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Coos Bay gives plan for July 4 CHERYL UPSHAW The World

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Terrence Harris, who lives in Empire, speaks to the group during Sunday’s march.

Hundreds join protest Man arrested after allegedly drawing a gun on protesters JILLIAN WARD The World

COOS BAY — Almost 400 Black Lives Matter demonstrators took to the streets in downtown Coos Bay on both Saturday and Sunday.

The emotional stand in support of the BLM movement was mostly met with support from passing drivers traveling down U.S. Highway 101, though was interrupted by one driver who “rolled coal,” and one arrest when a man allegedly pulled a gun on protesters.

The gun was allegedly drawn on Saturday at 1:40 p.m. after a truck stopped at the light between Sumins Restaurant and Coney Station. One of the protesters who saw the incident,

Protestors in Coos Bay lay face down with their hands behind their back for almost nine minutes: the amount of time that George Floyd was restrained in this position before he was killed at the hands of police in Minneapolis.

Zane Galvin, said the male initially pulled up and flipped them off.

“We said ‘Black Lives Matter’ and he straight up pulled his gun on us,” Galvin recounted.

Robert Fisher was another

protester in the group when this happened and said the man looked right at him and said, “White lives matter.”

“I’m an unarmed black male here in Coos County,” Fisher said, shaken. “I’m already a mi-

nority and don’t understand why, when we’re peacefully protesting, that these people do these things to us. True color shows in this community.”

Kyle McMichael, a local photographer unaffiliated with any group, was on the corner and took a photo of the incident.

“I had the camera, taking shots of various signs, and saw a truck pull up,” McMichael said. “I noticed the protesters yelling back and forth and he gestured like he had a firearm and the group backed away, afraid. Then he drove off … as soon as the light turned green.”

Also in the group, Morgan Bream, said she ran away from the road when she saw the gun.

“I think it’s disgusting,” she said. “I grew up in this town.

It’s honestly terrifying. … We’re peacefully protesting and (he) waved the gun like he was going to shoot us. … I started bawling my eyes out. I wanted to leave

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NORTH BEND — “A drivethrough graduation” is how Principal Darrell Johnston described Friday’s non-traditional event, where 165 students drove up to get their diploma.

North Bend High School got creative for graduation, just like all other high schools across the nation as they grapple with the new coronavirus pandemic and safety restrictions.

“Prior years, we have traditions,” Johnston said. “This year, all of our old plans were gone so we had to find a way to maintain

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One of North Bend High School’s valedictorians, Megan Farmer, receives her diploma from Principal Darrell Johnston on Friday. traditions while addressing the need for social distancing.”

When the North Bend School

District made plans for graduation, Johnston said it was put together quickly when Coos

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County was still in Phase I of reopening. Because of this, he said the planned ceremony was more restrictive than if it had been planned for Phase II, which is what the county recently entered.

“We planned (the graduation) with the help of Coos Health and Wellness, Oregon Department of Education, and other schools,” he said. “We had to start from scratch.”

When asked what might live on as a new graduation tradition from the creatively organized 2020 graduation, Johnston pointed to the senior banners hanging on the fence near the main building.

“A lot of families came out to decorate those and liked that we have a ‘hall of glory’ for graduates,” he said.

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(AP) - Calls for deep police reforms gained momentum as leaders in the city where George Floyd died at the hands of police pushed to dismantle the entire department.

Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests demanding a reckoning with institutional racism that have sometimes resulted in clashes with police, but many officers took a less aggressive stance over the weekend when demonstrations were overwhelmingly peaceful.

Two weeks after Floyd, an out-of-work black bouncer, died after a white Minneapolis officer pressed a knee on his neck for several minutes, a majority of the Minneapolis City Council vowed to dismantle the 800-member agency.

“It is clear that our system of policing is not keeping our communities safe,” City Council President Lisa Bender said Sunday. “Our efforts at incremental reform have failed, period.”

On Monday, Derek Chauvin — the officer filmed pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck and one of

Message to 2020 graduates: resiliency Graduates experience historic ceremony amid ongoing pandemic

COOS BAY — Though there will be no fireworks over the bay this year, Coos Bay city employees will celebrate America’s Independence — just in a less explosive way.

Following the May 19 decision by Coos Bay City Council to cancel this year’s city-sponsored fireworks over concerns about following Governor Kate Brown’s new coronavirus executive orders, councilmembers wondered aloud how they might still mark the occasion while following social distancing requirements.

At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, City Manager Rodger Craddock announced that instead of fireworks, Coos Bay residents would see police and fire vehicles driving through the city playing patriotic music and giving away miniature American flags.

While many of the details have not been announced, officials shared a tentative plan for the day. On July 4, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. three police and three fire vehicles will tour the city.

The fire department plans to send one ladder truck and two fire engines. The police department

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Council makes changes to code to increase housing CHERYL UPSHAW The World

COOS BAY — Coos Bay City Council made two changes to local codes last month.

The first will ban new chain link fencing for commercial properties in the Empire and Downtown Urban Renewal Areas. The second places restrictions on how homeowners can utilize accessory dwelling units, or ADUs. The intent of these changes is to both improve the aesthetics of the city and to provide additional permanent housing.

ADU Restrictions An accessory dwelling unit is a second building on a lot that is smaller than the first and can be lived in. City Manager Rodger Craddock described them as “mother-in-law quarters.” Tuesday’s changes to

city code add tiny homes to this definition, as well as removing ADUs from density requirements.

The changes will theoretically increase the longterm housing available in the city, by eliminating density restrictions that might discourage homeowners from building an ADU. Existing language in city code ensures these potential new buildings cannot be used as short-term rentals. This language was not added at the meeting, but was emphasized by the council. Three words were removed from code which previously stated the homes couldn’t be used as “temporary housing.”

According to city officials, this change simply means the ADUs can’t be rented for terms shorter than 30 days.

“It’s a great way to provide new housing,”

Community Development Administrator Carolyn Johnson said.

Standards for ADUs in Coos Bay are “generous,” according to Johnson. The standards include restrictions such as limiting the size to either 75% of the size of the primary home on the property or 1,000 square feet, whichever is smaller. Converting an existing building and eliminating a functioning garage is not allowed. ADUs also have to follow the rules involving setbacks. They must also have kitchens and be suitable for long term living.

Eliminating density requirements means that ADUs won’t count toward the limited number of homes allowed in a specific zone. This will increase the number of potential places for residents to live in the city.

There was some discus-

sion on whether existing ADUs could be “grandfathered in” and allowed to operate as vacation rentals. There are only nine businesses registered as vacation rentals in Coos Bay city limits. Just one of the existing ADUs in city limits is included in that number, according to Johnson.

To operate as a vacation rental, owners must go through a process with the city that includes getting a business license. Once operational, owners must collect bed taxes on the rentals. The city checks on the major vacation rental websites to ensure that homes in city limits which advertise as vacation rentals are following these rules.

While there are not currently many ADUs registered as vacation rentals, the city has gotten a lot of inquiries about the

process to convert this type of dwelling into a vacation rental, according to Johnson. She said residents are particularly interested in bringing in tiny homes for this purpose.

Tiny Homes Tiny homes are allowed in city limits, and were specifically included in Tuesday’s decision. However, there are restrictions.

First, these units can’t be used as vacation rentals.

Second, they must meet Oregon or Housing and Urban Development building codes, such as being connected to municipal plumbing and being attached to an approved foundation.

Johnson said that many of these homes are on wheels, and the city was interested in creating more permanent places for people to live. This is partly addressed in the portion

of the code that requires a foundation.

Fences The council spent little time discussing fencing.

The ordinance they passed included provisions to prohibit new chain link fencing in the Empire and Downtown Urban Renewal Areas.

The prohibition is not city-wide, just within the bounds of the districts. It does not apply to existing fencing or to residential properties, only to new fence construction on commercial properties.

According to Councilman Drew Farmer, chain link is associated with blight, something the urban renewal districts are specifically trying to eliminate.

“We’re trying to spruce up downtown,” Johnson said, “We think people can make…different choices.”

