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Members with the Patriot Guard Riders gathered on Sunday to ride from Bandon to Gold Beach in honor of fallen soldiers.

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SOUTH COAST — At the edge of the Bandon Shopping Center parking lot, a quiet group of veterans gathered to honor fallen veterans.

Even though many Memorial Day events were canceled, the Oregon South Coast Patriot Guard Riders dedicated their Sunday ride to those who never made it home.

Co-Ride Captain Bob Kramer said the ride was in lieu of the annual Run for the Wall, a journey to Washington D.C., which is normally followed by the Rolling Thunder event.

“But since that was canceled,

now we’re doing Rolling to Remember,” Kramer said. “It’s to honor all the veterans that died in battle, died serving their country.”

The seven Patriot Guard Riders who participated in Rolling to Remember over the weekend met at 10 a.m. in Bandon to then ride to Gold Beach and back. The first 22 miles of the ride were dedicated to the 22 veterans who commit suicide each day and “to those guys who are having a problem dealing with civilian life again,” Kramer said.

The group was headed to Gold Beach’s Veteran’s Memorial where they planned on saying a prayer.

But the overall ride was “to

honor the veterans who gave everything,” he said.

This is the first event the South Coast Patriot Guard Riders have done since the pandemic shut the state down. Normally the group only participates in events or military funerals after a formal request is made, but Kramer said a limit has been put on how many people are allowed at any gathering — including funerals.

Kramer, a Navy veteran who served from 1970 to 1974, hopes people will use Memorial Day to think about “the realities of what these guys go through in battle.

They gave everything.”

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COOS BAY — Coos Bay City Hall may re-open its doors to the public in mid-June. The government building was closed March 19, as part of an emergency declaration to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.

Coos Bay City Manager Rodger Craddock made a brief announcement about the plan to tentatively reopen during his report at the May 19 City Council meeting.

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Weekend draws crowds, triggers warnings ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of summer in the U.S. meant big crowds at beaches and warnings from authorities Sunday about people disregarding the coronavirus social-distancing rules and risking a resurgence of the scourge that has killed nearly 100,000 Americans.

Meanwhile, the White House broadened its travel ban against countries hard hit by the virus by saying it would deny admission to foreigners who have recently been in Brazil.

Sheriff’s deputies and beach patrols tried to make sure people kept their distance from others as they soaked up the rays on the sand and at parks and other recreation sites around the country.

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Point Man Ministries member Rick Anderson looks over the memorial bricks at the David Dewett Veterans Memorial near North Bend.

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NORTH BEND — Local nonprofit faith-based organization Point Man Ministries is hosting a Memorial Day celebration today at the David Dewett Veterans Memorial Wayside just north of North Bend.

The nonprofit, which focuses on providing support services to local veterans suffering from PTSD and other mental health issues, will be at the memorial site located north the McCullough Bridge from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to honor veterans.

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to unfold around the country, many organizations, both nationally and locally, have had to cancel their events as large gatherings have been

The David Dewett Veterans Memorial north of North Bend. restricted to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Point Man Ministries’ member Rick Anderson, a Navy veteran, said he and his fellow group members knew they had to do

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something to recognize and honor the courageous men and women who died while serving in the military.

According to Anderson, the nonprofit is hosting an informal

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event today at the memorial site which will feature coffee and donuts for veterans and community members who come out to pay their respects.

Point Man Ministries created the David Dewett Veterans Memorial site, in collaboration with the Oregon Department of Transportation, over 10 years ago to honor fallen veterans and their families as a space to express their gratitude for their sacrifices, said Anderson.

“We are constantly amazed by this community and their continued support of us as an organization and of our veterans that have served,” said Anderson.

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can use some of their back stash and provide a great service,” said Pam Lewis, an RN with Coos Health and Wellness who has been overseeing the program.

The program is in conjunction with Coos County’s Phase I reopening plan and making sure masks are available for anyone who needs one. Buckets for these items to be picked up and dropped off have been placed at City Hall in Coos Bay, North Bend, Bandon, Coquille, Lakeside, Powers and Myrtle Point.

“If you need a mask, go to your city hall, look at the bucket, get a mask for every household member that needs one, put the lid back on and send a thank

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SOUTH COAST — In an effort to provide as much personal protective equipment as possible, reusable masks have been made available for free at city halls across the South Coast.

Coos Health and Wellness started a program last Monday that calls upon locals who sew to donate homemade face coverings.

The face coverings are then brought to city hall where anyone who is in need of a mask can get one.

“Our community members that are in need can get a mask and those that are volunteers and have fabric stashes everywhere

you via however you can for anyone you know that sews and is doing that. It’s an honor system,” said Lewis.

“Those who can’t access a mask can get one for their family members so they can go grocery shopping or to the doctor’s office. Go where they need to go a little bit more out and about with covering on so they’re not respirating on surfaces and spreading any germs.”

The bins, donated from Uncle Randy’s restaurant in Coquille, were placed at each location with directions to wash before using last Monday. Since then, Lewis has been on a quest to make sure that these

bins are filling up.

“I sew and have arm drawers full of fabric and I’m one of those people too. So they’ll chat. And when I posted on social media, this is what we need and you guys that are sewing I need you to do this for me. It’s been a little bit of a response personally that way for me so that’s cool,” she said.

“We may have some trouble with industry in our county but we have the most fabulous people that will pull together in a heartbeat. It’s fabulous.”

The program is in place to be as convenient as possible for all parties involved.

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A bucket for mask donations is stationed at Coos Bay City Hall. questions or make phone calls, you just walk up to your city hall and hopefully take a mask out,” said Eric Gleason of Coos Health and Wellness.

“That whole leave a

penny, take a penny approach. We want you to be able to have access to face coverings and accessible places and not have to go through a whole bunch of effort to do so.”

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OREGON COAST — Along the beaches right now, shorebirds are migrating and harbor seals are giving birth. People and, more specifically, out-of-control unleashed dogs can have a negative impact on coastal wildlife, according to officials with the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge.

In recent days the Refuge office has received three reports of dogs harassing wildlife on the beach including a photo of a dog chasing a flock of birds, which was taken on Friday, May 8.

On May 11, the Refuge office received a report from a citizen in Bandon: “A newborn harbor seal pup was resting on a low rock in the intertidal zone. An unleashed dog was roughly 50’ ahead of its owner and not under control. The dog ran to the seal pup, barked at it, then grabbed the pup in its mouth violently shaking the pup back and forth. The pup reared its head, attempting to defend itself. The attack lasted 20 seconds while the owner attempted to control the dog.”

It was later discovered that the seal pup did not survive the attack.

Disturbing wildlife is a violation of Ocean Shore rules and can result in a fine. According to the ordinance,

A dog chases shorebirds on an Oregon beach on May 8. off-leash dogs are tolerated on most Oregon beaches as long as they are under “direct control” of the owner.

This means the dog’s handler must remain within sight of the dog and the dog must respond to voice commands.

“Please do the right thing and share the beach with wildlife,” a Refuge official said. “Leash your dog if you see flocks of shorebirds or harbor seal pups resting on the shore.

Keep back at least 50 yards. The safety of coastal wildlife can depend on your preventative actions.”

The State of Oregon has jurisdiction over the beaches, which are all open to the public. While seals and other marine mammals are

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protected and cannot be taken under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, it’s unlikely the state would prohibit dogs from being on the beach during nesting/pup season, the official explained. Harbor seals and migrating shorebirds are not protected under the Endangered Species act the way snowy plovers are, with certain beaches roped off during nesting season to help preserve that species.

“We did speak with the local beach ranger for state parks today and he will be installing signs about keeping back from seals today,” the official said on May 12. It is prohibited to climb on the offshore rocks that are accessible during low tide.

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SCOTTSBURG — Work is underway on the Scottsburg Bridge replacement on Oregon Highway 38.

The project will replace the 90-year-old bridge over the Umpqua River in Scottsburg, providing a wider roadway and adjusting the curves on both ends of the bridge to better accommodate modern traffic.

At least one lane of Highway 38 (Umpqua Highway) will remain open at all times during construction. Some single-lane closures will be necessary from time to time, though delays will usually be brief.

The old bridge will remain open to traffic until the new bridge is completed.

A 200-foot section of Scottsburg West Road is closed near the north end of the bridge for realignment work. The closure will continue until the spring of 2022. Motorists on Scottsburg West Road are advised to drive under the bridge and use Main Street to reach Highway 38.

The project bid on Nov. 21, 2019. Hamilton Construction of Springfield was awarded the contract in December 2019. Construction began in February 2020. The new bridge will likely be open to traffic by the spring of 2022. All work, including the removal of the old bridge, is scheduled to be completed

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tion set up road signs, cleared trees and brush, built access roads, demolished a condemned house in the work zone and lowered the Main Street road surface under the bridge to increase vertical clearance.

