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COQUILLE — As of Tuesday, no trial date had been set yet for the civil rights lawsuit filed in federal court over the handling of Leah Freeman’s murder investigation. The lawsuit was filed by Nicholas McGuffin, who was wrongfully convicted and spent nine years in prison over her death before being exonerated last year. “Federal court typically works hard to keep us on track and moving in that direction … We should expect that,” said Janis Puracal, one of McGuffin’s attorneys at Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner, PC. and also the attorney who investigated his case with the Forensic Justice Project, leading to his exoneration. Puracal answered questions from The World about the case, saying, “We want to be able to get this case in front of a jury as soon as possible.” Of course, in the era of the
new coronavirus, not everything may go as planned. “… (I)t’s difficult to predict how long it takes to get to trial,” she said. “In the time of the pandemic, it’s nearly impossible to predict because of the complicated factors.” Since Freeman disappeared almost 20 years ago, Puracal said McGuffin has wanted to find out what happened to her. “… He was exonerated in December and still had prosecutors in the news saying he was guilty,” Puracal said. “That steps down the effort to figure out what happened to (Freeman). They put him in a position to have no choice but to file a lawsuit in order to push the case forward.” The federal civil rights lawsuit is against numerous police and other officials in Coos County. The suit focuses on how Freeman’s case was investigated. Even though no trial date has been set yet, Puracal said the usual measures taken before a
case goes to trial can be done remotely, including discovery and deposition. Puracal said that since McGuffin was released from prison just before Christmas last year, he “has been able to reconnect with his daughter, which has been a beautiful thing to see.” “I think he thought it would be easier getting out (of prison) than it is, so it’s been a struggle,” Puracal added. “He really wanted to stay in Coquille. That’s where he grew up and where his parents are. (He) wanted to make up for the lost time with them, but he couldn’t find a job. No one would hire him there because of the stigma that surrounded him.” Because of this, she said he found work in Portland. “That’s been difficult for him because he’s a family man and being away from family was difficult and now that he’s out, he’s still having to be away from his family,” she said. According to a Monday press release from McGuffin’s
legal team Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner, PC., the lawsuit alleges that local agencies manufactured “false evidence and (hid) other evidence that would have cleared him.” The lawsuit is filed against the City of Coquille, the City of Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon State Police, as well as Sheriff Craig Zanni. The lawsuit is also filed against individuals from those departments, including Mark Dannels, Pat Downing, Susan Hormann, Mary Krings, Kris Karcher, Shelly McInnes, Raymond McNeely, Kip Oswald, Michael Reaves, John Riddle, Sean Sanborn, Eric Schwenninger, Richard Walter, Chris Webley, Anthony Wetmore, Kathy Wilcox, David Zavala, the estate of Dave Hall, and the Vidocq Society. The lawsuit states that McGuffin seeks “economic and non-economic damages,” “an award of punitive damages,” as well as the cost of his attorney fees and “such other relief as the Court finds just and equitable.”
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Man who pulled gun on protesters indicted The World COOS COUNTY — The man who allegedly pointed a gun at Black Lives Matter demonstrators last month is facing potentially one felony and two misdemeanor charges. According to a press release from the Coos County District Attorney’s office, Brandon Dean Moore, a 36-year-old Coos Bay resident, was arraigned on a secret indictment Monday afternoon. The Coos County Grand Jury met June 30 and heard testimony from nine witnesses. “The indictment returned by the grand jury alleges the following crimes,” the release said. The crimes listed include unlawful use of a weapon with a firearm, which is a Class C felony. They also include menacing, which is a Class A misdemeanor, as well as disorderly conduct in the second degree, which is a Class B misdemeanor. Moore was released on his own recognizance with special conditions that he not possess any firearms or have contact with “the alleged victim,” the release said. “This office did ask the grand jury to consider charging Moore with a bias crime,” the release said. “After hearing the evidence, the grand jury declined to indict Moore on a bias crime.” The court proceedings will move forward on Aug. 24.
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arrested people on the street, far from the courthouse, with no probable cause and whisked them away in unmarked cars. The federal government was sued again Tuesday by the Western States Center, two state representatives and others who argued that agents violated protesters’ 10th Amendment rights by engaging in police activities designated to local and state governments. Federal agencies defended the actions in Portland. Some in the crowd this weekend used radio frequency jammers and shot pellet and airsoft guns to injure officers, according to the Justice Department. It’s also investigating “suspicious devices” outside the courthouse that could have caused “serious harm to those in the building,” spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said. Some of the demonstrators also tried to barricade federal officers inside the courthouse and set the building on fire, Kupec said. In a news conference in Washington, acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary
PORTLAND (AP) — The Trump administration is facing growing pushback — in the courts and on the streets — to sending federal agents to Portland, Oregon, where protests have spiraled into violence, and vowing to do the same in other Democratic-led cities. Far from tamping down the unrest that followed George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, the presence of federal agents on the streets of progressive Portland — and particularly allegations they have whisked people away in unmarked cars without probable cause — has energized two months of nightly protests that had begun to devolve into smaller, chaotic crowds. President Donald Trump’s administration also faces multiple lawsuits questioning its authority to use broad policing powers in cities. One filed Tuesday says federal agents are violating protesters’ 10th Amendment rights by engaging in police activities designated to local and state governments. The legal action was filed by the Portland-based Western States Center, which helps organize and promote the rights of communities of color and low-income people. Oregon’s attorney general sued last week, asking a judge to block federal agents’ actions. The state argued that masked agents have arrested people on the street, far from the U.S. courthouse that’s become a target of vandalism, with no probable cause. “It is time for the Trump troops to go home and focus their attention on other activities,” Democratic Gov. Kate Brown said on MSNBC. Federal authorities, however, said state and local officials had been unwilling to work with
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Boaters enjoyed the sunny weather on the Fourth of July in the Coquille River in Bandon.
