MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 Peabody Former senior tells Lynn church scammer converted By Gayla Cawley to scram ITEM STAFF By Thor Jourgensen LYNN — The former St. Michael’s ITEM STAFF Church in West Lynn, once a mainstay for the Polish community in Lynn for more PEABODY — A sharp-eared than 100 years, has been transformed into 88-year-old local resident saw right 20 condominiums. through a telephone prize scam that The transformation breathes new life Angela Pangakis said should serve into the former Roman Catholic church, as a warning to other people her age. rectory and schoolhouse that stood for “It was aimed at older people and more than a century on the Summer he really knew how to get to some- Street side of McDonough Square. The one,” Pangakis said in describing the ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO parish closed in 2006 as part of a reorga- man who called her a week ago with The former St. Michael’s church, rectory and school have been converted nization by the Archdiocese of . a bogus Publishers Clearing House into 20 residential units. From left, RE/MAX realtors Colby Grant, Steph- Developers David Cutler and Michael prize notification. Mosko, co-owners of Lynn-based Storm anie Mower, Albert DiVirgilio; Colin Codner, executive director of the The man on the other end of the Development, purchased the properties Greater Lynn Chamber of Commerce; owners Michael Mosko and David line told Pangakis she had won $2.5 from the archdiocese in 2017 for $600,000, million from the iconic shopping, Cutler; State Representative Dan Cahill, Salem Five Chamber President and received City Council approval for their Joe Scianatico; Richard Nadworny and realtor Katie DiVirgilio celebrate SCAM, A3 the opening of the condominium unit on Summer Street in Lynn. CHURCH, A3 EYES REMAIN ON EQUALITY Swampscott Library kicks off year-long focus on racism By Thor the word out. SURE has Jourgensen been very helpful,” De- ITEM STAFF veau said. The books include ones SWAMPSCOTT — written for children and Racism and how to end it adults and the titles in- is the public library’s fo- clude “Just Mercy,” by cus for the next year with Bryan Stevenson; “How residents invited to read to be an Antiracist,” by five books on the subject Ibram X. Kendi; “Under- that are now available ground Railroad,” by Col- for borrowing. son Whitehead; “Home- Library Director Alyce going,” by Yaa Gyasi and Deveau said the books “Roll of Thunder, Hear are homework-of-sorts My Cry,” by Mildred D. for residents interested Taylor. in pursuing a topic gal- “Racism is a problem in vanizing the nation and our country, and no city spurring discussion and or town is exempt from public expression among it,” said reference and residents and elected of- young adult librarian Ja- ficials. nina Majeran. “The goal Deveau credited of One Topic One Town is Swampscott Unites Re- not only to raise aware- spects & Embraces Di- ness about systemic rac- versity (SURE) with the ism in society, but to take ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK framing local discussions a look at ourselves, at our on racism around the history, and to elevate Glenn Rigoff of Boston ies a Black Lives Matter banner Saturday as he stands at Red Rock Park theme the voices of our brothers in Lynn with Lise Pass of Swampscott, right, and an unidenti ed woman during a demonstration “One Topic One Town: and sisters of color.” to protest a grand jury’s decision not to bring charges against of cers involved in the killing of A Journey Towards Dis- Deveau said a different Breonna Taylor. mantling Racism.” activity focused on dis- “Every year we take cussing race is planned a topic and focus on it. for each month with a Lynn protestors demand justice for Breonna This year, we thought “Netflix party” planned race would be the top- By Elyse Carmosino Cameron released 15 hours of audio es and saying that we aren’t going to ic and we wanted to get LIBRARY, A2 ITEM STAFF recorded as jurors reviewed evidence ignore this, that it’s not going away,” in Taylor’s case, several of Saturday’s said demonstrator Adriana Paz. “We LYNN — Demonstrators gathered nearly 50 protestors said they were want justice.” at Red Rock Park Saturday to protest there to further public conversation This weekend’s event was the lat- INSIDE the lack of charges brought against Opinion about law enforcement’s treatment est in a string of demonstrations to officers involved in the killing of of Black Americans. erupt following a grand jury’s Sept. Saugus Postal service Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black “We talk about Breonna Taylor and needs our help. A4 23 decision to not indict any officers Fire ghters, police woman who was shot after detectives the injustice that she suffered, (but) in Taylor’s death. team with Kowloon to Sports served a no-knock warrant at her so many other women who are not Only Brett Hankison — one of raise money for cancer St. Mary’s boys Louisville apartment in March. named are in that same position, and three detectives who executed the treatment. A2 victorious in Taking place just one day after we need to make sure that across the season opener. B1 Kentucky Attorney General Daniel country, we are amplifying their voic- PROTEST, A3 Trump leaves hospital Swampscott is one brie y to greet supporters step closer to new By Jill Colvin, Steve “It’s been a very interesting Peoples and Zeke Miller journey. I learned a lot about school building ASSOCIATED PRESS COVID,” Trump said, standing in his hospital room in a video post- BETHESDA, Md. — President By Guthrie Scrimgeour line survey of Swampscott ed on social media. “I learned it ITEM STAFF residents, the School Build- Donald Trump declared, “I get by really going to school.” it,” in a message to the nation ing Committee had whittled He added, “I get it, and I under- SWAMPSCOTT — Swamp- the array of potential building Sunday evening before brief- stand it.” scott has taken another step ly leaving the hospital to greet sites down to three final op- At least one medical profes- towards the construction of a cheering supporters from his tions and presented price esti- sional inside Walter Reed Na- new school building. motorcade, a surprising move tional Military Medical Center, mates for each. that suggested that his health In a town meeting last week, The options include a dis- where Trump has been hospital- the Select Board, along with — and his understanding of the trict-wide school for grades 3-5 ized since Friday evening, ques- the Capital Improvement coronavirus — may be improv- on the site of the old Hadley tioned whether Trump had really Finance committees jointly ing. school on Redington Street; a learned anything. PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS discussed site options, grade Hours earlier, the president’s “Every single person in the ve- district-wide K-4 on the site Members of President configurations and financing medical team confirmed that his hicle during that completely un- of the Stanley School on Whit- for the potential construction blood oxygen level dropped sud- necessary presidential ‘drive-by’ Trump’s medical team man Road; and a Hadley-only said Sunday he could be project. denly twice in recent days. But just now has to be quarantined K-4. they also said he could be dis- discharged as early as Architect Leigh Sherwood charged as early as Monday. TRUMP, A5 today. reported that, through an on- SCHOOL, A3

OBITUARIES ...... A2 LOOK! ...... A8 DIVERSIONS ...... B5 HIGH 61° VOL. 141, ISSUE 250 OPINION ...... A4 SPORTS ...... B1-2 CLASSIFIED ...... B6 LOW 52° POLICE/FIRE ...... A6 COMICS ...... B4 HEALTH ...... B8 PAGE A8 $1.50 A2 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 OBITUARIES Rocco R. Petrillo, 88 Lillian N. McDermott, 100 Lawrence Joseph Clifford, 76 1943-2020 PEABODY — Mr. Rocco R. LYNN — Lillian N. (McTurk) Lynn, her grandchildren; Eliza- IPSWICH — Lawrence “Lar- Petrillo, 88, of Peabody and McDermott, 100, of Lynn, died beth and Victoria McDermott ry” Joseph Clifford of Ipswich, formerly of Lynn, died on Friday, peacefully at home on Friday of Wilmington, and Sarah and entered into rest on October October 2, 2020, in Brooksby October 2, 2020, surrounded Ryan Corbett of Lynn, her sis- 4, 2020 at the age of 76. He Village after a brief illness. He by her loving family. Born in ter Theresa Konicki of Lynn, was the beloved husband of was born in Lynn, the son of Salem to the late Henry and and her nephews Robert Kon- Denise (Legere) Clifford. the late Thomas A and Antoi- Elizabeth (Costello) McTurk, icki and his wife Cathi of Lynn, Born on November 13, netta (Villanova) Petrillo. He Lillian was raised in Beverly, Frank Konicki and his wife 1943 to the late Lawrence was raised in Lynn and was and has lived in Beverly, Sa- Eileen of Carlsbad CA, and and Sylvia (Clayton) Clifford. a graduate of Lynn Classical lem, and Lynn. Lillian worked William Bernard and his wife Larry grew up in Lynn and High School. Rocco received at Sylvania and then Parker Jeanette of OH. graduated from Lynn English his Bachelor of Arts in Educa- Brothers, where she met her Service information: Fu- High School in 1961. The tion in 1953 from University beloved late husband Thom- neral services will be pri- Clifford family had a home in of Massachusetts, he received as, who passed in December vate, and are entrusted to Deer eld, NH, where Larry en- his Master’s Degree from Mid- 2004. Lillian’s greatest joy SOLIMINE FUNERAL HOMES, joyed many summers (unhap- dlebury College Vermont. He was spending time with her Lynn. To leave a condolence pily cutting the grass). He at- also studied at the University children and grandchildren. for the family please visit tended Boston University and of Madrid and the University of Lillian is survived by her son www.Solimine.com. Wentworth Institute of Tech- Thomas McDermott Jr and his nology, where he played hock- Perugia in Italy. J. White of Haverhill, his great to John, Mary Kate, and Joe wife Theresa of Wilmington, ey at both schools. He served Rocco was a language nieces and great nephews, Grif n. teacher who taught Italian, her daughter Dorothy Corbett in the United States Air Force Alyssa, Howie, Daniel, Timothy, during Vietnam as an Instruc- Service information: Vis- Spanish and Latin. He taught and her husband Charles of iting hours will be held on Grace, Samuel and a great tor. Larry was a self-employed in Meriden, N.H., Burr & Bur- Tuesday, October 6, 2020 great niece Elizabeth. He also Mechanical Engineer, using ton Academy in Manchester, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the leaves several cousins in Italy. age-old machines passed on VT, and in Havana, Cuba. Roc- He is the brother of the late Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home, co spent most of his career Valerie R. Koolian, 56 by his father, to make custom 157 Maple Street, Lynn. A Mary Petrillo. parts for MIT, Gillette and for teaching at Newton South Service information: His 1964-2020 funeral service will follow at High School in Newton, MA. many other projects. 7:00 PM. A graveside ser- visitation and funeral will be Larry coached hockey for Rocco loved to travel and trav- MANCHESTER — Valerie R. vice for Larry will be held private. In lieu of owers do- many years at Lynn Tech and eled extensively throughout nations may be made to the Koolian (Chesley), 56, passed on Wednesday, October 7, at Europe, South America, Cen- Lynn English High School and Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Carroll Center for the Blind, away unexpectedly yet peace- noted that coaching hockey tral America and China. He 77 Centre Street, Newton, fully in her sleep at her home meeting at the Boston Street was an avid reader who also was the best thing he did in Entrance at 10:15 a.m. MA 02458 or at Carroll.org. in Manchester, N.H. Born May his life. Larry was a dedicat- enjoyed New England sports. Arrangements are by the So- 14, 1964 at Everett Hospital, Expressions of sympa- He is survived by his sister ed member of Tartan Gordon thy may be made in Larry’s limine Funeral Home, Lynn, she was the daughter of the Setter Club. He had many Josephine Petrillo of Peabody MA. For guestbook go to memory to Lynn Jets Hockey late George and Ruth (Sk- Gordon Setters over the years, and his brother Thomas A. www.solimine.com. Boosters, c/o Tara Porter, rabut) Koolian. Valerie grew up which he loved to show and Petrillo, Jr. of Newburyport. in Saugus, Ma and graduated 33 Sidney Avenue Lynn, MA He leaves his nieces, Karen hunt. Larry loved to tinker with from Saugus High School in 01902 or Gordon Setter Res- L. McLinden and her husband antique cars, he loved long cue Program, c/o Carla Joyce 1982. Joining her parents and Thomas of Gilbert, AZ., Linda drives and taking the scenic 1056 Richards Road White, brother Darryl Koolian in the route. He loved the life that GA 30184, www.gsca.org/ eternal peace of Heaven, she he built over the last 25 years index.php/the-gordon-set- leaves behind her two sons with Denny and kids. ter/rescue-adoption/ June M. Urbanski, 74 Darryl and Glenn Chesley Jr., Larry was the devoted For more information or her step daughters Andrea dog-dad to Pete; devoted fa- to register in the online 1946-2020 and Nichelle Chesley and ther- gure to Amy Grif n and guestbook, please visit www. their father Glenn Chesley, her his wife Katelyn Koolian, and her husband Fred, Carin Ben- cuffemcginn.com. SALEM — June M. (Corm- Salem; her daughter Beth brother Duane Koolian and their mother Helen Legare. nett-Rizzo and her husband ier) Urbanski, 74, of Salem, (Urbanski) Donadoni and his wife Sonia Koolian, her Valerie is well loved and will Eric, and Joe Bennett and his passed away after a lengthy her husband Bill of Danvers; niece Michelle Koolian, her be sorely missed by all who girlfriend, Jenna D’Angelo. The two grandchildren, Alex and ® illness at the Kaplan Family nephew Christian Koolian and knew her. cherished grandfather- gure LIFE WELL CELEBRATED Hospice House in Danvers, MA Maeve; her sister, Janice Mc- Thursday morning, October 1, Guire and her husband Jim of 2020. She was the loving wife New Smyrna Beach, Florida; of Edward Urbanski of Salem her brothers, Robert Cormier with whom she shared 50 and his wife Rhonda of Aus- Swampscott Library kicks off years of marriage. tin, TX, and Wayne Cormier Born in Lynn, MA, June was and his wife Mary of Everett, a graduate of the former St. Washington; and nieces and Jean’s High School of Lynn nephews. year-long focus on racism and worked for many years Service information: Fu- at Marshalls where her daily neral services are private. commute was a walk. Memorial donations may be LIBRARY June loved to spend time made in June’s name to the From A1 with her two grandchildren National Pancreatic Cancer and attend their many sport- Foundation P.O. Box 1848 for this month to discuss the ing events. She enjoyed doing Longmont, CO 80502. To movie, “13th,” the 2016 documen- yoga and was an avid reader. send a condolence to the tary that addresses race, justice Surviving her are her hus- family please visit www.Be- and mass incarceration, accord- band, Edward Urbanski of rubeFuneralHome.com. ing to a website description. Deveau said November’s focus will be Stevenson’s book, “Just Mercy,” described as a story about Supreme Court opens justice and redemption. Plans for December and 2021 topics are be- new term on cusp of ing planned. “We’re rolling it out month by month,” said Deveau. conservative control Majeran said discussions on By Mark Sherman the remaining three liber- race during the next several and Jessica Gresko al justices. months will encompass podcasts, ASSOCIATED PRESS “I would guess that on lectures, more movies and pre- the whole we’re going to sentations. WASHINGTON — The see a considerable and Residents can visit swampscot- Supreme Court opens a perhaps quite rapid shift tlibrary.org for updated informa- new term today with Re- to the right,” said Orin tion about monthly racial justice publicans on the cusp of Kerr, a law professor at and history discussions. realizing a dream 50 years the University of Califor- “Hopefully, in the process par- in the making, a solid con- nia, Berkeley. ticipants will learn about them- servative majority that The term is so far short selves and how to be allies to not might roll back abortion on high-profile cases, but Swampscott public library Assistant Director Susan Conner in- only the Black and brown people rights, expand gun rights that could change quick- vites readers to kick off off the library’s year-long focus on race by in the community, but beyond it and shrink the power of ly because of the prospect checking out selected books. as well,” Majeran said. government. of court involvement in Eight justices are get- lawsuits related to the ting back to work at a election. Trump has said Saugus re ghters, police team with Kowloon most unusual, politically he wants Barrett in place fraught moment in Amer- soon so that she could be to raise money for cancer treatment ican history. They’re still among nine justices, in- mourning the death of cluding his other appoin- simple for our first (com- to show up. That’s pretty return. their colleague Justice By Elyse Carmosino tees Neil Gorsuch and bined) year, (and) I think amazing.” “Being able to see every- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the ITEM STAFF Brett Kavanaugh, who it’s going to be a good Arone said he was also body get out of the house leader of the court’s liber- weigh in on any voting SAUGUS — The time,” said Saugus fire- grateful the departments for a minute and laugh al wing. They’re working cases. Four years ago, Re- COVID-19 pandemic fighter and co-organizer were able to pull it off, es- and smile and raise mon- in the midst of a pandemic publicans were content to won’t stop Saugus’ Police Anthony Arone. “People pecially considering how ey for a great cause, that’s that has forced the court leave a Supreme Court and Fire departments can come, have some food important the cause is for something I’m really look- to drastically change the seat open through the from rallying for a good … It should be a nice night so many people. ing forward to.” way it conducts business. election, even if it meant cause. and an excuse for people “We have a couple mem- Proceeds will be donat- And the presidential elec- having an eight-justice This Tuesday, the two to get out and patronize a bers of our department ed to Dana Farber Cancer tion is less than a month court decide any election unions have teamed up local business.” who (the cause) kind of Institute. This event is away. challenges. to raise money for breast With an estimated 150 hit home for,” he said. “I for ages 21 and up. Tick- President Donald Already this year, the cancer awareness by tickets already sold, fire- mean, at this point (breast ets are limited and range Trump’s nominee for justices have weighed in bringing residents a so- fighter Steve Morando cancer) has touched every- from $20 to $250 and are Ginsburg’s seat, Judge on election issues in Wis- cially-distanced comedy said he was pleasantly body in one way, shape, or available for purchase on- Amy Coney Barrett, could consin, Alabama, Rhode show at Kowloon Restau- surprised by how quick- form, so when it comes to line at www.saugusbadg- be on the bench in time for Island, Florida and Texas. rant filled with raffles, ly the event gained trac- awareness and treatment esforacure.com. one of the term’s biggest Among the issues: bal- t-shirts, prizes, and more. tion, especially since its and things like that, any- cases, post-Election Day lot witness requirements Kicking the night off organizers — Morando thing we can do to pro- arguments in the latest and allowing all voters to with a patriotic perfor- and Arone with the fire mote awareness in a posi- Republican bid to strike 781-593-7700 vote by mail. Pending are mance by the Honor department, and police of- tive way, we’re going to try Publishing Daily, except Sundays down the Affordable Care pleas from Republicans Guard and official Boston ficers Matthew Donahue to do that.” USPS-142-820 ISSN-8750-8249 Act, which provides more to reverse decisions ex- Bruins National Anthem and Dominic Montano — He also said that none Periodicals postage paid at Lynn, MA than 20 million people tending the deadline for singer Todd Angilly, at- managed to pull the entire of it could have been done and additional of ces. with health insurance. receiving and counting tendees will be able to en- Copyright ©2020 The Daily Item fundraiser together in less without the help of Kow- Subscriptions Barrett’s confirmation mail-in ballots in the bat- ter raffles throughout the than three weeks during a loon or other local busi- Prepaid by mail to all parts of the United States would cement a 6-3 con- tleground state of Penn- evening to win prizes from global pandemic. nesses that donated to the $30.00 for 4 weeks servative majority and sylvania and suspending local Saugus business- “With this being our first event, adding that the pro- $95.00 for 13 weeks diminish Chief Justice a ballot witness require- es, as well as SPD Patrol (combined) year and with cess was a true communi- $185.00 for 26 weeks $340.00 for 1 year John Roberts’ ability to ment in South Carolina, Union/SFD Union breast COVID and everything, I ty effort. Send payment to and POSTMASTER, moderate the court’s deci- where polls find a tight cancer awareness t-shirts was only expecting maybe “Kowloon is so good to send address changes to: sions. That’s because con- race between Republican that a flyer for the event 50 to 100 people,” Moran- us,” he said. “They’re do- The Daily Item servatives would have five Sen. Lindsey Graham and boasts are the “first of do said. “That’s why I’m so nating the space, which 110 Munroe St. P.O. Box 5 votes even in cases where Democratic challenger their kind.” happy. In 2 ½ weeks, we’re is a huge help, and they Lynn, MA 01903 Roberts might side with Jaime Harrison. “We’re going to keep it getting almost 200 people never ask for anything in MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A3 Peabody senior tells scammer to scram SCAM Irving. From A1 “We take the matter seri- ously and we are working charity and prize distribu- with law enforcement,” tion firm. The caller went Irving said. on to tell Pangakis that, in The prize distributor order to collect her prize, never requires people to she needed to pay a $1,500 send money. “technical” tax. “That is illegal,” Irving The 25-year Peabody said. resident who still drives Publishers Clearing wasn’t fooled. House awards 6 or 7 “I said, ‘Why can’t you $1million prizes every just deduct it from the year following the same $2.5 million?’” Pangakis script the company made said. famous in 1967. The caller told her prize “We show up just like on checks are pre-printed and TV with champagne and can’t be altered and urged flowers. We don’t call,” Ir- her to send a cashier’s ving said. check for the $1,500 to an Pangakis reported the address he was ready to provide Pangakis. telephone scam to Pea- ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK body police who are not She said the man identi- A demonstration, organized by Diverse People United, gathers at Red Rock Park on Saturday alone in receiving reports fied himself as “Jonathan to protest the lack of charges brought against officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor. Livingston” and unspooled of swindling attempts, in- an admittedly-convincing cluding many aimed at pitch that included asking seniors. Lynn protestors demand justice for Breonna Pangakis if she preferred Lynn police spokesman to participate in publicity Lt. Michael Kmiec said ing these demonstrations, tum alive. Releasing audio and oth- for her “win” or to keep it scams “are almost con- PROTEST because Black women ar- “There are plenty who er evidence in cases such private and if she appre- stant” and said police urge From A1 en’t valued.” are aware of what’s going as Taylor’s could bring an ciated the opportunity to residents to never provide no-knock warrant on Tay- As widespread protests on, but we want to contin- element of transparency “leave a legacy” for her information to a telephone lor’s apartment as part in support of the Black ually implore people to act to the judicial process, she loved ones. caller. of a drug investigation Lives Matter movement and create change — not added. “He was really soft spo- Pangakis worries fellow — was indicted on three reach their fifth month, simply marching in the “I’m glad (the tapes) ken,” Pangakis said. seniors might get taken in counts of wanton endan- some questions have been streets, but we’re doing were released. We need Publishers Clearing by smooth-talking phone germent for firing into the raised about the necessity to know that there’s truth House has received re- predators. this as a drive to change home of Taylor’s neighbor ports of scammers “using “It’s frightening how of such persistent demon- policies,” he said. “That’s and transparency all as the incident took place. our good name” to con peo- many old people, and strations. why we want to build this around,” she said. “When “It was a verdict that ple, said Vice President for many young ones, think However, Neil momentum, because we you have things (done be- wasn’t for her. It was for Consumer Affairs Chris this is real,” she said. Whittredge, who helped have (Hankison’s) hearing hind) closed doors, people the wall of a neighbor,” organize the protest at coming up.” feel safe to do what they Paz said of her reaction to Red Rock Park on behalf For her part, Paz said want. They may have done the jury’s finding. “That’s of Lynn organization Di- she thought the publica- the right thing, they might Swampscott just a slap in the face and verse People United, said tion of the jury tapes was not (have), but if you re- just one more reason why demonstrations help keep a step in the right direc- lease it, we’ll find out for we have to continue hav- the movement’s momen- tion. ourselves. is one step Former Lynn church converted

