FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 Momentum builds in West Lynn

By Gayla Cawley 870 Western Ave. proved by the City Council on ITEM STAFF Two of the two-bedroom Tuesday night, is the fourth homes will be set aside for phase in the non-pro t hous- LYNN — A former brown- rst-time homebuyers, and ing agency’s $6 million re- eld site on Western Avenue development of a West Lynn will start to be developed will have an affordable com- ponent. The other four town- neighborhood referred to as into residential housing next Orchard Grove. month. house units will be listed as market-rate, and are expected Unlike the rst three phases Neighborhood Development of the project, which involved Associates, the development to cost between $350,000 to $375,000, according to Peggy transforming vacant General arm of Lynn Housing Author- Electric Company lots into 20 Phelps, director of planning ity & Neighborhood Develop- single-family townhouses, the ment (LHAND), plans to build and development for LHAND. A rendering of the townhomes that LHAND will build at 870 six attached townhomes at The project, which was ap- LYNN, A2 Western Ave. Nahant Notorious in Swampscott Contract won’t talk has waste begun in this Saugus chance Cicolini looks to extend Crabtree By Elyse Carmosino By Elyse Carmosino ITEM STAFF and Steve Krause ITEM STAFF NAHANT — Now that the town’s con- SAUGUS — If the Saugus tract with Waste Man- Board of Selectmen wants agement has expired, to retain Scott Crabtree as Nahant residents will Town Manager, it will have have a chance to give to let him know by next Au- their input on the com- gust. munity’s future waste Selectman Jeff Cicolini has collection efforts. already got the ball rolling “We felt that sud- on the subject, requesting a denly switching to meeting to discuss an exten- automated collection ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK sion of the contract that will without a true public A man walks past a display of prints commemorating Supreme Court Justice Ruth expire in August 2022. process and without Bader Ginsburg, reading “Rest in Power RBG,” in the window of MiraMar Print Lab However, Selectwoman an opportunity for the on Humphrey Street in Swampscott. Debra Panetta said Thurs- public to be involved day that it is written in would have been chal- Crabtree’s contract that he lenging,” said Town must be informed by August Administrator Tony Opinion of 2021 whether the board Barletta. “Over the Free COVID-19 testing Jourgensen: Thank you, wants to retain him next year, we’re going Aunt Jane. A4 “We need to let him know,” to be engaging the Panetta said Thursday. “He public in a process extended at health center LOOK has a family. It can be dif - about changing how Saugus Pumpkin cult when you have a job that we collect our trash.” Lynn, Revere and Saugus still in the red zone Patch returns. A8 ends at a certain time.” The June 30 expira- Broaching the subject at tion of Nahant’s con- COVID-19 map. last week’s Board of Select- tract with Waste Man- By Gayla Cawley Sports ITEM STAFF Although Lynn, Revere, and Saugus men meeting, Cicolini said he agement came at an KIPP football forced have kept their high-risk designation thought Crabtree had so far especially inopportune to wait on potentially After more than six months into the for another week, Lynn eld has im- done a good job of tying up time. historic season. B1 pandemic, Lynn, Revere and Saugus proved to yellow, denoting a moderate “loose ends” in the community Due to a national during his three-year tenure. are still seeing red, the state’s des- risk community. crisis in the waste and ignation for communities with the • “He’s got less than two recycling industry, the On the same day that the new DPH highest COVID-19 risk. years on his current con- cost of those services data was released, Gov. Charlie Bak- The latest Department of Pub- St. Mary’s tract,” Cicolini said. “I, for has increased sig- er announced the state’s “Stop the boys soccer one, wouldn’t want that un- ni cantly, forcing the lic Health (DPH) data, released on Spread” initiative has extended free Wednesday, shows that 15 commu- continuing to build certainty. I think he’s done TRASH, A2 nities are shaded red in the state’s TESTING, A3 with young squad. B1 a nice job wrapping up some loose ends with our existing contracts around town. “I think we can at least be- gin the dialogue of what that Lights, camera, and looks like and start the ball rolling on that.” The previous Board voted action in Lynn Woods unanimously in 2017 to ap- prove a ve-year contract for By Guthrie about 20, it was COVID-conscious. Mask SAUGUS, A2 Scrimgeour protocols were in place and strictly en- ITEM STAFF forced. Each new production requires a COVID-19 compliance of cer on set in LYNN — It was lights, camera, action, order to limit the project’s footprint and Wednesday afternoon as a lm crew its contact with the public. took over Ocean Street to shoot one of The scale of the commercial will be the rst projects in Lynn since the start dwarfed by a feature length Miramax of the COVID-19 pandemic. lm “Mother/Android,” set to be shot in In the coming month, several addi- Lynn Woods next week. tional lm projects are slated to shoot The “Mother/Android” crew has already in Lynn, marking the return of Holly- begun preparations for the shoot, creat- wood to the region. ing a base camp by the entrance to the The Ocean Street piece was a small- woods on Pennybrook Road. ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK scale commercial shot over the course of This sci- thriller, starring Chloe two days on behalf of the Freemasons. Grace Moretz and directed by Mattson Several lm projects are slated to be lmed Among scenes shot was a clip that de- in Lynn this month including “Mother/An- Tomlin, depicts the plight of a young picted a Good Samaritan stopping to pregnant woman on a journey to escape droid” which has been recently setting up in assist a veteran. the Lynn Woods. While the project included a crew of FILMING, A3 Selectman Jeff Cicolini

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Hans Jeppesen, MD charterhealth.net • 55 Highland Ave, Suite 304, Salem • 978-354-4611 A2 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 OBITUARIES Momentum builds in West Lynn Eleanor F. Bourgeois, 92 1928-2020 LYNN the City Council taking finished product which tion in late spring, Phelps From A1 ownership of the land is six townhouses,” said said. Groveland, formerly of Sau- thur Statuto and Phyllis Gaeta. for the former owner’s Cowdell. The redevelopment of gus – Mrs. Eleanor F. (Statuto) In lieu of flowers, donations fourth phase involves rede- non-payment of taxes (the Current Ward 6 Council- the Orchard Grove neigh- Bourgeois, age 92, died at the in her memory may be made veloping a former contami- city seized the abandoned or Fred Hogan, who picked borhood, from Oakville to Penacook Place nursing home to the Make-A-Wish Founda- nated lot, which last housed station for non-payment of up where his predecessor Minot and Bennett streets in Haverhill on Tuesday, Sep- tion at massri.wish.org. a gas station 20 years ago $2,296 in real estate taxes left off in terms of working to Western Avenue, began tember 22 nd. She was the Service information: Rela- and was cleaned up with a in 2012), said Cowdell, ex- with Phelps to address the in 2018. Phelps has said wife of the late Rene J. Bour- tives and friends are invited federal grant. plaining that the council concerns of residents who that LHAND became in- geois. to attend an hour of visita- “With all of the excite- turned the contaminated live in the neighborhood, terested in the abandoned Born and raised in Sau- tion in the Bisbee-Porcella ment of the large-scale de- land over to EDIC/Lynn in said it will be exciting to gas station site because it gus, Mrs. Bourgeois was the Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln velopments on the water- 2015 for clean-up. get some new families in was located in the same daughter of the late John and Ave., SAUGUS on Monday front and the downtown, From there, EDIC ap- his ward. neighborhood where the Eleanor (Reppucci) Statuto. from 10 – 11 a.m. A private oftentimes investments in plied for and received a “Two of the six town- agency had been trans- A graduate of Saugus High burial will take place at Pu- our inner neighborhoods $200,000 federal grant houses are going to be forming vacant GE par- School, Eleanor had been a ritan Lawn Memorial Park seem overlooked,” said from the EPA, which dedicated for first-time cels. resident of Saugus until 2007. in Peabody. Adhering to the Charles Gaeta, LHAND paid for a clean-up of the home buyers,” said Ho- At this time, there are Eleanor is survived by her guidelines of the state and executive director. site over the course of a gan. “Just keeping people no other phases planned three children, John Bour- CDC recommendations, face “However, this develop- two-year period, which in our ward and (giving) for the project, but Phelps geois and his wife Nancy of coverings and proper social ment of townhouses on involved removing the first-time home buyers the hopes that will change Groveland, Dana Bourgeois distancing will be required. one of Lynn’s main corri- contamination, such as pe- opportunity to purchase soon. and his wife Barbara of VT, For directions & condolenc- dors will enhance our on- troleum and underground two of those units is going “I think that the neigh- and Mayellen Mooney and her es www.BisbeePorcella.com. going investment in the oil tanks, Cowdell said. to be great.” borhood has improved husband Kevin of Georgetown; Orchard Grove Neighbor- As a result, the site Providing an afford- immensely,” said Phelps. eight grandchildren; 10 great hood. These smaller infill was deemed suitable for able component to the “We’d like to go back and grandchildren. She was prede- projects eliminate empty residential housing, and Orchard Grove neighbor- renegotiate with GE. ceased by her two siblings, Ar- blighted land and re-ener- turned over to NDA for hood redevelopment proj- There’s some other parcels gize the neighborhood and $1. Before the agreement ect has been part of all in the neighborhood we the opportunity for home- with LHAND, EDIC/Lynn four phases, said Phelps. would like to acquire. At ownership will further the had made two attempts For the first phase, two of the time, GE wasn’t ready Joseph Leon Daigle, 86 stability and vested inter- to sell the property, but the four townhomes built to sell those.” 1933-2020 est in the community.” failed to receive any at- on Minot Street were set According to the South- When construction kicks tractive bids, including a aside for first-time home ern Essex Registry of Lynn Resident off next month, it will cap marijuana dispensary. buyers, which was also the Deeds, the Western Av- Joseph Leon Daigle passed a multi-year collaborative Development plans for case for half of the four enue property’s history away peacefully, with his fam- process among the city, the site were decided upon homes built on Richard dates back to 1988, when ily by his side, at Massachu- Economic Development following a neighborhood Street during the second the Lynn J. Robert Corp. setts General Hospital on July & Industrial Corporation meeting hosted by former phase. of Peabody and Jerome 1, 2020, at the age of 86. of Lynn (EDIC/Lynn), Ward 6 Councilor, and now The third phase, ex- Sousa of North Hamp- He was predeceased by his LHAND, the U.S. Environ- state Rep. Peter Capano pected to be completed in ton, N.H., acquired the wife Catherine with whom he mental Protection Agency, (D-Lynn), where residents March, will result in 12 12,288-square-foot lot at shared 59 years of marriage. and residents of the neigh- said they preferred hous- townhomes at River and no cost. Born in 1933 in Lynn, Massa- borhood, said EDIC/Lynn ing. Burns streets. The fourth Gayla Cawley can be chusetts, Joseph was a gradu- Executive Director James “We’re taking a blight- phase, involving the for- reached at gcawley@item- ate of St. Jean Baptiste High Cowdell. ed contaminated lot and mer gas station property, live.com. Follow her on School. His wife Catherine The process started with putting it into a fantastic is scheduled for comple- Twitter @GaylaCawley. was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School. They were child- hood sweethearts and were Nahant won’t waste this chance married at St. Mary’s Church soon after graduation. TRASH letta also told The Item going to see a cost in- has signed a one-year Joseph’s early career was and his wife Joanna of Na- From A1 in February. “China used crease, we could offset al- contract with Waste Man- with the U.S. Department of to take a massive amount most that entire (interna- agement, under which the Interior Fish and Wildlife ples, Florida, Debra Mahoney and her husband James of town to hunt for new con- of waste from other coun- tional) increase by doing residents will still see a Service as a licensed land tract options while rates tries, (but now that it automated collection.” roughly 17 percent rise surveyor. Years later, his job Chelmsford, and Thomas Daigle and his wife Kristin of everywhere skyrocket. doesn’t), it’s caused quite a He added that the switch in the cost of trash collec- took him and his young fami- New Gloucester, Maine. He “(Nahant’s) challenge is backup and created a dif- to uniform barrels in the tion. ly to Kennebunk, Maine for a also leaves his grandchildren, that … our contract will ficult issue for folks here.” town would have addi- Those temporary in- few years. He moved his fami- Christopher, Andrew, Jack, and expire while there’s the During last week’s tional benefits other than creases will be paid for by ly back to Lynn upon comple- Melina. He leaves many other most uncertainty around Board of Selectmen meet- simply reducing the cost of redistributing trash col- tion of the project in Maine. family members and close future recycling costs,” ing, Barletta said the po- trash collection. lection fees more equita- Instead of accepting another friends. Barletta said in February. tential of a new contract “Automated collection bly on a per-person basis, project which would require We are grateful to the City In addition to a nation- with higher costs acted as using uniform barrels not a move to another state, he Barletta said, rather than of Lynn, the city he loved, and al labor shortage in com- a catalyst for the town to only provides financial through a flat rate all res- shifted careers and started mercial drivers and diesel all of the various agencies and find a solution that would savings, but they also have idents have been charged work in the construction and technicians, such price in- departments which enabled suppress financial impact an environmental bene- since 2013, lowering the carpentry field. He was a creases are also the ripple on residents. fit,” he said. “On an island Joseph to enjoy a fulfilling average collection fee from member of the New England effect of China’s 2018 Na- He later added he be- community surrounded by and happy life right up to his $399 to $375. Carpenters Union for many tional Sword Policy, which lieves switching to an au- ocean, having these bar- passing. “Step one is ‘how do you years until his retirement. Special thanks go to the imposed strict regulations tomated collection service rels with lids on them will Joseph enjoyed scuba diving on the type of waste Chi- may be the town’s best help prevent pollution by distribute the total cost?’ Lynn All Care VNA team for Step two is ‘how can you (into his forties), swimming at their leadership, profession- na will accept from other cost-saving option. preventing trash from get- the YMCA and creative furni- countries. According to “That option, compared ting into our ocean, they reduce the total cost by alism, and excellence in the changing the type of ser- ture and woodworking proj- care of Joseph. npr.org, until two years to last year’s rates, could help with rodent issues, vice that you employ?’” He ects (into his seventies), and We are grateful to St. Mary’s ago, about 70 percent of actually (result) in only and it’s also a faster way he always loved being with his for being a blessing to our the world’s plastic garbage a three to five-percent of collection, so there will said of where Nahant is family and friends, the beach, family. Graveside services was bought and processed increase,” Barletta said. be fewer carbon emissions at in the decision process. the mountains, photography, were held at St. Mary’s Ceme- by China every year. “Or, if we buy the bar- from trucks. “We want to slow this pro- reading, and writing short sto- tery in Lynn where Joseph was In the wake of policy rels ourselves using state “The barrels themselves cess down so that we can ries up until his passing. He buried near his wife, Cather- changes however, that grant money and our own not only present a finan- better adjust to changes spent many evenings working ine. number has dropped con- retained earnings and ac- cial benefit, but there are and include the public pro- on puzzles which he framed We are grateful to Goodrich siderably. tually see a potential de- ancillary benefits to the cess.” and shared with his family Funeral Home, Lynn, Mas- “It’s a tough recy- crease compared to last town.” Elyse Carmosino can be and friends. sachusetts, for extraordinary cling market,” MassDEP year’s rates. Until a final decision is reached at ecarmosino@ Joseph is survived by his care and excellence in man- spokesman Edmund Co- “While this year we’re made, however, Nahant itemlive.com. children Rosanne Daigle of aging and coordinating all Swampscott, Robert Daigle services. Contract talk has begun in Saugus

