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BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS Stars and Stripes The aircraft carrier YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The aircraft carrier USS USS Theodore Roosevelt Another 2.4 million apply for US jobless aid; Theodore Roosevelt has returned to sea after spending nearly departs Apra Harbor at two months sidelined at Guam to battle a coronavirus outbreak Naval Base Guam on total rises to nearly 39 million since virus hit on board, the Navy announced Thursday. Thursday following an The carrier left Naval Base Guam and entered the Philippine extended visit amid the BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER shrink their workforces, the Labor Sea on Thursday to conduct carrier qualification flights for Car- COVID-19 pandemic. Associated Press Department said Thursday. rier Air Wing 11, a statement said. The ship went out to sea Another 2.2 million people sought “It feels great to be back at sea,” Rear Adm. Stu Baker, com- for training after nearly WASHINGTON — More than 2.4 aid under a new federal program million people applied for U.S. un- mander of Carrier Strike Group 9, said in the statement. “Getting two months sidelined at for self-employed, contractor and employment benefits last week in Theodore Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing 11 one step closer to the pier with a coronavirus gig workers, who are now eligible outbreak onboard. the latest wave of layoffs from the returning to their mission in the Indo-Pacific is a great achieve- for jobless aid for the first time, up ment for the crew.” viral outbreak that triggered wide- from 850,000 in the previous week. JORDAN E. GILBERT, spread business shutdowns two SEE BACK ON PAGE 6 U.S. MARINE CORPS/AP months ago and sent the economy These figures aren’t adjusted for into a deep recession. seasonal variations, so the govern-  Online: Get the latest  Coronavirus restrictions are eased for Roughly 38.6 million people ment doesn’t include them in the on the virus outbreak personnel in Germany, Benelux countries have now filed for jobless aid since overall number of applications. the coronavirus forced millions of stripes.com/coronavirus Page 9 businesses to close their doors and SEE JOBLESS ON PAGE 9 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EUROPE GAS PRICES EXCHANGE RATES

Country Super E10 Super unleaded Super plus Diesel Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9679 Germany $2.141 $2.549 $2.816 $2.649 Azores -- -- 3.132 -- Euro costs (May 22)...... $1.07 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.82 Change in price +2.7 cents +2.9 cents +3.6 cents -0.8 cents Change in price -- -- No change -- Dollar buys (May 22) ...... €0.8891 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.8006 British pound (May 22) ...... $1.20 Netherlands -- $3.155 $3.361 $3.320 Belgium -- $2.834 $2.190 $2.252 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (May 22) ...... 105.00 Change in price -- +8.8 cents +8.9 cents -1.3 cents Change in price -- No change No change No change available to customers at military banking South Korean won (May 22) ...... 1,200.00 facilities in the country of issuance U.K. -- $2.459 $2.726 $2.559 Turkey -- -- $2.617 $2.450* Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Change in price -- +2.9 cents +3.4 cents -0.8 cents Change in price -- -- +3.4 cents -0.8 cents Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3776 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For British pound ...... $1.2237 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3909 purchasing British pounds in Germany), China (Yuan) ...... 7.1072 check with your local military banking PACIFIC GAS PRICES Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7875 facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.8593 rates provided for reference when buying Country Unleaded Super unleaded Super plus Diesel Euro ...... $1.0986/0.9103 currency. All figures are foreign currencies Japan -- $2.609 -- $2.439 South Korea $1.959 -- $2.639 $2.469 Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7544 to one dollar, except for the British pound, Change in price -- +4.0 cents -- -1.0 cents Change in price +2.0 cents -- +4.0 cents -1.0 cents Hungary (Forint) ...... 316.81 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Okinawa $1.929 -- -- $2.439 Guam $1.939** $2.349 $2.619 -- Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5143 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Change in price +2.0 cents -- -- -1.0 cents Change in price +2.0 cents +3.0 cents +4.0 cents -- Japan (Yen) ...... 107.72 Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3088 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) ...... 9.8868 Philippines (Peso)...... 50.62 Prime rate ...... 3.25 * Diesel EFD ** Midgrade Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.11 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7563 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.05 For the week of May 22-28 Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4143 3-month bill ...... 0.12 South Korea (Won) ...... 1231.31 30-year bond ...... 1.40 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — Women make up a higher percentage of U.S. armed forces, but female troops are 28% more likely than men to leave the military early, the Gov- ernment Accountability Office found in a study released Tuesday. The percentage of women serving in the military services rose slightly from 15.1% of the active-duty force in 2004 to 16.5% in 2018, the GAO found. The Congress-man- dated study looked at personnel data from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps for the 15-year period that ended in 2018, the most recent year for which they had complete data. The report’s authors found a variety of reasons that women are significantly more likely to leave the military earlier than their male counterparts, largely based on family-related and cultural issues, which the authors encouraged the Pentagon to address. Defense Department officials have for years indicated publicly that increasing female recruitment and retention rates are important to ensure diversity within KARRA BROWN/U.S. Navy the ranks, especially since the Pentagon Recruits march in formation at Recruit Training Command. More than 35,000 recruits train annually at the Navy’s only boot camp. opened all jobs and units, including front- line combat positions, to women in 2015. cording to the authors. the GAO reported. The authors noted fe- However, more women were actually serv- But the GAO found service leaders had The report’s authors noted the lower re- male veterans expressed discouragement ing in 2004, when a much larger military not implemented plans with “goals, per- tention rates among female troops has led based on the occurrences of sexual assault was conducting major combat operations formance measures and timeframes” that to an even smaller percentage of women and the military’s handling of sexual as- in Iraq and Afghanistan. DOD reported would aid in assessing female recruiting serving within the highest ranks of the sault investigations. 236,342 female service members in 2004 and retention. military. They also found women reported “For example, two females stated that and 232,063 in 2018. “DOD officials stated that retention six primary factors for their decision to the perpetrator was not punished, and an- During the 15 years that the GAO stud- goals have, in the past, been misconstrued leave the service before retirement eligi- other woman cited the lack of support from ied, the agency found the Air Force con- as quotas and, as such, the department sistently reported the highest percentage does not set goals or targets for gender,” bility, which included problems they per- other service members as contributing to ceived within the military’s organizational their decisions to separate from the mili- of female troops ranging from 14.4% of its the GAO report states. “However, goals force in 2009, its lowest percentage dur- are not quotas and can help guide contin- culture such a lack of female mentors. tary,” the authors wrote. “Study participants also noted that they Military officials have said for years ing the period analyzed, to a 2018 high ued improvement. Without DOD guidance of 16.5%. The Marine Corps consistently often faced sexism and the existence of an that they take allegations of sexual assault and service plans with goals, performance reported the lowest percentage of women ‘old boys’ network,’ especially in career seriously and are taking steps to address measures, and timeframes to monitor fe- among its ranks, ranging from a low of the problem within its ranks. A Pentagon male recruitment and retention efforts, fields dominated by males,” the GAO au- 6.1% in 2004 to a high in 2018 of 8.6%. DOD may continue to miss opportunities thors wrote. “As such, these female service report on sexual assault and harassment The Navy saw the largest jump in the to recruit and retain a valuable segment members felt they had to work harder to in the military released in April stated the percent of women within its ranks. It re- for its active-duty force.” prove themselves and also felt they were DOD had made some cultural improve- ported women made up 14.7% of its force As a result of its analysis, the GAO rec- sometimes not treated equally because ments to its handling of sexual assault and in 2004, 2005 and 2006 before consistently ommended the four military services im- they were female.” harassment. increasing its percentage of female sailors plement such plans with “clearly defined Other factors that the GAO concluded Nonetheless, the Pentagon reported the to a high of 19.6% in 2018. goals” to monitor and improve female largely led women to leave the military in- military saw 7,825 sexual assault reports The Army, meanwhile, reported a reduc- retention and recruiting. It also recom- cluded uncertain work schedules, impacts among its ranks in 2019, a 3% increase tion in the percentage of women in its ser- mended the secretary of defense and his of deployments on their family lives, fam- from those reported during 2018. vice during the same time. In 2018, 15.1% personnel chief provide the services clear ily planning issues such as pregnancy, and Overall, the GAO’s data showed the of the active-duty Army were female sol- guidance on the issue in the Pentagon’s issues with dependent care such as limited percentage of women among U.S. troops diers, down from 15.3% in 2004. The Army forthcoming diversity and inclusion strate- day care hours and long waitlists for child dropped consistently in the early years that reported its lowest percentages of female gic plan due in the fall. care services. the agency studied, from 15.1% in 2004 to soldiers at 13.6% in 2012. Pentagon officials told the GAO that they Women also listed sexual assault as a de- 14.4% in 2009 before increasing slightly [email protected] agreed with those recommendations, ac- ciding factor for them to leave the military, every year to reach 16.5 percent in 2018. Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Fort Hood soldier found shot dead, vehicle found burning

BY ROSE L. THAYER and service officials. rence Stewart, a police spokes- he died from a gunshot wound. investigating. Stars and Stripes Pfc. Brandon Scott Rosecrans, man. The area is about 12 miles The burning vehicle, an orange Rosecrans, who is from Kim- 27, was identified Tuesday as the southeast of Fort Hood. 2016 Jeep Renegade, belonged to berling City, Mo., entered the AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort Hood victim by the Harker Heights Po- At 10:30 a.m. Monday, the Rosecrans, according to the news Army in May 2018 as a quarter- soldier was found shot dead Mon- lice Department, which is now in- Harker Heights Fire Department release from police that indicated master and chemical equipment day morning on a residential vestigating his death as a murder, responded to a call about a burn- Rosecrans was found inside his repairer and has been assigned to street in the small town of Hark- according to a news release from ing vehicle in the 2500 block of vehicle. the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat er Heights minutes before police Police Chief Phillip Gadd. Jubilation Drive, Stewart said. No arrests have been made Team, 1st Cavalry Division since received a call about his vehicle Police received a call at 10:17 It is a residential street about 4 as of Thursday. The town’s fire November 2018, according to a burning miles away just outside a.m. Monday about a body lying miles from Fuller Lane. marshal is conducting an arson news release from Fort Hood. the central Texas Army base, ac- on the side of the road in the 2100 Police said they were able to investigation and Army Crimi- [email protected] cording to local law enforcement block of Fuller Lane, said Law- identify Rosecrans and determine nal Investigation Command is Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WAR ON TERRORISM US envoy working to revive US-Taliban deal

Associated Press said too much time has been wasted get- U.S. Department of Defense officials fense officials said they want the Taliban in ting to the second and critical phase of the have told The Associated Press their big- the battle to rout ISIS from Afghanistan. KABUL, Afghanistan — The first visit peace deal, which calls for talks between gest worry in Afghanistan is an increas- Without intra-Afghan negotiations, the to Kabul by Washington’s peace envoy since Afghanistan’s squabbling politi- the Taliban and Afghanistan’s political ingly active ISIS affiliate headquartered in cease-fire Washington wants between cal leadership reached a power-sharing leadership. the east. The group has ties to Middle East- the Taliban and the government won’t agreement comes amid increased violence Abdullah will head those efforts as part ern affiliates as well as militant groups like happen. blamed mostly on an Islamic State affiliate of the deal he signed with Ghani to end the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and Taliban representatives say a cease-fire that has been targeted in stepped-up U.S. their monthslong dispute over who won Af- the Chinese Uighur group, East Turkestan will be on the agenda in any intra-Afghan bombing. ghanistan’s presidential election last Sep- Islamic Movement. talks, which were to start by mid-March. Zalmay Khalilzad, in a flurry of tweets tember. He conceded the win to Ghani but The officials, who spoke on condition of The delay has been blamed on Afghani- Thursday, told of his meetings in Doha as part of a power-sharing agreement. anonymity because of the sensitivity of the stan’s squabbling leadership in Kabul and earlier in the week with Taliban repre- President Donald Trump said again last subject, say the ISIS affiliate in Afghani- disruptions in prisoner releases, which sentatives and on Wednesday with Afghan week that American soldiers have wrongly stan has been linked to foiled plots to at- were promised as part of the peace deal President Ashraf Ghani and fellow leader been tasked with policing the country and tack America in recent years. The U.S. ahead of intra-Afghan negotiations. Abdullah Abdullah. All were aimed at called on Afghanistan to step up. also blamed ISIS for a brutal attack on a In his tweets, Khalilzad called for the resuscitating a U.S.-Taliban peace deal The U.S. has about 12,000 soldiers de- maternity hospital earlier this month in prisoner release to be completed. He also signed in February. ployed to Afghanistan, split between coun- Kabul that left 24 people dead, including reiterated he is seeking Taliban assistance Khalilzad returned to Washington late terterrorism and the NATO-led Resolute two infants and several mothers. with U.S. citizens missing in Afghanistan, Wednesday. Support’s 16,500 troop mission, which The increased ISIS activity in Afghani- including U.S. contractor Mark Frerichs Khalilzad called for a reduction in vio- trains and aids Afghanistan’s National Se- stan has added urgency to U.S. efforts to who disappeared in January. Several Tal- lence by all sides in Afghanistan’s pro- curity Forces. Washington currently pays resuscitate the peace deal, which commits iban leaders contacted by The AP said tracted conflict that has kept America about $4 billion annually to keep Afghani- the Taliban to fight terrorist groups in Af- they are not holding Frerichs and have told militarily engaged for 19 years. He also stan’s military in fighting form. ghanistan. The same Department of De- Khalilzad repeated ly. Advocates building case for ISIS crimes against Yazidis

BY SARAH EL DEEB ruled slave sales must be regis- Associated Press tered by an Islamic court. One directive set punishments QASR AL-MIHRAB, Iraq — It for selling Yazidis to “common- was clear he was in charge when ers” — anyone not a fighter or he entered the wedding hall- senior ISIS official — and for ran- turned-slave pen in the Iraqi city soming them to their families. of Mosul, where dozens of Yazidi A February 2016 edict required women and girls huddled on the the approval of the ISIS cabinet floor, newly abducted by Islamic — for any senior figure to own State militants. slaves, a sign even top officials He beat them at the slightest were abusing the process. sign of resistance. At one point, Laila Taloo’s 2½-year ordeal in he dragged a girl away, picking captivity underscores how ISIS her for himself, a Yazidi woman members continually ignored the — who was 14 when the incident rules. occurred in 2014 — recounted to “They explained everything as The Associated Press. permissible. They called it Islam- This was Hajji Abdullah, a re- ic law. They raped women, even ligious judge and a key architect young girls,” said Taloo, who was of the ISIS slave system. He later owned by eight men. became deputy to ISIS leader Abu After Taloo, her husband, Bakr al-Baghdadi. Many believe young son and newborn daughter he is the late al-Baghdadi’s suc- were abducted in 2014, she and cessor, identified by the pseud- her husband were forced to con- onym Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi vert to Islam, which should have al-Qurayshi. The U.S. has a $5 spared them from being enslaved million bounty on his head. or killed. Investigators with the Commis- But conversion meant nothing. sion for International Justice and MAYA ALLERUZZO/AP Eventually the men who convert- Accountability are amassing evi- ed were massacred, and Taloo dence, hoping to prosecute ISIS Layla Taloo visits the grave of a Yazidi woman who took her own life after she was captured by Islamic and the other women enslaved. figures for crimes against hu- State militants in Mosul, buried on a hill overlooking the Lalish shrine in northern Iraq, in September. “What is this all for? They manity, war crimes and genocide never had a second thought about — including Hajji Abdullah. militants to build a picture of how ed evidence from Iraq, including ated centralized slave markets in killing or slaughtering or taking Bill Wiley, executive director slavery became central to ISIS 2 million call records, that can Mosul, Raqqa and other cities. At women,” she said. and founder of CIJA, said fighters structure. The group’s “cabinet” strengthen cases against per- the market in the Syrian city of Despite rules mandating sales didn’t just decide to enslave and constructed the slave system, se- petrators of crimes against the Palmyra, women walked a run- through courts, Taloo was thrown rape Yazidi women; it was a care- curity agencies enforced it, and Yazidis. way for ISIS members to bid on. into a world of informal slave fully executed plan by the group’s Islamic courts supervised it. Still, ISIS launched its attack on the Others distributed the women by markets run out of homes. leadership. it devolved into a free-for-all with heartland of the Yazidi communi- lottery. One of her owners, an Iraqi sur- “They put all of the apparatus fighters enriching themselves ty at the foot of Sinjar Mountain in The Soldiers’ Department, or geon, had her dress up and put on of their so-called state behind — selling women amongst them- August 2014. The fighters killed Diwan al-Jund, recorded fight- makeup so four Saudi men could carrying it out in practice,” he selves and back to their families. hundreds and abducted 6,417, ers who owned slaves. For a time, inspect her. A member of the ISIS said. “And in doing so, they were CIJA aims to build cases so more than half of them women ISIS paid a stipend of about $50 religious police bought her for going to eradicate the Yazidi ISIS suspects can be prosecuted and girls. Most of the captured per slave and $35 per child. nearly $6,000. group by ensuring there were no for crimes against humanity or adult men were likely killed. Managing the robust system Taloo finally escaped along more Yazidi children born.” genocide, not only charges of ma- Initially, the women and chil- turned out to be difficult, how- with her children and sister-in- The investigators, who shared terial support or membership in a dren were handed out as gifts to ever. Chaos abounded. law by paying a smuggler. some of their findings with AP, terrorist group. fighters who took part in the of- Slaves were resold for personal Some 3,500 slaves have been say that through ISIS documents In the first prosecution on fensive. Many fighters showed profit. Some ISIS members made freed from ISIS’ clutches in recent and interviews with survivors and charges of genocide against the a receipt from Hajji Abdullah tens of thousands of dollars ran- years, most ransomed by their insiders, they have identified 49 Yazidis last month, a German confirming their participation so soming captives back to their families. But more than 2,900 ISIS figures who built and man- court brought an Iraqi to trial for they could claim their slave, for- families. Yazidis remain unaccounted for, aged the slave trade, and nearly enslaving a Yazidi woman and mer captives and CIJA said. ISIS officials tried banning sep- including some 1,300 women and 170 slave owners. her 5-year-old, who was chained The remaining women were arating women from their chil- children, according to the Yazidi The AP interviewed former and left to die of thirst. U.N. in- distributed across ISIS-con- dren and the posting of women’s abductees office in Iraq’s Kurd- slaves, rescuers and imprisoned vestigators say they have collect- trolled areas. The group oper- pictures on social media. They ish autonomous region. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY Impossible Burger coming to Marine menus on Okinawa

BY JAMES BOLINGER Stars and Stripes Marine dining facilities across Okinawa are adding the Impossi- ble Burger, a plant-based alterna- tive to ground beef, to their food lines. Marines and sailors taste-test- ed the burger May 13 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Gun- nery Sgt. Maurice Toole, the sub- after the vendor offered the Im- sistence chief for Marine Corps possible Burger, which had a sat- PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER MADERO/U.S. Marine Corps Installations Pacific, told Stars isfying texture and appearance. and Stripes on Thursday. He said “It was a great burger,” said Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Obaid Halim, an aviation ordnance system technician for the 1st Marine Aircraft the Impossible Burger will be Lance Cpl. Alexander Skelton, Wing, tries an Impossible Burger at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, on May 13. . just one of the plant-based items an air support operations officer the Marine Corps plans to roll out with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, actions. Even some of the people part of the Marine Corps Fuel- choose, Toole said. in its dining facilities on Okinawa in a Marine Corps press release who were not interested initially to-Fight initiative. The service Most base residents overseas this fall. May 13. “It’s nice to see the [mess tried it and liked it.” wants Marines to see a trip to the who don’t eat at dining facilities “We like to get as much input hall] committed to giving more A menu review board last year mess hall as a way to refuel their will have to wait a while longer as we can from Marines: What choices to Marines with different identified Marines’ desire for bodies and get healthier. for meatless options on restau- new things do they want to see, diets and beliefs.” meatless protein options. The Impossible Burger and rant menus. and what things they want to get The taste test was sprung on Impossible Burger, made of soy other plant-based meat alterna- Burger King’s popular Impos- rid of?” Toole said. “Lots of Ma- patrons out of the blue to avoid and potato protein, was approved tives are popular at stateside res- sible Whopper, Qdoba’s meatless rines are asking to eat healthier. preconceived notions about plant- by the Corps’ lead dietician, who taurants and have slowly made burritos and Dunkin’s meat-free And we are looking to have plant- based meat, Toole said. It was must review all new menu items their way to troops overseas. The breakfast sausage are sold on based items represented in every added to the mainline, where tra- before they are pushed out to dining facilities on Okinawa are many Army, Air Force and Navy area we serve — the mainline, ditional entrees are offered, and troops, Toole said. The dietician the first in Japan to offer the item bases in the United States, AAFES specialty items and the snack or servers asked the Marines to try will also review all the plant- to troops on base. officials have said. Wahlburgers ‘fast-food’ line.” it. based options that will be made For now, it will only be avail- on Ramstein Air Base in Germa- Toole said his team initially “We wanted to shock the audi- available to Okinawa Marines in able at Marine Corps facilities on ny offers the Beyond plant-based wanted to add a black-bean or ence,” he said. “We knew if we the future. Okinawa, but other Marine facili- burger as well. other vegetarian burger to the caught everyone off guard, that Toole’s team will introduce the ties on Hawaii and elsewhere in [email protected] snack line but changed its mind we would get better real-time re- burger to the snack line first as Japan can offer the item if they Twitter: @bolingerj2004 VA pushes back on reported Agent Orange use on Guam

BY SETH ROBSON other tactical herbicides, such as Stars and Stripes Agents White or Blue, on Guam,” she said. The Department of Veterans Investigators found extensive Affairs is pushing back against a use of approved commercial her- recent report that says veterans bicides on Guam but no evidence who served on Guam between of Agent Orange or other tactical 1962 and 1975 were likely ex- herbicides, Noel said. posed to the toxic herbicide Agent The VA believes Agent Orange Orange. causes several cancers, includ- The report — released May 11, ing leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease, by the National Veterans Legal multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin’s Services Program and the Veter- lymphoma and others, according ans Legal Services Clinic at Yale to its website. The department Law School — says those veterans also recognizes the herbicide as meet the legal standard for expo- a cause in some cases of diabetes sure and may have valid claims to and diseases of the nervous sys- service-related disabilities. The VA disputed the report’s tem, skin and heart. findings in an email to Stars and The report by the veterans’ Stripes on Tuesday. legal program and Yale Law “There is no evidence agent School clinic was based on a re- orange was ever used on Guam,” view of government, private, ar- wrote VA press secretary Chris- chival and oral history evidence tina Noel. of herbicide use on Guam during She said the report’s authors the Vietnam era. failed to consider a 2018 Govern- Guam served as a major base ment Accountability Office re- for U.S. air power during the Viet- port and a recent Department of nam War. At the height of bomb- Defense review on the subject. ing operations during Vietnam, “GAO reviewed DoD docu- three-quarters of all U.S. B-52 ments, other government re- aircraft available for operations cords, and interviewed Veterans in Southeast Asia were based on alleging Agent Orange exposure the island. and concluded that there was [email protected] no evidence of Agent Orange or Twitter: @SethRobson1 PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 PACIFIC USS Blue Ridge breaks its days-at-sea record

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS fleet. It visited 11 ports in nine Stars and Stripes Indo-Pacific nations during its 114-day deployment last spring. YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, During that deployment, the Japan — Typically known for Blue Ridge hosted more than frequent port visits, the 7th Fleet 30 foreign leaders and brought flagship USS Blue Ridge broke foreign navy representatives on its 48-year-old record of consecu- board for professional exchanges, tive days underway by remaining the Navy said when the ship re- at sea to avoid the coronavirus, turned to Yokosuka last May. the Navy said in a statement This year, however, the crew Thursday. had to tweak its plans as the The amphibious command coronavirus — first reported in ship had been at sea for 69 days Wuhan, China, on Dec. 31 — grew as of Thursday, passing its previ- from a regional outbreak into a ous record of 64 days, which was global pandemic as the ship was set during the Vietnam War. The out to sea. Blue Ridge is the Navy’s oldest The Blue Ridge’s deployment operational warship and has been this year began normally enough. in service for nearly 50 years. After leaving Yokosuka in Janu- “These times are uniquely challenging for the entire world, ary, the crew made stops in Japan, but it takes an extremely dedi- South Korea and Thailand in its cated crew to maintain this old of first month underway before port a ship at sea for this long,” Blue visits were canceled in response Ridge commander Capt. Craig Si- to the virus’s spread. cola said in the statement. Sicola said that while the pan- The 223-year-old USS Consti- demic cast a shadow on the patrol, tution is the Navy’s oldest ship, the crew “has been amazing.” but it does not deploy. “I realize every day how tough AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes Meanwhile, the Yokosuka- it has been, especially for some based aircraft carrier USS Ron- The USS Blue Ridge steams near Zushi Beach, Japan, on April 23. who have lost loved ones or who ald Reagan officially began its have families that have endured Indo-Pacific deployment this the ability to monitor the health aboard the carrier for the deploy- An outbreak among a few Roos- challenging events during this week. Its crew completed phased of the force in a controlled facil- ment, the Navy said. evelt sailors in March led to over pandemic,” he said in the state- sequestrations before embarking ity and build a safe environment Like the Blue Ridge, the Rea- 1,150 of their shipmates testing ment. “Even through all that, the ship to mitigate the chance for sailors to accomplish assigned gan is unlikely to make port visits positive for the coronavirus. their heads are high and they of bringing coronavirus-positive missions at sea,” the statement so soon after the virus sidelined The Roosevelt returned to sea have taken great pride in Blue sailors on board, the Navy said in said. the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Thursday with a reduced crew. Ridge’s historic underway during a separate statement Thursday. More than 1,000 tons of ord- Roosevelt for nearly two months As the 7th Fleet’s flagship, the her 50th year of service.” “The [restriction-of-movement] nance, 5,000 crewmembers and this spring, according to an April Blue Ridge typically makes more [email protected] period allowed fleet leadership more than 60 aircraft were moved 22 report in The New York Times. port visits than other ships in the Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Back: Roosevelt crew continues to take precautions upon returning to sea

FROM FRONT PAGE for his crew was leaked to the San To maintain social distancing Francisco Chronicle and picked on board, only crewmembers es- up by worldwide media. sential to the carrier flight quali- “The spread of the disease is fications set sail with the ship. The ongoing and accelerating,” Cro- Navy in a statement Monday said zier wrote March 30. “We are that the remaining sailors would not at war. Sailors do not need to stay on Guam to support crew- die.” members still in quarantine. A report on the handling of “We are scaling our manning the outbreak is due to Chief of on board based on our mission re- Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gil- quirement,” Roosevelt command- day next week. Crozier’s removal er Capt. Carlos Sardiello said in prompted an inquiry into the situ- the Thursday statement. “Carrier ation, which led Gilday to order qualification requires fewer per- the follow-on investigation. sonnel than other missions, and Modly received backlash from bringing fewer sailors on board sailors and lawmakers for remov- will enable enhanced social dis- ing Crozier. Video of thousands of tancing while underway.” Roosevelt sailors chanting Cro- After qualification flights end, zier’s name as he walked off the the remainder of the crew will re- carrier for the last time flooded JORDAN E. GILBERT, U.S. MARINE CORPS/AP embark, according to the Monday social media, and members of statement. The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt departs Apra Harbor at Naval Base Guam on Thursday Congress released messages of The Roosevelt had been de- following an extended visit to Guam in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. support for Crozier. ployed to the Western Pacific Modly resigned about a week when it diverted to Guam on others who had contact with them ly one of the final steps before of 100% of the crew,” according to after removing Crozier when a March 26 after several of its sail- were removed from the ship. a Navy vessel sets sail, crews the Thursday statement. recording of his speech to the ors tested positive for the coro- Most of the 4,800-person crew “simulate normal underway con- Sardiello told CBS News on Roosevelt’s crew criticizing the navirus. Since then, more than disembarked and were isolated ditions while testing the critical May 5 that crewmembers still in former skipper and calling him 1,150 Roosevelt sailors have test- last month as the carrier was san- systems required to sustain the quarantine would be left behind “stupid” was leaked to the public. ed positive, one of whom died, ac- itized. The Navy began moving ship during its upcoming under- when the ship steamed back to The investigation, due to Gil- cording to the Navy. sailors back aboard the Roosevelt way operations,” the Navy said in sea. day by Wednesday, will “provide The carrier has been away from on April 29 after all crew mem- the Monday statement. Sardiello took over for Capt. a more robust documentation its San Diego homeport since it bers were tested for the virus. During the fast cruise, the Brett Crozier, the carrier’s former of events and give a fuller con- left for patrol on Jan. 17. The carrier took its first steps crew also practiced new mea- commander, when then-acting sideration of the circumstances As many as 13 sailors from the toward redeploying Sunday when sures aimed at curbing a viral Navy Secretary Thomas Modly surrounding the matter,” Gilday Roosevelt have tested positive sailors began a simulation called spread. They included adjusted removed Crozier from command spokesman Cmdr. Nate Chris- for the virus a second time, ac- a “fast cruise” while moored at meal hours, minimizing in-per- in April. tensen said last month. cording to The Associated Press. Naval Base Guam. son meetings, sanitizing, wearing A letter Crozier had written [email protected] Those sailors and a number of During a fast cruise, typical- masks and “medical surveillance Navy higher-ups pleading for help Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 PACIFIC Air Force planes fly over Tokyo during Samurai Surge drill

BY SETH ROBSON the two aircraft types since the Stars and Stripes Osprey arrived at Yokota in Oc- tober 2018, Mills said. The Super YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan Hercules debuted at the base in — C-130J Super Hercules tactical March 2017. airlifters and CV-22 Osprey tilt- The plan was for the aircraft to rotors were part of a rapid mass fly in formation over Tokyo Bay, launch of aircraft Thursday from but clouds and rain meant that the home of U.S. Forces Japan in they stayed closer to home and western Tokyo. plans for tactical air-drop train- The Samurai Surge drill, which ing over the base were canceled, last took place in 2018, involved according to officials. nine of the 374th Airlift Wing’s The surge focused on the 14 Super Hercules and two of five wing’s operations and mainte- Ospreys stationed at Yokota, as nance groups with support from well four UH-1 Huey helicopters and three C-12 transports. the combat mobility flight and “It’s a demonstration to the Jap- the logistics readiness squadron anese government and the Indo- refueling aircraft and transport- Pacific Command that we are ing crews. Medical and wing still ready to do a full contingency staff were also involved, making or humanitarian response despite sure 60 or so fliers and hundreds THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes COVID-19 and poor weather,” of maintainers were medically the wing’s vice commander, Col. ready to do their jobs, Mills said. A CV-22 Osprey taxis during an elephant walk at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Thursday . Jason Mills, said shortly before “To see everything up in the air the aircraft launched under gr ay at the same time was a big deal,” plane’s de-icing system before it probably wouldn’t happen even “In that situation, they would skies with light rain falling. said Master Sgt. David Arnold, could take off, he said. during a war or disaster, Mills all fly off in rapid succession,” Flying so many Super Hercu- 31, a C-130 production superin- The only time that Arnold had said. Mills said of the wing’s aircraft. tendent with the 374th Aircraft les at one time required coordi- seen so many aircraft take off “It would be rare to launch all “We would send them to locations Maintenance Squadron. nation between the 353rd Special was during a typhoon evacuation, the aircraft at once,” he said. in the Pacific and reestablish a Operations Group out of Kadena The maintainers were respon- which was staggered rather than A mass launch would, however, capability to support the contin- Air Base, Okinawa, and Yokota’s sible for making sure that the all at once, he said. happen if Yokota was attacked 374th Operations Group, he said. aircraft were ready to fly and re- Rapidly launching so many by enemy missiles, he said. It’s gency mission and our allies in The surge was supposed to sponding to last-minute mechani- aircraft required planning and something that defense experts the Pacific.” involve the first formation or cal issues. A crew spent about coordination that started a week- have warned of, citing Chinese [email protected] “inter-fly” operation between 30 minutes fixing a glitch in one and-a-half ago. Such an operation and North Korean threats. Twitter: @SethRobson1 DOD schools in S. Korea can plan farewell activities

BY DAVE ORNAUER ings, bidding farewell to teachers Arrington’s letter came a day Attendance at any activity is not emonies are planned as virtual Stars and Stripes and class parties, spokesman Mi- after U.S. Forces Korea eased mandatory, he wrote. events as well. The school year is randa Ferguson of Department of some restrictions on troops aimed “These optional activities will scheduled to end June 9. Students at Defense Depart- Defense Education Activity-Pa- at curbing the virus’ spread. vary by school and meet the guid- “It is our hope that these activi- ment schools in South Korea may cific said Thursday. USFK also lowered its health ance of installation commanders ties will provide some closure for salvage some memories of the school year hijacked by the coro- If plans materialize, events condition level for all bases ex- and USFK measures for health students and parents who have navirus, after all. could begin as soon as Thursday, cept those in and around Seoul. and safety,” Arrington wrote. requested opportunities to return The school district there is according to a May 21 letter from Arrington in his letter asked DODEA schools in South Korea to the school before the end of the working on optional, end-of- DODEA Korea District Superin- for “patience and flexibility” closed Feb. 23 due to the pandem- year,” Arrington wrote. year activities such as returning tendent Jeff Arrington to parents, among students and parents as ic and started online instruction [email protected] school property, yearbook sign- sponsors and students. schools complete their planning. three days later. Graduation cer- Twitter @DaveOrnauer Security airmen help battle blaze outside Osan Air Base in S. Korea

BY MATTHEW KEELER with extinguishers and kept on- preted as a call for help. The team broke through a door as a prime example of the im- Stars and Stripes lookers at a safe distance until “Luckily, our two KATUSAs in the building, called but heard portance of having South Korea city firefighters arrived. noticed local nationals yelling no response and searched inside soldiers serving alongside U.S. OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea The fire caused no injuries and about a fire going on,” Borges told for about 20 seconds before dense troops. — A team of airmen and South left $8,000 in damages, according Stars and Stripes on Wednesday. smoke forced their retreat, he “They are essentially my left Korean soldiers on a routine to Pyeongtaek city officials. “We went down an alley, and at said. hand, and I’m a right-handed patrol outside Osan became im- Around 10 p.m., the routine pa- this point it was just smoke.” “At that moment, we decided man,” Borges said. “Without KA- promptu firefighters when they trol in the Songtan entertainment A local woman approached all we could do now is pick up fire TUSA, essentially our communi- arrived first at a burning blanket district to ensure U.S. Forces the team, “screaming about how extinguishers,” Borges said. “I’ve cation with any Korean, unless shop on May 15. they speak English, is zero. When Three airmen from 51st Fight- Korea personnel were comply- there were people inside the never responded to something ing with coronavirus regulations building, and she wasn’t sure where I have seen a fire ignite there is a fire going on and there er Wing security forces and two is potentially someone in there soldiers of the Korean Augmen- quickly turned into a search-and- where they were at,” Borges said. this quick.” rescue scenario, said Borges, 24, “At this time, we all looked at The store owner, who was pre- and we need to find out an answer tation to the U.S. Army, or KA- in a matter of two seconds, these of Vallejo, Calif. each other, we don’t know how or sumed to be on the second floor, TUSA, searched the burning, guys have that answer.” three-story shop for anyone still South Korean civilians waved essentially what is going to hap- eventually appeared from around inside, said Staff Sgt. Sebastian and shouted to the team, which pen. It’s a cheap fabric shop and a corner yelling and in tears, Stars and Stripes reporter Yoo Kyong Chang contributed to this report. Borges. Finding the place empty, the KATUSAs of the 35th Air everything in there is extremely Borges described. [email protected] he and his team attacked the fire Defense Artillery Brigade inter- flammable.” He said that the incident served Twitter: @MattKeeler1231 PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 MILITARY Suspected US pulling out of vandalism to gravestone surveillance pact

