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North Korean leader seeks more nuclear strength

BY KIM GAMEL after speculation that he may have nuclear war deterrence of the coun- ar capabilities and military firepow- Stars and Stripes suffered health problems began last try and putting the strategic armed er was the latest blow to hopes for a month during a similar absence from forces on a high alert operation in revival of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts SEOUL, South Korea — In his first public view. line with the general requirements to persuade the North to give up its reported appearance in more than Kim resurfaced on May 1 at a rib- for the building and development nuclear weapons program. three weeks, North Korean leader bon-cutting ceremony for a fertilizer of the armed forces of the country,” It also came a day after The Wash- Kim Jong Un presided over a meeting factory but was not seen again until KCNA said. ington Post, citing three anonymous calling for increased nuclear capa- the Korean Central News Agency “Taken at the meeting were crucial officials, reported that President bilities and putting the armed forces published photos on Sunday show- measures for considerably increas- Donald Trump’s administration has on “high alert,” state-run media said ing him overseeing a meeting of the ing the firepower strike ability of discussed whether to conduct the Sunday. nation’s top military-governing body. the [North Korean army’s] artillery first U.S. nuclear test since 1992. The 36-year-old leader’s where- “Set forth at the meeting were new pieces,” it added. abouts have been closely watched Kim policies for further increasing the The emphasis on developing nucle- SEE STRENGTH ON PAGE 5 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9713 IBM latest tech giant to cut jobs amid pandemic Euro costs (May 25) ...... $1.06 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.91 Dollar buys (May 25) ...... €0.8939 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.8135 British pound (May 25) ...... $1.19 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those COVID-19 pandemic, saying employees worldwide as of Dec. Japanese yen (May 25) ...... 105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (May 25) ...... 1,205.00 that the company made a “tough 31, according to its annual report. Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM told the for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3773 decision” to withdraw revenue Krishna said in April that more Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Wall Street Journal that it is lay- British pound ...... $1.2181 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., projections for the rest of 2020. than 95% of them were working Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.4041 ing off an undisclosed number of purchasing British pounds in Germany), The Armonk, N.Y., company re- remotely. China (Yuan) ...... 7.1350 check with your local military banking workers across the United States. Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.8444 ported a 3.4% revenue decline in It is the latest example of the facility. Commercial rates are interbank IBM representatives didn’t re- Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.8599 the January-March quarter from pandemic hitting the tech in- Euro ...... $1.0896/0.9178 rates provided for reference when buying turn numerous calls and emails the same time last year, blaming dustry, even as demand rises for Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7556 currency. All figures are foreign currencies Friday to confirm the job cuts, Hungary (Forint) ...... 321.13 to one dollar, except for the British pound, it in part on how the coronavirus online services and computing Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.5310 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, which were also reported by outbreak was affecting sales. power to help home-bound people Japan (Yen) ...... 107.63 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Bloomberg. The Journal said that IBM’s job work, learn and entertain them- Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3089 INTEREST RATES The already-struggling tech Norway (Krone) ...... 10.0210 cuts could number in the thou- selves online. Hewlett Packard Philippines (Peso)...... 50.80 Prime rate ...... 3.25 giant’s new CEO Arvind Krish- sands, citing an unnamed per- Enterprise announced planned Poland (Zloty) ...... 4.15 Discount rate ...... 0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7580 Federal funds market rate ...... 0.05 na warned investors last month son familiar with the company’s cutbacks Thursday that are likely Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.4259 3-month bill ...... 0.12 of uncertainty caused by the plans. IBM had about 352,600 to cost jobs and reduce salaries. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,243.69 30-year bond ...... 1.37 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY CHAD GARLAND Stars and Stripes KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Few people gathered at the Luxembourg Amer- ican Cemetery for this year’s Memorial Day service due to coronavirus precau- tions. But the livestreamed event high- lighted the difference just one person can make — the only woman buried among the more than 5,000 service members at the World War II cemetery. Second Lt. Nancy J. Leo, of Cumberland, Md., served as a nurse for 16 months in Scotland, England and France during the tail end of the war. Her service with the PHOTOS BY U.S. EMBASSY LUXEMBOURG/Facebook 206th General Hospital was an example of Father Jean Ehret giving the invocation. humanity and caring amid the inhumanity of war, the Rev. Jean Ehret said during the after the war in 1920, also planned to invocation. stream a service Sunday from its mau- Members of a Marine Corps’ color guard from the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg wore “For how many soldiers was 2nd Lt. soleum outside the French capital for the masks during a Facebook livestream of the embassy’s Memorial Day service at the Nancy J. Leo the presence of a loving first time. Completed in 1939, the site is the Luxembourg American Cemetery on Saturday. mother, of a caring wife, especially when final resting place to some 300 U.S. veter- they were close to death?” Ehret asked. ans and their families. and the American Overseas Memorial Like Gen. George S. Patton, who is also Day Association, which decorates service “With her, we honor all those women “We’re still trying to make the best of it,” buried in Luxembourg, Leo’s life was cut who served during World War II in the members’ graves at remote cemeteries in Bryan Schell, the post commander, said short as the result of a vehicle accident. Army and at home and we honor all those Europe. of the situation during a phone interview Upon arriving in France, Leo had called who fight today in the front line against Participants at the service in Luxem- Saturday. her older sister, also an Army nurse, to tell coronavirus.” bourg sat in chairs spread wide apart. During the pandemic, technology has her she would be visiting her in Paris. But The Saturday event was one of several Though they were few, they were united she never arrived — she was killed in a streamed online in Europe as organiza- also helped the post reach its members, with many more at other events honoring some of whom are spread out throughout Jeep accident on the way there. tions sought to continue a long tradition of the legacy of the war dead, as well as those “Nancy never got to visit her sister in honoring the war dead each May, despite France. The post has seen an uptick in at- online, said Ehret, a professor of religious tendance at virtual meetings, Schell said, Paris or see her mother or her little sister the restrictions imposed to prevent the studies at Luxembourg’s Sacred Heart and brother again,” Jimenez said. “She including older members excited by the op- University. virus’s spread. did not get to grow old or have a family of Pre-recorded Memorial Day events portunity to participate in online stream- As a nurse, Leo represented the medical her own, but she gave her life in the line of from St. Mihiel American Cemetery and ing for the first time. professionals who risk their own health to doing what she loved and what was impor- Lorraine American Cemetery were slated But despite the increased use of technol- fight “known enemies and invisible virus- to be streamed on Monday at https://www. ogy, Schell said, the livestreamed Memo- es,” said Cecile Jimenez, lead medical offi- tant to her.” facebook.com/usabmc/live/. They are rial Day event came together somewhat cer for the U.S. Embassy, who also offered In the fight against the pandemic, Leo scheduled to begin, respectively, at 2 p.m. unexpectedly, after a call from Souvenir remarks at the ceremony. and other fallen service members can and 6 p.m. in Europe (8 a.m. and noon Francais, an organization responsible for “We do these jobs because we are pas- be honored by following their example Eastern Daylight Time). caring for war memorials and gravesites sionate about our work and we care deeply of making sacrifices for others’ sake, Ji- The American Legion’s Paris Post 1, in France. about our patients,” Jimenez said. “Above menez said. which began decorating American World The American Legion coordinated with all, we want to help others and do our part [email protected] War I graves on the first Memorial Day the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Paris to keep the world safe.” Twitter: @chadgarland Museums, memorials provide virtual events to commemorate

BY ROSE L. THAYER Find a list of online events for The ceremony’s closing prayer visit while remaining physically marks from Gold Star family Stars and Stripes Memorial Day at will be presented by Navy Chap- distant from one another. members and retired Army Gen. stripes.com/go/virtualmuseum lain Candidate Lt. Joseph Feaster, The WWI Museum will begin Colin Powell, who served as sec- AUSTIN, Texas — Despite a reservist and full-time Colonial with a 10 a.m. ceremony sched- retary of state and chairman of restrictions caused by the coro- lost their lives.” Williamsburg actor-interpreter uled to last about 15 minutes with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a navirus pandemic, the ritual of Like many other military- and portraying Gowan Pamphlet, the remarks from Naylor, a color recording of a bugler playing taps Memorial Day must occur, said first known ordained black Bap- guard and prerecorded remarks in the Memorial Grove. Matt Naylor, president and CEO veteran-focused museums, the WWI museum closed to visitors tist preacher. from local and state leaders. At The Vietnam Veterans Memo- of the National World War I Mu- rial Fund in Washington, D.C., in March, but as Memorial Day “Each year Colonial Williams- noon, the museum will livestream seum in Kansas City, Mo. burg and the local chapter of the a bell tolling ceremony. Original- is aiming to keep their ceremony approached, Naylor said he and “It’s right that we do this work Sons of the American Revolution ly located at a federal building in as close to past events as possible the staff couldn’t let the day pass of memory and we should,” he present a Memorial Day ceremo- downtown Kansas City, the bell while bringing it to veterans on- without recognition. said Tuesday as the museum fi- ny honoring fallen service mem- was rung daily by the Daughters line, said Heidi Zimmerman, vice Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael nalized preparations to take their bers, including those who rest at of the American Revolution dur- president of programs and com- Ferriter, president and CEO of traditional in-person ceremony various sites within the historic ing U.S. involvement in World munications for the memorial. into a virtual setting. the National Veterans Memorial area,” said Anna Harry, commu- War I, Naylor said. The livestream will occur on Observed on the last Monday in and Museum in Columbus, Ohio, nity affairs manager for the Colo- At 2 p.m., the museum will Facebook Live and the organiza- May since 1971, Memorial Day is said their mission is to connect nial Williamsburg Foundation. stream a ceremony to dedicate tion’s website at 1 p.m. and will intended for the country to pause with veterans, and, pandemic or The virtual commemoration bricks to its Walk of Honor. Since include a presentation of colors, and honor the people who have not, they intend to do so on Me- will take place in the Revolution- May 14, a display of 140 Ameri- the singing of the national anthem died fighting in America’s wars morial Day. ary War cemetery on the Gover- can flags has been on view on the and a mix of previously recorded and conducting those rituals of “We often say in the military, nor’s Palace grounds, where 156 museum’s Memorial Mall. The content. It will also include video memorial services are important the conditions have changed, but men and two women of military flags represent the number of tributes to all those on the Viet- regardless of who is watching, the mission hasn’t,” he said. “As age were buried in 1781, ac- veterans estimated to die by sui- nam Veterans Memorial and a Naylor said. The most responsible a veteran memorial and museum, cording to a news release from cide each week. It is both “beauti- wreath laying, Zimmerman said. way to host those events this year it’s about those who we serve and the historic site. The ceremony ful and horrific,” Naylor said. “Our world is sort of com- is online, he said. that’s those who have served and will include music, invocations, In Ohio, the Veterans Memo- ing undone at the moment and it “Even if nobody participated, those who have given ultimate a wreath laying, a musket volley rial and Museum will host three would be easy for people to skip which I don’t think will happen, sacrifice. It’s a no-brainer to keep and a moment of silence. different opportunities to virtu- through Memorial Day without but if nobody participated, it’s going.” At the WWI Museum, a typi- ally honor the fallen, including honoring those who served and right that we do this,” he said. “It’s Even Colonial Williamsburg in cal Memorial Day would include the We Honor Them Together Na- died,” said Naylor . “It’s essential both for the community so that Virginia, which was a focal point activities beginning Friday and tional Virtual Walk/Run, which we do all that we can to help pro- the community can participate in during the American Revolution, wrapping up Monday. This year, has more than 600 participants vide an opportunity for people to ritual that helps them remember Memorial Day services will go on- the museum will host three events registered in 32 states. A 10 a.m. do the work of memory.” and it’s equally important that we line and include the re-enactment available to view online and one ceremony presented through [email protected] do this in memory of those who of history for which it is known. outdoor display that people can Facebook Live will include re- Twitter: @Rose_Lori PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 MILITARY DODEA modifies its graduations on Europe bases

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN Stars and Stripes ‘ The big thing is KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- trying to get it as ny — For Becca Adams and more than 1,400 other high school se- fun and as close niors preparing to graduate from to what they would Defense Department schools across Europe, the coronavirus have experienced as pandemic has upended a tradi- we can. tional rite of passage. ’ Heather Ramaglia Adams had been looking for- Wiesbaden principal ward to walking across the stage PHOTOS BY JENNIFER H. SVAN/Stars and Stripes in the stately Kurhaus, where her school, Wiesbaden High, has Ramstein High School senior Michael Brink, 18, hugs his mom, Shauna, while getting his photo taken held its graduation ceremony for Pomp and Circumstance March next to a C-130J Super Hercules parked on the ramp at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on May 18 . years. at Clay Kaserne on June 5 and “I know how special that cer- watch recorded speeches, a vir- emony is and how much it means. tual presentation of diplomas and It’s a beautiful space,” Adams a class video. said. Before the recording begins, Instead, she and others in the the graduates will pick up their class of 2020 will mark the end of diplomas, transcripts and con- this chapter of their lives in non- gratulatory notes, and get photos traditional ways. taken in their cars. The event Some commencement exercis- will finish with a parade through es will be entirely virtual, featur- Clay’s housing area. ing recorded speeches and video “Typically, they would get to clips of graduates, while others walk across the stage, shake my will be live ceremonies with rules hand, get their photo taken,” Ra- meant to prevent the spread of maglia said. “I think the big thing the coronavirus. is trying to get it as fun and as Principals at 21 DODEA close to what they would have ex- schools in eight countries have perienced as we can.” developed graduation plans along The class of 2020 at Naples will with military officials that incor- walk in the same venue as past porate the new normal imposed graduating classes, with some Ramstein senior Matthew Oreskovich, 18, gets his photo taken with Ramstein High School senior by the pandemic. differences. The 56 seniors ex- his cap and gown in front of a C-130J Super Hercules. Asiah Shannon, 17, wears a face In Wiesbaden, for instance, the pected to participate will sit on mask while getting his photo Kurhaus can only accommodate chairs spaced 6 feet apart from rade for the 218 seniors is planned. is the traditional college freshman taken. 100 people if social distancing each other on the stage in Carney Graduation was supposed to be at experience with dorm life, can- rules are followed, and there are Park, a military recreational fa- Fritz Walter Stadium, home of teen food and classes in hallowed where I’m stuck in the house all more than that in the graduating cility situated in the caldera of an the Kaiserslautern men’s soccer institutions, replaced for the first of the time,” she said. class alone, not to mention their extinct volcano near Naples. team. semester at least by online class- The changes are “a really big families. Graduates will wear face The class, along with seniors es and life with relatives. let-down,” said Ramstein senior So instead, Wiesbaden’s class of masks and only their parents will from Kaiserslautern and Baum- Gone for others, like Wiesbaden Michael Brink, 18. 2020 will have a “drive-in movie- be able to attend the ceremony, holder, had the opportunity last senior Adams, who is graduating But the class of 2020 is trying style graduation” that will be while watching from parked cars. week to have their photo taken at the age of 16, is the plan to take to take the moment in stride. livestreamed at a different venue, Diplomas will be awarded but in cap and gown in front of a a gap year before heading to the “It is what it is,” Brink said. principal Heather Ramaglia graduates won’t be able to toss C-130J Super Hercules parked at University of Virginia in 2021. “We’re in the middle of a said. their caps due to distancing rules, Ramstein. “I’ve realized that I’m ready pandemic.” Seniors and their families will principal Fredo Ontiveros said. Many seniors have also altered for college, and I don’t want my [email protected] drive on to the airfield to the At Ramstein, a community pa- their post-graduation plans. Gone gap year to be what my life is now, Twitter: @stripesktown DODEA-Pacific schools plan some in-person ceremonies

