MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 Tech grad hurdles obstacles, gets grant so she can attend SSU

By Steve Krause month when she found out she re- ITEM STAFF ceived the Stephen Phillips Memori- al Scholarship, a renewable $10,000 LYNN — Lizbeth Vela has been grant that will allow her to attend climbing uphill for a lot of her life. Salem State University. The schol- Lynn resident and Today, she nds herself standing at arship is awarded to students with Tech graduate Liz- the top, reaping the rewards for her nancial need who display academic beth Vela is the re- hard work and achievements. achievement, a commitment to serv- cipient of a scholar- Vela also worked through the La ing others (in school, their communi- ship that will allow Vida Scholars program, which helps ty, or at home), a strong work ethic her to attend Salem students of low-income families nd and leadership qualities. State University. colleges and some nancial aid. Vela saw it all pay off earlier this SCHOLARSHIP, A3 ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO Swampscott feeling the sting from jelly sh By David McLellan ITEM STAFF SWAMPSCOTT — There is a growing concern among residents about the in- creased sightings of lion’s mane jelly sh, with at least two reports of potential stings in Swampscott over the weekend. The lion’s mane jelly sh is the larg- est species of jelly, with tentacles that can grow up to 120 feet long. Over the past month, sightings at Massachusetts beaches have increased, prompting the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation to issue “purple  ag warn- ings” at times in Swampscott, Lynn, and Nahant, letting swimmers know a poten- Virus can’t slow down the need tially dangerous animal is in the waters. The lion’s mane jelly sh stings with its tentacles. Although stings are not thought to feed children in Peabody to be fatal, they can be quite painful. SWAMPSCOTT, A3 By Anne Marie Tobin “In past years there would be about 40 From left, Chris ITEM STAFF kids on average who would go to the Pea- Chigas and his body Institute Library and eat their lunch wife, Ef e, pack PEABODY — School may be out for sum- there,” said No Child Goes Hungry in Pea- away bags of mer, but the local campaign to keep children body founder, Jarrod Hochman. “None of the meals for patrons healthy and fed never takes a vacation. kids who live in mobile home communities in an assembly Three local charitable organizations are were going all the way downtown to the li- line in Peabody. once again teaming up to feed the city’s brary to get their meals and with the library school children and keep hunger out of Pea- closed with the pandemic, we had to gure ITEM PHOTO | body through the Peabody Summer Eats out how to get food to not just the kids who OLIVIA FALCIGNO program. participated in the past, but to all kids.” Run by Citizens Inn Haven From Hunger, The program opened for business Monday in partnership with No Child Goes Hungry at the Welch Elementary School. It provides in Peabody and the Peabody Institute Li- ve days of “Grab-and-Go” meals each week brary, the program has a radically different to children ages 2-18. A purported lion’s mane jelly sh look this summer, thanks to a little some- was photographed by a Swamp- thing called COVID-19. PEABODY, A3 scott resident.

State World Boston minority New Nahant town clerk communities hardest hit by evictions. A2 hits virus  looks to chart her own path Massachusetts adds 19 milestones more virus deaths. A2 By Elyse Carmosino to the new role.  ITEM STAFF “I’m really excited,” she said. “I think ROME (AP) — The world Black executives it’s a perfect position for my quali - surpassed two sobering coro- launch equity fund. A2 NAHANT — Diane Savage Dun- cations and I look forward to working navirus milestones Sunday fee begins her one-year term as town with the people in town.” Opinion clerk Monday. The former Of ce of the Selectmen — 500,000 con rmed deaths, Social distancing Following in the long-standing foot- assistant will be joining town hall staff 10 million con rmed cases — remains vital. A4 and hit another high mark steps of Peggy Barile — who held in the midst of a likely recount be- for daily new infections as LOOK! the position for 13 years before an- tween Board of Selectmen candidates governments that attempt- Former Porthole nouncing her resignation in February Eugene Canty and David Walsh, who — Dunfee said she looks forward to ed reopenings continued to comes down. A8 DUNFEE, A3 backtrack and warn that Diane Savage Dunfee bringing her expertise and experience worse news could be yet to come. “COVID-19 has taken a very swift and very danger- Nonpro t grants Saugus decommissions ous turn in Texas over just the past few weeks,” said Gov. Greg Abbott, who al- $11K to Lynn beaches Belmonte Middle School lowed businesses to start re- By David McLellan money will go to 39 organiza- By Elyse Carmosino grounds of Saugus High School opening in early May but on ITEM STAFF tions to improve public beach- ITEM STAFF sometime next year. Friday shut down bars and es in Massachusetts, including Schools or buildings that are limited restaurant dining LYNN — Three organizations three in Lynn. SAUGUS — The Belmonte decommissioned are shut down amid a spike in cases. will use $11,000 to improve the Friends of Lynn and Nahant Middle School will be vacant from operation or usage. California Gov. Gavin New- experience for beachgoers at Beach will receive $7,500, Girls this year as it prepares for re- Belmonte will reopen again in som rolled back reopenings King’s Beach and Lynn Beach, Inc. of Lynn is getting $2,500, fashioning to accommodate September 2021 after undergo- of bars in seven counties, thanks to grants from Save and Friends of Heritage State students from pre-K through ing extensive remodeling in or- including Los Angeles. He the Harbor/Save the Bay an- Park will receive $1,000. Grade 5. der to house the new students. ordered them to close imme- nounced this weekend. Bruce Berman, director of The Saugus School Commit- “This will be a year of trans- diately and urged eight other Save the Harbor/Save the Bay strategy and communications tee voted 4-0 last week to de- formation as we rehab Bel- counties to issue local health announced $200,000 in grants for Save the Harbor/Save the commission the school ahead monte rst and then Veteran’s Saturday through its Safer & of completion of the new mid- VIRUS, A5 Better Beaches Program. The BEACHES, A5 dle-high school building on the BELMONTE, A5

