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School district reaches out JILLIAN WARD The World

COQUILLE — As students and teachers get used to distance learning, the Coquille School District is keeping track of how well students are focused working from home. So far, the district has handed out almost 250 Chromebooks. Many are being shared among students in the same household.

As a result, said district Superintendent Tim Sweeney, “We’ve had 464 students log in and visit 235,000 websites. Of those, 51 percent are education-related searches, while 24 percent are Google searches. So, 75 percent are education-related.” Another use for the Chromebooks has been for Google docs, which is Google’s version of Microsoft Word. “If you consider that it’s just

been a week since we started (distance learning), it’s really good that these (Chromebooks) are being used the way we intended them to be,” he said. At the same time, not every student or family has had an easy time with the switchover to distance learning. In January, the district had just opened its $5 million Winter Lakes High School. Although the alternative Winter Lakes program is mostly

online, the brick-and-mortar building was meant to serve as classroom space and an expansion of the district’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses, as well as a facility for shower and laundry use. Those facilities mainly benefited students who were either homeless or in some other difficult living situation. Now that the brand-new building is closed — after barely

being open — the facilities intended to help some of the most vulnerable students are no longer available. Two weeks ago, Sweeney said that 15 percent of students had trouble communicating with the district from home. To meet their needs where they are, the district is extending its resources to reach them. One teacher in particular

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CB Village provides glimpse of future AMY MOSS STRONG The World

COOS BAY — Daniel Graham and Greg Drobot are confident their newest development rising each day along the waterfront in Coos Bay gives people hope. Hope for the future — that people will be able to safely gather in places like Starbucks or browse the cheese selections and grab a bite to eat at the Face Rock Creamery retail store. A craft beer from 7 Devils Brewing Co. after work with friends will certainly hit the spot. Those visions are hard to imagine in the middle of the current COVID-19 pandemic that has people staying home, social distancing, restaurants and all but essential retail stores closed, and the economy in a frighteningly fragile state. But the day will come, hopefully soon, and Coos Bay Village will be ready. “We like to think of it as a ray of hope for the South Coast,” Graham said while on the construction site Friday afternoon. Graham and Drobot, of GDDG Enterprises LLC, proved their mettle with the creation of The Colony, a condominium project along Beach Loop Drive in

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Apollo 13 mission anniversary Local ambassador celebrates with virtual party AMANDA LINARES The World

COOS COUNTY — In celebration the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13, Dr. Aaron Coyner, a NASA Solar System ambassador and physics instructor at Southwestern Oregon Community College, hosted a virtual watch party Saturday. The event, which showcased NASA’s new documentary entitled “Apollo 13: Home Safe,” featured a live discussion between Dr. Coyner and viewers who shared their reflections and recollections of the event. Community members who streamed the virtual event, which

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Dr. Aaron Coyner works with student Christian Wood setting up a ground station before releasing a weather balloon Nov. 16 on the campus of Southwestern Oregon Community College. Coyner was admitted recently to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Solar System Ambassadors Program. was posted on SWOCC’s Physics and Engineering Facebook page, were encouraged to also

share any lessons they took from the documentary and from the historic mission as a whole.

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“For me, I look at the Apollo 13 mission as an encapsulation of how resilient humans can be,” said Dr. Coyner. “I think that’s really important given our current situation.” A mission often remembered for the unexpected explosion of its oxygen tank, Dr. Coyner said the teamwork displayed between all those involved is something people 50 years later can still learn from. “You had a team of scientists and engineers who worked tirelessly in the next four days to make sure all (the astronauts) got home safely,” said Dr. Coyner. “Again it really shows the kind of resilience, drive and ingenuity that we are all capable of and this (mission) is a really good example of that.” The 30-minute documentary features archived footage and

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Lockdowns ease but not in US COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Tattoo parlors and hair salons in Denmark. Beaches in Australia. Bookstores in Germany. Nations around the world took advantage Monday of their flattening coronavirus infection curves to tentatively ease lockdowns, edging toward a new yet unknown state of normal amid a devastating pandemic. China, where the virus started its relentless march around the globe late last year, has already been re-opening from a strict lockdown for a few weeks. But the nations testing out the waters Monday were democracies, not a hierarchical Communist system, and the sheer variety of choices each made offers plenty of

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Armory ‘a good fit’ for quarantine site AMANDA LINARES The World

COOS BAY — As local authorities and health officials continue to search for locations to convert into temporary surge hospitals, the Coos Health and Wellness homeless taskforce is hopeful that it’s found a site to quarantine and shelter homeless individu-

als with COVID-19. A contingency plan should a local outbreak of the novel coronavirus spread among the homeless population in Coos County, the taskforce has identified the Oregon National Guard Armory in Coos Bay as a potential quarantine site. Megan Ridel, of Coos Health and Wellness, said at

a virtual press briefing Friday, April 17, that the site seems to be a good fit considering the large amount of space that it provides and that its officials may be able to access additional supplies and resources from the Oregon National Guard. The site also features a fence that surrounds the entire facility which will protect the individuals

inside being quarantined, according to Ridel. An order requesting permission from the state to use the facility was approved last week at a board meeting by the Coos County Commissioners. While the taskforce waits to hear back from the state in regards to the use of the facility, Ridel said its members will

continue to work out the many logistics associated with opening a temporary quarantine site. The taskforce is looking into providing more than just basic medical care at the site such as food services, sanitation services, showers and security as well as additional medical services and behavioral health services. “All of those things we

are doing at the taskforce level to make sure those things are in place for when the quarantine station is set up,” said Ridel. The Oregon National Guard Armory is one of many local sites being considered for quarantine purposes as well as temporary surge sites for a sudden influx of patients who test positive for COVID-19.

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COOS BAY POLICE LOG At 4:33 a.m. on North 28th Street, a suspicious vehicle was reported with the driver’s door open.

Friday, April 17 Suspicious Conditions At 4:17 a.m. on Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street, suspicious conditions were reported. Suspicious Vehicle

At 5:19 a.m. on East Ingersoll Avenue, a business alarm at location went off. At 11:42 a.m., on Thompson Road, a business alarm at location went off.

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Oregon Coast Anglers passion benefit the community ADAM ROBERTSON The World

REEDSPORT — The Oregon Coast Anglers used their passion to benefit the community with a fishing trip over the weekend, donating the catch to Project Blessing Food Pantry. Steve Godin, president of Oregon Coast Anglers, said several recreational and sport fishermen were expected to participate in the Saturday trip. At the time of the interview, he said there were four to six boats expected to be sailing for the fishing trip. “We’ll be fishing out of Winchester Bay and running out to what we call 10-mile Reef,” Godin said. “Fishing in over 300 feet of water to try and catch these fish … Hopefully we’ll be able to catch enough fish to make this worthwhile and help the community.” The group will be aiming for bottom fish with each fisherman able to catch five. Around 3 p.m. they’ll meet up and send the catch to a commercial seafood processor

near Springfield. The processor will prepare the fish and deliver them to Project Blessing. Susan Martin, director of Project Blessing Food Pantry, said they could only accept a donation if it’s been commercially processed. She noted that food safety standards are important for the pantry, especially now with the health crisis. “Food has to be handled in a certain way,” she said, adding that they’ve added a new position that makes sure proper food handling is observed. “Once it’s caught, it has to be handled as if you were on a commercial vessel. It has to appear to us from a commercial packer, frozen and that’s the only way we can accept it.” Oregon Coast Anglers will be covering the expense to get the fish processed. Godin said the fishers will just have to catch fish to contribute to the donation. Martin said the offer is awesome. She was excited and grateful when she received Godin’s call offering the donation. Martin said another bonus is that people often request seafood at the pantry. She said it’s good food,

healthy and something the pantry customers want. “This is a huge partnership,” she said, adding that she hopes they can continue working with OCA after the crisis. Godin recalled that Sharkey’s Charters in Charleston did a similar donation to the pantry in Coos Bay. He said he got the idea from their trip and advised any anglers wanting to sail from Charleston to get in touch with Sharkey’s. He added that they’ve done their research and the fishing trip is legal under the state’s “stay-at-home” orders. He added they’ll be exercising social distancing, limiting two people on each boat and keeping a safe distance when on land. “Normally doing a run like this, I would take four. Three other people including myself,” he said. “So, we’re doing what we can to limit exposure. If it weren’t for that, we’d actually have more fish that we can donate.”

