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State speeds up vaccination timeline ZACK DEMARS The World

Oregon seniors may receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine faster than previously expected.

Thanks to additional planned doses of the vaccine to come from the federal government, Oregon has plans to speed up its statewide vaccination timeline, state health officials announced during a conference Feb 5.

The state’s now projecting three quarters of health care workers, educational staff and seniors to

become eligible within the next four weeks will have received a first dose of the vaccine by early April, about a month ahead of the state’s previous projection.

“This is really good news.

However, we still have a long way to go,” said Oregon Governor Kate Brown.

A quicker timeline for vaccinating seniors means the state will be able to reach other groups sooner too, according to Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen.

“That’s good news for seniors.

It’s also good news for frontline

workers, people with underlying health conditions and others who are next in line,” Allen said.

The new projection comes after federal health officials promised the state an increase in vaccine doses in the coming weeks, Allen said.

He laid out the three factors which impact how quickly the state can distribute vaccine: The number of available doses, the size of the eligible population and the rate at which vaccination sites across the state could be distributing vaccine.

That third factor isn’t an issue, as Allen said the state could be

vaccinating twice as many people as it currently is.

“That leaves supply and demand as the limiting factors,” Allen said.

According to Allen, new dose allocations announced by the federal government mean the state will see more than 75,000 doses of the vaccine a week. The increase includes 11,600 more doses a week in the state’s standard allocation, and 12,000 new doses a week through a federal pharmacy partnership program.

Starting the week of Feb. 8, Allen said the state will begin using 5,000 doses a week to vaccinate adults in

custody in state prisons and county jails, as well as eligible youth in custody of the Oregon Youth Authority, in line with a federal court order issued Feb. 3 mandating the state vaccinate prisoners.

There could be more improvements on the horizon, too, as Allen said the state’s timeline doesn’t take into account the possibility of a third vaccine, produced by Johnson & Johnson, which could enter the supply chain by early March pending federal approvals.

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The Mecca now lies opposite where it fell decades ago, in the mud on the Coos River.

Winter rains raise riverboat history ZACK DEMARS The World

ALLEGANY — Freed from its mud-slogged grave, the Mecca has risen from its decades-long slumber.

Its bones lie on one bank of the Coos River, just outside of Allegany, protruding from its flat wooden bottom and poking out of the waters it once traversed daily.

The riverboat sank decades ago, but the stormy winter has brought its story back to life, pulling its remains from the mud and depositing

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them across the river from where they once fell.

Just up the river from the Mecca’s gravesite lives Roger Ott, a lifelong Allegany resident and a purveyor of memories from the Coos River’s history as the artery to Allegany.

For Ott, it runs in the family: His father, grandfather and great grandfather had been running boats up and down river between the 1890s and the family’s last run in 1948.

“I remember climbing up on it,”

Ott said of the Mecca.

He can’t be sure exactly when the Mecca sunk — he’s a little too young to remember the boat ever working — but knows it had to be at least 80 years ago, when he remembers seeing the boat in the river on its side.

Before it had fallen, the Mecca had been one in the Ott family’s collection of riverboats. Before the highway, anything that needed to come up to Allegany came up on the river.

Ott’s great grandfather, Charles

Edwards, started running up and down the river around 1896, according to Ott. Riverboat captains and crew would travel down the river towards Marshfield (now Coos Bay), collecting cans of milk from dairy farms along the way. They’d drop the milk off at the creamery (now an empty space on Front Street, just north of the old Coos Bay Iron Works building), and return up the river with bags of mail.

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A black lab experienced a string of good luck last week after an accident on a trail in Coos County.

According to Coos County K9 Deputy Adam Slater, a black lab named Molly slipped down a cliff on the upper area of the Golden & Silver Falls trail in the mid-afternoon Jan. 29.

The City of Coos Bay now has a few more options for making sure graffiti in the city gets cleaned up.

During a council meeting Feb. 2, the Coos Bay City Council approved modifications to the city’s rules around graffiti, giving property owners a timeline by which they have to remove or cover visible graffiti.

City officials have been discussing changes to the city’s policy since September, after the city saw an uptick in graffiti events throughout the summer, according to Deputy Police Chief Chris Chapanar.

One of the policy’s key changes puts a timeline on the abatement of graffiti in the city.

“The previous ordinance read that the graffiti needed to be removed by the property owner, but really didn’t specify a timeframe, and so it was kind of vague,” Chapanar told councilors. “So with the new revision, the proposed revision, it actually sets a timeframe out five days. But it also gives the property owner an option to request an extension in writing.”

The new rules mean graffiti must be removed by the owner of vandalized property within five days of its appearance. After five days — unless a property owners requests an extension — the owner could face abatement proceedings or be subject to a $250 fine.

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The Millington Fire Department and Coos County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about a fallen dog at Golden & Silver Falls Jan. 29. Molly, a black lab, was pulled from a ledge 30 feet below the trail.

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“Someone shot off … a big firework and (our dog) started panic running,” Goward said about their 7-year-old blue heeler and border collie mix. “We almost got her but then (people nearby) shot off another firework. She disappeared….”

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New public health director urges adherence to guidelines Anthony Arton took on the role in October of 2020 JILLIAN WARD For The World

COOS COUNTY ─ Coos Health and Wellness has a new public health director leading the community through the ongoing pandemic.

Anthony Arton replaced interim public health Administrator Kathy Cooley.

Arton stepped into his new role in October as COVID-19 numbers continued to rise across the South Coast. Arton, a University of Central Missouri graduate, said he feels the public health field is a perfect fit for his skills, combining both his education and desire to help people.

He initially pursued a career as a firefighter, having earned a bachelor’s in government with a minor in health and safety. However, he graduated in 2007 when the recession hit.

“…A lot of my friends who were firefighters were being laid off,” he remembered.

“The small (fire) departments that were hiring (wanted) experienced guys. If you were in their position, you might want someone with five years of experience rather than mold someone fresh.”

So Arton went back to earn a master’s degree, again at the University of Central Missouri, with a focus on administration. From there he worked in higher education housing programs in Texas.

“We transitioned high school seniors to the college world,” he said. “If students had problems we would send them to the county health department because many didn’t have health insurance… Looking back on that job, it warmed me up … to public health.”

In 2016, Arton found himself moving back to his home-state of Missouri to be near his grandfather who had taken ill. Arton accepted his first job as a public health administrator for Johnson County, where he quickly

discovered how well the position matched his skills.

“It serves my mission to help people,” Arton said. “I always wanted to give back to the community and as a public health administrator, I can do that.”

When he first took the position, he was faced with dealing with the Zika virus.

He also tackled hot-button issues like Concentrated Animal Feed Operations.

“There were a lot of homes in the area,” Arton said of the CAFO coming in at the time, which sought to expand operations to 6,000 or more cattle. “I ended up being involved in that and being devil’s advocate for both sides….”

He also became familiar with the opiate crisis, which is a struggle across the nation.

Coos Health and Wellness Arton’s grandfather passed away two years after he took his job as public health administrator in Johnson County. He credits getting into the field to his grandfather and wanting to be near him before he died, but that “I never wanted to move back to Missouri.” “…That’s where I grew up and it’s a great state, but I want to experience the world

and live in a different part of the country,” he said. “To me, part of growth and life is experiencing new things and cultures. I never had the experience to live near the coast, which was part of why I wanted to move here….”

After taking on the helm as public health director for Coos Health and Wellness in October, Arton said he was faced with needing to rebuild partnerships and reestablishing lines of communication.

“I think there were relationships that were hurt or maybe felt neglected,” he said, adding that his arrival brought fresh energy to staff who had been fighting the pandemic for eight months. “…(I) provided direction … (and) instant leadership. I pride myself in trying to be the model of efficiency. (So far), those are the biggest things I’ve done. They are small but make a big difference.”

However, he has also helped coordinate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. “(Coos Health and Wellness) established a committee … with the facilities that would receive the vaccine,” Arton said.

This committee meets Tuesdays, comprised of representatives from other area health facilities. Those

facilities include Bay Area Hospital, Coquille Valley Hospital, Advanced Health, and just recently North Bend Medical Center, as well as others.

“We talk about how much vaccine is coming into the county every week, who is receiving it and how we can redistribute it if we need to,” Arton said. “For instance, three or four weeks ago, Bay Area Hospital received … 1,300 doses for staff and (then) got 1,200 more doses the next week… We reallocated some and Coquille Valley Hospital took 400 doses.

Communicating and working with one another means we know where vaccines are and are progressing through the population quickly and efficiently.”

Arton stated Coos County was one of the first in the state to distribute vaccines to teachers.

“It has been a massive undertaking and there are little hiccups here and there, but for the most part we got the vaccine out quickly,” he said.

As of Feb. 2, Arton said over 4,000 people in Coos County have received the vaccine.

When asked about the concerns surrounding supply issues for the vaccine, Arton said he doesn’t want people

to panic if they don’t get their second dose within 28 days after their first shot.

“The second doses are coming in,” he said. “As far as I’m aware, I don’t think we’ll miss the window on anyone. We are fortunate we have good planning and, at this point, are receiving second doses. I would encourage people to continue to work with the organization that got them the first dose to get their second dose.”

Arton urged the public to also follow the health guidance, such as wearing masks and maintaining social distance. He emphasized that those guidelines are “there to protect you, your loved ones, your coworkers.” “…We need to take on a community mentality that we’re in this together,” he said. “My goal is to try to get things back to normal as quickly as possible. I know people see it as a freedom issue, but until we can put the virus behind us we can’t get restaurants and small businesses open like we want.

“When we have certain groups of people acting certain ways, it makes getting back to the normal future much more difficult,” he said.

Oregonians can sign up for health insurance through May 15 The Biden Administration announced that it will open a special enrollment period from Feb. 15 through May 15, 2021. This special enrollment period will allow Oregonians who are looking for health coverage to shop at HealthCare.gov.

In recent years, Oregon made great strides in reducing the state’s uninsured rate. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 94 percent of all Oregonians had health coverage. Since the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Oregonians either lost their job or experienced a loss in income. These Oregonians may be eligible for financial help to purchase health insurance.

Insurance agents and community partner organizations throughout the state are available to help people apply for financial assistance and choose private plans.

Oregonians seeking insurance can also browse plans to review savings eligiblilty at OregonHealthCare.gov/ WindowShop.

Oregonians who do not get health insurance through their job or a program such as the Oregon Health Plan or Medicare may qualify for help paying for 2021 coverage at OregonHealthCare.gov. Even if people are temporarily uninsured, they can sign up for help between Feb. 15 and May 15 to get health insurance for 2021.

“This new opportunity to enroll in health coverage for 2021 is critical during the current pandemic,” said Chiqui Flowers, administrator of the Oregon Health

Insurance Marketplace.

“You can get help paying for health insurance based on your income. Don’t assume you make too much to be eligible.”

Individuals making $51,040 or less per year, and families of four making $104,800 or less, may receive help paying for coverage.

In 2020, more than seven in 10 Oregonians who chose plans through HealthCare. gov received financial help for monthly premiums and out-of-pocket costs. These savings lowered the average premium to just $145 per month.

To apply, go to OregonHealthCare.gov between Feb. 15 and May 15 and answer a few Oregon-specific questions to get to the right application. You can also search the “get help” directory on OregonHealthCare.gov to find an insurance agent or

community partner organization to help you complete the application and enroll. Insurance agents and community partners provide local, one-on-one assistance at no charge to the client. This help is available virtually over the phone, and in person following safety protocols.

Highway 42 project near Coquille will close lanes

COQUILLE – Motorists traveling Oregon Highway 42 (the Coos Bay-Roseburg Highway) should expect lane closures in the Coquille area as construction begins on a new highway project this week.

The first phase of the project will focus on leveling the one-mile section of Highway TUESDAY, FEB. 9 42 between West Central Lower Umpqua Library District Board of Directors — 6 Boulevard and Oregon 42S p.m., regular meeting, 395 Winchester Avenue. Meeting also (Bandon-Coquille Highway). available on Zoom, with information located on the library The four travel lanes in this website www.luld.org and Facebook https://www.facebook. area have settled over the past com/LowerUmpquaLibrary the day of the meeting. The library few decades, resulting in an district includes Reedsport, Scottsburg, Winchester Bay, Garuneven road surface. Condiner and the surrounding areas in western Douglas County. struction to level the highway South Coast ESD Board of Directors — 6 p.m., regular will limit this area to a single meeting, held virtually, with meeting link at www.scesd.k12. lane in each direction from or.us/board-of-directors/ or call 541-266-3951 or by email to February to May. kathleenm@scesd.k12.or.us for additional information.

Prime contractor Knife River Materials will also WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10 upgrade ADA sidewalk North Bend Public Library Board — 5 p.m., regular ramps, replace a culvert and meeting, held online via Zoom. For instructions on joining, call 541-756-0400 or email nbservices@northbendlibrary.org. pave more than five miles of Highway 42 between Cedar A live stream of the meeting will be available on the North Point Road and Finley Loop Bend Public Library YouTube channel. (milepost 9.7-15.2).

Bunker Hill Sanitary District — 6 p.m., regular meeting, All work on the $6.47 milDyer Partnership Engineers & Planners, 1330 Teakwood Ave., lion project is scheduled for Coos Bay. completion in summer 2022.

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Coos County reports 17th COVID-related death ZACK DEMARS The World

A 17th Coos County resident has died with COVID-19, health officials reported Thursday.

The individual was a 66-year-old male with some kind of underlying health conditions, according to Coos Health & Wellness. His death hasn’t been associated with any known outbreaks of the virus.

According to the Oregon Health Authority, he tested positive for the virus Jan. 28 and died Feb. 3.

The announcement came on the heels of the county’s worst month for new COVID-19 cases — but it also came a week after the county’s public health department launched a vaccine interest form, which spokesperson Dr. Eric Gleason said has been a “cause for optimism.”

“There’s a lot of people that are really interested in that,” Gleason said Thursday.

Around 4,000 people have already filled out the online form, which add users’ contact information and basic vaccine eligibility information (like age range and the presence of underlying conditions) to a department database.

Once future phases of vaccine distribution open up, Gleason said CHW will contact the individuals on that list who are eligible in those phases about possible opportunities to get vaccinated.

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The Eugene-based couple searched the area by foot for their dog, Tilly. Though she disappeared from the South Jetty in Florence, Goward and Johnson have spread their search efforts to surrounding communities in hopes of finding their dog.

