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Twenty Indian soldiers dead after clash with China along border At least 20 Indian soldiers have died after a “violent faceoff” with Chinese troops along the countries’ de facto border in the Himalayas late Monday, the Indian army has said.

The incident occurred during a “deescalation process” underway in the Galwan Valley in the disputed Aksai ChinLadakh area, where a large troop build-up has reportedly been taking place for weeks now on both sides of the border, before senior military commanders began talks earlier this month.

The Indian army had earlier said three soldiers had died, but added on Tuesday that a further 17 troops “who were critically injured in the line of duty at the standoff location and exposed to sub-zero temperatures in the high altitude terrain have succumbed to their injuries.”

The deaths are the first military casualties along the two countries’ disputed border for more than 40 years.

Beijing imposes soft lockdown citywide and tightens travel as coronavirus spread Authorities in Beijing have imposed a soft lockdown on the entire city, after the Chinese capital reported more than 100 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases in the past five days.

The city raised its alert level from Level 3 to Level 2 — the highest alert being Level 1 — the Beijing government’s Deputy Secretary Chen Bei announced in a press conference Tuesday night.

The move comes as the city’s latest coronavirus outbreak continued to spread Tuesday, with at least 106 new infections since Thursday following an outbreak at Xinfadi, the city’s largest wholesale food market.

Officials had earlier locked down more residential compounds, ordered more than 30,000 restaurants to be disinfected and tightened outbound travel.

African countries are still waiting for a surge in COVID-19 cases

Trump offers full-throated defense of police in executive action signing

By Kevin Liptak CNN

President Donald Trump took his first concrete steps on Tuesday to address growing national outcry over police brutality even as he offered a staunch defense of law enforcement that left little question about his allegiances.

Speaking during a discursive noontime event in the Rose Garden, Trump initially sought to adopt a unifying tone as he announced an executive order that, among other steps, creates a federal database of police officers with a history of using excessive force.

But later he veered from that topic and that tone to assault his political rivals and tout the stock market’s recent rally.

It was a performance that laid bare the balance Trump faces as he continues to embrace a hard line “law and order” mantle, which he believes benefits him politically, even as he confronts a national reckoning over systemic racism in police departments and outcry over violent police tactics.

“Reducing crime and raising standards are not opposite goals. They are not mutually exclusive. They work together,” Trump said. “They all work together.”

In his speech, Trump did not address the racism issue directly. Instead, he suggested the repeated instances of officers killing unarmed black

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President Donald Trump takes his first concrete steps on Tuesday to address growing national outcry over police brutality when he signs an executive order creating a federal database of police officers with a history of using excessive force.

Americans rested on a small number of individual officers.

“They’re very tiny. I use the word tiny,” he said. “It’s a very small percentage. But nobody wants to get rid of them more than the really good and great police officers.”

Trump said he was taking executive action to encourage police to adopt the “highest and the strongest” professional standards “to deliver a future of safety and security for Americans of every race, religion, color and creed.”

He went on to lambast efforts to defund departments and said police were owed re-

spect for their work, recalling officers who ran into a burning World Trade Center on September 11.

Trump said Americans “demand law and order” and hailed the efforts of law enforcement to quell violence during protests against police brutality earlier this month.

“Without police, there is chaos,” Trump said.

Later, Trump veered from a speech about police reform to launch political attacks, falsely claiming that his predecessor Barack Obama, along with his current election rival former Vice President Joe Biden, did

not attempt to address police reform issues when they were in office.

He claimed the issue of school choice, long championed by conservatives, was the “civil rights statement of the year, of the decade, and probably beyond.”

And he delved into recent stock market rallies and an increase in retail sales as evidence, he claimed, that the economy is restarting after being frozen during the coronavirus pandemic — which he suggested was waning, even as cases increase in parts of the country.

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ize that observation.

The June 19 holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and told slaves of their emancipation — more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and months after the end of the Civil War.

NATION

New Mexico governor condemns vigilantes who might have instigated violence Vigilantes might have started the violence that led to a shooting in New Mexico during a demonstration on Monday authorities said, and the governor is vowing to hold the “instigators” fully accountable.

One man was hospitalized and another man charged with aggravated battery, Albuquerque police said.

The shooting happened during a protest in the city’s Old Town calling for the removal of a sculpture of a Spanish conquistador, officials said.

“I am horrified and disgusted beyond words,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a statement on Twitter condemning the “heavily armed individuals who flaunted themselves at the protest, calling themselves a ‘civil guard.’ “ “There is absolutely no space in New Mexico for any violent would-be ‘militia’ seeking to terrorize New Mexicans; and there is no space for violence of any kind on our streets and in our communities,” her statement said.

“The instigators this evening will be rooted out, they will be investigated, and they will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”

On Jan. 28, at around one in the morning, Dr. John Nkengasong’s cellphone rang in Addis Ababa.

Nigerian officials told Nkengasong, the Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, that a recently arrived Italian businessman had tested positive for COVID-19.

He later recovered. But the force of infection, mostly coming from Europe, seeded the virus in countries throughout the continent, say health officials.

