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COOS COUNTY — There’s something special about growing your own food.

From feeling the silky soil between your fingers to watching the seeds you planted finally begin to sprout – it’s a feeling of accomplishment and pure joy, it’s a feeling Dr. Steven Shimotakahara wanted to share with others.

On Saturday, Dr. Shimotakahara, the chairman of the board of the North Bend Medical Center and board certified ENT physician, donated over 20 garden boxes to local foster families throughout Coos County as a way to encourage their children to eat more vegetables.

A community-based project, which was started by Dr. Shimotakahara about two years, the “Growing Together” program not only taught young children about gardening, but also encouraged them to eat healthy.

“Our focus is not only growing gardens, but also their diets because diets have a major effect upon people’s long term health in terms of things like cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity all of the major health problems that we have today in our society,” said Dr. Shimotakahara. “… 93 percent of kids do not eat their recommended portions of vegetables in the average day. We’re talking about a whole lot of health effects if you can alter people’s diet.”

What began with only six garden boxes in 2018 has grown into 60 garden boxes this year which were being held at a number of local area schools.

With support from teachers and assistance from Oregon State University’s Extension Service in Coos County, as part of the program students were taught a number of lessons associated with growing their own food.

It also enlisted the help of rural students from the Oregon Health & Science University to conduct a multi-year dietary study before and after the growing season to see whether it had any effects on the kid’s diets,

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COOS COUNTY — On Friday, Coos Health and Wellness named a location to house the potential surge of novel coronavirus patients, which was worked on by its hospital and clinic taskforce.

According to Florence Pourtal-Stevens, public health director at CHW, the taskforce has identified the Baycrest Health Center, located on 3959 Sherman Avenue, as a possible surge facility.

At a virtual press briefing Friday, Pourtal-Stevens revealed that the facility underwent an initial inspection by the Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday to see if it could be adapted to safely handle novel coronavirus patients.

“Right now we’re waiting on the report from (the Army Corps of Engineers) to tell us what wing of the building we can use,” said Pourtal-Stevens.

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Volunteers fill garden boxes with soil Saturday in North Bend. The boxes, which were part of the "Growing Together" program, was donated to foster families in Coos County. said Dr. Shimotakahara.

However, the program came to halt after schools statewide were ordered to close its doors

by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown last month to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Not wanting the garden boxes to go to waste, Dr. Shimotakahara donated the boxes to the NBMC employee group and to Every Child Coos County which is a communityled nonprofit organization that partners with the Department of Human Services and the Coos County Foster Parent Association to provide support services to local foster families.

A small group of volunteer loaded the garden boxes onto trucks Saturday set to be delivered to foster families in Bandon, Coos Bay, Coquille, Myrtle Point and North Bend.

With families spending more

time at home under the governor’s executive order, Dr. Shimotakahara said he believes the garden boxes would provide parents with a great opportunity to teach their kids about food security and nutrition.

Over the month of April, families who received garden boxes will be able to pick their own seeds and seedlings from the gardening club at Southwestern Oregon Community College.

Children will be able to pick out which vegetables their interested in growing which the greenhouses at SWOCC currently have over 16 different types of vegetables.

"We want them to pick out whatever they like," said Dr. Shimotakahara, who laughed joyfully as he recalled a young girl, who was a part of the gardening program last year, only wanting to pick out radishes.

The program is made possible from funding and donations from a number of organizations including the Bay Area Hospital Community Foundation, OHSU, the Coos Bay/North Bend Rotary Club, Southport Lumber Company, SeaCoast Compost, Ed Hume Seeds and many more.

While the school shutdowns have forced the program to come to an end as far as the studies being conducted, the overall program is not over, said Dr. Shimotakahara. A Facebook page has been started for families who received a garden box to stay in touch and share pictures and updates of their vegetables.

“Once you grow something and watch it grow you’re much more inclined to eat it,” said Dr. Shimotakahara. “I just think this is the way to go not only for the county, but for the whole country.”

3 COVID-19 cases now in Curry County CURRY COUNTY — Late Sunday evening, Curry County Public Health received information through Coos County Public Health of two Curry County residents who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

According to a press release from Curry County Public Health Administrator Sherrié Ward, the tests were performed in Coos County and those tests were confirmed positive Sunday for the COVID-19. The two individuals have been self-isolating.

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SOUTH COAST – U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., has spent more time in Zoom meetings and on the phone than ever these past few weeks.

Reaching out by phone on Friday from his home in Springfield, DeFazio said his last trip to Washington D.C. was to vote on the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, where he addressed Congress on March 27. He and his staff are now social distancing at home per

Gov. Kate Brown’s executive order.

That’s not to say DeFazio isn’t busy.

He advocated in Congress to pass the CARES Act, the first federal stimulus package that will provide resources for public health and help for millions of workers and families amid the coronavirus crisis.

DeFazio was adamant that Congress not support what he described as a “no-stringsattached bailout that echoed the TARP bailout of Wall Street in 2008.”

The CARES Act will get assis-

tance to the workers, “the people who make those corporations great,” DeFazio wrote in a statement on March 23 regarding the Senate Republicans’ coronavirus economic relief package, which failed by a vote of 49-46.

As chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, DeFazio also secured key provisions for workers and families with the Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act, the third bill to address the impacts of the coronavirus.

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It gives small businesses relief quickly, strengthens unemployment benefits and provides funding to support hospitals and community health centers. It also provides urgently needed

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DeFazio also secured a number of critical provisions in the bill to help millions of workers in the aviation, railroad and public transit sector, as well as families that are at risk of losing water and wastewater services during the coronavirus crisis.

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Oregon Connections Academy continues to provide online learning AMANDA LINARES The World OREGON — In times of tragedy or adversity, sometimes you have to dig a bit deeper to find the lemons.

As public schools statewide begin to implement a number of remote educational services to their students amid the state ordered coronavirus-related shutdowns, Oregon Connections Academy High School Principal Todd Schweitzer said now is the time to turn those lemons into lemonade.

“If you look at the positive side of anything I think (the order requiring schools to close) has forced the (Oregon) Department of Education to rethink the value of online education,” said Schweitzer.

Last month, as a way to stop and slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown ordered that all public schools in the state close its doors and classrooms until April 28.

Recently, schools were directed to provide distance learning opportunities or supplemental education to their students

beginning April 13 as state officials anticipate schools being closed through the end of the academic year.

Unsure at first whether or not virtual or online schools were also mandated to close, Schweitzer said its independent, nonprofit board of directors sought clarity from the state as to how the recent order would impact its day-to-day operations.

“As of now the online charter schools can operate as normal,” said Schweitzer. “… Right now we’re back on. We don’t need to offer the supplemental education learning supports like the state initially said and we’re just moving back to regular business as far as educating students in an online format which is what we have always done.”

Since 2005, ORCA, a tuitionfree public online school serving students in grades K-12, has offered students throughout Oregon an at home curriculum that’s both diverse and flexible to meet the needs of each individual student, said Schweitzer.

ORCA provides students with a variety of virtual learning platforms which allows them to access 24/7 their lesson plans, assignments, homework and other curriculumrelated material. Students are also to connect with other students and their teachers in live work sessions via video conferencing.

While the closures have forced state officials to again re-think online education and schools throughout the state prepare to go virtual, Schweitzer said it’s important to note that online learning isn’t the answer to education as a whole and should be seen as a valued option for parents and students.

“I believe in the (school) buildings and I believe kids need that too,” said Schweitzer. “I have three kids, one went to online, the other two went to (school) buildings because that’s what that student needs for whatever reason to be successful.”

Also outlined in the governor’s order, public schools were told to stop enrolling new students at least until the statewide closures were lifted. Again, unsure how this

applied to virtual schools Schweitzer said once more ORCA sought guidance from the state.

According to Schweitzer, as of Friday, April 3, ORCA is still waiting for further clarification from the Oregon Department of Education to see if changes have made in regards to enrollment and whether or not it can accept new students or even withdraw students at this point.

According to the Oregon Department of Education’s website, schools are still able to serve all students enrolled prior to March 27.

According to Schweitzer, under normal circumstances enrollment climbs up each year for virtual school, but under these circumstances it seems like a boom in enrollment is likely to happen.

“Quite frankly we can’t handle this type of enrollment boom,” said Schweitzer. “… From a school’s perspective we’re more interested in quality versus quantity and as a nonprofit we’re not in this to make a profit we’re here to educate students in the great state of Oregon.”

Oregon reports 1 new COVID-19 death, 69 new cases PORTLAND — COVID19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll from 26 to 27, the Oregon Health Authority reported at 8 a.m. Sunday.