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Anna Dragon, 102 Boston minority communities 1918-2020 Anna (Stavru) Dragon, age hit hardest by evictions 102, died from natural causes at the DY’ouville Senior Care By Michael Casey in communities of color. Center in Lowell on Sunday, ASSOCIATED PRESS It has one of the coun- June 28, 2020 try’s most expensive rent- Anna and her husband BOSTON — Communi- al markets, a shortage of William, who passed way in ties of color in Boston are affordable housing and 1983, moved from Lynn to disproportionately affect- a history of segregation Nahant in 1953 where she re- ed by evictions in the city, and racial discrimina- with some of the highest sided until a few years before tion. Neighborhoods, like rates in Black communi- her death. Roxbury and Dorchester, ties, according to a new re- Born Feb. 12, 1918, in West Mattapan, have some of port released Sunday. Lynn on Wyman Street to highest rates of poverty in Seventy percent of mar- Nicholas and Catherine Stav- Boston. ket-rate eviction lings ru, she graduated from Lynn “The results are very Classical High School in 1936 occur in neighborhoods where a majority of resi- troubling,” said Justin where she played on the varsi- Steil, an associate profes- ty girl’s basketball team. She dents are people of color, though only about half of sor of law and urban plan- also attended Burdett Busi- ning at MIT who authored ness College in Lynn but could Anna Dragon at her 100th rental housing is in these the report with MIT re- not complete her degree pro- birthday celebration in neighborhoods, according PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS searcher David Robinson. gram due to family nancial 2018. to three years of data by “It suggest that above constraints. MIT researchers and a From left, Annie Gordon, Gabrielle Rene and ardent fan of the Celtics and housing justice organiza- Jenny Clark rally for protection from evictions and beyond income, hous- She rst worked for the Ara- Red Sox and rarely missed ban Coffee Company in Bos- tion. The problem has only Saturday in the Mattapan neighborhood of ing cost measures that watching their games on tele- been exasperated by the Boston. race continues to play a ton as a customer account vision. Anna never forgot her supervisor. After marrying, she coronavirus, which saw signi cant role in evic- child-hood as the daughter a spike in eviction lings The racial disparity in in Richmond as well as tions,” he said. “We see worked as customer account of “Nick The Baker,” a popu- supervisor for Sylvania Elec- before the state issued a Boston evictions is part other urban regions in white supremacy and an- lar West Lynn gure who was moratorium in April. Al- of a nationwide trend and Virginia,” Ben Teresa, a ti-blackness functioning tric in Lynn. She then obtained known to drop off loafs of her Massachusetts Property most 80 percent of those mirrors ndings in cities Virginia Commonwealth in the housing markets as bread to families in need with suspended cases were in across the country and in University professor who well as other areas of so- and Casualty insurance agent the understanding that they license and worked part-time communities of color. Washington state. Much has studied eviction rates cial life.” could pay if and when they “The COVID crisis acts of the research has found and co-directs an eviction Housing advocates said for the Kilgore Insurance had the money. When Anna Agency in Lynn. Simultaneous as an accelerator. It ex- that the racial composi- lab, said. “When we start the high rates of evictions felt the need to repay a favor, poses the fault lines in tion of a neighborhood is looking at it in these dif- in these communities with her work as an insurance she would often bake a batch agent, she began working as our housing system,” said the most important factor ferent places, I’ve seen only adds the challenges of Greek cookies or deserts. Lisa Owens, the executive in predicting neighbor- that race continues to be already facing families. the assistant to the adminis- Anna was predeceased by trator of the Jesmond Nursing director City Life/Vida, hood eviction rates, even one of the most, if not the Many of those evicted, ac- her parents, her husband Wil- whose group helped pro- more than poverty and most important, factors in cording to the report, of- Home in Nahant where she liam, and six brothers and one duce the report. “This is other neighborhood char- high eviction rates.” ten cannot nding stable was employed for 22 years. sister. Her survivors include what you get when you acteristics. Boston has other char- housing, are driven into Upon retiring from the Jes- her sons, Bill and his wife Su- don’t address generations “The Boston study real- acteristics that increase worse neighborhoods and mond at age 80, she volun- zanne of Bend, Ore., Jim and of systemic racism.” ly re ects what we found eviction risks especially can end up homeless. teered as shift supervisor at his wife Ef e of Tewksbury, the Salem Hospital Gift Shop Greg of Simpsonsville, S.C., for 10 years from which she daughter Terri of Richmond, received a distinguished em- Va., and her god-child, Steph- Massachusetts adds 19 more virus ployee award. anie (Solomos) Conis of New Anna was a member of the York, and her dear friend, An- Lynn and Nahant Historical tonette Spinucci of Nahant. Societies. She was a devout Service information: Ser- deaths; ve in Connecticut member of the Saint George vices are private, under the BOSTON (AP) — A look Greek Orthodox Church of direction of SOLIMINE Fu- at coronavirus develop- Lynn and the Ladies Philopto- neral Homes, Lynn. In lieu ments in New England: hos Society, and developed a of owers, donations may CONNECTICUT special fondness and respect be made to charities of your Gov. Ned Lamont report- for Father George Tsoukalas. personal choice. To leave a Anna’s greatest delight was condolence for the family ed ve new coronavirus spending time with her fami- please visit www.Solimine. deaths and 97 new con- ly which included 11 grand- com. rmed cases on Sunday. children, one of whom, Paige There were a total of Dragon, pre-deceased her, 46,303 cases to date and and seven great-grand chil- 4,316 deaths, with 103 dren. In addition, she was an currently hospitalized. MAINE State health of cials re- ported 37 new coronavirus cases on Sunday and no Patricia D. Dineen, 90 new deaths. 1929-2020 The new cases brings to the total number of cas- LYNN — Patricia D. “Pat” es in Maine to more than (Donoghue) Dineen, age 90, 3,000. The death toll re- of Lynn, died on Thursday, mains at 104, according June 25, 2020 at North Shore to the Maine Center for Medical Center, Salem Hos- Disease Control and Pre- pital following a brief illness. vention. She was the devoted wife of Meanwhile, of cials in the late Albert W. Dineen who Portland are warning bars predeceased her in 1996. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS and restaurants in the Born in Lynn in 1929, she city’s Old Port that police Diners eat at a cafe on Newbury Street Sunday in Boston. was the daughter of the late Valentine F. and Florence and code enforcement of- cials will be out enforc- markets. 109,000. face mask when possible (Cassidy) Donoghue. She was The survey found ground Meanwhile, the city of and monitor children at raised in Lynn and Saugus, ing the state’s pandemic restrictions following re- beef prices increased as Cambridge is reopening all times to make they’re graduated from St. Mary’s Girls much as 30 percent from playgrounds, splash pads following the guidelines. High School in 1947 and re- ports of large crowds in the popular nightlife dis- May 15 to June 15, and and other recreational ar- NEW HAMPSHIRE ceived her associates degree boneless chicken breasts eas starting Monday. State health of cials from Fisher Junior College. trict in recent days. And meat prices are on prices rose as much as 50 Basketball courts are reported 31 new cases Pat worked as a supervisor percent during the time among the facilities also of COVID-19 but no ad- for many years at the Federal Robert of Peabody; and her the rise in Maine as the period. allowed to reopen, though ditional deaths Sunday. Reserve in Boston and lat- many nieces and nephews. result of temporary shut- That comes after they re- er at Sears in Peabody. She In addition to her husband downs of meat-processing MASSACHUSETTS pick-up games, scrimmag- enjoyed attending Drum and and parents, she was prede- plants around the country State of cials reported es and other large group ported two deaths and 51 Bugle Corps competitions and ceased by her son Charles V. from COVID-19 outbreaks 19 new COVID-19 deaths play won’t be permitted, new positive cases Satur- traveling all over with the local Dineen, her daughter Patricia among workers, according and 224 new positive cas- city of cials said. day. Jeanettes All Girl Drum and C. Vaughan, her grandson Al- to a Portland Press Her- es of the virus Sunday. Courts will be open for The weekend tallies Bugle Corps. Pat was an active bert W. Dineen and her sister ald/Maine Sunday Tele- The state’s death toll non-contact play only and brings New Hampshire’s member at Unity on the River Florence (Donoghue) (Wilson) gram analysis of prices at now exceeds 8,000 and people must wait outside total death count to 367 Church in Amesbury and was Courchaine. the state’s two largest gro- the total number of infec- the court until others since the pandemic start- an avid reader. She enjoyed Service information: A fu- cery store chains, Shaw’s tions since the pandemic leave. People should also ed, and more than 5,700 spending winters in Fort Mey- neral Mass will be celebrat- and Hannaford Super- started in March is nearly stay six feet apart, wear a cases of COVID-19. ers, Fla., and looked forward ed on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 to Red Sox spring training. in St. Mary’s Church, Lynn, at She enjoyed trips to Foxwoods 10 a.m. Relatives and friends and working on crossword are respectfully invited to Black executives launch equity puzzles. Pat loved holiday attend and are required to gatherings because she was adhere to the guidelines of able to share this time with the Commonwealth of Mas- fund; school mascot changes sought her beloved children, grand- sachusetts, the CDC and St. children, great-grandchildren Mary’s Church. Burial will be BOSTON (AP) — Black own personal wealth. They lasting and meaningful vice president at Fidelity; and great-great-grandchildren. in St. Mary Cemetery, Lynn. executives and other cor- hope to raise at least $100 changes our communities Greg Shell, a managing Pat is survived by her loving Visitation will be private. porate leaders of color million, and begin issuing of color so desperately director at Bain Capital; children, Albert P. Dineen and Arrangements entrusted to in Massachusetts have grants in a few months. need.” and Linda Dorcena Forry, his wife Sissie of Lynn, Pau- SOLIMINE Funeral Homes, launched a social justice Organizers say they’ll Quincy Miller, president a vice president at Suf- line M. Chernoff of Lynn and Lynn. Directions and online fund to support minority initially be focused on of Eastern Bank, said mi- folk Construction and a Mary F. Schomburg and her guestbook for family and communities. supporting initiatives nority organizations are former Democratic state husband Fred of North Myrtle friends to offer condolences The goal of the New and nonpro t organiza- chronically underfunded. lawmaker. Beach, S.C.; her 15 grandchil- at www.solimine.com. 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SCHOLARSHIP I love it.” came here at a young age. shepherded her through From A1 The defect did not hin- I worked very hard, and the process. Vela was not der Vela in later years. it would have been real- sure about whether she Vela checked off many She played three sports ly difficult if DACA was had a chance. boxes. First, her child- at Tech (volleyball, bas- taken from me. To leave “My SAT scores weren’t hood was interrupted for ketball and softball) until here and have to go back that good,” she said. a year with a heart condi- her senior year, when she to Mexico would have been But on the other hand, tion that required surgery dropped basketball and heartbreaking. I’ve nev- “they kept calling me and when she was 7 years old. couldn’t play softball when er even visited there. I’ve asking me questions. So “I’d get pains in my the state canceled spring lived here all my life.” I thought maybe I had a A lion’s mane jellyfish washed ashore in chest, and one day, at Cob- sports due to COVID-19. In the meantime, she did chance.” Swampscott. bet School, they got real Vela knew early on she what she’s done all her Something else happened bad, and I told my gym had to be a conscientious life: worked hard, set her that may have contributed teacher,” she said. student. She arrived in bar high, and reached it. to her getting the scholar- Swampscott feeling What followed was a se- the United States at the “I found out in high ship too. The school nurse ries of events that result- age of 2 from Mexico, and school I had a learning dis- at Tech, Julie Chan, is also the sting from jellyfish ed in her being admitted her parents didn’t speak ability,” she said. “When associated with Lynn Com- to Massachusetts General any English at all through I got into the health pro- munity Health Center, and Hospital for a ventricular SWAMPSCOTT evaluating the situation,” much of her childhood. gram, I felt that all the she helped Vela get on the septal defect, which is an but said people should not Now, they speak some, but other kids were smarter LCHC board. From A1 abnormal opening (hole, be scared to go in the water. Spanish is the main lan- than I was. My friend told “As a student, I gave really) in the heart. On Sunday, Swampscott “We urge folks to be cau- guage at home. me I should see that as my perspective, and gave “I was out the whole rest resident Melissa Weinand tious and aware of the risks, of the year,” said Vela, who Vela is also part of the a good thing, and that it them my ideas,” she said. was at Eisman’s Beach but we want folks to en- is 19. “I remember there Deferred Action for Child- should challenge me.” And her story has a hap- with her husband and joy the waterfront and the was talk about whether hood Arrivals (DACA) pro- Her mentor at La Vida, py ending. their two sons, ages 4 and beaches,” Fitzgerald said. to keep me back or to pro- gram, a U.S. immigration Kathleen Martinez, “I wanted to go to col- 6, who were playing in wa- For the past month, sight- mote me to the next grade.” policy that allows some agreed, Vela said. lege,” she said, “but I ter at about chest height. ings of lion’s mane jellyfish However, “they ended individuals to receive re- “I felt comfortable going didn’t know whether I was Her four-year-old sudden- have increased. On June 9, up promoting me because newable two-year periods to her,” Vela said. “She mo- going to be able to because ly “popped up and start- the town put out an adviso- all through the year, even of deferred action from tivated me too.” of our financial situation. ed screaming,” before her ry on its official Facebook though I was sick, I stud- deportation and become As a result, Vela started Now, I can. husband ran to retrieve page reminding residents ied and did my work.” eligible for a work permit. taking more challenging “I am very grateful to him from the water. no swimming is allowed But the experience had The U.S. Supreme Court courses, first in the honors Kathy,” Vela said. “She “He was covered in off the pier at Fisherman’s a lasting impact on her. on June 18 rejected Pres- program and then in ad- motivated me. I don’t these tentacles that were Beach, a regulation now While at Tech, Vela stud- ident Trump’s attempt vanced placement. Her re- think I could have gotten wrapped around his belly “even more important than ied medical technology, to dismantle the DACA port card showed a steady this without her.” and around his body all usual as there have been with the ultimate goal program, saying he didn’t stream of As and Bs. Vela lives in West Lynn the way up to his face,” sightings of lion’s mane jel- of becoming a registered have legal justification for “Everybody who was with her parents, Eliza- Weinand said. lyfish, which can sting and nurse. doing so. surrounding me encour- beth Caballero Fuentes Weinand said her hus- cause bodily harm.” “I took it (med tech) to For now, she is relieved. aged me,” she said. and Sergio Vela, and two band carefully removed the Swampscott Board of see if I loved the health “I was scared,” she said. Martinez helped her ap- younger brothers, Brian “many” tentacles and the Health Chairwoman Mar- field, and it turns out I did. “I had mixed feelings. I ply for the scholarship and Vela and Yordin De Leon. family rushed back to their ianna Hartmann wrote nearby home to pour vine- there had been reported gar on the boy’s wounds — sightings not only near vinegar is a recommended the pier, but at other solution, including by New beaches in town as well. England Aquarium, for Swampscott residents alleviating the pain from have also been posting pho- stings, but water should tos on the Facebook com- not be poured on stings, munity group Swampscott and the vinegar should not 01907 of lion’s mane jelly- be rubbed onto the wounds. fish washed up on beaches, After about 10 to 15 with one having a body the minutes, the pain sub- diameter of “a dinner plate.” sided, Weinand said, and In response to the in- her son is back to feeling crease in sightings, non- normal. However, it was profit group The Swamp- a frightening experience scott Conservancy has for the family that has begun working on a public lived in the area for over service announcement for six years and never heard residents, and the group of the lion’s mane jellyfish asks any video of lion’s mane jellyfish in the water before this summer. be sent to swampscottcon- “When my husband took [email protected]. the tentacles off of him, and Bigelow Laboratory for even after putting the vine- Ocean Sciences, a marine gar on, it looked like my son biology research institute had been whipped,” Wein- based in Maine, has also and said. “He had these been collecting reports on raised, red markings.” lion’s mane jellyfish sight- Weinand said her son’s ings as part of its research friend was also stung this into why the sightings past weekend. Another have increased. Fill out Swampscott resident, who a report at https://report. did not wish to be named, bigelow.org/jellyfish/?fb- said her son was stung by clid=IwAR13V-PNvY4W- what seemed like “floating DR4MhPW83GMYqcD- pieces” of tentacles in the Vz3ucaPFjLkzvHESHYX- water on Saturday. PJgJw9XeW6Y4A. ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO Town Administrator Sean Fitzgerald said Sun- David McLellan can be Rob Bonney tucks away finished boxes of meals for patrons in an assembly line. day that the town’s Health reached at dmclellan@ Department “has been itemlive.com. Virus can’t slow down the need to feed children in Peabody New Nahant town clerk PEABODY to stand or pull over safe- 1,300 grocery packages a door-to-door deliveries. It From A1 ly,” said Hochman. “We week prior to the end of also began offering its gro- looks to chart her own path thought it through so that the 2020 school year. The cery service as a compli- Hochman said Peabody everyone can get their program depends entirely ment to Peabody schools DUNFEE because you can’t knock on Summer Eats expects a meals at places that peo- on volunteer labor. “Grab-and-Go” food ser- From A1 doors or (meet face-to-face) minimum of 600 children ple know are safe.” Its original mission was vice for students receiving with anyone,” she said. to participate in the pro- The Welch School site providing 120 students at free or reduced meals. received 657 and 654 Dunfee also had steep gram. pickup is Monday from 12-2 the Center and Welch Ele- “The first week we filled votes respectively during competition in her run “We may get more, may- p.m. Other locations in- mentary schools with back- 2,319 bags for kids to take Nahant’s historically close against town clerk can- be up to 800, but right now clude the South Branch Li- packs filled with groceries home with their Grab- election June 20. didates Bobbie-Jo Blair with 600 we will be provid- brary (Tuesdays from 12-1 for weekends. The program and-Go’s,” Hochman said. On Thursday, Walsh de- and Lori Ballentine, both ing 3,000 meals a week,” p.m. and Thursdays at 2:20 is now in place at every one “We only had about a third livered a letter to interim of whom have years of ex- he said, adding that the p.m.), the McCarthy School of the eight elementary of those who were eligible town clerk Carol Nelson perience serving Nahant federal government sup- (Thursdays at 2 p.m.). Both schools in Peabody, servic- take advantage of it, but formally requesting a re- and its residents. plies the food. sides of Newbury Street will ing about 313 kids on aver- we always had 1,000 bags count. An official date will “It was a tough race,” Pickup is available at have pickup on Thursdays age a week this year. on site.” be set in the coming weeks, Dunfee said. “There was several locations on des- including 141 Newbury (12 “We mimic the federal Hochman expressed his he told the Item Thursday. never any time where I ignated days, including a p.m.), 261B Newbury St. nutrition guidelines for gratitude to Citizens Inn “When it’s three (votes) thought, ‘oh, I definitely loop around a cluster of (12:20 p.m.), 261C Newbury breakfast and lunch, but Haven From Hunger, say- and you’re using a sys- got this.’ I’m thrilled to mobile home communities St. (12:40 p.m.), 253 New- we also know how import- ing, “they are an integral tem that isn’t 100 percent have been in the compa- on both sides of Route 1. bury St. (1:20 p.m.), East ant it is to treat kids like part of everything we do. perfect, there are certain- ny of two very qualified, “The truck will be rolling Coast Road (1 p.m.) and kids, so we also included We couldn’t provide assis- ly possibilities the count very professional women, at about 20 minute inter- Broad Street (1:40). pretzels, chips and cook- tance to the degree and could change,” Walsh said. and to come out with the vals at actual school bus In less than three years ies,” said Hochman. scope that we do without Close calls aside, the opportunity to serve the route stops in the mobile since its founding in 2017, When the pandemic hit the wonderful people at coronavirus pandemic town of Nahant.” home communities that No Child Goes Hungry in and schools shut down in Citizens Inn Haven From made for an all-around dif- She later added: “I want people who live there are Peabody program has ex- March, No Kid Goes Hun- Hunger who are doing ficult election season, with to thank my commit- tee and the people who familiar with and we know panded its activities at a gry In Peabody, expanded so much to help feed the candidates campaigning helped me. I was over- are safe spots for people dizzying pace, providing its offerings to include hungry.” for nearly two months lon- whelmed and humbled by ger than expected after of- the amount of support I MASSACHUSETTS BRIEF ficials were forced to push got and the time that they the election back from its invested in me and my UMass honors five Manning Prize each Murphy, an assistant pro- to recognize these five original April 25 date in campaign.” receive a $10,000 award, fessor of special education faculty members for their order to better comply faculty members for the university said in a at the Boston campus; skill, passion and extraor- with ever-changing state teaching excellence statement this week. Jeremiah Ho, an associate dinary commitment to safety guidelines. LAW OFFICES OF The prize was estab- professor of law at the students,” Rob Manning In an earlier interview JAMES J. CARRIGAN BOSTON (AP) — Five lished in 2016 by UMass Dartmouth campus’ law said in a statement. “Fac- with the Item, Dunfee • Social Security Disability University of Massachu- Lowell alumni Rob and school; Keith Mitchell, ulty are the heart and said there was a learn- • Workers Compensation setts faculty members Donna Manning to honor an associate professor soul of this great univer- ing curve when it came • Accidents — one from each of the professors who excel in of English at the Lowell sity, and we thank these to campaigning in the 25 years located across system’s campuses — teaching and service. campus; and Dr. Mai-Lan talented educators for middle of a global public from Lynn District Court have been honored for This year’s honorees are Rogoff, a professor of going above and beyond health crisis. 15 Johnson St. their teaching excellence Tamara Rahhal, a senior psychiatry at the UMass to enrich their campus “It’s fine because it gives 781-596-0100 and contributions to their you a little bit more time JAMES J. CARRIGAN lecturer in psychological Medical School in Worces- communities and help ANNE GUGINO CARRIGAN respective communities. and brain sciences at the ter. students reach their full to talk to people, but it’s LISA A. CARRIGAN, OF COUNSEL The recipients of the Amherst campus; Kristin “Donna and I are proud potential.” also harder to reach them www.jamescarriganlaw.com [email protected] A4 MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 OPINION LLEWELLYN KING HOW TO REACH US

