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Golden Triangle residents, first responders

lend hand on coast after hurricane

Ben Portnoy/Dispatch Staff

A mangled billboard off Interstate 10 in
Lake Charles, Louisiana, barely hangs
onto its perch. Highway signs as far as
27 miles outside the city limits were
destroyed by Hurricane Laura.

‘Only with the

hand of God’ Oktibbeha County resident Everett Kennard looks at the slew of sleeper buses parked in Lake Charles, Louisiana,
Ben Portnoy/Dispatch Staff

Lake Charles area begins that will serve as shelter for electrical workers restoring power to the area. Kennard, who runs a branch of Cline
Tours, is driving residents back to their homes in the storm-torn area as they begin picking up the pieces after
arduous recovery from Hurricane Laura.

Category 4 storm
BY BEN PORTNOY
Firefighters, utility workers, bus drivers
bportnoy@cdispatch.com

Editor’s Note: A Dispatch reporter

help Laura victims start picking up pieces
rode down on Sunday with an Oktibbeha BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
County resident who was helping with AND BEN PORTNOY
relief efforts in the Lake Charles, Loui- ialtman@cdispatch.com, bportnoy@cdispatch.com
siana, area to speak with residents and
others about Hurricane Laura’s impact. On Thursday, a week after Hurri-
cane Laura slammed into southwest

S
herian Powe sits on the foot of her
black leather sofa and clutches the
gold cross dangling around her
neck.
With a lump forming in her throat,
she peers toward the roughly sev-
en-by-four-foot hallway between the
bedrooms in the back portion of her
two-story home off Old Spanish Trail in
Westlake, Louisiana. The passageway
is small, almost nondescript relative to
the rest of a house affixed with family
photos and a scattering of crucifixes on
its walls.
It’s in this ordinary crevice, marked
only by a framed copy of the Ten Com-
mandments hanging at chest height,
that Sherian, her husband Mike, her
82-year-old mother and her 81-year-old
blind father weathered the tenacious
and forceful winds of Hurricane Laura
as it made landfall near Lake Charles,
Louisiana, in the wee hours of Aug. 27.
“Only with the hand of God,” Sheri-
an said, shifting into another thought.
“We had family up praying.”
One door over from the Powes’,
Leroy Bryant steps out from behind
the pile of debris that had served as
his home for 28 years. With a pair of
clear sunglasses covering his eyes, he
speaks in a deep Louisiana drawl.
Having braved Hurricanes Ike,
Rita and Katrina in years prior, he felt
comfortable remaining in place as
Laura bore down on Southwest Loui-
siana. Huddled in the middle section
of his home, Bryant heard the devilish
shrieking of the wind as sheetrock was
lifted out from the walls in the back
portion of the house. Opening the door
to what was once a bedroom, he was
See LAKE CHARLES, 6A
Louisiana and southeastern Texas,
Starkville resident Everett Kennard
was driving a group of Port Arthur,
Texas, residents from a hotel in Aus-
tin back home.
The residents were among the
thousands of people who fled their
homes along the Gulf Coast in the
days before Aug. 27, when the hur-
ricane made landfall as a Category
4 near Lake Charles, Louisiana, de-
stroying homes and businesses and
leaving hundreds of thousands with-
out water or electricity.
Kennard has driven buses for
Mississippi State athletics for 36
years, and now runs a Starkville
Ben Portnoy/Dispatch Staff branch of Jackson-based Cline
Michael Conner of Columbus receives a stash of Coca-Cola Sunday. Tours, a charter bus company which
Conner is set to stay in Lake Charles, Louisiana, for 30 days to oversee
contracts with Transportation Man-
Everett Kennard’s buses.
agement Service for disaster relief.
Cline sent a dozen or so buses, two
of them from Starkville, to shuttle
evacuees and volunteers to and from
the areas where the storm had left
its trail of destruction through south
Texas and Louisiana.
“They evacuated the people out
of these areas like Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday before that thing hit (on
Thursday morning),” said Kennard,
who had met up with other volunteer
bus drivers in Beaumont, Texas, the
day before the storm hit. “When we
got there … if they had any people
left that really needed to be evacu-
ated quick we would be there, but
Courtesy photo
we were more or less there to … get
A damaged home in Cameron, Louisiana, stands alone in floodwaters
them back in after the displacement
that had yet to recede within five days of Hurricane Laura hitting the
area on Aug. 27 in this photo Columbus Fire and Rescue engineer Chris was over.”
Carter took while aiding with disaster relief in the area. Carter and two The Port Arthur group was
other CFR firefighters spent five days in Louisiana aiding with search and lucky: They returned home after
rescue efforts and damage assessment. See RESPONDERS, 3A

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Trump, Biden spar over economy,

workers in Labor Day blitz
Labor Day typically marks
the unofficial start to the
fall campaign season
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Dem-
ocratic presidential nominee Joe
Biden and President Donald Trump
spent Monday diminishing each
other’s credentials on the economy
and understanding of the American
worker as the presidential cam-
paign entered its final, post-Labor
Day stretch.
While workers live by an “Amer-
ican code,” Biden said Trump “lives
by a code of lies, greed and selfish-
ness” as he met with labor leaders
in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a key
swing state. Trump, meanwhile,
tried to put the halting economic
recovery under the best light in
a White House press conference
where he said Biden and his run-
ning mate, Sen. Kamala Harris,
would “destroy this country and
would destroy this economy.”
Labor Day typically marks the
unofficial start to the fall campaign
season as candidates accelerate
their activity for the final sprint to
Election Day. Both campaigns re-
flected that urgency Monday, as
Harris and Vice President Mike
Pence each campaigned in Wiscon-
sin, a state Trump narrowly won in
2016. The events played out against
the background of the pandemic,
which has upended campaigning
Vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The prospect of a vaccine to shield Americans
from coronavirus infection emerged as a point of contention in the
White House race as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of
“disparaging” for political gain a vaccine he repeatedly has said could
be available before the election.
“It’s so dangerous for our country, what they say, but the vaccine
will be very safe and very effective,” the president pledged Monday at a
White House news conference.
Trump leveled the accusation a day after Sen. Kamala Harris, the
Democrats’ vice presidential candidate, said she “would not trust his
word” on getting the vaccine. “I would trust the word of public health
experts and scientists, but not Donald Trump,” Harris said.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden amplified Harris’
comments Monday after he was asked if he would get a vaccine for
COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Biden said he
would take a vaccine but wants to see what the scientists have to say,
too.
Biden said Trump has said “so many things that aren’t true, I’m wor-
ried if we do have a really good vaccine, people are going to be reluctant
to take it. So he’s undermining public confidence.”
Still, the former vice president said: “If I could get a vaccine tomor-
row I’d do it, if it would cost me the election I’d do it. We need a vaccine
and we need it now.”
and pushed Biden and Harris in a major party presidential ticket,
particular to conduct much of the met privately with Blake’s family at
traditional election activity online. the Milwaukee airport after arriv-
While the health of the Ameri- ing in the state, where she spoke
can economy and status of workers with Blake by phone from his hos-
were dominant Labor Day themes, pital bed. Harris told Blake she was
both campaigns also focused on re- proud of him and individually spoke
cent protests that have roiled Wis- to each of his family members, in
consin and the rest of the nation af- person and on the phone, urging
ter police shot Jacob Blake, a Black them to take care of their physical
man, in Kenosha last month. and mental health, Blake’s lawyers
Harris, the first Black woman on said in a statement.