Protests find new momentum PORTLAND (AP) — Mardy Widman has watched protests against racial injustice unfold in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, for more than seven weeks but stayed away because, at age 79, she feared contracting the coronavirus. But that calculus changed for Widman when President Donald Trump sent federal law enforcement agents to the liberal city to quell violent demonstrations — a tactic he’s said he’ll use for other cities. On Monday, a masked Widman was in the street with more than 1,000 other Portland residents — a far larger crowd than the city had seen in recent days as it entered its eighth week of nightly protests. “It’s like a dictatorship,” Widman, a grandmother of five, said, holding up a sign that read: “Grammy says: Please feds, leave Portland.” “I mean, that he can pick on our city mostly because of the way we vote and make an example of it for his base is very frightening,” she said. Far from tamping down the unrest, the presence of federal agents — and particularly
allegations they have whisked people away in unmarked cars without probable cause — has given new momentum and a new focus to protests that had begun to devolve into smaller, chaotic crowds. The use of federal agents against the will of local officials has also set up the potential for a constitutional crisis, which could escalate if Trump sends federal agents elsewhere. Federal forces were deployed to Portland in early July, and tensions have risen since: On July 11, a protester was hospitalized with critical injuries after a U.S. Marshals Service officer struck him in the head with a round of less-lethal ammunition. Then, anger flared again over the weekend after video surfaced of a federal agent hitting a Navy veteran repeatedly with a baton while another agent sprays him in the face with pepper spray. Richard Cline, principal deputy director of the Federal Protective Service, told reporters Tuesday that the officers are part of the Marshals Service and that the Justice Department’s inspector general is investigating. Crowds in Portland had re-
cently numbered fewer than 100 people but swelled to more than 1,000 over the weekend — and they’re once again attracting a broader base in a city that’s increasingly outraged. Federal agents again used force to scatter protesters early Tuesday and deployed tear gas and rubber bullets as some banged on the doors of the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse and tried to pull plywood off the shuttered entryway. The boarded-up courthouse, which has been a focus of protests, is now covered with graffiti. Portland police said some protesters lit fires in the street and tried several times to set them at the courthouse doors. “It is time for the Trump troops to go home and focus their attention on other activities,” Democratic Gov. Kate Brown said on MSNBC. State and local authorities didn’t ask for federal help and are awaiting a decision on a lawsuit seeking to restrain the federal agents’ actions. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said in court papers that masked federal agents have
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299 new COVID-19 cases, 7 new deaths The World PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed seven more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 269, and the overall case count moved above 15,000 the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday. Oregon Health Authority reported 299 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the state total to 15,139. The new cases are in the following counties: Baker (2), Benton (1), Clackamas (15), Clatsop (3), Columbia (1), Coos (1), Deschutes (7),
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Chad Wolf said agents have been assaulted with lasers, bats, fireworks, bottles and other weapons and “yet the city of Portland takes little to no action.” Wolf said the agency has clear authority to protect government property and detain people suspected of threatening personnel or damaging that property. He disputed that unidentified agents have made arrests, noting they have the word “police” on their uniforms and that officers wear camouflage like they do when working on the border. “These police officers are not storm troopers, they are not Gestapo. That description is offensive,”
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them to stop the vandalism and violence against federal officers and the U.S. courthouse in Portland. “We need to find a peaceful outcome,” acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said at a news conference Tuesday in Washington. “At the end of the day, we have to protect the federal property and the law enforcement officers.” The use of federal agents against the will of local officials also has set up the potential for a constitutional crisis, legal experts say. It could escalate if Trump sends federal agents elsewhere, as he says he plans to do, including to Democratic-led Chicago. Federal forces were deployed to Portland in early July, and tensions have grown since: A protester was hospitalized this month with critical injuries after a U.S. Marshals Service officer struck him in the head with a round of less-lethal
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Wolf said. He said federal agencies have made 43 arrests since July 4. While U.S. authorities can enforce federal laws on federal property, state and local officials say the agents have operated beyond their jurisdiction. Constitutional law experts said federal officers’ actions are “unprecedented” and a “red flag” in what could become a test case of states’ rights as the Trump administration expands federal policing. Homeland Security plans to deploy about 150 of its agents to Chicago to help local law enforcement deal with a spike in crime, according to an official with direct knowledge of the plans who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity
because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. The Trump administration also sent more than 100 federal law enforcement officers to Kansas City, Missouri, to help quell a rise in violence after the shooting death of a young boy there. For days after the death of George Floyd — a Black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck — protests against racial injustice in Portland attracted thousands and were largely peaceful, though smaller groups vandalized federal property and police buildings and clashed violently with authorities. Portland police used tear gas on multiple occasions until a federal court order banned them from doing
so without declaring a riot. Now, anger is building as federal officers deploy tear gas. As crowds have swelled again, most prominent are the Wall of Moms and PDX Dad Pod, self-described parents who have shown up by the hundreds each night since the weekend, wearing yellow T-shirts and bicycle helmets and ski goggles for protection. Some wielded leaf blowers Monday night to help disperse tear gas as they marched down a downtown street. “It’s appalling to me, and it’s a unifying thing. Nobody wants them here,” said Eryn Hoerster, a mother of two children, ages 4 and 8, who was attending her first nighttime protest.
