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County has four new cases from the weekend’s announcement that there were three presumptive cases.

The fourth presumptive case was announced Monday afternoon. These cases are all connected and stem from the same event.

The four individuals include two sisters and a female friend who are all under the age of 40 in addition to a child. The group apparently contracted the virus while in the Portland-area where they were, ironically, going to pick up a 4-year-old relative so that that child would not be

Residents apparently were infected during trip to Portland area ZACH SILVA The World

COOS COUNTY — Four new COVID-19 cases are being reported in Coos County, as of Monday afternoon.

Those four include two positive and two presumptive positive cases, having developed

around sick family members.

“The parents were feeling ill and they had family members down here in Coos County so they wanted to go, ‘Hey, come grab the daughter. Have her for a week.’ That kind of thing, we’re not really feeling very well was kind of the conversation,” said Coos Health and Wellness epidemiologist Brian Leon. “But they ended up going there and spending a significant amount of time before leaving.”

On Friday, June 12, the four Coos County residents traveled

in two cars to the Portland-area and they returned on Sunday, June 14, according to Coos Health and Wellness.

The parents of the 4-yearold who were feeling ill live in Washington County. When the Coos County crew arrived, the parents had not been tested for COVID-19. They learned that they had tested positive last Friday, CHW reported.

The Washington County couple contracted the virus after spending time with relatives in Multnomah County who later

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A bench at John Topits Park is adorned with a message remembering Alonzo Tucker, a Black man who was lynched in Coos County in 1902.

Sitkum is getting a new fire building

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SITKUM — On the edge of Coos County sits the unincorporated community of Sitkum — small, remote and a place that doesn’t have a quick response time if there was ever a fire.

But that will soon change.

Four years in the making, the Dora Sitkum fire garage is under construction and is expected to be finished in September, according to Tara Johnson, board member for the Dora Sitkum Fire Department.

“We’re excited because finally — after four years — we see something to show for all our work,” she said. “It’s a great collaboration between local businesses, the county and the fire department. … We’re

celebrating that we’re making headway.”

The garage, which has two bays, is being paid for through a block grant from the county. Initially the grant was approved for $450,000, but Johnson said additional money was requested and now the grant is $750,000.

“We will come in close to that,” once the garage is completed, she said.

The garage is expected to have at least one fire vehicle inside, available for the fire department volunteers. Johnson explained that the need for this was paramount due to the road between Sitkum and Dora, which she described as “treacherous on a good day.”

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tested positive. A male from the Multnomah case appeared to have picked up the virus from a workplace outbreak.

The two sisters and the child isolated upon returning to Coos County.

“They ended up becoming ill a few days later,” said Leon. The symptoms for these individuals included loss of taste and smell and a fever. One fever was up to 104 degrees but no one was hospitalized.

BERLIN (AP) — Nations around the world and U.S. states struggled mightily Tuesday to contain a surge of coronavirus infections as lockdowns eased.

Germany slapped new restrictions on a region where hundreds were infected at a slaughterhouse and a top U.S. expert headed to Capitol Hill at a fraught moment in the U.S. battle against the virus.

Rapid increases in cases across the U.S. South and West are raising fears that progress against the virus is slipping away, as states reopen and many Americans resist wearing masks for political reasons and refuse to limit contacts to social-distancing bubbles. The United States has the most infections and deaths by far in the world, with 2.3 million cases and over 120,000 confirmed virus-related deaths, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, was testifying before a House committee just days after President Donald Trump told an Oklahoma rally that he had asked officials to slow down testing because too many positive cases were turning up. Trump’s office later claimed he was joking.

In Germany, more than 1,550 people have tested positive for coronavirus at the Toennies slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck and thousands more workers and family members have been put under a quarantine to try to halt the outbreak.

On Tuesday, North Rhine-Westphalia state Gov. Armin Laschet said people in Guetersloh and parts of a neighboring county will now face the same restrictions that Germany saw in March and April, including curbs on social gatherings and bar closings.

“The purpose is to calm the situation, to expand testing to establish whether or not the virus has spread beyond the employees of Toennies,” Laschet said.

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DOC to provide list of adults eligible for early release Releases across the state in an effort to slow spread of COVID-19 ZACH SILVA The World

OREGON — A list of 75 names of adults in custody eligible for early release was scheduled to be given to Gov. Kate Brown by the Oregon Department of Corrections on Monday.

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but had not done so as of Monday afternoon.

According to a draft of the list obtained by The Oregonian last week, adults in custody from every correctional institution, including Shutter Creek Correctional Institution, in the state were included.

The releases are to stem continued spread of COVID-19 in Oregon correctional facilities. As of Monday there had been 224 positive cases reported in Oregon correctional facilities between adults in custody and employees.

Shutter Creek Correctional Institution outside of North Bend reported 25 positive cases from adults in custody and two positives and one presumptive positive with employees.

“Given what we now know about the disease and its pervasiveness in our communities, it is appropriate to release individuals who face significant health challenges should they contract COVID-19,” Gov. Brown wrote in a letter to DOC director Colette Peters earlier this month.

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Coquille Police Log June 19 10:36 a.m., assisted Coos County Sheriff’s Office at North Bank Lane and Highway 42.

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June 20 3:14 a.m., civil problem reported in the 200 block of N. Alder St. 2:08 p.m., person stop in the 800 block of Central Ave. 5:37 p.m., driving complaint in the area of Laverne Park. Driving complaint relayed for possible intoxicated driver.

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4:02 p.m., abandoned vehicle at E. Sixth St. and N. Adams.

4:24 p.m., possible assault at El Tapatio, W. Highway 42. Referred to Coos County Sheriff’s Office, occurred outside Coquille city limits.

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They have to be tested before they are released,” said Coos Health and Wellness epidemiologist Brian Leon, who noted that they would be coming from at least two different facilities.

“I just want to be clear, the reasons we’re getting those notifications is not because Shutter Creek is still an active outbreak, that’s over. But we’re kind of going another step and just making sure who is being released in the area and that we’re following up with them.”

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Seemingly separate from this decision, Coos Health and Wellness has been notified of the release of adults in custody into Coos County later this month.

“I don’t know that they are directly tied to the Governor’s order but we have been notified of a few people that are under monitoring that are being released to Coos County.

We’re in talks with them.

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for those that will be released including individuals who: are vulnerable to the disease; have served over half of their sentence; have a place to stay upon release; have not been convicted of a crime against another individual.

Before being released the adults in custody would also be tested for COVID-19; those who test positive or have symptoms would have to wait to be released.

Cases spreading throughout prisons has been an issue across the

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The Tenmile Lake boat ramp and docks are unusally quiet on a recent Sunday afternoon, except for a few boats and people. The area, including Wulfy Beach next to the boat ramp, is popular with residents and visitors and has reopened to the public under the jurisdiction of the Coos County Parks Department.

Virus cases increase during reopening PORTLAND — 190 new confirmed and preCOVID-19 has claimed two sumptive COVID-19 cases more lives in Oregon, raising and one new death. the state’s death toll to 192, Coos County now has a the Oregon Health Authority total of 37 COVID-19 cases reported Monday.

— 32 positives and five Oregon Health Authority presumptive positives — no reported 146 new confirmed deaths and 2,246 people have and presumptive cases of tested negative.

COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m.

Douglas County has had a Monday, bringing the state total of 33 COVID-19 cases total to 7,083. The new — one of those new — no confirmed and presumptive deaths and 4,204 people have COVID-19 cases reported tested negative.

Monday are in the followCurry County has had a ing counties: Benton (2), total of seven COVID-19 Clackamas (15), Deschutes cases, with none of those (4), Douglas (1), Hood River new cases, no deaths and 605 (1), Jackson (1), Jefferson people have tested negative.

(1), Lane (4), Lincoln (6), Of Oregon’s 36 counties Marion (47), Morrow (1), only Gilliam and Wheeler Multnomah (17), Umatilla have had no positive or (11), Union (5), Wasco (1), presumptive cases.

Washington (27), and YamOregon’s 189th hill (2).

COVID-19 death is a On Saturday, OHA re53-year-old man in Morrow ported 178 new COVID-19 Region: USCounty who tested positive cases — including fourLanguage: in on June 12 and died on June English Notes: None Coos County and one in 18, in his residence. He had Douglas County— and one underlying medical condinew death. tions.

Sunday, OHA reported Oregon’s 190th

COVID-19 death is a 93-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on June 6 and died on June 20 in her residence.

She had underlying medical conditions.

Oregon’s 191st COVID-19 death is a 68-year-old man in Lincoln County who died June 16 in his residence and tested positive on June 17. He did not have underlying medical conditions.

Oregon’s 192nd COVID-19 death is a 90-year-old woman in Marion County who tested positive on June 18. Additional information about this COVID-19 related death is still pending. An update will be provided when we have additional information.

Testing increases, positive rate slightly higher OHA has released its Weekly Testing Update which showed that 27,671 tests were reported during the week ending June 19.

Oregon’s cumulative positive testing rate is 3.3 percent of tests performed, which is considerably lower than the national average of 10 percent.

The number of tests performed has been steadily increasing week after week, but the number of positive cases and the test positivity rate have increased significantly over the past two weeks. This suggests increasing numbers of individuals with COVID-19, which is expected now that all counties are in Phase 1 or Phase 2 of reopening.

Recent large outbreaks around the state have also contributed to these increases. OHA will continue to monitor these trends.

Additionally, as of early June, Oregon has reached the threshold of testing 2 percent of the Oregon population each month, a national benchmark set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Lakeside City Council to decide on ATV trail AMY MOSS STRONG The World

LAKESIDE — The Lakeside City Council will hold another special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, at Lakeside City Hall to further discuss a proposed draft ordinance that would allow ATVs to travel on a trail inside city limits that connects to Spinreel Campground, where ATVs are already allowed.

The first part of the meeting will be a public hearing to adopt the city’s 2020-21 fiscal year budget.

ATV Ordinance 20-293, the “Lakeside Spinreel Dunes Access Route” if approved, would authorize the operation of all-terrain vehicles to utilize a route to Spinreel Dunes.

A council work session on the proposed ordinance was held on June 10 and the topic was also discussed at the June 11 regular City Council meeting and again at a special meeting June 18 to flesh out the details.

The issue has been ongoing and controversial among residents for some time.

The city recently conducted a survey sent out to residents on the topic.