Oregon reports two new COVID-19 deaths, 66 new cases THE WORLD PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll from 72 to 74, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday. The Oregon Health Authority also reported 66 new cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 1,910. The new COVID-19 cases reported Sunday were in the following counties: Clackamas (7), Deschutes (1), Lane (2), Marion (23), Multnomah (21), Umatilla (1), and Washington (12). On Saturday, OHA reported two new COVID-19 deaths and 59 new cases. The new COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday were in the following counties: Clackamas (1), Curry (1), Deschutes (2), Jackson (1), Klamath (2), Linn (2), Marion (18), Multnomah (26), Polk (1), Umatilla (2), and Washington (4). To see more case and county-level data, go to the Oregon Health Authority website, which OHA updates once a day: www.healthoregon.org/coronavirus. Oregon’s 71st COVID-19 death is a 62-year-old man in Clackamas County, who tested positive on April 2 and

died on April 16 at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center. He had underlying medical conditions. Oregon’s 72nd COVID-19 death is an 84-year-old man in Marion County, who tested positive on April 2 and died on April 17 at Salem Hospital. He had underlying medical conditions. Oregon’s 73rd COVID-19 death is a 64-year-old man in Benton County, who tested positive on March 26 and died on April 18 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. He had underlying medical conditions. Oregon’s 74th COVID-19 death is a 68-year-old man in Washington County, who tested positive on March 23 and died on April 11 at OHSU. He had underlying medical conditions. Testing update OHA continues to provide COVID-19 testing through the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory while Oregon hospitals continue building their laboratory testing capacity. Several Oregon hospital laboratories and commercial laboratories, such as Quest and LabCorp, provide external testing capacity for the state. OHA is in the process of updating its testing guidance for providers and for OSPHL to augment testing in support of testing goals, including:

1. Protect health care providers, first responders and critical infrastructure workers. 2. Increase access to testing in health care settings to appropriately assess, triage and treat patients. 3. Identify and control the spread of disease in congregate care settings. 4. Eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 health outcomes. Longer term, testing is a key strategy for understanding the transmission of the virus and population prevalence of disease. As of April 17, Oregon’s positive testing result has remained fairly consistent at about 5% of tests performed; as compared to the national average of 17.6%. OSPHL continues to prioritize its testing to identify and control clusters of disease in congregate care settings, including long-term care and correctional facilities. Stay informed about COVID-19: Oregon response: The Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Office of Emergency Management lead the state response. United States response: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leads the U.S. response. Global response: The World Health Organization guides the global response.

NORTH BEND P OLICE LOG Saturday, April 18

Suspicious Conditions At 2:23 a.m. on the 2700 block of Stanton Avenue, an anonymous report over 9-1-1 was made regarding a male subject yelling. At 9:42 p.m. on Virginia Avenue, multiple reports were made of illegal fireworks being set off. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate anybody. At 10:07 p.m. on 14th Street, a 9-1-1 report was made of subjects attempting to get children from the residence. Officers responded. Civil issue.

Driving While Suspended At 3:39 a.m. on Virginia Avenue, an officer observed a vehicle taking off at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was located by Oregon State Police. The unidentified driver was issued citation for driving uninsured and failing to register and provide proof of insurance. The driver was warned for attempting to elude. Drug paraphernalia was seized for destruction. Suspicious Subject At 4:22 a.m. on Lincoln Street, a 9-1-1 report was made of a suspicious subject attempting to

break into church. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate anyone. The building was secure. At 6:17 p.m. on Broadway Avenue, a third party reported a suspicious subject sleeping at the church. The subject stated he has permission to stay there. At 9:26 p.m. on Virginia Avenue and Lincoln Street, an officer contacted the subject. No crime. At 9:36 p.m. on Union Avenue, a 9-1-1 report was made of a suspicious subject knocking on back of window. Officers checked area. Unable to locate anyone.

Burglary At 6:26 p.m. on Sheridan Avenue, a report was taken for burglary 2 and criminal mischief 2. Criminal Trespass At 9:06 p.m. on Dead Man’s Curve, a subject was warned for trespass. At 11:06 p.m. on Sherman Avenue, it was reported that a subject was loitering outside location. Officers responded. The subject was escorted off the property and warned for trespass.

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Criminal Trespass At 2:04 a.m. on Broadway Avenue, a

subject was warned for trespass. At 10:55 p.m. on Newmark Street, subjects were warned for trespass. Illegal Camping At 3:10 a.m. on California Street boat ramp, a subject was warned for no overnight parking. Suspicious Conditions At 4:19 a.m. on Virginia Avenue, a report was made of a male subject trying to get into the store that was closed. Officers made contact and advised for him to leave property. Disorderly Conduct At 8:49 p.m. on the

McCullough Bridge, a 9-1-1 report was made of a subject walking partially in the roadway. The subject was warned for disorderly conduct. Suspicious Subject At 9:46 p.m. on Newmark Street, a report was made of a suspicious subject dumpster diving. The subject cleaned up his mess and left upon request. Arrest At 10:40 p.m. on Broadway Avenue, Jed Parks, 59, of North Bend was cited in lieu of custody for alleged trespass 2.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Final letter on Simpson Park logging I would like to clarify what three Parks Board alumni find scandalous about the tree removal plan for Simpson Park. The Parks Advisory Board is not an example of good government, and the process was shady. First, the agenda item at the Feb. 3 Parks Board meeting: ‘“Views on possibly removing some trees around playground area.” The Board voted, on what? On wide latitude for the Parks Superintendent’s discretion. Second, did the Board venture from the City Hall meeting to the park for a site visit, five blocks north? No. Was it suggested? No. Did the Parks Board reconvene to evaluate Parks Superintendent Bryan Owen’s tree removal plan before the chosen trees were marked for removal with orange Xs? No. Third, was the Parks Advisory Board’s first meeting in four months and approval of a theoretical tree removal plan reported during the standard “Committee Reports” item at the following week’s Feb. 11 Council meeting? No. Why not? Chairman/ Mayor Wetherell was there. Parks Superintendent Owen was probably there. Parks Board reports are made by either, but no one else. The tree removal plan was kept quiet. More people would have been aware of the plan if there was even this minimal disclosure. City Code states that the Parks Advisory Board will elect a vice-chairman. Chairman Wetherell has never brought that for a vote. Why not? Because he doesn’t want to. Here’s a vice-chairman’s perfect function – make routine reports to the City Council. Fourth, are meeting minutes kept? No. It’s a violation of Public Meetings law. Let’s hope, next time, the Board receives a proposed logging plan, reviews it, conducts a site visit, reviews a revised draft, etc. and keeps minutes. North Bend citizens deserve clarity and accountability from the Parks Advisory Board and Parks Superintendent. These are our trees you are cutting! After our collective outcry, nine trees with orange Xs now have the pink ribbons of reprieve. We saved nine trees. They are worth this twoweek battle, but there should have been wider public discussion.

Not everyone feels that Simpson Park playground parents deserve the Parks Superintendent’s support in logging beautiful mature trees occasionally shading the Simpson Park playground as the sun moves across the sky. I’ve been near the playground several times recently, and it was always in bright sun. Susanna Noordhoff North Bend Earth Day & BP Gulf Spill anniversaries, rebuilding a post-COVID OR economy Monday, April 20, will mark 10 years since the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, followed two days later by the 50th anniversary of Earth Day—the same year a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, CA awakened a consciousness among Americans about what we stand to lose when fossil fuel extraction goes horribly wrong. While our nation is focused on the pandemic, the Trump administration continues its push to undermine environmental protection rules that have long safeguarded Oregon’s public health, natural resources and our jobs that depend on a healthy environment. The EPA is allowing polluting industries to self-regulate and the White House recently wrapped up a controversial public comment process to roll back key provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). While our country hurls towards an economic recession, with thousands and thousands of Oregonians having lost their jobs in the last several weeks and worrying about food and rent, the Trump Administration is offering to cut royalty rates for the oil and gas companies, one of the wealthiest industries on the planet. The very same businesses on Oregon’s coast that have been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic – Oregon’s fishing, tourism, recreation, and restaurant industries have all spoken out many times over the last couple of years about their fear of devastating losses, for example, if reckless policies like offshore drilling led to a major oil spill occurring on our coast or disregard for Oregon’s objection to Jordan Cove LNG led to another New Carissa catastrophe in Coos Bay. Thank you, Charlie Plybon Surfrider Foundation Oregon Policy Manager

On the ‘information superhighway,’ stupid travels as fast as smart

GENE LYONS Possibly you recall the “information superhighway.” As The New York Times explained way back in 1993, “one of the technologies Vice President Al Gore is pushing is the information superhighway, which will link everyone at home or office to everything else -- movies and television shows, shopping services, electronic mail and huge collections of data.” Oh, frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! In the bright future imagined by the forward-looking vice president, the invention of what we now call the internet had the potential to bring about nothing less than a revolution in human understanding. So a couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column praising House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for maneuvering Senate Republicans into adding hundreds of billions in stimulus aid for small businesses and workers unemployed by the coronavirus crisis. The original GOP proposal was pretty much classic Republicanism: a corporate-only, Save-the-Fortune-500 effort. Thanks to Pelosi and congressional Democrats, I wrote, laid-off workers would “have sufficient funds for rent, food, utilities and other necessities.” Via email, I received the following brilliant riposte: “No facts your a idoit nancy Pelosi is not good for the United states.” That’s right, fellow travelers on the Information Superhighway: I got called an idiot by a guy who can’t spell it. (He repeated it several times.) And who also can’t tell “you’re” from “your.” What I sometimes call the