Hopes fading for coronavirus deal as Congress returns

‘I personally would like to see one more rescue package ...’ like to see one more res-
cue package, but I must
GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tell you the environment
in Washington right now
BY ANDREW TAYLOR taking the high road by who’ve lost their jobs be-
The Associated Press is exceedingly partisan
not seeing them.” cause of the pandemic,
because of the proximity
All of this imperils the updates to a popular busi-
WASHINGTON — At chances for another round ness subsidy program, to the election,” said GOP
least there won’t be a gov- of $1,200 direct payments and money to help schools Senate Majority Leader
ernment shutdown. delivered under Trump’s reopen and states and lo- Mitch McConnell at an ap-
But as lawmakers name, the restoration of cal governments avoid pearance in Kentucky last
straggle back to Wash- more generous unemploy- layoffs. week.
ington for an abbreviated ment benefits to those “I personally would
preelection session, hopes
are dimming for another
coronavirus relief bill —
or much else.
Talks between top
Democrats and the Trump
administration broke off
last month and remain off
track, with the bipartisan
unity that drove almost
$3 trillion in COVID-19
rescue legislation into law
this spring replaced by
toxic partisanship and a
return to Washington dys-
function.
Expectations in July
and August that a fifth
bipartisan pandemic re-
sponse bill would even-
tually be birthed despite
increased obstacles has
been replaced by genu-
ine pessimism. Recent
COVID-related conversa-
tions among key players
have led to nothing.
Democrats seem se-
cure in their political
position, with President
Donald Trump and sev-
eral Senate GOP incum-
bents lagging in the polls.
Trump is seeking to side-
line the pandemic as a
campaign issue, and Re-
publicans aren’t interest-
ed in a deal on Democrat-
ic terms — even as needs
like school aid enjoy wide-
spread support.
Poisonous relation-
ships among key leaders
like House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi, D-Calif., and White
House Chief of Staff Mark
Meadows give little rea-
son for confidence about
overcoming obstacles on
the cost, scope and details
of a potential relief bill.
Pelosi recently referred to
Meadows as “whatever his
name is,” while the Mead-
ows-run White House
during a press briefing
ran a video loop of Pelosi’s
controversial visit to a San
Francisco hair salon.
Trump said Monday
that Democrats “don’t
want to make a deal be-
cause they think that if
the country does as badly
as possible ... that’s good
for the Democrats.”
“I am taking the high
road,” he told reporters
at the White House. “I’m
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Health
HEALTH TIP
n Get the salad dressing on the side: Some Mississippi receives
salads are smothered in high-calorie dressings.
Asking for the dressing on the side makes it a lot
easier to control the portion size and therefore the
grants to help with
calories that you consume.
Source: www.healthline.com rent, utility bills
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen
The diabetes-COVID-19 tangle,
untangled
In March, Tom Hanks disclosed
he had COVID-19. He was espe-
cially lucky to make a full recov-
ery, since he has Type 2 diabetes.
That precondition makes folks
more likely to develop serious
complications from the virus.
A study of 200 COVID-19
patients with existing diabetes
suggests that diabetes presents
a “fertile ground for the virus’
inflammatory surge.” That then
knocks diabetes out of control and
results in “severe insulin resis-
tance and severe hyperglycemia.”
That in turn makes COVID’s com-
plications, such as renal failure and
low blood pressure, more likely to
lead to persistent problems or even
death.
Another study of COVID
patients that included 952 with
diabetes found those folks had
JACKSON — The state of Mississippi has
received $24 million in federal grants to help
people struggling to pay rent and utility bills
during the coronavirus pandemic, the Mis-
higher rates of doctor; monitor sissippi Department of Human Services an-
in-hospital death your blood sugar nounced Friday.
(1.1 percent with- regularly, take A $9.2 million grant was awarded for the
out diabetes versus your medication Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Pro-
11 percent with), as prescribed and gram for helping residents pay home energy
acute respiratory push to get your costs such as electric and gas bills. House-
distress syndrome A1C below 6.4 holds may also apply for regular Low-Income
(7.1 percent versus percent. In addi- Home Energy Assistance Program funds to
21.4 percent) and tion, aim for 60 purchase or repair air conditioners, heaters
heart injury (1.4 minutes of exercise and fans, officials said. More than $15 million
percent vs. 9.9 per- five days a week was awarded to assist households with rent,
cent). Those with Drs. Oz and Roizen and avoid highly mortgage, employment and educational ex-
poorly controlled processed foods penses.
glucose levels also and red meats. “The goal of MDHS is to serve as many
had higher rates of Also, stockpile two months’ worth non-traditional clients as possible, who are
septic shock, kidney dysfunction of diabetes medications, insulin mainly the households that have been directly
and stroke. and supplies. If you get sick, you’ll or directly impacted due to COVID-19,” said
That’s why it’s important to need them. Tina Ruffin, Director of the MDHS Division of
get your diabetes under control, Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The Community Services. “These funds will allow
to protect yourself from infection Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen, us to make sure our most vulnerable clients
and, if infected, to be aggressive M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and receive help when they need it.”
about managing your glucose lev- Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve- Individuals may contact their local commu-
el. We urge you to make and keep land Clinic. To live your healthiest, nity action agency or human resource agency
appointments (telemedicine and/ tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit to apply for both types of assistance. A list of
or in person) with your diabetes www.sharecare.com. these agencies is posted on the MDHS website
at https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/community-ser-
vices/. Applications will be taken on a first
come, first served basis.
Individuals who have never received ser-

Responders
vices may submit a pre-application at https://
virtualroma.mdhs.ms.gov. This site is avail-
able nationwide, but services and funds are for
Continued from Page 1A residents of Mississippi only.
one week to find their city
had escaped the brunt of
the storm. Some of their
homes already had elec-
tricity back.
That afternoon, Ken-
nard was on the road east
to Louisiana, where the
storm had made much
more of a mark.
“The really bad part
is east of (here) toward
Lake Charles,” he told
The Dispatch as he drove.

‘That’s home to them’

Kennard was not the
only Golden Triangle
resident to head south in
response to Hurricane
Laura. Both Starkville
and Columbus city fire
departments sent person-
nel to Louisiana to help
with search and rescue
and other efforts, while
4-County Electric Pow-
er Association sent two
crews of 11 employees
total to aid Louisiana’s
Beauregard Electric Co-
operative with power res-
toration.
They joined volunteers
from around the country
as locals who had stayed
during the storm as-
sessed damage to homes
and businesses and evac-
uees slowly returned to
do the same.
Kennard’s fellow bus
driver, Michael Conner
of Columbus, made the
same trek from Texas —
specifically San Antonio
— east into Lake Charles.
A veteran of similar vol-
unteer missions in previ-
ous hurricanes, including
Katrina in 2005, Conner
thought he was prepared
for anything.
“I came around the
bypass and I think this is
worse than Hurricane Mi-
Michael Conner, left, and Everett Kennard perform maintenance on one of their
sleeper buses in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Sunday.
chael that came through
(Panama) City (in Florida
in 2018),” he said. “I’ve
seen more damage here
than I did down there.”
Chris Carter, an engi-
neer with Columbus Fire
and Rescue and part of a
state task force deployed
to aid in disaster relief,
described the destruction
left behind by a 15-foot
storm surge in Camer-
on, Louisiana, one of the
worst-hit areas.
“We were able to see
reeds and marsh being
pushed inland and flood-
ing in areas that were not
(usually) flooded. Main-
ly debris, houses being
pushed over,” Carter said.
“A lot of those houses are
... on stilts, just like you
would find (in) a normal
river house around our
parts. A lot of them were
pushed over and just com-
pletely wiped out.”
Carter and his fellow
Columbus firefighters,
Capt. Melvin Junkin and
Capt. Wes Mims, arrived
in Louisiana the day after
the storm hit, meeting
up with first respond-
ers from municipalities
throughout Mississippi
trained specifically to
aid with disaster relief.
At night, the team stayed
in an elementary school
with no electricity or wa-
ter, and during the day
they cleared areas of
land, conducting welfare
checks on homes that
had withstood the 15-foot
storm surge and 130-mph
winds.
The locals they met, he
said, had resigned them-
selves to a long rebuilding
process.
“When we went out,
we would stop and ask lo-
cals that were in the area
how they were doing,
did they need any water,
did they need any food,
did they need any emer-
gencies reported,” said
Ben Portnoy/Dispatch Staff
Carter. “The majority of
everybody that we talked
to, they left. They left be-
fore the storm. Whenever
the state told them, ‘Y’all
need to leave, y’all need
to evacuate,’ they actually
listened. For a lot of the
community, they’ve been
through this before. They
know what the repercus-
sions are for living down
there, so they know when
to get out and when it’s
good to go back.
“As far as their mental
and cognitive acceptance
of it, it was ... just another
storm,” he added. “They
live down there. They go
back and they rebuild.
That’s home to them.”