ammunition. Anger flared again over the weekend after video surfaced of a federal agent hitting a U.S. Navy veteran repeatedly with a baton while another agent sprays him in the face with pepper spray. Crowds had recently numbered fewer than 100 people but swelled to more than 1,000 over the weekend, again attracting a broader base in a city that’s increasingly unified and outraged. Among the protesters was Mardy Widman, who watched demonstrations against racial injustice unfold in her hometown for weeks but stayed away because, at 79, she feared getting the coronavirus. When Trump sent in federal officers, that changed: A masked Widman took to the street Monday with other Portland residents. “It’s like a dictatorship,” Widman, a grandmother of five, said, holding a sign that read: “Grammy says: Please feds, leave Portland.” “I mean, that he can pick on our city mostly because of the way we vote and
make an example of it for his base is very frightening,” she said. Federal agents again used force to scatter protesters early Tuesday and deployed tear gas and rubber bullets as some in the crowd tried to pull plywood off the shuttered entryway of the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse. Portland police said some protesters lit fires in the street and tried several times to set them at the courthouse doors. Wolf defended the federal response, saying the Department of Homeland Security has clear authority to protect government property and detain people suspected of threatening personnel or damaging such property. Wolf said agents have been assaulted with lasers, bats, fireworks, bottles and other weapons and “yet the city of Portland takes little to no action.” While he said federal agencies have made 43 arrests since July 4, he disputed that they were done by unidentified agents, noting that they have the word “police” on their
uniforms. “These police officers are not storm troopers, they are not Gestapo. That description is offensive,” Wolf said. Trump plans to send about 150 Homeland Security Investigations agents to Chicago to help local law enforcement deal with a spike in crime, an official with direct knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. The Trump administration also has sent more than 100 federal officers to Kansas City to help quell a rise in violence after the shooting death of a young boy there. The Democratic leaders of Illinois and Chicago have pushed back on the planned deployment there. On Tuesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker called it a “wrongheaded move.” Mayor Lori Lightfoot softened her previous opposition, however, saying, “I’ve been very clear that we welcome actual partnership. But we do not welcome dictatorship.”
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Quake jolts Alaska towns, produces small tsunami ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A powerful earthquake off Alaska’s southern coast jolted coastal communities late Tuesday, and some residents briefly scrambled for higher ground over fears of a tsunami. There were no immediate reports of damage in the sparsely populated area of the state, and the tsunami warning was canceled after the magnitude 7.8 quake off the Alaska Peninsula produced a wave of a less than a foot. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake struck Tuesday at 10:12 p.m. local time and was centered in waters 65 milessouth-southeast of the tiny community of
Perryville, at a depth of 17 miles. Because of the temblor’s location, nearby communities along the Alaska Peninsula did not experience shaking that would normally be associated with that magnitude of a quake, said Michael West, Alaska State Seismologist. That doesn’t mean they slept through it, West said residents in small towns within a hundred miles of the quake reported very strong shaking. Some shaking was also felt more than 500 miles away in the Anchorage area, West said. “No reports of any damage,” Kodiak Police Sgt. Mike Sorter said early Wednesday morning. “No
injuries were reported. Everything is nominal.” Kodiak is about 200 miles northeast of where the earthquake was centered. The tsunami warning prompted coastal residents to evacuate to higher ground, with social media posts showing long lines of people fleeing towns like Homer and Kodiak as tsunami sirens wailed in the background. On Kodiak Island, the local high school and Catholic opened their doors for evacuees, the Anchorage Daily News reported. “We’ve got a high school full of people,” said Larry LeDoux, superintendent of the Kodiak
School District. “I’ve been passing out masks since the first siren sounded,” he told the Daily News. “Everything’s as calm as can be. We’ve got probably 300, 400 people all wearing masks,” he said before the warning was canceled. Tsunami warnings are commonplace for people who grew up in Kodiak. ”I’ve been doing these since I was a little kid,” LeDoux told the newspaper. “Old news.” Officials at the National Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, began calling off tsunami advisories and warnings after a wave of less than 1 foot was recorded in the community of Sand Point.
“I might have expected a little bit more water, but I’m happy that there wasn’t,” said David Hale, the senior duty scientist at the tsunami center. Tuesday’s quake was more powerful than the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that caused damage in the Anchorage area in November 2018. “This earthquake released about 15 times as much energy as that earthquake, said West, the state seismologist. More than a dozen aftershocks of magnitude 4.0 or higher were reported immediately after the earthquake, he said from the Alaska Earthquake Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
”We got people here who are going be working all night,” West said early Wednesday morning. ”These aftershocks will go and go and go and go.” The Alaska-Aleutian Trench was also where a magnitude 9.2 quake in 1964 was centered. That remains the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded. The temblor and ensuing tsunami caused widespread damage and killed 131 people, some as far away as Oregon and California. Alaska is the most actively seismic state. Nearly 25,000 earthquakes have been recorded in Alaska since Jan. 1, according to the center.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the “nasty horrible’” coronavirus will get worse in the U.S. before it gets better, but he also tried to paint a rosy picture of efforts to conquer the disease that has claimed more than 140,000 American lives in just five months. He also professed a newfound respect for the protective face masks he has seldom worn. He pulled one from his pocket in the White House briefing room but didn’t put it on. After a three-month hiatus from his freewheeling daily virus briefings, Trump returned to the podium, keeping the stage to himself without the public health experts who were staples of his previous events but keeping close to scripted remarks prepared by aides. Besides declaring support for masks as a way to fight the pandemic, he admonished young people against crowding bars and spreading the disease. It all marked a delayed recognition by Trump that
the economic reopening he’s been championing since April — and, more importantly, his reelection — were imperiled by spiking cases nationwide. There were no guarantees how long Trump’s more measured tone, delivered with an eye to halting a campaign-season erosion of support, would last. Along the way Tuesday, the president still worked in jabs at the news media and Democrats for focusing on disease-fighting shortcomings in the U.S. as the rest of world also struggles with the virus. He also belatedly addressed bipartisan criticism of virus-testing delays that have hampered reopening plans. “It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets better,” Trump said from the White House. But he also touted a reduction in deaths and progress on vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, which he referred to repeatedly as a the “China virus.” He continued his recent encouragement of Americans to wear masks when social distancing is not possible.
“Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact,” he said. “I’m getting used to the mask,” he added, pulling one out after months of suggesting that mask-wearing was a political statement against him. Swaths of the country are now battling rising infections and growing deaths, and some states are once again having to close businesses and rethink school in the fall. Many retailers themselves are insisting their customers don masks. For months, the nation’s top health experts have pleaded with Americans to wear masks in public and steer clear of crowds -calling those simple steps life-saving -- even as the president’s stance fueled a partisan social divide. The early evening show at the White House came as the next stage of the federal government’s response to the pandemic was being crafted on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers and White House officials were opening negotiations on a trillion-dollar-ormore “phase four” rescue package.
SALEM (AP) — A Salem man is being held without bail after a prosecutor says he allegedly shot at three police officers, injuring one, during an investigation in Salem last week. On Monday, Alejandro Maciel-Salcedo, 27, was arraigned on the charges of three counts of attempted murder, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, one count of assault and
illegal possession of a firearm by a felon, the Statesman Journal reported. According to Salem police, Salem Police detective Angus “Scotty” Emmons and other detectives were in a vehicle after conducting an investigation when another vehicle drove up and Maciel-Salcedo allegedly fired “several shots” at the detectives. One of the bullets
penetrated the vehicle and struck Emmons in the arm, police said. Emmons drove to a nearby hospital, where police say he was treated and released later that day. Maciel-Salcedo fled to a home and hours later he surrendered to SWAT teams, police said. It wasn’t immediately known if Maciel-Salcedo has a lawyer to comment for him.
BEIJING (AP) — The United States said Wednesday that it has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston “to protect American intellectual property” and the private information of Americans. China strongly condemned the move, the latest in a series of steps by the Trump administration as it ratchets up pressure on the world’s second-largest economy over trade, technology, human rights and security. In Houston, firefighters responded to reports of papers being burned on the consulate grounds Tuesday night but were barred entry, according to news media reports. The U.S., in a brief statement, did not provide any details on why the consulate in Texas was targeted. “The United States will not tolerate (China’s)
violations of our sovereignty and intimidation of our people, just as we have not tolerated (its) unfair trade practices, theft of American jobs, and other egregious behavior,” said the statement, which was attributed to State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration is taking action to halt long-running intellectual property theft, noting indictments announced Tuesday against two Chinese individuals accused of hacking. “President (Donald) Trump has said ‘Enough, we’re not going to allow this to continue to happen,’” he said while on an official visit to Copenhagen. The U.S. also has decided not to reopen its consulate in the city of Wuhan, which was closed in late
January at the height of the coronavirus outbreak in China, a Trump administration official said. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the closure of the Wuhan consulate might mitigate China’s response to the shutdown of the Houston consulate. China was informed of the decision Tuesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said, calling it “an outrageous and unjustified move that will sabotage relations between the two countries.” “The unilateral closure of China’s consulate general in Houston within a short period of time is an unprecedented escalation of its recent actions against China,” Wang said at a daily news briefing in Beijing.
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Judge rules Move Oregon Border group can’t bypass signatures PORTLAND (AP) — A federal judge has denied a petition to bypass state-required signatures to qualify as a ballot measure its proposal for 17 counties to divorce from Oregon and become part of Idaho. U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane ruled Monday that the group Move Oregon’s Border was not “reasonably diligent” in attempting to collect signatures, even amid the unusual limitations due to
the coronavirus pandemic. The Oregonian reported the judge found that Move Oregon’s Border provided scant evidence of a conscientious effort to obtain signatures thus far. The plaintiffs only held one rally, in Roseburg on March 7, collecting 389 signatures. The group also pointed to the approximately 9,195 members on its Facebook group, the judge noted. The state mandates peti-
tioners obtain a minimum number of signatures in order to qualify for the ballot. But Move Oregon’s Border had argued COVID-19 restrictions had made the usual methods of signature gathering impossible. “Holding one rally, collecting less than 400 signatures, and hosting a Facebook page does not constitute reasonable diligence when compared with other initiative proponents,” the judge ruled.