closer to new CHURCH From A1 $4-plus million develop- school building ment not long after, ac- cording to Mosko and land SCHOOL Town Administrator records. From A1 Sean Fitzgerald advocat- “We basically have just ed for the single-school been trying to find as The latter option would project, which would re- many things as we can in be 75,000 square feet, quire a significantly lower Lynn,” said Mosko. “This costing between $63 mil- financial burden. one specifically, we loved lion and $73 million and “From my perspective the history behind it. We housing 390 students. there’s really a clear op- talked to the ward council- The district-wide option tion,” he said. “It’s impos- ors, who were big on keep- on the Hadley site would sible to ignore a lot of the ing the history behind it be 92,000 square feet, positive financial impacts (and who asked us not to) would cost between $71 that a consolidation would disturb the building.” million and $83 million have on a small communi- While other developers and would house 540 stu- ty like Swampscott.” may have been deterred dents. Assistant Town Admin- from rehabbing such run- The district-wide build- istrator Ron Mendes esti- down buildings, rather ing on the Stanley site mated that the total cost than knocking them down, is the largest option, at of the two-school project Mosko said the prospect 155,000 square feet, cost- would be between $145 made the project more en- ing between $97 and $114 million and $150 million ticing to them. million dollars and hous- depending on financing “We have never had an ing 900 students. options, while the consol- opportunity where we ITEM PHOTO | OLIVIA FALCIGNO The process of choosing idated school would cost had the opportunity to The former St. Michael’s church rectory and school have been convert- the concept for the new about $79 million. preserve anything,” said ed into 20 residential units. This is a showroom displaying the living building began in Novem- This cost would be paid Mosko. “We do a lot of new ber 2018 and has since down by taxpayers over a construction (and) house room and kitchen for a two bedroom condominium in the unit. included 30 full commit- 30 year period increasing flips. We’ve never really are in the front of the ed to knock this build- niversary, Walsh said, tee meetings, nine com- the average single family had anything that had building and the oth- ing down and start from which was disappointing munity forums and many tax bill by approximately any history behind it. This er four are in the back. scratch. for a lot of parishioners in additional subcommittee $1,313 annually for the one was definitely a spe- meetings. two-school project and Each classroom has been “It was easily the hard- the neighborhood, many of cial project to us.” est project I’ve done in my “We’ve been taking this $710 annually for the con- Built in 1906 by Pol- converted into a unit and whom were Polish-Ameri- process very seriously,” solidated option. a third floor was added life, as far as retrofitting can. Its ethnicity was defi- ish-American residents everything, but I think the said Sherwood. “We want The School Building who raised $3,000 to buy to the former two-story nitely Polish, said Walsh, to give people the best op- Committee will decide on building, Mosko said. outcome is something the noting that there used to the church site, St. Mi- city is going to like. The tion possible.” an option Tuesday, Oct.13. chael’s expanded with a “We had to demolish and be a Polish priest and one The committees also dis- A community meeting and rebuild because it was exterior didn’t change. of the masses was said in rectory built in 1909. The The interior is very mod- cussed a variety of differ- discussion will occur the congregation bought a too far gone,” said Mosko. the language. ent financing options for following Tuesday, and the “We were able to keep the ernized. It’s just very “I’m just so happy that schoolhouse from the city high-end.” the project, and examined final schematic report will in 1911 and erected the foundation and rebuild they’re getting it to a point the possibility of two sepa- be submitted to the MA the same building in the A ribbon cutting with where it’s finally up for school building in 1924. the Greater Lynn Cham- rate buildings as opposed School Building Authority same shape and keep it sale,” said Walsh. “It was Parishioners appealed ber of Commerce, which to one consolidated site. on Friday, Nov. 6. new.” a tough project, taking a the church’s closing and was hosted by the devel- The final four units are church and trying to keep raised money to pay for opment’s real estate com- located within the former an attorney, but ultimate- pany, ReMax 360, was the existing buildings and rectory, said Mosko, not- Selling a house? ly learned they had lost held last week. Due to renovating the inside of ing that the exterior of all their appeal in the spring COVID-19 concerns, the them. I think it was ben- Buying a house? three buildings remained of 2016. Two months later, ceremony was significant- eficial for people who were Find out what properties the Archdiocese listed the the same, but the interiors ly scaled back from origi- still in that community to were completely redone recognize the former use recently sold in your area. church, rectory and school nal plans. buildings for sale. and modernized. Mosko credited City of that. I think they did a A third floor was add- Check out Mosko said all three Councilor Jay Walsh, the good job of doing that.” have been converted into ed to all three buildings, ward councilor for the area the Real Estate page condominiums, which which required extensive where the development Gayla Cawley can be in Saturday’s paper. include a mix of two- to work in the basements to is located, for helping to reached at gcawley@item- four-bedroom units that support the new floors. move the project forward. live.com. Follow her on will cost between $324,900 The development team It was important to Walsh Twitter @GaylaCawley. to $450,000. also had to contend with to keep more of the char- Eight of those units, roof leaks throughout the acter of the church, in- including three town- buildings, which meant stead of knocking it down, LAW OFFICES OF house-style condos, are old, rotted wood had to be to preserve the history, he JAMES J. CARRIGAN located within the former replaced before those new said. • Social Security Disability church building, said Mos- stories were added, Mosko “It was actually my • Workers Compensation ko. Tenants of the church said. church,” said Walsh, ex- • Accidents building will be given the “I love projects like this,” plaining that his parents 25 years located across first opportunity to pur- said Mosko. “I love ex- got married at St. Mi- from Lynn District Court chase one of the three at- treme projects that people chael’s and he was bap- 15 Johnson St. tached garages, he said. look at and call you crazy. tized at the church. 781-596-0100 The former schoolhouse I think there was a lot of JAMES J. CARRIGAN call 781-593-7700 ext. 2 St. Michael’s closed ANNE GUGINO CARRIGAN to start your has also been converted doubt behind this project. down shortly after the LISA A. CARRIGAN, OF COUNSEL daily subscription. into eight condos — four A lot of developers want- church held its 100th an- www.jamescarriganlaw.com [email protected] A4 MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 OPINION EILEEN R. DUFF Postal service needs our help I’ve always admired the benefits for its retired em- to the postal service as a polit- United States Postal Ser- ployees. ical bargaining chip. Not only vice (USPS). Despite this, the postal could this potentially result When I used to go down to service has continued to in the destruction of USPS, the post office, people would provide exceptional service but Trump himself has stat- greet me with surprise when at a low cost to its customers ed that without a fully-fund- I made comments about and to the taxpayer. ed postal service, mail-in how great it was. My friends Postal workers even check voting would be threatened and family would brush it on our senior citizens — my nationwide. off whenever I raved about 92-year-old mother main- The recent actions of how cheap and easy it was tains a close relationship Trump-appointed Postmas- to send a letter. with her local postal worker ter General Louis DeJoy and he is able to check up on Today, the postal service are even more concern- has become big news, with her regularly. This aspect of ing. Numerous mailboxes President Trump and Re- USPS really does matter. It and mail-sorting machines publicans attempting to represents the best of our throughout the country have tear it down. We as a coun- humanity, and the best of try have grown so accus- our government. been removed or destroyed, tomed to relying on the ser- In Massachusetts, USPS including at least a dozen vices of USPS that we take has become more essential mail-sorting machines in it for granted. The time has than ever, as the Common- Massachusetts alone. come to remind ourselves wealth has moved towards Even though the remov- why USPS is an essential universal mail-in voting al of more machines has EDITORIAL part of American society during the pandemic. been temporarily suspend- that should be celebrated, Mail-in voting provides a ed, significant damage has not destroyed. safe alternative to in-person already been done to the As a younger person, I had voting. Citizens of Massa- capability of the postal ser- Another grim the opportunity to travel chusetts can now exercise vice to function effectively, overseas to many develop- their right to vote without especially during the up- ing countries in South Asia, having to risk contracting coming election. Unless we milestone Central America, and the COVID. This policy would work now to support USPS, Middle East. be impossible without the the integrity of our election Editorial from the Minneapolis Star People in the United States postal service; USPS is help- and the very existence of the Tribune editorial board don’t know what it’s like to ing to maintain and build postal service will be at risk. wait in line to send a letter in our democracy even in the During times of isolation, A new week begins with the global death toll from some of these countries. We midst of a pandemic, simul- mail has a way of bringing us coronavirus surpassing the one millionth victim don’t have to bring our own taneously saving lives and together, rekindling our com- mark, according to Johns Hopkins University. glue to the post office, like improving our civil society. mon good and our common In reality, that grim milestone was likely reached I had to do during my time Unions are one of the last humanity. It allows us to months ago. Most global health officials believe the in India years ago. We don’t bastions of the middle class touch each other in a unique have to pay close attention to — they stand for good wag death toll has been undercounted in countless coun- way. During the time of the make sure our stamps actu- es for good work. Nobody tries — including the U.S. pandemic, one of my close ally get stamped instead of embodies this ideal more The coronavirus does not stop at national borders. friends and I started sending being resold. We don’t have than the American Postal In fact, it’s aided by the internationalism that defines to pay exorbitant prices to Workers Union. We must letters again. Together, we modern life. send a simple letter. remember that one of the have rediscovered the joy of That global interconnectivity could be better har- We should celebrate reasons the Greatest Gener- having a pen pal — the art nessed to mitigate the pandemic’s impact. But pre- USPS and everything they ation was able to be so great of writing letters brings out dictable and lamentable divisions diminish a coordi- do. Instead, our government is because they made a liv- something in ourselves that nated global approach. treats them with disrespect. ing wage, and most had a would be lost if mail as we Naked nationalism manifests itself in disunity over USPS is held to a different pension. We can realize this know it were to disappear. COVID at the United Nations and other internation- standard than other federal goal by giving USPS the Gloucester resident Eileen al institutions, as well as in the U.S. pulling out of agencies; unlike other agen- support it needs. R. Duff represents the Gov- the World Health Organization — splits that may be cies, Congress requires the Recently, President Trump ernor’s Council 5th District, particularly pernicious when a proven vaccine ar- postal service to pre-fund has threatened to cut funding including Peabody. rives and geopolitics infect an efficient, effective and fair distribution process. CORY FRANKLIN Some countries have been considerably more suc- cessful in mitigation. Their formula isn’t hidden, even if others don’t Four ways coronavirus spreads seem to see it (or willfully ignore it): testing, tracing, distancing — even quarantining — and masking on The United States recent- third highest population in Brazil, Mexico or most Afri- a mass and rapid scale, with an abundant trust in ly passed the grim bench- the world. Of the eight coun- can countries. science and governance. marks of 200,000 COVID tries with the most COVID In summary, the United However, many developing nations aren’t equipped deaths and 7,000,000 cas- cases, five are among the States is at or near the top to deliver on this formula. Many developed nations es — both of which are the top 10 most populous coun- of the world in population, highest figures in the world tries in the world (U.S., In- are, but have chosen not to, unconscionably under- area, and mobility, and by significant margins, al- dia, Brazil, Russia and Mex- mining science and politicizing an apolitical patho- more diverse than most in- though if current trends ico, and that doesn’t include dustrialized countries. No gen. continue, India will pass the China because we may not other country has a similar This includes the United States, whose scientific U.S. in total number of cases be able to trust their real profile. advancements and governance models much of the sometime this fall. COVID figures). In the U.S., The country that is clos- rest of the world used to envy and emulate. But the The dramatic American population matters as well est to the United States is country has convulsed into an inconsistent and often COVID numbers invite — seven of the top 10 most Brazil: fifth in area, seventh incoherent approach to the virus and recently passed comparisons with other populous states are among in population, more diverse countries — hence, ubiqui- its own tragic toll of 200,000 COVID deaths, or about the top ten in COVID cases but less mobile. Brazil, not tous articles by pundits on (California, Texas, Florida, one-fifth of the official count. coincidentally, has more why can’t we be more like New York, Illinois, Georgia, The global death toll is surpassed by the number than four million COVID South Korea, what we could North Carolina). cases, the third-largest of COVID-19 infections, some of which have left sur- have learned from Ger- Country size: COVID is vivors with ongoing health challenges. Those ranks many, or if we should have basically a regional disease. number in the world, and increasingly include children. managed the pandemic like As such, it is harder to erad- virtually the same per cap- Even those kids who’ve stayed healthy have faced Sweden (including a recent icate viral spread nation- ita case and death totals as educational disruptions that are setbacks in devel- exchange on the floor of the wide in a larger country the United States. oped nations but life-changing in developing coun- Senate between Dr. Antho- because new outbreaks can Canada, which is fre- quently compared to the tries. Many children are forced into fields or factories ny Fauci and Sen. Rand come from anywhere. The U.S., has a far smaller num- or even illegal activities to help feed their families. Paul on whether the U.S. US is fourth in the world ber of COVID cases. But And when they can’t get work, their families don’t and Sweden can be com- in land mass. Five of the pared. worl d’s top ten countries by Canada is ranked 39th in eat. These arguments are su- area are also in the top ten the world by population and “The whole ecosystem around kids is breaking perficially appealing. How- by COVID cases (US, India, while it has a greater area down,” Nahida Ismail, an Indian teacher, told The ever, most people, from sen- Brazil, Russia and Argenti- than the U.S., 80-85 percent New York Times in a searing report on the unrelent- ators to epidemiologists to na). of its population lives within ing catastrophe facing many of the world’s children. journalists, fail to appreciate Mobility: The more people 100 miles of the U.S. border; The entire system that’s supposed to prevent edu- that the United States has travel, the more likely the the vast majority of the Ca- cational, economic and health catastrophes is break- a unique profile in terms of spread of the virus. Mobility nadian land mass is either ing down, too. Nations that perceive themselves as several basic characteristics is hard to measure directly, uninhabited or sparsely exceptional, like the U.S., should lead the way with a that help determine wheth- but according to the Wash- populated so containment of vigorous virus response driven by scientific and gov- er or not an outbreak will ington Post, the U.S. is the the virus is easier. occur. number one country in the erning rationality. None of this is meant as In truth, the United States world in terms of domestic either a defense or a criti- “Responsible leadership matters,” U.N. Secretary is not directly comparable to mobility and travel. (At the General Antonio Guterres said on Monday as he cism of the current admin- any single country, and it is outbreak of the pandem- istration and its COVID urged the world to “learn from the mistakes. Science difficult to draw firm conclu- ic, the U.S. was also third advisers. matters. Cooperation matters — and misinformation sions about the American in receiving international For those who want to kills.” response, good or bad, based tourists, just behind France see Donald Trump lose the The victims include mothers and fathers, husbands on what has occurred else- and Spain, two of the most coming election, the case and wives, sons and daughters, friends and co-work- where in the world. heavily affected countries and death numbers, with Here are four factors that by COVID in the world). ers. Every death is a tragedy, and every effort must the U.S. as the world leader, are crucial to the likelihood Diversity: There is un- be made to not add to the grim, and growing, count. provide a convenient oppor- of COVID spread. They are questionably a genetic com- tunity to make the claim he certainly not the only four ponent to viral spread. A factors, nor are they abso- more diverse country will has done an especially egre- lutely determinant. have a greater chance that gious job of handling the There are definitely many some of its population will pandemic. other causes, some known, demonstrate resistance to But just as Newton’s Third some unknown. And there infection, and there will Law of Motion predicts, is some overlap between also be a greater number for every action there is an them — admittedly they are of susceptible people with equal and opposite reaction not completely independent less immunity. Like mobil- — in this case by Trump’s variables. But each of these ity, diversity can be difficult defenders who point out matters in its own way in to measure, but according limitations in these num- terms of viral spread. to the Pew Research Cen- bers. Population: Basically ter, the U.S. is more diverse Cory Franklin, a retired more people, more potential than most Western Europe- -area physician, hosts for the virus, more pos- an or Asian countries but wrote this for InsideSources. sible cases. The U.S. has the less diverse than Canada, com. TO SUBMIT YOUR LETTERS, PLEASE MAIL TO THE DAILY ITEM, P.O. BOX 5, LYNN, MA 01903 OR EMAIL TO [email protected] MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A5 Community Calendar Monday, Oct. 5 - Sunday, Oct. 11