Nearly five months on, across Africa, catastrophic scenarios just haven’t happened.

“The countries in the Africa region are not where they had predicted they would be by now. I think a lot of earlier predictions had painted Buffalo protester a picture that by this time it would be quite overwhelm- Gugino has a fractured ing,” said Dr. Humphrey skull and cannot walk Karamagi, the leader of the WHO Africa region’s data, Martin Gugino, the 75-yearanalytics and knowledge old protester who was pushed team. by two Buffalo, New York, — From wire reports police officers earlier this

Albuquerque police detain members of the New Mexico Civil Guard, an armed civilian group. month, has a fractured skull and is not able to walk, his lawyer said in a statement provided to CNN on Monday.

“I am not at liberty to elaborate at this time other than to confirm that his skull was fractured,” Gugino’s attorney Kelly Zarcone said. “While he is not able to walk yet, we were able to have a short conversation before he became too tired. He is appreciative of all of the concern about him but he is still focused on the issues rather than himself.”

CNN has not been able to speak with Gugino directly, but in her press statement, Zarcone passed along a message from him: “I think it’s very unnecessary to focus on me. There are plenty of other things to think about besides me.”

FDA cautions pet owners about infecting their pets in new video Pets might not infect people with coronavirus, but pet owners need to protect cats, dogs and other companion animals, the US Food and Drug Administration cautioned in a new YouTube video.

The video pushes the “aww” button with images of adorable furry kittens, ferrets, puppies and loving owners.

“Though it doesn’t seem

like animals can give you the virus, it appears you can give it to them. So if you’re sick, avoid direct contact with your pets. If possible, have someone else care for them until you’re well again,” the FDA says in the video.

“Consider avoiding dog parks and other crowded public places,” it advises. And the six-foot rule applies to leashed pets, as well as to other people.

House cats, as well as big cats in zoos, have been found to be infected with coronavirus, as well as farmed minks in the Netherlands.

Virginia governor wants to make Juneteenth a paid state holiday Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he would be introducing legislation to make Juneteenth a paid state holiday.

“It’s time we elevate this, not just a celebration by and for some Virginians, but one acknowledged and celebrated by all of us,” Northam, a Democrat, said at a news conference in Richmond.

Northam said Virginia ceremonially recognizes Juneteenth Independence Day with an annual written proclamation, “but we need to do much more.” His action, Northam said, would formal-

GOP and Democrats clash over police reform in Congress House Democrats and Senate Republicans are on a collision course over policing reform, despite a bipartisan consensus that action is necessary amid nationwide protests and civil unrest in response to high-profile episodes of police misconduct.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell came out firmly against a Democratic plan to overhaul policing on Tuesday, saying that Democrats want to “federalize all of these issues. That’s a non-starter. The House version is going nowhere in the Senate.”

McConnell dismissed the Democratic proposal as “typical Democratic overreach to try to control everything in Washington. We have no interest in that.”

Senate Democrats, meanwhile, have reacted critically to the emerging legislation bill being that Senate Republicans are coalescing around being led by GOP Sen. Tim Scott.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer warned on Tuesday that Senate Republicans “seem to be on a path towards taking a much, much narrower, less inclusive approach — that is wrong.”

— From wire reports

PEOPLE

Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver join virtual ‘Ghostbusters’ reunion The cast of “Ghostbusters” reunited for a good cause on Josh Gad’s “Reunited Apart” YouTube show.

To raise funds for the Equal Justice Initiative, Gad hosted the stars of the 1984 hit film, including Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts. Director Ivan Reitman also joined, along with his son Jason Reitman, who wrote and directed “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” scheduled for release in 2021.

The cast recalled memories from the shoot, with Aykroyd revealing that a lot of the movie was improvised.

After Reitman showed the cast an early cut of the Slimer ballroom scene without special effects, they began to worry what exactly they were involved in.

“I remember going back to work on Monday and saying, ‘Guys, let’s all calm down.

[The movie’s] gonna be really big,’” Murray said.

Michelle Obama will co-host The Roots Picnic this year The Roots Picnic is going virtual with a special co-chair.

Former first lady Michelle Obama has joined forces with the hip hop band for their annual get down, which will also serve as a voter registration drive this year.

Obama tweeted Tuesday about her nonpartisan organization, When We All Vote, partnering with The Roots for the event.

“Couldn’t be more excited that @whenweallvote is teaming up to co-host @ TheRoots Picnic on June 27!,” she tweeted. “Join us and get registered to vote: http://weall.vote/rootspicnic.”

Obama will co-host the 13th annual event, which will be held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Quest Love and Black Thought.

Yes, the Emmys are gonna happen and Kimmel is hosting There’s not a lot we know about how the 72nd Emmy Awards will take place, but they are happening and Jimmy Kimmel will host the event.

ABC on Tuesday said the late-night host will serve as host for the third time, acknowledging in the announcement the fluid nature of this year’s plans as the world continues to contend with the coronavirus pandemic.