AROUND THE STATE

Autopsy set after inmate death at
central Mississippi prison
JACKSON — An autopsy will be
done on an inmate who was pronounced
dead Wednesday at Central Mississippi
Correctional Facility.
The Mississippi Department of Cor-
rections said in a news release that
Scott William Deters, 50, is believed to
have died from natural causes.
Deters was sentenced Sept. 19, 2019,
to seven years for possession of a con-
trolled substance in Stone County and
four years for prescription forgery in
January. The U.S. Justice Department
announced in February that it is investi-
gating the state’s prison system.
Man killed after being hit by train in
Mississippi’s capital
JACKSON — Mississippi authorities
are investigating a deadly train accident
in the state’s capital city.
The incident happened just after 8
p.m. Wednesday, WLBT-TV reported.
The Jackson Police Departmet said
that a man was hit and killed by a train SOLUNAR TABLE
after he became stuck on the train
The solunar period indicates

Harrison County. peak-feeding times for fish and game.

Tue. Wed.
At least 73 inmates have died in Mis- tracks. Authorities are unsure why the Major 5:23a 6:10a
Minor 10:58p —
sissippi prisons since late December. man was there. Major 5:46p 6:34p
1:51p
Several inmates died during outbursts The victim’s identity has not been re- Minor 12:53p
Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
of violence in late December and early leased.

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POSSUMHAW
Six Saturdays and a Sunday
“There’s a new where Sam and I Bakery, Marcy Jo’s Muletown
hit rock group or sit on the couch restaurant in downtown, along
singer every five and sing loudly, with Muletown Roasted Coffee
minutes, but with completely out of next door. The feel of the town
country music, you tune and thankful is like Mayberry RFD. There’s
have one hit and no one will hear us. an old-fashioned schoolhouse
those people love you Sunday nights we on Rory’s farm. There are
forever.” watch three televi- ducks and chickens and cows
Kenny Rogers, sion shows: “Ameri- and horses and tractors and
Country Music Hall ca’s Funniest Home vegetable gardens. There are
of Fame 2013 Videos,” “Muletown big family dinners served on
in the Round” and an outside table on the porch
Things have Shannon Bardwell “This Life I Live,” and neighbors being neighbor-
settled into some with Rory Feek and ly, contributing an apple pie or
kind of normal around here. family. banana nut bread.
Sheltering has been going on I love these shows. They Michael, at the bakery,
six months now, allowing us to make me laugh out loud, and had to close down during the
develop new routines. Rou- sometimes make me teary in pandemic when all were shel-
tines that put some framework a good sort of way, but make tering and restaurants closed.
into our days but are also my Sundays great. Being lifted He gathered his team and they
extremely flexible. We remem- up is a good thing in times like made homemade bread and
ber a little better now what these. AFV has people falling of a small country restaurant others touch our hearts. handed it out free. Grocery
month it is, what day it is, and down and I’m sorry to say, in Columbia, Tennessee. “This Life I Live,” is the stores with limited number of
if there’s something we’re sup- although I don’t see how they Neither Sam or I know much ongoing story of country bread loaves sometimes meant
posed to do. I attribute this to don’t kill themselves, it is up- about country music, but we’re singer/songwriter Rory Feek not enough bread for families
the calendars I bought and the roariously funny. Then there’s learning. Our favorites are and his family. After losing with more than a couple of
notes I keep. Somebody said practical jokes and little kids songs like Paul Overstreet’s his wife, Joey, to cancer he kids. So, Michael gave away
it’s like having six Saturdays saying the darndest things. “Takes a Whole Lot of Li- is raising their 6-year-old bread. This is what I love
and a Sunday. Most commit- “Muletown in the Round” quor to Like Her” and Wynn daughter Indiana, aka Indy. about country living and this
ments, and there are few, can features three country sing- Varble’s “Waiting on a Wom- Many of his family members life we live.
be rearranged, canceled or for- er/songwriters each Sunday an.” Doesn’t really sound like have moved back to the area Email reaches Shannon
gotten, except Sunday. Sunday night. They are usually about songs you’d sing on Sunday, and run their own businesses Bardwell of Columbus at msdel-
is our online church service our ages and sit in the center but some make us laugh while like Marcy Jo’s Mealhouse and tachild@msn.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Voice of the people
More thoughts on the value of diverse letters
I take issue with one other aspect of Mike
McLaughlin’s September 2 letter; one that Roger
Wade’s letter the next day also contained. My spe-
cific beef: both characterized liberal writers like
me as essentially saying, “I have this all figured
out; here, let me show you the truth.”
Then, in their response, McLaughlin and Wade,
for sure did exactly that.
My overarching point? You cannot have it both
ways. That is, neither “side” can logically claim to
have a lock on the truth. But that seems to be what
you think. The lock is there alright — it’s just that
it’s you conservatives that possess it.
My view? Typically, for most cases, even for
some moral issues, no position is all right or all
wrong. Furthermore, we are all free to cite evi-
dence that either weakens or strengthens support
for the arguments of another — that helps clarify
the degree to which any claim has merit.
That is what I try to do, myself. If you read my
letters, I think you would find that, though I some-
times falter, I typically cite facts where applicable.
And that I also identify where I am giving opinion
based on those facts. I use words and phrases like,
“in my view” and “to me” to make it clear that I
consider the following statement to be opinion —
not Truth, in that literal sense. I never resort to ad
PANDEMIC
Sweden’s virus plan proves deadly.
hominem attacks and, for the most part, avoid the
pitfall of sarcasm. In my view (there I go again), all
of us contributors should strive to do something

Trump’s adviser likes it

like that.
So, take my arguments and find flaws in them
— I welcome it! If you did I would almost invariably
learn something, potentially seeing an issue from
some new angle that might not ever occur to me
on my own. I do have conservative friends where
exactly that happens — and regularly.
But neither you nor Mr. Wade have done that; at
least, not so far.
Still, perhaps there are some who would like
to go back to the “good ol’ days” when the only
person who wrote letters to The Dispatch was
Cameron Triplett, coming from the right. Me? I
like the way things are now much better, with a di-
verse array of contributors bringing different sides
to the exact issues we need to be talking about.
Very much like the approach Bonnie Oppenheimer
described in her letter in the Sept. 3 Dispatch. You
might want to read that one.
Paul Mack
Columbus
In response to Armstrong Williams: The
aftermath
Williams’ column states, “If Trump gets a sec-
ond term, he has plans to create 10 million jobs in
ten months.”
That won’t be enough to cover the number of
jobs that have and will be lost from the “hoax”
pandemic.
The Republicans are always partial to business
and Democrats are always partial to workers.
The Democrats have passed a bill to raise the
federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025, but the
Senate and the Republicans won’t move it.
Most of the states who took it on their own to
raise the minimum wage are controlled by Demo-
crats.
Most all of the states who accepted expanded
Medicaid are controlled by Democrats.
Biden, who came out of the basement last week
told QAnon followers to seek mental health before
the Affordable Care Act is repealed by Trump and
the Republicans.
All workers will be ahead financially if Demo-
crats are in charge.
James Hodges
Steens
Many of us lit can-
dles and prayed that
Sweden’s approach to
the coronavirus would
succeed. As the rest of
Europe locked down,
Sweden stayed mostly
open. Its plan was to
keep vulnerable people
separate while letting
the virus infect the
others, thus creating
Froma Harrop
herd immunity — a
large proportion of
people no longer able to spread
the disease. Meanwhile, everyone
would go about their business, and
the economy wouldn’t suffer.
The Swedish example could
have offered deliverance from
mask wearing, closed gyms and
fights over when to open schools.
But it didn’t work.
Sweden has recorded about 571
virus deaths per million, more than an times.
even our 563 deaths per million.
Its formerly locked-down Scandi-
navian neighbors have reported
far, far lower mortality, while their
economies are doing just as well,
if not better. Guess disease and
death are bad for business.
And despite the suffering,
Sweden is nowhere near achieving
herd immunity, Dr. Scott Gottlieb,
former commissioner of the Food
and Drug Administration, writes
in The Wall Street Journal. Neither
are we.
Sadly, but not surprisingly,
President Donald Trump’s favor-
ite coronavirus adviser, Dr. Scott
Atlas, now recommends following
Sweden’s example. Two other
non-surprises are that Atlas has
no background in
infectious diseases or
epidemiology and that
Trump found him on
Fox News.
And, oh, the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention just advised
not testing people who
have been exposed to
the virus but show no
symptoms. This “let-
it-rip policy,” Gottlieb
complains, “will make
it more difficult to track and trace
cases.
It’s screwy from an economic
standpoint because frequent and
widespread testing can help the
country reopen by identifying
those who need to be isolated.
Many states and cities say they
will ignore the lax new CDC guide-
lines, another sign of the Trumpi-
Meanwhile, concerns grow
that the virus may not pass easily
through strong, young people to
then exit leaving them good as
new. Doctors are seeing more and
more virus survivors with lasting
heart damage and dangerous
inflammation. And it’s not just old
people. In the last week of June,
nearly half the hospitalized corona-
virus patients in the Sunbelt states
were ages 18 to 49.
Sweden’s inferior performance
is especially shocking given
certain advantages it has over the
United States. They include a far
lower rate of obesity, a factor in
coronavirus deaths, and a strong
public health system serving
everyone. Physical distancing is
easier in Sweden because its urban
centers are less densely populated
than ours. In addition, about half
of all Swedes live in single-person
households versus a quarter of
Americans.
Furthermore, it isn’t true that
Sweden was totally open. There
were rules for social distancing,
and gatherings were limited to 50
people. And many Swedes took it
upon themselves to self-isolate.
By the way, stores in Sweden
are reporting a run on masks, as
people anticipate a government
tightening of regulations.
One might wish otherwise,
but the only way to contain this
virus is to follow the bothersome
guidelines: Wear masks in public.
Maintain social distancing. Test
and trace.
They are also key to boosting
public confidence in any reopen-
ing. Bringing back Dr. Anthony
Fauci as America’s prime voice
on the pandemic would further
reassure Americans that someone
in power is serious about this.
Trump will do none of the
above. But you already knew that.
Eventually, we’ll have a vaccine,
and — this is another prayer — a
competent leader in the White
House. At that point, it’s back to
a kind of normal as we tend to
hurting businesses, restore jobs,
grieve losses and deal with those
still suffering side effects of the
disease.
Light a candle for all the above.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated
columnist, writes for the Providence
(Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
address is fharrop@gmail.com.
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The Summer of COVID-19 ends with health officials worried

