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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 DEALS Item Zooms in OF THE Swampscott residents$DA Y$ on Swampscott PG. 3 candidates today speak out on controversy By David McLellan Board of Health Wednesday night, last Thursday. Erik Heilman, who By David McLellan ITEM STAFF they voiced their opinions about the served Hause asDEALS a bartender that ITEM STAFF alleged insensitive comments, al- evening, alleged on the Facebook SWAMPSCOTT — Residents, though Hause had to leave the meet- group page SwampscottOF THE 01907 over SWAMPSCOTT — Candidates for the contested members of the Select Board, and ing shortly before the public com- the weekend that$ Hause called$ the Select Board and School Committee seats will de- members of the Board of Health have ments section began. Black Lives Matter DAmovementY “liber- bate virtually on Zoom Thursday, with The Daily now spoken out about alleged com- “I’ve got to be honest, I came in here al bull****” and said thatPG. 3 white priv- Item hosting the debate. ments made by Select Board member pretty angry this evening,” said Se- ilege does not exist. The Select Board debate will be at 10 a.m. There Don Hause. lect Board member Laura Spathanas. Heilman said in the post he was are three candidates vying for two seats on the During the public comment section The discussion centered on alleged “distraught” after hearing the elected of the virtual joint meeting between comments made by Hause while he DEBATE, A2 the Swampscott Select Board and was at dinner at Mission on the Bay SWAMPSCOTT,DEALS A3 OF THE Town $DAY$ AnotherPG. 3 Meeting form of takes the ‘COVIDDEALS OF THE eld in casualty’$DAY$ PG. 3 Lynn eld Siblings trying to By Thor Jourgensen reconnect with and Anne Marie Tobin ITEM STAFF mom at Peabody’s LYNNFIELD — Corona- Brooksby Village virus precautions will dom- inate Town Meeting sched- By Anne Marie Tobin uled to start Saturday, 9:30 ITEM STAFF a.m. on the high school foot- ball eld on Essex Street. PEABODY — Massachu- The precautions cannot be setts recently became the avoided, said Town Modera- rst state in the nation to al- tor Joseph Markey, and the low nursing home visits since meeting cannot be delayed the start of the COVID-19 a third time beyond its orig- pandemic, opening the door inally-scheduled March 23 for thousands to visit their date. loved ones after 10 weeks of “Many will ask, why are we isolation. having this meeting at all?” But not if you live at Brooks- said Markey, noting: “It’s by Village, which, while it simple. All Town spending has done a commendable job must be approved by Town in keeping death off its cam- Meeting. If we do not have pus with just two among its a budget in place by July 1, 1,800 residents, it has also our Town services would be Out with Columbus, in kept families seeking to re- affected. Furthermore, this connect with their loved ones Town Meeting will present in assisted living and skilled care, off campus as well. a vote on an essential expen- Siblings Arlyne Salvato of diture for our rst respond- with Saugus dinosaur? Peabody, Sharon Salvucci of ers. Further, our re ghters Danvers and Alan Corin of require new personal pro- A change.org peti- by the iconic Saugus monument. By Elyse Carmosino Sudbury, whose 87-year-old tective equipment that is ITEM STAFF After gaining traction almost im- tion to replace the mother, Estelle Corin, is a essential to their safety. This mediately, the petition has since ac- vandalized Chris- resident in the continuing item can only be voted on at SAUGUS — The giant orange di- cumulated nearly 6,000 signatures. topher Columbus care unit at Brooksby, had a Town Meeting as it’s a one- nosaur that overlooks Route 1 might “I had no idea really what was go- statue near Boston high hopes they would be time capital item, there is no nd a new home. ing to come out of it,” said the peti- Harbor (inset) with able to see their mother for alternative.” Early Sunday morning, a change. the Route 1 dino- tion’s creator, Barryphillip Arruda. the rst time in nearly 12 The outdoor meeting will fol- org petition appeared online re- saur has gained “I’m glad that it’s gotten this far and weeks, but they are still on low detailed rules intended, questing that the recently-vandal- traction. that it’s continuing to grow minute the outside looking in. ized Christopher Columbus statue LYNNFIELD, A3 DINOSAUR, A3 “My mother is a COVID-19 ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO in Boston’s North End be replaced casualty. All we want to do is to be able to stand outside STEVE KRAUSE BROOKSBY, A5 COMMENTARY COVID-19 Peabody reports three additional deaths. A3 Just call me ‘Doubting Stephen’ Marblehead Election upset Doubt consumes me. when he was born. people burned their records and for school board I went through my youth being Doubts crept in. As I got older, boycotted their concerts. member. A3 taught the Catholic Church is the and circulated more widely in the You couldn’t have been any more one true church, but my best friend world, I met some Jews — a few at Catholic than I was. I went to Mass Opinion back in those days, Dickie Mariano, rst and then a lot by the time I got regularly, went to Catholic school, Charles: Let’s was a Methodist and he was a great to college. They didn’t seem so bad. was an altar boy, sang in the chil- reimagine police guy. I wouldn’t have hung around Hardly representative of the people dren’s choir, and with all that, I still work. A4 with him if he was a jerk. He still is some Catholics blamed for killing doubted that the zealots who insti- a great guy. Jesus Christ. gated all that were really outraged. LOOK! It didn’t seem possible that a guy More doubt. It just gave them an excuse to beat RAW hosts “Pull- like Dickie was somehow dimin- I remember in 1966 when the up on the longhairs. Up” graduation ished in the eyes of God because of late John Lennon said the Beatles ceremony. A8 a decision that was made for him were more popular than Jesus, and KRAUSE, A2 Estelle Corin Nahant election to Lynn City Hall determine town clerk back in business By Elyse Carmosino and its people. By Gayla Cawley plan to reopen City Hall. ITEM STAFF Having worked part-time for the town ITEM STAFF From 9 a.m. to noon, citizens made for nearly 12 years, Dunfee has served their way to the Johnson Street entrance NAHANT — Three candidates are vy- as a substitute teacher for Nahant Pub- LYNN — Dozens of residents took ad- of the building to pay their property tax- ing for the position of Nahant town clerk lic Schools, worked as an assistant in vantage of the rst day of outdoor ser- es and solid waste fees, pick up their ahead of Saturday’s election. the Of ce of the Selectmen, and has also vices offered at City Hall on Wednesday birth and marriage certi cates, and get Diane Dunfee, Bobbie-Jo Blair and aided the Town Hall in implementing morning, according to City Clerk Janet sworn in as public notaries. Lori Ballentine — all longtime Nahant a Massachusetts State Informational Rowe. City Hall began to offer limited outdoor residents — each have years of experi- The outdoor services are the next step ence when it comes to serving the town NAHANT, A5 in Mayor Thomas M. McGee’s phased LYNN, A5

OBITUARIES ...... A2 LOOK! ...... A8 DIVERSIONS ...... B5 HIGH 83° VOL. 141, ISSUE 159 OPINION ...... A4 SPORTS ...... B1-2 CLASSIFIED ...... B6 LOW 65° POLICE/FIRE ...... A5 COMICS ...... B4 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 OBITUARIES Krause: Just call me Joyce S. Flanagan, 87 Kim N. O’Connell, 57 ‘Doubting Stephen’