“I don’t know where we will do this or how we will do this or even why we are doing this, but we are doing it and I am hosting it,” Kimmel said in a statement.

The show is set to take place on Sept. 20 and air on ABC. Kimmel previously hosted the 64th and 68th Emmy Awards ceremonies.

“We know Jimmy Kimmel will deliver a uniquely entertaining, funny and moving Primetime Emmys show,” said Karey Burke, president of ABC Entertainment.

— From wire reports

Airlines ban alcohol on planes in response to COVID-19

By Maureen O’hare CNN

Alcohol sales may have boomed during lockdown, but our return to air travel will be an altogether more sobering experience.

Airlines including Easyjet and KLM in Europe, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines in the United States, and Asia’s Virgin Australia, are suspending all or part of their alcoholic drinks service

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in response to COVID-19.

It’s part of a widespread revision of the industry’s food and drink service to minimize interaction between crew and passengers and to ensure a safer journey for all.

With face masks already mandatory on pretty much all flights around the world, and new legislation introduced in January 2020 to curb anti-social behavior on

flights, it’s another in a line of barriers — literal and legal — to getting high in the sky.

Many airlines are limiting drink options to water only.

As face masks must be kept on other than when passengers are eating and drinking, it’s a way of ensuring passengers are lingering over their refreshments for no longer than necessary.

Delta Airlines isn’t serving alcohol on domestic flights or within the Americas, but

beer, wine and spirits can be found on all other international flights.

Over on American Airlines, the airline is limiting food and drink service in the main cabin according to flight length and destination. Access to alcohol, however, is the preserve of long-haul international flights and the folks in First Class.

In Asia, Hong Kong’s flagcarrier Cathay Pacific will still have drinks available through-

out the flight, but the pre-meal bar and pre-poured drinks are temporarily suspended.

Virgin Australia is serving all guests complimentary water and a snack, but additional food and drinks aren’t currently available for on-board purchase.

So if you’re traveling this summer, pack plenty of water and healthy snacks, keep your face mask on when not eating or drinking, and be glad that you’re being spared

alcohol-related dehydration, a major contributor to jet lag.

British low-cost airline Easyjet resumed domestic routes across the UK and France on June 15, alongside a handful of international routes.

While customers can bring food and non-alcoholic drinks on board, at the beginning the only refreshments on offer will be water, which has to be requested from the crew. Food service will resume gradually in coming months.

A4 ♦ Wednesday, June 17, 2020 ♦ gWinnettdailypost.com COLUMNIST|KEITH ROACH

WEATHER WATCH

Does vitamin D have an effect on immunity?

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EAR DR. ROACH: My wife and I are 74 and in good health. Recently, I started reading about vitamin D and its effect on the immune system. We both had a vitamin D blood test for the first time ever, despite having almost yearly blood Dr. Roach tests for the past 40 years.

My level was 32 nanograms per milliliter, and hers was 22.

She is now taking 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly on doctor’s orders. Her blood level is considered insufficient, and mine is barely over the optimal level, although the “optimal” extends to 100 ng. We have both taken multivitamins for years. How did we get so low, and are our are immune systems compromised? What levels should we be trying to achieve? — E. ANSWER: Vitamin D has many effects on different tissues of the body, but the data showing definitive benefit to treatment mostly comes from its effect on bone.

Most of the body’s immune cells have the receptor for vitamin D, but evidence that treatment of low vitamin D improves immune function is scant. Randomized trials have examined the effect of vitamin D on upper respiratory infections and tuberculosis, but the benefit was limited to people with VERY low vitamin D levels. Studies are ongoing to evaluate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on infection in general, but since very low levels should be treated anyway from the standpoint of bones, there is currently no indication to treat low vitamin D solely in order to prevent or treat infection.

The target level of vitamin D remains controversial. Most experts recommend levels between 20 and 50, which is usually achievable with vitamin D3 doses of 800-2,000 IU daily.

DEAR DR. ROACH: This 83-year-old male has lost three contemporaries recently to lung diseases: pneumonia, COPD and cancer. Now, the public has been thoroughly educated on the hazards to lung health, such as cigarette smoking, coal mining and asbestos handling.

And diet and exercise are promoted for such things as cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal health, but I’ve never seen comparable advice for lung health.

Are there any exercises to perform, substances to inhale or foods to eat that will promote my lungs’ longevity? — R.J.B. ANSWER: Humans have enormous lungs — if spread out, the surface area of a lung is roughly the size of a tennis court! In a healthy person, lung function rarely, if ever, limits performance. Over time, lung function slowly decreases, and a reasonable goal would be to slow that decrease. Mostly, that means avoiding factors that damage the lung: These are cigarette smoke; other lung irritants such as cooking smoke; indoor and outdoor air pollution; the occupational hazards you mention; and radon in the home.

There are some proactive steps you can take. Getting your flu shot yearly and your pneumonia vaccines when recommended will help. Diet, especially fruits, have been correlated to improved lung function. Regular, moderate exercise has likewise been shown to slow lung function loss and it certainly helps muscles — including the muscles needed to breathe.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible.

Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med. cornell.edu or send mail to 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: in 1963, the u.s. supreme court ruled that requiring the recitation of Bible verses and the lord’s prayer in public schools is unconstitutional. in 1967, the people’s Republic of china carried out its first successful test of a thermonuclear bomb. in 1972, five people were arrested for breaking into the democratic national committee headquarters in the Watergate office complex in Washington, d.c. in 1994, a televised police chase ended in the arrest of o.J. simpson for the murders of his ex-wife and her friend. in 2015, a gunman killed nine people at a church in charleston, south carolina.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: igor stravinsky (1882-1971), composer; m.c. escher (1898-1972), artist; Ralph Bellamy (19041991), actor; elroy “crazylegs” Hirsch

(1923-2004), football player; newt gingrich (1943- ), u.s. politician; Barry manilow (1943- ), singer-songwriter; thomas Haden church (1960- ), actor; greg Kinnear (1963- ), actor; Will Forte (1970- ), actor; Venus Williams (1980- ), tennis player; Kendrick lamar (1987- ), rapper.

TODAY’S FACT: “in god We trust” became the official u.s. national motto after an act of congress in 1956.

TODAY’S SPORTS: in 1962, 22-yearold Jack nicklaus beat arnold palmer by three strokes and became the youngest golfer to win the u.s. open since 1923.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “look at me, look at me, i’m a loser, i’m a winner / i’m good, i’m bad, i’m a christian, i’m a sinner / i’m humble, i’m loud, i’m righteous, i’m a killer / What i’m doing, i’m saying that i’m human” -- Kendrick lamar

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COLUMNIST|AMY DICKINSON

Spouse considers leaving alcoholic wife

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EAR AMY: My wife and I are in our mid50s. We have been married over 30 years. She is an alcoholic, but is trying to stay sober through AA. She has been successful for periods of time, but relapses, usually at difficult periods in our Amy lives (like the current COVID-19 crisis).

We have seen several marriage counselors throughout the years. I can honestly say that we have both tried hard to make things work when many relationships would have broken up after going through what we have.

The problem is that I have laid out the criteria for me to leave. (You can’t have ultimatums in Al-Anon).

She has frequently crossed the line, and yet I have stayed.

Like all of us, she has traits that I would rather she didn’t have. But the worst is chronic lying. It is usually related to drinking, but it tells me she may never be able to stay sober for a longer period of time.

It has created a trust issue I fear I may never be able to get over.

She is currently away at treatment — again — and I am thinking of leaving when she gets back. I feel

that I don’t have an equal partner in my life.

Do you have thoughts, besides more counseling?

— In a Corner DEAR CORNER: There are different ways to frame what is basically an ultimatum. One way is: “Unless you stop drinking, I’m going to leave.” This is a way of seeking to control another person’s actions, by leveraging a threat, and tying her drinking to the consequence. Obviously, since you have never been able to follow through on your “criteria,” you have no way of knowing if your own behavior would influence hers, but you should assume that her addiction disorder is stronger than your criteria.

Al-Anon encourages you to find ways to accept your powerlessness over your partner’s addiction, while learning to take care of yourself.

Another way to frame your situation is to basically state your own truth: “Your alcoholism has become unbearable for me.

I love you and I want the best for you. But we haven’t been partners for a long time now. I’ll continue to support your sobriety, but I’ve decided to move out.”

That’s it. Continued counseling (for you) would help you to cope with the challenges presented by your

own choice.

DEAR AMY: I was recently on a group chat with a bunch of friends. One of these people, “Kelly,” “outed” another of our friends, “Kevin” as transgender.

Kevin has not mentioned this to any of us. I had talked with him the day before and feel terrible because I called him by his “dead name” and referred to him by the wrong gender.

Now, I don’t know what to do, for Kevin or myself. I’ve been dealing with my own questions of sexuality and I’m afraid that someone will “out” me before I’m ready.

—Worried DEAR WORRIED: You’ve learned something important about “Kelly.”

Never, ever trust Kelly with any information you might consider private.

You should contact “Kevin” and say what was discussed in the group chat — not to embarrass Kevin, but to get the story straight.

Let Kevin respond to you.

They might want to clarify things to the group.

You should maintain control of your own story, if at all possible. Only discuss your sexuality when you are ready, and do so with the knowledge that you can’t trust everyone in your circle to respect your privacy.

DEAR AMY: “Untexted in Texas” said her husband

“Barney” is texting with a woman that he knew in high school.

You stated that his wife is correct in wanting this to stop. You state that his anger at her demand is proof that there is something untoward about his relationship.

Is he not allowed friends?

What would you say if he demanded that she stop a friendship with a man she knew from high school?

This relationship could be a blessing for the wife.

This friend might call the husband on his negative behavior. He might hear that in a way that he couldn’t hear from his wife because of too much emotional baggage.

—Upset DEAR UPSET: Everybody gets to have friends.

But when a relationship interferes with the marriage — as this one did — then it is important for the person conducting the friendship to be open about it.