Proponents say allowing ATV riders, both residents and visitors, to drive to and from Spinreel Campground would boost the economy — especially needed this year as the COVID-19 pandemic forced many businesses to shutter for three months.

Opponents say ATV riders, especially those from out of the area, do not obey speed limits or noise regulations and have in the past exhibited rude and dismissive behavior toward residents. Some fear for their safety as they walk the quiet streets of the small community. Others have concerns about how and if local law enforcement have the officers available to regulate the riders and enforce the rules.

Those in favor of allowing ATVs in city limits have said they wish to put the issue on the ballot for voters to decide in the November General Election.

Mayor James Edwards has helped worked out a compromise for now, and has worked out the proposed ordinance that would allow ATV riders only on the trail rather than on the streets of Lakeside. Edwards has also put forward the idea of a proposed ballot measure to let the voters decide on the larger issue of allowing ATVs on all city streets.

“Most of the businesses in the city of Lakeside rely on the tourist trade to survive,” Edwards said on the city’s website and in an interview with The World. “So, any economic development, and now economic recovery for us, revolves around bringing tourists into our area. For that reason, and that reason alone, the City Council will be discussing

a draft ordinance we titled, Lakeside Spinreel Dunes Access Route.”

Edwards said the object is to allow dune riders to camp at the county campground and at Osprey Point, both within Lakeside city limits, and ride directly down East Park, up Eighth Street to Airport Way and out to Spinreel Campground and ATV staging area. Under the ordinance, if approved by the council, those will be the only streets open to ATVs. The route will also allow the people camping at Spinreel to ride their machines into Lakeside to patronize businesses.

If problems arise due to the ordnance, the council can repeal it immediately, Edwards said. As for opening the streets citywide to ATVs, that can be decided by the citizens on the November ballot, Edwards added.

At this time, city ordinance gives people the right to ride ATVs on their own private property, or another private property with written permission.

It is illegal to ride on any city streets or right of way, subject to fine of $200 if violated. (Chapter 70, Section 70.03, City Code.)

“I spoke to eight of the cities that allow ATVs on their streets in Oregon,” Edwards said. “The smallest city in population is Sumpter with 202, the largest is Sweet Home, with 9,816. The city of Lakeview has 2,313, and John Day has 1,665. All of these cities adopted ordinances to allow ATVs on their streets, for the convenience of their citizens. All have law enforcement of some sort, none have any major issues related to the use of ATVs, and most have not seen any economic impact.

“We differ from these cities with our proposed ordinance, because we are looking at the economic impact on our city and our businesses by becoming the only city on the coast with direct dunes access.”

Local residents will only be able to use the proposed Lakeside Spinreel Dunes Access Route, but

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A rider enjoys the trails at Spinreel Campground on a recent Sunday afternoon. only from the county park access point or possibly from a staging point at the Lakeside Airport parking lot.

“I want to stress, this proposed ordinance is in its early stages,” Edwards said. “We will follow the process outlined in our city charter. If the council chooses to pass the ordinance, we will hold a workshop with the county commissioners, and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will have a public hearing on the Spinreel road portion, because it is a secondary state highway.”

As for the survey numbers, 679 surveys were sent out and 304 were returned, Edwards added, with 160 in support and 144 opposed.

“We failed to ask if you are a Lakeside resident, so we don’t know if only residents of our city replied, but the results indicate it should be a decision of the residents if they want all streets to be open to ATVs,” Edwards said.

At the June 11 council meeting, several residents spoke during public comment on the issue.

UTVs will create economic growth and opens up a lot of opportunities, said Curtis Greer, who is a founding member of UTVTakeover.com and grew up in Lakeside and still owns property in the area.

A North Bend resident said his son and daughterin-law live in Lakeside and he feels sand duners get a “bad rap.”

“We don’t leave people out in the sand, we take care of each other,” the resident said, adding that it would encourage ATV riders to utilize the county campground rather than only staying at Spinreel.

Elaine Armstrong said she felt the proposed ordinance still needs work as many questions have yet to be addressed.

“Why have an emer-

gency clause (to have the proposed ordinance go into effect immediately)?”

Armstrong asked. “This takes away the rights of citizens to vote on it.

And I’m concerned about enforcement. Who’s going to enforce this ... and what about weekends and evenings? These need to be addressed before passing it. I think we should have a plan in place prior to passing this and remove the emergency clause.”

Edwards said more than 30 people attended the June 18 special meeting.

“We listened to 10 of them (per City Council citizen comment rules) and took some of their comments under advisement,” Edwards said Monday morning. “Interim City Manager Loree Pryce revised the ordinance this morning.”

Edwards said he’s not sure whether the resolution will be adopted or not, but

that a vote will be taken Tuesday night.

“I can’t gauge how the other councilors are feeling,” he said. “But we’ve been dealing with this for a very long time.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A bit of ‘corrected’ history No one disagrees that the murder of Alonzo Tucker, a black businessman living in Marshfield, who was killed by mob action in 1902, was a despicable event that needs to be understood and memorialized. The Coos History Museum and representatives from the Equal Justice Initiative conducted an educational event on Front Street last February to do just that. But we, as local historians, feel the need to respond to a letter printed in Saturday’s World as several facts need clarification and correction.

Doro Reeves, the letter writer, appears to use the internet’s “change.org” (based on the “Louise” spelling) as source material. Such information on Coos history is false and unreliable as we shall document here.

The letter writer said “no one was ever identified” for Tucker’s murder, yet goes on, two sentences later, to (erroneously) name two specific people. Louis (not “Louise”) Simpson, the head of a bay shipyard and lumber operation, was settling real estate contracts in the fall of 1902 for what would be the incorporation of North Bend the following year. We have never seen any evidence he was involved with the mob action. Patrick Hennessey (not “Hennessy”) was the superintendent of the Newport Mine at Libby. The coroner’s inquest, conducted by Dr. William Horsfall, does not mention that person either. None of the witnesses called to the inquest, including Marshfield’s marshal, Jack Carter, could identify who shot Mr. Tucker.

The letter writer stated there is “an historical site honoring Pat Hennessy” and other places “memorializing and honoring that mob’s ringleaders.” That is news to us. No such places exist.

The letter writer also states Tucker was killed “all for a crime he didn’t commit.” Actually we will never know what the verdict would have been. There was not, obviously, a trial, and that is the great injustice of the event. The Myrtle Point Enterprise of 10 Oct 1902 put it well: “Mob law is a dangerous remedy for the ills of society.”

The writer also put words (erroneously) into the mouth of Coos Bay’s city manager. In fact, the phrase about “hurting the city’s image” came from the Coast Mail and the Bandon Recorder from that era which condemned the mob action.

The letter writer concluded: “History that is not learned or acknowledged is destined to repeat itself.” We agree that we do not want to repeat mistakes from the past. And the Tucker murder was a horrible mistake. We only hope that history gets accurately represented so we can base our decisions on facts. To get more facts, and to read more history that centers on local civil rights issues, see the home website page of the Coos History Museum at: www.cooshistory.org.

Steven Greif Coos History Museum board member Richard Wagner Co-author, “L.J.: The Uncommon Life of Louis Jerome Simpson” Can the Sheriff’s Office identify hoaxes now?

Open Letter to Sheriff Zanni, Is Coos County Sheriff’s Department more able to identify hoaxes now that the Coquille Antifa Looter Buses turned out to be fake? As a North Bend citizen, I would like -- and I think the whole community would, too -- a public statement about this. I am unable to find anything on the county site.

If it helps, here are a few ways someone can pretty easily identify fake news like this: * Terrorists are unlikely to rent or lease buses, much less own them, to go any place where they are staging any events of crimi-

nal action. As one might expect, the ability to scatter quickly from the whole group greatly enhances getting away with crimes. Recall the “epidemic” number of car thefts we had first half of 2017.

That cartel, for lack of a better word, didn’t bring in a bus load of skilled car thieves. They hit us hard using individual vehicles for individual thefts in a very short period of time. * Criminal protesters are unlikely to *publicly* post events, particularly on Facebook. So, if the Facebook post hosting the details of the event has the little world icon by the poster name, then it most certainly is fake and much more likely planted by an *organization* fomenting civil unrest in the US, not just a disgruntled person. A few clicks around the account of the news post can usually makes this evident. * Facebook posts coming from any source that has little to no personal information, few photos or few photos with a consistent person or set of people, or postings that are entirely “news” tuned into a narrow set of ideological values are very likely propaganda sources, not actual people.

For more tips, our local libraries as well as the college library frequently run short presentations on identifying such sites.

I’m sure our librarians would be proud to help create and maintain guidelines for use by our law enforcement, if that collaboration isn’t already happening now.

Jenny Jones North Bend Stand up and be counted FINALLY!!! I am starting to NOT be ashamed of being a ... white American. I am so encouraged by whomever it has been, to organize the protests in our small community...and we had a good turnout! It gives me HOPE! In 1969, when the STONEWALL Riots were happening in New York City, I had just graduated from high school, was pursuing a nursing career at a local college, and was really just beginning to understand how the world works. For those of you that may not be aware, this was the first riot, by gay people and others, that lasted 6 days in New York City, in response to the continual harassment, BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. People were sometimes arrested, but ALWAYS, had their money taken, by the officers. Back in the day, the mafia was paying the police department, $1,200 a month, just to keep the bar open. Remember, in 1969 it was a CRIME to be gay. Actually, really a crime. No one knows for sure, what part of that rebellion, rocked this movement onto a national stage, but it has been on that stage, ever since. We are coming up on the 50 year anniversary of that riot, and since the advent of both social media and cell phones with cameras, these events will be shown to the entire world. From now on.

When the “Liar in Chief” took office, he began his daily barrage of lies and misinformation, that has kept the American public confused, and many times in dis-belief. I, to this day, cannot understand how that orange idiot got past making fun of the disabled reporter, in front of the world. Our basic decency is being tested. Right now!

I am a 70 year old white woman, that has lived a life of white privilege, and up until a decade ago, never even realized it. It is so deeply ingrained in our culture, if you are not a person of color, it rarely even surfaces. The fact that millions of white Americans, indeed, the entire world, WATCHED as George Floyd died on that street. We have got to stand up and be counted.

VOTE!!!!!!

Jude Isaacson Coos Bay

GUEST OPINION

Separating fact from fiction Fake news. Those two words have likely created more confusion and distrust of the news media than any other. While it is easy to understand why those of us who work in the news media despise the term, it should also be apparent that the general public has a vested interest in discerning facts from falsehoods.