Mystery of the Apostrophe eludes many. A cheap shot? Maybe so. After all, people in my line of work have been receiving semi-literate screeds up to and including death threats via snail mail since forever. What’s different, in my experience, is the (pardon me) viral spread of mis- and disinformation not only made possible but actively encouraged by various malicious actors, foreign and domestic. For all the immense good it’s done -- and I could scarcely produce a column without it -- the internet has also fostered ignorance and delusion on a planetary scale. Probably the most mordant dissection of this phenomenon is my pal (and Esquire political blogger) Charles P. Pierce’s 2009 book “Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free.” Pierce unveils what he calls the “three great premises” of the internet age: “Any theory is valid if it sells books, soaks up ratings, or otherwise moves units”; “Anything can be true if someone says it loudly enough”; and “Fact is that which enough people believe. Truth is determined by how fervently they believe it.” To his credit, Al Gore has also written a book on a similar theme, called “The Assault on Reason: Our Information Ecosystem, From the Age of Print to the Age of Trump.” Charlie Pierce is a whole lot funnier. But back to Pelosi and the question of belief. One of the classic sources of politicized nonsense is, of course, Facebook. Just the other day, I noticed a bunch of old-timers all worked up about a link a friend posted claiming that the speaker had drunkenly proclaimed that “Social Security recipients are just a burden on society” at a San Francisco fundraiser. This absurdity had a galvanizing effect. “Pelosi is a waste of oxygen,” one fellow offered. “She needs to croak and let someone with common sense use the air!!!!” Others countered that the quote was clearly fake. After all, liberal Democrats invented Social

Security; defending it against GOP attacks has been a party priority since FDR’s presidency. Indeed, Pelosi was mainly credited with defeating George W. Bush’s plan to “privatize” the program in 2005. Eventually, the fellow who posted the phony quote acknowledged that he’d learned it was false, but he hated Pelosi anyway. He went on to post an equally ludicrous claim that New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer (a Jew) had said Christians should be disqualified from serving as federal judges. And the same pack went hooting off down yet another false trail. A fair amount of this preposterous disinformation, of course, originates in Russia. Setting Americans at one another’s throats ultimately weakens our democracy and advances Vladimir Putin’s goals. “It’s all about seeding lack of trust in government institutions,” Peter Pomerantsev, a Soviet-born British journalist and author of “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible,” told The New York Times. If nobody can be trusted, you see, the strongman is your only alternative. That said, conspiracy theorists based in China, the United States and elsewhere are catching up fast. Only recently, for example, I saw a cheap politician on TV insinuate that hospitals report shortages of protective masks because nurses and doctors are stealing them to sell for profit. Precisely, I suppose, as that eminence would do, given the chance. But the real danger during a worldwide pandemic is that frightened people, gullible and easily hoodwinked under the best of circumstances, can be manipulated into blaming the contagion upon a favored enemy: preferably of a different race or religion. And that way lies catastrophe. (Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons is a National Magazine Award winner and co-author of “The Hunting of the President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). You can email Lyons at eugenelyons2@yahoo.com.)

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DAIRYMEN FORM NEW ASSOCIATION LEAGUE BRANCHES SUPPLAND OLD COOS AND CURRY PLAN Will Give Producers Absolute Control – Also Combats Privately Owned Condensaries

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Will Give Producers Absolute Control – Also Combats Privately Owned Condensaries The Coos and Curry branches of the Oregon Dairymen’s League will supplant the Coos and Curry Cheese Association and through it the dairymen of this section will absolutely control their industry according to Paul Mehl, agent in marketing from O. A. C. and the U. S. Department of Agriculture who is spending a couple of weeks here. Tentatively plans for the change were completed at a meeting at Langlois last Saturday and will be completed at meetings to be held in Coquille next Saturday and at Marshfield a week from tomorrow. The organization is modeled closely after the California Fruit Growers, California Raisin Growers and similar organizations which handle and control the California fruit, nut and allied industries.

COOS PRESBYTERY IS ORGANIZED TAKEN IN COOS AND CURRY AND PART OF DOUGLAS Will Be Incorporated and Can Hold Property for the Church – All Churches Represented

The Coos Bay Presbytery has been regularly organized and incorporated. There has been a district Presbytery of the Presbyterian church which has existed in an informal way but the body was not organized so that it could hold property. The new Presbytery will be incorporated and can hold property and will own the smaller churches which are not self-supporting. The organization was formed by the Presbyterian ministers of Coos and Curry counties and the part of Douglas county west of the Coast range. In addition to the ministers present at the meeting, which was held in North Bend for the purpose of organization, each church had a lay delegate present. The incorporators of the Presbytery are Rev. W. A. Smith and Bandon, T. S. Smith of Marshfield, and J. A. Williams of North Bend.

Coquille city police are continuing their investigation into a reported sale of marijuana to students at Coquille High School Friday afternoon, according to Police Chief E. N. “Corky” Daniels. Law officers are trying to locate the car in which five young adult men reportedly left the scene after selling what was thought to be marijuana. They were driving a blue 1967 Mustang with Washington license plates, according to a description given to police. Purchasers of the marijuana and the drug itself have not been found, Daniels said.

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The Defense Department has plans to evacuate whole cities in case of accident during the shipment of 100,000 tons of nerve gas to Oregon. They are spelled out in a document entitled “Operation Plans for Red Hat” delivered by the department earlier this week to Maj. Gen. Donald N. Anderson, Oregon’s adjutant general. Anderson hand delivered copies to Gov. Tom McCall and other state officials. The proposed shipment of the munitions containing nerve gas will come from Okinawa, through Washington state to northeast Oregon for storage. No date has been announced for the shipment.

April 20, 2010 Tragic irony underlines Lab Band case

The irony of the Lab Band founder’s fall is that officials learned of his theft as they tried to find a way to pay him. Greg Young started the youth music group in 1992 and oversaw its operations for 16 years. He routinely spent between 30 and 50 hours a week on the group, his attorney said. In all that time, Young never received a paycheck. The Lab Band directors were hoping to change that. They had identified some grant funding in 2007 to pay Young and his wife, Patricia, who handled the group’s finances. All the board needed from the Youngs was the Lab Band’s financial statements.

Nobody’s seen that cougar

Authorities have heard no more reports of a cougar seen in North Bend last week. Three North Bend police officers and two community members said they saw an animal that looked like a cougar on Wednesday near Virginia Avenue, McKinley and Crocker streets. A North Bend police dispatcher said she’s heard of no reports of cougar sightings since then. Of course, it may not be a cougar, said Stuart Love, a district wildlife biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife. He said the department receives cougar reports about once a year.

April 20, 2015 Reedsport veteran focus of Memorial Day activities

The Memorial Day Committee in Reedsport has announced a Grand Marshal for activities on May 23 and 24. Command Sgt. Major Brian L. King graduated Reedsport High School in 1987 and entered the U.S. Army in February 1989. He attended basic training at Fort Sill, Okla., and attended the combat medic course at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

New bridge to the Hinsdale Garden

There was a new attraction to add to the blooming plants during the first “Open Day” at the Hinsdale Garden, east of Reedsport. The new footbridge was open to the public. The Bureau of Land Management’s Steve Samuels said the agency worked hard to add the bridge to connect areas of Spruce Reach Island. “We knew the Hinsdales had a way across,” he said. “We have a picture of what they had, which was a single cedar log with a flattened side. Of course, they could do what they wanted. We have to do what’s proper and code.” -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.

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Congress close on new aid package WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and Congress expect an agreement Monday on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan program that has run out of money and add funds for hospitals and COVID-19 testing. As talks continued, President Donald Trump said there’s a “good chance” of reaching a bipartisan agreement with Democrats. “We are very close to a deal,” Trump said Sunday at the White House. Along with the small business boost, Trump said the negotiators were looking at “helping our hospitals,” particularly hard-hit rural health care providers. The Senate is scheduled for a pro forma session Monday, but no vote has been set. The House announced it could meet as soon as Wednesday for a vote on the pending package, according to a schedule update from Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. With small-business owners reeling during a coronavirus outbreak that has shuttered much economic activity, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was hopeful of a deal that could pass Congress quickly and get the Small Business Administration program back up by midweek. “I’m hopeful that we can get that done,” Mnuchin said Sunday.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., also said he believed a deal could be reached. “We still have a few more details to deal with,” he said. The emerging accord links the administration’s effort to replenish a small-business with Democrats’ demands for more money for hospitals and virus testing. It would provide $300 billion for small-business payroll program, and $50 billion would be available for small business disaster fund. Additionally, it would bring $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion for testing, according to those involved in the talks. On a conference call Sunday afternoon that included Trump, Mnuchin and Republican senators, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., indicated the only remaining item for discussion involved the money for testing, according to a Senate GOP leadership aide who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a private call. But Democrats have been insisting on boosting funding to cash-strapped states and local governments whose revenues have cratered. In weekend talks, they had proposed $150 billion for the effort. “We are pushing hard,” Schumer said. But Mnuchin and McConnell reiterated on the call with senators that money for state and local governments as well as food stamps would not be includ-

ed in the package, according to the GOP aide. “The president is willing to consider that in the next bill, but wants to get this over the finish line with a focus on small businesses, hospitals and testing,” Mnuchin said. He said he’s been in touch with GOP leaders including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and all are “on board with the same plan.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., predicted an agreement would be reached “soon.” Under the emerging deal, the government’s Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses would get roughly $300 billion, according to Mnuchin. The Small Business Administration program has been swamped by companies applying for loans and reached its appropriations limit last Thursday after approving nearly 1.7 million loans. That left thousands of small businesses in limbo as they sought help. An additional $50 billion in the evolving deal would go for disaster loans. About $75 billion would go to U.S. hospitals, for those straining under a ballooning coronavirus caseload as well as those struggling to stay financially afloat after suspending elective surgeries during the pandemic. About $25 billion would be added for COVID-19 testing, something states have said was urgently needed.