PEABODY — Joyce S. “Joy” NAHANT — O’Connell, Kim KRAUSE latest outrage du jour. (Arrighi) Flanagan, 87, of N. (McCarthy), of Nahant, From A1 I’m not talking about Peabody, died on Thursday, formerly of Chelsea, passed doubting facts. I’m pretty June 11 peacefully following away on Monday, June 1 at I also doubted Lennon sure there is such a thing a lengthy illness. She was the the NSMC Salem Hospital af- when he swore he wasn’t as COVID-19 and that it’s devoted wife of the late Rich- ter a short illness. She was 57 taking a swipe at Chris- killed, or helped kill, more ard “Rick” Flanagan. years of age. tians. than 100,000 Americans, Born in Edinburgh, Scot- Born in Everett, she grew up Doubt followed me to and has thrown our lives land, she was the daughter in Chelsea and was a daugh- high school. My religion upside down. And let’s see of the late James and Isa- ter of the late James and Mar- teacher said that we’d what the tinfoil-hats who bella (Nicoll) Arrighi. She was ilyn A. (Parotta) McCarthy. Kim reach a point in our lives say it’s either a hoax or raised and educated in Scot- attended local schools and where we’d either em- that it’s been blown out land where she met her hus- graduated from Chelsea High brace Christ or reject him. of proportion have to say band and moved to the United School in 1980. She attended I doubted the choice could when they get it. States. North Shore Community Col- be that stark. Still, it was I’m talking about public Joy worked in the Oncology lege and majored in creative my rst real crisis of perceptions, and how Department at Union Hospital writing and horticulture. faith. What would my incessant propaganda in Lynn as a medical secretary She was married to Joseph decision be? (which isn’t exclusively for more than 25 years before O’Connell Jr. and was wid- Going to Northeastern the property of the right) she retired. Mia and Austin Felix. She was owed in 1999 after 18 years seph Shai of Chelsea, Erin and University exposed me helps shape them. She enjoyed counted cross predeceased by her two sis- of marriage. Kim was a devot- her husband Wayne Stevens of to all varieties of ethnic I see people nodding stitching and was an avid fan ters, Isobelle Page and Audrey ed homemaker and mother. Revere, Lisa and her husband cultures, people of color their heads in unison at of the New England Patriots. O’Sullivan. In her lifetime Kim enjoyed Sean Kilbride of Chelsea. and sexual orientation. some “pearl of wisdom” Joy is survived by her two In lieu of  owers we kindly spending time at the beach, jet Service information: A Society (and my parents) that hits me the wrong sons and daughter-in-law, ask you to make a donation skiing and boat rides. She was private family farewell and told me to be color-blind, way and go diving to Michael and Sandra Flana- in her memory to the Michael a rabid sports fan who enjoyed graveside services were held and to treat everyone the nd the other side — the gan of Hudson, N.H., and J. Fox Foundation at www.mi- watching the Boston Bruins and at Woodlawn Cemetery, Ever- same. So that’s what I one that does not t the Shaun Flanagan of Peabody; chaeljfox.org. New England Patriots on TV. Any- ett. In lieu of owers, should did. And I patted myself narrative of the person her daughter and son-in-law, Service information: Fol- one who knew Kim, knew well friends desire, contributions on the back like Little dispensing the “wisdom.” Lisa and Manny Felix of Lynn; lowing cremation, a private enough not to disturb her during in Kim’s memory should be Jack Horner. And I’m afraid I nd it her sister-in-law and broth- memorial service will be a Bruins or Patriots game. She directed to St. Jude Chil- But the more I saw, the more often than not. er-in-law, Sandra and Gerald held with burial in Vermont. was also an avid gardener and dren’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude more I doubted that was I often think I’m a man Lovejoy of Newport News, Va.; Arrangements were made by  oral arranger. Place, Memphis, TN 38105. true. It was probably the without convictions, be- and by her beloved ve grand- the CONWAY, CAHILL-BRO- She was the beloved wife of https://www.stjude.org/do- rst lesson I really real- cause every bit of “truth” children, Richard and Jessica DEUR Funeral Home, Pea- the late Joseph W. O’Connell Jr. nate/. Arrangements were giv- ized what Atticus Finch that comes my way I view Flanagan, Kyle Flanagan, and body. To view online obituary and devoted mother and grand- en to the care and direction meant about walking in skeptically. If the entire Andrew and Nicole Felix; and and sign guestbook, visit mother of Joseph O’Connell III, of the WELSH Funeral Home, another person’s shoes. scale of public opinion her two great-grandchildren, www.ccbfuneral.com. his wife Kelly and their children Chelsea. We encourage family Let’s talk about Mus- tilts one way, I’m looking Dylan, Jack and Riley of Lynn and friends who wish, to of- lims for a minute. The for something, anything, and mother of Jamie O’Connell fer condolences at this time doctor who treated me at that will shoot holes in and his partner Kelly Cheng of by means of the online guest St. Elizabeth’s Medical it and jerk it in the other Hilton Burnett, 89 Brighton and their grand-dogs book or to send a personal- Center in 2001, when I direction. I can’t be sure Lilo and Duncan. Dear sister ized sympathy card visit www. nearly died from sepsis, of anything, and often feel of Diane and her husband Jo- WelshFuneralHome.com. was from Pakistan, and that the smarter you are, he was a Muslim (yes, I the less certain you are. DANVERS — Hilton Burnett, asked). A few paragraphs back 89, formerly of Peabody and I remember screaming I talked of how smug I Danvers, passed away on June at him (I probably swore felt because I was “col- 16, 2020 at the Brightview Benjamin K. Caron, 34 at him, too) after he woke or-blind,” and how I some- Danvers Senior Living Facility, me up at 3 a.m., just how doubted it was that following a brief illness. He when I’d fallen asleep, to easily explained away. was the devoted husband of LYNN — Benjamin (Ben) tend to my IV. I saw him In the ensuing years, the late Sylvia (Pallitta) Bur- Keith Caron, 34, of Lynn, died again three days later, I’ve divorced myself of nett, with whom he shared as a result of injuries sus- when I wasn’t deliri- that notion. I am not col- more than 55 years of mar- tained from a motorcycle ac- ous with fever, and we or-blind. George Floyd’s riage. cident on June 12, 2020. smoothed everything over. Born in Lynn, he was the death, and hundreds of Ben was a lifelong Lynn resi- A week later, 9/11 others like it, have proven son of the late Henry and Au- dent and a graduate of Lynn En- happened. I was as hor- rora Burnett. He was raised once again that we are all glish High School. Growing up, ri ed as the next person. products of our cultures, in Cliftondale and Lynn eld, Ben was an exceptional athlete Nineteen radical Muslim graduating from Wake eld our experiences, our col- and was always active in base- terrorists did this, but the lective triumphs and our High School in 1948. ball, soccer and football. Pakistani doctor who had Burnie, as his friends called collective struggles. All of Ben always followed his saved my life wasn’t one that has to be taken into him, enlisted in the Navy Re- passions and when he wasn’t of them. I had to remem- were favorite pastimes, along account. And we cannot serves and then served as spending time with his daugh- ber that when the hate with trips to Boothbay Harbor, begin to understand how a Seabee in the Navy in the ters he loved to be riding his got turned up too high. Maine, in the summer and to people who have suffered early 1950s for two years. He motorcycle, sur ng, skate- And since I never felt completed the GE Apprentice Vermont and the White Moun- and struggled in ways we boarding, or spending time any pressure from fellow haven’t end up feeling as program and several class- tains in the autumn. with his best friend, his father. Caucasians to be visible they do. es at Lowell Institute School Burnie was a dedicated Growing up, Ben spent most in my condemnation And until we get that (MIT), becoming a drafts- brother, father and grandfa- of his summers camping and grandfather, Robert Varnum, of Timothy McVeigh through our heads, we’ll man in 1950 at the General ther, generous with his time shing with his family at Lake paternal grandmother, Donna after Oklahoma City, I never have peaceful race Electric Riverworks plant for and always willing to help. Pemaquid Campground. Markakis, and cousin Mason shouldn’t have expected relations in this coun- more than 40 years. At GE, He is survived by his daugh- Ben was always current on Boltrushek. Muslims over here to do try. And I have no doubt he reconnected with his fu- ters, Teresa Riley and Elizabeth the latest streetwear and trends Service information: Due to the same with Al Qaida. about that. ture wife Sylvia, after working Cordiner and her husband, and wasn’t afraid to wear a loud the current restrictions of the These little moments together at a hardware store Scott of Danvers; his grand- out t accompanied by match- CDC and the Commonwealth make me pause and re- Steve Krause can be as teenagers, and got the daughter, Erin Laskin and her ing shoes and hats. of Massachusetts, services fuse to get swept along in reached at skrause@item- nickname “Red” because of husband, Bryan, of Danvers; Ben was employed by Na- are private. Services are un- the onrushing tide of the live.com. his red hair. and his great-grandchildren, tional Grid and was a member der the direction of the SOLI- As a young man, he loved Hannah, Camden and Colton of Union Local 12012 Steel- MINE Funeral Homes. Family boats, taking Sylvia and his Laskin; and a special friend, workers. and friends are encouraged Item to Zoom in on parents out in his motor boat Pete Santamaria. He was pre- In addition to his beloved to leave condolences at www. on Pillings Pond in Lynn eld. deceased by his sisters, June daughters Inaya and Brianna solimine.com. He loved animals and had Sidman and Edith Ford, and Caron, Ben is survived by his In lieu of owers, Ben’s Swampscott candidates two dogs as a child. In the his brother, Henry Burnett. parents, Paul Caron and his family asks that you please 1970’s summers, he liked to Service information: His ancée, Dana Ross, Susan consider donating to the DEBATE ment Access TV online cannonball into his pool af- funeral services will be held Schueler and her husband GoFundMe page that From A1 at tv.swampscottma.gov; ter work, much to his family’s privately at the Swampscott Michael; his brother Daniel; has been set up for his or watch Facebook Live amusement. Burnie loved mu- Cemetery. Arrangements by sister Kimberly and her ancé daughters: https://www. Swampscott Select Board: on the town Facebook sic, especially Dixieland Jazz, the CONWAY, CAHILL-BRO- Kyle Farese, brother Zachary gofundme.com/f/21dxmn- Neal Duffy, 44 Humphrey page, www.facebook.com/ and going on Jazz Riverboat DEUR Funeral Home, 82 Bruso, brother Christopher mphc?utm_medium=so- St.; Stephen T. Williams, swampscottma01907; or Cruises with friends. He was Lynn St., Peabody. In lieu of Schueler, and sister Caro- cial&utm_source=face- 10 Puritan Lane; and watch on television, chan- a member of the American Le- owers, contributions may line Schueler. He also leaves book&utm_campaign=p_ David M. Grishman, 55 nel 22 for Comcast, and gion and joined Sylvia on bus be made in his memory to behind his paternal grandfa- na+share-sheet&r- Sampson Ave. All three channel 41 for Verizon. trips with various Lynn eld Care Dimensions, 75 Sylvan ther Alex Markakis, maternal cid=f175166d4dab4f- candidates are newcom- The Swampscott town and Peabody societ- St., Danvers, MA grandmother Janice Varnum, c5a70db51a8c86fffe ers, with no incumbents election will be held on ies. Playing check- 01923. For online uncle Robby Agocs, several on the ballot. Tuesday, June 30, at ers, cribbage, dom- guestbook, please other uncles, aunts, cousins The School Committee Swampscott High School, inos and whist with visit www.ccbfuner- and his nephew Jaxson. 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call 781-593-7700 ext. 2 Catch up with your to start your favorite team daily subscription. in Item Sports! THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A3 Election upset for Marblehead Town Meeting takes School Committee member the field in Lynnfield LYNNFIELD Please know that the pri- By Thor Jourgensen a Municipal Light Com- Belf-Becker, Moses Grad- Kelley; Board of Health From A1 mary concern of all town ITEM STAFF mission seat, defeating er, Judith R. Jacobi and member Todd Belf-Becker; officials is to conduct the incumbent Michael A. Tu- James E. Nye won reelec- Housing Authority board Markey said, to safeguard meeting in a way that pro- MARBLEHEAD — multy 2,442-1,562 votes. tion with Jacobi topping member Joan D. Cutler; attendees. Anyone who is tects the health and safety School Committee incum- Unofficial election re- the ticket with 3,063 votes Rossana Ferrante and sick should stay home. of everyone, while at the bent Jennifer A. Schaef- sults gave Gold 2,382 and board newcomer Da- Robert J. Schaeffner ran “The plan is to present same time upholding our fner finished fourth in only four motions before town meeting tradition votes; Barron 2,163 votes; vid Depew receiving 2,507 for reelection to the Plan- Tuesday’s town election Town Meeting. The pre- and standards of partici- West Shore Drive resident votes. ning Board. Recreation with Pond Street resident sentations under each ar- patory democracy,” Mar- Catherine R. Martin 1,633 Tuesday’s voting took and Park Commission- Emily L. Barron winning ticle will be posted on the key said. votes and Schaeffner place in good weather but ers Linda A. Rice Collins, a committee seat and com- Matthew C. Martin, Derek town website. There will Markey said the Town mitteewoman Sarah Jane 1,518 votes. with changes in polling be no visual presentation Meeting procedure for Turnout by town voters locations to provide coro- Y. Norcross, Charles Ed- Gold winning reelection. ward Osborne Jr. and Ger- at the meeting,” said Mar- questions from the floor was 28.4 percent for Mar- navirus precaution social Schaeffner’s loss in the ald P. Tucker Jr. sought key. during the meeting will blehead’s six precincts distancing. four-way race for two reelection uncontested. Everyone attending the involve calling a pre-an- committee seats was the with 31 percent of Precinct Uncontested candidates meeting must wear a face nounced phone number biggest election upset on 1 voters going to the polls. on the ballot included Thor Jourgensen can be covering and masks will or using a pre-publicized Tuesday. Putnam Road Board of Selectmen Town Moderator Gary reached at tjourgensen@ be available at the high email address to ask ques- resident Lisa Wolf won incumbents Jackie Spiess; Assessor John P. itemlive.com. school field. Anyone who tions on articles. has a health condition Markey will relay the that would prevent them questions to the appropri- Peabody reports 3 more virus deaths from wearing a mask is ate person for a response. required to notify staff on Additionally, microphones entering the lot. will be strategically By Gayla Cawley In Lynn, nine new cases, come, first serve basis. cases and 11 deaths) and Voter check-in will be placed around the field, ITEM STAFF but no additional deaths Residents do not need to Nahant (42 cases and six conducted while residents with staff managing strict were reported on Wednes- be a Lynn Community deaths) on Wednesday. are sitting in their vehi- social distancing. Sanitiz- Peabody’s coronavirus day. The city now has Health Center or North According to the state cles. On entering the high ing products will be used death toll continues to rise, 3,585 cases and 95 deaths Shore Physician Group Department of Public school grounds, residents to clean microphones after with three more deaths re- — 987 cases remain active patient to be screened. Health, Marblehead (228 will be directed to the stu- each use. ported on Wednesday. and 2,503 people have re- People will not be asked cases and 30 deaths) and dent bus drop-off circle. Wednesday the Board of The city’s virus death covered, according to city about their immigration Swampscott (128 cases Selectmen voted to reduce toll now stands at 159, ac- A firefighter wearing data. The City of Lynn, status and do not need to and eight deaths) each re- personal protective gear the 175-voter quorum to cording to Peabody Health in partnership with Lynn have health insurance. ported an additional case 40. Director Sharon Cameron. will walk up to each ar- Community Health Cen- An additional two deaths on Wednesday. riving vehicle and conduct Nonetheless, Crawford However, the city’s day- ter, North Shore Medical were reported in Revere to Saugus has not updated the voter check-in. At- is still wary, citing fore- to-day increase in cases Center, and North Shore bring the city’s death toll its numbers since Monday tendees must stay in their casts predicting tempera- has remained low in recent Physicians Group, is offer- to 80. With four new cases when 554 cases and 34 vehicle during check-in. tures in the low 90s, which weeks. With three new ing COVID-19 testing on on Wednesday, Revere now deaths were reported. Vehicles will then be di- might keep residents cases reported since Mon- Saturday from 9 a.m. to has 1,769 cases — 1,454 rected to the student park- away. day, the city’s caseload is noon at Ingalls Elementa- people have recovered, ac- Gayla Cawley can be ing lot, where Department “Special legislation al- 1,038 — 673 people have ry School. cording to the city website. reached at gcawley@item- of Public Works employees lows us to reduce the quo- recovered from the virus, Two hundred tests will Numbers remained the live.com. Follow her on or police officers will di- rum with the approval of according to Cameron. be completed on a first same in Lynnfield (96 Twitter @GaylaCawley. rect attendees to specific the Moderator to as low as socially distanced parking 18,” said Crawford. “The spaces. idea is to allow the Town Out with Columbus, in with Saugus dinosaur? “You must remain in Meeting to take place so your vehicle until you are budgets will be approved DINOSAUR of the pushback is from instructed to exit. If you before July 1. I’m still wor- ried. A lot of people are From A1 Italian Americans who do not have a mask at this say he’s a symbol of their time, you will be given just not going out, so we may not get enough.” by minute, but yeah, I had culture,” Arruda said. “I one,” Markey said. Markey said he will con- no idea. I had no expecta- would argue there are Town employees will tinue to monitor the situa- tions for this.” many, many other Italian usher residents from the tion going forward. Arruda, 28, said he came role models they could lot to the field with a stop “The governor has al- up with the idea with a look towards. at a hand sanitizing sta- ready signed emergency friend while the two were “There have been plenty tion. Strict social distanc- legislation authorizing discussing possibilities for of Italian scientists, math- ing guidelines will be fol- the Moderator, after con- what could replace the Co- ematicians, artists, paint- lowed in seating people on sulting public health offi- lumbus statue, which was the field and seats will be ers, who have done more cials and the Select Board, beheaded on June 9. to benefit the world and placed 9 feet apart. “We drove by the orange to recess the meeting for forward (Italian) culture Once Town Meeting up to 30 days, and to do so dinosaur and said ‘that ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO in ways other than geno- is underway, Selectmen repeatedly. I will be mon- would be a perfect replace- The orange dinosaur overlooking Route 1 in cide and murdering inno- Chairman Philip Crawford ment for Christopher Co- itoring the situation with Saugus is being considered to replace the Chris- cent people.” will read the main motions the state and town offi- lumbus.’ We just kind of Caught in the middle of under the articles, and af- cials, and if necessary, will joked about it,” the Salem topher Columbus statue near Boston Harbor. the debate, however, are ter a second, debate will reschedule the meeting resident said. “Then I men- begin. Residents are urged to be a worthy contender to Italian American Alliance Saugonians — many of and let everyone know,” tioned it to a few other peo- to review the Finance replace Columbus, the dino spokesman Frank Maz- whom simply don’t want said Markey. ple and the conversation Committee report ahead of — described by roadside- zaglia later told the Bos- to part with their beloved became, ‘well what if we the meeting. Thor Jourgensen can be america.com as a “pudgy, ton Globe. “Thanks to Co- orange dinosaur. made a petition?’ It really “Our spring town reached at tjourgensen@ safety-orange t-rex whose lumbus, millions of people “The orange dinosaur kind of took off from there.” needs to stay right here in meeting presents some itemlive.com. Anne Marie face appears to have been have found economic op- In light of recent pro- Saugus,” said resident Liz challenges due to the Tobin can be reached at inspired by Bob Hope” — portunity in this country tests against the treat- Marchese. “He may be a COVID-19 pandemic. [email protected]. has been a Saugus symbol ... He was really the first ment of black Americans tyrant, but he’s our tyrant. for decades. immigrant here. He was by police, countless stat- Boston has enough tyran- But not everyone is on also the first missionary.” ues bearing the likeness of nic carnivores running board with the idea. Although he doesn’t nec- historical figures involved around up on Beacon Hill ITEM CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! Perhaps most outspoken essarily expect the dino- in the mistreatment and without taking ours. is Boston’s Italian Amer- saur to replace Columbus’ abuse of Africans across “In all seriousness Call Customer Service ican Alliance, which put the globe — including the statue, Arruda said he though, he needs to stay Italian-born Columbus, out a statement demand- disagrees with the notion in his natural habitat. to place an ad who is credited with en- ing the North End statue’s that Columbus should be Saugus is his home where slaving and murdering “restoration and return” the historical figure cho- he is loved and respected.” 781-593-7700, ext. 2 thousands — have been following its decapitation. sen to represent Boston’s vandalized or otherwise “It’s very difficult to Italian community. Elyse Carmosino can be removed. separate Columbus from “From what I under- reached at ecarmosino@ Clearly thought by many the Italian-Americans,” stand, a large portion itemlive.com. Swampscott residents speak out on controversy SWAMPSCOTT in a community that is “I think it would be lieves about Black Lives From A1 95 percent white and 0.9 cathartic for the entire Matter and white priv- percent black,” she said. town,” Millet said. ilege if he stayed at the official’s alleged com- “What does it mean for Scibelli participated a meeting. ments, and he was later (black people) when public second time during the “If he did say those fired for breaking Mission officials deny the strug- public comments section things, we have a real on the Bay’s protocol on gles they have had and are and said he knows people problem with him be- guest confidentiality. Mis- having in our country?” who have reached out to ing on the Select Board,” sion on the Bay has offered Nicolas Scibelli, who Hause and gotten no re- Hartmann said. Heilman his job back, but, said he is leading an effort sponse, and he supports “I do find it frustrating according to co-owner to have Hause recalled if the idea of a forum ded- as all get-out that Don is The value of each coupon shown here is equal to Marty Bloom, Heilman he does not resign volun- icated specifically to the not here,” said Board of said he has found other tarily, said it was “unfortu- controversy. Health member Emily Cil- or greater than the price of the newspaper.newspaper. work. Hause has called nate” Hause had to leave “Everyone I’ve talked to ley. Heilman’s comments inac- the meeting, and he’d like said he hasn’t gotten back Spellios and Select ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS!OWNERS! curate and defamatory in to ask him “point blank” to them,” Scibelli said. “So Board member Polly Tit- If you would like to participate in his own Facebook post pri- if he supports the Black he’s claimed he is avail- comb said the alleged or to Wednesday’s meet- Lives Matter movement. able, but the results have comments do not reflect The Daily Item’s Deal of the Day, ing. “I agree with you. It’s shown otherwise.” the Select Board’s views, contact us at 781-593-7700, ext. 1280 Hause attended almost Spellios allowed Select unfortunate he’s not here adding the Select Board the first two hours of the right now, but I want you Board members to re- unanimously passed a res- Select Board meeting, to know that was inadver- spond to public comments, TODAY’S DEAL OF THE DAY olution condemning racial which began at 6 p.m., tent and perhaps we can which he said is not typi- violence two weeks ago. and said he had the in- find a place, a productive cally allowed during Se- tention of participating in place, perhaps outside of lect Board meetings. David McLellan can be discussing the “important” Facebook, that we can talk Board of Health mem- reached at dmclellan@ topics to be raised during about this,” said Select ber Stephanie Goodman itemlive.com. public comment. However, Board Chairman Peter said it “seems” like some- he said he had to leave the Spellios. one “more suitable” should virtual meeting at 7:46 George Potts said he be found for the Select LAW OFFICES OF p.m. to catch a plane, and would like to see “better Board other than Hause, JAMES J. CARRIGAN did not participate in the discourse” and hear what and someone “who doesn’t • Social Security Disability public comments section, people actually say, rather think Black Lives Matter • Workers Compensation which began at 7:49 p.m. than just read what others is liberal B.S.” • Accidents Resident Jessica Sapp claim they said on social “Racism is a public 25 years located across said, as the wife of an Af- media. health crisis,” Goodman from Lynn District Court rican American and moth- Ryan Millet suggested said. 15 Johnson St. er of two biracial sons, that the Select Board hold Board of Health Chair- 781-596-0100 woman Marianne Hart- JAMES J. CARRIGAN she wants to know what a separate “Q-an-A” Zoom ANNE GUGINO CARRIGAN Hause really believes. meeting to address the al- mann said she would have LISA A. CARRIGAN, OF COUNSEL “In Swampscott, we live legations against Hause. asked Hause what he be- www.jamescarriganlaw.com [email protected] A4 THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 OPINION Let’s reimagine police work HOW TO REACH US E¥¦¥ M. G DIRECTORS President and Publisher Edward L. Cahill In case you missed it, while black is actionable. M§Ÿ H. SŸŸ another black man was Driving, walking, being Chief Executive O cer John M. Gilberg Edward M. Grant shot and killed by police drunk, sleeping in your E C J. CŸ¡ CŸ Advertising Director News Editor Gordon R. Hall last week. This time, vid- own home, having a mental 110 Munroe St. W J. K TŸ  J ¢£ Monica Connell Healey eo evidence showed the CherylC illness, having addiction is- P.O. Box 5 Chief Financial O cer Editorial Page Editor J. Patrick Norton police officers encounter- CharlesC sues, being homeless — all Lynn, MA 01903 J N. W  C  T¢¤ Michael H. Shanahan ing an apparently inebri- have become death sen- Chief Operating O cer Community Relations Director Chairman Customer Service ated Rayshard Brooks, a tences when the wrong law Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. PUBLISHERS 27-year-old father of three, We are a nation that enforcement officer shows Connecting Horace N. Hastings, 1877-1904 asleep in his car at a Wen- traffics in slogans. Slogans up, if you happen to be do- Charles H. Hastings and Wilmot R. Hastings, 1904-1922 All Departments: dy’s drive-thru in Atlanta. have a way of galvanizing ing this, while being black. Charles H. Hastings, 1922-1940 Mr. Brooks failed a field 781-593-7700 Ernest W. Lawson, 1940-1960 — and polarizing. So let’s reassess what Charles H. Gamage and Peter Gamage, 1960-1982 sobriety test, but offered There’s little nuance in police work (not force, the Ext. 2 Peter Gamage, 1982-1991 to walk home, since his sis- slogans, but there is so term itself is already prob- Peter H. Gamage, 1991-1996 ter lived nearby. The whole Classifi ed/Legal Advertising Brian C. šayer, 1996-1999 much more that needs to lematic) should look like. classi [email protected] episode should have end- Bernard W. Frazier Jr., 1999-2005 be said. When I was a kid, you Peter H. Gamage, 2005-2014 ed there, had police taken Subscriptions When we hear Defund the had the Officer Friendly him up on his offer to walk [email protected] John S. Moran, Executive Editor, 1975-1990 Police, some people pan- come to your classroom. I home, maybe called a tow Circulation ic. They know when they grew up in a neighborhood truck, or even put him in [email protected] hear Defund Planned Par- where a police officer lived a taxi. He wasn’t hostile or enthood, those people are in every second or third Ext. 3 combative — but then the looking to abolish health- house on my block. You Newsroom handcuffs and the taser care (including and espe- were told if you were in [email protected] came out. cially abortion services) for trouble, or got lost, to find a [email protected] Mr. Brooks got the taser lower-income women. They policeman. These men were Ext. 4 away from the officer and aren’t saying, oh, we want my friends’ fathers. EDITORIAL ran away. He was shot in This is who we need to Sports them to still have access [email protected] the back — twice. be. Our children shouldn’t to mammograms and pap Now, being drunk be afraid to call the police Ext. 5 smears and contraception, shouldn’t be a reason for because someone might be just not abortion services. Retail and Online the death penalty, nor murdered right before their Advertising The Supreme Defunding Planned Par- should running away from eyes. Our police shouldn’t [email protected] enthood would throw out a cop who got embarrassed be the people who are wea- the proverbial baby with ADVERTISING by having his nonlethal ponized by ICE, so that the bathwater (said almost Ernie Carpenter Jr. weapon taken from him. our undocumented friends Court got it right unironically). Director of Advertising And even “resisting arrest” and neighbors are afraid So when we hear Defund and Business Development, ext. 1355 shouldn’t be a death sen- to come forward if they are [email protected] the Police and Abolish ICE, Editorial from the Los Angeles Times Editorial tence. But there you have it. victims or have knowledge people in some commu- Ralph Mitchell Board A man is dead because this of a crime, because it puts nities are cheering, and Sales Representative, ext. 1313 officer, who had more than them in jeopardy. [email protected] in other communities are a dozen complaints of ex- Our friends and family Even after the Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that panicking. Eric Rondeau cessive force in his history, shouldn’t have to call in same-sex couples had a constitutional right to This doesn’t have to be an Sales Representative, ext. 1280 shot him in the back while people with guns to han- [email protected] marry, gays and lesbians in many states could be all or nothing proposition. he was running away. Even dle every situation, be it wed one day and fired on the next because of their But when we give mil- Patricia Whalen television cops don’t shoot mental health issues, to sexual orientation. The court rectified that linger- itary weaponry to local Sales Representative, ext. 1310 suspects in the back, and the homeless person you’ve [email protected] police departments, we ing injustice Monday when it held that not only if you check the body count deemed an eyesore to your are budgeting those items BUSINESS OFFICE gay but also transgender employees are protected on any show, you’d assume neighborhood, to your at the expense of mental by a landmark federal law against discrimination. killing people every week is neighbor playing his music Susan J. Conti health workers, and other Controller, ext. 1288 The 6-3 decision is a monumental milestone in par for the course. too loud. social services to help our [email protected] workplace equality. Although more than 20 states, But this is real life, and Everything shouldn’t including California, prohibit discrimination in no one is yelling “Cut” at neighbors with addiction, be handled by people who Ted Grant mental health problems, Publisher, ext. 1234 the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation or the end of the scene. The have more hours of weap- [email protected] people aren’t getting up, homelessness, food inse- ons training than sensi- gender identity, the justices’ decision will provide curity, financial insecurity, Marian Kinney nationwide protection. dusting themselves off, col- tivity training. When your lecting their checks and go- and other social ills in this ext. 1212 In an opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the ma- main tool is a hammer, ev- [email protected] ing on to the next contract unequal and inequitable jority persuasively concluded that dismissing or erything looks like a nail. work, playing a villain or a society. We need to reimagine Will Kraft refusing to hire employees because of their sex- I’m not saying if you’re Chief Financial Of cer, ext. 1296 victim. community policing, and [email protected] ual orientation or transgender status amounts to Let’s face it, we call on the the victim of a crime, you stop thinking of reform as a “sex” discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the police to do a lot of things should only have a social dirty word. When children Paula Villacreses 1964 Civil Rights Act. that shouldn’t be in their worker at your disposal. of color are taught at a very A/R Specialist, ext. 1205 [email protected] As Gorsuch put it: “An employer who fires an purview. A guy sleeping in I’m saying if you’re hav- young age to fear that uni- individual for being homosexual­ or transgender his car? Why not knock on ing a mental health crisis, form, to be extremely care- Mike Shanahan the window and ask if he’s sending in someone better ful what you say, do, wear, Chief Executive Of cer, ext. 1956 fires that person for traits or actions it would not [email protected] have questioned in members of a different sex.” He OK? Or do you send him to trained may de-escalate act and interact with police the situation better than offered the example of an employer with a male his early grave by summon- officers, because one wrong Carolina Trujillo ing the police? Think that someone whose instinct word, or inadvertent move Community Relations Director, ext. 1226 and a female employee, both attracted to men. “If $20 bill might be phony? when faced with erratic be- [email protected] the employer fires the male employee for no rea- may mean your parents Why not tell him, I don’t havior is to shoot first, and are planning your funeral Jim Wilson son other than the fact he is attracted­ to men, the think this is real, I have to ask questions later. Chief Operating Of cer, ext. 1200 instead of your graduation, [email protected] employer discriminates against him for traits or call the FBI, or Secret Ser- Not all police officers we’ve got to do more than actions it tolerates in his female colleague.” vice, but in the meantime, are so inclined to unhol- march, chant, cry, grieve — CIRCULATION This is so, Gorsuch explained, even though the do you have other means ster their weapons when and then add another name Lisa Mahmoud Congress that approved the Civil Rights Act prob- to pay? Or do you subject approaching citizens. But to the long list of hashtags. Manager, ext. 1239 ably didn’t have this sort of discrimination in yourself to a lifetime of too many (and one is too We’ve got to find another [email protected] guilt and regret because many) are, and all the bias mind any more than it did other unforeseen appli- way. CUSTOMER SERVICE cations of the law. the people you summoned training and de-escalation Because society’s prob- The court’s ruling evokes one written in 1998 by decided paying with what training in the world isn’t lems are never, ever, going La’ Mosha Ball may have been a fake bill is going to help if the color of Customer Service, ext. 1276 the late Justice Antonin Scalia — like Gorsuch, a to be solved by simply send- [email protected] worthy of execution. the person’s skin is intrin- ing in people with guns. so-called textualist when it comes to interpreting Here is my point: Soci- sically and immediately GRAPHICS statues — that held that Title VII outlawed sexu- ety’s problems cannot be perceived as threatening. Cheryl Charles can be Trevor Andreozzi al harassment against workers regardless of their solved by sending in people We have gotten to the reached at ccharles@item- Designer sexual orientation. with guns. point of doing anything live.com. [email protected] Scalia admitted that “male-on-male sexual ha- Ned Connors rassment in the workplace was assuredly not the LETTER TO THE EDITOR Designer, ext. 1222 principal evil Congress was concerned with when [email protected] it enacted Title VII. But statutory prohibitions of- Mark Sutherland ten go beyond the principal evil to cover reason- Creative Director, ext. 1330 [email protected] ably comparable evils.” That is what the court did A RAFT for families in this case as well. NEWSROOM In a dissent from Monday’s ruling, Justice Sam- As Massachusetts and from MassHousing, which RAFT”); further decreasing Mike Alongi uel A. Alito Jr., joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, the nation grapple with transferred $5 million to the documentation burden Sports Editor, ext. 1228 [email protected] suggested that the majority was dishonoring Sca- high levels of housing create a COVID-19 response on households applying for lia’s legacy by updating an old statute to “better instability, unemployment, fund within RAFT. Looking funds; and improving the Bill Brotherton Features Editor ext. 1338 reflect the current values of society.” structural racism, and ahead to the start of fiscal online application systems health inequality, now year 2021, though, much that have been instituted [email protected] Alito also pointed out, as did Justice Brett M. is the time for the Com- more funding will be need- by the regional entities Elyse Carmosino Kavanaugh in a separate dissent, that legislation monwealth to make deep ed, especially when existing administering the program Reporter, ext. 1264 explicitly outlawing discrimination on the basis investments in Residential moratoria on evictions and across the state. [email protected] of sexual orientation has been considered by Con- Assistance for Families in utility shut-offs expire. During the COVID-19 Gayla Cawley gress without yet being enacted into law. Gorsuch Transition (RAFT, budget I am very proud to be pandemic, hundreds of Reporter, ext. 1236 rightly said that didn’t matter. It remained the line item 7004-9316), a pro- a local trustee of Massa- thousands of Massachusetts [email protected] fact that “discrimination based on homosexuality­ gram of the Massachusetts chusetts Coalition for the households are falling fur- Cheryl Charles or transgender status necessarily entails discrim- Department of Housing Homeless and I ask you ther behind on rent, utilities, News Editor, ext. 1278 [email protected] ination based on sex.” and Community Develop- to join with us, the Mas- and other needs after facing Because this decision is based on a statute, not ment. sachusetts Coalition for job losses, work hour reduc- Olivia Falcigno RAFT is a key tool to the Homeless and allied tions, and unexpected costs. Photographer, ext.1224 the Constitution, Congress is free to overrule it by help families with children, organizations in advocat- Both COVID-19 and [email protected] passing new legislation giving employers a green unaccompanied youth, ing with the Legislature housing instability are im- Spenser Hasak light to discriminate against gay and transgender elders, people with disabil- to appropriate $50 mil- pacting Black and Brown Photographer, ext. 1332 workers. If lawmakers have any feel for what Alito ities, and other households lion for RAFT to address communities disproportion- [email protected] called the “current values of society,” they won’t in Massachusetts avoid or COVID-19 and ongoing ately. RAFT is a key part of Thor Jourgensen even think of doing so. exit homelessness. RAFT housing instability needs. stemming the tide of home- Editorial Page Editor, ext. 1267 provides funds to very Increased funding will be lessness, addressing racial [email protected] low-income households for even more powerful when inequities, assisting small Daniel Kane needs such as back rent combined with recom- landlords, and keeping our Sports Reporter, ext. 1228 payments, back utility pay- mended program changes communities whole. [email protected] ments, first month’s rent, to improve access and Please reach out to your Steve Krause last month’s rent, security eligibility for RAFT. Some state representative and Writer-at-Large, ext. 1229 deposits, and transporta- of the proposed changes senator today to ask them [email protected] tion costs. include raising the benefit to take meaningful action David McLellan During state fiscal year cap to allow households to to prevent homelessness Reporter, ext. 1317 2020, there has been a total access at least $10,000 in in the Commonwealth by [email protected] of just over $28 million a twelve-month period to making critical invest- Anne Marie Tobin invested in the RAFT more effectively and realis- ments in RAFT. Sports Reporter, ext. 1307 program, up from the initial tically meet needs, up from [email protected] appropriation of $21 million the current cap of $4,000; Wendy Payne Ryan York at the start of the fiscal allowing more households A member of the board of Copy Editor, ext. 1220 year. Community members receive to RAFT benefits directors of the Lynn-based [email protected] and advocates have wel- before having to officially Massachusetts Coalition for TECHNOLOGY comed the increased funds begin an eviction or utility the Homeless www.ma- from the Legislature and shut-off process (“Upstream homeless.org Tim Noyes Director ext. 1247 TO SUBMIT YOUR LETTERS, PLEASE MAIL TO THE DAILY ITEM, P.O. BOX 5, LYNN, MA 01903 OR EMAIL TO [email protected] [email protected] THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A5 POLICE/FIRE

