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(SORT OF) OPENDEALS OF THE By Steve Krause ITEM STAFF $DAY$ It’s usually one of the most PG. 3 ITEM PHOTOS | OLIVIA FALCIGNO talked-about events of the year anyway, but today, after a sum- The MBTA plans to increase commuter rail ser- mer of consternation on the part vice to Lynn this fall. of the area’s districts, public schools are of cially open today — mostly with the pupils stay- DEALS ing home. OF THE MBTA increases The COVID-19 pandemic lingered through the summer $ $ and into the fall, making the DAY commuter-rail return to school a constant PG. 3 topic of conversation among administrators, teachers and parents of school-age children. service for fall It forced Lynn, Swampscott, By Gayla Cawley Saugus, Lynnfield, Revere, DEALS ITEM STAFF Keolis donates Marblehead and Salem to go OF THE with a remote learning sys- OF THE The Massachusetts Bay 5,000 masks tem. Only Peabody, among the Transportation Authority area’s public schools, has gone $ $ plans to increase commut- to Lynn DAY to a hybrid system — a mix of ITEM PHOTOPG |. OLIVIA3 FALCIGNO er rail service to Lynn this in-school and remote learning fall. By Gayla Cawley — as has the Johnson School Julian Vega, 15, left, receives a computer from Lynn Tech Head The MBTA’s fall sched- ITEM STAFF in Nahant. Football Coach James Runner as dozens of parents and children ule, which would increase line up around the corner of Lynn English High School to pick up the number of trains stop- LYNN — Lynn’s emer- SCHOOLS, A3 school equipment on Tuesday afternoon in Lynn. ping in Lynn throughout gency response services got the day starting in No- a boost on Tuesday morn- vember, was presented ing when 5,000 face masks during Monday’s Fiscal were delivered to City Hall. and Management Control The donation was made Mass DEP Board meeting. by Keolis Commuter Ser- Under the new sched- vices, the MBTA’s operating ule, the number of week- partner for the commuter backs plan day trains would increase rail, which has now deliv- from 505 to 544, with 32, ered a total of 10,000 face or 82 percent of those new masks to the city. The  rst trains serving either Fair- delivery was made in June. in Saugus mount, Brockton or Lynn. Keolis representatives In Lynn, which is part also traveled to  ve other Wheelabrator to of the Newburyport/Rock- communities hit hard by port line, trains would the coronavirus pandem- assess noise pollution arrive every 30 minutes ic — Chelsea, Everett, during mid-day service Framingham, Lawrence, By Elyse Carmosino this fall. By comparison, and Revere — to deliver a ITEM STAFF last fall, mid-day service total of 30,000 face masks SAUGUS — The Massachu- had ranged from 30 to 90 on Tuesday. COURTESY PHOTO setts Department of Environ- MBTA, A2 MASKS, A3 40 Steps Dance Company will perform at Nahant’s Bailey’s Hill mental Protection (Mass DEP) Saturday. has approved a scope of work submitted by Wheelabrator Sau- gus to complete an acoustical study that will assess levels of Nahant dance company noise pollution emitted by the plant. The study, announced at Mon- will ‘Rise Above It’ day’s Board of Health meeting, comes following a June 2019 in- By Elyse Carmosino piece presented at last year’s con- cident in which a steam turbine ITEM STAFF cert — “27 Years of 40 Steps Dance” at Wheelabrator was taken out — that will be introduced to the au- of use for repairs, ultimately re- NAHANT — Forty Steps Dance, dience and then viewed later in the sulting in 10 days of an unrelent- ing din that neighbors compared the town’s premier modern dance program as part of a new work. to the sound of planes constantly company, will close out its unusual Aptly titled “Rise Above It,” artis- ying overhead. 2020 season this weekend with two tic director and 40 Steps founder Residents have since pushed outdoor performances at Nahant’s Sallee Slagle said the piece high- Keolis donates 5,000 masks to the city of Lynn. Bailey’s Hill. for tighter regulations surround- lights rising above and overcoming ing all plant operations. From left, Mayor Thomas M. McGee, Keolis Di- Rescheduled from its initial obstacles. rector of Customer Service Linda Dillon, Capt. “When there are any issues re- March date, the company’s annual “(It’s) very relevant for our cur- garding noise, what you need to Richard Downey of Lynn Fire Rescue, and state performance will feature both new rent times,” she said. “It’s those do is establish a baseline level of Sen. Brendan Crighton receive the box of masks choreography and old repertory DANCE, A2 ambient noise. That’s what this on Tuesday morning at City Hall. favorites, including an interactive acoustical study’s aim is,” said Saugus Public Health Director John Fralick. COVID-19 Massachusetts noise laws cur- Father, stepson charged in damage to Double-digit surge of rently indicate that anything coronavirus cases in above a 10-decibel raise from Lynn and Revere. A2 ambient levels is considered to Black Lives Matter signs in Lynn eld be in violation of state regula- Peabody tions, Fralick said, adding that ITEM STAFF REPORT property, two counts of larceny un- Stephen Smith, 55, pleaded not Police Chief agrees the study will be conducted in der $1,200, vandalizing property, guilty to operating under the in- to new contract. A5 the fall because that’s when en- PEABODY — A Lynn eld man resisting arrest, property damage uence of alcohol, three counts of vironmental conditions are ideal and his stepfather were arraigned for establishing a noise baseline. to intimidate and criminal ha- assault with a dangerous weapon, LOOK! today in Peabody District Court in “When you’re talking about en- A tour of the reno- connection with a month-long in- rassment. Judge Randy Chapman reckless operation of a motor vehi- vated Boys & Girls vironmental conditions, sound vestigation of vandalism, property set bail at $750 and ordered him cle, property damage to intimidate Club of Lynn. A8 can move differently through damage and civil rights violations, to have no contact with and stay and assault to murder. Chapman different mediums,” he said. according to Essex District Attor- away from all victims and wit- ordered him held without bail “Whether it’s late-summer hu- ney Jonathan Blodgett and Lynn- nesses, stay 1,000 feet away from pending a dangerousness hearing Sports midity, or fall leaves, or winter  eld Police Chief David Breen. the victim’s home and remain al- scheduled for Sept. 21. Saugus School when there’s nothing on the Joshua Simpson, 21, pleaded not cohol free. A pre-trial conference is Committee approves guilty to malicious destruction of scheduled for Sept. 30. ARRAIGNMENT, A5 fall sports. B1 WHEELABRATOR, A2