SAUGUS Presuming Crabtree From A1 finishes out this current contract, he would be Crabtree that is now set to the longest-serving Town end on August 24, 2022. Manager in Saugus his- Panetta, the lone hold- tory. over on the board that Crabtree was appointed negotiated Crabtree’s cur- to the position in 2012, rent contract, said that it succeeding Andrew Bisig- is written into Crabtree’s nati who is, currently, contract that the board the longest-serving Town must let him know a year Manager in history. But a prior to the expiration new board that took office date whether it is going to in 2014 voted, 4-1, to fire retain him. him after a series of clash- “This should be settled es. Panetta was the lone within the next year,” she dissenting vote. said. “I think Scott has ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK done an excellent job as That board was recalled town manager.” in an overwhelming vote Trash and recycling rest on the curb of Bass Point Road in Nahant. When the town’s waste re- Panetta is firmly in in early 2015, and among moval contract ends this June, Nahant will be forced to renegotiate their contract or find new Crabtree’s corner. the first things that new options as trash removal prices rise dramatically. “He has done a good job board — which included working on our finances,” both Panetta and Cicolini she said. “The only time — did was rehire Crab- tree. And he has served 781-593-7700 we had to go out and ask Publishing Daily, except Sundays for money was for the ever since. USPS-142-820 ISSN-8750-8249 middle/high school. I don’t Elyse Carmosino can Periodicals postage paid at Lynn, MA think we’d have the mid- be reached at ecarmosi- ITEM CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! and additional offices. dle/high school without [email protected]. Steve Copyright ©2020 The Daily Item Krause can be reached at Subscriptions his efforts. We worked Prepaid by mail to all parts of the United States hand-in-hand on it.” [email protected]. $30.00 for 4 weeks $95.00 for 13 weeks $185.00 for 26 weeks Call Customer Service to place an ad $340.00 for 1 year Send payment to and POSTMASTER, send address changes to: call 781-593-7700 ext. 2 781-593-7700, ext. 2 The Daily Item to start your 110 Munroe St. P.O. Box 5 daily subscription. Lynn, MA 01903 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A3 Officer involved in fatal shooting faces manslaughter charge

WOBURN (AP) — A prosecutors allege. “His actions in this par- Massachusetts police of- Greenough did not ticular situation were en- ficer was indicted on a make any attempt to flee tirely consistent with his manslaughter charge in or make any threatening extensive training and connection with the fatal gestures toward the officer deadly force was war- shooting of a man during while in the vehicle, prose- ranted,” Pasciucco said. a domestic violence inves- cutors said. “We look forward to a tri- tigation, prosecutors say. They said Greenough al where, as opposed to a Erik Drauschke, a 14- got out of the car with his grand jury, we don’t deal year veteran of the Read- hands in his sweatshirt in probabilities.” ing Police Department, pockets and yelling “Shoot Victor Koufman, an at- shot Alan Greenough in me, shoot me.” torney for Greenough’s the chest in February Drauschke, who did not family, said they are 2018, according to a state- wait for assistance despite “grateful” that the district ment Wednesday from the the presence of other of- attorney is attempting to ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO office of Middlesex District ficers nearby, backed up hold someone accountable. Several film projects are slated to be filmed in Lynn this month including Attorney Marian Ryan. and fired twice, prosecu- Drauschke has been on “Mother/Android” which has been recently setting up in the Lynn Woods. During the investiga- tors said. No weapon was paid administrative leave tion, Drauschke found found on or near Gree- since the shooting and 43-year-old Greenough nough, authorities said. will be placed on unpaid sitting in a car parked on Drauschke’s lawyer, Pe- leave, Reading Chief Da- a service station’s prop- ter Pasciucco, said in an vid Clark said. erty in such a way that it email to The Boston Globe An arraignment has not could not be driven away, that he was disappointed. been scheduled. Apex department store dropped from proposed soccer stadium

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Journal reported. to move to Worcester, Mas- (AP) — The developer for A previous design for sachusetts, which is build- a proposed soccer stadi- the proposed stadium ing a new stadium for the um in Pawtucket, Rhode development from Fortu- team. Pawtucket failed to Island, has dropped plans itous Partners envisioned keep the team despite pro- Lights, camera, and to repurpose the Apex de- placing the indoor sports posing to build a new sta- partment store, which was arena, hotel and office dium at the Apex depart- also spurned as the site of space at the department ment store site. a proposed PawSox stadi- store site, the newspaper At the time, both Paw- um. reported. tucket’s mayor and Gov. action in Lynn Woods Pawtucket is considering Pawtucket and the de- Gina Raimondo said tax a proposal from a develop- veloper have not agreed payers should not have er to build a soccer stadi- on financing for the pro- FILMING a deeply personal sto- spired TV series produced matched the deal that um for a team to compete posed project. Fortuitous From A1 ry inspired by sacrifices by J.J. Abrams “Castle Worcester made with the made to bring me into Rock” and the Mark Wal- in the second-tier league, Partners is seeking be- along with housing, an in- tween $70-90 million in PawSox. her country in the midst this world,” Tomlin told berg flick “Spenser Confi- Before the stadium plan of an android invasion. door sports arena, a hotel public financing for the The Hollywood Reporter. dential.” moves forward, the de- Moretz’s previous credits and public river walk. project as well as applying “I’m thrilled to be work- With the film industry veloper must also reach include Martin Scorcese’s But on Wednesday, the to be a beneficiary of the ing with Miramax and my reopening, Lynn can get developer, Brett Johnson federal Opportunity Zones an agreement with Paw- “Hugo,” Tim Burton’s friend Matt Reeves to tell back to drawing major “Dark Shadows” and the of Fortuitous Partners, program, the newspaper tucket to lease some of a story that speaks to the Hollywood projects to the 2013 horror film “Carrie.” told the Pawtucket City reported. the land for the proposed strength of humanity in region. This project marks Council that he no lon- The proposed soccer sta- development and acquire Mattson Tomlin’s direc- the darkest of times.” “It’s exciting to have ger wanted to incorporate dium follows the decision another parcel from Na- torial debut. Tomlin, who Before COVID-19, the cameras back,” said Ted the defunct Apex depart- in 2018 by the Pawtucket tional Grid Rhode Island, also wrote the piece, en- North Shore had become Karonis, whose house was ment store into the devel- Red Sox, the Triple-A af- the state’s largest utility, visioned the project as an a hub for filmmakers, with used for the Ocean Street opment, the Providence filiate of the Boston team, WPRI-TV reported. homage to his parents, several high profile proj- project. “There’s a little who struggled to save ects shooting in the area, Hollywood in all of us.” their child during the Ro- including the Adam San- Guthrie Scrimgeour manian Revolution. dler film “Hubie Hallow- can be reached at gscrim- Natural gas company to “‘Mother/Android’ is een,” the Steven King-in- [email protected]. Free COVID-19 testing provide $10M in grants extended at health center to nonprofits LAWRENCE (AP) — The The $10 million will be Andover in September 2018 TESTING dence rate, the state lead- ing to the latest DPH charitable arm of the gas used to provide grants sup- killed one person, injured From A1 ers are: Nantucket, with data. As of Wednesday, the company blamed for a se- porting basic needs includ- almost two dozen and dam- an average rate of 26.5 town had 702 cases and 41 ries of natural gas explo- ing food, shelter and heat- aged more than 100 build- COVID-19 testing through new cases per day over deaths. Its daily incidence sions and fires in Massa- ing assistance; economic ings. Federal investigators the end of October. the past 14 days, Chelsea rate, 8.5, and positive test chusetts two years ago said and job development; emer- blamed the explosions on Lynn, Revere and Sau- (22.4 new cases per day), rate of 2.1, both remained Thursday it will provide $10 gency assistance and disas- overpressurized gas lines. gus are three of the 18 Lawrence (22.1), Revere the same this week. million to support nonprof- ter preparedness; STEM “Even though NiSource high-priority communities (18.1) and Framingham Lynnfield, which im- its in the three communities education; and environ- may not be operating in Mas- across the state where the (12.5) proved to yellow this week affected by the disaster. mental stewardship. sachusetts in the future, it is free testing is available Lynn has the seventh after its daily incidence The NiSource Charita- Grant applications in still important to us to contin- as part of the initiative, highest daily incidence rate dropped to 5.5, re- ble Foundation, supported amounts up to $250,000 ue to stand with and support which is a data-driven tar- rate over the past two ported no change in its geted effort that aims to weeks, with an average of by NiSource, the parent will be accepted until Dec. the communities of Andover, numbers on Thursday. The company of Columbia Gas 4, and recipients will be Lawrence, and North Ando- reduce the prevalence of 11.3 new cases per day, ac- town has 135 cases and 14 the coronavirus in cities cording to the DPH. of Massachusetts, said the notified in March. ver.” Joe Hamrock, CEO and people have died. money would be spread The explosions in Law- President of NiSource, said and towns that are above In Lynn, the double-digit An additional death was the state average in total over five years. rence, Andover and North in a statement. surge in new cases contin- reported in Marblehead cases and positive test ued on Thursday, with 18 on Wednesday, but num- rates. new cases reported. The bers were not updated on This week’s town-by- city now has 4,905 cases, Thursday. As of Wednes- town data from the DPH 117 deaths and 4,220 peo- day, the town had 269 cas- shows that Lynn and Re- ple have recovered. A total vere continue to be among of 568 cases are active, ac- es and 30 deaths, accord- the hardest hit areas in cording to city data. ing to the DPH. “LYNN IS ALL IN” – CENSUS 2020 the state in terms of pos- Revere reported a rela- Swampscott reported itive test rate. With a rate tively low number of new three new cases to bring Date: Friday, September 25, 2020 the town’s caseload to 168. of 4.31 percent over the cases compared to its av- Time: 4-7pm past 14 days, Revere is erage daily incidence rate. Its death toll remained second in the state, while Nine new cases were re- the same at 11. Loca�on: Albert Malagrifa Lynn Voca�onal Tech Ins�tute Annex Lynn is third with a pos- ported to bring the city’s Numbers remained the itive rate of 4.11 percent. caseload to 2,660. same in Nahant (52 cases, Address: 90 Commercial St., Lynn, MA six deaths) and were not The new state leader is But Revere reported Loca�on Note: The event will be located in the school's parking lot behind the building, and at Lawrence, with a rate of three additional deaths to updated in Peabody, which the intersec�on of Summer Street and Vine Street 5.87 percent. Rounding bring the city’s death toll had 1,279 cases and 183 out the top five is Chelsea, to 103, according to the deaths as of Wednesday. Event Hosts: Lynn CCC, Lynn Mayor's Office, Lynn City Clerk's Office, City of Lynn, Lynn Public at 4.02 percent, and New city website. Gayla Cawley can be Schools, Albert Malagrifa Lynn Voca�onal Tech Ins�tute, Lynn Economic Opportunity (LEO) Bedford, at 3.83 percent, Saugus, another red reached at gcawley@item- Inc., New American Associa�on of Massachuse�s, New England Bangladeshi American according to the DPH. community, has now ex- live.com. Follow her on Founda�on In terms of daily inci- ceeded 700 cases, accord- Twitter @GaylaCawley. “Lynn Is All In” - Lynn caps 2020 Census LAW OFFICES OF Mobile Ques�onnaire Assistance (MQA) Series on Friday Need to find JAMES J. CARRIGAN The 2020 Census will soon be ending, but the Lynn Is All In Complete Count Commi�ee (CCC) s�ll has one • Social Security Disability Final Push to help its residents respond to the 2020 Census. The very ac�ve CCC will conclude a series of at an article? • Workers Compensation least 20 Mobile Ques�onnaire Assistance (MQA) events this week with a major push on Friday, September • Accidents 25 at Albert Malagrifa Lynn Voca�onal Tech Ins�tute Annex. 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I took Newsroom someone who preferred or the International Her- [email protected] time during dinner to thank [email protected] EDITORIAL books over people and who ald Tribune lying on the her for the encouragement was quick with a probing passenger seat, a Gauloises she gave me throughout my Ext. 4 burning in the ashtray. question or smart-mouthed career and credited her with Sports At an age when I couldn’t remark. inspiring me to pursue it. [email protected] In her relentlessly opti- tell you what I was going She laughed in that spe- Everyone must mistic way, my aunt took to be doing the following Ext. 5 cial way people who are my rough, unformed inter- summer, my aunt glimpsed Retail and Online truly happy laugh, and said, ests and plugged them into my future. She gushed with Advertising be counted her own interest in journal- excitement when I told her “Oh dear, that’s awful nice [email protected] ism. For all I knew, she took I was writing for my high of you to say,” as if she owed ADVERTISING From the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial a few journalism courses school newspaper and she me a thank you and not the other way around. Ernie Carpenter Jr. board and tallied up a handful of kept her Republican sensi- Director of Advertising bylines. bilities in check when I told Thank you, Aunt Jane. and Business Development, ext. 1355 A pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 But she talked about sniff- her all about how I worked Thor Jourgensen can be [email protected] reached at tjourgensen@ Americans, and the toxic politics of a presiden- ing out news and writing up the courage to ask Rosa- Ralph Mitchell tial election year, have disrupted the taking of on deadline like a veteran lyn Carter a question during itemlive.com. Sales Representative, ext. 1313 the 2020 Census. That’s worrisome for anybody [email protected] whose life is touched in some way by federal READERS’ FORUM Eric Rondeau spending — meaning, pretty much everybody. Sales Representative, ext. 1280 The census is not a quaint tradition or his- [email protected] torical artifact; it’s a research project to gather, An overwhelming success Patricia Whalen analyze and certify data that the federal gov- Sales Representative, ext. 1310 ernment will utilize for a decade — including Thanks to outstanding business and com- [email protected] for apportionment of congressional seats. The munity support, the Northeast Arc’s 51st BUSINESS OFFICE pandemic’s effects could linger for some time, Annual Mike Frangos Commodore Invita- so information from the 2020 Census will be es- Susan J. Conti tional Golf Tournament was an overwhelm- Controller, ext. 1288 sential in helping the country get back to some- ing success, raising $200,000 to help the [email protected] thing that resembles normal. Northeast Arc change lives for local chil- Federal support for education, health care, Ted Grant dren and adults with disabilities. This out- Publisher, ext. 1234 infrastructure and dozens of other programs is ing brings the total raised over the years to [email protected] allocated to states based on census data. Accord- more than $3.2 million. Marian Kinney ing to an analysis by the GW Institute of Pub- The event, the oldest charity golf tourna- lic Policy at George Washington University, the ext. 1212 ment in the country, would not have been [email protected] 2010 census yielded $39.1 billion for Pennsyl- so successful without the support of our Will Kraft vania and $27.2 billion for New Jersey in 2016 friends in the business community. alone. To ensure equity, as well as the wisest Chief Financial Of cer, ext. 1296 Thank you to the tournament’s presenting [email protected] use of federal resources, the count — required sponsor HUB International, and the lead- by the 14th Amendment to include “all persons” ership provided by Charles Brophy, presi- Paula Villacreses residing in each state — needs to be as accurate dent and CEO of HUB International New A/R Specialist, ext. 1205 and complete as possible. Jim Palleschi stands with Jo Ann [email protected] England who served as the event chair and Simons, president and CEO of the The economic and political implications of un- Mike Shanahan Jim Palleschi, senior vice president of HUB Northeast Arc, after accepting the dercounting communities of all kinds will last International New England who served as Chief Executive Of cer, ext. 1956 for a decade or more. Census numbers are used Mike Frangos award at the 51st [email protected] vice chair. annual Mike Frangos Commodore in calculating state and local shares of $1.5 tril- Carolina Trujillo Additional major event sponsors included Invitational Golf Tournament at lion annually in federal support for homeland Tempus Unlimited, Connolly Brothers, Ex- Community Relations Director, ext. 1226 Myopia in Hamilton. [email protected] security, job training, nutritional assistance and igere Networks, and The McCarthy Family veterans assistance programs. Foundation. Jim Wilson Unfortunately, much as President Trump has organizes the event for four years. Chief Operating Of cer, ext. 1200 For the eighth year in a row, we recognized Finally, I want to thank everyone who done to the U.S. Postal Service, and to voting someone with the Mike Frangos Award. [email protected] played in the tournament or supported by mail, he has launched politically motivated Named after the man who started this CIRCULATION attacks on the census. That includes not giving tournament, this year’s award was present- the event in any way. The Northeast Arc is the bureau the extra time it says it needs. Con- proud to serve communities that are so sup- Lisa Mahmoud ed to Peabody native Jim Palleschi for his Manager, ext. 1239 gress must act now to extend the deadlines for outstanding contributions to the tourna- portive of our efforts. [email protected] completing census field operations from Sept. 30 ment. Craig Welton to Oct. 31, and for final data reporting from Dec. Jim has played in the tournament for 20 Chief Development Officer CUSTOMER SERVICE 31 to April 21, 2021. years and has served on the committee that Northeast Arc La’ Mosha Ball Doing so would ease the administration’s tight- Customer Service, ext. 1276 er-than-usual deadlines. But the extensions also J. MARK POWELL [email protected] would help ensure better counts in rural areas GRAPHICS that traditionally vote Republican. Adding four weeks to field operations that have been imped- Trevor Andreozzi Designer ed by COVID-19 restrictions would give rural, Is the filibuster finished? [email protected] as well as urban and suburban, communities of color a better chance to be thoroughly counted. Senate Democratic lead- ter of all never even hap- Deal, and even win state- Mark Sutherland ers are practically drooling pened. The climax of Frank hood for Washington, D.C. Creative Director, ext. 1330 According to Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm [email protected] Kenyatta, a Philadelphia Democrat, the city’s over the prospect that, af- Capra’s 1939 classic “Mr. and perhaps Puerto Rico. “abysmal” response rate of 55 percent could ter six years in the minori- Smith Goes to Washington” Filibuster supporters NEWSROOM ty, they may be back in the comes when Senator Jeff (and there are many) view jeopardize future federal assistance equivalent Mike Alongi to $2,000 in spending annually for every resi- driver’s seat. Smith (memorably played by it differently. They view the Sports Editor, ext. 1228 dent. For the poorest of America’s largest cities, They feel so confident in Jimmy Stewart) brings the tradition nicknamed the [email protected] with fully one-quarter of all residents living fact, they’ve assembled a Senate to a standstill with “Soul of the Senate” as an War Room to lay the ground- his impassioned talkathon. important safeguard to the Bill Brotherton below the federal poverty line, such a shortfall Features Editor ext. 1338 legislative process by giving would be painful indeed. work for a major policy shift Those days, however, are [email protected] over. The process was mod- members of the minority In a year of painful reckonings with the stain to the left starting the min- ute they take control. And to- ified in 1970, when the Sen- party a mechanism for mak- Elyse Carmosino of racism and its enduring effects, particularly Reporter, ext. 1264 ward the top of their agenda ate switched to a “two-track” ing sure dissenting opinions on Black people, a census process that has his- [email protected] is eliminating a longstand- system designed to keep a are heard. That, they argue, torically undercounted communities of color ing Senate institution. filibuster from freezing Sen- strengthens our democratic Gayla Cawley ought to be expanding, not limiting, efforts to Reporter, ext. 1236 The filibuster is a politi- ate business in its tracks. heritage. account for everyone. Political leader and vot- [email protected] cal procedure designed to Though the filibuster Given that, it may come as ing rights advocate Stacey Abrams recently stall or even derail a specific tactic was first used long a surprise that some schol- Cheryl Charles launched an effort focused on the census (www. piece of legislation. And it before the Civil War, the clo- ars argue the filibuster’s News Editor, ext. 1278 faircount.org). Residents need to contact their [email protected] has been used with lethal ture option of halting it was roots can be traced back to congressional representatives and persuade legislative effect over the enshrined as Senate Rule one of the great villains of Olivia Falcigno them to support the deadline extensions — so decades. XXII. The only way to end American history. Photographer, ext.1224 the Census Bureau can get the job done right. [email protected] In its original form, which a filibuster is with a vote Aaron Burr was vice pres- opponents derided as called cloture. ident in 1805, and told the Spenser Hasak “talking a bill to death,” a It takes 60 votes to pass, upper chamber it should Photographer, ext. 1332 senator could talk as long as and these days it’s hard to scrap a rule that cut off [email protected] he or she wanted on a cer- find five dozen senators in debate. Senators agreed, Thor Jourgensen tain bill, for as long as they either party who can agree and in 1806 they dropped Editorial Page Editor, ext. 1267 wished. Without sitting on much of anything. With- it. That move, some histori- [email protected] down, that is. The tactic ate out it, the filibustering sen- ans argue, opened the door Daniel Kane up precious — and limited ator talks on and on and on, to more vigorous debate on Sports Reporter, ext. 1228 — floor time for debate. much the same as a football the Senate floor and paved [email protected] The longest single senator team runs out the clock in a the way for the filibuster’s Steve Krause filibuster occurred in 1957, big game. creation. Writer-at-Large, ext. 1229 when South Carolina segre- Now, Democratic leaders J Mark Powell is VP of [email protected] gationist Strom Thurmond say it’s time to abolish the Communications at Ivory Anne Marie Tobin spoke continually for an filibuster tradition. They Tusk Consulting, a former Sports Reporter, ext. 1307 astonishing 24 hours and see it as a major roadblock TV journalist and author of [email protected] 18 minutes against a civil standing the way of their vi- the political thriller “Tell It TECHNOLOGY rights measure. sion to expand the Supreme Like Tupper.” He wrote this for InsideSources.com. Tim Noyes The most famous filibus- Court, enact a Green New Director ext. 1247 TO SUBMIT YOUR LETTERS, PLEASE MAIL TO THE DAILY ITEM, P.O. BOX 5, LYNN, MA 01903 OR EMAIL TO [email protected] [email protected] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A5 POLICE/FIRE