All address information, particu- nue and Commercial Street. A Lynn City Hall is back in business larly arrests, reflect police records. caller reported he was driving In the event of a perceived inac- when he heard a loud pop LYNN “For us, we have to do may be slow, as there will dented times.” curacy, it is the sole responsibility and saw his side window was From A1 the appointment because be a limited number of peo- As part of the first two smashed. of the concerned party to contact they’ll call us and we have ple who can enter offices phases, all department services to residents on to produce (the) birth and and picking up documents heads returned to the the relevant police department and Fire Wednesday, which will death certificate,” said can be a lengthy process. building on a full-time ba- have the department issue a no- continue each Wednesday Rowe. “It’s quick, we just That’s why she’s encour- sis on June 1 and all other tice of correction to the Daily Item. A report of a motor vehicle and Friday during the go down, hand it to them aging people to call ahead employees started return- Corrections or clarifications will not fire at 2:43 p.m. Tuesday at same timeframe through and they’re gone.” and thinks having contin- ing to work the following Lindsey and Hawkes streets. be made without express notice of at least July 1. Some couples have been ued outdoor service will be Monday, June 8. Police reported the fire was But Rowe said she hopes change from the arresting police waiting to get married at helpful moving forward. Aside from department extinguished and the car was McGee will authorize a City Hall, Rowe said, ex- “If the mayor approves heads, employees are department. towed. plan to extend the outdoor plaining that she expects it, we can continue to use working on a staggered city services through the those appointments will the tent two days a week schedule, in terms of al- LYNN PEABODY end of the summer, even start to pick up as more peo- at least for the summer ternating between a week as City Hall is tentatively ple realize the outdoor ser- months,” said Rowe. “If it on-site and working the Arrests Accidents scheduled to fully reopen vices are available. Couples does get busier, we may following week remotely. to the public on July 7. can complete the marriage move to three days.” People can schedule an Thomas Sanchez, 23, of 23 A report of a motor vehicle “For the first day, it actu- application online, but they Offering limited public outdoor appointment with Nahant Place, was arrested crash at 11:25 p.m. Tuesday ally was (busy),” said Rowe, physically have to be sworn access to in-person city ser- the City Clerk’s office by and charged with unlicensed at 91 Lynn St. and 2 County who estimated there were in at City Hall, she said. vices is the next step in the calling (781) 586-6726 or operation of a motor vehicle St.; at 10:13 a.m. Wednesday at least three dozen resi- Several appointments mayor’s phased approach email at jrowe@lynnma. at 11:11 a.m. Wednesday. at 56 Washington St. and 5 dents there throughout the on Wednesday consisted to reopening City Hall. gov. Checks or money orders Zaira Sanchez was arrest- Aborn St. day. “It’s working out great. of swearing in public no- Provided that the state has are the preferred method ed on warrant charges of A report of a motor vehicle I’m hoping to continue it taries, which, along with “successfully entered” into of payment for the services two counts of Class A drug hit and run crash at 1:10 p.m. because I think the more getting documents nota- phase three of Gov. Char- offered by the collector and possession and sexual con- Wednesday at 33 Endicott St. people we can keep out of rized, has to be done in lie Baker’s reopening plan, city clerk, but cash pay- duct for a fee at 9:52 a.m. the building the better.” person, Rowe said. the building will fully re- ments will be accepted if the Wednesday. Complaints Residents are now able Throughout the open the public on July 7. exact amount is provided. to walk up and pay their COVID-19 shutdown, res- “As we continue the If residents are unable to Accidents A report of a disturbance real estate, excise and per- idents have been conduct- phased reopening of City make their payments on- at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday at 53 sonal property tax bills ing city business by phone Hall, it is important that we line or through the outdoor A report of a motor vehicle Franklin St. A caller report- with the collector’s office or email, and many have keep the safety of both our express services, they may crash at 2:56 p.m. Tuesday at ed there was a disturbance on those two days. But cit- been taking advantage of employees and our residents mail them or drop them off 1117 Western Ave.; at 11:34 at the blue house near his izens will have to make an dropping off their permit in mind, taking necessary in the blue City Hall lock p.m. Tuesday at 300 Lynn home, possibly 53 Franklin. appointment with the City applications in the large precautionary measures box at the Johnson Street Shore Drive; at 3:46 a.m. Police reported a person was Clerk’s office for other ser- mailbox located at the to mitigate any additional entrance of City Hall. vices including licenses, Johnson Street entrance surge of COVID-19,” said Wednesday at CVS at 509 weightlifting loudly in their Eastern Ave.; at 7:44 a.m. birth and marriage cer- of City Hall, Rowe said. McGee in a statement. “We Gayla Cawley can be backyard and would quiet Wednesday at Honey Dew tificates, notary public When City Hall reopens want to make sure we pro- reached at gcawley@item- down for the evening. Donuts at 1067 Western Ave.; services and dropping off to the public, Rowe antic- vide access to essential ser- live.com. Follow her on A report of suspicious ac- at 11:03 a.m. Wednesday at election papers. ipates in-person services vices during these unprece- Twitter @GaylaCawley. tivity at 7:52 p.m. Tuesday at Boston and Flint streets. Walnut Street Place at 8 Wal- A report of a motor vehicle nut St. A caller reported four crash with personal injury at Nahant election to determine new town clerk juveniles were smoking mar- 7:52 p.m. Tuesday at 213 Den Quarry Road; at 10:25 ijuana in the garage. Police NAHANT “It’s a big responsibility,” years). “I have an interest in our a.m. Wednesday at Essex and reported the juveniles were From A1 Dunfee said of the posi- If elected, Blair said she town government because Johnson streets. picked up by a parent. tion. “You’re responsible hopes to modernize the I’m dedicated to the town, A disturbance was report- Technology Grant, which for setting up and run- town’s record-keeping sys- but I also find all of this Theft ed at 1:22 a.m. Wednesday consolidated and digitized ning the town elections, tem. fascinating,” the 16-year at Sonic Drive-In at 55 New- permits and architectural and you’re responsible for “The department is resident said. “I love the A report of a robbery at bury St. A possible fight in the drawings into a new In- swearing in any new po- well-maintained, re- election process, and you 1:23 a.m. Wednesday at drive-up area was reported. spectional Services Soft- lice officers or firemen or cord-wise,” she said. “It know, this is the hundredth S Common and Shepard An officer reported it was a ware program. town officials. just hasn’t been elevated anniversary of women’s streets. misunderstanding about a “I like to work inde- “I would enjoy all of that, to the 21st century. I’d like suffrage, so it’s great to see food order and all was in or- pendently, and I like the and I think I’m qualified to bring it to new heights, really capable women real- Vandalism der. work I did with the IT for it.” bring it up to speed on ly getting out there. grant,” said Dunfee, who is Also a lifelong Nahant technology. I’d like to be “Your vote is your voice, A report of vandalism at SWAMPSCOTT a lifelong Nahanter. “It was resident, Blair currently in line with our surround- and I think it’s really im- 5:57 p.m. Tuesday at John’s taking documents, digitiz- works as an assistant to ing communities when it portant that people get Roast Beef at 1111 Western Accidents ing them, indexing them, Town Administrator Tony comes to that aspect.” out and vote.” Ave.; at 6:44 p.m. Tuesday at and putting them in order, Barletta, and has previ- Blair also said she’d like to Ballentine, who has been 60 Market Square. A report of a motor vehicle which are some of the du- ously volunteered with help bridge the town’s gen- endorsed by Barile, said crash at 2:49 p.m. Tuesday at ties of the town clerk.” the town’s Beautification erational gap and encourage she would be honored to MARBLEHEAD 450 Paradise Road. In addition to her re- Committee. fresh faces to get involved in serve the town if elected. cord-keeping experience, “I was born and raised local government. “Nahant is special to me Complaints Complaints Dunfee said her experi- here, I got married here, and “I want to help bridge because when my husband ence working with resi- I’m raising my child here in the gap of the people who and I moved here, we set- A report of a BB shot A report of a disturbance at dents and elected officials town,” she said of her love are involved and the new- tled on here specifically not through the window at 3:55 8:29 a.m. Tuesday at 19 Ma- during her time in the Of- for Nahant. “My roots and er generation who is start- because of the ocean, or the p.m. Tuesday at Atlantic Ave- ple Ave. fice of the Selectmen was my passion for this town are ing to get involved,” she beauty, or living in a sea- invaluable. emulated in basically every said. side community, although “That’s one of the rea- aspect of my life.” For her part, Ballentine all that is appealing. We sons I decided to run,” she She said that when has been actively involved moved here for the people. said. “I just (want) to give she heard the position of in the Nahant community We knew this was a place back to the town, and work Town clerk would be up for the past decade. we wanted to raise a family. with the people in town.” for grabs during Nahant’s She has spent sev- “Nahant is special be- If elected, Dunfee looks 2020 election, she jumped en years on the Nahant cause of the residents, forward to building on at the chance to run. School Committee, nine because of the people that the five-year, CPC-fund- “(Running for Town years on the 01908 Board live here. That’s what ed effort to preserve and Clerk) is an opportunity of directors, and has been makes us unique.” digitize the town’s records that doesn’t typically — a volunteer for town elec- More information about for storage in the Clerk’s and rightfully shouldn’t tions and the Nahant Girl the candidates is available vault, and to updating the — come up very often, so Scouts. She also has more on their Facebook pages: main document index for I wanted to take the op- than five years of expe- Diane Dunfee for Nahant easy accessibility to Nah- portunity to grow here in rience in administration Town Clerk, Candidate ant’s “rich history.” town,” Blair said. “High and property manage- for Town Clerk: Bobbie-Jo She said she’s also in- turnover is a very bad ment, and more than 12 Blair, and Lori Ballentine terested in developing thing for record-keeping.” years of experience in pro- for Nahant Town Clerk. more informational links (Nahant’s previous fessional customer service. Polls at Nahant Town between townspeople, in- Town Clerk, Peggy Bari- Ballentine holds bach- Hall will be open Saturday cluding a “welcome pack- le, stepped down earlier elor of science degrees in from 7 a.m. through 8 p.m. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS et” for new residents, and this year after spending history and political sci- Librarian Emily Giguere delivers books to a a regular town newsletter 11 years in the position. ence, which lend to her Elyse Carmosino can be that would provide key in- Her predecessor, Harriet deep interest and involve- reached at ecarmosino@ reader waiting in her car outside the Haverhill formation to all residents. Steeves, served nearly 30 ment in local government. itemlive.com. Library Wednesday in Haverhill. Number of people Siblings trying to reconnect with mom at Brooksby Village BROOKSBY COVID-19 hit. We were Lynn, said the elderly are abundance of caution and From A1 told that many staff mem- affected at a greater rate consistent with CDC and hospitalized with bers supposed to be help- than the rest of the pop- health department guide- her window so she can ing my mother now had ulation when it comes to lines. We will be resuming virus falls below 1,000 see us and know that we other responsibilities, so the effects of isolation. visiting as soon as possible love her,” said Salvato. those things never hap- “Isolation is one of the with appropriate precau- BOSTON (AP) — The number of probable “We’re not asking to go in, pened,” said Salvucci. biggest risk factors that tionary measures in place. State health officials on and confirmed COVID-19 we need her to know we One of those things that contributes to a decline, Both sisters said they Wednesday reported that deaths at long-term care haven’t given up on her. never happened were the loss of the will to live,” feel the lack of social con- the number of people hos- homes rose to 4,875, or Her mental state is get- FaceTime sessions. she said. “They may be get- tact has contributed to Es- pitalized with COVID-19 63 percent of all deaths in ting worse every day, ever “We each had, maybe just ting good care, but they are telle’s decline. has fallen below 1,000 — Massachusetts attributed since Brooksby stopped al- one session, before they surrounded by people you “We saw her all the time or about a quarter of the to the disease. lowing visitors. We’re wor- stopped,” Salvucci said. don’t know, so they decline when she was in indepen- number hospitalized with CAPITAL PLAN-COVID ried that we will never get “When we tried to call, we faster because the legacies dent living, and I called ev- the disease in April. Gov. Charlie Baker on to see her again.” either couldn’t get an an- they built, their families, ery day on the way to work. The total number of con- Wednesday released a The family’s story is swer or nobody returned are no longer with them.” She had a lot of social in- firmed and probable deaths capital investment plan fraught with frustration. our calls. We finally got Sharon said that Es- teraction there, she existed, in the state attributed to for the state that he said Estelle had a vibrant and four calls in one day only telle’s condition continued she had a strong network of acquaintances all over, COVID-19 since the start maintains existing invest- outgoing personality. A after I said to them, ‘what to decline, resulting in a but all that is gone now and of the pandemic has ris- ments while letting the former assistant city clerk do I have to do to make this move into the nursing unit we can’t do anything about en to 7,734 with the addi- administration continue in Revere, she moved from happen, hire a lawyer?’ We about five weeks ago. it,” said Salvato. “Our dad tion of 69 deaths reported working on ongoing long- her Revere Beach condo- were watching our mother Despite the siblings’ pro- is turning in his grave, we Wednesday. term projects. minium into Brooksby’s slip away and were power- testations, Brooksby held promised him we would There were about 266 The plan will also help independent living unit less to help her. We were firm on its no-visitors pol- take care of her and we newly reported cases make sure the state is po- about three years ago. But watching her lose her will icy. followed the plan, and now, of the disease reported sitioned to cope with the over the last year, physical to live.” “At this time, we have close to the end of her life, Wednesday, bringing the problems caught up with The situation deterio- not modified our visita- short-, medium- and long- she has no rest, no peace. her, resulting in numerous rated even more, when tion process at Brooksby total number of confirmed term COVID-19 response It’s breaking our hearts.” trips to emergency rooms Estelle lost interest in an- Village,” said Dan Dunne, and probable cases of and recovery efforts, ac- Estelle will turn 88 June and short-term stays in swering her phone. A tiny Director of External Com- COVID-19 to more than cording to Baker. 23. Brooksby’s rehab unit. person standing slightly munications for Erick- 106,000. The plan provides cap- “We obviously want By the end of 2019, her son Living, the company The number of peo- ital investments in all more than 4 feet 8 inches, to see her on her birth- ple hospitalized with regions of the state in condition had deteriorated Estelle has lost 32 pounds that owns and manages day, but all they said was COVID-19 fell to 998, transportation, housing, and the decision was made in the last 10 weeks. Brooksby. “We understand they’ll give her a cake,” down from about 1,684 support for cities and to move her to assisted liv- Jennifer Nakhai, a li- that this entire situation Salvato said. two weeks ago. The num- towns, health and human ing. censed clinical indepen- has not been easy, in- ber of people in intensive services, higher education “When she moved there, dent social worker and cluding for family mem- Anne Marie Tobin can be care units fell to 227, down and public safety, Baker we arranged for the high- owner of AEON Coun- bers. All of our actions reached at atobin@item- from 393 two weeks ago. said. est level of care, but then seling and Consulting in have been taken out of an live.com. A6 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 NATION COVID-19 spurs debate over personal freedoms

