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Dr. Gordon Mansergh, a doctor with the CDC who traveled from Atlanta, performs a nasal swab COVID-19 test on David Orr, who works at Northwest Seafood, in Charleston on Thursday.

Targeted virus testing Fishing industry workers receive free coronavirus testing ZACH SILVA The World

CHARLESTON — Over the course of Wednesday and Thursday, nearly 100 individuals were tested for COVID-19 in Charleston. The free testing program was targeting locals who fish, work in fish processing or have other associations with fishing.

The tests were conducted by a pair of doctors who work for the Centers for Disease Control and were in Oregon to assist Oregon Health Authority. OHA and CDC paid for the tests. Those that were tested will receive results via a phone call within

A stack of nasal swab tests were ready to be used on Wednesday and Thursday. the next week. “(My boss) said ‘hey, they’re having a test.’ It was interesting. ... I’ve been wanting to know when it was going to happen in the area,” said Carl Stevens, who works at Oregon Seafood in Charleston. He described

how the nasal swab felt for him, stating, “It was just a little discomfort just in the nasal area and back. That’s about it.”

Those working in the fishing industry were targeted for this testing in an effort to ensure the safety of this sector.

“The main reason is because they are a vital part of our food supply and also our economy. If there is an outbreak among the fishing workers industry then it disrupts the whole supply chain of seafood,” said Phillip Nel, emergency preparedness manager for Coos Health and Wellness, earlier this week.

For Nel, the biggest challenge of the two-day event, which was open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days, was getting the word out. The event was given the green light last Friday afternoon, putting the local public health agency in a tricky position given the three-day weekend for Memorial Day. The bulk of the work for getting the word out and setting things up had to be done on Tuesday.

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Connection in the last days CHERYL UPSHAW The World

COOS BAY — If the world is ending, that knowledge has not deterred Coos County congregations from practicing their beliefs.

For Pastor Trevor Hefner, of Family Life Center Church, it isn’t a rhetorical question. Hefner feels that the world is entering the end times as predicted in the Bible. He cited war, famine and, of course, disease, as signs that the apocalypse is here.

“We’re living in the last days.

We’re living in the last moments,” he said.

Still, while Governor Kate Brown faces lawsuits from two Oregon churches over the orders that restrict large gatherings to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, Hefner’s church, along with others in the county, have more pressing work in front of them.

Coos County religious centers are focused on how to navigate the spiritual and bodily health of their congregations. For these churches, living through the pandemic is both a chance to grow spiritually and a challenge to long-held traditions in fellowship.

Back in March, as the state

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In this screenshot, Pastor Trevor Hefner of Family Life Center Church, preaches to a camera in his empty church on Wednesday, May 27. His sermon was broadcast using Facebook Live, a tool his church has used to continue operating during the COVID-19 shutdown. started to shut down, so did places of worship. The Bible Baptist Church in Coquille, North Bend’s Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the Family Life Center Church in North Bend are three examples of how religious groups have adjusted to the restrictions around the new coronavirus.

As restrictions lift and the

churches begin welcoming back their congregations, they turn to the CDC to stay safe, to their Bible to remain resilient and to technology to stay connected when they cannot be together.

“The church is not a building,” Hefner said, “It’s us.”

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Brown on Tuesday, May 26, asking for a stop to enforcement actions for an executive order which limits gatherings to 25 people or less. The filers of the lawsuit, Alliance Defending Freedom, claim the order unfairly singles out churches, which they say could accommodate larger groups while still following social distancing guidelines. The two churches in the lawsuit are located in Josephine and Douglas counties, respectively.

The leaders of the three Coos County churches that The World spoke to were all aware of the lawsuit against Brown, but had differing opinions on the action.

For Hefner, who believes the end times are here, asking churches to limit the numbers gathering in their congregations is a nuanced spiritual issue. On one hand, the church is required by their doctrine to respect the authority of governing bodies — to a point.

On the other, he says one day the Christian church will have to stand against their enemies, as described in Revelation. However, he does not think Gov. Brown qualifies as one of them yet.

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COOS BAY — Several groups are jointly suing the federal organization that authorized the Jordan Cove pipeline project.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission made a ruling to allow the project to move forward in March. Requests to rehear or retract that ruling were filed by state organizations, conservation groups and individuals and were denied on May 22.

In response, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday, May 27.

These groups include: Rogue Riverkeeper, Rogue Climate, Cascadia Wildlands, Center for Biological Diversity, Citizens for Renewables, Friends of Living Oregon Waters, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oregon Wild, Oregon Women’s Land Trust and Waterkeeper Alliance. The groups are represented by the Sierra Club and Western Environmental Law Center.

A press release from the Center for Biological Diversity states, “The groups argue FERC failed to consider critical information about the proposed facility and that it is not in the public interest.” The press release also cites a lack of state permits as a reason for the lawsuit.

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Coos, Douglas counties apply for Phase 2 reopening The World COOS COUNTY — The Coos County Board of Commissioners approved sending a letter to Gov. Kate Brown on Friday requesting permission for the county to move into Phase 2 for reopening the state.

According to the governor’s reopening plan, the goal for Phase 2 is to further expand gathering size and allow for some in-person office work as well as visitation to nursing homes.

In-person gatherings would be permissible for groups of up to 100 people as long as social distancing guidelines and other safety precautions were are still being followed.

Businesses such as bowling alleys, movie theaters, pools, arcades, mini golf, youth sports training as well as churches and overnight camping with cohorts practicing social distancing guidelines would be allowed to reopen under Phase 2, according to Coos County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins.

“We expect to hear back from the governor’s office by the middle of next week,” said Cribbins.

“We do expect the application to be approved because Coos County has continued to meet (the state’s) measure and we haven’t had a sudden increase of cases.”

Restaurants and bars will also have curfews extended to midnight under Phase 2. According to the letter sent to the governor’s office, the county stated it continues to meet the criteria outlined in Phase, it has sufficient Personal Protective Equipment for its first responders and at least 10 trained contact tracers available to the county.

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Casual Contact At 4:22 p.m. at Orchard Park, casual contact was handled.

Burn Complaint At 6:56 p.m. on South Fourth Street, burn complaint reported.

Thursday, May 21 Traffic Stop At 12:56 p.m. on Spruce Street and First Avenue, driver issued a warning following a traffic stop.

Minor in Possession At 4:15 p.m. on First Avenue and Fig Street, information was gathered about a minor in possession of liquor.

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Casual Contact At 5:29 p.m. on South Second Avenue, casual contact was handled.

Monday, May 25 Security Check At 12:12 a.m. on High School Hill Road, information of a security check was gathered.

Fire At 3:52 a.m. on East Birch Street, a fire was reported.

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At 7:09 p.m. on H Avenue, a disturbance was reported. Gerald “Gerry” Hart, 59, was arrested for domestic violence and unlawful use of a firearm.

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Senior photos line the fencing area outside of Coquille High School on Friday afternoon in celebration of the graduating Class of 2020. Folks can sign the portraits and leaving messages of encouragement. The seniors will be able to take home their photos following Sunday’s drive-in graduation ceremony.

While attendance is limited, the public can listen in on the ceremony by tuning into FM 105.9 KLJN. The Coquille Police Department will also lead a parade through downtown Coquille following the ceremony for community members wanting to cheer on the Class of 2020.

MYRTLE POINT POLICE LOG Monday, May 18 Suspicious Conditions At 2:55 a.m. on U.S. Highway 42 South, suspicious conditions were handled.

At 8:04 a.m. on Eighth Street, suspicious conditions were handled.

Criminal Mischief At 12:16 p.m. on Spruce Street, criminal mischief was handled.

Tuesday, May 19 Traffic Stop At 5:52 a.m. on Stover Lane, driver issued a warning following a traffic stop.

At 11:50 p.m. on Eighth Street, driver issued a warning following a traffic stop.

Sexual Abuse At 6:14 p.m. on View Street, sexual abuse was reported.

Highway 42 and Carlisle Lane, driver issued a citation following a traffic stop.

Wednesday, May 20 Shoplifter At 1:53 a.m. on Eighth Street, a shoplifter was handled.

Disorderly Conduct At 9:50 a.m. on Maple Street, disorderly conduct was handled.

Suspicious Conditions At 7:50 p.m. on Maryland Avenue, suspicious conditions were reported.

Thursday, May 21 Traffic Stop At 4:11 a.m. on U.S.

Friday, May 22 Suspicious Conditions At 12:56 a.m. on U.S. Highway 42 and Lee Valley Road, suspicious conditions were handled.

Theft At 10:11 a.m. on Eighth Street, theft was handled.

Fraud At 9:12 p.m. on Eighth Street, information of fraud was gathered.

Saturday, May 23 Animal Complaint At 6:51 p.m. on 23rd

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Shots Fired At 10:29 p.m. on Sunset Court, information was gathered of shots fired.

Sunday, May 24 Suspicious Conditions At 1:13 a.m. on Lower Norway Lane, suspicious conditions were handled.

Shoplifter At 4:30 p.m. on Eighth Street, a shoplifter was reported.

Suspicious Vehicle At 6:37 p.m. on Harris Street and Bender Street, a suspicious vehicle was reported.

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COOS COUNTY — Two people were transported to Bay Area Hospital after an ATV accident on the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area this week.

According to a press release from the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, a 911 call was made on Wednesday, May 28 at 8:17 p.m. about an injury accident on the dunes.

CCSO, Hauser Fire Department and Bay Cities Ambulance responded.

“The accident occurred in the (Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area), North West of Beaver Slide Hill,” the release said.

ATV operator Erik Kinney, 26, of Fairfield, Calif. suffered a severe laceration to his head and a concussion.

The passenger, Alexis Mandujano, 20, of Citrus Heights, Calif. received a strained jaw and sprained ankle.

“They were riding in a class IV ATV (side-by-side) when they became airborne off of a drop off, traveled approximately 25 feet through the air and nose-dived into a hill on the opposite side,” the release said. “Neither person was wearing seatbelts or helmets.”

Kinney was issued citations for alleged DUII, Dangerous Operation of an ATV and No Operating Privilege for a Class IV ATV. “When operating a vehicle on or off the dunes, please remember to exercise appropriate caution, and always use appropriate protective equipment,” the release urged.

California woman Pandemic impacts local forestry killed in ATV accident on dunes and logging industries Denny Dyke’s popular Circles in the Sand beach labyrinths returned over Memorial Day weekend below the Face Rock viewpoint. Dyke and his artist team made modifications to the labyrinths to give space between walkers. The circles will return during the next minus tides June 6 and 7 at 8 a.m., June 8 at 9 a.m. and June 10 at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.sandypathbandon.com.

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COOS COUNTY — Like many other industries on the South Coast, the forestry sector is being hit hard by the impacts brought on by the ongoing, ever-evolving new coronavirus pandemic.

A decline in demand for wood fiber due to reduced consumption of wood products has contributed to a large number of steep challenges for both national and local forestry and logging companies looking to stay afloat amid the pandemic.

Rex Storm, the executive vice president of the Associated Oregon Loggers, a statewide trade association which represents approximately 1,000 member companies throughout the state, said at the moment consumers aren’t building or constructing as they used to. Over the past month, companies have recorded seeing a 20 to 40 percent reduction in productivity, said Storm.

Despite companies doing everything they can to produce in today’s market, many are being forced to temporarily lay

off their workers as less work comes in, said Storm.

However, employment in the forestry industry and in logging, Storm added, is constantly changing as new developments and impacts continue to be felt by the pandemic.

“One company may have a 5% or 10% loss while another company may have a 100% loss,” said Storm. “They may not have any work so they may be totally inoperable, shut down, and/or lay off all of their employees and unfortunately those are the kinds of impacts that are occurring.”

Brad Haga, of D & H Logging in Coos Bay, said he’s been lucky so far that he hasn’t had to lay any employees off, but that they’ve recently noticed things beginning to slow down.

With big construction jobs and demand for wood products being low at the moment, Haga said he’s had to find ways to keep his employees working by taking on odd jobs and duties they wouldn’t normally do, such as repair work.

“We’re running out of work right now and there isn’t a lot of work out

there,” he said. “Some of the competition is getting some of their work pulled too. … We’re just trying to do the best we can and keep crews busy.”

Under Gov. Kate Brown’s Phase 1 reopening plan, businesses who are currently open must do so following the state’s new COVID-19 safety guidelines.

According to Storm, over the past few weeks, AOL has worked with numerous logging companies in helping them navigate the new guidelines and remain complaint with social distancing, sanitation and other rules to stop and slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The changes also come with added costs to these companies. Coupled with the reduced production, this could cause some companies to see a reduction in their profits, Storm added.

“What could we do to reduce those impacts is we can reopen businesses right now and return to some normalcy,” said Storm. “We need to get back to business so our economy and society can begin to work again.”

Possibilities of mills tem-

porarily shutting down and increasing their inventory is a major concern Haga said he has moving forward.

According to Haga, some mills have already enforced temporary shutdowns, some of which have lasted a week or so, on accepting new loads.

With quotas on the amount of loads they can produce a day, Haga explained mill shutdowns could have a domino effect of other aspects of the forestry sector such as his logging company being forced to close its operations as a result.

“It’s stressful, but we’re loggers and we’ve been in this industry for over 50 years,” said Haga. “We’ve seen ups and downs and we’ve survived. … We’ll survive again.”

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COOS COUNTY — A woman from California died in an ATV accident over the weekend in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.

According to a press release from the Coos County Sheriff’s Office, deputies, Hauser Fire Department and Bay Cities Ambulance responded to a reported injury accident on May 23 at 6:21 p.m. in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.

“The accident occurred at the top of a dune called V8 Hill,” the release said.

The ATV was being driven by Ivan Noriega, 27, from Sacramento, Calif. Riding as passenger was Celmi Santos Lopez, 25, also from Sacramento,

Calif. The release said they were riding in a rental Polaris XP 1000.

“They were southbound at high speed, cresting the top of the hill, when (Noriega) lost control of the vehicle and flipped it several times end over end,” the release said. “The passenger … Lopez, was ejected from the vehicle because she was not wearing her seatbelt. (Lopez) also lost her helmet in the crash.”

At 6:26 p.m., authorities arrived on scene and CPR was already being performed. When Hauser Fire and Bay Cities Ambulance arrived, they took over CPR. “After several minutes, (Lopez) was pronounced dead on scene,” the release said. “Noriega was uninjured in the accident.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Trump vs. Nero I would like to respond to Ralph Mohr’s comparison of Trump to Nero. Some of the ancient writers (ie. news people) paint Nero in a very negative light but many modern historians doubt these writings (ie. fake news).

There are other writings that paint Nero in a more favorable light. Nero was hated by the upper class but loved by the lower class.

It is true that Nero would be considered evil by todays standards but probably no more evil than other rulers of Rome. In the end Nero was condemned to death in absentia and he committed suicide to avoid being tortured to death. I would say the comparison is spot on as to how the powerful elite media treated Nero and how they are treating Trump today.

This does not mean that I support Trump. It is merely my belief that many in the media have decided that reporting the news comes second to their goal of running Trump down for any little thing they can. Does Ralph honestly think that Trump playing one game of golf in the last 2 months is going to cause an increase in COVID-19 deaths?

Harvey Wilcox North Bend Let’s keep up the pressure!

In what seems to be an abundance of bad news recently, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an approval for the Jordan Cove Export Terminal, then, even more recently, the FERC denied the request for a rehearing. This is frustrating for the communities in Southern Oregon who have been fighting this project for some time. Last November, many of us opposed to the project rallied Kate Brown to stop the project, or at least promise us that she would take a stand if the FERC approved.

It seems like she’s starting to stand up to this project now that the FERC issued the approval. Our pressure on politicians to stand against this project seems to be prevailing as Gov. Brown, Senators Wyden and Merkley, as well as Congressman DeFazio have all announced some sort of opposition to the project. We still need to be vigilant though, and make sure they maintain their opposition. For us, it’s a bit more difficult to show our opposition to the project now that Covid-19 has made gatherings nearly impossible.

That is why it is especially cruel

of the FERC to have issued the approval and denied a rehearing during a time when neither side can gather to share their opinions.

Though we still have the internet, we still have phones, and we CAN still show opposition to this project as well as support for renewable, sustainable resources and energy.

The FERC is going to be taken to court over the denial of a rehearing. Our opposition to this project has been going on for several years, longer than either side may have predicted, and our activism and organization against this project has been working and will continue. Permits have been denied, politicians have stood up, Jordan Cove’s CB office closed, and now they’re going to court.

Jordan Cove has put an ad into the Oregonian enticing our communities into this project, but they are no match for the opposition in those communities. Let’s keep up the pressure!

Cameron Langley Coos Bay Today I went to the Bandon dog park Today, when I arrived with my 11-month-old dog to this familiar dog park. I encountered five children who appeared under 8 years old, each having bicycles riding throughout the dog park. Several female adults were sitting at the picnic table.

Surprisingly to me, amongst three large dogs and a few other dogs and my dog, there was cordial dog play, but several times the children while riding their bikes and playing in the dog park, were knocked over by the enthusiastic dogs.

I finally decided that I had to speak up to the attending adults to explain that this was a DOG park and literally unsafe as a children’s bike and play area.

I apologized for my speaking out to the women and explained that there is a sign posted on the entrance to the park which they agreed they were not aware of.

My reason for noting this incidence is to clarify the stipulations of a dog park. The “playground” is directly across the street from the dog park.

Dogs are not allowed to play there.

What is my purpose here?

I believe it is clarification.

DOG park, ... PLAYGROUND. Therein should be a difference.

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A case for Andrew Cuomo for Vice President Joe Biden still has time to do the smart thing and name New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo his running mate. The top two reasons would be Cuomo’s proven competence managing his state’s coronavirus crisis and a strong personality unafraid of that other son of Queens, President Donald Trump.

We know. Biden pledged to name a woman as his vice president. That was an unfortunate wade into the politically treacherous waters of identity politics.

Biden said it was “important” that a woman be his running mate. (I’m a woman, and it’s not important to me.) Gender was not the overriding factor for female Democrats who preferred Biden or Bernie Sanders or Pete Buttigieg over Amy Klobuchar, Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren -- though all are highly qualified women.

In 2008, John McCain made the grave error of naming the grossly inadequate Sarah Palin as his running mate. McCain was then 71 with a history of cancer. The decision to choose the clearly unvetted Palin -- reportedly to balance Hillary Clinton’s alleged popularity among women -- put many voters otherwise disposed to him close to panic. He ended up running against Barack Obama.

McCain might have beaten Obama had Palin’s rank ignorance and obnoxious personality not shocked so many. She launched a kind of proudly nasty brand of politics that has haunted Republicans ever since and culminated in Trump.

None of the women Biden has been interviewing has Cuomo’s executive experience and star power. His daily briefings during

FROMA HARROP the pandemic have been mustviews for those wanting to know what was really going on. We saw him aggressively arranging for new hospital beds and ventilators to prepare for worst-case scenarios. They were not needed because the tough lockdown imposed on New Yorkers stopped the pandemic’s advance. Under Cuomo’s leadership, the curve of sickness and death turned way down to the levels of March.

