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Cosmotology program opens in Coquille JILLIAN WARD The World

COQUILLE — Oregon has three high school cosmetology programs, the third now established in the Coquille School District.

“At the high school level, we’re the third in the state (and) the first one south of Salem,” said Tim Sweeney, superintendent for the district.

When the school district looked to expand its Career and Technical Education program, students and families were asked what programs they wanted to see offered. This survey was done 18 months ago, before work began on the new Winter Lakes High School, which is also the home for many CTE programs.

According to Sweeney, cosmetology was one of the highest ranked programs requested.

Manufacturing and construction simulators were numbered high on that list as well, he said.

Now, as construction continues on the CTE side of the new Winter Lakes High School, one section overlooking the courtyard belongs to cosmetology. Overall, the CTE center cost $400,000.

Sweeney said the cosmetology

classroom cost about $125,000.

“We spent a ton of money on a ventilation system,” Sweeney said, adding that the system itself cost $57,000. “… The needs for a hair salon are different than the needs of a school because of all the products.”

In the salon, cosmetology teacher Brenda Goble will educate students on how to do hair and nails. She said the program had its start last year, where she taught students on doll heads and with a portable shampoo bowl.

“It was awkward, not the same, but we had fun,” she laughed. “At Halloween we had the doll heads out, creeping everyone out.”

Goble pointed out that locally there aren’t even adult cosmetology programs and that the closest was always in Salem.

“There are openings locally for a good stylist,” she said, adding that she spoke with area stylists and discovered one of the benefits of having a good program in the field is that graduating students tend to stay in the area. “We want people to stay.”

Sweeney said the program will have 15 to 20 students every hour who want to participate, anticipating it to be “hugely popular” in the region. Howev-

Jillian Ward, The World

Superintendent Tim Sweeney (left) stands in the future cosmetology classroom in the CTE center at Coquille School District. er, the class will have to submit to health guidelines as the new coronavirus pandemic persists.

This means the new school year will start out with five students every hour in the CTE salon.

“That’s a good start,” Sweeney

said. “That’s 35 to 40 students a day who can access this.”

Goble plans that by the end of the school year in 2021, community members will be invited to get their hair cut and styled for discounted rates at the high

Flowers bloom on the banks of the Coquille River

experiencing worrisome surges, including Louisiana, Utah and South Carolina.

Another worrisome trend: an increase in infections among young adults. Fauci said while COVID-19 tends to be less severe in younger people, some of them do get very sick and even die. And younger people also may be more likely to show no symptoms yet still spread the virus.

If people say, “’I’m young, I’m healthy, who cares’ — you should care, not only for yourself but for the impact you might have” on sickening someone more vulnerable, Fauci said.

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

Republican Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia asked if Fauci regretted that the AmerPlease see Virus, Page A2

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Amy Moss Strong, The World

Fauci: Next few weeks critical to virus spikes The leading public health officials spent more than five hours testifying before the committee at a fraught moment, with coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention with public health recommendations.

Fauci told lawmakers he understands the pent-up desire to get back to normal as the U.S. begins emerging from months of stay-at-home orders and business shutdowns. But that has “to be a gradual step-by-step process and not throwing caution to the wind,” he said.

“Plan A, don’t go in a crowd.

Plan B, if you do, make sure you wear a mask,” Fauci said.

Troubling surges worsened Tuesday in several states, with Arizona, California, Mississippi, Nevada and Texas setting single-day records for new coronavirus cases, and some governors saying they’ll consider reinstating restrictions or delaying plans

to ease up in order to help slow the spread of the virus.

Arizona, where Trump was headed for a speech at a Phoenix megachurch, reported a new daily record of nearly 3,600 additional coronavirus infections Tuesday. Arizona emerged as a COVID-19 hot spot after Republican Gov. Doug Ducey lifted his stay-home orders in mid-May. Last week he allowed cities and counties to require masks in public places and many have done so.

Texas surpassed 5,000 new cases for a single day for the first time — just days after it eclipsed 4,000 new cases for the first time — as America’s largest pediatric hospital began taking adult patients to free up bed space in Houston. The infection rate in Texas has doubled since late May. And Nevada surpassed a record one-day increase for the fourth time in the past eight days. Other states also were

Powerful earthquake shakes Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) — A powerful earthquake centered near the southern Mexico resort of Huatulco on Tuesday killed at least five people, swayed buildings in Mexico City and sent thousands fleeing into the streets.

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said one person was killed in a building collapse in Huatulco, Oaxaca.

Otherwise he said reports were of minor damage from the magnitude 7.4 quake, including broken windows and collapsed walls.

Oaxaca Gov. Alejandro Murat said a second person was killed in an apparent house collapse in the mountain village of San Juan Ozolotepec and a third died in circumstances he did not explain.

Federal civil defense authorities reported two more deaths: a worker at the state-run oil company, Pemex, fell to his death from a refinery structure, and a man died in the Oaxaca village of San Agustin Amatengo when a wall fell on him.

Pemex also said the quake caused a fire at its refinery in the Pacific coast city of Salina Cruz, relatively near the epicenter. It said one worker was injured and the flames were quickly extinguished. Churches, bridges and highways also suffered damage during the quake.

López Obrador said there had been more than 140 aftershocks, most of them small.

Seismic alarms sounded midmorning with enough warning for residents to exit buildings. Power was knocked out to some areas.

Helicopters flew over downtown Mexico City and police patrols sounded their sirens.

Groups of people still milled around in close proximity on streets and sidewalks in some neighborhoods of the capital about an hour after the quake.

Many were not wearing masks despite past appeals from municipal officials for them to do so as a way to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.

Inside a Mexico City military barracks converted to COVID-19 hospital, medical staff suited in protective equipment tried to calm anxious patients. Unable to evacuate isolation areas, patients huddled under a large beam in

Yellow and white yarrow and wild sage dot the river banks of the South Jetty across from the Coquille River Lighthouse in Bandon.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The next few weeks are critical to tamping down a disturbing coronavirus surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress on Tuesday — issuing a plea for people to avoid crowds and wear masks just hours before mask-shunning President Donald Trump was set to address a crowd of his young supporters in one hot spot.

Fauci and other top health officials also said they have not been asked to slow down virus testing, in contrast to Trump’s claim last weekend that he had ordered fewer tests be performed because they were uncovering too many infections. Trump said earlier Tuesday that he wasn’t kidding when he made that remark.

“We will be doing more testing,” Fauci, infectious disease chief at the National Institutes of Health, pledged to a House committee conducting oversight of the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic.

school salon.

“It’s been a whirlwind,” Goble said of the new program and classroom space.

“We’re very excited about everything going on,” Sweeney said.

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Road work projects continue in Coos Bay ZACH SILVA The World

COOS BAY — Road work projects are being started, completed and continued all across Coos Bay. There are currently three main projects being worked on, including the Eastside Safe Routes to School, the Fourth Street Rehabilitation Project and 10 asphalt maintenance projects located at 10 different locations.

Work initially started on the Eastside Safe Routes to School project in April when storm drains and sidewalks were added to the area. Monday marked off a new period of the project that will be diverting traffic until the end of July. For this portion project, traffic will be limited to one lane along Sixth Street.

Cross streets between H Street and D Street will not be able to enter onto Sixth Street. Drivers will be rerouted to Ninth Street.

The project is focused on improving and implementing sidewalks, storm infrastructure and crosswalks along Sixth Street from the Isthmus Slough Bridge to D Street and is scheduled to be completely finished

by December.

