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Citizens for Justice march returns Sunday

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A peaceful march and rally against racial injustice put together by leaders in the black community is being held this Sunday.

The march will start in front of Woo’s Barber Shop, located at 401 Martin Luther King Dr, Minden, LA, and will continue through the streets until ending in front of Minden City Hall.

It is recommended that all attendees wear masks and socially distance while at the march and rally.

“There are issues in the communities of people of color much like those that are taking place nationally here in Minden, Louisiana. Therefore, we are joining the international human rights movements in an effort to do our part in bringing an end to the systematic racism that has been embedded into the structure of our society,” said one of the event organizers, Nicole Stewart.

“Everyone will peacefully march together; however, if you are unable to march, you can meet us at the Minden Civic Center to participate in the rally.”

The rally Stewart is referring to is one that will take place in front of Minden City Hall after the march.

The march officially starts this Sunday, June 28, starting at 2 p.m., though it is recommended to those attending to arrive around 1:45 p.m. The march will begin at 401 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive (across from Woo’s Barber Shop) down Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, straight to Broadway Street, and then to Minden City Hall.

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Two locals earned tickets to compete in the National Amateur Motocross Finals at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Tennessee this August. John McLemore will compete in two classes, Senior 45+ and Master’s 50+. Trevor Randle, a 2020 graduate of Lakeside High School, will compete in the 250C class.

They both have worked hard conditioning to earn the right to compete with riders from all over the United States. McLemore is a resident of Minden and owner of PTS Racing Engines in Dixie Inn while Randle resides in Dubberly.

Phase Two extended with cases on the rise

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Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that Louisiana will stay in Phase Two of reopening, as the number of COVID-19 cases and related hospitalizations have started to rise in several regions across the state. The Governor will extend his Phase Two order for another 28 days, keeping in place occupancy limits and other restrictions.

In response to this extension, the Mayor’s Office of Minden released this statement urging citizens of Minden and Webster Parish to continue the precautions that are necessary for each individual to undertake in order

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“As we all know, Louisiana will remain in Phase 2 for 28 days because of the increase in COVID-19 numEDWARDS bers. I beg of you to take this virus seriously. Please continue to practice social distancing, wear face masks while in public and near someone who is not in your immediate household, cover your cough or sneeze, wash your hands, and if you feel sick stay at home.

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As of today, Louisiana ranks seventh out of 23 states across the country experiencing an increase in COVID-19 positive cases. Those include the neighboring states of Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida and Georgia.

“According to Louisiana Homeland Security, Webster Parish had a spike of 40 new cases last week. Webster Parish has had a total of six deaths. This is far too many. We have to be more cautious and vigilant when it comes to COVID-19, lives are at stake. The only way we can get through these troubling times is together. Together, everyone must do their part,” said Gardner.

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When making the announcement about the extension, Louisiana Gov. john Bel Edwards stated, “Louisiana reached two sad milestones today as we surpassed 3,000 deaths and 50,000 positive tests in our state. Each of these Louisianans is someone’s child, sibling, parent or friend, and we mourn every one of these losses.”

“It is clear that COVID is alive and well in Louisiana, and as we see more people testing positive and admitted to hospitals, we simply are not ready to move to the next phase, and ease restrictions further as businesses open widely. Many of you are

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Jobless claims and depressed economy show damage from virus WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of laidoff workers seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dipped only slightly last week, and the economy shrank in the first three months of the year — evidence of the ongoing economic damage being inflicted by the viral pandemic.

The economy, which contracted 5% in the January-March quarter, is widely expected to shrink at a roughly 30% annual rate in the current AprilJune quarter. That would be the worst quarterly contraction, by far, since record-keeping began in 1948.

The government reported Thursday that the number of laid-off workers who applied for unemployment benefits declined slightly to 1.48 million last week. It was the 12th straight drop.

Still, applications for jobless aid have declined just 5% in the past two weeks, a much slower rate of improvement than in April and May. What’s more, an additional 700,000 people applied for jobless benefits last week under a new program for self-employed and gig workers that made them eligible for aid for the first time. These figures aren’t adjusted for seasonal variations, so the government doesn’t include them in the official count.

The steady if slow decline in applications does suggest that the job market is gradually healing from the pandemic, which shuttered businesses and sent the unemployment rate up to 14.7% in April, its highest level since the Great Depression. The total number of people who are receiving jobless aid also fell last week, to 19.5 million from 20.3 million, evidence that employers are rehiring some of the workers who had been laid off since mid-March.

In addition, the government said Thursday that orders for durable goods surged nearly 16% in May, reflecting a rebound in some business activity.

Still, the pace of orders and shipments remains far below pre-pandemic levels.

And excluding the volatile transportation category, so-called core orders for durable goods rose only modestly last month, reflecting still-sluggish business investment.

The latest economic figures coincide with a sudden resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the United States, especially in the South and West, that’s threatening to derail a nascent economic rebound.

On Wednesday, the nation set a record high of new coronavirus cases. Many

states are establishing their own records for daily infections, including Arizona, California, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas and Oklahoma. Cases of coronavirus have also jumped in Florida and Georgia.

Should those trends continue, states may reimpose some limits on businesses that would likely trigger job cuts. Whether by choice or by government order, fewer consumers would shop, travel, eat out and visit bars or gyms. All those scenarios would result in renewed layoffs and hinder the economy.

Nervous investors sent stock prices plummeting Wednesday over escalating fears that the economy will suffer further damage from the disease.

“The health crisis continues to cast a dark shadow over the economic landscape,” said Bob Schwartz, a senior economist at Oxford Economics, a forecasting firm.

Before this week’s heightened worries about the pandemic, many economists had been relatively optimistic. In May, the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, though to a still-high 13.3%. Consumers began spending again, sending retail sales jumping by a record amount. And sales of new homes rose as record-low mortgage rates fueled buyer interest.

In May, employers added 2.5 million jobs, a surprise gain. Still, that hiring represented just one-ninth of all the jobs that have been lost since the pandemic struck. And about 30 million Americans remain unemployed.

The economy shrank at a 5% annual rate in the first three months of the year, the government estimated Thursday. Yet economists envision a much sharper plunge in the April-June quarter -- a rate of up to 30%, which would be the worst since record-keeping began in 1948. Analysts expect the economy to rebound in the second half of this year before potentially regaining its pre-pandemic level in late 2021 at the earliest.

Yet all that assumes that the pandemic doesn’t intensify, force widespread business closures again and set the job market and the economy even further back. If it does, the damage could be dire.

For now, real time data on small businesses suggests that the economy’s improvement slowed in June compared with May and then stalled in the past week in some states that had reopened their economies the earliest.

Homebase, a company that provides sched-

uling and time-tracking software to small companies, says the proportion of small businesses that have reopened has leveled off. As of Monday, 78% of U.S. small businesses that it tracks were open, little changed from a week earlier. In Florida and Texas, the proportion of small businesses that have closed has actually risen as a result of the resurgent viral outbreaks.

Apple said late Wednesday that it would re-close seven of its stores in the Houston area, which is suffering a spike in cases. Last week, it had said would re-close 11 other stores in four states.

