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Schoolhouses remain empty Gov. Brown extends statewide closure through rest of school year THE WORLD STAFF SOUTH COAST — Brickand-mortar schools are staying closed for the rest of the academic year. While traditional classrooms were already on shut down until April 28 due to the novel coronavirus, Governor Kate Brown announced Wednesday that students and teachers will not be returning to their desks anytime soon. However, distance learning will continue. “The best thing we can do for the health of our children and

thousands of educators across the state is to give everyone certainty by announcing the decision today to close in-person classes for the remainder of the school year,” Brown said in the press conference. “School and learning will continue as best as we can using remote means.” School districts both locally and across the state have been readying distance learning to be in place by April 13 at the latest. But instead of distance learning being a reprieve, it will be the new normal from now into June. “The core value of our schools is to place the student and their learning at the center of all our decision making,” Brown said. “We understand the incredible disruption this can have on each student’s education. We all see

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Lakeside City Hall is closed to business during the COVID-19 health crisis. Residents can, however, still do business over the phone and online. The city asks residents to pay bills online or to drop a payment in the city hall mail slot. There is a City Council meeting being held Thursday at 7 p.m. on Facebook Live.

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REEDSPORT — Staff members of the Reedsport schools took to Facebook last week, offering students, and the community, messages of love and well wishes using the hashtag #BeBrave2020. The images can be viewed on the Reedsport Community Charter School Facebook page. They feature staff members in their homes with signs offering words of support and encouragement during the COVID-19 health crisis, as well as inspirational quotes. Many messages also expressed that the staff missed their students and

would see them again soon. Superintendent Jon Zwemke offered a quote from Horace that “adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant,” while another staff member quoted Tupac Shakur “for every dark night, there’s a brighter day.” “I believe it was as important for staff to reach out as it was for kids to see the messages,” said Zwemke. “This quarantine is teaching us the importance of reaching out in new ways to students. We really care and want to keep our connections with our students and community.”

The idea was devised by Zwemke on April 3. He reached out to staff to complete the photos over the weekend. By April 6, 52 people had joined in. Zwemke said it was an impulsive idea, but he’s happy that it worked out well. Amanda O’Brien, principal of Highland Elementary School said they want to share a positive message to encourage the students and families with a familiar face. She recalled it’s been several weeks since any of them have seen each other and having even that connection to the students is nice. “It is still very important to find the positives in times like these,”

O’Brien said. The Reedsport Schools are also planning a staff parade around the community to see students and families in person. There will be proper social distancing precautions, with staff members in a car, waving and saying hello to families on the sidewalk. Details of parade locations are available on the school websites and Facebook pages. “Look for our parade routes to see what time your teacher will be driving by,” states the district. “Please remember to stand back and wave from a distance. We miss you and can’t wait to see you.”

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COOS COUNTY — All around Coos County, heroes are popping up and coming to the rescue. As the novel coronavirus continues to unfold, citizens throughout the county are stepping up to help some of the area’s most vulnerable populations. As part of a statewide initiative, the Oregon Department of Human Services teamed up with Every Child, a community-led nonprofit organization, to launch a new comprehensive emergency response system to get foster families the help they need. On March 23, the “My NeighbOR” initiative was kick-started as a way to connect citizens across the state with foster families and youth in foster care who are in need of tangible, essential items. “When COVID-19 started happening, what we started to see around the state were foster families in crisis,” said Every Child Coos County Director Melissa Hart. “We saw families that weren’t able to get out and get groceries, families that were desperately needing educational supplies and other essential items.” According to Hart, a majority of the families in need are just simply unable to leave their homes to grab groceries or supplies as they have a full house of children with behavioral challenges or kids who are medically fragile. As an organization that specializes in community mobilization, Hart said its nonprofit decided they wanted to provide additional support to foster families and connect them with community members who are looking to help. As of now, the county has received eight need requests from families who said they were in need of items such as diapers and groceries, said Hart. Nearly 20 people have signed up to become donors or “neighbors” and so far Please see Foster, Page A2

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NORTH BEND — One business renting property from Southwest Oregon Regional Airport is staying positive amid a coronavirus-led economic decline. “I’m trying to look at the positives as much as I can and feel like the roller coaster will go back up soon,” said Matt Gregory, co-owner of VolleyCART. This business is one of 33 currently renting property from the regional airport. In an interview last week, the airport’s executive director credited these renters as a big reason why the airport remains stable during the ongoing pandemic. Some of the businesses renting property from SORA include Oregon State Police, Department of Human Services, Bureau of Land Management, FedEx and UPS. “We have a very stable base of tenants,” explained SORA Executive Director Theresa Cook last week.

“In the long term, we have some businesses that aren’t essential services and will feel an impact.” VolleyCART is one of the renters that is considered non-essential and has felt the impacts of the pandemic already. It has rented property from the airport since 2011 and is in the process of expanding its lease after seeing a 50% growth in sales last year. “We have a patent on carts for basketball and volleyball, which are manufactured in China right now,” Gregory said, adding that one part of the product is made locally: a whiteboard attached to the cart that coaches can use while on the court. “We buy materials (for the whiteboard) locally and are making that part ourselves.” As far as the virus affecting business, they saw an immediate hit when “China was shut down,” he said. “The guy who owns the factory has a second house and couldn’t fly home for

a couple weeks,” Gregory recalled. “They are getting back to life over there but we aren’t sure how much longer it will be. Right now we have two orders at the factory … The metal part of our product might be delayed the most though.” Gregory is worried that the supply chain could also be delayed as flights continue to be canceled, affecting how cargo ships switch out crews. “I read that one problem is a lot of workers on cargo ships that go back and forth with the containers from China to the U.S. are delayed because a lot of flights are canceled,” he said. “The container ships … have to change the crew at some point because they don’t work all year long.” He hopes that their orders will be filled by May or June. If not, because sales have “basically gone to nothing,” supplies aren’t out of stock yet. “We sell to high school, colleges and club teams,” he said. “Since all schools

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At 8:44 a.m. on Maple Street and Virginia Avenue, a report came in of a male subject walking in roadway near location and cars were honking. An officer contacted the subjected and warned him for disorderly conduct.

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are closed around the country and you can’t have sports practice right now, there are no sales.” Even though the pandemic has been devastating for sales, he said this time of year isn’t busy and “if we were going to be hit with something like this, this is the best time to happen.” “This isn’t a busy time

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of year, so we lucked out,” he said. “Our sales are in the second half of the year when most people for volleyball and basketball buy their equipment. If things recover by then, we’re looking pretty good.” Until they see how the pandemic develops and how it impacts business in the future, VolleyCART plans

on staying as a renter at the airport like it has for almost the past decade. “We like it at the airport,” Gregory said. “The people we work with at the airport are nice and they work well with all the businesses there … It’s tough to know what the future is, but I think we will be able to weather the storm.”

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COQUILLE — The City of Coquille is seeking a volunteer to fill a vacant position on the Coquille Planning Commission. The appointee will serve the remainder of a vacated 4-year term, ending Dec. 31, 2020. Should they choose, they may then run for election to a subsequent 4-year term, ending Dec. 31, 2024. The Coquille Planning Commission consists of seven members and provides comprehensive planning services for the

area are actually in need of entertainment items to keep their families busy, said Hart. “We’re encouraging people to make flash boxes for families which can be filled with activities like puzzles, games, gift cards and books,” said Hart. “It’s just like this box of love essentially for foster families and it’s a nice gift, a distraction for families and their kiddos to unpack and do together.” With children in foster care undergoing a major shift in their routines and foster parents facing a limited amount of resources as statewide restrictions related to COVID-19 continue on, Hart said anything community members

can do to support and help meet the needs of children in foster care can really make a difference. “We just want to support these families who are having a really hard time adjusting to this new normal,” said Hart. “Some of these families themselves some have lost their jobs and they’re having to take care of themselves, their (birth) family and their kids in the foster system.” Understanding a lot of people around the county are facing their own struggles in response to the coronavirus, Hart said it’s been remarkable to see so many folks push aside some of their own needs to help others less fortunate.