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the women’s ward while a nurse tried to calm one having a panic attack.

Teresa Juárez could only wish for it to pass quickly from her hospital bed where she lay connected to oxygen. Diabetic and with high blood pressure, Juárez said she thought about her five children. “It’s horrible, you’re here and you don’t know what to do,” she

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ican public wasn’t urged sooner to wear face masks, and then interrupted before the visibly annoyed scientist finished answering.

Fauci said he didn’t regret the change in recommendations. Early in the pandemic there was a “paucity of equipment” for health workers “who put themselves daily in harm’s way” and “we did not want to divert” those scarce supplies, he said.

Scientists eventually recommended the general public use cloth masks, after they better understood that people with no symptoms could be spreading the virus — even though they don’t offer as much protection as the sophisticated

“The construction crew will take all precautions and necessary actions to minimize the disturbance to surrounding residents and vehicles. The contractor will work with the residents to ensure safe entry and exiting during the road closure. However, they will experience delays. Drivers and pedestrians are advised to please exercise caution within the construction zone,” read a post from the City of Coos Bay. The Fourth Street project will begin on June 29 and extend into mid-July.

The overall project will address public safety issues as well as upgrade the traffic signals,” the city stated. “… mid-block pedestrian crossings added to the right of way to ensure public safety, near Bennett Avenue.”

Crews will begin staging equipment starting next Monday.

Repairs to 10 different sections of road are also being completed. The Coos Bay City Council approved funds for $632,390 of street repair and overlay projects with funds from the transportation utility fee that is paid on water bills.

The areas selected were

Zach Silva, The World

A crew from Knife River Construction works on the Safe Routes to School project on Tuesday afternoon. based on a number of factors.

“They’re based on what we call our pavement condition index, PCI,” said Coos Bay Public Works Director Jim Hossley.

“The city had all of its

streets evaluated about five years ago. At that time it rated the asphalt and so going by the lowest ranked streets we kind of look at those. If we have enough money to do them we put them on the list.

We also try to get them throughout different parts of the city and not just confine them to one area of the city.”

Repairs will be worked on select portions of I Street, Merchant Street,

19th Street, S. 11th Street, Park Avenue, Underwood, N. 10th, N. Marple, Kentucky Avenue and Koosbay Boulevard.

Knife River Construction will be completing each of these projects.

said.

The U.S. Geologic Survey said the quake hit at 10:29 a.m. (11:29 a.m.

Eastern) along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast at a depth of 16 miles (26 km).

The epicenter was 7 miles (12 km) south-southwest of Santa Maria Zapotitlan in Oaxaca state It was felt in Guatemala and throughout south and central Mexico.

In Huatulco, a laidback beach destination known for surfing and small protected coves,

the earthquake knocked goods off shelves and some rubble from buildings.

Mari González of the Princess Mayev hotel in Huatulco said staff and guests were able to evacuate the building before the quake, but that 45 minutes after the initial quake they were still outside as strong aftershocks continued.

“It was strong, very strong,” she said.

González said there was some visible broken glass and mirrors, but

no major damage. The staff was waiting for the aftershocks to dissipate before fully evaluating the property.

Local news media reported damage to some buildings in the state capital, Oaxaca city. State officials said they were looking for damage.

The USGS estimated that some 2 million people felt strong or moderate shaking and another 49 million felt weak or light shaking.

The earthquake hit a

quake-prone region where four underground tectonic plates come together. In the past 35 years, there have been at least seven magnitude 7 or greater earthquakes, killing around 10,000 people — most of them in a 1985 8.0 quake.

“This has the potential to be a deadly earthquake and cause significant damage,” U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Paul Earle said. “This area is capable of and has had larger earthquakes in the past.”

“There will be aftershocks,” Earle said. “It is not unexpected to see a magnitude 6 at this point and a number of smaller ones.”

This quake happened when the Cocos plate, which is to the southwest of the area, slipped under the North American plate, Earle said.

“You’ve got all sorts of plates and they’re moving quickly,” Earle said. “The important thing is how fast the plates are moving relative to each other.”

masks reserved for health workers and aren’t a substitute for staying 6 feet away from other people.

Trump, meanwhile, doubled down on testing claims that have public health experts appalled, tweeting Tuesday: “Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country, and ever expanding. With smaller testing we would show fewer cases! “ Less testing in fact means more infections going undetected. The U.S. was slow in ramping up and currently is testing about 500,000 people a day. Many experts say to control the spread of the virus, it should be testing 900,000 or more.

Brett Giroir, a Health

and Human Services assistant secretary, told lawmakers Tuesday the next step is testing patient samples in large batches to stretch limited supplies, which would expand U.S. screening between fivefold and tenfold.

Instead of testing each person individually, health workers would pool samples from 50, 100 or more people from the same office or school, for example. A negative result would clear everyone, while a positive would require each person to be individually re-tested.

And Dr. Robert Redfield, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, added that it’s now recommended for workers in nursing homes — hard-hit by

the virus — to be tested weekly.

As for the anxiously awaited vaccine, Fauci said he believes “it will be when and not if” it arrives, and he’s “cautiously optimistic” that some vaccine could be available at the end of the year.

More than a dozen vaccine candidates are in various stages of testing around the globe, and the U.S. next month is poised to begin the largest study — in 30,000 people — to get the needed proof that one really works. Meanwhile, countries, including the U.S. under a program called “Operation Warp Speed,” are beginning to stockpile millions of doses of different shots, in hopes at least some will prove usable.

Health officials assured lawmakers Tuesday that there won’t be shortcuts on safety.

“We absolutely must maintain regulatory independence and make the right decision for the American people based on the science and the data,” said Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn.

Democrats blasted Trump for confusing the public with erroneous statements — from testing to masks to unproven treatments — and ignoring the public health experts’ advice.

“It costs lives,” Rep. Kathy Castor of Florida said of Trump’s false claims. She urged the public health specialists to do more to counter the president: “We really

expect you to be more outspoken.”

Pushed on whether schools should reopen in August and September, Redfield insisted that will vary not just by state but by school district, depending on how many infections are in a particular area.

“Many jurisdictions will be reopening schools,” and CDC will soon issue some guidelines to help, he said.

Fauci noted that schools should tailor their decisions to local conditions, saying some might need few restrictions and others more.

He offered the same advice to colleges, saying they should assume some students will get infected and that there must be ways to keep them and their classmates safe.

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100 YEARS — June 24, 1920 No Convictions In Eastside Case Blame Is Placed On Ryan And Griffin Boys Former Could Not Be Found and Latter Alleged to be Not Entirely Responsible The trial of the three Eastside boys who were arrested and brought before the juvenile court was held by Judge Wade yesterday afternoon. It was alleged that the boys had demolished a wagon belonging to an Eastside lady.

The two McHale boys were acquitted as it was shown that they had not been guilty of the destruction of the property. The

blame was placed on the Griffin boy and the Ryan boy. The latter ran away and could not be found when the arrests were made, and it was claimed that the Griffin boy had received a blow on the head when quite young which caused him to not entirely responsible for his acts.

In view of the fact that Ryan could not be found and because of the plea made for the Griffin boy there was no convictions.

Bend Athletics, according to a decision Tuesday by the North Bend city council.

The council also called for public hearings on two street improvement projects and accepted an amended salary schedule that will give city employees an overall 6.78 percent wage increase for the 1970-71 fiscal year.

