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Thursday | March 26, 2020

State’s death toll from COVID-19 rises to five


MSDH reports four deaths in state on Wednesday alone (up from five Tuesday) and one
each in Clay and Noxubee coun-
a $1,000 fine for violating an
emergency ordinance passed
ties. by the Columbus City Council
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN The cases were a Holmes from the virus was a Hancock
ialtman@cdispatch.com Nationally, there have been to help curb the spread of the
County man between the ages County man also in his 60s with
more than 69,000 confirmed virus.
of 60 and 65; a Webster Coun- underlying health conditions.
Five residents of Mississippi cases of COVID-19 and more Columbus Police Chief Fred
ty man between 65 and 70; a He died in a Louisiana hospital Shelton said the restaurant
have now died after contract- than 1,000 deaths, according to
ing COVID-19 coronavirus, in- Wilkinson County man be- last week. was allowing people to go into
national media outlets.
cluding one person in Webster tween 85 and 90; and a Tunica As of Wednesday morning, the lobby of the building. The
County woman between 75 and the latest update MSDH had resolution the council passed
County.
Mississippi State Depart- 80. MSDH reported in press provided by press time, there Church’s Chicken cited suspends dine-in services and
ment of Health reported four releases that all but the Tunica had been 377 confirmed cases for violating emergency mandates restaurants can
people in the state had died County woman had underlying of COVID-19 in Mississippi, resolution only serve via takeout, drive-
from the virus on Wednesday health conditions. including six in Lowndes Coun- In Columbus, Church’s through or delivery.
alone. The first Mississippian to die ty, seven in Oktibbeha County Chicken on Main Street faces Church’s remains open.

Local hospitals Down market brings new investors,


work to mitigate while existing ones seek to ‘ride it out’
coronavirus Financial advisers: ‘Stay focused on your goals’ during stock market drops
spread
Employee screens in S&P 500 Performance
place, visits restricted Past 5 years
among other practices
BY YUE STELLA YU
syu@cdispatch.com

In the wake of a
growing number of
confirmed cases of
COVID-19 coronavi-
rus, hospitals in the
Golden Triangle are
tightening restric-
tions within the facil-
Sansing
ities to lower the risk
of infection.
Several hospitals have restricted
in-person patient visits, limited the
number of entrances and isolated
potential and confirmed COVID-19
patients from the other patients.
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Gold-
en Triangle in Columbus, OCH Re- 2017 2018 2019 2020
gional Medical Center in Starkville
and North Mississippi Medical The S&P 500 is a stock market index that tracks the performance of 500 large publicly traded United States stocks. It is
Center-West Point all have corona- generally considered to be one of the best representations of the U.S. stock market.
virus testing supplies available, and
patients are encouraged to call a BY TESS VRBIN stocks, bonds and mutual funds — is
physician or nurse practitioner first tvrbin@cdispatch.com just one piece of advice financial plan-
before walking into facilities for ners have for investors in the particu-
testing, hospital spokespeople said. The stock value for the video con- larly volatile market and worldwide eco-
When referred by their providers ferencing tool Zoom increased by 22 nomic recession that the pandemic has
for testing, patients are screened percent from the close of the market caused. March 16 was the Dow Jones
upon hospital entry, masked and Friday to the same time Monday. Industrial Average’s worst day since
brought into isolation when show- People want to invest in Zoom stock
Coats Ferguson Read 1987, and stock values fell low enough
ing symptoms compatible with the because the app has become a wide- on March 18 for trading to abruptly
virus, such as a fever above 100.4 ly-used work-from-home tool during not experienced and if that’s where freeze for the fourth time in two weeks.
degrees Fahrenheit, coughing and the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, you’re putting all your money, you’re Advisers cannot predict the future of
See HOSPITALS, 6A Modern Woodmen of America financial taking a real risk putting everything the stock market but know from expe-
adviser Barbara Coats said. But she and on that one holding, and that’s just not rience that whenever the market goes
other advisers warn against purchasing a smart thing to do,” said Coats, who is down, it eventually goes back up, Finan-
individual stocks. based in Starkville. cial Concepts principal planner Rhonda
“It could go very well, but if you’re Having a diverse stock portfolio — See INVESTORS, 3A

Social distancing is affecting us all


in different ways. We want to hear
how you’re doing. The Dispatch has
COVID-19 PUBLIC NOTICES
set up a voicemail so our readers Virus testing Hospitals change visiting visitation policies, visit the OCH We intend to resume our normal
can share their thoughts and feelings Officials at Baptist Memorial Hos- policies website at www.och.org or the coverage after this crisis.
during this unique time. If you want pital-Golden Triangle and OCH Re- Both Baptist Memorial Hospi- Baptist site at www.baptistonline.
to share, please call 662-328-2424 gional Medical Facility urge those tal-Golden Triangle in Columbus org/locations/golden-triangle. COVID-19 Notices are being run
and dial extension 101. You can leave with COVID-19 symptoms or who and OCH Regional Medical Center for non-profits and governmental
a message 24 hours a day. Certain want testing to call their health in Starkville announced changes How The Dispatch is reacting entities as a public service during
messages will be selected to print care provider for instructions. to their visitation policies Mon- to COVID-19 this health crisis. To submit your
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The Dispatch’s sports and life-
yours, know that someone is out there
to visit ERs or urgent care facili- some entrances and canceling styles sections are much smaller email community@cdispatch.
listening and you’re not alone. We’re
ties in person because that risks scheduled events and group than usual due to drastically com and include the subject line
all in this together.
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WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS A NOTE LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC


1 Who made culinary history when she
ON NEWS MEETINGS
became the first woman to become an Iron ■ Many April 3: Starkville
Chef — Cat Cora, Giada De Laurentiis or Nigella COVID-19 corona- Board of Aldermen
Lawson? virus related sto- work session, 10
2 Who stars in the 2006 comedy “Talledega ries are changing a.m., City Hall
Nights: The Ballad of Rick Bobby” as a NA- extremely quick- April 6: Oktibbeha
SCAR racer trying to regain his lost glory?
ly, sometimes County Board of Su-
Riley Brown 3 What South American city has a 98-
foot statue of Christ overlooking it and its as soon as we pervisors meeting,
Fifth grade, Annunciation publish a print Chancery Court-
harbor?

86 Low 63
4 What comedian is the subject of both a edition of the house, 9 a.m.
High song and a film title “Man on the Moon”? paper. We want April 7: Starkville
Mostly sunny
5 In music, which note sits on the top line of to assure our Board of Aldermen
a treble clef staff — D, F or G? readers that we meeting, 5:30 p.m.,
Full forecast on
page 3A. Answers, 6B are making every City Hall
attempt to print April 14:
accurate, timely Starkville-Oktibbeha
INSIDE news. Online sto- Consolidated School
Business 5B Dear Abby 3B ries are updated Cindy Baucom of Columbus is District Board of
Classifieds 6B Obituaries 4B throughout the still on her first job. She started Trustees meeting, 6
Comics 3B Opinions 4A day at cdispatch. working at Toshiba 24 years ago p.m., 401 Greens-
Crossword 2B com. and has been there ever since. boro St.

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2A THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Senate unanimously passes massive coronavirus aid plan


‘The government has temporarily shut down is meant to match a historic
crisis,” said Minority Leader
sheer magnitude, the bill fi-
nances a response with a price
slowed as four conservative Re-
publican senators from states
the economy because of this disease, and the Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “Our
health care system is not pre-
tag that equals half the size of
the entire $4 trillion-plus an-
whose economies are dominat-
ed by low-wage jobs demanded
government must help those who are hurt by it’ pared to care for the sick. Our
workers are without work. Our
nual federal budget. The $2.2
trillion estimate is the White
changes, saying the legislation
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn as written might give workers
businesses cannot do business. House’s best guess. like store clerks incentives to
BY ANDREW TAYLOR lenge unlike it has ever faced. Our factories lie idle. The gears Insistently optimistic, Presi- stay on unemployment instead
The Associated Press The 880-page measure is of the American economy have dent Donald Trump said of the of return to their jobs since they
the largest economic relief bill ground to a halt.” greatest public health emergen- may earn more money if they’re
WASHINGTON — The Sen- The package is intended as cy in anyone’s lifetime, “I don’t
in U.S. history. Majority Lead- laid off than if they’re working.
ate passed an unparalleled $2.2 relief for an economy spiraling think its going to end up being
er Mitch McConnell appeared They settled for a failed vote to
trillion economic rescue pack- into recession or worse and a such a rough patch” and antic-
age steering aid to businesses, somber and exhausted as he modify the provision.
nation facing a grim toll from ipated the economy soaring
workers and health care sys- announced the vote — and he an infection that’s killed more “like a rocket ship” when it’s Other objections floated in
tems engulfed by the coronavi- released senators from Wash- than 21,000 people worldwide. over. from New York Gov. Andrew
rus pandemic. ington until April 20, though Treasury Secretary Steven “The government has tem- Cuomo, who has become a
The unanimous vote he promised to recall them if Mnuchin, asked how long the porarily shut down the econ- prominent Democrat on the
Wednesday came despite mis- needed. aid would keep the economy omy because of this disease, national scene as the country
givings on both sides about “Pray for one another, for all afloat, said: “We’ve anticipat- and the government must help battles the pandemic. Cuomo,
whether it goes too far or not far of our families and for our coun- ed three months. Hopefully, those who are hurt by it,” said whose state has seen more
enough and capped days of dif- try,” said McConnell, R-Ky. we won’t need this for three Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. deaths from the pandemic than
ficult negotiations as Washing- “The legislation now before months.” The drive by leaders to speed any other, said, “I’m telling you,
ton confronted a national chal- us now is historic because it Underscoring the effort’s the bill through the Senate was these numbers don’t work.”