BY DAVE ORNAUER The additional ceremonies will vary activities, as long as social distancing and Base, Japan. Stars and Stripes “based on local environmental conditions other measures remain enforced. In South Korea, Daegu Middle/High and strictly adhere to health and safety Ferguson said high school principals School is planning a ceremony in the Defense Department high schools in guidance,” Ferguson said. “Once final- are working with their district administra- school commons, which also serves as the the Pacific are planning limited, in-per- ized, principals are sharing their gradua- tion and base commanders to plan actual cafeteria. Osan High School at Osan Air son graduation ceremonies as some U.S. tion plans with parents, students and the ceremonies. Base is holding a ceremony on the school’s military bases start to loosen restrictions community.” Guam High School and Kadena and Ku- football field. aimed at curbing the spread of the corona- In Japan, Zama American Middle/High virus, a spokeswoman said Friday. The announcement that additional grad- basaki high schools on Okinawa are plan- The in-person ceremonies will comple- uation ceremonies are planned comes a day ning drive-through celebrations at their School is planning a small-group celebra- ment the official, online graduation cer- after DODEA-Pacific said some schools in respective schools, Ferguson said. tion in the school auditorium. E.J. King emonies planned around the pandemic by South Korea are planning optional year- Three schools are planning gatherings High School is planning an outdoor cere- Department of Defense Education Activ- end activities. at base facilities: Humphreys High School mony at Nimitz Park on Sasebo Naval Base, ity-Pacific, said DODEA-Pacific spokes- While restrictions remain tight at most at Collier Field House, Camp Humphreys, Yokota High School at its football field and woman Miranda Ferguson. bases in Japan, the U.S. military in South South Korea; Nile C. Kinnick High School Matthew C. Perry in its school auditorium Attendance at in-person ceremonies is Korea lowered its health protection con- at Berkey Field, Yokosuka Naval Base, at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. optional, guests will be limited and social dition status and allowed its personnel to Japan; and Robert D. Edgren Middle/High [email protected] distancing enforced, she said. return to sit-down restaurants and other School at an aircraft hangar on Misawa Air Twitter @DaveOrnauer Monday, May 25, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY Marines reduce rotation to Australia

BY SETH ROBSON with all the necessary protections Stars and Stripes related to COVID-19, because of the excellent cooperation be- Fewer than half as many U.S. tween the United States Marine Marines than originally planned Corps, the Australian Govern- will rotate to Australia’s Northern ment and the Northern Territory Territory for a training mission Government.” this summer that was cut short by 1st Lt. Bridget Glynn, a public the coronavirus, according to the affairs officer with the Marines Australian Minister of Defence. in Darwin, said Friday that the The Marine Corps on May 5 Marines would not yet announce announced the resumption of the the units involved in the rotation rotation to the northern Austra- other than some III Marine Ex- lian city of Darwin. It had been peditionary Force personnel al- scheduled to begin in March but ready in the country and that the was delayed following an order equipment they would train with that month from Defense Secre- is still being finalized. tary Mark Esper barring nearly Stars and Stripes reported last all official movement overseas for month that some Marines from Defense Department personnel. 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regi- “The modified rotation will ment out of Marine Corps Air involve around 1,200 Marines Ground Combat Center Twenty- who will exercise exclusively at Defence training areas in the nine Palms and equipped with Northern Territory until Sep- M777 howitzers are involved in tember,” the Australian Ministry the rotation. of Defence said in a statement It’s been 6 ½ weeks since a Thursday. COVID-19 case was diagnosed The annual rotation had been in Australia’s north, The North- slated to involve 2,500 Marines, ern Territory News reported the same number that headed Thursday. SETH ROBSON/Stars and Stripes Down Under last year. “The Northern Territory is now “I am pleased that the modified Australian army Capt. Chris Moroney, wore a U.S. flag patch on his helmet during an amphibious effectively coronavirus-free after deployment will proceed this year, Talisman Sabre drill near Bowen, Australia, in July 2019. the last case — an Australian De- following careful planning and fence Force member who tested preparations undertaken by both March have already gone through said. Each Marine will be re-tested positive while serving overseas Australia and the United States to a 14-day quarantine and begun Each Marine will be screened at the conclusion of the quaran- — was cleared of the virus today,” minimize COVID-19 risks to the training with their Australian four days prior to departure, the tine period, the statement said. the newspaper reported. Northern Territory,” Australian counterparts. statement said. “The Marines will achieve sig- All 30 cases of coronavirus di- Defence Minister Linda Reynolds The first group of additional “They will then be screened nificant training outcomes with agnosed in the state are related to said, in the statement. COVID-19 Marines will disembark at Royal and tested for COVID-19 upon the Australian Defence Force international or domestic travel, is the respiratory illness caused Australian Air Force Base Dar- arrival in Australia, before being while rigorously adhering to the and there have been no cases of by the coronavirus that’s causing win in early June, beginning the quarantined for 14 days at spe- restrictions in place to safely community transmission, the a global pandemic. Australian component of a de- cially prepared Defence facilities manage COVID-19 in the Terri- newspaper reported. Fifty-four Marines who arrived tailed quarantine and testing re- in the Darwin area,” the state- tory,” Reynolds said. “This rota- [email protected] in Darwin in an advance party in gime, the Australian statement ment said. tion has been able to proceed, Twitter: @SethRobson1 Strength: N. Korea Defects found on warning denies reports stating markers for pilots nearing low-yield nuclear tests DMZ border to be restored BY KIM GAMEL “We will now work with our Stars and Stripes (South Korean) counterparts to are being conducted restore bad markers to useful SEOUL, South Korea — The condition,” the U.N. Command U.S.-led United Nations Com- said. FROM FRONT PAGE mand said Friday that it will The probe was launched after a The issue was raised at a May 15 meeting of na- repair several defects found on special investigation team “iden- tional security officials following administration warning markers meant to keep tified a deficiency that contribut- accusations that Russia and China are conducting aircraft from flying mistakenly ed to a potential aviation incident low-yield nuclear tests, the Post said. No publicly into the tense border area that di- involving a civilian aircraft last vides the Korean peninsula. available evidence supports that assertion and both year,” the U.N. Command said. The discovery came after the countries deny it, according to the report. The U.N. Command is tasked U.N. Command, which oversees KCNA didn’t mention the report or give a date or with enforcing the armistice that the Demilitarized Zone, sent staff location for the meeting of the central military com- KCNA ended the 1950-53 Korean War to fly the length of the southern mission of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party. after the sides failed to reach a Kim also promoted the ranks of major command- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over a boundary to verify that the 877 peace treaty. U.S. Army Gen. ing officers. Ri Pyong Chol, a senior party official in meeting of the central military commission of the markers were intact and visible. Robert Abrams, who commands charge of weapons development, was elected as the ruling Workers’ Party in this undated photo Sunday . “These 877 markers across the U.S. Forces Korea and the Com- commission’s vice-chairman, KCNA said. Peninsula serve as visual aids to bined Forces Command, also Photos showed him speaking to an audience of range missile tests but stopped short of launching aircrew so they do not mistakenly uniformed officials as they furiously took notes, an intercontinental ballistic missile, which Trump fly into the #DMZ & #DPRK,” leads the U.N. Command. pointing to a screen with a blurred-out image and has signaled would be a red line. the U.N. Command said on its The DMZ, about 155 miles long signing documents. South Korean officials have insisted that ru- Facebook page, using the acro- and 2.5 miles wide, has often North Korea has demonstrated major advances in mors that Kim had undergone heart surgery were nym for North Korea’s official been a flash point in tensions be- its nuclear program since Kim assumed power after unfounded. name, the Democratic People’s tween the two Koreas. The air- his father died of a heart attack in late 2011. Earlier this month, the South’s spy agency told Republic of Korea. craft warning panel markers are Kim declared a moratorium on nuclear and mis- lawmakers that it believes Kim has reduced his It said the survey “revealed among the measures in place to sile tests in 2018 as he held summits with Trump public activities because of concerns about the coro- several deficiencies,” and post- prevent accidents or misunder- and South Korean leader Moon Jae-in. However, he navirus despite the North’s insistence that it’s not ed photos of the red, numbered standings that could escalate into said last year that the North was no longer bound by affected by the pandemic. markers pockmarked with holes conflict. the moratorium after talks deadlocked. [email protected] and partially hidden by over- [email protected] The North has conducted several recent short- Twitter: @kimgamel grown foliage. Twitter: @kimgamel PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 WAR/MILITARY Navy trumpets 7 of its Taliban announces 11 aircraft carriers are now underway 3-day cease-fire to

BY WYATT OLSON Navy placed Reagan sailors into Stars and Stripes phased sequestrations of up to 21 days as they transferred to the The Navy on Friday touted the carrier. mark Eid holiday fact that seven of its 11 aircraft The Abraham Lincoln depart- carriers are now underway after ed its homeport of San Diego on U.S. Navy coronavirus and maintenance is- May 7, less than four months after BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN insurgents, however, almost im- sues had beset the fleet in recent The Navy touted on social media completing a record-breaking 295 Stars and Stripes mediately resumed attacks on Af- months. Friday that seven of its 11 days at sea during its previous de- ghan forces. “Around the world, we are un- aircraft carriers are underway. ployment. Nimitz got underway KABUL, Afghanistan — The The spike in violence and issues derway and ready,” the service from San Diego a day later. Taliban have announced a three- such as a dispute over a prisoner said in a Facebook post featuring for the sinking. With an eye toward China, the day cease-fire across Afghani- release have delayed the peace a graphic with a large “7” plas- The Navy has been challenged Navy has stepped up publicity stan beginning Sunday to mark process by over two months. tered over the photos of carriers over its operations in the South to keep carriers at sea in recent years. the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Earlier this month, President Ronald Reagan, Gerald R. Ford, China Sea in the wake of the coro- The group’s fighters have been Abraham Lincoln, Nimitz, Harry An analysis published by USNI Ashraf Ghani ordered the mili- navirus crisis. ordered not to attack government tary to resume offensive opera- S. Truman, Theodore Roosevelt China took advantage of the di- News in September 2018 conclud- forces “in any place” during the tions against the Taliban, citing and Dwight D. Eisenhower. minished presence of U.S. Navy ed that during the previous 15 period unless they are attacked a rise in Taliban attacks. Govern- Aircraft carriers are perhaps carriers in the Pacific by twice in months, the Navy had the lowest first, a statement by the group re- ment forces had been observing America’s most visible manifes- April sailing its own carrier, the number of carrier strike groups leased late Saturday said. a purely defensive posture for tation of global military might, Liaoning, between two islands of underway in 25 years. Fighters were also advised not roughly two months in a bid to ad- each operating with its own strike Japan’s Okinawa prefecture. In December, the Navy an- to travel into government-con- group and able to project power During its second pass through nounced that seven carriers were vance the peace process. trolled territory during the pause, into hotspots. on April 28, the Liaoning was ac- finally underway after half the There was no immediate reply and government troops would not The USS Theodore Roosevelt companied by two guided-missile carrier fleet had spent the fall by Ghani to the Taliban’s cease- was sidelined for almost two destroyers, two multirole war- in a nondeployable state, but the be allowed into insurgent-con- fire announcement, although he months in Guam dealing with ships and a combat-support sup- virus waylaid the Theodore Roos- trolled territory, the statement had been calling for a cease-fire a coronavirus outbreak that in- ply ship. evelt three months later. said. for months. fected more than 1,100 sailors China also appeared to step up Among the carriers that had The announcement followed an The Taliban, Afghan and and kill ed one. It finally set sail its operations in the South China been sidelined last year, the USS uptick in violence across the coun- American militaries observed a Thursday, but only with essential Sea by carrying out surveys with- George Washington was in the try since a U.S.-Taliban deal was period of reduced violence in the crew members aboard. in the waters of Malaysia’s exclu- shipyard for an overhaul, while signed in late February that could week leading up to the signing Two other carriers got under- sive economic zone. the USS John C. Stennis was see all American troops pull out of the U.S.-Taliban deal Feb. 29. way earlier this month. In early April, a Vietnamese awaiting one. The USS George of Afghanistan by mid-2021. All sides also agreed to separate The Ronald Reagan headed to fishing boat sank during a skir- H.W. Bush and USS Carl Vinson U.S. officials had expected cease-fires during Eid al-Fitr in sea after six months of routine mish with a Chinese coast guard were undergoing maintenance, that the deal would usher in a 2018, during which Taliban fight- maintenance at its homeport in ship in a disputed area. Vietnam while the Harry S. Truman had prolonged period of reduced vio- ers were welcomed into several Yokosuka Naval Base near Tokyo. officials claimed that the Chi- to delay departure to sea because lence and quickly lead to formal Afghan cities and posed for self- Seeking to avoid the type of wide- nese boat intentionally rammed of an electrical malfunction. talks between the Taliban and ies with residents. spread contagion experienced the fishing boat, while China said [email protected] Afghan government on reaching [email protected] by the crew of the Roosevelt, the that the fishermen were to blame Twitter: @WyattWOlson a comprehensive cease-fire. The Twitter: @pwwellman USS Zumwalt fires first rounds from onboard gun in test off California

BY CHRISTIAN LOPEZ Stars and Stripes Sailors aboard the USS Zum- walt recently fired the first rounds from the destroyer’s high-velocity cannon, another waypoint on the ship’s segue into naval service. Test firing of the Mark 46 MOD 2 Gun Weapon System took place May 16 at the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range off Point Mugu, Calif., ac- cording to a U.S. 3rd Fleet press release. The remotely operated system is comprised of a 30 mm high-ve- locity cannon, a laser rangefinder for shipboard self-defense against surface targets, a forward-look- ing infrared sensor and a low- light television camera. /U.S. Navy “The privilege of being a ‘first- CAMERON CHADD in-class’ ship includes having the The USS Zuwalt test-fires the Mark 46 MOD 2 Gun Weapon System during a sea trial off Point Mugu, Calif., on May 16. opportunity to systematically con- duct testing across the breadth to confirm that a vessel can op- prohibited the Navy from taking group based in Washington, D.C. open-ocean and near-shore of systems installed onboard the erate safely while firing its own delivery of a vessel not fully out- The high cost of munitions for environments. ship,” Capt. Andrew Carlson, weapons due to the vibrations fitted to its combat capacity, ac- the original, 155 mm main arma- “Today’s event is the first in a Zumwalt’s commanding officer, and shock caused when firing cording to a USNI News report ment added to the Navy’s decision chapter of live fire test events over said in a Navy statement. live ordnance. The test fire is also April 24. in December 2017 to change the the next year that will prove the “The real plus is conduct- the first time a Zumwalt-class The Navy originally planned Zumwalt’s mission from shore lethal capability that these ships ing those tests, such as today’s destroyer shot a large-caliber to put 32 Zumwalt-class destroy- bombardment to surface war- will bring to the fight,” Lt. Cmdr. live fire with the Mark 46 GWS, weapon. ers to sea, a number trimmed to fare against other vessels. The Tim Kubisak, Zumwalt test of- which provide tangible evidence The Zumwalt entered the fleet three as the price of each ship, an destroyer, according to the Navy, ficer, Program Executive Office of combat capability maturation,” in April 2 ½ years after it was estimated $8 billion, grew after is equipped for control of the sea, for Integrated Warfare Systems, Carlson said. commissioned by the Navy in Oc- 2005, according to the Project power projection, deterrence and said in the statement. Structural test firing is re- tober 2016. Soon after the Zum- on Government Oversight, a non- command and control missions. [email protected] quired for the first ship in a class walt’s commissioning, Congress partisan, independent watchdog It is designed to operate in Twitter: @Clopez_Stripes Monday, May 25, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK Stuttgart marks 3 weeks Air Force delays fitness without a new infection