50 YEARS — June 24, 1970

By Louise Pipes, Correspondent LAKESIDE — A trout fishing derby beginning Friday afternoon marks the opening of Lakeside Outdoor Daze this weekend. The contest is open for children 13 and under and fish are to be registered Saturday from 8 to 8:30 a.m. at Garwood’s Dock.

A teen dance will be held at

NB Sets Street Projects, Acts On Pay, Park Fence The top of a double deck fence at the North Bend municipal ballpark must be taken down and relocated within five days by the Coos Bay-North

Fishing Derby At Lakeside

9 p.m. at McKay’s parking lot with music by the “Kold Harts.”

Saturday’s activities include a pet parade at 9 a.m. with races, games and other contests during the morning and afternoon. A boat parade at 5 p.m. will start from the Lakeshore Lodge, to North Lake Park, and back.

15 YEARS — June 24, 2005 Griffith eyes slough land

By Dan Schreiber, Staff Writer Just days after the death announcement for a bill to expand the potential boundaries of the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Coos County Commissioner

John Griffith opened dialogue toward buying property for the county inside the proposed legislation’s expanded range.

Griffith said he spoke to Rep. Susan Morgan, R-Myrtle Creek, and the conservation nonprofit Trust for Public Lands about the possibility of using the federal Forest Legacy Fund program to purchase property owned by the Plum Creek Timber Co. just south of the Joe Ney Slough.

The federal program enables state and private entities to purchase property development rights while allowing logging to continue.

These stories were found in the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum newspaper repository stored in Marshfield HS courtesy of Coos Bay Schools and on The World newspaper website www.theworldlink.com.

CFPA annoucnes fire season begins today

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SOUTH COAST — The Coos Forest Protective Association has announced that fire season will officially begin at 12:01 a.m.

Wednesday, June 24. The start of fire season activates restrictions on both public and industrial forest use on all public, private,

county, state and Bureau of Land Management lands within CFPA’s district boundaries.

The start of fire season means the end of unregulated, outside burning for rural Coos, Curry and western Douglas counties.

The outside burning of debris piles and the use of burn barrels will be

prohibited until fire season is terminated.

Residents living within an incorporated city need to contact their local fire department for burning restrictions and permit details.

Under Oregon law, the use of tracer ammunition and exploding targets is prohibited during fire

season and the use of sky lanterns is prohibited year round.

Regulated use restrictions will also be implemented, putting restrictions on public activities based on daily fire danger levels for specific activities.

Industrial fire regulations will also go into

effect. Industrial Fire Precaution Level 1 prohibits smoking while working on or traveling through an industrial operation.

Specified fire tools and suppression equipment must be maintained on all operations. A fire watch is also required on all industrial operation sites.

As fire season progress-

es, additional closures and restrictions may be imposed as weather conditions and fire danger becomes more severe.

For further information contact the CFPA Closure Information Line at 541267-1789, visit the website at www.coosfpa.net, or follow CFPA on Facebook and Twitter.

Burning permits not allowed in Reedsport The World REEDSPORT — For the eighth year in a row, the Reedsport Volunteer Fire Department will not issue burn barrel or debris burning permits within the Reedsport City limits for the 2020 fire season.

There will be no exceptions to this policy for the duration of fire season, according to the city of Reedsport.

The Fire Department will stop issuing permits on Wednesday, June 24.

This will occur at the same time that Coos For-

est Protective Association has announced that fire season has started.

The reasons for this policy change are: • To protect the welfare of the community • Reduce the cost of fire operations • Alignment with

neighboring fire protection agencies • To provide for firefighter safety Warming fires, otherwise known as campfires or recreational fires (for cooking and other non-debris burning activities), are still allowed

year around, (except during extreme fire danger), and do not require a permit.

“We ask that you burn safely and responsibly,” said a city spokesperson. “Use clean, dry firewood, do not leave the fire unattended, put

it out completely when finished and be aware of smoke intrusion in your neighborhood, which is regulated by City Ordinance 6.08.020(1).”

For more information, go to www.cityofreedsport.org and click on the Fire Department link.

(7), Lane (1), Malheur (2), Marion (17), Morrow (3), Multnomah (44), Polk (1), Tillamook (1), Umatilla (19), Union (19), Wasco (4), and Washington (42).

New information is available about Oregon’s 191st death, which was originally reported Monday, June 22. He is a 68-year-old man in Lincoln County who died on June 16 in his residence. He had underlying medical conditions.

COVID-19 cases has been reported at Lamb Weston in Umatilla County. The case counts include all persons linked to the outbreak, which may include household members and other close contacts.

The investigation started on June 16, but the initial case count was below the threshold for public disclosure. OHA is now publicly reporting COVID-19 outbreaks of more than 20 cases in workplaces with more than 30 employees in its daily news release Monday through Friday.

Outbreaks of more than five cases in workplaces with 30 or more employees are reported in its weekly report, published on Wednesdays.

Stay informed about COVID-19: Oregon response: The Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Office of Emergency Management lead the state response.

United States response: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leads the U.S. response.

Global response: The World Health Organization guides the global response.

Oregon reports 191 new virus cases, 0 new deaths PORTLAND — The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from yesterday and remains at 192, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.

Oregon Health Authority reported 191 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, bringing the state total to 7,274.

The new cases reported Tuesday are in the following counties: Clackamas (25), Coos (1), Deschutes (2), Hood River (1), Jackson (1), Jefferson (2), Klamath

New workplace outbreak reported An outbreak of 37

County awards $625,000 to man assaulted by deputy PORTLAND (AP) — The Washington County board of commissioners voted Tuesday to authorize a $625,000 payout to settle a lawsuit brought by a man whose skull was fractured in what appears to have been an unprovoked attack by a county sheriff’s deputy in the jail’s booking area in 2018.

In a prepared statement, the board condemned Washington County sheriff’s deputy Rian Alden’s conduct that “needlessly injured” and traumatized Albert Molina, 45.

The settlement was reached days before the county district attorney’s office is expected to go before a grand jury to seek a felony second-degree assault indictment against the deputy, Rian Alden, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. Oregon law caps payouts in suits against municipalities to $700,000.

The case has spurred the Washington County District Attorney’s office to reform how it handles similar cases in the future, officials there said.

Molina was accused of riding a bike while

intoxicated and was being booked into the Washington County Jail March 30, 2018.

A jail video released by Molina’s attorneys shows Alden directing Molina to stand against a wall for a booking photo. Molina appears to salute or gesture at Alden a few times. Alden gestures at Molina and after Molina makes another gesture and says something Alden slams Molina to the wall, appears to grab his neck, pins him to the ground and straddles him.

Other deputies come over, and one appears to help Alden hold Molina down.

Molina’s attorneys filed a lawsuit in 2019, citing major injuries and medical expenses that exceeded $135,000. He spent 19 days in the hospital, including five days in the intensive care unit.

The case was initially brought to the county district attorney’s office for review in 2018.

The decision not to prosecute Alden was made after neither of the outside investigators – from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and the

Oregon State Police -nor the district attorney’s office sought or obtained Molina’s medical records that documented serious injuries, Washington County Chief Deputy District Attorney Bracken McKey told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

“We got this one wrong, and we own that,” McKey said.

The renewed interest in the jail assault case came after the district attorney’s office saw an article on OregonLive.com in early June about an investigation into Alden for an alleged racist email, McKey said.

Alden’s attorney, Dan Thenell, called it unfair that the district attorney’s office is prosecuting Alden after previously choosing not to.

“This is all about politics because of what happened in Minneapolis to George Floyd,” Thenell said.