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faces 140 months in prison, three months of supervision after release and $11,570 in restitution, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Oregon.

In December of 2015 Green robbed almost $5,000 from a Federal Savings Bank in Olympia, Washington while on escape status from supervision. He was charged six months later and was released on bond. A warrant was issued for his arrested after he fled.

In the fall of 2017 he mailed threatening letters to two people who had restraining orders against him and in December of that year he robbed a Rogue Federal Credit Union in Port Orford.

Green took $3,833 after entering the facility with his face covered with a towel while he held a box cutter.

In the same month, Green executed a similar robbery in Waldport. He again covered his face and then brandished a BB gun, which he purchased in Waldport, as he left with $2,840.

In January of 2018, he was arrested at a campground in Curry County where he admitted to four different robberies. In November of 2018 Green pleaded guilty to one count of “transmitting a communication containing a threat to injure.”

According to the release, the case was investigated by the Port Orford Police Department, Bandon Police Department, Coos County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office in addition to the FBI, USMS, Tumwater Police Department and Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Stop trying to bully people into silence There (were) two protests ... this weekend. It’s public knowledge. We hope to get some more people showing solidarity with us. But ... we’ve been threatened with assault, we’ve been threatened with getting shot! I have the screenshots.

I just want to ask WHY it’s so bothersome to some that a group of peaceful protesters want to exercise their right to speak out?

We are local people. We are your neighbors, friends, coworkers. It’s terrifying that violence has been threatened. Who are the nut jobs? Buddy, let me tell ya it’s not the group of peaceful protesters.

I’m ashamed to be a part of this hateful community. It’s really disgusting. Stop trying to bully people into silence!

Christy Ashcraft Coos Bay Standing for the North Bend Police Department I want to publicly acknowledge the North Bend Police Department. The officers and staff are professional, caring, and hard working. They have given their time, money, and hearts to the people of this city.

For them to lose their jobs over $15 a month is disgusting.

This decision is going to be more far-reaching and have an effect on our city that will hurt, harm, and destroy. I am so utterly disappointed in the citizens who value $15 over a human being. For those who say “I couldn’t afford it” there was a plan to have the $15 prorated, or just wavied.

God says love Him and love others. I do believe in His word and love the citizens of this city, I just don’t understand how you would put $15 over a person’s life. Maybe if it was your child, you loved one, they would matter.

The bad news is losses may not be over. More may be laid off.

There is a gofundme set up for these honorable men and there families. Please donate to these families, Blue lives will always matter and they are loved. The gofundme page is defunded NBPD officers. Please give what you can.

I stand for the North Bend Police Department and pray for this city.

Kelly Andrade North Bend Interpreting current events Trump is not content with simply promoting American deaths through incompetent and insane coronavirus responses. Now, with his re-election chances dwindling rapidly as he tanks the economy, Trump decides to cement into place the divisions among us. After building these for three years, he declares war…. on us.

The right of the people peace-

ably to assemble is constitutionally guaranteed. Yet this President and Republicans in Congress deny it.

For no reason other than to accommodate a photo opportunity for “Dear Leader holding a Bible” that he apparently has never read, in front of a Church across the street he has never entered, he sends his Attorney General to unleash tear gas barrages and riot police on a peaceful crowd assembled in Lafayette Park. He then declares war on America with the claim that he will send the U.S. military into states that don’t “dominate the streets”. Men and women in the armed forces should desert rather than follow orders to take up arms against fellow Americans.

As cameras roll, an American dies at the hands of four police officers in Minneapolis. Across the nation, patriots rise up in protest.

Supporting this imbecilic president means seeking civil war.

Trisha Vigil Medford

Remembering Ian Spalding My family moved to Coos Bay in 1954. My dad Wayne started the vocational auto shop in the “old east” branch. I had the opportunity to play football for Coach Susick at Marshfield 1954-57 when we lost only one game.

In 1964 I married Jo-Ann Ednie who is the sister to Steve Ednie.

Steve’s daughter is Carly, the mother of Ian Spalding. I worked for Weyerhaeuser for 38 years as Ian’s great-grandfather worked for Weyerhaeuser for over 40 years.

I just want to thank The World for the coverage of a young person, Ian. We have taken care of our brain-injured son since 2008. He was in a coma for five weeks, and we refused to say goodbye. He has lived with us for almost 12 years.

We wish the best for Carly, Mike, Emma, and grandfather Steve.

Once again, thank you to The World.

Best Regards, Bob Andrews Coos Bay Thank you demonstrators Thank you, Demonstrators for Equality and Justice in downtown Coos Bay! Thank you for showing up! Thank you for the thoughtful signs and chants! Thank you for your peacefulness! Thank you for 100% adherence to the letter as well as spirit to peaceful demonstration! How very American!

How very patriotic!

I write this before the demonstration is over, so I hope the demonstration concludes in complete peace. Peaceful demonstrations across America have been interrupted by external parties introducing violence and crime.

We are better than that!

Jenny Jones North Bend

GUEST OPINION Dear friends and neighbors Racial discrimination, systemic inequities, and criminal justice reform are topics you haven’t heard me say much about over my eight years in the Legislature. It can sometimes feel as though these issues don’t affect us, that they are a Portland problem, or a big city problem. But that sentiment itself, and especially the urge to remain silent in the face of the murders of Black people like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery contributes to the systems of racial discrimination that have plagued our nation since long before it was founded.

On the South Coast we have an especially dark history — Coos Bay is the site of the only recorded lynching in Oregon. The impact from that racist violent act remains with this community today. This spring, an event in remembrance of Alonzo Tucker’s 1902 lynching brought people from across the country to acknowledge our community’s disturbing history, talk about it, and help us heal. But racism is not just a part of our history, it continues today and is evident not only in ongoing acts of violence but in racial disparities in our justice system, access to health care, housing, and employment. Another result of this systemic disparity can be seen in the disproportionate effects of COVID-19 on

communities of color.

I have spent much of this week processing the murder of George Floyd, examining my own heart, and listening to Black leaders speak about the systemic racial injustices they face. I know that the pain and horror that they are experiencing now is neither new to them, nor unexpected, it has been felt and lived by people of color for generations.

My friends and colleagues who are raising Black and Brown children carry a burden of fear and stress every time their children leave the house, simply because of the color of their skin.

My heart aches for them. As a mother of two white children, I did not have to fear for their safety as they went for a run in our neighborhood, or were teenagers driving through town. Neither should anyone else.

I believe that moving forward, dismantling systems of racial injustice must involve every American, our South Coast region included. We are not immune.

Change must begin, as it always has, at home. It is long past time that we all grapple with racism personally, and at the local, state, and federal levels.

Thank you for reading, and take care.

Representative Caddy McKeown Oregon House District 9

On this day in Coos County history 100 YEARS - June 8, 1920

Alley Question Settled by Court Old Alley Question City Is Granted a Right of Way At Cold Storage Is Oddly Shaped and Compromise Offered Which Will Give a Straight Alley Thoroughfare

Judge John S. Coke has decided the suit of the Coos Bay Ice and Cold Storage Company against the city of Marshfield which settles the matter of a right of way for an alley extending from Broadway to Front street extending just west from cold storage plant.

The case was explained to the city council by City Attorney Brand last night. The judge said that it was a case in which it was highly difficult to render a decision owing to the conflicting evidence but that he regarded that it was litigation which should be decided owing to the many interests involved. According to the decision of the judge the complainants in the case own all the land north of the north line of block 5 in North Marshfield addition but the judge grants to the city an alley which is 1 feet wide at Front street and 17 feet wide at Broadway. This makes an oddly shaped alley but it was the only finding that the court could make.

Manual Training Work Shown At High School Exhibits Indicate That the Students Have Worked Hard and Were Given Good Instruction

The manual training exhibit last Friday afternoon in the high school auditorium pleased and interested a large audience from 2:30 p.m. until 6 o’clock in the evening.

All the exhibits showed skillful work and good training, many of the pieces being so perfect that offers to purchase them were made.

W.F. Young, manual training teacher, says the work done this year is four times that of last term. There has been much individual work, repair work around the school building and many improvements made. The enrollment of students in the manual training classes at the first of this term showed a total of fifty-nine from the high school and seventy from the grades. would be furnished here on account of the local shortage.