Trump’s push to open economy


could come at cost of lives
‘We’re not
going to accept
New York struggles with virus, US deaths top 1,000
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS out a call for more doctors and nurses
a premise that for fear the number of sick will explode
NEW YORK — New York author- in a matter of weeks, overwhelming
human life is ities mobilized to head off a public hospitals as has happened in Italy and
health disaster Wednesday, with the Spain. Spanish lawmakers agreed to
disposable’ city’s emergence as the nation’s biggest extending by two weeks a state of emer-
New York Gov. coronavirus hot spot a warning flare — gency that has allowed the government
Andrew Cuomo and perhaps a cautionary tale — for the to maintain a national lockdown.
rest of the country as U.S. deaths from Worldwide, the death toll climbed
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
the pandemic topped 1,000. past 21,000, according to a running
A makeshift morgue was set up out- count kept by Johns Hopkins Universi-
WASHINGTON — The side Bellevue Hospital, and the city’s ty. The number of dead in the U.S. rose
contrast could hardly be police, their ranks dwindling as more to 1,041 as of late Wednesday, with near-
more stark. Gov. Andrew fall ill, were told to patrol nearly empty ly 70,000 infections.
Cuomo of New York has streets to enforce social distancing. New York State alone accounted for
said that if all of his sweep- Public health officials hunted down more than 30,000 cases and close to 300
ing, expensive measures beds and medical equipment and put deaths, most of them in New York City.
to stem the coronavirus
saved one life, it would be
It has been used to consid- economy remains closed. state. “And we’re not going
worth it. President Don-
er whether to require seat He has targeted a return to put a dollar figure on
ald Trump has another belts, airbags or environ- a semblance of normalcy human life.”
view: The costs of shut- mental regulations, but it for the economy by Easter For decades, the feder-
ting down the economy has never been applied in Sunday, April 12. al government has made
outweigh the benefits, fre- a broad public health con- Critics say he’s present- calculations on how poli-
quently telling Americans text. ing the nation with a false cies intended to safeguard
that 35,000 people a year The question is now choice at a moment when American health could im-
die from the common flu. an urgent one given that deaths and infections from pact the economy. Since
Though it may seem Trump in recent days has the virus are surging. the Reagan administra-
crass, the federal govern- latched on to the notion “We’re not going to tion, federal agencies have
ment actually has long that the cure for the pan- accept a premise that hu- been required to perform
made a calculation when demic should not be worse man life is disposable,” analysis of any proposed
imposing regulations, than the disease and ar- said Cuomo, whose state regulations that are ex-
called “the value of a sta- gued that “more people has seen far more infec- pected to have $100 mil-
tistical life,” that places a are going to die if we al- tions and deaths from lion or more impact on the
price tag on a human life. low this to continue” if the COVID-19 than any other economy.

World leaders to meet virtually to coordinate virus response


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS population into home iso- tions as people lose their ing oil markets by ramp-
lation. incomes amid closures, ing up production next
DUBAI, United Arab The meeting for the curfews and lockdowns. month and slashing pric-
Emirates — Leaders of Group of 20 nations will The meeting comes es to gain market share af-
the world’s most powerful be chaired by Saudi Ara- amid criticism that the ter Russia, another major
economies will convene bia’s King Salman. The world’s wealthiest coun-
G20 oil producer, refused
virtually on Thursday to kingdom, which is pre- tries have not taken co-
try and coordinate a re- to extend a production
siding over the G20 this hesive action to combat
sponse to the fast-spread- year, said it organized the the virus or its economic cut agreement that had
ing coronavirus, which extraordinary meeting impact on people around propped up crude prices.
has shuttered business- to advance global efforts the world. The U.S. has already
es and forced well over to tackle the pandemic Saudi Arabia has also called on Saudi Arabia to
a quarter of the world’s and its economic implica- been criticized for rock- rethink its strategy.
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 3A

Governor: Mississippi not ‘dictator’ on limits during virus


‘We’re following our experts and I’ve spent to close their dining rooms and
limit service to carry-out or de-
coronavirus causes mild or
moderate symptoms, such as
where officials have told peo-
ple not to congregate in large
many sleepless nights praying for wisdom liver meals. He has encouraged
people to remain home, but has
fever and cough that clear up
in two to three weeks, and the
groups. Adams County has set a
nighttime curfew.
in this unprecedented time’ not issued a stay-at-home order,
as many other governors have
overwhelming majority of peo-
ple recover. But severe cases
Reeves’ order tells people to
Gov. Tate Reeves stop visiting hospitals, nursing
done. can need respirators to survive, homes or long-term care facili-
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS new coronavirus. Also Wednesday, a day after and with infections spreading ties that house those most vul-
The Associated Press “We’re following our experts Reeves said he wants Mississip- exponentially, hospitals across
nerable to becoming sick. An
and I’ve spent many sleepless pi’s only abortion clinic to stop the country are either bracing
JACKSON — exception is for visiting people
nights praying for wisdom in doing elective surgeries, the for a coming wave of patients, or
Mississippi Gov. receiving “imminent end-of-life
this unprecedented time,” Re- clinic was still seeing patients. already struggling to keep up.
Tate Reeves said Protesters and clinic escorts Some Mississippi cities and care.”
Wednesday that publican Reeves said on his Reeves said Tuesday that he
sometimes stood close to each counties are setting curfews
he is rejecting Facebook and Twitter accounts. wants businesses to allow “ev-
other on the sidewalk outside, and other restrictions tighter
“dictator models His comments came a day af- ignoring suggestions by med- than the ones ordered statewide ery possible employee” to work
like China” to ter he issued an executive order ical professionals that people by Reeves. Clarksdale, Green- from home. His order lists sev-
strictly control Reeves that seeks to limit people’s phys- keep a 6-foot distance between wood, Hattiesburg, Jackson, eral types of businesses that
people’s move- ical interactions. Reeves told themselves and others. Meridian, Oxford Port Gibson should remain open because
ments to curb the spread of the restaurants and bars statewide For most people, the new and Tupelo are among the cities they are considered essential.

Investors
Continued from Page 1A
Ferguson said. be suddenly worth zero, to help your parents if you ‘It’s how you behave likely that they want to is new to investing should
“We expect and plan the last thing any of us need to, to get yourself just ride this out,” Read start without an adviser’s
on declines, but we don’t would be concerned retired, to buy a vacation during difficult said. “For those that are a help and no one should
ever know what’s going about would be money,” home,” Ferguson said. periods’ little more aggressive and make changes to their re-
to cause that decline or she said. “Those are the “You didn’t invest to look Ferguson and Josh want to take advantage of tirement accounts unless
when it’s going to hap- things that we try to reas- at the bottom line every Read of Edward Jones the market being down, they are actively drawing
pen,” she said. “This virus sure (clients about), that day.” Investing, both based I’ll encourage them to money from it, in which
is not a financial event; it’s the world is not ending No one Coats has talk- in Columbus, said they put some money into the case they should also talk
an event crisis. So it kind because of this pandemic. ed to is afraid the market want their clients to fo- market if they’re comfort- to an adviser.
of came out of the blue. We’ve experienced other won’t recover, but she said cus on their long-term able with that. It all comes Only two of the rough-
We’ve had an economy health crises, we’ve expe- some are afraid it might financial goals and not to down to clients’ comfort.” ly 2,000 Financial Con-
and markets that have rienced a credit crisis in not recover “in time for make emotional decisions Now might actually be cepts customers in the
been very strong (until 2008 and 2009, we’ve had them to need it,” such as based on a number or a a “brilliant time” to make Golden Triangle have
now).” natural disasters around if they are retiring in the news headline. long-term investments, panicked enough to leave
Some clients fear the the world. Business will next few years and their And on the upside of Coats said. Some of her the stock market due to
companies in which they be upset for a short peri- retirement accounts ap- the down market, inves- clients are nervous about the pandemic, Ferguson
have purchased stock od of time, but then the pear at risk. tors with some extra cash the down market, but just said.
will go out of business, best minds in the world However, not many they do not need in the as many are hoping to “Sometimes people
and while some areas like will be figuring out what people have expressed short term might reap big take advantage of it, she think choosing the right
the travel industry will be to do.” concerns to Coats and rewards from investing it said strategy is the most im-
“severely affected,” the It can be tempting to other advisers, she said, now, Read and Coats both “Everything is very, portant determinant to
likelihood of any compa- check market values ev- and she believes limited said. very low, and you kind get where they want to be
nies becoming worthless ery day, Ferguson said, social contact is keeping “Some people have of have to look at it as if financially, but really it’s
is next to none, Ferguson but she advises against it. people from developing more conservative risk everything’s on sale,” she how you behave during
said. “You’ve invested to fears about the stock mar- tolerances than others, said. difficult periods,” she
“If everything was to send your kids to college, ket through conversation. and for them it’s most Coats said no one who said.

Officials: As Mississippi River drops, floods still a threat


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New Orleans Advocate reported. through May. Highly saturated soil
As the river levels decrease, the in areas where rainfall might occur
NEW ORLEANS — As the Mis- Army Corps of Engineers changed will also increase the chances of
sissippi River in New Orleans con- rules that prohibit construction flooding across central and south-
tinues to drop, there is still a threat work on or near the river. It has also
eastern states, officials added.
of flooding this spring across a revised river inspections from at
third of the country. The Mississippi River watershed
least once a day to twice weekly.
The river dropped below 15 feet But according to federal forecast- faces a risk of major or moderate
last week at the Carrollton gauge, ers, an increase in rainfall across flooding. Those conditions do not
located in the city’s uptown neigh- areas north of Louisiana will pose represent a threat of levee failure in
borhood, The Times-Picayune / a threat of high river conditions Louisiana.

BUILDING PERMITS
Conerly Construction Inc. ■ Scott Pridmore; 1112 Ridge Circle; Addition to s/f
City of Columbus ■ Annie Latham; 1605 5th Gardner Boulevard; Electrical residence; owner
March 16-19, 2020 Street South; Addition in rear permit; Ables Electric ■ Bobby Alexander; 447 Lake-
■ Geraldine Schultz; 198 of house; New Creation ■ Ables Investments LLC; 47 over Drive West; Construct
Gregory Road; shed; same ■ Hal Smith; 2011 Main Eagle Cove; Electrical permit; storage/shop; owner
■ Eddie Will Shelton Jr.; 1811 Street; Chain Link Fence; Ables Electric ■ Knight Environmental; 400
6th Avenue North; Reroof; Same ■ Paul Reeves; 102 Luxapali- Lawrence Bridge Road; Con-
Excellent Roofing ■ City of Columbus (Water- la; Plumbing permit; Tabor struct shop; Knight Environ-
■ Synergos Investments LLC; works Plant); 1601 Water- Plumbing mental
2406 Highway 45 North, Suite works Road; control Room ■ Jason Patrick Sims; 706 Ala- ■ Spec; Sleepy Fawn; Con-

Tell your child a bedtime story.