Associated Press Trump accusing the president of “ramming” a withdrawal from investigated WASHINGTON — The Trump the treaty as the entire world administration notified inter- grapples with COVID-19. They national partners on Thursday BY CHAD GARLAND said it would undermine U.S. al- that it is pulling out of a treaty Stars and Stripes liances with European allies who that permits 30-plus nations to rely on the treaty to keep Russia Police in Maine are seeking assistance in identi- conduct unarmed, observation accountable for its military ac- fying suspected vandalism to Delta Force Master flights over each other’s terri- tivities in the region. Sgt. Gary Gordon’s headstone, which appears to tory — overflights set up decades “The administration’s effort to have been done sometime in the last two weeks. ago to promote trust and avert make a major change to our na- Gordon was posthumously awarded the Medal conflict. tional security policy in the midst of Honor for his bravery in 1993’s First Battle of The administration says it of a global health crisis is not only Mogadishu, during Somalia’s civil war, giving his wants out of the Open Skies Trea- shortsighted, but also unconscio- life to protect a downed helicopter pilot during the ty because Russia is violating the nable,” wrote Rep. Adam Smith, incident at the center of the book and movie “Black pact, and imagery collected dur- D-Wash., Rep. Eliot Engel, D- Hawk Down.” ing the flights can be obtained N.Y., and Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., The Lincoln Police Department, “with an ex- quickly at less cost from U.S. or and Bob Menendez, D-N.J. tremely heavy heart,” posted photos of the dam- commercial satellites. Exiting “This effort appears intended age to Gordon’s headstone in the treaty, however, is expected to to limit appropriate congressio- a Facebook post requesting strain relations with Moscow and nal consultation on, and scrutiny the public’s help Wednesday. upset European allies and some of, the decision,” they wrote. It called Gordon a hometown members of Congress. They said they weren’t moved hero for the small town about President Dwight Eisenhower by the defense secretary’s argu- 50 miles north of Bangor. LINCOLN POLICE DEPARTMENT/Facebook first proposed that the United ment that $125 million to replace The images showed gold paint States and the former Soviet aging aircraft used for treaty sprayed over the stone’s in- Police in Maine are seeking assistance regarding Union allow aerial reconnais- verification, which was already scriptions, including the Delta vandalism to Delta Force Master Sgt. Gary sance flights over each other’s appropriated by Congress, is too Force insignia, a beret symbol Gordon’s gravestone. territory in July 1955. At first, costly. “The total cost of replac- and the Medal of Honor. Moscow rejected the idea, but ing the aircraft is a tiny portion of “There has been talk that the Pentagon said in a statement last July honoring President George H.W. Bush re- the overall defense budget,” they Gordon this may have been done as an Gordon. vived it in May 1989, and the trea- said. additional honor, where Medal The pair were inserted about 100 meters from the ty entered into force in January Earlier this month, 16 former of Honor recipients have gold inlaid to the engrav- crash site and fought their way through gunfire and 2002. Currently, 34 nations have senior European military and de- ings and that this is still a work in progress,” the po- “a dense maze of shanties and shacks,” it said. At signed it; Kyrgyzstan has signed fense officials signed a statement lice department’s post said. “If that is the case, the the crash site, the co-pilot and two crew chiefs were but not ratified it yet. supporting the treaty, saying family was never notified that this was happening.” already dead, but Gordon pulled Chief Warrant Of- More than 1,500 flights have that a U.S. withdrawal from the The town has hired a company to try to clean it ficer 3 Michael Durant, the badly injured pilot, from been conducted under the treaty, treaty would be a blow to global up before ordering a replacement, Jeremy Weath- the wreck. aimed at fostering transparency security and further undermine erbee, Lincoln’s director of cemeteries, parks and He and Shughart then fought to protect the site’s about military activity and help- the international arms control recreation told Bangor television station WABI. perimeter until Shughart was fatally wounded and ing monitor arms control and agreements. “Not only was [Gordon] a local hero, he was a real Gordon was running low on rifle ammunition. other agreements. Each nation The officials asked the U.S. to American hero,” Weatherbee said Wednesday. “Good luck,” he said, handing a rifle with the last in the treaty agrees to make all reconsider its exit. But if the U.S. A member of 1st Special Forces Operational De- five rounds to the pilot. He returned to fighting with its territory available for surveil- leaves, they called for European tachment-Delta, Gordon was a sniper team leader just his pistol. He was quickly shot and killed, and lance flights, yet Russia has re- states to stay in the treaty, ful- on the lead Black Hawk helicopter providing aerial Durant was taken hostage for about two weeks. stricted flights over areas. fill obligations under the treaty support during the Oct. 3, 1993 raid of the Somali Based on the photos, it didn’t look to local head- Last month, top Democrats on and refrain from restricting capital, which was designed to capture “high-value stone maker Rustie Dolley like someone had tried to the Foreign Affairs and Armed the length of observation flights targets” affiliated with warlord Mohamed Farrah ruin the stone. But even if done with good intentions, Services committees in both the or banning flights over certain Aidid. it wasn’t appropriate. House and the Senate wrote to territories When two other helicopters were shot down, Gor- “If a professional would have done it, it wouldn’t don and Sgt. 1st Class Randall Shughart repeatedly have looked like that,” said Dolley, who runs The asked to be inserted to protect survivors at the sec- Pines Monument Services in Lincoln. ond crash site, despite knowing that militants were [email protected] National Guardsman from closing in and that they likely didn’t stand a chance, Twitter: @chadgarland SC dies in Afghanistan Stars and Stripes brings to eight the total number of Sailor injured in base shooting incident American troops who have died A National Guardsman from in the country this year. South Carolina died in a non- Bowman was with Company B, BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY An early post on the base’s len firearm. combat incident in Afghanistan Stars and Stripes Facebook page about the incident This is the third active-shooter 198th Signal Battalion, 261st Sig- this week, the Pentagon said nal Brigade out of Newberry, S.C. stated the active shooter was in incident at a naval base in five Thursday. WASHINGTON — A sailor was the vicinity of the North Gate. months. On Dec. 4, a junior enlist- The unit is attached to the South First Lt. Trevarius Ravon Bow- Carolina National Guard’s 228th injured Thursday in a shooting at The gates at the installations ed sailor, Gabriel Antonio Rome- man, 25, from Spartanburg, S.C., Theater Tactical Signal Brigade. Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, remained closed Thursday. Naval ro, 22, shot three civilians at Joint died at Bagram Airfield on Tues- Bowman’s sister Kierra Bow- Texas, Navy officials said. Criminal Investigative Service Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Ha- Navy officials said the shooter day, the Defense Department said man said on Facebook that the and local law enforcement were waii, killing two of them before was “neutralized,” in an incident in a statement. death had taken the family by at the scene, according to the killing himself. that shut down the base at about The Pentagon did not give a surprise. statement. However, the FBI is Just days later on Dec. 6, a 6:15 a.m. after a report of an ac- now the lead agency in the inves- cause of death, but a spokeswom- A fellow soldier with the Face- Saudi Air Force officer, Moham- tive shooter. tigation, according to Strickland. an for the South Carolina Nation- book name Stubaby Rogers posted med Saeed Alshamrani, shot and Naval Security Forces respond- Naval Air Station Corpus Chris- al Guard, Capt. Jessica Donnelly that he and Bowman had talked killed three sailors and injured ed, and one security force mem- ti conducts pilot training, accord- told Stars and Stripes by phone about the future when they saw ber, a female sailor, was injured. ing to the base website. eight others at Naval Air Station that it was not related to the coro- each other recently in Kuwait. She was taken to a local hospital, The base had a similar lock- Pensacola, Fla. On Monday, the navirus, which has been spread- “You inspired me to continue to according to Steve Strickland, down in December when a man FBI announced Alshamrani was ing rapidly in Afghanistan. reach for new heights in the mili- a spokesman with Navy Region rammed his truck into a barri- in communication with al-Qaida She confirmed that an inves- tary,” Rogers’ post said. “Your Southeast. The sailor is in good cade, according to The Associ- prior to the attack based on data tigation has been launched into life was cut short but your mark condition and was expected to be ated Press. He has pleaded guilty found on his cellphone. the death, which is the fourth on the world was definitely felt by many.” released Thursday, according to to destruction of U.S. government [email protected] noncombat fatality of a U.S. ser- the Navy. property and possession of a sto- Twitter: @caitlinmkenney vice member in Afghanistan and [email protected] Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK 21st TSC in Europe eases restrictions for its troops

Stars and Stripes about to get trapped on the other command said. side of the border,” Mohan said in They can now travel up to 100 KAISERSLAUTERN, Ger- a video posted on the 21st TSC’s kilometers from their homes, in- many — Thousands of person- Facebook page. stead of 30 kilometers or around nel in Germany and the Benelux The order also allows two fami- 19 miles — farther if they’re on countries can now dine indoors lies to meet socially, except in Bel- orders or have an emergency, a at restaurants and have a barbe- gium and the Netherlands, which separate order said Wednesday. cue with another family over the have not yet relaxed coronavirus A mandatory curfew remains in Memorial Day weekend after one restrictions on gatherings. place but will start at midnight of Europe’s largest commands “Acknowledging the fact that instead of 10 p.m., and run until 5 eased coronavirus restrictions we’re coming up on Memorial a.m., it said. Thursday. Day weekend, we’re going to Meanwhile, airmen based at Service members, civilians and allow family-to-family cookouts,” Ramstein Air Base near Kai- J.P. LAWRENCE/Stars and Stripes family members affiliated with Mohan said. “If you want to host serslautern were urged to re- An Afghan soldier scratches his face after putting down his face the Army’s 21st Transportation another family — one family — strict their Memorial Day mask on a roadway in eastern Afghanistan on May 10. Afghan health Command may also travel any- over at your house for a cookout travels to within the state of officials are concerned about mounting coronavirus infections as where in their host country and or vice versa that’s also allowed stay overnight in a hotel, said an Rheinland-Pfalz. fighting continues between national forces and the Taliban. and appropriate.” “Travel can be a high risk ac- order signed by the command’s A midnight to 5 a.m. curfew has top officer, Maj. Gen. Chris tivity right now, as some areas been lifted, but barracks or block within Germany and throughout Mohan. parties are still prohibited, and a Europe have higher infection But overnight stays more than number of off-post facilities — in- Afghan official: ‘Big rates than Rheinland-Pfalz,” a 100 kilometers, or 62 miles, from cluding bars, night clubs, hookah post on the base’s Facebook page a service member’s home require lounges, pools, saunas, massage said. a pass approved by an O-5 equiv- parlors and movie theaters — re- tragedy’ should cases Anyone wanting to travel out- alent or higher, and cross-border main off-limits to service mem- travel is still prohibited, the order bers, the order said. side the state would need approval said. Restrictions on troops in Roma- from their chain of command and mount amid fighting “Borders … are controlled by nia, Greece and Kosovo, who also could be screened on their return host nations and what we don’t fall under the 21st TSC, were also to the base, the post said. BY J.P. LAWRENCE isolating anyone who appears want is people who are out and relaxed, but to a lesser extent, the [email protected] Stars and Stripes sick, said Fawad Aman, depu- ty spokesman for the Defense KABUL, Afghanistan — The Ministry. Afghan government has issued a “Those who participate in the Jobless: dire warning about a coronavi- operations, they will get tested Analyst says recent layoffs a concern rus outbreak that has coincided before going out if they have any with increased fighting between signs of the virus,” Aman said, security forces and Taliban adding that no cases have been since they come as reopening has begun in US insurgents. found in the military so far. Confirmed coronavirus cases The Afghan military devised have spiked in recent days, with FROM FRONT PAGE pont, said the most recent layoffs COVID-19 prevention plans with ‘ almost half of a 1,000-person The continuing stream of heavy There’s a high could be particularly worrisome help from the U.S. and NATO ad- survey in Kabul testing positive because they’re happening even visers, who also have distributed job cuts reflects an economy that probability that those recently, Ferozudin Feroz, the is sinking into the worst recession as states are gradually reopening masks, gloves and medical sup- layoffs could persist their economies. This could mean country’s health minister, said since the Great Depression. The Wednesday. plies worth $18 million, the Lead that many companies foresee nonpartisan Congressional Bud- for longer than those “If things keep going like this, Inspector General for Operation scant likelihood of a substantial get Office estimated this week that were a function we will have a big tragedy in Af- Freedom’s Sentinel said in a re- that the economy is shrinking at a economic recovery anytime soon ghanistan in the months of June, port to Congress this week. 38% annual rate in the April-June of (businesses) just and so still feel a need to cut jobs. July and August,” said Feroz, who An outbreak would strain Af- quarter. That would be by far the being closed. “There’s a high probability that is recovering from his own bout ghanistan’s economy, overburden worst quarterly contraction on ’ those layoffs could persist for lon- with the virus. an already weak health care sys- record. Stephen Stanley ger than those that were a func- The health minister’s com- tem and potentially force millions chief economist, Amherst Pierpont Nearly half of Americans say tion of (businesses) just being ments come a week after Presi- of people deeper into poverty, the that their incomes have declined closed,” Stanley said. dent Ashraf Ghani ordered the report said. or they live with another adult At the same time, some com- country’s military to conduct Some Afghan troops were less who has lost pay through a job loss panies have begun to rehire a offensive operations against the concerned about COVID-19 and cuts. Uber said this week that it or reduced hours, the Census Bu- limited number of their laid-off Taliban. more about continuing attacks by will lay off 3,000 employees, on reau said in survey data released employees as states have eased Over the last week, more than the Taliban, who have rejected top of 3,700 it has already cut, be- Wednesday. More than one-fifth restrictions on movement and 3,000 of the country’s roughly calls for a humanitarian cease- cause demand for its ride-hailing of Americans said they had little commerce. 8,000 cases have been confirmed, fire from Kabul and the interna- services has plummeted. Vice, a or no confidence in their ability to One rehired worker, Norman the World Health Organization tional community. TV and digital news organization pay the next month’s rent or mort- Boughman, received an email said on its website. Five soldiers in Ghazni prov- tailored for younger people, an- gage on time, the survey found. last week from his boss at a sec- If an outbreak emerges in the ince, currently fighting to take During April, U.S. employers nounced 155 layoffs globally last ondhand clothing store in Rich- Afghan military, it could cripple back a key road from the Taliban, shed 20 million jobs, eliminating week. mond where he’d worked part its fight against the insurgents, have died during four weeks of a decade’s worth of job growth in Digital publishers Quartz and time, asking him to return, one said Jonathan Schroden, director fighting, officials there said. a month. The unemployment rate BuzzFeed, magazine giant Conde day before Virginia allowed most of the special operations program “There is a virus more danger- reached 14.7%, the highest since Nast and the company that owns retailers to reopen. at CNA, a nonpartisan research ous than coronavirus: the Tal- the Depression. Millions of other the business-focused The Econo- organization based in Virginia. Boughman, who had applied iban,” said one of the soldiers, people who were out of work mist magazine also announced “Coronavirus has the potential for unemployment benefits to no who asked not to be named be- weren’t counted as unemployed job cuts last week. to cause significant problems for cause he was not authorized to because they didn’t look for a new The total number of people avail, was happy to be paid again. the [Afghan army],” Schroden So far, the job seems secure to speak to reporters. job. receiving benefits rose 2.5 mil- said. “The force is already chron- “I am not afraid of the corona, him, because the store has been Since then, 10 million more lion to 25 million in the week that ically undermanned by 10-15%, I am young and strong,” said the busy, and the owner hasn’t ex- laid-off workers have applied for ended May 9, the latest period for so it really can’t afford any more soldier, before he was seriously pressed any concerns about busi- jobless benefits. Federal Reserve which data is available. loss of manpower.” injured in late April after his ve- ness. But even while wearing a Chairman Jerome Powell said in Although the flood of layoffs has The Afghan military said it has hicle hit a roadside bomb. He re- mask, Boughman worries about an interview Sunday that the un- slowed, last week’s claims filings developed plans so that its opera- mained hospitalized Thursday. employment rate could peak in are still roughly 10 times the typi- the potential threat to his health. tions do not lead to an outbreak. “We’re having to sort through Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this May or June at 20% to 25%. cal number that prevailed before They include spraying bases with report. Across industries, major em- the virus struck. Stephen Stanley, people’s things, and I feel like that disinfectant, banning mass gath- [email protected] ployers continue to announce job chief economist at Amherst Pier- puts us at a higher risk,” he said. erings, cutting duty hours and Twitter: @jplawrence3 PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Europe’s app tracking plan faces setbacks

Associated Press LONDON — Doubts were growing on Thursday over wheth- er ambitious plans by European governments to use contact-trac- ing apps to fight the spread of the coronavirus will be able to be implemented with any real effec- tiveness soon. In contrast, there appeared to be some movement forward in the sprint to find a vaccine against COVID-19, bolstered by a $1 billion investment from the U.S. vaccine agency. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Wednesday to have a “test, track and trace” pro- gram for COVID-19 in place by June 1 as part of a strategy to per- suade the country that it’s safe to move on to the next stage of eas- ing the lockdown and restarting the economy. But the government also ap- peared to backtrack on an earlier pledge to make a smart phone app a pillar of that program. Around the world, the effort Security minister James Bro- to get back to business is rais- kenshire told the BBC on Thurs- ing worries over risks of new day that he remains “confident” infections. that the tracing system will be in In Italy, one of Europe’s worst- place by June 1, but acknowledged hit countries, authorities warned that an app intended to help track that people are violating social the virus was not ready. He sug- gested “technical issues” were distancing guidelines after a the reason for its failure to be in- strict lockdown was lifted threat- troduced as planned by mid-May. ened the country’s recovery. MATT DUNHAM/AP Experts say that being able to “Now is not the time for par- quickly identify people exposed to Men wearing face masks walk past a coronavirus-related artwork displayed on screens in the window of ties, nightlife and getting togeth- the virus can help stop the spread the Flannels clothing store on Oxford Street in central London on Thursday. er in crowds,” Conte warned in of the contagious respiratory ill- parliament. “Be careful. Because ness, but efforts to put apps in contact-tracing app would begin But the adoption of the app the most advanced projects in the exposing yourselves to contagion place have come up across tech- tests “in the coming days.” But he has taken a back seat to the hir- search for a vaccine. means exposing your loved ones nical problems and fears of pri- made no mention of whether Italy ing of old-school human tracers The Anglo-Swedish company to contagion.” vacy intrusions. had hired teams of contact-trac- in Spain. The government has reported it had received more Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala The French government has ers to actually conduct interviews said that the technology will be than $1 billion from the U.S. Bio- said he was asking local police to also been forced to delay deploy- and get in touch with people who adopted only if it adds value to medical Advanced Research and increase patrols of night spots, be ment of its planned contact-trac- had been in contact with COVID- the tracing efforts that are being Development Authority for the more severe in handing out fines ing app. Initially expected last 19 patients, as other European deployed by the country’s 17 re- development, production and de- and close any bars or restaurants week as the country started lift- countries have done. gional administrations. livery of the vaccine, starting this in flagrant violation of the rules. ing confinement measures, it Spain’s Economy Minister, Meanwhile, drug maker As- fall. Cases in Milan, the seat of the won’t be ready before next month Nadia Calvino, said Wednesday in traZeneca said Thursday it has AstraZeneca CEO Pascal So- hard-hit region of Lombardy, are due to technical issues and con- parliament that Spain is making secured the first agreements for riot said the company “will do rising as Italy continues to relax cerns over privacy. preparations to test a European 400 million doses of a COVID-19 everything in our power to make its long lockdown. Since Sunday, Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte Bluetooth-based app at the end of vaccine that is now being tested this vaccine quickly and widely there have been 137 new cases in said Thursday that the country’s June in the Canary Islands. at the University of Oxford, one of available.” the city of 1.4 million residents.

49er and Air Force guardsman aids digital Memorial Day tribute

BY J.P. LAWRENCE installed for the last two years Falcons and one with the 49ers. Stars and Stripes by USAA on the National Mall in Garland received the NFL’s Washington. Salute to Service award follow- USAA drafted an NFL offen- USAA, which has a large mili- ing the 2018 season after going sive lineman to help honor fallen tary clientele, moved the memo- on USO tours, working with heroes on Memorial Day. rial online this year in response ROTC students and veterans with Ben Garland, a player for the to coronavirus pandemic con- PTSD. San Francisco 49ers and a cap- cerns and prohibitions against Garland said he has become tain in the Air National Guard, large gatherings. more creative in his outreach will help the financial services The poppy has come to sym- efforts in response to social dis- and insurance company promote tancing guidelines. their digital wall of honor. bolize war sacrifices since World Visitors to PoppyInMemory. War I. The digital Poppy Wall of Honor com will be able to dedicate a vir- Garland was drawn to the proj- is one way to overcome those lim- tual poppy to a hero or loved one ect because of three friends from itations, and Garland said he has who gave their life in battle, Gar- his days at the Air Force Acade- also set up Zoom meetings be- land said in a phone interview. my who lost their lives in Afghan- tween veterans and NFL players. “There’s a pandemic going on, istan, he said. The lessons he learned from so it’s really important to have Following graduation, Garland both the NFL and military have this digital outlet, to pay tribute served two years on active duty shaped him, he said, adding, “I’m JAMES HODGMAN/U.S. Air Force to the men and women who have after being drafted by the Denver just blessed to wear the best two fallen,” Garland said. Broncos. During his seven years uniforms in the world.” Ben Garland, a San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman and captain The Poppy Wall of Honor is in the NFL, he’s played in two [email protected] in the Air National Guard, meets with airmen from Travis Air Force the online version of memorials Super Bowls, one with the Atlanta Twitter: @jplawrence3 Base, Calif., in August during an event in Santa Clara, Calif. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Mississippi church suing on restraints destroyed by fire

Associated Press for more activity over the Memo- rial Day weekend, the governor HOLLY SPRINGS — A church said Wednesday. in Mississippi was destroyed by A new state order will allow so- a suspected arson fire about a cial gatherings of up to 100 people month after its pastor filed a law- and retail stores and malls to op- suit challenging the city of Holly erate at 75% capacity, Gov. Eric Springs on gathering restrictions Holcomb said. Gatherings have amid the coronavirus outbreak. been limited to 25 people and First Pentecostal Church in stores to 50% capacity under the Holly Springs, Miss., burned state’s first easing of restrictions down Wednesday morning, news that took effect May 4. outlets reported. When investiga- Gyms, fitness centers, com- tors from the Marshall County munity pools and campgrounds Sheriff’s Office got to the scene, will also be allowed to open they found graffiti in the church under rules limiting the number parking lot that read: “Bet you of people and for distancing and stay home now you hypokrites.” cleaning. Jerry Waldrop, pastor of Holcomb pointed to a decline in the church, had filed a lawsuit the number of COVID-19 infected against the city of Holly Springs people hospitalized and the con- last month, alleging that police tinued availability of intensive officers had disrupted a church care unit beds to treat those most Bible study and Easter service. seriously ill. Holly Springs City Attorney Shirley Byers said that nearly 40 Kentucky parishioners inside the church building were not practicing so- FRANKFORT — Looking to cial distancing April 10 when a deflate resistance to wearing JOE SONGER, THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS/AP violation citation was issued for masks, Gov. Andy Beshear on Spain Park High School graduates attend their graduation ceremony while maintaining social distancing the church. Wednesday called it “basic public guidelines at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Ala. Churchgoers practiced social health guidance” to combat the distancing while indoors and only coronavirus that shouldn’t spark of state. “We agree small events where then go to these sporting events held indoor services when bad political divisions. Nine more people were tested people observe social distancing and feel safe, that they’re not tak- weather would not allow them to Kentucky’s governor continued because of contact with the man, should be permitted, but that has ing their lives or health into their gather outside, the lawsuit said. to stress mask wearing with more and seven of them have tested to apply to all First Amendment hands.” Waldrop’s complaint also asked people venturing out as the state’s positive for COVID-19. All are events, regardless of message and for a temporary restraining order economy gradually gets rebooted. male and are isolated at home. regardless of whether religious or South Carolina to keep city officials from pre- Nonessential retail businesses re- Two are in their 60 s, two are in political,” Christopher Dunn, the venting church services. opened Wednesday, and restau- their 20s and three are between group’s legal director, wrote in an COLUMBIA — Clemson Uni- rants can reopen dining rooms the ages of 10 and 19, the state email. versity plans to hold in-person Arizona Friday. health department reported. classes in the fall but synchronize Other states are encouraging Three nurses doing contact Pennsylvania them with online instruction so PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey people to wear masks as their tracing have located more than that if a student is infected with said Wednesday that people in economies get restarted to help 30 contacts with those who are HARRISBURG — Pennsyl- COVID-19 — or a second wave of Arizona are acting responsibly guard against new spikes in virus infected, and the investigation vania is working on guidelines infections closes campus — learn- since he loosened restrictions cases, Beshear said at his daily continues. The identified contacts to allow sporting events, exhibi- ing won’t be disrupted. on businesses, but he’s not yet briefing. have been placed in quarantine, tions and leagues, both profes- Clemson leaders didn’t provide ready to open new sectors of the At a gas station and conve- but they won’t be tested unless sional and amateur, to get back to specifics on their plans in an on- economy. nience store in Manchester, a “no they develop symptoms or have “some semblance of normalcy” line presentation to university Ducey said that he has an “as- face masks allowed” sign was underlying health conditions, after practically everything shut trustees Wednesday. But every- pirational” goal for schools to re- posted at the front of the store, Johnston said Wednesday. down to help stem the spread of one who spoke — from Clemson open on schedule in August, and the Lexington Herald-Leader re- the coronavirus, Gov. Tom Wolf University President Jim Clem- he’s hopeful that summer camps ported, citing social media posts New York said Wednesday. ents to campus safety, academic and youth activities will be open this week. After the sign drew In a conference call with re- and financial leaders — all gave soon. complaints, the eastern Kentucky NEW YORK — New York will porters, Wolf said that he has a rosy outlook. Schools have been closed since store responded that it was a allow small religious gatherings been in touch with major profes- “Clemson was ahead of the March, when Ducey and schools joke. “We wear face mask, but we starting Thursday as the state sional organizations including curve and will stay ahead of the chief Kathy Hoffman shut them don’t require our customers to, its gradually loosens pandemic re- NASCAR, the NFL, NHL, Major curve. There are a lot of chal- due to staffing concerns stem- their choice,” the store said in a strictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo League Baseball and others to lenges ahead of us, but we will ming from the coronavirus out- comment. said. figure out how they can resume. stay Clemson,” said Executive break. Hoffman has formed a Religious gatherings of up to He said he expected that his Vice President for Finance and task force of education leaders to Montana 10 people will be allowed state- administration will, in the com- Operations Tony Wagner, who write plans for the safe reopening wide as long as participants wear ing days, produce guidelines for told trustees that Clemson was in of schools. HAMILTON — Health officers masks and practice social dis- the various venues, sports and good shape financially. The Republican governor said in a western Montana county are tancing. The state is also allowing activities to resume. But, he said, One thing that wasn’t men- he sees “zero evidence” that Ari- investigating a cluster of COVID- drive-in and parking lot services. the ultimate success of the events tioned at all Wednesday was ath- zona will have a surge in coronavi- 19 cases as the state prepares to The state will work with an and leagues will rest on whether letics. Clemson football coach rus infections as social distancing lift more restrictions meant to Interfaith Advisory Council to people feel safe to attend and Dabo Swinney has said that he is measures relax. But he suggested help prevent the spread of the discuss proposals to safely bring participate. confident the Tigers will play this that he’s willing to re-impose re- coronavirus. back religious services. The “In the end, the ultimate arbi- fall. strictions if necessary. The initial Ravalli County case council consists of dozens of reli- ter of our fate here when it comes The school is still working on involved a man in his 50 s who gious leaders, including Cardinal to sporting events are going to be plans to change campus dining, Indiana was believed to have caught the Timothy Dolan and the Rev. Dr. individuals who want to partici- recreation and the set up of class- virus while traveling outside the Calvin Butts. pate, individuals who want to be rooms. But ultimately, whether INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s county. He was hospitalized Sun- The New York Civil Liber- part of sports, whether its ama- the campus stays safe from the coronavirus restrictions will ease day, said Karyn Johnston, direc- ties Union said that both an- teur or professional,“ Wolf said. virus is up to workers and stu- in parts of the state Friday, two tor of public health. She declined nouncements raise constitutional “And we’ve got to make sure that dents, Clemson University Police days ahead of schedule, to allow to say if the man had traveled out concerns. we give them the confidence to Chief Greg Mullen said. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 NATION Officials assess damages from Michigan floods

Associated Press Morning.” “There’s no lake there anymore MIDLAND, Mich. — Au- because it’s all at the lower end of thorities were assessing damage the river now. The water should Thursday as floodwaters from start to recede now. But there’s heavy rains that overtook two no question that this is a devastat- dams retreated in some mid- ing event.” Michigan communities and con- The National Weather Service tinued to threaten others further said communities farther down- downriver. stream were bracing for flooding The flooding forced the evacu- in the coming days. A flood warn- ation of about 11,000 people in the ing was in effect Thursday along Midland area, about 140 miles the Tittabawassee River from KATY KILDEE, MIDLAND DAILY NEWS/AP north of Detroit. The floodwaters Midland downstream into Sagi- mixed Wednesday with contain- Ryan Stadelmaier, 16, gives a piggyback ride to his sister Rachel Stadelmaier, 27, as they cross Walden naw, and flooding in that area was Woods Drive while helping residents tend to their flooded homes, Wednesday, in Midland, Mich. ment ponds at a Dow Chemical possible through the weekend. Co. plant and could displace sedi- Residents near the Tittabawas- Michigan has been a nation- ment from a downstream Super- see River were urged this week al hot spot for COVID-19, with fund site, though the company to seek higher ground following said there was no risk to people or more than 52,000 cases and 5,000 what the National Weather Ser- deaths, but Midland County has the environment. vice described as “catastrophic Officials warned that the scope had fewer than 80 cases and under dam failures” at the Edenville 10 deaths. Still, residents were of the damage could take days to Dam, about 20 miles northwest of advised to take precautions and fully see. The nearly century-old Midland, and the Sanford Dam. schools set up as shelters spaced Edenville Dam, which failed to Officials have said the Sanford cots to adhere to social distancing hold back floodwaters, was the Dam was overflowing but that the target of lengthy investigations extent of structural damage isn’t guidelines. by federal regulators, who re- yet known. The flooding washed away voked the facility’s license over No injuries have been some roadways and left others im- safety violations two years before reported. passable. Selina Tisdale, spokes- the flooding. Wixom Lake, which Dow said the containment woman for the city of Midland, had been held back by the dam, ponds held only water, and it has said roads must be inspected for was left nearly empty. detected no chemical releases damage that could make travel- KAYTIE BOOMER, THE BAY CITY TIMES/AP “You can see houses with from the plant in Midland where ing along them hazardous. water up to the roof line, you can the company was founded, though Debris collects at the Sanford Dam in Michigan on Wednesday . “We’re working to get infor- see a lakebed that was drained the U.S. Environmental Protec- mation to folks on when they can out,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tion Agency said state officials recedes, Dow will be required to pany dumped in the last century return to their houses, but stress said Thursday morning during would evaluate the plant when assess the Superfund site — con- — to determine if any contamina- that a lot of infrastructure gets an appearance on “CBS This they’re able. Once the flooding taminated with dioxins the com- tion was released, the EPA said. compromised,” Tisdale said. Man’s head run over, more Former Trump lawyer released than 100 arrested at event from NY prison BY JESSICA SCHLADEBECK able to scribble down his thoughts. New York Daily News “My head hurts,” the shaky note reads. Associated Press Francis was one of at least six people A Texas beach party for Jeep enthusiasts hospitalized during the Crystal Beach WASHINGTON — President Donald over the weekend prompted nonstop calls party on the Bolivar Peninsula — which is Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and to law enforcement, more than 100 arrests billed as an annual gathering of Jeep, ATV fixer Michael Cohen was released from and has left several revelers hospitalized and big truck lovers. federal prison Thursday to serve the re- — including a 21-year-old who is fighting The Gavelston County Sheriff’s Office MARIE D. DE JESUS, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP for his life after a truck ran over his head. confirmed to KTRK they made 126 arrests mainder of his sentence at home, a person Tanner Francis was partying at the “Go Wednesday through Sunday in the area, A Galveston County Sheriff’s Office familiar with the matter told The Associ- Topless Jeep Weekend” at Crystal Beach dozens of them for public intoxication. The deputy stops a group riding in a Jeep ated Press. on Sunday when he fell out of the back of charges range from a minor consuming during the Go Topless Jeep Weekend Cohen had been serving a federal prison a truck and into its path. He was airlifted alcohol and public intoxication to trespass- event get at Crystal Beach on Bolivar sentence at FCI Otisville in New York after to the University of Texas Medical Branch, ing and drug possession. Peninsula, Texas, on Sunday. pleading guilty to numerous charges, in- where his mother, Julie Busby, said he Videos shared to social media of the event cluding campaign finance fraud and lying was receiving treatment for multiple skull sees the beach consumed in chaos and 911 calls that it required additional help to Congress. fractures. countless fights breaking out. The rowdy from Galveston County and Jefferson Coun- “As my son was laying there in a pool behavior and huge crowds have spawned a ty police, EMS and Fire Department.” The person was not authorized to discuss of blood, the people were trying to video petition to end the “Go Topless Gavelston” The petition additionally blasts “the bla- the matter publicly and spoke to The Asso- him,” she told ABC 13. “And his friends event, which boasted nearly 19,000 signa- tant irresponsibility and gross negligence ciated Press on condition of anonymity. were just not having it.” tures by Wednesday afternoon. of the party goers” for pushing “This event Cohen was released on furlough as part First responders warned Francis may “Go Topless weekend in Crystal Beach over the edge.” of an attempt to slow the spread of the not survive his injuries, but the young fa- has become more and more dangerous Its creator, Daniel Wilson, shared an up- coronavirus in federal prisons. Cohen, 53, ther has made strides toward recovery over the years. It has become a danger for date on the website Wednesday “We will be since the weekend incident — his mother the people attending and a danger for the working with County and State agencies to began serving his sentence last May and on Monday revealed that he was attempt- residents of Crystal Beach,” it reads. see what can be done by law to help allevi- originally was scheduled to be released ing to communicate and, in the end, was “This year, in 2019, there were so many ate issues of this nature,” officials said. from prison in November 2021. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 NATION White House report blasts China’s ‘communist regime’