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TRUMP thing, which wasn’t neces- dent’s doctors declined to Sunday with no plans for From A1 sarily true. The fact of the say what those scans have in-person campaigning or matter is that he’s doing revealed. other public appearanc- for 14 days. They might really well.” “There’s some expect- es. Having already tested get sick. They may die. The briefing outside the ed findings, but nothing negative, he is expected For political theater. Com- Walter Reed National Mil- of any major clinical con- to release the results of a manded by Trump to put itary Medical Center last- cern,” Conley said. He de- new coronavirus test later their lives at risk for the- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ed just 10 minutes. clined to outline those “ex- in the day. His campaign ater. This is insanity,” Dr. Medical experts said pected findings.” has pledged to disclose Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham James P. Phillips, an at- Conley’s revelations Asked about Conley’s those results and all other speaks during a televised debate with U.S. Sen. tending physician at Wal- raised new questions lack of transparency, future test results for the Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Thursday, in Raleigh, N.C. ter Reed, tweeted. about how ill the presi- White House aide Alys- 77-year-old candidate. Earlier in the day, dent was and are hard to sa Farah suggested the On Saturday, White Trump’s doctors revealed square with the doctor’s doctors were speaking as House chief of staff Mark North Carolina they gave the president a upbeat assessment and much to the president as Meadows contradicted the steroid treatment typically talk of a discharge. to the American public, rosy picture painted by only recommended for the “There’s a little bit of a “when you’re treating a Trump’s doctors when he Senate race very sick. But they side- disconnect,” said Dr. Ste- patient, you want to proj- told reporters outside the stepped questions about ven Shapiro, chief medical ect confidence, you want to hospital, “We’re still not exactly when Trump’s and scientific officer at the lift their spirits and that on a clear path yet to a upended by sexting, blood oxygen dropped — University of was the intent.” full recovery.” Hours later an episode they neglect- Medical Center. Trump was back on so- Trump’s chief doctor add- virus diagnosis ed to mention in multiple Blood oxygen saturation cial media Sunday. ed that the president was statements the day before is a key health marker for First he shared a video “not yet out of the woods.” — or whether lung scans By Gary D. Robertson most expensive Senate COVID-19 patients. A nor- of flag-waving supporters On Sunday, Conley’s as- showed any damage. mal reading is between outside the hospital, many ASSOCIATED PRESS campaign and consid- sessment was more posi- It was the second ered key to determining 95 and 100. Conley said of them not wearing face tive and another member straight day of confusion the president had a “high RALEIGH, N.C. — North the power balance in the masks to prevent spread of the president’s medical and obfuscation from a fever” and a blood oxygen of the virus. And later, he Carolina’s intensely com- chamber. Democrats need team, Dr. Brian Garibal- White House already suf- level below 94 percent on sent his loyalists a direct di, said Trump “has been petitive and expensive to gain four seats in No- fering from a credibility Friday and during “anoth- message on Twitter: “The up and around” and “feels U.S. Senate race has been vember to take control. crisis. And it raised ques- er episode” on Saturday. fact is, they really love our well.” upended by personal and The developments come tions about whether the He was evasive about Country and are seeing “Our plan for today is to health disruptions that as voting already has gone doctors treating the pres- the timing of Trump ox- how we are MAKING IT have him eat and drink, to sent sharp tremors and on for four weeks in North ident were sharing accu- ygen drops. (“It was over GREATER THAN EVER be up out of bed as much uncertainty through the Carolina, as 341,000 rate, timely information the course of the day, yeah, BEFORE!” as possible, to be mobile,” campaigns and an elector- completed mail-in absen- ate already casting ballots. with the American public yesterday morning,” he Trump’s Democrat- Garibaldi said. “And if he tee ballots already have Democratic nominee Cal about the severity of him said) and asked whether ic challenger, Joe Biden, continues to look and feel been accepted and will be Cunningham acknowl- condition. Trump’s level had dropped pulled his attack ads off as well as he does today, counted. Early in-person edged and apologized Pressed about conflict- below 90 percent, into con- the air during Trump’s our hope is that we can voting begins Oct. 15. for exchanging sexually ing information he and the cerning territory. (“We hospitalization, and on plan for a discharge as McLennan and Gary suggestive text messages White House released on don’t have any recordings Sunday, he dispatched early as tomorrow to the Pearce, a longtime state with a woman who’s not Saturday, Navy Cmdr. Dr. here on that.”) But he re- senior aides to deliver a White House where he can Democratic consultant, his wife, but he said he Sean Conley acknowledged vealed that Trump was largely friendly message. continue his treatment said it’s unclear how much won’t drop out of the race. that he had tried to present given a dose of the ste- “We are sincerely hoping course.” of an effect the text mes- And just a few hours earli- a rosy description of the roid dexamethasone in re- that the president makes More than 209,000 sages will have on the er Friday evening, his op- president’s condition. sponse. a very quick recovery, Americans have been ponent, Republican Sen. election. “I was trying to reflect At the time of the brief- and we can see him back killed by the virus, by far Thom Tillis, announced “Most Democrats are the upbeat attitude of the ing, Trump’s blood oxy- out on the campaign trail the highest number of he has tested positive for really scared by it, but team, that the president, gen level was 98 percent very soon,” Biden advis- confirmed fatalities in the COVID-19. The first-term then you wonder has ev- that his course of illness — within normal rage, er Symone Sanders said word. In all, nearly 7.4 senator has “mild symp- erything changed in the has had. Didn’t want to Trump’s medical team on CNN’s “State of the million people have been toms,” and the positive age of (President Donald) give any information that said. Union.” infected in the United test forced Tillis to cancel Trump,” Pearce said, add- might steer the course of Signs of pneumonia or She added, “This is a States, and few have ac- in-person events as sev- ing the electorate’s in- illness in another direc- other lung damage could glaring reminder that the cess to the kind of around- eral members of his cam- creased polarization since tion,” Conley said. “And be detected in scans be- virus is real.” the-clock attention and paign staff headed into 2016 could lead many in doing so, came off like fore a patient feels short Biden was at home in experimental treatments quarantine, less than five Democrats to stick with we’re trying to hide some- of breath, but the presi- Wilmington, Delaware, on as Trump. weeks until Election Day. Cunningham simply be- “It’s chaos — it’s really cause the party’s victory what I see it is,” David Mc- is paramount. Lennan, a political science Screengrabs of the mes- professor at Meredith Col- sages show Cunning- lege in Raleigh, said in a ham told public relations Saturday interview. strategist Arlene Guzman In the text message ex- Todd, “Would make my changes, Cunningham day to roll over and kiss tells the woman he wants you about now,” to which to kiss her and she says she replies, “You’re so she wants to spend the sweet. I would enjoy that.” night with him. The mes- Another shows Guzman sages were first reported Todd tell Cunningham, by the website National- “the only thing I want on File.com. my to do list is you,” to “I have hurt my family, which Cunningham re- disappointed my friends, plies, “Sounds so hot and and am deeply sorry. The so fun!” first step in repairing A spokeswoman for those relationships is tak- Cunningham’s campaign, ing complete responsibil- Rachel Petri, confirmed ity, which I do,” Cunning- on Saturday the authen- ham said in his statement ticity of the text messag- late Friday. es. It’s unclear when the Cunningham, who is messages were sent, but married with two teenage at one point Cunningham children, added he’s staying says he’s “Nervous about in the Senate race: “I will the next 100 days,” which continue to work to earn could be a reference to the PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS the opportunity to fight for Senate election. One hun- the people of our state.” dred days before the elec- President Donald Trump works in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical The race is the nation’s tion would be July 26. Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday. A6 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 POLICE/FIRE

