Bass Fishing Jun - Jul 2020 | Page 18

THE FRONT PAGE FLW Lends trailer to help with covid-19 testing > WITH TOURNAMENTS POSTPONED during the COVID-19 pandemic, FLW was in a unique position to offer a helping hand to medical professionals in the form of one of its Phoenix Bass Fishing League weigh-in trailers. A COVID-19 community task force centered in Paducah, Ky., used the trailer as a check-in point for its mobile COVID-19 testing station, which Dr. James Kyle Turnbo says was a welcomed and crucial addition to the facility. “We’re pretty proud of the community’s response, and the FLW trailer has been instrumental in allowing us to do this from a safe distance with all the appropriate control mechanisms from an infectious disease standpoint,” says Turnbo. “We’re tremendously grateful for the contribution. “Everybody in the community has really stepped up and contributed; certainly, FLW and other local contractors. It’s really been a nice demonstration of what a community can do when they come together.” 16 FLWFISHING.COM | MAJORLEAGUEFISHING.COM | JUNE-JULY 2020