By Curt Anderson, ry over COVID-19. civil liberties, stressing as much as possible. Ken Moritsugu and “This has truly rung an the importance of people Since the virus emerged Lisa Marie Pane alarm bell for us,” Party taking responsibility for in China late last year and ASSOCIATED PRESS Secretary Cai Qi told a their actions. spread worldwide, there meeting of Beijing’s Com- “There are some limits to have been more than 8.1 MIAMI — When the munist Party Standing what we can do and what million confirmed cas- coronavirus flared in Chi- Committee. we can enforce,” he said, es and at least 443,000 na this week, the country In other countries where adding: “At this point, the deaths, according Johns canceled flights, suspend- infections have flared, answer is individual re- Hopkins University. Ex- ed reopenings and de- governments responded sponsibility. It’s not man- perts say the true toll is scribed the situation as by again tightening re- dates by the government.” much higher. The U.S. has “extremely grave.” With strictions. The state has added 595 the most infections and cases still rising in some But as U.S. states debate new virus cases, bringing deaths in the world, with U.S. states, local officials how and when to reopen the total to nearly 20,000 a toll that neared 117,000 have balked at requiring parts of the economy amid PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS since the outbreak began. on Wednesday. people to wear masks. surges in cases in places A TSA worker, right, checks a passenger before In all, 607 people have European nations, which In the United States, like Arizona, Florida and died from the virus in embarked on a wide-scale which has had the most entering a security screening at Orlando Inter- Montana, requiring even national Airport. South Carolina. reopening this week, reported cases and deaths the use of masks has be- Arizona reported a daily watched with trepidation than anywhere else, local come a political and cul- Montgomery City Coun- “I think we fail to realize high of nearly 2,400 new in- as the Americas struggled authorities are grappling tural debate, with some cil on Tuesday night to how serious this really is,” fections for a total of more with the pandemic and with balancing demands local officials defying pleas mandate face coverings Graham said. “We are not than 39,000, while in Tex- new outbreaks were re- for constitutional rights from doctors. at public gatherings of 25 taking a stand. We’re doing as, Gov. Greg Abbott insist- ported in Asia. and personal freedom with “Wearing masks de- or more, but the measure nothing. Nothing here.” ed the state’s health care After lockdown restric- warnings from health offi- creases the shed of this vi- failed, with members con- In Columbia, S.C., city system could handle the tions were relaxed in cials that being lax will rus,” said Dr. Bill Saliski, a cerned about trampling on officials are considering a fast-rising number of new Iran, Health Minister have deadly consequences. lung specialst at Jackson individuals’ rights. proposal to require anyone cases and hospitalizations. Saeed Namaki said he China responded Hospital in Montgomery, “I think to make some- over 10 to wear a mask “It does raise concerns, realized the extent of the Wednesday to a new out- Alabama. “If this contin- body do something or re- while inside or waiting to but there is no reason challenge when he took a break in Beijing by scrap- ues the way we’re going, quire somebody to wear enter a public building, right now to be alarmed,” domestic flight. ping more than 60 percent we’re going to be overrun.” something is an over- in public outdoor spac- Abbott said. “Many people have be- of its flights to the capi- Montgomery County has reach,” said council mem- es while interacting with Texas began aggressively come careless, frustrated tal, canceling classes and added more than 700 coro- ber Brantley Lyons. others, and while using reopening its economy May with wearing masks,” he strengthening require- navirus cases in the past The defeat of the measure public transportation or 1. Abbott noted that Tex- said. “They did not ob- ments for social distanc- week, more than any other led council member Audrey ride-sharing services. ans may have become lax serve (social) distancing ing. It was a sharp retreat county in Alabama, with a Graham to upbraid the But Gov. Henry McMas- in wearing masks or prac- in the flight’s seating and for the nation that only in total of 2,922 infections. council for what she said ter has expressed con- ticing social distancing and the airliner’s ventilation March had declared victo- Saliski appealed to the was a failure to act. cerns about infringing on urged people to stay home system was not working.” Wall Street Administration seeking rollbacks ticks higher in on tech company protections

By Michael Balsamo “platforms,” rather than another wobbly and Marcy Gordon “publishers,” which can ASSOCIATED PRESS face lawsuits over content. Without that shield, com- WASHINGTON — The panies could face lawsuits day of trading Justice Department is from people who feels proposing that Congress wronged by something roll back legal protections markets, and the central someone else has posted. By Stan Choe for online platforms such bank’s chair is offering a One of the administra- and Alex Veiga as Facebook, Google and ASSOCIATES PRESS second day of testimony tion’s requests is that Con- Twitter that generally on Capitol Hill. gress strip the civil immu- NEW YORK — Wall could not be held legally nity protections for tech Still, many profession- responsible for what peo- Street is ticking higher in al investors urge caution companies that may be tentative trading Wednes- ple post on the sites. and say the market’s big complicit in unlawful ac- day, as indexes tack a bit The proposed changes to PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS rally may have been over- tivity on their platforms, more onto gains made Section 230 of a major tele- according to a Justice De- done. The road back to A tech-focused civil liberties group on Tuesday earlier on hopes that the communication overhaul partment official. For ex- full recovery will be long sued to block President Donald Trump’s execu- worst of the recession may from 1996 come weeks ample, the proposal would and is full of potential set- tive order that seeks to regulate social media. have passed. after President Donald remove the legal protec- backs, in sharp contrast to The S&P 500 was up 0.5 Trump signed an executive tion if an online platform formal announcement and The administration con- the quick surge of rough- percent, as of 1:33 p.m. order challenging the pro- purposefully solicited spoke on condition of ano- tends that the broad im- ly 40 percent for the S&P Eastern time, after earli- tections that have served third parties to sell illegal nymity. munity should not apply 500 since late March. er pinging between small as a bedrock for unfettered drugs to minors, exchange The department said its to companies that don’t gains and losses. Stocks Consider Norwegian speech on the internet. sexually explicit photos or proposals are aimed “at “respect public safety by elsewhere in the world Cruise Line Holdings, Companies such as video of children or engage incentivizing platforms ensuring its ability to made mostly modest whose stock has often led Twitter and Facebook are in other criminal activity, to address the growing identify unlawful content gains, and Treasury yields the market — both up and granted liability protec- the official said. amount of illicit content or activity occurring on were holding steady. down — as expectations tion under the Commu- The official was not au- online, while preserving its services,” according to The Dow Jones Indus- swing about the reopen- nications Decency Act be- thorized to discuss the the core of Section 230’s a department memo ob- trial Average was up 64 ing economy. It had six cause they are treated as matter publicly before the immunity for defamation.” tained by the AP. points, or 0.2 percent, at straight days this month 26,354, and the Nasdaq where it rose or fell more composite was up 0.9 per- than 10 percent. It said late Tuesday that Don’t fall for student loan scams cent. it’s canceling most of its If the S&P 500 holds By Anna Helhoski ney and founder of Tayne scam, and now there’s the side a business’s name in voyages through Septem- on, it would be the fourth NERDWALLET Law Group. But fraudsters CARES Act Forgiveness an online search. Remem- straight rise for the index, ber. Its shares fell 6.4 per- are still out there. scam,” says Persis Yu, direc- ber: Anyone can pay for a though the gains have cent. Student loan borrowers There are two main types tor of the nonprofit Nation- domain name and start a often been tenuous. The The chief risk for the were targets for scams of scams, says Frotman. In al Consumer Law Center’s website. Logos, addresses index has climbed back market lies in rising in- before the coronavirus one scam, a company will Student Loan Borrower As- and mailers are easy to within 8 percent of its re- fection levels in sever- pandemic hit. The longer charge to enroll you in a sistance Project. replicate, too. cord set in February, after al hotspots around the people struggle, the more benefit you could have ac- “Borrowers should al- Be wary of solicitations earlier being down nearly world, including Florida, desperate they become, cessed for free, such as a ways look upon advertis- that arrive in your inbox or 34 percent, as reports give Texas and China. Even if and that’s when scammers federal income-driven re- ing that is promising for- that you see on social media hope that the economy can authorities don’t reinstate and fraudsters thrive. payment plan. giveness with skepticism,” ads. Even if you’re contacted pull out of its recession widespread lockdowns, the “They’re using the same Tayne says she most of- says Yu. No student loan by a party that has your per- relatively quickly. With worry is that businesses playbook, but more aggres- ten sees scammers prom- forgiveness was included sonal information, it doesn’t businesses reopening and consumers could get sively,” says Seth Frotman, ising to get borrowers into in the March coronavirus mean it’s a legitimate orga- across the country, reports frightened by new waves executive director of the a loan deferment program relief package. nization, says Tayne. on retail sales Tuesday of infections and pull back Student Borrower Protec- in exchange for payment. As you’re assessing what If you get a robocall re- and on the job market ear- on their spending. tion Center, a Washington, In another scam, you’re is real and what is not, take garding student loan re- lier this month were much Such worries rocked the D.C.-based nonprofit. promised something too a beat to independently ver- payment during the coro- healthier than economists market last week, sending There’s no single scam re- good to be true — like for- ify a company on third-par- navirus pandemic, don’t expected. the S&P 500 down near- lated to coronavirus relief giveness — in exchange ty sites like the Better call back. The Federal Continuing, unprece- ly 6 percent one day, and or specific company to pin- for payment. Then they Business Bureau’s. Here’s Communications Commis- dented amounts of aid they’ve continued to hang point that is being prose- take your money and run. what else you can do: sion has seen these and is from the Federal Reserve in the background this cuted right now, says Leslie “It used to be called the See if there are news warning consumers not to are also helping to support week. Tayne, a debt-relief attor- Obama Loan Forgiveness stories about scams along- fall for these scams. Washington city helps residents, merchants by printing wooden money

By Gene Johnson the Great Depression, past president of the lo- tourism during the sum- ASSOCIATED PRESS the city is dipping into its cal chamber of commerce. mer,” said Mayor Wayne emergency accounts to “This is one of the ways we Fournier, who devised TENINO, Wash. — The give people in need up to could keep the money here the plan to use the wood- blue-cheese salad dress- $300 per month in wooden in the community.” en currency again. “Now ing, butter, ground turkey, currency to spend. Tenino, population 1,800, everything’s been shut cans of grain-free dog food Just about every busi- is about a 25-minute drive down. Our businesses, and new toothbrush came ness in town, from the south of the state capital, our restaurants, antique to $24.97. gas station and auto-body Olympia. Around the turn stores, they’re not going Laurie Mahlenbrei shop to Don Juan’s Mex- of the 20th century it be- to have the traffic. There’s handed the cashier a slice ican Kitchen, is accept- came a boom town, with no assistance available for of wood marked $25, and ing the wooden scrip. The PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS four hotels and 11 saloons, them. We are on our own.” walked out. currency, made of maple Loren Ackerman holds a piece of wooden money as the stone from its sever- Mahlenbrei, one of about The wooden currency is veneer, is about the thick- he printed on an 1890s-era press in Tenino, Wash. al quarries was in demand a dozen people who ap- good only in the small city ness, size and flexibility of to help rebuild Seattle and plied for the assistance in of Tenino, Wash., part of an index card and print- The businesses can re- ue from coin collectors San Francisco following the program’s early days, an effort to help residents ed on the same 1890s-era deem the scrip for real around the country. devastating fires. is a school bus driver. The and local merchants alike press that once printed dollars at City Hall — “The city could have giv- Nowadays there are no ho- company she works for get through the economic the Depression currency or sell them on the side. en out debit cards or cash, tels; the quiet downtown is a has continued paying her fallout of the pandemic. and the local newspaper. Some merchants said but we don’t know where row of single-story shops. for her normal routes, she Decades after it created It can’t be used for alcohol, they’ve been offered that money is going to “We’re a small commu- said, so she can’t collect a similar program during tobacco or marijuana. three times the face val- go,” said Tyler Whitworth, nity that relies on a lot of unemployment. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A7 Senate GOP proposes modest police changes

By Lisa Mascaro and but the Senate legislation year after police in Mc- Mary Clare Jalonick would not. Connell’s home state of ASSOCIATED PRESS “The Senate proposal Kentucky used a no-knock of studies and reporting warrant to enter her Lou- WASHINGTON — Sen- without transparency and isville home. ate Republicans unveiled accountability is inade- Focusing on ending proposed changes to police quate,” Pelosi said. chokeholds, the legisla- procedures and account- As Senate Republicans tion encourages agencies ability Wednesday, coun- released their 106-page to do away with the prac- tering Democratic policing legislation, the House tice or risk losing federal legislation with a bill that Judiciary Committee funds — but does not re- is less sweeping but un- was considering a much quire them to do so. Many derscores how swiftly the broader Democratic pro- big city departments have national debate has been posal before an expected long stopped the use. The transformed five months House vote next week. legislation also provides before elections. That bill would limit legal funding for training to Republicans are em- protections for police, ban “de-escalate” situations bracing a new priority chokeholds and attempt to and establish a “duty to with the “Justice Act,” the reduce racial profiling. It intervene” protocol to pre- most ambitious GOP po- would also boost require- vent excessive force. licing proposal in years, ments for police body cam- The GOP effort seeks in a direct response to the eras and limit the transfer to reach across the aisle massive public protests of military equipment to to Democrats in several over the death of George local jurisdictions. ways. It includes one long- Floyd and other black PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS The GOP legislation sought bill to make lynch- Americans. Senate Ma- Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., right, accompanied by Senate Majority Leader would beef up require- ing a federal hate crime jority Leader Mitch Mc- Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, left, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, center, ments for law enforce- and another to launch a Connell said he believes and others, speaks at a news conference to announce a Republican po- ment to compile use-of- study of the social status America is not a racist lice reform bill on Capitol Hill. force reports under a new of black men and boys that country but “the stain George Floyd and Walter has been touted by House is not totally gone” from tions on chokeholds and “We hear you,” Scott Schumer immediately Scott Notification Act,Speaker Pelosi. slavery and the Civil War. new commissions to study said, addressing himself criticized the legislation, named for the Minnesota The Republican pack- He said the chamber will law enforcement and race. to the families of those saying it was clear that man whose May 25 death age — dubbed the “Just move swiftly to floor de- Scott led a task force of Americans killed by po- the GOP bill “does not rise sparked worldwide pro- and Unifying Solutions To bate next week, a change GOP senators compiling lice. “I think this package to the moment” and would tests over police violence, Invigorate Communities in schedule after the lead the package. speaks very clearly to the provide less accountabili- and Scott, a South Caroli- Everywhere Act of 2020” senator on the bill, South Scott spoke of his young person and his con- ty than House Democrats’ na man shot by police af- — also includes a bipar- Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, own experiences being cern when he stopped by version. ter a traffic stop in 2015. tisan Senate proposal to said he believed it should stopped by police — in- law enforcement officers.” House Speaker Nancy Scott is not related to the establish a National Crim- be considered immediate- cluding once this year McConnell said Re- Pelosi criticized the bill senator. inal Justice Commission ly. Scott is the Senate’s — and urged colleagues publicans are “serious as well, saying in a state- It would also establish Act and extends funding lone black Republican. to understand it’s “not a about making a law” and ment that the House ver- the Breonna Taylor No- streams for various federal The GOP proposal in- binary choice” between challenged Democrats to sion would “fundamental- tification Act to track law enforcement programs, cludes an enhanced use- supporting law enforce- support it. But Senate ly and forever transform “no-knock” warrants. The including the COPS pro- of-force database, restric- ment or people of color. Democratic leader Chuck the culture of policing” 26-year-old was killed this gram important to states. Black Lives Matter network establishes $12M grant funding for local activists