E¥¦¥ M. G DIRECTORS President and Publisher Edward L. Cahill Requiem for the necktie M§Ÿ H. SŸŸ Chief Executive O cer John M. Gilberg Edward M. Grant E C J. CŸ¡ CŸ It was ailing before; makers, hat designers, look robbed, incomplete, Advertising Director News Editor Gordon R. Hall 110 Munroe St. W J. K TŸ  J ¢£ Monica Connell Healey now in the age of the coro- milliners and shops that underdressed, as though P.O. Box 5 Chief Financial O cer Editorial Page Editor J. Patrick Norton navirus, it’s at death’s sold only headgear. Gone they forgot something Lynn, MA 01903 J N. W  C  T¢¤ Michael H. Shanahan door. I write about men’s without even a shout in when they left the house Chief Operating O cer Community Relations Director Chairman Customer Service fashion. Long before we’d Congress, a mention on in the morning. Or were Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. PUBLISHERS ever heard the dread the stump or a bring- disturbed doing some- Horace N. Hastings, 1877-1904 word COVID-19, the back-the-hat movement. thing naughty. Connecting Charles H. Hastings and Wilmot R. Hastings, 1904-1922 decline in man’s way of One could say baseball Why make life so hard All Departments: Charles H. Hastings, 1922-1940 781-593-7700 Ernest W. Lawson, 1940-1960 dressing had begun. caps have taken over, but for those who love men? Charles H. Gamage and Peter Gamage, 1960-1982 What are they to give Ext. 2 Peter Gamage, 1982-1991 Fans of old movies can really! What is a baseball Peter H. Gamage, 1991-1996 marvel at how we once cap compared to a fine us for birthdays, Christ- Classifi ed/Legal Advertising Brian C. šayer, 1996-1999 togged ourselves out: Homburg, a derby, or a mas, anniversaries? The classi [email protected] Bernard W. Frazier Jr., 1999-2005 Peter H. Gamage, 2005-2014 hats, suits with vests or sporty tweed cap? Not tie served magnificently. Subscriptions They were the perfect [email protected] John S. Moran, Executive Editor, 1975-1990 double-breasted suits in the same league, you and, at night, black or might aver. Brim up or gift: easy to give, easy Circulation white tuxedos. In mov- brim down, hats counted, to receive, and nearly [email protected] ies and real life, people defined, identified and always welcome. They Ext. 3 smoked cigarettes as introduced the wearer. eased the social ritual of Newsroom though the very act of You lifted your hat to thanking dad, husband or [email protected] lighting a cigarette was women, to superiors or boyfriend for being there. [email protected] a fashion statement. older people and took it There is, I notice, some Ext. 4 EDITORIAL Yes, good guys (and gals) off and cradled it indoors. attempt to save the day Sports smoked cigarettes, now Hats had their own rules because those who feel [email protected] it’s only bad guys. and standards. The place it’s now old-fashioned to Ext. 5 We were never quite where you now put your wear a tie are sporting showy pocket squares. Retail and Online Social distancing as dress-conscious as rollaboard on planes Advertising the British, but we had started as a “hat rack.” Maybe this works. To me [email protected] our standards: always As to the tie, it died it just emphasizes the ADVERTISING a hat, a necktie and a slowly at first and then nakedness around the neck, where something is Ernie Carpenter Jr. remains vital jacket. You couldn’t get fast. It was pop musi- Director of Advertising into a decent restaurant, cians who gave it a huge missing. and Business Development, ext. 1355 [email protected] Editorial from the Dallas Morning News club or social gathering shove in the 1970s. They Of course, ties have no without a tie and jacket. didn’t wear ties. Then use whatsoever except Ralph Mitchell to vary the sameness Sales Representative, ext. 1313 There has been much uncertainty surrounding Restaurants and hotels high-tech honchos in [email protected] how the coronavirus spreads. Myriad questions maintained loner-jacket the 1980s dressed down. of suits and, for the odd Eric Rondeau have come and gone unanswered or with un- closets for patrons. Think Steve Jobs in philistine, to be pressed into service to wipe eye- Sales Representative, ext. 1280 clear answers: Can you get the virus from food? Church meant Sunday those turtlenecks. [email protected] glasses. How about the mail? What about surfaces? If best: a suit, no matter In the last year, ties After the coronavirus Patricia Whalen you are outdoors? If you are 6 feet apart? Ex- how worn and bedrag- have gone the way of Sales Representative, ext. 1310 what? Suits may not perts are coming to a consensus that they are gled. These days men go hats. Only evening news- [email protected] come back at all, we may less concerned about COVID-19 being transmit- to church dressed for the casters still wear them, BUSINESS OFFICE all wear only those things ted through food, surfaces and the outdoors and gym or the beach, wear- and not all of those. Ties that can go into the wash- Susan J. Conti are more concerned about extended — as short ing cutoff jeans, Hawai- are out on most televi- Controller, ext. 1288 ing machine and be worn as 15 minutes — and close interactions between ian shirts and sandals. sion shows and were go- [email protected] without pressing. people. This dressing demise ing out in business be- Ted Grant Fashion for men seems As we continue to take increased risks by loos- began, I’m afraid to say, fore the lockdown. Publisher, ext. 1234 ening or neglecting recommended precautions to have been hanged by [email protected] with President John F. Who decried that a the neck. during the pandemic, states like Texas are seeing Kennedy. man would be a fossil Marian Kinney ext. 1212 new daily records for the number of COVID-19 JFK had a fine head of if he wore a tie? Who Llewellyn King is exec- [email protected] cases that aren’t entirely explained by ramped- hair and seemed to want thought we’d look better utive producer and host Will Kraft up testing. We are also seeing increases in hospi- us to know it, so he went without them? The shirts of “White House Chron- Chief Financial Of cer, ext. 1296 talizations. We all should remind ourselves that bareheaded, everybody men wear are clearly de- icle” on PBS. His email [email protected] just because more businesses are reopening does else followed. This must signed to be worn with is llewellynking1@gmail. Paula Villacreses not mean that social distancing is no longer im- have thrown tens of thou- ties, so all those tieless com. He wrote this for In- A/R Specialist, ext. 1205 portant social practice. Dallas County businesses sands out of work: felt- men you see everywhere sideSources.com. [email protected] now have to require customers to wear masks; Mike Shanahan this is a great step, but a statewide rule by Texas KARL W. SMITH Chief Executive Of cer, ext. 1956 Gov. Greg Abbott would be more helpful. [email protected] To be clear, we continue to believe that Ameri- Carolina Trujillo cans should feel empowered to have their voices Community Relations Director, ext. 1226 heard, and that includes protesting. Our point Invest now in infrastructure [email protected] is that wearing masks and making smart deci- Jim Wilson sions to lower the risk of spreading the coronavi- As part of their plans to interest. In other words, direction by raising the Chief Operating Of cer, ext. 1200 [email protected] rus also remain important. In terms of protest- support economic recov- after accounting for in- limit on certain corpo- ing, that also means that large crowds should ery from the COVID-19 flation, the Treasury will rate and investor tax de- CIRCULATION be mindful of going to enclosed spaces for pro- crisis, both the White pay back bondholders ductions. It allows those Lisa Mahmoud longed periods of time. House and congressional less than the amount it not claimed in one year Manager, ext. 1239 [email protected] Protests aside, our country continues to reopen Democrats are working borrowed. to be claimed in future quickly and in doing so seems poised to embrace on major infrastructure Second, it will take years. CUSTOMER SERVICE years after the pandemic At the time the CARES practices that will spread this virus. From polit- packages. This makes La’ Mosha Ball ical rallies to restaurants opening up more in- good sense, even though ends to bring the unem- Act was passed, oppo- Customer Service, ext. 1276 door service, to friends and families expanding infrastructure programs ployment rate back down nents decried this as a [email protected] their quarantine bubbles to outsiders, we are used as stimulus have to where it was early giveaway to the rich, and GRAPHICS Democrats promised to creeping in less than six feet apart and increas- an uneven history, be- this year. That means Trevor Andreozzi ing the chances of infection. cause at the moment there will be plenty of reverse it in later legis- Designer The Republican National Convention moved interest rates are near otherwise idle workers lation. But the change [email protected] from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Jacksonville, rock bottom. To get the for public projects even is better thought of as Ned Connors Florida, because the president wanted assur- most bang for the buck, if they don’t get off the a low-interest business Designer, ext. 1222 ances that the multi-day gathering that draws however, policymakers ground until 2022. loan. With the cap in [email protected] a crowd of around 50,000 from across the coun- should support private Private infrastructure place, those same deduc- Mark Sutherland tions would have been Creative Director, ext. 1330 try can forge ahead. Vice President Mike Pence as well as public infra- projects, for their part, [email protected] recently declared that we are “winning the fight structure. can boost employment spread out over more against the invisible enemy” and downplayed a Shovel-ready projects in the short term and, years or taken against NEWSROOM “second wave.” The White House is now singing are an economist’s text- at the same time, help future income from the Mike Alongi rent or sale of property. Sports Editor, ext. 1228 a different tune about a possible second wave, book example of effective make companies more [email protected] but regardless of all the cross-talk, it should be stimulus. John Maynard resilient to COVID-19. Lifting the cap simply clear that we must continue to take the virus Keynes once quipped For example, evidence allows investors to take Bill Brotherton the deductions sooner. Features Editor ext. 1338 seriously and prepare for a second wave this fall. that the UK could stim- suggests that poor ven- [email protected] Many of us are guilty of relaxing and wishful- ulate its way out of the tilation may increase This increases liquidity and at no cost to taxpay- Elyse Carmosino ly thinking that the coronavirus pandemic is Great Depression by the spread of the virus. Reporter, ext. 1264 nearing the end. Summer can bring thoughts of burying bottles of cash in Yet most buildings don’t ers, because government [email protected] borrowing costs are so family vacations and trips with friends. People abandoned mineshafts, meet minimum stan- Gayla Cawley are planning these getaways — some responsi- so that private business- dards. Also, many com- low. Indeed, Congress Reporter, ext. 1236 bly and others less so — because we are tired es would pay workers to panies report that hav- should go further by al- [email protected] of quarantining. However, this virus is still dan- dig them up again. ing employees work from lowing investors in real Cheryl Charles gerous, and the risks of unfettered spread re- estate and other long- News Editor, ext. 1278 Keynes was mocking the home has gone far better [email protected] main. We’ve paid a heavy price for containing fundamental uselessness than expected, because lived assets to cash-out this virus; it would be a tragedy to let it run wild of gold mining, and sug- video conferencing has the tax value of any re- Olivia Falcigno maining deductions they Photographer, ext.1224 now. Our economy will improve. There will be a gesting that the govern- turned out to be more [email protected] time again when social distancing is something ment find more produc- convenient than in-per- are carrying on their books for 90 cents on the Spenser Hasak that lives only in the past. But at this moment, tive ways to jump-start son meeting. However, dollar. Photographer, ext. 1332 caution and smart thinking remain vitally im- the economy. In the real many at-home workers [email protected] The timing is right for portant. world, however, projects could stand to have much both the public and pri- Thor Jourgensen aren’t so easy to arrange. improved internet con- Editorial Page Editor, ext. 1267 vate sectors to invest in Upgrades to public infra- nectivity. [email protected] the future of America. structure can take years Such changes call for Daniel Kane The government can in- to get through the plan- large investments. But Sports Reporter, ext. 1228 expensively provide all [email protected] ning process, and useful the private sector, unlike the funds — creating shovel-ready projects are the federal government, Steve Krause jobs today and laying the Writer-at-Large, ext. 1229 faces increasing con- few and far between. foundation for a more [email protected] straints on how much it’s Nonetheless, a com- prosperous tomorrow. David McLellan bined public and private able to borrow. Congress Reporter, ext. 1317 push makes economic could help by using its Karl W. Smith, a for- [email protected] sense for several reasons. own borrowing capacity mer assistant professor Anne Marie Tobin First, those long-term in- to give private investors of economics at the Uni- Sports Reporter, ext. 1307 [email protected] terest rates make public the extra liquidity they versity of North Carolina infrastructure a bargain. need. and founder of the blog Ryan York Copy Editor, ext. 1220 The government can bor- The Coronavirus Aid, Modeled Behavior, is vice [email protected] row money for 30 years Relief, and Economic Se- president for federal poli- at a negative real rate of curity Act moved in this cy at the Tax Foundation. TECHNOLOGY Tim Noyes Director ext. 1247 TO SUBMIT YOUR LETTERS, PLEASE MAIL TO THE DAILY ITEM, P.O. 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BELMONTE left in the school will be From A1 recycled or disposed of. Other municipal de- Memorial (Elementary partments, including the School), but the end result Saugus Fire Department, is going to be well worth it,” have already been given a said Committee Vice Chair chance to take what they Ryan Fisher. “I’m looking need from the building, forward to September 2021 and a contracted recycling when every school in the company will be conduct- district is fully renovated ing a walkthrough of the for these kids.” school to look at any tech- Superintendent David nology and furniture left DeRuosi called the vote behind to determine if it a “big step forward,” and can be repurposed. said 25 desks and 25 caf- However, the rest of the eteria tables will be put abandoned equipment in storage in case they’re “should be deemed sur- needed to help the district plus and (be) disposed comply with state-man- (of),” DeRuosi said. dated social distancing In a statement provided protocols once schools re- to the Item, Committee open. A number of desks Chair Tomas Whittredge were also relocated to later commended district Waybright Elementary officials for how they’ve School. handled the Belmonte’s DeRuosi added that transition. some technology at the “The process has been Belmonte can be repur- remarkably smooth so posed and that the district far thanks to all the hard has kept computers that work of Dr. DeRuosi and ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO can still be used. In the (the) middle school’s meantime, the committee principal, Myra Monto,” The Saugus School Committee voted to decommission Belmonte Middle School ahead of the dis- determined that anything Whittredge said. trict’s move to a new combined middle-high school next year. World hits coronavirus milestones Nonprofit group grants VIRUS $11K to Lynn beaches From A1 BEACHES es Program, which looks orders mandating the From A1 to improve the safety and same. experience at public beach- South Africa’s health Bay, said the Safer & Bet- es following the COVID-19 minister warned that the ter Beaches Program is pandemic. country’s current surge of a direct response to the Berman said the cases is expected to rapid- COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic has ly increase in the coming “Healthy green and blue prevented Save the Har- weeks and push hospi- spaces are critically im- bor/Save the Bay from tals to the limit. Health portant, especially now,” holding some of its usual Minister Zwelini Mkhize Berman said. “And they events, such as an in-per- said the current rise in will be especially important son grant award ceremo- infections has come from next year, when we’re either ny — this year’s was done people who “moved back wrestling with the after- virtually. More important- into the workplace. It was math of this crisis, or the ly, residents haven’t been therefore inevitable that continuing of this crisis.” able to enjoy as much time there would be cluster For Friends of Lynn and at the beach this year, and outbreaks as infections Nahant Beach, the mon- they are likely confronted spilled over from commu- ey is going toward signage with rules on social dis- nities into places of con- on social distancing and tancing and mask-wear- gregation such as mines, COVID-19, as well as future ing now that beaches have factories, taxis and buses.” concerts from the Friends reopened. New clusters of cases at of Lynn and Nahant Beach, From an operational a Swiss nightclub and in which canceled its 2020 se- standpoint, Save the Har- the central English city of PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ries due to the pandemic. bor/Save the Bay partners Leicester showed that the For Girls Inc., the money with state agencies, such virus was still circulating Demonstrators hold signs as they protest the lockdown and wearing will fund beach cleaning as the Department of Con- widely in Europe, though masks Saturday in Huntington Beach, Calif. and stewardship projects, servation and Recreation, not with the rapidly grow- and for Friends of Heritage and holds fundraisers Pence praised Abbott for to take ownership” of their another daily record in ing infection rate seen in State Park, the money will — including each March, both his decision to reopen own behaviors by social the number of confirmed parts of the U.S., Latin go toward a future World when participants run the state, and to roll back distancing and wearing coronavirus cases across America and India. Music Festival, which nor- through frigid water to the reopening plans. masks if possible. the world — topping over Poland and France, mally happens annually raise money for the orga- “You flattened the curve A reported tally Sunday meanwhile, attempted a 189,000 in a single 24- but was canceled this year, nization — to raise mon- here in Texas ... but about from Johns Hopkins Uni- step toward normalcy as hour period. The tally also due to COVID-19. ey for improving beaches two weeks ago something the held elections that had versity researchers said eclipses the previous re- “We’ve always been from Nahant to Nantas- changed,” Pence said. been delayed by the virus. the death toll from the cord a week earlier at over amazed at how much local ket on the South Shore. Wearing mandatory Pence urged people to coronavirus pandemic had 183,000 cases, showing groups can do with just a “God, is it cold in March masks, social distancing wear masks when unable reached 500,108. case counts continue to little bit of money,” Ber- when we jump in that wa- in lines and carrying their to practice social distanc- About 1 in 4 of those progress worldwide. man said. ter and get this started,” own pens to sign voting ing. He and Abbott wore deaths — more than Overall the U.S. still has “This is good for Lynn. Berman said. “But you registers, French voters face masks as they entered 125,000 — have been re- far and away the most It’s particularly important get a warm feeling when cast ballots in a second and left the room, taking ported in the U.S. The total cases. At more than for low-income residents it’s summer and see what round of municipal elec- them off while speaking to country with the next 2,450,000 — roughly twice who don’t have a lot of these groups do.” tions. Poles also wore reporters. highest death toll is Bra- that of Brazil. The number options when it comes to masks and used hand Health and Human Ser- zil, with more than 57,000, of actual cases worldwide recreation,” he said. David McLellan can be sanitizer, and some in vi- vices Secretary Alex Azar, or about 1 in 9. is much higher. Save the Harbor/Save reached at dmclellan@ rus-hit areas were told meanwhile, defended the The true death toll from New York, once the na- the Bay is a nonprofit that itemlive.com. to mail in their ballots to fact that President Donald the virus, which first tion’s pandemic epicenter, advocates for the resto- avoid further contagion. Trump has rarely worn a emerged in China late last is now “on the exact op- ration and improvement of “I didn’t go and vote mask in public, saying year, is widely believed posite end,” Gov. Andrew the marine environments Did you know? the first time around be- he doesn’t have to follow to be significantly higher. Cuomo said in an inter- of Boston Harbor and Mas- cause I am elderly and I his own administration’s Experts say that especial- view with “Meet the Press.” sachusetts public beaches, got scared,” said Fanny guidance because as a ly early on, many victims The state reported five including by cleaning the Barouh as she voted in a leader of the free world died of COVID-19 without new virus deaths Sat- water, eliminating sewage Paris school. he’s tested regularly and being tested for it. urday, its lowest report- overflows and storm water In Texas, Abbott ap- is in “very different cir- To date, more than 10 ed daily death toll since discharges, and Managing peared with Vice Presi- cumstances than the rest million confirmed cases March 15. During the the Metropolitan Beaches Home delivery dent Mike Pence, who cut of us.” have been reported global- state’s peak pandemic in Commission, co-chaired campaign events from Addressing spikes in ly. About a quarter of them April, nearly 800 people by Sen. Brendan Crighton subscribers upcoming visits to Flori- reported coronavirus cas- have been reported in the were dying every day. New (D-Lynn), for the Massa- get FREE access da and Arizona because of es in some states, Azar U.S. York still leads the nation chusetts Legislature. The to the e-edition on rising virus cases in those said on NBC’s “Meet the The World Health Or- in COVID-19 deaths with newest of its programs is states. Press” that people “have ganization announced nearly 25,000. the Safer & Better Beach- A6 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 POLICE/FIRE

