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e CLEAREdition 68 • 53 | TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2020 | theworldlink.com Follow us online: facebook.com/theworldnewspaper twitter.com/TheWorldLink instagram.com/theworldlink State’s COVID cases now exceed 25,000 THE WORLD death is an 87-year-old woman in 1,180,497. Since the March 8 the program. This 6.2 percent and increased unemployment Washington County who tested emergency declaration, OHP’s increase in federal Medicaid payments will not affect OHP eli- PORTLAND — COVID-19 positive on Aug. 16 and died on enrollment has increased by matching funds has covered and gibility. They will not be counted has claimed three more lives in Aug. 22, in her residence. She more than 100,000 members or is projected to cover Oregon’s during the application process or Oregon, raising the state’s death had underlying conditions. 9.3 percent. enrollment increases through the when members report a change toll to 420, the Oregon Health Oregon’s 419th COVID-19 About 1 in 4 of the additional end of the year. in their household. Authority reported Monday. death is a 77-year-old man in members are new enrollments The Oregon Health Author- OHP provides free physical, Oregon Health Authority also Washington County who tested to OHP. The rest of the increase ity has made several changes dental and behavioral health reported 220 new confirmed and positive on Aug. 14 and died is due to a policy change that to its Medicaid program to coverage to Oregonians who presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Aug. 18, at Providence St. keeps the vast majority of mem- support health care access for qualify. For more information on Monday, bringing the state Vincent Medical Center. He had bers enrolled in the program Oregonians during the response about applying for OHP, go to total to 25,155. underlying conditions. during this national emergency. to COVID-19. These changes OHP.Oregon.gov. The new confirmed and Oregon’s 420th COVID-19 Since the end of March, people include: Stay informed about presumptive COVID-19 cases death is a 73-year-old woman in exiting the program decreased • Individuals can sign up for COVID-19: reported today are in the fol- Washington County who tested by around 75 percent from OHP without having to verify Oregon response: The Oregon lowing counties: Clackamas positive on July 29 and died on 20,000 people a month to about their income (submit a pay stub) Health Authority and Oregon Of- (22), Columbia (1), Coos (1), Aug. 23, in her residence. She 5,000 a month. Adults eligible with their application. They can fice of Emergency Management Deschutes (1), Jackson (23), had underlying conditions. for OHP through the Affordable self-attest, which helps Orego- lead the state response. Jefferson (7), Josephine (1), Medicaid enrollment in- Care Act have made up about 60 nians get access to OHP cover- United States response: The Klamath (2), Lane (2), Malheur creases by more than 100,000 percent of the program’s growth, age more quickly. Centers for Disease Control (7), Marion (33), Morrow (2), members since March and children covered by Medic- • Most members who are and Prevention leads the U.S. Multnomah (59), Polk (2), Uma- Last week, the Oregon Health aid account for about 25 percent currently enrolled in the Oregon response. tilla (11), Washington (34), and Plan (OHP) had an increase of of the growth. Health Plan will not lose cover- Global response: The World Yamhill (12). 4,016 members, bringing the Federal funding has increased age during this crisis. Health Organization guides the Oregon’s 418th COVID-19 total number of members to to support states’ increases in • Federal stimulus payments global response. Republican convention showcases rising stars WASHINGTON (AP) — A rising generation of Republican stars offered an optimistic view of President Donald Trump’s leadership but was undermined on the opening night of the GOP’s scaled-back convention by speakers issuing dark warn- ings about the country’s future and distorting the president’s record, particularly on the coro- navirus pandemic. As Trump faces pressure to expand his appeal beyond his loyal supporters, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the Senate’s sole Black Republican, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, sought to cast the GOP as welcoming to Americans of color, despite the party’s over- whelmingly white leadership and voting base. Contributed Photos “I was a brown girl in a black The Hillside Terrace in Coquille is a multifamily housing complex that will see upgrades through investment by Neighborworks Umpqua. and white world,” Haley said Monday night, noting that she faced discrimination but reject- ing the idea that “America is a racist country.” She also gave a Hillside Terrace will get an upgrade nod to the Black Lives Matter