Some of the louder news voices of the past few decades have been the cable news networks that provide news, analysis and opinion. But the opinion side now dominates on CNN, FOX and many of the major news outlets. If you lean conservative, it is easy to find commentary you agree with on FOX, and if you’re liberal, you will likely consider MSNBC your source. There is nothing wrong with the news media providing opinions, and it often plays an important role in explaining what the facts may mean. The problem comes when the audience doesn’t discern the difference between news and opinion.

Opinions on newspaper editorial pages have been in the news recently. So, this is a good time to look at why newspapers print editorials, and how readers should regard their worth, their impact and their relationship to how news is covered by newspapers.

On June 7, The New York Times’ editorial page editor resigned and a deputy editorial page editor stepped down for a new job after the newspaper’s website published U.S. Senator Tom Cotton’s controversial opinion piece justifying using the armed forces on American soil during civil unrest. About the same time, there were announcements from several papers around the country that they would be cutting back, even in some cases eliminating, the editorials they publish.

And looming over all this is the presidential election in November. If history is any guide,

a record number of newspapers will decline to say who should lead the United States at a time of racial protest, uncertain progress in the COVID-19 pandemic and economic turmoil.

Newspaper editorial and opinion pages have long engendered misunderstanding among readers, and much of the confusion is, frankly, the fault of newspapers ourselves. Since we understand the very important distinctions between news and opinions, we too often fail to remind our audience of the firewall we’ve established between the reporting of our journalists and the opining of editorial writers.

Additionally, we don’t always label the opinion pieces as clearly as is needed.

A quick couple of definitions: The most common meaning of an “editorial” is the unsigned opinion piece that represents the view of the newspaper itself. An op-ed or column presents the individual view of an identified person who might or might not work for the newspaper.

Let’s focus on those unsigned editorials, and why they matter.

First, here’s what editorials don’t do: They do not affect in any manner the way newspaper reporters cover the news, whether the news is about the city council or the president of the United States. Editorials are not marching orders for journalists.

When journalists are educated and trained, one of the first tenets they learn is to state the facts and keep their opinions out of the story.

Here’s what editorials do, and what is often misunderstood: Yes, editorials represent the views of the newspaper, sometimes determined by individual owners, sometimes by independent editorial boards or by corporate owners of many publications. But the editorials that emerge from those views are usually the products of deep research. They clarify the issues

of the day and serve to give readers insights into those issues — whether those issues concern how to straighten out the traffic mess at the edge of town or how to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Editorials are another service that newspapers provide for readers.

But, to repeat, it is a service too often misunderstood. Newspaper editors often hear from — and opinion polls reflect — a significant minority of readers who think that a newspaper’s editorial endorsement of a particular candidate colors its reporters’ coverage of the campaign. Newspapers, these folks will say, are trying to “dictate” how people should vote, a surely inappropriate thing.

Newspapers can — and do — provide fair and fearless reporting while offering strong and insightful opinion on the other side of their newsroom/ opinion page firewalls. But there are still two needed components for our country to trust their news sources. Newspapers have a responsibility to label opinion pieces appropriately and to keep the news objective, but the reader also has the responsibility to take the time to understand the difference. Until then, we will likely continue to hear cries of fake news when the reader doesn’t like what they read. And that’s when we all lose.

On behalf of its approximately 1,500 newspaper and associate member companies, America’s Newspapers is committed to explaining, defending and advancing the vital role of newspapers in democracy and civil life. We put an emphasis on educating the public on all the ways newspapers contribute to building a community identity and the success of local businesses. Learn more: www. newspapers.org Dean Ridings CEO, America’s Newspapers

On dismantling racism I would like folks to consider something for me; if you are aware of specific instances or mechanisms of racism or discrimination in your community or your workplace, what is it about those around you or those that employ you that makes you feel unsafe to talk about what you know?

That introspection, and your actions thereafter, will stab at the heart of systemic racism.

Finding and dismantling the mechanisms that keep you silent

is the way by which we will advance as a community and as a nation. I was an anonymous source for the issue in Gold Beach, until I decided to out myself during the council meeting last night. I made the decision to make this known because I am fully confident in the safety of my job due to the high moral integrity and commitment to equality the board that employs me. I am not worried about social repercussions because of the circle of friends that

I keep. And, I firmly believe that the overwhelming majority of Coos Bay residents support the ideals of equity and inclusion and will therefore support my decision.

So please ask yourselves; what keeps me quiet when I see or hear something wrong? And then ask, how do I dismantle that thing? If you want guidance or support, I can be reached at dfarmer@coosbay.org.

Drew Farmer Coos Bay City Councilor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Alonzo Tucker Memorial Scholarship Many people have proposed that a statue be erected to the memory of Alonzo Tucker.

But monuments are at risk of vandalism and/or damage by the passage of time. Another way to honor Mr. Tucker could be by creating The Alonzo Tucker Memorial Scholarship to provide financial aid for tuition and other college expenses for a hard-working freshman student of color pursuing his or her higher education.

Ideally, the scholarship would be funded to continue indefinitely into the future helping deserving students year after year to achieve their educational goals.

Perhaps the scholarship could be administered through SWOCC, or perhaps through another entity and used at the institution of higher learning of the recipient’s choice.

The implementation of this idea would need wide support from civic and private organizations as well as individuals in our community to raise the needed

funds to bring it to fruition.

Obviously hundreds of details would need to be worked out by many dedicated people, but now seems the time for us make this effort. Creating this scholarship seems a way to both honor Mr. Tucker and for our community to impact an individual life in a positive manner.

It’s a way for all of us to “pay it forward.” The Alonzo Tucker Memorial Scholarship is waiting for us to make it happen Carol Sanders Coos Bay

‘St. Emo’s Fire’ director Joel Schumacher dies

TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020 | A5

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NEW YORK (AP) — Joel Schumacher, the eclectic and brazen filmmaker who dressed New York department store windows before shepherding the Brat Pack to the big screen in “St. Elmo’s Fire” and steering the Batman franchise into its most baroque territory in “Batman Forever” and “Batman & Robin,” has died. He was 80.

A representative for Schumacher said the filmmaker died Monday in New York after a yearlong battle with cancer.

A native New Yorker, Schumacher was first a sensation in the fashion world after attending Parsons School of Design and decorating Henri Bendel’s windows. His entry to film came first as a costume designer. Schumacher dressed a pair of Woody Allen movies in the 1970s: “Interiors” and “Sleeper.”

He also penned the screenplays to a pair of musicals: “The Wiz” and “Sparkle.”

As a director, he established himself as a filmmaker of great flair, if not often good reviews,

in a string of mainstream films in the ‘80s and ’90s.

To the frequent frustration of critics but the delight of audiences, Schumacher favored entertainment over tastefulness — including those infamous sensual Batman and Robin suits with visible nipples — and he did so proudly.

“A movie that’s in a movie theater that runs at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 and there’s no one in the audience when that movie runs — what’s the point?”

Schumacher once told Charlie Rose.

The success of his first hit, “St. Elmo’s Fire,” with Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez and Ally Sheedy not only helped make a name for the Brat Pack but made Schumacher in-demand in Hollywood. He followed it up with 1987’s “The Lost Boys,” with Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland and Corey Feldman. A vampire horror comedy, it gave a darker, contemporary view of the perpetual adolescence of “Peter Pan.” Schumacher was

sometimes regretful that he played a role in hoisting fame on his young stars and “the two Coreys.”

Before dying in 2010, Haim struggled with drug addiction and said he was sexually assaulted in the film industry. Feldman on Monday recounted on Twitter trying cocaine during “The Lost Boys” as a 16-year-old. When Schumacher found out, Feldman said, Schumacher temporarily fired him.

“He tried to prevent my descent,” said Feldman, who continued to struggle with drugs.

Schumacher then made “Flatliners,” about morbidly obsessed medical students, and a pair of John Grisham adaptations in “The Client” and “A Time to Kill.” “Falling Down,” with Michael Douglas as a Los Angeles man whose anger from minute every-day interactions steadily builds in violence, was maybe his most critically acclaimed film, though its depictions of minorities — particularly a Korean grocer — were from the start hotly debated.

Mayor: Seattle will move to dismantle protest zone SEATTLE (AP) — Faced with growing pressure to crack down on an “occupied” protest zone following two weekend shootings, Seattle’s mayor said Monday that officials will move to wind down the blocks-long span of city streets taken over two weeks ago that President Donald Trump asserted is run by “anarchists.”

Mayor Jenny Durkan said the violence was distracting from changes sought by thousands of peaceful protesters opposing racial inequity and police brutality. She said at a news conference that the city is working with the community to bring the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” zone, or CHOP, to an end and that police soon would move back into a precinct building they had largely abandoned in the area.

Durkan also vowed to address some of the pro-

testers’ demands, including investing more in Black communities, reimagining policing in cooperation with community leaders, and pushing for accountability measures and statewide reform of police unions.

The mayor did not give an immediate timeline for clearing out the occupation but said “additional steps” would be examined if people don’t leave voluntarily.

With scores of people camping in a park in the protest zone, Durkan said peaceful demonstrations could continue, but nighttime disorder had to stop.

“The cumulative impacts of the gatherings and protests and the nighttime atmosphere and violence has led to increasingly difficult circumstances for our businesses and residents,” Durkan said. “The impacts have increased and the safety has decreased.”

A shooting Sunday night

was the second in less than 48 hours at the edge of the zone, which is named for the Capitol Hill neighborhood near downtown Seattle and emerged during nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

The 17-year-old victim was shot in the arm and declined to speak with detectives, police said. Gunfire early Saturday left a 19-yearold man dead and another person critically wounded.

The victims were taken to a hospital by volunteer medics in private cars, and police said they were met by a hostile crowd that prevented them from immediately getting to the scene.

It was not apparent if the shootings had anything to do with the protest — gunfire sometimes occurs in the neighborhood, especially on warm summer nights.

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100 YEARS June 23, 1920

Improve Service At Myrtle Point Telephone Company Will Make New Line New Line to the McKinley District — Work Being Done Will Cost About $10,000 Earl Gates of the Coos and Curry Telephone company has returned home from Myrtle Point where he went to look after improvements which are being made by the company in that locality and which will aggregate an expenditure of about $10,000.