All address information, particu- Saturday; at 326 Chatham Suspect in killing at Louisville, larly arrests, reflect police records. St. at 5:24 p.m. Saturday; at In the event of a perceived inac- Boston and Bridge streets at curacy, it is the sole responsibility 7:55 p.m. Saturday; at 411 Lynnway at 11:31 a.m. Sun- Ky., protest in custody of the concerned party to contact day; at 119 New Park St. at the relevant police department and 1:11 p.m. Sunday. By Dylan Lovan have the department issue a no- A report of a motor vehicle and John Raby tice of correction to the Daily Item. crash with personal injury ASSOCIATED PRESS at 74 South Common St. at Corrections or clarifications will not LOUISVILLE, Ky. — be made without express notice of 12:55 p.m. Sunday. The suspect arrested in change from the arresting police A report of a motor vehicle the shooting death of a department. hit-and-run crash on Bloom- man during a Louisville field Street at 7:58 a.m. Sat- protest over the police kill- urday; at Baker and Franklin LYNN ing of Breonna Taylor had streets at 1:40 p.m. Saturday. taken part in demonstra- Arrests tions but was disruptive Assaults and had been asked by Jose Andino, of Boston, was A report of an assault and other protesters to leave, arrested on a warrant charge battery with a dangerous authorities and protesters of parole/probation violation weapon at Essex and Liberty said Sunday. at 11:18 p.m. Friday. streets at 9:44 p.m. Saturday. The man, identified by Rafael DeJesus, 32, was an arrest citation as Ste- arrested and charged with re- Gunshots ven Nelson Lopez, was ceiving stolen property under hospitalized and being $1,200, as well as warrant A report of a gunshot at interviewed by homicide charges of breaking and en- Frey Playground, 325 Walnut investigators about the tering at nighttime for felony, St., at 8:32 p.m. Saturday. shooting that happened credit card larceny, and credit late Saturday, interim card fraud under $1,200 at Hazmat Louisville Police Chief 1:06 p.m. Friday. Robert Schroeder said at a Tyla Monteiro, 30, of 52 A report of a hazardous ma- news conference. Birch St., was arrested on terials condition at 20 State Lopez was wounded in warrant charges of failure to St. at 9:30 a.m. Friday; at the leg by gunfire from stop/yield, operating a motor Lewis Street and Phillips Ave- bystanders at the park PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS vehicle with a revoked license nue at 10:26 a.m. Friday; at who were defending them- A protester speaks with Louisville police officers who were handing out as a habitual traffic offender, 24 Southside Ave. at 10:59 selves, the arrest citation flyers on an overnight camping ban in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday. refusing to identify oneself a.m. Sunday. said. He has been charged as a motor vehicle operator, with murder and wanton before shots were fired, protests for racial justice. no-knock warrant. One of leaving the scene of personal Injuries endangerment. and people scrambled for This is absolutely not the officers was recently injury, operating a motor vehi- A report of a police officer Tyler Charles Gerth, 27, cover. Another video post- what they wanted or any fired. cle with a suspended license of Louisville, died after injured at 300 Washington St. ed on social media later of us wanted,” Fischer Saturday’s shooting was at 10:40 a.m. Sunday. being shot at Jefferson at 11:54 a.m. Saturday. showed at least one per- said. “We cannot let one at least the second during Francisco Tavarez-Contre- Square Park in downtown son bleeding profusely on senseless act by one indi- the protests. Seven peo- ras, 38, of 22 Walden St., Robbery Louisville, authorities the ground. vidual derail that dream, ple were wounded May was arrested and charged said. The Courier Journal Several other people fired that vision that we have 28 when gunfire erupted with threatening to commit a reported that Gerth was gunshots after the suspect as a city.” near City Hall, prompting crime and disorderly conduct, A report of robbery at 9 Joyce St. at 12:09 p.m. Saturday. an avid photographer and began firing, but no one else For nearly a month, pro- Taylor’s mother to issue a as well as warrant charges a vocal supporter of the was hit, Louisville Mayor testers have been calling statement asking people of unlicensed operation of a MARBLEHEAD ongoing protests whose Greg Fischer said. for the officers involved to demand justice “with- motor vehicle, no inspection godfather is a columnist “Whether they were in Breonna Taylor’s death out hurting each other.” sticker, open container of Accidents at the newspaper. there at the time of the to be charged. Taylor, a Gerth’s family said he alcohol in a motor vehicle, In a video of the shooting shooting or not, I know 26-year-old Black woman, was ”incredibly kind, ten- and assault and battery on a A report of a motor vehicle shown during the news the sadness of those who was killed in her Louis- derhearted and generous, family/household member at conference, Lopez was sur- have been organizing and ville home in March by holding deep convictions 1:51 a.m. Saturday. crash on Ocean Avenue at 9:44 a.m. Saturday. rounded by several people participating in peaceful police who were serving a and faith.” Accidents SWAMPSCOTT A report of a motor vehicle California’s alleged Golden State crash at 146 Western Ave. at Accidents 11:06 a.m. Friday; at 199 Williams Ave. at 2:16 a.m. A report of a motor vehicle Saturday; at 211 Chestnut crash with personal injury at Killer set to plead guilty St. at 5:37 a.m. Saturday; at 312 Humphrey St. at 5:09 281 Boston St. at 4:07 p.m. p.m. Friday. By Don Thompson victims if he heard the ASSOCIATED PRESS plates fall while he raped the woman. POLICE BRIEFS SACRAMENTO, Ca- Gay and Bob Hardwick lif. — Forty years after a were among the survivors. sadistic suburban rapist and he’d recently moved They are now looking for- Authorities seek help in terrorized California in out of the home, Quinn’s ward to DeAngelo admit- solving 2016 shooting what investigators later office said. ting to that 1978 assault. realized were a series of Witnesses also heard The death penalty was CAMBRIDGE (AP) — linked assaults and slay- multiple gunshots from never realistic anyway, she Authorities are urging ings, a 74-year-old former inside the home short- said, given DeAngelo’s age the public for help in police officer is expected and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s the unsolved killing of ly after Joshua Pereira to plead guilty Monday to a Cambridge man four arrived that morning, being the elusive Golden moratorium on executions. years ago. Quinn’s office said. State Killer. “He certainly does de- Anthony Clay was fatal- The state medical exam- The deal will spare Jo- serve to die, in my view, ly shot on June 25, 2016 iner’s office is conducting seph James DeAngelo Jr. so I am seeing that he is on Harvard Street in the autopsies and the any chance of the death trading the death pen- Cambridge just after mid- incident remains under penalty for 13 murders alty for death in prison,” night, officials said. No investigation. and 13 kidnapping-related she said. “It will be good one has been charged in charges spanning six coun- to put the thing to rest. I the 49-year-old’s killing. Police: Mother left 1-year-old ties. In partial return, sur- think he will never serve PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Middlesex County in truck with heat on high vivors of the assaults that the sentence that we have District Attorney Marian spanned the 1970s and Joseph James DeAngelo, charged with being served — we’ve served the Ryan said in a statement MILTON (AP) — A 1980s expect him to ad- the Golden State Killer, appears in court in sentence for 42 years.” that authorities know woman who left her mit to up to 62 rapes that Sacramento, Calif. A guilty plea and life sen- people were in the area at 1-year-old child alone he could not be criminally tence avoids a trial or even the time of the shooting inside a truck with the charged with because too “I’ve been on pins and also raped and killed. the planned weeks-long and believe someone may heat turned up high has much time has passed. needles because I just Investigators early on preliminary hearing. The have information. been charged with child Yet nothing is certain don’t like that our lives connected certain crimes victims expect to confront “I want to once again endangerment, state until he actually speaks in are tied to him, again,” to an armed and masked him at his sentencing in call on anyone that may police said. a Sacramento State Uni- said Jennifer Carole, the rapist who would break August, where it’s expected have witnessed or heard A trooper found the versity ballroom pressed daughter of Lyman Smith, into sleeping couples’ sub- to take several days to tell anything that day to child when he went into use as a courtroom to a lawyer who was slain in urban homes at night, DeAngelo and Sacramen- come forward. Our inves- to investigate a truck provide for social distanc- 1980 at age 43 in Ventura binding the man and pil- to County Superior Court tigation of this matter parked in the fire lane ing during the coronavirus County. His wife, 33-year- ing dishes on his back. He Judge Michael Bowman continues and we would with its engine running pandemic. old Charlene Smith, was would threaten to kill both what they have suffered. like to talk to anyone who at Houghton’s Pond in may have seen anything in that area at the time Milton at around 11 a.m. that Mr. Clay was killed,” on Saturday, police said. Shootings across Chicago kill three kids she said in a statement. The child was sitting People with information in a car seat in the front By Sophia Tareen legislator announced a the funerals. I am tired of Earlier Saturday in the should contact the Mas- passenger seat conscious ASSOCIATED PRESS new task force to address- burying our children.” Englewood neighborhood and alert. But state police ing underlying issues. Her office said Sunday on the city’s South Side, sachusetts State Police or CHICAGO — Activists Cambridge Police. said when the trooper “Violence is a result of that the multi-faceted ap- a 1-year-old boy who was opened the driver’s door, and local leaders called for poverty, and must be ad- proach to curbing violence riding in the back of a Prosecutor: 2 found dead in the child started to cry more state and federal sup- dressed with human ser- in the coming months will car driven by his mother and the trooper felt a port Sunday as weekend vices and support,” said include a $7.5 million was shot when someone home from gunshot wounds wave of heat because the shootings across Chicago state Rep. La Shawn Ford, street outreach program opened fire from another heater was set on high. left three children dead, a Chicago Democrat, in where police partner with car. The mother suffered a SOMERSET (AP) — A including a 10-year-old couple was found shot The child was taken to a statement. The group organizations and an op- graze wound to the head. who was struck by a stray dead in their home Satur- Boston Children’s Hospi- called on federal, state and erations center launched The boy was identified as bullet that came through day, according to Bristol tal for observation. city leaders for support. last month. Staff from Sincere A. Gaston. an apartment window. County District Attorney State police say the A recent spate of shoot- the park district, schools Police said the motive for The Saturday night Thomas Quinn III’s office. truck was left unoccupied ings in Chicago and other and a transit agency will the shooting was unclear. Somerset police received for nearly half an hour death was among at least cities have had authori- work to “broaden the city’s Superintendent David a 911 call from a relative while the child’s mother, 10 shooting fatalities since ties on edge. Experts say footprint in places where Brown pleaded with the stating she had found a 24-year-old woman Friday evening, which fol- non-suicidal gun deaths shootings and homicides public for someone to come Amber Pereira, 30, and from Boston, said she was low a deadly Father’s Day are on track to top last have recently occurred.” forward with details. Joshua Pereira, 31, dead setting up for the child’s weekend and fresh con- year. The news comes as The 10-year-old girl “We ALL need to be out- in their home at around 8 birthday party. cerns about a violent sum- the American public is died at a hospital after raged by the violence we a.m., Quinn’s office said. State police said the mer ahead. A 1-year-old dealing with the stress of the shooting in the Lo- are seeing in our city,” he A gun was found under mother’s name won’t be and 17-year-old were also the coronavirus pandem- gan Square neighborhood said in a statement. “This Joshua Pereira’s body, released until she ap- killed. ic and economic fallout, northwest of downtown baby, and all of our resi- and investigators learned pears in Quincy District “It’s out of control where more awareness of racial around 9:40 p.m., accord- dents, deserve better. This the couple had separated Court at a later date. even innocent children injustice and policing, and ing to police spokesman is not just a problem that are losing their lives,” deeper political divisions Roberto Garduno. Englewood needs to solve. said neighborhood activ- in a presidential election Preliminary information This is not just a prob- Lynn Drug Task Force 781-477-4444 ist Raul Montes Jr., who year. showed the gunfire came lem on the South Side or Hotline CALL 24 HOURS A DAY planned a Sunday evening “The pain of losing a from a group of males who the West Side. We cannot Spanish menu available vigil on the city’s south- child never goes away,” had been shooting at each compartmentalize the or text the word tiplynn and your tip to “tip411” (847411) west side. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said other on the block, he said. violence that is tearing All reports of neighborhood activity will be investigated. He called for federal in- Saturday on Twitter. “As families and communities Callers may remain anonymous. No one was in custody tervention while a state a mother, I am tired of Sunday. apart.” MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A7 Chesapeake files for bankruptcy protection

By Cathy Bussewitz on drilling in underdevel- as other companies fol- Robert Lawler became and Tali Arbel oped areas of Oklahoma lowed its lead and U.S. CEO after McClendon’s ASSOCIATED PRESS and Texas. It largely aban- energy production soared, death and began selling doned traditional horizon- driving down prices. off assets to get Chesa- NEW YORK — Ches- tal well drilling, employ- As Chesapeake was ex- peake’s debt under con- apeake Energy, a shale ing instead lateral drilling panding at breakneck trol. But that debt grew drilling pioneer that techniques to free natural speed, natural gas prices more threatening within helped to turn the United gas from unconventional were near $20 per million two years as the fracking States into a global energy shale formations. British thermal units, the boom turn to a bust in powerhouse, has filed for It became a colossus in benchmark for natural bankruptcy protection. 2015. Chesapeake report- The Oklahoma City- the energy markets, even- gas trading. But frackers ed a quarterly loss of $4 based company said Sun- tually reaching a market like Chesapeake flooded billion that year and the day that it was a necessary valuation of more than the market with cheap first wave of layoffs began decision given its debt. Its $37 billion. Then, the first natural gas, sending pric- with 750 jobs. debt load is currently near- in a series of financial es to well under $2. Despite Chespeake’s ing $9 billion. It has en- shocks hit Chesapeake as McClendon left the com- problems, Lawler last tered a plan with lenders the Great Recession sent pany in 2013 with ques- year remained the high- to cut $7 billion of its debt energy prices into the tions swirling about its est-paid CEO in Oklaho- and said it will continue basement. business practices. On ma with $15.4 million in to operate as usual during The company closed Fri- March 1, 2016, McClendon compensation, according day valued at around $115 was indicted on a charge to a ranking compiled by the bankruptcy process. FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS The oil and gas company million. of conspiring to rig bids on The Associated Press and was a leader in the frack- Workers move a section of well casing into Chesapeake grew with energy leases in Oklaho- Equilar. ing boom, using unconven- place at a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well lightning speed under ma. McClendon died the Chesapeake lost an tional techniques to ex- site near Burlington, Pa., in Bradford County. one-time CEO Aubrey Mc- following day, the single eye-popping $8.3 billion tract oil and gas from the Clendon, known for his occupant in his Chevrolet in the first quarter of this ground, a method that has co, Texas, the Dakotas and ruptcy protection in the aggressiveness acquiring Tahoe that smashed into a year, and it listed $8.62 come under scrutiny be- Pennsylvania. A reckoning past five years, a trend oil and gas drilling rights. concrete viaduct at nearly billion in net debt. The cause of its environmental is now coming due with that’s expected to continue He pushed the company to 90 mph. company said in a regu- impact. those massive debts need- as a global pandemic saps acquire enormous tracks The coroner ruled his latory filing in May that Other wildcatters fol- ing to be serviced by Ches- demand for energy and de- of land in several states, death an accident. “management has con- lowed in Chesapeake’s apeake and those that fol- presses prices further. taking on mounting debt Chesapeake has paid cluded that there is sub- path, racking up huge lowed its path. Founded in 1989 with along the way. Chesapeake millions of dollars since to stantial doubt about the debts to find oil and gas in More than 200 oil pro- an initial $50,000 invest- in some ways became a settle charges of bid rig- company’s ability to con- fields spanning New Mexi- ducers have filed for bank- ment, Chesapeake focused victim of its own success ging. tinue as a going concern.” Princeton to remove Wilson name from public policy school