75 YEARS - June 8, 1945

N.B. Will Honor Teachers Retiring After 28 Years of Community Service

Two North Bend teachers, Mrs. Matilda Sleep and her sister, Miss Ida Gamble, who resigned last month after 28 years of teaching, will be honored by a reception at I.O.O. F. hall at 8 p.m., tonight. Sponsored by North Bend organizations, the reception has been planned under the direction of the North Bend Senior Woman’s club with Mrs. Michael Boileau as chairman.

Mrs. Carrie Clinkenbeard has handled the publicity and the Garden club has had charge of the decorations. A myrtlewood register book, signed by everyone present, will be presented the guests of honor by the chamber of commerce.

CNew Officers Installed by Eagle Lodges

The Coos Bay aerie of Eagles and auxiliary Wednesday installed their officers for 1945-46 at impressive

ceremonies attended by much of the order’s large membership.

Roy Ellis of Roseburg, represented the grand worthy president, and James Jacobson of Coquille, acted as worthy installing conductor.

50 YEARS - June 8, 1970

Coos Woman Dies in Highway 101 Mishap

Coos sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fatal one-car accident which early this morning claimed the life of a North Bend woman after the car she was driving went off Highway 101 just north of the Menasha turnoff.

The victim was tentatively identified as Mrs. Robert T. Dunback. Auto registration papers found in the car list the owner as a Robert T. Dunback, 4456 Wildwood Drive, North Bend. An early check by police identified Dunback as a former member of the North Bend Air Force Station.

He is now serving in Alaska.

CB D-9 Suspends Program

Implementation of all Coos Bay School District 9-sponsored summer programs — academic, musical and recreational — has been suspended indefinitely in the wake of last Tuesday’s second defeat of the district’s 1970-71 operating budget.

The lack of funds, most of which would have come from the next fiscal year’s budget was the reason for dropping the summer school programs.

15 YEARS - June 8 , 2005

World War II aircraft here this week

The Wings of Freedom Tour will touch down at the North Bend Municipal Airport Thursday and Friday, bringing living history to local residents who will have the opportunity to see World War II vintage B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers up close.

The heavy bomber aircrafts carried thousands of veterans over enemy territory for more than 60 years. There are only 10 flying examples of the B-17 today, and the B-24 is the only one of its type still flying. Both aircrafts are operated by the Collings Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization focused on preserving World War II history for future generations.

Coquille reviews festival’s blemishes

By Dan Schreiber, Editorial Assistant

COQUILLE - Water guns weren’t part of popular culture in 1890s Coquille, but that didn’t stop some people from using them during the town’s beloved yearly celebration of the spirited decade. The City Council agreed at its regular meeting Monday that although the ragtime-themed Gay ‘90s parade and gathering was generally a success, it also was marked with some unpleasantness.

A juvenile was run over by one of the parade floats, but wasn’t injured, according to the Fire Department. Councilors said they heard complaints of teenagers squirting others with blue dye and setting off stink bombs sold by one of the event’s vendors.

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Patient tests negative after initial positive The World COOS BAY — A patient at Bay Area Hospital has tested negative for Coronavirus (COVID-19), after an initial positive test, Bay Area Hospital announced in a press release on June 5.

“As part of the evaluation for a fever, a COVID-19 test was ordered, and unexpectedly came back positive,” the release stated.

“Subsequently, other causes for the fever were found, and the patient is responding to appropriate treatment for those causes.”

Other than the fever, the patient has exhibited no other

signs or symptoms of COVID-19 and the individual has not been exposed to any other known case of COVID-19 or persons with symptoms suspicious of the disease. Due to this highly unexpected finding, repeat testing was performed with two subsequent negative tests.

Out of an abundance of caution, Bay Area Hospital is continuing to treat the patient as a potential positive case of COVID-19. This includes the careful usage of personal protective equipment, and ongoing testing and monitoring of staff and other patients who may have been exposed to this patient in

the last 10 days.

“Given the highly unusual circumstances surrounding this case, the hospital is considering the possibility that the positive test may be a false positive,” stated the release. “However, Bay Area Hospital is continuing to proceed with the utmost caution until further evaluation can be completed.”

Bay Area Hospital is continuing to work collaboratively with state and local health authorities and the hospital’s occupational health department is in the process of re-contacting staff members and previous patients who were previously notified

of the presumptive positive to update them on the status of the negative test results.

Apart from the possibility of this false positive case, the hospital has not had an inpatient test positive for COVID-19 despite robust testing for potential cases.

The hospital will remain vigilant despite the overall low prevalence of the disease in Coos County.

“In short, Bay Area Hospital continues to put patient and staff safety as a top concern and believes the facility is a safe environment for anyone needing to receive medical care,” the release said.

“There is a concern that individ-

Oregon reports highest single-day total for new cases since pandemic began The World PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 164, the Oregon Health Authority reported over the weekend.

Oregon Health Authority reported 146 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 and one new death as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 4,808.

The new cases reported Sunday are in the following counties: Clackamas (18), Deschutes (2), Hood River (12), Lincoln (61), Linn (1), Marion (11), Multnomah (22), Umatilla (5), Wasco (2), Washington (8), Yamhill (4).

On Saturday, two COVID-19 deaths were reported, along with 93 new confirmed and presumptive cases. The new cases reported Saturday are in the following counties: Clackamas (7), Hood River (7), Jackson (2), Jefferson (2), Lincoln (6), Malheur (1), Marion (11), Morrow (1), Multnomah (28), Polk (3), Umatilla (6), Wallowa (1), Wasco (1), Washington (15), Yamhill (2).

Sunday’s COVID-19 case count marked the

highest daily count since the onset of the pandemic in Oregon, with 146 presumptive and confirmed cases reported to OHA. The high number is tied to several factors, including more widespread testing, increased contact tracing and active monitoring of close contacts of cases. Workplace outbreaks are another source of the high number.

An outbreak of 65 cases of COVID-19 has been reported at Pacific Seafood in Lincoln County. The investigation into the outbreak started June 2, but the initial case count was below the threshold for public disclosure. OHA is now publicly reporting COVID-19 outbreaks of more than five cases in workplaces with more than 30 employees.

State and county public health officials are working with the business to address the outbreak and protect the health of workers. The risk to the general public is considered low.

People who have symptoms of COVID-19 or concerns about their risk of exposure are encouraged to contact their health care provider.

Additional information for this outbreak, along with all active and resolved

workplace outbreaks, will be added to the COVID-19 Weekly Report published on June 10.

The 12 new cases in Hood River on Sunday also are linked to outbreaks at seasonal agricultural facilities.

The 22 new cases in Multnomah County appear to be from sporadic sources.

“Although the number is high today, the overall rate of infection in Oregon remains among the lowest in the United States,” the OHA press release stated.

“Today’s case count serves as a reminder that Oregonians need to continue to maintain physical distancing, wear face coverings where physical distancing cannot be maintained and follow good hand hygiene.”

Oregon’s 162nd COVID-19 death is a 70-year-old woman in Multnomah County, who tested positive on April 8 and died on May 9 in her residence. She had underlying medical conditions.

Oregon’s 163rd COVID-19 death is a 50-year-old man in Multnomah County, who tested positive on April 23 and died on May 29 in his residence. He had underlying

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cristobal weakened to a tropical depression Monday morning, after crashing ashore as a lopsided tropical storm a day prior in Louisiana and ginned up dangerous weather farther east, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches, swamping parts of an Alabama island town and spawning a tornado in Florida.

Cristobal made a Saturday afternoon landfall between the mouth of the Mississippi River and the since-evac-

uated barrier island resort community of Grand Isle, with 50-mph winds.

Making landfall well under hurricane strength, the storm had begun weakening as it moved inland — but heavy rainfall and a storm surge were continuing along the Gulf Coast, posing a threat across a wide area into the Florida Panhandle.

