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City leaders reflect on two months of uncertainty

Spruill: ‘There are still times when I think Cars travel up and
down Main Street in
Starkville Wednes-
this is some sort of movie I’m witnessing’ day afternoon, as
seen from Mayor
BY TESS VRBIN two months due to the COVID-19 Lynn Spruill’s office
tvrbin@cdispatch.com pandemic has been “surreal, to say in City Hall. Spruill
the least,” Spruill said. said it was “surreal”
Starkville Mayor to watch activity in
“The pain that comes with the vi- the city slow down
Lynn Spruill’s “idea rus is like a gut blow to me because for two months due
of something wonder- we were on a trajectory that I thought to the COVID-19
ful” is seeing the city was just phenomenal,” she told the pandemic. Municipal
hustle and bustle, she Starkville Rotary Club at its virtual officials in all three
said, a view she usu- meeting Monday. Golden Triangle
ally has from the win- City officials in West Point and Co- cities had to find
dow behind her desk Spruill ways to balance the
lumbus are reflecting on their expe-
interests of econom-
in her City Hall office. riences leading their cities through ic stability and public
So watching the city slow down to the pandemic as well. All three mu- safety in their cities.
points of near-inactivity over the past See LEADERS, 3A Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff

Local tanning
‘Roger the Dodger’ signs off
salon sues city
Famed Fort Worth sports writer and Columbus native Roger for forcing
B. Brown remembered for his charm on and off the field
BY BEN PORTNOY
business to
bportnoy@cdispatch.com

close during
R
oger B. Brown’s microphone
has been turned off one final
time.
A Columbus native and longtime
radio personality and sportswriter
pandemic
in Fort Worth, Texas, Brown died
Monday at the age of 61.
Complaint claims
“He was a great man his entire closure constitutes
life and was loved by many,” Co-
lumbus Mayor Robert Smith, who taking private property
coached Brown at S.D. Lee High
School in the mid-1970s, told The without compensation
Dispatch. “He was an outstanding
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
journalist that loved to weave the
ialtman@cdispatch.com
stories of sports and human emo-
tions for every event, every team The owner of a lo-
and every person he covered.” cal tanning salon has
As a child, the future sports filed a federal lawsuit
columnist was consistently flanked
against the city of
by lifelong friends Leslie Frazier
Columbus for forcing
— now the defensive coordinator
it to close for 51 days
for the Buffalo Bills — and John
to prevent the spread
Brown. The trio spent hours throw-
of COVID-19.
ing footballs, tossing baseballs and Pyle
Golden Glow Tan-
shooting hoops along the street
ning Salon, located on Highway 45
outside Roger B.’s childhood home.
North, was named as the plaintiff
Night in and night out the
in the case filed in federal court
group played pick-up games in the
in Aberdeen on Wednesday. Local
driveway, shooting toward the rim
businessman Steve Pyle owns the
that hung just above the garage,
salon.
before the familiar tones of Brown’s
The complaint alleges city offi-
parents, Charles and Flora, called
cials violated the business’ Fourth,
for them.
Fifth and 14th Amendment rights
“I didn’t grow up with a father,” Courtesy photo/Alicia Brown Young by passing an ordinance that forced
Frazier told The Dispatch Wednes- Roger B. Brown is pictured with his sister Alicia Brown Young. Roger B., a it to close without paying compen-
day. “His dad became like a father Columbus native, became the first ever full-time black sports writer at the sation for lost income and without
See BROWN, 6A Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1987.
giving Pyle or other representa-
tives from the business the oppor-
tunity to prove the salon would not
be a danger to public health. The
suit requests a jury trial to deter-
BUSINESS MOVES WITH MARY mine damages, including loss of in-
come as a result of the city closing

Walk-On’s Bistreaux hopes to open within a year in Starkville
PLUS: Volume Freight After opening a franchise
in Hattiesburg, Walk-On’s
purchased by Jones Bistreaux is further expanding
into Mississippi with Starkville,
Logistics Meridian and Tupelo locations
coming soon.
BY MARY POLLITZ The sports bar founder and
Biz@cdispatch.com owner Brandon Landry said
Starkville is the “priority” loca-
it “without regard to whether local
conditions warranted the extreme
measure of closing any business
with more than 100 in develop-
ment.
or whether closing tanning busi-
nesses would diminish any risk of
Starkville franchise owners
Eddie and Allen Grant are
Covid-19.”
On March 21, Columbus City
already in the midst of their re- Council passed an ordinance clos-
al-estate search, Landry added. ing certain “nonessential” busi-
By this time next year, Landry nesses, including tanning salons,
hopes to have the restaurant “because of the likelihood of close
open for business. person-to-person contact, which in-

B
ring on the gumbo, y’all.
Starkville is getting a taste
of the Louisiana life with a
different kind of sports bar.
tion for Mississippi. Walk-On’s
first opened in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana and has since expand-
ed to more than 38 locations,
“We’re excited to be (in creases dramatically the likelihood
Starkville),” Landry said. “It’s of the spread of infectious disease.”
a market that’s right for us. Violators faced a $1,000 fine and up
Mary Pollitz
See BUSINESS, 3A See LAWSUIT, 6A

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

1 What single item makes up a bedbug’s MEETINGS
entire diet? June 1: Lowndes County
2 What sauce is used in traditional Eggs Board of Supervisors, 9
Benedict? a.m., County Courthouse
3 Which group of Atlantic islands is thought June 2: Columbus City
to take its name from the wild dogs that Council, 5 p.m., Municipal
once lived there, not the pet birds?
Complex, stream live at
Genny Vidrine 4 Which alum of Jon Stewart’s “The Daily
Show” launched her late-night satire show, facebook.com/CityofCo-
Kindergarten, Annunciation lumbusMS/
“Full Frontal,” in 2016?

82 Low 66
5 Which U.S. president popularized the June 12: Lowndes Coun-
High terms “bully pulpit,” “the square deal” and ty School District, 12:30
Chance p.m. t-storm
“lunatic fringe”? p.m., Central Office
Answers, 6B June 15: Lowndes County
Full forecast on
page 3A. Board of Supervisors
meeting, 9 a.m., Lowndes
County Courthouse
INSIDE June 16: Columbus City
Business 5B Dear Abby 3B Carol Brown of Steens says COVID-19 has Council, Municipal Com-
Classifieds 6B Obituaries 5A reminded her of the simpler times of her plex, 5 p.m., stream live
Comics 3B Opinions 4A youth. “Growing up, we didn’t go out as much. at facebook.com/Cityof-
141st Year, No. 61 Crossword 6B Really, it’s not hard to stay home. I enjoy it.” ColumbusMS/

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Ex-Louisiana warden chosen

to lead Mississippi prisons
Burl Cain would replace former state Rep. Tommy
Taylor, who has been acting commissioner since
shortly after Reeves became governor in January
BY EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi Gov.
Tate Reeves said Wednesday that
he is nominating a former war-
den of Louisiana’s Angola prison
to take charge of the Mississippi
prison system that is under feder-
al investigation and has struggled
for years with tight budgets, short
staffing and shoddy living condi-
tions.
During his 21-year tenure at An-
gola, Burl Cain was credited with
improving conditions and decreas-
ing violence. He was also known
for pushing the expansion of reli-
gious outreach. But ethical and le-
gal questions arose during his final
years there.
After his 2016 resignation, a
state Legislative Auditor’s Office
report said nearly $28,000 in public
money was used for the unautho-
rized purchase of appliances and
household furnishings for Cain’s
home on prison grounds. It also
said Cain’s relatives stayed over-
night in state-owned homes at the
prison nearly 200 times.
Cain resigned a year before the
audit was issued, after reports by
The Advocate about his private
real estate dealings. The newspa-
per reported that Cain sold interest
in tracts of land to two developers
who were friends or family of two
murderers at Angola, raising ques-
tions about whether Cain had vio-
lated corrections policy.
“Those allegations were un-
founded,” Cain said in response
to questions Wednesday. “There
were no crimes committed.”
Cain must be confirmed as cor-
rections commissioner by the Mis-
sissippi Senate. He would replace
former state Rep. Tommy Taylor,
who has been acting commissioner
since shortly after Reeves became
governor in January.
Reeves said Cain was chosen
after a nationwide search, and the
governor called him a success sto-
ry at Angola.
“They went from beatings to
Bible study,” Reeves said as Cain
appeared with him at a news con-
ference.
Reeves also said he and members
of the search committee knew about
the accusations against Cain in Loui-
siana, and he has “zero reservations”
about choosing Cain.
“It seemed like that once the
politics were removed, that the ac-
cusations were basically dropped,”
Reeves said. “I have absolute, full
confidence in Burl Cain’s ability to
change the culture at the Mississippi
Department of Corrections.”
A previous Mississippi corrections
commissioner, Christopher Epps, is
in federal prison after pleading guilty
in 2015 to money laundering and fil-
ing false tax returns. Prosecutors
said he took nearly $1.5 million in
bribes from contractors doing busi-
ness with Mississippi prisons.
Mississippi has one of the highest
incarceration rates in the nation. The
U.S. Justice Department announced
in February that it is investigating
the state prison system after sever-
al inmates were killed or injured in
outbursts of violence in late Decem-
ber and early January. At least 42
inmates have died since then, many
after illness.
Mississippi prisons also faces
multiple federal lawsuits filed on be-
half of inmates.