BY JOHN VANDIVER around for a military community Stars and Stripes that in early April accounted for more coronavirus cases than any STUTTGART, Germany — other overseas base. testing until October U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart has On April 8, there were 103 gone three weeks without a new cases in Stuttgart — more than BY JAMES BOLINGER the assessment once every six to prepare for their next test confirmed coronavirus infection, in all of South Korea and Japan Stars and Stripes months. after Oct. 1, according to Kelly’s military officials said, marking combined. The Air Force fitness test is memo. the longest stretch without one in The Air Force has postponed After its initial surge in cases, four events: a waist measure- “Airmen who are non-current months for a command that once physical fitness testing for its ser- Army officials in Stuttgart ment, timed 1.5-mile run and the or have an unsatisfactory official had more than 100 cases. vice members through Oct. 1 as maximum number of situps and physical fitness assessment will cracked down with strict social “We continue to look for the a precautionary measure against pushups the airmen can perform not be required to test before the distancing rules, limits on when spreading coronavirus, according in 1 minute per event. authorized 42-day reconditioning virus,” Col. Jason Condrey said community members could to a memo released Thursday. Kelly also suspended the waist period has expired,” the memo in a community announcement visit places such as the commis- The memo, signed by Lt. Gen. measurement portion until Oct. 1, stated. “The first day of the 42- Thursday. “The virus isn’t gone sary and an extensive testing Brian Kelly, the chief of manpow- 2021, and the annual height and day reconditioning period begins and we have to be mindful of program. er and personnel services, said weight measurements until fur- 1 October 2020.” that.” Some restrictions are begin- that local health conditions would ther notice. The Air Force decision mir- To stay on top of potential cases, ning to loosen. dictate when and how command- “During this period, all Air- rors those of the Navy and Ma- the garrison recently added a Last week, garrison leaders ers could resume testing after men will receive a temporary, rine Corps, which canceled their rapid testing platform that can lifted a policy that allowed people Oct. 1. one-year abdominal circumfer- fitness assessments on March 18 process swab specimens in less to only visit the commissary and Before they allow testing to ence exemption, and the next and April 21, respectively. than a day. post exchange twice a month. resume, local commanders must scheduled test date will be based “Airmen remain our top priori- The test will be used for those And last week, Army leaders re- consult with public health author- on the overall fitness score,” the ty, and we will ensure their health showing symptoms or people in laxed travel limits for personnel ities and perform a local risk as- memo stated. and safety as we maintain our need of emergency dental treat- in Stuttgart, allowing them to sessment, according to the memo. force readiness posture,” Kelly’s To handle the expected in- ment, the garrison said. travel freely within Germany so In it, Kelly authorized command- crease in the number of airmen memo said. “With testing capabilities in- long as trips don’t require over- ers to delay testing beyond Oct. 1 who will be tested when the This is the second change to Air house, we should be able to run night stays. if fitness centers remain closed moratorium is lifted, the memo Force fitness testing since Janu- and local movement restrictions also temporarily allows physical ary, when the service announced those results within an 8-hour pe- Condrey urged community remain in place. training leaders to test members that airmen could take up to three riod and contact them,” Stuttgart members to continue to wear Airmen take the test once or of their own squadron, a practice diagnostic fitness tests under of- health clinic commander Lt. Col. masks and maintain social dis- twice a year depending on how that has been banned for years. ficial conditions, and if they liked Maria Bruton said in a garrison tancing vigilance. high they score. Airmen who Airmen who are not current, their score from any one test, the statement Thursday. “One misstep” could reverse earn an excellent rating are only overdue or previously scored an service would count it as official. Still, the lack of new cases the positive trend, Condrey said. required to test once a year; all unsatisfactory result on their fit- [email protected] — there has been just one in the [email protected] other categories must complete ness test have more than a month Twitter: @bolingerj2004 past five weeks — is a sharp turn- Twitter: @john_vandiver PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Americans, Europeans soak up sun amid new rules

BY GEIR MOULSON gional and international borders Associated Press June 3 in a bid to boost tourism, is only now allowing locals back BERLIN — Europeans and to beaches in their own regions Americans soaked up the sun — with restrictions. where they could Sunday, tak- In the northwestern Liguria ing advantage of the first holi- region, people were allowed to day weekend since coronavirus take a dip in the sea and a walk restrictions were eased, while along the shore, but no sunbath- European governments grappled ing. In Savona, a dozen people with how and when to let in for- were fined for violating sunbath- eign travelers in hopes of salvag- ing bans. Rimini, on Italy’s east ing the summer tourist season. coast, attracted beachgoers be- Beach patrols and police ginning at dawn, and many sat in watched to make sure people widely spaced groups. Still, au- abided by the social distancing thorities had to work at enforcing rules and spread out on the sand distancing on a popular beach in and at parks. Palermo. The U.S. is on track to surpass “We cannot forget that the 100,000 coronavirus deaths in the virus exists and is circulating,” next few days, while Europe has Deputy Health Minister Pier- seen over 169,000 dead, accord- paolo Sileri told Sky TG24. “Even ing to a tally by Johns Hopkins if the numbers of new cases are University. ANDREW MEDICHINI/AP low, we must respect the rules.” The New York Times marked Italian police carry out anti-gathering checks along Ostia beach near Rome on Sunday. For the first time in months, the the horror by devoting Sunday’s faithful gathered in the Vatican’s entire front page to a long list of Spain, one of the hardest-hit and to hotels in Berlin. But tour- In Paris, where all city parks St. Peter’s Square for the tra- names of those who have died in countries and also one of the ism campaigns will require a new remain closed, locals soaked up ditional Sunday papal blessing, the U.S. The headline: “An Incal- world’s top destinations for in- approach. the sun along the embankments but they kept their distance from culable Loss.” ternational travelers, said that it “We don’t think people want of the Seine River and lounged on each other. Some 2,000 Muslims President Donald Trump won’t reopen for foreign tourists closely packed big-city bustle at ledges outside the Tuileries Gar- gathered for Eid al-Fitr prayers at played golf at one of his courses until July. To boost the economy, the moment,” Burkhard Kiek- dens. In some spots, people sat a sports complex in the Paris sub- during the Memorial Day week- the country’s leader has encour- er, the chief of visitBerlin, told safely spaced apart. Elsewhere, urb of Levallois-Perret, spaced 1 end — the unofficial start of sum- aged Spaniards to start planning RBB Inforadio. His agency has groups of maskless teens crowded meter apart and wearing masks. mer — as he urged states to ease their vacations for late June in- launched a campaign showing together, shrugging off the rules. Beachside communities in their lockdowns. side Spain. “how much green space and how Beginning Monday, France is England urged Londoners and Across Europe, a mishmash of “Come July, we will allow the much water there is” in Berlin. relaxing its border restrictions, others to stay away after rules travel restrictions appears to be arrival of foreign tourists to Spain In France, families flocked to allowing in migrant workers and were eased to allow people to on the horizon, often depending under safe conditions,” Prime the beach at La Grande Motte on family visitors from other Eu- drive any distance for exercise or on what passports visitors carry. Minister Pedro Sanchez said. the Mediterranean, swimming ropean countries. But it is also recreation. The southern coastal Germany, France and other Eu- “We will guarantee that tourists and sunbathing with 86-square- calling for a voluntary 14-day city of Brighton said: “Wish you ropean countries aim to open are not at risk and that they don’t foot spaces marked off with ropes quarantine for people arriving were here — but not just yet.” their borders for European travel represent a risk” to Spain. and wooden stakes to keep people from Britain and Spain, because Wales kept up its “Later” tourism in mid-June. But it isn’t clear In Germany, domestic tourists apart. Reservations were re- those countries imposed a similar campaign, reminding people that when intercontinental travel will will be allowed to return Monday quired, and there was already a requirement on the French. its hotels, restaurants and tourist resume. to the country’s Baltic Sea coast two-day waiting list. Italy, which plans to open re- sites are still closed. China to US: Stop taking us to brink of ‘new Cold War’ BY ANNA FIFIELD Mike Pompeo, who have repeat- emergence of the novel coronavi- The Washington Post edly suggested that the ruling rus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Chinese Communist Party is a Reeling from over 100,000 deaths The United States should aban- threat to the world, Wang said that in the U.S., the Trump adminis- don its “wishful thinking about American politicians “are taking tration has been trying to heap changing China” and stop push- China-U.S. relations hostage and the blame for the pandemic en- ing the two countries “to the brink pushing our two countries to the tirely on China’s ruling Commu- FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP of a new Cold War,” Chinese For- brink of a new Cold War.” nist Party. eign Minister Wang Yi said Sun- “This dangerous attempt to This includes, most recently, a A man wearing a protective mask during the coronavirus pandemic day, trying to position Beijing as turn back the will of history will claim by White House trade ad- crosses Amsterdam Avenue on Wednesday in New York. the grown-up in an increasingly undo the fruits of decades-long viser Peter Navarro that China fractious bilateral relationship. China-U.S. cooperation, damp- “sent hundreds of thousands” of With tensions between the en America’s own development people infected with the virus on world’s two largest economies prospects and put world stabil- planes to “seed” the virus around As US nears 100K dead, mounting by the day, Wang used ity and prosperity in jeopardy,” the world. the opportunity of a news confer- Wang said. The Global Times, a newspa- NY continues downtrend ence during the annual piece of Under Trump, whose admin- per affiliated with the Commu- political theater known as the Na- istration labeled China as a stra- nist Party, reported Sunday that Associated Press the peak in early April, when the tional People’s Congress to send a tegic “competitor” in its first China was “considering punitive number seemed more likely to NEW YORK — The daily coro- direct message to Washington. national security strategy, Bei- countermeasures” against some hit 1,000 than fall below 100. It “China has no intention to jing and Washington have clashed American politicians leading the navirus death toll was slightly peaked at 799 deaths April 8. change, still less replace the over everything from trade and efforts to hold it accountable for above 100 in New York state, but Cuomo said that the state was United States,” Wang said Sun- technology to human rights and the virus. the trend is continuing down, Gov. now “decidedly in the reopen- day before a selected group of the status of Hong Kong. These included Eric Schmitt, Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. ing phase.” And he noted that journalists. “It’s time for the Washington views China as a the Missouri attorney general On Saturday, 109 people died the state’s curve was going down United States to give up its wish- malign force out to reshape the who filed a lawsuit against China across the state from COVID-19, even as many places in the coun- ful thinking of changing China world in its image, while Beijing seeking compensation for the the Democrat said during his try were rising in deaths. and stopping 1.4 billion people thinks that the U.S. is trying to coronavirus pandemic, and con- daily press conference. There The latest tally from Cuomo in their historic march toward contain its ascent to its rightful gressmen including Senators were 84 deaths Friday. came as the nation’s death toll modernization.” place as a global superpower. Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton, the The number of daily deaths at from the coronavirus was ap- In a nod toward President Don- This year, the conflict has taken paper reported, citing anonymous about 100 over the past week rep- proaching 100,000 on the eve of ald Trump and Secretary of State on a new dimension with the “sources close to the matter.” resents a significant drop from Memorial Day. Monday, May 25, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Ala. loosens more Public remarks prompted restrictions despite virus data curator’s firing worsening outlook BY JAY REEVES essary to stem the spread of the Associated Press formation’s accuracy as Gov. Ron she claims some credit — and Associated Press disease while saying a vaccine DeSantis seeks to make a data- relatively successful in control- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The could someday be created “right driven case for a step-by-step ling the pandemic. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — With woman who raised questions here in sweet home Alabama.” reopening of the state’s battered She has, however, suggested Alabama’s coronavirus caseload about Florida’s COVID-19 data “It takes all of us, y’all, being economy following safer-at-home Health Department managers worsening while casinos, church- after being ousted as the data’s vigilant, and adhering to these so- orders. The Republican gover- wanted her to manipulate infor- es and more reopen, the state’s curator had been reprimanded cial distancing guidelines in order nor lashed out at a news confer- mation to paint a rosier picture most recognizable person had to stop the spread of this disease,” several times and ultimately fired ence last week saying Jones had a and that she pushed back. In an some stern words about bringing for violating Health Department she said. pattern of “insubordination“ and interview late Friday on CNN she COVID-19 under control. So far, it’s unclear whether policy by making public remarks should have been fired months finally cited some detail, after “You need to be staying 6 feet Ivey’s calls for “personal responsi- about the information, state re- ago. several days of vague statements. away from me, and haven’t I told bility” have had much of an effect cords show. Jones has not alleged any She said the state made chang- you, you have to wear a mask as businesses and other gathering Rebekah Jones’ comments over tampering with data on deaths, es in April to support its initial when you’re in this building?” places reopen with restrictions on the past week and a half in emails hospital symptom surveillance, reopening May 4, for example University of Alabama football capacity and sanitation. to researchers, interviews with a hospitalizations for COVID-19, by altering the way it reports coach Nick Saban, himself wear- The parking lots outside some handful of media outlets and blog numbers of new confirmed cases, the positivity rate of testing in a ing a mask emblazoned with “Roll Birmingham-area restaurants posts have sought to sow doubt or overall testing rates — core el- way she disagreed with. Instead Tide,“ scolded the school’s el- and breweries are filling up again, about the credibility of the data ements of any assessment of the of showing the rate of all positive ephant mascot in a video released and the state’s beaches have been now that she is no longer in that outbreak and of federal criteria tests, it began showing the rate as the state reopened more. packed since reopening April 30. role. for reopening. And Jones ac- of new positive tests — filtering Perhaps Saban’s rant — which About two dozen adults and chil- State health officials strenu- knowledges Florida has been rel- out people who previously tested tied the prospects of fall football dren filled a reopened suburban ously deny any issue with the in- atively transparent — for which positive. to disease control in a football- playground Friday; no one wore a crazy state — will be the thing mask, and no one was cleaning the that makes people see a need slides and swings between uses. for renewed vigilance in a place Some people are trying to stay where life is largely back to nor- 6 feet apart, as required under mal despite a deepening health state orders, but others aren’t. In crisis. many public places, it’s rare to see From the Gulf Coast to the lush a covered face. Tennessee Valley, Alabama’s po- “A s I ’ ve gone out to some of t hese litical leaders and health experts retail stores, I’ve noticed that peo- are struggling to make many ple are not wearing masks,” Dr. residents see the continued need Rachael Lee, an infectious dis- for social distancing, crowd limi- eases expert with the University tations and wearing masks after of Alabama at Birmingham, told Gov. Kay Ivey reopened much of an online news conference. the economy. As of Friday, more than 13,400 Cases are on the increase, but people had tested positive for health officials say it’s impossible the coronavirus in Alabama, to determine whether the rise is and 533 had died. Most people linked to additional testing or an recover from COVID-19, but pa- actual increase in disease. Yet tients with other health problems state statistics also show hospital- and the elderly are particularly izations are up since early April, susceptible. which has some health officials Meanwhile, state unemploy- worried. ment has reached levels not seen The situation in Alabama has in decades. Alabama’s jobless rate become worse over the past 14 jumped to 12.9% in April during days, according to an AP analysis the economic shutdown linked to of testing data from The COVID the coronavirus pandemic, the Tracking Project. New daily cases worst in nearly 38 years, the state have risen to 307 from 268, and said. JASON LEE, THE SUN NEWS/AP the rate of daily tests coming back The state’s overall health trend positive has increased from 6.7% worries disease experts includ- to 7.5%. The Republican governor, ing Lee. Jefferson County had its Pandemic precautions like President Donald Trump, highest case count yet last week, hasn’t modeled recommended she said, and the capital of Mont- The King family, including members from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, make their way up Ocean behavior by regularly appearing gomery, where about 200,000 Boulevard wearing face masks for protection. Some family members said it was scary to be out during publicly in a mask. But she has people live, is looking like a dis- the pandemic, but agree that they needed a dose of freedom Saturday in Myrtle Beach, S.C. urged residents to do what’s nec- ease hot spot. Second hairstylist at Mo. Great Clips sick with COVID-19

Associated Press first stylist to get sick worked eight days infections. is actively infected with the virus. from May 12 to May 20, with only the 18th Goddard said health officials still had In statewide data Friday, Missouri re- SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield off. The coworker then worked five shifts enough capacity to pinpoint the origin of ported about 6.5% of tests conducted in the hairstylist served 84 clients over eight days from May 16 to 20 while experiencing very infections and potential spread, although state were positive. After separating the while experiencing symptoms of coronavi- mild symptoms. that could change, the Springfield News- two types of test, however, the data showed rus, and now a coworker is sick, health of- All of the two stylists’ clients wore masks Leader reported. that 8.3% of PCR tests were positive and ficials said. and will be tested. The owner of the Great The Missouri Department of Health and 4% of antibody tests were positive. The Springfield-Greene County Health Clips said in a statement that the salon will Senior Services on Saturday reported 194 “As we continue to learn more about this Department announced in a Facebook post be closed until it goes through sanitizing new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, virus and new tests emerge, we will contin- Saturday that 56 other Great Clips clients and deep cleaning. bringing the total to 11,752 since the pan- ue providing better data with greater clar- were potentially exposed by the second The two cases come just days after city demic began. Five new deaths brought that ity and transparency to help Missourians stylist. officials announced plans to relax even total to 671. make the best decisions for their health The announcement came one day after more distancing requirements and about Antibody, or serology, tests show wheth- care possible,” said Randall Williams, di- the health department’s director, Clay a week after the health department start- er a person has ever had COVID-19. A rector of the health department in a news Goddard, said in a news briefing that the ed seeing an influx of new travel-related viral, or PCR test, shows whether a person release about the changes. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Muslims observe major holiday as curfews are held

