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After being closed for two months because of COVID-19, the Mill Casino will reopen Monday.

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COOS COUNTY — After exactly two months of being closed because of COVID-19, the Mill Casino is opening back up on Monday May 18, the first in the state. Three Rivers Casino and Chinook Winds Casino Resort will open again later this month. According to a press release from the Mill Casino, 300 people will be allowed on the floor at one time. “We looked at the guidelines similar to what Walmart or Safeway will do for capacity to ensure that the social distancing measures are in place,” said chairman of the Coquille Indian Tribe Brenda Meade on how capacity was determined. While the state has offered clear guidelines on how retail stores and restaurants should open up, there have not been recommendations on how casinos should proceed during this time. “Because the Tribes are sovereign nations, the state does not provide guidance for casino reopenings. But, Tribes have

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Slot machines have been rearranged by staff at the Three Rivers Casino Resort in Coos Bay and Florence in order to follow social distancing guidelines. been sharing information with the Oregon Health Authority and our office, and we’re encouraging counties to work and consult with the Tribes as well,” said Press Secretary Liz Merah of Governor Kate Brown’s office. Coos County received information on the Mill Casino’s plan to reopen. “We had received notification from the Coquille with the details of their Safe Play plan. They will be screening at the

door and providing PPE to their guests. They are confident that this plan will provide protection for their guests,” said County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins in a text to The World. “Tribes are not subject to county or state laws, and the federal government never put into place restrictions on gathering sizes. Because of the lack of federal regulations, each tribe makes its decision on reopening based on what they believe is

best for them and their customers.” On Friday, select businesses in the county, including restaurants, will be reopening as part of the Phase I reopening plan around the state. “It’s not the state that closed the casino, it was the decision of each of the tribal governments. I think all of the tribes are looking at the guidelines and policies and looking to implement a reopening. I think that there are so many things that have to be implemented, training programs for employees and all those things, that each one of them will have to make decisions on when they open and when they feel comfortable to open,” said Meade, who noted that they have been working with the county and state. With the reopening, the Mill Casino has offered a set of protocols aimed at helping safety. All guests and employees will have their temperatures taken upon entry. Employees will be wearing masks while guests, who will have masks provided to them, will be required to have a mask but will not be required to wear them. Every other slot machine will not be in use to create more

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COQUILLE — The “Senior Life Solutions” program, an outpatient group therapy program at Coquille Valley Hospital, earlier this spring received the 2019 Program of the Year award. The program, which provides assistance to the county’s elderly population struggling with depression and anxiety, began seeing patients in December. According to Susie Breuer, the program director for Senior Life Solutions, this is the first time that a program has ever received this award during its first year of operation. “It’s wonderful to be recognized and be part of a program and team that is changing lives in our community,” she said. As part of Coquille Valley

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Pam Borreson, Therapist; Susie Breuer, Program Director; Tony Oldani, Regional Director from Denver, Colorado; Elizabeth Hanson, Office Patient Coordinator; Dr. Rochelle Tucker, Medical Director, accept the 2019 Program of the Year award. (From left to right.) Hospital’s efforts to expand its behavioral health services within the area, the program works to help meet the needs of seniors 65 and older by providing them with a number of support services. With a team of healthcare

professionals from diverse backgrounds, Breuer said the program teaches seniors healthy coping skills, provides them with the tools needed to manage all aspects of aging as well as connects them with community resources.

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Oftentimes, the patients seen by its healthcare professionals are community members who have recently lost a spouse or loved one, are acting as a caregiver for their spouse or are experiencing a number of things such as loneliness, chronic health issues or any major life change, said Breuer. Since the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded locally, Breuer said the program has seen an increase in calls from seniors struggling with anxiety and stress surrounding the novel coronavirus. With a number of statewide COVID-19 restrictions currently in place, the program recently shifted its in-person services to Telehealth as a way to continue helping seniors in need. “During these unfamiliar times for our country and local community, we are here to address the continued needs of our seniors to help improve the quality of their life,” said Breuer. Please see Award, Page A6

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WASHINGTON (AP) — As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press analysis. Rapid, widespread testing is considered essential to tracking and containing the coronavirus. But 41 of the nation’s 50 states fail to test widely enough to drive their infections below a key benchmark, according to an AP analysis of metrics developed by Harvard’s Global Health Institute. Among the states falling short are Texas and Georgia, which recently moved aggressively to reopen stores, malls, barbershops and other businesses. As health authorities expand testing to more people, the number of positive results should shrink compared with the total number of people tested. The World Health Organization and other health researchers have said a percentage above 10% indicates inadequate testing. South Korea, a country praised for its rapid response, quickly pushed

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COOS COUNTY — In a letter from Governor Kate Brown, Coos County’s application to enter Phase I of reopening on Friday has been approved. While reopenings will occur, it does not mean that there is no longer a threat of the novel coronavirus. “I want to be clear that reopening does not come without risks,” wrote Gov. Brown in a letter addressed to Coos County Commissioner Robert Main. “With every restriction lifted we know transmission of the virus has the potential to increase. The contact tracing, testing and personal protective equipment requirements that were part of the conditions for opening will be essential to mitigate that transmission increase.” Brown also thanked community hospitals and public health experts for putting a plan together to meet the prerequisites to reopen. “Thank you for … demonstrating your county’s preparedness for beginning to lift restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Brown wrote. “Overall, I was incredibly impressed by work that counties put in to their applications. The prerequisites that we laid out were excellent. They were an excellent road map for counties to be prepared for future challenges,” Brown said during the press conference. “We are all much better prepared now than we were before going through this exercise. Reviewing these applications reinforced the fact that these were the right requirements that we must remain vigilant in the

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COOS COUNTY — As Coos County, and counties across the state, begin to reopen, there is still a concern over the spread of COVID-19. “I don’t think we’re ever going to be, from a public health perspective, 100 percent ready. We’re always prepared for what could be around the corner: planning for the worst and hoping for the best,” said Eric Gleason of Coos Health and Wellness on Wednesday. On Thursday the county was approved to reopen select businesses on Friday.

But regardless of when things began to open up, Coos Health and Wellness explained that there will be a continued risk factor. “We could be having the same conversation a month from now or two months from now. I wouldn’t necessarily say that we would be against reopening, we’re just certainly being cautious and trying to make sure that we have everything in case,” said Coos Health and Wellness epidemiologist Brian Leon. During a press conference on Thursday morning, Governor Kate Brown echoed similar concerns. “As I said last week,

as we reopen parts of our economy, we know and expect that there may be an uptick in new coronavirus cases. Reopening any part of our state comes with risk. The virus is still very dangerous and until there is a reliable treatment or vaccine, unfortunately, we will not be able to go back to life as we knew it. Not here in Oregon or, frankly, anywhere,” said Brown. Across the state there have 3,479 positive cases of COVID-19. In Coos County there have been 28 positive cases in addition to two presumptive cases. With counties opening up, Coos Health and Wellness cited a concern for in-

dividuals from other areas coming to Coos County. “There are some aspects to our geography, though, that are of course a concern. One of them being that this is a tourist area. We’re entering peak tourism season and people have been itching to recreate,” said Leon. On Thursday the Mill Casino announced plans to reopen next Monday. This would be the first casino in the state to reopen. If there were to be an increased spread of the coronavirus that proved difficult to track, state officials and local health officials have said that there could be a time when

businesses could again be forced to close. “I’ve had conversations with the commissioners in the last few days, they’re also aware of that as a concern and are fully prepared to adjust accordingly in the event that we have a spike. I think we can go into this knowing that we’re never really going to be 100% ready but we will be as ready as we can given the circumstances that we have,” said Gleason. Oregon Health Administration director Pat Allen further explained that risk will continue to be associated with this opening. “Until we have an effec-

tive vaccine or treatment for COVID-19, testing, tracing and isolating are the only tools we have to continue to suppress disease in Oregon without returning to business shutdowns and other extreme tools,” said Allen. “Reopening is a team sport. It’s not going to work if some people follow the rules and other people don’t. If people decide to travel whether it’s to tourist destinations or other counties that are opening up services. We need to take this slowly, we need to take this one step at a time. We need everyone on the team to do their part.”

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CHARLESTON — The annual Blessing of the Fleet Memorial Service has been canceled this year due to public safety concerns over the novel coronavirus. The Blessing of the Fleet is a service which honors locals in the commercial fishing industry who have died since 1941. According to a release from the Port of Coos Bay, the service has been canceled “due to public gathering restrictions and social distancing recommendations.” It is usually

held annually on Memorial Day. According to Fiona Bai, with Port of Coos Bay, the decision to cancel the service was difficult for the Fisherman Memorial Committee. “It’s so meaningful to the community, it’s regretful to have to cancel it,” Bai said. While the ceremony will not be held this year, names will still be added to both the plaques in the Charleston Fisherman’s Memorial Garden. Bill Ainsworth and Jack L. Hutchens will be added to “In Memory of Charleston

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Fisherman.” Wayne Clemens will be added to the “In Memory of Charleston Fisherman’s Industry” plaque. Though there will be no ceremony, the names will be added to the plaques prior to Memorial Day, which is May 25 this year. According to the release, “These members will be included and fully honored at the Blessing of the Fleet ceremony next year.” Floral arrangements or memorial wreaths, provided they contain only biodegradable materials, will still be accepted and placed in the memorial garden.

Thursday, May 7 At 3:10 p.m. on Johnson Mountain Road, a parking complaint was handled. At 3:18 p.m. on Salmon Creek Road, a report of criminal trespass was handled. At 8:33 p.m. on Hemlock Street, fraud was reported. At 10:27 p.m. on Third Avenue and Fir Street, driver issued a warning following a traffic stop. Friday, May 8 At 12:07 a.m. on Fourth Avenue and Fir Street, an intoxicated subject was handled.

At 5:13 p.m. on County Round 90, driver issued a citation following a traffic stop. Saturday, May 9 At 12:40 p.m. on South Second Avenue, suspicious conditions were reported. At 11:11 p.m. on Bingham Street and First Avenue, driver issued a warning following a traffic stop. At 11:20 p.m. on U.S. Highway 242, driver issued a warning following a traffic stop. At 11:50 p.m. on First Avenue and Fir Street, a DUII report was taken.

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COQUILLE — The Coquille City Council and Budget Committee will hold a public hearing next week to discuss the city’s proposed fiscal year budget for 2020-21. The budget meeting, which is one of possibly more to come, will include discussions on how the city should use the estimated $38,000 it will receive from State Revenue Sharing for the year beginning July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. With COVID-19 restrictions still in place regarding large gatherings, the meeting, which will take place on Wednesday, May 20, will be streamed live online at 6 p.m. on the city’s Facebook page. According to a public notice issued by the city, the funds appointed by the state have in the past been used to offset taxes and provide support for community support. Coquille City Manager Sam Baugh said residents interested in submitting written comments or questions related to the budget can do so by either emailing him at cm@cityofcoquille.org or Coquille City Recorder Jennifer Rose at jstolz@ cityofcoquille.org. This year, Baugh said

he’ll lead the budget sessions as the city has not yet replaced its previous finance director. As previously reported in The World, the position was eliminated last October as part of the council’s decision to restructure its finance department. Baugh, who has acted as the interim finance director, said he is currently working with the council on how it would like to move forward with the restructuring of its finance department. On Monday, May 18 at the city’s regularly scheduled city council meeting, Baugh said he will discuss a proposal recently submitted by Merina and Company. The company, which is based out of Tualatin, specializes in helping municipalities restructure its finance departments, said Baugh. A presentation is expected to be given at Monday’s meeting of the company’s proposal and how it plans to fulfill the city’s financial needs. While acknowledging that not everything will make it through this year’s budget, Baugh said the budget will be balanced and the city’s best interest and needs will be met. Anyone looking to attend the city’s budget

hearing, which will also be followed the Urban Renewal Budget meeting, can do so by visiting the city’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CityOfCoquille/. In compliance with the governor’s executive order related to COVID-19, the Coquille City Council meeting will also be streamed on Facebook Live on Monday, May 18 at 7 p.m.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A fighter for healthcare I am a local nurse in our community and an avid supporter of healthcare and community wellness. I am also a single mom of two teens. I believe that right now we need someone to be a strong advocate for healthcare and our families. That is why I have chosen Cal Mukumoto to fight for us in Salem. While working with Tribal communities he not only managed their natural resources and helped them make it through rough financial times but also supported their community wellness programs. He focused on access and made sure that the care they received was culturally inclusive, which is often something that is forgotten when money is tight. I know I can trust Cal to continue this kind of leadership by investing in clinics and community services here on the Southern Oregon Coast. You can count on him to prioritize transparency and accountability in our healthcare system. Cal will work hard to ensure that folks can afford the treatment and preventive services they deserve because, like me, he believes healthcare is a right, not a privilege. I am proud to endorse Cal Mukumoto to represent the south coast and ask that you do too. Make sure to turn in your ballots by Tuesday, May 19th! Catherine Bice, RN BSN North Bend

Proud mother of Sam Schwarz As a proud mother on this Mother’s day, I am happy to

endorse Sam Schwarz, my son, for Coos County Commissioner and reminding everyone to vote this week. It is the single most important power we the people have in a democracy. Sam has worked with both sides of the political arena, bridging the gap between industry versus environment. His work includes over a decade of grassroots organizing in the Elliott State Forest and together with OSU and Salem, continue to work towards a viable resolution for all…. He has worked with Surfriders. His work with Oregon Coastal Energy Alliance, OCEAN, an offshore wind energy project can bring jobs in the clean energy sector, a goal for all energy conscious and union workers alike. His work with numerous agencies, state, local and regional, has been to facilitate common threads to lead us to prosper. Check out OSWE.org (offshore wind energy) for more on that. His support with Sustainable Development Association Team who makes “key” recommendations for Coos County including environment, economic development, corporation and planning downtown center and transportation. As a hard-working community member empowering Coos County to thrive, he continues to be a team player for all of us attending meetings and bringing our voice to the table. There’s more info at samschwarz2020. com for one. Thanks and remember to vote, Barb Shamet Allegany

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On this day in Coos County history 100 YEARS - May 15, 1920 Fishing Season On Umpqua Starts

Chinook Salmon And Shad Will Be Caught

Good Run Is Expected and Reedsport Fish Company Anticipates A Big Business

James Cavers of the Reedsport Fish Company came to Marshfield last night on a freight train to make a hurried business trip and returned home this morning. Mr. Cavers says that the fishing season on the Umpqua river starts today. The river is open May 15, but this being Saturday night, the one night in the week that fishing is excluded, the fishermen cannot actually start until tomorrow at 4 o’clock. There are a good many fishermen on the river and a good run is expected. Salmon and shad will be caught now. The Reedsport Fish Company will put up shad in cans and will also can the shad roe which was in great demand in the big markets last year. It is expected to do a big business with shad this year.

Port Bonds Are Declared Legal Lawyer Who Made Examination Reports Favorably Bonds Will Now Be Printed and Are In Shape to be Sold Without Further Delay

A.K. Peck, the attorney for the Port of Coos Bay, received word today from Storey, Thorndyke, Palmer and Dodge, attorneys of Portland, giving their approval of the legality of the $250,000 port bond issue. The next step will be to have the bonds printed and they can now be sold, the necessary matter of legality having been settled.

75 YEARS - May 16, 1945 Efforts to Aid Youth Fail

A 15-year-old Coos Bay boy today was keeping a twice-postponed date with the Oregon state training school at Woodburn. County Judge Louis Felsheim

decided that everyone concerned had gone just as far as they could go with the boy, and County Juvenile Officer James Leonard was delivering him today to authorities at Woodburn. The boy first came before Judge Felsheim March 23, 1944, as the result of a long series of unlawful acts, all of which police say the youngster freely admitted having performed. At that time he was made a ward of the court and was paroled to his parents for one year on condition that his conduct be good. He was arrested last month by city police who charged him with prowling a car. He was brought to court and confessed to prowling and to “getting drunk from liquor he took from many of the cars,” police said.

Milk Situation Report Is Given To Health Group

The board of directors of the Coos County Health association at their regular monthly meeting Saturday heard a report from C.P. Macnab, chairman of the Coos Bay city council’s committee on health and sanitation, on the city’s milk supply situation. Macnab compared surveys made by the state board of health of Coos Bay’s milk in November of last year and in March of this year. He said the March report showed an improvement of five per cent in retail raw milk, five per cent in raw milk to plants and 23 per cent in pasteurizing plants.