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Joyce D. Cooper passed Lorraine T. Diglio, 70 years, company will away following a sudden ill- formerly of Lynn, died on Sept. ness with her family by her 14, 2020 in Beverly Hospital side at the Kaplan House in after a long illness. She was Danvers, on Friday, Sept. 11, born in Lynn, the daughter ‘Rise Above It’ 2020. Born in Pearson, Geor- of the late Anthony F. and gia she was the daughter of Geraldine M. (Serino) Diglio. DANCE olution.” the late Joe and Willene (Co- Lorraine attended schools in From A1 Violinist Katharina hen) Cooper. Lynn, graduating from Lynn Radlberger and dancer ‘forty steps’ imbued with a Joyce, one of seven children, English High School. She Jake Corcoran will also more artistic sense.” was raised in Augusta Georgia attended Marion Court in feature as guest artists. Since the COVID-19 where she attended Lucy C. Swampscott. In compliance with all pandemic hit the North Lany High School. After grad- Lorraine worked for Catholic COVID-19 safety regula- uating, she moved to Lynn in Shore in March, 40 Steps tions, Slagle added that Family Services in Lynn and Dance has managed to 1965 with her late husband CitiBank in Boston. Lorraine dances have been rear- Charles A. Williams. “rise above” the dif cul- ranged to allow move- found solace in writing poetry ties of lockdown, putting Joyce worked at Nynex In- and listening to Barbara Strei- ments to communicate formation Resources for 28 together new works and without the usual part- sand and Mel Torme. She was practicing old choreogra- years before retiring in 1998. an avid Red Sox fan. Lorraine nering and lifts, and out- After retiring she also was Jessie Chavous of Lynn, Mary Patricia of Peabody, her neph- phy through online video door seating has been lim- always enjoyed being properly chatting. employed at Lord & Taylor and Williams (Vernon) of Georgia. dressed and coordinating hats ews, Matthew Diglio and his ited to 50 people. Lowe’s Home Improvement. Three brothers Robert Cooper children Mason, Roman and “After everything shut “Even though it’s out- with her out ts. Lorraine loved down, we continued to Joyce loved dancing, traveling, (Michelle) of New York, Joe to vacation traveling to many Lilah of Rhode Island, Jarred side, I’m looking forward shopping and spending time Cooper Jr. (Jackie) of Indiana, Diglio and his companion meet on Zoom or Skype to it,” said dancer Lauren countries and exploring reli- or whatever seemed to with family and friends. She Wilbert Cooper of Lynn. gious sites. Jennie Pereira of Peabody, her Beck, who has been with Great Aunts, Frances Diglio be working for everybody the company since 2009. lit up every room she walked She also leaves to mourn Lorraine struggled for many of Revere and Marie Romano that morning,” Slagle said. “It’s kind of a whole differ- into. She was full of life, laugh- a host of nieces, nephews, years with short term mem- of North Reading, She also “We just felt that it was ent experience. You spend ter and fun. Joyce was a wom- cousins and friends. ory loss, after a cerebral leaves her devoted friend, Su- important to stay connect- so much time rehearsing an of great strength and pride Service information: aneurism, but you would be zanne Merrill of Peabody and ed, because dancers have indoors, and you do a lot yet compassionate, whose Friends and family are amazed at how she would join several relatives in the Diglio a very unique connection of indoor performances, so love for her family was ever welcome to call at the in the songs of Barbara and CUFFE-McGINN Funeral and Serino families. with each other in the the outdoor ones are a lit- present. Joyce will be dearly Mel without missing a lyric Home, 157 Maple St., Lynn, Service information: Lor- sense that you’re physi- tle more rare, especially in missed by her loving family and sing along for hours. Her on Friday, Sept. 18 from raine’s funeral and burial cal with each other. You’re the Boston area.” and friends and all those who infectious smile would light 10AM until 12PM. Her fu- will be private. There will be creating together as art- Beck added she was hap- knew her and loved her. up a room, and make you feel neral service will be held a celebration of her life at a ists.” py to hear the show has She is survived by her welcomed when visiting her, daughter Sonya L. Anderson in the Funeral Home at 12 later date. Donations in Lor- Although Slagle faced already sold several tick- especially if you brought her a of Gloucester, son Chauncey p.m. Burial will follow in raine’s memory may be made pressure to simply cancel ets for both performances. Dunkin Donuts coffee. M. Williams, Sr. (Patricia) of Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn. to the Catholic Charities the season altogether, she “With COVID and every- Lorraine spent the last 22 Lynn. four grandchildren Jaron To leave an online message North, 117 North Common said she couldn’t bring thing going on, I wasn’t years in residence at Cedar Anderson & ancé Meghan or condolence, please visit Street Lynn, Massachusetts herself to do it. sure how receptive peo- Rocha of Plaistow, N.H., www.cuffemcginn.com. Glen, Harborside, Hawthorne 01902-4223. Arrangements “My dancers are so de- ple would be about going Treshonna Heath of Winthrop, Hill, Genesis nursing facility by the SOLIMINE Funeral voted and passionate to a performance,” she Chauncey Jr. and Chante Wil- in Danvers. The family would Home, Lynn. Guestbook at about dance,” she said. said. “It’s nice that people liams of Lynn. Three sisters like to thank the staff for their www.solimine.com. “We continued through are willing and able to be Josephine Cabbell of Indiana, LIFE WELL CELEBRATED® care, compassion and under- and we postponed it twice, there.” standing. (and nally) we opted to Show times are 2 p.m. She is survived by her Broth- move into September … and 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. er Frank A. Diglio and his wife It’s the only cultural event 19. Margherita D’Isola, 93 Nahant has been able to Reservations are re- hold at all, so we’re quite quired. General admission excited by it.” is $20, VIP is $35, family is In February, 40 Steps $45, and Boston Dance Al- NORTH READING — Mrs. MBTA increases Dance, which is composed liance members, students, Margherita (Russo) D’Isola of six accomplished danc- and seniors are $12. All age 93, of North Reading, ers from the greater Bos- proceeds bene t 40 Steps died peacefully, with her fam- ton area, made history as Dance, which is supported ily at her side, at the Sawtelle commuter-rail the rst dance company in part by a grant from the Family Hospice House Read- to complete a residency Nahant Cultural Council ing, on Sunday, Sept. 13, at Middlesex Community and the Nahant Preserva- 2020. She was the wife of the College’s new Academic tion Trust. late Gerardo D’Isola. service for fall Arts Center. Donations can be made Born and raised in Atripal- Since then, the danc- online at www.fortysteps- da, Avellino, Italy, she was the MBTA ing the effect that tempo- ers have worked hard to dance.org. daughter of the late Sabino From A1 rarily reducing fares at produce a number of new “Our passions push us,” and Domenica (Panarella) the Lynn Commuter Rail pieces that will nally Slagle said. “That’s what Russo. She immigrated to minutes, according to the Station has had on rider- premier Saturday, includ- keeps us going, and that’s Lynn, with two of her children, presentation. ship and mitigating bus ing “A Voice in the Mist,” what keeps us creating.” in 1958 and moved to North Robert DiAdamo, the crowding. which Slagle said is meant Reading 12 years ago. MBTA’s executive direc- Commuters have been to demonstrate “con ict in Elyse Carmosino can be Margherita had worked as a tor of the commuter rail, able to take the train from relationships, communica- reached at ecarmosino@ seamstress for many years at said the schedule chang- Lynn to Boston at subway tion, and pathways to res- itemlive.com. Star Sportswear in Lynn. She Service information: Vis- es are aimed at providing rates since July 1, as part enjoyed cooking, sewing, and iting hours will be held on a cost-neutral service (to of a pilot program that the caring for her children, grand- Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 from the agency) that accom- MBTA has extended until children, and great grandchil- 9-10:30AM in the SOLIMINE modates traditional rid- Mass DEP backs Dec. 31. dren. Funeral Home 426 Broadway ership, encourages rider- Under the program, Zone She is survived by her chil- (RTE129), Lynn. Adhering to ship where routes have 1A fares have been accept- dren, Assunta “Susan” Iudi- the guidelines of the Com- changed and becomes a ed at the Lynn and Riv- ciani and her ance Steven monwealth of Massachu- new option for people who erworks Commuter Rail Wheelabrator Pepper of North Reading, setts and the CDC, visitation had not been taking the T. Stations, which means a Anna Maria Milne and her will be limited to 40 family “We’re trying to really one-way ticket into Boston husband Joseph of Arizona, members and friends at a increase and improve the costs $2.40, the same price and Michael D’Isola of North time. A Funeral Mass at St. options we’re providing as a CharlieCard, instead plan in Saugus Reading, six grandchildren, Pius V Church, Lynn, and people,” said DiAdamo. of $7. Laura Glavin and her husband entombment in Holy Cross “We think we’re really According to Laurel Pag- WHEELABRATOR Fralick, who was ap- Steven, Peter Iudiciani and his Mausoleum will be private. plugging those gaps where et-Seekins, the MBTA’s wife Luciana, Anthony Milne, From A1 pointed to his position In lieu of owers, donations perhaps people didn’t have assistant general manag- Joanna Milne and her hus- in July, said he’s since in her memory may be made a great opportunity to use er for policy, the agency band Michael Benitez, Arian- trees and sound can be worked closely with to the Jimmy Fund/Da- the trains as much as we has seen increased rider- na D’Isola, and David D’Isola, more piercing, there are representatives from na-Farber Cancer Institute would want them to.” ship at the Lynn station, a lot of different fac- three great-grandchildren, PO Box 849168 Boston, MA Wheelabrator on the DiAdamo said the but there has not been a tors that go into a noise issue and believes the Isabella and Cara Glavin, and 02284-9168. Directions and changes would provide Mia Tierney, a sister Angela La- big increase in ridership study. plant is taking all nec- guestbook at www.solimine. more consistent service on the Newburyport/Rock- “Basically, what has to Sala, a brother Aniello Russo, com. essary precautions to throughout the mid-day port line during the fare happen is those ambient prevent any future inci- and several nieces and neph- hours, which would pro- ews. She was also the sister pilot. levels need to be estab- dents. vide more options to rid- The increased ridership lished prior to being able “They are reallocating of the late Vincenzo, Armando, ers and promote social Umberto, and Iolanda. on the Lynn share of the to say if anything is in a lot of funding towards distancing. line could be from new violation.” making sure things like For example, he said trips due to the reduced Wood Engineering, what happened last year service would increase in fare, shifts from other sta- the acoustic consultants never happen again, and Double-digit surge of Lynn and Brockton, where tions on the line, or chang- tasked with evaluating they’ve made it a point bus ridership is high, to ing demand due to the Wheelabrator, will com- to let me know that test whether there is a coronavirus. plete the first round of as the health director, coronavirus cases in demand for more frequent Overall, there has been noise monitoring over they’re going to be very and off-peak service in no evidence that bus a three-day and three- forthcoming about any- communities with many crowding has decreased night period at some thing that would even Lynn and Revere essential workers and on alternative bus routes, point in the coming remotely generate noise residents who are already which was one of the goals over there in the years By Gayla Cawley been reported in Saugus months. transit users. of the pilot program for Once the study is com- to come,” Fralick said. ITEM STAFF since last Wednesday to “We think we can spread the MBTA, according to plete, results will be “I believe they’re trying bring the town’s caseload the trains out throughout Lynn and Revere report- Paget-Seekins. submitted to Mass DEP to do the right thing and to 685. Forty-one people the day and give people ed a double-digit surge in The team will continue and to Saugus’ Board of hopefully we can avoid have died. more options,” said DiA- new coronavirus cases on to monitor the pilot, she Health. any more future issues.” Lynn eld reported an damo. Tuesday, and new cases said. “We’re looking forward It remains to be seen were also reported in Lyn- additional case to bring The MBTA’s fall sched- to the noise assessment Elyse Carmosino can whether the changes will n eld and Saugus. the town’s total numbers ule will be nalized by the being completed as be reached at ecarmosi- increase ridership on the In Lynn, 13 new cases to 131 cases and 11 deaths. end of the month and the soon as possible,” said [email protected]. T’s commuter rail lines, were reported to bring the Numbers remained the changes will go into effect Wheelabrator spokes- which has been down sig- city’s caseload to 4,776. 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Send payment to and POSTMASTER, In Revere, 2,581 people call 781-593-7700 ext. 2 ITEM CLASSIFIEDS send address changes to: have been infected and 99 Gayla Cawley can be to start your GET RESULTS! The Daily Item have died, according to the reached at gcawley@item- daily subscription. Call Customer Service 110 Munroe St. P.O. Box 5 city website. live.com. Follow her on to place an ad 781-593-7700, ext. 2 Lynn, MA 01903 Nineteen new cases have Twitter @GaylaCawley. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A3 School is now (sort of) open SCHOOLS Fisher said before the From A1 district’s Aug. 14 deci- sion to switch to its on- LYNN line model. “That’s so im- Families lined up at two portant. We’re cognizant of the city’s high schools of the fact that we’re in on Tuesday to pick up the the middle of a pandem- computers their students ic and we need to protect will need for the start to students and staff, so the school year. hybrid was the best ap- All students will be proach.” learning remotely when An 18-page document the school year begins on detailing the plan in- Wednesday, which marks cludes three instructional a shift from Superinten- models — in-person, hy- dent Dr. Patrick Tutwiler’s brid, and remote learning initial proposal. — that follow guidelines Tutwiler had previously initially laid out by DESE recommended that in-per- in June. son learning be provided Adaptability may be key to certain groups of stu- moving forward as multi- dents, including special ple school of cials have re- education students, En- peatedly warned that, due glish language learners to the extreme unpredict- and those who attend Fec- ability of the COVID-19 teau-Leary Junior/Senior pandemic, reopening High School. plans are always subject But Tutwiler shift- to change. ed to recommending all The district plans to re- students learn remotely visit its hybrid model later upon the release of state this fall depending on how health metrics that listed well the community is Lynn as a high-risk com- able to contain its number munity for the virus. On of COVID-19 cases. Nov. 20, district leader- ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO ship will meet to deter- SWAMPSCOTT mine whether it is safe to From left, Idalia Gutierrez, and her son, Matias Soto-Gutierrez, 6, Creisy Rodriguez and her Schools are starting re- switch to a hybrid model daughter Dahigreny Gomez, 7, and Mariel Perez and her daughter Yumei, 9, wait in a line with motely, but it won’t be — a mix of in-person and dozens of other parents and children at Lynn English High School to pick up school equipment long before students are remote learning — on on Tuesday afternoon in Lynn. attending classes. Dec. 1. Swampscott Superinten- Lines have been long Vogel said students at residents, Buckey said in grades K-8 will have dents over 14 days, the dent Pamela Angelakis all week at the district’s Lynn eld Middle School he opted to start with two full days of in-person district had to adopt the said the district plans to device distribution sites and the Summer Street remote learning to allow learning. High-risk stu- remote model for all stu- shift to a hybrid model — Lynn Vocational Tech- and Huckleberry Hill el- students more time to dents and those with spe- dents. Oct. 26, but families will nical Institute and Lynn ementary schools had re-acclimate to school. cial needs will receive up Wednesday (Aug. 19) still have the option to English High School on a chance to meet their to four days of in-person superintendent Stephen continue online only. Tuesday — as the Lynn new teachers last week NAHANT learning. Zrike addressed families When school resumes, Public Schools have been when they picked up their The Johnson Elementa- “I am grateful for the on Facebook live and gave certain groups of students trying to get their new Chromebooks and sup- ry School’s hybrid reopen- collaboration with the an update to what this identi ed as “high needs” shipment of computers plies. ing plan looks somewhat mayor’s office, school new schedule will look will already be learning distributed in a matter At the high school, Prin- different from most other committee and public like when school begins on in-person, either through of a few days, Tutwiler cipal Bob Cleary and As- districts. health department that Sept. 16. a hybrid model or a fully said. sistant Principal Brian Thanks to a small stu- has allowed us to wel- “Our remote learning in-person scenario. Tutwiler said the dis- Bates were still in the dent population and am- come students back to schedule is going to be The rest of the student trict has been distribut- of ce late Tuesday dis- ple classroom space, Na- in-person learning. The built to meet (the De- body will return to school ing devices to students tributing a handful of hant families have been community has done an partment of Education’s) on staggered schedules, in grades 3-12 for about Chromebooks to late com- given the exibility to excellent job of following required hours,” Zrike which vary at the ele- eight weeks, and has ers. choose for themselves the safety protocols as said. “We are expecting mentary, middle and high been targeting students “I’m happy to say we’re whether they want their we have seen a consis- students to work the school level, if health met- in rst and second grade all set and ready to go,” child to have full-time on- tent decline in the num- equivalent of that time rics allow next month. since Sunday with a ship- Cleary said. line or full-time in-person ber of positive COVID-19 on a weekly basis which As a “lower risk com- ment that arrived last All athletics are on instruction. cases in the city. It is ex- is just over ve hours a munity,” in terms of the week. hold until the district can All students will begin tremely important that day. We’ll give more spe- state’s coronavirus map, “(Wednesday) is the rst re-evaluate new public with online instruction our students and fam- ci cs but we are making Swampscott was not re- day of school and we’re ex- health data at the end of Wednesday before in-per- ilies continue to follow sure that we’re meeting quired to start remotely, cited about that and we’re the month. Vogel said if son students make their the safety measures that minimum requirements but Angelakis said she trying our level best to the town is able to switch switch next Monday. have allowed us to open that the state has for wanted to give teachers a get a device in the hands to hybrid, the fall season “Our building is actu- safely.” time that students are chance to prepare for the of students who need it,” will begin shortly there- ally able to accommodate learning.” return of students and to said Tutwiler. after. many more students (than REVERE give district leadership The district has pur- “Although it is a remote it currently has), so we Revere initially had SAUGUS time to monitor the tra- chased devices for its start, our educators are have the luxury of space, planned to start with us- Saugus schools start en- jectory of the virus locally. approximately 4,000 stu- so looking forward to which is wonderful,” said ing a hybrid model, but tirely online, a plan con- All students and staff dents in grades K-2 with seeing their students,” School Committee chair with coronavirus trans- siderably different from who are in school will a $1.6 million grant it Vogel said. About 15 of Lauren Sherlock. “Our mission rates rising in the the hybrid model of learn- be required to wear face received from the Bak- those students were out- building was also reno- city, state guidelines made ing rst submitted by the masks inside buildings, er-Polito Administration side playing a pick-up vated within the last 20 remote learning the safest district to the Department with hourly “mask breaks” last month, but due to the basketball game. None years, which provides a model for now. of Elementary and Sec- included as part of their signi cant demand, those of the boys were wearing much better system for “After weeks of COVID ondary Education (DESE) daily schedules. Ideally, computers have still not masks. ventilation.” positivity rates above 6 last month. those mask breaks would arrived. Classroom lessons will percent, there is strong The change came follow- take place outside and Tutwiler said outreach MARBLEHEAD be live-streamed to remote advice that we, instead ing a state report released outdoor instruction will be was done over the week- Although Superinten- learners, which Sherlock of doing a hybrid model, Aug. 13 designating Sau- maximized, according to end to identify which K-2 dent Dr. John Buckey’s said will allow those stu- move to a remote model gus as a high-risk, or red the reopening plan. families do not have ac- reopening plan calls for dents easier access to to begin the school year,” zone. cess to a device at home. three weeks of remote their teachers as they par- Superintendent Dr. Di- “We wanted to have as Item reporters Elyse Car- Every student in grades learning to begin the ticipate alongside their anne Kelly said at a vir- much in-person time as mosino, Gayla Cawley and 3-12 and every student school year, he said cer- peers. tual school committee we could,” School Com- Anne Marie Tobin contrib- who needs one in grades tain groups of students If families nd either meeting. mittee vice chair Ryan uted to this report. K-2 will receive a device will be learning in-person option isn’t working out, “Our focus was on hy- to start the school year. In during that time. Nahant’s exible model brid and remote was an K-2, that amounts to 2,300 Under his initial plan, will still allow students option, but the full in-per- devices, he said. approved by the Mar- to switch, as long as the son was never really an “We’re asking families blehead School Commit- school is given a two-week option for us,” Kelly said. with computers to use tee on Aug. 10, Buckey notice. “It appears right now their own devices,” said recommended that the “We’re trying to incor- that, with the school com- Tutwiler. “We wanted to school year start on Sept. porate a more fluid sit- mittee’s vote, we’ll focus get a device in the hands 14 with three weeks of uation for the students on a fully remote start to of families who don’t have remote learning, with a in the classroom and at the school year. However, a device to start in a virtu- shift to a hybrid model on home,” Sherlock said, our intention will be to al platform.” Oct. 5. adding that Nahant’s get back to a hybrid mod- In his presentation to hybrid plan focuses both el as soon as it is safe to LYNNFIELD the panel, Buckey said on health and safety for do so.” Lynnfield will be start- the district was consid- children and staff, as ing the year with ful- ering allowing in-person well as on providing an SALEM ly-remote learning ex- instruction for special equitable, high-quality The Salem school dis- cept special needs and education students and education for all stu- trict is set to begin the The value of each coupon shown here is equal to other high-priority stu- English language learn- dents. school year with an all-re- dents and pre-school ers during those rst few mote learning model or greater than the price of the newspaper. children, who will re- weeks. PEABODY that would include small ceive four days a week of About a week later, he Peabody Superintendent in-person learning oppor- ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS! in-school learning. said he heard the feed- of Schools Josh Vadala tunities. If you would like to participate in After being hit hard ear- back from that school said he is excited to begin Originally Salem had ly in the pandemic, the board meeting “loudly and the year with in-person opted for a hybrid mod- The Daily Item’s Deal of the Day, community had been on clearly,” which was that learning. el with students pre-K contact us at 781-593-7700, ext. 1355 cruise control through the parents wanted the dis- “Each year, the start through third return for summer with stable case trict’s youngest students, of school is marked with in-person schooling while numbers and no deaths in grades Pre-K to 2, back anticipation and excite- older students worked TODAY’S DEAL OF THE DAY since early May. in school as early as pos- ment. Although the start remotely, but after be- But that all changed sible. of this school year is un- ing designated as a red last week when the town “We heard that and we like any other, I am still city by state guidelines, went from green to red will be attending to that,” very excited to begin the meaning more than eight with 18 new cases within said Buckey. “All of our year,” Vadala said. “Our cases per 100,000 resi- a 12-day span, prompt- students will be back in teachers and school staff ing the school committee the hybrid — in-person cannot wait to welcome FRESH FISH & CHIPS to reverse its learning instruction — on Oct. 5, students back to school on LAW OFFICES OF plan from a hybrid model but we will be bringing Wednesday. We’re looking JAMES J. CARRIGAN NOON TILL SOLD OUT to fully remote through our youngest and most forward to a great school • Social Security Disability BUY ONE GET ONE FREE. 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E¥¦¥ M. G DIRECTORS President and Publisher Edward L. Cahill M§Ÿ H. SŸŸ A Nahant citizen responds Chief Executive O cer John M. Gilberg Edward M. Grant E C J. CŸ¡ CŸ Advertising Director News Editor Gordon R. Hall A group of citizens who of months, then a couple the Item, the supporters of 110 Munroe St. W J. K TŸ  J ¢£ Monica Connell Healey have been adamant sup- more, until nally I de- Northeastern University P.O. Box 5 Chief Financial O cer Editorial Page Editor J. Patrick Norton porters of Northeastern cided there would be no wanted to portray them- Lynn, MA 01903 J N. W  C  T¢¤ Michael H. Shanahan Chief Operating O cer Community Relations Director Chairman University’s desire to de- concerts in the Ellingwood selves as having” forced” velop East Point recently Chapel, period. It was the the Board’s decision. They Customer Service Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. PUBLISHERS wrote a signed statement right decision … but not then went on to support Horace N. Hastings, 1877-1904 in the Item’s Reader’s Fo- the nal one. the idea that Northeast- Connecting Charles H. Hastings and Wilmot R. Hastings, 1904-1922 rum (09/14/2020, Ques- In collaboration with lo- ern should just go about its Charles H. Hastings, 1922-1940 All Departments: Ernest W. Lawson, 1940-1960 tioning decision on NU cal musicians we came up business, pursuing “their 781-593-7700 Charles H. Gamage and Peter Gamage, 1960-1982 Town Articles). It was a with an idea to have just legal rights” without a sec- Peter Gamage, 1982-1991 puzzling letter. Its only two concerts, outside, free, ond thought as to their im- Ext. 2 Peter H. Gamage, 1991-1996 Brian C. šayer, 1996-1999 point was to attack the with social distancing, at pact on the smallest town Classi ed/Legal Advertising Bernard W. Frazier Jr., 1999-2005 Nahant Board of Select- Bailey’s Hill. it seemed in the Commonwealth. In classi [email protected] Peter H. Gamage, 2005-2014 man for making a decision like something we could this situation the mem- Subscriptions John S. Moran, Executive Editor, 1975-1990 with which they agree. do, an option we could bers of the Board of Select- [email protected] Very odd indeed. pursue … until it didn’t. men—Messrs. Cullinan, The Board of Selectmen To the disappointment of Antrim and Canty—pur- Circulation [email protected] has been struggling with many, the two free con- sued their responsibilities the question of whether certs were also canceled. thoughtfully, humanely, Ext. 3 to call a full Annual Town As I said in a note to the wisely, weighing the many Newsroom Meeting or one that is many who dearly wanted factors at hand. To assert [email protected] stripped down, with a sim- to hear music, “I just can’t otherwise is as silly as it is [email protected] do it.” It was not worth insulting. EDITORIAL pli ed warrant, contain- Ext. 4 ing only items absolutely the risk it might have pre- Thirty years ago Nah- essential to the manage- sented to some attendees. ant’s Annual Town Meet- Sports ment of the town. They de- Even if just a few were in- ing decided to preserve [email protected] cided on the latter. fected there was the possi- its residential character Ext. 5 A shameful Even though the town bility of death. The music and its natural resourc- Retail and Online faces fundamental deci- would have to wait. es for future generations Advertising sions that would be best Making that decision through the creation of [email protected] stalemate not put off, the Board de- was a struggle — as was Natural Resource Dis- cided that its actions had the Board’s decision re- tricts. It was a prudent, ADVERTISING Editorial from the Bloomberg Opinion editorial board to take into account the garding the Annual Town forward-thinking decision Ernie Carpenter Jr. current COVID-19 crisis. Meeting. This was to be because, at this very mo- Director of Advertising Senate Democrats have blocked the Republi- The Board’s decision was one of the most import- ment, decades later, we and Business Development, ext. 1355 cans’ long-delayed plan for additional coronavi- correct and it was taken ant Town Meetings in our know that if Northeast- [email protected] rus aid, raising the prospect that Congress will with a degree of serious- town’s history. It would ern develops East Point Ralph Mitchell provide no added scal support for the economy ness appropriate to it. decide the nature of our it could well be the rst Sales Representative, ext. 1313 between now and the presidential election in No- I have personally made small New England town. move of others to follow, a [email protected] vember. The two sides are no longer talking, and a similar decision. I pro- Should the town be domi- camel sticking its nose un- Eric Rondeau at this point, each might think that doing nothing duce a small classical mu- nated by a huge edi ce of der the tent. Sales Representative, ext. 1280 serves its electoral interests. sic series in Nahant, the concrete, glass and steel We will all be watching [email protected] Settling for this paralysis, however, would be Ellingwood Concerts. We or should we preserve the actions of Northeast- Patricia Whalen shameful. The economy needs additional relief had a full season planned our residential town with ern carefully. They will get Sales Representative, ext. 1310 immediately; delaying it will only compound chal- with performances from open, green spaces avail- away with nothing. [email protected] lenges down the road. April to September. As able to ourselves, our chil- BUSINESS OFFICE The blame for the current setback lies squarely COVID-19 advanced I dren and others to enjoy? Jim Walsh with Republicans. Democratic leaders are right to canceled the rst couple In their recent letter to Nahant Susan J. Conti call the GOP’s latest plan a stunt, not a serious Controller, ext. 1288 proposal. It’s much too small and fails, in particu- JILL EBSTEIN [email protected] lar, to extend adequate support to state and local Ted Grant governments, which are under severe nancial Publisher, ext. 1234 stress. Getting to a better result demands that [email protected] both sides give ground — but it’s the Republicans Sounding the Shofar in 2020 Marian Kinney who ought to move most. ext. 1212 Their so-called skinny bill would extend the ex- This weekend the sho- is a simple, clean blast. recent bar mitzvah — or [email protected] isting Paycheck Protection Program (for small em- far (a ram’s horn) will be The tekiah is usually in- very old could belt out the Will Kraft ployers that retain workers despite losing business blown in services through- terpreted as a call for at- long note. Age posed no Chief Financial Of cer, ext. 1296 because of the pandemic), provide new money for out the globe for Rosh tention. limits. [email protected] health care and schools, and give nancial aid to the Hashana, the holiday cel- After tekiah, a very dif- A Shofar Story U.S. Postal Service. It also proposes a weekly un- ebrating the Jewish new ferent note is sounded My father passed away Paula Villacreses year. How we hear the 100 called “shevarim,” which when I was 24, and my A/R Specialist, ext. 1205 employment-bene t supplement of $300 through [email protected] the end of the year, compared with the $600 bonus blasts of sound and inter- comprises three medi- youngest brother was 21. in the previous relief package, which ran out at the nalize its meaning says um-length blasts. The Our loss occurred one Mike Shanahan end of July. Republicans had previously supported much about how we view sound is more plaintive week before Hanukkah, Chief Executive Of cer, ext. 1956 [email protected] a new round of $1,200 stimulus checks as well, but our relationship to the and has been considered and far from experiencing following internal dissent dropped the idea. The world. Especially in the as a moment to look in- a festive holiday, we felt Carolina Trujillo overall cost of the proposed measure was between year 2020, the shofar gives ward. Some believe that darkness and despair. The Community Relations Director, ext. 1226 $500 billion and $700 billion — less, if you allow for us pause for thought. the notes are wailing cries cold winter felt colder as [email protected] unspent funds from previous plans. A Shofar Primer from the heart seeking to we scrambled to get our Jim Wilson Senate Democrats have been pressing a version The shofar dates back to connect. Its tone is far dif- bearings. Chief Operating Of cer, ext. 1200 of a measure already passed by the House, which biblical references as ear- ferent than the wake-up My brother sought con- [email protected] would extend the $600 supplement, give states ly as Exodus when the Ten call that tekiah signi es. solation and turned to our CIRCULATION and cities another $1 trillion in aid, send a new Commandments were de- After the wistful sound rabbi. He wisely shared livered at Mount Sinai. It of shevarim, the next blast that our loss paralleled Lisa Mahmoud round of stimulus checks, and more, at a cost of Manager, ext. 1239 around $3.5 trillion. They’ve said they’re willing is reported that the shofar we hear is “truah,” which the sounds of the shofar. [email protected] to trim that back to $2.2 trillion. was trumpeted from the is full of energy. Nine stac- We were in the stage of Under the circumstances, the spending envis- clouds as the Israelites cato notes are blown in shevarim (sadness) and CUSTOMER SERVICE took note of the awe of the quick succession. When I truah (unsteadiness). As aged by Senate Democrats is justi ed. Granted, La’ Mosha Ball the details could be improved. The $600 bonus, tablets. Other instances was a child, I would hear we worked through our Customer Service, ext. 1276 for instance, isn’t ideal. Even with so many people when the shofar has been my brothers practice blow- pain and maintained our [email protected] blown include announcing ing the shofar, and truah faith, we would eventually still out of work, some employers (according to the GRAPHICS Federal Reserve’s most recent “Beige Book”) say the new moon and the ju- was by far the hardest. experience tekiah gedolah. they’ve found it dif cult to ll vacant positions. bilee year, the latter sig- Done correctly, each sound We would be able to af rm Trevor Andreozzi With the weekly supplement in place, many of the ni cant because it marks is crisp and distinct. our ability to navigate our Designer [email protected] unemployed have been better off out of work. It a moment when debts are The interpretation of world. would be better to renew this support in the form forgiven, and slaves are truah varies. For some, Our modern-day inter- Mark Sutherland of a supplement bringing bene ts up to, say, 80 freed. it represents brokenness pretation of the tekiah Creative Director, ext. 1330 percent of previous earnings. The shofar was cited and uncertainty and is gedolah and one that we [email protected] The case for another round of at-rate stimu- as the force that helped a natural outow from adopted goes like this: NEWSROOM lus checks is also questionable, given that these Joshua in his conquest of shevarim. We have tak- Believe it, and we can be Mike Alongi payments don’t depend on the circumstances of Jericho as the walls came en stock, felt its humility it. My brother refound his tumbling down. The sho- and are considering what faith, and 12 years later, Sports Editor, ext. 1228 the people who bene t. Payments more heavily [email protected] weighted toward low-income workers would be far has been used to alert next. For others, it might he became a rabbi. preferable — for instance, in the form of a more troops to prepare for bat- be more of a straight shot Across the world — with- Bill Brotherton tle, and in happier times, toward inspiration, beck- in families and communi- Features Editor ext. 1338 generous earned income tax credit. [email protected] But here are the crucial points. States and cities to prepare people for the oning us to take on our ties at large — we are in have seen their budgets crunched by higher outlays coronation of a king. world and battle for better. a state of transition and Elyse Carmosino In short, the shofar has The nal sound in the se- angst. It goes beyond the Reporter, ext. 1264 and lower revenue, and need more nancial aid. [email protected] The unemployed need generous well-targeted help. helped to signal and add quence is “tekiah gedolah,” isolation that COVID-19 And the economy as a whole requires additional splendor to major events. which in Hebrew means has thrust on us. A toxic Gayla Cawley scal support, as the Fed continues to emphasize. Its clarity and power can “large tekiah.” It is a long, mixture of self-doubt, so- Reporter, ext. 1236 [email protected] Also bear in mind that the cost of additional public elicit a range of emotions single, powerful note that, cial unrest, the inability to borrowing is currently close to zero. This shouldn’t and reminds us to recog- when done with enough exchange differing views Cheryl Charles license scal proigacy, to be sure. But under cur- nize and be prepared for wind, can last as long as a with civility, and extreme News Editor, ext. 1278 rent circumstances, a new relief measure costing the moment. minute. It is a statement of distrust of those in gov- [email protected] Four different shofar af rmation, reminding us, ernment, have left us with between $2 trillion and $3 trillion (depending on Olivia Falcigno a degrading pessimism. the pace of the recovery) can’t be called excessive. sounds are blown on Rosh “We can do this.” As a con- Photographer, ext.1224 Our spirit and energy The economy badly needs a compromise plan. Ide- Hashana, each with its gregant listening to many [email protected] years of tekiah gedolah, I have wilted. ally, it would be much closer to the Democratic pro- own signi cance. The rst note a congregant will would feel excited when But then there is the Spenser Hasak posal than to the Republicans’ plainly inadequate Photographer, ext. 1332 hear is called “tekiah” and someone very young — a shofar and its parallel alternative. But the worst outcome would be a tac- [email protected] journey of the human ex- tically motivated stalemate that does nothing at all. perience. After uncertain- Thor Jourgensen Right now, this gross failure of the political process ty and doubt, there can be Editorial Page Editor, ext. 1267 looks all too plausible. [email protected] a regenerative clarion call. Believe it, and we can be Daniel Kane it. That will be the shofar Sports Reporter, ext. 1228 CLARIFICATION that I hear and appreciate [email protected] in 2020. Steve Krause Jill Ebstein is the editor Writer-at-Large, ext. 1229 A story in the Friday, Sept. 11, issue of The Item said [email protected] that Fr. James Gaudreau, formerly pastor at St. Jo- of the “At My Pace” series seph’s Church in Lynn, was found guilty of child abuse of books and the founder Anne Marie Tobin in connection with an incident in 2006. That guilty of Sized Right Marketing, Sports Reporter, ext. 1307 [email protected] nding was by the Archdiocese of Boston. Essex Coun- a Newton, Massachusetts, ty District Attorney Jonathan W. Blodgett declined to consulting rm. She wrote TECHNOLOGY this for InsideSources.com. prosecute Fr. Gaudreau. 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] WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A5 POLICE/FIRE

