix Money matters
How much would it
in June and the ther-
mometer has just start- cost to put teams and
the personnel that travel
ed to dip at 5 p.m., when
with them in hotels for
presumably many games
would start in order to double the usual time
be in prime time on the (no true home games,
East Coast. Chase Field’s except for the D-Backs)?
retractable roof and air There presumably would
conditioning could make be savings with not need-
it a site of doubleheaders ing charter flights for
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
How would
you suggest
I deal with people
who continually
want to sabotage
my diet? I worked
very hard to drop
more than 30
pounds. I also
have digestive
health issues
that are no one’s
business.
An example:
During the coffee
break at a meeting
at work, some-
Dear Abby
one offered me
lovely homemade baked goods.
I said, “No, thank you.” I then
got a snide remark about being
ungrateful for all the “effort
that went into them” and was
urged to “just try a little bit to be
sociable.”
Another time someone
plunked a huge chunk of frost-
ing-laden something in front
of me. Or, a friend brings me a
large quantity of candy or wine
or strange “gourmet” stuff I
can’t eat, all of which wind up
in the trash even after I have
asked them to please don’t.
When I visit my mother, she
continues to pile stuff on my
plate even after I repeatedly say,
“No more, thank you.” Then I get
a lecture about wasting food.
What do I need to be doing or
saying differently? — SABO-
TAGED IN CONNECTICUT
DEAR SABOTAGED: Take your
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April
8). Good things will happen.
This is not what makes a year
good, though. Fortunate events
are like bricks. As the architect,
you’ll build your gifts into a
sound and pleasing life struc-
ture. It will take creativity and
some finagling with the people
around you to get the space,
resources and leeway you need
to boldly be yourself. Scorpio
and Aquarius adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 9, 2, 20, 18
and 40.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
When you have clear standards
to aspire to, you don’t need a
bunch of rules mucking up the
vision. You expect yourself to
road trips, but what per-
centage of that cost was
committed in advance?
In addition, the absence
of ticket revenue would
be damaging for many
teams. Would player sal-
aries be cut? Who gets to
sell stadium signage?
Home field advantage
Would the 15 spring
training tenant teams in
Arizona always get the
home clubhouses? Would
they have an advantage
from playing in the ball-
parks during the exhibi-
tion season?
The tube
Playing in empty ball-
parks would keep the
money flowing from re-
easily offended
co-workers aside
and tell them, in-
dividually, that you
cannot eat their
tempting pastries
because your doc-
tor has told you
you mustn’t. I am
sure it is the truth,
and you should
not feel guilty.
As to your
mother, who really
should know bet-
ter, the next time
she accuses you
of wasting food,
I don’t think you
would be out of line to tell her in
plain English that she, not you,
is the one wasting food by piling
more than you can comfortably
eat on your plate.
DEAR ABBY: When I married
my wife, “Celia,” I was still in
college, and she was a well-paid
professional with an advanced
degree. She told me that while
she supported my goals, she
expected me to be an equal
partner and contribute my fair
share. I worked, took out stu-
dent loans, and we evenly divid-
ed our expenses and maintained
separate bank accounts.
Flash-forward 30 years:
Celia’s finances are a disaster.
While I saved, spent wisely and
planned for retirement, she
spent foolishly and is now mired
in a mountain of debt with no
savings at all. She ignored my
commonsense financial advice
deliver in a manner that is fair,
timely and excellent, and this
you’ll do.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
If your efforts spark interest,
jump in. If your efforts fall
flat, pull back and become
unavailable to the disinterested
party. Try a different audience.
The right people love you back
immediately.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
In some arenas, the rules are
upheld as sacred. In other
arenas, breaking the rules is not