In this case, “Barney’s” secrecy about the nature of the friendship created the problem, and that is fixable.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: ASKAMY@amydickinson. com. Readers may send postal mail to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @ askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

Learn to live with the changes going on around you. Sticking to the rules and using your resources to fit current trends will help you get a foothold on how to benefit the most using what you already have. Be creative and move forward with confidence.

Romance is favored.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) —You need a pick-me-up. Fix up your surroundings to reflect what makes you happy.

Focus your attention on something that will keep you up to date physically and intellectually.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Changing the way you earn your living or how you deal with responsibilities will give you the ammunition you need to venture down an exciting path.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —Get the facts before you sign up for something unfamiliar. Turn a negative situation into a powerful new beginning.

Go over every detail and take care of stressful situations yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — You’ll thrive by learning and enhancing your skills and techniques.

The changes you implement into your everyday routine will help you explore new possibilities.

Leave the past behind you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t let someone’s negativity bring you down.

Offer a brighter view of a situation you cannot change, and you’ll feel good while bringing a smile to someone else’s face.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — You’ll begin to see things differently.

An emotional situation will allow you to make a move in a positive direction. It’s time to do things your way.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Refuse to give in to temptation. Do what’s right and best for you, and you won’t have any regrets. Take better care of your health and nurture meaningful relationships.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) — Make changes at home that will add to your comfort and convenience. Spending more time with the people you live with should be rewarding, not difficult.

Add to your entertainment center.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — It’s up to you to call the shots. If you want to change, do what suits you. Letting someone talk you into something that isn’t your thing won’t make you happy.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Change should be made for the right reasons. Don’t let your emotions dictate your next move. A practical approach will bring the best results. Avoid a petty argument.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Take care of matters physically. Too much talk and not enough action will get you into trouble. How you reach out to help others will make a difference and boost your reputation.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Your emotions will help you find what you need to maintain balance in your life. Discipline will be required, but, in the end, you will be happy with the results you achieve.

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GUEST COLUMNIST|PK MARTIN

Change starts with conversation

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here has been a national conversaIn the wake of these events, I have been tion stirring the hearts of Americans reflecting deeply on their impact. I cannot these past few weeks. Recent violent put myself in anyone else’s shoes, but I can acts upon black citizens have created a use my experience as a father and leader national conversation impacting com- in our community. Through my children, munities across the country.

I’ve gotten to know so many mothers, faThese events have sparked a discus- thers, sons and daughters. The common sion about equality, justice, race and the thread we share is a desire for the very need to treat all Americans with respect. best opportunities to succeed.

They have created a need to review the I think of the children that play soccer conduct of our police officers to with my son. The sport brings them ensure that all people are treated together, but they come from difthe same, no matter the color of ferent backgrounds and walks of their skin. life. I’ve watched them grow up toHeartbreaking videos have gether, witnessed their academic emerged that shine a bright light success, their best soccer perforon racial injustice in America. A mances and talked them through video of Ahmaud Aubrey being their worst defeats. gunned down in the middle of the I have had discussion with parents Martin day while he was jogging shocked about raising these young adults, all of us. Shortly after that video, being dads and moms, sports, faith the country saw the initial footage of and race. These conversations have helped George Floyd being pinned down with a me see the struggles that each child and knee on the back of his neck restricting family have and how dramatically differhis ability to breath. These actions led to ent they are. When I saw the unconsciothe death of Mr. Floyd. Both videos are nable actions taken against Ahmaud Ardisturbing, outrageous, and show com- bery and George Floyd, I thought of those pletely unacceptable behavior from the boys, and the fear of something like that officers involved. happening to one of them.

Many Americans are frustrated, angry, I’ll never be able to understand the and have gathered in protest to make fear and pain that Mr. Arbery, Mr. Floyd their voices heard. The protests have and their families felt. But, I will listen, been overwhelmingly positive, peaceful, educate myself and do my best to help and a meaningful forum for discussion. those around me understand what can I applaud the efforts of peaceful protests. be done to help.

While there has been violence in some No law can end racism, but we can take a cities across the country, I am happy to stand against it. Education, conversations, see protestors, officials and law enforce- and respect will help guide us to impactment working alongside one another to ful policies that create positive change. promote peace, particularly in my home Getting to these policies will require open county of Gwinnett. discussions where questions can be asked Last Monday, I attended a protest in and solutions can be presented.

Lawrenceville. I was able to speak to a These conversations start at our dinner number of participants, listening to their tables, in our communities and among thoughts and concerns. I want to reiterate our friends. Engage your friends with a social media post from this last week, open arms, ask how they feel and find “Why is ending racism a debate?” It should ways you can make a difference in your not be. It is time for a conversation be- community. tween our citizens, community leaders, What can lawmakers do as we return to and elected officials to make real change. the Capitol? We will collectively stand up In my last campaign, I wrote that Gwin- against racism by passing the hate crimes nett should strive to set the example as a legislation currently in Senate committee. diverse community, accepting of every- We will work with law enforcement to imone. The peaceful protest held last week prove training and increase outreach to show that we are always working toward minority communities. We will engage that goal. The protests have created an in respectful conversations to preserve open discourse between local organizers, justice in every corner of our state. Most community leaders, law enforcement and importantly, we will listen, so we can act. local government officials. There is much work to be done, but progress starts with P.K. Martin is a state senator from Lawrenceville. meaningful conversation.