50 YEARS - May 16, 1970 Port of CB Appoints Knutson

The appointment of Ernest S. Knutson as Charleston Boat Basin manager was announced today by M.W. “Hap” Ball, manager of the Port of Coos Bay. He succeeds Ray Becker, who resigned effective May 1. Knutson is a resident of Allegany and lived in Coos County for some three years, coming from Rainier. The new manager was with Martin-Marietta Co. in Portland, heavy machine and construction company, with which he was

Now that’s what I consider to be really scary ... It’s scary going to work,” White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CBS. “I think that I’d be a lot safer if I was sitting at home than I would be going to the West Wing.” Hassett’s comment cogently Steven Roberts captures the mood of the country. Even though President Trump, backed by some slavish Republican governors, is ardently urging a return to normal life, most Americans are still too skittish to follow his lead. We know how to respond to, say, a (devastating) hurricane, or even a terrorist assault like 9/11. But this silent, sinister pandemic is so different, and so unnerving, that it’s shaken the country to the core. In the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll, 3 out of 4 voters say slowing the spread of the virus should be the top national priority, even if that means keeping most businesses closed. Only 1 in 4 favor Trump’s position, a rapid reopening that could lead to more infections. But Hassett is frightened in another way, or at least should be. He’s a first-rate economist (and a personal friend; we coached a

Little League baseball team together), but he’s working for a president who denies basic science, who traffics in “alternative facts,” and who refuses to recognize reality when it contradicts his personal prejudices or political self-interest. Now that’s REALLY scary. It’s also unpopular. In the ABC survey, state governors receive an average approval rating for handling the coronavirus of 71%. Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, who has followed a steady, sensible approach that reflects scientific advice, is viewed favorably by 86% of state residents, including 9 of 10 Democrats. Trump’s national positive rating, by contrast, is 43% — exactly half of DeWine’s. Every American wants a return to normalcy. Democrats and Republicans alike are suffering from horrendous losses of jobs and income. Reenergizing the economy should not be a partisan issue. But Trump has made it one. There’s no way this country can rapidly and effectively defeat the virus unless our national response is rooted in facts, not fantasy; hard science, not soft sentiment. Yet from the day he entered public life, this president has rejected the basic principle that objective reality even exists, that professional researchers — economists, scientists, intelligence analysts, prosecutors, judges, journalists — can discover

and describe a universe separate from Planet Trump. Take just one issue: widespread testing as a way of ensuring public safety and restoring public confidence so reopening can get started. As Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, told a Senate hearing, “All roads back to work and back to school lead through testing, tracking, isolation, treatment and vaccines.” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top epidemiologist, cautioned that if the country reopened prematurely, “the consequences could be really serious.” And a study by Harvard researchers concluded, “The bottom line remains: We need a lot more testing.” And yet Trump directly contradicts this scientific consensus. He called testing “overrated” and said, “the whole concept of tests aren’t necessarily great.” Then there was his most memorable line: “In a way, by doing all this testing, we make ourselves look bad.” There’s Trumpism in a nutshell. Deny the facts when they make you “look bad.” Worry about the spin, the optics, the politics. Fabricate. Obfuscate. Prevaricate. Treat truth like an enemy. That strategy might work against political foes, but microbes are immune to his insults and inanities. They can’t be drowned out by a tweet-storm or a campaign rally.

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Former members of the Coos Bay Fire Department and employers of present firemen will be honored at a dinner tonight at 6:30 in the department’s meeting room at the west end of Michigan Street in the Empire area. Invitations have been sent to as many old timers as could be located, but those who were not contacted also are urged to attend as a guest of the department. Employers of present volunteers, as well as city council members, city manager and the mayor also are invited to the event, planned to recognize and pay tribute to old timers for their contribution as well as all employers for allowing the volunteer firemen time off from their jobs to fight fire whenever necessary, according to Chief Mekkers.

15 YEARS - May 16, 2005 Crash ends in arrest, woman hospitalized

A Coos Bay woman was badly injured and a man was arrested on assault and drunken-driving charges near the intersection Libby Lane and Lapping Road Saturday morning, after the vehicle he was driving flipped over, partially ejecting a passenger. Cassandra S. Reed, 40, sustained several injuries and was removed from the vehicle and immediately air-lifted to Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center in Portland, where she was listed in critical condition this morning. The driver, Clifford Brownson, 51, of Coos Bay, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants and second-degree assault. He was taken to the Coos County jail, where he was being held this morning on $107,500 bail. These stories were found in the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum newspaper repository stored in Marshfield HS courtesy of Coos Bay Schools and on The World newspaper website www. theworldlink.com.

“We’re not reopening based on science,” warns Dr. Thomas Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We’re reopening based on politics, ideology and public pressure. And I think it’s going to end badly.” Moreover, Trump has declared open war on scientists who contradict him. Dr. Peter Daszak, a pioneering epidemiologist with close ties to researchers in China, had his grant from the National Institutes of Health suddenly canceled. “This politicization of science is really damaging,” he told “60 Minutes” on CBS. “It’s sad to say, but it will probably cost lives.” Dr. Rick Bright has filed a whistleblower complaint against the Trump administration after he was removed as head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. “Time after time, I was pressured to ignore or dismiss expert scientific recommendations and instead to award lucrative contracts based on political connections,” he said at a press briefing. “In other words, I was pressured to let politics and cronyism drive decisions over the opinions of the best scientists we have in government.” If that’s not scary, then what is? (Steven Roberts teaches politics and journalism at George Washington University. He can be contacted by email at stevecokie@gmail.com.)

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OBITUARIES Wanda Mae Labart

Sonja Dell Nute

Wanda Mae Labart was born November 11, 1927 to Milton and Constance (Warner) Hoffman at their home on the Hoffman family ranch at what is now Powers Junction near Broadbent, Oregon. She passed away peacefully at her home near Broadbent with family members caring for her on April 21, 2020. Wanda was the youngest of six children. When she was five, upon the death of her father in a ranching accident, the family moved to a new home located on the adjacent Warner ranch where she grew up. During World War II she served as a volunteer air spotter at the observation location in Broadbent. While in high school she and a neighbor girl saved a soldier from drowning at a swimming party near the family ranch. She graduated from Myrtle Point High School in the class of 1946 and was active in Alumni picnics and helped plan class reunions for her class for many years until poor health forced her to stop. After the war she married Melvin (Mike) Labart on June 16, 1946. They had three children, Michael, Mark, and Gail. She was a devoted wife and mother

A family graveside service was held for Sonja Dell Nute, 76, of North Bend, at Oceanview Memory Gardens under the direction of Nelson’s Bay Area Mortuary. Born on August 21, 1943 to Eunice Sylvesta (Scott) and Carl Creswell Kinter in Vallejo, California as their third child (of five). Sonja left this world on May 9, 2020, in Coos Bay. She was married for 23 wonderful years to her fellow pea in a pod, Richard Manley Nute, 81, living in North Bend. Sonja devoted her life in being the best person she could be and through

August 21, 1943 – May 9, 2020

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who faithfully loved her husband and was always there for her children, while still finding time to work to help her husband provide for the family. During tax season she would even go back to work after dinner to be able to work more hours. In the 1950’s she went to work for her aunt, Nellie Palmer, in her bookkeeping business as a tax preparer and worked for her for several years going on to work for Dean Mason who bought the business from Nellie, then for Ron and Judy Mason who bought the business from Dean, and then for John Fandel who later bought the bookkeeping business from Ron and Judy. She retired in the 1990’s. She enjoyed family activities, playing with her grandchildren, outdoor activities and working in her yard and garden. She grew a large garden for many years sharing her produce with those in need as well as feeding her family. She was an active member of the Broadbent Community Church serving as a deaconess for several years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years Melvin (Mike) Labart, parents Milton and Connie Hoffman, sisters Constance Hoffman and Viola Ban-

hart, and brothers Howard, Delos, and Wilmot (Bill) Hoffman. She is survived by her children Michael Labart and wife Gloria of Riddle, Mark Labart of Broadbent, and Gail Grimes and husband Stan of Oregon City, grandchildren Dustin, Shawna, Keenan, Kylan, Kenzie, Angel, and Lynna’ as well as numerous great grandchildren, great great grand children, nephews and nieces. She was a gracious, gentle, kind woman, well loved by family and all who knew her. Her family would like to especially thank all of the people who helped make it possible for her to live at home till she went to be with her Lord. A mermorial service will be held after the coronavirus restrictions are lifted. Arrangements are under the direction of Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service-Myrtle Point Chapel 541-572-2524.

Duffy Stewart Stender to teach business subjects at Marshfield High School for 25 years, retiring in 1985. Duffy loved people and their stories and enjoyed helping students find their early jobs as they pursued their career goals. He discovered his artistic talents during these years and carved many beautiful birds of myrtlewood and stone, displaying them in art galleries and art shows for many years. More recently, he had turned his talents and patience to weaving pine needle baskets, always exploring new designs and variations. After retiring from teaching, he and Veneita owned and operated an art gallery for several years in Bandon. Duffy enjoyed many happy days there visiting with the customers and artists and doing his own art work. Duffy is survived by his wife, Veneita; son, Greg and daughter-in-law, Carol Stender of Florence; grandson, Chris; sisters–in-law, Lois Stender of Clarkston, Wash., and Dorothy Van Buskirk of Centralia, Wash.;

The resolution called for closing all transient lodging -- hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts and short-term rentals including condos -- “to all visitors who are not providing essential services or are here for commercial reasons such as construction, trucking, etc.’’ The County Board of Commissioners found that COVID-19 represents “an unprecedented threat to public health the likes of which has not been seen in the past 100 years’’ and that the severity of the threat to life, health and safety called for “extreme measures and immediate action.’’ The plaintiffs, owners of the Anchorage Motel and

DEATH NOTICES Barbara Hulse - 53, of North Bend, passed away on May 13, 2020 in North Bend. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-756-0440. Robert James Rioux Jr. - 52, of Seattle, formerly of Coos Bay, passed away May 6, 2020 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel,541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com Thomas John Holman - 66, of Powers, passed away May 10, 2020 in Powers. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www. coosbayareafunerals.com Avis LuAnn Walker - 65, of Coos Bay, passed away May 8, 2020 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www. coosbayareafunerals.com Wayne A. Van Burger Jr. - 71, of Coquille, died May 13 in Coquille. Arrangements are under the direction of Amling Schroeder funeral service, Coquille

Jeannie M. Boulaouz - 52, of North Bend, passed away on May 14, 2020 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, 541-7560440. Donald “Don’ Withrow - 76, passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2020. No services are planned at this time. Arrangements under the direction of Dunes Memorial Chapel.

as well as many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Stan Stender; half-brother, Bruce Van Buskirk and son, Steven Stender. He was a long time member of Bay Area Artists Association, a local nonprofit organization. Memorial contributions in Duffy’s name may be made to the Bay Area Artists Association, Education Legacy Fund, P.O. Box 907, Coos Bay, OR 97420. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131. Friends and family are encouraged to sign the online guestbook at www.coosbayareafunerals.com.

Pacific City motels sue county over lockdown PORTLAND (AP) — Two motel owners in Pacific City are suing Tillamook County, saying coronavirus restrictions that stopped their businesses from fully operating in the last two months violate their constitutional rights. The motels contend the county’s March 22 resolution halting most overnight lodging violates Fifth Amendment protections against the “taking of property without just compensation,’’ as well as their due process rights, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The county lacked authority to issue the restrictions and adopted them in an “illogical and irrational” manner, the lawsuit says.

children; and 3 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her older brother, Arthur Kinter; older sister, Lynne Currie; and youngest sister, Melba Doggett. Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson’s Bay Area Mortuary, 405 Elrod Ave., Coos Bay, Oregon 541/267-4216 Friends and family are encouraged to leave a loving comment at www.theworldlink.com.

Summer K. Tyree 47 - of North Bend died May 4, 2020 in Coos Bay. Services may be announced and held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel 685 Anderson Ave. 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com

October 30, 1926-May 2, 2020

A private celebration of life will be held at a later date for Duffy Stewart Stender, 93, of North Bend. Duffy was born October 30, 1926 in Spokane, Washington to Julius Stender, Jr. and Anna J. (Daniels) Stender. He passed away of age related causes May 2, 2020 in Coos Bay. Duffy grew up in Clark Fork, Idaho and graduated from Clark Fork High School. He was a World War II veteran having enlisted in the United States Army in 1946 and serving in the occupation and reconstruction phase in Japan. He was honorably discharged in 1948. Duffy graduated from the University of Idaho, Moscow in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in Business. He married Veneita A. Goff September 11, 1954. They celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in 2019 after years of adventure in teaching, art, travel and enjoying nature and outdoor activities. He began his career in teaching in 1956 in Nevada. He then moved to Coos Bay in 1960

her expressions of love for her friends and family came in her many acts of kindness and service. Even though she liked working for others through her career, she enjoyed helping people prepare their tax returns through her own business. She devoted her life to her love, Richard, and enjoyed every moment they had together. Sonja is survived by her 3 children and their spouses; Dawn Marie Dodge (Kevin), of Arlington, Texas, Robert Scott Emery (Melanie), of Vine Grove, Ky., and Timothy Wayne Erickson (Anna), of Hayward, Calif.; brother, Gordon Kitner; 10 grand-

The Pacific City Inn, say they’ve lost tens of thousands of dollars as a result of the county order. The suit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland. Tillamook County counsel William K. Sargent didn’t respond immediately to a message seeking comment. On May 5, the Tillamook board adopted a new resolution, extending its emergency order through May 31. The resolution does allow for private “transient lodging’’ facilities in unincorporated Tillamook County to reopen starting at noon on May 29, but says all publicly owned transient lodging will remain closed.

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DEAR ABBY By Abigail Van Buren Girlfriend is unsure of her place in boyfriend’s heart DEAR ABBY: I have been dating this guy for about a year. We are both 30. He lives at home. At first I thought it was to take care of his elderly father, but I soon realized it wasn’t the case. His mom is sweet, yet overbearing. She inserts herself into his life at every opportunity. She talks to him like he’s the butler. (“Oh, perfect son of mine! Won’t you clear off the dinner table/ clean the kitchen/do EVERYTHING?!”) They cook together every night and attend church events together. He’s in the choir with her because he said it “pleases” her. I think those are things he should be doing with a significant other. I don’t feel secure in this relationship because I don’t know my place. I feel like I have to compete with her (even though she tries to include me in everything). I see how she manipulates him, and it tears me apart inside. (She NEEDS him so much.) I view it as a hindrance to his own life. He is doing for her what he could be doing for himself or his own family, but he’s stuck in this Mommy cycle. He will receive a large inheritance when his parents die. Could that be why he does it? He is a great lover and emotionally intelligent, but he depends on his mother too much for my comfort. I caught them in a long embrace (hug) after she had been away all weekend with his father. Then she came over to us while we were watching a movie and started kissing his head! It grossed me out. Help! -- DON’T WANT THIS THREESOME DEAR DON’T: After reading your letter, it’s apparent that you are competing with his mother rather than she competing with you. There’s a saying that if you want to know how a man will treat his wife, watch how he treats his

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BAH to accomodate elective surgeries The World COOS BAY — Some elective surgeries are being accommodated at Bay Area Hospital again. According to a press release from the hospital, it reopened several service lines to accommodate elective surgeries on May 11. “A multidisciplinary team at the hospital has been working hard to design a process whereby these services can be offered in a way that maximizes patient and staff safety,” the release said.

“Elective surgery cases have been scheduled at a 50% capacity to (begin) with, and these cases being scheduled are being prioritized by Bay Area Hospital’s medical staff to ensure that the needs of the patient are being met appropriately.” Patients who schedule surgeries at the hospital are being tested beforehand for COVID-19, ensuring they are in their best health before any procedure while also lowering “the chance of spreading the disease to staff and other patients,”

the release said. Right now, 20% of inpatient capacity is being accommodated while still allowing the hospital to maintain its ability to respond to a potential COVID-19 surge. “Preoperative education surrounding COVID-19 and precautions the hospital is taking has been developed for patients and their families,” the release said. “The hospital has a plan in place to closely monitor our surgical cases and compliance with the governor’s orders.”

COVID-19 rapid testing was recently granted to Bay Area Hospital from the Oregon Health Authority, giving the hospital the ability to test patients for the virus with a rough processing time of 15 minutes. “This machine is the fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the detection of COVID-19,” the release said, adding that the machine will only be used where “a rapid turn-around time is clinically justified” due to limited supplies that are required to run the tests.

Though some surgeries are being allowed again, the hospital is maintaining its visitor restriction policy to reduce traffic through the campus and help people maintain social distancing. Screening and masks will remain in place for staff. “All staff in direct contact with patients are required to wear a medical-grade face mask to stop the potential asymptomatic spread of COVID-19; the hospital’s supply chain for personal protective equipment (PPE) has been

modified to ensure that a reliable source for masks, both procedural masks and N95 masks are available to our staff,” the release said. “The hospital has also increased the frequency of environmental cleaning to provide for a safer physical environment. Bay Area Hospital continues to prioritize the safety of our staff, providers, patients, and limited visitors.” For more information, contact Kelli Dion, Public Information Officer and Chief Quality Officer at 541-269- 8185.