Economists at Goldman Sachs have upgraded their economic forecasts for the rest of this year and next year in light of the retail sales gains and other positive data. But they warned that a “significant” second wave of cases this fall that would force business closures could slash growth next year by more than half.

For the unemployed, the federal government has been providing $600 in weekly benefits, on top of whatever state jobless aid recipients are receiving.

This federal money has pumped nearly $20 billion a week into the economy and enabled many of the unemployed to stay afloat.

A majority of recipients are even earning more than they did at their old jobs, raising concerns that this could discourage some of them from returning to work. But the $600 a week in aid will expire after July, and Trump administration officials have said they oppose an extension.

Republicans and Democrats in Congress have introduced compromise measures.

The $600 a week has been a major help to Alexis O’Neill, who was laid off in March from an accounting job at an aviation fuel company. O’Neill, 49, who lives with her mother in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is looking for a job that would allow her to work from home so she could avoid putting her mother at risk of contracting the virus.

She has applied for at least a dozen jobs but has received no responses except an acknowledgement of her application. Many open jobs now seem to offer lower pay than before the pandemic struck.

Compounding the dilemma for O’Neill, Michigan is stuck with the nation’s second-highest state unemployment rate, 21.2%.

“The job market is terrible,” she said. “Everything either pays so badly or doesn’t come with benefits.”

PHASE TWO: Rising cases cause concern for Edwards

Continued from Page 1 doing the right thing and I thank you for it. It’s incredibly disappointing to hear that there are still some people who refuse to wear masks in public, which puts all of us at greater risk of becoming sick. I implore Louisianans to be good neighbors, to stay at home when they are experiencing symptoms, to avoid crowds, physically distance, and to wear a mask when not around their immediate household whether inside or outside. These are simple things we can do to protect ourselves and each other.”

“While we know that increasing testing means that we will see more positive cases, we are still troubled by the rising case counts across the state, especially since around 90 percent of these new cases are coming from the community and not from congre-

gate settings like nursing homes,” Gov. Edwards said. “It is up to all of us to check our own behaviors and to take responsibility for slowing the spread of COVID. We do not want to have to go back to a time of increased restrictions where fewer businesses could operate. It is my hope that all of us – from government officials to business owners to students – will do the right thing.”

As Louisiana continues to remain in Phase 2, free drive through testing will be offered to state residents who are 18 years or older with a valid ID. All persons will stay in their vehicle while the test is conducted. The test sites will be set up by the Louisiana National Guard.

There will be 50 tests available on a first come first served basis. Webster Parish will host testing from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the follow-

ing locations: 1. Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at the Minden Fairgrounds, 800 Goodwill Street, Minden 2. Thursday, July 2, 2020 at the N. Webster Upper Elementary School, 6245 Hwy 160, Cotton Valley 3. Friday, July 3, 2020 at Springhill Medical Center, 2001 Doctors Drive, Springhill 4. Monday, July 6, 2020 at the Minden Fairgrounds, 800 Goodwill Street, Minden 5. Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at the N. Webster Upper Elementary School, 6245 Hwy 160, Cotton Valley 6. Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at Springhill Medical Center, 2001 Doctors Drive 7. Thursday, July 9, 2020 at the Minden Fairgrounds, 800 Goodwill Street, Minden 8. Friday, July 10, 2020 at the N. Webster Upper Elementary School, 6245 Hwy 160, Cotton Valley

NATIONAL

Fauci hopeful for a vaccine by late 2020, early 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s top infectious disease expert said Tuesday he is cautiously optimistic that there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021, but warned that the next few weeks will be critical to tamping down coronavirus hot spots around the country.

Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top health officials also said they have not been asked to slow down testing for coronavirus, an issue that became controversial after President Donald Trump said last weekend that he had asked them to do just that because it was uncovering too many infections.

Trump said Wednesday that he wasn’t kidding when he said that.

“We will be doing more testing,” Fauci told a House committee.

The U.S. has tested more than 27 million people, with about 2.3 million – or 8.4% -- testing positive.

The health officials returned to Capitol Hill at a fraught moment in the nation’s pandemic response, with coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention with public health recommendations.

“We’ve been hit badly,” said Fauci, infectious diseases chief at the Nation-

al Institutes of Health. He said he was “really quite concerned” about rising community spread in some states.

“The next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surges,” he said.

Fauci, who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was testifying along with Centers for Disease Control director Dr. Robert Redfield, Federal Drug Administration chief Dr. Stephen Hahn and the head of the U.S. Public Health Service, Adm. Brett Giroir.

Since Fauci’s last appearance at a high-profile hearing more than a month ago, the U.S. has begun emerging from weeks of stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns.

But it’s being done in an uneven way, with some states far less cautious than others. A trio of states with Republican governors who are bullish on reopening — Arizona, Florida and Texas — are among those seeing worrisome increases in cases.

Last week, Vice President Mike Pence published an opinion article in The Wall Street Journal saying the administration’s efforts have strengthened the nation’s ability to counter the virus and should be “a cause for celebration.”

Then at Trump’s week-

end rally in Tulsa, many of his supporters didn’t wear masks, which for some was an act of defiance against what they see as government intrusion.

White House officials later tried to walk back Trump’s comment there on slowing down testing, suggesting it wasn’t meant to be taken literally.

Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey, who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee, said during Tuesday’s hearing that Trump’s testing comment at the rally “was an extremely reckless action, and unfortunately it continues the president’s pattern of ignoring the advice of his own public health experts.”

Trump, departing the White House for a visit to Arizona on Tuesday, played down those comments, saying under his administration the U.S. is doing more testing than any other country.

Trump’s trip includes a rally at a megachurch.

Fauci has recently warned that the U.S. is still in the first wave of the pandemic and has continued to urge the American public to practice social distancing. And, in a recent ABC News interview, he said political demonstrations such as protests against racial injustice

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Continued from Page 2 are “risky” to all involved.

Asked if that applied to Trump rallies, he said it did. Fauci continues to recognize widespread testing as critical for catching clusters of COVID-19 cases before they turn into full outbreaks in a given community.

About 2.3 million Americans have been sickened in the pandemic, and some 120,000 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Giroir was tapped by the White House to oversee the expansion of coronavirus testing. But he gained notoriety after a whistleblower complaint flagged him for trying to push a malar-

ia drug touted by Trump to treat COVID-19 without conclusive scientific evidence. The FDA has since withdrawn its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine.

“There have been a lot of unfortunate missteps in the Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Pallone said. “As communities across the country ease social distancing guidance and reopen their economies, it is critically important that both the administration and Congress remain focused on containing the spread of the coronavirus and providing the resources and support Americans need during this time of crisis.”

There is still no vaccine for COVID-19, and there are no treatments specifically developed for the disease, although the antiviral drug remdesivir has been shown to help some patients, as well as a steroid called dexamethasone, and plasma from patients who have recovered.

Since Fauci last testified, hospital physicians have become more skilled in treating coronavirus patients with the techniques and medications at their disposal. The U.S. continues to ramp up testing, with some 27.5 million Americans, or more than 8% of the population, tested thus far. But most communities still lack enough health workers trained in

doing contact tracing, the work of identifying people who have had interactions with an infected person.