At 4 a.m. CDT Monday, Cristobal was centered about 40 miles north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, packing slowed winds of

35 mph. With its drenching rains, Cristobal — moving north-northwest at 10 mph — was expected to keep inundating the northern Gulf Coast well into Monday, but all tropical storm warnings had been discontinued.

Cristobal’s forecast path takes it inland through northeastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi on Monday, continuing through Arkansas and eastern Missouri Monday night and Tuesday.

Cristobal drenches Lousiana, Mississippi

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Bay. Cremation rites are under the direction of Nelson’s Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/2674216 Lee Walter Dickenson — 92, of Coos Bay, passed away June 5, 2020, at Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson’s Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/2674216 Patrick W. McMullen — 88, of Coos Bay, passed away June 5, 2020 at Coos Bay. Cremation rites are under the direction of Nelson’s Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216 Charles “Elwood” Mitchell — 91, of Coos Bay, passed away June 5, 2020 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com Lester Eugene Brown — 88, of Coquille, died June 4, 2020 in Coquille.

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medical conditions.

Oregon’s 164th COVID-19 death is a 71-year-old man in Malheur County, who tested positive on June 1. Additional information is still pending.

Coos County has has 32 COVID-19 positive cases, 1,710 negative cases and no deaths. Curry County has had seven positive COVID-19 cases, 408 negative cases and no deaths.

Douglas County has had 29 positive COVID-19 cases, 3,193 negative cases and no deaths.

Oregon’s weekly testing summary for the week ending June 5 shows that 20,539 people were tested, above the minimum weekly goal of 15,000 outlined in the COVID-19 Strategic Testing plan for Oregon.

As of week’s end, the cumulative positive testing rate was 3.1 percent of tests performed. This is lower than the national average of 11 percent.

“The decreasing rate of positive test results reflects the success of Oregonians in following the Governor’s stay-at-home order, along with increasing testing statewide,” the OHA press release stated.

uals in the community might be avoiding care for serious medical conditions due to a fear of COVID-19, and the hospital has seen and heard of more examples of patients suffering from the lack of healthcare attention,” the release continued. “Untreated chronic and acute medical conditions carry very real risk for people and the hospital urges the community to contact their physician to get individualized guidance on the safety of seeking care.”

Those with questions or who need additional information can contact BAH Public Information Officer Virginia Cannon at 541771-3093.

Portland joins other cities banning use of tear gas SEATTLE (AP) — Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler on Saturday ordered the city’s police to stop using a common type of tear gas except as a last resort in life-threatening situations, making it one of several cities that have started restricting law enforcement tactics in response to widespread protests over the killing of George Floyd.

Wheeler issued a statement saying he shares community concerns about the use of CS gas, especially during a respiratory-illness pandemic.

Critics have called on the Portland Police Bureau to permanently ban the use of CS gas on protesters.

“I strongly believe that gas should not be used to disperse crowds of non-violent protestors or for general crowd management purposes,” Wheeler tweeted. “It should only be used in response to violence that threatens life safety.”

Seattle took a similar step Friday, with Mayor Jenny Durkan announcing a 30-day moratorium on the use of CS gas for crowd control — though pepper

spray and other less-thanlethal measures remain available to officers.

Officials in Pittsburgh, New Orleans and Washington, D.C., have proposed bans or limits on the use of tear gas, and Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed, has halted the use of choke holds and neck restraints like the one that killed him. California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered police there to stop training officers in choke holds, and Bellevue, Washington, Police Chief Steve Mylett on Friday banned his officers from using controversial neck restraints except when deadly force is needed.

Portland’s announcement came a day after the mayor said police would no longer use a “longrange acoustic device,” or LRAD, to disperse protesters. The device can emit high-pitched, loud frequencies and can cause hearing damage.

Police used it early Friday to disperse a small group of protesters who set fires, threw projectiles and pointed lasers at officers’ eyes after most peaceful protesters had gone home.

DEAR ABBY By Abigail Van Buren Roommate’s drunken fights begin to wear renter down DEAR ABBY: My roommate owns the house. His girlfriend and her two children are over here all day, every day.

I have my own living room, office and bedroom, and we share the kitchen and bathroom.

I’m clean and respectful and try to mind my own business. The problem is, neither of them work. They drink heavily every day and then scream and fight for hours. Since COVID-19, they have been drinking even more and fighting constantly. Sometimes it gets physical.

My roommate is a verbally abusive drunk, and his girlfriend threatens to leave when he starts abusing her kids, but doesn’t follow through. I have intervened a couple of times on behalf of the children, but there’s only so much I can do.

Lately, they’ve been screaming at the top of their lungs about me. I work from home and often customers on the phone hear them drop F-bomb after F-bomb.

I’m afraid their behavior will lead to me losing my job. They’re also up until 2 or 3 a.m. every night fighting, which keeps me from sleeping (even with earplugs).

I’m completely stressed out and starting to get depressed. I’m not sure what to do. I have limited funds, so moving would be difficult. I’m wondering if you have any suggestions so I can weather the storm. -- BAD SITUATION IN UTAH DEAR BAD SITUATION: This storm isn’t going to end. I feel for the children whose mother doesn’t protect them from her abusive boyfriend. The result will be they will think they deserve the mistreatment they are receiving, which may affect them for the rest of their lives.

I am not sure there is a way to “weather” the storm. Because these addicts cannot control their behavior, and it is affecting the way your clients perceive you, it would be better to get out of there. If possible, go live temporarily with a friend or relative until you find affordable alternative living quarters.

Your job may depend on it.

DEAR ABBY: My daughter-in-law “Hannah” told one of my children that she is sorry she married my son. He does not know. They are both young adults.

Hannah and her mother had pushed for the marriage. She even bought her wedding dress before he proposed. My

son loves her. He is special-needs, lower IQ and gullible.

What do I do with this information?

It will hurt him, but I don’t want him wasting years married to someone who doesn’t love him. He deserves better than that. -- SAD MOM IN FLORIDA DEAR SAD MOM: Your son needs to know what Hannah has been saying and receive as much support from the family as possible. I think the news should come from the person in whom Hannah confided rather than from you, which could be perceived as meddling.

This should also be discussed with an attorney. I hope you will do it soon, before there are children involved.

DEAR ABBY: On May 3, you responded to a cancer patient about what to say to those who bring up her cancer.

What do you recommend to readers whose good friends disclose their cancer for the first time? What can be said that shows concern, understanding and being supportive? -- AT A LOSS FOR WORDS DEAR AT A LOSS: I will share what I have said to people I care about when told of their diagnosis. I hope it will guide you. I tell the person I am sorry to hear the person is having to fight that battle, that I will mention him or her in my prayers until remission is accomplished, and offer whatever emotional support the person is willing to accept from me. And then I follow through.

------------------------------------------DEAR READERS: Along with the millions of Americans who are observing this Memorial Day, I add my prayer of thanks for those courageous men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to our country. May they rest in peace. -- ABBY ----------------------------------Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.

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Cinema chain AMC warns it may not survive pandemic Associated Press

Movie theater chain AMC warned last week that it may not survive the coronavirus pandemic, which has shuttered its theaters and led film studios to explore releasing more movies directly to viewers over the internet.

It’s the latest danger sign for the theater business in North America, which was under pressure even before the pandemic.

It has gotten a boost by raising ticket prices and revamping theater-going into a more luxurious experience with drinks and meals, but admissions have been gradually declining since 2005.

The box office has become home

mostly to blockbuster films: Sequels, remakes and superhero movies dominate. Meanwhile, the rise of streaming services — Netflix and a growing stable of rivals — is providing new competition.

The coronavirus pandemic threw in more challenges. U.S. cinemas shut down in March, so their owners haven’t been taking in money. Hollywood halted film production, which is likely to delay movies once theaters reopen and may limit consumer eagerness to spend money at the multiplex. The pandemic has prompted entertainment companies to release some movies directly to consumers, raising concerns that more will bypass

theaters in the future. And when theaters do reopen, it’s not clear how many customers will want to be in enclosed, crowded spaces for hours at a time.

AMC, the largest U.S. chain, said it has enough cash to reopen its theaters this summer as planned. But if it’s not allowed to reopen, it will need more money, which it may not be able to borrow. Film delays are another concern. AMC noted that people may be afraid to go to theaters, but hopes the desire for social distancing is temporary and that people will want to go to the movies again.

