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CLOUDY, SHOWERS 60 • 51 FORECAST, A9 | MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020 | theworldlink.com | $2 Mother’s Day drive-by parade AMANDA LINARES amazing. There is so much love The World here and we’re so touched that so many people participated.” COOS BAY — Colorful, Staff decorated the facili- handmade signs with message ty’s windows with handmade of love filled the driveway at paper heart decorations as a Ocean Ridge Assisted Liv- way for their residents to thank ing as community members their families who drove by. A gathered Friday to celebrate Coos Bay Fire Department fire Mother’s Day. engine truck participated in the With its annual “Mother’s parade along with dozens of Day Petal and Pearls Tea other vehicles happy to cele- Party” being canceled this year brate and honor their moms. in order to follow the state Helen Stamate, 90, a resident mandated restrictions to keep at Ocean Ridge, said she was people safe against the novel pleased and proud that the team coronavirus, staff members at found an alternative way to Ocean Ridge were thinking of keep its annual Mother’s Day ways it could still honor and celebration going. celebrate their residents. “It makes you feel good that Marketing Director Bon- they really care,” she said. “ nie Hribar, of Ocean Ridge, The celebration was just said the team quickly began one of many ways its team has brainstorming and over the past worked to keep their residents several days organized a drive- spirits lifted during the ongo- by parade for family members ing COVID-19 pandemic, said Amanda Linares, The World Ocean Ridge team members Sharon, Bonnie Hribar and Mary Luther, pose in front of the assisted living facility after a successful to express their love for their Hribar. The assisted living fa- Mother’s Day celebration. mothers and grandmothers all cility has restricted visitations while at a safe distance. to its facility as the elderly “We didn’t expect so many population has been identi- COVID-19. keep everyone happy and smiling and you can tell that cars to show up,” said Hribar. fied at a higher risk for severe “It’s a really hard time right, healthy,” said Hribar. “It makes they have a big smile on their “It’s so overwhelming and illness or death if exposed to but we’re doing our best to me feel good to see everyone face even through their masks.” Umpqua River Bridge Negative tests at Shutter Creek

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HAUSER — Last week, 20 adults in custody at Shutter Creek Correctional Institution were tested. The Department of Correc- tions reported that 19 of those came back negative, with one test inconclusive. “There are a few different things that can potentially hap- pen to get that kind of result,” said Brian Leon, an epidemiolo- gist at Coos Health and Wellness. “Sometimes there is an error in packaging, sometimes there is Amy Moss Strong, The World an error in transit or how much A geometric pattern is created by the support arches under the Umpqua River Bridge in Reedsport. medium is included and basically Please see Tests, Page A9 Health director Economies reopen to risk of chaos quietly replaced PARIS (AP) — Plastic spacing Fears about infection spikes only about half the stores on the come here to relax. Clients will barriers and millions of masks have been born out in Germany, Champs-Elysees Avenue were come because they need to,” said The World appeared Monday on the streets where new clusters were linked open. Aurelie Bollini, a beautician at of Europe’s newly reopened to three slaughterhouses; in Hairdressers in the city prac- the salon. “They will come and COOS COUNTY — As the cities, as France and Belgium Wuhan, the Chinese city where ticed their new workflow over aim at getting the maximum COVID-19 pandemic spreads emerged from lockdowns, the the virus started; and in South the weekend ahead of Monday’s done in the shortest time possi- throughout the area, Coos Health Netherlands sent children back to Korea, where a single nightclub reopening, and planned to charge ble.” and Wellness had a quiet change school and Spain let people eat customer was linked to 85 new a fee for the disposable protec- Roughly half of Spain’s 47 in leadership from its now outdoors. All faced the delicate infections. tive gear they’ll now need for million people shifted into a former public health director, balance of trying to restart bat- With Monday’s partial reopen- customers. Walk-ins will be a softer version of the country’s Florence Pourtal-Stevens. tered economies without fueling ing, the French did not have thing of the past, said Brigitte strict confinement, beginning to “… She is no longer employed a second wave of coronavirus to carry forms allowing them L’Hoste, manager of the “Hair de socialize, shop in small stores at Coos Health and Wellness,” infections. to leave their homes. Crowds Beauté” salon, who expects the and enjoy outdoor seating in said Eric Gleason, public infor- Social distancing was the developed at some metro stations number of appointments to be restaurants and bars. Its biggest mation officer for CHW. order of the day but just how to in Paris, one of France’s viral cut in half. cities of Madrid and Barcelona According to Gleason, as do that on public transit and in hot spots, but the city’s notori- “The face of beauty will remained under lockdown as the well as a text message from schools was the big question. ous traffic jams were absent and change, meaning clients won’t Please see Economy, Page A9 Please see Replaced, Page A9

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541-269-0333 • 1750 Thompson Road, Coos Bay • www.bayclinic.net A2 | MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020 The World Southern Coos Hospital hires interim CEO AMY MOSS STRONG identifying qualified can- cost control, product even thought about doing his position at a critical ac- field for the time being The World didates. development, and quality anything else,” Suksi said. cess hospital like Southern with their Australian Shep- “The district board felt improvement. Suksi said he is im- Coos. herd, Cable. BANDON — The that out of all the candi- Suksi’s most recent pressed with the depth of “You can bring behav- One thing Suksi hopes Southern Coos Health dates, Mr. Suksi had the position was as CEO of talent among hospital em- ioral health into an acute to work on as interim CEO District Board of Directors best experience and skills Bakersfield Behavior- ployees and feels they have care center,” he said. is being more transparent has hired Eugene Suksi as to guide the district and the al Healthcare, a 90-bed worked hard to prepare for He enjoys being in a with the public. Southern Coos Hospital hospital into the future,” psychiatric hospital, and any potential COVID-19 small community like Ban- “The community fills & Health Center’s interim said Esther Williams, also has over a decade of cases. don for both professional in the blanks, when they CEO. Southern Coos Health Dis- experience in of small, “I think folks here did a and personal reasons. He’s don’t have all the infor- Suksi has been hired on trict board president. acute care facilities in very good job of prepared- worked in smaller and mation, with things more a one-year contract. Suksi has over 30 years Washington and Califor- ness,” Suksi said. “We hav- larger facilities, including sinister than the truth is, The Board fired former of experience in senior nia, including extensive en’t seen any cases — yet, a stint as CEO at Sutter if you don’t share that,” CEO Amy Fine on March healthcare management in experience with critical and hopefully those will be Coast Hospital in Curry he said. “So I hope to put 26 on a vote of 3-1 in a a wide variety of settings, access hospitals and public in small numbers. I think County. When he learned energy into communicat- decision that proved some- encompassing both acute healthcare districts. there’s been a great effort of the opportunity in Ban- ing both internally and what controversial for the care and behavioral health. He grew up in Illinois and awareness in Bandon don, he knew he wanted externally.” district. Suksi began his career as a and went to school in the to prepare. It’s of great to apply. He and his wife “Bandon is a unique Soon after, the board in- behavioral health coun- Midwest and graduate concern to all hospitals and Nancy both like the coastal and beautiful community,” terviewed four candidates selor before moving into school in Idaho, then also clinics and every form environment and the size Suksi added. “I am im- and used a search firm healthcare administration earned his MBA and MHA of healthcare service.” of Bandon’s community. pressed with the extent of specializing in healthcare and has an established at the University of Wash- Suksi said his back- “A small community expertise in the Southern professionals to assist in record of revenue growth, ington. ground in running behav- allows us to be more in- Coos Hospital & Health “I’ve always worked in ioral health clinics and volved,” he said. Center staff and am excited healthcare and I’ve never hospitals will be useful in Nancy is still in Bakers- to move forward.” No virus deaths, 60 new cases 350 Commercial Avenue, Coos Bay The World thority reported 60 new Benton (3), Clackamas 81-year-old man in Linn P.O. Box 1840, Coos Bay, OR 97420 confirmed cases and eight (10), Clatsop (1), Deschutes County, who tested positive © 2020 Country Media, Inc. PORTLAND — The new presumptive cases of (1), Hood River (1), Marion on April 19 and died on Office 541-266-6047 state’s death toll from COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. (14), Multnomah (22), Polk May 2 at Samaritan Albany COVID-19 is unchanged Sunday, bringing the state (2), Umatilla (1), Washing- General Hospital. He had TEMPORARY OFFICE HOURS from Saturday and remains total to 3,228. The new ton (11), Yamhill (2). underlying medical condi- During this critical time in our community at 127, the Oregon Health confirmed and presumptive On Saturday, OHA tions. we are modifying our office hours in respect Authority reported Sunday. cases reported today are reported three new Oregon’s 127th Oregon Health Au- in the following counties: COVID-19 deaths, 79 new COVID-19 death is a to the social limiting restriction. cases and 13 new presump- 92-year-old woman in Polk 9:00am-Noon Mon.-Fri. tive cases. County, who tested positive Saturday’s confirmed and on May 1 and died on May NEWS DEPARTMENT presumptive COVID-19 7 at Salem Hospital. She Publisher — Ben Kenfield [email protected] cases were reported in the had underlying medical News Editor — Amy Moss Strong, 541-266-6051 [email protected] following counties: Benton conditions. 