>> I COULD FORESEE THIS BEING A
VERY BIG DISASTER.
CHRIS DR. BRIAN MEHLHAUS IS
: TALKING ABOUT THE
INTERNATIONAL MOTOR CONTEST
ASSOCIATION SUPER NATIONAL
THE ANNUAL RACING EVENT STARTS
NEXT WEEK AT THE BOONE SPEEDWAY.
LAST YEAR’S EVENT BROUGHT IN
MORE THAN 800 DRIVERS FROM 26
STATES, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA.
FOR THAT REASON, MELHAUS, WHO
CHAIRS THE BOONE COUNTY BOARD OF
HEALTH, WORRIES THIS YEAR’
EVENT WILL ALSO BRING IN
COVID-19.
>> THIS COULD LEAD TO OUR SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAVING TO GO ONLINE F
EDUCATION.
ALSO IT COULD LEAD TO THE
OVERFLOW OF OUR HOSPITAL.
CHRIS AND HE’S WORRIED ABOUT IT
: SPREADING TO OTHER
COMMUNITIES.
MELHAUS’S CONCERN IS HEIGHTENED
BY WHAT HAPPENED IN KNOXVILLE
LAST MONTH.
ITS RACEWAY HAD TO CANCEL TH
REST OF ITS 2020 SEASON
FOLLOWING A COVID-19 OUTBREAK.
>> WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS
REPEATED HERE IN BOONE.
CHRIS THE COUNTY’S BOARD OF
: SUPERVISORS MET WEDNESDAY TO
DISCUSS A LETTER MEHLHAUS PLANS
TO SEND GOVERNOR REYNOLDS ASKING
HER TO CANCEL THE SUPER
NATIONALS OR REDUCE CAPACITY TO
0.
CHAIR STEVE DUFFY SAYS THE BOARD
DECIDED NOT TO SIGN ON.
HE SAYS THE IMCA’S DOING ITS
BEST TO PREVENT THE VIRUS.
>> THEY’VE REALLY MADE SOME
SERIOUS EFFORTS TO MITIGATE
THIS.
OBVIOUSLY THE SITUATION TODAY IS
NOT GOOD, BUT YET WE CERTAINLY
DIDN’T WANT TO STAND IN THE WAY
OF IT.
CHRIS THAT INCLUDES HANDING OUT
: MASKS AND REDUCING CAPACITY BY
50%.
I GAVE THE SPEEDWAY A CALL
SEEKING COMMENT.
THEY DIRECTED ME TO THE IMCA SO
I CALLED THE IMCA, LEFT MY
CONTACT INFORMATION, AND SO