B; Sign for Lucent Medispa; Addition; T&M Steel Erectors bama Street; Plumbing permit; struct s/f residence; Mike
Gayden Signs Klutts Plumbing McElhenny
Inc
■ Ganpati 16 LLC; 2246 Mili- ■ John L Poss Jr; 1905 Old
tary Road; Addition for walk-in Aberdeen Road; Electrical
cooler; Bostick Construction permit; Weldon Electric Lowndes County
■ Jason Patrick Sims; 706 ■ Jason Patrick Sims; 706 Ala- March 24, 2020
Alabama Street; Addition to The bama Street; Electrical permit; ■ Knight Environmental; 400
Jug; Gene Reid Construction Livingston & Sons Lawrence Bridge Road; Con-
■ Columbus Housing Author- ■ Derrick Flynn; 904; College struct shop; Knight Environ-
ity; 1701/1703 12th Avenue Street; Electrical permit; Ables mental
North; Repair fire damage; Electric ■ James Stafford; 276 Oak

SOLUNAR TABLE
The solunar period indicates
peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Thurs. Fri.
Major 2:33a 3:15a
Minor 8:52a 9:22a
Major 8:52p 3:36p
Minor 9:06p 10:00p
Courtesy of Mississippi Department
of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

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LOCAL VOICES
Help support local restaurants by ordering takeout
A
s our com- benefits not just the unprecedented time. I urge count on our restaurants every these employees as quickly
munity, restaurants, but our everyone to order as frequently day. There are over 121,900 as possible and removing any
state, nation, entire communi- as you can from your favorite restaurant jobs in Mississippi, lasting effects on employers.
and world face the ties. Restaurants local restaurant. Health de- representing 10 percent of the There are many relief funds
current pandem- are some of the partment regulations have nev- workforce in our state. There being started to aid these
ic, I feel we must most philanthropic er been higher. Our managers, are many more thousands that workers during this time.
all focus inward businesses in Mis- chefs and key hourly employ- work to support and service Please consider contributing to
toward our local sissippi. Whether ees are Serve-Safe certified, restaurants such as food one of these funds if you can.
communities and providing food understanding what it takes suppliers, farmers, chemical Again, I urge you to please
work together to during a natural to keep our restaurants safe, and janitorial businesses, and order takeout from your favor-
get through this. disaster or raising healthy, and clean. Restaurants linen providers just to name a ite locally owned restaurants
As founder and funds for someone in Mississippi adhere to the few. Unfortunately, as a result as much as you can. We hope
CEO of the Eat John Bean in the community highest of standards in sanita- of the understandable restric- your meal will bring a little
With Us Group I battling an illness, tion practices and understand tions on in-dining, many of joy to your day, and also make
never dreamed I restaurants are the the importance of food safety. these employees have had to you realize that your order
would face the situation we are first to step up. The resources By choosing to order from be laid off. has truly helped sustain the
in now. If you are anything we have access to during the your local restaurants, you are I would like to commend well-being of the Mississippi
like me, you are filled with un- good times — fresh food, com- contributing towards keeping our local, state and federal gov- restaurant industry for the
certainty, but realize we must passionate employees, busy restaurant employees work- ernment agencies and officials future!
remain strong in our resolve, dining rooms — afford us this ing and earning income. Our as well as health care profes- I think I speak for all restau-
knowing we are moving toward opportunity. leadership team, and restau- sionals who are on the front rants in Mississippi, that we
the end of this crisis. Restaurants are now focus- rateurs in our community and lines during this crisis. They can’t wait to have you back in
The Covid-19 crisis is very ing their efforts on making state, have worked tirelessly are working hard to bring the our restaurants!
real, and it is important you un- great takeout orders quick and to find a way to support our pandemic to an end. The State John Bean is the CEO of Eat
derstand supporting your local easy for everyone to be able to employees as well as the of Mississippi is working to With Us Group, which is based
restaurants through this time enjoy during this challenging, people of Mississippi that get unemployment benefits to in Columbus.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR


Voice of the people
Appreciates county
administrator
When I read that the county
administrator was being forced out
of his position this didn’t sit right
within me at all. I remember when
he was appointed over a decade
ago and given a substantial raise
to start. I thought that amount was
high but after meeting Mr. Ralph
in person I knew his salary was
right. I first met the county ad-
ministrator, Mr. Ralph, when I was
working for the road department
over a decade ago. We needed fans
for our District 3 Road Depart-
ment, and I was informed that he
was over the budget, and I had to
go through him to get them. Per-
sonal circumstances allowed me to
find out that he was very intelligent
and fair. He made decisions based
on truth and not on anything else.
I attended board meetings regu-
larly when my scheduled allowed
it. I would hear Mr. Brooks speak
of what a bright spot he was for
our county. I personally witnessed
Mr. Ralph make concrete deci-
sions and operate in his position. I
thought what an exceptional asset
Mr. Ralph was. I put off asking him STATE OF THE NATION
was he mentoring a replacement
for when he retired or resigned
or some other life event occurred.
I know that our county will run
Going Viral: Politicizing this pandemic gets us nowhere
B
whether he’s the administrator of y now the tropes dom, and find ways to try to a market correction at some point
not, but like me I know that all of have become almost to debunk the system — or in the near term. From a conspirator’s
you want the best individual possi- typical. Democrats worse, point to a dark and point of view, couldn’t the virus have
ble and I’m not saying Mr. Ralph is are politicizing the coronavi- shadowy global cabal that achieved what the president failed to
perfect but he has proven that he rus, drumming up irrational has somehow manufactured do from his bully pulpit: force the Fed
is extraordinary in his work. God fears in the media, and caus- the virus to achieve nefari- to flood the economy with economic
bless our county and city leaders ing an economic meltdown, ous political ends such as, stimulus?
for what they passionately do each all in hopes of bringing say, world domination. What is becoming clearer is that the
day on behalf of all of us. down the president. It has These tropes are not government must bypass the capital
Andre Roberts even been floated that new and have arisen in the markets and implement aggressive fis-
Columbus climate change activists are aftermath of every major cal policies that directly impact every-
actively hyping the spread emergency. They arose day Americans. It cannot simply inject
A letter to the editor is an excellent of the coronavirus because Armstrong Williams amid the AIDS scare in the capital at the corporate and financial
way to participate in your communi- they believe that a decline 1980s; it supposedly was services level and hope that trickles
ty. We request the tone of your letters in manufacturing will a biological attack against down to the “everyday Joe.”
be constructive and respectful and the reverse climate change. For exam- gay people and minorities, constructed And the key here, politically, is
length be limited to 450 words. While ple, the air quality in Wuhan, a major by right-wing groups. They arose in that both the executive and legislative
commentary on national issues is Chinese manufacturing center where the aftermath of the attacks on 9/11; branches of government will have to
always welcome, we limit candidate the COVID-19 outbreak first occurred, it supposedly was “an inside job” to work together — and be willing to
endorsements to one per letter-writ- allegedly improved by over 20% during justify a war against the Middle East. share the blame and the credit. The
er. We welcome all letters emailed the slowdown caused by the virus. And they are arising now. Any occur- question is whether we, as a nation, are
to voice@cdispatch.com or mailed On the other side of the aisle, of rence that defies our worldview and in a place where we trust our political
to The Dispatch, Attn: Letters to the course, Democrats have been quick to lacks a logical explanation brings with leaders enough to believe them, or
Editor, PO Box 511, Columbus, MS castigate President Trump for his early it scores of conspiratorial theories that whether our distrust and cynicism have
39703-0511. attempts to downplay the effects of attempt to reconcile our beliefs about reached a breaking point.
coronavirus, and for allegedly creating the world with the dissonant reality we We do not need to engage in politi-
institutional barriers to an effective na- are sometimes confronted by. cal conspiracy theories to observe the


tional response to the pandemic. They But the truth is that economists obvious: The coronavirus and related
A MOMENT OF CALM hope to use the cratering economy as a
political wedge to unseat the president
have been predicting that a recession
is on the way for the past two years. We
political and social upheaval are having
broad systemic effects. COVID-19 is
Great men do not this November. Numerous political are 12 years into a bull market, one of affecting every system in society — the
experience small action committees and dark money the longest ever recorded, and due for distribution of goods and services in or-
challenges. They face groups have put money into politicizing a correction. Corporate profits relative dinary commerce, the medical system
great challenge but that the president’s response to coronavi- to bond yields began falling as early as and even the machinery of politics. A
is what makes them great. That is rus. This is politics as usual. the third quarter of 2018. Over the past curious observer might analyze these
what give them great story. That is Americans, many of whom are now year, the president repeatedly exhorted impacts and begin to design responses
what inspires them to live and leave stuck in their homes under orders by the ostensibly independent Federal Re- that can make our society less vulner-
distinctive footprints on minds. the authorities to “socially distance” serve to lower interest rates to prop up able to this type of shock in the future.
Though they face great challenges, themselves, suddenly have a lot of time asset values and stave off what looked How might we change our voting
they gather great momentum and on their hands. Sure, some of us are like a slowdown in the rate of economic systems to withstand pandemics? Our
strength to fight such challenges really “working” from home (wink, growth. Democrats complained that health care system?
with fortitude and tenacity to the wink). But many of us are glued to the the president was improperly attempt- We will survive this latest scare; we
satisfaction of their inner man. television and the internet, consuming ing to goose the stock market, injecting have survived others. But if we only
Great men, though they face great every novel conspiracy theory that unneeded and perhaps even dangerous blame each other and fail to put in
challenges, they always come out comes to mind. levels of stimulus into the system, to place measures that make our society
of the challenges as great men It is perhaps safe to say that as the stave off a downturn and strengthen stronger, we’ll suffer a much worse fate
with great stories. They live and panic subsides, the blame game begins. his hand going into 2020. down the line.
leave distinctive footprints of life on We don’t like pausing our daily lives No one thought the catalyst of a ma- Armstrong Williams is an American
minds. and adjusting to a new and stifling nor- jor market disruption would be a viral political commentator, entrepreneur,
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah mal. We chafe against the official wis- pandemic — but signs were pointing author, and talk show host.
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 5A

Trump’s Easter goal in war


on virus a nod to faith, business
‘Easter’s a very special day for me. Wouldn’t it be months. And on Tuesday, he formal-
ly endorsed the idea of an Easter
great to have all of the churches full? You’ll have goalpost during a Fox News Chan-
nel virtual town hall.
packed churches all over our country. I think it “Easter’s a very special day for
me. Wouldn’t it be great to have all of
would be a beautiful time.’ the churches full?” Trump later told
President Donald Trump Fox. “You’ll have packed churches
all over our country. I think it would
BY JILL COLVIN AND ELANA SCHOR economist and informal Trump ad- be a beautiful time.”
The Associated Press viser. On the call, Moore said, he The idea drew alarm from many
argued in favor of setting a specif- public health experts, who noted
WA S H I N G T O N
ic date as a goal by which point the that even New York — thought to
— President Donald
economy could gradually begin to be several weeks ahead of the rest
Trump’s “beautiful”
be reopened. of the nation — has yet to reach its
idea to reopen the
“One of the things we were say- peak in infections. Unless Ameri-
U.S. economy by Eas-
ing was that this would instill some cans continue to isolate themselves
ter Sunday and pack
confidence in people, that there for weeks, those experts warn, a
church pews that
day was dreamed up would be some kind of light at the virus that has already killed more
during a conference Trump end of the tunnel,” he said. than 1,000 people in the U.S. will
call among business leaders desper- While many wanted to see that continue to spread like wildfire
ate to get the country back up and date set even sooner than Easter, across the nation, overwhelming
running. “it’s something that’s coming up hospitals already starved of needed
But his target date for easing that would be obviously a mark on supplies. The number infected has
coronavirus restrictions is anoth- someone’s calendar,” Moore said. “I risen to more than 69,000.
er outstretched hand to a group he had made this point that we should But for conservative evangelicals
has long courted: evangelical Chris- call this economic resurrection day.” who remain among Trump’s most
tians. Though it’s unclear exactly when ardent supporters, the president’s
Cooped up at the White House the idea made its way to Trump or choice of the holiest date on their
and watching the stock market tum- whether others in his orbit had faith’s calendar was meaningful
ble, Trump had already been eager pegged the date as well — one of- even as a purely aspirational goal to
to ease federal guidelines aimed at ficial said they had heard the idea reboot American life.
halting the spread of a virus that had mentioned multiple times around The timeline “injected hope into
infected more than 55,000 Ameri- the Oval Office — by late Sunday, an indefinite ordeal,” said Johnnie
cans when about a dozen business Trump was publicly siding with Moore, an evangelical adviser to
leaders convened a conference call such thinking, tweeting: “WE CAN- the administration. “And it was very
on Sunday. NOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE clear in hearing him speak that not
“There was a concern — not THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF.” only is there an end to this … but
unanimity, but consensus — that On Monday, he said he was consid- when we do win it, we’re going to
you had to have a reopening of the ering easing his administration’s have a celebration, and that celebra-
economy at some point soon,” said recommendations that Americans tion will partly include gratitude to
Stephen Moore, a conservative largely stay home within weeks, not God.”