Man dies in accident US believers see message from God in coronavirus

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COOS BAY — A Coos Bay man died following a single-vehicle accident Thursday evening. According to a press release from Oregon State Police, at approximately 6:18 p.m., OSP troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 101 near mile post 252. Preliminary investigation revealed that a commercial motor vehicle, operated by Donald Games, 53, of Coos Bay, was traveling southbound when it failed to negotiate a curve, left the roadway and struck a tree. After the crash the CMV caught fire and Millington Fire Department and Green Acres

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Fatal truck accident on U.S. Highway 101. Fire Department responded and extinguished the flames. Games sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased, the release stated.

OSP was assisted by Millington Fire Department, Green Acres Fire Department, Bay Cities Ambulance and the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Man gets 25 years for crash SALEM (AP) — A Salem man was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for driving drunk, speeding through a red light and killing three teens in a crash. Juan Rodriguez-Palacios, 26, was sentenced Thursday for the crash that killed 19-year-old Trinity Watt of

Salem, 19-year-old Madison Capobianco of Salem, and 18-year-old Makayla Tryon of Keizer, The Statesman Journal reported. Last week, Rodriguez-Palacios was convicted of three counts of first-degree manslaughter, DUI and two counts of third-degree assault fol-

lowing a bench trial before Marion County Judge Thomas Hart. Hart found Rodriguez-Palacios guilty on all charges, despite the defense’s arguments that Rodriguez-Palacios had committed the less-severe crimes of second-degree manslaughter.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus has prompted almost two-thirds of American believers of all faiths to feel that God is telling humanity to change how it lives, a new poll finds. While the virus rattles the globe, causing economic hardship for millions and killing more than 80,000 Americans, the findings of the poll by the University of Chicago Divinity School and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research indicate that people may also be searching for deeper meaning in the devastating outbreak. Even some who don’t affiliate with organized religion, such as Lance Dejesus of Dallastown, Pa., saw a possible bigger message in the virus. “It could be a sign, like ‘hey, get your act together’ – I don’t know,” said Dejesus, 52, who said he believes in God but doesn’t consider himself religious. “It just seems like everything was going in an OK direction and all of a sudden you get this coronavirus thing that happens, pops out of nowhere.” The poll found that 31% of Americans who believe in God feel strongly that the virus is a sign of God telling humanity to change, with the same number feeling

that somewhat. Evangelical Protestants are more likely than others to believe that strongly, at 43%, compared with 28% of Catholics and mainline Protestants. The question was asked of all Americans who said they believe in God, without specifying a specific faith. The survey did not have a sample size large enough to report on the opinions of religious faiths with smaller numbers of U.S. adherents, including Muslims and Jews. In addition, black Americans were more likely than those of other racial backgrounds to say they feel the virus is a sign God wants humanity to change, regardless of education, income or gender. Forty-seven percent say they feel that strongly, compared with 37% of Latino and 27% of white Americans. The COVID-19 virus has disproportionately walloped black Americans, exposing societal inequality that has left minorities more vulnerable and heightening concern that the risks they face are getting ignored by a push to reopen the U.S. economy. Amid that stark reality, the poll found black Americans who believe in God are more likely than others to say they have felt doubt about God’s existence as a result of the virus — 27% said that, compared

Fatal crash under investigation The World WINCHESTER BAY — A Reedsport man was declared deceased at the scene of a single vehicle crash in Winchester Bay on Thursday afternoon. According to a press release from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, 9-1-1 dispatchers received a report of a single vehicle crash on Salmon Harbor Drive near Lighthouse

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Road at 12:39 pm on May 14. Deputies and emergency responders located the vehicle over the embankment, partially in the surf. The driver, 76-year-old Donald Earl Withrow was declared deceased at the scene. Deputies determined Withrow’s vehicle, a 2011 Kia Sport, left the roadway for an unknown reason and rolled once before coming

to rest. The Douglas County Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating the death. Next of kin has been notified. The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Reedsport Police Department, Reedsport Fire Department, Winchester Bay Fire Department and the United States Coast Guard — Umpqua Station.

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Mount St. Helens eruption anniversary The World COOS BAY — Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Geology Lecture Series goes virtual at 8:32 a.m., Monday, May 18 — the 40th Anniversary of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption. That’s right, 8:32 a.m. That’s not a typo! The LiveStream lecture will correspond to the exact moment of the volcano’s eruption. Dr. Kathy Cashman, of the University of Bristol, will present a lecture on “The importance of observing volcanic eruptions: from eyewitness accounts to oral traditions.” Dr. Cashman’s talk will examine what happened on May 18, 1980, and how

observations by individuals and rapid scientific response set the foundation for numerous advances in physical volcanology over the past four decades. Dr. Cashman will also discuss a variety of historical accounts and oral traditions, including those associated with other volcanoes in the Cascades. Her talk will show the importance of studying distant observations to learn and share the volcanological story. Dr. Cashman’s discussion leads into two presentations by U.S. Geological Survey volcanologist Dr. Richard Waitt. Dr. Waitt will follow first with “Mount St. Helens 1980 – A Summa-

ry.” This will be a short overview with eruption images and background to lay the groundwork for the eyewitness accounts that are the basis of his second talk, “Dark Noon – Eyewitness Chronicles of Mount St. Helens.” In this segment Dr. Waitt features eyewitness accounts of the 1980 eruption from over 400 interviews with Mount St. Helens survivors that he has collected over 35 years. Dr. Cashman has taught at Princeton University, the University of Oregon, and the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. She also led the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Oregon, and as presi-

dent of the Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology section of the American Geophysical Union. In 2003 she became a Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts and Sciences (Oregon). In 2007 she became a Philip H. Knight Distinguished Professor of Natural Science (Oregon). Dr. Cashman received the AGU VGP Bowen Award in 2006, was elected a Fellow of the AGU in 2009, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012. She currently holds a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. Dr. Waitt was part of the U.S. Geological Survey team conducting volcano

research in the Cascades, and was among the first to arrive at Mount St. Helens following the volcano’s early rumblings in March 1980. He spent more than 35 years gathering hundreds of eyewitness accounts of the eruption for his book, “In the Path of Destruction.” In it, he describes flying over the mountain May 20, 1980, two days after the blast. “In the terrible panorama the geologist in me sees raw beauty,” he writes. “Millions of big trees are down; behind cliffs stand broken snags. A lumpy landslide reaches far down the North Fork. Ashy logs cover Spirit Lake. On a topographic map I sketch its new shoreline: two

hundred feet above the old.” Geology Lecture Series talks are free and are currently being held shared online. Go to www.socc. edu, scroll to the bottom and click on the LiveStream button. For those not able to stream live, these lectures are being archived, with access from the College’s website at https://livestream.com/ SWOCC/geology2019-20. Lecture series sponsors include DB Western, The Mill Casino-Hotel and RV Park, IRIS/SSA, Ocean Discovery Lecture Series, the Southwestern Foundation, and the College. For additional information, please contact Ron Metzger at 541-888-7216.

Some state parks offering limited day use The World OREGON — The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department announced that limited day-use is returning to state parks this week, based on the readiness of the community around the park to welcome visitors, and how prepared the park is with staff, supplies and equipment. State parks will open and close with little advance notice; updates will be posted online at oregonstateparks.org or call 800-551-6949 (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.) and should be checked before visiting. Not all restrooms will be open, and parking will be limited. The entire park system is closed to camping at least through and including June 8. State park camping will return as soon as it can be safely managed, and while preparations are being made, no opening date has been selected. Visitors should expect a different state park experience than they are used to because staffing has been limited and areas and buildings within the park may be closed. Visitors should also expect new restrictions that discourage group gatherings and congestion and will need to prepare by: Staying home if they’re sick. If visiting, staying local and close to home, meaning less than 50 miles in urban areas. Only visiting with members of their household. Bringing all supplies — food, water, hand cleanser — needed for a short trip. If a park appears crowded, leave and come back at another time. If there’s space at the park, patrons need to visit with care: Wear a face covering. Homemade is fine. Stay at least 6 feet away from people who aren’t from your household. More is better. Cover your cough with a tissue (then throw it away), or the inside of

your elbow. Leave no trace: pack out everything you bring with you. Stick to low-risk activities to reduce stress on local emergency response and health care systems. Keep your visit short. Restrooms and other buildings may be closed. Watch for signs at the park for more information. “We know these last eight weeks has seemed longer, but your health is important to us,” says Lisa Sumption, OPRD director. “It is true outdoor recreation boosts our mental and physical health, but parks concentrate people in a community, and we have to do this carefully if it’s going to work.” “We need your cooperation to keep parks open,” she added. High-density parks on the north coast, the Columbia Gorge, boat accesses to the John Day and Deschutes Rivers, and places like Smith Rock in Central Oregon will likely be among the last to return to limited service, and no

dates for state parks in those regions have been announced. Oregon Coast (as of May 14) Open Geisel Monument State Heritage Site, Nesika Beach Hoffman Memorial Myrtle Grove State Wayside, Myrtle Point Paradise Point State Park, Port Orford Limited opening — reduction in services/facilities Bullards Beach State Park, Bandon: Open to limited daytime use, including picnicking and trails to beach. Boat launch remains closed. Restrooms open with limited hours. Cape Arago State Park, Coos Bay: Park is open to limited day use. Restroom closed; use restroom in Sunset Bay Day-use Area. No fires. Coquille Myrtle Grove State Natural Site, Gaylord (off Powers

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Highway): River access, picnicking and restrooms are open. Please pack out your trash. Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint, Bandon: Beach access and restroom are open for limited daytime use. Golden and Silver Falls State Natural Area, Coos Bay: Park and trails are open to limited daytime use. Vault restroom is open. Humbug Mountain State Park, Port Orford: Day-use area is open for limited daytime use. Rocky Point beach access is open. Dump station is open. Restroom remains closed. Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint, Pistol River: Beach access is open for limited daytime use. Please pack out trash. Port Orford Heads State Park, Port Orford: Park is open for limited daytime use, including

trails and portable toilet. Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Brookings: Trails, viewpoints and beach access points are open. Vault toilets are open. Please pack out trash. Shore Acres State Park, Coos Bay: Day-use area and gardens are open to limited daytime use. Sunset Bay State Park, Coos Bay: Day-use area is open, including beach, beach restroom, picnicking, trails and boat launch. Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, Winchester Bay: Day-use area is open, including picnicking, fishing and the Lake Marie trail. Swim beach is CLOSED. William M. Tugman State Park, Lakeside: Day-use area is open, including boat launch, picnicking and fishing. CLOSED: picnic shelter, swim beach, fishing dock and playground.

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physical spacing and table games will not be taking place at this time. Hand sanitizer stations have been added to the casino floor. “We’ve missed all of our friends during the closure. As we re-open, we want to let you know that we’re committed to the health and safety of you, our employees and our community,” said a Mill Casino press release. The buffet at the casino will be closed and food service will be take-out. Smoking will still be allowed on the casino floor. Three Rivers Casino In a press release from The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon Tribal Council, officials announced Friday its plans to reopen the Three Rivers Casino Resorts in both Coos Bay and Florence. The casinos are set to reopen on Friday, May 22. According to the press release, the executive management team at the casino has written “reopening

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safety guidelines” for staff and guest to follow which are in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and the Oregon Health Authority. “The guidelines include temperature checks and required wearing of masks for both guests and team members,” said the press release. “Guests are asked to bring their own masks. Points of entry will be limited to the main doors all other doors are for exit only.” Staff has rearranged the casino floor to better follow social distancing guidelines and has set up additional hand sanitizers throughout the casino. Recently acquiring several cordless electrostatic sprayers, the casino will increase its cleaning of every guest touch point, hotel rooms, the gaming floor and its restaurants and office spaces, according to the release. “We are looking forward to seeing our guests back at both properties,” said Rich Colton, the marketing director at Three Rivers Casino. “For everyone’s safety, we are strongly encouraging everyone to be as safe as possible by reading and

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following our guidelines.” For additional information on the reopening of the Three Rivers Casino Resort, visit its website at www.threeriverscasino. com. Chinook Winds Casino Resort This week, the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City also announced on its website that it will reopen its doors on Thursday, May 21. “As the state begins to open, the Siletz Tribal Council has made the decision to reopen Chinook Winds Casino Resort, in phases, to ensure safety of the team members, guests and Tribal members,” read a press release from the Chinook Winds Casino Resort. With safety being its top priority, the casino is continuing to follow health and safety guidelines to stop and slow down the spread of COVID-19. “We want to thank everyone in the community, our team members and Tribal members for their patience in waiting to hear about our plans for reopening,” said Michael

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Art gallery mosaic show goes virtual The World BANDON — On June 1, the Bandon Library Art Gallery Sixth-Annual Mosaic Show would have gone on display at the library. This is an annual event that is eagerly looked forward to by people in Bandon and the surrounding towns. The public would have been invited again to make their own small mosaics, and a talk on the art of mosaics would have been given. Sadly, the COVID-19 virus has canceled the mosaic show, as it has so many other things people all looked forward to. However, gallery director Tracy Hodson has curated a special virtual show, “A Silver Lining,” which is available online for all to see. Without the restrictions caused by expensive shipping and limited gallery space, Hodson has been able to put together a collection of more than 90 mosaics made by an international roster of artists. Those visiting the virtual show will see the most recent works by regular contributors to the annual show, as well as exciting mosaicists whose work will be entirely new to Bandon residents. “‘A Silver Lining’ is a great introduction to — or continuation of, for regular mosaic show attendees — experiencing the vibrant, ever-growing world of fine art mosaics,” Hodson said. “Many of the mosaics are available for purchase, including the ones overseas, and most of the artists are available for commissions.” Bandon Library Art Gallery invites everyone to view the show, and encourages them to share the link with others. Hodson says she expects to mount the Sixth-Annual Mosaic Show on June 1 in the gallery, and reminds people to watch for an announcement of gallery reopening later this year. “There will continue to be great art shown at the library, in the gallery and on the long wall, so stay tuned,” she said. You can find “A Silver Lining” on the Bandon Library Art Gallery Facebook page, on the Bandon Library Friends and Foundation Facebook page and website, on the Bandon Public Library page, or directly by following this link: https://tinyurl.com/ycuz8qr7.

Contributed photos

Top: ‘If I Were a Tree’ by Jacqueline Iskander. Bottom Left: “Activate the Midline” by Lynn Adamo. Bottom Right: “Crazy Horse” by Tony Welch.

‘The Visitor:’ The disease and Native People of Oregon STEVE GREIF

Coos History Museum

“They possess their present lands from time immemorial (and) are never troubled with epidemic or contagious diseases, except the small-pox which, from time to time, has found its way across the Rocky Mountains.” These words in the journals of Robert Stuart, a fur trader helping establish Fort Astoria in 1811, referred to the Clatsop and Chinook Indians at the mouth of the Columbia River. The isolation of indigenous peoples on the Oregon Coast was both a blessing and a curse. For thousands of years, they were not exposed to diseases from Europe — epidemics so large that the period from the 6th to the 10th centuries in the “Old World” was

known as the Dark Ages. Over time, Europeans generally developed natural antibodies to many diseases and often were able to recover after contracting them. Native tribes, after exposure to smallpox, measles, and other fevers for the first time, did not recover as easily. Like today’s COVID-19 pandemic, the aged and young were the most susceptible. Contact with sick fur traders usually meant disaster for Indians. Tribal economies, culture, and government were thrown into total disarray. “The effect (of smallpox) are so calamitous as to carry off three-fourths of those who have the misfortune to be attacked,” Stuart also noted. Some historians believe European germs reached Oregon tribes as early as 40 years after

Contributed photo from Coos History Museum

Annie Miner Peterson, Coos Indian Woman, survived smallpox but died of tuberculosis. the 1490s voyages of Columbus. Certainly, by the 18th century,

smallpox had arrived on the Pacific coast, probably from a sick crew member associated with the Spanish expedition of Bruno Heceta. Those explorers stopped to trade at Trinidad Bay in northern California in June, 1775, and soon smallpox was in southwest Oregon. “Old timers said that the sickness came from the south — it just came by itself,” recalled a member of the Tolowa tribe of northern California. A second wave of smallpox hit South Coast people in 1824-25. The Hanis Coos villages on Tenmile Lake were hardest hit, wiping out their entire population. A third epidemic struck again in 1837. This time it was measles. The population of Native peoples around Coos Bay dropped from a peak of about 2000 to only 800 by the time the first permanent

Euro-Americans settled here in the 1850s. Coquelle Thompson of the Coquille tribe said, “One little spot and a person would die. It was just like cutting brush … Men, women, and children — all go. No one could cure for that kind of sickness.” Patty Whereat, a Coos tribal linguist and historian, notes that Annie Miner Peterson, a Coos Indian woman, gave anthropologists in the 1930s an historic Hanis name for these diseases — qenchiiwiye. The word was akin to “visitor,” meaning that it came from afar to their tribe. Early American explorers saw signs of these epidemics. Sea captain Robert Gray explored the Oregon Coast in 1788. When Natives approached his ship, the Lady Washington, in a canoe, Please see Natives, Page C8

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PETS OF THE WEEK Kohl’s Cat House Thanks for helping the kritters! Hope all is well with you and that you are staying as safe as you can. The cat house is NOT taking in any cats as they are full. Those interested in adopting a cat, please call and arrangements can be made for a visit, but no walk-up visitors. The following are cats of the week available for adoption at Kohl’s Cat House: Bossy is an adult neutered

male. he is very beautiful guy with health issues and is a special needs child!