“Due to these factors, substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern

for a reasonable period of time,” AMC wrote in a regulatory filing.

The publicly traded company, controlled by Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda, has 1,000 theaters in the U.S. and Europe.

Cinemark, another major movie chain that is on more solid financial footing, plans to begin reopening U.S. movie theaters on June 19. It said in a Wednesday filing that it believes it has enough cash to last it the rest of the year, even if its theaters remain shut. The company’s CEO, Mark Zoradi, said he doesn’t expect the industry to return to normal until 2022.

Cinemark on Wednesday said it’s taking a slew of measures to tempt back moviegoers as it re-

opens. Those include discounting and vigorous cleaning protocols for theaters, like disinfecting seats in the mornings and before each showtime. It will also require employees — but not customers — to wear masks and will stagger showtimes to thin out crowds.

The company also said it would stay in the black even if local governments only allow it to sell half of its seats to keep customers separated, which the company expects governments will allow for most places in the U.S. by mid-July. Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi said that even “below that level,” the chain’s theaters can be “very, very profitable.”

Local rules for theaters vary

across the U.S. New York City has not even begun to reopen, and California hasn’t gotten to that phase of its reopening yet. In Texas, theaters are allowed to be at 25% capacity.

Theater chains are also concerned that film studios could push more movies straight to the streaming services that they own.

Since the pandemic shut down theaters, entertainment companies have delayed most movies.

But Comcast’s NBCUniversal released “Trolls World Tour” on video on demand in April, triggering an angry response from the theater industry, and Disney will release “Artemis Fowl” to its streaming service, Disney Plus, in June, rather than theaters.

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ANSWERS FOR PUZZLE ON A2 George Clooney

‘Ocean’s Eleven’ rolls the dice successfully

BY JAY BOBBIN

When it comes to movies that are just plain cool, “Ocean’s Eleven” ranks high.

Director Steven Soderbergh’s 2001 remake of the slyly comedic crime caper – which AMC shows Sunday, June 7 – had a lot to meet on that count, since the 1960 original starring the Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin-led “Rat Pack” remains famous for the charisma of its stars and the glamor of its premise, the simultaneous robbery of several Las Vegas casinos. In the update, the plan is shifted to the night of a big boxing match instead of New Year’s Eve, but the story still works fine.

Top-billed star George Clooney had teamed with Soderbergh before, in the critically acclaimed “Out of Sight,” but they hit it out of the park in box-office terms with “Ocean’s” (which has been so enduring, it’s rare to find a month when it isn’t playing on some cable channel). The actor plays the newly paroled Danny Ocean, who calmly wastes no time regathering his old gang to set his latest scheme in motion.

And what a gang it is, a stellar group especially notable for Clooney’s easy rapport with Brad Pitt as his “first lieutenant.”

Add such others as Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Scott Caan, Casey Affleck and veteran talents Carl Reiner and Elliott Gould, and this is a truly impressive cast. Plus,

as virtually the lone female among them, there’s a certain superstar the credits jokingly acknowledge with “Introducing Julia Roberts”; after making her Oscar-winning “Erin Brockovich” with Soderbergh the previous year, she’s cast as Ocean’s estranged wife, now involved with the humorless casino magnate (Andy Garcia) the fellows are targeting.

Whereas the first “Ocean’s Eleven” involved basics like dynamite in accessing the casinos’ safes to execute the heist, 40 years later, things were quite high-tech. Thus, evading scanning lasers and timing the activation of machinery becomes necessary (and fairly complicated) for the thieves, and much of the fun is in watching them apply their brainpower to outwitting modern security measures.

The huge success of “Ocean’s Eleven” launched several sequels, including “Ocean’s Twelve” and “Ocean’s Thirteen” (both of which AMC also has on Sunday) ... and cousinof-sorts “Ocean’s 8,” which flipped the gender equation and made the robbery crew all-female, led by Sandra Bullock (who starred with Clooney in “Gravity”) as Ocean’s sister.

“Ocean’s Eleven” is an entertaining blast that does very well by its same-named ancestor (whose Angie Dickinson and Henry Silva have cameos in the remake) while smartly reinventing the tale on its own terms.

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by Winston Churchill, about a political rival: "Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened."

Some bridge players, after making a mistake, move on to the next deal as if they had played perfectly. That is ideal, but others fret, allowing the blunder to distract their play on subsequent deals.

Lucky players err in theory but do not pay, because the cards forgive them. In today's deal, though, declarer had to handle the trumps correctly to make his slam.

What was the right way to play the heart suit for one loser?

North, on the first

round of the auction, could have made a negative double, or responded two clubs, or, as she chose to do, cue-bid two spades to show exactly three-card heart support and at least gameinvitational strength. (If she had had four or more hearts, she would have responded two no-trump, an excellent idea originally espoused by Andy Robson and Oliver Segal from England.) South made a strange help-suit gametry with three diamonds.

When North control-bid four clubs, South used Roman Key Card Blackwood, then settled into six hearts.

After receiving a club lead, declarer saw that he had to take one spade, four hearts, two diamonds and five clubs. So he could afford to lose one trump trick, but not two. In this situation, the correct play was low to the nine first.

Declarer would get home if East had either the heart king or the 10 and the jack (and there was no bad split).

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Virus favoring those with college education BALTIMORE (AP) — For an American workforce under continuing threat from the coronavirus, the best protection might just be a college degree.

Friday’s jobs report for May delivered a major pleasant surprise, with lower unemployment and 2.5 million added jobs, instead of the darkening picture that had been widely expected.

Yet the damage inflicted on the job market since February has highlighted a widening line of inequality based on education. In a nation in which a majority of workers lack a degree, college graduates are far more likely to be inoculated from the pain.

In May, the overall

unemployment rate was 13.3%, down from 14.7% in April. For workers with only a high school diploma, the jobless rate was 15.3%.

For college graduates, it was just 7.4%.

Fewer than half of high school graduates are now working. Two-thirds of college graduates are.

The roughly 20 million jobs lost in the aftermath of the coronavirus are amplifying the economic inequalities between college graduates and other workers that have been evident for years, said Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, who has long studied the topic.

“It’s laying bare the class and racial differences in America,” Carnevale said. “It’s very plain to see because it all shows up in the data.”

At a time when advanced education has become increasingly vital to household prosperity, nearly twothirds of Americans lack a college degree.

About 90% of the jobs that were added during the first three years of the Trump presidency went to college graduates. Census Bureau figures show that the average college graduate’s income is twice as high as high school-only workers.

And at a moment when the country is confronting the challenges of racism and

police abuses, the preference for college degrees is widening the racial wealth gap: 78% of college graduates are white.

Workers with the least education are typically the first to be let go, Carnevale noted, and frequently the last to be rehired. College graduates who lose jobs are, on average, more likely than non-college grads to be hired at the start of a recovery.

The pattern is somewhat different this time. In the past, unemployed workers could typically return to school to acquire new hands-on skills or earn a degree. This opportunity often paved a way for high school graduates to return to

the workforce.

Yet it’s a path that the coronavirus has obstructed, with college campuses closed and classes shifting online, where hands-on training and education are more difficult. For the unemployed, it has left the benefits of a degree less certain just as so many are struggling financially and are less able to pay for further education.

“One of the safe havens is no longer available for a lot of people,” Carnevale said.

Those who already have degrees, by contrast, are generally faring better.

Josh Kampman, 32, lost his job in mid-March with a San Diego e-commerce

company that laid off about one-third of its staff because of the pandemic. A graduate of the College of Charleston, Kampman was unemployed for only a couple of weeks before landing a position with a political data company that enables him to work from home.

The new position doesn’t pay as much. But it strikes Kampman as about as stable as can be expected during such a severe economic downturn.

“For the most part, I feel pretty secure,” he said. “But if you’d have asked me in February, I’d have said no way I’m getting laid off.

I’m not back to that level.

Maybe 75 percent as secure as I was before.”