All address information, particularly Accidents A report of motor vehicle van- NAHANT Animal Control Wednesday. Officers were dis- arrests, reflect police records. In the dalism at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday patched for a report. A report of a motor vehicle A woman called the station at event of a perceived inaccuracy, it at 33 Sagamore St. Animal Control An officer reported a minor crash at 11:22 a.m. Wednesday 6:47 p.m. Wednesday to report motor vehicle accident at 5:46 is the sole responsibility of the con- her dog attacked a raccoon on at 422 Lynnfield St.; at 1:57 Police received a call at 9:33 p.m. Wednesday in the vicinity cerned party to contact the relevant p.m. Wednesday at 452 Walnut MARBLEHEAD Barnstable Rd. The woman later a.m. Tuesday from a party who of Square One Mall. police department and have the St.; at 3:06 p.m. Wednesday stated there was an injured called back and stated that her at Laighton and Washington Accidents dog released the raccoon and department issue a notice of correc- seagull near Dunkin Donuts on Animal Control tion to the Daily Item. Corrections or streets; at 5:33 p.m. Wednes- A report of a motor vehicle Wilson Rd. The caller was ad- the raccoon had fled the area. clarifications will not be made without day at Solimine Rhodes Fu- crash at 2:43 p.m. Wednesday vised accordingly and provided Animal Control received a call express notice of change from the ar- neral Home at 67 Ocean St.; at Humphrey Street and Pick- with information about wildlife Complaints at 7:55 p.m. Wednesday from at 10:24 p.m. Wednesday at rehab centers. resting police department. wick Road. Police received a call at 4:19 a resident reporting a missing/ Hammond and Walter streets; Police received a call at 8:56 a.m. Thursday from an anony- stolen dog that may be being at 12:28 p.m. Thursday at 43 a.m. Tuesday from a resident Complaints mous party who stated she be- sold by a woman online. AC LYNN Eastern Ave. who stated there was a very lieved a man in a silver Honda A report of a motor vehicle A woman walked into the large coyote behind the school contacted Chelsea Police to no- followed her home. The caller Arrests hit and run crash at 1:54 p.m. police station to report she in the area of the new “wood- tify them that the suspect may would not speak to an officer Wednesday at 219 Essex St.; at saw a man holding an of- land playground.” The caller re- not sell the dog until a Chelsea James Blood, of 11 Lynnfield and would not point the vehicle 2:52 p.m. Wednesday at Ford fensive sign at 4:25 p.m. ported the coyote appeared to ACO is able to scan the dog for St., was arrested on warrant out. Units dispatched to Ste- and Maple streets. Wednesday at Atlantic Ave- have a bad limp. The caller was a microchip. charges of assault and battery, vens St. were unable to locate A report of a motor vehicle nue and Commercial Street. provided with the number for assault and battery with a dan- the suspect. crash with personal injury at Police told the woman that Animal Control. Assaults gerous weapon, and larceny An employee of Hampton Inn 6:02 p.m. Wednesday at South they were aware of the man under $1,200 at 12:21 p.m. on Newbury St. called at 9:40 Street and Western Avenue; and that he was exercising Police received a call at 6:40 Wednesday. Complaints p.m. Wednesday and reported at 7:03 a.m. Thursday at 153 his first amendment rights. p.m. Wednesday from a man Debra Diroma, 40, was ar- there was a female party caus- Jackson St.; at 7:42 a.m. Thurs- An anonymous party called who reported a woman in a rested and charged with Class B The woman disagreed, saying ing a disturbance in the lobby. day at Brookline and Empire the station at 4:27 p.m. Tuesday dark blue Mazda or Nissan drug possession at 12:04 p.m. that the sign read “people A dispatched officer stated the streets. to report a suspicious gray Audi threw a Pepsi at him on Main St. Thursday. should die,” which he was ag- female left the area. in the parking lot of Seaside Va- Police report the matter is under Theresa Hartford, 42, of 2 gressively pushing in people’s A woman called at 5:48 Assaults faces as they walked by. riety with people smoking mari- investigation. Kingsley Terrace, was arrested juana. Chief Dwyer checked the p.m. Wednesday to report her and charged with Class A drug A caller reported he could children were harassed by a A report of an assault and see someone shining a la- lot and reported the vehicle was distribution and on warrant battery at 4:29 p.m. Wednes- few male juveniles on bikes at Complaints ser at airplanes at 9:03 p.m. no longer in the area. charges of Class A drug posses- day on Washington Street. Police received two calls the park earlier in the day. She Wednesday on Front Street. Police received a call at 9:25 sion, Class B drug possession, around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday stated she did not know the They were reportedly either p.m. Wednesday from a wom- and Class E drug possession at about an unattended surfboard suspects’ names, but she has Breaking And Entering at Crocker Park or an adja- an who reported a male friend 1:03 p.m. Wednesday. in the area of Short Beach. Na- pictures of them. Officers doc- cent rooftop in the area near was intoxicated and pushed her Antoinette Huguley, 32, of A report of a breaking and en- hant Harbormaster and Nahant umented the incident. before leaving the residence on 53 Fellsway West, Medford, was tering at 1:46 a.m. Thursday at the harbormaster’s office. A Fire were unable to locate any arrested and charged with Class 34 Munroe St. Logan Airport representative persons in the water. Medical Emergency Fairmount Ave. Dispatched of- B drug distribution and drug said they had not received ficers reported that the calling A woman called the station at Police received a call at 9:32 possession with intent to dis- Gunshots any complaints that night, but party simply wanted the inci- 4:15 p.m. Monday to report she p.m. Wednesday from a woman tribute at 2:17 p.m. Wednesday. considered it to be “ongoing dent on record. had been receiving harassing on Jubilee Dr. who stated her Jairo Perez, 29, of 66 Bas- A report of a gunshot at 8:19 threats” and wanted the peo- At 5:28 p.m. Wednesday, Mel- phone calls. The resident stated friend banged his head and sett St., was arrested on war- p.m. Wednesday at 131 Ocean ple’s identity and information she had received 19 calls since was bleeding. The man was rose Police reported a female rant charges of two counts of St. on the incident provided to 4:09 a.m. that morning from a transported to Salem Hospital was maced at a “Trump rally” unlicensed operation of a mo- them. The man told police Overdoses number showing “no caller ID.” by ambulance. near VIllage Park Plaza and was tor vehicle, speeding, marked he was shining the laser at The resident further stated the transported via ambulance to installations and there were lanes violation, operation of a A report of an overdose at caller only spoke once to state Melrose Wakefield hospital. An no planes flying over when he Thefts motor vehicle with a suspend- 6:55 p.m. Wednesday on Lewis “oh Tracy, my love,” and that an- officer was dispatched to inves- was using it. ed license, uninsured motor Street. other call consisted of heavy Police received a call at 6:28 tigate the matter. vehicle/trailer, unregistered A report of an opiate over- A caller reported a skate- breathing. The resident was ad- p.m. Wednesday from a man on motor vehicle, and obstruct- dose at 7:54 a.m. Thursday on boarder was flipping off vised to block the number, and Corey Dr. who reported a pre- ed/non-transparent window at Ingalls Street. passing motorists at 9:23 when told she already did, offi- vious incident of breaking and SWAMPSCOTT 9:08 p.m. Wednesday. p.m. Wednesday on Pleas- cers advised her to change her entering regarding his motor ve- Jaleini Salazar, 24, of 50 Theft ant Street. The caller said number. hicle. Officers documented the Complaints Clark Ave., Chelsea, was arrest- the skateboarder was riding incident. A report of unemployment ed and charged with assault A report of a larceny at 12:06 in the middle of the road PEABODY and battery on a pregnant vic- p.m. Wednesday at Planet Fit- and was flipping off passing SAUGUS fraud at 11:57 a.m. Wednesday tim at 11:43 p.m. Wednesday. ness at 50 Boston St. motorists who beeped their at 140 Atlantic Ave. Accidents A caller reported finding a Johnny Soria, 36, of 19 A report of a robbery at 8:22 horns at him. The skateboard- Accidents Cottage St., was arrested and p.m. Wednesday at 128 Wash- er reportedly had “no regard Police received a report of a baby bunny in the pool at 2:56 charged with Class A drug dis- ington St. for safety.” Police reported the motor vehicle accident with no Police received a report of a p.m. Wednesday at 44 Crosman tribution at 11:07 a.m. Wednes- skateboarder was gone upon injuries on Walnut St. at 8:03 hit and run near Dance Junc- Ave. The animal control officer day. Vandalism their arrival. p.m. Wednesday. tion on Main St. at 7:20 p.m. was notified. U.S. parents delaying preschool and kindergarten amid pandemic

By Heather of the coronavirus pan- Hollingsworth demic. The opt outs, com- ASSOCIATED PRESS bined with huge declines in preschool enrollment, MISSION, Kan. — are raising worries about Claire Reagan was feeling the long-term effects of so overwhelmed as her oldest much lost early education. child’s first day of kinder- “If there is a group for garten approached and which you would be par- with a baby on the way. ticularly concerned, it is The 5-year-old boy has these very young students autism, and she worried who are not having these he would struggle with foundational experienc- juggling in-person and es,” said Nate Schwartz, virtual learning, and that a professor at the Annen- she wouldn’t have enough berg Institute for School time to give him the help Reform at Brown Univer- he needs. sity. So she decided to wait a Kindergarten isn’t re- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS year before sending him to quired in most states, and Thomas Henney, right, and Charles Chavira watch a plume spread over Healdsburg, Calif., as the school. in normal times parents LNU Lightning Complex fires burn in August. “I was stressed about ev- sometimes “red-shirt” chil- erything and then thought dren who would be young ‘Why does he need to start for their kindergarten kindergarten?’ And it was class to give them an ex- Wildfires taint West Coast like a weight was lifted,” tra year of developmental said Reagan, a 36-year- readiness. But enrollment old high school teacher in numbers have plunged in the Kansas City suburb of many places this fall as vineyards with taste of smoke Olathe, Kan. parents weigh health con- Thousands of parents cerns and the prospect of By Andrew Selsky If tainted grapes are made said Anita Oberholster, a lif., told the San Francis- around the U.S. have made helping young children to ASSOCIATED PRESS into wine without steps to wine expert at the Uni- co Chronicle, “you could similar decisions, having navigate distance learn- minimize the harm or weed versity of California, Da- already taste and smell TURNER, Ore. — Smoke their children delay or ing while also holding out the damaged fruit, the vis. “And so we need to do this ashy, barbecued flavor, skip kindergarten because onto their jobs. from the West Coast wild- result could be wine so bad better. We need to do loads kind of like a campfire.” fires has tainted grapes in that it cannot be marketed. more research.” Aguirre recalled sam- some of the nation’s most The wildfires are like- With this year’s harvest pling smoke-damaged celebrated wine regions Home on Washington ly to be “without question underway, some wineries wine during a tasting. One with an ashy flavor that the single worst disas- are not accepting grapes description on a tasting could spell disaster for the card compared the flavor 2020 vintage. ter the wine-grape grow- they had agreed to pur- Street catches fire Wineries in California, ing community has ever chase unless they have to “fecal plastic.” Oregon and Washington faced,” said John Aguirre, been tested for smoke taint, “I tasted it and I went, Thursday night have survived severe wild- president of the California Aguirre said. But labora- ‘Oh, my God. Bingo,’ ” Agu- Association of Winegrape tories are too backed up to irre said. fires before, but the smoke By Gayla Cawley the working fire, which from this year’s blazes Growers. analyze new orders in time. The issue comes down ITEM STAFF was located on the first has been especially bad — Winemakers around the ETS Laboratories, in the to compounds called vol- floor of the residence, drew thick enough to obscure world are already adapting Napa Valley town of St. Hel- atile phenols, which are LYNN — Lynn firefight- a response from “all com- vineyards drooping with to climate change, includ- ena, Calif., says test results released when wood burns ers battled a house fire on panies” in Lynn. clusters of grapes almost ing rising temperatures on grape samples received and can be absorbed by Washington Street Thurs- ready for harvest. Day af- and more frequent, more now will not be ready until grapes, Oberholster said. day night, according to the A fire department ter day, some West Coast severe droughts. Those November. New clients will The compounds are nat- Lynn Fire Department. spokesman could not pro- cities endured some of the near fire-prone forests face have to wait even longer urally present in grapes. Crews were able to vide further information worst air quality in the the additional risk that for results, according to the But when their levels get knock down a heavy fire before The Item went to world. smoke could ruin every- lab’s website. too high, they can impart at 78 Washington St, a 2½ print. No one knows the extent thing. In every grape he has the foul tastes, “and obvi- story wood framed house, Gayla Cawley can be of the smoke damage to the “Unfortunately, climate come across, Noah Dor- ously that’s not a character at approximately 7 p.m. reached at gcawley@item- crop, and growers are try- experts are telling us this rance, owner of Reeve most people want in their The department said in live.com. Follow her on ing to assess the severity. is going to be a problem,” Wines in Healdsburg, Ca- wine,” Oberholster said. a social media post that Twitter @GaylaCawley. A6 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 Gov. Baker defends tradition of peaceful transfer of power