Reeves OKs business grants from virus relief fund

The grant program is divided into two parts: $60M health problems, it can
cause severe symptoms
for businesses that were forced to close by government and be fatal.
The Health Depart-
order and $240M to cover expenses for virus response ment said Wednesday
that at least 120,680 coro-
BY EMILY The state Health De- virus infections is thought navirus tests had been
WAGSTER PET TUS partment said Wednes- to be far higher because
The Associated Press conducted in Mississippi
day that Mississippi — many people have not
as of Tuesday. The depart-
with a population of about been tested, and studies
JACK- ment said at least 1,568
3 million — had at least suggest people can be in-
SON — 11,967 confirmed cases fected with the virus with- cases of the virus had
Mississippi been confirmed in long-
and 570 deaths from the out feeling sick. For most
Gov. Tate term care facilities such
coronavirus as of Tuesday people, the coronavirus
Reeves said as nursing homes, with
evening. That was an in- causes mild or moderate
Wednesday at least 281 virus-related
crease of 263 cases and 16 symptoms, such as fever
that he is deaths in those facilities.
deaths from the numbers and cough. For others,
signing a
reported a day earlier. especially older adults
bill that cre- Reeves
The number of corona- and people with existing
ates a $300 million grant
program for small busi-
nesses hurt by the coro-
navirus pandemic.
Legislators passed the
bill with broad bipartisan
support last week, using
part of the $1.25 billion
Mississippi has received
from a federal relief pack-
age. Republican Reeves
and his staff helped write
the legislation, but the
governor said he wanted
to thoroughly review the
bill before signing it into
law.
Asked on Wednesday
how soon the state might
start sending checks to
businesses, Reeves said:
“As soon as possible.”
The program is divid-
ed into two parts. One
has $60 million to provide
$2,000 for businesses that
were forced to closed by
government orders, in-
cluding barbershops, sa-
lons, dance studios, gyms
and child care centers.
The other part has
$240 million for grants
ranging from $1,500 to
$25,000 to cover expens-
es for virus response. For
the first 21 days, the only
applications considered
would be from business-
es that did not receive
aid from the federal Pay-
check Protection Pro-
gram. And for the first 60
days, $40 million of this
money is reserved for mi-
nority-owned businesses.
Mississippi casinos are
allowed to start reopen-
ing Thursday for the first
time in two months, with
precautions to mitigate
the spread of the highly
contagious virus. Reeves
said Wednesday that he
continues to consult with
health officials about
when it might be possi-
ble to open other tourist
attractions and leisure
activities, including youth
baseball tournaments.

Buckle up...
and your child, too
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Business
Continued from Page 1A
… Wherever we go, we get in-
volved in the community — with
charities, schools, churches. We
want the community to hold us
to that. That’s what got us off
the ground 17 years ago and it’s
what we’re about.”
Landry said the Starkville
sports bar will be about 7,000
square feet, accommodate 250
guests, have 80 televisions, an
outdoor beer garden and up to
50 beers on tap. Sports fanatics,
get ready for some Louisiana
cuisine with po’boys, gumbos,
soups and more.
We’ve got more news in
Starkville with Lisa Hanna,
Reiki master, opening Artemis
Moon June 1 at 1107 Stark Road.
Artemis Moon will be a
place for those to find holistic
healing with energy work, me-
diation and life coaching. Reiki
is an alternative medicinal
treatment of “energy healing”
and is the act of transferring
“universal energy” through
the palms of the “healer” to the
patient, in order to increase
emotional or physical healing.
About 15 years ago, Hanna
was experiencing constant
panic attacks and anxiety
while pregnant. Through her
mediation techniques, she said
she nearly eliminated them
entirely.
“My hope is to help others
with the same skills,” she
said. “I’ve found that it doesn’t
matter if your goal is weight
loss, stress reduction or even
confidence building to prepare
for the next career or relation-
ship goal, these techniques can
really help you get there.”
Be sure to check out Arte-
mis Moon on social media to
stay current for hours, classes
and updates.
Other news in Starkville, the
King Craft Butcher Shop is offi-
cially open again. You can check
out what’s in stock Wednesday
through Friday from 1-6 p.m.
and Friday and Saturday from
11 a.m.-3 p.m. King’s is still
not open for dine-in, but be
sure to follow its social media
for upcoming updates. Also in
Starkville, Arepas Coffee and
Bar is open for dine-in. Check
out the Venezuelan joint on
Main Street.
Moving out to Highway 82,
the Columbus trucking com-
pany Volume Freight has been
purchased by Jones Logistics.
Headquartered in Hattiesburg,
Jones Logistics announced the
acquisition of the Columbus
logistics company earlier this
year.
“Volume was a natural fit to
add to our team, as the culture
aligns with our own core values
of integrity, passion, unity, sus-
tainability and humility,” Brian
Haynes, president of Jones Lo-
gistics, said in a press release.
Volume Freight employed
about 80 workers. With that
addition, Jones Logistics now
employs 257 workers and boasts
offices in New Berlin, Wiscon-
sin, Lyons, Illinois and now
Columbus.
“Volume and its employees
are proud to join forces with
Jones to build even stronger
offerings to our customers,”
Doug Estes, former owner of
Volume Freight, said in the
press release. “Jones is known
for its high quality and ability
to advance businesses and em-
ployees alike. We believe in their
vision and look forward to being
a part of that advancement.”

Leaders
Continued from Page 1A
nicipalities were faced
with the challenge of pass-
ing ordinances to keep
citizens as safe as possible
without completely shut-
ting down the local econ-
omy as the state put forth
its own regulations for
businesses and the public.
As of 6 p.m. Tues-
day, Oktibbeha County
has had 110 confirmed
COVID-19 cases and eight
deaths, Lowndes County
135 cases and six deaths
and Clay County 86 cases
and three deaths, accord-
ing to Mississippi State
Department of Health’s
website.
Spruill told The Dis-
patch she fielded a variety
of comments on Twitter
and Facebook when the
city required both em-
ployees and customers
of businesses that could
reopen to wear protec-
tive face masks for about
two weeks. Commenters
on one end of the spec-
trum claimed the virus
was a hoax or that being
required to wear a mask
was a violation of consti-
tutional rights, and those
on the other end said they
thought everyone should
wear a mask at all times
until a vaccine is devel-
oped.
West Point Mayor Rob-
bie Robinson said dealing
with the pandemic has
been “very difficult and
stressful,” but he and se-
lectmen approached their
decisions “thoughtfully
and expeditiously,” such
as the mask requirement reference to the 10 p.m.-6 an expected sales tax rev- “Overall, I’d say it’s that the city keep up what
for employees and cus- a.m. curfew the city im- enue shortfall. Starkville been a learning process,” operations it can, Spruill
tomers at retail stores un- plemented March 20, but furloughed 47 employees, he said. said, even during an un-
til Monday. Beard said it was the right a decision Spruill told Some Columbus precedented global crisis.
“You have people who call in the interest of pub- the Rotary Club was “the restaurants and other “There are still times
disagree lic safety. Gavin praised most difficult thing for us businesses have not yet when I think this is some
and people Columbus Mayor Robert to have to do.” returned to full service sort of movie I’m witness-
who agree,” Smith for making Colum- Starkville aldermen out of concern for public ing,” she said.
he said. bus the first local govern- voted 6-1 Tuesday to re- safety, and Smith said he Beard said it has been
“There are ment entity to pass a cur- store seven Parks and appreciates their deci- heartening to see Colum-
both sides, few ordinance. Recreation employees to sions. He asked church bus citizens provide re-
but you just Starkville, Oktibbe- a 40-hour work week after leaders in Columbus on sources to their neighbors
have to do ha County and Lowndes they had been working Monday to consider not in need.
what you Robinson County later implement- a partial furlough of 32 fully reopening church- “Columbus is the
think is ed their own curfews. All hours per week for almost es until June, though he Friendly
right and move forward.” three were lifted within a month. Ward 6 Alder- emphasized they had the City for a
the past week. Columbus’ man and Vice Mayor Roy freedom to reopen when reason,”
A. Perkins was the dis-
A balancing act curfew is still in effect.
Both Gavin and Beard senting vote, and he said
they choose.
Starkville still has sev-
B e a r d
said. “A lot
Columbus City Coun-
said they have watched he did not want to give eral projects in progress, of people
cilman Bill Gavin of Ward anyone special treatment
6 said he felt under “a lot Columbus adjust to the such as the construction have been
difficulties of the pandem- and would have preferred of a tournament ready sticking
of pressure” from con- the board vote to restore
stituents who want busi- ic without a blueprint for sports complex at Corner- t o g e t h e r , Beard
how to do so. all 47 furloughed employ- stone Park and work on re- coming to-
nesses to fully reopen and ees at once.
from those who believe “We don’t have a crys- placing aging utility infra- gether and helping people
tal ball,” Gavin said. “It Starkville’s 2-percent structure. It’s important as much as we can.”
activity should continue to hotel-motel and restau-
be restricted, and said he would be wonderful if we
had a precedent to go by, rant sales tax revenue
understands and respects dropped 33.38 percent in
both sides of the debate. but nobody does.”
Robinson said he hopes March thanks to the pan-
“It’s a very delicate demic, Spruill said, and
West Point’s economy re-
balancing Robinson said West Point
bounds soon, especially
act, to bal- saw its own roughly 30
for local retail businesses.
ance the percent drop. The reve-
“Hopefully we’re on the
health and nue numbers for all three
road to opening back up,
safety of the cities will be even lower
and I’m hoping and pray-
citizens as for April, since motels
ing that we don’t have a re-
well as their and restaurants severely
lapse,” said Robinson, who
economic scaled back their services
used to own a clothing
c onc er ns ,” Gavin that month, Spruill, Rob-
store. “That’s my prayer.”
Gavin said. inson and Smith all said.
“It’s a hard call to make, The numbers will shape
and you get caught in the Cities brace how all three cities formu-
middle.” for financial impact late their fiscal year 2020-
Some citizens have Both Columbus and 2021 budgets.
pointed out to Ward 4 Starkville implemented Leading the city for the
Councilman Pierre Beard hiring freezes and pay past two months challeng-
that the coronavirus “is cuts for city employees to ing and stressful, Smith
still out after 10 p.m.” in save money in the face of said.