The U.S. had about 1.6M confirmed COVID-19 cases
around Memorial Day; it now has more than 6.2M cases
BY JEFFREY COLLINS
The Associated Press
The Lost Summer of
2020 drew to a close Mon-
day with many big Labor
Day gatherings canceled
across the U.S. and health
authorities pleading with
people to keep their dis-
tance from others so as
not to cause another coro-
navirus surge like the one
that followed Memorial
Day.
Downtown Atlanta was
quiet as the 85,000 or so
people who come dressed
as their favorite superhe-
roes or sci-fi characters
for the annual Dragon Con
convention met online in-
stead. Huge football sta-
diums at places like Ohio
State and the University
of Texas sat empty. Many
Labor Day parades mark-
ing the unofficial end of
summer were called off,
and masks were usually
required at the few that
went on.
“Please, please do not
make the same mistakes
we all made on Memo-
rial Day weekend. Wear
your masks, watch your
distance and wash your
hands,” said Dr. Raul Pino,
state health director in
Orange County, Florida,
which includes the Orlan-
do area.
The U.S. had about
1.6 million confirmed
COVID-19 cases around
Memorial Day, before
backyard parties and oth-
er gatherings contributed
to a summertime surge.
It now has more than 6.2
million cases, accord-
ing to the count kept by
Johns Hopkins Universi-
ty. Deaths from the virus
more than doubled over
the summer to nearly
190,000.
In New Orleans, which
had one of the largest
outbreaks outside of New
York City this spring,
city officials reminded
residents that COVID-19
doesn’t take a holiday af-
ter they received 36 calls
about large gatherings and
46 calls about businesses
not following safety rules
on Friday and Saturday.
“This is not who we
asked to wear masks.
Debbie Katsanos drove
their motor home, ate in
a restaurant only once on
are, and this is not how we
— as a community — get
down from New Hamp-
shire with her husband,
the way down and tried to
stay socially distant when
back to where we want to her father and a friend. visiting with other people
be,” the city said. It was their first trip out at their campground.
In South Carolina, of state since COVID-19 “It’s probably our only
which was a hot spot of started spreading. They chance to get somewhere
contagion over the sum- had time off because the before the summer ends, “
mer before cases started Labor Day weekend fair Katsanos said Monday as
to decline in early August, where they typically sell she sat in traffic on Inter-
8,000 fans, including Gov. concessions canceled this state 95 in North Carolina
Henry McMaster, were year. on the long trip home. “I
allowed to attend the NA- Katsanos said they saw it as the turning of the
SCAR race at the Darling- wore masks at all times corner. We survived this.
ton Raceway on Sunday. when they were away from Let’s live life a little.”
State officials approved a
socially distant attendance
plan at the track, which
can hold 47,000 people.
It was the biggest gath-
ering in the state since
the outbreak started six
months ago. Many rows
and seats were kept emp-
ty to keep groups of fans
apart, and people were