Kelly is an adult spayed

female. She is very sweet and adorable and she loves to nap, eat and play.

All of these wonderful babies need time to get used to new surroundings when they are adopted. Patience will be the best thing they can be given — patience to settle in and get used to new

surroundings before cozying up to their new human companion. This cannot be stressed enough. Only time will tell if they will fit into their new situation when they are adopted. It really is no different for human kids. Patience goes such a long way to benefit all involved! Call the cat house to set up a meeting at 541-2943876 or 541-260-5303. Email: catsrforever@ outlook.com or visit online at kohlscats.info.

Bandon Animal Rescue Bandon Animal Rescue is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organiztion located at 88674 Highway 42S in Bandon and is run by Goodnight and Lynette Lucas. It is open by appointment only during the COVID-19 crisis. Visit their Facebook page or their website http://www.bandonanimalrescue2.com/ for more information and to set up an appointment. Phone: 541-347-0051.

Coos County Animal Shelter The shelter is at 92960 Southport Road in Coos Bay. It is open by appointment only during the COVID-19 pandemic. Phone: 541-751-2480. Currently adoptable animals can be seen at http://awos. petfinder.com/shelters/ OR156.html.

Friends of Coos County Animals Friends of Coos County Animals, Inc (FOCCAS) is organized for charitable purposes and specifically to support organizations and causes that promote animal welfare in the community. Adopt a pet today and become a part of animal rescue. FOCCAS’s Community Outreach Program helps to provide spay/neuter vouchers to families in financial need. This will help to prevent more unwanted kittens and puppies from being born and ending up on the streets or in the shelter. Foster Program: All foster homes are given supplies and the animals provided with needed medical care. Animal rescue has been an important part of the organization, and couldn’t be done without donations. Address: P.O. Box 911 Coos Bay, Oregon 97420, phone: 541-2691989 (voice mail only — leave message). The FOCCAS animal adoption location (currently on hold during coronavirus pandemic) is Pony Village Mall, 1611 Virginia Ave., North Bend on Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. across from JoAnn Fabrics. Visit the website: https:// friendsofcooscountyanimals.org.

Chess club competes online NANCY KELLER Coquille Chess Club

COQUILLE — The Coronavirus caused a crashing halt to so many hopes and dreams of the youth throughout the world. The Coquille Chess Club was set to compete in the Chess For Success State Championships March 13 and 14. Joshua Grabinsky looked very strong to take the high school individual state championship for the third year in a row. The Coquille Middle School team was strong and ready to try and take the state middle school team championship. The evening before the 14 Coquille players were to leave for the Oregon Convention Center, Coach Keller had to call all the team members and tell them that they could not play. The schools had been notified that Governor Brown was going to prohibit events over 250 people. The chess players were crushed. Then over the ensuing days, stay at home orders came through so even chess club was canceled and their favorite tournament, the OSCF individual state championships in Seaside was also canceled. National championships were canceled. World events were canceled mid-tournament. So how does a chess player cope? Coach Keller

has been promoting kids to play online with chess. com or chesskids.com which allows players to play others from around the world. It allows for practice but alas, lacked the thrill of competition. Online competitions are hard due to connection issues and, especially, cheating. Individual events for high-level players were plagued with low rated players winning and then getting banned as cheating programs determined they had indeed used chess engines. At least with in-person events, it was much harder to cheat. Most of the cheating happened in the bathrooms where players could not be watched. Then Coach Keller received a random notification through the club Facebook site of a 2020 Chess Worldwide online event through chess.com. After communicating with John Hornsby, the organizer, Keller contacted Joshua Grabinsky to see if he would be willing to help the team members get online and make sure they connected at the scheduled time. Then she called the team members rated over 800 and they were excited to join. Unfortunately, the time control is quick: 10 minutes per player with 2 seconds (increment) added with every move. Each player plays two games. Most of the teams are colleges including Harvard,

MIT, Oxford but it is a competition that gives the players a purpose. Monday, April 27, Coquille Chess Club (and Friends) played the Universita Milano Biocca from Italy. Coquille lost 3:7. Results were Joshua Grabinsky 1:1, Philip McNiel 1:1, Dustin Herker 0:2, Sawyer Bergstedt 0/2, Frank Morse 1/1. Monday, May 4, Coquille played Eton College from Bershire England. Coquille lost 4:8. Results were Joshua Grabinsky 2:0, Philip McNiel 0:2, Riley Jones 1:1, Dustin Herker 1:1, Jason Herker 0:2, Frank Morse 0:2, Sawyer Bergsted 0:2. Monday May 11, Coquille played Xadrez Entre Amigos from Sao Paulo Brazil (results to be announced). Coquille players are high school, mostly junior high and have a few Coos County adults invited to join in. Playing higher rated college students is helping Coquille build up their chess skills and maintain readiness for when normal chess tournaments are allowed again. Most of these players will make up the Coquille High School Team for next year and they are hoping to be ready for 2021 Oregon State Championships. Visit https://results. scorchapp.co.uk/2020stage3/ standings/1 to view game moves and standing.

The Chamber Minute: Defining our focus

TIMM SLATER

Bay Area Chamber of Commerce

COOS BAY — Over 10 years ago, your chamber began doing its annual planning in a different way. We decided to ask each of our members for their opinion of our direction and operations as a business association. From your responses, the Board defined our focus areas in 2010 to guide the efforts for that year. With survey results over each of the following nine years, we refined

our 2010 work into the current year’s Strategic Objectives. All of the Chamber committees will be meeting later this summer to refine their focus for the upcoming year. So, with our completed 2020 survey, which each Chamber member will find in their email inbox this September, and the 2021 goals from each of our committees in hand, the Board of Directors will hold its

annual planning session in mid November. So why are goals and goal setting important? Let me share a story with you. When I was a kid, my dad brought home a catalog from the Ford dealer. We went through a process, as a family, to pick the color of our new station wagon. After several votes it ended up two-tone brown. We ordered the car, waited six weeks and were very hap-

py when we got it. The thing I began to notice, however, was it appeared that there were many new two-tone brown Ford station wagons in our area. It seems when our mind focuses on something, we begin to notice it everywhere. When our mind focuses on a goal, we begin to see ways to get it done. So, check into that Chamber committee that works issues dear to your

heart, offer them your ideas and help make their goals happen. Yes they are still meeting, although virtually now. Remember our business is helping your business. And like us on Facebook. Timm Slater is executive director of the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information on your Chamber, email timmslater@ oregonsbayarea.org.

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Dear Reader, The COVID-19 pandemic continues to alter our daily lives. In March, we directed the reporters for all of our Country Media newspapers – including those at our publications in Coos Bay, Bandon and Reedsport - to work from their home offices. And to limit the contact between our staff and our customers, thereby protecting all parties, we reduced the office hours at every location to 9 a.m. – noon, Monday – Friday. For those employees whose work requires them to be onsite to conduct our essential business, we moved their workstations to ensure safe distancing and we are enforcing the scheduled sanitation

of all surfaces several times daily. As you can see from a quick drive down U.S. Highway 101, the virus’ impact on local businesses is severe. Many have closed their doors, some permanently. These local businesses rely on newspapers to connect them to potential customers, and we in turn rely on generating advertising revenue to offset our operating expenses. Business closures intended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus have dramatically reduced those advertising revenues over the past several weeks. While we all hope to emerge from this crisis soon, there’s no way to predict the duration or severity of its impact on our economy. Meantime, you may notice some changes

to our regular lineup of comics, columns and features, and the resulting number of pages in each issue. Soon after we bought this newspaper on February 1, we learned that the monthly bill for the comics and features appearing in The World exceeded that of a full-time reporter. The virus has enhanced the urgency for both expense reduction and prioritization of content, and right now I would rather have a reporter on the streets - and eliminate a few comics - than the other way around. You will also notice an increase in the number and percentage of local news articles, with proportionately less Associated Press content. This is intentional.

While we will still provide AP articles that are relevant to our readers, you depend on us daily to report the local news that you won’t find anywhere else. Our newsroom is fully committed to this mission. And we’re still hiring! Here in Coos Bay, we are searching for advertising sales reps and graphic artists. If you know anyone who would seem to be a good fit, send them our way. Thank you for your continued trust and support. It’s our honor to serve the citizens of Coos, Douglas and Curry counties. Ben Kenfield Publisher bkenfield@countrymedia.net

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BY JAY BOBBIN

1) Steven Spielberg made his debut as a professional theatrical film director with a 1974 comedydrama that starred Goldie Hawn. Name it. 2) Who starred as the pursued driver in “Duel,” the 1971 TV movie that began to earn director Steven Spielberg wide attention? 3) The success of “Jaws” (1975) put Spielberg on the Hollywood map. Who wrote the novel on which the shark thriller was based? 4) Which other famous filmmaker did Spielberg cast as a scientist in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977)? 5) What professional connection does John Williams have to Spielberg? 6) Name the mid-1980s anthology series Spielberg produced for NBC. 7) In what was the mosquito carrying prehistoric DNA preserved in the Spielberg-directed “Jurassic Park” (1993)? 8) Making which film inspired Spielberg to establish the Shoah Foundation? 9) In Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” (1998), who played Private Ryan? 10) Spielberg has worked with actor Tom Hanks several times. Name the most recent movie they made together as actor and director.

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Questions:

1) “The Sugarland Express” 2) Dennis Weaver 3) Peter Benchley 4) Francois Truffaut 5) The fellow Kennedy Center Honors recipient has composed the music scores for many of Spielberg’s films 6) “Amazing Stories” 7) Amber 8) “Schindler’s List” (1993) 9) Matt Damon 10) “The Post” (2017)

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Hennick is Distinguished Toastmaster

BANDON — In a congratulatory letter to longtime Bandon resident Sharon Hennick, Toastmasters International Chief Executive Officer Daniel Rex, wrote, “Distinguished Toastmaster, ‘DTM’ is the greatest honor that can be earned by a member of Toastmasters International. The DTM award is given only to those who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and communication skills and who have used these skills to help others in their self-development efforts. “Attaining this award was not an easy task. You have completed both the leadership and communication tracks, earning many awards to reach DTM status. These accomplishments have given you a greater perspective of the value of being a good communicator and an effective leader.

“You have assisted your club, district, and community. More than four million people have benefited from our programs since the organization’s establishment in 1924. Your accomplishments and continuing contributions are a significant factor in this success. “I am delighted to recognize you as a Distinguished Toastmaster. Your outstanding achievement will serve as an inspiration to all Toastmasters. Enclosed is an exquisite plaque in honor of your achievement,” Rex concluded. Hennick was thrilled to receive the plaque. “Toastmasters is a wonderful organization,” Hennick said. “Speaking, listening, thinking and leadership skills are enhanced at each member’s own pace. Best of all, I have made deep friendships with my Toastmaster

colleagues.” “I highly recommend Toastmasters,” she added.

“If you would like more information, please call me at 541-297-5555.”

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Fort Vancouver in 1830, raged up the Willamette Valley, and killed thousands. Historian Robert Boyd in his book, The Coming of the Spirit of Pestilence (1999), called it “the single most important epidemiological event in the recorded history of what would eventually become the state of Oregon.” Boyd estimates that every tribe affected lost more than 80% of its population in a very short time. “Corpses, denied interment, piled up along the shores to fatten carrion eaters … Natives burned their villages attempting to destroy their contamination.” We don’t read about armed conflict between Indians and Oregon Trail pioneers who arrived in the Willamette Valley after the Oregon Territory was created in 1848. That’s because the Kalapuya, Clackamas, and Molala tribes of that region had effectively been extinguished. Lack of antibodies was the main reason why these diseases killed so many. But

another reason involved tribal customs. The concept of germs was unknown to both Natives and Whites. Usually when a tribal person took ill, family members and a shaman (medicine man) would gather around for comfort and support which only hastened the spread of viruses. If an ill person went to a sweat lodge and then plunged into a cold river or bay, a common medical practice in pre-contact days, these types of diseases only got worse. Pneumonia and death quickly ensued. In the late 1850s, the federal government decided to round up remaining Indians in southwestern Oregon and relocate them on the new Coastal Reservation between the Siuslaw River and Tillamook Bay. It was, by then, an unpopulated place. There were almost no Yaquina natives left after the succession of epidemic diseases that had previously swept through the central Oregon coast. Indian Superintendent Jason Palmer traveled through southwestern Oregon to arrange trea-

ties. “On my route I visited several bands of Umpqua,” he reported. “I found many of them wretched, sickly, and almost starving … Once powerful, but now few and weak.” Sub-agent Josiah Parrish took a census in 1854 of Indians on the South Coast. “They show evident marks of smallpox … also the measles,” he wrote, and added, “Both (diseases) were very destructive to them … Many of their once populous villages are now left without a representative.” Even though the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw tribes had remained peaceful during the era of the Rogue River War they, too, were forced to live on the reservation. They were moved first to the Umpqua Sub-Agency on the spit at the mouth of the Umpqua River. Tuberculosis soon took its toll there. “The death of an Indian with this disease throws the whole village into a state of excitement,” said the Army physician stationed at the site. “Between the disease and the means taken to pre-

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they brandished iron knives (a sign that they had previously obtained trade goods) and Gray noted, “Two or three of our visitors were much pitted with the small pox.” When the Corps of Discovery stayed the winter of 1805-06 at Ft. Clatsop, William Clark recorded in his journal, “The Small pox has destroyed a great number of the natives in this quarter.” Meriwether Lewis thought several hundred Natives had died just a few years before their arrival. “The late ravages of the small pox may well account for the number of remains of villages which we find deserted on the river and Sea coast,” he wrote. Fur traders came next with their trade goods — and a disease referred to at the time as “fever and ague.” It was probably malaria. The devastation started at Hudson Bay’s

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Sharon Hennick

UO Dean’s List EUGENE — Almost 2,500 students earned a place on the winter term Dean’s List. Each term, the University of Oregon names its top students to the Dean’s List in recognition of their academic achievements, and 2,480 UO students qualified for the honor for winter term. The Dean’s List is compiled for fall, winter and spring terms. To qualify, a student must be an admitted undergraduate and complete at least 15 credits for the term with a grade point average of at least 3.75, and at least 12 of the credits must be taken for letter grades. Total undergraduate enrollment for the term was 17,868.

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Bandon Autumn Rose MossStrong, Senior, Educational vent it, a large number have been buried.” The Coos were eventually moved north to Yachats but health conditions there were also poor. Patty Whereat found a Native witness in the historic record who said there were still corpses in the abandoned houses of the Alsea village of Yaxaik when the tired Coos Indians arrived. There had been no one left to bury the last ones to die. Government records show that almost half of the Coos, Siuslaw, Lower Umpqua, and Coquelle people passed away before the Coastal Reservation closed in 1875. Annie Miner Peterson contracted smallpox on the reservation as a youth but survived and returned to Coos County after the reservation closed. Multi-lingual in her native languages of Hanis and Miluk, as well as English which she learned later in life, Annie worked with anthropologists in the 1930s to preserve and record her tribal culture. But a visit to Dr. Ennis Keizer in North

Nathan David Malamud, Junior, Spatial Data Science & Technology Bend confirmed a dreaded diagnosis — tuberculosis. Just as the textbooks of her ethnological contributions were coming off the press, Annie died on May 9, 1939. Another of the last remaining Native speakers had passed. Steven Greif is a former NBHS history teacher/coach who volunteers with the Coos History Museum.