BUILDING PERMITS
City of Columbus
May 11-14, 2020
■ Blake Reeves, Agent; Moss
Street, 11th Ave N, 14th Ave N;
Public Utility; Atmos Energy
■ BH Properties LLC; 1615 8th
Avenue North; Demolish resi-
dence; JMorgan Company LLC
■ Full Gospel Missionary
Church; 1504 19th Street
North; Repair damage from ve-
hicle; Sammie Hill Construction
■ Charles and Leigh Yarbor-
ough; 1009 3rd Avenue North;
Repair front porch/demo
garage; Thomas Hatcher
■ Fox Run Apartments of Co-
lumbus LLC; 2705 5th Street
North, Apts 153-158; reroof
building 9; J Miller Roofing &
Contracting
■ City of Columbus; 101 Island
Road; electrical; Advanced
Electric
■ Kevin Baldwin; 1911 4th Av-
enue North; Electrical; Jimmie
Chism
■ Frank Webb; 1601 4th Ave-
nue North; electrical; Guerry
Electric
■ Beverly Taylor; 399 Riverdale
Drive; electrical; Mark Thomp-
son Electric
■ William Gayle; 315 19th
Street South; electric; same
■ Al Lathan Sr; 1009 20th
Street North; mechanical;
Ralph Pifer
■ Grey Car Properties LLC;
3255 Highway 45 North; me-
chanical; Ralph Pifer
■ Pi Chu Crowe; 1921 Highway
45 North; mechanical; The
Nest Level
■ Columbus Housing Authority;
1701/1703 12th Avenue North;
mechanical; Quality Heating
and Air Inc
■ Aces High Property LLC; 904
College Street; mechanical;
F&F Services
Company Inc
■ United Church Homes;
213 Maxwell Lane, Apt 308;
plumbing; Weathers Heating &
Cooling
■ Court Square Tower LLC; 605
2nd Avenue North, 1st Floor;
plumbing; Jeff Swedenburg
■ Little C Properties LLC; 51
Laurel Drive; Plumbing; Ace
Plumbing
■ William Gayle; 315 19th
Street South; Plumbing; Same
Lowndes County
May 20, 2020
■ UPS; 1379 Industrial Park
Road; addition to commercial
building; Paramount Construc-
tion
■ Spec; Lot 31, Red Oak Subdi-
vision; Construct s/f residence;
David Knight, LLC
■ Spec; Lot 30, Red Oak Subdi-
vision; Construct s/f residence;
David Knight, LLC
■ Lonnie Hill; 139 Winston
Road; set up mobile home;
Williamson Electric
■ Lonnie Hill; 139 Winston
Road; move mobile home;
Regional Enterprise
■ John Lewis; 380 Phillips Hill
Road; construct commercial
building; Bostick Construction
■ Dolan Roger; 2087 West-
brook Road; set up mobile
home; owner
■ Dolan Roger; 2087 West-
brook Road; move mobile
home; Smith Mobile Home
■ Jeffery Bullock; 2558 Seed
Tick Road; set up mobile home;
Jessie James
■ Jeffery Bullock; 2558 Seed
Tick Road; move mobile home;
Simmons Mobile Home
■ Bart Jackson; 5388 Fire
Tower Road; set up mobile
home; owner
■ Bart Jackson; 5388 Fire Tow-
er Road; move mobile home;
Wheel Estate Housing
■ T. Mobile; 1481 Lake
Lowndes Road; addition to cell
towner; Crown Castle USA
■ Shannon Bowen; 723 S.
Street; construct s/f residence;
Knight Environmental
■ Shannon Bowen; 695 S.
Street; construct s/f residence;
Knight Environmental
SOLUNAR TABLE
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peak-feeding times for fish and game.
Thurs. Fri.
Major — 12:34a
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7:35p
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of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

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SLIMANTICS
The wrong wolf is winning the fight
There once was a governor named Tate,
Who just said we don’t have to wait,
To get our hair cut or tattoo our butt.
Who cares if we go out in a crate?
comply with “strict” restrictions such
as social distancing, wearing protec-
tive nose/mouth covering and limiting
capacity.
Can we get real for a moment here?
false pride and ego. The other wolf
is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope,
serenity, humility, kindness, benev-
olence, empathy, generosity, truth,
compassion and faith.
of the economy. By varying degrees,
Democrats, Republicans and Indepen-
dents all favored a slow re-opening.
Despite these serious reservations,
state after state is moving quickly to

T
oday These restrictions are largely a myth, “The same fight is going on inside reopen the economy.
Missis- a wink-and-a-nod to public safety. you — and inside every other person, The wolf of immediacy is at the
sippi There’s neither a plan nor much real too.” throat of the wolf of restraint.
casinos will be enthusiasm for enforcing these rules. The child pondered the elder’s Oh, people like Mississippi Gover-
allowed to re- In practical terms, it would be close to words quietly, then asked the obvious nor Tate Reeves will protest this char-
open. Chances impossible to make these rules stick in question: acterization, calling their plans “safe
are by Sunday, anything approaching a fair manner. “Which wolf will win?” reopenings.” But a safe reopening, like
some people My guess is that social distancing The elderly replied simply: “The clean coal, is a myth, a fabrication.
will be attend- will pretty much go out the window in one you feed.” There’s no question the economy
ing live church a matter of weeks, if not sooner, even It is clear now that among those will reopen. How “safe” it turns out
services. though the threat of COVID-19 will who wield the most power and influ- to be is an open question. Based on
Salons, bar- continue to persist. ence in our society, one wolf is win- human nature, I suspect it won’t be all
bershops and Slim Smith It calls to mind the old Cherokee ning the fight and it isn’t the wolf most that safe.
tattoo parlors, story. Americans are rooting for. As of today, almost 100,000 people
all of which require close personal con- An elder was teaching a young boy A Quinnipiac poll this week asked in the U.S. have died from the Corona-
tact, are permitted to resume opera- about life. a simple question: Would it be better virus over the past three months.
tions, too. “A fight is going on inside me,” he to open the economy slower even if it The daily death totals don’t even
At some point, probably sooner than said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight made the economy worse or would it seem to phase us, anymore.
later, folks will be allowed to belly up between two wolves. be better to open the economy quickly, The wrong wolf has won the battle.
to the bar at the local pub. “One is evil — he is anger, envy, even if it made the virus worse? Slim Smith is a columnist and fea-
According to Mississippi Gov. sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self- Three out of four said they favored ture writer for The Dispatch. His email
Tate Reeves, all of these entities must pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, a slow re-opening, even at the expense address is ssmith@cdispatch.com.

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Voice of the people
Wants more local voices
on opinion page
I was just reading through my
Thursday’s Commercial Dispatch
newspaper and am so disheartened
that I just had to write you a response
regarding your selection of the con-
tributors in the Opinion section of
your paper. I understand this partic-
ular section is for “opinions” and not
factual news. However, once again I
see submitted syndicated columnist
from people living far from our state
who are haters of our president. As
usual, the attitude of these authors
is biased, hateful and condemning of
anything associated with the current
president, with so many discrepan-
cies and half-truths. Why must we
be reading something from someone
from northern U.S. or Japan instead
of neighboring locations? Are there
no publications or articles contrib-
uted from authors in our region of
the U.S. that is worthy of printing?
I know we all have a difference of
political opinion and have a freedom
to express our opinions; but surely
there is something more enlight-
ening and believable than this long
distance propaganda hate mail. It’s
getting really old and I’m to the point
that the comic section and puzzles
are all I’m interested in. If syndicated
reporting is used to fill space, please
do better in what is selected to print
and go local, or at least regional.
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Thursday, May 21, the
142nd day of 2020. There are 224
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 21, 1927, Charles A.
Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St.
Louis monoplane near Paris, com-
pleting the first solo airplane flight
across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 1/2
hours.
On this date:
In 1471, King Henry VI of En-
gland died in the Tower of London
at age 49.
In 1542, Spanish explorer Her-
nando de Soto died while searching
for gold along the Mississippi River.
In 1868, Ulysses S. Grant was
nominated for president by the
Republican national convention in
Chicago.
In 1881, Clara Barton founded
the American Red Cross.
SOURCE: AP
J
oe Biden still has time so many. She launched that actress Cynthia Nixon isn’t their
to do the smart thing a kind of proudly nasty governor.) Cuomo steers clear of
and name New York brand of politics that has ideological battles and walks around
Gov. Andrew Cuomo haunted Republicans ever Trump’s taunts.
his running mate. The top since and culminated in Back in April, some Democrats
two reasons would be Cuo- Trump. were agitating to replace Biden with
mo’s proven competence None of the women suddenly heroic Cuomo. That would
managing his state’s coro- Biden has been interview- have shown a flagrant disregard for
navirus crisis and a strong ing has Cuomo’s execu- the voters, and Cuomo himself shot
personality unafraid of tive experience and star down the idea. But Cuomo as VP
that other son of Queens, power. His daily briefings could be acceptable.
President Donald Trump. during the pandemic have Could Biden retreat from his vow
We know. Biden Froma Harrop been must-views for those to choose a female running mate?
pledged to name a wom- wanting to know what was Yes. Things change, and the women
an as his vice president. really going on. We saw in contention would surely under-
That was an unfortunate wade into him aggressively arranging for new stand. Stacey Abrams, an African
the politically treacherous waters of hospital beds and ventilators to pre- American who almost won a gover-
identity politics. Biden said it was pare for worst-case scenarios. They nor’s race in Georgia and is high on
“important” that a woman be his were not needed because the tough the list, has already shown flexibility.
running mate. (I’m a woman, and it’s lockdown imposed on New Yorkers “I’d be honored to serve,” she said,
not important to me.) Gender was not stopped the pandemic’s advance. Un- “but it is up to him.”
the overriding factor for female Dem- der Cuomo’s leadership, the curve of Cuomo matches Trump’s tough-
ocrats who preferred Biden or Bernie sickness and death turned way down guy-from-Queens persona. And
Sanders or Pete Buttigieg over Amy to the levels of March. Trump scares him not at all. During
Klobuchar, Kamala Harris or Eliza- Unlike Trump, Cuomo never his 2018 State of the State address,
beth Warren — though all are highly denied the gravity of the situation. Cuomo had a picture of an empty
qualified women. He didn’t pull sunny predictions out Oval Office flashing on a screen.
In 2008, John McCain made the of the air or push crackpot cures. In Republicans are spreading con-
grave error of naming the grossly dealing with criticism, Cuomo didn’t cern about Biden’s age, 77, portray-
inadequate Sarah Palin as his run- lose his cool. ing him as feeble. Biden is not that,
ning mate. McCain was then 71 with Like Trump, Cuomo gets hit with and Trump, obese and almost 74, is
a history of cancer. The decision to prosecutorial questions from showoff hardly a picture of youthful vigor.
choose the clearly unvetted Pal- reporters. Unlike Trump, Cuomo A Vice President Cuomo could re-
in — reportedly to balance Hillary gives straight answers to the valid assure Americans that if something
Clinton’s alleged popularity among ones and brushes off the others with- were to happen to the president, the
women — put many voters otherwise out getting personal. ship of state would sail smoothly on.
disposed to him close to panic. He A pragmatic moderate, Cuomo Democrats, you have your ticket to
ended up running against Barack is well positioned politically for a victory in November. Use it.
Obama. national electorate. In the last two Froma Harrop, a syndicated colum-
McCain might have beaten Obama gubernatorial primaries, he was chal- nist, writes for the Providence (Rhode
had Palin’s rank ignorance and lenged from the left and won handily. Island) Journal. Her e-mail address is
obnoxious personality not shocked (How relieved New Yorkers must be fharrop@gmail.com.
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Deliberative Senate declines to debate more coronavirus aid