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ORS 475B.025 Community members provide overwhelming support for food banks AMY MOSS STRONG to collect monetary donations items into the fridge,” Osborne including: Coastal Harvest, During the COVID-19 crisis, Laurie Bowman at RWCFP, Bandon Western World and empty the tote when it’s added. “Cleaning supplies, E.A.T., Good Neighbors Food the distribution will be done as 541-347-4900. full. The Port of Bandon has bathroom toiletries, deodorants, Bank, Senior Nutrition (Senior a drive-through pick-up. No Senior Meals serves lunches BANDON — Bandon also helped with staffing and tooth paste and brushes, soaps, Meals and Meals on Wheels), proof of income is required. to go every Tuesday, Thursday Feeds the Hungry is accepting the use of the parking lot. dog and cat food etc. Amy has and Restoration Worship Center Anyone needing assistance and Friday from 11:15 a.m.-12 donations for Bandon’s food Farm & Sea will be ac- been picking up the items and Food Pantry. between distributions can call p.m. Those grabbing a meal assistance organizations during cepting donations seven days distributing to the organizations “The Bandon community Larry Roberts at 541-347-8406. to go are invited to use the the COVID-19 crisis. a week during their hours of throughout Bandon and depos- has been so very generous with Coastal Harvest will hold its back dining room door at the Canned or dry food items operation (Monday through iting checks and cash, which is both food and monetary dona- next distribution from 9 a.m.- southwest side of The Barn, can be donated at the Bandon Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and also being distributed to these tions,” said Bandon Feeds the 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May behind the Senior Center in Food Bank Drop-off in front of Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.) The organizations.” Hungry president Amy Moss 20. Coastal Harvest has now City Park. Meals on Wheels Farm & Sea in the Old Town donations box was initially There is also a home deliv- Strong. “Margaret Pounder, gone to a monthly distribution breakfasts and lunches (and Marketplace parking lot at 250 open for drop-offs every Tues- ery task force to assist people Lori Osborne and the Port rather than weekly, and will no soon to come, dinner), are also First Street SW in Bandon. day and Wednesday morning, in South Coast communities of Bandon have all donated longer require monthly fees or delivered to homes five days Pickup or curbside is available but the first two days of food with home delivery of their their time to make this effort volunteer hours, but volunteers a week. For more information by calling 541-347-FISH. collections were so successful groceries. The assistance is pro- successful. The food assistance are still needed. This change about Senior Meals, Meals on People can also drop off a that the program has been ex- vided through the South Coast program volunteers continue allows members to save gas by Wheels delivery and other local check or cash in the Farm & panded and donations are now Senior Nutrition Program, to do their good work, putting driving less frequently. Coastal senior services, contact Melissa Sea shop or mail checks to accepted daily. which is managed by the South in more hours than ever to help Harvest is located at the corner Dovenspike at South Coast Bandon Feeds the Hungry at Osborne said there have Coast Business Employment get food into people’s homes. of 11th an Rosa Road. People Business Employment Corp., P.O. Box 566, Bandon, OR been thousands of dollars worth Corporation in Coos Bay. The It’s heartwarming to see our needing assistance prior to that 541-296-2013. 97411. All monetary donations of food taken in so far, along number to call is 541-269-2013. community come together to date can call Christine Roberts E.A.T. meals are currently are tax-deductible. with over $3,000 in monetary Melissa Dovenspike heads the help others in this time of great at 541-329-9726. not being served, but will start Margaret Pounder, CEO of donations. program. need. We thank you all for your Restoration Food Center up again as soon as it is safe the Bandon Chamber of Com- “It is such an incredible re- Bandon Feeds the Hungry generosity.” Food Pantry distributes on the to do so. 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This is not the way to be making math here, but it seems like an America great again opportunity exists. Dear Editor: While it would only take a The USA’s response to the very small fraction, say 1/10th pandemic has been confused, of a percent or 64 of our coun- chaotic, feeble, unfocused, ty’s 64,000 residents to become disjointed, shoddy, and sinis- critically ill from COVID-19 & ter. Consequently, our nation is related illness for our hospital to suffering the most deaths and run out of beds, we have empty financial losses of any nation. In commercial real estate, homes On this day a perfect world, we would have with absent owners, and church responded as a nation to this pan- retreat centers not currently in demic in the manner that South use. Korea and Singapore did. Those I recently heard of other states in Coos County history nations had recent prior experi- using vacant hotels and motels ence dealing with the Ebola and as temporary COVID-19 centers. SARS pandemics. Their response Is that something we could do financial institution’s North Bend to Covid-19 was swift, thorough, here? 100 YEARS - May 11, 1920 75 YEARS - May 11, 1945 branch, it has been announced by Beryl competent, and unified. As a re- Jenny Jones More Testimony Is Heard Today Coos Will Pay Tribute to Mothers at C. Swails, vice president and manager sult, they have suffered the least North Bend of the bank’s southern region. number of deaths and economic Condition of Place Where Body Annual Mother’s Day Program to Be hardships. The current adminis- Cal Mukumoto- The Candidate Found Is Described Presented Here on Sunday tration in the White House not We Trust Brother of Murdered Girl Tells of The annual Mother’s day program 15 YEARS - May 11, 2005 arranged by the Mother’s Day associa- only dismantled our nation’s My wife and I were both born Finding Two Empty Shells in Road Roblan and Castillo to host meeting pandemic response capabilities in the Bay Area, lived here all tion will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at that had been set up by the prior our lives, raised our six children Where Shooting Occurred the Marshfield high school auditorium. on education administration, but when the here, and have always supported (Special to The Times) Mothers will represent lodges and civic TRep. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay, Covid-19 pandemic came along, efforts to improve our communi- COQUILLE, Ore., May 11 — The and church organizations from Coos and State Superintendent of Public they failed to consult our allied ty. I served on the board of direc- prosecution in the Harold Howell case Bay, North Bend and Empire. Instruction Susan Castillo will host a nations in the Far East, failed to tors of Bay Area Hospital for 14 is still introducing testimony in the Officers in charge of the program town hall style-meeting from 5:30 until follow their example on how to years, the first four years while trial in the circuit court. Rev. Jennings are: Mrs. George Burger North 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 13, in Coos respond to the pandemic, and we were designing and building told of coming home from church on Bend, chairman; Mrs. Anna Ellefsen, Bay. blatantly ignored all warnings the new hospital. the day the girl was killed and of her Eastside, vice-chairman; Mrs. E. M. According to a press release for about it. And now we urge you to vote visit at his home and said she left there Holmes, North Bend, secretary-trea- Roblan’s office, Roblan, a member of If the current administration for Cal Mukumoto as our dis- about 5 o’clock in the evening. surer; and program committee, Rev. the House Education Committee, and had responded swiftly and com- trict’s State representative. Both John Leuthold Jr., brother of the Oscar W. Payne, Mrs. Burger, Mrs. Castillo, a former vice-chairwoman petently, and had orchestrated an of us have known Cal for a long murdered girl, was on the stand. He I.A. Goodlin, Mrs. Holmes, R.C. of the Senate Education Committee, immediate, unified, and effective time, and we are impressed with told of finding two empty shells near Armstrong, Freddie Vidger and Earl are inviting constituents to attend and response all across the nation, his integrity, intelligence, and the place where the pool of blood Littrell. Ushers will be members of the discuss education funding in Oregon our lives would be returning to experience. We trust Cal to have was found. This was some days after Boy Scout troops of Coos Bay and Girl - as well as other matters related to the normal by now, a whole lot of the steady leadership we need the murder. At the previous trial the Scout troops of North Bend. public school systems. Attendees also Americans would still be alive, to recover from the COVID-19 boy had testified about a foot print are welcome to address any matter of and a whole lot more Americans crisis. found near the place. It was shown Official War Films Available to concern to the state and their commu- by a tracing on a piece of paper and would not have to die in the Cal’s college major was Forest County Clubs nities, the release stated. coming weeks and months. Management, and his Master’s indicated that it was made by a shoe The meeting will be held in the The special events committee of the When businesses finally open Degree from the University with hobnails. cafeteria at Marshfield High School, Coos county war savings staff today up again, herds of people from of Washington is in Business 10th and Ingersoll streets. offered a selection of official war films all parts of Oregon and from all Administration. He has served on Suggests A Fire Boat For Bay to county service clubs, lodges and around the world will travel to the State Board of Forestry and other organizations. Police, fire staffing still in question Oregon’s coast to cool off and as a member and most recently C.F. McGeorge Tells Plant to the City Chairman Alan Torbet announced as CB committee approves budget enjoy nature’s beauty. They will as chair of the Oregon Parks Council that all programs chairmen of the orga- also bring the coronavirus with and Recreation Commission. He By Penny Gillson, Editorial Bids Open for Street Work and nizations could contact him to arrange them, and our coastal cities and has hands-on experience with Assistant showings of the battle pictures — all of towns will be awash in it. businesses in which local people Matter Laid Over a Week — Other Coos Bay may leave three positions which show actual combat and feature When school starts up again, make their living. Cal supports Business Transacted dark in its fire and police departments full sound. students going to and from strong schools on the South in an effort to cut spending in the com- C.F. McGeorge at the meeting of the Expecting many requests during school will carry with them Coast and believes that health ing fiscal year that starts July 1. city council last night brought up the the 7th war loan, Torbet limited the whatever viruses and bacteria care is a right, not a privilege. The Coos Bay Budget Committee matter of a fire boat for Coos Bay. He engagements only to groups