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Volume 79, No. 20 ©SS 2020 FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 $1.00 VIRUS OUTBREAK Claims for jobless aid in US climb to 36 million

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Nearly 3 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as the viral outbreak led more companies to slash jobs even though most states have begun to let some businesses re- open under certain restrictions. Roughly 36 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the two months since the coronavirus first forced millions of businesses to close their doors and shrink their workforces, the Labor De- partment said Thursday. Still, the number of first-time Recruiting in the applications has now declined for six straight weeks, suggest- ing that a dwindling number of companies are reducing their payrolls. By historical standards, the lat- est tally shows that the number time of coronavirus of weekly jobless claims remains enormous, reflecting an econo- my that is sinking into a severe downturn. Last week’s pace of Despite deep cuts into numbers, officials say changes likely to stay new applications for aid was still four times the record high that BY COREY DICKSTEIN prevailed before the coronavirus Stars and Stripes struck hard in March. Jobless workers in some states taff Sgt. Riley Krebsbach still makes the same recruiting pitch to sell young Staff Sgt. Elysia Wilson, are still reporting difficulty ap- Americans on the U.S. Army despite the current coronavirus outbreak, but his a production recruiter plying for or receiving benefits. with the 168th Wing, These include freelance, gig and delivery is drastically different. self-employed workers, who be- helps enlist a new came newly eligible for jobless S Face-to-face meetings with potential recruits have been replaced by long hours recruit using a video aid this year. on a computer and smartphone — searching for and chatting with prospects in a safe digital conference call The states that are now easing environment. Instead of working from his Moreno Valley recruiting station in southern April 16 at Eielson lockdowns are doing so in varied Air Force Base, Alaska. California, visiting local high schools and canvassing community events to explain the ways. Ohio has permitted ware- This virtual enlistment houses, most offices, factories, benefits that come with Army service, Krebsbach now posts messages on social media and allowed a new Alaska and construction companies to interviews prospects via video conferencing services from his home. Air National Guard reopen, but restaurants and bars remain closed for indoor sit-down Because of social distancing, recruiters faced a sudden shift to telework and digital recruit to complete their oath of enlistment while service. prospecting, which Krebsbach said was challenging. But it has led them to rethink the art complying with COVID- SEE JOBLESS ON PAGE 10 of recruiting and find innovative ways to connect. The outbreak could have lasting impact 19 safety regulations. on the way the military fills its ranks.  Online: Get the latest SHANNON CHACE on the virus outbreak SEE RECRUITING ON PAGE 4 U.S. Air National Guard stripes.com/coronavirus PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EUROPE GAS PRICES EXCHANGE RATES

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BY SHARIF HASSAN his child, with his wife by his side. She AND SUSANNAH GEORGE had given birth minutes before the attack, The Washington Post and both she and the baby girl escaped unharmed. KABUL, Afghanistan — Hajar Sarwari “God has given a second life for my wife was in labor with her second child at a and daughter,” he said. western Kabul maternity ward on Tues- In a statement released Wednesday, Doc- day morning when gunmen shot her twice tors Without Borders said it had “indica- in the abdomen, killing her and her unborn tions” that one of its employees was killed child. and that its health workers were following Sarwari’s family buried her atop a hill up with survivors. under overcast skies on the outskirts of the “Every effort is being made by our med- Afghan capital Wednesday morning, one ical team to follow up on the newborns in day after three gunmen killed 24 people the maternity hospital to ensure the best in a Doctors Without Borders maternity possible care to our patients and to those ward. The baby remained in her womb. injured, to provide psychological care to “There’s no humanity left in this coun- affected staff, and to provide every neces- try,” said Sarwari’s husband, Mohammad sary support to those bereaved,” the state- Hussain Yaqoobi, his speech slow and ment read. halting. He stood near his wife’s grave, At Sarwari’s family home, relatives gath- marked by a simple black headstone and a ered to comfort the grieving and express small mound of upturned earth. “The at- KIANA HAYERI/For The Washington Post their condolences. tackers had no conscience. How can they After Hajar and her unborn baby’s burial, women gathered inside one room to console “Have you ever heard that newborn ba- justify shooting dead innocent newborns her mother, mother-in-law and sister and pay their respect to the family. bies were shot dead? This is the first I hear. and their mothers?” It hasn’t happened in any country around The burial was one of many across Kabul other parts of the country for weeks, in- The U.S. military command in Kabul said the world,” said Mohammad Rahim Yousi- on Wednesday morning. Hospital officials flicting heavy casualties. Afghan security Wednesday that there had been no change fi, a distant relative. said the mothers of 10 newborns were officials linked that uptick in attacks to the in the posture of American troops in Af- Sarwari’s mother wept uncontrollably, among Tuesday’s dead, as were those of Tuesday’s attacks on civilians. ghanistan since Ghani’s announcement. supported by a group of women in long two infants, pregnant women, nurses and a Afghan President Ashraf Ghani re- “The established military-military com- black robes. “Stop. You’re already sick, security guard. Sixteen were wounded. sponded by directing his forces to resume munications channel [between the United don’t cry anymore,” one of the women More funerals were held about 100 miles offensive operations against the Taliban. States and the Taliban] continues to func- begged. to the east, in Nangarhar province. A sui- The move marks a major setback to peace tion as a conduit through which both sides Outside, Sarwari’s 6-year-old daugh- cide bombing there on Tuesday killed 32 efforts in Afghanistan. The Taliban called can address concerns,” according to a ter, Razia, played and giggled in the front and wounded 133. The attacker struck Ghani’s statement a “declaration of war.” spokesman for U.S. forces who spoke on garden. hours after the hospital rampage began Maintaining a defensive footing was the condition of anonymity in line with de- No one had told her what had happened and targeted a funeral gathering for a intended as a goodwill gesture as Afghan partmental regulations. to her mother. prominent local security official. The Is- government officials and Taliban leaders In Kabul, families affected by the ma- Rahila Yaqoobi, her aunt, said the young lamic State claimed responsibility. wrestled over how to begin direct peace ternity ward attack tried to move for- girl had been eager to go to the hospital The brutality of the attack on the mater- talks. But the talks, mandated by the U.S.- ward Wednesday. At a hospital in western with her mother. “I told her, ‘Don’t go, wait nity ward paired with the funeral bombing Taliban peace deal signed in February, Kabul, newborns who had been rescued here. Mommy will bring a baby for you,’ ” shocked Kabul and the country. The Tal- were repeatedly delayed for months over a from Tuesday’s shooting were reunited she recalled and then began to cry. iban denied responsibility, but the militants controversial prisoner exchange and esca- with relatives. “I don’t know how to tell her that her have increased attacks on Afghan forces in lating violence. Outside one of the rooms, Khan Ali held mommy is dead,” she said. US military offers condolences over deadly Iran accident

Associated Press miles southeast of Tehran in the Gulf of the training for taking place so close to the Tensions had been expected to rise after Oman. Authorities said the Konarak was Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Iran’s government overcame the initial DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. military offered condolences Thurs- too close to a target and was accidentally Persian Gulf through which 20% of all oil chaos that engulfed its response to the day to Iran over a friendly fire incident in hit Sunday in an incident that also wound- passes. coronavirus pandemic. In April, the U.S. the Islamic Republic that killed 19 of its ed 15 troops. “While we are troubled that this mishap accused Iran of conducting “dangerous troops, identifying the weapon used in the In a statement, Capt. Bill Urban, a occurred in such close proximity to a high- and harassing” maneuvers near Ameri- incident as an anti-ship cruise missile. spokesman for the U.S. Central Command, traffic international shipping lane and at a can warships in the northern Persian Gulf. Iranian authorities on Monday said that said the force offered “our sincere condo- time when most of the region’s focus is on Iran also had been suspected of briefly a missile struck the Iranian navy vessel lences to the Iranian people for the tragic the fight against COVID-19, the unneces- seizing a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker Konarak near the port of Jask, some 790 loss of life.” However, Urban also criticized sary loss of life is regrettable,” he said. just before that. Taliban truck bomb leaves at least 5 civilians dead in latest attack

BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN The Taliban claimed responsibility for the Taliban and Afghan forces consider a refrained from attacking provincial cen- Stars and Stripes the bombing, which spokesman Zabihullah foe. ters, likely to avoid jeopardizing the agree- Mujahid said in a statement was a direct As of Thursday afternoon, the Afghan ment, the command said. KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban truck response to President Ashraf Ghani order- military had yet to resume offensive at- The Taliban has avoided attacking for- bomb killed at least five civilians when it ing Afghan troops Tuesday to resume of- tacks against the Taliban, said Rohullah eign forces, though coalition troops have exploded near a military court in eastern fensive operations against the insurgents. Ahmadzai, a defense ministry spokesman. supported their Afghan allies in defen- Afghanistan on Thursday, continuing a se- Ghani gave the order hours after an at- “You cannot go into action as soon as the sive measures and continue to serve as ries of bloody attacks that have put Afghan tack on a Kabul hospital killed 24, includ- president orders it,” Ahmadzai said. “But advisers. forces back on the offensive. ing at least two newborns. The Taliban we’ll finish the planning and start physical The resumption of Afghan offensive op- Five security officials and 15 civilians denied involvement in the hospital shoot- operations very soon.” erations does not signal an end to the peace were also wounded by the blast in Gardez, ings and in another attack that day that The U.S. expected the signing of the Feb. process, both Ghani and U.S. officials have the capital of Paktia province, the Afghan killed at least 32 at a funeral in Nangarhar 29 peace deal with the Taliban in Qatar to said. The U.S. military continues to carry Defense Ministry said in a statement. province, which was later claimed by Is- bring a reduction in violence and formal out an initial drawdown of troops from “The area was crowded with civilians,” lamic State. ISIS hasn’t claimed the hos- talks that would bring about a comprehen- around 13,000 to 8,600 as called for in the Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Aryan pital attack, but it was in an area home to sive cease-fire. deal. If the Taliban meet the expectations said in a phone interview. a large Shiite Hazara minority, who have Instead, the Taliban have ramped up of the Feb. 29 agreement, foreign forces The Taliban intended to attack the court frequently been the target of the militants’ their operations, officials from the U.S.- would complete their withdrawal by the building, but guards identified the explo- suicide bombings and raids. led NATO Resolute Support mission in the middle of next year. sives-laden vehicle before it reached the Although Ghani’s televised speech fo- country told the Special Inspector General Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this report. entrance and the blast detonated early, the cused on the Taliban, his country’s troops for Afghanistan Reconstruction, in a re- [email protected] defense ministry said. have continued to fight ISIS, which both cent report to Congress. But the group had Twitter: @pwwellman PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Recruiting: Military sees benefits in moving to digital enlistments

FROM FRONT PAGE “The transition has been sort of an acquired skill set,” said Krebsbach, 31, who spent seven years in the infantry before shift- ing two years ago to a temporary recruiting assignment that he hopes to make permanent. “Get- ting used to working from home — moving us into social media and virtual prospecting. It’s not something we were very big on before, but we jumped right into it.” “I’m already sure it will be a big part of recruiting for our fu- ture,” he said. On March 18, the Army made an unprecedented decision in U.S. military recruiting history. The largest service shut down public access to its 1,400 recruiting sta- tions. Krebsbach and others were ordered to telework when pos- sible and target potential recruits online and by phone. The other services quickly followed. By March 25, when the Marine Corps announced it would shift prospecting efforts entirely to the virtual sphere, the Pentagon’s re- cruiting force of more than 20,100 service members had ditched re- cruiting stations and offices. The military cannot simply stop recruiting, even in the face of the world’s worst health crisis in decades. It must bring young, healthy men and women into the /U.S. Navy services — more than 150,000 MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS NIKITA CUSTER every year — to fill its ranks as Staff assigned to Recruit Training Command process recruits as part of a preliminary health screening at Chicago O’Hare Airport in Chicago, others leave for civilian life. Ill . , on April 21. Falling behind on recruiting has serious ripple effects. 2,000 signed contracts ahead of Velez anticipates his recruit- ing 50,000 more qualified leads tinue to post daily workout vid- For example, when the Army the short-term goals set by the ers’ production surging in the between January and April 2020 eos and memes to Instagram and failed to meet its annual recruit- Army. summer months and his service than in the first four months com- Facebook. He will keep targeting ing goal in 2018 for the first time “Even if we’re behind 3,500, meeting its original goal of 40,800 bined in 2019. prospects through applications since 2005, it was unable to meet 3,800, I still think with all of the new recruits. Based on that early success, popular with younger people, like its end-strength goal. That slowed innovation we are doing and the The Ma- service offi- Snapchat, where he recently used the Army’s ability to prepare for morale of the recruiters right rine Corps cials waived a video feature to interview a po- potential conflict with near-peer now and how much they want to lowered its individual tential recruit. adversaries like China and Rus- get after it — I think we’ll be able goal for fis- goals for its “I think it’s actually a little sia. Top service officials found to make it,” Muth said. cal year more than easier to ask questions over the that the Army’s recruiting pro- While the Army does not yet 2020 by 1,800 re- digital plane than face-to-face cesses lagged decades behind have a specific recruiting goal for 2,000 amid cruiters. The in person for some people,” he in technology. Recruiters, Army fiscal year 2020, Muth expects the pandem- overall goal said. “It can be intimidating sit- leaders said, failed to target the number to fall just shy of the ic, aiming to remains — to ting down in the office talking to prized 17-to-24-year-olds where 68,000 that his organization ex- ship 33,290 ship 29,068 someone in an Army uniform.” they were most likely to be found ceeded last year. Service officials to basic recruits to Muth, who heads the U.S. Army Recruiting Command in — sharing on social media and earlier this year floated an unof- training, basic train- Muth Krebsbach Fort Knox, Ky., was confident his playing online video games. ficial 69,000 recruit goal, but bet- said Gun- ing, ac- recruiters could handle the chal- ter-than-expected retention rates nery Sgt. Justin Kronenberg, a cording to Chrissy Cuttita, a lenge of virtual prospecting. His The cost of corona among current soldiers have like- spokesman for Marine Recruit- spokeswoman for Air Force Re- ing Command. cruiting Service. decision to shutter stations from Despite the digital efforts, re- ly lowered expectations. The service saw a drop of about the general public was about pro- cruiting has suffered. All four The other military services tecting his own people, he said. 25% in contacts with qualified in- ‘I knew we were ready’ services reported drops in the reported similar shortfalls in “We saw where this thing was dividuals in March over the same metrics that track progress on the March as the pandemic spread. Amid the outbreak, the servic- going, so we came out of the sta- month last year. recruiting front. In some cases, The Navy saw a 45% dip in es have streamlined once-clunky tions,” he said. “We wanted to re- Kronenberg described the pan- services fell short by thousands qualified individuals expressing procedures to screen and process duce the risk to our soldiers and demic’s impacts on his service’s of new contacts with potential interest in March, compared to prospective recruits, developed their family members.” recruiting efforts as “dramatic.” recruits. Others projected they March 2019. The Navy’s recruit- innovative tactics to target those Muth, a helicopter pilot by would sign far fewer recruits to ing chief, Rear Adm. Dennis “Our systematic recruiting prospects, and proven that re- trade, led Army recruiting into a enlistment contracts amid the Velez, attributed the sharp drop process has always placed a pre- cruiting can be done without sta- digital-first effort that he believes pandemic. almost entirely to the impact of mium on ‘kneecap to kneecap’ tions and offices. has positioned his enterprise well All of the services reported the coronavirus. interaction between a recruiter “I think what we’ve realized to weather the pandemic. drastic declines in the number of “March was probably the peak and applicant, so it may be chal- is that for a lot of the basic stuff, “I knew we were ready to do recruits they sent into their initial month for shock value — no one lenging to replicate this physical we can do it working from home,” this,” Muth told Stars and Stripes. entrance training pipelines. wants to go outside, no one wants assessment of those wanting to said Tech. Sgt. Joshua Stanley, “Who would have thought that we The shift to full virtual recruit- to do anything. I think that will become Marines solely through an Air Force recruiter based in would have had to exercise this at ing cost Maj. Gen. Frank Muth, probably be the high mark,” Velez tech mediums.” Dover, Del. “It shows we really 100 %?” the Army’s recruiting chief, and said from his office in Millington, Air Force officials expressed can almost get you ready to go to his team nearly two weeks of Tenn. “I thoroughly believe as similar reservations as they saw a [Military Entrance Processing A new normal prospecting efforts. the country opens up we’re going drops in recruiting metrics in Station] before we ever see you He said he expects to face a to see our numbers normalizing. March that continued into April. in person. I don’t think we’d ever Military leaders are already shortfall by the end of May of But 45% is a significant num- But despite those drops, the Air considered that before.” studying lessons learned from about 3,100 recruits with signed ber and something we are really Force reported its recruiters so Krebsbach said he looks for- the sudden, drastic change to contracts. His recruiters entered looking at closely to make sure it far in 2020 have outpaced their ward to returning to high schools their recruiting model. the pandemic with more than doesn’t become a trend.” performance in 2019, produc- and large events, but he’ll con- SEE PAGE 5 <%W>,Friday, May <%M> 15, 2020<%D>, <%Y> •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 VIRUS OUTBREAK

FROM PAGE 4 sibilities for the future,” Muth It could result in the reorgani- said. zation of recruiting teams, drastic Officials with other services shifts toward virtual prospecting could again follow the Army’s ex- and other major changes to the ample. The Navy has empowered business. its recruiters to do much of their Muth, who this week allowed business away from stations, said a select few recruiting stations Velez, the service’s recruiting to reopen to the public in areas chief. deemed at less risk for the virus, “A recruiter right now has pret- ty much everything they need on is developing plans to change a laptop,” he said. “So, when they daily operations for his Army re- meet with the individuals, they cruiting force. The general does can take biometrics, get signa- not want to see recruiters return tures all right on the spot — so to spending large portions of their you don’t need to meet in the [re- time in stations. cruiting] building. You can meet Instead, he wants recruiters someone in the Starbucks and do there only for specific purposes, pretty much the entire process. ” using offices as hubs between Recruiters said they were ex- outings within their communities cited about some of the changes. or time spent virtually prospect- After the initial adjustment pe- ing from home. He likened them riod in mid-March, Krebsbach to patrol bases, small military said he pitched the Army to more outposts where troops stop for people in the past month via so- water, food or supplies. cial media than ever. He called it a “new version of Master Sgt. Dana Bazile, an the old norm.” Air Force recruiting flight chief “I don’t need to be in the re- based in Pennsylvania, said she cruiting station to be able to re- has seen innovation across the cruit,” Muth said. “Does that large group of recruiters she mean that maybe they come into oversees. the patrol base every other day? “This is great opportunity to BROOKE C. WOODS/U.S. Marine Corps And on those other days they are evaluate how we function on a on their own — be it Starbucks or day-to-day basis and eliminate New recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, respond to orders during receiving at the high school or telecommuting wasted man hours,” she said. “The Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, on May 4. from home.” ways that our recruiters are now The Army could close some of using technology, social media tary — is open for business and he said. “Because at the end of can’t get the right sailors through its smaller stations as its recruit- — that will continue to increase needs new, dedicated people to the day we have 90 plus ships at the schoolhouse to relieve him so ers base themselves out of their greatly from what we were doing fill its ranks. Recruiting is a no- sea today — over one-third of our he can get to shore duty and take vehicles, similar to the model before. We’re not going back, in fail mission, he said. force is underway doing the na- a knee.” used by many pharmaceutical that nature.” Recruiters “understand how tion’s business, and … if we fail at representatives. The bottom line, Velez said, the critical it is for us to get new sail- doing our part, some kid is going [email protected]| “I think it opens up a lot of pos- Navy — and the entire U.S. mili- ors and recruits into the Navy,” to stay at sea longer because we Twitter: @CDicksteinDC PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 MILITARY Tricare eliminates copays for telehealth

BY NIKKI WENTLING health affairs. expand service members’ access ment Wednesday. “This will allow demic. The rule states that “it is Stars and Stripes “These changes will reduce the to mental health care. military families to more easily imperative” to allow telephone spread of COVID-19 among Tri- In a letter to the Defense Health check in with a doctor without un- appointments when medical pro- WASHINGTON — The mili- care beneficiaries by incentiv- Agency on May 4, the senators necessary out-of-pocket expens- viders deem it necessary. tary’s health insurance provider is izing use of telehealth services,” acknowledged that Medicare and es, which is especially important With telehealth, Tricare typi- covering telephone appointments the rule states. Medicaid had lifted restrictions now that health advice and coun- cally requires medical providers and has eliminated copayments The decision came after Sen. on telehealth and encouraged seling is in such high demand and to be licensed in the states where for telehealth services as of their patients live. During the Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Tricare to follow suit. so necessary.” Wednesday. pandemic, Tricare is relaxing its Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., “This is the right call — I’m Existing regulations prevent The changes to Tricare will rules. Providers may be licensed remain in effect through the na- urged the Defense Health Agen- glad Tricare heeded our concerns Tricare from covering telephone in any U.S. state and allowed to tional emergency, according to a cy to cover the full scope of tele- and rightly decided to expand appointments in most cases. The treat patients across state lines. new rule posted on the Federal health services under Tricare. coverage for telehealth services new rule posted to the Federal [email protected] Register by Jonathan Woodson, The senators, both of whom are for military families at this criti- Register created an exemption Twitter: @nikkiwentling assistant secretary of defense for veterans, particularly wanted to cal time,” Shaheen said in a state- during the coronavirus pan- Yongsan gives all-clear after probe of package

Stars and Stripes pose a threat since it was deter- mined to be a hair grooming kit, SEOUL, South Korea — The the processes and procedures were U.S. military sealed off part of the Yongsan Garrison in Seoul for sev- standard to ensure the safety and eral hours on Thursday as it inves- security of the community,” gar- tigated a suspicious package at the rison spokeswoman Denver Beau- post office, which turned out to be lieu-Hains said. a hair grooming kit. Yongsan was the main U.S. The package was cleared at military base in South Korea for about 1 p.m., and the post office decades after the 1950-53 Korean will reopen on Friday, the garrison War. However, the population has said. dwindled to about 2,000 as it is in The garrison had urged soldiers the process of closing as part of a to stay in their barracks located in long-delayed relocation plan. the area and other personnel to re- Most service members and sup- main in offices. It also blocked an port staff have moved to Camp overpass that connects the area Humphreys and other hubs south with another part of the sprawling of the capital. PHOTOS BY ALISON J. HUMMEL/U.S. Navy Those remaining include mili- base. The guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones conducted live-fire training in the Pacific Ocean on tary police, the garrison staff, Traffic was allowed to resume as Tuesday as part of an exercise designed to fully integrate units of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. normal after the all-clear. members of the Combined Forces “Although this package did not Command and other residual staff. Destroyer USS John Paul Jones Space wing commander dies conducts live-fire drill in Pacific at Peterson Air Force Base BY WYATT OLSON BY COREY DICKSTEIN the chief of space operations, said Stars and Stripes Stars and Stripes Falzarano’s death was “tragic” for the Air Force and Space Force. Be- The Arleigh Burke class guided-mis- WASHINGTON — Air Force fore taking command of the 21st sile destroyer USS John Paul Jones con- Col. Thomas Falzarano, who com- Space Wing, Falzarano spent a ducted live-fire training in the Pacific manded the service’s 21st Space year working as Raymond’s execu- Ocean on Tuesday as part of an intensive Wing, was found dead Tuesday at tive officer at the former Air Force exercise designed to fully integrate units his home on Peterson Air Force Space Command, which has since of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group. Base in Colorado, service officials morphed into the headquarters of The USS Nimitz departed from Naval said Wednesday. the Space Force. Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., on The Air Force has opened an in- The 21st Space Wing’s vice com- April 27. vestigation into Falzarano’s death mander, Col. Sam Johnson, who The ongoing exercise tests “a strike but initial indications show he like- took command of the unit Tuesday, group’s ability as a whole to carry out sus- ly died of natural causes, officials described his late boss as “a fear- tained combat operations from the sea,” said in a statement. Falzarano, 47, less leader” who will be “sorely according to a U.S. Navy statement. was not believed to have contracted missed.” The USS John Paul Jones, which is the coronavirus, the officials said. Falzarano was a 1994 graduate of homeported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor- Falzarano took command of the the Air Force Academy, also in Col- Hickam, is joined in the strike group 21st Space Wing for the Air Force orado Springs. After commission- training by guided-missile cruiser USS in July 2019, and had led it for the ing, he initially flew F-16 fighter Princeton; guided-missile destroyers Space Force since December. The jets before attending the service’s USS Sterett and USS Ralph Johnson; unit is responsible for warning of space and missile training pro- Destroyer Squadron 9; and Carrier Air incoming missiles to the top gener- gram, becoming its top graduate in als and admirals overseeing mili- late 1996, according to his official Wing 17. tary operations around the world, biography. He’d spent most of the “Ships, squadrons and staff will be test- among other space control and de- rest of his career in the space field, ed across every core warfare area within fense missions. which would include stints at the their mission sets through a variety of Air Force officials on Wednesday Pentagon and a yearlong tour in simulated and live events, including air described Falzarano as a talented Iraq from 2007 to 2008, serving as warfare, strait transits, and responses space officer who was expected to a strategic engagement adviser to to surface and subsurface contacts and become a general officer, likely in Iraqi forces in Baghdad. electronic attacks,” the Navy said. the Space Force. [email protected] [email protected] Space Force Gen. Jay Raymond, Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Twitter: @WyattWOlson Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 MILITARY GAO: DOD failed to meet goal of fighting assault

BY JOHN M. DONNELLY instituting effective policies CQ-Roll Call and programs on sexual harass- ment,” the Tuesday report said. WASHINGTON — Back in “In 2011, we found that DOD 2011, the Government Account- did not have assurance that indi- ability Office urged the Penta- viduals in positions of leadership gon to start formally monitoring were being held accountable for how military leaders were doing promoting, supporting, and en- in combating sexual harassment forcing the department’s sexual and assault, and the auditors also harassment prevention policies proposed establishing a Defense and programs.” ANDREW HARRER, GETTY IMAGES/TNS Department system for tracking The 2011 report urged the de- progress in the overall effort. partment to develop a strategy for Rep . Jackie Speier, D -Calif., seen here in November, and other members of the Armed Service At the time, a top Pentagon of- holding leaders accountable and, Committee urge the DOD to move forward on policies it promised to complete to monitor how military ficial agreed fully in writing with secondly, to create an oversight leaders are combating sexual harassment and assault. the auditors’ recommendations plan that would establish goals, and said both tasks would be done means, metrics and funding lev- nal attention. sight mechanisms. disorder for years afterward. that year. els for improving the situation. Lawmakers in both parties Still, the progress is mixed at The number of reported sexual But, more than eight years Jo Ann Rooney, then the prin- have tried to stem sexual offenses best, experts said. assault and harassment cases in later, neither job has been accom- cipal deputy Defense undersecre- within the military for more than An October 2019 report on the the military rose in each of the plished, GAO reported this week. tary for personnel and readiness, a decade, inserting dozens of pro- Pentagon’s top management chal- last three years for which data is Armed Services Commit- said in a Sept. 13, 2011, letter in- visions into the annual Pentagon lenges from the department’s in- available — from 6,172 in fiscal tee members in both chambers, cluded in the report that the de- policy bill aimed at changing mil- spector general office included 2016 to 7,825 in fiscal 2019, the when apprised of the unmet goal, partment concurred with both itary culture and the handling of sexual offenses on the list and report said. said it exemplifies an inadequate recommendations and would im- these crimes. noted that a substantial portion “For too long, sexual harass- Pentagon focus on a continuing plement them in that fiscal year. Military leaders have spoken of them are not prosecuted fully. ment in the military has been a scourge. “Leadership accountability is out more and more about the im- The report also noted that a cli- systemic problem,” Shaheen said. “For the DoD to come to Capi- essential to the success of Service portance of tackling the problem. mate that condones sexual offens- And the GAO’s Farrell said the tol Hill and provide sworn testi- and DoD efforts to prevent sexual To deal with it, the Defense De- es is likely to be plagued by other Defense Department “has not mony in congressional hearings harassment,” Rooney wrote in partment has launched a bevy of problems. And it said people who demonstrated the commitment that they have zero tolerance for reference to the proposal to create surveys and reports and has cre- are victims of sexual crimes often necessary to effectively address” sexual harassment and assault, a way to gauge leaders’ actions. ated new organizations and over- suffer from post-traumatic stress the problem. all the while knowing that they As for the oversight framework, have failed to take even these Rooney wrote that she “recogniz- common-sense steps to prevent es the need” for the department this kind of toxic rot for nearly to help guide prevention efforts. a decade after GAO outlined the But GAO reported this week actions, is infuriating and unac- that, as of January 2020, the ceptable,” Rep. Jackie Speier, a Pentagon was still coordinat- California Democrat who chairs ing implementation of the the Armed Services Subcommit- recommendations. tee on Military Personnel, said in The Pentagon had not provided a statement to CQ Roll Call. a response this week to a query “Had these policies been adopt- about the matter. ed in 2011, who knows how much Brenda Farrell, GAO’s director further we would be in the fight to of defense capabilities and man- eliminate not just harassment but agement, said in a statement for other forms of sexual violence in CQ Roll Call on Tuesday that the our armed forces.” recommendations in question are Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., important. who is a senior member of the “First, for individuals in posi- Armed Services Committee, tions of leadership, support for also said the Pentagon has taken DOD’s sexual harassment poli- too long to set up the oversight cies and programs must be un- mechanisms. equivocal — those who do not “These delays are a poor re- take the issue of sexual harass- flection of the Department’s ment seriously or who do not ad- commitment to root out sexual dress incidents when they occur harassment, and DOD leadership can undermine the department’s must do better,” Shaheen told CQ efforts,” Farrell said. Roll Call in a statement. “I urge “Second,” she said, “the ab- the Department of Defense to sence of an oversight framework move expeditiously and imple- — including performance goals, ment these policies and over- objectives, milestones, and met- sight framework to ensure the rics — limits the ability of deci- health and safety of all service sion makers, including Congress members.” and DOD, to assess the effective- The GAO compiled 81 of the au- ness of the department’s policies ditors’ top-priority recommenda- and programs for addressing in- tions for the Defense Department cidents of sexual harassment.” that have yet to be implemented. In recent years, the preva- Several recommendations lence of unwanted sexual contact concerned sexual assault and between Defense Department harassment. personnel, both military and ci- “Our work has found weak- vilian, has increasingly been the nesses in DOD’s approach to subject of public and congressio- PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK More civilians lose access to Japan base

BY JAMES BOLINGER “Civilian Administrative Forum” and ad- stricts military members to the installa- misconduct, repeat offences, severity of Stars and Stripes ditional sanctions, he said. Further details tion except for emergencies and prohibits violation and the likelihood that the indi- were not released. civilian personnel from visiting bars and vidual will continue committing miscon- Several civilians working at Sasebo Naval U.S. civilians, such as family members, restaurants off base. Security personnel duct, he said. Base in southwestern Japan have lost their Defense Department employees and con- found two civilians in an off-base bar on Base debarment is a last result and only base access and are facing disciplinary tractors, who fall under the status of forces April 10. comes when evidence suggests the offend- hearings for violating a coronavirus public agreement go before a forum for a case re- Violators are immediately restricted in er will persist as a threat to the health and health order, installation commander Capt. view before their privileges and access are their movements to prevent the possible safety of the base, he said. Brad Stallings announced this week. curtailed on a long-term basis, base spokes- spread of the coronavirus, Nichols said. “It is so unfortunate that a few endanger “We are still struggling getting 100% of man Aki Nichols told Stars and Stripes by In most cases, a temporary restriction us all,” Stallings said on Facebook. “Thank the community onboard with following the text message Wednesday. and a warning is sufficient punishment, Public Health Order and taking the Public A forum is an informal process where a Nichols said. However, in cases where you to the thousands who are doing it right Health Emergency serious,” he said in a magistrate speaks with the individual, who more serious administrative action is con- every day. Also, thank you to the ones who message posted to Facebook on Monday. may present a defense or evidence of ex- sidered, such as being barred from the are getting involved and politely correct- Stallings said “some folks” violated the tenuating circumstances, he said. base, the civilian is entitled to a hearing by ing folks when you see something wrong.” order “this weekend and have now lost Several civilians previously violated a forum. [email protected] their base access.” Further, they face a Sasebo’s public health order, which re- Forum magistrates look for patterns of Twitter: @bolingerj2004 Troops in Pacific dream of post-lockdown freedom