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LOCAL COLUMNIST|DARRELL HUCKABY

Every child needs the time and attention of a father

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s Father’s Day approaches, I find ing fluidly before I turned 5. myself thinking more and more I ain’t making this up, y’all. I was. I read about my own, although he has the Atlanta Constitution every morning been gone from this world for 32 years. of my life, starting with the funny papers Homer Huckaby was born at home, in and then moving to the sports and then Brooks, Ga., on the first day of Decem- skimming the headlines in the rest of ber in 1911. the paper — headlines that I, of course, He saw a lot in the 76 years God allot- didn’t understand whatsoever. But Dadted to him on this earth. He did a lot. He dy made me read the words. worked hard.

I still read what is left of that big city He worked so hard, always on the sec- newspaper in much the same manner ond shift in the Osprey Mill in Porter- every day, and I understand even less of dale, throughout my life. Him working the headlines than when I was 5. on the second shift meant that he was With that kitchen table as our base my home with me, and my sister, daddy and I took trips all across during the mornings and early this great land and around the afternoons. world, through the magic of books.

As I grew older, I was out of the I wish he could have lived long house more and in with my daddy enough to know that his baby boy less, but I still remember those has now seen most of the world early years the best. My daddy that we read about together. gave me a wonderful gift — two My daddy also taught the Gleaner gifts actually. The twin gifts of Sunday school class at the Julia Huckaby time and attention.

A. Porter Methodist Church for I have a 5-month old grandson, as long as I could remember, and Walker, that I haven’t gotten to spend I loved to watch him prepare his lessons. nearly enough time with, and a 5-year While he was studying his lesson, he had old grandson, Henley, that I have been me sit beside him and read the same story blessed to look after for a large part of from my children’s Bible. I got a strong his life. I love every minute he is with me foundation in scripture doing that, and and seek to spend as much time with him during my own Sunday school I would as possible, but honesty compels me to always try to leave class early and slide admit that I’m an old man, and he just in the back door of his class and listen to wears me out. The more I am around him summarize his lesson. He was a great Henley the more I am amazed at how speaker, and I learned much from him. much patience my daddy had with me I wish I had been half the father to my in those early years. kids that my daddy was to me. I tried. I He taught me to read, sitting at our tried hard. But it is a tough job. kitchen table. Now get the picture. That And, unfortunately, for a large segroom was about 12 feet square. There ment of our population, fatherhood has was a sink on one wall, with a cold-water gone out of vogue. I think most of the spigot. No hot water and no bathroom problems we are facing in this country inside. There was an ice box and a small today can be traced to that one problem wall cabinet that held our jelly jar glasses — the breakup of the family unit. More and Melmac plates. The plates came from children are being born, and raised, outthe grocery store, four-for-a-dollar with a of-wedlock than into a nuclear home $10 grocery purchase. There was a small where the mother and father are marpantry where we kept flour, sugar, salt ried in America today. and cans of Spam and Vienna sausage.

If we could bring back fatherhood — Daddy hid his moonshine liquor in the if we could have a lot more daddy’s like back-left corner of that pantry.

Homer Huckaby — teaching their kids to There was a single light bulb hanging read, to fear God, to respect other peodown from the ceiling. ple, and themselves---and to treat other We were in spartan surroundings, un- people — all other people— the way they derstand, but that was my first classroom would like to be treated — that would go and at that kitchen table I learned my a long, long way. letters and then to put sounds together Cherish your father, if you have him, and finally words and sentences. Dad- this Sunday, and every day. I know I sure dy had not graduated from high school, appreciate — and miss — mine. but he was a highly self-educated man, and he made flash cards and taught me Darrell Huckaby is an author in Rockdale sight words and phonics and I was read- County. Email him at dhuck008@gmail.com.

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Missing the beach, the buffet and the Braves

ast week my wife said, “Remember when we used to go to the movies?” It really hasn’t been that long ago, but it sounded like one of those horse and buggy chats from the olden days. “Movin’ pictures?

Like in one of them there aero-condition thee-a-ters?”

Besides, we still watch movies. We just do it in the comfort of our home. I simulate the theater experience by spilling popcorn, Milk Duds and Pepsi when the movie begins. By the time the credits roll, the floor is disgusting and sticky. I even pretend I’m waiting in line in my own bathroom, just to make it authentic.

There are so many questions and phrases that have disappeared from our vocabulary since 2020 B.C. (before coronavirus).

For instance, “I’m tired of cooking. Where can we go and sit down for dinner tonight?”

Plus, “Let’s go see what Golden Corral has on the buffet!” Who wouldn’t want to hear a waitress ask, “May I start you off with some appetizers?” And I know someone out there longs to hear those two little words: “Last Call!” All seem like relics of a bygone era.