US orders China to close DEAR ABBYBy Abigail Van Buren Terms of endearment have its consulate in Houston opposite effect on woman
Climber dies in fall from Three Fingered Jack SALEM (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of an man who fell hundreds of feet just before reaching the summit of Three Fingered Jack in Oregon’s Cascade Range. Deputies and search crews responded around 1 p.m. Sunday to a report of a hiker who fell from the mountain located
around 71 miles east of Sweet Home, according to officials from the Linn County Sheriff’s office. A witness said the man, identified as 19-year-old Todd Adelman of Aumsville, was climbing when rocks gave way causing him to fall, the Statesman Journal reported. Adelman was found
at the bottom of the cliff where he was pronounced dead. Responders worked through the night to carry Adelman out of the remote area. Three Fingered Jack is a popular place for technical mountaineers, though it is known to have poor rock quality and steep cliffs near the summit, authorities said.
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I are middle-aged. We have been together for 2 1/2 years. I love him, and I’m grateful for such a wonderful man at this point in my life. My problem is, he calls me “Sweet Baby” every single time he addresses me. (“Sweet Baby, what do you need help with?” “Sweet Baby, I am on my way.” “What did you say, Sweet Baby?”) Even when it comes to trying to be affectionate, he’ll say, “You’re my sweet baby, aren’t you?” He asks this over and over and over, and then says, “You’re my sweet baby.” Abby, I could probably take it occasionally, but his continuous use of it now makes me cringe. I hate it! I have told him how much I’d prefer for him to use my name, but he won’t. He continues with the “Sweet Baby” in texts, calls, in person -- constantly. I’m starting to wonder if he’s doing it deliberately. He, in turn, likes being called “Big Daddy,” but I won’t do it. He’s not my daddy, and I don’t care for pet names. How can one little thing like that be so annoying, to the point that I’m beginning to avoid him and visit him less? It breaks my heart because we can have such a good time together, but he is ruining it. I’m trying not to end a wonderful relationship. I feel that by ignoring my request, he is being rude. Your advice? -- CRINGING IN THE SOUTH DEAR CRINGING: Your boyfriend may be following a script he has written in his head. Has it occurred to you that “Sweet Baby” may be what he has called ALL the women in his life -- which would make it less a term of endearment than rote recitation? After two years of this, you should have made clear to him that “Sweet Baby” is not only not having the desired effect, but it’s making you cringe. While you are at it, tell him plainly that you have an aversion to pet names like “Big Daddy” because one daddy was enough for you, and you
neither want nor need another one. If you can’t communicate what you really feel, then indeed this romance isn’t going to last, so you might as well speak up. DEAR ABBY: My 14-year-old son and I recently went to visit family a few hours away. We stayed at my mother’s home. My mother overheard him talking to his male friend about engaging in sexual activity with him. He thought everyone was asleep when she overheard the conversation. I never suspected that my son might be gay or bi. She told me in private the next day. Should I say something to him about what she heard? I don’t want to embarrass him, and my mother doesn’t want him knowing what she heard. Should I keep quiet? -- CAUGHT BY SURPRISE IN TEXAS DEAR CAUGHT: Your mother may have misinterpreted what she heard. Your son is at an age when he is trying to figure out who he is. I don’t think it would be constructive to talk to him about what she told you, so bide your time. Let him know you love him and are always available to listen and talk with him about anything that might concern him. But the topic of his sexual orientation should be raised by him, not you. ------------------------------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. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. What teens need to know about sex, drugs, AIDS and getting along with peers and parents is in “What Every Teen Should Know.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)
Washington moves fall sports to spring OSAA may announce plans for high school sports this week SEATTLE (AP) — The governing body of high school sports in Washington state has decided to move the football season to spring of 2021 because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Seattle Times reports the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association on Tuesday night announced the delaying of the season.
For the 2020-21 school year, cross country, slowpitch softball, girls swimming and golf and tennis will be in the fall. The WIAA will take a break during November and December, and in early January the normal winter sports — basketball, bowling, boys swimming and diving, gymnastics, cheerleading and wrestling — will take place. The football season would now run from early March into May. Moving football, which officials say is considered high-risk for COVID-19 exposure, would it allow games to be played when
the outbreak might be better under control. “Since March, the philosophy of our Association has been to allow students every chance to participate,” said WIAA Executive Director Mick Hoffman. “We’ve asked our Executive Board and planning committees to be as creative as possible in allowing for those opportunities. These are tough and unprecedented decisions to make, but it has been inspiring to see so many people around the state come together to work on behalf of students.”
However officials acknowledged that even the sports considered low risk now slated for the fall could see their seasons pushed back. It’s possible, Executive Board president Greg Whitmore said, that those sports could be pushed into spring and no sports are played in Washington before January if the virus is still spiking across the state. “We know those sports are in peril, too,” Whitmore said. “A lot of things have to happen in our favor to have those happen.” Washington’s move came a
day after California announced that it would not hold sports before December and would condense the fall, winter and spring sports seasons into two seasons. Today, the Oregon School Activities Association Executive Board wraps up its annual three-day summer meeting, this year held through video conferencing and is expected to soon provide an update for schools in the state. OSAA has previously said it is committed to holding fall sports if that is possible.