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Sherian Powe, left, and husband Mike walk through their backyard in Westlake, Louisiana. The Powes did not
evacuate ahead of Hurricane Laura and rode out the storm in a hallway in the middle of their house.
Lake Charles
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left looking into his back-
yard. The entire back half
of his home had caved in.
“Ask me if I’d do it
again, I doubt it,” he said.
The first signs of the
storm-ravaged section
of greater Lake Charles
rear their heads 27 miles
outside the city limits.
Billboards advertising
fireworks, casinos and
restaurants have been
shredded by winds that
reached 135 miles per
hour. Further down
Interstate 10 at the Lake
Charles East/Iowa KOA
Journey campgrounds,
the Sulphur Parks
Waterpark looks closer
to a deserted mine shaft
with slides missing whole
sections and towers
previously employed for
sun-soaked fun resting
solemnly in the weeds
below.
“I actually think it
looks like a third-world
country,” said Roger
Latham, a trucker who
arrived in Lake Charles
from Maryville, Ken-
tucky, to aid in the hur-
ricane relief. “I’ve done
nine hurricanes. I’ve
done Harvey, Matthew —
this one’s the (worst).”
‘It’s a pretty
major disaster’
Settled in a massive
parking lot next to the
Power Centre Ball Fields
in Lake Charles’ Ward
3, buses from as close as
Texas and Mississippi
and as far as Ohio and
Montana have nestled
into a fleet of portable
sleeping stations for elec-
trical workers toiling to
return power to the area’s
over 80,000 residents.
Firefighters, utility
workers and bus drivers
from the Golden Triangle
are there, too, each doing
their part to kickstart the
recovery effort.
Weaving his way
through the caravan,
Nitetrain Coach Com-
pany driver Scott Hoyt,
a former member of the
1960s and ’70s rock band
The Grass Roots, stops
for a brief chat. Having
given up his music career
after his mother suffered
a stroke, he’s spent the
better part of the past
two decades shuttling
performers across the
United States.
Leroy Bryant was in his home when the back bedroom caved in due to hurri-
cane-force winds. This is what’s left.
Westlake’s welcome sign reveals previous posters below it after suffering damage at
the hands of Hurricane Laura.
But as the country
continues coming to
grips with the COVID-19
pandemic, music per-
formances have stalled,
and the revenue associ-
ated with tour bookings
have dried. Based out of
Nashville, Nitetrain sent
an estimated 40 buses to
Lake Charles. With local
motels destroyed, without
power, booked up or com-
binations of all three, the
company’s sleeper buses
equipped with beds for up
to 12 people, televisions
and a slew of other ame-
nities serve as an outpost
for those working on the
front lines of Hurricane
Laura’s aftermath.
“Some areas look like
it’s going to be a couple
of months before they get
electricity,” Hoyt estimat-
ed. “It’s a pretty major
disaster.”
‘What’re you going
to do?’
Carefully stepping
over the scattered wires
hooked up to a generator
on her back porch, Sheri-
an Powe opens the doors
to the family’s bedrooms.
Windows are opened
to combat increasing
smells of mildew. A bed
is pushed back from the
wall to give the floor
ample space to dry.
Cracks have also formed
in the ceilings and walls.
She gingerly guides her
flip-flop clad right foot
to indicate where the
wooden flooring she and
Mike recently added has
warped.
In the distance, gas
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fires from the local Phil- previous two weeks. In
lips 66 oil refinery burst Lake Charles and the sur-
into the early afternoon rounding communities,
sky. the water and wind have
Sunday, the Powes’ subsided, but rebuilding
40-year-old nephew sat has just begun.
in the hospital hooked
to a ventilator after he
was found by paramedics
with his skin tinged blue
trying to let dogs out of a
camper. He’s not expect-
ed to make it.
Standing in his gravel
driveway, Bryant runs his
fingers down the right
arm of his sunglasses
as if to adjust them from
the haunting reality of
what’s become of his
home. Along the fence
he and the Powes share,
a massive tree has been
uprooted, crushing half
of Mike’s workshop.
Uninsured and short
on sustainable income
at 70 years old, Bryant is
thinking about purchas-
ing a modular home with
his daughter. The Powes
say they’re headed for
refuge with friends in
Vancleave, Mississippi,
until the insurance com-
pany sends an adjuster
to their home. Even the
bus drivers gathered near
the ballfields aren’t sure
whether their 30-day
contracts will turn into 60
days, 90 days or longer.
“We didn’t have
anywhere to go,” Bryant
said of why he chose to
stay. “What’re you going
to do?”
A mangled advertising
billboard sits just off In-
terstate 10, minutes from
water’s edge, as a har-
rowing reminder of the
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Sports
LOGAN MARTIN DOUBLES UP WITH SWEEP OF
COMP CAMS SUPER DIRT SERIES RACE AT THE MAG
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Logan Martin was
starting to get down on
himself.
The West Plains, Mis-
souri, driver hadn’t ended
up in victory lane a single
time in 20 COMP Cams
Super Dirt Series races
this year, and though he
was first in the champion-
ship points standings, he
wanted that elusive win.
So Martin put together
perhaps the best weekend
of his career and doubled
up for two of them.
After posting the fast-
est time in qualifying,
earning the poll and win-
ning the feature race Sat-
urday at Jackson Motor
Speedway in Byram, Mar-
tin did the same Sunday
at Magnolia Motor Speed-
way, capping off a dom-
inant weekend of Super
Late Models racing.
“The last couple
nights, everything just
went our way,” Martin
said.
From the pole position
in Sunday night’s CCSDS
feature race, Martin shot
out in front of Spencer
Hughes of Meridian, led
all 40 laps and walked
away with the $3,000 first
prize.
He also increased
his lead in points over
Hughes, currently second
in the standings. Martin
led Hughes by 62 points
going into Saturday’s
event and 158 heading
into Sunday’s race; now,
that margin has increased
again.
Martin said his focus
has been on winning rac-
es one at a time, but tun-
MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL
Bulldogs host scrimmage, quarterback update, COVID-19 good luck
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — scrimmage, and why
When Mike Leach ar-
rived at fall camp, the
first year Mississippi
State head coach had no
predetermined expecta-
tions. He simply wanted
to see where everyone
was at, good, bad or ugly.
On Saturday, MSU
had its first team scrim-
mage of fall camp. The
result left a favorable
impression on the for-
mer Washington State
and Texas Tech coach,
as Leach said the prac-
tice was one of the best
the Bulldogs have had in
camp, and perhaps even
the best one. He praised
both the secondary and
the offensive line posi-
Marlins beat Braves 5-4 in 10th inning
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Miguel
Rojas had four hits, in-
cluding a go-ahead dou-
ble in the 10th inning,
and the Miami Marlins
beat the Atlanta Braves
5-4 on Monday.
Pinch-hitter Adam
Duvall led off the ninth
with a tying homer off
Brandon Kintzler (2-3),
the closer’s second blown
save in 11 chances. At-
lanta loaded the bases on
Dansby Swanson’s double
and a pair of intentional
walks before Travis d’Ar-
Logan Martin heads into Turn 3 during a lap at Magnolia Motor Speedway on Sunday. Martin won the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series race and
claimed a $3,000 prize.
ing out his position in the
standings is easier said
than done.
“I’d be lying if I said
I didn’t look at them
points,” he said.
Martin should be more
than happy with his place
after Sunday’s race, hold-
ing off Hughes by roughly
tion groups for their per-
formances.
“A positive about the
it’s hard to say, is every-
thing was contested,”
Leach said. “All sides,
both offense and de-
fense, had plenty to be
pissed about. And that’s
usually pretty good
news for a competitive
team, as long as it wasn’t
a slopfest and it was
not. There were some
well-executed things out
there. And there were a
lot of plays that either
side won by just a couple
of inches. So, the com-
petitiveness I was very
pleased with.”
While competition
for starting spots has
yet to wrap up, Leach
naud grounded into an in-
ning-ending double play.
Garrett Cooper opened
the 10th as Miami’s des-
ignated runner at second
and advanced on Jon Ber-
ti’s sacrifice. A.J. Minter
(1-1) intentionally walked
pinch-hitter Brian Ander-
son, and Rojas doubled to
right-center.
“Miggy has been like
this the last couple of
years, just growing and
growing,” Marlins man-
ager Don Mattingly said.
Nick Vincent got three
straight outs for his third
save.
0.8 seconds to claim the
win.
It wasn’t that close
most of the time as Martin
opened up a lead of multi-
ple seconds over Timothy
Culp early on. He lapped
Joseph Long on the 14th
lap before getting stuck
behind Chad Mallett’s
noted some players are
standing out more than
others.
“You try to channel
the reps around the guys
that are starting to sep-
arate themselves,” he
said. “That would be the
biggest thing. There’s
no scheme overhauls, in
fact, we’ll probably cut
some plays rather than
add some plays. We’ll
identify what we’re re-
ally good at and polish
that up.”
Leach to name quar-
terback ‘Before game
week’
In his Saturday me-
dia availability, Leach
praised graduate trans-
fer quarterback K.J.
Rojas tied his career
high with four hits and
drove in two runs in a
game he said was import-
ant for the Marlins’ play-
off hopes.
Atlanta’s NL East lead
was cut to two games
over second-place Phila-
delphia, while the third-
place Marlins are 2 1/2
games behind the Phil-
lies.
“I feel like there’s a
streak in there some-
where for us,” Mattingly
said. “I feel like we could
get hot and win six of
eight.”
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#92 car for several laps,
allowing Hughes to pass
Culp and gain ground on
Martin.
Hughes got within
about half a second of
the lead before Martin
went around Mallett and
lapped him, and the Me-
ridian driver never got
Costello and freshman
Will Rogers for their per-
formanc-
es, while
not men-
tioning
last year’s
st a r ter
Garrett
Shrader.
“ I Leach
thought
K.J. had a
really good day today,”
Leach said. “I thought
Will did an admirable
job as far as a lot of times
a freshman will go out
there in their first scrim-
mage and flinch a little
bit, but he came out of it
fast. He did some good
things. I thought the
others were competitive,
they can line up and play
Miami’s José Ureña
allowed three runs in five
innings in his season de-
but. Ureña had been out
with COVID-19.
Miami took a 4-3 lead
off Robbie Erlin in the
fourth on RBI singles by
Starling Marté and Jesús
Aguilar.
Braves rookie Ian An-
derson, who allowed only
three runs in his first
three starts, lasted only
three innings.
Anderson was hurt by
four walks and also was
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as close again. He added
a second-place finish to
Saturday’s seventh-place
run.
“All in all, it was a good
night and not a bad week-
end,” Hughes said.
It was an even better
one for Martin, of course,
as he won despite feeling
to a point. But I thought
those two had the best
scrimmage.”
Leach added the quar-
terback competition
is “still open, but less
open that it was.” While
many Southeastern Con-
ference experts expect
Leach to tab Costello
the starter, the former
Washington State coach
said he will likely name
a starting signal caller
before game week. The
Bulldogs are slated to
open the season against
defending national
champions LSU on Sept.
26. in Baton Rouge.
Last season at Stan-
ford, Costello threw for
1,038 yards, six touch-
downs and three inter-
ceptions following a
Southern Miss’
Hopson out as coach;
Walden takes over
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— Southern Mississip-
pi coach Jay Hopson
said Monday that he
has stepped down and
co-offensive coordinator
Scotty Walden will take
over as interim coach.
The school an-
nounced the coaching
change Monday after-
noon in a news release,
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his right rear tire wearing
thin. Martin said that he
was given the choice of
hard or soft options for
the tire prior to the race
and chose the soft one to
avoid getting stuck, but
he burned up too much of