of 15 per- they pick up in their homes and We know that Cal is a good, has approved its 2005-06 budget, but said he had presented the idea to the sons or more. The picture can be show classrooms. Health officials have respectful listener and that he opted to leave a decision on fire and port commissioners and they wanted to any place in the county during the next been warning us that to open works well with other people. police department staffing until a later know what the city would do toward two weeks. up the economy, businesses, Please join us in voting for Cal date. The city still is negotiating labor and schools without robust and Mukumoto to represent the South the support of a boat of that kind. Mr. contracts. functioning Covid-19 testing and Coast in Salem. McGeorge said his idea was to have Overall, the city’s budget totals contact tracing systems in place John Whitty the boat serve all of the water front 50 YEARS - May 11, 1970 $25.7 million. In his initial budget message, City Manager Scott McClure will lead to second and third Coos Bay from Empire to the Oregon Export Investigation waves of the virus and a widen- Company mill and the he thought it said to maintain the current level of Coos County sheriff’s deputy ing of the pandemic. was entirely a matter for the port and city services, the budget committee A thanks to officials and citizens is continuing an investigation of The current administration, As of May 7th, Oregon was not for the council but that he thought would have to come up with rough- the circumstances surrounding the ly $460,000. McClure suggested by its latest actions of shifting #2 in the contiguious U.S. for the council might be interested. death of Daniel Foster McCann, 63, eliminating the two unfilled police and its focus exclusively on opening the fewest per capita Covid-19 Mr. McGeorge said that while up the economy, appears to be Pocatello, Idaho. McCann was found one fire position, which soon could cases. Our testing has increased most the mills were outside of the city giving up on managing the na- unconscious Sunday night in his car be vacant, and using $245,000 from from the bottom 5 to #14. Here’s proper the city was directly interested about seven miles up Seven Devils tion’s response to the pandemic. a thanks to our officials and fund reserves to make up the additional in the welfare of the industries and he Road from Charleston. Someone please tell the people in citizens for working together balance. the White House that this is not thought that a fire boat might save the He was pronounced dead on arrival ------with strong, smart policies and at McAuley Hospital, to where he was the way to be making America dedication, to limit the spread. waterfront in the case of a bad fire and These stories were found in the great again. would be a great assistance to the fire taken by Bay Cities Ambulance. An Marshfield Sun Printing Museum Thanks to our health care profes- autopsy was to be performed today. Thomas Bertka sional’s preparations, and thanks department. newspaper repository store in Coos Bay, Oregon to all workers and the public who Councilman James said that the Marshfield HS courtesy of Coos Bay are responsibly taking care of our only reason the city did not have a fire Richards New Manager of North Schools and on The World newspaper An opportunity exists community. I am proud to be an boat before this time was because of Bend Bank website www.theworldlink.com. What can we as a communi- Oregonian! We can get through the big cost of maintenance but that if Lyle W. Richards, assistant manager ty do to increase our capacity this - together. there was any way to get it he would be at U.S. National Bank of Oregon’s for handling the very sick from Melissa Green in favor of it. Klamath Falls branch, has been COVID-19 related illness? Coos Bay promoted to manager of the statewide Correct me if I’m wrong on my Biden has a lot to consider in choosing running mate

The Los Angeles Times be an “excellent running mate” for the former vice was alien to McCain’s appreciation of the responsibil- Indeed, research suggests that, whether they are With the Democratic presidential nomination with- president. ities of government. chosen because of gender, geography or ideology, in his grasp, former Vice President Joe Biden must Biden himself has floated an additional factor: The Palin fiasco is a reminder of what happens vice presidential candidates probably don’t exert make a decision that presidential candidates always skills or experience that would complement his when novelty or “excitement” becomes the primary significant influence over most voters’ choice for insist that they take seriously but often don’t: the strengths and compensate for his weaknesses. Ac- factor in selecting a running mate. But there are president, though voters may lose confidence in a selection of a running mate. Biden says he will soon cording to Biden, that approach was recommended to less dramatic examples of mismatches, including presidential candidate who chooses a running mate announce members of a committee to screen potential him by former President Obama. then-Vice President Walter Mondale’s selection of the perceived as incompetent. Even the popular notion candidates for that role. We believe, however, that Biden’s primary criteria obscure Rep. Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 — an early that vice presidential candidates will carry their home We already know one thing about Biden’s choice: for a running mate should be ability and compatibility. exercise in gender balance that saddled the campaign states for the ticket has been questioned, although a It will be a woman. That commitment still leaves We would urge any prospective presidential nomi- with unwelcome controversy — or George H.W. recent study suggests there might be such an advan- Biden with an array of qualified potential partners, nee to set these priorities, but it’s especially important Bush’s selection four years later of the youthful (and tage. but, like every presidential candidate, he will be for Biden to do so. Although in good health, if elected more conservative) Sen. Dan Quayle of Indiana, who We’re not suggesting that Biden should totally exhorted to consider attributes other than the two he would be 78 when he was inaugurated for what proved himself in office to be “no Jack Kennedy.” ignore other factors in making his selection, including that should be uppermost in his mind: whether his very likely would be a single term. (Biden has not Nor is it clear that an ideologically or geographi- personal chemistry, party unity and the possibility that pick would be qualified to assume the presidency at a committed to serve only four years, yet he reportedly cally “balanced ticket” is a recipe for victory. Some a particular candidate might make the difference in moment’s notice and whether in that event she would indicated to aides that he probably wouldn’t seek believe that John F. Kennedy secured a crucial victory the outcome in a particular state or region. But these continue the policies he championed. reelection.) If he indeed served only one term, his in Texas and other Southern states in 1960 by asking should be secondary considerations. Fortunately, the Some will urge Biden to make a choice that would vice president would be a favorite for the Democratic Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson to be his running mate. Democratic Party includes many officeholders with represent another olive branch to his defeated rival presidential nomination in 2024. (Johnson later said Kennedy himself held that view.) the right amounts of experience and demonstrated ex- Bernie Sanders and Sanders’ passionate, often young, But Biden’s age isn’t the only reason for him But Kennedy’s victory in those states also reflected pertise, including some of Biden’s primary campaign supporters. Others will advocate that he choose a to choose carefully. When presidential candidates the lingering dominance of the Democratic Party in rivals, who potentially would be productive partners running mate who would be likely to deliver voters have allowed other criteria to drive the selection of that region. Among the conflicting accounts of why for a President Biden. in her home state, especially if it’s one that President a running mate, the results often have been unfortu- Ronald Reagan chose George H.W. Bush, a defeated When he announced that he would ask Biden to Trump carried or ran well in four years ago. nate, even disastrous. It was supposed to be a “game opponent, as his running mate in 1980 is that the more be his running mate, Obama described the long- Biden will also be pressed to seek ethnic or racial changer” when Republican presidential nominee John moderate Bush provided ideological balance for the time Delaware senator as “a statesman with sound balance, for example by naming an African American McCain, a seasoned U.S. senator and foreign policy conservative Reagan. But Reagan’s overwhelming judgment who doesn’t have to hide behind bluster to running mate who could energize a loyal Democratic expert, chose Alaska’s then-Gov. Sarah Palin as his victory over unpopular incumbent Jimmy Carter un- keep America strong.” Substitute “stateswoman” for constituency. One such potential choice, former running mate in 2008. It soon emerged that Palin was dermines the notion that Reagan’s choice of a running “statesman” and that is the job description that should Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, has not only woefully unsuited for national office, but mate made much difference. guide Biden in making this momentous decision. disdained false modesty by suggesting that she would practiced a style of pandering populist politics that Online: https://www.latimes.com/ The World MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020 | A5 Flamboyant rock pioneer Little Richard dies NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Little Richard, one of life, he wavered between raunch and religion, alternately amazing talent and his friendship! He was one of a kind the chief architects of rock ‘n’ roll whose piercing wail, embracing the Good Book and outrageous behavior and and I will miss him dearly. God bless his family and pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably looks - mascara-lined eyes, pencil-thin mustache and fans.” altered popular music while introducing black R&B to glittery suits. Mick Jagger called Little Richard “the biggest inspira- white America, died Saturday after battling bone cancer. “Little Richard? That’s rock ‘n’ roll,” Neil Young, who tion of my early teens” in a social media post Saturday. He was 87. heard Richard’s riffs on the radio in Canada, told biogra- “His music still has the same raw electric energy when Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Rich- pher Jimmy McDonough. “Little Richard was great on you play it now as it did when it first shot through the ard’s, told The Associated Press that Little Richard died every record.” music scene in the mid 50’s,” Jagger wrote. “When we Saturday morning. His son, Danny Jones Penniman, also