Trump administration urged to free migrants as virus surges


At least one detainee has tested positive for coronavirus cases for possible release
because of the outbreak.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS cause they are often held yer detailing conditions It did not immediately re-
in open rooms, beds 3-feet inside. They asked to be spond to a request to com-
WASHINGTON — apart, and without ade- released to await decisions ment on the complaints
Pressure was mounting on quate supplies of masks or on their immigration cas- about conditions from the
the Trump administration other protections. es. detainees and their advo-
Wednesday to release peo- “It’s impossible to “I don’t want to die in cates.
ple from immigration de- stay calm,” said Mar- an ICE jail,” he said in a The administration has
tention facilities where at co Battistotti, an Italian phone interview with The tried to balance its over-
least one detainee has test- who is among 170 people Associated Press. “Why all hard line on immigra-
ed positive for COVID-19 detained by U.S. Immi- can’t I fight my case on the tion, a signature policy of
and advocates fear tight gration and Customs En- outside?” President Donald Trump,
quarters and overall con- forcement at the Bristol The agency, which re- and its response to the
ditions could cause rapid County jail in Massachu- ported the positive test outbreak, with ICE an-
spread of the virus. setts. “People are panick- of a 31-year-old man from nouncing previously that
The U.S. holds around ing. People are in fear.” Mexico held in Bergen it would “temporarily ad-
37,000 people in immigra- The 54-year-old Bat- County, New Jersey, on just” operations to focus
tion detention. Detainees tistotti was among about Tuesday, has announced on apprehending people
and advocates say many 100 detainees at the coun- steps to protect detained who pose a risk to public
are vulnerable because of ty jail near Cape Cod who migrants and staff from safety or are subject to
age and pre-existing med- signed a letter released by the virus, but hasn’t said mandatory detention be-
ical conditions, and be- a local immigration law- whether it plans to review cause of a criminal record.

Drugmaker backpedals on specialty status for COVID-19 drug


BY MAT THEW PERRONE revoke the so-called “or- rare disease under U.S. Americans are expected
AP Health Writer phan drug” status it re- rules, since fewer than to eventually be infect-
ceived for its experimen- 200,000 Americans are ed with the virus. As of
WASHINGTON — tal drug remdesivir. The infected. Wednesday, cases in the
Facing public criticism, status would have entitled But experts and public U.S. topped 61,000.
the maker of a promising the company to financial advocates blasted Gilead Gilead said in a state-
coronavirus drug said incentives and exclusive for seeking the status. ment Wednesday after-
Wednesday it will waive marketing intended for “COVID-19 is anything noon that it asked the
a special regulatory des- rare disease treatments. but a rare disease,” stated FDA to rescind the or-
ignation that could have The Food and Drug a letter sent to the com- phan drug designation
allowed it to block compe- Administration granted pany earlier Wednesday and that the company
tition and boost profits for the company’s request by more than 50 con- “recognizes the urgent
its treatment. for the designation on sumer and patient advo- public health needs posed
Gilead Sciences said it Monday, noting that cacy groups. The groups by the COVID-19 pan-
will ask U.S. regulators to COVID-19 qualified as a noted that millions of demic.”
6A THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Hospitals
Continued from Page 1A
shortness of breath, hos-
pital spokespeople say.
Hospital staff will then tri-
Area hospitals stocked up on
age and swab the patients
for a coronavirus test. masks, other COVID-19 supplies
Those with mild symp-
toms will be sent home
BY SLIM SMITH “Because we have been conserva-
ssmith@cdispatch.com tive with our PPE (personal protection
after the test and wait for
the results. equipment) and have had generous do-
During Gov. Tate Reeves’ teleconfer- nations from the community at (Missis-
In cases of emergen- ence with county supervisors through-
cy, where symptoms are sippi State University), we have the sup-
out the state Wednesday, Mississippi plies we need at this time,” Kight said.
life-threatening, patients Emergency Management Agency direc-
will be hospitalized and “At this point, our needs are being met.”
tor Greg Michel provided an update on Although hospitals are encouraged
isolated, hospitals offi- the medical supplies needed to fight the
cials said. to continue to use their usual suppliers,
COVID-19 virus. Michel said the state is prepared to fill in
Patients at the NMMC Calling the current supply “woefully
are put in single-person gaps where supplies are low.
short of what our needs are,” Michel said “Supplies are being delivered direct-
rooms, while those at MEMA is establishing a supply chain
BMH are kept in one area ly from here in Jackson to emergency
that should relieve shortages around management offices or, in some cases,
away from other patients. Mississippi.
“We are trying to group directly to the hospitals,” Michel said.
“The supply of N95 (medical) masks “We’re letting the counties make that
them within the hospital continue to be woefully short, but we do
in a certain area just to decision, but emergency management is
have a large supply coming in within the the point of contact for supplies.”
prevent cross contamina- next 48 hours and over the course of the
tion,” said Lauri Sansing, Noting the tornado that hit Tishim-
next seven days, we should have a good ingo County Tuesday evening, Michel
nursing director of the stock across the board,” he said.
emergency and trauma said MEMA is making sure county
“We’re going to continue to take a emergency management departments
departments at the BMH. 
push approach to logistics, meaning as have supplies needed to react to weather
“Patients with the coro-
long as we have material we are going to emergencies even as the state continues
navirus can be in any pa-
continue to push those materials out to to build and distribute supplies to fight
tient room as long as that
the counties until we get a hands up to the COVID-19 virus.
door is shut,” she added.
stop,” he added. “We’re still a couple of “We know that we are going into what
“In the beginning, the
weeks away from being at that level, but has historically been the most danger-
CDC (Centers for Disease
that’s our goal.” ous month of the year with regard to tor-
Control and Prevention)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden nadoes, so (Tuesday) we sent guidance
said that they need to have
negative pressure rooms, Triangle in Columbus and OCH Region- out to emergency management direc-
but they have changed al Medical Center in Starkville are not tors informing them that life safety must
that as they are learning currently facing shortages of the sup- be the first priority over everything
more and more about the plies needed to fight the virus, hospital else,” he said. “That means, ‘Do we open
virus.” officials said. a shelter during the COVID response?’
At OCH, patients arriv- “We have a good supply of the items The answer to that is, ‘You absolutely
ing in an ambulance are we need,” said Baptist Director of Mate- open the shelter.’ We’ve done the best we
placed in a negative pres- rials Management Carl Carter. “We are can to make sure emergency manage-
sure room in the emergen- getting the supplies we need from sev- ment in the counties have the appropri-
cy room, said Savannah eral different sources. Most are coming ate materials they need to have set aside
Brown, quality director from our Baptist system contract ven- in the event they need to open a shelter.”
and certified infection dors. We made an initial wish list to the Lowndes County Emergency Man-
control registered nurse. state, but had to come back and amend it agement Director Cindy Lawrence said
Hospitalized patients will to itemize it and re-submit and are in the her department has the supplies needed
be placed in airborne and process of doing that now. Currently, we in the case of a weather emergency.
contact isolation. have everything we need to take care of “We were discussing possibly open-
The restrictions came our patients and keep our patients, staff ing a shelter (Tuesday night),” Lawrence
as coronavirus samples and employees safe.” said. “We do have a good supply, includ-
collected by the hospitals OCH is in a similar situation, said ing about 250 masks. If we open a shel-
yielded positive test re- Public Relations Director Mary Kathryn ter, we’ll go by the CDC guidelines as
sults.  Kight. close as we can.”
As of Wednesday af-
ternoon, BMH has per- vising them to self-mon- in labor or in pediatrics,
formed 82 coronavirus itor, starting Wednesday who are allowed two.
Additional measures
Hospital employees re-
swabs, with seven con- morning, said Melody The steps are safety ceived medical equipment
firmed cases, according Poole, vice president of measures taken to con- for infection protection,
to BMH spokesperson organizational perfor- serve limited resources such as isolation gowns,
Ayoka Pond.  mance at the NMHS. and dial down the risk of gloves, face shields or
Only one of the more Both the BMH and virus spread, BMH Mar- goggles and surgical and
than 60 cases tested at the OCH have told The keting Director Megan
OCH returned positive N95 masks. 
Dispatch that employees Pratt said. With patients
as of Tuesday afternoon, The isolation area and
who are suspected or potentially infected by
Brown said. the waiting room are
confirmed cases are not the coronavirus, she said,
Across all facilities of separated at OCH, Smith
allowed to return back to every visitor is at risk of
the North Mississippi said. BMH has closed its
work until they recover. contracting it.
Health Services, which critical care wait rooms,
OCH started screen- “If you have a lot of vis-
includes NMMC in West and NMMC has closed all
ing their employees upon itors going
Point, a total of 434 tests entry Tuesday morning, wait rooms to the general
in there, public, hospitals say. 
have been performed as Brown said, in the wake they are us-
of Wednesday, with 32 of an “escalating” situa- The cafeteria at BMH
ing a lot of remains open, said Pratt,
positive cases, according tion. The employees will gowns and
to the NMHS’s website. only be allowed back to but visitors can only or-
masks,” she der take-outs. Dine-in
  work when they are fe- said. “Not service is only available
Following the ver-free without the help knowing to employees. Tables are
of medication for one day
guidelines if testing negative, or
what the fu- Pratt spaced out to be at least
The new policies were ture of this six feet away from each
three days if testing pos- looks like, you want to
put in place following other, she said.
itive, she said. conserve (these supplies)
the CDC’s guidelines for “Employees have to
Visitors with a fever as much as possible.”
health care facilities to eat,” Pratt said. “We have
would be turned away at Starting last Tuesday,
control the infection.  to feed our patients.”
the door and told to go OCH recommended one
Patients are discour- The hospital has also
home and rest, unless designated visitor per
aged from walk-in visits eliminated the salad bar
the symptoms are seri- patient, but exceptions
unless necessary, accord- and the fountain drinks at
ous enough to hospitalize can be made on a case-
ing to the CDC’s website. the cafeteria, Pratt said. 
them. by-case basis, according
Health care facilities are “Everything has to be
“If a visitor is screened
encouraged to limit visi- to their latest visitation out of a bottle now,” Pratt
and their symptoms are
tation and isolate patients policies online. Children said.
considered high-risk or
by setting up physical under the age of 14 are The cafeteria and the
COVID-19, we do not
barriers or triage stations not allowed to visit. coffee shop at the OCH
allow them to enter the
outside.  “We don’t have any is now also closed to the
building.” Brown said.
The guidelines also cases right now,” said general public.
“Cough and shortness
recommend hospital Mary Kathryn Kight,
of breath? That’s really a
staff place patients in OCH director of market-
risk we cannot take.”
single-person isolation ing and public relations.
For now, visitors with
rooms with their own “This is just precaution-
chronic health conditions
bathroom, but a hospital ary measures for our
or with a baseline cough
could designate an entire staff, our patients as well
will be allowed to enter
area for isolated patients. as the visitors.”
the OCH with a mask,
Airborne isolation rooms Restrictions at all
Brown said. The policies
should be reserved for NMHS hospitals, includ-
may change once the fa-
those who undergo pro- ing the West Point loca-
cility sees positive coro-
cedures that would stim- tion, went into effect on
navirus cases among its
ulate coughing.  March 15, allowing one
hospitalized patients, she
Hospitals should also visitor per patient each
said.
arm their health care time and barring visitors
Hospitals have also
professionals with hand under the age of 14, ac-
reduced the number of
hygiene products and cording to NMHS’s web-
entrances and visitors al-
protection gears, such as site.
lowed for each patient. 
facemasks, face shields NMHS updated its pol-
Last Monday, BMH
or goggles, gloves and icies last Friday to specify
changed its visitation pol-
gowns.  the number of visitors al-
icy to bar visitors to its
The guidelines also lowed for different units.
skilled nursing unit and
listed recommended Patients in hospice units
to recommend up to two
measures for restrict- are allowed up to two vis-
visitors per patient, ac-
ed visitation, collection itors, and all other acute
cording to a press release
of specimens and staff care patients are allowed
last week. The hospital
training. one designated visitor
also limited its entrances
  per patient each time. 
to the outpatient pavilion
Employee screening and the emergency room. Patients infected with
and visitation Patients infected with the coronavirus are not
Visitors and employ- the coronavirus are put allowed visitors, accord-
ees are screened upon in isolation, behavioral ing to the NMHS website.
entry, hospital officials health or skilled nurs- Thirteen of the 27 posi-
said. NMMC (in Tupelo ing units are not allowed tive cases of COVID-19
and West Point) became any visitors. Others are recorded on the website
the latest to screen its allowed one designated were hospital residents
employees instead of ad- visitor, except for patients requiring acute care.
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MSU TARGET PRESTON REACHING NEW HEIGHTS