Associated Press “The media’s focus on the cur- Later in the day, the State De- rent pandemic risks missing the partment announced that it had WASHINGTON — Beyond bigger picture of the challenge approved the sale of advanced its hard-hitting rhetoric against China over its handling of the that’s presented by the Chinese torpedoes to the Taiwanese mili- coronavirus, the White House Communist Party,” Secretary of tary, a move sure to draw a re- has issued a broad-scale attack State Mike Pompeo said Wednes- buke from Beijing, which regards on Beijing’s predatory economic day before the White House re- the island as a renegade prov- leased its report. ince. The department said it had policies, military buildup, disin- /AP formation campaigns and human “China’s been ruled by a bru- informed Congress of the $180 EVAN VUCCI rights violations. tal, authoritarian regime, a com- million sale of heavy-weight tor- President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting Wednesday with The 20-page report does not munist regime since 1949. For pedoes, spare parts, support and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, in the signal a shift in U.S. policy, ac- several decades, we thought the testing equipment, which “will Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. cording to a senior administration regime would become more like help improve the security of (Tai- official, who was not authorized us — through trade, scientific wan) and assist in maintaining peatedly denounced China for disinformation campaign” is in- to publicly discuss the report exchanges, diplomatic outreach, political stability, military bal- not doing more to stop the virus tended to help Joe Biden win the and spoke only on the condition letting them in the World Trade ance, and economic progress in from spreading across the world. 2020 presidential election. of anonymity, but it expands on Organization as a developing na- the region.” He’ll criticize China, then say he According to the report, the President Donald Trump’s get- tion. That didn’t happen,” he said. While pushing back on China, wants Beijing to sign Phase II of Trump administration sees “no tough rhetoric that he hopes will “We greatly underestimated the Trump has sometimes uttered a trade deal and join the United value” in engaging with Beijing resonate with voters angry about degree to which Beijing is ideo- contradictory statements. He has States and Russia in a three-way for symbolism and pageantry. China’s handling of the disease logically and politically hostile to talked about having a great per- nuclear arms control treaty. “When quiet diplomacy proves outbreak, which left tens of mil- free nations. The whole world is sonal relationship with Chinese Late Wednesday, Trump wrote futile, the United States will in- lions of Americans out of work. waking up to that fact.” President Xi Jinping yet has re- on Twitter that China’s “massive crease public pressure.” Supreme Court blocks House from secret testimony in Mueller’s report

Associated Press jected to the high court’s decision its Supreme Court filings that the in a statement Wednesday eve- court’s action was needed in part WASHINGTON — The Su- ning. “The House’s long-standing because the House hasn’t given preme Court on Wednesday tem- right to obtain grand jury infor- any indication it “urgently needs porarily prevented the House of mation pursuant to the House’s these materials for any ongoing Representatives from obtaining impeachment power has now impeachment investigation.” secret grand jury testimony from been upheld by the lower courts The House had opposed the special counsel Robert Mueller’s twice,” Pelosi said. “These rul- delay on the grounds that its in- Russia investigation. ings are supported by decades of vestigation of Trump was con- The court’s unsigned order precedent and should be permit- tinuing, and that time is of the granted the Trump administra- ted to proceed.” essence because of the approach- tion’s request to keep previously The Justice Department said in ing election. undisclosed details from the in- vestigation of Russian interfer- ence in the 2016 election out of the hands of Democratic lawmakers, at least until early summer. The court will decide then whether to extend its hold and schedule the case for arguments in the fall. If it does, it’s likely the administration will be able to put off the release of any materials until after Election Day. Argu- ments themselves might not even take place before Americans de- cide whether to give President Donald Trump a second term. For justices eager to avoid a definitive ruling, the delay could mean never having to decide the case, if either Trump loses or Re- publicans regain control of the House next year. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ob- Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 NATION In film, Roe plaintiff Police ID says her anti-abortion suspect in Arizona switch was just an act shooting

BY JESSICA GRESKO act,” she responds: “Yeah.” The Associated Press Associated Press “I did it well, too. I am a good actress. Of course, I’m not acting GLENDALE, Ariz. — Police WASHINGTON — Norma Mc- now,” she says in the documenta- in a Phoenix suburb on Thursday Corvey loved the limelight. Bet- ry, which was filmed in 2016 and identified a 20-year-old man as ter known as “Jane Roe,” her 2017. the suspect in a shooting at a re- story was at the center of the 1973 cently reopened shopping and en- As for her feelings on abor- /AP FX tertainment district that injured Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade tion, McCorvey says: “If a young three people and sent panicked that legalized abortion nation- woman wants to have an abortion, This image released by FX shows Norma McCorvey from the wide. At first she was an abortion people running for cover. fine. You know, it’s no skin off my documentary “AKA Jane Roe.” Better known as “Jane Roe,” rights advocate, but, in a twist, Armando Hernandez Jr. was ass. You know that’s why they call McCorvey’s story was at the center of the 1973 Supreme Court she became a born-again Chris- detained after he was confronted it choice. It’s your choice.” case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. tian in 1995 and switched sides. by officers Wednesday night in Filmmaker Nick Sweeney said Now, three years after her feelings about each, he said, but If the film confirms anything, Glendale, police said on Twitter. death of heart failure at age 69, the documentary condensed hun- No information was disclosed dreds of hours of film he shot was consistent throughout her life it is that McCorvey was compli- she’s making headlines again. In a in one thing: supporting abortion cated. She grew up poor and was about a possible motive or spe- documentary being released Fri- over the last year of McCorvey’s cific charges . life and he hoped it gave her the through the first trimester. sexually abused by a relative. day, McCorvey says she was paid Prager, who has not seen She was a lesbian. At 22, she was One of the victims was in chance to tell her own story. critical condition and two others to speak out against abortion. the new documentary, said he unemployed and living in Texas “This is my deathbed confes- McCorvey’s true feelings about suffered non life-threatening in- believes that if leaders of the when she became pregnant with sion,” she says, chuckling as she abortion have always been nu- juries, police said earlier. abortion rights movement had her third child. breathes with the aid of oxygen anced, said Joshua Prager, who The shooting happened at about during filming at a nursing home spent eight years working on a embraced McCorvey, “I don’t McCorvey wanted an abor- 7:25 p.m. in Glendale’s Westgate where she lived in Katy, Texas. book about McCorvey due out think there’s any chance that she tion, but it was illegal in Texas Entertainment District, where “I took their money and they next year. In a telephone inter- would have switched sides.” and most states. That led her to people had headed to stores put me out in front of the cameras view, he said McCorvey made But, he said, she was desperate become the anonymous plaintiff and restaurants that recently and told me what to say,” she says her living giving speeches and for acceptance and “liked being in Roe v. Wade. She gave birth to reopened. The area includes a in “AKA Jane Roe,” which pre- writing books on both sides of the in front of the camera.” her third child, whom she put up stadium for the NFL’s Arizona mieres Friday on FX. abortion debate and was coached “I like attention,” she acknowl- for adoption, before the Supreme Cardinals and hockey arena for Asked whether it was “all an by both sides. She had conflicted edged in the new documentary. Court ruled in her case. the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes. PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WORLD China kicks Powerful cyclone off political event pushed ravages coasts in back by virus Associated Press BEIJING — China began its most important political event of Bangladesh, India the year Thursday after a two- month delay because of the coro- Associated Press have flown away and the streets navirus pandemic. are waterlogged.” The opening of the annual ses- NEW DELHI — Wide swathes When the storm made landfall sion of the Chinese People’s Po- of the coasts of India and Ban- on Wednesday it lashed coastal litical Consultative Conference is gladesh were flooded and mil- areas in both India and Bangla- a further sign of what the govern- lions of people remained without desh with heavy rain, a batter- ment said is its victory over the power Thursday, after the most ing storm surge and sustained outbreak that began in the central powerful cyclone to hit the region winds of 105 miles per hour and city of Wuhan late last year. in more than decade left dozens gusts up to 118 mph. It devastated That will be followed Friday dead and a trail of destruction. coastal villages in both countries, by the opening of the National In the Indian city of Kolkata, knocking down mud houses, rip- People’s Congress, the ceremo- home to more than 14 million ping out electricity poles and up- nial parliament, highlighted by a people, large portions of the me- rooting trees. speech from Premier Li Keqiang tropolis and its suburbs were In Bangladesh, television sta- outlining economic and social underwater, including the city’s tions reported 13 deaths, while 72 goals for the year. main airport. Roads were littered deaths were reported in India’s This year’s meeting of the two with uprooted trees and lamp West Bengal state. Officials said bodies is being shortened to one INDIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY/AP posts and electricity and commu- two people were killed in India’s week from the usual two as part nication lines were down. Odisha state. Volunteers of the Indian Red Cross Society fix villagers’ homes of virus control measures. Media Cyclone Amphan also badly Hundreds of villages in Bangla- Thursday after Cyclone Amphan hit the Orissa state, India. access has also been largely re- damaged many centuries-old desh were flooded by tidal surges duced and only a limited number buildings when it tore through and more than a million people The ongoing coronavirus pan- and the recovery. of reporters, diplomats and ob- the city on Wednesday. were without electricity. demic and social-distancing mea- The damage caused by the servers were permitted into the “It feels like a dystopian Ju- Officials in both countries said sures had made mass evacuations storm is likely to have lasting re- vast auditorium inside the Great rassic Park of sorts,” said Shuli the full extent of the damage re- ahead of the storm difficult. percussions for poor families al- Hall of the People in the heart of Ghosh, who runs a cafe in Kol- mained to be seen as communica- Likewise the pandemic will ready stretched to the limit by the Beijing. The more than 2,000 del- kata. “The roofs of many homes tion lines are down. have an impact on relief efforts pandemic. egates in attendance wore masks. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17

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BY GREGG ELLMAN ware companion app, it’s easy to Tribune News Service personalize the headset’s music and calls and keep your headset ith so many profes- registered for any updates. sionals switching to I didn’t have any work confer- work-at-home life- ence calls to test the product Wstyles, Jabra’s timing on, but I did manage a Zoom couldn’t be better with the recent call with some friends who felt I release of the Evolve2 65. The should get tossed out of the week- offi ce headset has every feature ly happy hour if I kept upping you’ll need, including outstand- the technology game with better ing audio quality on both ends of equipment like the Evolve2 65 to the call. make me sound better. Jabra has always been an When I used it to make a stan- industry leader when it comes to dard call, the fi rst thing I was audio headsets’ superior battery asked was, “did you get a new life, and the Bluetooth Evolve2 phone?” In this case, I haven’t 65 is no different with specs — it was the headset — but that listed as up to 37 hours of use per was all I needed to prove the charge. If that’s not enough for superior quality. your meeting, I’ll say it for you; A really cool feature Jabra has your meeting is way too long. added to the headset, a Busylight, Getting a full USB can be viewed as a built-in charge for 37 hours security guard. The red of use takes 90 light is built into both iStock minutes, and with sides of the headset, the fast charge automatically activat- feature, 15 min- ed and visible from utes of charging The Jabra any direction. This will be good for Evolve2 65 warns anyone in 8 hours. /TNS your area that you’re Virtual vet care has arrived The Evolve2 Jabra on a call if they want 65 receives to nag you about audio, of course, lunch or something Veterinary telemedicine startup just what the doctor ordered and has three else not worth being strategically interrupted over. The placed power- Busylight can also BY ERIN ARVEDLUND really were not using telemedicine — they were ful professional be activated manu- The Philadelphia Inquirer extremely wary.” microphones in ally with a push of a The market was ripe for innovation. The the headset (one button. y Virtual Veterinarian, founded by American Pet Products Association data show in the right ear cup Bluetooth pair- Wharton School graduate Felicity that two-thirds of 84.9 million U.S. households and two in the mov- ing is easy, and Johnson, is a veterinary portal for pet have at least one pet, offering steady demand for able boom arm) for your verbal can be done with Mowners, and allows animals to receive routine veterinary services. participation. multiple devices, but only one medical care any time they need it — all through Americans spent more than $25 billion on vet Another feature Jabra always at a time. The Jabra Evolve2 65 telemedicine. services in 2018, according to data from Freedo- incorporates is comfort. The headset is certifi ed for Microsoft My Virtual Veterinarian won the University nia Group, and that number should increase. soft memory foam cushioned teams. of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School’s latest entre- Industry growth between 2015 and 2020 averaged ear cups mold to your head so A stereo model is $249; mono preneurship competition this year, which, like 2.9% annually, according to IBIS World. they can be worn comfortably is $239. A charging stand can be the winning idea, was done virtually amid the Through the My Virtual Veterinarian iOS app, for hours. Inside the headset is added for either for $50 more. COVID-19 health crisis. pet parents can access their primary veterinar- a 40 mm speaker for each ear, You’ll also have to specify USB-A The app, which received a $30,000 prize plus ian, or fi nd a different one who is available, and with audio quality of the highest or USB-C for connectivity. $15,000 in legal, accounting and strategy ser- schedule an appointment. This fl exibility extends standards for playing music or Online: jabra.com vices, connects pet parents with doctors for video to the veterinarians, who can schedule appoint- rendering voices in a meeting and chat appointments, providing what has be- ments that fi t their schedule. clearly audible for perhaps the Another great device for cur- come an essential service during the pandemic. Competitors include AirVet and TeleTails, but fi rst time. rent quarantine and isolation Johnson founded the company in 2019 while Johnson contends that the competitors’ apps “lock The way Jabra has angled lifestyles (and even perfect for studying for her MBA at Wharton. Years earlier, you into using only one veterinarian. With us, you the ear cups helps with passive when we are all set free) is the she’d experienced time-consuming medical visits can choose your own vet,” or any vet available as noise cancellation to block out clckr grip and stand case. when her cat, Tiffany, was diagnosed with cancer. long as they sign up for the platform. your surroundings. I wore the The patented phone stand and “I was living and working in New York City, Her company makes money by taking a per- headphones in and around my hand grip works on fl at surfaces and it was diffi cult bringing her to her appoint- centage of appointment fees, which vary among house and then outside to expose in portrait and landscape angles ments,” said Johnson, a native of Australia whose animal doctors. “We don’t charge the vets to use myself to as many different noise or in your hand with a fi rm, family moved to Philadelphia when she was a the app, we charge the pet parents,” she said, environments as possible in a secure hold. child. She graduated from Villanova University. generally 30% of the appointment fee. short time. The PNC worked There’s not a lot to it, yet it “I was very fortunate to be working at Rent the With 150 million dogs and cats in America, and great, just as Jabra calls it to works perfectly and doesn’t cost Runway,” an online fashion company that allowed an average cost of $50 per appointment, MyVir- “Soundproof your ears.” much — a perfect gadget in my fl ex time working from home. tualVet app’s goal is a little more than $14 in gross With the free mind. Think of a PopSocket, “That’s the challenge a lot of pet owners face: profi t per visit. Jabra Direct Soft- which I never was a fan of, only The vet appointments are in the middle of the So far, My Virtual Veterinarian has completed better. work day.” 51 appointments and 16 chats with doctors. The You have a choice of several The virus has accelerated the tele-doctor trend company has four employees, including Johnson, colors and patterns for match- already popular with humans, she said. who taught herself to code. ing any personality. Cases On March 24, regulators gave her idea a sur- Plans for growth include hosting “Paws for and grips are available as prise boost. Wellness” pop-up wellness clinics in major cities a package or individually. “The FDA suspended regulations that required to introduce pet parents to the platform, as well as The grips can be applied vets to establish a client-patient relationship partnerships with groomers and insurers. directly to a case or right before practicing telemedicine,” she said. “That And, of course, custom poop bags in local dog to the phone with the in- is just unprecedented. Before the pandemic, vets parks to advertise the service. cluded clear sticker. The cases are drop tested for 6.6 feet and are listed as wireless charg- The virus has accelerated the tele-doctor trend ing-compatible. Online: clckr.com; already popular with humans. bands start at $14.99, CLCKR/TNS case/band combos The clckr grip and stand case $29.95 Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 WEEKEND: MOVIES

Christopher Nolan, far left, directed “Tenet,” starring John David Washington, Nolan to the rescue? left, and Robert Pattinson. Warner Bros. Pictures ‘Tenet’ seen as a test of if, and how, Americans can return to movie theaters

BY STEVEN ZEITCHIK stay away, resulting in a fl op. Other studios experience in the age of streaming, were collective human engagement, the need to The Washington Post who have been cautiously scheduling a planning to use the movie as a kind of live and love and laugh and cry together, post-“Tenet” release pull their movies. reopening lever. will be more powerful than ever,” he wrote. s quarantines and lockdowns The summer then looks just like spring That plan has now come into focus. “We don’t just owe it to the 150,000 workers have ravaged the entertainment — “new” entertainment means old Netfl ix Both Warner Bros. and Nolan declined of this great American industry to include industry, most studios have shows and “going out” is a euphemism for to comment for this story. But those with them in those we help, we owe it to our- Ataken their fi lms out of theaters, walking around the block. knowledge of the plans describe how the selves. We need what movies can offer us.” worried about health implications, gov- Like the spinning top at the end of “In- studio is moving forward. The company If “Tenet” were to sputter because ernment restrictions and consumer reluc- ception,” even close observers don’t know has already conducted cast and fi lmmaker of the pandemic, it would squander an tance to sit in a dark room with strangers. which way this interviews for “long-lead” journalists, important opportunity for Warner Bros., Then there’s Warner Bros. could go. monthly magazine writers, by Zoom. It which spent as much as $200 million on The studio is pressing ahead with ‘ If ‘Tenet’ “In some re- also is preparing to drop a second trailer the fi lm and has been counting on it as a release plans for “Tenet,” the mysterious doesn’t come spects, opening online in coming weeks — one more centerpiece of its 2020 profi t strategy. new movie from “Inception” director and this movie in July trapping of a company preparing a major Other studios have decided it’s not proven moneymaker Christopher Nolan. out or doesn’t seems like a very summer release. worth the risk. Many theatrical releases Executives are making plans to open the succeed, smart move because The studio, Nolan and theater owners this year continue to be pushed to 2021, movie widely across the U.S. as scheduled the landscape is so have also remained in close contact about and still others have gone to streaming. on July 17 amid the ongoing spread of the every other wide open,” said Ira the measures that can be taken to bring Disney recently said it was moving its coronavirus. They’re going through all company goes Deutchman, a long- people safely into multiplexes. Everyone recording of stage phenomenon “Ham- the paces of a big summer release despite home. It’s no time veteran of fi lm has been trying to pull toward the same ilton” to Disney Plus, while Universal is many reasons a successful rollout may not distribution and goal, say those familiar with the conversa- preparing to release its big summer com- be remotely possible. movies until exhibition, referring tions who were not authorized to speak edy, Judd Apatow’s “The King of Staten At stake, say entertainment players and Christmas. to the lack of other about them publicly — support “Tenet” as Island,” as a digital rental next month. analysts, is nothing short of the nation’s ’ major movies. “But the movie that reopens America. But Warner Bros. executives privately pre-eminent form of public entertainment. Anonymous anyone who says For Warner Bros, the upside to that believe their situation is different. Nolan “If ‘Tenet’ doesn’t come out or doesn’t marketing executive they know what is approach is huge: It could capitalize on has an unprecedented track record in succeed, every other company goes from a rival studio going to happen is months of pent-up demand and have the modern Hollywood. Known for directing home,” said a marketing executive from a lying.” studio theaters all to itself. the massively profi table “Dark Knight” rival studio who spoke on the condition of “Tenet,” he and others note, is ideally Unfortunately, analysts note, there’s Batman movies, it’s his other fi lms that anonymity because they were not autho- built to jolt consumers back into moviego- also a reason the reward is high: because have become eye-catching anomalies rized to speak to the news media. “It’s no ing; it’s an intriguing premise from one of no other studio wants to go fi rst. “We’re — original concepts that succeed at a movies until Christmas.” the most fi nancially successful fi lmmak- going to get a pretty good idea of (our franchise level. Experts describe two fundamentally ers in history opening in theaters with prospects) because there’s a competi- Nolan’s last three non-Batman movies different visions of what coming months zero serious competition. That gives ex- tive movie that opens up one week before — “Inception” (2010), “Interstellar” (2014) will look like. perts hope — and also makes them think our fi lm does,” Disney chief executive and “Dunkirk” (2017) — have collectively In one, audiences eager to leave the if “Tenet” can’t work, nothing will. Bob Chapek told investors on a confer- grossed more than $2 billion in theaters house after months of isolation pour in The feature-fi lm business has lost ence call recently, sounding relieved as worldwide, making him the most bankable (social distantly) to see the Nolan fi lm, billions of dollars due to the pandemic. he described the plan for the company’s director brand of the past decade. which appears to focus on an agent The April-June period in 2019 produced “Mulan,” as of now scheduled for July 24. While there has been no talk, multiple attempting to prevent a global catastro- $3.4 billion in box-offi ce receipts. So far The industry in recent weeks has been WarnerMedia insiders say, of releasing phe (plot specifi cs remain tantalizingly in 2020? It’s yielded just $102,000. The divided on what should be done. The con- the fi lm on streaming early, some wonder murky). Every auditorium is fi lled with summer could see more losses , especially versation has often turned to “Tenet” and if that shouldn’t be part of the strategy. “Tenet” moviegoers; many theaters stay if major markets like New York and Los whether Nolan is once again a visionary John Sloss, a fi lm producer, is among a open late to accommodate them. Two Angeles remain closed. who can save Hollywood or a man who small group of industry players asking if a other studio fi lms, “Mulan” and “Wonder But as batches of spring and summer has quixotically let his belief in theaters hybrid model could make sense. Woman 1984,” then follow. The summer movies began getting postponed in March, blind him to current realities. “If theaters tried playing the movie for a consigns the spring quarantines to a place Warner Bros. offi cially left “Tenet” on Nolan himself has fueled the debate few weeks and people were not coming out, of surreal memory. the calendar. At fi rst it seemed like it with an op-ed in The Washington Post, in I’m not sure Warner Bros. couldn’t turn it The other scenario is bleaker: Continued was simply delaying the inevitable. Yet which he wrote of the importance of movie into” a digital rental, he said. “Especially if COVID-19 fears either prompt Warner it soon became clear that WB and Nolan, theaters re-emerging from coronavirus. you brought theaters into revenue-sharing. Bros. to delay “Tenet” or consumers to a passionate advocate for the theatrical “When this crisis passes, the need for It could be a pretty good backup plan.” PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WEEKEND: MOVIES

Heard and not seen You may not recognize ‘Scoob!’ actor Frank Welker, but his voice will take you back to your childhood

BY TIM GREIVING “I was the youngest in the family,” Welker said. “I Special to The Washington Post found that by acting peculiar I could get my piece of the attention.” s a little boy, Frank Welker was blessed He got it all right, and spun it into career gold. A with the “strange, innate ability” successful voice actor since the 1960s, Welker has to mimic the sound and speech of cornered the market on all creatures great and small. Aanimals. Jockeying for attention at Now, at 74, he has one of his fi rst “starring” roles in a the family breakfast table, he would offer up dead-on major motion picture — as the voice of Scooby-Doo in the impressions of the sparrows chirping on the front lawn. animated “Scoob!”

Frank Welker, An invisible but indispensable presence, Welk- she said, “when there’s something that’s thrown pressionist” and even a “verbal clown,” his act above, is best er has more credits (roughly 850) than any movie at us and we can’t do it — a sound effect or a involving a menagerie of dogs, cats and geese, known for voicing star, and a cumulative box offi ce that puts them certain impression or something really special climaxing with an entire chorus of ducks sing- Fred Jones in all to shame. He’s played gremlins in “Grem- — we say, ‘Oh, that’s Frank’s job.’ ” ing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” the Scooby-Doo lins”; Spike the dinosaur in “The Land Before Maybe that’s because “nobody else wanted “I had like 20 minutes of questionable comedy franchise since Time”; Max the dog in “The Little Mermaid”; to do it,” Welker said, laughing. “A lot of it was — not in the dirty sense,” he said, “but just in its inception a sentient footstool in “Beauty and the Beast”; pretty painful, and I had like a military-grade whether it was funny or not.” in 1969, and Santa’s Little Helper in “The Simpsons”; and voice, you know — a leather throat.” At the Los Angeles club Ledbetter’s, Welker Scooby-Doo — in “Aladdin” alone — Abu the monkey, Rajah Welker grew up in Denver, the son of an performed on opposite nights from a young himself since the tiger and the growling Cave of Wonders. electromechanical engineer and a secretary Steve Martin. He toured around the country 2002. He He portrayed “the biggest thing in the movie who were both “salt-of-the-earth, hard-work- with singer Glen Campbell as the opening act reprises his and, in some ways, the smallest thing in the ing” people, he said. “My dad was pretty much for the Righteous Brothers — and actually per- role in the movie,” said “Aladdin” co-director John Mus- a genius, so I don’t know what happened to me. I formed at the Cocoanut Grove, the famous L.A. CGI-animated ker, “and both equally compelling. That’s what think I was dropped on the fl oor early.” nightclub inside the Ambassador Hotel, on the fi lm “Scoob!,” Frank could do.” He leveraged his uncanny gift for vocal night Sen. Robert Kennedy was assassinated in alongside Blue If it roars, squawks, barks or screams, Welk- imitation — including of celebrities, but mostly the hotel’s kitchen. Falcon (Mark er’s your guy. He’s known as “the king” and “the critters — to impress family and school friends, He was already at home in bed when it Wahlberg, center) godfather” among his fellow voice actors, said and eventually an audience. happened but said he’ll never forget that day and Shaggy (Will Tress MacNeille, the voice of characters such After moving to California in 1966, where he “because I actually had to go right through part as Babs Bunny in “Tiny Toon Adventures” and dove headlong into the theater department at Forte, right). of the kitchen to get to the Cocoanut Grove.” His Agnes Skinner on “The Simpsons.” Santa Monica College, he acted in stage adapta- set included an impression of the Kennedys. Warner Bros. Pictures “He was the sophomore in college when we tions of fairy tales (alongside future animation (top) and TGMD (above) It seems Welker was destined for a unique life were the freshmen in high school,” said Mac- tycoon Don Bluth), got an agent and landed a of fame adjacency — unseen but ubiquitous. Neille, who has been working with Welker since detergent commercial. He hasn’t stopped work- Part of his voice-over career has been dub- 1981. “I always made sure that I sat right next to ing since. Frank in the studio. You could just learn vocal Initially, Welker divided his pursuits between bing lines for famous actors. His fi rst big gig tricks and stylization tricks, and of course you onstage comedy and on-camera roles — he was providing Rex Harrison’s animal commu- would listen to his impressions and that would shared the screen with Elvis Presley in “The nication in the original “Doctor Dolittle.” He inform your own. He was a great teacher.” Trouble with Girls” and starred with Richard screamed the screams for a rapidly aging Spock When the casting director for “Futurama” Dreyfuss in an unsold pilot based on “Catch-22.” (Leonard Nimoy) in “Star Trek III: The Search was looking for someone to voice Nibbler, an He gave up the notion of being a serious actor for Spock” and subbed in for George C. Scott adorably ravenous, three-eyed alien, MacNeille quickly, though, after his audition for a TV West- singing “Home on the Range” in “The Rescuers piped up: “Oh, that’s Frank’s job.” ern — a death scene — drew giggling laughter. Down Under.” “That’s kind of an expression that we use,” In comedy clubs, he was billed as an “im- CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 WEEKEND: MOVIES

VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT/AP Tom Hardy goes gangster for the biographical drama “Capone.” In ‘Capone,’ Tom Hardy portrays titular gangster in his last days

BY KATIE WALSH trays” Capone; you don’t hire Zoinks! Tribune News Service Hardy if you don’t want an actor who will commit to the physi- Here is the tale of Al Capone, cal realities of the role with an a legend told on fi lm time and almost terrifying commitment. Reboot of classic cartoon, again for nearly a century, and Hardy doesn’t “play” Capone, now, once more, in all its grue- he sweats, grunts and vomits ‘Scoob!’ is no tasty treat WARNER BROS. PICTURES/AP photos someness, in “Capone,” starring Capone, while caked in old-age In the animated feature “Scoob!,” the dog Tom Hardy. But the more inter- makeup, bloodshot eyes darting, BY JAKE COYLE Scooby-Doo and his human detective pals esting tale is the story of writer/ mumbling menacingly in Italian. Associated Press Shaggy, Fred, Velma and Daphne investigate a director Josh Trank, the wun- Hardy, never one to pass up the plot to unleash a ghost dog on the world. derkind fi lmmaker who burst opportunity to experiment with a ven before darker anxieties took hold, onto the scene in 2012 with his crazy New York accent, takes his the bad guys of “Scooby-Doo” were Incorporating characters like Blue Falcon, Dick found footage teen sci-fi movie work to new heights, or rather charmingly quaint. An evil circus owner, Dastardly, Captain Caveman and Dynomutt, “Chronicle,” which became a lows, with the gravelly Brookly- Ea grumpy civil servant, a plotting fi rst “Scoob!” has also tried to grow an interconnected surprise hit. nese he trots out for the role. mate — these were the villains of “Scooby-Doo,” Hanna-Barbera universe, a gambit that only adds Before the age of 30, Trank At the age of 47 (looking 87), all of them revealed with an unmasking fl ourish to the feeling of force-fed corporate synergy. was handed the keys to the new- Capone, or “Fonzo” as his fam- and the cursing of “you meddling kids.” Director Tony Cervone, a longtime Hanna-Bar- est iteration of Marvel’s “Fantas- ily calls him, is gripped by his But for anyone looking for the nostalgic and bera and Warner Bros. Animation veteran, opens tic Four,” and was even promised violent past as his body deterio- corny delights of the old 1970s cartoon in the new “Scoob!” with an origin story, fl ashing back to a Star Wars spinoff. But then rates in the Florida sun. As he animated reboot “Scoob!” — well, and I’m sorry when Scooby (voiced again by Frank Welker) met “Fantastic Four” went down in regresses physically, equipped to resort to this, ruh roh. “Scoob!” is the kind of a blaze of reshoots, rumors and with diapers and a carrot cigar movie less predicated on original formulas than Shaggy (Will Forte, taking over for Casey Kasem). Hundreds of cases later, the movie catches up rotten reviews, Trank quit Star by an infantilizing doctor (Kyle the contemporary dictates of corporate franchise- Wars before he could get fi red MacLachlan), his family tends to making. Scooby-Doo has been amplifi ed and with the Mystery, Inc. gang, including Fred (Zac Efron), Daphne (Amanda Seyfried) and Velma and the young director found his care, while gangsters (Matt digitized. Superheroes and current pop culture himself in director jail. Dillon) and FBI agents (Jack references have been ushered in, most of them (Gina Rodriguez). Setting things in motion is, of The only reason for this con- Lowden) come sniffi ng around from other properties of the same studio (includ- all people, Simon Cowell (voicing himself and ap- textual windup before getting to about the rumors that Capone ing even “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born”). Even pearing in weirdly accurate animated form), who the assessment of his new fi lm has a fortune buried somewhere. a “cinematic universe” has been born. It’s enough professes that friendship has no value. “Scoob!” will test the bond between Shaggy and Scooby. is to try and understand Trank’s They’re convinced that his to make a critic sigh “zoinks.” ramblings will reveal a clue or “Scoob!” had been headed for theaters this Things immediately go haywire. A spaceship mindset when he conceived of arrives and abducts Shaggy and Scooby. Aboard and wrote this movie. Isolated, two, but the only information spring but instead has been released for rental Capone has for them is the afore- on digital platforms and on-demand. Following is the son of Blue Falcon (Mark Wahlberg) and rocked by the Hollywood roller his robotic canine Dynomutt (Ken Jeong), who coaster and a thorough wringing mentioned fl atulence, part of a Universal’s “Trolls World Tour,” it’s the second graphic scatological motif that major studio movie diverted into the home by the need Scooby to help stop a scheme launched by by the media, he took to a child- Dick Dastardly (Jason Isaacs) involving ancient, hood obsession with the famed Trank weaves throughout. pandemic — this time via Warner Bros. Watching this frequently The smaller screen may be the more natural mythic dogs. Chicago gangster, and despite If Greek antiquity isn’t where you’d expect a all odds got the fi lm made, with grotesque and narratively me- home of Scooby-Doo even though “Scoob!” aspires andering movie is a somewhat Scooby Doo movie to go, you’ll probably also be a movie star to boot. And so here to be so much like other big-screen franchises. nightmarish experience, and thrown by straining-to-be-hip gags about the is “Capone,” which is sort of This latest fi lm, following a pair of live-action thereby it successfully evokes Hemsworth brothers and stealing Netfl ix pass- a giant middle fi nger directed movies in the aughts, has replaced the usual small- Capone’s tortured existence: it words. Right down to that exclamation point in the toward the establishment and the time mysteries of “Scooby-Doo” with the familiar traps us within his surreal, blood- title, “Scoob!” is trying much too hard to be just powers that be, wrapped up in a world-jeopardizing dangers of comic-book movies. soaked fl ashbacks as he decays like every other movie. “Scooby Doo” was never Even Scooby gets outfi tted in spandex. depiction of the last days of the slowly and then all at once, in an the most unpredictable of shows, but “Scoob!” has It’s a less discussed and tiresome effect of gangster’s life, spent in a haze of operatic display of body horror . Marvel movies that so many kids fi lms have merely swapped the original’s blueprint for that of syphilitic dementia at an estate adopted their rhythms and plot lines. The super- a superhero movie. in Florida. “Capone” is available on VOD . It is rated R for strong/bloody violence, hero takeover extends into so many realms of pop “Scoob!” is available on VOD. It is rated PG for action, lan- It’s not enough to say that the pervasive language and some sexual- culture that wanly surrender, joining in lockstep. guage and suggestive humor. Running time: 94 minutes. English actor Tom Hardy “por- ity. Running time: 103 minutes.