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. would suggest for a min- Baker pointed to oth- fine. Charlie Baker on Thurs- ute that if they lose an er divisive times in the Baker said he didn’t day defended the nation’s election they’re not going nation — including the vote for Trump in 2016 tradition of peaceful to leave. Period,” Bak- 1860 election in which and won’t vote for him power transfers follow- er said, without naming Abraham Lincoln won this year. ing elections, a day after Trump. “How many times just under 40 percent of “One way or another, President Donald Trump have we heard at the end the popular vote in a four- people are going to speak again declined to commit of an election: The people way race but sufficient in November up and down to such a transfer if he have spoken.” Electoral College votes to the ticket for all those loses the Nov. 3 presiden- Trump said during a be president even as the races that are out there PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS tial election. Wednesday news confer- nation headed toward civ- and those of us who serve This booking photo provided by the South Honoring the will of ence, “We’re going to have il war. in public life will do ev- Windsor Police, shows Alan Rosario, 33, of voters is a fundamental to see what happens,” re- Baker also defended erything we can to make Springfield charged in connection with the part of the nation’s polit- sponding to a question mail-in voting. Trump has sure the people’s will is workplace shooting that happened in South ical system, Baker, like about committing to the baselessly claimed wide- followed through and ex- Windsor, Conn., on Tuesday. Trump a Republican, said results. “You know that spread mail voting will ecuted on, because that during an afternoon news I’ve been complaining lead to massive fraud. is fundamentally why conference. very strongly about the Baker said he mailed in there is a United States “It is appalling and ballots, and the ballots his ballot during the pri- of America in the first Warrant: shooter outrageous that anyone are a disaster.” mary, and it worked just place,” he said. says gun fired by accident SOUTH WINDSOR, via video. Conn. (AP) — A man Rosario told police that charged with wounding his boss, whom police have his boss and another em- not named, had been tak- ployee in a shooting at a ing advantage him for Connecticut trucking com- years and assigning him pany told police his hand- gun fired by accident and to drive trucks “that do he only intended to scare not work,” according to the his manager, according warrant. He also accused to an arrest warrant re- the manager of fraudu- leased Thursday. lently filing for unemploy- Alan Rosario, 33, of ment benefits in his name. Springfield, Mass., is He said he confronted charged with assault and the boss Tuesday as the other crimes in the shoot- manager was in a truck ing outside a South Wind- with two other people. He sor industrial building Tuesday morning. Both said he opened the door victims were treated at a and the gun accidentally hospital and discharged. fired, the warrant said. Rosario’s lawyer, Elton The boss suffered bullet Williams, told a judge wounds to his right arm during a court arraign- and left leg, and the front ment in Rockville on seat passenger was hit in Thursday that the shoot- the face with either shrap- FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ing was completely out of nel or debris from the gun- character for Rosario, a fa- shot, police said. Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Kraft ther of three with no pre- on Thursday saying they couldn’t go forward after courts blocked their use of video that alleged- vious criminal record. A Police took Rosario into ly shows him paying for massage parlor sex. judge lowered his bail from custody by gunpoint Tues- $250,000 to $175,000, and day on Interstate 91 in relatives were trying to Longmeadow, Mass., not Patriots owner Kraft cleared post it. Rosario appeared long after the shooting. MASSACHUSETTS BRIEFS of massage parlor sex charge City Councilor Campbell to courses, according to a run for mayor of Boston spokesperson for Hampden District Attorney Anthony By Terry Spencer court then blocked use of ishment from the Nation- should only be used when BOSTON (AP) — A sec- Gulluni. ASSOCIATED PRESS the video footage at trial. al Football League. The absolutely necessary. ond Boston city councilor Marrero was a school re- The recordings, which league did not immedi- “To permit otherwise FORT LAUDERDALE, announced Thursday that source officer at the time of have not been made pub- ately respond to a request would yield unbridled dis- she will run for mayor. the confrontation in Febru- Fla. (AP) — Florida pros- lic, are the only known seeking comment. The Pa- ecutors dropped a misde- cretion to agents of law en- Andrea Campbell said ary 2019. Marrero in his re- evidence the men paid for triots declined comment. forcement and the govern- she’s running on a platform port wrote that the student meanor charge against sex. Of the other 21 men Kraft and the others ment, the antithesis of the of equity in health care, jobs called him a vulgar word, New England Patriots charged, 14 cases were were charged in February and criminal justice. threatened him and shoved owner Robert Kraft on dropped Thursday and 2019 in a multicounty in- constitutional liberty of Thursday after courts people to be secure against “In this profound moment him in the chest. three were dropped ear- vestigation of massage of reckoning for our coun- blocked their use of video unreasonable searches Surveillance video, howev- lier, court records show. parlors that included the try and our city, as people that allegedly shows him er, showed that the student Two men went through a secret installation of video and seizures,” the court rise up to demand change, paying for massage parlor did not shove the officer. diversion program, pay- cameras in the spas’ lob- ruled. Boston needs leadership sex. A department spokesper- ing more than $5,000 in bies and rooms. Police say Prosecutors argued that that not only understands, Palm Beach County son said Marrero has been costs. One pleaded guilty the recordings show Kraft they needed the record- but has lived the systemic court records show that on inside duty and now last year and paid $323 in and other men engaging ings to convict the Orchids inequities facing our resi- the charge was dropped faces further internal disci- court costs. in sex acts with women of Asia owners of felonies, dents every day,” Campbell Thursday. Palm Beach pline. Prosecutors decided this and paying them. including possible human said in her announcement. State Attorney Dave Aron- week not to appeal the 4th Police say they recorded trafficking — though no “I’m running for Mayor to berg will explain the de- District decision to the Kraft, a widower, paying Boston hospital investigates one was charged with that be that leader, to bring our cision during an online Florida Supreme Court, for sex acts at the Orchids crime. The owners must be city together to confront in- COVID cluster affecting 10 press conference later saying a loss there could of Asia spa on consecutive equities head-on, and final- shown receiving payments Thursday. have “broader, negative days in January 2019. ly make Boston a City that BOSTON (AP) — A major Court records show that implications” on future Kraft pleaded not guilty from the prostitutes and works for everyone.” Boston hospital is reporting the owner and manager of law enforcement investi- but issued a public apolo- the only way to get that is City Councilor Michelle a cluster of COVID-19 cases the Orchids of Asia Day gations beyond the Kraft gy for his actions. to install cameras, prose- Wu announced her may- that has affected five pa- Spa are still facing numer- case. A county court judge cutors said. oral campaign earlier this tients and five staffers. ous felony charges related Kraft’s attorneys have originally threw out the If convicted, Kraft would month. Incumbent Mayor The cases are connect- to running a house of pros- already filed a motion ask- recordings, saying the have likely received a fine, Marty Walsh has not for- ed to two inpatient units, titution. ing that the recordings be warrant allowing the cam- community service and mally announced that he in- Brigham and Women’s Hos- The Florida 4th District destroyed so they could eras’ installation didn’t other sanctions that did tends to seek another term. pital said in a statement Court of Appeal found last never be released to the sufficiently protect the not include jail time. The election is in 2021. posted on its website. month that Jupiter po- public. They said Kraft privacy of innocent cus- Campbell, 38, is a Boston The hospital’s Infection lice violated the rights of might be willing to pay tomers who received legal According to Forbes Magazine, Kraft is worth native who attended Princ- Control team is investigat- Kraft and the other cus- the state’s costs if anyone massages. The 4th Dis- eton University and UCLA almost $7 billion. He em- ing the source of the clus- tomers when they secretly challenges a destruction trict agreed, ruling that Law School, and served as ter through contact tracing, ployed several high-priced installed video cameras order. planting video cameras deputy legal counsel to for- testing, and staff interviews, attorneys to defend him in inside massage rooms at Kraft, 79, could still face in private spaces is an mer Democratic Gov. Deval according to the statement. the spa in early 2019. The suspension or other pun- “extreme” measure that the case. Patrick. It is also reaching out to She represents a district staff and patients who may largely made up of Matta- have been exposed, includ- New COVID cases, hospitalizations pan and Dorchester but also ing patients who have been includes parts of Roslindale discharged, to arrange for and Jamaica Plain. testing. No additional cases have been detected. rising in Rhode Island Officer gets probation for The affected areas have assault on teenage student also been thoroughly PROVIDENCE (AP) — es in Rhode Island has College had reported more hospitalized with the dis- cleaned. HOLYOKE (AP) — A The number of new coro- how risen over the past than 190 positive cases as ease was 94 as of Tues- “We have rigorous proto- Massachusetts police officer navirus cases in Rhode two weeks from more of Wednesday, almost all day, the latest day for cols in place to create and has been sentenced to a year Island continues to rise, than 85 on Sept. 9 to 117 students. which the information maintain a safe care en- of probation for grabbing a while the number of on Wednesday, accord- The new cases report- was available, the highest 15-year-old high school stu- vironment by testing all people hospitalized has ing to the Johns Hopkins ed Thursday were out of single-day total since Aug. dent by the neck and push- patients admitted to the reached its highest lev- University Center for more than 9,700 tests, a 25. Eight of those patients ing him against wall, then hospital, requiring staff to el in a month, the state Systems Science and En- positivity rate of about 1.4 were in intensive care. lying in his report about the attest to their health daily Department of Health re- gineering. percent. SENIORS TO incident, authorities say. before working, requiring ported Thursday. Gov. Gina Raimondo on The seven-day rolling av- RETURN EARLY Springfield Officer An- all staff, patients and visi- The department report- Wednesday blamed out- erage of the positivity rate The Providence public gel Marrero was sentenced tors to wear hospital-issued ed 139 new confirmed cas- breaks among students in Rhode Island has risen school system is bringing Wednesday after a judge masks while on campus, in- es and four more virus-re- at Providence College and over the past two weeks high school seniors back to at a bench trial found him sisting on frequent hand hy- lated deaths, for totals of the University of Rhode Is- from slightly less than 1 the classroom two weeks guilty of assault and fal- giene, frequently cleaning more than 24,300 known land, as well as the state’s percent on Sept. 9 to 1.56 earlier than originally sifying a police report, the environment, and en- case and 1,106 fatalities. aggressive testing pro- percent on Wednesday, ac- planned, in part to help MassLive.com reported. forcing appropriate physical The seven-day rolling gram, for the rising num- cording to Johns Hopkins. them with the college ap- He was also ordered to distancing,” the statement average of daily new cas- ber of cases. Providence The number of people plication process. attend anger management said. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A7 THIS WEEK IN PHOTOS

ITEM PHOTOS | SPENSER HASAK Eric and Kathleen Gendron, of Lynn, have opened Ravenstone, an eclectic gift shop offer- ing handmade jewelry, crystals, plants, books, ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO art and other items, on Exchange Street in Walter, a 1-year-old poodle from Lynn, visits Lynn. the pumpkin patch at Brooksby Farm on Sun- day afternoon in Peabody.

ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Matt Flaz, 10, of Peabody, pops a wheelie as he rides his bike along the Independence Greenway in Peabody Wednesday afternoon.

ITEM PHOTOS | SPENSER HASAK Forty Steps Dance Company members, from left, Alana Comeau, Tere- sa Tobin (right image), Chelsea Zawadzki (left image), and Lauren Beck perform “Missing Pieces” during a performance at Bailey’s Hill in Nah- ant on Saturday.

ITEM PHOTOS OLIVIA FALCIGNO Above, Liam Walsh, 5, of Melrose, leans on the seawall near Lynn Shore Drive as he waits for large waves from Hurri- cane Teddy to splash over the wall. Right, Liam and his sister, Maeve, 3, run away as waves crash over the wall along Lynn ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Shore Drive on Tues- day afternoon. Joseph Attubato’s grandchildren, from left, Ella, 4, Gianna, 7, Alyssa, 9, and Anthony Attubato, 15, unveil the sign dedicating the DPW building in Saugus to Attubato during a ceremony on Saturday. A8 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 LOOK! Save the Koala Day, Native American Day, National One-Hit Wonder Day, Math Storytelling Day