Sources: Lionel Youst, She’s Tricky Like Coyote: Annie Miner Peterson (1997) Charles Wilkinson, The People Are Dancing Again (2010) Stephen Dow Beckham (ed)., Oregon Indians: Voices from Two Centuries (2006) Stephen Dow Beckham, The Indians of Western Oregon: This Land Was Theirs (1977) Nathan Douthit, Uncertain Encounters: Indians and Whites at Peace and War in Southern Oregon (2002)

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COOS BAY CHURCH OF CHRIST

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COAST LIFE CHURCH

“A Christ Centered, Biblically Based, Family Oriented, Dynamic Fellowship” 3451 Liberty St., North Bend  541-756-3311 (1 block off Newmark behind Boynton Park) www.sbcnb.org David Woodruff, Sr. Pastor - Tim Young, Associate Pastor Loy Huntzinger, Children’s Director - Chad Frantz, Youth Pastor

Sunday School.................................... 9:00 am & 10:30 am Sunday Worship.................................. 9:00 am & 10:30 am aWana Wednesday nights..................6:30pm to 8:00 pm

Catholic holy redeemer -north Bend 2250 16th St. (West off Broadway)  541-756-0633

Mass is postponed due to Covid-19. Saturday Vigil..............................................4:00 pm For information,8:00 please Sundaymore Mass .......................... am &visit 10:00us am at holyredeemernb.org or Confessions: Saturday 3-3:45 pm or by appointment call 541-756-0633

Daily Mass: Wed., Thurs. & Fri. ....................... 9:00 am

St. monica - cooS Bay

357 S. 6th St., Coos Bay • 541-267-7421 Saturday Vigil Mass ..............................................................4:30 p.m.

“Building the Church you read about in your Bible” Derek Addleman, Minister (541) 267-6021 775 W. Donnelly Ave.

Bible School Classes .................................9:45 am Morning Worship.......................................10:45 am Evening Worship ........................................6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer & Study ........................7:00 pm Signing for Hearing Impared *** Also, Nursery Available

Episcopal EmmanuEl Episcopal church

The Episcopal of Oregon has suspended 4thDiocese & Highland, Coos Bay all services Preschool until further notice. 541-269-5829 541-404-3045 You are welcome to watch The Rev. Dr. Pattirecorded Hale, OP services for worshipuntil on our Services Areweekly Suspended April 19, 2020 You Tube channel Emmanuel Parish Coos Bay “...even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.” God bless you and keep you in this Holy Eastertide! administrator@episcopalcoosbay.org A spirit of worship, welcoming to all.

Foursquare

Sunday Mass .................................................. 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Spanish Mass .......................................................................1:00 p.m. Confessions: Saturday 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment

Coquille Foursquare ChurCh

1546 North Hemlock St., Coquille • 541-396-5548

Daily Mass: Tues: 5:30 p.m. Wed–Fri: 12:00 p.m.

All are Welcome - Christ is the center of who we are and all we do

Christian Science

Sunday School..........................9:20 am – 10:20 am Sunday Worship........................................10:30 am Celebrate Recovery (meal provided) every Thursday 6-9 pm

christian science society 444 S. Wall, Coos Bay  541-888-3294 Sunday Service & Sunday School.............10:00 am

Christian Science Reading Room

Adjacent to church - Open after services, or by Appt.

541-751-9059

Church of Christ ChurCh of Christ 2761 Broadway, North Bend  541-756-4844

Sunday Bible Study........................................ 9:30 am Sunday Worship........................................... 10:30 am Sunday Evening Worship ............................... 5:30 pm Wednesday Meal and Worship....................... 6:00 pm

Where You Can Find A Friend

Pastors: Sam & Lovena Flaherty

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bay area foursquare church 466 Donnelly (across from the new Coos Bay Fire Station) Glorifying, Proclaiming and Showing Christ to all Pastors: David & Marilyn Scanlon

(541) 269-1821

Sunday School....(all ages through Adult)............. 9:00 am - 9:45 am Sunday Worship....(Nursery & Children’s Church Provided).......10:00 am We also have small group ministries meeting throughout the week. E-mail: Ba4@ba4.org Website: www.ba4.org

Home of Cartwheels: A Christian Preschool 2741 Sherman, Ave., North Bend Pastor Israel Jurich 541-756-4035

Office Hours .................. Mon.–Fri., 8:00 am–12:00 pm Worship Every Sunday................................... 10:30 am All are welcome! faithlutheran-nb.org ~ faithlutheran_nb@frontier.com

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church-ELCA

We have cancelled canceled all worship services through May March

Please join us online for worship. Worship materials and a link to the service will be available on our website 1290 Thompson Rd. Coos Bay

541 267-2347

www.gloriadeifamily.org

Egyptian Theatre: NONDENOmINaTIONaL

Sundays....................................................10:30 am 541-217-7551 • www.coastlife.church

Presbyterian first presbyterian church, n. bend 541-756-4155 2238 Pony Creek Rd, North Bend Sunday School.............................................9:15am Sunday Morning Worship..........................10:30 am Youth Group Wednesday ......................... 5:30-7 pm

Nazarene

Pastor Eric Lindsey First Sunday of each month is Communion nbpresbyterian.org

cornerstone church-nazarene

United Methodist

886 S. 4th St, Coos Bay (Coos Bay Senior Center) Pastor Ron Halvorson 541-808-9393 or 541-290-8802 Sunday School.................................................9:15 am Sunday Traditional Worship Service ................10:30 am All are Welcome www.cornerstonenaz.com

Salvation Army The salvaTion army

Worship & Service Center

1155 Flanagan, Coos Bay  541-888-5202 Dennis and Tawnya Stumpf, Corps Envoys

harmony united methodist church 123 SE Ocean Blvd., 541-267-4410 Church at the top of the Hill Coos Bay www.harmonyumcoregon.org

sunday school all ages............................................ 9:30 am sunday Worship service......................................... 11:00 am Wednesday Bible study............................................ 5:30 pm choir Practice, Wednesdays..................................... 7:00 pm

Unity Worldwide Ministries unity by the bay

Sunday Free Kids Breakfast .......................9:00 am Sunday School ...........................................9:30 am

“Honoring diversity and the many paths to God. A spiritual community to come home to.”

Worship Service........................................10:15 am

Sunday Celebration Service......................10:00 am Office Hours: Wednesday – Friday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

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NFL team facilities can start opening BARRY WILNER

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NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities on Tuesday if state and local governments will allow it. In a memo sent to the 32 teams Friday by Commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained by The Associated Press, he stressed that the clubs must be “in compliance with any additional public health requirements in their jurisdiction, and have implemented the protocols that were developed by (league medical officer) Dr. (Allen) Sills and distributed to all clubs on May 6.” Facilities have been closed since late March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Each team was required to submit a plan to the league for reopening its training/practice facility this week. “Clubs unable to meet these criteria on May 19 may reopen their facilities on the earliest date thereafter on which they are able to meet the criteria,” Goodell added. Sills will conduct a training program for club infection control officers (ICO) on Monday night that is required. Already established in the openings were these protocols: —Until further notice from the NFL, teams may have no more than 50% of their staff in the facility, not to exceed 75 people. If a club wants to deploy staff to more than one location, all locations must implement the same health and safety protocols, and the combined number of employees at all locations can’t exceed 75. —No members of the coaching staff can return to the facility under the first phase of reopening. “This is important to ensure equity among all 32 clubs,” Goodell wrote. —No players may be in the facility other than those undergoing medical treatment or rehab. Strength and conditioning coaches participating in player rehab may continue that work in the facility. Otherwise, they are barred until the rest of the coaching staff is allowed to return. Please see NFL, Page B2

OSAA awards trophies for canceled tournaments JERRY ULMER OSAAtoday

It seemed almost cruel in March when Liberty’s girls basketball team had nothing tangible to show for the best season in school history. The Falcons were preparing for a 6A semifinal showdown with top-seeded Beaverton when the tournament was canceled due to health concerns about the coronavirus. But as it turns out, the Falcons – along with the other 6A, 5A and 4A teams still alive in the championship brackets – won’t come away empty-handed, after all. The OSAA has awarded “Final Four” trophies to teams that reached the semifinals of the 6A girls and 5A boys and girls tournaments, as well as “Elite Eight” trophies to quarterfinalists in the 6A boys and 4A boys and girls tournaments. “I think that’s huge,” Liberty coach Melanie Wagoner said. “People don’t necessarily remember in five years who was all-conference or this or that, but if you have a team that does something like this, that does get remembered. And that trophy is a big symbol of it. “I was just really proud and happy to get that, and thankful to the OSAA to be able to get something like that.” Please see OSAA, Page B3

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Wayne Van Burger speaks to the crowd before his final dual as Marshfield head wrestling coach in 2005.

Former MHS coach Van Burger dies JOHN GUNTHER The World

COQUILLE — Wayne Van Burger was always on the go. Whether it was being an allstate football player for Coquille High School, a renowned wrestling coach for decades at Marshfield High School or an award-winning documentary filmmaker, he put everything into all his activities. “Our word for it was he had a passion,” said Susanne Van Burger, Wayne’s wife. “He went after everything with that passion.” The wrestling community was shocked this week to learn of Van Burger’s death. The 71-year-old former teacher, coach and outdoorsman suffered an apparent fatal heart attack while on a run. “That was kind of devastating (news),” said Bo Hampton, Marshfield’s new wrestling coach, who credited Van Burger with his desire to get into the profession. After graduating from Coquille in 1967, Van Burger attended Southwestern Oregon Community College for a year before finishing his college education at Oregon College of Education (now Western Oregon University), where he played football for three years and wrestled for one. He taught at Seaside High School for three years, but will always be remembered for his time after returning to the South Coast. Van Burger taught a variety of

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Wayne Van Burger poses with a fish he caught. The outdoors was one of his big passions, especially after he retired from coaching. subjects at Marshfield over a 31year stretch from 1974 to 2005. He helped coach the freshman football team for his entire tenure at Marshfield and was head wrestling coach for 21 years after nine years as assistant, a stretch that watched the Pirates win nine

league titles (and 10 dual meet crowns). Hampton said the Pirates’ success was a reflection of Van Burger’s effort as coach. “He put so much into it that it made us want to put that much into it,” he said. “We wanted

to work as hard as we could because we respected him so much.” Van Burger did a great job selling the sport of wrestling to the student athletes at a time when it wasn’t as popular an option as football, basketball or some other sports, said Gary Roberts, another former wrestler for Van Burger who went on to become a successful football coach. “He taught us to take pride in what we did,” Roberts said. “We were just as valued as any other sport.” Coaching freshman football also fed into the success of the wrestling program. “It didn’t matter how good you were in football, he would want you to come out for wrestling,” Hampton said. “And even if you were horrible freshman year, he would work with you and by the time you were a senior, you would crack the varsity lineup.” That was a time when Marshfield almost always fielded a full lineup and it wasn’t uncommon for wrestlers to not be able to compete at the district tournament because there were more than two Pirates at most weight classes. Ty Van Burger, Wayne’s son, said his dad took pride in all his wrestlers and was greatly saddened if any of them who stuck with the program didn’t get a chance to compete at the state tournament at least once during their careers. Please see Van Burger, Page B2

Bandon Dunes reopens from first closure JOHN GUNTHER The World

BANDON — Bandon Dunes Golf Resort reopened with new safety measures in place on Monday, adjusting to the coronavirus pandemic while sharing the joy of golfers able to return to the renowned destination. While the business was a little slow early in the week, resort officials said they were happy with how the first week back in operation went. And activity at Bandon Dunes will pick up quickly heading into what is expected to be a busy summer. “We’re going to get into some bigger numbers starting June 1,” General Manager Don Crowe said. “We have a solid summer ahead of us.” John Gunther, The World That includes the U.S. AmaA group plays the new Sheep Ranch course with the Pacific Ocean in the background this week. Now that Bandon Dunes has teur in August, which the resort reopened, a limited number of golfers each day can experience the course before its official opening on June 1. has been planning for several the attitude of people just getting rate customers from workers years. And before that, the highly excited by what they see. “Even today, when the weather the chance to return to the resort at counters and drivers from anticipated opening of Sheep isn’t good, they are through the after it was closed for well over passengers on the resort’s many Ranch, the resort’s fifth 18-hole moon (with their comments),” a month, the first closure in its shuttle buses. There are limits to course, on June 1. said Nick Bonander, the head pro 21-year history. how many people can be in the “We’re fortunate to have at the new course, on a windy “People are ecstatic to be golf shops at any given time. Sheep Ranch opening this year,” here,” Crowe said. And when the resort reopened, said Michael Chupka, the resort’s and rainy Tuesday afternoon. The best review so far, he said, The guests arrived to find staff food service was in take-out director of communications. came from an 8-year-old golfer members wearing face masks form only, and available only at A limited number of golfers who called the course “triple and encouraging them to do the the lodge and McKee’s pub. are getting a sneak peek at the awesome.” same. new course the next few weeks Please see Resort, Page B3 The upbeat comment matched Plexiglass shields sepa— 32 guests a day — and are

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NASCAR puts safety plan to test as racing restarts CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Crew chief Chad Knaus won’t get a look at the car Hendrick Motorsports built for Darlington Raceway until he gets to the track Sunday morning, a few hours before the race. Kurt Busch? He’s already sat in his Chip Ganassi Racing car and met with his crew chief. The return to racing for NASCAR has brought with it a set of safety protocols that will be strictly enforced at the track Sunday when the Cup Series goes racing for the first time in more than two months after a pandemic-forced hiatus. The stock car series can only trust competitors to follow the guidelines away from the track — and teams appear to have different interpretations. “No face-to-face or contact with these guys whatsoever. Everything has been on (Zoom) team meetings,” said Knaus, a seven-time championship winning crew chief. “That’s the recommendation by NASCAR for the traveling teams to stay as isolated as they can and try to keep every-

body at the race track as healthy as we can. That’s the protocol we put into place and that’s what we’ve been abiding by.” Not others. Busch dropped by the Ganassi shop Thursday. He wanted a face-to-face meeting with crew chief Matt McCall before Darlington after two months of communicating via phone or computer. “Just him and I, separated from the group,” Busch said. “There’s a shift change where the shop is empty for an hour, so it will be just him and I following (social) distancing.” Xfinity Series driver Ryan Sieg posted a video of an Atlanta news station visiting his Georgia-based team Thursday that showed three crew members standing side-by-side. None wore face masks or other protective equipment. NASCAR reiterated its guidelines when asked for clarification. “For a team to submit a participant to a roster, they must be symptom free for five days and not have been directly exposed

to anyone with COVID-19,” NASCAR said. “We have made strong recommendations about operations in shops and responsible travel to the event.” Teams are limited to 16 employees per car Sunday and that includes the driver, spotter and owner. More than half the team owners at the Cup Series level are over 65 years old and aren’t expected to attend because they are considered at risk for the coronavirus. Hall of Famer Richard Petty told his son, Kyle, in an NBC Sports interview he will miss a Darlington race for the first time since 1950 when “my dad wouldn’t let me off school; school was starting the same day.” Drivers were told to be at the track four hours ahead of the green flag Sunday. They will undergo a heath check including a temperature check, but no COVID-19 testing — a decision reached to ensure tests go elsehwere, not to NASCAR. The timing allows a backup driver to make the two-hour trip from the

Charlotte area to Darlington if needed. Once inside, drivers will be isolated in their motorhomes, away from their team, and wait to be called to the cars. Everyone will be required to wear a face mask, crews must maintain social distancing and high-fives, hugs and human contact are barred. NASCAR has warned of fines as high as $50,000 for not following the rules at the track, where competitors are subject to random health screenings. NASCAR has recommended anyone that travels to the track not return to their shop to work and not interact with other groups. It is designed to help NASCAR track details in the potential case of a positive test. UFC, which returned last weekend in Florida without spectators, tested every fighter, judge, referee and other employees. One fighter and his two cornermen tested positive. UFC prior to the fights put all the fighters and employees in one hotel in an attempt to quarantine them, but NASCAR does not

have that ability. Series points leader Kevin Harvick owns a management company that represents UFC fighter Donald Cerronne, who competed in Florida last week. Harvick is comfortable going back to the track, where drivers will be isolated in their cockpits and crews are already clad in firesuits, gloves, helmets and now a required face sock. “Well, I’m not going to get punched in the face by anybody else or be put in a headlock or be directly in contact with any of my other competitors,” Harvick said. “When you look at the guidelines of entry and exit and temperature checks during the week and all the logs and things of where people are and who they have interaction with, I think we have done what we need to do from what fits our sport the best.” NASCAR will use both of Darlington’s garages and and an infield that will be missing thousands of fans to spread teams out and still create a tight footprint for essential personnel.

NASCAR plans to race its way through the South in June CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It will be a summer in the South for NASCAR: The stock car series announced Thursday it will stick to Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, Florida and Alabama for June races — all of them without fans. NASCAR has now set plans for 20 races — including nine in the elite Cup Series — as it returns

to the tracks after being shut down for more than two months by concerns about the coronavirus. The Cup Series is scheduled to resume this Sunday at Darlington Raceway and run four times in 11 days at the South Carolina track and at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Then NASCAR will go

to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee on May 31. The track is roughly three hours’ driving distance for most of the Charlotte-area based teams. Some drivers could fly privately to the track via helicopter. NASCAR will then race at Atlanta Motor Speedway with the Truck Series and Xfinity Series on June 6 and the Cup Series on June

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7. The track in Hampton, Georgia, is at least a fourhour drive and teams could need hotels. The Cup Series will race for a third time on a Wednesday night at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia on June 10. Then all three national series will run together and require air travel with two full days at Homestead-Miami

Speedway in South Florida. The Truck Series and Xfinity Series will race June 13, then the Xfinity Series will run again on June 14 in a warmup for the Cup Series. NASCAR will then go to to Talladega Superspeedway with the ARCA Series and the Xfinity Series racing June 20 and Cup on June 21. The teams can drive to the Alabama

speedway but many might use hotels. NASCAR postponed events at Kansas Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, the Xfinity Series race at Mid-Ohio and the Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. The Xfinity race at Iowa Speedway scheduled for June 13 has been moved to Homestead on June 14.