FROM PAGE 20 he’s a “man of a thousand voices” And it all started in 1969, when tery, Inc. for more than 50 years. feel as though I could do a tribute In the hall of fame of famous or such a talented zoological Welker’s barnyard of voices land- After Messick died in 1997, to Don — and the fans. We were animals, he’s played Smokey mimic. ed him a dog food commercial, Welker eventually took over the all part of this same family, the Bear, Garfi eld, Kermit the Frog “There’s a scene where Abu which got him into an audition iconic role of the talking, charm- Scooby family.” (“Scoob” pays and Woody’s horse, Bullseye, in really mocks Aladdin because for a new Hanna-Barbera show ing, often petrifi ed canine who homage itself by setting some the “Toy Story” movies. Besides he’s sweet on Jasmine,” the about a food-crazed dog named puts R’s in front of every word. of the fi lm’s action on “Messick Abu, he also voiced the capuchin director said. “He does a little Scooby-Doo. Welker was eventu- Even though the cast of “Scoo- Mountain.”) monkey who croaks from a “bad sashay, where he’s like ‘Ooh ally cast — but as the teenage by-Doo” all had fun doing im- So is it a blessing, after decades date” in “Raiders of the Lost yeah, pretty girl, huh?’ Frank straight man Fred Jones. pressions of one another, Welker of work and hundreds of parts, to Ark” — oh, and he’s Curious came up with a way of doing that Starting out with the voice was initially uncomfortable with have an inescapable voice and yet George. where he totally got the attitude, actor Don Messick as Scooby and stepping into his friend’s shoes. an inconspicuous face? Welker is an animator’s muse, even though there wasn’t a word Casey Kasem as Shaggy, Welker But he took up the mantle in “My ego says no,” he wrote, Musker said, not just because of dialogue.” has been a key member of Mys- 2002, thinking “maybe that could “but my reality says yes.” PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES Old-school, but not obsolete Streets of Rage 4 is ode to ’90s simplicity, communal spirit

BY CHRISTOPHER BYRD Special to The Washington Post treets of Rage 4 is the video game equivalent of comfort food. The fourth Sentry in this series of beat ’em up games continues the brawling tradition of its predecessors, which reached the zenith of its popularity following the release of Streets of Rage 2 in 1992. — the children of the previous I have fond memories of playing game’s arch villain, Mr. X. The the initial sequel as a young teen, nefarious brother and sister have then, years later, when it was hatched a plan to brainwash the rereleased for the Xbox 360. So, citizens of Wood Oak City (whose my personal history places me subways and buildings are basi- squarely in the target demo- cally a stand-in for New York graphic for Streets of Rage 4. City) with mind-altering music, This nostalgic ode to a time when which they plan to broadcast at a video games were less sophisti- concert. cated banks its appeal on slick Over the course of their fi rst street art/arcade-style graphics run through the game, players and a catchy soundtrack. have access to the older char- In my experience, beat ’em up acters from the series — Blaze games — which amount to little Fielding, Axel Stone and Adam Hunter — as well as two new more than walking around and Dotemu throttling everyone that comes characters — Cherry Hunter and your way — are best enjoyed Floyd Iraia. Though Streets of Rage 4’s updated visuals, two new characters and new plot set it apart from its 1993 with other people. Repetitive Each has a slightly different predecessor, the sequel retains the made-for-commentary repetitive actions and cartoonish violence, actions and cartoonish violence feel. Blaze and Cherry are faster typical of games in the “beat ’em up” genre, that are best enjoyed with a friend. lend themselves to wry com- than the others, while Adam mentary; off-color remarks help and Floyd are stronger and have familiar enemies such as the The fi rst of many little visual gallery. In other words, plenty of fi ll the vacuum left by the games’ greater reach; Axl offers more fi re-spouting, suspender-wear- fl ourishes that caught our atten- silly bits ripe for commentary. throwaway stories. With that of a middle ground between ing Big Ben or those 1970s-style tion was Dylan, a new enemy At a certain point, my cousin in mind, I drafted my cousin, a speed and power. For our fi rst punks, the Signals. who fi ghts bare-chested with mentioned liking Streets of Rage gifted trash talker, to enliven my run through the story mode, my The gulf between their pixelat- his hands in his pockets like the 4 for its animation and because romp through Streets of Rage 4’s cousin and I relied mostly on ed representations from back in world’s most obnoxious bro. Then it offered us an opportunity to dozen stages. Blaze, Adam and Floyd. the day and their contemporary there were the police offi cers in do something together. By those Though its plot details really Given that the most recent versions is every bit what you’d the police station that liked to humble metrics, this throwback are superfl uous, Streets of Rage Streets of Rage game came out expect. Streets of Rage 4 looks whale on the prisoners, and the is a success. 4 follows a handful of vigilantes in 1993, the latest game’s visu- like an animated comic book, girls with names like Margaret Platforms: Nintendo Switch, as they try to dismantle a crimi- als make quite the impression. an attribute accentuated by the and Victoria, who sport fringe PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One nal syndicate led by the Y twins Veteran players will recognize game’s unvoiced cutscenes. haircuts, that attack you in an art Online: streets4rage.com SOR4 soundtrack balances modernity, nostalgia

BY GENE PARK took a lot of time.” lowing years and picked up the one that with some low beats at the start, hip-hop, The Washington Post The Streets series was Sega’s answer to felt right for every stage of the game. I R&B and gradually turning it into some- Capcom’s popular arcade brawler Final ended up borrowing from Dr. Dre, the thing more edgy with a faster tempo,” he he Streets of Rage series, one Fight. In the ’90s, the popular series was Wu-Tang clan and Skrillex among many said. “Now that the game is out, I couldn’t of the quintessential ’90s video exclusive to the Super Nintendo. It would others, and since I happen to love elec- be happier to see how players are enjoying games, needed an update. Its eventually become the game that make tronic music, I added quite a few under- this form of progression.” Tmusic never really did. any Nintendo fan envious. The Super ground references too, like Aphex Twin.” It was tough to balance the modernity of That’s because the games, and its leg- Nintendo had it all — but not Streets of Koshiro says he doesn’t think he was dance music and the nostalgia Streets of endary composer Yuzo Koshiro, are still Rage, and certainly not its chiptune dance doing anything that new, especially since Rage fans would crave, Deriviere said. cited as huge infl uences on beatmakers of soundtrack. dance music was already popular in the “The journey through all the different today, including electronic dance pioneers Koshiro’s music was everywhere in the West. But even today, techno and house music genres could have felt like a patch- like BT, the chiptune movement and Jay-Z 16-bit era. His greatest achievement was music still lives primarily in underground work, so I had to fi nd a cohesive sound to producer Just Blaze, who named himself harnessing the limited power of the Sega scenes in Japan, despite its more main- unite them all,” he said. “I thought the after the female lead of the series. Genesis Yamaha FM-synthesis sound stream success in the U.S., Europe and best way for doing it was to twist it all Just listen to the fi rst-level track of chip. He fused melodic chiptune ambiance Australia. Koshiro said the challenge into one fi nal blend that would eventually Streets of Rage 2. Video games in the with a mixture of disco and house. Many today is that listeners are more knowl- become the sound of Streets of Rage 4. It 1990s focused mostly on melody (like Ma- of these tracks would sound reminiscent edgeable about music today than before, seems like it worked out.” rio’s jazz jingles) and metal (Mega Man’s of beats echoing from Detroit, France, thanks to streaming services, and that Deriviere, who has worked on several speed riffs). Koshiro (and later Motohiro Manchester or Melbourne acid house. comes with even greater expectations. other games in different genres, said that Kawashima) wrote menacing, minor key It’s this legacy that was a “constant “Nowadays, you can listen to everything he’s a big believer in pushing interactivity beats to drive the pixelated urban vio- pressure” for Olivier Deriviere, now you want on YouTube and Spotify,” Ko- in video game scores, with music shifting lence. The 2020 update in Streets of Rage the main composer for the latest game. shiro said. “Everyone can listen to what to respond the player’s actions. Outside of 4 is cleaner, and just as primed for danc- Koshiro contributed fi ve tracks, while they like. That’s why it’s important to feel boss themes, however, that ambition had ing (and fi ghting) all night. Kawashima and fi ve others fi lled out the self confi dent and keep doing your best to to be scaled back to maintain that old- “My role for Bare Knuckle 4 [the rest. The hardest part, Deriviere said, was make timeless music.” school brawler feel. Japanese title for Streets of Rage 4] is choosing which direction to go, especially Deriviere said he structured the “Every arena gets its proper musical to convey the ‘bare knuckleness’ feel- since Koshiro paved the way for new soundtrack for the 12 stages like a DJ moment, and even some secret levels ing to the players,” Koshiro wrote to The sounds in the 16-bit era. set. The music would start familiar — it in 16-bit turn the music into a chiptune Washington Post in an email interview. “We knew what the nostalgia fans would begins with a cover of the iconic Streets of seamlessly,” he said. “Of course, SOR4 “SOR1 is particularly infl uenced by the want, but we had to move forward as well Rage 2 beat — then break into more mod- is about dance and grooves, and read- dance music of the late ’80s, so I thought it and offer a broader choice of genres than ern sounds, including the dubstep track ing Twitter and witnessing people like was important to re-create that. And since just the ’90s club music,” Deriviere tells that highlights a late-stage boss fi ght. CoryxKenshin dance on my tracks was a I used music equipment from that era, it The Post. “So I went through all the fol- “I sort of followed the regular pacing real satisfaction ... and relief.” Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS Europe

Bristol, England, has a lot to offer visitors beyond the landmark Clifton Suspension Bridge. The city has a fantastic shopping district along with parks, castles, cathedrals and museums.

The Clifton Suspension Bridge is the landmark of Bristol, a scenic city in the southwest of England.

PHOTOS BY JACKIE BROOME/for Stars and Stripes KNOW & GO The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, spans Avon Gorge. The bridge was opened in 1864. Thorough details about visiting Bristol, including up-to-date information on coronavirus-related de- lays and closures, are available online at visitbristol. co.uk. Suspended in time and memory The Clifton Suspension Bridge visitor center is closed because of coronavirus restrictions, but remains open to traffi c. For the latest details, go to cliftonbridge.org.uk. A rewarding day trip to Bristol starts at the bridge — Gregory Broome

BY GREGORY BROOME delays and redesigns and has since grown into an icon Stars and Stripes of southern Britain. In 1979, the bridge was the site of what’s considered the fi rst modern bungee jump. In 2012, he last signifi cant trip my family and I took the Olympic torch changed hands there. before the coronavirus was a Christmastime The bridge cuts a stunning fi gure upon approach. Its weekend jaunt to Bristol, England, with fi ve of two towers are not quite identical in design and occupy Tour closest friends. opposite and distinct sides of the gorge; one perched When I consider how casually our large group gath- majestically on craggy rock at the edge of Bristol’s urban ered and traveled, how we freely stepped in and out of core and the other sprouting from a thick forest known as taxis, buses and trains, how we squeezed into crowded Leigh Woods. pubs and cafes, how we actually sought out the company Visitors can view the bridge from all angles. A hike up of hundreds of other human beings, I get a little wistful. to the Clifton Observatory offers a stunning aerial view of I try to appreciate Bristol outside of that pre-pandemic the structure, while a steep footpath leading to the River context, because it really is a great place to consider visit- Avon provides a vantage point from below. A straight-on ing when such a trip becomes viable. view of the bridge is available from the appropriately Bristol’s signature landmark is the Clifton Suspension named Lookout Lectern. There’s a free visitor’s center on Bridge, a remarkable structure soaring across the Avon the Leigh Woods side of the bridge to delve further into Gorge to the west of the city. the construction and history of the bridge. The bridge opened in 1864 after many decades of A step out onto the bridge itself is a memorable experi- ence. Sways and vibrations are an intentional design fea- ture but are either exhilarating or terrifying depending on one’s predilections. The sleek bridge feels slight and substantial all at once as it offers unencumbered views of the river far below. Beyond the bridge, Bristol offers a lot of the amenities you’d expect from a reasonably sized British city. Our group spent a lot of time at Cabot Circus, an attractive shopping center packed with restaurants like Nando’s, Five Guys and a bunch of others we ignored in favor of Nando’s and Five Guys. Elsewhere in the city you’ll fi nd castles, parks, muse- ums, a zoo, an aquarium and walls covered with vibrant street art, all in range of the soothing countryside. In the absence of traveling in the months since, the visit to Bristol and the Clifton Suspension Bridge has remained fresh in my memory long after many other such trips have faded into the hazy past. But the destina- Temple Meads station in Bristol, England, offers train, tion deserves to be admired for its own merits, of which it bus and taxi transportation around the city and the larger has plenty. region. Cardiff, Wales, is about an hour’s train ride to the [email protected] The cityscape of Bristol, England, is enlivened by street west, while London is just two hours to the east. Twitter: @broomestripes art and murals on the sides of many buildings. PAGE 24 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe New market for in-flight snacks, movie popcorn

BY LAURA REILEY leisure businesses. But frequently these The Washington Post foods are not desirable or packaged for retail consumers. he coronavirus pandemic has “We call that ‘breaking bulk,’ ” Behn made us pine for travel — the says. “We have stepped up with co-pack- booking, the downloading of the ers to try to repackage some of those prod- Tboarding pass, even the in-fl ight ucts — it’s hard work and it’s slow given snacks. We even miss the snacks. the importance of food safety.” Imperfect Foods, an online surplus- Yet there are bright spots. Imperfect stock grocery delivery company aimed at Foods is a budget-conscious company, eliminating food waste, can help with that. so high-end products like pineapples are Last week it was offering JetBlue Airline usually too expensive to offer their cus- cheese and snack trays, $2.99 for three tomers. Where do people eat pineapples? ounces of mixed cheeses, dried cherries Hotels. And with hotels stalled, Imperfect and crackers. Foods has been able to buy and offer them Its imperfection: It is excess inventory. for a fair price. They have redistributed But let’s be honest, it was never exactly popcorn kernels previously destined for memorable cheese or noteworthy crack- ers. It was there, like the trio of Sudoku movie theaters and broccoli fl orets usu- ally reserved for restaurants. Since the games in the in-fl ight magazine, like the SALWAN GEORGES/The Washington Post fl ight attendant’s seat belt demo: a diver- beginning of March, Imperfect Foods has sion and bit of nurturance while fl ying at doubled the volume of food it was previ- Delta’s Biscoff Cookies are an example of an in-fl ight snack that currently has few 30,000 feet. ously buying, the JetBlue snacks among takers. Charities and surplus-food companies are buying foods meant for airlines, Imperfect Foods Chief Executive Philip many. hotels and movie theaters and redistributing them to retail customers and charities. Behn says the cheese and snack trays Julianna Bryan, communications spe- were an early casualty of the coronavirus cialist for JetBlue, says the airline has had discounted price with the goal of moving ly 13 tractor-trailers full of groceries to 15 pandemic. to dramatically reduce its in-fl ight food it quickly and minimizing waste. food banks that are a part of the Feed- “Two months ago, before it became a and beverage service to minimize contact JetBlue is not the only airline to have to ing America network. Delta has donated nationwide pandemic, this catering and between customers and crew members. fi nd new outlets for its in-fl ight overfl ow. 500,000 pounds of food around the world airplane meal supplier said they saw a “We have temporarily suspended the Delta has had to unload its Biscoff cookies in the past six weeks. Front-line workers decline in economy and business-class sales of buy-onboard products including — and it serves 80 million to 85 million and hospitals get the Biscoff cookies along seats,” he says. “This was one of our fi rst our EatUp Snack Boxes, EatUp Cafe, fresh of these spiced shortbread favorites each with coffee and other in-fl ight beverages, COVID-19 food waste recovery opportuni- food items, beer, wine and liquor,” she year. At United, the Dutch stroopwafels while other perishable food has gone to ties. We could only take a fraction of what says. have been piling up. Feeding America’s partner agencies like they had.” JetBlue has donated leftover inventory In addition to selling some of their ex- Georgia Food & Resource Center and Behn says they’ve sold 40,000 cheese of snacks to Feeding America and other cess, airlines have put donation programs Missouri’s Carthage Crisis Center. and snack trays. He says there are food banks, as well as hospitals. Bryan in place. And United has donated 173,000 pounds hundreds of clients eager to fi nd buyers says that JetBlue has worked with its Southwest has donated more than of food to food banks and charities, pull- for millions of pounds of food originally business partners to sell unused inven- $400,000 in snacks and other in-fl ight ing from airport lounges and catering slated for restaurant, hotel or travel and tory, such as the cheese trays, at a heavily items to nonprofi t organizations and near- kitchens. Illness-inspired culture, art abounds

he Bavarian town of Oberammergau was gear- Venetian church built to commemorate the end of an epi- ing up for a big event in 2020. Every 10 years, demic. In October of 1630, after nearly a third of Venice’s the pretty town encircled by Alpine peaks sees citizens had succumbed to plague, the Venetian Senate Thundreds of thousands of spectators from around made a bargain with God: “Stop the plague, and we shall the world fl ock to its renowned Passion Play. The stag- build a church to honor the Virgin Mary.” Authorities ing of this drama depicting Jesus Christ’s entry into made good on their promise with this construction at Jerusalem, the Last Supper, crucifi xion and resurrection the site where the Grand Canal merges with St. Mark’s represents the fulfi llment of a promise to God made by Basin. This supreme example of Ve- Oberammergau’s villagers back in 1632. As plague rav- netian Baroque can also be reached aged the population, the leaders of the community came by pontoon bridge on a special feast together and pledged to hold a tragedy depicting the Pas- day, the Festa della Salute, held each sion of Christ once every 10 years. According to Pastor Nov. 21. Daisenberger, keeper of the town’s chronicles, “From this Also in Venice, the island of Laz- day forward, not a single person perished, even though a zaretto Nuovo is the site of the fi rst great number of them still showed signs of the plague.” quarantine stations. By order of The play was to have been performed 102 times be- a decree of the Senate of Serenis- tween May and October until COVID-19 put a stop to this sima issued in 1468, a lazaret was year’s run. Performances have now been pushed back to established to protect the city’s iStock 2022. Karen Bradbury population from contagion. The Passion plays are but one of the legacies of prior island became a place where ships The Santa Maria della Salute in Venice was built to pandemics. Europe’s physical and cultural landscape arriving from Mediterranean ports suspected to be commemorate the end of a 17th-century plague. is awash with reminders of epidemics that laid waste to plague-infested would be quarantined for 40 days. (The populations in centuries past and the ever-lurking pres- word quarantine stems from the Italian quaranta giorni, were tended by monks. The brothers would looked after ence of infectious disease. or 40 days.) The island, used by the Italian army up until those suffering from the plague, as well as hideous skin The Festa del Redentore, or Feast of the Redeemer, 1975, has been revitalized and now makes up part of the conditions including gangrene. The altar’s unfl inchingly is held on the third Sunday of July each year in Venice, city’s network of museums. Guided visits to the island are brutal image of a crucifi ed Christ is scarred and pitted Italy. What’s one of the city’s most beloved holidays began offered at 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays from April to with plague-type sores, illustrating the idea that Jesus as a feast day to give thanks for the end of the plague that October. Online: lazzarettonuovo.com understood and shared the patients’ affl ictions. Online: wiped out more than a quarter of the city’s population Another way to celebrate deliverance from the plague musee-unterlinden.com between 1575 and 1576. On this day, Venetians and tour- was with the erection of a plague column. The most fa- The German History Museum in Berlin features an ists alike gather in and around St. Mark’s Basin, enjoying mous example of such is likely the “Pestsaule” of Vienna, unusual object that’s gained much attention of late: a Mid- the day with picnics on or by the water and crowned by a erected to mark the end of the great plague in 1679. This dle Ages plague doctor’s costume. To shield themselves spectacular show of fi reworks. sumptuous Baroque wonder features images of the Holy from contagious diseases, doctors would don protective The majestic Il Redentore Church, built on the island of Trinity, angels, references to the Hapsburg dynasty and hoods consisting of a velvet mask, glass lenses and a Giudecca in the Venice lagoon and consecrated in 1592, dramatic scenes of the suffering endured by residents. beak-like metallic protrusion. The wearer would breathe was built as an expression of thanks to God for having The Unterlinden Museum in Colmar, France, is re- through two small holes in the “beak,” containing lifted the plague. The Pantheon of Rome provided archi- garded as one of top museums of the Alsace region. One fragrant herbs or vinegar-soaked sponges in the belief tect Andrea Palladio with his inspiration for the facade of of the treasures of this museum’s art collection spanning that this would fi lter the air and repel disease. The mask the soaring structure. As part of the festivities connected the Middle Ages to the twentieth century is the Isenheim was worn with a cloak-like leather costume designed to with the Festa del Redentore, a temporary pontoon Altarpiece. This masterpiece sculpted and painted by shield the entire body. Today the mask makes up part of bridge provides pilgrims with access to the church from Nikolaus Hagenauer and Matthias Gruenewald re- the museum’s permanent collection. A similar mask is on the Zattere promenade in the south of the city. spectively from 1512–1516 was created for the nearby display at the German Medical History Museum in Ingol- The Santa Maria della Salute is another example of a Monastery of St. Anthony, where the sick and diseased stadt, Germany. Online: tinyurl.com/y8n9fhcc Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 25 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING Europe DODO - VERACE PIZZA NAPOLETANA

Address: Via Campo Marzio 6/S, 33077, Sacile, PN, Italy Hours: The Italian government recently authorized restaurants and bars to reopen for dine-in business starting this week. Call DoDo to see if they’re of- fering in-house dining again and to book a table, if you want to eat in. The restaurant has been offering home delivery and takeout from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., seven days a week, during the coronavirus lock- down. Prices: About 10 to 25 euros ($11 to $27) for most meals. Menu is in Italian and English. Phone: +39 (0)434 160 1294 Online: facebook.com/dodoveracepizzanapoletana — Norman Llamas

PHOTOS BY NORMAN LLAMAS/Stars and Stripes A fried calzone fi lled with broccoli rabe, sausage and mozzarella cheese, from DoDo’s in Sacile, Italy, served The Bronte pizza from DoDo - Verace Pizza Napoletana in Sacile, Italy, is topped with a pistachio sauce, fresh in the pizzeria in pre-coronavirus lockdown days. mozzarella cheese, mortadella ham, grated pistachio and extra virgin olive oil. Great pizza good to find DoDo in Aviano offers Neapolitan-style pizza for pickup or delivery

BY NORMAN LLAMAS Stars and Stripes The limited dessert menu at DoDo - Verace Pizza Napoletana includes chocolate tartufo, above, and inding good pizza is easy when you live in Italy. almond tart, below. Finding great pizza is slightly harder. But I think I may have done it. F In the town of Sacile, about nine miles south- west of Aviano Air Base, is DoDo, where the pizzas are made Neapolitan-style, following a tradition that dates back centuries. For those unversed in the delights of pizza, Neapolitan and Roman are among the most celebrated. Neapolitan pizza is characterized by its thick, soft crust and plump, hydrated dough. It’s cooked in a brick oven at a very high temperature, which allows the dough to The wood-burning pizza oven at DoDo - Verace Pizza remain moist and thick. Napoletana in Sacile, Italy, where DoDo cooks its Roman pizzas, on the other hand, have a thinner, Neapolitan-style pizzas. crunchier crust than Neapolitan pies. Because they’re cooked at a lower temperature, they can use more top- In addition to pizza, DoDo offers a small list of appetiz- pings than Neapolitan pies, without running the risk of ers, including a fried vegetable mix, focaccia, French the ingredients burning to a crisp. fries and fried pizza dough strips with arugula and DoDo opened in May last year and, in pre-coronavirus cherry tomatoes. times, seated about 90 diners. It was closed for in-res- For the main course, there are also panuozzi or cal- DoDo offers 27 different pizzas, but the highlight of the taurant dining in mid-May, but open for pickup or home zones if you don’t want pizza or just want to try something menu has to be the restaurant’s namesake pie, the pizza delivery service. else. DoDo. This masterpiece consists of stretched, fried pizza Orders are called in, and, if you want home delivery, Panuozzi are Neapolitan sandwiches made with pizza- dough, smothered in tomato, buffalo mozzarella cheese, you choose the time. Knowledge of Italian helps because dough fl atbread and ingredients like mozzarella cheese, basil, parmesan cheese and extra virgin olive oil. It’s an the owner speaks very little English, although he does try sausage, tomatoes and spinach. Two slices are baked explosion of fl avor. very hard to understand what you’re trying to order and open-face until crunchy and then placed one on top of the The drink menu is typical of most restaurants in Italy, the language barrier has never posed a problem for me. other and eaten like a sandwich. featuring such staples as red or white wine by the bottle DoDo delivers within the town of Sacile, but like many Calzones, meanwhile, are made by putting the ingre- or glass, draft and bottled beer, juice and coffee. There’s Italian restaurants may deliver to nearby towns. Your dients of your choice on pizza dough, which is then folded also a limited dessert menu. pizza could arrive within half an hour of placing your over into a crescent shape. DoDo’s calzones are either [email protected] order. baked in a wood-burning oven or deep fried. Twitter: @normanllamas PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe A city of contradictions Tel Aviv a spicy mix of chaos, sophistication, culture and laid-back laziness

BY BRIAN SCHAEFER Bloomberg n the Jewish holiday of Purim — a spirited mix of Halloween and Mardi OGras — costumed revel- ers are encouraged to drink until the world is turned upside down. I was in Tel Aviv during Purim this year, in March, watching pirates, princesses and many a Joker stumble down the wide, tree-lined Rothschild Boulevard. The bars were lively, if not quite as bloated as they should be on a holiday. Apprehension was in the air, some of my friends were already in quarantine, and there was a shared sense that this might be the last hoorah for a while, so better go for broke. The next day, the world indeed turned upside down. As Israel and the United States competed to see which could shut down quicker, I grabbed one of the last seats on one of the last fl ights to New York, fl eeing my favorite city. As Israel, which has wit- nessed more than 16,000 cases of novel coronavirus, begins to gradually reopen its doors, I daydream about my return. Tel Aviv has always inspired me with its contradictions: Lazy beach vibes mix with cosmopoli- tan ambition — part Paris in its pervasive cafe culture, part New York in its robust cultural scene, part San Diego in its sexy chill- ness — yet undeniably a product of the Middle East. There are iStock chaotic open-air markets with piles of spices and dunes of dried Tourists and locals shop the Carmel Market (the Shuk Hacarmel) in Tel Aviv last June. The Carmel Market is the largest street market, or fruit, calls to prayer echoing shuk, in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv’s open-air markets are vibrant places that sell everything from fruit and vegetables to clothes and electronics. from Jaffa, and daily headlines to remind you that, despite such Batsheva’s latest work by chore- picnic tables that face the Great sunken garden at Habimah, the for part of our honeymoon. My nonchalant swagger, Tel Aviv sits ographer Ohad Naharin, which Synagogue on grungy Allenby national theater, for a chocolate other favorite accommodations in the eye of an ever-swirling po- I caught days before all shows Street; or the intimate bar at rugelach at the cheeky We Like in Israel would take me beyond litical storm. That potent cocktail were canceled. It was a typically North Abraxas, where throbbing You, Too coffee hut nearby. Then Tel Aviv: For a dramatic desert of infl uences, moods and fl avors audacious blend of athleticism Arabic beats pair well with the I’d pass through the newly reno- vista, I’d go south to Beresheet kept me constantly intoxicated and sensuality, shaken up with complimentary shot of arak that vated Dizengoff Square (skipping near Mitzpe Ramon, a collection during my three years there, a virtuosic sequence performed your criminally attractive server the spiraling mall) and pause at of chic dwellings with private initially on a yearlong fellowship, in spiky stiletto boots and pep- has just slapped in front of you. the Bauhaus Center to check out pools overlooking a vast crater. then as a graduate student and pered with old Hebrew songs To me, these menus represent the clever designs. If it’s time for For a lush escape to the forested journalist. The city challenged that imbued it with a poignant the taste of Tel Aviv: fresh and brunch, I’d get shakshuka at La north, I’d go to Amirim, a cozy me with its impetuousness and melancholy. One viewing wasn’t veggie-forward, yet still rich Shuk, one of many shakshuka vegetarian village of zimmers seduced me with its playfulness. enough, so after seeing this or and meaty, doused in tahini, stops in my Tel Aviv daydream. (Israeli-style cabins) in the I moved to New York seven years any other Batsheva show, my smothered in herbs, casually At Ben Gurion Boulevard, Galilee and indulge in baskets of ago, but I’ve gone back to Tel theater companion and I would tossed on a paper-clad table another pedestrian thoroughfare, freshly baked goods and seasonal Aviv every year to fi ll up on its retreat to the nearby Dallal Res- for easy communal access, and I’d grab a tahini date smoothie at fruits from the hot tub on my charms and incongruities. taurant, request the garden patio, consumed by hand. All of which, the Tamara juice stand and head enclosed stone porch. My fi rst order of business, and process the experience over of course, may be verboten in a toward the marina, an active Heading back to Tel Aviv, as always, would be to take in eggplant masabacha (a warm, post-COVID-19 world, but that’s stretch of the Tel Aviv shoreline, I’d stop off at the ancient port a performance of the Batsheva creamy variation on hummus) my dream — a return to dining for a dip in the cool salty water of of Acre and spend a few nights Dance Company, the country’s and zesty cocktails. as a messy, shared, shoulder- the Gordon Pool, a refurbished premier modern dance troupe. After getting my contempo- to-shoulder ritual, which has relic from the 1950s. Then I’d at Arabesque, the guesthouse Batsheva’s home base is the rary dance fi x, food would drive become a defi ning characteristic follow the promenade south and cultural center founded by Suzanne Dellal Center, a sprawl- much of my Tel Aviv itinerary. of the Tel Aviv food scene. Other to the Jaffa Port and bustling Evan Fallenberg, one of my grad ing performing-arts campus of New Yorkers can now sample personal favorites that adhere Flea Market, with visits to the school professors. He and I were white limestone plazas and palm (or hopefully, soon resume) the to this principle include Joz ve Zielinski & Rozen perfumery to supposed to meet on my recent trees in the swanky Neve Tzedek doughy pita and succulent slow- Loz (where there’s no menu, and restock soaps and to Puah for a trip, until I had to rush home. It neighborhood, mere blocks from cooked beef at celebrity chef you determine the price tag) and rowdy, hearty, vegetarian meal. was one of many canceled dates I the Mediterranean Sea. To get Eyal Shani’s Miznon in Chelsea Dalida, which are both located When I visit Tel Aviv, I usually had been looking forward to, one there, I’d stroll down narrow, Market and North Miznon on in Florentin, the fi lthy, fabulous stay with friends or in an Airbnb, of several reunions put on pause. wiggly Shabazi Street, pausing the Upper West Side, but noth- hipster neighborhood I used to but because this is a daydream, That’s the real daydream: not the along the way to peek into the ing beats the vibe of his Tel call home. I’m defi nitely returning to the tastes and experiences alone, but various clothing and homeware Aviv joints: Romano’s boisterous During the day, I’d walk it all garden suite that opens onto a the permission to share them. boutiques — and score a scoop of balcony, hidden behind graf- off and live my fl aneur fantasy, small citrus grove at the Nor- Maybe I’ll return for Purim. And gelato at Anita’s. fi tied walls on Jaffa Road; Port starting at the bottom of Roth- man, a 1920s modernist oasis maybe next year, we’ll drink the I’d love a second chance to see Said’s long, wobbly open-air schild and heading up to the where my partner and I splurged world right-side up again. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe

To satisfy their wanderlust, Americans iStock are turning to online window shopping

BY NATALIE B. COMPTON The Washington Post

ith most travel on lockdown until further notice, the best people can do to cure their wanderlust is plan or window-shop Wfor future trips. According to the data, they’re doing a lot of it. On Google, Pinterest and booking app Hopper, users are searching for destinations, trip ideas and, above all, clarity: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Ameri- cans’ biggest travel-related query is when interna- tional travel will resume. It’s a good question without a good answer. The State Department is still issuing a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” global health advisory, urging U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel. That recommenda- tion has been in place since mid-March, and with the world still battling the coronavirus pandemic, there are no signs offi cials will back off it soon. Travel dreams In the meantime, our fantasies live on.

Here’s what travelers are “Pinners are dreaming about April, and searches for “road fi nd its most popular destination experts are discouraging all searching for. going to the beach this summer,” trip games” are up 50%. The searches from April 1 to May 12. travel at this time. Sarna said, with “beach trip standout road-trip destination Outside of the States, the top “My advice would be: Please According to Google: packing list” searches more than searches included South Dakota fi ve searched slots belonged to err on the side of caution,” said The top U.S. travel searches doubling and “beach trip with — home of Mt. Rushmore and San Juan, Puerto Rico; Cancun, Robert Quigley, who holds a doc- on its platform from April 1 to friends” searches up 81%. Badlands National Park — as Mexico; London; Paris; and torate in immunology and serves May 11 read like a globetrotter’s Pinterest users also are well as Colorado and Oregon. San Jose, Costa Rica. The top- as an executive at International sad pandemic monologue: “can more interested in taking road searched domestic destinations SOS, a medical and security you travel during shutdown,” trips. “Road trip with kids” According to Hopper: included Las Vegas, Honolulu, services company. “will we be able to travel this and “healthy road trip snacks” Hopper economist Hayley Los Angeles, Miami and Denver. For now, the occasional sad summer,” “when will it be safe searches have doubled since Berg crunched the app’s data to Daydreaming is fun, but health search will have to do. to travel again,” “where to travel during COVID,” “when is it safe to travel again.” Meanwhile, after “when will fl ights resume,” the top Google searches for fl ights and trips were about the Maldives. (As of mid-May, the small island nation had reported 1,106 confi rmed cases of COVID-19. Your amaz- ing Maldivian vacation can wait.) The third, fourth and fi fth most popular searches were regarding fl ights to and from India. The next top destinations? Sweden, Antarctica, Poland and Switzerland. According to Pinterest: Always an aspirational social media tool, the platform allows users to fi nd inspiration, collect ideas and share content, and it launched new features to help with travel planning, too. But when the coronavirus pan- demic hit, user activity shifted. “In the early phases of the outbreak, Pinners put traveling on hold to focus on needs close to home,” Swasti Sarna, Pinter- est insights manager, said in an email. “But in April, future optimism began to take hold as searches for ‘travel ideas’ and ‘travel destinations’ started to climb back up.” Sarna reviewed Pinterest’s travel-related activity, compar- ing searches from April 20 to May 3 against searches from April 6 to April 19. Her research shows Pinterest users can’t wait to leave town with loved ones. “Travel family” searches were up 78% , while “friends traveling” was up 74%.

To p : A holiday in the Maldives is out of the question at the moment, but dreaming about one is just a click away. PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Pacific Daydreams are made of this Phuket beckons with salty breezes, sandy beaches and crystal-clear water

BY RANDY THANTHONG-KNIGHT typically boat-riddled shallows. That means Phuket will as stir-fried pork leg with salted krill and stir-fried Bloomberg be its most beautiful self whenever we can return. pumpkin with dried shrimp and shrimp paste. When the time comes, of course I’ll hit up some of Charter a boat for a day from Phuket, as it’s possible s a swimmer, I’ve always felt at home in the my local favorites — but I’ll also indulge in the singu- to explore the many islands of the Andaman Sea. Head ocean. But Phuket, a place I’ve visited more larly luxurious spots that have given Phuket its prime a few hours northwest to fi nd the Similan Islands, an than a dozen times since childhood, is where position at the top of many bucket lists. Here’s how to archipelago of 11 islets that are ringed by crystal-clear AI fi nd stillness. The ocean laps calmly, and nail the best of both worlds. waters inhabited by neon coral, turtles and reef sharks. when you close your eyes to feel the salty breeze, you Even as a native Thailander, I fi nd the food served To the east are Thailand’s famous Phi Phi Islands and can hear the rustling of tropical forests right off the from southern kitchens akin to the old ghost pepper the less-visited Koh Yao Noi and Koh Yao Yai, which coast. Vendors sell just-cracked coconuts sloshing over challenge — it fl exes your spicy taste receptors until offer secluded beaches and pristine coves. with fresh juice. Point in any land-bound direction, and On Phuket itself, there’s much more to do than whil- within a few miles you’ll fi nd the world’s best beach ing the day away under the sun. Old Phuket Town, with resorts, gracious hospitality, and restaurants that vary A pause on human visitors has its brightly colored Portuguese-inspired buildings, has from street food stalls to a Michelin-starred dining long been dismissed as overly rundown. But the area room. It’s the best of all worlds, somehow squeezed onto brought out rare sea turtles to has been experiencing a renaissance: Historic build- a picturesque island that’s just a puddle-hop fl ight from nest in record numbers on empty ings have been restored and turned into cafes, restau- my home in Bangkok. rants and shops. Enormous, colorful murals now coat Even an “up and down” one-hour fl ight feels impos- beaches, and the manatee-like previously crumbling facades. Most nights of the week, sibly far away at this time. While some of Thailand’s creatures called dugongs the streets are lined with food vendors. provinces haven’t reported a single case of COVID-19, Phuket is home to some of the best resorts in the Phuket has become the country’s biggest hot spot. The have been spotted in typically world. Opened in 1988, Amanpuri has 44 villas with island, which once received about a million tourists private pools and 40 pavilions spread out on a former each month, is now deserted. And the government is boat-riddled shallows. That means coconut plantation, each adorned with traditional Thai forecasting that tourism won’t reignite until a vaccine Phuket will be its most beautiful arts including decorative bowls and Buddhist orna- emerges, which could take well more than a year. ments. The resort offers access to a private beach with But Phuket remains my mental refuge. Bangkok, like self whenever we can return. ultra-fi ne sand and clear water, where the lounge chairs many other locked-down cities with its compact living are shaded by beautiful parasols. spaces, isn’t meant for a quarantined lifestyle. When they’re numb and tingly. Besides being unapologetical- If nature is what you need, try a treetop villa at I open my windows in my downtown apartment, I’m ly hot, it’s also rich and decadent: think pork kua kling, Keemala instead. The hillside resort is surrounded by greeted by construction noises and rooftops of neigh- a spicy dish spiked with kaffi r lime leaves and curry lush rainforest and looks pulled out of a fantasy fi lm boring buildings rather than blue water and the sound paste, or the stir-fried bitter beans with shrimp paste set; some of the rooms are fashioned after birds nests, of chirping birds. Life, in other words, is not a beach. called sataw pad kapi. and from their plunge pools you can commune with Until I can get back safely to Phuket, I’ll relish one I tend to order both at Raya, my favorite restaurant chirping cicadas and crickets. silver lining about its current quietude. In recent years, on the island. It’s set inside a century-old house in For the ultimate in seclusion, there’s Como Point the island was suffering from overtourism; huge num- Phuket Old Town — an unassuming spot that you could Yamu on Phuket’s quiet east side. Its turquoise-hued, bers of visitors and too many boat businesses had led easily pass by and never notice, with a geometric tiled glass-walled villas face the bay, which means any photo to the buildup of marine debris, damaged coral and a fl oor and black-and-white photos on its walls. It’s not you take pointing outwards will be blue-on-blue-on- disruption for wildlife and natural habitats. A pause on air-conditioned, so on a hot day, I’ll head to the nearby blue. Included in its amenities are a boat that takes human visitors has brought out rare sea turtles to nest Tu Kab Khao instead. Located in a colonial build- you to a private beach club on nearby Naka Yai Island in record numbers on empty beaches, and the mana- ing with coffered ceilings and Murano chandeliers, it — perfect for kayaking and paddleboarding — and a tee-like creatures called dugongs have been spotted in focuses on prettied-up versions of family recipes such 100-meter-long infi nity pool facing the vast sea .