When’s the last time someone yelled, “Hurry up y’all, we’re gonna be late for church!”

Or even, “What are you wearing to church

in the morning?” Sure, we have been conversations just don’t happen when attending church online, but it’s not your daily journey ends at the mailbox. the same. We don’t hear anyone say, I wish someone could say, “Hey “Please come to the center aisle for David, I’ve got tickets to the game. communion,” or “We ask you to give Want to skip work and go?” I refrom the heart as we pass around ally miss that. Each day, my wife the plate.” and I stare at each other as if to say, Still, many of us are relieved that no “What time do the Braves come on?” I one knows if we’re late for the online used to complain about searching for Carroll service. That, plus the guilty pleasure Braves games on Fox Sports South, of being “in church” while sipping coffee in or Fox Sports Southeast, or Fox Sports One, your pajamas. or YouTube, or the microwave oven screen.

Here’s a quaint old question: “What are I would eventually track them down, and you doing this weekend?” Who has plans that’s a problem I would love to have today. any more? Has anyone invited you to browse There are so many words going unspoken. through items at an estate sale? Has a friend “Which field are we playing on tonight?” said, “Get your shopping clothes on, TJ’s is “Kids, pack a bag, we’re going to visit your having a sale!” Followed by, “We’d better get grandparents!” “What time does our flight started early, to beat the traffic!” leave?” “How many days until we go to the I long for the days when someone would beach?” “Can my friends sleep over tonight?” tell me, “You better run by the gas station Or, “This cruise is really affordable. Let’s and fill up. The price of gas is down again!” book it!”

Instead, I look at my fuel gauge, and the neeHow many Moms have wanted to say, dle hasn’t budged from “full” since March. “Honey, take the kids to the McDonald’s inAll that cheap gas, and I’m sitting here with door playground, so I can clean the house.” nowhere to go. It seems like a cruel joke.

Those same Moms (and some Dads too) I can’t remember the last time someone would love to hear someone say, “Do you asked me, “Hey, where are you going?” Nor want me to wash your hair before I cut it?” has anyone said, “Welcome home!” Those For the time being, this is a question that

will not be asked. “My nose won’t stop running. Can I borrow your hanky?”

In the pandemic era, I can’t imagine anyone standing in the supermarket aisle saying, “Do I want this super soft toilet paper, or the ultra strong? I just can’t make up my mind.”

If our dogs could talk, I’ll bet one would say to the other, “When are they getting out of here, so we can have some quiet time?”

It’s hard to believe, but three months ago, we would stare into a stuffed closet and say, “I don’t know what I’m going to wear today.”

Now it’s more like, “How many days have I worn these sweat pants? Just five? They still smell okay, don’t they?”

Of all the forgotten phrases, there are two I miss most of all. I long for the days of “Let’s seal it with a handshake,” and I fear that may never return.

And I look forward to the day when someone says, “Let me give you a hug.” That will be worth the wait.

David Carroll, a Chattanooga news anchor, is the author of “Volunteer Bama Dawg,” available on his website, ChattanoogaRadioTV.com. You may contact him at radiotv2020@yahoo.com, or 900 Whitehall Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405.

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Brookwood’s Parker Freeman competes in the pole vault at the 2019 state championship meet at Berry College.

On TRACK Brookwood girls were built for 2020 state title run

By Will Hammock will.hammock @gwinnettdailypost.com

Brookwood’s girls track and field program has six all-time state championships, and the Broncos felt like a seventh was a distinct possibility this spring.

It would have been their first since 1994.

All that promise was snuffed out two months before the state meet when the coronavirus pandemic ended the 2019-20 high school athletics season.

“Obviously, anything could have happened between March 12 and the state meet, but after our showing at (The) Jerry Arnold (Challenge), I was very optimistic that we had a good chance to repeat as Gwinnett County champions this season,

along with repeating as region champs and sending a group to compete at state who would bring home at least a top-four finish,” Brookwood girls coach Eric Rovie said. “I really wish, for the sake of these athletes, that we had a chance to complete the season.”

Rovie had good reason to be optimistic.

His varsity team competed in only one meet, but scored 143.5 points to win the Jerry Arnold title by 54.5 points.

“This team might have been the most well-balanced and talented team I’ve had the opportunity to work with, either at Brookwood or Collins Hill,” Rovie said.

A talented senior class, featuring six athletes who will compete at the college level, led the way.

Super Six selection Morgan Bentley, a star in two sports, was in that group. She signed with Louisville in soccer, but also plans to triple jump in college. She is the reigning state champion in the triple jump, and Rovie felt she had a good chance for a second title this season in a new event for her, the 300-meter hurdles. She finishes her career with school records in both the triple jump and the long jump.

Nia Scott, a Murray State recruit, owns the school record in the 100 hurdles and the No. 5 time in school history in the 300 hurdles. Oglethorpebound Parker Freeman owns the school record in the pole vault, and fellow senior Mya Swaby, a Kennesaw State signee, has the school’s third-best all-time

Kamara attends first nAsCAR race to honor Wallace Field Level Media

New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara attended his first NASCAR race Sunday at Homestead, Fla., in the wake of the organization’s decision to ban the confederate flag from its venues.