BY JOSEPH KRAUSS their homes to purchase food and AND NINIEK KARMINI medicine. Associated Press In Jerusalem, Israeli police said they broke up an “illegal JERUSALEM — Muslims demonstration” and arrested around the world Sunday began two people outside the Al-Aqsa celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a normal- mosque, which Muslim authori- ly festive holiday marking the end ties have closed for prayers since of the fasting month of Ramadan, mid-March and will not reopen with millions under strict stay-at- until after the holiday. Worship- home orders and many fearing pers who tried to enter the com- renewed coronavirus outbreaks. pound scuffled with the police. VAHID SALEMI/AP The three-day holiday is usu- Al-Aqsa is the third holiest ally a time of travel, family get-to- site in Islam and would ordinar- Worshippers wearing protective face masks offer Eid al-Fitr prayers outside a mosque to help prevent gethers and lavish daytime feasts ily welcome tens of thousands of the spread of the coronavirus, in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. after weeks of dawn-to-dusk fast- worshippers during the Eid. The ing. But this year many of the hilltop compound is also the holi- United Arab Emirates, authori- tional prayers at mosques or even are still banned and people are world’s 1.8 billion Muslims will est site for Jews, who know it as ties set up barricades and police open fields, no family reunions, not allowed to travel back to their have to pray at home and make do the Temple Mount. The site has checkpoints around an industrial no relatives bearing gifts for hometowns for the holiday. Po- with video calls. long been a flashpoint in the Is- area housing foreign laborers. children. lice have turned away more than Some countries, including raeli-Palestinian conflict. The Emirates is trying to reopen “This outbreak is not just 5,000 cars and have warned of Turkey, Iraq and Jordan, have Iran, which is battling the its hard-hit economy, but cases dampening spirits of Eid, but also strict penalties for those who try imposed round-the-clock holiday deadliest outbreak in the Middle continue to rise. The UAE has has made the tradition entirely to sneak home. curfews. But even where many East, allowed communal prayers reported over 28,000 confirmed different,” said Andieka Rabbani, Malaysians are only allowed restrictions have been lifted, at some mosques but canceled cases and 244 deaths. a university student in Jakarta. celebrations will be subdued be- the annual mass Eid prayers in Indonesia, the world’s largest This year, like many Indonesians, to visit relatives who live nearby, cause of fears of the pandemic Tehran led by Supreme Leader Muslim-majority nation, has re- he will only see family and friends and only on Sunday, with gather- and its economic fallout. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran has ported nearly 22,000 infections through video calls. ings limited to 20 people. Mosques Saudi Arabia, home to the holy reported over 130,000 cases and and 1,350 fatalities, the most in In neighboring Muslim-ma- have reopened but are limited to cities of Mecca and Medina, is more than 7,000 deaths. Southeast Asia. Lockdown orders jority Malaysia, businesses have small congregations of up to 30. under complete lockdown, with In Dubai, the skyscraper- intended to contain the pandemic mostly reopened after weeks of Malaysia has reported 7,185 in- residents only permitted to leave studded commercial hub in the mean there will be no congrega- lockdown. But mass gatherings fections and 115 deaths. Pastor takes Jerusalem opens his service Holy Sepulcher to balconies after its closure Associated Press JERUSALEM — Jerusalem’s Church across Kenya of the Holy Sepulcher reopened to visitors Sunday after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. BY TOM ODULA The church, situated in Jerusalem’s Old Associated Press City, is the site where many Christians be- KIAMBU, Kenya — A groovy rendi- lieve Jesus was crucified, entombed, and tion of “He’s Got the Whole World in His resurrected. The Christian authorities Hands” blasts from speakers outside an managing the site closed it to visitors in apartment block in the outskirts of Kenya’s March to prevent the spread of the coro- capital, Nairobi. navirus, but clerics maintained prayers Children, some in diapers, dance on the inside the shuttered church throughout its balconies above, accompanied by their closure. parents, to the tunes bellowed out by Rev. On Sunday, church authorities limited /AP Paul Machira and a supporting band. BRIAN INGANGA entrance to 50 people at a time and re- Coronavirus restrictions don’t stop Rev. Paul Machira preaches and sings to residents in an apartment block in Nairobi, quired that those entering the cavernous Machira in a country where traditional Kenya, on May 17. site maintain social distance and avoid church services have been suspended. touching any of the church’s stones, icons The man who calls himself a “children’s church, reason being we have got reason “I have seen a lot of growth in the chil- or other religious items. A typical day be- preacher” calls out Bible lessons between to go out on the streets. ... Jesus sometimes dren,” she said. “When I sometimes delay fore the virus outbreak would bring thou- songs. would go to the temple but his main minis- and I am not in my balcony by 2 p.m., they sands of faithful who kissed or placed their Machira has taken his “Balcony to Bal- try was out in the fields, out in the streets,” usually come asking if they are having a hands along the church’s surfaces. cony” service on the road since Kenya’s he added. service today. It’s like a way of life for now As priests from the various Christian first case was found in mid-March. It has Many children in Kenya do not have ac- ... Sometimes when I am in my house I sects entered the church, a handful of faith- become quite popular, the preacher at cess to church services online, he said. can hear them singing the songs we have ful waited outside for the basilica’s church the All Saints Cathedral of the Anglican Machira said the idea for the mobile ser- taught them.” to open for the public. Church of Kenya said. vice came from Lilian Mbere, a Sunday Machira said the “Balcony to Balcony” Israeli authorities have gradually re- “When corona opened its floodgates to school teacher who had tried to get chil- service has visited 16 locations, and his opened schools, houses of worship and Kenya and the world, one of the things that dren to sing hymns from their balconies to team has two requirements before arriv- markets as the spread of the novel corona- was quickly cut off is the fellowship of be- reduce the monotony of staying at home. ing. The housing should have balconies virus has slowed. Israel’s Health Ministry lievers,” he said on a recent afternoon. Mbere said she found the response over- so social distancing measures can be ob- has reported over 16,700 confirmed cases “But I also think this is the greatest whelming and invited Machira to conduct served. And everyone at the compound of the disease and 279 deaths. More than opportunity that has ever arisen to the a service. must consent to the service’s presence. 14,000 have recovered. Monday, May 25, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK Poll: Many in US won’t return to gym, dining out

BY JOSH BOAK to their previous employer, but the AND EMILY SWANSON share expecting their job will not Associated Press return has risen slightly over the past month, to 30% from 20%. WASHINGTON — Much of Amber Van Den Berge, a teach- the country remains unlikely to er in Indiana, held off on immedi- venture out to bars, restaurants, ately returning to her second job theaters or gyms anytime soon, as a fitness instructor. She would despite state and local officials need to pass a test for COVID-19, across the country increasingly get her temperature checked each allowing businesses to reopen, ac- morning and lead classes while KEITH SRAKOCIC/AP cording to a new survey by The wearing a protective mask. Associated Press-NORC Center The statue of Public Broadcasting Service’s Fred Rogers, the host of children’s program “Mister Rogers’ “Wear a mask to teach a fitness for Public Affairs Research. Neighborhood,” is seen Friday in the closed-off park area where the statue is located, during this year’s class? I’m not ready for that,” said That hesitancy in the wake of “1-4-3 Day,” the 143rd day of 2020, in Pittsburgh. Van Den Berge, 39. the coronavirus outbreak could The speed and strength of muffle any recovery from what has been the sharpest and swiftest any economic rebound could be economic downturn in U.S. history. thwarted because many fear the Pa. honors Mister Rogers with Just 42% of those who went to con- risk of new infections. Consum- certs, movies, theaters or sporting ers make up roughly 70% of U.S. events at least monthly before the economic activity, so anything less annual #143Day of kindness outbreak say they’d do so in the than a total recovery in spending would force many companies to next few weeks if they could. Only Associated Press permanently close and deepen the love you.” “My wife is a walking 1-4-3 about half of those who regularly This year, the state launched every day,” said her husband, the went to restaurants, exercised at financial pain for 39 million people Mister Rogers would have liked who have lost jobs in roughly the a website asking residents to former mayor of Braddock. the gym or traveled would feel it: a day to be extra kind to your share their good deeds — from Growing up, the couple said comfortable doing so again. past two months. neighbors. Forty-nine percent of Ameri- buying a meal for a neighbor to that they were inspired by “Mis- About a quarter of Americans The day was Friday — Penn- writing a thank you note for a ter Rogers’ Neighborhood” and said that someone in their house- cans approve of how President sylvania’s second annual 1-4-3 Donald Trump is handling the mail deliver — under the hashtag its lessons of love, generosity and hold has lost a job amid the down- Day, an occasion when state of- #143DayInPA. kindness for kids and adults. turn, and about half have lost economy, the poll shows. That has ficials encourage people to share “Acts of kindness should be “For me, Mister Rogers is household income, including lay- slipped over the last two months, their acts of kindness and grati- happening always, but this is a very personal. I learned to speak offs, pay cuts, cut hours or unpaid from 56% in March. Still, the issue tude. This year, a focus was first way where there is encourage- English watching Mister Rogers time off. The majority of those remains a relative positive for responders and essential work- ment to track it, to share it,” said when I was a young immigrant whose household suffered a layoff Trump, whose overall approval ers who are at high-risk of con- Gisele Fetterman, wife of Penn- in this country, never knowing still believe that they will return rating stands at 41%. tagion during the coronavirus sylvania’s lieutenant governor, I’d end up in Pittsburgh,” said pandemic. John Fetterman. Gisele Fetterman, who came to The initiative began last year She is the founder of the Free the United States with her family when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Store 15104, which provides free from her native Brazil as an un- Wolf declared the 143rd day of food, clothing and other essentials documented immigrant and later Yokota first responders, the year a day of kindness in to the community in Braddock, a became a U.S. citizen. honor of the state’s beloved kind- small hardscrabble steel town “One of my earliest memories USAF band parade for ness patron and promoter, Fred near Pittsburgh. Since the store was watching Mister Rogers on Rogers, who spent most of his life was forced to temporarily close TV,” her husband said. “Fifty in and around Pittsburgh. The during the pandemic, she has years later, that message is not families stuck on base number had special meaning to helped raise more than $20,000 in only still relevant, but more rel- Rogers, reflecting the number of supermarket gift cards for people evant and necessary than ever BY THERON GODBOLD Appreciation Month, she said. letters in his favorite phrase, “I in need. today.” Stars and Stripes Jones said that she hoped the event, on the advent of Memo- YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — rial Day weekend, would “bring Months into life under restricted us closer together in a different movement to stem the coronavi- way.” Supreme Court chief justice tells seniors rus, first responders and the U.S. The parade also brought some Air Force Band of the Pacific- light and sound to an otherwise pandemic teaches humility, compassion Asia went on a morale mission mundane existence under strict around the home of U.S. Forces orders to wear face masks in- BY MARK SHERMAN Roberts didn’t talk at all about scars you cannot see.” Japan. doors, stay away from nones- Associated Press the Supreme Court’s hefty load He also told members of the All-terrain vehicles, bicycles, sential off-base businesses and of high-profile cases that include Class of 2020 that they will need police cars, an ambulance and a drive only to and from homes and WASHINGTON — Chief Jus- disputes over President Donald courage in this uncertain time. fire truck with lights blazing and workplaces. tice John Roberts told graduating sirens sounding started at the Trump’s taxes, abortion, LGBT “This is your moment, your time “It was awesome,” Angela seniors at his son’s high school that housing area on the west side of Bloom, a military spouse, said. rights and protections for young to begin leaving your mark on the the coronavirus has “pierced our Yokota, which is also home to the “All the kids were super excited. immigrants. world,” he said. illusion of certainty and control” 374th Airlift Wing and 5th Air It was the highlight of the year.” Instead, Roberts, 65, said that The virus outbreak forced big Force. With the band aboard a She said that the coronavirus and he counseled the students students should show compassion, changes at the Supreme Court, flatbed truck, the parade wound restrictions, imposed by base to make their way with humil- and not just for those who were where the justices heard argu- its way to the central and east commander Col. Otis Jones, were ity, compassion and courage in a sickened by or died of the virus. ments by telephone earlier in May side housing areas from noon to tough but doable. world turned upside down. “Others are suffering, too, and and made live audio available, 3 p.m. “I think it was perfect for the “Humility. The pandemic many will be for a long time. both for the first time. “I was inspired by my need to situation we’re in,” she said. “Ev- should teach us at least that,” Those who have lost jobs or small Some justices participated from promote unity in my community,” eryone is outside; I hope they do Roberts said in a seven-minute businesses or whose hopes and home, Roberts said, and he said said Airman 1st Class Gabrielle something like this for the Fourth video message posted Saturday dreams may be slowly drifting that someone asked him if his col- Jones, the Yokota crime preven- of July.” on the website of the Westminster out of reach,” he said. Roberts leagues wore their robes. Roberts tion manager. Jones organized the [email protected] School in Simsbury, Conn., where said that people they encounter said that he was left to wonder, parade to mark National Military Twitter: @godboldtheron his son, Jack, is a senior. even years from now “may bear “judicial or bath?” PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 NATION Police: Mom Fire destroys faces murder charge after fake kidnap warehouse in BY CURT ANDERSON AND ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI — A Miami woman faked her son’s abduction after trying to drown him twice, with San Francisco witnesses rescuing the boy from a canal the first time, and the sec- ond attempt ending in the boy’s BY DAISY NGUYEN for La Rocca Seafood, was clean- death, officials said Saturday. Associated Press ing out a fish storage locker when Miami-Dade State Attorney the fire began, shortly after 4 Katherine Fernandez Rundle SAN FRANCISCO — A fire en- a.m. said Patricia Ripley, 45, is fac- gulfed a warehouse on San Fran- “I saw a lot of smoke. A few ing attempted and premeditated cisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf early minutes later, fire everywhere,” murder charges and being held in Saturday, sending a thick plume he said. “It was very, very scary. jail with no bond. of smoke over the waterfront and I’ve never seen anything like it.” The boy, Alejandro Ripley, 9, threatening to spread to a historic The fire tore through the ware- was autistic and nonverbal. He World War II-era ship before fire- house near the end of the concrete was found floating in a canal fighters brought the flames under pier, causing its walls to collapse, Friday. control. Baxter said. The flames singed In an interview Saturday, Fer- One firefighter sustained a the first fire truck to respond to nandez Rundle said Ripley appar- hand injury while battling the the scene, forcing firefighters to ently tried to drown her son an fire at the warehouse the size of turn their hoses on the vehicle to hour earlier at a different canal a football field on Pier 45, San save it, he said. but nearby residents heard yell- Francisco Fire Lt. Jonathan Bax- More than 130 firefighters ing and rescued him. Then, Fer- ter said. fought the flames, with some nandez Rundle said, Ripley drove Baxter said after the fire sub- using ladder trucks to drench the her son to another canal. sided, investigators scoured the warehouse from above. A fire “Unfortunately when she took building to determine whether boat was used to protect the SS him to the second canal, and homeless people were inside. Jeremiah O’Brien, a liberty ship there was no one there,” Fernan- DAN WHALEY, @DWHLY/AP “That is something of grave that stormed Normandy on D- dez Rundle said in an interview concern. That is why we’re active- Day in 1944. A warehouse fire burning at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf in with The Associated Press. “She ly trying to confirm if anybody “Our firefighters absolutely San Francisco early Saturday. tried it once, and people rescued saw anybody in this building,” he saved the SS Jeremiah O’Brien him. He was alive. He could have told KGO-TV. during this fire as flames were in sourdough bread bowls, the sea end of the pier, well away from stayed alive. She intended, from “To our knowledge ... nobody pinching on the side of this ves- lions that hang out on the floating the Musee Mecanique and its his- all the facts of the case, to kill is supposed to be in the building sel,” Baxter said. docks and shops and curiosities toric arcade games and the popu- him.” and we are hoping ... that there is The ship docks by Pier 45 and on Pier 39. lar restaurant Alioto’s. Fernandez Rundle said an au- no victim,” he said. is among numerous tourist at- Shops and restaurants on the Coast Guard crew members topsy was being done on the boy However, at least two workers tractions on the wharf, a mari- wharf have been shut by the and police assisted by keeping Saturday to determine if he had told the San Francisco Chronicle time hub for cruises around San city’s stay-at-home order to slow other vessels away from the pier. other injuries or perhaps had they were inside the fish process- Francisco Bay as well as fishing the spread of the coronavirus and Fire investigators were assess- something toxic in his system. ing and storage warehouse when boats hauling in the catch of the were expected to reopen on May ing any damage to the pier and She said no decision has been the fire broke out before dawn. day. Visitors come for the Dunge- 31. were looking into the cause of the made yet on whether prosecutors Alejandro Arellano, who works ness crabs, clam chowders served The fire was confined to the blaze, Baxter said. will seek the death penalty. Jeff Sessions, running for Senate, rejects Trump’s criticism