That could make it more difficult to tamp down emerging outbreaks.

The Energy and Commerce Committee has oversight over drugs and vaccines, among other facets of the U.S. health care system. Committee Democrats have been harshly critical of the administration. However, not all Republicans have lined up to defend the White House.

Some GOP members were growing concerned early in the year that the administration wasn’t doing enough to prepare.

OBITUARIES

Mary Eldon Harmon Stewart

Graveside services for Mary Eldon Harmon Stewart will be held Friday, June 26, 2020 at 10 a.m. at Arlington Cemetery in Homer, Louisiana under the direction of RoseNeath Funeral Home in Minden, Louisiana. Rev. Danny Baskin will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Minden, Louisiana. Mary was born December 4, 1922 in Homer, Louisiana and entered into rest June 23, 2020 in Minden, Louisiana. She was a member of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and a charter member of

Charles Samuel Tillman Sr.

Charles Samuel Tillman Sr. (Big Boo) 68 years old of Heflin, La. passed away on June 20,2020. The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday June 27,2020 at Free Will Missionary Baptist Church.

Officiating services will be Dr. Thomas A. Rice Sr.

Lakeview United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Steve and Leola Weaver Harmon, husbands, Curtis Brown, Percy Mullins, and R.V. Stewart, Jr., son Wayne Brown, sonin-law, Harry Stahl, brothers, Ralph, F.A., Steve Jr., and Jack Harmon, and sisters Robeline Edmonds and Lucille Owens.

She is survived by her daughter, Pat Stahl of Minden and a number of grand, great, and great great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Doug Stahl, David Stahl, Tommy John Hughes, T.J. Hughes, Chris Stahl, and Hunter Heckel.

Rose-Neath Funeral Home 211 Murrell Street Minden, Louisiana 71055 (318) 377-3412

Mr. Charles Tillman leaves his wife Esther Tillman (Jackie), his devoted friend Katherine Lee (Kat), daughter Mercedes Tillman, sons Nicolas Tillman, Jareal Tillman, and Charles Tillman Jr, and granddaughter Nicole Exie Tillman and (4) sisters, (2) brothers, and a host of nephews, nieces, family and friends to carry on his memory.

Benevolent Funeral Home 401 East Union St. Minden, La. 71055

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OTHER OPINION

Williams: Insults to black history

Many whites are ashamed, saddened and feel guilty about our history of slavery, Jim Crow and gross racial discrimination.

Many black people remain angry over the injustices of the past and what they see as injustices of the present. Both blacks and whites can benefit from a better appreciation of black history.

Often overlooked or ignored is the fact that, as a group, black Americans have made the greatest gains, over some of the highest hurdles, and in a shorter span of time than any other racial group in history.

For example, if one totaled up the earnings and spending of black Americans and considered us as a separate nation with our own gross domestic product, we would rank well within the top 20 richest nations. A black American, Gen. Colin Powell, once headed the world’s mightiest military.

Black Americans are among the world’s most famous personalities, and a few black Americans are among the world’s richest people such as investor Robert F. Smith, IT service provider David Steward, Oprah Winfrey, and basketball star Michael Jordan. Plus, there was a black U.S. president.

The significance of these achievements cannot be over-

stated. When the Civil War ended, neither a slave nor a slave owner would have believed such progress would be possible in less than a century and a half — if ever. As such, it speaks to the intestinal fortitude of a people. Just as important, it speaks to the greatness of a nation in which such gains were possible. Nowhere else on earth could such progress have been achieved except in the United States of WALTER E. America.

WILLIAMS The issue that confronts us is how these gains can be extended to about one-quarter of the black population for whom they have proven elusive. The first step is to acknowledge that the civil rights struggle is over and won. At one time, black Americans did not enjoy the constitutional guarantees as everyone else. Now we do. While no one can deny the existence of residual racial discrimination, racial discrimination is not the major problem confronting a large segment of the black community.

A major problem is that some public and private policies reward dependency and irresponsibility. Chief among these policies is the welfare state that has fostered a 75% rate of out of wedlock births and decimated the black family that had survived Jim Crow and racism.

Keep in mind that in 1940 the black illegitimacy rate was 11% and most black children were raised in two-parent families.

Most poverty, about 25%, is found in female-headed households. The poverty rate among husband-and-wife black families has been in the single digits for more than two decades.

Black people can be thankful that double standards and public and private policies rewarding inferiority and irresponsibility were not a part of the 1920s, ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. If there were, then there would not have been the kind of intellectual excellence and spiritual courage that created the world’s most successful civil rights movement.

From the late 1800s to 1950, some black schools were models of academic achievement.

Black students at Washington’s Dunbar High School often outscored white students as early as 1899. Schools such as Frederick Douglass (Baltimore), Booker T. Washington (Atlanta), P.S. 91 (Brooklyn), McDonogh 35 (New

Orleans) and others operated at a similar level of excellence.

Self-destructive behavior that has become acceptable, particularly that in predominantly black schools, is nothing less than a gross betrayal of a struggle, paid with blood, sweat and tears by previous generations, to make possible today’s educational opportunities that are being routinely squandered. I guarantee that blacks who lived through that struggle and are no longer with us would not have believed such a betrayal possible.

Government should do its job of protecting constitutional rights. After that, black people should be simply left alone as opposed to being smothered by the paternalism inspired by white guilt. On that note, I just cannot resist the temptation to refer readers to my “Proclamation of Amnesty and Pardon,” which grants Americans of European ancestry amnesty and pardon for their own grievances and those of their forebears against my people so that they stop feeling guilty and stop acting like fools in their relationship with Americans of African ancestry.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

OTHER OPINION

Buchanan: How long will the vandals run amok?

The left’s war on America’s pudiated by the left. past crossed several new fronOur Taliban have moved on, tiers last week. past Columbus and the ConPortland’s statue of George federate generals, to dislodge Washington, the Father of his and dishonor the Founding FaCountry and the first president thers and their patriot sons. of the United States, the greatIn Philadelphia, the Tomb est man of his age, was toppled of the Unknown Soldier of the and desecrated.

American Revolution, with While the statue stood, an its statue of Washington, was American flag was draped over defaced. The tomb is the final its head and set ablaze. After resting place it was pulled down, a new fire for thouwas set on another American sands of solflag spread across the statue, diers, known and also burned. The vacatbut to God, ed pedestal was painted with who died in the words, “You’re on Native the struggle Land.” for AmerIn Portland also, a statue of ican indeThomas Jefferson that stood at pendence. the entrance of a high school “Commitnamed for the author of the PATRICK ted GenoDeclaration of Independence BUCHANAN cide” is was torn down. In New York, the charge city council members demand- scrawled on the memorial. ed that the Jefferson statue in Local authorities or police city hall be removed. did not stop the vandals. One Anticipating what was com- wonders what will happen ing, the New York Museum of should the haters of WashingNatural History got the per- ton and Jefferson decide to mission of city hall to have the torch their ancestral homes at giant statue of Theodore Roos- Mount Vernon and Monticello. evelt astride a horse, flanked by Still another line was crossed an African and a Native Ameri- last week in the war against the can, removed from the front of past. the museum.