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went into the next generation of coaches,” he said. “He was really passionate in growing not only our community’s wrestling program, but getting (other) guys really moving forward on their programs and mentoring them on how to build success. Ty said he has been filled with stories with similar themes as he called former Marshfield wrestlers to let them know about his dad’s death. And many more have added tributes on Facebook. “It’s a great snapshot of past wrestlers and what he meant to them,” Susanne said. Van Burger was inducted into Marshfield’s Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Oregon Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005. When he was chosen for that honor, he shared the praise. “I’m pretty excited,” Van Burger said at the time. “To be recognized by your peers is a wonderful thing.” He added, “It’s the culmination of a lot of years and a lot of help from a lot of folks. You don’t get something like that on your own.” Coaching was a phase of Van Burger’s life, but he went on to have success as a film maker with friend Travis Cooper in Beaver Hill Productions, which they founded a year after he retired from coaching. “He wanted to do something like that because way back we would watch fishing shows and Wayne would say, ‘I can do that and I can do it better,’” Susanne recalled. “Several Emmys later, I said, ‘Yeah, he can do it better.’” Beaver Hill Productions won multiple Emmys for the program ‘The Joy of Fishing’ from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Tele-

vision Arts & Sciences. The production team traveled to several different countries filming documentaries for the show, but also did projects in Oregon, including a 50year anniversary video for SWOCC, as well as videos for Travel Oregon and Coos County. And when film-making ended, Van Burger took a greater interest in photography. “He was really getting into that,” Ty said. “The day he died, he was taking photo classes on-line, trying to learn new things about his camera.” That was the nature of the life Van Burger lived. “He was so full of life,” Ty said. “He was always on to something new.” The family will plan a public celebration of life for Van Burger whenever large gatherings are allowed again — Marshfield has offered its facilities for that service. Meanwhile, Ty Van Burger treasures the memories of his father and the stories he receives from the many friends and former athletes he has talked to this week. “He really helped me grow,” said Ty, who was a standout wrestler himself for the Pirates, graduating in 2003. “Everything we did together, we were always dissecting something, whether it was game film from football, or wrestling, or fishing. It really made me a critical thinker. I think that’s one of my strongest abilities now.” But Ty also loved his dad’s impact on others. “What was special to me was his ability to understand people — the relationships he built,” Ty said. “He was always pushing people to be the best version of themselves they could be.”

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must promptly report any change in government regulations to the league. “After we implement this first phase,” Goodell told the teams, “and as more states and localities enact policies that allow more club facilities to reopen, I expect that additional staff, likely including coaching staff, will be allowed to return to club facilities in a relatively short time.

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What stands out to Roberts, though, was how Van Burger kept in touch with so many of those wrestlers after high school. “He was there for his former wrestlers during the good times and the not so good times,” Roberts said. “He was first to congratulate us when things went well and he was first to call and give us advice when things were not so well.” For Roberts, who is now principal at Millicoma School, that included the high time of winning a state championship as Cottage Grove’s head football coach and also the low of losing the championship game. “Those things stand out to me,” he said. “I felt pretty fortunate to have someone like that.” Hampton, too, had a high to share with Van Burger when he led Reedsport to the state title this year. Hampton said he was grateful to get a chance to wrestle for Van Burger when he was a Marshfield student. “Growing up with him coaching us and teaching us — a lot more than on the mat, how to be a good person in life. “He always taught us about being proud to be a Pirate. I’ve always wanted to get back to Marshfield and do what he did.” Hampton said Reedsport’s success came from him implementing the philosophy he got from Van Burger. Van Burger pushed for Hampton to become the Pirates’ new coach. “Wayne was absolutely thrilled that Bo is the new coach at Marshfield,” Susanne said. Ty said that was just like his dad. “A lot of his energy

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A sign in front of the lodge at Bandon Dunes reflects that the resort will host the U.S. Amateur in August.

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On Friday, restaurants in Coos County were allowed to reopen to limited seating and resort officials were sorting out plans to reopen the other dining rooms on site. The resort’s management team spent the weeks leading up to the reopening in preparation, including implementing the various safety measures. People planning to visit have been able to get updates on all the various measures through the resort’s website. “We’re super proud of that,” Crowe said of the website and its multi-page

document with all the measures in place. The entry booths on both roads into the resort are being staffed as well, with a greeter to make sure guests know safety precautions at the resort. In addition, safety signs have been posted on all the doors heading into the lodge and various shops and other buildings on site. Hand washing stations have been put up in many areas as well and, as much as possible given the sometimes challenging weather, doors are being kept propped open. “We are trying to limit as many touch places as possible,” Chupka said. Bandon Dunes officials

also are in the process of having all of the hundreds of staff members go through formal training, including watching a video a few employees at a time. Crowe said the staff has been receptive to the changes and the need for the safety measures. Staff members also have been talking with the guests. “We are listening to the guests and their questions — what is important to the guests,” Chupka said. It’s all part of the process of reopening in what will become the new normal. “We’re just living and learning every day,” Chupka said.

The Casual Fridays events play into the race for the Crossings Cup and currently the top five are Phil Shoaf (46 points), Powers (41), Stefiuk (40), Carter Borror (35) and Cahoon (34).

(Nos. 9 and 14), Phillip Shoaf (No. 11), Bobby Cox (No. 17).

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Bro Puckett had a holein-one and partnered with Brett McGilvery to tie for low-net honors during the Saturday Skins competition at Bandon Crossings last weekend. Puckett, who lives in Coos Bay, used a 6-iron for the hole-in-one on the 169yard 11th hole. It was Puckett’s first ace. Puckett and McGilvery had a net score of 61 to tie the pairing of Sam Ayotte and Kent Harper for low-net during the game, which was played in a scramble format. Donny Hiebing and Daniel Kitayama took low-gross honors, shooting a 13-under 59 that was four shots better than the teams of Tim Palmer and Amos Baker, and Stu Blasius and Rich Stefiuk. Casual Fridays In the weekly Casual Fridays competition last week, Stu Blasius and Brian Church both shot 71 to share low-gross honors while Martha Blochlinger had the best net score with a 68, followed by Neal Cahoon and Dewey Powers with 70s.

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The trophies feature blue metal, traditionally reserved for champions, “because they were all still alive,” according to OSAA executive director Peter Weber. They were shipped to schools along with a 20-second congratulatory message from Tory McVay of OnPoint Community Credit Union, title sponsor of the tournaments. “We were trying to figure out how we could honor the achievements of those teams who were in the middle of their tournaments,” Weber said. “Even the ones that were in the quarterfinals, they had to win to get there.” Valley Catholic girls coach Pat Thomas, whose team was in the 4A tournament, met with his players by video call and showed them the trophy. “In the six weeks I have been teaching remotely, I haven’t seen any smiles nearly so big as the girls’ when they saw the trophy,” Thomas said. “I could see how much it meant to them, and I know how good I feel when I see it sitting in my dining room, for now.”

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May 8 Low Gross — Stu Blasius 71, Bryan Church 71, Phillip Shoaf 74, Andrew Kimbell 75, Carter Borror 78, Toby Stanley 79, Gary Coots 80, Brian Boyle 82, Louis Wantland 82, Jim Wakeman 82, Mitch McCullough 83, Douglas Albee 83, Richard Stefiuk 85, Wayne Everest 87, Bobby Cox 88, Mike Withrow 89, Bob Bray 90, Cedric Johnston 95, Ray Fabien 96, Don Weissert 100, Robert Webber 103, Rick Evans 104, John Ohanesian 105, Kathrine Barton 109, Bob Wirsing 117. Low Net — Martha Blochlinger 68, Neal Cahoon 70, Dewey Powers 70, David Kimes 72, Ed Yelton 72, Jeff Mihalick 73, Steven Robb 73, Brian Gibson 73, Ed Tyner 73, Mark Nortness 75, Luke Thornton 75, Jon Gysbers 76, Wim McSpadden 76, Jim Lorenzen 76, Brian Saksa 77, Terry Kirchner 77, Chip England 77, Val Nemcek 78, Marilyn Pothier 79, Gerard Ledoux 79, John Johnston 79, Tom Gant 79, Daryl Robison 79, Eric Oberbeck 79, Michael Shields 79, Craig Ford 83, Howard Seaton 83, John Loverin 88. Closest to Pin — Val Nemcek (No. 6), Richard Stefiuk

May 10 Two-Person Scramble Low Gross — Donny Hiebing and Daniel Kitayama 59, Tim Palmer and Amos Baker 63, Stu Blasius and Richard Stefiuk 63, Alan Heyn and Tynan McCarthy 66, Jim Wakeman and Neal Cahoon 67, Garrett Hannemann and Christian Boudreau 70, Brian Gibson and Marty Stephens 72, Phil Bennett and Bobby Cox 74. Low Net — Sam Ayotte and Kent Harper 61, Bertt McGilvery and Bro Puckett 61, John Miles and Judy Miles 64, Seth Plymyer and Joe Herstrom 64, Michael Shields and Toby Stanley 64, Tobin Smith and Mike Lynch 64, Wim McSpadden and Chip England 67. Gross Skins — John Miles and Judy Miles (birdie on No. 9), Brett McGilvery and Bro Puckett (hole-in-one on No. 11), Tim Palmer and Amos Baker (eagle on No. 18), Stu Blasius and Richard Stefiuk (birdie on No. 6). Net Skins — Stu Blasius and Richard Stefiuk (birdie on No. 6), John Miles and Judy Miles (birdie on No. 9), Brett McGilvery and Bro Puckett (hole-inone on No. 11), Phil Bennett and Bobby Cox (eagle on No. 17), Tim Palmer and Amos Baker (eagle on No. 18). Closest to Pin — Bro Puckett (Nos. 6 and 11), John Miles (No. 9), Garrett Hannemann (No. 14), Stu Blasius (No. 17).

The trophies provide a measure of consolation for the teams, who have not been able to meet in person since the tournaments were canceled. The shutdown deprived them of their team banquets, which traditionally close the book on a season. “It’s not the blue trophy our team wanted, but it is very important in giving closure to a special season,” said Crater boys coach Chris Schmerbach, whose team was in the 5A semifinals. “Looking at the positive, it was a unique season, and we are proud to be one of only a handful of the state of Oregon that will be able to hold up a final four trophy.” North Marion’s boys were among the teams receiving “Elite Eight” trophies for making the 4A quarterfinals. “It’s nice to have some sort of recognition,” Huskies coach Tully Wagner said. “I think that’s really the only way the OSAA could’ve done it in a fair manner is to recognize all eight teams still remaining. “I think we all know that at that point, it’s really anybody’s game We obviously thought we had a great chance if we played our best basketball, but so

did the other seven teams still in it.” Wagner sent photos of the trophy to his team, which had seven seniors in its nine-man rotation. “I know that they were happy that we were recognized,” Wagner said. “We expected to be there, so that was a goal that we had realized. But we still had other goals for our season. … But I’m still super proud of my kids and happy to get to that point.” Liberty’s Wagoner said the trophy isn’t an “ideal situation,” but will be appreciated as a visible reminder of the team’s historic season. By making the semifinals, the Falcons were guaranteed to receive first, second, third or fifth place. “I think it’s hard to have actual closure,” Wagoner said. “We still hope, if the time’s right, or if there’s an opportunity, for the girls to get together for one last time, just to celebrate their season. But I do believe it helps to get the trophy. You can start looking back and enjoying it, feeling like it’s something they achieved.” Editor’s Note: Jerry Ulmer writes content about high school sports for the Oregon School Activities Association. Read more stories at www.osaa.org.

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NORTH BEND — Though it hasn’t been able to practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Bend High School boys bowling team is still on track to compete in the national high school tournament in Ohio. The group, including Angel Espat, Chase Taylor, Keegan Jelinek, Konner Jelinek, Jake Newsum and Kian Pryor is fundraising for the trip to the tournament, which has been delayed from June 25 to July 28. But the biggest fundraiser, a raffle of a trip to Mexico including $1,000 traveling money, has been slowed by the inability for the bowlers to get out and

sell the raffle tickets, coach Rod Duryee said. The team was invited to the tournament after finishing second at the state tournament and setting a state record with 742 pins the first three games of the state event, Duryee said. The team is selling 600 tickets for the Mexico trip, at a cost of $20 per ticket. The trip is valid until January. If the winner doesn’t want to take the trip because of health concerns, they still will receive the spending money, Duryee said. The team needs to sell the tickets by July 1 to have the money in time to pay for its trip to Ohio. The drawing will be held that day. Tickets are on sale at North Bend Lanes, which

has its restaurant open. People also can contact Duryee by text at 541-808-1217, leaving a contact number. Duryee will have one of the bowlers get in touch with people who text him. The team is grateful for all the community support. “We want to thank all of our supporters for their help,” Duryee said. Meanwhile, the team is waiting to get back onto the lanes to practice. All the team members have masks and Duryee said they also have a plan as soon as the governor allows people to start bowling again, including using every other lane to practice social distancing and will wipe down all the equipment that is used, Duryee said.

Manfred said in a statement Friday. Watson also became a big hit off the field for his cameo, along with several Astros teammates, in the 1977 comedy film “The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training.” In a key scene, Watson delivered the memorable line: “Hey, c’mon, let the kids play!” He also played for Boston (1979), the Yankees (1980–82) and Atlanta Braves (1982–84), finishing with a .295 career batting average with 184 home runs, 989 RBIs and 1,826 runs scored while primarily playing first base and left field. Watson also hit .371 in 17 career postseason games. He was the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues — for Houston in 1977 and Boston two years later. After retiring as a player, Watson began coaching and helped the 1988 Oakland Athletics win the American League pennant as the hitting coach for the likes of Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. He became the second black general manager in major league history — after Atlanta’s Bill Lucas (1976-79) — when he was hired by the Astros in 1993. Watson was hired as the Yankees’ GM in 1995, and made the then-highly criticized decision to hire Joe Torre as New York’s manager. Watson, along with Torre leading the team on the field, helped put together the World Series-winning squad in 1996. He retired from the

Yankees after the 1997 season, and Brian Cashman replaced him as New York’s GM. Watson later served as Major League Baseball’s vice president in charge of discipline and vice president of rules and on-field operations and worked in the league offices until 2010. “Bob’s positive impact on our game and those who came in contact with him was accomplished with the utmost integrity, devotion and commitment,” Tony Clark, executive director of the players’ union, said in a statement. The Astros honored Watson in March by dedicating the Bob Watson Education Center at the Astros Youth Academy in Houston with the former All-Star in attendance. Watson overcame prostate cancer after being diagnosed in 1994 and became an advocate for awareness and early detection. He often spoke at conferences and seminars about his experience, which he discussed in his 1997 book, “Survive To Win.” He dealt with other health problems in recent years. “I know that my dad has accomplished more than even he ever thought he would accomplish in life,” Keith Watson told Houston TV station Fox 26. “The legacy that he has left behind for us is one of giving, one of sharing, one of winning, and he doesn’t leave here not having done everything that he set out to accomplish in his life.”

Slugger, executive Watson dies DENNIS WASZAK Jr. Associated Press

Bob Watson, an All-Star slugger who became the first black general manager to win a World Series with the New York Yankees in 1996, has died. He was 74. The Houston Astros, for whom Watson played his first 14 seasons in a baseball career spanning six decades, announced his death Thursday night. The team did not provide details, but son Keith wrote on Twitter that he died in Houston from kidney disease. “He was an All-Star on the field and a true pioneer off of it, admired and respected by everyone he played with or worked alongside,” the Astros said in a statement. “Bob will be missed, but not forgotten.” Watson, nicknamed “The Bull,” made the All-Star team in 1973 and ’75, hit over .300 four times and drove in at least 100 runs twice while hitting in the middle of the Astros’ lineup. He also holds the distinction of scoring the 1 millionth run in major league history — on May 4, 1975, against the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park. Commissioner Rob Manfred lauded Watson as a “highly accomplished figure” and “deeply respected colleague.” He also praised his work with the Baseball Assistance Team, which assists those in baseball who are in need. “I will always remember the outstanding example that Bob set for others,”

Scoreboard On The Air Today

Auto Racing — eSports All-Star Cup, 9 a.m., ESPN2; iRacing Series Supercross iRacing, 1:30 p.m., NBC Sports Network. Rodeo — PBR Lucas Oil Invitational, 5 p.m., CBS Sports Network. Football — EA Sports Madden Bowl, 2 p.m, ESPN2.