From now until summer, Hamilton Construction will build a retaining wall along Scottsburg West Road. During the summer, Hamilton will construct a work platform that extends into the Umpqua River. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Cost and funding Total funding: $42,848,000. This includes: Preliminary engineering: $2,718,000 Right of way: $1,380,000 Utility relocation: $50,000 Construction: $38,700,000 The 2017 Oregon Legislature provided $40 million

for the project.​For more information, visit the Keep Oregon Moving (HB 2017)​ page. ​Background Oregon 38 (Umpqua Highway) is a vital route between Interstate 5, the southern Oregon coast and the International Port of Coos Bay. Although many other bridges along Oregon 38 have been replaced, the Scottsburg Bridge remains largely unchanged since it was built. Opened in 1929, during an era when most vehicles were small and speeds low, the bridge’s narrow lanes and tight corners at both ends are not designed for modern traffic.

What is the solution?

Over the years, ODOT has focused on maintaining the existing bridge and addressing problems as they arise.

Fully repairing the

bridge would involve repainting the green steel truss and repairing any bad steel sections, repairing and repaving the deck and replacing the deck joints, replacing the concrete railing, repairing the concrete pier caps, and strengthening the bridge to better withstand earthquakes.

However, such repairs wouldn’t address the more fundamental problems with the bridge — the narrow width, sharp approach curves, and low overhead clearance.

Due to the need for so many repairs and improvements to the existing structure, ODOT concluded that the construction of a new bridge is a better long-term investment. A new bridge will better accommodate modern traffic and will be more likely to withstand a large earthquake or other natural disaster.

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As a result, ODOT is designing a replacement bridge that meets modern standards. The new bridge will be constructed just downstream of the existing structure, allowing the old bridge to carry highway traffic while construction is underway. Due to the cost of maintaining two structures, the old bridge will be removed after the new one is opened.

Construction, including demolition of the old bridge, will continue for three years.​​ Additional information ​Open houses: Two

public open houses were held in Scottsburg for this project: Jan. 11, 2017 (displays) and Aug. 20, 2019 (displays). ​​P​roject website: www.

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Oregon reports one new COVID-19 death over weekend The World PORTLAND — The Oregon Health Authority reported one new death from COVID-19 over the weekend, bringing the state’s death toll to 148.

The death was reported Sunday morning, while Oregon Health Authority reported a total of 71 new confirmed cases and 10 new presumptive cases for the weekend.

Oregon Health Authority reported 28 new confirmed cases and seven new presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m.

Saturday. The new confirmed and presumptive cases reported today are in the following counties: Clackamas (2), Clatsop

(1), Crook (3), Deschutes (2), Jackson (1), Jefferson (1), Lane (1), Marion (10), Multnomah (4), Umatilla (2), Wallowa (1), Washington (6), Yamhill (1).

On Sunday, the agency noted 43 new confirmed cases and three presumptive cases. The cases were in the following counties: Clackamas (1), Crook (2), Deschutes (6), Jackson (2), Lincoln (1), Linn (4), Marion (7), Multnomah (3), Polk (1), Umatilla (1), Washington (17), Yamhill (1).

The state’s 148th death was a 93-year-old woman in Clackamas County who tested positive on April 23 and died on May 10 at her residence. She had under-

lying medical conditions.

Notes: • The cutoff for data has changed to 12:01 a.m., which means the reporting period for Saturday’s report was 16 hours.

Subsequent reports will have the same data cutoff, so the reporting period will return to 24 hours.

• Due to data reconciliation, three confirmed cases, one each originally reported in Jackson, Multnomah, and Washington counties, were determined not to be cases. They were subtracted from Friday’s state total, and the total number of cases in each county was reduced to reflect this change.

• Due to data reconciliation, 10

presumptive cases had updated information and their case status was changed to reflect the new information.

• Due to data reconciliation, one case originally reported in the 10–19 age group and one case originally reported in the 70–79 age group were determined not to be cases.

• Due to data reconciliation, one case originally reported as hospitalized in the 50–59 age group and one case originally reported as hospitalized in the 60–69 age group were determined not to have been hospitalized.

Oregon Health Authority is now including a link to the

Oregon COVID-19 Daily Update in the daily news release. The Daily Update is a detailed look at COVID-19 in Oregon, including testing data, hospital capacity, and cases broken down by demographic information such as age groups, gender, race and ethnicity.

Note: The COVID-19 weekly report will now be published on Wednesdays, rather than on Tuesdays, starting May 27.

To see more case and county level data, please visit the Oregon Health Authority website, which OHA updates once a day: www.healthoregon.org/coronavirus.

NORTH BEND P OLICE LOG Saturday, May 23 Welfare Check At 10:15 a.m. on Waite Street, a 9-1-1 caller reported suspicious circumstances with her bank account and home.

An officer contacted the caller and family member on welfare check.

At 9:35 p.m. on Virginia Court, a welfare check was requested on caller’s neighbors due to hearing shouting and what sounded like hitting. Officers made contact with resident at address and was advised there was no argument.

Arrest At 10:51 a.m. on Marion Avenue, multiple reports were made of a disturbance at location. A male was allegedly

outside yelling and ripping off screens from windows. Officers responded and arrested Robert Hooper, 31, of North Bend for alleged domestic menacing. The subject was transported to the Coos County Jail.

Disturbance At 1:06 p.m. on Virginia Avenue, 7-Eleven requested officers for two customers appearing to want to fight.

They agreed to separate during response. An officer was advised it was verbal only over a civil problem.

with plastic bags and foil.

Officers contacted the subject and warned them referencing the complaint. The subject said they were trying to wave people down to get food.

At 6:26 p.m. on Sheridan Avenue, a report was made of a male throwing bottles at location. Officers made contact with three subjects who denied throwing anything. One male side he kicked a bag that had a bottle fall out and break and will be cleaning it up.

At 6:37 p.m. on Montana

Avenue, a report was made of two male subjects at vacant lot across from the caller’s address smoking something. An officer spoke with the caller and checked the area but were unable to locate.

At 11:30 p.m. on Everett Avenue and Virginia Avenue, a report was made of a subject messing with business windows. An officer made contact with subject and advised them to move along. Building was secure.

Criminal Trespass At 3:52 p.m. on Broadway Avenue, Vinney’s requested a previously trespassed subject to be told to leave. An officer contacted the subject who refused medical and agreed to leave.

Threats At 4:06 p.m. on Broadway Avenue, a 9-1-1 report was made that an adult son was threatening his life and punched him. The subject left on foot. Officers located him

and the caller did not press charges. Both will follow up with the officer. Report taken.

Patrol Check At 5:43 p.m. on the McCullough Bridge, a caller reported that she was almost run off the road when entering the McCullough Bridge southbound. Extended time delay.

The caller requested extra patrols due to ongoing problem. Information was aired to officer and relayed to Oregon State Police.

Suspicious Subject At 1:38 p.m. on Sherman Avenue, a report was made of a subject in the roadway near location flagging people down

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 911 Emergency Telecommunications District In my opinion: Our county has been dropping the ball on a competent and efficient 911 calls center for decades. First 911 was in Coos Bay, North Bend tried too, then during state reorganization it mainly ended in Coquille at the County Sheriff’s office. But a small part of it is still in Coos Bay. It was a dispute on how many call centers should we have and who gets the 911 state taxing moneys that we all pay. We should have only one per county. It should not be under or in the sheriff’s office, or under a city, they each have enough duties.

In reality the best place for those moneys to go is into a stand-alone special district, in an earthquake resistant building in it’s own location. An Emergency Communications Center District. It has been done successfully all over the state, all over the country. It takes money out of the hands of any one agency and puts it into ALL hands through a board of directors with a representative from EACH of the users. The board members can vary from 5 to 7 or more, and example might be a representative from city police, sheriff, structural fire, forest fire, ARES/RACES, infrastructure, and even a knowledgeable citizen. That way each of them with their own issues of dispatch to hard-to-reach areas can be addressed and compromises can be made. A group of heads together finding resources and ideas to work towards the now and the future avoiding disputes over who made bad decisions.

They would have more power as a group to reach out to our local college to assure offering a certificate or associate’s degree program in such fields as communications, public safety, or emergency management to ensure staffing of the best for 911 operators. From there they can attain state required training at the Dept. of Safety Standards and Training and in-house training at the Emergency Communications Center.

Our emergency responders know that good communications is the key to any successful emergency operation. I just hope that throwing more money at the current system is not a waste of resources and precious tax money.

Kathleen Hornstuen Coos Bay Get with the program I’m still unsure what to make of (a) letter of May 11.

(The letter) attacks society because we want to practice the best defense to a heretofore unknown virus that stresses our hospitals and threatens our very existence.

No … we do not wear masks as a stylish statement and we don’t practice social distancing because we are antisocial. Nor do we stay home as much as possible because we’re all hermits at heart. We do at it the guidance of the smartest, most educated and experienced professionals in the country and the world. (To the letter’s author) I wish you well, but if you feel lucky and want to expose yourself to this crippling virus, we won’t stop you.

That is your freedom!

But as the Supreme Court determined long ago, your free speech does not allow you to falsely yell “fire” in a theatre. When you are in public, do you claim a “right” to spread your germs publicly?

What I’m saying is that you have the right to do what you want, but not at the expense or to endanger others.

Get with the program and be a responsible American! “In a public place, cover that beautiful face!”

Richard Davison Reedsport

Are we truly a nation of the people?

Our nation is in a battle that has already killed over 90,000 people, sickened and injured millions more and dealt a devastating blow to the economy that sustains us all.