‘Now is not the time for the Senate to go home’
Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, Colorado via Twitter
BY LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON — As
Americans confront a crisis un-
like any in modern times, the
world’s greatest deliberative
body is doing almost anything
but deliberate the coronavirus.
It’s as though the challenge
has split the U.S. Senate into
two.
On one side is a Senate clam-
oring for a quick response to
the virus outbreak at its door.
On the other is the wait-and-
see Senate hitting pause on
swift action and carrying on
with non-pandemic business.
“Every aspect of American
society has been changed by
this crisis — except, perhaps,
the Republican Senate,” said
Senate Democratic leader
Chuck Schumer in the cham-
ber Wednesday.
The split screen at the Capi-
tol provides a study in contrasts
and priorities, one that reflects
the partisan differences be-
tween Republicans and Dem-
ocrats, and is defining both
ahead of the 2020 election.
As the House works remote-
ly, the lights-on Senate has
the legislative stage to itself.
But despite a virus death toll
nearing 100,000 and more than
30 million unemployed, the
slow-moving Senate is proving
even a pandemic won’t quicken
its pace. Senators are prepared
to leave town for a weeklong
Memorial Day break without
having acted on any new relief.
At least one Republican,
Sen. Cory Gardner of Colora-
do, vowed to try to prevent the
Senate from recessing Thurs-
day unless it votes on more aid
to states and cities facing lay-
offs.
“Now is not the time for the
Senate to go home,” tweeted
Gardner, who is among the
most politically endangered
GOP senators running for re-
election in the fall. He told re-
porters at the Capitol that he
had called President Donald
Trump at the White House with
his concerns.
Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell defends the
output, arguing that his side
of the Capitol led passage of an
earlier major aid package that
cost $2 trillion. Better to assess
how that money is being spent,
he said, before approving more.
He rejects the new $3 trillion
package approved by the Dem-
ocratic-led House last week as
a “liberal wish list.”
McConnell portrayed the
Capitol, where senators in
masks are showing up most
days while the House works
from home, as its own “tale of
two chambers.”
“Over here in the United
States Senate, the lights are
on, the doors are open, and we
are working for the American
people,” said McConnell, R-Ky.
“And across the rotunda, in the
House? Crickets.”

AP-NORC poll: Americans harbor US births fall,

strong fear of new infections
83 percent of Americans are at least somewhat
concerned that lifting restrictions in their area
will lead to additional infections
BY THOMAS BEAUMONT
AND HANNAH FINGERHUT
The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa — Strong
concern about a second wave of
coronavirus infections is reinforcing
widespread opposition among Amer-
icans to reopening public places, a
new poll finds, even as many state
leaders step up efforts to return to
life before the pandemic.
Yet support for public health re-
strictions imposed to control the vi-
rus’s spread is no longer overwhelm-
ing. It has been eroded over the past
month by a widening partisan divide,
with Democrats more cautious and
Republicans less anxious as Presi-
dent Donald Trump urges states to
“open up our country,” according to
the new survey from The Associated
Press-NORC Center for Public Af-
fairs Research.
The poll finds that 83 percent of
Americans are at least somewhat
concerned that lifting restrictions in
their area will lead to additional in-
fections, with 54 percent saying they
are very or extremely concerned
that such steps will result in a spike
of COVID-19 cases.
“Oh, I’d like to get my hair and
nails done. It’s one of those little
pleasures you take for granted,” said
Kathy Bishop, a 59-year-old billing
specialist who had pneumonia two
years ago. “But I’m just going to suck
it up. It’s not worth the risk.”
Bishop lives in the western sub-
urbs of Columbus, Ohio, a state
where Republican Gov. Mike DeW-
ine is among the state chief execu-
tives leading a gradual reopening
of businesses such as salons, bar-
bershops, restaurants and bars. But
even after nine weeks spent at home,
Bishop is among the solid majority
of Americans who support rigorous
criteria for economic reopening that
goes beyond wearing masks in pub-
lic places and continued social dis-
tancing.
About 8 in 10 Americans say that
it’s essential to reopening for people
to return to self-quarantine if they
are exposed to the virus. Roughly 6
in 10 also say having widespread test-
ing for the coronavirus in their area
is essential to reestablishing public
activities, along with requiring peo-
ple to keep 6 feet apart in most places
and to wear face masks when they’re
near others outside their homes.
Nearly as telling as the public’s
appetite for rigorous precaution:
Close to half say it is essential that
a vaccine be available before public
life resumes. A third say that’s im-
portant but not essential.
Taken together, the findings sug-
gest that while some Americans are
anxious to get back to business as
usual, most don’t see the country re-
turning anytime soon to what once
was considered normal.
and virus could drive
them down more
The CDC found the number
of births fell about 1 percent
from 2018, to about 3.7 million
BY MIKE STOBBE
AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK — U.S. births continued to fall
last year, leading to the fewest number of new-
borns in 35 years.
The decline is the latest sign of a prolonged
national “baby bust” that’s been going on for
more than a decade. And some experts believe
the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the
economy will suppress the numbers further.
“This unpredictable environment, and anx-
iety about the future, is going to make women
think twice about having children,” said Dr. De-
nise Jamieson, chair of obstetrics and gynecolo-
gy at Emory University.
The latest numbers were released Wednesday
by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion. The report, which is considered prelimi-
nary, is based on a review of more than 99 per-
cent of birth certificates issued last year.
The CDC found the number of births fell
about 1 percent from 2018, to about 3.7 million.
Birth rates continued to fall for teen moms and
for women in their 20s.
Aside from a one-year uptick in 2014, U.S.

Question: How should I clean and store my cloth face mask?
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
How should I clean
and store my face mask?
Cloth face masks
worn during the corona-
virus pandemic should
be washed regularly, ac-
cording to the U.S. Cen-
ters for Disease Control
and Prevention.
births have been falling every year since 2007,
when a recession hit the country. The drop con-
tinued even after the economy rebounded.
Public health experts use, says Penni Watts, an dryer, if possible. Experts say there are a number of causes, but
recommend wearing a assistant professor at the Watts advises storing chief among them are shifting attitudes about
mask made from cotton University of Alabama at the clean, dry mask in a motherhood: Many women and couples delay
fabric, such as T-shirts, Birmingham’s School of new paper bag to keep it childbearing and have fewer kids once they start.
or scarves and bandan- Nursing. safe from germs. The economy is a factor, but not because
nas, when you are outside It is best to clean your The CDC has urged of short-term cycles in hiring. Many jobs are
and unable to maintain mask in a washing ma- people to use washable low-paying and unstable, and that coupled with
social distancing from chine or with soap and cloth coverings to ensure high rents and other factors have caused wom-
others. hot water. The mask there are enough surgi- en and couples to be much more cautious about
The covering should should be dried com- cal and N95 masks for having kids, said Dr. John Santelli, a Columbia
be washed daily after pletely. Dry it in a hot medical workers. University professor of population and family
health.