In the days that followed, the couple borrowed a friend’s travel trailer and “moved out to the coast” to be near the area where Tilly ran off. A volunteer firefighter helped by flying an infrared drone over a twomile area where she was lost, though Goward stated that the tree cover was too dense to see anything.

“She’s tagged, wears our phone numbers,” Goward said. “We’re sure she has to be near here.”

Goward and Johnson adopted Tilly “as soon as she was weaned.” Tilly would go to work with one of them every day “so there’s a lot of people who love her.”

Goward works in conservation for the McKenzie River Trust, while Johnson works as a private contractor with Williams Forestry.

“My husband does timber research work, so Tilly is no stranger to hunting in the woods and is surprisingly good at getting ground squirrels and bunnies,” Goward said. “We’ve been following leads generated by our posters trying to find her and have game cameras out in the wooded areas. There’s a lot of spots for her to hunker down.”

They also bought cellular game cameras that send pictures to their phones, hoping to get an instant notification of when she might be spotted.

“We just need to figure out where she is hiding…,” Goward said. “We have a live trap ready to go once we know where she is.”

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Changes also include additional language providing a more specific definition of what graffiti is and how it should be removed.

Chapanar told city councilors the new language was developed by city staff in consultation with other cities around the state.

“I’m glad to see the changes were made,” Mayor Joe Benetti commented before councilors unanimously approved the changes.

According to Chapanar, the issues with increased graffiti were primarily during the summer, not in recent months.

“This was back when we were experiencing some issues in the summer months,” Chapanar said.

Oregoncounty-by-countytotals County Cases Total deaths Baker 603 7 Benton 2,042 14 Clackamas 12,819 154 Clatsop 756 5 Columbia 1,142 20 Coos 1,189 17 Crook 720 16 Curry 354 6 Deschutes 5,568 47 Douglas 1,974 49 Gilliam 53 1 Grant 217 1 Harney 217 6 Hood River 1,029 26 Jackson 7,734 105 Jefferson 1,830 25 Josephine 2,103 40 Klamath 2,680 52 Lake 309 6 Lane 9,546 115 Lincoln 1,105 18 Linn 3,419 51 Malheur 3,298 56 Marion 17,722 268 Morrow 997 13 Multnomah 30,688 485 Polk 2,820 42 Sherman 52 0 Tillamook 383 2 Umatilla 7,350 76 Union 1,221 18 Wallowa 117 4 Wasco 1,193 24 Washington 20,301 194 Wheeler 22 1 Yamhill 3,549 59 Grand Total 147,122 2,023

“When we have an event that would be something you would qualify for, that information will then be pushed out to you via email or text,” Gleason said.

CHW can also make phone calls to those who sign up but don’t have access to email or text options, Gleason said. The form is available at cooshealthandwellness.org, and those without internet can register by calling CHW at 541-266-6700.

“Please don’t hesitate to make that phone call,” Gleason said.

Despite growing interest in receiving the vaccine, cases in the county have continued to rise, and Gleason advised county residents against gathering with others in-person to watch the Super Bowl.

Trends nationwide have shown increases in COVID-19 cases following holidays and other in-person events.

“Don’t have large gatherings for the Super Bowl,” Gleason advised.

“Group gatherings are a terrible idea during a pandemic.”

This includes cases confirmed by diagnostic He pointed to the impact of a testing and presumptive cases. recent area karaoke party, which has been directly attributed to at ity reported more cases between Jan. 25 least 30 cases of the virus and indirectly and 31 than the week before, an increase connected to more beyond that. Several of around 16%. school cohorts have been required to The same week, hospitalizations from quarantine as a result. the virus rose 14%, and deaths increased Statewide, the Oregon Health Author- marginally as well.

the first time fireworks have scared Tilly into running off, Goward said. Only one other time has Tilly done something similar, also during the New Year holiday.

“Six years ago, she was afraid of fireworks and ran seven miles,” Goward said.

“She went from Eugene to Springfield. She got picked up that night by police. She just hopped into their car when they opened the door.

We got her home within six to eight hours.”

Johnson acknowledged that it is a possibility for someone to have picked up their dog but hopes they would have called the number on her tags or checked for a chip that also has their information.

“If someone has her, we know she’s super lovable,” Goward said. “I can’t imagine that if someone has her, they haven’t fallen madly in love with her. But she has a really good home and life and our cat, Mouse, is beside himself without her. She has a huge community of people who miss her beyond our immediate family.

“There’s a lot of good dogs out there, but this one has a home,” she said.

After spending the past month looking for Tilly, Johnson has found it difficult to stay hopeful that she will be found.

“I’ve lost faith maybe every other day,” he said. “In the end, you just can’t give up. It’s not a choice.”

Goward added that when they made the decision to adopt Tilly, “there’s a lot of responsibility in that.”

“We made a commitment,” she said, stating that they are lucky to have the economic mobility to continue searching for their dog away from home. She also has hope that people will do the right thing if they find Tilly, which

would be to reach out to them.

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Owners Elizabeth Goward and Erik Johnson maintain hopeof “And any finding their lost dog Tilly dogs that through this process has been get hit a blessing,” she said. by a car is scanned. She is To report information chipped, but we haven’t had about Tilly’s whereabouts, a call for that either.”

Goward and Johnson can be Since putting up posters reached at 541-743-6259. asking for help in finding “People can also take her their lost dog, Goward said to a (veterinarian) or a local they have received around shelter,” Goward said. “She 50 calls from supportive community members who are is reported to all vets and shelters in the state and she is keeping an eye out for Tilly. microchipped so they can get “To be able to experience a hold of us, too.” that type of humanity

Man facing charges after plowing into vehicles The World A Roseburg man is potentially facing several charges after police allege he intentionally crashed into several vehicles Thursday before leading officers on a short chase.

Slightly before 1 p.m., Thursday, the Coos County Sheriff’s Office says a silver SUV being driven by Robert K. Schuster, 55, approached a traffic control area on Highway 42 near Garden Valley Road. Several vehicles were stopped at the area, including at least one Oregon Department of Transportation vehicle.

When he reached the backup of cars, Schuster failed to slow down and plowed into the vehicles. After the initial impact, Schuster continued driving through the area and slammed into a bank.

Despite serious damage to his car, he continued driving through the zone and west on Highway 42. The silver SUV had two flat tires and heavy damage to the driver’s side of the vehicle.

After moving through the area, Schuster passed an on-duty sheriff’s deputy who was waiting in traffic on the other side of the traffic

control area. The deputy noticed the flat tires and heavy damage to the SUV and tried to stop the SUV. A short pursuit followed at speeds of approximately 30 mph. Because of the damage to his vehicle, the SUV eventually shut down and was disabled in the westbound lane of Highway 42.

Even then, Schuster refused to get out of his SUV, ignoring commands from deputies. While waiting for additional officers to arrive to help, Coos County Sheriff’s Department dispatchers informed deputies on scene that the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office had been dealing with Schuster throughout the morning. Deputies in Douglas County claimed Schuster was “homicidal and suicidal.”

Coos County deputies quickly created a plan and successfully took Schuster out of his vehicle. Traffic was halted in both directions on Highway 42 for about 10 minutes while officers took Schuster into custody.

Schuster was transported to Bay Area Hospital for a mental evaluation. The Coos County Sheriff’s Office will refer Schuster to the district attorney’s office for formal charges.

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One person was injured, and traffic was snarled for more than an hour Friday after a two-vehicle crash just outside Lakeside.

According to the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred around 2:39 p.m., when a small SUV driven by 72-year-old Timothy Krost of Lakeside pulled out onto Highway 101 at Airport Way. A northbound

pickup truck driven by Bryan Winchester, 60, of Grants Pass, was unable to stop and plowed into the SUV. Witnesses on the scene confirmed the SUV pulled into traffic, leaving the pickup no time to stop.

Krost was removed from his vehicle and transported to Lower Umpqua Hospital in Reedsport. Winchester was evaluated at the scene and released. Lakeside Fire personnel assisted on scene.

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The FDA can help patients with rare diseases right now

By Bob Sanders

When I was just 18 years old, I was diagnosed with hypoparathyroidism, a rare disease that causes seizures, extreme fatigue and other life-altering complications.

About 80,000 Americans live with hypoparathyroidism. And right now, they’re suffering even more than usual.

That’s because the FDA pressured the manufacturer of the only FDA approved hormone treatment for hypoparathyroidism and pulled it off the market in September 2019 due to safety concerns with the drug’s delivery device. Ever since, patients have seen their symptoms dramatically worsen.

It’s time for FDA officials to realize how profoundly debilitating this condition is, stop dragging their feet and give patients additional and better treatment options.

Hypoparathyroidism occurs when the parathyroid glands - located on the thyroid glands in people’s necks - are either removed, injured or can’t produce the parathyroid hormone for genetic reasons. Patients with this condition often experience unstable and fluctuating calcium levels.

When blood calcium levels drop too low, patients can experience “calcium crashes,” a dangerous complication that causes people to have seizures or act delirious.

Sadly, these calcium crashes are all too common - almost 70 percent of hypoparathyroidism patients have experienced a calcium crash in the past year. My own daughter, who also has hypoparathyroidism, has been rushed multiple times to the ER due to calcium crashes.

Hypoparathyroidism is mentally taxing as well and can cause significant “brain fog.” Many patients can’t hold down normal jobs.

For decades, the only treatment

option was a combination of calcium and active vitamin-D supplements. Finding the right balance is extremely difficult. Too little can lead to calcium crashes, but too much can cause organ calcification.

Then, in 2015, everything changed. The FDA approved the first parathyroid hormone therapy - called Natpara - as an adjunct therapy for hypoparathyroidism to be used with supplements.

For a few brief years, our lives changed. Patients felt their conditions were better controlled for the first time ever. But last year, the FDA raised concerns about the possible danger of small rubber particles from the delivery device contaminating the drug, leading the manufacturer to take the treatment off the market through a voluntary recall.

Gaining - and then losing - an effective treatment has been gut-wrenching for people with hypoparathyroidism.

Frustratingly, it’s unclear when the manufacturer will be allowed to reintroduce Natpara to the broader market. For the foreseeable future, the overwhelming majority of patients are stuck with supplements as a standard of care treatment.

The FDA has done an amazing job of granting rapid preliminary approvals and authorizations of treatments for COVID-19.

It’s time for the agency to show that same urgency for Americans suffering from hypoparathyroidism by bringing Natpara back to market and giving all patients access to new and promising medicines that have been proven safe in clinical trials.

There’s no reason for these patients to suffer any longer.

Bob Sanders is chairman of the Hypoparathyroidism Association.

This piece originally ran in The Washington Times.

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Letters to the Editor Say no to pool tax During a North Bend City Council work session, council members discussed the creation of a parks district to fund their pool.

See, North Bend citizens voted to deprive the bloated and ineffectual city government (thanks, over-promised police and fire pensions) of about a half-million dollars per year with Measure 6-177. Instead of making cuts to police and fire like they said they were going to do, they have all but decided to close the swimming pool if they can’t come up with the money.

The city council knows that they won’t get the money they need (about $12ish/month per household) from their own citizens.

So, instead, they have proposed a parks district. That would mean boundaries would be drawn (likely to include all of Coos Bay) and everybody within those boundaries would have to pay a tax to fund the North Bend pool. We should strongly reject this.

Coos Bay residents already pay for their own pool. North Bend’s inability to manage their own budget should absolutely not fall on the citizens of the surrounding areas. Stop letting these people take your hard-earned money. Furthermore, it’s high time the citizens of this area started voting out any politicians that think taking more of our money is a good idea.

Victor Davenport Coos Bay

No North Bend levy Well, here we are again! It certainly didn’t take long for our new North Bend mayor, and City Council to want to “dip” into our pockets for more money once again.

This new “levy,” which we all expected to come, is, as usual, being touted as the answer to all our problems, including the reopening a monumentally money-losing swimming pool. A pool which was very nice, but of very questionable

necessity now, during a horrendous pandemic and the inevitable economic crises expected to follow.

The financial strain on so many out of work North Bend renters and home owners, having to somehow survive on $138 less per year, cannot possibly be worth a swimming pool. Particularly, a swimming pool that is managed by someone making close to $90K a year salary, that costs too much to use and is used by a relatively small number of local residents.

Not now. The problem is, our city council doesn’t know how to do anything else. Their specialty, as has been displayed, seems to be dreaming up new, misleading names for what is nothing less than more taxation. Say what you like, I find it hard to believe that anyone is suffering overly much by the loss of a pool right now. There is one in Coos Bay. What we do have is an abundance of those who simply cannot afford to lose $138 a year, for a swimming pool they couldn’t afford to use anyway.

Doug Bankler North Bend

Why can’t we keep our pool?

Citizens of North Bend were told that if Measure 6-177 passed, the city would lay off a few police and fire department personnel.

Here we are, months later, and that hasn’t happened. There is no longer any talk about cutting police and fire, but there is talk about closing the North Bend pool permanently.

Well, isn’t that cute?

Please, tell me, again, why do you have to close our pool? There has never been a better time to lay off police personnel. With drugs like heroin and methamphetamine being decriminalized, the workload of the police department is going to be drastically reduced, since they will no longer have to give the drug offenders taxpayer-funded rides to Coquille. Part of the reason why hard drugs were decriminalized was to save money on the outrageous cost of the failed war on drugs.

So, the city should do exactly what they said they would do. They should make the cuts to the police department like they said they were going to. If they don’t, there is at least one North Bend city employee that needs to be criminally investigated for fraud and perjury for putting that on the ballot to begin with.

Chaz Jones North Bend

Try a plant-based diet for Lent I miss Mardi Gras. I miss being in crowds on Fat Tuesday. I’m hoping for a speedy recovery from the pandemic so we can all congregate again.

After Fat Tuesday, Lent begins.

Lent is the 40-day period before Easter when Christians stop eating meat and dairy in remembrance of Jesus’ 40 days of reflection. As a Christian, Lent has meaning to me.