BY SETH ROBSON Stars and Stripes YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Beaches, bars and amusement parks beckon for troops, civilians and their families eager to be set free from coronavirus lockdowns in the Far East. To help slow the virus’ spread, com- manders have restricted the movement and activities of U.S. personnel since late March in South Korea and early April in Japan. The commander of U.S. Forces Japan on Tuesday extended a public health emergency imposed on U.S. troops other personnel in the country through June 14. But with case numbers dropping and attractions reopening off base in both na- tions, service members can dare to dream of the freedom they enjoyed before the pandemic. Disneyland and island hopping Tokyo, the epicenter of the pandemic in Japan, reported only 10 new coronavirus cases Wednesday. The national govern- ment has decided to allow the reopening of parks, museums, libraries and other public facilities and to ease social distancing re- quirements. Japan reported 80 new infec- tions nationwide Wednesday, bringing the total to 16,024 cases and 668 deaths, ac- cording to the Ministry of Health, Labour AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/Stars and Stripes and Welfare. A jogger passes the shuttered entrance to Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Japan, on Tuesday . Tokyo Disneyland, which as been shut- tered since Feb. 29, will be the first stop for Airman 1st Class Taylor Andrew, 32, a Navy spouse and mother of two small up for service members. canceled obviously,” he said. “We would cyber transport systems airman at Yokota children, ages 5 and 3, Sam Evans, also at “There’s a lot of stuff to explore so I’m love to see the Great Wall of China, Viet- in western Tokyo, once restrictions — in Camp Foster, said she hates being trapped keeping an eye out,” he said, in between nam, Thailand.” place until June 30 at Yokota — are lifted at home. administering temperature checks for pa- Army Sgt. Zak McCartney, 27, of Osan’s and the resort reopens. “I would love to take them to the play- trons outside the Camp Foster commis- 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, said “I’ve been to Disneyland and Disney ground again and go to local restaurants,” sary Tuesday. Wednesday he misses taking his wife out World in the U.S. and I want to see the Jap- she said Tuesday. “We miss the food so to restaurants and bars. They were sup- anese version,” he said Wednesday. much. Just go out and do fun stuff again Nightlife and travel posed to go on vacation this month to Bali, On the island of Okinawa, which hasn’t because we hate being at home.” Indonesia. reported a new case since April 30, some Air Force Capt. Gregory Justis, 37, of South Korea reported 26 new infections “Once this whole travel restriction is up, businesses were cleared to reopen Thurs- Michigan, who works at Kadena Air Base, as of Wednesday morning, according to the that’s like one of the first things that I have day; however, the approximately 27,000 Okinawa, is planning a trip to the nearby Chosun Ilbo newspaper. The country was on my mind,” he said. service members stationed on the island Kerama Islands when the restrictions thought to have contained the coronavirus Back in Japan, Aviation Boatswain’s must still abide by USFJ restrictions. ease. after going days without a new case earlier Mate Aircraft Handler Dennis Gentry Marine Sgt. Slader Zeller, an instructor “It has the most incredible beaches and this month despite no national lockdown. said Wednesday he wasn’t sure were he’ll at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on underwater life I’ve ever seen. And it’s However, Seoul’s mayor ordered bars and go once restrictions are lifted at Yokosuka Okinawa, is eager to get some ink once he’s only a short hop away,” he said Tuesday. “I nightclubs to close after dozens of infec- Naval Base. The installation has been on a allowed to visit local tattoo shops. can’t wait to get back to my favorite restau- tions linked to establishments in the capital strict lockdown since March 27. “We got that stimulus check and that’s rant on the island, a local noodle joint that last week, the Wall Street Journal reported “I can almost guarantee most sailors an extra $1,200 to get a nice tattoo with doesn’t do drive-thru.” Sunday. will be going to the Honch,” he said, refer- that money,” he said Tuesday at Camp Fos- The sand and sea are also calling Ma- Once he’s able, travel is also on the cards ring to a popular bar district outside the ter. “That or just be able to go out, social- rine Pfc. Arturo Sierra, 19, of Tennessee, for 1st Lt. Tarin Cavazos, who works at the main gate. ize, go to the bars, have a good time. People who is also stationed on Okinawa. 51st Logistics Readiness Squadron at Osan Staff reporters Matthew M. Burke and Aya get cooped up; they want to be able to relax “I’m going straight to the beach,” he said Air Base, South Korea. Ichihashi at Camp Foster, Okinawa; Christian after work, kind of unwind, and, you know; of his post-lockdown plans. Cavzos and his wife, Dana, aren’t inter- Lopez at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan; and you can’t really do that if you have to go Sierra hasn’t seen much of the southern ested in going to places near the gate, he Matthew Keeler at Osan Air Base, South Korea, contributed to this report. home every single day as soon as you get Japanese island since he got there a month said Tuesday. [email protected] off work.” ago, just as the restrictions were ramping “We had a cruise scheduled and that got Twitter: @SethRobson1 Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Air Force crew from Ramstein leapfrogs Unusual itinerary around Italy flying medical supplies

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN Stars and Stripes

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The itiner- ary was a first for a C-130 cargo plane crew from Ramstein: fly to Milan, continue to Rome, back to Milan, then back home to Germany, all in the same day. The large Italian civilian airports, now desolate and eerily quiet due to the coronavirus pandem- ic, aren’t typical destinations for the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein. But the route will soon be familiar, as the squadron begins a mission to help Italy through the crisis. Wednesday’s flight around Italy was the first of a planned series organized by U.S. Air Forces in Eu- rope to distribute thousands of pounds of medical supplies to hospitals across the country, officials said. The effort is part of a $100 million relief plan for Italy announced last month by the White House, USAFE officials said. It calls for the Pentagon to transport medical equipment and other humanitar- ian aid in coordination with the State Department and the Italian government. NATO’s Rapid Air Mobility initiative, activated in March for coronavirus relief efforts, also con- tributed to Wednesday’s mission. Two similar flights from Ramstein to Italy are planned in the coming week, officials said. They will likely continue as long as Italy needs them. On Wednesday, the C-130J Super Hercules land- ed at Milan with an empty cargo hold at a near- empty airport. Milan is close to the epicenter of Italy’s corona- virus outbreak in Lombardy. The normally busy Milan Malpensa Airport looked like an aircraft boneyard, with fleets of idle passenger jets parked everywhere. PHOTOS BY JENNIFER H. SVAN/Stars and Stripes “It’s a ghost town,” said Maj. Thomas Morgan, Senior Airman David Tan, 86th Operations Support Squadron aircraft loadmaster, watches as an Italian cargo loader places who piloted the flight with 1st Lt. Kane McManus. a pallet for loading into a C-130J Super Hercules in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday . When the C-130 landed, it was one of only two air- craft taxiing at the sprawling international airport. The crew picked up six pallets of KN95 masks, surgical gowns and COVID-19 test kits destined for hospitals in Italy’s south, greeting their Italian counterparts with waves or elbow bumps instead of handshakes. The plane flew on to Rome, where it picked up a smaller shipment of N95 masks and others with protective face shields, destined for hospitals in the north, which meant a return to Milan. “It feels great … to be able to be part of some- thing bigger than ourselves and help out an ally, especially one as old as Italy,” Morgan said. With fewer opportunities to fly during the pan- Above: A cargo label can be seen on medical demic, McManus said they were eager to “get this supplies to be distributed by the U.S. Air Force. one … and be able to help out when we can.” Left: Maj. Thomas Morgan, a 37th Airlift Squadron [email protected] pilot at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, talks to Italian Twitter: @stripesktown air force personnel about supplies. Flyover planned to salute Hawaii’s health care workers

BY WYATT OLSON fighter jets were to fly at an alti- land in recent weeks as a gesture ditional cost to the taxpayer,” the 154th Wing. “These flyovers are Stars and Stripes tude of about 3,000 feet. to medical personnel, emergency Air Force said. meant to provide hope and reaf- The planes were scheduled to responders and others dealing The flight path was set in co- firm confidence in our state and FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — first fly as a group over seven daily with the pandemic. ordination with officials with the nation while emphasizing the Air Air Force and Air National Guard hospitals on the island of Oahu, Some have criticized the fly- Federal Aviation Administration Force’s enduring commitment aircraft were to conduct a fly- after which the F-22s would head overs as taxpayer funds ill-spent and Hawaii, the Air Force said. and support to the people of the over of Hawaii’s major hospitals off to regularly scheduled train- at a time of 15% unemployment “This event will recognize State of Hawai’i.” Thursday in a salute to frontline ing. The C-17 would fly on alone and burgeoning federal deficits the hard work that everyone Hawaii has had 638 corona- health care workers coping with virus cases and 17 deaths as of the coronavirus. to Kauai, while the KC-135 would in the wake of emergency fund- in Hawai‘i has already accom- Aircraft from the Hawaii Air head east toward Molokai, Lanai, ing for workers, businesses and plished to keep Hawai‘i’s [coro- Wednesday, according to the Ha- National Guard and Air Force at Hawaii island and Maui. hospitals. navirus] cases among the lowest waii Department of Health. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hick- Flyovers have become common- The Air Force stressed in its in the United States, while also The Air Force advised people am were to fly above most of the place across the U.S. mainland in news release Wednesday that acknowledging the need for con- to watch the flyovers from their state’s large hospitals and major the era of COVID-19, the disease the aircraft flying over Hawaii tinued vigilance, and our obliga- homes, refraining from travel, in metro areas beginning around caused by the coronavirus. were conducting routine training tion to those in our community order to adhere to social distanc- 11:30 a.m., the Air Force said in a The Navy’s Blue Angels and flights. who will require continued as- ing guidelines in place by order of news release Wednesday. Air Force’s Thunderbirds dem- “These aircraft were already sistance,” said Brig. Gen. Dann the governor. A C-17 Globemaster III, KC- onstrations squadrons have flown scheduled for these training S. Carlson, commander of the [email protected] 135 Stratotanker and F-22 Raptor over numerous cities on the main- flights, so the flyover is at no ad- Hawaii Air National Guard’s Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK As pandemic rolls on, GOP hits pause on new aid

Associated Press financial struggles for local gov- ernments and growing COVID- WASHINGTON — Businesses 19 caseloads, particularly with are going belly up, tens of mil- the November election fast lions have been laid off and, by approaching. some measures, the U.S. seems Despite their distaste for fur- headed for another Great Depres- ther negotiations with Democrats, sion. But Republicans surveying JEFF CHIU/AP the wreckage aren’t ready for many Republicans privately see another round of coronavirus aid, passage of another coronavirus A man wears a face mask while walking past a handwritten sign advising that nothing of value is inside a instead urging a “pause.” measure as inevitable. boarded up Union Nails salon during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco on Tuesday. It’s a position based on a conflu- Senate Majority Leader Mitch ence of factors. Polls have showed McConnell, a proponent of the that GOP voters think the govern- pause, said Tuesday that Repub- Jobless: ment is already doing enough. licans are “taking a look at what Unemployment numbers continue Republicans on Capitol Hill are we’ve already done. And we’ve divided over the best approach. added about $3 trillion to the Billions approved by Congress national debt, and assessing the to plummet amid hitting more historic lows have yet to be spent. And it’s also effectiveness of that before decid- ing to go forward.” unclear what President Donald FROM FRONT PAGE ture the full scale of the damage. was just 4.4%. Trump wants to do next, if any- Yet McConnell also cracked The government said that many Now, with few Americans thing, to juice the economy — his open the door, cautiously, to more A handful of states have gone workers in April were counted as payroll tax cut idea hasn’t gained legislation, provided that it is further, including Georgia, which shopping, traveling, eating out employed but absent from work, any traction on Capitol Hill. “narrowly targeted. has opened barber shops, bowling or otherwise spending normally, but should have been counted as For these and other reasons, “I’m in discussion, we all are, alleys, tattoo parlors and gyms. economists are projecting that GOP leaders see an unfolding with the administration. If we South Carolina has reopened temporarily unemployed. the gross domestic product — the Millions of other laid-off work- crisis that does not yet cry out for reach a decision along with the beach hotels, and Texas has re- broadest gauge of economic ac- ers didn’t look for a new job in further action. administration to move to another opened shopping malls. tivity — is shrinking in the April- April, likely discouraged by their “There’s just a pragmatic piece phase, that’ll be the time to inter- Data from private firms sug- June quarter at a roughly 40% prospects in a mostly shuttered to this, which is, if we’re going to act with the Democrats,” he said. gested that some previously annual rate. That would be the economy, and weren’t included do another bill, let’s get into June Still, recent polls have shown laid-off workers have started deepest quarterly contraction on that GOP voters are more likely either. If all those people had and July so we know how people to return to small businesses in record. to be satisfied with the govern- been counted as unemployed, the are reemerging,” said Rep. Pat- those states, although the number Few analysts expect a quick re- ment’s response than Democrats. jobless rate would have reached rick McHenry, R-N.C., who gave of applications for unemployment bound. Federal Reserve Chair Je- They are less fearful of a second nearly 24%. up his leadership post last year rome Powell warned Wednesday wave of cases as states loosen benefits remains high. Most economists have forecast to take the top GOP job on the Fi- that the virus-induced recession stay-at-home orders, and they are The latest jobless claims fol- that the official unemployment nancial Services Committee. could turn into a prolonged down- The political balancing act not clamoring for more aid. low a devastating jobs report last rate could hit 18% or higher in turn that would erode workers’ comes as the long-dormant defi- “We’re starting to hear grum- week. The government said that May before potentially declining cit-hawk wing of the GOP lum- bling against spending that I the unemployment rate soared by summer. skills and employment connec- bers back to life, recoiling from haven’t heard for a while,” said to 14.7% in April, the highest rate The job market’s collapse has tions while bankrupting many the House Democratic proposal Adam Brandon, president of since the Great Depression, and occurred with dizzying speed. small businesses. to spend another $3 trillion in FreedomWorks, a conservative employers shed a stunning 20.5 As recently as February, the Powell urged Congress and the taxpayer money. Yet many Re- group that has helped promote million jobs. A decade’s worth unemployment rate was 3.5%, a White House to consider addition- publicans have conceded that demonstrations around the coun- of job growth was wiped out in a half-century low. Employers had al spending and tax measures to there is risk to standing pat at a try demanding a relaxation of month. added jobs for a record 9½ years. help small businesses and house- time of massive unemployment, state lockdown orders. Even those figures failed to cap- Even in March, unemployment holds avoid bankruptcy. US immunologist warns of ‘darkest winter’ if virus rebounds

BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Bright was removed from his at-home restrictions could “turn 2020 will be darkest winter in “Frankly, our leaders must lead Associated Press post as head of the Biomedical back the clock,” seeding more modern history,” Bright wrote. by modeling the behavior,” said Advanced Research and Devel- suffering and death, and compli- Bright, who has a doctoral de- Bright, in a not-too-subtle refer- WASHINGTON — America opment Authority after sound- cating efforts to get the economy gree in immunology, outlined a ence to a president who conspicu- faces the “darkest winter in mod- ing the alarm at the Department rolling again. path forward that would be based ously goes maskless. ern history” unless leaders act of Health and Human Services. President Donald Trump on on science, even as researchers  Ramping up production of decisively to prevent a rebound Bright alleged that he became a Thursday dismissed Bright in a work to develop better treatments essential equipment and supplies, of the coronavirus, said a gov- target of criticism when he urged tweet as “a disgruntled employee, and an effective vaccine. The from cotton swabs for testing to ernment whistleblower who al- early efforts to invest in vaccine not liked or respected by people steps include: protective gear for health care leged that he was ousted from development and stock up on I spoke to and who, with his atti-  Establishing a national test- workers and essential workers. his job after warning the Trump supplies. tude, should no longer be working ing strategy. The White House  Setting up a system to fairly administration to prepare for the pandemic. “Our window of opportunity is for our government!“ It’s a senti- has urged states to take the lead distribute equipment and supplies Immunologist Dr. Rick Bright closing,” Bright says in his pre- ment some of the president’s po- on testing, even as the federal that are scarce and highly sought. made his sobering prediction in pared testimony posted on the litical allies have expressed about government pushes to make more Eliminating state vs. state com- testimony prepared for his ap- House committee website. “If we Fauci as well. tests and better ones widely avail- petition would increase efficiency pearance Thursday before the fail to develop a national coordi- In his prepared testimony, able. Trump said that the U.S. has and reduce costs, he wrote. House Energy and Commerce nated response, based in science, Bright said, “The undeniable “prevailed” on testing through As part of his whistleblower Committee. Aspects of his com- I fear the pandemic will get far fact is there will be a resurgence this strategy, but in Congress, complaint, Bright is seeking to plaint about early administration worse and be prolonged, caus- of (COVID-19) this fall, greatly Democrats are demanding a fed- be reinstated in his old job. HHS, handling of the crisis are expect- ing unprecedented illness and compounding the challenges of eral framework to encompass the his employer, said that it strongly ed to be backed up by testimony fatalities.” seasonal influenza and putting whole nation. disagrees with his allegations and from an executive of a company Bright’s testimony follows this an unprecedented strain on our  Doubling down on educating that it reassigned him to a high- that manufactures respirator week’s warning by Dr. Anthony health care system. the public about basic safety mea- profile position helping to lead masks. Fauci, the government’s top infec- “Without clear planning and sures like frequent hand-wash- the development of new coronavi- A federal watchdog agency has tious disease expert, that a rushed implementation of the steps that I ing and wearing masks in public rus tests at the National Institutes found “reasonable grounds” that lifting of store-closing and stay- and other experts have outlined, places as guidelines indicate. of Health. Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK Wis. court rules against order to stay at home

BY TODD RICHMOND chaos.” Associated Press Chief Justice Patience Roggen- sack wrote for the majority that MADISON, Wis. — The Wis- health secretary Andrea Palm’s consin Supreme Court struck order amounted to an emergen- down Gov. Tony Evers’ coronavi- cy rule that she doesn’t have the rus stay-at-home order Wednes- power to create on her own. day, ruling that his administration “Rule-making exists precisely overstepped its authority when it to ensure that kind of controlling, extended it for another month MICHAEL DWYER/AP subjective judgment asserted by without consulting legislators. one unelect- Members of the boogaloo movement, attend a demonstration against the lockdown over concern about The 4-3 ruling essentially re- ed official, COVID-19 at the State House in Concord, N.H., on April 18. opens the state, lifting caps on Palm, is not the size of gatherings, allowing imposed in people to travel as they please Wisconsin,” and allowing shuttered busi- Roggensack, Restrictions fuel anti-government nesses to reopen, including bars part of the and restaurants. The Tavern court’s 5-2 League of Wisconsin swiftly conservative ‘boogaloo’ movement across US posted the news on its website, majority, telling members, “You can OPEN wrote. BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN ment who organized a rally in versity’s Program on Extremism. IMMEDIATELY!” Rebecca The decision let stand language Evers Associated Press Olympia, Wash., last month en- MacNab said their rhetoric goes Dallet, one couraged rally participants to beyond discussions about fight- that had closed schools, however, of the court’s liberal justices, dis- and local governments can still SILVER SPRING, Md. — They wear Hawaiian shirts, according ing virus restrictions — which sented, saying the decision will impose their own health restric- “undoubtedly go down as one of carry high-powered rifles and to the Anti-Defamation League. many protesters brand as “tyr- tions. In Dane County, home to the most blatant examples of ju- wear tactical gear, but their Ha- Another anti-lockdown rally anny” — to talking about killing the capital of Madison, officials dicial activism in this court’s his- waiian shirts and leis are what was planned for Thursday at the FBI agents or police officers “to quickly imposed a mandate in- tory. And it will be Wisconsinites stand out in the crowds that have state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. , get the war going.” corporating most of the state- who pay the price.” formed at state capital buildings site of an angry protest last month “They are far more graphic and to protest COVID-19 lockdown wide order. City health officials State Assembly Speaker Robin that included armed members far more specific in their threats orders. The signature look for in Milwaukee said a stay-at-home Vos and Senate Majority Leader of the Michigan Liberty Militia. than I’ve seen in a long time,” she the “boogaloo” anti-government order they enacted in late March Scott Fitzgerald, both Repub- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whit- said. movement is designed to get remains in effect. licans, said they’re confident mer, a Democrat, has been the An April 22 report by the Tech attention. target of violent threats on Face- Evers reacted angrily in a con- businesses can safely reopen Transparency Project, which The loose movement, which book forums, including a private ference call Wednesday night, by following guidelines calling tracks technology companies, uses an ’80s movie sequel as a one called “The Rhett E. Boogie saying the state has been doing for letting workers stay home found 125 Facebook “boogaloo”- code word for a second civil war, Group.” well in the fight against the coro- if they’re sick, making workers is among the extremists using the One user said Whitmer should related groups that had attracted navirus. He predicted the court wash their hands and implement- armed protests against stay-at- be “guillotined” after another tens of thousands of members in ruling will lead more counties to ing telework and social distanc- home orders as a platform. Like suggested another governor the previous 30 days. The project adopt their own restrictions, lead- ing and postponing travel and other movements that once large- should be hanged from a noose, pointed to coronavirus crisis as a ing to a confusing patchwork of events. ly inhabited corners of the inter- according to a screenshot cap- driving factor. ordinances that will allow infec- “This (court decision) does not net, it has seized on the social tured by the Tech Transparency “Some boogaloo supporters see tion to spread. promote people to act in a way unrest and economic calamity Project research initiative. the public health lockdowns and “Today, Republican legislators that they believe endangers their caused by the pandemic to publi- The coronavirus pandemic has other directives by states and cit- convinced four members of the health,” they said. cize its violent messages. become a catalyst for the “boo- ies across the country as a viola- state Supreme Court to throw Evers first issued a stay-at- In April, armed demonstrators galoo” movement because the tion of their rights, and they’re the state into chaos,” Evers said. home order in March that closed passed out “Liberty or Booga- stay-at-home orders have “put a aiming to harness public frus- “They have provided no plan. schools and nonessential busi- loo” fliers at a statehouse protest stressor on a lot of very unhappy tration at such measures to rally There’s no question among any- nesses. The order was supposed in Concord, N. H . A leader of the people,” said J.J. MacNab, a fel- and attract new followers to their body that people are going to to lift April 24, but Palm, an Evers Three Percenters militia move- low at George Washington Uni- cause,” the project’s report says. get sick. Republicans own that appointee, extended it to May 26. Trump’s push for opening school clashes with Fauci’s caution

BY KEVIN FREKING “I think they should open the about this virus and we really bet- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who called In his testimony, Fauci issued AND JILL COLVIN schools, absolutely. I think they ter be pretty careful, particularly the notion “kind of ridiculous.” a blunt warning that cities and Associated Press should,” Trump told reporters at when it comes to children,” Fauci “To me, it’s not an acceptable states could “turn back the clock” the White House, echoing com- told the committee. At one point, answer,” Trump said of Fauci on and see more death and economic WASHINGTON — President ments he had made in a television he told members that “the idea of Wednesday. He said the corona- damage if they lift stay-at-home Donald Trump called on gover- interview. “Our country’s got to having treatments available or a virus has “had very little impact orders too quickly — a message nors across the nation to work to get back and it’s got to get back as vaccine to facilitate the re-entry on young people,” although there that stands in sharp contrast to reopen schools that were closed because of the coronavirus, point- soon as possible. And I don’t con- of students into the fall term is growing concern over cases of Trump’s push to reopen the nation edly taking issue with Dr. Antho- sider our country coming back if would be something that would a mysterious inflammatory syn- as he tries to blunt the economic ny Fauci’s caution against moving the schools are closed.” be a bit of a bridge too far.” drome in young people that is damage caused by the pandemic too quickly in sending students Fauci had urged caution in tes- Fauci later clarified that he thought to be related to the virus. during an election year. back to class. timony before a Senate commit- was not implying students should Speaking of Fauci, Trump told “There is a real risk that you The president accused Fauci of tee Tuesday, although he made be barred from returning to class Maria Bartiromo in an inter- will trigger an outbreak that you wanting “to play all sides of the clear that he believes reopening until a COVID-19 vaccine is de- view for Fox Business Network’s may not be able to control,” Fauci equation,” a comment that sug- decisions will likely differ from veloped. But his comments were “Mornings with Maria” that warned as more than two dozen gested he is tiring of the nation’s one region to the next. nonetheless seized on by conser- “I totally disagree with him on states have begun to lift their top infectious disease expert. “We don’t know everything vative commentators, as well as schools.” lockdowns. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Some Pa. counties resist after funding threat from governor

Associated Press — signaling to hotel staff that a guest defied the quarantine. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two Gov. David Ige mandated the days after Gov. Tom Wolf lam- traveler quarantine starting on basted them as “cowardly” and March 26 in an attempt to curb vowed to withhold funding, sev- the spread of the coronavirus. As eral Pennsylvania counties sig- of Wednesday, the state reported naled Wednesday that they are 638 coronavirus cases and 17 moving ahead with plans to defy deaths. him by lifting some of their pan- Some visitors who allegedly vi- demic restrictions. Others, how- olated the quarantine have been ever, backed down under the arrested. governor’s threat. Commissioners in many GOP- controlled counties where the Idaho Democratic governor has yet to WEISER — A cluster of COVID- MARK LENNIHAN/AP ease any restrictions have said 19 cases has been confirmed in that they can manage the public Washington County, leading to Seth Goldberg has food delivered to his car by a waiter with the Bel Aire Diner on Wednesday in health impacts of the coronavi- the voluntary shutdown of a food Queens , N.Y. The diner is using its parking lot to host 35 cars for a pop-up drive-in movie theater . The rus and reopen safely. They said processing plant, Idaho health of- movie shown twice Wednesday was “Dirty Dancing.” that the shutdown threatens to ficials said Wednesday. destroy local economies — espe- Southwest District Health said coronavirus, Gov. Larry Hogan North Carolina to The Associated Press that he cially small businesses — the lon- that some people infected with the said Wednesday as he announced believes the tribe’s sovereignty ger it goes. coronavirus work at Fry Foods the first stage of a state recovery RALEIGH — A judge on allows it to operate checkpoints Beaver County, home to a se- Inc. in Weiser. plan and the reopening of retail Wednesday rejected requests of anywhere on the Cheyenne River vere nursing home outbreak, said Company Human Resources stores with limits. several offenders and civil rights Indian Reservation, which is that it plans to operate as if Wolf Manager Douglas Arnold Wold The Republican governor said groups exhorting him to tell in northern South Dakota. The had already eased restrictions said that eight workers are infect- that the state is gradually moving North Carolina corrections lead- checkpoints are essential to pro- there, meaning that residents can ed, and all of them had attended into stage one of the state’s recov- ers to reduce the prison popula- tecting the health of the people on freely leave their homes and re- a family gathering of at least 30 ery plan at 5 p.m. Friday, after 14 tion further to protect inmates the reservation, he said. tailers, offices and other kinds of people last weekend in Weiser or days of plateauing of key hospi- from COVID-19. The Republican governor de- businesses can reopen. Because are related to someone who at- tal metrics. He also said that the The denials from Superior manded that the Cheyenne River of the outbreak, Beaver is the lone tended. Wold said that some peo- decision came after consultation Court Judge Vince Rozier came Sioux Tribe and the Oglala Sioux western Pennsylvania county that ple from Utah also took part. with a state team of public health after he received an extensive re- Tribe remove the checkpoints remains locked down. Health officials were working experts and business leaders. port he demanded last week from from federal and state highways, to contact people who have been Retail stores may reopen at up prison officials on what wardens calling them illegal. The tribes Georgia in close proximity to those who to 50% capacity, with curbside are doing to discourage the virus’ began monitoring their borders became infected. pickup and delivery strongly en- spread in the more than 50 pris- last month in an effort to stop un- ATLANTA — Georgia’s gover- couraged and all public health ons. The plaintiffs who are serv- necessary visitors who could be nor said that he continues to see Louisiana precautions in place. Examples ing time behind bars have said in carrying the coronavirus. positive signs in the state’s battle of businesses that may reopen affidavits that they were worried Noem on Friday threatened to against the coronavirus, even BATON ROUGE — On Mon- include clothing and shoe stores, for their health if they remained sue the tribes if they didn’t disas- as the state’s death toll from the day, Gov. John Bel Edwards’ pet groomers, animal adoption in prison. semble the road checks. But this virus surpassed 1,500 and some administration will start releas- shelters, car washes, art galleries Lawyers for the state argued week, she tried a different tack, health officials expressed con- ing the names of nursing homes and bookstores. All manufactur- in court documents that Gov. Roy offering to meet if they would cerns about the state’s aggressive where residents have tested ing may resume operations, with Cooper’s administration was best consider limiting the checkpoints plans to restart the economy. positive for the coronavirus and multiple shifts encouraged. equipped to protect the health only to tribal roads. Gov. Brian Kemp said Wednes- where there have been deaths and safety of prisoners and had day that Georgia has the lowest from COVID-19. Mississippi responded vigorously. The prison Texas number of COVID-19 patients in The administration initially system has sent home several hospitals — 1,094 — since April released that information early JACKSON — Mississippi leg- hundred more offenders that were HOUSTON — The hundreds 8. Kemp said that the number of in the outbreak, but later stopped islators voted late Wednesday to otherwise imprisoned, blocked of contact tracers being trained patients on ventilators has also providing details, offering only create grant programs for small visitations and stopped taking in in Texas’ most populous county dropped to 873. the numbers of nursing home res- businesses hurt by the coronavi- offenders from county jails. will help it manage any flare-ups Kemp eased a few restrictions idents statewide who have tested rus pandemic, using some of the More than 640 offenders in of the coronavirus, but it doesn’t this week on businesses and child positive and who have died. $1.25 billion in relief money that about a dozen prisons have tested mean that things are back to nor- care operations, but said that he That raised questions about the federal government is send- positive for the coronavirus, and mal, and residents should still was keeping most current rules whether family members of nurs- ing the state. The total pricetag five of them have died. The De- be doing their part to help stop until at least the end of May. ing home residents who aren’t for the grants would be $300 partment of Public Safety said the virus’ spread, officials said The Republican governor reit- infected were told what was hap- million. this week that more than 500 of Wednesday. erated that he believes Georgia pening in the facility. If Republican Gov. Tate Reeves them are now deemed to have A key part of Texas’ plan as it is containing the COVID-19 re- Dr. Alex Billioux, leader of Lou- signs the proposal into law, a $60 recovered, based on government continues to reopen its economy spiratory illness, despite areas of isiana’s public health office, said million program would provide health guidelines, and are no lon- has been building a team of 4,000 concern. that the state will resume offering $2,000 grants for businesses that ger in medical isolation. contact tracers, investigators who the details, including which nurs- were forced to close by govern- contact people who test positive Hawaii ing homes have seen residents or ment orders and for child care South Dakota for COVID-19, track down their staff test positive for the corona- centers. contacts and get them into quar- HONOLULU — Some Hawaii virus, how many have recovered The other $240 million would SIOUX FALLS — The head antine before they can spread the hotels said that they need more and how many residents have be for grants ranging from $1,500 of a Native American tribe said virus. guidance about how to enforce a died at a facility. The information to $25,000. For the first 21 days, Wednesday that it won’t comply Harris County, which has more 14-day quarantine on travelers, will be released weekly, Billioux the only applications considered with South Dakota Gov. Kristi than 4.7 million residents, was including what to do if guests re- said Wednesday. would be from businesses that Noem’s demand to remove coro- expected to train 200 new contact fuse to comply or how to partici- did not initially receive aid from navirus checkpoints it set up on tracers by Friday and another pate if they still use physical keys Maryland the federal Paycheck Protection federal and state highways that 100 by May 22. instead of cards. Program. run through its reservation. Harris County Judge Lina Hi- The Hawaii Tourism and Lodg- ANNAPOLIS — Maryland The programs would be for Harold Frazier, the chairman dalgo on Wednesday, however, ing Association recently asked residents will no longer be re- businesses that existed before of the Cheyenne River Sioux warned residents that the small hotels to give out room key cards quired to stay at home, but will March 1 and have 50 or fewer Tribe, told Noem in a short letter army of contact tracers being that are only good for checking in, be strongly advised to continue employees. Businesses that work that the tribe would consider her trained locally doesn’t mean so that if a guest leaves the room, doing so, especially if they are in partisan politics or in lobbying request to restrict checkpoints to residents should let their guard they need a new one to re-enter older and more vulnerable to the are not eligible to apply. tribal roads. But he made it clear down. Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 NATION Ex-Navy pilot wins Ex-judge asked to see if Flynn should Calif. House seat be held in contempt Associated Press from enthusiasm among conser- BY MICHAEL BALSAMO Flynn was entitled to avoid prison vatives who saw a rare opportuni- LOS ANGELES — Mike Gar- Associated Press time because he had cooperated ty to seize a Democratic-held seat cia grew up a single-minded kid extensively with the government, in California, while the electorate from Southern California: He WASHINGTON — The judge but the relationship with the re- that turned out in the unusual just wanted to fly fighter jets. His Mike Garcia presiding over Michael Flynn’s special election skewed toward tired Army lieutenant general decision to enter national politics criminal case appointed a retired grew increasingly contentious in wouldn’t come until decades later, reliable, older Republican vot- jurist on Wednesday to evaluate ers, even though the district has a Garcia, 44, a father of two boys the months before he withdrew after he had seen one California whose wife is an interior design- whether the former Trump ad- his plea, particularly after he election too many. Democratic registration edge. ministration national security ad- His Hispanic surname was er, grew up in the same area he hired a new set of lawyers who A career as a Navy aviator will represent, a district that viser should be held in criminal likely a benefit in a district with a raised misconduct allegations would lead to a decade in the de- cuts through suburbs and small contempt. significant Latino population. His against the government. fense industry. But it was the 2018 ranches in northern Los Angeles The judge’s order is the second military service would play well But the Justice Department elections that prompted Garcia to and eastern Ventura counties. signal in as many days register- in a district popular with veterans filed a motion last week to dis- enter public life, as his home state “I didn’t grow up wanting to be ing his resistance to swiftly ac- miss the case, saying that the FBI and Los Angeles police officers. cepting the Justice Department’s moved deeper into Democratic- a politician,” he told supporters at had insufficient basis to question The son of a Mexican immigrant motion to dismiss all charges dominated government that he a Simi Valley tavern in January, Flynn in the first place, and that father, Garcia will go to Congress against Flynn. faults for job-crushing regulation before statewide stay-at-home or- statements he made during the as a fresh face who campaigned In his order, U.S. District Judge and climbing taxes. ders took effect. “I literally just interview were not material to as a supporter of President Don- Emmet Sullivan appointed for- “I don’t want my country to saw the last elections and I said, the broader counterintelligence ald Trump and railed against mer federal judge John Gleeson turn into what my state has be- ‘Hey, if I’m not going to do it, who investigation into ties between come,” says Garcia, who claimed “socialist-style” policies coming as an amicus curiae — or friend- is going to do it?’ ” Russia and the Trump campaign. a vacant U.S. House seat Tuesday from the Sacramento statehouse. of-the-court — and asked him to A top graduate at the Naval Officials have said that they north of Los Angeles. Smith delivered her congratu- explore whether Sullivan should Academy, he went on to fly over sought to dismiss the case in the The political newcomer’s win lations, but said that she expected 30 combat missions in Operation hold Flynn in “criminal contempt interest of justice, upon the rec- over Democrat Christy Smith their roles to be reversed in No- Iraqi Freedom. After his time in for perjury.” ommendation of a U.S. attorney marked the first time in over two vember when the two meet in a the military, he worked for de- Flynn pleaded guilty, as part of who had been appointed by At- decades that a Republican cap- rematch for the full House term fense contractor Raytheon. special counsel Robert Mueller’s tured a Democratic-held congres- that begins in January. The seat became vacant last Russia investigation, to lying to torney General William Barr to sional district in California. The race in the 25th District year after then Rep. Katie Hill the FBI about conversations with review the handling of the Flynn What was supposed to be a was being watched nationally as a acknowledged an affair with a the then-Russian ambassador to investigation. tossup election ended up with proxy vote on Trump’s leadership campaign worker and the House the United States during the pres- But Sullivan, who has to ap- Garcia holding a comfortable 12- during the coronavirus crisis, as opened an ethics probe into an idential transition period. prove the motion, made clear point edge in an incomplete tally well as for hints about the politi- allegation that she was involved As part of the plea, he had to Tuesday that he wouldn’t imme- Wednesday. cal climate heading toward the with a member of her congressio- admit in court, under oath, that diately rule on the request and Garcia appeared to benefit November elections. nal staff, which Hill denied. he lied to the FBI and violated would let outside individuals and federal law. groups weigh in with their opin- Justice Department spokes- ions in court documents. woman Kerri Kupec declined to Gleeson was a federal judge in comment on Sullivan’s order. New York for more than two de- Amid probe, Burr steps aside as In January, Flynn filed court cades. Before becoming a judge, papers to withdraw his guilty he had been a federal prosecutor plea, saying that federal pros- handling numerous high-profile chairman of intelligence committee ecutors acted in “bad faith” and cases, including the case against broke their end of the bargain late Gambino crime family boss Associated Press rus caused markets to plummet. establish that his actions were when they sought prison time. John Gotti. He’s been in private The people spoke on condition of appropriate.” Initially, prosecutors said that practice since 2016. WASHINGTON — Sen. Rich- anonymity because they were not Burr has denied wrongdoing ard Burr, R-N.C., temporarily stepped aside as chairman of the authorized to discuss an ongoing but has also requested an ethics Senate Intelligence Committee on investigation. review of the stock sales. Thursday after the FBI served a The search warrant was served Burr is an amiable member of search warrant for his cellphone on Burr’s lawyers, and FBI the Senate, and his quick call for as part of an ongoing insider- agents went to Burr’s home in the an ethics investigation and will- trading investigation tied to the Washington area to retrieve the ingness to cooperate with author- coronavirus pandemic. cellphone, a senior Justice De- ities appears to have bought him Senate Majority Leader Mitch partment official said. The deci- some goodwill among colleagues McConnell announced the move, sion to obtain the warrant, which tapping down immediate calls for saying he and Burr had agreed must be authorized by a judge, him to step aside. that it was in the committee’s best was approved at the highest lev- Senate records show that Burr interests. els of the department, the official and his wife sold between rough- FBI officials showed up at said. ly $600,000 and $1.7 million in Burr’s home with the warrant on His attorney said in a statement more than 30 transactions in late Wednesday, two people familiar last month that the law is clear January and mid-February, just with the investigation said Thurs- that any senator can participate before the market began to nose- day, marking a significant escala- in stock market trading based on dive and government health offi- tion into the Justice Department’s public information “as Sen. Burr cials began to sound alarms about investigation into whether Burr did.” The attorney, Alice Fisher, the virus. broke the law with a well-timed said that Burr welcomed a review Several of the stocks were in sale of stocks before the coronavi- of the stock sales, “which will companies that own hotels. Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 NATION Calls for removal of Ex-VA doctor charged in sexual assaults of vets BY ROSE L. THAYER lized two of the veterans — one swastikas from vet Stars and Stripes by cracking his neck, and the other with the use of acupuncture AUSTIN, Texas — A former Department of Veterans Affairs needles — and sexually molested Wikicommons doctor working in West Virginia them while they were incapacitat- cemeteries rejected was indicted on charges of sexu- ed, according to court documents. Headstone at the grave of a German World War II POW. ally assaulting veterans, the Jus- The indictment also alleges his tice Department said. abuses caused five of the veter- BY ROSE L. THAYER iting his Jewish grandfather’s was in 2019. Dr. Jonathan Yates, 51, is ans to suffer bodily injury and the Stars and Stripes grave at the Texas cemetery. “It’s intolerable,” Weinstein charged with five counts of de- way that he touched the veterans Mikey Weinstein, founder of the said. “This should not require ex- priving veterans of their civil was not medically necessary. AUSTIN, Texas — Three Ger- rights and two counts of abusive MRFF and a former Air Force plaining why this is wrong.” One veteran told FBI investiga- man soldiers’ gravestones etched officer, said he will not reveal sexual contact stemming from More so, he argued the head- tors that Yates made suggestive with swastikas will remain in the identity of the retired colonel, his 14-month stint at the Veter- stones also display the phrase, comments during the visit. national cemeteries in Texas and who fears reprisal from the VA. which translated from German, ans Affairs Medical Center in Utah, the Department of Veter- After asking the veteran to re- Weinstein said he sent a letter reads: “HE DIED FAR FROM Beckley, W.Va., according to the ans Affairs said Wednesday, de- move his shirt, Yates massaged to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie on HOME FOR FUHRER, PEOPLE Justice Department. The charges spite demands from an advocacy are based on a criminal complaint Monday about the gravestones but AND FATHERLAND.” his bare chest and said he was “a group to have them removed. against Yates filed Feb. 20 in the only learned of the VA’s response But the VA said in its state- real man.” Two gravestones of the Ger- U.S. District Court for the South- through media coverage. ment that “the National Historic Later, Yates said the veteran’s man prisoners of war are in Fort The VA’s National Cemetery ern District of West Virginia. Preservation Act of 1966 assigns choice of underwear was his fa- Sam Houston National Cemetery Administration released a state- Between September 2018 and stewardship responsibilities to vorite. Multiple patients said in San Antonio and another one is ment Wednesday that it “will February 2019, Yates examined federal agencies, including VA in Fort Douglas Post Cemetery in continue to preserve these head- six male patients, and sexually he would not immediately stop Salt Lake City. The gravestones stones, like every past adminis- and the Army, to protect historic molested them during their ap- touching them after he was asked are placed among American tration has.” resources, including those that pointments, according to the to stop and he locked or blocked veterans, some of whom fought “All of the headstones date back recognize divisive historical fig- court documents. Yates, who the door to the exam room. against Nazi Germany in World to the 1940s, when the Army ap- ures or events.” For that reason, served as director of the facility’s If convicted, Yates faces a max- the headstones will remain. War II. proved the inscriptions in ques- Whole Health Clinic from about imum sentence of life in prison. These three Germans are not The Military Religious Free- tion,” according to the statement. April 2018 to June 2019, is a doc- He was arrested April 2 and later dom Foundation, which attempts the only POWs buried in Ameri- tor of osteopathic medicine and is The headstones were in place released on a $10,000 bond and to protect religious freedom for when the cemeteries were trans- can veteran cemeteries. There trained in osteopathic manipula- placed under house arrest, ac- service members, said it is de- ferred into the VA’s cemetery ad- are 11 other national cemeteries tive therapy, which is a hands-on manding the VA remove the ministration. The Texas cemetery with POWs from World War II technique similar to ones used by cording to court documents. symbols, which were discovered was absorbed into the VA system interred, though none of the other a chiropractor. [email protected] recently by a retired colonel vis- in 1973 and the Utah cemetery gravestones include swastikas. Yates temporarily immobi- Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Japan easing emergency, but not in big cities