There are now two lines between Myrtle Point and Coquille, one of which was acquired when the farmer line was taken over. These two lines will be consolidated into one, first class toll line which will give better service and facilitate operations.

3 Eastside Boys Under Arrest Cases Came Before Judge Wade In Juvenile Court Alleged to Have Demolished a Wagon — Complaint Made to Juvenile Officer Dunham Three Eastside boys have been arrested and their trail set for this afternoon in the juvenile court before Judge Wade. The session of the court was called to take place in the Eastside school house.

The boys arrested art Tom and Paul McHale and Odlin Griffin, aged about fourteen years. It is alleged that they demolished a wagon belonging to Mrs. Breen. It is said that they took the wagon apart and threw away the wheels and broke up the wagon body. Complaint was made to Juvenile Officer Hark Dunham who investigated the case with the arrests resulting.

Judge Wade who is making a tour of the parts of the county to look after road work was expected

here in time to hold the session of court.

wagon road land.

50 YEARS

75 YEARS

June 23, 1945 Bar Governors Here for Meet Members of ten board of governors of the Oregon Bar association and their wives arrived in Coos Bay Friday afternoon and by the morning train Saturday for an all-day session of the board to be climaxed by a 7:30 p.m. banquet tonight at the Chandler hotel.

Attorney J.B. Bedingfield of Coos Bay is a member of the board of governors. The Coos and Curry Bar association members will be hosts to visitors at the banquet tonight and a picnic is planned for the board members and their wives Sunday at the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Bedingfield on Coos river.

Revested, Grant Lands Topic Of Talk Before Joint Meeting At a luncheon of the Lions’ club and Chamber of Commerce of Coos Bay, a large crowed heard guest speaker H.I. Nettleton of the O & C administration, Portland, give an address on “The O & C Revested Lands Administration and the Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands — Past, Present, Future.”

Displaying checkerboard maps, Nettleton explained the pattern of ownership. The small map was of Western Oregon including an area 60 miles wide and 300 miles long, ranging through 18 western Oregon counties from the Columbia river to the California line.

The map showed the area of eight million acres of timber land of which 2,580,000 acres is O & C or Coos Bay Wagon Road owned. One of every three acres on the map is O & C

June 23, 1970 SWOCC Summer Enrollment Expected To Top Last Year; Classes Under Way Summer enrollment at Southwestern Oregon Community College is expected to top last year’s total of 454, according to John Hunter, coordinator for admissions.

Hunter said 313 students were registered Monday, but enrollments continue through the next two weeks.

Enrollment was 280 for the same period of time last year.

15 YEARS

June 23, 2005 CB school board approves budget

By Carl Mickelson, Staff Writer With no changes since Dr. Karen Fischer Gray’s original budget message kicked off budget talks in May, the Coos Bay School District Board of Directors adopted a $25 million budget Monday night for the coming school year.

With very little discussion, the board moved through six resolutions in a perfunctory manner - voting unanimously for each resolution, and cementing the budget for next school year.

The real work already had been completed at two previous budget committee meetings where Fischer Gray had laid out her recommendations.

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

DEAR ABBYBy Abigail Van Buren Seeing son’s killer go free opens old wounds for family DEAR ABBY: My oldest brother is running for a state office. Unlike me, he does not like animals. He has “hauled” litters of puppies off and shot at cats. In addition, he refuses to help our elderly parents. Family or not, I don’t want someone to be a leader in our state capital who exhibits such poor moral and unethical behavior.

He has been married several times, and I know for a fact he cheated on one of his wives. I avoid attending his fundraisers and asking for votes, but other family members keep telling me that “blood is thicker than water,” and that I “must” vote for him regardless of his behavior. Of course, behind the curtain I can vote for whoever I want, but should I cave to the pressure to show up in support of him at public events? Even my husband said I should donate money to his campaign because he is family.

What is your opinion? -- NON-SUPPORTER IN THE SOUTH DEAR NON-SUPPORTER: If you do not support a candidate, keep your checkbook closed. And as to showing up to endorse your brother’s run for office, continue to refrain and cross your fingers that your absence won’t be noticed amidst all the excitement. If your husband wants to donate to your morally degenerate brother’s campaign, it is his choice, and he has a right to it just as you have a right to yours.

P.S. Anyone who would shoot at a defenseless animal and neglect his aged parents (“Honor thy father and thy mother”) really doesn’t belong in ANY office.

DEAR ABBY: My wife of 39 years decided two weeks ago to cease all communication with me. We had a sometimes-rocky marriage, but since becoming empty-nesters six months ago, we have enjoyed a rebirth of our relationship -- long walks, games, fun meals, concerts, etc.

Two weeks ago, we had what I thought was a minor disagreement about the use of a credit card. Since then she has treated me like I don’t

exist. She answers my questions with one word only or no response. I have begged her to talk to me about what’s wrong; she just turns away. She has altered her daily schedule to avoid having contact with me. I am shattered. What can I do? -- CLUELESS IN TENNESSEE DEAR CLUELESS: It’s time to review why your marriage to this woman was “rocky.” Stop begging, step back and count yourself fortunate that you have had this reminder. Counseling might help you and your wife to communicate in a healthier way if she is willing to try. However, if she isn’t, you will have to decide how much more “punishment” you are willing to tolerate when you disagree, and what is realistic to do about it if you aren’t.

DEAR ABBY: We have a neighbor whose adult son has gotten into trouble with the law. His mom and dad are devastated and have withdrawn from all of us. How do we handle it when we see them around the neighborhood? Do we ignore “the elephant” and just say hi?

Do we ask them how their son is doing?

It’s so sad to see them suffer, and we don’t know what to do. -- WHAT TO DO IN THE EAST DEAR WHAT TO DO: When you see your neighbors, be cordial. Make polite conversation, and if they mention their son, listen to what they have to say and be supportive, but not judgmental.

------------------------------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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A6 | TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020

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After Tulsa rally Trump heads to Arizona WASHINGTON (AP) — Regrouping after a humbling weekend rally, President Donald Trump faces another test of his ability to draw a crowd during a pandemic Tuesday as he visits Arizona and tries to remind voters of one of his key 2016 campaign promises.

Trump’s weekend rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was meant to be a sign of the nation’s reopening and a show of political force but instead generated thousands of empty seats and swirling questions about the president’s campaign leadership and his case for another four years in office.

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

First, the president will travel to Yuma to mark the construction of more than 200 of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, an issue that he built his campaign on four years ago. Later, he’ll address a group of young Republicans at a Phoenix megachurch, where event organizers have pledged thousands will attend.

Throughout the trip, the

COVID-19 pandemic will shadow Trump. The Democratic mayor of Phoenix made clear that she does not believe the speech can be safely held in her city — and urged the president to wear a face mask.

“Everyone attending tomorrow’s event, particularly any elected official, should set an example to residents by wearing a mask,” said Mayor Kate Gallego.

“This includes the President.”

Trump has refused to wear a mask in public, instead turning it into a red-vs.-blue cultural issue.

Polling suggests that Republicans are far less likely to wear a face covering than Democrats despite health experts’ warnings that it dramatically reduces the risk of transmitting the virus.

The “Students for Trump” event will be held at the Dream City Church and broadcast to groups across the nation.

Students for Trump is a special project of Turning Point Action, a grouped chaired by Trump ally Charlie Kirk, which is hosting the president for his address.

Organizers said health and safety measures still were being finalized and it was unclear if

attendees would be asked to wear masks or keep socially distant.

Since late May, Arizona has emerged as one of the nation’s most active hot spots for the spread of COVID-19. Use of hospitals, intensive care units and ventilators has set daily records over the past week.

Photos of restaurants and bars crowded with unmasked patrons ignited controversy. Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, a Trump supporter, reversed himself last week and allowed cities and counties to require people to wear masks in public places. Most have, including Phoenix and Yuma and the counties that surround them.

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

The state’s positive test rate is at a seven-day average of 20.4%, well above the national average of 8.4% and the 10% level that public health officials say is a problem.

Campaign officials are still assessing the fallout from low turnout in Tulsa amid concern about the virus.

Studies find recreational pot laws may boost traffic deaths Associated Press Laws legalizing recreational marijuana may lead to more traffic deaths, two new studies suggest, although questions remain about how they might influence driving habits.

Previous research has had mixed results and the new studies, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, can’t prove that the traffic death increases they found were caused by marijuana use.

One study found an excess 75 traffic deaths per year after retail sales began in Colorado in January 2014, compared with states without similar laws. But it found no similar change in Washington state.

The other study looked at those states plus two

others that allow recreational pot sales, Oregon and Alaska. If every state legalized recreational marijuana sales, an extra 6,800 people would die each year in traffic accidents, the researchers calculated. They found an increase of 2 deaths per billion miles traveled compared with 20 states without those laws. That change was slightly higher than in the other study.

Both involved several years of traffic death data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration before and at least two years after retail sales of recreational pot began in the states examined. Those sales dates ranged from 2014 to 2016.

The studies lack infor-

mation on whether motorists were stoned when they crashed. Marijuana can remain in tissues for several days so even if toxicology tests detected it after a fatal crash, that wouldn’t prove the driver was impaired, said co-author Magdalena Cerda, a New York University researcher.

It’s possible that recreational pot laws might affect drivers’ use of other drugs, including alcohol, she noted.

“That’s an open question we need to answer in further research,” Cerda said.

A journal editorial said more rigorous research is needed including studies on how often motorists use drugs.

Recreational marijuana is legal in 11 states.

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Campaign officials stressed that rallies would remain a staple of the president’s reelection strategy but allowed that they may, in certain states, need to change slightly. Discussions were under way about having them in more modest venues or outdoors, perhaps in airplane hangers and amphitheaters, or in smaller cities away from likely protesters.

But officials believe that Trump’s ability to draw thousands of supporters out during a pandemic sets up a favorable contrasting image with Democratic rival Joe Biden. Still, the campaign has struggled to find effective attack lines on Biden.

Biden, like Trump, has had struggles with young voters but the former vice president’s campaign has expressed hope that the national protests against racial injustice may change that.

Trump’s visit to the Phoenix megachurch will come on the same day that Pence kicks off a faith-centered tour, highlighting the central position that religious conservatives -– particularly white evangelicals, but also right-leaning Catholics -– continue to occupy in the presi-

dent’s base. Yet even as Trump’s campaign overtly courts religious voters, there are signs of softening support among voting blocs the president can’t afford to lose.