A statue of Ulysses S. Grant What was wrong with the in San Francisco’s Golden 80-year-old statue?

Gate Park was toppled. Police Said museum president El- watched as hundreds gathered len Futter, the problem is its to take down the general and “hierarchical composition.” 18th president, who accepted Only Roosevelt was mounted. the surrender of General RobWith Washington, Jefferson ert E. Lee’s Army of Northern and Roosevelt all under attack, Virginia. three of the four presidents on Also pulled down in Golden Mount Rushmore are now re- Gate Park was a statue of Fran-

cis Scott Key, who wrote our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” after he watched all through the night in 1814 as British warships bombarded Fort McHenry.

A third statue torn down in Golden Gate Park was that of Father Junipero Serra, the Franciscan priest who founded nine of the 21 Spanish missions in California that run from San Diego to San Francisco.

Serra lived in the 18th century, long before the U.S. acquired California and decades before Mexico won its independence. Pope Francis canonized him in 2015.

At the end of last week, the last statue of a Confederate soldier in the nation’s capital, that of Gen. Albert Pike, who spent his years after the war doing good works, was pulled down, while Mayor Muriel Bowser’s D.C. cops watched from police cruisers.

We erect statues to remember, revere and honor those whom we memorialize. And what is the motivation of the people who tear them down and desecrate them?

In a word, it is hate. A goodly slice of America’s young hates this country’s history and the men who made it. It hates the discoverers and explorers like Columbus, the conquistadores and colonists. It hates the Founding Fathers and the first 15 presidents, all of whom either had slaves or coexisted with the injustice of slavery.

But hating history and denying history and tearing down the

statues of the men who made that history does not change history.

So, where are we going?

Today, as was true in the 1960s, the American establishment is on the run. It recoils from mob action but cannot bring itself to condemn those tearing down the statues, for it basically agrees with them and seeks to marshal their energy to help it get back into power in November.

But this cannot go on. The political and propaganda war on the cops, the vandalism of the statues and memorials, the disgracing and dishonoring of American heroes cannot go on indefinitely.

At some point, in the near future, the establishment, and its questionable political instrument, Joe Biden, will have to have his Sister Souljah moment, and stand up and stay, “This should stop.”

For, whatever happens in this election, the American people will not stay united around a party and a movement built on the proposition that America has been, from before its birth, a racist criminal enterprise.

You cannot lead a people whose history and heroes you hate.

A house divided against itself cannot stand. And a society whose history is hated by millions of its members will not survive.

Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”

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GRADUATION

Homer High School Graduate obtains degree in Criminal Justice

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Congratulations to Tamekia Knowles, a 2003 graduate of Homer High School. Tamekia obtained her B. A. Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Louisiana at Monroe on May 16, 2020. She will return to ULM to pursue her Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology. Tamekia is currently serving in the National Guard with a rank of E5-Sgt. She is also employed as an officer with the Monroe City Police Department. Tamekia is the mother of four children, three boys and one girl. Your Aunt Rosie Mardis is so proud of you.

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Summer’s bounties are ready

We have missed having a garden squash stewed with onions, stuffed for the past few years, when we final- squash, and best of all, fried squash. ly gave up on it for various reasons. Naturally, we had to have sliced toHowever, we have not had to miss out matoes to go with all this. on the bounties the gardens always Friends have given us squash and provided. cucumbers, so I haven’t We found a great prohad to buy many of those duce stand that supplied yet. us with any vegetables we The cucumbers are good might want such as peas, just sliced with salt and butter beans, okra and pepper; sliced with onions such. Corn came from the and tomatoes and drizzled famous Bradley Corn patch with olive oil and vinegar and peaches came from an dressing or made into a salFANNIE MOORE orchard in Arkansas, thanks ad. Slice them, soak in ice to a cousin who made the water. Drain and add sugar, trip each year for all of us. A friend apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper supplied us with tomatoes. So, it has and a bit of water. Makes a very tasty been much easier for us to put up salad. food in the freezer.

The peas, butter beans and okra This year has been a bit different. will be coming along soon. That’s Our favorite produce stand is not when we will begin to fill our freezer. in operation this year. Wondering I will also be buying tomatoes for the what I was going to do, I began to ask freezer. Great for soups on cool, rainy around. We discovered one in Plain days as well as the dreary winter days Dealing and, later, learned of a great when you’re craving a simple hot one in Cotton Valley. I haven’t put meal. any veggies in the freezer yet, howToday is the day for the sweet corn ever, we have been really enjoying as we are about to be off for Gin City the fresh vegetables for our summer to get the Bradley corn. A few years meals. ago a friend shared the way she put First of all, and probably my favor- up her corn on the cob. Simply trim ite, were the new potatoes with white the ends a bit, freeze it in the shucks sauce. (We always just referred to it as and when ready to cook, microwave thickening.) There was fresh cabbage, it (frozen) for 5 minutes. It is the

easiest thing and is fantastic when shucked and served. Goes with just about anything.

We will be looking for a new source of peaches this year as the regular provider’s orchard failed to have a crop this year. So we may be going to Ruston again to see what’s available there. Last year I froze almost a bushel of delicious, sweet peaches and they made the best cobblers. I need to replenish my supply.

Our blueberry bushes have all died except one, so we might be seeking additional blueberries this year.

I always like to have the frozen fruit as it is so versatile and comes in handy when you need a dessert and you don’t have anything else on hand.

In addition to the abundance of fresh vegetables available, we were also fortunate enough to take advantage of the poultry sales to add chicken to our well stocked freezer.

The Lord has blessed us in so many ways. Look around and count even the simple ways we all have been blessed.

And providing the bounties of summer is only one of those.

Fannie Moore is a journalist who lives in Shongaloo where she enjoys writing on a variety of subjects.

LIFE IN A PANDEMIC

Open wide: US dentists quickly rebuild after virus shutdownd virus U.S. dental offices are quickly bouncing back, but it won’t be business as usual. Expect social distancing, layers of protective gear and a new approach to some procedures to guard against coronavirus.

Dental offices largely closed, except for emergency care, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended in March that they should delay elective procedures like teeth cleaning and filling cavities.

By April, only 3% of dental offices were open for non-emergency care, according to Marko Vujicic, chief economist with the American Dental Association’s Health Policy Institute.

Polling data shows about two-thirds were back open in May and Vujicic expects that to reach 97% by the end of June.

He estimates that only 1% of dentists will ultimately sell their practices, retire or file for bankruptcy.

“They seem to have weathered the storm,” Vujicic said.

Dentists say government

loans helped some of them survive the shutdown, and demand for their work is pushing them to reopen quickly.

“The need for even routine dental care never went away,” said Dr. Terri Tiersky, who runs a small practice in Skokie, Illinois. “We needed to get back to our patients ... and our staff needed to get back to work, of course.”

Tiersky closed her office to all but emergencies in mid-March.

She then helped arrange donations of personal protective equipment from the Chicago Dental Society for health workers treating COVID-19 patients.

She opened in early June after buying air purifiers and stocking back up on protective gear.