Associated Press vestigated, Nishimura said. BANGKOK — Experts on Ja- Experts and officials have pan’s coronavirus task force on urged people to adopt “new life- Thursday approved a government styles” and continue practicing plan to lift a state of emergency in physical distancing measures most areas ahead of schedule ex- such as remote-working and cept for Tokyo and several other avoid out-of-town trips even after high-risk areas. the state of emergency is lifted. Economy Minister Yasutoshi In China, some residential Nishimura said after the task compounds in Wuhan have force met that the experts ap- proved lifting the emergency in begun testing inhabitants for the 39 of the country’s 47 prefectures. coronavirus as a program to test Emergency measures would re- everyone in the Chinese city of main for eight others, including 11 million people in 10 days got Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hokkai- underway. do, where risks still remain high. One compound in the city’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had Qiaokou district said several hun- declared the state of emergency dred people had been tested since on April 7 for Tokyo and six other Wednesday. Another compound urban prefectures and later ex- panded it to the whole country in the same district said Thurs- through May 31. With signs of the day it was registering residents infections slowing, Abe is seek- before starting. The city ordered ing to relax the measure while local communities to test every- balancing disease prevention and EUGENE HOSHIKO/AP one after six new cases surfaced the economy. last weekend, the first infections A man wearing a face mask stands at a building window in Tokyo on Thursday . Experts on Japan’s Japan now has more than there in more than a month. coronavirus task force on Thursday approved a government plan to lift a state of emergency in most 16,000 confirmed cases, with Wuhan, where the virus was first about 680 deaths. The number of areas ahead of schedule except for Tokyo and several other high-risk areas. detected last December, was the new cases has significantly de- creased nationwide. to provide the basis for easing Ehime prefecture in western lies, will have the state of emer- hardest-hit city in China with Abe will explain details at a the measure, as well as its pos- Japan, where an outbreak in a gency lifted on the condition 3,869 reported deaths. China re- news conference later Thurs- sible tightening if there is a hospital has infected about 20 containment measures are taken ported three new cases nation- day. Experts are also expected resurgence. nurses, patients and their fami- and the infections are closely in- wide for 82,929 cases in total. France, Germany, Back to jail for mobsters Italy vow to provide sent home more economic help fearing virus Associated Press Associated Press us,” Conte said late Wednesday. His government also promised ROME — European govern- ROME — Italian convicted to legalize the status of foreigners, ments promised more relief to mobsters who had been tempo- many of them illegal migrants their citizens on Thursday. rarily transferred from prison to who are crop-pickers, babysitters France’s government an- house arrest for fear of coronavi- and caretakers. nounced an 18-billion-euro ($19.4 rus contagion are being brought billion) plan to support restau- Italy is one of the countries back behind bars, the country’s rants, hotels and other tourist worst hit by the coronavirus. But justice minister said Thursday, GIAN EHRENZELLER, KEYSTONE/AP facilities that have been closed U.S. has the largest coronavi- after their treatment was criti- since mid-March amid the coro- rus outbreak in the world by far: A technician wears a protective mask during inspection work at cized as unduly lenient. navirus crisis. 1.39 million infections and over the Heidbuel panorama cable car in Churwalden, Switzerland, on Alfonso Bonafede came under Prime Minister Edouard 84,000 deaths, according to a tally Thursday. European governments promised more relief to their fire after more than 370 convict- Philippe promised the French on by Johns Hopkins University. citizens on Thursday amid the coronavirus crisis. ed mobsters and drug traffickers Thursday that they will be able to Worldwide, the virus has infected successfully argued they needed go on vacation in France in July more than 4.3 million people and health of the American people, to install cameras in high school to be temporarily released to and August, including in French killed some 297,000. Experts say and stop playing such [a] buck- classrooms. The idea is to pro- avoid becoming infected with the overseas territories, as the coun- the actual numbers are likely far passing game.” vide live-streaming to allow for new coronavirus in prison. higher. try has started lifting its lock- Australia said it will push for reduced classroom attendance Corriere della Sera daily on The fallout from the pandemic Thursday reported that one of the down this week. an inquiry into the origins of the when schools reopen next week. includes heightened political ten- first inmates returned to prison Germany’s parliament ap- coronavirus even if it hurts trade But a privacy watchdog and a sions between nations. was a convicted Cosa Nostra boss, proved plans to increase the relations with China. Prime Min- left-wing opposition party called In China, Foreign Ministry Antonio Sacco. He won tempo- amount paid to people who spend ister Scott Morrison had been ac- cameras a serious privacy risk. months in a government-backed spokesperson Zhao Lijian, criti- rary release despite being incar- cized the United States, saying cused of playing “deputy sheriff” In many parts of the world, cerated in a cell on his own under short-time work program during to the U.S. after calling for the communities and individuals the coronavirus crisis. Compa- authorities there have failed to strict prison rules for mobsters, inquiry. were finding inventive ways to nies are making extensive use of effectively fight the global coro- which include limited occasions Morrison brushed off the criti- cope with what many view as a the program, which was credited navirus pandemic and “abused to mingle with other inmates. with keeping down unemploy- American people’s trust.” cism, telling reporters: “We have “new normal.” Apartment dwell- Responding to questions on ment in the financial crisis over Zhao appeared to be firing always been independent, we ers in Rio de Janeiro were getting Thursday from members of a decade ago. It allows them to back against accusations from have always pursued our national much-needed entertainment from Chamber of Deputies’ Justice keep employees on the payroll the Trump administration that interests, and we always will.” children’s movies projected onto Commission, Bonafede con- while they await better times. China mishandled or deliberately The world’s public health mea- screens set up outside their build- firmed that mobsters were being Those announcements came delayed releasing information sures continue to provoke conflict ings, similar to a drive-in theater. ordered back to prison. “The after Italian Premier Giuseppe about the outbreak, first detect- between officials and the public. Cesar Miranda Ribeiro, president (administrative) machinery has Conte promised a massive pack- ed in the central Chinese city of In Ethiopia, police said they of city-owned RioFilme company, started to review the health situa- age of tax cuts and other finan- Wuhan late last year. arrested over 1,000 people for said the effort, called “Cinema in tion of those who asked to get out” cial aid to help businesses and Zhao said the U.S. should “focus refusing to wear face masks in the Windows,” is aimed at “trying of prison on grounds they were at families. more on fighting the epidemic public, while in Greece a spat to take care of the mental health risk of catching COVID-19, the “Your cry of alarm didn’t escape and safeguarding the lives and broke out over a government plan of the people.” minister said. Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 Tips to keep unruly locks in check Lifestyle, Page 29 Facial fashion Masks have become the latest style accessory

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Video games — 22 Travel — 23-28 Music — 32-33 Health — 36 Crossword — 38 PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: GADGETS & TECH GADGET WATCH Get customizable sound with wireless earbuds

BY GREGG ELLMAN Tribune News Service rue, those incredibly popular true wireless white earbuds are Tgreat, but are they the best? If I was going to name iStock another pair that I think gives them a run for their money, the nod goes to Sennheiser and the new Momentum True Wireless 2 earbuds. I’ve said in this space many SATECHI/TNS times, Sennheiser doesn’t miss Creating a new normal Satechi’s new USB-C Magnetic on headphones, earbuds or any- Charging Dock for Apple Watch thing with sound quality. Add the Momentum True Wireless 2 earbuds to the list; they deliv- ing will give you a full charge How the coronavirus is changing the workplace ered and exceeded any expec- or if you need something faster, tations I had for the compact, 10 minutes of charging will get you an hour and a half of BY PRIYA ANAND On the day tech workers fi nally do go back, the portable sound machines. playback. Bloomberg fi rst change many will notice is on their morning The second generation of commute. The shuttle buses provided by larger Sennheiser’s Momentum Touch controls on both hen the headquarters of Mission Bio re- companies may not operate at full capacity, and true wireless series produces earbuds are customizable to opened in late April, employees found some employers might encourage people to drive crystal clear audio from 7 mm control hands-free calls, music that many of the familiar perks they to avoid public transportation. Upon arrival, they’ll dynamic drivers. For days I left selections, pausing and volume. Whad enjoyed before Silicon Valley went fi nd redesigned lobbies. To funnel thousands the sound as is right out of the Voice assistants have a one- into lockdown have changed. of workers safely, companies are looking to use box since it seemed perfect. touch access. Instead of the communal trays of catered lunches design tricks like stickers on the fl oor or carefully Then with the built-in equal- With auto-pause, just take the served a few times a week, each employee got his placed furniture to create barriers, said Primo izer and Sennheiser’s smart earbuds out of your ears and or her own boxed meal. The snacks will remain Orpilla, co-founder of the San Francisco-based control app (iOS and Android), the music stops; when put them free, but the soda machine and tub of almonds interior design company Studio O+A, whose clients I tuned the sound for more per- back in, it starts again. will be replaced with canned beverages, bottled include Microsoft, Slack Technologies and Uber. sonalization to my ears for the Four sets of silicone ear water and individually wrapped protein bites. One Tech companies are particularly concerned with variety of my playlists. The per- adapter sets (XS/S/M/L) are new benefi t: Every two weeks, the startup plans to changes that could compromise their carefully sonalized sound gives each user included to ensure the right fi t. provide COVID-19 tests onsite to any staff member curated aesthetic. They’re looking for an artistic an option to make it what works With an IPX4 rating, they are who wants one. version of crowd control. “If Shepard Fairey were best for them and goes so far as splash-resistant. Mission Bio is returning to the offi ce sooner than in charge of making sure social distancing was choosing which ear you tap to Online: en-us.sennheiser. most businesses in Northern California. Offi cials part of your space, how would he do it?” Orpilla answer a call (microphones on com; $299.95 have extended stay-at-home orders through the end said, referring to the creator of the “Hope” Obama both ears). of May, and some of the largest technology com- campaign posters. In a change that would please With Active Noise Cancella- Charging is just a way of life panies have indicated that they might keep offi ces George Costanza of “Seinfeld,” some clients are tion technology on, much of the at home, at work, at play and closed for even longer. considering rebuilding bathroom stalls so the walls outside noise is blocked so you even at hospital bedsides. Apple Mission Bio, which develops cellular chemistry extend from the fl oor to the ceiling, he said. hear what you want. Specifi - Watch charging needs have technology, said it decided to reopen after consult- Many companies are realizing that the open cally, Sennheiser describes it as launched a great variety of ac- ing local offi cials who determined that the startup’s offi ce — once considered forward-thinking for the when greater situational aware- cessories. cancer research qualifi es as essential. “Cancer way a lack of separation between workers fosters ness is needed, the Transparent When I got my hands on didn’t work from home,” said Nigel Beard, the chief collaboration — is unsustainable. “Maybe that was Hearing feature lets you blend Satechi’s new USB-C Mag- technology offi cer. innovative,” said Andrew Holmes, the director in outside ambient sound at a netic Charging Dock for Apple The startup’s preparations for a return to the of marketing at Loftwall, a Dallas, Texas-based touch, so you can have natu- Watch, I knew it was a winner. offi ce offer a window into the unique challenges maker of room dividers and desk partitions. “Now ral conversations in comfort Not only does it fi t the bill for of adapting the Silicon Valley workspace to a it just feels like a place for germs to run wild.” without needing to remove the charging, but it fi ts my favorite pandemic. Mission Bio’s desks are arranged in an Sales of Loftwall dividers have at least doubled earbuds. category of ready for travel open-fl oor plan, a mainstay of the tech offi ce that’s since the coronavirus outbreak. Apple, Google, The new true wireless ear- with its small compact size. entirely incompatible with social distancing guide- Microsoft and Tesla Inc. are among the companies buds are designed with com- The 1.73-by-2-by-0.45 inches, lines. The company will keep the offi ce open seven that have placed orders with Loftwall in the past 18 fort for all-day use and have 0.31-pound-sized charger days a week and ask employees to select shifts, so months, Holmes said. improved ergonomics, 2 mm features an Apple Watch-certi- that only a third of staff are present at a time. A cubicle revival might not be enough, said Phil- smaller size than the previous fi ed charging plate with a space The biggest tech companies are taking similar ip Martin, head of security at San Francisco-based model. Wearing them all day gray aluminum fi nish. steps for when they fi nally return to campus. Apple cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. If a colleague was no problem for me; I fi nally One side has a USB-C con- intends to stagger the introduction of employees coughs while standing up, for example, he or she took them out after 7 hours of nector, which connects to any back to the offi ce, conduct temperature checks, could infect neighbors. Martin anticipates offi cials playback time to give the built- USB source providing power. keep people apart and create some kind of health might set guidelines for offi ces, such as reduc- in lithium-ion rechargeable bat- That’s it, there nothing to wind checklist, Tim Cook, the chief executive offi cer, told ing the number of people allowed in buildings or teries a charge in the portable up or tie together. employees in a virtual meeting last month. He said requiring barriers between workers. He’s making USB-C charging case. First and foremost, the the Cupertino, Calif., headquarters won’t reopen early preparations for Coinbase’s eventual return, With the case, you’ll get a charging works perfectly. With until at least early June and workers would likely but the company said it doesn’t expect things to get total of about 28 hours (7 from its USB-C connection built in, be reintroduced on a “staggered basis.” back to normal until January or later. the earbuds, 21 more from it plugs directly into your com- Google, whose campuses are designed to draw Some workplaces are more challenging to the case) of on-the-go power puter, USB-C tablets, AC wall employees together to their many cafeterias and redesign. Xwing, a startup developing autonomous to keep plug or with an extension cable volleyball courts, doesn’t plan to return until at aircraft, used to conduct biweekly test fl ights at an them like the Satechi USB-C to least June, either. The company expects to make airfi eld in Concord, Calif., before the pandemic. playing. USB-C extension 9-inch changes to its open-offi ce design before staff re- The company would pack three or four employees One and cable ($12.99) to give it turn, said a person familiar with the preparations. equipped with headsets about an arm’s length a half a little extra reach. Facebook is looking at ways to reconfi gure its apart from one another inside a small, noisy ve- hours of Online: satechi. open-fl oor plan but is in no hurry to return because hicle. The founder, Marc Piette, is trying to deter- charg- com; $44.99 most employees can do their jobs from home, David mine whether it’s feasible to have fewer engineers Wehner, the chief fi nancial offi cer, said. Amazon. in the air and whether microphones would still com told corporate staff across the world that if be able to pick up their voices when wearing face they are able to work effectively from home, they masks. “We’re all about fl ying aircraft autono- The Sennheiser can stay there until at least October. Those who mously,” Piette said. “If we can’t fl y aircraft, it Momentum True come in will be given face coverings. becomes a diffi cult problem to solve.” Wireless 2 earbuds are now available in white as well as black.

ON THE COVER: Illustration by Andrea Villari/Stars and Stripes SENNHEISER/TNS Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 WEEKEND: LIFESTYLE Sneak preview Movie-related toys and merchandise still hitting stores despite fi lm delays

BY JONATHAN LANDRUM JR. ule. Now, that schedule is out of sync. It’s Associated Press not just toys. It’s a full marketing program that has multiple moving pieces between ollywood pressed pause on different licensing partnerships.” releasing most major fi lms in Cinemas across the U.S. have been theaters to combat the corona- closed since mid-March with many fi lm Hvirus outbreak, but that hasn’t releases postponed for a later date. Some necessarily been the case for toys and states are looking to soon reopen theaters. merchandise related to those movies. With most movie theaters closed, stu- Despite fi lm delays, toy production and dios opted to funnel their new or recently gaming companies are often staying on released fi lms on home viewing platforms. schedule, releasing a variety of products That happened with Pixar’s “Onward,” /AP photos tied to major titles from “Black Widow” which played in theaters for weeks before CHRIS PIZZELLO to “Minions: The Rise of Gru” in hopes of it was forced onto a digital platform, mak- A doll based on the upcoming fi lm “Mulan,” above, and toys based on the upcoming fi lm weathering the pandemic. Most products ing more sense for toy companies to con- “Black Widow,” below, are on display at a Target store in Glendale, Calif., last month. are already in retail stores, appearing tinue to release their product to coincide on shelves and being sold online several with the animated fi lm. Minions building sets that are inspired by Teiko Duplessis, a mother of two, agrees months to a year ahead of the fi lm’s new Marvel’s “Black Widow” has been the property and characters, but we are to a certain extent. release date. postponed until November, but products holding back the rest of the collection that “If you grew up watching Marvel Some believe toy makers made the right related to the fi lm including toys and is directly linked to the upcoming fi lm movies, it’s a win-win to purchase the choice to sell products now rather than books along with characters from the fi lm to coincide with the new premiere date,” merchandise, especially if you can’t see later. Especially since many of the prod- highlighted on a free-to-play mobile game. said Mike Ilacqua, head of U.S. marketing the movie,” said Duplessis, an Illinois ucts have already been manufactured and A collection of dolls are at retail stores for for LEGO Group. resident who bought a Scooby Doo T-shirt packaged for sale. the live-action remake of the animated Zahn said the early release of products while store shopping for her daughter. The “The train had already started moving classic “Mulan,” which was delayed until could be damaging for “F9” and “Min- shirt was tied to the Warner Bros. fi lm on these toys, and there was no way to July 24. ions.” He also said there’s a risk that the “Scoob!”, which will go straight to digital stop it,” said James Zahn, senior editor at Mattel said products for “Top Gun: emotional connection could be harmed on May 15. The Toy Insider. He doesn’t expect those Maverick,” which had an original July for the child or adult if they are unable to products to sell as quickly when there’s release, will begin rolling out this summer see the actual fi lm. He calls the movie “a no movie to support them, but he believes and continue to launch throughout the fall commercial for the product,” especially putting them on sale now is possibly the leading up to the new release date on Dec. for characters being introduced in the best option instead of being stored away in 23. new fi lms such as Taskmaster and Red a warehouse, which he thinks is the worst- Films such as “Minions: The Rise of Guardian in “Black Widow.” case scenario. Gru” and “F9” from the Fast and Furious In many cases, viewers of the fi lm Zahn said quickly selling the toys and saga have been postponed for a full year, may want to act out what they’ve seen. merchandise on clearance could be an- and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” was delayed “Certain characters may become peg other option. by several months. But products for those warmers, as they call it, where kids are “It can become very costly,” he said. fi lms can be found online. buying the Black Widow, but they’re not “You’re basically paying rent, monthly LEGO has a particular plan in place for buying the other characters that they’re rent, to a warehouse. You need to turn that next year’s “Minions” movie. just not familiar with on a collector product quickly. Everything is on sched- “We recently launched two LEGO standpoint,” he said. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: LIFESTYLE

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BY ROBIN GIVHAN in some ways, their evolution is the perfect The Washington Post encapsulation of how much life has changed in a blink of an eye — and how challenging, both ashion always fi nds a way. Human intellectually and emotionally, it will be for us beings are undaunted in their search to go forward. for ways to stand out, to communicate, “The question about face masks is, how will Fto thrive in a treacherous environ- they morally change us? To some extent, the ment. And so the face mask — once purely answer depends on our motivation for wearing functional, once perceived as an exotic acces- them,” says Liz Bucar, a professor of religion sory — has evolved at breakneck speed into at Northeastern University. “If you are wear- something more. ing a mask to protect yourself from others, you It’s more essential because the Centers for are forming a habit of fear. Every time you put Disease Control and Prevention has recom- a mask on, every time you see someone else mended that Americans wear a mask when wearing one, you will reinforce this fear. interacting with others. It’s more aesthetically “But if you are wearing the mask to protect pleasing. It’s also a more complicated cultural others, wearing it will create a feeling of con- Face masks have entered the fashion proposition. And, of course, the face mask is po- nection to those in your community,” she says. litical because both the president and the vice “You’ll see others wearing masks as a sarto- president have refused to wear one on highly rial sign that they are willing to sacrifi ce some scene, and they’re quickly becoming public occasions and because some protesters freedom and comfort for the common good. have insinuated that masks are un-American. “The meaning we give to these masks a way for people to express themselves As the country moves toward reopening, matters.” masks are assuredly part of our future. And CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 WEEKEND: LIFESTYLE

FROM PAGE 20 took less than a week from concept to e-commerce. And after In the beginning, which is to say in March, our experts about a week selling online, she’s moved about 1,000 masks, with said that healthy civilians didn’t need to wear face masks. the most favored version a sequined one for $20. A nonmedical mask was superfl uous because it could “It used to be that we really only saw tourists wearing them,” not protect the wearer from the microscopic droplets on Kim says, referring to visitors from Asia. “Now, we are those which the virus traveled. The only purpose was to prevent people.” the wearer from coughing and sneezing the infection on There may be no other piece of clothing that has had a trajec- others — and if one was displaying those sorts of symp- tory like face masks — something that began as purely protec- toms, you really shouldn’t be out in the world. tive transforming into a fashion statement in no time at all. In Paris, crowded international fashion shows were “I’ve never seen anything like this,” says Patricia Mears, still unfurling as scheduled. A few design houses offered deputy director of the Museum at FIT. guests disposable masks — presented on a tasteful tray The closest comparison that comes to her mind is the parka. held by a handsome young usher at the entrance, the way What began as lifesaving covering in Inuit culture took thou- a waiter might offer a glass of champagne. Unlike with sands of years to evolve into what is now a staple of winter life. bubbly, there were few takers. Those who did slip on a Masks in various forms have also been around for centuries, mask were rarely American and most often from Asia, but we’ve been drawn mostly to admiring their aesthetics or where wearing a mask isn’t a matter of fear or paranoia, exploring their magical connotations. Pure, physical func- but consideration for others. Consideration. tionality didn’t transfer to the masses. We didn’t use masks. Yet even in Paris, the center of the fashion universe, the The modern surgical mask — essentially multiple layers of masks were basic. White. Black. (Surely you didn’t think gauze — dates to the late 1800s. For generations, masks have they’d be as awful as institutional blue?) Disposable. been common on streets in Japan and China, worn during By early April, a good Samaritan army of fashion indus- cold and fl u season or as protection from pollution and aller- try workers was stitching up masks for fi rst responders. gens, and gaining ground during the SARS outbreak. They too were straightforward, generic. It didn’t matter Street-infl uenced menswear incorporated face masks into who was creating the masks — whether it was Louis Vuit- its vocabulary more than a decade ago. In the spring 2002 ton reinventing its leather-goods factories or independent Raf Simons collection, presented not long after the 9/11 ter- Vo entrepreneurs in New York or Los Angeles opening up rorist attacks, models stalked the darkened runway wear- n Sorella their small ateliers. There were no logos. Function was the ing face coverings that left little but their eyes visible. The only consideration. masks referred to rebellion, to defying the establishment. ‘The meaning we give to these masks matters.’