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“We’ve been able to meet all the critical needs here locally with our foster families which has been awesome,” said Hart. “... Our community really is so strong and so generous.”

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Del Norte County Regional Airport has so far avoided the economic crunch brought on by the novel coronavirus. Hooper said it’s out of his hands whether the federal government decides to continue its contract with Contour or go with another carrier. “Either way, we expect an orderly transition, whether it’s another round with Contour, or through a selection of a new carrier,” Hooper said. “The government would be giving them time set up operations, so they could be up and running Oct. 1. But with the coronavirus complications, it’s a moving goal post. But I think we’re still on track.” For now, Hooper said to not expect any disruption in service, as aviation is a sub-sector of transportation, which is considered a “critical infrastructure sector” by the federal government. Thus, the airport is required to remain open during emergencies such as this. However, he urges those who do not need to travel at this time to not do so. With fewer flights, Hooper expects the region-

al airport can stay operational with fixed tenant contracts with Cal-Ore Life Flight and Federal Express and additional landing fees coming in through UPS. However, Contour is experiencing a rough go during these times. Hooper said in February, Contour’s operations were down to 80% from normal. Today, that’s down to 10%. He explained they still provide flights out of Crescent City at 7 a.m. and return flights at 7 p.m. “What they did previously is after Oakland, the same plane would continue on to Santa Barbara and then on to Las Vegas and turn around for the return trips. But because of the drop in demand, the second leg has suspended because Contour doesn’t get a subsidy for that leg of the flight,” Hooper said. To compound Contour’s financial losses, its headquarters were severely damaged during the tornadoes in Tennessee March

2 and 3. “The tornadoes destroyed their home base of operations, so their losses were already in the of tens of millions before the drop of traffic,” Hooper said. “They’re going through tough times for sure.” Hooper isn’t sure either what the times ahead will be for Del Norte’s airport. Its peak season is June, July and August. He said while other regions are expected to have reached their peak exposure to the coronavirus by then, there’s no guarantee when that will be here. “The coronavirus seems to be geographic. So, we’ll reach a different peak in our neck of the woods. Public health people keep saying that’s further out. But God forbid we be in a position that happens during our summer peak in Del Norte. That could obviously influence continuation with service,” Hooper said.

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In the meantime, Hooper said to check in with the airport’s website, www. flycrescentcity.com, for updates and guidelines to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, especially by eliminating all but essential travel plans. Meanwhile the Brookings Airport, as a small municipal airport, does not rely on commercial traffic to remain operational. “We do get a lot of calls asking how do I get a flight into Brookings,” said Jay Trost, Brookings deputy director of public works and development services. “I tell them, no, you want to fly into Crescent City.” Trost said Brookings does not get a lot of traffic overall, other than Ameriflight delivering UPS

packages, Cal-Ore Reach delivering air medical service and local aircraft owners. Trost said the Brookings Airport has not felt the effects of coronavirus restrictions yet. “Operations have been business as usual. We have taken some precautions at the fuel farm, taking sanitation precautions after people are done fueling,” he said. Trost added that while the airport has seen a large reduction in private use recently, that shouldn’t impact overall operations. He said funding comes out of the city’s general fund and is supplemented through ground leases. “Not much has changed in our revenue stream,” Trost said.

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Oregon reports 5 new COVID-19 deaths, 58 new COVID-19 cases PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 38, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday. Oregon Health Authority also reported 58 new cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the state total to 1,239. The new COVID-19 cases reported were in the following counties: Clackamas (6), Columbia (1), Deschutes (1), Hood River (1), Lane (1), Linn (1), Marion (3), Morrow (1), Multnomah (28), Wallowa (2), and Washington (13). To see more case and county-level data, Oregon Health updates its website once a day: www. healthoregon.org/coronavirus. Oregon’s 34th COVID-19 death is an 88-year-old woman in Multnomah County, who tested positive on March 28 and died on April 6 at OHSU Hospital. She had underlying medical conditions. Oregon’s 35th COVID-19 death is a 77-year-old man in Multnomah County, who tested positive on March 27 and died April 1 at his residence. He had underlying medical conditions. Oregon’s 36th COVID-19 death is a 75-year-old woman in Multnomah County, who tested positive on April 6 and died April 7 at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center. She had underlying medical conditions. Oregon’s 37th COVID-19 death is a 94-year-old man in Yamhill County, who tested positive on March 25 and

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We’re in the midst of a global pandemic, but its impact on America’s communities is local. First responders are our neighbors helping our neighbors, rushing to addresses just down the street and bringing the sick to the nearby hospital. The workers on the front line of this crisis, manning the cash register at supermarkets or delivering takeout from a favorite restaurant with a closed dining area, are folks that we might have gone to school with. Local newspapers and their journalists are also among the front-line workers dedicated to serving their communities. Local newspapers, in their digital and print forms, immediately report critical breaking news of the fast-moving coronavirus public health crisis in their communities. They chronicle the local businesses that have closed and guide those suddenly furloughed to sources of financial and unemployment assistance. They alert local people to the scams that target that assistance. In the stillness of communities under stay-at-home orders, the local newspaper advises on how to keep homes safe and prepared, and how to keep families entertained and learning. Newspapers let their communities know how they can help the medical, public safety and service workers who heed the call of duty even among the din of uncertainty. And local newspapers respond to their own call of duty in this crisis. Their reporters continue to work so readers can stay informed. The production team continues to assemble the content and the press crew continues to run the presses. But, like many other businesses affected by the pandemic, revenue has suddenly dropped off a cliff, in some newspapers by 50 percent or more. Yet, while many of those local businesses have simply shut down operations for now, the great majority of newspapers have actually

increased the amount of critical information they are delivering for their communities. Just as communities generously support their restaurants and favorite stores by ordering take-out meals and gift cards, we hope you will also remember to support the staff of your local newspaper and the vital work newspapers do by subscribing in print or online. They are your neighbors — and they’ve got your back. On behalf of its approximately 1,500 newspaper and associate member companies, America’s Newspapers is committed to explaining, defending and advancing the vital role of newspapers in democracy and civil life. We put an emphasis on educating the public on all the ways newspapers contribute to building a community identity and the success of local businesses. Learn more: www.newspapers.org Dean Ridings CEO, America’s Newspapers

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In the April 6 issue of The World, editorial page, Michael Nagy wrote an article that was such a breath of fresh air I could almost not believe it! Thank you Michael Nagy for being another believer in Americanism. I am weary of the writings folks such as Gene Lyons, Steven V Roberts (whoever that is) and others who never miss an opportunity to snipe at someone, Americanism, or policy they politically hatefully disagree with. Americanism has given people in our country the opportunity to have liberty, freedom, and to be self reliant. Well, at least those who choose to work hard and struggle to “be all they can be” and that is most of us. I do think as a republic we should all be aware that when you give up freedom and liberty for security you will soon find that you have none of any of them. Thank you again Michael Nagy. Jim Jochum North Bend

Is Joe Biden weaker today than Hillary Clinton was in 2016 The polls show Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in the presidential race. Looking at the last 10 surveys in the RealClearPolitics average of polls matching Trump vs. Biden, Biden is leading in every one of them Byron York -- by anywhere from 3 to 10 points. Biden’s average lead, in those 10 polls, is 5.5 points. The results echo polls from this point in 2016, when the general election matchup was Trump vs. Hillary Clinton. Taking 10 polls from this time in the last campaign, Clinton led in every one of them -- by anywhere from 6 to 18 points. Her average lead in those polls was 10.5 points. There’s not much of a lesson in all those numbers, except to say that polls in April do not predict how an election will turn out in November. But they do say that President Trump, running for reelection in 2020, is a bit better off competitively at this moment than candidate Trump was at the same time in 2016. Based on the 2016 experience, the most passionate Trump supporters are fond of dismissing all polls as skewed, biased, fake. But polls do represent a snapshot in time. And April before a November election is a time in which voters use polls to express general opinions on events and personalities without the pressure of actually having to choose Candidate A over Candidate B. Today’s polls reflect a different frame of mind than polls taken while voting is actually underway. At that time, as the saying goes, the stuff gets real.