All address information, particu- on Franklin Street. A caller Peabody Police Chief larly arrests, re ect police records. reported she came home In the event of a perceived inac- to nd her house door wide curacy, it is the sole responsibility open with the hall light on. She was concerned some- receives a new contract of the concerned party to contact one may have broken into the the relevant police department and apartment. Police reported no Police Chief Tom Grif n Investigations Division. have the department issue a no- one was inside the condo. and the City of Peabody A graduate of the F.B.I. tice of correction to the Daily Item. have agreed to a new four- National Academy, he Corrections or clarications will not year contract. holds a master’s degree in SAUGUS Grif n has served as criminal justice from Bos- be made without express notice of chief of the department ton University. Under his change from the arresting police Arrest since being appointed leadership during his rst department. Andy Montaned, 37, of in 2014. Mayor Ted Bet- year as Peabody’s chief, Lowell, was arrested Tuesday tencourt said Grif n is the department received LYNN on warrant charges. generally credited with a three-year accreditation strengthening Peabody’s from the Massachusetts Accidents Accidents community police pro- Commission on Accredita- grams and he also has re- tion. A report of a motor vehicle Police received a report at ceived high marks for the “Chief Grif n has pro- crash at 9:44 p.m. Monday at 9:24 p.m. Monday of a motor department’s handling of vided outstanding lead- Essex Street and Rogers Ave- vehicle accident on Newhall several large-scale public ership of the Peabody nue; at 10:53 p.m. Monday at St. with unknown injuries. Of- works projects, including ITEM FILE PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Police Department since Cleveland Street and Western cers were dispatched to the Avenue; at 8:43 a.m. Tuesday Peabody’s Clean and Sus- Peabody Police Chief Tom Grif n has agreed to he began his tenure here location. at Light and Summer streets; tainable Water Future ini- a new four-year contract with the city. in 2014,” Bettencourt at 10:17 a.m. Tuesday at 69 tiative. said. “Under Chief’s Grif- Elmwood Ave. Complaints “I am very grateful to n’s direction, the men Mayor Bettencourt for his lenging than ever and I body’s chief, Grif n spent and women of the Pea- A report of a motor vehicle Police received a call at am proud to lead the out- 26 years as a member crash with personal injury at continued con dence in body Police Department 8:05 p.m. Monday from a standing men and women of the Salem Police De- 9:45 p.m. Monday at 8 Rog- me and for the opportu- have performed superbly woman who reported her nity to continue as chief,” of the Peabody Police De- partment, including ve and helped keep us safe ers Ave. downstairs neighbor was ha- A report of a motor vehicle Grif n said. “Being a po- partment.” years as captain and com- during these uncertain rassing her over noise levels lice of cer is more chal- Prior to becoming Pea- mander of the Criminal times.” hit and run crash at 6:44 a.m. coming from her three small Tuesday at 107 Rockaway St.; children. Of cers were dis- at 6:57 a.m. Tuesday at 43 patched to the apartments Eastern Ave. on Founders Way and report- Father, stepson charged in damage to ed speaking with the caller, Breaking and Entering who was told her rights. She A report of a breaking and was instructed to contact the Black Lives Matter signs in Lynn eld entering at 10:37 a.m. Tues- property manager and to call day at 6 Bennett Circle. back with any further prob- lems. ARRAIGNMENT ported it. lance of the residence, countless hours respond- A caller reported loose From A1 Since then, police have Lynn eld Police of cers ing to these reports and Overdose responded to and inves- observed an individual, working with the home- branches laying in the power On Aug. 17, Lynn eld A report of an overdose at lines in front of her homes tigated a series of acts later identi ed as Simp- owners to identify the Police responded to a re- of vandalism and prop- son, approaching the resi- perpetrators,” said Breen. 8:53 p.m. Monday on Flint on Linwood St. at 6:50 p.m. port of vandalism at a erty destruction at the dence with a carton of eggs. “I am hopeful that these Street; at 11:32 a.m. Tuesday Tuesday. The Department of home on Summer Street. on Empire Street; at 12:54 Public Works was noti ed. Police found an obscenity same home including an When of cers approached arrests and eventual pros- p.m. Tuesday at Burrill and Police received a call at directed at Black Lives obscenity spray-painted the individual, a struggle ecution of these individu- Sanderson avenues. 1:37 p.m. Tuesday from an Matter spray painted on on a tree, several stolen ensued. A short time later, als will help provide some employee at Bernie & Phyl’s the driveway. The home- Black Lives Matter signs, Smith drove by the scene peace of mind to the vic- Theft Discount Furniture on Broad- owner reported that their and eggs and tomatoes and attempted to run the tims and send a message way who reported an unruly A report of a larceny at 7:25 Black Lives Matter sign thrown at the residence. of cers over with his vehi- to others that this type of customer was causing a had been stolen the night Early Tuesday morning cle, police said. conduct will not be toler- p.m. Monday at 198 Locust disturbance and refusing to St.; at 9:56 a.m. Tuesday at before but they had not re- while conducting surveil- “This department spent ated in this community.” leave. Dispatched of cers re- CVS at 200 S Common St. ported the party left prior to Vandalism of cer arrival. Keolis donates 5,000 masks to Lynn A report of vandalism at Theft 12:52 p.m. Tuesday at 90 olis has made to high-risk A caller reported a stolen MASKS Commercial St. communities. In June, the bicycle from his yard on Wal- From A1 company donated 30,000 nut St. at 6:59 a.m. Tuesday. “We’re partnering with masks to Boston, Brock- MARBLEHEAD An of cer was dispatched for the communities we serve ton, Lawrence, Lynn and a report. with the commuter rail Accidents Police received a 911 call Chelsea. that are severely impacted “Massachusetts has A report of a motor vehicle at 11:10 p.m. Monday about by COVID-19,” said Keolis two males dressed in all black bene ted from strong hit and run crash at 8:58 a.m. spokesman Justin Thomp- leadership during the Monday on Clifton Avenue. trying to gain access through son. a front window on Lily Pond COVID-19 emergency In Lynn, Keolis rep- and has a promising plan Complaints Ave. Dispatched of cers resentatives delivered placed a male party under to help these communi- the boxes of personal ties continue to slow the A report of a disturbance at arrest. protective equipment to 4:50 p.m. Monday on Leggs A man walked into the spread of the virus,” said city and state officials, David Scorey, CEO of Ke- Hill Road. A caller reported station at 3:31 p.m. Tuesday including Mayor Thomas his neighbor started yelling at to report his debit card was olis Commuter Services. M. McGee, Public Health “Today, we’re doubling and threatening the caller’s used for two transactions Director Michele Desma- landscapers for parking near totaling $345 in Chelsea on down on our commitment rais and state Sen. Bren- ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO her house. to communities served by Aug. 29. dan Crighton (D-Lynn) A report of suspicious ac- Some of the 5,000 face masks donated to Lynn commuter rail and donat- on the front steps of tivity at 6:46 p.m. Monday by Keolis are un-boxed on the steps of Lynn ing another 30,000 face SWAMPSCOTT City Hall. McGee said on Atlantic Avenue. A caller City Hall on Tuesday. masks.” the masks would go to- reported a census worker was Complaints Keolis, which operates in on her back deck about a ward part of the city’s 16 countries and is based emergency management McGee. “This donation COVID-19 Enforcement week ago, which she spoke to A report of suspicious activ- will allow the city to share and Intervention Team. in Boston, said it secured operation, which will as- a strong inventory of face him about. But the caller said ity at 2:17 a.m. Tuesday at 54 masks with our residents CEIT members act as mul- she got home on Monday to sist efforts to continue to masks for its employees Redington St. to keep themselves and tilingual eld teams who nd the man on her back limit the spread of the by tapping into its global their neighbors safe.” work directly with resi- deck again. The man was re- Theft coronavirus in the com- supply chain network. portedly asking her questions munity. Masks in many of those dents and local of cials to and being belligerent. A report of a larceny at “It is important that ev- high-risk communities help stop the spread of the Gayla Cawley can be Suspicious activity was re- 10:24 a.m. Monday at 3 Pier- eryone continue to wear will be distributed direct- virus, according to Keolis. reached at gcawley@item- ported at 6:55 p.m. Monday ro Terrace. masks to prevent the ly to residents, with the This is the second round live.com. Follow her on spread of COVID-19,” said assistance of the state’s of face mask donations Ke- Twitter @GaylaCawley. Stocks claw back some of their losses in another rocky day

