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June 24 - 25, 2020 • Vol. 1, Issue 102
Daisy Award:
Cox Branson recognizes
three nurses. Page 2
Frogging season:
Starts June 30. Page 8
Demonstrators clash on Hwy. 76 in Branson on Sunday afternoon. (Branson Globe photo by Jay Mejia)
Black Lives Matter clashes with
Dixie defenders on 76 Strip
By Jay Mejia
Special News Correspondent
Two steel rails of a handicap
‘God help us’:
Act against Wallace at
Talledaga. Page 12
WEATHER...page 12
Highs around 90. Chance
of showers and storms on
Sunday.
ramp outside the Dixie Outfitters
store on Father’s Day became
battleground central for race relations
between blacks and whites
in Branson, and America at large.
On a Sunday marked to honor
men who raise families, tensions
boiled.
Demonstrators stood on
both sides of the steel rail barriers
taunting counter demonstrators.
A video captured a woman,
Kathy Jenkins of Branson, spewing
hateful words and invoking
the Ku Klux Klan. The video has
since gone viral on social media,
painting Branson, a tourist mecca,
as a racist town,
Jenkins’ Facebook page is still
up. She’s been receiving dozens
of hate posts from across the
country. Apparently her daughter
tried to apologize, saying their
mistake was saying anything in
front of a camera.
“Although occasionally emotions
were raised, demonstrators
were cooperative with Branson
Police in efforts to maintain a
peaceful event,” a City of Branson
spokesperson for the police
department said. “There were no
arrests made during the demonstration.”
On
the sidewalks and grassy
slope overlooking the store in
the 1800 block of W. 76 Country
Blvd. about 100 demonstrators
made a cry of protest for Black
Lives Matter,
chanting slogans,
banging drums and using bullhorns
to argue loudly for social
justice.
“It’s time for change,” said
Charlie Bahn of Aurora. “I am a
white person who supports Black
Lives Matter.”
Protesters, one who declined to
be identified, said they came to
Branson to protest against the appearance
of the Confederate flag
and sales of its likeness on other
items.
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Submitted to Branson Globe
Each quarter, CoxHealth recognizes
nurses who have provided
outstanding care with
DAISY Awards. The DAISY
Award for Extraordinary Nurses
is presented in medical facilities
throughout the United
States to recognize the education,
training, skill and compassionate
care nurses provide.
Patients, their friends and families,
co-workers, physicians
and volunteers may nominate
a nurse for the award. Each recipient
receives a bouquet of
daisies, a commemorative pin
for their ID badge, a small statue
hand-crafted by a tribe in
Zimbabwe and are featured on
the national Daisy Foundation
website.
Here
are
the
Branson honorees:
most
recent
so appreciated the tender care
and thoughtfulness that Rachel
showed her. She loved her
clean, scented hair and beautiful
braids that Rachel gave her.
Daniel Tennison, RN, Cath
Lab
Daniel was driving through
Rachel Arington, RN. (Submitted
to Branson Globe.)
Rachel Arington, RN,
Progressive
Care Unit
It took Rachel two different
shifts to detangle a patient’s
long and matted hair. She
brought in special hair products
and combs to make sure she did
not hurt the patient. The patient
his neighborhood when he came
upon a woman who had fallen
and cut her knee open. She was
bleeding profusely and had
gravel in her knee. Even though
Daniel told her she may need
stitches, she did not want to go
to the hospital. Daniel offered
her a ride to his house where
he spent 45 minutes cleaning
and dressing the wound. He explained
to her how to care for
her knee and what type of bandages
are best to help her heal.
He gave her his phone number
to call if she ever needed help
with it. She was very appreciative
and felt reassured since he
was a nurse at the hospital.
Nikki Markes, RN, Ambulatory
Infusion Center
Daniel Tennison, RN. (Submitted
to Branson Globe)
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CoxHealth recognizes DAISY Award winners in Branson
A Cox Branson employee in
Patient Access suffered a severe
burn in her home and required
surgery and extensive dressing
changes at home. Nikki first
took her home when she was
discharged and would go after
work and on her days off to the
colleague’s home every time
the bandage needed changed.
Nikki noted that the employee
was getting discouraged, so she
encouraged Cox Branson staff
to send cards and encouraging
words to help the employee get
through the difficult time. The
employee is so grateful and
says she feels like Nikki was
sent by God.
Would
you
like
to
recognize
an exceptional nurse at
Cox Medical Center Branson?
It’s easy to do. Go to
https://www.coxhealth.com/
patients-and-visitors/thank-employee/daisy-branson/
to access
a nomination form.
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Send it to us at
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Nikki Markes, RN. (Submitted to
Branson Globe)
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June 24-25, 2020 • 3
Photo by Jay Mejia, Branson Globe.
Photo by Brandon Munson, Branson News & Weather.
• PROTEST
Continued from page 1
“To us, even though
white,” the supporter
I’m
said, “seeing
the Confederate flag is like
seeking a flag with a swastikas on
it.”