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Willie Brown Mr. Kennedy was
born Sept. 13, 1947, in
COLUMBUS ­– Wil-
lie J. Brown, 78, died the Carolina Communi-
May 20, 2020, at The ty of Itawamba County,
Windsor Place Nursing to the late George
Home. Samuel and Norma
Arrangements are Little Kennedy. He was
incomplete and will be formerly employed as
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In addition to his par-
at North Mississippi ents, he was preceded
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pice of Tupelo. ter, Sheila Kennedy;
Services will be at and siblings, Ozelle
1 p.m. Friday, at First Gilmore, Cecil, Hack
Pentecostal Church, and George Kennedy.
with Ricky Bowen, the He is survived by
Rev. Jomes Terry and his wife, Lois Kennedy;
Rev. Cody Kennedy children, Michael Dar-
officiating. Burial will rell Kennedy of Gatlin-
follow in Liberty Ceme- burg, Tennessee, Marty
tery. Visitation is from Dean Kennedy of Boon-
5-8 p.m. today, at the eville and Keena L.
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arrangements. Kennedy of the Athens
Community and Juanity
Kennedy of Carolina; 11
grandchildren; and 13
great-grandchildren.
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nedy, Michael Bradley
Kennedy, Rev. Cody
Kennedy, Zackary
Chase Kennedy, Mat-
thew Tyler Kennedy,
Marty Kennedy, Samu-
el Kennedy, Elyjah Ken-
nedy, Dakota Kennedy
and Jude Mitchell.
Irma Weathers
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Church Cemetery
2nd Ave. North Location
Barbara Shackelford
Graveside Services:
Friday, May 22 • 11 AM
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College Street Location
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Incomplete
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Shirley Hartle
Shirley Stottlemyre Hartle,
82 of Caledonia, MS passed
away Wednesday, May 20, 2020,
at Windsor Place, Columbus,
MS.
A family graveside service
will be Friday, May 22,
2020, at 10:00 AM at Egger
Cemetery, Caledonia, MS with
Bro. Don Harding officiating
and Lowndes Funeral Home
directing. Friends may view online at www.
lowndesfuneralhome.net the following day.
Mrs. Hartle was born February 26, 1938, to
the late Paul Edward and Lesley Irene Justice
Stottlemyre in Bethany, MO, and moved to
Columbus, MS in 1977. She married Will Hartle
in Hagerstown, MD on December 24, 1963. Mrs.
Hartle attended Kolola Springs Baptist Church,
Caledonia, MS and was a member of the Order of
Eastern Star (OES) Columbus Chapter #53, she
dearly loved what OES stands for and especially
her OES family where lifelong friendships were
made. She retired in 2003 from the snack bar at
the bowling center at Columbus Air Force Base
after working there for 17 years. Her hobbies
included crocheting and needlepoint.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hartle was
preceded in death by her husband, Will Hartle in
2017; and brother, Paul G. Stottlemyre.
Mrs. Hartle is survived by her children,
Rhonda (Mark) Towns, Spickard, MO, Curtis
(Mary) Hartle, Waynesboro, PA, Lesley (Jeff)
Putnam, Caledonia, MS and Terry (Melissa)
Hartle, Caledonia, MS; sister, Sharon (Junior)
Robertson , Gilman City, MO; nine grandchildren,
seventeen great-grandchildren; and one great-
great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Ken Dyer, Keith Thames,
Larry Woodward, Lee Barnes, Jon Putnam and
Ben Putnam.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the
OES.
Memorials may be made to Estarl Scholarships
Larry Woodward, 13130 Hwy 14 W, Louisville,
MS 39339.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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Brown
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to me. I can’t imagine
where I would be without
his influence. He treated
me like I was a son.”
Brown’s sister, Alicia
Brown Young, said kids
tended to congregate at
their childhood home
because their father was
a principal and their
mother a teacher.
“So our house was like
the house that parents
felt comfortable with for
the kids coming to,” she
said. “We just all grew up
there.”
Excelling on and
off the field at S.D. Lee
High School, Brown, or
“Roger the Dodger” as
he was dubbed as a prep
standout, went on to play
basketball and baseball
at Tougaloo College —
earning All-Gulf South
Conference honors on the
diamond between 1979
and 81 and on the hard-
wood in 1980 and 81.
On-field exploits aside,
the Columbus native’s
literary journey began
when he recapped his
Lawsuit
Continued from Page 1A
to 90 days imprisonment.
In April, Gov. Tate
Reeves issued executive
orders identifying es-
sential and nonessential
businesses — though the
complaint claims tanning
salons are not specifical-
ly identified in either list
— and closing the nones-
sential businesses until
May 11, when they were
allowed to reopen under
certain restrictions.
As a result of the or-
dinance, Golden Glow
remained closed from
March 21 to May 11.  there at a time. And there
The suit claims the
city “aided and abetted
the governor of Missis-
sippi to promulgate and
enforce policies which
violated plaintiff’s consti-
tutional rights.”
Tupelo attorney Jim
Waide, who represents
the business, said city of-
ficials went a step further
than the state by closing
Golden Glow because the
governor never identified
tanning salons as either
essential or nonessential
businesses. It was city
officials who claimed
tanning salons were non-
essential in the city ordi-
nance.
Moreover, Waide said,
tanning salons would not
have necessarily contrib-
uted to the spread of the
Lowndes man reported missing
Last seen
Wednesday
leaving work at
Steel Dynamics
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A local man last seen
leaving work at Steel Dy-
namics Wednesday morn-
ing has gone missing,
according to friends and
family.
Lowndes County Sher-
iff’s Office Chief Deputy
Brent Swan confirmed a
missing persons report
has been filed for Michael
V. Jones. According to in-
formation Jones’ family
members have shared on
social media, Jones disap-
peared Wednesday some-
time after leaving work
on Airport Road at 6:15
a.m. He was supposed to
return to work at 6 p.m.
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own middle school base-
ball games as a freelancer
for The Dispatch at a
mild fee of $25 per story
as a seventh-grader. His
official indoctrination
into the journalistic
world came at Jackson
State, where he earned
a master’s degree in
journalism.
Joining the Monroe
Star World in 1982 follow-
ing stints at The Dispatch
and The Clarion-Ledger,
Brown spent the next
five years bouncing from
Monroe (Louisiana) to
the Valdosta (Georgia)
Times and later the
Florida Times, covering
everything from Gram-
bling State and the New
Orleans Saints to the
University of Miami and
the Atlanta Falcons.
Though the Deep
South offered a prov-
ing ground for Brown’s
fledgling sports writing
career, it’s in Texas that
his name gained national
acclaim.
Hired in 1987 as the
virus because of the lim-
ited number of customers
in the business at one
time.
“The state criteria
(for closing
businesses)
related to
the number
of people
that would
be in one
place at one
time,” he Waide
said. “Tan-
ning salons didn’t qualify.
You have one customer in
was no … opportunity for
the tanning salon to meet
with the (city) and say,
‘We didn’t meet this cri-
teria.’”
Last week, Waide filed
a separate lawsuit against
the city of Starkville on
behalf of the Starkville
Athletic Club fitness
gym, which was also
closed for several weeks
after the city’s board of
aldermen passed an ordi-
nance closing nonessen-
tial businesses.  “In retrospect, every
In both cases, Waide
has argued that clos-
ing the businesses con-
stitutes the “taking”
of private property for
“public use, without com-
pensation.” However, he
said because Starkville’s
ordinance closed only
but did not
show up,
which his
family said
his supervi-
sor agreed
was unlike
him.
J o n e s , Jones
45, was last seen driving a
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first full-time black
sportswriter at the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram,
Brown covered recruiting
throughout his early days
in DFW. A promotion to
the Dallas Mavericks beat
turned into an eight-year
spell. A bump to general
columnist also followed.
Leaving the Star-Tele-
gram in 2001, Brown’s
coverage to that point in-
cluded the 1988, 1992 and
1996 Olympics, college
football national champi-
onships, Final Fours, Su-
per Bowls, World Series’
and the NBA Finals.
After nearly 20 years
in the newspaper busi-
ness, he pivoted to radio
full-time as the calendar
flipped to a new millenni-
um. For years Brown had
broadcast high school
football games off-and-
on. He became a regular
contributor on the Dallas
Mavericks Weekly with
Brad Sham between 1989
and 1995.
In 1990, Brown was
given a daily show on
businesses the governor
listed as essential, rather
than adding tanning sa-
lons or other businesses
like Columbus, Columbus
is on “more hazardous
ground” than Starkville.
Waide said the pan-
demic has created a “nov-
el issue” in which the
rights of private business
owners are coming into
conflict with what local
governments argue are
public safety issues in a
state of emergency. How-
ever, he pointed out histo-
ry has not looked kindly
on previous cases when
governments infringed
on individual rights in the
name of public safety, us-
ing the internment of Jap-
anese Americans during
World War II as an exam-
ple. At the time, the Unit-
ed States Supreme Court
ruled the internment
camps did not violate
the Constitution because
it was believed those of
Japanese descent were a
threat to Americans.
legal scholar in the world
has said that was a really
unfortunate misapplica-
tion of the constitution,”
he said.
He said the pandemic
is not going to go away,
and that this could remain
an issue months from
silver Ford Ranger.
LCSO is expected to
release more information
on the missing persons
report later today.
Family members are
asking anyone with infor-
mation on Jones’ where-
abouts to call LCSO at
662-328-6788.
KKDA entitled “Talkin’ all those nights shooting bers that part about him,
Sports with Roger B. hoops on the rim nestled had a big heart — just
Brown” — a post he’d above his garage. like his family did.”
hold until 2012. He also “If you got to know Brown leaves behind
later joined the KKDA him, you loved him as a sons Michael and Rylan,
Morning Show with friend,” Frazier said. “He daughter Ryan, sister Ali-
Willis Johnson as a co- was just a very compet- cia Brown Young, brother
host and worked as the itive guy who had a big Kenneth Brown and
station’s sports director. heart. I think anybody devoted partner Jocelyn
“I am stunned that that knew him remem- Johnson.
my Mississippi homeboy
is gone,” national radio
pundit Roland Martin,
who worked with Brown
at the Star-Telegram
and KKDA, said in
an interview with the
Star-Telegram on Tues-
day. “We were colleagues,
Alpha Phi Alpha frater-
nity brothers and dear
friends. Roger B. was a
consummate professional
who was always smiling,
laughing, and putting
folks at ease.”
While Brown’s voice
will be missed across the
airwaves and his final
words have now been
penned, his memory per-
sists in those that knew
him best — the people
of Columbus who spent
now if cases and deaths
continue to increase or
have a sudden surge.
“It’d be one thing if the
government took steps
to reasonably regulate
businesses,” he said. “But
when they come in and
just ... close a business
and decide that, ‘this
business is a particular
danger and we’re closing
it,’ I think there’s a consti-
tutional issue, especially
so for Columbus since
they didn’t follow what
the state had done.”
City Attorney Jeff Tur-
nage said
he had not
yet been
s e r v e d
with the
compla int
We d ne s -
day and
declined to Turnage
comment about the mat-
ter when reached by The
Dispatch.
“We look forward to
vigorously defending the
case,” he said in a mes-
sage to The Dispatch
delivered via City Public
Information Officer Joe
Dillon.
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NCAA TO LIFT MORATORIUM ON FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL WORKOUTS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The NCAA Division I
Council voted Wednes-
day to lift a moratorium
on voluntary workouts
by football and basketball
players effective June 1
as a growing number of
college leaders expressed
confidence that fall sports
will be possible in some
form despite concerns
about the coronavirus
pandemic.
The decision was con-
firmed by two people
with direct knowledge
of the vote who spoke to
The Associated Press on
condition of anonymity
because the NCAA had
not announced details. A
decision on other sports
was pending.
MUW, EMCC athletic directors say no cuts
are coming as schools navigate pandemic
MUW Athletic Director Jason Trufant said he doesn’t expect any cuts for athletic programs coming as a result of
COVID-19. If and when that situation arises, the campus will handle that appropriately,” Trufant said. “It’s definitely not
anything I foresee coming in the future.”
New Hope senior Ben Bradley earns MHSAA academic scholarship
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Ben Bradley doesn’t
even remember the es-
say he submitted as part
of his application to the
Mississippi High School
Activities Association’s
Lindy Callahan Schol-
ar-Athletes program.
But he knows it must
have been good.
The New Hope high
school senior has turned
in more than 30 of them
by now, with his mother
Aimee looking over each
one to attest to their qual-
ity. And so far, they’ve all
been great — or, at least,
Ben has. He’s already
earned nearly enough
scholarship money to pay
for almost four years of
college at Ole Miss, and
he hopes there’s more on
the way.
On Tuesday, the
high-achieving Trojan
— ranked seventh in his
graduating class while
playing for the school’s
soccer team as a central
defensive midfielder and
One of the people who
spoke to the AP said the
decision clears the way
for individual workouts by
athletes, mostly on their
own, subject to safety and
health protocols decided
by their schools or local
health officials..
From Notre Dame to
LSU and more, a num-
ber of schools have an-
nounced plans to reopen
campuses for the fall se-
mester and conferences
have begun setting up
plans for how to play foot-
ball amid the pandemic.
The latest came this week
with the Florida State sys-
tem announcing plans for
its 12 schools and more
than 420,000 students.
Many questions re-
main, including specif-
the football team as the
starting placekicker —
deservedly added anoth-
er chunk of change to a
growing pile.
He was one of 16 se-
niors around the state
named a Lindy Callahan
Scholar-Athlete, a distinc-
tion that will earn him a
$1,500 scholarship. One
boy and one girl from
each of the state’s eight
geographical districts
were selected for their ac-
ademic accomplishments
as well as their participa-
tion in high school sports
and other activities. For
District 4, that boy was
Bradley.
“I’m really honored
that I made it that far,” he
said. “I feel really special
that I got it.”
With the win, Bradley
became only the second
New Hope student ever
to earn the award since
it was started in 1996 to
honor longtime Gulfport
High School coach and
athletic director Lindy
Callahan.
The first? Ben’s broth-
ic safety protocols and
whether fans would be
allowed if games proceed.
Ohio State athletic di-
rector Gene Smith said in
conference call Wednes-
day that he believes the
Buckeyes could safely
play home games with
20,000 to 30,000 fans in
its 105,000-seat stadium.
“I think we can get
there,” Smith said.
Smith said he hadn’t
figured out yet how those
20,000 to 30,000 spec-
tators would be chosen.
He said masks and oth-
er precautions would be
required to prevent the
spread of COVID-19.
Smith added that Ohio
State is ready to open
the 15,000-square-foot
Woody Hayes Athletic
MUW AND EMCC ATHLETICS
er Jerrod, who won in
2014. (Plus, both will
have attended pharmacy
school at Ole Miss once
Ben starts the program
Oxford this fall.)
“It’s kind of weird be-
cause we’re both doing
the same thing, and we
both got the same thing,”
Ben said. “It’s like I’m just
him all over again.”
Several people have
said the family connec-
tion was a coincidence,
but Ben insisted it was the
product of plenty of effort
by both of them.
“We both worked real-
ly hard for it, and it’s awe-
some that we both got it,”
he said.
But there’s still plen-
ty of competition among
the siblings. When Jerrod
scored a 30 on his ACT,
Ben remembered and was
happy to edge him with
a 31. And Tuesday, when
Ben sent his older brother
a screenshot of his name
among the honorees,
Jerrod had words for his New Hope central defensive midfielder Ben Bradley (right) defends Caledonia’s Garrett
youngest sibling.
See BRADLEY, 2B the second Trojan to be named a Lindy Callahan Scholar-Athlete.
Center to athletes start-
ing June 8 if the NCAA
allows it. About 10 play-
ers at a time would be
allowed to work out on
staggered scheduled with
social-distancing and oth-
er hygiene precautions in
place. Some coaches re-
turned to the complex on
a limited basis this week.
Other schools also are
looking into ways they
can hold workouts as safe-
ly as possible.
Middle Tennessee
athletic director Chris
Massaro said his school
plans to take the tempera-
ture of players daily and
make sure they are wear-
ing masks. Massaro has
even discussed moving
some equipment from the
weight room to the Red
Mary Alice Truitt/Dispatch file photo
Bergstrom on Jan. 15, 2019. On Tuesday, Bradley followed his brother Jerrod, becoming
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Floyd Stadium concourse
to make sure workouts al-
low social distancing.
“We’re a little bit kind
of almost like guinea
pigs,” Middle Tennes-
see coach Rick Stockstill
said. “We’re the ones that
are coming back first,
football’s coming back
first all across the coun-
try. So we’ve got to make
sure we’re doing our part
so there’s not a setback,
and it’s going to take all
of us buying in and doing
whatever we can to keep
everybody else healthy
and safe.”
The presidents of Mi-
ami and Notre Dame said
in separate interviews
they expect the football
season to be played.
Notre Dame Presi-
BY THEO DEROSA
tderosa@cdispatch.com
Jason Trufant is still
trying to figure out what’s
next.
Two months after the
Mississippi University
for Women athletic direc-
tor suspended the Owls’
athletics programs indef-
initely amid the outbreak
of COVID-19, Trufant is
still left with more ques-
tions than answers.
He’s not sure how the
virus affects the timeline
for The W’s planned base-
ball park, unclear on what
financial consequences
the virus could inflict on
Owls sports down the
line.
Even a more immedi-
ate occurrence — this fall
semester — could play
out in myriad ways, and
Trufant knows it’s far too
early to commit to just one
course of action.
“We don’t know what’s
gonna happen in the next
30 minutes, let alone in
the next three months,”
Trufant told The Dispatch
on Wednesday. “All we
can do is prepare and be
ready to serve our stu-
dent-athletes and be ready
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SECTION
dent Fr. John Jenkins told
MSNBC he expects to
have clarity on how — or
if — the football season
can happen in the next
few weeks.
“The team itself, I
feel we can manage that
one,” Jenkins said. “Then
the question is people in
the stands. We have an
85,000-person stadium.
Can we get 85,000 people
in there? That will be a
big challenge to do that.
But could we get a smaller
number -- 10,000, 15,000,
20,000? I don’t know.”
Miami President Julio
Frenk told CNN he hopes
the Hurricanes can play
this fall and that safety
would be the top priority.
“They will probably
See NCAA, 2B
to serve our campus.”
Trufant stressed that
the Owls aren’t “anywhere
near” discontinuing any of
their athletic programs,
which has been a cost-cut-
ting measure employed
by several major schools.
“I think we are doing
everything we can do for
our campus, and athletics
plays a vital role on this
campus,” Trufant said. “If
and when that situation
arises, the campus will
handle that appropriately.
It’s definitely not anything
I foresee coming in the fu-
ture.”
Division I programs
Bowling Green and Fur-
man eliminated their
baseball program among
other cuts, and Akron
axed its men’s cross
country, men’s golf and
women’s tennis teams last
week.
Trufant noted that The
W — making the transi-
tion to Division III — isn’t
a “revenue-generating
program” and thus isn’t at
risk of losing out on mil-
lions if football and men’s
basketball don’t allow fans
to attend games.
See MUW, 2B
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MSU’s Jones enters