A poll released earlier this month by the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute found that the share of white Catholics viewing Trump favorably had fallen by double digits since last year, measuring 37% in the last week of May compared with 49% across 2019. The same poll found Trump’s favorability among white evangelicals at 62% in May, a level comparable to 2019’s — but 15% less than it was in March.

Trump’s focus on construction of his long-promised border wall also is meant to shore up support with his most loyal supporters.

His administration has promised to build 450 miles by the end of the year, but that seems unlikely. The government has awarded more than $6.1 billion in construction contracts since April 2019 for various projects along the border. It has also waived procurement rules that critics say make the process of awarding multi-million dollar contracts secretive and opaque.

LNG shipments by rail approved HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Trump administration has taken the final step to allow rail shipments of liquefied natural gas, a new front in the movement of energy products that had been opposed by environmental groups and 15 states.

The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration published the rule late last week for shipments of the flammable and odorless liquid known as LNG. “The department’s new rule carefully lays out key operational safeguards to provide for the safe transportation of LNG by rail to more parts of the country where this energy source is needed,” Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said in a statement.

The rule comes amid foundering prices for natural gas in the U.S., as court and regulatory battles over pipeline projects have slowed movement of the nation’s world-leading gas

production to markets.

The rule requires enhancements — including a thicker outer tank made of steel with a greater puncture resistance — to the approved tank car design that, for decades, has been approved for shipments of other flammable cryogenic materials, such as liquid ethylene and liquid ethane.

The rule takes effect in 30 days after it was published.

Previously, federal hazardous materials regulations allow shipments of LNG by truck, but not by rail, except for with a special permit.

The Sierra Club accused the Trump administration of “selling the country out to the fossil fuel industry” for dangerous shipments that will travel past homes, schools, businesses and environmentally sensitive areas.

“This new rule has major impacts on rail safety because the dangers of a possible derailment, spill, or explosion would be catastrophic,” Jeff Tittel,

director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said in a statement. “This is an accident waiting to happen.”

Some of New Jersey’s train tracks, he said, are a century old or more and aren’t designed to handle such dangerous cargo,” Tittel said.

The protesting states included Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where the Trump administration issued a special permit in December to ship LNG by rail from northern Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale natural gas fields to a yetto-be-built storage terminal at a former explosives plant in New Jersey, along the Delaware River near Philadelphia.

From there, the LNG is expected to be exported to foreign markets for electricity production, although the applicant, a subsidiary of New Fortress Energy, has told federal regulators that some domestic industrial use is possible.

The states had argued that the trains will share tracks with passenger trains and travel through congested areas.

Other objecting states were California, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington, as well as the District of Columbia.

The new rule was first proposed in October and comes after President Donald Trump’s executive order last year that, in addition to seeking to speed up oil and gas pipeline projects, directed the transportation secretary to propose a rule allowing LNG to be shipped by rail.

An industry trade group representing major freight railroads in North America also had sought the new rule.

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-Biennial, can grow up to 12 feet. Not native

-Biennial, can grow up to 10 feet. Native to the Pacific NW.

-Leaves are fern-like, toothed, finely divided and have a strong odor when crushed

-Leaves up to 16 inches long and 12 inches wide. Each leaf is made up of 3 leaflets

-Purple splotched, hollow Poison hemlock leaf stems -Flower are small and white and occur in 4 to 8 in. umbrella shaped clusters

- Entire plant is toxic to animals and humans, containing the poisonous alkaloid coniine

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Poison hemlock stem Cow parsnip stem

- Stems ridged and hairy -Flowers small and white in umbrella shaped clusters, but wider across (6-10 in.) than poison hemlock.

- Leaves and stems contain small amounts of toxins that can cause skin burns when sun exposed

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Trump: Mail voting risks foreign tampering WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump opened a new front Monday in his fight against mail-in voting, making unsubstantiated assertions that foreign countries will print up millions of bogus ballots to rig the results and create what he called the “scandal of our times.”

The claims not only ignore safeguards that states have implemented to prevent against widespread fraud but they also risk undermining Americans’ faith in the election, spreading the very kind of disinformation U.S. authorities have warned foreign adversaries could exploit to foment doubt in the voting process.

Trump accelerated his attacks following a bruising weekend for his reelection campaign, when a lower-than-expected turnout at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, left him seething, and as he fights for a second term during the worst unemployment since the Great Depression. The rhetoric, coming as states scramble to adjust voting processes because of the coronavirus pandemic, represents a two-track approach of trying to both block mail-in balloting in advance and setting the stage for challenging the results once it’s over.

“It’s a way of trying to turn the foreign interference claims that have been made on their head,” said Richard Hasen, an

election law expert at the University of California, Irvine. “Typically we’ve heard that the Russian government and others were working to help elect Trump, and here is Trump using fears of foreign interference as a way of bolstering his own side.”

“This potentially lays the groundwork,” he added, “for him contesting election results.”

Though election records obtained by The Associated Press show that a half-dozen senior advisers to the president have voted by mail, others in the administration have recently promoted the notion that states could be inundated with fraudulent ballots from overseas.

Attorney General William Barr raised that prospect in interviews in recent weeks with The New York Times Magazine and Fox News.

“Right now, a foreign country could print up tens of thousands of counterfeit ballots, and (it would) be very hard for us to detect which was the right and which was the wrong ballot,” Barr told Fox in an interview that aired Sunday.

The president tweeted Monday a news report on Barr’s remarks as well as a separate message that said: “RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL

BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!” Biden’s campaign issued a statement Monday night calling Trump’s tweets “a desperate attempt to rewrite reality to revive this President’s faltering re-election campaign.”

“We will not stand by while Donald Trump recklessly undermines faith in our democratic process,” campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon said.

Experts say Trump’s doomsday scenario is farfetched.

“Comments like that demonstrate an ignorance of by-mail voting and the technology associated with how it actually works,” said Eddie Perez, global director of technology development at the OSET Institute, a nonprofit election technology research corporation.

“There are more protocols than people are probably aware of, which would make such an attack rather difficult,” he added.

Though fraud in absentee balloting is rare, that’s not to say there aren’t more pedestrian problems that could arise as people vote by the mail, including ballots that are intercepted in a mailbox and tampered with.

The National Conference of State Legislatures lists on its website multiple disadvantages to the process, including slower reporting of results and the possibility that voters could be coerced by family members.

But the list doesn’t broach the idea of foreign countries manufacturing their own ballots — a type of fraud that would encounter significant practical obstacles, not least because states say they are adept at differentiating legitimate ballots from inauthentic ones.

The ballots used by Colorado’s 64 individual counties are printed exclusively in the United States, distinguished by specific colors and target areas and processed through sensitive scanners designed to weed out the inauthentic, said Secretary of State Jena Griswold. A bipartisan team of election judges conducts signature verification and refers for further investigation suspected instances of double-voting.

And in Washington state, each county is responsible for printing its own ballots, which are placed inside a security envelope or sleeve. Voters’ signatures on return ballots are cross-checked against the signature on voter registration applications. The state says if a signature is missing or doesn’t match the voter registration record, voters are contacted.

“My experience doing this is that usually when people get creative with things like that, you can tell,” Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman said in an interview.

Five states — Colorado,

Hawaii, Oregon, Utah and Washington — conduct elections entirely by mail, according to the NCSL. But nearly all states, led by Democratic and Republican governors alike, offer some form of the option.

With health officials saying that voting by mail can help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, many states are moving ahead with plans that ease access to mail-in ballots. Wisconsin recently decided to send absentee ballot requests to nearly all voters. Michigan, another swing state, has taken that step as well.

That trend has agitated Trump, who even before Monday has openly railed against absentee voting. He told Politico in an interview published Friday that the “biggest risk” to his reelection is the growing use of mail-in ballots, and suggested that his chances

may hinge on whether he can prevail in court against efforts to make absentee voting easier.

By Monday, he was tweeting that this year would be the “most RIGGED election” in American history and blasted unspecified people or states who he said were “using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins!” It was the type of rhetoric that alarmed election security experts, but was even cautioned against by a Republican-led Senate committee in a report earlier this year on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

“Sitting officials and candidates should use the absolute greatest amount of restraint and caution if they are considering publicly calling the validity of an upcoming election into question,” the report said.

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Associated Press

American honeybee colonies have bounced back after a bad year, the annual beekeeping survey finds.

Beekeepers only lost 22.2% of their colonies this past winter, from Oct. 1 to March 31, which is lower than the average of 28.6%, according to the Bee Informed Partnership’s annual survey of thousands of beekeepers. It was the second smallest winter loss in the 14 years of surveying done by several different U.S. universities.

Last winter’s loss was considerably less than

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Laschet expressed frustration at the company’s handling of the outbreak, saying authorities had to order Toennies to release the names of its employees.

“The readiness to cooperate could have been greater,” he said.

Union officials have blamed poor working and living conditions that migrant workers faced under a loosely regulated sub-contractor.

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all are good news, Steinhauer said. “It turned out to be a very good year.”

Populations tend to be cyclical with good years following bad ones, she said. The scientists surveyed 3,377 commercial beekeepers and backyard enthusiasts in the United States.

“One would hope that a lower winter loss means a better 2020 assuming that the weather cooperates and beekeepers don’t end up skimping on colony management,” said University of Montana bee expert Jerry Bromenshenk, who wasn’t part of the study.

Beekeepers in the U.S.

also may be taking more of their colonies indoors in the winter, helping them survive, said University of Georgia entomologist Keith Delaplane. New U.S. Department of Agriculture research suggests putting bees in “cold storage” helps them survive the winter.

For decades scientists have been watching the population of pollinators — crucial to the world’s food supply — shrink.

Honeybees, the most easily tracked, are threatened by mites, diseases, pesticides and loss of food.

Loss rates now being seen “are part of the new normal,” Steinhauer said.

Across the Channel, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced a major rollback of lockdown measures that will let millions in England back into pubs, cinemas, churches and hair salons starting July 4. The move came amid strong pressure from businesses to ease social distancing rules.

Although gyms, pools, spas and tattoo parlors will remain shut, Johnson told lawmakers that “our long national hibernation” was coming to an end.

Pubs and restaurants wanted the government

to cut its social distancing requirements in half to 1 meter (3 feet) between people indoors, and say many won’t survive without the change.

But some scientists worried the move is too hasty, especially since measures like a track-andtrace system to stamp out any outbreaks isn’t yet in place.