BY KIM CHANDLER “Look, I know your anger, but recusal and ran for the hills. You had no courage, & began. Alabama, do not trust Jeff Ses- Associated Press was required by law. I did my duty & you’re ruined many lives.” sions. He let our Country down. That’s damn fortunate I did. It protected the rule Sessions has long defended the recusal why I endorsed Coach Tommy Tuberville MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Jeff Sessions of law & resulted in your exoneration,” Ses- but had largely avoided engaging Trump’s (@TTuberville), the true supporter of our pushed back at President Donald Trump’s sions tweeted in response to Trump. tweeted scorn as he emphasizes his con- #MAGA agenda!” Trump tweeted. criticism Saturday, telling Trump that he Sessions added, “your personal feelings tinuing loyalty to Trump and his agenda. Sessions was Trump’s first attorney was “damn fortunate” Sessions recused don’t dictate who Alabama picks as their Sessions has gone on the offensive about general, a position he was forced to resign himself from the Russia investigation. senator.” Sessions responded pointedly on Twitter Trump fired back Saturday evening, the recusal, which drew Trump’s ire and when his recusal from the Russia inquiry after Trump called Sessions untrustworthy tweeting that Sessions should “drop out of has been a lingering obstacle as Sessions prompted a fallout with Trump. Sessions and reiterated his endorsement of Sessions’ the race.” seeks the U.S. Senate seat that he held for said he was required by law to recuse be- Republican primary rival for U.S. Senate, “Jeff, you had your chance & you blew two decades. cause he was a potential subject and wit- former Auburn University football coach it,” Trump tweeted. “Recused yourself ON “3 years ago, after Jeff Sessions recused ness since he had participated in Trump’s Tommy Tuberville. DAY ONE (you never told me of a problem), himself, the Fraudulent Mueller Scam 2016 campaign. Joe Biden wins Hawaii presidential primary delayed by virus

BY AUDREY MCAVOY Bernie Sanders 63% to 37%. A total of 35,044 voters cast It began mailing ballots to reg- party to announce on March 20 it Associated Press Biden won 16 of Hawaii’s dele- ballots in the party-run primary. istered party members in early would cancel plans for in-person gates and Sanders will take eight. All ballots were cast by mail. March back when Sanders and voting and allow only mail bal- HONOLULU — Joe Biden won Biden has a total of 1,566 dele- The party had initially planned Biden were the two front-run- lots. To give those who expected the Democratic Party of Hawaii’s gates to the party’s national con- to hold the primary on April 4 ners and Hawaii Congresswoman to vote in person on April 4 a party-run presidential primary vention, according to the count by and had expected most party Tulsi Gabbard was still main- chance to cast a ballot, the party on Saturday, which was delayed the Associated Press. He needs members would vote by mail and taining her long-shot bid for the said it would mail another round by more than a month because of 1,991 delegates to win the nomi- some would cast ballots at about nomination. of ballots to members and wait the coronavirus. nation, a threshold he is projected 20 in-person polling sites around But concerns about the spread until late May for them to be re- Biden defeated Vermont Sen. to reach in June. the state. of the coronavirus forced the turned and counted. Monday, May 25, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Alligator rumored to have been Hitler’s dies Police, protesters An alligator that many people believe once belonged to Adolf Hitler has died in the Moscow Zoo. The zoo said the alligator, clash in Hong Kong named Saturn, was about 84 years old when it died Friday. According to the zoo, Saturn BY ZEN SOO interference, in the semi-autono- was born in the United States and Associated Press mous Chinese territory. Critics later sent to the Berlin Zoo, from say it goes against the “one coun- which he escaped when the zoo HONG KONG — Hong Kong try, two systems” framework that was bombed in 1943. His where- police fired tear gas and a water promises the city freedoms not abouts were unknown until 1946, cannon at protesters in a popular found in mainland China. when British soldiers found him shopping district on Sunday, as Crowds of demonstrators and gave him to the Soviet Union, the zoo said. thousands took to the streets to dressed in black gathered Sunday VINCENT YU/A P march against China’s proposed afternoon in Hong Kong’s Cause- “Almost immediately, the myth tough national security legisla- way Bay district to protest the Riot police use pepper spray on protesters during a demonstration was born that he was allegedly in tion for the city. proposed legislation. against Beijing’s national security legislation Sunday in Hong Kong. the collection of Hitler and not in Pro-democracy supporters in The protest was a continuation the Berlin Zoo,” the zoo said in a Hong Kong have sharply criti- of a monthslong pro-democracy At least 120 people were ar- post that protesters threw bricks statement. But, it noted, “animals cized the proposal last week to movement in Hong Kong that rested, mostly on charges of un- and splashed unidentified liquid are not involved in war and poli- enact a national security law that began last year and has at times lawful assembly, police said in a at officers, injuring at least four tics and it is absurd to blame them would ban secessionist and sub- descended into violence between Facebook post. members of the police’s media li- for human sins. versive activity, as well as foreign police and protesters. They also said in a separate aison team. From The Associated Press Libyan commander says battle for Tripoli will continue despite losses

Associated Press though his campaign has suffered The military tide has been re- against what he called “Turkish ian mercenaries with links to ex- CAIRO — The military com- setbacks in recent weeks. versed in recent weeks, and his colonialism.” tremist groups. mander of eastern Libya-based Khalifa Hifter, commander forces lost several towns and a Turkey is aiding the embattled That has helped turn the tide forces said Saturday that they will of the self-styled Libyan Arab key airbase. government in Tripoli. against Hifter’s forces, which continue fighting forces loosely Armed Forces, has been waging In a two-minute audio speech It has recently stepped up its are backed by the United Arab allied with the U.N.-supported a campaign for over a year trying addressed to his forces, Hifter military support with armored Emirates, Egypt and Russian government in Tripoli, even to capture the capital. said they “will fight and fight” drones, air defenses and Syr- mercenaries. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Bullied student to get $900K in settlement

DES MOINES— A sub- IA urban Des Moines school district and a former student have reached a $900,000 settlement in a lawsuit filed by another student who suffered permanent brain damage after being attacked at school. Audrey Vacek will receive $880,000 from the Ankeny Com- munity School District and $20,000 from the alleged bully, Mallory Schaubhut, under a set- tlement approved in late April, the Des Moines Register reported. Vacek said in the lawsuit that Schaubhut had threatened and verbally abused her for a year be- fore punching her in the face and slamming her head against a con- crete wall at the school in 2016. Vacek, now 20, is doing well in college but requires “a lot of sup- port,” said her attorney, Roxanne Conlin. Man arrested after stealing 12 beehives

NEW CAMBRIA— MO Police in northern Missouri arrested a New Cambria man accused of stealing a dozen beehives over four counties. Ricky Elam was arrested after the execution of a search war- rant near his home that turned up the stolen beehives, television station KTVO reported. Authori- ties in Macon, Linn, Schuyler and Randolph counties said they had fielded numerous reports of sto- CHAUNCEY BUSH, THE (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) GAZETTE/AP len hives over the last year. The search warrant was issued after a beekeeper in Macon Coun- Zipping through graduation ty installed a GPS tracker in one of his hives after experiencing a Graduate Cece Kim zip lines from the school to the stage where she grabs her diploma from head administrator Jeff Cooper during The theft, authorities said. University School’s Diploma Grab Celebration in Old Colorado City in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday. The private Christian K4-12 school is best known for their adventure program. With adventures at their core, staff wanted to incorporate a creative and fun way to follow rules Man, 75, suspected of for preventing the spread of the coronavirus and celebrate 24 of their graduating seniors’ accomplishments. making meth, heroin employee who the nonprofit’s di- THE CENSUS es holder. Taylor told officers the rector, Rita McMahon, calls the drugs belonged to someone else. SALEM— A 75-year- “duck wrangler.” The number of terrier-mix dogs that animal control officers re- Court records show Taylor was old man was arrested OR She takes care of the little ones cently found at a home in Randolph, Kan. Although the home also charged with possession in on suspicion of manufacturing in her home bathtub until they was unsanitary, the owner was doing his best to care for the 2011 and pleaded no contest. He methamphetamine and heroin. are able to jump out of it, at which 30 animals, said Deborah Watkins, director of the T. Russell Reitz was also charged with drunken Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office point they’ll come back to the Regional Animal Shelter. She said the man provided food and driving in 2009. deputies searched a home west nonprofit’s waterfowl pool during water and cared for the animals but had become overwhelmed. Watkins said of- of Salem in Otis and found stolen a crucial period. ficials are creating a plan to help the owner and the dogs. Keeping more than five Tourists attempt to property including firearms that In the absence of a surrogate dogs over the age of 90 days within the county and outside city limits is considered had been taken during recent take selfies with foal mother to guide them back to the a nuisance in Riley County, but the owner wasn’t cited. burglaries in the north Lincoln park, the ducklings will be sent to County area, the Statesman Jour- a sanctuary upstate. SHACKLEFORD nal reported. NC BANKS — The Na- When they searched James Woman injured by rabid where the animal tested positive sachusetts Society for the Pre- tional Park Service is looking for Golden’s car, they found 20 grams for rabies, Hagan said. vention of Cruelty to Animals three tourists who allegedly tried of meth and 10 grams of heroin, a fox while sitting in yard whose owners have either died to capture a month-old wild foal large sum of money and packag- Turtle lacks home after of COVID-19 or become too ill to in the Outer Banks in an attempt ing materials, authorities said. LISBON — A Maine owner dies of COVID-19 care for their pets. to take some selfies. ME woman was attacked The three people are wanted and injured by a rabid fox while Five ducklings rescued BOSTON — Want- Deputy resigns after for questioning, the Charlotte Ob- sitting in her yard, officials said. server reported . The Park Service after mother killed A woman, 76, was injured after MA ed: Loving home being caught with meth for a middle-age tortoise that said the situation at Shackleford a fox bit her on her legs and hand Banks, which is part of Cape NEW YORK — Five loves fruit salad, dandelions and TRUTH OR CONSE- in front of her Lisbon home, the Lookout National Seashore, was ducklings going through sunshine. QUENCES — A New NY Sun Journal reported. NM captured on video. the worst days of their new lives Lisbon Police Chief Marc MSPCA-Angell, a Boston ani- Mexico sheriff’s deputy resigned The newspaper reported that were rescued from the treacher- Hagan said the woman’s husband mal welfare organization, put a after authorities said they caught it is illegal to be within 50 feet of ous Central Park waters in which heard her cries for help from the tortoise named Ms. Jennifer up him with methamphetamine and the more than 100 wild horses in a snapping turtle is believed to porch and worked with her to get for adoption because the owner a pipe inside his patrol car. the park. have killed their mother. control of the fox and eventually recently died of COVID-19. KRQE-TV reported that New “During their chase — and try- The baby mallards were float- kill it. Ms. Jennifer, 53, weighs four Mexico State Police arrested ing bait for what lie beneath in The woman, who didn’t want to pounds and is about the size of a Grant Taylor this month follow- ing to catch the foal so they could one of the manufactured ponds be identified, was taken to a hos- dinner plate. Anyone interested ing a call from the Sierra County take a ‘selfie’ — they managed to of New York City’s nature haven. pital to receive treatment, which in adopting her has to be in it for Sheriff’s Department. scare the foal enough that it be- The birds were transferred to the includes rabies vaccination s. the long haul, because tortoises According to a criminal com- came separated from its mother,” nonprofit Wild Bird Fund, the Animal control was called and can live to be 100 or older, the or- plaint, officers found a glass pipe Cape Lookout National Seashore city’s lone wildlife rehabilitation took the dead fox to the Maine ganization said. in the center console of his patrol posted on Facebook. The foal and facility. Center for Disease Control & Pre- The tortoise is the 10th animal car, along with two bags of meth- its mother later reunited The birds will stay with an vention in Augusta for analysis, to be surrendered to the Mas- amphetamine inside the sunglass- From wire reports Monday, May 25, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 FACES Clarkson, Trebek among Daytime Emmy nominees From wire reports Spreading The first season of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” received Daytime Emmy Awards nominations for best entertainment talk show and host, while “Jeopardy!” veteran Alex Trebek’s nod for best game show host could give him a second consecutive win in the category. their wings “General Hospital” earned a leading 23 nominations May 21, including best day- time drama, lead actress nods for Finola Hughes and Maura West, and lead actor nods for Steve Burton and Jon Lindstrom. Other top nominees are “Days of Our Lives” with 22 bids, “The Young and the Restless” with 21 and “The Bold and the Beautiful” with 13. “The Kelly Clarkson Show” will com- pete with “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”; Actor and singer Michael C. Hall performs “GMA3”; “Live with Kelly and Ryan” and March 12 in New York with his band, “The Talk.” The hosts of those shows — Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum. with the exception of DeGeneres — were EVAN AGOSTINI, INVISION/AP nominated alongside Clarkson, along with Maury Povich for “Maury.” Trebek ’s fellow game show host nomi- nees are Wayne Brady, “Let’s Make a Deal”; Steve Harvey, “Family Feud”; Al- Michael C. Hall’s indie rock band with a quirky name fonso Ribeiro, “Catch 21”; and Pat Sajak, “Wheel of Fortune.” The 47th annual Daytime Emmys, will launches self-titled first album during virus quarantine be presented virtually June 26.