“We are bending over backwards to make sure our offices are ready and safe,” said Tiersky, who wears two masks when she sees patients.

Nickolette Karabush was one of Tiersky’s first patients to return after she cracked a tooth while eating popcorn.

The 58-year-old Highwood, Illinois, resident has an autoimmune disorder and had been hunkered down at home since COVID-19 hit.

“The thought of having to go to a dentist office really just freaked me out,” she said.

Karabush settled down after she saw everyone in Tiersky’s office wearing masks and no one else in the waiting room.

“Everything was very clean,” she said. “It felt like a very safe environment.”

Tiersky and other dentists have taken several precautions like removing waiting room magazines and asking patients about COVID-19 symptoms before they receive care.

Dr. Kirk Norbo has an employee stationed in the foyer of his Purcellville, Virginia, dental office to take visitors’ temperatures before they enter the waiting room.

Then there’s the gear.

More of a “Star Wars look with the face shields and the mask and stuff and the gowns that a lot of offices had not

used,” said Norbo, who remembers not even wearing gloves decades ago in dental school.

Some practices are charging an additional fee to cover the cost of that extra gear. Neither Norbo nor Tiersky say they are doing this.

Dentists also have changed how they practice. Coronavirus is spread from person to person mainly through droplets in the air when someone with an infection coughs, sneezes or talks. That’s why masks and social distancing are encouraged.

Dental work requires close quarters, and can generate a spray of saliva and water. Norbo and other dentists have returned to using hand tools for procedures like a teeth cleaning instead of instruments that may do the job faster, but create more of that spray.

Norbo said a paycheck protection loan of about $250,000 helped him bring back his staff and pay them until the business caught up after his office re-opened in early May. Practices are climbing out

of a big hole as they reopen.

Personal spending on dental services dropped 61% in April compared to the same month last year, according to the nonprofit health research firm Altarum. That’s twice the decline experienced by the entire health care sector.

It might take a while for all business to return. Altarum economist Ani Turner noted that a lot of dental care is discretionary and can be postponed, and patients will still be worried about being exposed to the virus.

“People may tend to procrastinate on cleanings and maintenance anyway,” she said.

Norbo said those who have returned to his practice so far are glad to be back. He thinks the visits help people feel like they are “getting back into somewhat of a normal life.”

“It’s way more than just dentistry,” he said. www.apnews.com

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Jack and Jill of America make donation to Minden UCAP

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Jack and Jill of America, Inc., Red River Chapter, donated $800 to UCAP. The donors are dedicated to nurturing African American children through leadership, volunteer service and philanthropic giving. Shown in the picture are Dr. Joyce Feagan, Tasha Ducy and Deborah Cooksey, representing Jack and Jill of America, with Charlotte Jones, UCAP Director.

Well, happy vacation to us

Well, happy vacation to us.

This week has come and gone and I love the week we had.

You always wish you could have an extra few days of vacation, or even not even leave.

This week we spent our 30th anniversary at the beach. We also got to share and see our best friends’ wedding on the beach. It was such a great time, and so beautiful.

I think everyone needs to have a vacation every year.

Whether you do a staycation or go somewhere, it needs to be done. You need to unplug and refresh so you can keep going.

The great thing about what we do is that we can work from anywhere. We just take a bit of time to work, and then we are free the rest of the day. This works great for us.

As I sit and drink coffee off our deck, watching the waves, I think back about all the vacations we took as kids.

Most of the time when we went on vacation, we went to visit family. My mom has a huge family and we are all very close. They have our backs no matter what. I guess that is why I always want to do things with them, or just hang out.

My favorite vacation destination is the beach. It is so calming and peaceful.

We prefer a beach house to a condominium or hotel.

You can just walk out onto the beach and you have your own space.

We enjoyed this week so much that we are already planning for next year. We are getting the whole family to come next time.

The great thing about a beach house TINA is you can either go SPECHT out to eat and shop all the time or you can never leave the beach. You can cook the whole time or never cook.

I love to cook for everyone so this would be a joy for me.

Beach time makes you hungry for sure. But the time away is like paradise.

During this vacation, Dave and I celebrated our 30-year anniversary. Staying married to the same person that long is almost unheard of these days.

It hasn’t always been easy but it was all worth it. I can’t imagine sharing my life with anyone else.

I have to say that a marriage takes work on both parts — both caring for each other and making sure the other one is taking care of.

My husband is super great at both aspects of this. He works

hard and loves hard. He makes sure all family is taken care of.

It is crazy how he puts every-

3 tablespoons heavy cream 1/4 cup chopped fresh flatleaf parsley

one first.

What I love most about him

Instructions

is he doesn’t care what we do as long as we do it together.

He even loves to shop with me.

Life is short! Make sure you take a timeout and make memories.

Pork Marsala Ingredients 1 Pork Tenderloin (1.5 - 3 pounds) 3 cloves garlic (minced) 1/4 cup olive oil 2 tbsp herbes de provence Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons unsalted butter (divided) 2 medium shallots (finely diced) 2 cloves fresh garlic (minced) 12 ounces mushrooms (thinly sliced) 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1/2 cup Marsala wine 1 cup chicken broth

Marinate the pork tenderloin in a resealable bag with the 3 cloves garlic, 1/4 cup olive oil, and herbes de provence at least one hour or overnight. Discard marinade before cooking.

Cut the tenderloins into 2 inch thick medallions and flatten each medallion slightly with the palm of your hand.

They should flatten easily.

Season both sides with salt and pepper.

Heat a large sauté pan over high heat. Add the olive oil and just 1 tablespoon of butter.

Once heated, add the pork and allow to brown 2-3 minutes on each side. Once both sides have nicely browned, remove from pan, transfer to clean plate, and loosely tent with aluminum foil.

Using the same pan, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and add the shallots.

Cook for about a minute until they start to brown and then add the garlic to cook for just a minute more. Stir while scraping the bottom of the pan to release any browned bits.

Add the mushrooms, stir well

to distribute butter and flavor, and allow them to cook undisturbed for a couple of minutes before stirring. This will allow your mushrooms to get slightly brown. Continue to cook until the liquid has evaporated and the mushrooms are golden, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle with the flour, stir, and allow the flour to cook for a couple of minutes until fragrant.

Add the Marsala wine and allow to cook down until almost completely evaporated.

Then, add the chicken broth and cook for an additional 3-5 minutes while stirring occasionally. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the heavy cream and parsley. Then return the pork and any accumulated juices to the pan. Cook the pork in the mushroom sauce, flipping the meat once, until it’s firm to the touch, about 2 to 4 minutes or until it’s no longer pink inside. Add salt and pepper, as desired.

Serve over pasta or mashed potatoes and a crisp green salad.

Tina Specht is co-owner of the Minden Press-Herald. She shares her thoughts and recipes each Thursday.