In the parking lot below the
store, a smaller but sizable group
of counter demonstrators gathThe
Mayor’s proclamation acknowledges
the right of the people
to freedom of speech, press and assembly
as guaranteed by the First
Amendment, and by the Missouri
Constitution, and that hate speech in
certain contexts may be constitutionally
protected, it does not reflect the
ered about the parking draped in
the Confederate flag and listening
to “Amazing Grace on the bagpipes,
or alternating country and
Western or Southern rock. Others
stayed in their cars or trucks
festooned with Confederate stars
and bars.
“It’s not about Black Lives
Matters,” one protester said. “All
lives matter.”
Branson community as a whole.
The
If there is any chance for a path
to peace to be remotely possible,
one glimmer of hope showed
through.
A southern woman came over
from the Dixie side and crossed
the
barrier to greet the Black
Lives Matter demonstrators.
Her message was clear and
simple: “Hello and Happy Father’s
Day.”
Mayor’s Proclamation promoting unity and condemning hate speech
proclamation
continues:
“Whereas, the people of Branson
are welcoming, open and neighborly
citizens and have a strong moral
background with servants’ hearts and
a spirit of hospitality; Now therefore,
I, E. Edd Akers, Mayor of the City of
Branson, Missouri hereby proclaim
that we are committed to providing
a welcoming and inclusive environment
for all citizens and visitors to
our community who have a love
for the Ozarks and for the things
that make Branson and our community
unique.”
Photo by Brandon Munson, Branson News & Weather.
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OPINION
By Pat Lamb
There may be no better time
than Independence Day for parents
to instill in children the attitude
and feeling of patriotism. As
children experience the beautiful
fireworks displays and understand
that the same thing is happening
throughout our nation, they
can’t help but think about what
it means to be living in America.
Adults need to take advantage of
this “teachable moment” to encourage
the feeling of pride for
country and help the children understand,
as much as possible, the
cost paid for our freedom by our
forefathers.
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One way to give a better understanding
of our forefathers is to
check the Internet for information
regarding some of those individuals.
Children will be interested
to learn about some of the inventions
of Ben Franklin. He invented
bifocals, the lightning rod, a
grasping tool, and even a musical
instrument using glasses filled
with different amounts of water.
He designed a ship with compartments
so that if one compartment
sprung a leak, the leak could not
sink the ship.
Only two of Thomas Jefferson’s
six children survived into
adulthood. He had specific instructions
as to what he wanted
on his tombstone.
He wrote a
political pamphlet in which he
stated, “The God who gave us life
gave us liberty at the same time:
the hand of force may destroy
but cannot disjoin them.” He dea
teacher to help the children learn
to respect authority of our government
when they hear so much criticism
from parents, grandparents,
and others.
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When children hear
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signed his home, Monticello, in
detail and had it built on property
inherited from his family.
At the age of 16, George Washington
helped survey Shenandoah
lands. He was very interested in
western expansion of our country.
It will fascinate children to learn
that he invented wooden false
teeth.
parents say, “They are all a bunch
of crooks!” they wonder why, then,
are they supposed to obey laws
made by those “crooks”. It was a
real struggle in my GED classes to
get students to understand that our
government is “we”, not “they”.
We need to be very careful to
discuss policies of our government
without “badmouthing” the people
making those policies. It is very difficult
in times of frustration to separate
what our politicians do from
who they are. We are commanded
in the Bible to pray for our leaders
and we should do just that. Instead
of venting our anger to those around
us, we need to be finding ways to
make the changes that we believe
are needed in a respectful way.
Our country has had many problems
since its beginning. We need to
help our children join us in praying for
our country and deciding how we can
be the best citizens possible.
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It has been said that we always
see pictures of him with his
mouth closed because of his wooden
false teeth.
There are many, many interesting
things to learn about our founding
fathers and our country if we just
take the time to explore with the
children. A visit to the library will
uncover many interesting books for
the children to read during the summer
months.
It is easy to develop an appreciation
of the past history of our country.
What is not so easy is to develop
a feeling of appreciation for
our country now. It is difficult as
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Update on COVID-19
outbreak at Tequila’s 2
Staff Reports
The joint investigation by the
Taney County Health Department
and the Stone County Health Department
of a COVID-19 outbreak
associated with Tequila’s 2
restaurant in Branson continues.
At this point in time, the restaurant
remains voluntarily closed.
This investigation involves
only the Tequila’s location in
Branson; the location in Branson
West has no reported cases of
COVID-19, and remains open.
Known community
exposure
dates are June 10 through June
16. Currently, multiple known
positive cases are associated with
the restaurant, with cases spanning
three counties. Close contacts
of positive cases continue to
be notified and quarantined.
This investigation is in progress
and more information will be
released as it becomes available.
If you have been to the restaurant
during this timeframe, please
monitor for COVID-19 symptoms.
You do not need to quarantine
or isolate at this time, but are
being asked to monitor for symptoms
and contact your healthcare
provider if you begin experiencing
any COVID-19 symptoms.
TCHD recommends anyone
the community
in
displaying
COVID-19 symptoms to contact
their healthcare provider and seek
testing. Cox Health continues to
offer free virtual visits using the
code COVID, and can typically
offer same day testing. TCHD
continues to recommend face
coverings, social distancing, and
staying home when sick to slow
the spread of COVID-19.