Designer Christian Siriano was using a pattern issued The early fashion masks were a way to stand apart by the New York governor’s offi ce, and Fashion Girls for from a logo-driven, fl ashy society. They used anonym- Humanity — a nonprofi t organization founded in the after- ity as style statement. math of the 2011 earthquake in Japan — offered down- Just after the presidential inauguration in 2017, loadable patterns and construction information gathered menswear designers in New York incorporated face from medical professionals. masks into their collections as part of a uniform of Soon, however, function met form. That same month, liberal protest of the Trump administration and its the CDC changed course and advised everyone to wear targeting of immigrants, minorities, women and the a mask in public. The fashion industry fully committed LGBTQ community. More recently, face masks have to the effort. If a shopper goes to Etsy, there are — at last symbolized the dangers of climate change. count — 250 pages of colorful, patterned nonmedical Masks, part of the greater universe of face cover- masks to click through. Neighborhood blogs are fi lled with ings, stir up long-held stereotypes that frame the offers from home sewers willing to stitch up distinctive person behind the mask as dangerous or suspicious. masks for locals. We are leery of what we cannot see. The enduring Eugenia Kim There are masks for every taste and budget. Some are image of bandits shapes that perception. But so do printed with Edvard Munch-like open-mouthed screams. Islamophobia and racism. Goth masks mimic skeletal jaws. Disney is offering a Some black men have expressed their fear preorder on four-packs of masks featuring its signature of being mistaken for an assailant if they enter characters. High-end versions are constructed from fi ne a store wearing a mask, particularly a home- Italian fabrics that really should be hand-washed rather made one. They’d rather risk COVID-19 than an than thrown into the Maytag. Others are covered in se- unpredictable encounter with police. And Asian quins. Some masks look to be so dense that they’d impede Americans have faced verbal and physical abuse breathing; nonetheless, they’re stunning. from those who blame them for a virus that fi rst Almost all of them come with a promise of a charitable appeared in Wuhan, China. donation or a reassurance that no one is profi ting ... too “We’ve policed face coverings,” says Bucar, much. the religion professor, who’s the author of “Pious That’s the unwritten rule, so far. Ronald van der Kemp Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress.” “It ‘oth- unveiled one-of-a-kind masks in Amsterdam to benefi t ers’ us to wear one.” refugees. Some of them were more like fantastical, all- But they are not likely to be discarded soon. encompassing millinery than mere masks, as they were “We’ve started thinking about how we’ll deal resplendent with gold chains, pearl-like beads and fl owers. with these masks on campus,” Bucar says. A designer is allowed to recoup expenses — materials and “Will my kid use one in seventh grade? Will labor. police offi cers?” Already, masks are standard attire for gro- But there was a social media fi restorm when images cery clerks and customers, delivery folks, Uber showed masks from Off-White, the coveted men’s street- drivers, pharmacists and baristas. It’s not a style brand, selling online for as high as $1,205. (The Kik leap to envision visitors strolling through i Pedro-Hall masks were subsequently removed for price gouging.) museums wearing masks, or music lovers at- Before the pandemic, Off-White’s fashion masks were sell- tending an outdoor concert wearing one . ing to its style-forward customers for about $100, which is If masks become common, they can serve still quite expensive for two rectangles of cloth about the as a personal reminder of how one should size of a pocket paperback. behave in public. That’s the power of a par- But fashion pricing has never been based on actual ticular form of attire. It connects us. It’s an value. It’s calculated based on perceived value, which is expression of solidarity. driven by desire, status and rarity. Nonmedical masks In Houston, designer Priscilla Von Sorel- have worth because of their function. We’re not yearn- la pulled Italian fabrics from her archive ing for them. As a culture, we are just edging our way out and stitched up masks from silk, velvet and of denial about what the near future holds and mincing metallic brocade. Are these little bits of our way to acceptance. And perhaps, the more stylish sparkle lighting up the future? Expunging the masks become, the more willing people will be to put some of the fear? them on. “I thought, ‘Why don’t we bring a little “I see people wearing masks for a while,” predicts New bit of normalcy to our lives and express York designer Eugenia Kim. And if people have to wear ourselves?’ ” Von Sorella says. “You would them, if they have to have this piece of cloth front and treat this like a high-end garment.” center on their face, why not make the best of the situa- tion? “They’re obviously functional, but I think they can From top: An embroidered mask in Italian be uplifting.” velvet from Priscilla Von Sorella; a sequin She compares these fashion masks to T-shirts. Useful face mask by Eugenia Kim; A mask by and common, yet endlessly variable. And enduring. Kiki Pedro-Hall made from a recycled dust V Kim is a milliner. The addition of masks to her collection cover; a silk mask by Priscilla Von Sorella. on Sorella PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: VIDEO GAMES

BY CHRISTOPHER BYRD Special to The Washington Post erhaps it was when I unspooled tape from an old reel- to-reel player and created a beast out of its ribbons, or maybe it was when I saw a tree sprout hot air balloons. It P also could have been when I watched an elephant lead a menagerie in an underwater procession. Each is among the possibilities for the mo- A stunning ment I decided that Paper Beast should be counted among the handful of truly great games available on PlayStation VR. Developed by Eric Chahi, creator of the renowned early ’90s adventure game Another World, Paper Beast throws players into a hallucinatory VR adventure cyberscape running on a quantum computer — a place that visually evokes the work of the Move through a wild simulated ecosystem surrealist painters Dali and Magritte. Before running the quantum I’m reluctant to say much about computer, you must tab through a the ensuing journey because one by solving puzzles in dreamlike Paper Beast user agreement that asks, among of the elements I most appreciated other things, if it can use part of about Paper Beast was that I had your neural network while you no idea what to expect from one sleep. Upon registering your moment to the next — something responses, the computer sets about I seldom experience in video its quantum calculations and a games. That said, I don’t think pop-up text appears on the screen it’s ruinous to say that the game asking if you’d like to play the involves observing the different SwirlyBeat music app while you paper beasts you encounter. You wait. Trust me, you do. learn their goals and motivations Clicking on the app transports and can then manipulate them you to your own private party: a for what are, generally, mutually small room festooned in confetti benefi cial ends. and streamers, pulsing with light Although ultimately innocu- and Japanese rock music. On ous, some of the solutions to the the fl oor are rocks that can be game’s puzzles are still deliciously grabbed and tossed using either twisted. For example, one puzzle the DualShock or Move control- requires players to dangle the lers. As the song fades, a glitchy young offspring of a family of crabs out of their reach, prompting sound rings out and the environ- the adult crabs (inadvertently) to ment goes dark. Then, in a won- help out another band of desperate derful transition, you fi nd yourself creatures. standing on a narrow patch of The beasts themselves are a terrain, surrounded on all sides treat to watch. Their abstract by curtains, listening to the song forms complement the game’s from the music app coming from a colorfully refi ned, low-polygon reel-to reel player on the ground. environments. Admittedly, I felt Pulling aside the curtain reveals a bit like a psycho tossing some of that you are standing underneath them about and compelling them a dinosaurlike creature whose to do my bidding, but I promise not skeletal frame appears to be made one crab was harmed. out of spools of paper. Surround- Paper Beast is an inspired game ing you and the creature is a that makes as good a case as any desert whose bright colors and fl at for the relevance of VR. Don’t be surfaces are like something out of surprised to see it on the year’s a Dali painting. A little later you’ll best list. be in an elevated spot, overlooking Platform: PlayStationVR Playstation a message scrawled in the sand: Online: playstation.com/en-us/ “this is not a simulation.” games/paper-beast-ps4 In Other Waters takes players on a journey through an alien ocean

BY CHRISTOPHER BYRD communicate using spores, to that Vas encounters. At a certain point, I had no trouble Special to The Washington Post creatures which resemble “di- seeing a canopy of stalks in a series of dots spread fan- aphanous veils.” To her knowl- like over the screen. n many ways, Gareth Damian Martin’s In Other edge, these are the fi rst forms I was able to fi nd beauty in such abstractions through Waters feels like a game from another time. Its of life to have been discovered the lens of Vas’ descriptions of her surroundings. So minimalist graphics fl y in the face of much contem- outside of Earth. evocative are her observations that I couldn’t help but Iporary video game design that tends to prioritize Mankind’s home planet con- read them with David Attenborough’s voice in my head. visual appeal. For those of a certain age, the game’s tains few warm memories for For example, here is a description of the predatory Snare aesthetics may recall the PC games of late 1980s and Vas, who thinks of it as a dead Veils: “Wide, delicate silken panels of bioluminescent early ’90s, which emphasized the more technical as- planet, a resourceless place left cells, they work in unison to entrap and digest crea- pects of travel — the instrumental readouts, trajectories to those with too little money to tures which come too close.” The edge of their chain between coordinates and the like. However, other aspects leave it. (From now until who is described as, “Here, the tangle is receding, a few of of In Other Waters — its hypnotic, atmospheric music knows when, expect to see more cultural objects that its trailing veils hanging still in the dark water like the and elegant text narrative — betray its more modern-day succinctly meld themes of climate change and economic poised limbs of a dancer.” sensibilities. inequality.) As Vas continues her exploration of the planet, she In Other Waters tells the story of Dr. Ellery Vas, a Assuming the role of the AI system responsible for trips over other mysteries that challenge her fundamen- xenobiologist who has spent much of her career exploring overseeing Vas’ explorations, players spend the majority tal assumptions and make her rethink her relationship to alien planets in a fruitless search for life. Her fortunes of their time poring over a nautical chart, lining up points her missing colleague, Minae. change after she receives a mysterious transmission from for Vas to travel between (which appear as little triangles In Other Waters is a game where observation becomes Minae Nomura, a former colleague and love interest, ask- on the map) and operating the diving suit’s various an end in itself. Its simple gameplay mechanics are ing her to come to a planet that Vas assumes has already subsystems that handle tasks such as sample collection, supported by a quiet, vibrant narrative that works to put been ruled clear of life. On the ocean-covered planet, Vas propulsion, obstacle clearance and drone retrieval, i.e. players into the mind of a working scientist. fi nds a thriving ecosystem situated along an expansive fast travel back to your base. If you’re not put off by its low-key, text-centered nature, coral reef. Speaking as someone who is not exactly at home in car- you may well fi nd it to be one of the more serene games to Traveling amidst basalt towers, gullies and other tography, I found it fascinating how, over time, I invested have recently pulled into port. underwater geological structures, Vas comes across vari- more and more meaning into those on-screen dots and Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC ous types of creatures ranging from fungal “stalks” that squiggles that represent the various kinds of phenomena Online: jumpovertheage.com Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 WEEKEND: QUICK TRIPS Europe ON THE QT DIRECTIONS Address: Karlstrasse 13- 15, 90403 Nuremberg Tram line 4, Hallertor stop; Bus line 36, Wein- traubengasse stop; U-bahn, U1/U11 to Lorenzkirche stop, take Hauptmarkt exit. TIMES Closed recently due to coronavirus measures; check website for updates. Normally Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; weekends and holidays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed Monday ex- cept during the Christmas Market. COSTS 6 euros for one adult, 12.50 euros for two adults and up to three children under 18. INFORMATION Phone: +49 (0)911 231 - 31 64; Online: museums. nuernberg.de/toy-museum PHOTOS BY ERIK SLAVIN/Stars and Stripes — Erik Slavin The Nuremberg Toy Museum features displays of toys made over the centuries, along with a few to play with. A playful history

Nuremberg Toy Museum explores change through our toys

BY ERIK SLAVIN Stars and Stripes laytime for the average middle- class kid once meant preparation for work as an adult. P Dolls made in 19th-century Germany were exquisitely crafted, but they were probably also the inspiration for at least four different Hollywood horror fi lms. By the early 20th century, the dolls displayed at the Nuremberg Toy Museum were ironing clothes and doing baby laundry. I guess the fun never stopped for Some toys for girls from the fi rst decade girls. of the 1900s, including this doll ironing Then again, I’m looking at it through and doing laundry, drive home just a modern lens —maybe it made the girls how much the concept of playtime has A remarkably detailed model of Omaha’s historic Union Station, as seen last October happy to do what Mom did when that’s changed over the years. at the Nuremberg Toy Museum in Germany. what was expected, while the boys played with vast armies of tin and lead soldiers. includes an 1832 quote from Abraham The museum’s display of toys spanning Lincoln praising the railways, years be- the centuries says a lot about the times fore he became president. they were made in, from those early fi gu- Kids may spend some of the time won- rines and doll houses to the trains, cars, dering when they get to actually play with robots and foosball tables produced when toys instead of mostly looking at them. a lot of today’s adults were kids. The payoff comes upstairs, with plenty to To be fair, it wasn’t all drudgery in the do for mostly younger children, and a few olden days. Optical toys were the whiz- things for tweeners and adults with some bang tech marvels of the 19th century. kid left in them. Museum guests can look at the 3D ste- Normally, they have even more to play reoscopic shows that made images move with in a large outdoor area from April well before anyone had a night out at the 1 through October, though it’s unclear movies. if that area will reopen as coronavirus The toys get more familiar as the 20th restrictions are eased. There are lots of century rolls on, with sleek cars, plush classic games, funhouse mirrors and a toys and movie franchise collectibles. hedge labyrinth. The museum also opens Toys and politics sometimes collided dur- a courtyard cafe. ing the Cold War, as evident in a display The toy museum, like all other muse- of toys and propaganda from divided ums, has been closed since March. But Germany. as Germany slowly opens back up again, The museum also has some dedicated if your comfort level is high enough to displays, such as a replica of Omaha’s venture out, the museum is a nice way Union Station. I’m not a train fanatic, but to spend a few hours while exploring the it was impressive. If you’ve got a zoom historic city. lens or great eyesight, check out the fi ne [email protected] Cold War-era toys and collectibles, including a police vehicle and an East German details. One of the miniature brick walls Twitter: @eslavin_stripes translation of Mao Zedong’s quotations, provide a fascinating glimpse into history. PAGE 24 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe Amsterdam enjoying respite from crowds

BY TIM IGOR SNIJDERS But the Wallen is actually a Seeing the pristine metropolis, Special to The Washington Post primarily residential neighbor- many citizens feel like they are hood. Charlotte Schenk, 35, lives wandering through the Amster- msterdam’s historic in one of the brick canal build- dam of the past. Tim Verlaan, an Red Light District is ings surrounding the monumen- assistant professor of urban his- rife with English-lan- tal Old Church with her young tory at the University of Amster- Aguage city signs ad- family and has felt the changes dam, draws a parallel to what it monishing tourists: “Don’t pee in fi rsthand. When asked what looked like in the 1970s and ’80s. the street”; “No alcohol in public the current quiet means to her, “The lockdown, of course, spaces”; “Put your trash in the Schenk’s face lights up. is unprecedented. But many bin”; “Fine: 140 euros.” “It’s just lovely. I’ve lived here Amsterdammers are reminded But the cartoonish black-and- fi ve years, and I’m now getting to of a time when the city fi rst and red warnings on the 17th-cen- know neighbors I didn’t know I foremost was a place to live, and tury canals look strangely out of had. They used to blend into the not to consume or play tourist,” place these days. There are no crowd,” she says. “Now, when he says. visitors to heed them. the sun is out, people take a chair Back then, Amsterdam was in Beginning in mid-March, and sit out front. It’s so gezellig,” decline, the result of an eco- when the Netherlands went into she continues, using the common nomic and demographic crisis. semi-lockdown to combat the Dutch adverb that translates to Concurrently, living preferences ILVY NJIOKIKTJIEN/For The Washington Post COVID-19 pandemic, tourism “having a good time together.” were changing: City folk were vanished from Amsterdam al- Schenk, an executive assistant moving to the suburbs looking Residents of Amsterdam, normally one of Holland’s hottest tourist most overnight. A social and eco- for FedEx Digital, can work from for space. destinations, have had the city to themselves for two months. nomic crisis has hit the country home during these times. For Amsterdam, that meant and its capital hard. But for resi- “It’s like the city is ours looking for new sources of in- middle classes of Europe and Last year, 9 million tourists, dents of Amsterdam’s historic again,” she says, echoing a com- come. “Before the corona crisis, the United States were joined by mostly foreigners, visited Am- city center, there is a clear silver mon sentiment among Amster- you often heard people say that those in Asia. sterdam, a city of 820,000 people. lining: temporary relief from the dammers who feel like their the constant growth of tourism From the 21st century on, the “This is such an opportunity burden of overtourism. interests had become subordi- was like a force of nature: un- balance in the inner city was de- to refl ect on where we go from Nowhere is the difference nate to those of visitors. stoppable. But it has, of course, fi nitively skewed toward visitors. here,” says Els Iping, spokes- more clear than in the now-de- Aart Jaeger, 74, who lives on been a matter of policy,” Verlaan Hotel rooms multiplied, streets woman for VVAB, an organi- serted alleys of the Wallen, as the the canals near the Anne Frank explains. “The city government felt permanently overcrowded. zation that protects cultural red-light district is called. It is a House, another major landmark, very actively promoted Amster- The canal cityscape became the heritage in the inner city and major tourist draw, famous for feels the same way. dam as a tourist destination.” domain of tours, ticket offi ces has been a vocal advocate of the sight of sex workers solicit- “The cause of this crisis is Through a combination of and souvenir shops. And perhaps restoring the balance in favor of ing from behind their windows very sad, but for us it’s a bless- economic prosperity, a lowered the biggest offense to locals? residents. “We are proud of our and the many coffee shops where ing in disguise,” says the retired crime rate and shrewd market- The ever-multiplying sellers of city, and we like to see others visitors can light up a joint. Here, economist, returning from an ing, tourism to Amsterdam ice cream and waffl es sauced enjoy it. But the superfi cial type noise is permanent, and nuisance unusually quiet grocery run: exploded. Global trends contrib- with Nutella chocolate, now the of tourism that has people pay a given. Tourists often leave “Tourism here has become too uted further. Airfare became dreaded symbol of a monocul- pocket change to fl y out here has trash and urinate in public. much. We are sick of it, just sick.” ever cheaper as the traveling tural tourism industry. to stop.” Follow Romans through the Rhineland-Palatinate region

he German state of Rhineland- Elbe River to the north; the remains of a Palatinate is a post-WWII entity Roman aqueduct, and the foundations of created in 1946 from the territory a temple for the worship of Isis in what’s Tof historically separate regions. now the Roemerpassage shopping center. Some 2,000 years before it came into Online: tinyurl.com/ya4jwpv7 being, that same land was claimed by LIMES invaders from the south, the Romans who The “Limes” represents the border of came and constructed their military bases the Roman Empire at its most extensive and cities there. Andernach, Boppard, during the 2nd century A.D. Along part Koblenz, Mainz, Speyer, Trier and Worms of its 3,000-mile distance is the Limes are among the Rhineland-Palatinate loca- Germanicus, a small section of which tions with an extensive Roman heritage. Karen Bradbury runs through Rhineland-Palatinate. The Exploring the traces of what the Romans traces of walls, ditches, watchtowers and left behind could make an interesting Visitors can see the remains of its subter- iStock fortresses that reveal its presence are theme for not-so-far-from-home travels ranean service passages, and those who inscribed on UNESCO’s list of World for the tens of thousands of Americans climb to its top are rewarded with a view Trier, Germany, is known for its well- Heritage sites. The Roemerwelt am Caput stationed in this part of Germany. Here revealing the size of the original imperial preserved Roman and medieval buildings. Limitus in Rheinbrohl serves as the offi - are some sights to incorporate on your palace district. cial Limes information point for the state. Roman-themed tour: Other must-sees on a trip to Trier Mainz came to an end around 406 A.D. Online: roemer-welt.de TRIER include the Rheinische Landesmuseum Roman amphitheater: Behind the Roman Mine at Meurin: This museum Both Trier and Worms like to claim Trier archaeological museum, St. Barbara Romisches Theater train station, the re- in the Eifel region illustrates how the themselves as Germany’s oldest city, but Roman Baths, Thermen am Viehmarkt, mains of a vast theater uncovered during Romans mined for tuff, a stone of volcanic Trier wins out in terms of size, having at amphitheater, and, outside of town, the construction work initiated in 1914 can be ash well suited to their building projects. one time been the largest city north of the Igeler Saeule pillar tomb and the Villa seen. A glass wall alongside the station’s This award-winning museum shows off Alps. The city is awash in Roman trea- Otrang, a well-preserved country estate furthermost platform allows today’s trav- not only the site itself but the extraction sures, many of which are included on the with mosaic fl oors. Another highlight is elers a glimpse into these long-ago times. techniques employed at the time. The UNESCO World Heritage list. the Roemerbruecke, the oldest standing Better yet, hike up the hill for an unen- mine is located in the town of Kretz, and Porta Nigra: The fi rst foundation stone bridge in the country, which serves traffi c cumbered view. makes up part of the East Eifel Volcano for the “Black Gate” was placed in 170 crossing the Moselle River to this day. Museum of Ancient Seafaring: During park. Online: roemerbergwerk.de A.D., and this imposing and beautiful Online: zentrum-der-antike.de work in preparation for the construction Roman Wine Press in Piesport: On the structure constructed of roughly 7,200 MAINZ of a Hilton Hotel back in 1981, the re- western outskirts of this charming town blocks of stone has been amazing visi- Many signs of the Roman presence mains of seven Roman ships dating back by the Moselle, traces of a building with tors ever since. Nowadays it serves as a remain visible in the city they knew as to the fourth century A.D. were uncovered more than 10 rooms and seven large tubs central source for information concerning Mogontiacum. Just opposite the place in the bed of the Rhine. These remains, is evidence of an ambitious Roman wine- the city’s proud heritage. A multimedia where the Main River fl ows into the along with two reconstructed galleys from pressing operation. guide brings the gate’s history to life, from Rhine, the Romans established a legion- the Roman Rhine fl eet, and other original At Piesport’s annual Roman Wine its beginnings in antiquity to its use as a ary base known as a castrum. The settle- artifacts are displayed at this free-entry Pressing Festival, town residents dressed church and a hermit monk’s abode. ment grew and soon became an important museum. in tunics and sandals employ the old Imperial Thermal Baths: The construc- military and administrative center. Mainz Other traces of Roman settlement in methods on the present year’s harvest tion of the Kaiserthermen began in the often served as the base for military Mainz include the Cenotaph stone marker of grapes, transporting spectators about 3rd century A.D. The baths were planned campaigns into the east and north, and honoring Nero Claudius Drusus, stepson 1,700 years back in time. The event is as a gift to the townspeople from the Em- its riverside location made it attractive to of Emperor Augustus and a general who scheduled to take place Oct. 2-4 in 2020. peror before construction came to a halt. traders and craftsmen. The Roman era of led campaigns that stretched as far as the Online: tinyurl.com/y9uyulpc Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 25 WEEKEND: FOOD & DINING Europe Theme-park munchies Enjoy the taste of Disney at home

BY GREGORY BROOME cheese spread to complement Stars and Stripes the cheese inside the sandwich. Next is a mayonnaise-based ’m a former resident of garlic spread for the outside of Florida and was a frequent the bread. With the condiments visitor to the state’s many made, the fi nal step is to assem- Ifantastic theme parks. I ble the sandwich. missed those parks long before Again, we were prevented the coronavirus closed their from following the recipe exact- gates, and I miss them even more ly, but this recipe seems pliable intensely now. The experience enough for some minor substitu- of theme parks will doubtless tions. We used shredded Colby change after the pandemic, and Jack cheese in place of shred- I’d rather it not change at all. ded cheddar and were forced to PHOTOS BY GREGORY BROOME/Stars and Stripes It’s impossible to re-create the chop up a block of cheddar in The Grilled Three-Cheese Sandwich, based on a dish served at Woody’s Lunch Box at Disney’s theme park experience under the absence of sliced cheddar. Hollywood Studios, can be created at home with ingredients you probably have on hand. quarantine, but it’s possible to in- Most egregiously, we scrapped dulge in some adjacent nostalgia. the suggested artisanal bread for My family and I have extracted a loaf of decidedly nonartisanal maximum value from our Disney Wonder Bread Texas Toast. Plus subscription, watching With assembly complete, bizarre vintage fi lms like “The we formed the chilled cookie Three Caballeros” and modern dough into fry-shaped cylinders, Pixar offerings like “Inside Out.” popped dessert into the oven and Recently, my wife and I expand- started grilling one sandwich at ed this project by trying out a a time in a frying pan. couple of recipes made famous at The end result was an excel- Disney theme parks and pub- lent lunch. The grilled cheese lished this spring on the Disney was so fl avorful that I’ll likely Parks Blog. never return to my plain grilled We started by preparing cheese again without raiding cookie fries (recipe online at the spice rack. I was initially tinyurl.com/y9j2rwrc), a popular skeptical about the intrusion of dessert served at Beaches & anything but cheese, bacon or Cream Soda Shop at Disney’s ham inside a grilled cheese, but Beach Club Resort. The offi cial that cream cheese spread proved version is vegan, but I found me wrong. The cookie fries came only regular Egg Beaters and out plumper than the picture Hershey’s conventional chocolate — more like cookie steak fries. chips at the commissary, so we But they were quite good, and couldn’t replicate that aspect. the fact that my wife and I baked We created the dough easily, put them from scratch made them it in the refrigerator to chill and more satisfying than the pro- The Grilled Three-Cheese Sandwich is made in three steps: a cream cheese spread for inside the moved on to the main event. cessed snacks with which we’d sandwich, a garlic spread for the outside of the bread and the fi nal assembly of the sandwich. Our entree was the Grilled packed our quarantine kitchen. Three-Cheese Sandwich (recipe Who knows when it will be online at tinyurl.com/yaovjt69) possible to walk around a bus- served at Woody’s Lunch Box in tling theme park again and get the Toy Story area of Disney’s the authentic version of these Hollywood Studios. Grilled treats, along with maybe a giant cheese is one of the few things turkey leg and some churros? I can competently cook, so I Until then, we’ll do what we can. approached this recipe with And in a time that demands com- confi dence. But it proved a lot fort food, a tasty grilled cheese more complex than my usual and chocolate chip cookies are sandwich. about as good as it gets. This grilled cheese is made [email protected] in three parts. First is a cream Twitter: @broomestripes

The fi nished dough for Disney-inspired cookie fries goes into the Cookie fries, a homemade version of a popular Disney delicacy, is a great alternative to processed refrigerator for 20 minutes of cooling before moving on to the oven. snacks. The original recipe is vegan, but can easily be modifi ed. PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe

Lockdown a la Nice Detour lands family in the heart of a European coronavirus red zone

BY CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT Special to The Washington Post ice, France, is a city on hold. Its hotels are board- ed up, its restaurants are shuttered and its resi- dents are confi ned to their homes 23 hours a day. I detoured here on my way to Italy in mid- NMarch, hoping to avoid a full lockdown. But a few days later, COVID-19 slammed France with unexpected ferocity, and the entire country turned into a red zone. Today my rented apartment in the Jean Medecin district is a cage. French police and military patrol the streets. My PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER ELLIOT/The Washington Post Top: The abandoned main shopping district near Boulevard Dubouchage in Nice, three teenage kids and I are only allowed out of the house for France, after the coronavirus lockdown. Inset: Two visitors defy social distancing an hour a day. Curfew starts at 8 p.m. protocols amid the coronavirus lockdown to enjoy a Mediterranean sunset in Nice.

How did we end up here? That’s a ques- France is one of Europe’s coronavirus an apartment with adolescents is that you tion I ask almost every morning while I’m hot spots, with more than 177,000 cases. never run out of food. They’re constantly pacing my cell. You can’t leave your apartment without an at the nearby Monoprix supermarket This was supposed to be our last trip attestation — a signed form that states you replenishing our supply of cereal, fruit as a family before my oldest son left for are buying groceries, exercising or going and fresh baguettes. Teenagers are like graduate school. I had planned a yearlong to work. You can print the form, write the hummingbirds, eating twice their weight adventure to show the kids the Europe I information on a piece of paper or create in a day. That’s only a slight exaggeration. grew up in. I wanted them to hike the Alps an electronic document on your phone. If The worst part? No, it’s not the eye rolls with me, to see the Colosseum in Rome, authorities catch you more than a kilome- and the “Dad, you just don’t get it,” re- to eat a krapfen at my favorite Kaffeehaus ter away from your residence when you’re sponses to every other question. The worst in Vienna. I could keep writing and since out walking, you’re looking at a fi ne of be- part is not knowing whether their in-ear my kids are home-schooled, they could tween 38 and 135 euros, or about $41-$146 headsets are on. To fi nd out, just ask them continue their education while we were in U.S. dollars. a question. Silence means the headsets abroad. “There are worse places to be stuck,” a are blasting music or language lessons. And for the fi rst two months in Lisbon friend texted me after we arrived. The kids aren’t afraid of getting caught and Porto, it worked. But then, on the Well, that depends on your circum- outside. Their paperwork is always in train from Barcelona to Marseille, we stances. I’m in an apartment with three order and they quickly adjusted to the learned that Italy had closed. I made a teenagers. The boys (ages 15 and 17) are strict social distancing rules. Also, their snap decision to reroute to the Cote d’Azur taking online classes at the University of French is much better than mine. and rented an apartment on Vrbo for the Arizona. They’re also learning several Come to think of it, no one seems overly rest of the month. languages, including Portuguese, Spanish, worried about the police. That’s because In Nice, the museums closed shortly French and Japanese. My daughter, 13, is this confi nement isn’t just uniquely after we checked in. The next week, bars in ninth grade and works with an online French, but southern French. Every day and restaurants shut down. Then the tutor four days a week. When we talk, it’s while I’m on my government-sanctioned mayor tested positive for COVID-19. And about what we’ll do after this ends. Should walk, I see the police in the same places: A sign greeting shoppers at the Monoprix within a few days, the city went from a we return to the States? Or stay in Europe near the main thoroughfare along the grocery store in Nice explains the steps it vibrant Mediterranean tourist destination as planned, fi nishing our journey? is taking to prevent new infections. to a police state. The best part about being trapped in CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Europe

FROM PAGE 26 beach, the Promenade des Short-term outlook grim Anglais; on the main shopping district at Avenue Jean Medecin; for Nice’s tourist industry and in the town squares. Avoid- ing a checkpoint is easy, and the Nice is France’s second most visited city, police make little effort to enter after Paris. But its hotels, restaurants and tour the narrow streets of my neigh- operators are closed indefinitely, and there are borhood to fi nd scoffl aws who almost no signs of life. resist the lockdown. “We have never faced anything like this,” In the early days of confi ne- says Denis Cippolini, president of Nice’s hotel ment, the streets looked un- and restaurant association. naturally empty, like those in a The tour operators and hotels are closed Warner Bros. studio tour. People and sometimes boarded up. There’s some took the threat of a pandemic as scaffolding at the Radisson Blu Hotel near seriously as anywhere else. But the beach, but it’s hard to tell whether it’s still it didn’t stay that way for long. being used. A crew is working on the roof at A nonessential chocolate shop the Hotel Locarno in the Thiers part of town. defi ed the lockdown last week. Otherwise, all is quiet. Yesterday, I walked past a bar “Everything is dead,” says Caroline Conner, that had opened its door a crack. a sommelier who used to run wine tours from Inside, I could see people enjoy- Lyon, France. “I loved my business and my ing a beer. customers, and I will return to them once Although authorities barricad- tourism wakes up again. But many of my ed the beach, that hasn’t stopped fellow tour operators won’t be able to survive some residents from crossing the that long.” Her survival strategy: shifting to line. I watched one woman duck online wine education on her website, win- under the tape and stroll along edinecaroline.com. the water’s edge as pedestrians One of Nice’s resident wine scholars, Vik- on the other side of the road nod- torija Todorovska, has also embraced virtual ded approvingly. wine education to get her through this dry This is a lockdown a la Nice. spell. On her site, siptasteshare.com, she’s My attestation allows me just started to post videos with tips on everything one hour outside. I wish I had from wine buying (“Don’t buy a wine based more. Springtime in Nice is an on the label”) to storing wine (“Always in the event you should savor at least refrigerator, even red wine”). once in your lifetime. A Mediter- There are some positive signs. The Tour de ranean breeze carries the heavy France, though postponed, is still scheduled scent of orange blossoms through to start in Nice this summer. It will be a long CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT/The Washington Post the city. The overgrown gardens way back to a booming tourist industry for have delivered a tide of purple French troops patrol the streets of Nice during the coronavirus lockdown. The military was Nice, as it will for the rest of the world. and red fl owers. You hear them deployed as part of Operation Sentinelle after the 2015 terrorist attacks; they have stepped — Christopher Elliott before you see them, thanks to a up their presence during the COVID-19 outbreak. deep buzzing of insects feasting undisturbed on nectar. The people I meet fall into two categories: masked and mask- less. Those with masks move quickly, often crossing the street to avoid me. The non-mask-wear- ers stop to talk to each other and don’t seem to care if you get too close. Most of the maskless Niceans are elderly or homeless, but I also see young people sans protection. I recently saw two men shaking hands in public. In a world obsessed with social distancing, that’s the ultimate sign of defi ance. The U.S. Embassy in Paris emails me every few days, warn- ing me that I should be prepared to remain abroad for an “indefi - nite” period. But for how long? The French president announced France’s lockdown would end on May 11. My lease was to run out a few days before then. Should we stay in Nice and wait until the “all clear?” If we press on, do we go to Italy or double back to England, which is more familiar but further behind on its COVID- 19 recovery? Or do we come home? That’s tempting, except that I sold almost everything I owned — including my car and house — before embarking on this od- yssey. If we returned, we’d have to start over. I’m not even sure where we’d go. For now, there’s the daily and predictable routine of 23 hours in an apartment. There are walks down abandoned, orange-blos- som scented avenues, trips to the boulangerie and supermarches and more conversations with the children about our uncertain future. I hope when this is over, they will return here to see the France that I remember — not to this beautiful prison. PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: TRAVEL Magical thinking Some fans eagerly await parks reopening; others will stay away

BY DEWAYNE BEVIL Orlando Sentinel ans of Orlando’s theme parks are anticipating the reopening of attractions, and they’re form- ing their fi rst-day-back strategies. Walt Disney FWorld, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando have not revealed details or return dates from their coro- navirus-imposed lockdown. But enthusiasts are weighing their pent-up desires to go back to Central Florida attractions against their health concerns and fears of big crowds. “I miss everything. I have so many great friends that I only see at the parks, so I defi nitely want to go on the fi rst day or defi nitely within the fi rst week,” said Michael Mul- doon, who lives in Lakeland, Fla. “I’m going to follow the safety measures. Even my mom wants me to go because JOE BURBANK, ORLANDO SENTINEL/TNS she can see how bored I am.” But anxiety is winning over entertainment for Kristen Guests wave goodbye to Mickey Mouse and friends on March 15 at the Magic Kingdom near Orlando, Fla., the fi nal Pettineo, who has visited Disney World every summer night of the theme park’s operation before the shutdown. since she was a child. Now she has her own 3-year-old daughter who’s obsessed with “Frozen.” “For me, personally, I don’t plan on visiting until there’s either a vaccine or a cure,” Pettineo said. Executives and experts have listed possible changes in store for theme parks worldwide. Among the consider- ations are limiting the number of people allowed inside, date-specifi c ticketing, virtual queues, intensifi ed sanita- tion procedures, face-covering requirements, tempera- ture checks and an emphasis on the six feet of separation between people that’s suggested by the Centers for Disease Control. Some of those measures and others were in place when Shanghai Disneyland reopened more of its resort on Monday. The modifi cations also discourage Pettineo, who lives in Austin, Texas. SAM MCNEIL/AP “If I’m going to be wearing a face mask, if I’m not RICARDO RAMIREZ BUXEDA/Orlando Sentinel going to be able to meet characters, if I’m not going to be Visitors wearing face masks wait to enter the Disneyland able to ride all the rides and experience the parades ... I theme park in Shanghai as it reopened Monday. Disney World usually looks more like this scene from a just don’t know if that’s even worth it,” she said. past season. The parks near Orlando have been empty Danny Bogue, a Disney World annual passholder from physical land space for everybody to maintain six feet at since March 16 because of coronavirus precautions. Orlando, agrees. all times,” she said. “Putting all health issues aside, I just don’t even under- Inram Siddiqui and his family make many trips a a Disney annual passholder who lives in Altamonte stand why people would want to go,” he said. “I feel like year from Boca Raton, Fla., to Orlando’s theme parks. Springs, Fla. He plans to go on the fi rst day the parks are if I were to hold out for the old normal, it’s going to be ... a His wife is a frontline physician in a COVID-19 unit in open. long time before I get to go to a theme park.” a South Florida hospital, and their strategy is to visit “I’m interested in ... what changes security has made He’s looking for more government action, testing and sooner rather than later. in regards to touching people’s personal items because public buy-in for the safety suggestions. “I think we’re going to be among the earliest people that’s now going to be a huge thing,” he said. “I mean, it “My stance is that once I start to feel more comfortable there because we think the park will be the cleanest. We was huge before the closure but even more when they about going to Publix every week, then maybe I’ll start to think the staff will be the most vigilant and then we think reopen, whenever that is.” consider Disney,” Bogue said. “I know there are people the public will be the most vigilant,” he said. He also wonders about the resort’s transportation out there ... that just are more or less throwing caution to He expects a surge of coronavirus cases in the fall, but system. the wind.” he also expects Disney and other theme-park companies “That doesn’t mean I’m going to be on a bus,” he said. Sharon Rudolph, who lives in Sarasota, Fla., and to follow effective procedures. “It just means that I’m going to be observing whether has annual passes to Disney World and Universal, has “This can’t go sideways,” Siddiqui said. “They have to they’re letting people on buses.” canceled two outings to Orlando, including one with her do this right.” Baker says he’s safety-conscious. family set to toss beads during the Mardi Gras parade at Still, there are elements of the attractions he will avoid, “But I don’t also think that you should be scared of Universal Studios. he said. Disney World for the next six months, either,” he said. “It was a life experience. We were going to go on the “I think we wouldn’t do enclosed spaces with any Bernard Pettiford, a passholder from Orlando, says his fl oats. I was so excited. We had packed,” she said. But strangers,” he said. He mentioned the Millennium wish list includes lower park capacity and a lot of hand concern about her Type 2 diabetes status and because Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction at Disney’s Hollywood sanitizer. she lives with her 76-year-old mother caused her to Studios, the monorail that runs to Magic Kingdom and “I am defi nitely dying to go,” he said. He recently had a reconsider even before the parks shut down. She thinks it Epcot along with other slow-moving rides. short staycation in a hotel near Disney. will be six months to a year before she ventures back. Park visitors are re-evaluating once-innocuous circum- “I was literally maybe fi ve minutes from the park, and One reason: She thinks visitors won’t play by the rules. stances that now raise questions. They wonder how parks it just made me sick knowing that I couldn’t even really “I’m absolutely sure, 100% confi dent, that people won’t will handle hands-on attractions such as Men in Black: drive over there because there’s nothing to see,” he said. follow them. Because, as evidence, ‘Please no fl ash pho- Alien Attack at Universal Studios and Toy Story Mania at Also on his wish list is a ride on Hagrid’s Magical tography’. ... ‘Please select a row and move all the way to Hollywood Studios, or the small pre-show areas for the Creatures Motorbike Adventure, a roller coaster at the end of that row.’ ... They’re not following the rules that Antarctica attraction at SeaWorld and Haunted Mansion Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Although his favorite Disney puts into play now,” she said. at Magic Kingdom as well as tightly designed spaces park is Disney’s Animal Kingdom, his next stop is Magic Even with limited park capacity, she wonders about the of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s Kingdom, Pettiford says. six-foot clearance between strangers. theme parks. “For me, going back there fi rst is going to make Disney “Where are people going to go? There’s not enough Park operations and logistics interest Brian Baker, feel real again,” he said. Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 WEEKEND: LIFESTYLE