transfer portal
STARKVILLE — Mis-
NFL taking baby steps toward reopenings
sissippi State’s offseason
football roster continues
to shed weight.
A source with immedi-
ate knowledge of the sit-
uation confirmed to The
Dispatch Tuesday night
that rising sophomore
corner Jarrian Jones has
entered the transfer por-
tal.
The news was first re-
ported by Steve Robert-
son of 247sports.
Jones, who appeared in
11 of 13 games last season
for the Bulldogs, was slat-
ed to be among the more
crucial pieces in the MSU
secondary this coming
season. A former four-
star recruit out of North-
west Rankin, he finished
freshman campaign with
12 tackles, one fumble
recovery and two pass
breakups.
With Jones now slated
to leave the program, he
would become the fifth
Bulldog in the past two
months to do so. Florida
announced last week that
senior offensive lineman
Stewart Reese would join
the Gators as a graduate
transfer.
SOURCE:
Dispatch Staff
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The NFL is taking baby
steps toward full reopenings
for its teams. It has no other
choice.
No long throws downfield.
Mostly halfback dives into the
line.
There are so many issues
that must be addressed with
the opening of team facilities
across the nation. Just because
a handful of clubs returned ex-
ecutives and other staff — no
coaches or players — to their
complexes on Tuesday does
not foreshadow a quick return
to business as usual. Or close
to it.
For one thing — a very ma-
jor thing — there’s competitive
balance to consider.
“Competitive issues are al-
ways important and they al-
ways are considered in a way
to try to preserve equitable
treatment of all 32 clubs,” said
Jeff Pash, the NFL’s chief legal
counsel. “And certainly, our
goal will be to have all 32 clubs
operating on a consistent ba-
sis.”
Here are some of the chal-
lenges the teams face at a time
when organized team activities
(OTAs), followed by June on-
field minicamps, would have
been taking place.
Government restrictions
At least a dozen franchis-
es had no chance to begin the
reopening process this week
because state or local munici-
palities barred it. All four Cal-
ifornia teams — the Raiders
still count because their cur-
rent training facility is in Ala-
meda — and both New Jersey
clubs fall in that category.
“We are not opening up,” Ra-
vens President Dick Cass said
Tuesday. “In Maryland, we are
deemed to be a non-essential
business. Under local and state
regulations, we remain closed
and we will remain closed un-
til the governor permits us to
open up. Right now, it would be
great to have our players back.
But I don’t see that happening
anytime soon.”
Testing
As Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s
chief medical officer, noted
during a conference call fol-
lowing the team owners’ virtu-
al meeting Tuesday: “We’re not
putting dates on the calendar
at this point” concerning get-
ting coaches and players into
team complexes.
“We feel there are certain
important steps that need to
occur with regard to testing,
with regard to test availability,
with regard to test reliability,
and our continued evolution
of understanding about how to
manage exposure,” he added.
“All of those things continue
to evolve, and when we and the
players association together
feel like we’re at a point of satis-
faction with that science, then
we’ll be ready to move forward.
“We’re moving as fast as the
science and the data takes us.”
Cass was willing to put a
time frame on it — somewhat.
“We believe by the time of
training camp (late July), we’ll
be able to test players and
coaches multiple times a week,
and be able to get the results
fairly quickly,” he said. “I think
there’s a really good shot that
we’ll be OK.”
Social distancing
This could be the most diffi-
cult task of all.
Consider the need to spread
out dressing stalls, for ex-
ample. Normally, players are
practically shoulder to shoul-
der in locker rooms. Indeed,
in training camp, makeshift
lockers are installed to accom-
modate the extra load.
A fter stringent workouts or
practices, many players head
for the tubs. When one is done,
another soon climbs in.
There’s no way that will
work any longer. Teams must
consider installing more tubs
and separating them. So add
plumbers and contractors to
the list of folks in facilities.
Same thing for the ever-pop-
ular weight room, which often
has two dozen or more players
at work. Schedules for who can
be in there and when must be
compiled. Equipment manag-
ers and even trainers will be
charged with frequent disin-
fecting chores.
Meeting rooms are de-
signed for large groups, mak-
ing social distancing a huge
challenge when coaches and
players can actually hold those
get-togethers.
“The hope around the
league is that Phase 1 of re-
opening demonstrates our
ability to operate in a safe
manner, allowing more staff
(including coaches) to gradu-
ally return to the office soon,”
Broncos President Joe Ellis
wrote in a memo to organiza-
tion members.
“Although there is current-
ly no set timeline for when
this next phase of expanded
facility access could begin, we
should remain prepared in the
event that it occurs in the very
near future.”
A fter many baby steps are
taken.