As in any war that attacks and endangers all of us, this requires a massive, intelligent, competent and caring response from the national government. The so-called fiscal conservatives want to know how this is going to be paid for.

It is going to be paid for in the same way we paid for and are still paying for the war against Iraq, which was never any threat to us at all.

The United States of America has the most powerful wealthiest economy in the world. This wealth is the power to get things done.

This wealth is created by the churning and working of all of us who make this economy hum.

It results from the ideas of many brilliant people, the organizational skills of equally bright people, the craftsmen who make the products, the delivery people distribute it, the people who get it into our hands, the people who kept the floor swept and safe to work on and all the people who show up and do their part in this amazing system.

Again the question is how can we pay for what’s needed to protect the wellbeing of the people of our nation.

We, the 320,000,000 of us who have created this wealth, are already paying for the vast, huge accumulations of economic power that the multi-billionaires have gained control of. Like the power in a battery, if it just sits there, it loses strength and eventually can’t light the way for anyone.

If we pay for these fortunes, we can certainly pay for feeding people, keeping them sheltered, providing them with medical care, and all of the other things that contribute to the wellbeing of all of us.

We are facing a struggle that is about survival. Survival of our lives and survival of us as a nation, as an idea of how humans can live together.

I do not know the intricacies of how to accomplish this, but with the incredible technical capabilities available to us, we can certainly figure out how to accomplish it. If our minds and souls are into it. If we truly are a nation of the people as the Constitution says in its first words.

Richard Kuznitsky North Bend

On this day in Coos County history 100 YEARS May 25, 1920 Raise Funds For Playgrounds Here American Legion Begins Campaign in Marshfield

American Legion Begins Campaign in Marshfield At a meeting last evening, Messrs. John Ferguson, Ben Fisher and Prof. Young, plans for launching the campaign to raise funds to provide two children’s playgrounds in Marshfield were perfected. The funds will be raised by donations and by benefits, the principal of the latter being a children’s cantata to be staged soon after school closes.

The committee expects to get sufficient funds to maintain two playgrounds. One will probably be on the grounds near the armory and the other at the former race track. The city will have supervision of them and during school months they will be in direct charge of the teachers..

Vote Canvassed By The Council Hospital Proposition Declared Lost By 53 Votes Other Business Transacted at Regular Meeting of the City Council Held Last Night

The city council last night canvassed the vote on the two propositions the city had before the people at the primary election. It was declared that the proposition to give the old cemetery site for a hospital as lost by a vote of 478 for and 531 against, or a majority of 53 votes against the proposition.

It was declared that the charter amendment was carried by a majority of 534. The amendment is to make the city law identical with the state law regarding the time in which the candidates must file to go on the ballot.

75 YEARS - May 25, 1945 68 Graduate Here Tonight

Graduation exercises for 68 seniors of Marshfield high school will be at 8 p.m. tonight at the high school auditorium. Dr. James Millar, representative of

the Oregon Council of Churches, Portland, will give the commencement address, “Close Your Books and Open Your Eyes.”

Officers of the class of 1945 include Diana Powers, president; Louis Chabot, vice president; Patricia Goodspeed, secretary-treasurer, and Oliver Oslund, sgt.-atarms.

The graduating class this year includes 27 boys and 41 girls.

50 YEARS - May 25, 1970 NB Makes Offer On Bay Annex

Coquille — Jack Isadore, North Bend city administrator, asked county budget committee members today to consider viewing property in North Bend as possible rental space for county offices. “My recommendation,” Isadore said, “does not mean that we are opposed to the construction of a Coos Bay annex but only comes should voters reject annex construction Tuesday.” Isadore mentioned three buildings ranging from 3,000 to 12,000 square feet as possible locations for county offices.

Budget committee’s final action on $290,000 in county reserve funds, the legality of which caused hearing postponement two weeks ago, was discussed this morning.

IN POSTERAMA Two From Bay Area State Winners

A Marshfield Junior High School seventh grader won first place in the fifth annual state “Smoking and Health Posterama” held by the Oregon Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health.

Officials said Patty Looney received a certificate of merit and a prize of $25.

David McDonald, eight grader at Coos Catholic, won third place in his division of poster competition. He received a certificate of merit and a prize of $5.

15 YEARS - May 25, 2005 Fire crews called for water side rescue

called to Coal Bank Slough on Tuesday afternoon after a 911 call reported a man in the water.

Fire Chief Stan Gibson said seven rescuers went to the shorebank to help a 60-year-old man who apparently slipped on the bank, sliding down near the water. Firefighters dropped a rope to the unidentified man to help him up, but did not give him medical care.

A Bay Cities Ambulance crew then took him to Bay Area Hospital. No other details were available.

Port draws fire over estuary bill

By Christopher Arns, Staff Writer

After fielding sharp criticism during a public meeting, the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay Board of Commissioners has clarified its position on a Senate bill that could allow expansion by the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, assuring citizens the agency is neutral.

Critics charged recent comments made by Martin Callery, director of Communications and Freight Mobility, implied the port would support Senate Bill 857, proposed by Sen. Joanne Verger, D-Coos Bay, if boundaries for the South Slough were moved below the Charleston Shipyard.

Callery sent a letter on April 29 to Rep. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay, stating the port’s satisfaction with the representative’s amendment to the bill, which moved the reserve’s proposed boundary from the South Slough Bridge to the south bank of Joe Ney Slough.

In the letter, Callery assured Roblan the port had a “successful relationship with the reserve staff,” but made no show of support or opposition to the bill, which Verger first submitted in February.

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Will Americans submit to a second lockdown?

On March 24, President Donald Trump said he wanted the country and the economy “opened up and just raring to go by Easter.”

Easter came and went. And Trump was mocked for being aspirational and unrealistic. Yet, with Ascension Thursday at hand, 40 days after Easter, the president seems to have been ahead of his time.

The country, as a whole, is, and has been, opening up. Sunday’s New York Times reports that, for weeks now, more than two-thirds of the states have been relaxing restrictions as Trump had urged.

The reasons: weariness with the lockdown and sheltering in place, a growing belief that the worst of the pandemic is behind us and undeniably positive news from several fronts in the coronavirus war.

“New Cases in U.S. Slow,” ran The New York Times top headline Sunday, adding the cautionary warning, “Posing Risks of Complacency.”

The facts suggest a positive trend. The number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. has been dropping for a month. The number of deaths has fallen from 2,200 a day in April to closer to 1,400 a day in mid-May. Several days last week recorded fewer than 1,000 deaths, an awful toll but a clear improvement over April.

As of Friday, the rate of new cases of the coronavirus was declining in 19 states and rising in only three. New Orleans and Detroit have seen sharp drops. The number of new cases in New

York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island The protesters seem to be saying: has dropped. New cases in Cass County, We deplore the losses and know the Indiana, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, risks, but we cannot live our lives where meatpacking plants had seen behind closed doors in our homes outbreaks, have declined. until the elites tell us, as though we “On eight of the past nine days,” said were children, when we may go out the Times, “there have been fewer deaths in the yard. announced than there were seven days Hence, the next question we are prior, indicating that the virus toll apall likely to confront: pears to be easing. More than half of the If there is a sudden resurgence 24 counties that have recorded the most of the coronavirus, a second wave, coronavirus deaths, including Oakland PATRICK J. BUCHANAN and the media elite and blue state County, Mich., and Hartford County, governors demand a new shutdown, Conn., are seeing sustained declines.” a new closure of beaches, parks, Still, the thrust of the Times article was about shops, restaurants and churches, will the people of the new crisis we will be courting, should we try this republic comply with those demands or defy to resume normal activities too soon. Do that, them? says the Times, and we could easily forfeit all the Will the nation answer back to the elites: We progress we have made. did that. We sheltered in place. We wore the Message: Social distancing, sheltering in place, masks. We socially distanced. We stayed in our wearing masks, working at home -- the practices homes. We stayed home from work. We have done that broke the back of the pandemic -- should be all we were told to do to contain the virus. But, sustained for those able to do so. now, with the shutdown having put 36 million Clearly, the opening in many states has been Americans on unemployment and sunk our GDP driven by popular protest and public demand. to Depression-era levels, we’re going back to Crowds have ignored social distancing to work. demonstrate for an end to the shutdown. ProtestThe political divide has already begun to ers have refused to wear masks and engaged in appear. the time-honored practice since the ‘60s of civil Among those making the case for ending the defiance and disobedience. shutdown and reopening the country and economy

will be Trump, red state governors like Ron DeSantis in Florida and Brian Kemp in Georgia, conservatives in Congress and populists.

The proponents of a second shutdown will be liberal governors and mayors, the mainstream media and the Nancy Pelosi wing of Congress.

It should not go unmentioned that the latter’s political interests are best served the longer the shutdown endures and the worse the economic situation on Nov. 3. If the economy has failed to begin a robust recovery by fall, the greater the odds that Joe Biden wins the White House.

Yet, even if the pandemic returns in the fall, the establishment cannot keep the country closed indefinitely.

Prediction: If the people conclude they have done all they can do to mitigate the suffering from a virus they cannot eradicate, they will resist the imposition of another shutdown, and the establishment will have neither the will nor ability to push them back into their homes.

Ultimately, the people will decide when this shutdown ends, and when a plurality so concludes, the elites will be swept aside.

Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s back to the future as NASA astronauts launch again from the U.S. — aboard a retro-style “Right Stuff” capsule.

Make no mistake: This is not your father’s — or grandfather’s — capsule.

SpaceX’s Dragon crew capsule outshines NASA’s old Apollo spacecraft in virtually every way. The Dragon’s clean lines and minimalist interior, with touchscreens instead of a mess of switches and knobs, make even the space shuttles seem yesteryear.

This fresh take on a vintage look will be on full display Wednesday when SpaceX plans to launch NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station — a first for a private company.

It will be the first astronaut launch from Florida since Atlantis closed out the space shuttle program in 2011, and the first American-made capsule to carry people into orbit since the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket — with the crew

capsule atop — will soar from the same pad used for both of those earlier missions.

Russia’s workhorse Soyuz capsules, still in use after a half-century plus, have kept NASA astronauts flying to the space station. While reliable, the Soyuz looks dated compared with the snappy Dragon.

“We want it to not only be as safe and reliable as you’d expect from the most advanced spacecraft in the world ... we also want it to look amazing and look beautiful,” said Benji Reed, a SpaceX mission director.

SpaceX and Boeing, NASA’s other commercial crew provider, opted for capsules from the start.

Another early competitor, Sierra Nevada Corp., proposed a small space plane for astronauts, but did not make the final cut. NASA has since hired the company to haul space station supplies aboard its mini shuttle starting as soon as next year.

There was no need for another flying machine like the shuttle, which was built to haul

hefty satellites and space station parts, said retired NASA manager Steve Payne.

“What we’re trying to do now is just taxi service up and down, and you don’t need the huge semi anymore. You can use a sedan,” Payne told The Associated Press.

“Yes, wings are nice. They give you more options as to where to land and a little more control,” said Payne, a former Navy fighter pilot. “But they’re not absolutely necessary. And since we’re trying to make this inexpensive and reusable and as simple as we can make it so that it’s cost effective, capsules work.”

SpaceX based its crew capsule on its long-running reusable cargo capsule, also named Dragon and ending space station missions with old-fashioned splashdowns.

The two astronauts were deeply involved in the new capsule’s development over the past five years. In true test flight fashion, they offered suggestions and tweaked here and there, to benefit not just themselves but future crews.

“Our goal through this entire process is to not

turn the spacecraft into Bob and Doug’s excellent machine, with a bunch of things that only Doug likes or only Bob likes,” Behnken said.

Although the full automated Dragon has four seats lined up in a row, only the center two will be occupied for this especially risky test flight. A test dummy soloed on last year’s Dragon crew capsule debut.

This Dragon now has a name, courtesy of its crew. Hurley and Behnken promise to reveal it on launch day, one of many traditions they’re setting into motion as NASA’s commercial crew program finally takes wing.

The practice hearkens back to NASA’s early days: Project Mercury’s John Glenn became the first American to circle the Earth aboard Friendship 7; Gemini 3′s Gus Grissom and John Young sailed into orbit aboard Molly Brown; and Apollo 11′s Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins flew to the moon aboard Columbia.

“We have to save some suspense for the mission itself,” Behnken said. “We’ve got something for you to look forward to on launch day.”

US houses of worship emerge from lockdown Associated Press For the first time in two months, there was clapping, singing and fellowship inside Stithton Baptist Church in Radcliff, Kentucky, as members of the congregation returned to the sanctuary for Sunday morning services.

There also were masks, hand sanitizer and social distancing.

On a weekend when President Donald Trump declared houses of worship essential and asked governors to reopen them, some congregants around the country headed for their places of worship with numerous precautions in place.

Those services in the U.S. followed a frantic two days in which at least one governor reached an agreement with religious leaders in Minnesota to ease restrictions on in-person services while a federal appeals court upheld another’s continuing shutdown of such services.

For Stithton Baptist, the reopening wasn’t about restrictions, Trump’s declaration or the release of guidelines by the federal Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention for reopening faith organizations.

On May 8, a federal court halted Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s temporary ban on mass gatherings from applying to in-person religious services, clearing the way for Sunday church services, with guidelines. Pastor Denver Copeland said his congregation has been meeting in the church parking lot for drive-in services since March 29 and hasn’t rushed back, even though his sanctuary space meets the 33% occupancy requirement. “We just weren’t ready,” the pastor said. They made their plans to hold in-person services three weeks ago.

Copeland said Friday’s CDC release of religious guidelines “made it all the

more legit” for the timing of their return to in-church services. In a sanctuary which can legally accommodate 1,400, the normal Sunday attendance is 200. Sunday, every other pew was marked off to enforce social distancing and individual bags of masks, gloves and hand sanitizer were available at all three entrances that were left open prior to and after the service.

Tension over when and how to reopen houses of worship has varied depending on the state, as different areas set their own pace for easing pandemic stay-at-home orders. While many announced they would resume in-person services next Sunday on Pentecost, others joined Stithton today in returning to their places of worship.

Faith Baptist Church in Palmhurst, Texas, west of McAllen, held an hour-long service. The church announced its plans on its website May 19,

along with an extensive list of precautions, including urging members over 65 or those with immune system vulnerabilities to consider viewing the service online.

“We’re doing our best to follow what the government has asked us to do. But we also want to be able to try and have services so this is probably how it’s going to be looking for at least a few weeks,” Tad Wychopen II, the assistant pastor, told the attendees.

During his message Senior Pastor R. David Harris also emphasized the cautious approach. “Church gathering is important but at this point there’s still health issues and we still don’t know where things are going,” he said.

Many in the Muslim community took a different path in celebrating the Eid al-Fitr -- the feast of breaking the fast -- that marks the end of Ramadan, when Muslims abstain from

food and drink from sunrise to sunset. Just like they did during Ramadan, many resorted to at-home worship and relied on technology for online gatherings, sermons and, now, Eid entertainment.

Sheikh Yasir Qadhi, resident scholar at East Plano Islamic Center in Texas, delivered an Eid sermon broadcast online from a mosque closed to the public. Outside, his mosque organized a drive-through Eid celebration, one of many at mosques around the country, for kids in cars to pick up goody bags while maintaining social distancing.

Over the weekend at least one standoff between a governor eased while another intensified.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced he scrapped his 10-person limit on group gatherings and allowing churches to open at 25% occupancy if certain safety guidelines are met.

While the leader of the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Archbishop Bernard Hebda, welcomed the change, he said parishes should not open if they don’t feel they can meet safety measures. The Roman Catholic and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregations had announced they planned to defy Walz’s previous order.

The battle over in-person services continued in California. A split 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ban on in-person services.

He vowed to provide plans Monday for how religious institutions can reopen. Many in California had already announced they would violate the state order and hold in-person services next Sunday, on Pentecost.

Laid off workers face deadline to get health coverage WASHINGTON (AP) — Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Taxpayer-subsidized health insurance is available for a modest cost — sometimes even free — across the country, but industry officials and independent researchers say few people seem to know how to find it. For those who lost their health insurance as layoffs mounted at the end of March, a 60-day “special enrollment” period for individual coverage under the ACA closes next week in most states.

Altheia Franklin, who lives near Houston, lost her medical plan after being laid off from a job at an upscale retirement community, as a counselor to seniors making the move. Stayat-home orders and higher virus risks for older people have put such life transitions on hold in the pandemic.

Franklin said she received plenty of government information about coronavirus safety and economic stimulus payments, but “the insurance piece just has not been mentioned.”

She scrambled and finally found an ACA — or “Obamacare” — plan she could still afford on a reduced income. “We are in the middle of a pandemic, and God forbid if I get sick and I don’t have it,” she said of her health insurance.

The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that nearly 27 million workers and family members had lost job-based health coverage as of the start of this month, a number now likely higher with unemployment claims rising.

In a counter-intuitive finding, Kaiser’s study also estimated that nearly 8 in 10 of the newly uninsured would likely qualify for some sort of coverage under former President Barack Obama’s health law, either a private plan like Franklin found, or Medicaid.

“The ACA is there as a safety net for the first time in an economic downturn,” said Kaiser foundation expert Larry Levitt. But “many peo-

ple losing their jobs have never had to think of relying on the ACA for coverage, so there is no reason they should be aware of their options.”

There are several options, not easy to sort through. Some have application deadlines; others do not. And the Trump administration, which still plans to ask the Supreme Court later this summer to declare “Obamacare” unconstitutional, is doing little to promote the health law’s coverage. Here’s a quick look: SUBSIDIZED PRIVATE INSURANCE: Like Altheia Franklin, people who lose workplace insurance generally have 60 days from when their coverage ended to apply for an ACA plan. They can go to the federal HealthCare. gov or their state’s health insurance website.

Most states that run their own health insurance marketplaces have provided an extended signup period for people who lost coverage in the pandemic. The federal marketplace, serving most of the country, has not.

MEDICAID FOR ADULTS: Nearly threefourths of the states have expanded Medicaid to low-income adults under the Obama health law. In those states, low-income adults can qualify for free or very low cost coverage.

There is no sign-up deadline. The Kaiser foundation estimates that nearly 13 million people who lost job-based insurance are eligible for Medicaid. But that option is not available in most Southern states, as well as some in the Midwest and Plains, because they have not expanded Medicaid.

CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE: Laid-off workers should be able to get their children covered even if the adults in the family cannot help. The federal-state Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid cover kids in families with incomes well above the poverty level. “Medicaid is open year round if you are a parent with kids who need coverage,” said Joan Alker, director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University.

Children’s coverage predates the ACA. COBRA: People can continue their em-

PORTLAND (AP) — Searchers rescued a lost climber on Mount Hood by tracking his phone data, officials say.

The crew found 31-year-old Nicolas David Larson, of Sunriver, early Saturday morning. He was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of hypothermia.

Larson was reported missing Friday evening by a friend who had received text messages from him, Sgt. Marcus Mendoza with the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said. The lost climber called 911 himself a short time later. Larson said

he had reached the summit of Mount Hood on Friday, but became lost in whiteout conditions.

He had protein bars but no water, and told dispatchers his cell phone battery was about to run out.

Searchers looked through the night and found Larson at about 6,200 feet on the west side of Mount Hood around 2 a.m. About 30 people participated in the rescue, including crews from Portland Mountain Rescue, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office and other groups.

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ployer coverage under a federal law known as COBRA, but they have to pay 102% of the premium — too much for most who are out of work. If there’s another coronavirus bill from Congress, it might include subsidies for COBRA coverage.

Government statistics on people losing — and finding— health insurance coverage in the coronavirus contraction won’t be available for months.

The head of a California company that helps people find ACA coverage says most of the new sign-ups they’re seeing are people who

qualify for Medicaid, and there’s been only a modest uptick for subsidized private plans.

“We are all wondering where the heck is everybody,” said George Kalogeropoulos, CEO of Health Sherpa.

“People first are trying to apply for unemployment, and many of them getting stuck there,” he added. “Health care is the secondary thing, and if they get stuck in unemployment, people may never do the health care thing.”

Alker, the Georgetown University expert, said insurance protection has been neglected in the pandemic.

DEAR ABBY By Abigail Van Buren Man has nonchalant attitude about locking up at night DEAR ABBY: My husband has a bad habit of forgetting to lock up our house at night when he’s the last one to come to bed. On nine occasions I have gone downstairs after he’s in bed or awakened in the morning to find our sliding patio door or a garage door unlocked.

I cannot understand why this isn’t a priority for him. If I’m the last one to come up for the night, I make sure each door is locked, lights are off, etc. It takes me less than a minute. We live in a suburb, and while our neighborhood is relatively safe and quiet, I’m not naive.

I realize anything can happen anywhere.

We have two large dogs, but I have no idea how they’d react to an intruder.

Frankly, I don’t want to find out the hard way. The most frustrating thing about this is, when I try to talk to him about it the next day, he blows it off and says our dogs would never let anyone get far, or he makes a joke about it. I’ve tried many different approaches, from being calm and sweet to solutions-focused: “How can I help you remember?”

Recently, likely because I’m 37 weeks pregnant with our second child, I lost it and chewed him out after I waddled out of bed to go downstairs and found our sliding door unlocked. Needless to say, it didn’t work very well.

I’m at my wits’ end. It was one thing when it was just the two of us, but now we’re about to have two kids under 2, and I get furious thinking he could be putting all of us in danger. He has taken no responsibility or steps toward fixing this.

I have now reached the conclusion that when I’m home, I must be the one who assumes the responsibility of ensuring our home is secure before we go to bed. But what if I fall asleep early or if I have to travel for work? Any ideas on how to address this with him?

-- LOSING SLEEP OVER THIS DEAR LOSING: You have already addressed this with your husband. That he is so careless about the safety of his wife and children is shocking. He appears to be very immature.

Because he seems incapable of assuming any responsibility for locking

up, you are going to have to do it. There are high-tech ways to remotely lock doors from afar, and you should explore that option.

Also, for your own peace of mind, have a professional dog trainer or other experienced dog person enter your home through the unlocked door while you and your husband are upstairs because, while the dogs might not attack a stranger, they might alert you to the presence of an intruder. I suggest this because many years ago my very tame German shepherd did exactly that.

DEAR ABBY: Due to the coronavirus epidemic, handshaking is no longer being practiced. I have never been a fan of handshaking anyway. In the future, it may be acceptable to forgo handshaking altogether. What will be the best way to avoid it without seeming unfriendly or germophobic? -- RESISTING IN MINNESOTA DEAR RESISTING: Try doing what I do. I place both palms together in front of my chest as though praying, smile and greet the person. No one has been offended by it, and it’s a common way people greet each other in India.

------------------------------------------DEAR READERS: Along with the millions of Americans who are observing this Memorial Day, I add my prayer of thanks for those courageous men and women who sacrificed their lives in service to our country. May they rest in peace. -- ABBY ----------------------------------Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.

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Brady’s Super Bowl journeys will be featured in ESPN series

Associated Press

Tom Brady’s journey to each of his nine Super Bowls with the New England Patriots will be the subject of an ESPN series released next year.

Entitled “The Man in the Arena: Tom Brady,” the nine-episode series will include a look from Brady’s perspective at the six NFL titles and three Super Bowl defeats he was a part of. It should be a rare opportunity for up-close revelations from the usually private quarterback who left New England this year after 20 seasons and now is with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The series will be produced by ESPN, 199 Productions

(Brady’s production company) and Gotham Chopra of Religion of Sports.

“Through the series, we’re defining the key moments and challenges that were seemingly insurmountable, but through hard work and perseverance, became career-defining triumphs, in both victory and defeat,” Brady said.

Brady has won more Super Bowls than anyone and remains a bona fide NFL star at age 42. Unlike Peyton Manning, his contemporary for much of his career and the quarterback he is most often compared to, Brady normally has been reticent to provide behind-the-scenes information.

Connor Schell, ESPN’s executive vice president for content and one of the creators of the network’s 30 for 30 series, believes Brady has a fountain of memories worth the telling.

“To have personal firsthand accounts and an athlete at Tom’s level who doesn’t often give firsthand accounts can add up to a remarkable series,” Schell said.

Schell points to Chopra’s storytelling skill as a key factor in making Brady’s experiences compelling to fans — even the legions that have made the Patriots generally a despised franchise outside of the New England base.

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‘Titanic’ sails again in a CBS broadcast

BY JAY BOBBIN

The basic story had been told earlier in other films and television projects, but even though it matches a fictional romance to facts of the ocean disaster, the Oscar-winning 1997 version of “Titanic” is the definitive one for many people.

Filling CBS’ entire primetime schedule Sunday, May 24, writer-director James Cameron’s epic is a beautifully structured saga the cleverly takes the audience from contemporary times – as a treasure hunter (Bill Paxton) and his colleagues scour the ship’s sunken wreckage – back to its maiden voyage in 1912, as it’s launched with much pomp and circumstance.

Various passengers are introduced, including the allegedly “unsinkable” Molly Brown (played here by Kathy Bates), but two key characters are the ones who came to matter most to the vast majority of moviegoers: privileged Rose and stowaway Jack, roles that elevated the highly charismatic-together Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio to superstardom. (Their later reteaming in “Revolutionary Road” surely was a bid to benefit from their iconic teamwork here, good as they also were in that picture.)

From evading Rose’s spurned and vengeful fiance Cal (Billy Zane) to navigating blocked and/or flooded passageways, the couple’s experience aboard the Titanic turns into an endless series of perils ... ultimately enhancing and fusing their affection for

each other, to the point where the legendary phrase “I’ll never let go” is much more than mere lip service.

For as personal as the Jack-and-Rose story is, the production that surrounds them is massive and impressive, certainly justifying the 11 Academy Award wins that included best picture and best director (and making for what was one of the highestrated Oscar telecasts to date, since so many observers were invested in how the movie fared in that ceremony). Cameron united Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox together to finance the project, and the result is stunning visually, particularly in scenes of the ocean liner in its final throes.

A warning for fans of the hugely popular “Titanic” theme song “My Heart Will Go On,” composed by James Horner and Will Jennings, and performed by Celine Dion: It plays only over the closing credits ... which typically are obliterated on broadcast television by ads for other shows, so unless CBS gets really generous, you may have to seek it elsewhere if you need your fill of it at the film’s end.

More than two decades after its release, “Titanic” remains a singular screen experience, the type that always will have a large and loyal base of devotees. Despite the many TV showings it’s had, such viewership potential undoubtedly gives CBS confidence in turning over a whole night to it.

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Anyone entering a signed petition(s) into the record is responsible for providing individual notice to the signee(s) of the petition(s). Please be aware that failure to raise an issue prior to the close of the evidentiary record, in person or by letter, or failure to provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the decision makers an opportunity to respond to the issue, precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals based on that issue. An appeal of a Hearings Body decision shall be made pursuant to Article 5.8 of the CCZLDO. Further explanation concerning any information contained in this notice can be obtained by contacting the Planning Staff members at (541) 3967770, or by visiting the Planning Department Website. This notice was posted, mailed and published.

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NOTICE OF COOS COUNTY PUBLIC LAND USE HEARINGS Notice is hereby given that the Coos County Planning Commission (June 4, 2020 @ 6:00 p.m.) and the Board of Commissioners (June 16, 2020 @ 1:30 p.m.) will conduct public hearings regarding the matter of a proposed amendments to the Coos County Comprehensive Plan. In the event the public will not be able to attend a GoTo Meeting will be set up.