NFL faces unending series of questions Associated Press
In seven weeks, the NFL expects to kick off its 101st season with the Super Bowl champion Chiefs hosting Houston. Emphasis on expects. Still set on conducting a somewhat normal training camp, though without any preseason games, and then opening the regular season on time, the NFL pushes onward. Rookies are reporting to team facilities this week, nearly all of them for the first time. Veterans are set to come in next week, and after testing for COVID-19 and a lengthy acclimation period, practices should begin sometimes next month. Of course, there are more questions than ever for America’s most profitable sports league, most notably how to keep people safe in a contact sport during a pandemic. “Everything that we’re doing is centered around the concept of risk mitigation,” says Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer. “We know that we can’t eliminate risk, but we’re trying to mitigate it as much as possible for everyone. We know that this is going to be a shared responsibility.” Already this year the NFL has had to switch to remote, well, everything: free agency, the draft, offseason workouts, owners meetings. Now come the biggest and most critical tests as 80-man rosters attempt to stay healthy while preparing to play a game that requires close contact nearly all the time. Roster sizes were reduced from 90 under an agreement Tuesday between the league and the players’ association, according to people familiar with the change who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because it has not been announced. “We could have a ton of social distance, more than we have with our football team,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid says. “It’s all set up with monitors and everything else. Then the testing, these guys are going to be tested often. It’ll be good that way. There’s a responsibility for coaches and players to make sure we handle ourselves right when we’re away from it. We are still keeping as much social distance as we can. It’s a contact sport, but when there’s no
NFLPA agrees to no preseason games NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL Players Association has agreed to the league’s plan to drop all preseason games for the 2020 season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the offer had not been made public. The union also agreed to a 80-player roster limit for training camp, instead of the usual 90. According to reports, union leadership told players about the preseason agreement during a conference call on Tuesday. The agreement between the union and the league came a day after league proposed scrapping the preseason because of the coronavirus pandemic. The players’ association originally had sought no preseason games and
the league had reduced the exhibition schedule to two games. But on Monday evening, the NFL said it would eliminate those preseason contests and also would offer players 18 days for acclimation, up from seven days. Also on Monday, the league said players will be tested daily for the coronavirus for at least the first two weeks of training camp, per the league’s new testing protocols. Rookies have started reporting this week and all players are expected to report next week. The league and the NFLPA already finalized protocols regarding team travel, media, and treatment response, and updated the facilities protocol to specifically address training camp based on recommendations from a joint committee of doctors, trainers and strength coaches formed by the league and players’ union.
contact we’re going to keep our distance.” The NFL has been studying the approaches of other sports, seeing the success NASCAR and the PGA Tour have experienced with their traveling shows, and the many issues Major League Baseball has dealt with. But auto racing, golf and baseball don’t involve close-quarters action from beginning to end. Thus, the elimination of exhibition games, which went from four to an owners’ proposal of two and then to none. The players’ association, which also proposed no preseason contests, approved the league’s offer on Tuesday, a person familiar with the decision told The AP. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the offer had not been made public. Getting rid of the exhibitions is one of many steps that will cost owners millions, but a necessary one. The business of pro football will take a major hit, with ramifications extending into next year and beyond, affecting salary caps and contract negotiations and, of course, bottom lines in a league that has
$15 billion in revenues. Or did. Still, plenty of NFL business has taken place since mid-March, when the coronavirus led to nationwide shutdowns.
Indy 500 will be limited to 25 percent capacity INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Attendance will be limited to 25% capacity for the Indianapolis 500 and spectators will be required to wear face coverings at “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Indianapolis Motor Speedway can hold approximately 350,000 fans in the grandstands, suites and infield, but officials said last month only 50% capacity would be admitted for the rescheduled Aug. 23 race. The number was adjusted Tuesday. Tickets will not be sold after Friday and IMS has a 95-page plan on guidelines and health protocols it will release later this week. Among the precautions the speedway will take is reassigning seats for social distancing, distributing hand sanitizer and administering temperature checks at entry and limiting options from concession stands to mostly prepackaged foods to eliminate lines. Mark Miles, President and CEO of Penske Entertainment Corp., said the speedway has offered credits to anyone who has purchased tickets but no longer wants to attend the race. IMS is also encouraging fans over 65 to skip the
race, will limit attendance in the infield and reduce suite seating. Miles said IMS will not penalize fans who choose not to attend on their 2021 ticket renewals. “We will welcome fans back, and we have an aggressive plan in place, which has been developed through collaboration with national, state and local health experts,” Miles said. Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the largest outdoor sporting venue in the world and the original plan would have permitted roughly 175,000 spectators for the race originally scheduled to run Memorial Day weekend. Now roughly 87,500 fans can attend, which would still make the Indy 500 the largest sporting event since the pandemic began in March. “Our outdoor facility is mammoth and with attendance of about 25% it will certainly look different this year,” said Miles. “We want to demonstrate that even under current circumstances, people can gather with carefully planned procedures in place so we don’t have to go back to shutting down our country and our community.”
TAMPA BAY TOM In a normal year, Tom Brady’s switch from the Patriots to the Buccaneers would have overridden every NFL story, from early winter through the spring and summer and into his debut against fellow 40-something QB Drew Brees and the Saints in September. Perhaps the biggest headlines Brady drew recently came when he defied players’ union recommendations to cease informal practices with teammates as a coronavirus precaution.
MAHOMES MONEY The Chiefs vowed they would pay star quarterback Patrick Mahomes, locking him up long term. Does 10 years for potentially $500 million work? Yes, half a billion dollars. Not that he is in Mahomes’ class, but Dallas QB Dak Prescott wound up with
the one-year franchise tag salary of $31.4 million, hardly a pittance. The Cowboys could wind up the losers here, though, with quarterback pay now stretching beyond the stratosphere thanks to Mahomes setting the bar so high.