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A report of breaking and en- that two Trump signs had been Corrections or clarifications will Friday, 11:42 a.m., 98 Maple A male party walked into the tering at 9:43 p.m. Friday on 96 St. At 12:19 a.m. Saturday, a stolen from her lawn at 8:13 not be made without express Newton Ave. station at around 2:23 p.m. Fri- caller reported an incident in a.m. Friday. day to inquire about firearms New Caledonia voters choose to stay part of France By Charlotte Antoine-Perron ASSOCIATED PRESS NOUMEA, New Caledo- nia — A majority of voters in New Caledonia, an ar- chipelago in in the South Pacific, chose to remain part of France instead of Independence backing independence Sun- supporters day, leading French Presi- demonstrate dent Emmanuel Macron to with the call for dialogue, as the ref- Kanak flag erendum marked a crucial outside a vot- step in a three-decade long ing station in decolonization effort. Noumea, New In a televised address Caledonia, from Paris, French Pres- Sunday. ident Emmanuel Macron welcomed “an expression PHOTO | PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS of confidence in the Repub- ASSOCIATED PRESS Former American professional cyclist Lance lic with a deep feeling of Armstrong, background, poses for a selfie be- gratitude... and modesty.” dum on Sunday have cho- chipelago between native between pro- and anti-in- fore he rides with Lebanese and foreign cy- Macron promised pro-in- sen to maintain ties with Kanaks seeking indepen- dependence sides. clists at the site of the Aug. 4 deadly blast in dependence supporters France, while 46.7 percent dence and residents will- The president of the archi- Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday. “this is with you, all to- supported independence. ing to remain in France. pelago’s government, Thi- gether, that we will build The vote has been A peace deal between ri- erry Santa, is among those New Caledonia tomorrow.” marked by a very high val factions was achieved who want New Caledonia to He praised the “success” turnout. More than 85 per- in 1988. A decade later, remain a French territory. Lance Armstrong of the vote and called on cent of voters had cast their the Noumea Agreement He stressed the “deep divi- New Caledonia residents ballots one hour before poll granted New Caledonia sion” in the population. to “look to the future.” stations closed, according political power and broad “That’s up to us political leads Beirut “We are facing our his- to the overseas ministry. autonomy and planned the leaders to have the intelli- tory in New Caledonia, an Some polling stations in organization of up to three gence to sit around a table colonial history,” Macron Noumea, the capital, closed successive referendums. and discuss what we want bike tour to help said. “And we are trying an hour late because people Two years ago, 56.4 per- for the future,” Santa said. to overcome it so that we were still waiting in long cent of people in a similar Sonia Backes, president are not trapped in it. We lines to vote at the planned referendum voted against of the South province, also know that today we are at closing time. independence. A third in favor of keeping ties blast victims a crossroads,” he said. Sunday’s indepen- referendum may be orga- with France, said “the ‘no’ By Hassan Ammar explosion, the ammonium The overseas ministry dence referendum was nized by 2022. won one more time, but we ASSOCIATED PRESS nitrates were stored. They said results show 53.3 among the final steps of New Caledonian politi- need to take into account then continued the tour percent of the voters who long-standing plans to cians acknowledged Sun- all voters, including inde- BEIRUT — Former around Beirut. participated in the referen- settle tensions on the ar- day the need for dialogue pendence supporters.” American professional Among the four orga- cyclist Lance Armstrong nizations that the tour is led a bike tour around collecting money for are Beirut on Sunday to raise the Lebanese Red Cross Pope: Market capitalism has awareness and funds for and the charity group Of- organizations helping res- frjoie. idents affected by a mas- Armstrong built a world- failed in pandemic, needs reform sive explosion that struck wide following during his the Lebanese capital in professional career win- By Nicole Winfield ement of the encyclical. August. ning races, including the Dozens of cyclists took ASSOCIATED PRESS Francis had started the Tour de France seven writing the encyclical, the part in the “Bike for Bei- times, and fighting cancer. ROME — Pope Francis third of his pontificate, rut” tour as Lebanon However, his reputation says the coronavirus pan- before the coronavirus marked two months since crumbled abruptly sever- demic has proven that the struck and its bleak diag- the blast at Beirut’s port, al years ago following rev- “magic theories” of mar- nosis of a human family where some 3,000 tons of elations he used perfor- ket capitalism have failed falling apart goes far be- ammonium nitrates were mance-enhancing drugs. and that the world needs yond the problems posed stored for six years be- Armstrong had already a new type of politics that by the outbreak. He said fore exploding on Aug. 4. retired, but the confession promotes dialogue and the pandemic, however, It was one of the biggest shattered the legacy of one solidarity and rejects war had confirmed his belief non-nuclear explosions of the most popular sports at all costs. that current political and ever recorded. figures in the world. Francis on Sunday laid economic institutions “Today we’re starting Later Sunday, hun- out his vision for a post- must be reformed to ad- here, I guess not very far dreds of people gathered COVID world by uniting dress the legitimate needs from the actual explosion near the port to mark the the core elements of his of the people most harmed site,” Armstrong said out- blast’s two-month anni- social teachings into a by the coronavirus. side the port. He added versary. At 6:07 p.m., the new encyclical aimed at “Aside from the differing that the bike tour aimed to time when the explosion inspiring a revived sense ways that various coun- “try to bring some aware- tore through the city, they of the human family. tries responded to the cri- ness to this community, to released scores of white “Fratelli Tutti” (Brothers sis, their inability to work the people affected.” balloons with victim’s All) was released on the together became quite evi- The blast killed 193, names on them. feast day of his namesake, dent,” Francis wrote. “Any- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS wounded about 6,500 and Some victims’ relatives the peace-loving St. Fran- one who thinks that the Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the crypt of the caused billions of dollars briefly blocked the main cis of Assisi. only lesson to be learned Basilica of St. Francis, in Assisi, Italy, Saturday. in damage. It decimated highway that passes near The document draws was the need to improve the port facility and thou- the port, demanding that its inspiration from the what we were already do- to be created, and not cut.” mental encyclical “Lauda- sands of apartments in the results of the investi- teachings of St. Francis ing, or to refine existing He denounced populist to Sii” (Praised Be). the city. It also came as gation be made public. and the pope’s previous systems and regulations, politics that seek to de- Francis also rejected Lebanon is grappling with More than two dozen preaching on the injus- is denying reality.” monize and isolate, and “trickle-down” economic its worst economic and fi- people, mostly port and tices of the global econo- He cited the grave loss of called for a “culture of theory as he did in the nancial crisis in decades, customs officials, have my and its destruction of millions of jobs as a result encounter” that promotes first major mission state- made worse by the spread been detained so far. The the planet and pairs them of the virus as evidence dialogue, solidarity and a of the coronavirus. judge in charge of the ment of his papacy, the with his call for greater of the need for politicians sincere effort at working 2013 Evangelii Gaudium, The group of cyclists lat- investigation has ques- human solidarity to con- to listen to popular move- for the common good. (The Joy of the Gospel), er entered the port and tioned top security offi- front the “dark clouds over ments, unions and mar- As an outgrowth of that, saying it simply doesn’t passed close to the huge cials, former Cabinet min- a closed world.” ginalized groups and to Francis rejected the con- achieve what it claims. crater where, before the isters and port employees. In the encyclical, Francis craft more just social and cept of an absolute right “Neo-liberalism simply rejected even the Catholic economic policies. to property for individu- reproduces itself by re- Church’s own doctrine jus- “The fragility of world als, stressing instead the sorting to magic theories Need to find tifying war as a means of systems in the face of the “social purpose” and com- legitimate defense, saying pandemic has demonstrat- mon good that must come of ‘spillover’ or ‘trickle’ — an article? it had been too broadly ed that not everything from sharing the Earth’s without using the name — applied over the centuries can be resolved by mar- resources. He repeated his as the only solution to so- and was no longer viable. ket freedom,” he wrote. criticism of the “perverse” cietal problems,” he wrote. Subscribe to “It is very difficult now- “It is imperative to have global economic system, “There is little apprecia- adays to invoke the ratio- a proactive economic pol- which he said consistent- tion of the fact that the e-edition on nal criteria elaborated in icy directed at ‘promoting ly keeps the poor on the alleged ‘spillover’ does not earlier centuries to speak an economy that favours margins while enriching resolve the inequality that of the possibility of a ‘just productive diversity and the few — an argument gives rise to new forms of Only $9.99/month war,’” Francis wrote in the business creativity’ and he made most fully in his violence threatening the most controversial new el- makes it possible for jobs 2015 landmark environ- fabric of society.” MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM A7 Sen. Collins tests negative for virus; Cluster grows at jail

Coronavirus-related de- Saturday. when they access their navirus pandemic will re- also said it allocated boxes ing from states or terri- velopments in New En- Twenty-five inmates, 21 daily lift ticket or trail sume Monday in Vermont. based on the state’s need. tories on Rhode Island’s gland on Sunday: employees and two con- pass and before checking Food distributions will “Fewer boxes will be de- hotspot list must self-quar- MAINE tractors have tested pos- in for overnight stays. Put- take place throughout the livered under this round antine for 14 days. itive. Each case showed ting strangers together on state with the first event due to the shift in combi- The college had put a U.S. Sen. Susan Collins mild symptoms; none have lifts is discouraged. on Monday in Vergennes. nation boxes; however, the remote-learning plan in of Maine said Sunday that required hospitalization, As of Saturday, more People who make reserva- number of pounds of food place after a coronavirus she has tested negative for the sheriff’s department than 8,500 people had tions will get one box with being delivered is on par outbreak affected more COVID-19. said. All inmates and staff tested positive for the vi- about 30 pounds of food, with previous rounds,” it than 200 students. “Although I had almost are now being tested. rus in New Hampshire including fresh produce, stated. The Rhode Island Depart- no contact with my three Also on Saturday, 28 since the pandemic start- dairy products, and meat, Vermont reported six ment of Health on Friday colleagues who have test- male patients at the Mas- ed. The number of deaths WCAX-TV reported. new cases of the coronavi- reported one new coronavi- ed positive, I thought it sachusetts Alcohol and stood at 442. The Farmers to Families rus on Sunday, for a state- rus death and 133 new con- prudent to get tested,” Substance Abuse Center A New Hampshire sum- Food Box Program has dis- wide total to date of more firmed cases of COVID-19. Collins, a Republican, said in Plymouth tested posi- mer camp that stayed tributed tens of thousands than 1,700. No one was The death toll is 1,118, and on Twitter. “My thoughts tive for the virus, the state open during the coronavi- of food boxes at airports hospitalized and no new the number of known cases are with the President, correction department rus pandemic is acting as around the state during deaths have been reported surpasses 25,000. FLOTUS, my colleagues & said. Eleven employees a boarding school for 30 the pandemic, with much for over two months. CONNECTICUT all who are infected.” with Wellpath, which han- students. of the food sourced locally. RHODE ISLAND New Haven is offering President Donald Trump dles inmate health care The Windsor Mountain Two out-of-state compa- announced last week that Providence College learning hubs for public for the department, also International Summer nies have been awarded he and first lady Melania hopes to resume in-person school students who aren’t tested positive. Camp is running through the latest contract. Trump had tested positive classes for all students on fully engaged in online State public health offi- Oct. 12. Students are Vermont’s congressional for the virus. The presi- Oct. 12, the school’s presi- learning. cials on Saturday report- participating in virtual delegation sent a letter to dent was admitted into dent said. The hubs are opening ed 600 new confirmed schooling during morn- U.S. Department of Agri- Walter Reed National Mil- cases of COVID-19. Offi- ings and early afternoons Before that, the week of Monday at the Barnard culture Secretary Sonny itary Medical Center on cials also reported 17 new before enjoying the 365- Oct. 5 is focused on fur- Environmental Center, Perdue last month rais- Friday for treatment. deaths, pushing the death acre camp later in the day. ther extensive testing of Coogan Pavilion, and Trow- ing concerns that the lat- Republican Sens. Thom toll in Massachusetts to The group tested nega- the student body, the Rev. bridge Environmental Cen- est phase of the program Tillis, Mike Lee and Ron at least 9,292. Total cases tive prior to and upon ar- Kenneth Sicard said. He ter for students in the first won’t meet the same stan- Johnson also tested posi- surged past 131,800. rival at camp on Sept. 12. said students who left through ninth grades. They tive. dards as previous rounds, on-campus or off-campus will need to bring their own NEW HAMPSHIRE Most were campers were The number of new con- there this summer. the Times Argus reported. residences during a stay- learning device. firmed coronavirus cases Cloth face coverings in The camp hosted 300 “We are also concerned at-home period that start- The city says 1,500 stu- in Maine since the start of lodges, lifts and other pub- students ages 7-16 over that the number of fam- ed on Sept. 17 will be test- dents in New Haven ar- the pandemic has grown lic spaces is part of the the summer and adhered ilies reached will decline ed prior to returning and en’t logging onto remote by 36, the Maine CDC said state guidance released to screening, testing, social based on this new contract again be tested once they learning. Sunday. The total number for New Hampshire ski ar- distancing and mask-wear- and that Vermont farms are back on campus. Students need to take a of confirmed cases is more eas during the pandemic. ing. With the exception of will not be able to partic- Students will self-quar- survey and apply before than 5,500. The number of Guests and staff won’t two false positive tests, ipate in the program as antine in their residence they can go to the hubs at deaths is 142. be required to wear a face everyone tested negative, they have before,” the del- hall room or off-campus nhvlearninghubs.net. covering if they are skiing camp organizers said. egation wrote. apartment until receiving As of Friday, there were MASSACHUSETTS on a trail, physically dis- The USDA said in a documentation of a nega- 110 people hospitalized in A virus cluster at a jail tanced, eating or drinking. VERMONT statement that it con- tive test. The college will Connecticut with the vi- in Middleton, Massachu- This includes waiting in A federally funded food tracted with 50 entities provide meals to students rus and two more corona- setts, is growing, the Essex lines and on chair lifts. distribution program to and had contracts to buy while they are in self-quar- virus-related deaths were County Sheriff’s Depart- Guests and visitors will help people in need and $1 billion in food for the antine, Sicard said. reported Friday, bringing ment said in a statement be screened for COVID-19 farmers during the coro- third phase nationally. It He said students return- the state’s total to 4,513.

NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS Explosive devices removed from home, Missouri governor returns to charges pending MONTEREY (AP) — Dozens of ex- plosive devices and powders have been office after battling COVID-19 removed from a Massachusetts home, but state police do not believe there is JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Associated Press analysis of a direct threat to the public at large. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike data from John’s Hopkins The devices were removed from Parson said Sunday he has University. That rate was a home in Monterey on Friday. The been cleared to return to the sixth-highest among all state police bomb squad transported the office after battling the states. and safely detonated the devices in a coronavirus. On Sunday, Missouri re- secure location, according to a news Parson said on his Face- ported 132,431 confirmed release from the Berkshire district at- book page Sunday that he cases of the virus and 2,173 torney’s office. and his wife, Teresa Paul- deaths since the pandem- “Authorities will summons a Mon- son, had both been cleared ic began. This is up from terey man to court to face multiple by doctors to return to work 129,397 confirmed cases charges on the illegal possession, man- from their home in Bolivar and 2,144 deaths on Friday. ufacture, and sale of explosive devic- in southwestern Missouri. Parson, 65, has been a es,” the news release said. A name was They both tested positive on staunch opponent of requir- not provided. Sept. 23. Neither developed ing people to wear masks Multiple agencies assisted in the in- serious symptoms. even though he has urged vestigation. “I just want to thank ev- people to wear them and erybody for their thoughts maintain social distanc- Teen seriously injured in ATV rollover in and prayers during this ing because of the ongoing New Hampshire time. We are so blessed to be pandemic. He sometimes fortunate to be in the over appears without a mask at WOODSTOCK, N.H. (AP) — A 100,000 people in the state public functions. 14-year-old ATV driver was seriously of Missouri that’s recovered Missouri has had no state- injured when he missed a turn and from the coronavirus,” Par- wide restrictions related to rolled the machine down a steep bank, son, a Republican, said in the coronavirus since June New Hampshire authorities said. a video posted on his Face- 15. The driver, from Charlton, Mas- book page. Parson is facing Demo- Missouri sachusetts, was riding with a group Missouri continues to cratic State Auditor Nicole Gov. Mike on Saturday in Woodstock, the state have one of the highest Galloway in the November Parson Fish and Game Department said in a rates of positive cases of the election. A planned debate speaks news release. He was taken to Dart- virus in the nation. The sev- between the two last month during mouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in en-day rolling average of the had to be postponed because a news Lebanon for his injuries, which were positivity rate in Missouri of Parson’s illness. conference not life-threatening. has risen over the past two Parson is a former county in St. Louis. The teen was wearing a helmet. Op- weeks from 11.63 percent sheriff and state represen- erator inexperience was the cause of on Sept. 19 to 18.04 percent tative who was elected lieu- FILE PHOTO | the rollover, the department said. on Saturday, according to an tenant governor in 2016. ASSOCIATED PRESS Parents: Online learning program has racist, sexist content By Jennifer said her daughter could do drogen energy technology Sinco Kelleher distance learning without and that he later earned ASSOCIATED PRESS Acellus, Robillard reen- a “doctor of research and rolled her. innovation” degree at the HONOLULU — Zan Acellus officials didn’t International Academy of Timtim doesn’t think it’s respond to multiple calls Science, the nonprofit that safe for her eighth-grade from The Associated Press develops Acellus courses. daughter to return to seeking comment. In an Hawaii selected Acellus school in person during online message to parents, based on an “implemen- the coronavirus pandem- founder Roger Billings tation timeline” as well ic but also doesn’t want called the controversy “an as “cost effectiveness” and her exposed to a remote organized attack” and said other factors, Superinten- learning program that “they have not found any- dent Christina Kishimoto misspelled and mispro- thing in our content that is said in a memo. nounced the name of really racist or sexist.” An “I don’t think it’s unrea- Queen Lili‘uokalani, the automated closed-caption- sonable to think that price last monarch to rule the ing system misinterpreted was the main factor,” said Hawaiian Kingdom. some words, he said. Charles Lang, visiting as- Timtim’s daughter is Kansas City, Missou- sistant professor of learn- Native Hawaiian and ri-based Acellus was cre- ing analytics at Colum- speaks Hawaiian fluently, FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS ated in 2001, according to bia University’s Teachers “so to see that inaccuracy its website, which says it College in . with the Hawaiian history Charles Timtim shows his daughter, name withheld by parents, doing “delivers online instruc- “And to some extent, you side was really upsetting,” schoolwork from home in Waipahu, Hawaii. tion, compliant with the do get what you pay for in she said. latest standards, through terms of content.” Even before the school “woman hater.” Some also choose to learn from home the program. high-definition video les- Vetting educational pro- year started, Timtim said say the program isn’t as as campuses reopen. And “We wouldn’t have had sons made more engaging grams takes time, but with she heard from other par- rigorous as it should be. because of the scramble this visibility if it weren’t with multimedia and ani- the pandemic, districts ents about racist, sexist As parents help their to keep classes running for all of us at home, often mation.” needed to quickly find re- and other concerning con- children navigate remote during a health crisis, vet- sitting side by side and In a video on his web- mote learning platforms, tent on Acellus, an online classes, they’re more ting the curriculum may making sure: ‘Is this work- site, Billings responds to said Eric Hirsch, execu- program some students aware of what’s being not have been as thorough ing for you?’” said Adri- criticism about his creden- tive director of EdReports, use to learn from home. taught, and it’s often not as it should have been, ex- enne Robillard, who with- tials by saying he earned which helps schools review Parents have called out simply coming from an perts say. drew her seventh-grade a bachelor’s degree in instructional materials. “towelban” as a multi- educator on Zoom. Some Thousands of schools daughter from Kailua “composite fields” of chem- “So this spring, we saw a ple-choice answer for a schools have turned to nationwide use Acellus, Intermediate School after istry, physics, engineering scramble, a dash,” he said. question about a terrorist programs like Acellus to according to the company, concluding Acellus lacked and other subjects from And evaluating curricu- group and Grumpy from supplement online classes and parents’ complaints substance and featured a university he doesn’t lum is like the “Wild West” “Snow White and the Sev- by teachers, while others are leading some districts racist content. name. He says he started — it varies across school en Dwarfs” described as a use it for students who to reconsider or stop using When school officials a company focused on hy- systems, Lang said. A8 MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 LOOK! National Get Funky Day, National Do Something Nice Day, National Consignment Day