Total cases in Taney County
now stands at 33, with 18 still active.
In Stone County, the total is
up to 10 cases.
For more information contact
the Taney County Health Department
at 417-334-4544, visit our
website at www.taneycohealth.
org.
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Fake doc signed patients’
medical pot paperwork
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) —
About 600 patients seeking authorization
to purchase medical
marijuana in Missouri had their
paperwork signed by a fake doctor,
officials say.
The Missouri Department of
Health and Senior Services said
in a news release that there is no
evidence to indicate the affected
patients were aware the physician
listed was not the physician who
met with them.
“It was a person/people impersonating
a doctor,” Department
of Health and Senior Services
spokesperson Lisa Cox told the
Springfield News-Leader in a text
message. She said the department
could not comment on who was
being impersonated.
The affected patients will be
notified and given 30 days to submit
a valid certificate before their
license is revoked. The agency
also said it has referred the case to
the Attorney General’s Office and
to the Missouri Board of Healing
Arts for further action.
“Through our many types of
regulatory efforts, we remain
watchful for any wrongdoing in
order to protect Missourians,” said
Dr. Randall Williams, director of
DHSS.
Nearly two-thirds of Missouri
voters in November 2018 approved
medical marijuana. Sales
aren’t expected to begin until late
summer at the earliest.
Injured officer sues man who
ran over him in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) —
A Springfield police officer is
suing the man who is charged
with crashing a sport utility vehicle
into him.
Officer Mark Priebe, who sustained
rib fractures and a spinal
cord injury, filed the personal
injury lawsuit Tuesday against
28-year-old Jon Tyler Routh,
the
reports.
Court documents say Priebe
tried to get Routh to stop his
vehicle June 9 after Routh urinated
on the front door of the
police station but Routh accelerated
and ran over Priebe.
Another officer then shot
Routh after he refused to get out
of the vehicle. Routh, who is
charged with assaulting a special
victim and armed criminal
action, told police at the scene
“You guys knew you had this
coming,” according to court
documents. He was treated for
his gunshot wound before he
was taken to jail.
The lawsuit said one of PrieSpringfield
News-Leader
be’s doctors has indicated that
the officer will never be able to
walk again. He was transported
this past week to a Colorado
hospital for physical therapy.
Court documents say Routh
sent someone a text message
before the incident saying “I’m
going to run a cop over I think.”
An attorney for Routh has
asked that he be examined by a
psychologist.
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STATE
By Jill Pritchard
Courtesy of MDC
JEFFERSON CITY Mo. – The
Missouri Department of Conservation
(MDC) encourages the public
to discover nature this summer
during frogging season. Beginning
June 30 at sunset, through Oct. 31,
those with a fishing permit or smallgame
hunting permit may frog for
bullfrogs and green frogs.
The daily limit is eight frogs
of both species combined and the
possession limit is 16 frogs of both
species combined. Only the daily
limit may be possessed on frogging
waters and bank of waters.
MDC notes that daily limits end
at midnight. Froggers who catch
their daily limits before midnight
and want to return for more frogging
after midnight must remove
the daily limit of previously caught
frogs from the waters or banks before
returning.
The public can go frogging with a
fishing or small-game hunting permit,
but children 15 and under and
residents 65-years and older are not
required to have a permit.
Those using a fishing permit may
take frogs by hand, hand net, atlatl,
gig, bow, trotline, throw-line, limb
line, bank line, jug line, snagging,
snaring, grabbing, or pole and line.
With a small-game hunting permit,
frogs may be harvested using a
.22-caliber or smaller rimfire rifle or
pistol, pellet gun, atlatl, bow, crossbow
or by hand or hand net. The use
of artificial light is permitted when
frogging.
The fun doesn’t have to end after
catching frogs. Be sure to browse
tasty recipes by visiting MDC online
at https://short.mdc.mo.gov/
Zxz.
Buy Missouri hunting and
fishing permits from numerous
vendors around the state, online
at https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/
permits, or through MDC’s free
mobile apps, MO Hunting and
MO Fishing, available for download
through Google Play or the
App Store.
MDC reminds the public that it
is still critical to continue to heed all
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recommendations for physical distancing,
avoiding overcrowding,
handwashing, and other public health
measures during outdoor activities.
Bullfrogs (pictured) and green frogs are legal game for those with
valid permits. (MDC photo)
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -New
data suggests that Missouri
continues to miss out on the
benefits of Medicaid expansion.
According to a study released
by the Missouri Foundation
for Health, net new health care
spending and the reduction of
state government spending on
MO HealthNet would generate
a multitude of positive impacts
on the state’s economy.
Vice President of Health Policy
with the organization Sheldon
Weisgrau said an estimated
increase of $2.5 billion in economic
output for the state is just
the beginning.
“A $1.6 billion increase in
gross domestic product and
about a $1.1 billion increase
in personal income,” Weisgrau
said. “And the increase in personal
income is about $500 for
every Missouri Household.”