Unlike Trump, Cuomo never denied the gravity of the situation. He didn’t pull sunny predictions out of the air or push crackpot cures. In dealing with criticism, Cuomo didn’t lose his cool.

Like Trump, Cuomo gets hit with prosecutorial questions from showoff reporters. Unlike Trump, Cuomo gives straight answers to the valid ones and brushes off the others without getting personal.

A pragmatic moderate, Cuomo is well positioned politically for a national electorate. In the last two gubernatorial primaries, he was challenged from the left and won handily. (How relieved New Yorkers must be that actress Cynthia Nixon isn’t their governor.) Cuomo steers clear

of ideological battles and walks around Trump’s taunts.

Back in April, some Democrats were agitating to replace Biden with suddenly heroic Cuomo. That would have shown a flagrant disregard for the voters, and Cuomo himself shot down the idea. But Cuomo as VP could be acceptable.

Could Biden retreat from his vow to choose a female running mate? Yes. Things change, and the women in contention would surely understand. Stacey Abrams, an African American who almost won a governor’s race in Georgia and is high on the list, has already shown flexibility. “I’d be honored to serve,” she said, “but it is up to him.”

Cuomo matches Trump’s tough-guy-from-Queens persona. And Trump scares him not at all. During his 2018 State of the State address, Cuomo had a picture of an empty Oval Office flashing on a screen.

Republicans are spreading concern about Biden’s age, 77, portraying him as feeble. Biden is not that, and Trump, obese and almost 74, is hardly a picture of youthful vigor.

A Vice President Cuomo could reassure Americans that if something were to happen to the president, the ship of state would sail smoothly on. Democrats, you have your ticket to victory in November. Use it.

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On this day in Coos County history 100 YEARS - May 30, 1920

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Ten gallons of moonshine whiskey contained in a Coco Coal barrel was seized by the police at North Bend yesterday afternoon. The liquor was hidden in the brush on the west side of Montana near California.

The police had a tip that there was liquor in that neighborhood. They made a search and found it and left it there and Night Officer E.R. Bryant kept a watch on the place.

Yesterday Charles Padgett driving a McCollum & Painter truck came to the place. He did not seem to know exactly where the barrel was hidden but found and put it on the truck. Then Chief Smith and Office Bryant arrested Padgett and took him before Recorder Maybee.

COQUILLE, May 30 — (Special) — Mrs. Rosie Wiggins of Coquille, still is in critical condition today at Bell Knife hospital here as the result of multiple injuries sustained when she was struck Monday afternoon by an automobile operated by Mrs. Cedric Cross of Riverton.

According to witnesses, Mrs. Wiggins was crossing Highway 101 at Sixth and Taylor streets. She was halfway across the highway when she saw a care approaching. She became frantic, and instead of continuing across the road she started back.

State police report that Mrs. Cross was not travelling at an excessive rate of speed and that it was impossible for her to avoid hitting Mrs. Wiggins. After the side of Mrs. Cross’ care hit Mrs. Wiggins it went off the highway and oved a 20-foot embankment. Neither Mrs. Cross or her small children, who also were occupants of the care, were hurt.

Ten Gallons of Moonshine Seized Is Seized By The Officers At North Bend Yesterday Was Concealed in the Brush on Montana Avenue — Driver Comes to Get It

June Term To Convene Tuesday Judge Coke Will Take Up Business of Circuit Court Grand Jurors Will Report and Investigate Matters Which Will Need Attention

The June term of the Coos county circuit court will be convened by Judge John S. Coke at Coquille next Tuesday.

The grand jury will report at the time and take up whatever business is to be investigated and Judge Coke will take up the court work.

Coquille Woman Badly Injured

50 YEARS - May 30, 1970 Officials To Tour CB Port

The Japanese counsel from Portland, Secretary of State Clay Myers and a number of high ranking state officials will visit the Port of Coos Bay next week, according to Port Commissioner Jack Hudson.

The delegation will arrive Thursday in time for lunch aboard a Japanese ship and then go on a three hour tour of Coos Bay docks and shipping facilities, Hudson said.

The delegation will meet with port, city, county and industrial leaders later at a dinner at the Courtel Coos Bay.

Coos Bay Mayor Tells About His Japan Trip

A glimpse into Japan’s city government processes, planning and business was given this week to Coos Bay Chamber of Commerce members, who also heard a request for support of the Coos Bay School District budget in the June 2 election.

In Tokyo, said Mayor Bill Morin, the 40-member city council runs the city and schools. They make all final decisions as to programs and financing; taxpayers do not vote on levies. Many kinds of services are offered free of charge, such as lawyers, marriage counseling, etc.

Tokyo is doing a good job of planning for its future, said Coos Bay planning commissioner Robert Williams. He showed slides of elevated road systems to move heavy traffic through and above busy streets. Elevated walkways span busy intersections to avoid mixing pedestrian-car traffic.

15 YEARS - May 30, 2005

Fishing vessel sinks at moorage

An as-of-yet unidentified fishing vessel, with hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel aboard, sank at its mooring about 200 feet south of the bridge in Charleston Sunday night.

“What leaked out was very minimal from what we saw,” U.S. Coast Guard Operations Petty Officer Rusty Gulzow

said today.

Coast Guard personnel from the Charleston lifeboat station responded to place oil booms around the area.

However, Gulzow said a team of environmental specialists from the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Office Division in Portland are here to assess the situation.

Everybody’s gone surfing … surfin’ at Coos Bay

By Christopher Arns, Staff Writer

Donnie Conn wasn’t sure what to do when Outside Magazine called.

The prominent outdoors magazine had just named Coos Bay one of the five best surfing towns in the United States and planned to include top area surfing spots in its June issue. And for Conn, the owner of Ocean Soul Surf Shop in Charleston, the article guaranteed some publicity.

But he had to be careful.

“I was reluctant to answer,” said Conn, who first ran Ocean Soul out of a bus next to Cape Arago Highway before moving into a Charleston shop this year.

“That’s not what you want to do as the owner of a surf shop - to give away all the local spots.”

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

State and federal labs confirmed specimen was Asian giant hornet

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The hornet was detected near the location of a suspected Asian giant hornet bee kill in 2019.

WSDA had already planned trapping in that area and will maintain that plan to try to find any colony that may be there, the agency said.

“At this time, there is no evidence that Asian giant hornets are established in Washington state or anywhere else in the United States,” said Osama El-Lissy, an official with the federal Plant Protection and Quarantine program.

The latest find came just days after the government of British Columbia confirmed their first detection of the year in Canada near the town of Langley, B.C. That specimen was initially reported to authorities on May 15.

The Asian giant hornet is

the world’s largest hornet and a predator of honey bees and other insects. A small group of Asian giant hornets can kill an entire honey bee hive in a matter of hours.

The state of Washington received the first report of an Asian giant hornet last December from a resident near Blaine and later learned of another specimen in the area which Washington State University scientists had collected. These were the first-ever confirmed sightings of Asian giant hornet in the United States.

Since the specimens were confirmed in Washington late last year, state entomologists have been working with USDA to create trapping and eradication plans for the invasive pest in order to protect honey

bees and the hundreds of crops in Washington that depend on those bees for pollination.

“It will take all of us working together to locate and eradicate Asian giant hornets from our state,” Spichiger said.

Ordinary hornet and wasp traps will not catch Asian giant hornets as the holes are too small for Asian giant hornets to enter the traps, officials said.

Although not typically aggressive toward humans, Asian giant hornets do pose a human health threat. Their sting is more dangerous than that of local bees and wasps and can cause severe pain, swelling, necrosis, and, in rare cases, even death. Anyone who is allergic to bee or wasp stings should not approach or attempt to trap for Asian giant hornets.

Southern Oregon farmers rally against low water season KLAMATH FALLS (AP) — Farmers were driving tractors and other agriculture equipment from Merrill to Midland in southern Oregon Friday to express frustration about a meager water season facing irrigators this year.

Hundreds were expected to attend the “Shut Down and Fed Up” tractor rally in Midland, spokesperson Molly Jenkins told the Capital Press. Photos of tractors lining up in Merrill Friday morning displayed signs with slogans such as “Food grows where water flows,” the Herald and News reported.

The tractor convoy is traveling through Klamath Falls and will culminate in a rally with U.S. Rep. Greg Walden among the speakers.

Tulelake farmer and an event organizer Scott Seus said the event is a way to allow irrigators to release anger after they were told of an early shutoff of irrigation water after many had already planted crops.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which determines water allocation for the Klamath Project according to the biological opinion, told irrigators

in April that they would receive 140,000 acrefeet of water for farming. Many planted crops accordingly, knowing their water usage would be much lower than half of a full 350,000 acre-foot allocation.

After the Natural Resources Conservation Service released a dry May 1 forecast, with many crops in the ground, it became clear that that amount would likely be reduced to 80,000 acrefeet. Of that, 55,000 acre-feet was left as of May 10. That amount of irrigation water will run out around July 1.

“We’re all in shock over here trying to figure out how to deal with it,” Seus said. “At every moment, we are trying to deal with this crisis and how to avert in any way, shape or form.”

Convoy and rally organizers are trying to attract the attention of President Donald Trump.

“I hope that we have his attention, and if we don’t, I hope that we gain it,” Seus said. “I would hope that his administration would try to find ways to find lasting solutions.”

ROSEBURG (AP) — A person was killed in a helicopter crash near Roseburg.

The crash happened around 2:15 p.m.

Thursday on private property south of the Green district of Roseburg, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said.

Local fire, EMS and police agencies

responded and are coordinating with the Federal Aviation Administration on an investigation, KATU-TV reported.

No further information was immediately released. The county medical examiner will investigate the death.

Man dies in helicopter crash

Cab driver receives settlement after being hurt in police chase PORTLAND (AP) — A cab driver seriously hurt after being hit while a Portland police officer chased a motorist the wrong way down Interstate 84 will receive a $125,000 settlement from the city.

The Portland City Council voted Wednesday to pay Ethiopia Amdino to settle a claim brought by his attorney Phillip C. Gilbert, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. They sought over $260,000 in reimbursement for medical expenses, lost income and other damages, city senior claims analyst Jessica

Bird told the council.

According to police 59-year-old Christopher Cannard, hit another car on April 19, 2018 and then drove away. Then-Portland officer Alfonso Valadez Jr. later saw Cannard’s vehicle and chased him onto I-84.

Bird said Wednesday that Cannard and Valadez were heading west on the freeway’s eastbound lanes when Cannard crashed head-on with Amdino, about 30 seconds after the police started the chase. Valadez violated police bureau policy by

continuing the chase, Bird said.

The collision killed Cannard and left Amdino with head, neck, chest and back injuries that required over a year of treatment. He also suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Valadez quit as a Portland officer last September and state records show his police license is inactive. Police records show the bureau’s police review board recommended in February 2019 that Valadez be fired and decertified by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training.

Outbreak sickens dozens at Portland fruit company PORTLAND (AP) — State officials have confirmed that a fruit company with two Portland area facilities is the site of the large coronavirus outbreak referenced by state health officials Wednesday that infected dozens of workers.

It’s Townsend Farms’ second COVID-19 outbreak since late April, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.

At least 48 out of a group of 350 seasonal workers who arrived in the Portland area over the weekend have tested positive, according to the Oregon Health Authority. Health officials said they believe the workers contracted the virus before coming to the area, where they planned to harvest fruit

from Townsend-owned sites in Fairview and Cornelius.

The state worked with Townsend to test the workers shortly after they arrived, officials said, and 13 tests are still pending. It’s unclear if the workers ever made it to either Townsend facility.

“People employed in agriculture are essential workers.

They are also a vital part of our community,” Patrick Allen, Oregon Health Authority director said in a statement. “The agricultural work environment can put them at higher risk of infection from a communicable disease like COVID-19, and we need to do everything we can to reduce that risk.”

State officials also confirmed Thursday that Townsend had an outbreak among “permanent” employees in Fairview that began April 29.

The Townsend Farms company, founded in 1906, offers an assortment of frozen berries, including under the Kirkland brand sold at Costco.

DEATH NOTICES Neva M. Demotte - 79, of Coos Bay died May 27, 2020 in Coos Bay. Services will be announced and held at a later date. Cremation rites are under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel 685 Anderson Ave. 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com

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OBITUARIES Barbara Ann Phillips March 1, 1933 – May 13, 2020

A memorial service will not take place but a celebration of life will be held later this summer. For information please contact bap_817@msn.com or cyclekay@yahoo.com.

Barbara Ann Phillips, was born on March 1, 1933 in Corvallis, Oregon to HL and Berthalee Bailey – their oldest child and only daughter. She passed on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at Mission Palms Rehabilitation Center of Mesa, Arizona.

Barbara had a long career in law enforcement including being the first female president of the OPOA (Oregon Peace Officers Association). She

eventually retired and became a snowbird spending the winters in Mesa, Arizona. She went on to make Mesa her year round home. Throughout her life she had many adventures such as snowmobiling, dune buggies, cancer walks and traveling the states. She made many friendships along the way with many of them very important to her these last few years. She was a believer in the written word and when you least expected it a letter/ note would appear in your mailbox.

Barbara is survived by her son; two daughters; three granddaughters; and four great

grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sons; and two younger brothers.

Memorial donations can be sent to Aegis Hospice of Mesa, Coos County Humane Society or American Cancer Society.

Michael Earl Spaght March 19, 1955 – May 4, 2020

Michael Earl Spaght was born March 19, 1955 in Coos Bay, Oregon and passed away on the evening of May 4, 2020 at the age of 65 Michael was a skilled fabricator, ship fitter, and construction foreman throughout most of his adult life working for outfits like Sauce Brothers, Midcoast Marine, Fred Wahl Marine, and many others. He loved Rock-n-Roll, playing in

pool leagues, camping, fishing, and spending his time with his lady, making her laugh with his witty sense of humor.

Michael will be lovingly missed by his family, friends, co-workers, and employers who were fortunate enough to have known him.

Michael is survived by his love, Rene Cooper; son, Nik Spaght; and two grandchildren, Zoe and Thomas.

Rest in Peace Michael.

Colin Spencer James Sr. May 3, 1937 – May 26, 2020

A celebration of life for Colin Spencer James Sr., 83, of North Bend will be held at a later date.

Colin was born May 3, 1937 in London, England to Spencer and Grace James. He passed away May 26, 2020 in North Bend, after a battle with cancer.

Between the ages of four and eight, Colin survived the bombings of World War II, he told stories of what it was like stuck in bomb shelters and trading cigarettes to prisoners for carved wood toys. At age 17, Colin ventured out on his own to the U.S.; landing in New York he worked various jobs until deciding to go into the United States Air Force to learn more about the country.

After his time in the military, Colin lived in Illinois where he began his life of entrepre-

neurship, by selling books door to door, and becoming a professional scuba diver.

Eventually Colin ventured with his family out west, once there, he taught diving lessons and owned a scuba and gun store. He frequently dove for the sheriffs’ department and the coast guard. Throughout the years Colin became a gold and silver broker and owned and operated a jewelry store for 22 years. Colin was a lifetime member of the Coos Bay Harley Davidson club. Other interests were woodworking, photography, metalworking, poker, traveling and he was also an avid animal lover.

He is survived by his wife, Annie; two sons, Colin S. James Jr. (Sheri) of North Bend, Anthony Ray James (Betty Jane “BJ”) of Salem; grandchildren, Sarah of Ya-

kima, Wash., Grace of North Bend, and Dillon of Salem; cousins, Jan (Brian) of England, Celia of Florida; and his beloved pets, Lexi and Bella.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife of 36 years, Karen.

Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131. Friends and family are encouraged to sign the online guestbook at www. coosbayareafunerals.com

DEAR ABBY By Abigail Van Buren Stepmom goes a step too far claiming children as her own DEAR ABBY: My former husband had an affair years ago, and when our divorce was final, he married the woman he was involved with.

I’ll call her “Libby.”

Although I have moved on, it bothers me when she refers to my children as “her children.” I have asked her to stop, but she continues to talk about “her daughter” and “her son” and insists it’s a term of endearment and it shouldn’t bother me. My children don’t like Libby, so if she’s trying to get the world to believe they’re one big happy family, it isn’t working.

I think it’s rude of her to insist on telling people that these are her children. It’s as if Libby not only took my husband, but she’s also claiming to be the mother of my children. How should I handle this wretched person who refuses to get it? -- REAL MOM IN KENTUCKY DEAR MOM: Libby gets it, and she may persist in doing it in order to get your goat. But this is not a battle you should pick. It’s possible “Stepmom” may simply be trying to acknowledge her role in the parenting equation.

DEAR ABBY: Is it appropriate to confront someone in a restroom about not washing their hands, whether at work or in public? I noticed at work that some of my co-workers walk right past the sink or rinse their hands with water for a second and then leave. I think washing your hands thoroughly with soap is more important now than ever, and not washing hands is a health hazard. -- WATCHING THE WASHING IN TEXAS DEAR WATCHING: You are right. It is a health hazard. Everyone should realize that fact in light of the current health crisis. According to the Mayo Clinic, unwashed hands are spreaders of disease, which is why medical personnel and workers in the food industry are urged to be diligent about it.

That said, I don’t think it would be prudent for you to assume the parental role and remind your co-workers to wash their hands after using the bathroom. You might, however, suggest to your boss, once people are no longer working remotely, that it would be wise to issue a memo about the importance of frequent hand-washing.

DEAR ABBY: My sister, “Camille,” and I have almost nothing in common. She lives far from where I do. We have seen each other infrequently over the years, but when we have, she has always dropped a nasty comment or two, ridiculing me or my husband or our lifestyle.

She recently took early retirement and wants to come for a visit. Another sister says Camille is much more relaxed now because working full-time was very stressful for her. I gave up on a relationship with her long ago, and I have no desire to see or entertain her. We didn’t even like each other as children. Yet, I’m feeling guilty about saying no to her visit. Is it OK to draw the line on contact with a family member? -LEAVE ME ALONE IN WASHINGTON DEAR LEAVE: Yes, it is. And it is also OK to tell her exactly why.

---------------------------------------Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Minneapolis officer charged with murder A6 | SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2020

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The white Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck was arrested and charged with murder Friday, and authorities imposed an overnight curfew to try to stem three nights of often-violent protests that left dozens of stores burned and looted.

Derek Chauvin, 44, was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the case. He was also accused of ignoring another officer at the scene who expressed concerns about the black man as he lay handcuffed on the ground, pleading that he could not breathe. Floyd had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit bill at a small grocery store.

An attorney for Floyd’s family welcomed the arrest, but said he expected a more serious murder charge and wants all four officers involved to be arrested.

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said more charges were possible. He said the investigation into the other three officers continues, but authorities “felt it appropriate to focus on the most dangerous perpetrator.”

Meanwhile, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey declared a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. The order said no one can be out in public except emergency responders and people seeking medical care, fleeing danger or those who are homeless.