It was 1956 when his classic “Tutti Frutti” landed like were on tour with him I would watch his moves every confirmed his father’s death, which was first reported by a hand grenade in the Top 40, exploding from radios and night and learn from him how to entertain and involve the Rolling Stone. off turntables across the country. It was highlighted by audience and he was always so generous with advice to Bill Sobel, Little Richard’s attorney for more than Richard’s memorable call of “wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop- me. He contributed so much to popular music. I will miss three decades, told the AP in an email that the musician bam-boom.” you Richard, God bless.” died of bone cancer at a family home in Tullahoma, A string of hits followed, providing the foundation of Few were quicker to acknowledge Little Richard’s Tennessee. rock music: “Lucille,” “Keep A Knockin’,” “Long Tall seminal role than Richard himself. The flamboyant singer “He was not only an iconic and legendary musician, Sally,” “Good Golly Miss Molly.” More than 40 years claimed he paved the way for Elvis, provided Mick Jag- but he was also a kind, empathetic, and insightful human after the latter charted, Bruce Springsteen was still per- ger with his stage moves and conducted vocal lessons for being,” Sobel said. forming “Good Golly Miss Molly” live. McCartney. Born Richard Penniman, Little Richard was one of The Beatles’ Paul McCartney imitated Richard’s sig- “I am the architect of rock ‘n’ roll!” Little Richard rock ‘n’ roll’s founding fathers who helped shatter the nature yelps — perhaps most notably in the “Wooooo!” crowed at the 1988 Grammy Awards as the crowd rose in color line on the music charts, joining Chuck Berry and from the hit “She Loves You.” Ex-bandmate John Lennon a standing ovation. “I am the originator!” Fats Domino in bringing what was once called “race covered Richard’s “Rip It Up” and “Ready Teddy” on the Richard Wayne Penniman was born in Macon, Geor- music” into the mainstream. Richard’s hyperkinetic piano 1975 “Rock and Roll” album. gia, during the Great Depression, one of 12 children. He playing, coupled with his howling vocals and hairdo, When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened in 1986, was ostracized because he was effeminate and suffered a made him an implausible sensation — a gay, black man he was among the charter members with Elvis Presley, small deformity: his right leg was shorter than his left. celebrated across America during the buttoned-down Berry, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Cooke and The family was religious, and Richard sang in local Eisenhower era. others. churches with a group called the Tiny Tots. The tug- He sold more than 30 million records worldwide, and “It is with a heavy heart that I ask for prayers for the of-war between his upbringing and rock ‘n’ roll excess his influence on other musicians was equally stagger- family of my lifelong friend and fellow rocker Little tormented Penniman throughout his career. ing, from the Beatles and Otis Redding to Creedence Richard,” said Lewis, 84, in a statement provided by his Clearwater Revival and David Bowie. In his personal publicist. “He will live on always in my heart with his Magician Roy Horn dies from coronavirus LAS VEGAS (AP) — Roy Horn of attack ended the long-running Las Vegas included Montecore, became the basis of company, said after the attack. Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordi- Strip production. an episode of the ABC television show The pair gained international recogni- nary magic tricks astonished millions until The darker-haired of the flashy duo, “20/20.” tion for helping to save rare white tigers Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one Horn was credited with the idea of intro- Horn and Siegfried Fischbacher, both and white lions from extinction. Their $10 of the act’s famed white tigers, has died. ducing an exotic animal — his pet cheetah natives of Germany, had first teamed up million compound was home to dozens He was 75. — to the magic act. in 1957 and made their Las Vegas debut of rare animals over the years. The white Horn died of complications from the “Roy was a fighter his whole life a decade later. Siegfried & Roy began lions and white tigers were the result of coronavirus on Friday in a Las Vegas including during these final days,” performing at the Mirage in 1990. a preservation program that began in the hospital, according to a statement released Fischbacher said. “I give my heartfelt When they signed a lifetime contract 1980s. by publicist Dave Kirvin. appreciation to the team of doctors, nurses with the Mirage in 2001, it was estimated “The good news is that the white tigers “Today, the world has lost one of the and staff at Mountain View Hospital who they had performed 5,000 shows at the and white lions are going into the 21st greats of magic, but I have lost my best worked heroically against this insidious casino for 10 million fans since 1990 and century,” Horn said in a 1999 interview friend,” Siegfried Fischbacher said in the virus that ultimately took Roy’s life.” had grossed more than $1 billion. That with The Associated Press. “The bad news statement. “From the moment we met, I The two became an institution in Las came on top of thousands of shows at is that if we don’t do something about the knew Roy and I, together, would change Vegas, where their magic and artistry con- other venues in earlier years. tigers in the wild, they will disappear.” the world. There could be no Siegfried sistently attracted sellout crowds. The pair “Throughout the history of Las Vegas, Siegfried & Roy’s show, incorporating without Roy, and no Roy without Sieg- performed six shows a week, 44 weeks no artists have meant more to the devel- animal antics and magic tricks, includ- fried.” per year. opment of Las Vegas’ global reputation as ed about 20 white tigers and lions, the He was injured in October 2003 when They returned to the stage in February the entertainment capital of the world than number varying depending on the night. a tiger named Montecore attacked him on 2009 for what was billed as their one Siegfried and Roy,” Terry Lanni, chair- The show also had other exotic animals, stage at the Mirage hotel-casino in Las and only comeback performance, to raise man of MGM Mirage, the casino’s parent including an elephant. Vegas. He had severe neck injuries, lost a funds for the new Cleveland Clinic Lou lot of blood and later suffered a stroke. He Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las underwent lengthy rehabilitation, but the Vegas. The brief performance, which DEAR ABBY By Abigail Van Buren Jerry Stiller dies at 92 Friendship ends with flood of NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Stiller, Lombardi in a Nike commercial and the social media messages who for decades teamed with wife Anne role of another over-the-top dad on the I had this friend that I met eight an RN, is 33. He lives with us and pays Meara in a beloved comedy duo and then long-running sitcom “King of Queens.” months ago at a local boxing gym here $550 a month, which pays the prop- reached new heights in his senior years While he was known as a nut-job in Chicago. We got along extremely erty taxes. He has slowly brought his as the high-strung Frank Costanza on the father on the small screen, Stiller and well and even hung out a couple of girlfriend into our home, whom we like, classic sitcom “Seinfeld” and the base- wife Meara raised two children in their times. However, she left her job at the but she does not contribute financially. ment-dwelling father-in-law on “The King longtime home on Manhattan’s Upper gym two months later and things started I have asked my son for some extra falling apart. money, and he refused. We will always of Queens,” died at 92, his son Ben Stiller West Side: daughter Amy, who became an I started sending excessive messages appreciate how he pitched in and helped announced Monday. actress, and son Ben, who would become on her social media, and she didn’t like us in creating a new home. What can “I’m sad to say that my father, Jerry perhaps the most famous Stiller as a writ- it. By the following month, she had I do without starting a family war? -- Stiller, passed away from natural causes,” er, director and actor. enough. She told me I have an un- KEEPING THE PEACE his son said in a tweet. He and Ben performed together in healthy attachment to her and we would DEAR KEEPING: It would have “He was a great dad and grandfather “Shoeshine,” which was nominated for a go our separate ways. She blocked me been interesting to know what reason and the most dedicated husband to Anne 1988 Academy Award in the short subject from all social media, and she hasn’t your son gave you for his refusal. Con- for about 62 years. He will be greatly category. contacted me since. tinue talking with him about it. Unless missed. Love you Dad,” wrote Ben, who Stiller was considerably quieter and Four months later, I am better, but she the girlfriend is unemployed, she should followed in his father’s comedic footsteps reflective in person than in character — is still in my head. I really want to write at least pay for her food and a share of and became an A-list box office star with although just as funny. The son of a bus her a nice and sincere letter and recon- the utilities if she is living in your home. cile with her and have her be my friend movies like “Tropic Thunder,” “Dodge- driver and a housewife, Stiller grew up in again. I didn’t know that I was doing ball” and “Something About Mary.” Depression-era Brooklyn. His inspiration DEAR READERS: something wrong. This is National Women’s Health Jerry Stiller was a multi-talented per- to enter show business came at age 8, I have tried reaching out to her multi- Week. Because of the current health former who appeared in an assortment of when his father took him to see the Marx ple times recently via email, to no avail. crisis, taking care of your health is now movies, playing Walter Matthau’s police Brothers in the comedy classic “A Night In the meantime, one of her friends more important than ever. Make it a pri- sidekick in the thriller “The Taking of at the Opera.” told me she has moved to Texas, which ority. Eat healthy, give yourself the gift Pelham One Two Three” and Divine’s Years later, Stiller met Groucho Marx makes it even more heartbreaking. How of exercise, manage your stress levels, husband Wilbur Turnblad in John Waters’ and thanked him. can I show her I can be her friend again get the sleep you need, and schedule twisted comedy “Hairspray.” Stiller earned a drama degree at Syr- without exhibiting those same “toxic” that appointment to see your doctor He also wrote an autobiography, “Mar- acuse University after serving in World behaviors? -- GUY WITH A WOUND- or dentist as soon as they are seeing ried to Laughter,” about his 50-plus year War II, and then headed to New York City ED HEART patients again. Take steps to eliminate You have already done marriage to soul mate and comedic cohort to launch his career. There was a brief DEAR GUY: behaviors that put