Kamara, a Norcross grad, was also there to honor the Cup Series’ only black driver, Bubba Wallace, who pushed for the change and debuted a new Black Lives Matter paint scheme on his No. 43 Chevrolet earlier this week at Martinsville.

“What’s right is right, and what’s wrong is wrong, and I think Bubba’s a testament to that,” Kamara told ESPN from the racetrack.

NASCAR extended an invitation to Kamara to attend the Dixie Vodka 400, making him one of only 1,000 fans in attendance, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Kamara, who trains in South Florida in the offseason, came decked out in Wallace gear.

Kamara was moved by Wallace’s efforts to urge the series to ban the Confederate flag.

“I don’t think it’s about when to say it. It’s about it actually be-

Brookwood’s Morgan Bentley competes in the triple jump at the 2019 state championship meet at Berry College. high jump. Georgia Southern recruit MaKenna Hillmer (ninth in 400) and Carlie Turner (second in long jump, sixth in 400, 10th in 200) also hold top-10 marks all-time at Brookwood.

Tuskegee recruit Reese Saddler, out with an injury for the 2019 season, was a probable state qualifier in two races between the 800, 1,600 and 3,200. Madison Kelly was the top performer among the Broncos’ throwers.

“This is one of the most talented senior classes we’ve ever had,” Rovie said.

Those seniors were backed up by talented young athletes like freshman Madison Campbell (100, 200, 400), sophomore Veajah Hylton (100 hurdles), freshman Allie Wardle (1,600) and sophomore Aliyah Irving (100, 200, 400).

IN BRIEF Furman lands Buford LB Beuglas The Furman University football program landed a commitment Saturday night from rising Buford senior Tommy Beuglas.

The 6-foot-1, 220-pound linebacker helped the Wolves to last season’s Class AAAAA state championship and was a second-team, all-county selection by the Touchdown Club of Gwinnett. He made 102 tackles in 2019.

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ing said,” Kamara told the Miami Herald. “It’s taken this long to do it and it is what it is. Me personally, I’m not going to be mad at that because the climate dictated it. The fact that they sat down and got rid of it, and are making these strides to flip the script, that’s all you can ask for.”

Isom commits to East Georgia

committed recently to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff baseball program.

Martin, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound The East Georgia State College men’s basketball program earned outfielder, played at South Geora commitment Friday from 2020 gia State and Alabama-Birmingham the past two seasons.

Brookwood grad London Isom.

Isom is a 6-foot-3 point guard dickey named who had his senior season cut short by a knee injury.

Academic All-American

Adebanjo commits to young Harris

Magdalene Adebanjo, a 2020 Peachtree Ridge grad, committed Friday to the Young Harris ColCarly Fahey, a rising senior at lege women’s basketball program.

Hebron Christian, committed FriAdebanjo is a 5-foot-11 forward. day to the University of North Carolina-Asheville women’s basMcIntyre to play ketball program. for north Georgia The 5-foot-8 point guard averaged a Gwinnett-best 6.6 assists Gwinnett resident Blake McIntyre along with 7.1 points, 3.5 steals and 2.9 rebounds last season for will continue his college basketball a state semifinal team. She also career at North Georgia.

The 5-foot-9 guard played his maintains a 4.2 GPA. freshman season in 2019-20 for Reand was the Appalachian Morris commits to Riverland inhardt, Athletic Conference Co-Freshman of Donovan Morris, a 2020 Col- the Year. He averaged 12 points and lins Hill grad, announced his com- made 40.8 percent of his 3-points.

McIntyre played high school basmitment Friday to the Riverland ketball at Lakeview Academy.

Community College (Minn.) men’s basketball program.

Martin headed to The 6-foot-2 guard was a secondteam, All-Region 6-AAAAAAA seArkansas-Pine Bluff lection as a senior after averaging 14 points and 5 rebounds.

Brookwood grad Tim Martin

Fahey chooses unC-Asheville

Norcross grad and New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara attended his first NASCAR race Sunday to support driver Bubba Wallace.

Brookwood coach Eric Rovie congratulates Nia Scott during a track and field meet.

Collins Hill grad Brea Dickey has been named a second-team Academic All-American by CoSIDA, the organization announced last week.

Dickey is the first Academic All-American in the Division I history of Kennesaw State softball. She is the Owls’ first softball Academic All-American at any level since 1992.

Dickey earned a cumulative 4.0 GPA as of last semester, when she worked on a second major.

She graduated last year with a degree in integrative studies, then began work on a degree in health and physical education.

On the field, Dickey led the 2020 team in average (.448), atbats (88), runs (23), hits (39), triples (4), total bases (52) and sacrifice hits (3). She ranked sixth nationally in hits, as well as eighth in triples, 48th in average, 78th in total bases and 33rd as the toughest batter to strike out.

— From staff reports

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