TORONTO (AP) — A gunman disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires in a rampage across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that killed 16 people, the deadliest such attack in the country’s history. Officials said Sunday the suspected shooter was also dead. A police officer was among those killed. Several bodies were found inside and outside one home in the small, rural town of Portapique, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Halifax — what police called the first scene. Bodies were also found at other locations. The assault began late Saturday, and authorities believe the shooter may have targeted his first victims but then began attacking randomly. Overnight, police began advising residents of the town — already on

lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic — to lock their doors and stay in their basements. Several homes in the area were set on fire as well. Police identified the man believed to be the shooter as Gabriel Wortman, 51, who was thought to live part-time in Portapique. Authorities said he wore a police uniform at one point and made his car look like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser. Police first announced that they had arrested Wortman at a gas station in Enfield, outside Halifax, but later said he had died. It was not clear how, and they did not explain further. “This is one of the most senseless acts of violence in our province’s history,” said Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil.

RCMP spokesman Daniel Brien confirmed that 16 people had been killed in addition to the suspect. The dead officer was identified as Constable Heidi Stevenson, a mother of two and a 23-year veteran of the force. Another officer was also injured. Mass shootings are relatively rare in Canada. The country overhauled its gun-control laws after gunman Marc Lepine killed 14 women and himself at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique college in 1989. Before this weekend’s rampage, that had been the country’s worst. It is now illegal to possess an unregistered handgun or any kind of rapid-fire weapon in Canada. The country also requires training, a personal risk assessment, two references, spousal notification and

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One new case of COVID-19 confirmed in Curry County The World CURRY COUNTY — Late Saturday morning, April 18, the Curry County Public Health Department received notification of a confirmed positive case of COVID-19 in Curry County from a North Bend Medical Center lab in Coos Bay. This is the fourth positive case in Curry County. The first three were reported on April 5, with two of those tested at a Coos Bay facility and the third one tested at Curry General Hospital. Curry County Public Health has reached out to the individual who tested positive on April 18 and is now working on contact investigation and tracing for those who possibly have been in prolonged close contact with the individual, according to a press release from Curry County Public Health Administrator Sherrié Ward. “The three previous cases reported in Curry County have all been under monitoring and self-isolating and will be considered recovered from the virus as of Monday April 20,” Ward wrote. It is not unusual for people in Curry County to have primary providers in Coos County, ac-

cording to Eric Gleason, public information officer for Coos Health and Wellness. Ward was unable to release the ages of those Curry County residents who have tested positive for coronavirus and is following the Oregon Health Authority’s HIPPA guidelines of not releasing names or towns of residence. All four people were symptomatic when tested. There still has only been one positive case in Coos County and that individual, who was an inmate at the Shutter Creek Correctional Institution in Hauser, has since been moved out of the area. “Please remember it is imperative that we all follow the Oregon Health Authority, the Centers for Disease Control and the Governor’s guidelines about social distancing, protecting yourselves and staying home to slow the spread and save lives,” Ward wrote. More information can be found on the Curry Public Health website at http://www. co.curry.or.us/ and on their Facebook page, as well as the Curry Office of Emergency Management at https://curryoem.com/.

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Dementia causes awkward social situations DEAR ABBY: During the past year, my wonderful father-in-law was widowed and became unable to live alone. He lives with us now and is part of our daily life. However, he has dementia. He is still quite social and verbal. If you met him, you might not realize that his shortterm memory rarely functions or that the filters this well-educated and proper man once had no longer work 24/7. Recently, he has started ogling women and making comments about their physical attributes when we go grocery shopping or take a walk. He is also starting to confuse the women’s roles in our household (me, my daughter, daughter-in-law and niece), which has become even more awkward. My daughter confided that he made a sexual comment about me. (I’m a middle-aged, no-nonsense kind of woman.) How does one approach such a situation? We don’t want someone slapping him -- or worse. I can say, “That’s not appropriate,” then deflect or laugh it off at home, knowing he won’t remember what he said 20 minutes later, but how do we make the best of these circumstances without diminishing his outside social experiences? Moving him to a senior living community is not an option at this point for financial reasons. -- CAREGIVER WITH A PROBLEM DEAR CAREGIVER: It’s time for you to contact the Alzheimer’s Association. It offers guidance for caregivers like you. Changes in behavior caused by Alzheimer’s and other dementias are challenging. It’s important to remember that these behaviors are the result of a damaged brain and not something the person is doing purposely. If inappropriate behavior occurs in public, be consistent and kind, but firmly remind the person that the behavior is not OK. It may help to distract the person from the immediate situation by directing their attention elsewhere or giving them something else to do. Caregivers can create “business

cards” stating briefly, “My companion has dementia. Please be understanding.” Caregivers would give these to hosts and hostesses when entering restaurants, or discreetly hand them to salespeople if situations start to deteriorate because the companion exhibits unusual behavior or lack of a verbal filter. Be transparent with family and friends about the person with the disease. When they understand what’s causing these behaviors and that the individual needs their help and compassion, they tend to be less reactive or judgmental. The Alzheimer’s Association may be reached online (alz.org) or via the toll-free helpline (800-272-3900). Please don’t wait. DEAR ABBY: I’m a teen living with a foot in each world. My parents are religious and don’t approve of my sexuality (I am bisexual), and my peers harshly stereotype my beliefs. I feel rejected by both worlds, and I’m trying to make it until I’m 18 so I can leave the situation. Lately, things have taken a turn for the worse. Both sides won’t accept me until I am completely Christian or completely not Christian. Is there any advice you can give me? -- TEEN IN TURMOIL DEAR TEEN IN TURMOIL: Just this. You are a teenager. There are better days ahead for you. Your current circumstances may be unpleasant, but they won’t last forever. If living your truth will result in your being shunned, do whatever you must to survive for now. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. ** For everything you need to know about wedding planning, order “How to Have a Lovely Wedding.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Wedding Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

criminal record checks to purchase a weapon. “As a country, in moments like these, we come together to support one another. Together we will mourn with the families of the victims, and help them get through this difficult time,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a written news release. While they believe the attack did not begin as random, police did not say what the initial motive was. RCMP Chief Superintendent Chris Leather said many of the victims did not know the shooter. “That fact that this individual had a uniform and a police car at his disposal certainly speaks to it not being a random act,” Leather said. He added that police believe he acted alone.

Leather said they would investigate whether the attack had anything to do with the coronavirus pandemic but no link has been found thus far. At one point, there was an exchange of gunfire between the suspect and police, he said. Late Sunday morning, there were half a dozen police vehicles at the scene of the gas station where the suspect died. Yellow police tape surrounded the gas pumps, and a large silver-colored SUV was being investigated. Cpl. Lisa Croteau, a spokeswoman with the provincial force, said police received a call about “a person with firearms” late Saturday night, and the investigation “evolved into an active shooting investigation.”

Singers provide message of hope NEW YORK (AP) — Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Lizzo, Shawn Mendes and others sang classic songs brimmed with messages of hope and change during a TV special aimed at fighting the coronavirus, while Beyoncé and Alicia Keys spoke passionately about how the virus has disproportionately affected black Americans. Beyoncé made a surprise appearance on Saturday’s TV special “One World: Together At Home,” thanking “delivery workers, mail carriers and sanitation employees” for their hard work during the pandemic. “Black Americans disproportionately belong to these essential parts of the workforce that do not have the luxury of working from home. And African American communities at large have been severely affected in this crisis. Those with pre-existing conditions are at an even higher risk. This virus is killing black people at an alarmingly high rate here in America,” Beyoncé said. African Americans account for more than one-third of COVID-19 deaths in the United States where the race of victims has been made public. Data from states, cities and counties show black people are regularly overrepresented compared to their share of the population. “Please protect yourselves,” Beyoncé continued. “We are one family. We need you. We need your voices, your abilities and your strength all over this word. I know it’s very hard but please be patient, stay encouraged, keep the faith, stay positive and continue to pray for our heroes.” An Associated Press analysis, based on data through Thursday, found that of the more than 21,500 victims whose demographic data was known and disclosed by officials, more than 6,350 were black, a rate of nearly 30%. African Americans account for 14.2% of the 241 million people who live in the areas covered by the analysis. The nation had recorded more than 33,000 deaths as of Thursday.