NEW FACES The pandemic could lead to teams that remained relatively intact (Chiefs, Saints, Bills, Titans, Ravens, 49ers) having a major advantage over those experiencing upheaval. That’s particularly true where coaching changes were made: Mike McCarthy in Dallas, Ron Rivera in Washington, Matt Rhule in Carolina, Kevin Stefanski in Cleveland and Joe Judge with the Giants. The last three have never been head coaches in the NFL. Stars making big adjustments could include Brady and another longtime standout quarterback, Philip Rivers, now in Indianapolis running back Todd Gurley in Atlanta receiver DeAndre Hopkins in Arizona tight end Jason Witten in Seattle safety Malcolm Jenkins in New Orleans defensive end Calais Campbell in Baltimore and linebacker Robert Quinn in Chicago. Not to mention the humongous jump from college ball for the likes of top overall selection QB Joe Burrow in Cincinnati, defensive stud Chase Young in Washington, and the rest of a draft class that has yet to take a formal snap with their teams.
SOCIAL JUSTICE Ever since Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to protest social injustice, the NFL has been slammed for being blind to the message Kaepernick and many fellow players were trying to deliver. In this year of racial reckoning, there has been an awakening across much of the league. Right now, the NFL is planning to allow players to have decals on the back of their helmets bearing names or initials of victims of systemic racism and police violence. Trying to catch up, the league has gotten involved in earnest with initiatives that its players have sought or inaugurated over the past few years. And, not to be overlooked, the Washington team will have a new name very
Sports Briefs FOOTBALL Former Seahawks great Michael Bennett retires NEW YORK — Michael Bennett, who won a Super Bowl as a defensive end with the Seattle Seahawks and made three Pro Bowls, says he is retiring. The 34-year-old Bennett played for five teams and was an integral part of the Seahawks’ 2013 NFL championship. He said Tuesday on Instagram that the 2019 season, which he split between New England and Dallas, was his last. Bennett had 69 1/2 career sacks in 11 pro seasons. He entered the NFL in 2009 with Tampa Bay, then made his biggest impact with Seattle, which he joined for that Super Bowl season. His three Pro Bowl years came with the Seahawks,
AWARDS President will present Jim Ryun Medal of Freedom WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is awarding the nation’s highest civilian honor to Jim Ryun, a former Kansas congressman who was the first high school runner to clock a mile in under 4 minutes.
Trump is scheduled to honor the three-time Olympian with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on Friday. The Wichita native entered the record books in 1964 at age 17 by becoming the first high school runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile with a time of 3 minutes, 59 seconds. Ryun, now 73, went on to compete in three Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in 1968 in Mexico City. He later served 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
BASKETBALL Garnett hopes to be part owner of Timberwolves MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Garnett wants to come back to Minnesota — as a Timberwolves owner. The longtime NBA superstar said Tuesday he is part of a group that is hoping to buy the franchise from Glen Taylor, who has owned it since 1994. Taylor said in a statement he was recently approached by a third-party group to discuss the future of the franchise. He said he’s always wanted what’s best for the team’s fans and “will entertain opportunities” on the
ownership structure of the Timberwolves and Lynx, Minnesota’s WNBA team. ESPN reported that Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf had emerged as serious candidates to buy the team. The Vikings declined comment.
CYCLING Champion cycling team again changes its name LONDON — The cycling team known as Sky when winning six Tour de France titles from 2012-18 got its second name change in 15 months on Wednesday. Sky became Team Ineos before Egan Bernal’s victory in the 2019 race. Bernal followed Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas as winners for the Britain-based team. The team said in a statement it will be known as Ineos Grenadiers when the delayed Tour opens Aug. 29. The name promotes a brand of SUV designed by its billionaire owner Jim Ratcliffe which the team said will launch in 2021. Cycling news sites in Italy reported the team’s colors will change from mostly black to blue.
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Thorns assistant pressed into backup goalie duties ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press
Former German national team goalkeeper Nadine Angerer has unexpectedly found herself on the bench for the Portland Thorns, poised to play if needed as the team navigates the Challenge Cup tournament. The Thorns’ 41-year-old goalkeeping coach retired from playing five years ago but has been pressed back into duty as a backup because of injuries at the position. “Let’s just say I do what’s needed to help the team. I don’t know if I’m going to be a big help, but I think I’m still better than a few players,” she said, laughing. The Thorns are set to play the Houston Dash on Wednesday in the semifinals of the National Women’s Soccer League tournament. Sky Blue plays the Chicago Red Stars in the other semi at Rio Tinto Stadium in Utah. Portland made it to the semifinals by upsetting the two-time defending league champion North Carolina Courage. Morgan
Weaver scored the game’s lone goal and Britt Eckerstrom made eight saves to preserve the win. Eckerstrom took over when goalkeeper Bella Bixby injured her ACL and was sent back to Portland for treatment. Bixby had started for the Thorns in the tournament’s group stage because the regular starter, Adrianna Franch, was nursing a knee injury. Angerer said it says a lot about Eckerstrom’s character that she was able to play as well as she did against the Courage. “She never stopped training, she never had an attitude or was in a bad mood because she wasn’t playing. She trained even more,” Angerer said. “I told her, ‘Your chance may be coming. You never know.’ And she was very well prepared for it.” But with Eckerstrom starting and no other goalkeepers available, Angerer found herself in an unusual position, signed to a player contract as the backup and listed as a sub on the team’s game roster. Because the teams are living in a bubble for the duration of the tournament, Portland didn’t