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OBITUARIES George “Tim” Woolley March 17, 1943 – January 26, 2021

The quittin’ whistle’s blown and he’s loaded his last truck, so it’s time to head to the big Old Growth patch in the sky. “Just a dirty old logger” that’s how George “Tim” Woolley liked to refer to himself. Some of us were lucky enough to call him dad, grandpa, friend, and he would certainly be inclined to add a few other things to that list if he were here to

give some advice on the matter. His sense of humor and kindness was genuine, just like his love of ladies, Tanqueray and Tonic, logging, and of course Oregon - ‘the way it used to be.’ He was generous, kind, funny, unpredictable, and certainly lived his life on his own terms.

Tim passed away peacefully on January 26, 2021.

He is survived by his daughters, Tracy Woolley-Button and Kelly Ridenour; his son, Tim Woolley; daughter-inlaw, Jenny Woolley; his son, Scott Woolley; daughter-inlaw, Pauline Woolley. He is also survived by his many grandchildren; great grandchildren; nieces; nephews; as well as numerous girlfriends and wives…. We love him and he will truly be missed.

There will be a celebration of life held later this year in Coquille on a date to be announced.

Famed ‘Sound of Music’ star died Friday at 91 Associated Press

It’s one of the great Hollywood ironies that Christopher Plummer didn’t like the film that made him a legend.

He was an actor’s actor and had cut his teeth doing Shakespeare. “The Sound of Music,” he thought, was sentimental shlock. And he wasn’t alone — reviews at the time were famously terrible. Then, like a personal curse, it would go on to become a universally beloved classic.

He’d played Henry V and Hamlet and yet Captain von Trapp, he said in 1982, followed him around “like an albatross.”

But even Plummer, who died Friday at the age of 91, lived long enough to soften a bit. And why wouldn’t he? He also got to enjoy something that so few actors do: A genuine third act with terrific roles as “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace in Michael Mann’s “The Insider,” a widower who comes out later in life in Mike Mills’ “Beginners” and, most recently, a slain mystery writer in Rian Johnson’s whodunnit “Knives Out.” He got three Academy Award nominations in one decade and, at age 82, would become the oldest actor to ever win an Oscar (for “Beginners”). He still holds that title.

“You’re only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all The Oregon Health Plan my life?” he said to his Oscar in 2012. and Medicare programs do “When I first emerged from my mothnot charge patients for costs er’s womb, I was already rehearsing of vaccinations. my Academy thank you speech. But it “We are in the midst of a was so long ago, mercifully for you I’ve devastating pandemic that has forgotten it.” affected more than 142,000 Dapper and dashing with an aristopeople in Oregon and cratic air, Plummer could have been a claimed almost 2,000 lives,” leading man without the talent. With it Banks said. “There should be he was a star with a character actor’s no financial barrier to getting spirit, which he later would attribute his the vaccine, whether it’s a longevity to. copay or administrative fee.

“I’m thrilled that I turned into a charEven small costs can be a acter actor quite early on. I hated being big burden for people with a poncey leading man,” he told Vanity limited resources, particularly Fair in 2015. “You really start to worry considering the economic about your jawline. Please.” challenges people have faced Born in Toronto in 1929, Plummer for the last year.” was the great grandson of Canadian

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Prime Minister John Abbott and fell for the theater at a young age. Classically trained, he was a self-proclaimed snob about the stage and resisted the allure of the big screen for a time. As if to prove his own point, his first few films are not well-remembered. Then came “The Sound of Music.” It didn’t help that he got the added blow that his singing voice was going to be dubbed in the final film.

“The only reason I did this bloody thing was so I could do a musical on stage on film!” he said. But he did get a lifelong friendship with Julie Andrews out of the deal.

“I’m thrilled that I turned into a character actor quite early on. I hated being a poncey leading man. You really start to worry about your jawline. Please.”

Christopher Plummer He retreated to the theater for a time, which would be a refrain through his life.

He won Tony Awards for Cyrano and Barrymore and would even get to go back to Shakespeare, as King Lear, later in life.

Over his six-decade career, his screen credits would prove wildly diverse. He was in “Malcolm X” and “Must Love Dogs.” He was a Klingon in a “Star Trek” and Tolstoy in “The Last Station,” Rudyard Kipling in “The Man Who Would Be King” and Captain Newport in “The New World.”

“For a long time, I accepted parts that took me to attractive places in the world. Rather than shooting in the Bronx, I would rather go to the south of France, crazed creature than I am,” he told The Associated Press in 2007.

“I sacrificed a lot of my career for nicer hotels and more attractive beaches.”

Plummer was also a legendary “hard-fisted” drinker, alongside similarly inclined friends like Jason Robards, Richard Harris and Peter O’Toole.

“Our intention was that we should be if were to be called men. We must drink as much as we can. And if we can still get

through Hamlet the next day without a hitch, that made you a man, my son,” he told Terry Gross in 2008. “You weren’t worth anything unless you could.”

A little Fernet-Branca laced with creme de menthe was his preferred “pick me up” before going on stage after an especially heavy night. But, he warned, stick to one. Two or three and “you’re drunk again.”

He slowed down in later years and would write about his own antics in his acclaimed memoir “In Spite of Myself.”

Plummer had decided that he was going to “keep crackin’” since “retirement in any profession is death.” And he did, marking his turn in “The Insider,” from 1999, as a turning point.

“Then the scripts improved. I was upgraded! Since then, they’ve been firstclass scripts,” he told the AP at the time.

“Not all successful, but worth doing.”

In 2017 in the thick of the first #MeToo revelations, he made headlines when he replaced a disgraced Kevin Spacey as J. Paul Getty in Ridley Scott’s “All the Money in the World” just six weeks before the film was set to hit theaters. Not only did the rush recall the energy of the theater for him, it also proved professionally fruitful: The role got him his third Oscar nomination.

And although he retained some of that charming arrogance to the end, Plummer was also a man capable of evolving, even about “The Sound of Music.”

“As cynical as I always was about ‘The Sound of Music,’” Plummer told Vanity Fair, “I do respect that it is a bit of relief from all the gunfire and car chases you see these days. It’s sort of wonderfully, old-fashionedly universal.”

Plummer entered his 80s worried about what he’d be able to accomplish, but a few years in he had put those worries aside.

“I’m enjoying myself very much.

And in my 80s, I had another career. I’m very happy about that. It’s gone better than most other decades have,” he said in 2018. “I played everything in the theater. I still would like to do something else in the theater, of course. But I’ve played all the great parts. And not too shabbily. Now I want the same great parts, if I can, on the screen. And so far, yes. I’ve played marvelous characters.”

‘Ma Rainey,’ ‘Minari’ and Boseman lead Screen Actors Guild nominations NEW YORK (AP) — Chadwick Boseman received two posthumous nominations from the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Thursday, while the Korean American family drama “Minari” and Spike Lee’s Vietnam veteran drama “Da 5 Bloods” were among the nominees for best ensemble.

The nominees, announced on Instagram Live, differed notably from the Golden Globe nominations announced the day before.

While the Hollywood Foreign Press Association spurned films with largely non-white casts in its tops awards, the actors guild nominated a strikingly more diverse slate of nominees for its top award, best ensemble.

Up for best ensemble are Regina King’s “One Night in Miami,” about a 1964 meeting of four Black icons; the August Wilson adaptation “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari”; Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” and Aaron Sorkin’s 1960s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”

All of those films, except Sorkin’s, were overlooked Wednesday by the Globes in its top award, best dramatic film. “Minari,” set in Arkansas but with largely Korean dialogue, was even ruled ineligible for the category by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

But the SAG Awards, presented by SAG-AFTRA, are considered a far better barometer for the Academy Awards, where actors account for the largest percentage of the academy.

Usually, the eventual Oscar best picture winner is first nominated for best ensemble by the SAG Awards, though “Green Book” and “The Shape of Water” were two recent exceptions. Last year, Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” won the SAG’s top honor (and became the first non-English film to do so) before triumphing at the Oscars.

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The Screen Actors Guild’s field of ensemble nominees left out a pair of frontrunners in David Fincher’s golden-age Hollywood drama “Mank” (which led the Globes with six nominations) and Chloe Zhao’s Western road movie “Nomadland.”

The stars of each — Gary Oldman in “Mank,” Frances McDormand in “Nomadland” — were both nominated by the actors guild.

Boseman, who died last August at age 43, was nominated not just for his lead performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” but also his supporting role in “Da 5 Bloods.” With two individual nominations and two ensemble nods, Boseman’s four SAG nominations in a single year tie a record — and set a new one for solely film categories.

In 2019, he memorably a ccepted the SAG ensemble award for “Black Panther.”

“We all know what it’s like to be told that there is not a place for you to be featured — yet you are young, gifted

and Black,” Boseman said then.

Aside from Boseman and Oldman, the nominees for best male actor in a lead role were Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”), Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”) and Steven Yeun (“Minari”).

Viola Davis, Boseman’s “Ma Rainey” co-star, was nominated for best female actor in a leading role alongside McDormand, Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”), Amy Adams (“Hillbilly Elegy”) and Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”).

Nominated for best female actor in a supporting role were Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”), Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”), Olivia Colman (“The Father”), Yuh-Jung Young (“Minari”) and Helena Zengel (“News of the World”).

The other supporting nominees for male actors were Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”), Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), Jared Leto

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In an already recurring theme for a movie year in which many theaters were often closed due to the pandemic, Netflix led all studios.

It accounted for 30 nominees in all, about triple the closest competitor.

In the television categories, “The Crown,” “Schitt’s Creek” and “Ozark” dominated. All of the female leads in a drama series nominees came from either “The Crown” (Gillian Anderson, Colman, Emma Corrin) or “Ozark” (Laura Linney, Julia Garner).

Both series were nominated for best TV drama ensemble, along with “Better Call Saul,” “Bridgerton” and

“Lovecraft Country.”

Annie Murphy, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Daniel Levy were all nominated for “Schitt’s Creek.”

The other nominees for best comedy series ensemble were “Dead to Me,” “The Flight Attendant,” “The Great” and “Ted Lasso.”

The actors guild also helped atone for one of the Globes’ other glaring oversights, nominating Michaela Coel for her performance in the limited series “I May Destroy You.” The SAG Awards will be held almost three months later this year, on April 4.

After postponing due to the pandemic to March 14, the SAGs again moved when the Grammy Awards also took that date. The Oscars

DEAR ABBY

won’t be held until April 28.

Academy Award nominees, to be announced March 15, are still more than five weeks away.

In a first, the nominations Thursday were streamed on Instagram, with Daveed Diggs and Lily Collins serving as hosts. At first, Diggs had trouble joining his screen with Collins.

“There are so many more comments than I thought there would be,” he said.

It also meant Diggs was live when Collins announced his nomination for best male actor in a television movie or limited series, for the film version of “Hamilton.” He responded that the awards were “clearly rigged.”

“This ‘Hamilton’ gift, it keeps giving,” said Diggs.

By Abigail Van Buren

PRIVACY BECOMES AN ISSUE AFTER WOMAN DISCOVERS AFFAIR DEAR ABBY: Because my fiance and I had bad experiences in the past, we settled on just living together for the last 17 years.

He has been like a husband to me and faithful all these years. Recently, however, I caught him in an online affair.

I checked his phone one day out of the blue -- something I have never done before because we respect each other’s privacy.

The emails were daily, back and forth, with only one mentioning a sexual encounter at the beginning.

He confessed that he had made a big mistake once and refused to see her again in person but had kept up the correspondence. He begged me to forgive him and I agreed, since we were together for so long.

The problem is, now we argue about his phone. He still expects the same privacy with it. I don’t feel comfortable with that now. Does he still deserve the same privacy? -- HUNG UP IN OHIO DEAR HUNG UP: No, he does not.

What he deserves is the chance to rebuild your trust, and that involves accountability on his part, which includes allowing you access to his phone if you feel insecure.

After 17 years together, both of you have a large emotional investment in this relationship. Because of that, it might be beneficial to schedule some sessions with a licensed relationship counselor to figure out where it went off the rails.

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I have asthma and consult my doctor via

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Because I’m so doped up, someone has to come with me to the doctor to drive me home and watch me be an uncontrollable mess. Also, missing a whole day of work for a one-hour doctor appointment is, in my opinion, ridiculous. I think I’d rather be sick than go to the doctor.

My family insists it’s all in my head and I should just get over it, but because of many horrible experiences at doctors’ offices, which I believe caused my fear, I just can’t. The current situation with the worldwide COVID epidemic has made my anxiety worse. Your thoughts? -- TERRIFIED TO GO THERE DEAR TERRIFIED: My thought is that you need to ask your doctor or your insurance company for a referral to a licensed psychologist who specializes in phobias and panic attacks. Many of them consult with their patients online these days. Once you finally get a handle on that problem, the rest will be easier. While few people relish the idea of going to the doctor or dentist, NOT doing what is necessary to protect your health can be dangerous.

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This week in Coos County history: February 7-9 100 YEARS — 1921 Retail dealers of Oregon open convention here Seventeenth annual gathering convenes in Marshfield for three day meeting First business session held this afternoon Enlargement and improvement of organization work is one of projects Visit veneer plant today Entertainment has been provided by local people — special train brings delegates this morning The seventeenth annual convention of the Oregon State Retail Merchants’ association convened in Marshfield today. Most of the delegates arrived on a special train at 7:15 a.m. today and a delegation from Eugene which is seeking the next convention arrived on the train this afternoon. There were eighty-six on the special and quite a party from Eugene besides merchants from this section of the state.

The first session was called to order this morning but was immediately adjourned until 3 o’clock this afternoon so the Eugene delegation could be present.

Visit veneer plants One of the features of the entertainment today was a trip to the veneer plants. Other trips about Coos Bay are planned during the three days of the convention. The special train will leave here Wednesday night.

The hotel and rooming facilities provided were taxed to the utmost so some of the visitors occupied their berths in new Pullmans on the special which is being held here until the return trip.

Officers presiding The business sessions are at the Moose hall. The following are the officers who are presiding: President — A.C. Marsters, of Roseburg.

First Vice-President — L.L. Thomas, of Marshfield.

Second Vice-President — Harvey G. McPherson, of Pendleton.

Third Vice-President — Everman Robbins, of Molalla.

Secretary — Edward A. MacLean, of Portland.

Treasurer — Thomas C. Watts, of Reuben.

Threats made against Portland Proposed to take trade from that city Indignation felt because of Roosevelt highway fight — commercial bodies are taking action Commercial organizations of nine cities in southwestern Oregon have joined in making the fight for the Roosevelt highway and there is much indignation at the attitude of the Portland Oregonian as expressive of Portland business interests in opposing the bill.