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Pandemic Production Values

STRANGER FROM A STRANGE LAND

Compiled lists of activities TV stations eager to trim once taken for granted and costs require more of their resorely missed during the pan- porters now. Anchors might demic quarantine invariably run their own teleprompters. include visiting with friends, Meteorologists create their eating at restaurants, attend- own graphics. Field reporters ing sporting events, seeing shoot their own stories. Being a plentiful Charmin on the store Swiss army knife of a multimeshelves, etc. What I miss is less dia journalist has its economimportant but I’ll cite ic advantages, but it anyway because I the quality has sufdon’t see it cited. That fered. The journalis discernible audio on ist must now worry TV news. about technical Reporters are issues in addition among those working to story content. at home and they are You can set up your filing reports bereft DIRK ELLINGSON camera on a tripod of studio production but once you walk values. If shot in a setting with into your shot, you’re no londecent lighting (and that’s a big ger monitoring the frame. What If ) then modern phones come started as good framing with through with decent video. But interviewer and subject might the sound is usually atrocious. not stay as such. Many follow The ambiance in a room with basic principles like keeping hard floors and walls is rever- the camera between the sun berant to the point of distrac- and the subject. Many do not. tion. The microphone built into Cameras are lighter now and a cellphone will pick up the no longer tethered to a sepaspeaking voice of a person but rate recorder. That’s good but it picks up everything else in a mounting these lightweights on room as well. Most of you are a selfie stick makes footage dearmed with phones capable of grade quickly from Shaky Cam recording video. But most of to Queasy Cam. you aren’t attaching lavaliere In a past vocational life, I mics to yourselves. Too much worked in video production. I trouble. Too much time and spent years in corporate proexpense. Too much expertise duction, events presentation, required. and television. I was a producTV reporters have at least er, writer, director, editor, vidsome sense of production val- eographer, and inveterate coilues whereas interview subjects er of cable. I remember my first most often do not. Now they are concession to Shaky-Cam in responsible for shooting them- 1987. I was interviewing a lifeselves. Video selfies. Bad qual- guard in a swimming pool and ity is more acceptable viewing we weren’t going to place a trion a tiny phone for social me- pod in the water. I subsequentdia. Blow it up on a high defini- ly worked lots of shoulder held tion television set and you real- camera but always tried to keep ly notice the difference. When it steady. We did it for speedy people are perched in front of a camera mobility and not to call window, the camera iris adjusts attention to our mobile framto the brightest elements in the ing. frame. The compromise with a When I worked for a PBS brightly sunlit window usual- affiliate in Kansas City over a ly involves the worst elements decade ago, one of the producof compromise. The window is tions was a restaurant review clipped and the person talking show in which we visited local is in shadow. eateries, shot the plated menu The trend started long be- offerings, and interviewed their fore the pandemic. We’ve been proprietors. I recorded aerials groomed to accept increasingly of the food with a tripod pedesinferior production values long taled up above the producer’s before an unsuspecting Patient hands knifing up the victuals. I Zero across the globe feasted kept a fork in the pocket of my upon a pangolin infected by cargo pants to then sample the a bat. It started in the 1980’s chow after the photography with the deservedly derisively was finished. At one Braziltermed Shaky-Cam becoming ian Grill in North Kansas City, acceptable in television shows we interviewed the restaurant and commercials. Tripods op- business partners with a lav mic tional. on each principal and each de-

voted to a separate channel of audio. The interview was interrupted by a disturbance in the kitchen forcing one interview subject to depart and investigate. His wireless mic was still being recorded on one channel while the interview continued with his partner on the other.

While operating the camera and monitoring both channels of the audio, I could hear one man talk about the restaurant while the other, still heard but now unseen, was going Basil Fawlty on the help staff in decibels I feared might bleed onto the good track.

I volunteered to work audio-visual at a local church for a spell after I moved here to see if I might aspire to return to that vocational life. I learned a lot from an audio expert named Jim who designs and installs audio systems in different north Louisiana venues like churches and universities.

Jim talked so deftly on audio theory and application that the air quickly grew thin for even a fellow like me with years of production experience.

When I worked for a church in Missouri, they erected a glorious new facility for worship services. This temple accommodated 1,600 people and the leadership team making the architectural decisions concentrated on form before function.

The room was designed aurally for its Canadian pipe organ and the setting does have a sweet sustain for this magnificent instrument and its 5,685 pipes.

Unfortunately, the spoken word didn’t fare so well. In the early days of this temple, worshippers complained about being unable to understand sermons.

Many were elderly and hard of hearing. Contrary to the recommendation of professional acousticians, the client church had opted for speakers on the

floor so as not to present visually distracting central clusters of speakers. That didn’t work.

They were grudgingly removed and placed on pew backs. An improvement but still unsuitable. Years later speakers were installed in side pylons and now audio is discernible.

I was never an audio engineer but I worked with lots who justifiably complained that audio was often a secondary consideration to looks. They were right. People might listen to television without watching it.

They don’t do the reverse.

A phone microphone picking up room audio deemed good enough is really not. A minor complaint during a major pandemic but let’s hope we someday return to the days of more conscientious field recordings.

Dirk Ellingson is a minden, la resident and is currently a pharmacy technician at the local walgreens.

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North Webster football suspends workout after player tests positive for COVID-19

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Beau Santelices # 22 steals home for the Tomahawks as they picked up their third win of the season.

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North Webster football coach John Ware has had to shut down summer workouts after discovering a player tested positive for COVID-19.

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A player from North Webster’s football team has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing head coach John Ware into suspending workouts for the Knights.

“We’re shutting it down for now, until July 6,” Ware said. “It’s disap-

pointing for the kids.”

The staff discovered the positive test last week, shortly after the LHSAA allowed teams to resume workouts following the first state-wide shutdown.

“There’s nothing we can do about it,” he said.

“Unfortunately, I feel like everyone will be in this same boat until this thing is all over.”

Dixie AA AC Services 14 Pitman’s Leather 4 Xander Sparks had one home run and four RBI to lead AC Services to their third win this year.

Weston Stephens and Alec Smith combined for five RBI. Shotcallers 8 Bulldogs 7 Levi Ray had a single, double and a triple with three RBI to help the Shotcallers improve to 3-2, scoring four runs in the fifth inning for a comeback win.

Cade Smith had three RBI for the Bulldogs.

T-Ball Webster Machine 21 Little Lions 14

Jace Hauley had three hits including one home run to lead Webster.

Landrie Myers had four hits for the Lions.

Dixie Boys Webster 20 Premier 2 Jakobe Jackson had one home run and Johnathan Herdium went yard as well to lead Webster.

Outlaws 7 Prospects 4 Brock Case and Cash Frizzell each had hits to help the Outlaws pick up the win.

AAA Royals 15 Wonder Boys 7 Zack Moseley had two RBI as Kaleb Rolen struck out seven batters from the mound to help the Royals hold off the Wonder Boys

to improve to 3-2.

Tomahawks 11 Braves 6 The Tomahawks improved to 3-2 after scoring all their runs in the first two innings thanks to a triple from Sean Boyd and a double from Hayden Williams.

Youth Boys Timberwolves 8 Mudcats 2 Mason Anderson had one hit to lead the Timberwolves. Anthony Snodgrass picked up the win on the mound.

Darlings Sweet T’s 4 Pink Panthers 3 Jaedyn Russell had a single and a double to lead the Sweet T’s. Jayla Joyner had two hits and Addison Bennett came up

with three singles to lead the Sweet T’s to victory.