By Aaron Morrison from both funds will be than 1.1 million individ- financial support for ini- ASSOCIATED PRESS administered through a ual donations at an aver- tiatives such as rapid re- fiscal sponsor, said Kailee age of $33 per gift since sponse to police brutality. NEW YORK — An in- Scales, managing director the death of Floyd, a black Although there are many fluential group behind the of the foundation. man who died May 25 groups that use “Black emergence of the Black “In this watershed mo- pleading for air as a white Lives Matter” or “BLM” Lives Matter movement ment for black power Minneapolis police officer in their names, only 16 has established a fund building ... it is critical held a knee to his neck for are considered affiliates worth more than $12 mil- that we democratize giv- what prosecutors said was of the global network. lion to aid organizations ing to ensure all of us have fighting institutional rac- nearly nine minutes. The For Black Lives Matter ism in the wake of the access to the resources we surge of financial support Los Angeles, the network’s George Floyd protests. need to reverse centuries adds to roughly $3.4 mil- first official chapter, the On Wednesday, the of disinvestment in black lion in net assets the BLM fund will increase its ca- Black Lives Matter Global communities, and invest global network had on pacity to support families Network Foundation said in a future where we can hand last year, according in need of legal aid, public it was setting aside $6 all be connected, repre- to a 2019 financial state- communications strategy million from money it re- sented and free,” Scales ment of Thousand Cur- and other services after a ceived in donations to sup- said in a statement to The rents, the fiscal sponsor loved one is killed by po- GRAPHIC | ASSOCIATED PRESS port black-led grassroots Associated Press. which receives donations lice, said organizer Melina organizing groups. Last According to the net- on the network’s behalf Abdullah, who is a pro- week, the foundation un- work’s website, the orga- and then releases money fessor in the Pan-African veiled a separate $6.5 mil- nization has more than to the group. Studies department at Sweeping change in lion fund for its network of a dozen active chapters, Creation of the funds California State Universi- affiliate chapters. including Boston, Chi- signals a growth in in- ty, Los Angeles. Beginning July 1, affil- cago, Washington, D.C., frastructure for the net- “We’ve been struggling for U.S. views of police iated chapters can apply and Detroit, as well as in work, which had been seven years now with very for unrestricted funding Canada. Its newest chap- at odds with some local limited resources,” Abdullah of up to $500,000 in multi- ter is in South Bend, Ind. chapter organizers, who said. “We’re not paid. But we and racial violence year grants, the founda- The foundation told the felt network leaders also have real costs, even if By Kat Stafford and front centuries of structur- tion announced. Grants AP it has received more weren’t providing enough we’re not taking salaries.” Hannah Fingerhut al racism and inequity. ASSOCIATED PRESS “I have long argued that we cannot have a racial Officer who shot Brooks charged with felony murder DETROIT — A dramat- reconciliation in the Unit- ic shift has taken place in ed States because there’s and will testify, according the nation’s opinions on By Kate Brumback not been an admission of ASSOCIATED PRESS to the district attorney, who policing and race, as a new what has gone on,” said poll finds that more Amer- said it was the first time in Wornie Reed, director of ATLANTA — Prosecutors icans today than five years 40 such cases in which an the Race and Social Policy brought murder charges officer has come forward to ago believe police brutality Wednesday against the Research Center at Virgin- do this. is a very serious problem white Atlanta police officer ia Tech. “The nation is con- Rolfe was fired after that too often goes undisci- who shot Rayshard Brooks structed on (racism). … It’s shooting, while Brosnan plined and unequally tar- in the back, saying that the not an accident or some- was placed on leave. gets black Americans. black man posed no threat thing that America decid- The news came as Re- The new findings from when he was gunned down ed to do on the way to its publicans on Capitol Hill The Associated Press- and that the officer kicked NORC Center for Public greatness. It’s the means him and offered no medical unveiled a package of po- by which it became great.” lice reform measures and Affairs Research suggest treatment as he lay dying the death of George Floyd The new AP-NORC poll on the ground. the movement to get rid of finds that more Ameri- Confederate movements and the weeks of na- Brooks was holding a tionwide and global pro- cans now think police in stun gun he had snatched and other racially offensive most communities are PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS symbols reached America’s tests that followed have from officers but was 18 changed perceptions in more likely to use deadly breakfast table, with the feet, 3 inches away when A protester holds up a sign near the Wendy’s ways that previous inci- force against a black per- maker of Aunt Jemima syr- he was shot by Garrett restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was shot dents of police brutality son than a white person, up and pancake mix drop- Rolfe and was running and killed by police. did not. 61 percent, up from 49 away at the time, District ping the 131-year-old brand. About half of American percent in July 2015. Only Attorney Paul Howard the death penalty. He was Rolfe, Devin Brosnan, stood The shooting sparked new adults now say police vi- about a third say the race said in announcing the also charged with 10 other on a wounded Brooks’ demonstrations in Georgia’s olence against the public of a person does not make charges five days after the offenses punishable by de- shoulder as he struggled for capital against police bru- is a “very” or “extremely” a difference in the use of killing outside a Wendy’s cades behind bars. his life, according to How- tality, after occasionally tur- serious problem, up from deadly force against them, restaurant rocked the city. “Mr. Brooks never ard. Brosnan was charged bulent protests in response about a third as recently as compared with roughly The felony murder charge presented himself as a with aggravated assault to George Floyd’s death in September last year. Only half in 2015. against Rolfe carries life in threat,” Howard said. and other offenses but is co- Minneapolis had largely about 3 in 10 said the same And Americans are far prison without parole or A second officer with operating with prosecutors simmered down. in July 2015, just a few more likely now than they months after Freddie Gray, were five years ago to say DEA lacks oversight of money laundering operations a black man, died in police that police officers who custody in Baltimore. cause injury or death in the course of their job are port published Tuesday, add then-U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, tial sources working for In the latest poll, roughly By Joshua Goodman treated too leniently by the and Jim Mustian to concerns about the poten- chairman of the House the cartels. The audit also 3 in 10 said police violence is a moderately serious justice system, 65 percent ASSOCIATED PRESS tial for fraud and abuse of Oversight Committee, ac- faulted the DEA for failing problem. Those who say vs. 41 percent, rather than the important crime-fight- cused the DEA of “aiding to submit annual reports MIAMI — The U.S. Drug it is not a serious problem too harshly or fairly. Fewer Enforcement Administra- ing tool that were laid bare and abetting cartels” and to Congress about the un- has declined from a third in now think they’re treated tion failed to effectively in the recent indictment of blasted the operations as dercover operations, saying 2015 to about 2 in 10 today. either fairly or too harshly. oversee and manage un- a former star agent, Jose “a high-risk strategy with the agency has not done so Floyd, a black man, died Changes in opinions about dercover money launder- Irizarry, for allegedly con- scant evidence of success.” since at least 2006. in late May after a po- social issues are more often ing operations that move spiring with the same Co- The new report suggests “There is limited Con- lice officer in Minneapo- slow and incremental, said tens of millions of dollars lombian drug cartel he was that a number of deficien- gressional insight into the lis pressed his knee into Jennifer Benz, the deputy of illegal drug proceeds tasked with fighting. cies remain, including weak DEA’s use of this investi- Floyd’s neck for several director of the AP-NORC each year through a net- While Irizarry’s alleged oversight from the Justice gative technique involving minutes. Experts say the Center. Benz said such sig- work of government-ap- crimes aren’t mentioned Department of what are certain authorized under- dramatic change in opin- nificant changes can often proved fronts, according to in the report, criticism of supposed to be tightly mon- cover illegal activities and ion about police violence indicate meaningful or last- a watchdog report. the undercover operations itored stings, loose record the benefits it provides to that has followed is an ing change has taken place The inspector general’s he helped lead dates back keeping to evaluate results the American taxpayer,” indication the country is in public awareness and at- findings, contained in a re- years. Nearly a decade ago, and lax control of confiden- the report says. grappling with how to con- titudes. A8 THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 LOOK! National Splurge Day, International Picnic Day, Recess at Work Day, Go Fishing Day

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ITEM PHOTOS | SPENSER HASAK Raw Art Works hosts a “Pull-Up” graduation ceremony for their seniors on Wednesday. RAW offers a variety of free programming from painting to filmmaking, for kids ages 7-19. Truth be told — local exhibit this fall Juneteenth will go virtual By Steve Krause and storytelling. rently scheduled for early physical and emotional LYNN — North Shore held the event in Lynn ITEM STAFF Beginning Thursday and this fall. health of Lynn residents, Juneteenth Association since 2017. It is usually going through June 30, Harbor Voices will also especially our youth. Inc. will hold a Virtual held outside on Lynn LYNN — Beyond Walls, children and young adults hopes to create innovative “Incessant fear and lone- Juneteenth Celebration Common, but to adhere the organization that in Lynn, ages 5 to 21, and immersive storytell- liness, coupled with events on Friday, 4 to 8 p.m., on to the social distancing sponsored murals painted are encouraged to sub- ing environments during around the country have Lynn Community Televi- guidelines the group is on the walls of buildings mit spoken word stories, the week of the profes- highlighted the work that sion’s YouTube Channel collaborating with West throughout downtown photography and original sional installations. needs to be done to bring and the West Medford Medford Community Lynn,is seeking input from artwork at that reflect the Additional partners people together around a Community Center’s You- Center and Lynn Commu- children and young adults impact of COVID-19 and include the Lynn Public shared goal. We believe Tube Channel. nity Television to offer a affected by COVID-19 and social unrest on their lives Schools, Lynn YMCA, ‘Truth Be Told’ provides a Juneteenth is a day that virtual celebration! other current events for its and on their communities. St. Mary’s Lynn, Boys & creative outlet for chil- commemorates the end Viewers will enjoy next project. Selected drawings, Girls Club of Lynn, KIPP dren, teens and young of enslavement of black learning more about the The group Wednesday paintings, photographs Academy Lynn, Girls Inc adults, reflects Lynn’s Americans. It is celebrat- holiday and black Amer- announced a partnership and multimedia pieces of Lynn, The Haven Proj- rich cultural diversity ed throughout the United ican culture through with Harbor Voices — a will be part of several ect, Amplifier, Inside Out and helps to celebrate the States. North Shore June- discussion, dance, poetry Gloucester-based non- public art exhibits this Project and Cliff Notez. vibrancy and resilience teenth Association has and music. profit public art collective fall, and will serve as the “Times are tough,” of our city and our young — in support of “Truth inspiration for new large- said Beyond Walls CEO people,” Wilson said. Be Told” — an initiative scale street art installa- and Founder Al Wilson. Prevent the cycle in Lynn designed to encourage tions by professional local “COVID-19 and horrific Steve Krause can be Lynn youth to share their and international artists acts of racism have had a reached at skrause@item- LYNN — Brianna Cas- Hall at noon. experiences through art in downtown Lynn, cur- tremendous impact on the live.com. tro, Nicole Mcclain and The six locations are: a number of other Lynn Wyoma Square: 314 residents will host a “Pre- Broadway; Red Rock vent the Cycle” communi- Park: Lynn Shore Drive; Follow the leader? ty event on Saturday at Stop & Shop: 35 Washing- six locations throughout ton St.; Market Basket the city from 11 a.m. to rotary: 40 Federal St.; noon. Central Square; Lynn This event is designed City Hall: 3 City Hall to bring change to our ed- Square. ucation, justice, and hous- This event will shed ing systems. Signatures of more light on injustices residents will be collected, locally. Attendees will voting registration will experience an inclusive take place and partici- community open to ideas pants are encouraged to and thoughts. Community bring their own signs. The members will be encour- goal is to assist in creat- aged to write down and ing steps toward change put in a box concerns they in partnership with our have or changes they feel local government and are needed in the city. state representatives. All Prevent The Cycle is or- community members are ganized by Lynn residents invited to gather at City from various organizations.

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NEW YORK (AP) — apart in guaranteed sal- Baseball Commissioner ary as they try to reach a in ames Rob Manfred and players’ deal to start the season. union head Tony Clark Players originally were By Mike Alongi have developed a frame- set to earn $4 billion in ITEM SPORTS EDITOR work that Manfred said salaries before the coro- The bell may be tolling for Major Wednesday could form navirus outbreak began. League Baseball. the basis of an agree- The union cut off talks Once the preeminent sport in the ment as the two sides try Saturday, a day after country, “the National Pastime,” to start the pandemic-de- MLB’s last proposal, and now the sport of baseball is teeter- layed season. said additional negotia- ing on the brink of demise. And it’s Manfred said he met tions were futile. Players all their own doing. with Clark at his re- told MLB to unilateral- As other sports leagues around quest for several hours ly set the schedule but the country and the world begin on Tuesday in Phoenix, Manfred said MLB would to announce their plans to return where Clark has a home not while there was a to the elds and courts, baseball and where he has been threat of a grievance. seems to be moving in the opposite since spring training was direction — if it’s moving at all. cut short on March 12. The sides reached a deal on March 26 in which Years of bickering between MLB “I summarized that owners and the MLBPA have framework numerous players agreed to pro- rated salaries, part of an started to boil over into a host of times in the meeting and bad faith proposals, non-starter sent Tony a written sum- agreement that included a guarantee of service conditions and social media quar- mary today,” Manfred rels. And now, as we move closer to said in a statement. “Con- time even if no games are played this year. July, there have been no less than sistent with our conver- three proposals from each side that Teams say they need sations yesterday, I am have been rejected outright by the more pay cuts to afford to encouraging the Clubs to opposing side. move forward and I trust play in empty ballparks. FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Look folks, the writing’s on the Tony is doing the same.” Players say they will not wall. Baseball is not going to recov- Major League Players Association The two sides have accept additional salary MLB Commissioner Rob Man- er from this. Executive Director Tony Clark. been about $1 billion reductions. fred. Now you might be thinking that’s an overreaction. That the two sides will come together on an agree- ment, there will be a shortened Kobe Bryant pilot may have been disoriented in fog baseball season and everything will go back to normal next year. But LOS ANGELES (AP) — ter the crash that the path that’s not what’s going to happen. The pilot of the helicopter of the  ight indicated Zo- Sure, there will more than likely that crashed in thick fog, bayan was disoriented. be baseball this year. We’ll have killing Kobe Bryant and The 1,700 pages of re- some fun for a few months, spring seven other passengers, ports do not offer a con- training will return next February reported he was climbing clusion of what caused the and next season will start on time. when he actually was de- crash but compile factual But what about after that? The scending, federal investi- reports. A nal report on Collective Bargaining Agreement gators said in documents the cause is due later. expires at the end of the 2021 released Wednesday. Bryant, his 13-year-old season, and after seeing the way Ara Zobayan radioed to daughter, Gianna, and six these two sides have battled over air traf c controllers that of their friends were killed, prorated salaries and how to safely he was climbing to 4,000 along with Zobayan. return to play, I don’t have any feet (1,220 meters) to get Four current and one faith that they will come together above clouds on Jan. 26 former pilot for Island Ex- easily. when, in fact, the helicop- press were interviewed by So that means after 2021, we ter was plunging toward a NTSB investigators and could be looking at a lockout/play- hillside where it crashed while some praised the ers’ strike. And if that happens, you northwest of Los Angeles. company, others said the can pretty much nish off base- The report by the Nation- safety culture could have ball’s eulogy. al Transportation Safety been better, according to Let’s put it this way. When you Board said Zobayan may the reports. have people like my parents — have “misperceived” the One pilot said Zobayan, who are die-hard Red Sox fans angles at which he was the company’s chief pilot, and watch every game, every year descending and banking, didn’t discuss safety policy — saying that they’re not sure if which can happen when a or the minimum visibility they’re even going to watch base- pilot becomes disoriented needed to  y in certain ball again, you’ve got problems. in low visibility. weather. Another com- When fans like that think that “Calculated apparent ment said the company both sides have gone off the deep angles at this time show didn’t have a real safety end, you have nothing else. Young- that the pilot could have management program. er fans are already largely gone, so misperceived both pitch The company, however, once the die-hards get fed up, you and roll angles,” one re- said it had no problem can- can pretty much call it a day. port stated. “During the celing  ights if weather was Make no mistake, I’m not happy nal descent the pilot, about this. I grew up loving base- poor. It cited  ights it can- FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS responding to (air traf c celed for Los Angeles Clip- ball, playing as a young kid and control), stated that they pers star Kawhi Leonard Federal investigators said Wednesday, June 17, 2020, that the adoring the Red Sox. But I can’t were ‘climbing to four and celebrity Kylie Jenner. pilot of the helicopter that crashed in thick fog, killing Kobe ignore the signs. Baseball is in thousand.’” Bryant and seven other passengers, reported he was climbing serious trouble, and it might be too Experts said shortly af- KOBE, B2 when he actually was descending. late to save it.

FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has been given the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for his efforts in raising awareness about mental health. Kevin Love honored with Arthur Ashe Courage Award CLEVELAND (AP) — know my efforts have been Cavaliers forward Kevin worth it. And I hope one Love will receive the Ar- day we are able to erase FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS thur Ashe Courage Award the stigma around mental The uncertainty raised by coronavirus pandemic leads to experts providing a bleak short-term for his efforts in raising illness, starting with pub- assessment on the NHL’s nancial bottom line, with some projecting revenues being cut by awareness about mental lic conversations around almost half. health. mental health and encour- Love, whose openness aging people to seek help about his life-long battles when they need it, fol- with anxiety triggered na- lowed by research, action, Puck woes: NHL’s bottom line facing tionwide discussion and and change.” helped spur the NBA to do Named in honor of the more to help players deal tennis champion, the Ar- short-term blow due to COVID-19 changes with emotional issues, will thur Ashe Award honors (AP) — With so much short term. format in a bid to con- major professional receive the award at “those who nd ways uncertainty, Larry Quinn “They’ve got big chal- clude the season with no leagues, such as when Sunday’s ESPYs in Los through sports to make a can’t predict just how se- lenges ahead,” Quinn clear timetable of when to fans will be allowed to Angeles. difference far beyond the vere the NHL’s nancial said. “And the problem is open the next one. It could attend games. Others are “It is an absolute honor eld of play and impact losses might be due to the that you don’t know the be as late as January, more distinct to hockey, to receive this award and I the world in indelible coronavirus pandemic. answers to the questions though Commissioner such as the effect the drop am incredibly humbled by ways.” of the Canadian dollar it,” Love said. “In telling Previous winners in- That doesn’t stop the you have to ask.” Gary Bettman has said it former Buffalo Sabres The questions are many would be a full 82 games. will have on a league with my story, if I can help just clude Muhammad Ali, Bil- seven of its 31 teams managing partner from at a time the NHL hopes Many NHL issues are one child that is suffering lie Jean King, Nelson based north of the border. to make sense of what Mandela, Pat Summitt providing a bleak assess- to go ahead with a 24- similar to those facing they are experiencing, I and Caitlyn Jenner. ment, at least for the team expanded playoff North America’s other NHL, B2 B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020