Oregon Health Authority also reported 69 new cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m.

Sunday, which was a decrease from a day earlier.

The new COVID-19 cases reported Sunday are in the following counties: Clackamas (6), Columbia (3), Klamath (1), Lane (3), Linn (2), Marion (10), Multnomah (24), Polk (2), Sherman (1), Umatilla (2), Washington (12), Yamhill (3).

Oregon Health Authority reports new cases once a day on its website: www. healthoregon.org/coronavirus.

Oregon’s 27th COVID-19 death is a 62-year-old female in Multnomah County, who tested positive on April 2, 2020, and died on April 2,

2020, in her residence. It is unknown at this time if she had underlying medical conditions.

Four new deaths were reported Saturday, with the victims — two men and two women — ranging from 55 to 77 years old. Three were in Multnomah County and one was in Marion County. All had underlying medical conditions.

In all, 100 new cases were reported Saturday.

There have been 20,624 people tested for the coronavirus, with 19,556 testing negative and 1,068 testing positive, according to OHA. Age distribution of cases: 0-19: 23 20-29: 108 30-39: 159 40-49: 197 50-59: 198 60-69: 197 70-79: 110

80 and over: 74 Not available: 2 Sex distribution: Females: 529 Males: 462 Not available: 8 Hospitalized: Yes: 239 No: 632 Not provided: 128 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.

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At the moment, ORCA about 4,600 student currently enrolled, a staff of about 209 and about 170 teachers throughout Oregon. Like many others around the state, Schweitzer said its teachers will have to get creative as far as finding alternatives to its schools field trips and other in-person gatherings to remain complaint with the state’s new mandates.

For example, last February, a group of local ORCA students were able to tour the U.S. Coast Guard Station Umpqua River in Winchester Bay to learn more about the Coast Guard as a potential, future career choice.

More recently, ORCA had to cancel its spring prom in order to limit the risk of their students and staff from being exposed to COVID-19.

“Teachers are getting out and planning for virtual field trips and trying to replicate our previous activities as best they can,” said Schweitzer. “The good thing about all of this is that we’re kind of used to working in this environment and you know teachers they’re very resourceful and they’re very active and excited to do what they can do.”

NORTH BEND POLICE LOG Saturday, April 4 Criminal Trespass At 12:39 a.m. on Liberty Street, a subject was warned for criminal trespass.

Mental Subject At 1:50 a.m. on Virginia Avenue, officers responded to a subject possibly having mental issues or intoxicated.

Disturbance At 2:13 a.m. on Virginia Avenue, officers responded and an individual was escorted back to her house.

Disorderly Conduct At 10:44 p.m. on Vermont Avenue, a 9-1-1 report was made of a dispute at a neighbor’s apartment. Subjects were warned for disorderly conduct.

Friday, April 3 Suspicious Vehicle At 12:35 a.m. on McPherson Avenue, two calls were made of a vehicle revving its engine outside of residence.

An officer located the unoccupied vehicle and waited in the area for the driver but was unable to locate.

Criminal Trespass At 2:49 a.m. on Ash Street, a subject was warned for criminal trespass.

At 4:26 a.m. on Broadway Avenue, a subject was warned for criminal trespass.

At 9:48 p.m. on Virginia Avenue, a subject was warned for trespass.

At 11:47 p.m. on Virginia Avenue, officers responded.

Bolt cutters and syringes were seized for destruction.

Subjects warned for trespass.

COQUILLE POLICE LOG Saturday, April 4 Alarm At 4:36 a.m. on North Central Boulevard at McKay’s, a business alarm went off.

Theft At 11:38 a.m. on North Central Boulevard at McKay’s, theft was reported.

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North Bend High School staff and volunteers worked to distribute Chromebooks to students last week to facilitate online learning during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Law enforcement agencies warn against coronavirus scams ADAM ROBERTSON The World SOUTH COAST — As the COVID-19 coronavirus situation continues to evolve, fraud schemes to get people’s personal information are on the rise.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement are offering tips for how to identify, and avoid, these traps.

“The Coos Bay Police Department wants to remind everyone that unfortunately during crisis situations, such as what we are facing today with the coronavirus, there can be fear and confusion that can also produce new opportunities for scammers,” states the CBPD on its Facebook page.

Reedsport Police Chief Matt Smart said the most common scams he’s heard of in the area are emails or web links offering information on the coronavirus.

Once someone opens the page, though, a worm or Trojan Horse gets downloaded and starts digging for information or disrupting a computer’s systems.

“I haven’t heard specifically anyone trying to scam the coronavirus other than using that as an attempt to get information,” said Smart.

According to the FBI, there have also been reports of fake emails from the Center for Disease Control; phishing emails advertising charities, financial relief, refunds, fake cures, vaccines, and testing kits; and counterfeit treatments or equipment.

There have been scams of people claiming to sell at-home test kits or treatments, claiming to be from a doctor or hospital.

Scammers have also claimed to represent charities or investment opportunities to benefit people affected by COVID-19, or investing in publicly traded companies doing research on the virus

or that will suffer from a loss of stock.

Lieutenant Schaffer, with the CBPD, said people should make sure they’re dealing with a reputable source before agreeing to anything and not feel pressured to rush into giving money.

Another big red flag the CBPD noted is if a caller asks for a donation to be sent as a gift card or money order.

“We’re a community of caring and giving people, and unfortunately people like to take advantage of that,” said Schaffer.

“Always do your research on those things.”

Yet another type of scam offers high-demand supplies, like surgical masks, or mobile apps supposedly designed to track the spread of the coronavirus. In all of these scams, payment is demanded with the scammer pocketing the money.

Smart has also heard of scammers taking advantage of the government’s recently passed assistance checks. People may call or email saying they need to confirm information to ensure the money is received properly. Smart noted, however, that government entities would not verify information using those methods.

“The government’s not going to do that,” he said.

“They’re not going to contact you, they’re not going to call you, email you, anything. They’re either going to send you a check or they’re not.”

Local law enforcement have mainly recorded scams trying to get information from people.

“These people are just absolutely unscrupulous,” said Smart. “They have no moral fiber whatsoever.

They will say or do anything to try to get your personal information. They take a situation that is already concerning and try to make you panic into

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giving your information just to exploit you financially. And it’s just sad that these people exist.”

The best advice Smart offers is to just ignore potential scams. If an email comes in from an unrecognized address, or a call from an unknown phone number, people should not open it or click on links and they should not answer the call.

“Just be very careful,” said Smart. “If it’s not from a trusted entity, don’t accept the call.”

The Coos Bay Police also advise people hang up on robocalls without speaking or pressing any numbers. The recording may offer a number to speak to a live operator or to be removed from the call list, but it may actually lead to more robocalls being received.

For emails, Smart also recommended getting virus check software. This

would scan emails and isolate any suspicious links or hidden programs.

“By remembering (these) tips, you can protect yourself and help stop criminal activity,” states the FBI. The FBI also suggests ignoring online offers for vaccinations and home test kits. These products are not proven to treat or prevent COVID-19. Local and federal agencies remind people that there are no FDA-approved home test kits or treatments for the coronavirus.

“Don’t give these people any information, even to confirm who you are,” said Smart. “They’re literally fishing to get any information from you so they can try to exploit you.”

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COOS BAY POLICE LOG COOS BAY POLICE LOG Saturday, April 4 Prowler At 2:03 a.m. on Date Avenue, a prowler was reported.

Suspicious Conditions At 2:32 a.m. on North 14th Street and Juniper Avenue, a suspicious subject was reported.

At 2:42 a.m. on North 14th Street and Juniper Avenue, suspicious vehicle/ subjects were reported.

At 2:43 a.m. on North 13th Street and Hemlock Avenue, a suspicious vehicle was reported.

Recovered Stolen Vehicle At 7:45 a.m. on the 2100 block of South 15th Street, a stolen vehicle was reported.

Arrest At 11:45 a.m. on Anderson and 5th Street, Mitchell Bissonnette, 36, was arrested for alleged theft 2 and cited in lieu of custody.

Criminal Mischief At 12:24 p.m. on the 1200

block of North 13th Street, criminal mischief was reported.

At 12:38 p.m. on South Broadway Street, criminal mischief was reported.

At 2:44 p.m. on South 1st Street at Fred Meyer, criminal mischief was reported.

Dispute At 12:31 p.m. on South Empire Boulevard, a neighbor dispute was reported.

Theft At 1:59 p.m. on Ocean and Waterboard, theft of a cellphone was reported.

Illegal Camping At 6:21 p.m. on East Anderson Avenue and South Bayshore, it was reported that a subject camped out under the tugboat on the pavilion.