you at risk -- smok- enough. You have done so much, in ing, texting while driving and not wear- Meara, who died in 2015. And his myriad involvement in Shakespearean theater, fact, that the young woman felt she was ing a seatbelt. Your health is your most television spots included everything from including a $55 a week job with Jack being stalked. She has sent you clear precious possession, so please, take care “Murder She Wrote” to “Law & Order” Klugman in “Coriolanus.” signals that she’s not interested in being of it. For more information, visit wom- — along with 36 appearances alongside But his life and career took off after friends -- or anything more -- with you. enshealth.gov. -- Love, ABBY Meara on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” he met Meara in spring 1953. They were For your own sake, take the hint, leave ------Stiller, although a supporting play- married that fall. her alone and, please, learn from this Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van er on “Seinfeld,” created some of the The seemingly mismatched pair — he a experience so you won’t repeat it with Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, Emmy-winning show’s most enduring short, stocky Jewish guy from Brooklyn, someone else. and was founded by her mother, Pauline moments: co-creator and model for the she a tall, Irish Catholic from the Long DEAR ABBY: I am 60, and my Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. “bro,” a brassiere for men; a Korean War Island suburbs — shared an immediate husband is 64. We lost everything in the DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los recession. A dear friend helped us get cook who inflicted food poisoning on his onstage chemistry, too. They were soon Angeles, CA 90069. back on our feet, and my son and hus- What teens need to know about sex, entire unit; an ever-simmering salesman appearing on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and band built a home on land we purchased drugs, AIDS and getting along with peers controlling his explosive temper with the working nightclubs nationwide. with our last dollar. We have a mortgage and parents is in “What Every Teen shouted mantra, “Serenity now!” The pair also wrote and performed and all the bills that come with it. We Should Know.” Send your name and Stiller earned an 1997 Emmy nomina- radio commercials, most memorably a se- have no savings, pension or life insur- mailing address, plus check or money tion for his indelible “Seinfeld” perfor- ries of bits for a little-known wine called ance. I work 40 hours a week, and my order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, mance. In a 2005 Esquire interview, Stiller Blue Nun. The duo’s ads boosted sales husband is partially disabled from an Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount recalled that he was out of work and not by 500%. Ben Stiller recalled trips with autoimmune disease. Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and the first choice for the role of Frank Cos- his sister to California when his parents My son, who is studying to become handling are included in the price.) tanza, father to Jason Alexander’s neurotic would head west to do television appear- George. ances. “My manager had retired,” he said. The couple went on to appear as a team “I was close to 70 years old, and had in dozens of film, stage and television pro- nowhere to go.” ductions. One of them was “After-Play,” He was initially told to play the role as a 1995 off-Broadway show written by a milquetoast husband with an overbear- Meara. ing wife, Estelle, played by Estelle Harris. Stiller joined “Seinfeld” in 1993, and But the character wasn’t working — until moved on to “King of Queens” when the Stiller suggested his reincarnation as an other Jerry & company went off the air in over-the-top crank who matched his wife 1998. He also appeared in Ben Stiller’s scream for scream. spoof on modeling, “Zoolander,” released The Bay Area’s only pet crematory It jump-started the septuagenarian’s in 2001. 541-267-3131 • www.coosbayareafunerals.com career, landing him a spot playing Vince A6 | MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020 The World Dear Reader,

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Diane Keaton has been serviced well by the vast majority of her gets inspiration from her newly inherited child to develop a baby- movies, but “Baby Boom” ranks high among the ones that have food brand that she labels Country Baby. Applying her savvy to suited her best. marketing it eventually makes it a hit, catching the attention of her Within its main mission of being amusing, the 1987 film former employers, who want to broker a deal to buy it for a very (which Turner Classic Movies shows Sunday, May 10) addresses tidy sum. many themes that remain relevant more than three decades later But will J.C. bite? What ultimately happens shows how well ... relationship commitment, professional vs. personal life, the Keaton fares in developing the character’s full arc, thanks also to entrepreneurial spirit, and responsibility to oneself as well as others. then-married screenwriters Charles Shyer (the movie’s director as And in this case, the main “other” is an adorable infant named well) and Nancy Meyers. This can be deemed the springboard for Elizabeth. the female-empowerment comedies Meyers would write and direct Workaholic businesswoman J.C. Wiatt (Keaton) is shocked later, including “Something’s Gotta Give” (for which Keaton also to become the immediate – as in, “handed off during an airport was her muse), “The Holiday” and “It’s Complicated.” layover” – guardian of the child, a relative who’s just been orphaned. Able to handle everything previously, including her at- Apart from the messages “Baby Boom” folds in, there’s a sweet arm’s-distance live-in boyfriend (Harold Ramis), J.C. is certain she romance pairing Keaton with a low-key and appealing Sam Shepard can balance her very active career with surrogate motherhood. as a Vermont doctor she tries to resist. Of course, that lasts only so However, her boss (Sam Wanamaker) warns her, “You can’t have long, and the two performers are wonderful together. Add smaller Diane Keaton it all.” And much sooner than later, he’s proven right, with J.C. but memorable turns by Pat Hingle as a business mogul and James caught up in moments such as having a restaurant hostess try to Spader as Keaton’s weasel of a co-worker, and the casting obviously mind Elizabeth during a business meeting ... and eventually, J.C. is strong overall. (Also commendable: the music score by Bill scored loudly with is maneuvered out of the firm she served so totally and forced to Conti.) reinvent herself. In the end, though, it’s Keaton who makes or breaks “Baby She does that successfully, though it takes a while, by moving out Boom.” And, as proven by the fact that the picture remains just as ‘Baby Boom’ of fast-paced New York to relaxed and scenic Vermont – where she enjoyable after 33 years, she surely makes it. The World MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020 | A7

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This budget was prepared on a basis of OSB#874123 Hernandez and accounting that is the same as the preceding year. Associates, LLC 1212 Alabama Ave SE, Suite Contact: Sue Cousineau Telephone: 541-271-5306 Email: [email protected] FINANCIAL SUMMARY - RESOURCES 14 Pacifi c Coast Medical Park TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS Actual Amount Adopted Budget Approved Budget P.O. Box 979 2018-2019 This Year 2019-2020 Next Year 2020-2021 Suite E: 576 SQ $1150. Lrg Bandon, OR 97411 Beginning Fund Balance/Net Working Capital 0 171,994 197,769 medical room that can be used (541) 347-2911 Fees, Licenses, Permits, Fines, Assessments & Other Service Charges 2,522 3,000 3,000 for surgery or radiology. 2 Federal, State & all Other Grants, Gifts, Allocations & Donations 96,809 20,900 18,950 Fax: 347-3656 Revenue from Bonds and Other Debt Exam rooms. ADA restrooms, email: lawtalk@visitbandon. Interfund Transfers / Internal Service Reimbursements 44,637 extra storage, reception area. com All Other Resources Except Current Year Property Taxes 16,671 2,972 4,050 Current Year Property Taxes Estimated to be Received 188,230 195,000 199,018 Easy access to the elevator. Published: April 27, May 4 & All utilities incl. Total Resources 348,869 393,866 422,787 11, 2020 The World & ONPA FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS BY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION Suite I: 418 SQ $750. Offi ce (ID: 282872) Personnel Services 61,891 147,290 145,634 space, 2 exam rooms and a Materials and Services 71,998 121,658 98,200 reception area. Upstairs. ADA Capital Outlay IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF Debt Service accessible Common area rest- Interfund Transfers 44,637 5,000 rooms. Elevator. All utilities inc. THE STATE OF OREGON Contingencies 124,918 173,953 Newer medical facility. 1-year FOR THE Special Payments COUNTY OF COOS Unappropriated Ending Balance and Reserved for Future Expenditure lease negotiable. Total Requirements 178,525 393,866 422,787 Grand Management PROBATE DEPARTMENT FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS AND FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES (FTE) BY ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT OR PROGRAM * Services In the Matter of the Estate of Name of Organizational Unit or Program CARL TROUT, JR. FTE for that unit or program (541) 269-5561 General Fund Deceased. FTE 3 33 Case No. 20PB02031 Total Requirements 178,525 393,866 422,787 NOTICE TO INTERESTED Total FTE 3 33 PERSONS STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN ACTIVITIES and SOURCES OF FINANCING * NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN A resolution has been passed to establish the Roof Replacement Reserve Fund. If an appropriation transfer resolution passes during the budget process, $5,000 that the undersigned has fi led will be transferred from the General Fund to the Roof Replacement Reserve Fund in July 2020. a small estate affi davit as suc- Published in The World, May11, 2020. (ID:284371) A8 | MONDAY, MAY 11, 2020 The World US approves new quick result COVID-19 test