TODAY IN SPORTS June 18 he pitches a three-hitter to give the Investigators think pilot in Kobe Bryant 1910 — Alex Smith wins the U.S. Angels a 5-1 triumph over the Tex- Open by beating John McDermont as Rangers. and Macdonald Smith in an 18- 1990 — Hale Irwin makes an crash was disoriented due to fog hole playoff at the Philadelphia 8-foot birdie putt on the 91st hole Cricket Club. Smith beats McDer- to beat Mike Donald in the first seeing the flight that the Lakers star’s Mamba had stopped at 9:45 a.m. sudden-death playoff to decide the KOBE mont by four strokes and Macdon- weather was looking “OK.” Sports Academy north of which is not normal and ald Smith by six. U.S. Open. From B1 1995 — Michael Johnson be- Richard Webb, owner of Los Angeles. we were trying to reach 1921 — The University of Illinois Island Express reported wins the first NCAA track and field comes the first national champi- OC Helicopters, which When the helicopter Ara over the radio,” noted championships, with Notre Dame on at 200 and 400 meters since 150 flight cancellations coordinated the flight,hadn’t landed within an Whitney Bagge, vice presi- due to weather last year. second. 1899 as he captures both races at agreed. hour, an executive of the dent of Island Express He- There were 13 cancella- Zobayan took off from company that operated 1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Billy the USA-Mobil Championships. licopters. “I kept refresh- Conn in the 13th round at the Polo 2000 — Tiger Woods turns the tions due to weather for John Wayne Airport in Or- the craft began a fran- ing the tracker praying Grounds in New York to retain the 100th U.S. Open into a one-man 2020, all logged in the two ange County at 9:06 a.m. tic search for the craft on world heavyweight title. show, winning by 15 strokes days before Bryant’s fatal with the eight passengers tracking software and had that it was just broken.” 1960 — Arnold Palmer beats am- over Ernie Els and Miguel Angel flight. he had flown the day be- another company chopper The NTSB previously ateur Jack Nicklaus by two strokes Jimenez. Woods’ 15-stroke margin About 45 minutes before fore to the same destina- dispatched to look for it. said there was no sign of to win the U.S. Open. shatters the Open mark of 11 set takeoff, Zobayan had text- tion: a girls basketball “The weird thing, mechanical failure in the 1967 — Jack Nicklaus shoots a by Willie Smith in 1899 and is the ed a group of people over- tournament at the retired though, is that the tracker Sikorsky S-76. record 275 to beat Arnold Palmer largest in any major championship for the U.S. Open. Nicklaus breaks — surpassing the 13-stroke victo- Ben Hogan’s 1948 record by one ry by Old Tom Morris in the 1862 stroke. British Open. 1972 — Jack Nicklaus wins the 2006 — Phil Mickelson’s bid for a U.S. Open by three strokes over third consecutive major ends with Bruce Crampton and ties Bobby a shocking collapse when he bun- Jones’ record of 13 major titles. gles his way to a double bogey on 1984 — Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a the final hole, giving the U.S. Open 3-under 67 to beat Greg Norman to Geoff Ogilvy. by eight strokes in the 18-hole play- 2017 — Brooks Koepka breaks off at Winged Foot GC for the U.S. away from a tight pack with three Open title. straight birdies on the back nine at 1986 — California’s Don Sutton Erin Hills and closes with a 5-under becomes the 19th pitcher in base- 67 to win the U.S. Open for his first ball history to win 300 games as major championship. NHL facing short-term financial woes due to COVID-19 pandemic NHL lion annually from broad- From B1 casting rights agree- ments. The NHL was a $2.3 bil- The Canadian dollar lion business with a $39 plays a major role in million salary cap coming league finances, with out of the lockout that player salaries paid in wiped out the 2004-05 U.S currency. That wasn’t season. It broke the $5 an issue in 2007, when billion mark in 2018-19, the Canadian dollar brief- with an $81.5 million cap ly jumped above par, this past season. which was reflected in the Quinn said the NHL’s NHL’s salary cap making bottom line could be its largest two-year gain, FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS sheared in half in the going from $44 million in short term, effectively 2006-07 to $56.7 million The recent national conversation about racism has renewed calls for the Washington Redskins to erasing the gains made in 2008-09. change their name. D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser called the name an “obstacle” to the team building its since owners and players That’s not the case to- stadium and headquarters in the District, but owner Dan Snyder over the years has shown no indi- reached a revenue-shar- day, with the Canadian cations he’d consider it. ing agreement following dollar at the 75-cent the lockout. The antici- range. Teams north of the pated drop in revenue has border project losing already caused a large $400,000 each time the Debate on racism renews calls for ripple through the league. Canadian dollar drops a At least 10 teams have penny, putting a strain on laid off employees or an- their ability to compete Washington Redskins to change name nounced indefinite fur- for or retain high-priced (AP) — The recent na- Snyder said the team, fans tional town hall program thinking of Snyder, NFL loughs, with many execu- talent. tional debate over rac- and community believe it for players and staff to Commissioner Roger tives taking pay cuts. Just The uncertainty has led ism has renewed calls for “represents honor, respect discuss racism and that Goodell or other owners. this week, the Sabres to all general managers the NFL’s Washington and pride.” Snyder donated $250,000 made a drastic series of This week, Quaker Foods unable to assess their ros- Redskins to change their A peer-reviewed UC to start it. Rivera, who is cost-cutting moves by fir- announced it’s retiring the ters and payrolls beyond name, with Native Amer- Berkeley study co-au- of Mexican and Puerto ing general manager Ja- 131-year-old Aunt Jemi- this season. ican advocates believing thored by Eason and Rican descent and is the son Botterill and his as- “What happens to the ma brand and the owner the climate is right for University of Michigan only Hispanic head coach of the Uncle Ben’s brand sistants, 12 of 21 scouts cap? Does the cap go down action despite no evidence diversity of social trans- currently in the NFL, has and their entire minor because revenues are go- of rice says the brand owner Dan Snyder is con- formation professor of psy- not been asked about the will “evolve” in response league coaching staff. ing to decrease? Do they sidering it. chology Stephanie Fryberg team name by reporters Owner Terry Pegula spe- artificially keep it where to concerns about racial It could take pressure that was released earlier since he was hired in Jan- stereotyping, while Land cifically cited uncertain it’s at?” Washington Capi- from the other 31 owners this year revealed 49% of uary. times raised by the pan- tals GM Brian MacLellan O’Lakes in April removed and the league office itself the 1,000 Native Ameri- Crystal Echo Hawk, the likeness of a Native demic, and a desire to be- said. “Those are just founder and executive to force Snyder’s hand. A cans surveyed agreed or American woman from its come a “leaner” and “more open-ended questions, strongly agreed that the director of Native Ameri- Redskins spokesman said packaging. efficient” operation. and we discuss them, but the team had no comment, name was offensive. That can-led national nonprof- PepsiCo, which owns Players are bracing for we don’t come up with while the NFL did not number goes up to 67% it IllumiNative, doesn’t Quaker Foods, has part- lost salaries by continu- any answers.” immediately respond to among those who strongly want Native Americans nered with the team since ing to defer whether to Issues arising from the questions about the future identify as Native. left out of talks about rac- receive their final pay- pandemic have slowed ne- of the name. “How do you poll the use ism and hopes players join just after the Supreme checks. They are also in gotiations on a new collec- “(It) might be easier if of the ‘N-word?’” said Onei- the cause. Court trademark ruling jeopardy of losing the por- tive bargaining agree- the NFL as an institution da Indian Nation Repre- “It’s really an opportu- in 2017. A Pepsi executive tion of pay put aside in an ment, with the current or a corporation mandates sentative Ray Halbritter, nity to educate players at the time said the name escrow account, which deal expiring in Septem- the change because then leader of the “Change the from all backgrounds that is “a team and league de- rolls over to the owners ber 2022. it takes the pressure off Mascot” campaign. “Are in this powerful moment cision, in our perspective.” should revenue fall short “What’s the revenue go- of the Washington team you actually going to take when they are doing the “We’re looking at other of projections; players ing to be next year? If you themselves and Dan Sny- a vote on whether or not right thing and they are big brands and I think it’s have lost upward of 10% tell me that, the bargain- der,” University of Cali- that’s OK? If you’re de- taking a stand for racial just a question of when,” of their pay to escrow over ing’s pretty easy,” NHLPA fornia, Berkeley, assistant grading and disrespecting justice, they need to also Echo Hawk said, adding the past seven-plus sea- executive director Don professor of psychology Ar- someone, you should not be taking a stand on this she believes it’s more prof- sons and it is a major is- Fehr said. “If you don’t ianne Eason said Wednes- do it, even though it’s just particular issue within the itable long term for insti- sue in upcoming labor know that, it becomes a day. a few people.” NFL,” she said. “There’s tutions to “do the right talks. little more complicated.” Washington, D.C., Mayor Since the death of got to be a zero tolerance thing” and re-brand. Former NHL execu- Questions remain even Muriel Bowser last week George Floyd in Minneso- on racism.” She said it’s not a leap tive-turned-broadcaster if fans are allowed to at- called the name “an obsta- ta, protests have erupted Initiatives like Change to go from the concerns Brian Burke said the pain tend games next season. cle” to the team building around the world, with the Mascot and IllumiNa- of protesters over police will be felt by teams and There are concerns fans a new stadium and head- much of the conversation tive also protest against brutality to the name, players alike. won’t return at the same quarters in the District, centered on systematic other Native American citing a recent study that “I said seven weeks ago, numbers if there is no which would likely be on racism and police brutali- team names, mascots showed Native Americans if we lost this season and vaccine available. Others land leased by the feder- ty against black people in and traditions besides were more likely to be part of next season, I worry fans won’t have the al government. The site of the U.S. the Redskins. Echo Hawk killed by police than any could foresee a $40 mil- same disposable income the team’s former home, “We are very much in believes the “Tomahawk other group when con- lion salary cap,” he added. for luxuries like games. RFK Stadium, is one op- a moment of reckoning Chop” used by Major sidering the size of their “(Sports is) the first ca- “I don’t think it’s going to tion, along with locations around equity concerns in League Baseball’s At- population. Fryberg and get to that point. And I sualty of economic hard in Maryland and Virginia this country,” Fryberg said. lanta Braves and other Eason pointed out sci- know one option that’s be- times,” Burke said. “So when the current lease at “At some point, the NFL as teams and Native Amer- ence shows the existence ing discussed is deferral you’ve got smaller crowds FedEx Field in Landover, an organization is going to ican imagery should be of these names and mas- of some of these wages or no crowds. ... You’ve got Maryland, expires in 2027. have to make a decision out of professional sports, cots increases depression they’re paid and see what no suite revenue. So it’s whether teams like the though she and Halbrit- “I think it’s past time for and suicide among Native happens, and when the very corrosive.” the team to deal with what Kansas City Chiefs and ter take particular offense Americans. revenue bounces back Attorney Irwin Kishner, offends so many people,” the Washington football to Redskins, calling it a “At the end of the day, they can get paid.” who has represented nu- Bowser told Team 980 ra- team should be allowed to “dictionary-defined racial we should really be high- Bettman recently said merous teams and dio. “This is a great fran- continue to systematically slur.” gate receipts, while signif- leagues, said the NHL chise with a great history discriminate against Na- After the U.S. Patent lighting the fact that there icant, don’t make up a must consider out-of-the- that’s beloved in Wash- tive people.” and Trademark Office are these negative impli- majority of league reve- box promotional ideas to ington, and it deserves a Redskins running back canceled the Redskins’ cations out there,” Eason nue. But gate revenue is generate revenue. Tarps name that reflects the af- Adrian Peterson said he trademark in 2011, say- said. key to the NHL because it on empty seats carrying fection that we’ve built for would follow what Colin ing it offends American Halbritter hopes this lags behind its counter- sponsor logos. Sponsor- the team.” Kaepernick started sever- Indians, the team won a movement is enough to parts in television dollars. ships on jerseys. Maybe Snyder has owned the al years ago by kneeling legal victory in 2017 when change it. The NHL has a 10-year, reviving the World Cup of team since 1999 and during the national an- the Supreme Court ruled “Given what’s happen- $2 billion deal with NBC, Hockey tournament, shown no indication he’d them to protest those is- unanimously in favor of ing in this country, more that expires after next which was last held in make a change like Wash- sues, quarterback Dwayne an Asian-American rock people realize what de- season. It has a 12-year 2016 and generated an es- ington’s NBA franchise Haskins took part in band that a 71-year-old humanizing other peo- deal with Canada’s Rog- timated $40 million. did in 1995, going from marches and coach Ron law barring disparag- ple based on race and its ers TV that began in “This too shall pass. The the Bullets to Wizards. Rivera said he supports ing terms infringes free effect has on people,” he 2014-15, and is worth question is, how do you When a 2016 Washington players in their First speech rights guaranteed said. “It’s unfortunate that $5.2 billion Canadian. In develop these alternative Post poll found nine in 10 Amendment rights. in the Constitution. it took such a tragic event comparison, the NFL revenue streams?” Kish- Native Americans aren’t Rivera said last week It’s unclear if recent — tragic events — to come makes more than $5 bil- ner said. offended by the name, he launched an organiza- events have shifted the to that realization.” THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B3 Voices of protest, crying for change, ring across U.S. By Claire Galofaro health conditions wrought ‘FATHER FORGIVE ASSOCIATED PRESS by generational poverty THEM’ and lack of health care. So Once, when George Jef- They are nurses and after four days working in ferson was a college stu- doctors, artists, students, the ICU, she spent her day dent in California, he construction workers, gov- off with protesters in the rolled up to a party with ernment employees; black, streets of Brooklyn. several friends just as peo- brown and white; young The stories of these pro- ple rushed to leave. Sirens and old. testers, several of them blared. Hundreds of thousands told here, are thundering “I hear, ‘Get out of the of demonstrators have across the country, forcing car,’ and so I swing my taken to the streets in big a reckoning with racism. door open. I look to my left cities and tiny towns in ‘THEY’RE SCARED and there is the barrel of every U.S. state - and even OF US’ a gun pointed in my face,” around the world - to pro- Lavel White was a ju- said Jefferson, who is 28 test the killing of George nior in high school, liv- and now a fourth-grade Floyd, who died after a ing in public housing in teacher in Kansas City, police officer pressed his a predominantly black, knee into his neck as he Mo. “And I am like cold historically impoverished pleaded for air. sweating, it’s not visible, neighborhood in Louis- They say they are pro- but I feel it. My heart is ville, when he turned on testing police brutality, racing. He said, ‘I said the news and saw that a but also the systematic don’t get out of the car.’ police officer was acquit- racism non-white Amer- And at that point I real- ted for shooting a young PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS icans have experienced ized I misheard this cop.” since the country’s birth. black man in the back. He was let off with a Daud Mumin addresses a crowd during a march to protest the death of Next time, he thought, it Many say they marched so stern warning to follow po- George Floyd, in Salt Lake City. that one day, when their might be me. lice instructions. But his children asked what they The 2004 killing of unease grew after anoth- did at this historic mo- 19-year-old Michael Newby er encounter with police ment, they will be able to propelled White to activism. soon afterward, in which a say they stood up for jus- He is now a documentary friend was pulled over and tice despite all risks. filmmaker and a communi- forced to sit on the curb. Most say they do not ty outreach coordinator for Police said the car’s tag support the violence, the Louisville mayor’s office. was expired; his friend ar- fires and burglaries that Still, he knows that if he gued. The advice they got consumed some of the got pulled over and made a was to file a complaint. demonstrations, but some wrong move, he could die. “But that didn’t ad- understand it: these are He’s had his own fright- dress the feelings and desperate acts by desper- ening run-ins with police, dehumanization that ate people who have been treated like a criminal for came with it,” Jefferson screaming for change for a broken taillight and an- recalled. His experiences generations into a world other time in a case of mis- led him to protest, teach unwilling to hear them. taken identity. There are his students about race, Yet suddenly, for a moment the smaller slights, too, demand change. at least, everyone seems to like white women clutch- In his classroom, he has be paying attention. ing their purses when he posted pictures of unrest About half of American passes them on the street. in Baltimore and Fergu- adults now say police vi- “They fear people’s black son, Mo., where Michael olence against the public skin. They’re scared of us. Brown’s death at the is a “very” or “extremely” They see every black male hands of a white officer serious problem, up from as a thug, as a criminal,” in 2014 sparked intense PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS about a third as recently he said. “The vigilantes, protests. He has asked Eileen Huang, 20, marches during a solidarity rally calling for justice as September last year, the cops. People keep kill- students for their observa- over the death of George Floyd in Holmdel, N.J. according to a new poll ing us and it’s got to stop.” tions, and assigned books, from The Associated Press- He’s been at the protests like “One Crazy Summer,” termined to be our best movement gave Mumin a of protesters in her light NORC Center for Public in his neighborhood almost which is set in Oakland, at whatever we say or do, place where he felt at home, blue medical scrubs. Affairs Research. Only every night, and worries Calif., in 1968, after the will share a smile and lend and the protests around the “I feel rage,” she said. “I about 3 in 10 said the same his neighbors will live with assassination of Martin a hand to our neighbor ...” world since Floyd’s death feel sadness. I feel frustra- in July 2015, just a few the trauma the rest of their Luther King Jr. “It really became the give him hope that change tion. I feel disbelief. I became months after Freddie Gray, lives: the military truck on Fred Hampton was one mission statement of my is coming. a nurse to save as many a black man, died in police city streets, the tear gas, of two Black Panther Par- life,” says Cole, the found- “It’s beautiful to see lives as possible. I would custody in Baltimore. the boom of flashbangs, ty leaders killed in a 1969 er of a Chicago organiza- such large and consistent like to believe that someone Some demonstrators de- soldiers with assault rifles, police raid in Illinois; in tion called My Block, My outcomes and turnouts who chose to be a law officer, scribe losing friends and police in riot gear. February, Jefferson had Hood, My City. in these protests,” said a police officer, would have family to police bullets, He and his wife have a his face tattooed on his He has started a relief Mumin, a 19-year-old col- the same feeling. and what it feels like to 2-year-old daughter and arm. He plans to add to an- fund for small business in lege sophomore double “I feel so frustrated. I’m fear the very people sworn a son, born just three other tattoo — a line from low-income neighborhoods majoring in justice stud- not out here working ev- to protect you. Their white months ago. scripture, Luke 23:34: “Fa- damaged in protests. ies and communication. ery day to save as many counterparts say they “Just because of the color ther, forgive them; for they Youth in his organization’s “When I was 14 years old, lives as possible so that could no longer let their of his skin, he’s going to be know not what they do.” mentoring program are I never thought a world police officers can choose black neighbors carry this set back by the oppression It is a reminder to fight helping with the cleanup, like this would exist.” to take those lives.” burden alone. of 400 years of slavery and for equality. sweeping up glass and But that doesn’t mean he’s — By Jake Seiner Some describe institu- Jim Crow Laws and injus- “That,” he said, “is a life erasing graffiti. not angry and impatient. He tional racism as a pan- tice, inequalities, racism, worth living.” He’ll march. He’ll shout wants to see the movement ‘SWEDEN IN demic as cruel and deadly he’s going to have to walk — By Heather and express his anger. lead to defunding of police SOLIDARITY’ Aysha Jones lives a as the coronavirus. One and live that life,” he said. Hollingsworth But he draws the line at departments. His Twitter white nurse from Oregon They want him to grow destruction. handle, “Daud hates cops,” world away from the Min- who traveled to New York up tough enough to stand ‘THERE ARE OTHER “We got residents who shows his resentment. neapolis street where City to work in a COVID up for his rights and his WAYS TO PROTEST’ gotta go 20 minutes away He said protesters George Floyd died — more unit saw up close how mi- community. Even at 36, Jahmal Cole to get some milk right shouldn’t go into demon- than 4,200 miles, 6,800 ki- norities are dying dispro- So they named him recites the pledge from now,” he tells a crowd strations intentionally lometres, in Sweden. But portionately from the dis- Brave. his preschool graduation: assembled for a peace trying to cause violence, she felt she had to protest. ease because of underlying — By Claire Galofaro “We the class of 1988, de- rally and food give-away but also can’t sit back and “I became involved out in Chicago’s largely Afri- wait for the government to of pure frustration, and can American Chatham make things better. the wish to see myself, neighborhood. Its com- “What is it going to take my kids, my fellow black mercial district was hard for us to finally crumble brothers and sisters hit by looting. these oppressive systems? around the world having Members of the multi- If peace is not the answer, a better life, being equal, racial crowd nod and clap. then violence has to be,” being seen as who we are Many of them know this Mumin said. “America has humans,” said Jones, who man. They’ve heard his finally had enough of wait- was born in Gambia. constant push for neigh- ing for action to be taken. Her experience with rac- bors to work together to The youth are not tired. ism was that of a first-gen- make change. The youth are impatient eration outsider — she Cole wants his neigh- now. I think we’re done remembers classmates bors to organize.. “Ain’t waiting around and sit- throwing burnt Swedish no structure in the gangs, ting around for justice to meatballs at her, consider- and that’s why there’s come about.” ing her worth nothing more. all this shooting. Ain’t no — By Brady McCombs Many black people who structure to the protests, live in Sweden are recent and that’s why there’s all ‘I FEEL RAGE’ immigrants from Africa – this looting,” he wrote in a Becca Cooper traveled the nation had very few column published recently from Oregon to New York people of color until the in the Chicago Tribune. in early April, taking leave past 50 years. Sweden And he wants to build on from her job as a critical ranks high on equality in- care flight nurse to help dexes and prides itself on PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS the momentum. “I want to make sure we’re protest- combat the coronavirus liberal migration policies, Jahmal Cole, founder of My Block, My Hood, My City, speaks Sunday, ing by calling our local pandemic seizing the city. but Jones says bigotry is June 7, 2020, during a peace march and food give-away organized by his officials … by going to the She walked into an un- far from vanquished. nonprofit group in Chicago. school board,” he tells the fair fight — one afflicting “We have had politicians crowd. “There are other certain communities more here in Sweden who nor- ways to protest.” than others. mally never acknowledge — By Martha Irvine “In the last seven weeks, the fact that racism is a I’ve had three white pa- structural problem, it is ‘YOUTH ARE tients,” she said. “I’m pret- a pandemic just as much IMPATIENT NOW’ ty sure that New York isn’t as COVID-19,” she said. Growing up as a black less than 1 percent white.” “Our politicians have the Muslim in the racially “We all read in the news- audacity normally to just and religiously homoge- paper that COVID is dis- push it off and say, ‘No, neous state of Utah, Daud proportionately affecting it doesn’t happen here, Mumin always knew he communities of color. It is it happens over there.’ was treated differently. so in your face in the ICU.” Wherever over there is.” He vividly remembers The experience has high- The nation has strict his 15th birthday, when lighted for Cooper frustra- rules regarding public gath- his mother, an immigrant tions with the health care erings amid the COVID-19 from Somalia, was pulled system — “I see it every pandemic, so Jones helped over for speeding — a day, and it’s devastating.” launch digital protests. routine traffic stop that It also fueled her disgust Jones urged people to join turned into an hour-long when she watched video of a virtual demonstration interrogation, spoiling his Minneapolis police officer anchored by a small group special dinner. Derek Chauvin kneeling of activists and speakers in And he recalls the ques- on George Floyd’s neck. front of the U.S. embassy tion that none of his white That anger is what in Stockholm, inundating PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS classmates were asked on brought this white nurse the embassy’s Facebook the first day of AP French into the streets of Brook- page with a photo of the Ashley Quinones, foreground left, widow of Brian Quinones, who was in his junior year: “Are you lyn’s Bed-Stuy neighbor- Black Lives Matter logo killed by Edina and Richfield police in 2019, protest outside Hennepin in the right class?” hood last week, where she and the words “Sweden in County Attorney Mike Freeman’s home in Minneapolis The Black Lives Matter marched with hundreds Solidarity.” B4 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 COMICS