Criminal Trespass At 8:53 p.m. on South 1st Street, criminal trespass was reported.

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A lot of good people We're all thoroughly sick of bad news about the pandemic: rising infection and mortality rates, shortages of essential medical equipment, a president who Steven V. cares more about his TV ratings Roberts than the citizens he's supposed to be protecting. So this column is entirely about good news: the countless acts of caring and kindness that individuals are performing every day.

Marty Wuerstlin, who runs an appliance repair business in the Maryland suburbs of Washington where I live, put it well: "There are a lot of good people in the world, and nobody hears about it."

Marty is one of them. He recently went to the home of John Sclavounos, a retired widower, to fix a broken ice-maker. But John turned him away at the front door, saying, "I'm sick, I don't want to infect you." Marty consulted his wife, Connie, and left John a phone message: Can we bring you a pot of Connie's homemade soup? And if you're sick and alone, do you need her to stay with you?

"I'd never heard of anything like this in my life. I really haven't," John told me. "To me it's overwhelming that there's such kindness out there in these days. The press doesn't report on the kindness as often as need be."

He's right; we don't. But the story of Marty and John is duplicated in communities and neighborhoods across the country, and the givers gain as much as the receivers.

Making soup is as nourishing as eating it.

The best way to cope with the pandemic is to help someone else cope.

A group of mental health professionals in my town are offering free online therapy sessions to anyone who needs counseling.

Marjorie Kreppel, the group's founder, told me: "I get more joy from doing these free sessions than from anything in my day. It raises my happiness. It feels good to help other people feel good."

A quick Google survey turns up a vast array of generous and creative gestures. Here are just a few: -- The teachers from Prestonwood Elementary School in north Dallas organized a parade through the neighborhoods where

their students live. The teachers decorated their cars with signs ("Sending Hugs!! Mrs. Lyon") and the kids cheered back, waving pompoms, pictures and posters of their own ("We Miss You Teachers," proclaimed 10-year-old Mira Joachimiak). Vice principal Aaron Ward told a reporter, "Seeing faces digitally is nice, but something about personal connection, just seeing each other like that, keeps us from taking each other for granted."

-- A woman named Rebecca Mehra tweeted out this story: "I went to the grocery store this afternoon. As I was walking in, I heard a woman yell to me from her car. I walked over and found an elderly woman and her husband. She cracked her window open a bit more, and explained to me, nearly in tears, that they were afraid to go into the store." The woman pushed a $100 bill and a shopping list through the window. Mehra bought their groceries, stowed them in the trunk and returned the change. "I know it's a time of hysteria and nerves, but offer to help anyone you can," she posted later. "Not everyone has people to turn to."

-- Lane Grindle, a radio announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers, had a brainstorm while playing outside with his four small children.

"What if we all put our Christmas lights back up?" he tweeted. "Then we could get in the car and drive around and look at them." In Brookhaven, Georgia, Ginny Dunn encouraged her neighbors to haul out any holiday decorations. One inflated a 9-foot pumpkin. Another put out illuminated candy canes. Others displayed Valentine hearts and Irish shamrocks. In my neighborhood, my chocolate Lab, Rosie, and I encountered a 10-foot-tall inflatable dragon adorned with a sign saying, "I'm Waving to You. Wave Back to Me." Rosie and I both smiled and waved.

Or at least, I think she did.

In the nearby town of Chevy Chase, village manager Andy Harney organized a weekend dance party, hiring a DJ to tour the neighborhood, playing a few songs at 24 different stops through loudspeakers attached to the roof of his car. One favorite was the old disco standard "I Will Survive," which includes these lyrics: "Did you think I'd crumble / Did you think I'd lay down and die?

"Oh no, not I / I will survive / Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive."

Yes, we will. Together.

(Steven Roberts teaches politics and journalism at George Washington University.

He can be contacted by email at stevecokie@ gmail.com.)

When it's over, will we be the same America?

"Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully," said Samuel Johnson.

And as it is with men, so it is with nations.

Monday, Dr. Deborah Birx, White Patrick J. House coronavirus Buchanan response coordinator, projected some 100,000 to 200,000 U.S. deaths from the pandemic, "if we do things almost perfectly." She agreed with Dr. Anthony Fauci's estimate that, if we do "nothing," the American dead could reach 2.2 million.

That 2 million figure would be twice as many dead as have perished in all our wars from the American Revolution to the Civil War, World War I and II, and Korea and Vietnam.

This does indeed concentrate the mind wonderfully.

Now add to this slaughter of our countrymen a market plunge steeper than the 1929 Crash and a 1930s-style Depression. Wall Street analysts are talking of a wipeout of 30% of our GDP and unemployment reaching 35%.

What a difference a month can make.

On March 3, Super Tuesday, we were caught up in the 14 primary contests after Joe Biden's stunning victory in South Carolina, which broke the momentum of Sen. Bernie Sanders' wins in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.

What March 2020 produced and what it appears to portend is a sea change in U.S. history, an inflection point, an event after which things never return to what they were.

The coronavirus crisis seems to be one of

those epochal events that alter the character of the country and the course of the republic.

Consider what has happened in three weeks.

The Republican Party, the party of small government and balanced budgets, approved with but a single dissent a $2 trillion emergency bill. There is talk now of a second $2 trillion bill, this one for infrastructure.

In a single month then, a Republican Senate and president grew the federal budget by 50% and are looking to double that.

For years, Democrats raised alarms about Trump's poaching of the powers of the other branches. Now Democrats are demanding to know why Trump has not shut down the economy by presidential decree and not used his latent dictatorial powers to order U.S. companies to produce what the nation's hospitals demand.

Democrats who long accused Trump of xenophobia and racism for seeking to close the borders to migrants entering the country illegally are now silent as Trump closes America to the world.

First Amendment free press champions are calling for Trump's White House briefings not to be carried on TV because the president is spouting propaganda and lies. The problem: The people are watching and approving of what the media think the people ought not see.

If people in a crisis will jettison lifelong beliefs like this readily, how enduring will their professed belief in democracy itself prove?

The president thinks this will be a V-shaped recession, that once the economy hits bottom and turns up, it will soar, as in 1946 when pentup demand from World War II was unleashed and America began to churn out cars and consumer good as rapidly as it had weapons of war.

Perhaps. But put me down as a skeptic. You can't go home again. The shattering events of

March, followed by what is coming in April and May, will have lasting impacts on the hearts and minds of this generation.

That once-insatiable appetite for Chinesemade goods at the mall -- will it really return?

Will Americans, after having "socially distanced" for months from family and friends, be reassured of their safety and pack into restaurants in July?

Observing the carrier Theodore Roosevelt in Guam offloading scores of sailors infected with coronavirus, will Americans be up for a clash with a China that is even today asserting its claims to the South China Sea? Will Americans who survive this crisis care whether Iranian-backed Shiites dominate Iraq or Saudi-backed Sunni prevail in Yemen?

If March shocked this nation as severely as 9/11, what is coming may be even more sobering.

Are millions of unemployed workers without the cash to pay for or to find medicine and groceries likely to stay indoors for weeks or months?

All those criminals being given early release from virus-infested jails and prisons without the means to provide for themselves and their families, how will they react to weeks of mandatory sheltering in place?

Will MS-13 and its thousands of members, and its rival gangs that live off narcotics sales, comply?

Americans have done well in staying home in March. Will they do so through April, May and perhaps June? Or will the system gradually break down just as the second wave of the virus in the fall appears?

In times of crisis in America, there is a tradition of self-sacrifice.

But there have also almost always been not a few whose mindset is that of the Fort Lauderdale spring-breakers.

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Want to reduce Oregon's urban sprawl? Limit population growth

In Oregon, developers have paved over 420,000 acres of forests, fields and fertile cropland since 1982, according to a new study I co-authored. That's an area two-thirds the size of Rhode Island.

This sprawl, which primarily results from rapid population growth, threatens everything Oregonians hold dear — their pristine wilderness areas, active outdoor lifestyles and even their sense of community. Only by limiting future population growth can Oregonians preserve their quality of life.

Oregonians have proudly led the environmentalist movement for decades.

In 1971, Oregon became the first state to pass a "bottle bill" aimed at reducing roadside litter

and encouraging recycling. In 1973, the Oregon Legislature passed a landmark law, SB 100, which requires each municipality to establish an urban growth boundary in an effort to slow sprawl and save open space. In the 1980s, officials and citizen groups like 1000 Friends of Oregon joined forces to conserve open spaces.