the rubber in the first 20
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breakout 2018 campaign
where he accumulated
3,540 yards, 29 touch-
downs and 11 intercep-
tions.
Hill standing out in
practice
Considering he led
the SEC in rushing yards
in 2019, many wondered
how Columbus native
Kylin Hill would factor
into Leach’s famous air
raid offense.
Through the first few
weeks of fall camp, the
senior running back has
left a favorable impres-
sion on his new coach.
“He’s a real physical
guy,” Leach said. “When
he triggers on a play, he
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ending Hopson’s ten-
ure one game into his
fifth season. The Gold-
en Eagles lost at home
to South Alabama in
Thursday’s season open-
er.
In statements, Hop-
son described the de-
cision as the result of
a “mutual agreement”
with athletics director
Jeremy McClain, while
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2B TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Dustin Johnson cashes in and
finally wins the FedEx Cup
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Dustin
Johnson only looks like
he plays without a pulse.
Beneath his stoic stare
and that swagger as he
walked the fairways of
East Lake were jangled
nerves Monday because
it meant so much to him.
The $15 million prize
for winning the FedEx
Cup? That would get any-
one’s attention, especially
someone who thought he
was rich when Johnson
cashed his first tourna-
ment check as a PGA Tour
rookie for $113,571.
But there was more.
“The prestige, for
sure,” Johnson said after
delivering a key par putt
and steady play down the
stretch for a 2-under 68
and a three-shot victory
in the Tour Champion-
ship.
“Being a FedEx Cup
champion is something
that I really wanted to
do. I wanted to hold that
trophy at the end of the
day,” Johnson said. “It was
something that I wanted
to accomplish during my
career.”
He did it by hitting
his stride at just the right
time.
He won two of the
three FedEx Cup post-
season events and lost in
a playoff by a 65-foot putt
in the other. It all came
down to the final day of
the final event, and even
with a five-shot lead, it
was never easy.
Xander Schauffele and
Justin Thomas each got
within three shots on the
front nine. They each got
within two shots of John-
son with two holes to play.
He never let them catch
them, and his only birdie
of the back nine on the
final hole gave him his
Harvick takes Southern
500 after leaders
Elliott, Truex bump
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DARLINGTON, S.C.
— There was no doubt
which of his two Darling-
ton Raceway victories this
year Kevin Harvick en-
joyed more.
“The first thing I want
to say is, ‘Welcome back
fans! This is a hell of a lot
more fun with you guys up
there,’” he told the crowd
Saturday night.
Harvick had a large
smile as he waved to the
8,000 or so fans — the
May 17 event here was run
without spectators due to
the coronavirus pandem-
ic — and even gave the
checkered flag to a young
fan wearing one of his
shirts.
Harvick had reason
third victory since June
and the 23rd of his PGA
Tour career.
“It’s a very tough tro-
phy to win,” Johnson said.
“I controlled my own des-
tiny, but I still had to go
out and play well. I had a
lot of great players right
behind me. It got close
at the end. I knew it was
going to come down the
stretch and I’d have to hit
some golf shots.”
None were bigger than
the 20-foot par putt on
the 13th hole to keep his
lead at three shots, the
5-iron safely on the green
on the toughest hole at
East Lake, another 5-iron
over the water on the par-
3 15th — the one hole
where big numbers lurk
— and a wedge out of a
deep bunker and onto the
green at the 16th.
“This is a tough golf
course. No lead is safe,”
Johnson said. “The guys
gave me a good fight to-
day.”
Johnson became the
first No. 1 seed at the
Tour Championship to
win the FedEx Cup since
Tiger Woods in 2009.
Now he has his name
etched on the silver tro-
phy alongside some of the
best from his generation,
starting with Woods and
most recently Rory McIl-
roy, with Hall of Famers,
major champions and for-
mer world No. 1 players in
between.
Schauffele, who tends
to bring his best golf to
big moments, cut the
lead to two shots when
both had to scramble for
par on the 13th. Schauf-
fele missed his par putt
from 25 feet, and Johnson
rammed his in.
“He’s here to win the
tournament,” said Schauf-
fele, who closed with a
66 and had the lowest
to be happy, taking the
Southern 500 when lead-
ers Chase Elliott and Mar-
tin Truex Jr. bumped as
Truex tried to make a pass
and both brushed the wall.
Harvick was there to
take advantage — and be-
gin NASCAR’s playoff the
best way possible.
Harvick, the 2014 se-
ries champion, was widely
considered a favorite to be
racing for a title this sea-
son. His eighth win this
year put him into the sec-
ond round.
“It was way better”
getting out of the car and
hearing a fan reaction,
Harvick said. “It felt really
good to have fans cheer-
ing.”
Especially after what
they witnessed down the
stretch at the track “Too
Tough to Tame.”
Elliott and Truex had
the most speed throughout
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72-hole score of the tour-
nament at 265. “He made
that putt. I didn’t. That
was a pinnacle moment.”
Thomas made bogey
from a wild tee shot to the
right on the 17th. Schauf-
fele also had to scramble
on the 17th, escaping
with par after a tee shot
into the bunker. And on
the par-5 18th, Johnson
unleashed a drive that
started left along the pine
trees and faded gently
toward the middle of the
fairway.
That set up a birdie
from the front bunker, a
hug with brother Austin,
his caddie, and a trophy
he long wanted.
Johnson was staked to
a five-shot lead at 19-un-
der par — 9 under on his
own score and starting
the tournament at 10 un-
der as the No. 1 seed in
the FedEx Cup. He fin-
ished at 21 under.
Schauffele and Thom-
as tied for second, each
earning $4.5 million.
Jon Rahm, the No. 2
seed, closed with a 66 to
finish fourth and earn $3
million. Scottie Schef-
fler, who a year ago was
getting ready to start his
rookie year, had a 66-65
finish and was fifth for a
$2.5 million payoff.
And so wrapped up the
strangest season on the
PGA Tour, which doesn’t
feel like the end at all ex-
cept for the $15 million
awarded to Johnson, $14
million now and $1 mil-
lion deferred.
The new season starts
Thursday. Two majors are
still to be played.
Golf was shut down for
three months and when
it restarted, Johnson was
No. 111 in the FedEx Cup.
He won the Travelers
Championship. He fol-
lowed with a pair of 80s in
— Truex won the first two
stages — and were once
again dueling for lead.
Once they touched and hit
the wall, things opened up
for Harvick, who suddenly
found himself out front.
Elliott dropped off the
pace and Harvick passed
him for second. Truex —
who led a race-high 196
laps — had to pit for re-
pairs on his damaged car,
giving Harvick a clear
path to the finish.
“The leaders got tan-
gled up there and the next
thing you know we were
racing for the win,” Har-
vick said. “This is one of
the most prestigious races
in our sport and obvious-
ly everybody in our sport
knows the history that
Darlington has for our
sport, so anytime you can
win here is pretty special.”
Harvick’s May victo-
ry at Darlington came in
the Memorial and then a
78 at the 3M Open in Min-
nesota before he with-
drew because he wasn’t
feeling quite right.
Since then, he looks
like the biggest talent in
golf.
“I played with him at
the Memorial, and I’ve
never seen him as lost,
anywhere remotely close
to that lost,” Thomas said.
“He was putting so bad
and playing so bad. But he
never gave up. He was just
trying to find it out there
and he couldn’t find it
again the next week, and
then next thing you know,
two months later he’s the
FedEx Cup champion.
“I think that’s all you
need to know about golf
right there.”
In four straight tour-
naments against the best
fields, he had the 54-hole
three times and was tied
in the other. He converted
one into an 11-shot win.
He lost to a 65 by Collin
Morikawa at the PGA
Championship and to a
65-foot putt by Rahm at
the BMW Championship.
He badly wanted the
last one, and even staked
to a five-shot lead to par
at East Lake, it was never
easy.
It rarely is for Johnson.
But he’s back on top at
No. 1 and with a trophy he
badly wanted. Next up is
the U.S. Open at Winged
Foot in two weeks, a
tough course, the kind
Johnson loves. Still to
come is the Masters. The
celebration can wait until
the holidays. He wants to
keep going.
“I’m playing well. I’ve
got a lot of confidence in
the game,” he said. “I’m
really looking forward to
the next obviously couple
months.”
NASCAR’s return after a
10-week pause at the start
of the pandemic. When
he won that race without
spectators, he pointed into
the television camera and
told the fans how much
they were missed.
It was difficult to imag-
ine the win going to any-
one other than Truex or
Elliott, who combined to
lead 310 of 367 laps.
But as Truex tried to
complete a pass for first,
he clipped Elliott’s front
side and both slid up into
the wall.
“Just not enough
room there for both of
us,” Truex said about the
botched pass for the lead.
“I thought I had enough of
a run to clear him. I think
it was close, obviously. I
thought I had enough mo-
mentum and distance on
him that he was going to
let me in there.”
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wild on his high throw
to first after fielding a
weak grounder by Jazz
Chisholm opening the
second. Following the
throwing error, Chisholm
scored on Rojas’ double.
Braves manager Brian
Snitker said Anderson’s
error “kind of rattled him
a little bit” and the rookie
agreed.
“I should have been
able to just lock back in
and refocus a little bit
quicker and it didn’t hap-
pen,” Anderson said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: Berti cut a
hand during his bunt in
the 10th and couldn’t re-
turn for the bottom of the
inning, forcing infield ad-
justments. ... OF Harold
Ramirez (strained left
hamstring) was trans-
ferred to the 60-day IL,
ending his season. He
was injured while run-
ning out a grounder Sat-
urday. ... Cooper (quad-
riceps) started as the
designated hitter after
being held out of the line-
up two days.
Braves: 2B Ozzie Al-
bies (bone bruise right
wrist) took ground balls
from third base coach
Ron Washington and
made throws to first base
before the game. The
next step for Albies, who
has been out for a month,
likely will be to play in a
simulated game at the
alternate training site at
Triple-A Gwinnett.
BAD FEELINGS
There were height-
ened tensions when
Ureña hit Ronald Acuña
Jr. with a 95 mph sinker
in the fourth; Ureña hit
Acuña with a 97 mph fast-
ball in 2018.
After being hit on the
guard which protects his
left elbow. Acuña took a
first step toward the the
midpoint between the
mound and first base.
With plate umpire Junior
Valentine and catcher
Jorge Alfaro escort-
ing him for a few steps,
Acuña then slowly walked
to first base. Valentine
warned both benches, double play that ended the delphia Phillies infield this
and Acuña stole second first inning, went 0 for 5 season.
before Ureña picked him and is hitless in 24 at-bats Might have the bull-
off. in September, dropping
his average to .259 after a pen’s biggest save now,
“The warnings are
from the history, I be- sizzling .368 in August. too.
lieve,” Mattingly said. “I “Jean has been special
really believe that Snitker UP NEXT for us this year,” manager
and the Braves know that Marlins: Rookie RHP Joe Girardi said.
was not intentional. It Sixto Sánchez (1-1, 2.37)
Segura hit a two-run ho-
wasn’t.” is to make his fourth start,
mer in the 10th inning and
Ureña said he has to and his first against Atlan-
pitch inside against Acuña. ta, on Tuesday night. drove in a career-best five
“I’ve got to do my job,” Braves: Struggling runs, bailing out the Phil-
RHP Kyle Wright (0-3, lies’ abominable bullpen to
Ureña said. “For me, that
7.20) is to make his fifth salvage a 9-8 win over the
is a weak spot for him and
start.
a stronger spot for me. ... New York Mets on Mon-
I can’t give him the inside
day for a four-game split.
plate. I have to challenge Phillies narrow gap in NL With the win, the Phil-
him.” East to two lies sit two games be-
Elsewhere in the NL
MARKAKIS SLUMPING East, Jean Segura has hind the NL East-leading
Markakis hit into a helped all over the Phila- Braves.