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! TO CONTRIBUTE TO LOOK!, PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] OR MAIL YOUR SUBMISSION TO THE ITEM, P.O. BOX 5, LYNN, MA 01903. Met Opera skips this season, 1st Black composer opens ‘21-22 By Ronald Blum ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Metropolitan Opera will Ryan Reynolds skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history and in- Actor tends to return from the pandemic layoff next Sep- Ryan Reynolds tember with the compa- ny’s first presentation of a looking to Black composer, Terence invest in Welsh Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” soccer club This season was to have started this week, but the company an- WREXHAM, Wales (AP) nounced June 1 it had Left, a scene from — Hollywood stars Ryan pushed back opening Terence Blanchard’s Reynolds and Rob night until Dec. 31. In “Fire Shut Up in My McElhenney could be all, 218 performances of Bones.” Above, Terence making an unlikely foray 23 operas were lost, rais- Blanchard. into the soccer business. ing total cancellations Wrexham, a Welsh team to 276 since the 2019-20 PHOTOS | ASSOCIATED PRESS which plays in the fifth season was cut short tier of English soccer, by the novel coronavi- edies, not only with come down, obviously, to Latonia Moore and Joel Thompson, to its revealed Wednesday that rus on March 12. The the COVID deaths but legislation and see what Will Liverman and be commissioning program Reynolds and McElhenney orchestra’s international obviously with the police happens there.” conducted by Yannick with Lincoln Center The- are the “two extremely tour next June also was brutality and everything The Met will also Nézet-Séguin, who was ater and hired Rashid well-known individuals” wiped out. that’s been going on, and present three new con- to have started his first Johnson, a Black Ameri- the club has previously Met General Manager it’s given us time to sit temporary works in a fully scheduled season can visual artist, to create said are interested in Peter Gelb said addi- back and reflect,” the season for the first time as Met music director in large-scale artworks for investing 2 million pounds tional losses projected at 62-year-old Blanchard since 1928-29, including 2020-21. James Rob- display inside the house ($2.5 million). $54 million raise the total said Tuesday from his Matthew Aucoin’s “Eu- inson and Camille A. during the 2021-22 sea- Reynolds is a Cana- for the company to $154 childhood home in New rydice,” which debuted Brown direct. son. dian-born actor best million since the pandem- Orleans. “And a lot of at the LA Opera last “The earliest we Tickets for 2021-22 will known for starring in ic started. “I think that February; and Brett thought we could sched- people are starting to go on sale Oct. 12 and the “Deadpool” movies. all of the performing arts really come to terms Dean’s “Hamlet,” which ule it was in the 23-24 Gelb hopes people will roll McElhenney, a friend of in New York are in the with issues that they’re premiered at Britain’s season,” Gelb said. “Giv- over their tickets from Reynolds, is an American same boat,” he said. avoided or issues that Glyndebourne Festival en the huge upheaval actor and director who “Fire Shut Up in My they don’t have time to in June 2017. and social change that 2020-21 rather than seek was the creator of TV Bones” a jazz work that deal with. A lot of people “Fire Shut Up in My is taking place in Amer- refunds. He also hopes for show “It’s Always Sunny premiered at the Opera are really starting to Bones” features a libret- ica right now, it seemed early negotiations to re- in Philadelphia.” Theater of Saint Louis open their eyes to some to by Kasi Lemmons wholly appropriate that vise contracts that expire Wrexham has been a in June 2019, is to open things. based on a memoir of when we come back after next summer with The fan-owned club since 2011. Sept. 27, 2021, starting “This is a telling mo- The New York Times missing an entire season American Guild of Musi- Members of its supporters a season that extends ment in our country when columnist Charles Blow we should open with this cal Artists, which rep- trust voted at a special to June 11, 2022, and we have all of these in- that includes themes of opera.” resents the chorus, and general meeting Tuesday includes six new produc- stitutions that are trying molestation and sexual The Met also added Local 802 of the American in favor of allowing talks tions. to create awareness and identify. three Black composers, Federation of Musicians, to start with Reynolds and “In the midst of this trying to move the needle, “Fire Shut Up in My Valerie Coleman, Jes- which represents the McElhenney. pause, we’ve had trag- and it’s really going to Bones” stars Angel Blue, sie Montgomery and orchestra. Tiny Rubik’s Cube goes on sale Saugus Pumpkin in Japan for 40th anniversary Patch returns For the 18th year, the every day from 10 a.m. First Congregational to 6 p.m. Church in Saugus Cen- The “Pumpkin Truck” ter will host its annual will arrive Saturday, Oct. pumpkin patch from Oct. 3 at 9 a.m. with lots of 3 through Oct. 31. pumpkins. Pumpkins of all sizes For more information, will be displayed on the please contact Carl church lawn and will be Spencer at (781) 233- available for purchase 9196. The world’s smallest Rubik’s Cube is shown in New Year’s Eve in Times Tokyo Wednes- day, Sept. 23, 2020, to com- Square incorporates memorate the 40th anniversary virtual elements of the six-sided puzzle in Japan. NEW YORK (AP) — to take part in the count- New Year’s Eve in Times down to 2021 from wherev- Square will incorporate er they are, organizers said. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS virtual elements, orga- “More than ever in nizers said Wednesday these divided and fear- 9.9 millimeters, or O.39 U.S. company turned it artwork made with Ru- By Yuri Kageyama as they gear up for a filled times, the world AP BUSINESS WRITER inch, by 9.9 millimeters, into a hit product in the bik’s Cubes. The exhibit and weighs 2 grams (less 1980s. runs through Nov. 9. celebration that will have desperately needs to come TOKYO — A tiny but than a tenth of an ounce). More than 100 million Norbert Palanovics, to be scaled down and so- together symbolically playable Rubik’s Cube, so It’s made of “ultra-pre- Rubik’s Cubes were sold the Hungarian Ambas- cially distant in response and virtually to celebrate little it fits on your finger- cision metal,” and comes worldwide in the first two sador to Japan, said he to the coronavirus. the people and things we tip, has gone on sale in with a box for its display, years. It was an instant has made a point to tell Details are still coming love and to look forward Japan for 198,000 yen, or according to MegaHouse hit in Japan, where more anyone who will listen together, but the Times with a sense of renewal about $1,900, for delivery Corp., a subsidiary of than 4 million were sold about the Rubik’s Cube Square Alliance, James- and new beginnings,” said starting in December. Tokyo-based toymaker in the first eight months because it embodies the town Properties and Tim Tompkins, presi- Billed as a “super-small” Bandai Co. after it went on sale in small, simple but smart Countdown Entertainment dent of the Times Square Rubik’s Cube, it was Orders began Wednes- July 1980. qualities of his country said in a news release that Alliance. created to mark the 40th day, only by credit card. The new tiny cube was that he is so proud of. the annual event will have The event will honor anniversary of when the Rubik’s Cube was in- shown this week at an ex- “The Rubik’s Cube is an extremely limited group essential workers and original 3-D puzzle went vented by Hungarian ar- hibit in Tokyo organized part of our everyday life, of in-person honorees. others who have made a on sale in Japan. chitecture professor Erno by the Hungarian Embas- here in Japan, too, and in- A virtual experience will difference in 2020, they The cube measures just Rubik in the 1970s. A sy, which also includes an spires everyone,” he said. be created to allow people said. WEATHER LOTTERY

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By Mike Alongi earlier this summer to Ogando and Joseph Tolen- ITEM SPORTS EDITOR postpone football to a new tino — just to name a few Fall Sports II season that — bring the culture of the It would’ve been Week 3 will run from Feb. 22 to football program into their of the high school football April 25, additionally vot- everyday lives. season this weekend and ing to allow out-of-season “In my 12 years of coach- the KIPP Academy Lynn coaching for sports that ing high school football, I Collegiate football team would have their seasons can honestly say that I ha- would be preparing to face moved. But with Lynn ven’t coached a team with off against Boston Latin being designated as a red this much potential,” said under the lights at Man- district under the Massa- Rabbitt. “But it’s not just ning Field. chusetts Department of the talent and potential, But in 2020, where the Health’s COVID-19 cat- it’s also the way they go COVID-19 pandemic has egorization method, all about things. The culture shaken up every facet of athletic activities must re- that they’ve created with- normal everyday life, the main on hold until the city in this program has stuck KIPP football team is now is no longer red, according and they should be incred- waiting with bated breath to MIAA rules. ibly proud of that.” for February. “We’re disappointed that The KIPP football team “It’s de nitely tough to we can’t get together as a was founded four years have the season postponed team, but at the same time ago, and it has under- and not know what’s in there really isn’t much gone a radical transition store, but we’re in the that we could do as a team from new kid on the block same boat as everybody even if we could meet,” to legitimate state title else right now,” said head said Rabbitt. contender. With Rabbitt coach Jim Rabbitt, who But Rabbitt knows his at the helm instilling a helped found the program team is built for this. With megadose of hard work four years ago and has 22 returning starters and and accountability in the been its only head coach. only two players gone to program, the Panthers “This is a unique situa- graduation, KIPP has a went from 3-8 in their rst tion for everyone, and we level of experience and season to one game short just have to gure out the cohesion that few teams of a playoff berth in their best way to deal with it as can even aspire to. Players second. ITEM FILE PHOTO | JOE BROWN a team.” such as Daniel Oluwasuyi, The Massachusetts In- Dave Filias, Taj King, Pie- KIPP Academy head coach Jim Rabbitt and quarterback Piero Canales terscholastic Athletic As- ro Canales, Mike Brice, KIPP, B2 discuss a play last season. Canales is just one of a number of experienced sociation (MIAA) voted Roberto Sterling, Alex players returning to the Panthers this season. St. Mary’s continues to build with young squad

By Mike Alongi we’re working on building so much pride in their ITEM SPORTS EDITOR up that maturity as well.” games.” The Spartans are bring- Despite several players Last season was one of ing back a number of key opting to do remote learn- retooling and rebuilding contributors to the 2020 ing and therefore opting for the St. Mary’s boys soc- squad, including senior out of the athletic season, cer team, with a number captains Jackson Nicko- there are still a number of junior and sophomore lau and Eduardo Toranzo. of Spartans expected to players earning the bulk Nickolau recently com- make key contributions of the playing time. Now, pleted a virtual running this year. Juniors Richie as a new season is about of The Boston Marathon, LeBrun and Ryan Fraher to begin, the Spartans are while Toranzo has spent along with freshmen goal- aiming to continue that the past several months keepers Jacob Guarino growing process. training in Spain. and Cian LeVasseur will “We’re still a young team “It’s great when you see all be looked upon to play and we’re still continuing your guys out working well. In addition, D’Agos- to grow, but we do have hard on their games,” said tino sees a lot of prom- some experience com- D’Agostino. “All summer, ise in his younger ranks ITEM FILE PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK ing back,” said St. Mary’s I saw Jackson running of sixth-, seventh- and coach Mike D’Agostino. around Wyoma Square. eighth-graders. Lynn eld’s Jenna Freni (center) ghts for the ball as teammate Lau- “Things are coming along Eduardo did a lot of great ren Kustka (left) comes in to assist during a game against Gloucester and we’re continuing to work over in Spain. It’s last season. get better every day, and great to see them take SPARTANS, B2 Lynn eld votes to resume sports after delay By Mike Alongi committee had previous- practices, until the “Fall ITEM SPORTS EDITOR ly voted to approve fall Sports II” season that sports in early Septem- will run from Feb. 22 to Fall sports in Lynn eld ber, but the Pioneers had April 25. are back on after a two- to put those plans on hold But once the town week delay. after the town was classi-  ipped back to “yellow” After the town was re- ed as “red” by the DPH classi ed as a “yellow” in Wednesday’s weekly two weeks ago. report by the DPH, the district based on the School districts des- school committee met the Department of Public ignated as “red” based next morning and voted Health‘s (DPH) metric on the DPH’s metric of of average daily cases average daily cases per to proceed with the sea- per 100,000 residents on 100,000 residents and son. Wednesday, the Lynn eld which therefore have Tryouts and practices School Committee voted their high school stu- for boys and girls soccer, eld hockey and cross ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO once again to resume fall dents learning remotely sports in the “Fall Sports at the start of the sea- country began at the high From left, Kevin Espino and Eduardo Toranzo lead a jog during St. I” season that will run son must postpone their school on Thursday after- Mary’s boys soccer tryouts Sunday afternoon in Peabody. until Nov. 20. The school entire season, including noon. Nostalgia on display as Jon Gruden, Raiders visit Patriots By Kyle Hightower The Patriots tied the playing New Orleans ASSOCIATED PRESS game, won it on an Adam on Monday night made Vinatieri field goal and him feel as if he was in a FOXBOROUGH (AP) rode the momentum to “time warp” and back in — Jon Gruden still the franchise’s first Su- the NFC South as Tampa thinks it was a fumble. per Bowl win. Bay’s coach. It’s been nearly two “Yeah, thanks for bring- That nostalgia is even decades since the Raid- ing that up,” Gruden said more amplified this week ers coach walked out of this week. “He did fum- a snow-covered Foxboro against the Patriots. ble that damn ball.” “Anytime you step in a Stadium on the wrong Now back with the stadium like that, it does end of a 16-13 overtime Raiders after stints in bring back memories,” loss to New England Tampa Bay and as a during the 2001 playoffs. broadcaster, Gruden re- Gruden said. “Some of The game turned late in turns to New England the memories aren’t the fourth quarter when on Sunday in search of great, but we’re excited Tom Brady was hit from his first coaching win to play.” behind and lost the ball. against Bill Belichick’s So, too, is New En- Initially ruled a fumble, Patriots. In his only oth- gland, which is trying FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS it was reversed upon re- er trip to New England to rebound from a 35-30 view and determined to in 2005, Gruden’s Bucca- loss to Seattle. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (middle) is dragged to the be an incomplete pass neers lost 28-0. ground by Oakland Raiders’ Charles Woodson (right) and Greg Biekert (left) during what would become the infamous “tuck rule” play in the under the obscure “tuck He said opening this PATS, B2 rule.” season at Carolina and snow in Foxboro in 2002. B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE

SATURDAY TUESDAY Golf Golf Archbishop Williams at Bishop Fen- Swampscott at Beverly (4) wick (3:30) WEDNESDAY MONDAY Golf Golf St. Mary’s at Arlington Catholic (3) Bishop Fenwick at Bishop Feehan (3) St. John’s Prep at BC High (3)

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Sept. 25 Northern Illinois. 1866 — Jerome Park, named for its 1994 — Oliver McCall scores a founder Leonard W. Jerome, opens in major upset by stopping Lennox the Bronx in New York. Jerome, seek- Lewis 31 seconds into the second ing to emulate the British racing sys- round to capture the WBC heavy- tem, also establishes the American weight title in London. Jockey Club, precursor to the present 1995 — Jerry Rice has 181 yards Jockey Club, formed in 1894. receiving in San Francisco’s 27-24 1920 — Molly Bjurstedt Mallory wins loss to Detroit. It’s his 51st 100-yard her fifth title in six years with a two- game, which breaks Don Maynard’s set victory over Marion Zinderstein in NFL record. the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association 2004 — Bobby Seck of Hofstra championships. throws eight touchdown passes to 1949 — Louise Suggs wins the U.S. tie an Atlantic 10 mark and set a Women’s Open by 14 strokes over school record in the Pride’s 62-43 Babe Didrikson Zaharias. ITEM FILE PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK 1962 — Sonny Liston knocks out victory over Rhode Island. Floyd Patterson at 2:06 of the first 2005 — Fernando Alonso becomes KIPP celebrates its MIAA Division 8 North sectional title last season after a 49-13 win over Keefe round at Comiskey Park in Chicago to Formula One’s youngest champion by Tech. win the world heavyweight title. finishing third in the Brazilian Grand 1982 — Ricky Edwards rushes for Prix. Alonso, 24, a six-time winner in 177 yards and four touchdowns to his third full season in Formula One, help Northwestern end its 34-game ends Michael Schumacher’s five-year losing streak in a 31-6 victory over hold on the title. KIPP football forced to wait on TV/RADIO

Auto racing 9 p.m...... NASCAR Truck: World of Westgate 200...... FS1 potentially historic season Baseball 5 p.m...... St. Louis at Milwaukee...... MLB Network 7:10 p.m...... Boston at Atlanta...... NESN; WEEI-FM 93.7 8:10 p.m...... Chi. Cubs at Chi. White Sox...... ESPN2 KIPP weather a storm like this, football season being solutions to how he and 8:30 p.m...... Milwaukee at St. Louis...... MLB Network From B1 it’s our group.” moved is the loss of the his team can make the 11 p.m...... San Francisco at San Diego...... MLB Network With state guidelines annual Thanksgiving Eve most out of whatever the Pro basketball Last year, KIPP went limiting any football ac- rivalry game against Lynn 8:30 p.m...... Miami at Boston...... ESPN; WBZ-FM 98.5 season has in store. College football 5-2 during the regular tivities to simple individ- Tech. But even though the “We’ve been looking at 8 p.m...... Middle Tenn. at UTSA...... CBSSN season before steamroll- ual workouts and drills, two teams won’t be clash- a lot of different contin- Golf ing through the Division players have been forced ing in late November this gencies in terms of what 8 a.m...... European: Irish Open...... Golf 8 North tournament and to take it upon themselves year, Rabbitt is sure that 3 p.m...... PGA: Corales Puntacana Championship...... Golf to potentially do about winning its first sectional to get into the weight there won’t be any less in- Pro hockey practice space availability 8 p.m...... Tampa Bay at Dallas...... NBC title. The Panthers ended room and stay sharp. For tensity whenever they do and things like that, but Horse racing up bowing out to a strong Rabbitt, that’s where his meet on the field. 12:30 p.m...... Belmont Park Live...... FS2 West Bridgewater team in team’s experience and de- “That’s one of the great it’s still a little too early to Track and field know what’s going to hap- 12 p.m...... IAAF Diamond League...... NBCSN the state semifinal, but ev- termination is really going things about high school eryone could see that the to shine. football in Massachusetts, pen,” said Rabbitt. “All we know, and we’ve spoken NFL sky was the limit for the “Guys are already out that we have this great young KIPP team. there doing individual tradition where the rivals about this with the team

AMERICAN CONFERENCE NATIONAL CONFERENCE But now, with the season work and many of them all meet and go head-to- already, is that we’re going East East on hold and up in the air, have been since last sea- head on Thanksgiving,” to do everything we can to W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA the Panthers are facing son ended,” Rabbitt said. said Rabbitt. “It’s obvi- Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 58 45 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 57 59 make the most of what- NE 1 1 0 .500 51 46 Washington 1 1 0 .500 42 47 their toughest test to date. “These guys are always in ously unfortunate that we ever season we get. If it’s Miami 0 2 0 .000 39 52 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 29 43 And Rabbitt isn’t too wor- the group chats holding won’t get to be able to do six games, we’re going to N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 30 58 Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 36 64 each other accountable, that this year, but I know South South ried. try to win all six. If it’s 10 W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA making sure everyone is that (Tech) Coach (James) “These guys are built for games, we’re going to try Tennessee 2 0 0 1.000 49 44 NO 1 1 0 .500 58 57 this,” Rabbitt said. “The getting their work in and Runner and I will find Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 48 38 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 54 51 to win all 10. These guys Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 57 53 Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 64 78 way these guys grew a keeping everyone focused. a way to make it an im- Houston 0 2 0 .000 36 67 Carolina 0 2 0 .000 47 65 program from scratch with As a coach, to have that portant game. The inten- have all earned the right North North to be here, and now we’re W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA all the trials and tribula- feeling where you don’t sity will be there whether Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 71 22 Chicago 2 0 0 1.000 44 36 tions they went through at need to be getting on your that game is at the end of going to make the most of Pittsburgh 2 0 0 1.000 52 37 Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 85 55 it.” Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 41 68 Detroit 0 2 0 .000 44 69 first, they’ve molded them- guys to put in the work is November or the end of Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 43 51 Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 45 71 selves and really grown an incredible feeling.” April.” Mike Alongi can be West West into men over the years. If The other unfortunate Looking ahead, Rabbitt reached at malongi@item- W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000 57 40 Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 54 35 there’s any group that can casualty caused by the is focused on figuring out live.com. Las Vegas 2 0 0 1.000 68 54 L.A. Rams 2 0 0 1.000 57 36 LAC 1 1 0 .500 36 36 Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 73 55 Denver 0 2 0 .000 35 42 San Fran 1 1 0 .500 51 37