In the late 1990s, a conference attended by 600 Oregonians led to the creation of the short-lived NGO Alternatives to Growth Oregon, which aimed to "educate Oregonians about the true costs and consequences of unending growth ... (and) implement alternative economic strategies (that would) resolve issues of social and economic equity and environmental stewardship."

And today, Oregon Smart Growth — part of the national "smart growth" movement — advocates for "development that's economically, socially and

Believe in Americanism and reject the Left

Last week a woman wrote in and said she turns to the Editorial Page and Letters to "get the mood of the people."

But day after day I see nothing but Leftist ideology such as Gene Lyons hate-filled rant against the President, so I thought it might be time to get the perspective from the other side.

Most Americans know that there is something deeply wrong with the country today. We are divided as a nation and the Democratic Party can't move any further left or be called Communists. But the trouble isn't left or right ideology but instead is Leftism vs Americanism and the two are not compatible.

I am not going to explain Leftism, we get it every day. Environmentalists who would destroy our civilization, Antifa who will bash your head in if you have a different opinion, and colleges all over

environmentally sustainable."

Yet in spite of these efforts, the reality is that Oregon, like every community and state in the country, is "hooked on growth." Oregon's population has skyrocketed from 2.6 million in 1982 to 4.2 million today — a 62 percent increase. The U.S. population has jumped 42 percent over the same period, rising from 232 million to 330 million today. And every decade, the U.S. population increases by 25 to 30 million people — with no end in sight.

From 2000 to 2015, 62 percent of Oregon's population growth resulted from migration rather than births.

Approximately 30 percent was due to immigration from foreign countries, while the other 32 percent was due to internal migration from other states, particularly California.

Californians have been fleeing their state in

the country who teach Marxism instead of Virtue.

Instead I want to talk about Americanism, what is it exactly?

Americanism is stated on every coin printed in this country, Liberty, In God we Trust, and E Pluribus Unum. The last translated means "out of many, one." E Pluribus Unum does not mean multiculturalism, but melting pot.

When I see the World Cup soccer match between the U.S. and Mexico in Los Angeles where the so-called Mexican-Americans are waiving the Mexican flag and booing when America scores a goal, you know that these are not Americans. The flood of immigrants is welcomed by the left and why not?

They vote for the Democratic Party, which will give them free stuff. If the immigrants voted for the Republicans there would already be a double wall across the southern border with mines in between. Americans welcome

droves for the past three decades. More than 13 million have left since 1990, driven away by high housing costs, crime and related problems caused by the state's overpopulation. The Golden State's population has now reached 40 million, almost 10 times higher than Oregon's.

The sprawl created by unfettered population growth threatens Oregon's biodiversity. Fifty-three local animal species are imperiled due to urban expansion and habitat degradation. And if something doesn't change, developers will hack down large areas of Oregon's iconic coniferous forests.

Conservationists predict that the Willamette Valley alone will lose 25,000 acres of forests over the next 40 years.

This sprawl doesn't merely lay waste to the environment. It also hurts ordinary Oregonians.

Just consider the impact on the state's farmers, ranchers and rural

residents. Since 1982, Oregon has seen a 16% decrease in cultivated cropland and a 13 percent decrease in pastureland.

On average, almost onethird of an acre of rural land was developed to accommodate each new resident.

To get back into balance with nature, at least one of two things must happen. Oregonians would have to drastically — and unrealistically — reduce their per-capita consumption of resources.

Or the number of Oregonians would have to decrease. That's not unthinkable. Birth rates are gradually declining as families decide to have fewer children. As of 2016, there were about 11 babies born for every 1,000 Oregon residents — down from 16 per thousand residents in the early 1980s.

In fact, the birth rate has fallen below replacement levels. If it weren't for migration into the state, Oregon's population would

immigrants as long as they come in legally and don't receive benefits until they have earned them.

Liberty needs no definition but we certainly don't have full liberty with the bloated governments we have in Washington and in every state. The government is not the solution, it is the problem. Washington alone wastes billions of dollars of taxpayer money every year and we all know this to be true. Once the government gets involved, they always make it worse. Just look at the government-run schools in this country as proof.

Liberty also means freedom from governments telling me which bags to use at the grocery store, or how much salt I can eat, or whether I can own a rifle.

And last, "In God we Trust." The founders knew that without a virtuous people, the Republic would not succeed.

Leftism does not teach virtue, it teaches

naturally level off and eventually dip.

Yet this is not the demographic path Oregon is following. From 4.2 million today, Oregon's population is projected to grow to 5.6 million by 2050, approximately double the level in 1990.

If that happens, far more precious, irreplaceable open spaces will be lost in the years ahead.

Fortunately, these population projections are not set in stone. There's still time for citizens to take action and conserve Oregon's open spaces for posterity.

Leon Kolankiewicz is an environmental planner and Scientific Director of NumbersUSA, a nonprofit organization promoting the recommendations of two Clinton-era presidential commissions on immigration and environmental sustainability.

Leon Kolankiewicz Director of NumbersUSA

hate. Just look again at Gene Lyons' editorial where he bashes not only the President but Christianity as well. Shame on you Mr. Lyons, you obviously know nothing about faith or virtue. It has been since the left has attacked Christianity, the country has started down the wrong path.

So to the woman who looks at the letters on the opinion page, I say to you and the rest of those who read this paper there are some of us who support the President, who support the Jordan Cove project, who reject the notion that C02 is driving the climate, and who believe that Leftism destroys everything it touches.

We believe in God, virtue and happiness.

And although you won't read so many letters agreeing with me, many people out there believe in Americanism and reject the Left.

Michael Nagy North Bend

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DEAR ABBY: I have a friend who is an alcoholic. I met her when we first moved here five years ago. At that time, I wasn't aware of her drinking problem. Over the years it has become very apparent. I have yelled at her, shown deep concern for her, threatened rehab, begged her to get help, etc.

She calls me late in the evening rambling on about ridiculous things, repeating the same stories over and over, crying, claiming she's having panic attacks and all sorts of other health ailments that are most likely caused by her drinking. I am at my wits' end with her. She's a good person and has a good heart, but I know I can't save her because she's already stated she will never stop drinking.

How do I manage to keep my own sanity? I sometimes feel like I enable her by not calling her out on all her excuses for her problems when I know well they're all because of the drinking. -ENABLER IN MINNESOTA DEAR ENABLER: I have two suggestions for you, and I hope you will avail yourself of both. The first is to go online to al-anon.org to find the nearest location for meet-

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Al-Anon is a sister organization of Alcoholics Anonymous, and it was founded to help and support the friends and family members of people who have an alcohol problem. It will help you to understand that YOU cannot help your friend. Only SHE can do that by mustering up the resolve to quit drinking. Many alcoholics do this only after they finally realize the consequences their addiction has cost them. In this case, the price may be her friendship with you.

The second is to tell your friend -- while she is sober -that she cannot continue calling you when she has been drinking, and that if she does, you will hang up. Then do it.

DEAR ABBY: My 53-year-old brother had an affair eight years ago. He and his wife have four children.

When he told his wife about it, they started sleeping in separate bedrooms. She stays with him for the kids' sake and for financial reasons.

The other woman, "Rachael," recently contacted him saying she has cancer and has no family who want to take care of her. He put her up in his cabin in the mountains and hasn't told his wife.

He asked what I thought, and honestly, I feel that although I am sad for Rachael, my brother should put his wife before his concern for this other woman. I'm angry with

him for what he's doing to his wife. What should he do? -DISAGREEING IN THE SOUTH DEAR DISAGREEING: I assume that when your brother confided what he has been doing, you gave him your thoughts on it. If you didn't, you should.

I find it telling that the person asking me what he should do is you and not him. Rather than try to run interference for him, recognize the ball is in his court, and he has to decide for himself what he should -- or should not -- do, because he is playing a very dangerous game.

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Survey: 3 in 4 hospitals have cases WASHINGTON (AP) — Three out of four U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, according to a federal report that finds hospitals expect to be overwhelmed as cases rocket toward their projected peak.

A report Monday from a federal watchdog agency warns that different, widely reported problems are feeding off each other in a vicious cycle. Such problems include insufficient tests, slow results, scarcity of protective gear, the shortage of breathing machines for seriously ill patients and burned-out staffs anxious for their own safety.

“There's this sort of domino effect,” said Ann Maxwell, an assistant inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services. “These challenges play off each other and exacerbate the situation. There's a cascade effect.”

The inspector general's report is based on a telephone survey of 323 hospitals around the country, from March 23-27.

With hundreds of new coronavirus cases daily, the situation is becoming more dire for many the nation's 6,000 hospitals.

Others can still scramble to prepare.