The sheriff’s office now will reach out to outside experts on any allegations of use of force and is considering calling in a national expert to review the office’s use of force policies.

DEAR ABBYBy Abigail Van Buren Woman’s attraction to man complicates their friendship DEAR ABBY: My friend “Lauren” and her husband separated for a few months last summer. During the separation, she had a short fling with my friend “Zack,” whom she met at my house.

Lauren decided to continue her marriage and, obviously, chose to stop seeing Zack.

A few months ago, Zack came to a party I threw. Lauren wasn’t able to make it. Everyone had a few margaritas, and as the night ended, I found myself having sex with Zack for the first time since our friendship began 10 or so years ago. It was so great, and we decided to do it again. I wasn’t sure I should tell Lauren, even though she’s a married woman, because I was afraid it might upset her.

A week ago, Zack confessed that he may be in love with me, and I feel the same way toward him. I decided to go ahead and tell Lauren, since my relationship with Zack is getting serious.

She reacted terribly. She was furious and accused me of “betraying” her and trying to “one-up” her. She said I should have known how she felt about him and that I’m a terrible friend for having sex with him, let alone falling in love. Abby, are her feelings justified? Am I in the wrong? Or are we all still adults? -- ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE DEAR ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE: Lauren’s feelings justified?

Heck, no! If you and Lauren are still speaking, “remind” her that when she went back to her husband, she relinquished all claims on the man she slept with in the interim. He’s entitled to a life and so are you. If I were you, I’d distance myself from this woman. She shouldn’t begrudge you for enjoying someone she can’t enjoy herself. Shame on her.

DEAR ABBY: I’m a student at an art school, and I’m struggling with anxiety and depression. I have been on lockdown in my hometown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, isolated from my friends and unable to socialize with others. Some-

times when I watch the news I become very anxious, and I wonder if there’s a light at the end of these dark times. What should I do? -- ANXIETY-RIDDEN IN ATLANTA DEAR ANXIETY-RIDDEN: Welcome to the club! If you think you have been alone in experiencing these emotions, you couldn’t be more wrong.

Many people feel just the way you do -anxious, isolated and depressed.

You can manage negative emotions by getting out of the house and exercising -- alone or with friends or neighbors -- while staying a social distance apart -- and keeping in touch with friends and classmates using your computer and cellphone. There’s no reason you couldn’t collaborate with some of them on an art project and create something spectacular using those devices.

Remind yourself that this quarantine is temporary. It isn’t going to last forever.

Unless you have an underlying health condition or someone in your household does, you can mingle with others wearing a face covering and keeping your distance. From what I have been observing, some relationships have been strengthened as people reach out to comfort and help each other. A surefire way to overcome the blues is to start thinking about what you can do for someone else, even if it’s just a phone call to say, “I’m thinking about you. How are you doing?”

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Washington governor orders facial covering statewide OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Citing ongoing coronavirus-related health risks, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday announced a statewide requirement for people to wear facial coverings in public settings.

The public health order, issued by Secretary of Health John Wiesman, takes effect Friday. The order requires face coverings when people are indoors in a public area, and outdoors in a public area when six feet of physical distancing can’t be maintained.

Washington joins several other states that already have statewide mask orders in place, including California,

which issued its order last week.

Inslee said the decision was made following an uptick in transmission rates of COVID-19 activity in the state.

“Until a vaccine or cure is developed, this is really going to be our best defense,” Inslee said at a news conference.

Yakima County, which has been among the areas hardest hit by the outbreak, has even more stringent requirements under a separate proclamation issued by Inslee that also takes effect Friday. In addition to being covered by the statewide mandate on masks in public

that prohibits people from entering a place of business — either indoors or outdoors — without first donning a mask, businesses in the central Washington county are prohibited from allowing a customer to enter a business, or conduct business with a customer in any public space unless the customer is wearing a face covering.

There are exemptions for people who are deaf or have hearing loss and those who have medical conditions that preclude them from wearing a mask. Children age 5 and younger are also exempt, though the order recommends facial coverings for children between the ages of

3 and 5.

People engaged in recreation alone or with household members and those eating out at restaurants wouldn’t have to wear masks as long as they are properly distanced from others.

The statewide order builds on a previous one from Inslee that — since June 8 — has required workers to wear facial coverings unless they don’t interact with others on the job.

Last month, San Juan County became the first jurisdiction to impose a mask requirement that was enforceable by law, making it a misdemeanor for people to not wear a mask while in

public. Brendan Cowan, a spokesman for the county, said in an email Tuesday that to date, no citations have been issued, just “lots of education and outreach.”

Several other jurisdictions — including King and Thurston counties — have issued their own face covering directives or have strongly urged residents to wear masks, though those counties have said that the efforts were focused more on education and that there were no civil or criminal penalties for violators.

A spokesman for Inslee said that violation of the statewide mask order for individuals is a misde-

meanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail and up to a $1,000 fine. Violation of the Yakima County proclamation for businesses is a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to 364 days in jail and up to a $5,000 fine.

Inslee said that businesses in Yakima County that don’t comply risk losing their business license.

As of Tuesday, Yakima County had at least 6,435 cases of coronavirus, second-highest among counties in the state, and 142 deaths.

King County, which includes Seattle and has nearly 10 times more people, had recorded at least 9,366 cases and 604 deaths.

Prosecutor: Trump ally Roger Stone treated differently WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor is prepared to tell Congress on Wednesday that Roger Stone, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was given special treatment ahead of his sentencing because of his relationship with the president.

Aaron Zelinsky, a career Justice Department prosecutor who was part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s team and worked on the case against Stone, will say he was told by supervisors that political considerations influenced the decision to overrule the recommendation of the trial team and propose a lighter prison sentence, according to testimony released by the House Judiciary Committee.

Zelinsky now works in the U.S. attorney’s office in

Maryland, and his testimony will feature the extraordinary spectacle of a current prosecutor castigating decisions made by the leadership of the Justice Department where he still serves. The hearing is likely to add to scrutiny of Attorney General William Barr, who has alarmed Democrats in recent months with his efforts to scrutinize, and even undo, some of the results of Mueller’s Russia’s investigation.

“What I heard — repeatedly — was that Roger Stone was being treated differently from any other defendant because of his relationship to the president,” Zelinsky says in the prepared testimony.

The panel subpoenaed Zelinksy and John Elias, a career official in the department’s antitrust

division, as part of its probe into the politicization of the department under Barr.

The Democratic-led panel and Barr have been feuding since shortly after he took office in early 2019, when he declined to testify about Mueller’s report.

The Democrats launched the investigation earlier this year over Barr’s handling of the Stone case, but have expanded their focus to several subsequent episodes in which they believe Barr is doing Trump’s bidding.

That includes the department’s efforts to dismiss the criminal case against Gen. Michael Flynn and the firing last weekend of the the top prosecutor in New York’s Southern District. The prosecutor, Geoffrey Berman, has been investigating the president’s personal attorney

Rudy Giuliani.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has threatened to subpoena Barr himself for a hearing next week if he doesn’t agree to appear. The attorney general has never testified before the panel.

Zelinsky, one of four lawyers who quit the Stone case after the department overruled their sentencing recommendation, plans to say Wednesday that the acting U.S. attorney at the time, Timothy Shea, was “receiving heavy pressures from the highest levels of the Department of Justice to give Stone a break.”

He does not say who was doing the pressuring, but says there was “significant pressure” on line prosecutors to “obscure” the correct sentencing guidelines and

“water down and in some cases outright distort” what happened at Stone’s trial and the events that resulted in his conviction.