Thursday’s Games San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. St. Mary’s boys soccer continuing Miami at Jacksonville, 8:20 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 4:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Carolina at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. Houston at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Denver, 4:25 p.m. Tennessee at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. to build with young squad Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Dallas at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Chicago at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Green Bay at New Orleans, 8:20 Washington at Cleveland, 1 p.m. p.m. of the rules, things like no Las Vegas at New England, 1 p.m. Monday’s Games SPARTANS L.A. Rams at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Baltimore, 8:15 p.m. From B1 heading and no throw-ins and things like that. But “Having guys opt out of we’re adapting to it. I think MLB the season due to remote this year will be much more learning was a bit of a sur- American League National League of a possession game and a East Division East Division prise, but I’m sure a lot of pass-and-move game. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB other schools are dealing “We’re having a scrim- x-Tampa Bay 37 20 .649 _ x-Atlanta 34 22 .607 _ with the same thing,” said z-New York 32 24 .571 4½ Miami 28 28 .500 6 mage next week with a D’Agostino. “We have a lot Toronto 29 27 .518 7½ Philadelphia 28 29 .491 6½ referee so that should help Baltimore 23 33 .411 13½ New York 25 31 .446 9 of young talent on this team Boston 22 34 .393 14½ Washington 23 33 .411 11 and they’re going to be put give us all a better idea of Central Division Central Division what we’ll be dealing with,” W L Pct GB W L Pct GB in a position where they get z-Minnesota 35 22 .614 _ z-Chicago 32 26 .552 _ a chance to show what they D’Agostino added. z-Chicago 34 22 .607 ½ Cincinnati 29 28 .509 2½ z-Cleveland 32 24 .571 2½ St. Louis 27 26 .509 2½ can do.” St. Mary’s opens up the Kansas City 23 33 .411 11½ Milwaukee 27 28 .491 3½ The Spartans have gotten season next Saturday, Oct. 3 Detroit 22 32 .407 11½ Pittsburgh 19 39 .328 13 West Division West Division back to practice and have against Matignon at Austin W L Pct GB W L Pct GB started the process of get- Prep at 3:30 p.m. x-Oakland 34 21 .618 _ x-Los Angeles 39 17 .696 _ ting used to all of the new Houston 28 28 .500 6½ z-San Diego 34 22 .607 5 “We’re all looking forward Los Angeles 26 31 .456 9 San Francisco 28 27 .509 10½ safety modifications put in to getting back out there,” Seattle 25 31 .446 9½ Colorado 24 31 .436 14½ place by the MIAA and the Texas 19 37 .339 15½ Arizona 22 34 .393 17 said D’Agostino. “We under- x-clinched division z-clinched playoff berth Massachusetts Department stand how fortunate we are of Energy and Environmen- to be able to get a chance to Thursday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Darvish 7-3) at Chicago White tal Affairs. Some of those go out and compete, so we’re Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m. Sox (Cease 5-3), 8:10 p.m. rule changes include no N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 6:37 p.m. Cincinnati (Mahle 2-2) at Minnesota (Berríos going to go out there and Baltimore at Boston, 7:30 p.m. heading of the ball and no 5-3), 8:10 p.m. have fun with it. We play in Detroit at Kansas City, 8:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Heaney 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Ker- bodily contact of any kind. Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m. shaw 6-2), 9:40 p.m. “I have a couple of players a strong league with some Oakland at L.A. Dodgers, 9:40 p.m. Seattle (Kikuchi 2-4) at Oakland (Bassitt 5-2), great competition, and it’ll Friday’s Games 9:40 p.m. ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO who play with their body, so Baltimore (López 2-1) at Toronto (Ryu 4-2), 6:37 Saturday’s Games it’s definitely going to be a be nice to get out there and p.m. Miami at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Senior captain Jackson Nickolau sprints down Philadelphia (Velasquez 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Mor- bit of an adjustment,” said continue to build up what Oakland at Seattle, 4:10 p.m., 1st game field during St. Mary’s boys soccer tryouts Sun- ton 2-2), 6:40 p.m. we’ve been working on with Baltimore at Toronto, 6:37 p.m. D’Agostino. “There’s a lot Miami (Alcantara 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Happ day. Detroit at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m. to pay attention to in terms these guys since last year.” 2-2), 7:05 p.m. Boston (Mazza 1-2) at Atlanta (Wright 2-4), 7:10 Houston at Texas, 7:05 p.m. p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:07 p.m. Pittsburgh (Keller 1-1) at Cleveland (Carrasco Boston at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. 3-4), 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m. Nostalgia on display as Jon Gruden, Detroit (Turnbull 4-3) at Kansas City (Keller 4-3), Cincinnati at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m. Houston (Urquidy 1-1) at Texas (Cody 1-1), 8:05 Seattle at Oakland, 7:40 p.m., 2nd game p.m. L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m. Raiders visit Patriots Sunday NBA PLAYOFFS PATS has given him a perspective Waller. The two connected Year had a rough outing Wednesday, Sept. 23 Sunday, Sept. 27 From B1 he didn’t have in their pre- on 12 passes for 103 yards at Seattle, giving up a 54- Miami 112, Boston 109, Miami x-Boston vs. Miami, 7:30 p.m. vious two meetings. and a touchdown last week yard TD to DK Metcalf. It leads series 3-1 Monday, Sept. 28 As two coaches who ba- But Belichick expects and Waller’s 18 catches are was the first TD Gilmore Thursday, Sept. 24 x-L.A. Lakers vs. Denver, TBD sically ascended the coach- they will tuck away most of the second most through has allowed as the prima- L.A. Lakers vs. Denver, 9 p.m. ing ranks around the same the pleasantries Sunday. two weeks in Raiders his- ry defender on a play since Friday, Sept. 25 Monday, Sept. 29 x-Miami vs. Boston, TBD time, Belichick said his “When you’re in compe- tory. 2018. Miami vs. Boston, 8:30 p.m. respect for Gruden has re- tition with somebody else, “He’ll definitely be a prob- The Patriots secondary Saturday, Sept. 26 Wednesday, Sept. 30 mained strong, even during it just changes a little bit lem for us,” Belichick said. didn’t fare better as a unit, x-Denver vs. L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. x-Denver vs. L.A. Lakers, TBD his decade-long coaching during that time period,” “There’s not one thing you allowing five passing touch- hiatus after leaving Tampa Belichick said. “But I’m can take away from him. downs after giving up just NHL PLAYOFFS Bay in 2008. sure at some point that it He does a lot things, does a four in all of 2019. “It’s a lot easier to have a will be a different type of lot of things well.” Carr isn’t worried about Wednesday, September 23 Monday, September 28 relationship with somebody relationship.” Patriots cornerback Ste- what New England might Tampa Bay 5, Dallas 2, Tampa Bay leads series 2 - 1 x-Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8 p.m. who’s not in direct compe- WATCH OUT FOR phon Gilmore will likely employ to neutralize Waller. Friday, September 25 tition with you,” Belichick WALLER draw the primary assign- “We’re not a selfish team,” Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 30 said. Derek Carr’s favorite tar- ment on Waller. It comes he said. “If they want to Saturday, September 26 He believes Gruden’s get this season has been his a week after the reigning take something away, then Dallas at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. x-Dallas at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. time in the broadcast booth athletic tight end Darren Defensive Player of the other guys will step up.” FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B3 NATION Despite Trump attacks, both parties vow orderly election By Lisa Mascaro, Aamer Madhani and Kevin Freking Senate ASSOCIATED PRESS Majority WASHINGTON — Presi- Leader Mitch dent Donald Trump’s refus- McConnell, al to commit to a peaceful R-Ky., arrives transfer of power if he loses to meet with drew swift blowback Thurs- reporters day from both parties in following a Congress, and lawmakers Republican PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS turned to unprecedented strategy Democratic presidential candidate former steps to ensure he can’t ig- session, at Vice President Joe Biden speaks to media as he nore the vote of the people. the Capitol in arrives at New Castle Airport, in New Castle, Amid the uproar, Trump Washington, Del., Wednesday. said anew he’s not sure the Tuesday. election will be “honest.” Congressional leaders, PHOTO | including Senate Majority ASSOCIATED PRESS Progressives Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Asked as he departed pandemic. be inaugurated on January Pelosi, rejected Trump’s as- the White House for a It’s not the first time he 20th.” He said, “There will pledge to keep sertion that he’ll “see what campaign rally if the elec- has sowed doubts about be an orderly transition happens” before agreeing tion is only legitimate if he the voting process. But just as there has been ev- to any election outcome. is the winner, Trump said, his increased question- ery four years since 1792.” Many other lawmakers “We’ll see.” ing before any result is Said Pelosi, “Calm down, pushing Biden setting off alarms ahead — including from Trump’s The president said he Mr. President.” own Republican Party — wants to “make sure the of an Election Day like “You are in the United no other. Even without vowed to make sure vot- election is honest, and I’m States of America. It is a ers’ wishes are followed not sure that it can be.” signs of illegality, results to expand court democracy,” she said, re- ahead of Inauguration Trump’s attacks on the could be delayed because minding Trump this is Day in January. And some upcoming vote — almost of the pandemic, leaving By Will Weissert by expanding the court if not North Korea, Russia and Cheyanne he wins,” said Turner, who Democrats were taking without modern precedent the nation exposed to action, including formally in the U.S. — are hitting groups or foreign coun- or other countries with Mumphrey is founding a firm to ad- strongman leaders he ad- ASSOCIATED PRESS asking Trump’s defense amid the tumult of the tries seeking to provoke vance progressive causes, mires. “So why don’t you Amare Public Affairs. secretary, homeland secu- campaign, as partisan discord. WASHINGTON — Since just try for a moment to The Constitution doesn’t rity adviser and attorney tensions rage and more McConnell, the GOP Joe Biden ran away with honor our oath of office mandate the number of general to declare they’ll Americans than ever are Senate leader, said in a the Democratic presiden- planning to vote by mail to the Constitution of the Supreme Court justices, support the Nov. 3 results, tweet: “The winner of the tial nomination in March, because of the coronavirus which has changed over whoever wins. November 3rd election will United States.” leading progressives have time. In 1937, President accepted him — sometimes Franklin D. Roosevelt pro- grudgingly — as their par- ty’s leader. But, in the final moted legislation to “pack ‘No easy answer’: Many ask what weeks of the campaign, the the court” by expanding Supreme Court vacancy is its number of justices, an threatening to inflame old effort that stalled once the next in Breonna Taylor case divides. justices began to rule in his favor on policies tied Some activists on the By Dylan Lovan, left are pressing Biden to the New Deal. Since then, the makeup Rebecca Reynolds to endorse expanding the Yonker and Piper number of high court jus- of the court hasn’t been a prominent issue in nation- Hudspeth Blackburn tices should he win the ASSOCIATED PRESS White House and Demo- al politics. That began to crats take control of the change after Justice Brett LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In Senate. But Biden, who Kavanaugh’s contentious the wake of the decision ran a relatively centrist 2018 nomination fight. not to prosecute Ken- primary campaign, hasn’t Calls to add justices grew tucky police officers for embraced those calls, wor- much louder this week killing Breonna Taylor, ried they may intensify in response to the GOP’s authorities and activists the nation’s partisan split. rush to fill Ginsburg’s seat alike wrestled Thursday There’s little indication before the election, which with the question of what that large swaths of pro- would leave the court comes next amid contin- gressives will abandon with six conservatives and ued demands for justice in Biden or back third-party three liberals. the Black woman’s death. candidates, moves that “The politics of this are “The question obviously wounded Democrat Hil- moving very, very fast,” is: What do we do with this lary Clinton’s 2016 bid. said Aaron Belkin, direc- pain?” Louisville Mayor But activists insist they tor of Take Back the Court, Greg Fischer said during which advocates for in- a news conference. “There will keep pressure on PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Biden to pursue dramatic creasing the number of jus- is no one answer, no easy reforms to the Supreme tices. “And under a Biden answer to that question.” A women kneels in front of a makeshift memorial in honor of Breonna Court if Republicans administration, when the Fischer pleaded for calm Taylor, at Jefferson Square Park, Thursday, in Louisville, Ky. move forward with a plan court has the administra- a day after peaceful pro- to quickly approve Presi- tion handcuffed on Day tests in Louisville turned lice entered on a warrant partment. The FBI is still to the park in downtown dent Donald Trump’s pick One, I think the politics violent, and a gunman connected to a suspect who investigating whether Louisville that has been to replace the late Justice are going to be changing shot and wounded two did not live there, and no Taylor’s civil rights were the hub for protesters, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. even more quickly.” police officers. Activists drugs were found inside. violated. But the burden Reginique Jones said “The majority of Ber- That puts Biden in a vowed to press on with State Attorney General of proof for such cases is she’ll keep pressing for niecrats will most likely tough spot. As someone their cause after a grand Daniel Cameron said the in- very high, with prosecu- increased police account- vote for Vice President Joe who spent 36 years in the jury Wednesday failed to vestigation showed officers tors having to prove offi- ability and for a statewide Biden,” said Nina Turner, Senate, he built a career bring homicide charges were acting in self-defense; cers knew they were act- ban on “no-knock” war- a former Ohio state sen- revering Washington’s against the officers who one was wounded. A single ing illegally and made a rants — the kind issued ator and top adviser to institutions. During the burst into Taylor’s apart- officer was charged Wednes- willful decision to cause in the Taylor case, though progressive Sen. Bernie 2020 primary, he pointed- ment during a drug inves- day with wanton endanger- someone’s death. Cameron said the investi- Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 ly declined to join rivals tigation in March. ment for firing into neigh- The Justice Department gation showed police did presidential campaigns. such as Massachusetts Taylor, an emergency boring apartments. has said that a “mistake, announce themselves be- “That doesn’t mean that Sen. Elizabeth Warren medical worker, was shot The only possibility for fear, misperception or even fore entering. they are not going to raise or California Sen. Kama- multiple times by white criminal charges against poor judgment does not con- “I believe that we are go- hell all the way.” la Harris, who is now his officers after Taylor’s boy- the officers for the killing stitute willful conduct pros- ing to get past this,” Jones “Biden should make it running mate, in being friend fired on them, ac- itself now seems to rest ecutable under the statute.” said. “We can still get clear that he will fight back open to court expansion. cording to authorities. Po- with the U.S. Justice De- Returning Thursday some justice.” Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears

By Anthony over the agency’s ability to Democrat. Izaguirre and deliver this fall. The Postal Service, long Pia Deshpande Data obtained by The an afterthought in the po- ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated Press shows litical process, has been postal districts across drawn into the fray after The slice of Michigan the country are miss- its new leader, Postmas- that covers Detroit, its ing by wide margins the ter General Louis DeJoy, suburbs and towns de- agency’s own goals for implemented a series of pendent on the auto in- on-time delivery, rais- cost-cutting measures dustry is coveted politi- ing the possibility that that delayed deliveries cal terrain in one of this scores of mailed ballots nationwide. The chang- year’s most important could miss deadlines for es have sparked a flurry presidential swing states. reaching local election of legal challenges and It also has another dis- offices if voters wait too caused concerns over the tinction as home to one of long. Missing a deadline agency’s ability to handle the worst-performing U.S. is a key reason mail-in the anticipated crush of Postal Service districts in ballots get rejected. election mail this year, al- the country. Several postal districts though DeJoy has said it In Michigan and be- serving urban regions in will be the Postal Service’s yond, states are seeing battleground states have a top priority. record-breaking interest history of delivering mail DeJoy, a GOP megadonor in mail-in voting during at below the national tar- with no previous experi- the coronavirus pandemic. gets and saw sharp drop- ence at the Postal Service, But controversial changes offs in performance over postponed the removal at the Postal Service have the summer. The message of mail sorting machines compounded long-stand- to voters is clear: Mail and collection boxes last PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ing delivery delays na- those ballots early. month. He said it was “to A forklift operator loads absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake Coun- tionwide and sparked “As soon as possible,” avoid even the appear- ty Board of Elections as preparations for the upcoming election are on- concerns among election said Michigan Secretary ance of impact on election going in Raleigh, N.C. officials and voters alike of State Jocelyn Benson, a mail.” B4 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 COMICS