The report also predicted an
increase of 16,000-plus jobs
between 2022 and 2026 if the
state were to expand Medicaid
under the 2014 Affordable Care
Act to serve adults earning up
to 138% of the federal poverty
level.
Weisgrau noted this research
is consistent with the experiences
of many of the 36 states
that have adopted Medicaid
expansion. He said the government
pays 90% of the costs.
“Missouri essentially has left
money on the table all these
years,” he said. “This program
returns Missourians’ tax money
to the state to be spent in the
state on healthcare services.”
He said the economic benefits
of Medicaid expansion are
just a beneficial side effect of
a program that provides health
care coverage.
“More than 200,000 Missourians
would gain health insurance
coverage under Medicaid
expansion,” Weisgrau said,
“Which also leads to improvements
in their health and mental
health, improves our ability to
work and keep jobs. The beneNOW
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STATE
By Jill Pritchard
Courtesy of MDC
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The
Missouri Department of Conservation
(MDC) wants to extend a big
thank you to its volunteers for another
year of hard work and dedication
supporting conservation initiatives
and helping to educate others
about Missouri’s fish, forest and
wildlife resources.
“We so appreciate and value our
volunteers,” said MDC Volunteer
and Interpretive Program Coordinator
Syd Hime. “These individuals
are assets to the department as they
connect with the public and help to
educate them about Missouri’s natural
resources.”
More than 1,600 volunteers
donate their time and energy to
MDC through the Missouri Master
Naturalist program, shooting
ranges, nature centers, interpretive
sites, Hunter Education programs,
and through fishing instruction.
Nearly 3,000 people volunteer as
part of the Missouri Forestkeepers
Network, which is a forest-health
monitoring program that educates
the public about tree-care and helps
monitor forest health. Additionally,
nearly 30,000 people volunteer
their time helping to improve Missouri’s
streams through the Stream
Team program.
During 2019, volunteers logged
more than 250,000 hours in outreach
efforts, citizen science, program
support, and more.
The current public health crisis
has slowed current volunteer duties
and opportunities, but some nature
centers have gotten creative in connecting
with their volunteers.
“Last week, Runge Nature Center
held a drive-thru social for our volunteers
as a way to keep them engaged
and to let them know the staff misses
them,” explained Runge Nature Center
Assistant Manager Becky Matney.
“We usually have in-person monthly
meetings with volunteers to provide
updates on programs and events, but
we haven’t had the chance to meet due
to COVID-19. The drive-thru social
was a way to lift their spirits, enjoy ice
cream, and interact with staff and volunteers
while also staying safe.”
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Dept. of Conservation volunteers log 250,000 hours in 2019
Staff at the Cape Girardeau Nature
Center took a similar approach
– only instead, nature center staff
made the trek to volunteers’ front
lawns to safely say hello and checkin
from a distance.
Though MDC isn’t recruiting
new volunteers at the moment,
there are ways to continue to support
and connect with the outdoors,
such as through citizen science. The
public can help conservation efforts
by downloading mobile apps such
as iNaturalist or eBird and sharing
their observations. These nature observations
can be done as a solo endeavor
out on a trail or with family
in the backyard.
“Though we’re currently limited
in our recruitment and engagement
with our volunteers, citizen science
is a great way to donate your time to
contribute to conservation efforts,”
explained Hime. “We look forward
to welcoming back our volunteers
and to having more opportunities
on the horizon.”
For more information on citizen
science or on activities you can
do from your home, backyard, or
neighborhood,
visit
https://short.
mdc.mo.gov/Z7D.
To find out more on the Missouri
Stream Team program, visit http://
www.mostreamteam.org/.
Volunteer Naturalist Angie Jungbluth works with kids at a pond-life
exploration station during a Wetlands for Kids Day event last summer.
(Photo by courtesy of Missouri Department of Conservation staff)
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June 24-25, 2020 • 11
White parents of Black children navigate a changing nation
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
Izzy Simons has been fired up
about the prospect of driving on
his own.
The 15-year-old has craved the
freedom a license promises. He
has proudly and effectively maneuvered
the family’s
vehicles
around the church parking lot and
beyond, and he’s confident he’ll
pass his test in August. He imagines
arriving at Southmoore High
School
in
Moore,
Oklahoma,
someday in a navy blue crew cab
Silverado truck with a lift kit.
His excitement has been replaced
with uncertainty. Simons,
who is Black, was jarred emotionally
after watching video of the
killing of George Floyd, a Black
man who died after a Minneapolis
white police officer pressed a knee
into his neck for several minutes
on May 25. In those moments,
concepts he’d learned about such
as racial profiling and “Driving
While Black” fully registered.
Sarah Dunn, a white woman
raised in rural Kansas, has learned
much about race since she and
her husband, Josh, took custody
of Izzy six years ago. Still, she
wasn’t ready for Izzy’s response
to the Floyd incident.
“When we talked, he said, ‘But
now I’m kind of afraid to drive,’”
she said. “And that’s not something
that we have ever had to
think about.”
The Associated Press discussed
race with six white couples who
have adopted or have custody of
Black children. These parents are
trying to help their children understand
race in America while getting
an accelerated course themselves.