Tourists take a selfi e at Patong Beach in Patong, Phuket, Thailand, in 2018.

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iStock Planning, anticipating a new vacation can fi ll the void left by canceled trips

BY DIANE DANIEL after months or years of buildup,” he said. on their own,” Bob Maxwell said. “Maybe questions on postcards from London, writ- Special to The Washington Post “Once you make up your mind and you we’ll all travel again sometime, but it’s ten as if he were there. pay that deposit, then you’ve committed. really the end of an era. Austin tried to Because the now-engaged couple udy Hohmann loves to imag- You’re getting excited, then you start rebook us, but no other dates would work.” couldn’t get full refunds, they’ve rebooked ine her three grandchildren’s telling everybody. That’s all part of the Maxwell said he felt disappointment their U.K. trip for the fall and hope it goes screams of delight the fi rst time anticipation.” akin to grief, then added that he felt reluc- through. they witness the Old Faithful Science backs up Austin’s observations. tant to call it that “when people are way “If we couldn’t travel for the rest of geyser erupting at Yellowstone When Dutch researchers conducted a less well-off than I am right now.” the year, that would really set me back JNational Park — whenever that might study in 2010 on the effect that vacations His response is one that Diane Bren- mentally,” Poworoznek said. “Whenever happen. have on overall happiness, they noted nan, a licensed mental health counselor in we have downtime, we get online and look Hohmann and her husband, Bill, met that the most signifi cant boost in happi- New York City who specializes in loss and at places we want to go.” at the park 52 years ago, when they were ness seemed to come from planning the grief, hears in her work, especially now. Frequent traveler Paula Wright, 74, of university students working summer vacation, rather than being on it or looking But everyone is entitled to their feelings, Newbury, Mass., has taken to the inter- jobs. For their 50th wedding anniversary back on it. That observation was con- she said. net to keep her enthusiasm alive. As a this summer, the couple, who live in St. fi rmed in a follow-up study in 2013. “A grief is a loss and isn’t something volunteer ambassador with Road Scholar, Petersburg, Fla., are planning to take “The anticipation part was an inter- to compare,” she said. “What matters is a nonprofi t educational travel organization their two grown sons, daughter-in-law and esting byproduct of the research,” said how important it is to the person who’s for adults (formerly known as Elder- grandkids, ages 7 to 11, on a family trip Jeroen Nawijn, the lead author and a experienced the loss. The grief is a way hostel), she gives travel presentations to to Yellowstone with Montana-based tour tourism researcher at Breda University of for us to shift and adapt. It helps us regain seniors groups. She is giving her fi rst on operator Austin Adventures. Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. The our footing.” video-call service Zoom this month, about “We started talking about it a year ago study showed that anticipation ran at the Another loss some people might feel the Arctic and Antarctica. and booked last fall,” said Hohmann, 72. same levels regardless of trip duration. now, whether they can reschedule a trip Wright was about to take her 29th Road “We’ve been very psyched about it and Rescheduling a trip is the only concrete or not, is of their identity as a traveler, she Scholar trip this spring, to Tanzania, talk about it frequently. Austin sent the way to continue feeling the benefi ts of said. along with a pre-trip to Botswana with children a book about geysers, and they’re anticipation because the commitment is “If that is an aspect of ourselves, how her daughter; both trips involve wildlife so excited to see them.” what makes it real, Nawijn said. we see ourselves, and now we can’t travel, safaris. When Road Scholar suspended its The Hohmanns nervously followed “The most obvious answer is to plan that’s a loss,” she said. tours through May, she quickly rebooked the news about the novel coronavirus something further away, even if it might One way to address that, she said, is to for next year. She also has two trips outbreak. When they learned their June be canceled,” he said. continue to explore new places and en- planned for fall — a Road Scholar tour in tour would be canceled, “we moved to an Not everyone can reschedule, such as gage in cultural experiences, even if that Mongolia and a writer’s retreat in Maine. August date, and the absolute last option is Bob Maxwell and his wife, Jen, of Man- means staying closer to home or going “I would feel lost if I didn’t have travel to go next year,” Hohmann said. “We were sfi eld, Ohio. They had planned a trip in online. scheduled,” she said. so excited about going that cancellation June with their four children to celebrate When 33-year-old Alex Poworoznek of Brennan said that with so much ambi- wasn’t a consideration.” three milestone graduations: high school, Phoenix proposed to his girlfriend, Carly guity around what travel will look like, it’s Those feelings of anticipation are a big an undergraduate degree and a master’s Benford, 30, during a day hike in Sedona, a good idea to create realistic expectations part of the “high” from travel, said Dan degree. The six-day tour in Alaska, also Ariz., he was on Plan C. His original plan, to temper possible disappointment. Austin, chief executive and founder of the with Austin Adventures, would have in- to pop the question while on vacation in “But you don’t want to miss out on the tour company. They also compound the cluded hiking, kayaking and biking. the United Kingdom, was scrubbed. As anticipation of the trip, either,” she said. pain of cancellations and postponements. “We hadn’t done a big family trip for was Plan B in Hawaii. “Maybe think of it as, ‘It’s going to be dif- “When someone pops your balloon years and years, and this one was really Instead, he proposed during a picnic. In ferent than maybe we’ve planned for, but with a pin, it’s hard to take, especially special, with our two oldest about to go off a nod to his original plan, he wrote coded let’s reimagine it in a way that works.’ ” PAGE 30 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Cruise desire

BY HANNAH SAMPSON cautious eagerness to get back to their fa- form of vacation travel,” she said. “I abso- Cruise lines love customers like Kaisner The Washington Post vorite type of vacation. In response to one lutely miss it. I will absolutely support the and O’Hara because, they say, once those informal poll on the site, 64% of people industry when it’s ready to come back. I passengers get hooked, they keep coming mber O’Hara was stuck at sea. who responded said they would am not afraid at all to get back back. Humphrey, the marketing professor, But that didn’t ruin her appetite cruise as much as they used to, on a cruise ship.” said cruisers who spend enough time and for another cruise. and 10% said they would go Kaisner, 52, was money on particular lines take their status A The Golden, Colo., retiree more often. supposed to sail to (and the associated perks) seriously. had been aboard the Azamara Pursuit “We are seeing a the British Virgin “I don’t think this is going to scare them for nearly two weeks when the industry strong interest from Islands in late off in the long term,” he said, though the decided to pause operations because of those cruisers to March, but that risk-averse might wait awhile to return. the coronavirus pandemic. She and her return to the sea once trip was can- Ben Hewitt and his husband, David partner, Jim Ward, spent 29 days on board they are able to do celed. Her next McDonald, who run the Cruise With Ben before disembarking in Miami, more so and once they are trip, a work-re- & David YouTube channel, have already than a week late and a continent away comfortable that it’s lated shipboard had a handful of cruises canceled this from where the trip was supposed to end going to be a safe conference on year. On Hewitt’s last cruise before the because ports had closed to cruise pas- experience and the Oceania Cruises shutdown, the ship was turned away from sengers along the way. vacation they love,” in early August, Abu Dhabi and briefl y quarantined in Still, O’Hara enjoyed her time on board, says Colleen McDaniel, is so far still on Dubai before he decided to fl y home out of and couldn’t resist an offer from the the site’s editor in chief. the books. fear of tightening travel restrictions. The cruise line to make up for her troubles: For Paula Kaisner of “It’s still a go, but canceled trips include personal vacations a credit worth 125% of the trip she was Austin, Texas, who has been that’s questionable and promotional events that cruise lines on that could be used for a future cruise. cruising for more than 15 right now,” she said. “If had invited them to attend. Conveniently, cruise ships have a dedi- years and started her own Dream it’s happening, I’m there.” “We were supposed to be in the Carib- cated place to make new reservations on Vacations travel agency franchise Also a question mark for bean right now,” Hewitt, 35, said in a re- board. She booked it on the spot. eight years ago, the desire for Kaisner: the conferences on cent interview. He and McDonald, 32, took “The guy was overwhelmed with people ships to sail again is both personal ships scheduled for October their fi rst cruise in 2016 on the Disney booking,” says O’Hara, 58, who put the and professional. and November, and the sailings Magic and dreaded the trip in advance credit toward a November trip from “I am itching for it. My husband and in December (Caribbean) and but found they had a great time. The Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro. The “hardcore I, we love cruising; that February (Hawaii). Cambridge, England, couple has since vacationer” who loves to cruise is still is our main watching to see what the state of the world taken about 30 cruises and turned the will be in October, when she and Ward habit into a job making videos about have two cruises booked out of Venice. ship tours, tips, advice — and, more “I guess I’m the eternal optimist,” she recently, the pandemic’s impact on said. the industry. Since the coronavirus started its rapid Hewitt said his fi ngers are crossed global spread, thousands of passengers that a November Caribbean cruise have been infected and dozens have died they booked last year will still be pos- in high-profi le outbreaks on ships, even sible, but he said he’s trying to be realistic after the industry paused all new cruises with his expectations. in mid-March. That has led many to vow “We defi nitely can’t wait to get back on they would never set foot on a ship, even if a cruise, but it has to be the right time. It they had taken a cruise before. has to be when things are ready,” he said. But some passionate fans are not scared Hewitt said he’d like to see more thor- away and are even eager to return to ough plans from cruise lines about how sailing as soon as they can — provided they plan to handle outbreaks, with more they feel as though cruise lines have put details on cleaning procedures and food Threat of coronavirus service. He said he expects cruise ships enough health and safety measures in place. The Centers for Disease Control to be one of the last forms of transporta- and Prevention has tion to return. a no-sail order in “They really hasn’t dampened some can’t do with place until July 24, but could extend any more bad the mandate as the stories,” he agency and Coast folks’ enthusiasm said. “The Guard work with worst thing cruise lines on possible their coronavirus would be response plans. for the open ocean for a cruise to start Carnival Cruise iStock Line has tentative- sailing and ly said it hopes to for COVID start sailing with a to break out handful of ships in on that ship. August, but warned It would be that those plans an absolute could change. nightmare.” “There’s a sense for many Cruise fans interviewed people that they’ve got cabin for this story said they fever,” said Lin Humphrey, an would be willing to undergo assistant professor of marketing more testing before board- at Florida International University ing ships and want to see cruise who once worked in the cruise industry. companies talk more openly about “We yearn for things that make us feel the health and safety changes they’re like our life prior to March. There will be planning to make before people can people that will be looking forward to that start sailing again. cruise.” “I think that even avid cruisers recog- On Cruise Critic, a review, news and nize that ‘hey, we’ve got to fi gure out this community forum site fi lled with avid virus fi rst and then talk about returning to cruisers, the prevailing sentiment is a cruising,’ ” McDaniel said. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 WEEKEND: BOOKS What if Hillary Clinton hadn’t married Bill? Sittenfeld’s ‘Rodham’ imagines a different woman

BY HILLEL ITALIE every article Rebecca Traister think of the American people?” Associated Press has written about Hillary, and I I also realized around the 2016 read Traister’s book ‘Good and election, which I was devastated ver the past few years, Mad’ while writing ‘Rodham,’ so by, that schoolchildren who knew author Curtis Sitten- it’s safe to assume I work under Hillary was running for presi- feld has gotten to know Traister’s infl uence, among oth- dent often literally didn’t know OHillary Clinton in a way ers,” Sittenfeld says. that Bill Clinton existed. I won- uniquely suited for a novelist Sittenfeld, now 44, caught on dered if the outcome of the elec- — by writing a work of fi ction with critics and readers in 2005 tion would have been different if about her. with her fi rst adults were similarly able to see “I was defi nitely an admirer of novel, “Prep,” her as independent from him. Hillary before I started the book, a best-selling On whether “Rodham” is how but writing from her perspec- coming of-age she wishes Clinton’s life had tive made me feel closer to her,” narrative. Her turned out: “Rodham” author Sittenfeld other books “Rodham” is defi nitely without wrote to The Associated Press in include the question a novel — the great ma- an email. “I realize that close- novels “The jority of events in it are made up. ness is NOT mutual — we’ve Man of My I feel that it’s important for me to never met. But she feels very Dreams” and familiar to me now in terms of say that if anyone wants to read “Eligible” and a defi nitive account of Hillary’s the trajectory of her life, her re- the story col- lationships, her syntax, so when I life, they should read either of lection “You Think It, I’ll Say It.” her two memoirs or perhaps the see clips of her or hear her voice, She also has written reviews, in- I think, ‘Oh, that’s my Hillary.’ ” nonfi ction accounts “A Woman cluding one for Vanity Fair about in Charge” by Carl Bernstein Sittenfeld’s new book is her Michelle Obama’s “Becoming,” second imagined portrait of a fa- or “Chasing Hillary” by Amy which Sittenfeld praised as “so mous woman; “American Wife,” Chozick. “Rodham” is an act of surprisingly candid, richly emo- based on the life of Laura Bush, imagination, creativity, and, yes, tional, and granularly detailed was published in 2008. But while to some extent wishful thinking. that it allows readers to feel “American Wife” tells of a high- On political memoirs, includ- profi le marriage that remains exactly what Michelle herself felt ing Bill Clinton’s “My Life” intact despite the narrator’s at various moments in her life.” and Hillary Clinton’s “Living misgivings, Sittenfeld follows a The kind of memoir, in other History”: different path in “Rodham.” The words, that has the power of a I confess that I read only the “Hillary” in Sittenfeld’s book novel. fi rst 25% of “My Life,” up until breaks off from Bill early and Other highlights from the re- the point when Bill and Hillary remains Hillary Rodham, a deci- cent interview with Sittenfeld: get married, but I enjoyed both sion that proves fortunate for her. On why she wrote “Rodham”: those books. Political memoirs It’s a premise that has been Two things made me write are criticized for being anodyne this book. First, in early 2016, or else campaign tools masquer- raised before, including by the /AP author and journalist Rebecca an editor at Esquire asked if I’d ading as literature, but I’m often JOSEPHINE SITTENFELD, RANDOM HOUSE Traister. In a 2015 story for The like to write a short story from surprised by how revealing and In Curtis Sittenfeld’s “Rodham,” Hillary’s life takes a different direction. New Republic, entitled “The Hillary’s perspective as she ac- colorful they are. I read mem- Best Thing Hillary Could Do cepted the Democratic nomina- oirs by all the female senators friend group was named Amy, On whether she hopes Hillary for Her Campaign? Ditch Bill,” tion for president. I had declined running for president in 2020, Amy, Amy, and Heidi, and they Clinton reads “Rodham”: Traister wrote of how Hillary to write essays about Hillary — I and I especially enjoyed hearing rode the Greyhound from Min- “If Hillary wants to read the was endlessly “pulled back, into didn’t feel I had any new analysis about the candidates’ families nesota to Florida, where they book, she’s very welcome to and the shadow” of Bill Clinton and to contribute — but fi ction gave and upbringings. (For instance, pretended to be college students I’d be happy to hear her feedback that he, not she, was the political me the chance to ask not “What Amy Klobuchar, who’s my sena- and met a group of high school (even if she thinks parts of it are benefi ciary of their relationship. do the American people think of tor, went on spring break in high boys pretending the same, while preposterous), and if she doesn’t “I’m pretty sure I’ve read Hillary?” but “What does Hillary school with three friends. Their wearing fake mustaches.) want to, I don’t blame her.” ‘Big Summer’ is a breezy romp through online influencer culture

BY ANGELA HAUPT readers had this dose of summer fun in to never see Drue Lathrop Cavanaugh From there, the plot careens into Special to The Washington Post their hands, the better — and it deliv- again. Six years later, Daphne has evolved slightly over-the-top whodunit territory, ers. Weiner takes a breezy romp through into a #fi ercefatgirl: a 20-something Ins- with a splash of steamy romance. The cover of Jennifer Weiner’s new online infl uencer culture, leveling an “I tagram infl uencer who’s cultivated a fol- Weiner’s appraisal of Instagram novel, “Big Summer,” is already lovely: see you” gaze at the Instagram fake-it-till- lowing through body acceptance hashtags . culture, and our fi xation with likes and splashes of turquoise, purple and corn- you-make-it crowd. Weiner gets readers invested in the followers, will resonate. Even as Daphne fl ower blue. But imagine how much more It’s deliciously fun: pair’s relationship — which is magnetic enjoys the perks of infl uencer status it would pop with an Instagram fi lter frothy entertainment but unhealthy — through revealing fl ash- — clothing from hip brands, a community like Mayfair or Lo-Fi, the blue becoming with surprising depth. backs. When Drue reenters the picture, of women who make her feel seen — she’s more electric, the purple as juicy as a ripe Years ago, Drue begging forgiveness and claiming she’s alert to its pitfalls. “In space, nobody berry. — a familiar high changed, it’s with a big ask: She’s getting could hear you scream; on the Internet, That would be but a mirage. As Weiner school mean girl married and needs a bridal party, which nobody could tell if you were lying,” she gracefully reminds, we’re all less shiny — humiliated Daphne than our sepia-tinted selfi es. is what happens when you make a hobby muses, adding that her confi dence and at a bar, tricking her In “Big Summer,” Daphne Berg, a not- out of hurting people. Will Daphne be her self-love weren’t totally faked for Insta- into a setup with a so-infl uential plus-size infl uencer, recon- maid of honor? gram — just “considerably amplifi ed.” man who could barely nects with her estranged former best Soon, the pair is in picturesque Cape “Even if things don’t get better, you can friend, Drue Lathrop Cavanaugh. If you disguise his disgust. Cod for the society wedding of the sum- always make them look good on the Inter- scrolled past Drue on Instagram, you’d After summoning a mer. Drue is marrying Stuart Lowe, who net,” she counsels a young friend, which is be dazzled: good looks, expensive clothes, rare shot of courage, Daphne stood up for starred in “All the Single Ladies” — a as 2020 as advice gets. seductive smile. But lies of omission are herself and delivered an Oscar-worthy hilarious spoof of “The Bachelor.” The Even with a side of romance and mys- standard operating procedure online tell-off that would later go viral. Then she couple outdid themselves soliciting spon- tery, this is a story about friendship — and — and it’s easy to gloss over imperfec- fl ed the scene, as Drue screeched, “You’re sors that wanted to pay to be featured the damage we do when we’re not authen- tions, especially the invisible kind that a fat little nobody. ... You’re lucky I ever on wedding-related social media posts tic with ourselves and each other. fester inside. even talked to you!” (hashtagged #drueandstu). At the rehears- “Big Summer” is big fun, and then The novel was originally set to publish That night, Daphne “decided to stop al dinner on the beach, for example, guests some. It’s empowering and surprising — a on May 19, but when the coronavirus being a girl on a diet and just start being a could recline on a king-size bed outfi tted reminder to put down the phone and enjoy pandemic hit, Simon & Schuster bumped girl.” First, though, she’d drop “a hundred with selfi e sticks — and hashtags for the each moment for what it is, rather than up the release by two weeks. The sooner and seventeen useless pounds” by vowing mattress company and linen supplier. what it could look like on Instagram. PAGE 32 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WEEKEND: MUSIC

RELEASE OR DELAY? MUSICIANS WITH NEW ALBUMS SEARCH FOR THE BEST DECISION DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS BOTH SIDES NOW

BY ALLISON STEWART f these were normal times, singer-songwriter Jason Isbell would celebrate the debut of his new Special to The Washington Post album, “Reunions,” the way he usually does, by visiting famed East Nashville record store Grimey’s on release day. But the coronavirus shutdown measures have left Isbell stuck at home, wrestling with the same quandary facing many of his peers: How do you release an album during a pandemic? For artists such as Lady Gaga, Sam Smith and the Dixie Chicks, who have postponed their album releases, and for artists such as Pearl Jam, Kenny Chesney and the Weeknd, who have pressed on, the coronavirus crisis presents opportunities, diffi culties and the potential for career-ending Jason Isbell decided to go ahead and release his new humiliation in almost equal measure. album, “Reunions,” even For Isbell, postponing “Reunions” was never really an option. though he couldn’t tour to “It’s important to keep people interested in what you’re doing, because there’s so many support it because of the coronavirus shutdown. Other distractions and so many different forms of entertainment that it’s really, really hard to keep artists are holding off to people’s attention,” he says. “For me, I think putting out an album full of strong material is a see what the promotional landscape looks like in the really good way to remind people, ‘Hey, I’m still here. I’m still making music. Even though next few months. we’re all locked in the house.’ ” /AP I AMY HARRIS, INVISION CONTINUED ON PAGE 33 Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 33 WEEKEND: MUSIC REVIEWS Damien Jurado What’s New, Tomboy? (Mama Bird Recording Co.) Damien Jurado’s “What’s New, Tomboy?” is a deceptively simple collection of delicate vignettes, wrapped in subdued arrange- ments brimming with layers of wistful melodies. Jurado’s 15th album is nearly all self-made, from the song- writing and production to the cover art, but Josh Gordon’s bass guitar is a key component, both Knowing when to say you’re foundation and fi ligree. wrong / To get it right all the Some of the album’s songs, time / Means it’s over.” named after people like “Fran- The guitar on “Arthur Aware” cine,” “Sandra” and “Frankie,” seems inspired by The Beatles’ are tales of fragility, romance, LYNNE SLADKY/AP “Mother Nature’s Son,” but the commitment, maturity and con- story sounds more like the deso- Many rap artists such as DaBaby are having an easier time navigating the pandemic because they are fl ict. Jurado’s worn voice, at once lation of “Eleanor Rigby.” less dependent on physical album sales and live performances than rock and country artists. intimate and distant, lends them Jurado’s economical approach empathy and credibility. really pays dividends on “What’s FROM PAGE 32 ways,” says Mike Scrafford, the band’s manager. Opener “Birds Tricked Into New, Tomboy?” as he compacts All music genres have struggled during the “So we just felt like if we got the music out and let the Trees” is melancholy in that an anthology worth of disparate pandemic, although not equally: Many rap artists, people live with it, then it’s probably better than Ron Sexsmith way, an electric situations into less than 30 min- generally less dependent on physical album sales waiting for some unknown time period and, you guitar weaving itself around a utes of penetrating songs. and live performances than their rock and coun- know, potentially dealing with a lot of competition weeping melody and a ponder- — Pablo Gorondi try counterparts, are thriving, buoyed by newer in that time period for attention, because you’ve ing aphorism — “It’s all about / Associated Press hitmakers such as DaBaby and YoungBoy Never got to think that there are probably a lot of people Broke Again. doing that.” As many musicians are discovering, a cap- For singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin, whose Pam Tillis tive audience isn’t necessarily a receptive one. debut, “These Two Windows,” is set for release “People are distracted, and people are freaked May 29, nothing can compensate for his inability Looking for a Feeling out,” says Roy Trakin, a contributing editor at to tour. “There’s pluses and minuses” to releasing (Stellar Cat Records) trade publication Variety. “It’s really hard to get an album during a pandemic, he says. The closure Pam Tillis has mastered the people to concentrate. Streaming (numbers are) of schools, where his music spread through word art of singing without raising her up, but the statistics show that streaming is not up of mouth, wasn’t great, he fi gures, but those kids voice. She swoops and slides, yes, for new releases. Streaming is up for classic stuff, are now home, waiting to be entertained. “It comfort music. Is it the time to introduce new often depends on how optimistic you’re feeling but most of all she smolders, an alto with a blue hue. music? Are people ready for it? On the one hand, that day,” Benjamin says. “Sometimes I’m really More than 35 years into her re- they’re at home, they’ve got plenty of time to con- bummed, you know? I waited my whole life to cording career, Tillis has never centrate on things. But it’s such a weird time.” fi nally be in a position where I can play shows.” sounded better than on “Looking Artists with scheduled corona-era releases If there’s one thing music industry experts for a Feeling.” By turns she’s weigh confl icting concerns. They worry about agree on, it’s that nobody really knows anything. sassy and seductive, pulling back competing with the virus for the nation’s atten- The industry’s few remaining gatekeepers ap- to a near whisper so the listener tion; they worry that their music, if delayed, will pear ill-equipped to sift through the avalanche will lean in. She applies twang “Is the sky really falling?” no longer feel relevant to them; they generally of new acts. Radio play, for example, means less and melisma but never over- Given that the album was dread album rollouts and want to get them over when fewer people are listening on their way to sings. A stylist such as Patsy drawn from sessions at three with. work. No real consensus has emerged on whether Cline would be proud, and so studios, each with a different “I was very overwhelmed by both options,” artists should release albums or postpone them, would Tillis’ father, Mel. producer, the set is remarkably says Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams, or how they might best gauge the national mood. Her wonderful performance cohesive. The outlier is “Karma,” who released her solo debut, “Petals for Armor,” It’s easier than ever for an artist to do the wrong is built on excellent material, in- a keyboard-heavy overreach that this month, and who, like Isbell, had to scratch thing, to seem self-promoting, or too earnest, or cluding six songs Tillis co-wrote. tries too hard to sound contem- plans to spend her release day at Grimey’s. “If I not earnest enough. No one wants to be seen as She sings about turning over porary. postpone it, I’m just gonna feel bloated with it for not taking the pandemic seriously, or jockeying stones (the title cut), honoring Elsewhere the arrangements God knows how much longer. If I put it out now, for advantage during a plague, but no one wants the past (“Dolly 1969”) and the are smartly uncluttered — rootsy what if it’s not sensitive enough? Will I look like to be the target of a Gal Gadot-singing-“Imagine”- virtues of faith, dogs and old and retro, but also timeless, leav- an egotistical a------? Eventually, after the strange style cancellation, either. “People are already movies (“My Kind of Medicine”). ing the focus on the songs and grief of it all, I just decided that I would be really growing tired of ‘We’re all in this together,’ ” Tillis strikes a timely note in their singer. pleased to get some new music from one of my fa- Trakin says. closing with a look at the big pic- — Steven Wine vorite artists. If Bjork wanted to drop something Pop hasn’t yet had its “Tiger King” moment, a ture on “Burning Star,” and asks, Associated Press right now, I’d live.” unifying (virtual) water cooler smash, although Mikel Jollett, frontman of the L.A.-based rock the era has a handful of winners: R&B superstar band the Airborne Toxic Event, was forced to the Weeknd’s March album, “After Hours,” is contemplate canceling both the release of his new an unreserved hit. Fiona Apple’s “Fetch the Bolt Hayley Williams memoir, “Hollywood Park,” and a soundtrack Cutters” is widely considered the fi rst great work album of the same name. Because the compli- Petals for Armor (Atlantic) of the era, although it fell out of the Billboard Top cated architecture of a dual book-album release One of the most gifted emo was already in place, and because the Airborne 100 within a month of its release; even successful graduates, Paramore front- Toxic Event hadn’t issued a new album in fi ve albums feel strangely ephemeral in the age of the years, they decided to proceed as planned. “It coronavirus. woman Hayley Williams spent a was more like, ‘Let’s just go; we got this,’ ” Jollett The pandemic has created an unlikely break- decade fi rmly restating that she says. “Waiting a year — who knows where we’re out moment for Bob Dylan, who landed his fi rst was no solo act. They even sold gonna be in a year, and that’s part of the practi- No. 1 hit in April (granted, it was in the specialty shirts saying, “Paramore Esta cal considerations of all this. When you started, category of “U.S. rock digital song sales”) with Una Banda.” you might have thought, ‘OK, let’s put it out in “Murder Most Foul,” a 17-minute song about the But the band themselves the fall.’ But now, you would have had to move it Kennedy assassination that is comfortingly famil- evolved so much — from pop- again. And then you think, ‘Oh well, maybe in the iar, but grave enough to meet the national moment punk to Wall of Sound produc- spring,’ and then you might have to move it again. without appearing to try to. He also recently an- tions to Paradise Garage-inspired ... You don’t want to have to move it twice.” nounced that his 39th album, “Rough and Rowdy ’80s, and with a lineup change on Ways,” will be released on June 19. every record — that this belated comparisons. A funky Suzanne Many superstars who initially delayed their Vega? albums are cautiously returning to the fray, Other, mortal rock stars are muddling along rebranding and its curveballs Two winners, “Taken” and including Lady Gaga, whose latest release, as best they can. For Isbell, who has a 4-year-old won’t shock anyone. (It’s copro- “Chromatica,” will drop at the end of the month. daughter at home and a wife, singer Amanda duced with Paramore guitarist “Sugar on the Rim,” have the In their absence, artists bubbling under the A-list, Shires, with a heart condition, there are big- Taylor York.) mark of Erykah Badu and Lady such as indie band Car Seat Headrest, are step- ger things to worry about than album sales. “I Yet it’s Williams’ biggest leap Gaga, respectively, while the bro- ping into the attention vacuum. don’t know if everybody feels this way, but I can from previous territory. ken beat of early highlight “Cin- When things open back up, the thinking goes, write another album,” he says. “I could write you Her singing has absorbed the namon” has roots in St. Vincent. competition for venues, publicity and airtime will another album this week that would probably hushed shrugs of Billie Eilish, Give a onetime genius for obvi- be fi erce. Car Seat Headrest’s new album, “Mak- be pretty good. I’m sorry to say that, but I know sung over the high-mixed drums ous hooks her props. She’s gone ing a Door Less Open,” debuted to the biggest how to write a song and I could do it again. So, if I of clattering latter-day Radio- subtle without turning dull. sales of the band’s career when it was released need to write another album and put one out next head. Unusual R&B-infl uenced — Dan Weiss this month. “People stream, a lot these days, any- year, I’ll just do that. It’s not that big a deal.” song shapes invite ’90s folk-jazz The Philadelphia Inquirer PAGE 34 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WEEKEND: TELEVISION

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And (I planned to) get to the “American Soul” Season 2 (May 27) Tribune News Service sometimes I want to stretch things out. I’m true essence of those massive things that “Carl Weber’s Influence” (July 18) like, ‘All right, I want to take a pause here she did, but not get bogged down in all the BET+ ometimes history can be so boring and say this speech and really (slow down.)’ really small detail so that it gets sort of bor- “All the Way Black” (June TBA) that nobody wants to hear about it. And it’s like, OK, let’s just speed it up and ingly historical.” “Carl Weber’s the Family Business” But Hulu plans to change all that say it really quick. And it always works so He thinks hers is actually a contemporary Season 2 (July TBA) when it presents its new 10-part much better that way. And also I had to tale. “biography” of Catherine the learn, I think, with comedy also not to feel “It’s like, who are these people when they OXYGEN SGreat, available Friday. “Killer Couples” (June 18) embarrassed. I’ve learned so much in the wake up? On one level, she’s Catherine the This is not the sternly sagacious Em- Great who marries Peter the Great and “Snapped: Betty Broderick” (July) process of this in bringing my walls down press of Russia that audiences have seen and going for it a bit more,” Fanning says. that’s a big story,” he says. “On another FX before with Helen Mirren, or Catherine The Australian McNamara, who earned level that’s quite contemporary, it’s about a “AKA Jane Roe” (May 22) Zeta-Jones, or Bette Davis, or even Marlene an Academy Award nomination for his woman who marries the wrong person and Dietrich. CINEMAX screenplay “The Favourite,” says, “I think then has to go, ‘What do I do? Do I kill him?’ No, this is former child actress Elle Fan- “Trackers” (June 5) when I started, the reason I wanted to do And that seemed a contemporary question.” ning, now grown up. And “The Great” is a McNamara doesn’t apologize for veering COMEDY CENTRAL it was because basically I knew one thing comedy. off the truth. “Esther Povitsky: Hot for My Name” about Catherine the Great, which was What’s more, it’s not even historically ac- “As long as I feel like we’re truly telling a (June 5) maybe she fornicated with a horse. And then curate, says creator Tony McNamara. version of her story that is historically accu- I also found out everything about her.” SUNDANCETV “When I see people tying their shoes with rate here and there, and there’s certain sort “The Split” Season 2 (May 21) ribbons, I wanna kill myself,” he says. “So I What he discovered, he says, is that of tent poles that we try and hit,” he says. “It history’s impression of her is skewed. IFC was like, ‘What would I watch? What would isn’t a perfectly historically accurate docu- “Sherman’s Showcase: Black History be exciting for me?’ A period show about “She went to a country she didn’t even ment. That’s not what we’re trying to do. Month Spectacular” (June 19) a great character. But how would we do know. She took it over. She started female Other shows have done that, and that’s not that in a way that twisted the genre a little education. She kept the Enlightenment alive. what we’re trying to do.” PARAMOUNT NETWORK bit and made it a show I would watch? And She invented the roller coaster. I was, like, “Yellowstone” Season 3 (June 21) While much of the series is McNamara’s my 21-year-old daughter would watch, and well that’s the story,” he says. “And it also invention, some of it is actually right on, he SPECTRUM ORIGINALS people who liked history could watch as well seemed a contemporary story because the says. “L.A.’s Finest” Season 2 (June 8) — but it was all about the characters?” received wisdom about her is a terrible lie “There’s also lots of details that are com- TBS Comedy is new to Fanning, 22, who liter- and defi nes who everyone saw her as. But pletely strange that turn out to be true. Like “Lost Resort” (TBA) ally cut her teeth in fi lms like “The Curious she was this quite incredible woman. So that odd methods of contraception and odd meth- seemed like a fascinating story to tell for us. SYFY Case of Benjamin Button” and “Daddy Day ods of pregnancy testing that are so bizarre “Syfy Wire’s the Great Debate” (June Care.” But I also didn’t want to get bogged down in you think we made them up, but they’re all 18) “That did take a bit of getting used to for all the detail. kind of accurate,” he says. “It’s peppered me of getting into the rhythm and of course, “And what I’ve talked about is fi nding with lots of detail that is true, and then how CBS ALL ACCESS the delicious writing, and it’s all there and really specifi c things we wanted to deal with we tell the story is of our own making.” “The Twilight Zone” Season 2 (June 25) CMT ‘ It isn’t a perfectly historically accurate document. That’s not what we’re trying to do. “CMT Celebrates Our Heroes: An Art- ists of the Year Special” (June 3) Other shows have done that, and that’s not what we’re trying to do. ’ FACEBOOK WATCH Tony McNamara “Red Table Talk” (TBA) creator, “The Great” PAGE 36 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WEEKEND: HEALTH & FITNESS OPINION Blessings of a bigger waistline