OFF THE MARK / MARK PARISI MODERATELY CONFUSED / JEFF STAHLER DILBERT / SCOTT ADAMS

ROSE IS ROSE / PAT BRADY

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THE BORN LOSER / ART AND CHIP SANSOM

CROSSWORD DEAR ABBY Teenager kicked out by dad who thinks she’s ungrateful DEAR ABBY: I am 19 to feel about this. It would and have been kicked out Dear Abby is written by Abigail be hard to convince him to of my house. I’m grateful join my church. We have for everything my parents Van Buren, also known as Jeanne had many fights over this, have done for me. My dad Phillips, and was founded by her and I wonder if we should continues to compare me just break up. That way to my older siblings, al- mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact we wouldn’t have to dis- though I’m the exact oppo- Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. cuss who is converting or site of them. They are not Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. where we are going to going to college, they bare- marry. Please give me ly graduated from high some advice. school and continue to abuse alcohol and drugs. lings; I am myself, and I’m DEAR ABBY: My boy- STRESSED IN THE I’m in college earning doing the best I can to give friend and I have been ISLANDS almost all A’s. I graduated myself a successful future. dating for three years. The DEAR STRESSED: from high school with fly- My father refuses to see one issue we argue about Considering the stance ing colors and have a that. What should I do? is religion. I am a Catholic your boyfriend’s family’s steady job. I provide for and he’s from another religion has on marrying myself (food, gas, buying BEWILDERED Christian denomination. I out of the faith, I’m sur- anything I need) and pay DAUGHTER IN TEXAS respect all religions and prised your relationship for car insurance. I have am open-minded. has made it this far. Fight- tried my hardest to be the DEAR DAUGHTER: I However, after going to ing benefits neither of you. best daughter and a good don’t know what’s wrong his church three times, I Talking about this calmly influence for my younger with your father, but didn’t like it at all. They and rationally might siblings. something is. You appear have many strict rules bring you closer. I have asked my father to be mature and responsi- which, if not obeyed, will If he quits his church, his multiple times during the ble and doing your best to result in a person being family and friends will last year to stop comparing lay the foundation for a shunned. What kind of make every effort to isolate me to my older siblings. He successful future. I ap- church does that? They and punish him. He may hasn’t. Our last conversa- plaud you for it. compare Catholics to have to completely rebuild tion was a few weeks ago, If it’s possible for you to themselves and say every- his social relationships. If when he told me to pack thing Catholics do is live elsewhere, perhaps he has any sort of religious my stuff and get out of the wrong according to the inclination, rather than house because I was an with other relatives, and Bible. I have never felt so avoid your father’s un- him overreacting by “be- “ungrateful daughter” and unwelcome in my life. coming an (instant) athe- “hoeing around just like called-for verbal abuse, it My boyfriend’s parents ist,” the two of you might my older siblings.” might be healthier for you. want me to convert, but I like to explore finding a I have been focusing on Do not expect him to be don’t want to. Because of denomination together my education and can’t un- pleased about it, because this, his relationship with that fills your needs. But be derstand how he came to no matter how hard you his parents is being af- prepared for pushback be- that conclusion. Frankly, I try, you may never be able fected. He plans to quit cause his parents (and pos- was very hurt he thought to please him, so be pre- his church and become an sibly yours) are not going that of me. I’m not my sib- pared. atheist. I don’t know how to like it. BRIDGE

On occasion, silence is golden Brigham Young said, “Silence may balance with three hearts, which be golden, but can you think of a bet- would probably end the auction. ter way to entertain someone than to After East passed, South had a listen to him?” textbook weak-two opening, and At the bridge table, everyone likes to North asked his partner whether he bid, but sometimes silence works better. was minimum or maximum. At 12 This deal was played 14 times at tables, East sensibly passed again Bridge Base Online. Look at the East — his ship had sailed. Every South hand. You are the dealer with neither rebid three spades to show a mini- side vulnerable. Would you open mum, and each North passed. three clubs? But twice, East now bid three clubs, Assuming you decide to pass, South one round too late. When South re- opens two spades, West passes, and bid three spades, North, judging that North responds two no-trump. This is South had nothing wasted in clubs, an artificial inquiry, usually meaning raised to four spades. that North is thinking about game in West led the club queen and shift- his partner’s suit. Would you (East) bid ed to a low trump. Declarer won three clubs now? with dummy’s queen, cashed the I think there is a good case for a top hearts, discarding a club, ruffed three-club opening. Yes, you have a heart, ruffed a club and threw his only a six-card suit, but it is powerful. last club on the heart jack. West’s ruff Here, that would silence South and cost his trump trick, and the friendly West, and North would presumably diamond position let South get home. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B5 TV BEST BETS THIS WEEK IN MOVIES

A Whisker Away Netflix Original Film! In this fanciful anime film, bright and energetic Long Live The King young Miyo is secretly in love with classmate Kento. When Kento repeatedly takes no notice of her, Miyo realizes that the only way to get close to him is to transform into a cat. But at some point, the bound- ary between herself and the cat becomes ambigu- ous, and she is forced to give up her life as a human. Golf: RBC Heritage: First Round Golf Channel, 3 p.m. Live Originally scheduled for April, the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage tees off Thursday at Harbour Town at Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, S.C. There will be no spectators on the course, and only players, caddies and essential tournament personnel are permitted on-site. Golf Channel and CBS combine to televise the tournament through Sunday. Council of Dads: “Dear Dad” NBC, 8 p.m. Robin (Sarah Wayne Callies) and the Council agree to tell Luly (Michele Weaver) a shocking truth, and she takes matters into her own hands. Sam (David Walton) does his best to support Robin, and she finds herself falling for him despite the chaos in her life. Meanwhile, Oliver (J. August Richards) and Pe- ter (Kevin Daniels) finally decide to adopt, but learn some sobering news about the birth mother. Killer Couples Oxygen, 8 p.m. Season Premiere! The gripping true-crime series launches Season 14 with the case of Kelsey Berreth. In 2018, the Colo- rado mom went missing as her manipulative fiancé was having a clandestine romance. Labor of Love: “40 Year Old... Fathers” FOX, 9 p.m. The dating show continues to put Kristy’s suitors From left, Igor (Moises Arias), Oscar (Ricky Velez) and Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson) in The King of Staten through their paces as potential papas. Tonight: Who Island, directed by Judd Apatow. can endure a labor simulation the longest? And with the fewest number of bleeps? By Paul Hall college, his new home life will he does, delivering the best slew of individuals who allow Mountain Men: “Beasts of Burden” consist of simply Scott and performance that I’ve seen Tragedy. Everyone has viewers a glimpse of a real History, 9 p.m. his mother, Margie (Marisa out of the young comic and different responses to Staten Island that has rarely Backcountry bravery abounds in this hour of the Tomei). That is, until a new actor. My heart broke for the life-changing events that been shown before. From the long-running reality staple. Ozarks bladesmither Ja- man comes into her life. lost soul who is truly trying emotionally devastate them. firefighter crew that included son Hawk weathers a serious cut on the job; moun- Ray (Bill Burr) is a fire- to find himself as he travels the amazing Steve Buscemi tain-lion hunter Jake Herak saves his dogs from In the new film The King of fighter, and a chance meet- through the wilderness of Staten Island, Scott (Pete and their rendition of “One a pack of wolves in Montana; and Idaho’s Youren ing turns into a much deeper life, and Davidson embod- Davidson) is still coping with Headlight” to some of Da- brothers, modern-day frontiersmen, break a feisty relationship and forces Scott ies his role, showing varied the loss of his father some 17 vidson’s real-life friends and colt. to grow up and confront life growth throughout the film. years earlier. as it lies. Will Scott grab life Emotionally Davidson, family, the film is filled with Blindspot: “Fire & Brimstone” Scott spends his days end- NBC, 9 p.m. by the reins and make Staten Judd Apatow and Dave Si- people whose performances lessly wandering through Island his kingdom, or will he rus have written a piece that, never feel forced. When Ice Cream (David Clayton Rogers), the Ice- life. He smokes excessive landic fixer, returns to collect his debt, the team is spiral further out of control? while long and sometimes I hope Davidson succeeds amounts of weed and hangs He loves his art and wants forced into a life-and-death race around the world to meandering, connects with as we go forward. As the son out with his friends with to start a tattoo parlor and viewers through the deepest of a former volunteer fire- solve a series of puzzles and recover the infamous seemingly no purpose or mo- restaurant, but it might just of emotions. The humani- fighter myself, the emotion stolen Gardner paintings. tivation in his life. Kelsey be another wild dream of his. ty of the characters lets the is real, the fear is real and Broke: “The Test” (Bel Powley) is Scott’s se- This is a fictional story that jokes elicit genuine laughter The King of Staten Island is CBS, 9:30 p.m. cret hookup. She wants to go has some roots in Davidson’s and the emotions flow freely. Guest Star Alert! somewhere and just wants to own personal heartaches. His From fear to happiness and real. Judd Apatow creates a Cheech Marin guest-stars as Luis’ (Izzy Diaz) dad, be part of Scott’s life, but he father was a firefighter who sadness to hope, The King of kingdom for Davidson that Don Dominguez, in the new episode “The Test.” Don, is not ready for growth of any lost his life during 9/11 res- Staten Island really connect- he rules with grace and hu- who works for Javier’s (Jaime Camil) wealthy father, kind. cue efforts, which helps to ed with a wallop. mility. Long live the king. has come to check on how Javier has handled being As Scott’s sister Claire create a personal story for Director Judd Apatow gets cut off financially. (Maude Apatow) moves on to him to draw on. And draw solid performances from a Paul’s Grade: A-

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TOWN OF SAUGUS ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS SAUGUS, MASSACHUSETTS 01906 781-231-4030 LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE JUNE 2020 AGENDA Notice is hereby given that the Board Notice is hereby given that the Board Notice is hereby given that the Board The SAUGUS ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS will hold a public hearing on of Appeals of the City of Peabody will of Appeals of the City of Peabody will of Appeals of the City of Peabody will THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020 at 7:00 pm, via a Zoom Video Conference. The hold a Public Hearing via “Zoom” hold a Public Hearing via “Zoom” hold a Public Hearing via “Zoom” following petitions will be heard. Petitioner or their representative must be present remote participation on Monday, July remote participation on Monday, July remote participation on Monday, July on the video conference. 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. on the “Helpful tips” 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. on the 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. on the application of Barlow Signs, for a application of Michael and Theresa application of Linghua Zhang, for a Zoom Video Conference - Meeting ID: 923 1705 5808 Variance from the Provision of the for a S-M-O-O-T-H Berardino, for a Variance from the Variance from the Provision of the Password: 969238 Zoning Ordinance 2019, as amended, Provision of the Zoning Ordinance Zoning Ordinance 2019, as amen- Section 11.5.1C, as it applies to the trouble-free move! 2019, as amended, Section 7.2, as it ded, Section 7.1.5, as it applies to https://zoom.us/j/92317055808?pwd=bmt4TVFBbGlad1cvOGVkNUpFUXc0dz09 premise known as 1 Andover St., applies to the premise known as 43 the premise known as 17 Loris Rd., Peabody, MA, Map 064, Lot 019. Designate a drawer for King St., Peabody, MA, Map 084, Lot Peabody, MA, Map 040, Lot 028. CONTINUED FROM THE POSTPONED MARCH HEARING Petitioner seeks a variance to erect a essentials such as 017. Petitioner seeks a variance to Petitioner seeks a variance for an free-standing sign in a BN Zoning sheets and towels for construct an addition and requires accessory structure and requires relief 1. On the petition of Hillside Realty Trust c/o The Gutierrez Co., owner of the District. This is allowed only if there is quick access the first relief to Side Yard Setback. The to Side Yard Setback, Rear Yard property at 723-759 Broadway, (Lot #22-23, Plan #1036) seeking a special a setback of 30’ or more from the property is in an R1A Zoning District. Setback and Lot Coverage. The permit to remove an existing 23'6" x 22'2" sign (referred on the plan as Sign #3) existing building. The existing building night youLEGALS move into The application and plan are available property is in an R1A Zoning District. and a variance to allow the remodel of the remaining two existing signs, "Sign #1" is 21.8’ from the lot line. The your new home. to the public and can be viewed by The application and plan are available will increase from 267 sf to 277 sf and "Sign 2" will increase from 66 sf to 259 sf. petitioner also proposes a height of contacting Carla McGrath at car- to the public and can be viewed by Both of these signs will be double faced, interior lit, and will remain in their current said sign at 20’ when 12’ is allowed. la.mcgrathpeabody-ma.gov or contacting Carla McGrath at car- locations. The application and plan are available Plan a garage/yard 978-538-5792 in advance and prior la.mcgrathpeabody-ma.gov or to the public and can be viewed by sale before you move. to the Public Hearing. The agenda for 978-538-5792 in advance and prior 2. On the petition of Enterprise Hilltop Realty Trust c/o Concord Property contacting Carla McGrath at car- this meeting and instructions on how to the Public Hearing. The agenda for Management, owner of the property at 880 Broadway, (Lot #27, Plan #1029) la.mcgrathpeabody-ma.gov or Fresh coffee, baking to access the remote participation this meeting and instructions on how seeking a variance to refurbish existing pylon sign with digital readerboard and 978-538-5792 in advance and prior platform, are posted on the City of to access the remote participation adding a 20.5" slab and brick base to update to the newest technology. to the Public Hearing. The agenda for soda, or charcoal in a Peabody website. platform, are posted on the City of this meeting and instructions on how sock, placed inside Peabody website. 3. On the petition of Saugus Avalon LLC for Everybody Fights, owner of the property to access the remote participation Board of Appeals Theyour Lynn re Waterfrigerator & Sewer Commission will at 855 Broadway, (Lot #56, Plan #1036) seeking a variance for, one internally platform, are posted on the City of Frances Bisazza-Gallugi, Chairperson recently published a water quality Board of Appeals illuminated, 19' x 42" Channel Letters and logo stud mounted to the back wall Peabody website. keep the inside smell- Frances Bisazza-Gallugi, Chairperson facing Rte. 1. reporting thatfresh was andmailed clean.to its customers Item: June 18, 2020 in accordance with federal regulations. Board of Appeals The report contains detailed informa- Item: June 18, 2020 JUNE PUBLIC HEARINGS Frances Bisazza-Gallugi, Chairperson tionPa onck the y ourquality curr of Lynn’sent drinking water which meets state and federal 4. On the petition of Christopher and Jackie Trahan, owners of the property at 3 Item: June 18, 2020 phone book — it’s a PLUMBING standards. Clifton St. (Lot #98, Plan #2001) seeking a special permit to remove and replace quick easy reference to Plumbing distributor seeks existing front porch, rear deck and stairs on existing footprints and a variance for a reliable people 16' front yard setback where 20' is required, a 2' side yard setback where 15' is Copiesthe folksof the backreport are home available. at LEGAL NOTICE FULL TIME - SECURE - BENEFITS required and a 5'5" rear yard setback where 10' is required. the Commission’s office, 400 Park- COUNTER SALES landPlace Avenue, pictures Lynn, or youin may call Notice is hereby given that the Board Basic Plumbing Familiarity 5. On the petition of Brian and Tina Scalisi, owners of the property at 17 Sterling Richard Dawe at 781-596-2400 for of Appeals of the City of Peabody will Helpful, But Not Necessary Ave. (Lot #238-241, Plan #1030) seeking a special permit to build a 6' x 17.3' LEGAL NOTICE morebox information.es between sheets hold a Public Hearing via “Zoom” WAREHOUSE first floor addition to renovate their kitchen and a variance for a 16' side yard or blankets to give remote participation on Monday, July Prior Warehouse Experience Helpful setback where 20' is required and a 15' front yard setback where 30' is required. Notice is hereby given that the Board Danielthem F. O’Neillextra protection. 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. on the But Not Necessary of Appeals of the City of Peabody will Executive Director application of James and Pauline Avon 6. On the petition of Brian Doherty, owner of the property at 10 Summer Dr. (Lot hold a Public Hearing via “Zoom” Boland, for a Variance from the Supply Co., Inc. #120, Plan #1024B) seeking a special permit to remove existing porch and build remote participation on Monday, July Provision of the Zoning Ordinance Wakefield - 781-245-8715 a 20'5" x 32'7" addition with a second floor tie in to existing roof and a variance 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. on the 2019, as amended, Section 7.2, as it for a 19.2' front yard setback where 20' is required and a 8'8" side yard setback application of Jonathan Lapham, for a applies to the premise known as 4 where 15' is required. Variance from the Provision of the Randall Road, Peabody, MA, Map Zoning Ordinance 2019, as amen- LEGAL NOTICE 018, Lot 012. Petitioner seeks a 7. On the petition of Samer Kanj Elassafiri, owner of the property at 37 Hilltop ded, Section 7.2, as it applies to the variance for a 2-car garage and premise known as 3 Sheffield Dr., Notice is hereby given that the Board requires relief to Right Side Yard LEGAL NOTICE Ave. (Lot #203, Plan #1033) seeking a special permit to outfit an accessory of Appeals of the City of Peabody will dwelling in his home for their daughter and son-in-law Peabody, MA, Map 052, Lot 072. Setback. The property is in an R1 Petitioner seeks a variance for an hold a Public Hearing via “Zoom” Zoning District. The application and Notice is hereby given that the Board remote participation on Monday, July of Appeals of the City of Peabody will 8. On the petition of Beverly Gilchrist, owner of the property at 6 Ila Rd. (Lot #45, addition and requires relief to Rear plan are available to the public and Yard Setback. The property is in an 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. on the can be viewed by contacting Carla hold a Public Hearing via “Zoom” 31, Plan #1039) seeking a special permit to add a 34' x 30' addition which will application of James and Pauline remote participation on Monday, July include a full basement, first floor and second floor tie in to existing roof line. Also, R1A Zoning District. The application McGrath at carla.mcgrathpea- and plan are available to the public Boland, for a Variance from the body-ma.gov or 978-538-5792 in 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. on the a variance for a 9'6" front yard setback where 30' is required and a 5'4" side yard Provision of the Zoning Ordinance application of Danielle Caron, for a V setback where 20' is required. and can be viewed by contacting Carla advance and prior to the Public McGrath at carla.mcgrathpea- 2019, as amended, Section 7.2, as it Hearing. The agenda for this meeting ariance from the Provision of the body-ma.gov or 978-538-5792 in applies to the premise known as 9 and instructions on how to access Zoning Ordinance 2019, as amen- Ben Sturniolo, Chairperson Intervale Ave., Peabody, MA, Map ded, Section 7.2, as it applies to the Stephanie Puracchio, Clerk advance and prior to the Public the remote participation platform, Hearing. The agenda for this meeting 001, Lot 048. Petitioner seeks a are posted on the City of Peabody premise known as 11 Anthony Rd., variance for a proposed addition and Peabody, MA, Map 073, Lot 045. Item: June 12, 18, 2020 and instructions on how to access website. the remote participation platform, requires relief to Rear Yard Setback Petitioner seeks a variance to construct are posted on the City of Peabody where 35’ are required an d24.6’ are Board of Appeals a garage and requires relief to Right website. proposed. The Frances Bisazza-Gallugi, Chairperson Side Yard and Front Yard Setback. The property is in an R1 Zoning District. property is in an R1A Zoning District. Board of Appeals The application and plan are available Item: June 18, 2020 The application and plan are available Frances Bisazza-Gallugi, Chairperson to the public and can be viewed by to the public and can be viewed by Have something to sell? contacting Carla McGrath at car- contacting Carla McGrath at car- Item: June 18, 2020 la.mcgrathpeabody-ma.gov or la.mcgrathpeabody-ma.gov or 978-538-5792 in advance and prior 978-538-5792 in advance and prior We can help! to the Public Hearing. The agenda for to the Public Hearing. The agenda for this meeting and instructions on how this meeting and instructions on how to access the remote participation to access the remote participation platform, are posted on the City of platform, are posted on the City of Peabody website. Peabody website.