So if the polls are a snapshot, then why is Biden’s lead today smaller than Clinton’s was at a comparable time in the last campaign? Some might point to the coronavirus crisis and the tendency of voters to rally around a leader against a common threat. President Trump’s job approval rating has indeed gone up during the crisis. It currently stands at 47.0% approve, 49.8% disapprove, in the RealClearPolitics average. Before the virus crisis, Trump had never, in his entire presidency, risen above 46.0% approval. In other words, his rating was never very high. That is part of Trump’s unique relationship with the electorate; his approval has never skyrocketed for any reason, but it has also never sunk to the floor. In the last few days, the rating has been ticking down a bit, but it will likely stay among the highest of Trump’s presidency, at least for a while. Biden’s lead over Trump has been fairly stable -- somewhere in the 4 to 6 point range -- since last December. Before that, in the late fall of 2019, it rose as high as 10 points. But it has been in the same place since before the coronavirus crisis began and does not seem to have been affected by the outbreak. Others might point to the continued candidacy of Bernie Sanders as a reason for Biden’s relative weakness. The Vermont senator is indeed still in the race, ignoring calls to drop out. But he is far behind Biden -- 22.7 points behind in the RCP average. At this time in 2016, Hillary Clinton had a much bigger Sanders problem than Biden does today. After having a substantial lead over Sanders in March

2016, Clinton’s margin shrank to a single point in April. Then, as now, Sanders refused to get out of the race; he finally surrendered in July. So the Bernie factor is probably not the explanation. But perhaps there are other factors that explain Biden’s relatively weaker position compared to Clinton 2016. For one thing, Biden is running against an incumbent president, which is harder to do. In 2016 Clinton and Trump were pursuing an open seat. Or there could just be something about Biden that voters are not particularly thrilled about. It might be persistent doubts about his physical stamina to hold the world’s most demanding job starting at age 78. Or a feeling related to that, that Biden, who first entered the Senate in 1973 -- nearly a half-century ago -- is a man of the past. Whatever the case, it appears voters have mixed feelings about electing Biden president. In a recent Washington Post poll, 74% of respondents who supported Biden said they were enthusiastic about it, while 86% of Trump supporters expressed enthusiasm. Of course, the Trump candidacy has its own problems. Even before coronavirus hit, the president’s time in office has been a roller coaster that has left some voters enraged, some disappointed, and others simply exhausted. But a sitting president has a lot of advantages in the race for reelection. A challenger has to be particularly strong to overcome them. It’s not clear that Biden has that strength. (Byron York is chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner.)

Astronauts set to return after the ultimate in social distancing David M. Shribman Some of us are obsessed right now with President Trump. Some are drawn to Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York. Others are preoccupied with Dr. Anthony Fauci. I can’t stop thinking about Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan. Jessica Meir? Andrew Morgan? Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan, as he is known, are astronauts, two of the three space travelers -- the other is a Russian cosmonaut, Oleg Skripochka -- now circling the Earth on the International Space Station. Morgan has been in space for eight months, Meir for six. They are the only Americans who today live without fear of contracting the coronavirus that has swept across the planet they sweep around 16 times a day. In two weeks, they will return to a very different world from the Earth that the two of them -- full of hope, inspired by their task, both in the peak of health -- departed. They are returning to a world convulsed in danger and death, full of fear and foreboding. They are like the Notre Dame football team that took off from the St. Joseph County Airport in Indiana for a game scheduled to be played on Nov. 23, 1963, at the University of Iowa. When the team’s chartered United DC-6 arrived at the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, airport the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated, the players stepped off into a different country. In 1992, Sergei Krikalev became the last citizen of the Soviet Union, returning from the Mir space station after the country had broken up, landing in newly independent Kazakhstan. His home was in

Leningrad when he was blasted into space and had reverted to its pre-World War I name of St. Petersburg by the time he returned 10 months later. And nearly two decades ago, astronaut Frank Culbertson, 250 miles above the Earth in the space station when terrorists struck the United States, became the only American not on the planet when the country changed irrevocably. That is the sort of situation the two American astronauts will experience when they board the Soyuz MS-15 crew ship to return to Earth, land in southern Kazakhstan -- and then replicate the experience of so many here by going into quarantine. NASA wants them examined, as Dr. Morgan’s aunt, Donna Morgan Murray, put it, “absolutely totally nontouched by the virus.” Meanwhile, American astronaut Chris Cassidy now is in a two-week quarantine in the Baikonur Cosmodrome before joining the crew at the space station. Russian and American space authorities almost certainly will test the new crew for COVID-19 before sending them aloft. Space is, by its very nature, isolating. The world is far away and so are its cares. In ordinary times, ballgames are played, PTA meetings are held, traffic jams occur and then are dissipated, loved ones get colds and then recover, and the astronauts pay no mind to any of it. The world goes ‘round, the astronauts go ‘round the world: of it but separate from it. “You didn’t want to hear something you can’t do anything about,” said former astronaut Jay Apt, who has flown four space shuttle missions, two as shift commander. Coronavirus is something the astronauts can do nothing about -- but they are keenly aware of it as they fly above an

infected planet. This is not a Wordsworth time, to feel, as the poet’s 1802 sonnet put it, “the world is too much with us.” “Drew is very much attuned to it,” said his father, retired Air Force Col. Richard Morgan, who spoke to his son the other day from his home in New Castle, Pennsylvania. “He’s concerned, like everybody else, for his family. And he’s also concerned about how it will affect his re-entry. He’s not dwelling on that; he’s very, very busy. But he thinks about it.” A few weeks ago, Dr. Morgan snapped a picture of Cape Cod from space. The peninsula extending out from Massachusetts was portrayed sharply against the deep blue of the Atlantic Ocean. Last week he added a poignant caption: “Here’s to clear skies ahead.” On Monday, the Army emergency physician marked National Doctors Day with this Facebook posting: “As a medical doctor looking back on our planet this #NationalDoctorsDay, I think of the healthcare professionals and volunteers that are literally risking their lives during this crisis. We are at our best when we help each other during the most difficult times. I am in awe of your selfless service. Thank you from everyone on, and off, the Earth.” And just last week, Meir, of Caribou, Maine, tweeted: “Just like the doctors and scientists on Earth making a world of difference, we at @NASA on @Space_ Station are dedicated to advancing science and medicine. For @NASA_Astronauts, that often means collecting our own physiological samples. Off the Earth, for the Earth.” Meir also is an aquanaut and spent five days undersea in the Aquarius laboratory off Key Largo, Florida, that is part of

NASA’s Extreme Environment Mission Operations. So isolation is not new to her -- nor to other astronauts, who have advice for those of us here on Earth on how to survive, if not necessarily flourish, in relative isolation: Stay busy. Have a routine. Focus on essentials. And maybe this: Be prudent and don’t worry too much. That’s advice Dr. Morgan’s family is taking as well. “I’m not worried about him and the virus at all,” said his father. “There’s risk with re-entry and landing, and I’m more concerned about that. But NASA has done this many times and they do it very well.” Astronauts are famously task-oriented. They are not poets. John H. Glenn Jr., the first American to orbit the Earth, pioneered on Friendship 7 the bland “what-a-view!” rhetoric his astronaut successors perfected. The Apollo 8 astronauts who read from the Book of Genesis in lonely lunar orbit on Christmas Eve in 1968 got the idea from the wife of a Washington public affairs officer. Neil Armstrong fiddled with his “one small step” remark while training for Apollo 11. But Drew Morgan -- orbiting the Earth without the fear of COVID-19 that grips the rest of us -- is unusually eloquent. Here are his words, as we await one giant leap from those working to create a coronavirus vaccine: “Even during our toughest times, we live on a beautiful planet. Stay strong, planet Earth, we’re in this together.” (David M. Shribman is the former executive editor of the Pittsburgh PostGazette. Follow him on Twitter at ShribmanPG.)