“Hospitals reported that their most significant challenges centered on testing and caring for patients with known or suspected COVID-19, and keeping staff safe,” the report concluded.

“It’s likely that every hospital in America is going to have to deal with this,” Maxwell said.

In most people, the coronavirus causes mild to moderate symptoms. Others, particularly older people and those with underlying health issues, can develop lifethreatening breathing problems. The U.S. has more diagnosed cases in the global pandemic than any other country, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Projections show the nation will see the peak impact later this month.

Maxwell said the goal of the report was to describe the predicament hospitals are facing. She said the key insight is that different problems — usually addressed

individually — are building on each other to entangle the whole system.

For example, a lack of testing and slow results means hospitals must keep patients with unconfirmed coronavirus disease longer.

That takes up precious beds and uses up protective equipment like gowns, masks and face shields, since doctors and nurses have to assume that patients with symptoms of respiratory distress may be positive.

The increased workload raises the stress level for nurses, doctors and respiratory therapists, who are also concerned they may be unable to properly protect themselves.

“Health care workers feel like they’re at war right now," a hospital administrator in New York City told the inspector general's investigators. They "are seeing people in their 30s, 40s, 50s dying. …

This takes a large emotional toll.” The inspector general's office did not identify survey respondents due to privacy concerns.

Overtime hours and increased use of supplies are raising costs at the same time that many hospitals experience a revenue crunch because elective surgeries have been canceled. The recently passed federal stimulus bill pumps money to hospitals.

“It is in fact a national challenge, not just from the hot spots, but from all over the country,” Maxwell said. Rural hospitals are vulnerable because of a limited number of beds and smaller staffs.

Of the 323 hospitals in the survey, 117 reported they were treating one or more patients with confirmed COVID-19, while 130 said they were treating one or more patients suspected to have the disease. Suspected infections are treated similarly, because of the uncertainties around testing. Only 32 hospitals said they were not treating any patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

Another 44 hospitals did not provide that information.

United States, UK brace for soaring death tolls from COVID-19 LONDON (AP) — The United States and Britain braced for one of their bleakest weeks in living memory on Monday as the social and financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic deepened. New infections in Italy and especially Spain showed signs of slowing, with emergency rooms in the hard-hit Madrid region returning almost to normal a week after scenes of patients sleeping on floors and in chairs.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was infected last month, was hospitalized overnight in what his office described as a “precautionary step" after persistent symptoms.

The 55-year-old Conservative leader, who had a fever for days, is the first known head of government to fall ill with the disease.

“The issue is that his symptoms have remained persistent,” said Johnson's spokesman, James Slack, adding that the prime minister was continuing to receive regular briefings.

World shares rose after some hard-hit European areas

saw glimmers of hope — deaths and new infections appeared to be slowing in Spain, Italy and France. Leaders cautioned, however, that any gains could easily be reversed if people did not continue to adhere to strict social distancing measures and national lockdowns. Benchmarks were up about 3% in Paris and Frankfurt and Tokyo jumped more than 4%.

In Washington, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams offered a stark warning about the surge of coronavirus deaths the nation is facing.

“This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment,’’ he told “Fox News Sunday.”

More than 9,600 people have died of the virus in the United States, and it leads the world in confirmed infections at more than 337,000.

In New York City, the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic, daily confirmed deaths dropped slightly, along with intensive care admissions and the number of patients who needed breath-

ing tubes. But New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned it was “too early to tell” whether the good news would hold.

U.S. President Donald Trump later suggested the hard weeks ahead could foretell the turning of a corner.

“We’re starting to see light at the end of the tunnel,” Trump claimed at an White House briefing.

Louisiana health officials reported 68 more coronavirusrelated deaths, the state’s biggest jump since the outbreak began.

In all, the state where New Orleans hosts millions of tourists yearly has 477 reported deaths and over 13,000 infections. A report from a federal watchdog agency found that three out of four U.S. hospitals surveyed are already treating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, and warned that different, widely reported problems are feeding off each other in a vicious cycle.

Italy still has, by far, the world’s highest coronavirus death toll — almost 16,000 — but the pressure on northern

Italy’s intensive care units has eased so much that Lombardy is no longer airlifting patients to other regions.

In Spain, deaths and new infections dropped again Monday. The health ministry reported 637 new deaths, the lowest toll in 13 days, for a total of over 13,000 dead since the pandemic hit. New recorded infections were also the lowest in two weeks.

Patients awaiting treatment in emergency rooms across the Madrid region of 6.6 million went down Monday to 390 cases, one-tenth of the arrivals last week, the regional government said. The number of people being treated for coronavirus in intensive care stabilized at about 1,500 for five straight days.

Yet Britain's outbreak was headed in the opposite direction as the country reported more than 600 deaths Sunday, surpassing Italy’s daily increase for the second day in a row.

In a rare televised address, Queen Elizabeth II appealed to Britons to rise to the occasion, while acknowledging they face

enormous disruptions, grief and financial difficulties. In the midst of the speech Sunday night, Johnson was admitted to the hospital.

“I hope in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge,” the 93-year-old monarch said. “And those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any.”

Lacking enough for protective gear against the virus, British doctors and nurses were wearing goggles from school science classes, holding their breath when close to patients, and repeatedly reusing single-use masks, Dr. Rinesh Parmar, head of Doctors’ Association UK, told Sky News.

Worldwide, more than 1.2 million people have been confirmed infected and nearly 70,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. The true numbers are certainly much higher, due to limited testing, different ways nations count the dead and deliberate underreporting by some governments.

Trump fires inspector general who handled whistleblower complaint WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested that he fired the inspector general for the intelligence community in retaliation for impeachment, saying the official was wrong to provide an anonymous whistleblower complaint to Congress as the law requires.

Trump called Michael Atkinson a “disgrace” after informing Congress late Friday night that he intended to fire him. In letters to the House and Senate intelligence committees, Trump wrote that he had lost confidence in Atkinson but gave little detail.

A day later, Trump was more blunt, telling reporters at

the White House: “I thought he did a terrible job, absolutely terrible.” The president added: “He took a fake report and he took it to Congress with an emergency, OK? Not a big Trump fan, that I can tell you.”

The whistleblower report was not fake, but a detailed complaint written by an anonymous intelligence official who described Trump's pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democrat Joe Biden and his son. Atkinson determined the complaint was urgent and credible and therefore was required by law to disclose it to Congress, but he was overruled for weeks by the acting

director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire.

After a firestorm sparked by media reports of the complaint, it was turned over and made public. A congressional inquiry led to Trump's impeachment by the House in December. The GOP-led Senate acquitted Trump in February.

On Saturday, Trump questioned why Atkinson didn’t speak to him about the complaint, though Atkinson’s role is to provide independent oversight.

“Never came in to see me, never requested to see me,” Trump said. He added: “That man is a disgrace to IGs.”

Art lover, philanthropist Schnitzer dies PORTLAND (AP) — Arlene Schnitzer, a philanthropist who gave away more than $150 million to thousands of civic projects in Portland and helped bring arts in the city to another level, has died. She was 91.

Her son, Jordan Schnitzer, said she died on Saturday after having some intestinal issues.

“In the end, at 91, I think she just decided she’d had a pretty amazing life,” Jordan Schnitzer told The Oregonian/OregonLive.

Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall is named after her. She and her husband, Harold Schnitzer, who died in 2011 at age 87, helped establish the Center for Northwest Art, and a curatorial and awards program.

“Both my parents were proud Portlanders," Jordan Schnitzer said. "They were born and educated here. It was their village, they used to say. They felt if they didn’t help build the institutions in this town, who would?

Bruce Guenther, former chief curator of the Portland Art Museum, said the Schnitzers transformed philanthropy by making large donations, and that other wealthy patrons

begin doing so also.

Harold and Arlene Schnitzer donated to a variety of causes. Recipients included New Avenues for Youth, community gathering places such as the Oregon Zoo, schools such as the University of Oregon and Lewis and Clark College, Jewish cultural agencies such as the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, and arts institutions from the Oregon Symphony and Oregon Ballet Theatre to the Portland Opera and Portland Art Museum.

The couple's main way of donating was through the Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, funded by the sale of the Claremont Hotel for $88 million.

“I think of her as a big wave,” said Lucinda Parker, a painter who met Arlene when they were both art students in the 1950s. “She encouraged and embarrassed everyone to do what she was doing. She made her way. She had no fear.”

Harold and Arlene Schnitzer met in 1949 and were married five weeks later after Arlene proposed.