“This is far too premature,” said David King, a former chief scientific adviser to the government. “To come out of (lockdown) too early is extremely risky.”

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the previous winter of 2018-2019 when a record 37.7% of colonies died off, the scientists found.

After that bad winter, the losses continued through the summer of 2019, when beekeepers reported a 32% loss rate. That’s much higher than the average of 21.6% for summer losses.

Those summer losses were driven more by hives of commercial beekeepers than backyard hobbyists, said bee partnership scientific coordinator Nathalie Steinhauer.

While the summer losses are bad, winter deaths are “really the test of colony health,” so the results over-

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“There are spots where it’s one lane,” she said.

“There’s a lot of trucks going through the one lane part and someone has to back up. … Overall, the idea is to have a vehicle stationed on the other side of the gorge (in Sitkum) to allow mobility and a quicker response time.”

Having a fire garage in the area’s boundaries, Johnson said, will help

The 4-year-old from Washington County who the individuals had gone to retrieve ended up testing positive but is not counted as a Coos County case. The parents of the child, who had tested positive, came down to get the 4-year-old last week.

The friend of the sisters, the fourth Coos County case in all of this, initially did not isolate but did so

by Friday. She initially tested negative but then began showing symptoms of COVID-19 which makes her a presumed positive.

A presumed positive is an

individual who has been in close contact with someone who has tested positive in addition to showing symptoms.

Through contact tracing, there are a few individuals who Coos Health and Wellness is keeping an eye on.

“I definitely have, probably, six to seven people that I’m worried about.

One of which I’m very worried about,” said Leon.

This group of four cases brings the total amount of positive cases in Coos County to 37 – 32 positives and five presumptive positives.

These latest cases have come during an uptick of cases around the state. As of Monday, Oregon had recorded 7,083 cases in the state.

lower insurance rates for residents as well. “… The rating is provided based on response time and miles from a station,” she said. “… There are times when the people in Sitkum have to go to the garage in Dora to get the fire response vehicle and drive back. That makes for a 30-minute response time.”

Not only will that be a relief for Sitkum residents, but Johnson said the “treacherous” road between the two small towns is often blocked with rock slides throughout the year,

making a bad situation worse.

“At our house in Dora, we’ve had rocks falling lately,” Johnson said. “If there are big rocks in the gorge, and rocks fall there, you could think you’re getting out but can’t because there is a rock that needs a tractor to move. So then you have a fire on the other side of the rockslide and you can’t get to it, so they (would) have to fight it with whatever they have to fight it with.”

The new fire garage is being constructed on Sitkum Lane.

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Drivers flock to Coos Bay Speedway for opener The World COOS BAY — Coos Bay Speedway was the first of the state’s dirt tracks to reopen to racing, and the regular season opener Saturday came with a great showing of drivers from around the western part of the state.

After a limited opening featuring a touring series last Wednesday, more than 70 drivers made their way to the speedway over the weekend, competing in seven different divisions.

“We had a great turnout Saturday,” speedway owner Drake Nelson said.

He’s hoping for another big showing of drivers this weekend, when the speedway hosts two more days of racing, each with a different touring group and the local drivers.

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number of drivers from outside the area in the Winged Sprints division, which is normal, but also in several of the other divisions.

They included racers from Gresham, Salem, Scio, Toledo and Medford, as well as closer cities.

Local racers took home the titles in several of the divisions.

Trace Fugate of Bandon won the Sportsman Late Models division, one of the smaller groups Saturday, with the other three racers coming from Corvallis, Albany and Springfield. Phil Lovvorn of Corvallis was second. Fugate was making his first start in the division, graduating up from the Hornets class.

Coquille’s Steve Dubisar was the winner in the Street Stocks division, followed by Dakota Goddard of Corvallis, Ken Fox of North Bend and Michael

Hollingsworth of Corvallis.

Hannah Robison of Myrtle Point was champion in the Hornets division, ahead of Isaac Stere of Cottage Grove and William Hitner of Coos Bay. That division included five drivers from Florence.

Meanwhile, Coquille and Myrtle Point, as well as Florence, have several new drivers in the Junior Stingers division, for younger racers.

The winner there, as was the case nearly all of last year, was Griff Smith of Bandon, followed

by Lane Hitner of Myrtle Point and Riley Rockwell of Florence.

In the Winged Sprints division, the winner was Tyrell Mead of Winston, followed by Shane Forte of Junction City and R.J. Baker of Orland, Calif.

The top local driver was North Bend racer Lawrence VanHoof,

who was fourth.

BJ Donofrio of Salem won the America’s Mattress Super Late Models division ahead of Bandon drivers Brody Montgomery and Braden Fugate. Jason Johnson of Gresham was fourth.

Donofrio got a win in his first visit to the speedway by holding off Montgomery, who started in the 10th position.

The smallest division Saturday was the Mini Outlaws, which included just three racers.

Brad Hicks of Creswell won the main event, followed by Dusty Shingelton of Florence and John Henry of Hillsboro.

Many of the same drivers will be back at the speedway this weekend.

On Saturday, the Southern Oregon Dwarf Cars will make an appearance, competing along with drivers in the America’s

Mattress Super Late Models, Sportsman Late Models, Street Stocks, Mini Outlaws and Hornets divisions.

The grandstands open at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 6:30 p.m. General admission is $12 for adults and $10 for senior citizens and students 7 to 17 years old. Kids 6 and under get in free and a family pass for two adults and up to three students is $35.

On Sunday, the speedway will host a IMCA Modified Gambler.

The event will include both IMCA Modifieds and Sportmods as well as local drivers in the America’s Mattress Super Late Models, Sportsman Late Models, Street Stocks, Mini Outlaws and Hornets.

The grandstands open at noon and racing starts at 2 p.m.

Admission fees are the same as Saturday.

Union rejects latest version of proposal by 33-5 margin

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative return to the field amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark met last week and outlined plans that included expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to 16, widening use of the designated hitter to National League games and an experiment to start extra innings with a runner on second base.

But the latest version of the deal proposed by MLB was rejected by the Major League Baseball Players Association’s executive board in a 33-5 vote on Monday.

Those innovations now disappear.

“Needless to say, we are disappointed by this development,” MLB said in a statement. “The framework provided an opportunity for MLB and its players to work together to confront the difficulties and challenges presented by the pandemic. It gave our fans the chance to see an exciting new postseason format.

And, it offered players significant benefits.”

MLB’s control owners approved going unilaterally with the 60-game schedule in ballparks without fans if the final arrangements can be put in place, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made.

MLB asked the union to respond by 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday as to whether players can report to training by July 1 and whether the players’ association will agree on the operating manual of health and safety protocols. The schedule would be the shortest since the National League’s third season.

Given the need for three days of virus testing and 21 days of workouts, opening day likely would be during the final week of July. MLB already has started to investigate charter flights that could bring players back from Latin America, another person told the AP, also on condition of anonymity because no announcements were made.

The union announced its rejection, and the vote total was confirmed by a person familiar with that meeting who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the balloting was not made public.

The decision likely will provoke what figures to be lengthy and costly litigation over the impact of the coronavirus on the sport, similar to the collusion cases that sent baseball spiraling to a spring training lockout in 1990 and a 7 1/2-month strike in 1994-95 that wiped out the World Series for the first time in nine decades.

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Coquille Hall of Fame inductee Jess Thurman, center was joined by a large group of family members including, from left, Colleen Thurman, Maddy Olson, Bryan Baumbarger, Lorin Baumbarger, Patty Jo Baumburger, Diana Lavender, Gary Lavender, Nick Piovanelli and Kelsey Lavender, when he was inducted into the Hall last fall.

Former Coquille coach Thurman dies COQUILLE —Jess Thurman loved kids.

He made a career of educating and coaching them after his role as a successful football player for Coquille High School and Linfield College in the 1950s, with stints at Brookings, Winston and Glide.

It even prompted him to come out of retirement to coach the Red Devils for a stretch in the 1990s, after he had settled into life as a business owner.

“When (coach) John Van Burger left and went to Montana, there was no head coach,” John Christiansen recalled this week.

“Nobody would do it.

“Ken Trathen talked (Jess) into coaching and then talked me into coaching with him.”

Christiansen, who was a teach-

er at the high school at the time, fondly remembered Thurman, who died Saturday.

“He truly liked kids,” Christiansen said.

Thurman had retired back to Coquille after his stints as a teacher and administrator in Douglas County, running a liquor store and restaurant in town. But he got right back into coaching, leading the Red Devils for several years and narrowly missing the state playoffs a few seasons.

“It was tough to get into the playoffs,” Christiansen said, adding the Red Devils were successful under Thurman.

And he had a good bond with his players.

“He would sit outside (the store) and talk to the kids,” Christiansen said, adding that Thurman also would feed the team dinner on game nights. “He thought it was important for the

team to come down and have a decent meal.”

Christiansen didn’t know Thurman well before they started coaching together, but quickly grew to respect him as a head coach.

“He knew what he was doing,” Christiansen said.

That came decades after Thurman, himself, was a good athlete for Coquille and, somewhat remarkably, a successful player for Linfield College, as well, after losing his left hand in an industrial accident during his junior year at Coquille.

Thurman played for legendary Coquille coach Spike Leslie — the high school field is named in his honor — and it was Leslie and Thurman’s teammates who gave him the belief he could still be a successful player after his accident.

“Without Spike Leslie, he

wouldn’t have been able to continue,” Thurman’s daughter, Diana Lavender, recalled when Thurman was inducted into the Coquille Hall of Fame last fall.

“Spike said, ‘Jess, it only takes one hand to center the ball.’”

Leonard Scolari, who graduated with Thurman in 1952, said Monday that the players weren’t about to let Thurman quit, either.

Several of them went up to see him in the hospital a couple of days after the accident.

“He was crying and saying, ‘I won’t be able to play football,’” Scolari recalled. “I told him, ‘You’ve got all summer to practice snapping the ball.’ We weren’t going to let him off the hook.”

As a running back, Scolari depended some on Thurman’s blocking up front and said he was always a good blocker.

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Even in victory, Ryan Blaney thought about what happened to close friend Bubba Wallace over the weekend. And what happened afterward.

Blaney held onto the lead after a restart with two laps to go Monday, earning his second straight win at Talladega Superspeedway on a day that began with NASCAR drivers throwing their support behind Wallace.