“I know that whatever hope you feel today is tempered with skepticism and a righteous outrage,” Frey said in a statement. “Today’s decision from the County Attorney is an essential first step on a longer road toward justice and healing our city.”

According to the criminal complaint, Chauvin allegedly disregarded the concerns of another officer, who wanted to roll Floyd onto his side as he was being held down.

The papers also said that an autopsy revealed nothing to support strangulation as the cause of death. The exam concluded that the combined effects of being restrained, potential intoxicants in Floyd’s system and his underlying health issues, including heart disease, likely contributed to his death. Floyd’s family was seeking an indepen-

dent autopsy.

Police were trying to put Floyd in a squad car when he stiffened up and fell to the ground, saying he was claustrophobic, the complaint said.

Chauvin and officer Tou Thoa arrived to help and tried several times to get the struggling Floyd into the car, it said.

At one point, Chauvin pulled Floyd out of the car’s passenger side, and Floyd, who was handcuffed, went to the ground face down.

Officer J.K. Kueng held Floyd’s back, and officer Thomas Lane held his legs, while Chauvin put his knee on Floyd’s head and neck area, the complaint said.

When Lane asked if Floyd should be rolled onto his side Chauvin said, “No, staying put is where we got him.” Lane said he was “worried about excited delirium or whatever,” and Chauvin replied, “That’s why we have him on his stomach,” according to the complaint.

After Floyd apparently stopped breathing, Lane again said he wanted to roll Chauvin onto his side. Kueng checked for a pulse and said he could not find one, the complaint said.

In all, Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes, 46 seconds, including nearly three minutes after Floyd stopped moving and talking, according to the complaint.

Chauvin’s attorney had no comment when reached by The Associated Press.

Freeman, whose home has been picketed by protesters, highlighted the “extraordinary speed” in charging the case just four days after Floyd’s death, but also defended himself against questions about why it did not happen sooner. He said his office needed time to put together evidence, including what he called the “horrible” video recorded by a bystander.

All four officers at the scene of Floyd’s arrest on Monday were fired the next day. After the charges were announced, protesters outside government offices chanted, “All four got to go.”

It was not immediately clear whether Chauvin’s arrest would quiet the unrest, which escalated again Thursday night as demonstrators burned a Minneapolis police station soon after officers abandoned it.

Protests also spread across the U.S., fueled by outrage over Floyd’s death, and years of violence against African Americans at the hands of police.

Demonstrators clashed with officers in New York and blocked traffic in Columbus, Ohio, and Denver.

News of the arrest came moments after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz acknowledged the “abject failure” of the response to the protests and called for swift justice for the officers. Walz said the state had taken over the response to the violence.

“Minneapolis and St. Paul are on fire. The fire is still smoldering in our streets. The ashes are symbolic of decades and generations of pain, of anguish unheard,” Walz said. “Now generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world — and the world is watching.”

President Donald Trump threatened action, tweeting “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” which prompted a warning from Twitter for “glorifying violence.” Trump later said he was referring to shooting that had happened during the protests.

The governor faced tough questions after National Guard leader Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen blamed a lack of clarity about the Guard’s mission for a slow response. Walz said the state was in a supporting role and that it was up to city leaders to run the situation. Walz said it became apparent as the 3rd Precinct was lost that the state had to step in. Requests from Minneapolis and nearby St. Paul for resources “never came,” he said.

“You will not see that tonight, there will be no lack of leadership,” Walz said.

On Friday morning, nearly every building in a shopping district a couple blocks from the abandoned police station had been vandalized, burned or looted. National Guard members carrying assault rifles were lined up at some intersections, keeping people away from the police station.

Dozens of volunteers swept up broken glass in the street.

Dean Hanson, 64, lives in a subsidized housing unit nearby, which is home to many older residents. He said his building lost electricity overnight, and residents were terrified as they watched mobs of people loot and burn their way

through the neighborhood.

“I can’t believe this is happening here,” he said. “It was pure hell.”

Dozens of fires were also set in St. Paul, where nearly 200 businesses were damaged or looted.

A visibly tired and frustrated Frey, the Minneapolis mayor, took responsibility for evacuating the police precinct, saying it had become too dangerous for officers.

Attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing Floyd’s family, asked to take custody of Floyd’s body to have an independent autopsy performed. Crump said that talk of a heart condition or asthma was irrelevant because Floyd was walking and breathing before his contact with police.

The doctor who will do the autopsy is Michael Baden, former chief medical examiner of New York City, who was hired to do an autopsy for Eric Garner, a black man who died in 2014 in New York after he was placed in a chokehold by police and pleaded for his life, saying he could not breathe.

State and federal authorities are also investigating Floyd’s death.

The owner of a popular Latin nightclub said Floyd and Chauvin both worked as security guards at the club as recently as the end of last year, but it’s not clear whether they worked together. Chauvin worked at the El Nuevo Rodeo club as an off-duty security guard for nearly two decades, but Floyd had only worked there more recently for about a dozen events featuring African American music, Maya Santamaria told The Associated Press.

Santamaria said if Chauvin had recognized Floyd, “he might have given him a little more mercy.”

Santamaria, who recently sold the venue, said Chauvin got along well with the regular Latino customers but did not like to work the African American nights. When he did, and there was a fight, he would spray people with mace and call for police backup and half-dozen squad cars would soon show up, something she felt was “overkill.”

Police speak out against Minneapolis custody death Police speak out against Minneapolis custody death LOS ANGELES (AP) — Murder. Brutality. Reprehensible. Indefensible. Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a handcuffed black man who cried for help as an officer knelt on his neck, pinning him to the pavement for at least eight minutes.

But some civil rights advocates say their denunciations are empty words without meaningful reform behind them.

Authorities say George Floyd was detained Monday because he matched the description of someone who tried to pay with a counterfeit bill at a convenience store, and the 46-year-old resisted arrest.

A bystander’s disturbing video shows Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, kneeling on Floyd’s neck, even as Floyd begs for air and slowly stops talking and moving.

“There is no need to see more video,” Chattanooga, Tennessee, Police Chief David Roddy tweeted Wednesday.

“There no need to wait to

see how ‘it plays out’. There is no need to put a knee on someone’s neck for NINE minutes. There IS a need to DO something. If you wear a badge and you don’t have an issue with this ... turn it in.”

The reaction from some law enforcement stands in stark contrast to their muted response or support for police after other in-custody fatalities.

Sheriffs and police chiefs have strongly criticized the Minneapolis officer on social media and praised the city’s police chief for his quick dismissal of four officers at the scene.

Some even called for them to be criminally charged.

“I am deeply disturbed by the video of Mr. Floyd being murdered in the street with other officers there letting it go on,” Polk County, Georgia, Sheriff Johnny Moats wrote on Facebook. “I can assure everyone, me or any of my deputies will never treat anyone like that as long as I’m Sheriff. This kind of brutality is terrible and it needs to stop. All Officers involved need to be arrested and charged immediately. Praying for the family.”

Typically, police call for patience and calm in the wake

of a use of force. They are reluctant to weigh in on episodes involving another agency, often citing ongoing investigations or due process.

“Not going hide behind ‘not being there,’” tweeted San Jose Police, California, Chief Eddie Garcia. “I’d be one of the first to condemn anyone had I seen similar happen to one of my brother/ sister officers.

What I saw happen to George Floyd disturbed me and is not consistent with the goal of our mission. The act of one, impacts us all.”

But Gloria Browne-Marshall, a civil rights attorney and professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said she wouldn’t be a “cheerleader” for a “handful” of chiefs who harshly decried the officers’ behavior.

“Any minute progress is seen as miraculous because so little has been done for so long,” she said. “It’s nothing close to progress or what outrage would be taking place if it was a white man as the victim of this assault.”

Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles, said she wasn’t “particularly moved” by the

PARENTING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC For many parents, home in the age of COVID-19 has become the office, the classroom, and even the gym. Many parents are struggling to keep their children occupied and also to oversee schooling, even as they work from home. At the same time, children may be becoming more lonely; maybe even aggressive.

Here are some tips to help parents cope: • Create a consistent daily routine.

Include work and school, leaving time for breaks and fun. Have your children help create a school timetable. They may follow it better if they help make it. Remember not every hour needs to be scheduled. Allow for flexibility and free time.

• Spend quality time together. Even just 20 minutes of free time that children can look forward to having with you.

• Allow more screen time. Children need to stay socially connected to their friends and family during this time.

• Practice self-care and take steps to manage your stress; take time for

yourself - even if it’s just a five-minute cup of tea, meditation or exercise.

• Encourage your child to play outdoors—it’s great for physical and mental health. Take a walk with your child or go on a bike ride.

• Use indoor activity breaks throughout the day to help your child stay healthy and focused.

• Stay active. Walk up and down the stairs or do some stretching exercises.

• Most importantly, stay positive.

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relatively few police who voiced outrage.

Abdullah said the three other officers who witnessed Chauvin’s actions and did not intervene contributed to a long-standing system of police racism and oppression against people of color.

“We’ve got to remember that it was not just Officer Chauvin who was sitting on George Floyd’s neck,” she said.

Abdullah and hundreds of others protested what she called Floyd’s lynching on Wednesday night. Some blocked lanes of a freeway and shattered windows of California Highway Patrol cruisers.

Minneapolis is bracing for more violence after days of civil unrest, with burned buildings, looted stores and angry graffiti demanding justice. The governor on Thursday called in the National Guard. On Thurs-

day night, protesters torched a Minneapolis police station that the department was forced to abandon.

The heads of the Los Angeles and Chicago departments — both of which have been rocked before by police brutality scandals — addressed Floyd’s death and its potential effect on race relations between law enforcement and communities of color.

Even the New York Police Department weighed in. Eric Garner died in the city in 2014 after he was placed in a chokehold by police and uttered the same words Floyd did: “I can’t breathe.”

It took city officials five years to fire the officer, and no criminal or federal charges were brought.

“What we saw in Minnesota was deeply disturbing. It was wrong,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea wrote Thursday.

“We must take a stand and address it. We must come together, condemn these actions and reinforce who we are as members of the NYPD. This is not acceptable ANYWHERE.” Before he was commissioner, Shea spearheaded the NYPD’s shift to community policing that moved away from a more confrontational style favored by other commissioners after Garner’s death.

Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, who also spoke out online, told The Associated Press that law enforcement agencies keep promising reforms in the wake of fatalities, but they are “not delivering it on a consistent basis.”

“When bad things happen in our profession, we need to be able to call it like it is,” he said.

“We keep thinking that the last one will be the last one, and then another one surfaces.”

Correspondent and colleagues were taken into custody on live television Friday

after 5 a.m. Central Time, describing a night of fire and anger in the wake of Floyd’s death after a Minneapolis police office knelt on his neck.

Fired officer Derek Chauvin was charged with murder in that case later Friday.

When first approached by officers, Jimenez, who is black, told them, “put us back where you want us. We are getting out of your way.”

After being told he was being arrested and his hands were tied behind his back, Jimenez asked why he was being arrested. He did not get an answer.

The Minnesota State Patrol said on Twitter that the journalists were among four people arrested as troopers were “clearing the streets and restoring order” following the protests. The patrol said the CNN journalists “were released once they were confirmed to be members of the media.”

It’s not clear why they were confused: Jimenez was holding what appeared to be a laminated ID card before his hands were secured, and his fellow crew members told police that they were from CNN and showing the scene live on the air.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” CNN “New Day” co-anchor John Berman said.

After being released, Jimenez said that he was glad that his arrest was shown on the air.

“You don’t have to doubt my story,” he said. “It’s not filtered in any way. You saw it for your own eyes.

That gave me a little bit of comfort. But it was definitely nerve-wracking.”

At a later news conference, Walz said that “I take full

responsibility. There is absolutely no reason something like that should happen ... This is a very public apology to that team.”

The arrest drew widespread condemnation across the news industry. CNN competitors MSNBC, CBS News and Fox News all issued statements in support of Jimenez, along with the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Association of Black Journalists.

CNN accepted Walz’s apology, saying the network appreciated the sincerity of his words.

Walz’s words in support of journalists have impact at a time when the news media is often under attack, said Jane E. Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law and director of the Silha Center at the University of Minnesota.

“It’s really important for the governor to make that kind of statement to emphasize to everyone, especially law enforcement, that the press has an important job to do ... and they need to be respected,” said Kirtley, who lives blocks away from the protests and could still smell smoke from the fires on Friday.

Meanwhile, there were signs Friday that cable news networks, who were spending much of their time covering the story, have become sensitive to the impact of showing witness video of Floyd’s treatment by police.

News anchors on all three networks usually warned viewers of its graphic nature before showing the video.

“I must warn you that this is difficult to watch,” said CNN’s Brianna Keilar, “but it is important to remember.”

Minnesota governor apologizes for arrest of CNN TV crew

NEW YORK (AP) — Following the arrest of a CNN crew on live television by police on Friday, an apologetic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz promised that journalists would not be interfered with in reporting on violent protests following the death of George Floyd.

CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and two colleagues were released within an hour after network chief executive Jeff Zucker called Walz to demand answers about why they were led away and held in a police van.

“We have got to ensure that there is a safe spot for journalism to tell this story,” Walz said.

Jimenez and colleagues Bill Kirkos and Leonel Mendez were doing a live shot for CNN’s “New Day” shortly

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cheering protesters torched a Minneapolis police station Thursday that the department was forced to abandon as three days of violent protests spread to nearby St. Paul and angry demonstrations flared across the U.S over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck.

A police spokesman confirmed late Thursday that staff had evacuated the 3rd Precinct station, the focus of many of the protests, “in the interest of the safety of our personnel” shortly after 10 p.m.

Livestream video showed the protesters entering the building, where fire alarms blared and sprinklers ran as blazes were set.

Protesters could be seen setting fire to a Minneapolis Police Department jacket and cheering.

Late Thursday, President Donald Trump blasted the “total lack of leadership” in Minneapolis. “Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with

him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” he said on Twitter.

Protests first erupted Tuesday, a day after Floyd’s death in a confrontation with police captured on widely seen citizen video. On the video, Floyd can be seen pleading as Officer Derek Chauvin presses his knee against him. As minutes pass, Floyd slowly stops talking and moving. The 3rd Precinct covers the portion of south Minneapolis where Floyd was arrested.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz earlier Thursday activated the National Guard at the Minneapolis mayor’s request, but it wasn’t immediately clear when and where the Guard was being deployed, and none could be seen during protests in Minneapolis or St. Paul. The Guard tweeted minutes after the precinct burned that it had activated more than 500 soldiers across the metro area.

The Guard said a “key objective” was to make sure fire departments could respond to

calls, and said in a follow-up tweet it was “here with the Minneapolis Fire Department” to assist. But no move was made to put out the 3rd Precinct fire. Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Tyner said fire crews could not safely respond to fires at the precinct station and some surrounding buildings.

Earlier Thursday, dozens of businesses across the Twin Cities boarded up their windows and doors in an effort to prevent looting, with Minneapolis-based Target announcing it was temporarily closing two dozen area stores. Minneapolis shut down nearly its entire light-rail system and all bus service through Sunday out of safety concerns.

In St. Paul, clouds of smoke hung in the air as police armed with batons and wearing gas masks and body armor kept a watchful eye on protesters along one of the city’s main commercial corridors, where firefighters also sprayed water onto a series of small fires. At one point, officers stood in line in

front of a Target, trying to keep out looters, who were also smashing windows of other businesses.

Hundreds of demonstrators returned Thursday to the Minneapolis neighborhood at the center of the violence, where the nighttime scene veered between an angry protest and a street party. At one point, a band playing in a parking lot across from the 3rd Precinct broke into a punk version of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.” Nearby, demonstrators carried clothing mannequins from a looted Target and threw them onto a burning car.

Later, a building fire erupted nearby.

But elsewhere in Minneapolis, thousands of peaceful demonstrators marched through the streets calling for justice.

Floyd’s death has deeply shaken Minneapolis and sparked protests in cities across the U.S. Local leaders have repeatedly urged demonstrators to avoid violence.

“Please stay home. Please do not come here to protest. Please keep the focus on George Floyd, on

advancing our movement and on preventing this from ever happening again,” tweeted St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, who is black.

Erika Atson, 20, was among thousands of people who gathered outside government offices in downtown Minneapolis, where organizers had called a peaceful protest. Many protesters wore masks because of the coronavirus pandemic, but there were few attempts at social distancing.

Atson, who is black, described seeing her 14- and 11-year-old brothers tackled by Minneapolis police years ago because officers mistakenly presumed the boys had guns. She said she had been at “every single protest” since Floyd’s death and worried about raising children who could be vulnerable in police encounters.

“We don’t want to be here fighting against anyone. We don’t want anyone to be hurt. We don’t want to cause any damages,” she said.

“We just want the police officer to be held accountable.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — “I can’t breathe.”

Eric Garner uttered those words six years ago, locked in a police chokehold. It became a rallying cry after his death for demonstrators across the country who protested the killings of African Americans by police.

Then came the 2016 presidential election of Donald Trump. As the political divide widened, so much competed for the nation’s attention — Russian interference in the election, debates over immigration, and impeachment — and with a new Justice Department shifting civil rights priorities, the moment slowly faded from the national stage.

Until this week. George Floyd uttered the exact same words, while handcuffed and pinned at the neck under the knee of a white police officer, galvanizing the movement anew and prompting mass protests around the country.

“There is something happening at this moment,” said activist Carmen Perez. “It’s not that the police killings stopped, it’s just that we were refocusing our direction toward Donald Trump because we also felt this need to come together to call him out.”

It’s possible, though, with the nation just emerging from weeks of stay-at-home orders imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, people have fewer distractions and can refocus on the issue, she said.

The swift firing of the officers involved, the empathetic response

from the Minneapolis mayor who also called for criminal charges, and the unusual public criticism of the officer’s actions from law enforcement nationwide have done nothing to quell the anger or calls for justice.

That’s in part because killings continue to happen. Floyd’s death came after Ahmaud Arbery was shot to death in Georgia by a former district attorney investigator and his son, who were not arrested until after video emerged months later. An EMT in Kentucky, Breonna Taylor, was killed in March when three officers entered her apartment by force to serve a search warrant in a narcotics investigation.

“This has been going on for way too many years, and it is time for a change,” said Erika Atson, protesting in Minneapolis Thursday. “Because we are tired.”

The protests that began with chanting and marching in Minneapolis the day after the disturbing video emerged that showed Floyd pinned for eight minutes have grown to mass demonstrations, some violent, in Minnesota and around the country.

Lawmakers nationwide are again talking about how to prevent such deaths. The Senate Judiciary committee announced Friday it would hold a hearing on police use of force.

Outrage over the images of Floyd’s last moments even came from those who have a history of defending po-

lice, like Trump. Though the president later called the protesters “thugs” in a tweet, saying “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

Civil rights attorneys in the three recent cases said what inspires the anger is, in part, that authorities initially propagated narratives that Arbery, Taylor, Floyd were responsible for their own deaths before video and 911 calls showed otherwise.

“There is a false narrative ... put out there,” said civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump.