Bradley
Continued from Page 1B
“‘If only you weren’t as
ugly, then you would be
a spitting image of me,’”
Ben recalled Jerrod say-
ing. “That’s just him be-
ing an older brother.”
The two winning Brad-
leys still form a Rebel al-
liance against their other
two siblings, who are cur-
rent students at rival Mis-
sissippi State. Victoria,
who’s starting a master’s
program at Starkville,
and Daniel, who will be a
junior, often plague Ben
and Jerrod with friendly
banter about their chosen
school. (Victoria applied
for the Callahan scholar-
ship in 2016, and Daniel
did the same in 2018, but
neither won.)
“They always talk
about ringing cowbells
and stuff,” Ben said. “I’m
just like, ‘I don’t want to.’
I feel a lot better at Ole
Miss. In my opinion, it’s
way better than Missis-
sippi State. But it’s just a
matter of opinion.”
When the youngest
Bradley heads to Ox-
ford, he’ll come in with a
head start, too. Thanks
to dual-credit classes at
New Hope, Ben only had
to take one class at the
high school this spring,
and it was only two days
a week. He’ll head to Ole
Miss with 15 credit hours
already taken care of, a
load off his course sched-
ule and his mind as he
prepares for pharmacy
school.
To New Hope football
coach Wade Tackett,
Bradley’s insistence on
putting academics first
made him what the coach
called an “ideal” stu-
dent-athlete.
“Ben is the epitome of
‘student-athlete,’” Tackett
said. “When you hear that
term, Ben Bradley imme-
diately comes to mind.”
When Bradley’s ACT
score came in, the coach
recalled, his kicker was
excited, happy and will-
ing to talk about it to his
coach. That focus on
academics over football
stuck with Tackett.
“That was at the fore-
front of his mind,” the
coach said. “You knew he
put an emphasis on it. You
knew it mattered to him.”
Bradley said when any-
one asks how to achieve
the success he has seen,
he’s developed a simple
answer: Devote yourself
to academics first, be-
cause that will keep you
eligible to play and let you
focus more on athletics.
“‘You have to focus
on your grades first, and
then you worry about
your sports,’’” Bradley
said.
Bradley has even
found time this spring
and summer for more
than that, working the
front desk at AlarmPro in
Columbus in the spring
and taking on a job at
the Allegro Family Clinic
pharmacy on New Hope
Road, walking distance
from his school, this
summer.
Right now, he’s work-
ing Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays at
AlarmPro; Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Satur-
days are devoted to the
pharmacy.
“It keeps me busy, but
I’m glad that I’m doing it,
because I need a lot of ex-
perience out of it,” Brad-
ley said.
He said his mother’s
emphasis on community
service for all her kids
was a big reason why
he has been so active in
his jobs, academics and
sports. To Tackett, Brad-
ley’s success reflects well
on him, his family, his
school and the area as a
whole.
“That’s a good sign of
not only the school cul-
ture and environment but
also the community of
New Hope,” Tackett said.
The coach said he
and principal Matt Smith
both knew straight away
who the school’s nom-
inee should be for this
year’s scholarship, and
Tackett said he’s happy
to see hard work contin-
ue to pay off for his high-
ly motivated player.
“He’s just a good kid,”
Tackett said. “You can’t
say enough good things
about Ben Bradley.”

MUW
Continued from Page 1B
“We don’t rely on
ticket sales and conces-
sion sales,” Trufant said.
“That’s not our model. …
Revenue from athletics
outside of tuition is not
something vital for us.”
Sharon Thompson,
women’s basketball coach
and athletic director at
East Mississippi Commu-
nity College, expressed a
similar opinion.
Money brought in by
athletics has decreased
in Scooba, but that’s not
unique to EMCC, and
it’s not a pressing issue,
Thompson said. Like
smaller Division I pro-
grams and Division II
schools, junior college
athletic programs simply
don’t produce that much
revenue.
“You don’t make a lot
of money off of JUCO
athletic events anyway,”
Thompson pointed out.
She said that while
EMCC’s cabinet meets
every day, the school has
had no discussions what-
soever about cutting ath-
letics programs because
of the pandemic.
“Everybody’s just kind
of surviving and just try-
ing to keep their head
above water,” Thompson
said.
Should the virus not
allow her school to re-
turn to in-person instruc-
tion this fall, Thompson
said, student-athletes
will not be able to return
to campus, as the Nation-
al Junior College Athlet-
ic Association has said
member schools’ general
populations must be privy
to the same resources af-
forded to athletes.
Trufant said the deci-
sion to allow athletes at
The W to return to cam-
pus in the fall if the rest of
the student body cannot
is not his to make.
Regarding the school’s
plan for a new baseball
park on campus, Trufant
said, a previous time-
line of 18 to 24 months
to complete the first of
three phases may not still
hold.
“Obviously, time-
lines have changed, and
they’re gonna change,
but that’s not something
that we’re just gonna stop
providing effort for,” Tru-
fant said.
For now, he and his
staff will keep adjusting
to a “new normal” that
changes constantly. It’s
all they can do, after all.
“I think we have to
take this like everybody
else is — one day and one
minute at a time — and
be prepared for what’s
next,” Trufant said.

NCAA
Continued from Page 1B
play in empty stadi-
ums, like so many other
sports,” Frenk said.
Scott Woodward, the
athletic director at de-
fending national champi-
on LSU, said his school
was preparing to wel-
come back its athletes
after the Southeastern
Conference’s closure of
athletic facilities to stu-
dents is slated to end May
31.
LSU will offer sum-
mer classes online and
doesn’t have plans to re-
open its campus to the
general student popula-
tion at least until the fall
semester.
Most athletic depart-
ments need the revenue
generated from football
to fund their other sports.
Hundreds of schools are
reeling financially from
the effects of the pandem-
ic. Athletic departments,
particularly at smaller
schools and in Division
II, have already cut a
number of sports.
The NCA A this week
lowered the minimum
and maximum number of
games Division II schools
are required to play in
all sports next year. The
move includes a 33% re-
duction in the minimum
number of games need-
ed for sponsorship and
championship qualifica-
tion in most sports.
Under the plan, D-II
schools must play at least
five football games to
maintain NCA A sponsor-
ship and at least seven
games to be eligible for
playoff consideration.
The maximum number of
allowable games is 10.
The requirements
would return to normal in
2021-22.