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BY TREVA LIND has a curl to it,” she said. “Fine hair, not maybe use scissors for the top and corners ucts and techniques fi rst for bangs, but The Spokesman-Review so much.” to blend. To avoid nicks to the ear, “Hold using tricks if you must cut. the ear down and carefully go around the “One thing is, try to look straight ahead haggy locks. Overgrown bangs. Trimming tools ear,” Lester said. and not look up at your hair, because Wild hair everywhere. Consider your hair’s texture and length. Jennifer Turner cuts hair for women you’ll end up with way shorter bangs. I’d Six weeks or more into quaran- Is your hair wavy or fi ne? and men at Tom’s Barber Shop. She’s defi nitely cut it dry,” Brazil said. “Do little Stine, we’ve either executed hair Then go slow. If you can, get help from fi elded calls about home haircuts, and it’s tiny increments. Start in the middle and carnage or thought about it. Salons and a quarantine mate. Gather up salon-style more complicated than people realize, she work out to the sides.” barber shops have stayed closed so far scissors or clippers, a comb and a towel to said. For kids, it’s better to wet hair down so because of the coronavirus pandemic, and wrap around one’s shoulders. You can use “I tell them there is a YouTube video you can get a good line on the back for the it’s uncertain when “quarantine hair” will hair clips to separate manageable sec- that shows you how to buzz cut your hair,” length and around the ears, Lester said , end. tions. she said. adding that it’s fi ne to use scissors. Some local pros are offering tips to help “Maybe get the old Flowbee out,” joked Brewer said guys and little boys might in the interim. Mostly they suggest to use barber Mike Lester. He’s taking over op- Hairstyles and bangs just need a trim at their sideburns and styling tricks to tame unruly hair — or to erations at Tom’s Barber Shop in Spokane Turner tries to convince her female cus- around their ears. With summer com- trim a tiny bit — as you wait it out. Valley , and self-remodeling it until it can tomers to let their hair grow out for now. ing, let it grow, “as long as it’s clean and “I would recommend mostly to hold off reopen. “When someone tries to cut long hair, it brushed.” if you can — there are always fashion- able hair clips or tucking hair behind Flowbee, a 1980s hybrid of vacuum with turns out uneven,” she said. Those roots your ear,” said Tammy Brewer, stylist at hair clippers, has enjoyed a resurgence. If a trim is a must, fi nd videos. Creative Hair Design in Spokane Val- People also are buying clippers or fi nding “On YouTube, it will show you how to Some of Brewer’s customers get hair ley , Wash. “Of course, were you to try ones in storage. comb the hair as straight as you can, stop color every three weeks. She’s had the cutting your hair, I’d recommend only “They’re into buzzing their hair off the comb on the back where you want to desperate calls. cutting your bangs and only cutting them pretty much by the time they’re done,” cut it and then use the scissors to cut just She said root touch-up products can dry. There is a little trick where you grab Lester said. “The phone has been ringing beneath the comb to make the straight help, versus hair color kits. bangs and twist them up together, then all day long at the barbershop. They’re line ,” she continued. “No highlight home kits,” Brewer said. trim off a little bit. It makes it look more saying, ‘What do I do with the clippers? Do Layers are complex. “Those are always the best to fi x.” layered, not cut straight across.” I need a size 2 or 3?’ ” Inexperienced cuts can get uneven fast, “We use the professional mix with the That avoids bangs in a straight line — He knows it’s been challenging to keep said Stephanie Tullos with New Begin- correct hues, so you can have a natu- the bowl cut of youth — unless you want a shorter trims for men. Some fi refi ghters, nings Hair Salon, in Spokane . ral look,” she added. “Many of the box blunt look. For the whole mop, messy buns law enforcement offi cers and military “You’ll have a lot of layers you don’t blondes are touchy. They can go orange.” or a ponytail can work. And then there’s members seek “fl at top” haircuts every want,” Tullos said. “I cut women and Brazil also suggested root sprays: “You always baseball cap s. two weeks for a style that’s tight on the children’s hair, and there are so many can even use eye shadow to touch it up.” “Try styling techniques fi rst, like if you sides and faded up into a “landing strip,” nationalities and different textures of hair. have bangs, try to push them over to the Lester said. With curly hair you have to be super care- Hair condition side and use different styling products “I say, ‘Just have the wife use the clip- ful, because curly hair is just naturally in Stay-home time offers hair self-care or techniques,” said Terri Brazil, stylist pers ,” he said. “Fade it up with a 2 and be different layers.” time. and owner of Salon Nouveau in Spokane, sure to go straight up and not too far into Back to the bangs, try just a quar- “Once a week, do a conditioning treat- Wash. the top where it’s rounded.’ ” ter-inch trim to avoid overdoing. Those ment,” Tullos said. “You also can do a Some local salons have posted tips on For better use with clippers, hair can fringes can shrink up or get jagged fast. protein treatment, which is right in your social media, including Salon Nouveau, be a little drier. After trimming the sides, If you use a comb to cut, be careful not to refrigerator — eggs or mayonnaise. I’d with a recent Facebook series for styling use a fl at-top comb and carefully go across stretch the bangs. do that once a month, put on a plastic cap, bangs while growing them out. the top with a smaller blade leaving a A cowlick might require leaving a sec- leave that on for 30 or 40 minutes, then Learning to cut hair is visual, so search quarter inch, or half inch on top, he said. tion slightly longer to blend. wash it out and your hair will have a re- for videos by styling professionals. Take Some people also leave the top hair fuller Avoid going too short with wavy hair, ally healthy sheen.” off a little if necessary, Brazil said. toward the front. Lester said. “You might get Mamie Eisen- Take care of your hair and hold on, “A lot of hair can be very forgiving, For longer trims, use a No. 2 with a light hower bangs.” Brewer said: “Just don’t get crazy; we’ll be especially hair that’s thicker or kind of touch straight up on the sides, too, then Brazil still supports using styling prod- back to work soon.” PAGE 30 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: LIFESTYLE

BY RACHEL SCHNALZER The San Diego Union-Tribune iStock hink about your fi rst day in quarantine. Does it feel like a lifetime ago? Or does it feel like yesterday? Many people staying at home as a result of the corona- Tvirus crisis are noticing time pass more strangely than usual. While some complain of days dragging on and on, others have taken to social media, explaining they feel the past several weeks have fl own by eerily quickly. Turns out, science can provide some insight into why our percep- tion of time is a little wonkier than normal while in quarantine. Here’s what the experts say: Why does it feel like time would be bombarded with images worth remembering. This would then is passing more quickly? result in the perception that time is “Time does seem to be going re- moving slowly over the quarantine ally fast,” agrees Claudia Hammond, experience, though it’s likely time will author of “Time Warped: Unlocking feel as though it’s speeding up again as the Mysteries of Time Perception,” the quarantine becomes more familiar. noting that it’s our perception of time It’s also important to note not every- that feels unusual, separate from the one has the relative luxury of feeling way time actually works. In our minds, bored while in quarantine. Many “time can warp very easily,” she says. people are busier than ever, whether But why does this happen? they’re working in a hospital on the For those staying at home during the front lines or at home balancing a full pandemic, it has a lot to do with our work schedule while trying to home- worlds shrinking to the bare minimum school their children. It’s possible — staying at home for the vast majority people who are busier than ever during of the day, with trips outside only for the coronavirus crisis will look back exercise or a visit to the grocery store. For the most part, we are not taking and feel as though this period of their part in particularly memorable activi- lives lasted longer than normal, Ham- ties, like getting drinks with a friend, mond suggests. going to a sporting event or traveling, “When they look back, it will be the says Marc Wittmann, an author and other way around,” she says. research fellow at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Men- What can we do about it? tal Health in Freiburg, Germany. Now, Our altered perspective of time can there are fewer signals differentiating be useful during quarantine. Normally, a Sunday from a Monday. when we’re bored, we have a plethora And if you’re doing the same thing of options in front of us, like going to every day — the new normal for many the gym or meeting up with friends. in quarantine — there’s no need to Now, we’re being challenged to spend remember each day specifi cally. Even time alone or with others in our house- if time passes slowly in the moment, it’s hold. likely that nothing will stand out upon “This could be a chance to learn looking back, causing you to perceive how to cope with boredom and isola- time has passed by quickly in the long tion,” Wittmann explains. “Learn to be run, Wittmann explains. at ease with being with yourself.” “The more emotional a memory, the If you’re feeling anxious and have longer perception of time duration.” diffi culty coping with being alone, it’s This is why a weekend vacation will often feel longer than a weekend spent helpful to have a goal, he says. Whether at home. And right now, many in quar- you’re aiming to exercise more or antine are experiencing the opposite clean your apartment regularly, having of a vacation, Hammond notes. “We’re a physical task to complete may help not making loads of new memories assuage feelings of stress and take now, so we don’t think lots of time has your focus off the passage of time. passed.” T ake advantage of having more time at James Broadway, an instructor of your disposal to do new things, Bejan psychology at Lincoln Land Commu- says. nity College in Illinois, who has studied Finding events to look forward to the brain’s perception of time, notes a can be similarly helpful in passing similar phenomenon occurs when we the time, Hammond notes. Though we age. The older we get, the fewer novel can’t look forward to vacations or phys- events we experience, which causes ical outings with friends, she suggests time to feel as if it’s going by faster re-creating the feeling of having plans than it did earlier in our lives. Ham- by scheduling a virtual happy hour mond points out that a similar phenom- on Friday night or creating a Sunday enon can happen to people who are sick afternoon fi lm club, which you’re able or incarcerated. Time will pass slowly to look forward to all week long. as it’s experienced, but then feel as if “Make the weekends different from it’s gone by quickly in retrospect. the weekdays,” recommends Ham- However, if you’ve felt as though mond. time has taken a long time to pass Meditation may also be soothing during the pandemic, even ret- for those suffering from anxiety in rospectively, you’re not alone. Adrian quarantine, Broadway suggests, say- Bejan, a profes- ing, “It’s a really good opportunity to sor of mechanical embrace doing nothing.” If all else engineering and fails, Bejan suggests those in quaran- materials science tine “get into the habit of looking at at Duke University, things you were previously overlook- believes it’s possible the novelty of the ing.” Focus on minute details — the quarantine experience could actu- way the trees look on your street, the Are the days fl ying by? Are they dragging? ally explain why weeks may feel like way the steam fl oats off your tea. After they’re dragging to some. a few minutes of taking your mind “The brain remembers the unusual,” off the passage of time, you might be Or has only our percepton changed? he explains, and if our new routines surprised to fi nd time has a funny way are suddenly different, our brains of speeding up after all. Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 WEEKEND: TELEVISION & DVD NEW ON DVD

“Onward”: Tribune News Service fi lm critic Katie Walsh says this animated adventure from Disney/Pixar fi nally brings mainstream representation to the fantasy-obsessed metalhead. Chris Pratt voices older bro Barley, a burly chap in a battle vest with an affi nity for all things Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, or rather, the generically branded versions. In his trusty steed Guinevere, an old purple van airbrushed with a mighty Pegasus, Barley blasts sweet heavy metal tunes about wizards and beasts and magic. ABC/AP photos This isn’t Barley’s story, The combination photo show Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly Goldberg in scenes from “The Goldbergs.” though he’s an integral part. This is the story of his younger brother, Ian (Tom Holland), a shy young elf who discovers that he does, indeed, have a little magic in him. Walsh writes that “Onward” Unraveling the mystery contains potentially the most morbid example of the Dis- ney dead parents trope, which they’ve relied on for decades. How sweaters became scene-stealers on comedy ‘The Goldbergs’ Dead parents have been the easy shortcut right to emotional BY BROOKE LEFFERTS When the show fi rst started in 2013, the First, she cut out her own idea — sweaters stakes for the young characters. Associated Press real Beverly shipped boxes of sweaters made of cloth — but Goldberg told her to But “Onward” literally embodies and accessories she’d saved for decades to start over and fi nd actual knitted sweaters. this ever-present longing for a he character Beverly Goldberg on Smith. Many have made appearances on the With only one day to get it done, Smith found lost loved one, as Ian and Barley ABC’s hit comedy series “The Gold- show, which airs its season fi nale Friday on a way. drag their father’s sentient legs bergs” can elicit laughter before she AFN-Pulse. “This woman knits little tiny sweaters, around with them on their quest. Teven speaks, thanks to the over-the- “It was amazing and it helped me grasp like as ornaments, on Etsy, and I was able to Despite that, Walsh says top outfi ts that are a love letter to the mother who she was,” Smith told the AP. “And that contact her,” Smith explained. “She Fed- “Onward” plucks all the right of the show’s creator and to 1980s fashion. was important for Wendi, too ... to know that Exed them overnight. We made little hang- heartstrings to produce many “No dialogue necessary,” laughs “Gold- she was actually legitimately wearing some- ers out of paperclips. And then you look at it laughs and many tears. bergs” star Wendi McClendon-Covey, who thing that Beverly Goldberg wore.” and it’s ... 500 times better than my fi rst one. “Emma”: Autumn De Wilde, plays the overbearing but lovable Beverly on Smith and her team of costumers also He’s right. That’s what it was supposed to be a music video director, makes the show. shop at vintage stores and on eBay and Etsy — little tiny actual knit sweaters. Genius!” her feature debut with “Emma,” The tops always start with the shoulder for Beverly’s sweaters, but most need extra The outfi ts have become such a key part adapted from Jane Austen’s pads, then the embellishments. Details bedazzling for maximum scene stealing. of the show that fans regularly mail sweat- novel by Eleanor Catton. Tri- range from hanging beads, fl ashy sequins, “If I know that Beverly Goldberg is on a ers to Smith. bune critic Walsh says that De ribbons, fringe and ruffl es, to phrases mission and she is trying to do something “If a fan sends something Wilde deploys everything at her like “What’s shakin’ bacon?” and “I’m so for her son at the school, she’s going for in, I am using it for sure. disposal to execute an expertly fl appy!” it. She’s either in full bedazzle, or (the And they all have good choreographed and designed fi lm The wig McClendon-Covey wears sweater) has, like, lions or tigers taste,” Smith said. highlighting the arch artifi ce of — blond bangs and feathered layers that fl ip on it,” Smith said. “And then we let aristocratic culture and behavior out like wings — also helps inform her char- Since fans are often look- them know when it’s in Regency England. acter, who can be tough and opinionated, ing out for Bev’s wacky garb, airing. And it’s just Every cinematic element joins smothering and meddling, but also loving. Smith and the writers have wonderful. It’s in a delicate dance to create a “I’ve got my armor on, my helmet and had to up their sweater like everyone carefully constructed confection my shoulder pads and then I’m good to go. game. gets to feel as sweet as one of the pastries I understand my mood for the day based on “There was once a sweater like they’re they devour at tea, Walsh writes. what I open my closet and fi nd,” McClen- that was made up of a bunch involved.” Also available on DVD don-Covey told The Associated Press in a of different little teeny sweat- “Sonic the Hedgehog”: Jim recent interview. ers that spelled out ‘sweater.’ Carrey and James Marsden star Costume designer Keri Smith creates the Try sourcing that,” McClen- in the movie adaptation of the signature looks for the fi ctional Beverly, don-Covey said. Sega video game. who is inspired by creator Adam Goldberg’s The “sweater” sweater “The Way Back”: Ben Affl eck real-life mother, also named Beverly. The made Smith proud, but it stars in the story of a high school character has a wardrobe his mother would was a journey to get basketball coach who bounces have envied back in the day, with a mini- it right and win back from addiction. mum of fi ve costume changes per episode, Adam Goldberg’s “Brahms: The Boy II”: Katie each a one-of-a-kind work of ’80s nostalgia. approval. Holmes stars in a creepy killer doll sequel to 2016’s “The Boy.” “Wildlife”: Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal star in the tale of a fractured marriage. “Behind You”: Horror movie about two sisters running afoul of the supernatural in their aunt’s creepy house. “Buffaloed”: Zoey Deutch stars as a young woman desper- ate to get out of Buffalo, N.Y. “Call the Midwife: Season Nine”: The latest happenings at Nonnatus House in the beloved PBS drama. “Creepshow Season 1”: Latest adaptation of Stephen King’s hor- ror tales on the Shudder stream- Costume designer ing service. Keri Smith creates the “Fear the Walking Dead signature looks for the Season 5”: Another season of the character of Beverly, spinoff to “The Walking Dead.” who is based on the — Tribune News Service show producer’s mother. PAGE 32 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: MUSIC

DREAMSTIME/TNS While quarantined because of coronavirus, many people have been posting Top 10 list of albums that infl uenced thier taste to Facebook. Facebook’s ‘10 albums’ challenge climbs the charts during quarantine

BY CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER The results have sometimes of a chain letter, participants then post Star Tribune (Minneapolis) one record every day and tag another of been surprising (i.e., “I didn’t their friends each time to follow the same or diehard music lovers, there’s know you were old enough challenge. And so on. nothing like compiling a top 10 The results have sometimes been sur- albums list to while away a few to be a Leo Sayer fan”), prising (i.e., “I didn’t know you were old Fhours — or to get into heated aggravating (“How could you enough to be a Leo Sayer fan”), aggravat- debates with a few of your equally nerdy possibly think ‘The Black ing (“How could you possibly think ‘The friends. Black Album’ is one of Metallica’s better This popular pastime has taken on new Album’ is one of Metallica’s ones?!”), insightful (“That Danzig record heights — and maybe greater meaning better ones?!”), insightful maybe explains your anger management — during the coronavirus quarantine. issues”) and touching (“I love you more One version of it, in particular, has be- (“That Danzig record for loving Anita Baker”). come increasingly popular as a welcome maybe explains your anger “I was asked to do an ‘essential’ 10, and distraction in recent weeks, to the point management issues”) and that’s extremely diffi cult,” said Christy where many of us aren’t seeing much else Costello, a Twin Cities rock musician on our Facebook feeds: touching (“I love you more with Butcher’s Union and the Von Bond- “I have been nominated by (insert ies, bar booker at Dusty’s and a gigging friend’s name here) and given the task to for loving Anita Baker”). DJ. choose 10 albums that greatly infl uenced “I’m thinking back at the different my taste in music,” goes the post. “One points in my life and what music was album per day for 10 consecutive days. transforming me then, and if it still No explanations, no reviews, just album reaches me the same way now.” covers.” In what amounts to a Facebook version CONTINUED ON PAGE 33 Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 33 WEEKEND: MUSIC REVIEWS

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit Reunions Shelby Lynne (Southeastern/Thirty Tigers) Shelby Lynne (Thirty Tigers) ason Isbell long ago earned his place among the fi nest songwriters of his generation. Now he’s There’s hardly a song among just pouring it on. the 11 on Shelby Lynne’s fi rst On “Reunions,” Isbell’s seventh full-length solo record since 2015 that fails album and fourth with the 400 Unit, the four- to mention love, and even the time Grammy winner fi rms up his place on the exceptions stay on theme. short list of artists whom you could draw up a list The self-titled album is in part Jof 25 best songs and start real arguments. It’s territory typi- the soundtrack to an unreleased cally reserved for people such as Isbell’s late pal and mentor, fi lm she stars in, “When We Kill John Prine, but Isbell keeps proving he belongs there. the Creators,” and some of the As Isbell works the vortex between folk, country and rock, songs were recorded live on set. a range of infl uences surface, including Prine, but the sound Though many of the lyrics are is distinctly his own. A master of lyrical surprise, Isbell from Cynthia Mort, the fi lm’s paints childhood summerscapes, recalls secret meeting screenwriter and director, it is places and then pierces the rapture with reminders of bro- Lynne’s name on the cover and it kenness and hurt. In “Dreamsicle,” for example, the taste of still sounds like one of her most ice cream on a summer night gives way to mama “curling up personal collections. beside me, crying to herself.” Lynne, who often acts here A different kind of friction animates “Overseas,” where a as her own backing band, once guitar hook that would make Tom Petty proud lends majesty again travels the fi ne line be- to a wistful lament about separation. tween happiness and heartbreak, The album’s early singles, “What’ve I Done to Help?” and making both feel necessary. “Be Afraid,” will play well in concert, but there are better Love and relationships are songs here. Isbell is at his best when he’s leaning into life, presented in many phases and where things are never easy. guises — celebratory (“I Got The 400 Unit shines throughout. “River” features Isbell’s You”), nostalgic (“Weather”), wife, Amanda Shires, playing fi ddle and it’s glorious. When yearning (“My Mind’s Riot,” Isbell sings a lyric, Shires plays a little fl ourish that sounds which includes a Lynne sax solo) like she’s demonstrating what he just sang about — like and resilient (“Here I Am”), commentary. She’s been doing that for years, but it’s still a among others. marvel. Though there are some notable Isbell’s music has that grow-on-you quality that makes it guests like Benmont Tench on a hard to measure instantly against his previous work. That’s few songs, most of the arrange- not a fl aw, to be clear — and it’s safe to say this album will ments are translucently elemen- start some new arguments. tary, and it’s Lynne voice that — Scott Stroud carries the emotional weight. Associated Press Even with highlights through- out, there’s a defi nite mid-album peak with “Revolving Broken Heart,” “Off My Mind” and “Don’t Even Believe in Love.” The fi rst is one of those hushed cries of despondency Lynne excels at. It’s followed by a slice of southern soul in the Aretha Franklin mold, with Lynne play- ing all the instruments. Finally, comes a sleek tale of inevitabil- ity, one of the few tracks with a full band behind her. Lynne, who with sister Allison Moorer released an album of covers stretching from Merle Haggard to Nirvana in 2017, makes this album one of the pur- est in her canon and makes one curious about the fi lm. — Pablo Gorondi Alysse Gafkjen Associated Press

FROM PAGE 32 Collins compiled one of the tor Ryan Cameron of Let It Be more focused — and thus easier she has found out things about With her list still coming more surprising and varied lists Records could have gone way to compile — was to “mostly people she didn’t really want to together at this writing, Costello out there, including everything more obscure than most par- stick with albums that were big know, based on their picks in thinks she’s going to keep nam- from R&B pioneers Rufus’ “Rags ticipants with his picks, like the in my youth.” the challenge: “Every once in a to Rufus” to folk duo the Indigo lesser-sung Ornette Coleman “Otherwise, 10 is clearly way ing albums past the allotted 10, if while I’m taken by surprise. You Girls’ self-titled 1989 album LP on his list (“Dancing in Your too few a number for folks like us only for the much-needed fun of know: ‘I thought we were friends! and jazz-fusion band Weather Head”). But he also chose “Meet to name our essential albums,” Sheesh!’?” it: “ ‘No parents, no rules’ when Report’s “Heavy Weather.” the Beatles.” he said, pointing to his brother- More often, though, the Face- you’re enjoying something in a Some participants make a “I pretty much had to,” said in-law’s own list as one he was quarantine,” she quipped. point of choosing less obvi- Cameron, who now operates pri- particularly interested in seeing. book exercise has helped respark Asked why he participated, ous picks to tell a little more marily as an online seller. “Not “We’ve talked music a lot, but her passion for music while she’s Mambo’s Combo and Greazy about themselves, since nam- only did I pick a Beatles name I didn’t really know a lot of his sidelined from live gigs. Meal singer Julius Collins admit- ing “Thriller,” “Sgt. Pepper’s” for my store, but my musical earlier infl uences. It’s a good way “It’s inspired me to look up re- ted, “I never do the Facebook and “Nevermind” doesn’t really exploration as a kid pretty much to get to know a little more about cords I haven’t for a while,” she challenges. But I am indeed reveal unique tastes. started with the Beatles.” people.” said. “I’ve found some treasure bored.” Veteran record-store opera- Cameron’s idea to make his list Costello joked that sometimes along the way.” PAGE 34 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: BOOKS A baseball card-fueled road trip ‘The Wax Pack’ author traveled the US to meet 1980s athletes, learn their stories

BY DENNIS WASZAK JR. deck of Oakland Coliseum watching an Associated Press Athletics game and realized he wasn’t as familiar with the players on the fi eld as he rad Balukjian tore open a pack once was. As a kid growing up in Rhode Is- of 1986 Topps baseball cards, land, he followed the game religiously and chewed the stale, brittle bubble- baseball cards — boxes of them — provid- Bgum and then planned a road trip ed easy links to his heroes on the fi eld. most sports fans could only dream about. So, Balukjian ordered a few unopened The college biology professor set out to packs of Topps cards on eBay from 1986, meet every player whose image appeared the fi rst year he recalls collecting. The on those old pieces of cardboard — from 15-card pack he picked included a mix of Garry Templeton to Rick Sutcliffe to Carl- stars (Fisk, Sutcliffe, ton Fisk — and see what life after baseball Dwight Gooden and has been like. Vince Coleman), solid “Whether it’s musicians or artists or players (Templeton, baseball players, I’m just fascinated by Lee Mazzilli, Steve what happens when they’re done after the Yeager, Gary Pettis spotlight,” Balukjian said in a telephone and Richie Heb- interview with The Associated Press. ner) and non-stars “I always wanted to do something about — called “common” those guys I grew up with. And I saw the cards in the hobby pack as the perfect device to get a random — such as Rance Mul- sample of players from that era.” liniks, Randy Ready, Brad Balukjian The self-funded trip in 2015 cost about Jaime Cocanower and $8,000 and took him across 30 states over Don Carman, Balukjian’s childhood favor- “The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife” tells the story 11,341 miles in 48 days. What Balukjian ite player. Also included were a checklist of how author Brad Balukjian, pictured left with former major league outfi elder Lee learned is vividly documented in his and the late Al Cowens, whose chapter is Mazzilli in Rye, N.Y., in 2015, tried to track down all the players in a single pack of recently published book, “The Wax Pack,” arguably the book’s most intriguing. 1986 Topps baseball cards on a road trip across the U.S. which has quickly become a favorite “I didn’t mix cards between packs among baseball-hungry fans during the because that would defi nitely be cheat- a hitting lesson from Mulliniks, watching at Merritt College in Oakland and is the coronavirus pandemic. ing,” Balukjian acknowledged. “Also, I kung fu movies with Templeton, lifting director of the school’s Natural History & “When I actually started doing the trip didn’t keep opening packs until I got Don weights with Ready and desperately try- Sustainability program, has maintained and talking to these guys, that’s when it Carman because that would be kind of ing to chase down Fisk. relationships with many of those featured really became something a lot bigger,“ cheating, too.” There were a few players Balukjian in the book. Balukjian said. “It was transcending base- Balukjian spent about nine months didn’t link up with, but he managed to Despite the overwhelmingly glowing re- ball and talking about these bigger themes planning his trip, researching the former turn those setbacks into entertaining views of “The Wax Pack,” Balukjian isn’t like what is our relationship like with fear, players and exchanging letters, emails, chapters. planning on hitting the road for a sequel which is a universal question that we all texts and phone messages with them and He also weaved aspects of his own when social distancing and travel restric- deal with. Baseball players and athletes, their families to set up meetings. personal life into the book, including his tions are lifted. in general, they have to master fear to What transpired is detailed over 275 struggles with obsessive-compulsive “It’s not tempting creatively because I be successful. Call it fear, call it anxiety, pages in “The Wax Pack,” which took Bal- disorder and anxiety, briefl y reuniting just don’t think I could match it,” Balukji- whatever you want to call it, it’s all fear. ukjian a few years to get published before with a lost love and reliving moments of an said. “I think the novelty of that idea “And the lessons that they passed on to University of Nebraska Press took a swing his childhood. is gone and that’s OK. ... I get asked this me about what their relationship was like — complete with a wax paper-like cover. “I mean, it’s almost a self-help book as a lot, but I’m like, hey, man, if anyone out with fear, it’s something we can all benefi t Several of the former players shared well,” Balukjian said, “because you can there wants to write about another wax from.” tales of personal successes and failures get these little bits of wisdom from these pack, like you could franchise this and do “The Wax Pack” journey began in 2014 with Balukjian, whose adventures in- players.” other sports and other years, and I would when Balukjian was sitting in the upper cluded visiting a zoo with Carman, getting The 39-year-old Balukjian, who teaches gladly read someone else’s book.” Pen pal helps keep baseball great’s story alive

BY PAMELA HUEY salesman said. “I don’t want return and even an invitation insults in stadiums of bigotry.” Star Tribune (Minneapolis) anyone to ever forget him.” to meet Robinson the next time Robinson died in 1972 at 53, The result is a beautifully the Dodgers played the Braves but his widow, Rachel Robinson, On April 15 every year, players written and illustrated book in Milwaukee. That incredible 97, also keeps Jackie’s story alive. from the American and National published by Creative Editions in meeting in September 1955 in- In 1997, when the Twins retired leagues — all wearing No. 42 Mankato and co-authored by J. cluded a visit to the locker room No. 42, Rabinovitz fi nally got to — line up on the baselines as Patrick Lewis, with drawings by at Milwaukee County Stadium meet her. “You’re Ron Rabino- a tribute to one of the greatest John Thompson. Publisher Tom where he met other Dodger vitz? Lord have mercy,” she ex- players of all time, Jack Roos- Peterson explained the book’s greats: Duke Snider, Pee Wee claimed as she hugged him. They evelt Robinson. It didn’t happen attraction this way: “The mes- Reese, Roy Campanella, Carl Fu- sat together for several innings this year because baseball has sage of Ron’s story to children rillo, Gil Hodges and even rookie watching the game. been sidelined with all the other is no different from the story’s pitcher Sandy Koufax, who all It was in a letter to Rachel at sports. message to adults. Friendship signed a baseball for him. the time of Robinson’s death that But Jackie was not forgotten, supersedes race, religion, age The new book takes note Rabinovitz expressed how her especially in the heart and mind and celebrity. If our hearts and of that momentous occasion husband had changed his life. of Ron Rabinovitz, of St. Louis minds are open to the blessing, and others. One entry reads, “I learned from Jackie the Park, Minn., who has spent his lasting friendship can be found “What young man can say the life honoring the legacy of the in the most unlikeliest of places, other guest of honor at his 10th true meaning of being a man,” player who broke Major League between people who at fi rst birthday party was the great he wrote. “I learned how cruel Baseball’s color line on April 15, documentary about No. 42, and glance seemingly have nothing Jackie Robinson? Or that he was and full of hate some people are 1947. the Minnesota History Theatre in common but in fact share the taken by the hand inside a major to others. And probably most Young Ronnie of Sheboygan, produced a play about the Wis- most important of characteristics league dressing room by the man important of all, I learned never Wis., became the unlikely pen consin boy and his baseball hero. — a genuine care and concern himself to get a baseball signed to back down on a cause you pal and then friend of the Brook- Now, Rabinovitz has co-writ- for others.” by every Brooklyn Dodger?” truly believe in, no matter what lyn Dodgers infi elder in the ten a children’s book, “Always, Rabinowitz has told his story The book describes simply for the odds against you might be. 1950s. In later years, Rabinovitz Jackie,” just the way Robinson numerous times. The friend- its young readers the daunting These are important things for has spoken to classes across the signed his letters to Ronnie. “I ship started with a letter from challenge Robinson faced: “Jack- a boy to know while growing up, Twin Cities and at Target Field, put down notes about my life and Ronnie’s lawyer father, David ie Robinson, a four-sport athlete, and I will always cherish those where schoolchildren take tours my history with Jackie with the Rabinowitz, to Robinson, who endured a lifetime of prejudice, memories and recall the beauty of the Minnesota Twins’ home intention of writing a children’s wrote back. Young Ronnie wrote, yet he continued to play the game of a friendship between a man fi eld. He was featured in an MLB book,” the 74-year-old retired too, and would get letters in he loved most amid arrows of and a boy.” Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 35 WEEKEND: BOOKS

JOSHUA TRUJILLOM, SEATTLEPI.COM/AP Author Octavia Butler poses near some of her novels in 2004 at University Book Store in Seattle. Butler, considered the fi rst black woman to gain national prominence as a science fi ction writer, died in 2006, at age 58. Foretelling the future 14 years after her death, Butler’s novels seem more relevant