Atkinson’s removal is part of a larger shakeup of the intelligence community under Trump, who has always viewed intelligence professionals with skepticism. His ouster came under immediate fire from Democrats and a handful of Republicans.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican who leads the Finance Committee, said that Congress has been “crystal clear” that written reasons must be given when inspectors general are removed for a lack of confidence.

“More details are needed from the administration," Grassley said.

Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a GOP member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she didn't find Trump's reasoning in his Friday letter to be persuasive, and said Atkinson's removal “was not warranted.” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., said an inspector general "must be allowed to conduct his or her work inde-

pendent of internal or external pressure.”

Trump's criticism Saturday came after Atkinson's peers had rushed to his defense.

Michael Horowitz, the inspector general at the Justice Department, said Atkinson was known for his “integrity, professionalism, and commitment to the rule of law and independent oversight." He said that included Atkinson's actions in handling the Ukraine whistleblower complaint.

Asked during his daily coronavirus briefing about firing Atkinson, Trump returned to his attacks on the Democratic-led impeachment investigation and trial and his defense that his phone call with Ukraine’s president was “perfect” but had been inaccurately described in the whistleblower’s account. In fact, the partial transcript later released by the president largely supported the whistleblower’s account.

Atkinson is at least the seventh intelligence official to be

fired, ousted or moved aside since last summer. In his letters to the intelligence committees informing them of the firing, which were obtained by The Associated Press, Trump said that it is “vital” that he has confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general, and “that is no longer the case with regard to this inspector general.”

Trump said Atkinson would be removed from office in 30 days, the required amount of time he must wait after informing Congress. He wrote that he would nominate an individual “who has my full confidence” at a later date.

According to two congressional officials, Atkinson has been placed on administrative leave, meaning he will not serve out the 30 days. One of the officials said Atkinson was only informed of his removal on Friday night. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because Atkinson’s administrative leave had not been announced.

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Many Benefits of Online Grocery Shopping There are few things more annoying than stopping at the supermarket to pick up a few things and hauling bags of groceries into the house only to discover you have nothing for dinner. Or putting everything away only to realize you totally forgot the one thing that prompted you to stop at the store in the first place.

Online grocery shopping isn't for everyone. But if you are prone to impulse shopping or regularly go way over what you intended to spend on groceries for the week, shopping for your groceries online might actually save you money.

Online grocery shopping has actually become a total game changer for me.

NO MORE IMPULSE BUYS There's something about a grocery store that opens the door to my inner 6-year-old. Oh, look!

Donuts, flowers, fresh corn on the cob! Wow, I forgot I need a new Bundt pan. My best intentions are tested and rarely come out the winner. But discovering that I can do my grocery shopping online has put my inner impulsive self into an extended period of hibernation.

FINDING THE OPTION THAT IS ACTUALLY CHEAPER I'm still stunned by how cool it is to sit at home with my laptop and have the entire contents of THE FAMILY CIRCUS my supermarket at my fingertips.

I can search for specific items, and, with a single click, see my options -- including price, size and product label -- so I can make the best choice.WATCHING MY REAL BALANCE, NOT AN ESTIMATE I HAVE IN MY HEAD Sitting in front of my computer and placing items into my online cart, I can watch my running balance and exactly what I have in the cart. I don't get that unexpected surprise at checkout. It's easy to "put things back" when I see the balance climbing needlessly.

GETTING THE BEST DEALS WITHOUT FEELING PRESSURED Sitting at home alone, it's easy to plan the week's menus. I can check the pantry, fridge and freezer so I'm not rebuying what I have already. I have time to make good choices.

I can read recipes, price ingredients and, most importantly, change my mind.

TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF DEALS AND COUPONS My supermarket, King Soopers, which is part of the Kroger family of stores, has all kinds of deals going on that change every week. And I can stack those sales and deals with any coupons I might have -- and that goes for both online and instore shopping. They make it so easy.

PAYING REASONABLE FEES Walmart and Kroger stores are two national chains offering online grocery shopping. Both offer either pickup, where you have an appointed time to pick up your order, or home delivery.

There is a $4.95 delivery fee for Kroger stores (after your first three online orders, which are free), and pickup is always free.

There is a $30 minimum purchase requirement for all Walmart grocery orders, and pickup is always free. Both Kroger and Walmart have policies that their employees are not allowed to accept tips. I gratefully opt to pay the $4.95 fee in order to not spend untold amounts of money on impulse and needless purchases.

MODERATELY CONFUSED Delivery fees vary, so check carefully before you opt for home delivery. Tipping the delivery driver is customary for most stores, so make sure you add this in as part of your overall expense.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for Coos Bay School District, South Stadium Storm Drain Replacement project, will be received from qualified bidders at the Architect’s office: HGE Architects, Inc., 333 South 4th Street, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420 until the bid closing time of 2:00 P.M. Pacific Time, April 23, 2020. The actual bid opening shall be conducted in the HGE Conference Room immediately following the bid closing time at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud via remote conference call. Call-in information for bid opening is as follows: Thursday, April 23, 2020, 2:00 P.M. (PDT) Please join my meeting at: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/113231541 You can also join by phone: 1 (872) 240-3212 Access Code: 113-231-541 Bids received after the above-mentioned time and date will not be considered. Bidders must submit a first-tier subcontractor disclosure form to Coos Bay School District, within two working hours of the time for receipt of bids in accordance with ORS 279C.370. Refer to Instructions to Bidders within the Project Manual for more information.

The Work consists of furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, incidentals and performing all Work required for replacement of the existing storm drain located on the Coos Bay School District’s Marshfield High School Campus between the south grandstand of Susick Stadium and the Waterfall Clinic in Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon.

Contract Documents for this work, including Instructions to Bidders and Bid Form, may be examined at the Office of the Architect, HGE Architects, Inc. , 333 South 4th Street, Coos Bay, Oregon, phone: 541- 269-1166, email: general@hge1.com, and at the following locations: Coos Bay School District office, various Plan Centers, and on the HGE website at http://www.hge1.com/bidding-area/.

General Contractors are encouraged to contact HGE ARCHITECTS, INC., by phone or email and register their interest in submitting a bid and to be included in the plan holders’ list.

Thursday, April 9, 2020, 10:00 P.M. (PDT) Please join my meeting at: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/828187821 You can also join by phone: 1 (872) 240-3212 Access Code: 828-187-821 Individual site walk-will be by appointment only.

Please contact Rick Roberts, Facilities Manager, by email at RickR@coos-bay.k12.or.us, 24 hours in advance to schedule a date and time.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, and to waive any technicalities or informalities in connection therewith. No bidder may withdraw his bid after the hour set for the opening thereof until the lapse of thirty (30) days from the bid opening.

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tract, West leads the spade queen.

What should declarer do?

North’s response of two diamonds was a transfer bid, showing at least five hearts and possibly no points. His jump rebid of three notrump offered a choice of games.

South, despite his 4-3-3-3 distribution, went with the nine-card fit.

(Note that three no-trump has no chance after West leads the spade queen.)

A careless declarer sees only three losers: the missing aces. He wins trick one and immediately plays a trump.

However, East wins and returns a spade. Suddenly South sees a fourth -- now unavoidable -- loser in spades: down one.

A careful declarer realizes he must do something about his third-round spade loser immediately.

He must discard a spade from the board on his third diamond. Also, since the defender with the diamond ace might duck for one round, South carefully wins the first trick with dummy’s spade king. Then he leads a diamond. However the defenders play, dummy’s spade loser evaporates and the contract is made.

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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) --------------------------------------------------City of Lakeside Budget Calendar 2020-2021 Publish Budget Committee Meeting Notice 2x April 6 & April 13 Budget Officer Proposed Budget ready for review April 13 Budget Committee 1st Meeting Thursday, April 16 at 4 pm Budget Committee 2nd Meeting Thursday, (Public Comments will be taken at this meeting) April 30 at 4 pm Additional Date for continued Budget Meeting (If required) May 7 at 4 pm Additional Date for continued Budget Meeting (If required) May 21 at 4 pm Budget Hearing Posting sent to The World May 14 Special Council Meeting/Budget Hearing June 18 at 7 pm Published: April 6 & 13, 2020 The World (ID: 278143) --------------------------------------------------The Libby Drainage District will meet Saturday April 25th 2020, at the Coos Bay Library at 10:00am.

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A non-mandatory pre-bid “virtual� conference will be scheduled on Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. All interested parties are encouraged to call-in remotely and participate as there will be no actual physical meeting place or assembly.

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TUESDAY APRIL 7, 2020 Good intentions, followed by discipline and dedication, will lead to success. Stick to your plan and refuse to let anyone talk you into outlandish ideas that will bust your budget and schedule. Personal growth, improvement and love are featured, and should be your priorities as the year unfolds.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Be receptive to new ideas. Friendships will develop into exciting partnerships.