Democrats look to counter GOP vote-by-mail fraud claims WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are mounting a new effort to push back against a well-funded Republican campaign that seeks to undermine public confidence in mail-in voting, which President Donald Trump has said, without offering proof, will lead to election fraud.

Fair Fight, an organization led by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, has joined forces with Priorities USA, the largest Democratic outside group, and American Bridge, the party’s opposition research clearinghouse,

to form a new effort called Voter Suppression Watch.

The aim is to not only counter Republicans in the courts but in public relations, too, while playing offense by providing opposition research that often forms the grist of critical news stories.

“The 2020 election is the most pivotal election that I can think of, and we have known for a while that there would be efforts made to suppress the vote,” Abrams said Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press. “We need to not only have a concerted effort

to push back, but we need to raise awareness, too.”

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, a partisan fight over ballot access was playing out in a handful of state courts. But now that the virus has raised fears that in-person voting could be a threat to the elderly, those in poor health and people of color, whom statistics show have disproportionately borne the brunt of its effects, efforts to expand voting by mail have faced stiff opposition from Trump and his allies.

They argue, without offering evidence, that it

will lead to increased voter fraud, even as they have encouraged Republicans to cast ballots by mail in a number of recent elections.

Trump casts his own ballots by mail.

Democrats say the Republican opposition to mail voting is also a smokescreen being used to push for broader voting limitations.

“While everyone is focusing on the vote-by-mail argument, the architecture of their work is incredibly broad,” Abrams said. “One of our missions will be to raise the resources neces-

sary to push back against their efforts across the country.”

Over more than a decade, Republicans have enacted laws at the state level that Democrats argue makes it harder for members of their base to vote.

These include voter ID laws, efforts to limit polling locations in urban areas and rules that limit early voting.

Republicans have argued that their efforts are aimed at limiting widespread voter fraud, though there’s little evidence to back those claims up.

Bolstered by a federal

court ruling, for the first time in decades, the GOP will also be allowed to conduct poll monitoring on election day in November.

Historically, there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud through mail-in voting. But some social media users have pushed grandiose theories casting doubt on the method.

Trump has encouraged the skepticism, saying during a televised briefing that “a lot of people cheat with mail-in voting.” Last month, he tweeted: “Don’t allow RIGGED ELECTIONS!”

Virus, racial unrest force Trump campaign to recalibrate WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than five months before voters will decide his fate, President Donald Trump is confronting a vastly different political reality than he once envisioned. For starters, if the election were held today, he’d likely lose.

The president, West Wing advisers and campaign aides have grown increasingly concerned about his reelection chances as they’ve watched Trump’s standing take a pummeling first on his

handling of the coronavirus pandemic and now during a nationwide wave of protests against racial injustice. His allies worry the president has achieved something his November foe had been unable to do: igniting enthusiasm in a Democratic Party base that’s been lukewarm to former Vice President Joe Biden.

Trump was facing tougher political prospects even before the death of George Floyd, the black man who died after a white

Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee for almost nine minutes into Floyd’s neck last month.

COVID-19’s mounting human and economic tolls -– and the president’s defiant response –- cost him support among constituencies his campaign believes are key to victory in November. His signature rallies had been frozen for months, and his cash advantage over Biden, while vast, wasn’t growing as quickly as hoped because the pandemic put a halt to

high-dollar fundraisers.

Internal campaign surveys and public polling showed a steady erosion in support for Trump among older people and in battleground states once believed to be leaning decisively in the president’s direction, according to six current and former campaign officials not authorized to speak publicly about private conversations. The campaign recently launched a television ad blitz in Ohio, a state the president carried

by 8 percentage points four years ago, and it sees trouble in Arizona and warning signs in once-deep-red Georgia.

Trump aides have warned the president that the renewed national conversation about racial injustice and the president’s big “law and order” push have animated parts of the Democratic base — black and younger voters — whose lagging enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton in 2016 cleared the way for Trump’s narrow victory.

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The vehicles will roam in pairs of one fire vehicle and one police vehicle through different segments of Coos Bay. The city has been loosely divided by neighborhood and the pairs will drive through Empire, Eastside and Coos Bay. Fire Chief Mark Anderson said, “It’s not a parade route. We’re just spending

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Sunday march The crowd of almost 400 demonstrators marched on Sunday, a quiet and solemn group compared to Saturday’s protest. The march wrapped around downtown

Coos Bay, starting at the boardwalk, moving along Highway 101, and then around city hall and back.

Near 3 p.m., the crowd laid down on the boardwalk to honor George Floyd, who was held down by a police officer by the neck until he died.

“Overall, it’s healing,” said Carrie Brown as she marched on Sunday.

“There’s a lot of hurt in people’s silence and negativity, so this has been really healing for me.

When you’re targeted for the color of your skin and it’s so personal, it’s a lot of trauma and you don’t realize I think.”

David Hyink, who helped organize Sunday’s event, said it has been empowering to see the unity.

“After what happened in Coquille, there was a lot of anxiety,” Hyink said, referring to the false rumors that busloads of Antifa members would arrive to riot at the courthouse. Almost 200 armed individuals gathered last week to “stop the riots,” even though Antifa is not a single group but rather stands for anti-fascism. “…In a community that is obviously mostly white, it’s nice to see everyone standing in solidarity even here (where) there has been so much racial injustice in its history….”

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teered to join the fire and police employees. These include the three councilors who volunteered their time on the committee that came up with the plan: Stephanie Kilmer, Carmen Matthews and Rob Miles. Additionally, councilman Drew Farmer expressed an interest in joining, but did not serve on the committee to avoid creating a quorum.

The fireworks were canceled for several reasons, including that thousands of people often attend the fireworks and there was no way to enforce the

distancing needed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Additionally, there was a worry that the city would lose $3,750 by cancelling the order for this year’s fireworks. Instead, the vendor allowed these funds to be applied to the fireworks show for next year.

Further, as Craddock later told The World, the city could be held liable for any issues that could potentially occur during the fireworks.

While the city has liability insurance, that insurance would likely not cover

claims that occurred while defying the governor’s orders. In his words, the council “had no choice.”

For Anderson, canceling the fireworks was tough, but he understands why it is necessary. He’s been involved with putting on Fireworks over the Bay for some 31 years. Anderson hopes that next year’s fireworks display will be all the more grand after canceling this one.

“This year’s just different,” he said, “We’re going to look back and say, ‘wow, this was a historic time.’”

reached an agreement short of that but one that required massive reforms.

The state of Minnesota has launched a civil rights investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department, and the first concrete changes came when the city

agreed to ban chokeholds and neck restraints.

On Sunday, nine of the Minneapolis City Council’s 12 members vowed to end policing as the city currently knows it. Mayor Jacob Frey said he doesn’t support the “full abolition”

of the department.

Protesters nationwide are demanding police reforms and a reckoning with institutional racism in response to Floyd’s death, and calls to “defund the police” have become rallying cries for many.

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(reactions) from the drivers, which is cool. … We need to say his name — say all their names….”

The crowds of protesters on Saturday lifted their voices in chants, saying George Floyd’s name, as well as Breonna Taylor who was killed by police in her own home in Kentucky.

Some of the chants also included “No justice, no peace” and “Black Lives Matter.” Many protesters were moved to tears that day, touched by how many showed up in support and how well the protest was going overall.

Others were angry, like Betsy Rodenbush, who said she had been demonstrating for equality in the streets

many times. “…I’m here because Black Lives Matter and it’s my responsibility to say it,” Rodenbush said as she stood in the Prefontaine Memorial plaza. “…I’m 70. I’m tired of this... I’m sad and angry and broken-hearted.

I’m hoping we can move one step forward if we keep coming to the streets.”

For Dominique Hernandez, she was happy to see the crowd of almost 400 protesters.

“Especially when you’re a smaller town and there’s not a lot of representation of people of color, it’s nice to see people show up and show they do care,” she said.

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was also happy to see the Saturday protest continue to grow in number.

“Being a person of color, especially in this town, the world has been very triggering for me,” she said.

“Today is monumental, to be here with my loved ones and family and friends….”

One protester stood still and quiet in the crowd.