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DEAR ABBY Mom is caught in the middle between dad, adult children DEAR ABBY: My husband wants me to stop speaking to our adult children. He says they have both offended him, and he wants an apology from them. My daughter didn’t help him when he was out of the home for a few months and had nowhere to go. At the time, she was living in her boyfriend’s grandparents’ home. She had asked them if it was OK, but they said no. My husband was hurt by this and wants her to apologize for “treating him this way.” They no longer speak to each other and exchanged hurtful texts until my daughter blocked him. My son, who just turned 18, is in college. He came home for a break and asked if he could stay with his girlfriend. I said yes. When my husband found out, he ordered our son to come home. My son pulled the “I’m 18; you can’t tell me what to do.” He then said our family crisis was causing his girlfriend to have anxiety and depression. This upset my husband because he felt he was being blamed for her issues and disrespected when my son refused to come home. My husband feels I should stop speaking to him, too, to support him. I cannot bring myself to do this. My husband says our marriage is over if I can’t support him. What would you do? -- IN A FAMILY MESS DEAR “MESS”: Your husband is a handful. With his authoritarian attitude, he cannot seem to stop himself from alienating family members. He is acting like a bullying child. Right now, he is two for two and counting. I do not think you should stop talking to your daughter for things beyond her control or for telling the truth. If you have any power at all in your marital relationship, please insist that all of you get family counseling from a licensed professional. Your husband needs to learn to communicate more effectively with his son. If your husband refuses to participate, and he may, then you have some important decisions about your future that I cannot make for you. DEAR ABBY: My younger sister died two years ago. She was only 43. She left behind her husband of 19 years, three children, my parents and myself (along with many other family members and friends). Her choice was to be cremated. As a family, we discussed my brother-inlaw’s plans for the ashes. He discussed various options and we, of course, shared our desires and wishes. Her ashes remained in the cardboard box from the funeral home on a shelf in their living room until my brother-in-law moved into a new place a year later. My mother finally confronted him. She said it was disrespectful not to have finalized a resting place for her daughter. She said she knew the ashes belong to him because he’s the husband. His response was he was sorry she felt that way. Now we don’t know what he’s done with them. He became engaged 15 months after my sister’s death and has been living with his fiancee. This seems so wrong to me and so dismissive of my sister and my family. What can we do? We want a final resting place for her. We think his actions show he obviously doesn’t care. -- DISILLUSIONED AND HEARTBROKEN DEAR D&H: That’s not necessarily true. Your former brother-in-law may care so much about his late wife that he cannot let the ashes go. I hope you will maintain contact with him because it’s a way to keep track of those ashes. As his wedding date grows near, he may soften his stance and allow them to be divided, perhaps with some prodding from his new wife, which may be the solution that’s best for everyone concerned. 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. Good advice for everyone -- teens to seniors -- is in “The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It.” To order, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

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Stage is set for Biden vs. Trump in November Bernie Sanders pulls plug on his presidential campaign STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press

The stage is set for November. Barring unforeseen disaster, Joe Biden will represent the Democratic Party against President Donald Trump this fall, the former vice president’s place on the general election ballot cemented by Bernie Sanders’ decision to end his campaign. Biden likely won’t secure the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination until June. But without any Democratic rivals left, a general election campaign that will almost certainly be the most expensive and among the nastiest in U.S. history is underway. “It won’t be easy. Nobody’s confused about that. But we are ready for the general election. We are ready for our standard-bearer,” Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said. “I’m confident because Joe Biden’s values reflect the values of the majority of the American people that we can win.” In Biden and Trump, voters will choose between two white septuagenarians with dramatically different prescriptions for health care, climate change, foreign policy and leadership in an era of extreme partisanship. At 77, Biden becomes the oldest major party presidential nominee in modern history. And having spent most of his life as an elected official in Washington, no nominee has had more experience in government. But in Trump, Biden is

up against an adversary the likes of which he has never faced in his decadeslong political career. The 73-year-old Republican president opens with a massive cash advantage and a well-established willingness to win at any cost. Trump’s campaign is moving forward with a multipronged attack that mixes legitimate criticism with baseless charges and, in some cases, outright conspiracy theories. It’s similar to the unconventional playbook Trump used against Hillary Clinton four years ago with unexpectedly devastating success. Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said Biden will be portrayed as too liberal for most Americans, weighed down by questions about his son’s overseas business dealings and about questionable mental acuity at his age. Brad Parscale, Trump’s campaign manager, predicted Trump would “destroy” Biden, whom the president and his allies have nicknamed “Sleepy Joe.” “President Trump is still disrupting Washington, D.C., while Biden represents the old, tired way and continuing to coddle the communist regime in China,” Parscale said. Trump’s team also believes he can win over disaffected Sanders supporters who see Biden as a consummate insider. Shortly after Sanders’ announcement Wednesday, the president charged without evidence that Democratic leaders were plotting against Sanders. The Republican National Committee has already assembled an extensive research book on Biden. The GOP has devoted 10 researchers to Biden and sent hundreds of Biden-related freedom of informa-

tion and public records requests to gather additional damaging material. Before Biden can shift his entire focus to Trump, the former vice president is tasked with winning over Sanders’ skeptical farleft supporters, who have trashed Biden’s record on trade, criminal justice, corporate America and foreign policy. The party’s most progressive wing also fears that Biden’s policies on health care and the environment, among others, don’t go far enough. For example, Biden supports universal health care, but unlike Sanders, he would preserve the private insurance system and offer Americans a government-backed “public option” instead of Sanders’ signature “Medicare for All.” Biden advisers note that he had already begun reaching out to Sanders’ aligned progressive organizations, including those focused on young people like the Sunrise Movement and the March For Our Lives.

Sanders suggested that any full-throated endorsement of Biden would come with strings attached. “We are talking to Joe, and we are talking to his team about how we can work together,” he told CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert. In a sign of what he hopes will come from those talks, Sanders said, “I hope to be able to work with Joe to move him in a

more progressive direction.” Perhaps Biden’s most powerful ally, former President Barack Obama, was quiet on Wednesday. Still, the former president and first lady Michelle Obama are ultimately expected to help rally the party behind Biden, who served for eight years as Obama’s vice president.

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Unemployment claims continue to soar nationwide WASHINGTON (AP) — With a startling 6.6 million people seeking jobless benefits last week, the United States has reached a grim landmark: More than one in 10 workers have lost their jobs in just the past three weeks to the coronavirus outbreak. The figures collectively constitute the largest and fastest string of job losses in records dating to 1948. By contrast, during the Great Recession it took 44 weeks — roughly 10 months — for unemployment claims to go as high as they now have in less than a month. The job market is quickly unraveling as businesses have shut down across the country. All told, in the past three weeks, 16.8 million Americans have filed for unemployment aid. The surge of jobless claims has overwhelmed state unemployment offices around the country. And still more job cuts are expected. More than 20 million people may lose jobs this month. The unemployment rate could hit 15% when the April employment report is released in early May. “The carnage in the American labor market continued unabated,” said Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist for RSM, a tax advisory firm. The viral outbreak is believed to have erased nearly one-third of the economy’s output in the current quarter. Forty-eight states have closed non-essential businesses. Restaurants, hotels, department stores and countless small businesses have laid off millions as they struggle to pay bills at a time when their revenue has vanished. A nation of normally free-spending shoppers and travelers is mainly hunkered down at home, bringing entire gears of the economy to a nearhalt. Non-grocery retail business plunged 97% in the last week of March compared with a year earlier, according to Morgan Stanley. The number of airline passengers screened by the Transportation Security Administration has plunged 95% from a year ago. U.S. hotel revenue has tumbled 80%.