BY JESSICA ROY Los Angeles Times Weight of went for a walk the other day. Some- thing in the window caught my eye: my refl ection. I can’t say for sure, Ibut I’m beginning to strongly suspect there is a little more of me than there was at the start of March. coronavirus I cannot say I am surprised. I’ve been working from home and practicing ex- pert-level social distancing for two months now. Everything about my life and my Avoid socially-distanced routine has changed. That my body is changing too isn’t a surprise — or a bad thing. weight gain by starting I have been doing yoga at home, but scrolling past YouTube’s litany of “power new, healthy habits now core fl ow” and “total body vinyasa” rou- tines in favor of slow, gentle, stress-reliev- ing stretches. And I have been blissfully, gleefully throwing off the shackles of worrying about what I eat or how much I ate or whether I’ve made it to spin class recently. iStock I certainly haven’t stepped on a scale recently, but I’m pretty sure I’ve gained a little weight. And I couldn’t be more Mayo Clinic News Network times that can be high-calorie. We still “Similarly, with adults, as we maintain thrilled about it. may be taking takeout at home, so there those habits, if we can establish a new In fact, I’m grateful. If the worst thing f you’ve gained weight during the might be a little bit of a good thing there, routine, the longer this goes on, then that comes out of all of this for me is that COVID-19 pandemic, you aren’t a decrease in calories. However, many we can arrest that weight gain and try I have to buy new pants, I will weep with alone. The “Quarantine 15” — re- people are stocking up frozen foods and maintain a normal weight. It’s more gratitude. ferring to the weight gain some and processed foods that have a long important for some people than others, ” I’m fortunate about a lot of things. Gain- people have experienced since shelf life. Many times, they’re higher in Dr. Hensrud continues. “For example, ing weight means you have enough food Istay-at-home guidelines went into effect to eat. My husband and I still have our calories and less healthy,” Dr. Hensrud, people who have diabetes or high blood — is likely due to a disruption in daily says. “On the fl ip side, for example, fruits pressure. Just a modest amount of weight jobs. So far we’ve stayed healthy. So have routines and habits. and vegetables: They don’t last as long, gain in some people, if they’re sensitive my parents, my in-laws, my cousins, my “People’s habits have changed quite and we may be consuming less of them. to that, can increase their blood glucose uncles and aunts. a bit since we’re spending more time at There are a number of reasons why we and blood pressure, and they won’t have I decided to ask a couple of experts home,” says Dr. Donald Hensrud, medi- might be at risk for weight gain through a good control over these factors, over whether gaining a little extra protective cal director of Mayo Clinic’s Healthy our habits that have changed, both in these conditions. So, it depends on the coating will permanently ruin my health. Living Program. And those changes in burning activity and in consuming more individual, it depends on their health The short answer: no. While obesity can habits can lead to health and medical is- calories.” conditions, and it depends on long-term be a contributing factor to worse outcomes sues down the road. habits or routines.” for coronavirus patients, most people are Dr. Hensrud shares his thoughts on the Why weight gain matters not going to go from a healthy weight to disruption of habits and how people can obese just by eating more snacks for a “A few pounds short term may not Establish new habits fi nd new habits. couple of months, said Whitney Catalano, make a difference. It could be fl uid. It “With all habits, it takes time to “Now, I want to make a point for some a registered dietician who lives in L.A.’s might be just a little weight gain while establish them, so everybody is get- people: Getting enough food, getting Palms neighborhood. we establish new routines. Obviously, ting accustomed to this new normal. I’d enough calories and maintaining weight “Don’t worry about a few pounds, and the more weight we gain and the longer encourage people to establish those new may be an issue,” Dr. Hensrud says. remove the worry about the weight itself it’s maintained, the more it affects our healthy habits now. You have to be a little “Some people may have to worry about and focus on things that might be more health,” Dr. Hensrud says. “For children, proactive about this, and that will make it maintaining their weight, not uninten- easier in the long term. Break out of your compassionate ways to think about your for example, it’s been shown that chil- health,” Samantha Cassetty, a registered tionally losing weight. But for many of us, dren’s weight tracks to some extent. If comfort zone,” Dr. Hensrud says. our habits have changed.” “Instead of giving in to large amounts dietitian based in New York City, said. children establish those habits, or lack of “Slightly tighter jeans is not a massive healthy habits, when they’re young and of comfort food, this can be an opportu- Change in movement nity to take foods that we may not think weight gain.” they gain weight, that might persist as My overindulging will not end when “For example, people think about they go into adolescence and adulthood.” of as healthy — you can make burritos, exercise right away, and they should,” bean burritos or even pizza. If you make social distancing does. I am setting money Dr. Hensrud says. “Fitness centers are it in the correct way, it can be a healthy aside specifi cally to attempt to single- closed : People may be doing less food. Invest some time. Planning handedly revive our great city’s bar and exercise and burning less is a real key here if you plan restaurant scene, on top of the jaw- and calories through activity ahead rather than just waistline-popping amount of takeout I’ve that way. What people don’t grabbing something at ordered in recent weeks. think quite as much about, the last moment. Try When they fl ing open the doors to the though, is low-level activity and raise your culinary gyms and fi tness centers once again, we throughout the day. Even if skills and do a little bit can fl ood them like every day is the fi rst we have a desk job, we have more cooking. It’s an Monday after New Year’s. I do plan on to walk at least to our car to opportunity for that, too. going back to the gym — I miss my spin get to work. We may walk So, if we can embrace class instructor — but I think I’ll keep throughout the day; we this, embrace our new baking bread. I’m getting good at it. may walk to lunch. And, so, normal, look for oppor- Someday — hopefully someday soon, for spending time at home, tunities to establish new though not too soon — most of us will that low-level activity may healthy routines.” stumble bleary-eyed back into the streets, be causing us to burn fewer “Eating healthy and unwaxed, undyed, ungroomed. I’ll be a overall calories.” eating well don’t have to little paler and a little pudgier. The next be drudgery. It can and time I can go to the beach — maybe this Consuming more should be an enjoyable summer, maybe the next time they take calories way to live. And if we can the census — I’ll run straight into the iStock do that, then we can bet- waves, my bikini strings straining a bit “We may be consum- ter manage our weight more than usual. ing more calories. On the and our overall health And I will have precisely one thought in good side, we’re eating out during this pandemic,” my head: I’m so grateful to be here. less at restaurants. Some- Dr. Hensrud adds. See you there. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 37 WEEKEND: FAMILY

THE MEAT AND ‘The full freshman experience’ POTATOES OF LIFE Incoming college students wonder if campuses will reopen Lisa Smith Molinari

BY GARY ROBBINS The San Diego Union-Tribune Bolognese recipe atie Quis loves San Diego State University and hopes to be a freshman a sure-fire respite Kthere this fall. But she might end up 1,300 miles away, udging from the bright sunlight that glowed strolling the hilly paths of the Uni- through my closed eyelids, it was a beautiful morn- versity of Kansas. ing. But I couldn’t get up and face another day of She’s decided to go to whichever Jthis unending monotony. I pulled the pillow over school announces fi rst that it will my face and yearned for sleep to deliver me. welcome students on campus rather An hour later, I’d given up. I made the bed, decided than making them stay home and it wasn’t worth showering, dressed in spandex again, take courses online to avoid the brushed my teeth because I wasn’t ready to completely novel coronavirus. give up on hygiene, and sat sipping coffee in the kitchen. “I want the full freshman expe- I was bottoming out. Throughout the shutdown, my rience — going to football games, attitude had been surprisingly positive. At fi rst, I was rushing a sorority, being around downright happy. Our college kids were home. My people my age, learning to be husband, Francis, wasn’t commuting to New York City independent,” said Quis, a senior at anymore. We were eating meals together, playing games, Rancho Bernardo High School in GARY ROBBINS, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE/TNS calling friends, cooking out, going on long walks. Even Zoom meetings seemed fun. San Diego. “I don’t want to pay to The University of San Diego’s Serra Hall is usually buzzing with students take classes online from my house.” Three months in, I would have chosen a stick in my but is now empty because of the coronavirus. Like other colleges, USD is eye over another Zoom meeting. The jokes about gray Like other students, she’ll be determining if and how students will return to campus in the fall. lucky if either school throws open roots and quarantinis weren’t funny anymore. Francis’ its doors. work-from-home schedule had given me new apprecia- send them home if the virus fl ares cases, could be far from home. Edu- tion for those wonderful nights when I was by myself on The cherished tradition of pack- up. It was controlled chaos when cators say students are more likely ing a suitcase and heading off to the couch with the TV clicker while he was in the city. San Diego County’s fi ve major uni- to stay close to home and many will The kids were acting like our house was a free bed and college for freshman year has been versities sent about 20,000 students take basic requirement classes at scuttled by the coronavirus, which breakfast and I their scullery maid. The daily walks had packing last month. community colleges, which charge become so repetitive, I had taken to peering shamelessly has shut campuses nationwide, forc- But there’s still a lot of interest a fraction of the price of four-year into neighbors’ windows just to fi ght boredom. Our house, ing them to offer courses online. in salvaging September, especially schools. which had once seemed like our cozy refuge from the rest Schools are suddenly reeling from for freshmen. Educators say the Educators also that say some of the world, felt more like a prison each passing day. unexpected costs, ranging from fi rst six weeks of the school year students won’t return, crimping Even the coffee didn’t taste good anymore. housing refunds to helping some are fi lled with the sort of socializa- school revenues. It also could make I sighed desperately. I pulled out my tattered to-do list, students pay for fl ights home. tion that can determine if a student it harder for students to graduate in and scratched my pen through items on the list to feel like This is the biggest cataclysm in succeeds. a timely way. I’d accomplished something. Do laundry. Scratch. Buy the history of American higher edu- Each year, USD sends groups SDSU, CSUSM and USD are groceries. Scratch. Plant tomatoes. Scratch. cation, one that could wipe out the of students on a camping trip in thinking about reducing the num- I added enough new items to occupy another day in sight of parents fi ghting back tears Joshua Tree — an idea that will stay ber of students they let in to large captivity. Vacuum upstairs. Mop kitchen. Spray bug killer as they drop their kids off at college. on the table if the school can fi gure classes to allow enough space for in basement. Plan dinner. No one knows how long it will out how to enforce social distancing social distancing. It’s called “de- I got up to look for ingredients for our evening meal. last. But college-bound freshmen in the desert. densifying.” The sight of the open refrigerator ignited a tiny spark are clear about this: They are not It’s also exploring whether it can That could protect people’s within me. An idea was lighting the dark recesses of my digging it. minimize the risk of infection by health. But a school might not be stagnant mind. You’ll hear them say that watch- reducing the number of students able to offer enough sections of a “My bolognese!” I thought, more excited than I’d been ing a college football game in their in dorms, making them stay 6 feet course to serve all of its students. in weeks. Quickly, I grabbed ground pork and beef, car- parent s’ living room will never apart, and possibly staggering their That, in turn, could lengthen the rots, celery, onion, milk and cans of tomatoes. My tattered compare to doing it with a gaggle of use of restrooms. time it takes to earn a degree, which recipe card was on a shelf in the room we call my “offi ce” new friends in a crowded stadium USD President James Harris III makes it more costly. — the unheated space that was actually our pantry. on the edge of a campus that’s new wants to make things work, but he’s The situation has left some stu- By the time the kids emerged from their bedrooms to them. circumspect. dents asking if taking a gap year is mid-morning, the aroma of sauteing onions and browning Students also will tell you that “We’re preparing to bring the answer. meat was wafting through the house. Anna called down cramming for an exam in the fl irty students back in the fall — but But many of the traditional gap- the kitchen stairs, “Mom, what’s that smell?” world of UC San Diego’s Geisel Li- we might not be allowed to,” said year activities — backpacking in “Bolognese,” I replied, stirring in a cup of dry wine. brary is a thing to remember. Doing Harris, who has frozen wages on Europe, volunteering in a foreign “Yes!” she said. it from home, amid the numbing campus and personally taken a 15% country — would be tough to do. “There it is,” I thought. That whoosh of warm feeling I chatter of siblings, is something to pay cut. “It’s diffi cult to plan for a Airlines have slashed international was looking for, to reignite my love for my family and my try to forget. variety of scenarios four months fl ights. Many foreign hotels aren’t maternal motivation to nurture them through the crisis. Nearly 3 million students will away when we don’t know what we open. There are few places to pick The uncovered pot bubbled and hissed all day, thicken- enroll as freshmen this fall across will be allowed or capable of doing.” up a job to cover expenses. ing, releasing steam and fi lling the air with much-needed anticipation for good things to come. the country. Most are members of His frustration is shared by Yet universities have to spice up About an hour before dinner, Francis appeared from Generation Z, the fi rst generation Albert Pisano, dean of the Jacobs the online experience if they want his third-fl oor home offi ce . “Hey Hon, what’s for din ...,” a that’s always had access to the inter- School of Engineering at UC San to keep students plugged in. package in the open refrigerator caught his eye, “Italian net, social media and cellphones. Diego. “There are more distractions sausages? Is that what we’re having for dinner?” They’re big on Instagram and “How do you teach students team- when you’re at home,” said TJ “No Hon, look here,” I gestured to the pot of home- streaming. But many students say work if they can’t get together?” Griggs, a senior at SDSU. “You can cooked goodness on the stove, “I made my bolognese.” I they dislike online learning, calling Pisano asked. eat, look at your phone. You get smiled coyly, expecting another excited reaction . it dull, lonely and too taxing on their PLNU President Bob Brower bored and forget school is there. You “But, but ...” he stuttered for a few painful seconds, his attention spans. feels something similar: “This is a have to be really dedicated to do it eyes darting to his favorite food in the world — sausages They ask: Who wants to pay the relationship-driven place. So much right.” — before blurting, “you could make those sausages, too.” same price for watching a psych happens just encountering people Mackenzie Stafford, an SDSU All my rekindled hopes, warm thoughts and nurturing class on Zoom when they can do on campus or in class. That’s just freshman, said, “It’s easier to raise feelings were sucked away. I had thought the bolognese it in a lecture hall fi lled with their more diffi cult right now.” your hand in person and bounce would save me. Save our family. Save humanity. peers? The deadline for accepting ad- ideas off other people. It’s more I was wrong. The answer is few. But students mission at UCSD, SDSU, and USD nerve-wracking to do it online.” On our walk the following day, I stopped peering in will have little choice in the matter. was May 1. CSUSM and PLNU Andrew Carrillo of Chula Vista, windows long enough to explain to Francis why the The coronavirus hasn’t been are giving students until June 1. Calif., agrees. bolognese had been important to me. Surprisingly, he un- slain. A vaccine isn’t near. And Students could later switch to a “My professors have been re- derstood. However, I hadn’t realized that Francis sought there might be a second wave of different university if they fi nd one ally good at moving online,” said salvation, too, until he added, “So ... will you cook those infections in the fall. that’s offering in-person classes. Carrillo, a junior at San Francisco sausages tonight?” University leaders cringe at the But many students wouldn’t be to State. “But face-to-face discussion Read more of Lisa Smith Molinari’s columns at: possibility of waving students back afford the cost of suddenly shifting in a classroom is the foundation of a themeatandpotatoesoflife.com to campus in the fall only to have to to another school which, in some good college education.” Email: [email protected] PAGE 38 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 WEEKEND: CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

BORDER CROSSINGS 1234 5678 9101112131415161718 BY ADAM FROMM / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ 19 20 21 22 Adam Fromm is a songwriter/musician from Brunswick, Me., who has been making puzzles “as far back as I can remember.” His first published puzzle appeared in Games magazine in 2000. This one grew out of a geographical curiosity he noticed. Fun fact: Adam is a huge 23 24 25 26 fan of Amazon Prime’s “36-Down,” which he was very happy to include in the grid. — W.S. ACROSS 53 ____ shoots (salad 106 Want badly 14 Many Omanis 27 28 29 ingredient) 1 “For more ____ …” 107 Sit at a red light, say 15 Group seen in 30 31 32 54 One of five for a gathering clouds? 5 Some unwanted mail 108 Biblical outcast dolphin [South America] 16 Discovery that might 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 9 Terse bit of advice 55 Supple leather 109 Exclamation from a cause a rush 41 42 43 44 45 46 13 Half of an ice cream 56 Proboscis, informally cheek pincher 17 Wellsian race of the brand with a fake 58 What subjects and 110 Org. behind the New future 47 48 49 50 Danish name verbs must do Horizons project 18 Gram [Europe] 19 Work up a sweat 111 One whose job 24 Objects in one of 51 52 53 54 55 62 Ancho pepper, before prospects go up in Jesus’ miracles 20 Rent drying smoke? 56 57 58 59 60 61 28 Singer Lisa 21 Like tap water in a 65 Puzzled 112 Responsibility 29 Top of the line 62 63 64 65 restaurant 66 Sort by urgency of 113 Biggest U.S. union, 31 Fruit with an obovate need [Europe] familiarly 22 Iris part shape 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 70 Misgiving 114 Set of two 33 Media for scientists 23 Wing it [Africa] 74 Where meditators 115 City north of Des 74 75 76 77 78 79 34 Unit of brightness 25 Blue look Moines 80 81 82 83 84 75 ____ candy 116 Resident of the 35 Raw material for 26 Chew out Cadbury 76 Planet where the cry Palazzo Ducale 85 86 87 88 89 27 Après-ski drink “Shazbot!” is said to 36 Popular Amazon have originated Prime dramedy from 28 Complete rip-off DOWN 90 91 92 93 79 Food-chain link Britain [Asia] 1 Hankering 80 Treats prepared on an 39 Kind of column seen 94 95 96 97 98 2 Manhattan 30 Barrel-flavored, as open fire on the Jefferson wine neighborhood west 81 Part of O.E.D.: Abbr. Memorial 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 31 Washington, D.C., of the East Village 82 Organic fertilizer 40 “Funny Girl” legalized it in 2014 3 Order composer Jule 106 107 108 84 Hold up 4 Cranky codger 42 Copy 32 Wealthy king of 85 Male 91-Acrosses 109 110 111 112 5 “Reach for the sky!” 43 Vaper’s device, legend 86 T-shirt size [South 6 Sandwich often served informally 113 114 115 116 33 Recess America] with rémoulade 90 Not to mention 44 Nutritional snack 36 Charge for admission sauce from Clif 91 Forest ranger 7 Killer of the Night 37 See 101-Down 45 Trig, for calc, e.g. 92 Shapes made by King on “Game of 60 Kylo ____, “Star 71 Deodorant brand 87 Pull back 100 Michelle of 38 Quaint contraction thumbs and index Thrones” 46 Relaxed Wars” antagonist 72 Sierra ____ 88 Mother of 60-Down “Crouching Tiger, fingers 50 Some wetlands Hidden Dragon” 41 Record company 8 “Throw ____ bone” 61 Candy-heart phrase 73 “Whoops, sorry about 89 Item in a toxic 93 Glossed over 9 Key of Debussy’s “Clair 52 Snack with a 63 Raises one’s paddle, internet “challenge” 101 With 37-Across, [Central America] that!” Ingrid Bergman’s 94 Like some toy cars de Lune” recommended say 91 Region around the 45 Two-time third- microwave time of 77 Sensationalist role in “Casablanca” 97 Sportage maker 10 Black pie-crust 64 Each verse of “Deck Beltway, informally party presidential just three seconds the Halls” has 32 of newspaper 102 Tricky pronoun to 98 ____ Cochran, component 95 Just for laughs candidate 54 Theater impresario them 78 Openings under desks use Mississippi senator 11 Lead-in to many a 96 Put on a show 47 “The Walking Dead” from 1978 to 2018 joke on “The Daily Ziegfeld 66 Host Tyler of “Whose 81 Observance first 103 Wine opener? 97 Work with one’s channel 99 First month of the Show” 55 Abbr. in a Line Is It Anyway?” celebrated in 1970 104 ’60s dance craze that hands 48 Beyond great year without a U.S. 12 Senator who once genealogical tree 67 Dishearten evolved from the 82 Big to-do Chicken federal holiday served as an editor 57 ____ Strait, separator 68 Scottish tradition 98 Poppycock 49 Baking measure 83 [Asia] of The Harvard Law of Australia and before battle Like “Saturday Night 99 Classic computer 105 Join 50 Cerebral Live” 102 Dismissed out of Review Papua New Guinea 69 “We Three Kings” game set on an 108 Helper during taxing 51 Take in hand 13 Hurt 59 What one is in Paris? subjects 86 Put up with abandoned island times?

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“Gunston Street” is drawn by Basil Zaviski. Email him at [email protected], and online at gunstonstreet.com. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 39 FACES Daytime Emmys return to TV, but skipping the theater The Daytime Emmy Awards are skipping a theater ceremony because of the coronavirus, but the honors will be presented on a TV broadcast. CBS’ decision to air the awards on June 26 is a bright spot for the daytime honors, which had been consigned to an online presentation in recent years as viewer interest dwindled. Nominations for the 47th annual Day- time Emmys were to be announced Thursday on CBS’ “The Talk,” with categories including best drama series, talk show and game show. The New York-based National Acade- my of Television Arts & Sciences, which organizes the daytime awards, had pre- viously announced it wouldn’t hold the traditional theater ceremony out of pan- demic safety concerns. Awards will be presented on the CBS broadcast in leading categories, with winners and “other special guests appearing from home in light of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the network and academy said in a joint announcement. Winners in other categories were to be announced on Twitter during the two-hour telecast, with more awards to be presented in a July ceremony, the academy said. Warner Bros. Loughlin, Giannulli to serve The “Snyder Cut” of “Justice League” will be released on HBO Max sometime next year. prison time for college scam Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the college admissions bribery case Seeing the light of day and serve prison time, according to court papers filed Thursday. The couple agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail ‘Snyder Cut’ of ‘Justice League’ to be released on HBO Max next year fraud in a plea agreement filed in Bos- ton’s federal court. The charge carries BY MICHAEL CAVNA film, which was believed to be consider- The Hollywood Reporter said that Sny- up to 20 years in prison and a fine of The Washington Post ably longer than the two-hour theatrical der would reunite “with the original post- $250,000. release. production crew to score, cut and finish Under the plea agreement, Loughlin “This is real,” filmmaker Zack Snyder Last fall, around the second anniversary visual effects” to create “an entirely new has agreed to serve two months in pris- trumpeted Wednesday afternoon on Twit- of “Justice League’s” thing,” with his “Justice League” make- on and Giannulli has agreed to serve ter, with “this” referring to his storied release, two of its stars, over possibly cut into “chapters” for its five months. The plea deal must be ap- version of the critically maligned “Justice Gal Gadot (who plays streaming release. proved by the judge. League” film that will now see the light of Wonder Woman) and In May 2017, with the film set for release day. Ben Affleck (Batman), that November, Snyder announced that he Body of WWE pro found The so-called “Snyder Cut” of the 2017 tweeted the hashtag in would turn “Justice League” over to Joss after suspected drowning superhero team-up movie will be released support. Whedon for completion. Snyder had lost sometime next year on HBO Max, War- On Wednesday, his 20-year-old daughter to suicide about The body of former World Wrestling ner Bros. and the streaming service an- Ray Fisher, who plays two months earlier. Entertainment pro Shad Gaspard was nounced Wednesday. Cyborg in “Justice Upon release, the film — which felt like found early Wednesday on Los Angeles’ League,” tweeted: a patchwork of styles — was widely con- “I want to thank HBO Max and Warner Venice Beach, after he was caught in a “For those who fought. sidered a critical misfire and commercial Brothers for this brave gesture of support- Snyder rip current last weekend, police said. For those who believed. underperformer. Debate raged on social ing artists and allowing their true visions Patrol officers were flagged down Thank you.” media about whether Whedon and the stu- around 1:25 a.m. by a person reporting to be realized,” said Snyder, who broke the And Pride of Gypsies, the Instagram dio had stayed true to Snyder’s creative news to fans Wednesday during an online that a body had washed ashore, a Police account of Jason Momoa (the film’s Aqua- vision, and some diehard fans began de- Department statement said. “Man of Steel” commentary with its star, man), said, “Finally it’s happened” and manding to see a fabled raw and incom- He was about 50 yards from shore Henry Cavill. “Also a special thank you “Justice served” in a post Wednesday. plete version of the film, as guided solely when he was last spotted by a lifeguard, to all of those involved in the SnyderCut “The chant to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut by Snyder. police said. A wave crashed over him movement for making this a reality.” has been a daily drumbeat in our offices The budding “Snyder Cut” movement and he was swept out to sea. The announcement can be viewed as and inboxes,” Robert Greenblatt, chair- spawned various social-media accounts a victory for Snyder fans who had ral- man of Warner Media Entertainment and and a GoFundMe campaign. lied around the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut its direct-to-consumer business, said in a “At the end of the day,” Greenblatt said , Beyonce joins Obamas in hashtag and clamored for his vision of the statement. “it really is all about” the fans. honoring 2020 graduates Beyonce has been added to the list of guest speakers for YouTube’s virtual commencement ceremony that will also Joe Rogan’s podcast headed to new home on Spotify feature the Obamas. YouTube announced Tuesday that Los Angeles Times tagram post. “It’s just a licensing deal, so gan’s team also produces, will be available Beyonce will deliver an inspirational message to the 2020 class for its “Dear “The Joe Rogan Experience” is headed Spotify won’t have any creative control to view within the Spotify app. Class of 2020” event, which will take to Spotify. over the show. We will still have clips up Rogan launched his podcast in 2009 and place June 6 at 3 p.m. EDT and will The podcast’s host and comedian an- on YouTube but full versions of the show has boasted an intellectually diverse array nounced Tuesday that the popular show will only be on Spotify after the end of the of guests from Tesla Chief Executive Elon stream on YouTube. will be available on Spotify starting Sept. year.” Musk to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). De- “Dear Class of 2020” will include 1. Then “somewhere around the end of the According to Spotify’s press announce- spite Rogan’s controversial opinions and music performances from BTS, Lizzo, year,” the streaming service will become ment, “The Joe Rogan Experience” has comments, notable figures from the enter- Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Chloe the podcast’s exclusive home. long been one of the most searched-for tainment industry, politics and other news- x Halle, Maluma, CNCO and Camila “It will remain free, and it will be the podcasts on the streaming service. The makers have appeared on “The Joe Rogan Cabello. exact same show,” Rogan said in an Ins- video episodes of the podcast, which Ro- Experience.” Compiled from wire services PAGE 40 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Stolen baby goat reunited with owners

BALTIMORE — A MD stolen baby goat was returned home to its community garden in Baltimore late Tuesday night, police said. Baltimore police were noti- fied just before 10 p.m. that the young Nigerian Dwarf goat named Ed had been “anony- mously returned” to his owners, according to a statement from the department. Ed was reported missing from the Filbert Street Garden on Mon- day night. His caretakers alleged in a Facebook post that two teen- agers tore through a fence, cut off a lock and broke into a barn to steal the animal, which weighs just 20 pounds and depends on its mother’s milk to survive. In an update , the garden cel- ebrated Ed’s safe return and thanked police for their help. Au- thorities did not say whether they were continuing to investigate. Police: Body found after man jumps in river