BY HILLEL ITALIE work. Grand Central Publishing ald Trump. In her 1998 novel reading, and writing, of science Associated Press is reissuing many of her novels “Parable of the Talents,” the fi ction and fantasy stories even this year, and the Library of right-wing Andrew Steele Jarret as an aunt told her, “Honey ... ovelist N.K. Jemisin America welcomes her to the runs for president in 2032 with Negroes can’t be writers.” was a teenager the fi rst canon in 2021 with a volume of a message familiar to current At a writers workshop in time she read Octavia her fi ction. readers. the 1970s, Harlan Ellison read NButler, and nothing had A generation of younger writ- “Jarret insists on being a her work and became an early prepared her for it. It was the ers cite her as an infl uence, from throwback to some earlier, supporter, publishing one of 1980s, and the book was called Jemisin and Tochi Onyebuchi ‘simpler’ time. Now does not suit her stories in a science fi ction GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING/AP “Dawn,” the story of a black to Marlon James and Nnedi him. Religious tolerance does not anthology. Her fi rst novel, “Pat- woman who awakens 250 years Okorafor, currently working on suit him,” Butler wrote. “There ternmaster,” came out in 1976, memories of Butler. Not long after a nuclear holocaust. a screenplay for the Butler novel was never such a time in this although it took her years to be “I remember just kind of being before she died, in 2006, she “Wild Seed” for the production country. But these days when able to support herself and for was the keynote speaker at the stunned that a black woman company run by Davis and her more than half the people in the the industry to catch up to her. existed in the future, because Gwendolyn Brooks Conference husband, Julius Tennon. Davis, country can’t read at all, history Jemisin and others remem- science fi ction had not done that on Black Literature and Cre- in a recent interview with The is just one more vast unknown to ber that the original cover for before,” said Jemisin, whose ative Writing at Chicago State Associated Press, said she began them.” “Dawn” featured a white woman, “The City We Became” is cur- University. Okorafor was among Jarret’s campaign theme: making Jemisin all the more sur- rently a bestseller. “There was reading Butler while attending hundreds in the audience. She just this conspicuous absence the Juilliard school 30 years ago. “Help us to make America great prised when she read the book had known Butler for years, dat- where it seemed we all just van- “I felt included in the narrative again.” and realized the protagonist was ing back to a writers workshop ished after a while.” in a way I had never felt reading “She (Butler) seems to have black. where she fi rst read Butler and A revolutionary voice in her anything before,” said Davis, seen the real future coming in a Through the 1980s and ’90s, sought her advice, beginning lifetime, Butler has only become who has a deal with Amazon Stu- way few other writers did,” said her readership and reputation with a phone conversation. more popular and infl uential dios. “There is something about Gerry Caravan, an associate pro- grew. She became the fi rst sci- “She was really kind and she since her death 14 years ago, at seeing yourself in the imagina- fessor at Marquette University ence fi ction author to receive a was funny, and I just remember age 58. Her novels, including tion’s playground that opens up who is co-editing Butler’s work MacArthur “genius grant” and the conversation being really “Dawn,” “Kindred” and “Par- your world.” for the Library of America. “It’s her literary honors included nurturing. She was very down able of the Sower,” sell more Alys Eve Weinbaum, a profes- hard not to read the books and Nebula Awards for “Bloodchild” to earth, but it was also like than 100,000 copies each year, sor of English at the University think ‘How did she know?’ ” and “Parable of the Talents.” She talking to someone who was way according to her former literary of Washington, said Butler broke Butler’s own life trained her was shy and often reclusive and up there,” Okorafor said. “At the agent and the manager of her open a genre “dominated by to think in new ways. Born and would describe herself as “A pes- Gwendolyn Brooks conference, estate, Merrilee Heifetz. Toshi white men and white readers.” raised in Pasadena, Calif., she simist if I’m not careful, a femi- I remember how surprised she Reagon has adapted “Parable She is now praised as a visionary was black, poor and stood 6 feet nist, a Black, a former Baptist, was at the turnout. The room is of the Sower” into an opera, and who anticipated many of the is- tall. “I believed I was ugly and an oil-and-water combination of packed, this big room with so Viola Davis and Ava DuVernay sues in the news today, from the stupid, clumsy, and socially hope- ambition, laziness, insecurity, much love. I just wish she were are among those working on coronavirus to climate change to less,” she once explained. Her certainty, and drive.” here now to see how much more streaming series based on her the election of President Don- feelings of isolation led her to the Some admirers have personal she is being honored.” PAGE 36 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: HEALTH & FITNESS Bad breath? What to do now that you’ve found it

Wearing a face mask will keep you and others safer when you have to leave the house. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you now realize you suffer from halitosis. More than 80 million people suf- fer from chronic halitosis, or bad breath, according to Know Your Teeth. Although bad breath can hap- pen because of a medical infec- tion, diabetes, kidney failure or a liver malfunction, the most com- mon reason is poor oral hygiene. When food particles are left on your teeth or tongue, the bacteria cause odors in your mouth. Here are fi ve ways to combat SPACED OUT bad breath and make wearing a mask a more pleasant experi- ence : Avoid certain foods Onions and garlic add fl avor to many foods but also add odors not easily brushed away. “The substances that cause their bad smells make their way into your bloodstream and travel to your lungs, where you breathe them out,” dentist Richard Price, How far is enough for social distancing to be effective? a spokesman for the American Dental Association, told WebMD. The best way to avoid the prob- BY CATHERINE MARFIN in the right conditions. and public health at Oregon Health & Sci- lem is to avoid the foods. The Dallas Morning News Experts also expressed concern about ence University in Portland, told National aerosol transmission after about 60 choir Public Radio. “And environmental factors Stop smoking y now, we’re familiar with the rule: members gathered for a practice in Mount like wind and UV make it less likely you’re Tobacco products adversely Stay 6 feet away from other people Vernon, Wash., and dozens of them contract- going to come in contact with viral par- affect your health in ways other for your best chance of preventing ed the virus. ticles.” than causing cancer, like damag- Bthe spread of COVID-19. A study published in the Journal of But one recent study found that when ing your gums, staining your Even as some states — and countries the American Medical Association in people walk briskly or run, their bodies cre- teeth and causing bad breath. — begin to reopen more businesses, social late March found that droplets that were ate wakes of air that can carry respiratory Isolation might be a good time to distancing is still being emphasized. But produced when someone coughs or sneezes droplets up to 15 feet. break the smoking habit. Nico- some offi cials’ guidelines for how much can travel up to 27 feet. The study wasn’t The study hasn’t been peer-reviewed or tine patches or gum can help, space to keep between yourself and others conducted on the COVID-19 virus specifi - published, and it has signifi cant limitations. or make an appointment with a has varied. cally, however, and droplets survive and fall For example, it didn’t focus on the risk of doctor, WebMD recommends. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and at different rates depending on their size infection or the COVID-19 virus specifi cally. Avoid dry mouth Prevention has recommended at least a 6- and factors such as temperature, humidity “The results look reasonable,” Linsey “Saliva is the key ingredient foot gap. The World Health Organization has and air currents. Marr, a professor at Virginia Tech who in your mouth that helps keep recommended half that distance — and only The study could have implications for studies air fl ow, told The New York Times. the odor under control because when people are coughing or sneezing. the novel coronavirus, but there’s still a lot “Common sense and this study suggest that it helps wash away food par- However, other health experts have said that isn’t known about the disease, such as if someone is walking or running, we need ticles and bacteria,” according even more space may be needed in some how much of the virus survives in smaller to allow for more space around them.” to Know Your Teeth. If you situations. particles and how much of a living virus it Other health experts say allowing more aren’t producing much saliva, So how much social distancing is enough? takes to make someone sick, health experts space makes sense because people breathe try drinking water or chewing Here’s what you need to know: say. Even if the virus lingers in respiratory heavier and harder when they’re exercising. sugarless gum. droplets in the air, health experts still can’t “The mnemonic I like to use is double Brush and fl oss Where does the 6-foot rule say whether the droplets hold enough of the your distance,” Dr. Ben Levine, a professor WebMD recommends you come from? virus to cause concern. of medicine and cardiology at the Univer- brush your teeth at least twice “The question is not how far the germs Health experts have said the recommen- sity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center a day and fl oss at least once can travel, but how far can they travel in Dallas, told NPR. “The greater volume to reduce plaque. The sticky dation for 6 feet of social distancing comes before they’re no longer a threat,” Dr. Paul from studies of diseases in the 1930s and and rate of breathing that occurs during buildup on your teeth collects Pottinger, an infectious disease professor exercise has the risk of spreading droplets 1940s, mainly the work of William F. Wells, bacteria that cause bad breath, at the University of Washington School of farther ... I think it’s reasonable (to increase who studied tuberculosis. and trapped food adds to the Medicine told USA TODAY. “The smaller social distancing) based on the known problem. COVID-19 is believed to be spread mainly the germ particles, the lower the risk that changes in breathing during exercise.” Don’t overdo things, though, through large respiratory droplets produced they might infect somebody who would the experts warn. If you brush when people cough or sneeze. The droplets breathe them in or get them stuck in their So, is 6 feet enough? too hard you can wear down your typically travel 3 to 6 feet. nose or their mouth.” teeth, making them vulnerable Health experts say that because the drop- Many health experts say 6 feet of distance to decay. lets are larger and can usually be seen with What about social distancing is a good minimum to aim for, based on the naked eye, gravity will cause them to when you exercise? what is known about the virus’ main method Scrape/brush your tongue fall to the ground within that distance. of transmission. Bacteria don’t just live on Because of the varying theories about Health experts also recommend taking your teeth. To rid your tongue of Why are some concerned about aerosol transmission, questions have been personal factors into account, such as how odor-causing bacteria, remem- raised about safe social distances outdoors. vulnerable an individual is and how well air ber to brush it when you clean the 6-foot rule? Some experts say the risk of transmission is fl owing. your teeth. If your toothbrush is There are questions about whether the outside is low because air fl ow dilutes any “Everything is about probability,” said Dr. too big to reach the back of your virus can be transmitted through micro- expelled air. Generally, health experts say Harvey Fineberg of the National Academies tongue, buy a scraper. scopic droplets, called aerosols, which linger you’re safer engaging in outdoor activities of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Scrapers are “designed spe- in the air. than indoor ones, where air fl ow can be “Three feet is better than nothing. Six feet cifi cally to apply even pressure Health experts have pointed to studies restricted, people are closer together and is better than 3 feet. At that point, the larger across the surface of the tongue and incidents that suggest there’s a risk the frequently touched items are abundant. drops have pretty much fallen down. Maybe area. This removes bacteria, virus can linger. One study in the New Eng- “Usually there’s a lot more social distanc- if you’re out of spitting range, that could food debris and dead cells that land Journal of Medicine suggested COVID- ing outside,” Dr. Kevin Winthrop, a profes- be even safer, but 6 feet is a pretty good brushing alone can’t take care 19 can live in the air as long as three hours sor of infectious diseases in epidemiology number.” of,” hygienist Pamela L. Qui- nones, past president of the Quentin Heyward, a fl ight attendant and purser at Delta Air Lines, left, and the Rev. Martini Shaw, right, an Episcopal priest American Dental Hygienists’ at the Historic African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, walk together, but apart, March 26 to maintain about a 6-foot distance at Association, told WebMD. the Race Street Pier in Philadelphia. Heyward and Shaw are friends who worked out at the same gym prior to the coronavirus. — Nancy Clanton JESSICA GRIFFIN, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TNS The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 37 WEEKEND: FAMILY

THE MEAT AND Raising grandkids POTATOES OF LIFE Lisa Smith Molinari Seniors who currently are sole caregivers face unique stresses

BY SAMANTHA MELAMED The Philadelphia Inquirer Rooting for a he Thursday morning meeting of Philly Families Connect was already wrap- pretty pastime Tping up by the time Thelma Weeks fi nally got on the line, weari- ’ve got dirt packed under my fi ngernails. There’s a ness in her voice. blister the size of Delaware on my thumb. My face is Weeks, 71, of North Philadelphia, sunburned in a distinctive raccoon pattern around had spent three hours trying to Imy sunglasses. I’m walking with a slight limp, print school assignments from her thanks to the pain in my knee from too much squatting. 9-year-old great-granddaughter’s This happens to me every spring. As soon as winter school-issued Chromebook — and it gives up its death grip on the soil and the bees begin to still wasn’t working. buzz, I get the bug to plant things in my garden. “It’s very frustrating,” Weeks And now that we have been confi ned to our houses said. “We’re just walking in a dark in coronavirus purgatory for months on end, we are all tunnel, and we can’t fi nd our way looking for something — anything, for criminy’s sake out trying to help these kids. Being — to interrupt our ceaseless monotony. People every- older, we don’t know how to do this where are knitting, puzzling, bird-watching, cooking, stuff.” ping-pong playing, Netfl ix bingeing, bread baking, book The other grandparents in the reading, sewing, sketching, instrument playing, yoga-ing group — which is run by the Sup- and biking with newfound vigor. Hobbies have become portive Older Women’s Network, so popular, good luck ordering your favorite board game and normally meets at the 11th online these days, and beware that you may not fi nd fl our Street Health Center in North Phila- YONG KIM, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/TNS at the grocery store this week. delphia — knew the feeling well. Gardening has become a top coronavirus pastime, and They’re among more than 13,000 Thelma Weeks (center) with her great-granddaughters Khadija Weeks supplies are fl ying off the shelves almost as fast as toilet grandparents and great-grandpar- (left), 9, and Khadirah Weeks, 5, April 25 at their home. paper and hand sanitizer. Last week, when the grocery ents in the city who are serving as store displayed fl ats of annuals outside the entrance, and primary caretakers for children, he’d fi nally found a way to give his supports as best they can. the hardware store offered specials on grass seed, I found the Philadelphia Corporation for the 5-year-old granddaughter space The nonprofi t Grand Central has myself in a half-panic, heaping my cart with fl owers, Aging estimates. to work out her excess energy. “I recruited about 10 families whose shrubs, vegetables, seeds, pots and mulch. I even grabbed Like other parents muddling moved all my furniture out of the kids are in college to mentor the four bags of manure just because it was there. Needless to through the coronavirus pandemic, way, put all the chairs in the dining younger ones, tutoring online or just say, the drive home in my SUV was not exactly fragrant. they are straining under the weight room, and turned my whole house playing games to give their grand- Back at home, I informed my husband, Francis, that we of 24-hour-a-day custody, care-tak- into a playground.” parents a break. had to pull out the overgrown shrubs, weeds and swamp ing and home-schooling. The women raising teenagers Chartan Nelson, who now runs maples running along the back fence to make room for The grandparents, though, are are struggling both to keep kids at the offi ce solo, tried early on to the new plants. grappling with layers of additional home and to soothe their anxieties, move her biweekly support groups We found our shovels, which hadn’t been used since complications: There are techno- as everything they’d been working online, but hardly any of the grand- last fall, and went to work. We thought we’d have the root logical anxieties (many don’t have toward feels as if it’s slipping away. parents were able to log in. Instead, ball of each shrub out with a few scoops of the spade, but smartphones and have never had Prom dresses, custom ordered, still she has been spending her days as a of course, the overgrown plants wouldn’t budge. One inch home internet) and literacy chal- have to be paid for, but might never sort of remote help desk, connecting under the topsoil was a complex tangle of woody roots lenges. There are fi nancial con- be worn. College plans now feel like people with food deliveries, provid- and random rocky deposits, the removal of which would straints (some were scraping by on fantasies. ing tech support, sitting on the line have warranted the use of combat-grade explosives. Social Security, and now sinking And even though basketball for hours during three-way calls For an hour, we chopped, hacked, tugged and pulled, under the cost of feeding kids who courts are locked up and hoops with the grandparents and Comcast but still hadn’t uprooted anything, despite spewing every used to get free breakfast and lunch removed, it’s still nearly impossible to try to get home internet installed. expletive in the book. We guzzled water between breath- at school). And, there are physical to keep kids isolated. Some grand- One grandmother was told to less attempts as sweat soaked through our shirts. As if limits, being tested by the daily parents say having just one or two set up her grandchild on Zoom for he were a middle-aged male version of Monica Seles, exhaustion of entertaining young friends over is an allowance they therapy, “So she called me to fi nd Francis grunted and groaned with every heave of the children and coaxing older ones to have to make. out what Zoom is, or how to get shovel. Finally, the last stubborn root broke free, and we stay indoors. “That’s their favorite words: Can I Zoom,” Nelson said. triumphantly hurled a severed bush away. Looming over it all is the worry go? Can I go?” said Saundra Atwell, After six weeks of work, about One down, only nine more to go. of what will happen if any of them 72, whose granddaughter, Chaylah 90% of her families now have home Needless to say, the day after we removed all four contracts COVID-19. Jones, is 17 and a high-school junior. internet. For the rest, “the next plan shrubs, two diseased rhododendrons and a few swamp “My concern is, what backup plan Chaylah is already questioning is to get the mobile hot spots. What maples, Francis and I could barely walk. It took me a can I have?” said Diane Lackey, 70, whether she’ll get to walk at gradu- I’m saying to those families is to week to recover enough energy to plant the items I’d the sole caretaker for her 14-year- ation, already recalibrating her continue to do the packets they got purchased , and my knee still feels like it’s going to buckle old grandson, Lawrence. She was ambitions from a state university to initially, even if it means doing them like some kind of hyperextended rubber Barbie doll leg. the backup plan. “Who will step community college. over and over again.” This week, I fi nally managed to get those new plants up? I don’t see anybody trying to do Lackey, who lives in Logan, saw At the older women’s network into the garden beds and pots. Although it doesn’t exactly that. When people hear someone her grandson, who has a learning Thursday morning group, the look like the re-creation of Epcot that I’d imagined, I grandparents are helping one satisfi ed my spring gardening fi x. has this virus, they’re not trying to disability, struggling in his class run toward them. They’re trying to another, at least with moral support. I crave the release of digging in the dirt every spring. of 36 people. Now, she sees him stay away.” But it’s hard not to worry: At least Pandemic or no pandemic, I long to revive my hiber- lagging further behind, academi- For now, the grandparents have one member is already fi ghting off nating muscles with the rigors of yardwork. I smell one another. A dozen women and cally and socially, and she doesn’t the virus, her coughing so violent the aroma of freshly mulched borders, see the hues of one man, ages 58 to 88, clung to know how to help. When a box of she had to leave the call. artistically arranged beds and taste the refreshment of a the phone line, most of them sole sixth-grade math assignments ar- Arlene Segal, coordinator for cold beer after a long day outdoors. I envision myself, in caretakers for grandkids and great- rived, both she and her grandson Philly Families Connect, is trying to a fl owered sundress and straw hat, walking through my grandkids ranging from toddlers, to were mystifi ed as to where to begin. at least maintain the familiar rou- abundant garden barefoot on a future hot midsummer middle- and high-school students, to “This is very serious in that it’s a tines. Back at the health center, she day, placing my own freshly cut fl owers, aromatic herbs adults with intellectual disabilities. continued gap in an education that said, they would close by holding and plump vegetables into a basket. The women discussed the newest was already full of gaps. How will hands in a circle and reciting the In reality, it never quite turns out that way. scams, and the rugged frontier of that be addressed?” Serenity Prayer. I’m always dumbfounded when the tomatoes suffer online shopping — how to know Sometimes, Lawrence will put a “We would look to the person on from bottom rot and the azaleas have blight. Thankfully, whether what they ordered is what mask on and say he’s going out. All our right, and say may you con- my horticultural urgings are more about the therapeutic will show up. They talked about Lackey can do is explain the dan- tinue to be blessed. And we always process than the end result. My blistered thumb might how you can’t send teenagers to the gers and harp on him to wash his have a rousing ending. We say, ‘As not be green, but this spring as I seek catharsis, our gar- store, and expect them to know what hands. “I don’t think he quite under- grandparents, we are a force to be den has already paid me back in spades. things are supposed to cost. stands, or he doesn’t accept it.” reckoned with!’ and raise our arms Read more of Lisa Smith Molinari’s columns at: The lone grandfather in the Organizations that serve grand- in the air,” Segal said. “It is quite themeatandpotatoesoflife.com group, Ollie Tansimore Jr., 69, said parents have been patching together wonderful.” Email: [email protected] PAGE 38 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 WEEKEND: CROSSWORD AND COMICS NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

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Messages From wire reports Rapper and activist Common went into quarantine concerned about incarcerated people he has met during visits to jails, prisons of hope and juvenile detention centers around the U.S. and who aren’t able to maintain social distance or adopt rigorous hygiene rou- ‘Ghostbusters’ actor tines to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Ernie Hudson reaching “It’s a troubling time for them,” Common said, “because they are the people who usually are out to housebound fans overlooked.” BY ROHAN PRESTON On Wednesday, his criminal justice reform organization Imag- Star Tribune (Minneapolis) ine Justice launched a campaign Sequestered in Minneapolis after Hol- with dozens of advocacy and ac- lywood shut down, charismatic actor Ernie tivist groups calling attention to Hudson sometimes dons his old “Ghost- the threat that the coronavirus busters” jumpsuit and records messages to pandemic poses on millions of cheer up fans. Or he may sing happy birth- men, women and youths who are day to a kid stricken with cancer. incarcerated in the U.S. Hudson is doing his part to bring light and The campaign, dubbed #We- joy to the populace during the pandemic. MatterToo, is urging authorities to immediately release people “I’m thankful that we’re OK, but I re- AARON LAVINSKY, MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE/TNS who have served the vast major- ally feel for people and what they’re going “Ghostbusters” costar Ernie Hudson — and Slimer — record an uplifting video message through,” Hudson said. “If you do get the ity of their sentences, especially for a fan through the Cameo app. He creates about a dozen messages a week. if they have underlying health virus, are you going to be hit with a crazy conditions that put them at great- bill? And if you’re already in financial crisis, er risk of severe illness or death is the bill still going up? It’s a rough time with wife cradles him,” Hudson said. “I go pick The messages that Hudson records for fans him up and put him in the car. Well, that are through the Cameo app, where celebri- from COVID-19. Although state everybody getting cabin fever or worrying (actor) ends up with coronavirus. Totally ties do such gestures for a nominal fee. Actor and local correctional institutions about money.” freaked me out. He’s recovered now, but I Marla Maples is on it for $72 a pop. Debra have already released thousands Hudson decamped from the West Coast in had to check myself for weeks.” Messing of “Will and Grace” fame will set of people from confinement due March just as California was about to shut At first, Hudson welcomed the breather you back $300. to the pandemic, supporters of the down. He had been working on two shows that the shutdown provided. It costs $135 for a message from Hudson, campaign also want governments that were brought to a halt — Carl Weber’s “Usually, necessity drives you, and you’re with or without his Winston Zeddemore to pay for testing and housing for “The Family Business,” a crime family se- just running, running,” he said. “All those ghost-busting jumpsuit. inmates after they are released. ries that started on BET and is now on its gotta-go, gotta-do things are on hold.” “Generally, it’s people celebrating anni- Common said he also hopes to streaming service, and “L.A.’s Finest,” the Then he wanted to get ambitious — to do versaries, welcoming new babies and things create greater public awareness “Bad Boys” spinoff headlined by Gabrielle something big to remember the pandemic by. like that,” said Hudson, who records about a about what happens inside the Union and Jessica Alba. “People are always talking about all the dozen messages a week. nation’s jails and prisons and the Just before jetting to Minnesota, Hud- things they would do if they had more time,” “You can do it from your home on the phone impact that has on society. son, 74, had a close call with the novel he said. “Well, for me, that excuse doesn’t — it doesn’t take a lot of time and it feels very coronavirus. carry water anymore. I have more time, and connected and positive,” he said. “If some- Concert stream will A cast member on “The Family Business” I’m just at the place now where I’m kind of one picks me out, it’s personal. They’re a fan tested positive for COVID-19 in the waning tired of it. I’m just trying to get myself down- of something I’ve done.” reunite cast of ‘Smash’ days of shooting. Hudson had close contact stairs to work out.” The release date for “Ghostbusters: After- The cast of “Bombshell,” the with the actor. Still, he’s savoring the days that he has life,” where Hudson reunites with costars fictional Broadway musical about “The last scene we shot was a shootout with family, including nightly dinners. “We Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, has been Marilyn Monroe, is coming to- where the guy jumps out, gets shot and the don’t have TV or anything on,” Hudson said. pushed back from July to March 2021. gether again to aid those con- fronting the coronavirus. Katharine McPhee, Debra Messing, Megan Hilty and others will reunite May 20 to present a ‘Quaranchella’ lets locked-down neighbors loosen up stream of the one-night-only 2015 Broadway concert of the musical BY ANDREW DALTON within the TV show “Smash.” It Associated Press will be seen on People.com, Peo- pleTV and the magazine’s Face- For 15 years, Adam Chester has subbed for Elton John, performing book page and Twitter. John’s parts in rehearsals with the rocker’s band. But with John sit- The evening will be introduced ting out the pandemic, Chester had to find another gig. by two-time Academy Award And he did: weekly, socially distant concerts in his suburban Los winner Renee Zellweger and will Angeles cul-de-sac. involve memories, stories and Which is how Chester has come to serenade a few dozen of his face- comments from the original cast. masked neighbors from inside a broad rectangle of rainbow chalk The reuniting — and self-isolat- with “Social distance” and a heart written at its edge. They dance to ing — cast also includes Christian John’s “Crocodile Rock” and sing along to the Beatles’ “Hey Jude.” Borle, Jaime Cepero, Will Chase, They call this “Quaranchella,” and it has become a source of com- Brian d’Arcy James, Jack Daven- munity and connection at a time when they’re sorely lacking. port, Ann Harada, Jeremy Jor- “It’s been an incredible experience,” said Chester’s wife, Maria, dan, Andy Mientus, Leslie Odom who serves as his road crew along with their two teenage sons. “It Jr., Krysta Rodriguez and Wesley kind of organically happened because he needed to play, and it’s been Taylor. evolving.” Chester jokes about his role as John’s substitute — “He’s Sir Elton Other news and I’m ‘Sur’ Elton, with a ‘u,’ the surrogate Elton John” — but his PHOTOS BY CHRIS PIZZELLO/AP career has not been spent entirely in the superstar’s shadow.  On Wednesday, Disney an- He played a major role in the 2018 Grammy salute to Elton John at Musician Adam Chester performs his weekly neighborhood concert nounced that “The New Mu- New York’s Madison Square Garden. And he also played his own club in Sherman Oaks, Calif., for his neighbors. tants,” director Josh Boone’s and party gigs, but the lockdown put a halt to that. horror installment within Fox’s “I was going out of my mind inside the house here as a lot of musi- “All week I look forward to that Saturday show,” said neighbor Lisa “X-Men” franchise, will be hit- cians are,” Chester said. “I thought, ‘Why don’t we take this outside Silver, who along with others pitched in to buy a tripod to hold Ches- ting theaters Aug. 28. The film once a week?’ ” ter’s phone so the shows can be streamed on Facebook. was previously slated to open in Chester said “there wasn’t a dry eye on the block” one recent eve- Exhilarated after the concert, Chester said these Saturday night April, but was postponed along ning when he played Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Boxer,” the favorite shows may outlast the quarantine era. with a number of other upcoming song of one neighbor’s dying father. “I can’t imagine going back to anything normal after this,” he Disney titles because of the coro- The response from neighbors has been overwhelmingly positive. said. navirus outbreak . PAGE 40 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Police stun suspect in firing of officer’s gun

BALTIMORE — Bal- MD timore police stunned a suspect accused of grabbing and firing an officer’s gun Mon- day, the department said. Officers responding to a disor- derly conduct call in North Bal- timore encountered the suspect, The Baltimore Sun reported, citing police. An officer and the suspect began to struggle, and the suspect grabbed the officer’s department-issued weapon and fire off a single round, police said. The suspect was then stunned and taken into custody. A department spokeswoman did not identify the suspect or say whether they were charged, the newspaper said. 9-year-old boy catches 80-pound sturgeon