Threats that the business which now goes to Portland will be turned to San Francisco are made today. This seems to be the general sentiment of local business interests. The stand taken is that the people of the state voted for the Roosevelt highway and that this section is entitled to it. The improvement is regarded as the most important that has been proposed for this part of the state in a long time and the people are probably more anxious about securing it than they have been about any one matter for a number of years past.

The feeling locally is that Portland is fighting the bill on selfish grounds and that if Portland is not willing to help this section in securing an improvement to which the people believe they are entitled, that this section should take from Portland the business it now gives that city and turn all its trade to San Francisco.

An appeal is being made to eastern Oregon, which section of the state Coos county has always in the past shown favor and which has in the past helped the coast.

Call on Eastern Oregon Nine of the commercial bodies of cities in Coos, Curry and Western Douglas county, including every place from the Umpqua river south to the California line, have joined in

the fight for the bill. This morning a telegram was sent to every member of the lower house of the legislature from eastern Oregon. The telegram sent to each of the eastern Oregon legislators is as follows: “We the people of Southwestern Oregon have stood by Eastern Oregon in the past and expect to continue to pull with you. We hope in return for your continued support of the Roosevelt Highway bill which you so willingly gave us before.

“This road is an absolute necessity to us and a benefit to the entire state.

“Signed “Commercial organizations of MARSHFIELD NORTH BEND COQUILLE MYRTLE POINT POWERS BANDON GOLD BEACH PORT ORFORD REEDSPORT”

Delegates to convention at beach today Entertained at Sunset Bay and Shoreacres

by Coos county business men Business sessions resumed this afternoon Question of cooperative buying will be decided before convention closes Return home Wednesday Election of offices and selection of next meeting place will be up tomorrow The delegates to the Oregon State Retail Merchants Association were all taken this morning to Shoreacres for a visit. Autos were provided and the delegates were all taken to L.J. Simpson’s home.

One of the features of the trip was a stop at the Inn at Sunset Bay. W.S. Milne had charge of a clam and sea food luncheon which was greatly enjoyed.

At Shoreacres the visitors were given a chance to see Mr. Simpson’s prize bull and enjoy the beauties of the place.

The return to Marshfield was made in time for a late afternoon session today.

Woolen mill is given first prize Awards made for best displays of Oregon goods Hub second and Stauff grocery third — several receive honorable mention The award of prizes for the best window displays of Oregon made goods was announced last evening by R.B. Bain Jr. chairman of the judging committee as follows: 1st prize, $50 — to Dan B. Keating of the Marshfield Woolen Mill Store.

2nd prize, $25 — to The Hub. 3rd prize, $15 — to Chas. Stauff, grocer.

The announcement was made at the banquet. With Mr. Bain in deciding the award were Fred A. Olander of William Ave. Grocery of Portland and A.J. Hochradel of the Duds for Mem clothing store at Roseburg. Mr. Bain is an officer of Clossett & Devers of Portland.

Dan Keating, manager of the Woolen Mill Store personally decorated the window there. In addition to all Oregon products in the window, he claimed the honor of being also an Oregon product being also an Oregon product, being born and raised on Coos Bay. The Hub windows were arranged by Fred Smith, F.M. Stahl making the cards.

Chas Stauff arranged the Stauff grocery windows. He had a big variety of products and a string from each in a map showing the town where it was made.

Others praised There were many clever windows and the committee had quite a time checking them up. The variety of goods displayed was unexpectedly large, the response enthusing A.G. Clark, manager of the Associated Industries of Oregon, which arranged the contest.

The judges announced that the following had been given honorable mention for their displays: M.D. Bromberger.

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Prefontaine, a graduate of Marshfield High School in Coos Bay and a business major at UO, was voted outstanding athlete at the recent 1971 Oregon Indoor Track Meet in Portland.

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50 YEARS — 1971 Hill, Hoffine, Gillaspie selected for annual Shrine Classic PORTLAND (UPI) — State teams for the annual Shrine game to be played in Portland Aug. 14 were announced Saturday.

The state team will be coached by Chuck Solberg of Corvallis. He will be assisted by Fred Spigelberg of Medford and Don Requa of Pendleton.

The Metro team will be coached by Darrel Everett of Marshall. Assistants are Dean Nice of Gresham and Darrel Davis of Sunset.

The state team includes guard Mike Gillaspie of North Bend, center Ron Hoffine of Marshfield and fullback Norm Hill of Marshfield.

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Coos Bay merger with Eastside proposed Mayor Pynch reports outlook ‘favorable’ The possible consolidation of two Bay Area cities emerged from discussion at the Coos Bay City Council Monday night.

A proposal to merge Eastside and Coos Bay was set forth by Coos Bay Mayor Wendell Pynch, who said he had talked with Eastsiders who “are favorably inclined to merge with Coos Bay.” He said Bunker Hill also should be considered in the consolidation movement. Residents there “also have commented” to him, he said.

“I feel sure we would have to elect councilmen” by zones, he added.

Eastside Mayor Lewis F. Hedgpeth told The World today that he agreed consolidation would be a “good thing for the entire area” when Pynch sought his opinion Monday.

“If there is any thought along these lines, we must consider first representation from the City of Eastside, so we would have a voice,” he said. Hedgpeth added that while Eastsiders have talked about it informally over the years, it has not formally been considered at a council meeting.

Before the cities could be merged or consolidated, he went on, there are “a lot of things to iron out … new charter, make up of the new council” and such matters. He said he felt areawide consolidation would be desirable so industry, for instance, could deal with one city government instead of three but he recognized that this move is still in the future.

Oregon senate OK’s ’18 vote’ SALEM (UPI) — The Oregon Senate today voted 24-6 to allow 18-year-olds to vote in all Oregon elections.

The resolution now goes to the House, where a similar measure lies in committee.

Gov. Tom McCall has indicated he favors the measure. If approved by the legislature, the matter will be up for voter consideration at the May, 1972 primary election.

A proposal to allow 19 year olds to vote failed in the 1970 primary election. Since that time Congress has passed an 18-year-old vote law but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it applies only to federal elections for president, vice president and members of Congress.

The Senate passed the 19-year old vote measure at the end of May in the 1969 session by a 17-13 vote and the House passed it 41-18.

The House of Representatives also has under consideration now a bill to provide all adult responsibilities to those 18 and older. It would be contingent on voter approval of the 18 year old vote measure.

Voting against the measure today were one Democrat Sen. Thomas Mahoney, D-Portland, and five Republicans Sens. George Eivers, Milwaukie; Gordon McKay, Bend; L.W. Newbry, Talent; Raphael Raymond, Helix; and Anthony Yturri, Ontario.

Sen. Jason Boe, D-Reedsport, floor leader for the bill, said including the young in political activity would help America which is “becoming more polarized.”

He said the young should be interested in state and local government but allowing them to only vote in national elections would create “a federalization of our young people.”

Boe said, “We tax them, we draft them and subject them to adult criminal law” and they should have the right to vote.

Marshfield wrestling coach Wayne Van Burger has never coached three brothers on the varsity team at the same time.

He has been a wrestling coach for 30 years, the last 27 at Marshfield, including 17 as a head coach.

This season, Van Burger has ran into a similar situation more than once with an opposing Midwestern League coach.

Why? Raymon Neyer pin at 103 pounds. Marcus Heyer pin at 189. Aaron Heyer pin at 215.

Then comes the question.

“You have three Heyers on the team?”

Van Burger’s answer?

“I’ll say, ‘Yeah and they are back again next year,’ … and they go away shaking their heads,” said Van Burger, referring to the league coaches.

Three of Marshfield’s 14 varsity starters are Heyers, and each one is different in many ways.

“Each one of them is a different personality,” Van Burger said. “They have different styles.”

Raymon is a freshman, Marucs is a sophomore and Aaron is the elder statesman as a junior.

Mowe picks ISU Football: Powers star is only South Coast athlete to sign letter of intent The good news for Jeremy Mowe’s parents is they can keep wearing black and orange when they cheer him on.

The bad news is they’re going to have to travel a lot farther to watch him play his football games.

Mowe signed a national letter of intent with Idaho State University on Wednesday, picking the Bengals over Oregon State and several other interested schools.

“They are providing me with an opportunity I can’t pass up,” said Mowe, an all-state lineman for Powers who will get a full-ride scholarship from the Pocatello, Idaho, school.

“I’m going to be in a position where I can control what I do by the amount of stuff I put out,” Mowe said. “It’s a great opportunity to step into a spot and become a big part of the team right away.”

Mowe said coaches from Idaho State visited his Powers home several times and sold him on the idea that he can choose what position he plays for the Bengals.

He stood out as an offensive and defensive lineman for the Cruisers and could be a tight end or defensive end at Idaho State.

“It’s basically where I can flourish and get in to play,” Mowe said. “I should be able to contribute right away next year.”

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In front of a packed crowd of fans from both schools the Bobcats came from behind to beat the Red Devils 36-33 and clinch the dual title with a perfect 7-0 record.

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Thursday night the Bobcats got wins by sophomores in the last two matches to complete the comeback victory.

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Impeachment trial to open with sense of urgency The World

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency — by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the violent U.S. Capitol siege and Republicans who want it over as fast as possible.

Scheduled to begin Tuesday, just over a month since the deadly riot, the proceedings are expected to diverge from the lengthy, complicated trial that resulted in Trump’s acquittal a year ago on charges that he privately pressured Ukraine to dig up dirt on a Democratic rival, Joe Biden, now the president. This time, Trump’s Jan. 6 rally cry to “fight like hell” and the storming of the Capitol played out for the world to see. While Trump very well could be acquitted again, the trial could be over in half the time.

Details of the proceedings are still being negotiated by the Senate leaders, with the duration of opening arguments, senators’ questions and deliberations all up for debate.

So far, it appears there will be few witnesses called, as the prosecutors and defense attorneys speak directly to senators who have been sworn to deliver “impartial justice”

as jurors. Most are also witnesses to the siege, having fled for safety that day as the rioters broke into the Capitol and temporarily halted the electoral count certifying Biden’s victory.

Defense attorneys for Trump declined a request for him to testify.

Holed up at his Mar-a-Lago club, the former president has been silenced on social media by Twitter without public comments since leaving the White House, Instead, House managers prosecuting the case are expected to rely on the trove of videos from the siege, along with Trump’s incendiary rhetoric refusing to concede the election, to make their case. His new defense team has said it plans to counter with its own cache of videos of Democratic politicians making fiery speeches.

“We have the unusual circumstance where on the very first day of the trial, when those managers walk on the floor of the Senate, there will already be over 100 witnesses present,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who led Trump’s first impeachment. “Whether you need additional witnesses will be a strategic call.”

Trump is the first president to be twice impeached, and the only one to face trial after leaving the White House. The Democratic-led House approved a sole charge, “incitement of insurrection,” acting swiftly one week after the riot, the most violent attack on Congress in more than 200 years. Five people died including a woman shot by police inside the building and a police officer who died of injuries the next day.

Democrats argue it’s not only about winning conviction, but holding the former president accountable for his actions, even though he’s out of office. For Republicans, the trial will test their political loyalty to Trump and his enduring grip on the GOP. Initially repulsed by the graphic images of the siege, Republican senators including Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell denounced the violence and pointed a finger of blame at Trump. But in recent weeks GOP senators have rallied around Trump arguing his comments do not make him responsible for the violence. They question the legitimacy of even conducting a trial of someone no longer in office.

On Sunday, Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi described Trump’s impeachment trial as a “meaningless messaging partisan exercise.” Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky called the proceedings a farce with “zero chance of conviction” and described Trump’s language and rally words as “figurative” speech.

Senators were sworn in as jurors late last month, shortly after Biden was inaugurated, but the trial proceedings were delayed as Democrats focused on confirming the new president’s initial Cabinet picks and Republicans sought to put as much distance as possible from the bloody riot.

At the time, Paul forced a vote to set aside the trial as unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office, drawing 44 other Republicans to his argument.

A prominent conservative lawyer, Charles Cooper, rejects that view, writing in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece Sunday that the Constitution permits the Senate to try an ex-official, a significant counterpoint to that of Republican senators who have looked toward acquittal by advancing constitutional claims.

Three spacecraft about to arrive at Mars CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After hurtling hundreds of millions of miles through space since last summer, three robotic explorers are ready to hit the brakes at Mars.

The stakes — and anxiety — are sky high.

The United Arab Emirates’ orbiter reaches Mars on Tuesday, followed less than 24 hours later by China’s orbiter-rover combo. NASA’s rover, the cosmic caboose, will arrive on the scene a week later, on Feb. 18, to collect rocks for return to Earth — a key step in determining whether life ever existed at Mars.

Both the UAE and China are newcomers at Mars, where more than half of Earth’s emissaries have failed. China’s first Mars mission, a joint effort with Russia in 2011, never made it past Earth’s orbit.

“We are quite excited as engineers and scientists, at the same time quite stressed and happy, worried, scared,” said Omran Sharaf, project manager for the UAE. All three spacecraft rocketed away within days of one another last July, during an Earth-to-Mars launch window that occurs only every two years. That’s why their arrivals are also close together.

Called Amal, or Hope in Arabic,

the Gulf nation’s spacecraft is seeking an especially high orbit — 13,500 by 27,000 miles high (22,000 kilometers by 44,000 kilometers) — all the better to monitor the Martian weather.

China’s duo — called Tianwen-1, or “Quest for Heavenly Truth” — will remain paired in orbit until May, when the rover separates to descend to the dusty, ruddy surface. If all goes well, it will be only the second country to land successfully on the red planet.

The U.S. rover Perseverance, by contrast, will dive in straight away for a harrowing sky-crane touchdown similar to the Curiosity rover’s grand Martian entrance in 2012. The odds are in NASA’s favor: It’s nailed eight of its nine attempted Mars landings.

Despite their differences — the 1-ton Perseverance is larger and more elaborate than the Tianwen-1 rover — both will prowl for signs of ancient microscopic life.

Perseverance’s $3 billion mission is the first leg in a U.S.-European effort to bring Mars samples to Earth in the next decade.

“To say we’re pumped about it, well that would be a huge understatement,” said Lori Glaze, NASA’s planetary science director.

Perseverance is aiming for an ancient river delta that seems a logical spot for once harboring life. This landing zone in Jezero Crater is so treacherous that NASA nixed it for Curiosity, but so tantalizing that scientists are keen to get hold of its rocks.

