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—GOOD MORNING Thursday, June 25, 2020 | gainesvilletimes.com LOTTERY I Drawings for Wednesday, June 24, 2020 CASH 3 Midday: 6-6-7 Evening: 6-0-9 CASH 4 Midday: 7-1-5-2 Evening: 5-4-2-3 GEORGIA FIVE Midday: 9-6-0-8-3 Evening: 9-1-1-6-3 Previous days’ drawings FANTASY FIVE (6/23) 2-6-12-22-31 POWERBALL (6/20) 10-31 -41 -63-67 Power Ball: 5 Current jackpot: $33M MEGA MILLIONS (6/23) 6-20-37-40-48 Mega Ball: 15 Current jackpot: $44M Lottery numbers are unofficial. The Georgia Lottery Corp.: 404-215-5000. CELEBRIS REPORT Atlanta TV star charged with misusing relief hinds A reality television star who appeared on the show “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta” was indicted Wednesday for allegedly using coronavirus relief funds intended to help small businesses survive to pay for luxuries such as a Rolls-Royce and custom jewelry, federal officials said. In a news release, the Department of Jus tice said Maurice Fayne, 37, was charged with bank fraud, making a false statement to a federally insured financial institution and money laundering. The charges are related to the Paycheck Protection Program, a federal program designed to help small businesses make ends meet while they were closed or severely restricted because of the coronavirus. He’s also charged with wire fraud in connection with a Ponzi scheme, the release said. “Despite the difficult times the recent Coronavirus pandemic has caused, the FBI and our federal partners continue to be vigi lant in making sure funds provided by pro grams like PPP are used as intended,” Chris Hacker, the special agent in charge of the Atlanta FBI office, said in the news release. Fayne, who also goes by the nickname Arkansas Mo on the VH1 reality show, was arrested May 11. According to court records, he’s out on bond. Fayne’s attorney listed on court records did not immediately return a request for comment. Fayne denied in an interview with federal officials that he mis used the PPP money, according to the news release. Federal officials said Fayne posed as the owner of a profitable trucking business from August 2014 through May 2020. But in reality the business never made enough money to cover expenses. Fayne is accused of encour aging people to invest and then using their money to pay for his extravagant lifestyle. In April 2020, he applied for a $3.7 million PPP loan, saying he had 107 employees at his trucking company, Flame Trucking, and that he’d use the money to pay expenses and retain staff. Instead, federal officials say, he used the money for things like leasing a Rolls-Royce for $136,000, buying $85,000 in custom-made jewelry, and restitution in a previous fraud case. Film producer, wealthy heir, political donor Bing dies Movie producer, film financier, real estate heir and major Democratic political donor Steve Bing has died. He was 55. The Los Angeles County coroner said Bing died Monday at his residence in the Century City section of Los Angeles. The coroner said Tuesday that the cause of death was suicide. Without giving a name, the city Fire Department said it responded to a report of a 55-year-old man jumping from a building at the same time and place. Bing produced the 2000 Sylvester Stallone film “Get Carter” and was a major inves tor in the 2004 Tom Hanks animated film “The Polar Express.” He co-wrote the 2003 comedy “Kangaroo Jack,” a film starring Anthony Anderson and Jerry O’Connell that was savaged by critics but made nearly $90 million at the box office. He was also a producer on director Mar tin Scorsese’s 2008 Rolling Stones documen tary, “Shine a Light,” and a co-producer with Mick Jagger on a forthcoming documentary on Jerry Lee Lewis. “It’s so sad to hear of Steve Bing’s pass ing,” Jagger said on Twitter. “He was such a kind and generous friend and supported so many good and just causes. I will miss him very much.” Bing was the son of Peter Bing, a doctor and philanthropist who specialized in public health, and the grandson of Leo Bing, a New York real estate developer who left him hun dreds of millions of dollars that he inherited when he turned 18. Associated Press ABOUT US AND OUR VALUES The public has a right to know, and The Times is dedicated to that principle and the “continued enlightenment and freedom of the people of North Georgia,” as engraved outside our building. The pursuit of truth is a fundamental principle of journalism. But the truth is not always apparent or known immediately. 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Find us on these platforms or reach out to our newsroom at news@ gainesvilletimes.com or 770-718-3435. /gainesvilletimes @gtimes @gtimesnews It s not acceptable to universally hate kids Dear Carolyn: I know a number of people not interested in having children. This is not a problem and I don’t want anyone to have kids who doesn’t want them, nor do I think everyone needs to adore kids. But some are so mean about kids — speak ing about them like they are just a drain on all the civilized, child-free adults — and I don’t understand why this is consid ered acceptable. Children are neurologically different from adults. It’s not any more OK to universally hate kids than it is to broadly dislike those with mental illness or special needs. So why do people seem to feel comfortable talking about kids this way? Any witty suggestions for shutting this down? —Think of the Children! “They’ll grow into the doctors, nurses, pilots, drivers, autoworkers, farmers, chefs, wait staff, designers, builders, writers, artists, bankers, insurers, first- responders and attorneys, who will care for you, transport you, feed you, clothe and shelter you, inform and entertain you, and bail your butt out when we’re all too old to do this ourselves. So may I suggest a little respect for them and the people who raise them.” Re: Kids: As long as there’s equal respect for peo ple who DON’T have kids, which is where the root of this problem probably lies. — Equal If we’re all going to wait around for respect to be a quid pro quo, and refuse to give it unless we see proof of delivery of ours, in exact equal quantity, exchanged on a bridge somewhere with the two sides all armed and ready to fire if someone on the other side so much as twitches — then we deserve no better than the polarized mess we’re in. If instead we do the brave thing and give any warranted respect just for the sake of it, without guarantee of anything in return, because showing it is as good for us as it is for everyone else, then we’ll get somewhere. Re: Kids: OK, I’ll start it because we all knew this was going to happen: I’d also like the child raising people to quit bugging us for not having children. The ones who continually harp on how selfish the child-free are and how we’ll regret it when we’re too old to have them. Your turn. — Child-Free No. It’s no one else’s turn and I am not hosting a carp-fest.These are two differ ent issues. The selfishness charge against non-parents is ludicrous and mean, as I’ve acknowledged many times, but the impulse to see a valid complaint about the treatment of children as an opening to complain about parents? That’s not a happy reflex, and not one to feel gratified for indulging. Finger-pointing is not the inevitability you make it out to be. Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com. CAROLYN HAX tellme@washpost.com TODAY IN HISTORY On this date: In 1876, Lt. Col. Colonel George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana. In 1942, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was designated Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations during World War II. In 1947, “The Diary of a Young Girl,” the personal journal of Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II, was first published. In 1950, war broke out in Korea as forces from the communist North invaded the South. In 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that recitation of a state-spon sored prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional. In 1973, former White House Counsel John W. Dean began testify ing before the Senate Watergate Committee, implicating top ad ministration officials, including President Richard Nixon as well as himself, in the Watergate scandal and cover-up. In 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its first “right-to-die” decision, ruled that family members could be barred from ending the lives of persistently comatose relatives who had not made their wishes known conclusively. In 2003, the Recording Industry Association of America threatened to sue hundreds of individual computer users who were illegally sharing music files online. In 2009, death claimed Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” in Los Angeles at age 50 and actress Farrah Fawcett in Santa Monica, California, at age 62. BIRTHDAYS Actress June Lockhart is 95. Civil rights activist James Meredith is 87. Rhythm and blues singer Eddie Floyd is 83. Actress Barbara Montgomery is 81. Basketball Hall of Famer Willis Reed is 78. Singer Carly Simon is 75. Rock musician Ian Mc Donald (Foreigner) is 74. Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 73. Actor-direc tor Michael Lembeck is 72. Rock singer lim Finn is 68. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is 66. Rock musician David Paich (Toto) is 66. Actor Michael Sabatino is 65. Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervais is 59. Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is 54. Rapper-producer Richie Rich is 53. Actress Angela Kinsey is 49. Rock musician Mike Kroeger (Nickelback) is 48. Rock musician Mario Calire is 46. Actress Busy Philipps is 41. Jazz musician Joey Alexander is 17. TODAY IN HISTORY PHOTO Associated Press Accused murderer Theodore Bundy, center, consults with members of his defense team in a Miami courtroom, June 25,1979 after the opening of his murder trial. 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For our digital subscription offerings, go to gainesvilletimes.com/subscribe ARIES (March 21-April 19). Because of the interconnect edness of body, mind and soul, the fitness of one area will be communicated through the other two. For vibrant ben efits, breathe energy into your weaker modality. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will either commit com pletely to the task or will pre tend that you are completely committed to the task, recog nizing how important it is to everyone on the team that you appear unified and “all in.” GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It doesn’t matter if it’s a boss, loved one or complete stranger — when someone asks you to do something, you naturally default to “yes.” This agreeableness will be the start of an adventure. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Just like crunches build stomach muscles, emotional stability can be exercised and built, giving you a core of strength that is even more attractive than a six-pack of abs. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ve known both introversion and extroversion and are currently an “ambivert,” as some situa tions make you feel outgoing and others make you feel closed up. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). What the others want may not be desirable, possible or con venient to you, but you’ll hear them out anyway. This act of kindness and respect has re percussions of healing. LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). There is little in life more valu able than the unconditional support of a true friend. You’ll experience the pure love of an exchange that is without motive or expectation of reci procity. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). In uncertain circumstances, it is only human to rely on as sumptions. Be superhuman instead. Let go of what you know and reserve judgment as you try to absorb the truth in front of you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). For most people, if they know how to start, then they’ll dive right in. Not knowing where to start leads to pro crastination. You’ll have the opportunity and privilege of leading the way. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Too many choices can be overwhelming, not enough is boring. You’ll find your own sweet spot of options, but don’t assume it’s the same for all. Some people can handle three, others 23. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Some thought patterns are like riptides. It’s easy to get carried away and fighting them head-on can be futile. Relax and be carried. Wait for the break — it’s coming — and then you can swim to the shore. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). This is the time to relax your expectations and accept that your best is always relative to the moment. You can push yourself, but be kind about it. There is no need to punish yourself, ever.