movement, saying “of course we THE WORLD part of NWU’s commitment to know that every single Black life addressing Oregon’s South Coast is valuable.” ROSEBURG — Neighbor- housing needs. NWU is work- But the prime-time con- Works Umpqua will be investing ing to develop new housing and vention proceedings, which $7.8 million to renovate and mod- preserve existing housing in re- featured a blend of taped and ernize the Hillside Terrace Apart- sponse to the Coos County Hous- live speeches, focused largely ments in Coquille, after having se- ing Action Plan developed by a on dire talk about Joe Biden, cured $2.5 million in competitive community coalition in 2018. Trump’s Democratic challeng- funding from Oregon Housing Construction on Hillside Ter- er in the November election. and Community Services. race Apartments is anticipated to Speakers ominously warned Resources were approved by begin in early 2021. that electing Biden would the Housing Stability Council For more information, visit lead to violence in American on Friday, Aug. 7. The funds www.nwumpqua.org or call 541- cities spilling into the suburbs, from OHCS will be in the form 673-4909. a frequent Trump campaign of low-cost loans and a grant for About NeighborWorks message with racist undertones. energy efficiency improvements. Umpqua One speaker called Trump the These funds, from dedicated NeighborWorks Umpqua is a ru- “bodyguard of Western civili- non-General Fund sources, will ral-focused housing and community zation.” match $5.2 million in previously The Hillside Terrace playground. development non-profit committed Scrambling to find a message secured low-cost loans for the to promoting opportunity for all that sticks, Trump’s team tried project from the United States property in Coquille. director of acquisitions and de- through quality housing, communi- out multiple themes and tactics Department of Agriculture Rural The renovations at Hillside velopment for NWU. “We have ty development, property manage- over the course of the night. Development. USDA RD is the Terrace will improve accessi- been working on the preservation ment, financial services, education, They featured optimism from primary provider of financing for bility, energy efficiency, indoor of Hillside Terrace since 2016. and advocacy in order to attain those who could represent the housing in rural communities. air quality and will reinvest in With increasing construction economic, social and environmental GOP’s future, attempts to char- Hillside Terrace is a 39-unit major building systems like roofs costs, the funds from OHCS help sustainability and equity. Started acterize Biden as a vessel for multifamily property that was so Hillside Terrace can continue cover those costs and permit us in 1991, NeighborWorks Umpqua socialists and far-left Democrats originally built in 1980. Hillside to provide affordable homes for to move forward with the project provides over 600 units of housing, despite his moderate record and is home to lower-income seniors, many years to come. so Hillside Terrace can be a place economic development opportuni- humanizing stories about the working families and those who “The funding that OHCS was to call home for Coquille Valley ties, home rehabilitation services, 74-year-old man who sits in the experience a disability. This is able to provide for this project is residents for years to come.” and direct services focused on home Oval Office. the only income-based rental vital,” said Brian Shelton-Kelley, This project is also a key ownership and personal finances. Trump and a parade of fellow Republicans misrepresented Biden’s agenda through the evening, falsely accusing him Friday Coos Bay fire is under investigation of proposing to defund police, ban oil fracking, take over health Blaze in a vacant fire and police departments are Bend was called to assist with set intentionally or by acci- care, open borders and raise investigating a Friday morning putting out the fire, but the blaze dent. It is similar to other sus- taxes on most Americans. They house in Empire is blaze that caused extensive dam- caused significant damage to the picious fires in that area over tried to assign positions of the age to a vacant house at 264 N. home, said Coos Bay Fire Chief the past six months, Anderson Democratic left to a middle-of- latest in a series of Schoneman St. Mark Anderson. No injuries were said. the-road candidate who explic- The fire department was reported. The fire department is asking itly rejected many of the party’s fires in that area alerted to the fire about 8 a.m. Anderson said the fire was that anyone with information most liberal positions through Friday. Firefighters found heavy, caused by someone who had about the fire or other recent fires the primaries. THE WORLD black smoke pouring out of the made an unauthorized entry in the Empire area contact the boarded-up structure.