The Associated Press Currently, the only way to di- earliest toxic traces of the virus White House also takes about 15 institutions of daily life. agnose active COVID-19 is to test rather than genetic code of the minutes. That’s led White House U.S. regulators have approved a patient’s nasal swab for the ge- virus itself. The company said it special- adviser Dr. Deborah Birx and a new type of coronavirus test netic material of the virus. While The FDA said that it expects izes in testing for diseases and other federal officials to call for that administration officials have considered highly accurate, the to authorize more antigen tests in conditions including the flu and a “breakthrough” in the antigen promoted as a key to opening up tests can take hours and require the future. Lyme disease. tests. the country. expensive, specialized equipment Quidel said Saturday that the Quidel stock has more than “There will never be the abili- The Food and Drug Adminis- mainly found at commercial labs, test can provide an accurate, doubled in value since the begin- ty on a nucleic acid test to do 300 tration on Saturday announced hospitals or universities. automated result in 15 minutes. ning of the year, closing Friday million tests a day or to test ev- emergency authorization for an- A second type looks in the The FDA’s emergency authoriza- at $158.60. erybody before they go to work tigen tests developed by Quidel blood for antibodies, the proteins tion “allows us to arm our health The U.S. has tried to ramp or to school, but there might be Corp. of San Diego. The test can produced by the body days or care workers and first respond- up testing using the genetic with the antigen test,” Birx told rapidly detect fragments of virus weeks after fighting an infection. ers with a frontline solution for method, but the country’s daily reporters last month. proteins in samples collected Such tests are helpful for re- COVID-19 diagnosis, acceler- testing tally has been stuck in Recently, the National Insti- from swabs swiped inside the searchers to understand how far a ating the time to diagnosis and the 200,000 to 250,000-per-day tutes of Health announced $1.5 nasal cavity, the FDA said in a disease has spread within a com- potential treatment,” Douglas range for several weeks, fall- billion in research grants aimed statement. munity, but they aren’t useful for Bryant, CEO of Quidel, said in a ing far short of the millions of at fast-tracking the development The antigen test is the third diagnosing active infections. statement. daily tests that most experts say of rapid, easy-to-use testing type of test to be authorized by Antigen tests can diagnose A genetic material test by are needed to reopen schools, approaches — including antigen the FDA. active infections by detecting the Abbott Laboratories used at the businesses, churches and other tests — by the fall. Leading health experts are in isolation Polar vortext brings after exposure to people with COVID-19 May snow to East WASHINGTON (AP) will hope to persuade a than six months away, and Fauci’s institute said he PROVIDENCE, R.I. came two days after Ver- — The Trump adminis- Supreme Court with two Trump and other incum- was “taking appropriate (AP) — Mother’s Day mont began to lift restric- tration’s leading health of his appointees to keep bents face the prospect of precautions” to mitigate weekend got off to an tions on tennis, golf and experts on safely dealing his tax and other financial seeking another term in the the risk to others while still unseasonably snowy start other outdoor activities with the novel corona- records from being turned midst of a public health and carrying out his duties, in the Northeast on Sat- that had been imposed virus will be testifying over to lawmakers and a economic crisis. teleworking from home but urday thanks to the polar to curb the coronavirus in a Senate hearing by a New York district attorney. “If we do this carefully, willing to go to the White vortex bringing cold air outbreak. Gov. Phil Scott videoconference this week The justices are hearing working with the gover- House if called. Officials down from the north. tweeted sympathy to Ver- after three of them and arguments by telephone nors, I don’t think there’s said both Redfield and Some higher elevation monters frustrated by the the committee’s chairman in a pivotal legal fight that a considerable risk,” Hahn will be self-quaran- areas in northern New weather following weeks were exposed to people could affect the presidential Treasury Secretary Steven tining for two weeks. York and New England of being inside. who tested positive for campaign. Rulings against Mnuchin said on “Fox Pence’s press secre- reported snowfall accu- “I know snow on May COVID-19. the president could result in News Sunday.” “Matter tary, Katie Miller, tested mulations of up to 10 9th isn’t a welcome sight Adding to a string of the quick release of person- of fact, I think there’s a positive for the coronavirus inches, while traces of for many Vermonters, potentially awkward mo- al financial information that considerable risk of not on Friday, making her the snow were seen along just as we’re cautious- ments for President Donald Trump has sought strenu- reopening. You’re talking second person who works the coast from Maine to ly allowing outdoor Trump, Vice President Mike ously to keep private. about what would be per- at the White House com- Boston to as far south as recreation to get going Pence himself self-isolated On Thursday, a House manent economic damage plex known to test positive Manhattan. again,” he wrote. “But for the weekend after a staff panels hears from Dr. to the American public.” for the virus this week. A John Cannon, a me- this is just a snapshot member tested positive for Rick A. Bright, former Mnuchin was one of sev- military service member teorologist with the Na- in time. Just like better COVID-19. Pence leads director of the Biomedical eral economic advisers the who acts as a valet to the tional Weather Service in weather is ahead, better Trump’s coronavirus task Advanced Research and White House dispatched on president tested positive on Gray, Maine, said parts days will come, as well. force. Development Authority. Sunday to place the focus Thursday, the first known of northern New En- We will get through this, The images of top ad- Bright asserts that he was on the merits of loosen- instance where a person in gland saw as much as 10 together.” ministration officials taking summarily removed from ing restrictions on the close proximity to the pres- inches of snow and even Usually the polar such precautions come as his job and reassigned to economy. Yet attention to ident at the White House coastal areas of Maine vortex is a batch of cold states seek to loosen eco- a lesser role because he possible risks of infection had tested positive. and New Hampshire got air that stays trapped in nomic restrictions put in resisted political pressure to also turned to how the virus The precautions contrast a dusting. There were the Arctic all winter, but place to mitigate the virus’ allow widespread use of hy- seemed to find its way into with a president who has even reports of flurries in a couple times during the spread. droxychloroquine, a malaria the White House complex. declined to wear a face Boston. season, it wanders south In the Senate, a staff drug favored by Trump. Top task force officials covering in meetings at “We’ve had several and brings bone-chilling member for the office of Perhaps most important who have gone into quar- the White House or at his inches in many areas in cold and snow to Canada Sen. Lamar Alexander, of all the week’s develop- antine because of exposure public events. the Northeast. This is a and parts of the United R-Tenn., tested positive for ments, the administration to a person at the White The White House has rare May snow event,” States. COVID-19, leading Alex- and Congress will be House who tested positive moved to shore up its he said. A low pressure system ander to decide to preside watching how businesses for the virus include Dr. protection protocols to pro- The hardest hit areas off the coast of southern over Tuesday’s hearing and consumers react as Anthony Fauci, the director tect the nation’s political were hill town communi- New England helped pull by teleconference while states gradually loosen of the National Institute of leaders. Trump said that ties like Sugar Hill, New cold air down from the self-quarantining at home restrictions that were de- Allergy and Infectious Dis- some staffers who interact Hampshire, which got north, said lan Dunham, in Tennessee for two weeks. signed to slow the spread eases; Dr. Robert Redfield, with him closely would 10.5 inches, and Carra- a meteorologist with the As the health experts of the coronavirus. director of the CDC; and now be tested daily. Pence basset Valley in Maine, National Weather Service discuss the administra- Decisions about how fast the commissioner of the told reporters that both he which got 9 inches, he in Norton, Massachu- tion’s response to the out- to reopen are being made Food and Drug Adminis- and Trump would now be said. setts. break, lawyers for Trump with a general election less tration, Dr. Stephen Hahn. tested daily as well. Conditions at the Cannon said the snow Mount Washington will give way to strong Observatory, atop the winds upward of 40 and highest peak in the 50 mph (64-80 kph) in New York set to launch contact tracing training northeast, were down- much of the Northeast NEW YORK (AP) — in one place for a con- New York City Mayor supposed to go. right arctic Saturday for the remainder of New York is poised to tact-tracing boot camp is Michael Bloomberg. Sharfstein said the afternoon, with the wind Saturday, along with launch its training plan for impossible, the training When someone becomes training, to be offered on chill at minus 22 degrees unusually cold condi- the huge corps of disease will be done through a newly infected with the the Coursera website, will (minus 30 Celsius) and tions. There are freeze detectives it plans to 5- to 6-hour online course virus, the tracers will be be available to anyone, winds gusting at 87 mph watches and warnings deploy to track people who launching Monday. tasked with figuring out not just those seeking to (140 kph). out for much of the might have been exposed “There’s all this dis- everyone who might have become contact tracers, the In many areas, the Northeast. Temperatures to the coronavirus. cussion about using had contact with that per- developers said. snowfall was one for are expected to dip be- The effort, seen as a key technology in some way. son, reaching out to them, Bloomberg is putting up the record books, even low 30 (minus 1 degree to keeping the outbreak But fundamentally, this is and advising them how to $10.5 million through his if it didn’t stick around. Celsius) from midnight from flaring again once it a pretty human activity,” quarantine themselves until foundation to help the state Massachusetts hadn’t through Sunday morn- is under control, is likely said Josh Sharfstein of the they know for certain they roll out its tracing plan. seen measurable snow in ing in parts of New to involve hiring several Johns Hopkins Bloomberg aren’t sick, too. Gov. Andrew Cuomo May since 2002, while Jersey and New York thousand people who have School of Public Health, The video training has made hiring at least 30 in Manhattan’s Central and a freeze warning no background in public which developed the includes having actors contact tracers per 100,000 Park, the flakes tied a re- has been issued from health. course with Bloomberg portray how the tracing in- residents a requirement cord set in 1977 for latest Saturday night until And since getting huge Philanthropies, the chari- terviews, mostly conducted for any part of the state to snow of the season. Sunday morning in parts groups of people together table foundation of former by phone or video chat, are reopen. The wintry weather of Pennsylvania.