LEHIGHTON — Au- PA thorities said the body of a man has been recovered from an eastern Pennsylvania river in the area searchers were looking for a man who went into the river while fleeing from po- lice the night before. The (Allentown) Morning Call reported that the Carbon WILFREDO LEE/AP County coroner pronounced a 32-year-old man dead Wednes- day afternoon along the Lehigh River near a railroad trestle that Rolling again straddles Franklin Township and Lehighton. A Rollerblader skates on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk on Tuesday in Hollywood, Fla. Broward County started a phased reopening Monday. Police haven’t said whether they believe the man is the same three weeks prior. THE CENSUS the twin-engine Bonanza landed person who went into the river Civilian boaters rescued a on eastbound Interstate 470 in shortly after 7:30 p.m. Tues- group of people Monday night off The approximate amount of money in two bags that Lee’s Summit, police said. The day after fleeing from Franklin Wallacks Point in Stamford after a Virginia family out for a drive for a change of scen- plane hit a few signs but no other Township police. hearing a radio distress call, the ery during the coronavirus lockdown found lying in the serious damage was reported. Stamford Advocate reported $1M road. David and Emily Schantz left their Caroline County The Missouri State Highway Robbery suspect hit by Tuesday. home with their children Saturday and drove their pickup Patrol said on Twitter that the car, yet still escapes A resident on the point, between truck over what they thought was a bag of trash, then stopped and picked it up as pilot was making his final ap- Cummings Beach and Cove Is- well as another bag nearby, news sources reported Tuesday. When the Schantzes proach to the Lee’s Summit air- land Park, called 911 after seeing returned home, they discovered the bags contained money, Emily Schantz said. port when the engine failed. AKRON — A robbery people in the water next to their suspect who jumped Caroline Sheriff’s Maj. Scott Moser would not say where the money was going. But OH capsized kayaks, Deputy Fire he said he hopes the recipients offer the Schantzes a nice reward. Trooper brings moose from a moving car was run over Chief Tom Gloersen said. by the vehicle but still managed Joe Hoyt, 27, was on his way calves, mom together to flee from police, authorities out of the channel when the dis- said. tress call was picked up by one of er responded and found the bull ments, including when they were HEBER CITY — A Akron police saw the man jump his passengers, Joey Romaniello, still standing near the woman. nude or partially dressed. UT Utah state trooper has from the rear of the car around 30, a volunteer firefighter. Hoyt The bison was showing increas- The breach was discovered in helped a pair of newborn moose 9:15 p.m. Monday, authorities found the four people, including ing signs of aggression, so the March after an ADT customer in calves reunite safely with their said. He was then struck when a 9-year-old girl and 6-year-old ranger shot the animal. DeSoto, Texas, reported an unau- mother after spotting them on a the car spun around, but he ran boy, with life preservers on the The woman was flown to Minot thorized email address on her ac- mountain road. off . Authorities said the man has east side of Wallacks Point . and treated for broken vertebrae count. An internal investigation The trooper noticed the hours- been identified, but they did not and facial fractures. discovered the employee’s per- old calves without their mother on release his name. Bison put down after sonal email address was added on the road as he drove home from Two other men who were in the Suits: Security employee 220 ADT customers’ accounts in work, about 45 miles east of Salt vehicle were arrested on weapons injuring park visitor the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Lake City on Monday, said Utah charges. Authorities said three spied on customers ADT has fired the employee Highway Patrol Sgt. Nick Street. loaded handguns were found in MEDORA — A bison since discovering the breach. It It’s not clear how they became DALLAS — Two feder- the car . The driver told police ND had to be put down was not immediately clear wheth- separated. Worried they could be al class-action lawsuits that the man who jumped from after injuring a woman visiting TX er he faces criminal charges . hit by a car, trooper Alexander have been filed against ADT, one the vehicle had been trying to rob the North Unit of Theodore Roos- Agin stopped and put up a traf- of the largest security companies him and the other passenger. The evelt National Park in North Da- fic barrier. Once he was out of his in the country, alleging that an Small plane lands on matter remains under investiga- kota, the National Park Service car and walking, the baby moose employee spied on customers and tion, authorities said. said. road after engine fails began to follow him. So Agin de- children over a seven-year pe- Officials said the 55-year-old cided to guide them away from riod through their home security woman from Watford City was LEE’S SUMMIT the traffic danger. Boaters rescue 4 after cameras. hiking around a bend on the MO — A small plane was Just as he led them off the road, The lawsuits, filed Monday, al- kayaks capsize Buckhorn Trail on Monday af- forced to land on an interstate the calves’ mother arrived — and lege ADT showed negligence and ternoon when she encountered a highway in suburban Kansas City began to charge him. Agin re- STAMFORD — Two bull bison on the trail. The bull breached contracts by failing to Tuesday afternoon when one of treated to his car and recorded a adults and two children charged, striking the woman in provide security, among other CT the aircraft’s two engines appar- quick video of the moose family were rescued from their capsized the face and knocking her down. concerns. Both lawsuits say the ently failed, authorities said. reuniting and entering the trees. kayaks off the Connecticut coast The woman called 911 while on employee was able to view cus- The pilot was the only one in a spot where a man drowned the ground, and a U.S. park rang- tomers’ intimate and private mo- aboard and was not injured when From wire reports Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 41 PAGE 42 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 OMBUDSMAN/OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander With no Stripes, these stories won’t be told Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY ERNIE GATES Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff biweekly community publication a shout- on the larger story. Stripes in Europe first Stars and Stripes ombudsman out for publishing middle-high school stu- reported DOD’s decision to stop report- dents’ poems about life in lockdown. ing cases base by base and release only an EDITORIAL he coronavirus outbreak on the In Japan, a 7th Fleet homecoming at aggregate number worldwide. As debate USS Theodore Roosevelt is freshly Yokosuka went socially distanced and hug- raged over the source of the outbreak on Terry Leonard, Editor in the news again, rightly grabbing less as returning crew members went into the carrier Roosevelt and the captain’s [email protected] Tthe attention of news organizations quarantine. Child care centers serving judgment in making a port call in Vietnam, Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor everywhere, including Stars and Stripes. Yokota, Camp Zama and Yokosuka were Stripes reporting disclosed broad prior [email protected] But this column is not about the CVN-71 closed because of suspected coronavirus agreement along the chain of command for story that everybody is covering. This col- exposure. Early on, U.S. Forces Japan rec- that port call. Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content umn is about all the stories that wouldn’t [email protected] ognized Stripes as an important conduit of Of course, unrelated to the pandemic, be told, if not for Stars and Stripes. COVID-19 policies and advisories. Stripes Stripes reporters continued to produce Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation These stories, from U.S. bases around gave voice to families’ concerns that De- stories of special local relevance, such as [email protected] the world, are a rebuttal to the misleading partment of Defense Education Activity the threat of double taxation on troops in claim that Stripes is obsolete or redundant schools in Japan were not planning to close Germany. With reporters still based in Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital — a claim behind the Pentagon’s proposal [email protected] — which they soon did. Marines on Oki- Afghanistan, unlike most news sources, to zero out Stripes’ $15.5 million slice of nawa converted their 3D printer training Stripes was in a unique position to add the $705 billion defense budget and shut into a mini-factory to produce thousands of praise to the obituary of Medal of Honor it down. To keep these stories coming, and BUREAU STAFF facemask and face shield frames for medi- recipient Ronald Shurer from some of the keep Stars and Stripes serving deployed cal workers and gate guards. Afghan special forces leaders he trained Europe/Mideast troops, families and DOD civilians around Stripes reporters covered the local con- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief and fought beside. the world, it’s up to Congress to reverse the [email protected] sequences around the world as corona- There are plenty more where these sto- Pentagon’s proposal and make Stripes’ ap- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 virus concerns spread. DODEA schools ries came from, and more being reported, propriation ironclad. closed from the Pacific to the Middle East written, edited and published every day. Pacific Here’s a little sample of Stripes’ unique to Europe. High school sports tourna- Far from being obsolete, Stars and Stripes’ Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief coverage. COVID-19 is obviously a global ments and spring seasons were called off. [email protected] independent news report delivers unique story, but outbreaks, shutdowns, tests and Base recreational activities went dark, +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 content to deployed troops and families, quarantines happen locally. That’s where gyms locked their doors, off-base became Washington Stripes reporters deliver exclusive local off-limits. Food courts were roped off, ex- helps them exercise their rights of citizen- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief content through news accounts and per- changes kept customers apart. In Italy, ship, and links them to home as nothing [email protected] sonal stories, while wire service reports carabinieri visited Aviano and Vicenza to else can. Whether during a once-in-a-life- (+1)(202)886-0033 provide the global picture, the national re- check if social distancing rules were being time pandemic or in “normal” times, Stars Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News and Stripes’ reporting supports morale by [email protected] sponse and the politics. enforced. In Germany, a quarantined Ma- In South Korea, Stripes was on the rine spouse sang a parody aria from her building community and shared experi- CIRCULATION scene in Daegu immediately at the first big balcony to entertain her Patch Barracks ence among those who serve overseas. outbreak in the country, pinpointing the neighbors. When DOD announced a world- The FY21 Defense bills are under con- Mideast gathering that started the spread and fol- wide stop-movement order, Stripes report- sideration in Congress now. It’s a good time Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager lowing up repeatedly as U.S. Forces Korea ers on bases around the world highlighted to tell your senators and House member to [email protected] responded with lockdowns, quarantines, the impact on troops (and families) whose reverse the Pentagon’s shutdown plan, re- [email protected] store Stars and Stripes’ appropriation and DSN (314)583-9111 collaborative testing with our allies, and PCS plans were thrown into limbo. more. Stories covered the threat to readi- None of those stories were going to be rescue its important mission. Europe ness, but also the human side, as when an noticed by other news organizations, but Ernie Gates is the independent ombudsman for Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager Army couple’s premature twins were born Stripes reporters are part of those commu- Stars and Stripes, a congressionally mandated [email protected] position in which his charge is to hold the news- [email protected] in a coronavirus-stricken Daegu hospital nities. That remains true as coronavirus and medevaced from Osan Air Base to restrictions begin to be relaxed. room accountable to journalism values and to de- +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 fend it from command interference or censorship. neonatal care in the U.S. During a video Plenty of Stripes’ “local” coverage of the He worked as a reporter and editor for more than Pacific town hall, one base command gave Stripes’ pandemic also cast an enterprising light 30 years in Virginia, where he lives today. Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US Washington Telecommuting isn’t the future work model tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 BY HELAINE OLEN reports, for the most part it’s going well. So permission to bring a dog to the office — in Reader letters Special to The Washington Post why not continue the practice, the think- an effort to up employee face time. [email protected] ing goes. A company could even save a few And from the workers’ side, we might hanks to the new coronavirus, bucks on office space! want to be careful what we wish for. The Additional contacts telecommuting is having a mo- In behavioral psychology, there’s a con- workplace can be a time and emotion suc- stripes.com/contactus ment. Very suddenly, millions of cept called the recency bias — we recall cubus but, as sociologist Arlie Hochschild TAmerican workers are rolling out with most immediacy the recent past. observed decades ago, it can also serve as a OMBUDSMAN of bed and into makeshift offices in their Right now, keeping workers safe from the valuable buffer and escape from household Ernie Gates living rooms. Sometimes they aren’t get- coronavirus and other illnesses is a prima- tensions. A study by economists Youngh- ting out of bed at all. ry consideration for employers. And if you wan Song and Jia Gao published last year As a result, many observers believe huge The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow read articles predicting the future of tele- in the Journal of Happiness Studies made of news and information, reporting any attempts by the numbers of us will continue telecommuting work, you’ll see that people are assuming it the counterintuitive discovery that employ- military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s long after the pandemic passes. A number will be the same going forward. ees who telecommuted were more stressed independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns of companies are already taking action: and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- But mercifully, this is unlikely to be true. out than those who left their work at the of- Both Twitter and Nationwide Insurance ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman And this is when the employer will likely fice. That’s likely because telecommuting, welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted are telling many workers they can remain remember that money spent on real estate which would seem to reduce work-family by email at [email protected], or by phone at at home permanently. In a recent poll of 202.886.0003. is often money well spent. conflicts, often does no such thing. more than 500 start-up founders backed by Online communications can lead to mis- There are other downsides, too. Employ- venture money, 70% said that their employ- ees who work remotely can feel left isolated ees would be allowed to continue working understandings and bad feelings — anyone Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- who has spent much time on social media from the workplace power centers — you days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday at home if they wish, even after their of- didn’t really think the chief executive was through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and fices are allowed to reopen. “Return to the knows that humor and tone are easy things Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals to misinterpret. There are serendipitous going to telecommute long-term, did you? postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send office now? That’s crazy talk,” the Atlantic There is also the out-of-sight, out-of-mind address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, proclaimed earlier this week. benefits to in-person collaboration that no number of Zoom meetings or Slack chan- issue, something that is almost certainly APO AP 96301-5002. Permit me a moment of skepticism. I more of an issue for women and minorities, This newspaper is authorized by the Department of nels can replicate. A number of companies Defense for members of the military services overseas. know it seems hard to believe right now, not to mention younger workers. — Yahoo and Bank of America come to However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, but I predict that the vast majority of cu- None of this is to say telecommuting will and are not to be considered as the official views of, or mind — rescinded telecommuting privileg- bicle slaves will return to the office when fully vanish when the pandemic passes. It endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, es in the recent past, claiming the practice Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- this is over. was perceived as a valuable perk before nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote Teleworking has been on the bubble for was detrimental to corporate teamwork. most of us ever heard of COVID-19 and will locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. years. I first wrote about it for the now- There is also the psychological pull of remain so — I suspect that many workers The appearance of advertising in this publication does keeping workers in the same places as the not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense defunct Working Woman magazine in the will resist giving up in full. or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. mid-1990s, when a mere 1% of workers boss. Employers frequently see themselves As a compromise, I expect to see people Products or services advertised shall be made available for were offered the option. The practice has as better able to monitor and control their purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, work from home at least one day a week religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical expanded from that low base. According employees when they are actually on the — but that’s a far cry from saying goodbye handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor to the Pew Research Center, 7% of workers premises. In fact, even as mass telecom- to the office altogether. of the purchaser, user or patron. had access to flexible work scheduling in muting seemed just about to take off, Sili- 2019 — mostly an upper-income group. con Valley companies competed to offer Helaine Olen is a contributor to The Washington © Stars and Stripes 2020 Post’s Plum Line blog and the author of “Pound But now an estimated half of all work- up ever more lavish on-premises perks Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal stripes.com ers are telecommuting, and according to — gourmet breakfast, lunch and dinner, Finance Industry.” Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 43 OPINION

it hurts Republicans, and suggested with- What newspapers out offering proof that expanding the prac- tice could lead to massive fraud. (Never mind that Trump voted by absentee ballot are saying at home in Florida’s primary.) Alarmism about a “federal takeover” The following editorial excerpts are se- of elections ignores the Constitution’s in- lected from a cross section of newspapers struction that, while states are responsible throughout the United States. The editori- for the “time, places and manner” of con- als are provided by The Associated Press gressional elections, Congress may “at any and other stateside syndicates. time make or alter such regulations.” Con- gress also has legislated regulations for Red flags in DeVos’ plan on presidential elections. It would be shame- ful if Republicans refused to exercise that sexual harassment on campus authority to make it easier for Americans The Washington Post to vote during a public-health crisis. But Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ long- then, the GOP in recent years has been planned overhaul of regulations governing the party trying to make it harder to cast how schools and colleges handle allega- a ballot. tions of sexual harassment and assault has If Republicans in the Senate erect too been released in final form. As expected, RON HARRIS/AP many obstacles to an expansion of voting they came under almost immediate court by mail and other measures to safeguard challenge from advocates for sexual abuse A voter wearing a protective mask is seen at the Dunwoody Library on Monday in voting in this extraordinary emergency, victims who claim they will lead to a re- Dunwoody, Ga. Georgians were greeted with new anti-coronavirus procedures as they they will face the judgment of history turn to the bad old days when campus rape participated in the first day of in-person early voting for the state’s June 9 primaries . — and of the voters they disenfranchised and sexual misconduct were swept under the rug. or endangered. They will play politics with to investigate Michael Flynn.” George The 2016 and 2017 spying on Trump of- this issue at their peril. It is fair to question why the Trump ad- Stephanopoulos reminded Biden that he ficials and then leaking to promote a false ministration chose to release the final rules attended a Jan. 5, 2017, Oval Office meet- narrative of collusion is one of the dirtiest during a global pandemic when schools ing when the FBI’s Flynn investigation tricks in the history of American politics. It Policing social distancing has across the country are scrambling to deal was discussed. Biden replied that he’d mis- is not “perfectly legitimate,” and the public with chaos and uncertainty. It is also un- appearance of racial inequality heard the question and admitted he was needs to know the full story behind it. The New York Times derstandable to wish that the department “aware that there was, that they’d asked Of the 125 people arrested in New York had taken more to heart some suggested for, an investigation. But that’s all I know Congress must require states over offenses that law enforcement offi- changes, including how sexual harassment about it.” is defined, how victims are cross-exam- This was more straightforward than to expand 2020 mail-in voting cials described as related to the coronavi- ined and the scope of a school’s responsi- what Biden told MSNBC when he was Los Angles Times rus pandemic, 113 were black or Hispanic. bility. But the old guidance was in need of asked about his “involvement in the inves- Even as some states and localities are Of the 374 summonses from March 16 to improvement, and the new Title IX rules tigation of Michael Flynn.” Biden replied: “reopening” businesses and public spaces, May 5, a vast majority — 300 — were given do not provide license for schools to ignore “I was never a part or had any knowledge it is likely that the COVID-19 pandemic will to black and Hispanic New Yorkers. sexual assault and harassment. The revi- of any criminal investigation into Flynn still be with us in November when Ameri- Videos of some of the arrests are hard sions, as we observed when the proposal while I was in office.” cans will elect a president, the entire mem- to watch. In one posted to Facebook last was put out for public comment in 2018, in- Except at the time there was no criminal bership of the U.S. House and more than a week, a group of some six police officers clude some changes that would bring need- investigation into Flynn — as Biden knows. third of the U.S. Senate. are seen tackling a black woman in a sub- ed balance to disciplinary proceedings. In 2016, the FBI opened a counterintelli- It is past time for Congress to require way station as her young child looks on. Four advocacy groups for people who gence investigation into Flynn, and it was states to expand opportunities for voting “She’s got a baby with her!” a bystander have been sexually assaulted filed a fed- under that pretense that it conducted the by mail and early voting — and to help pay shouts. Police officials told the Daily News eral lawsuit last week seeking to block the interview in which it later claimed that for those changes — so that Americans on the woman had refused to comply when of- provisions from going into effect Aug. 14. Flynn lied. The lack of a criminal inves- Nov. 3 aren’t faced with a choice between ficers directed her to put the mask she was The regulations, released May 6, replace tigation is the primary reason the Justice protecting their health and exercising wearing over her nose and mouth. the now-rescinded guidance of the Obama Department moved this month to drop its the most important right of citizens in a Contrast that with photographs across administration on how to enforce the 48- prosecution. Biden still hasn’t explained democracy. social media showing crowds of sun-seek- year-old federal law banning sex-based why he personally unmasked Flynn. That was the grim dilemma encoun- ers packed into parks in wealthy, whiter discrimination in federally funded educa- James Clapper, the former director of na- tered by voters in Wisconsin’s April 7 elec- areas of the city, lounging undisturbed as tion programs. The Education Department tional intelligence, defended his unmasking tion, when — despite social distancing and police officers hand out masks. was right to tell schools, in a 2011 “Dear of Flynn as “perfectly legitimate.” Clapper other precautions — dozens of voters and So it is obvious that the city needs a dif- Colleague” letter, that they needed to deal told CNN that he had a professional duty poll workers may have been infected at ferent approach to enforcing public health with long-neglected problems of sexual to investigate the “numerous engagements polling places. It’s vital that Congress act measures during the pandemic. Mayor Bill abuse or risk the loss of federal funding. by representatives of the Trump camp with now to prevent voters across the country de Blasio seems to understand this, and he But that led to a different set of problems. Russians.” As he told Sirius XM’s “The Joe from encountering a similar situation in has promised to hire 2,300 people to serve Law professors at leading universities said Madison Show”: “People would be derelict November, which could lower turnout as as social distancing “ambassadors.” overcorrection in countering the culture of if they didn’t have enough curiosity to in- well as spread disease. Hopefully, the mayor will think bigger. denial resulted in an assumption of guilt quire what was going on.” Congress included $400 million for state One promising idea, promoted by City that denied the accused any semblance of In other words, it’s OK to eavesdrop on election systems in a coronavirus stimulus Councilman Brad Lander and others, is due process, including access to evidence your political opponents if you’re curious package approved in March. But that sum to build quickly a kind of “public health from investigative reports and the right to about their conversations with foreign- falls far short of what is required to make it corps” to enforce social-distancing mea- a fair hearing. ers. We doubt that justification would possible for states — especially those that sures. In this approach, specially trained The basic issue surrounding the new have played well had the George W. Bush lack experience with extensive voting by civilians could fan out across the neighbor- rules is whether bolstering the rights of administration spied on Barack Obama’s mail — to prepare for an election in which hoods and parks, helping with pedestrian those accused will have a chilling effect on incoming team. Officials of incoming ad- most votes might have to be cast by that traffic control and politely encouraging the willingness of students to come forward ministrations routinely talk with officials method. New Yorkers entering parks to protect one with allegations of sexual misconduct. It is of foreign governments. The House passed a new coronavirus re- another by wearing masks and keeping concerning that schools that are now try- Such exchanges don’t justify the wide- lief bill Friday that would give state election their distance. Police Department school ing to deal with the dilemmas caused by spread scale of Obama administration un- systems $3.6 billion to respond to the pan- safety agents, who are not armed, could the coronavirus will also, barring court masking of Flynn. And they certainly don’t demic — a sum much closer to estimates help. action, have to put in place new (and likely justify the leaking of the conversations that by outside election experts of what will be Another method to help social-distanc- costlier) procedures to deal with sexual Flynn and Attorney General Jeff Sessions required to conduct elections during this ing efforts may be the community-based abuse and harassment cases. Equally con- had with the Russian ambassador. Leaking crisis. But Congress must act quickly; ac- cerning, though, is that overheated rheto- those classified conversations is a felony. cording to an analysis by the Brennan groups that have been effective in reducing ric about the bad old days could become a Then there’s John Brennan, the Obama Center for Justice, states will have to start gun violence in some of the city’s toughest self-fulfilling prophecy. CIA director, who claimed that the real preparing this month if they’re going to be neighborhoods. scandal is releasing the names of the un- ready for voting by mail in the fall. The Police Department would play only The Flynn ‘unmasking’ involved maskers. Brennan told MSNBC that Presi- It’s also important that states take pre- a minimal role in this approach, stepping dent Donald Trump is guilty of “egregious cautions to protect the health of voters who in to help with crowd control, for example, brazen acts by Obama officials abuse” and “manipulation” of “the instru- will cast their ballots in person, an option something it does extremely well. The Wall Street Journal ments of our intelligence and national se- that must remain for disabled voters and Without a significant course correction, The media are mostly ignoring the news curity organizations.” those with unreliable mail delivery. the department’s role in the pandemic may that 39 Obama administration officials This is the same John Brennan who in Shoring up election systems to respond to look more and more like stop-and-frisk, the sought to read the transcripts of Michael August 2016 was frustrated that the Trump- the pandemic should be a bipartisan cause. policing tactic that led to the harassment of Flynn’s conversations with foreigners, but Russia collusion narrative he’d been But while some Republican governors rec- hundreds of thousands of innocent people, here and there they’ve asked a question. pushing inside the administration hadn’t ognize the importance of expanding vot- most of them black and Hispanic . The unpersuasive answers suggest there’s become public. He briefed then-Senate ing by mail, Republicans in Washington New York is facing a public health crisis, more to learn. Minority Leader Harry Reid, who wrote a haven’t risen to the occasion. Some GOP not a spike in crime. Black and Hispanic Take Joe Biden, who “unmasked” Flynn letter to FBI Director James Comey, laying senators have expressed concern about a New Yorkers are already suffering dispro- only a few days before leaving office as out the “connection” between Trump and “federal takeover of the election process.” portionately from the coronavirus. They vice president. Last week Biden told ABC Russia and demanding an investigation. President Donald Trump has called voting don’t need more policing. They need more that he knew “nothing about those moves The letter leaked to the press. by mail a “terrible thing,” complained that help. PAGE 44 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 45 PAGE 46 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 47 PAGE 48 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 SCOREBOARD/SOCCER/NBA Sports Recession on AFN could hurt Go to the American Forces Network website for the most gate for up-to-date TV schedules. myafn.net World Cup Deals BY ROB HARRIS Wednesday’s transactions Associated Press FOOTBALL National Football League Organizers of the World Cup in CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed 2020 draft picks TE Harrison Bryant and WR Qatar are concerned that many Donovan Peoples-Jones. fans won’t be able to afford trav- LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Signed G Ryan Groy. eling to the tournament in 2022 if NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed the coronavirus pandemic causes S Patrick Chung to a two-year con- tract extension through 2023. Signed a global recession. 2020 second-round draft pick DB Kyle Dugger. Many countries around the COLLEGE world are expected to suffer his- NCAA — Named Denee Barracato to NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball torically deep recessions as a Committee. result of the virus and the associ- ated lockdown restrictions. Pro basketball “It’s all right now unclear — we are entering into a recession,” NBA World Cup organizing committee WINSLOW TOWNSON/AP secretary general Hassan Al Tha- EASTERN CONFERENCE Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley, right, drives past the Boston Celtics’ Robert Williams III during a game on Atlantic Division wadi said Wednesday. “There’s al- March 6 in Boston. Conley is at home in Ohio, waiting to find out how hard he should be training. W L Pct GB ways the concern about the global Toronto 46 18 .719 — Boston 43 21 .672 3 economy Philadelphia 39 26 .600 7½ and the abil- Brooklyn 30 34 .469 16 New York 21 45 .318 26 ity of fans Southeast Division to be able to Miami 41 24 .631 — Orlando 30 35 .462 11 afford trav- Washington 24 40 .375 16½ NBA’s hesitation move Charlotte 23 42 .354 18 eling and af- Atlanta 20 47 .299 22 ford coming Central Division Milwaukee 53 12 .815 — and partici- Indiana 39 26 .600 14 pating and Utah’s Conley waits on the league’s decision, like rest of the players Chicago 22 43 .338 31 Detroit 20 46 .303 33½ celebrating Cleveland 19 46 .292 34 the World BY TIM REYNOLDS WESTERN CONFERENCE Cup.” Southwest Division Al-Thawadi Associated Press ‘ I think it just is going to be a wait-and- W L Pct GB Sporting Houston 40 24 .625 — Dallas 40 27 .597 1½ events have Mike Conley is waiting for fur- see kind of game. I’ll be ready, one way or Memphis 32 33 .492 8½ also been postponed, including ther instructions. So is the rest of New Orleans 28 36 .438 12 another. San Antonio 27 36 .429 12½ soccer’s European Championship the NBA. ’ Northwest Division that was due to start next month The league is continuing to Mike Conley Denver 43 22 .662 — Utah 41 23 .641 1½ but has been moved until 2021. work through multiple return-to- Utah Jazz guard Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 2½ Portland 29 37 .439 14½ Qatar still hopes six of its eight play scenarios, with two people Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½ stadiums will be completed by with knowledge of the situation Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 49 14 .778 — the end of this year despite the saying Wednesday that Orlando and that players will be allowed to tailed a two-to-four-week window L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 5½ COVID-19 disruption. The World — which has been talked about Sacramento 28 36 .438 21½ leave the NBA campus, wherever when he met with members of the Phoenix 26 39 .400 24 Cup is set to be played in Novem- for several weeks — along with it is — knowing they’ll be running National Basketball Players As- Golden State 15 50 .231 35 ber-December 2022 — rather Las Vegas and Houston remain a risk by doing that. sociation electronically on May 8, than its usual June-July slot. under consideration. The people “If you come back with corona, and that window would theoreti- Pro hockey “By 2022 I’m optimistic that we spoke to The Associated Press on you can’t play,” Dudley said. “So cally end June 5. would overcome this pandemic condition of anonymity because we’re going to be tested all the The next steps would likely in- as a human race collectively,” NHL the league has made no final time, and so it would be smart clude additional guidance from Al Thawadi said on a Leaders decisions. of teams ... all the top guys that the league on when teams can ex- EASTERN CONFERENCE in Sport live stream. “It will be Atlantic Division More than half of the league’s we have, we’ll be wrapping them pand their voluntary workouts; at GP W L OT Pts GF GA one of the early opportunities for teams have opened facilities for Boston 70 44 14 12 100 227 174 in bubble and not letting them this point, no more than four play- Tampa Bay 70 43 21 6 92 245 195 all of us to celebrate together, to voluntary player workouts, with go anywhere. Let’s just be hon- ers are allowed in a facility at a Toronto 70 36 25 9 81 238 227 engage together, to bring people Minnesota expected to be the Florida 69 35 26 8 78 231 228 est, they can’t leave. And so, you given time, and some have enact- Montreal 71 31 31 9 71 212 221 together.” next to do so on Thursday. Utah is would want that to be a team ed even stricter policies on their Buffalo 69 30 31 8 68 195 217 Qatar is promising the World among the teams that has opened, Ottawa 71 25 34 12 62 191 243 rule.” own. From there, a plan for train- Detroit 71 17 49 5 39 145 267 Cup will be affordable for fans but Conley is still at his home in Wednesday marked the end of Metropolitan Division ing camps would likely follow, but the tiny gas-rich nation has Ohio and has yet to return to Salt Washington 69 41 20 8 90 240 215 the 10th week since the NBA shut and when those camps — which Philadelphia 69 41 21 7 89 232 196 been affected by economic ac- Lake City for those sessions at the Pittsburgh 69 40 23 6 86 224 196 down on March 11, a move that will almost certainly be preceded Carolina 68 38 25 5 81 222 193 tivity shutting down in so many Jazz facility. came once it was known that Jazz Columbus 70 33 22 15 81 180 187 countries. State-owned Qatar “I’ve been working as if we’re by a quarantine period — begin, N.Y. Islanders 68 35 23 10 80 192 193 center Rudy Gobert tested posi- games could follow potentially as N.Y. Rangers 70 37 28 5 79 234 222 Airways, a World Cup sponsor, coming back,” Conley said tive for the coronavirus. The pan- soon as three weeks later. New Jersey 69 28 29 12 68 189 230 has said it will cut jobs as the Wednesday. “If anything, I’d like demic halted a season that had WESTERN CONFERENCE Should all that happen, camps Central Division global aviation industry has been to know a direction, just to know 259 games left to play, but none of GP W L OT Pts GF GA could start in June and games largely grounded. whether to keep putting the foot those games have been officially St. Louis 71 42 19 10 94 225 193 may resume in July. There are Colorado 70 42 20 8 92 237 191 For three years, Qatar has had on the pedal or, you know, back canceled yet. Dallas 69 37 24 8 82 180 177 still a litany of issues to work out, Winnipeg 71 37 28 6 80 216 203 to adjust tournament preparations off a little bit and rest easier if Ordinarily, the NBA would be Nashville 69 35 26 8 78 215 217 to cope with the economic and we’re not playing until the fol- into the conference-finals por- such as all the details surround- Minnesota 69 35 27 7 77 220 220 ing testing, which the league has Chicago 70 32 30 8 72 212 218 diplomatic boycott of the country lowing year and following season. tion of the playoff schedule at Pacific Division by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia So, I think it just is going to be a said would have to be part of any Vegas 71 39 24 8 86 227 211 this point. Players who were paid Edmonton 71 37 25 9 83 225 217 and the United Arab Emirates wait-and-see kind of game. I’ll be May 15 saw 25% of those checks return-to-play scenario. Calgary 70 36 27 7 79 210 215 “We’re going to be back as soon Vancouver 69 36 27 6 78 228 217 over claims it supports extremist ready, one way or another.” withheld in anticipation of some Arizona 70 33 29 8 74 195 187 groups in the region. Qatar denies Also Wednesday, Jared Dudley games being canceled, and if no as we hear even more encour- Anaheim 71 29 33 9 67 187 226 aging, positive news from our Los Angeles 70 29 35 6 64 178 212 the allegations. of the Los Angeles Lakers said more regular-season games are San Jose 70 29 36 5 63 182 226 “It was a blessing in disguise to he is “90% confident” that the played they could lose a total league,” Conley said. “What I’ve a large extent because it forced NBA is coming back this season of about $850 million in gross heard as far as from the COVID AP sportlight us to be self-reliant and forced us and that he believes players owe salary. standpoint, I think things have to look inward,” Al Thawadi said it to the fans to try to finish the The league remains hope- gotten better. So, I think that it eases a lot of our ... reservations of May 22 of the boycott. “This forced us to season. ful that some sort of decision on 1877 — Baden-Baden, ridden by C. Hol- become much more resilient ... But Dudley also said that the whether the season can resume not wanting to leave our homes.” loway, catches Leonard just before turn- ing into the stretch and wins the Ken- which made us much-better pre- notion of the league resuming in can be made in the coming weeks. AP sports writer Greg Beacham in Los tucky Derby by two lengths. pared to deal with COVID.” a “bubble” has been misguided, Commissioner Adam Silver de- Angeles contributed. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 49 COLLEGE NCAA to lift ban on football, basketball workouts

BY STEVE MEGARGEE pect the football season to be played. Associated Press Notre Dame President Rev. John Jen- kins told MSNBC he expects to have clar- The NCAA Division I Council voted ity on how — or if — the football season can Wednesday to lift a moratorium on vol- happen in the next few weeks. untary workouts by football and basket- “The team itself, I feel we can manage ball players effective June 1 as a growing that one,” Jenkins said. “Then the question number of college leaders expressed con- is people in the stands. We have an 85,000- fidence that fall sports will be possible person stadium. Can we get 85,000 people in some form despite concerns about the in there? That will be a big challenge to do coronavirus pandemic. that. But could we get a smaller number This decision clears the way for individ- — 10,000, 15,000, 20,000? I don’t know.” ual workouts by athletes, mostly on their Miami President Julio Frenk told CNN own, subject to safety and health protocols he hopes the Hurricanes can play this fall decided by their schools or local health and that safety would be the top priority. officials. “They will probably play in empty sta- NCAA officials noted that the workouts diums, like so many other sports,” Frenk could go on as long as all local, state and said. federal regulations are followed. The sta- Scott Woodward, tus of voluntary workouts for other sports the athletic director will be determined later. at defending national “We encourage each school to use its dis- champion LSU, said cretion to make the best decisions possible his school was pre- for football and basketball student-athletes paring to welcome within the appropriate resocialization back athletes after ROBERT FRANKLIN, SOUTH BEND (IND.) TRIBUNE/AP framework,” Penn athletic director and the Southeastern council chair M. Grace Calhoun said in a University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins speaks during a press Conference’s closure statement. “Allowing for voluntary athlet- conference in South Bend, Ind. The presidents of the University of Miami and Notre of athletic facilities to ics activity acknowledges that reopening Dame said in separate interviews that they expect the football season to be played. students is slated to our campuses will be an individual deci- end May 31. Frenk sion but should be based on advice from Smith said he hadn’t figured out yet how Chris Massaro said his school plans to take LSU will offer sum- medical experts.” those 20,000 to 30,000 spectators would the temperature of players daily and make mer classes online From Notre Dame to LSU and more, a be chosen. He said masks and other pre- sure they are wearing masks. Massaro has and doesn’t have plans to reopen its cam- number of schools have announced plans to cautions would be required to prevent the even discussed moving some equipment pus to the general student population at reopen campuses for the fall semester and spread of COVID-19. from the weight room to the Red Floyd least until the fall semester. conferences have begun setting up plans Smith added that Ohio State is ready to Stadium concourse to make sure workouts Most athletic departments need the rev- for how to play football amid the pandemic. enue generated from football to fund their open the 15,000-square-foot Woody Hayes allow social distancing. The latest came this week with the Florida other sports. Hundreds of schools are reel- Athletic Center to athletes starting June “We’re a little bit kind of like guinea State system announcing plans for its 12 ing financially from the effects of the pan- schools and more than 420,000 students. 8 if the NCAA allows it. About 10 players pigs,” Middle Tennessee coach Rick Stock- demic. Athletic departments, particularly Many questions remain, including spe- at a time would be allowed to work out on still said. “We’re the ones that are coming at smaller schools and in Division II, have cific safety protocols and whether fans staggered schedules with social-distanc- back first, football’s coming back first all already cut a number of sports. would be allowed if games proceed. ing and other hygiene precautions in place. across the country. So we’ve got to make The NCAA this week lowered the mini- Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith Some coaches returned to the complex on sure we’re doing our part so there’s not a mum and maximum number of games said in conference call Wednesday that he a limited basis this week. setback, and it’s going to take all of us buy- Division II schools are required to play in believes the Buckeyes could safely play Other schools also are looking into ing in and doing whatever we can to keep all sports next year. The move includes a home games with 20,000 to 30,000 fans in ways they can hold workouts as safely as everybody else healthy and safe.” 33% reduction in the minimum number of its 105,000-seat stadium. possible. The presidents of Miami and Notre games needed for sponsorship and cham- “I think we can get there,” Smith said. Middle Tennessee athletic director Dame said in separate interviews they ex- pionship qualification in most sports. HBCUs hit hard by NCAA’s academic penalties

BY JOHN ZENOR By the numbers men’s basketball, while South- schools have far fewer academic Associated Press ern, Grambling State and Prai- support staffers than big-money rie View A&M were also hit with schools such as Auburn and Ala- Historically black colleges and bans in other sports. bama inside his own state. He has universities have again been hit New Alabama State hoops reorganized the league’s compli- disproportionately hard with coach Mo Williams, a longtime ance office to help boost APR and NCAA-imposed penalties based 18 958 21% NBA player who was formally graduation numbers. on Academic Progress Rates. introduced Wednesday, went to “The mission of our member Charles McClelland, commis- college at the far wealthier Uni- institutions is to serve the histori- sioner of the Southwestern Ath- Number of Average APR Percentage of versity of Alabama. cally underserved,” he said. “We letic Conference, knows that his historically scores at HBCUs HBCU teams He said Alabama State has the still have a predominantly first- members face many challenges black colleges this year, up from that scored resources to meet the academic generation student and a predom- in that regard, including fewer goals. inantly first-generation student financial resources and lower ad- and universities 913 in 2009-10. under 930 APR, “Alabama State is a great, great, athlete to attend our institutions. mission standards. the NCAA is compared to great university,” Williams said. “The majority of our students He also understands that meet- penalizing based 44% a decade “The resources, what’s available cannot get into the Ivy League, ing those NCAA standards is just on Academic ago. for us is really what we need. We the University of Alabama or Au- part of HBCUs competing in Di- can get it done with what we’ve burn. Our admission standards vision I. Progress Rates. got.” are not as high.” “We’re not going to allow any Teams posting a four-year McClelland can point to his own obstacle or any excuse to stop us SOURCE: Associated Press APR score below 930, which pre- experiences for hope of continued from achieving our goal,” said dicts a 50% graduation rate, can progress. When he took over the McClelland, a former athletic di- “We take extreme pride and cluding 18 from HBCUs. SWAC be penalized. The average APR athletic program in 2008, Texas rector at SWAC member schools joy in doing that, but sometimes member Alabama A&M joined scores at HBCUs has risen from Southern had a 29% graduation Texas Southern and Prairie View 913 in 2009-10 to 958 or higher rate for athletes. It more than that means that our numbers Stephen F. Austin as the only A&M. “It might just take us lon- each of the past four years, with doubled during his tenure. might be behind. But we’re not athletic programs having three ger to get there because we do eligibility and retention rates also “There’s a lot of things that have limited resources and we do going to apologize for our mis- teams on that list. making similar leaps, according have to be done and a lot of our have our historical mission that sion and we’re not going to apolo- The Bulldogs received post- to NCAA data. institutions are in the middle of (includes) taking those that might gize for what we do, because we season bans in men’s basketball, The rates of HBCU teams scor- making that change,” McClelland not necessarily be ready for col- make a significant impact in this men’s track and field and wom- ing under 930 went from 44% a said. “We know it can be done and lege, get them ready for college, society.” en’s soccer. decade ago to 21% this year and that’s why we embrace Division I educate them and then get them The NCAA announced pen- In-state rival Alabama State even lower the previous three. standards. It can be done but it’s on the other end for graduation. alties on 23 teams Tuesday, in- also faces a postseason ban in McClelland notes that SWAC not an overnight process.” PAGE 50 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 BEST SPORTS MOVIES No. 2: ‘Bull Durham’ Director didn’t lollygag about avoiding cliches