BY BEN PORTNOY the 2022 class last week. on Dec. 6.
bportnoy@cdispatch.com And while his football as- As impressive, Pres-
pirations remain in their ton’s 63 receptions last
STARKVILLE — infancy, it’s those around year came in a run-first
Shazz Preston took off him that have afforded scheme that saw just 249
running. him the opportunity to passes thrown over 15
In the thick of over- thrive at the next level. games. Despite that, he
time in the under-15, “It was a blessing,” recorded a catch on one
7-on-7 national champion- Preston said of being out of every four throws
ship game, Preston raced named the top player in the Wildcats attempted.
down the seam, past a de- Louisiana in his grade. “The bigger the games,
fender and across the goal “And that opened my eyes the bigger the stage, he
line. that I can make some- comes up to it,” Alvarez
Nearing the back thing out of this and that told The Dispatch. “He
edge of the end zone, he I can go far in this sport does such a great job for
tracked a 40-yard pass that I’m doing.” us in big games and he’s
from quarterback Eli Hol- At 5-foot-11, 178 just scratching the sur-
stein, tapped his feet and pounds, Preston is far
secured the ball for a na- face, to be honest with
from the largest receiv- you.”
tional-title winning score. er in his age group. But
“It was toe drag swag,” Beyond his work at St.
there’s a headinness to
Ernest Harvey Jr., Pres- James, Preston has spent
his game. His 4.6-second
ton’s trainer and former the better part of two
40-yard dash speed also
7-on-7 coach told The years playing with the
helps.
Dispatch. “It was over the Louisiana Bootleggers
Playing under the guid-
defense in the back of the ance of head coach Robert 7-on-7 team — a squad
end zone. It was a con- Alvarez — a former team- that further intertwines
troversial call — he had mate of Preston’s father, his deep football family
to get his feet in, catch Shawn Sr., at Southern roots.
the ball falling down. Big University in Baton Rouge After starting the orga-
throw. Big catch.” — he notched 1,018 yards nization in 2009, founder
Just a glimpse at the and nine touchdowns as Jimmy D. Smith added
speed and athletic abil- he helped guide St. James an under-15 team to the
ity Preston has flashed High School to a Louisiana program’s ranks in the
as a sophomore in high class 3A state title last fall spring of 2018. Seeking
school, it’s plays such as — including a 12-catch, a coach for the squad,
these that earned him the 185-yard, one-touchdown Smith turned to Shawn Sr.
Photo courtesy of Shawn Preston Sr.
No. 1 prospect ranking in game in the state semifi- for the role. Shazz Preston remains a huge target for the Mississippi State football recruiting class of
the state of Louisiana for nals against Union Parish See PRESTON, 2B 2022. A 5-foot-11 wideout, Preston is the No. 1 prospect in the state of Louisiana.

New Hope baseball team gives coach surprise birthday parade


BY THEO DEROSA again,” Boyd said.
tderosa@cdispatch.com Or so he thought.
Boyd’s 37th birthday
New Hope High School was Saturday, and his
head baseball coach Lee players — with the help
Boyd was skeptical. of his wife, Allison — or-
Boyd’s team had just chestrated a surprise as
played three games in best they could for their
three days at the Battle of coach amid the outbreak.
the Beach tournament in As it was billed on Al-
Biloxi over spring break, lison’s Facebook page,
so when a Trojans assis- the COVID-19 Trojan
tant warned him on the
Baseball Birthday Parade
bus ride home that the
gallivanted past the Boyd
high school baseball sea-
house on Sunday as Boyd
son could be in jeopar-
played catch in the front
dy due to the COVID-19
yard with his 9-year-old
coronavirus, Boyd found
daughter Audrey and his
the news hard to believe.
6-year-old son Brady.
“‘Man, there’s no way,’”
Ten or twelve play-
he replied.
But by the time the ers and their parents
team got back at 11:30 drove slowly past Boyd’s
p.m. that day — Wednes- front lawn, honking
day, March 11 — the NBA their horns, ringing cow-
had suspended play, and bells, throwing Mardi
new cancellations across Gras beads and waving
sports happened at light-
Photo courtesy of Allison Power Boyd signs out the passen-
New Hope baseball players and their families waved these signs outside the house of head coach Lee Boyd on Sun- ger window: “TROJANS
ning speed. On Thursday, day, forming a surprise parade in honor of Boyd’s 37th birthday. With the spring season suspended due to the corona-
college basketball confer- virus, Boyd hadn’t seen his players since their game March 11 in Biloxi. STRONG: FAITH OVER
ences across the country FEAR.” “WE LOVE YOU
and the NHL and MLB District closed for the state now closed through “We left Wednesday COACH BOYD.” “HAP-
shut down their league
tournament, the NCAA suspended operations. following week and sus- April 17, the Trojans hav- night having no idea that PY BIRTHDAY COACH
canceled its winter and By Friday morning, the pended all athletics. With en’t seen the field since we were not gonna get the BOYD.”
spring championships, Lowndes County School public schools across the their trip to the coast. chance to see each other See NEW HOPE, 2B

East Mississippi trio garners All-Region 23 basketball honors


FROM SPECIAL REPORTS helped lead coach Sharon second-leading scorer 18.7 points along with 6.3 20 season as EMCC’s steals (61) and blocked
Thompson’s 24-3 EMCC at 13.2 points per game rebounds and 5.0 assists leading scorer (14.0 ppg) shots (26) as a freshman,
East Mississippi Lions to the school’s first and top playmaker with during the Lions’ three- and top rebounder (10.2 Hollings shot a team-best
Community College MACJC women’s basket- 4.0 assists an outing. In game MACJC tourna- rpg). The West Point 60.9 percent from the
standouts Tye Metcalf, ball championship since addition to also averag- ment championship run. product recorded 15 dou- field, including 71.2 per-
Ja’Mia Hollings and Ja- the 1983-84 season, while ing 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 She was also selected to ble-double outings on the cent during MACJC North
korie Smith have earned Smith ranked as Coach steals per contest for the this year’s NJCA A Re- year with season-high Division regular-season
All-Region 23 basketball Billy Begley’s leading season, she connected on gion 23 All-Tournament efforts of 27 points com- play, and 70.7 percent from
team honors for their ef- scorer and rebounder 42.3 percent of her over- Team. ing against Coahoma CC the free throw line. The
forts during the 2019-20 on the Lions’ 16-9 team all field goal attempts, For her EMCC career and 17 rebounds during 6-foot-1 frontcourt player
season. The respective this past season. All 32.2 percent of her three- as a two-year starter for the Lady Lions’ thrilling was named MACJC Player
10-member, all-region three players also previ- point tries and 70.4 per- the Lady Lions, Metcalf 87-73 double-overtime of the Week on two occa-
teams were announced ously garnered 2019-20 cent from the charity totaled 679 points (13.6 victory over 10th-ranked sions this past year.
Wednesday following a All-MACJC/North Di- stripe. ppg), 179 assists (3.6 Jones College in the On the men’s side, EM-
vote of the head men’s vision First Team acco- A Southaven native, apg), 156 rebounds (3.1 championship game of CC’s Smith averaged a
and women’s junior col- lades. Metcalf capped her two- rpg) and 96 steals (1.9 the MACJC Basketball team-leading 15.2 points
lege basketball coaches Metcalf, a two-time, year EMCC career by spg). Tournament played in and club-best 8.4 rebounds
in the states of Mississip- all-conference back- collecting MACJC Player Hollings, a freshman Scooba. per game for the season as
pi and Louisiana. court performer for the of the Week honors after forward, averaged a dou- Along with also lead- a two-time MACJC Player
Metcalf and Hollings Lions, was the team’s averaging a team-best ble-double for the 2019- ing the Lady Lions in of the Week selection.
2B THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