The government-mandated business shutdowns that are meant to defeat the virus have never brought the U.S. to such a sudden and violent standstill. For that reason, economists are struggling to assess the duration and severity of the damage. “We’re just throwing out our textbooks,” said Beth Ann Bovino, chief U.S. economist at S&P Global Ratings. The Penn Wharton Budget Model, created at the University of Pennsylvania’s business school, projects that the U.S. economy will shrink at an astonishing 30% annual rate in the April-June quarter — even including the government’s new $2.2 trillion relief measure, the largest federal aid package in history by far. An economic contraction of that scale would be the largest quarterly plunge since World War II. A key aspect of the rescue package is a $350 billion small business loan program that is intended to forestall layoffs. Small companies can borrow enough to cover payroll and other costs for eight weeks. And the loans will be forgiven if small businesses keep or rehire their staffs. The Treasury Department has begun to roll out the loans to mixed results. Many small businesses have had trouble accessing loan applications, and many economists say the $350 billion is insufficient. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said he will seek an additional $250 billion for the program from Congress. The rescue package also added $600 a week in unemployment benefits, on top of what recipients receive from their states. This will enable many lower-income workers to manage their expenses and even increase their purchasing power and support the economy. It also makes many more people eligible for jobless aid, including the self-employed, contractors, and so-called “gig economy” workers such as Uber and Lyft drivers. But many of these people have been expressing frustration and bewilderment about the process for seeking benefits as a flood of applications has overwhelmed many state offices.

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the isolation and the challenges for our families, especially those that rely on school as a centering place for connection, community and comfort.” For local school districts, Wednesday’s news did not come as a surprise.

North Bend School District “From what we’ve started to put in place, it really doesn’t change much,” said North Bend School District Superintendent Kevin Bogatin. “Some guidance came out around Distance Learning For All from the Oregon Department of Education. We’ve got a running start on this. We were already starting to put some of those plans in place anyway.” Now the focus for school districts is to answer a long list of lingering questions. For schools locally, that starts with how to reach students in difficult situations such as those who are homeless and depend on breakfast and lunch at school. “In many cases, I think that the educational side of this does take a secondary seat to their safety and welfare, social and emotional,” Bogatin said. “All those pieces are really taken care of first. I certainly want them to get education but we know the challenges that are going to come with this.”

It was the same message from Coos Bay School District. “Our goal is, first and foremost, to make sure kids are being cared for and getting their basic needs met,” said Superintendent Bryan Trendell. “And then making sure that we’re connecting with those kids and families every week and we’re providing some instruction to help them continue to learn along the way.” Then comes making sure students are prepared to learn. While teachers are in contact with families,

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families are going to play a key role in this learning process. For Trendell, he is hoping to get those families prepared. “Part of our plan for distance learning is providing families with a sample of a schedule. ... It’s not going to look like school looks like on a normal basis,” he said. “Giving them a schedule on how much time a child, depending on their age, is going to be spending on teacher-led activities. How much time they should be doing on supplemental activities and giving them some guidelines around health and wellness and making sure they’re getting their regular meal times and rest time and exercise and all of those things that go along with it.”

As Gov. Brown made this announcement on Wednesday, the Coquille School District had just served 800 meals. These meals went to students who depend on school being open to get regular nutrition. Though Superintendent Tim Sweeney is happy to fill that need during this crisis by delivering food to student’s homes or having families pick them up at school parking lots, he is looking to other needs students now require. “We’re hearing from families that both parents are laid off and there’s some real need we’re striving hard to meet,” he said. “Figuring out running water is a tricky one if a family lives in a place without it.” Since making the transition to distance learning, Sweeney said the district has had a high engagement from families of up to 85 percent. However, 15 percent of families have either not returned phone calls or are unable to pick up when calls are made. “We’re gearing our efforts to find them, get them engaged, and support their learning,” he said. “These folks we’re talking about are homeless students and teen parents.” Sweeney said he met with his school adminis-

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Myrtle Point School District Also on Wednesday, the Myrtle Point School District served 600 meals. Superintendent Nanette Hagen said this number was up by 100 compared to the day before and counted these meals as a success in an otherwise difficult time. “We have to celebrate the small things,” Hagen said. “Our kids aren’t going to starve while adults make decisions, families are connecting with teachers over the phone, families are enjoying seeing the bus drivers (help deliver meals) and enjoy that small bit of contact. We have to relish those small things because this can all be very overwhelming.” That said, she added that the district is in a place it hasn’t been before regarding its senior graduating class. According to Hagen, almost 100 percent of the class is set to be able to graduate. “We can ensure (most) senior families they made it and relieve them of that angst and see what else

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we can help with as far as scholarship applications or whatever they need,” she said. As for a possible graduation ceremony, the district plans on getting creative and has thrown out ideas on social media but plans on getting input from families as well. Some of these ideas have involved seniors and families in vehicles parading through town. “Our town is very much a small community so having a parade wouldn’t be abnormal and would be a nice way to honor them, but we want their voice in the decision first,” Hagen said. Otherwise, the district is focused on preparing more Chromebooks that students can use at home during this period of distance learning. “…We are working hard to get more technology available,” she said, adding that packets should be mailed out to families by the end of the week. “We’re doing the best we can and have a good plan laid out.”

Bandon School District Superintendent Doug Ardiana was hoping for the best but was prepared for the worst when Gov. Brown made the announcement. He’s prepared to continue the Educational Programming Plan he put forth even before the state implemented its Distance Learning For All plan on March 30. “We did have that as part of our contingency plan to the School Board and it does fit into what we were already going to do,” Ardiana said. The only change from what the BSD was planning to do involves its high school seniors. Bandon was preparing to have students in grades 9-12 pass a proficiency test with 70% or above in order to receive credit and progress to the next grade or graduate. Similar requirements are in place for students in grades K-8. The state’s plan for seniors involves awarding subject-area credit based on progress or proficiency and awarding a diploma to seniors who were on track to graduate when schools

closed last month. Additional support will be given to seniors not on track to graduate. The BSD is in the process of delivering coursework to students who are not able to access online learning. Chromebooks have been checked out to students and more will be available on Friday for students who are able to use the technology. Sack breakfasts and lunches are also being delivered to or picked up by student households. Food Services supervisor Sharon Haga said they’ve been serving between 180-214 students per day. There are 655 students in the district. Ardiana said the decision to close schools helps the district determine what they need to do and provides direction for schools to move forward with completing the school year. As far as the senior class, who see their graduation trip and ceremonies as a rite of passage, Ardiana will not let them down. “At this point, we’re moving forward with school as it is on our calendar,” he said. “We’re having graduation on some level, somehow. I give my word on that, be it online, a parade or gathered in their cars, we’ll figure out a way to recognize our kids.”

Powers School District Not surprised by the governor’s announcement, Powers School District Superintendent Matt Shorb said the district is still committed to meeting the needs of their students despite being faced with challenges associated with distance learning. “I had one of my teachers make a comment that it feels like we’re building the airplane while we’re in the air,” said Shorb. “I think we’re all just adapting and learning and trying to do the best we can for all of our students.” In response to the state’s new guidelines regarding graduating seniors, Shorb told The World on Wednesday that the district’s teachers and staff members are taking the necessary steps to follow the new guidelines to ensure their

seniors graduate on time. “I think their guidelines are pretty clear,” said Shorb. “I think we’re going to be able to meet those expectations pretty well.” This week, teachers will begin reaching out to seniors as well as their families to review their transcripts from before the statewide school closures took place and a plan will be formulated from there, said Shorb. The Powers High School graduating class of 2020 consists of approximately five students.