By Alex Veiga and jitters about the economy. darlings of companies like Damian J. Troise “A lot of people were pil- Zoom Video Communica- AP BUSINESS WRITERS ing into the (tech) trade tions as many Americans and there are a lot of work remotely and stu- The stock market closed gains to be made,” said dents do online learning. out its worst week in more Stephanie Roth, portfolio Some of the tech high than two months Friday macro analyst at J.P. Mor- yers racked up more as a second straight day gan Private Bank. “This is losses Friday. Nvidia fell 3 of turbulent trading ended more an instance of prof- percent, though the chip- with more losses. maker is still up more The S&P 500 fell 0.8 per- it-taking, rather than true cent, although the index panic.” than twofold this year. did claw most of the way She noted it’s not un- Apple was down for back from a 3.1 percent usual for traders to pock- much of the day before skid earlier in the day. A et recent gains ahead of ending with only a 0.1 per- slide in technology stocks a holiday weekend. U.S. cent gain, Amazon dropped again did much of the markets will be closed 2.2 percent and Zoom fell damage. Monday for Labor Day. 3 percent. And yet, Apple The two-day sell-off The 10-year Treasury is still up 64.8 percent this came after the S&P 500 yield rose to 0.72 percent, year, while Amazon is up up from 0.62 percent late 78.3 percent. And Zoom is set new highs earlier in FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS the week and had its best Thursday, a big move. The up more than 443 percent day in nearly two months. Marble sculptures occupy the pediment above the New York Stock Ex- higher yields helped send for the year. Even with There wasn’t a particu- change signage in New York. nancial stocks higher, this week’s pullback, tech- lar catalyst for continued since banks can lend mon- nology is up 28.8 percent selling in the high-ying to spook them. They’re recovered about half the points, or 1.3 percent, to ey at higher rates once this year, well ahead of the tech sector, but analysts alarmed and on the move.” 22 million jobs lost to the 11,313.13. The slide add- yields rise in the bond S&P 500’s 10 other sectors. noted that those stocks The selling followed a pandemic. ed to the index’s 5 percent market. Capital One Fi- “The tech gains were so had posted gigantic gains Labor Department report The S&P 500 fell 28.10 skid from the day before. nancial rose 4.7 percent far, so quick that it was so far this year that many showing that U.S. hiring points to 3,426.96. The The VIX, a gauge of how Thursday’s sell-off fol- almost concerning, so the thought were overdone. slowed to 1.4 million last Dow Jones Industrial Av- much volatility investors lowed a euphoric rise in reversal of that is natural “We had a fast and fu- month, the fewest jobs erage lost 159.42 points, or expect in the market, recent weeks led by big volatility,” Roth said. “We rious rally at the end of added since the economy 0.6 percent, to 28,133.31. has been rising. Even so, technology stocks. Inves- should expect to see some August and we’ve given it started bouncing back The index had swung traders were not shift- tors have been betting larger corrections.” back,” said Barry Bannis- from the initial shock of sharply during the day, ing funds into traditional technology companies will Despite this week’s ter, head of institutional the pandemic, even as the between a loss of as much safe-haven assets like U.S. keep making huge pro ts stumble, the S&P 500 is equity strategy at Stifel. nation’s unemployment as 628 points and a gain of government bonds and as people spend even more up 6.1 percent for the year “Investors are like a herd rate improved to 8.4 per- as much as 247. precious metals, a sign time online with their de- following a ve-month of gazelle on the Seren- cent from 10.2 percent. The technology-heavy that the sell-off was not vices during the pandem- comeback from its lows in geti; it doesn’t take much The U.S. economy has Nasdaq dropped 144.97 necessarily a reaction to ic, making new market the spring. A6 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 STATE Two men Appeals charged Court with hears defacing gaming website case BOSTON (AP) — Two BOSTON (AP) — The computer hackers have been indicted on charges Wampanoag Tribe of Gay that they defaced web- Head and the town of sites across the U.S. in re- Aquinnah have presented taliation to the killing of arguments to the U.S. 1st Iran Gen. Qassem Solei- Circuit Court of Appeals mani, federal prosecutors for the tribe’s planned said Tuesday. bingo hall. The men, whom author- The tribe is trying to ities believe to be living in build the bingo hall on the Iran and the Palestinian western end of Martha’s territories, are accused of Vineyard under the In- hacking into U.S. websites and replacing their con- dian Gaming Rights Act tent with pictures of the and argued Monday that top Iranian general and it should not be subject to messages such as “Down local and state zoning and with America,” of cials building regulations, the wrote in documents led Cape Cod Times reported. in Massachusetts federal The bingo hall is court. planned to be a 10,000 Behzad Mohammad- square-foot facility with zadeh, who is believed 250 electronic gaming to be about 19 years old, machines, a bar, an out- and Marwan Abusrour, who authorities believe is door seating area and a about 25, boasted online SHUTTERSTOCK IMATGE mobile food vendor area. about their actions, pros- Aquinnah, Massachu- Boston College last week announced it was suspending activities for its men’s and women’s ecutors said. setts, and a local taxpay- Mohammadzadeh has swimming and diving program after some team members tested positive for the coronavi- ers group have contested publicly claimed to have rus. the tribe’s plan and con- plastered pro-Iranian tends that, per a lower and pro-hacker messag- court decision, the tribe es on more than 1,100 College virus testing reviewed; must secure permits for sites across the world the project. since 2018, prosecutors U.S. District Court said, while Abusrour has claimed to have defaced Judge Dennis Saylor at least 337, of cials said Nantucket battling COVID-19 found in 2019 that the said. state and town can’t im- “The hackers victimized pose gaming laws on the There were about 300 people innocent third parties in a BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Char- fewer cases of traditional respi- tribe, however, the tribe lie Baker said Tuesday the state ratory diseases like sore throat, reported hospitalized Tuesday campaign to retaliate for must comply with con- the military action that is currently reviewing all of the strep throat and earaches. because of COVID-19, and more protocols associated with testing NANTUCKET JOB SITES than 50 in intensive care units. struction and operation killed Soleimani, a man regulations. behind countless acts of and contact tracing and isolation Health of cials in Nantucket are The number of con rmed and quarantining at colleges and planning to step up efforts to ght and probable COVID-19 relat- Scott David Crowell, the terror against Americans tribe’s attorney, argued and others that the Irani- universities in Massachusetts fol- the transmission of COVID-19 at ed deaths at care homes rose to that the decision allowed an regime opposed,” John lowing a coronavirus outbreak at local job sites. 5,915 or about 64 percent of all Demers, assistant attorney Boston College last week. The move comes after it was con rmed and probable deaths in the town to indirectly general for national securi- Baker said the state had put in con rmed that most of the 30 cas- Massachusetts attributed to the block the construction of ty, said in an emailed state- place what he described as a “very es reported since Wednesday on disease. the gaming facility. ment. “Their misguided, il- robust platform” for testing and the island came from people work- TAX RELIEF MEASURES “This opinion, if allowed legal actions in support of a contact tracing at the more than ing in landscaping, construction Businesses harmed by the coro- to stand, allows the town navirus outbreak — especially rogue, destabilizing regime 100 colleges in the state. and other trades, many of whom and the Martha’s Vine- With regular testing going on at shared transportation to job sites. those in the restaurant and hos- will come back to haunt yard Commission to kill them, as they are now fugi- the vast majority of those campus- The Cape Cod Times reported pitality sectors — will be able to es, the state has seen a low rate of that at an emergency meeting on take advantage of an extension of the tribe’s gaming oper- tives from justice.” ation with a thousand The U.S. killed Solemani transmission, the Republican said Monday, the local board of health tax relief measures. cuts,” Crowell said. in an airstrike at Bagh- at an afternoon press conference. voted unanimously not only to The extension was announced dad’s international air- He said the state plans to be in increase its outreach efforts to Tuesday by Baker and Senate William Jay, Aquinnah’s port in January because, touch again with colleges. tradespeople regarding social dis- President Karen Spilka and lawyer, argued that the defense of cials, said he “Clearly we need to make sure we tancing and mask-wearing but House Speaker Robert DeLeo — Indian Gaming Rights “was actively developing stay on top of this,” he said. also to issue up to $300 to employ- both Democrats. Act protects the tribe’s plans to attack Ameri- Boston College last week an- ers for each violation. The change includes the ex- right to a gaming facili- can diplomats and ser- nounced it was suspending activ- The town can also shut down tension of the deferral of regular ty, but does not provide vice members in Iraq and ities for its men’s and women’s businesses that have more than sales tax, meals tax, and room oc- exemptions from local three violations over a three-day cupancy taxes for small business- throughout the region.” swimming and diving program af- regulations not related to ter some team members tested pos- period. es due from March 2020 through The men are charged gaming aspects. itive for the coronavirus. A college School of cials have also an- April 2021. They will instead be with one count of conspir- “If the question is ing to commit intention- spokesperson said the athletes who nounced that classes — which are due in May 2021. whether generally appli- al damage to a protected tested positive were in isolation. scheduled to begin Wednesday Businesses that collected less computer and one count Overall, the state continues to — would be 100 percent remote than $150,000 in regular sales plus cable town ordinances, of intentionally damag- have one of the lowest positive test through at least Sept. 30. meals taxes in the 12 months end- such as a zoning plan, ing a protected computer. rates in the country, something VIRUS BY THE NUMBERS ing February 29, 2020 will be eli- can be used to prevent The FBI released wanted Baker credited to residents adher- Massachusetts reported six new- gible for relief for sales and meals gaming speci cally ... the posters with their photos ing to key public health guidelines ly con rmed coronavirus deaths taxes. Businesses that collected district court made very and online monikers — like wearing a mask in public and and nearly 300 newly con rmed less than $150,000 in room occu- clear that it wasn’t pass- Mrwn007 and Mrb3hz4d maintaining social distance. cases Tuesday, pushing the state’s pancy taxes in the same 12-month ing on any such theory,” — urging the public to “While they may seem annoying con rmed COVID-19 death toll to period will be eligible for relief for Jay said. at times and pedantic, they are 9,016 and its con rmed caseload room occupancy taxes. contact the nearest au- “That doesn’t mean neu- effective,” he said. “The people of to more than 123,400. No penalties or interest will ac- thorities if they have in- tral, generally applicable formation about them. Massachusetts have done an ex- The seven-day weighted average crue during the extension. laws don’t apply and that “Now, they are wanted by traordinary job staying vigilante.” of positive tests was less than 1 For businesses with meals tax the FBI and are no longer Baker said there has been an- percent. The true number of cas- and room occupancy tax obliga- is the concept that the free to travel outside Iran other bene t of the effort made to es is likely higher because many tions that do not otherwise qual- tribe resists.” or Palestine without risk protect against the transmission people have not been tested, and ify for this relief, late- le and According to Jay that of arrest,” said Boston FBI of the coronavirus. He said health studies suggest people can be in- late-pay penalties will be waived includes aesthetic, park- agent Joseph Bonavolon- professionals have been seeing far fected and not feel sick. during this period. ing and environmental ta. restrictions. Pandemic affects Fenway parking

BOSTON (AP) — The much money.” the street from Fenway sign says it will cost $60 The coronavirus pan- Park for 75 years. to park at the Sunoco demic has hit all kinds of “It’s never been this gas station just beyond businesses hard, includ- empty unless they’re not Fenway Park’s right eld ing restaurants and stores playing,” said Swartz, who PART-TIME RESIDENT SERVICES COORDINATOR bleachers. that were closed down for has worked at the store for These days, though, you months and reopened to The Salem Housing Authority and the Beverly Housing Authority are seeking a highly 30 years. “Business is off can get a spot for $10. nd fewer customers were as much as you can imag- motivated human services professional to provide information, referrals, education Like the other business- eager to venture out. But workshops, group services and individual case management to residents of both housing ine. It’s negligible.” es around the ballpark, for the establishments Jersey Street in front of authorities. they are happy to have surrounding major league the store is usually gated The incumbent will be responsible for coordinating resources/services to residents so any customers they can ballparks, the resumption off on game days to create that they can access community-based assistance, assure compliance with their leases get during a baseball sea- of play has been a special and to support well-being/quality of life for residents. son that is being played kind of sadness: they’re a pedestrian mall that pro- vides ticketed fans with The hours of the position are flexible and will be jointly negotiated between Salem and without fans. Souvenir glad to have the games stores, sausage stands back, but they can’t make some extra space to roam Beverly Housing Authorities. College level training in social work, counseling or other that isn’t possible within related human services fields is required along with basic computer skills and ability to and parking lots where any money without fans. the century-old ballpark. travel between two Cities. This is a part-time (18 hours week) grant funded position. spots go for as much as “Never have I seen any- The salary range is $35,000. Bi-lingual applicants are preferred. Please submit cover $100 during the playoffs thing like this,” said Jeff In addition to food stands, letter and resume to Cathy Hoog, Executive Director, Salem Housing Authority, 27 -- they’re all hurting. Swartz, a manager at there might be a brass Charter Street, Salem, MA 01970 no later than 3:30 p.m. on October 1, “It’s hard,” said Hadi Al- The Team Store, a 20,000 band, a stilt-walker and 2020. Emailed cover letters and resumes are preferred to hili, a night attendant at square-foot souvenir shop someone making balloon [email protected]. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. the lot. “We’re losing too that has been open across animals for kids. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A7 Trump de es virus rules as rallies grow By Jill Colvin by health guidelines — true for those who have ASSOCIATED PRESS even those crafted by his lost loved ones or spent own administration — months isolating at home WASHINGTON — Pres- underscores the extent to and worry that rallies will ident Donald Trump is which he believes project- further spread infection, running as the “law and ing an image of normalcy undermining hard-fought order” candidate. But that is vital to winning in No- progress. An indoor rally hasn’t stopped him and vember, even as the coun- that Trump held in Tulsa, his campaign from openly try approaches 200,000 Okla., in June was blamed defying state emergency deaths from COVID-19. for a surge of virus infec- orders and outing his Trump has tried to use tions there. own administration’s coro- this summer’s mass pro- “President Trump be- navirus guidelines as he tests over racial injustice lieves that people can holds ever-growing rallies and police misconduct make their own decisions,” in battleground states. as cover for his rallies, about whether to attend Democratic governors making the case that, if a rally, Jared Kushner, and local leaders have demonstrators can gather the president’s senior ad- urged the president to re- en masse, so can his sup- viser and son-in-law said consider the events, warn- porters. So far, Democratic Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” ing that he’s putting lives governors have declined to when questioned about at risk. But they have stand in his way, refusing the message indoor cam- largely not tried to block to become a foil to Trump paign rallies are sending. the gatherings of thou- and feed into his narrative Trump held an indoor sands of people, which that liberals are trying to rally at the Xtreme Man- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Trump and his team deem deny Republicans their ufacturing facility in Hen- “peaceful protests” pro- First Amendment rights. derson, Nev., on Sunday Supporters react as President Donald Trump speaks at a Latinos for tected by the First Amend- Trump’s campaign in- night. The state restricts Trump Coalition roundtable at Arizona Grand Resort & Spa, Monday in ment. sisted that it takes appro- gatherings to 50 people — Phoenix. “If you can join tens of priate health precautions, based on White House re- thousands of people pro- including handing out opening guidelines —- but Monday announced that encourage his campaign to are exempt. testing in the streets, gam- masks and hand sanitizer thousands of supporters it was ning Xtreme Man- follow state law and direc- “By using the First ble in a casino, or burn and checking the tempera- packed into the warehouse ufacturing $3,000. Siso- tives. Amendment exemption down small businesses tures of rallygoers. nonetheless. Few people lak slammed the rally as In some other states, the for mass gatherings under in riots, you can gath- But images of thou- wore masks. “shameful, dangerous and rallies are legal. In North the governor’s executive er peacefully under the sands of maskless sup- “This is an insult to ev- irresponsible.” But it does Carolina, an order signed order in this way, they’re 1st Amendment to hear porters standing shoulder ery Nevadan who has fol- not appear the governor by Democratic Gov. Roy making it much harder from the President of the to shoulder remain jar- lowed the directives, made would try to prevent a re- Cooper limits outdoor for North Carolina to get United States,” Tim Mur- ring in a country where sacrices, and put their play. If Trump returns to gatherings to 50 people our children back in school taugh, a Trump campaign sports are still played in neighbors before them- the state for another rally, and mandates masks in and people back to work spokesperson, said in a empty arenas and con- selves,” said Nevada Gov. said COVID-19 response public, but “activities con- safely,” said Dory MacMil- statement. certs have been largely Steve Sisolak, a Democrat. director Caleb Cage, state stituting the exercise of lan, a spokesperson for Trump’s refusal to abide banned. That’s especially The city of Henderson on ofcials will continue to First Amendment rights” Cooper. Virus brings Mexican toilet paper to U.S. stores By Joseph Pisani Bay, Wis. And a Safeway of Management at Syra- ASSOCIATED PRESS supermarket in Fremont, cuse University — which Calif., had those same is why Mexico can handle NEW YORK — Toilet brands, plus Vogue, whose shipping more rolls to the paper is back on store label says in Spanish that United States. Stores have shelves. But you may not it smells like chamomile. done this with other prod- recognize some of the The stores said they ucts during the pandemic, brands. needed to get creative he said, bringing Mexi- Demand for toilet paper during the pandemic and can-made hand sanitizer has been so high during started working with new to the U.S. when there was the pandemic that in or- suppliers to get shoppers a shortage. der to keep their shelves what they needed. But Americans, of course, stocked, retailers are buy- don’t worry about popular buy products that are ing up foreign toilet paper U.S. brands like Charmin made all over the world, PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS brands, mostly from Mex- — they aren’t going to dis- but most of the toilet pa- ico. Major chains, across Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden appear. Supply chain ex- per they use is made in the country, including arrives and speaks to the media before boarding a plane at New Castle perts expect the Mexican the U.S. Toilet paper is in- CVS, Piggly Wiggly, Safe- Airport in New Castle, Del., Tuesday. and other foreign-made expensive and takes up a way, 7-Eleven and others, rolls to be on store shelves lot of space in trucks and are carrying the interna- only temporarily, until ships, making it not worth tional brands. U.S. manufacturers catch the cost of importing from Biden seeks to woo Latinos In recent weeks, a CVS up with demand. other countries. That’s left in New York has been sell- Americans use much the toilet paper aisle with ing three Mexican brands: more toilet paper than the same familiar brands, in rst trip to Florida Regio, Hoteles Elite and other countries, accord- causing some shoppers Daisy Soft. Mexico’s Pet- ing to Patrick Peneld, to do a double take when By Alexandra Jaffe members, veterans, wound- evenly divided between alo was on the shelves of a supply chain professor they see the unfamiliar and Will Weissert ed warriors who have fall- Biden and Trump. Dem- a Piggly Wiggly in Sister at the Whitman School stuff. ASSOCIATED PRESS en,” Biden said. Speaking ocrat Hillary Clinton led of his late son Beau, who Trump by a 59 percent to TAMPA, Fla. — Joe served overseas as a Dela- 36 percent margin among Biden, making his rst trip ware Army National Guard Latinos in the same poll to Florida as the Democrat- member, the former vice in 2016 — and Trump won ic presidential nominee, on president said, “He’s gone Florida by about 1 percent- Tuesday sought to build now, but he’s no sucker.” age point. support among Latinos, At the roundtable with who could decide the elec- Later in the day, Biden tion in one of the nation’s will hold a Hispanic Her- veterans, Biden spoke ercest battleground states. itage Month kickoff event about his experience as In a roundtable with in Kissimmee, near Or- vice president escorting veterans in Tampa, Biden lando, as part of an urgent military caskets home and tore into President Donald mission to build support working on military issues, Trump for his reported re- among Latinos who could and about his own commit- marks referring to fallen decide the election in one of ments to strengthen the VA soldiers as “suckers” and the nation’s ercest battle- and tackle veterans mental “losers.” Trump has de- ground states. health crisis. And he at- nied making denigrating A win for Biden in Florida tacked Trump for what he remarks on veterans, rst would dramatically narrow said were failed promises to reported on anonymous Trump’s path to reelection. veterans. sources in The Atlantic, But in a state where elec- “President Trump likes to but many of the comments tions are often decided by say he passed VA Choice, were later conrmed inde- a percentage point, there but just like everything else pendently by The Associat- are mounting concerns that he seems to say, it’s a g- ed Press. Biden may be slipping, par- ment of his imagination or “Nowhere are his faults ticularly with the state’s in- a at-out lie,” he said, ref- more glaring and more uential Latino voters. erencing a program passed PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS offensive, to me at least, An NBC-Marist poll re- under the Obama adminis- than when it comes to his leased last week found tration that steers more pa- Vogue, a Mexican toilet paper brand, sits on the shelf at a 7-Eleven in denigration of our service Latinos in the state about tients to the private sector. New York this month. Lego to ditch plastic bags for paper ones in its boxed sets