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ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Brooke Moloney (right) scored three goals for the St. Mary’s girls soc- St. Mary’s Derek Garcia (right) scored the lone goal for the Spartans in a cer team in a season-opening win over Matignon Saturday afternoon at win over Lowell Catholic Saturday afternoon at Austin Prep for the team’s Austin Prep. season opener. Moloney nets a hat trick St. Mary’s boys ride strong as Spartan girls take defensive effort to victory down CCL foe Matignon in season opener By Mike Alongi and play again, so it was a Moloney got things start- By Mike Alongi lone goal for the Spartans tions from all over.” ITEM SPORTS EDITOR great day just because of ed early for St. Mary’s, ITEM SPORTS EDITOR in the victory, while Ryan After the rst quarter that,” said Spartans coach scoring just two minutes Fraher had the assist. and most of the second Brooke Moloney didn’t Jim Foley. “We know that a into the opening quarter to The St. Mary’s boys soc- Richie LeBrun and Con- quarter remained score- waste any time once she lot of work went into get- put the Spartans ahead. cer team played a nor Hamel also played less, Garcia broke through got on the eld to start the ting us back out on the She scored again at the well-rounded game to well in the victory, while with a goal just before season for the St. Mary’s eld, from the MIAA to the eight-minute mark of the open up the season Satur- goalkeeper Jacob Guarino halftime to give the Spar- girls soccer team, scoring athletic director to the ad- rst, then Diaz scored to day, notching a 1-0 win earned his rst shutout. tans the one-goal advan- early and often to lead the ministration to the coach- make it 3-0 before the rst over Lowell Catholic at “It was a well-rounded tage. From there, the St. Spartans to a 4-0 victory es, players and parents. quarter even ended. The Austin Prep. For Spartans game for us,” said D’Agos- Mary’s defense held over Matignon at Austin We’re incredibly grateful score remained there until coach Mike D’Agostino, it tino. “We had some good strong and preserved the Prep Saturday afternoon. and fortunate that we get the fourth quarter, when was a great way to get opportunities on offense victory. Moloney scored three to play. Moloney capped off her hat things started. and we were able to get a The Spartans also got goals in the victory, while “We played a really solid trick with a goal to seal the “It’s always great to goal, and then on the de- their rst real taste of Saribelle Diaz scored one game out there,” Foley win. start the season with a fensive end we were able dealing with the new safe- goal. Senior captains Su- added. “We started fast “It was a great way for win, and we played well to hold off Lowell Catho- ty modi cations that have sannah Cornell, Julia and we were able to keep her to start the season, out there,” said D’Agosti- lic. Richie played great on been put in place this sea- Nickolau and Eliza Brown the pressure on all game and we also really needed no. “It was great to get the the back end for us, and son, but D’Agostino didn’t also played well in the vic- long. We got a lot of scoring that spark to get us going,” momentum moving in the Connor really set the tone feel it affected the game tory. opportunities and we were Foley said of Moloney. right direction after the in the middle. Jacob had a too much. “Everyone was excited to able to cash in on a bunch rst game.” great game in net for us as get back out on the eld of them.” SPARTANS, B2 Derek Garcia scored the well, so we got contribu- ST. MARY’S, B2 Fenwick eld hockey starts year with a draw vs. Bishop Stang

with 10 minutes left in the SCHOOL ROUNDUP fourth quarter to take a By Mike Alongi 2-1 lead, but Stang scored ITEM SPORTS EDITOR the equalizer with ve It was a back-and-forth mins left in the game to battle all afternoon long force the draw. for the Bishop Fenwick Fenwick (0-0-1) takes on eld hockey team, and in Central Catholic back at the end the Crusaders Donaldson Stadium on battled to a 2-2 tie with Tuesday (4). Bishop Stang in its sea- BOYS SOCCER son-opening game at Don- Bishop Feehan 5, aldson Stadium Saturday Bishop Fenwick 1 afternoon. Jack Anderson scored “We played well to start the goal for Fenwick, while the year and we had plen- Keiron Murray and Ryan ty of scoring opportuni- Noci played well in mid- ties, but we just weren’t eld. able to capitalize,” said “It was a dif cult game,” Fenwick coach Marybeth said Fenwick coach Tony Mahoney. Enos. “We made a few mis- Grace Morey and Paige takes and Feehan capital- Littlehale each scored one ized on them. It was also goal for Fenwick, while an especially dif cult goalie Cat Elias had one game with the refereeing. save in net. Kristina Ru- The refs have an almost sha and Kailey Silva also impossible job, but the played well in the draw. players are instructed Bishop Stang scored ear- with a certain set of rules ly in the rst quarter and ITEM FILE PHOTO around COVID-19 and ITEM FILE PHOTO held on to a 1-0 lead until the refs are far from Bishop Fenwick co-captain Grace Morey scored the third quarter, when consistent.” Paige Littlehale scored one goal for Bishop Fen- one goal in a draw with Bishop Stang to start the Morey scored to tie the wick in a season-opening draw with Bishop season Saturday. game. Littlehale scored ROUNDUP, B2 Stang Saturday afternoon. Patriots-Chiefs showdown postponed until Monday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) days. we’re all trying to do the back eld. Sony Michel yards on the ground. They points and let’s control the — The Patriots-Chiefs “It’s a pandemic, so things best we possibly can with needed just nine carries to lead the league in rushing ball; I don’t care how we do game has been postponed can happen,” Chiefs coach it.” pile up 117 yards, Rex Bur- through the rst three it. Dink-and-dunk, quarter- until Monday due to posi- Andy Reid said this week, The Patriots had planned khead reached the end weeks. back sneak, I don’t give a tive coronavirus tests. when news emerged from to visit Arrowhead Stadi- zone three times and the The Chiefs are 27th at (darn). Just get it done.” Patriots quarterback Tennessee about an out- um behind a quarterback Patriots totaled 250 yards defending the run. They have a lot of guys Cam Newton and Chiefs break with the Titans, who can run at any time rushing in their win over The Patriots also hope who can get it done, too. practice squad quarter- which has forced their and a back eld that ran Las Vegas. their running game allows Michel and Burkhead are a back Jordan Ta’amu are so game against Pittsburgh to roughshod over the Raid- Now, the rst order of them to control the clock, considerable back eld tan- far the only ones to return be postponed. “But you’ve ers last weekend. But now business any week may be shortening the game and dem, but undrafted rookie positive tests, but both got to take as many pre- the Patriots will likely go to stop the run — some- thereby keeping record-set- J.J. Taylor also has gotten teams are doing additional cautionary measures as with Brian Hoyer or Jar- thing the Chiefs (3-0) did ting quarterback Patrick into the mix. James White screening. In the mean you can and try to stick rett Stidham, which should quite well against the Ra- Mahomes and the dynamic was back at practice this time, the Chiefs shut down with them, and if some- be good news to a Chiefs vens on Monday night. But Chiefs offense off the eld. week after the death of his their facility Saturday and thing happens like that, team that has historically the challenge is even more “Ball control and points. father in an auto accident, are looking ahead to play- then you’ve got to work struggled against the run. important when the Patri- You know that,” Patriots as was Damien Harris, who ing their showdown with through that. We’ve all The Patriots still have ots (2-1) have shown such a running backs coach Ivan has been on injured re- the Patriots in a couple of been coached up on it, and plenty of threats in the propensity for grinding out Fears said. “Let’s get the serve with a nger problem. B2 SPORTS THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE MONDAY Field Hockey St. Mary’s boys blank Lowell Catholic Girls Soccer Central Catholic at Bishop Fenwick St. Mary’s at Malden Catholic (4) (4) ST. MARY’S Bishop Fenwick at Essex Tech (6) Golf From B1 Boys Soccer St. Mary’s at Cardinal Spellman Essex Tech at Bishop Fenwick (5:30) (2:45) Salem at Swampscott (3) “Getting used to not be- Field Hockey ing able to head the ball Beverly at Swampscott (4) WEDNESDAY was a bit of an adjust- Golf Girls Soccer Bishop Feehan at St. Mary’s (3) St. Mary’s at Archbishop Williams (4) ment, but overall I think St. John’s (Shrewsbury) at St. John’s Boys Soccer we did a really good job Prep (3) Central Catholic at Bishop Fenwick dealing with the new Newburyport at Lynnfield (3) (6) rules and abiding by TUESDAY Golf them,” said D’Agostino. Girls Soccer St. Mary’s at Austin Prep (2:30) “We got a good idea of Beverly at Swampscott (4) Bishop Fenwick at Cardinal Spellman what’s going to be accept- Masconomet at Salem (4) (2:30) able in terms of how to Boys Soccer St. John’s Prep at St. John’s (Shrews- Swampscott at Beverly (4) bury) (3:15) deal with physical play Salem at Masconomet (4) Swampscott at Marblehead (4) and we got some good St. John’s Prep at St. John’s (Shrews- Cross Country feedback from the refer- bury) (4) Masconomet at Beverly (4) ees, so I think we did a good job.” TV/RADIO St. Mary’s (1-0) will have some time off before TV getting back into action NFL on the road against Arch- 7:05 p.m...... New England at Kansas City...... CBS bishop Williams Thurs- 8:50 p.m...... at Green Bay...... ESPN day (4). MLB Playoffs “For us, it’s all about taking it one game at a 4:07 p.m...... at Oakland...... TBS time, one quarter at a 8:07 p.m...... NY Yankees at Tampa Bay...... TBS time, one sequence at a College Golf time,” said D’Agostino. 4:30 p.m...... Blessings Collegiate Invitational (first round)...... Golf “We still have a young Radio team and our kids are NFL coming along, so we just have to keep working on 7:05 p.m...... New England at Kansas City...... WBZ-FM 98.5 ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK the right things and keep building up this momen- St. Mary’s Ryan Fraher had one assist for the Spartans in a win over Lowell NFL tum.” Catholic Saturday afternoon. AMERICAN CONFERENCE NATIONAL CONFERENCE East East W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 4 0 0 1.000 123 100 Dallas 1 3 0 .250 126 146 New England 2 1 0 .667 87 66 Washington 1 3 0 .250 79 112 1 3 0 .250 93 96 0 2 1 .000 59 87 N.Y. Jets 0 4 0 .000 65 131 N.Y. Giants 0 4 0 .000 47 96 South South W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 3 0 0 1.000 80 74 Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 120 92 Indianapolis 3 1 0 .750 103 56 Carolina 2 2 0 .500 99 102 Jacksonville 1 3 0 .250 95 117 2 2 0 .500 123 123 Houston 0 4 0 .000 80 126 Atlanta 0 3 0 .000 90 108 North North W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 3 0 0 1.000 80 58 Green Bay 3 0 0 1.000 122 85 3 1 0 .750 122 73 Chicago 3 1 0 .750 85 81 Cleveland 3 1 0 .750 124 126 1 3 0 .250 99 127 Cincinnati 1 2 1 .250 99 99 Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 106 125 West West W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 91 60 4 0 0 1.000 142 109 Las Vegas 2 2 0 .500 111 120 L.A. Rams 3 1 0 .750 106 80 Denver 1 3 0 .250 82 98 2 1 0 .667 87 46 L.A. Chargers 1 3 0 .250 83 95 Arizona 2 2 0 .500 98 92 Thursday’s Game Minnesota 31, Houston 23 Denver 37, N.Y. Jets 28 Seattle 31, Miami 23 Sunday’s Games L.A. Rams 17, N.Y. Giants 9 Tampa Bay 38, L.A. Chargers 31 Buffalo 30, Las Vegas 23 Cleveland 49, Dallas 38 Indianapolis 19, Chicago 11 Baltimore 31, Washington 17 Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m. Carolina 31, Arizona 21 Monday’s Games New Orleans 35, Detroit 29 New England at Kansas City, 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati 33, Jacksonville 25 Atlanta at Green Bay, 8:50 p.m.