only valued; it’s glamorized. As
long as you don’t get the arenas
mixed up, you’ll do mighty fine
in both.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2020 3B
gional sports networks
and the national televi-
sion contracts with Fox,
ESPN and Turner. There
might even be expanded
national broadcasts.
Testing
Players, team staff
and ballpark, transporta-
tion and hotel personnel
would have to be tested
frequently for coronavi-
rus.
Isolation
What is the rule if a
player’s wife is giving
birth, or if he has a sick
parent, spouse or child?
Would he be allowed to
leave? And if so, would
he be quarantined upon
his return?
over the years and chose to
live beyond her means — new
cars, long vacations, expensive
jewelry, etc.
I am now comfortably retired,
but Celia lives paycheck to pay-
check and cannot afford even
the smallest of unforeseen bills.
I pay for all home repairs, vehicle
maintenance, new appliances,
etc.
Realistically, without financial
help, Celia, now 60, will never be
able to retire. Her “plan” is for
me to die first, then collect my
pension, savings, life insurance
and Social Security. Whichever
one of us goes first, she’s set, in
her mind.
Question: Am I ethically or
morally obligated to help her
financially? Sometimes I want
to, other times I don’t. — TORN
IN THE WEST
DEAR TORN: You and Celia
are long overdue for consulting
a financial adviser who can help
you get this problem under con-
trol. I suggest you find a credit
counselor affiliated with the
National Foundation for Credit
Counseling.
I am not going to weigh in
on the subjects of ethics and
morals, but I will say this: As
Celia’s husband, you are LE-
GALLY obligated. (If she is truly
counting on your death to be her
retirement plan, you may need to
hire a food taster.)
TO MY READERS: Sundown
marks the first night of the Jew-
ish holiday of Passover. Happy
Passover, everyone!
Inspiration comes while you’re
working. So don’t wait to be
inspired. Just dive in, and by
the halfway mark, the unseen
forces will have joined in to
carry this project along.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Expectations will not serve you
well now, so you may as well
trade them in for something
more useful like close observa-
tion or appreciation. Set out to
learn all you can and the day will
go very well.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Bitterness is a prison. You’ll
let go of the past because you
don’t want to stay trapped. You
have better things to fill your
mind with than the ruminations
of what’s already happened.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
They say self-love is the best
love, but the particulars of being
the superstar of your life can be
hard to wrap your head around.
Regardless, you won’t be sorry
you put the time and money into
supporting yourself now.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). If you feel like you want to
impress someone, let that alert
you. If they speak your language
and value the same things you
do, they’d already get you, and
you wouldn’t feel you have to
strive.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). It’s usually easy for you
to be reliable, though it hasn’t
always been so. You’re grateful
for situations like the one today
in which you’re genuinely inter-
ested and commitments are
easy to keep.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You’ll recognize that you’re
really satisfied with a certain
aspect of your life. You built
this. Now you’ll take pleasure
in sharing your fulfillment with
another person.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Though much of your life is
organized, there are also those
higgledy-piggledy areas — a
drawer, a trunk, maybe a swath
of emotional history... You’ll be
willing to dig in and sort some of
that out today.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). What was terrible in the
moment gave you great strength
later on. In a weird way, you’re
glad for it. You wouldn’t have
chosen it, but you’re remarkable
because of it.
First among equals
SOLUTION:
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65+
years
young?
You’re at higher risk.
If you’re 65 or older, you are at higher risk of getting very sick
from the coronavirus. You must take extra care of yourself.