Pink Sox 15 Diamond Divas 9 Emmaline Harmon had three hits to lead the Pink Sox to the win.

Ella Wood had three hits for the Divas.

Dixie Angels Hustlerz 12 Untamed 0 Kanoa cornish and Lyiah Huddleston each had home runs as the Hustlerz pitched another shut out thanks to Huddleston’s six K’’s on the mound.

Ponytails Southern Flair 17 Diamonds 4 Lindsey Ryan had two hits, as did Raeleigh Harris and Lanie Gates to help Southern Flair take the win.

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Jakobe Jackson swings for a home run in Webster’s win over Premier.

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Why safely reopening high school sports is going to be a lot harder than opening college and pro ball (THE CONVERSATION) Along with the revival of professional sports comes the yearning for a return to amateur sports – high school, college and club. Governing officials are now offering guidance as to when and how to resume play.

However, lost in the current conversation is how schools and club sports with limited resources can safely reopen. As an exercise scientist who studies athlete health and an emergency medicine physician who leads Michigan’s COVID-19 mobile testing unit, we wish to empower athletes, coaches and parents by sharing information related to the risks of returning to play without COVID-19 testing.

This includes blood tests to see if athletes have already had COVID-19 plus nasal swabs to test for the active SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Regular COVID-19 testing on all athletes may seem like overkill, but the current tally of 150 collegiate athletes, mostly football players, who have tested positive for COVID-19 grows longer by the day.

In sports – particularly contact sports – it’s critical to remove asymptomatic athletes – or those who do not show symptoms – before they infect others.

This did not happen in South Korea, where one asymptomatic fitness instructor spread the virus to 112 people across 12 facilities, over 124 miles, and within 14 days. All this happened following a single vigorous four-hour dance session. The scariest point of this story is that these fitness instructors were spreading the virus before showing any symptoms.

Risks can be considerable The risk for virus transmission from an undetected COVID-19-positive athlete is considerable, particularly those who compete without a face cover and in close proximity to others. Recent data suggests virus particles may travel through the air up to 27 feet, far beyond the six-foot recommendation for social distancing. Clouds of aerosolized virus can remain suspended for three hours. What’s more, during maximal intensity exercise, athletes breathe faster and more deeply – up to 20 times faster – than when resting comfortably. This increases both the amount and depth of inhaled and exhaled virus particles.

Athletes also spit and sweat, which further con-

taminates equipment, clothing and playing surfaces. Saliva has been shown to contain 92% of active SARS-CoV-2 particles, and sweat can transmit the virus through contamination with saliva or respiratory droplets. Along with all of this, vigorous training can decrease an athlete’s immune function which makes them more susceptible to infections.

The latest NCAA report confirms that roughly 8 million high school and 480,000 college athletes participate in sports every year. How many could become infected? One way to estimate is by examining current models. They suggest the virus could infect 20% of people, with a fatality rate of about 1%.

Extrapolate those numbers, and the estimate is frightening: About 1.7 million involved in amateur sports in the U.S. – which does not include coaches, trainers, and parents – could become infected. About 16,000 could die.

We recognize that testing young athletes isn’t easy. It takes considerable time and expense. Our team – with approximately 80 researchers and four mobile COVID-19 units – can reliably test up to 500 people per day, at a cost of US$75 to $100 per person. And those at greatest risk – frontline workers, symptomatic individuals and people in poor communities, nursing homes and prisons – must be examined first. That means routine testing of amateur athletes before weekly competitions may become unsustainable.

Our five suggestions The recent reopening of college football practice is already off to a rocky start, with LSU isolating 30 of 115 players after about two weeks of practice, while both Kansas State and the University of Houston have suspended voluntary practice due to COVID-19 outbreaks.

In this evolving natural experiment, this small sample merely represents college football players returning to voluntary summer practice, where both COVID-19 cases and player-to-player contacts are expected to be low.

Extrapolate that to about 8 million high school athletes competing in fall, with limited resources, and you can just imagine the consequences. Nevertheless, to keep high school, college and club sports participation safe, we do recommend the following: Prior to each com-

petition, all athletes and on-field coaches must be tested for the virus. Anyone who is COVID-19-positive will be removed from play and quarantined for 14 days, with contact tracing initiated. Game officials should verify that competitors have tested negative 24 hours prior to play.

Pooled testing would save time and money. Should a pooled sample show a positive test, then all athletes would be screened.

Blood tests should be considered. Athletes who have COVID-19 and are IgG antibody-positive were exposed at least two to three weeks prior to testing; they are likely carrying a dead virus and not at risk of infecting others. Provided they are asymptomatic, they could return to sports earlier.

But those with the IgM antibody probably have an acute infection; those athletes should not be on the field.

Those at the event, including athletes/competitors, should wear face coverings. The production of “athletic-friendly” face coverings, for use during vigorous training and competition, would reduce viral transmission.

Social distancing, hand-washing and frequent disinfection of equipment, surfaces and clothing should remain strictly enforced, especially on the sidelines.

Sharing food, fluids and utensils should be avoided. Athletes should use personal water bottles.

An important point to remember is that the safety bubble of professional sports is a pipe dream for amateur sports.

Daily temperature checks and symptom screenings in free-living individuals – that is, amateur sports – are not suitable replacements for daily COVID-19 testing and imposed quarantines, such as in professional sports. Forehead temperature checks are inaccurate and often underestimate fever.

Once an athlete starts to develop signs and symptoms of COVID-19, they have already begun passing the virus around for about two days. Therefore, the prompt identification and removal of asymptomatic athletes – at all levels – must be enforced throughout the season and between competing individuals. If not, then our genuine hope for normalcy becomes complicit with ongoing disease transmission.

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On This Day In History 1963 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy holds his iconic “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech. The speech was a welcome gesture of support for the people of West Berlin. East Germany had erected the Berlin Wall just two years earlier to stop mass emigration to the West.

1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed.

The United Nations is the world’s most important international organization.

1936 - The world’s first practical helicopter lifts off. The twin-rotor Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was first tested in Bremen, Germany. None of the first prototypes survived World War II but See, HISTORY, Page 11

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a replica can be seen at the Hubschraubermuseum in Bückeburg, Germany.

1925 - Charlie Chaplin’s film “The Gold Rush” receives its premiere. The comedy featuring Chaplin in his famous Little Tramp role is a classic of the silent film genre. The English star actor repeatedly stated that this is the film he wants to be remembered for.

1906 - The first Grand Prix car race is held. The competition was held on a circuit around Le Mans, France and organized by the Automobile Club de France (ACF). Renault’s Ferenc Szisz won the competition.

COMICS BABY BLUES | RICK KIRKMAN AND JERRY SCOTT

BLONDIE | DEAN YOUNG AND JOHN MARSHALL

BEETLE BAILEY | MORT & GREG WALKER

FUNKY WINKERBEAN | TOM BATIUK

HI AND LOIS | BRIAN WALKER, GREG WALKER AND CHANCE BROWNE

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE | CHRIS BROWNE

SAM AND SILO | JERRY DUMAS

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM | MIKE PETERS

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AFTER THE BLESSING, COMES THE TESTING

INSPIRATION

We have heard this (or a similar) statement through life. Perhaps we all have had mountain-top experiences, only to be faced immediately with great challenges.