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) Jersey from 1911 to 1913 — Princeton University and then the 28th U.S. has announced plans to president from 1913 to remove the name of former 1921, supported segre- President Woodrow Wil- gation and imposed it on son from its public policy several federal agencies school because of his segre- not racially divided up to gationist views, reversing that point. He also barred a decision the Ivy League Black students from school made four years ago Princeton while serving to retain the name. as university president University president and spoke approvingly of Christopher Eisgruber the Ku Klux Klan. said in a letter to the Earlier this month, Mon- school community Sat- mouth University of New urday that the board of Jersey removed Wilson’s trustees had concluded name from one of its most that “Wilson’s racist views prominent buildings, cit- and policies make him an ing efforts to increase di- inappropriate namesake” versity and inclusiveness. for Princeton’s School of The superintendent of the PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Public and International Camden school district Affairs and the residential also announced plans to A rainbow light display illuminates the night sky in the West Village near The Stonewall Inn, college. rename Woodrow Wilson birthplace of the gay rights movement, Saturday in New York. Eisgruber said the trust- High School, one of the ees decided in April 2016 district’s two high schools. on some changes to make “Wilson’s racism was sig- In New York City, marking 50th the university “more in- nificant and consequential clusive and more honest even by the standards of about its history” but de- his own time,” Eisgruber anniversary of Pride, no matter what cided to retain Wilson’s said, adding that the for- name, but revisited the mer president’s segrega- By Deepti Hajela New York City. by rainbow colors. Most hosting commemorative issue in light of the recent tionist policies “make him and Brian Mahoney “It’s a great thing to see wore masks, though some events. killings of George Floyd an especially inappropri- ASSOCIATED PRESS because the original Pride scrapped social distanc- The historic Stonewall and others. ate namesake for a public started with the civil ing in favor of hugging Inn, known as the birth- NEW YORK — There Wilson, governor of New policy school.” rights movement,” Mat- friends. One man held a place of the gay rights were protests, rainbow thew Fischer said as he sign advertising free hugs. movement, furloughed its flags and performances — passed out hand sanitizer The first Pride march, employees and has been it was LGBTQ Pride, after Sunday at Foley Square. on June 28, 1970, was a shuttered more than three all. But what was normal- “So we’re really going back marker of the Stonewall months amid the pan- ly an outpouring on the to the roots of that and uprisings of the year be- demic. But it announced streets of New York City making sure we encom- fore in New York City’s Sunday it will receive a looked a little different pass everything that em- West Village that helped $250,000 contribution this year, thanks to social powers people to be who propel a global LGBTQ from the Gill Foundation distancing rules required they are.” movement. — money that will go to- by the coronavirus. Fischer said it was im- Initially called the Chris- ward several months of With the city’s massive portant this year to show topher Street Liberation rent and utilities. Pride parade canceled, cooperation between the Day March, it looked much “I don’t think things Sunday’s performances Black and LGBTQ com- like the protests that have will really be back to nor- were virtual, the flags flew munities, given the recent streamed through the mal for us until there’s in emptier than normal deaths of George Floyd streets of New York City a vaccine, so this is a FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS spaces and the protesters and others that have daily in recent weeks over much-needed lifeline,” were masked. sparked demonstrations racial injustice. Marchers co-owner Stacy Lentz told Princeton University on Saturday announced The disruption caused against police brutality. trooped to Central Park, The Associated Press. “It plans to remove the name of former President by the virus would be an A number of people in chanting “Gay power!” and would be devastating to Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school aggravation in any year, the crowd at Foley Square “Gay and proud!” think about walking down because of his segregationist views, reversing but particularly in this held signs reading “All Cities around the world Christopher Street and a decision the Ivy League school made four one, the 50th anniversary Black Lives Matter,” with in subsequent years fol- seeing that building shut- years ago to retain the name. of the first Pride march in a black fist surrounded lowed New York’s lead, tered.” Experts see no proof of child-abuse surge amid pandemic By David Crary president of a national so- Still, some experts be- teachers and school nurs- the system were brought mishaps on farms. What ASSOCIATED PRESS ciety of pediatricians spe- lieve the actual level of es, who are required to in by police officers inves- they have not seen is a cializing in child abuse abuse during the pan- report suspected abuse, no tigating domestic violence surge of child abuse. NEW YORK — When prevention and treat- demic is being hidden longer had direct contact reports. Frasier has a couple of the coronavirus pandemic ment. from view because many with students. “The level of severity in guesses as to why — a took hold across the Unit- Frasier said she got in- children are seeing nei- “While calls have gone some of those cases is un- protective effect in house- ed States in mid-March, put in recent days from ther teachers nor doctors, down, that doesn’t mean real,” she said. holds where multiple forcing schools to close 18 of her colleagues across and many child-protection abuse has stopped,” said people were locked down and many children to be Frasier, the Pennsylva- together and federal fi- locked down in households the country and “no one agencies have cut back on Gov. Chris Sununu of New nia-based pediatrician, buffeted by job losses has experienced the surge home visits by casework- Hampshire, which report- said some of her colleagues nancial aid that eased the and other forms of stress, of abuse they were expect- ers. ed a 50 percent drop in ho- documented a sharp in- stress on some vulnerable many child-welfare ex- ing.” “There’s no question tline calls. crease in shaken baby families. perts warned of a likely A similar assessment children are more at risk Comprehensive data on syndrome and children’s In Nashville, Tenn., Dr. surge of child abuse. came from Jerry Milner, — and we won’t be able abuse during the pandem- head injuries during the Heather Williams says Fifteen weeks later, the who communicates with to see those children until ic won’t be available for 2008 recession, which they she and her colleagues worries persist. Yet some child-protection agencies school reopens,” said Mar- many months, according attributed at least partly who specialize in child- experts on the front lines, nationwide as head of the ci Hamilton, a University to Milner. to economic stress. abuse pediatrics were including pediatricians Children’s Bureau at the of Pennsylvania professor And whatever the cur- “With the pandemic, braced for a pandemic-fu- who helped sound the federal Department of who heads CHILD USA, rent level of abuse, there’s we saw the high jobless eled surge, based on the alarm, say they have seen Health and Human Ser- a think tank seeking to no question some of it is rates, the layoffs, and we experiences of 2008. Now no evidence of a marked vices. “I’m not aware of prevent child abuse and horrific. thought ‘OK, now we’re in she wonders if the recent increase. any data that would sub- neglect. Georgia Boothe of Chil- for it again,’” she said. infusion of federal unem- Among them is Dr. Lori stantiate that children are Several states said calls dren’s Aid, a private agen- She and others have not- ployment assistance may Frasier, who heads the being abused at a higher to their child-abuse ho- cy that provides some of ed some changes during have helped ward off such child-protection program rate during the pandem- tlines dropped by 40 per- New York City’s foster the pandemic — for exam- an increase. at Penn State’s Hershey ic,” he told The Associated cent or more, which they care services, said some of ple, more accidental inju- “We’d be really excited if Medical Center and is Press. attributed to the fact that the children now entering ries from burns, falls and we’re wrong,” she said. A8 MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 LOOK! Camera Day, International Mud Day, Waffle Iron Day

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WEATHER LOTTERY National weather SUN, MOON, TIDES Forecast for Monday, June 29, 2020 TODAY’S FORECAST MARINE FORECAST Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. MASS. EVENING: MASS. MID-DAY: Sunday...... 8228 Sunday...... 0009 Sunrise today 5:08 a.m. Thunderstorms likely in the NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves morning. Then a chance of around 2 ft. Patchy fog. Show- Saturday...... 6453 Saturday...... 5097 Sunset today 8:26 p.m. L H scattered thunderstorms ers likely. Vsby 1 to 3 nm. Friday...... 4597 Friday...... 8748 in the afternoon. High 71F. Sunrise tomorrow 5:08 a.m. H Tonight: N winds 5 to 10 Yesterday’s payoff: Yesterday’s payoff: Winds N at 10 to 15 mph. kt. Waves 1 foot or less. A High tide today 6:22 a.m. Chance of rain 80%. chance of showers. EXACT ORDER EXACT ORDER Low tide today 12:36 p.m. Tonight: Scattered thunder- All 4...... $3,084 All 4...... $3,174 H storms. Low 64F. Winds N at First or last 3...... $432 First or last 3...... $444 High tide tomorrow 7:24 a.m. 5 to 10 mph. Any 2...... $37 Any 2...... $38 Any 1...... $4 Any 1...... $4 H H ANY ORDER ANY ORDER Fronts All 4...... $514 All 4...... $793 Cold Warm Stationary Pressure First 3...... $144 First 3...... $444 H L Last 3...... $144 Last 3...... $148 High Low Showers Rain T-storms Flurries Snow Ice TODAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY JULY 5 JULY 12 <-10 -0s0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110+ T-storms | High 71, Low 64 P’ cloudy | High 70, Low 64 M’ cloudy | High 73, Low 64 NATIONAL SUMMARY: A storm will stall over New England today, dousing the area with rain and thunderstorms. At the same time, a swath of showers and thunderstorms from Wisconsin to Tennessee will bring downpours. Heat will build in the central and southern Plains, while high winds in Southern California and the Southwest will fan area wildfires.

©2020 AccuWeather, Inc. SPORTS B MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 Hall of Famer Barbara Stevens retires from Bentley basketball Following a remarkable 44-year coaching career that has included 1,058 wins and the 2014 NCAA Division II national cham- pionship, and culminated with the announcement of her selection into the Na- ismith Memorial Basket- ball Hall of Fame in April, Bentley University Wom- en’s Basketball Coach Bar- bara Stevens announced her retirementthis week, effective July 31. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Stevens, whose induction Dustin Johnson tees off on the fth hole during into the Naismith Hall of the nal round of the Travelers Championship at Fame has been delayed TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. With due to the COVID-19 pan- his win Sunday, Johnson has now won at least demic, spent the last 34 one PGA Tour event in 13 straight seasons. years at Bentley, with her tenure on the Falcon bench including a 901-200 record, 31 NCAA Division II tour- Dustin Johnson nament appearances and 14 regional champion- ships. keeps streak alive “This is a bittersweet time for me,” said Stevens. “I am stepping away from with Travelers win a profession that has been my life’s work and passion CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) course workers, of cials and for 44 years. It has been — Dustin Johnson won the reporters, the only in-person an incredible honor to Travelers Championship witnesses allowed because serve as the women’s bas- on Sunday to end a long of the coronavirus pandem- ketball coach at Bentley drought and extend his ic. University for the last 34 career-long season victory He nished at 19-under years. I have been blessed streak to 13. 261 for his 21st PGA Tour to coach so many incredi- Johnson closed with a title. ble young women who were 3-under 67 for a one-stroke Streelman also shot 67. champions on and off the FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS victory over Kevin Streel- Streelman, who made sev- court. man at fan-free TPC Riv- en straight birdies to win “My utmost gratitude Bentley women’s basketball coach Barbara Stevens, who was selected er Highlands. Johnson at TPC River Highlands in goes to our longtime Ath- to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame back in April, has last won in Mexico City in 2014, had a 37-foot birdie letic Director Bob DeFelice of cially retired from coaching after 44 seasons. March 2019. try on 18 that ended up just and Vice President for Stu- “I’m de nitely proud of short and right. dent Affairs Andrew Shep- love affair that will last Massachusetts, Stevens the Division II Final myself for continuing the He was two strokes be- ardson for their unwaver- forever!” came to Bentley in 1986 Four. streak and I want to keep it hind Johnson on the 17th ing support of our Stevens, the fourth win- and met with immediate There was a six-year re- going,” Johnson said. “It was fairway when the weather program’s pursuit of excel- ningest coach in NCAA success. Under her lead- cord of 173-24 from 1987- a long time between wins, horn blew for an hour-long lence. Throughout my ten- women’s basketball his- ership, the Falcons start- 2003, and Stevens’ Fal- though, and, so, hopefully storm delay. ure as Bentley’s head tory and one of only six ed 13-0 and nished the cons had another it won’t be that long for the Johnson came out of the coach, I’ve been extremely with at least 1,000 wins, 1986-87 season at 24-5 remarkable run from next one.” delay and hit his tee shot fortunate to work with a concluded her legendary and reached the nals of 2010-14 when they were Arnold Palmer and Jack on 16 into a greenside bun- number of talented assis- career with a 1058-291 the Northeast-8 Champi- 124-11 overall and 81-7 Nicklaus each won in 17 ker. His second shot went tant coaches. Associate record. It was Jan. 17, onship. in the Northeast-10 with consecutive years. Johnson well past the hole and made Head Coach Carolyn White 2018 when she became Bentley earned the rst three Elite Eight trips. failed to win in 2014, but is bogey to cut his lead to a has worked with me for the rst non-Division I of ve consecutive region- That latter run featured given credit for winning in stroke. half of my Bentley career, women’s basketball al titles in March 1989, a an undefeated national the 2013-14 season from his “I’ve had a few missed and I cannot thank her coach, and the fth over- ve-year span in which championship campaign victory in the fall of 2013 in cuts, so to come back and enough for all she has done all, to reach the 1,000- Stevens’ teams were an in 2013-14 when a come- Shanghai. The tour changed nish a solo second is nice, for our program.” win milestone, with a 78- amazing 156-16, includ- from-behind 73-65 victo- to a wraparound season in but to to be that close and “As spectacular as her re- 66 home court victory ing 31-9 in postseason ry over West Texas A&M 2013. perform and be right there, cord is, her impact on her over Adelphi University. contests. Her 1989-90 in Erie, Pa. put the nish- Johnson tapped in for par I’m just a little disappointed players was far greater,” Following seven years team reached the NCAA ing touches on a perfect on the par-4 18th, raised right now,” Streelman said. praised DeFelice. “Coach at Clark University (six Division II national 35-0 season. his ball to acknowledge the Stevens, her teams, and as the head coach) and championship game and smattering of applause from GOLF, B2 Bentley University was a three at the University of in 1993, Bentley hosted STEVENS, B2

Patriots sign Cam Newton to one-year deal NBA sets schedule for season restart (AP) — Zion Williamson starting the season and is about to get another therefore could release the chance at opening night. 88-game slate of what are Injury kept him out of being called seeding New Orleans’ appearance games. in the rst game of this Finally, play will resume NBA season when the Pel- in a season that started icans started the year at with political strife be- Toronto, but now the big- tween the NBA and China name rookie will be in po- in October, the deaths of sition to be on center stage David Stern and Kobe Bry- at Disney when play re- ant in January, a pandemic sumes — against the team breaking out in March and that was the rst to nd racial issues surrounding itself in the middle of the police brutality and other NBA’s coronavirus situa- forms of inequality divid- tion. ing the country once again New Orleans will be in during much of the league’s the rst game of the re- shutdown. sumed NBA season on “There’s no question this July 30, taking on Utah at season and frankly this the Disney World complex year has been one which near Orlando, Florida in none of us will soon for- the opener of a double- get,” NBPA executive di- header. And just as the rector Michele Roberts initial rst night of this said. “Obviously, the virus season-like-none-other came at us hard without did, the second game of any prior warning and nationally televised twin- then we were faced with bill will pit the Los Ange- the prospect of losing the les Lakers against the Los season.” Angeles Clippers. But with a plan for strict The Jazz were a logical medical protocols agreed storyline for the rst game upon, the league and its players believe it is safe to back, after Utah’s All-Star resume. center Rudy Gobert was Players will start arriv- the rst player in the ing at the Disney complex league to test positive for on July 7, will be tested the coronavirus — a devel- daily once they get there, opment that forced the and could be away from league to suspend the sea- their families for more than son on March 11. More three months. Families ar- than four and a half en’t expected to be permit- months will have passed ted on-site at Disney until between game nights in the start of the second the NBA, but the league FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS round of the playoffs, set to of cially completed talks begin in late August or ear- News emerged Sunday night that the New England Patriots have signed former Carolina Friday with the National ly September. Panthers quarterback Cam Newton to a one-year deal that is entirely incentive-laden. Basketball Players Associ- ation on the terms for re- NBA, B2 B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020