The man, Jim Linwood, said the BLM movement is an opportunity for “white people to face some of the atrocities of the past.” “…Slavery, the treatment of Native Americans, Japanese, Asians, Palestinians. It seems a lot of things are being done in white people’s name and we need to address these things,”

time, driving the streets, handing out mini flags, wishing everyone a happy Fourth of July and encouraging them to enjoy the holiday.”

Anderson said the effort wasn’t meant to be a replacement for the fireworks show, but rather, an opportunity for fire and police to act as a “visible reminder that we are one community.” He went on to explain that the patriotic music was meant to announce the presence of the fire and police employees and to help the public “get in the spirit

of the holiday.”

The city purchased 2,000 flags for staff to distribute on July 4. The flags cost about $600. They were paid for out of the same fund that would normally pay for fireworks.

“It’s really not much and it’s not meant to be a substitute for fireworks,” Anderson said, “A flag is not going to make someone’s day or break it….

It’s a way to be active in the community and help celebrate.”

So far, four members of the council have volun-

charge against him was upgraded to second-degree murder.

This is not the first time an American city has wrestled with how to deal with a police department accused of being overly aggressive or having bias in its ranks.

In Ferguson, Missouri — where a white officer in 2014 fatally shot Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old — then-Attorney General Eric Holder said federal authorities considered dismantling the police department. The city eventually

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Black Lives Matter On Sunday, some protesters unfurled a sign that needed many hands to carry, listing the names of murdered people of color.

On that list was the name of George Floyd, whose death while in police custody in Minneapolis ignited the BLM demonstrations across the nation.

“I wish we didn’t have to do this, but I’m glad people are,” said Benjamin Ramirez as he sat on the curb in front of the Egyptian Theater during Saturday’s protest. “… I didn’t know what to expect (of the demonstration), but this is a great turnout, especially from Coos Bay. I see mixed

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The man who allegedly pointed a handgun at protesters was arrested the same day.

Brandon Moore, 36, of Coos Bay was identified

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he said. “…It’s not against white people per say, but a system that’s been developed.”

As the Saturday protest pushed on, a few blocks away the Coos Bay School District held its high school graduation. However, not every graduating senior showed up — some instead stood with the protesters.

“I’m hoping today will bring awareness to the issue,” said Cameron Langley, one such senior.

“There’s a lot that needs to be done besides holding signs and chanting, but it’s a start to fix the problem.

We’re standing up for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. They are being remembered.”

Langley said he wanted to attend his graduation, but that “the ceremony is not as important as standing in solidarity here.”

For Angelina McGinty, she saw the crowd as a demonstration that “no matter how small a community is, moral rights outweigh what the status quo would be. We care about the people, not just the ones who live in our community, but everyone else who is victimized around the world.”

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NBA clarifies tiebreaking formula Blazers will play more games than other West contenders MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has told teams that playoff seeding will be based on winning percentage, and that any tiebreakers necessary after that will follow the usual procedures.

It was an issue that needed clarity because the 22 teams that will be going to the Disney complex near Orlando, Florida, for the planned resumption of the season next month will not

have played the same number of games.

The NBA told teams of the plan for utilizing tiebreakers in a memo late Friday.

Based on the league plan for the restart, with games starting again in late July, Dallas will end up playing an NBA-high 75 contests. Most others will play between 72 and 74; the low total will be 71, which San Antonio and the Los Angeles Lakers will finish at if the NBA’s plans for teams to play eight games at the Disney complex before the playoffs begin comes to fruition.

The NBA has not yet revealed how team schedules will be adjusted once play resumes without Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Golden State, Minnesota and New York taking part in the remainder of the 2019-20 season.

There are some playoff races that are particularly close and where the teams involved will end up playing a different number of games.

In the East, Brooklyn and Orlando are separated by a half-game and the Nets will end up with one less game than the Magic.

In the West, four teams — Portland, New Orleans, Sacramento and San Antonio — are all separated by a half-game in the race for ninth place and potentially a berth in a play-in series. The gap between those four teams is .010 percentage points, and the Trail Blazers will play 74 games, the Pelicans and Kings will both play 72 and the Spurs 71.

Typically, NBA teams play 82 games — which wasn’t possible this season because of the coronavirus pandemic and the suspension of the season on March 11.

Harvick races to another NASCAR win HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — After another dominant performance at one of his favorite tracks, Kevin Harvick relished the past and looked ahead to the future.

He wasn’t entirely focused on what he can do behind the wheel.

Harvick cruised to victory Sunday over Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. in the NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, leading the final 55 laps on a day that began with the series acknowledging the social unrest in the country.

Before taking the green flag, the 40 cars stopped in front of the towering, empty grandstands on the front stretch to listen to a message from NASCAR president Steve Phelps and observe a 30-second moment of silence in the wake of George Floyd’s death while in police custody.

Harvick also joined other drivers in making a video that promised to push for much-needed changes in the fractured nation.

“Something has to change.

When you look at what happened in Minneapolis, it’s just disgraceful to everyone,” he said. “It’s just unbelievable to sit and watch these things happen.

It’s really confusing. It makes you confused and mad. Now we know what we need to do and where to start.”

Harvick won for the second time since NASCAR returned from the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, adding to his emotional victory at Darlington in the first race back.

Harvick came into the day having led 1,138 laps on the 1.54-mile Atlanta trioval, far more than any other driver in the 40-car field.

This one was more of the same. Harvick was out front for 151 laps — more than twice as many as anyone else — and claimed his a third victory in Atlanta, where he got first Cup triumph in 2001 and another win two years ago.

“For me, this place is pretty special,” said Harvick, who beat Busch by more than 3 1/2 seconds, with Truex nearly 5 seconds behind. “It brings back a lot of memories.”

On a reverse victory lap, Har-

vick held three fingers outside his car, a tribute to the late Dale Earnhardt. Harvick was the driver who replaced Earnhardt after the seven-time champion was killed in a crash at Daytona in 2001.

Three weeks later, Harvick took the checkered flag in Atlanta.

“To celebrate the life of Dale Earnhardt and everything he meant to our sport, is obviously pretty special to me,” Harvick said.

He now has 51 wins — breaking a tie with Ned Jarrett and Junior Johnson for the 12th spot on the career list.

“You just shake your head and say, ‘Man, I can’t believe this is happening,’” Harvick said.

“It’s pretty crazy when you think about. I’ve been very lucky to drive cars for a living.”

Seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, in what may have been his final Atlanta

appearance, was given the honor of delivering the “start your engines” command to his fellow drivers. The speedway also renamed a grandstand in honor of Johnson, who is retiring as a full-time competitor at the end of the year.

A five-time winner on the 1.54-mile trioval, Johnson had another strong run in Atlanta.

But his seventh-place showing extended a winless that stretches back more than three years.

NASCAR returned to Atlanta to make up a race that was initially scheduled for March 15. It became the first race to be postponed as U.S. sports largely shut down to deal with a pandemic that has now claimed more than 110,000 American lives.

This time, it was the spot where NASCAR waded into the debate over the injustices endured by African Americans

— a striking move for a sport that once embraced Confederate symbols and still struggles to overcome its perception as a conservative bastion reserved largely for whites.

Bubba Wallace, the only African American in the Cup series, donned a black T-shirt with the words “I Can’t Breathe” and “Black Lives Matter” while standing on pit road before the race.

Wallace finished 21st and appeared to faint after climbing from his car on a blistering day when temperatures climbed into the mid-80s. He said he was OK and did a portion of a television interview, but then was wasn’t able to speak.

Wallace was taken by ambulance to the infield care center, where to was sitting up as he was taken inside on a stretcher.

He was treated and released a short time later, though no additional details were provided on what caused his problem.

Maybe it was the heat.

Maybe it was just the emotion of becoming the sport’s most outspoken voice since Floyd died while in the custody of Minneapolis police.

Phelps spoke to the drivers over their radio sets before they took the green flag.

“Our country is in pain and people are justifiably angry, demanding to be heard,” Phelps said. “The black community and all people of color have suffered in our country, and it has taken far too long for us to hear their demands for change. Our sport must do better. Our country must do better.”