MLB ballparks will remain


eerily empty on ‘opening day’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS By then, when the heard of (that) all the defer many of the con-
weather will be warm- major sports inside the cession deliveries and
ARLINGTON, Tex- er, the Rangers will be United States would be stocking of the stadium
as — There will be no able to stay out of the closed at the exact same while monitoring the
hot dogs on the grill, no heat by closing the re- time,” said Ken Gaber, COVID-19 situation.
beer on tap, no vendors tractable roof at their $1 vice president of oper- There have been no
in the stands selling billion-plus stadium, the ational excellence for reports of any MLB
peanuts and Cracker only new major league Delaware North Sport- players testing positive
Jack. ballpark opening this service. “Personally, for the novel coronavi-
The shiny new stadi- season. it’s difficult. I think ev- rus. Two minor leaguers
um deep in the heart of After the postpone- erybody feels the exact in the Yankees system
Texas will still be wait-
ing for its first Rangers
ment of a Chris Staple-
ton concert that was to
same way.”
Delaware North has
did, and the Red Sox
closed down their entire
Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

game. Instead of warm-


ing up for his debut with
be the inaugural event
at Globe Life Park on
donated to local char-
ities more than 41,000
spring training complex Sudoku
Sudoku is a number-
placing puzzle based on
Yesterday’s answer
in Fort Myers, Florida, Sudoku 9 2 3 7 1 8 5 6 4
the New York Yankees March 14, only three pounds of food, includ- a 9x9 gridis witha several
num-
this week after saying ber-placing
after a record $324 mil- days after an open house ing perishable items given numbers.puzzleThe object 1 5 7 4 6 9 8 2 3

2020 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.


lion, nine-year contract, that went on as sched- already sent to MLB that one of their minor based onthe a 9x9 6 4 8 5 2 3 9 7 1
is to place numbers
league players had test- grid
Gerrit Cole is playing uled, the Rangers were stadiums it operates, 1 to 9with
in theseveral
empty spaces 2 9 5 3 4 1 7 8 6
ed positive. given
catch with his wife at supposed to play an ex- and concessions from so thatnumbers.
each row, eachThe 7 3 4 9 8 6 1 5 2
home. hibition game there this its other venues, includ- For most people, the object
column and each 3x3 the
is to place box
numbers 8 1 6 2 7 5 4 3 9
contains the1same to 9 number
in
With the start of the week. Their home open- ing some NBA and NHL new coronavirus causes
Major League Base- er was set for next Tues- arenas suddenly shut mild or moderate symp- the empty spaces so 5 8 9 1 3 2 6 4 7
only once. The difficulty 3 7 1 6 5 4 2 9 8
ball season indefinitely day after a season-open- down in the middle of toms, such as fever and that each row, each
level increases from
on hold because of the ing series in Seattle. those seasons. There cough that clear up in column and each 4 6 2 8 9 7 3 1 5
Monday
3x3 boxtocontains
Sunday.
novel coronavirus pan- “The stadium was were also several spring two to three weeks. Difficulty Level 3/25

demic, ballparks will 100 percent ready to go,” training venues at the The Baltimore Ori- the same number only once. The difficulty level
be empty Thursday on said Casey Rapp, GM of peak of their schedules. oles were scheduled to increases from Monday to Sunday.
what was supposed to be the new Rangers stadi- The World Series open at home Thursday
opening day. um for Delaware North champion Washington against the Yankees,
“You’re used to see- Sportservice, which Nationals have reduced likely with a clean-shav-
ing people run all over also oversees conces- staff at Nationals Park, en Cole on the mound
the place. We have sions for 10 other MLB where a facilities group for the visitors. Cam-
over 200 people (who ballparks. “It’s the little is still maintaining the den Yards will be ready
work) at the park,” said things that we were try- ballpark and putting on whenever the season fi-
Roger Bossard, the ing to make perfect.” the finishing touches for nally starts, and the Ori-
groundskeeper in his While there was the season. oles hope to maintain
54th year with the Chi- plenty of time to finish “Prior to every base- the enthusiasm that was
cago White Sox. “Cer- construction of Globe ball season, you’re al- whipped up for the team
tainly, it’s eerie when no Life Park, Rapp and his ways working very ag- throughout a now-ex-
one’s around. You walk group haven’t yet been gressively to get ready
tended offseason.
around the hallways or able to serve people for opening day. That’s
“The bright spot in
underneath the stands during a full-scale event a fixed date and time
this sort of cloudy day
there, and there’s no- at the stadium. and you just have to
body there — but under- is that our fans will be
Concessionaires be ready,” said Frank
standably.” start planning months Gambino, Washington’s craving baseball,” said
From Baltimore to in advance of the open- senior vice president Jennifer Grondahl, the
Miami in the east, San ers. That means a lot of of ballpark operations. Orioles vice president
Diego to Seattle in the products, such as hot “We had been working of community develop-
west — and 11 other dogs, bottled beverages very diligently, and con- ment and communica-
cities that would have and frozen foods, had al- tinue to work diligently, tions. “If we can put to-
hosted season openers ready been delivered to to try and get as close gether a season and the
Thursday — there will many ballparks before as we can to ready for entertainment that we
be no games, or at the the season was put on whenever opening day have planned and add to
remaining 15 MLB sta- hold. eventually comes.” that, I feel like we’ll be
diums, for at least a cou- “It’s definitely differ- Gambino said the able to continue that mo-
ple of more months. ent … it’s kind of un- Nationals were able to mentum.”

New Hope
Continued from Page 1B

“I really didn’t expect a week before Boyd’s first vehicle rounded pretty neat.”
it,” Boyd said. “They first state championship the corner and neared And while he’s still
planned it pretty well.” with the Trojans, has felt his house, said the event getting used to the “re-
Brady, who is almost like the team his whole was “really special.” ally pretty weird” feel-
always in full baseball life, even riding the bus “I’ve been here a long ing of an off weekend ACROSS
regalia, approached his with the Trojans. Play- time now,” said Boyd, in March with the base- 1 “Sexy” Beatles
dad about playing catch ers and family members who is in his 11th year ball season still on hold, girl
outside as they usually waved to him as well as coaching the Trojans. Boyd can remember
6 Lightning home
11 Bitter humor
did. Boyd still isn’t sure his father; Brady ever “God has been good to the moment his players
12 Self-evident
if his wife, who filmed jogged toward a white us; we’ve won a bunch brought to him.
truth
the surprise from the SUV as it drove by to say of baseball games. “I have a lot of mem-
13 Subsequently
front porch, intervened hi. Nothing surpasses that: ories with baseball 14 Gerald Ford’s
to make the timing even “Social distancing,” Kids caring about you, and the guys that I’ve wife
better. Allison warned her son. just wanting to see you. coached over the years, 15 Excitation
“She may have put “Gotta stay back.” That meant the world but that’ll be definite- 17 “Bali —”
him up to it: ‘Ask Dad to Boyd, who raised to me. That those guys ly something I’ll never 19 Keats work
go play ball,’” Boyd said. both hands in disbelief were thinking about me forget,” he said. “Some- 20 June honoree
Brady, who was born and happiness as the outside of baseball was thing special.” 23 Acid’s oppo-
site
25 Go it alone

Preston 26 Start of a
surreptitious
warning
DOWN idea!”
Continued from Page 1B 1 Pop’s daughter 21 Crazy as —
28 Oxford, e.g. 2 “Exodus” hero 22 Soft
Smith’s familiarity gers afforded Preston Shawn Sr. added the fire ity with Starkville — a 29 Son of Pose- 3 “You’re telling 24 Finished off
with the eldest Pres- an opportunity to see between his sons has al- place he’s visited ample idon me!” 25 Enjoy Aspen
ton dated back years. higher levels of compe- ways been there. times to see his broth- 30 Playing marble 4 Ruler division 27 Trials
Shawn Jr. — now a red- tition than his roughly “It’s your typical big er don the maroon and 31 Auction signal 5 Skeptical 31 Floppy top
shirt sophomore safety 500 -person high school brother-little brother white. 32 One or more reaction 33 Tear down
at Mississippi State — could provide. relationship,” he said. And while there’s no 33 School break 6 Dinner setting 34 Scissors
played with the Boot- “There’s an old say- “They’re probably going rush to commit in the 35 “The Merry 7 Skating jump sound
leggers during his high ing that ‘Iron sharpens to be around each other immediate future, those Widow” com- 8 Cambridge sch. 35 Track trip
school days. Shawn iron,’ and I think with so long and then a cou- around Preston expect poser 9 Poker prize 36 Aussie bird
Sr. also spent 14 years Shazz having an old- ple hours later they’re MSU to remain in the 38 Low joint 10 One of Jo’s 37 Crone
in the school system er brother that went looking for each other.” sweepstakes for the
41 Blow away sisters 39 Despondent
as a coach prior to his through this process, Still three seasons high-flying pass catcher
42 Prom trans- 16 Foolish 40 Snaky shape
ports 17 Possessed, in
current administrative he kind of knows that away from making his down the stretch.
43 Sound of the Bible
post. you’re not just com- collegiate debut, Pres- “I would say because
Washington 18 Island greeting
“When you meet a peting with the talent ton said last week he of his brother being
44 Gushes forth 20 “I have no
parent like them you at your high school,” has no commitment there, because of the re-
kind of gravitate toward Shawn Sr. told The Dis- timetable — though lationship we have with
them and stick to them patch. “I think 7-on-7, that hasn’t slowed the some of the recruiting
and they become part of the way the Bootlegger hype train. staff I would think that,
your circle,” Smith said. organization is struc- Since being named yes, they will be in the
“That’s kind of what tured, it brings the top the No. 1 player in the mix,” Shawn Sr. said.
happened with the Pres- of the top in the state Pelican State, he picked In the meantime,
ton’s and they’re just together.” up offers from Mem- Preston is focused on
really great people — Now out of school phis, Georgia, Oregon, continuing to climb
solid people all the way and home with family Louisville and Florida the national recruiting
around and the kind of due to the outbreak of State all in a four-day ranks. At present, he’s
people you want to have COVID-19, Shazz and span. Home state school rated the seventh-best
in your corner.” Shawn Jr. have also LSU remains solidly in receiver in his class ac-
Playing alongside taken the extra time the mix. So too does cording to 247sports.
fellow top-prospects to work out together MSU. If Preston has his way,
Jyaire Brown (No. 122 — further pushing the After being offered he’ll be No. 1 when all is
in the 247sports class younger Preston on the by former coach Joe said and done.
of 2022 rankings), field. Moorhead’s regime, “My response to
Jacoby Matthews (No. Returning home the Bulldogs’ new staff him was ‘You’ve got six
154 in 247sports class from a morning work- has remained heavily people in front of you,’”
of 2022 rankings) and out with the Preston involved in Preston’s Harvey Jr. said. “And all
Malik Nabers (No. 238 boys last week, Harvey recruitment. A wide- he did was say ‘Alright
in 247sports class of said there’s a consis- open Mike Leach of- coach,’ because he un-
2021 rankings) among tent competitiveness fense has its appeals. As derstands the expecta-
others, the Bootleg- between the siblings. does Preston’s familiar- tion.”
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 3B