Before Stone’s Feb. 20 sentencing, Justice Department leadership changed the sentencing recommendation just hours after Trump tweeted his displeasure at the recommendation of up to nine years in prison, saying it had been too harsh.

Stone was later sentenced to serve more than three years in prison plus two years’ probation and a $20,000 fine.

Barr has said Trump’s tweet played no role in the change. He said he ordered the new filing hours before the president’s tweet because he was caught off guard by the initial sentencing recommendation and

believed it was excessive based on the facts of the case.

Filing a new one was a “righteous decision based on the merits,” he has told The Associated Press.

According to his prepared testimony, Zelinsky will describe having learned from the media that the Justice Department planned to overrule the trial team’s sentencing recommendation, something he said he found unusual given the department’s conventional practice of not commenting on cases.

Though the U.S. attorney’s office initially said the reports were false, the team was later told that a new sentencing memorandum would be issued that would seek a lighter punishment for Stone.

Students provide boisterous crowd for Trump PHOENIX (AP) — It wasn’t quite one of his signature big-stadium rallies.

But President Donald Trump drew something closer to the jam-packed audience of political supporters he’s been craving as hundreds of young conservatives filled a Phoenix megachurch Tuesday to hear his call for them to get behind his reelection effort.

The crowded Dream City Church for the gathering of Students for Trump offered a starkly different feel compared to Trump’s weekend rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his first of the coronavirus era, which drew sparser attendance.

Trump hailed the “patriotic young Americans who stand up tall for America and refuse to kneel to the radical left.”

“You are the courageous warriors standing in the way of what they want to do and their goals,” he

told the boisterous crowd.

“They hate our history.

They hate our values, and they hate everything we prize as Americans.”

Trump was looking to regain campaign momentum after Tulsa, which was supposed to be a sign of the nation’s reopening and a show of political force.

Instead, it generated thousands of empty seats and swirling questions about the president’s campaign leadership and his case for another four years in office.

The low turnout sharpened the focus on Trump’s visit to Arizona, which doubles as both a 2020 battleground state and a surging coronavirus hot spot.

With the Phoenix event, which was organized by Turning Point Action, a group chaired by Trump ally Charlie Kirk, the president hoped to turn

attention — at least momentarily — away from his slumping poll numbers, surging coronavirus infections in huge swaths of the South and West, and a virus-ravaged economy.

His address was chockfull of typical Trump lines — boasts about television ratings, ridicule of his likely Democratic presidential opponent Joe Biden and sharply worded resentments over China’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. As he did in Oklahoma over the weekend, Trump referred to the virus as “kung flu,” a pejorative term that Asian-Americans say is racist.

But unlike his return to campaign stage before thousands of empty seats in Oklahoma, Trump seemed to revel in the energy of a packed — albeit smaller — venue. He also offered his supporters a dark warning.

“This will be in my opinion the most corrupt election in the history of our country,” said Trump, who has in recent days stepped up claims that expanded mail-in voting will lead to voting fraud.

“And we can not let this happen.”

But throughout his daylong trip to Arizona, which included a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, the COVID-19 pandemic shadowed Trump.

The Democratic mayor of Phoenix made clear she did not believe Trump’s speech could be safely held in her city — and urged the president to wear a face mask.

But Trump has adamantly refused to wear a mask in public, instead turning it into a red-vs.-blue cultural issue. Polling suggests Republicans are far less likely to wear face coverings than Democrats despite health

experts’ warnings that it dramatically reduces the risk of transmitting the virus. Few in the crowd at the Students for Trump event donned masks.

Since late May, Arizona has emerged as one of the nation’s most active hot spots for the spread of COVID-19.

Photos of restaurants and bars crowded with unmasked patrons ignited controversy. Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, a Trump supporter, reversed himself last week and allowed cities and counties to require people to wear masks in public places.

Most have, including Phoenix and Yuma and the counties that surround them.

Arizona is seeing disturbing trends in several benchmarks, including the percentage of tests that prove positive for the virus, which is the highest

in the nation.

The state reported a new daily record of nearly 3,600 additional coronavirus cases Tuesday as Arizona continued to set records for the number of people hospitalized, in intensive care and on ventilators for COVID-19.

Arizona’s total caseload in the pandemic stands at at least 58,179, with 42 more deaths reported Tuesday, raising the death toll to 1,384.

“Right now, the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgings that we are seeing in Florida, in Texas, in Arizona and other states,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s top infectious disease expert, told a House committee Tuesday. “They are not the only ones that are having a difficulty. Bottom line ... it’s a mixed bag.”

White House wins on health care price disclosure WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration won a court ruling Tuesday upholding its plan to require insurers and hospitals to disclose the actual prices for common tests and procedures in a bid to promote competition and push down costs.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar called the decision in federal court in Washington, D.C., “a resounding victory” for President Donald Trump’s efforts to open up the convoluted world of health care pricing so patients and families can make better-informed deci-

sions about their care.

“This may very well be bigger than healthcare itself,” Trump tweeted Tuesday, on the ruling.

“Congratulations America!”

But the American Hospital Association, which sued to block the Trump administration regulation and was on the losing side, announced it would appeal.

Industry argues that forcing the disclosure of prices negotiated between hospitals and insurers amounts to coercion.

That means the decision

by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols may not be the

final word.

“American patients deserve to be in control of their healthcare,” Azar said in a statement. “Especially when patients are seeking needed care during a public health emergency, it is more important than ever that they have ready access to the actual prices of health care services.”

Melinda Hutton, general counsel for the hospital association, said the trade group is disappointed by the ruling upholding what she called a “flawed” policy. Hutton, too, cited the coronavirus pandemic, saying that complying with

the rule would impose new costs at the wrong time.

“It also imposes significant burdens on hospitals at a time when resources are stretched thin and need to be devoted to patient care,” Hutton said. “The AHA will appeal this decision and seek expedited review.”

The administration’s disclosure rule is set to take effect in January, but that timetable is now unclear.

Nonetheless, patient advocate Cynthia Fisher said the judge’s decision will help demystify health care costs and is in line with what most people want

to see. “Americans want hospitals and insurance companies to reveal their hidden prices and believe that it will lower prices,” said Fisher.

As proposed, the Trump administration rule would require that hospitals: —publish in a consumer-friendly manner negotiated rates for the 300 most common services that can be scheduled in advance, such as a knee replacement, a Cesarean-section delivery or an MRI scan. Hospitals would have to disclose what they’d be willing to accept if the patient pays cash.

The information would be updated every year.

—publish all their charges in a format that can be read on the internet by other computer systems.

This would allow web developers and consumer groups to come up with tools that patients and their families can use.

Insurers also oppose the plan, saying it could prompt providers that are accepting a bargain price to try to bid up what they charge if they see that others are getting more.

Judge Nichols was nominated to the court by Trump.

Oregon police unions oppose proposed legislation SALEM (AP) — Oregon’s law enforcement unions are objecting to all six police accountability bills that have been introduced for the special legislative session that begins Wednesday.

Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the measures range from bans on

chokeholds and the use of tear gas to changes in disciplinary procedures for police. They form the centerpiece of a legislative session called in the wake of the nationwide protests following the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.

Michael Selvaggio, the lobbyist for the Oregon Coalition of Police & Sheriffs, known as ORCOPS for short, said he would “roundly reject the notion we’re somehow in the way of reform.”

But, he added, the bills have some “very obvious and unworkable mecha-

nisms” and that it “seems to me like they really rushed into this.”