Keys presented similar data when she spoke during the special, ending with: “Keep your frequency high and I’m sending you all my love.” Gaga, who curated the all-star TV event, kicked off it off by urging people weathering the coronavirus pandemic to find a way to smile through the pain with a performance of Nat King Cole’s version of the song “Smile.” She performed during the second part of an eight-hour event supporting the World Health Organization alongside advocacy organization Global Citizen. “I care so much about the medical workers that are putting their lives at risk for us,” Gaga said. Wonder performed “Lean On Me” by Bill Withers — who died on March 30 — while playing piano. He told viewers: “During hardships like this we have to lean on each other for help.” John Legend and Sam Smith, each from their own homes, duetted on “Stand by Me”; Lizzo sang “A Change Is Gonna Come” with passion; and Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, sitting together, performed “What a Wonderful World.” Paul McCartney sang the Beatles’ “Lady Madonna” and talked about the work his mother did as a nurse. The members of the Rolling Stones — from four different locations — joined forces to perform “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” And Taylor Swift sang “Soon You’ll Get Better” while playing piano. Former first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush, Oprah Winfrey, Bill and Melinda Gates, Ellen DeGeneres, Pharrell Williams, Kerry Washington, Lupita Nyong’o and Henry Golding offered positive words while photos of health care workers and everyday people were shown on the screen. Reggaeton star J Balvin even offered tips on handwashing, while doctors and other medical workers spoke about social distancing and relief efforts.

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The Food Pantry Items You Need to Stock Up on Now No one knows how long these difficult times brought on by a wicked virus will last. It could drag on for a while; it may be over relatively quickly. Life is uncertain. Regardless, every home needs a stockpile of nonperishable, shelf-stable food. It’s part of any sensible emergency preparedness plan. You need to stock up now. Today. Here’s a list of the essential pantry items that need to be stocked in your cupboards and pantry. You may have some of these items already. It’s time to check and take stock. BEANS AND LEGUMES Beans and legumes -whether they’re dry or canned -- are a good source of protein. There are lots to choose from, but I suggest you have cans of white beans, lentils, black beans and kidney beans in your stockpile, and a few bags of dry beans, too. WHOLE GRAINS Grains are another inexpensive way to build your stock of nonperishable food items -- oatmeal and/or steelcut oats, quinoa, farro and rice. CANNED GOODS You will want to devote a good amount of your available space to canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, tuna (white albacore), green beans, corn, pasta sauce, coconut milk, chicken stock and evaporated milk. PASTA You’ll be turning out THE FAMILY CIRCUS wonderful pasta dishes with a good variety of pastas to pull from. Choose the ones your family enjoys most. Some classic options are spaghetti, penne, macaroni and couscous. BAKING The lineup of baking items should minimally include all-purpose flour, white sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, yeast and dry milk. CONDIMENTS AND SAUCES This important category is what turns ho-hum fare into fabulous home-cooked meals! The essential pantry includes mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, soy sauce, fish sauce, hoisin sauce, hot sauce, honey, peanut butter and bouillon. SEASONINGS Your kitchen and/or pantry should have a good lineup of essential seasonings and spices including but not limited to salt, pepper, garlic, cumin, Italian seasoning, crushed red pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. OIL AND VINEGAR Many sauces and dressings require oil and vinegar, and these are the ones you will use most often: olive oil, sesame oil, white vinegar and apple cider vinegar. There you go -- a quick guide so you can move quickly to stock your cabinets and cupboards with food items you’ll use now and in the future. As you use up items from your stocked pantry, make plans to replace them. My point in all of this is to help you be prepared with a well-stocked pantry but at the same time make sure you don’t end up with a bunch of food that will spoil quickly or go unused. Once you have a wellstocked pantry, you may be wondering what to do with it. Use it! Cook your meals from home. Of course, you will need to supplement with meat, poultry, dairy and fresh produce. But in your pantry, you will have the foundation MODERATELY CONFUSED for just about any meal. I have collected a number of resources for using your essential pantry items -wonderful recipes, a free cookbook and lots more -- at https://EverydayCheapskate. com/essentialpantry. Would you like more information? Go to EverydayCheapskate.com for links and resources for recommended products and services in this column. Mary invites questions, comments and tips at EverydayCheapskate.com, “Ask Mary.” This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of EverydayCheapskate.com, a lifestyle blog, and the author of the book “Debt-Proof Living.”

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w w w. t h e w o rld lin k .c o m/ classifie d s 541-266-6045 z 541-266-6069 LEGALS ADMIN/MGMT JOBS The Libby Drainage District will meet Saturday April 25th 2020, at the Coos Bay Library at 10:00am. Published: April 6, 13 & 20, 2020 The World (ID: 277635) --------------------------------------------------NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the COOS COUNTY AIRPORT DISTRICT, COOS COUNTY, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 will be held in the Board Room of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport Terminal, Mezzanine level, 1100 Airport Lane, North Bend. The meeting will take place on the 29th day of April 2020 at 5:30pm. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and recommended budget, and take questions or comments from the public on the document. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after April 24th, 2020 at the Southwestern Oregon Regional Airport Terminal, Mezzanine Level, Business Office, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. Published in The World & ONPA, April 6 & 20, 2020. (ID:279859) --------------------------------------------------NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the City of Powers, Coos County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 will be held at Ross Hall, 570 3rd Avenue, Powers, Oregon. The meeting will take place on Monday, April 27, 2020 at 6:00 PM. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. Ross Hall is handicap accessible. Please call City Hall at (541) 439-3331 prior to the meeting if you require any special accommodations to participate in the meeting. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained beginning April 24, 2020 at City Hall between the hours of 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM Monday through Friday unless otherwise posted. An electronic copy is available upon request from admin@cityofpowers.com. Published in The World & ONPA April 13 & 20, 2020. (ID:281222) --------------------------------------------------NOTICE OF APPEAL Federal Consistency Appeal by Jordan Cove and Pacific Connector. On March 20, 2020, the Secretary of Commerce received a â€œNotice of Appealâ€? filed by Appellants Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, LP pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), 16 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 1451 et seq., and implementing regulations found at 15 CFR part 930, subpart H. Appellants are appealing an objection by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to a consistency certification for a proposed project to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas export terminal and a 229-mile interstate natural gas pipeline and compressor station off the Pacific Coast. This matter constitutes an appeal of an â€œenergy projectâ€? within the meaning of the CZMA regulations. See 15 CFR Â§ 930.123(c). More information and publicly available materials and related documents comprising the appeal record are on the following website: http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-HQ-2020-0058. For questions about this Notice, contact Rachel Morris and Patrick Carroll, NOAA Office of the General Counsel, Oceans and Coasts Section, jordancove.appeal@noaa.gov, (301) 713-7387. Published in The World & ONPA April 20, 2020. (ID:281243) --------------------------------------------------IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY CASE NO. 04PB0140 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS in the matter of the Estate of JAMES E. CARTWRIGHT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has qualified and has been appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present them, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, to the Personal Representative at 420 S.E. Jackson Street, P.O. Box 1146, Roseburg, Oregon 97470, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings of this estate may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the Personal Representative or the attorney for the Personal Representative. Dated and first published this 20th day of April, 2020. Personal Representative: Levi Cartwright 327 Easy Street Sutherlin, OR 97479 Telephone: (541) 784-6494 Attorney for Personal Representative: Christopher W. Peterman, OSB #034212 Attorney at Law, P.C. 420 S.E. Jackson Street/P.O. Box 1146 Roseburg, OR 97470 Telephone: (541) 229-0202 Published: April 20 & 27 and May 4, 2020 The World & ONPA (ID: 281914) ---------------------------------------------------

OFFICIAL NOTICE OREGON ALBACORE COMMISSION PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING The OREGON ALBACORE COM-MISSION (OAC) will hold a Budget Hearing conference call pursuant to ORS 576.416, on Monday, May 11, 2020 at 1:30pm upon a proposed budget for operation of the Oregon Albacore Commission during FY July 1, 2020 June 30, 2021. A public meeting will begin at 12:00pm. At this meeting, any Albacore harvester in Oregon selling Albacore through a first purchaser or directly to the public and any first purchaser buying Albacore in Oregon has the right to be heard with respect to the proposed budget. Copies are available for inspection, under reasonable circumstances, at the Albacore Commission office in Lincoln City. For further information or if you wish to participate, please contact: OAC, P.O. Box 983, Lincoln City, OR 97367-0983. Phone/fax: 541-994-2647; nancy@oregonsalmon.org. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours before the meeting to the OAC office at 541-994-2647. Published: April 20, 2020 The World & ONPA (ID: 281693) ---------------------------------------------------

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Being a people-pleaser can have its advantages if there is something you want in return. Be perfectly honest regarding your motives, and it will make your life less complicated.