Floyd’s
death has inspired national
and international protests
and led to changes in police procedures.
These parents say that’s a
great start, but for the country to
take full advantage of the moment
and make America better for their
children, white people must go beyond
carrying signs, marching and
chanting. They must become advocates
along with Black people
and be willing to call out racism
when they see it.
“We need to realize that it’s going
to be hard, tough work, and
you’re going to lose friends,” Michael
Morris, who has adopted
two Black children with his wife,
Katie, said. “And that’s OK.”
Dr. Richard Barth, dean of the
University of Maryland School of
Social Work, said planning is the
next step to set up more meaningful
action.
“We still don’t have a path to
follow from the discussion of racism
and structural racism and the
need for everyone to speak out that
Black Lives Matter to a framework
for what’s really going to be
different and are the next major
steps — beyond police reform —
to make our society more equitable,”
Barth said.
For now, there are immediate
issues. Michael Morris said he and
his wife have held off on having
“the talk” about race with their
two daughters, ages 10 and 5.
“I’m at a loss for when to start
talking to them about it because
I don’t want them to be scared,”
Morris, an Oklahoma City resiSEE
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The Dunn family is pictured outside their home Friday, June 12, 2020,
in Oklahoma City. From left Sarah Dunn, Cooper Dunn, Izzy Simons and
Josh Dunn. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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SPORTS
Bubba Wallace steered the No. 43
to the front of pit road, NASCAR
champion Kyle Busch pushing the famous
car on one side and close friend
Ryan Blaney pushing on the other.
The entire 40-driver field and their
crew members followed. After the car
came to a stop, Wallace climbed out,
sat on the window ledge and sobbed.
Richard Petty, his Hall of Fame team
owner, gently placed a hand on Wallace’s
shoulder.
As federal authorities descended
on Talladega Superspeedway on
Monday to investigate the discovery
of a noose in Wallace’s garage
stall, the entire industry rallied
around the Cup Series’ only Black
driver.
“The news has disturbed us all
and of course we want justice and
know who and why,” said seven-time
NASCAR champion Jimmie
Johnson. “And we want to
stand with our friend.”
The 82-year-old Petty, at his first
race since the coronavirus pandemic
began and at Talladega on race
day for the first time in more than
10 years, stood side by side with
Wallace during the national anthem
before Monday’s rain-postponed
event. Everyone stood behind the
car while Brad Keselowski held the
American flag at the front of the display
of solidarity.
The idea to stand with Wallace
started with Johnson, while former
series champion Kevin Harvick
suggested they all push the car to
the front of the grid, Wallace said.
One by one, after the anthem,
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NASCAR rallies around Wallace as FBI investigates noose
they hugged Wallace. He then had
a long embrace with Petty.
And then he went racing.
If not for a shortage of fuel, Wallace
might have had a chance to
race for the win. A late stop for gas
led to a 14th-place finish but felt like
a win for Wallace. He went to the
fence and slapped hands through
the wiring with a group of fans,
many wearing “I Can’t Breathe”
shirts as they cheered.
He apologized for not wearing a
mandatory mask but didn’t put it on
because “I wanted to show whoever
it was, you are not going to take
away my smile.”
“This sport is changing,” he said.
“The pre-race deal was probably
one of the hardest things I’ve ever
had to witness in my life. From all
the supporters, from drivers to crew
members, everybody here, the badass
fan base, thank you guys for
coming out. This is truly incredible
and I’m glad to be a part of this
sport.”
It was Wallace who successfully
pushed the stock car series to ban
the Confederate flag at its venues
less than two weeks ago and he
was the target when the noose was
found hanging in the Richard Petty
Motorsports garage stall Sunday
afternoon at the Alabama track. A
member of Wallace’s crew reported
it to NASCAR, and by Monday
morning U.S. Attorney Jay Town
said his office, the FBI and the Justice
Department’s Civil Rights Division
were involved.
“Regardless of whether federal
charges can be brought, this type of
action has no place in our society,”
Town said.
NASCAR President Steve Phelps
said security has been stepped up
for Wallace — his team was also
granted unusual access to its car
Monday morning to ensure it had
not been tampered with overnight
— and the FBI was “currently on
site” at the track.
He said the FBI director had told
agents in Birmingham to “use all their
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resources” to find the perpetrator.
“Unequivocally they will be
banned from this sport for life,”
Phelps said. “There is no room for
this at all. We won’t tolerate it. They
won’t be here. I don’t care who they
are, they will not be here.”
NASCAR has tried to distance
itself from the Confederate flag for
years at the risk of alienating a core
group of its fan base. At Wallace’s
urging, it went ahead with the ban
as the nation grapples with social
unrest largely tied to George Floyd,
an unarmed Black man who died in
the custody of Minneapolis police.
NASCAR has not outlined how
it will enforce the restriction and
this week’s race at Talladega, in the
heart of the South, presented the series
with its biggest test in the early
going. Disgruntled fans with Confederate
flags drove past the main
entrance to the track all weekend and
a plane flew above the track Sunday
pulling a banner of the flag that read
“Defund NASCAR.”