Stay home if you can.

Wash hands frequently with soap and water for at least
20 seconds.
Avoid touching your face.
Disinfect frequently touched objects.
Wash up after being in public spaces.
Stay about six feet away from others.
If you’re sick, stay home and away from others.
If you have symptoms of fever, dry cough and shortness
of breath, call your health care provider before going to
their office.

We are all at risk, and some more than others. In challenging times, the
choices you make are critical. And their impact is significant. Help slow
the spread of coronavirus.

Visit Coronavirus.gov for the latest tips and information from the CDC.

TOGETHER, WE CAN HELP SLOW THE SPREAD.

Food LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Jan Swoope: 328-2471
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2020 n 5B

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Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
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2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (Baker’s Corner)
1 cup milk
3/4 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1/4 teaspoon salt, plus additional, to taste, divided
2 sheets puff pastry
19 eggs, divided (Simply Organic)
1-2 cups ham, diced (Appleton Farms)
Chopped fresh chives
Pepper, to taste
n Heat oven to 375 F.
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milk in increments, whisking after each addition. Bring to
simmer, whisking until mixture thickens. Remove mixture from
heat and stir in cheese. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set
aside.
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1 2-layer size white cake mix
1 tablespoon, plus 2 teaspoons, pure
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1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup white chocolate chips
2 sticks butter, softened
16 ounces confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons milk
10 drops green food color
1-2 drops red food color
12 large marshmallows, halved crosswise
3 tablespoons white nonpareil sprinkles
n Prepare cake mix as directed on pack-
age, adding 1 tablespoon lemon extract
and vanilla. Spoon 3 tablespoons batter
into 24 paper-lined muffin cups. Bake as
directed on package for cupcakes. Cool
cupcakes on wire rack.
n To make bunny feet: In medium, micro-
wave-safe bowl, microwave white choco-
late chips on high 30 seconds. Stir until
completely melted and smooth. Spoon
into pastry bag or re-sealable plastic bag.
Snip small corner from bag. Pipe 24 pairs
of bunny feet onto parchment or wax
paper-lined cookie sheet. Use toothpick
to smooth out bumps or rough edges,
and gently tap cookie sheet on counter to
help settle. Allow to harden 2 minutes in
freezer or 15 minutes in refrigerator.
n To make frosting: In large bowl, beat
butter and remaining lemon extract until
light and fluffy. Gradually add confec-
tioners’ sugar, beating well after each
addition and scraping sides and bottom
of bowl frequently. Add milk; beat until
light and fluffy. Remove half the frosting
and place in medium bowl. Add green
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the oven with about 10 minutes of prep. n Using pink frosting, pipe three toes
and padding on each bunny foot. Once
frosting has set (about 1 hour) gently
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dish with nonstick cooking spray. and olives combined with READ 3 SALAD SKEWERS divided
n Cut each chicken breast in half. Place Prep time: 25 minutes 1 1/2 tablespoons, plus 1/3 cup, orange
flour in resealable bag. Place chicken in
Bean Salad make this Mediterranean Cook time: 20 minutes marmalade, divided
resealable bag with flour; toss to coat. 3-Bean Quinoa Salad a great side Servings: 8 2 tablespoons minced fresh chives
n In large skillet, melt butter. Add chick- dish to accompany a light lunch or 1 large lemon, zest and juice (1/3 cup juice)
en to skillet; brown all sides. Transfer grilled main course. 1 jar (16 ounces) baby whole pickled beets 1/4 cup olive oil
See CHICKEN, 6B Find more ideas and recipes for (Aunt Nelly’s suggested) See AL FRESCO, 6B
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Nutrition, exercise help older adults stay healthy

Good choices can boost the immune system
BY SUSAN COLLINS-SMITH
MSU Extension Service meals, and that will make good
RAYMOND —
eaten alone, combined to make
leftovers,” Madkin said.
fruits canned in their own juic-
es, and low-sodium canned or
Keep moving is the term public health offi-
cials have assigned to the idea
Exercise is also an import-
packaged tuna and salmon. that we should limit our inter-
ant part of staying healthy.
“Canned meats like Vienna actions with other people, it is
Regular physical activity
sausage and Spam are very probably better for us to think
helps decrease depression,
high in sodium and don’t offer