Don’t sit back; take advantage of whatever comes your way.

Romance is in the stars. Focus on fairness and equality.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Don’t agree to anything until you have what you want in writing. A change is in order, and negotiating on your behalf will be in your best interest.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Too much talk will result in you sharing information that’s best not discussed in public. Passion, not arguments, should be your focus.

Don’t neglect a loved one.

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Stick to what’s doable and promise only what you can deliver.

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How you ask for things will determine what you get.

Romance will improve your life.

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Travel for business or pleasure and break up the monotony.

Take time to do something that makes you happy.

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Curry

The Oregon State Health Authority has been notified as well and will be assisting Curry County with information and direction. No further information is being released at this time, said Curry County Director of Operations Julie Schmelzer in an email.

"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.

It is important to note that other than information from the OHA and CDC, press releases from the Curry County Public Health Administrator have the most accurate information, Ward stated.

Information put out by other individuals in Curry County on COVID-19 without the Public Health Administrator’s input may not have the most accurate up-to-date information.

Curry County Public Health will continue to keep the public informed with all the information they can in order to keep its citizens safe.

Taskforce

locations in their own respective areas.

According to PourtalStevens, the taskforce has taken inventory and reported that at the moment the county currently has about 20 negative pressure rooms, or airborne isolation rooms, and about 20 ven-

tilators.

The taskforce is looking into identifying more areas for surge capacity as well as additional medical supplies and equipment.

It’s also checking into claims that anesthesia machines could help hospitals with ventilator shortages.

call to discuss potential next steps for a long-term economic recovery package — the fourth coronavirus response bill being discussed in Congress.

DeFazio supports building upon the Moving Forward infrastructure framework he and fellow House Democrats released earlier this year in order to address some of the critical impacts and vulnerabilities in America that have been laid bare by the coronavirus.

the timeline and there is some political disagreement on the next steps, he’s ready to fight for this stimulus package as he did for the others.

“I was pleased to see the President has come back to where we started almost a year ago, now,” DeFazio said. “Which is, he wants a big package on investment in infrastructure to recover the economy.”

DeFazio said the fourth package includes some critical things, such as community health centers, increased funding for broadband, critical investments in transit, rail and in the country’s crumbling roads, bridges and highways.

“Make no mistake, this is an incredible economic blow to America,” DeFazio said of the coronavirus crisis. “What we have done has mitigated some of that damage. But we’re going to need a longerterm recovery package and we have to be more resilient in the future, which we can with this package.”

DeFazio said when he flew back to Oregon after D.C., and drove down I-5, he thought he was in the

movie “Convoy.”

“There was virtually nothing on the highway but trucks and me,” he said. “These truck drivers are today’s American heroes. They are keeping our stores stocked, they are keeping things moving, and we have to have a better system for the future for trucking, for rail, for that and it also has to look toward the future in dealing with the next major threat.”

“Mitch McConnell says we should wait,” DeFazio said. “Yes, but we can’t let it run out, even if we wait.”

DeFazio praised Oregonians for following Gov. Brown’s executive order late last month of “Stay Home, Stay Safe.”

“We socially distanced early and people are doing what they need to do and it looks like we won’t exceed our hospital capacity,” he said. “We need to keep it up. People just need to be very careful and follow the rules.”

Anyone who would like to contact DeFazio can do so via his website at defazio.house.gov or contact the Coos Bay District Office at 541-269-2609.

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Help for Oregonians DeFazio wants his constituents to know that he and his staff have put up comprehensive and useful summaries of the CARES Act, as well as other legislation related to the coronavirus crisis, on his website at https://defazio. house.gov/ and he encourages everyone to avail themselves of the information provided so they can best understand the resources available to them.

In addition, an explanation of the expanded and extended unemployment benefits is available online via a video.

“People are checking the wrong box,” DeFazio said. “They need to watch the video before applying so their benefits are not delayed.”

Under the CARES Act, many people receiving regular unemployment are

eligible for an additional $600 per week.

“This was a partisan effort and extended unemployment to people not previously eligible, including gig workers and self-employed,” DeFazio said.

In addition, anyone who has filed taxes electronically should be getting a $1,200 stimulus check deposited directly into their checking account in the coming weeks. Social Security recipients don’t have to file and will also receive a stimulus check if they direct deposit.

People who haven’t filed taxes or who receive Social Security via regular mail will receive a stimulus check in the mail, but it will take longer than those who electronically file.

The benefits are for those who make under $75,000 per year.

Beyond that, DeFazio’s office is helping facilitate businesses facing problems with things like insurance claims and state Medicaid.

“We’re still also dealing with Oregonians stranded in other countries,” he

said. “The State Department is doing better but some countries have closed borders. As we get individual calls we’re helping them one-on-one and we keep getting calls.”

Looking ahead, DeFazio thinks Congress will have to extend unemployment benefits and SBA loan eligibility. And people who’ve seen their retirement and pension accounts decimated with the historic drops in the stock market, are assured that Congressman Bobby Scott, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, is spearheading an effort to address those concerns.

DeFazio this week is speaking with leaders in Oregon cities and counties to see how he can help them.

“A lot of public agencies are exhausting their resources,” he said.

Just days after Congress passed the CARES Act, DeFazio joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Whip James Clyburn, and Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone on a press

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The test result stunned zoo officials: “I couldn't believe it,” director Jim Breheny said. But he hopes the finding can contribute to the global fight against the virus that causes COVID-19.

“Any kind of knowledge that we get on how it’s transmitted, how different species react to it, that knowledge somehow is going to provide a greater base resource for people,” he said in an interview.

The finding raises new questions about transmission of the virus in animals.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday.

The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia — and six other tigers and lions that have also fallen ill — are believed to have been infected by a zoo employee who wasn't yet showing symptoms, the zoo said.

The first animal started showing symptoms March 27, and all are doing well and expected to recover, said the zoo, which has been closed to the public since March 16 amid the surging coronavirus out-

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This is unrelated to the be, at this time, any evidence that suggests that the first two cases.

"Curry County Public animals can spread the virus to people or that they Health has been in contact can be a source of the infec- with all three individuals who are apparently symption in the United States," tom free at this time and Dr. Jane Rooney, a veterinarian and a USDA official, will monitor them on a daily basis," Ward wrote in said in an interview. the press release.

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Recovery But what does recovery look like?

“There’s no comparison (to anything the U.S. has experienced) other than the Great Depression, the way the numbers are looking,” DeFazio said. “We’ll need something that will get people going again.”

The key is infrastructure, he said.

“It’s bigger than roads, bridges, highways, transit and rail, which are all under my jurisdiction and we’re working hard on the next package,” DeFazio said.

While he’s not sure of

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Byron breaks through with virtual win CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — William Byron led the most laps in NASCAR's first two virtual races and had nothing to show for his gaming skills. The third time out, he got the win.

Byron easily won the iRacing event Sunday at virtual Bristol Motor Speedway, where NASCAR would have been really racing before the coronavirus pandemic caused sports to shut down.

“Some things are different but a lot of things are similar and this is a racetrack I've always enjoyed coming to,” Byron said. “It's fun to have some pressure on iRacing; I usually just run it to have some fun

and get better.”

NASCAR changed the format this week and started with singlecar qualifying to set the field for a pair of 50-lap heat races. Those heat races determined the starting order. Byron started from the pole and was never challenged.

The entertainment again came from the drivers, most of whom streamed their gaming experiences for fans to eavesdrop on the action and the arguing. Clint Bowyer was the in-race reporter and again delivered a hilarious performance.

“I got Bubbaed!” Bowyer shouted after he was moved out of line

by Bubba Wallace. “I need a beer really badly.”

Wallace appeared to “rage quit” the race after the incident. “That's why I don't take this (crap) serious.

Peace out,” Wallace said on his gaming stream.

After fans ripped him on Twitter, he laughed at how seriously some are taking iRacing with his response.

“I ruined so many peoples day by quitting ... a video game,” he wrote. “Bahaha. A video game.

Damn quarantine life is rough.” He also admitted to rage quitting in a second post.

Blue-Emu, one of Wallace’s

sponsors, was apparently not pleased. “Bye bye Bubba. We’re interested in drivers, not quitters,” said a tweet on the account of the topical pain reliever cream. The company added a second tweet using the image of Donald Trump uttering his “You’re Fired” catchphrase from “The Apprentice.”

Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson fired his spotter less than 20 laps into the race after falsely being told he was clear of another car, only to crash. Erik Jones had internet issues that caused him to miss qualifying, and Daniel Suarez was parked for the second consecutive week and was

joined this time by Kyle Larson after the two tangled on track.