HENDERSONVILLE TN — A 9-year-old boy in Tennessee became the third child in his family to catch a monster fish, reeling in an 80-pound stur- geon that outweighed him by far. Coye Price was eager to catch something big after his 11-year- old sister Caitlin hooked a 40- pound striper and his 8-year-old sister Farrah reeled in a 58- pound blue catfish a while back, the Tennessee Wildlife and Re- source Agency said Tuesday in a Facebook post. Coye, who weighs just 55 DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP pounds, was targeting catfish in Old Hickory Lake before he hooked the sturgeon. It took him 15 minutes to get the fish in the On edge during the pandemic boat, where they weighed it and took some pictures before return- A skateboarder completes a jump in an open skate park during the coronavirus pandemic in Castle Rock, Colo., on Tuesday . ing it to the water, the Tennessean reported. The conviction would have THE CENSUS he had fled to Puerto Rico. been erased from the Baca Coun- Marroquin is being held pend- W oman injures self in ty judge’s record if she completed The number of acres that burned in a wildfire Florida ing extradition to Rhode Island to closed national park two years of probation, but Gun- officials say was caused by a man who set up an ille- face several charges, including kel was arrested for driving while gal burn barrel on his property. Allen Smith, 58, was ar- committing a crime of violence drunk in Kansas in August. Gun- 343 rested Tuesday and charged with misdemeanor counts of while in possession of a weapon, MAMMOTH HOT kel’s probation was revoked after SPRINGS — A woman reckless burning of lands, violating open burning require- breaking and entering, conspira- WY the charge was filed. illegally visited Yellowstone Na- ments and burning of illegal materials, the Florida Department of Agriculture and cy and escape. Jail time will be mandatory tional Park while it’s closed dur- Consumer Services said in a news release. Smith had been burning prohibited Marroquin also had two out- after her expected plea in June to ing the coronavirus pandemic materials in a barrel behind his Santa Rosa Beach home on May 5 and didn’t standing bench warrants issued the Kansas DUI charge. and suffered burns Tuesday when fully extinguish the illegal fire before leaving it unattended, investigators said. The in January out of Rhode Island she fell into a thermal feature, of- remaining hot materials escaped into the surrounding dry vegetation and caused it Superior Court for failing to ap- to ignite and damage or destroy about 59 homes, officials said. ficials said. Injured manatee gives pear for a bail violation hearing. She was reportedly backing up birth at SeaWorld while taking photos and fell into a Regulators might cut hot spring or hole where hot gases ORLANDO — An in- and Wildlife Conservation Com- pushed thousands of dollars’ emerge near Old Faithful geyser, FL jured pregnant mana- mission, Mote, Sarasota police worth of cocaine from his home, US catch of bluefish park spokeswoman Linda Veress tee was rescued by crews from a and the Sarasota County Sheriff’s where he once left the danger- said in an email. Tampa Bay area marine labora- Office assisted in getting the ous narcotic out on his grill, on BOSTON — Federal Despite her injuries, the woman tory and taken to SeaWorld in Or- manatee into a boat, which took it his back deck, ready for pickup,” MA regulators are consid- drove for roughly 50 miles until lando for treatment, officials said to shore, where a transport truck said Joseph Bonavolonta, special ering reducing the East Coast’s park rangers stopped her near in a news release. took it to SeaWorld. agent in charge of the FBI Boston harvest of bluefish to prevent Mammoth Hot Springs. She was The manatee gave birth to a Division. overfishing. flown to a hospital in Idaho Falls, calf Tuesday at SeaWorld, the US attorney: Man sold Bluefish are popular game- Idaho. statement said. cocaine, left it on deck Fugitive who escaped fish that are also harvested Park officials did not release Jess Blackburn, a stranding restraints is caught commercially for food. The Na- the woman’s name or the extent biologist at Mote Marine Labora- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric of her injuries . CONCORD — A man tory & Aquarium, and Sarasota NH pleaded guilty in New PROVIDENCE — A Administration said the catch police marine patrol officer Mi- Hampshire federal court to dis- RI Rhode Island man who of the fish would be reduced by J udge to be sentenced chael Skinner responded to calls tributing cocaine, once leaving freed himself from restraints and 25%, to about 2.8 million pounds, to jail for 2nd DUI about a distressed manatee on the drug for pickup on his back escaped police custody in Janu- under the current plan. Saturday in Siesta Key. She no- deck, the U.S. attorney’s office ary has been caught in Puerto The recreational harvest would DENVER — A Colo- ticed the manatee was listing to said. Rico, federal authorities say. be cut by nearly 40% to a little CO rado judge is expected one side and had both healed and According to court documents, David Marroquin was arrested less than 9.5 million pounds. The fresh boat strike wounds, Black- to be sentenced to a jail term for Michael Baez, 39, of Pelham, sold Monday by U.S. Marshals after federal bluefish recreational daily burn said in the news release. pleading guilty to a second DUI cocaine to a cooperating individ- a brief foot chase, the Marshals bag limit would also be reduced. charge within two years. “Those kinds of wounds likely ual on a number of occasions last Service said in a statement. Fishermen seek bluefish from Debra Gunkel, 62, pleaded caused air to be trapped in the year . Baez sold over 420 grams of Marroquin, 20, of Providence, guilty to violating the terms of manatee’s chest cavity, making cocaine, the documents said. was arrested on a breaking and Maine to Florida, with North her probation from a 2018 DUI it difficult for the animal to sub- Baez is scheduled to be sen- entering charge on Jan. 18, but Carolina accounting for the larg- case in Prowers County, KCNC- merge efficiently,” she said. tenced on Aug. 19. escaped from custody. Authori- est share of the harvest in 2018 . TV reported Monday. Crews from the Florida Fish “Time after time, Michael Baez ties developed information that From wire reports Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 41 PAGE 42 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 43 PAGE 44 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Forced quarantines are not the American way Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY TYLER COWEN timate is that 40% to 60% of the American science and all but guarantee that millions Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Bloomberg Opinion public might end up infected. It is an open of Americans will avoid COVID-19 testing question how many of those cases the au- altogether. EDITORIAL here has been surprisingly little thorities will catch, or if the virus could be Coercive containment was tried during debate in America about one shut down altogether. Nevertheless, at least one recent pandemic — in Castro’s Cuba, Terry Leonard, Editor strategy often cited as crucial 150 million Americans could be subject to from 1986 to 1994, for those with HIV/ [email protected] Tfor preventing and controlling a forced-quarantine regime. AIDS. It is not generally a policy that is the spread of COVID-19: coercive isola- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor And since family members may wish endorsed in polite society, and not because tion and quarantine, even for mild cases. [email protected] to care for the sick, any coerced quaran- everyone is such an expert in Cuban public China, Singapore and South Korea sepa- Managing Editor for Content tine of a single person will very often be health data and epidemiological calcula- Tina Croley, rate people from their families if they test [email protected] a depredation against more than just that positive, typically sending them to dorms, tions. People oppose the policy because it person. Given America’s dismal record was morally wrong. Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation makeshift hospitals or hotels. Vietnam and with nursing-home fatalities, does anyone And what about uncertainty? Is it really [email protected] Hong Kong have gone further, sometimes really expect that quarantine dormitories a safe bet that America’s quarantine policy isolating the close contacts of patients. or temporary hospital facilities will be Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital would be executed successfully and save [email protected] I am here to tell you that those practices such great places for caregiving? Forcible are wrong, at least for the U.S. They are a quarantines might save many lives in the many lives? What if scientists are on the form of detainment without due process, future — but only by imposing a de facto verge of discovering a cure or treatment BUREAU STAFF contrary to the spirit of the Constitution death sentence on some people now. that will lower the COVID-19 death rate Europe/Mideast and, more important, to American notions Furthermore, all tests have false posi- significantly? Individual rights also protect Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief of individual rights. Yes, those who test tives, not just medically but adminis- society from the possibly disastrous conse- [email protected] positive should have greater options for tratively (who else has experienced the quences of its own ignorance. +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 self-isolation than they currently do. But if government making mistakes on your tax It is a commonplace observation that a Pacific a family wishes to stick together and care returns?). Fortunately, current COVID-19 policy of forced quarantine is not culturally Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief for each other, it is not the province of the tests do not have a high rate of false posi- suited for an individualistic society such as [email protected] government to tell them otherwise. tives. 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was no evidence Flynn had colluded with What newspapers Russia in the 2016 election and had moved to close the case. James Comey’s FBI cro- nies used the news of Flynn’s phone call are saying at home with the Russian ambassador as an excuse to interview the then national security ad- The following editorial excerpts are se- viser and perhaps catch him in a lie. lected from a cross section of newspapers All of this was moved along politically throughout the United States. The editori- by leaks to the media about Flynn’s phone als are provided by The Associated Press call with the Russian. The U.S. eavesdrops and other stateside syndicates. on foreign officials as a routine, but names of innocent Americans on those calls are supposed to be shielded from review to For everyone’s safety, Musk protect their privacy. Yet senior Obama of- must get his ducks in a row ficials have had to acknowledge that they Los Angles Times “unmasked” Flynn’s name and others in Elon Musk is a billionaire who will, on their last months in power. Then, what a occasion, tweet ridiculous things, act im- surprise, news of Flynn’s call and its con- pulsively, display a prodigious ego and act tents pop up in The Washington Post. Did as if the law doesn’t apply to him. And now someone say “institutional norms”? he’s throwing a tantrum that threatens the All of this raises questions about the role state’s ability to move safely and smartly the Obama Justice Department and White out of its current lockdown. House played in targeting Flynn. We al- It would be great if we could just ignore ready know the FBI had opened up a coun- BEN MARGOT/AP Musk as he broadcast his sometimes tren- terintelligence probe into Flynn and other chant, sometimes bizarre musings to 34 The Tesla plant in Fremont, Calif., has cars in the parking lot Tuesday , CEO Elon Musk Trump campaign officials, yet it had come million Twitter followers. (“I am selling reopened the plant Monday despite not having approval from Alameda County. up with no evidence of collusion. almost all physical possessions. Will own Donald Trump’s victory increased the no house.”) But he’s also the leader of Tesla since World War II, with 40% of households reaction was to denounce the House bill chances that this unprecedented spying on and SpaceX, which employ thousands of making $40,000 or less having lost a job in and double down on his demand for law- a political opponent would be uncovered, people. March. And, Powell said, the “path ahead suit protection. Republicans should start which would have been politically embar- rassing at the very least. Targeting Flynn On Monday, Musk defied Alameda is both highly uncertain and subject to sig- talking in earnest, sooner rather than later. — and flogging the discredited Steele dos- County health department orders and re- nificant downside risks.” More help from The country’s needs are too urgent to with- sier — kept the Russia collusion pot boil- opened Tesla’s electric car manufacturing Congress may well be needed on top of the stand much more partisan posturing. ing and evolved into the two-year Mueller plant in Fremont, tweeting Monday after- trillions already provided: “Additional fis- investigation that turned up no evidence of noon, “I will be on the line with everyone cal support could be costly but worth it if Obama’s comments on Flynn collusion. else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only it helps avoid long-term economic damage This among other things is what U.S. At- be me.” Insisting that Gov. Gavin Newsom and leaves us with a stronger recovery,” case self-serving, not accurate torney John Durham is investigating at the had given “essential” businesses permis- Powell said. The Wall Street Journal request of Attorney General William Barr. sion to reopen, the company said on its That’s correct. Unfortunately, Powell Barack Obama is a lawyer, so it was website Saturday that it would restart the Maybe that’s why Obama is so eager to dis- spoke as Congress has begun to divide stunning to read that he ventured into the tort the truth of the Flynn prosecution. Fremont factory in keeping with a plan along partisan lines about how much more Michael Flynn case in a way that misstated developed in consultation with county of- to spend, when and for what purposes. the supposed crime and ignored the histo- ficials and modeled after its “smooth and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has ry of his own administration in targeting Tangle of conflicts taint initial healthy” operations in Shanghai. unveiled a $3 trillion measure, key provi- Flynn. Since the former president chose to actions taken in Arbery probe The problem is that Alameda County sions of which are $895 billion in cash for offer his legal views when he didn’t need to, hasn’t signed off on that plan. Instead, The Brunswick (Ga.) News state, local, tribal and territorial govern- we wonder what he’s really worried about. Many questions have been understand- county health officials have said they’d like ments and another round of direct pay- “There is no precedent that anybody can Tesla to hold off for a few days until they ably raised about how the investigation ments to households potentially larger than find for someone who has been charged into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery see results from the county’s first steps to the first, which cost an estimated $290 bil- with perjury just getting off scot-free,” ease its shelter-in-place order. That delay unfolded. Why did the Glynn County Po- lion. The bill also includes $3.6 billion to Obama said in the May 8 call to about 3,000 lice Department not hand the case over to seems reasonable, given how volatile the meet a crucial non-economic need: helping members of the Obama Alumni Associa- the Georgia Bureau of Investigation con- pandemic has been. Nevertheless, it was as many voters as possible participate se- tion. The comments were leaked to Yahoo sidering one of the suspects, Greg McMi- too much for Musk; on Saturday, he tweeted curely in the November elections. News and confirmed by Obama’s spokes- chael, was a former county officer? What that he was “moving Tesla’s headquarters The huge measure has no chance of pass- woman to The Washington Post and other part did the Brunswick District Attorney’s and future programs” to Texas or Nevada ing the Republican Senate and is therefore outlets. Obama added: “That’s the kind of Office play in the investigation since Mc- “immediately,” and the company sued the part political statement, part opening bid in stuff where you begin to get worried that Michael was also a former investigator for county for allegedly violating its constitu- inevitable negotiations with the GOP. Re- basic — not just institutional norms — but the office? tional rights to due process and equal pro- publicans are balking, both because they our basic understanding of rule of law is at These questions became even more con- tection under the law. insist on their own policy priorities, such risk. And when you start moving in those fusing when the district attorney and coun- We get it, it’s hard out here for an entre- as lawsuit protection for reopening busi- directions, it can accelerate pretty quickly ty commission, which was acting on behalf preneur! And for everybody else. Unem- nesses, and because they believe there’s as we’ve seen in other places.” of the county police department, gave dif- ployment is skyrocketing and the economy “no rush” (President Donald Trump’s Even discounting for Obama’s parti- ferent accounts of what happened. Even is in free-fall, largely because of the re- phrase) to tee up more spending before the san audience, this gets the case willfully with the differences, it is easy to look at strictions that were designed to prevent money already approved has had a chance wrong. Flynn was never charged with per- both versions and see where head-scratch- COVID-19 from overwhelming the health to work. Indeed, only about $1.4 trillion of jury, which is lying under oath in a legal ing decisions were made. care system. Congress’s total $3.6 trillion in COVID-19- proceeding. Flynn pleaded guilty to a sin- Let’s start with the county police. The But getting back to the pre-coronavirus related spending and tax relief had actually gle count of lying to the FBI in a meeting county’s official statement said the reason status quo won’t be easy, given the risk that hit the economy as of May 8, according to at the White House on Jan. 24, 2017, that the county police didn’t involve the GBI the pandemic will flare up again and force the Committee for a Responsible Federal he was led to believe was a friendly chat right away was because none of the officers more lockdowns. That’s why the decisions Budget. (Notably, Powell has yet to activate among colleagues. working the case were with the department on which businesses and activities resume a $600 billion business lending program As for “scot-free,” that better applies when Greg McMichael worked with the de- when need to be made by people who are backed by capital Congress gave to the to former President Bill Clinton, who lied partment from 1982 to 1989. That was an accountable to the public, not billionaire Treasury Department.) It’s also true that under oath in a civil case and was im- incredibly shortsighted and naive decision CEOs who threaten to pull up stakes when states have received significant federal peached for perjury but was acquitted by by the individual who made it. The county they don’t get their way. Or any business help already and that the next installment the Senate. We understand why Obama didn’t say who made that decision, leaving owners who, like Musk, consider them- must be based on carefully assessed needs wouldn’t bring that up. out a key detail in this puzzle. selves better judges of the public good than — especially given the inevitable diffi- We doubt Obama has even read the Jus- The stink of impropriety would still be on the government. culties of asking taxpayers everywhere tice Department motion to drop the Flynn the public’s mind, even if none of the people Newsom’s May 4 executive order explic- to help states, sometimes wealthy ones, prosecution. If he does ever read it, he’ll involved in the investigation worked with itly gives local governments the authority where they don’t live. find disconcerting facts that certainly McMichael when he was with the depart- to adopt more restrictive COVID-19 mea- Nevertheless, as even many Republi- do raise doubts about whether “our basic ment. It isn’t hard for someone to assume sures than the state’s orders where neces- can senators admit, red and blue state and understanding of rule of law is at risk,” that he got preferential treatment because sary. Alameda County’s steps need to be local governments alike have taken a rev- though not for the reasons he claims. he was a former county police officer. reasonable, and it needs to get businesses enue hit and need aid, as will households Start with prosecutorial violation of the This investigation needed to be free from open as soon as it is safe to do so. But that’s — especially low-income ones — small Brady rule, which Obama knows is a legal all implications of bias. It should have been the county’s call to make, not Musk’s. businesses and health care. Pelosi’s bill obligation that the prosecution must turn turned over immediately to the GBI, some- is expensive, and studded with pet Demo- over potentially exculpatory evidence to thing that has since been acknowledged by Posturing is not productive cratic policies like reinstating much of the the defense. Yet prosecutors led by special interim county police chief Jay Wiggins, state and local tax deduction for federal counsel Robert Mueller didn’t disclose that who was not chief when the shooting oc- while the economy sinks income taxpayers. But it actually omitted the interviewing FBI agents at the time curred . Even if you take the word of the The Washington Post much of the wish list of the House’s most didn’t think that Flynn had lied about a county or the word of the district attorney’s For anyone still counting on a swift and progressive members, a bit of restraint phone call with the Russian ambassador. office as gospel , it is clear missteps were sharp “V-shaped” economic recovery, Fed- Republicans could choose to see as a sign Worst of all, as a legal matter, is that they made on both sides. Instead of playing the eral Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell had of Pelosi’s willingness to be pragmatic, as never told Flynn that there was no investi- blame game, both sides should acknowl- some sobering news Wednesday. The dam- she has in previous talks. Senate Majority gative evidentiary basis to justify the inter- edge their mistakes. The two must work age done so far to the economy is the worst Leader Mitch McConnell’s, R-Ky., initial view. 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Go to the American Forces Soft opening begins with 2 events Network website for the most up-to-date TV schedules. BY DOUG FERGUSON PGA Tour-sanctioned events myafn.net Associated Press have been shut down for two months because of the pandemic, Deals The next few weeks might and they are a month or more resemble a return to the silly away from resuming. season. Wednesday’s transactions The Scottsdale Open suddenly Except this is serious business. has more than a dozen players FOOTBALL National Football League Besides, this isn’t the cash grab with PGA Tour experience, a list HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed DE Jona- from the old “silly season” days that includes Rocket Mortgage than Greenard to a four-year contract. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed CB of the Skins Game, the Skills Classic winner Nate Lashley, two- Isaiah Rodgers to a four-year contract. Challenge and the Diner’s Club time tour winner Kevin Streel- MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed S Brandon Jones. Matches. In two notable events, man and Joel Dahmen, who at No. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed TE there’s no prize money at all. Dalton Keene to a four-year contract. 70 is the highest-ranked player in TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DT Lar- Televised golf returns Sunday the field. rell Murchison to a four-year contract. in South Florida with an exhibi- In a normal year, they would tion match at Seminole to fund be at the PGA Championship this Auto racing COVID-19 relief efforts. Two of week. golf’s biggest talents, Rory Mc- The Scottsdale field is 162 play- Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Ilroy and Dustin Johnson, take ers, and it even had a waiting list. on Rickie Fowler and Matthew schedule and winners Scott Harrington, a PGA Tour Wolff, who are linked by their rookie, got in at the last minute. Feb. 9 — x-Busch Clash at DAYTONA (Erik Jones) time spent a decade apart at They are competing for a guaran- Feb. 13 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel Oklahoma State (all four of them teed purse of $130,000, which is 1 at DAYTONA (Joey Logano) Feb. 13 — x-Bluegreen Vacations Duel are linked by endorsement deals a lot for this tournament, not so 2 at DAYTONA (William Byron) with TaylorMade, the title spon- Feb. 16 — DAYTONA 500 (Denny Ham- much for someone like Dahmen. lin) sor of the match). He earned $330,000 in the last Feb. 23 — Pennzoil 400 presented by The following Sunday, some Jiffy Lube (Joey Logano) tournament he played, a tie for March 1 — Auto Club 400 (Alex Bow- of the biggest names in golf and fifth at Bay Hill. man) March 8 — FanShield 500 (Joey Lo- in the NFL get together for a Dahmen was installed as the 5- gano) $10 million charity match. Tiger 1 favorite, and for good reason. March 15 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Hampton, Ga. (postponed) Woods will have Peyton Manning The last time he played was in a March 22 — Dixie Vodka 400, Home- as a partner against Phil Mickel- group of six at Mesa Country Club stead, Fla. (postponed) March 29 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, son and Tom Brady. that included Ian Happ and Kyle Fort Worth, Texas (postponed) It doesn’t really matter who Schwarber of the Chicago Cubs. April 5 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (postponed) wins. There were drinks and laughs, April 19 — Toyota Owners 400, Rich- This is about bringing enter- mond, Va. (postponed) and then Dahmen recalls it get- April 26 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala. tainment to a sporting world de- ting quiet on the 18th tee. Only (postponed) void of live golf for the last two May 3 — NASCAR Cup Series Race at PHELAN M. EBENHACK/AP after he made a 20-foot eagle putt Dover, Dover, Del. (postponed) months and raising no small sum did he realize he shot 58. May 9 — Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Re- At No. 70, Joel Dahmen is the highest-ranked player in the lief 500, Martinsville, Va. (postponed) of money for coronavirus relief “I didn’t have any idea,” said May 16 — x-NASCAR Open, Concord, funds. Scottsdale Open field which is chasing a $130,000 purse. Dahmen, who shot 26 on the N.C. (postponed) May 16 — x-NASCAR All-Star Race, And in some respects, it’s a back nine. “If I did, I would have Concord, N.C. (postponed) glimpse into golf not looking ex- home in Michigan. times online. This is more about choked.” May 17 — NASCAR Cup Series at Dar- With no caddies for the Semi- the show than recreation. lington, Darlington, S.C. actly the same when the real Dahmen also is a past champion May 24 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, thing returns. nole match, laser measuring These are made-for-TV exhibi- at the Scottsdale Open. That was N.C. May 20 — NASCAR Cup Series at Dar- For the matches, there will be devices are likely. There won’t tions. Another test began Tues- in 2017, his rookie year. Just like lington, Darlington, S.C. no caddies, no spectators and be any rakes alongside bunkers, day at the Scottsdale Open in now, there was no golf for him to May 27 — NASCAR Cup Series at Char- lotte, Concord, N.C. no media outside a very limited though the sand will be raked by Arizona, which in some respects play, but only then because of his May 31 — Kansas 400, Kansas City, someone, perhaps a rules official. is even more intriguing. Kan. number to provide still photos status. Dahmen wasn’t eligible June 7 — FireKeepers Casino 400, and live commentary for a tele- All state and local mandates are In its fourth year, the 54-hole for Colonial or the Memorial. Brooklyn, Mich. (TBA) June 14 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, So- vision production that will have to be followed — to what degree event at Talking Stick Golf Club “I had a lot of time on my hands, noma, Calif. (TBA) fewer cameras. Some of the com- remains to be seen. This is an ex- ordinarily goes unnoticed outside and I needed something to play June 21 — Chicagoland 400, Joliet, Ill. (TBA) mentary Sunday will be done hibition, sure, but it’s not quite the the greater Phoenix area. But in,” he said. June 27 — Kids Free 325, Long Pond, off property. Mike Tirico will be same as four players booking tee these are extraordinary times. That’s kind of how it is now. Pa. (TBA) June 28 — Worry-Free Weather Guar- antee 350, Long Pond, Pa. (TBA) July 5 — Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Powered By Florida Georgia Line, Speedway, Ind. (TBA) Tour plans constant testing, limited access July 11 — Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart, Sparta, Ky. (TBA) July 19 — Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Loudon, N.H. (TBA) BY DOUG FERGUSON ing access to certain chief of operations. Aug. 9 — Consumers Energy 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (TBA) Associated Press areas, keeping groups And the tournament won’t shut down if Aug. 16 — Go Bowling at The Glen, separated.” someone tests positive. Such a player would Watkins Glen, N.Y. (TBA) Players, caddies and key staff around them Aug. 23 — Drydene 400, Dover, Del. It starts June 8-14 at have to withdraw immediately and self-isolate (TBA) will be tested once a week for the new coro- Colonial with the Charles for at least 10 days, provided there are no sub- Aug. 29 — Coke Zero Sugar 400, Day- tona Beach, Fla. (TBA) navirus, and everyone at the golf course will Schwab Challenge in sequent symptoms and he gets two negative Sept. 6 — Southern 500, Darlington, have their temperatures taken every day Fort Worth, Texas. test results 24 hours part. S.C. (TBA) Sept. 12 — Federated Auto Parts 400, when the PGA Tour returns next month and Testing and social dis- “That was the No. 1 concern,” said Rus- Richmond, Va. (TBA) tries to show it can resume its season with tancing was the backbone Sept. 19 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night sell Knox, who serves on the Player Advisory Race, Bristol, Tenn. (TBA) minimal risks. of the 37-page presenta- Council. “Nobody wants to go through that Sept. 27 — South Point 400, Las Vegas, Testing was a big part of the process out- Nev. (TBA) tion titled “Return to Golf in a hotel. You’re going to be away from your Oct. 4 — Alabama 500, Talladega, Ala. lined Wednesday that revealed significant Knox Events.” The idea is to family and someone will knock on the door (TBA) Oct. 11 — Bank of America ROVAL 400, changes to how tournaments are conducted. keep players and essen- every few hours with food.” Concord, N.C. (TBA) No pro-ams. No spectators for at least a tial staff in a bubble, and those estimated 400 He also said that was a key message from Oct. 18 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kan- sas City, Kan. (TBA) month, perhaps longer. No family members. people would be tested for COVID-19. Play- Commissioner Jay Monahan: Risks remain Oct. 25 — Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas No dry cleaning. And social distancing ev- ers would have a designated hotel unless they and everyone has to sacrifice something from (TBA) Nov. 1 — Xfinity 500, Martinsville, Va. erywhere from the clubhouse to the practice had other options the tour approved. Charter what had been a comfort-driven lifestyle. (TBA) range. flights were made available for $600 a seat The tour said it would provide a stipend to Nov. 8 — NASCAR Cup Series Champi- onship, Avondale, Ariz. (TBA) “Our goal is to minimize risk as much as ($300 for caddies), and another test would be pay for costs associated with anyone having to x-non-points race possible, with the full understanding that required before they fly and when they land self-isolate. there is no way to eliminate all of the risk,” in a new city for the next tournament. The tour also is providing masks for who- AP sportlight said Andy Levinson, senior vice president of Everyone on site will have thermal read- ever wants them and will cover the costs of all tournament administration for the tour. “But ings and a health questionnaire daily. testing each week, whether it’s the RT-PCR May 15 one of the best ways we can do that, to reduce “We’re not going to play if we can’t do it in nasal swab test or thermal screening. Each 1948 — Citation, ridden by Eddie Ar- caro, wins the Preakness by 5 ½ lengths the likelihood of exposure, is by limiting the a safe and healthy environmental for all our tournament picks up the tab for hand sanitiz- over Vulcan’s Forge. number of people we have on site and limit- constituents,” said Tyler Dennis, the tour’s er stations and a hygiene plan on site. Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 49 NFL Source: Virtual workouts extended through May

BY BARRY WILNER the coronavirus pandemic, such activities opening their facilities to the league by protocols for reopening facilities. Associated Press have been done remotely. Friday, though no dates for such reopen- For nearly three months, the NFL has Coaching and training staffs have ings are set. Offseason workouts (OTAs kept to its offseason schedule of conduct- The NFL has extended its virtual off- worked with the players by conducting and minicamps) must end by June 26, a ing the scouting combine, free agency, the season workouts through the end of May, a classroom instruction and on-field activi- week or so later than usual. That, of course, draft, and the release of the regular-season person familiar with the move said. ties through digital applications instead of could change depending on developments schedule. While it is making contingency The person spoke on condition of anonym- at team facilities, which have been closed with the pandemic. plans for both preseason and regular-sea- ity because the decision to bar in-person since late March. Those virtual meetings According to a memo to teams, the son games in the event that the pandemic sessions beyond the previous deadline of can occur for four hours per day, four days league will inform them promptly about makes it necessary to play games without May 15 has not been announced publicly. per week. how to proceed with on-field activities “in fans or at different sites, the league has NFL teams normally would be holding Teams can send up to $1,500 to each the event club facilities reopen at some publicly said it expects to play a full sched- Organized Team Activities (OTAs) during player to purchase equipment. point in June.” The league said it would ule beginning Sept. 10 with Houston at May, followed by June minicamps. Due to All 32 teams must submit plans for re- work with medical advisers to establish Super Bowl champion Kansas City. Lavish W. Va. resort is potential training site

BY ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE in 2015, though some players Associated Press warned of some uninvited guests: ghosts. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sev- Tony Jefferson, then a Cardi- eral NFL teams are eyeing a re- nals safety, said he heard “a little sort owned by West Virginia Gov. voice, it was like a little girl’s Jim Justice as a potential training voice” on his first night at The facility during the coronavirus Greenbrier. Cornerback Patrick pandemic, a spokesman for the Peterson said some players were retreat said Wednesday. so spooked that they began trav- The Greenbrier, a lavish resort eling in groups. in southern West Virginia, has “I haven’t seen anything, but previously hosted training camps I do hear some weird noises at for New Orleans Saints and the night, but I don’t pay no mind to Houston Texans. Although sev- it. I fall right to sleep,” Peterson eral teams have contacted the said. resort, no franchise has officially The NFL continues to plan for signed on to practice there this a preseason and regular season year, hotel spokesman Cam Huff- as scheduled, with the season MICHAEL CONROY/AP man said. beginning Sept. 10 with Houston Justice, a Republican billion- at Super Bowl champion Kansas Indianapolis Colts outside linebacker Darius Leonard wears a monitor at home that the Colts can track to aire thought to be the state’s City. The league is conducting its see if he’s working too hard, inviting injury, or not hard enough to get into playing shape. richest man, bought the resort offseason program virtually with out of bankruptcy in 2009. The training facilities closed because Greenbrier has been closed since of the pandemic. March 19 because of the corona- An annual PGA Tour event at High-tech devices help teams virus pandemic. The Greenbrier was scrapped Built for the Saints, The Green- last month when the tour released brier’s practice facility includes its new, virus-altered schedule. keep players training safely two natural grass practice fields, Turnout for the tournament had a synthetic field, and a 55,000- lagged and federal prosecutors square-foot building with kitchen targeted the facility in an inves- BY MICHAEL MAROT quarterback Andy Dalton said, comparing the dif- and dining facilities, meeting tigation that subpoenaed Justice’s Associated Press ficulty he faced during the 2011 lockout with today’s rooms, weight and locker rooms, administration for documents circumstances. “So I guess the advantage now is training and physical therapy ac- about the resort, the tourna- INDIANAPOLIS — Darius Leonard works re- there’s still these virtual meet- commodations. At an elevation ment, the tournament’s nonprofit lentlessly at his rural South Carolina home to pre- ings, so you’re able to connect of 2,000 feet, the location offers financial arm and Justice’s tax pare for another football season. He’s also wary of and talk through the offense a cooler climate than some NFL records. pushing too hard, knowing a minor injury could be- and talk through different teams’ training camps in the The governor’s personal lawyer come a major setback given the dearth of medical things, stuff that I didn’t have summer. told reporters in January that the experts in his area. my rookie year during the The Arizona Cardinals prac- investigation ended with no find- So when in doubt, the Indianapolis Colts star con- lockout.” ticed there for a three-day stretch ing of wrongdoing. fers with his coaches, who are creating safer, more Social media also plays a efficient individual workout programs based on data part. collected the past few weeks. Detroit Lions coach Matt Pa- It’s all part of a changing NFL world: high-tech tricia recently reminded run- devices supplanting old-school creativity. ning back Ty Johnson about “We are getting a ton done,” Colts coach Frank Reich training safely — after watch- Reich says. “With the technology today, they all ing a video of Johnson pulling a have heart-rate monitors, so they do their workouts, Jeep while wearing a helmet. it’s all logged, it all kind of shoots to our system. This Companies such as WHOOP and Myzone could isn’t, ‘Hey, I’m watching you.’ This is, ‘Hey, I’m in- become a part of teams’ training even after things terested in you.’ I’m a little bit of a numbers guy, so return to normal. I like to see these charts. Then I’ll show them to the WHOOP, an online fitness company, partners team.” with the NFLPA to provide wearable monitors for Players also can voluntarily wear monitors to players. Nearly 1,000 players have used the service track workouts. Teams can send up to $1,500 to each over the past three years as well as teams from player to purchase equipment. Major League Baseball, the NBA, NFL and Major Not everyone has followed the same script. New League Soccer. Orleans canceled its offseason program. But the The waterproof device can be worn around the Colts are taking advantage of their allotted time. wrist or bicep and tracks heart rate and strain dur- Reich estimates Indy spends half its time in meet- ing workouts and recovery periods. ings and the rest monitoring workouts. In addition to measuring heart rate variability, STEVE HELBER/AP Technological advances are helping everyone resting heart rate and respiratory rate, it provides cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. information about sleep performance to give coach- The Greenbrier resort, nestled in the mountains in White Sulphur “I understand a lot more about the NFL now than es the necessary information to ensure safe, effi- Springs, W.Va. Several NFL teams are eyeing the resort owned by I did 10 years ago,” new Dallas Cowboys backup cient workout plans that won’t overstress the body. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice as a potential training facility. PAGE 50 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 BEST SPORTS MOVIES No. 4: ‘Caddyshack’ A Cinderella story, definitely not at Augusta