In the years before the 2016 election, though, it felt like policing was shifting.

The mothers of some of the men killed by police attended the Democratic National Convention.

The Justice Department frequently criticized violent police confrontations and opened a series of civil rights investigations into local law enforcement practices.

But after Trump was elected, it shifted.

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered a review of consent decrees, legal agreements meant to effect change, that the Obama-era Justice Department had used to fight police misconduct, in part over a belief that the Democratic administration had vilified the police. The decrees included those with the police in Ferguson, Missouri, after the killing of Michael Brown and in Baltimore following the police custody death of

Freddie Gray.

Hours before he resigned as attorney general in November 2018, Sessions signed a memo that scaled back the practice, making consent decrees more difficult to enact.

Attorney General William Barr has similarly been a staunch advocate of police officers and has condemned what he’s called a “disturbing pattern of cynicism and disrespect shown toward law enforcement.”

The department, however, has continued to pursue civil rights investigations involving police shootings and other alleged misconduct, including into Floyd’s death. Barr has said the video was “harrowing to watch and deeply disturbing.”

Barr’s office closed the Garner case in September because there was insufficient evidence to prove a federal crime.

Gwen Carr, Garner’s mother, said that even if police abuses hadn’t been talked about in recent years as they were following her son’s 2014 death, that didn’t mean abuses weren’t happening.

“Police officers are still coming into our communities and brutalizing, terrorizing and killing us,” she said. “Between my son’s murder and Floyd’s murder, that’s not the only murders that has taken place.”

Garner had been arrested on charges of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, a non-violent crime, and cried out “I can’t breathe” 11 times on

a Staten Island sidewalk. The officers involved were not charged; the one who performed the chokehold was fired five years later.

Floyd lay on the street, as Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into the man’s neck. He’d been arrested on a forgery charge, accused of passing a bad bill at a grocery store after he got laid off.

“Please I can’t breathe,” Floyd cried. “My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. They’re going to kill me.”

At one point, he cried out for his mother as a crowd of shocked bystanders begged for police to move.

Chauvin was arrested Thursday on a murder charge.

Meanwhile, protesters are seizing the moment in the hopes that change will come.

On Friday in Minneapolis, Maurice Davis stood close to the burned police station near a line of national guardsmen.

Davis has gone to some protests, but came this morning with his two adolescent children to show them what was happening.

“This has been happening for years,” he said. “We’re tired of being killed and no one doing anything about it.”

He’s not surprised the protests are spreading.

“Because it’s not just our city where this is happening. It’s everywhere.”

‘I can’t breathe’ is new rally cry for police protests

Trump’s incendiary late-night tweet sparks harsh criticism WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump spent Friday walking back his post-midnight “thugs” tweet about Minneapolis protesters that added to outrage over the police killing of a black man.

Trump’s later repeated condemnation of the killing and outreach to the man’s family was a marked change in tone from his earlier comments that also invoked a civil-rights-era phrase fraught with racist overtones.

“When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” Trump had written in a tweet that was quickly flagged by Twitter as violating rules against “glorifying violence.” Trump later said

his comments had been misconstrued. “Frankly it means when there’s looting, people get shot and they die,” he said.

Trump’s whiplash comments came after protesters torched a Minneapolis police station on Thursday night, capping three days of searing demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, who was captured on video pleading for air as a white police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes.

And they underscored Trump’s complicated relationship with race as he tries to maintain a law-and-order mantle while looking to appeal to black voters during an election year. They also highlighted his refusal to

avoid controversy or cede the spotlight even as the battered nation tries to make sense of another killing and reels over the mounting COVID-19 death toll.

Trump, in his tweets, borrowed a phrase once used by former Miami Police Chief Walter Headley in a 1967 speech outlining his department’s efforts to “combat young hoodlums who have taken advantage of the civil rights campaign.” In the speech, Headley said his department had been successful “because I’ve let the word filter down that when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

“We don’t mind being accused of police brutality,” he said in the same speech,

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according to news reports from the time.

Trump, after hours of backlash, said Friday evening that he was unaware of the origins of the phrase.

“But I’ve heard it for a long time, as most people have. And frankly it means when there’s looting, people get shot and they die,” he said.

Trump also revealed that he had been in touch with Floyd’s family as he continued to denounce the circumstances of the man’s killing, which he called “a terrible insult to police and to policemen.”

“I just expressed my sorrow,” Trump told reporters. “He was in tremendous pain, obviously, and

couldn’t breathe. And it was very obvious to anybody that watched it.”

Still, Trump called on protesters to keep their demonstrations peaceful.

“The family of George is entitled to justice, and the people of Minnesota are entitled to live in safety,” he said. “Law and order will prevail.”

Criticism of the Trump’s tweet had been swift, with his presumptive Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden saying it was “no time for incendiary tweets, no time to incite violence.”

“It’s not helpful,” said Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. “Anything we do to add fuel to that fire is really, really challenging.”

Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., said that, as the country passed the grim milestone of more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, Trump had missed a chance to help the public cope with “two viruses: One is the coronavirus and the other is the virus of racial animus.”

Trump has been accused of stoking racial tensions and exploiting divisions for personal gain since long before he ran for president, beginning with the fullpage ads he ran in 1989 calling for the death penalty for the Central Park Five, five young men of color who were wrongly convicted of assaulting a white jogger.

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“Governor Brown is not the enemy. She might make a decision we don’t like. She hasn’t told churches we can’t worship or to stop praying. She’s asked us to try to do it in a different way. She is an authority. I don’t think she has crossed the line of no return,” he said.

Further, he empathized with Brown, saying he felt the strain of choosing how to protect his own small congregation of 70 people. “She’s overseeing millions of people. It’s got to be stressful. Let’s pray she makes wise decisions,” Hefner said.

For Pastor Bruce Perkins of Bible Baptist Church in Coquille, it’s a question of whether Brown is overstepping her bounds. Because Coos County has fewer cases of the virus relative to other areas of the state, he said area churchgoers should have been trusted to gather safely.

“I’m for the freedom of assembly. I am also for churches being essential and that’s part of what the case is dealing with,” Perkins said. “People are able to take care of them-

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That said, Perkins is glad he lives in a rural community. “I’ve talked to pastor friends in other areas and it’s got to make us thankful that it hasn’t come here, not like other parts of the country and the world. I just praise the Lord for it.”

Bishop Birch Holt, who leads the North Bend Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, says he sees both sides of the issue: he empathizes with those who wish to reopen quickly, but says he understands what the governor is trying to accomplish.

ing governmental guidelines and has carefully prepared for the return of the congregation. The church has been professionally cleaned and sanitized, disposable face coverings and hand sanitizer will be provided and seating will be changed to encourage social distancing.

“This virus has been devastating. It’s deadly and we’re taking it seriously,” Hefner said.

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LDS church is prepared to meet spiritual needs in other ways. For example, because many male members of the LDS church can act as priests, they are able to deliver the sacrament, a ritual similar to taking communion, to their own families at home.

Additionally, a year and half ago, the LDS church implemented a program called Come Follow Me, which encouraged families to hold meetings within their own homes, which eased the transition into lockdown.

in compliance. Perkins said the congregation was keeping morale up, but that they missed those members who have to stay away.

Staying Connected

Perkins, at Bible Baptist Church in Coquille, said his church made a few common-sense adjustments to serve its 35-40 congregants. Seniors and those who are most vulnerable to contracting the virus are staying home for now.

Pews and high-touch areas are sanitized following services. Hand sanitizer is available.

When services end, congregants are asked to disperse and remember social distancing, when they would normally hug or shake hands.

The small congregation and limiting attendance by seniors has allowed the small church to remain

Finding ways to connect with each other is central to all three churches. Youtube videos show Perkins and his small group of congregants singing hymns to each other six feet apart.

LDS member Melinda Silver described fellow congregants dropping off freshly-grown lettuce and Easter baskets on her porch.

Technology has been helpful in this regard.

Bible Baptist posts videos of sermons on Youtube.

At the LDS ward, Zoom is used for meetings and for classes. Family Life Center Church is using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Additionally, Holt, Hefner, Silver and Perkins all spoke of spending more time than normal on the phone, checking up on their fellow believers.

In a live Facebook video that aired Wednesday, Hefner can be seen alone in his church. “There’s no one in here with me but the Holy Spirit,” he said.

While soft music played, congregants typed their

said Susan Jane Brown, an attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center. “Federal approval is the keystone to the Jordan Cove Project, and because of the project’s glaring climate, clean water, and other ecological impacts, we want

to knock out that flawed federal approval.”

The press release also stated that other organizations, including the state of Oregon, tribal governments and local landowners have until July 21, or 60 days from the rehearing denial, to file their own lawsuits

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calling people, different industry folks. Whoever we could get a name and number on. Some of my people in this area just walked around and knocked on doors and said hey, this is what we’re doing.”

Because this is the first

event of its kind in the area, Nel hopes that all groups involved can learn from it and continue to do targeted testing going forward.

“We just keep going and learn from this experience.

We’ve never, ever done this,” he said.

“I will be looking into doing other industry specific, the agricultural industry with not just the migrant agricultural workers but also seasonal and permanent ones and the farmer themselves. … So I would like to do that. And also forest prod-

ucts because again that’s part of our community.

And potentially the hotel tourist and food industry.

But again, that depends on how many tests I can obtain which is still the issue and of course the personnel and the market.”

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Hefner’s congregation will come together this Sunday for the first time since the shutdown. The church plans to maintain social distancing, limit attendance to 25 people, hold multiple services to accommodate the smaller crowds and provide an early service specifically for seniors and medically vulnerable.

“We want to be together, absolutely, but we want to be safe about it and wise about it,” Hefner said. He says the church is respect-

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The North Bend ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, like all local LDS wards, is not meeting in person these days. That hasn’t stopped the congregation from fulfilling their spiritual needs at home.

Holt hopes local wards might reopen to in-person meetings during Phase 2.

Staying in compliance with the 100-person limit will be somewhat difficult for the LDS ward, which has some 150-200 regularly attending members. Holt says he will likely split the congregation in half and conduct meetings with each group every other week to comply with social distancing.

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prayer requests into the videos comment section and prayed together.

Being apart seems to have encouraged reflection in these Coos County churches. The worshipers spoke on how the pandemic gave them a chance to follow the tenets of their faiths and to relate to each other differently.

“We’re taught by the savior to love God and love our neighbors. A lot of things we’ve been asked to do are to protect ourselves and those around us,” Holt said, “That is an evidence of our love.”

Silver says, “I see a lot of people saying, ‘we’re not having church and that’s terrible,’ but I don’t feel the same way. This is a great opportunity to sit back and reflect on why God would want us to slow down and experience this event, as a person, a family and a church.”

Perkins has noticed that his congregation is more grateful and eager to go church.

“Spiritually,” he said, “it’s made some changes.

There were a lot of things we took for granted and now, because it’s more difficult, it puts more joy in the heart.”

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“We really see this as an acknowledgment of all the hard work that businesses in Coos County have done,” said Cribbins.

In the letter, the county requested to enter into Phase 2 reopening on June 6.

Douglas County: The Douglas County Board of Commissioners, worked in conjunction with Public Health Official Dr. Bob Dannenhoffer to also quickly complete and submit the Phase 2 reopening request letter to the Governor on Friday.

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NCAA offers guidance to bring athletes back RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press

The NCAA released a long and detailed plan Friday to help schools bring back athletes to campus during a pandemic.

While schools will need to have testing and surveillance plans in place, the guidance does not recommend testing all athletes upon arrival for COVID-19.

“There’s not a universal, easy fit guidance like that,” said Dr. Brian Hainline, the chief medical officer for the NCAA. “Even when we speak with epidemiologist who are doing mathematical modeling and so forth, we just

aren’t there yet.”

The Resocialization of Collegiate Sports: Action Plan Considerations was announced as schools across the country prepare for the return of football players as early as next week.

Hainline said the latest guidance was a more granular follow-up to the three-phase recommendations handed down May 1.

The NCAA’s Division I Council voted last week to lift a moratorium on athletic activities starting Monday. That cleared the way for voluntary workouts and training to begin at team facilities.

Schools have already started

putting plans in place to test athletes, coaches and staff for coronavirus and implement social distancing. The NCAA says its plan is offered as guidance, consistent with federal and local public health guidelines.

Shortly before the NCAA released its guidelines, the University of North Carolina posted on social media its plan to bring athletes back to campus.

North Carolina said it plans to test all returning football and basketball players and try to have players congregate in small groups.

“We will encourage all of the players to stay in their bubble

and not be out with people that haven’t been tested, because it’s really important that we all go by this protocol,” North Carolina coach Mack Brown said.

Last week, Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek said the school’s first wave of returning athletes will go through “very robust” physical examinations and screening, but only those who are symptomatic will be given a coronavirus test.

Hainline said the NCAA’s COVID-19 Advisory Panel could not take a one-size fits all approach with its recommendations with more than 1,100 member all over the country.

“You always have to keep it broad so that the individual school can do what makes the most sense. Even schools within a conference may need to behave differently,” Hainline said. “Some schools are opening up at times that are different from other schools because states are opening up on different schedules.”

Hainline said simply testing is not enough and testing could lead to a false sense of security.

An individual who tests negative for the virus upon arrival to campus could turn out to be infected and test positive later.

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Elliott ends frustrating week with victory

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Chase Elliott’s streak of bitter defeats in NASCAR’s frantic first push of rescheduled races finally ended with his first Cup victory of the season.

Elliott won Thursday night in the rain-delayed event at Charlotte Motor Speedway to close a brutal 12 days for NASCAR. The event, postponed Wednesday night, was the fourth Cup race since the series resumed racing May 17.

Elliott had two frustrating losses in that span, including defeat Sunday night in the Coca-Cola 600 when a caution flew two laps from the finish with Elliott leading.

“Man, it’s been a tough week for sure,” Elliott said. “We’ve had some tough losses but that deal on Sunday night was a heart-breaker.”

Elliott’s frustration began last week — three Cup races ago — when he was trying to race for the lead at Darlington Raceway and was wrecked by Kyle Busch.

Then he had the 600 checkered flag in site until a caution caused by his own teammate.

Elliott pitted from the lead, took four tires and couldn’t get back to the front in the two-lap overtime sprint.

There was little suspense in this one. Elliott reeled in Kevin Harvick with 27 laps remaining and closed out the victory. Elliott also won the Truck Series race Tuesday night at Charlotte to give him a pair of victories in a four-race stretch at the track a few minutes away from Hendrick Motorsports headquarters.

“It’s not the Coke 600, but any win in the Cup series is really hard to get,” Elliott said. “I just really appreciate everybody at Hendrick Motorsports across the street here. Everybody’s been working really hard.”

Elliott was charging hard on Harvick with about 35 laps remaining when he asked if he had enough fuel to make it to the finish. Crew chief Alan Gustafson replied, “Yup. Go hard.”

Elliott did just that. But after passing Harvick, with nothing but clear track in front of him, Elliott couldn’t help but feel haunted by Sunday night.

“I was just waiting for the caution to come out,” he said.

“If the caution didn’t come out, I was thinking I was probably going to break something or I was going to crash. After the last last couple weeks, surely it was going to go green until the end.

“Hopefully we’re back on the right path.”

Denny Hamlin finished second in a Toyota with three crew members sitting at home under suspension for an infraction Sunday night. His crew chief, car chief and engineer earned automatic four-race suspensions when a piece of tungsten fell off Hamlin’s car on a pace lap.

Because NASCAR is holding all its events as one day shows without qualifying or practice, Hamlin said his Joe Gibbs Racing team was able to push through the upheaval.

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A snag guards the first green at Sheep Ranch. The newest course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort has several memorable trees as well as a mile of oceanfront fairways and greens.

Sheep Ranch is another home run

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BANDON — It was a 5 ½-mile walk I never wanted to end.

After months and months of anticipation, I finally got to see —and play — the full 18 holes of Sheep Ranch, the new course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort that has its grand opening Monday.

Visually stunning would be an understatement, from the fairways with islands of fescue to the incredible views of the rocks on the beach below the many holes along the edge of the bluff.

My playing partner for the day, who has played the resort’s other courses many times, came away equally impressed, calling it the most visually appealing course on the resort property.

“I can’t imagine a more beautiful course anywhere,” he said.

“The original Bandon Dunes course has been my favorite since I started coming out here in 2007. I have a new favorite.”

We had played nine of the holes last fall, a preview for the first

The path from the first green to the second tee gives golfers a view of the rocks on the beach below. holes that were built — they come in the middle of the final routing — but had only gotten a little bit of a teasing look at the other nine.

And when we got the chance to walk the entire course, we were mesmerized from the first swing.

You can’t see the green from

the tee on the opening par-5 hole, but pro Nick Bonander told us the green was next to a tall snag, the first of several memorable trees on the site. And once we crested the hill and looked down at the green, we knew we were in for a great day.

The walk from the first green to the second tee provides the first of those amazing beach views, of the rocks below. Golfers get them again from various angles several more times.

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New youth soccer field takes shape in Eastside ZACH SILVA The World

COOS BAY — Knee-high grass, scattered bushes and rocks throughout: the perfect makings of a soccer field.

On a mission to get more soccer fields in the area, Coos County Youth Sports president Kevin Dubisar saw the overgrown field in Eastside and knew that it could become a playable field. While today it still looks like a rundown field, it is all part of the process.

“It has to be done by this summer. So in September when we start back up with games, it has to be, no matter what it will be ready. With a couple weeks of sun we can make a lot happen,” said Dubisar.

The youth sports league has soccer teams for those ranging from kindergarten all the way through senior year of high school. With some 40 teams in the league — before the season was shut down because of COVID-19 — places to practice and play games were at a premium. Teams use various schools throughout the area with more areas needed.

“So there’s a need for fields.

And around here, there’s always been a need. You have different sports playing and everybody needs a spot. And so in order to

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A flag marks part of a new soccer field in Eastside. help the community out and not make it harder on everybody we need to make more fields,” said Dubisar. “We really need a few more, one isn’t going to cut it but it’s a good start.”

After driving by what looked like an abandoned field on the property of Bigfoot Beverages, Dubisar reached out to the company to see if they could make use of it.

“They said to get a packet together. So I thought it was going to take six months, seven months and it was like three days to do it,” recalled Dubisar. “So I mowed it, me and a couple peo-

ple mowed it down and cut the bushes down and the next day we ended up having a game here which was a little wild.”

The game was played on the scrappy field but it was clear from the start more work was going to be needed. For starters, one end of the field was significantly higher than the other.

But instead of being able to simply scrape off excess of the high side to balance things out, the lower side would need to be raised.

“But (the higher) side has the facilities underground so we can’t just shave that side down

and make a nice field, it would be too easy,” said Dubisar. “So we said can we raise this side up so we can get more of a crest going and they said yeah that’s something we can do. And then this tiny little project suddenly gets a little bit bigger.”

There came the necessary hoops to jump through.

First it was getting a permit from the city for this location and then there was the need for an engineer. With community support in both areas, it was then time to start the actual maintenance of the field. After the initial set of games in the fall, the goal was to get the new field in place come spring.