Suarez was not happy, complaining that Larson should have been disqualified as he was last week “and by the way our ‘racing incident’ was him pushing me to the apron... if this was real life my amigo would get his but kicked,” he tweeted.

Hendrick Motorsports became the first team to actively involve its sponsors in the virtual racing by having Elliott and Alex Bowman live conference with guests who would typically get a pre-race visit with the drivers in a hospitality suite at the track.

Sports Briefs FOOTBALL Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell dies WASHINGTON — Bobby Mitchell, the speedy Hall of Famer who became the Washington Redskins’ first black player, has died. He was 84.

Mitchell split his career with the Cleveland Browns and Redskins and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.

The Hall of Fame said Sunday night that Mitchell’s family said he died in the afternoon but didn’t provide any other details.

When Mitchell joined the Redskins in 1962, they became the last NFL team to integrate. After playing his first four seasons in Cleveland, he spent seven more with Washington and retired with the second-most combined offensive yards.

Mitchell became a scout for the Redskins and later served as assistant general manager.

Mitchell played halfback for the Browns from 1958-61 and moved to flanker with the Redskins, leading the NFL in receiving yards in 1962 and 1963. He was a threetime All-NFL selection, played in four Pro Bowls and his 7,954 allpurpose yards were the second-most in league history when he retired in 1968.

Famed kicker Tom Dempsey dies at 73 NEW ORLEANS — Tom Dempsey, the kicker born without toes on his kicking foot who made a then-record 63-yard field goal, died late Saturday while struggling with complications from the new coronavirus. He was 73.

Ashley Dempsey said Sunday that her father, who was in an assisted living home for several years after being diagnosed with dementia, tested positive for the coronavirus a little more than a week ago. The Orleans Parish coroner has yet to release an official cause of death.

Dempsey’s winning field goal for the New Orleans Saints against Detroit on Nov. 8, 1970, stood as an NFL record for 43 years until the Broncos’ Matt Prater broke it with a 64-yarder in Denver in 2013.

Dempsey spent 11 seasons in the NFL. His first two seasons were with New Orleans (1969-70), the next four with Philadelphia, then two with the Los Angeles Rams, one with the Houston Oilers and the final two with Buffalo. He retired after the 1979 season.

Dempsey was born in Milwaukee without four fingers on his right hand and without toes on his right foot. He kicked straight on with a flat-front shoe.

BASKETBALL Texas hires Schaefer to coach women's team AUSTIN, Texas — Texas moved quickly to hire a women’s basketball coach, luring Vic Schaefer away from powerhouse Mississippi State.

Athletic director Chris Del Conte announced the move by tweeting a picture of himself with Schaefer and his family holding up the “Hook’em Horns” hand signal.

Del Conte didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.

The move came two days after Texas dismissed eight-year coach Karen Aston after an 19-11 season.

The 59-year-old Schaefer was 221-62 at Mississippi State, taking the Bulldogs to the NCAA title games in 2017 and 2018.

Mississippi State was 27-6 and ranked No. 9 before last season was cut short.

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Former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant talks during a news conference on Dec. 18, 2017. Bryant was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Bryant, Duncan lead loaded Hall class TIM REYNOLDS

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Kobe Bryant’s resume has yet another entry to validate his greatness: He’s now, officially, a Hall of Famer.

And he’s got plenty of elite company in the 2020 class, one that may be as glitzy as any.

Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, and fellow NBA greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett headlined a nine-person group announced Saturday as this year’s class of enshrinees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

“An amazing class," Duncan said.

They all got into the Hall in their first year as finalists, as did WNBA great Tamika Catchings.

Others had to wait a bit longer for the good news: Two-time NBA champion coach Rudy Tomjanovich finally got his call, as did longtime Baylor women’s

coach Kim Mulkey, 1,000-game winner Barbara Stevens of Bentley and three-time Final Four coach Eddie Sutton.

They were the eight finalists who were announced in February, and the panel of 24 voters who were tasked to decide who merited selection wound up choosing them all. Also headed to the Hall this year: former FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann, selected as a direct-elect by the international committee.

“He was the head of FIBA and this was a way to honor him,” Hall of Fame Chairman and enshrinee Jerry Colangelo said. “It was a special thing done through that committee.”

Bryant died about three weeks before the Hall of Fame said — as if there was going to be any doubt — that he was a finalist. Duncan and Garnett were also widely perceived to be locks to be part of this class; they were both 15-time NBA All-Stars, and Bryant was an 18-time selection.

Bryant's death has been part of a jarring start of the year for basketball: Commissioner Emeritus David Stern died on Jan. 1, Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among nine who died in the crash in late January, and the NBA shut down March 11 as the coronavirus pandemic began to grip the U.S. “Obviously, we wish that he was here with us to celebrate," Vanessa Bryant, Kobe's wife, said on the ESPN broadcast of the class announcement. “But it’s definitely the peak of his NBA career and every accomplishment that he had as an athlete was a steppingstone to be here. So we’re incredibly proud of him."

Bryant was also a five-time champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, just as Duncan was with the San Antonio Spurs.

“This is an incredibly special class, for many reasons,” Colangelo said.

Garnett is the only player in NBA history with at least 25,000

McLaughlin wins IndyCar virtual rae JENNA FRYER

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Scott McLaughlin’s real IndyCar debut is on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Australian V8 SuperCars champion isn’t letting that stop him from learning how to virtually drive the cars.

McLaughlin won IndyCar’s virtual race from virtual Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama, the second race in the series’ attempt to create content during the worldwide shutdown of sports.

McLaughlin drives for Roger Penske in Australia and the team owner had planned to give McLaughlin his series debut in May on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. That plan was scrapped when the IndyCar season was suspended last month. The road course race has been tentatively rescheduled for July 4, a date Penske said would be too hectic for McLaughlin to make his debut.

McLaughlin, like NASCAR’s seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson, was an invited guest by IndyCar to participate in the iRacing Series meant to entertain fans during the stoppage. He had to wake up

at 2 a.m. in Brisbane, Australia, to compete on his simulator.

“I started iRacing 10 years ago and it was the best thing I did,” said McLaughlin. “For an aspiring race car driver, it is worth the investment in your future. It’s been an awesome tool for me and it’s great fun.”

McLaughlin said his rig was not as flashy as some of the big simulators used by the stars and his is actually set for a touring car. It was 6 a.m. at McLaughlin’s house when he virtually crossed the finish line.

“You know, eSports has really been on the rise the last few years, and it’s really taken off during this pandemic,” McLaughlin said.

He beat Team Penske driver Will Power, a fellow Australian who was racing from his home in North Carolina, Scott Speed and IndyCar rookie Alex Palou, racing on a simulator in Spain.

NBC Sports aired the race on its cable channel with its usual broadcast crew of Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell and Paul Tracy all calling action from their respective homes. IRacing controlled the feed, but drivers used their own social media channels to give viewers a

closer look at their experience.

Robert Wickens participated for the first time after a delay in the delivery of his steering wheel kept him out of last week’s race.

Wickens suffered a spinal cord injury in a 2018 crash and needed a wheel with hand controls.

He secured two this week – one made by McLaren, the other by Max Papis’ steering wheel production company – but got in just two days of practice before Saturday’s race. He used the McLaren wheel Saturday and the view he gave fans on his social media channel allowed them to see him use the hand controls. Wickens finished eighth.

“My return to IndyCar was exactly how I imagined it – in my basement. No, I’m just kidding,” Wickens said. “In a lot of ways it felt like the real thing, my eyes are burning. My first race back in IndyCar, a top 10.”

The most entertaining driver through the race was Conor Daly on one of his social media feeds, where he lamented, “this is literally the least fun I’ve had the entire quarantine,” after he was run off course.

points, 10,000 rebounds, 5,000 assists, 1,500 blocks and 1,500 steals. He also was part of Boston's 2008 NBA title.

“This is the culmination," Garnett said. “All those hours ... this is what you do it for, right here. To be able to be called ‘Hall of Famer' is everything."

Duncan spent the entirety of his career with the Spurs, and is now back with the team as an assistant coach under Gregg Popovich.

“It’s kind of the end of the journey here," Duncan, on the broadcast, said of his enshrinement. “It was an incredible career that I enjoyed so much. To call it a dream come true isn’t even doing any justice to it. I never dreamt I’d be at this point."

Duncan, Garnett and Bryant were similar in many ways as players: The longevity of their careers, the eye-popping numbers, almost perennial inclusion on award lists. They also shared a dislike for touting personal accomplishments.

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