Reedsport School District Reedsport Superintendent Jon Zwemke said he has mixed feelings about the announcement. However, he added that education will continue and the distance learning for all program has a clear pathway to guide them. He also noted, though, that he’s sad students will lose out on school-based activities. “Seniors especially don’t deserve to lose the activities and opportunities that come with open school doors,” Zwemke said. “We will be able to provide school and serve our students and community. ... Reedsport is a strong and proud community and we will be able to move through this tough time.” In a post to its Facebook page, the Reedsport School District said it knows this is a difficult situation for everyone but noted that the school closure is intended to keep everyone safe and healthy. The district’s priority has always been a commitment to students and being problem solvers to help keep them on track in their education. “As the sun starts to shine more in the coming weeks, we know students will want to head outside and play,” said Zwemke in the Facebook post. “Please remember that our buildings, fields and playgrounds are closed by state order, but we are still here to support you.” Zachary Silva, Jillian Ward, Amanda Linares, Amy Moss Strong and Adam Robertson contributed to this story

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Stadiums will light up the night on Fridays JOHN GUNTHER The World

Marshfield and North Bend high schools will join others around the state in turning on their stadium lights Friday night as a way to honor their students at a time when they aren’t able to attend school on campus. Both schools will turn the lights on in their respective football stadiums — Pete Susick Stadium at Marshfield and Vic Adams Field at North Bend — at 8:20 p.m. (20:20 military time in

honor of the Class of 2020). The movement apparently started in Colorado and was picked up by a few schools in Oregon. The concept took off in the state after Madras athletic director Evan Brown sent out an email statewide Wednesday morning, Marshfield co-athletic director Greg Mulkey said. Brown promoted the idea as a way to honor the seniors and other athletes. “This class will have endured and prospered in ways that have not been experienced in a

lifetime,” Brown wrote. “Here at Madras High School, we want to say thank you to all of our students, and especially our student-athletes who have to date not had a spring sports season.” Any chance of a spring season ended Wednesday when Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced that schools would remain closed to on-site learning through the rest of the school year. Mulkey and North Bend athletic director Mike Forrester had bought into the idea before Kate Brown’s announcement, already

planning to start this week. “I bet I have 50 emails from different school districts,” Forrester said. “All over the state, people are going to do it.” On the South Coast, that also includes Gold Beach, which started its weekly plan of turning on the lights Wednesday night. “Panther Nation! We miss all of you,” athletic director Kevin Swift said in a tweet that included pictures of the lights at Gold Beach’s stadium. “These lights are a symbol of our love & support for you, especially the Class

of 2020!! Be safe, take care of yourselves and we will see you again!!” After Forrester got the email from Evan Brown, he did a little research on the concept. “It started in Colorado,” he said. “It started with one high school, then went to four and 10 and kind of blew up.” He sees it as a message of hope for everybody in a rough time amid the coronavirus pandemic. Please see Lights, Page B2

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North Bend’s Kobe Johnson competes in the shot put at the 2019 state track meet. Johnson, now a junior, helped the Bulldogs win the state title by placing fifth in the event.

Spring sports called off in Oregon JOHN GUNTHER The World

The spring sports season officially ended before it ever had a chance to begin Wednesday when Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced that schools would remain closed to in-person learning for the remainder of the school year. The Oregon School Activities Association had kept up hopes of a short spring sports season on the chance that schools returned to session, but had announced earlier that it would be in line with the governor’s school closure plan. “Today’s heart-wrenching decision is difficult for all members of the OSAA family,” OSAA

Executive Director Peter Weber said in a press release. “We empathize with students and school communities, especially our graduating seniors, but recognize that these cancelations will allow our collective focus to remain where it’s most needed at this time — on the health and safety of all Oregonians.” That was essentially Brown’s message in announcing the school closure during a press conference earlier in the day. “My top priority will always be the health and safety of Oregonians,” she said. “That is at the forefront of my mind with every decision I make.” Brown praised parents for the sacrifices they have been making

since she put in the order closing schools. “I also know that the measures we have put in place are necessary actions to save lives,” she said. Brown said she made the decision to provide clarity for schools, students and parents. “The best we can do is give everyone certainty by announcing the decision today to close in-person classes for the remainder of the school year.” That was the news that OSAA officials and athletic directors around the state were bracing for, but hoping against. “I think we all knew this was coming,” North Bend athletic director Mike Forrester said. “We kept hearing reports from

(the Oregon Department of Education) about extended learning and distance learning. You just have to expect. “And then when Washington canceled school, you knew it wasn’t going to be too long before we canceled school.” And Forrester understands Brown’s decision. “The bottom line right now is everybody needs to be smart,” he said. “Nobody likes it. Understand that we’re going to have disruptions and we aren’t going to be able to do everything we’ve done in the past.” For a few weeks, there was at last some chance of spring sports. Please see Sports, Page B2

Delayed Masters is better than no Masters DOUG FERGUSON

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C.T. Pan could become a footnote in history at Augusta National. Imagine qualifying for his first Masters and then having to wait 571 days before he can hear the most understated announcement in golf. “Fore, please. C.T. Pan now driving.” One week after Tiger Woods slipped on a fifth green jacket, Pan won the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head to qualify for the Masters the following April. And now April is November. Charles Howell III has a strong bias, having grown up a few miles away from Augusta National, but he speaks for the majority when he says, “Any Masters is better than no Masters.” Monday’s announcement of the reconfigured schedule offered no guarantees, only something to anticipate. And that’s going to have to suffice for now, considering no one is even sure when golf or any other sport will resume because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s nice to put the carrots out there in front of us,” Graeme McDowell said Tuesday. The PGA Championship in August? That’s where it used to be. The U.S. Open in September? It’s happened before,

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Patrick Reed, left, helps Tiger Woods with his green jacket after Woods won the 2019 Masters golf tournament, in Augusta, Ga. though not in the last 107 years. The Masters in November is what stands out. Augusta National is all about white dogwoods and pink azaleas. The Masters is a sure signal of spring, complemented by the opening week of Major League Baseball. It was supposed to end on Easter. Now it will start two weeks before Thanksgiving. Tiger Woods had planned on serving steak and chicken fajitas, and sushi out on the deck of the clubhouse. Does he switch to

turkey and dressing? The Masters is scheduled for Nov. 12-15. Mobile devices are not allowed on the grounds during tournament days, meaning no one will be looking at their phones to check football scores. Will the locals with season badges give up Saturday’s third round and head to Athens to watch Georgia play Tennessee, or to Atlanta to see Notre Dame play Georgia Tech? Kevin Kisner once left Atlanta after the third round of the Tour Championship, two shots off

While the world wrestles with the coronavirus pandemic, the three biggest U.S.-based sports leagues currently affected by the crisis are trying to figure out if, how and where games can be safely played again this year. The NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball have some similar constraints: Public and player health are the most pressing issues and any decisions would have to come with widespread federal, state and local support. But there are also individual challenges for each league, which have unique schedules and playing arrangements that could affect logistics. All three have discussed the possibility of essentially quarantining their players in cities for long periods to play games in a safe environment. Dr. Patrick Mularoni, who is the medical director of sports medicine at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, says it’s possible, at least on paper. “You’d have to completely isolate the players, staff, coaches, medical staff and likely food-service workers until 14 days. They’d all have to be willing to do that,” Mularoni said. “And the logistics of having that number of people not make a mistake is the difficulty there. But once you do that, if they are all together and working together, once they’re together, you should be fine because essentially what you created is an oasis where people who have proven that they do not have COVID can be.” A Q&A prepared by some of AP’s beat writers on where leagues are with their plans:

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the lead, to take a helicopter to Georgia’s game against Mississippi State. Would he leave the Masters to see Georgia play Tennessee? “I would not,” he said. These are the kind of nuances never presented at a Masters. Spring blooms will give way to fall foliage, making it a different kind of Masters. The weather can be an issue, but that’s true in April. Think back to 2007 when the wind chill never got higher than 47 degrees for the third round, and the scoring was the highest since 1956. As for the course? Trevor Immelman, who won the 2008 Masters, has played in November. He knows what Augusta National can do, which seems to be just about anything. The club closes every year in May — it closed in March this year due to the new coronavirus — and the grass goes dormant until it is overseeded with rye ahead of the re-opening in October. Chairman Fred Ridley said Augusta National “identified” Nov. 12-15 as the intended dates. Was that because the later date improved chances of a return to normal in sports, or because an extra month would allow the course to be the best it can be? Maybe a little of both.