Needing around 10 days of no rain to get to work on the field, only so much could be done.

What needs to be done going forward is sand will be added to level the field and then seed will be planted so that come fall it will be another field that can be used for both practices and games.

“The only thing is I want it to be top notch. I want to get the crest on it and it to look really nice so when we put the seed down and we do the stuff so we don’t have to do it again. Do it right the first time,” said Dubisar.

“We want it to be the best possible field we can make.”

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The inside of the new Sheep Ranch clubhouse. The beams and all the woodwork are made with Port Orford cedar from the South Coast.

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Also stunning, though, is the appearance of the fairways, as well as the contours of the property — one of the things the architects praised when they were still in the design phase.

Like most of the other courses at the resort, the routing is continuous, rather than two sets of nine holes that both end near the clubhouse. Golfers walk by the new clubhouse after finishing the 11th hole before heading back out toward the ocean. They also pass by a snack shack with restrooms several times.

The front nine has three par-3 holes — the third, fifth and seventh — and plays to a par 34. The back nine, with three par-5s, is a par-38.

Sheep Ranch is the furthest north course on the property, sitting above the Whiskey Run beach. The landscape is more exposed than the other four courses, meaning on windy days the impact of the breeze is greater. To compensate, the fairways are more generous.

Also, due in part to the high winds, Sheep Ranch does not have sand bunkers, though several of the holes have grass depressions that look like bunkers.

Both sides include holes with stunning ocean views, perhaps the most popular in the future being the huge

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To effectively mitigate the spread of the virus testing needs to be combined with quarantine, social distancing, wearing masks and personal hygiene, Hainline said. All of those become especially challenging when managing teams in high-risk sports, such as football, basketball, hockey and soccer.

“If someone becomes positive the (answer) isn’t

NASCAR From B1

“The one day format makes it easier for us,” Hamlin said. “If we had qualifying it would definitely hurt. But under these circumstances that we are in it doesn’t hurt that bad.”

Ryan Blaney was third in a Ford for Team Penske, followed by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for JTG-Daughtery Racing, a tremendous boost after a bad resumption of the season. Stenhouse wrecked on the first lap of the first race and finished last, then was 25th and 24th before Thursday.

Blaney, who is one of

The sixth tee at Sheep Ranch gives golfers a view down the coast toward the rest of Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. double green for the third and 16th holes on Fivemile Point that juts furthest into the beach.

When I finally had a chance to see the entire course, it made me want to go back to notes I took talking last spring on the site with Bill Coore, who designed Sheep Ranch with architect partner Ben Crenshaw.

At the time, he was excited about the potential for Sheep Ranch.

“It is a very interesting site,” he said. “It’s so different from the other sites (for the resort’s other courses). Inherently, it will look different. I no way to we mean it will be better — just different.”

It joins highly renowned Bandon Dunes, Pacific Dunes, Bandon Trails and Old Macdonald, all ranked among the best public courses in the country.

“Any of those courses, you can find advocates

who say it’s the best course and who say it’s the worse,” Coore said. “I think this is going to fall right in the same category.”

That’s what makes Bandon Dunes unique compared to other resorts with multiple courses.

“Generally in a place with multiple courses, one or two are the engine that drives the train and the others are tagged on,” he said.

“Here, any one of them could be the engine.”

Sheep Ranch is the third course at the resort designed by Coore and Crenshaw, who also designed Bandon Trails and later Bandon Preserve, the 13-hole par-3 course.

“Most people in this business never get this opportunity once, much less several times,” Coore said of working on a property as special as Bandon Dunes. “We’ve had, without question, more than our share of exceptional sites

to work with.”

Before Coore and Crenshaw started their work, Sheep Ranch was a rustic course with 13 green complexes designed by Tom Doak when he designed Pacific Dunes. The property was co-owned by Bandon Dunes owner Mike Keiser and Phil Friedmann, his college roommate and then business partner in Recycled Paper Greetings.

Friedmann, who had managed the site since its inception, said last year that “It is now time to share the magic of Sheep Ranch with other lovers of the game.”

Coore spoke last spring about the pressure to create something memorable.

“Mike, and now Phil, have given us this opportunity,” he said. “If we don’t do something special, we fail.”

Based on my first 18hole tour of Sheep Ranch, they haven’t failed.

necessarily that you then have to test all of the really high-risk contacts, because you can simply quarantine them all for two weeks and the problem is solved,” Hainline said. “So what we do is we set the standard of care. If there’s going to be another standard of care, then it would need to involve testing.”

Hainline said increased testing could be used to cut short the quarantine time of individuals that are considered high-risk exposures.

“So it’s not just this sim-

plistic diagram where you test or not test. It’s a lot of things we have to consider,” Hainline said.

Hainline said one of the next steps for the NCAA is to come up with guidance for conducting practices and games with social-distancing and other mitigation measures in places.

Hainline said he was on a call Friday with members of the NCAA Football Oversight Committee, discussing possibilities such as who should be obligated to wear a mask and how to keep players in relatively

small groups.

“All of these logistics are important to try to solve,” Hainline said. “So working with the American Football Coaches Association, Todd Berry, the CEO, and other football coaches, this is going to be a very active discussion.”

The college football season is scheduled to start around Labor Day weekend, with a few games being played the Saturday before the holiday weekend. There is to be a full slate of games from Sept.

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Elliott’s closest friends, has been hosting NASCAR’s most popular driver as the sport has raced four times in five nights at Charlotte.

He said Elliott was able to refocus on the Truck Series race after losing the 600, then after beating Busch to earn a $100,000 bounty, Elliott shifted his attention to the Cup race.

“We talked about the race and that is just bad luck. He has had a lot of back luck,” Blaney said.

“With the 600, that stunk for him. We talked aobut it that night but he was ready for the Trucks race. We did talk and there was a couple hours of it. But he moved on and showed he could win two in a row.”

Hamlin thought all the focus on Elliott’s losses was overblown.

“Sometimes cautions are not going to fall your way,” Hamlin said. “I think everyone feels bad because it is Chase and everyone loves him.”

Asked if he felt sorry for Elliott, Hamlin answered with a definitive “No.” Elliott’s victory was the first for a Chevrolet driver in NASCAR’s return to Cup racing. Harvick won the first race back in a Ford, Hamlin won the second race in a Toyota and Brad Keselowski won the 600 in a Ford.

But Elliott and his Hendrick teammates have been very strong since

the series came back from a 10-week shutdown for the coronavirus pandemic. Elliott, Alex Bowman, William Byron and seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson have all led laps — a huge boost for a team that has been rebuilding for much of the last three seasons.

The rescheduled Thursday event was disrupted by lightning and rain for nearly 75 minutes after 30 laps had been completed.

NASCAR next goes to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee on Sunday for a fifth Cup race in 15 days as the series attempts to reschedule eight events in a frantic stretch of racing

BANDON — A contest at Bandon Crossings last weekend was decided thousands of miles away in Florida.

The course hosted its own Tiger vs. Phil battle the same day Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning battled Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady.

Pairs at Bandon Crossings were matched against each other just like in Florida and they played to a perfect tie. The tiebreaker came when Team Tiger edged Team Phil, giving the Team Tiger at Bandon Crossings the victory.

Stu Blasius and Rich Stefiuk, who were part of Team Phil, had the best score for the day, posting a best ball total of 4-under 68, which was one stroke better than the father-son team of Jeff and Jackson Simonds and the pair of Mark Nortness and Colin Fuller, who were both on Team Tiger.

The Simonds duo had the best net score with a 61.

Winners of the best ball matches for Team Tiger in addition to the Simonds and Nortness teams were Douglas Albee and Chuck Chojnacki and Chip England and Wim McSpadden.

Casual Fridays Phil Shoaf posted a 2-under 70 in the Casual Fridays contest last week to extend his lead in the season-long Crossings Cup race to 21 points over Dewey Powers and 25 points over Carter Borror and Stefiuk.

Steven Robb had the best net score with a 68.

Casual Fridays

May 22 Low Gross — Phil Shoaf 70, Stu Blasius 71, Gus Albers 74, Jim Wakeman 77, Toby Stnaley 78, Rich Stefiuk 80, Brian Gibson 80, Bob Bray 85, Brian Boyle 86, Wayne Everest 87, Wayne Everest 87, Louis Wantland 88, Val Nemcek 92, Jon Gysbers 92, Ray Fabien 93, Eric Oberbeck 96, Ed Yelton 98, Michael Shields 107.

Low Net — Steven Robb 68, Carter Borror 71, Jeff Mihalick 72, Margaret Thomas 73, David Kimes 73, Mitch McCullough 73, Robert Webber 74, Tom Gant 74, Neal Cahoon 75, Bobby Cox 76, Wim McSpadden 76, Brian Saksa 76, Kathrine Barton 77, Luke Thornton 78, Craig Ford 78, Chip England 78, John Johnston 79, Marilyn Pothier 80, Howard Seaton 82, John Oha-

nesian 83, Rick Evans 92.

Closest to Pin —Stu Blasius (No. 6), Phil Shoaf (No. 9), Toby Stanley (Nos. 11 and 14), Marilyn Pothier (No. 17).

Crossings Cup standings (through Week 9): Phil Shoaf 70, Dewey Powers 49, Carter Borror 45, Rich Stefiuk 45, Neal Cahoon 37, Dave Kimes 37, Toby Stanley 34, Jeff Mihalick 33, Stu Blasius 31, John Johnston 31, Bob Webber 30, Mark Nortness 29, Wim McSpadden 26, Brian Gibson 25, Mitch McCullough 25, Luke Thornton 25.

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May 24 Best Ball Low Gross — Stu Blasius and Rich Stefiuk 68, Colin Fuller and Mark Nortness 69, Bobby Cox and John Miles 74, Carter Borror and Jeff Mihalick 74, Marie Simonds and Peyton Simonds 74, Douglas Albee and Chuck Chojnacki 78, Brian Boyle and Brian Saksa 80, Bob Bray and Steven Robb 83, Jon Gysbers and Howard Seaton 92.

Low Net — Jeff Simonds and Jackson Simonds 61, Chip England and Wim McSpadden 65, Judy Miles and Rhonda Gore 67, Gary coots and Sheryl Todd 70, Frank Cronan and Jim Lorenzen 70, Mark Ochsner and Clayton Dieu 70, Ray Fabien and David Kimes 71, Cedric Johnston and Mike Dobney 72.

Closest to Pin — Peyton Simonds (No. 6), Jeff Simonds (Nos. 9 and 11), Mark Nortness (No. 14), Chip England (No. 17).

Gross Skins — Gary Coots and Sheryl Todd (birdie on 3), Douglas Albee and Chuck Chojnacki (birdie on 8), Jeff Simonds and Jackson Simonds (birdie on 13), Mark Ochsner and Clayton Dieu (birdie on 7).

Net Skins — Jeff Simonds and jack Simonds (birdie on 6 and eagle on 13), Brian Boyle and Brian Saksa (birdie on 4), Judy Miles and Rhonda Gore (eagle on 14), Chip England and Wim McSpadden (eagle on 2), Mark Ochsner and Clayton Dieu (eagle on 7), Jon Gysbers and Howard Seaton (eagle on 18).

Tiger vs. Phil matches — Gary Coots and Sheryl Todd, Team Phil, d. Bob Bray and Steven Robb, 2 & 1, halved, 3 & 2; Ray Fabien and David Kimes, Team Phil, d. Brian Boyle and Brian Saksa, halved, 2 & 1, 2 & 1; Judy Miles and Rhonda Gore, Team Phil, d. Bobby Cox and John Miles, 2-up, 3 & 2, 5 & 3; Douglas Albee and Chuck Chojnacki, Team Tiger, d. Carter Borror and Jeff Mihalick, 3 & 2, 1-down, 4 & 3; Jeff Simonds and Jackson Simonds, Team Tiger, d. Marie Simonds and Peyton Simonds, 2-up, 4 & 2, 5 & 3; Chip England and Wim McSpadden, Team Tiger, d.

Frank Cronan and Jim Lorenzen, 3 & 2, 3 & 1, 4 & 3; Colin Fuller and Mark Nortness, Team Tiger, d.

Mark Ochsner and Clayton Dieu, 1-up, 4 & 3, 5 & 3; Stu Blasius and Rich Stefiuk, Team Phil, d. Cedric Johnston and Mike Dobney, 3 & 2, 3 & 2, 4 & 3; Jon Gysbers and Howard Seaton, Team Tiger, won by default.

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May 27 Quota Quota points — David Kimes +5, Bobby Cox +3, Robert Webber +3, John Ohanesian +3, Mitch McCullough +1, Tom Gant 0, Cedric Johnston 0, Phil Shoaf -1, Wim McSpadden -2, Dewey Powers -3, Chip England -3, Val Nemcek -3, Terry Kirchner -4, John Johnston -4, Gerard Ledoux -4, Brian Gibson -5, Brian Saksa -5, Neal Cahoon -6, Ray Fabien -8.

Closest to Pin — Phil Shoaf (Nos. 6 and 11), David Kimes (No. 9), Brian Gibson (No. 14), Bobby Cox (No. 17).

Former USC QB Daniels transfers to Georgia ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has picked up another high-profile transfer quarterback, landing former Southern California starter JT Daniels.

Daniels started for the Trojans in 2018, but lost his job to Kedon Slovis after going down last season with a knee injury.

He announced Thursday he’s heading to Georgia, which is seeking a replacement for three-year starter Jake Fromm.

“THANK YOU USC,” Daniels wrote on Twitter, linking to a picture of him wearing Georgia’s red-and-black uniform.

“Excited for the future. #GoDawgs.”

It’s not known if Daniels will be eligible to play for the Bulldogs in 2020.

He would have to sit out a year unless he receives a waiver from the NCAA to take the field immediately.

Daniels, who entered the transfer portal in April, is heading to Georgia along with graduate transfer Jamie Newman, who left Wake Forest to play his final college season with a program that has been a consistent national contender under coach Kirby Smart.

As a graduate, Newman can play for the Bulldogs without sitting out a year.

Daniels was among the top quarterback recruits

in the nation when he left Orange County’s Mater Dei High School early to join the Trojans two years ago.

He started for USC as a freshman, passing for 2,672 yards with 14 touchdowns and 10 interceptions during an inconsistent season for him and the Trojans. Coach Clay Helton dismissed several offensive assistants after a 5-7 finish — the school’s first losing season since 2000.

Daniels won the starting job again out of camp last summer in new offensive coordinator Graham Harrell’s up-tempo scheme, but the sophomore tore a ligament in his knee in the Trojans’ season opener against Fresno State.

Slovis stepped into the starting job and excelled in Harrell’s offense as a freshman, passing for 3,502 yards with 30 touchdowns and nine interceptions. The lightly recruited Arizona native was named the Pac-12′s Offensive Freshman of the Year.

Leaving the Trojans was undoubtedly a tough decision for Daniels, a lifelong fan from the same high school that has produced USC greats such as Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart and four-year starting quarterback Matt Barkley.

Storms threaten second attempt at launch

SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2020 | B3

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX pressed ahead with its second attempt to launch astronauts for NASA — a historic first for a private company — but more stormy weather threatened more delays.

Elon Musk’s company came within 17 minutes Wednesday of launching a pair of NASA astronauts for the first time in nearly a decade from the U.S., before the threat of lightning forced a delay.

With more storms ahead, managers debated Friday whether to bump the next launch attempt from Saturday to Sunday to take advantage of slightly improved forecast at Kennedy Space Center.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted that no decision was made, and they would reassess the situation Saturday morning.

At an earlier outdoor news conference, Bridenstine stressed the need for safety for astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken — no matter how many times it

takes to launch them in a SpaceX Dragon capsule atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station.

“We cannot forget this is a test flight. This — is — a — test — flight,” he repeated. “We will go when everything is as safe as we can possibly make it.”

Forecasters put the odds of acceptable weather conditions Saturday at 50-50, with the outlook improving to 60% favorable on Sunday. Rain and clouds were the main concerns for both days.

Bridenstine said back-to-back tries would be tough on the launch team — and the astronauts — given that this is a test flight.

Hurley and Behnken, veterans of two space shuttle flights, have both faced launch delays before.

In a tweet Friday, Hurley said his first shuttle flight was scrubbed five times for weather and technical issues.

“We’re ready for the next launch opportunity!” Behnken tweeted.

While NASA had urged spectators to stay home Wednesday because of the pandemic, prime viewing spots at area parks and beaches were packed. A weekend launch could draw even bigger crowds. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex reopened Thursday, after a 2 1/2-month shutdown, and within a few hours, all 4,000 tickets were snapped up for Saturday’s launch attempt.

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were planning to return Saturday to watch from inside Kennedy. The number of employees, journalists and guests allowed at the space center remained extremely limited because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Whether an attempt is made Saturday or Sunday, “There will be no pressure. We will launch when we’re ready,” Bridenstine said.

Liftoff on Saturday would be 3:22 p.m. EDT.

The last time astronauts launched to orbit from the U.S. was in 2011 when Atlantis closed out the 30-year space shuttle program. Hurley was on that mission as well.

NASA hired SpaceX and Boeing in 2014 to get the ball rolling again — kicking off a commercial revolution for getting people to low-Earth orbit. In the meantime, NASA has spent billions of dollars to buy seats on Russian Soyuz capsules for U.S. astronauts, in order to keep the space station staffed.

Boeing’s first astronaut flight, on the company’s Starliner capsule, is not expected until next year.

Bridenstine offered high praise for Musk on Friday and all his personal touches: spiffy spacesuits, Tesla rides to the launch pad, a color-coordinated rocket and capsule — and more.

Musk has brought “vision and inspiration” to the American space program, Bridenstine said.

Spelling bee national champ will be crowned from home BEN NUCKOLS

Associated Press

Like dozens of other veteran spellers in their final year of eligibility, Anson Cook had big plans for this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, which was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The 13-year-old eighth-grader from Potomac, Maryland, was a two-time participant in the bee, and last year he finished in a tie for 41st. His objective was to make it into the top 12 or so who participate in the prime-time, ESPN-televised finals.

“My goal for 2020 was to make it to the finals of Scripps. After the cancellation I was like, ‘What do I do now?’ And now I’ve achieved that goal,” Anson said.

He reached his goal by becoming one of the 16 finalists in the SpellPundit National Online Spelling Bee, a new event created by two teenage ex-spellers to fill the void left by the cancellation and give eighth-graders one last chance to compete. The National Spelling Bee has always been limited to kids in middle and elementary school, and Scripps has said it will not extend eligibility to allow ninth-graders to participate next year.

The SpellPundit bee, with spellers competing from their homes over Zoom, concludes Thursday night, the same time the Scripps

winner would have been decided. The champion receives $2,500, a pittance compared to the National Spelling Bee’s first prize of $50,000, but worth a middle-schooler’s time and effort all the same.

Most of the spellers who would have been favorites at the national bee quickly signed up, including the top three still-eligible finishers from last year. The bee pronouncers and judges are all recent ex-spellers, including Naysa Modi, the 2018 Scripps runner-up, and Sohum Sukhantankar, one of last year’s eight champions.