TODAY IN SPORTS June 29 score goals seven minutes apart to Naismith Hall of Famer Barbara Stevens 1906 — Alex Smith shoots a re- tie the game in the 81st minute. cord 295 to beat brother Willie in Four minutes later Jorge Burrucha- the U.S. Open. Alex shoots a 295 at ga scores the game-winner after retires from Bentley women’s basketball Onwentsia Club Ill. getting a superb pass from Diego 1933 — Primo Carnera knocks out Maradona. cut down the nets an in- Basketball Hall of Fame is the basketball court in the 1990 — Dave Stewart of the Oak- STEVENS Jack Sharkey in the sixth round at comparable 37 times! the latest and most presti- Dana Center was named the Long Island City Bowl to win the land A’s pitches the first of two From B1 world heavyweight title. no-hitters on this day, beating the Stevens was the Wom- gious to call her name, but in her honor. 1947 — Betty Jameson wins the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0. Fernando Stevens’ career has in- en’s Basketball Coaches the Bridgewater State “Although my decision to U.S. Women’s Open by six strokes Valenzuela of the Los Angeles cluded a dozen 30-win sea- Association Division II University product has retire has been an ex- sons, 20 or more victories over amateurs Sally Sessions and Dodgers duplicates Stewart’s feat, National Coach of the Year also been inducted into tremely difficult one, I throwing a 6-0 no-hitter against 34 times, 33 NCAA tour- Rolly Riley. an unprecedented five the Women’s Basketball know it is the right time 1952 — Louise Suggs beats Betty the St. Louis Cardinals. It’s the first nament berths since 1982 Jameson and Marlene Bauer by time in major league history that (including two Final Four times, most recently in Hall of Fame, as well as for me to step aside. As I seven strokes to win the U.S. Wom- two no-hitters are pitched in the two trips with Clark), 21 2014. She’s also been rec- the Bentley University, leave Bentley, I am confi- en’s Open. leagues on the same day. Northeast-10 regular sea- ognized as the North- Clark University, Bridge- dent that our team is 1956 — Charles Dumas becomes 1991 — Britain’s Nick Brown scores east-10 Coach of the Year water State and New En- poised to continue our tra- a big upset at Wimbledon, beating son championships and 17 the first high jumper to clear 7 feet, 16 times. gland Basketball halls of dition of success,” conclud- jumping 7 feet, 5-8 inches in the 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, NE10 playoff titles. As U.S. Olympic trials at Los Angeles. 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in the second round. Bentley’s head coach, she’s The Naismith Memorial fame. In January 2019, ed the Hall of Famer. 1957 — Jackie Pung loses the U.S. Brown, at 591 the lowest-ranked Women’s Open when she turns in player in the men’s championship, an incorrect scorecard. Betsy Rawls posts the biggest upset, based on Dustin Johnson wins Travelers Championship is declared the winner. comparative rankings, since the 1958 — Brazil, led by Pele, beats ATP began compiling world rank- Sweden 5-2 in Stockholm to be- ings in 1973. GOLF pid mistakes,” he said. come the first team to win the 1994 — Martina Navratilova sets From B1 Phil Mickelson, playing World Cup outside its continent. a Wimbledon record, playing her his first tournament since The 17-year-old, coming off a hat- 266th career match. Navratilova Johnson was at 19 un- turning 50, followed up trick in Brazil’s 5-2 semifinal victo- passes Billie Jean King’s record of der when his tee shot on his opening rounds of 64 ry over France, scores twice in the 265 when she and Manon Bollegraf the par-4 15th went left and 63 with two 71s to final. Pele’s first and memorable beat Ingelisa Driehuis and Maja Mu- and came inches from finish at 11 under. goal comes in the 55th minute to ric 6-4, 6-2 in a doubles quarterfinal. going into the signature “I’m looking at this week put Brazil ahead 3-1. Pele controls 2001 — Russian swimmer Roman lake that surrounds the the ball in the penalty area with his Sludnov becomes the first person to as progress,” he said. thigh, flips it over the head of the swim the 100-meter breaststroke in finishing holes. His first “Certainly the goal is to defender and smashes it past a under a minute, breaking a world pitch didn’t make it to the win golf tournaments, but helpless Kalle Svensson. Pele seals record for the second time in two green, and he hit the sec- keep in mind I’ve missed the win with a headed goal in stop- days at the national championships ond to 4 feet to save par. a bunch of cuts. I haven’t page time. in Moscow. Sludnov finishes in “It was lucky, but a still played to the level I’ve 1969 — Donna Caponi beats Peg- 00:59.97. had to made a good up- gy Wilson by one stroke to win the 2004 — Randy Johnson of the wanted to, and this week and-down to make par,” I came in and had a lot U.S. Women’s Open. Arizona Diamondbacks becomes he said. 1986 — Argentina withstands the fourth pitcher to record 4,000 of great finds. I hit a lot Mackenzie Hughes, who West Germany’s comeback to win strikeouts when he strikes out San of good shots, hit a lot of shot a first-round 60, had the World Cup, 3-2 in Mexico City’s Diego’s Jeff Cirillo in the eighth in- good tee shots. My misses a 67 to tie for third with Aztec stadium. Argentina takes a ning of the Padres’ 3-2 win. were much better.” 2-0 lead on Jorge Valdano’s goal 10 23-year-old Will Gordon 2007 — After 16 years in Europe, There were seven minutes into the second half. Karl- the NFL shuts down its develop- at 17 under. Hughes made Heinz Rummenigge and Rudi Voller mental league. 48-foot birdie putt on 17, COVID-19-related with- which he started well left drawals from the Con- of the hole and watched necticut event, with two NBA releases schedule for as turned right to the flag. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS positive tests among play- He finished the round Dustin Johnson shot a 3-under 67 in the final ers. Cameron champ with- with a much straighter round of the Travelers Championship to win drew Tuesday and Denny the return to basketball 43-foot birdie putt on 18. by one stroke over Kevin Streelman. McCarthy had a positive Gordon, who has no test on Friday. seven games played each The PGA Tour is mak- NBA status on either the PGA “I knew the higher the 11th at 13 under. He made day. Tour or the Korn Ferry ing some tweaks to its From B1 better, so I was watching a 7 on the par-4 12th. There will be some very Tour, had seven birdies coronavirus policies as a the leaderboard coming Bryson DeChambeau “Everyone is making unusual elements, with in a 64. His third-place result of this week’s is- some type of sacrifice,” Mi- games starting as early as finish was just enough to in,” he said. shot a 68 to tie for sixth at sues. Players, caddies and ami Heat forward Andre 1 p.m. on weekdays, 12:30 earn him a special tempo- Johnson started the day 15 under. anyone else considered Iguodala said. “A lot of p.m. on weekends and rary card and unlimited two strokes behind Bren- Top-ranked Rory McIl- “inside the bubble” will people in America don’t most nights seeing the exemptions for the rest of don Todd, and took the roy tied for 11th at 13 un- have to test negative be- have jobs right now, and slate end with 9 p.m. tip- the season. lead after three straight der after a 67. fore being allowed on the we have the opportunity offs — other than NBA His lone bogey came on birdies put him at 20 un- “There’s been some real- grounds of the Detroit to be a beacon of light, not Finals games, an absolute 17, and briefly dropped der after 10 holes. ly good stuff in there, but Golf Club for the Rocket just for that one particu- rarity for games being him to fourth place. Todd shot a 75 to tie for then just some really stu- Mortgage Classic. lar thing but the social played on the East coast. injustices. We’re going to Plans call for 52 of the shed light on that, people 88 seeding games to be being away from their nationally televised, with families, understanding 18 on TNT (including the that sacrifice ... the great- opening-night double- er good of everything that header), 17 on ESPN, 14 our players stand for, in- on NBA TV and three on cluding the game of bas- ABC. Games will be shown ketball.” in local markets as well. For the 22 teams going Most of the arenas on to Disney, the setup of the the ESPN Wide World of eight-game slates will be Sports campus will be largely the same — one used for multiple games back-to-back for each of each day, with no tip-off the clubs, with all the scheduled for less than games set to be played in four hours apart in each of a 16-day span ending Aug. those three buildings — 14. The NBA will be using with the league allowing three arenas at Disney, time in between games for and other than the two- sanitizing of everything game slate on the opening that players, coaches or night there will be some- staff could come into con- where between four and tact with. MLB players, coaches set up to deal with shortened camp CHICAGO (AP) — Forget pop up with more frequency about those halcyon first during a truncated training few days of spring training, period. when arranging for the “I think that the biggest right tee time on the right issue is going to be just the golf course is often more buildup,” White Sox catcher challenging than the work James McCann said. “I hon- FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS on the field. estly think that everyone’s When major leaguers re- done everything they possi- Former Olympic athlete John Carlos co-authored a letter with an influential American athletes’ port next week for spring bly can to stay in shape, group calling on the IOC to abolish the rule that bans protests at the Olympics and replace it with a training 2.0 — or perhaps from pitchers throwing and policy written in collaboration with athletes. more accurately, baseball’s hitters hitting. But there’s first summer camp — time only so many swings in a will be one precious com- cage and so many, you know, Carlos, US athletes take stand to end Olympic protest rule modity with about three non-adrenaline bullpens weeks to go before opening you can throw. DENVER (AP) — John man rights and what they the games — while still like.” day. “There’s a reason why we Carlos wants to abolish believed in, and they con- “respecting the Olympic The USOPC came under “We’re going to have some have six weeks of spring the rule that bans protests tinue to inspire generation spirit.” a harsh spotlight, in part live batting practices the training, in a typical spring at the Olympics. after generation to do the Rob Koehler, the direc- because it placed ham- first day they show up. Day training.” The renowned Olympic same,” the letter said. “It tor of the advocacy group mer thrower Gwen Berry 1 and Day 2. ... Multiple ups There is particular con- protester has written a is time for the Olympic Global Athlete, said “sport on probation last summer for the starters,” Kansas letter with an influential cern for starting pitchers, and Paralympic move- thinks they can operate after she raised her fist on City manager Mike group of American ath- ment to honor their brav- under a separate rule of who take great care in the medals stand at the Matheny said Friday on a letes, calling on the IOC to ery rather than denounce law. But they cannot. Ath- building up their arms over Pan American Games. video conference call. “These put in place a new policy their actions.” letes are working togeth- an extended period. That’s USOPC leaders have guys are prepared for that. done in collaboration with Carlos joined the lead- er as a collective because one reason why active ros- said they are trying to They’ve been hungry for it.” athletes from across the ership of the U.S. Olym- sport leaders have become ters will be 30 players expand the conversation All across the majors, the globe. pic and Paralympic too complacent.” about racial injustice, and race is on to set up travel during the first two weeks Carlos and Tommie Committee’s athlete ad- Also this week, the head are open to pressing for plans and work out the final of the season, 28 during the Smith raised their fists on visory council in sending of the Caribbean Associ- changes in Rule 50 — the details for training ahead of second two weeks and 26 the medals stand at the the open letter to the In- ation of National Olym- IOC rule that bars pro- an unforgiving season of after that. 1968 Mexico City Olym- ternational Olympic and pic Committees came out tests on the medals stand just 60 games. After intake Brewers manager Craig pics to protest racial in- Paralympic committees on in favor of a redrafting coronavirus tests and a Counsell said they could be- equality in the United Saturday. The letter said of Rule 50, arguing the and other inside-the-line mandatory quarantine peri- gin the year with as many States. They were sent the AAC had discussed oft-cited IOC notion that venues at the games. od while awaiting results, as 17 pitchers. home for violating rules the issue with the IOC’s sports should be free of “Athletes will no longer full-squad workouts likely “We have a bunch of guys that ban such protests. athlete commission. politics is not realistic. be silenced,” the letter will begin next weekend. that are much further along Those rules remain in This month, with pro- “Think of the laudable said. “We are now at a The regular season starts than I anticipated,” Coun- place today, though in the tests stemming from the efforts regarding North crossroads. The IOC and July 23 and 24, leaving a sell said. “So, I’m not as wake of global demonstra- killing of George Floyd and South Korea,” Brian IPC cannot continue on short period for players to concerned about that as I tions against racial injus- spreading across the U.S., Lewis wrote. “Think of the the path of punishing or prepare and a tricky bal- would have originally tice, the IOC has recently IOC President Thom- alignment with the Unit- removing athletes who ance for managers trying to thought when we departed expressed willingness to as Bach said the athlete ed Nations. Sport cannot, speak up for what they get their teams ready while in mid-March. They’ve all rethink them. group would “explore however, pick and choose believe in, especially when also worrying about poten- been throwing on a regular “Carlos and Smith risked different ways” opinions only the political issues those beliefs exemplify the tial health issues that could schedule.” everything to stand for hu- could be expressed during and campaigns it might goals of Olympism.” MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B3 NATION Black candidates push race debate into GOP-held districts By Sara Burnett and Casey Smith ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ind. — It was a scene Jeannine Lee Lake never would have imagined when she first ran against Greg Pence, Vice President Mike Pence’s brother, for a ru- FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ral Indiana congressional District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser seat two years ago: an al- wears a mask with the number 51 over a map most entirely white crowd of the District of Columbia during a news con- of more than 100 people ference on D.C. statehood on Capitol Hill in marching silently in the Washington. Pences’ hometown this month, offering prayers for Black people killed by police and an end to sys- D.C. mayor temic racism. Leading them was Lake, who is in rematch against Pence. She is the only caught between Black woman running for federal office in Indiana FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS this fall. activists, police The Democrat, who Jeannine Lee Lake, Democratic candidate for Indiana’s 6th congressio- lost badly in 2018 and nal district, prays with the crowd gathered for the Juneteenth day event again faces long odds in in Columbus, Ind. By Ashraf Khalil Bowser out on Thursday the deeply conservative ASSOCIATED PRESS as a reason that Washing- district, has spent much 2020 race in regard to the justice issues, and believe tem that shields officers ton cannot be trusted with of the past few weeks at grassroots effort and the it could help the party flip from liability. WASHINGTON — Mu- statehood. He called her events such as the one in galvanization of the move- some Republican-held dis- In Arkansas, Democrat- riel Bowser’s national pro- “a left wing politician … Columbus on Juneteenth. ment that is now Black tricts in November. ic state Sen. Joyce Elliott file had never been higher, who frequently takes the In communities across a Lives Matter,” said Lake, Polls show usually says she’s seeing new mo- thanks to a Twitter beef side of rioters against law district that is 93% white, 50. “It’s just a total shift.” broad bipartisan support mentum in her bid to un- with President Donald enforcement.” Lake has talked about The reenergized move- for some change to the seat GOP Rep. French Hill Trump and a renewed push Cotton lumped Bowser seeing her children pulled ment against racial in- nation’s criminal justice and become the state’s to turn the nation’s capital in with the late Marion into the 51st state. Now over by police and “ha- equality has amplified the system. But lawmakers first Black woman elect- Barry, a former mayor who voices of Black candidates, in Washington are at an ed to Congress. She began Washington’s mayor must was caught on video smok- rassed for no reason.” She pull off a public juggling act has spoken the names of in some cases pushing impasse after far-reaching running digital ads short- ing crack cocaine in a 1990 the political debate over federal legislation passed ly after Floyd’s death last as the city budget becomes FBI sting. Barry, who died George Floyd, Breonna race into Republican-lean- the Democrat-led House month. In them, she spoke a battleground for the coun- in 2014, remains a beloved Taylor and other Black ing areas. Democrats say on Thursday over objec- about her experience in- try’s debate on overhauling figure in many parts of the people killed by police, they’ve seen a significant tions from Republicans. tegrating a school in the law enforcement. district and he emerged telling crowds “we’re here An activist collective from federal prison to to call for change.” boost in fundraising and Pence voted no, saying he 1960s where she and oth- led by Black Lives Mat- serve additional terms as “In no way, shape or form other engagement for can- opposes changes to the er Black students weren’t ter is trying to capitalize both a mayor and a coun- is 2018 the same as the didates running on racial qualified immunity sys- wanted. on shifting public opinion, cilman. A statue of him and the demands include was erected in front of the major cuts in funding for D.C. government adminis- Trump denies briefing on reported the Metropolitan Police tration building in 2018. Department. The District “Would you trust Mayor of Columbia Council had Bowser to keep Washing- indicated it would push ton safe if she were given bounties against U.S. troops for up to $15 million in the powers of a governor? By Lynn Berry ly reject this allegation” cuts, but Bowser is de- Would you trust Marion fending her 2021 budget and Zeke Miller and are not “indebted to Barry,” Cotton asked. ASSOCIATED PRESS the beneficence of any in- proposal, which includes Granting the predom- a 3.3 percent increase in telligence organ or foreign inantly Democratic city WASHINGTON — Pres- country.” police money. ident Donald Trump on statehood would likely John Bolton, a former With conservatives paint- Sunday denied that he increase the party’s num- national security advis- ing her as a radical riot-sup- had been briefed on re- bers in Congress. And er who was forced out porter, Bowser must thread ported U.S. intelligence that’s what led Trump to by Trump last Septem- this needle with both Black tell The New York Post that a Russian military ber and has now written Lives Matter and the White last month that “DC will intelligence unit secretly a tell-all book about his House watching her every never be a state.” offered bounties to Tali- time at the White House, move. It’s a similar dilem- “That’ll never happen ban-linked militants for said Sunday that “it is ma to that faced by other unless we have some very, killing American troops in pretty remarkable the urban mayors of protest very stupid Republicans Afghanistan, and he ap- president’s going out of hot spots who must bal- around that I don’t think peared to minimize the al- his way to say he hasn’t ance competing pressures you do,” he said. legations against Moscow. without alienating either In the early days of the American intelligence heard anything about it, one asks, why would he do the activists or the police. protests, Bowser publicly officials concluded months PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS In Los Angeles, Mayor Eric sided with the demonstra- ago that Russian officials something like that?” Garcetti has faced criticism tors as Trump usurped offered rewards for suc- President Donald Trump walks on the South Bolton told NBC’s “Meet for not going far enough on local authority and called cessful attacks on Ameri- Lawn after arriving on Marine One at the White the Press” that he thinks law enforcement chang- in a massive federal secu- can service-members last House in Washington. the answer “may be precise- es while the police union rity response. Bowser re- year, at a time when the ly because active Russian has called him “unstable.” sponded by renaming the U.S. and Taliban were does not speak to the merit nominee Joe Biden said aggression like that against In Atlanta, Mayor Keisha protest epicenter, within holding talks to end the of the alleged intelligence that the report, if accu- the American service mem- Lance Bottoms is dealing sight of the White House, long-running war, accord- but to the inaccuracy of rate, was a “truly shock- bers is a very, very serious with mass police no-shows as Black Lives Matter ing to The New York Times. the New York Times sto- ing revelation” about the matter and nothing’s been over her handling of police Plaza. She also commis- Trump, in a Sunday ry erroneously suggesting commander in chief and done about it, if it’s true, violence cases. sioned a mural with Black morning tweet, said “No- that President Trump was his failure to protect U.S. for these past four or five Bowser is also finding Lives Matter painted on body briefed or told me” briefed on this matter,” troops in Afghanistan and months, so it may look like herself one of the public 16th Street across from or Vice President Mike press secretary Kayleigh stand up to Russia. he was negligent. But of faces of Washington’s quest the White House in yellow Pence or chief of staff McEnany said. Russia called the report course, he can disown ev- to be a state. The House of letters large enough to be Mark Meadows about “the Trump’s director of na- “nonsense.” erything if nobody ever told Representatives on Friday, seen from space. so-called attacks on our tional intelligence, John “This unsophisticated him about it.” voting largely along par- For Trump and his sup- troops in Afghanistan by Ratcliffe, also said nei- plant clearly illustrates House Speaker Nancy ty lines, approved a bill porters, Bowser may as Russians.” ther the president nor the low intellectual abili- Pelosi, a member of the to grant statehood. It was well have declared herself “Everybody is denying vice president was “ever ties of the propagandists “Gang of Eight” congres- the first time a chamber a dues-paying member it & there have not been briefed on any intelligence of American intelligence, sional leaders briefed of Congress had approved of the movement’s local many attacks on us,” he alleged” in the Times’ re- who instead of inventing on sensitive intelligence such a measure. chapter. But that chap- said. port and he said the White something more plausible matters, told ABC’s “This But there is insur- ter didn’t feel the same, The White House had House statement was “ac- have to make up this non- Week” that she had not mountable opposition in immediately dismissing issued a statement Satur- curate.” sense,” the Russian For- been informed about the the GOP-controlled Sen- it as “a performative dis- day denying that Trump Trump’s tweet came a eign Ministry said. reported bounties and re- ate, where Sen. Tom Cot- traction” from true policy or Pence had been briefed day after presumptive A Taliban spokesman quested a report to Con- ton, R-Ark., singled out changes. on such intelligence. “This Democratic presidential said the militants “strong- gress on the matter. Trump tweets video with ‘white power’ chant, then deletes it