A
s people reduce trips to
the grocery store to help
slow the spread of the
new coronavirus, older adults
should pay special attention to
what they put in their pantries.
“As we age, we don’t need as
many calories, but we still need
the same amount of nutrients
or more of certain nutrients,”
said Qula Madkin, an Exten-
sion instructor of nutrition in
the MSU Department of Food
Science, Nutrition and Health
Promotion. “Maintaining a
nutritious diet helps our body
systems work properly, includ-
ing our immune system.”
Older adults can find plenty
of shelf-stable and frozen
items that will provide all of
the essential nutrients, such
as vitamin D, calcium, B12 and
potassium, as well as fiber and
healthy fats.
“People should think about
buying a variety of items so
they have things that can be
She also said people should
consider what their food prefer-
ences are and what best meets
their needs.
“Because we should be
staying at home as much as
possible, buying in bulk can be
a good option for some people,”
she said. “If you live alone or
don’t have much storage or
freezer space, that might not
be the best option. This isn’t
the time to try something new,
either. Stick with foods you
enjoy and know how to cook. If
you don’t like brown rice or ar-
en’t sure what quinoa or barley
are, don’t buy them.”
Good choices for the freezer
include chicken, fish, beef,
vegetables and fruits. Some
fresh items, including bread,
milk and soft cheeses, can
be frozen. Pantry items that
can provide essential nutri-
ents include nut butters, rice,
oatmeal, popcorn, applesauce,
dried beans, low-sugar cereals,
low-sodium canned vegetables,
much nutritional value, so they
should be limited,” Madkin
said. “If cost is an issue, it is
important to know that canned
meats, including chicken,
are usually less expensive
than canned fish like tuna or
salmon.”
Frozen meals and meal
replacement drinks could be
helpful for older adults who
have physical limitations or
health conditions that make
cooking difficult or impossible.
She said shoppers should look
for options that meet their nu-
tritional requirements, such as
meals with reduced sodium.
Staying hydrated also is
important.
“As we age, we don’t get
thirsty as often,” Madkin said.
“Drink fluids throughout the
day even if you aren’t thirsty.
Water and milk are best. Keep
fluids with sugar and salt to a
minimum, unless your doctor
has advised you otherwise.”
boosts the immune system and
improves strength and bal-
ance, said David Buys, health
specialist with the Mississippi
State University Extension
Service.
“While we’re in this period
of social distancing, we need
to take stock of what’s around
us and consider how we might
get in some physical activity,”
he said. “If it’s safe to take a
walk on the street or sidewalk,
do that. If you’re comfortable
walking in the yard, get out
and enjoy some sunlight. Some
folks enjoy gardening, and this
is a great time to find physical
activity in some of our routines
and hobbies.”
For people who enjoyed
going to the gym for instruc-
tor-led, group fitness classes,
Buys suggested searching
YouTube and Vimeo with the
phrase “exercise programs for
older adults.”
Although social distancing
of this as physical distancing.
Everyone, including older
adults, should explore ways
to stay socially connected to
others, Buys said.
“While we need to stay
home, limit visitors and phys-
ically distance ourselves from
others when we must go out,
we also need to find ways to
engage with those around us,
either by phone, FaceTime,
text messages, email, video
chat, or even good old snail
mail,” he said.
Extension Publication 3430,
“A 14-Day Shopping and Meal
Plan,” provides a shopping list
and two-week meal plan along
with tips and recipes for fam-
ilies of all sizes. Find it on the
Extension website at https://
bit.ly/2WoCCB6.
For more information and
videos about choosing healthy
foods, visit the National Coun-
cil on Aging website at https://
bit.ly/2Jc0Oip.ss

Al fresco
Continued from Page 5B
1 bag (9 ounces) leafy romaine lettuce pieces
1/3 cup chopped almonds, toasted MEDITERRANEAN
1/3 cup crumbled blue, feta or goat cheese
3-BEAN QUINOA SALAD
n Heat oven to 375 F. Drain beets; set aside. Prep time: 20 minutes
n Season both sides of chicken with salt and Servings: 8
pepper, to taste. In small bowl, combine 1 1/2
tablespoons mustard and 1 1/2 tablespoons 2 cans (15 ounces each) READ 3 Bean Salad
marmalade. Brush mixture over chicken until 1 cup halved grape tomatoes
completely coated. Bake chicken on rimmed bak- 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
ing sheet lined with aluminum foil about 20-25 1 cup cooked quinoa
minutes, or until juices run clear; set aside. 1/2 cup chopped olives
n To make vinaigrette: In medium bowl, combine 1/2 cup diced bell pepper, any color
remaining mustard, remaining marmalade, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
chives, lemon zest and juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar A Mediterra-
and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Slowly pour in oil while 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro or parsley nean three-
whisking vigorously until completely combined. bean salad
n Slice cooled chicken into 1-inch pieces. Onto n Drain bean salad; reserve 3 tablespoons makes helps
each skewer, thread one beet, one piece of us transition
chicken and 4-5 pieces of lettuce; repeat two liquid.
times for each skewer, adding one beet at ends. n In large bowl, combine bean salad, tomatoes, from cool
Repeat to make eight skewers. Place skewers on feta cheese, quinoa, olives and bell pepper. Add weather to
large serving platter. reserved bean liquid, lemon juice and balsamic spring-time
n Stir vinaigrette; drizzle lightly over skewers. vinegar. Stir gently to coat ingredients. Top with suppers out-
Sprinkle with almonds and cheese. Serve with cilantro or parsley. Serve immediately. doors.
remaining vinaigrette. (Recipe courtesy of “A New Dawnn”) familyfeatures.com