AP source: Proposal would let Betts, Bauer go free in fall


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Trevor Bauer, Marcus ment was first reported by weather and roofs if need- current 40 rounds. Teams Players need six years
Stroman, George Spring- The Athletic. ed for the postseason. also could push back the of big league service to
NEW YORK — Mookie er, JT Realmuto also Major League Baseball “A World Series week start of the international become free agents, and
Betts and all the players would be eligible for free and the union would agree would allow for a great tri- amateur signing period, they did not want their
set to be free agents after agency, even if the season to try to play as many al to open up an avenue of which usually is July 2. eligibility to be pushed
the 2020 season would still is canceled. regular season games as sponsorship,” said agent As part of a deal, man- back in the event the en-
get that chance if there is Betts, the 2018 AL possible, the person said. Scott Boras, a longtime agement would advance tire season is canceled.
no baseball this year, part MVP, was acquired by the They also would agree to proponent of a neutral-site money that would be giv- Service time also de-
of a broad deal being nego- Dodgers from Boston last explore one-time changes World Series. “It would en to players on the low- termines when players
tiated by the commission- month for outfielder Alex to the postseason, which give players the ability to er-end of the salary scale. become eligible for sal-
er’s office and the players’ Verdugo and two pros- would create the possibil- be in one place for seven Opening day was ary arbitration, which is
association. pects. In a pair of deals ity of expanded playoffs games and lessen the trav- scheduled for Thursday about 2 years, 120 days.
If there’s no season be- at last July’s trade dead- this year. el after what is going to be but has been pushed back Formats for the regu-
cause of the new coronavi- line contemplating they They would consider a very difficult schedule to to mid-May at the earliest lar season and postsea-
rus, the agreement would would get a top pitcher multiple schedule options get to the World Series.” due to the new coronavi- son will be decided later,
credit major leaguers for 1 1/3 seasons, Cincin- that would take into ac- If less than a full regu- rus. A full service year when it becomes more
with the same service nati obtained Bauer from count player health and lar season takes place, a usually is 172 days, and clear when the season
time this year that they Cleveland and the Mets safety, economics and player would receive only the season was set to be can start. Management
earned in 2019, a person received Stroman from ballpark availability. Possi- a proportional share of his 186 days long. No mat- already has made pro-
familiar with the talks told Toronto. ble changes might include salary. ter how many games are posals for changing the
The Associated Press on Service time affects increased doubleheaders, Management would played this season, a play- postseason format in
Wednesday. The person a player’s status for free extending the regular have the right to delay er on the active roster or 2022, including one plan
spoke on condition of ano- agency, salary arbitration season into October and the amateur draft from its injured list for the entire that would expand the
nymity because talks were and the pension plan. The even November and using scheduled June 10 start season would receive a full playoffs from 10 teams
ongoing. likely service time agree- neutral sites with warm and to shorten it from its season of service. to 14.

Comics & Puzzles


DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: Her brother and trip since he retired, not even
I am an sisters don’t want a weekend to the mountains.
83-year-old to get involved. — He argues that we can’t afford
mother of four. I LOVING, GIVING it, but he spends thousands on
have been living MOM those old cars. It has become
with my second DEAR MOM: an obsession for him, and it’s
husband now I am truly sorry. “driving” ME crazy. Any sugges-
for 21 years. But because tions? — CORVETTE WIDOW IN
Nineteen years your other chil- THE SOUTH
ago, my husband dren refuse to DEAR WIDOW: Healthy cou-
loaned one of my become involved ples discuss large purchases
daughters and her in convincing before making them. What your
ZITS husband a large your deadbeat husband is doing is destructive
sum of money daughter and her to your relationship. It almost
so they could husband to pay seems as though he is using
buy a house and what they owe his hobby as a way of avoiding
pay off bills and you, you have no spending time with you. My
judgments. All the Dear Abby other choice but suggestion is that you and your
necessary paper- to contact the husband find the money to
work for the loan was signed lawyer who drafted the loan consult a marriage counselor
at the time of the closing with agreement and instruct him to because what’s going on is
a lawyer present, and it was follow through. unfair to you. And if you need a
agreed they would pay us back DEAR ABBY: My husband re- vacation, consider taking one
a certain amount every month. tired four years ago. At first he by yourself or with a friend.
After a few years of mostly seemed to enjoy not having to DEAR ABBY: I will be turning
regular repayments, the pay- go to work. Then he got bored 50 soon. How do I explain to my
ments dwindled, although they and needed something to do. husband and parents that I just
GARFIELD continued to buy expensive
electronics and other items.
For some reason, he bought an
old Corvette to restore. I was
want to spend it alone? Is there
something wrong with me for
Several years have passed supportive, until I found out it’s feeling this way? — BIRTHDAY
now, and a few checks and an expensive hobby. Finding WISH IN IOWA
cash payments have arrived, and buying all the replacement DEAR BIRTHDAY WISH:
but only after much begging. parts costs money. People react to their birthdays,
Our lawyer sent them a He has been working on especially milestone birthdays,
letter a few years ago telling that car for 3 1/2 years now. differently. Some are elated,
them to pay up or we would sue As soon as he gets it ready to while others feel depressed.
them. It resulted in their not drive, something else breaks. Not everyone wants a lot of
seeing or talking to us for a cou- Meanwhile, he has bought four “hoopla.” If you prefer spending
ple of years. We REALLY need more old Corvettes “to work your 50th birthday quietly, your
the money now. Maybe she’s on.” Our backyard looks like a wish should be respected, and
hoping we will die. What do you junkyard. you should not have to go into a
suggest we do at this point? We haven’t had a vacation long explanation about why.
CANDORVILLE

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March challenging, interesting, gutsy... What does obedience mean to
26). Throughout your solar year, Your wise instinct to push your- you? What will you obey willingly,
the problem will be people and self will kick in. begrudgingly or automatically?
the solution will also be people. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Figure out your own rules be-
Your skill grows, and you’ll Knowing what someone values cause they will guide the day.
interact in ways that amaze is like having the keys to their LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
you. You’ll learn the quirks and kingdom. You can speak their Though everyone has access
patterns of admired ones. What language, please and delight to higher intuition, many don’t
you’ve learned the hard way them. You can anger them. You know how to use it. This is
in your life, you’ll be able to can influence them. Good rela- why you’ll be watching out for
BABY BLUES teach the easy way, which will tionships involve good intel. yourself, loved ones, colleagues
be quite lucrative for you. Leo GEMINI (May 21-June 21). and everyone around you, even
and Scorpio adore you. Your Humans crave certainty. Where total strangers.
lucky numbers are: 8, 40, 2, 7 none is available, fake certainty VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
and 13. will do. So go with confidence or Somewhere in the world, a
ARIES (March 21-April 19). fake confidence. Humility may person thinks about you with
Those who only do what they be a prerequisite for success, love and beautiful intentions.
want to do are limited indeed. but if you lead with it, no one In a related story, you’ll fall into
Most of the good stuff comes will follow you. a good mood with no obvious
from doing what’s right, helpful, CANCER (June 22-July 22). reasons for why you’re there.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
A relationship keeps popping
to mind. You’ll see moments,
wonder about how things might
have worked if you’d have done
BEETLE BAILEY it differently, and get golden
insights and ideas for going
forward.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You hear the song and
then miss someone who
doesn’t even exist. That’s the
power of art, of music and of
your own capacity to connect
with it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). Sometimes you can
reverse-engineer a thing that’s
working well to duplicate the
success. Sometimes you can’t.
MALLARD FILLMORE Go ahead and try anyway be-
cause the alternative is to start
from ground zero.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Emotional complexities
vex others but not you. You ac-
cepted long ago that not every
problem is meant to be solved.
This is what allows you to relax
and learn as you go.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). There are many potential
realities out there for you,
and you don’t have to dive too
deeply into any of them to figure
FAMILY CIRCUS out whether or not they are for
you. Today, it’s like you’re in the
dressing room of life.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Suspicion is among the
most fun emotions you’ll feel to-
day. There won’t be much more
satisfying than finding out that
your suspicions were absolutely
correct.

Wright brothers
SOLUTION:
4B THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Fears for civil rights mount amid fight against coronavirus


‘We are on the precipice of something lions of citizens like we
have never seen before.”
are laid off.
One man infected with
or business closures,
courts have ruled over
setting up a standoff with
state officials who have
that could transform American He added: “We are on
the precipice of some-
the coronavirus in Ken-
tucky recently left a hos-
the years. It does, howev-
er, have clear power un-
said they can’t risk it.
“The federal govern-
values and freedoms’ thing that could trans-
form American values
pital and refused to quar-
antine; an armed county
der constitutional clauses
regulating commerce to
ment has done guidelines.
Larry Gostin, a public health lawyer And then states can follow
and freedoms.” deputy was posted out- quarantine international the guidelines, states can
at Georgetown University
Questions about the side his home to ensure travelers or those travel- fashion the guidelines to
BY MICHAEL TARM ligious rights. A Pennsyl- extent of governmental the 53-year-old stayed ing state to state who are fit their specific circum-
AP Legal Affairs Writer vania golf course owner power to impose restric- put. suspected of carrying an stances,” New York Gov.
argues that gubernatori- tions haven’t been fully “It’s a step I hoped I’d infectious disease. Andrew Cuomo said.
CHICAGO — The or- al edicts shuttering his resolved since New York never have to take, but At least some legal “What works for New
ders seem prudent in the cook Mary Mallon, a we can’t allow one person scholars believe the Con- York isn’t necessarily go-
business amount to ille-
bid to thwart the spread typhoid carrier, defied who we know has the vi- stitution’s Commerce ing to work for Tulsa or
gal seizure of his private
of the novel coronavirus: public health department rus to refuse to protect Clause may vest President San Antonio. The federal
property.
Don’t go out, don’t gather orders to isolate. Mallon, their neighbors,” Ken- Donald Trump with pow- government isn’t saying
If civil libertarians ar-
with others and keep your better known as Typhoid tucky Gov. Andy Beshear ers to impose a national we mandate anything.”
stores closed. But grow- en’t yet sounding alarms, Mary, lost her legal battle told reporters. lockdown, but he’d likely
ing segments of the U.S. many have their hands for freedom and ended up Authority to order have to resort to persuad-
population say state and hovering over the button. effectively imprisoned for shutdowns and quaran- ing all 50 states to agree
federal governments are “So far, we haven’t had 28 years on an island cot- tines inside states rests to uniform restrictions if
trampling on freedoms draconian methods, like tage, dying there in 1938. almost entirely with he ever seriously contem-
central to American life armed police blocking Responses are no lon- states under provisions in plated such a move.
in the name of protecting people’s movement in the ger as severe. But thou- the U.S. Constitution ced- That doesn’t appear to
public health. streets, surveillance and sands of Americans are ing power not explicitly be his inclination. He said
The case is already be- phone tapping,” said Lar- already confined to their delegated to the federal this week he was hoping
ing made. A church-goer ry Gostin, a public health homes under threat of government to states. to lift restrictions in a bid
in New Hampshire says lawyer at Georgetown fines and even jail. Busi- The federal govern- to boost the plummeting
prohibitions against large University. “But we are nesses are losing thou- ment itself can’t order U.S. economy as early as
gatherings violate her re- seeing lockdowns of mil- sands of dollars. Workers nationwide quarantines Easter Sunday, April 12,