Yes, eight: Last year’s Scripps bee ended in an eight-way tie when organizers ran out of words difficult enough to challenge the best spellers.

SpellPundit co-founder Shourav Dasari pledged that would not happen with his bee, and so far the words have been plenty tough. In a semifinal round on Wednesday night, six out of seven competitors spelled their words incorrectly, forcing a tiebreaker among the six who missed to fill three spots in the finals.

Scott Remer, a private spelling coach and author of the book “Words of Wisdom: Keys to Success in the Scripps National Spelling Bee,” said he was impressed with the SpellPundit word list because it has been consistently tough enough to knock out some, but not all, spellers in a round.

“Every year as I tutor kids I’m constantly finding new words, not just new words but new words that are difficult, have interesting definitions, are an appropriate length — words that are perfect spelling bee words,” said Remer said.

“I don’t think the problem is that those sorts of spelling bee words don’t exist.”

The semifinal rounds of the SpellPundit bee ran relatively smoothly on Tuesday and Wednesday, aside from the occasional audio glitch. And the organizers were accountable for their shortcomings — when they failed to give one of two languages of origin to Atman Balakrishnan, he appealed, and was granted a new word. He misspelled that word, too.

Because there is no way to guarantee spellers aren’t cheating, the bee is operating on an honor system. Spellers are instructed to be alone in a room with only a laptop or desktop computer, and to keep their hands in view of the camera while spelling. That requirement led to some odd body language, with many spellers adopting a pose of surrender with hands up and palms forward.

Anson said spellers are accustomed to being ill at ease.

“It is uncomfortable,” he said, “but I don’t think it’s any more uncomfortable than standing on a stage in National Harbor

with hundreds of people in the audience.”

Some eighth-graders, their parents and other supporters are not giving up on the dream of competing in the real National Spelling Bee, which is held at the National Harbor complex just outside Washington. They have tried to pressure Scripps to extend their eligibility or host an alternative bee with an online petition, an op-ed published in The Guardian and television appearances.

Scripps has been noting the achievements of eighth-graders by posting their accomplishments on the bee website and heralding them on social media and YouTube. The gestures hardly filled the void of Bee Week, an immersive, exhilarating experience for spellers and their families that many describe as a highlight of their young lives.

Kimmie Collins, an ex-speller who had planned to volunteer at the bee this year, summed up the feelings of loss in a letter to spellers she posted on social media.

“I couldn’t wait to meet you all, to be amazed at how brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous you are,” Collins wrote. “For the last four years, I’ve been yearning to feel that same electricity as the Maryland Ballroom during the Championship Finals because nothing can compare to the camaraderie felt on that night.”

Governor: RNC hasn’t submitted safety plan JONATHAN DREW Associated Press

North Carolina’s governor said Thursday that his administration hasn’t received the written safety plan for the upcoming Republican National Convention requested by his health secretary in response to President Donald Trump’s demands for a full-scale event.

Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said during a media briefing that RNC organizers have yet to turn over written plans for how they envision safely holding the convention in Charlotte in August amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Top GOP officials countered in a letter that they need more guidance and assurances from Cooper.

North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen sent a letter Monday to the top RNC organizer asking for the written plans after Trump demanded in a tweet that North Carolina guarantee a full-scale, in-person convention will be held. Cooper and Cohen say that they had discussed various scenarios with convention organizers but want their plan in writing.

“We’re ready to hold the RNC convention in North Carolina in a safe way. And for weeks and months, the health experts in our office have had conversations with

the people organizing the RNC about how to have it in a safe way,” he said.

But despite the request Monday, Cooper said: “We’ve yet to see” a written safety plan from RNC organizers.

Cooper said his administration required a similar written plan from NASCAR ahead of its recent race in the Charlotte area that was held without fans. He said he’s in similar discussions with sports teams including Charlotte’s NFL and NBA teams.

Top GOP officials later released a letter they sent to Cooper on Thursday saying they need further direction and assurances from him to move forward. The letter also offers several proposed steps to screen and protect convention attendees’ health.

“We still do not have solid guidelines from the state and cannot in good faith ask thousands of visitors to begin paying deposits and making travel plans without knowing the full commitment of the governor, elected officials and other stakeholders in supporting the convention,” said the letter.

It was signed by Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and Republican National Convention President Marcia Lee Kelly.

The letter, which doesn’t represent a finalized safety plan, proposes

steps including apps asking attendees daily health questions, taking attendees’ temperature before they board transportation, health checks again at the NBA arena serving as the center of the convention and aggressive cleaning and sanitizing of public areas.

Trump threatened in a tweet Monday to move the convention unless Cooper guarantees a full-capacity gathering. Then on Tuesday, Trump reiterated the idea by saying he wanted an answer from Cooper within a week, or he’d be forced to consider moving the convention somewhere else. Florida and Georgia’s governors have said they’re interested in hosting Asked about Trump’s demand for an answer within a week, Cooper told reporters: “We’re not on any timeline here.”

Cooper has gradually eased business restrictions, with restaurants now allowed to offer limited indoor dining. But entertainment venues, bars and gyms remain closed under his current order that also caps indoor mass gatherings at 10 people.

Local Republican officials have noted that Trump isn’t a party to the convention contract and doesn’t appear to have the power to unilaterally move the event, which is scheduled to start in 90 days after two years of planning.

While there’s occasionally a little tension between NASA and SpaceX, “he gives me a commitment and he delivers on that commitment. That has happened every single time.”

The California-based SpaceX is also developing a rocket and spaceship designed to go to the moon and Mars.

On Friday, a prototype of its Starship exploded while undergoing a routine engine test at the company’s Texas site. The ship vented large amount of gases and was engulfed in a tremendous fireball.

SpaceX did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

NASA, which has a contract with SpaceX to develop Starship for its lunar landing program, has no problems going ahead with this weekend’s unrelated launch of astronauts from Cape Canaveral, agency spokesman Bob Jacobs.

“That’s a test program. That’s why they test,” Jacobs said.

New drugs help with lung, prostate and colon cancers MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press

Doctors are reporting success with newer drugs that control certain types of cancer better, reduce the risk it will come back and make treatment simpler and easier to bear.

Gentler drugs would be a relief to patients like Jenn Carroll, a 57-year-old human resources director from New Hartford, Connecticut, who had traditional IV chemotherapy after lung cancer surgery in 2018.

“It was very strong. I call it the ‘blammo’ method,” she said.

Carroll jumped at the chance to help test a newer drug taken as a daily pill, AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso.

Rather than chemo’s imprecise cell-killing approach, Tagrisso targets a specific gene mutation. Its side effects are manageable enough that it can be used for several years to help prevent recurrence, doctors said.

A big drawback: It and other newer drugs are extremely expensive — $150,000 or more a year.

How much patients end up paying depends on insurance, income and other factors.

Here are highlights of that study and others from an American Society of Clinical Oncology conference being held online this weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic.

LUNG CANCER: Lung cancer kills more than 1.7 million people globally each year. Dr. Roy Herbst of the Yale Cancer Center led a study of Tagrisso in 682 patients with the most common form of the disease. All had operable tumors with a mutation in a gene called EGFR that’s found in 10% to 35% of cases, especially among Asians and non-smokers.

About half had standard chemo after surgery and then took Tagrisso or placebo pills. Independent monitors stopped the study last month when the drug’s benefit seemed clear.

After two years on average, 89% of patients on the drug were alive without a cancer recurrence versus 53% on placebo. Severe side effects were a little more common on Tagrisso — mostly diarrhea, fatigue and inflamed skin around nails or in the mouth.

Tagrisso is approved for treating advanced lung cancer, and “the excitement now is moving this earlier” before the disease has widely spread, said Herbst, who has consulted for the drug’s maker.

The drug costs about $15,000 a month.

PROSTATE CANCER: Men with advanced prostate cancer often are treated with medicines to suppress male hormones that can

help the cancer grow. The drugs are given as shots every few months but take days or weeks to start working and can cause an initial flare of bone pain and urinary or other problems.

Researchers tested Myovant Sciences’s relugolix — a different type of hormone blocker and the first that’s a daily pill — versus leuprolide shots every three months in 930 men treated for nearly a year.

About 97% on the experimental drug kept hormones suppressed throughout that time versus 89% on leuprolide. Four days after the start of treatment, 56% of men on relugolix and none on leuprolide had hormones suppressed.

A heart attack, stroke or other serious heart problem occurred in 3% of men on relugolix and in 6% of men on leuprolide. The difference was even greater among men with prior heart problems.

That could be important because heart disease is a frequent cause of death in men with prostate cancer, according to Dr. Celestia Higano of the University of Washington in Seattle.

She had no role in the study and wrote in a commentary published with the results in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Myovant is seeking Food and Drug Administration approval for the drug; no cost estimate has been disclosed.

COLON CANCER: Merck & Co.’s blockbuster Keytruda, which helps the immune system find and fight cancer, proved better than standard chemo combinations as initial treatment for people with advanced colon cancer and tumors with gene defects that result in a high number of mutations, making them tough to treat.

The study involved 307 patients in France. Those given Keytruda went more than 16 months on average before their cancer worsened compared with 8 months for those on chemo. After a year, 55% on Keytruda were alive without worsening cancer versus 37% on chemo. After two years, it was 48% versus nearly 19%.

About 22% of people getting Keytruda had severe side effects versus 66% on chemo.

About 5% of colon cancers are like those in this study, said Dr. Howard Burris, president of the oncology society and head of the Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Nashville.

“If you’re one of that one in 20, instead of taking that combination chemotherapy you can take a simpler immunotherapy once every two weeks” with better results and fewer side effects, he said.

Keytruda costs about $12,500 a month.

B4 | SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2020

Trump takes aim at both WHO and China The World

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would withdraw funding from the World Health Organization, end Hong Kong’s special trade status and suspend visas of Chinese graduate students suspected of conducting research on behalf of their government, escalating tensions with China that have surged during the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump has been expressing anger at the World Health Organization for weeks over what he has portrayed as an inadequate response to the initial outbreak of the coronavirus in China’s Wuhan province late last year.

The president said in a White House announcement that Chinese officials “ignored” their reporting obligations to the WHO and pressured the organization to mislead the public about an outbreak that has now killed more than 100,000 Americans.

“We have detailed the reforms that it must make and engaged with them directly, but they have refused to act,” the president said. “Because they have failed to make the requested and greatly needed reforms, we will be today terminating the relationship.”

The U.S. is the largest source of financial support for the WHO, and its exit is expected to significantly weaken the organization. Trump said the U.S. would be “redirecting” the money to “other worldwide and

deserving urgent global public health needs,” without providing specifics.

He noted that the U.S. contributes about $450 million to the world body while China provides about $40 million.

Congressional Democrats said in April, when the president first proposed withholding money from the WHO, that it would be illegal without approval from Congress and that they would challenge it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday called the move “an act of extraordinary senselessness.”

Other critics of the administration’s decision to cut funding called it misguided, saying it would undermine an important institution that is leading vaccine development efforts and drug trials to address the COVID-19 outbreak.

“Severing ties with the World Health Organization serves no logical purpose and makes finding a way out of this public health crisis dramatically more challenging,” said Dr. Patrice Harris, president of the American Medical Association.

The WHO declined to comment on the announcement.

Officials of the U.N. agency have not directly addressed a letter that Trump sent to the general director on May 18 warning that he would make permanent a temporary freeze on U.S. funding and reconsider U.S. membership

unless it committed to “major substantive improvements within the next 30 days.”

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, chairman of the Senate health committee, also warned that the president’s decision could interfere with vaccine trials and international cooperation during future outbreaks.

“Certainly there needs to be a good, hard look at mistakes the World Health Organization might have made in connection with coronavirus, but the time to do that is after the crisis has been dealt with, not in the middle of it,” said Alexander, echoing a point made by others, including the head of the United Nations.

At an event later Friday, Trump was asked about relations with China, and he repeated his earlier suspicions about how the country managed to apparently contain the virus in Wuhan while it spread to Europe and the United States.

“Well, we’re certainly not happy with what happened with respect to China,” he told reporters.

Tensions over Hong Kong have increased over the past year as China has cracked down on protesters a nd sought to exert more control over the former British territory.

Trump said the administration would begin eliminating the “full range” of agreements that had

Consumer spending takes plunge in April WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer spending plunged by a record-shattering 13.6% in April as the viral pandemic shuttered businesses, forced millions of layoffs and sent the economy into a deep recession.

Last month’s spending decline was far worse than the revised 6.9% drop in March, which itself had set a record for the steepest one-month fall in records dating to 1959. Friday’s Commerce Department figures reinforced evidence that the economy is gripped by the worst downturn in decades, with consumers unable or too anxious to spend much.

Even with employers cutting millions of jobs, though, incomes soared 10.5% in April, reflecting billions of dollars in government payments in the form of unemployment aid and stimulus checks. Wages and salaries, normally the key component of overall income, sank by an annualized $740 billion in April. By contrast, income in the form of government support jumped by an annualized $3 trillion. That form of income, though, will likely fade in coming months as certain government aid programs expire.

Friday’s report showed sharp declines in consumer spending across the board — from durable goods like cars to non-durable items such as clothing to services ranging from doctor visits to haircuts. Spending tumbled 17.3% for durable goods, 16.2% for non-durables and 12.2% for

services.

“The economics of fear and sudden stops were apparent in April as fearful and locked-down households cut back on spending,” Gregory Daco, chief economist at Oxford Economics, said in a research note.

The depth of the spending drop is particularly damaging because consumer spending is the primary driver of the economy, accounting for about 70% of economic activity. Last month’s figure signaled that the April-June quarter will be especially grim, with the economy thought to be shrinking at an annual rate near 40%. That would be, by far, the worst quarterly contraction on record.

With spending plunging and incomes surging on the strength of government support payments, Americans’ personal savings rate hit a record high of 33% of after-tax income in April.

Economists said this underscored how anxiety and uncertainty about the economy are making consumers reluctant to spend.

Daco suggested that “more frugal consumer behavior ... will dampen the recovery.”

“This is particularly true as the social benefits will gradually erode over time, leaving households more financially constrained,” he said.

Friday’s report showed that an inflation gauge preferred by the Federal Reserve fell 0.5% after a 0.2% drop in March. Fed officials have cited the absence of inflation pressures

as one reason they can be aggressive in supporting the economy by cutting their benchmark interest rate to near zero and pumping billions of dollars into credit markets to keep them flowing smoothly.

In April, the nation’s jobless rate was 14.7%, the highest since the Great Depression, and many economists think it will top 20% for May. States are gradually restarting their economies by letting some businesses reopen with certain restrictions, and some laid-off employees are being recalled to work. Still, the job market remains severely depressed, and the outlook for the rest of the year is still bleak.

Some financial support for the tens of millions of consumers who have been laid off over the past two months is coming from the weekly unemployment benefits. Besides whatever unemployment aid states are providing to laidoff workers, the federal government is providing $600 a week in additional benefits.

A debate in Congress over whether to extend the $600 a week in federal unemployment aid looks sure to intensify, with the number of people receiving that aid now topping 30 million — one in five workers. The money is set to expire July 31. Yet with the unemployment rate widely expected to still be in the mid-teens by then, lawmakers will face pressure to compromise on some form of renewed benefits.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s new national intelligence director waded into political waters in his first week on the job, declassifying documents that allies of the president say bolster their contention that former national security adviser Michael Flynn was wrongly pursued.

The extraordinary decision to release transcripts of Flynn’s calls with a foreign country’s ambassador, a closely guarded secret for more than three years, is part of an ongoing Trump administration effort to disclose information from the Russia investigation in hopes of painting Obama-era officials in a bad light and suggesting they acted improperly.

The transcripts of calls with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador at the time, provide opportunities for partisans on both sides to advance their perspectives of the investigation.

They appear to show, as prosecutors have alleged, that Flynn urged Kislyak to refrain from escalating tensions with the U.S. in response to newly imposed sanctions against Russia.

Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about that call.

But Republicans who maintain that Flynn was simply trying to avoid aggravating the situation with the Kremlin quickly pointed to the transcripts to say the calls were proper.

Trump’s Justice Department dismissed the case

this month, saying the FBI didn’t have a basis to question Flynn in the first place.

The documents were released Friday by Senate Republicans after being declassified by John Ratcliffe, a former Texas congressman and loyalist of President Donald Trump who was sworn into the job earlier this week.

Ratcliffe’s predecessor as intelligence director, Richard Grenell, this month declassified a list of names of intelligence and Obama administration officials who in late 2016 and early 2017 requested to see the identity of an American citizen that was concealed in classified intelligence reports. That name was revealed to be Flynn.

Transcripts of Flynn phone call released

given Hong Kong a relationship with the U.S. that mainland China lacked, including exemptions from controls on certain exports.

He said the State Department would begin warning U.S. citizens of the threat of surveillance and arrest when visiting the city.

“China has replaced its promised formula of one country, two systems, with one country, one system,” he said.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo notified Congress on Wednesday that Hong Kong is no longer deserving of the preferential trade and commercial status it has enjoyed from the U.S. since it reverted to Chinese rule in 1997.

It’s not yet clear what impact the decision will have on U.S. companies that operate in Hong Kong or on the city’s position as Asia’s major financial hub, or how China will react to the decision.

“The downward spiral in the bilateral relationship has now reached lows not seen since the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen massacre, and there is little reason to expect things to get better soon,” said Dexter Tiff Roberts, an Asia expert at the Atlantic Council, which publishes nonpartisan policy analysis.

Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican who is a commissioner of the Congressional Executive Commission on China, praised the decision on Hong

Kong as an overdue response to the government of President Xi Jinping for human rights abuses, including against religious minorities in the Xinjiang region.

“After years of human rights admonishment and cheap rhetoric devoid of any meaningful penalties, Xi has concluded that the West is all talk, no action,” Smith said. “President Trump, however, is today beginning to change that and is doing what previous presidents have failed to do.”

The president also said the U.S. would be suspending entry of Chinese graduate students who are suspected of taking part in an extensive government campaign to acquire trade knowledge and academic research for the country’s military and industrial development.

Allowing their continued entry to the country would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States,” Trump said in an order released after the White House announcement.

Revocation of the visas has faced opposition from U.S. universities and scientific organizations that depend on tuition fees paid by Chinese students to offset other costs and fear possible reciprocal action from Beijing that could limit their access to China.

The president’s order includes an exemptions for students whose work was not expected to benefit the Chinese military.

Oregon courts begin reversing convictions

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s top two courts on Thursday began reversing convictions by nonunanimous juries, the first of hundreds — and perhaps ultimately thousands — of cases that will be scrutinized after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in April that nonunanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional.

The Oregon Supreme Court returned 16 cases to the trial courts. The Court of Appeal reversed convictions in three other cases and remanded them to the trial courts.

“The county prosecutor can decide to drop the charges, proceed with the charges or, perhaps, try to negotiate a settlement,” said Marc Brown, an Oregon public defender who works on appeals. “For example, there may be a case in which the defendant already served most of their sentence, so the prosecutor may offer time served in exchange for a plea.”