By Joseph Pisani ers increasingly worried material that’s as durable. ASSOCIATED PRESS about how their purchases About 2 percent of its piec- impact the environment. es, such as Lego trees and NEW YORK — Lego Monopoly maker Hasbro, bushes, are made of sugar said Tuesday that it will for example, has also an- cane, stop using plastic bags nounced plans to elimi- Lego said kids wrote the inside its boxed sets and nate plastics in its pack- replace them with paper company asking it to drop ones. aging. the plastic bags. The Danish toymaker Among the environmen- “We have been exploring said it will start making tal issues posed by plastic alternatives for some time the switch next year and is that it doesn’t disinte- and the passion and ideas expects plastic bags to be grate. Instead, it breaks from children inspired completely phased out in down into tiny pieces that us to begin to make the the next ve years. The can be eaten by birds or change,” said Lego CEO bags are used to hold loose other wildlife, endanger- Niels B. Christiansen, in a bricks in boxed sets. ing their health. prepared statement. COURTESY PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Lego, as well as other big Lego’s colorful bricks The paper bags, which brands, have been looking are also made of plastic, are recyclable, are easier Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed for ways to cut plastic use but the company has had for kids to open, the com- sets and replace them with paper ones. in order to please custom- trouble nding another pany said. A8 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 LOOK! World Play-Doh Day, Trail of Tears Commemoration Day, National Collect Rocks Day

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ITEM PHOTOS | OLIVIA FALCIGNO The Boys & Girls Club in Lynn had its grand reopening Tuesday — putting the nishing touches on the $7 million renovation in recent weeks. And it couldn’t come soon enough, as school starts today, and since the city’s school district has opted to start the school year with remote learning, it is anticipated that many working parents will be in need of child care and additional support during the day. At left, children will be able to stretch out and relax in the club’s recreation room. At right, members will have the use of a new gym. Emmy predictions when predicting the future is folly

By Lynn Elber and Mark Kennedy ASSOCIATED PRESS Stipulated: “Watchmen” will win the Emmy Award for best limited series and Regina King, its indom- itable center, will be hon- ored at Sunday’s largely virtual ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Most everything else about the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards is a ques- tion mark, including how smoothly the pandem- ic-constrained telecast (8 p.m. EDT, ABC) will FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS unfold. Actor John Boyega during the photocall of the The show’s producers lm “Detroit”, in Paris. were still working out their final strategy as the TV industry’s big John Boyega quits night nears. But house- FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS bound nominees, formally dressed or not, will be Regina King in a scene from “Watchmen.” perfume ambassador poised to go live on-screen and discover whether ELBER: Enthusiasm”; “Dead to Bateman, “Ozark”; Ster- they’ve won or lost. Should win: “Ozark.” Me”; “The Good Place”; ling K. Brown, “This is role over Chinese ad “Insecure”; “The Komin- Us”; Billy Porter, The potential for glitches Like the much-honored “Pose”; sky Method”; “The LONDON (AP) — Black it makes a reference to alone will provide sus- “Breaking Bad,” this Jeremy Strong, “Succes- Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; actor John Boyega has his Nigerian heritage in pense, but so will the hon- morality play is woven out sion”; Brian Cox, “Suc- “Schitt’s Creek”; “What cession”; Steve Carell, stepped down from his a scene featuring West ors. With the coronavirus of family dysfunction and We Do in the Shadows.” “The Morning Show.” role as a global ambassa- African attire. turning so many of us into brutal criminality, master- dor for perfume brand Jo “The film celebrated my morose shut-ins, the small fully written and acted. ELBER: ELBER: Malone after the company personal story — show- screen’s wealth of shows Will win: “Succession.” A decided to hire a Chinese casing my hometown, Should win: “Schitt’s Should win: Porter. His and performances has pro- brassy, sexy power strug- actor to replace him in an including my friends and Creek.” It’s silly, loving victory last year, as the vided a key distraction. gle that has the scope ad he created. featuring my family,” and open-minded. Can’t first openly gay man to TV academy voters Emmy voters expect from The “Star Wars” star Boyega wrote. “While we all use that good medi- be honored as best drama have a chance to reward a top drama, with bonus wrote Tuesday on Twitter many brands under- cine now? actor, was both historic the best of the best and points for the au courant that the brand’s decision standably use a variety of media empire setting. Will win: “Schitt’s and artistic. He deserves to “replace my campaign global and local ambassa- to recognize change. The Creek.” No way I would it again. in China by using my dors, dismissively trading streaming-induced growth KENNEDY: have said so before last Will win: Strong. His of content opened doors to concepts and substituting out one’s culture this way Should win: “The Crown,” year’s surprise (and far emotional tapdance as the more trophy-worthy proj- a local brand ambassador is not something I can There’s simply been no worthier) “Fleabag” victo- wannabe heir is worthy, for me, without either my condone.” ects from those too often dip in service from this ry, but Emmy voters have but I’ll use my caveat chit consent or prior notice, It’s not the first time ignored, including people historical drama, with a soft spot for idiosyncra- here: He and Cox could was wrong.” Boyega has been deleted of color and women. the writing and acting sy. split the “Succession” Against that backdrop, vote, giving gear-shifting Jo Malone, an upscale from a China-based ad. He consistently superb. Last KENNEDY: British perfume brand played a leading role as Associated Press Television season was quirky, rang- Carell an opening. Writer Lynn Elber and Should win: “Schitt’s owned by Estée Lauder, Finn in 2015’s “Star Wars: ing from Prince Charles KENNEDY: has said that replacing The Force Awakens,” but AP Entertainment Writer awkwardly learning Welsh Creek,” but not enthusias- Boyega with Chinese star he and other non-white Mark Kennedy offer their to the way it handled the tically. Should win: Carell and Liu Haoran in the ad characters were removed predictions in the top cat- disaster at a coal-mining Will win: “Schitt’s Bateman both showed, campaign was a misstep. or diminished from a egories — but accept zero town. I bow. Creek.” In a weak cate- again, that in addition It has removed the ad Chinese poster for the blame for virtual office-pool Will win: “Succession.” gory this year with lots to having huge come- and apologized. blockbuster movie. betting losses. Think of this show as our of one-trick ponies and dy chops, they are also excellent dramatic actors. The original ad star- Boyega recently told DRAMA SERIES American version of “The repetitive skits, this fish- ring Boyega, 28, aired GQ that Black characters Crown,” except we do our out-of-water show is the I give the edge to Carell, last year and was called have been “pushed to the Nominees: “Better successions noisily and only one really beloved by who adds a ferociousness “The London Gent.” It side” in Disney’s “Star Call Saul”; “The Crown”; arrogantly and the Brits voters. Not necessarily for to his disgraced character. features the London-born Wars” franchise. In June, “Killing Eve”; “The do it by blood and far its content, mind you. Will win: Strong. His actor walking around the star made an emotion- Handmaid’s Tale”; “The hangdog, needy and more elegantly. ACTOR, DRAMA the neighborhood where al speech on racism when Mandalorian”; “Ozark”; slightly dim bro role on COMEDY SERIES SERIES he grew up and riding he joined Black Lives Mat- “Stranger Things”; “Suc- “Succession” is exactly a horse in a park, and ter protests in London. cession.” Nominees: “Curb Your Nominees: Jason what we need right now. WEATHER LOTTERY

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Forecast for Wednesday, September 16, 2020 A mainly sunny sky. High 76F. SW winds 10 to 15 kt with MASS. EVENING: MASS. MID-DAY: Sunrise today 6:24 a.m. Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. Winds SSW at 15 to 25 mph. gusts up to 25 kt. Waves Tuesday ...... 9470 Tuesday ...... 4971 Sunset today 6:52 p.m. H Tonight: A mostly clear sky. around 2 ft. Monday...... 3071 Monday...... 6644 Sunrise tomorrow 6:25 a.m. Low 61F. Winds SW at 10 to Tonight: SW winds 10 to 15 Sunday ...... 9470 Sunday ...... 0635 20 mph. kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Yesterday’s payoff: Yesterday’s payoff: High tide today 11:10 p.m. Waves around 2 ft. Low tide today 4:57 p.m. H EXACT ORDER EXACT ORDER All 4 ...... $4,020 All 4 ...... $5,071 High tide tomorrow 11:42 a.m. SALLY First or last 3 ...... $563 First or last 3 ...... $710 Any 2 ...... $48 Any 2 ...... $61 Any 1 ...... $5 Any 1 ...... $6 ANY ORDER ANY ORDER Fronts All 4...... $167 All 4...... $211 Cold Warm Stationary Pressure First 3...... $94 First 3...... $118 H L SEPT. 17 SEPT. 24 High Low Showers Rain T-storms Flurries Snow Ice TODAY TOMORROW FRIDAY Last 3...... $94 Last 3...... $118 <-10 -0s0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110+ Sunny | High 76, Low 61 P’Cloudy | High 79, Low 55 Cloudy | High 60, Low 47 NATIONAL SUMMARY: As Sally pushes slowly inland, it will take a slow path through the Southeast states today. As winds and storm surge flooding subside, inland flooding from torrential rain will take over as the main threat to lives and property. A cold front will set off spotty showers from over the Great Lakes. Rain will cool fire weather in the Northwest.

©2020 AccuWeather, Inc. SPORTS B WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 Saugus becomes latest NEC school to approve sports for ‘Fall I’ season By Mike Alongi cision, there were five ITEM SPORTS EDITOR NEC communities — Lynn, Saugus, Salem, Yet another domino Revere and Winthrop — came tumbling down that were designated as Tuesday night as the red districts that would Saugus School Commit- be forced to postpone all tee voted unanimously in fall sports until the “Fall a virtual meeting to ap- Sports II” season, which prove the playing of fall is set for Feb. 22 to April sports in the immediate 25. “Fall Sports I” season However, since then, that begins Friday, Sept. both Saugus and Sa- 18. The committee ap- lem have moved into proved play for boys and the yellow designation girls soccer, cross coun- ITEM FILE PHOTO that would require a try, golf and field hockey. school committee vote on St. John’s Prep’s Ethan Ambrosh (right) carries the ball during a Division 1 quarter nal soccer Saugus Athletic Direc- game against Andover last season. The Eagles are one of a four local teams who will of cially tor Terri Pillsbury made whether to play in Sep- be competing in the Fall I season. it clear that starting im- tember. All of the other mediately on Sept. 18 is NEC schools — Pea- not a possibility due to body, Beverly, Danvers, MIAA Soccer, Football Committees the fact that coaches for Gloucester, Masconomet some sports still needed and Marblehead — are to be hired and other lo- designated as either gistical issues needed to green or unshaded. meet to discuss plans for seasons be worked out. Pillsbury Marblehead was the first community to say By Mike Alongi will be playing soccer approved by the Massa- — Goalkeeper cannot pointed to Sept. 28 as a potential date for prac- that it would explore av- ITEM SPORTS EDITOR and other sports (golf, chusetts Executive Of- propel the ball over mid- enues for holding sports cross country and eld ce of Energy and Envi- eld tices to start. It’s possible that the in the Fall Sports I sea- As a number of local hockey) in the “Fall ronmental Affairs (EEA) — Quarters not halves; high school athletic pro- school committee heard son, voting unanimously Sports I” season include and the Massachusetts end of Qs serve as mask grams begin to prepare the cries of student-ath- in a school committee St. Mary’s, Bishop Fen- Department of Second- breaks for the start of the new letes and supporters meeting last week to give wick, Lynn eld and St. ary and Elementary Also brought up during season at the end of the who gathered outside of the principal and athlet- John’s Prep. A number Education (DESE) last week, both the MIAA the meeting was a new the Roby Administra- ic director permission to Soccer Committee and of Northeastern Confer- month and how those rule modi cation that tive Building in Saugus do so. There was no com- the MIAA Football Com- ence schools — Peabody, rules will be implement- concerns players and to voice their support mitment made by Mar- mittee held meetings Salem, Masconomet, ed. coaches arguing calls for fall sports Tuesday blehead to play sports in Tuesday to discuss the Danvers and Beverly — Richard Beaudoin of with of cials. The new night. the Fall Sports I season, next steps in playing have had their respec- the Eastern Massachu- modi cation states that Less than two weeks only to explore potential their respective sea- tive school committees setts Soccer Of cials As- if any player moves to- ago, a number of NEC ways to safely play this sons. Soccer has been approve the playing sociation went over the ward an of cial to argue schools gathered in fall. approved for play in the of sports during “Fall major rule changes for a call, they will be issued downtown Danvers to Since then, school com- “Fall Sports I” season Sports I,” but as of now the season this fall, in- an automatic yellow protest the decision by mittees in Peabody, Dan- that begins Sept. 18 and the NEC’s decision is to cluding: card. If said player gets the conference’s prin- vers, Beverly, Salem and runs until Nov. 20, while suspend all fall sports — Masks must be worn within six feet of an of - cipals to postpone fall Masconomet have all vot- football has been pushed until the “Fall Sports II” at all times unless not cial to argue, the player sports until the “Fall ed to proceed with sports back to the “Fall Sports season. around an opponent or will receive an automat- Sports II” season in late in the “Fall Sports I” sea- II” season that will be The Soccer Commit- teammate ic red card. February. The NEC prin- son. Gloucester plans to held from Feb. 22 until tee meeting largely — No slide tackling cipals voted, 9-0-3, to hold a vote at its school April 25. dealt with the latest — No throw-ins MIAA, B2 postpone all fall sports. committee meeting on The local teams who rule changes that were — No headers At the time of that de- Wednesday night. Tiger Woods faces chase for majors and a tough test at Winged Foot