In Gen 15, we read the account of God’s promise to Abram to make a great nation from his offspring….”as numerous as the stars in the heavens…”

Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness. (v6).

What a blessing God was laying on Abram – to be the father on many nations! (Gen 17). It is here God changes his name to Abraham. In Gen 18, this blessing comes again, this time from three visitors (sent by God) to reaffirm the covenant blessing to come through a son, born to Abraham and Sarai’s in

their old age.

The testing is recorded in Gen 22 when God instructs Abraham to take his son, Isaac, and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on the mountain. What a test of faith for anyone! But Abraham obeyed and prepared for this great sacrifice. God Bill Crider rewarded him and provided a ram (caught by its horns in the thicket nearby) for the sacrifice.

In Ex 32: Moses meets with God on Mt. Sinai.

This is when God gives him the Ten Commandments. As he descended down the mountain, he could hear the people having a feast, worshiping the

golden calf made from the earrings collected from the people. What a testing they posed upon God. Moses persuaded God not to destroy them.

(After this great blessing on the m o u n t a i n - t o p, comes the testing for Moses and God).

There are others mentions throughout the Scriptures where God brings forth great blessings to His people. They make pledges and commitments to Him, only to face unusual testing when coming ‘away from the point of blessings.’ The great blessing and testing account in the New Testament is the account of Jesus’ temptations (Matt 4 &Luke 4).

THE UPWARD LOOK

To Praise The Lord

“to the praise of the glory of

stowed on us through Jesus,

God’s grace must be to praise

His grace, which He freely be-

the Beloved Son. We don’t

Him in word and deed.

stowed on us in the Beloved.”

deserve His blessing and yet

Lord Jesus, I lift my voice

Christ freely

to praise You for Your amaz-

God the Father bless-

gave to us,

ing, overwhelming grace,

ed, chose, elected, pre-

through His

which You lavishly poured

destined, and adopted

death

and

out on my life. Let my every

us so that we would

resurrection,

word and my entire life bring

praise

this great gift

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and

grace,

worship

Him. We praise Him for Max Hutto

of

redemp-

the glory and splendor

tion,

sal-

of His marvelous, amazing

vation, righteousness, and

grace. This grace is freely be-

holiness.

INSPIRATION

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You glory and honor.

Max Hutto is a Baptist Minister and a resident of Minden.

More information can be found at www.upwardlook.org.

Pass it, on

Lately, almost everyone

how to live. This in turn

Lord will be saved.” But how

has had to wear multiple

gave them the skills to teach

can they call on him to save

hats. One of the

others. Jesus in-

them unless they believe

most

stilled

in him? And how can they

important

in

them

of those hats be-

an obligation to

ing “the teacher”.

pass

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to the next gener-

friends and family

ation. The Same

members relearn-

obligation

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been passed to

skills

long

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Bernard Harris III

knowledge

has

us as ministers

believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?” We have received a priceless gift and now it’s time to pass it on.

learning new ways of solving

of the word. We are here to

math, reading, writing and

teach others about salvation

etc. This makes me think of

through Jesus and how to

Jesus the ultimate teacher.

find it. It reads in Romans

Bernard Harris III is a

Jesus taught his disciples

10:13-14 “ For “Everyone

Haughton firemAN AND A LOCAL

and they had to relearn

who calls on the name of the

RESIDENT OF MINDEN

They come immediately after Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist. The Holy Spirit descended upon him and God spoke from heavenly, saying: “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased!” (Matt 3:17; Luke 3: 21-22). From the spiritual high of being baptized to the bleak wilderness where Satan is waiting to tempt Him in every way! Jesus quoted back those special passages from Deuteronomy to combat every attempt of Satan to trip Him up. The blessing comes, but temptation follows.

These incidents are landmark events that should encourage each of us when we are faced with such challenges.

Isn’t it true, when we are coming down from the mountain-top experienc-

es in life, we find ourselves faced with the toughest of temptations? When we take our focus off of Jesus and begin to compliment ourselves on being so good, patting ourselves on the back, etc., we already know what will happen.

Yes, pride comes before fall.

We must seek God and His wisdom, abiding presence, His calm spirit and His power to resist all sorts of temptation Satan may bring our way. That’s why Paul was so adamant about the Christian putting on the ‘full Gospel Armor’ daily…to combat the fiery darts Satan is always shooting toward us. (Eph 6: 10-18).

Yes, we continue to seek God’s blessings throughout our earthly lives, but we must be aware that Sa-

tan is committed to bring warfare into the lives of those who oppose him.

We must rise up and be strong, stand firm and trust in the Lord to provide our needs in such times. We can proclaim with Job (19:25) and the hymnist – Jessie Pounds: “I know that my Redeemer liveth and on this earth again shall stand. I know new life He giveth, all power and honor are in His hands.” And on that day, there will be no more testing….Jesus, the Great Redeemer will usher us into our eternal abode – when no more temptations can touch us.

Bill Crider is Chaplain of Minden Medical Center

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS WEBSTER PARISH POLICE JURY 2020 GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL BID The Webster Parish Police Jury solicits sealed bids for: 2020 GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL BIDS The proposals must be in the hands of the undersigned no later than 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 9, 2020 - in the Courthouse House Annex meeting room of the Webster Parish Police Jury, 401 Main Street, Minden, Louisiana 71055.

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The Webster Parish Police Jury abides by the requirements of the Louisiana Bid Law. ALL BIDS SUBMITTED MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. Webster Parish Police Jury Lisa Balkom Secretary-Treasurer June 12, 2020 June 16, 2020 June 26, 2020 July 3, 2020 Minden Press-Herald

PUBLIC NOTICE Minden Planning Commission Meeting July 2, 2020 – 10:00 a.m.

Pelican Room Minden City Hall On the agenda is a request from Larry W. Devers for a zoning change from R-3 (Single Family Residential) to M-1 (Light Industrial) on property owned by him located at 1323 East Street.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDS Notice is hereby given that the Webster Parish Community Services Head Start Program is issuing an Invitation for Competitive Sealed Bids to be opened on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

Sealed bids will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 16, 2020, at the office on 208 Gleason Street-P.O Box 876, Minden, LA 71058-0876 for the following items: Processed Foods, Meat and Meat Products, Bread & Bread Products, and Milk & Dairy Products Bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the above address during the hours of 8 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The amended budget of the Webster Parish Clerk of Court covering fiscal year 2019/2020 and the budget of the Webster Parish Clerk of Court covering fiscal year 2020/2021 have been adopted after a public hearing held on June 15, 2020. A summary of the budget is available for public inspection at the Webster Parish

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This notice serves as certification that all statutory requirements have been met in accordance with RS 39:1307.

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4,088,094.00 Cotton Valley, Estimate General LA 318-832Fund balance at 4730 ABC Head End of year Start Center 4,648,425.00 June 26, 2020 Minden Press-Herald

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