Lawmakers are pushing forward with several bills that have faced strong union opposition in the past. They include measures that would revamp police discipline cases, ban tear gas and give the

state attorney general the power to oversee investigations into police actions that lead to death or serious injury.

Sen. James Manning, D-Eugene, is a member of the legislative People of Color Caucus, which has proposed several of the bills being taken up by the

legislature.

“It is time for us to go ahead and initiate these reforms,” Manning said “The people demand it.”

Manning, a former Army drill sergeant who also once worked as a police officer, said the police unions will have a chance to make their case.

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Rope found in NASCAR garage was coincidence JENNA FRYER

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NASCAR went to Talladega Superspeedway on heightened alert after Bubba Wallace, its only Black driver, took on an active role in a push for racial equality.

Wallace had successfully called for the ban of the Confederate flag and received threats.

Fans paraded past the main entrance of the Alabama track displaying the flag, and a plane circled above the speedway pulling a Confederate flag banner that read “Defund NASCAR.” So NASCAR moved quickly when one of Wallace’s crew members discovered a rope that resembled a noose in their garage stall. The sanctioning body called in federal authorities, who ruled Tuesday it had been hanging there since at least last October and was not a hate crime.

Sports Briefs RUNNING New York Marathon canceled due to pandemic NEW YORK — The New York City Marathon scheduled for Nov. 1 has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

New York Road Runners announced the cancellation of the world’s largest marathon Wednesday after coordinating with the mayor’s office and deciding the race posed too many health and safety concerns for runners, volunteers, spectators and others.

“While the marathon is an iconic and beloved event in our city, I applaud New York Road Runners for putting the health and safety of both spectators and runners first,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement. “We look forward to hosting the 50th running of the marathon in November of 2021.”

Last year’s marathon included a world record 53,640 finishers.

Entrants for the 2020 race will be offered a full refund of their entry fee or a guaranteed entry to either the 2021, 2022 or 2023 marathon.

The 2021 New York City Marathon is scheduled for Nov. 7.

NBA Lakers guard Bradley will sit out rest of season LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers guard Avery Bradley has decided to sit out the NBA’s upcoming resumption of the season in Florida.

He told ESPN on Tuesday night that he wants to remain with his wife and three children, including a 6-year-old son with a history of respiratory illnesses.

By sitting out, Bradley figures to lose a projected $650,000 in salary.

Bradley averaged 8.6 points and 2.3 rebounds while starting 44 games before the season was shut down in March due to the coronavirus. The Lakers are the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference heading into the 22-team restart.

Denver star Jokic tests positive for coronavirus DENVER — All-Star forward Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets has tested positive for the coronavirus and is quarantining in his native Serbia, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

Jokic is expected to return to Denver long before the team leaves for the Disney complex for the restart of the NBA season next month, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because neither the player nor the team acknowledged the positive test publicly.

ESPN and The Denver Post previously reported Jokic’s positive test.

U.S. Attorney Jay Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr. said the investigation determined “nobody could have known Mr. Wallace would be assigned” to that same stall.

NASCAR said it was the lone garage stall with a pull down rope that resembled a noose.

NASCAR has defended its reaction and insisted it would call the FBI again. A defiant Wallace said there is no confusion and the rope had been fashioned into a noose.

“I wanted to make sure this wasn’t just a knot,” Wallace said on CNN. “It was a noose.

Whether it was tied in 2019 ... it is a noose.”

Wallace never saw the rope.

He said NASCAR President Steve Phelps came to see him Sunday night at the track with “tears running down his face.”

“The evidence he brought to me was that a hate crime has been committed, quote-

on-quote,” said Wallace, who instantly began to fear for the safety of his family.

Even after the conclusion it was not a hate crime, Wallace remained angry at what he perceives as constant tests of his character. He holds no ill-will toward NASCAR. “I stand behind Steve and I stand behind NASCAR,” he said.

“NASCAR was worried about Talladega. We had that one circled on the radar with everything going on.”

NASCAR opened the Talladega gates to 5,000 fans, its highest number so far during the coronavirus pandemic.

Since finding his voice over the last month, the 26-year-old Mobile, Alabama native has embraced an international role in NASCAR’s attempt to push past its rocky racial history. Wallace has worn an “I Can’t Breathe” shirt, raced with a Black Lives

Matter paint scheme in Virginia and successfully lobbied for the Confederate flag ban.

NASCAR has assigned security to Wallace at the track and has been protective of the driver. The first word of the incident came in a sharply worded statement in which NASCAR said it was “angry and outraged” over the “heinous act” that the series directly linked to racism.

The FBI sent 15 agents to Talladega for Monday’s rescheduled race at the same time the industry rallied around Wallace. In an unprecedented show of solidarity, every team member on pit road lined up behind him during the national anthem.

Phelps has taken exactly nine questions about the finding in Wallace’s garage and none provided any details of the incident. Because of health protocol restrictions, a limited number of personnel have access to the ga-

rage. Only a handful of Wallace’s crew members and NASCAR saw the rope.

Roughly 48 hours after the discovery, federal authorities said video confirmed the rope “was in that garage as early as October 2019” hanging from a garage door. The rope was referred to as a noose, but can be used as a handle when closing the door.

Phelps continued to call it a noose after authorities said no charges would be filed, and held firm in that NASCAR is investigating why the rope was tied that way. He was pleased it wasn’t a hate crime directed at Wallace, but insisted NASCAR would have conducted its investigation the same way even now knowing it was just a coincidence.

“We would have done the same investigation. It was important for us to do,” he said.

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Baseball is back with 60-game schedule NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule Tuesday night that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks as the sport tries to push ahead amid the coronavirus following months of acrimony.

A dramatically altered season with games full of new rules was the final result of failed financial negotiations. But for fans eager to see any baseball this year, at least now they can look forward to opening day.

The announcement by MLB came while more players continue to test positive for the virus — at least seven on the Philadelphia Phillies alone. And a stark realization remained, that if health situations deteriorate, all games could still be wiped out.

“What happens when we all get it?”

Milwaukee pitcher Brett Anderson tweeted Monday.

One day after the players’ association rejected an economic agreement and left open the possibility of a grievance seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, the bickering sides agreed on an operations manual. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred then unilaterally imposed the schedule, his right under a March agreement with the union.

In a twist, the sides expanded the designated hitter to games between National League teams for the first time and instituted the radical innovation of starting extra innings with a runner on second base.

Playoff teams remain at 10 for now — there is still talk of a possible expansion. The rejected deal had called for 16 teams.

Players will start reporting for the resumption of training on July 1. It remains to be seen which players will report back to work — high-risk individuals are allowed to opt out and still receive salary and service time, but others who sit out get neither money nor the service credit needed for eligibility for free agency and salary arbitration.

Each team will play 10 games against each of its four division rivals and 20 total games against the five clubs in the corresponding regional division in the other league, according to details obtained by The Associated Press.

This will be MLB’s shortest season since 1878, a schedule of such brevity that some fans may question the legitimacy of stats and records.

No matter what, the season will be among the most unusual ever for a sport that takes pride in the race for titles being a marathon and not a sprint: Washington started 19-31 and 27-33 last year but finished 93-69 to earn a wild card and won a seven-game World Series for its first title.