have an option to bring anyone else in. Before becoming the team’s goalkeepers coach, Angerer played in Portland for the final two years of her professional career and fell in love with the city. The fans embraced her, too. She is something of a legend among goalkeepers as the only one to win FIFA world player of the year honors. She was in net for the German national team from 2007 to 2015, retiring from the international game following the World Cup in Canada. Angerer did not concede a single goal during the 2007 World Cup, setting a tournament record at the time for most minutes played (540) without being scored on. One of her most memorable moments came during the final against Brazil when she stopped a penalty kick from five-time FIFA Player of the Year Marta and Germany won 2-0. She was named to the Thorns’ coaching staff in 2016. Angerer said she’s incredibly lucky to have such a talented group of keepers. Under Angerer, Franch
was twice named NWSL goalkeeper of the year. “I mean, it’s a dream to work with them. Seriously, I mean it. These three, first of all, they’re good human beings. On top of this, they have very, very outstanding skills. They’re really good goalkeepers,” Angerer said. “It’s makes it very easy for me because we all support each other and they support each other very well in training.” With no wins in the group stage, Portland was the No. 8 seed in the quarterfinals out of the eight teams that have played in the tournament. The league’s ninth team, the Orlando Pride, was forced to withdraw before the event because of positive COVID-19 tests. The Dash advanced to the semifinals on penalties after a scoreless draw with the tournament’s home team, the Utah Royals. Afterward, goalkeeper Jane Campbell was already looking ahead to the Thorns. “I think moving forward, we got a new group, a new style, a new energy and Portland hasn’t seen that yet. I’m sure they’ve
MLB players take visible stance on social justice PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball hasn’t always been at the forefront of the social justice movement in recent years, with leagues like the NBA and NFL usually taking center stage. But in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis — and because of the quirks of a coronavirus-altered sports schedule — baseball is in the position of having the American sports world largely to itself for the next week. Even before Thursday’s opening day, players and coaches in the sport are taking a more active approach to supporting racial justice. Among the examples: San Francisco manager Gabe Kapler and several players kneeling during the national anthem before an exhibition game and several Dodgers — including NL MVP Cody Bellinger and three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw — speaking out about racial injustice in a video message. “I wanted to demonstrate my dissatisfaction with our clear systemic racism in our country and I wanted them (players) to know that they got
to make their own decisions and we would respect and support those decisions,” Kapler said after Monday’s game. “I wanted them to feel safe in speaking up.” The most recent protests during the anthem seemed to draw the ire of President Donald Trump, who wrote on social media Tuesday morning: “Looking forward to live sports, but any time I witness a player kneeling during the National Anthem, a sign of great disrespect for our Country and our Flag, the game is over for me!” Baseball’s show of support for social justice continued Tuesday. The Milwaukee Brewers posted a picture on social media of nearly 20 players and coaches wearing shirts that read “Justice, Equality, Now.” The Brewers wore the shirts during their intrasquad game. It’s a marked change for baseball, which has dealt with a slow decline in the number of Black players for several decades. In recent seasons, the percentage of Black players has hovered around 8%. For a sport that proudly recognizes Jackie Robinson — who broke MLB’s color barrier
in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers — the decline has long been a source of frustration. Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain, who is Black, said that recent discussions with teammates have been encouraging. “There’s been a lot going on over the last few months, but with me and a few guys on the team, we’ve been holding Zoom calls about the issue at hand,” Cain said earlier this month. “We’re all coming together, talking about it. I’m educating them, I’m educating myself on everything that’s going on. We all just want things to change, want things to get better.” Miami Marlins pitcher Stephen Tarpley agreed that it’s something players are “actively talking about.” He said within the Marlins there “are a lot of good discussions, and a lot of open minds and open hearts.” He said the Marlins were still discussing ways to show on-thefield support. “I don’t know if we’re necessarily formulating anything huge, but little things are going to be what’s important to keep this thing rolling in the right direction,” Tarpley said.
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seen us play, but they haven’t played against us. So I think we’re really excited to play a team who is probably gunning for a championship now that they’ve knocked off North Carolina,” Campbell said. “They’re going to bring a lot of energy, as well. I think we’re just going to be ready.” Sky Blue and the Chicago Red Stars also advanced on penalties after scoreless draws, leading to speculation that a compact schedule and limited full-team training leading up to the tournament may have taken a toll on offense. Red Stars goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, who was in goal for the U.S. team that won the World Cup last year, pointed to parity for the fact that the top three seeds, the Courage, the Spirit and the Reign, were eliminated. “I mean, honestly, with the NWSL the seedings don’t really mean anything. Everybody’s competitive. Everybody’s a challenge in a different way,” Naeher said. “So, one through eight in the tournament is just a number in front of a team.”
Edmonton Eskimos will change their nickname EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Eskimos will change their name. The Canadian Football League team announced the decision on Tuesday, following a decision to do the same by Washington’s NFL team. Teams across sports have been under increasing pressure to drop racist or stereotypical names. Critics say the Edmonton team’s name is a derogatory, colonial-era term for Inuit. The team said in a release it will begin “a comprehensive engagement process” on a new name. In the meantime, the club will use the names EE Football Team and Edmonton Football Team. Edmonton team president Chris Presson said in a video conference that
the club wants to keep its double-E logo, as well as its green-and-gold colors. In February, the Edmonton club announced it was keeping the name following year-long research that involved Inuit leaders and community members across Canada. The club said it received “no consensus” during that review. On July 8, Edmonton promised to speed up another review of its name and provide an update by the end of the month. In that statement, the club noted “a lot has happened” since it made the decision in February. One of the team’s sponsors, national carand-home insurance provider Belairdirect, had announced a day earlier that it was rethinking its relationship with the team because of the name.
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