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Obama lashes out at Trump on call with supporters WASHINGTON (AP) the Justice Department tive, according to the latest ident, Joe Biden, who is It’s part of the reason why is operationalized in our — Former President dropping its criminal estimates from the Center trying to unseat Trump in the response to this global government,” he said. Barack Obama harshly case against Trump’s first for Systems Science and the Nov. 3 election. crisis has been so anemic Trump has consistently criticized President Donald national security adviser, Engineering at Johns Hop- “What we’re fighting and spotty,” Obama said, defended and boasted of Trump’s handling of the Michael Flynn, saying he kins University. against is these long-term according to Yahoo News. his response to the virus, coronavirus pandemic as worried that the “basic Obama’s comments trends in which being “It would have been saying that travel restric- an “absolute chaotic disas- understanding of rule of came during a Friday call selfish, being tribal, being bad even with the best of tions from China and ter” during a conversation law is at risk.” with 3,000 members of the divided, and seeing others governments. It has been Europe as well as social with ex-members of his More than 78,400 peo- Obama Alumni Associa- as an enemy — that has an absolute chaotic disaster distancing guidelines administration, according ple with COVID-19 have tion, people who served in become a stronger impulse when that mindset — of have prevented far greater to a recording obtained by died in the United States his administration. Obama in American life. And by ‘what’s in it for me’ and damage. “I think we saved Yahoo News. and more than 1.3 million urged his supporters to the way, we’re seeing that ‘to heck with everybody millions of lives,” he said Obama also reacted to people have tested posi- back his former vice pres- internationally as well. else’ — when that mindset earlier this week. vens are unknown and degree in public health, is ticipating in regular public public health director and new public health direc- Replaced questions regarding what CHW’s infant and family video conferencing meet- that we are still continu- tor during a health crisis, happened went unan- specialist and the agency’s ings with CHW as recently ing the mission as we Gleason said, “We respect From A1 swered. home visiting manager. as three weeks ago. were before — providing the privacy of anyone Coos County Commis- Cooley was appointed by Pourtal-Stevens had been “I understand how that the same services to the involved and are continuing sioner Melissa Cribbins, the Coos County Board of with CHW as its public would look (during a pan- community as we were to provide the top-notch the new interim public Commissioners as interim health director since 2014. demic) but we don’t really prior to her departure,” public health services our health administrator is public health director at the It was not clear whether she have anything we can Gleason said. community (is) used to.” Kathy Cooley. Circum- commissioners’ April 24 resigned or was dismissed say regarding the reasons When asked why Coos Pourtal-Stevens could stances surrounding the meeting. Cooley, a regis- and when the departure behind it other than the Health and Wellness did not not be reached for com- departure of Pourtal-Ste- tered nurse with a master’s occurred, but she was par- fact that she’s no longer inform the public about its ment. all the correctional facili- new guidelines of test results a very precise definition. lives with the woman in when there’s not specific Tests ties across the state. As of from the Oregon Health Au- Either someone that has the community who tested assigned places that you Friday, there have been 25 thority. The Oregon Health had contact with respiratory positive for coronavirus last can measure and under- From A1 adults in custody who have Authority now includes fluid of a confirmed case or week. stand a difference through- by the time the lab even tested positive in addition presumptive positives with someone that has spent 15 The Department of Cor- out the day, then those are receives the sample, there to two positive tests from confirmed positive test re- minutes or more within six rections has not yet respond- contacts, but those are not could be an immediate employees. sults. A presumptive positive feet of a confirmed case,” ed to an inquiry from The necessarily close contacts,” recognizable issue with the There have now been 40 is someone who has been explained Leon. World on how presumptive said Leon. sample before they even negative tests reported at the within close contact with an In Coos County, there positives will come into play All of the positive cases get into the testing phase.” facility. individual who has tested has been one presumptive at Shutter Creek. in adults in custody at Shut- Shutter Creek has re- There is a chance that the positive. positive case listed. This “When we talk about ter Creek have come from ported the most COVID-19 number of cases at Shutter “When I say close con- presumptive positive was Shutter Creek or other con- individuals who are in the cases among inmates in Creek will go up based on tact, we are talking about from the individual who gregate settings, especially same unit. ings that had been planned at Seville’s Doña María train station, not everyone Johns Hopkins Universi- In Ukraine, hard-strapped Economy for this week and re-impos- Hotel. was convinced. ty. Worldwide, 4 million medical workers were cre- From A1 ing restrictions on night- In the U.K., Prime “I am nervous about go- people have been reported ating homemade protective clubs and bars. It is now Minister Boris Johnson ing back, because I have a infected and more than gear as they demanded country reported the lowest trying to track down 5,500 announced a modest easing family and they have been 280,000 have died, over more help from the govern- numbers of coronavirus-re- people who had visited a of the country’s lockdown isolating since the start. I 150,000 of them in Europe. ment. In Senegal, research- lated deaths and infections popular Seoul entertain- but urged citizens not to feel like I am now putting Health experts believe all ers were working to devel- since March 17. ment district by checking surrender the progress al- them at risk,” said Peter those numbers understate op a prototype ventilator to In Greece, Smaragda credit-card transactions, ready made. Some people, Osu, 45, who was returning the true toll of the pan- treat COVID-patients that Petridou was out buying mobile-phone records and however, were confused to work at a construction demic. could cost a $160 instead beauty products from a security camera footage. as the government shifted site. The director of the of tens of thousands of cosmetics chain. The hurdles ahead for its slogan from “Stay at In the U.S., Trump ad- University of Washington dollars. “Look, I’m not afraid to tourism and the service Home” to “Stay Alert.” ministration officials spoke institute that created a While unemployed go in when the protection industries were on full dis- Scotland, Wales and North- optimistically about a rela- coronavirus model said workers in developed measures are being adhered play. Shanghai Disneyland ern Ireland stuck with the tively quick rebound from moves by states to reopen nations are temporarily to,” she said. “We’ll shop, reopened to visitors, but old motto. the pandemic — but then businesses “will translate buoyed by government what can we do? So the let in only limited numbers People in jobs that can’t announced that Vice Presi- into more cases and deaths benefits, millions elsewhere shops can survive too.” and demanded that they be done at home “should dent Mike Pence “self-iso- in 10 days from now.” Dr. are facing dire economic In Germany, gyms wear face masks and have be actively encouraged lating” after an aide tested Christopher Murray said prospects. In a Lebanese re-opened in the most pop- their temperatures checked. to go to work” this week, positive. U.S. Treasury infections and deaths are slum along a sewage-taint- ulous state, but authorities Spanish hotels were Johnson said. He also set a Secretary Steven Mnuchin going up more than ex- ed river, Faiqqa Homsi there and in France have allowed to open as long as goal of June 1 to begin re- predicted the American pected in Illinois, Arizona, feels her family is being said any backsliding in the they don’t mix guests in opening schools and shops economy would rebound in Florida and California. pushed closer to the edge. daily number of infections public areas. But with peo- if the U.K. can control new the second half of this year Many nations are still A mother of five, she could lead to new restric- ple not allowed to travel infections. Johnson himself from unemployment rates struggling to tame their was already relying on do- tions. outside of their provinces is the only world leader that rival the Great Depres- outbreaks. nations to care for a baby “We’re going to have and few flights from over- to suffer a serious bout of sion. In just seven weeks, India reported its biggest daughter with cancer. The to learn to live with the seas, the prospects were COVID-19. 33.5 million Americans daily increase in corona- coronavirus shutdown cost virus,” Health Minister bleak. “We will be driven not have lost their jobs. virus cases Monday as it her husband his job as a Olivier Veran said. “Unfortunately this by mere hope or economic The U.S. has seen 1.3 prepared to resume train bus driver and upended her In South Korea, the gov- year’s business is lost necessity,” Johnson prom- million infections and service to ease a lock- hopes of earning money ernment pushed back hard already, it’s going to be ised. “We’re going to be nearly 80,000 deaths, the down that has hit migrant selling juice. against new infections, catastrophic,” said Man- driven by the science.” most in the world by far, workers and their hungry “It is all closing in our halting the school re-open- uel Domínguez, manager At London’s Waterloo according to a tally by families especially hard. face,” Homsi said. 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It National star Alex Morgan — Denny Hamlin closed on Saturday, Hamlin on four lin said. is not yet on iRacing for pub- NASCAR’s iRacing Series fresh tires chased down leader NASCAR closed out its vir- lic use but was made available becomes a new mom with a victory at a simulation Ross Chastain and nudged him tual series at North Wilkesboro for NASCAR’s final race of its NEW YORK — U.S. national of throwback North Wilkesboro out of the way. Chastain retaliat- Speedway, an original venue on invitational esports venture. The soccer team star Alex Morgan Speedway. ed by hitting Hamlin’s car after NASCAR’s schedule in 1949 that track has been simulated as it has become a mom just in time The Daytona 500 winner was the checkered flag. was abandoned after the 1996 sea- was in 1987 and will be available for Mother’s Day. instrumental in organizing his “Two guys going for the same son as NASCAR began to expand for the public to race in June. Morgan announced Saturday on fellow Cup drivers for the invita- spot,” said Hamlin, who said outside its southern footprint. NASCAR quickly pivoted social media that she gave birth to tional series that started after the Chastain tried to block his move. Jeff Gordon won the last race from real racing when its season daughter Charlie Elena Carrasco series was suspended. Hamlin, Hamlin closed the iRacing at the 0.625-mile short track that was suspended March 13 during at 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Charlie who races barefoot on a top-of- Series with two wins in seven featured a unique uphill back- the coronavirus pandemic to the weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces. the-line simulator, won the open- races. William Byron led the stretch and downhill frontstretch. virtual platform. Its