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

ROSE IS ROSE / PAT BRADY

GARFIELD / JIM DAVIS BIG NATE / LINCOLN PEIRCE

ARLO AND JANIS / JIMMY JOHNSON

HERMAN / JIM UNGER ZIGGY / TOM WILSON

THE BORN LOSER / ART AND CHIP SANSOM

CROSSWORD DEAR ABBY Warring kids are barriers in couple’s relationship DEAR ABBY: I got right back,” but she never married to a wonderful Dear Abby is written by Abigail does. Sometimes days guy 14 years ago, but af- Van Buren, also known as Jeanne will go by until I call her ter a year of marriage, or she calls me, and then our children (his 10-year- Phillips, and was founded by her she acts like nothing hap- old and my 12- and mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact pened. 13-year-olds) couldn’t We could be in the mid- stand one another and Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. dle of a conversation but caused a lot of problems. she doesn’t call back. Or, I was brokenhearted she’ll call me while she’s when he gave me divorce papers. I moved out but driving somewhere and you will spend your lives DEAR OUT OF POCK- end the call when she has continued to date him is very sad. Unless you ET: If you had the fore- without our kids around. arrived at her destina- can accept living with the thought to put IN WRIT- tion, if she hasn’t already Seven years ago, after status quo (which has to ING the fact you were his son moved out, I moved hung up to take another be painful), the answer to lending this person mon- call. back in, but he won’t ask ey, you have a prayer of your question is: Move on. Is she a true friend? me to remarry him. My having the loan repaid. If kids get along fine with What should I say or do? DEAR ABBY: In 2014, you didn’t, you can try him, but his son hates me After years of feeling un- I loaned a family friend writing to this family and refuses to come to any $5,000. At the time, and (former) friend, but legal- important in her life, it holiday or birthday cele- ever since, I never asked ly it won’t be worth the has really started to get bration that I host. paper your letter is writ- to me lately. Should I move out and the reason for the loan. ten on. If that’s the case, move on? I feel like I have Over time we lost touch. consider this an expen- NOT FINISHED IN wasted 14 years of my However, we recently re- sive lesson. THE EAST life. connected and decided to go on a road/camping trip P.S. Because no effort DEAR NOT FINISHED: was made over the last HOPELESS IN throughout the West. Your longtime friend is OHIO Three days in, we both six years to repay your generosity, your road trip inconsiderate. Rather realized it was a poor than wait endlessly, call DEAR HOPELESS: I idea to travel together for was doomed before it HER back the same day. wish you had mentioned an extended period of started. And when you do, tell her why this “wonderful time. He has now become guy’s” son hates you. quite nasty and speaks ill DEAR ABBY: I have a exactly how her lack of Could it be he blames you of me. Should I write and very good friend I’ve concern for your feelings for the failure of his par- request payment of the known for 18 years. With- has made you feel. Do not, ents’ marriage, or was it loan or let it go? out fail, every time we’re however, expect her to like something else? That this on the phone and she it, because inconsiderate man has allowed his son OUT OF POCKET IN gets another call, she’ll people rarely do when it to dictate how the two of VEGAS say, “Oh, let me call you is pointed out to them. BRIDGE

The ability of your opponent Abraham Lincoln said, “Tact is the losing another trick. But how? He ability to describe others as they see needs to know the skill level of East. themselves.” If he is a beginner, declarer is none One skill of a successful bridge the wiser. He has to guess what to player, especially one who plays a lot do. But if East is an expert, South of Chicago or cut-in rubber bridge for should draw an important conclu- money, is knowing the strengths and sion. shortcomings of his opponents. Why did East cash the diamond In today’s deal, South is in four ace? Why didn’t he give West his spades. West leads his singleton heart ruff at trick two, get back in heart. East wins with his ace, cashes with the diamond ace and give his the diamond ace, then gives his part- partner a second ruff to defeat the ner a heart ruff. West exits with a dia- contract? mond. How should South continue? The only logical answer is that East When North responded with a knows West has only one trump and transfer bid, East doubled to show that defense will expose the spade heart length and strength. South’s position when West does not ruff at jump to three spades was a super- trick four. accept, promising four-card support. So, after winning trick four on the But with 4-3-3-3 distribution, it was board, South should run the spade an overbid. He should have had a 10 through East. When West does doubleton somewhere. discard, as expected, declarer draws South must draw trumps without trumps and claims. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B5 TV BEST BETS REMIND REWIND

Secret Society of Second-Born Royals Disney+ Original Film! This film follows Sam (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), a teen- TV In Transistion age royal rebel second in line to the throne of the By Matt Roush The actors strike also con- kingdom of Illyria. Just as Sam’s disinterest in the REMIND MAGAZINE tributed to a memorable royal way of life is at an all-time high, she discovers Emmy Awards in September, she has superhuman abilities and is invited to join a What a difference a decade when all but one nominated secret society of similar extraordinary second-born makes. actor boycotted the ceremo- royals charged with keeping the world safe. As 1980 heralded the dawn ny in support of the union. Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom of a new era, sweeping trans- Powers Boothe showed up to Disney+ formations loomed for anyone accept the Emmy for his role New Series! glued to the tube. CNN began as cult leader Jim Jones in This docuseries from National Geographic explores broadcasting 24-hour news the CBS miniseries Guyana the magic of nature within Disney’s Animal Kingdom in June, ESPN televised the Tragedy: The Story of Jim Theme Park and The Seas with Nemo & Friends at NFL Draft for the first time Jones, noting in his speech, Epcot. Narrated by Josh Gad (Frozen, Frozen II), the and MTV was just a year “This is either the most cou- eight-episode series is the ultimate tribute to the away from becoming a youth rageous moment of my career parks’ magnificent array of more than 300 species obsession, with a myriad of or the stupidest.” and 5,000-plus animals, and the herculean tasks cable programmers soon to Hagman, who was nominat- their care experts undertake to keep things running follow, upending the indus- ed, stayed home. So did Bar- day and night. try. But already, TV viewers bara Bel Geddes, who won for Utopia could sense that times were Best Actress in a Drama Se- Amazon Prime Video changing. ries as Miss Ellie, one of the New Series! Many of our favorite shows more improbable suspects in Bestselling author/screenwriter Gillian Flynn (Gone that carried us through the her son’s shooting. 1970s were in a tumultuous Girl, Sharp Objects) created this conspiracy thriller Ewing Spinoff inspired by the British series of the same name. state of transition in 1980. Comic book fans who bond over a seemingly fic- On Little House on the Prai- The resounding success of tional comic discover a real-world conspiracy in its rie, Laura (Melissa Gilbert) Dallas led to a boom in outra- pages.John Cusack and Rainn Wilson star. was no longer a “half-pint,” geous serialized drama, turn- Sneakerheads and got married to Almanzo ing the ’80s into the golden Netflix (Dean Butler). The Waltons age of the primetime soap New Series! was beginning its final sea- opera. Right before the 1980 Devin (Allen Maldonado), a former sneakerhead son, after matriarch Olivia New Year, CBS launched the turned stay-at-home dad, gets back in the game (Michael Learned) moved to Dallas spinoff Knots Land- only to quickly find himself five G’s in the hole after Washington, D.C., with the ing, a suburban potboiler set falling for one of old friend Bobby’s (Andrew Bach- Red Cross — the actress was on a California cul-de-sac elor) get-rich-quick schemes. Desperate to get his ready to move on — and John- where Ewing black sheep money back before his wife finds out he’s fallen off Boy was being played by a Gary (Ted Shackelford) and the wagon, Devin enlists the help of a ragtag group new actor (Richard Thomas wife Valene (Joan Van Ark) of fellow shoe lovers on his global hunt for the elu- had previously left the show). moved alongside neighbors sive “Zeroes,” the holy grail of hard-to-find kicks. Even more disorienting, All including nurturing Karen The Amber Ruffin Show in the Family had become Ar- (Michele Lee) and eventual- Peacock chie Bunker’s Place, and in ly the scene-stealing vixen New Series! November, laid the beloved Abby (Donna Mills). More This topical late-night show will showcase Amber’s Edith Bunker (Jean Staple- relatable to many than the signature smart and silly take on the week’s news. ton) to rest as widower Archie 60-second telephone call to But the ugly business of antics of the Texas oil barons, grieved, in a performance that No matter what’s happening in the world, Amber will her former roomies. show business, in the form Knots Landing would outlast would earn Carroll O’Connor Dallas and also run 14 mem- respond to it with a charming mix of seriousness, Still, what most will remem- of a disruptive actors strike a prestigious Peabody Award. orable seasons. nonsense and evening gowns. ber about the year of 1980 in launched in July, would de- Happy Days said goodbye to Within a year, ABC would Disney Movie Marathon television was a shot heard lay the start of the tradition- Freeform, 11 a.m. Richie Cunningham as Ron take on the Ewings with its round the world, as the nation al fall season for months, The following four movies are included in today’s Howard left the regular cast own Dynasty, epitomizing a focused on an all-consuming keeping everybody on edge Disney movie marathon: The Game, Alice Through to pursue his dream of direct- question: Who shot J.R.? period of Reagan-era wealth the Looking Glass, Brave and Tangled. ing. (Richie would eventually in the ultimate cliffhang- and glamour in the lurid and Village of the Damned head to Hollywood to be a Steee-rike! er. The furor even upstaged opulent shenanigans of Den- the presidential contest that TCM, 4:30 p.m. screenwriter.) M*A*S*H was The wait for an answer was ver’s Carrington and Colby Catch a Classic! somehow operating without excruciating for millions of year, as Republicans report- clans. As Blake and Krystle Creepy kids have been staples in many horror films Radar (Gary Burghoff), who Dallas fans because it didn’t edly distributed campaign Carrington, John Forsythe but have perhaps never been used more effectively went through the revolving come quickly. On the evening buttons declaring “A Demo- and Linda Evans were con- than in this 1960 cult British/American sci-fi horror door in 1979. And in a more of March 21 on CBS, an un- crat shot J.R.” Not until late stantly bedeviled by his flick. The childbearing women of an English village contentious departure over known assailant gave that November, long after Ronald vengeful ex, Alexis, played to suddenly wake up to find themselves pregnant with salary, Suzanne Somers of double-crossing, cheating Reagan beat Jimmy Carter the diva hilt by Joan Collins. children of uncertain parentage. After the children the top-rated sitcom Three’s scoundrel J.R. Ewing (the in a landslide, would viewers Whenever Krystle and Alex- are born and mature, they also display growing, Company made her last full- devilishly charismatic Lar- learn that J.R.’s mistress and is went after each other in frightening, mind-control powers — not to mention time appearance as Chrissy, ry Hagman) his just deserts, sister-in-law Kristin Shepard epic catfights, whether in lily glowing eyes and the tendency to kill people. 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Phone us: 781-593-7700 Email us: [email protected] Find us online: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B7 INTERNATIONAL As virus surges, critics say UK hasn’t learned from mistakes By Jill Lawless ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Britain bungled its response to the coronavirus the first time around. Now many scientists fear it’s about to do it again. The virus is on the rise once more in the U.K., which has recorded almost 42,000 COVID-19 deaths, with confirmed daily infec- tions hitting a record-high 6,634 on Thursday, though deaths remain far below their April peak. The surge has brought FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS new restrictions on daily North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho addresses the 73rd session of life, the prospect of a grim the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. winter of mounting deaths — and a feeling of deja vu. “We didn’t react quick For North Korea, UN membership enough in March,” epide- FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS miologist John Edmunds, is a key link to larger world a member of the govern- Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson ges- ment’s scientific advisory tures during a press conference at Downing Street on the government’s coronavirus action makes a point of welcom- committee, told the BBC. By Foster Klug cades-long, coffers-draining plan in London. ASSOCIATED PRESS ing all nations, regardless pursuit of nuclear-tipped “I think we haven’t learnt of political persuasion. from our mistake back long-range missiles and vice, said Thursday. ment on COVID-19, told a TOKYO — Hermit King- But in many ways, there’s then and we’re, unfortu- other charges of infamy. He said British politi- committee of British law- dom? Not quite. a love-hate relationship One important thing the nately, about to repeat it.” cians had “over-promised makers this week that he To pay close attention between the North and North gets from the U.N.: a The U.K. is not alone and under-delivered.” was “shocked” at the slow to North Korean diploma- the U.N. And it raises a direct point of contact with in seeing a second wave Like many other coun- U.K. response while Ita- cy is to notice the many lingering question: What, the 192 other member na- of COVID-19. Europe- tries, apart from Asian na- ly was “living a collective ways it upends the ste- exactly, does North Korea tions, including a host of an countries including tions hit by past outbreaks tragedy.” reotype of the isolated, get out of membership in countries that would be France, Spain and the of the SARS and MERS “I had the impression nuclear-armed wildcard of the United Nations? loath to send their dip- Netherlands are strug- coronavirus illnesses, that in general what was Northeast Asia. On the one hand, the lomats to pay homage in gling to suppress rising Britain was unprepared happening in Italy was Yes, the country’s propa- world body, with its jum- Pyongyang — the United outbreaks while limiting for the pandemic. not really perceived as ganda services are prone ble of nations — big and States pre-eminent among the economic damage. Britain quickly approved something that could hap- to rhetoric meant to con- small, rich and poor, pow- them. The two nations But Britain’s pandemic a test for COVID-19, but pen in the U.K.,” he said. vey a sense of towering erful and weak — gives don’t have formal diplo- response has revealed a lacked the lab capacity to Critics say the govern- fury, mostly for domestic North Korea, which is for- matic ties, and Washington roster of weaknesses, in- process those tests. That ment’s insistence on going consumption. But before mally known as the Dem- relies on Sweden as its con- cluding unwieldy govern- meant attempts to locate, its own way — epitomized the coronavirus outbreak ocratic People’s Republic sular proxy in Pyongyang. ment structures, a fraying and exacerbated by the sealed its borders, North of Korea, or DPRK, a rare This means the North’s public health system, poor test and isolate the con- U.K.’s departure from the Korea’s state media re- and highly visible platform U.N. mission in New York communication by Prime tacts of every infected per- ported on a steady stream from which to respond to is something of a substi- Minister Boris Johnson’s son soon foundered. European Union in January of select foreign diplomats, the criticism it faces. Most tute for an official embas- government and a reluc- By the time the govern- — has hobbled its response. academics, journalists and of that comes from what it sy in Washington. When tance to learn from other ment ordered a nation- There were some success- delegations trooping up to considers the world’s lead- one side needs quick con- countries. wide lockdown on March es. Britain’s state-funded the capital, Pyongyang. ing bully — the United tact with the other, they “We have to ask why a 23, the virus was out of health-care system coped; Along with scattered States — and its allies. often use the so-called country with such reput- control. Supplies of pro- its hospitals weren’t over- embassies throughout the But the United Nations “New York channel” at the ed health and intelligence tective equipment to hos- whelmed. But that was world, the North also has also generates a fair share United Nations. institutions has been so pitals and nursing homes achieved at the high cost a permanent mission at of that criticism. It puts A good example of the incapable of combating soon ran dangerously of postponing routine sur- the United Nations in New the North’s diplomats reg- importance of the “New the COVID pandemic,” short. geries, appointments and York, where one of its diplo- ularly on the defensive as York channel” came as the Gus O’Donnell, the former Luca Richeldi, an advis- screening for cancer and mats will dutifully, if virtu- they battle a stream of offi- two sides were working out head of Britain’s civil ser- er to the Italian govern- other diseases. ally, join other world lead- cial reports, investigations details of the three extraor- ers speaking at the annual and motions that point out dinary summits between U.N. General Assembly. the North’s abysmal hu- Donald Trump and Kim The United Nations man rights record, its de- Jong Un in 2018 and 2019. At UN, China, Russia and U.S.