All 40 crews stood on the wall in front of their pit boxes. One of Wallace’s crew member held up the T-shirt, which the driver removed before climbing into his car.

Floyd’s death has sparked massive protests in all 50 states and around the world demanding an end to law enforcement brutality against people of color.

Harvick said he’s ready to join the cause.

“There’s things we can do to try to help our communities, help the conversation,” he said. “We need to change.”

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Through all of the uncertainty and unknowns after more than eight months since the last IndyCar race, Scott Dixon and another pair of former champs relied on their experience for podium finishes.

There were no spectators, and there won’t be for the next race on July 4, but the series finally started its season that was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic with a long, well-screened day — from the health screenings everyone had to go through just to get inside Texas Motor Speedway to the new protective windscreens over the cockpits of the cars.

“We knew coming in it was going to be a tough situation for the IndyCar Series putting together the race and making sure we could put on the show to entertain people,” said Simon Pagenaud, who was runner-up behind Dixon. “That’s what we do, that’s what this business is about.”

And people watched, even though the only spectators at the track — where the grandstands can seat well over 100,000 peo-

ple — were those with access to the condos overlooking Turn 2.

NBC Sports said Sunday that the Saturday night prime-time telecast drew nearly 1.3 million viewers, making it the mostwatched IndyCar race outside the Indianapolis 500 on any network since 2016. It was the biggest audience for an NBC telecast of any IndyCar race away from the Brickyard.

Five-time champion Dixon sped away in the No. 9 Chip Ganassi Honda on a restart with three laps left for a comfortable 4.4-second winning margin over a pair of Team Penske drivers, 2017 IndyCar champ Pagenaud and polesitter Josef Newgarden, the defending and two-time series champion.

“Just awesome to be back here.

It was awesome to get into racing again,” Pagenaud said. “The false start in St. Pete, it was the first time in my career I’ve ever experienced anything like it.”

Nearly three months after the season was about to start on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, and the extended hiatus that followed because of the pandemic,

the all-in-one-day opener ended with Dixon taking the checkered flag at dusk. The 200-lap race on the 1 1/2-mile, high-banked oval came after practice and qualifying earlier in the day when the heat index was consistently around 100 degrees Fahrenheit — and much hotter in cars and on the track.

“We hadn’t tested here, the Aeroscreen was new, hadn’t run the tires. A lot of big changes going on,” Dixon said. “You really had to go in with an open mind and kind of make sure that all the work you’d done really worked out. ... Really hard on the rookies, a lot of people that haven’t been here before. For the veterans, I think (experience) was definitely an advantage.”

IndyCar’s next race is at Indianapolis, on the road course and not the 2 1/2-mile track that hosts the Indy 500, which was pushed back from its traditional Memorial Day weekend date until Aug. 23.

Dixon’s 47 wins are the most among active drivers and third on the career list behind A.J. Foyt (67) and Mario Andretti

(52). Dixon extended his own record by winning a race in his 16th consecutive season, and matched Foyt’s mark of 18 seasons overall with a victory.

“I feel very lucky and privileged to do what I do, to get to race with the best in the world,” Dixon said. “To still have A.J. and Mario come to the track, I think that’s the coolest thing.

And the Unsers, a lot of legends of the sport.”

The season opened at one of the series’ fastest and trickiest tracks, without testing, with limited practice time and revised tire rules. It was also the debut of the new protective clear windscreens that are anchored to the cockpit with a titanium frame.

“Other than the handling differences, I didn’t notice the screen. ... You can take that as a very good thing. I didn’t notice it,” Newgarden said. “It’s there now. I mean, it felt like a normal IndyCar race to me. I didn’t notice a big difference to last year. The handling is different in the car, but as far as the driver’s experience, I don’t even notice the thing anymore.”

Almendinger finally gets win on oval track in Xfinity Series HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — A.J. Allmendinger finally won on an oval.

He might just retire.

Taking advantage of mistakes by the three leaders, the 38-year-old Californian cruised to victory by nearly 2 seconds over pole-sitter Noah Gragson in the Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday.

“Oh my god,” Allmendinger said as he climbed from his No. 16 Chevrolet. “I won on an oval.”

Indeed, he did.

Allmendinger, who first came to prominence in open-wheel racing, claimed a single victory during more than a decade in the top-level Cup series, and he had three previous Xfinity wins — all on road courses.

Now, he’s filled in a big hole on his resume.

“All I ever wanted to do was win on an oval,” said

Allmendinger, who has only a part-time job in the Xfinity Series after losing his Cup ride after the 2018 season. “I have a lot of success in so many forms of racing.”

Allmendinger started 30th but quickly showed the strength of his car, spending much of the day running in the top 10.

Then, after the final caution of the day, the top three cars — Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric and Justin Allgaier — were all caught speeding on pit road.

That pushed Allmendinger into the top spot on the restart with 34 laps to go.

He held on the rest of the way.

“I still think that even if they had started in front of us, we could’ve beat them on a long run,” Allmendinger said. “But that clean air was definitely a big deal.”

Dixon wins as IndyCar finally opens season

Sports Briefs OBITUARIES American gold medal gymnast Kurt Thomas dies Kurt Thomas, the first U.S. male gymnast to win a world championship gold medal, has died. He was 64.

Thomas’ family said he died Friday. He had a stroke May 24, caused by a tear of the basilar artery in the brain stem.

After competing in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Thomas won the floor exercise in the 1978 world championships in Strasbourg, France, for the first U.S. men’s title. In the 1979 worlds in Fort Worth, Texas, he successfully defended the floor exercise title and won the horizontal bar while adding silver in the all-around, pommel horse and parallel bars.

Thomas. who also captured the American Cup three times, lost a chance for Olympic gold when the United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games.

Former NFL receiver Reche Caldwell fatally shot TAMPA, Fla. — Former Florida and NFL receiver Reche Caldwell was fatally shot Saturday night in his hometown.

Caldwell’s mother, Deborah, did not return phone messages left by The Associated Press on Sunday, but confirmed her son’s death to the Tampa Bay Times. She said police told her they believe her son was ambushed outside his home in a possible robbery attempt.

The University of Florida and Caldwell’s three NFL teams — the Chargers, Patriots and Redskins — were among those to tweet condolences to his family, along with former Florida coach Steve Spurrier and former Gators quarterback Rex Grossman.

Bengals great defensive back Ken Riley dies at 72 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ken Riley, the former Cincinnati Bengals standout who was head coach and athletic director at alma mater Florida A&M, died Sunday. He was 72.

The school announced the death, saying Riley died in his hometown of Bartow. A cause of death was not released.

Riley played 15 seasons for the Bengals as a defensive back, with 65 career interceptions — fifth in NFL history — for 596 yards and five touchdowns — all franchise records. He recovered 18 fumbles.

Former Falcons defensive end John Zook dies ATLANTA — John Zook, who teamed with Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey to give the Atlanta Falcons a dynamic combination at defensive end, has died.

He was 72.

His brother, Dean Zook, confirmed the death to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The former player died Saturday in his native Kansas after a long battle with cancer.

HORSE RACING Unbeaten Charlatan will miss Kentucky Derby ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Undefeated Charlatan will miss the rescheduled Kentucky Derby this fall after being sidelined by a minor ankle issue.

Trainer Bob Baffert said Saturday that the colt has a filling, or swelling, in a front ankle.

As a result, Charlatan will not be ready to race in time for the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5, but Baffert said the Preakness on Oct. 3 is a possibility.

AUTO RACING Enfinger uses late pass to win Trucks Series race HAMPTON, Ga. — Taking advantage of a late caution, Grant Enfinger passed local favorite Austin Hill on the final lap to win the NASCAR Truck Series race in overtime Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

In front of empty grandstands, Hill appeared to be cruising to his first win of the year, building a 4 1/2-second lead after several miscues ruined Kyle Busch’s chances of winning for the sixth time in 12 truck races in Atlanta.

Suddenly, everything changed.

Cup star Chase Elliott lost control on worn-out tires coming off turn 2 with three laps to go, sending all the leaders to the pits for tires and setting up a greenwhite-checkered finish.