Face the past and head to a brighter future. You require freedom to take advantage of the opportunities that come your way. Donâ€™t labor over trivial matters when embracing change is so much more exciting. Put your life in perspective and pursue what makes you feel passionate.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Do your best to help people in need. Your response to a cry for help will lead to people who have plenty to share. A relationship will face difficulties due to untruthfulness.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Speak up, and be bold and honest about your intentions and plans. A personal problem that seems impossible to fix will turn around quickly if you make a positive adjustment.

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In todayâ€™s deal, South was in four spades. After West led the diamond queen, declarer saw only nine tricks -- seven spades, one diamond and one club -- so he threw in the towel and conceded down one. South then suggested that his partner should have passed out three spades. He pointed out that his opening bid promised six winners, and North had only three to contribute. North apologized, but after the session, what did he point out to his partner? If North had passed, East would surely have made a balancing takeout double. If West had advanced with four clubs, that contract would have made unless South received a heart ruff. South should have realized that he had to establish a 10th winner in hearts. After taking trick one, declarer concedes a heart trick. The defenders cash their two diamond winners and shift to a club. But South wins on the board, ruffs a heart high (not with the three), plays a spade to the 10, ruffs another heart high, returns to the board with a spade to the ace and ruffs a third heart high. Finally, he leads the conserved spade three to dummyâ€™s five and cashes the heart nine.

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SALEM (AP) — Oregon is in its fourth week of lockdown. Residents can’t enter state parks in mountains and in valleys now blooming with springtime flowers, or go to the state’s trademark wineries and microbreweries. With many businesses closed, as elsewhere around the United States, job losses are staggering. Still, Oregon is one of only five states expected to have the fewest COVID-19 deaths per capita as the peak reaches each state, according to researchers at the University of Washington who developed a closely watched model. Even so, Oregon’s leaders want the peak to be well past before reopening the economy. “We need to see fewer and fewer cases of COVID-19,” Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, told reporters. She did not specify how many fewer cases there must be in order to “reopen Oregon,” saying that would be determined by experts and data. Oregon had at least 1,785 virus cases and 70 deaths, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally on Saturday morning. Dean Sidelinger, Oregon’s chief health officer, told The Associated Press that health officials want to see a sustained decline in both new cases and hospitalizations before recommending changes to mitigation measures. Oregon is expected to have 0.1 deaths per 100,000 residents when the virus

peaks late this month, according to the model. North Dakota, California, Utah and Arkansas also had or are expected to be at that low level. For Oregon, why that is may be a combination of factors including timing, travel patterns, demographics, and luck. The West Coast was hit first when the pandemic that started in China reached U.S. shores. California and Washington state, which boast travel hubs with Asia, took the brunt. “This travel from overseas, that probably impacted Oregon a little later than our neighboring states,” Sidelinger told AP. He noted that West Coast states all imposed stay-home orders early but COVID-19 had more time to spread exponentially in Washington and California. Although the data is incomplete because testing capacities were so weak and many cases went uncounted, it’s clear that Oregon had fewer than the other two states, said Sidelinger, who is also the state’s epidemiologist. “They were already ahead of us in terms of the spread of the disease in their communities,” Sidelinger said. “So we had a little head start (in controlling the spread), even though we implemented at the same time. And I think that’s what’s helped us, together with Oregonians listening to the governor.”

Hundreds protest Washington’s stay-at-home order OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered at the Washington state Capitol on Sunday to protest Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus, holding signs that read “End The Shutdown” and “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Covid 19!” Earlier Sunday Inslee again blasted President Donald Trump’s call to “liberate” parts of the country from social-distancing decrees, saying Trump is fomenting a potentially deadly “insubordination” before the pandemic is contained. In Olympia, some protesters wore masks while others waved American flags and pushed baby strollers. Tyler Miller, one of the organizers of the event, had said rural areas should be treated differently than more urban locations with more coronavirus cases. He also said Inslee’s decisions on what constitutes essential businesses has been unfair and unconstitutional. At the rally, Miller spoke to attendees through a bullhorn: “We cannot have a government and a governor that does not listen to his own citizens.” Inslee’s comments about Trump and the protests were on ABC-TV’s “ This Week. ”

Protests have occurred across the country, including in Utah, Idaho and Oregon. But both Democratic and Republican governors have said strict social distancing is essential to curbing the pandemic’s spread. Asked about Trump’s tweets last week that included “Liberate Michigan” and “Liberate Virginia” from governors’ orders, Inslee replied: “I don’t know any other way to characterize it, when we have an order from governors, both Republicans and Democrats, that basically are designed to protect people’s health, literally their lives, to have a president of the United States basically encourage insubordination, to encourage illegal activity.” “To have an American president to encourage people to violate the law, I can’t remember any time during my time in America where we have seen such a thing,” Inslee continued. The Democratic governor said Trump’s statements were “doubly frustrating” and exhibited “such a schizophrenia” because they contradict guidelines on reopening state economies issued last week by the White House.

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Jamie Margolin had not expected to be sitting in her bedroom right now. The high school senior had prom and graduation coming up, but so much more: A multi-state bus campaign with fellow climate activists. A tour for her new book. Attendance at one of the massive marches that had been planned this week for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Then the pandemic arrived in Seattle, her hometown, and her plans went out the window. “But still so much to do,” Margolin said, perched in front of her computer for a video interview from that bedroom. Like many other young activists who’ve helped galvanize what’s become a global climate movement, Margolin is not letting a spreading virus stop her. They are organizing in place, from the United States to Ecuador, Uganda, India and beyond. And while some fear they’ve lost some momentum in the pandemic, they are determined to keep pushing — and for now, to use technology to their advantage. Unable to gather en masse as they’d planned this Earth Day, these activists are planning livestreams and webinars to keep the issue of climate front and center on the world stage and in the U.S. presidential race. One event, Earth Day Live, is being organized by a coalition of youth-led climate groups, including Zero Hour, of which Margolin is a leader (her Twitter profile includes the tag #futurepotus). As is the case with many other young climate activists,

she got involved in the movement taking aim at the fossil fuel industry well before Sweden’s Greta Thunberg became a global household name. Online organizing is not as easy in some countries. In Uganda, activist Mulindwa Moses says only about a third of the population has Wi-Fi. Also under lockdown, the 23-year-old graduate student is waiting for his chance to return to planting trees and speaking to his nation’s youth in person. Like the original founders of Earth Day, he is among those who were first inspired by local issues — which they came to connect with global climate change. While traveling in eastern Uganda, Moses met with families who had lost their homes in mudslides caused by torrential rainfall. “I remember a girl I had a conversation with — she lost her parents and had to take care of her siblings. She was suffering so much,” he said. So, last year, he began a campaign to encourage citizens to plant “two trees a week” and regrow their forests to combat deforestation and mudslides exacerbated by changing weather patterns. In Ecuador, 18-year-old Helena Gualinga also has had to pause her world travels. Born in Ecuador’s indigenous Kichwaspeaking Sarayaku community — home to about 1,200 people in the Amazon — she says she learned from the example of her parents and her elders how to speak up for the rights of her people. Their fight has been against a government that they believe has given their land too freely to mining and oil companies.

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“The energy I remember from my elders growing up” — at community meetings she attended with her parents when she was small — “was that my community was always very worried,” she said. Now, she added, “I know I have a voice.” Moses plans to run for his country’s parliament next year. “I want to fight to change the system from the inside,” he said. So does Max Prestigiacomo, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin, who is set to take his seat on the city council of Madison, Wisconsin. While fighting the coronavirus has used up much of local government’s bandwidth, he still plans this fall to push the platform on which he ran – for his city to become fully sustainable by 2030. It is a lofty and some would say unattainable goal, but he is looking for “the impossible yes.” “Obviously, I wanted the alarm sounded decades ago before I was even born,” the 18-year-old said. “But it’s too late for incremental change.” Tia Nelson, daughter of the late Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, founder of Earth Day, said her father would appreciate the determination of this generation, as he did the young people who made the first Earth Day in 1970 a great success. Though the senator went to Washington in 1963, and won support from President Kennedy, his daughter said it took several years to find backing for many of his environmental causes. He came up with the idea of Earth Day, first envisioned as a nationwide “teach-in,” after reading a magazine article about college students’ impact on U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

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don, and the completion and subsequent success of Face Rock Creamery, also in Bandon. Now, they are not letting the health crisis slow them down. Construction on Coos Bay Village has been underway for several months, with the first building of the multi-use facility going up quickly — a Starbucks coffee shop and drive-through. Trusses were being set Friday and once the building is to the weather, the inside will be finished to Starbucks specs by other contractors. Next to the Starbucks, the foundation of a retail store for Face Rock Creamery is being framed. The store will feature cheese, wine and cafe options, along with the generous scoops of Umpqua Ice Cream the Bandon store is known for. Closer to the entrance of the complex will be a Charter Communications office. And 7-Devils Brewing Co., was one of the first businesses to commit. In all, the complex will feature about 73,000 square feet of leaseable space and will also house

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taken on more than her fair share to help these students, said Sweeney. “Brenda Goble has taken it upon herself to meet as many of our homeless and pregnant teen students as she possibly can. She is out … delivering formula, diapers, meals, clothes,