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she
was “shocked and appalled” by the
“vile act” against Wallace.
“There is no place for this disgusting
display of hatred in our state,” Ivey
said. “Bubba Wallace is one of us; he
is a native of Mobile and on behalf of
all Alabamians, I apologize to Bubba
Wallace as well as to his family and
friends for the hurt this has caused
and regret the mark this leaves on our
state.”
Petty said in a statement he was
“enraged” by the “filthy act” of racism.
Retired champion Jeff Gordon
called it a “cowardly” act while retired
champion and current team owner
Tony Stewart seethed in a social media
post: “Angry. Outraged. Disappointed.
Those words don’t fully describe
how I feel. #IStandWithBubba
and I’ll damn sure stand up to anyone
who engages in this kind of behavior.”
Phelps said he was the one who
told Wallace about the noose.
“It was a difficult moment for
Bubba, a difficult moment for me,”
he said. “He’s handled it with the
grace that he has handled everything
that’s happened over the last
few weeks.”
The 26-year-old Wallace said after
the noose was discovered: “T his will
not break me, I will not give in nor will
I back down. I will continue to proudly
stand for what I believe in.”
Wallace has previously worn a
shirt that says “I Can’t Breathe”
over his firesuit and sported a Black
Lives Matter paint scheme in a race
last month in Martinsville, Virginia.
Talladega is one of the more raucous
stops on the NASCAR schedule,
but the pandemic prompted
the series, like all sports, to ban or
sharply limit fans. Up to 5,000 fans
were allowed in, but there were far
fewer than that Monday and none
of them had access to the the infield
or the Cup Series garage.
Under strict new health guidelines,
a very limited number of
people can access the garage. That
would include crew members for
each of the 40 teams, NASCAR
employees, Talladega staff members
and
any
contracted
safety
June
24-25, 2020 • 13
crews or security guards. Phelps
noted NASCAR has an approved
list of who is allowed access that
has been turned over to authorities.
“It will be part of what the FBI is
looking at,” he said
Driver Bubba Wallace, left, is overcome with emotion as team owner
Richard Petty, comforts him as he arrives at his car in the pits of the
Talladega Superspeedway .(AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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SPORTS
(AP) Most of the games played
between the Boston Red Sox and
St. Louis Cardinals have been in the
World Series. If not for the coronavirus
pandemic, they would have
been playing a regular-season series
next weekend at Fenway Park.
There also would have been a College
World Series title won in Omaha,
Nebraska. The Associated Press
looks at some of the sporting events
that had been scheduled the week of
June 22-28:
MLB: The Red Sox and Cardinals
have met in four World Series, a total
of 24 postseason games. St. Louis beat
the Red Sox in a seven-game series in
1946 and then 1967 when Bob Gibson’s
win in the clinching game was
his third that series. Boston won its
first World Series title since 1918 by
sweeping the Cards in 2004, and won
a six-game series in 2013. They have
evenly split 16 regular-season games,
the last in 2017 when the Red Sox
won all four.
Nick Castellanos finished last
season with the Chicago Cubs before
the outfielder/third baseman
signed a $64 million, four-year
deal with the Cincinnati Reds. The
Reds were scheduled to host a series
against the Cubs for the second
time in a three-week span.
College World Series: The end
of the road in Omaha with a bestof-three
series to determine the
NCAA baseball champion. The
College World Series begins with
eight teams split into two four-team
brackets playing a double-elimination
format. The two bracket winners
then meet for the championship
series. Vanderbilt won its second title
in six seasons last year by taking
two-of-three from Michigan.
TRIVIA BREAK: Which school
has won the most NCAA baseball
titles since the College World Series
went to the current best-ofthree
championship series format in
2003? (answer at bottom).
NBA DRAFT: The 2020 draft
that was originally scheduled
Thursday night in Brooklyn has
been pushed to Oct. 16. The top
two picks in last year’s NBA draft
are waiting for the resumption of
the season with their teams still in
playoff contention. Zion Williamson
was the No. 1 overall pick by
the New Orleans Pelicans out of
Duke last summer, and Ja Morant
went No. 2 to the Memphis Grizzlies
from Murray State.
NHL DRAFT: The last time
American players were taken No.
1 overall in consecutive NHL drafts
was 2006 and 2007. Jack Hughes,
an 18-year-old from Orlando who
excelled in the USA Hockey National
Team Development Program,
was the top pick by New Jersey in
last year’s draft. This year’s draft
was scheduled Friday and Saturday
in Montreal. Hughes’ rookie season
is over because the Devils aren’t
among the 24 teams in the NHL’s
June 24-25, 2020 • 15
What would have been: Red Sox-Cards and a college world series title
ANSWER: Oregon
postseason plan. He had seven
goals and 14 assists in 61 games.
TRIVIA
State with three, winning the championships
in 2006, 2007 and 2018.
St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Carpenter, right, tries unsuccessfully to avoid
a tag by Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez during a baseball
game in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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ENTERTAINMENT
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP)
— Grunge became gold Saturday
as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on
Nirvana’s 1993 “MTV Unplugged”
performance months before his
death sold for an eye-popping $6
million at auction.