“There’s a lot more pressure because in a 60-game schedule, I think that you have

Baseball’s new look Season: 60 games, 40 against division foes, 20 against matching nonleague division Opening Day: July 23 or 24 Designated Hitter: National League will use the designated hitter for the first time Extra Innings: A runner will begin on second base in extra innings in an attempt to shorten those games Relievers: Relief pitchers must either face three batters or finish an inning Rosin Bags: Pitchers will have their own rosin bags and not be allowed to lick their fingers Playoffs: Currently 10 teams, though that could change. Rejected proposal called for 16 teams

25% more teams that can compete, that had no idea they were going to compete for 162 games,” said Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz, now a broadcaster.

The trade deadline will be Aug. 31 and the deadline to be in an organization for postseason eligibility is Sept. 15. Teams can resume making trades Friday, when rosters will no longer be frozen.

Active rosters will be 30 players during the first two weeks of the season, 28 during the second two weeks and 26 after that. They will not expand to 28 on Sept. 1, as originally intended this year.

With no minor leagues, teams would be allowed to retain 60 players each, including a taxi squad. Up to three players from the taxi squad can travel with a team to a game, and one of the three must be a catcher.

MLB is keeping the planned innovation that pitchers must face three batters or finish a half inning — players refused to agree a year ago but also waived their right to block.

The injured list minimum for pitchers will remain 10 days rather than revert to 15, as initially intended.

Public opinion shredded both sides as they locked in a ferocious financial battle during a pandemic that has led to more than 120,000 deaths and 2.3 million infections in the U.S. and led to a 14.7% unemployment rate, the highest since the Great Depression.

MLB hoped to be the first U.S. major league to return, at first with an 82-game schedule starting around the Fourth of July, but sniping broke out between management and players who distrust teams’ claims of economic losses following years of franchise appreciation. MLB claimed that without

gate-related revenue it would lose $640,000 for each additional regular-season game, a figure the union disputed.

MLB became exasperated with the union’s leadership team, headed by former All-Star first baseman Tony Clark and Bruce Meyer, a litigator hired in August 2018. Manfred and Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem were infuriated when Clark said he considered the result of a one-on-one meeting with Manfred last week a proposal rather than what MLB termed a framework for a deal.

Rather than play 162 games over 186 days, the season will be 60 games over 66 or 67 days, depending on whether there is a nationally televised Thursday night opener. It is scheduled to end Sept. 27, which leaves little margin to make up September rainouts. MLB insisted it needed to complete the World Series in October, avoiding any second wave of the virus.

Players are being given staggered reporting times over several days for intake screening.

The time will be used for coronavirus testing ahead of the resumption of workouts, which were stopped March 12 due to the pandemic.

Because of an uptick in infections in Florida and Arizona’s summer heat, 28 teams currently are leaning toward training in their regular-season ballparks. Detroit remained partial to Lakeland, Florida, and Toronto was hoping to gain government permission to work out at Rogers Centre.

Under terms of the deal the sides reached on March 26, which was to have been opening day, players would receive prorated portions of their salaries if the 60-game schedule is not cut short by the virus. Salaries originally totaled $4 billion, and the prorated portion of about 37% reduces pay to $1.48 billion.

Salaries were to have ranged from $563,500 at the minimum to $36 million for Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole at the top, but the spread would now be from $208,704 to $13,333,333.

MLB initially had sought last month in its initial economic plan to reduce pay to about $1 billion, and players vowed not to give up full prorated pay and proposed a 114-game schedule that amounted to $2.8 billion.

The relationship deteriorated back to the level of the acrimonious labor disputes that led to eight work stoppages from 1972-95, and the union has threatened a grievance claiming MLB didn’t fulfill the provision in the March deal requiring the longest season economically feasible, conditioned by several other provisions. MLB would claim the union bargained in bad faith, and the case would be argued before arbitrator Mark Irvings.

That would be a prelude to the expiration of the current labor contract on Dec. 1, 2021, which likely will be followed by a lockout.

Frontier Conference will play eight-game schedule WHITEFISH, Mont. (AP) — The Montana-based Frontier Conference has approved abbreviated football and volleyball schedules for this fall, the league announced.

The conference includes both Southern Oregon University and Eastern Oregon University for football.

Frontier Conference football teams will play an eight-game schedule against only other conference teams. Each team will play two games against one league opponent.

In the case of the two Oregon schools, they will face each other twice, starting the season in La Grande and ending it in Ashland.

The season will run from Sept.

12 through Nov. 7 and will allow teams to qualify for the NAIA playoffs, conference athletic directors and school leaders said Monday.

Southern Oregon will also have road trips to Montana State-Northern (Sept. 26), Montana Tech (Oct. 17) and College of Idaho (Oct. 24) and host Rocky Mountain (Sept. 19), Montana Western (Oct. 3) and Carroll (Oct. 31).

Eastern Oregon University had not updated its football schedule on its website by Wednesday morning.

Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon are not part of the Fron-

tier Conference for volleyball.

The six conference volleyball teams will play a 20-game schedule over a 10-week period from Sept. 11 through Nov. 14. Home teams will host the same opponent on Fridays and Saturdays and will play each league team four times, twice at home and twice on the road.

The shortened seasons were approved by the NAIA Council of Presidents due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fall sport student-athletes can report for preseason training on Aug. 15.

The NAIA earlier announced that the first possible contest dates for the sports other than

football will be Sept. 5. For the Cascade Collegiate Conference, those sports are volleyball, soccer and cross country.

The league also will have reduced schedules for both volleyball and soccer — 22 dates for volleyball (down from 28), and 14 matches for soccer (down from 18). The maximum number of cross country meets will be seven instead of eight.

The conference includes Southern Oregon, Eastern Oregon, Corban, Northwest Christian, Oregon Tech, Warner Pacific, Multnomah, College of Idaho, Northwest University and Evergreen.

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80s

Stationary Front

90s

100s

110s

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57/89

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85°

T-storms

Beaver Marsh

Butte Falls

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57°

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48/85

Toketee Falls

Ashland

62/94

47/86

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Chiloquin

Gold Hill Grants Pass

Port Orford

La Pine

47/87

61/92

Florence

47/85

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Powers

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Sunriver

Canyonville

Port Orford

Charleston

49/86

Oakridge

63/89

Coquille

58/69

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59/84

Roseburg

57/72

49/87

58/85

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57/83

60/84

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56/66

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52°

Cottage Grove

59/84

Bandon

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Astoria 76/52 0.00 Burns 94/51 0.00 Brookings 68/55 0.00 Corvallis 92/57 0.00 Eugene 92/55 0.00 Klamath Falls 96/56 0.00 La Grande 89/52 0.00 Medford 101/62 0.00 Newport 63/48 0.00 Pendleton 97/55 0.00 Portland 93/62 0.00 Redmond 97/52 0.00 Roseburg 97/62 0.00 Salem 91/58 0.00 The Dalles 101/60 0.00

57/85

Drain

Elkton

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OREGON CITIES

65° 57/85

Gold Beach Jun 28

Clouds and sun with a shower

Eugene

0.00" 24.92" 40.31" 36.16"

SUN AND MOON

Mostly cloudy and windy

Halsey

Yachats

70°/52° 63°/51° 80° in 1989 41° in 1937

PRECIPITATION

Full

68°

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Windy with sunshine

54°

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90°

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Fri.