By Doug Ferguson chipping around the green ASSOCIATED PRESS when his caddie tossed golf balls in his direction. MAMARONECK, N.Y. “We lost a ball for about — The older he gets, the ve minutes and it was more dif cult it gets for right in front of me,” Wood- Tiger Woods. land said. “We didn’t nd He is one victory away it until we stepped on it. from setting the PGA Tour The golf ball can disap- career record, and it’s been pear pretty quickly.” that way since January. He at least was heart- Every major he plays this ened to hear that volun- year is a chance to tie the teer marshals were being mark for the most titles in brought in for the practice each one. He missed out on rounds. There is no gallery PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS a fth PGA Championship to direct, only tee shots to Boston Celtics’ Marcus Smart (center) makes a pass as Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo (left) and victory last month. He locate. Tyler Herro (right) defend during the rst half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals goes for No. 4 in the U.S. “The practice rounds Open this week at Winged Tuesday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. would have been 10 hours Foot. He gets a shot at a out here trying to nd golf sixth green jacket at the balls,” Woodland said. Celtics, Heat battle neck-and-neck in Masters in November. None of this is news for “I think it gets harder to Woods, one of 15 players win as we all age,” Woods who played in the 2006 responded to a query about U.S. Open at Winged Foot, Game 1 of Eastern Conference nals records getting harder to the rst major that he By Mike Alongi 3-pointer to give Miami end the quarter, and by cit, then Walker knocked achieve the closer a player missed the cut as a pro. It ITEM SPORTS EDITOR a 106-105 lead with 22 the end of the rst Boston down a big 3-pointer to gets to them. “I think that was a month after his fa- seconds remaining. Then, led 26-18. give the lead back to Bos- when you’re in your prime, ther died, and Woods said This series is going to be in a strange sequence, Miami continued to ral- ton at 62-61. Smart piled in your peak years, you Tuesday in retrospect that a good one. Smart was fouled by Mi- ly as the second quarter, on with another 3-pointer have to take advantage he spent more time griev- After battling back and ami’s Derrick Jones before eventually tying the score to extend the lead to four of those opportunities so ing than preparing and it forth all night, the Boston an inbound pass -- award- at 44-44 with four min- points, and Boston held then when you get to the showed that week. Celtics and Miami Heat ing Boston the tying free utes to play in the rst strong from there. Behind all-time marks, you have He returned a few weeks went to overtime in Game throw and the ball. After half. After Jae Crowder strong play from Smart that opportunity.” ago for a practice round 1 of the Eastern Confer- Tatum hit the free throw knocked down a corner and Tatum, Boston closed It doesn’t gure to get with Justin Thomas and ence nals Tuesday night to make it 106-106, he three, Miami held its rst the quarter on a 13-2 run. any easier at Winged Foot. while the course was soft, inside the NBA bubble in missed the potential lead of the night at 47-44. At the end of the third Two days before the start Woods thought it was Orlando, Fla. As of press game-winning 3-point- The two teams battled quarter, the Celtics held of the 120th U.S. Open — ready that day for the U.S. time, the game was tied er and the game went to back and forth from there, an 83-71 lead. and sixth at Winged Foot Open. His opinion didn’t 106-106 at the end of reg- overtime. with Brown knocking Miami came out strong — the course already is change when he arrived ulation. The Celtics came out r- down a buzzer-beating in the opening minutes living up to its reputa- over the weekend. With Boston leading ing and seemingly couldn’t 3-pointer to keep the score of the fourth quarter, cut- tion as being a brute even “I think it’s right up 105-103 with 39 seconds miss early, jumping out to tied 55-55 at halftime. ting the de cit to just six without the USGA groom- there next to Oakmont to play, Miami forced an 8-3 lead in the open- Miami retook the lead points with nine minutes ing it for the toughest test and I think Carnoustie as Walker into a shot clock ing minute. That lead was in the early part of the to play. By the time there in golf. far as just sheer dif culty violation to get the ball eventually stretched to 13 third quarter and extend- were three minutes left in Jon Rahm doesn’t expect without even doing any- back. The Heat took the points by the four-minute ed it to as many as six the game, Boston only led anyone under par by the thing to it,” Woods said. ball back up the court mark of the quarter, as points, but Boston kept by three points. end of the week. and wound down some Smart led Boston with 10 things close. Tatum and Game 2 between Boston Defending champion WOODS, B2 time before Jimmy Butler points in the quarter. But Brown made some strong and Miami is scheduled Gary Woodland arrived knocked down a baseline Miami made a late run to plays to cut into the de - for Thursday night (7). over the weekend and was B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

TODAY IN SPORTS

Sept. 16 races. 1885 — The America’s Cup is suc- 2001 — Jason Bohn shoots a cessfully defended by U.S. yacht Puri- 13-under 58 at Huron Oaks Country tan as it beats Britain’s Genesta in Club to win the Canadian Tour’s two heats. Bayer Championship by two strokes 1926 — Henri Cochet ends Bill Til- den’s six-year reign as the U.S. Lawn and go one below the best round Tennis Association champion as he ever shot in PGA Tour-sanctioned beats Tilden in the quarterfinals. competition. Bohn matches the 58 1927 — Rene Lacoste wins the U.S. shot by Shigeki Maruyama of Japan Lawn Tennis Association champion- in qualifying for the 2000 U.S. Open ship, beating Bill Tilden in three sets. at the par-71 Woodmont Country 1951 — Betsy Rawls wins the U.S. Club in Rockville, Md. Women’s Open golf title by edging 2007 — Jim Thome is the 23rd play- Louise Suggs. 1955 — The formation of the United er — and third this season — to States Auto Club is completed and reach 500 home runs. The slugger will oversee four major categories of hits a two-run shot in the bottom of auto races. the ninth inning off reliever Dustin 1973 — O.J. Simpson rushes for Moseley to give the Chicago White 250 yards to lead the Buffalo Bills to Sox a 9-7 victory over the Los Ange- a 31-13 victory over the New England les Angels. Patriots. 2007 — Bengals QB Carson Palmer 1989 — No. 1 Notre Dame beats No. 2 Michigan 24-19 in Ann Arbor, passes for six TDs and the Browns’ Mich. Fighting Irish wide receiver Derek Anderson has five in Cleve- Raghib Ismail stars by returning kick- land’s 51-45 win over Cincinnati, offs 88 and 92 yards for touch- making it just the third time in NFL downs. It’s the second time Ismail history that two QBs threw five TD has two kickoff returns for touch- passes apiece in the same game. downs in the same game, accom- Jamal Lewis of the Browns rushes plishing the feat against Rice in for 215 yards and a touchdown. 1988. 1993 — Dave Winfield of the Minne- Palmer passes for 401 yards and sota Twins becomes the 19th player Chad Johnson has 11 catches for in major league history to get 3,000 209 yards and two TDs. hits, with a single off Oakland’s Den- 2012 — Eli Manning hits 31 of 51 nis Eckersley. passes for 510 yards — the sec- 1996 — Paul Molitor gets his ond-best passing day in team history 3,000th career hit, becoming the — with three touchdown passes and 21st major leaguer to reach the three interceptions as the New York mark and the first to do it with a tri- ITEM FILE PHOTO ple. Giants rally for a 41-34 win over 1997 — Philadelphia’s Curt Schilling Tampa Bay. English kicks off to Swampscott in both teams’ season opener last year at Blocksidge Field. This strikes out nine in the Phillies win 2017 — In front of the largest crowd football season’s format would currently include an eight-game regular season. over the New York Mets to become to attend a stand-alone MLS match, the 13th pitcher since 1900 to Josef Martinez gets his second hat record 300 strikeouts in a season. trick in a row and his third of the 2000 — Zippy Chippy, a 9-year-old season to help Atlanta United hold MIAA Soccer, Football Committees meet gelding, finishes third in the eighth race at the Three-County Fair in on for a 3-3 draw against Orlando Northampton, Mass., extending his City. Atlanta United sets the record record as the losingest horse in with 70,425 on hand at Mer- to discuss plans for respective seasons American thoroughbred history to 88 cedes-Benz Stadium. 1996.

TV/RADIO MIAA en-game regular season how things will be set up ciation) held an emergen- From B1 with the potential of play- for this new football sea- cy meeting that Sunday Baseball ing two postseason games, son in February. and I felt that we came 1 p.m...... Washington at Tampa Bay ...... MLB Network whether regional or state- But the decision on how up with some great ideas 4:10 p.m...... LA Dodgers at San Diego ...... ESPN The Football Committee 6:40 p.m...... Boston at Miami ...... NESN; WEEI-FM 93.7 meeting was more con- wide. to structure the season and presented them to the 7:05 p.m...... NY Mets at Philadelphia ...... ESPN cerned with how the next In terms of the way the largely relies on the ap- EEA, but it was like the 9:40 p.m...... Arizona at LA Angels ...... ESPN few months will pan out, season would be struc- proval of the EEA and the decision had already been Cycling 6:30 a.m...... Tour de France (Stage 17) ...... NBCSN as committee members tured, for fall 2021 the DESE, who have set the made.” Men’s soccer discussed a range of top- upcoming format calls safety modi cations for all Coaches are hoping the 9:30 p.m...... MLS: Portland at San Jose ...... FS1 ics including how many for eight divisions and an sports to this point. Dem- EEA will look to the al- games could be played and eight-game regular season bowski said presenting most three dozen states what the season would be in which the top 16 teams the case to play football to playing fall football and NFL structured like. would qualify for the play- the EEA earlier in the pro- determine the sport can

AMERICAN CONFERENCE NATIONAL CONFERENCE One of the potential sce- offs. Milton football coach cess wasn’t very fruitful. be played safely. East East narios that was discussed Steve Dembowski, a mem- “It was a rough process,” No of cial decisions were W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Tuesday was allowing ber of the Massachusetts Dembowski said. “We were made at the Football Com- Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 27 17 Washington 1 0 0 1.000 27 17 NE 1 0 0 1.000 21 11 Dallas 0 1 0 .000 17 20 teams to begin condition- State Football Coaches As- noti ed Friday afternoon mittee meeting except to Miami 0 1 0 .000 11 21 N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 16 26 ing work a week before the sociation (MSFCA), said that they would be meet- set the date of the next N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 17 27 Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 17 27 South South scheduled Feb. 22 start. the association would like ing on a Tuesday morning. meeting, which will take W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA That would lead to a sev- some input in deciding The (football coaches asso- place October 14. Jacksonville 1 0 0 1.000 27 20 NO 1 0 0 1.000 34 23 Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 16 14 Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 25 38 Houston 0 1 0 .000 20 34 Carolina 0 1 0 .000 30 34 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 20 27 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 23 34 North North W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 38 6 Chicago 1 0 0 1.000 27 23 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 26 16 Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 43 34 Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 13 16 Detroit 0 1 0 .000 23 27 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 6 38 Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 34 43 West West W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 34 20 Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 LAC 1 0 0 1.000 16 13 L.A. Rams 1 0 0 1.000 20 17 Las Vegas 1 0 0 1.000 34 30 Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 38 25 Denver 0 1 0 .000 14 16 San Fran 0 1 0 .000 20 24

Sunday’s Games L.A. Chargers 16, Cincinnati 13 Green Bay 43, Minnesota 34 Arizona 24, San Francisco 20 Jacksonville 27, Indianapolis 20 New Orleans 34, Tampa Bay 23 Las Vegas 34, Carolina 30 L.A. Rams 20, Dallas 17 Buffalo 27, N.Y. Jets 17 Monday’s Games Seattle 38, Atlanta 25 Washington 27, Philadelphia 17 Pittsburgh 26, N.Y. Giants 16 New England 21, Miami 11 Tennessee 16, Denver 14 Baltimore 38, Cleveland 6 Thursday, Sept. 17 Chicago 27, Detroit 23 Cincinnati at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m.

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American League National League East Division East Division W L Pct GB W L Pct Tampa Bay 30 17 .638 _ Atlanta 28 20 .583 Toronto 26 20 .565 3½ Miami 24 21 .533 New York 26 21 .553 4 Philadelphia 23 23 .500 Baltimore 21 26 .447 9 New York 21 26 .447 Boston 17 31 .354 13½ Washington 17 28 .378 Central Division Central Division W L Pct GB W L Pct Chicago 31 16 .660 _ Chicago 28 20 .583 Minnesota 30 19 .612 2 St. Louis 21 21 .500 Cleveland 26 21 .553 5 Cincinnati 23 26 .469 Detroit 20 26 .435 10½ Milwaukee 21 25 .457 Kansas City 20 28 .417 11½ Pittsburgh 14 32 .304 West Division West Division W L Pct GB W L Pct Oakland 30 18 .625 _ Los Angeles 33 15 .688 Houston 23 24 .489 6½ San Diego 32 17 .653 Seattle 22 26 .458 8 San Francisco 23 24 .489 PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Los Angeles 20 28 .417 10 Colorado 21 25 .457 Texas 17 30 .362 12½ Arizona 17 31 .354 Tiger Woods walks the 11th green during practice before the U.S. Open Championship golf tour- Tuesday’s Games Atlanta (Hamels 0-0) at Baltimore (Akin 0-1), nament at Winged Foot Golf Club, Tuesday in Mamaroneck, N.Y. Boston at Miami, 6:40 p.m. 7:35 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 6:40 p.m. Minnesota (TBD) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. 4-2), 8:10 p.m. Kansas City at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. Texas (Gibson 1-5) at Houston (McCullers Jr. Atlanta at Baltimore, 7:35 p.m. 3-2), 8:10 p.m. Tiger Woods faces chase for majors Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Civale 3-5) at Chicago Cubs (Lester Texas at Houston, 8:10 p.m. 2-2), 8:15 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago Cubs, 8:15 p.m. Arizona (Smith 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Bundy 5-2), Oakland at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. 9:40 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Angels, 9:40 p.m. and a tough test at Winged Foot San Francisco (Webb 2-3) at Seattle (Margevi- San Francisco at Seattle, 9:40 p.m. cius 1-3), 9:40 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Thursday’s Games Washington (Voth 0-5) at Tampa Bay (Fleming pandemic, allows for cool- during his scouting trip ten saying he could rule Boston at Miami, 1:10 p.m. WOODS 3-0), 1:10 p.m. er temperatures and bet- late last month. He raved out players at the U.S. Oakland (Fiers 5-2) at Colorado (Márquez 2-5), Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m. From B1 3:10 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Angels, 4:10 p.m. ter control of the greens about the dif culty and Open by listening to how Boston (TBD) at Miami (Rogers 1-1), 6:40 p.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 4:35 p.m., 1st game He is 18-over par in the and their wild contours at used a word rarely heard much they complain. Toronto (Roark 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 5-3), Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 7:10 p.m. six rounds he has played Winged Foot, along with at U.S. Opens — fun. “You just have to em- Kansas City (Singer 2-4) at Detroit (Skubal 1-2), Texas at Houston, 7:10 p.m. at Winged Foot (includ- a sub-air system. The “It’s a different kind of brace it. Otherwise, it’s 7:10 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:35 p.m., 2nd game ing the 1997 PGA Cham- pandemic also means no fun,” Thomas said, allud- going to eat you alive,” pionship), 6 over in his spectators, which means ing to the value of par. NBA PLAYOFFS Thomas said. “I’m not go- one appearance at Oak- no foot traf c by 40,000 He also doesn’t see any ing into this week scared mont (runner-up) and 3 people to trample the way the USGA can make of Winged Foot. It is Tuesday, Sept. 15 Monday, Sept. 21 over in his 12 rounds at long, lush blades of grass. it more of a test than it probably the hardest golf Miami vs. Boston XXXXXXXXXX Boston vs. Miami, TBD No wonder Rahm said needs to be, unless the Carnoustie for the Brit- course I’ve ever played. Denver vs. L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 ish Open. he would be surprised if greens get too rm and ... But that being said, Thursday, Sept. 17 x-Miami vs. Boston, TBD “Those three golf cours- anyone broke par, and if fast and the pins are on I can’t play tentative. I Miami vs. Boston, TBD Friday, Sept. 25 es, they can host major they did, would win by a slopes. can’t only try to make Saturday, Sept. 19 x-Boston vs. Miami, TBD championships without large margin. “We’ve never played a Boston vs. Miami, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 ever doing anything to Woods played nine holes course that’s gotten away pars. If I have a scor- x-Miami vs. Boston, TBD them,” he said. “This one Tuesday with Thomas, from us because it’s too ing club, I need to try to or Oakmont is either one and they’ll be spending hard of a course tee to make a birdie. But then NHL PLAYOFFS or two.” even more time together green,” he said. “It’s be- if I get in trouble, I just Having the U.S. Open later in the week. They cause it’s been poorly set need to get out. Monday, September 14 Thursday, September 17 in September for the rst are in the same group for up.” “I think the most im- Dallas 3, Vegas 2, OT, Dallas wins x-Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 8 p.m. time since 1913, a move the second straight ma- As for the fun? It’s all portant thing is ... not series 4 - 1 Saturday, September 19 forced by golf being shut jor. about accepting that it make this place any big- Tuesday, September 15 x-N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 down for three months Thomas loved Winged won’t be easy. That goes ger than it is,” he said. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. p.m. because of the COVID-19 Foot when he played it back to Jack Nicklaus of- “Because it’s already big.” WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B3 NATION City to pay $12 million to family of Breonna Taylor, reform police