MLB PLAYOFFS Wednesday, Sept. 30 Houston (Greinke 3-3) vs. Oakland Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 2 (Bassitt 5-2), 4:07 p.m. Oakland 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Tuesday, Oct. 6 Houston 3, Minnesota 1 Houston (Urquidy 1-1) vs. Oakland New York Yankees 10, Cleveland 9 (Manaea 4-3), 4:37 p.m. Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Milwaukee 2 New York Yankees (Tanaka 3-3) vs. Atlanta 1, Cincinnati 0, 13 innings Tampa Bay (Glasnow 5-1), 8:10 p.m. Miami 5, Chicago Cubs 1 San Diego vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis 7, San Diego 4 9:38 p.m. (FS1) Thursday, Oct. 1 Miami vs. Atlanta, 2:08 p.m. (FS1) San Diego 11, St. Louis 9 Wednesday, Oct. 7 ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Oakland 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Tampa Bay (Morton 2-2) vs. New York Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 0 Yankees (Happ 2-2), 7:10 p.m. St. Mary’s Saribelle Diaz (right) scored one goal for the Spartans in a win over Matignon to open the Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 0 Oakland vs. Houston, 3:35 p.m. 2020 season Saturday. Monday, Oct. 5 San Diego vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees (Cole 7-3) vs. 9:08 p.m. (FS1) Tampa Bay (Snell 4-1), 8:07 p.m. Miami vs. Atlanta, 2:08 p.m. (MLB) Moloney, Diaz pace Spartans in victory NBA FINALS SPARTANS help in this strange new a great help. We also had “It’s all about building Wednesday, Sept. 30 L.A. Lakers vs. Miami, 9 p.m. From B1 season. two scrimmages with ref- momentum,” said Foley. L.A. Lakers 116, Miami 98 Friday, Oct. 9 “All of the referees have erees in the preseason, “We had a great first game, Friday, Oct. 2 x-Miami vs. L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. Foley also acknowledged been great,” said Foley. and those also really but now we have to keep it L.A. Lakers 124, Miami 114, Lakers the referees after the “It’s obviously hard on helped us prepare.” going. The competition lead series 2-0 Sunday, Oct. 11 x-L.A. Lakers vs. Miami, 7:30 p.m. game, saying that their in- them as well having to St. Mary’s will go on the isn’t going to get any easi- Sunday, Oct. 4 terpreting, administering L.A. Lakers vs. Miami, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 make these calls, so for road to take on Malden er in the CCL, so we know and explaining of the new Tuesday, Oct. 6 x-Miami vs. L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. them to go out of their way Catholic Monday after- we need to come with our rules has been a great to explain things has been noon (4). A-game every day.” TODAY IN SPORTS Oct. 5 Indianapolis Colts. The Colts score Fenwick cross country teams sweep St. Mary’s 1900 — Britain’s Harry Vardon wins 21 points in a late span of 2:10 — the U.S. Open golf title, beating J.H. two touchdowns thanks to fumbles ROUNDUP noon (2:30) with a road morning (9) against finishers for Fenwick by Sage Rosenfels — then intercepts Taylor with a 313 total at the Chica- From B1 match against Cardinal Matignon. were Catherine Carter in go Golf Club. Rosenfels’ last-ditch comeback at- Spellman at D.W. Fields For St. Mary’s, the top tempt for a 31-27 win. third place (23:32), Maria 1985 — Eddie Robinson becomes Fenwick will host Essex Golf Course in Brockton. finishers were Kyle Kwi- Ryan in fourth place college football’s winningest coach 2013 — Eighth-ranked Florida State Tech Monday evening BOYS CROSS atek in second place (23:34), Elizabeth Gauthi- as Grambling beats Prairie View stays undefeated in Atlantic Coast Conference play with a 63-0 victo- (5:30) COUNTRY (17:10), Anthony D’Itria er in sixth place (24:21) A&M 27-7. It’s Robinson’s 324th “It was a rough season Bishop Fenwick 25, in third place (18:27), Jes- career victory, one more than Paul ry over No. 25 Maryland. Maryland and Aubree Lemieux in “Bear” Bryant had before he retired matches the largest losing margin opener, but we are seeing St. Mary’s 30 sie Moriello in sixth place seventh place (24:47). from Alabama after the 1982 sea- by a ranked team. UCLA beat No. 11 a lot from this young team Fenwick took home the (18:58), John Paul Nowic- Fenwick (1-0) will run Texas 66-3, on Sept. 13, 1997. son. and I am excited to see victory behind a host of ki in ninth place (21:04) 2013 — Marcus Mariota throws again next Saturday 1991 — Fresno State ties an NCAA the rest of the season,” solid finishes, including and Isaiah Weston in 10th five touchdown passes and runs for morning (9) against record for most points in a quarter, said Enos. Wyatt Burr’s first-place place (21:04). two scores as No. 2 Oregon routs Matignon. with 49 in the second period as it GOLF finish with a time of 17:02. The Spartans (0-1) will Colorado 57-16. The Ducks reach pounds New Mexico 94-17. Fresno St. Mary’s got solid fin- the 50-point plateau for a school re- Bishop Fenwick 208, Other top Fenwick finish- run on the road at Cen- State’s Derek Mahoney ties an NCAA ishes from Kelsey Kwi- cord fifth straight time. Oregon have Matignon 103 ers were Matt Cinelli in tral Catholic next Sunday record with 13 extra points. atek in second place scored at least 55 points in all of its The Crusaders had fourth place (18:55), Col- (10). 1994 — The NBA shortens the games under first-year coach Mark three golfers score 30 by Brown in fifth place GIRLS CROSS (21:40), Juliana Taborda 3-point distance to a uniform 22 Helfrich. points or more in the vic- (18:57), Matt Gemedich in COUNTRY in fifth place (24:19), feet. 2014 — Brian Hoyer’s 6-yard tory, including Cade seventh place (19:00), Ty- Bishop Fenwick 21, Anna Fringuelli in eighth 1996 — Byron Hanspard rushes for touchdown pass to Travis Benjamin place (24:49) and Julia 287 yards, his fifth straight 200-yard Buckley (34 points), ler Declerq in eighth place St. Mary’s 36 with 1:09 left rallies the Cleveland Gavin Belt (31 points) (19:42) and Charlie Behind a victory from Gramolini in 10th place game this season, to lead Texas Tech Browns from a 25-point deficit to to a 45-24 win over Baylor. and Leo Schroeder (30 O’Hare in 13th place Shannon Bresnahan (26:22). beat the Tennessee Titans 29-28. The Spartans (0-1) will 2001 — Barry Bonds sets a new It’s the largest comeback in league points). (20:55). (21:22), the Crusaders mark for home runs in a single history by a road team. Fenwick (3-1) is back in Fenwick (1-0) will run rolled to a victory in their run on the road at Central season, hitting Nos. 71 and 72, but 2014 — Denver’s Peyton Manning action Wednesday after- again next Saturday season opener. Other top Catholic next Sunday (10). San Francisco is eliminated from the was 31 of 47 for a career-high 479 playoffs with an 11-10 loss to the yards with four TDs, including the Los Angeles Dodgers. 500th of his career, along with two Titans have 2 new positives, none for rest of NFL 2001 — The Mariners win their interceptions to help the Broncos 115th game of the year to become beat Arizona 41-20. the winningest team in American 2015 — San Jose Sharks forward NASHVILLE, Tenn. since Tuesday with the list Saturday. announced the latest re- League history, passing the record Raffi Torres is hit with the longest (AP) — Another Tennes- addition of Blasingame Newton wrote Sunday sults. the Yankees set three years earlier. suspension in NHL history when the see Titans player, full- to the COVID-19/Reserve on Instagram that he’ll The negative test re- 2005 — Daniel Alfredsson scores league banned him for the first 41 back Khari Blasingame, list on Monday. use his time off from foot- sults Sunday include New twice in the final 6 minutes of reg- games of the season for an illegal and another staff member The results from around ball to “get healthy and Orleans Saints fullback ulation and once during the first check to the head of Anaheim’s Ja- have tested positive for the rest of the league come self reflect on the other Michael Burton, who shootout in NHL history, leading Otta- kob Silfverberg during an Oct. 3 pre- the coronavirus, while the as the NFL postponed the amazing things that I falsely tested positive wa to a 3-2 win over Toronto. season game. rest of the NFL returned Patriots’ game at Kansas should be grateful for.” on Saturday. The Saints 2006 — Brendan Shanahan of the 2017 — Connor McDavid, Alex no new positives on Sun- City to Monday night. The person who con- learned of the positive New York Rangers becomes the Ovechkin, Wayne Simmonds and 15th player with 600 goals in the Brandon Saad each record a hat day, a person familiar New England starting firmed the two new cas- test after leaving New Or- NHL when he scores twice in a 5-2 trick in his team’s season opener. It’s with the situation told quarterback Cam Newton es involving Tennessee leans for Sunday’s sched- win over Washington. the first time four different players The Associated Press. and Chiefs practice squad spoke to the AP on con- uled game in Detroit and 2008 — Peyton Manning turns a score at least three goals in his sea- The Titans’ outbreak is quarterback Jordan dition of anonymity Sun- ran another series of tests colossal collapse by the Houston son opener in 100 years, since the now at 20 cases, with 18 Ta’amu were both added day because neither the on players and staff over- Texans into a stunning victory for the NHL’s first two games back in 1917. positive tests returned to the COVID-19 reserve NFL nor the Titans had night. MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B3 NATION What we know, and what we don’t, about Trump’s diagnosis

(AP) ­­– A White House physician’s comments on Sunday about the health of President Donald Trump amid his coronavi- rus diagnosis added a new layer of confusion even as the doctor sought to clar- ify contradictory state- ments from the day before. Here’s what we know and what we don’t know: WHAT WE KNOW: TRUMP’S MEDICAL CONDITION Dr. Sean Conley, the president’s physician, said Trump was given a ste- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS roid dexamethasone after A firefighter runs past flames while battling the Glass Fire in a Calisto- his blood oxygen level had ga, Calif., vineyard Thursday. dropped suddenly twice in recent days, but he “has PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS continued to improve” Record-breaking California since then. Conley said Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump could be discharged Trump, briefs reporters at Walter Reed Nation- from Walter Reed National al Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., wildfires surpass 4 million acres Military Medical Center as Saturday. early as Monday. By Jocelyn Gecke the year that have burned er does what is predicted, Conley said Trump had a Meadows on Saturday be able to return to the ASSOCIATED PRESS “well over 4 million acres we’re on that glide path I “high fever” and a blood ox- said some of Trump’s vital White House on Monday in California.” hope. But that doesn’t di- signs were “very concern- to continue his treatment. SAN FRANCISCO — ygen level below 94 percent The flames have minish the amount of work ing” Friday. That disclo- WHAT WE DON’T Deadly wildfires in Cali- on Friday and during “an- scorched an area larger that still needs to be done.” other episode” on Saturday. sure contradicted a rosy KNOW: TRUMP’S fornia have burned more than Connecticut. About Virtually all the dam- Conley was evasive when assessment Trump’s doc- MEDICAL CONDITION than 4 million acres (6,250 17,000 firefighters are still age has occurred since asked whether Trump’s tors had initially provided. Trump’s medical team square miles) this year — battling nearly two dozen mid-August, when five of blood oxygen level had Along with a steroid, continued to dodge many more than double the pre- major blazes throughout the six largest fires in state dropped below 90 percent: Trump has been treated questions Sunday, such as vious record for the most the state. history erupted. Lightning “We don’t have any record- with two experimental the specific timing of the land burned in a single ings here on that.” The drugs, doctors said. president’s dip in oxygen year in the state. Despite the grim mile- strikes caused some of the level currently stands at On Friday, Trump was and the impact of the dis- California fire officials stone, there were signs for most devastating blazes. 98 percent, Trump’s med- given a single dose of ease on his lungs. said the state hit the optimism this weekend. The wildfires have incin- ical team said. a drug that Regeneron Asked repeatedly about astonishing milestone Powerful winds that had erated hundreds of homes Blood oxygen saturation Pharmaceuticals Inc. is what lung scan tests found Sunday with about two been expected to drive and killed 31 people but is a key health marker for testing to supply antibod- and whether there have months remaining in the flames in recent days large parts of them are COVID-19 patients. A nor- ies to help his immune been any signs of pneu- fire season. The previous hadn’t materialized, and burning in largely unpop- mal reading is between 95 system fight the virus. monia or other damage, record was set two years warnings of extreme fire ulated land. and 100. A drop below 90 Trump also has taken two Conley responded: “We’re ago when wildfires de- danger for hot, dry and Many of the most de- is concerning. doses of a five-day course tracking all of that. There’s stroyed 1.67 million acres gusty weather expired Sat- structive fires sparked Trump’s team said Sun- of remdesivir, a Gilead some expected findings but (2,609 square miles). urday morning as a layer in Northern California, day that Trump received Sciences drug currently nothing of any major clini- “The 4 million mark is of fog rolled in. Clearer where hills and mountains oxygen at the White used for moderately and cal concern.” unfathomable. It boggles skies in some areas al- dotted with many dead House on Friday. They severely ill patients. Conley also hasn’t spec- the mind, and it takes your lowed large air tankers to trees have provided plen- were not clear on whether Trump’s team said Sun- ified where Trump is in breath away,” said Scott drop retardant after being ty of fuel for fires igniting he received any Saturday. day that Trump is “up and the “disease course” of McLean, a spokesman for sidelined by smoky condi- amid high temperatures The additional details around” and doing well. COVID-19. Days seven to the California Department tions several days earlier. and strong winds fanning emerged after White They said if things contin- 10 typically are a time of of Forestry and Fire Pro- “In certain areas, we the flames. Thick, gray House chief of staff Mark ue to go well, Trump will higher concern, he said. tection, known as Cal Fire. were able to get quite a bit smoke from the blazes has Cal Fire said in a state- of aircraft in. So we really fouled the air in many hill ment Sunday that there pounded, a couple different communities and major have been more than 8,200 areas hard with aircraft,” cities in the San Francisco wildfires since the start of Mclean said. “If the weath- Bay Area and beyond. Delays in verifying mail-in ballots will slow election tally

By Anthony Izaguirre ASSOCIATED PRESS Voters awaiting results in some of the key pres- idential battleground states on election night should be prepared to keep waiting, thanks to obstacles that will slow the count for what is ex- pected to be a crush of mailed-in ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Many states allow local A shopper walks by one of several vacant retail spaces among the outlet officials to start processing shops in Freeport, Maine. those ballots weeks before Election Day or even as they arrive. But in some of the most crucial states Long-term jobless caught in a on the electoral map, rules prevent or give clerks little squeeze that imperils recovery time to begin sorting bal- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS lots and verifying signa- An employee of the Philadelphia Commission- By Christopher single mother in Fort Lau- Many will need training tures before the election. ers Office examines ballots at a satellite election Rugaber and derdale. “There weren’t or education to find work That’s priming a scenar- office at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. Alexandra Olson many other women, and it with a new company or in io in which results may ASSOCIATED PRESS was hard. It’s not easy to a new occupation, which come in days — or even officials. of results. let it go.” can delay their re-entry weeks — later. WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania is expect- County officials have Millions of Americans in into the job market. In an election cycle that This spring, Magdalena ed to see 3 million or more pushed Pennsylvania Gov. the industries hit hardest On Friday, the govern- has seen President Don- Valiente was expecting mail-in ballots — half of Tom Wolf and state law- by the viral pandemic face ment reported that em- ald Trump baselessly cast her best year as a Flori- this year’s total and a ten- makers to set aside a larg- a similar plight. Their un- ployers added 661,000 jobs doubt on the legitimacy da-based concert promot- fold increase from 2016. er partisan fight and let employment has stretched in September, normally a of mail voting, many fear er. Now, she wonders if the Registered Democrats are them process mail-in bal- from weeks into months, healthy gain. Yet it marked that any delay in results applying at a rate of near- career she built over three and it’s become painfully the third straight monthly could give the president lots before Election Day. decades is over. ly 3 to 1 over Republicans. They argue that doing so unclear when, if ever, their slowdown in hiring. The more room to continue his “The longer it takes for Back in March, Valiente jobs will come back. In the nation has regained bare- attacks. will speed up vote count- had been busy planning the election results to be ing amid concerns that entertainment field where ly half the 22 million jobs Democrats are request- known, the greater the three tours and 42 live Valiente worked and in that were lost to the pan- ing mail-in ballots at high- the presidential election events, including concerts risk that they’re going to result will hang in limbo other sectors that absorbed demic and the widespread er rates than Republicans for the Panamanian reg- business shutdowns it be questioned and sec- over a drawn-out count. heavy job losses — from in many states, giving rise gaeton star Sech and the restaurants and hotels to caused in March and April. ond-guessed, and that During a recent rally in to the notion that Trump we’re going to be that na- Miami Latin pop band energy, higher education In a worrisome trend, Pennsylvania, Trump said could enjoy election night tional news story that we Bacilos. Earning well into and advertising — employ- a rising proportion of job the only way he will lose leads — a so-called “red really don’t want to be,” six figures during good ment remains far below losses appear to be per- the state is if Democrats mirage” — only to see said Lisa Schaefer, execu- years, Valiente was hoping pre-pandemic levels. manently gone. When the that edge slowly vanish as tive director of the County “steal the election.” to help her youngest son, a These trends have raised virus erupted in March mail-in ballots are tallied Commissioners Associa- “A lot of people are wor- high school junior, pay his the specter of a period of and paralyzed the econ- over the days that follow. tion of Pennsylvania. ried that if it takes a long way through college. widespread long-term un- omy, nearly 90 percent of Potential problems are The seemingly mundane time to count, people are But with live events can- employment that could layoffs were considered looming most acutely in administrative task of going to use that to say celed, things have turned turn the viral recession temporary, and a quick Pennsylvania, which is processing ballots — veri- we can’t trust the results, bleak. She is relying on into a more painful, ex- rebound seemed possible. being hotly contested by fying signatures and other when in fact it’s the exact unemployment benefits tended downturn. People No longer. In September, Trump and Democratic voter information to en- opposite,” said Lawrence and Medicaid and has ap- who have been jobless for the number of Americans nominee Joe Biden. Re- sure legitimacy, and sepa- Norden, director of the plied for food stamps. She six months or longer — classified as permanent- publican state lawmakers rating them from their en- Brennan Center’s Election has lost hope that the cri- one definition of long-term ly laid off rose 12 percent there have not allowed velope so they are ready to Reform Program. “It’s tak- sis will end soon. unemployment — typi- to 3.8 million. And the additional time to process be tabulated — essentially ing so long because of all “I worked up from the cally suffer an erosion of number of long-term un- ballots that arrive be- readies ballots for count- these security measures to very bottom when I start- skills and professional employed rose by 781,000 fore Election Day, despite ing on Election Day. That make sure the count is as ed in this business in my networks that makes it — the largest increase on pleas from local election helps speed up the release accurate as possible.” twenties,” said Valiente, a harder to find a new job. record — to 2.4 million. B4 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 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 Unhappy wife wants out of marriage to a good man DEAR ABBY: I’m 54 DEAR ABBY: I would and afraid to tell my Dear Abby is written by Abigail like to get some feedback spouse I want a divorce Van Buren, also known as Jeanne on my soon-to-be-empty even though I’m in an nest. Our last dog is ap- unhappy marriage. I told Phillips, and was founded by her proaching 18 years old, him years ago that I no mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact and I would like to adopt longer loved him and Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. another cat or dog. My didn’t want to be married husband wants to wait at anymore. His reply, “I Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. least a year with no pets have enough love for both in the house before possi- of us.” bly considering getting This year will be our planning your exit. Line vince him to believe me. another animal. I grew 15th together. I am up a job and a place you He told me that unless I up with pets and can’t spouse No. 3. I think he can afford in which to let him review my diary, imagine what it would be thinks that if there isn’t live. Upgrade your mar- he doesn’t want to be like without one. What to another person I’m in ketable skills, if neces- with me anymore! He has do? love with that we can sary. completely stopped com- continue like this. I feel Remember, your hus- municating with me. I ANIMAL LOVER IN it’s just time for me, and band has been through hurt so bad I can hardly FLORIDA I’m tired of always being this before, so he is a vet- stand it. somebody’s something. I eran at divorce. Before DEAR LOVER: With have thought of moving making ANY more an- ALL CRIED OUT an open mind, discuss out, but money is an is- nouncements, discuss this this further with your sue, and I have nowhere DEAR ALL CRIED husband. You need to un- with an attorney so you OUT: Your letter is a to go. I hate confronta- can protect yourself. derstand his reasons for tions, and he is a good first. Is your husband los- feeling the way he does man, but I am truly be- ing it? Is he on medica- DEAR ABBY: I’m at a about this. As you already ginning to hate him. Any tions that have altered total loss, heartbroken know, a fur baby is a seri- advice? his mental abilities? His and need some advice. fixation and insecurities ous responsibility, and MISERABLE IN My husband and I are are off the chart. when the quarantine THE EAST both over 60 and have You do not have to toler- ends and things return to been married for 20 ate his passive aggres- normal, he may want the DEAR MISERABLE: years. He has this insane sion. The first thing you two of you to travel. Be- Just a word of caution: idea that I have a diary. need to do is talk with his cause you have had your The grass is not always Abby, I don’t have a diary. doctor about what has sweet dog for so many greener on the other side I have never had one, and been going on. Your hus- years, slow down. Both of that fence. However, be- I don’t plan on ever hav- band may need a physi- partners should be on- cause you feel that re- ing one. cal and psychological board with the timing for maining with your hus- Short of taking a poly- evaluation. Please don’t adding a pet to the house- band is intolerable, begin graph test, I can’t con- wait. hold. BRIDGE