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a number of new offices, including four two-story buildings with an elevator, along with more retail shops, ample parking, open space, common areas and walking paths to enjoy. Two of the buildings at the center of the development will be over 6,000 square feet and one building is almost 6,500 square feet. The other buildings are between 2,000 and 5,000 square feet each. There will be 278 parking spaces and 10 RV parking spaces. The project also includes 17,643 square feet of a 14-foot-wide boardwalk that will run the length of the property along the bay and will be a public space for pedestrians and bikers. A dock will be included, also for public use. A new traffic light on U.S. Highway 101 at Hemlock Avenue will allow safe ingress and egress into the area. The City of Coos Bay is using downtown Urban Renewal funds to help build the new intersection. For almost 40 years, the former chip processing plant and dock has been an empty concrete lot filled with bunkers, metal cables and other debris. City officials had been planning for years to do something to

improve the blighted area, but had no solution on how to fund such a project. It took more than two years to navigate the permitting process, starting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the lead agency, due to the project’s proximity to the bay. The city also worked for more than a year with the applicants on construction approval once all the state permits were gathered. The Coos Bay Planning Department gave its approval

for construction to begin in December 2018. Since then, the area has been cleared of its concrete structures and twisted rusted metal and the ground has been filled and compacted. The COVID-19 crisis has slowed construction somewhat, due to the availability of materials and workers, but the project is progressing as expected. Graham hopes the first few shops in phase one of construction will be

open by fall. Phase two is expected to be completed by 2021. Space is still available in the complex, but it is filling up fast. Graham and Drobot are providing about 70 jobs through local contractors, including a few from Eugene and many from the South Coast. “We try to use all local people,” Graham said. The area was once dependent on marine-based industries and the developers hope to honor that past.

Coyner, the interactive virtual watch party was made possible with help from Krystal Hopper, the Southwestern Physics Experimental Atmospheric Research lead at SWOCC. As a NASA ambassador for Coos County, Dr. Coyner said he’s currently working on a number of virtual outreach events to keep students throughout the county up-to-date on

the latest information regarding NASA’s many missions. Like many professors around the country, he’s also adopted distance learning methods to remain connected to students and keep their learning experiences going even during such an unprecedented, difficult time. In partnership with the North Bend Public Library,

Dr. Coyner will also host a virtual presentation via Zoom, an online video conferencing app, on Friday, April 24. The presentation will cover the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. For more details on the event, visit the North Bend Public Library’s Facebook page at www.facebook. com/NorthBendPublicLibraryOregon.

Lockdown options for U.S. lawmakers and communities to ponder. The game plan is to open up but maintain enough social distancing to prevent new flareups of the virus that has infected 2.4 million people worldwide, killed more than 165,000 and sent the global econo-

my into a tailspin. “(Easing lockdowns) is not the end of the epidemic in any country. It’s just the beginning of the next phase,’’ the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told G-20 health ministers in an online meeting. He sternly warned governments not to rush to return to the old normal, saying “it is critical that these measures are a phased process.”

educational materials. “She has gone out of her way to find the folks that need the most support ....” Goble, a CTE teacher of cosmetology at Winter Lakes High School, also serves as the district’s Pregnant and Parenting Liaison. Although she has a list of 35 students to make contact with, she is still working hard to keep track of students as a liaison for the district.

“I have an in-depth questionnaire that asks how are you taking care of yourself and your child, what’s your living situation,” Goble said. “I call them, even though they are supposed to sign this form, but under the circumstances we’ve been doing this by the phone.” Because of the questionnaire, said Goble, she gets a feel for what resources these students need.

Oftentimes, they are resources the district would have normally provided, such as food, clothing, and hygiene products. If the students have other needs, such as finding a better place to live, she connects them with the proper resources. Since distance learning began, Goble has made trips to deliver baby clothes and diapers, as well as to take students to the district’s Clothes Closet.

That’s where donated clothing from the community is made available for students to select at no cost. “It’s hard to learn if you’re worried about whether you can feed yourself or feed your kid,” she said. “For some kids, the change they need in their lives is that diploma or those college classes. It matters. You can’t have

them learn if they have things in their lives that will hamper that learning.” Sweeney said he sees the community stepping up much like Goble does. After the national Centers for Disease Control advised the public to wear masks, he said, the Coquille Christian Community Church made cloth masks for every employee at the district, which were handed out last week.

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Work progresses on the future Starbucks at Coos Bay Village along U.S. Highway 101. Some shops in the development, which features a mixture of retail, food and drinking establishments and office space, will open by this fall.

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36/64

Butte Falls

Willamette Valley Portland Area Tonight Tue. Tonight Tue.

44°

T-storms

Chiloquin

46/71

High

Shown are tomorrow’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

36/62

34/62

Gold Hill Grants Pass

36/64

Crescent

47/71

Powers

TIDES

55/41 63/33 56/45 65/45 67/43 61/32 64/37 73/44 55/46 69/37 63/49 67/24 71/47 62/39 68/49

La Pine

Canyonville

48/75

Location

36/65

Toketee Falls

46/72

43/65

Tue.

Sunriver

Oakridge

Roseburg

Port Orford

45/56

37/67

46/65

Coquille

46/55

Bend

44/67

42/69

46/60

39/67

Oakland

46/58 46/56

REGIONAL FORECASTS

48°

Sisters

Cottage Grove

44/66

46/67

Coos Bay / North Bend

Hi/Lo Prec. Hi/Lo/W

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

60°

44/67

Drain

Elkton

45°

Springfield

44/68

Bandon

May 7 May 14

OREGON CITIES

58° 43/65

Gold Beach Apr 22

Mostly cloudy

Eugene

0.00" 16.88" 36.77" 29.48"

SUN AND MOON

Clouds and sun

Halsey

Yachats

57°/44° 56°/43° 70° in 1965 32° in 1931

First

47°

46/55

High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low

New

57°

FRIDAY

Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs.

North Bend yesterday

TEMPERATURE

NATIONAL FORECAST THURSDAY

Nike 89.91 89.37 NW Natural 64.54 62.02 Skywest 25.75 25.70 Starbucks 77.10 76.50 Umpqua Hldgs 11.04 11.15 Weyerhaeuser 20.10 19.75

From A1

The complex is located next to the Coos History Museum on Front Street, which was once a bustling industrial area of Coos Bay. Board members from the museum have supported the project since its inception. Nearby is the Marshfield Sun Museum, highlighting the city’s newspaper history. Down the street is Front Street Provisioners, a hip stone oven-fired pizza and live music venue. Behind that, along Highway 101 is the former Marshfield Bargain House, now Marshfield Mercantile, which has been owned by the same family for generations. Sause Bros. marine transportation has been in this area of the waterfront for more than 80 years. Coos Bay Village is on the cutting edge of the revitalization of Front Street, which city officials hope will draw more people to the area to share the city’s love affair with the waterfront. “Greg and I are known for taking on clean-up projects,” Graham said. “This property sat for 40 years and we took it on and made it happen. Now we hope to bring something back to Coos Bay that will make a positive difference in the community.”

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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2020 | theworldlink.com

Sports Briefs AUTO RACING Byron wins second NASCAR virtual race CHARLOTTE, N.C. — William Byron won his second consecutive NASCAR virtual race on Sunday by holding off Timmy Hill — the driver who moved him out of the way to win an earlier iRacing event — in a race low on dramatics. Matt DiBenedetto was parked after twice crashing at virtual Richmond Raceway with Ryan Preece, the second incident clearly intentional. Jimmie Johnson manually disconnected his simulator rather than wait out late-race repairs, and Kevin Harvick ate his lunch from the seat of his rig as he was in a 20-minute hold for repairs.

Pagenaud repeats virtual IndyCar victory CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A second straight victory in virtual racing for Simon Pagenaud and Team Penske, and tempers were hot at the end of this one. Pagenaud, the reigning Indianapolis 500 winner, competed in his firesuit and captured IndyCar’s race Saturday on a simulated Twin Ring Motegi in Japan. A frantic final 10 laps decided the iRacing event. Essentially, Penske drivers Will Power and Scott McLaughlin were racing each ot her for the lead — and probably the win — when they came upon the lapped car of Oliver Askew that caused Power to touch McLaughlin’s car. McLaughlin, the Australian V8 SuperCars champion and winner of the virtual race three weeks ago at Barber Motorsports Park, was sent spinning into the wall and out of contention. McLaughlin was livid and actively trying to calm himself on his simulator in Brisbane, where he awakened at 2 a.m. to prep for the series.

Leclerc wins second virtual Formula One race in a row NEW YORK — Charles Leclerc has won his second straight F1 Virtual Grand Prix after taking the checkered flag on the Shanghai track. The Ferrari driver started the Chinese GP in pole position and finished ahead of Red Bull’s Alex Albon and Guanyu Zhou, who races for UNI-Virtuosi Racing in Formula 2. The 22-year-old Leclerc, who has won two F1 races, only started playing the video game at the start of the month.