“I think it’s great that everybody really came together,” Blaney said. “I don’t want it to be remembered as a terrible day or a bad day in NASCAR. “I want it to be remembered as there was an incident and we all overcame it together and showed that we’re not going to take it any more.”

It was that kind of bittersweet day and weekend.

Blaney nipped Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at the finish line by .007 seconds for his fourth win and first since Talladega in October, albeit this time before a mostly empty venue. It was a race marked by support for Wallace instead of another Big One at Talladega, though there was mayhem behind Blaney on the final lap and he also pushed Erik Jones into the wall near the finish.

“Just trying to block, block the best we could,” Blaney said.

“Block the top, block the bottom ... just beating and banging to the line. ” Aric Almirola spun at the end and crossed the line almost backward.

Ford has now won nine of the last 10 Cup races at Talladega, and all three Team Penske drivers have won this season.

The racing was overshadowed by an extraordinary act of solidarity with NASCAR’s only Black driver. Dozens of drivers pushed Wallace’s car to the front of the field before Monday’s race as FBI agents tried to find out who left a noose in his garage stall over the weekend.

He was emotional after spending time in the top five before running short on fuel and finishing 14th, slapping hands with a group of mostly African-American fans. ”I’m proud to stand where I’m at. ... This sport is changing,” Wallace said. “The deal that happened (Saturday) I wanted to

show whoever it was, you are not going to take away my smile. I am going to keep on going.”

Wallace took the lead for a lap at one point, and Stenhouse said he noticed the fan reaction, along with the chants of “Bubba” at the start.

“I looked at the stands and watched all the people jump up and cheer,” he said. “That was pretty cool.”

The stock car series was left reeling and angered by the racist act that came less than two weeks after it banned the Confederate flag on its properties at Wallace’s urging. It has vowed to permanently bar the person responsible, but the investigation was in its early stages.

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The Orlando Pride have withdrawn from the upcoming National Women’s Soccer League tournament after six players and four staff members tested positive for COVID-19.

The NWSL is the first U.S. professional team sport scheduled to return amid the coronavirus pandemic. The month-long Challenge Cup tournament is set to start Saturday in Utah.

Another round of testing will take place to confirm the results, the league said in announcing the

positive tests Monday. Because of the number of positive results and the short time before the start of the tournament, the Pride withdrew.

The names of the players and staffers who tested positive were not released.

Among those on the Pride’s roster are U.S. national team players Ali Krieger, Ashlyn Harris, and Emily Sonnett, as well as Brazilian star Marta.

The players who tested positive were asymptomatic. They will be isolated for 14 days and those they’ve come in contact with will be monitored.

A person with knowledge of the situation said Monday that a group of Orlando players had not maintained social distancing protocols and went to a bar or nightclub. It is not clear if that

was tied to the positive tests. The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the information was not made public.

Orlando was supposed to play its first match Saturday night against the Chicago Red Stars.

“The health and safety of our players and staff is our number one priority and our thoughts are with those players and staff fighting this infection, as well as the entire club in Orlando that have been impacted as a result,” NWSL Commissioner Lisa Baird said in a statement. “We’re all obviously disappointed, but in the current environment, this is a situation that we have prepared for and we will now adjust our plans and schedules to reflect the circumstances.”

Orlando forward Sydney Leroux expressed her disappointment on Twitter. “I’m heartbroken. The majority of our team & staff worked our asses off to put us in the best position to play the game we love again.

Not just for ourselves but for our families, friends, fans & our city. Good luck to the teams going to UT. Wish we were there with you. Stay safe,” she wrote.

The league said it would release a schedule for the eight remaining teams as soon as possible.

The NWSL had been scheduled to release the rosters for the participating teams Monday.

Players are allowed to opt out of the tournament if they have health concerns, while still receiving their salaries for the

season and insurance.

“This was obviously a difficult and disappointing outcome for our players, our staff and fans. However, this is a decision that was made in order to protect the health of all involved in the Challenge Cup,” said Amanda Duffy, the Orlando Pride’s executive vice president. “While we were all excited to see the 2020 Pride on the field this weekend, our priority is now making sure our players and staff safely recover, and providing any support wherever and however possible.”

The Pride’s players did not have contact with the club’s affiliated Major League Soccer team, Orlando City SC. The Pride’s training facilities are closed for cleaning and sterilization, the club said.

Tennis star Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Novak Djokovic tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday after taking part in a tennis exhibition series he organized in Serbia and Croatia.

The top-ranked Serb is the fourth player to test positive for the virus after first playing in Belgrade and then again last weekend in Zadar, Croatia. His wife also tested positive.

“The moment we arrived in Belgrade we went to be tested. My result is posi-

tive, just as Jelena’s, while the results of our children are negative,” Djokovic said in a statement.

Djokovic has been criticized for organizing the tournament and bringing in players from other countries amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Viktor Troicki said Tuesday that he and his pregnant wife have both been diagnosed with the virus, while Grigor Dimitrov, a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist from Bulgaria, said Sunday

he tested positive. Borna Coric played Dimitrov on Saturday in Zadar and said Monday he has also tested positive.

There were no social distancing measures observed at the matches in either country and Djokovic and other players were seen hugging each other and partying in night clubs and restaurants after the matches.

“Everything we did in the past month, we did with a pure heart and sincere intentions,” Djokovic

said. “Our tournament meant to unite and share a message of solidarity and compassion throughout the region.”

Djokovic, who has previously said he was against taking a vaccine for the virus even if it became mandatory to travel, was the face behind the Adria Tour, a series of exhibition events that started in the Serbian capital and then moved to Zadar.

He left Croatia after the final was canceled and was tested in Belgrade. The

Thurman

“He was a darn good player,” Scolari said. “He always had a positive attitude, especially after he lost his hand.

“He was good with everybody. Everybody liked him.”

Thurman was Linfield’s starting center his final three years and other players for the Wildcats recalled him as a great teammate.

“Jess was an equal,” recalled Linfield teammate John Prutsman in a 2015 story for Wildcatville, a blog mostly about Linfield football. “He really wasn’t handicapped, just inconvenienced.”

Prutsman noted that Thurman also played on the line or at linebacker on defense for Linfield and played intramural basketball, softball and volleyball, as well as golf.

Maybe his most memorable play for the Wildcats was a center eligible

pass that Thurman caught from quarterback Ad Rutschman, who later coached Linfield.

“If you are going to throw a pass it is not normally going to a center and certainly not to a one handed guy,” Prutsman recalled.

Thurman almost scored on the play, too.

“Jess was not much for speed but great on determination,” Prutsman said.

“He made it down to, I believe about the 10-yard line before he was tackled.”

Thurman enjoyed going back to Linfield and Christiansen will cherish a trip there in the 1990s.

“Ken Trathen came down with cancer,” he recalled. “He wanted one more trip to Linfield to watch a football game.”

As it turned out, both Linfield and Southern Oregon, that week’s opponent, had players from Coquille.

So Christiansen,

Thurman and Trathen got in a pickup and drove to McMinnville, with Christiansen and Thurman providing play-by-play for Trathen, who couldn’t see anymore.

“We went up and had a wonderful time,” Christiansen said. “It was a highlight of knowing the old guys.”

Trathen died not long after that, but Thurman and Christiansen remained close.

“He loved to fish,” Christiansen said, adding that success on the Coquille River wasn’t important.

“He didn’t care if he caught anything,” Christiansen said. “We’d go out and sit and cruise up and down the river for a while.”

And Thurman was wellknown as a business owner in the community.

“He was very proud to be from Coquille,” Christiansen said.

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Scolari said Thurman had a strong senior season, earning all-district honors and helping the Red Devils make the playoffs, where they had to compete in the same division with the state’s biggest schools.

Coquille opened against University High School in Eugene on a muddy field in temperatures below freezing and won 20-6. Scolari, also the team’s kicker, remembered Thurman snapping the ball perfectly on the extra point attempts — the one Scolari missed was because the holder dropped the slippery and cold ball, he said.

Coquille lost the next week to Grants Pass, which also had beaten Marshfield in the first round of the playoffs, and Thurman went on to Linfield.

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The 26-year-old Wallace was surrounded by all 39 other drivers in the moments before the race and they were joined by their crews in a march down pit road as they pushed his No. 43 to the front of the line. Wallace climbed out of his car and wept.

It was a stirring move to support Wallace at a track in the heart of the South where Confederate flags have flown for decades and were seen outside the superspeedway all weekend long by fans opposed to NASCAR’s ban.

Standing alongside Wallace for the national anthem was Richard Petty, the 82-year-old Hall of Fame driver known as “The King.” Wallace drives for Petty, who issued a scathing rebuke after the noose was found that called for the “sick person” to be expelled

California raceway president says noose found in a tree SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — A makeshift noose was found hanging from a tree at the Sonoma Raceway in California and officials said they are investigating the incident.

Raceway President Steve Page said a “piece of twine tied in what appeared to be a noose” was found hanging from a tree Saturday behind a former administrative office, news outlets reported.

Page said the incident was under investigation by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department. He also said he has asked staff and on-site business tenants to share any information or “any possible alternative explanation.”

Sonoma was closed over the weekend due the coronavirus pandemic.

The discovery at Sonoma, the biggest auto racing venue in the Bay Area, came before a noose was found in the garage of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace on Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. from NASCAR forever — a move NASCAR President Steve Phelps insisted would happen should they be caught.

The race began with Martin Truex Jr. on the pole, and Tyler Reddick won the first stage, which ended in a weather caution

that lasted 58-plus minutes.

The crowd had dwindled significantly from Sunday, when up to 5,000 fans were allowed into Talladega — only the second race with fans since NASCAR returned from the pandemic-forced shutdown.

Workers painted “#IStand-

WithBubbaWallace” on the infield grass before the race and Confederate flags were nowhere to be seen inside the sprawling facility that can hold 80,000-plus and usually sees dozens of RVs lined up across the infield.

In the stands, fan Luke Johnson said he is against the flag ban, saying: “All the NASCAR tracks need to keep on flying them.”

As for the noose left for Wallace, he said: “I thought it was funny myself.”

Another fan, Robert Chaisson, said he didn’t have a strong opinion on the ban. He certainly did on what happened to Wallace.

“That was messed up. I hope they charge that guy with a hate crime,” Chaisson, who lives in Alabaster, Alabama, said. “It doesn’t matter what your opinion is, it’s when you cross that line, then your opinion no longer matters. That’s trying to inflict harm on someone else.”