BY TIM REYNOLDS About the fi lm Associated Press DAVIE, Fla. t happens all the time. Year: 1980 Someone will pull up to Screenwriters: Douglas Kenney, the big metal gate in front Harold Ramis, Brian Doyle-Murray Iof the clubhouse, press the Director: Ramis intercom button and ask to see Starring: Chevy Chase, Rodney Bushwood Country Club. Or Dangerfi eld, Ted Knight, Bill Murray they’ll start dancing on the 12th Plot: A brash new member fairway. Or they’ll inquire if the (Dangerfi eld) shows up at an ex- striped fedora for sale in the pro clusive golf course, which employs shop comes with a complimen- a gopher-chasing groundskeeper tary bowl of soup. (Murray). Caddyshack fans understand. Iconic Line: “You’ll get nothing The film that sparked countless and like it.” — Judge Elihu Smails oft-repeated quotes, most of them (Knight) made up on the fly by comic ge- Oscars: No nominations niuses Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, — Associated Press Rodney Dangerfield and Ted Knight, has been out for 40 years and hasn’t lost one bit of its popu- who once cranked up a stereo in larity. Caddyshack was selected his golf bag for a little dancing as the No. 4 — fore? — film in The during play on the 12th fairway Associated Press’ list of all-time — is for sale. top sports movies. “You buy a hat like this, I bet FRED ZWICKY, JOURNAL (LINCOLN, ILL.) STAR/AP “As a kid, I lived and died by you get a free bowl of soup, huh?” that movie,” said Ryan Sundberg, Czervik says as he sees the hat, Actor Bill Murray celebrates as his final putt drops in on the 18th green during the John Deere Classic now the director of golf at Grande then turns to see it atop Smails’ Pro-Am in Silvis, Ill., on July 8, 2015. Oaks Golf Club. “To be the pro head. at Bushwood, I think it’s pretty Smails sneers a bit, then Czer- At the Phoenix Open in 2002, that one of the movie’s many icon- awesome. All my friends think vik says, “Oh, looks good on you, Chris DiMarco was standing over Editor’s note: Recently, the As- ic moments was happening. it’s really cool. Once people learn though.” a 3-footer when someone yelled sociated Press revealed its Top “If you watch that scene again, about it, they think it’s the great- “The star power ... it was magi- “Noonan!” from the gallery. It 25 of sports movies, as voted on you can see just about exactly est thing ever.” cal, it was funny and the movie was a reference to what onlook- by 70 writers and editors around where I realized that we’re film- Grande Oaks, a private club in lives on,” said Bill Archambault, ers were shouting to disrupt cad- the world. After compiling the ing the scene. I didn’t know,” Mor- Davie, Fl a., is the course where an extra who appeared in 17 die Danny Noonan, played by list, the AP assigned writers to gan said. “There was no script, Caddyshack was filmed in 1979; scenes. Michael O’Keefe, in the movie present stories examining the there was no rehearsal, there hence, Sundberg gets to say that Grande Oaks markets itself as as he tried to make a putt to win Top 10 from unique perspec- wasn’t even a discussion. But we he’s the pro at Bushwood. the “home of Caddyshack,” and the caddie tournament. Noonan tives. This is the seventh in the start, and out of the corner of my The club embraces its place in the infamous gopher that tor- made the putt and won. DiMarco series, a look at the impact of right eye I see the damn camera film history and there are more mented the course is now depict- did the same thing. the film that was voted fourth, light on.” than a few reminders of Cad- ed in a head cover that remains Same goes for Justin Thomas “Caddyshack.” Morgan happened to have a dyshack there — the hat that wildly popular. And plenty of at the BMW Championship last mouthful of gum at the time. She Knight’s character, Judge Elihu golfers know probably every line year. On his way to winning that blew a bubble, a little act of defi- Smails, was wearing when it was of the movie — ones that even event, he put his ball down for thought a plane had crashed when ance because nobody told her she mocked by Dangerfield’s loud- PGA Tour players hear from gal- a putt and heard someone yell he saw the enormous flames. was creating a scene. They left it mouthed character Al Czervik, leries from time to time. “Noonan.” Murray and his five brothers in the movie. “I was like, ‘Man, does this guy are in the Caddie Hall of Fame. “Some of the most remarkable hate me?’ I just was terrified that They grew up working at a pri- emails and letters I’ve gotten and he was going to do something,” vate club near Chicago, part of comments I’ve gotten are from Thomas said. “Luckily, he didn’t, the inspiration for the story that people in the military, first re- and I made it. So, obviously I was became Caddyshack. in a great state of mind on that sponders,” Morgan said. “I got “Caddyshack was a great putt.” a letter from a commander who thing,” Murray said. “There were Even Tiger Woods has em- said he shows Caddyshack once some extraordinary people in it.” braced it, making a commercial a week for his guys, because he It was Cindy Morgan’s film for American Express years ago wants them to know when they’re modeled after how greenskeeper debut and her favorite scene in a place with no hope there’s Carl Spackler — played by Mur- wasn’t even supposed to be a something like this waiting for ray — resorted to using plastic scene. She thought she and Chase them back home.” explosives with hopes of ridding were just goofing off as they sat It was the Animal House story Bushwood of gophers. The go- together at a piano, under the aus- for golf, a mix of partying and sex phers survived; all the bombs did pices of him singing her a made- and hijinks, set in a different time was blow up some of the course, up love song. that still holds up. and no, the course’s owners in And then she saw the camera Morgan has a theory as to why. 1979 were not pleased that a fire- was rolling. Turns out, it wasn’t “It was one of the first R-rated WILL DICKEY, THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNIONY/AP ball was set off on their property. Morgan and Chase sitting there. VHS tapes to be released,” Mor- Murray dedicates the annual Caddyshack Golf Tournament to singer- A pilot approaching nearby Fort It was Lacey Underall and Ty gan said. “And it was in every songwriter Prince at the start of the golf tournament at King and Lauderdale-Hollywood Interna- Webb, the characters they were father’s library.” Bear golf course in St. Augustine, Fla., in 2016. tional Airport reported that he playing, her not even knowing A Cinderella story, indeed. Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 51 AUTO RACING/SOCCER MLS could Fox calling resume play in Orlando race from this summer BY ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press Major League Soccer is look- ing at the possibility of resuming the studio the season this summer with all teams playing in Orlando, Fla. BY JENNA FRYER Details of the plan are still Associated Press under consideration, but the CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeff Gordon thought league’s 26 teams and limited his wife, a former model, was kidding when staff would likely be sheltered in she asked the NASCAR Hall of Famer to color a resort with games played with- her graying roots. He realized she was serious out fans at ESPN’s Wide World of after the third request, FaceTimed her regu- Sports Complex at Disney World, a person with knowledge of the lar stylist and took a crash course in mixing CARLOS OSORIO/AP color. plan told The Associated Press. Fox Sports broadcasters Adam Alexander, left, Jeff Gordon, center, and Darrell Waltrip are The person spoke on the condi- “Those are the types of things we do when shown on pit row before a NASCAR Cup series race last year at Michigan International we are in quarantine,” Gordon said Wednes- tion of anonymity Wednesday Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. NASCAR’s broadcast team for Fox will not travel to Darlington because the plan has not been day. “There are things that you do to keep the Raceway this weekend, and instead will call the race from a studio in Charlotte. glue together, to keep everybody healthy and formally announced. The pro- sane. So if having gray hair stresses her out, posal was first reported by the told The Associated Press. “We are always the new approaches the sanctioning body is Washington Post. then I am happy to contribute.” comparing our sport to others but now we re- taking as it attempts to restart the season. Teams could head to Florida The adjustments will continue Sunday when ally get to really talk about the uniqueness of There are at least two Wednesday night races as early as June 1 for training NASCAR resumes its schedule at Darlington our sport and showcase that, because that is coming up, with the field May 20 at Darling- camps. The league suspended Raceway in South Carolina. Gordon, now in what is giving us this opportunity when other ton set by the finishing order of Sunday’s race play on March 12 after teams had his fifth season as part of Fox Sports’ broad- sports are going to be more delayed. — with a twist: The top 20 finishers Sunday played just two games. cast team, will not be at the track. He and “Motorsports is fortunate to have this op- will be inverted for Wednesday’s starting “I think the league is still at a Mike Joy will call the race from a studio in portunity. I am more excited to see that in lineup. stage, from what I understand, Charlotte and Regan Smith will be the only at- action, but I think everybody is nervous. Nor- With so much happening and NASCAR where this particular idea is track reporter for the broadcast team, work- mally in a broadcast we have practice, we being the first major sports league with a na- something that they have in mind ing the pits. Larry McReynolds, an analyst, have qualifying, we get to work some things. tionally televised event, Gordon recognizes and are trying to get feedback will also work from the Charlotte studio. This is going to be ‘Boom,’ just like the drivers the responsibility he and Joy have to set the from teams about as to what it NASCAR is limiting the number of people and the teams. They are going to get in the car right tone. Gordon was a driver in NASCAR’s could look like and how it could at the track to only those essential to compete and drop the green flag and it is on, and for us first race back after the Sept. 11 attacks in work,” Nashville coach Gary and broadcast the race, so Fox will have a it is going to be the same thing.” 2001 when Dale Earnhardt Jr. won in Dover, Smith said. “Personally, again, dramatically reduced roster and use a high- NASCAR’s return will be conducted in Del., and set an iconic image for the nation we’re in uncharted territory here. speed custom-built drone that can offer more just one day, with qualifying and practices by waving the American flag out his window I certainly, along with probably perspectives than usual since fans won’t be in canceled for a consolidated schedule. A ran- during his celebration. most other people, have never the stands. The Fox team is still finalizing its dom draw will be used to help set the field at “These are unique and challenging times seen anything like it before. So approach, but expects to use instant messag- Darlington — positions 1-12 will be set by a and I hope that people that tune in are tun- therefore, you have to be a little ing with crews to glean the critical informa- random draw from teams in those positions ing in because they recognize the importance bit more open-minded about what tion Gordon and Joy need to properly call a in owner points, followed by a draw for teams that sports play in our every day life,” Gordon a season could look like.” race. in positions 13 through 24, and finally another said. “I think it can show hope. I think there’s Other proposals have included Gordon and Joy spent the last two months draw for teams ranked between 25th and 36th. going to be a lot of eyeballs on this event to see teams playing a tournament-style calling iRacing events from a studio, so they The final four slots will go to non-chartered how it’s going to play out and how it’s going to competition in four different cit- have some experience with broadcasting re- teams based on order of owner points. be able to continue after this, and what that ies. There’s also the possibility motely. Still, they will be winging some things The field will be frozen for a competition means for our country as people are trying to teams could return to their home as they adapt to watching the race on monitors caution on Lap 30 and only the top 20 cars will figure out how they are going to get back to stadiums for games following instead of describing what’s unfolding right in be allowed to pit on that lap. The other 20 cars work or normalcy or school and what life is the resumption of the season in front of them at the track. will pit on the next lap. going to look like over the next year. If a sport- Orlando. “I’m just excited that the opportunity is Gordon, a four-time NASCAR champion ing event like this can happen, then, what’s It was not immediately clear there for NASCAR and motorsports,” Gordon ranked third in all-time victories, applauded the next step?” whether any of the plans had been presented to the players’ union. Earlier Wednesday, Florida Racing: NASCAR getting back on track after shutdown Gov. Ron DeSantis said his state was open to leagues looking to re- start, or start, their seasons. FROM BACK PAGE Fenway Racing Ford, but the long won’t race this year as scheduled make its own plan to survive the “All professional sports are you want and we also heard pause in the season gave him at Chicagoland Speedway or on pandemic. welcome here for practicing through the teleconference we enough time to heal and receive the road course in Sonoma, Calif. Still, making money means and for playing,” DeSantis said. had with NASCAR about the pro- medical clearance to race again. The spring race in Richmond, being on the track even if the full “What I would tell commission- tocols,” said Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth has come out of Va., also will not be rescheduled. 36-race Cup Series schedule isn’t ers of leagues is, if you have a Denny Hamlin. “Obviously there retirement to drive for Chip Ga- The series, which has seen at- possible. NASCAR said it wants team in an area where they just will be a huge microscope on how nassi Racing, which fired Kyle tendance and ratings drops for to run at least seven Cup races won’t let them operate, we’ll find we’re doing things, making sure Larson during the shutdown for several years, is desperate to get within driving distance for the a place for you here in the state of it’s done in a safe manner. For using a racial slur during an on- going and not just for the sake teams before it ventures outside Florida.” all of us, it’s just the unknown of line race. NASCAR is not run- of its hard-hit teams. NASCAR the South. The ESPN facility has 17 fields, making sure we’re doing it the ning any practices or qualifying has issued two rounds of layoffs For now, Hamlin said drivers so it could accommodate multi- right way.” before Sunday’s race, so Kenseth during the pandemic — cuts last have faith in NASCAR’s process. ple teams. MLS held its All-Star Much has changed since Joey will be cold when he climbs into a week decimated staffing at many “I’m pretty certain that no Game in Orlando last year. Logano scored his second victory stock car for the first time since race tracks — and those still em- matter what, we’re in an advan- MLS took the first step toward of the season — which has so far the 2018 season finale. At 48, he ployed took pay cuts, furloughs or tage because we’re a non-contact resuming the season last week consisted of just four Cup races will be the oldest driver in the forced vacation. sport, especially with the players when teams were allowed to start — at Phoenix in March. Kevin field. NASCAR last fall closed its $2 themselves,” Hamlin said. “I’m voluntary individual workouts at Harvick is still the points leader NASCAR had hoped to an- billion purchase of International confident that we can go from team facilities under strict guide- and Hamlin, Logano and Alex nounce a revamped 2021 schedule Speedway Corp. to consolidate our street car that we drive to the lines. The next step would be Bowman are locked into the play- in April that included midweek control of 12 tracks that include racetrack into our race car (and) small group workouts. offs as race winners. races, more short tracks and Daytona, Talladega and Home- not be within six feet of anyone, But a number of teams, includ- Ryan Newman will be back in road courses, and other efforts to stead-Miami Speedway. except for the person that is on ing the Seattle Sounders and the the field Sunday after his horrific shake things up. Those plans have The move gives the France the window net. San Jose Earthquakes, have not crash on the last lap of the Day- been delayed as completing the family almost total autonomy of “We’re going to be able to been able to participate because tona 500. He suffered a head inju- 2020 jigsaw puzzle is now the pri- the largest racing series in the do this and it should be pretty of stay-at-home restrictions in ry that took him out of his Roush ority; NASCAR said last week it United States and flexibility to effective.” their communities. PAGE 52 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 OLYMPICS Baseball head pitches MLB on Olympics, again

BY ANDREW DAMPF Associated Press ROME — Baseball. In Japan. At the Olympics. For World Baseball Softball Confederation president Ricca- rdo Fraccari, it seems like such a sure home run that he can’t even imagine why anyone wouldn’t /AP want to be involved. FERNANDO LLANO No wonder the refusal of Major Weightlifter Kate Nye of Berkeley, Mich., has been training at home the way she always does, by lifting League Baseball and its players’ weights in her garage. The coronavirus crisis has forced many athletes to be creative as they try to association to send top stars to continue their training, but in some Olympic sports, working from home is fairly routine. the Tokyo Games has frustrated Fraccari for years. Now, with the Olympics post- poned for a full year because of Home team: For some, training the coronavirus pandemic, and the current MLB season on hold, Fraccari has the unexpected op- KEN ARAGAKI/AP is barely disrupted by shutdown portunity to make one final pitch to the sport’s biggest league. With the Olympics postponed “Considering the damages for a year , and the MLB season BY NOAH TRISTER from the coronavirus, baseball on hold, World Baseball Softball Associated Press needs the Olympics now more Confederation president than ever to boost the sport’s glo- Riccardo Fraccari has the Less than a month after Nikhil Kumar qualified balization, expansion and mass opportunity to make a final pitch for the Olympics in table tennis, the Tokyo Games appeal,” Fraccari said in a recent to the sport’s biggest league to were postponed until 2021. Like so many other ath- interview. compete in the Olympics. letes, he is now trying to stay sharp and in shape. “We need to make sure our What’s different for Kumar are the logis- sport doesn’t get trampled over esty” that MLB refuses to send its tics. All things considered, his situation is pretty by other sports that are becom- top players to the Olympics. manageable. ing more popular with younger “You’re going to grow the game “For my sport, a little lucky that we’re able to have audiences,” Fraccari said from as much as possible and you’re everything indoors, and it’s not taking up too much Switzerland. “The coronavirus is not going to let us play in the space and everything,” Kumar said. “Not many going to make us understand how Olympics because you don’t want sports are as lucky as ours is right now, to be able to important the Olympics are for to (lose) out on money for a two- have the opportunity to continue playing on a daily baseball and softball.” week period?” Harper said on the basis.” The only MLB players permit- Barstool Sports podcast. “OK, The coronavirus crisis has forced many athletes ted to play in the Premier12 tour- that’s dumb.” to be creative as they try to continue their training, nament last year were those not With the World Baseball Classic but in some Olympic sports, working from home is MANU FERNANDEZ/AP on 40-man rosters. Not surpris- pushed back from 2021 to 2023, fairly routine. Kumar has been able to practice with ingly considering the rules, the the Tokyo Games represent the a robot that shoots balls at him. Weightlifter Kate Cyclist Chloe Dygert, who recently moved to United States finished fourth and sport’s only major international Nye trains in her garage. Everyone is facing chal- Idaho to be nearer her coach, said she can still do failed at its first chance to qualify competition for several years. lenges during this pandemic, but some competitors individual training rides or ride indoors . for the Olympics. “Why does soccer want to be have been fortunate. MLB, the union and USA Base- in the Olympics? It’s obvious: “When everything kind of started shutting down, perfect,’ ” he said. ball changed the rule in February because the Olympics — despite it obviously affected our lives in other ways — but The logistics of training these days can vary and said players not on 26-man everything — is still the biggest weightlifting wasn’t one of them,” Nye said. “I’ve widely within a sport. active rosters or injured lists event on the planet,” Fraccari kind of just been going as scheduled.” American cyclist Chloe Dygert is favored to win would be eligible for an Ameri- said. “(The Olympics) is going to Kumar’s challenge is pretty mundane. He recent- two gold medals at the Tokyo Games, one in the time cas qualifying tournament that help revive the profile of baseball ly upgraded his device that shoots table tennis balls trial on the road and one with her pursuit team on had been scheduled for Arizona worldwide.” at him in rapid succession. the track. She recently moved to Idaho to be near in March before being postponed The 2008 Beijing Games “With this new one, I’m able to give different spin, her coach, and she says not a whole lot has changed indefinitely because of the virus. marked the last time that men’s like every single ball, and keep alternating,” he said. for her because she can still do individual training But teams that want to block baseball and women’s softball “It’s just more advanced.” rides or ride indoors on a stationary bike. players have claimed in the past were contested at the Olympics, He also does some weight training and running A BMX track, on the other hand, has jumps and they are unavailable because after the IOC voted in 2005 to re- on the treadmill. The biggest concern at this point is ramps that aren’t easy to simulate at home. of nagging injuries. In addition, move them. probably the mental grind. “I do have an elite training site with minimal rid- MLB teams imposed pitch limits As separate bids, the two sports “It’s just a different experience. But now, once I ers accessing the facilities and hopefully those will on their players who went to the failed to return for the 2016 Olym- got the hang of it, the practice is going well,” said open soon,” American BMX racer Alise Post said Premier12. pics in Rio de Janeiro. Kumar, who is from California. “But it’s also hard to recently. While Fraccari wasn’t inter- A move promoted by Frac- have to mentally want to push myself, every single For Nye, the training has been simple — although ested in debating whether MLB cari to consolidate baseball and day, to come and practice, because it’s a little dif- that certainly doesn’t mean things are normal right teams were unfairly preventing softball into one confederation ferent feeling than if you were to practice with a now. She’s a student at Oakland University who players qualifying, he noted that in 2013 helped achieve reinstate- person.” wants to go to medical school. The postponement of “it won’t be good” for the sport if ment for the Tokyo Games as one Nye had actually set up her garage gym before the the Olympics has created a lot of uncertainty in her the U.S. team doesn’t make it to of five additional sports. virus really became an issue. life outside of sports. Tokyo. He added that he is wait- With baseball Japan’s most For air rifle shooter Lucas Kozeniesky, the base- The weightlifting, though, she can keep up with. ing for the “right moment” before popular team game, ticket de- ment is where he’s been able to set up. There is “I’ve had it pretty easy. My life hasn’t changed a talking to MLB. mand for the Olympic tourna- enough room for him to practice at his home in Colo- whole lot. School went online, and I’m working at my And Fraccari isn’t alone: For- ment was unprecedented — at rado — at the Olympic length of 10 meters. garage as usual,” Nye said. “What is my future going mer National League MVP Bryce least until the games were post- “I opened up a couple doors, and like a hallway to look like, emotionally? That’s hard, but everyone’s Harper recently called it a “trav- poned to 2021. connected, and I’m like, ‘Oh look, this is actually dealing with that on some level.” Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 53 TipOLYMPICS of the spear Javelin thrower loves home set-up

BY PAT GRAHAM  Mondays and Fridays, drills Associated Press on her deck and throwing in a nearby park. he renovated home of  Tuesdays and Thursdays, three-time Olympic jave- weight lifting on the deck (access lin thrower Kara Winger through a basement walk-out Tnow has all the training door Russ Winger, now a crafts- PHOTOS BY DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP amenities she needs, including man/operator of Long Draw cable. Three-time Olympic javelin competitor Kara Winger rests beside her Woodworks/fly-fishing guide, yellow lab Maddie before training outside her home in Colorado. No premium channels avail- installed). able on this cable, though. It’s just  Wednesdays, ball throwing scribes as “throwing javelins on a basic wire she and her husband The training partner to Maddie (what day isn’t?) and the moon.” installed in the backyard to help the cable program. Envision this: Winger leaning Ince is one of Winger’s biggest her work on her technique. She  Saturdays, interval training/ rivals — and closest friends. throws a metal pipe along the off her patio while hanging on gymnastics on the deck. with her left hand to a harness. They’re routinely roommates angled cable to simulate javelin  Sundays, rest. on the road for big competitions, tosses. She tries to keep her left arm For Winger, there’s really no The home set-up long with a three-pound weight including in Doha, Qatar, for the place like her Colorado Springs, in her right hand. It’s an exercise world championships last fall and Colo., home when it comes to The idea for a cable system designed to put the focus on her at the Pan American Games in working on ways to stay sharp dates to her days at Purdue Uni- non-throwing arm and to drive August when they brought home amid the coronavirus pandemic versity, where the weather neces- the hips. gold (Winger) and bronze (Ince) that’s pushed the Tokyo Games sitated indoor training and the “That tiny moment of your from Lima, Peru. to 2021. need for such a device. throw can make all the difference When Ince’s access to training The 34-year-old invents drills Enter her husband, who had in distance,” explained Winger, in Chula Vista, Calif., was shut that can be conducted on her deck their version operational in no whose American record of 218 down due to the outbreak, Wing- and has a workout partner stay- time. The wire extends about 30 feet, 8 inches was set in 2010. er extended an invitation to stay ing with her in national cham- feet from the second story of the For actual javelin throwing, with her and her husband. pion Ariana Ince. There’s also house to a back fence post. The she heads to a park with plenty First, though, a quarantine. Winger’s yellow lab, Maddie, who metal tube used for throwing is of space. It hasn’t been crowded, Ince isolated herself for 14 days always insists that training time actually repurposed from a cup- either, which is always good given in her studio apartment in South- double as toy-throwing time. Rival, teammate and best friend cake stand her husband built for the distance thrown and the ern California, before embark- “I’m a homebody,” Winger of Winger, Ariana Ince, practices their wedding. It’s thicker than a pointed end of the javelin. ing on a 16-hour, rarely stopping said in a phone interview. “So her footwork with a javelin. javelin and slightly heavier. Sometimes, her javelin work- drive to Colorado Springs in her figuring out how to not commute She takes one step and lets it outs do lead to conversations. Toyota RAV4. and stay home to train has been husband, retired discus/shot put zip. “There was a lady who was Now, they watch movies togeth- fantastic.” thrower Russ Winger, spent about The system is at an angle that’s walking her dog one day and she er (“Big Fish“ the other night), The American record-holder a year and a half remodeling. A shallower than she’s used to and said, ‘Be careful. Don’t hit any cook together (pork-kimchi tacos in the javelin takes advantage of glimpse of her current training helps her build strength. puppies,’ ” Winger recounted. “I for Cinco de Mayo) and above all the niceties of a home she and her schedule: Another drill is one she de- was like, ‘I would never do that!’ ” train together. “Our friendship is based on way more than javelin,” said Ince, who edged Winger for the title at the U.S. championships last sum- mer. “But it’s really cool to have your really good friend do the same, weird event as you and un- derstand what training is like.“ Count Ince as a big fan of Wing- er’s homemade facility. “It has everything we need,” she said. Including Maddie. Maddie the dog A familiar sight while they train is Maddie, a 5-year-old playful purebred who’s always bringing Winger and Ince one of her toys to be tossed. “It’s even better with Ari here, because Maddie gets way more repetitions,” Winger laughed. Ince estimates she throws about 30 times a week — 130 if tosses to Maddie are factored in. Maddie was adopted by the Wingers four years ago. It was Maddie’s third home after being labeled as “stubborn” and “high energy.” Winger has another label for her: Perfect. “To be gifted with this adorable animal who needed me as much as I needed her was so much more rewarding than I ever thought,” Winger said. “She’s just as valu- Winger trains outside her home in Colorado Springs, Colo. There’s a flat section of land near a dog park she uses for throwing practice. It able to my mental health right hasn’t been crowded, either. That’s always a good thing given the distance thrown and the sharp tip of the javelin. now as she was back then.” PAGE 54 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, May 15, 2020 INSKIING TUNE Shiffrin shares passion for music with late dad

BY PAT GRAHAM into her father. Associated Press The second part of her post: “Please come home.” nly seconds in and ski “The thing you always wish for racer Mikaela Shif- is more time, right?” said the 25- frin was nearly out of year-old Shiffrin, who has been Obreath. training during the coronarivus The two-time Olympic champi- pandemic at home in Edwards, on quickly settled into a rhythm Colo. “Just more time with the and breezed through her rendi- people that you love.” tion of a song popularized by Amy Shiffrin lost her grandmother Winehouse in front of a social in October. Pauline media audience tuned Mary Condron was 98. in for a recent online That was a reason why fundraising concert. ‘ The thing her mom/coach, Eileen, Different stage. Same you always took a break from trav- strong performance. eling with her on the When she’s not win- wish for is circuit last season. ning races, Shiffrin more time, “I’m grateful,” Shif- unplugs by singing and frin said, “that she was playing guitar. Music right? Just able to be home with my was always a passion more time dad a little bit more.” she shared with her with the Less than four months late father, Jeff, who later, Shiffrin traveled died on Feb. 2 after an people that home from Europe to accident at his home in you love. ’ Colorado in order to be Colorado. with her father after he “Honestly, it’s a Mikaela suffered a head injury. way to essentially not Shiffrin He died at 65. Jeff was three-time overall think about anything,” an anesthesiologist and World Cup champ said Shiffrin, who an- a former ski racer at nounced a partnership Dartmouth who often Tuesday with Madison Keys as could be seen at races with his she joined the tennis standout camera around his neck in order in their lineup of “Champions” to take photos of his daughter. for “Kindness Wins,” a platform Shiffrin took a six-week break with the mission of spreading from the circuit. She returned in good will. “I’m a ski racer. I’m Are, Sweden, but the season was not a musician. But I love it.” canceled due to the COVID-19 Growing up, her father played outbreak before she could race the piano, guitar, French horn again. Federica Brignone of Italy and trumpet. He enjoyed any- captured the overall crown, end- thing by Jimmy Buffett or the ing Shiffrin’s three-year reign. Beach Boys. Really, though, being there was Their favorite song? Paul Si- more about a feeling. mon’s “You Can Call Me Al.” “I got back to the state of mind Shiffrin posted part of the lyrics that I needed to be in to be able from the tune on her Instagram to race,” she said. “I wanted to account on April 2: “If you’ll be stand in the start gate of a World PIER MARCO TACCA/AP my bodyguard, I can be your long Cup again.” lost pal.” The accompanying pic- For races, she gets fired up Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates after winning a women’s World Cup super-G, in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Jan. 26. ture was a young Shiffrin leaning by listening to a particular song (like Eminem’s “Guts Over Fear” overwhelming.” whose mom also is into music. featuring Sia). The musical rou- Music has long been her get- “I’m not Lady Gaga, but if it puts tine has served her well as she’s away. She writes her own lyrics, a smile on their face, that’s the won two Olympic gold medals, including a song inspired by the whole point.” five world championship titles factory workers at Barilla (her Right along with nurturing her and 66 World Cup races. That’s sponsor) in Italy and dedicated to passion for songs and the slopes, within striking distance of Lind- frontline workers. her father instilled an important sey Vonn’s 82 victories, which is She performs, too. credo: To be nice. Always. the all-time mark among female Last month, Shiffrin opened an Shiffrin is putting that axiom ski racers. online concert for “Goggles for into action through “Kindness Like most sports, the upcoming Docs,” a program that provides Wins,” an organization that start- World Cup season could be affect- ski goggles to healthcare workers. ed earlier this year and acts as ed by the pandemic (the calendar Shiffrin performed Winehouse’s an umbrella for kindness initia- is set to be confirmed next week). version of “Valerie” before turn- tives. The foundation recently Traditionally, the season starts ing the screen over to musician featured “Kindness In Crisis,” with men’s and women’s giant KT Tunstall. an online auction led by Keys, slalom races in Soelden, Austria, Shiffrin is constantly experi- Shiffrin, cross-country skier Jes- in late October. menting with sound. She will sie Diggins and mountain bike Whenever it starts, her mom/ post guitar riffs from such songs racer Kate Courtney. They raised coach will be by her side. as Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child money for COVID-19 relief “I couldn’t imagine her being O’ Mine” or try out a version through signed hats, uniforms home alone,” Shiffrin said. “She of Billy Joel’s “Vienna” on the and other memorabilia. NATHAN BILOW/AP supports me in every way that keyboard. “Being kind to people,” Shif- Music was always a bond Shiffrin shared with her late father, Jeff, a mother possibly can — and “Music is supposed to make frin said, “that’s something that who died on Feb. 2 after an accident at his home in Edwards, Colo. more. It’s still really, really people feel good,” said Shiffrin, doesn’t go out of style.” Friday, May 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 55 NBA/COLLEGE BASKETBALL/MMA One-third of NBA teams hold individual workouts

BY TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press DID YOU KNOW ?

MIAMI — The NBA is now one-third of As of Wednesday, 10 of the NBA’s 30 teams the way back, at least in terms of voluntary have begun on-court individual workouts. workouts. The teams are: Miami, Portland, Cleveland, With Miami re-opening its doors Wednes- Milwaukee, Denver, Atlanta, Indiana, day, 10 of the league’s 30 teams have gone forward with on-court individual workouts Sacramento, Toronto and Utah. — the first permitted sessions since the SOURCE: Associated Press league ordered teams to close their train- ing facilities as part of the coronavirus pandemic response about two months ago. Besides the Heat, the other teams that have opened so far are Portland, Cleve- land, Milwaukee, Denver, Atlanta, Indiana, Sacramento, Toronto and Utah. More are expected in the coming days; among them, Orlando is close, and the Los Angeles Lak- ers are targeting Saturday. JONATHAN HAYWARD, THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP And while there still is no decision about whether the season can resume — NBA Glover Teixeira, left, fights Nikita Krylov during their light heavyweight match Sept. 14 Commissioner Adam Silver, according to at UFC Fight Night in Vancouver, British Columbia. Teixeira dominated Anthony Smith a person with knowledge of the situation, and finally stopped him with punches early in the fifth round Wednesday nigh t. has told the league’s players he expects to make that call by mid-June at the latest — getting back to some semblance of work is generally being considered a positive step. “We’re kind of just feeling it out, playing it by ear, taking it day by day,” said Toron- Teixeira’s upset win to assistant coach Brittni Donaldson, who AARON GASH/AP was in the gym with Raptors wing Mal- colm Miller when the reigning NBA cham- Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee pions opened their facility again Monday. Bucks plays for one of 10 NBA teams “Hopefully, you know, in a week we can that are holding individual workouts. start ramping it up a little more. But to highlights UFC show start we’re just keeping it very basic, very tus but said nothing replicates what it takes simple.” to get through an on-court workout. Associated Press The league has very strict rules about Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis “It’s not how hard you hit,” Teixeira said. let professional leagues know that the Sun- “It’s how hard you get hit and keep coming these workouts; no head coaches can be JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Glover Teix- shine State is ready to welcome them all if forward. ... The guy hits like a truck, but I involved, no more than four players can eira dominated Anthony Smith and finally needed. moved my head a lot. I trained so hard.” be in the facility at a time — the Raptors stopped him with punches early in the fifth Smith (33-15) was in the cage for the first are limiting it to one player — and intense With Orlando often mentioned as a po- round Wednesday night, earning an upset time since he had to fight an intruder in his safety precautions must be taken before, tential centralized site if the NBA resumes victory to cap the UFC’s second show since family home in Nebraska last month. He during and after the sessions. When Don- play, and it was one of the sites Silver told returning to action amid the coronavirus aldson was throwing passes to Miller, she players late last week that is under consid- pandemic. lost a close fight to Jon Jones for the light did so while wearing a mask and gloves. eration, DeSantis said Wednesday that the Heavyweight veteran Ben Rothwell heavyweight title last year, and Teixeira Heat captain Udonis Haslem was one of state is putting a premium on the value of grabbed an entertaining split-decision vic- was superior after the opening minutes. Miami’s players to report back to work on professional sports. tory over Ovince Saint Preux, and Drew Smith appeared to be battered beyond Day 1 at their facility, though it wasn’t his “Professional sports are going to be wel- Dober stopped fellow lightweight contender repair by the end of the third round, but his top priority. He was sporting a customized come in Florida,” DeSantis said. “That Alexander Hernandez with a second-round corner declined to stop the fight after the mask with the team’s logo earlier Wednes- may not be the case in every other state in barrage of punches during the second of third or fourth rounds. His corner didn’t day when he appeared at a food distribu- this country, as we’ve seen. And so what I three UFC cards in eight days at a fan-free stop the fight even when Smith told them: tion drive that he helped organize near would tell commissioners of leagues is, if VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. “My teeth are falling out.” downtown Miami. you have a team in an area where they just The promotion returned to action last The 38-year-old Rothwell (38-12) punc- “This is first,” Haslem said at the food won’t let them operate, we’ll find a place Saturday with UFC 249 after an eight-week tuated his 50th professional bout with a drive. “This is most important.” for you here in the state of Florida, because hiatus. The UFC established extensive pro- back-and-forth meeting with Saint Preux Haslem said the workout started well, we think it’s important and we know that it tocols for health and safety in its return, and (24-14), a former light heavyweight title then he began to fade a bit toward the end. can be done safely.” veteran fighter Jacare Souza was pulled off contender who moved up to heavyweight Like most NBA players, he’s been doing in- Associated Press Writer Ian Harrison in Toronto last weekend’s show after he tested positive after losing three of his past five fights. dividual workouts during the league’s hia- contributed. for COVID-19 along with two cornermen. Rothwell improved to 2-2 since returning The second show went off without a posi- from a two-year doping suspension. tive COVID-19 test, and more masks were Dober (23-9) is a training teammate of visible on UFC personnel inside and out- Justin Gaethje, who won the UFC interim NCAA delays date for draft side the cage Wednesday. Middleweight lightweight title with an electrifying stop- Karl Roberson’s bout with Marvin Vettori page of Tony Ferguson in UFC 249. was scrapped when Roberson was hospital- Dober lived up to Gaethje’s standard ized overnight after he fell ill, but the ill- with an exciting performance capped by a entrants to return to school ness was related to his weight cut and not series of dynamic strikes to force a stop- coronavirus, according to the UFC. page of Hernandez (11-3). Associated Press “This modification is being made with The UFC’s third show in Jacksonville is “Coming from a muay thai background, the health and well-being of our student- Saturday night on ESPN Plus, headlined I had trouble fighting guys who constantly INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA is push- athletes in mind, along with their ability by veteran heavyweights Alistair Overeem moved,” Dober said. “I wasn’t trying to ing back its deadline for early entrants to and Walt Harris. hit hard. I was just trying to hit often. The the NBA Draft to withdraw and return to make the most informed decisions dur- ing this uncertain time,” Gavitt said, spe- The UFC hopes to begin holding fight more times you touch a guy on his chin, the to school, though it will wait to set a new more likely he’s going to fall over.” cifically noting the postponement of the cards back home in Las Vegas later this date. Andrei Arlovski, the UFC’s 41-year-old combine. month, but is waiting for clearance from The deadline was June 3, which would’ve the Nevada Athletic Commission. career leader in heavyweight victories, Gavitt said the NCAA will work with the come 10 days after the completion of the The 40-year-old Teixeira (31-7) was won a decision over Philipe Lins for his National Association of Basketball Coach- NBA scouting combine. But with the shockingly dominant in his fourth consecu- second victory in seven fights. combine postponed amid the coronavirus es to ensure the change “supports a play- tive victory. The light heavyweight took Earlier, Ricky Simon picked up the big- pandemic, NCAA senior vice president of er’s decision-making process” on the draft control with strikes in the second round, gest win of his UFC career with a split-de- basketball Dan Gavitt said in a statement while also allowing them to retain their and almost finished Smith several times cision victory over veteran Ray Borg. The Wednesday that college sports’ governing college eligibility. while dominating the ensuing two rounds. flyweights punctuated their lively fight body won’t set a new deadline until the The NBA announced May 1 that it was Teixeira finally ended it 1:04 into the with plenty of good-natured trash talk, NBA has determined its revised timeline postponing the draft lottery and combine final round, earning his first stoppage by which was audible on the television broad- for the pre-draft process. scheduled for Chicago this month. punches since 2017. cast from the otherwise quiet arena. 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All eyes on NASCAR as racing resumes

BY JENNA FRYER Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. ASCAR’s season started with the Secret Service doing a security check on the firesuit-clad pole-sitter for the Daytona 500 and thou- sands of fans waiting hours in line to pass through a metal detector. When the season resumes on Sunday some 13 weeks later, drivers will have their temperatures taken as they enter Darlington Race- way in South Carolina and they will be wearing masks as they leave their isolated motorhomes and make their way to their cars. There will be no fans allowed inside. Faced with many of its teams falling into financial ruin, NASCAR is waving the green flag on a plan it believes allows the series to safely return to racing. Only essential personnel will be permitted into the infield with strict guide- lines on social distancing, access and protective clothing. ‘ Obviously there There will be no one to boo reigning series champion Kyle Busch, no pre-race concert, no will be a huge pomp and probably no flyover. microscope on The seven races so far announced in May are at Darlington and Charlotte Motor Speedway, how we’re doing tracks within driving distance from teams’ things, making North Carolina bases. Four are in the elite Cup Series and the other three are lower-tier Xfinity sure it’s done in and Truck Series races. a safe manner. NASCAR hasn’t raced since March 8 so ’ Wednesday night events at Darlington and Denny Hamlin Charlotte are the only way to cram in some of Daytona 500 winner the missed events. These races will be nothing close to the week- ly traveling circus NASCAR typically stages and participants will be figuring out a new normal when they pull up to the gate at Darlington. “Just the unknowns about the procedures — you can read about them all

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NASCAR will have a much different feel when it resumes this weekend. There will be no fans in the stands at Darlington Raceway, and the Fox broadcast team will not travel to South Carolina, instead calling the race from a studio in Charlotte.

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