Easter brunch
Continued from Page 5B
CARROT CAKE
Prep time: 35 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Servings: 8
(Family Features suggested
brands in parentheses)
1 cup, plus 2 tablespoons,
vegetable oil (Carlini)
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
(Baker’s Corner)
3 large eggs (Goldhen)
1 1/2 cups shredded carrots
1 cup crushed pineapple, with
juice (Sweet Harvest)
1 teaspoon baking soda (Bak-
er’s Corner)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
(Stonemill)
1/2 teaspoon iodized salt
(Stonemill)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
(Baker’s Corner)
2 1/4 cups sll-purpose flour
(Baker’s Corner)
2/3 cup chopped walnuts,
divided (Southern Grove)
For the frosting:
3/4 cup butter, softened
(Countryside Creamery)
1 1/2 cups cream cheese,
softened (Happy Farms)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
(Stonemill)
5 1/2 cups powdered sugar
(Baker’s Corner)
n Heat oven to 350 F.
n In mixing bowl, cream
together oil and sugar. Add
eggs one at a time. Slowly add
in carrots and pineapple.
n In separate mixing bowl,
sift together baking soda,
cinnamon, salt, baking powder
and flour.
n Add dry mixture to wet
mixture and beat until smooth.
Fold in 1/3 cup walnuts.
n Pour batter into two lightly
greased 8-inch round cake
pans and bake 25-30 minutes,
or until toothpick inserted into
center comes out clean. Allow
cakes to cool completely;
remove from pans.
n To make frosting: In mixing
bowl, cream together butter,
cream cheese and vanilla.
Slowly add powdered sugar
and mix until smooth.
n Trim and level cakes.
Spread 1 1/2 cups frosting
over one cake and stack
second cake on top.
n Carefully frost entire
cake with remaining frosting
and garnish with remaining
chopped walnuts.
(Source: Recipe courtesy of
Chef Kevin, ALDI Test Kitchen)

Chicken
Continued from Page 5B
chicken from skillet to 11-by-
7-inch baking dish. Here’s a
n In skillet, saute sliced recipe for
mushrooms in remaining a cheesy
butter until softened. Add baked
chicken broth, salt and pep- mush-
per. Bring to boil then cook 5 room
minutes. Spoon over chicken.
n Bake 15 minutes. Sprinkle chicken
with cheeses and green on- everyone
ions. Bake 5 minutes, or until can enjoy.
cheese is melted. culinary.net

Cupcakes
Continued from Page 5B
press down on pink frosting to
create smoother look.
n To assemble cupcakes:
Pipe green frosting onto each
cupcake in series of short
motions to create individual
grass spots. Cover top of each
cupcake completely.
n To make bunny butts: Place
cut sides of marshmallow
halves onto each frosted cup-
cake, leaving room for bunny
feet. Shape remaining white
frosting into dime-sized balls
then roll with white sprinkles
to cover. Pipe small drop of re-
maining pink or white frosting
onto top of each marshmallow.
Press bunny tail on top.
n Place both bunny feet
against base of marshmallow
with toes facing down.
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Am Baker”)

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