BY MARK KENNEDY was in the onstage band and Katz-Bohen The band members defer when asked ABC renews 19 shows, Associated Press was a substitute musical director. Hall to describe their sound, preferring in- adds David E. Kelley thriller eventually joined the show as the third stead to say it’s what you might expect to his might one day be a trivia German transsexual at the heart of the hear in a butterfly museum. If that’s the ABC is bringing back the lion’s share of question: Which rock band with glam rock show. case, expect the museum to play a mix of its series for next season, including “black- a celebrity frontman and a very After the musical closed, Yanowitz and glam, dreamy ’80s New Wave, acoustic ish,” “A Million Little Things” and “The Tlong name was one of the last acts Katz-Bohen got together to make their folk, Nine Inch Nails intensity and lots of Rookie.” to play live in New York before the city own music. “We were like, ‘Let’s do our David Bowie. They are among the 19 shows that will shut down in 2020? own thing,’ ” recalls Katz-Bohen. It was “We don’t consciously set out to sound return in the 2020-21 season, the network The answer is Princess Goes to the all instrumental at first. Hall was later like anything or anyone, but inevitably said May 21, adding to a list of previously Butterfly Museum, and its three mem- invited to jam and brought lyrical and it’s an amalgamation of our conscious and announced renewals. bers hope they become known more for melodic ideas. unconscious influences,” says Hall . New series debuting next season include their music than just as a footnote to the The first songs they worked on was They make music with whatever’s “Big Sky,” a thriller from writer-producer coronavirus. “Love American Style,” which would handy in the band’s club house, a convert- David E. Kelley ; the comedy “Call Your The indie rockers may be in the unen- become a trippy, David Bowie-inspired ed apartment in New York’s Greenwich Mother”; and game show revival “Super- viable position of trying to launch their Village — computers, a Rhodes piano and synth-heavy track. It was completed and market Sweep” with host Leslie Jones . career during a global pandemic, but drums. recorded in just a few hours. A band was Among the ABC series that won’t be back: they have a few things going for them They played live only about a half born. sitcoms “Bless This Mess,” “Schooled” and — they’re all seasoned musicians and dozen times, growing their brand slowly Katz-Bohen admits he was surprised “Single Parents”; the drama “Emergence”; they have Broadway and “Dexter” star and drawing curious fans of “Dexter” and and “Kids Say the Darndest Things,” a re- Michael C. Hall on vocal duty. by what kind of music was coming out. Broadway and Blondie. “It was not what I was expecting. I don’t ality show hosted by Tiffany Haddish. He’s joined by keyboardist Matt Katz- The coronavirus has cratered the live More returning shows are: “American Bohen, who has played with Blondie, know what I was expecting. Whatever it music scene everywhere, and members Housewife”; “The Bachelor”; “The Con- Cyndi Lauper and Tony Bennett. The was, it sort of caught me off guard in a of Princess Goes face the prospect of try- ners”; “Dancing with the Stars”; “The drummer is Peter Yanowitz of the bands good way,” he said. ing to break into the industry without any Goldbergs”; “mixed-ish”; “Shark Tank”; The Wallflowers and Morningwood. The band’s unusual name came later, live concerts. They hope fans check out “Stumptown”; “20/20”; “Who Wants To Be The trio’s six-song self-titled debut EP inspired — snatched, really — from Katz- their quirky videos — including one with A Millionaire”; “America’s Funniest Home came out April 2 with music that’s hard Bohen’s daughter, who was 4 or 5 at the Hall dancing with puppets — and they’re Videos”; “American Idol”; “The Bachelor- to pin down. “I like it when people come time. thinking of ways to create buzz. ette”; “The Good Doctor”; “Grey’s Anato- see us. They’re like, ‘I didn’t know what to “I asked her what she would name her “Virus is the mother of invention,” says my”; “Station 19.” expect, but it wasn’t that,’ ” jokes Hall . band of the future. She said, ‘Princess Hall. “In this day and age, there are av- The band’s origins can be found on Goes to the Butterfly Museum.’ I said, enues that allow you to get your music to Broadway, during the 2014-15 run of ‘That’s such a cool name; I want to use it people that don’t require everybody be in Other news “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” Yanowitz for my band.’ She was into that idea.” the same room.”  The Recording Academy has released a new recording of John Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery” with proceeds going to support the MusiCares COVID-19 Re- Clinton, Patterson team up for second political thriller lief Fund. Prine died in April at age 73 from complications associated with the BY HILLEL ITALIE less two,” Clinton said in a statement. “I napped,” the publishers announced. coronavirus. The new recording features Associated Press was grateful for the success of the first “Like their earlier book, the story will be artists, musicians and engineers who also book, and I believe readers will enjoy told with Patterson’s signature suspense are elected leaders in the Recording Acad- After co-writing the best-selling adult reading ‘The President’s Daughter’ as and will be informed by details that only emy, including singer-songwriter Chris- novel of 2018, Bill Clinton and James Pat- much as I’m enjoying working on it.” a president can know.” tine Albert, Brandon Bush of Sugarland, terson have teamed up for another politi- Added Patterson, one of the world’s According to an excerpt from the John Driskell Hopkins of Zac Brown Band cal thriller. best-selling and most prolific authors: novel , a motivation for the kidnappers is and Jeff Powell, an acclaimed Memphis “The President’s Daughter” will be re- “Working with President Clinton has retaliation for U.S. drone strikes overseas engineer/producer. leased in June 2021, the book’s publishers been a highlight of my career, and I’m against suspected foes.  Canadian pop singer-songwriter Carly announced May 22. As with the million- thrilled to have the chance to write with The first book by Clinton and Patterson Rae Jepsen released a surprise album, selling “The President Is Missing,” the him again.” sold more than 3 million copies. “Dedicated: Side B,” on May 21, a compan- new novel will be a rare joint release by “The President’s Daughter” is not a se- The plot for “The President’s Daugh- ion piece to last year’s “Dedicated.” The rival companies: Alfred A. Knopf, which quel to “The President Is Missing,” but a ter” would seem uncomfortable for Clin- 12-song album features writing credits has released Clinton’s “My Life” among stand-alone novel with new characters, ton, who has a daughter, Chelsea. “This from singer and producer Jack Antonoff other works, and Little, Brown and Com- albeit one with a familiar occupation. novel is completely and fully fiction,” says (whose band Bleachers is credited on the pany, Patterson’s longtime publisher. “It follows a former president of the Washington, D.C., attorney Robert Bar- song “Comeback”), Ariel Rechtshaid, Dev “I never imagined I’d be writing a book United States, now relocated to rural nett, who handles book deals for Clinton Hynes of Blood Orange and John Hill, with a master storyteller like Jim, much New Hampshire, whose daughter is kid- and Patterson. among others. PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Honor the fallen by helping their comrades Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY JAMES JAY CARAFANO Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff they’re not the only ones on the front lines. InsideSources.com Nor is it just first responders who have an- swered the call. EDITORIAL cenes of GIs mooning for their girls Day after day, countless doctors, nurs- back home, baseball, hot dogs and es, store clerks, cashiers, mailmen, truck Terry Leonard, Editor Mom’s apple pie were a staple of drivers, meatpackers and more are putting [email protected] SHollywood movies about World themselves on the line for us. And they, Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor War II. But those scenes never rang true too, are taking casualties for the common [email protected] with any of the WWII combat vets I’ve good. talked to. What they recall obsessing over Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content Which brings us to the rather thorny [email protected] was the misery around them: the weather, question: Are we decently honoring those the hunger and the constant fear of maim- who have given their all for us, if we’re fo- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation ing or death. cused on clinching the deal of a lifetime or [email protected] War isn’t pretty. It’s nothing to wax nos- grilling those burgers to perfection? talgic about. Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital Maybe, there is a middle ground here. [email protected] The war that soldiers know is about ser- Let’s not begrudge the store that wants to vice and sacrifice. For some, that meant take 50% off or the citizen who wants to never seeing another sunrise, never hold- CAROLYN KASTER/AP take advantage of a desperately needed BUREAU STAFF ing their folks or family again. An appreci- good deal. 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CONTACT US Washington tel: (+1)202.886.0003 Memorial Day’s essence is rightful focus this year 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 Reader letters BY FRANCES TILNEY BURKE Congress declared Waterloo “the birth- Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address [email protected] InsideSources.com place of Memorial Day.” Perhaps most in- on Nov. 19, 1863, as part of a ceremony hon- terestingly, all shops were closed — a far oring the soldiers killed during the Battle Additional contacts ust off your water skis because cry from this century’s tributes to consum- of Gettysburg earlier in July and later in- stripes.com/contactus summer has begun! Clean your erism frequently held on the last Monday terred at Gettysburg National Cemetery. In grills for fresh burgers and dogs in May. the three-day battle, the Union lost 23,000 OMBUDSMAN D— the neighbors are coming In this century, though many people still men and the Confederates lost more than Ernie Gates over! Get down to the stores for the big visit cemeteries to lay flowers on the grave 28,000. During the speech, Lincoln’s as- sales for new cars, furniture and TVs! Put of a loved one, or march in a local parade sistant secretary, John Hay, observed the on your Uncle Sam hat and wave your mini dressed in a timeworn military uniform, president as “sad, mournful, almost hag- The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow of news and information, reporting any attempts by the flag — the parade is about to come down many Americans celebrate by throwing a gard.” Though the battle was a victory for military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s Main Street! summer party, by taking advantage of the the Union, Lincoln’s address had no such independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns Not this year. and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- sales — with no thought of “social distanc- tinge of triumphalism. It was deliberate ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman The COVID-19 “stay at home” orders ing.” The many restrictions due to COVID- grief for the valiant service of the dead: welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted will affect most of us this Memorial Day, 19 have stripped the “happy” from our “But, in a larger sense, we can not dedi- by email at [email protected], or by phone at and maybe that’s a good thing. Though 202.886.0003. Memorial Day, perhaps reminding us that cate — we can not consecrate — we can Americans may share salutations of without neighborhood barbecues and re- not hallow — this ground. The brave men, “Happy Memorial Day!,” the last Monday tail bonanzas, the day is really about what living and dead, who struggled here, have Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- in May ought to be a serious affair — a liv- the small town of Waterloo began. consecrated it, far above our poor power to days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday ing remembrance of our nation’s fallen. Arlington National Cemetery will re- add or detract. The world will little note, through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and Originally called “Decoration Day,” Me- main closed to the general public this year, nor long remember what we say here, but it Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send morial Day — which only became a fed- though immediate family will be offered can never forget what they did here. It is for address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, eral holiday in 1971 — was a special day in limited visitation. My husband, who is in us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to APO AP 96301-5002. spring for families of the fallen Civil War his 25th year of service as an Army offi- the unfinished work which they who fought This newspaper is authorized by the Department of Defense for members of the military services overseas. dead to decorate graves and hold gather- cer, was hoping to visit his father. Buried at here have thus far so nobly advanced.” However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, ings to recognize the 600,000-plus men Arlington, my father-in-law, Kevin Burke, The silver lining of our quarantines, and are not to be considered as the official views of, or who died in the war. Some historical ac- was an armored cavalry platoon leader our solitude, and our adherence to stay- endorsed by, the U.S. government. 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Products or services advertised shall be made available for the small town of Waterloo, N.Y., shuttered him at home, tell stories to our children, purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, This year, shed of celebration, the shadow religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical their businesses, placed all flags at half- and say a prayer. Perhaps these quiet, of COVID-19 gives us the opportunity to handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor staff, draped the town in black and held lonely reflections on those who served and remember “those who here gave their lives of the purchaser, user or patron. processions to each of the village’s three died for our country are the purest form of that that nation might live.” cemeteries to recognize and grieve their a Memorial Day “celebration.” © Stars and Stripes 2020 Frances Tilney Burke is a visiting research fellow Civil War dead. They continued this tradi- Before these various Memorial Day tra- in foreign and defense policy at the American stripes.com tion every subsequent year and, in 1966, ditions ever began, President Abraham Enterprise Institute and a proud Army spouse. Monday, May 25, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 OPINION Young people can navigate strained job market

BY MEGAN MCARDLE help the virus peter out. Washington Post Writers Group Since I’m not terrifically hopeful that the pandemic threat will recede on its WASHINGTON own, I’m not expecting a rapid return to bout two months ago, when we reasonably full employment or robust in- were all adjusting to the realities come growth. And having graduated from of lockdown, I wrote a column ad- business school into the teeth of the 2001 Avising young people not to panic. I recession, I know all too well that when un- said that I didn’t think the new coronavirus employment numbers turn north, those hit crisis would produce much labor-market hardest will be the people looking for that “scarring,” or long-term damage to earn- first job to give them a foothold on some ing prospects suffered by those who lose career ladder. For however long the eco- jobs during downturns. My almost-sunny nomic contraction lasts, recent graduates conclusion: “It is reasonable to think that face sharply diminished prospects. when we can go back to work, the economy That said, I still don’t expect them to be will roar back to provide the jobs. So while hit as hard as the generation that faced everyone is bracing for very hard months 2008 with new diplomas in hand, for a few ahead, the young shouldn’t spend too much reasons: of that time worrying whether they’re 1. Unemployment is so widespread that also looking at hard years and decades to being without a job right now doesn’t send follow.” any particular signal about workers. So I Now that events have had time to un- don’t think employers would be as reluc- wind, I am revisiting this conclusion. Does tant as they usually might be to hire some- it hold up? Or should young people start one with a gap on his or her résumé. hunting for garrets and devise new recipes 2. The recovery should be unusually for beans and rice? rapid. Not as rapid as I’d have predicted expect to see them snatch up a dispropor- recession piled into school. That’s likely to Well, perhaps not quite yet. There will be two months ago but still much faster than tionate number of the jobs that get filled be less of a problem for the current crop of better deals available on unheated garrets in a normal recession, because there will next winter. be no lingering uncertainty about what during the coming months. young graduates. Many current and future No, I jest. Now let me attempt a serious a recovery means: As soon as we’ve con- 4. Young workers today will have some college students are likely to take a gap answer, in multiple parts. trolled the virus threat, it will feel safe to respite from competing with new gradu- year rather than spend their senior year The first thing to note is that I’m more resume normal activity. There will cer- ates compared with the cohorts that dealt Zooming from their old bedroom; when pessimistic about the economy than I was tainly be lingering effects from the closure with the past two recessions. Back then, things open up again, this educational in mid-March, because I’m more pessi- of long-dying industries, along with viable people who lost jobs at the beginning of the pause should ease congestion in the entry- mistic about the government’s response businesses that simply ran out of capital recession struggled for a few years, wait- way to the labor market. to COVID-19 than I was in mid-March. before they ran out of recession. But the ing for the economy to recover — only to If you’re in that cohort of youngsters, or The only way to restore the economy to its economic fundamentals should feel — and find that employers often preferred to hire parent them, these are probably not quite former splendor is to get the coronavirus be — sound. brand-new graduates who hadn’t been the ringing words of optimism you hoped under control. I don’t see many signs that 3. During the current job drought, the scarred by the downturn. For people with for. But as long as we’re in the grip of a we’re doing that, which leaves me with the young have a huge advantage: If they do undergraduate or advanced degrees, this once-in-a-century pandemic, I’m afraid (wan) hope that summer heat, and Ameri- develop the coronavirus, they’re less likely competition got fiercer and fiercer as peo- that these cautiously hopeful notes are the cans’ sprawling lifestyles, will combine to than other groups to get seriously ill. So I’d ple who had trouble finding jobs during the best that I, and they, are likely to manage. How to hold Purdue Pharma accountable in opioid epidemic