broadcasts set Morgan and husband Servando ing iRacing event on March 22. series with three victories but did After years sitting idle, the track several esports viewing records Carrasco, who is a midfielder He also gained national at- not compete Saturday. has been badly damaged by for broadcast partner Fox, but for the LA Galaxy, announced in tention three races ago at virtual NASCAR is scheduled to weather and neglect and over- the novelty wore off after Bubba October that they were expecting Talladega Superspeedway when resume racing next Sunday at grown with weeds. Wallace was fired by a sponsor their first child in April. his daughter, Taylor, tried to ask Darlington Raceway in South Dale Earnhardt Jr., an early for rage quitting a race and then COLLEGE BASKETBALL him a question during the race Carolina, where the series will iRacing enthusiast, recently led Kyle Larson used a racial slur and accidentally turned off the compete without spectators. a clean-up effort of the iconic while on the platform Easter Career victory leader Bess screen on his simulator with a “Can’t wait to get back. Can’t speedway so that iRacing could Sunday. He was fired by Chip retires with 1,300 wins remote control she was holding. wait to see you guys in the real laser scan it and add it to the Ganassi Racing for the incident. POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — College basketball victory leader Gene Bess of Three Rivers Col- lege has retired. The 85-year-old coach an- nounced the decision Saturday. Son Brian, a longtime assistant, took over the top job at the junior college. Bess was 1,300-416 in 50 seasons at Three Rivers — 143 more victories than NCAA Di- vision I leader Mike Krzyzewski of Duke. Bess led the Raiders to national titles in 1979 and 1992. BASEBALL Few Major League employees test positive NEW YORK — Just 0.7% of Major League Baseball employ- ees tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. The small number of positive tests, announced Sunday, was positive news for a sport push- ing ahead with plans to start its delayed season. Researchers received 6,237 completed surveys from employ- The Associated Press Oklahoma City’s Chris Paul plays against the Boston Celtics during a March 8 game in Boston. NBA teams are beginning to reopen their facilities. ees of 26 clubs. That led to 5,754 samples obtained in the U.S. on April 14 and 15 and 5,603 re- cords that were used. The survey kit had a 0.5% false positive rate. Athletes will need time to get in shape Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stan- CLIFF BRUNT want to put guys in a situation if you don’t get to play a long for your pitchers, especially your ford, one of the study’s leaders, Associated Press where their injury risk is high. It training camp with like seven starting pitchers,” Rizzore said. said the prevalence of the anti- varies from player to player. But exhibition games,” Los Angeles “Whenever you have to expedite bodies among MLB employees Making it safe for America’s it’s at least got to be three to four Kings defenseman Drew Dough- a spring training, that’s probably was lower than for the general professional sports teams to start weeks.” ty said. “If you only get a week the most impactful decision that population during testing in New playing games is one thing. Charlotte Hornets coach training camp with a couple you have to make: How to ramp York, Los Angeles, the San Fran- Making sure athletes are in James Borrego said players exhibition games, you’re going them up.” cisco area and Miami. game shape is another. could be at different points based to ruin your body.” Baltimore Orioles GM Mike TENNIS The coronavirus pandemic on their access to equipment. Edmonton Oilers forward Elias agreed. brought sports to a halt, but “There’s veterans out there Alex Chiasson said it is on the “When baseball does come French Open could be stay-at-home orders are starting that may have a court in their athlete to be ready. back, you have to worry about played without fans to be eased and a handful of home, in their facility and “That’s going to be on us,” guys going a very small number NBA teams are opening practice they’re probably a little bit more he said. “We’re professional of innings,” he said. “I don’t PARIS — The French Open facilities. ready to go than others,” he said. athletes. We’ve got to make sure know that we’ve come up with tennis tournament could be held For players, the difference “I think we’re talking weeks. we prepare. It’s not easy, but it is a solution to that. ... The public without fans later this year, the between merely working out This isn’t something where after what it is, and we’ve got to deal health guidelines makes it tough president of the French Tennis and playing games will be a one week these guys are ready with the situation as best as we to do it without a training staff Federation said on Sunday. significant jump and experts to go.” can.” and coaches. Some of the pitch- The clay-court tournament at say things shouldn’t be rushed. NHL Commissioner Gary While basketball and hockey ers are throwing into nets in their Roland Garros was initially slat- With athletes unable to simulate Bettman has said on multiple were nearing their playoffs, base- backyards and hitters are hitting ed to be held May 24-June 7, but game or even practice activity at occasions he believes a two- to ball was in spring training when off the tee.” was postponed amid the corona- home, they will need time before three-week training camp would things were shut down. It created Tampa Bay catcher Mike virus pandemic and rescheduled resuming competition. be needed before the season a particular wrinkle for pitchers, Zunino said the pitchers were his for Sept. 20-Oct. 4. “Whatever the amount of resumes. Many hockey teams who tend to train methodically biggest concern. Bernard Giudicelli tells French time is, just know that players have had trainers send at-home toward full games. “The biggest worry is inju- newspaper Le Journal du Diman- will have the input and say so workout routines to players, but Washington Nationals general ries,” he said. “It’s one of those che that organizers are consider- because we’re the ones that’s few if any have been on the ice manager Mike Rizzore said things, I think guys are stay- ing the prospect it might need to playing, and that comes first,” in months. he expects another period that ing in shape, they’re throwing go ahead without fans present. It said Oklahoma City Thunder “As much as I could mentally resembles spring training before now. Hopefully a few weeks is could even start one week later. guard Chris Paul, president of be in game mode, your body’s games are played. enough. I think we’ll have to OBITUARIES the National Basketball Players not ready for it if you don’t get “The most important part of be smart as the season opens to Association. “We don’t ever a full offseason of training and any spring training is preparation keep guys fresh.” Women’s baseball league pioneer Mary Pratt dies BRAINTREE, Mass. — Mary Pratt, who played for the Rock- Colleges face big losses in sports budget crunch ford Peaches and Kenosha Com- MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — surplus for the 2019-20 fiscal year “I would argue we have max- nancial officer Rhonda McFarland ets in the All-American Girls With the end of this virus-dis- thanks in part to a surge in football imized our revenue better than told the board. “There are only a Professional Baseball League, rupted school year drawing near- ticket sales and fundraising related most across the country,” Coyle handful of athletic departments has died. She was 101. er, a predictably bleak financial to a strong 2019 season for that said. that could manage a $30 million Pratt died on Wednesday. Her outlook for major college sports team. Now they’re likely to finish The Gophers were ahead of loss and likely very few that would nephew, Walter Pratt, told The has emerged from the budgeting in the red, Coyle said at a Board the curve in some areas. Three survive $75 million reduction in Patriot Ledger she passed away process. of Regents meeting conducted by senior staff members departed the revenue. That is the nature of the peacefully at a nursing home. The West Virginia athletic video conference. university for other jobs and were national landscape at this time.” Pratt pitched in the women’s department announced Friday a “We’re trying to be incredi- not replaced. Still, difficult deci- At West Virginia, athletic league from 1943-47. The league projected $5 million shortfall, bly nimble with our response,” sions will have to be made in the director Shane Lyons said he’ll was profiled in the 1992 movie with pay cuts for coaches and Coyle said. coming weeks as the projected take a 10% salary reduction “A League of Their Own.” staffers queued up in response. Minnesota’s $123 million bud- 2020-21 budget cycle approaches. for the next fiscal year. Foot- She was believed to be the last There’s a $4 million deficit in get is the eighth-largest in the Big The cancellation of the NCAA ball coach Neal Brown, men’s surviving member of the original the Minnesota athletic depart- Ten, trailing in order Ohio State, men’s basketball tournament basketball coach Bob Huggins, 1943 Peaches. ment’s forecast for the fiscal Michigan, Penn State, Wiscon- cost schools a collective $375 women’s basketball coach Mike year ending June 30, and athletic sin, Nebraska, Michigan State million. Minnesota’s athletic Carey and baseball coach Randy US Olympic bobsledder director Mark Coyle said Friday and Iowa. The Gophers have 25 department is bracing for a $75 Mazey also will voluntarily take Pavle Jovanovic dies “no doubt, everything is on the varsity teams, the fourth-most million loss of expected revenue the 10% reduction starting July LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — For- table” for cost-savings consid- in the conference. Both regents in the worst-case scenario of no 1. Coaches and athletic staff mer U.S. Olympic bobsledder eration. High earners there have during the meeting and reporters fall sports and thus no televised earning more than $100,000 will Pavle Jovanovic has died. He already agreed to pay cuts and in a news conference afterward football games. Games played take a 5% salary reduction, and was 43. hiring and spending freezes have asked Coyle about cutting sports without fans admitted projects those making less than $100,000 USA Bobsled/Skeleton said in been enacted, but future mea- from an overall program that to a $30 million drop in revenue. will take a 2.5% reduction. a release Saturday that Jovanovic sures like travel reduction could has enjoyed sustained, national The best-case scenario of campus Wisconsin announced Sat- took his own life May 3. also lead to the elimination of success in sports like volleyball, reopening in the fall and sports urday it is asking 25 of its A native of Toms River, New sports programs. wrestling and softball. Coyle kept played as scheduled would bring highest-earning employees to Jersey, Jovanovic started in the In February, before the virus to the script and did not offer an estimated $10 million hit. volunteer for a 15% pay cut over sport in 1997. A push athlete for outbreak caused the cancellation many specifics, but clearly such a Those figures don’t account for the next six months. That group driver Todd Hays, he won a bronze of the NCAA basketball tourna- measure would be a last resort for reduced expenses in travel and includes athletic director Barry medal at the 2004 world champi- ments and the corresponding sharp a department that has long held a other areas due to the pandemic. Alvarez, football coach Paul onships and finished seventh in decrease in revenue, the Gophers strong sense of pride in the diver- “We’re not alone in this Chryst and men’s basketball both the two- and four-man events were forecasting a $1 million sity of the Gophers program. situation,” deputy AD and chief fi- coach Greg Gard. at the 2006 Winter Olympics.