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statement said Djokovic was showing no symptoms.

Despite the positive test, Djokovic defended the exhibition series.

“It was all born with a philanthropic idea, to direct all raised funds towards people in need and it warmed my heart to see how everybody strongly responded to this,” Djokovic said. “We organized the tournament at the moment when the virus has weakened, believing that the conditions

for hosting the Tour had been met.

“Unfortunately, this virus is still present, and it is a new reality that we are still learning to cope and live with.”

Djokovic said he will remain in self-isolation for 14 days and also apologized to anyone who became infected as a result of the series.

Organizers of the Adria Tour said the third stage of the event, scheduled to held next week in Bosnia, has been canceled.

PGA Championship will be played fans SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brooks Koepka will try to become the first player to win the PGA Championship three straight times in stroke play, and there won’t be anyone at Harding Park to cheer him on.

The PGA of America confirmed Monday the first major of this most unusual year won’t have spectators.

The PGA Championship, originally scheduled for May 14-17 in San Francisco, now is set for Aug. 6-9 and will be the first of three majors this year. The U.S. Open moved from June to Sept. 17-20 in New York, with the Masters moving to November two weeks before Thanksgiving. The British Open was canceled.

Still to be determined

is whether the other two majors have fans. The PGA Tour resumed its schedule following its coronavirus-caused shutdown two weeks ago without fans, and it is not planning to have them until a reduced number July 16-19 at Memorial.

The PGA of America submitted its plan to not have spectators a week ago, and the San Francisco Chronicle said government and health officials approved it.

Mayor London N. Breed said the city was “thrilled” to welcome the century-old major to San Francisco. PGA of America officials were prepared to go elsewhere if playing in San Francisco would not allow health standards to be met.

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commissioner’s discretionary fund.

The union said in a statement that the “board reaffirmed the players’ eagerness to return to work as soon and as safely as possible.”

“To that end we anticipate finalizing a comprehensive set of health and safety protocols with Major League Baseball in the coming days, and we await word from the league on the resumption of spring training camps and a proposed 2020 schedule,” the union said.

While the framework had included the expanded playoffs for both 2020 and 2021, and Manfred offered to drop it from the second season if players feared it would decrease their future bargaining leverage.

Spring training was suspended on March 12, two weeks ahead of scheduled openers, and the sides have reverted to the familiar financial infighting that fractured the sport in the past. An initial deal March 26 called for players to receive prorated salaries and gave Manfred power to set the schedule, but that agreement did not require MLB to play in ballparks without fans.

Teams sought additional salary concessions, claiming they would lose $640,000 for each additional regular-season game. The union was skeptical, requested additional documents and said it did not receive enough to evaluate the true financial picture.

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It also eliminates a $25 million postseason players’ pool, meaning players will not get paid anything above meal money during the playoffs and World Series, and the clubs’ offer to forgive $33 million in salary advanced to 769 players at the bottom of the salary scale with lower rates of pay while in the minors: $16,500, $30,000 or $60,000 for each of them.

“It’s absolute death for this industry to keep acting as it has been. Both sides,” Cincinnati pitcher Trevor Bauer tweeted in a rare instance of a player criticizing the union. “We’re driving the bus straight off a cliff. How is this good for anyone involved?

Covid 19 already presented a lose lose lose situation and we’ve somehow found a way to make it worse.

Incredible.”

Teams lose what would have been a new right to sell advertising patches on uniforms, broadcast enhancements such as having players wear microphones during games and a 2020 suspension of the luxury tax that for a 60-game season projected to save the New York Yankees $8.5 million, Houston $3 million, the Los Angeles Dodgers $434,000 and the Chicago Cubs $116,000.

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Monthly principal and interest installments of $601.00 each beginning September 05, 2019, until paid, delinquents property taxes, if any; cost of foreclosure report; attorney fees; together with any other sums due or that may become due under the Note or by reason of this foreclosure and any further advances made by Beneficiary as allowed by the Note and Deed of Trust.

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Black Catholics seek more action by church NEW YORK (AP) — Black Roman Catholics are hearing their church’s leaders calling for racial justice once again after the killing of George Floyd, but this time they’re demanding not just words but action.

As protests against racism and police brutality continue nationwide, there are rising calls for huge new investment in Catholic schools serving Black communities; a commitment to teach the complex history of Black Catholics; and a mobilization to combat racism with the same zeal the church shows in opposing abortion.

“As a church, we’re very good with words. The church has made clear it stands against racism,” said the Rev. Mario Powell, a Black priest who heads a Jesuit middle school in Brooklyn.

“What’s profoundly different this time is folks aren’t looking for more words -- they’re looking for actual change,” he said.

Noting that hundreds of Catholic inner-city schools have closed in recent decades, he’s among those urging church

leaders to make the necessary spending to reverse that. He also said all Catholic schools should teach the history of Black Catholics in America.

“It’s a history of discrimination and oppression,” said Powell, 38. “It’s also a very rich history that should be celebrated, of a population that has overcome a lot.”

In 2018, after what it called an accumulation of “episodes of violence and animosity with racial and xenophobic overtones,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a pastoral letter condemning racism and vowing to combat it. Numerous bishops issued similar statements following Floyd’s death under the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer.

Professor Shannen Dee Williams, a Black Catholic who teaches history at Villanova University, argued in a June 15 article in the National Catholic Reporter that such responses are insufficient.

The recent statements “fall way short when it comes to acknowledging the church’s role in the contemporary crisis and

direct complicity in the sins of anti-Black racism, slavery and segregation,” she wrote, noting that the church was a major slaveholder in several states and engaged in segregation of parishes, schools, hospitals, convents and seminaries for decades after emancipation.

In an interview, Williams said the U.S. church hierarchy should formally apologize.

“We want them to own up to that history, and then atone for it,” she said.

The same day her article appeared, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., the highest-ranking Black leader in the U.S. church, joined eight fellow bishops from his region in acknowledging the church’s “sins and failings” on racial justice.

“Prayer and dialogue, alone, are not enough. We must act to bring about true change,” their statement said, calling for greater equality in health care, education, housing and criminal justice.

Black Catholics’ somewhat marginal place in the U.S. church is illustrated by statistics com-

piled by the national bishops’ conference.

According to the conference, there are about 3 million African American Catholics, roughly 4% of the nation’s 69 million Catholics. But there are just 250 Black priests, or less than 1% of the total of 36,500, along with eight active Black bishops out of more than 250, or about 3.2%.

Some are calling on church leaders to engage more energetically with youth at the forefront of the protest movement.

Earlier this month scores of young Black Catholics staged a march in Louisville, Kentucky, to protest racial injustice and also signaling they want their local church leadership to do more.

One of the speakers, retired priest John Judie, included the church in a list of institutions that have favored white people over Black people.

In an interview, Judie said some young people in the archdiocese are uncertain about their place.

“When is the leadership going to sit down with the young adults who organized that protest and

listen to what drove them to do this?” Judie said. “So far, I’m not seeing it happen.”

That’s a notion shared by Ansel Augustine, who was a youth minister at his parish in New Orleans as it rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina.

“We see our youth and young adults leading these movements, putting their faith into action,” said Augustine, now executive director of cultural diversity for the Washington archdiocese.

“Now is the time to empower them, to listen to what these young prophets are saying.”

Ralph McCloud, who directs the anti-poverty program of the national bishops’ conference, said such steps are under way.

“We’ve begun with the listening sessions, hearing the very painful stories of people who’ve been victims of racism within the church and without,” McCloud said.

“We need to broaden the conversation and see who’s missing at the table,” he added. “With African American Catholics, our numbers are so low that we get overlooked, sometimes inadvertently, sometimes intentionally.”

Poll shows strong support for criminal justice reform WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans overwhelmingly want clear standards on when police officers may use force and consequences for officers who do so excessively, according to a new poll that finds nearly all Americans favor at least some level of change to the nation’s criminal justice system.

The new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also finds there is strong support for penalizing officers who engage in racially biased policing.

Americans are more likely now than five years ago to say that police violence against the public is a very serious problem and that officers who cause injury or death on the job are treated too leniently.

“For me, as a Black person, I’m like, this has been happening,” said

Kevin Richardson, 38, of Charlotte, North Carolina.

“We should’ve been knowing it, we should’ve been seeing this and so now what’s happened is, I’ll be honest, white people are seeing it and saying, ‘This is wrong.’”

The survey of American adults took place after weeks of mass demonstrations against police violence and calls from some politicians and activists to “defund” departments in response to the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in custody after a white Minneapolis officer pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly eight minutes.

Americans are largely united behind the idea that action is required: 29% think the criminal justice system needs “a complete overhaul,” 40% say it needs “major changes” and

25% say it needs “minor changes.” Just 5% believe no changes are necessary.

Megan Pecknold, 33, of Spokane, Washington, said the protests have forced her to think about these issues in a way she had the luxury, as a white person, of previously ignoring.

“I had never really given much thought to police use of force. I’m white. I’ve never had a bad encounter with a police officer,” she said. “The last few months have brought to light more of this for me, and now I am educating myself.”

Nearly 6 in 10 Black Americans think the criminal justice system needs a complete overhaul, compared with about a quarter of white Americans who said the same. About 4 in 10 white Americans say major changes are needed; 3 in 10 prefer minor changes.

While Democrats are more likely than Republicans to think the system needs an overhaul, 44% to 12%, Americans across party lines are nearly unanimous in thinking at least some change is necessary.

Another 44% of Democrats think major changes are necessary. Among Republicans, 34% call for major changes and 47% for minor changes.

The poll finds overwhelming support for changes in how police departments operate: requiring officers to wear body cameras, establishing clear standards for use of force, prosecuting officers who use excessive force and requiring officers to report misconduct by their peers.

Despite their popularity, body cameras have not always proved to be the fix reformers hoped. But Kim-

berly Jones, 52, of New York City, said they are at the top of her list.

“You need more seeing what’s going on as they’re pulling up on people,” she said. “You need to know from the start so you can stop something bad from happening.”

Majorities of Democrats and Republicans alike strongly support establishing clear standards for use of force, requiring officers to wear video cameras and requiring officers to report misconduct by their peers.

There also is bipartisan support for prosecuting officers who use excessive force and penalizing officers for racially biased policing, though more Democrats than Republicans intensely favor these policies.

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