BY BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press About the fi lm JIM R. BOUNDS/AP Ron Shelton, the writer-direc- Matt DeMavge checks on the bull atop the left-field wall at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C., tor of “Bull Durham,” “White Year: 1988 in 2008, 20 years after the movie “Bull Durham” came out. It follows the Class A Durham Bulls as Men Can’t Jump” and “Tin Cup,” Screenwriters: Ron Shelton veteran catcher Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) reluctantly tutors wild pitcher Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins). isn’t a big fan of sports movies. Director: Shelton “Sports movies generally, I Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan don’t like, and as a kid growing up Sarandon, Tim Robbins dispels some myths about what and as a young man, I liked them Plot: The lives of a career minor happens in the dugout, or during even less,” Shelton told The As- leaguer (Costner), a young, wild the intimate chats between pitch- sociated Press. “My mother loved pitcher (Robbins) and a local fan er and catcher, catcher and batter ‘Pride of the Yankees,’ which even (Sarandon) intertwine. or catcher and umpire. as a kid I couldn’t stand. I thought Iconic Line: “The only church A profane argument between it was sentimental and false and that truly feeds the soul, day in and Crash and an umpire is more the athletics were horrible.” day out, is the church of baseball.” about the argument itself than Shelton, a former minor league — Annie Savoy (Sarandon) the substance of the ump’s call. ballplayer in the Baltimore Ori- Oscars: 1 nomination A meeting on the mound between oles organization, set out to put — Associated Press several players is about every- a personal stamp on the sports thing but baseball. movie. He In order to teach Nuke a les- avoided “I knew that women had a son, Crash twice tells a batter the famil- strong point of view about being what pitch Nuke is about to throw. iar tales of part of this world and how diffi- (“Here comes the deuce,” Crash the heroic cult it was on them,” Shelton said. says from behind the plate, an- underdog “I didn’t want it to be about the nouncing a curveball, “and when player, beleaguered wife of a player but you speak of me, speak well.”) hard-charg- at least bring in a woman’s point Both times the hitter crushes it. ing coach of view to a very male world.” This was one instance where or team of Sarandon has said Annie was Shelton gave reality a do-over. misfits that the rare part she was willing to “To this day I am haunted by a somehow Shelton fight for because the character game I played in Double-A in the becomes a was so unconventional: “She’s Texas League against the El Paso winner. And very sexual, she’s very funny and Suns,” Shelton said. “The catcher he hit a grand slam in 1988 with she doesn’t have to be punished said, ‘He’s going to throw a curve- “Bull Durham,” his first effort as for it at the end of the movie,” she ball first pitch.’ I looked down at a writer-director, which finished told the American Film Institute him and he says, ‘No, curveball tied for second with “Rocky” in a in 2009. first pitch. Why would I lie to poll of AP sports writers’ favorite WALT UNKS, THE (DURHAM) HERALD-SUN/AP As for the on-the-field action, you?’ I didn’t know the catcher sports movies. it’s hilariously unsentimental. from Adam. The guy threw the Durham Bulls outfielder Delmon Young, center, in 2006 speaks to “Bull Durham” follows the “Get a hit, Crash,” a bat boy most hanging curveball I’ve ever the media at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Class A Durham Bulls through a says to the veteran in his first on- seen and I didn’t swing at it and I season — sort of — as savvy vet- screen at-bat. knew I could have hit it 400 feet. who inspired him: Steve Dalkows- “It’s about a guy who loves eran catcher Crash Davis (Kevin “Shut up,” Crash responds. ... The catcher says, ‘That’s the ki, who died last month of the new something more than it loves Costner) reluctantly tutors wild Shelton’s aim was to bring the last pitch I ever give you. If you coronavirus. Dalkowski threw him back. And that’s bigger than young pitcher Nuke LaLoosh audience inside the game. Al- don’t trust me, I can’t give you harder and was even wilder baseball, it’s bigger than sports, (Tim Robbins). Spoiler alert: though the scenes are played for any pitches.’ ” — on the field and off — than the it’s bigger than gender,” Shelton When the movie ends, one key comedy, they’re filled with im- And Nuke was actually a toned- character. said. “Is there a person on the player is called up to the majors, portant details. “Bull Durham” down version of the real pitcher In retrospect, “Bull Durham” face of the Earth who can’t say another is released, and Shelton (released by Orion Pictures) was they love something more than it doesn’t bother to show where the part of a golden age of sports mov- loved them back? A person, a job, Bulls finish in the standings. ies. Every movie in AP Sports’ top a passion, whatever. I think when “I was out to avoid the big game 10 hit theaters between 1977 and I wrote the movie, I didn’t even because there are very few big 1992. Shelton credits Hollywood realize that’s what it was about. games in sports and in life,” Shel- studios at the time for being more And so I think that’s why we’re ton said. “A baseball career ends freewheeling and less concerned talking about it.” with a slow groundball to third, about the overseas market, where not a grand slam in the bottom of baseball in particular doesn’t the ninth.” sell. Editor’s note: Recently, the As- The movie begins with an ode Even a director of Shelton’s sociated Press revealed its Top to baseball in voiceover, not from pedigree can’t get a baseball 25 of sports movies, as voted on a player or coach, but from a pas- movie made today. He has a by 70 writers and editors around sionate fan, Annie Savoy (Susan script co-written with his “Tin the world. After compiling the Sarandon), a liberated intellectu- Cup” collaborator John Norville list, the AP assigned writers to al who favors season-long flings about a pitcher trying to resur- with younger ballplayers. Annie rect his career in Colombia that present stories examining the is the hero of the movie, the in- hasn’t found a home. Top 10 from unique perspec- stigator of a love triangle and a And while he’s more worried tives. This is the eighth in the strong voice for respecting your- about his next project than his series, a look at the impact of JIM R. BOUNDS, THE (DURHAM) HERALD-SUN/AP self and the game. Shelton said he legacy, the 74-year-old Shelton a film that tied for second, “Bull wasn’t trying to sneak a feminist A Bull Durham movie poster hangs outside the Durham Bulls team understands why “Bull Durham” Durham.” message into the movie. offices. remains beloved. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 51 BEST SPORTS MOVIES No. 2: ‘Rocky’ Boxing movie still packs punch as Philly favorite Oscar winner has legions of fans worldwide BY DAN GELSTON About the fi lm for a scene in 1982’s “Rocky III” Associated Press and donated it to the city after- ward. Lines usually snake around PHILADELPHIA the museum sidewalk full of fans he Brazilian exchange Year: 1976 who want a snapshot and a selfie student made one re- Screenwriter: Sylvester Stallone with the 9-foot-11, 1,300-pound quest of his host before Director: John G. Avildsen bronze beast. During the coronvi- This study abroad semes- Starring: Sylvester Stallone, rus pandemic, it’s easy to step up ter was cut short and he returned Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess and go eye-to-bronze knee with home to Sao Paulo: Meredith, Carl Weathers the statue, no wait necessary. Take me to Rocky. Plot: A small-time boxer Blake loved all the “Rocky” On the way to the Philadelphia (Stallone) living in Philadelphia movies but called the first one her airport, Joao Martucci, who stud- gets a shot at the heavyweight “all-time favorite.” She had knee ied linguistics at West Chester championship. surgery and felt inspired by the University, took a pit stop and Iconic Line: “Yo, Adrian.” films to run the steps. beelined to the Rocky Balboa — Rocky Balboa (Stallone) “I did it. I made it,” she said. statue at the base of the Philadel- Oscars: 3 wins (Picture, Director, “I can check it off my bucket list phia Museum of Art. He raised Editing), 10 total nominations now. I went the distance. Up and his arms in triumph like Philly’s — Associated Press favorite fictional fighter and then down.” recreated the boxer’s famous run At the 2006 “Rocky Balboa” up 72 stone steps to the entrance premiere in Philadelphia, Stal- spirational montage in the 1979 lone said he owed so much of the of the museum. He celebrated flick as Balboa trains for his his ascent by waving his arms movie’s success to the city. heavyweight championship re- “It belongs to Philadelphia,” he GEORGE WIDMAN/AP and hopping around (minus the match with Creed. said. “It’s a very unique relation- Actor Sylvester Stallone poses in front of the bronze statue of strains of “Gonna Fly Now” ) just But it’s the first movie that ship. It’s something no one could himself portraying the boxer Rocky Balboa after it was unveiled near as Sylvester Stallone’s character packs a punch with the city, back had done at the end of his train- have ever planned on.” the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Sept. 8, 2006. when Balboa was just a down- ing run in “Rocky.” Mike Kunda turned his resem- on-his luck boxer that served as “I just really like the films blance of Stallone into a career flirts with Adrian after their first a metaphor on what it means to about Rocky,” he said. “I really as owner of the Yo, Philly! Rocky date to the telephone pole where a Editor’s note: Recently, the As- fight for love and prove you have wanted to know the statue and Film Tour. Wearing a pork pie loan shark yells at Balboa for fail- sociated Press revealed its Top the eye of the tiger. the stairs.” hat and black leather coat, the 52- ing to collect a debt. 25 of sports movies, as voted Tanyell Blake, a “Rocky” fanat- He’s not alone in his Rocky fan- year-old Kunda has given nearly “I think it just taps into wanting on by 70 writers and editors ic, had to go the (social) distance 1,100 tours of “Rocky” movie lo- dom. From South Philly to Brazil to be our personal best,” Kunda around the world. After com- and escape feeling cooped up in cations since he began in 2011, said. “I just try and keep the and round the globe, an incalcu- piling the list, the AP assigned lable number of Rocky Balboa her Pemberton, N.J., home to telling the inside story of “Rocky” goodness of Rocky alive.” writers to present stories exam- fans recreated the run made fa- make her first trip to the statue. as he drives fans around the city Kunda hasn’t given a tour since mous in “Rocky” and duplicated Stallone commissioned the statue from the street where Rocky March 15 but can take heart in ining the Top 10 from unique in sequels, spinoffs and Super perspectives. This is the ninth in Bowl spots. the series, a look at the impact The 1976 film won a best pic- of the film that tied for second, ture Oscar and transcended the “Rocky.” sports genre to become a pop culture sensation and is etched in Philadelphia history every bit as a popular Rocky-ism: It’s about much as the Liberty Bell and Ben how hard you can get hit and Franklin. keep moving forward; how much You know the quotes by heart: you can take and keep moving “Yo, Adrian!” forward. “You’re gonna eat lightnin’ and “Rocky appeals to that person you’re gonna crap thunder!” who has been overlooked,” he “Cut me, Mick!” said. “People judge you. So many “Ain’t gonna be no rematch.” of us have been overlooked that I Just like Balboa in his first think it’s important to be able to fight with Apollo Creed, “Rocky” fail on our own terms. Give me a failed to win the big one among shot to fail. Rocky has great de- the contenders for top sports termination and that’s something movie. “Rocky” finished tied with that can be lacking in people.” “Bull Durham” for No. 2 in The The last image of the Balboa Associated Press Top 25 favorite character came at the end of sports movies poll. There were “Creed II” when he visits his son several Rocky rounds that could to try and patch up a strained re- have cracked the poll — “Rocky” lationship. Not even Stallone is bred four sequels, “Rocky Bal- ready to say the character is set to boa,” and two Michael B. Jordan- hang up his gloves and fade into led “Creed” films. black on the silver screen. The movie did more for Philly “I never say no to Rocky,” Stal- than create easy landmarks for lone said. “I have a couple of fans to visit or grumble their ideas. But I’m not so sure because best “Yo, Adrian!” impressions; they don’t really involve the ring it inspired everything from a as much as they should. I’m not MATT ROURKE/AP short-lived Broadway play to so confident that it’ll be exciting Philadelphia’s Rocky Run, a 50k Jessica Shiroff, right, directs Joao Martucci as he poses for a photograph with the Rocky Balboa statue enough for the audience. But who (31 miles) jaunt based on the in- on April 3 at the Philadelphia Art Museum. Martucci is an exchange student and ‘Rocky’ fan from Brazil. knows?” PAGE 52 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 NFL Analysis No Hail Mary on drive to reopening League has goal line to reach but isn’t in a rush to get there

BY BARRY WILNER Associated Press

The NFL is taking baby steps toward full re- BEN MARGOT,/AP openings for its teams. It has no other choice. Aldon Smith sits on the Raiders’ No long throws downfield. Mostly halfback bench during a game in 2015, dives into the line. the last time he played in the There are so many issues that must be ad- NFL. The league reinstated dressed with the opening of team facilities Smith from an indefinite across the nation. Just because a handful of suspension for off-field issues. clubs returned executives and other staff — no coaches or players — to their complexes on Tuesday does not foreshadow a quick return to business as usual. Or close to it. Cowboys’ For one thing — a very major thing — there’s competitive balance to consider. “Competitive issues are always important Smith and they always are considered in a way to try to preserve equitable treatment of all 32 clubs,” said Jeff Pash, the NFL’s chief legal MATT YORK/AP reinstated counsel. “And certainly, our goal will be to Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury looks back at Kyler Murray during last year’s training camp. have all 32 clubs operating on a consistent Several NFL teams, including Arizona, reopened their training facilities this week, while Associated Press basis.” many are prohibited by government restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Here are some of the challenges the teams FRISCO, Texas — Aldon Smith face at a time when organized team activities “We feel there are certain important steps After stringent workouts or practices, many will be able to take part in team (OTAs), followed by June on-field minicamps, that need to occur with regard to testing, with players head for the tubs. When one is done, activities with the Dallas Cow- would have been taking place. regard to test availability, with regard to test another soon climbs in. boys after the NFL on Wednesday reliability, and our continued evolution of un- There’s no way that will work any longer. conditionally reinstated the pass Government restrictions derstanding about how to manage exposure,” Teams must consider installing more tubs rusher from an indefinite suspen- he added. “All of those things continue to and separating them. So add plumbers and sion for off-field issues. At least a dozen franchises had no chance Smith, who hasn’t played in an to begin the reopening process this week be- evolve, and when we and the players associa- contractors to the list of folks in facilities. tion together feel like we’re at a point of satis- Same thing for the ever-popular weight NFL game since 2015, will be able cause state or local municipalities barred it. to participate in the Cowboys’ vir- All four California teams — the Raiders still faction with that science, then we’ll be ready room, which often has two dozen or more to move forward. players at work. Schedules for who can be in tual offseason program starting count because their current training facility next week. He can also meet with is in Alameda — and both New Jersey clubs “We’re moving as fast as the science and there and when must be compiled. Equipment the data takes us.” managers and even trainers will be charged teammates and coaches. fall in that category. The Cowboys, who lost sacks “We are not opening up,” Ravens President Cass was willing to put a time frame on it with frequent disinfecting chores. — somewhat. Meeting rooms are designed for large leader Robert Quinn in free agen- Dick Cass said Tuesday. “In Maryland, we are cy, signed Smith to a one-year “We believe by the time of training camp groups, making social distancing a huge chal- deemed to be a non-essential business. Under contract last month despite his local and state regulations, we remain closed (late July), we’ll be able to test players and lenge when coaches and players can actually uncertain playing status. Smith and we will remain closed until the governor coaches multiple times a week, and be able to hold those get-togethers. was reinstated after meeting permits us to open up. Right now, it would be get the results fairly quickly,” he said. “I think “The hope around the league is that Phase with NFL Commissioner Roger great to have our players back. But I don’t see there’s a really good shot that we’ll be OK.” 1 of reopening demonstrates our ability to op- Goodell on a video teleconference that happening anytime soon.” erate in a safe manner, allowing more staff Social distancing (including coaches) to gradually return to last week. Testing the office soon,” Broncos President Joe Ellis Smith was drafted seventh This could be the most difficult task of all. wrote in a memo to organization members. overall by San Francisco in 2011 As Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s chief medical Consider the need to spread out dressing “Although there is currently no set timeline and had 14 sacks as a rookie. He officer, noted during a conference call follow- stalls, for example. Normally, players are for when this next phase of expanded facility was an All-Pro in 2012 when he ing the team owners’ virtual meeting Tues- practically shoulder to shoulder in locker access could begin, we should remain pre- had 19 ½ sacks and the 49ers day: “We’re not putting dates on the calendar rooms. Indeed, in training camp, makeshift pared in the event that it occurs in the very reached the Super Bowl. He had at this point” concerning getting coaches and lockers are installed to accommodate the near future.” 44 sacks in 50 games during his players into team complexes. extra load. After many baby steps are taken. first four NFL seasons in San Francisco with defensive line coach Jim Tomsula, now on the Cowboys staff for new head coach Defense: Shield could be ready in time for players to try in preseason Mike McCarthy. Smith had several legal issues FROM BACK PAGE face masks. The company also has developed would quickly gain acceptance, assuming as a player with San Francisco Work on the face mask is far enough along durable eyeglasses for the military that are they meet two main standards. and Oakland. He was first sus- that “there will probably be a recommen- designed not to fog up — technology that may “They’ve got to be comfortable for the play- pended with the 49ers in 2014 be- dation” to use it when the league begins its prove useful in its latest ers,” he said. “And they’ve got to be safe.” fore receiving a one-year ban in preseason schedule in August, according to ‘ project. While McKay has never been a fan on the November 2015 with the Raiders. Mayer. There The new coverings tinted visors that some players already use, Smith applied for reinstatement Cleveland Browns center JC Tretter, who are no bad would likely have to cover he’s learned to accept that look. to the NFL in 2016, but that deci- also serves as president of the NFLPA, wel- ideas at the entire face mask. “I understood that some players needed it sion was initially deferred. comed any attempt to improve player safety. “They’ve got some because of their eyes,” McKay said. “In this Oakland retained Smith’s con- “There are no bad ideas at this point,“ he this point. prototypes,” Mayer told instance, if this is what the doctors in the tractual rights before releasing said. “You kind of have to think outside the You kind Schefter. “Some of them, medical field think is needed, then we should him in 2018 after San Francisco box. Just because it is an idea does not mean when you first look at look into it.” police issued a warrant for his ar- things are definitely going to happen, but you of have them, you think, ‘Gosh, no’ Tretter said the NFL is “probably going to rest in a domestic violence case. need to explore it and you need to understand to think because you’re not used look a little different this year,” and modified The Cowboys still have a sus- it.” outside to seeing it. You’re just face masks might be part of the changes. pended pass rusher under con- Falcons cornerback Isaiah Oliver with- not used to seeing it. But “You have to focus on fitting football in- tract in Randy Gregory, who is held judgment until he’s able to check out a the box. ’ they’re looking at every side of this world of coronavirus and not get seeking reinstatement. Gregory prototype. JC Tretter issue you can imagine, caught up in trying to fit coronavirus inside of was indefinitely suspended in “I haven’t seen anything like that,” Oliver NFLPA president including when it fogs up. this world,” he said. “You can’t expect just to February 2019 for violating the said Wednesday. “I would have to look into it What do we do with that? throw football back in and think that the virus NFL’s substance-abuse policy, his to see what it looks like.” But these guys are used to is going to kneel down to football. You have to fourth league suspension coming Oakley is already contracted by the NFL to dealing with this stuff.” look through different ways of making sure about seven months after he had provide visors that some players use on their McKay said he expects the new face masks people stay healthy.” been reinstated by Goodell. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 53 NFL Tagovailoa joins a league void of lefties Rookie QB has solid role models in Hall of Famers Young, Stabler

BY ARNIE STAPLETON paws have played quarterback in Associated Press the NFL’s 100-year history, some- thing that irks Steve Young, the hen Tua Tagovailoa most decorated left-handed QB signed his rookie and the first to reach the Hall of contract with the Fame, 11 years before Ken Sta- WMiami Dolphins, the bler’s posthumous induction in left-handed quarterback from Al- 2016. abama didn’t have to worry about “There’s something wrong smudging his signature. from a statistical standpoint,” He signed the documents with Young said, noting that with 10% his right hand. of the general popula- Yes, the NFL’s latest tion being left-handed, lefty QB is a natural ‘ I don’t every year there should right-hander, one whose think I be a half-dozen lefties father, Galu, turned would among the league’s 64 him into a (sometimes) or so quarterbacks. southpaw in his youth. be here “And we’ve never “My dad was the if I was been 10%,” Young said. only lefty in our fam- “I can never remember ily and he wanted me a righty. six of us at one time. It to be a lefty as well, so Because I was Boomer Esiason, he switched the way myself, Mark Brunell, know I’m Jim Zorn early on. I I threw,” explained VASHA HUNT/AP Tagovailoa, who still only good can think of four or five, eats, writes and golfs with my never six at one time, Newly signed Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is a rarity in the NFL: a left-handed ever. Later on, Michael right-handed but shoots quarterback. A left-handed quarterback hasn’t started in the NFL since 2015. left hand Vick.” baskets and throws foot- Now, lefties are lucky out of high school.’ ” fielder) in the Yankees system “Luckily, or I was done,” Young balls with his left. throwing there’s even one of Even the experts are stumped the summer before beginning his said. “I was cooked. I was play- “I don’t think I would the ball. ’ them. over what’s caused this paucity of Hall of Fame NFL career. ing defensive back with Tom be here if I was a righty,” Tua Tagovailoa “I will never say a southpaws. Young doesn’t blame baseball. Holmoe.” said Tagovailoa. “Be- Dophins rookie kid is left-handed so “I really don’t know the an- “I could never have been a Not long after Scovil left, QBs cause I know I’m only quarterback he can’t play in the Na- swer,” shrugged Ravens GM Eric major league pitcher, I couldn’t coach Ted Tollner spotted Young good with my left hand tional Football League,” DeCosta. have even been a college pitcher. throwing beautiful spirals at throwing the ball.” Steelers GM Kevin Colbert said. “Quite honestly, I don’t know,” But I could play quarterback,” practice and asked him why he That makes Tagovailoa an odd- “That would be a naive state- added Falcons GM Thomas Young said. “A small percent- wasn’t under center. ity in the NFL, where a left-hand- ment. That would never concern Dimitroff. age of quarterbacks can pitch in “I said, ‘Because I’m a lefty,’ ” er hasn’t started at quarterback us whatsoever.” “I usually have an answer or the major leagues. … So, the only Young recounted. “He says, ‘Well, since 2015, when Dallas’ Kellen Added 49ers coach Kyle Sha- can dance around a lot of things,” thing I can go with is that coaches that’s stupid.’ ” Moore threw for 435 yards in a nahan: “A good thrower is a good Vikings GM Rick Spielman ac- don’t want to coach lefties.” So, Young went back to throw- Week 17 loss to Washington. thrower. I would say it’s probably knowledged. “That one, I have no Young speaks from ing passes, not defending them, Since then, 116 quarter- a coincidence, probably less pool answer to.” experience. “and nobody else ever said a word backs have thrown a pass in to choose from.” “I don’t have an answer,” either, He was an incoming freshman about me being a lefty.” the NFL, and all of them were The bias certainly doesn’t added Broncos GM John Elway, at Brigham Young in 1981 when Sure, the ball spins and tails right-handed. begin in the pros. who did offer a guess: he wonders the Cougars’ offensive coordina- in the opposite direction out of a The last lefty to throw a TD “I don’t follow all college teams, if all the good left-handed quar- tor, Doug Scovil, pulled him aside lefty’s hand, but so what? pass wasn’t even a quarterback but I never see a lefty quarter- terbacks are becoming pitchers and told him bluntly that he didn’t “It was kind of weird at first,” but a wide receiver: the Cow- back,” Young said. “So, the NFL instead. coach left-handed quarterbacks, said Broncos rookie receiver boys’ Dez Bryant threw a 25-yard might say, ‘Hey don’t look at me. “Those lefties that can throw so he’d better move to safety. Jerry Jeudy, who played with Ta- strike to Jason Witten in 2016 There’s no lefties coming out of heat are pretty coveted,” said Scovil soon left, however, to be- govailoa at Alabama. “After three against Detroit. college.’ Then, the colleges say, Elway, himself a minor league come the head coach at San Diego catches or so, you get used to it Fewer than three dozen south- ‘Look, there’s no lefties coming farmhand (as a right-handed out- State. real fast.” Chiefs’ Hill completes reclamation of his image

BY DAVE SKRETTA world had changed. Hill had not maybe there’s something I can do investigation, the Kansas Depart- Jacksonville, but that was merely Associated Press run another route since that night here in Kansas City for the health ment for Children and Families a four-game sidetrack on what in Miami, or caught another pass care workers, you know?’ It can became involved, and the odds turned out to be another sublime KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The from Patrick be small. It can be big.” appeared no better than 50/50 season. He caught 58 passes for steady stream of nurses filing out Mahomes, So, they came up with the idea that Hill would ever step foot on 860 yards and seven scores. He of St. Luke’s Hospital for close after the out- of delivering food to St. Luke’s an NFL field again. helped lead dramatic comebacks to an hour was finally slowing break of the last week. The little boxes of The churlish nightmare even- each round of the playoffs. And down, which was altogether for- coronavirus sandwiches were a welcome im- tually turned into a positive ultimately, he caught a pass at tunate, because the young man changed the provement from their usual fare, outcome. the end of the now-famous 2-3 with thighs like tree trunks was daily life of but it was the delivery guy behind First, the district attorney de- Jet Chip Wasp to help the long- running out of food to give them. pro football the white mask that made the mo- clined to press charges after he suffering Chiefs win their first It may have been the most im- players and pressive thing Tyreek Hill had nurses, and ment so special. was unable to determine who Super Bowl championship in five done since running 2-3 Jet Chip everyone in It was special for Hill, too. caused injuries to the child. Then decades. Just over a year ago, the record the league lifted its suspension “I mean, I just feel like I’m Wasp. between. Hill The Pro Bowl wide receiver, “My mom, setter was a leaguewide pariah. and the team followed suit — not blessed with being able to play who caught a 44-yard pass at the she’s actual- He had been suspended by the only welcoming Hill back for the game of football,” Hill said. end of that route the first week ly a nurse,” Hill explained, “and Chiefs and the NFL after audio training camp but tying up the “My job is just to win. I want to of February to spur a Super she always comes home and talks surfaced on the night of the draft details of a $54 million, three- win. I’ve always been part of a Bowl comeback for the Kansas about how some people don’t care in which his then-fiancée accused year contract extension. winning culture. I’ve always been City Chiefs, had been talking to about them risking their lives him of hurting his 3-year-old son. Hill proceeded to break his taught team is first. There is no ‘I’ his mother about how much the every day. So I was like, ‘Mom, The district attorney launched an collarbone in Week 1 against in team.” PAGE 54 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 22, 2020 BEACH VOLLEYBALL Staying fit: Virtual training a big hit Olympic star Walsh Jennings reaches out to young athletes

BY JIMMY GOLEN Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ?

longtime evangelist for Beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh outdoor and active life- Jennings has appeared in five styles, beach volleyball Olympics and has won three gold star Kerri Walsh Jen- A medals. She also won a bronze nings knew the national stay-at- medal in the 2016 Rio Games home orders would be especially hard on young athletes and others and was on track to participate in trying to stay fit. her sixth Olympics this summer in With her own quest for a sixth Tokyo until they were put on hold Olympics on hold because of the due to the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus pandemic, Walsh SOURCE: Associated Press Jennings held video chats with dozens of volleyball clubs and week pilot called “The Funda- teams — more than 4,500 people mentals” sold out in six days with in all. Part pep talks, part skills 250 men, women, boys and girls clinics, the calls convinced her of all ages, volleyball rookies up people are struggling to remain to semipro level. active when it’s much easier to “Imagine this: We have a 13- just binge on TV. year-old girl who is going through “There was a consistent theme this and she is just devastated that to every call: ‘Kerri, we are so sad. her season was taken away. And We don’t want to lose what we’ve she is thriving and she’s shar- earned. We want to stay sharp ing her experience,” Walsh Jen- and inspired,’ ” Walsh Jennings nings said. “And then we have a said in announcing the creation 50-year-old man who’s gained 20 of “Virtual Summer Camps” for pounds in COVID and just loves aspiring volleyball players and volleyball, never played before, others just trying to stay active. but wants to get better. He’s lost “This is hard on everybody. 15 pounds and he’s engaged with But there’s so many resources out this program, sharing in the safe JESSIE PEZ, P1440/AP there,” she told The Associated community that we created.” Four-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings, right, teaches at a beach volleyball camp on June Press. “There’s no excuse to be a Now, p1440 is gearing up for 22 in Huntington Beach, Calif. Walsh Jennings has created a virtual summer camp for young volleyball slave to your couch. We all have a two “Virtual Summer Camps” players and others seeking to stay active during the coronavirus pandemic. little bit of space. We can go out- that offer the chance to “Train side and be free. And we just want with an Olympian” — one focused coach and 2004 Olympian Stein “The fundamental philoso- “There’s a lot of interaction, to encourage people to do that.” on fundamentals and a more in- Metzger; and trainer Tommy phy is ‘doing things right.’ And and we want people to be felt and Through her volleyball and tense version called “Unleashed.” Knox. it’s going to meet you where you heard,” Walsh Jennings said. lifestyle platform p1440, Walsh Campers will have access to “The materials were put to- are,” she said. “For me, an athlete “Even though this is virtual, it’s Jennings put together an online Walsh Jennings; her husband, gether fast, but the wisdom and working to go to my sixth Olym- very engaging and it’s still very program mixing skills, fitness beach volleyball pro Casey Jen- the knowledge is literally 30 years pics, win my fourth gold, this is connected. And so we don’t want and mindset training. The four- nings; UCLA beach volleyball of my life,” Walsh Jennings said. making me better. A 9-year-old to minimize that part of it.” who is just getting started in the Twelve-year-old Phia Neilson game, it’s making her better. And said the Fundamentals camp everyone in between.” helped her grow as a volleyball The camps are virtual. The player, but it was the journaling workouts are real. that was a highlight. One entry Campers will receive videos by included a drawing of a girl play- email every weekday with their ing volleyball, a quote from actor exercises for the day — they can Will Smith and “3 ways to Opti- also log onto Walsh Jennings’ mize”: “Go to bed earlier, start p1440 website. Strength training a food log and raise my energy is twice a week, volleyball is four level.” times a week, and mindfulness “I like that I am learning to be training is every day. The work- more patient with myself, to stay outs are self-guided and should positive and to never give up,” she take about two hours. wrote.

MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ, ABOVE AND RIGHT/AP Walsh Jennings digs for a ball, above, while playing Brazil during the bronze medal match of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 18, 2016 ,and holds her bronze medal, right, after winning the match. Friday, May 22, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 55 AUTO RACING Scoreboard Denny Hamlin competes in Wednesday’s rain-shortened NASCAR Cup Series race in Darlington, S.C. Toyota 500 PHOTOS BY BRYNN ANDERSON / AP Wednesday Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series At Darlington Raceway Darlington, S.C. Lap length: 1.37 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (16) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 208 laps, 47 points. 2. (26) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 208, 35. 3. (20) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 208, 40. 4. (8) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 208, 33. 5. (13) Erik Jones, Toyota, 208, 39. 6. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 208, 39. 7. (9) Aric Almirola, Ford, 208, 35. 8. (37) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 208, 29. 9. (7) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 208, 29. 10. (15) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 208, 44. 11. (24) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 208, 26. 12. (34) William Byron, Chevrolet, 208, 30. 13. (14) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 208, 24. 14. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford, 208, 23. 15. (18) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 208, 22. 16. (21) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 208, 21. 17. (23) Michael McDowell, Ford, 208, 20. 18. (19) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 208, 29. 19. (2) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 208, 18. 20. (10) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 208, 17. 21. (5) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 208, 24. 22. (4) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 208, 35. 23. (32) Chris Buescher, Ford, 208, 14. 24. (31) Corey Lajoie, Ford, 207, 13. 25. (39) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 207, 12. 26. (35) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, 207, 11. 27. (25) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 207, 10. 28. (29) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 207, 0. 29. (30) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 207, 0. 30. (11) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet, 206, 9. 31. (22) Cole Custer, Ford, 206, 6. 32. (28) Gray Gaulding, Ford, 206, 5. 33. (33) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 204, 0. 34. (36) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 204, 3. 35. (12) John H. Nemechek, Ford, 202, 2. 36. (38) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 202, 0. 37. (27) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, transmission, 201, 1. 38. (17) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, acci- dent, 200, 14. 39. (1) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, engine, 69, 2. Hamlin earns second victory Race Statistics Average speed of race winner: 106.085 mph. Time of race: 2 hours, 42 minutes, 23 seconds. Margin of victory: Caution seconds. Caution flags: 11 for 54 laps. NASCAR returns to Wednesday Lead changes: 17 among 14 drivers. Lap leaders: R.Preece 0; T.Dillon 1-8; J.Logano 9-27; B.Wallace 28-30; C.Bowyer 31-83; M.Truex 84-99; K.Harvick 100- 109; D.Suarez 110; C.Bowyer 111-128; as rain reduces race by 20 laps R.Newman 129-133; E.Jones 134-160; C.Elliott 161-175; B.Keselowski 176- 181; B.Poole 182; C.Elliott 183-190; B.Keselowski 191; C.Elliott 192-196; Associated Press A furious Elliott waited for D.Hamlin 197-208 Busch on the apron of the track Leaders summary (driver, times led, DARLINGTON, S.C. — Denny laps led): C.Bowyer, 2 times for 71 laps; and flipped Busch the middle Hamlin won NASCAR’s first C.Elliott, 3 times for 28 laps; E.Jones, finger as he passed. As NASCAR 1 time for 27 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for Wednesday race since 1984 when 19 laps; M.Truex, 1 time for 16 laps; cleaned the track, it started to D.Hamlin, 1 time for 12 laps; K.Harvick, rain stopped the event with 20 rain and the cars were called to 1 time for 10 laps; T.Dillon, 1 time for 8 laps remaining at Darlington laps; B.Keselowski, 2 times for 7 laps; pit road under red flag. R.Newman, 1 time for 5 laps; B.Wallace, Raceway. It was an already active eve- 1 time for 3 laps; D.Suarez, 1 time for 1 The Daytona 500 winner was lap; B.Poole, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Preece, 1 ning at “The Track Too Tough time for 0 laps. out front but out of fresh tires To Tame” as drivers were racing Wins: J.Logano, 2; D.Hamlin, 2; and trying to hang on when he K.Harvick, 1; A.Bowman, 1. against the field and the weather. Top 16 in points: 1. K.Harvick, 258; got unintended help from Joe 2. J.Logano, 224; 3. A.Bowman, 219; As the drivers sat in their cars 4. D.Hamlin, 201; 5. C.Elliott, 192; 6. Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle waiting for NASCAR to pull the B.Keselowski, 191; 7. A.Almirola, 186; Busch. The reigning Cup cham- 8. M.Truex, 179; 9. M.DiBenedetto, 170; plug, a handful of Elliott’s crew 10. C.Bowyer, 170; 11. R.Blaney, 168; pion caused Chase Elliott to crash members sat on the pit wall star- 12. J.Johnson, 161; 13. Ky.Busch, 157; eight laps earlier to bring out the 14. Ku.Busch, 151; 15. E.Jones, 146; 16. ing down Busch. Members of Denny Hamlin’s pit crew celebrate his second victory of W.Byron, 129. caution. One of Busch’s crew members the season, which was shortened 20 laps by rain. sat between them on the wall and NASCAR eventually ordered ev- and Hamlin, wearing a mask that with 34 laps remaining. Chase Elliott eryone back over the wall. Eight depicted his actual smile, was Hamlin had no choice but to was wrecked minutes later, the race was called having a muted celebration in the stay out on the track, and his crew by defending and Busch was greeted by Alan rain. chief Chris Gabehart told him NASCAR Cup Gustafson, Elliott’s crew chief He walked to victory lane under over the radio, “you ain’t going to champion and Busch’s former crew chief a large black umbrella. It was a 1- like it, but we’re going to have to Kyle Busch. when he drove for Hendrick Mo- 2 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing and eat our vegetables here.” torsports, for a conversation be- Toyota. Hamlin has won three Hamlin, the leader because he tween two masked competitors. times at Darlington and has two didn’t pit on the restart with 29 to Busch immediately copped to wins this season. go, only had to hold off traffic for the error. “I got my happy face on. Made one lap before the Busch and El- “There’s no question I made a sure I brought it with me,” Ham- liott collision. The rain then came mistake and just misjudged the lin said of his mask. He said he and Hamlin earned the trophy. gap,” Busch said. “They’re upset, also had masks made with a “sad “It’s a driver’s race track,” he they’re mad. I’m not just going to face” but only brought the smiling said. “You can do different things fix it and we’re going to go have masks to a track he counts among to make (the car) handle. We got ice cream tomorrow. They’re his favorites. it right.” going to dwell on it and I’m sure Hamlin thought he was in good The race marked the first time there are repercussions of it I’m shape when he made his last pit in NASCAR history that the Cup going to have down the road.” stop but a caution by Clint Bow- Series had two points-paying Meanwhile, a fox was scam- yer, who won the first two stages races at the same track in one pering across the deserted track of the race, jumbled the strategy week. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, May 22, 2020 F3HIJKLM

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