OBITUARY Former Arizona State coach Winkles dies TEMPE, Ariz. — Bobby Winkles, the baseball coach who built Arizona State into a national power from scratch and went on to manage and coach in the majors, has died. He was 90. Arizona State said Winkles died Friday with family and friends by his side. Winkles fielded the Sun Devils’ first varsity squad in 1959 and won national titles in 1965, 1967 and 1969. He went 524173 in 13 years in Tempe. Winkles was a charter member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame and coached such stars as Reggie Jackson, Rick Monday, Sal Bando, Larry Gura and Gary Gentry. Winkles went on to manage four years in the majors, going 170-213 in stints with the California Angeles and Oakland Athletics from 1973-78.

WNBA Chicago Sky center Dolson tests positive for COVID-19 CHICAGO — Chicago Sky center Stefanie Dolson announced that she tested positive for the coronavirus, making her the first known Chicago professional athlete to contract COVID-19. Dolson said in a video that aired Friday night during ESPN’s broadcast of the WNBA draft that she and her “whole family” tested positive about a month ago, the Chicago Tribune reported. “This virus has hit pretty close to home,” said Dolson, who, along with Los Angeles Sparks guard and former Oregon State University standout Sydney Wiese, is one of two WNBA players known to have contracted the virus.

The Associated Press

Washington’s Alex Ovechkin follows through on a shot against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the first period of a 2019 game in Tampa, Fla.

Gretzky hopes Ovechkin breaks his records

STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press

Wayne Gretzky sees a lot of himself in Alex Ovechkin, from the smile on his face each time he steps on the ice to his passion for scoring goals. There are also differences, like Gretzky’s sole focus on the NHL growing up in Brantford, Ontario, versus Ovechkin’s upbringing in Moscow. “The Great One” believes the Washington Capitals captain has a good chance of breaking his all-time record of 894 goals that once seemed untouchable, depending on how long Ovechkin plays in the NHL. Gretzky speculated that Ovechkin could go home to Russia and finish his career in the Kontinental Hockey League. “Maybe one day in his mind he’ll say, ‘Look, I want to go home and play in the KHL when I can still compete at a high level,’” Gretzky told The Associated

Press in a phone interview Sunday. “We don’t know that. That’s his decision. But I think he loves being in Washington, I think he loves the NHL and I think he’ll do everything he can at any point to chase down the record.” Ovechkin’s longevity and his pursuit of Gretzky’s record are among the topics they discussed in their first joint interview, which airs Monday on NBC Sports Network. It comes with them 3,000 miles away and hockey on hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic but shines a spotlight on the potential of Ovechkin, who has 706 goals, spending the next few years chasing Gretzky. Ovechkin has 48 goals this season, tied for the league lead with Boston’s David Pastrnak, and if the regular season were to resume, he could match Gretzky and Mike Bossy with nine 50-goal seasons. If not, the time away and focus on the chase could drive Ovechkin to play

Career put on hold for top NWSL rookies

PORTLAND (AP) — Morgan Weaver laughed it off when her agent told her she was going to be the second pick in the National Women’s Soccer League draft. A four-year starter at Washington State, Weaver wasn’t among the names getting a lot of buzz heading into the January draft. “He told me and I was like, ‘OK, right. Whatever. I don’t believe you,’” she said, recalling the conversation she had before her name was announced. “Then it actually happened.” Weaver went to the Portland Thorns, who also got the first overall pick, Sophia Smith out of Stanford. Weaver said one of her greatest strengths as a player is that she’s a good learner. But for now, like the rest of the NWSL’s players, she’s learning to be patient. The league was supposed to start its eighth season this weekend with plenty of momentum behind it courtesy of an enthusiastic new commissioner in Lisa Baird and a new TV deal with CBS. The league was also riding a surge in attention following the United States’ victory in the Women’s World Cup last summer. The national team’s players are scattered throughout the NWSL, with U.S. Soccer paying their salaries. The league averaged 7,337 in attendance last season, a 21.8% increase over 2018 — the so-called ``World Cup Bump” The nationally televised opener between the Washington Spirit and OL Reign was originally scheduled for Saturday afternoon at Audi Field. The Thorns were supposed to host the Utah Royals on Saturday night. Becky Sauerbrunn, a defender who was on that winning World Cup team, was about to make her Thorns debut after a trade from the Utah Royals in the offseason. “It’s been a little bit of a bummer to get the trade done, join the Thorns and then not actually meet any of the Thorns in person. And so that’s been a sad part about this for me personally, is that I didn’t get to start preseason and kind of get my feet wet with the team,” Sauerbrunn said. Saturday might have also marked Weaver’s debut on the Thorns’ roster.

long enough to break the record. “You really feel like this record is meaningful,” NHL chief content officer Steve Mayer said in a video interview with The AP. “I’ve got the feeling that if he’s close, he’s not going to go away so fast.” When asked how long he’d play, Ovechkin has repeatedly referred to the one year remaining on his contract and said, “We’ll see.” He answers the same to NBC’s Kathryn Tappen during the hour-long special with Gretzky and adds: “I’m healthy, thanks God, and I still love this game. As soon as I’m not gonna love this game, I’m not gonna cheat on it because I respect it a lot.” Gretzky knows that feeling and was even offered a job to play in Russia in 1999 after playing his final NHL game. He respectfully declined. “All I remember was my mindset was there’s one league and if I’m not good enough for this league, I’m done,” Gretzky

said. “I grew up, I’m an NHL guy and if I can’t play in the NHL, that’s it for me. He’s probably in a different scenario. He grew up in Russia and he’s proud of his country and maybe it’ll be great for him to go home.” At 35, Ovechkin has already blown past the age where goal-scorers usually slow down and put up numbers not seen in decades. Even at his pace, Ovechkin would likely need to play at least four more seasons to threaten the record, which Gretzky believes would be great for the game. Gretzky recalls his dad telling him his record will be broken one day and hoping he handles it with the same class and dignity Gordie Howe did when Gretzky surpassed him as the leading goal-scorer. “I can’t help but cheer and root for him each and every day,” Gretzky said. “I hope I’m the first guy who’s able to shake his hand when he does break my record.”

MLS joins in the virtual trend ANNE M. PETERSON The Associated Press

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Washington State forward Morgan Weaver (6) competes for the ball with Gonzaga’s Maddie Cooley (9) during a college soccer match in Spokane, Wash., last September. Weaver was the No. 2 pick in the National Women’s Soccer League draft by the Portland Thorns. The rookie forward has had a whirlwind six months. First, she helped lead Washington State to the semifinals of the NCAA College Cup for the first time in school history. The unseeded Cougars were the tournament’s Cinderella after knocking off top seed Virginia in the second round, downing West Virginia 3-0 and blanking South Carolina 1-0 in the quarterfinals. The run came to an end in the Final Four, when Washington State fell 2-1 to North Carolina. “I knew we had it in us and I knew that we had the fight and the grit. I think we just all had to believe in ourselves -- and I think that’s what happened,” Weaver said. “Once we hit the tournament, we all believed in each other, knew what we had to do to get to that spot. And I think that was what helped us through everything.” Weaver had 15 goals as a senior and finished her Washington State career with 43, second-most in program history. The Thorns traded up to the second pick to select Weaver. After she was drafted, she got a shoutout on Twitter from Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew, who also played for the Cougars. She said she went into the draft not knowing where she might land. “I was just going in with an open mind. I didn’t really read any of the articles saying where I should have gone or what I should have done, or why I went No. 2,” she said. “I kind of just left it alone, and was like ‘I earned this and I’ve worked as hard as I can.’”

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Wan Kuzain is more than your average gamer. He’s got street cred. That’s because when he was 17, Kuzain accepted a challenge from noted video game enthusiast (and former NFL player) Chad Johnson — and beat him. The former Pro Bowler known as Ochocinco tweeted afterward that the “losing experience was worse than the time I lost my virginity” and added a crying emoji. So it’s no surprise that Kuzain will be Sporting’s representative in a virtual MLS tournament that started Sunday. A number of the league’s top players, including LA Galaxy striker Javier Hernandez, better known as Chicharito, and Nani, are participating in the nationally televised event. It goes like this: Two players from opposing teams will face off in EA Sports’ FIFA 2020 game. Then the league’s eMLS players will compete in a second leg. The losing team is eliminated. Fox Sports soccer commentators will call the action over the five-week event. Other sports have also moved to virtual competition during the coronavirus pandemic, notably NASCAR. Like the already established eMLS competition, NASCAR had an iRacing Series for gamers. Drivers joined when COVID-19 suspended real races. MLS Works and FOX Sports will make a donation on behalf of the winning team to Feeding America after each episode. Donations will also be made to Food Banks Canada. “You’ll see in some instances we’ve got some real gamers among our professional players. They’re going to show up to win. So while it is a great cause, we’re also out to entertain. I think you’ll see a real competitive edge come through as well, ” said Camilo Durana, the league’s senior vice president of properties and events. Now 21, Kuzain said he’s been playing FIFA since the 2012 edition. Kuzain was part of Sporting’s academy team before he was signed to the team’s USL affiliate, the Swope Park Rangers.