Board of Appeals Board of Appeals Frances Bisazza-Gallugi, Chairperson Frances Bisazza-Gallugi, Chairperson

Item: June 18, 2020 Item: June 18, 2020

Phone us: 781-593-7700 Email us: [email protected] Find us online: THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B7 INTERNATIONAL China, India disavow clash but pledge to end standoff

By Sam Mcneil and flict between the sides in sovereign territory,” Wang Ashok Sharma 45 years, and escalated said in a statement issued ASSOCIATED PRESS a standoff in the disput- by the foreign ministry. ed region that began in He repeated China’s BEIJING — China and early May, when Indian claims that India was sole- India accused each other officials said Chinese sol- ly responsible for the con- Wednesday of instigating diers crossed the boundary flict, saying Indian forces deadly border clashes be- at three different points, had crossed the Line of Ac- tween their forces along erecting tents and guard tual Control that divides the disputed Himalayan posts and ignoring verbal the thousands of troops frontier, pledging to safe- guard their territory but warnings to leave. That from both sides deployed also to try to end a stand- triggered shouting match- in the area. off that has dramatical- es, stone-throwing and fist- Jaishankar, in turn, ac- ly raised the stakes be- fights, much of it replayed cused China of erecting a tween the nuclear-armed on television news chan- structure in the Galwan Asian giants. nels and social media. Valley, which he called Twenty Indian troops Chinese Foreign Minis- a “premeditated and were reportedly killed ter Wang Yi warned New planned action that was in the clashes Monday Delhi not to underesti- directly responsible for night in the Ladakh re- mate Beijing’s determi- the resulting violence and gion’s Galwan Valley, nation to safeguard what casualties,” according to a while it was not clear it considers its sovereign statement. whether China suffered territory. His comments He added that the inci- any casualties. came in a phone call dent would have “serious Indian security forces Wednesday with his Indi- repercussions” on India’s PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS said neither side fired any an counterpart, Subrah- relationship with China, Kashmiri Bakarwal nomads walk as an Indian army convoy moves on the shots, with some officials manyam Jaishankar. but that both sides were Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, north-east of Srinagar, India. saying the soldiers were Wang said China de- committed to further dis- carrying anti-riot gear manded that India con- engaging on the remote of the country is the most tal, condemning the kill- also marched close to the rather than weapons. The duct a thorough investiga- plateau of the Himalayan important thing. India ing of the soldiers and embassy with placards Indian soldiers, including tion and “harshly punish” terrain. wants peace, but when demanding a ban on Chi- reading “Chinese army a colonel, died of severe in- those responsible. Indian Prime Minister provoked, it is capable of nese goods. They carried down down.” They were juries suffered in sub-zero “The Indian side would Narendra Modi hailed giving a fitting reply, be it placards with crossed-out detained by police. temperatures after the best not make an incorrect the soldiers killed in the any kind of situation.” photographs of Chinese While experts said the two sides threw rocks and judgement of the situa- clashes. A group of protesters President Xi Jinping and two nations were unlikely traded blows, Indian offi- tion, would best not under- “Their sacrifices won’t go gathered Wednesday near the Chinese army. to head to war, they also cials said. estimate China’s strong to waste,” he said. “For us, the Chinese Embassy in A small group of retired believe easing tensions It was the deadliest con- determination to safety its the unity and sovereignty New Delhi, India’s capi- Indian army personnel quickly will be difficult. Biggest one-day virus spike worries Iran By Nasser Karimi came in late May, during ASSOCIATED PRESS which families often trav- el to visit friends and rel- TEHRAN, Iran — atives to mark the end of Months into Iran’s fight the Islamic holy month of against the coronavirus, Ramadan, when Muslims doctors and nurses at Teh- fast from dawn to dusk. ran’s Shohadaye Tajrish Ali Reza Zali, who is Hospital still don a mask, leading the campaign a disposable hazmat suit against the outbreak in and a double layer of la- Tehran, said last week tex gloves every day to that “some 60 percent of attempt to contain a pan- hospitalized patients trav- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS demic that shows no signs eled to other provinces be- of slowing. fore they became sick.” South Korean army soldiers ride on the back The hiss of high-flow Authorities also have of a truck in Paju, near the border with North oxygen to wheezing pa- A Muslim pilgrim walks in the courtyard at the reported concerns about Korea, South Korea. tients, the beeps of equip- shrine of the Saint Abdulazim in Shar-e-Ray, Iran’s eastern Sistan and ment monitoring vital Baluchistan province bor- signs and the crinkling south of Tehran, Iran. Going inside is prohibit- ed due the coronavirus. dering Pakistan. North Korea gambling rustle of passing medics The spike also reflects have become a daily sym- around more after weeks ed new cases — 3,500 — an increase in testing, phony here and in other with latest standoff of closures of most stores, on June 5. The number Health Ministry official hospitals across the Is- offices and public spac- dropped in the days after- Ehsan Mostafavi said. By Kim Tong-Hyung now-shuttered North- lamic Republic. es, health experts worry ward but remain in the Iran now has 130 labs ASSOCIATED PRESS South cooperation sites Iran reported its first that growing complacen- low 2,000s a day, around across the country, run- in Kaesong and at the Di- coronavirus cases and SEOUL, South Ko- cy among the country’s 80 twice the lows in the last ning as many as 25,000 amond Mountain resort, deaths on the same day tests a day. Some 1.3 mil- rea — Only two years million people may further week of April and the first and to reinstall guard in February — the Mid- lion tests have been con- ago, the leaders of North allow the virus to spread. week of May. posts and resume military dle East’s first and biggest ducted, up from 500,000 and South Korea shared The daily death tolls in exercises in front-line ar- outbreak of the virus — Health Minister Saeed just a month ago. drinks, laughs and vows Namaki said he realized Iran also broke the 100 eas. That would nullify a yet it only recently saw its While the country is for peace during three bilateral military agree- highest single-day spike the extent of the challenge mark for the first time opening up, some restric- highly orchestrated sum- when he took a domestic since mid-April on Sun- ment reached in 2018 that in reported cases, followed tions still stand. Friday mits that lowered fears established border buffers flight. “Many people have day, Monday and Tuesday of war that had risen as soon by the highest daily prayers in major cities re- and no-fly zones and would become careless, frustrat- this week. Pyongyang pursued an ar- death toll in months. main closed, as do schools increase the risk of clashes. ed with wearing masks,” The spike in cases oc- senal of nuclear missiles. The spikes, which came and universities, except The public face of the he said. “They did not ob- curred largely in Iran’s oil- That’s all gone, for now, after a major Muslim for a few courses. Author- North’s recent bashing of and it ended with a bang. holiday last month, have serve (social) distancing in rich southwestern Khuz- ities have imposed rules the South is Kim Yo Jong, The North on Tuesday renewed fears about a po- the flight’s seating and the estan province, as well as to keep people spread out the powerful sister of leader blew up an empty office tential second wave of in- airliner’s ventilation sys- the western provinces of at indoor locations and Kim Jong Un, who has been building that had allowed fections sweeping across tem was not working.” Kermanshah and Kurdis- ordered people to wear confirmed as his top official the two Koreas to talk in Iran. As businesses open Iran saw its highest tan. Officials link it to the masks there and on public on inter-Korean affairs. and people begin to move single-day total of report- Eid al-Fitr holiday that transportation. person in the North Ko- rean border town of Kae- Once all smiles during song. Pyongyang also said meetings with South Ko- Oxford recommends removal of Cecil Rhodes statue it was scrapping a key rean officials on a rare vis- military agreement aimed it to Seoul, Kim Yo Jong By Sylvia Hui for over a century. at reducing conventional now calls South Korea an and Jill Lawless Famous Rhodes scholars threats along the border. “enemy” and has vented ASSOCIATED PRESS include former U.S. Presi- The largely symbolic, over Seoul’s failure to stop dent Bill Clinton and fem- activists from floating LONDON — The gov- made-for-TV explosion inist writer Naomi Wolf. has shattered already fad- anti-Pyongyang leaflets erning body of Oxford Uni- His statue was removed across the border. versity’s Oriel College on ing hopes in South Korea from the University of that the basic foundation Although North Korea is Wednesday recommended Cape Town in South Afri- sensitive to those leaflets’ the removal of a statue of of cooperation with its ri- ca in 2015 after students val could be salvaged. It’s criticism, it’s unlikely the Victorian imperialist Cecil led a “Rhodes Must Fall” country is rupturing re- Rhodes that has long been also stoked public fear campaign. that the Korean Peninsu- lations with Seoul merely the target of protests — A similar campaign has la will once again take its over something that has though it won’t be taken sought the removal of place as a global hotspot. gone on for years. down immediately. his statue in Oxford. The While North Korea’s ac- Instead, the goal ap- The college’s governors movement had gained tions may appear abrupt pears to be regaining the said they had “voted to new momentum since the and reckless, the leadership world’s attention — and launch an independent death of George Floyd PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS in Pyongyang may be exe- especially Washington’s — Commission of Inquiry into spurred anti-racism pro- cuting a carefully measured in a bid for much-needed the key issues surrounding tests worldwide and a Cecil Rhodes, the controversial Victorian im- plan aimed at winning aid and boosting a popu- the Rhodes statue.” renewed debate on colo- perialist, supported apartheid-style measures outside concessions while lace worried about eco- In a statement, Oriel nialism and its legacy in in southern Africa. showing its people a strong nomic hardship. College’s governing body, Britain. face in dealing with its rival. The North’s calculated which transported tens made up of faculty, said Other historical monu- finishes its work later this It’s a pattern that has belligerence comes during of thousands of Africans they had “expressed their ments and statues around year. repeated over the decades. long-stalled nuclear ne- across the Atlantic Ocean. wish to remove the stat- the world, honoring figures In a statement, the When Washington doesn’t gotiations with President ue of Cecil Rhodes” and a from Christopher Colum- Oriel’s governors said Rhodes Must Fall cam- give the North what it Donald Trump’s adminis- plaque to him, adding that bus to Belgium’s King Leo- the new commission paign group said it wel- wants, Pyongyang dials tration that have faltered “this is what they intend to pold II, have since become would include people from comed Oriel College’s in- up pressure on the South. over disagreements on ex- convey to the Independent flash points in protests. academia, education pol- tention to take down the North Korea may be changing sanctions relief Commission of Inquiry.” Earlier this month, icy, law, politics and jour- statue, but demanded a betting that Seoul can be for disarmament steps. It Rhodes made a fortune in Black Lives Matter pro- nalism. The commission stronger commitment to drawn back into dialogue, also comes as the coronavi- the late 19th century from testers pulled down a aims to look into how to follow it through. despite the demolished rus pandemic likely further gold and diamond mines controversial statue of improve access to black “This is a potentially ep- building and hurt feelings, batters the already broken where miners labored in 17th-century slave trad- and ethnic minority stu- och-defining moment for because of liberal South Ko- North Korean economy. brutal conditions. He was er Edward Colston in the dents and faculty, and our institution, the Uni- rean President Moon Jae- The North could be de- an education benefactor English city of Bristol and review “how the college’s versity of Oxford. We can, in’s passion for engagement. liberately censuring the whose legacy includes Ox- threw it into the harbor. 21st-century commitment potentially, offer a pow- For now, the North South to build internal ford University’s presti- Colston was prominent- to diversity can sit more erful example of the de- seems focused on elevat- unity and shift public at- gious Rhodes scholarships, ly involved in England’s easily with its past.” colonial project in higher ing tensions in phases. tention away from dip- which have been awarded slaving company, the The Rhodes statue will education in the U.K. and It has declared its in- lomatic failures and eco- to international students Royal African Company, stay up until the inquiry beyond,” the group said. tention to send troops to nomic shortcomings. B8 THE DAILY ITEM THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 Arab Israeli diplomat says Does your security guards choked him

By Josef Federman one of the guards stepped ASSOCIATED PRESS away. Khaldi, who said healthcare he frequently takes pho- JERUSALEM — An tos and video clips on his Arab Israeli diplomat once phone, said he asked the deployed abroad to push remaining security guard back against Israel’s crit- if he could turn on his include a 24/7 ics says he was beaten by phone to record. He prom- security guards at Jerusa- ised not to take any pic- lem’s central bus station tures of the guard, and he last week in what he be- said the guard consented. lieves was a case of ethnic When he walked through talking kitty profiling. the metal detector, the Ishmael Khaldi, 49, said machine beeped and he he has filed a police com- was instructed to empty plaint and is going pub- his pockets. He put down lic with his experience to PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS his wallet and keys but companion? bring attention to what Ishmael Khaldi continued to record on his he described as racist be- phone for several seconds. havior in parts of Israeli el against the Palestin- Then, as he was about to society. ian-led boycott movement “This is wrong. This has put the phone down, he while posted in London. said the second securi- to stop. This is nothing The Boycott, Divestment, Israeli,” he said, adding ty guard returned to the Sanctions campaign advo- scene and became irate. that he remains patriot- cates boycotts of Israeli in- ic and proudly serves his “He came like crazy, stitutions to protest Israel’s screaming shouting: ‘Put country. treatment of Palestinians, The incident trained a the phone down! Don’t take including its own Arab cit- pictures!’” Khaldi said. spotlight on the ongoing izenry. He also has done struggles of Israel’s Arab He said he tried to calm temporary assignments in citizens, a large minori- the security guard down, Africa and Miami. ty that makes up about but he only became angri- But even his advocacy 20 percent of the popula- er. First, he threatened to work for Israel and a dis- tion. Israel’s Arab citizens push Khaldi against a wall. tinguished career that has have the right to vote Then he threatened to push and some have enjoyed put him alongside many him onto the ground. great success in Israel’s Israeli leaders have not “He was saying, ‘Do judiciary, civil service and been enough to insulate you want to see?’ And I business, medical and en- him from the struggles said, ‘Yes. I want to see.’” tertainment worlds. But faced by Arab Israelis. Khaldi said. they still frequently suf- He said his dark skin Within seconds, he said fer from discrimination. frequently attracts the he was pinned down by Khaldi is widely seen as attention of jittery se- three guards, with the a trailblazer and touted curity guards in public angry leader placing by the government as a spaces and that “there is his leg on Khaldi’s neck, success story. From living no doubt” this was why shoulder and ear. He in a tent and working as he was stopped by two said the pressure was so a shepherd when he was guards and asked to pass strong he feared his neck a boy, he became the first through a metal detector would break. member of Israel’s tiny when he entered the bus “I screamed ‘I can’t Bedouin Arab communi- station last Thursday, on breathe. I can’t move,’’ he ty to serve as a diplomat his way home from work. said. The guards eased up and is among a small “It happens to me. It on him after bystanders number of Arab Israelis to happens to everyone” with started screaming, but then rise to the senior levels of Arab features, he said. a supervisor rushed to the the Foreign Ministry. He But what happened after scene and joined the others served in Israel’s Consul- that, he said, was a “series in holding him down. Even- ate in San Francisco, was of mistakes” by security tually, they allowed Khaldi, an adviser to then-Foreign guards unlike anything he covered in dust, to get up Minister Avigdor Lieber- had seen before. while they held him until man and defended Isra- After he was stopped, police arrived. Mine does. That's Bella my virtual Coronavirus puts poor Argentines’ cat from Element Care PACE. We're professional soccer dreams on hold By Debora Rey best friends. We play games, listen to ASSOCIATED PRESS BUENOS AIRES — The music and exercise together. Bella apartment blocks of Fort Apache are emblazoned reminds me about a lot of things with murals of Carlos Tevez, the superstar for- like when to take my meds and ward for Argentina’s most popular pro soccer team and its national squad. when my ride is coming. And my “I come from a place where they said it was im- Bella keeps me connected to my possible to succeed,’’ one mural reads, and Tiago care team when I'm not seeing them Ruíz Díaz thought of those words all the time as he moved from his youth club at the Element Care Wellness in one of Buenos Aires’ poorest neighborhoods to Center which has fun ac�vi�es every the second-division club Almagro. Success like PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS day. Element Care provides Tevez’s seemed obtainable for the 16-year-old mid- A child plays soccer in a park in Buenos Aires, fielder. Until coronavirus Argentina. everything you need to remain came to Argentina. the street. The kids sought Agüero or even legend Di- Soccer has been can- refuge here and now they ego Maradona. healthy and independent. And it's celed for more than 80 can’t anymore,” said Dan- But coronavirus has put days now, with no restart iel López, president of the his plans on hold. FREE* if you qualify for Medicare in sight, cutting off thou- Santa Clara club where To stay in shape and sands of young players in both Tevez and Tiago earn some money, Suárez and MassHealth. Everyone should Argentina’s poorest neigh- started playing. and other athletes defy the borhoods from what many Santa Clara had 170 legal ban and play games felt was their only shot at boys and girls in training for money on a field hidden have great healthcare and a best a better life. until coronavirus came among the houses of Villa “This pandemic has ru- to Argentina. Now, Lopez Fraga. Each player chips friend like I do. ined everything,” Díaz has turned the club into in a small amount and the said. “It’s terrible being a makeshift soup kitch- winning team divides the like this, shut up at home.” en where volunteers cook pot. In a slum of 2,700 peo- Argentina is far from the meals in two huge pots ple with 30 diagnosed cas- worst-hit country in Latin and offer food to families es of the coronavirus, only To learn more about America — the toll here who live nearly. some players wear masks pales in comparison to the On a recent afternoon, during games that last up Element Care PACE, disasters unfolding in Bra- Nicolás Suárez walked to three hours, he says. zil, Chile and Peru, among crestfallen onto a bare An informal “lightning” others. But the impact on field in one of Buenos game several weeks ago call 877 803 5564 (TTY 711) the youngest players in the Aires’ poorest neighbor- between players from soccer-crazy country shows hoods. Two rusted metal Villa Azul and Villa Itatí, the subtle long-term dam- arcs testified to its former Agüero’s hometown, was age being wrought by the life as a soccer field. It’s responsible for some 300 pandemic outside the most become a wasteland cov- new cases among play- affected areas. ered in weeds and trash. ers, spectators and peo- Worried the lost time The 16-year-old mid- ple living nearby, offi- is costing them shots at fielder was picked this cials have said. professional careers, some year as one of the most But the adults oversee- young players are giving promising young players ing the illegal games say up and succumbing to the in Buenos Aires and was they’re a risk worth taking. temptations of drugs and set to join a team that “I’m more scared of them alcohol. Others desper- would play games across getting hooked on drugs No cost for MassHealth and Medicare eligible. Contact us ate to stay in shape are the country, showing off than catching coronavi- for Medicare only and private pay op�ons. Par�cipants playing for money in dan- his talents to scouts from rus,” said Iván Mora, who gerous illegal games that Argentina’s most import- coaches Suárez and about must receive all health care, primary and specialist have caused outbreaks of ant professional teams. 100 other young players physician services-other than emergency services-as COVID-19 among players, He dreamed of leaving in the club called Playón spectators and people who Villa Fraga, north of the Chacarita de Fraga. “If authorizedby PACE, or be fully and personally liable for live near soccer fields. capital, and becoming a they aren’t doing any- costs of unauthorized services. “There are a lot of dan- star like Tevez, Manches- thing, the guys can get gers and temptations in ter City striker Sergio into drugs or alcohol.”’