clash over pandemic responses The hospitality management By Edith M. Lederer school ‘Ecole ASSOCIATED PRESS Hoteliere de UNITED NATIONS Lausanne’ — The United States pictured in butted heads with China Lausanne, and Russia at the Unit- Switzerland, ed Nations on Thursday Wednesday. over responsibility for the pandemic that has inter- PHOTO | rupted the world, trading ASSOCIATED PRESS allegations about who mis- handled and politicized the virus in one of the Quarantine ordered for 2,500 few real-time exchanges among top officials at this year’s COVID-distanced students at elite Swiss school U.N. General Assembly ed that “one or more parties of the world’s top schools meeting. By Nadine Achoui-Lesage was at the origin of these in the field, has a total stu- The remarks at the U.N. and Jamey Keaten many outbreaks.” The local dent body of about 3,500, Security Council’s minis- ASSOCIATED PRESS authorities reiterated a call including people pursuing terial meeting on the as- FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS for party-goers to demon- advanced degrees. sembly’s sidelines came LAUSANNE, Switzer- strate a “responsible atti- Mamdouh said the quar- just after U.N. Secre- Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on a video land — Swiss authorities tude” by wearing masks, antine runs only through tary-General Antonio Gu- screen remotely addressing the 75th session of ordered 2,500 students practicing social distancing, Monday because Swiss au- terres decried the lack of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, at an elite hospitality tracing their contacts and international cooperation at U.N. headquarters. management school to thorities factored in a possi- in tackling the still “out- quarantine themselves watching for COVID-19 ble 14-day virus incubation of-control” coronavirus. to put the future of hu- we see attempts on the due to a coronavirus out- symptoms. period since this month’s The sharp exchanges, at mankind first, discard part of individual coun- break allegedly linked to Ines Blal, the univer- start-of-term parties. the end of a virtual meet- Cold War mentality and tries to use the current off-campus partying, the sity’s executive dean, He could not explain ing on “Post COVID-19 ideological bias and come situation in order to move latest back-to-school sign said administrators had why faculty members or Global Governance,” together in the spirit of forward their narrow in- of higher education’s place warned students against graduate students were reflected the deep divi- partnership to tide over terests of the moment in in the pandemic. holding start-of-term par- not included in the quar- sions among the three the difficulties,” Wang order to settle the score Authorities in Switzer- ties, even ff-campus and antine order, but said it veto-wielding council said. with the undesirable gov- land’s Vaud canton, or outside the school’s au- was a decision made by members that have esca- And in a jab at U.S. and ernments or geopolitical region, said all under- thority — and said a “dis- the cantonal authorities. lated since the virus first European Union sanc- competitors.” graduates at the Ecole ciplinary investigation” They were not immediate- emerged in the Chinese tions including on Rus- All that was too much Hoteliere de Lausanne, or was underway. She said ly available for comment. city of Wuhan in January. sia, Syria and others, he for the United States’ U.N. the Lausanne Hospitality the school had already Switzerland is not alone They also crackled with said: “Unilateral sanctions ambassador, Kelly Craft, Management University been bracing for “worst- in facing a back-to-school an energy and action that and long-arm jurisdic- who opened her remarks in English, were told to case scenarios” in recent virus surge among stu- the prerecorded set pieces tion needs to be opposed late in the meeting with a quarantine at home both months by putting courses dents. The World Health of leader speeches at the in order to safeguard the blunt rejoinder. on and off campus be- online and rolling out dis- Organization, national virtual meeting have thus authority and sanctity of “Shame on each of you. cause the virus already tance-learning programs. health authorities and far lacked. international law.” I am astonished and dis- had spread too widely for University spokesman others have cautioned Chinese Foreign Minis- Russian Foreign Minis- gusted by the content of a more limited order. Sherif Mamdouh said 11 that young people have ter Wang Yi, speaking first, ter Sergey Lavrov said the today’s discussion,” Craft “Significant outbreaks of students had tested pos- been a key driver for the stressed the importance of pandemic and its “com- said. She said some rep- infection have appeared at itive for the coronavirus continued spread of the U.N.-centered multilater- mon misfortune did not resentatives were “squan- several levels of training, in connection with the coronavirus in several alism and alluded to coun- iron out interstate differ- dering this opportunity for making impossible a more outbreak so far and none countries in recent weeks. tries — including the U.S. ences, but to the contrary political purposes.” targeted closure than that required hospitalization. The University of — opting out of making a deepened them.” “President Trump has involving 2,500 students,” Mamdouh said only 67 of Glasgow in Scotland said COVID-19 vaccine a glob- “In a whole number of made it very clear: We will the Vaud regional office the undergraduates af- Thursday that over 600 of al public good available to countries there is a temp- do whatever is right, even said in a statement. “Un- fected by the quarantine its students had to self-iso- people everywhere. tation to look abroad for if it’s unpopular, because, til Sept. 28, the students live on campus, while all late after 124 reported “In such a challenging those who are responsi- let me tell you what, this must stay home.” the rest live off-campus. cases emerged in “two sig- moment, major countries ble for their own internal is not a popularity con- The statement said an The university, which nificant clusters” at sepa- are even more duty-bound problems,” he said. “And test,” Craft said. early investigation indicat- has been heralded as one rate residence halls. B8 THE DAILY ITEM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 ENTERTAINMENT Murray, Coppola reunite with mixed results

tune out their conver- REVIEW sation entirely (which you may sometimes be By Justin Chang tempted to do). Coppola TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE shot this picture in New York last summer, and The Los Angeles Times the sights and sounds of is committed to reviewing COVID-free nightlife — new theatrical film releas- the background music, the es during the COVID-19 barroom chatter, the clink pandemic. Because mov- of plates and silverware, iegoing carries inherent the enveloping shadows risks during this time, we of Philippe Le Sourd’s remind readers to follow cinematography — are health and safety guide- likely to induce an exqui- lines as outlined by the PHOTO | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE site sense of nostalgia. So CDC and local health of- will the daytime scenes Brendan Gleeson portrays President Donald Trump in “The Comey Rule” while Jeff Daniels as ficials. We will continue to James Comey. of Laura dropping off her note the various ways read- kids, Maya (Liyanna Mus- ers can see each new film, cat) and Theo (Alexandra including VOD/streaming and Anna Reimer), at options when available. school and then returning ‘Comey Rule’ drama pales The title of “On the Rocks,” by choice, not necessity, Sofia Coppola’s sweet, under- to her home office, where nourished but well-liquored she’s dealing with a seri- new comedy, can be read two ous case of writer’s block. to what’s going on this year ways. At first it would seem In addition to being an to describe a happy Man- intimate, generally light- hattan marriage that comes is based on Comey’s bestseller “A the narrative of the 2016 election: hearted comedy of family REVIEW under threat when Laura ties and wayward eyes, Higher Loyalty,” “The Comey Rule” Russia’s state-sponsored cyberat- (Rashida Jones), a writer, still comes off flat — and even bor- then, “On the Rocks” is an tacks to disrupt and influence the becomes concerned that her By Lorraine Ali ing — in places. It’s as if the cast accidental time capsule of American election in Trump’s favor, jet-setting entrepreneur TRIBUNE NEWS SEERVICE and narrative could not compete pre-pandemic life, set in a and in turn Trump’s ties to Russia; husband, Dean (Marlon with the larger-than-life absurdi- New York that might have Showtime’s two-part drama “The and the scandal around Hillary Wayans), is having an affair. ty of the actual people and events looked idyllic even if the Clinton’s use of her personal email His new company is taking Comey Rule” follows former FBI di- they’re depicting. movie had been released server when she was secretary of off, and he’s been spending a rector James Comey (Jeff Daniels) Take the role of Comey himself. last year. Seen in the through the chaos and disruption of State under President Obama. lot of hours at the office and harsh glare of the present, The real man is an enigma — he’s Part two, which airs Monday, ex- the 2016 election and the early days stiff, steeped in FBI protocol, yet on the road, many of them in the characters’ problems plores Comey’s relationship with of Donald Trump’s presidency. personable, even charming, in an the company of an attractive — generational differ- the president, which becomes way I know, an inside-the-Beltway awkward sort of way. Daniels doesn’t new colleague (Jessica Hen- ences, marital anxieties, too close for comfort, as well as the miniseries is just what you want capture that nuance, though he does wick). creative inertia — might to see while you’re hunkered down convincingly portray how conflicted mafia-like culture of the Trump ad- Laura’s suspicions are seem both derivative and at home waiting out the pandemic Comey felt between protecting the ministration. The story comes to a encouraged by her world- almost desirably quaint, with less than six weeks until the American people, protecting the bu- close when Comey is unceremoni- ly art-dealer father, Felix though in a way that pro- election. There is good reason, how- reau and serving the president. ously dismissed by Trump in May (Bill Murray), who knows duces more sympathy ever, to revisit the Steele dossier, Trump (played by Brendan Glee- 2017. a thing or two about cads than scorn. We’ve been Hillary Clinton, Pizzagate, Russian son) is another tricky figure. The In addition to the two key figures, from personal experience here before, after all. And kompromat, pee tape era. By decon- president is shamelessly full of the miniseries features a who’s who and who supplies the ti- this is hardly the first So- structing the past, the miniseries bluster, not to mention unabashedly of figures making headlines during tle’s other meaning by con- fia Coppola movie to situ- shows what could and may go wrong ill-informed — and then, of course, that fraught period, including Com- suming a steady stream of ate itself at a cautious re- heading to the polls on Nov. 3. there’s the hair. Gleeson is a fine ey’s second in command, Andrew alcoholic beverages. Much move from reality, to treat But the star of this drama, which actor, but it’s almost impossible to McCabe (Michael Kelly), Comey’s of “On the Rocks,” which comedy, romance, fantasy premieres Sunday, isn’t Daniels, or portray Trump on screen without boss, Deputy Attorney General Sal- premiered at the New York and even history as a kind Comey. It’s the staggering chain of it looking like part of a “Saturday ly Yates (Holly Hunter), the slippery Film Festival and will open of bulwark against the events. Night Live” skit: “Mine was the big- Michael Flynn (William Sadler), in theaters Oct. 2, unfolds tensions and traumas of in bars and restaurants The bombshells arrive so fast and gest inauguration, ever!” Gleeson former Attorney General Jeff Ses- the outside world. furious that one can’t help but feel of vintage wood-paneled does an admirable job, but it’s hard sions (Joe Lo Truglio), Comey’s FBI To these eyes, the sense sympathy for Comey, even though elegance, where Felix is to upstage POTUS in the spectacle predecessor and later special coun- of willed isolation in Coppo- he was deemed “The Most Hated invariably friendly with la’s movies has always felt department. sel Robert Mueller (Peter Coyote); Man in America” after potentially the staff (or just good at knowing and purposeful; to These caricatures might distract and Trump adviser Stephen Miller swaying the election in Trump’s fa- from the story, but “The Comey pretending). He drags his others, it’s a sign of her ir- (Nicolas Van Burek). vor. Breaking with FBI election-year Rule,” written and directed by Billy daughter to these classic redeemable obliviousness. “The Comey Rule” is a cautionary protocol, Comey publicly announced Ray, is still worth watching. It does spots, like the 21 Club and Some of her best films, no- that the bureau was reopening an an impressive job of teasing out the tale about what happens when we Raoul’s, stuffing her with tably “Marie Antoinette” investigation into Clinton’s endless- tangle of influences that changed the put all of our faith in the system, martinis and ice cream, and “Somewhere,” have ly discussed emails just days before face of American politics four years and it fails — or perhaps it’s about wild anecdotes and practi- been dismissed as frivolous voters went to the polls in 2016. He ago this autumn. It also shows the what happens when we lose all cal wisdom, hoping to chase baubles, steeped in the un- did not mention the bureau’s exam- total unpreparedness of Washing- faith in the system after it fails us. away her loneliness and examined privilege and ination of Russia’s dangerous ties to ton, with all its traditions and proto- There’s a lesson in here somewhere, perhaps assuage his own. commodity fetishism of a Trump and his campaign. cols, for dealing with the rule-break- if only we were far enough along to Watching them togeth- lifelong Hollywood royal. Despite all of the authentic, re- ing, norm-upending Trump. see the answers. er, you might be flooded Few would deny that Cop- al-life political fireworks they had to Part one of the miniseries looks Distributed by Tribune Content with a loneliness of your pola knows her way around work with in this production, which at two FBI investigations central to Agency, LLC. own, even if you were to the celebrity bubble. Young artists turn rhymes and verses into instruments

By Darcel Rockett According to Toni Mur- graduate in September, TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE ray, the members of Indig0 but due to COVID-19, that consider themselves “gift- has moved to February. CHICAGO — At a time ed souls on a clear mission “We’re trying to do the when COVID-19 is isolat- to challenge and shift re- most that we can. We see ing, young artists of Emcee ality, their mission clearly power in coming together,” Skool are using their skills laid out to shake up the said Gaby Rose, a mem- to bring communities to- modern world and pave the ber of Emcee Skool’s third gether. Emcee Skool is a way for future generations cohort and its operations grassroots community or- to create greater peace and manager. “This is what ganization created by hip- harmony for all.” we’re made to do. I think hop artist Teh’Ray Hale That was before quaran- there is sort of a new anx- (aka “Phenom”) in 2018 to tine began, before so much iety attached to it, but I train the next generation of the world came together think we’re really good of artists to become com- over George Floyd’s death at battling anything that munity leaders and peace and before the summer comes our way, especially ambassadors. protests. Now, the four co- as a group, because we are On March 9, the eight horts are working across able to work through each 20-somethings that com- the city doing peace cir- other and not just work prise the fourth group of cles, panels and open mic with each other.” school members (who call events. It’s about inclu- Rose said the cohorts cre- themselves Indig0) hon- sivity, taking their art to ated a group in June called ored The Notorious B.I.G. the streets as a toolbox for “The Uppaclassmen.” They on the anniversary of his self-empowerment, Hale release music together and death by performing at PHOTO | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE said. (Just look, for in- move without direction from the Firehouse Commu- Robert Cummings, center, of the Emcee Skool group Indig0, performs at stance, at the Juneteenth Hale, according to Rose. The nity Art Center on the the the Firehouse Community Arts Center in Little Village. celebration.) group conducted a peace cir- West Side. Attendees were During the protests, Em- cle Aug. 21 that paid tribute treated to a free meal and and the artists riffed off censed barbers and doulas artists’ purpose while they cee Skool members were to a member’s late relative a show of original rhymes out cleaning up Black and with a combination of one- one another and served as in training, Emcee Skool is develop creatively. and verses from the art- brown neighborhoods. Af- act plays and music focus- one another’s hype person. producing change agents. The cohort meets for ists: “The Ambi/1/4 nce” ter the looting, they were ing on a lack of justice after The environment was one Per Hale, the Skool of- about four hours each (Robert Cummings, 24), helping clean up those police brutality. “Toni Manifest” (Toni of family; the scene was ficially opened in 2018 to week, and its members communities, as well. “People really need space Murray, 20), “Success- one of unity, entertain- inspire, motivate, rejuve- also have one-on-one ses- Emcee Skool now holds to decompress and express thelight” (Ronald Price ment and togetherness, nate and guide “teaching sions with Hale. The goal open mic events at the themselves amidst all the III, 26), “Melanin 7” pre-COVID-19. At the artists” to become commu- for the 25 Emcee Skool Firehouse from 7-11 p.m. craziness going on,” Rose (Shaquille McDaniel, 25), end of the four-hour show, nity organizers and use alumni: to become a sus- Wednesdays with social said. “We are able to do that.” “Jada” (Jada Lott, 21), Hale, 43, founder and CEO their art as an instrument tainable and impactful distancing measures in “They are the green leaf “Huey Shakur” (Michael of Emcee Skool, offered of peace. Hale leads six asset to their community place. And there’s a virtu- that springs up in the for- Toykam, 21), “NDPNDNT” motivational words and months of training that via the arts. Hale likens it al performance on Hale’s est after it’s been purged,” (Daniel Weisberg, 25) and affirmations to attendees includes a curriculum on to starting a small church “Phenom & Friends” Face- Hale said. “We’ve been “Emjaiye Royale” (Majes- while they held hands in a restorative justice and vi- and sending that group book page at 9 p.m. every built for this — we’re the tic Jordan, 24). circle. From students who olence prevention strate- into the world to build oth- Friday. The fourth (and generator for when the It was Indig0’s first show, are street performers, li- gies to help strengthen the er churches. last) cohort was set to lights go out.