On May 11, a top Oregon Department of Justice official said 269 convictions should be reversed and remanded for new trials. The list will only grow, Solicitor General Benjamin Gutman said in a May 11 letter obtained by The Associated Press.

One of them was the conviction of Robert Chaffee for assault.

One day in 2016, Chaffee got into a heated argument on a driveway, near Medford in rural Oregon, with a man named Richard Hoglen. Chaffee then

got into his SUV. A police report describes what allegedly happened next.

“Chaffee then rammed the gate with Hoglen behind it. Chaffee’s vehicle progressed through the gate and over Hoglen,” the police report says. Hoglen suffered “substantial injuries to his legs, ribs and face.”

A jury in Jackson County Circuit Court acquitted Chaffee of attempted murder. But — in nonunanimous verdicts — the jury convicted him of two counts of assault. He was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years and is currently in an Oregon state prison.

Jackson County District Attorney Beth Heckert is already preparing to get Chaffee back in court for a retrial.

The circuit courts are generally named for the counties where they’re located, but are part of the state court system.

“We are reviewing all the evidence and witnesses to prepare for a new trial,” Heckert told AP in an email.

Among the convictions that the state Supreme Court reversed on Thursday was the conviction, in 2017, by a nonunanimous jury in Crook County Circuit Court of Myron Newell of sex abuse in the first degree.

“He had no criminal history at all before this one nonunanimous conviction,” said Ryan Scott, one of Newell’s attorneys. “He is 91 years old and cannot dress himself without help. He should be at home, on his farm, with his wife of more than 60 years.”

Top official misused office to get EPA job for son-in-law BILLINGS, Mont.

(AP) — A senior Trump administration official misused his office for private gain by capitalizing on his government connections to help get his son-in-law hired at the Environmental Protection Agency, investigators said in a report obtained by The Associated Press.

The Interior Department’s Inspector General found that Assistant Interior Secretary Douglas Domenech reached out to a senior EPA official in person and later by email in 2017 to advocate for the son-in-law when he was seeking a job at the agency.

Investigators said Domenech also appeared to misuse his position to promote a second family member’s wedding-related business to the same EPA official, who was engaged at the time.

The AP obtained the report detailing the investigation in advance of its public release.

It’s the second finding

of ethical violations in six months against Domenech, the agency’s assistant secretary for insular and international affairs.

Investigators in December found that he broke federal ethics rules by twice meeting with his former employer, a conservative Texas-based policy group, to discuss legal disputes between the group and the agency in early 2017.

The contacts between Domenech and the EPA official began at a concert at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Virginia in the fall of 2017.

Domenech, three family members including the son-in-law and the senior EPA official had received free tickets through the office of then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, the report said.

The son-in-law was not named or otherwise identified in the report, but two people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose

details publicly identified his relation to Domenech.

One of those who spoke anonymously identified the son-in-law as Eric Frandy.

Frandy married Domenech’s daughter, Emily, a Republican staffer on Capitol Hill, in 2012, according to the couple’s online wedding registry.

The report referred to him as “family member 1.”

While at the Wolf Trap concert, Domenech was seated with the EPA official and “used his position to gain access to the EPA senior official when he believed family member 1 could not,” the report said.

Domenech followed up with multiple emails to the EPA official, including one in which he provided Frandy’s name and his experience and repeated that his son-in-law was seeking a job at the agency, the report said.

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NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

A public meeting of the North Bend Urban Renewal Agency Board of Directors will be held on June 9, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at North Bend City Hall Council Chambers, North Bend, Oregon. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 as approved by the North Bend Urban Renewal Agency Budget Committee. A summary of the budget is presented below.

A copy of the budget may be inspected or obtained at City Hall Finance Office located at 835 California Street between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Mon-Fri. or by visiting the city's website at www.northbendoregon.us. This budget was prepared on the same basis of accounting as the preceding year.

Contact: Rene Collins 541-756-8529 Email: rcollins@northbendcity.org FINANCIAL SUMMARY-RESOURCES Adopted Budget This Year: 2019–2020

Actual Amounts 2018–2019

TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS Beginning Fund Balance/Net Working Capital Federal, State & all Other Grants Revenue from Bonds & Other Debt Interfund Transfers All Other Resources Except Division of Tax & Special Levy Revenue from Division of Tax Revenue from Special Levy li 1 through h 7h Total Resources-add dd lines

Approved Budget Next Year: 2020-2021

1,875,200 56,027 470,977 249,336 2,651,540

2,397,498 10,000 387,365 256,635 3,051,498

1,885,443 10,000 449,296 281,507 2,626,246

50,000 17,837 210,015 2,373,688 2,651,540

50,000 53,927 2,306,000 100,000 541,571 3,051,498

52,000 21,520 2,375,000 100,000 541,571 2,609,443

FINANCIAL SUMMARY—REQUIREMENTS BY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION

Personnel Services Materials and Services Capital Outlay Debt Service Interfund Transfers Contingencies All Other Expenditures and Requirements Unappropriated Ending Fund BUnappropriated l Ending Fund Total Tax Requirements-add lines 9 though 16

FINANCIAL SUMMARY—REQUIREMENTS AND FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES (FTE) BY ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT OR PROGRAM*

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A public meeting of the North Bend City Council will be held on June 9, 2020 at 7:00 pm at the North Bend City Hall Council Chambers, North Bend Oregon. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 as approved by the City of North Bend Budget Committee. A summary of the budget is presented below. A copy of the budget may be inspected or obtained at City Hall, Finance Office located at 835 California Street, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. by appointment, or by visiting the City of North Bend's website at www.northbendoregon.us. This budget is for an annual budget period. This budget was prepared on a basis RI DFFRXQWLQJ WKDW LV WKH VDPH DV XVHG WKH SUHFHGLQJ \HDU Telephone: 541-756-8529 Email: rcollins@northbendcity.org

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FINANCIAL SUMMARY - RESOURCES Actual Amount Adopted Budget 2018-2019 12,744,411 5,795,711 1,186,965 820,257 38,432 539,388 5,019,943 26,145,107

Beginning Fund Balance/Net Working Capital Fees, Licenses, Permits, Fines, Assessments & Other Service Charges Federal, State and All Other Grants, Gifts, Allocations and Donations Revenue from Bonds and Other Debt Interfund Transfers / Internal Service Reimbursements All Other Resources Except Property Taxes Property Taxes Estimated to be Received To t al Res o ur c es

Approved Budget

This Year 2019-20 13,916,447 6,408,955 2,128,607 859,307 1,299,581 510,107 5,079,634 30,202,638

Next Year 2020-21 14,549,733 6,022,786 2,642,361 820,241 605,424 699,380 5,322,561 30,662,486

FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS B Y OB J ECT CL ASSIFICATION 7,335,777 8,052,529 Personnel Services 2,394,023 3,373,691 Materials and Services Capital Outlay 857,380 4,763,870 Debt Service 858,921 897,130 Interfund Transfers 78,856 1,299,581 Contingencies 0 435,000 Special Payments 0 0 Unappropriated Ending Balance and Reserved for Future Expenditure 14,620,150 11,380,837 26,145,107 Tot al Requ i r em ent s 30,202,638

8,201,103 3,614,718 4,518,161 820,242 595,424 960,000 0 11,952,838 30,662,486

FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS B Y ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT OR PROGRAM * Nam e of Organizational Unit or Program FTE for that unit or program Administration Department Fund FTE Finance Department Fund FTE Public Works Fund FTE Police Department Fund FTE Fire Department Fund FTE Park Department Fund FTE Swimming Pool FTE Gas Tax Fund FTE Library Fund FTE Wastewater Disposal Fund FTE Building Program Fund FTE Transient Room Tax Fund FTE Storm Sewer Fund FTE Non-Departmental / Non-Program To t al Req ui r em en t s Tot al FTE

264,857 2.60 170,280 1.90 388,374 1.80 3,523,117 24.38 1,550,185 10.00 322,116 3.00 361,066 2.01 1,360,766 2.95 1,631,420 11.94 3,690,918 8.15 470,361 1.75 626,182 0.50 1,577,468 0.85 10,207,997 26,145,107

316,150 2.30 217,781 1.90 439,748 1.95 3,876,231 30.00 1,757,237 10.00 350,428 3.00 400,057 1.00 2,617,576 3.00 1,742,824 11.84 4,065,112 8.60 437,702 1.20 667,982 1.10 1,696,095 0.90 11,617,715 30,202,638

287,769 2.20 218,233 1.91 407,312 1.76 3,958,048 30.00 1,848,436 9.00 348,797 3.00 485,945 1.00 3,167,179 3.00 1,804,704 11.00 4,319,854 6.45 454,422 1.20 644,516 1.20 1,919,862 0.90 10,797,406 30,662,483

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PROPERTY TAX L EVIES Rate or Amount Imposed Rate or Amount Imposed 6.1831 per $1,000 6.1831 per $1,000

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Ask Dr. H: Is it time to reopen during pandemic?

B6 | SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2020

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DR. CHARLES HURBIS It will never cease to amaze me just how many people still don’t think this pandemic is real.

Just because we didn’t live in Hiroshima in 1945 doesn’t mean there wasn’t an atomic bomb dropped on the city. And yes, it is the same thing.

So far, the coronavirus has claimed more lives in the U.S. than either of the atomic bombs dropped during WWII. We are just lucky enough to not live at ground zero. But rather than look at our incredible good fortune, some would rather insist that the global pandemic is otherwise a political hoax and that we should go back to life as usual without the need for protection. Some actually believe that a vaccine is unneeded and will refuse to get one when they become available. If this becomes the prevailing attitude for our community over the next series of months, we will put ourselves squarely in the crosshairs of the next outbreak.

So, is it time to reopen the country? Well, both yes and no. Small businesses

are hurting badly, and even with the stimulus packages (hopefully more to come) it will take a great deal of time before most recover.

Some clearly will never recover. Even with a reopening, if done properly, small businesses will still find it hard to make money, much less just break even for quite some time. The business volume needed for profitability may be hard to reach unless creative changes are enacted by each business individually, but then Americans have always been creative.

If our population is responsible enough to follow a defined subset or rules, then reopening will work and can be done safely.

Adopting an, “I’ll do whatever I want attitude,” will be setting us up for disaster.

So, what is doing it properly? There’s no magic formula here and we already know the answer. First, the ubiquitous masking of employees and patrons. Next, consumer distancing. Businesses will need customer limits in place and rules for spacing to avoid dangerous congestion. But, (and it’s a big but) to make this work everyone needs to be on board, socially responsible and respectful of others.

Who is going to police guidelines? Pretty much just ourselves. Even if laws are enacted, there is only so much capacity available to enforce them. We’ve all seen the YouTube videos where attempts at internal enforcement have gone very badly for some poor employee. It’s really up to us.

It all comes down to us and how much we value our society. Reopening worked in New Zealand (less than 30 deaths nationwide) and I’d like to think it can work here.

As Americans we value our freedoms, but your personal freedom should not be to the detriment of your fellow Americans.

This should be especially

true for Americans that preceded you and earned you that freedom in the first place.

Third, it also turns out that the virus is much less likely to be transmitted outside, so spending more time in the great out-ofdoors is actually safer (no this doesn’t include the lines at Disneyland).

Lastly, it is especially important to protect those at risk of severe complications. Interestingly, one third of all deaths in this country (and amazingly one half of those in New Jersey) involved nursing home residents or workers. That’s a terrifying number, but it also helps us identify where unwavering precautions are needed.

Quick subject coverage: Testing: Becoming more available and faster, but still fairly inaccurate. Most of this may be due to improper sampling technique.

Well trained testers are important to obtain a valid result. Your timing within the disease process will also affect the accuracy of many test.

Vaccination: A few companies are on a fast track, and it’s possible some-

thing may be available by year end. Still, there is no guarantee we will get anything that quickly. Also, production and distribution issues will further delay availability.

Second wave: Schools and colleges may open this fall, institution specific. If guidelines can be followed and strict protocols enforced the spread could be limited. But then it’s so hard to be young, and it’s normal to rebel against authority. This could likely herald in a second wave of infections.

What the future holds: Illness severity aside, I think that this crisis is going to hit the young harder than anyone. Here they are, on the verge of starting their lives and the world has just ground to a halt. Social interaction is taboo and jobs are non-existent. Certainly, this is no different than any other personal crisis someone must deal with in their lives. People undergoing cancer treatment, contracting a debilitating illness or just losing a job will suffer a similar hardship. It just so happens that with the coronavirus, everyone is being affect-

ed at the same time so it looks so much worse.

Either way, hardship is often an opportunity for personal growth. I’d like to think that with this crisis there’s opportunity for a bit of a selective planet redesign, with intelligent changes spearheaded by these younger creative people. After all, it’ll be their planet, and we’re long overdue in a number of areas.

So, to wrap up, the most important parts of reopening will be the uniform use of masks, social distancing and protection of the at-risk population.

Yes, wearing a mask may be inconvenient, but you must look at the bright side. This will probably be the healthiest year you’ve ever had. And just think of all the money you will save on make-up, orthodontia and plastic surgery. What to do with the savings? Well, it’s a very good time to buy a car (yes, driving is an outdoor activity that does count).

Maybe next month we’ll talk about something else, but I doubt it.

Doc H

COVID-19 claims three more Oregon lives Thursday Multnomah (10), Umatilla (2), Wasco (1), Washington (12), Yamhill (2).

Seven of the new total cases are related to the Townsend Farms outbreak, a fruit growing and processing company.

On Friday, there were 48 new confirmed cases, bringing the state total to 4,134 cases.

Oregon’s 149th COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old woman in Clackamas County, who tested positive on May 8 and died on May 16 at her residence. She had underlying medical conditions.

Oregon’s 150th COVID-19 death is a 73-year-old man in Multnomah County, who tested positive on May 6 and

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PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 151, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday.

The three deaths Thursday were preceded by three days of no new COVID-19 deaths and followed by no new deaths on Friday.

Oregon Health Authority reported 49 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday, bringing the state total to 4,086.

The cases reported were in the following counties: Clackamas (4), Deschutes (1), Jefferson (1), Malheur (5), Marion (11),

died on May 26 at Providence Portland Medical Center. He had underlying medical conditions.

Oregon’s 151st COVID-19 death is a 72-year-old man in Polk County, who tested positive on May 1. Additional information about his death is still pending. An update will be provided when OHA receives additional information.

The Oregon Health Authority is now including a link to the Oregon COVID-19 Daily Update in the daily news release.

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Combat vets come together to serve CHERYL UPSHAW The World

COOS BAY — The wheels of government, as the old saying goes, turn slowly. Motorcycle wheels turn much faster.

At 98 years old, in the midst of a pandemic, World War II veteran Melvin Jones spends much of his time reading or speaking with his caregivers.

He owns his home. He is in relatively good health. His former hobbies include gardening and running marathons.

He is in trouble.

Jones has a small home with a large yard at the edge of the water. It’s a tidy place where the rose bushes have only recently been trimmed into submission.

Until the death of Jones’ wife several years ago, the yard was orderly. Gardening was a passion of the couple and they undertook the task of keeping back the undergrowth together.

A combination of grief and age made it more difficult for Jones to work in the garden.

The brambles grew around the small house. The bushes blocked the windows, making it dark.

Still, Jones is uncomplaining.

A U.S. Navy veteran with a history in public education and a self-sustaining attitude, he smilingly digs into his savings each month to pay the small group of workers who make his independent life possible.

The caregivers help Jones with the basics. A former marathon runner, Jones is less mobile than he used to be, but still makes his way around the house with help. The caregivers help him with meals and exercises.

He is hard of hearing and throughout his interview, questions are asked and repeated in the shouts of his caregiver, Nancy Neeson.

Things are getting dire for Jones.

The little house is uninsured.

A short time ago, an insurance inspector arrived and declared that unless Jones fixed his roof, he would lose his coverage.

The roof didn’t leak, so Jones and his caregivers did not know there was a problem.

Estimates to repair the roof varied, but were all around $12,000, according to Neeson.

It was more than Jones could afford.

Cheryl Upshaw Photos, The World

Jeff Thoeny (left) speaks with fellow combat veteran Tim Flood as they manage a burn pile in the backyard of Melvin Jones. The two are part of the local chapter of the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association and have been working to clear Jones’ yard.

Learning of this unknown damage was a blow. “Devastated — I felt like that was a big failure on my part,” Jones said.

According to Neeson, Jones’ savings are running low, and coming up with the funds to cover his caregivers will become impossible soon. Jones receives PERS benefits and Social Security. These cover most, but not all, of the costs to pay his caregivers. The rest, along with the little he needs for food and other expenses, come out of savings.

Neeson worries that Jones has enough left to cover just six months of care, or less. Jones says he never took advantage of benefits offered through the U.S. government, though he served nearly 75 years ago.

“I haven’t been aware of needing much help,” he said, “I’m kind of a loner. I get along by myself.”

Seeing there was a problem, Neeson and the rest of Jones’ caregivers mobilized.

She connected with a veteran friend, Tim Flood, formerly of the U.S. Army, who put her

in touch with Chris Berti, also formerly of the U.S. Army.

They began looking into ways that Jones might take advantage of the benefits and assistance available to veterans, starting with reaching out to Operation Rebuild Hope for help with his roof.

While they wait for Jones’ pile of applications to move through a notoriously overburdened system slowed further by a global crisis, Berti leads a group of local veterans in taking on tasks a little less daunting than the bureaucracy meant to help those who served.

The local chapter of the Combat Veteran Motorcycle Association was formed in January, under the leadership of Berti. They are careful to point out that they are not a motorcycle club, but rather, an association, focused on service and fellowship with other combat veterans. As their first service project, the group volunteered to help Jones with his yard.

It’s a small group, still, with only around a dozen members.

Several of the members served

Melvin Jones, 98, is a veteran of World War II. together in Operation Iraqi Freedom. While the group meets often to hang out and to ride their motorcycles, a pillar

of the organization is performing acts of service, particularly for veterans.

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Geierman named regional Teacher of the Year The World NORTH BEND — North Bend High School science teacher Christina Geierman has been named the South Coast’s 2021 Regional Teacher of the Year.

As such, Geierman won a $500 cash prize and is in the running for Oregon’s 2021 Teacher of the Year — to be announced this fall.

The Oregon Department of Education, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery, announced the 15 Oregon 2021 Regional Teachers of the Year.

“The pivotal role of teachers has become especially evident in these last several months as schools have transitioned to distance learning in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic,” stated a press release from ODE. “From the very beginning of this global pandemic, teachers have stepped up in countless, innovative ways to ensure students are safe, healthy and engaged to reach their full potential. From rural to urban and kindergarten through 12th grade, this year’s regional teachers exemplify best

practices in teaching in a wide variety of settings across the state.”

“Oregon educators never cease to amaze me with their resilience, creativity and unwavering commitment to student success,” added ODE Director Colt Gill. “I’m honored and grateful to celebrate these 15 Regional Teachers of the Year for their excellence in this pivotal profession.”

The North Bend School District couldn’t be more proud of Geierman.

“Christina Geierman is a phenomenal teacher, regional leader, and a recognized scientist,” stated a press release from the district. “She has been teaching science in the South Coast area since 2004 and has been a teacher for North Bend since 2013.”

In the past, the Oregon Science Teachers Association has recognized Geierman with an Outstanding Classroom Teacher Award. She has studied the biomechanics of barnacle feeding at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology and has had her

work published in The Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

“As an educator, my goal is to create a generation of informed citizens who understand what science is and how it can inform their choices,” Geierman is quoted from her application.

“Christina’s passion for science and learning is evident every day as she supports students and regional educators in the North Bend area,” the NBSD stated. “Way to go, Christina.

Please see Geierman, Page C8

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Astronomy lecture to be held virtually The World COOS BAY — As part of Southwestern Oregon Community College’s 2019-20 Physics and Astronomy Lecture Series, Southwestern welcomes Dr. Roman Gomez, senior research scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, for its first virtual lecture in the series.

On June 3 at 7 p.m., Dr. Gomez will present “Measuring Far Away While Close to Home,” where he will discuss measurement of ions in the interstellar medium.

These measurements are taken with orbiting plasma instruments aboard the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, a Solar

Terrestrial Probes mission comprising four identically instrumented spacecraft that studies the Earth’s magnetosphere. The lecture will be streamed online via Livestream at https://livestream.com/ swocc/physicsandastronomy2019-20.

Dr Gomez explains his work: “Measuring the composition and dynamics of the interstellar medium is a challenging endeavor.

In the past, measurements were limited to what could be collected from observations made in the radio and ultraviolet (UV) portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Sun has a velocity of 20 kilometers per second relative to the

Dr. Roman Gomez will offer a virtual astronomy lecture on June 3. local interstellar medium or space around it. Because of this, a neutral interstellar wind enters the solar system continually. Neutral

particles with trajectories near the Sun are gravitationally focused on the side of the sun opposite the Solar Apex.

“The radiation environment of the Sun (UV, protons and electrons) can interact with these neutral particles and ionize them.

Once a year the Earth encounters this gravitational focusing cone. Plasma instruments mounted to spacecraft in Earth orbit are able to observe these particles. Their dynamics and ionization states make them easily distinguishable from heliospheric ions, so identifying them is the easy part. The hard part is trying to figure out what they are telling us about what is going on … out there.”

For further information about the lecture series or about physics and engineering degrees at Southwestern, contact Dr. Aaron Coyner, associate professor of physics at 541-2945992 or by email at aaron. coyner@socc.edu.

PETS OF THE WEEK Kohl’s Cat House Thanks for helping the kritters! Hope all is well with you and that you are staying as safe as you can.

The cat house is NOT taking in any cats as they are full. Those interested in adopting a cat, please call and arrangements can be made for a visit, but no walk-up visitors.

The following are cats of the week available for adop-

tion at Kohl’s Cat House: Isabella is an adult spayed

female tortiseshell. She has a flea allergy so has to use Bravecto, available from your vet and is quite a character who is very sweet and LOVES to get attention. She has lots of love to give.

Evelyn is an adult spayed

female. She is very beau-

tiful calico senior citizen.

She is also very sweet and mellow! She is an older girl and would do great with a loving family of her own.

All of these wonderful babies need time to get used to new surroundings when they are adopted.

Patience will be the best thing they can be given — patience to settle in and get

used to new surroundings before cozying up to their new human companion.

This cannot be stressed enough. Only time will tell if they will fit into their new situation when they are adopted. It really is no different for human kids.

Patience goes such a long way to benefit all involved!

Call the cat house to set up a meeting at 541-2943876 or 541-260-5303.

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The Chamber Minute: Keep customers coming back

TIMM SLATER

Bay Area Chamber of Commerce

A while ago, I had the oIt’s almost summer! Isn’t it great to go to work and come home in the daylight? All over the roses are budding out, grass is growing and rhododendrons are blooming. Our thoughts, normally, would turn to baseball, graduations and getting ready for visitors. This year we are looking to reopen and share our wonderful home with our neighbors and visitors alike.

If you think your business isn’t a tourist related busi-

ness, think again. Besides simply accommodations and restaurants, guests impact all parts of our economy. In 2019, Coos County visitors spent $29 million on ground transportation and motor fuel. They spent over $30 million in retail stores and another $26 million in grocery stores. In total, visitors spent some $277 million in Coos County.

And guess what? It’s your employees that keep them coming back.

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Remember when a person who had one bad experience used to tell 10 other people about it? Fifteen years ago, Travel Oregon estimated that each bad experience cost a community $20,000. With Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools, imagine what that costs equates to today.

Now imagine what great experiences can do for your business. Visitors spend more and stay longer if they feel welcome. Why,

consumers will pay 10% more for a product or service from businesses that offers great customer service. To replace an existing customer, your businesses will spend five times more to attract a new one.

So, what can we do to get ready for this year’s guests?

Focus on customer service, visitor appreciation and area knowledge with your staff.

Sign up for the free online training for your frontline folks and help them become

community Ambassadors!

Register now at http:// tourism.oregonstate.edu/ camb/. It only takes a little time invested to make a big difference for our community and your business.

Remember Our Business is helping your Business.

And like us on Facebook.

Timm Slater is executive director of the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information on your Chamber, email timmslater@ oregonsbayarea.org.

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Brec Bassinger

OF ‘DC’S STARGIRL’ ON DC

UNIVERSE AND THE CW

Since “DC’s Stargirl” is derived from DC Comics, do you think a prior knowledge of the character is necessary in watching the series?

One of the first times I watched it, I watched with my family, and none of them have a background in comic books. And the fact that all of them understood it and knew what was going on ... I got excited. You don’t have to read comics to enjoy the show.

“DC’s Stargirl” is so physical for you that, though you have backgrounds in cheerleading and gymnastics, how do you manage your regimen to keep in shape for all that you have to do in the series?

Fortunately, I love working out. Right before we started this, I’d do two workouts a day; I’d do cardio, then I also started doing kickboxing. Once we started production, I’d work a 17-hour day, so I didn’t really want to go home and work out after that. ... but I felt I was in such good shape before it, I was able to retain enough throughout the season.

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Vets From C1

With rakes, shovels, chainsaws and a little diesel, they beat back the growth around Jones’ house. The work is backbreaking and there seems to be no end to it. In Oregon, plants are tenacious, but the CVMA hasn’t been deterred.

On May 17, they burned massive piles of wood and weeds, erasing the refuse of their last trip and clearing way for more to be done. The group present that day included Berti, Flood, Larry Schuler, Ben Taylor and Jeff Thoeny. Also present were auxiliary member Aimee Taylor and Michelle Schuler, who plans to join the auxiliary soon. Lane County Chapter Commander Zachary “Slick”

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From left: Aimee Taylor, Jeff Thoeny and Tim Flood. Taylor pulls a clump of branches onto a burn pile. The branches were cut from the yard of WWII veteran Melvin Jones, who needed help clearing the space. Taylor, Thoeny and Flood are all associated with the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, which has been coordinating the effort.

King, also came to town with a weed trimmer to contribute.

They come every few weeks, chopping back tall grass and overgrown shrubs. Their goal is to have the yard ready for a party.

On one of their first

trips, the bushes around Jones’ windows were trimmed. He can see into his yard once again.

“That was so helpful.

They worked on the lawn here and verified that somebody lived here,” Jones said.

Neeson recalls that the

first day they arrived, Jones was brimming with happiness. The CVMA arrived shortly after the pandemic began, so he saluted them from behind the glass of his sliding door.

The group is jovial as they work, recalling their time overseas. They are comfortable with each other and happy to give their time to Jones, who smiles in gratitude.

In August, Jones will turn 99. At that time, the motorcycle group will have a small parade in Jones’ honor and present him with a Quilt of Valor.

The party will be hosted behind the house in the space they worked so hard to clear.

The work will continue until then, both in the yard and in quieter moments working to repay a veteran for his service with the benefits he waited a lifetime to use.

Geierman From C1

Congratulations on being an Oregon 2021 Regional Teacher of the Year! Thank you for all you do to teach, support, and inspire our students in science.”

Regional Teachers of the Year are nominated by students, colleagues, administrators, friends or family members to apply for the award and then are selected by a diverse panel of regional representatives.

“Now, more than ever, I believe there is a new appreciation for the dedicated efforts of our teachers,” said Oregon Lottery Director Barry Pack. “The list of regional winners is a mere snapshot of the passionate and committed educators found all across Oregon and the Oregon Lottery is delighted to be part of the Oregon Teacher of the Year awards.”

Christine Geierman Thanks to the Oregon Department of Education’s partnership with the Oregon Lottery, the 2021 Oregon Teacher of the Year receives a $5,000 cash prize (with a matching $5,000 going to their school) and serves as a spokesperson and representative for all Oregon teachers. Three finalists will receive $2,000 with a matching $2,000 going to their school. Visit OregonTeacheroftheYear.org for more information and a list of the 14 other regional teachers who were chosen for the honor.

Nature Guide Journal: Backyard birding while SIP MARTY GILES

Wavecrest Discoveries

SOUTH COAST — Birding is suddenly hot.

The National Audubon Society and Cornell Ornithology Lab both report that the number of people downloading online bird identification Marty Giles programs doubled this spring over last.

Apparently a lot of people are finding that watching birds from their windows and in their yards is a social-distance-friendly activity with a lot of perks.

Birds are beautiful, of course, sometimes sporting bright colors or vivid patterns. Even those that

at first seem dowdy often have subtle highlights or delicate designs that are revealed upon closer inspection.

Identifying birds is a big part of birding. More than just feathers, bird identification also involves closely observing many other features, including: body shape and size; habitat; flight pattern; the length, shape, and color of the bill.

Calls and songs, nests, and other characteristics may play a role in identification, as well. The combination of learning the differences and developing the skill of distinguishing details provides birders plenty of problem-solving challenge.

Checking a just-identified bird off a prepared list is a sort of collection activity, but birding is more than appreciating good looks and figuring out who’s who.

For a start, features used in identification are also

clues to the birds’ lives and can give interesting insights to nature. For example, the chickadees and the nuthatches take turns at by backyard suet feeder.

They’re about the same size, though their shape and markings are different: the chestnut-backed chickadee is plumper, has blocks of gray/brown/white/russet (with a black cap and bib), and has a shorter bill; the red-breasted nuthatch is more spindle-shaped, has more muted coloring (gray above and light below, with bold black and white stripes through the eye), and has a more probing bill.

Bird watching includes observing birds in their native habitat, discovering for oneself what they do and deciphering -- or wondering -- how they do it. Both chickadees and nuthatches are lithe enough to feed upside down from the bottom of the feeder

if necessary -- though the nuthatch seems to be better at the upside-down part.

While they both eat mostly insects, chickadees hunt more on twigs and leaves with their tiny bills, while nuthatches hunt more by probing in bark with their longer bills. (How the heck can a nuthatch swallow uphill while feeding upside down?)

Where to begin?

Look, listen, and ask: What is that bird? How is it different from that other bird? What is it doing? What is its life like? …and all the other questions you can come up with.

There’s a lot of help available without leaving home: Books such as “Sibley’s Field Guide” or “Peterson’s Field Guide,” websites such as Cornell University School of Ornithology’s www.allaboutbirds.org, and computer/phone applications such as Merlin and ebird

offer easy entry.

In most places you’ll be able to watch birds through your window or while sitting on your porch, but you can improve the odds by feeding them. Note, however, that feeding birds can bring potential harm, too, by increasing crowding, spreading disease and luring predators. For guidance on backyard bird feeders, visit: http://library.fws.gov/ bird_publications/feed.html or http://www.birds.cornell. edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/abtbirds_index. html.

Beautiful and fascinating, birds offer an opportunity to look and listen, to observe and learn.

And some of them might come to your house and entertain you.

Marty Giles is owner/operator of Wavecrest Discoveries, long-running nature guiding service on the southern Oregon Coast. Like the majority of personal service

businesses, most Wavecrest offerings are currently suspended in adherence to state distancing guidelines. You can nevertheless visit via email or online, mgiles@ wavecrestdiscoveries.com, or www.facebook.com/wavecrestdiscoveries Questions and comments about local natural history are always welcome. www.wavecrestdiscoveries.com.

NOTE: Our backyard friends are in trouble.

An extensive study of North American birds, published last fall in Science, showed a 29% drop in the number of birds between 1970 and 2018: Nearly a third of our birds vanished in the last 50 years. Other resources identify loss of habitat and toxins, such as pesticides, as very probable causes. You can help by maintaining bird-friendly native vegetation, not using toxins in your yard, and buying organic.

WORSHIP DIRECTORY Baptist

Church of Christ

Lutheran

Nondenominational

skyline baptist church

COOS BAY CHURCH OF CHRIST

Faith lutheran church

COAST LIFE CHURCH

“A Christ Centered, Biblically Based, Family Oriented, Dynamic Fellowship” 3451 Liberty St., North Bend  541-756-3311 (1 block off Newmark behind Boynton Park) www.sbcnb.org David Woodruff, Sr. Pastor - Tim Young, Associate Pastor Loy Huntzinger, Children’s Director - Chad Frantz, Youth Pastor

Sunday School.................................... 9:00 am & 10:30 am Sunday Worship.................................. 9:00 am & 10:30 am aWana Wednesday nights..................6:30pm to 8:00 pm

Catholic holy redeemer -north Bend 2250 16th St. (West off Broadway)  541-756-0633

For mass updates or for more

Saturday Vigil..............................................4:00 pm information, please8:00 visit at am Sunday Mass .......................... am &us 10:00

holyredeemernb.org or Confessions: Saturday 3-3:45 pm or by appointment call 541-756-0633 ext.

201 Daily Mass: Wed., Thurs. & Fri. ....................... 9:00 am

St. monica - cooS Bay

357 S. 6th St., Coos Bay • 541-267-7421 Saturday Vigil Mass ..............................................................4:30 p.m.

“Building the Church you read about in your Bible” Derek Addleman, Minister (541) 267-6021 775 W. Donnelly Ave.

Bible School Classes .................................9:45 am Morning Worship.......................................10:45 am Evening Worship ........................................6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer & Study ........................7:00 pm Signing for Hearing Impared *** Also, Nursery Available

Episcopal EmmanuEl Episcopal church

The Episcopal of Oregon has suspended 4thDiocese & Highland, Coos Bay all services Preschool until further notice.

541-269-5829 541-404-3045 You are welcome to watch The Rev. Dr. Pattirecorded Hale, OP services for worshipuntil on our Services Areweekly Suspended April 19, 2020 You Tube channel Emmanuel Parish Coos Bay “...even the hairs of your head are all counted.

Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.”

God bless you and keep you in this Holy Eastertide! administrator@episcopalcoosbay.org A spirit of worship, welcoming to all.

Foursquare

Sunday Mass .................................................. 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Spanish Mass .......................................................................1:00 p.m.

Confessions: Saturday 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment

Coquille Foursquare ChurCh

1546 North Hemlock St., Coquille • 541-396-5548

Daily Mass: Tues: 5:30 p.m. Wed–Fri: 12:00 p.m.

All are Welcome - Christ is the center of who we are and all we do

Christian Science

Sunday School..........................9:20 am – 10:20 am Sunday Worship........................................10:30 am Celebrate Recovery (meal provided) every Thursday 6-9 pm

christian science society 444 S. Wall, Coos Bay  541-888-3294 Sunday Service & Sunday School.............10:00 am

Christian Science Reading Room

Adjacent to church - Open after services, or by Appt.

541-751-9059

Church of Christ ChurCh of Christ 2761 Broadway, North Bend  541-756-4844

Sunday Bible Study........................................ 9:30 am Sunday Worship........................................... 10:30 am Sunday Evening Worship ............................... 5:30 pm Wednesday Meal and Worship....................... 6:00 pm

Where You Can Find A Friend

Pastors: Sam & Lovena Flaherty

www.pcfoursquare.org

bay area foursquare church 466 Donnelly (across from the new Coos Bay Fire Station) Glorifying, Proclaiming and Showing Christ to all Pastors: David & Marilyn Scanlon

(541) 269-1821

Sunday School....(all ages through Adult)............. 9:00 am - 9:45 am Sunday Worship....(Nursery & Children’s Church Provided).......10:00 am We also have small group ministries meeting throughout the week.

E-mail: Ba4@ba4.org Website: www.ba4.org

Home of Cartwheels: A Christian Preschool 2741 Sherman, Ave., North Bend Pastor Israel Jurich 541-756-4035

Office Hours .................. Mon.–Fri., 8:00 am–12:00 pm Worship Every Sunday................................... 10:30 am All are welcome! faithlutheran-nb.org ~ faithlutheran_nb@frontier.com

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church-ELCA

We have cancelled canceled all worship services through June March

Please join us online for worship.

Worship materials and a link to the service will be available on our website 1290 Thompson Rd. Coos Bay

541 267-2347

www.gloriadeifamily.org

Egyptian Theatre: NONDENOmINaTIONaL

Sundays....................................................10:30 am 541-217-7551 • www.coastlife.church

Presbyterian first presbyterian church, n. bend 541-756-4155 2238 Pony Creek Rd, North Bend Sunday School.............................................9:15am Sunday Morning Worship..........................10:30 am Youth Group Wednesday ......................... 5:30-7 pm

Nazarene

Pastor Eric Lindsey First Sunday of each month is Communion nbpresbyterian.org

cornerstone church-nazarene

United Methodist

886 S. 4th St, Coos Bay (Coos Bay Senior Center) Pastor Ron Halvorson 541-808-9393 or 541-290-8802 Sunday School.................................................9:15 am Sunday Traditional Worship Service ................10:30 am All are Welcome www.cornerstonenaz.com

Salvation Army The salvaTion army

Worship & Service Center

1155 Flanagan, Coos Bay  541-888-5202 Dennis and Tawnya Stumpf, Corps Envoys

harmony united methodist church 123 SE Ocean Blvd., 541-267-4410 Church at the top of the Hill Coos Bay www.harmonyumcoregon.org

sunday school all ages............................................ 9:30 am sunday Worship service......................................... 11:00 am Wednesday Bible study............................................ 5:30 pm choir Practice, Wednesdays..................................... 7:00 pm

Unity Worldwide Ministries unity by the bay

Sunday Free Kids Breakfast .......................9:00 am Sunday School ...........................................9:30 am

“Honoring diversity and the many paths to God. A spiritual community to come home to.”

Worship Service........................................10:15 am

Sunday Celebration Service......................10:00 am Office Hours: Wednesday – Friday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Jewish congregation mayim shalom

Shabbat

NO SERVICES March 6th, 5:30 p.m UNTIL NOTICE ChangeFURTHER of Venue Location North Bend Library For information call 541-266-0470 Or visit www.mayimshalom.us

2100 Union ~ North Bend 541-751-1633

Share Your Message 541-266-6045