The robots make weird opening leads To start today, look only at the West hand as worth 15.15 points.) I like hand. What would you lead against West’s double in preference to a bid one no-trump doubled? showing a spade-minor two-suiter. Isaac Asimov’s first law of robotics You would expect West to lead the is: “A robot may not injure a human club king. Declarer can win that and being or, through inaction, allow a play a heart, but the defenders take human being to come to harm.” one spade, two hearts and four clubs Those of you who play regularly at for down one. Plus 200 would have Bridge Base Online with the robots been a top for East-West in an online will have noticed that in particular duplicate. their opening leads are unusual. A However, at the table, West led the minor-suit singleton against a no- trump contract is not uncommon. heart ace. No problem; surely the ro- They would do so much better to bot shifted to the club king. No — it lead fourth-highest from the longest led the diamond eight: nine, 10, ace. and strongest, or top of touching Declarer played a heart, and finally honors. Perhaps they don’t because West turned to clubs, but South won, they may injure a human bridge play- played a heart to the jack and ran er! the diamond jack when East played South upgraded his hand for the low. Now South had seven tricks: two aces and kings. (The Kaplan-Rubens hearts, four diamonds and one club. hand evaluation method rates this Plus 180 was a top for North-South. MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 THE DAILY ITEM B5 TV BEST BETS CELEBRITY INTERVIEW

NFL Football: Atlanta at Green Bay ESPN, 8 p.m. Live Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is the site of Malin Akerman talks AMC’s this Monday Night Footballmatchup between Aaron Rodgers’ Packers and Matt Ryan’s Atlanta Falcons. L.A.’s Finest: “Con Air” FOX, 8 p.m. new sci-fi drama “Soulmates” In the new episode “Con Air,” Syd (Gabrielle Union) By Ryan Berenz and Nancy (Jessica Alba) investigate the case of a If a simple, scientifically body that mysteriously fell out of the sky onto a busy proven test could definitive- Los Angeles street. ly determine your soulmate Love It or List It: “Hilary and David Tell All” — that one person you’re cos- HGTV, 8 p.m. mically connected to — would Featuring behind-the-scenes pop-up facts about you take it? And if you took Hilary and David, this episode follows a couple who the test, how would the result bought a foreclosure in need of a lot of work. She change your life? feels the to-do list is too long, but he’s unwilling Those questions are at the to budge and hopes Hilary can change her mind. core of AMC’s six-part specu- Following is the new episode, “Change of Heart,” in lative sci-fi drama Soulmates which Hilary and David revisit Sharnee and Albert, (Mondays), which tells sto- who decided to list their starter home in favor of a ries of characters who’ve house with more space. They’re interested to see been profoundly affected by if the couple settled into their new digs that David the breakthrough discovery found them or if they backpedaled on their decision. of the human “soul particle” Star of the Month: Peter Cushing: “Early Work” in 2023. It has already been TCM, beginning at 8 p.m. renewed for a second season. Catch a Classic! Fifteen years in the future, It makes sense that TCM would celebrate British ac- the Soul Connex company of- tor Peter Cushing each Monday in a spooky month fers customers the chance to like October; he is probably best remembered for his find their soulmate. (Think of appearances in Hammer horror films (which you’ll it as an internet dating ser- certainly see in upcoming weeks) or in villainous vice that is irrefutably accu- roles, as in the original Star Wars. But tonight you’ll rate.) The science is perfect, get to see Cushing in dramatic and comedic roles but its real-world application that help demonstrate the range he had. These films isn’t. There’s no guarantee encompass works the actor did early in his career, that their soulmate has also as well as movies he did during the heights of his taken the test. There’s no Hammer fame. The evening includes titles like Cash guarantee that their soul- on Demand(1961), The End of the Affair(1955), mate is the person to whom Hamlet(1948), A Chump at Oxford(1940, a Laurel they’re already married. and Hardy comedy featuring Cushing in a bit role as There’s no guarantee they’ll a student) and more. like their soulmate’s family One Day at a Time or friends. There’s no guar- antee that their soulmate is CBS, 9 p.m. even still alive. Season Premiere! “I always saw it as a world CBS airs Season 4 of the Pop comedy One Day at a — if you were looking in the Time, inspired by Norman Lear’s 1975 series of the big, big, big picture — it’s the same name. Justina Machado, Rita Moreno, Todd equivalent of destiny versus Grinnell and Isabella Gomez star in the story of the free will,” explains co-creator Cuban American Alvarez family. Two back-to-back and executive producer Brett episodes air tonight. Goldstein. “If soulmates exist, The Zimmern List: “Philadelphia” then it’s this person you’re Cooking Channel, 9 p.m. destined for. But if you’re Andrew visits Philadelphia and reveals its status as destined, then you have no a cultural crossroads by making stops at Mexican, choice. But we live in a world Indonesian and Israeli restaurants. Finally, a trip to where theoretically we have disturbing odyssey in search loved it. I thought it was just gut feeling and our own Philadelphia isn’t complete without visiting the old- free will, so that’s the real of meaning in their lives after such a creative episode, and brains and developing our est Italian restaurant in America. question: If everything’s laid their soulmates have died. really kind of disturbing, all own opinions, we’re going Filthy Rich: “Psalm 25:3” out for you, then what’s the “Sitting in a group some- in one.” against our own grain,” Ak- FOX, 9 p.m. point of your basic life?” what like AA for people In the case of Akerman’s erman says. “That is so frus- After Ginger’s (Melia Kreiling) live baptism on the In the episode “Break on who’ve lost their soulmates character, the soulmate test trating to watch, but so much Sunshine Network causes an uproar among fans, Through,” Malin Akerman that they’ve never met, it’s gave her tunnel vision, and fun to play in a role like this. Margaret (Kim Cattrall) invites her to appear on (Billions) and Charlie Hea- just really a strange begin- she became unable to see the You get to play the duality of Wings of a Doveagain to discuss her actions in the ton (Stranger Things) play ning to this really cool epi- forest for the trees. it, the contradicting feelings new episode “Psalm 25:3.” two people who embark on a sode,” Akerman says. “I just “Instead of using our own within oneself.”

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PARIS (AP) — News a message. that the world’s most pow- Dr. Bharat Pankhania, erful man was infected who advises Johnson’s with the world’s most no- government on communi- torious disease dominated cable disease control, said screens large and small, he hopes that Trump’s drawing shock, sympathy positive test sends a mes- and some barbs for Presi- sage. dent Donald Trump. “We need politicians, The outpouring from especially politicians like world leaders and flagging President Trump who has markets Friday left little a lot of power and influ- doubt that Trump’s illness ence, to take this serious- will have global implica- ly and to support their PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS tions — even if they’re scientists and clinicians Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has still unknown. Trump’s in leading the outbreak defended his handling of the coronavirus pan- announcement on Twit- management, rather than demic, but warned that the country faces a ter that he and first lady have political influence in “bumpy” winter ahead. Melania Trump tested trying to deny that this positive for the coronavi- virus is in circulation and rus prompted a multitude drag your feet around con- of responses on the same trol measures because it UK’s Johnson platform, as well as others. suited your agenda.” The positive test reading Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koi- adds to investors’ worries, ke, speaking at a weekly especially about its effect news conference, did not defends trategy on the Nov. 3 election be- mention Trump’s reluc- tween the Republican tance to wear masks when president and Democrat asked about his infection, on coronavirus Joe Biden. U.S. stock fu- PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS but she said the news “re- tures and most world mar- People watch a large screen showing President minded me of how widely LONDON (AP) — Brit- clearly. Critics say months kets fell on the news as did Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump masks are worn in Japan.” ish Prime Minister Bo- of mixed messages and the price of oil. during a news report from Chinese state televi- Major media across the ris Johnson defended his changes of advice on ev- From India to Qatar globe played up the an- sion about Trump testing positive for the coro- handling of the coronavi- erything from wearing to Mexico, world leaders nouncement, with bulle- navirus. rus pandemic on Sunday masks to whether or not were quick to offer official tins crawling across TV despite weeks of rising to work from home has sympathy from the top, Tedros Adhanom Ghe- a neighbor, confirms what screens in Paris and Rome, infections, but warned left people confused and many in the form of tweets Seoul and Beijing. breyesus tweeted “My best he is: An idiot without that the country faced a exhausted. directly to Trump, while “To say this potentially wishes to President @real- soul. A hug to Melania and “bumpy” winter ahead. A national test-and- something approaching could be a big deal is an DonaldTrump and @FLO- Donald.” Britain has Europe’s trace program to find peo- schadenfreude bubbled up understatement,” Rabo- TUS for a full and speedy British Prime Minister highest coronavirus death ple who have been exposed from elsewhere. Trump is bank said in a commen- toll, at more than 42,400, to the virus has also had the most prominent on a recovery.” The Trump ad- Boris Johnson, who was tary. ministration in July for- hospitalized for a week in and Johnson’s Conserva- persistent problems, and growing list of powerful “Everything now takes a tive government is facing is failing to reach more people who have contract- mally notified the United April after he contracted backseat to the latest in- Nations of its withdrawal COVID-19, wished Trump criticism from all sides. than a quarter of infected ed the virus, including credible twist in this U.S. Opponents say tough- people’s contacts. many who were skeptical from WHO, although the a “speedy recovery.” election campaign.” pullout won’t take effect Former Italian Premier er social restrictions are Keir Starmer, leader of the disease. Among his China’s official Xinhua needed to suppress a sec- of the opposition Labour until next year. Trump Silvio Berlusconi, who also well-wishers were at least News Agency flashed the ond wave of COVID-19 Party, accused the govern- claims the U.N. health recently recovered from a two who have recovered news, and an anchor on that is already sweeping ment of “serial incompe- agency is in need of reform serious bout with corona- from the illness. state broadcaster CCTV the country. But many in tence.” and is heavily influenced virus, has sent a message “I’m sure that your in- announced it. Johnson’s right-of-center “The prime minister is by China. The U.N. secre- to Trump and the first lady herent vitality, good spir- Late Friday, the Chinese party argue that restric- governing in hindsight,” tary-general also sent in extending his best wishes its and optimism will Foreign Ministry spokes- tions must be eased to Starmer told the Observer help you cope with the best wishes. for a speedy recovery. person Hua Chunying save the battered econo- newspaper. “So he charges dangerous virus,” Russian Italian right-wing oppo- “I know this illness from tweeted that she was “sad- my. forward, not recognizing President Vladimir Putin sition leader Matteo Sal- direct experience, that can dened to learn President Johnson told the BBC the problem, has a car wrote in a direct message vini tweeted: “In Italy and manifest itself also in an and the First Lady of the the government had to crash, looks in the rear to Trump released by the in the world, whoever cele- insidious way, but which US tested positive. strike a difficult balance mirror and says: ‘What’s Kremlin. brates the illness of a man can be overcome with cor- “Hope they both have a and he couldn’t “take a all that about?’” World Health Organi- or of a woman, and who rect and courageous be- speedy recovery and will course that could expose Britain recorded 12,872 zation director-general comes to wish the death of havior,” Berlusconi said in be fine,” he said. us to tens of thousands new coronavirus infec- more deaths in very short tions on Saturday, by far order.” the highest daily total Azerbaijan’s No. 2 city in line of fire “It is a moral imperative since the outbreak be- to save lives ... but on the gan, although the figure BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) true, saying the territory’s Arayik Harutyunyan, Sunday. other hand, we have to includes a backlog of pre- — The fighting between army “is controlling the said on Facebook that he As the fighting resumed keep our economy moving. viously unreported cases. Armenian and Azerbai- situation in all directions.” ordered “rocket attacks Sunday morning, Arme- That is the balance that The daily number can’t we are trying to strike,” he directly be compared to jani forces continued on Azerbaijani officials said to neutralize military ob- nian officials accused said. U.K.’s peak in April be- Sunday over the sepa- earlier Sunday that Ar- jects” in Ganja, but later Azerbaijan of carrying out Britain went into a na- cause many more tests are ratist territory of Na- menian forces attacked told his forces to stop firing strikes on Stepanakert tional lockdown in March, being performed now. gorno-Karabakh, with Ganja, the country’s sec- to avoid civilian casualties. and targeting the civil- with most businesses The number of hospi- Azerbaijan’s second-larg- ond-largest city. Hikmet Azerbaijani officials de- ian population there. Na- closed and all but essen- talizations and deaths in est city coming under Hajiyev, Aliyev’s aide to nied that any military gorno-Karabakh’s leader tial travel barred. Restric- Britain is also rising, but attack and Azerbaijan the Azerbaijani president, objects had been hit, but Harutyunyan said that in tions began to be lifted in remains far below the claiming to have seized a tweeted a video depicting said the attack caused response, his forces would June as the pandemic tide U.K.’s springtime peak. town and several villages. damaged buildings, and damage to civilian infra- target “military facilities receded. But like other Another 49 COVID-19 The clashes erupted on called it the result of “Ar- structure. One civilian permanently located in European countries, dai- deaths were reported on Sept. 27 and have killed menia’s massive missile has been killed, and 32 major cities of Azerbai- ly new coronavirus infec- Saturday, compared to al- dozens, marking the big- attacks against dense res- others sustained injuries, jan.” tions began to rise again most 1,000 a day at the gest escalation in the de- idential areas” in Ganja. authorities said. In a statement issued when pubs and restau- height of the outbreak. cades-old conflict over the It wasn’t immediately Ganja, home to several later on Sunday, Azerbai- rants reopened, children Johnson acknowledged region, which lies within possible to verify the au- hundred thousand resi- jan’s Defense Ministry went back to school and that many people feel “fa- Azerbaijan but is con- thenticity of the video. Ha- dents, is located roughly rejected accusations of students returned to uni- tigue” after months of re- trolled by local ethnic Ar- jiyev said in another tweet 100 kilometers (about 60 targeting civilians and ci- versity. strictions and expressed menian forces backed by that attacks on Ganja and miles) north of Stepa- vilian infrastructure. The U.K. is now under hope that progress on vac- Armenia. other areas in Azerbaijan nakert, Nagorno-Kara- Nagorno-Karabakh offi- national restrictions on cines and testing would Azerbaijani President were launched “from terri- bakh’s capital. cials have said nearly 200 socializing, including a 10 “change the scientific Ilkham Aliyev tweeted tory of Armenia.” “Opening fire on the ter- servicemen on their side p.m. curfew for bars and equation” in the next few on Sunday that the coun- Armenia’s Defense ritory of Azerbaijan from have died in the clashes restaurants, and groups months, allowing a return try’s troops “liberated Ministry said that “no the territory of Armenia so far. Azerbaijani author- limited to six, with areas to normality. from occupation the city fire of any kind is being is clearly provocative and ities haven’t given details of high infection facing But he warned “it’s going of Jabrayil and several opened from the territory expands the zone of hos- on their military casual- stricter local measures, to continue to be bumpy surrounding villages.” Na- of Armenia in Azerbai- tilities,” Azerbaijani De- ties, but said 24 civilians which Johnson and oth- through to Christmas. It gorno-Karabakh’s officials jan’s direction.” But Na- fense Minister Zakir Ha- were killed and 111 others er ministers have some- may even be bumpy be- rejected the claim as un- gorno-Karabakh’s leader, sanov said in a statement were wounded. times struggled to explain yond.” Many in migrant caravan bused back to Honduran border