The 1959 Martin D-18E that Cobain
played in the band’s rare acoustic
performance and subsequent live
album was sold to Australian Peter
Freedman, owner of Røde Microphones,
at the Music Icons event
run by Julien’s Auctions in Beverly
Hills, California.
The bids opened at $1 million for
the sale that ended up breaking several
world records.
Cobain used it to play tunes including
“About a Girl” and “All
Apologies” at the Nov. 18, 1993,
show in New York that came less
than five months before the singer
and songwriter died at age 27.
A day earlier at the same auction
event, a custom guitar played by
Prince at the height of his stardom
in the 1980s and 1990s sold for
$563,500, a small sum compared
with the Cobain guitar but well over
the $100,000 to $200,000 it was expected
to fetch.
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Prince played the blindingly blue
guitar with the artist’s “love” symbol
on its neck beginning on the
1984 Purple Rain Tour, as well as
on the classic albums “Lovesexy”
and “Sign O’ The Times.” He used
it into the early 1990s.
Archivists going through Prince’s
possessions at his Paisley Park
home and musical headquarters in
Minnesota recently found the guitar
that was thought to be lost during
the four years since his death from
an overdose at age 57.
“Blue Angel” Cloud 2 electric guitar. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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ENTERTAINMENT
NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy
Kimmel apologized Tuesday for
his 1990s blackface impressions
of NBA player Karl Malone and
other Black celebrities but said
his delay in addressing the subject
came in part to avoid handing
a victory to his foes.
“I apologize to those who were
genuinely hurt or offended by
the makeup I wore or the words
I spoke,” the ABC late-night star
said in a statement.
It’s part of the entertainment
world’s continuing reckoning
triggered by the protests against
police treatment of Black Americans.
On Monday, four episodes
of the comedy “30 Rock” were
pulled from circulation because
they featured characters performing
in blackface.
Kimmel’s impersonation of
Malone, which he started on
radio and then brought to television
on Comedy Central, was
frequently criticized by Fox
News Channel’s Sean Hannity,
among others.
Kimmel said he had long been
reluctant to address the subject,
“as I knew doing so would be
celebrated as a victory by those
who equate apologies with
weakness and cheer for leaders
who use prejudice to divide us.
“That delay was a mistake,” he
said.
“30 Rock” aired on NBC from
2006 to 2013, but episodes are
still being shown in television
syndication and on streaming
services including Hulu, Amazon
Prime, iTunes and Peacock.
Show creator Tina Fey, who
also starred as Liz Lemon in the
series about the backstage world
of a television show, said in a
note to distributors that “I understand
now that ‘intent’ is not a
free pass for white people to use
these images.”
“I apologize for the pain they
have caused,” Fey wrote. “Going
forward, no comedy-loving kid
really needs to stumble on these
tropes and be stung by their ugliness.”
Other
examples of how the
Black Lives Matter protests have
impacted entertainment include
cancellation of the long-running
TV show “Cops” and temporary
removal of “Gone With the
Wind” from the HBO Max service.
Two
of the four eliminated “30
Rock” episodes originally aired
in 2010, with the others first
shown in 2008 and 2010. They
include the East Coast version of
an episode first shown live. Series
regular Jane Krakowski and
guest star Jon Hamm appeared in
blackface.
The 2012 episode with Hamm
also included “Tonight” show
host Jimmy Fallon as a guest.
June 24-25, 2020 • 17
ABC’s’ Kimmel apologizes for blackface in Malone costume
Fallon, who did not appear in such
makeup on “30 Rock,” apologized
last month after online circulation
of an earlier “Saturday Night
Live” skit where he wore blackface
to impersonate Chris Rock.
Jimmy Kimmel in New York. Kimmel apologized Tuesday for his
1990s blackface impressions of NBA player Karl Malone and other
Black celebrities. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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NATIONAL
• CHILDREN
Continued from page 11
dent, said. “It’s something that
they’ll have to know.”
Craig and Denise Dragash of
Carmel, Indiana, felt the national
conversation forced them to discuss
current events with their adopted
son, 11-year-old Vaughn.
Denise said he “wanted to hide
under his blanket,” something he
does when he is uncomfortable.
Cindy Neal, who has adopted
three Black children with her
husband, Paul, said the couple
fears their advice on dealing with
police might not matter. Their
oldest, Belachew, is a tall, athletic
14-year-old young man -- no
longer a cute toddler.
As they wrestle with these issues,
these parents know that
helping their children has prepared
them to help the white
people around them better understand
Black people and their challenges.
And now, they say, white
people finally are listening.
Matt Porter is the pastor at
Victory Family Church in Newcastle,
Oklahoma. He and his
wife, Julie, have adopted Paul
and Timothy, both age 11. Matt
Porter said white people have
dodged these issues for too long.
“I think it’s natural to say, ‘If
it doesn’t affect me, it doesn’t
bother me. I’m going to mind
my business, I’m going to keep
my head down,’” he said. “You
don’t get to do that. If you call
yourself a believer, you don’t get
to do that.”