Chiefs holding unique virtual competition for punting job
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEAWOOD, Kan. —
It’s a good thing an NFL
kicking operation re-
quires no more than three
players.
There’s the long snap-
per, tasked with deliver-
ing the ball. The kicker,
who is expected to send it
through the uprights. And
the punter, who for many
teams doubles as the hold-
er on field goal and ex-
tra-point attempts.
The reason this is im-
portant, at least for the Su-
per Bowl champion Kan-
sas City Chiefs, is that for
the first time in 15 years
they are trying to decide
on a new punter. Dustin
Colquitt held down the job
with Pro Bowl efficiency
for as long as some of the
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current Chiefs have been
playing football. But his in-
creasing age and the fran-
chise’s dwindling coffers
forced the club to make
the difficult business de-
cision to let him go this
offseason.
With teams barred
from holding in-person
workouts because of
COVID-19, the Chiefs
have been unable to bring
in an endless number of
potential replacements.
Instead, they signed Tyler
Newsome and undrafted
rookie Tommy Townsend,
and those two have been
working out privately with
kicker Harrison Butker
and long snapper James
Winchester.
Well below the gather-
ing limits of 10 people that
have been in place in Kan-
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sas and Missouri.
“We’re kind of for-
tunate,” Chiefs special
teams coach Dave Toub
said, “because those guys
can get together and kick
and work on the operation.
They can do that on our
own. We can work on our
skill set, whereas to play
football you need 22 guys
out there. You can’t sit
down face to face, but they
video everything they do
and send it to me and we
talk.”
Nobody knows when
teams will be allowed
back at their facilities
for good. Just this week,
players rehabbing from
injuries and certain staff
were finally allowed back,
but no coaches or healthy
players. So that means
what would typically be
low-stress, good-natured
workouts on a high school
practice field for Newsome
and Townsend have taken
on extra importance.
What they show off on
video could determine
who has the leg up — pun
intended — when training
camp finally begins.
“There is nobody out in
front right now. I like them
both,” Toub said. “They’ve
both got really strong
legs, really powerful legs.
They consistently hit over
5.0 (seconds) hang times,
which is impressive. Tom-
my is a little more clean in
his technique as far as con-
sistency, whereas Tyler is
a little more erratic. But
the results are the same.
They both bomb the ball.”
That’s a good thing for
the Chiefs as they attempt
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up the securi-
ty camera on
my phone and
watched and
listened as he
continued to say
Dear Abby
horrible things for
an hour or more. He called me
a disgusting blob, said there
is nothing appealing about
me, and I should go out in the
yard and kill myself just like my
father did.
The words were so painful
that I began to sob uncontrol-
lably and screamed in anguish.
He never came to console me.
In fact, he told me to “shut
up.” I’m not a crier, typically,
so his blatant disregard for
the effect his words had on
me raises another level of
concern.
We have since discussed
the event, and his first
defense was to say he didn’t
know I could hear him. Mean-
while, I have to live with the
fact that I’m married to a man
who has such a low opinion of
me that he thinks I should kill
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May
21). Your kindness radiates in
all directions including toward
yourself, and this fortifies and
emboldens you to new heights
of originality. You’ll fascinate,
draw a crowd, sell to it and fund
an enterprise you wholeheart-
edly believe in. How satisfying
to know you’re making the kind
of difference the world really
needs now. Sagittarius and
Aquarius adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 6, 10, 33, 20
and 17.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
What you do to keep your core
self strong — be it exercise,
meditation, spiritual work or
other practices — is important
to keep up with no matter what
to replace a franchise icon.
Colquitt appeared in
a record 238 games for
Kansas City, easily best-
ing the previous mark
by Nick Lowery. He also
set franchise records for
punts, punt yardage and
career-long kick with
an 81-yard boot. When
he was released, he was
among the top 10 active
players in appearances
and had the eighth-most
punt yardage in NFL his-
tory.
Even more impres-
sive, he was the only man
among the top 20 in total
punts to have played with
just one team.
“They’ve been with
Dustin for a really long
time. He’s a guy that has
done everything the right
way,” Townsend said.
myself.
I have no
family, and
I’m hesitant to
upend a life that
is finally stable
after a chaotic
childhood and
early adulthood.
My husband isn’t
typically abusive,
but this incident
has me question-
ing everything.
We have been
together for 22
years and mar-
ried for nearly 16
with no children.
What are your thoughts? —
THROWN INTO TURMOIL
DEAR THROWN: My first
thought is that you and your
husband need to find a health-
ier way to deal with your “con-
flicts” than your walking out
on him, and him saying nasty
things into a camera knowing
full well he might be heard. If
your definition of stability is
tolerating further verbal abuse,
then you are — and will be —
paying a high price for it.
I sincerely hope the two
of you will try to iron out your
differences with the help of a
licensed marriage and family
therapist. After all the years
you have invested in each
other, it’s worth a shot.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
and I married 20 years ago. He
never proposed; he just came
else is going on in the world.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
If you wait until you are stirred
to do a thing, it will be too late.
To take advantage of a brief win-
dow of opportunity, you’ll have
to move before you are ready
and act before you are sure.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Accept your fixed traits, and
learn to highlight them, or work
around them as needed. Every
personality trait has within it the
potential to be a worst or best
quality and will be both, depend-
ing on when you look.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). Sometimes you doubt the
malleability of identity. But when
you think about how different
you were 10 years ago, it’s clear
THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2020 3B
“The biggest thing for
me is just trying to make
a name for myself and be-
come my own person.”
Townsend’s familiarity
with Colquitt goes back to
college; he began his ca-
reer at Tennessee, where
Colquitt holds a number of
records, before transfer-
ring to Florida. As a Gator,
he followed in the foot-
steps of his brother, John-
ny, who was drafted by the
Raiders a couple of years
ago and has spent time in
camp with the Giants.
Toub said the younger
Townsend was the Chiefs’
highest-rated punter in
this year’s draft class, even
though two others — Tex-
as A&M’s Braden Mann
and Syracuse’s Sterling
Hofrichter — where cho-
sen in the later rounds.
home one day from boot camp
and said, “We need to get
married tomorrow so that I can
get paid more,” and we did. I
regret that day. It wasn’t what
I wanted, and it meant nothing
to me.
Since then, so much has
happened. He cheated on me
while he was in the service,
and had PTSD to the point
where he tried to kill himself,
among other things.
We are now in a happy
place and have two awesome
kids. I would like to redo our
wedding day and for him to
propose to me. The problem
is, he isn’t ready. He said
he hasn’t done it because
we have had more lows than
highs. He said he will eventu-
ally, when he feels the time is
right.
My feelings are hurt, and
now I’m questioning why I am
still here. I have stuck by his
side for 20 years, through
thick and thin. I deserve that
and much more. I’m not asking
for anything over the top. Do
you think I’m overreacting, or
should I finally move on? —
TIRED OF WAITING IN TEXAS
DEAR TIRED: I don’t think
you are overreacting; I think
you are over-orchestrating.
You say you and your husband
are in a happy place now after
years of struggle, plus you
have two awesome kids. Now
is not the time to upset the ap-
ple cart. More important than
that change is inevitable and
never stops. Believe in your
aspirations.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
You’ll object, though ultimately,
you may have to accept another
person’s idea in order to move
on to more important things.
Your ability to prioritize and
categorize will help you get a
bigger prize.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
People sometimes ask ques-
tions as a means of control.
You’ll love the conversation
partner who asks out of sheer
curiosity. You’ll have splendid
exchanges today.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Easter is over, but it’s never too
late to hide treats for people
to discover and pick up for a
moment of delight. A Post-
it note on the mirror, a rock
painted with a smile, a website
link that leads to a joke... sweet
treasures!
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). The friends you’ve chosen
and the people you admire have
qualities you warm to and enjoy
being around, so you gravitate
to whatever they are involved in,
which today will involve a cost
of entry.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You are capable of suc-
cessfully making commitments
you have never made before. So
don’t be scared off by a pros-
pect because it’s new. Say yes,
and get the experience.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You can’t become who you
want to be by doing the same
activities you were doing. You’ll
change it up and be pleasantly
surprised by what you learn
about yourself.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Intimacy is a function of
being able to reciprocally share
vulnerabilities with people who
accept those weaknesses. If
only the powerful parts are
shared, it is impossible to be
truly connected.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). It’s all falling into place for
you. The elements are settling
before you, all within your reach.
Later you’ll be able to jostle
things around and make them
fit a little better. For now, let it
happen.
You turn me on
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Business
LOCAL BUSINESS VOICES
Graduation
I
graduated
a kinder-
gartner
this month.
We did it by
appointment
only, with only
five guests per
family and all
the pomp and
circumstance
social distanc-
ing would al- Macaulay Whitaker morial Day
low. I can only
imagine what
it felt like for those high
school seniors, communi- lakes and rivers will see
ty college and university
graduates. A celebration
no less, but not exactly
the sendoff you or your
family imagined.
As we begin sending
these graduates to their
next phase of life, I’m
sure we’ve all tried to
impart some wisdom to
them to help them navi-
gate the world. Don’t skip
class. Always remember
to be safe. You can’t take
naps in first grade.
In a way, we’ve all
been to COVID-19 school economic crisis. If you
over the last quarter, and
we’re graduating now,
venturing out into the
world.
Restrictions are
loosening. Businesses
that have been closed
since March like hair
salons and casinos are
Meatpacking safety recommendations
are largely unenforceable
BY AMY FORLITI
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — Lauritsen, international
Federal recommendations
meant to keep meatpack-
ing workers safe as they
return to plants that were
shuttered by the coronavi-
rus have little enforcement
muscle behind them, fuel-
ing anxiety that working
conditions could put em-
ployees’ lives at risk.
Extensive guidance
issued last month by the
Occupational Safety and
Health Administration
and the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Preven-
tion recommends that
meatpacking companies
erect physical barriers, en-
force social distancing and
install more hand-sanitiz-
ing stations, among other
steps. But the guidance is
not mandatory.
“It’s like, ‘Here’s what
cdispatch.com
among the
latest sectors
to be allowed
to reopen.
More people
are out and
about, with
masks and
gloves a more
commonplace
occurrence.
With Me-
approaching
Monday,
undoubtedly beaches and
people needing a change
of scenery.
Recommendations
from both governmental
and health care sources
still advise wearing some
element of personal pro-
tective equipment for all
citizens and to practice
decreased travel and
exposure.
Many employers con-
tinue to call employees
back to work, a vital step
in moving our economy
forward and out of this
are able, and feel safe and
secure doing so, return-
ing to work is something
you can do to boost the
economy in a positive
direction.
One of our partners in
Jackson recently pub-
lished some advice in
we’d like you to do. But if
you don’t want to do it, you
don’t have to,’” said Mark
vice president and direc-
tor of the food processing
and meatpacking division
for the United Food and
Commercial Workers In-
ternational Union.
The pandemic is “the
most massive workers’
safety crisis in many de-
cades, and OSHA is in the
closet. OSHA is hiding,”
said David Michaels, an
epidemiologist who was
the agency’s assistant
secretary of labor under
President Barack Obama.
Michaels called on OSHA
to make the guidelines
mandatory and enforce-
able, which would include
the threat of fines.
OSHA’s general guid-
ance plainly says the rec-
ommendations are advi-
sory and “not a standard
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2020 5B
a Back to Work Toolkit employers to participate Reeves’ “Safer At Home,” gate our current environ-
for Businesses. The was extended. executive order is set to ment safely. While sifting
chambers of commerce We’ve heard of or wit- expire on Monday, May through all the informa-
in Columbus, Starkville nessed these and many 25. We’ll have to see tion can be exhausting if
and West Point have all other examples of the what follow-up orders or you find some advice that
also provided their com- employer network in the advisements come from keeps you safe, share it
munities with tools and Golden Triangle connect- Jackson, but it’s safe to with your business peers
information like this as ing to provide resources. say we won’t just revert
well. All of these are post- and employees.
Regardless of the size back to business-as-usual
ed on our website under If you have some free
or type, businesses for some time.
the COVID-19 Resources time, rest safely this
everywhere continue to Graduation can be ex-
Page. be faced with challenges citing, and freedom even holiday weekend. You
Some of the most probably haven’t had a
adapting to maintain in the smallest form is
reassuring sources of ad- their livelihood. tempting. There are tons nap since kindergarten.
vice we’ve seen are area States across the of resources available to Macaulay Whitaker is
employers assisting each nation are implementing give you guidance and, the chief operating officer
other. HR managers have plans for reopening in perhaps, a sense of secu- for the Golden Triangle
been sharing their ex- various phases. Gov. rity about how to navi- LINK.
periences on conference
calls. Companies who
are hiring have reached
out to other companies
who have had layoffs,
both working together to
get people back to work.
Companies have shared
3D printing files with
educators to print PPE
since shipping delays are
turning into operating
delays.
I was able to partici-
pate in a call with EMCC,
MSU and our area man-
ufacturers where a con-
nection was offered with
a company that provides
wearable tech to the
NBA. This company is
now working on research
with MSU for COVID-19
related wearable tech
and an invitation for our
or regulation,” and they
create “no new legal obli-
gations.”
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COLUMBUS
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