By Zeke Miller strations between Trump Scott is the only Black Re- the supporter’s comment. officer pressed his knee Charlottesville, Va., be- ASSOCIATED PRESS supporters and opponents. publican in the Senate. Joe Biden, the presump- into his neck for several tween white nationalists “Thank you to the great “I think it’s indefensi- tive Democratic presiden- minutes. and counter-protesters by WASHINGTON — Pres- people of The Villages,” ble,” he added. tial nominee, condemned Protests against police saying there were “very ident Donald Trump on Trump tweeted. Moments Shortly afterward, Trump. “We’re in a battle brutality and bias in law fine people on both sides.” Sunday tweeted approv- into the video clip he Trump deleted the tweet for the soul of the nation enforcement have oc- Sherrilyn Ifill, president ingly of a video show- shared, a man driving a golf that shared the video. — and the President has ing one of his supporters curred across the country and director-counsel of chanting “white power,” a cart displaying pro-Trump White House spokesman picked a side. But make following Floyd’s death the NAACP Legal Defense racist slogan associated signs and flags shouts Judd Deere said in a no mistake: it’s a battle we and there has also been a and Education Fund told with white supremacists. ‘white power.” The video statement that “President will win,” the former vice push to remove Confeder- CBS’ “Face the Nation” He later deleted the tweet also shows anti-Trump Trump is a big fan of The president tweeted. ate monuments, an effort that ”This really is not and the White House said protesters shouting “Nazi,” Villages. He did not hear Trump’s decision to Trump has opposed. about the president taking the president had not “racist,” and profanities at the one statement made highlight a video featuring Trump’s tenure in of- it down. This is about the heard “the one statement” the Trump backers. on the video. What he did a racist slogan comes amid fice has appeared to have judgment of the president on the video. “There’s no question’’ that see was tremendous en- a national reckoning over emboldened white su- in putting it up.” The video appeared to Trump should not have thusiasm from his many race following the deaths premacist and national- She added, “It’s about have been taken at The retweeted the video and “he supporters.” of George Floyd and other ist groups, some of whom what the president be- Villages, a Florida retire- should just take it down,” The White House did Black Americans. Floyd, a have embraced his pres- lieves and it’s time for ment community, and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., told not respond when asked Black Minneapolis man, idency. In 2017, Trump this country to really face showed dueling demon- CNN’s “State of the Union.” whether Trump condemned died after a white police responded to clashes in that.” B4 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 COMICS

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

ROSE IS ROSE / PAT BRADY

GARFIELD / JIM DAVIS BIG NATE / LINCOLN PEIRCE

ARLO AND JANIS / JIMMY JOHNSON

HERMAN / JIM UNGER ZIGGY / TOM WILSON

THE BORN LOSER / ART AND CHIP SANSOM

CROSSWORD DEAR ABBY Couple continues drifting after birth of surprise baby DEAR ABBY: I have approaching death. That been with my husband Dear Abby is written by Abigail said, if there is anything since 2009. In 2017 we Van Buren, also known as Jeanne you feel you might like to had a surprise baby, who say to your father that is now 2 years and 9 Phillips, and was founded by her has not been said — and months old. mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact I’ll bet there is plenty — it Connecting as a couple Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. might be in your own best was getting difficult be- interests to have a final fore the pregnancy, but Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. conversation or two with now that we have this him. It’s not that you owe cute, extremely energetic it to him; you owe it to child, we don’t connect at “surprise” baby, which is minal because of his alco- yourself. all. If I don’t ask for a why he has distanced holism. My siblings are kiss, I don’t get one. If I himself. Your relationship telling me I need to see DEAR ABBY: My don’t ask for sex, it would could also have been him before he dies. I don’t niece is being married never happen. I have to winding down before feel an obligation to do very soon. I wasn’t invit- initiate everything. your pregnancy hap- that, but I also feel guilty ed to her originally I have mentioned this pened. I am not sure a for not feeling bad. planned church wedding, issue many times but regularly scheduled date I don’t feel much con- but due to the coronavi- nothing changes. The night can bring you two nection with my siblings rus, she’s now doing a only conversation he back in sync, but a li- either, and am pretty Zoom wedding, and I wants to have is about censed marriage and sure that once my father have received an elec- the news or what he did family therapist may be passes, communication tronic invitation. Should at work. If I try to talk able to reopen the lines of will cease completely. I send her a wedding gift about anything else, he communication between Should I reach out and or is it not required/ex- gives me brief answers you. try to rekindle a relation- pected since we weren’t and moves to a different ship before he passes? Do included in the original subject. I’m bored in this DEAR ABBY: I am I owe him that? wedding plans? marriage and tired of not hoping for advice regard- getting any kind of ro- ing my relationship with UNCERTAIN IN TIMELY DILEMMA mance at all. Help! my father and his chil- MAINE IN MASSACHUSETTS dren. I met my dad and ROOMMATE OR his much younger second DEAR UNCERTAIN: DEAR T.D.: If you ROMANCE? family when I was 24. I It may be a little late to want to maintain a rela- have never felt close to rekindle a relationship tionship with your niece, DEAR R. OR R.: Your any of them, and 10 years with your father, who was send her a gift with a husband may be as over- later, nothing has absent during such a sweet note wishing her a whelmed by parenthood changed. large chunk of your life. lifetime of happiness with as you are, and concerned Dad lives across the This may be the reason her new spouse. If not, about providing for this country and is now ter- you aren’t grieving his then decline. BRIDGE

Cartoon characters continue playing The “Peanuts” cartoon bridge deals giving North an easy time. He would continue to appear. play low from the board (South) and This time, Snoopy, playing with take two spades, two hearts and five Woodstock and two of his friends, diamonds. was the declarer in three no-trump. When Snoopy opened one no- What should he have done after West trump, North judged well to invite led the spade four? game, and South had a clear-cut raise. In the bidding, Snoopy (South) The reader did not learn how might have opened one diamond be- Snoopy played until the next day. cause his hand was worth more than The game was interrupted because its face value of 17 points. The five- Snoopy had to try to shoot down the card suit and the 7 ace-king points Red Baron. When Snoopy returned (2 for each ace and 1 for the king) to the aerodrome, he reported to add extra value. The Kaplan-Rubens his captain and asked him what he evaluation method (which gets most should have done. When Snoopy got players’ votes for the most accurate) back to the game, he admitted that rates this hand at 18.35 points. the captain said he should have led Then, though, North would have had a low heart to the queen. a close call. K-R makes his hand The truth was out. Snoopy incor- worth 8.8 points only, so he should rectly played on clubs, but the de- respond one no-trump. Then South fenders got their spades established would jump to three no-trump. Prob- and took three spades and two clubs ably East would lead the heart jack, to defeat the contract. MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B5 TV BEST BETS CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS Ray Harryhausen 100th Birthday Tribute TCM, beginning at 8 p.m. Catch a Classic! Cassandra Aarssen and HGTV’s “Hot Mess On the 100th anniversary of Ray Harry- hausen’s birth, Turner Classic Movies cele- House” shows how to clear up clutter brates his groundbreaking and still-amaz- ing stop-motion animation visual effects By Barb Oates work with a lineup of films featuring some Good news for you clutter of his influential creations that continue kings and queens out there. You’re not messy, lazy or dis- to entertain and inspire. The schedule in- organized! “You’re just not cludes The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), organizing for your unique Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Mys- style,” tells Cassandra “Cas” terious Island (1961), Mighty Joe Young Aarssen, a recovering super (1949) and the original Clash of the Ti- slob now professional or- tans (1981), the final film for which Har- ganizer, bestselling author, YouTuber and creator of clut- ryhausen created the visual effects before terbug.com. Cas brings her retiring. talents to HGTV in the new Below Deck Mediterranean self-shot series Hot Mess Bravo, 9 p.m. House (Wednesdays). This week on the Mallorca, Spain, luxu- Each episode starts with Cas meeting her clients via ry yacht, deckhand/ex-model Rob and Skype and then taking a vid- stewardess/former Hooters girl Jessica eo tour of their home, where get closer, and a mammoth thunderstorm she then helps them identi- threatens guests’ very expensive good fy an organization style that time. works best for their life. “When you want to set up an POV: “And She Could Be Next” organizing system for some- PBS, 9 p.m. one, you need to know what is Season Premiere! working for them with their Follow the story of a defiant movement of natural style so that you can women of color, transforming politics from sort of replicate that in the areas that aren’t working,” the ground up by fighting for a truly reflec- Cas explains. “Organizing is tive democracy. Part 2 airs tomorrow night. not one size fits all. Everyone Buried Worlds With Don Wildman: “The has a unique style, so that’s Nazis’ Supernatural Weapons” always the first step: discov- Travel Channel, 9 p.m. ering their style by finding out what is working.” The brave host explores another under- Everyone has a different ground location with links to the para- reason, too, as to why they normal: a crypt where Nazis held occult have so much stuff or why rituals. He joins a witches’ ceremony to they’re holding on to items see how Adolf Hitler tried to use sorcery to they’re no longer using. “We sit down and we have conquer the world. a really long talk about what Duff Takes the Cake: “Soccer, Scotsmen their ‘why’ is. Is it financial and Cake, Oh My!” instability? Is it fear of loss? Food Network, 10 p.m. Is it sentimental clutter and Specifically, Duff Goldman takes a tasty they’re worried that they’ll let go of the memories if they large soccer ball to kids at the LA Galaxy’s let go of the things?” she home stadium and a 5-foot-long replica of adds. “Every family has a dif- the Queen Mary to a Scots Festival. What ferent reason and it’s just so could go wrong? emotional and raw and just Cannonball the fact that it’s self-shot and there’s no cameramen and get the work done. Cas finds the guidelines for their orga- self-worth and your happi- NBC, 10 p.m. there’s no crew, there’s no the home reveal (which is a nizing style, but they were ness. Seeing people overcome Special Preview! lighting, it’s more intimate role reversal from what she’s transforming their home this burden, this mountain of Ahead of its formal series premiere July 9 than anything I’ve ever expe- used to) to be her favorite all by themselves,” Cas con- their clutter, it’s all of these on USA Network, NBC is airing a special rienced before and the fami- part. cludes. “It’s inspiring, and it’s unkept promises that they’ve telecast of its new competition series that lies are really opening up on “Usually I go into people’s incredible what these fami- made to themselves, and in a different level.” homes and I organize, and I lies were able to accomplish. days you can really see this features contestants facing off in a variety Once Cas presents the fam- surprise them. This was re- “Your physical environment life-changing transformation of water obstacles. 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PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Green Party Europe-Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) member Gregory Dou- People, keeping up social distancing, wait in line to cast their vote in cet, candidate in the second round of the municipal elections, prepares the presidential election in Warsaw Sunday. The election was to test the to vote in Lyon, central France Sunday. popularity of incumbent President Andrzej Duda. France holds municipal runoffs Divided Poland holds presidential that were postponed after outbreak vote that was delayed due to virus