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Auto Racing — NASCAR Cup Series Real Heroes 400, 12:30 p.m., Fox. Golf — TaylorMade Driving Relief, 11 a.m., Golf Channel, NBC and NBC Sports Network. Rodeo — PBR Lucas Oil Invitational, 2 p.m., CBS, and 4 p.m., CBS Sports Network. Soccer — eMLS special, 3 p.m., Fox Sports 1.

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Basketball NBA

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Baseball Major League Baseball

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Hockey NHL

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Soccer Major League Soccer

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Cup Series The Real Heros 400 Lineup The lineup for the race was determined by live draw. Positions 1-12 determined by a random draw from charter teams in those positions in team owner points. Positions 13-24: Random draw among charter teams in those positions in owner points. Positions 25-36: Random draw among charter teams in those positions in owner points. Positions 37-40 were filled out by open, non-chartered teams in order of owner points (Car number in parentheses) 1. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford 2. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet 3. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford 4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota 5. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford 6. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford 7. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford 8. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet 9. (22) Joey Logano, Ford 10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 11. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet 12. (42) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet 13. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford 14. (41) Cole Custer, Ford 15. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota 16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet 17. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet 18. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet 19. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford 20. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota 21. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford 22. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet 23. (47) R.Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet 24. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford 25. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet 26. (53) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet 27. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet 28. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota 29. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet 30. (27) JJ Yeley, Ford 31. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford 32. (51) Joey Gase, Ford 33. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet 34. (38) John Hunter Nemechek, Ford 35. (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet 36. (77) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet 37. (96) Daniel Suarez, Toyota 38. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota 39. (78) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet

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Transactions BASKETBALL WNBA LOS ANGELES SPARKS — Signed G Sydney Wiese to a contract extension. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Resigned CB Kevin Peterson to a oneyear contract. Released CB Andre Chachere. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Resigned OLB Pernell McPhee. Waived WR Sean Modster. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed RB Dontrell Hilliard to an exclusive rights contract. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed DE Jonathan Greenard to a fouryear contract. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed DT Robert Windsor and WR Dezmon Patmon. Signed RB Jonathon Taylor, QB Jacob Eason and LB Jordan Glasgow. Signed CB Isaiah Rodgers to a four-year contract. Signed G Danny Pinter. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed DE Morgan Fox to a free agent contract. Waived DT Tanzel Smart. LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Agreed to terms with CB Prince Amukamara. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed S Brandon Jones. Signed QB Tua Tagovailoa, T Raekwon Davis, DE Curtis Weaver and LS Blake Ferguson. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed TE Dalton Keene to a fouryear contract. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Re-signed G/T Patrick Omameh. Signed RB Ty Montgomery. Waived DE Mitchell Loewen. TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DT Larrell Murchison to a four-year contract. WASHINGTON REDSKINS Signed CB Aaron Colvin. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Announced that the team and President and CEO Ahron Cohen have mutually agreed to part ways.

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Democrats push relief bill through House WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday, an election-year measure designed to brace a U.S. economy in free fall and a health care system struggling to contain a pandemic still pummeling the country. The 208-199 vote, with all but one Republican opposed, advances what boils down to a campaign-season display of Democratic economic and healthcare priorities. It has no chance of becoming law as written, but will likely spark difficult negotiations with the White House and Senate Republicans. Any product would probably be the last major COVID-19 response bill before November’s presidential and congressional elections. The enormous Democratic measure would cost more than the prior four coronavirus bills combined. It would deliver almost $1 trillion for state and local governments, another round of $1,200 direct payments to individuals and help for the unemployed, renters and homeowners, college debt holders and the struggling Postal Service. “Not to act now is not only irresponsible in a humanitarian way, it is irresponsible because

it’s only going to cost more,” warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “More in terms of lives, livelihood, cost to the budget, cost to our democracy.” Republicans mocked the bill as a bloated Democratic wish-list that was dead on arrival in the GOP-led Senate and, for good measure, faced a White House veto threat. Party leaders say they want to assess how $3 trillion approved earlier is working and see if some states’ partial business reopenings would spark an economic revival that would ease the need for more safety net programs. Republicans are also sorting through internal divisions and awaiting stronger signals from President Donald Trump about what he will support. “Phase Four is going to happen,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, using Washington insider-speak for the measure. “But it’s going to happen in a much better way for the American people.” Trump and top Republicans like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., are insisting the next measure should protect reopening businesses from liability lawsuits. The president is also demanding a cut to payroll taxes, but GOP leaders

are not yet onboard. The daylong debate painted a Capitol scene that’s become common in the era of coronavirus, even as it remains disconcerting. The sparsely populated House floor was dotted with lawmakers and aides wearing protective masks and even gloves, though some Republicans lacked them. Many members looked shaggier and sported beards they had not worn weeks ago. Roll call votes lasted over an hour each because lawmakers were voting in small groups to limit crowding. To enhance the bill’s political impact, Democrats named their measure “The Heroes Act” for the payments it would provide front-line emergency workers. With more than 86,000 Americans dead, 1.4 million confirmed infections and 36 million filing unemployment claims in an frozen economy, Democrats saw GOP opposition as an easy campaign-season target. “Are you kidding me?” said Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, of Republican assertions that it was time to stop spending more money. “Where do you guys live? Food lines at our food banks around the block? In the United

States of America?” Republicans saw the bill as a Democratic political blunder. They said overly generous unemployment benefits discouraged people from returning to work, and attacked language helping immigrants in the U.S. illegally get federal benefits. They also singled out provisions helping states set up voting by mail and easing the marijuana industry’s access to banks. “It may help the cannabis industry, but it won’t help Main Street,” said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. Pelosi pushed the measure through after overcoming party divisions aggravated by election pressures. Some moderate Democrats opposed the package for its price tag and politically fraught provisions like assisting marijuana businesses. A few progressive Democrats were upset because it did not do more, such as guaranteeing workers’ salaries and bolstering their health insurance coverage. Fourteen Democrats voted against the measure. Nearly all are centrists and number among the party’s most vulnerable lawmakers in November’s elections: freshmen from districts Trump won in 2016.

Among them was Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa, who labeled the measure “bloated.” Another, Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, tweeted, “This bill strays far beyond delivering relief or responding to an urgent crisis, & it has no chance at becoming law.” Republicans were already planning to use the day’s votes against other moderate Democrats who backed Friday’s legislation and face competitive reelection races. Clearly, the bipartisan consensus that produced four previous coronavirus bills was crumbling quickly. Polls show GOP voters are satisfied with the federal response and aren’t agitating for more. Self-branded deficit hawks are citing the massive increase in the spiraling $25 trillion national debt. Some congressional aides said the Democratic bill’s real price tag could breach $3.5 trillion. A partial estimate of tax provisions alone revealed eye-popping costs: $412 billion to renew $1,200 cash payments to individuals, more than $100 billion to pay health insurance premiums for the unemployed and $164 billion to make an “employee retention” tax credit for businesses more generous.

Retail sales plunge 16 percent in April J.C. Penny files BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% from March to April as business shutdowns caused by the coronavirus kept shoppers away, threatened the viability of stores across the country and further weighed down a sinking economy. The Commerce Department’s report Friday on retail purchases showed a sector that has collapsed so fast that sales over the past 12 months are down a crippling 21.6%. The severity of the decline is unrivaled for retail figures that date back to 1992. The monthly decline in April nearly doubled the previous record drop of 8.3% — set just one month earlier. “It’s like a hurricane came and leveled the entire economy, and now we’re trying to get it back up and running,” said Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist for the consultancy Maria Fiorini Ramirez. Shapiro said he thinks retail sales should rebound somewhat as states and localities reopen their economies. But he said overall sales would remain depressed “because there is going to be a big chunk of the lost jobs that don’t come back.”

The sharpest declines from March to April were at clothing, electronics and furniture stores. A long-standing migration of consumers toward online purchases is accelerating, with that segment posting a 8.4% monthly gain. Measured year over year, online sales surged 21.6%. Other than online, not a single retail category was spared in April. Auto dealers suffered a monthly drop of 13%. Furniture stores absorbed a 59% plunge. Electronics and appliance stores were down over 60%. Retailers that sell building materials posted a drop of roughly 3%. After panic buying in March, grocery sales fell 13%. Clothing-store sales tumbled 79%, department stores 29%. Restaurants, some of which are already starting to close permanently, endured a nearly 30% decline despite shifting aggressively to takeout and delivery orders. For a retail sector that had already been reeling, a back-to-back free-fall in spending poses a grave risk. Department stores, restaurants and auto dealerships are in danger. Nearly $1 of every $5 spent at retailers last month

went to non-store retailers, evidence that the pandemic has accelerated the shift toward online shopping. Retailers are being imperiled not only by business shutdowns mandated by states and localities but also by a record loss of 36 million jobs over the past two months. The layoffs and reduced hours have encouraged a pullback in spending. Lindsay Fulton, a 29-year-old from suburban Richmond, Virginia, who was furloughed from her sales job at the end of March, said that what little shopping she does now is online. She has no plans to visit stores anytime soon. “I’ve done more online shopping than I ever had before,” she said. “I feel like, across the board, everyone’s habits have changed.” In the past two weeks, J.Crew, Neiman Marcus and Stage Stores have filed for bankruptcy protection. J.C. Penney appears on the verge of following them. UBS estimates that roughly 100,000 stores could shutter over the next five years. “The whole economic model is unraveling,” Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData

Retail. “This is going to be very painful. For some, it’s going to be fatal.” An April analysis by a group of academic economists found that a onemonth closure could wipe out 31% of non-grocer retailers. A four-month closure could force 65% to close. The plunge in retail spending is a key reason why the U.S. economy is contracting. Retail sales account for roughly half of all consumer spending, which fuels about 70% of total economic activity. The rest of consumer spending includes services like cellphone and internet contracts, gym memberships and child care. With few Americans shopping, traveling, eating out or otherwise spending normally, economists have estimated that the gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of economic activity — is shrinking in the April-June quarter at a roughly 40% annual rate. That would be the deepest quarterly drop on record. The pressures being exerted on retail are also being felt globally. Among the European countries that share the euro currency, retail sales fell a painful 11.2% from February to March.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite White House claims, the U.S. still lacks a comprehensive battle plan against the coronavirus in critical areas including masks, testing, treatments and vaccines, whistleblower Rick Bright warned Thursday in testimony before a House committee. “Our window of opportunity is closing,” he declared. The nation could face “the darkest winter in modern history” if the virus rebounds, the government vaccine scientist told lawmakers. Bright’s appearance came after his ouster last month as head of a Health and Human Services biodefense agency, an action he alleges was retaliation by the Trump administration. “We need still a comprehensive plan, and everyone across the government and everyone in America needs to know what that plan is, and what role they play,” he told the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “There are critical steps that we need to do to prepare ... we do not still have enough personal protective equipment to manage our health care workers ... we still do not have the supply chains ramped up for the drugs and vaccines, and we still don’t have plans in place for how we distribute those

drugs and vaccines. We still do not have a comprehensive testing strategy.” At the White House, President Donald Trump said Bright looked like an “angry, disgruntled employee,” and Bright’s boss, HHS Secretary Alex Azar, said, “Everything he is complaining about was achieved.” “So this is like somebody who was in a choir and is now trying to say he was a soloist back then,” Azar added. Trump, said later, at a Pennsylvania medical equipment distributor, that the U.S. is ramping up production of COVID-19-related items and that his goal “is to produce everything America needs for ourselves and then export to the world, including medicines.” Bright spoke in measured tones and rarely raised his voice during five hours of questioning. He didn’t question the fact that there’s now an all-out effort, financed by billions in taxpayer dollars, to procure masks and other supplies, develop better tests and treatments and discover an effective vaccine. His point was that those efforts aren’t being fitted together in a coherent strategy that will get supplies and medicines to where they’re most needed to protect people and prevent shortages and price

gouging. Asked by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., if administration officials have prepared the country for the “moment we are in” and the months ahead, Bright responded, “I think we have a lot of work to do to be prepared.” Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., asked if he should be concerned that Americans will have problems getting access to a vaccine when it’s available. Bright responded, “Absolutely, sir.” Bright, a career official, alleges he was removed as head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority after repeatedly warning higher-ups the virus outbreak was going to be worse than the public was being led to believe. He said the breaking point came when he opposed a White House directive to allow widespread access to hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug Trump was touting as an effective treatment. The FDA recently warned against its use for COVID-19, except in limited circumstances. But at the White House on Thursday, the president was still bullish. “We’ve had tremendous response to the hydroxy,” Trump said. “So, a lot of people have sworn

by it, and we’ll see.” Republican lawmakers for the most part were careful not to attack Bright directly. But Rep. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma criticized him for continuing to collect his $285,000 salary while first on sick leave for a spike in blood pressure, and now on vacation as he tries to straighten out his work situation. “You’re too sick to go into work, but you’re well enough to come here while getting paid,” said Mullin. “I have a hard time understanding that.” Bright said one of the worst moments as he tried to raise alarms came when repeated efforts to jump-start U.S. production of respirator masks went nowhere. He recalled getting emails in late January from Mike Bowen, an executive at a medical supply company called Prestige Ameritech, indicating that its N95 mask supply was “completely decimated.” “And he said: ‘We’re in deep (trouble). The world is. And we need to act,’” Bright said. “And I pushed that forward to the highest levels I could in HHS and got no response. From that moment I knew that we were going to have a crisis for our health care workers because we were not taking action.”

Whistleblower: US still lacks virus plan

for bankruptcy NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the storied but troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth major retailer to meet that fate. As part of its reorganization, the 118-year-old company said late Friday it will be shuttering some stores. It said the stores will close in phases throughout the Chapter 11 process and details of the first phase will be disclosed in the coming weeks. Penney is the biggest retailer to file for bankruptcy reorganization since the pandemic and joins luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus, J.Crew and Stage Stores. Plenty of other retailers are expected to follow as business shutdowns across the country have evaporated sales. In fact, U.S. retail sales tumbled by a record 16.4% from March to April. “The coronavirus pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for our families, our loved ones, our communities, and our country,” said Penney’s CEO Jill Soltau in a statement. “As a result, the American retail industry has experienced a profoundly different new reality, requiring J.C. Penney to make difficult decisions in running our business to protect the safety of our associates and customers and the future of our company. “ Many experts are skeptical about Penney’s survival even as it sheds its debt and shrinks the number of its stores. Its fashion and home offerings haven’t stood out for years. And moreover, its middle-to-low income customers have been the hardest hit by massive layoffs during the pandemic. Many of them will likely shop more at discounters — if they shop at all, analysts say. “This is a long, sad story,” said Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics, a retail research firm. “Penney offers no reason to shop there compared to its competitors, whether it’s Macy’s or T.J. Maxx or Walmart. How are they going to survive?” Penney said that it has $500 million in cash on hand and has received commitments of $900 million in financing to help it operate during the restructuring. It said that it will be looking at different options, including the sale of the company. The re-

structuring should reduce several billion dollars of its debt and provide more flexibility to navigate the financial fallout from the pandemic, Penney said. Like many department stores, Penney is struggling to remain relevant in an era when Americans are buying more online or from discounters. Sears has now been reduced to a couple hundred stores after being bought by hedge fund billionaire and its former chairman Eddie Lampert in bankruptcy in early 2019. Barneys New York closed its doors earlier this year and Bon-Ton Stores went out of business in 2018. The pandemic has just put department stores further in peril as they see their sales evaporate with extended closures. Even as retailers like Penney start to reopen in states like Texas and Florida that have relaxed their lock downs, they’re also facing Herculean challenges in making shoppers feel comfortable to be in public spaces. In fact, Green Street Advisors, a real estate research firm, predicted in a report last month that more than 50% of all mall-based department stores will close by the end of 2021. It expects that Penney will eventually liquidate its business, noting that a smaller company won’t solve its main problems. Like Sears, J.C. Penney’s troubles were years in the making, marking a slow decline from its glory days during the 1960s through 1980s when it became a key shopping destination at malls for families. The company’s roots began in 1902 when James Cash Penney started a dry good store in Kemmerer, Wyoming. The retailer had focused its stores in downtown areas but expanded into suburban shopping malls as they became more popular starting in the 1960s. With that expansion, Penney added appliances, hair salons and portrait studios. But since the late 1990s, Penney struggled with weak sales and heavier competition from discounters and specialty chains that were squeezing its business from both ends. Penney’s began flirting with bankruptcy nearly a decade ago when a disastrous reinvention plan spearheaded by then CEO Ron Johnson caused sales to go into free fall.