Linda Latham
‘The whole city laid off’: Jobless claims climb sky high Visitation:
Private Family Visitation
College Street Location
Graveside Services:
Some economists project that the U.S. could see around In Labor Department
records dating to 1967,
Louisiana has one of
the highest per capita
Friday, March 27 • 2 PM
Living Faith Tabernacle Cemetery
College Street Location
3 million new unemployment insurance claims when the largest seasonally ad-
justed one-week number
counts of coronavirus cas-
es in the U.S. Democratic
figures are released for the week of March 15-21 of new unemployment Gov. John Bel Edwards
insurance claims was
BY REBECCA SANTANA hot spots for the virus that nancial crisis in 2009, has ordered nonessential
695,000 in October 1982,
AND DAVID A. LIEB causes the COVID-19 dis- according to surveys of when the national unem- businesses to close, lim-
The Associated Press ease. business managers. ployment rate was around ited restaurants to take-
“The whole city, laid Official labor statistics 10 percent. out and delivery, banned
NEW ORLEANS — memorialgunterpeel.com
off. Everybody,” said Mc- for Europe are not yet out, Before coronavirus gatherings over 10 people
Barely a week ago, David Graw, using an exaggera- but companies have been concerns escalated this and directed residents to
McGraw was cooking dai- tion that didn’t seem like announcing tens of thou- month, the U.S. unem- remain at home.
ly for hundreds of fine din- much of one. “Everybody sands of job cuts, both ployment rate had been
ers at one of New Orleans’ who worked at a restau- permanent and tempo-
illustrious restaurants. at a 50-year-low of 3.5 per-
rant is laid off.” rary. The rise in jobless- cent
Today, he’s cooking for Restaurants, hotels, ness may not be as sharp
himself, at home — laid That is certain to rise
airlines, automakers and as in the U.S., however, as the number of laid-off
off along with hundreds entertainment venues because it is harder to fire
of thousands of people workers soars.
all have been hit hard as workers in Europe, where In Louisiana alone,
across the U.S. in a mas- cities, states and entire many governments are
sive economic upheaval 71,000 people filed new
countries have ordered supporting companies fi- unemployment applica-
spurred by efforts to slow the closure of non-essen- nancially to keep workers
the spread of the corona- tions last week, compared
tial businesses and direct- on partially paid leave. to the usual 1,400 or 1,500
virus. ed residents to remain at Some economists proj-
U.S. Department of people per week, said
home. ect that the U.S. could
Labor figures to be re- state labor secretary Ava
The goal is to prevent see around 3 million new
leased Thursday are ex- Dejoie.
the spread of the new coro- unemployment insurance
pected to shatter the old navirus. For most people, claims when figures are
record for the greatest it causes mild or moder- released for the week of
number of new unem- ate symptoms, such as March 15-21. That would
ployment claims filed in fever and cough that clear be around 12 times as
a single week. There are up in two to three weeks. many as the previous
more suddenly jobless But for some, especially week.
Americans than during older adults and people “It’s going to be an
the Great Recession — with existing health prob- astronomical increase,”
and more than in the af- lems, it can cause more said Constance Hunter,
termath of major natural severe illness, including president of the National
disasters such as hurri- pneumonia and death. Association for Business
canes, fires and floods. Virus precautions have Economists and chief
But McGraw, and oth- affected the worldwide economist at the account-
ers like him, don’t need economy. Companies ing firm KPMG. “We
official numbers to under- in Europe are laying off don’t have any recorded
stand the new realities of workers at the fastest history of anything like
life in one of the nation’s pace since the global fi- this.”

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OBITUARY POLICY p.m. for Sunday and Monday Marie Brooks Harrison.
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tion including visitation and tion, call 662-328-2471.
She was formerly em-
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free of charge. Extended wagon, Paul’s Dine In
obituaries with a photograph, Linda Latham and Waffle House.
detailed biographical informa- COLUMBUS — Lin- In addition to her
tion and other details families da Latham, 56, died parents, she was
may wish to include, are avail-
March 24, 2020, at her preceded in death by
able for a fee. Obituaries must
be submitted through funeral
residence. her brother, Charles
homes unless the deceased’s Graveside services Mitchell McMullan.
body has been donated to will be at 2 p.m. Friday, She is survived by
science. If the deceased’s at Living Faith Taberna- her husband, William
body was donated to science, cle Cemetery, with the G. Latham Jr.; son,
the family must provide official
proof of death. Please submit
Rev. Brandon Criswell William J. Latham of
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vided by The Commercial Dis- family visitation will Marie McMullan of
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Business
BUSINESS MOVES WITH MARY

Meat markets, wholesalers stay


stocked during COVID-19 crisis
Plus: New Car-Mart, McAlister’s temporarily
closing its
some sweet
tea, soups, sal-
locations coming to Columbus doors Feb. 6
for restructur-
ads and more
this summer.
BY MARY POLLITZ p.m. and Saturday from 7 ing. Back in
Biz@cdispatch.com a.m.-noon. The Starkville,

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East Mississippi Columbus Gordmans of-
ver the past few Wholesale Foods, 5897 store will be ficially opened
weeks, it’s evident Hwy 182, has also been open 9 a.m.-5 this month at
that business- stocked and ready to p.m., while 844 Hwy. 12
es have continued to serve the public. A store the Starkville W. Gordmans
change, and in some representative, Cristen location is still
cases even close their Mary Pollitz replaced the
Crantham, said workers open 9 a.m.-7 former Good-
doors temporarily due p.m., with a
have seen a lot of new ys that closed
to COVID-19. However, maximum of 10 custom-
faces and have “amped its doors earlier this year.
there are some area busi-
up” their sanitization to ers allowed inside at a The store offers high-
nesses that have seen an
ensure everyone’s safety. time. er-end name brand prod-
influx of customers.
Offering food in bulk, We’ve got more ucts for slashed prices. In
The Butcher Shop
they’ve seen ground business moves out on 2019, there were nearly
in Columbus, 108 13th
beef, chicken tenders and Highway 45. Car-Mart of 160 Gordmans stores
St. N., has remained
hamburgers fly off the Columbus, 2325 Hwy. 45 nationwide. That number
slam-packed but steadily
shelves. N., is building a new loca- is expected to increase
stocked. With COVID-19,
owner Bill Mason said he “We understand that tion. You may have seen to 700 stores by end of
has seen more new faces Kroger and Walmart are the dirt work happening Fiscal Year 2020.
shopping for ground selling out of stuff quick- just north of Carl Hogan
Check out Gordmans
chuck, round and USDA ly, or limiting what you Toyota on Highway 45.
Monday through Thurs-
steaks. can purchase,” Crantham Building Official Ken-
day noon-6 p.m., Friday
“We’re doing great,” said. “Even when we’re neth Wiegel confirmed
and Saturday from 10
Mason said. “We still out, we are hoping to get the new location to The
a.m.-9 p.m. and Sunday
have plenty of product another truck in the next Dispatch. The used car
from 1-9 p.m.
to sell. … Everybody is day. Customers can call dealership first opened in
When times are uncer-
buying heavier than they and we can hold items for 1981 in Rogers, Arkan-
tain, it’s always important
normally would because you or call you when they sas, and now has more
are in.” than 140 dealerships in to help each other out.
everything is so uncer- Moe’s Original BBQ in
tain.” You can stop by East 11 states.
The Butcher Shop is Mississippi Wholesale for General Manager Matt Starkville on Main Street
paper products, cleaning Cook did not return mes- is reaching out to “laid
open Monday through
supplies, sides and meats sages to The Dispatch by off” employees. If you’re
Saturday 8 a.m.-5:30
Monday through Thurs- press time today. temporarily out of work
p.m. If you’re looking for
day 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Over in West Point due to COVID-19, Moe’s
high-quality meat, give
Mason a call and see Saturdays from 9 a.m. to we are getting the third is offering $5 pulled pork
what’s in stock. 3 p.m. McAlister’s Deli in the sandwiches and two sides
Over in Starkville, It appears the Palmer Golden Triangle. On Monday through Friday
United Produce has Home Thrift Store, 2608 Highway 45, next to 2-4 p.m. The world simply
shifted its focus entirely. S. Main St., has opened Burger King, you can see is a better place when we
The wholesale distribu- back up this week in construction is underway all do a part. Remember,
tor, which largely sells to Columbus. Palmer Home and expected to open this help out when you can
area restaurants, at 900 officials posted on social summer, according to and as always, be safe.
Louisville St., has taken media and announced the McAlister’s Deli repre-
down its “no retail sales” store’s re-opening after sentatives. Get ready for
sign from its building.
General Manager John
McKissack said with
most restaurants clos-
ing temporarily, United
Produce has had some
excess fruits and vegeta-
bles available for individ-
ual purchase.
Especially for those in
self-quarantine, elderly
customers and those who
can’t leave their house,
McKissack said United
Produce is delivering in
the Starkville area.
“We’re making the (de-
livery) option available to
the customers,” he said.
“We’re doing it for them
and for us. I’ve gotta find
a way to support our guys
too. … My guys all came
together with this idea.
From here on, we’re all in
this together.”
McKissack said
customers are primarily
purchasing potatoes,
onions, lettuce, apples,
oranges and other fresh
vegetables and fruits.
Feel free to give United
Produce a call at 662-323-
8578 and see how they
can help you out. United
Produce is open Monday
through Friday 7 a.m.-4

Ford recalls
268K cars to fix
door latches
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — Ford is re-


calling more than 268,000
cars in North America to
fix doors that could open
unexpectedly or may not
close.
The recall covers the
2014 through 2016 Ford
Fusion and Lincoln MKZ,
and the 2014 and 2015
Ford Fiesta. Cars in Mex-
ico, U.S. territories and 16
states with high tempera-
tures are affected.
Ford says a lever in the
door latch can crack and
fail.
Classifieds
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF MARY MAGDALENE
SMITH, DECEASED

CAUSE NO.: 2020-0035-PDE


Ads appear in The Commercial Dispatch,
PATRICIA ANN SMITH
MITCHELL, EXECUTRIX
The Starkville Dispatch and Online
NOTICE TO CREDITORS To place ads starting at only $12,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF JOY PETERS, DE-
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CEASED MICAHEL SESSUM, Deceased, Farm Equipment & Supplies
Houses For Sale: East For Sale: 2004 Sierra $8,500.00
by the Chancery Court of
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all persons having claims Sold as is, needs work. has been repainted, looks
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ITORS OF JOY PETERS, DE- Serious inquiries only, good & runs good, $3500.
and Register same with the Orange, approx. 20,000
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$15,500.00
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Cause No. 2020-0057, to the bar the same.
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