Q: If safe, how would play resume and when? A: The NBA is looking at countless restart options, but a consistent theme throughout them calls for a training camp of at least two weeks for teams to get back into some sort of basketball shape. It would seem likely that teams would be quarantined at that time. No decision has been made about whether to resume some of the regular season or go right into the playoffs, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has said his league won’t decide anything definitively until at least May. Q: Where would games be held? A: The idea of having one or two sites for games has been discussed, with Las Vegas and Los Angeles among them. The league has explored several possible sites, for preparation purposes, but has not entered into any concrete deals anyplace. Q: Would fans be allowed? Almost certainly not, at least not at first, unless social distancing guidelines are lifted and public health officials say it is safe. Q: Could they shorten the playoffs? A: Absolutely. The best-ofseven format could be abandoned for a best-of-five or possibly less, though the NBA seems adamant at this point that -- if the season is going to resume -- it wants as

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legitimate a champion as possible. Q: What other precautions would the NBA take? A: The ball itself could be a major issue. NBA players sweat, and sweat a lot. That sweat gets on the floor, gets on other players, but the one thing in the game that everyone is touching is the same ball.

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Michigan coach Erik Bakich, center, is hugged by Michigan’s Ako Thomas as they watch Vanderbilt celebrate after beating the Wolverines to win the 2019 College World Series.

College could see influx of talent said $20,000 shouldn’t be enough to entice many players to sign, saying that up-front money doesn’t go very far when it must be used to supplement a small minor league salary. He added that another year of seasoning in college can help a player make a faster rise through the minors. MLB.com draft analyst Jim Callis predicted a significant number of undrafted players will swallow hard and sign. “They’ll want to get their pro careers started,” Callis said. For some players, returning to school would require them to pay $20,000 or more in tuition because they don’t have full scholarships. Division I teams offer partial scholarships, distributing a maximum of 11.7 among 27 players. Callis noted that a junior who returns to school next year would be 22 when drafted in 2021. That player wouldn’t be in line for a bonus commensurate with his draft slot because MLB teams don’t place as much value on older draftees. Plus, Callis said, the draft will be deeper next year, meaning a player who would go in the eighth round this year might not go until the 12th next year. How college rosters are structured is anything but certain for a lot of teams. The draft isn’t until July, so it will be August before some

ERIC OLSON

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As disappointing as it’s been to have the college baseball season shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Michigan coach Erik Bakich sees a silver lining. “I do think the coming years will be the deepest college baseball has ever been,” he said. Division I programs stand to benefit because of two factors. First, the NCAA is allowing all players to return in 2021 with the same eligibility standing they had in 2020. Second, and perhaps more important, Major League Baseball is shortening its draft, going from 40 to as few as five rounds, and capping signing bonuses for undrafted free agents at $20,000. Last year, 87% (131 of 150) of players taken between the sixth and 10th rounds were from four-year colleges, with juniors receiving bonuses between $125,000 and $250,000. Seniors typically get less because they lack leverage. Those college players who just miss getting drafted must decide between signing for $20,000, if offered, or returning to school. Elite high school seniors not drafted have the same decision: Take the money or stick with their college commitments. TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle

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“I don’t think it would be all that different other than the obvious aesthetic differences between spring and fall,” Immelman said. “The massive wild card is Mother Nature. ... That change in temperature along with the possibility of that northerly wind that can blow is going to be the

big difference.” He said three of the par 5s — all but No. 2 — could have wind in the face, perhaps limiting eagles or birdies. “I do think playing it in November — and I’ve done that many times — the scoring won’t quite be as low as what we’re used to over the last few years,” he said. The winner still gets a green jacket and a lifetime exemption.

coaches know who is returning. Some freshmen might elect to go to a junior college if they see a long line of returning players ahead of them competing for playing time. There also will be a wave of transfers, perhaps an unprecedented number if the Division I Council votes this summer to remove the requirement that transfers sit out one year before becoming eligible. What’s certain is there will be more older and experienced players in the college game for the foreseeable future, and Schlossnagle said top-to-bottom talent that’s as good as ever now will only get better. He said the slotted draft, which began in 2012, continues to be a boon to college baseball. That’s because signing bonuses after the 10th round, which can be lucrative, usually don’t amount to life-changing money. A lot of players who weren’t drafted as high as they thought they would be, especially pitchers, have gone the college route. “You play a game on a Tuesday night and everybody throws 90 mph and everybody has a closer who throws 96. They’re everywhere,” Schlossnagle said. “We already know next year’s draft is only going to be 20 rounds. The common thought is it may never be beyond that. That’s only going to aid college baseball.”

The Masters not only set a new date, it filled out its field — 96 players, regardless of what happens until November. Four players were added to the field by being among the top 50 in the world — McDowell, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler and Christiaan Bezuidenhout. McDowell was No. 51 in the world when he missed the cut at Bay Hill, and after The Play-

ers Championship was canceled, he went up to No. 49. That was due to a number of factors, which includes a reduction in events played over two years. It’s complicated. The phone call was not. His phone rang 20 minutes after news of the November dates. McDowell saw the 706 area code — Augusta — and wisely answered. “He said, ‘I’ve got good

Q: If safe, how would play resume and when? A: The NHL could target a late June or early July resumption of the regular season or beginning of the playoffs. League officials, coaches, general managers and players expect at least a two week re-training camp before resuming play. If the NHL goes directly to playoffs, either 16 or 24 of the 31 teams would likely be involved. Q: Where would games be held? A: The NHL would like to use home arenas but is also considering hundreds of places to hold games at neutral sites, if need be. Q: Would fans be allowed? A: It would take CDC and Public Health Canada clearance for large gatherings for fans to be allowed. Q: What would be among the upsides in resuming play? A: The playoffs could be the most competitive, with teams icing nearly complete rosters, given most players dealing with injuries will have had time to heal. NHL’s two key broadcast partners, NBC and SportsNet/CBC, have a huge hole to fill in their broadcast schedules with the Summer Olympics being postponed. Q: How late could hockey be played? A: Potentially into September. NHL officials are focused on staging a full 82-game 2020-21 season that could start as late as mid-November with the Stanley Cup awarded in late June. At least a news: You’re in,’” said McDowell, who last played at Augusta in 2016. “I felt fortunate they decided to honor the cutoff date. I’m excited to get back to my first Masters in a while.” Now he has to wait seven months, and then hope golf resumes. “I suppose it’s like getting an invitation in October for the April Masters,” he said. “But it’s still nice on a lot of levels.”

month’s break would be required to allow for the draft and a free-agency period, and to provide players a chance to rest.

MLB Q: If safe, how would play resume and when? A: Games likely would start about three weeks after teams return to training. Teams and players have looked at the end of the 1994-95 strike as a possible model. Teams accepted the players’ unconditional offer to return to work on April 2, which was the original start of the season, and opening day was pushed to April 25. Q: Where would games be held? A: MLB’s first choice would be to play in regular-season ballparks. Uncertain whether that will be possible, teams and the players’ association have discussed possibly basing all 30 teams in the Phoenix area, where they would be sequestered for an indeterminate time. There would have to be agreement on economic and logistical issues, and medical and government approvals. Q: Would fans be allowed? A: At regular-season ballparks, the decision likely would be a city-tocity determination, made by local and state governments. At spring training ballparks in Arizona, there likely would not be any fans and games would be played for television, streaming and radio audiences. Q: How long of a season is needed for it to be considered legitimate? A: There is no one answer, but the early consensus appears to be about 81, half the usual length. Teams played 103-111 games in the strike-interrupted 1981 season and 123-131 in 1918, shortened due to World War I. Q: How would the season change? A: Players and teams want to play as many games as possible, which would increase revenue. Look for more games per week and more doubleheaders. The club confirmed one tradition in a year unlike any other. For the four added to the field, invitations are in the mail.

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“We had maintained hope for an abbreviated spring season to help bring a sense of normalcy to these uncertain times,”

Weber said. “Now more than ever we need to apply the lessons learned through participation in education-based activities — teamwork, sacrifice, resilience — and play our role in adhering to the public health guidelines. We all look forward to the day when we play again.”

For now, all of the restrictions OSAA had put in place continue, including bans on the use of school facilities and coaches organizing or directing workouts or practices. Weber said the OSAA Executive Board will meet in the coming

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weeks to discuss policies for summer activities, along with academic eligibility concerns for the fall that have been expressed by schools and families. He said OSAA and its member schools are awaiting guidance from the Department of Educa-

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“I think that it’s something that maybe, those people that can see it, maybe know that there is an end to this thing and we are going to get through it,” he said. “There is a light at the end of the tunnel and it’s something to look forward to. If it helps people, I think it’s a great idea.” In Colorado, the concept started as a way to honor seniors, but it can extend far beyond that, Forrester said. “I think it’s something that every kid in our school district can rally around,” he said. “We have a small community, people in our community can have something (positive) to remember about.

tion on credit attainment for students in grades 9 through 11 through the state’s Distance Learning for All initiative. More information on OSAA policies, as well as health and safety resources related to COVID-19 is available on the OSAA webpage, www.osaa.org. “We are going to have Friday night lights again. We are just going to have to wait a little bit for the real Friday nights.” Some schools are turning on their stadium lights every night, but Marshfield and North Bend both have chosen Fridays, starting with 15 minutes this week, for the 15 days of school the students have missed so far. The two schools will continue turning on the lights weekly, adding five minutes each Friday for that week’s five days of school. “We’ll do it every Friday night as long as school is out,” Mulkey said. Marshfield co-athletic director Floyd Montiel said Friday was a natural time to start. “That’s when North Bend is doing theirs, so we can be a unified front,” he said.

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Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Agreed to terms with CB Mackenside Alexander, LB Josh Byrnes, CB LeShaun Sims and WR Mike Thomas on oneyear contracts. Agreed to terms with S Vonn Bell, G Xavier Su’a-Filo and CB Trae Waynes on three-year contracts. Agreed to terms with DT D.J. Reader on a four-year contract. Resigned G Alex Redmond to a oneyear contract. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — ReSigned G Jordan Simmons. TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with DL Jack Crawford to a one-year deal. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Announced G Brandon Scherff has signed franchise tender. COLLEGE NCAA — Announced DePaul men’s basketball G Jalen Coleman-Lands was granted a sixth year of eligibility.

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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady entered his final season in New England with a strong inkling that it would be his last with the Patriots. The six-time Super Bowl champion who signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in free agency last month said Wednesday on SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show” it was “just time” for a change, reiterating he has no hard feelings about coach Bill Belichick not making him a Patriot for life. “I think he has a lot of loyalty and I think he and I have had a lot of conversations that nobody’s ever been privy to, and nor should they be,” Brady told Stern during a wide-ranging interview lasting more than two hours. “So many wrong assumptions were made about our relationship, or about how he felt about me. I know genuinely how he feels about me,” the four-time Super Bowl MVP added. “Now I’m not going to respond to every rumor or assumption that’s made other than what his responsibility as coach is to try to get the best player for the team, not only in the short term, but in the long term as well.” With Brady and Belichick leading the way, the Patriots won 17 division titles and appeared in nine Super Bowls and 13 AFC championship games over the past 20 years. Brady, who’ll turn 43 in August, said he entered “unchartered territory as an athlete’’ when continued to perform at a high level in recent years. “I was an older athlete, and he started to plan for the future, which is what his responsibility is. And I don’t fault him for that,” Brady said of Belichick. “That’s what he should be doing. That’s what every coach should be doing.” Brady signed a two-year, $50 million contract with the Bucs last month, joining a team with the worst winning percentage in league history. Tampa Bay hasn’t made the playoffs since 2007 and doesn’t have a postseason win since its lone Super Bowl championship run 18 years

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady holds up the game ball after a 2015 playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens. Brady has left the Patriots, the only team he has played for, to sign with Tampa Bay. reading a letter from his wife, who ago. at the time was unhappy with some “I never cared about legacy. ... aspects of their marriage. I never once, when I was in high “What was important to her, what school, said, ‘Man, I can’t wait for was important to me was our family what my football legacy looks like.’ and our relationship, and at different I mean, that’s just not me. That’s times, like any married couple, things not my personality. So why would I choose a different place? It’s because need to be changed,” said Brady, who it was just time. I don’t know what to said he kept the letter. “A couple years ago she didn’t say other than that,” Brady said. feel like I was doing my part for the “I had done everything. I accomfamily. ... She felt like I would play plished everything I could in two football all season, and she would decades with an incredible organizatake care of the house, and then tion, an incredible group of people. all of a sudden when that season That will never change,” the threewould end I’d be like: ‘Great, let time NFL MVP said. “And no one me get into all my other business can ever take that away from me. No activities, let me get into my footone can ever take those experiences ball training,’ and she’s sitting there or Super Bowl championships away going, ‘Well, when are you going from us.” to do things for the house? When Brady also talked about moving are you going to take the kids to his family into a furnished mansion school?’ Brady said. he’s renting from Derek Jeter in “I had to make a big transition Tampa, as well as his marriage to in my life to say, ‘I can’t do all the supermodel Gisele Bündchen, trying things that I wanted to do for football marijuana and alcohol as a teenager but not enjoying the lifestyle, and his like I used to,” he added. “I’ve got to take care of things with my family,’ college career at Michigan. because my family ... the situation The quarterback also spoke in dewasn’t great. She wasn’t satisfied tail about his decision to skip OTAs with our marriage. in recent years with the Patriots after

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — First-year head coach Matt Rhule said Teddy Bridgewater’s familiarity with the team’s offensive scheme made him the “right fit” at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers and ultimately leading to Cam Newton’s release. Bridgewater spent the 2018 season working under new Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady with the New Orleans Saints and the two developed a close player-coach relationship. “His relationship with Joe, knowing the offense, the things that he has done in this offense just made sense to us,” Rhule said. Rhule didn’t directly answer whether Newton’s history of shoulder and foot injuries played a role in the decision. Rhule called Newton a “great quarterback who can play in any system,” but added that Bridgewater’s built-in knowledge of Brady’s playbook — one that helped LSU win a national championship last season — will be helpful for the Panthers in what is expected to be a dramatically shortened offseason because of the coronavirus pandemic and the need for social distancing. The Panthers are one of five teams that hired new coaches and were slated to begin a “virtual” offseason workout program Monday, but the league decided to delay the start until more details can be worked out. “In a year like this especially where we are all in our homes, I think Teddy is a guy who has been in this offense, knows this offense and had great familiarity with Joe,” Rhule said. “It just made sense to us.” Newton is a free agent

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for the first time in his nine-year NFL career, and recently said he feels like a fish out of water. There has been no indication where he might play this season. Rhule called the decision to release Newton, the Panthers’ No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft, a difficult one. He said he developed incredible respect for the 2015 league MVP in the brief time he spent with him this offseason. “I have no doubt that he will play well,” Rhule said of Newton. “He is a great quarterback and we have all seen the things that he has done. I just think as we move forward we thought this was the right time for us. We saw the opportunity to get Teddy and really felt like he was the right fit for us.” While the Panthers gave Bridegwater a three-year, $63 million contract, Rhule added the team wouldn’t rule out drafting a quarterback. The Panthers have the seventh overall pick in the draft. “I don’t know if that’s our focus right now, a first-round quarterback, but at the end of the day if a guy drops in your lap that you think, at any position, you think can change your team. ...” Rhule said. “When you draft you’re not drafting for the next 12 months, you’re drafting for the next four to five to six years, and hopefully on.’’ Rhule also said: — The Panthers’ biggest area of need entering the NFL draft is adding depth on the defense. — He was thrilled to sign Browns defensive back Juston Burris, someone the team had targeted since day one of the offseason.

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