BY GERALD POSNER An independent examiner would have the authority to lers might succeed in hiding the full extent Special to the Los Angeles Times of their wealth and that any settlement the shine a spotlight on the full breadth of the Sacklers’ bankruptcy court sanctions will leave un- he country’s other major public answered many questions about the full health crisis, the prescription opi- finances, enabling victims to better decide whether extent of the family’s role in igniting and oid epidemic, has killed far more the family is making a fair settlement offer. fanning the opioid epidemic for its own TAmericans than have died so far profit. A bankruptcy-approved settlement from COVID-19. Yet a major injustice to means no further discovery, trial or any the opioid victims and their families is admission of responsibility by any Sackler. playing out mostly in the shadows in U.S. tives convinced that the judge must take and the family tens of millions. (The U.K. To prevent this, the bankruptcy judge Bankruptcy Court in New York. That the rare step of appointing an independent changed its tax law as a result.) must immediately appoint an independent is where Purdue Pharma, the privately examiner with broad investigative pow- examiner to thoroughly probe the Sack- Last year, John Coffee Jr., director of owned drug company responsible for the ers. It has happened in only a handful of lers. Otherwise, the family might reach Columbia Law School’s Center on Corpo- blockbuster OxyContin narcotic pain- complex bankruptcies, including cases in- a global settlement of all opioid litigation rate Governance, concluded in a report killer, filed for bankruptcy protection last volving Lehman Brothers, Tribune Co. (a while walking away with most of its enor- prepared for Utah’s Division of Consumer September. former owner of the Los Angeles Times) U.S. business history is littered with mous OxyContin fortune. Protection that the “Purdue board was and Enron. Twenty prominent law school huge companies seeking the safety af- The Sacklers have agreed to pay at least kept a Sackler-family dominated club.” professors pleaded for an examiner to be forded only through bankruptcy courts: $3 billion toward any settlement, but many Coffee called this “dysfunctional corporate appointed in the Purdue case but were ig- a halt to all pending civil litigation. That suspect the family is significantly under- governance” and said “there is little to dis- nored last November. The PAIN activist is no small matter for Purdue since over stating its wealth and might have secretly tinguish the control that the Sacklers exer- group recently launched an online petition 2,600 lawsuits charge it was instrumental transferred money abroad or stripped as- cised over Purdue from the control that the demanding the appointment of an exam- in creating America’s opioid crisis through sets from the company before filing for Godfather held over his Mafia family.” iner in the case. deceptive promotion and marketing. bankruptcy. The widespread distrust is fu- The Sacklers have benefited from the An independent examiner would have What sets Purdue’s bankruptcy apart eled by the family’s long-standing secrecy arcane and opaque nature of bankruptcy the authority to shine a spotlight on the is that Judge Robert D. Drain of the U.S. when it comes to how inextricably bound proceedings. They have ostensibly con- full breadth of the Sacklers’ finances, en- Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, N.Y., its finances are with Purdue. Three gen- verted the court’s protective order into an abling victims to better decide whether the extended the no-litigation shield to eight erations have run the company since the “injunction to evade.” They redacted infor- family is making a fair settlement offer. members of the Sackler family, which owns family acquired it in 1952. mation in the small number of documents An examiner would also serve a broader the company. They have been individually Over five years of researching the his- they have made available and have not public benefit. The examiner in Enron’s named in many lawsuits for their roles in tory of the American pharmaceutical in- produced any files from the more than 125 bankruptcy took 18 months to produce a running Purdue and profiting from the dustry, I discovered declassified FBI files mostly foreign companies they controlled. blistering four-volume, 4,500-page report. opioid epidemic. and never-before-published Senate papers On May 12, Drain granted a request Such a report may give us the only chance Many legal scholars were surprised that revealed the Sackler family had cre- from 24 attorneys general that allows of knowing what really transpired at Sack- that the judge — who acknowledged his ated a byzantine business empire reaching them to issue dozens of subpoenas directly ler-run Purdue during the lethal opioid order was “extraordinary” — protected back to the 1950s. They secretly owned to banks instead of having to pass them crisis. There is no other mechanism in the the Sacklers since they were not parties in stakes in dozens of companies that were first by the Sacklers’ defense team. Still, bankruptcy system for such a public ac- the bankruptcy case. None had declared ostensibly rivals competing for the same it was only a partial victory. The Sacklers counting besides the appointment of an in- insolvency. In fact, OxyContin’s $35 bil- drug promotion or government research retained the right to review and redact in- dependent examiner. Victims’ families and lion in sales had made the family one of the grants. From 1991 to 2016 the Sacklers ran formation, and whatever is produced as a the thousands of individual plaintiffs who nation’s richest. In 2015, Forbes estimated an OxyContin tax scheme involving sibling result of the subpoenas will be classified have suffered from the ravages of OxyCon- the Sacklers’ net worth at $14 billion. companies to Purdue in the United King- as “professionals’ eyes only information.” tin deserve no less. The unprecedented high-stakes legal dom and Bermuda that saved the company That means none of it will be made public. Gerald Posner’s latest book is “Pharma: Greed, maneuvering left many victims and rela- an estimated $1.4 billion in corporate taxes Many victim activists worry the Sack- Lies, and the Poisoning of America.” PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 Monday, May 25, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 NBA/NFL League talks with Disney − no small decision, after all Season could resume at Wide World of Sports

BY TIM REYNOLDS NBA scoreboard Associated Press The NBA is in talks with The EASTERN CONFERENCE Walt Disney Company on a sin- Atlantic Division gle-site scenario for a resumption W L Pct GB Toronto 46 18 .719 — of play in Central Florida in late Boston 43 21 .672 3 July, the clearest sign yet that the Philadelphia 39 26 .600 7½ Brooklyn 30 34 .469 16 league believes the season can New York 21 45 .318 26 continue amid the coronavirus Southeast Division Miami 41 24 .631 — pandemic. Orlando 30 35 .462 11 The National Basketball Play- Washington 24 40 .375 16½ Charlotte 23 42 .354 18 ers Association is also part of Atlanta 20 47 .299 22 the talks with Disney, the league Central Division Milwaukee 53 12 .815 — said Saturday. Games would be Indiana 39 26 .600 14 held at the ESPN Wide World of Chicago 22 43 .338 31 Detroit 20 46 .303 33½ Sports Complex, a massive cam- Cleveland 19 46 .292 34 WESTERN CONFERENCE pus on the Disney property near Southwest Division JOE BURBANK, ORLANDO SENTINEL/AP Orlando. W L Pct GB Houston 40 24 .625 — A crowd is shown along Main Street USA in front of Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom at Walt NBA spokesman Mike Bass Dallas 40 27 .597 1½ said the conversations were still Memphis 32 33 .492 8½ Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Disney is in talks with the NBA to allow the league to continue its New Orleans 28 36 .438 12 season in late July at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex. “exploratory,” and that the Dis- San Antonio 27 36 .429 12½ ney site would be used for prac- Northwest Division Denver 43 22 .662 — But the league has been work- lando. Disney owns ESPN. That’s their own locales. tices and housing as well. Utah 41 23 .641 1½ “Our priority continues to be Oklahoma City 40 24 .625 2½ ing on countless return-to-play where they make their money. “Places are opening up. Let’s Portland 29 37 .439 14½ scenarios for several weeks, all During the playoffs and finals, it not forget COVID isn’t magically the health and safety of all in- Minnesota 19 45 .297 23½ volved, and we are working with Pacific Division with the caveat that testing would will all be seven games. That one less contagious now,“ Malcolm L.A. Lakers 49 14 .778 — be an integral part of any resump- I’m almost 100% sure of.“ Miller of the Toronto Raptors public health experts and govern- L.A. Clippers 44 20 .688 5½ Sacramento 28 36 .438 21½ tion of the season. Central Florida has been tweeted Saturday. “The virus it- ment officials on a comprehen- Phoenix 26 39 .400 24 sive set of guidelines to ensure Golden State 15 50 .231 35 It remains unknown where the known as a viable option to host self didn’t get better... stay safe.” that appropriate medical proto- NBA is in the process of securing an NBA restart since at least mid- Teams have been allowed to cols and protections are in place,” tests or developing large-scale April, and other cities — such as welcome players back to training Bass said. ney complex is roughly 40 square testing protocols. Also unclear: Las Vegas, which also has a long- facilities for voluntary sessions The ESPN Wide World of miles, with nearly 24,000 hotel how many regular-season games standing relationship with the since May 8, and more than half Sports Complex is a 255-acre rooms owned or operated by Dis- would be played before the post- NBA — were known to be consid- of the franchises have taken ad- campus with multiple arenas that ney within the campus. season begins — or if all 30 teams ered as well. vantage of that opportunity. could host games simultaneously The NBA suspended its season would be playing. The league has Florida has confirmed just The next steps along a return- and has been home to, among March 11, becoming the first of asked team general managers for more than 50,000 COVID-19 to-play path would likely include other things, the Jr. NBA World the U.S. major pro leagues to do so additional input on those matters. cases, though more than half of a loosening of the restrictions for Championship in recent years. after it was revealed that All-Star Jared Dudley of the Los Ange- those are in Miami-Dade, Bro- those voluntary workouts — no ESPN, one of the NBA’s broad- center Rudy Gobert of the Utah les Lakers said in a conference ward and Palm Beach counties more than four players are cur- cast partners, is primarily owned Jazz tested positive for COVID- call with reporters on Wednes- and not in the Orlando area. Gov. rently allowed inside any facility by Disney. 19. The list of NBA players who day that he believes the playoffs, Ron DeSantis has said he wants at a time — and then a plan for Space won’t be an issue, even if were known to test positive even- whenever they start, will be the the state open for pro sports, even when training camps could open. Major League Soccer — which is tually grew to 10 — not all were traditional best-of-seven format. telling franchises not based in If the league plans to resume play also in talks to resume its season identified — and Commissioner “That’s the money-winner Florida that they could come to in late July, then camps conceiv- at Disney — is there at the same Adam Silver said last month that when it comes to Disney,“ Dudley the Sunshine State and train if re- ably could open around the start time as the NBA. The entire Dis- the actual total was even higher. said. “That’s why we’ll be in Or- strictions preventing it existed in of that month. Rams’ Donald: Football minus fans ‘wouldn’t be fun’

BY GREG BEACHAM don’t really see the point of continuing Donald Football Performance Center is at Associated Press with their professions while large crowds his disposal for obvious reasons. are unable to gather safely. But with the university shut down due LOS ANGELES — Aaron Donald is not “I feel like the fans pick you up,“ Donald to the pandemic, Donald said he has been thrilled about the prospect of playing foot- said. “The fans are what makes the game working out “back where it all started” in ball without fans. exciting. The fans would give you that extra The Dungeon — his nickname for the tiny The Los Angeles Rams’ superstar defen- juice when you’re tired and fatigued. When basement of his father’s home. He’s lifting sive lineman doesn’t like the idea of play- you make that big play and you hear 80,000 weights three days a week for at least two ing an NFL season in front of empty seats, fans going crazy, that pumps you up. If you hours a day alongside his nephew, a high saying it “wouldn’t be fun to me.“ don’t have that in the game, I think that school defensive lineman. “I feel like you need fans to play the just takes the fun out of it.” He recently finished his communica- game,” Donald added Thursday from his The possible realities of a pandemic tions degree, joining his brother and sister offseason home in Pittsburgh. “I don’t see year are coming home for Donald and the as college graduates. how you could play a game without the Rams, who haven’t reopened their train- “I’ve been taking classes for the past cou- fans. I feel like that takes out the excite- ing complex while conducting their spring ple of years here and there, online classes,” ment and the fun out of the game.” work online. Donald is used to missing said Donald. “It’s a promise I made to my Donald realizes his opinion won’t carry offseason workouts with his teammates, mom and dad. When I got drafted, I prom- MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP much weight if the coronavirus pandemic thanks to two contract holdouts that even- ised my mom and dad that I’d still get the forces the NFL to take extraordinary mea- tually ended with his mammoth six-year, degree, because that’s what they wanted. It Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron sures to provide a television product to the $135 million extension in August 2018. took a while, but I accomplished it. They Donald says he doesn’t see how the NFL world. But the six-time Pro Bowl selection Donald usually spends much of his off- were proud of me. I’m just glad and re- could play a season in front of empty is among those sportsmen worldwide who season working out at Pitt, where the Aaron lieved that I’m finally done.” seats, saying it “wouldn’t be fun to me.” Monday, May 25, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 SOCCER Fostering an ethic of hope FC Dallas defender Hollingshead eager to assist off the field

BY ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press With two children of their own, FC Dallas defender Ryan Hol- lingshead and his wife, Taylor, wanted to add to their young fam- ily in a way that would align with a desire to help others. Guided by that faith, last year the couple went through the pro- cess to become foster parents. And now, while social distancing at home because of COVID-19, they have also welcomed a 13-month old boy into the young family. INA FASSBENDER/AP It isn’t an easy job. Foster par- ents are tasked with providing Cardboard pictures of fans are placed in the stands prior love and care with the knowledge to the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia that eventually the children may ROGER STEINMAN/AP Monchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen, in Monchengladbach, be reunited with their parents or FC Dallas defender Ryan Hollingshead, right, has been sheltering in Germany, on Saturday. another family member. place . He and his family are bonding with their foster son. “This is our saying in our house, our saying with our kids, ‘You Scott he’d help launch a church started in 33 MLS matches, tak- can do hard things,’ ” Hollings- in Sacramento. To his surprise, ing turns at six different positions, head said. “So even though these Replica fans fill FC Dallas said it would wait. The and led all the league’s defenders things are hard, think of how team checked in on him from with six goal and three assists. much harder it is for the foster kid time to time, and after 10 months Dallas had played two games who’s going from house to house his brother said the church was when MLS suspended the season Bundesliga stadium and doesn’t have any stability. He on solid ground and Hollings- on March 12 because of the coro- doesn’t have his parents. So if it’s head needed to pursue his soccer navirus pandemic. Many teams, BY JAMES ELLINGWORTH hard for us, it’s it’s 10 times harder the World Cup in 1974. There’s career. including Dallas, have begun vol- for him. And so we can do hard Associated Press even an away end with pictures Hollingshead made his FC Dal- untary individual workouts on things so that a baby can have a of supporters from Leverkusen las debut in 2014 but his career outdoor practice fields with strict DUSSELDORF, Germany safe place to be.” and other clubs. Gladbach said nearly ended in 2017. During a protocols, the first step toward re- — Even when German fans are The Hollingsheads have been it was a nonprofit initiative with north Texas ice storm in January, suming the season. stuck at home, they can still be caring for the boy for three proceeds going to charity. Hollingshead and his wife stopped While Hollingshead is anxious seen in the stadium. months. It is their second foster Gladbach’s form this season to help a stranded motorist. An- to get back on the field, shelter-in- Around 13,000 cutouts filled child. Their first, a four-month- has echoed its golden age from other driver lost control and slid place has been a blessing in dis- the stands on Saturday as Borus- old girl, returned to her biological the 1970s. The club led the table into him, throwing him 35 feet guise for bonding with the foster sia Monchengladbach hosted family. early in the season and is still into a guardrail. baby. Bayer Leverkusen in a Bundesli- The Hollingsheads hope to fighting for a Champions League He fractured three vertebrae “Being able to get the concen- ga game which could help decide eventually adopt, which might spot. in his cervical spine, but doctors trated time I have with him has Champions League qualification. happen with the boy they are cur- Not all of the real-life fans like believed he could heal without been really special, being able to Gladbach fans took pictures rently caring for. The biological their cutout counterparts. Some surgery. Although he had to re- form that bond with him in a time at home in a shirt or scarf and mother’s rights have already been groups oppose continuing the main nearly motionless for a time, where I usually wouldn’t be able to paid 19 euros ($20.70) to be terminated and the father cannot season without spectators and Hollingshead was able to return in do so, at least to this extent, to this turned into one of the “Pappkam- be located. For privacy reasons, feel the cutouts legitimize that. late April. degree,” he said. “So really grate- eraden” or “cardboard compan- the family cannot reveal the name “Football without fans is noth- Last season, Hollingshead ful for it.” ions.” Season-ticket holders have of the child or post photos on so- ing,” read a large banner placed their cutout placed in their usual cial media. spot, though some fan groups de- at one end of the stadium on There’s always the possibility nounced the idea. Saturday. that they won’t be able to adopt the “It’s better to play in front “For Borussia, against ghost boy. And that’s part of the deal: of dolls than nothing at all,” games,” read another. The goal is to keep families to- Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz “The bleak backdrop of empty gether, Hollingshead said. said before the game. stadiums is exactly what these “I love being a dad. It’s one of It was Gladbach’s first game games represent and deserve,” the best joys of my life. And so I at home since the Bundesliga re- the Sottocultura group of Glad- love having these kids in our home. started without spectators amid bach fans said in a statement. And so with our baby that we have the coronavirus pandemic. “We consider the initiative with right now, we’ve had him for three The cutouts didn’t do Gladbach the cardboard figures to be coun- months. And I feel like he’s my much good on Saturday. Leverku- terproductive. We understand the baby in every way. I treat him like sen won 3-1 to overtake Gladbach well-meaning, charitable idea be- he’s my baby,” he said. “And so, to for third in the table, as Gladbach hind it, but we consider the signal have to give him back to another missed good chances to score late to be the wrong one.” family member would just be re- on. Gladbach isn’t the first club to ally hard. And that’s kind of built “Despite that it still looks re- try replacing fans with doppel- into the process and something ally super,” Gladbach right back gangers during the coronavirus that we know. But it doesn’t make Stefan Lainer said. “It creates a pandemic. it any easier.” Hollingshead has always fol- certain atmosphere.” Before the Bundesliga restart- lowed his heart. Coach Marco Rose and some of ed, Belarus was the only country A standout at UCLA, Hollings- his players were also in the stands in Europe playing league games. head was named the Pac-12 Player in two-dimensional form, along Champion club Dynamo Brest of the Year in 2012, scoring seven with greats of the club’s past. printed off photos sent by sup- goals and eight assists as a senior porters abroad and attached them They include Gunter Netzer, who midfielder. A future in Major won the West German title with to shop mannequins wearing a League Soccer looked bright. Gladbach in 1970 and 1971 and motley variety of old shirts. But Hollingshead instead took some time away from the game to work in a Haitian orphanage with Taylor. He didn’t even know FC ‘ It’s better to play in front of dolls than Dallas drafted him with the No. 20 nothing at all. pick in the second round. ’ He was thrilled at the opportu- Peter Bosz nity, but there was one problem: Leverkusen coach He had promised his brother PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, May 25, 2020 COLLEGE BASKETBALL/COMMENTARY Hall of Fame coach Sutton dies at 84 Was first to take 4 schools to NCAA Tournament