Please contact the Planning Department for further information.

ITEM A - File # AM-20-003/ RZ-20-003/ACU-20-011 - The applicant/property owner is listed as Joshua Lillie. The applicant has applied to rezone the subject property from Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) to Forest Mixed Use (FMU) and an Administrative Conditional Use for a forest template dwelling. The property is identified as Township 29S, Range 14W, Section 09, Tax Lot 100 & 101.

This property is located southeast of the City of Bandon.

Criteria AM-20-003/AM-20-003 Coos County Zoning and Land Development Ordinance (CCZLDO) oArticle 5.1 Plan Amendments and Rezones Coos County Comprehensive Plan Volume I Part II, 3.2(5) Coos County Comprehensive Plan Map Oregon’s Statewide Planning Goals & Guidelines Goals 3 and 4.

ACU-20-011 Coos County Zoning and Land Development Ordinance (CCZLDO) o § 4.6.120(9)(B)(II) - Review Standards - Dwellings Authorized by ORS 215.705 To 215.755; And (E) Other Dwellings Under Prescribed Conditions - Dwelling on Forest and Forest Mixed Use Zones - Template Dwelling; o § 4.6.120(9)(C) - Standards Dwellings Authorized by ORS 215.705 To 215.755; And (E) Other Dwellings Under Prescribed Conditions Dwelling on Forest and Forest Mixed Use Zones - Additional Criteria for all Dwellings Allowed in the Forest and Forest Mixed Use Zones. o § 4.6.130 Additional Criteria for all New and Replacement Dwellings and Structures In Forest o § 4.6.140 Development and Siting Criteria Both hearings will be held in

Bridge This week, let's look at instructive deals sent to me by Steve Conrad of Manhasset, Long Island.

Since he retired, he has been teaching bridge on cruise ships -- but not at the moment, of course.

This deal occurred in a matchpointed pairs event.

How should South play in four spades after West leads the club queen?

Three diamonds was New Minor Forcing: North showed three-card spade support, and South raised to game.

When the dummy came down, South saw that three no-trump was easy, but that would have been worth only 400 points. If he could make four spades, that would be 420 points and outscore everyone in three

no-trump. But from where could declarer generate a 10th trick?

There were actually three sensible choices. We'll look at them over the next couple of days.

Let's initially consider diamonds. At first glance, getting an extra trick required finding an unlikely 3-3 split. But that wasn't necessarily true, because without a trump lead, it was possible to ruff declarer's fourth diamond on the board.

Win with dummy's club king, cash the diamond ace and play another diamond.

Suppose West shifts belatedly to a trump. Win in hand and lead another diamond. East may play a second spade, but take that in hand and ruff the last diamond with the spade king to generate a sixth trump trick.

Yes, that line of play would not have worked if West had led a trump at trick one, which he might well have done.

Tomorrow, we will look at what happens after a spade lead.

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MONDAY, MAY 25, 2020 Be smart, effective and diplomatic, and you'll accomplish what you set out to do. Find out what's necessary, waste little time on chitchat and finish what you start. Stick to the truth and set realistic expectations. Success will follow if you press forward with confidence and courage.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) -- A problem will develop if you or someone else isn't forthright regarding information or promises. Offer only what you know you can deliver and question anyone offering the impossible.

CANCER (June 21July 22) -- Venture down a path you've never traveled before. Embracing the unfamiliar will help you see the possibilities that exist and how you can shift your focus and set new goals.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Your persistence and colorful way of expressing yourself will grab plenty of attention.

Honor your promises to avoid complaints. You are only as good as your word.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) -- Problems will surface if you aren't fair or give in to temptation.

Avoid discord -- make positive change your priority.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Learn from past mistakes to avoid an emotional mess. Sign up for a correspondence course, educate yourself and focus on personal growth. Romance is favored.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Take better care of your money, possessions and health.

If you show passion in all that you do, you will persuade someone close to you to support your efforts.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- A partnership will turn out to be problematic. Ask direct questions, find out where you stand and prepare to make adjustments to rectify any unforeseen mishap. Commit only to worthwhile endeavors.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- A change to a meaningful relationship will make you question what transpired in the past that led to it. Don't overreact or make a premature move.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Keep your personal and professional responsibilities separate.

Allocate your time and attention evenly to eradicate a problem. Romance is in the stars and will enhance your life.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- People will show interest in you if you are happy and positive about yourself.

You need to get involved in organizations that will allow you to grow.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Put your emotions aside and think matters through. Use your charm, intelligence and diplomacy to handle situations involving institutions or authority figures. Personal gain should be your objective. Self-improvement is favored.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) -- Before you jump into action and make a drastic change, review what it will take to launch your plans successfully. Doing too little, too late will lead to a problem you cannot resolve.

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ATLANTA (AP) — One was a 94-year-old veteran of World War II who was the first of his 11 brothers to enlist in the military.

One was a Vietnam veteran who lost his leg overseas and was always touched when people thanked him for his service.

Another was drafted into the military at 18 and was awarded a Purple Heart.

They are among the untold number of veterans who served and survived during times of war only to die in recent weeks from the coronavirus.

This year’s Memorial Day will pay tribute not only to those who died on the battlefield but more recent fallen soldiers. And in a reminder of the way coronavirus has transformed American lives and traditions, many of the usual Memorial Day gatherings have been either canceled or curtailed — mindful of the pandemic that has already killed more than 90,000 people in the U.S.

It’s making the situation even more painful for the relatives of those veterans who have died from the virus.

Robert Hopp was one of at least 79 residents of a veterans home in Paramus, New Jersey, to die from COVID-19, making the state-run facility one of the nation’s worst hot spots for the virus.

He served two and a half tours during the Vietnam War and received a Purple Heart after he was hit with enemy fire while in a helicopter. Everyone else on board the chopper died, but Hopp managed to climb into the pilot’s seat and fly to safety.

After being hospitalized recently for diabetic complications, his health deteriorated quickly and he died in April. He was 70 years old.

His family is at a loss about how they will mark the occasion.

“We couldn’t even have a funeral for him yet,” said stepson

J.J. Brania-Hopp. “There’s not really anything we can do right now. All we’ll probably do is talk about him, maybe go for a walk out in the sun.”

The toll of the virus on military veterans has been particularly harsh. They are older, have underlying health problems, and many reside in facilities that have been breeding grounds for the disease.

According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, more than 1,000 veterans have been killed by the coronavirus. That does not include hundreds more who have died in state-run veterans homes, including hard-hit facilities in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Louisiana.

“The last couple weeks have been hard,” said Neal Hebert, whose father died at a veterans home in Reserve, Louisiana.

“I’m an only child and I’ll routinely have the impulse of going ‘Oh, I need to call Dad and tell

Trump institutes travel ban for foreigners coming from Brazil

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday further limited travel from the world’s coronavirus hotspots by denying entry to foreigners coming from Brazil, which is second to the U.S. in the number of confirmed cases.

Trump had already banned certain travelers from China, Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland and, to a lesser extent, Iran. He has not moved to ban travel from Russia, which has the world’s third-highest caseload.

Trump had said last week that he was considering limiting travel from Brazil.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany cast the step announced Sunday as another “decisive action to protect our country” by Trump, whose management of the crisis has come under sharp scrutiny.

The U.S. leads the world with more than 1.6 million confirmed coronavirus cases and a death toll that

is expected to surpass 100,000 later this week, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Brazil, now Latin America’s hardest-hit country, is second, with more than 347,000 cases and more than 22,000 deaths. Third on the list is Russia, with more than 344,000 reported cases and more than 3,500 deaths.

The White House did not immediately respond to queries about whether a travel ban would be imposed on Russia.

“Today’s action will help ensure foreign nationals who have been in Brazil do not become a source of additional infections in our country,” McEnany said.

Filipe Martins, who advises Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on international affairs, said the U.S. was treating Brazil as it had other populous countries and suggested the news media were overplay-

ing Trump’s ban.

“By temporarily banning the entry of Brazilians to the U.S., the American government is following previously established quantitative parameters that naturally reach a country as populous as ours,” Martins tweeted. “There isn’t anything specifically against Brazil. Ignore the hysteria from the press.”

Bolsonaro has downplayed the coronavirus by repeatedly calling it a “little flu” and insisting that closing businesses and issuing stay-at-home recommendations will ultimately cause more hardship by wrecking the economy.

Bolsonaro fired his first health minister for going against him and backing restrictions put in place by Brazil’s governors. His second minister also resigned after openly breaking with Bolsonaro over widespread prescription of the antimalarial drug chloroquine for coronavirus treatment.

him this thing.’ And it hits me that I can’t do that.”

His father, Berlin Hebert Jr., lost a leg from a land mine during the Vietnam War. He rarely talked about the war but made his son promise to never join the Army. It was only in recent years that he became more proud of his service, after the widower moved to the Southeast Louisiana Veterans home.

It was there where he would attend Veterans Day services and he felt people acknowledged his time in the military, a gesture that moved him.

“It always made him cry,” Neal Hebert said.