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Coos County, Oregon, said point being located North 88 ° 31’ East a distance of 237.07 feet from the Southwest corner of the said NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4; thence North 31 ° 22’ 50” East a distance of 7.45 feet; thence North 38 ° 17’ 00” East a distance of 29.5 feet; thence North 43 ° 23’ 10” East distance of 39.44 feet; thence North 52 ° 25’ 00” East a distance of 19.23 feet; thence North 64 ° 29’ 40” East a distance of 25.51 feet, more or less, to the Southerly line of the Stock Slough-Daniels Creek County Road; thence Southeasterly along said Southwesterly Right-of-Way line 150 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the East-West centerline through the NE 1/4 of said Section 8; thence South 87 ° 33’ 36” West along said EastWest centerline 240 feet, more or less to the point of beginning. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 8, Township 26 South, Range 12 West of the Willamette Meridian, Coos County, Oregon; thence South 61 ° 04’ 20” East a distance of 214.1 feet; thence North 20 ° 27’ 40” East a distance of 26.47 feet; thence North 22 ° 22’ 50” East a distance of 62.4 feet; thence North 31 ° 22’ 50” East a distance of 31.86 feet, more or less, to the North line of the said SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4; thence along the said North line, South 88 ° 31’ West a distance of 237.07 feet, to the point of beginning. Parcel 2: Beginning at the Northeast corner of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 8, Township 26 South, Range 12 West of the Willamette Meridian, Coos County, Oregon; thence North 12 feet, more or less, to the thread of Stock Slough; thence along the thread of Stock Slough in a Westerly direction 64 feet, more or less, to the confluence of a drainage ditch with Stock Slough; thence along the thread of said drainage ditch in a Southerly and then Easterly direction to a point on the East line of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of said Section 8, which point bears South 400 feet, more or less, from the point of beginning; thence North, along the East line of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, 400 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Published: May 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2020 The World & ONPA (ID: 283452)

Estate of Estrellita Clarita Corbus-Murphy NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS Case Number: 20PB01407 Notice: The Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Coos, has appointed the undersigned as Personal Representative of the Estate of Estrellita Clarita CorbusMurphy, deceased. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present the same, with proper vouchers to the Personal Representative at 12725 SW Millikan Way, Ste. 300, Beaverton, OR 97005, within four months from the date of first publication of this notice as stated below, or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by this proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the Personal Representative, or the Attorney for the Personal Representative. Dated and first published May 9, 2020. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE George Corbus 6870 SW Hall Blvd. #F Beaverton, OR 97008 Phone: 503.508.7852 ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Alexis Shimada, OSB 184435 12725 SW Millikan Way, Ste. 300 Beaverton, OR 97005 Phone: 503.863.2732 Fax: 971.770.0450 Email: alexis@masterfulattorneys.com Published: May 9, 16 & 23, 2020 The World & ONPA (ID: 284142) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF OREGON FOR COOS COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of JACQUELYN CROWDER, Deceased. Case No. 20PB03054 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Melanie Nichols has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present the claim, with proper documentation, within four months after the date of first publication of this Notice, as stated below, to the Personal Representative at the office of GOULD LAW FIRM, P.C., 243 W. Commercial, P.O. Box 29, Coos Bay, Oregon, 97420 or the claim may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, P.O. Box 865, North Bend, Oregon 97459, the Personal Representative or the attorney for the Personal Representative. Dated and first published: May 9, 2020 Melanie Nichols Personal Representative 57290 Gateway Rd. Coquille, OR 97423 (541) 260-4651 Published: May 9, 16 & 23, 2020 The World & ONPA (ID: 284138) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS In the Matter of the Estate of: DONALD GEORGE HALL, Deceased. Case No. 20PB02670 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Susan Hall has been appointed personal representative. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the personal representative at 1437 SE Rex Street, Portland, Oregon 97202, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative, Karen L. Costello.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF CURRY In the Matter of the Estate of LLOYD C. KREUTZER, Deceased. Case No. 20PB03094 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them to the undersigned personal representative at Lawrence Finneran LLC, Attorney at Law, 405 North Fifth Street, PO Box 359, Coos Bay, Oregon, 97420, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by this proceeding may obtain additional information from the records of the court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative. DATED and first published this 16th day of May, 2020. Vicki R. Elias Personal Representative Published: May 16, 23 & 30 The World & ONPA (ID: 284950)

This is an action for Judicial Foreclosure of real property commonly known as 687 DONNELLY AVE, COOS BAY, OR 97420 A motion or answer must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days of the date of the first publication specified herein along with the required filing fee. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF COOS Case No. 20CV15572 SUMMONS U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST Plaintiff v. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF AVRUM R. FRIED, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 687 DONNELLY AVE, COOS BAY, OR 97420 Defendants TO DEFENDANTS: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF AVRUM R. FRIED, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 687 DONNELLY AVE, COOS BAY, OR 97420 IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON: You are hereby required to appear and defend the action filed against you in the above-entitled cause within 30 days from the date of service of this Summons upon you; and if you fail to appear and defend, for want thereof, the Plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded therein. Dated: April 17, 2020 ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP By: s/ Stanton Shelby Stanton Shelby, OSB #044151 (503) 345-9513 (858) 412-2775 (Facsimile) sshelby@aldridgepite.com 111 SW Columbia Street, Suite 950 Portland, OR 97201 Of Attorneys for Plaintiff NOTICE TO DEFENDANT/ DEFENDANTS READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal paper called a “motion” or “answer”. The “motion” or “answer” must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days (or 60 days for Defendant

TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE The Trustee under the terms of the Trust Deed described herein, at the direction of the Beneficiary, hereby elects to sell the property described in the Trust Deed to satisfy the obligations secured thereby. Pursuant to ORS 86.771, the following information is provided: 1. PARTIES: Grantor: TEDDIE J. SMITH, JR. Trustee: FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE Successor: NANCY K. CARY Beneficiary: NORTHWEST COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: The real property is described as follows: As described on the attached Exhibit A 3. RECORDING. The Trust Deed was recorded as follows: Date Recorded: April 23, 2007 Recording No. 2007-5163 Official Records of Coos County, Oregon 4. DEFAULT. The Grantor or any other person obligated on the Trust Deed and Promissory Note secured thereby is in default and the Beneficiary seeks to foreclose the Trust Deed for failure to pay: Monthly payments in the amount of $1,996.38 each, due the first of each month, for the months of September 2019 through January 2020; plus late charges and advances; plus unpaid real property taxes or liens, plus interest. 5. AMOUNT DUE. The amount due on the Note which is secured by the Trust Deed referred to herein is: Principal balance in the amount of $298,359.81; plus interest at the rate of 6.3750% per annum from August 1, 2019; plus the late charges of $399.28; plus advances and foreclosure attorney fees and costs. 6. SALE OF PROPERTY. The Trustee hereby states that the property will be sold to satisfy the obligations secured by the Trust Deed. A Trustee’s Notice of Default and Election to Sell Under Terms of Trust Deed has been recorded in the Official Records of Coos County, Oregon. 7. TIME OF SALE. Date: May 28, 2020 Time: 11:00 a.m. Place: Coos Bay City Hall, 500 Central Avenue, Coos Bay, Oregon 8. RIGHT TO REINSTATE. Any person named in ORS 86.778 has the right, at any time that

NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL HAZARDS (This notice is required for notices of sale sent on or after January 1, 2015.) Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale. You may reach the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service at 503-684-3763 or toll-free in Oregon at 800-4527636 or you may visit it’s website at: www.osbar.org. Legal assistance may be available if you have a low income and meet federal poverty guidelines. For more information and a directory of legal aid programs, go to https://www. oregonlawhelp.org. Any questions regarding this matter should be directed to Lisa Summers, Paralegal, (541) 686-0344 (TS #30254.30127). DATED: January 8, 2020. Nancy K. Cary, Successor Trustee, Hershner Hunter, LLP, P.O. Box 1475, Eugene, OR 97440. EXHIBIT A Parcel 1: The West 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 8, Township 26 South, Range 12 West of the Willamette Meridian, Coos County, Oregon. ALSO: Beginning at a point on the South line of the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 8, Township 26 South, Range 12 West of the Willamette Meridian,

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284961 NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

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A public meeting of the Timber Park Rural Fire Protection District will be held on May 21, 2020 at 7 pm at Eastside Fire Station, Coos Bay, Oregon. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 as approved by the Timber Park Rural Fire Protection District Budget Committee. A summary of the budget is presented below. A copy of the budget may be inspected or obtained by calling Harwood, MacAdam, Wartnik, Fisher & Gorman, LLC 3690 Broadway, North Bend at (541) 2699338 during the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. This budget is for an annual budget period. This budget was prepared on a basis of accounting that is the same as used the preceding year

Contact: Les Engle

Telephone: 541-269-0112 TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS

Beginning Fund Balance/Net Working Capital All Other Resources Except Current Year Property Taxes Current Year Property Taxes Estimated to be Received Total Resources

FINANCIAL SUMMARY - RESOURCES Actual Amount 2018-19 83,299 2,403 55,655 141,357

Email: lesengle@chartner.net Adopted Budget This Year 2019-20 85,000 2,400 57,000 144,400

FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS BY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION Materials and Services 58,699 Contingencies Unappropriated Ending Balance and Reserved for Future Expenditure 82,658 Total Requirements 141,357

Approved Budget Next Year 2020-21 80,500 2,400 57,000 139,900

61,850 10,000 72,550 144,400

FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS AND FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES (FTE) BY ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT OR PROGRAM * Fire Protection 141,357 144,400 FTE 0 0 0

Permanent Rate Levy

(rate limit 2.285 per $1,000)

62,400 8,000 69,500 139,900 139,900

PROPERTY TAX LEVIES Rate or Amount Imposed Rate or Amount Imposed Rate or Amount Approved 2018-19 This Year 2019-20 Next Year 2020-21 2.0000 2.0000 2.0000

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U.S. officials release edited reopening guidance NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted six one-page “decision tool” documents that use traffic signs and other graphics to tell organizations what they should consider before reopening. The tools are for schools, workplaces, camps, childcare centers, mass transit systems, and bars and restaurants. The CDC originally also authored a document for churches and other religious facilities, but that wasn’t posted Thursday. The agency declined to say why. Early versions of the documents included detailed information for churches wanting to restart in-person services,

with suggestions including maintaining distance between parishioners and limiting the size of gatherings. The faith-related guidance was taken out after the White House raised concerns about the recommended restrictions, according to government emails obtained by The Associated Press and a person inside the agency who didn’t have permission to talk with reporters and spoke on condition of anonymity. On Thursday, a Trump administration official also speaking on condition of anonymity said there were concerns about the propriety of the government making specific dictates to places of worship. And Roger Severino, director of the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services, said “protections against religious discrimination aren’t suspended during an emergency. This means the federal government

cannot single out religious conduct as somehow being more dangerous or worthy of scrutiny than comparable secular behavior.” President Donald Trump has championed religious freedom as a way to connect with conservative evangelical voters and has shown eagerness for in-person religious services to restart. He consulted interfaith leaders last month for suggestions on how to reopen and said on a recent Fox News town hall that “we have to get our people back to churches, and we’re going to start doing it soon.” The CDC drafted the reopening guidance more than a month ago and it was initially shelved by the administration, the AP reported last week. The agency also had prepared even more extensive guidance — about 57 pages of it — that has not been posted. That longer document, which

the AP obtained, would give different organizations specifics about how to reopen while still limiting spread of the virus, including by spacing workers or students 6 feet apart and closing break rooms and cafeterias to limit gatherings. Many of the suggestions already appear on federal websites but they haven’t been presented as reopening advice. Some health experts and politicians have been pushing for the CDC to release as much guidance as possible to help businesses and organizations decide how to proceed. “They want to be able to tell their own employees the guidance of the federal government,” Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University, said at a congressional hearing Wednesday. “They want to be able to tell their customers, ‘We’ve done every-

thing that’s been asked of us.’” The guidance relates to another document released by the Trump administration on April 17. That phased-in reopening plan broadly outlines how to move away from stay-at-home orders, school closures and other measures designed to stop the spread of the new coronavirus that has caused more than 1.3 million reported U.S. illnesses and more than 80,000 deaths. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, on Wednesday offered a resolution — blocked by Republicans — to encourage release of all the documents. “America needs and must have the candid guidance of our best scientists unfiltered, unedited, uncensored by president Trump or his political minions. The CDC report on reopening the country is an important piece of that guidance,” Schumer said.

Portland residents vote on a tax would fight homelessness PORTLAND (AP) — Voters in metropolitan Portland, Oregon, will be asked Tuesday to approve taxes on personal income and business profits that would raise $2.5 billion over a decade to fight homelessness even as the state grapples with the coronavirus and its worst recession in years. The ballot measure was planned before the pandemic reduced the U.S. economy to tatters. Proponents, including many business leaders and major institutions, argue the taxes are needed now more than ever in a region that has long been overwhelmed by its homeless problem. How voters in the liberal city react amid the pandemic will be instructive for other West Coast cities struggling to address burgeoning homeless populations as other sources of revenue dry up. The measure is believed to be one of the first nationwide to ask voters to open their wallets in a post-COVID -19 world.

“I think it’s really going to give you a sense about how concerned are people, still, about homelessness as an issue — and what are they willing to pay in to solve that issue,” said Marisa Zapata, who runs Portland State University’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative. “We know government budgets are going to be eviscerated, so what does this mean for additional revenue-raising opportunities?” she said. “Who could we turn to to bear some of that responsibility and how will voters react?” A recent study by Zapata’s institute estimated that in a one-year period, nearly 40,000 people in greater Portland experienced an episode of homelessness and 105,000 households faced housing insecurity. Opponents say they are surprised organizers continue to campaign for the measure when the majority of Oregon’s population remains under lockdown and the economy is stalled. A “no” campaign, almost

entirely funded by the Northwest Grocery Association, is trying to draw voters’ attention. “People are frustrated. They’re out of work, they’re angry and the last thing they’re thinking about right now is raising taxes,” said Amanda Dalton, the association’s legislative director. Voters in the three counties that make up the greater Portland metro region will be asked to consider a 1% marginal income tax on the wealthiest residents and a 1% tax on gross profits for the region’s biggest businesses. The measure would apply to individual filers with a taxable income of more than $125,000 or joint filers with taxable income of more than $200,000. Joint filers making $215,000 a year, for example, would be taxed 1% on $15,000, or $150 a year. The measure has a 10-year sunset clause and is expected to generate $2.5 billion, although the recession’s impact on

SALEM (AP) — A hair salon in Salem will be fined $14,000 after reopening against Gov. Kate Brown’s executive orders meant to slow the coronavirus pandemic. The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division, known as OSHA, is fining salon owner and stylist Lindsey Graham specifically, requiring that she and her independently contracted stylists close until approved to reopen. Once she receives the notice, expected next week, Graham will have three days to close doors. If not, she could be fined again. ”(Graham) is unquestionably operating in

violation of the governor’s executive order, designed to protect workers and the public,” Aaron Corvin with OSHA told the Statesman Journal. He said the penalty reflects both the nature of the violation and the employer’s willful decision to violate the law. The salon, located downtown, reopened May 5 in defiance of Brown’s order that such businesses must remain closed to avoid making the COVID-19 pandemic worse. Protesters waiving signs and American flags — including Joey Gibson, a farright activist and founder

of Patriot Prayer — have rallied at the salon to show their support for Graham. Graham argues it’s her right to work so she can provide for her family. Two GoFundMe accounts were created for Graham to help pay fines or attorney fees expected for reopening early. Earlier this week, Brown denied reopening applications from Marion County, home to Salem, and Polk County due to increased COVID-19 hospitalizations. If Graham’s license is revoked, she said she would fight it and sue. Her attorneys are challenging the OSHA fines.

State fines salon for reopening

those estimates is unclear. If it passes, the first taxes would not be collected until 2021. Roughly 90% of residents and 94% of businesses will be exempt from the tax, said Angela Martin, campaign director for HereTogether, the coalition that crafted the measure. Voters in the area have a history of supporting measures to address social woes. The same region approved a nearly $653 million bond to build affordable housing in 2018. Organizers are candid about capitalizing on that history to test the limits of voters’ pocketbooks in much different times. The Portland Business Alliance, whose membership has repeatedly identified homelessness as a critical factor affecting its ability to expand

and recruit, is backing the measure. So are a host of state and local government leaders and major sports franchises, including the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers. Money from the previous bond measures can only be spent on building housing, while this money would be devoted to so-called “wrap around services” to help the homeless or those on the verge of homelessness. That includes rent assistance, case management and outreach, job training, and mental health and substance abuse treatment. The regional approach, with strong collaboration from the business community, could be a model for other cities, Martin said. “It’s going to be an indicator of what we can do, not just on homeless-

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