The learning process at times
has caught these parents off
guard. The Neals recall telling
their son not to play hide-andseek
with their white friends in
other people’s yards for fear of
how it might look.
“I had no clue what we were
getting into with the racial dynamic
of America,” Paul Neal
said. “I knew that there were
white people that did not like
Black people. But I didn’t realize
what was coming.”
Phillip and Christen Rowland
of Oklahoma City adopted their
son, Jackson, in 2018. The day it
became official, the family celebrated
by spending time at a mall
in Norman, Oklahoma. Relatives
proudly wore T-shirts commemorating
the occasion.
A security guard put a damper
on the experience by breezing
past them to question Jackson.
“It was like, that moment I
realized,” Phillip Rowland said.
“We’re all in matching shirts,
and you’re going to pull this
crap? I had seen it (racism), but
it was so much different having
it be my son.”
When the couples encounter
issues — from figuring out
Black hair and skin care products
to helping their children understand
how to deal with racism
— they often lean on a network
of Black friends. Yet, they know
The Porter family is pictured at their church Friday, June 12, 2020, in
Newcastle, Okla. From left are Timothy, Matt, Julie and Paul. The family
lives in a small, mostly white town.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Izzy six
years ago. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
those conversations won’t cover
all the bases. They educate themselves
because they recognize
that sometimes, their friends also
are struggling.
“Especially when things are
as heightened as they are now,
(Black) people need to take care
of themselves emotionally and
may not have the energy to give
anybody else,” Cindy Neal said.
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The Rowlands feel this movement
is largely about kids like Jackson,
and they have made a point to
teach him to stand up for himself.
Christen and Jackson recently
marched in a peaceful protest with a
diverse group of friends on a sunny
afternoon in Oklahoma City.
“To tell everyone and to show everyone
that it’s gone too far,” Jackson
said.
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HISTORY
June 24-25, 2020 • 19
Today in History: Movies, sports and more
• 1322 Jews are expelled from
France for 3rd time
• 1374 Sudden outbreak of St.
John’s Dance causes people
in the streets of Aachen, Germany,
to experience hallucinations
and begin to jump and
twitch
uncontrollably
until
they collapse from exhaustion
1497 John Cabot claims
Eastern Canada for England
(believes he has found Asia in
Nova Scotia)
• 1509 Henry VIII is crowned
King of England in Westminster
Abbey
•
1793 1st republican constitution
in France adopted
• 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte’s
forces invade Russia crossing
the Neman River
• 1540 English King Henry
VIII commands his 4th wife,
Anne of Cleves, to leave the
court
• 1664 The colony of New Jersey
is founded
• 1853 US President Franklin
Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase,
buying 29,670 squaremiles
(76,800 square km)
from Mexico for $10 million
(now southern Arizona and
New Mexico)
• 1884 John Lynch is 1st black
elected chairman of Republican
convention
• 1901 1st exhibition by Pablo
Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
• 1930 1st radar detection of
planes, Anacostia, Washington,
D.C.
• 1948 Republican National
Convention in Philadelphia
nominates Governor of NY
Thomas E. Dewey
• 1957
The U.S. Supreme
Court rules that obscenity
is not protected by the First
Amendment in Roth v. United
States
• 1982 Equal Rights Amendment
goes down to defeat
• 1992 Mafia boss John Gotti
begins life sentence in jail for
murder and other crimes
• 2004 Capital punishment is
declared unconstitutional in
New York
•
2018 Britain’s Prince William
begins a five-day tour of the
Middle East visiting Jordan,
Israel and the Palestinian territories
Movies
& TV
• 1916 Mary Pickford becomes
the first female film star to get
a million dollar contract
• 1949 “Hopalong Cassidy”
becomes 1st network western
(NBC)
• 1956 “Steve Allen Show” returns
on NBC-TV
• 1976 1975 movie “The
Rocky Horror Picture Show”
released in Germany
• 1981 “For Your Eyes Only”,
12th James Bond, starring
Roger Moore and 1st drected
by John Glen premieres in
London
• 2006 “Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man’s Chest”,
directed by Gore Verbinski,
starring Johnny Depp, Keira
Knightley and Orlando
Bloom, premieres at Disneyland
- becomes fastest film to
gross over 1 billion
• 2010 “The Twilight Saga:
Eclipse”, based on the book
by Stephenie Meyer, directed
by David Slade, starring Kristen
Stewart and Robert Pattinson,
premieres in Los Angeles
Sports
• 1922 American Professional
Football Association renamed
the National Football League
• 1922 US football team Chicago
Staleys become Chicago
Bears
• 1947 Jackie Robinson steels
home for 1st of 19 times in
his career
• 1992 NBA Draft: LSU center
Shaquille O’Neal first pick by
Orlando Magic
• 1997 Mark McGwire hits a
538 foot home run
• 2012 Female athletes will be
allowed to compete for Saudi
Arabia at the Olympics for
the first time
Music
• 1880 First performance of “O
Canada,” the song that would
•
become the national anthem
of Canada, at the Congrès national
des Canadiens-Français
1992 Billy Joel gets an honorary
diploma from Hicksville
High School at 43
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