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goes full throttle. And
everyone knows the in-
tensity he runs with.
He’s got great hands.
The thing that’s im-
pressed me most is on
pass protection, block-
ing, he hits those guys
with an energy. He has
pretty good technique
and he explodes into
them. That’s key for a
back.
“Running back is the
toughest position to
play. You’re asking those
guys to do everything.
That’s why people put
the best athletes there.
He fills that role.”
COVID stoppages have
yet to reach Bulldogs
Elsewhere in the
SEC, Tennessee had to been fortunate to avoid had a pretty complete
reportedly cancel a scrim- any major COVID-19-re- group. I don’t know if it’s
mage last weekend be- lated issues and have luck and circumstance,
cause 44 players were un- been able to keep their but our trainers have been
able to practice because regular practice schedule very vigilant in every-
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to 25 laps.
But the tire hung on,
and so did Martin with a
win to cap off a weekend
he won’t soon forget.
“Sometimes, it’s just
about circumstances
and letting that stuff fall
in place,” Martin said.
“Luckily, the last few
nights, everything’s fall-
en in place.”
Late Models
Jeremy Shaw of Mill-
port, Alabama, won again
in the Crate Racin’ USA
Late Models race Satur-
day night.
Randall Beckwith, Ja-
mie Tollison, Ryan Col-
by and Sid Scarbrough
rounded out the top five.
Jamie Pickard of Co-
lumbus was eighth, Mark
Stokes of Steens was 18th,
and Lance Johnson of Co-
lumbus was 26th.
Sportsman
Nick Thrash of Merid-
ian won Sunday night’s
Glenn’s BBQ and Fish
Crate Racin’ USA Late
Model Sportsman race.
Thrash beat out Brett
White, who typically
dominates in the division.
Tony Shelton of Steens,
Evan Ellis and Chance In-
man rounded out the top
five.
Colby Ponds of Cale-
donia was seventh, Mike
Pickard of Steens was
10th, and TJ Davis of
Caledonia was 18th.
Factory Stocks
Aidan Fletcher of Co-
lumbus won the Ranch
House Diner Factory
Stocks feature Sunday.
Charles Moudy, Na-
than Page, Blake McNeill
and Jarrett Jones rounded
out the top five.
John A. Beard Jr. and third. Langford, Tim Parker
Bobby Barksdale, both of Dewayne Estes of St- and Sam Hughes rounded
Columbus, finished 10th urgis and Eddie Rickman out the top five.
and 11th, respectively. of Columbus rounded out Brent Burns of Steens
Kevin McWilliams of the top five, while TK was seventh, and Jimmy
Columbus was 13th, and King of Columbus was Anderson of Columbus
JR Card of West Point was sixth. was 15th.
22nd. Dustin Dupler of Co-
lumbus was 20th, and Hot Shots
Street Stocks Michael Collums of West Isaac Gipson of Rus-
Jason Hollis of Eth- Point was 22nd. sellville, Alabama, won
elsville, Alabama, edged Sunday’s Hot Shots race.
two local racers to win Modifieds Dale Johnson, Blake
Sunday night’s Three Shane Stephens of Ar- Lamberth, John Norris and
Star Tire and Auto Street lington, Tennessee, won Thomas Bynum rounded
Stocks race. Sunday’s The Eaton Clin- out the top five.
Shay Knight of Steens ic Modified Sportsman Ed Caulder of Columbus
finished second, and Lee race. was 13th, and Judd Murphy
Ray of Columbus was Jason Byrd, Mike of Columbus was 20th.