By Dylan Lovan killed by police. He also ASSOCIATED PRESS called for charges against the of cers and urged peo- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — ple to “say her name,” a The city of Louisville will phrase that has become a pay $12 million to the refrain for those outraged family of Breonna Taylor by the shooting. and reform police prac- Fischer said the civil tices as part of a lawsuit settlement has nothing do settlement months after with the criminal investi- Taylor’s slaying by police gation. COURTESY PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS thrust the Black woman’s Asked about the criminal This photo provided by Dauphin Island Mayor name to the forefront of investigation, Senate Ma- Jeff Collier shows cars stranded in the sand, as a national reckoning on jority Leader Mitch Mc- ooding continues in Tonty Court on Dauphin race, Mayor Greg Fischer Connell, who represents Island, Ala., Monday. announced Tuesday. Kentucky, told reporters Taylor’s death sparked PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday “the investiga- months of protests in Lou- Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor, ad- tion seems to have been isville and calls nation- dresses the media in Louisville, Ky., on Thurs- more complicated than a ‘Huge rainmaker’: wide for the of cers to be day. lot of people felt.” He said criminally charged. The he has con dence in Cam- state’s attorney general, eron and stands by him. Hurricane Sally Daniel Cameron, is inves- of getting full justice for police, and her boyfriend, The Louisville news tigating police actions in Breonna,” Palmer said. Kenneth Walker, has said conference was broadcast the March 13 fatal shoot- “We must not lose focus he red once at the of - over a loudspeaker down- ing. on what the real drive is cers thinking it was an town and protesters lis- threatens “I cannot begin to imag- and with that being said, intruder. Investigators say tened as they sat around a ine Ms. Palmer’s pain, and it’s time to move forward police were returning re memorial to Taylor. I am deeply, deeply sor- with the criminal charges when they shot Taylor sev- In the time since Tay- historic oods ry for Breonna’s death,” because she deserves that eral times. No drugs were lor’s shooting, her death — Fischer said, referring to and much more.” found at her home. along with George Floyd By Jay Reeves and Tuesday that people should Taylor’s mother, Tamika The lawsuit, led in April “We won’t let Breon- and others — has become Angie Wang continue to take the storm Palmer. by Palmer, alleged the po- na Taylor’s life be swept a rallying cry for protest- ASSOCIATED PRESS seriously since “devastat- At Tuesday’s news con- lice used awed informa- under the rug,” said Ben ers seeking a reckoning on ing” rainfall is expected in ORANGE BEACH, Ala. large areas. People could ference, an emotional tion when they obtained a Crump, an attorney for racial justice and police — Hurricane Sally drifted Palmer pushed for charges “no-knock” warrant to en- Taylor’s family. reform. High-pro le celeb- drown in the ooding, he in a slow crawl Tuesday said. against the of cers in- ter the 26-year-old wom- Crump said the $12 mil- rities like Oprah Winfrey toward the northern Gulf volved in the shooting. an’s apartment in March. lion settlement is the larg- and LeBron James have “This is going to be histor- Coast, threatening dan- ic ooding along with the “As signi cant as today Taylor and her boyfriend est such settlement given called for the of cers to be gerous storm surge and is, it’s only the beginning were roused from bed by out for a Black woman charged in Taylor’s death. historic rainfall,” Stewart relentless rainfall that said. “If people live near forecasters warned could rivers, small streams and trigger historic ooding as creeks, they need to evacu- Seeping under doors, choking air the storm was expected to ate and go somewhere else.” hover in the area long after Donald Jones, a National coming ashore. Weather Service meteo- from Western res just won’t ease up “It’s going to be a huge rologist in Louisiana, said rainmaker,” said Phil Klot- Sally could unleash ood- By Sara Cline and bad. I mean, we shouldn’t zbach, a research scientist ing similar to what Hur- Gillian Flaccus be outside period,” Port- and meteorologist at Colo- ricane Harvey inicted in ASSOCIATED PRESS land resident Issa Ubid- rado State University. “It’s 2017 when it swamped the ia-Luckett said as she not going to be pretty.” Houston metropolitan area. PORTLAND, Ore. — Pu- grabbed food Monday. The National Hurricane As rain grew heavier trid, dangerous air spew- The hazy, gunk- lled Center expects Sally to Tuesday, many businesses ing from massive wild res air closed businesses like remain a Category 1 hur- appeared to be closed at ex- on the West Coast is seep- Whole Foods stores and ricane, with top sustained its along the I-10 highway ing into homes and busi- iconic Powell’s Books in winds of 80 mph (130 kph) that runs parallel to the nesses, sneaking into cars Portland and suspended when it makes landfall late Gulf Coast from Louisiana through air conditioning garbage pickup in some Tuesday or early Wednes- to Florida. vents and keeping peo- communities. Pollution day. The storm’s sluggish In Gulfport, Mississippi, ple already shut away by and re evacuations can- pace made it harder to white plastic bags hung the coronavirus pandemic celed online school and predict exactly where its over some gas station from enjoying even a walk closed some college cam- center will strike, though it pumps to signal they were outside or trip to the park. puses in Oregon. was expected to reach land out of fuel. Along a bayou PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS People in Oregon, Wash- Smoke enveloped Wash- near the Mississippi-Ala- that extended inland from ington state and California ington state, and some A worker cleans grass at Alamo Square Park bama state line. the Gulf, three shrimp have been struggling for a parts of California might as smoke from wildres and fog obscures the By late morning Tues- boats were tied up as week or longer under some not see relief until next skyline above the “Painted Ladies,” a row of day, hurricane warnings shrimpers and others tried of the most unhealthy air month. Oregon’s Depart- historical Victorian homes, in San Francisco, stretched from east of Bay to protect their boats from on the planet. Relief from ment of Environmental Monday. St. Louis, Mississippi, to waves and storm surge. the acrid yellowish-green Quality extended an air Navarre, Fla. Rainfall of up Most boat slips at Gulf- to 20 inches was forecast smog may not come for quality alert to Thurs- ing,” she said. “I felt really Smoke from dozens of port’s marina were empty, days or weeks, scientists day, and the air was so hungover all day Saturday. Western wild res is pooling near the coast. There was a and many businesses had and forecasters said. thick that Alaska Airlines I just couldn’t get enough in California’s Central Val- chance the storm could also metal storm shutters or And with wild res get- stopped ights to Portland water, I had a headache.” ley, an agricultural region spawn tornadoes and dump plywood covering the win- ting larger and more de- and Spokane, Washington, Health of cials urged that has some of the state’s isolated rain accumula- dows. structive because of cli- until Tuesday afternoon. people to stay inside and worst air quality even tions of 30 inches. David Espinosa walked mate change and more Zoe Flanagan, who has keep windows and doors when there are no ames. Two large casino boats the streets of Pascagoula, people living closer to ar- lived in Portland for 12 closed. Smoke can irritate Some parts of central Cali- broke loose Tuesday from Miss., Tuesday afternoon, eas that burn, it’s likely years, braved the smog to the eyes and lungs and fornia are not likely to see a dock where they were un- drenched by the rain. smoke will shroud the sky walk her two dogs Monday. worsen some medical con- relief until October, said dergoing construction work He wasn’t worried much more often in the future. In desperation, Flanagan ditions. Health experts Dan Borsum, the incident in Bayou La Batre, Ala. M.J. about Sally, having found “I don’t think that we and her husband turned on warn that young children, meteorologist for a re in Bosarge, who lives near the his pickup truck in a tree should be outside, but at the heater a day earlier be- adults over 65, pregnant Northern California. shipyard, said at least one after Hurricane Katrina the same time, we’ve been cause it has a better lter women and people with “It’s going to take a sub- of the riverboats had done wrecked much of Mississip- cooped up in the house al- than their air conditioner. heart disease, asthma or stantially strong weather considerable damage to the pi’s coast in 2005. ready for months, so it’s “I can feel it in my chest other respiratory condi- pattern to move all the dock. Espinosa had just moved kind of hard to dictate and then I just feel hun- tions should especially smoke,” Borsum said at a “You really want to get back to the area a few days what’s good and what’s gover despite not drink- avoid smoky areas. brie ng Sunday. them secured because with ago, after a long stint in wind and rain like this, the Oklahoma City. water is constantly rising,” “We just didn’t know Bosarge said. “They could there would be another South Dakota’s top attorney says end up anywhere. There’s hurricane when we got no telling where they could back,” Espinosa said. “Here end up.” we go again.” found body day after crash In Orange Beach, Ala., In Alabama, of cials towering waves crashed closed the causeway to By Stephen Groves animal he thought he had investigation. looked around his vehicle onshore Tuesday as Crys- Dauphin Island and the ASSOCIATED PRESS hit. The North Dakota Bu- in the dark using a cell- tal Smith and her young commuter tunnel that runs Authorities identi ed the reau of Criminal Investi- phone ashlight. He said daughter, Taylor, watched. beneath the Mobile River. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — dead man as 55-year-old gation is also participating all he could see were pieces They drove more than an An online video from Dau- South Dakota Attorney Joseph Boever, who had in the investigation. The of his vehicle. hour through sheets of rain phin Island showed a few General Jason Ravnsborg crashed his truck in that South Dakota Division of After Hyde County Sher- and whipping wind to take cars and SUVs stuck in a said in a statement late area earlier, according to Criminal Investigation, iff Mike Volek arrived, in the sight. beachfront area, their tires Monday that he realized relatives, and was appar- which would normally be the two men surveyed the “It’s beautiful, I love it,” sunk deep into wet sand. he had struck and killed a ently walking toward it involved, is part of the at- damage and lled out pa- Crystal Smith said. “But Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey man walking along a rural near the road when he was torney general’s of ce. It perwork for his car to be they are high. Hardly any urged residents near Mo- stretch of highway only af- hit. is standard practice to re- repaired, the attorney gen- of the beach isn’t covered.” bile Bay and low-lying ar- ter returning to the scene Republican Gov. Kristi quest an outside agency to eral said. Capt. Michael Thomas, eas near rivers to evacuate the next day and discover- Noem revealed Sunday conduct an investigation “At no time did either of an Orange Beach shing if conditions still permitted ing the body. that Ravnsborg had been when there may be a con- us suspect that I had been guide, was outside secur- a safe escape. The National The state’s top law en- involved in a fatal crash ict of interest. in an accident with a per- ing boats and making other Hurricane Center predict- forcement of cer said he and asked the Depart- Ravnsborg said Sunday son,” Ravnsborg said. last-minute preparations. ed storm surge along Ala- initially thought he hit a ment of Public Safety to he was “shocked and lled With his car wrecked, He estimated up to 5 inch- bama’s coast, including Mo- deer while driving home investigate, but neither with sorrow.” He released Ravnsborg said he bor- es of rain had fallen in as bile Bay, could reach 7 feet from a Republican fund- she nor the agency pro- a second statement on rowed the sheriff’s person- many hours. above ground. raiser on Saturday night. vided any details at that Monday night detailing al car to return to his home “I’m as prepared as I can “This is not worth risking He is under investigation point. his account of the accident, in Pierre. The next morn- be,” Thomas said. your life,” Ivey said during by the South Dakota High- The Department of Public saying it was necessary to ing, he and chief of staff A couple miles away in a news conference Tuesday. way Patrol. Safety issued a statement dispel rumors. Tim Bormann drove back Gulf Shores, Ala., waves The storm was moving Ravnsborg said he imme- earlier Monday saying only Ravnsborg said he was to return the sheriff’s car. crashed over the end of the at only 2 mph Tuesday af- diately called 911 after the that Ravnsborg told the driving from a Republican They stopped at the spot long shing pier at Gulf ternoon, centered about crash on U.S. Highway 14 Hyde County Sheriff’s Of- fundraiser in Red eld to of the accident, where State Park. Some roads in 105 miles south of Mobile, and that he didn’t realize ce he had hit a deer. De- his home some 110 miles Ravnsborg said he discov- the town already were cov- Ala., and 60 miles east of he had hit a man until he partment spokesman Tony away when his vehicle hit ered Boever’s body in the ered with water. the mouth of the Mississip- returned to the scene the Mangan would not con rm something he believed was grass just off the shoulder Stacy Stewart, a senior pi River. Hurricane-force next morning and found whether Ravnsborg called a large animal. Ravnsborg of the road. He said it was specialist with the Nation- winds stretched 45 miles him while looking for the 911, saying it is part of the said he called 911 and apparent Boever was dead. al Hurricane Center, said from its center. B4 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 COMICS