“When the scientists take a look at a site like Jezero Crater, they see the promise, right?” said Al Chen, who’s in charge of the entry, descent and landing team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. “When I look at Jezero, I see danger. There’s danger everywhere.”

Steep cliffs, deep pits and fields of rocks could cripple or doom Perseverance, following its seven-minute atmospheric plunge. With an 11 1/2-minute communication lag each way, the rover will be on its own, unable to rely on flight controllers. Amal and Tianwen-1 will also need to operate autonomously while maneuvering into orbit.

Until Perseverance, NASA sought out flat, boring terrain on which to land — “one giant parking lot,” Chen said. That’s what China’s Tianwen-1 rover will be shooting for in Mars’ Utopia Planitia.

NASA is upping its game thanks to new navigation technology designed to guide the rover to a safe spot.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of Trump’s ardent defenders, said he believes Trump’s actions were wrong and “he’s going to have a place in history for all of this,” but insisted it’s not the Senate’s job to judge.

“It’s not a question of how the trial ends, it’s a question of when it ends,” Graham said. “Republicans are going to view this as an unconstitutional exercise, and the only question is, will they call witnesses, how long does the trial take? But the outcome is really not in doubt.”

But 45 votes in favor of Paul’s measure suggested the near impossibility of reaching a conviction in a Senate where Democrats hold 50 seats but a two-thirds vote — or 67 senators — would be needed to convict Trump. Only five Republican senators joined with Democrats to reject Paul’s motion: Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.

Schiff was on NBC’s “Meet the Press, Wicker spoke on ABC’s “This Week,” Paul was on “Fox News Sunday” and Graham was on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

Renowned United States diplomat Schultz dies at 100 WASHINGTON (AP) — Time was running out when Secretary of State George P. Shultz returned home in April 1988 after flying 16,000 miles in a failed mission to persuade Arabs and Israelis to negotiate their differences. Shultz said he would keep trying.

“Who’s afraid to struggle against odds?” he asked.

And so he did, in futility, until the Reagan administration ended in January 1989 without putting the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel on a course to a settlement.

But he shaped the future by legitimizing the Palestinian Arabs as a people with a defensible stake in determining their future.

Shultz, who died Saturday at age 100, was one of America’s most respected 20th-century statesmen. He served in President Richard M. Nixon’s Cabinet as

secretary of labor and as secretary of treasury and then pursued accommodation with an evolving Soviet Union as President Ronald Reagan’s top diplomat for 6½ years.

A lifelong Republican, Shultz negotiated the first-ever treaty with the Soviet Union to reduce the size of their groundbased nuclear arsenals. The 1987 accord was a historic attempt to begin to reverse the nuclear arms race, a goal he never abandoned in private life.

Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, reflecting in his memoirs on the “highly analytic, calm and unselfish Shultz,” paid him an exceptional compliment in his diary: “If I could choose one American to whom I would entrust the nation’s fate in a crisis, it would be George Shultz.”

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Brady, Bucs dominate Chiefs in Super Bowl TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady made the Buccaneers, their fans and their city believe from the moment he arrived in Tampa Bay. With help from old friend Rob Gronkowski and a ferocious defense, Brady and the Buccaneers are Super Bowl champions.

Brady threw two touchdown passes to Gronkowski and one to good pal Antonio Brown, and the Buccaneers routed Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City 31-9 on their home field in Super Bowl 55 on Sunday.

“You get this far and you wanna get the job done and we did it,” Brady said. “We just believed. I”m so proud of the guys.”

Despite moving south to a new team and conference during a pandemic, Brady didn’t slow down at age 43.

The GOAT earned his fifth Super Bowl MVP award and extended his Super Bowl titles’ record in his 10th appearance, nine with New England.

Brady broke his own mark for oldest player to win a Super Bowl and joined Hall of Famer Peyton Manning as the only quarterbacks to win one with multiple franchises.

“I think they’re all special,” Brady said. “I’m not making any comparisons. Experiencing it with this group of guys is amazing.”

Stunningly, it was easier than any of his previous Super Bowl victories, which came by an average margin of five points. Mahomes lost by double digits for the first time in his four-year career.

The Buccaneers (15-5) took their second NFL title and first in 18 years as the first team to play the big game at home, capping an unusual and challenging season played through the novel coronavirus. They won three road games as a wild card to reach the Super Bowl, and joined the NHL’s Lightning as a 2020 season champion.

The Rays also went to the World Series but lost to the Dodgers.

Mahomes and the Chiefs (16-3) failed to become the first repeat champions since Brady’s Patriots in 2003-04.

“I didn’t see it coming at all,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “I thought we were going to come in and play these guys just like we’ve been playing teams, and it didn’t happen that way. I give them credit on that.”

Javadifar, Locust first female coaches to win Super Bowl TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Lori Locust and Maral Javadifar, Super Bowl champs.

To their many fans in the sports world and beyond, that’s got a real nice ring to it.

Locust and Javadifar became the first female coaches on a team to win the Super Bowl, helping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 Sunday night.

The 30-year-old Javadifar is an assistant strength and conditioning coach, and the 56-year-old Locust is an assistant defensive line coach.

“History was made tonight!” tennis champion and social justice champion Billie Jean King tweeted.

Locust and Javadifar have worked two seasons on the staff of coach Bruce Arians. Soon enough, The NFL completed its 269-game season on time without any cancellations, a remarkable accomplishment that required nearly 1 million COVID-19 tests for players and team personnel.

Due to the virus, only 25,000 mask-wearing fans attended, including approximately 7,500 vaccinated health care workers given free tickets by the NFL. About 30,000 cardboard cutouts made the stadium look full.

A streaker wearing a hot-pink onesie eluded security and slid into the end zone with 5:03 left in the game. Kansas City’s high-powered offense never got that far against Tampa’s fierce defense.

“Obviously I didn’t play the way I wanted to play,” Mahomes said.

“What else can you say? All you can do is leave everything you have on the field. I feel like the guys did that. ... They beat us pretty good, the worst I’ve been beaten in a long time.”

Bruce Arians became the oldest coach at age 68 to win the Super Bowl. His mom, 95-year-old Kay Arians, witnessed it in person.

Brady, Gronk and defensive coordinator Todd Bowles helped Arians get that Vince Lombardi Trophy.

“This really belongs to the coaching staff and our players. I didn’t do a damn thing,” Arians said after he

Tampa Bay defense rises to occasion in big victory TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay’s defense finished its redemption tour with a Super Bowl championship.

Overwhelmed by Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill during a loss to Kansas City in Week 12 of the regular season, a young Buccaneers secondary flipped the script in Sunday night’s NFL championship game by shutting down the Chiefs’ electric duo in a 31-9 victory.

Rookie safety Antoine Winfield Jr., and second-year linebacker Devin White had the team’s sixth and seventh interceptions of a postseason run that also included wins over future Hall of Famers Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers, and the Bucs limited Kansas City’s high-scoring offense to 350 yards and no touchdowns, quite the turnaround from a poor performance in what wound up being Tampa Bay’s final loss of the season.

Coach Bruce Arians credited defensive coordinator Todd Bowles’ game plan, which mixed and tried to disguise coverages and force Mahomes to hold the ball long enough for Tampa Bay’s pass rushers to make the Chiefs’ quarterback uncomfortable.

“I think he got a little tired hearing how unstoppable they were,” Arians said.

“He had a great plan to keep them in front of us and give the guys up front time to hunt,” Arians added. “They chased him around pretty good.”

Hill had 13 receptions for 269 yards and three touchdowns in the regular-season matchup, including seven catches for 203 yards and two TDs in the first quarter alone, when the speedy receiver took advantage of single coverage to help Kansas City build a 17-point lead.

Mahomes went 26 of 49 for 270 yards and was sacked three times Sunday night after throwing for 462 yards without an interception in the first meeting. The 2019 league

MVP failed to throw for at least one TD for the first time in 31 games, including playoffs.

“There was nothing that was gonna stop us from winning this game. I knew we was going to keep the pressure up,” linebacker Shaquil Barrett said.

“I did not think we was going to keep them from scoring a touchdown but we stepped up, we showed up, we held them to three every time they was down there,” Barrett added, “and Coach Bowles had a great game plan. We had the guys up there to make it work and we made it work, baby.”

Travis Kelce finished with 10 catches for 133 yards for the Chiefs, but Hill was held to 73 yards on seven receptions while bracketed by double coverage much of the night.

“We took away some of the underneath throws, and it takes time for guys get deep. That allowed guys up front to get after him,” Bowles said. “The biggest thing we were trying to do was take away his first read, make him hold the ball to look at (the defense) long enough to get after him.”

The 27-24 setback on Nov. 29 finished a stretch in which the Bucs dropped three of four games — all at home — to enter their bye week searching for answers to their inconsistency on both offense and defense.

The team didn’t lose again, finishing on an eight-game winning streak that included playoff road wins over Washington, New Orleans and Green Bay to become the first team to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium.

Brees and the Saints beat Tampa Bay twice during the regular season. By taking down Mahomes in the Super Bowl, the Bucs (15-5) avenged three of their five losses.

The steady improvement of the defense down the stretch was one of the biggest reason they were confident Sunday’s result would be different.

they’ll get their Super Bowl rings, just like Tom Brady and the rest of the Buccaneers.

“If you can teach, you can coach,” Arians said last week. “As far as the women, it was time.

It was time for that door to be knocked down and allow them because they’ve been putting in time, and they’re very, very qualified. The ones we have are overly qualified.”

Last season, Katie Sowers became the first female to coach in a Super Bowl. She was an offensive assistant for the San Francisco 49ers in their loss to the Chiefs.

This year’s game was the 55th Super Bowl.

The Buccaneers were the only NFL team with two female coaches on their staff this season.

“I do look forward to the day that it’s no longer newsworthy to be a woman working in the pros was handed the trophy.

Bowles devised a masterful plan to frustrate Mahomes and shut down the Chiefs, the complete opposite of Kansas City’s 27-24 win in Tampa in Week 12, when the Chiefs jumped to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter. Tyreek Hill had 269 yards receiving and three TDs in that one. He was held to 73 yards on seven catches Sunday.

“Coach Bowles is a mastermind,” Bucs cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting said.

After the Chiefs took a 3-0 early lead, it was all Brady and the Bucs.

Brady accomplished a career-first with an 8-yard TD pass to Gronkowski for a 7-3 lead with 37 seconds left in the first quarter. Brady’s nine Super Bowl teams in New England produced just three points total in the first quarter. Gronkowski, who came out of retirement to play with his buddy, caught his 13th and 14th postseason TDs from Brady. They had been tied at 12 with Jerry Rice and Joe Montana.

“To come here and be Super Bowl champs, it’s surreal, man,” said Gronkowski, who came out of retirement to play with Brady. “We have so many superstars on this team but nobody’s head was too big. Whoever got the ball got the ball. That’s what was so great about

or making the Super Bowl for that matter,” Javadifar said last week.

“And, you know, I hope we get to a point where all people are afforded equal opportunities to work in professional sports because there are a lot of great qualified coaches out there.”

Locust echoed that sentiment.

“It wouldn’t matter if we were second in or 273rd,” she said last week. “And I mean, like we acknowledge the fact there hasn’t been many before us, but it’s not anything that we kind of keep in the forefront of what we do on a daily basis.”

Sarah Thomas also made history as the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl, working as the down judge.

“I’m cheering you on today, Sarah Thomas!” first lady Jill Biden tweeted. being on this team. There was no one who was selfish on this team.

No one selfish in the organization.

It just happened to be me this time getting the touchdown passes.”

Despite playing at home, the Buccaneers weren’t allowed to fire the cannons from their famed pirate ship after touchdowns and big plays. They did it soon after the clock expired as red, white and black confetti fell onto the field.

Fans still enjoyed the thud of Gronk’s thunderous spike after his first score.

Tampa missed an opportunity to extend the lead when Brady’s 2-yard pass to offensive lineman Joe Haeg was knocked out of his hands in the end zone. Ronald Jones was stopped short on consecutive carries as Arians stuck to his “No risk it, no biscuit” philosophy and went on fourth down.

But the Chiefs didn’t gain any momentum off the stop. Instead, they made one costly mistake after another.

First, All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce dropped a pass that would’ve been a big gain on third down. Then punter Tommy Townsend shanked a 29-yarder after a penalty forced him to kick again. The Bucs started at Kansas City’s 38 instead of their 27.

A holding call on cornerback

Charvarius Ward negated an interception by All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu. Kansas City’s defense held but an offside penalty during Ryan Succop’s successful field goal gave the Buccaneers a first down.

Sarah Thomas, the first woman official in a Super Bowl, threw that flag.

Brady fired a strike to Gronkowski for a 17-yard TD and a 14-3 lead.

Gronk hesitated before spiking the ball, waiting to make sure another flag on the play was against the sloppy Chiefs.

Mahomes drove the offense for a 34-yard field goal by Harrison Butker that cut it to 14-6, but Kansas City’s defense fell apart in the final minute of the first half — allowing 42 yards on two pass interference penalties. One against Mathieu in the end zone set up Brady’s TD pass to Brown for a 21-6 halftime lead.

It was Brady who convinced his new team to give Brown a chance after the troubled former All-Pro came off suspension. His TD toss to Brown was his 50th of the season, including 10 in the postseason.

Mathieu took an unsportsmanlike penalty after the TD pass for getting into it with Brady as he ran to the sideline.

Leonard Fournette, like Brown an in-season addition, ran 27 yards untouched to extend Tampa’s lead to 28-9. Arians pumped his fist after that score and pointed toward offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich, who made the call.

Succop’s 52-yard field goal increased the lead to 31-9.

Last year, Mahomes rallied the Chiefs from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter against San Francisco and earned MVP honors in leading Kansas City to its first NFL championship in a half-century.

But Tampa’s pass rush gave him no chance in this one.

Shaq Barrett had one of three sacks on Mahomes, who spent most of the game trying to escape Jason Pierre-Paul, William Gholston and a relentless group.

“There was nothing that was gonna stop us from winning this game,” Barrett said. “I knew we were going to keep the pressure up.

Coach Bowles had a great game plan. We had the guys up there to make it work and we made it work, baby.”