BY CLIFF BRUNT ferred sentence and was ordered Associated Press to pay a fine. Through it all, he remained Eddie Sutton waited so long to wildly popular at Oklahoma State, be inducted into the Naismith Me- often attending games while con- morial Basketball Hall of Fame. fined to a wheelchair. He would He couldn’t hang on long enough receive loud cheers as the camera to make it to the ceremony. panned to him and Aloe Blacc’s The man who led three teams “The Man” played over the sound to the Final Four and was the first system. coach to take four schools to the “Oklahoma State University is NCAA Tournament, died Satur- deeply saddened by the passing day. He was 84. of Coach Eddie Sutton,” Okla- Sutton’s family said in a state- homa State president Burns Har- ment he died of natural causes at gis said in a statement. “A Hall home in the Tulsa, Okla., area, of Fame Coach with more than surrounded by his three sons and 800 wins, he revived our historic FERD KAUFMAN/AP their families. His wife, Patsy, basketball program and will al- Minnesota Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton poses with coach Bud Grant in 1974. Grant was the first died in 2013. ways be revered and loved by the coach to reach four Super Bowls and the first to lose four Super Bowls. Grant built a powerhouse team “Dad and Mom treated their Cowboy family. Our thoughts and players like family and always over 18 seasons with the Vikings, reaching the playoffs 12 times. But his squads always flopped badly prayers are with the entire Sutton shared the belief that his teach- on the biggest stage, losing each of their four title games by double-digit margins. family.” ings went beyond the basketball Even rivals had the highest re- court,” the family wrote. “He spect for Sutton. cherished the time he spent at “Seems like just a few days ago Greats: Coaches who won it all but the big one every school and appreciated the we were celebrating the news support of their loyal fans. He be- that Coach Eddie Sutton had been lieved they FROM BACK PAGE elected to the Basketball Hall of deserved so history — during the regular Fame,” Oklahoma athletic di- much credit rector Joe Castiglione said in a season, that is. Despite a stagger- in the suc- ing 1,335 victories over 31 years, cess of his Tweet. “Now this very sad news of his passing. So grateful I had a and an innovative style known programs.” as “Nellie Ball,” he never even Elected to chance to get to know him & his family. Thinking about Steve, reached the NBA Finals. His best the Naismith shot came in 2002-03 with a 60- Memorial Sean & Scott. RIP Coach.” Sutton was born in Bucklin, win Dallas team featuring Dirk Basketball Nowitzki and Steve Nash that lost Hall of Kansas, in 1936. He played at Oklahoma State under Hall of to eventual champion San An- Fame on tonio in the conference final. It April 3, Sut- Sutton Fame coach Henry Iba, then stayed there to begin his coach- should be noted that Nelson par- ton fell short ticipated in plenty of celebrations as a finalist six times before fi- ing career as an assistant under Iba in 1958. as a player, winning five titles nally being selected. He had said with the Boston Celtics. he believed that a scandal that Sutton got his first Division I 5. Al Lopez: He never had a ended his stint at Kentucky was head coaching job at Creighton. losing record in 15 full seasons likely the culprit for his lengthy He led the Bluejays to an 82-50 as a big league manager, winning wait. The NCAA announced 18 mark in five seasons from 1969 an average of 92 games. During allegations against the program to 1974. the 1950s, Lopez has the distinc- in 1988, and he resigned in 1989. He took over at Arkansas in tion of capturing the only two AL He certainly had a worthy re- 1975, and the Razorbacks went ELAINE THOMPSON/AP sume. He was 806-328 in 37 sea- 17-9 and 19-9 before beginning a pennants that weren’t hoarded by sons as a Division I head coach nine-year stretch of 20-win sea- the mighty New York Yankees. Dusty Baker, now the manager of the Houston Astros, has guided — not counting vacated victories sons. He finished his run in Fay- But his Cleveland Indians were four teams to the playoffs and notched 1,863 wins. But his career or forfeited games — and made it etteville with nine straight trips swept in the 1954 World Series is marred by its postseason failures. to 25 NCAA Tournaments. He led to the NCAA basketball tourna- by Willie Mays and the New York Final Four squads at Arkansas in ment. His 1978 Final Four squad Giants after winning a record 111 up the fourth-most wins by an game setback to the Angels in the 1978 and Oklahoma State in 1995 featured versatile stars Sidney games. In 1959, Lopez’s “Go-Go” NBA coach (1,221) during a 26- 2002 World Series. The Chicago and 2004. He took Creighton, Ar- Moncrief, Marvin Delph and Ron Chicago White Sox fell to the Los year career spent mostly with Cubs’ Bartman loss to the Mar- kansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma Brewer. Angeles Dodgers. He was run- Utah. Sloan took over the Jazz lins in 2003. A pair of wrenching State to the NCAA Tournament. Sutton left his mark at Arkan- ner-up in the AL a whopping 10 in 1988 and guided a consistent home playoff defeats as manager He was Associated Press Coach sas — the practice gym there is times during his Hall of Fame ca- powerhouse led by Karl Malone of the Washington Nationals. But of the Year in 1978 at Arkansas named for him. Former President reer — all but one of them looking and John Stockton. Sloan had Baker still has a chance to get off and in 1986 at Kentucky. Bill Clinton, who was the gover- up at the Yankees. only one losing season over his this list. At age 70, he’s been hired Former Kentucky star Rex nor of Arkansas for part of Sut- 4. Marv Levy: No other coach 23 years in Salt Lake City. Unfor- by the Houston Astros in the wake Chapman appreciated his time ton’s run there, once sent a video has reached the Super Bowl four tunately, though, his best teams of their sign-stealing scandal. under Sutton. message for a ceremony honoring years in a row. Unfortunately for came along at the same time as 1. Bud Grant: The first coach to “Eddie Sutton was a fascinating Sutton at Arkansas in 2016. Levy, he didn’t win any of them, that Jordan guy. Utah lost to the reach four Super Bowls, he’s also and complicated person,” Chap- “Your time as coach was a de- tarnishing an unprecedented Bulls in back-to-back NBA Finals the first to lose four Super Bowls. man wrote in a tweet. “He also fining era in Razorback basket- run with the Buffalo Bills that in 1997 and ’98. Grant built a powerhouse team was an unbelievable teacher of ball,“ Clinton said. “You put our began with a bitter 20-19 loss to 2. Dusty Baker: He got a in 18 seasons with the Minnesota the game of basketball. I was for- program on the map. You helped the New York Giants in the 1991 glimpse of what was to come as a Vikings, reaching the playoffs tunate and lucky to have learned mold a generation of student-ath- title game. After Scott Norwood’s rookie manager. In 1993, Baker’s 12 times. But Grant’s squads al- from him. Grateful.” letes into winners on the court potential winning field goal went San Francisco Giants went 103- ways flopped badly on the biggest Sutton’s retirement at Okla- and after they left. You made us wide right, Levy and the Bills 59 but missed the playoffs by a stage, losing each of their four homa State in 2006 came rough- think we could win again.” never came so close to a champi- single game after a memorable title games by double-digit mar- ly three months after he took a Sutton moved on and replaced onship. They lost the next three division race with the Atlanta gins, capped by an embarrassing medical leave following a traffic Joe B. Hall at Kentucky in 1985. Super Bowls by an average of Braves (there were no wild cards 32-14 rout to the Oakland Raiders accident that resulted in charges While there, he compiled a 90- three touchdowns. Too bad for in those days). Over 22 years, in the 11th Super Bowl, Grant was of aggravated DUI, speeding and 40 record, including two South- Levy we can’t count his two titles Baker has guided four teams to far more successful in the Cana- driving on the wrong side of the eastern Conference titles. But he coaching in the Canadian Foot- the playoffs and notched 1,863 dian Football League, where he road. He pleaded no contest to the slumped at the end, and his pro- ball League. wins. But his career is marred by won four Grey Cup titles in 10 charges, received a one-year de- gram endured NCAA scrutiny. 3. Jerry Sloan: Sloan racked its postseason failures. A seven- seasons with Winnipeg. Monday, May 25, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 AUTO RACING Not business as usual at the Brickyard IndyCar drivers cope with strange Memorial Day weekend without the Indianapolis 500

BY MICHAEL MAROT Pagenaud, the first French Associated Press winner of the 500 in more than a century, hasn’t even been able to INDIANAPOLIS savor the spoils of being the de- imon Pagenaud knows fending champion. what he should be doing Instead of spending the month this weekend. Friday’s of May in the media spotlight, Splan was to climb into he’s simply tried to stay fit, fine- the No. 22 Chevrolet for one final tune his racing skills on simu- test session, mingle with fans and lators and reflect on what May plot race strategy. On Sunday, he could have been. would chase a second straight “To be honest, it’s not the driv- Indianapolis 500 victory. ing itself,“ Pagenaud said when Instead, he is spending the Me- asked what he missed most about morial Day weekend quietly at Carb Day. “It’s the crowd coming home, far away from deafening to the track, seeing the buildup engines and roaring crowds. He before the race. We usually get talks about the future — Indy- Car’s season opener in Texas on to meet some kids from school as June 6, the series’ first July race well. It’s just fun.” at the Brickyard, the COVID-19 Perhaps it will be that way this pandemic that caused this chaos summer ahead of the Aug. 23 — and his hope that the resched- race. uled 500 weekend in August Boles and series officials said proves to be as festive and fun as they hope fans will return then, he expected. even if the crowd is significantly “It really hit me on qualifying smaller than the usual 270,000- weekend. It was my birthday,” plus that make the 500 the world’s Pagenaud said on a Zoom call largest single-day sporting event. Friday. “It was really strange So for now, they’re slowing — no stress, no anxiety but I was down. missing something that was very MICHAEL CONROY/AP “Usually in May you never get home because you’d be flat dear to my heart. It’s just the best Simon Pagenaud of France, celebrates by pouring milk on himself after winning the Indianapolis 500 out at the speedway all the time feeling in racing that day, and I IndyCar race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 26, 2019. The milk given to winners in Victory and it’s a very intense time,” said look forward to it every year. Also Lane dates to 1936, when Louis Meyer professed to drink it to refresh himself on hot days. Pagenaud Takuma Sato, who became the today is Carb Day, I was thinking said this weekend has been strange without the usual Indy 500 rituals. ‘Wow, we’d be doing this or that first Japanese race winner in 2017. “This is very weird, a very and pretty soon we’d be racing.’ All of it helps because drivers strange feeling.” So it’s definitely strange.” ‘ are coping with a seemingly end- I was missing something that was very Those feelings will go away. It’s been anything but business less offseason. as usual for IndyCar. From re- dear to my heart. Racing will be back and so will “I haven’t even kept an eye on the 500 . vised travel plans to virtual rac- ’ IndyCar driver Simon Pagenaud the date,” said Power, Pagenaud’s “It’s been a very interesting ing, everyone has scrambled to on not racing this weekend at the Indy 500 find their place. Fans just might teammate for Team Penske. “I two weeks, I must say. Never park around Indianapolis Motor didn’t even realize it was May. been home for the month of May Speedway this weekend and cel- North Carolina is nice in May, but in recent years,” Pagenaud said. ebrate their annual traditions ferent role — watching his wife, partners of IndyCar drivers in it’s the first time I’ve seen North “You know where we’d like to be, anyway. Elizabeth, compete in Saturday’s an online race that includes two Carolina in May. I hope I don’t but it is what it is.” Better-Half Invitational. Created practice sessions and a qualify- Even Will Power, the 2018 Indy have to see it again in May for like AP Auto Racing Writer Jenna Fryer also winner, finds himself in a dif- by James Hinchliffe, it will pit 17 ing run. another 10 years.“ contributed to this report. Officials worry about impact of delayed Indy 500

Associated Press Gahl, who added that Visit Indy doesn’t track the event’s fiscal impact. INDIANAPOLIS — The postponement “Their decision to postpone the Indy of the Indianapolis 500 from Memorial 500 past the Memorial Day weekend was a Day weekend until late August because of the coronavirus pandemic has created a smart decision,” Gahl said. “We know now “void” for businesses near the Indianapolis that just wouldn’t be healthy this weekend Motor Speedway that rely on spending by to take place in a meaningful way.” race fans and tourists, local officials said. The Indy 500 has taken place on the Sun- Connie Harris, executive director of the day before Memorial Day every year since Greater Speedway Area Chamber of Com- 1974. Tourism and government officials merce, said May is usually a busy month said they are hoping that the rescheduled for restaurants and businesses in the date will draw similarly sized crowds as Marion County town of Speedway, which the May race. sees its population jump from about 12,000 Kelly Buck, spokeswoman for the town residents to more than 200,000 during race of Speedway, said the community has unit- weekend. ed to ensure that local businesses are still But Chris Gahl, Visit Indy’s senior vice operating in August. president for marketing and communica- The COVID-19 outbreak nearly brought tions, told The Indianapolis Star that this the U.S. economy to a halt, as Indiana year’s race delay until Aug. 23 will hurt joined other states in enacting stay-at-home businesses during what is normally their directives by limiting large gatherings and most profitable time of the year. closing nonessential businesses to stem the “Not having that is certainly a void that virus’s spread. Saturday, the eve of what MICHAEL CONROY/AP we will feel from an economic impact would have been the 104th Indy 500, the standpoint. It’s fair to say it’s hundreds of Indiana National Guardsmen helped out at Indiana National Guardsmen direct cars into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway millions of dollars in economic impact and the Speedway as it was the site of a mobile Saturday for a mobile food distribution event. Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana expected that’s very conservatively estimated,” said food bank. to distribute boxes of fresh produce, lean meat, and dairy to more than 5,000 people. S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, May 25, 2020 F3HIJKLM Sounds of silence Memorial Day weekend quiet SPORTS without Indy 500 » Page 23

COMMENTARY

Sloan wasn’t only coaching great to fall short of title

BY PAUL NEWBERRY cago Bulls led by Michael Jordan. championship and fell at home two Associated Press 9. Billy Reay: Fortunate enough others times as the conference’s No. to take over a Chicago Blackhawks 1 seed. Criticized for his conserva- Inside: erry Sloan was undoubt- team that featured four future Hall edly one of the greatest tive style, Schottenheimer’s play- of Famers (Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Hall of Fame coach coaches in NBA history. off record (5-13) stands in striking Glenn Hall and Pierre Pilote), Reay Yet there’s one glaring contrast to his regular-season mark Eddie Sutton omission on an otherwise reached the Stanley Cup Finals in (200-126-1). dies at 84, stellar resume. 1964, only to lose to Montreal in 7. Pat Quinn: As a second-year JA championship. seven games. That was a precursor coach in 1980, he guided Philadel- Page 22 Sloan, who died Friday at age 78, of two more heartbreaking losses phia to the NHL’s best record and isn’t the only coaching guru lacking to the Canadiens, most notably a the Stanley Cup Finals. But the Fly- a trip to a title. Let’s take a look at Game 7 setback in 1971 when the ers were upset by the New York Is- the 10 best coaches and managers Blackhawks squandered a 2-0 lead landers, losing on Bobby Nystrom’s who failed to win a title in America’s midway through the second period series-ending overtime goal. The Is- biggest sports: at Chicago Stadium. landers went on to claim four straight 10. George Karl: The sixth- 8. Marty Schottenheimer: One titles, while Quinn only made it back most wins in NBA history, but he of just seven coaches with 200 reg- to the finals one more time over his struggled mightily in the postsea- ular-season wins, his career was 20 years as a coach. In 1994 with son. Karl’s teams lost in the opening marred by a jarring string of post- the Vancouver Canucks, he lost to round a staggering 14 times over 27 season flops. As coach of the Cleve- another New York team in seven seasons. His best shot at a champion- land Browns, he lost back-to-back games as the Rangers ended their ship came in 1996, when he guided heartbreakers to the Denver Bron- 54-year championship drought. the Seattle SuperSonics to his lone cos in the AFC championship game 6. Don Nelson: Nelson won more NBA Finals. In an unfortunate bit of — one to “The Drive,” the other on games than any other coach in NBA timing, Karl had to face one of the “The Fumble.” With the Kansas greatest teams ever, the 72-win Chi- City Chiefs, he lost again in the AFC SEE GREATS ON PAGE 22

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