POPTUN, Guatemala (AP) — ta Barbara, Honduras. a plot to influence the U.S. elec- ment after walking from Hondu- truck in his wheelchair with Hundreds of U.S.-bound Hondu- “We’re going to continue,” he tions. And newly formed Trop- ras earlier this week. the help of fellow Honduran mi- ran migrants who had entered said. “We were resting and the ical Storm Gamma threatened Migrants’ voices rang out on grants. Guatemala this week without bigger group continued. We to dump torrential rain on their the rural highway, demand- In Mexico, President Andrés registering were being bused didn’t know what happened to planned route through southern ing authorities either let them Manuel López Obrador suggest- back to their country’s border them.” Mexico. through or provide them food. ed Friday that the estimated Saturday by authorities who The four, all in their early 20s, The senior U.S. diplomat Guatemala immigration au- 2,000 migrants who set out from met them with a large road- are farmworkers. They heard for the Americas on Saturday thorities said some of the orig- San Pedro Sula, Honduras, had block. about the caravan that formed praised Guatemalan President inal group of about 2,000 mi- perhaps been organized with By 5 a.m. Saturday, none of earlier this week in San Pedro Alejandro Giammattei “for the grants had agreed to return to U.S. politics in mind. 1,000 or so migrants who had Sula via WhatsApp and Face- sustained efforts to mitigate the Honduras, though Guatemala’s “I think it has to do with the been stalled by police and sol- book. spread of #Covid19 and stop ir- vice minister of foreign rela- election in the United States,” diers remained along a stretch Late Friday, hundreds of mi- regular migration.” tions, Eduardo Hernández, is- López Obrador said. “I don’t of rural highway remained. Po- grants headed for the United “The U.S. is committed to con- sued a video Saturday complain- have all the elements, but there lice said that hours earlier, mi- States had become increasingly tinuing to work with our part- ing that Honduras was refusing are indications that it formed grants had boarded buses and desperate after running into the ners to save lives and protect to receive at least some of them. with that purpose. I don’t know army trucks to be taken back to roadblock. health,” tweeted Michael G. The others had split between to whose benefit, but we’re not the border. Seldom since 2018 had the Kozak, acting assistant secre- two routes: Some traveled north naive.” Small groups of fewer than prospects for a migrant cara- tary of state for Western Hemi- to Peten, where the roadblock The new group was reminis- 10 migrants each could still be van been so discouraging. Gua- sphere Affairs. was, and others walked, hitched cent of a migrant caravan that found walking along the high- temala’s president saw them as On Friday, over 100 Guatema- rides took buses west toward the formed two years ago shortly way before the roadblock Satur- a contagion risk amid the coro- lan soldiers and police blocked capital, Guatemala City. before U.S. midterm elections. day morning. navirus pandemic and vowed to the migrants, who became in- Some had hitched rides aboard It became an issue in the cam- Olvin Suazo, 21, was walking deport them. Mexico’s president creasingly frustrated with the passing trucks. Wilmer Chávez, paign, fueling anti-immigrant with three friends, all from San- speculated that the caravan was lack of food and forward move- 35, got aboard the bed of one rhetoric. B8 THE DAILY ITEM MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2020 HEALTH Just listen, if someone has a miscarriage

By Georgia Garvey “Oh, honey,” she might TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE say softly, patting your arm. Maybe she’d quietly If you’re ever looking for tell you she went through way to clear out a room, something similar, or may- consider talking about be she’d just sit with you, your miscarriage. in silence. She usually According to the Mayo didn’t offer advice or ask Clinic, there’s at least a 1 follow-up questions. in 5 chance a woman will I liked The Mom best. have one, so the odds are My least favorite was good (well, not “good” so “The Encourager.” much as “high”) that you’ll The Encourager means have one to discuss. I’m well but never runs out one of those women and of platitudes: “You can al- I’ve talked about miscar- ways try again!” “You’re riage with friends, with still young!” “At least you family and now, apparent- know you can get preg- ly, with the world. nant!” “It just wasn’t I don’t pretend to get all meant to be!” And the of the “National Theme worst: “It’s all part of God’s Awareness” months, but plan.” October is National Preg- Whether that was true nancy and Infant Loss or not, it felt punitive that PHOTO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Awareness Month and if the Almighty had singled nothing else, it serves to Emily Smith watches as Larry Brown lifts a weighted ball during an occupational therapy me out for suffering, had let women in that place session at Community Health Network. decided to inflict it on me know that there are multi- intentionally and with an tudes of others who’ve also awareness of what he was been there. Maybe it helps doing. show them the ways other He’s fought COVID-19 for Also pretty bad was “The women have traveled the Diagnoser,” who’s never path. met an ailment he or she My first miscarriage, can’t cure. Your miscar- which happened about months; can he ever beat it? riage presents a challenge eight years ago, was a to The Diagnoser, one that shock. I felt as if I were the almost certainly can be only woman who’d ever INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Larry was a sign. woke up May 10, a day before his identified and prevented Brown had been on a ventilator He was hearing more about the 46th birthday. had one. I was adrift and confused. How was I sup- by actions The Diagnoser for 37 days. Nurses periodically virus. Schools and sports leagues Brown couldn’t walk or speak. or someone The Diagnos- turned the 45-year-old former In- began shutting down. Indiana He could barely scribble. Hospital posed to react, I wondered. Should I be less sad? More er knows has undertaken diana State football player onto would soon order residents to rehabilitation began right away. or ceased undertaking. his stomach to help him breathe. stay home unless they had to go He had to build strength in his sad? What was my time limit for grieving? Did you drink coffee while Brown’s lungs were filling with to work, the doctor or an essential legs to stand, then to try a few But I’m an over-shar- you were pregnant? Fly in fluid, and doctors didn’t expect business. steps, and climb some stairs. Mak- er, and the way I dealt an airplane? Paint your him to last. Brown called his doctor, who ing it to the top felt like climbing nails? Expose yourself to As visitors weren’t allowed in told him to quarantine. He hun- with my experience was Mount Everest. to talk about it. I talked too many free radicals, the intensive care unit, a nurse kered down, and his mom dropped The work made him sore and lead-based paint, fluoride, placed a phone next to his ear. off meals. to friends, to family mem- reminded him of football training bers, sometimes to anyone parabens or cash register “Thank you for fighting so hard, Brown’s symptoms worsened. camp. But that soreness faded as receipts? Have you gone Larry,” his sister-in-law, Ellie Nightmares arrived. He struggled who’d sit beside me long seasons progressed. enough. Part of the reason gluten-free? Dairy-free? Brown, told him. She was careful to draw deep breaths. On June 12, he left the hospi- I did it was that I wanted Sugar-free? Paleo? Tried not to say goodbye. That might On March 25, an exhausted tal, ambling through a group of to explain my strange be- essential oils? Crystals? scare him. Brown called his mom for help. applauding employees and into havior, my paleness, my Maybe you should visit Like millions of COVID-19 cas- Marilyn Brown dialed 911, and a foreign world. Everywhere he occasional lapses of si- an acupuncturist, a chi- es, Brown’s had started with mi- an ambulance took her son to the went, people wore masks. Busi- lently staring off into the ropractor, a reiki healing nor symptoms. When he fell ill hospital. nesses closed early if they opened distance. But I also felt master, a witch doctor, an in mid-March, people in the U.S. Brown’s spirits rose over the at all. Grocery prices had jumped; another motive driving exorcist. were becoming familiar with the prospect of help. As he rested in stores had new traffic patterns. me, one harder to define. I Eventually I realized novel coronavirus. Businesses his room watching TV, he thought Life became a large list of un- had to talk. Diagnosers are simply he’d stay a few days. were starting to shutter — but knowns. Eventually, I became a terrified of uncertainty. only until the country could flat- Soon, though, he was moved to He doesn’t know how he got connoisseur of the listen- They can’t accept that ten the curve, nearly everyone another room — he wasn’t sure COVID-19. er’s reactions. sometimes bad things just thought. And most cases weren’t why. He doesn’t know if the tingling There was the “Dude” re- happen, that they can’t severe, officials said. It’s the last thing he really re- sensation in every finger except action, which was often but ward off tragedy in their Yet Brown spiraled quickly. His members. his pinkies will ever go away and not always what happened own lives by researching family feared they’d lose him but Doctors moved Brown to the allow him to type without shoot- when I told a man. I never or thinking or doing. I’ve wouldn’t call it quits. “People ICU and started him on the venti- ing pain. felt men should be spared been a Diagnoser before, weren’t ready to go there,” Ellie lator while grappling with how to from the things that hap- and probably since, but Brown said. treat him. They put him in a med- He doesn’t know when he’ll be able to return to his job as a busi- pen to the women in their my two miscarriages have Turns out, neither was Larry. ically induced coma, and attached made me at least try to ness analyst with health insurer lives, so I told my brothers, After that phone call, Brown him to an ECMO machine, which stop myself from dispens- Anthem. my father, my friends even slowly improved. He’d remain on did the job of his lungs by trans- ing unsolicited advice He doesn’t know if he’ll play though I knew I might get the ventilator for nearly two more ferring oxygen into his blood. when someone shares. basketball with his kids again or a Dude response. Besides, weeks, for a total of about 50 days. As April ended, Brown’s con- A miscarriage — maybe if he’ll live with a permanent dis- sometimes talking about But coming out of the medically dition grew worse. A dangerous any loss — is intensely ability. it with The Dude was kin- induced coma was only the begin- MRSA infection set in. Despite da funny. personal anyway. There “Right now, I’m just trying to ning of Brown’s recovery. the no-visitors rule, staff feared “Ahem, ah, well, you isn’t much anyone can say understand the new normal,” said There’s no end in sight to a re- Brown had little time and let his know, that’s, um, too bad,” other than “I’m sorry.” Brown, wearing a blue-and-white habilitation that already has last- mom and one of his daughters see The Dude might say, clear- For me, it wasn’t like los- “COVID-19 survivor” T-shirt at ed months. His hands — which him. ing his throat nervously, ing someone I knew and helped make him Indiana State’s Brown wouldn’t recall that emo- home with his family. avoiding eye contact and loved. It was losing a pos- eighth all-time receiving leader tional visit, or his sister-in-law’s He says he’s blessed to be alive stammering out some- sibility, a potential, and — can’t even open a Pepsi can. He phone call. Those weeks seem like but estimates he’s at 40% of his thing vaguely kind but the sadness was about didn’t die of the virus, but life may a black hole, lost time where all he pre-coronavirus self. also clearly indicative of never knowing what could never be the same. remembers is nightmares: He was Brown’s doctors have unan- a passionate yearning to have been. Brown doesn’t know exact- in a different hospital, and staff swered questions, too. COVID-19 drop the subject and never There is no solution for ly when he first felt symptoms. there wanted to kill him. has disproportionately affected return to it, like, ever. The grief of any variety. But Around March 15, he started Doctors aren’t sure why Brown African Americans like Brown; Dude — who, by the way, I found consolation in struggling to focus at work. He started to improve. Narang sus- what role might that have played? is sometimes a woman — speech. It was a dose of didn’t have a cough like many pects the ECMO machine saved Brown isn’t diabetic; he doesn’t is not above pulling a fire medication, if not a cure. coronavirus patients, but he did his life. An antibiotic adjustment smoke. Why did his case grow so alarm to escape the con- While talking, I felt as if lose his appetite. The 5-foot-9- may have helped. severe — why did he become what versation. my suffering had become inch, 240-pound man knew that Whatever the reason, Brown some call a “COVID long-hauler”? “The Mom” was often an a physical load I was offer- older woman. ing up. Endometrial cancer is tied to some risk factors

MAYO CLINIC NEWS lying medical conditions. vaginal bleeding, usually I would encourage you to blood pressure or high cho- sample of the endometrial NETWORK At this time, no screening prompts a woman to see talk with your health care lesterol can raise your risk tissue has to be surgically test is available for endo- her health care provider. If provider about your risk removed and examined, DEAR MAYO CLINIC: for endometrial cancer, too. My 54-year-old sister was metrial cancer. Research- endometrial cancer is dis- and see if genetic testing Women who have nev- or biopsied, to determine diagnosed recently with ers are, however, studying covered early, surgically might be appropriate. er been pregnant, those whether a woman has en- early stage endometrial a test that could help de- removing the uterus typi- In most cases, though, who started menstruation dometrial cancer. cancer. She only went to tect this type of cancer in cally offers a cure. factors other than fam- at an early age or who go But a clinical trial is the doctor because she its earliest stages. Endometrial cancer on ily history play a larger through menopause at a underway at Mayo Clin- had bleeding between Endometrial cancer be- its own is not a disease role in raising a person’s later age, and women who ic that’s studying the ef- menstrual cycles. I’m won- gins in the uterus, within you inherit. However, a risk for endometrial can- have had hormone ther- fectiveness of collecting dering if I am at risk, too, the layer of cells that form genetic disorder known as cer. Some of the most sig- apy for the treatment of and examining samples of and if there is anything I the uterine lining, called Lynch syndrome that is nificant include medical breast cancer all are at an uterine fluid via a tampon can do to reduce my risk. the endometrium. You passed down through fam- conditions that change the increased risk for endome- for diagnosing endometrial Is there a screening test? may sometimes hear en- ilies has been shown to balance of the hormones es- trial cancer. Age is a fac- cancer. The study currently ANSWER: An increased dometrial cancer referred increase the risk of devel- trogen and progesterone in tor, as well. Endometrial has more than 1,900 par- risk for endometrial can- to as uterine cancer. oping endometrial cancer, your body. Examples of such cancer most often affects ticipants. The results are cer can run in families in As in your sister’s case, as well as other cancers of conditions include obesity, women after they have showing promise and a some cases, but it’s rare. endometrial cancer often the colon, stomach, kidney, polycystic ovary syndrome gone through menopause. larger clinical trial is under More commonly, this kind is found when it’s still small intestine, liver and and diabetes. Fluctuations Right now, there isn’t a development. Ultimately of cancer is linked to risk at an early stage. That’s sweat glands. If your fam- in the balance of these hor- noninvasive way to check there may be a new, less in- factors such as obesity, age because the most com- ily has a strong history mones cause changes in the for endometrial cancer. vasive way to identify this and having other under- mon symptom, abnormal of these types of cancers, endometrium. Having high When symptoms appear, a cancer quickly.