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Keep fighting!’ Serena Williams yells herself to Open win

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ria Sakkari of Greece 6-3,
6-7 (6), 6-3, reaching the
NEW YORK — Her quarterfinals in a 12th
breathing loud enough to consecutive appearance
hear in an empty Arthur at Flushing Meadows.
Ashe Stadium, her third- “I feel like I’m pretty
set deficit a point from vocal with or without a
growing to 3-1 against crowd. ... I’m super pas-
someone who beat her sionate. This is my job.
less than two weeks ear- This is what I wake up
lier, Serena Williams to do. This is what I train
scrambled to extend a to do, 365 days of the
13-stroke exchange un- year,” said Williams, who
til her opponent netted a moved a step closer to a
forehand. record-tying 24th Grand
“Keep fighting!” Wil- Slam title.
liams exhorted herself. “Yeah, I’m always go-
Locked in a tough ing to bring that fire and
fourth-round match that passion,” she contin-
Monday, and without the ued, “and that ‘Serena’ to
benefit of a pro-Ameri- the court.”
can audience, Williams When the match end-
provided her own en- ed, after Williams collect-
couragement along the ed six of the last seven
way to coming back and games, she turned and
beating 15th-seeded Ma- yelled toward her hus-
band, who stood at his
front-row seat and yelled
right back.
How tight was this con-
test? Sakkari produced
more aces than Williams,
13-12, and more total win-
ners, 35-30.
Williams was two
points from victory at
6-all in the second-set
tiebreaker, but faltered
there, sending a back-
hand return long to give
Sakkari her fifth set
point, then pushing a fore-
hand out.
But as is so often the
case, when the outcome
was hanging in the bal-
ance in the third set,
which Sakkari led 2-0 but
couldn’t quite get to 3-1,
Williams was better down
the stretch, when it mat-
tered the most.
“I have to be deadly
honest: I wasn’t brave
enough in the third set. I
kind of like, not choked,
but didn’t (convert) my
chances,” Sakkari said.
“And if you don’t get your
chances with a good Sere-
na against you, it’s done.”
This was a rematch
from Aug. 25, when Wil-
liams faded after building
a lead and lost in three sets
to Sakkari at the Western
& Southern Open, a hard-
court tournament usually
held in Ohio but moved
to the U.S. Open site as
part of a two-tournament
“controlled environment”
without spectators amid
the coronavirus pandem-
ic.
“Of course I thought
about (the loss), but ever
so little, because it’s
a completely different
match, completely differ-
ent scenario, completely
different moment,” Wil-
liams said.
In the earlier one, Wil-
liams’ legs were cramp-
ing by the end, and she
blamed herself for that
situation, memorably de-
claring: “I put myself in a
bad situation. It’s like dat-
ing a guy that you know
sucks.”
Asked about that line
Monday, Williams joked:
“Thank God, I got rid of
that guy. Never want to
see him again. He was the
worst.”
That setback made
the American 3-2 since
tennis returned from
its COVID-19 hiatus, all
three-setters. And since?
She is 4-0 at the U.S.
Open.
Williams, who turns 39
in less than three weeks,
will face unseeded Tsvet-
ana Pironkova for a semi-
final berth.
Playing in her first
tournament in more than
three years after taking
time off to have a child,
the 32-year-old Pironkova
advanced with a 6-4, 7-6
(5), 6-3 victory over Alize
Cornet.
In men’s action, where
Novak Djokovic’s default
on Sunday left zero past
Grand Slam champions
in the bracket, No. 2 seed
Dominic Thiem moved
into the quarterfinals by
claiming a close first set
and then running away
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DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: I
am recently
divorced
after a 19-year
marriage, and to
my great shock,
I already find
myself in love
with another
man. I didn’t
come out of the
marriage looking
ZITS for anyone, nor
did I think I’d ever
marry again, but
this man wants to
marry me, and I’m
seriously consid-
Dear Abby
ering it.
We bonded when he con-
tacted me to offer support af-
ter he heard about my divorce,
and it was love at “second”
sight. Why “second”? Because
we grew up together — literally
next door — and he’s my first
cousin.
GARFIELD Despite the societal taboo,
it is legal in my state for first
cousins to marry, and genetic
issues with offspring aren’t
a concern. We’re both sterile
and have no ability (or desire)
for more children. My siblings
suspect and aren’t pleased
with the situation. His parents
know and are happy for us.
Am I crazy to think I’m
in love again this quickly? It
doesn’t feel too fast because
we’ve always known each other
and been close; it’s just that
CANDORVILLE the form of love has changed.
How do we break it to the rest
of the family?
The world?
People can be so
judgmental, even
though in many
parts of the world
it is perfectly
normal to marry
your cousin. —
SECRET LOVE IN
THE SOUTH
DEAR SECRET
LOVE: You are
not “crazy,”
but you may be
in an altered
mental state, as
many recently
divorced people
have found themselves. They
describe it as a kind of high.
If you are wise — and I
hope you are — you will slow
this romance down and allow
enough time for your family to
become accustomed to the
changed circumstances of your
relationship with your cousin.
The “world” isn’t going to care
about this the way your family
does, so don’t concern your-
self with explaining anything
to the general public. (How
often have you asked couples
to explain if they are related
in addition to marriage? Not
many, I’ll bet.)
My advice is to let this
new relationship evolve more
slowly. If you do, the outcome
may be more positive than if
you hurtle to the altar.
DEAR ABBY: I have the
best wife and daughter ever,
and here’s my dilemma. My
daughter lives in another state
and would love us to build a
second home nearby to be
closer to their family.
My wife and I are nearly 80
and very active. I play tennis
or pickleball every day. My wife
walks an hour to an hour and
a half every morning. We are
happiest when we are active.
Where my daughter lives is not
conducive to walking, and my
wife would be very unhappy.
Please don’t suggest a gym
or a treadmill — been there,
done that. Plus, my wife has
no desire to take on the added
burden of a second house. We
just downsized five years ago.
How do I keep the two women
in my life happy? — FIGURING
IT OUT IN FLORIDA
DEAR FIGURING: Recognize
that it won’t be possible to
make both women happy. Your
first loyalty should be to your
wife.
Explain to your daughter
that you know she means well,
but that at your ages (80), your
routine is extremely important.
(It’s true.) That routine may
be what keeps you as healthy
as you are. Back it up with the
fact that two homes would
be too much for you and her
mother to manage, which is
why you have BOTH decided —
as much as you love her — to
keep things as they are. And
stick to it. Your daughter can
visit you, and you can visit her,
but stay where you are.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept.
8). You’ll strike a deal beneficial
to you and to your entire family
going forward. Open your idea of
what “deals” are. Contracts are
sacred. Not only the ones that
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you create through your living
by the principles of your choice.
Take it seriously because
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ARIES (March 21-April 19).
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ities than the others because
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You grow stronger and more
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
powerful by fulfilling requests.
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will be fundamental to your next
moves.
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your best in these times.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Resentment is a strong energy
and a hard one to get over.
Bitterness follows suit. Feelings
like this are like spice -- a little
gets the dish going and too
much ruins it.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Mistakes happen. So what.
Breathe in and out. Who cares?
Someone, for a second, and
then they don’t. There’s no use
in you caring for a lifetime. Move
on, move on, move on.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). Loose clothes and tight
relationships — that’s comfort.
It feels good and cozy — until it
doesn’t. Comfort is messy, and
then too messy. When the line
gets crossed, comfort changes
into discomfort.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Life is music. Interactions have
a rhythm and stick to a certain
pace. You’ll groove with this
music today, create it, walk in it.
It can go from pop to classical
to jazz, but mostly it stays in the
realm of indie.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). The stoic way is fine and
good, though it’s not exciting
enough to engage some of the
others. Letting emotions out
is the only way to connect. We
connect in our mess.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You can look forward to a
professional exchange and the
particular thrill of going from
formal modes of communication
to more informal, which always
means the same thing: You’re
liked.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). How best to show your
love? Do you show it by assist-
ing others or by encouraging
others to help themselves?
Each situation and relationship
is unique, so there is not one
blanket method that is best
for all.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). People understand best
people who are like them. But
that excludes so many when
you’re an Aquarius, as you are
unique, singular and having
bright ideas very much in line
with your sign today.
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20). Wouldn’t you love to know
the conversations they have
about you when you’re not
there? But since you can’t, you
make sure to drop in some
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF CLARA WICKS
SWALES, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 2020-0174-RPF
GEORGE A. SWALES, PETITION-
ER
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
Letters Testamentary have
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undersigned upon the Estate of
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by the Chancery Court of
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on the 1st day of September
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/s/ George A. Swales
GEORGE A. SWALES, Executor
PUBLISH: 9/8, 9/15 &
9/22/2020
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF JAMES J. BROWN, DE-
CEASED
CAUSE NO.: 2020-0169-RPF
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: All Unknown Heirs-at-Law of
James J. Brown, and Any Un-
known Parties In Interest
You have been made a defend- ficer
ant in the Petition for Adjudica-
tion of Heirs [Doc. No. 2] filed OF COUNSEL:
on August 18, 2020, by An-
nette Glover, seeking to de-
termine the heirs-at-law of
James J. Brown, deceased.
Other than you, the only other
interested parties in this ac-
tion are Ranong M. Brown, An- wgillis@cgclawpllc.com
nette Glover and Brinda Black
formerly known as Brinda Mi-
chaels.
You are summoned to appear
and represent your interests
against said Petition before the
Honorable Rodney P. Faver,
Chancellor of the 14th Chan-
cery District at 9:00 a.m. on
the 24th day of September
2020, at the Lowndes County
been granted and issued to
Renasant Bank, Executor of the
Estate of Ralph C. Youngblood,
deceased, by the Chancery
Court of Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, on the 27 day of Au-
gust, 2020. This is to give no-
tice to all persons having
claims against said estate to
Probate and Register same
with the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days from the
first publication of this notice.
A failure to so Probate and Re-
gister said claims will forever
bar the same.
THIS the 28 day of August,
2020.
Renasant Bank, Executor
/s/ Crystal H. Tucker
Crystal H. Tucker
First Vice President & Trust Of-
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