In March, after learning that a resident in the home was positive for COVID-19, Neal Hebert became concerned about his 74-year-old father’s safety. He was assured by a nurse that his mobility-impaired father had not been exposed to the virus. But within days, Berlin Hebert was

Trump threatens to move convention Associated Press President Donald Trump threatened Monday to pull the Republican National Convention out of North Carolina if the state’s Democratic governor doesn’t immediately sign off on allowing a full-capacity gathering in August despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump’s tweets about the RNC, planned for Charlotte, come just two days after North Carolina recorded its largest daily increase in positive cases yet.

On Friday, Gov. Roy Cooper moved the state into a second phase of gradual reopening by loosening restrictions on hair salons, barbers and restaurants. But he said the state must continue to closely watch virus trends and has ordered indoor entertainment venues, gyms and bars to remain closed for several more weeks.

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“What you hear the president saying today is just a very reasonable request of the governor of North Carolina. We all want to be in Charlotte.

We love North Carolina,” Pence said. “But having a sense now is absolutely essential because of the immense preparations that are involved, and we look forward to working with Governor Cooper, getting a swift response and, if needs be, if needs be, moving the national convention to a state that is farther along on reopening and can say with confidence that we can gather there.”

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He added that Republicans “must be immediately given an answer by the Governor as to whether or not the space will be allowed to be fully occupied. If not, we will be reluctantly forced...to find, with all of the jobs and economic development it brings, another Republican National Convention site.”

Cooper’s office responded with a brief statement that state officials are working with the GOP on convention decisions.

“State health officials are working with the RNC and will review its plans as they make decisions about how to hold the convention in Charlotte,” Cooper spokeswoman Dory MacMillan said in an email.

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His condition quickly deteriorated and his son had to say goodbye to him over the phone, his father too weak to say anything back.

Neal Hebert isn’t planning any remembrance for his father on Memorial Day, but he eventually hopes to scatter the ashes of his father and mother outside their longtime home as loved ones look on.

Others around the country are struggling to find ways to honor fallen heroes on a Memorial Day like no other, with people avoiding crowds to prevent the spread of the virus.

Many ceremonies and parades have either been canceled or moved online. The American Legion post in Wildwood, New Jersey, planned to hold a drive-by parade Sunday and encouraged the town’s residents to participate in a patriotic house-decorating contest.

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FOUR-DAY FORECAST FOR NORTH BEND TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

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Jillian Ward, The World

Ride Co-Captain Bob Kramer speaks with seven Patriot Guard Riders on Sunday before beginning their ride to Gold Beach.

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Member Krystal Hopper rode in a truck that escorted the riders on their weekend salute. “(The riders) will have their flags out (representing) different branches of the military and the Prisoner of War flag, just like

motorcycles.

To the public, she echoed Kramer, saying, “I think it’s important to take a moment to think about what this weekend is about. It’s not a day to get off work or school. It’s not all about the regular traditional events, but time to stop and think about those who gave their lives to protect us.”

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from (Coos County,) but from all over the United States.”

The David Dewett Veterans Memorial site features a Gold Star memorial marker, a POW-MIA memorial and hundreds of memorial bricks which include the names of fallen veterans. This summer, the site will also feature a new Battle Cross monument set to be constructed on the north end of the site.

Construction is underway for the new monument and a ceremony will follow its unveiling sometime in July, said Anderson. Local construction companies Knife River and West Coast Contractors have donated materials and labor to the ongoing improvement project, he added.

Amanda Linares, The World

Coos Bay Garden Club vice president Mary Robertson cleans up a planter that surrounds the Gold Star marker at the David Dewett Veterans Memorial site near North Bend.

A local Boy Scout has also reached out to the group to provide assistance on the project, Anderson said, which will help him earn his final Eagle Scout merit badge.

“A lot of people that are stepping up from the community that are all just wanting to help us continue to honor the sacrifices

those who have fallen have given,” said Anderson.

“We hope to have it done this summer or at least by Veterans Day.” Anyone interested in learning more about Point Man Ministries or its other improvement projects at the David Dewett Veteran Memorial, visit its website at pointman101.org.

NORTHWEST NORTHWESTSTOCKS STOCKS Friday Closing. Markets closed for Memorial Day Stock Close Intel 62.26 Kroger 32.37 Microsoft 183.51

Nike 93.75 NW Natural 62.82 Skywest 28.18 Starbucks 77.62 Umpqua Hldgs 10.73 Weyerhaeuser 19.78

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if we were to do an event or Memorial Day service,” she said.

Hopper added that she is excited for the group to do something after having been dormant for the past couple of months due to the pandemic. Of course, she said the group would easily be able to social distance since it is a ride and the group will be on

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extraordinary step of closing parking lots because they were full.

On the Sunday talk shows, Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, said she was “very concerned” about scenes of people crowding together over the weekend.

“We really want to be clear all the time that social distancing is absolutely critical. And if you can’t social distance and you’re outside, you must wear a mask,” she said on ABC’s “This Week.”

In Missouri, people packed bars and restaurants at the Lake of the Ozarks, a vacation spot popular with Chicagoans, over the weekend. One video showed a crammed pool where vacationers lounged close together without masks, St. Louis station KMOV-TV reported.

In Daytona Beach, Florida, gunfire erupted Saturday night along a beachside road where more than 200 people had gathered and were seen partying and dancing despite the restrictions. Several people were wounded and taken to the hospital, authorities said.

“Disney is closed, Universal is closed. Everything is closed so where did everybody come with the first warm day with 50% opening? Everybody came to the beach,” Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said at a Sunday news conference, referring to crowds in the Daytona Beach area.

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Craddock says that the decision is dependent on whether Coos County is eligible for Phase 2 reopening. The county cannot apply for Phase 2 until it has been in Phase 1 for three weeks. The review process, he said, can take a week. With this in mind, the earliest the city might

On Georgia’s Tybee Island, the beach was filled with families, bicyclists, beach chairs, games, swimmers and more. On a main drag, people lined the sidewalk at Wet Willie’s, a chain bar that sells frozen cocktails. Most stood close together — not nearly 6 feet (2 meters) apart — and none wore masks.

But at a nearby grocery store, staff members handed customers gloves and a number to keep track of how many people were inside at a time. Shoppers had their own masks.

Officials in California said most people were covering their faces and keep their distance even as they ventured to beaches and parks. Many Southern California beaches were open only for swimming, running and other activities.

At New York’s Orchard Beach in the Bronx, kids played with toys, and people sat in folding chairs.

Some wore winter coats on a cool and breezy day, and many wore masks and sat apart from others.

“Good to be outside.

Fresh air. Just good to enjoy the outdoors,” said Danovan Clacken, whose face was covered.

The U.S. is on track to surpass 100,000 coronavirus deaths in the next few days, while Europe has seen over 169,000 dead, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University that almost certainly understates the toll. Worldwide, more than 5.4 million people have been infected and nearly 345,000 have died.

The New York Times marked the horror by devoting Sunday’s entire front page to a long list of

names of those who have died in the United States.

The headline: “An Incalculable Loss.”

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump, who went golfing for the second day in a row after not playing for weeks, said on the syndicated Sunday program “Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson” that he is feeling fine after a two-week course of the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine and a zinc supplement.

The president has spent weeks pushing the drug against the advice of many of his administration’s top medical professionals. Hydroxychloroquine can have deadly side effects.

The issue of wearing masks in public and staying several feet apart has become fraught politically, with some Americans arguing such rules violate their rights.

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio, who has been targeted by such demonstrations, insisted the precautions should not be a partisan issue.

“This is not about whether you are liberal or conservative, left or right, Republican or Democrat,” DeWine said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Its been very clear what the studies have shown, you wear the mask not to protect yourself so much as to protect others.”

Critics chided Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who has repeatedly urged Virginians to cover their faces in public, for not heeding his own words when he posed mask-less for photographs with residents this weekend.

open City Hall is mid-June.

“We’re still providing the same services we always have — just virtually in most cases, except for police and fire,” Craddock said.

The city will implement several safety precautions before re-opening. These include installing Plexiglas barriers at the public works and finance windows.

“These provide protection for our customers and employees,” Craddock said

of the barriers.

Additionally, hand sanitizer dispensers will be installed at the front and back doors and signs will be installed throughout City Hall reminding visitors to abide by social distancing recommendations.

Coos Bay Fire Hall is also closed to the public.

A plan to reopen that city building is being developed by Fire Chief Mark Anderson.

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Woods, Manning win match for charity DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press

Tom Brady delivered the shot of the match that made it easy to forget the rest of his swings. Tiger Woods didn’t miss a fairway and earned a small measure of revenge against Phil Mickelson.

The PGA Tour is set to return in just over two weeks, and it has a tough act to follow.

In the second and final charity match that brought live golf to TV, this exhibition was as entertaining as the real thing.

Woods lagged a long birdie putt close enough that his partner, Peyton Manning, didn’t have to putt.

That secured a 1-up victory over Mickelson and Brady in “The Match: Champions for Charity.”

The goal was to raise $10 million or more for COVID-19 relief funds, and online donations sent money climbing toward about twice that much.

This made-for-TV exhibition would have been worth payper-view, the model Woods and Mickelson used for a $9 million winner-take-all match in Las Vegas over Thanksgiving weekend in 2018 that Mickelson won in a playoff under lights. It felt forced, lacked banter and turned out to free because of technical issues.