Mahomes, line struggle for Chiefs Associated Press

What made the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL over the past three years had been his uncanny ability to quickly read the defense, settle on the right read and allow his otherworldly arm do the rest.

The Buccaneers didn’t even give him time to skim their defense in the Super Bowl.

Whether pushing around the makeshift Kansas City offensive line or blitzing what had been the best QB against the blitz all season, the defense of Tampa Bay coordinator Todd Bowles made life miserable for Mahomes on Sunday night. He was 26 of 49 for 270 yards and two interceptions in a 31-9 blowout that denied the Chiefs back-to-back titles.

“That’s the worst I’ve been beaten in a long time,” Mahomes

said, “but I’m proud of the way the guys fought.”

It was the first time Mahomes, who led the Chiefs to their first championship in five decades last season, lost a game he started by more than one possession since Nov. 19, 2016, when Texas Tech fell 66-10 to Iowa State.

Just like that night, Mahomes was left hobbling off the field, the beating he endured from Tampa Bay capping a playoffs in which he sustained a concussion against Cleveland and a turf toe injury that will likely require surgery.

“They had a good game plan,” said Mahomes, whose quarterback rating of 52.3 was by far the worst of his career. “They took away all our deep stuff. They took away the sideline. They did a good job routing to the football and making tackles. We weren’t executing early. I had some miscues. Guys weren’t on the same page.

“But credit to them, man, they played a heck of a game offensively and defensively and they beat us.”

The biggest reason for his struggles, though? The only player on his offensive line in the same position he started the season was Austin Reiter, and the center didn’t fare a whole lot better than the rest of his teammates.

Guard Kelechi Osemele tore up both of his knees early in the season. Right tackle Mitchell Schwartz hurt his back midway through the year. Left tackle Eric Fisher tore his Achilles tendon in the AFC title game. And all that happened after Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and third-round pick Lucas Niang opted out because of COVID-19.

Their replacement offensive line of career backups and journeyman was no match for Tampa Bay’s cavalcade of stars.

Penalties costly for Kansas City in loss

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Offsides. Unnecessary roughness.

Unsportsmanlike conduct. Pass interference. And holding. Lots of holding.

All those penalties were too much even for Patrick Mahomes to overcome: Good as Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were Sunday -- worthy champions, certainly -- the Kansas City Chiefs put on a textbook display of how not to perform in a Super Bowl.

By halftime, the defending champs had amassed more penalties (8) than points (6) — and more frustration than hope. It was an undisciplined, uncharacteristic and somewhat unbelievable loss of composure that set the stage for a 31-9 drubbing at the hands of the Bucs that very few saw coming.

Kansas City’s 95 penalty yards in the first half were the most by

any team in the first half of any of the 269 regular-season and playoff games this season. They were one more yard than Kansas City had racked up in any single game all year. The Chiefs only committed three penalties in the second half to finish the game with 11 for 120 yards. It hardly counted as progress.

“It was uncharacteristic, and it was too bad it happened today,” coach Andy Reid said.

The team that ran like a classy, unstoppable machine through one championship season, and over 16 more wins en route to their second straight title game, imploded on itself. The Chiefs got too handsy in a vain attempt to cover Tampa Bay’s receivers, too jumpy on the line of scrimmage, too chippy when things didn’t go their way.

Each one of the eight first-half penalties hurt in its own way, none more than the two pass interference

calls over the span of three plays that led to a touchdown and a 21-6 Bucs lead right before halftime. The drive started at the Tampa 29 with 1:01 left. Reid burned two timeouts, after two short Bucs gains, thinking the Chiefs might get the ball back.

They didn’t.

The face of all this Kansas City frustration: It was defensive back Tyrann Mathieu, who, one play after a 34-yard pass interference call that put the Bucs in business, got hit with an interference call of his own that gave Tampa Bay the ball at the KC 1. After the touchdown on the next play, Mathieu got an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for wagging a finger in Brady’s face.

No wonder he was frustrated.

A few minutes earlier, Mathieu also sparred with Brady after his interception off a deflected ball was nullified by — what else — a defensive holding call.

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Manning, Woodson voted into football Hall of Fame EDDIE PELLS

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Though others have eclipsed him in some sections of the record book, Peyton Manning’s stamp on the NFL is very much a thing of 2021 and beyond.

Manning, the quarterback whose meticulous attention to detail helped turn the 21st-century gridiron into a chessboard on turf, was awarded his spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in his first year of eligibility.

The son of Saints legend Archie and brother of two-time Super Bowl champion Eli will be joined later this year in Canton by another first-ballot lock, defensive back Charles Woodson, who beat out Manning for the Heisman Trophy in 1997, and then spent nearly two decades trying to stop him. Calvin Johnson — aka “Megatron” — was also a first-ballot selection, his mere nine years of playmaking excellence with the Lions more than enough to convince the panel.

Also making it were guard Alan Faneca, who made nine Pro Bowls and missed only one game over 13 seasons with the Steelers, Jets and Cardinals; and John Lynch, the hard-hitting safety who burnished his reputation in Tampa Bay, which plays Kansas City for the Super

Bowl title Sunday.

Cowboys receiver Drew Pearson, Raiders coach Tom Flores and longtime Steelers scout Bill Nunn made it in the senior, coach and contributor categories, respectively.

In a nod to COVID-19, the voters eschewed their traditional all-day meeting Saturday in favor of a virtual gathering on Jan. 19. Manning found out a few days later, with his coaches and his family delivering the news. The winners’ names were made public at the NFL Honors awards ceremony Saturday night.

Jaguars left tackle Tony Boselli and Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas were among the finalists whose names were not called.

Manning going into the hall was all but preordained. That’s fitting, in a way, because more than any quarterback before him, he used every minute of his preparation during the week, and then every second at the line of scrimmage during the games, doing all he could to eliminate doubt about the result of every play before it happened.

His work in the video room, his “voluntary” offseason throw-andcatch sessions with receivers, his quizzing of coaches and teammates alike during practices — all were the stuff of legend.

The end game came on Sundays, for 14 seasons with the Indianap-

olis Colts, then four more with the Denver Broncos, when he barked “Omaha, Omaha!!” at the line of scrimmage — we still don’t know what it means — then went about dissecting defenses en route to 186 regular-season victories, a still-record five MVP awards and two Super Bowl titles in four trips.

When Manning retired after leading the Broncos to the title in 2016, he had the career records for passing yardage (71,940) and touchdowns (539), among others, and was part of the conversation as Greatest Of All Time.

Drew Brees and Tom Brady have eclipsed those numbers. Brady, playing in his 10th Super Bowl on Sunday, has shut the door on the GOAT debate, and with a win will join Manning as the second quarterback to lead two franchises to a title. Still, he’s well aware of Manning’s role in making the modern-day passing game what it is today.

“Like any great quarterback, there’s a lot of responsibility that you take on,” Brady said this week in reflecting on Manning’s place in the game. “You want to make sure everything’s a reflection of how you see the game and you want to make sure everyone’s on the same page. And when everyone’s seeing it through the same set of eyes, it’s

a great way to play football.”

One-time University of Tennessee assistant David Cutcliffe says he knew Manning was something special when the quarterback, in advance of his freshman year, took three pages’ worth of handwritten notes on a base play the Vols ran called 62 Meyer.

“He redefined preparation,” Cutcliffe said during a 2013 interview.

“He redefined the quality of the work that’s expected of the people around him.”

He ushered in an era that turned the reading of the Xs and Os from an art to a science, setting the template for a modern-day passing game very much reliant on pre-snap reads that lead to quick decisions and allow the smartest of quarterbacks to get out of bad plays before they happen.

All those smarts, of course, belied a physical gift that allowed Manning to play for 18 years, including a comeback from four delicate neck surgeries that left him unable to grip a football at first.

Weeks after the second operation, Manning snuck off to a Colorado Rockies batting cage to throw with his old UT buddy, Todd Helton.

Manning’s first toss went about 5 yards before fluttering to the ground. Helton laughed because he thought Manning was joking.

Aaron Rodgers wins third NFL MVP honor Former Oregon standout Herbert is top offensive rookie BARRY WILNER

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A pair of Aarons pulled off an NFL hat trick Saturday night.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers earned his third Associated Press Most Valuable Player award, while Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald took his third top defensive player prize at NFL Honors.

Also taking home awards were two members of the Washington Football Team: quarterback Alex Smith was the Comeback Player of the Year in one of the most inspirational stories of 2020, and edge rusher Chase Young got the top defensive rookie.

Titans 2,000-yard rusher Derrick Henry won Offensive Player of the Year, and the offensive rookie honor went to Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert. Cleveland’s Kevin Stefanski was the Coach of the Year, and Buffalo offensive coordinator Brian Daboll earned assistant coach honors.

Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson won the Walter Payton Man of the Year award for his work in the community.

Rodgers had perhaps the best season of his 16-year career, leading Green Bay to a 13-3 regular season, the NFC’s best mark. Just a few months after questions arose about his comfort level with the Packers — and their choosing a quarterback in the first round of April’s draft — Rodgers, who turned 37 in December, tore up the NFL. Rodgers topped the league with 48 touchdown passes completion rate (70.7 percent), and a 121.5 rating. He was picked off just five times.

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Stefanski said. “This season Everyone across the league had its unique challenges and cited Smith as an inspiration. we focused on those each and “It is humbling when I hear every day and ultimately tried that,” Smith said. “I know for to put together a group of guys how long I spent thinking about that would fight every single and looking at the men and week, and I think we did that.

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But we were so focused on what we were doing in the here and now.”

Daboll helped Buffalo to a 15-4 record and a spot in the AFC championship game as he oversaw the rapid development of quarterback Josh Allen in his third pro season. Only Green Bay with 509 scored more than Buffalo’s 501 points.

Herbert, chosen sixth overall in last April’s draft, is the second straight quarterback and the ninth since 2004 to be the top offensive rookie. Not even a starter when the season began, Herbert stepped in during the Chargers’ second game when Tyrod Taylor was injured during a medical procedure.

Herbert never looked back, and set a rookie record with 31 TD passes.

“I think it is a testament to all the hard work we have put in as a team, the coaching staff and the players,” Herbert said. “It’s been a tough year, but we put in a lot of good work, but just to be in the conversation (for the award) is an honor.”

Young was drafted four spots ahead of Herbert. The edge rusher led all rookies with 7 1/2 sacks and should be an anchor of the team’s defense throughout the decade.

“I came in eager to just work hard and be a sponge,” Young said, “and I watched coach (Jack) Del Rio and (head coach Ron) Rivera just from afar, and always just tried to pick their minds about football in general.

And I feel like that helped me throughout the year.”

Wilson invoked the words of Payton in his acceptance speech.

“We are stronger together than we are alone...” Wilson said. “To the young boy or girl who has a dream ... who wants to make a difference ... remember: Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

“Love changes things.”

Gorman brings poetry to the Super Bowl NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who stirred America at the inauguration of President Joe Biden last month, again commanded the spotlight on one of the country’s biggest stages, the Super Bowl.

Gorman read an original poem Sunday during the pregame festivities in Tampa, Florida. The poem, titled “Chorus of the Captains,” was a tribute to three people for their contributions during the pandemic: educator Trimaine Davis, nurse manager Suzie Dorner and Marine veteran James Martin.

Gorman didn’t perform on the field but appeared in a taped video message that combined Gorman’s reading with images of Davis, Dorner and Martin. Recited Gorman: “Let us walk with these warriors, Charge on with these champions, And carry forth the call of our captains.

We celebrate them by acting, With courage and compassion, By doing what is right and just.

For while we honor them today, It is they who every day honor us.”

That Gorman brought poetry to the Super Bowl was an almost unthinkable collision of grace and glitz. But if the Super Bowl, an annual rite of excess, was an unlikely platform for a poet, it showed just how much Gorman has seized the nation’s spotlight since the inauguration.

Gorman, previously the country’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, was the youngest person to ever recite a poem at the U.S. presidential inauguration. Her reading of “The Hill We Climb” at the Capitol immediately became a sensation.

An illustrated book of her poem quickly zoomed to the top of bestseller lists. Shortly after the inauguration, she signed with IMG Models, an agency that represents supermodels, tennis star Naomi Osaka and playwright Jeremy O. Harris.

This week, she covers Time Magazine, in an interview conducted by Michelle Obama.

Gorman’s Super Bowl appearance had been planned before the inauguration. She seemed to grasp the unlikeliness of her pre-game reading, the first in Super Bowl history. And with potentially 100 million viewers on the CBS telecast, it made for one very well-attended poetry recital.

“Poetry at the Super Bowl is a feat for art and our country, because it means we’re thinking imaginatively about human connection even when we feel siloed,” Gorman said Sunday on Twitter. “I’ll honor three heroes who exemplify the best of this effort. Here’s to them, to poetry and to a Super Bowl like no other.”

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“I called John Elway, called Dan Marino, called Troy Aikman, called Brett Favre, to let them know and (tell them) how thankful I am to be on the same team as them,” Manning said shortly after he got word about his honor in an interview with the Broncos website. “And the impact they had on me, either studying them or them talking to me after a game, or whatever it may be.”

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Former heavyweight champ Spinks dies

SWOCC’s Parks signs with Geoducks JOHN GUNTHER The World

COOS BAY — The Southwestern Oregon Community College volleyball team hasn’t played a match yet since the school year started, but sophomore Tayler Parks already can look ahead with excitement to next school year.

Parks signed a letter of intent Friday to continue her education and playing career at Evergreen State College in Washington.

The outside hitter was attracted to the Geoducks primarily because of educational opportunities at the school in Olympia.

“I’m going for the marine biology program,” she said, adding that she has been interested in that major since taking a vacation to Hawaii with her family when she was 13.

“We went snorkeling and the people who took us were marine biologists,” she said.

“I talked their ears off the entire time. I thought, ‘I want to do this.’”

Parks came to SWOCC from Vacaville, Calif., signing with the Lakers two years to the day before her signing ceremony with her Laker teammates Friday.

Her career at SWOCC hasn’t been anything like she expected, primarily because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has impacted virtually every aspect of college.

She has done well getting her prerequisite classes, though most of the past year they have been all online.

“I’m just doing what I can with it,” she said.

Meanwhile, the NWAC volleyball season was delayed, and then delayed again.

The current plan is to start March 19, though there will be no NWAC tournament this season.

“We want to get in as many games as we can,” SWOCC coach Stephanie Willett said.

Because of the pandemic, Parks lost what Willett considers to be one of the biggest times of growth for her college players.

In a typical year, the season plays out in the fall, players work on skills in the winter and then make their biggest strides in the spring. Last year, that spring time of workouts never happened on campus.

“She came in like a big hitter,” Willett said. “Winter term, she worked on things and you could really see she grew as a player.”

But even though the team wasn’t able to train together in the spring, Parks kept working on things on her own until the players returned to campus in September.

“She came in stronger than ever and has just stayed that way,” Willett said. “Her defense and serve receive have been phenomenal.”

That was the biggest weakness for Parks her freshman year and Willett now expects her to play the entire rotation when the season finally happens.

“We knew she could hit the ball,” Willett said. “Last year, she struggled with passing and serve receive.

We need that this year.”

Willett and Parks are looking forward to the season, whatever it eventually looks like, because of the squad’s potential.

“I really like this team,” Parks said. “This year we are 10 times more competitive than last year.

“I’ve never been on a team

where everybody is into practice.”

That is despite not having the season in the fall and instead just having lots and lots of practice.

“No one is burnt out,” Parks said. “Everyone is working hard. We are ready for the season.”

Willett agreed.

“I want to get games in,” she said. “I want to see them play somebody else.”

Parks is one of just three sophomores in the program, but the squad is loaded with talent despite its youth.

“We have so many versatile players,” Willett said. “All the hitters who are freshmen can play so many different positions.”

Willett is proud of the team’s work in the classroom, too, during the school

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, has died. He was 67.

Spinks, who lived his later years in Las Vegas, died Friday night, according to a release from a public relations firm. He had been battling prostate and other cancers.

His wife, Brenda Glur Spinks, and a few close friends and other family members were by his side when he passed away.

A lovable heavyweight with a drinking problem, Spinks beat Ali by decision in a 15-round fight in 1978 to win the title. He was unranked at the time, and picked as an opponent because Ali was looking for an easy fight.

He got anything but that, with an unorthodox Spinks swarming over Ali throughout year. The group’s collective the fight on his way to a stunning win by split decision. grade-point average for the The two met seven months fall term was over 3-point and predicted it will be even later at the Superdome in New Orleans, with Ali taking better for winter term. the decision this time before “I tell them to focus on their studies over volleyball,” a record indoor boxing crowd of 72,000 and a national Willett said.

Given the relative youth of television audience estimated at 90 million people. the squad, Willett has been “It was one of the most looking to Parks and the othunbelievable things when Ali er sophomores to be leaders agreed to fight him because and said Parks has shined, you look at the fights he had particularly by example. up to then and he was not “She is always looking to only not a top contender but get better,” Willett said. shouldn’t have been a contendThat desire and effort has er at all,’’ promoter Bob Arum given her the chance to consaid Saturday. ”He was just tinue her career at the fouran opponent but somehow he year school, though Parks found a way to win that fight.” would like to have some Spinks would lose the remore success on the court for match to Ali in New Orleans the Lakers first. and fought for the title only “I’m excited,” she said. once after that, when he was “There is a lot of talented stopped in the third round in players on the team.”

1981 by Larry Holmes. He continued fighting on and off into the mid-1990s, finishing with a record of 26-17-3.

Spinks, with a big grin that in the major leagues among often showed off his missqualified pitchers behind ing front teeth, was popular only Cleveland’s Shane among boxing fans for both Bieber at 1.63. Bauer earned his win over Ali and his $6,481,481 in prorated pay easygoing personality. But he from a $17.5 million salary. burned through his earnings Arizona drafted Bauer quickly, and at one point after with the third overall pick in retiring was working as a custhe 2011 amateur draft. He todian at a YMCA in Nebrasmade his big league debut ka, cleaning locker rooms. with the Diamondbacks the He later was part of a following year and went 1-2 group of ex-fighters who had in four starts, then was traded their brains studied by the to Cleveland in December Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo 2012 with pitchers Matt Center for Brain Health in Albers and Bryan Shaw as Las Vegas. Spinks was found part of a three-team trade to have brain damage caused that brought shortstop Didi by a combination of taking Gregorius and pitcher Tony punches to the head and Sipp to Arizona, outfielder heavy drinking, though he Drew Stubbs to Cleveland functioned well enough to do and outfielder Shin-Soo Choo autograph sessions and other to Cincinnati.

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Cy Young winner Bauer joins champion Dodgers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trevor Bauer is coming home to pitch for the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner announced his decision on Friday in a two-minute video posted to his Twitter account. Bauer narrated the piece, which ended with him saying, “This season is about making sure history remembers us as we wish to be remembered. This season is about adding to our legacy. And I can’t wait, Dodger fans.”

The Dodgers made it worth his while: His contract is for $102 million over three years, according to multiple media reports.

The video was titled “MY NEW HOME!!!” and the credits said it was written by Bauer, who wore a Dodgers jersey and cap. He tossed a baseball from one hand to the other.

Bauer, who turned 30 last

month, was born in North Hollywood, went to high school in Santa Clarita and played baseball at UCLA. The right-handed free agent also was negotiating with the New York Mets.

Bauer’s agent, Rachel Luba, tweeted, “So excited for your next chapter with the @ Dodgers, Trevor Bauer.”

For the second straight year, the Dodgers had a mostly quiet offseason before making a blockbuster deal in February. In 2020, they traded for outfielder Mookie Betts and pitcher David Price, who opted out last season because of the pandemic. Price is expected back this year.

Price tweeted his reaction: three flushed face emojis and “WOW!!”

Bauer joins a Dodgers rotation that had a major league-best 3.02 ERA during the abbreviated 60-game season last year, when the franchise won its first cham-

pionship since 1988.

He gives the club a third Cy Young winner, joining three-time winner Clayton Kershaw and 2012 winner Price. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Dodgers are the first team to have three former Cy Young winners in their rotation since the Detroit Tigers in 2014 had Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Price.

With the upcoming season expanding from 60 games to a full 162-game schedule, the Dodgers can go seven-deep in their rotation, which includes Julio Urias, Dustin May and Tony Gonsolin.

Bauer is 75-64 with a 3.90 ERA in nine major league seasons that included a career-best 17-9 with a 4.19 ERA for Cleveland in 2017.

He was an All-Star the following year, going 12-6 with a 2.21 ERA. Bauer was 5-4 in his second season with Cincinnati and his 1.73 ERA was second

Humphries wins fourth world bobsled title for U.S. Associated Press Kaillie Humphries got some help from a U.S. bobsled legend on her way to making history Saturday.

Humphries is the world women’s bobsled champion for a record fourth time, teaming with Lolo Jones to win the title on a snowy day in Altenberg, Germany. Humphries and Jones finished their four runs over two days in 3 minutes, 48.26 seconds.

And Humphries drove to the title in a sled equipped with runners that were owned by Steven Holcomb, the former world and Olympic champion who died nearly four years ago.

“A big portion of this was for him, too,” Humphries said, talking through

her tears moments after winning the title. “This feels great.”

Humphries also won world championships in 2012, 2013 and 2020, along with Olympic golds in 2010 and 2014.

The Olympic titles and first two world crowns came while she was racing for Canada. She was released from that national team, began sliding for USA Bobsled in 2019 and is awaiting a citizenship decision that will determine whether she can be part of the U.S. Olympic team next year.

Germany’s Sandra Kiriasis is the only other three-time women’s world champion. And now Humphries stands alone atop that list.

“It is the biggest relief ever,” Humphries said of winning the fourth title.

Germany finished second, third and fourth: Kim Kalicki and Ann-Christin Strack won the silver medal in 3:48.61, and Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi finished third in 3:49.27, followed by Stephanie Schneider and Leonie Fiebig in fourth. The U.S. sled of Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman finished fifth.

Jones is now a world champion in two different sports — winning those crowns in three different decades. She’s a two-time indoor women’s hurdles champion. She began bobsledding nearly a decade ago and now has by far the biggest victory of her sliding career.

Jones won the world indoor 60-meter hurdles championships in 2008 and 2010. She went to the Olympics as a hurdler in 2008 and 2012.

events late in his life.

“He was a good soul,” said Gene Kilroy, who was Ali’s business manager when he fought Spinks and became friends with the fighter.

Spinks won the light heavyweight division at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, beating Sixto Soria of Cuba in an upset to become one of five U.S. fighters to win gold.

His brother, Michael, who would later become heavyweight champion himself, won the middleweight gold, and Sugar Ray Leonard took the welterweight title.

Spinks was hardly spectacular after turning pro, winning six of his first seven fights. Just four months before he met Ali, he could manage just a draw with journeyman Scott LeDoux and he wasn’t on anyone’s radar in the heavyweight title picture.

But Ali was coming off a brutal fight with Earnie Shavers and wasn’t looking forward to what would have been a mandatory bout against Ken Norton, whom he had already fought three times and who seemed to have Ali’s number. Instead, he sought an easy mark for a fight that was to be nationally televised on ABC, even knowing he would be stripped of one of his titles for taking another fight.

Enter Spinks, who was such a big underdog most sports books didn’t even take bets on the fight.

“In that fight everything clicked,” Arum said. “He came in with a game plan and he beat Ali. It wasn’t that Ali wasn’t at his best, but Leon shocked everybody with how good Leon was.”

Suddenly, Spinks was the heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 25.

“I’m not The Greatest,” Spinks said afterward. “Just the latest.”

Arum was in the dressing room with Ali after the fight, and said Ali directed him to sign Spinks to a quick rematch. The two fought seven months later in a prime-time fight on CBS that set television viewing records at the time, with nearly half the country tuning in.

Ali took the rematch more seriously than he did the first fight, winning a decision though Spinks was competitive. Spinks might have been better, Arum said, but enjoyed the life of being heavyweight champion too much and partied much of the time between fights.

“Leon posed in a bathtub with a glass of champagne smoking a cigar. He suddenly had an entourage as big as one that Ali had,” Arum said.

National Sports TV Schedule

State at Michigan State, 4 p.m., ESPN2; Arkansas at Kentucky, 4 p.m., ESPN; West Virginia at Texas Tech, 6 p.m., ESPN; Creighton at Georgetown, 6 p.m., CBS Sports Network; Iowa State at TCU, 6 p.m., ESPNU; DePaul at Villanova, 6 p.m., Fox Sports 1; New Mexico State at Colorado State, 8 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Hockey — Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 3 p.m., NBC Sports Network; Tampa Bay at Nashville, 5:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Tennis — Australian Open, midnight and 6 p.m., ESPN2.

Wednesday, Feb. 10

Auto Racing — Daytona 500 qualifying, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

NBA Basketball — Atlanta at Dallas, 4:45 p.m., ESPN; Milwaukee at Phoenix, 7:05 p.m., ESPN. Men’s College Basketball — UConn at Providence, 1 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Furman at North Carolina-Greensboro, 2 p.m., ESPNU; Houston at South Florida, 4 p.m., ESPNU; Louisiana State at Mississippi State, 6 p.m., ESPNU. Hockey — Boston at New York Rangers, 4 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Tennis — Australian Open, midnight and 7 p.m., ESPN2.

Thursday, Feb. 11

Auto Racing — NASCAR Cup Series Duel at Daytona, 4 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

NBA Basketball — Miami at Houston, 4:30 p.m., TNT; Philadelphia at Portland, 7 p.m., TNT. Men’s College Basketball — DePaul at Xavier, 12:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1; Wisconsin at Nebraska, 2 p.m., ESPN2; Utah at California, 3 p.m., Pac12 Network; Colorado at Stanford, 4 p.m., ESPNU; Oregon State at Arizona, 5 p.m., Pac-12 Network; New Mexico at Colorado State, 5 p.m., CBS Sports Network; Eastern Kentucky at Belmont, 6 p.m., ESPNU; USC at Washington, 7 p.m., Pac-12 Network; UNLV at Boise State, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network; UCLA at Washington State, 8 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Golf — PGA Tour AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, noon, Golf Channel.

Tennis — Australian Open, midnight and 6 p.m., ESPN2.

Friday, Feb. 12

NBA Basketball — New Orleans at Dallas, 4:45 p.m., ESPN; Memphis at Los Angeles Lakers, 7:05 p.m., ESPN. Men’s College Basketball — St. Bonaventure at VCU, 4 p.m., ESPN2; Akron at Miami Ohio, 4 p.m., ESPNU; Buffalo at Central Michigan, 5 p.m., CBS Sports Network; Detroit at Cleveland State, 6 p.m., ESPNU; Wyoming at Utah State, 7 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Auto Racing — NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy 250, qualifying at noon, race at 4:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

Golf — PGA Tour AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, noon, Golf Channel.

Tennis — Australian Open, midnight and 6 p.m., ESPN2.

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Case No. 08PB0043 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Michelle K. Gallino has been appointed Personal Representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the Personal Representative at 165 S. 5th Street, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420, within four (4) months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred.All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative, Karen L. Costello.Dated and first published on February 9, 2021. /s/ Karen L. Costello Karen L. Costello, OSB #085391 Attorney for Personal Representative PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Michelle K. Gallino 165 S. 5th Street, Suite A Coos Bay, OR 97420 (541) 267-7086 ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Karen L. Costello, OSB #085391 Costello Law Office, PC 125 W. Central Avenue, Suite 400 P.O. Box 600Coos Bay, OR 97420 Telephone: (541) 808-0284 Email: kcostello@kcostellolaw. com Published : Feb 9, Feb 16 and February 23, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:308603)

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In the Matter of the Estate of: Patricia Joan Shropshire, Decedent.

Donald J. Shropshire is the Personal Representative for the Estate of Patricia Joan Shropshire, and a probate proceeding has commenced as Coos County Circuit Court Case No. 20 PB 09102. All persons having claims against the Estate shall present them within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice to the Personal Representative at the address below, or the claims may be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by this proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the Personal Representative, or the Attorney for the Personal Representative.

Date of First Publication: January 26, 2021 Personal Representative Donald Shropshire PO Box 358 Bandon, OR 97411 Telephone: (541) 347-3829 Attorney for Personal Representative Robert S. Miller III, OSB No. 94387 Bandon Professional Center 1010 First Street S.E., Suite 210 Bandon, OR 97411 Telephone: (541) 347-6075 Published: Jan 26, Feb 2 and February 9, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:307346) ---------------------------------------------NOTICE OF SPRAY PROGRAM In the Matter of a Spray Program for Coos County Road Department TO: ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. In order to maintain County roads, the Coos County Road Department intends to institute a brush control program on March 1st, which may include the use of herbicides on the rights-of-way of certain Coos County roads.