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By Farai Mutsaka man rights violations have ASSOCIATED PRESS steadily increased, suggest- ing that the government is HARARE, Zimbabwe using COVID-19 as a cover — Godfrey Kurauone, a for violating fundamental Zimbabwean opposition freedoms and attacking official, sang a protest song perceived opponents,” said at the funeral of a party the local human rights member in July. For that, group Zimrights in a joint and other political charges, FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS statement with the Inter- he spent 42 days in jail national Federation for Hu- A section of Amazon rainforest stands next to before the prosecution man Rights. soy elds in Belterra, Para state, Brazil. dropped one charge, and Opposition officials, hu- acquitted him of another man rights groups and charge of blocking traffic. some analysts accuse World isn’t meeting Hopewell Chin’ono, an Mnangagwa of abusing investigative journalist the rights of critics, using who used his Twitter ac- tactics as harsh as his pre- biodiversity goals, count to expose alleged decessor, the late Robert government corruption, Mugabe. was held in the notorious PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Mnangagwa and his of- UN report nds Chikurubi maximum se- A student and human rights activist holds a ban- ficials deny the charges, curity prison for nearly ner during a peaceful protest in Harare, Monday. saying they have carried By Christina Larson take stronger actions over six weeks before being out democratic reforms and and Seth Borenstein the next decade to protect granted bail on charges of From tweeting to of COVID-19 protective they are justified in taking ASSOCIATED PRESS the diversity of life. inciting violence for tweet- Whatsapp texting, sing- equipment and drugs have measures against people “Some progress has been ing his support for an an- A decade-long global ing in public or marching stoked peoples’ anger at who are seeking to illegally made, but inadequate prog- ti-government protest. effort to save Earth’s dis- in the streets, those who a government that prom- overthrow the government. ress. A lot still needs to be Internationally acclaimed appearing species and speak out against Presi- ised reform and prosperity Dozens of people — in- done,” Mrema said. “The declining ecosystems has author and filmmaker Tsit- dent Emmerson Mnangag- when it took power in 2017. cluding lawyers, jour- key is to get the political mostly stumbled, with si Dangarembga spent wa’s government are find- It appears the govern- nalists, nurses, doctors, will and the commitment.” fragile habitats like coral a night in detention for ing themselves in trouble. ment is using restrictions opposition members of Duke University ecol- reefs and tropical forests standing by a Harare road Some have been abducted imposed to combat the parliament, and human ogist Stuart Pimm, who in more trouble than ever, and holding up a placard and tortured, according to coronavirus to suppress rights activists — have was not involved in the researchers said in a re- that said “We Want Better. human rights groups. political criticism, say hu- been arrested and charged new report, said it’s good port Tuesday. Reform Our Institutions.” Zimbabwe’s deteriorat- man rights defenders. with violating COVID-19 that countries are getting In 2010, more than 150 All face court cases for ing economy and reports “While the government lockdown rules, or for pro- together to examine their countries agreed to goals publicly challenging Zim- of alleged corruption in- lockdown has been ex- testing on the streets and biodiversity goals but to protect nature, but babwe’s government. volving the procurement tended indefinitely, hu- on social media. some of the targets are the new United Nations scorecard found that the nebulous. Reducing “ev- world has largely failed to erything on the planet to meet 20 different targets single scores” obscures the Trump: Israeli pacts with two to safeguard species and fact that the picture may ecosystems. look different in different Six of those 20 goals places, he said. Arab states signal ‘new’ Mideast were “partially achieved,” For years, conservation and the rest were not. activists have used the po- lar bear as a poster child for By Deb Riechmann, If this were a school Matthew Lee and and these were tests, the species in trouble — espe- cially those threatened by Jonathan Lemire world has flunked, said ASSOCIATED PRESS Elizabeth Maruma Mre- climate change, which the ma, executive secretary report connects to biodiver- WASHINGTON — Is- of the U.N. Convention sity loss. But Mrema and rael on Tuesday signed on Biological Diversity, lead author David Cooper historic diplomatic pacts which released the report. said the world should think with two Gulf Arab states Inger Andersen, who about a different poster an- at a White House ceremo- leads the U.N. environ- imal: humans. ny that President Donald ment program, called it a “A lot of things civiliza- Trump declared will mark global failure. tions depend on are cer- the “dawn of a new Middle “From COVID-19 to tainly threatened,” he said. East,” casting himself as massive wildfires, floods, The report was original- an international peace- melting glaciers and un- ly slated to be released at maker at the height of his precedented heat, our a U.N. conference to set reelection campaign. failure to meet the Aic- biodiversity targets for The bilateral agree- hi (biodiversity) targets the next decade, but the ments formalize the nor- event in Kunming, China, malization of Israel’s al- — protect our our home PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS — has very real conse- was postponed until next ready thawing relations quences,” Andersen said. year due to the pandemic. with the United Arab Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, President Donald “We can no longer afford Last week, the World Emirates and Bahrain in Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and Unit- to cast nature to the side.” Wide Fund for Nature line with their common ed Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan react In a Tuesday inter- released new research opposition to Iran. But on the Blue Room Balcony of the White House, Tuesday, in Washington. view with The Associated detailing how monitored the agreements do not Press, former U.N. Secre- populations of mammals, address the decades-long tancing and most guests ucation, healthcare, trade ter Sheikh Abdullah bin tary-General Ban Ki-Moon birds, amphibians, reptiles conflict between Israel didn’t wear masks. and security. Zayed Al Nahyan, the connected the problems to and fish have declined, on and the Palestinians, who “We’re here this after- Israeli Prime Minister brother of Abu Dhabi’s “a lack of global partner- average, 68 percent, be- view the pacts as a stab in noon to change the course Benjamin Netanyahu said powerful crown prince, ship and political leader- tween 1970 and 2016. the back from their fellow of history,” Trump said the day “is a pivot of histo- even thanked Netanya- ship.” He said multilateral- “With pandemic deaths Arabs and a betrayal of from a balcony overlook- ry. It heralds a new dawn hu for “halting the an- surging and wildfires rag- ism has been under attack, their cause for a Palestin- ing the South Lawn. “Af- of peace.” nexation” of West Bank citing the United States’ ing across the entire West ian state. ter decades of division and Neither Netanyahu nor land claimed by the Pal- withdrawal from the Paris Coast, never have the con- Hundreds of people conflict, we mark the dawn Trump mentioned the estinians in exchange for climate change agreement sequences of our misuse massed on the sunwashed of a new Middle East.” Palestinians in their re- as an example. and abuse of the natural South Lawn to witness the Under the agreements, marks, but both the UAE Emirati recognition. Net- The U.N. team and re- world been more clear,” signing of agreements in a the countries have com- and Bahraini foreign min- anyahu, however, has in- port authors said the said Julia Baum, a biolo- festive atmosphere little mitted to exchange embas- isters spoke of the impor- sisted that Israel has only study is not meant to gist at Canada’s Universi- marked by the coronavi- sies and ambassadors and tance of creating a Pales- temporarily suspended its stoke despair, but to gal- ty of Victoria who wasn’t rus pandemic. Attendees to cooperate on a broad ar- tinian state. plans to annex West Bank vanize governments to part of the report. did not practice social dis- ray of issues, including ed- Emirati Foreign Minis- settlements. Navalny posts hospital photo of himself, plans Russia return By Vladimir his well-known sarcastic independent tests by labs Isachenkov humor when he talked in France and Sweden and David Rising This handout about being able to breathe backed up its findings. ASSOCIATED PRESS photo published without a ventilator. The Hague-based Or- by Russian “Just on my own, no ex- ganization for the Prohi- BERLIN — Russian op- opposition tra help, I didn’t even use bition of Chemical Weap- position leader Alexei Na- leader Alexei the simplest valve in my ons also is taking steps to valny on Tuesday posted a Navalny on throat,” he said. “I liked have samples from Naval- picture of himself from his his instagram it very much. It’s a re- hospital bed in Germany ny tested at its designated account, shows markable process that is labs, Germany has said. where he’s recuperating himself, centre, underestimated by many. from being poisoned with The Kremlin has bris- and his wife Strongly recommended.” tled at calls from German a nerve agent, wryly jok- Yulia, right, Despite his recovery, doc- ing about being able to Chancellor Angela Merkel daughter tors have said they cannot breathe on his own. and other leaders to an- Daria, and son rule out long-term health “Hi, this is Navalny,” he swer questions about the Zakhar, top left, issues associated with the wrote in the Russian-lan- poisoning, denying any of- in a hospital poisoning. guage post on Instagram ficial involvement. in Berlin, Leonid Volkov, a top as- in the first image of the French President Em- Germany. sociate of Navalny, refused 44-year-old since he was to give any details on his manuel Macron’s office taken to Berlin’s Charite condition or his possible said he had expressed PHOTO | “deep concern over the hospital. The photo shows ASSOCIATED PRESS return when reached by him being given a hug by The Associated Press. criminal act” that target- ed Navalny directly with his wife Yulia and flanked lion likes in several hours. considered,” she wrote. tidote. On Sept. 7, doctors A German military lab by his two children as he Separately, Naval- Navalny fell ill on a flight said his condition had im- has determined that Na- Russian President Vlad- sits upright in his bed in a ny’s spokeswoman Kira from Siberia to Moscow proved enough for him to valny was poisoned with imir Putin on Monday. hospital gown. Yarmysh tweeted that on Aug. 20 and treated at be brought out of the coma. Novichok, the same class The Kremlin said Putin “I have been missing once he has recovered, a hospital in the city of On Monday, the hospital of Soviet-era agent that in the call “underlined the you. I still can’t do almost Navalny plans to return Omsk. Two days later, he said he had been removed Britain said was used on impropriety of unfounded anything on my own, but to Russia, where he has was flown to the German from a ventilator and was former Russian spy Sergei accusations against the yesterday I managed to supported opposition can- hospital, where he was able to leave his bed for Skripal and his daugh- Russian side” and empha- breathe on my own for the didates and waged an- kept in an induced coma “short periods of time.” ter in Salisbury, England, sized Russia’s demand for entire day,” he added in the ti-corruption battles. “No for more than two weeks as In his Instagram state- in 2018. On Monday, the Germany to hand over post, which got over 1.1 mil- other option has ever been he was treated with an an- ment, Navalny displayed German government said analyses and samples. B8 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 FOOD

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By Lucas Kwan Peterson quarantine bubble. experiment where we each selected five ping melons with the confidence of an TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Is there a foolproof, science-backed, watermelons to test — the goal was to expert gemologist. But it’s also the most empirically correct way to choose a wa- pick four we thought would be good, as subjective of all the benchmarks: What We’ve all been through it. Lugging termelon? Unfortunately no, according to well as deliberately choose one bad one. exactly are you listening for when you home a huge, heavy watermelon from Zheng Wang, vegetable crops farm advi- (Check out the full video on the Los An- tap? the store or farmers market — as per- sor at the University of California Coop- geles Times Food YouTube channel to see “You look for a nice full color, heavier fect-looking as you could find. Schlepping erative Extension. Selection, like all good the results of our study.) and hollow-sounding,” said Carter Clary it up the stairs and making room for it things in life, will always be something of There are three metrics you’ll want to of McGrath Family Farm in Camarillo in the refrigerator. Waiting for the op- a gamble. use to judge a watermelon: appearance, (which also sells at the Santa Monica portune time to crack it open — a picnic “I don’t think there’s anything scientif- weight and — this is where it gets a little market), noting that you’re looking for a maybe, or just a hot summer day. Some- ically,” he said, that would guarantee a ambiguous — the sound it makes when “lower tone” rather than something high thing, anything, to bring a little joy to the top-notch watermelon. However, “There you tap it. and tight-sounding. perpetual Groundhog Day we’ve all been are some techniques about when to pick Appearance I learned a trick from watching a vid- living since mid-March. a watermelon,” he said, such as looking Ben goes almost exclusively by appear- eo on the website of Perry & Sons farms And then, upon slicing it open, you see for a dried-out tendril in the field, as well ance — look for a uniform shape and a in Manteca, Calif. (whose products are your deepest fears have been realized: as color. deep green color. If the melon is too pallid available at large retailers like Safeway It’s a bad melon. That moment of harvesting is import- or splotchy in parts, keep looking. A sun- and Target): Nothing can top the heartbreak of dis- ant, Wang said, as, unlike tomatoes, spot, or orange/yellow patch from where Hold a melon in one hand, palm up on covering your carefully selected water- which are often picked green and allowed the melon sat in the field, is also some- the bottom of the melon. Tap firmly on melon is terrible. It’s mealy or flavorless; to ripen on the journey to the store, wa- thing to look for — but not completely the top. If it’s a good one, you should be or worse, it has the integrity of rotted termelons will not auto-mature. “What- necessary. Some of the better melons we able to feel the vibration in your bottom wood or has huge patches of white that ever level of maturity it is, it is,” he said. sampled did not have a sunspot. hand. If you can’t feel anything, there make it resemble more cucumber than What of seeded versus seedless water- Are there weird bumps or lumps on the might be a problem. During our unoffi- melon (the two are in the same Cucurbi- melons? surface? Does it look a little dispropor- cial taste test, I deliberately chose one taceae family, by the way). Seedless varieties began to be commer- tionate in spots? Not a deal breaker per melon where I couldn’t feel a thing in my When perusing fruits and vegetables cially available in the 1990s, according se, but look for something smooth and bottom hand when I rapped on the top — at the market, with a few exceptions, to Michigan State University Extension. symmetrical. and it ended up being the worst melon of it’s pretty easy to tell what you’re going Now they dominate the market — today, Weight the 10 that Ben and I selected. to get. Lettuces, carrots, apples, berries around 85% of U.S.-produced watermel- Watermelons are around 92% water. It If you’re looking to salvage a subpar — you judge primarily on appearance. ons are seedless. stands to reason, therefore, that a crisp, melon, there are ways: Add a squeeze While it’s certainly no guarantee of fla- There are some purists who claim seed- juicy watermelon is going to weigh a lot. of lime and some Tajin to bring out the vor, what’s the worst that happens? If you ed watermelons from bygone days were If you’ve got two melons that are the sweetness; make a salad with feta and get a flavorless strawberry or an insipid sweeter and more flavorful. Whether same size but one is noticeably heavier, mint; if you own a juicer, make a fresh tangelo, you can toss it with relatively lit- that’s true — or simply looking at the go with the heavy one. “That’s telling juice or smoothie (watermelon-cucum- tle harm done. past through watermelon-colored glass- you the water content of the melon,” said ber and watermelon-strawberry are good Not true with watermelons, which are es — is obviously subjective. Wang notes Eric Hester of Weiser Family Farms in combos). about as high-stakes as you can get, pro- that over the years, breeders have im- Tehachapi. (Weiser has a stand at the And if all else fails, dump a bottle of duce-wise. When you’ve picked a good proved the sugar content of the seedless Santa Monica farmers market, where I vodka into it. Hey, it got you through col- one, there’s no greater reward. And when types. “I don’t personally believe the fla- recently stopped by.) lege; maybe it can get you through a pan- it’s bad, well, you’ve managed to instant- vor is worse,” Wang said. Sound demic too. ly create 16 pounds of garbage and dis- Recently, Times cooking columnist Ben If you’ve been to any good market, Distributed through Tribune News Ser- appoint your family, friends and entire Mims and I did a rigorously unscientific you’ve seen people scrutinizing and tap- vice. A primer on Eggplant, couscous a pork shoulder a good combination By Gretchen McKay Sweet or smoked paprika By Ben Mims owner of Heritage Barbecue TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE 2 cups Israeli couscous TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE in San Juan Capistrano, 4 tablespoons chopped fresh Summer is slowly fading shares his method for cook- herbs, such as a combination into early fall and before At Heritage Barbecue ing fall-off-the-bone pork of cilantro, chives, parsley and/ you know it, fat red toma- in San Juan Capistrano, shoulder in a home oven, or mint California, pitmaster and toes, sweet corn and fresh For tahini dressing which is easily adapted to berries will give way to co-owner Daniel Castillo, an outdoor smoker or grill 1/4 cup tahini who owns the restaurant root vegetables and fruits Juice of 1 lemon (see Variations). Most “butt” like apples and pears. But with his wife Brenda, ap- pork shoulders come with 2 small cloves garlic, minced plies a carnitas method to there’s still time to enjoy the skin already removed 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika the process of cooking his one of the late-summer and the fat trimmed. If you 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt pork shoulder. “It’s hard to PHOTO | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE season’s most versatile of- can, ask your butcher to re- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilan- put ‘carnitas’ on the menu ferings _ eggplant. move the skin but leave all Once you can touch the pork shoulder without tro or parsley, or a combination, because that’s a speci c Closely related to to- the fat intact so that it can it burning you, pitmaster Daniel Castillo says, with some reserved for serving thing,” says Castillo, “but matoes (both nightshade For salad render around the meat “that’s when you know it’s perfect.” that’s exactly what we’re fruits are members of the 1/2 pint cherry or grape toma- while it roasts, keeping it making, a smoked carnitas.” genus Solanum), eggplant toes, halved tender and adding more a- roasting pan (or use a wire til you can touch the meat But for home cooks, he can be added to a stir-fry, 1/4 cup crumbled feta (op- vor. rack set in a rimmed baking with your bare hands with- offers up the best way to stuffed like zucchini with tional) This pork takes at least sheet). Arrange your oven out burning yourself (140 get the spoon-tender pulled meat and cheese, roasted Lemon slices or wedges, 14 hours to cook, so plan ac- racks in the lower third of degrees). Uncover the meat pork in your oven. and mashed with lemon for serving your oven and heat the oven and shred or chop to serve. “Start with a good piece of cordingly. I’ve found the best and garlic into a dip and be Heat oven to 400 degrees meat and cook it at higher approach is to put the pork to 400 degrees. Variations: breaded and fried. Eggplant on conventional setting or temp, like 400 degrees, to in the oven right before you 2. Season the pork liber- Smoker/Grill Method also is a wonderful low-cal 375 degrees on convection. color both sides,” says Cas- go to bed, so it is nished ally with salt and pepper Set up your backyard and high- ber addition to a Trim ends from eggplant. tillo. “Then drop the temp cooking around lunchtime and/or your seasonings of smoker or charcoal grill for grain or pasta salad. Slice in half lengthwise, down to 250. Once the pork the next day; otherwise, you choice. Arrange the pork indirect grilling at 250 de- Here, baby eggplants are then cut into half-moons. reaches an internal tem- will have to wake up before fat side up in the oven and grees. Follow the steps above, cubed and roasted along with Place in bowl and toss with perature of 200 degrees, you sunrise the day of to get it roast for 30 minutes. Using placing the pork on the rack sweet onion, and then tossed olive oil. Add sliced onion, want to wrap it in foil — you started so it’s ready by din- heat-proof gloves or paper in the roasting pan on the with pearl couscous (a type toss to combine and sprin- want it to continue to roast, nertime. Either way, check towels covering your hands, grill grate, and cook until the of roasted pasta shaped like kle with za’atar seasoning. not steam — then let it rest on the pork every hour af- ip the pork over so it’s fat internal temperature of the rice) in a lemon-garlic tahini Toss to mix well. in a cooler to retain heat for ter 7 or 8 hours because, if side down; continue roast- pork reaches 200 degrees, dressing. It can be served as Bake, turning vegeta- a minimum of two hours. your oven is like mine, it ing until well-browned on adjusting the smoker heat to a vegetarian main course or bles once or twice, until You won’t get a smoky a- might shut itself off after so the outside, about 30 min- maintain a temperature be- as a side with something like eggplant is tender and vor but will get a really well- many hours at such a low utes more. tween 200 and 250 degrees roasted chicken. onion is golden, 15 to 20 cooked piece of meat.” temperature. Trust me, you 3. Flip the pork once more the entire time. Wrap the ROASTED EGGPLANT WITH minutes. Castillo stresses the rest- don’t want to nd this out so it is fat side up again, pork in foil as in Step 4. WHOLE WHEAT COUSCOUS While veggies are roast- ing period almost as much the hard way. then reduce the oven tem- Seasonings PG tested ing, make couscous. Heat as the cook time, saying that 1 bone-in, skinless pork perature to 250 degrees. Go beyond salt and pepper 1 pound baby eggplant broth, butter or oil, gar- is the real secret to success. shoulder butt (6 to 7 pounds) Continue slow-roasting the and season the pork with sa- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive lic, salt and paprika in a “Basically, don’t touch the Kosher salt and freshly pork until an instant-read zon, your favorite barbecue oil small saucepan. meat until you can do so ground black pepper thermometer inserted into rub, or dry-spice mix until 1 large Vidalia or other sweet Stir in couscous, and bring without the meat burning Seasoning of your choice the center of the pork reads it’s well-coated all over, about onion, halved, sliced to a boil. Reduce the heat you,” he says. “That’s when (optional; see Variations) at least 200 degrees, 10 to 3 to 4 tablespoons. Know 2 tablespoons za’atar season- to medium-low and sim- you know it’s perfect.” 1. Remove the pork from 12 hours. that sugar will burn so try to ing mer uncovered until the FOOLPROOF the refrigerator 1 hour 4. Remove the pork from avoid using too much. If you For couscous couscous is tender, about PULLED PORK before you plan to cook it the oven and transfer it to have the time, rub the pork 3 cups vegetable or chicken 10 minutes. Drain the cous- Time: 14 hours, largely so it has time to come to a large sheet of double-thick with the spices of your choice broth or water cous through a ne-mesh unattended room temperature; this al- foil. Cover the pork tight- and let sit uncovered in the 2 tablespoons butter or ex- strainer to remove any Yields lows for more even cooking. ly in the foil and let rest at refrigerator for up to 1 day tra-virgin olive oil excess cooking liquid. Stir Serves 8 to 10 Place the pork fat side up room temperature for at to help develop a avorful 1 large clove garlic, crushed in chopped herbs and set Daniel Castillo, chef and on a rack set inside a large least 1 hour and then un- crust. 1 teaspoon salt aside.