PARIS (AP) — France Macron’s critics say he mild cases. WARSAW, Poland (AP) ern cities of Poznan (53.21 would be expected to unite is holding the second shouldn’t have allowed the But the virus is still — Poles voted in a presi- percent) and Zielona Gora against him. round of municipal elec- first round to go ahead at expected to hurt Sun- dential election Sunday (53.04 percent). Duda’s strongest chal- tions in 5,000 towns and all, since it was held just day’s turnout, as it did in that was delayed by the Most recent polls showed lenge comes from Warsaw cities Sunday that got as infections were explod- March. Only 34 percent of coronavirus pandemic and that no single candidate mayor, Rafal Trzaskowski, postponed due to the coro- ing across Europe and just voters had cast ballots by was taking place amid was likely to reach the 50 also 48, who is backed by navirus outbreak, amid two days before France in- 5 p.m. In the first round, a deep cultural and political percent required to avoid the centrist Civic Plat- lingering worries about troduced sweeping nation- record low of 44.7 percent divisions in the European a runoff given the crowd- form party. Trzaskowski the pandemic and anger wide lockdown measures. of voters turned out for Union nation. ed field of candidates, all entered the race late after at how French President While virus fears cloud- the whole day. President Andrzej Duda, of whom are male. In that the May election date was Emmanuel Macron’s gov- ed the first round of vot- The elections, though os- a 48-year-old conservative case, the two top vote-get- scrapped. ernment handled it. ing, some voters appeared tensibly focused on local backed by the nationalist ters will face each other on Duda’s once-strong sup- Wearing mandatory more confident this time concerns, are also seen as ruling Law and Justice July 12. port, bolstered by adu- masks, social distancing around. a key political indicator party, was running against The vote had been sched- latory coverage in state in lines and carrying their “I didn’t go and vote the ahead of the 2022 French 10 other candidates as he uled for May 10 but was media, began to slip once own pens to sign voting first time around because presidential election. sought a second 5-year postponed in a chaotic po- virus lockdown restric- registers, French voters I am an elderly person and Macron had said he term. Whether Duda wins litical and legal battle as tions were lifted and oth- cast ballots to choose the I got scared,” said Fanny wasn’t considering the or not will determine the ruling party pressed er candidates could cam- mayor who will lead Paris Barouh, voting in a Paris elections as a pro- or an- whether the ruling party to hold it despite the pan- paign. through the 2024 Summer school on Sunday. “I’ve al- ti-government vote. keeps its near-monopoly on demic. Poland has not been as Olympics and to fill local ways voted, so I came to Yet a government re- political power in Poland. Exit polls will be an- badly hit by the pandemic offices in thousands of vote this morning and I shuffle is expected in the Turnout at 5 p.m. local nounced immediately af- as many countries in West- other places. feel more relaxed now.” coming weeks, as Macron time was 47.89 percent ter polling stations close ern Europe, and most peo- Poll organizers were The spread of the coro- seeks a new political boost which the State Electoral Sunday at 9 p.m. The fi- ple were voting in person, wearing masks and gloves navirus has slowed sig- amid the economic diffi- Commission said was the nal official results are ex- though required to wear for protection, and in some nificantly in France in culties prompted by the highest for that time in pected by late Wednesday, masks and observe other places they were separat- recent weeks and almost virus crisis. French au- Poland’s 30 years of de- after all votes sent from hygiene rules. There was ed from voters by trans- all restrictions on social thorities have faced criti- mocracy. In many places abroad are counted. also a mail-in voting op- parent plastic shields. and business activity have cism during the pandemic there were lines during Polling ahead of Sun- tion, and thousands of vot- Mail-in voting isn’t al- been gradually lifted over over mask shortages, test- the day. day’s vote suggested Duda ers in some southwestern lowed in France. the last month. France ing capacity and for going The strong political po- was the front-runner but regions with higher virus The voting was suspend- has reported nearly ahead with the first round larization seemed to mo- might not win the re- infection numbers were re- ed after the first round of 200,000 confirmed cases of elections instead of im- bilize many among almost quired majority needed quired to vote by mail. the nationwide municipal and 29,781 deaths in the posing a lockdown earlier. 30 million eligible voters. to win outright. Polls also As of Sunday, Poland had elections on March 15, pandemic but experts be- Recent opinion polls The highest regional showed that he would nearly 34,000 confirmed which produced decisive lieve all reported figures show Macron’s popularity turnout of 54.76 percent have a more difficult time cases of COVID-19 among outcomes in 30,000 other are undercounts due to rating is hovering around was in the capital, War- in a runoff given that its 38 million people, with mostly small communes. limited testing and missed 40 percent. saw, and in the two west- many opposition votes over 1,400 deaths. Image shows Iran blast near missile site DUBAI, United Arab blast on a leaking gas he Emirates (AP) — An ex- did not identify and said plosion that rattled Iran’s no one was killed in the capital came from an area explosion. in its eastern mountains Abdi described the site that analysts believe as a “public area,” raising hides an underground the question of why mili- tunnel system and missile tary officials and not civil- production sites, satellite ian firefighters would be photographs showed Sat- in charge. The state TV re- urday. port did not answer that. What exploded in the Satellite photos of the incident early Friday that area, some 12.5 miles sent a massive fireball east of downtown Tehran, into the sky near Tehran showed hundreds of yards remains unclear, as does of charred scrubland not the cause of the blast. seen in images of the area The unusual response of taken in the weeks ahead the Iranian government of the incident. The build- in the aftermath of the ing near the char marks explosion, however, un- resembled the facility derscores the sensitive na- seen in the state TV foot- ture of an area near where age. international inspectors The gas storage area PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS believe the Islamic Re- sits near what analysts public conducted high-ex- Participants march during the “Taiwan Pride March for the World!” at Liberty Square at the CKS describe as Iran’s Khojir Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan Sunday. plosive tests two decades ago for nuclear weapon missile facility. The ex- triggers. plosion appears to have Despite virus, Taiwan holds LGBT pride parade The blast shook homes, struck a facility for the rattled windows and lit up Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group, which makes sol- TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Tai- ability to contain the pandemic and community, but also because I think the horizon early Friday in the Alborz Mountains. id-propellant rockets, said wanese capital held its annual LGBT its commitment to rights for people it’s such an example for the world State TV later aired a Fabian Hinz, a researcher pride parade on Sunday, making it of all sexual orientations. and how to handle the pandemic so segment from what it de- at the James Martin Cen- one of the few places in the world to Taiwan is the only place in Asia far,” Couse said. scribed as the site of the ter for Nonproliferation proceed with such an event in the where same-sex marriage is legal, New York was among the cities blast. Studies at the Middlebury face of the coronavirus pandemic. and its liberal political system has compelled to cancel its gay pride pa- One of its journalists Institute of International The parade in Taipei has drawn long promoted human rights, free rade this year to comply with social stood in front of what ap- Studies in Monterey, Cal- tens of thousands of people in the speech and freedom of assembly. distancing measures. Taiwan has peared to be large, black- ifornia. past, but participant numbers Sun- American student Loren Couse, largely dropped such restrictions ened gas cylinders, though The Washington-based day were reduced by both virus 28, said Taipei’s ability to hold the after quarantines and case tracing the camera remained Center for Strategic and concerns and heavy rain. Taiwan’s parade was “really impressive.” helped bring the coronavirus infec- tightly focused and did International Studies Central News Agency said that over “I think Taiwan has done a really tion rate down radically. In all, the not show anything else identified Khojir as the 1,000 attended. good job so far, and I am really proud island of 23.7 million people has around the site. Defense “site of numerous tunnels, Those who did take part said it of living here, not only because it’s confirmed 447 cases, including sev- Ministry spokesman some suspected of use for was a testament both to Taiwan’s so open to people like myself, the gay en deaths. Davood Abdi blamed the arms assembly.” B8 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 HEALTH Go get a checkup despite pandemic By Stuart Leavenworth TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE LOS ANGELES — The message from my doctor’s office fell into my inbox in early May. It stated: “Based on our records it appears that the follow- ing appointment is due for scheduling.” What? My doctor wants me to come in for a check- up? Amid a pandemic? At first, I considered PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS playing possum — not re- Rightly or wrongly, some in the clinic where I was A volunteer receives a COVID-19 test vaccine injection developed at the sponding. Yes, Los Ange- are apparently scared sitting. When California University of Oxford in Britain, at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospi- les was lifting its stay-at- that medical clinics could and Los Angeles County tal in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. home requirements and be a conduit for contagion. signaled in early June that was starting to open up, That is unlikely. Doc- various businesses would but the county was still a tors’ offices and medical be allowed to reopen with hot spot for COVID-19. personnel have to comply restrictions, UCLA Health Summer may decide Could I put this off? with strict safety proto- started sending out emails Wouldn’t it be better to cols, giving these clinics a urging me and others to avoid medical clinics whole new feel amid this make appointments. where other people have pandemic. When I arrived I recall during past med- fate of vaccine tests been breathing, sneezing, for my appointment, a ical exams that the doctor touching things? masked nurse was outside would ask me to open my ASSOCIATED PRESS tations. Many scientists “really help us understand Ultimately I decid- the clinic doors, asking if mouth, at which point a don’t expect a coronavirus for all the other vaccines ed to go ahead with the I felt any symptoms and very rough tab would be People on six continents vaccine to be nearly as pro- in development, do they appointment. The rea- checking my temperature placed on my tongue, as already are getting jabs in tective as the measles shot. also have a chance?” said sons involved a national with a forehead thermom- my doctor would peer into the arm as the race for a If the best COVID-19 Oxford University lead re- healthcare disaster few eter. Inside, the waiting my mouth. COVID-19 vaccine enters vaccine is only 50 percent searcher Sarah Gilbert. have recognized. room was empty. Another That did not happen a defining summer, with effective, “that’s still to Over the last three masked nurse quickly es- during this exam. My even bigger studies poised Only China is pushing me a great vaccine,” said out “inactivated” vaccines, months, Americans have corted me to the scales to mask stayed on. So did to prove if any shot really been avoiding hospitals Dr. Drew Weissman of the made by growing the new check my weight. hers. works — and maybe offer and medical clinics, even University of Pennsylva- coronavirus and killing it. Unlike in the pre-pan- Then she pulled out her a reality check. when sick or injured. In nia. Vaccines by Sinovac Bio- demic era, the nurse stethoscope. Already British and Chi- “We need to start having May, the Commonwealth asked me to remove my As she checked my heart, tech and SinoPharm use nese researchers are chas- this conversation now,” so Fund published a study sandals before stepping the experience took me that old-fashioned tech- ing the coronavirus be- people won’t be surprised, that found doctor’s visits in on the scales, on which back to my first childhood nology, which requires yond their borders, testing he added. the United States dropped she had placed a piece of days. I remember those potential vaccines in Bra- And for all the govern- high-security labs to pro- by about 60 percent from protective paper. early exams, when the zil and the United Arab ment promises of stockpil- duce but is dependable, mid-March to mid-April. She took my blood pres- surface of a stethoscope Emirates because there ing doses in hopes of start- the way polio shots and Visits have rebounded sure, and retook my tem- seemed so cold on my skin, are too few new infections ing vaccinations by year’s some flu vaccines are as the economy has slowly perature with an ear ther- so clinical. Now I find it at home to get clear an- end, here’s the catch: Even made. reopened, but as of mid- mometer. fascinating that doctors swers. if a shot pans out — and Most other vaccines in May, the number of visits Minutes later, my physi- continue to depend on The U.S. is set to open it’s one that your country the pipeline target not was “still roughly one- cian, Dr. Elizabeth Ko, en- such old-school technology the largest trials — 30,000 stockpiled — only some the whole germ but a key third lower than what was tered the room. Instead of to check something as im- people to test a govern- high-risk people, such as piece — the “spike” pro- seen before the pandemic,” shaking my hand, she put portant as a heartbeat. ment-created shot start- essential workers, go to the tein that studs the surface the researchers reported. her hands together in front (Interesting histori- ing in July, followed about front of a very long line. of the coronavirus and Here in California, of her chest and bowed. cal fact: The stethoscope a month later with anoth- “Will you and I get vacci- helps it invade human emergency department “This is how we shake was invented in the early er 30,000 expected to test nated this year? No way,” cells. Leading candidates visits dropped by 40 per- hands,” she said, and I 19th century by a French a British one. said Duke University use new technologies that cent to 60 percent during could detect a big smile on doctor, a devout Catholic Those likely will be di- health economist David make shots faster to pro- the two-month shutdown, her face, even behind her named Rene Theophile vided among Americans Ridley. duce but haven’t yet been according to a report this mask. Hyacinthe Laennec, who and volunteers in other Vaccines train the body proven in people. month by the California For the most part, it was was concerned about plac- countries such as Brazil or to rapidly recognize and Oxford’s method: Geneti- Health Care Foundation. a pretty normal exam, oth- ing his ear directly on a South Africa, Dr. Anthony fend off an invading germ. cally engineer a chimpan- There are likely several er than the fact she spent woman’s chest.) Fauci of the National In- About 15 experimental zee cold virus so it won’t reasons for this drop. Peo- most of it on a chair seven Asking me to lie back, stitutes of Health told The COVID-19 vaccines are in ple are busy. Some are jug- spread but can carry the feet away. We talked for Dr. Ko then pressed on Associated Press. various stages of human gling jobs while caring for a while, with her asking my stomach, checking the gene for that spike protein While he’s optimistic, studies worldwide. kids at home. Others are questions about my life surface of organs such as into just enough cells to “we’ve been burned be- And while there’s no mired in the red tape of and work. liver, kidneys and bladder. fore,” Fauci cautioned. guarantee any will pan trick the immune system obtaining unemployment She clearly was checking She checked my neck, Multiple successes, out, moving three differ- that an infection’s brewing. insurance. in on my mental health. which I informed her was in multiple parts of the ent kinds into final testing Another vaccine made Video teleconferences “Are you sleeping well?” I unusually stiff from three world, are vital. offers better odds — espe- by the NIH and Moderna with doctors have been an did my best to sound more months of working at a “This isn’t a race of who cially since scientists don’t Inc. simply injects a piece option ever since the lock- sane and rested than I computer on our dining gets there first. This is, get yet know just how strong of the coronavirus genet- downs of mid-March but probably am. room table. as many approved, safe and an immune reaction the ic code that instructs the early on, there were ques- Since the March shut- She checked my head, effective vaccines as you shots must spark to pro- body to produce harmless tions on whether health downs, Dr. Ko had been nicely shorn by my wife possibly can,” Fauci said. tect. spike copies that the im- insurance would help cov- helping colleagues with after I finally broke down Vaccine experts say it’s Measuring that with the mune system learns to er those calls. COVID-19 patients, treat- and let her cut my hair time to set public expec- first proven vaccine will recognize. Yet fear is a major factor. ing them by video and not during the lockdown. Understanding Here’s why mosquitos percentages like you best of all

By Barbara Quinn the past 3 months. By Fiza Pirani surface of your skin,” ac- TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Why 3 months? That’s TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE cording to alcohol experts at the approximate lifespan Vine Pair. That’s especially In response to a recent of our red blood cells. If ATLANTA — Atlan- attractive to mosquitoes. column about diabetes, your day to day blood ta’s mosquito season Sweat reader F.D. sends this sugar values are improv- runs March to October, If you’re sweaty, you’re question: “Question on ing, that means less ex- but the little buggers are more likely to be bitten (A1C) test: Please explain cess sugar in your blood most eager to sink their by a mosquito because how does this test know is sticking to hemoglobin. sharp proboscis into your of the lactic acid buildup to take an average of 3 As your body sloughs off skin and suck your blood and odor. When a mosqui- months and not 2 months old red blood cells that are during the hot summer to lands on you, Florida or 1 week? I take my blood more saturated with sug- months. Summer 2020 of- neurogeneticist Matthew level check everyday and ar, it makes new ones that ficially begins Saturday. DeGennaro told NPR in that gives an answer at have less sugar attached. While the mosquitoes March, “they actually can that precise moment of So your A1C should show are likely to make nearly taste your skin with their time, which I understand. improvement after about everyone at least a little legs and then they look for No one has been able to 3 months. miserable, certain quali- a place to bite.” answer my question.” Reader I.B. writes this: the day of specific nutri- iron from other foods or ties might make you more Being a man Dear FD, “Hi Barbara, I’ve been ents. supplements. of a magnet than others. According to a report I remember hearing reading the nutrition la- According to the US Keep in mind too, that — Here are 5 things that in the Annals of Internal about this amazing blood bels on the different pack- Food and Drug Adminis- based on new research — make you more attractive Medicine, men may be test years ago when I ages of the food that I eat tration (FDA), the percent the Daily Values for some to mosquitoes: more likely to be attacked worked at the University and noticed that a lot of Daily Value (percent DV) nutrients were updated Pregnancy by bugs compared to wom- of New Mexico Medical the values are listed as is how much a nutrient for the newest Nutrition Malaria-carrying mos- en. Much of that is be- School. A1C is also re- percentages, but percent- in a single serving of an Facts label. However, the quitoes are twice as at- cause of size, and the fact ferred to as hemoglobin ages of what? And how individual food or dietary DV for iron has remained tracted to pregnant wom- that larger people tend to A1C or HbA1C. en. And mosquitoes in do you translate that into supplement contributes to the same at 18 milligrams emit greater relative heat Hemoglobin is the oxy- mg (milligrams)? I was your daily diet. general are attracted to (mg). or carbon dioxide. gen-carrying part of our amazed by how iron rich For example, the current people who emit more Type O Blood Barbara Quinn is a reg- red blood cells. The A1C raisins are. Have been DV for iron is 18 milli- carbon dioxide when they Have Type O blood? Bad istered dietitian and certi- test — through a small putting them on my cereal grams (mg). One serving breathe, such as pregnant news: Mosquitoes love sample of blood — mea- in the morning and in do- (\ cup) of raisins has 0.7 fied diabetes educator af- women or larger people. you. A 2004 study found sures the percentage of ing so meet my quota for mg of iron and a percent filiated with Community Alcohol that in a controlled set- sugar molecules (glucose) the day. Thank you.” DV of 4 percent. That Hospital of the Monterey Mosquitoes prefer peo- ting, mosquitoes landed that are attached to the Dear I.B, means that you can meet Peninsula. She is the au- ple who like to drink over on folks with Type O blood hemoglobin portion of our Those percentages on 4 percent of your total iron thor of “Quinn-Essential those who are sober. Part nearly twice as often as red blood cells. The high- the Nutrition Facts la- need for the day in one Nutrition” (Westbow Press, of the reason is that “al- individuals with Type A er the number, the higher bel refer to Daily Values serving (\ cup) of raisins. 2015). Email her at to bar- cohol makes your blood blood. Those with Type B one’s average blood glu- (DV’s) — basically your You will need to get the bara@quinnessentialnu- vessels dilate, and warm were somewhere in the cose levels have been over recommended quota for other 96 percent of your trition.com.) blood moves closer to the middle.