2. Property owners may request the Coos County Road Department not spray the rightof-way abutting their property.

Property owners who do not wish the County to spray must contact the Road Department.

The Road Department will provide the property owner with a "NO SPRAY" Agreement to complete and return by March 1st. These agreements are free of charge and must be renewed annually.

3. The property owner must post the right-of-way to indicate the "NO SPRAY" area with signs provided by the Road Department. The County will no longer recognize homemade nospray signs. If you do not want us to spray the right of way adjacent to your property, you must come in to the Road Department and fill out a no-spray agreement.

4. Failure to contact the Road Department, enter into the agreement or failure to post the required signs will result in the Road Department spraying the right-of-way as planned.

5. If the property owner posts the abutting right-of-way as a "NO SPRAY" area, the property owner is responsible for controlling the vegetation on the right-of-way. If the property owner fails to clear the right-of-way, the County may do so, with the cost charged to the property owner. Failure to pay this cost will result in a lien being assessed against the property.

6. Contact the Coos County Road Department at 1281 West Central, Coquille, Oregon 97423; or call 541/396-7660 for further information.

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by Randy Dixon, Operations Administrator, at Coos Bay City Hall, 500 Central Ave., Coos Bay, OR 97420 until 2:00 PM local time on March 4, 2021, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. No bids will be accepted after this time. The Project is for roadbed reconstruction, asphalt overlay, and removal of old asphalt at various residential roadway locations as identified in the Specifications.

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Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Coos Bay Notice of Annual Report The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Coos Bay (Agency) has published the FY 2019/2020 annual report for the Downtown and Empire Urban Renewal Districts. It is on file at Coos Bay City Hall and with the Agency, as well as has been provided to all of the overlapping taxing districts as shown below. The full report is available to all interested persons and can be also found on the city’s website at www.coosbay.org. In FY 2019/2020, property tax revenue received by the Downtown District was $1,542,556 and the Empire District was $808,833, and indebtedness incurred by the Downtown District was $1,411,022 and the Empire District was $2,882,261. Expenditures from FY 2019/2020 were $2,580,375 for the Downtown District and $2,954,472 for the Empire District. The estimated tax revenues for FY 2020/2021 are $1,619,258 for the Downtown District and $857,093 for the Empire District. The FY 2020/2021 budget for the Downtown District includes $10,866,184 requirements and $6,762,056 requirements for the Empire District. Shown in the tables below: 1) The estimated impact of carrying out the urban renewal plans on the tax collections for the preceding year for all overlapping taxing districts and 2) maximum indebtedness details for the Downtown and Empire Districts.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: The City of Coos Bay Operations Department, Randy Dixon, Operations Administrator. Bidding Documents may be viewed at www.QuestCDN.com, and at the City of Coos Bay City Hall.

To be qualified to submit a Bid the Contractor must obtain the bidding documents at www. questCDN.com, QuestCDN Project No. 7547367. All pre-Bid questions and responses will be posted on QuestCDN. A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at 10:00 AM local time February 16, 2021, at Coos Bay City Hall, 500 Central Avenue, Coos Bay, OR 97420.

This contract is for public work and is subject to ORS 279C.800 to 279C.870 regarding prevailing wage rates.

Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to waive any technicalities or informalities in connection with the bids. No Bidder may withdraw their bid until thirty (30) days after the bid opening.

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Case No. 21PB00641 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Michelle K. Gallino has been appointed Personal Representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the Personal Representative at 165 S. 5th Street, Suite A ,Coos Bay, Oregon 97420, within four (4) months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred.All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative, Karen L. Costello.Dated and first published on February 9, 2021. /s/ Karen L. Costello Karen L. Costello, OSB #085391 Attorney for Personal Representative PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Michelle K. Gallino 165 S. 5th Street, Suite A Coos Bay, OR 97420 (541) 267-7086 ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Karen L. Costello, OSB #085391 Costello Law Office, PC 125 W. Central Avenue, Suite 400 P.O. Box 600 Coos Bay, OR 97420 Telephone: (541) 808-0284 Email: kcostello@kcostellolaw. com Published: Feb 9, Feb 16 and February 23, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:308604)

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All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with written evidence thereof attached, to the personal representative, c/o Mark M. Williams, Attorney at Law, 66 Club Road, Suite 200, Eugene, OR 97401. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them within four months after the date of first publication of this notice to the Personal Representative at the address stated above for the presentation of claims or such claims may be barred.

All persons whose rights may be affected by these proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court or the Personal Representative, named above.

Dated and first published February 9, 2021.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Daniel Senn, P.O. Box 1003 Bandon, OR 97411 (541) 404-1889 ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Mark M. Williams, OSB#821404 66 Club Road, Suite 200 Eugene, OR 97401 (541) 393-6720 mark@williams-pc.com Published: Feb 9, Feb 16 and February 23, 2021 The World & ONPA (ID:308608) ---------------------------------------------A VIRTUAL regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Central Lincoln PUD will be held on February 17, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Central Lincoln’s Newport office located at 2129 N. Coast Hwy. where board members plan attend in person.

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School children were frequent passengers, too: Ott remembers taking the boat to his freshman year at Coos River High School before the school bus arrived the next year. Other times, his mother would have him dress up for day trips to shop in Marshfield.

And on at least one occasion, a riverboat would arrive with more passengers than it had departed with: Ott’s uncle Keith was born on a boat named the Coos River, after his mother had waited too long to depart for Marshfield before going into labor.

After Captain Edwards came Jesse Ott, Roger’s grandfather, and the Mecca’s usual captain. He had the boat built in 1923 specifically for running the Coos River: The flat bottom and wooden hog chains (which run from the boat’s bottom to the top of central support beams) meant the boat could float in just 28 inches of water, according to an account written

by Roger’s father, Harold.

64 feet long, the Mecca had two decks, two lifeboats and could carry 75 passengers, along with two cars, 150 milk cans and a few tons of other freight, according to Harold’s account. It ran until 1929, when the highway made such a large boat unnecessary.

Eventually, the Mecca moored too close to the riverbank — when the water level went down, the boat sank and crashed onto its side. And when a timber crew attempted to pull it back upright, they snapped a key component, rendering it useless, other than to salvage the engines.

The riverboat Hope took over for the Mecca, and the Welcome came after that.

Roger became a frequent passenger on that riverboat, which would be his grandfather’s last.

“I’d have went every day

Still, despite the accelerated distribution projection, Friday’s press conference wasn’t all good news. The announcement came the same day the state announced its 2,000th virus-related death.

“Each life lost to this horrible virus is one too many. I know each number here is someone’s mother or father, child, best friend or colleague,” Brown said. “It’s difficult, and it’s heartbreaking, and my thoughts are with each of these families.”

What’s more, the health officials are preparing for difficulties over the next several weeks, when hundreds of thousands more Oregonians are in line for a relatively short supply of vaccines.

“Next week, when seniors begin to become eligible, we will see some degree of chaos,” Allen said Friday. “Next week, many older adults will inevitably voice frustration.

Next week, you will not have to look hard to see people experiencing confusion. We will fall short.”

The smooth rollout of vaccines to Oregon’s elderly will require patience and understanding, he emphasized. He noted that not everyone who becomes eligible will get a vaccine right away, but may have to wait several weeks to move to the front of the line.

“As we’ve said all along, our limitation isn’t capacity,” Allen said. “It’s supply.”

Some pharmacies across the state will soon have doses of the vaccine to administer to eligible individuals, Allen said. That’ll be one option for seniors to get vaccinated, alongside vaccine clinics, local public health authorities

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The Mecca ran passengers, milk cans and other cargo up and down the Coos River between Marshfield and Allegany from 1923 to 1929. if mom had let me,” Roger said.

Roger’s father Harold never owned the boats, but he did captain them. He’d hoped to become a theater organist, studying at the University of Oregon, but returned to the family business when “talkies” (that is, films with sound) eliminated the need for organists in movie theaters.

On some days, when Harold didn’t have a deckhand to help him on the boat, Roger would stand on an oil can to see out the pilothouse, with clear directions from his father to steer the boat down the middle of the river.

“Talk about something to tell mom about,” Roger said.

The Otts continued to run the Welcome until 1948, when Jesse made his last run of the riverboat to Marshfield. By then, the highway had become a more popular route for freight to Allegany.

“It’s so much quicker just to haul it,” Roger said.

“There wasn’t enough of it to make a go of it.”

Since then, all that’s remained of the riverboats is the memory of them — and in some cases, their discarded bones. The remains of the Rainbow and the Millicoma, two other Ott family vessels, sat on the shore across from the Coos Bay boardwalk af-

The Mecca lays in its final resting place on the Coos River. The Hope, at left, replaced it for the Ott family’s runs up and down the river. ter they were put out of use.

But the Mecca’s remains had become invisible, sinking into the mud on the river’s west bank. That’s why Roger was shocked when his daughter-in-law told him January’s heavy rains and rushing river had made it reappear on the river’s east bank.

“I said, ‘No, it can’t be.

You’re seeing something else,” Roger said.

Soon, though, he went to look for himself.

“The wood looks probably as good as it did the day it went in there,” he discovered.

Roger Ott has many other stories about his family’s four generations in Allega-

ny — about how his great grandmother was the first to homestead above Golden Falls on Glen Creek, or how her brother ran a timber operation nearby, or how her other brother’s land turned into the state park it is today — and he’s told many of them at area historical events and in the Allegany community newsletter.

But he surely doesn’t have all the stories. Many of those were lost when his grandfather Jesse died, just two months shy of 104 years old, Roger said.

“I wish I would’ve asked more questions,” Roger said.

“When he was gone, a lot of information left with him.”

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Fortunately, Molly landed about 30 feet below the trail on a narrow cliff only a few feet wide.

Without cell service in the area, a bystander descended by the public will help the trail and called 911, Slater land managers develop said. He was dispatched to the Comprehensive River the scene, along with staff Management Plan (CRMP) from the Millington Fire for Wasson and Franklin Department. creeks, as well as craft an Slater thought it would be amendment to the Siuslaw easy to assist Molly off the Land and Resource Manage- cliff, since he already had a ment Plan (also known as the dog harness and 30-foot lead Forest Plan) for the Devil’s for his K9, but he discovered Staircase Wilderness. Wilthe situation was more comderness and Wild & Scenic plex upon his arrival.

Rivers have special federal “It was not exactly what I protections that encourage thought it was going to be,” minimal interference and Slater said. human impacts on the natural The situation was more landscape, and these plantreacherous than he’d expectning documents will help ed, with Molly further down the agencies meet their legal the cliff than he’d imagined and regulatory management and on a ledge so narrow one requirements. This is the first of the dog’s legs dangled off of multiple opportunities the side. members of the public will “Somehow the dog hit that have to contribute to the ledge,” Slater remembered. planning process.

Molly’s owner had been

Input sought on management for Devils Staircase Forest Service, BLM also seek input on 2 creeks The Siuslaw National Forest and the Coos Bay District of the Bureau of Land Management are seeking public input on the management of the Devils Staircase Wilderness and two wild and scenic rivers — Wasson and Franklin creeks.

The wilderness area and creeks are located east of Reedsport, between the Smith and Umpqua rivers, and were designated for special protections by Congress in March of 2019.

At present, the two agencies are cooperatively developing management plans

that will guide administrative and public use of the special landscapes.

“Wilderness areas and wild and scenic rivers are special places for many reasons, but most unique is the way in which they are managed,” said Robert Sanchez, Siuslaw Forest supervisor.

“Public input about recreation, special uses, wildlife habitat, and other values and opportunities will help us steward these areas for years to come.”

As an early step in the planning process, the BLM and Forest Service are asking members of the public to share their interests, values, and knowledge about these areas. The public is invited to comment through an online platform, which

allows individuals to provide information on specific locations within the project area. Additionally, the online platform explains what Wilderness and Wild & Scenic River designations mean and contains a preview of the upcoming planning process.

Comments will be most helpful if received by March 5, 2021.

“People stepped forward to share how special these areas are to Western Oregon, which led to their designations as Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers. Now, input from the public will help us ensure we manage these areas to preserve what makes them unique,” said Steve Lydick, acting Coos Bay District manager.

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and long-term care facilities.

According to the state’s vaccination timeline, individuals 80 and older will be eligible for vaccines Feb. 8.

Those 75 and older will be eligible on Feb. 15, and those 70 and up will be eligible on Feb. 22. On March 1, anyone 65 or older will be eligible for a vaccine.

Health officials have developed several methods for getting information about getting a vaccine. The state’s covidvaccine.oregon.gov website contains general information about the vaccine and vaccination eligibility.

Starting Feb. 8, that website will be home to a “Get Vaccinated Oregon” tool developed to help individuals determine their eligibility for a vaccine, find vaccination events across the state and register for alerts about their eligibility.

The tool won’t guarantee a place in line, as vaccination appointments are made by vaccine providers.

People can also text “ORCOVID” to 898211 to get text updates about nearby clinics in English and Spanish, or email ORCOVID@211info.org with questions.

As a last resort, statewide vaccine eligibility information is available by calling 211 or 866-698-6155, though officials caution that wait times may be very long given the high call volume, and Allen suggested seniors should wait until their age group is eligible before reaching out for more information.

“I’m asking older Oregonians for patience, in exchange for this promise: While it will take time, every senior who wants to get vaccinated will get a vaccine in the coming weeks,” Allen said. waiting for help at the cliff for several hours before Slater arrived, keeping her calm and stationary, Slater said.

Soon, Millington Fire Chief Samantha Mason arrived with rappelling gear.

Mason rappelled down the side of the cliff towards the dog. As she approached the ledge, Slater said Molly began to get excited about the approaching person, standing up to greet her — and worrying those watching about the possibility she might slip off the edge.

Fortunately, Mason secured Molly with the harness and lead, and the group on the cliff above began to lift the 80-something-pound lab up the side.

“We used all the citizens behind us and everything to pull Molly back up,” Slater said.

Having the dog fall right on the tiny ledge, and having the right gear, were all what kept the scene from turning into a sadder one, Slater said.

“It was sheer luck,” he recalled. “It was the perfect storm.”

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