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Pittsburgh Pocatello Portland, ME Providence Raleigh Rapid City Redding Reno Richmond, VA Sacramento St. Louis Salt Lake City San Angelo San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Fe Seattle Sioux Falls Spokane Springfield, IL Springfield, MA Syracuse Tampa Toledo Trenton Tucson Tulsa Washington, DC W. Palm Beach Wichita Wilmington, DE

78/60/pc 81/53/pc 81/59/s 84/65/pc 85/67/t 82/60/t 111/73/s 94/64/s 84/65/t 100/61/s 90/73/pc 87/64/pc 98/73/pc 71/65/pc 72/56/pc 84/60/pc 94/57/pc 80/58/pc 89/66/pc 84/62/pc 86/66/pc 86/60/s 79/60/pc 96/80/c 83/61/sh 84/65/pc 109/75/pc 92/73/s 86/69/pc 91/78/pc 94/71/s 84/66/pc

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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Prec.-precipitation.

Steelers will support players who want to kneel PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin wants his players to feel comfortable speaking out about social justice in any way they see fit, provided it’s done “thoughtfully and with class.”

Kneeling included.

Tomlin said Tuesday the club has engaged in “intimate discussions” with players about how to use their public platform to help effect social change amid the fallout from the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while being taken into police custody in Minneapolis last month.

“Our position is simple,” Tomlin said. “We are going to support our players and their

willingness to partake in this, whether it is statements or actions. You guys know my feelings, I have stated them in the past. Statements are good, but impact is better. Particularly long-term impact.”

The Steelers are going to leave it up to the players to let them determine how best to make that impact, though the team has created what Tomlin described as “structural committees” designed to help them organize their actions so they can “do things properly.”

Tomlin’s tone was a marked departure from his sense of frustration in 2017, when a miscommunication during the national anthem before a game against

the Chicago Bears left offensive tackle and Army veteran Alejandro Villaneuva standing alone on the field saluting the flag while the rest of the team remained out of sight in a tunnel.

Tomlin stressed in the aftermath that his focus was on football and that figuring out what served as an appropriate form of protest was for “political beatniks to ponder.”

The league’s third-longest tenured head coach said his issue three years ago was timing.

The chaos in Chicago happened during the regular season.

Floyd’s death, coming during a relatively quiet period for the NFL, “allowed us to really un-

earth some discussions and take our time,” according to Tomlin.

All-Pro defensive end Cam Heyward said last week the Steelers would be united in any form of protest they may choose to adopt in 2020.

Tomlin has long pointed toward his team’s work off the field — particularly on Tuesdays in the fall, when the players are typically off and doing charity work in the Pittsburgh area — as proof it is not just interested in making statements on Sunday afternoons. He doesn’t anticipate that changing.

“This unrest is an opportunity to learn, to listen and to grow and to make sure you take care of yourself, your own heart and

your own home first and work from there,” said Tomlin, who is one of the three active Black head coaches in the league. “That’s something I try to live by and try to encourage our guys to live by.”

When he’s not trying to help his players navigate an uncertain social landscape, Tomlin is focusing on attempting to get 90 players ready for a training camp unlike any other.

The national lockdown created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic forced the NFL to conduct its offseason program remotely.

Lots of Zoom calls. Lots of adapting. And zero practice time together, something Tomlin admitted has caused “angst” and “anxiety.”

Rapinoe, others opt Two players withdraw from PGA event out of NWSL tourney Cameron Champ Associated Press U.S. national team players Megan Rapinoe, Tobin Heath and Christen Press have opted out of the National Women’s Soccer League tournament kicking off this weekend in Utah.

Heath and Press, who played with Rapinoe on the champion World Cup team last summer in France, cited concerns about the coronavirus.

“Although I want to be on the field with my teammates doing what I love, because of the uncertainty and risks created by COVID-19, I have chosen not to participate in the NWSL Challenge Cup,” Heath, who plays for the Portland Thorns, said in a statement released by the team.

The Challenge Cup opens Saturday with a game between the Thorns and the defending champion North Carolina Courage. Among the national team players taking part in the tournament are Chicago’s Julie Ertz, U.S. Soccer’s Player of the Year, teammate Alyssa Naeher, North Carolina’s Crystal Dunn and Port-

land’s Becky Sauerbrunn.

The league was rocked by the announcement Monday that the Orlando Pride were dropping out of the tournament after six players and four staff members tested positive for COVID-19. The withdrawal leaves eight teams participating in the monthlong tournament.

In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, NWSL Commissioner Lisa Baird said the situation was “hugely” disappointing, given some of the talent on the Pride, including national team players Ali Krieger, Ashlynn Harris, Emily Sonnett and Brazillian star Marta.

“We’re just really concerned about them (the Pride players) and really disappointed that we won’t see them,” Baird said. “But we’re focusing on what we need to be focused on right now, which is to make sure that the facility, the protocols, all of the player education regarding all the tournament rules and the CDC guidelines or protocols, are in place because tomorrow we start welcoming our first team in Utah.”

is second tour player to test positive for the coronavirus DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press

Two players have withdrawn ahead of the Travelers Championship because of the coronavirus as the PGA Tour awaits test results of the entire field of players and caddies in its third week back amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cameron Champ tested positive when he arrived Tuesday and took his mandatory test at TPC River Highlands.

Graeme McDowell withdrew Wednesday without having tested positive. McDowell told Golfweek that his caddie, Ken Comboy, tested positive. McDowell said he was withdrawing for the protection of the other players and caddies and for his own peace of mind.

He was to fly from Cromwell, Connecticut, to his home in Orlando, Florida.

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“The alarm bells have started to ring now that Kenny has failed this test,” McDowell told Golfweek.

“We’re a close-knit team.

We roomed together last week, we spent six hours in a car. He’s carrying the virus, so in some way, I have to be carrying it, too.”

McDowell said he informed the tour who he was around during his time at the TPC River Highlands. That includes a practice round Tuesday with Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka and British Open champion Shane Lowry.

The PGA Tour’s return to tournaments started with a perfect record — 487 tests for players arriving at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas; 98 players on the charter flight to South Carolina; 369 tests at Hilton Head Island. All came back negative.

Nick Watney was the first player to test positive, on Friday at the RBC Heritage. Watney, who had tested negative on Tuesday, asked to be tested again when his Whoop wristband — which measures various health metrics — showed an increase in his respiratory rate.

Justin Thomas, who

also wears the wristband, said the tour has acquired Whoop straps for players and caddies.

“It’s crazy to say, but (without) his Whoop device we could have been screwed right now because he could have played the rest of the week and ended up contaminating or infecting many other people,” Thomas said Wednesday.

Will Ahmed, the CEO and founder of Whoop, said the tour has acquired more than 1,000 of the straps and that the company was working to integrate the straps with “everyone in the PGA Tour universe.”

Comboy, the longtime caddie for McDowell, told Golfweek he flew to Florida commercially from Texas after McDowell missed the cut because there wasn’t room on the private plane. He and McDowell attended a funeral on Monday and then drove to Hilton Head.

McDowell did not immediately respond to a text from the AP seeking comment. He told Golfweek he tested negative at the Travelers Championship on Monday, and he would decide when he reached home whether he should quarantine from his family.

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the investigation and an employee recalled “seeing a tied handle in the garage pull down rope from last fall,” when the team had the stall.

NASCAR saying it had found a noose stunned the stock car series as it takes an active position in a push for inclusion. The series first tried to ban the Confederate flag five years ago but did nothing to enforce the order.

NASCAR has yet to detail how it will answer Wallace’s call to stop the display of the flag.

From B1

“The evidence was very clear that the noose that was in the garage was in there previously. The last race we had in October, that noose was present.

The evidence we had, it was clear we needed to look into this.”

He took no questions on the FBI’s findings.

Meanwhile, Wood Brothers Racing team said it cooperated with

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