Throw in two NFL greats in Brady and Manning, and this allowed viewers to ride along for 18 holes at Medalist Golf Club among four of the biggest stars in sports.

Justin Thomas pitched in as

an on-course reporter, bringing a mixture of humor and insight with the right amount of words.

Woods and Manning took the lead on the third hole and never trailed, building a 3-up lead in fourballs on the front nine, with Manning making two birdies (one was a net par).

Brady, whose six Super Bowl titles are more than any NFL quarterback in history, took a beating on social media and in the broadcast booth from Charles Barkley, who twice offered $50,000 of his own money toward charity if Brady just hit the green on a par 3.

He missed so far right it would be comparable to a pass that landed three rows into the stands.

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton weighed in on

Twitter, noting Brady signing as a free agent with Tampa Bay by saying he liked the “Florida” Brady much better.

Brooks Koepka offered $100,000 if Brady could just make a par.

One shot shut everyone up.

Never mind that Brady had to take a penalty drop before getting back to the fairway on the par-5 seventh. With his fourth shot, with Barkley needling him relentlessly, Brady’s shot landed beyond the pin and spun back into the cup.

“Shut your mouth, Chuck,” said Brady, whose microphone piece dangled off the back of his pants.

Woods still thought he won the hole with a 25-foot eagle putt

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that instead spun hard off the back of the lip. All that, and they ended up halving the hole.

Donations for COVID-19 relief funds kept piling up, and the entertainment didn’t stop even as the rain returned. It caused a 45-minute delay at the start, and as Woods said on the practice range, “I don’t normally play in conditions like this.”

Mickelson brought out his “Tiger Slayer” putter that he used to shoot 64 at Pebble Beach in 2012, the last time they were in the final group on the PGA Tour. Woods shot 75 that day.

It didn’t help Lefty with a few critical birdie putts to square the match, though he rolled in a 15foot par putt to stay 1 down with two to play.

Sports Briefs BASKETBALL NBA explores continuing season at Disney The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July, the clearest sign yet that the league believes the season can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The National Basketball Players Association is also part of the talks with Disney, the league said Saturday. Games would be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, a massive campus on the Disney property near Orlando.

NBA spokesman Mike Bass said the conversations were still “exploratory,” and that the Disney site would be used for practices and housing as well.

“Our priority continues to be the health and safety of all involved, and we are working with public health experts and government officials on a comprehensive set of guidelines to ensure that appropriate medical protocols and protections are in place,” Bass said.

The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex is a 255-acre campus with multiple arenas that could host games simultaneously and has been home to, among other things, the Jr. NBA World Championship in recent years. ESPN, one of the NBA’s broadcast partners, is primarily owned by Disney.

Space won’t be an issue, even if Major League Soccer — which is also in talks to resume its season at Disney — is there at the same time as the NBA. The entire Disney complex is roughly 40 square miles, with nearly 24,000 hotel rooms owned or operated

by Disney within the campus.

COOS BAY — Prosper Hall has gotten a long overdue facelift.

The main gymnasium at Southwestern Oregon Community College has new bleachers for the first time in its five-decade history and a new paint job for the floor.

SWOCC athletic director Mike Herbert said the work was in the planning stages for more than a year.

“It had been 10 years since we had it refinished all the way down to the wood,” he said of the gym floor. “And we needed to add the (new) men’s 3-point line. Now we have the men’s, the women’s, and we left the high school one on there as well.”

The area outside the key and inside the 3-point line is a lighter color than the rest of the gym floor. The baseline is now painted with the school’s navy blue color, with the big words “Southwestern” on one end and “Oregon” on the other in red paint. And the school’s logo at the center of the gym is larger than it used to be.

“It looks kind of cool,” Herbert said. “We’re excited about how it came out.”

The bleachers have six rows, just like the old wooden bleachers, the only ones the gym has ever had.

“The bleachers were original to the building and they weren’t ADA compliant,” Herbert said, pointing out that the new bleachers can be adjusted to accommodate people in wheelchairs for events like graduation.

“It was kind of an athletics and graduation necessity,” Herbert said of the upgrade. “And (the old bleachers) were manual.

These are electric so we can move them in and out with the touch of a button.”

The funding for the gymnasium work all came from the school’s capital projects fund.

“It’s not dollars that we could use on salaries or to help us with

COVID,” Herbert said. “It’s specifically for remodels.”

The project was the first of three for the athletics facilities this spring and summer.

Next up is the track, which

will be resurfaced for the first time starting in early June.

Part of that work also includes moving the long jump pits a little further away from the edges of the soccer pitch.

And following that, the entire softball facility will be replaced.

“Everything will be new,” Herbert said, referring to a turf field, as well as new dugouts and new fences.

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski, in a contract year and trying to up his value in free agency, gave Roger Penske a victory on what should have been the most celebrated day in motorsports but was instead just a 6-plus hour NASCAR show.

Keselowski extended Jimmie Johnson’s losing streak to 102 races by holding off the seven-time NASCAR champion in overtime early Monday to win the Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR schedule.

It was the first win for Keselowski this season, his first Coca-Cola 600 victory and the first win at this event for Ford since 2002. Keselowski celebrated as he usually does by waving a giant American flag out his window during his victory burnouts on the frontstretch of Charlotte Motor Speedway.

When he first got out of the car for his network interview, the silence at the track was a downer.

“I was kind of bummed. I wanted to win the 600 my whole life and wanted to win in front of everybody,” Keselowski said.

“But that’s not always how it

works. I know there are fans that wish they could be in the stands.”

In these unusual times of the coronavirus pandemic, NASCAR is still adapting in its return to racing a full week ago. This event was its third Cup race in seven days — all without spectators — and limited media access.

Wearing a white Team Penske face mask, Keselowski went to the empty infield media center for a post-race news conference over Zoom. Unable to hear the questions, he shouted into the computer.

“Can you talk really loud?” he yelled. “My ears are ringing.”

The Sunday before Memorial Day is a supposed to be a smorgasbord of motorsports that begins with Formula One at the Monaco Grand Prix, then IndyCar and the Indianapolis 500, followed by NASCAR and its longest race on the calendar.

The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out the first part of F1′s schedule and, like IndyCar, it is still waiting to start its season.

Penske, the new owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has moved the Indy 500. It marks the first time since 1946 the 500 is

not being run on Memorial Day weekend.

NASCAR was able to resume its season under a health plan approved by state officials that allowed the sport to resume after a 10-week hiatus. NASCAR ran three events in South Carolina, and the Coca-Cola 600 kicks off four consecutive days of racing at Charlotte.

A rain delay of nearly 90 minutes during the first stage of the race pushed the finish into Monday, but it still ended up just fine for Penske, the owner of Keselowski’s car who should have spent Sunday celebrating his first Indy 500 as owner of the national landmark.

“This is one of the biggest days for him,” Keselowski said.

“Winning never hurts. This is my 30th win and I think I have another 30 in me.”

Johnson finished second, one spot ahead of devastated Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott, as Chevrolet is still seeking its first win in the three Cup races since NASCAR resumed. But almost two hours after the race, NASCAR disqualified Johnson because his Chev-

rolet failed post-race inspection.

“We think something must’ve broken, but won’t know until we get it back to the shop,” said Johnson crew chief Cliff Daniels.

“Tough news after a strong night.”

Elliott had a comfortable lead and was coasting to the win when Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron spun with a tire problem.

“That’s got to be a joke,” Elliott said over his radio.

Elliott was wrecked by Kyle Busch trying to race for the win at Darlington Raceway on Wednesday night. It led to Elliott flipping Busch the bird at Darlington.

This time, he was briefly consoled by Busch as he climbed from his car on pit road. But he was openly disappointed for the second time in four days.

“I was a lap-and-a-half away from winning the 600,” Elliott said. “This week has been pretty unfortunate, we have had some tough losses.”

His race was snatched from Elliott by the caution for Byron and then the pit decisions that followed.

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Prosper Hall on the Southwestern Oregon Community College campus, has a new paint job for the gym floor and new bleachers.

Keselowski wins NASCAR’s longest race

Famed college coach, Hall of Famer Eddie Sutton dies Eddie Sutton, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who led three teams to the Final Four and was the first coach to take four schools to the NCAA Tournament, died Saturday. He was 84.

Sutton’s family said in a statement he died of natural causes at home in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area, surrounded by his three sons and their families. Wife Patsy died in 2013.

Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on April 3, Sutton was 806-328 in 37 seasons as a Division I head coach — not counting vacated victories or forfeited games — and made it to 25 NCAA Tournaments.

Sutton had a decorated career with controversy mixed in.

Sutton led Final Four squads at Arkansas in 1978 and Oklahoma State in 1995 and 2004. He took Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma State to the NCAA Tournament. He was Associated Press Coach of the Year in 1978 at Arkansas and in 1986 at Kentucky.

COURTS Ryan Leaf arrested in Southern California PALM DESERT, Calif. — Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested in Southern California on Friday.

Leaf, 44, was arrested on a domestic battery charge in Palm Desert, which is about 110 miles southeast of Los Angeles, according to booking information provided by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department on Saturday. Leaf is being held on $5,000 bail at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility.