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NTERPRISEt h e l i v i n g s t o n E Tuesday, May 18, 2021 •Livingston,Montana•Vol.115 No.106 $1.00 County Sunny skies — for now OKs transit facility contracts By Sam Klomhaus Enterprise Staff Writer
The Park County Commissioners approved Tuesday the contracts for con- struction of a transit facility at the Park County Fairgrounds. Edman Builders of Fort Collins, Colo- rado has been contracted as the con- struction manager for the project and Slate Architecture, of Helena, is the architect. The facility will serve as a bus barn for Windrider Transit’s buses, and will allow the county to do maintenance on larger vehicles. Park County received a $700,000 grant, with no match requirement, from the Montana Department of Transporta- tion through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for the project. The construction contract includes a guaranteed maxi- mum price for the project of $600,000. The new transit facility will measure approximately 5,568 square feet, according to the contract, and will house the county’s buses. Plans call for the facility to include three bays, one wash bay with a wash curtain, a conference/training room, bathrooms, three offices, a break room, a storage/copy supply room and a mez- zanine for storage. Construction on the facility is slated Enterprise photo by Sam Klomhaus to begin July 9 and wrap up by the end The sun beams down on Paradise Valley just south of Livingston Tuesday afternoon. The pleasant weather will change, as the National Weath- of 2021. er Service says rain showers to move in Wednesday and last through Sunday, with temperatures dropping to a low around 33 Friday night. Changed by pandemic, many workers won’t return to old jobs By The Associated Press
There’s a wild card in the push to return to pre-pandemic life: AP Many workers don’t want to go The Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in back to the jobs they once had. Washington. Layoffs and lockdowns, com- bined with enhanced unemploy- ment benefits and stimulus High court to take checks, gave many Americans the time and the financial cushion to rethink their careers. Their for- up major abortion mer employers are hiring again — and some, like Uber and McDon- ald’s, are offering higher pay — rights challenge but workers remain hesitant. In March, U.S. job openings WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme rose 8% to a record 8.1 million, Court agreed Monday to a showdown but overall hiring rose less than over abortion in a case that could dra- 4%, according to government matically alter nearly 50 years of rul- data. ings on abortion rights. Nate Mullins quit his job as a With three justices appointed by Pres- bartender last November after ident Donald Trump part of a 6-3 con- clashing with managers over servative majority, the court is taking mask rules and worrying that he on a case about whether states can ban would spread the coronavirus to abortions before a fetus can survive his immune-compromised sister. outside the womb. Mullins’ unemployment checks Mississippi, which is asking to be don’t match what he was making allowed to enforce an abortion ban after at his Oak Harbor, Washington 15 weeks of pregnancy, is not asking the bar, but they’re enough to get by court to overrule the 1973 Roe v. Wade while he looks for jobs that would decision confirming a woman’s right to provide health care and retire- AP an abortion, or a decision 19 years later ment benefits. Nate Mullins, a former bartender from Oak, Harbor, Wash., who quit his job last November after clash- that reaffirmed it. “This opportunity to take a step ing with managers over enforcing mask rules, poses for a photo near a street mural Monday in Mount But abortion rights supporters said back and really think about what Vernon, Wash. the case is a clear threat to abortion you’re doing really changed my rights. “The court cannot uphold this mind,” said Mullins, 36. “(It) made the benefits to show they are ers back. Shierholz added that unemploy- law without overturning the principal me think long-term for the first actively searching for work, and a In April, she said, at least 25% ment benefits are designed to protections of Roe v. Wade,” Nancy Nor- time.” few will stop providing the sup- of U.S. schools weren’t offering give workers the time to find jobs thup, president and CEO of the Center Workers like Mullins are one plement. in-person learning, forcing many that are better suited to their abil- for Reproductive Rights, said in a call reason U.S. hiring slowed in April. But Heidi Shierholz, a senior parents to stay home. And health ities. with reporters. Employers and business groups economist who researches low- concerns could gain new urgency “We want people well-matched Even if the court does not explicitly argue that the $300-per-week fed- and middle-income workers with for some workers now that the to their skills and experience,” overrule earlier cases, a decision favor- eral unemployment supplement the Economic Policy Institute, U.S. Centers for Disease Control she said. “That’s what helps the able to the state could lay the ground- gives recipients less incentive to said health concerns and child and Prevention has said fully vac- work for allowing even more restric- look for work. Several states have care responsibilities seem to be cinated people can stop wearing tions on abortion, including state bans begun requiring those receiving the main reasons holding work- masks in most settings. See Workers, Page 5 on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks. The case probably will be argued in the fall, with a decision likely in the spring of 2022 during the campaign for Prosecutor: Deputies justified in shooting of Black man congressional midterm elections. Mississippi’s ban had been blocked by ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) ons, said the deputies will face no scene, but it was hard for a view- County deputies attempting to lower courts as inconsistent with — A North Carolina prosecutor criminal charges after he er to discern a detailed sequence serve drug-related search and Supreme Court precedent that protects said Tuesday that sheriff’s depu- reviewed a state investigation of of events. arrest warrants arrived in a a woman’s right to obtain an abortion ties were justified in fatally what happened. While authorities have shown truck and approached Brown’s before the fetus can survive outside her shooting Andrew Brown Jr. Brown’s family released a footage to Brown’s family, a car on foot with weapons drawn womb. because he struck a deputy with statement calling Womble’s deci- judge has so far refused to while ordering him to get out. “States may regulate abortion proce- his car and nearly ran him over sion “both an insult and a slap in release the video publicly A deputy who tried to open dures prior to viability so long as they while ignoring commands to the face.” because he didn’t want to harm a Brown’s car door was jerked over do not impose an undue burden on the show his hands and get out of the The prosecutor also said he state investigation. the hood when the car backed up, woman’s right, but they may not ban vehicle. would not release bodycam video Attorneys for Brown’s family and the deputy’s body was struck abortions. The law at issue is a ban,” District Attorney Andrew of the April 21 confrontation who watched body camera foot- by the vehicle, the prosecutor Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the 5th Womble said at a news confer- between Brown and the law age have previously said that he said. The deputy then found him- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in ence that Brown used his car as enforcement officers, but he was trying to drive away from self directly in the car’s path as affirming a lower-court ruling that a “deadly weapon,” causing Pas- played portions of the video dur- deputies and posed no threat. The Brown drove forward again, invalidated the law. quotank County deputies to ing the news conference that shooting has prompted weeks of Womble said, and had to push off The Supreme Court had previously believe it was necessary to use news outlets broadcast live. The protests in Elizabeth City and the hood with his hand “to avoid deadly force. Womble, who multiple angles of the footage, calls for transparency. being run over.” Womble said that acknowledged Brown wasn’t played once each on a projector, During his news conference, was when the first shot was fired See High court, Page 5 armed with guns or other weap- depicted a chaotic minutelong Womble said six Pasquotank by a fellow deputy.
Page 2, Livingston Enterprise Tuesday, May 18, 2021 OBITUARIES Norman William Tveit
NormanWilliamTveit,63,ofLivingston,Montanapassed away at the Riverside Healthcare Center in Missoula, Mon- tana on May 13, 2021 after a brief illness. NormanwasborninLivingstononSept.10,1957.He attended Northside Elementary School and graduated from ParkHighSchool.Normancontinuedhiseducation,attend- ing the University of Montana, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and ultimately earning his Bachelor’s degreeinFilmandTelevisionin1985fromMontana State University in Bozeman. Likehisfather,Normanwasacreativesoul.Aremarkable writer, photographer, and artist, he had a restless spirit, traveling and working in a variety of occupations in several states and abroad. He will be interred at Mountain View Cemetery. Normanissurvivedbyahostofaunts,unclesandcousins inNorway,hisbrother,BoydStevenTveit,andnephews,Ian AldrigeTveitandLiamJulianTveitlivinginFelton,Califor- nia. Normanwasprecededindeathbyhisfather,TorOttar Tveit, and mother, Ingebjorg Reianes Tveit. Photo by Dean Hendrickson In lieu of flowers, donations may be submitted to Loaves Members of Catholic Daughter Court St. Mary #645 gathered at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Saturday to celebrate the andFishesofLivingston,locatedat301S.MainSt.#1,Liv- branch’s centenary anniversary with Father Leo McDowell. ingston,(406)222-4824. Regents to vote on Catholic Daughters celebrate 100 years By Sam Klomhaus Mass, lunch, a presentation of education founded in 1903. Enterprise Staff Writer and scholarship awards, and a presenta- “We are one of the largest women’s tion of Catholic Daughter history and organizations in the world,” Harper whether to challenge Livingston’s branch of the Catholic local court history Saturday. said. Daughters of the Americas, Catholic Nextmonth,CourtSt.Mary#645will The local chapter donates scholar- DaughterCourtSt.Mary#645,celebrat- host the Catholic Daughter state con- ships for local students, Harper said, new campus carry law ed its 100th anniversary Saturday at St. vention. and at the state level the Catholic Mary’s Catholic Church. The Catholic Daughters is an organi- Daughters donate to the Ronald McDon- HELENA (AP) — Mon- bear arms in the Montana Catholic Daughter Court St. Mary zation geared around doing good things ald House, the Florence Crittenton tana’s Board of Regents will Constitution. #645wasinstitutedMay15,1921,and for other people, according to Court St. House and the Poor Clares of Montana. meet Wednesday to decide Montana’s Constitution members of the court on Saturday cele- Mary#645memberJoAnnHarper.A “We do a lot of fundraisers and donate whether to challenge the states: “The right of any per- brated the centenary anniversary with strictly volunteer organization, it was the money,” Harper said. constitutionality of a new son to keep or bear arms in state law that would allow defense of his own home, people to carry and store person and property, or in weapons on the campuses of the aid of the civil power public colleges. when thereto legally sum- The board took public moned, shall not be called BRIEFS comment last week on its into question, but nothing draft proposal to implement herein contained shall be the law — which would allow held to permit the carrying •Duetolimitedstaffing, help them achieve their goal shelter is in need of laundry way89S.,Suite11,isopen students and staff who meet of concealed weapons.” the Gardiner Chamber of of a tobacco-free life. The detergent, dryer sheets, fab- from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mon- safety certifications to carry The U.S. Supreme Court in Commerce Visitor Center quit line offers free and ric softener, dish soap, day through Friday. The concealed firearms without 2008 said the Second may have intermittent clo- reduced cost medications, shampoo/conditioner, body museum preserves the histo- a permit on campus starting Amendment right to bear sures during normal busi- counseling, personalized wash, paper towels, toilet ry of fly fishing through June 1. A strong majority of arms in the U.S. Constitution ness hours. If you have quit plans to all callers, and paper, women/children’s artifacts that have been col- those commenting on the isn’t unlimited. chamber related business, dedicated tailored programs socks, cleaning supplies, lected over the years and proposal urged the board to “It is not a right to keep call(406)848-7971oremail for pregnant women and women’s sports bras, and are on display at the muse- file a lawsuit seeking to and carry any weapon what- [email protected]. NativeAmericancallersto towels. Donations can be um, such as a prototype of overturn the law. soever in any manner what- Public restrooms are avail- create the best opportunity dropped at the ASPEN the first fiberglass fishing Montana’s Constitution soever and for whatever able from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. forsuccess.Call1-800-QUIT office/porch, 411 E. Callen- rod ever made, historic wal- states the regents have the purpose,” the court wrote. daily. NOW (1-800-784-8669), or der, Livingston. lets, creels, reels, rods and full power, responsibility, The court also noted its rul- visit www.QuitNowMontana. uniqueflyplates.Formore and authority to supervise, ing, which overturned a pro- • The Montana Tobacco com to enroll. • The Fly Fishers Interna- information,contactFFIat coordinate, manage and con- hibition on gun possession in Quit Line is a free service tional Museum & Learning (406) 222-9369 or visit www. trol the Montana university the District of Columbia, available to all Montanans to • The ASPEN women’s Center, at 5237 U.S. High- flyfishersinternational.org. system. should not be taken to cast Opponents of the campus doubt on “laws forbidding carry law argue it infringes the carrying firearms in on the regents’ authority to sensitive places, such as CALENDAR manage the state’s public schools and government colleges and universities buildings.” and would set a precedent The legislature appropri- EDITOR’S NOTE: The • AA meeting, 12 x 12 Group, Vince Grant Hall, Cooke City, 7 p.m. for the legislature to contin- ated $1 million for the uni- Enterprise has not confirmed Group, Vince Grant Hall, 1306 East Park St., 5 p.m. •GardinerAAmeeting,St. ue to infringe on that author- versity system to implement if these groups are still meet- 1306 East Park St., 7 p.m. •OvereatersAnonymous Williams Catholic Church, 7 ity. the campus carry law. The ing, in light of coronavirus •BearCreekCouncil,Gar- meeting, Big Book Studies, p.m. Supporters of the new law system would lose the mon- concerns. Please contact diner, 7 p.m. Vince Grant Hall, 5:30 p.m. • AA 449 Group, Vince questioned whether the ey if it files a legal challenge your local group to confirm • Wilsall AA meeting, •GoldenWordToastmas- Grant Hall, 1306 East Park Board of Regents could because it would not be events. Shields River Lutheran ters, Gardiner Ranger Sta- St.,8p.m. infringe upon the right to implementing the new law. Church, 7 p.m. tion, U.S. Highway 89 South, Tuesday, May 18 6:30-7:30 p.m. •TobaccoCessationGroup, Wednesday, May 19 •MeetingNight,Livings- Peer Solutions Drop-In Cen- •LibraryBoardMeeting ton Elks Lodge, 7 p.m. New laws change response ter, 104 W. Clark St., 4-5 p.m. via Zoom, Livingston-Park •VFWPost2154,Ameri- Call 222-3332. County Library, 2 p.m. can Legion Hall, 7 p.m. •T.O.P.S.No.481,Grabow • Communication Skills • Narcotics Anonymous, to grizzly bear management Building, 4:30 p.m. Group, Peer Solutions Drop- Vince Grant Hall, 7 p.m. •LivingstonCityCommis- In Center, 104 W. Clark St., •AAmeeting,St.William’s HELENA (AP) — Gov. “threatening to kill a person sion, City-County Complex, 4-5 p.m. Call 222-3332. Catholic Church, Gardiner, at Greg Gianforte signed two or livestock” has “absolute 414 E. Callender St., 5:30 p.m. • Al-Anon, Vince Grant 7 p.m. bills changing the way Mon- defense” against being •LastWordToastmasters, Hall, 1306 E. Park St., 5 p.m. • AA meeting, Mount tana responds to how grizzly charged with a crime. They via Zoom, 6 p.m. •AAmeeting,HappyHour Republic Chapel of Peace, bears are managed, saying say it could conflict with fed- the animal should lose feder- eral law and give ranchers a al Endangered Species Act false impression of when protections and shifting they can shoot bears in self- responsibility for conflicts to defense. Idaho House seat filled after the U.S. government. SB 337 changes the role of The measures are two of the state in relocating bears several controversial wildlife captured in conflicts. If the bills recently pushed by Mon- bear is captured outside of a lawmaker accused of rape quits tana Republicans, the Inde- federal recovery zone, the BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho mittee found after a public reported earlier this month. pendent Record reported law prohibits Montana from Gov. Brad Little has appoint- hearing that von Ehlinger had The list should have included Sunday. relocating the animal, mean- ed Lori McCann of Lewiston behaved unbecomingly and Baldwin, Blair and McCann. SenateBills98and337fol- ing federal authorities would to the Legislature to fill a recommended that the full The error wasn’t discovered low an assessment of grizzly be responsible for moving or seat left empty after the pre- House vote to kick him out of until after the deadline for populationsthattheU.S.Fish euthanizing it. vious lawmaker resigned the statehouse without pay or submitting the list had and Wildlife Service pub- Opponents say the bill also amid a rape investigation. benefits until his term already passed, however. lished in late April, saying will result in more grizzlies Little made the announce- expired. But before the their population has being killed. Less cooperation ment Monday, saying the House could vote on the mat- increased but protections between state and federal retired Lewis-Clark State ter, von Ehlinger resigned, under the Endangered Spe- authorities means that cap- College professor will begin saying that he would no lon- cies Act are still warranted. tured bears are more likely serving in the House of Rep- ger be able to effectively rep- SB98expandsthecircum- to be euthanized, they say. resentatives immediately, resent his constituents but stances in which a person can The Republican governor and continue until the next maintaining his innocence. kill a grizzly to protect life or signedSB98onWednesday general election. His departure triggered a property. It also says that and SB 337 last month. The former District 6 rep- process — outlined by state because grizzly numbers How grizzlies are managed resentative, Aaron von law and party rules — to have recovered, the animal has long been an issue in Ehlinger, resigned last select a successor. The 6th should be removed from the Montana, Idaho and Wyo- month after a 19-year-old District Republic Central federal endangered species ming. Previous federal intern reported that he raped Committee nominated and list. efforts to remove the animal her and an ethics committee voted on eight people to Opponents take issue with from the endangered species unanimously found he replace von Ehlinger, count- a provision saying a person list have been overturned in engaged in “unbecoming con- ed up the ballots and sent a who kills a grizzly that is U.S. court. duct.” Von Ehlinger has list of three names to the denied any wrongdoing and governor’s office: Glen Bald- maintains the sexual encoun- win, Robert Blair and Han- ter was consensual. The Boi- nah Liedke. Lack of quorum stalls pot vote se Police Department is However, after that list investigating the allegations, was sent, it was discovered CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — vote on medical marijuana. and von Ehlinger has not that there was an error in the Medical marijuana won’t be The reservation’s other been charged. way the ballots were tabulat- allowed on Wyoming’s Wind tribe,theNorthernArapaho, The legislative ethics com- ed, The Lewiston Tribune River Reservation just yet votedMay8todecriminal- after not enough people ize medical marijuana. were present to vote on the The Eastern Shoshone proposal. council passed several oth- The Eastern Shoshone er resolutions, which are Correction General Council lacked a law on the reservation. quorum of 75 people to They include allowing a IntheFriday,Page3Enterprisebusinessstoryaboutthe decide the issue Saturday, new medical marijuana Two Doors Down Coffee Bakery in Clyde Park, the correct the Casper Star-Tribune commission to regulate trib- spelling of the co-owner’s name is Sydney Wiley. Also, the reports. al-owned cultivation and correct spelling of the grocery store near Two Doors Down The council plans to recon- extraction facilities for can- that she and her husband own is Glenn’s Shopping Center. vene June 12 for another nabis products. Enterprise reporter Dwight Harriman regrets the errors.
Page 3, Livingston Enterprise Tuesday, May 18, 2021 No injuries in I-90 rollover on Monday By Jason Bacaj eling public about staying Enterprise Staff Writer alert and vigilant during the summer. Even though roads Fire and medical personnel are generally clear, he said were dispatched to a rollover summertime crashes “are accident on Interstate 90 on almost always worse than Monday afternoon. The acci- any other time of year.” dent occurred in the west- Snow on the medians in bound lane just west of Liv- winter, he explained, offer a ingston, on a corner shortly small buffer that can limit before the Exit 324. vehicle damage and injuries. “It was pretty simple, no Without the snow to absorb injuries, no blockage,” Park part of the impact, the forces County Rural Fire District #1 in summer crashes can be Chief Dann Babcox said. that much greater. First responders slowed “People are going the full traffic and got the vehicle speed limit, if not faster, and pushed off to the side of I-90 there’s nothing to cushion and readied it for the tow their impact,” Babcox said. truck, Babcox said. He noted “This was one of those exam- that the vehicle and trailer ples where, while there were sustained substantial damage no injuries, there was sub- in the accident. stantial damage to the truck Babcox cautioned the trav- and the trailer.”
A deputy with the Park County Sheriff’s Office speaks with a man at the scene of an overturned vehicle along Interstate 90 west of Livingston on Monday afternoon. Enterprise photo by Justin Post Suit targets laws that opponents say hurt Native Americans HELENA (AP) — A lawsuit was tary of State Christi Jacobsen, the voters. Florida, Georgia and Iowa Last year, two judges in Billings, ing Election Day registration will filed Monday on behalf of Native state’s chief elections officer, as the already have enacted voting restric- Montana, struck down a voter- allow election clerks to focus on vot- American voting rights organiza- defendant. tions, and Texas is debating its own passed law that limited people to ing on Election Day and noted that tions and four tribes challenging “The voters of Montana spoke set of tighter rules. delivering only six ballots to an people can register and vote on the new laws they say are part of a when they elected a Secretary of The legal challenge in Montana elections office and required that same day in the 30 days prior to an broader scheme by the Montana State that promised improved elec- comes after similar concerns were person to fill out a form saying election. Legislature to disenfranchise tion integrity with voter ID and vot- raised in Arizona over voter restric- whose ballot they had dropped off. Opponents said it would deny the Native American voters. er registration deadlines, and we tions passed by Republicans that Attorneys argued the law harmed right to vote to people who might The Legislature passed a bill to will work hard to defend those mea- they say are designed to strengthen Native Americans who lack ade- have an error on their registration eliminate Election Day voter regis- sures,” Jacobsen said. the integrity of elections. quate mail, transportation and vot- or those who have moved and not tration by closing late registration Jacqueline De León, staff attorney Navajo Nation President Jonathan ing services on reservations, all of updated their registration. Election at noon on the Monday before Elec- with the Native American Rights Nez said the Arizona changes, which which make it difficult for them to Day registration has been in effect tion Day. It also approved a bill Fund, which is representing West- could result in tens of thousands of mail or deliver their own ballots or in Montana since 2005. including a provision to prohibit the ern Native Vote and Montana Native people being purged from a list of to vote in person. Lawmakers who sought to prohib- paid collection of absentee ballots. Voice, said the laws are an unconsti- voters who automatically get a bal- “This case and the facts presented it paid ballot collection said they did Plaintiffs Western Native Voice tutional attack on the right of lot by mail, belittle tribes and fail to at trial turn a spotlight to our fellow so to improve election security, and Montana Native Vote partici- Native Americans to vote. recognize the unique challenges citizens that still live below the pov- although voter fraud has not been pate in get-out-the-vote efforts on “They’re part of a pattern of care- Native Americans face when cast- erty line with limits to health care, an issue in Montana. reservations, including collecting fully designed laws that make vot- ing ballots. That includes driving government services, mail services The Montana Democratic Party absentee ballots and driving people ing more difficult for some voters hours to reach polling places, unre- and election offices — those citizens filed a lawsuit last month challeng- to polls to register and vote on Elec- than others, which the court has liable mail service and the need for are the Native Americans that ing the ballot collection restrictions tion Day. already recognized does not serve more Native language translators. reside on reservations within Mon- along with another law that requires The Native rights organizations the state,” she said. In March, President Joe Biden tana’s borders,” District Judge Jes- additional proof of residency for along with the Blackfeet Nation, Montana and Arizona are among issued an executive order creating a sica Fehr wrote in September. people using their student identifi- Confederated Salish and Kootenai several states controlled politically Native American Voting Rights Despite that ruling, the Legisla- cations to register or vote. Tribes, Fort Belknap Indian Com- by Republicans who are tightening Steering Group. It’s tasked with ture passed a similar bill this year, Montana lawmakers appropriated munity and Northern Cheyenne election rules. Democrats say the consulting with tribes nationwide to the lawsuit states, calling it “noth- $100,000 to the Secretary of State’s Tribe filed the lawsuit in District new rules will disproportionately address barriers to voting, among ing short of discriminatory.” Office for election litigation. Court in Billings. It names Secre- affect minorities and lower-income other things Supporters argued that eliminat-
Constitution. The updated will prevent someone like an ed the First Amendment. that very type of interactive tana Constitution protects as Democrats lawsuit argues that HB530 aid or nurse, who is paid to “Collecting and conveying communication and civic core political speech,” the made minor changes, but assist elderly or disabled ballots for voters involves engagement that the Mon- suit claimed. essentially was the same voters from helping their challenge law in substance as the bal- patients request, receive or lot interference act, com- complete their absentee bal- monly referred to as lots,” the suit said. “Ameri- “BIPA.” can Indian voters in particu- ballot “Among other things, lar rely on organized absen- those courts held that BIPA tee ballot assistance. Many unconstitutionally burdened American Indian voters live collection the right to vote and uncon- in remote areas with limited stitutionally infringed on access to transportation, speech and association often located far from coun- law in court rights,” the suit said. ty election offices. Mailing The lawsuit presents a absentee ballots can be dif- By Darrell Ehrlick legislative timeline for 2021 ficult for American Indian Daily Montanan lawmakers who made sever- voters because they often al attempts at resuscitating have limited access to postal Nearly as soon as Montana BIPA. Rep. Mark Noland, services, and mail sent from Gov. Greg Gianforte signed R-Bigfork, had originally tribal nations may face a House Bill 530 into law, introduced House Bill 406, longer transit time to and Montana Democrats added which he said walked back from postal service process- it to a lawsuit challenging some of the concerns that ing centers than mail sent several different bills the were struck down by the from elsewhere in the state. 2021 Legislature passed court, namely that a house- “In order to help over- changing voting rights. hold member or caregiver come these obstacles, Amer- Previously, the Montana could collect ballots. Even ican Indian voters have Democrat Party had chal- then, the Senate struck relied upon organized ballot lenged two bills in Yellow- down HB406 narrowly by a return assistance programs stone County less than 24 27-23 vote. provided by civic and politi- hours after Gianforte signed However, the language was cal organizations. Similarly, them. House Bill 176 elimi- resurrected in HB530, a bill many senior and disable vot- nated same-day or “Election that had originally been used ers rely on organized ballot Day Registration,” and to implement new election assistance.” House Bill 169 changed rules “and nothing else.” In The suit contends that not accepted identification for fact, the original version of only are voting rights at voting registration, tighten- HB530 was so noncontrover- stake with the new law, that ing the list of approved ID. sial that the Montana House lawmakers have also violat- On Friday, the Democrats of Representatives passed it amended the lawsuit and unanimously. added House Bill 530, which The lawsuit chronicles the To reach us... also restricted ballot collec- bill’s sudden change when tion, imposing fines for any Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick, Phone: (406) 222-2000 group or individual not a R-Great Falls, amended (800) 345-8412 mail carrier or family mem- HB530, inserting the BIPA Fax: (406) 222-8580 ber who takes ballots to be language on the Senate The Livingston Enterprise mailed or to a collection floor, not during the com- PO Box 2000 site. mittee hearing. Livingston, MT 59047-2000 A separate legal case “The deadline for trans- involving voting rights and 401 South Main St. mitting amendments to Livingston, MT 59047 Native Americans was filed pending bills from one by the American Civil Liber- chamber to the other was Editor and Publisher: John Sullivan ties Union and a coalition of April 20,” the suit said. “Sen. Managing Editor: Justin Post tribes and organizations, Fitzpatrick admitted that his News Editor: Dwight Harriman including Western Native a m e n d m e n t h a d ‘ c o m e Reporters: Sam Klomhaus, Voice, which had previously late.’” Jason Bacaj challenged and successfully Because the amendment Community News: Jackie Evans-Shaw got an earlier version of bal- violated the rules, the House Ad Sales: Denise Nevin lot collection law struck had to vote to suspend rules Subscriptions: Alicia Wilson down as unconstitutional in in order to keep the bill Classifieds: Alicia Wilson Business Office: Anita Dahms 2020. alive, and the measure The updated lawsuit asked passed, largely along party Web site: livingstonenterprise.com the court to strike down the lines. E-mail: latest law, calling it uncon- Lawyers for the Demo- General address/letters to the editor: stitutional on both the state crats argue that the newly [email protected] and federal level, and say- signed HB530 goes even far- Classifieds/Legals: [email protected] ing it disproportionately dis- Advertising: [email protected] ther than the originally Subscriptions: [email protected] enfranchises disabled, struck down BIPA because elderly and Native resi- Commercial Printing: [email protected] it also forbids any person News staff: dents. who helps a voter “request The suit notes that in 2020, - General address: [email protected] or receive” a ballot. - Justin Post: [email protected] two Montana district courts “Meanwhile, organizations - Dwight Harriman: [email protected] held that the “Montana Bal- and individuals are left to - Sam Klomhaus: [email protected] lot Interference Prevention guess about the scope of the - Jason Bacaj: [email protected] Act” violated the Montana prohibition and whether it - Jackie Evans-Shaw: [email protected]
pinion Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Page 4, Livingston Enterprise O GUEST COLUMN 2020 brought us startling, weird numbers
By Froma Harrop Public Policy Institute of California, should ceived early in the health crisis would have would be the most torrid growth in about 40 Syndicated Columnist put an asterisk on last year’s shrinkage. been born, the U.S. birthrate posted its years. Then again, consider the pathetic Two big reasons for the falloff were the sharpest decline in history. Was a drop-off base we’re starting at — the annus horribil- We’re a statistics-happy society. We large number of COVID-19 deaths and a this severe a temporary phenomenon is of 2020. obsess over the latest numbers on just sharp decline in international immigration. reflecting health and economic fears of The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and about everything — birthrates, jobs and But as shots in Californian arms curb the those strange times? We will see. Prevention says the number of new COVID population changes — mining them for disease and more normal immigration pat- Cities are reporting significant spikes in cases — almost 350,000 a week early this trends. terns return, the state should resume grow- shootings. Experts have offered some pan- month — could drop to below 10,000 by Some stats are really obscure, such as ing slowly, as it has in recent years, John- demic-related explanations for that as well. August if vaccinations continue apace. The the shocking amount of electricity Bitcoin son adds. Lost jobs, closed schools and suspended scourge seems to be ending, and barring uses. The digital currency’s complex com- New York state also lost people last year. after-school activities have left vulnerable some other astounding turn of events, the puting process devours 143 terawatt-hours Some of it resulted from COVID lockdowns young people on the streets where violent trend lines could start becoming less dra- a year — more than the country of Norway! sending people out of its cities to less youth gangs do their recruiting. matic. Can you believe? crowded parts of the country. As with Cali- COVID knocked the economy on its rear, Clearly, 2021 is turning into a whole new Anyhow, the commonly quoted stats are fornia, however, more of it reflects a so a large jump to more normal levels of ballgame. Making comparisons to the sick, dribbling in, but because they are being decline in foreign immigration, according consumer spending is producing price num- sick year of 2020 may offer opportunities to compared to those of the wildly abnormal to the Empire Center. bers that just reflect a return to normal. exclaim over the biggest year-to-year surge pandemic year of 2020, what should we do The country as a whole last year grew at Gasoline prices, for example, soared 50 or drop in this or that since the nation’s with them? The answer may be to marvel at its slowest pace since 1918 — by only percent in April compared with the same founding. We can have fun with that, but, the dramatic shifts but with asterisks 700,000 residents, or 0.2 percent. Some of month of 2020. For perspective, though, hey, remember the asterisks. attached. that low count reflects deaths from COVID they actually decreased 1.4 percent from ——— Take changes in state and city popula- and a lower birthrate. The number of March 2021. EDITOR’S NOTE: Follow Froma Harrop tions. California reported a net loss in popu- babies born in the U.S. hit a 4 million high Economists surveyed by the Wall Street on Twitter @FromaHarrop. She can be lation last year, the first time since 1900, in 2015 and has fallen every year since. Journal expect the economy to grow in the reached at [email protected]. To find out when the state started counting. The effects The pandemic may have accelerated the second quarter at an annual rate of 8.1 per- more about Harrop, visit the Creators web- of the pandemic, says Hans Johnson of the process. Last December, when babies con- cent over the same time a year earlier. This page at www.creators.com.
Jack Reed is crucial to our national security. How will he handle it?
WASHINGTON — After he says, there are still about graduating from West Point 7 billion people but 40 billion in 1971, Sen. Jack Reed, the connected devices. Imagine Rhode Island Democrat now the U.S. vulnerability, Stavri- in the first year of his fifth dis says, to cyberattacks that term, jumped out of air- “blind the elephant.” Writing in Foreign Affairs, Michèle Flournoy, a former undersecretary of defense for policy, says Pentagon war games “reportedly show that current force plans would Syndicated leave the military unable to columnist deter and defeat Chinese aggression in the future.” She says, “U.S. warfighting GEORGE WILL concepts can no longer rely on attrition-based warfare” because “U.S. forces are like- planes for the 82nd Airborne. ly to be outnumbered and Today he is the most impor- under persistent attack in tant person concerning the any conflict.” This is so, she nation’s increasingly imper- writes, because China and iled security. As chairman of Russia have developed the Armed Services Commit- “cyber, electronic, and kinet- tee, he must plan for the ic weapons designed to dis- increasing speed of change rupt the ability of U.S. forces in military technologies, to deploy, navigate, commu- including cyber, and precise nicate, and strike, as well as and maneuverable hyperson- layer upon layer of defenses ic (speeds more than Mach 5) to shoot down U.S. aircraft weapons. These make para- and sink U.S. ships before chutes, and even the planes they can get within range of that Reed jumped from, their targets.” seem as prehistoric as In the 1950s and 1960s, spears. Reed says, U.S. spending on Getting back to normal is glorious Today’s most expensive defense research and devel- U.S. weapons platform, the opment was a larger portion WASHINGTON — The hole — they were — because now with the numbers of in India, Brazil and other F-35 strike fighter, of which of GDP than today, when sys- details of the new guidance I knew that any risk in the new U.S. cases, hospitaliza- countries are under control, the Defense Department cur- tems are more complex and on COVID-19 from federal great outdoors is minuscule. tions and deaths finally we will all remain at risk of rently plans to purchase more vulnerable to obsoles- health officials may be a bit Also, the fact that we were plummeting, it feels to me as variants that could evade or almost 2,500 in the next half- cence. There are, he says, confusing, but the gist is all out of practice, spraying if we’ve worked hard to earn overcome the vaccines. century, was conceived, Reed possibilities for electronical- clear: If you are fully vacci- the personal freedom we’re Mask-wearing likely will says, in the 1990s. It has a ly disguising the “signature” nated, you can resume some- regaining. be fairly commonplace in projected 66-year service of aircraft carriers and using thing that resembles normal It’s important to note that U.S. cities, the way it has life. Really? Granted, the quantum computing to locate life. And having done so we were able to make these been in some Asian metropo- B-52, which came into ser- deeply submerged subma- myself, let me assure you: It choices to stay safe. I’ve lises for many years. If I vice in 1955, is still flying, rines. The first phase of any is glorious. been able to work from have a cold or the flu and I some with crews a third of conflict will involve, he says, S o m e b a s i c c a u t i o n s Syndicated home. There was not a single have to take public transpor- the age of their aircraft. But “cyber and space.” Hence, it remain. Don’t do anything columnist day when my family worried tation, why shouldn’t I wear is this a template for 21st- will involve domains and you know is stupid. Keep a about putting food on the a mask to protect others? It’s century defense planning, weapons hardly imagined mask handy, and wear it table or keeping a roof over a shame that the mere sight given the velocity of change? when Reed left West Point. when appropriate. Be kind, EUGENE ROBINSON our heads. If I were unem- of masks appears to drive What Reed requires of his All this is expensive. Reed, and do your best not to make ployed and fearing eviction, some people crazy, fueling congressional colleagues, who also has degrees from other people uncomfortable. if I faced possible bankrupt- unnecessary conflict. and of military and defense Harvard’s law school and Realize that unforeseen cir- our shots in multiple direc- cy because my small busi- We’ll deal with all of that industry planners — particu- John F. Kennedy School of cumstances, among them the tions, enforced a kind of ness didn’t survive, or if I later. For now, join me in cel- larly those who author pro- Government, has one of the emergence of vaccine-resis- accidental social distancing. worked in a service job and ebrating the return of the jections encompassing more Senate’s most liberal voting tant virus strains, could set And soon, we’re going to had to trust customers to handshake and the hug than half a century — is records. His party is spend- us back. But for now, those travel for the first time make decisions that would (when appropriate). I used to imagination. James Stavridis ing lavishly on almost every- of us who are vaccinated can since the beginning of the keep me safe, I doubt this take human contact for understands this. thing (President Joe Biden’s come out of our bunkers and pandemic. We’ll happily moment of eased restric- granted. I’ll never underesti- A retired four-star admiral 2022 budget proposes reengage with the world, mask up at the airport and tions would feel much like mate the pleasures of a and former supreme allied increases for the Education assuming we remember how. on the plane, as required, any kind of victory. friendly dinner or a round of commander at NATO, Stavri- Department and Health and On Saturday, my wife and but we won’t be in a constant This return to normalcy golf again. dis says he chose to make his Human Services of 41% and I had dinner with some dear state of high anxiety, and we might be a reprieve, and the ——— just-released warning as fic- 23%, respectively) except friends. We’d all had our won’t freak out if someone world will inevitably be dif- EDITOR’S NOTE: Eugene tion — “2034: A Novel of the the military (1.6%). Perhaps vaccinations, and we were nearby happens to cough. ferent in months and years Robinson’s email address is Next World War,” co-written Reed’s role is as successor to all past the waiting period And when we get to our des- to come. Until vaccination is eugenerobinson@washpost. with Elliot Ackerman — Democratic Sen. Henry M. for maximum immunity, so tination we’ll promptly universal and the outbreaks com. because today, as usual, the Jackson, a liberal Cold War- we ate inside their house. unmask, because the friend challenge for policymakers rior. We even hugged hello and we’ll be staying with is fully is to imagine how events can Reed is noncommittal goodbye. Nothing about the vaccinated, too. surprise and cascade. about Ukraine joining NATO, evening would have been in I realize my feeling of Europe’s leaders in 1914 and he is, if not sanguine any way remarkable two hard-earned liberation is not could not imagine how a pis- about, at least measured in years ago. And nothing necessarily universal. My tol fired in Sarajevo could his assessment of, Russian about it would have been friends and family have ignite four years of civiliza- President Vladimir Putin’s remotely possible since the tried as hard as we could to A Yellowstone Newspaper tion-wrecking bloodshed. menacing behavior toward advent of COVID-19 restric- adhere to Centers for Dis- John Sullivan, Editor and Publisher • Justin Post, Managing Editor Americans in 1941 could not Ukraine. Reed interprets this tions and precautions last ease Control and Prevention imagine a stealthy attack on as Putin sending to the world spring. recommendations, govern- Tel. 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Page 5, Livingston Enterprise Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Tenn. to mandate bathroom signs about transgender use
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — LGBT bills in the country. Instead, Rudd said, local dis- Tennessee will become the Yet, to date, there has been trict attorneys could seek a first state in the United no big, tangible repercussion court order to require a facil- States to require businesses where bills have passed tar- ity to post the sign. If an enti- and government facilities geting transgender people, ty refused to comply, “it open to the public to post a unlike the swift backlash would open the door for sign if they let transgender from the business community whatever judicial remedies people use multiperson bath- to North Carolina’s 2016 the court deems appropri- rooms, locker rooms or “bathroom bill.” In Tennes- ate,” Rudd said. changing rooms associated see, the bills are becoming Additionally, it’s possible with their gender identity. law despite letters of opposi- that noncompliance could Republican Gov. Bill Lee tion from prominent business lead to civil liability, Rudd signed a bill Monday that interests. said. represents a first-of-its-kind According to the bill signed “Whether you’re a man or law, according to the Human Monday, the required sign woman, don’t you want to Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ outside the public bathroom know who might be waiting advocacy group that decried or other facility would say: on the other side of a bath- the bill as discriminatory and “This facility maintains a pol- room door when you go in?” said the required signs are icy of allowing the use of Rudd said in a statement. “offensive and humiliating.” restrooms by either biologi- “Everyone has a reasonable The law will go into effect cal sex, regardless of the des- expectation to the right of July 1. ignation on the restroom.” privacy and dignity when Lee, who is up for reelec- AP However, questions remain using the restroom.” tion next year, had previously Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks to reporters on Jan. 19 in Nashville, Tenn. about how the law will be The American Civil Liber- been mum on whether he enforced and what, if any, ties Union of Tennessee has would sign the bill. Instead, consequences will stem from said the legislation is “imper- he told reporters earlier this risk of losing civil lawsuits if five years, according to the have been awash in culture ignoring it. The law doesn’t missible compelled speech, in month that he always had they let transgender students Human Rights Campaign. war legislation across the spell out fines, penalties or violation of the First Amend- “concerns about business or employees use multiper- Lee also signed a different country this year, particular- any other mechanism to ment, and raises substantial mandates” but was still son bathrooms or locker proposal this year that bars ly focusing on the LGBT ensure the signs are put up due process and equal protec- reviewing the bill. rooms that do not reflect transgender athletes from community. Tennessee has when required. tion concerns.” Lee’s approval came just a their sex at birth. It was the playing girls public high been the front lines on that Republican Rep. Tim Rudd, While the measure is likely few days after he signed leg- first bill restricting bathroom school or middle school fight, with civil rights advo- the bill’s sponsor, said no to face constitutional chal- islation that puts public use by transgender people sports. cates pointing out that only state department will oversee lenges, no lawsuit had been schools and their districts at signed in any state in about Republican statehouses Texas has filed more anti- compliance with the law. filed as of Tuesday morning.
High court, from Page 1 turned down state appeals over pre- The justices had put off action on joined by Ginsburg and the other The Mississippi law was enacted Choice America. viability abortion bans. the case for several months. Justice three liberal justices, said the in 2018, but was blocked after a A central question in the case is More than 90% of abortions take Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an abortion restrictions were virtually identical federal court challenge. The state’s about viability — whether a fetus place in the first 13 weeks of a rights proponent, died just before to a Texas law the court struck only abortion clinic remains open. can survive on its own at 15 weeks. woman’s pregnancy, according to the court’s new term began in Octo- down in 2016. About 10% of its abortions are The clinic presented evidence that the Centers for Disease Control and ber. Her replacement, Justice Amy But that majority no longer done after the 15th week, said viability is impossible at 15 weeks, Prevention. Coney Barrett, is the most open exists, even if Roberts, hardly an Shannon Brewer, the clinic director and the appeals court said that the John Bursch, vice president of opponent of abortion rights to join abortion rights supporter in his at Jackson Women’s Health Organi- state “conceded that it had identi- the anti-abortion Alliance Defend- the court in decades. more than 15 years on the court, zation. fied no medical evidence that a ing Freedom, said the high court Barrett is one of three Trump sides with the more liberal justices. The case is separate from a fight fetus would be viable at 15 weeks.” has repeatedly held that states can appointees on the Supreme Court. White House press secretary Jen over laws enacted by Mississippi Viability occurs roughly at 24 regulate abortions later in pregnan- The other two, Justices Neil Gor- Psaki said the Biden administration and other states that would ban weeks, the point at which babies cy. such and Brett Kavanaugh, voted in backs legislation that would write most abortions when a fetal heart- are more likely to survive. Viability “has never been a legiti- dissent last year to allow Louisiana the Roe decision into federal law, beat is detected. Mississippi also is But the state argues that viability mate way to determine a develop- to enforce restrictions on doctors regardless of the outcome of the among 11 states with a total abor- is an arbitrary standard that ing infant’s dignity or to decide that could have closed two of the Supreme Court case. The legislation tion ban waiting to take effect if the doesn’t take sufficient account of anybody’s legal existence,” Bursch state’s three abortion clinics. would put an end to state efforts to Supreme Court overturns its Roe the state’s interest in regulating said. Chief Justice John Roberts, ban abortion, Northup said. decision, according to NARAL Pro- abortion.
Workers, from Page 1 economy run better.” job market. how hard I was working for carjackings and other crimes unemployment benefits ran to school full time. This Higher pay for workers can Sarah Weitzel gave birth to this job that paid about targeting drivers in Chicago, out two months ago, she start- month, she is graduating from push up inflation, which her second child in February $32,000 a year,” Weitzel said. where he lives. ed drawing on her retirement Glendale Community College jumped in April as the econo- 2020. She was on leave from Weitzel, 31, got accepted to “I always viewed this job as funds. with a degree in film and a my struggled with widespread her job at a Victoria’s Secret Rung for Women, a St. Louis temporary, and I really do Shelly Ortiz, 25, used to love certificate in documentary shortages of raw materials store in St. Louis when the program that offers career want to find something that her career as a restaurant directing. and parts amid a faster-than- pandemic threw her life into coaching and training for jobs fits my career and back- server. But things changed Ortiz stopped getting unem- expected reopening. If compa- chaos. in high demand, including ground better,” he said. last June, when her Phoenix ployment benefits in Novem- nies are forced to raise prices She got a text telling her she banking, health care, custom- Some workers say the pan- restaurant reopened its dining ber, when she did some part- to cover the cost of higher was furloughed. Then her hus- er service and technology. In demic helped them prioritize room. She wore two masks time film work. Money is wages, that could slow the band lost his restaurant job. In the fall, when her oldest their mental and physical and glasses to protect herself, tight, she said, but she’s never recovery and reduce Ameri- financial straits, they sold daughter starts preschool, health. but still felt anxiety in a res- been happier. And she doesn’t cans’ purchasing power. their home, moved in with Weitzel hopes to get part-time After a lifelong career as a taurant full of unmasked din- think she’ll ever be a restau- For now, most economists friends, survived on unem- work in a new career. bartender, 57-year-old Ellen ers. rant server again. see labor shortages as likely ployment insurance and fell Mark Smithivas drove for Booth was in constant pain Sexual harassment also got “I don’t know if I could do it to be temporary. As more deeper into debt. Uber and Lyft for four years from lifting ice buckets and worse, she said. Patrons would with a smile anymore,” she Americans are vaccinated, In the fall, Victoria’s Secret before he abruptly quit last beer kegs. But without a col- ask her to pull down her mask said. “I don’t think it should be fewer will worry about get- offered Weitzel part-time spring out of concern for his lege degree, she felt she had so they could see how cute she an option for anyone to treat ting sick at work. Schools work that would pay $12 an health. He has spent the last limited options. was before tipping her. any worker the way that ser- should reopen in September, hour, but she declined. She year taking technology classes When the restaurant she Ortiz quit in July after she vice industry workers are freeing more parents to and her husband, who now in a federal worker training worked for closed last year, learned that the restaurant treated in America.” return to work, and the extra works long hours at a new res- program. she said it gave her “the kick I didn’t deep-clean the bar after In a tight labor market, $300 in unemployment aid is taurant job, can’t afford child Smithivas, 52, just got his needed.” Booth, of Coventry, a bartender was potentially some workers are also finding also set to expire in early Sep- care. second vaccination, but he Rhode Island, started a year- exposed. She and her partner, that if they hold out, they tember. Those steps should “Something just kind of doesn’t want to go back to long class to learn to be a a teacher, curtailed their might get a better job than the bring more people into the broke, where I thought about ride-hailing. He worries about medical coder. When her spending, and Ortiz returned one they left.
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Page 6, Livingston Enterprise Tuesday, May 18, 2021 The blockbuster movie makes a comeback this summer By LINDSEY BAHR atrical experience. “F9” not only third “Conjuring,” documentaries AP Film Writer brings back a fan favorite — Sung about Anthony Bourdain and The Kang’s Han — it also sends cars Beatles, and family films, like After more than a year of bench- into space. “Peter Rabbit 2” (June 18) and the ing its biggest spectacles, Holly- “Whenever I get together with fourth “Hotel Transylvania” (July wood is ready to dazzle again. Vin (Diesel) and everybody to make 23). Ryan Reynolds is in two action From “F9” and “In the Heights” these movies, we’re not even talk- flicks, “The Hitman’s Wife’s Body- to “The Suicide Squad” and “Black ing about the plot ... but the feeling. guard” (June 16) and “Free Guy” Widow,” there will be a steady I just remember as a kid in the (Aug. 13). There’s even an epic Dev stream of blockbusters populating summer saving enough money to Patel-led take on a classic Arthuri- multiplexes for the first time since go to the movies to share that expe- an legend, “The Green Knight” March 2020. For streaming-weary rience with a bunch of strangers,” (July 30). audiences, the promise of air condi- said director Justin Lin. “When that “I really I want audiences to get a tioning, popcorn, soda fountains, moment hits and everyone’s laugh- chance to see it on the big screen,” 60-foot screens and state-of-the-art ing or cheering together, it is magi- said “The Green Knight” director sound could be a welcome respite cal.” David Lowery. “It’s a strange movie from the living room. Before the pandemic, summer and I think that the idea of having For beleaguered movie theaters, moviegoing was a ritual. Now it’s a that experience in a cinema with it’s not a moment too soon. wild card whether the promise of other people is going to be really, The modern summer movie sea- an “event film” will motivate audi- really exciting, especially after a son, which runs from May through ences back to theaters, especially if year away from the big screen.” Labor Day, regularly accounts for something is also available to Some studios have been cautious- over $4 billion in revenue and watch at home. ly rolling out bigger films to decent makes up around 40% of the year’s “Space Jam: A New Legacy” results lately, like “Godzilla vs. grosses. Last year, summer earn- director Malcom D. Lee called his Kong.” But after seven weeks, even ings were $176 million, down 96% film “The epitome of a popcorn that is still shy of cracking the $100 from 2019. Theaters have been movie.” The sequel to the 1996 million mark domestically. In a nor- gearing up for this moment and Michael Jordan pic has LeBron mal summer, $100 million might be this summer will be an important James sharing the screen with clas- an opening weekend for a tentpole. gauge on whether habits have sic Looney Toons characters. Moviegoing has changed and for changed irrevocably during the For a more R-rated adventure, consumers it’s also become hard to AP pandemic. “Guardians of the Galaxy” director keep tabs on ever shifting dates, In some ways, the calendar looks This combination photo shows poster art for upcoming summer films. James Gunn has this “misfit, delays and multi-platform releases. like a do-over of last summer. Many (July 9) starring Scarlett Johans- a streaming platform last summer. Z-grade supervillains” of “The Sui- Some summer-ready titles, like of the most anticipated releases son, the Emily Blunt and Dwayne The “Crazy Rich Asians” director cide Squad.” He had his pick of DC “Top Gun: Maverick” and the new were supposed to come out a year Johnson action adventure “Jungle knows the importance of a global characters and turned down Super- James Bond, “No Time To Die,” are ago, including John Krasinski’s “A Cruise” (July 30) and the “Candy- release for a film led by an under- man for Harley Quinn, Bloodsport waiting until later in the year. And Quiet Place Part II” (May 28), Lin- man” reboot (Aug. 27). represented group. and Peacemaker. Gunn looked to some studios are still selling titles Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning “In the Heights” director Jon M. “We had big dreams for this,” 1960s war capers like “The Dirty to streaming services. Sony sold its “In the Heights” (June 11), the Chu had to convince Miranda that it Chu said. Dozen” for inspiration. Camilla Cabello “Cinderella” to ninth “Fast & Furious” movie, “F9” was worth it to wait for a theatrical The “Fast & Furious” series has There are many other options too, Amazon Prime and its Kevin Hart (June 25), Marvel’s “Black Widow” release instead of pushing it out on also been about creating a fun the- including horror movies, like a pic “Fatherhood” to Netflix. Arrest warrant issued for man in Confederate monument theft 5237US-89S.•(406)222-0855
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Sports Page 7, Livingston Enterprise Tuesday, May 18, 2021 NY suspends Baffert pending Kentucky Derby probe By STEPHEN WHYNO O’Rourke said. “That respon- his client before their camp Beautiful Gift undergo three AP Sports Writer sibility demands the action makes any formal statement. rounds of prerace testing taken today in the best inter- Kentucky Derby winner before they’d be allowed to Bob Baffert was suspend- ests of thoroughbred rac- Medina Spirit tested positive run last weekend at Pimlico. ed Monday from entering ing.” for the steroid betametha- All three passed and were horses at New York race- Baffert had not committed sone in postrace testing and cleared to race. tracks, pending an investiga- to entering any horses in the faces disqualification unless Medina Spirit finished tion into Kentucky Derby third leg of the Triple Crown a second test comes back third and Concert Tour ninth winner Medina Spirit’s failed but had many in consider- negative. Baffert on May 9 in the Preakness on Satur- postrace drug test. ation for other races on Bel- said 21 picograms of the cor- day. Beautiful Gift was sev- Baffert will temporarily mont Stakes day. ticosteroid, which can be enth in the Black-Eyed Susan not be allowed to stable any NYRA officials say they used to help a horse’s joints, on Friday. horses at Belmont Park, took into account Baffert’s showed up in the blood sam- Baffert has had five viola- Aqueduct Racetrack and previous penalties in Ken- ple. tions involving impermissi- Saratoga Race Course or run tucky, California and Arkan- Baffert a day later said an ble levels of medication in any of his horses at the New sas, along with the current ointment used to treat Medi- his horses over the past 13 York Racing Association’s situation with Medina Spirit, na Spirit for a skin condition months. He was fined in tracks. That ban includes and expects to make a final daily up until the Derby Kentucky and Arkansas and races at Belmont Park, with determination about the included the substance. Even avoided a suspension in the Belmont Stakes coming length and terms of the sus- a trace amount of betametha- Arkansas following appeal. up June 5. pension based in information sone in a horse’s system is Activist Marty Irby of the “In order to maintain a revealed by Kentucky’s not allowed on race day in Animal Wellness Action successful thoroughbred rac- ongoing investigation. Kentucky, Maryland and applauded NYRA’s decision, ing industry in New York, Baffert’s attorney, Craig New York. saying the organization is NYRA must protect the Robertson, said in an email M a r y l a n d o f f i c i a l s “elated to see the State of integrity of the sport for our to The Associated Press that required Medina Spirit and New York continues to make AP fans, the betting public and he is reviewing NYRA’s deci- Baffert-trained Preakness the welfare of the horse, and Bob Baffert, two-time Triple Crown-winning trainer, lowers his racing participants,” NYRA sion and will discuss the situ- runner Concert Tour and eradicating cheaters from bandana during an interview while keeping his distance at President and CEO Dave ation and legal options with Black-Eyed Susan entrant the industry, a top priority.” Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. on May 22, 2020. ‘Strike Out Cancer’ games
Photos by Dean Hendrickson LEFT: Ranger’s Maddie Johnson dives for a foul ball along the third baseline by the dugout, during the “Strike Out Cancer” makeup game with the Hardin Bulldogs on Monday night. RIGHT: Kaylee Roberts taking a big swing in the Rangers’ 10-4 victory. The Rangers will be in action hosting the divisional tourney this Wednesday in Livingston, starting at 10 a.m.
Yes: Marv Albert, NBA’s ‘soundtrack,’ retiring before Finals
NEW YORK (AP) — From Michael ending a career that began on the and boxing to hockey, baseball and his prominent national roles calling “And here comes Willis, and the Jordan soaring through the air to radio in 1963. tennis. our marquee games on NBC and crowd is going wild!” Albert said. Willis Reed simply walking onto the Albert will call the series for TNT. But his voice is known to most Turner Sports, Marv has been the He began doing Knicks games on court, Marv Albert supplied the He has been with Turner for 22 through basketball, having called 13 soundtrack for basketball fans for TV for MSG Network in 1986 until he sound that went with the sights. years, 19 as an NBA play-by-play NBA Finals and 25 All-Star Games nearly 60 years,” Silver said. and the organization parted in 2004 Albert has called numerous sports announcer. for NBC and Turner, along with the Albert became the voice of the over disagreements with his salary during a Hall of Fame career that “My 55 years of broadcasting the Dream Team’s romp to the gold med- New York Rangers in 1965 and the and style. spans nearly 60 years, though he is NBA has just flown by and I’ve been al in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Knicks two years later. He was on Albert was also fired by NBC in mostly linked to basketball. fortunate to work with so many won- Silver said his earliest memories of the radio call in 1970 when the 1997 after pleading guilty to assault “There is no voice more closely derful and talented people,” Albert basketball were listening to Albert Knicks won their first championship, in a lurid sex case, when a longtime associated with NBA basketball than said. “Now, I’ll have the opportunity call Knicks games. Many fans who a memorable moment in NBA histo- lover accused him of biting her on Marv Albert’s,” NBA Commissioner to hone my gardening skills and came to the game during Jordan’s ry after an injured Reed emerged the back more than a dozen times Adam Silver said in a statement work on my ballroom dancing.” run to six championships in the 1990s from the locker room moments and forcing her to perform oral sex. released Monday by Turner Sports. Albert, known for his signature heard the same voice first. before Game 7 against the Los Ange- Albert also called eight Super Albert plans to retire after calling “Yes!” call, turns 80 next month. He “From his remarkable run as play- les Lakers at Madison Square Gar- Bowls and eight Stanley Cup Finals. the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals, has covered everything from football by-play announcer for the Knicks to den.
3-time U.S. Olympic hockey medalist Kacey Bellamy retires By TERESA M. WALKER pushed to this year and were son, who played with Bellamy “There are such limited AP Sports Writer rescheduled for May 6-16 in for all of her career with the opportunities to compete, and Nova Scotia, Canada, before U.S. national team, said not then those means, the main Kacey Bellamy, a three- local health officials scrapped being able to play because of reason we train the way we time Olympian who helped plans to hold the tournament. the pandemic has been devas- do, those competitions are the United States end a Kelli Stack, a longtime tating for players, especially taken away I think this is a 20-year gold medal drought at teammate with Bellamy, was nearing the end of their difficult position to put those the 2018 Winter Games, surprised by decision with careers. Bellamy had been older players in,” Lamoureux- announced her retirement the 2022 Beijing Olympics training as always. Davidson said. Tuesday. only nine months away. She Bellamy, who turned 34 in said the decision was easier April, was a 15-year veteran for Bellamy with so much with the U.S. women’s nation- unknown because of COV- al team. ID-19. Playing in tournaments “Hockey has given me the means being secluded in a most incredible memories, hotel room off the ice. and as tough of a decision “It’s not like she’s going to that this is, I know in my be missing out on a ton of heart it is right,” Bellamy memory building with her said. “So I’ve decided to step teammates,” Stack said. away from the game and start Bellamy has been a mem- the next chapter in my life.” ber of the Professional Wom- The Massachusetts native en’s Hockey Players Associa- also won silver at the 2010 tion since its founding in and 2014 Olympics. The 2019, trying to strengthen defenseman also played in women’s pro options after nine International Ice Hockey playing in both the Canadian Federation Women’s World Women’s Hockey League and Championships, one of only the National Women’s Hockey two players to win eight gold League. medals. The 2020 worlds were Jocelyne Lamoureux-David-
Page 8, Livingston Enterprise Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Ca. faces another month before unmasking begins
SACRAMENTO, Calif. ings. (AP) — California officials Rafael Sanchez, 64, of San say the state isn’t ready to Diego called it “a scrambled follow the federal lead and egg message.” The retiree unmask, at least for another is fully vaccinated and said month. he only wears a mask The state’s health director because it’s required at his announced Monday that Cal- favorite bagel shop and on ifornia will require people the bus to get there. to keep wearing masks and Most of the 58 counties in practice social distancing California — including indoors until June 15 — the gigantic Los Angeles, date when Gov. Gavin New- Orange and San Diego — som already said nearly all are heeding the state’s COVID-19 restrictions will masking schedule. be dropped if cases remain L o s A n g e l e s C o u n t y low. Supervisor Hilda Solis said The nation’s most popu- the county will use the lous state needs more time extra month to fully vacci- AP before it will join many oth- nate more people. Two Israeli soldiers walk around an artillery unit, at the Israeli Gaza border, Sunday. er states and allow fully “More than half of our vaccinated people to skip adult population remains face coverings and distanc- vulnerable,” she said. ing in virtually all situa- Keith Shapiro, a vaccinat- tions, officials said. ed 45-year-old film editor in US reaches out to Arab leaders People and businesses Los Angeles, said he now must adjust to the changes walks his dog, Dexter, while the state continues its unmasked outside without “relentless focus on deliver- worrying but he’s still keep- on increased Israel, Gaza fighting ing vaccines, particularly in ing his masks handy for underserved communities indoor situations. By The Associated Press The ongoing U.S. outreach shed and loss of innocent life, the violence. and those that were hard hit “When I go to a grocery — reflecting an administra- the decision not to demand “If we thought and if we throughout this pandemic,” store, I feel like I should Secretary of State Antony tion that has emphasized an immediate halt to hostili- think that there is something, Health and Human Services still wear a mask whether I Blinken and his envoy working with allies, and has ties reflects White House including at the United Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly truly need to or not,” he reached out to Palestinian refrained from publicly criti- determination to support Nations that could advance said Monday. said. “I don’t feel like it’s and regional Arab leaders on cizing ally Israel — came as Israel’s right to defend itself the situation, we would be for More than a dozen other that restrictive.” Tuesday as attacks between new Hamas rockets and from Hamas, the official it,” Blinken said. states, including neighbor- H i s 1 2 - y e a r- o l d s o n Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rul- Israeli airstrikes continued said, speaking on the condi- White House press secre- ing Oregon, have already received his shot Monday ers raged on, maintaining for a ninth day. At least 213 tion of anonymity to discuss tary Jen Psaki and national heeded a loosening of mask but wears a mask to school what the Biden administra- Palestinians and 12 people in the private deliberations. security adviser Jake Sulli- guidelines announced last in person twice a week. tion is calling its quiet diplo- Israel have died. Efforts by M e a n w h i l e , E u r o p e a n van said the United States week by the U.S. Centers Both the CDC and state macy while still declining to Egypt and others to mediate Union foreign ministers were was focusing instead on “qui- for Disease Control and Pre- plan to keep the mask press for an immediate a truce have stalled. meeting Tuesday to discuss et, intensive diplomacy.” vention. The CDC guide- requirement in place for cease-fire. Biden’s carefully worded how to use the 27-nation Senate Majority Leader lines say everyone — fully students for the rest of the Blinken, speaking during statement expressing gener- bloc’s political clout to help Chuck Schumer on Monday vaccinated or not — should calendar year. an unrelated trip focusing on al support for a cease-fire, in diplomatic efforts to end the joined dozens of Democratic still wear masks in crowded Satchita Melina, a psycho- Russia and Nordic countries, a White House readout Mon- fighting between the Israeli lawmakers — and one Repub- indoor locations such as air- therapist in San Francisco, also defended the U.S. deci- day of his second known call armed forces and Palestinian lican and independent Sen. planes, buses, hospitals and said she agrees with the sion to block what would to Netanyahu in three days militants. The EU has been Bernie Sanders — in calling prisons. state’s indoor-mask deci- have been a unanimous U.N. as the attacks pounded on, united in its calls for a cease- for the cease-fire by both The shifting ground of sion, even though she “can’t Security Council statement came with the administration fire and the need for a politi- sides. A prominent Demo- mask-wearing advice has wait to go to a gym or yoga on the fighting and its civil- under pressure to respond cal solution to end the latest crat, Rep. Adam Schiff, the confused and frustrated class or dance class” with- ian toll, and the overall U.S. more forcefully despite its conflict, but the nations are House intelligence commit- some Californians, who only out a face covering. approach to the worst Israeli- reluctance to challenge Isra- divided over how best to help. tee chairman, pressed the a few weeks ago were told “If it’s going to protect Palestinian fighting since el’s actions in its part of the Netanyahu told Israeli secu- U.S. over the weekend to get that people who are fully people and if it’s for safety 2014. President Joe Biden, fighting. The administration rity officials late Monday that more involved. vaccinated do not need to what’s another month at this speaking to Prime Minister also has expressed its deter- Israel would “continue to But Senate Minority Lead- wear masks outdoors unless point?” she said. “I can do Benjamin Netanyahu on mination to wrench the main strike terror targets” in Gaza er Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., they are at crowded gather- it.” Monday, expressed general U.S. foreign policy focus “as long as necessary in order took the Senate floor on Mon- support for a cease fire but away from Middle East hot- to return calm and security to day to assail lawmakers for stopped short of joining doz- spots and Afghanistan. all Israeli citizens.” including Israel in their ens of Democratic lawmak- Biden’s comments on a Separately, the United demands for a cease-fire. ers in demanding one. cease-fire were open-ended States, Israel’s top ally, “To say that both sides, “Our goal remains to bring and similar to previous blocked for a third time Mon- both sides need to de-esca- the current cycle of violence administration statements of day what would have been a late downplays the responsi- to an end” and then return to support in principle for a unanimous statement by the bility terrorists have for ini- a process in which a lasting cease-fire. 15-nation U.N. Security tiating the conflict in the peace can be forged, the U.S. Biden also “encouraged Council expressing “grave first place and suggests diplomat said. Israel to make every effort concern” over the intensify- Israelis are not entitled to Blinken said he had spoken to ensure the protection of ing Israeli-Palestinian con- defend themselves against to the foreign ministers of innocent civilians,” the White flict and the loss of civilian ongoing rocket barrages,” Morocco and Bahrain, two House said in its readout. lives. The final U.S. rejection McConnell said. Arab countries that recently An administration official killed the Security Council Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., led have moved to normalize said the decision to express statement, at least for now. 19 Republican senators relations with Israel, while support and not explicitly Blinken said the U.S. was releasing a resolution sup- AP US envoy Hady Amr in Israel demand a cease-fire was “not standing in the way of porting Israel’s side of the Some visitors wear face masks outdoors while taking pic- spoke with Palestinian intentional. While Biden and diplomacy” and that the U.N. fighting. They plan to try to tures of the Hollywood sign at the Griffith Observatory in National Authority President top aides are concerned statement would not have introduce the legislation next Los Angeles, Monday. Mahmoud Abbas. about the mounting blood- advanced the goal of ending week. Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities DETROIT (AP) — President Joe roundtable to examine the impact Floyd sparked global protests and work. The memo doesn’t explicitly officials saying that its mission was Biden plans to take executive action that the coronavirus pandemic has demands for action to address reopen the office but requires similar to the role of public defend- Tuesday to ensure minorities, low- had on access to justice in both civil structural racism. Attorney General Merrick Garland ers. Even before the office was income Americans and others have and criminal matters. It builds on an executive order to submit a plan within 120 days to closed, its resources dwindled. better access to quality legal repre- The pandemic “has further Biden signed on his first day in expand work on access to justice. The Legal Aid Interagency sentation after services dwindled exposed and exacerbated inequities office establishing an initiative to The Access to Justice office was Roundtable was first formed in during the Trump administration. in our justice system” as legal ser- prioritize equity in government begun in 2010 by then-Attorney 2012 and was launched as a White Biden will sign a memorandum vices were curtailed, Biden wrote. operations. His proposed budget General Eric Holder and was for- House initiative in 2015 to find directing the Department of Justice He added that the problems “have seeks $1.5 billion to strengthen mally established in 2016 under ways to improve access and help to restore key functions of the shut- touched the lives of many persons state and local criminal justice sys- President Barack Obama. It worked people representing themselves, tered Access to Justice Office and in this country, particularly low- tems, including public defenders. on matters including criminal indi- among other things. to reestablish the White House income people and people of color.” White House officials said the latest gent defense, enforcement of fines, The announcement comes as the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable. Tuesday’s memo is Biden’s latest step will build on those efforts. language barriers in the courts and Biden Justice Department has been The plans are laid out in a presi- step to work toward reforming the Civil rights organizations and civil legal aid. refocusing the agency around civil dential memo first shared with The criminal justice system and advanc- leaders have been pressing the The office was shut by then-Attor- rights, prioritizing policing reform Associated Press. The White House ing racial equity. It comes almost a Biden administration to reestablish ney General Jeff Sessions in 2018, measures and combating racial dis- said that Biden was directing the year after the death of George the Access to Justice Office and its with senior Justice Department crimination.
Drenching rains flood homes, FBI investigates Asian-American teen’s death as hate crime DENVER (AP) — The FBI death. No arrests have been ver, after a fire broke out that Long was “purposely set swamp cars in south Louisiana has revealed that it is now made. there following a report of a on fire and burned alive.” investigating the 2017 death The FBI did not provide any disturbance. A Beretta handgun, an AK- LAKE CHARLES, La. The National Weather of an Asian-American teen in information about why agents Investigators believe there 47-style rifle, 2,000 rounds of (AP) — Heavy rains that Service said in a Facebook Colorado as a possible hate are looking at the possibility was altercation between Long, ammunition, a green safe and swept across southern Loui- post Monday that south crime. of a hate crime and did not 17, and her assailants before jade figurines were stolen siana flooded homes, Lake Charles in western The federal agency said in a immediately respond to tele- the fire started. Park County from the home, authorities swamped cars and closed a Louisiana saw 12 to 15 inch- statement Monday to KCNC- phone and email messages Sheriff Tom McGraw has said have said. major interstate on Tues- es of rain in a 12-hour peri- TV that it was probing the from The Associated Press day. The brunt of nature’s od, while elsewhere in Cal- death of Maggie Long a “hate on Tuesday seeking com- fury was taken once again casieu Parish, as much as crime matter.” ment. by Lake Charles, in a coast- 10 inches fell Monday. Long’s death was ruled a Long’s body was found al zone still recovering T h e m a y o r o f L a k e homicide and authorities later inside her family’s home in from back-to-back hurri- Charles, Nic Hunter, told released composite sketches December 2017 in Bailey, a canes last fall and a deep The Advocate that hun- of at least three men they mountain community about freeze in February. dreds of homes were proba- were believed involved in her 45 miles southwest of Den- The Baton Rouge Fire bly flooded. Hunter was Department responded to mayor last year when the more than 300 calls over- city was hit by Hurricane night of people either Laura on August 27 and trapped in cars or in homes then six weeks later by that were starting to flood, Hurricane Delta. Then in The Advocate reported, February, a deep freeze set- although the waters largely tled over the region, freez- receded hours later. The ing pipes and causing wide- National Weather Service spread drinking water said parts of East Baton problems. Rouge and Ascension par- Some parents in Lake ishes received as much as Charles picked up their 13 inches of rain, the news- children from school in paper reported. kayaks on Monday because Parts of Interstate 10 the roads were impassable, were flooded and closed in and other residents report- the capital city of Baton ed on social media taking Rouge, the Louisiana winding trips through town Department of Transporta- to avoid flooded roads. tion tweeted.
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Page 11, Livingston Enterprise Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Spain, Morocco square off after influx of 6K migrants CEUTA, Spain (AP) — teenagers. The number get- people and minors at risk is Spain deployed its military ting in slowed but didn’t stop in response to a humanitari- to the Moroccan border Tues- Tuesday even as Spain an issue,” Foreign Minister day as thousands of migrants deployed additional police Arancha González Laya said. jumped fences or swam onto and soldiers to the border. T h e p r i m e m i n i s t e r European soil for the second Some 2,700 adults were appeared on live television to day in a row after Rabat already returned to Morocco, announce he would visit Ceu- loosened border controls according to Spain’s Interior ta and that his top priority amid a deepening diplomatic Ministry. Morocco and Spain was to ensure safety in the spat. signed an agreement three city “in the face of any chal- Overwhelmed soldiers sep- decades ago to expel all lenge, any eventuality and arated the adults from the those who swim across the under any circumstance.” young and carried children border. Over the decades, Spain in their arms while Red Yet many arriving Tuesday has built a close relationship Cross workers helped an were sub-Saharan Africans with Morocco to crack down endless trickle of migrants who are usually fleeing pov- on illegal border crossings who were emerging from the erty or violence back home. but also to increase econom- water shivering and exhaust- Spain has agreements to ic exchanges and fight ed. One unconscious woman return some of those extremism. Sánchez on Tues- laid on the sand before she migrants to their native day avoided any direct criti- was carried away on a countries but not all. cism to Rabat in his speech. stretcher. By Tuesday afternoon, “To be effective,” he said, The sudden influx of Moroccan authorities closed “that cooperation must migrants has fueled the dip- the road leading to the bor- AP always be based on respect lomatic spat between Rabat der post with Ceuta and anti- A woman from Morocco arrives at the beach after swimming into the Spanish territory, — respect for the shared and Madrid over the disput- riot police dispersed crowds near the border of Morocco and Spain at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday. border.’’ ed Western Sahara region of would-be migrants. Nei- Sánchez was also facing a and created a humanitarian ther the government in Four Spanish armored called on Morocco to prevent of Africa in 1975. political storm at home, with crisis for Ceuta, the Spanish Rabat nor local officials have vehicles parked Tuesday at people from setting out in Morocco’s Foreign Minis- the far-right Vox party blam- city of 85,000 in North Africa commented about the mass Tarajal beach in Ceuta, the first place. try has said Madrid’s move ing the migration crisis on on the Mediterranean Sea, influx or responded to que- where the border fence leads “The most important thing to assist Brahim Ghali, head the government’s “inaction” separated from Morocco by a ries by The Associated Press. to a short breakwater. now is that Morocco contin- of the Polisario Front, was and sending its leader on a double-wide, 32-foot fence. “It’s such a strong invasion In a video shared by a ues to commit to prevent “inconsistent with the spirit quick visit to Ceuta. Video cameras captured that we are not able to calcu- Spanish police union urging irregular departures, and of partnership and good Many African migrants how some people rushed up late the number of people authorities to send in rein- that those who do not have neighborliness” and vowed regard Ceuta and nearby the hills surrounding the city that have entered,” said Juan forcements, anti-riot officers the right to stay are orderly there would be “consequenc- Melilla, another Spanish ter- and jumped over the double Jesús Vivas, the president of behind the border fence and effectively returned,” es.” ritory, as a gateway into fence. Ceuta, an autonomous city of were using shields to protect Johansson told the European Vivas, Ceuta’s conservative Europe. In 2020, 2,228 chose Spanish Prime Minister about 20 square kilometers. themselves from stones Parliament. regional president, said resi- to cross into the two enclaves Pedro Sánchez canceled a “The army is at the border being thrown by people in “Spanish borders are Euro- dents were in a state of by sea or land, often risking trip to Paris, where he was to in a deterrent role, but there Morocco. pean borders. The European “anguish, concern and fear” injuries or death. attend a summit on interna- are great quantities of peo- Interior Minister Fernando Union wants to build a rela- and 60% of the city’s chil- On Tuesday, another 80 tional aid to Africa, and ple on the Moroccan side Grande-Marlaska denied tionship with Morocco based dren had not shown up for African migrants readed announced an imminent visit waiting to enter,” he told local media reports saying on trust and shared commit- school on Tuesday. Melilla, 218 miles east of to the southern city. While Cadena SER radio. that unaccompanied Moroc- ments. Migration is a key He also linked the sudden Ceuta, by jumping over the calling Morocco a “friend of One young man drowned can migrants under 18, who element,” she said. mass arrival to Spain’s com- enclave’s double fence. Spain,” Sánchez also urged and dozens were treated for are allowed to remain legally Morocco’s loosened border passionate assistance to Gha- Morocco scored a diplo- authorities to “respect the hypothermia. The arriving under the tutelage of Spanish watch came after Spain li. matic victory last year when shared border.” adults were being trans- authorities, were being decided to grant entry for The Spanish government the previous U.S. administra- By Tuesday morning, at ferred to Ceuta’s main soc- deported. medical treatment to the itself, however, officially tion under Donald Trump least 6,000 sea-soaked people cer stadium as they waited to The European Union’s top chief of a militant group that rejects the notion that recognized Rabat’s sover- had crossed the border into be returned to Morocco migration official – Home fights Morocco for the inde- Morocco is punishing Spain eignty over Western Sahara, Ceuta since early Monday, while those thought to be Affairs Commissioner Ylva pendence of Western Sahara. for a humanitarian move. paving the way for normaliz- the Spanish government said, minors were sent to ware- Johansson – described the Morocco annexed the sprawl- “I cannot envisage that ing relations between Israel including 1,500 thought to be houses run by charity group. incidents as “worrying” and ing region on the west coast putting the lives of young and Morocco.
EU mulls ways to help defuse Israel-Palestinian fighting BRUSSELS (AP) — Euro- killed in rocket attacks ute to end violence” and to represented by its new Mid- pean Union foreign ministers launched from Gaza toward reduce tensions. dle East peace envoy Sven debated Tuesday how to use civilian areas in Israel. “Looking beyond, we also Koopmans, and said “we are the 27-nation bloc’s political Israel carried out a wave need longer term initiatives in favor of further expanding clout to help diplomatic of airstrikes on what it said to break the dynamics of his mediation efforts.” efforts to end the fighting were militant targets in conflict and revive the pros- The Quartet’s other three between the Israeli armed Gaza, leveling a six-story pect of a peaceful future for members are the United forces and Palestinian mili- building in downtown Gaza all,” wrote Borrell, who is Nations, the U.S. and Russia. tants. City, and Palestinian mili- chairing the meeting. Maas said the EU needs to The EU has been united in tants fired dozens of rockets German Foreign Minister look beyond ending the cur- its calls for a cease-fire and into Israel early Tuesday, the Heiko Maas stressed that rent violence and at how to the need for a political solu- latest in the fourth war “Israel of course has the prevent a repeat. “The EU tion to end the latest conflict between the two sides. right to defend itself” must play a role here, in — now in its second week — The EU is the biggest against rocket fire from political and humanitarian but the nations are divided donor of aid to the Palestin- Hamas. terms,” he said, adding that over how best to help. No ians but holds little influence “With its rocket terror, he would press Tuesday for firm decisions involving over the militant group Hamas has deliberately esca- better humanitarian supply threats of sanctions or other Hamas or the state of Israel, lated a situation that was lines into Gaza. measures are likely from the despite having some trade already extremely tense, “We must use our relation- ministers’ videoconference. arrangements that are favor- with terrible consequences ships with both sides to At least 212 Palestinians able to the Israelis. for Israelis and for its own encourage confidence-build- have been killed in heavy air- Before the meeting, EU civilian population in Gaza,” ing steps that could lead to strikes so far, including 61 foreign policy chief Josep he said. calming the situation both children, and over 1,400 peo- Borrell tweeted that he had “The weapons must finally inside Israel and in the West ple wounded, Gaza’s Health an exchange with U.S. Secre- fall silent,” Maas said. He Bank,” he added. “Only that Ministry said. At least 12 tary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the role of the way will it be possible to talk AP people in Israel, including a on how the United States and international diplomatic again about a lasting solution Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip to Israel, Monday. 5-year-old boy, have been the bloc “can jointly contrib- Quartet, in which the EU is to the Middle East conflict.”
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Mostly Cloudy T-storms Showers Likely Rain Likely Few Showers Precip Chance: 20% Precip Chance: 40% 42 64 39 47 35 44 33 50 36 Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds: 5-19 mph WSW 8-17 mph NE 9-14 mph ENE 8-13 mph NE 9-11 mph ENE Livingston Outlook Montana Weather Tonight, expect mostly cloudy skies with an overnight low of 42. West southwest Libby Cut Bank Havre Glasgow wind 5 to 19 mph. The record low 34/65 34/55 40/62 48/71 temperature for tonight is 22 set in 1965. Kalispell Great Falls 36/58 39/57 Sidney 51/74 Livingston Statistics Missoula Lewistown As recorded through yesterday. 39/62 Glendive 38/56 Helena For latest weather updates: www.UpdatedWx.com/LE Temperatures 40/56 50/74 .High . . . .yesterday ...... 80...... Butte ...... Tomorrow Thursday Tomorrow Thursday LIVINGSTON .Low . . . .yesterday ...... 38...... 35/51 ...... 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They include at least one emerged as a central figure of the investigation but were underage girl he paid to have in the Justice Department’s not allowed to publicly dis- sex with him and others, the sex trafficking investigation cuss the ongoing investiga- plea agreement says. into Rep. Matt Gaetz pleaded tion and spoke to The Associ- Prosecutors wrote in the guilty Monday to six federal ated Press on the condition plea agreement that Green- charges and agreed to coop- of anonymity. berg had introduced the girl erate with prosecutors as Gaetz has denied the alle- to others, who also “engaged part of a plea deal. gations and any accusation in commercial sex acts” with Joel Greenberg, a longtime of wrongdoing and has said her. The agreement does not associate of Gaetz’s, repeatedly he will not resign identify the men. appeared in federal court in from Congress. A spokesper- Greenberg first met the Orlando. He pleaded guilty son for the congressman has girl online from a website to six of the nearly three doz- said Gaetz “never had sex where she was posing as an en charges he faced, includ- with a minor and has never adult and first paid her $400 ing sex trafficking of a paid for sex.” after a meeting on a boat, the minor, and he admitted that During the nearly hourlong documents said. He later he had paid at least one hearing Monday, Greenberg, invited her to hotels in Flori- underage girl to have sex 36, acknowledged he under- da where he and others with him and other men. stood the charges he was would have sex with her and Gaetz was not mentioned in pleading guilty to and the supplied her and other peo- the plea agreement or during possible punishment he ple with ecstasy, according the court hearing. But faced and told the judge he to the plea deal. Greenberg’s cooperation — was of a sound frame of In total, prosecutors say as a key figure in the investi- mind. Greenberg had sex with the gation and a close ally of U.S. Magistrate Judge Les- girl at least seven times. Gaetz’s — may escalate the lie Hoffman told Greenberg Greenberg’s legal scrutiny potential legal and political that even though prosecutors began when he was arrested liability that the firebrand may request some leniency last summer on charges of Republican congressman is from his sentencing judge stalking a political opponent, facing. because of his cooperation, Brian Beute. Prosecutors Federal prosecutors are there was no guarantee a said he mailed fake letters to examining whether Gaetz judge would agree to the the school where his oppo- and Greenberg paid under- prosecutors’ recommenda- nent worked, signed by a age girls and escorts or tions and Greenberg would nonexistent “very concerned offered them gifts in be unable to change his plea. student,” who alleged the exchange for sex, according No sentencing date was AP opponent had engaged in sex- to two people familiar with immediately set. Fritz Scheller, left, attorney for Joel Greenberg, answers questions during a news confer- ual misconduct with another the matter. Investigators Monday’s court appearance ence Monday. student. have also been looking at marked the first time Green- “I wouldn’t want to be whether Gaetz and his asso- berg has been seen in court berg was taken back to jail in honor them,” Fritz Scheller, As part of his plea deal, him,” Beute, who showed up ciates tried to secure govern- since the Gaetz investigation handcuffs and shackles, Greenberg’s attorney, said Greenberg, a Republican at the courthouse on Monday, ment jobs for some of the blew into the public spotlight wearing a dark inmate uni- after the hearing. “He defi- who served as the tax collec- said after the hearing. women, the people said. They in March. Outside the court- form and looking worn down. nitely feels a sense of tor in Seminole County, Greenberg also is accused are also scrutinizing Gaetz’s house, a plane flew over dur- “Mr. Greenberg has plead- remorse.” admitted he recruited wom- of embezzling $400,000 from connections to the medical ing the hearing pulling a ban- ed guilty subject to a plea Asked if Gaetz should be en for commercial sex acts the Seminole County tax col- marijuana sector, including ner that read: “TICK TOCK agreement that has certain nervous, Scheller said, “I and paid them more than lector’s office, according to whether his associates MATT GAETZ.” requirements and obligations will leave that up to Matt $70,000 from 2016 to 2018, the indictment filed against sought to influence legisla- After the hearing Green- on him, and he intends to Gaetz’s attorneys to answer.” sometimes through online him.
Tennessee man admits hate crime in attack on Muslim girls NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — child in a car, Beckham, his May Special A Te n n e s s e e m a n w h o knife still drawn, chased after harassed two teenage Muslim them as well, the Justice girls and then swung a knife Department said. and attacked their father has After police took Beckham pleaded guilty to a federal into custody, he called the full page half page ad hate crime. family “terrorists” and vowed Place one or Christopher Beckham, 35, to kill them when he got out of Nashville, appeared in of jail, the agency added. in color, get second one for free. court last week to enter the Beckham agreed to plead plea, the Justice Department guilty after his federal trial in said Monday in a statement. September 2019 ended with a Beckham pleaded guilty to hung jury. Now his sentenc-BOGOgood for the month of may. violating the Matthew Shepa- ing is set for Oct. 7. rd and James Byrd Jr. Hate “The cowardly and unpro- Crimes Prevention Act, the voked attack and display of call 406-222-2000 monday-friday statement said. hate-filled aggression by this Beckham admitted that he defendant toward two inno- confronted two sisters in cent young girls and their or email [email protected] hijabs after they got off a father is despicable,” Acting school bus in 2017, saying U.S. Attorney Mary Jane “Allahu Akbar!” and “Go back Stewart said. “An attack upon
to your country!” the state- the free exercise of any per- ment said. When their father son’s religious beliefs is an t h e l i v i n g s t o n arrived to pick them up, attack on that person’s civil Beckham injured him by rights. The Department of ENTERPRISE swinging a knife and punch- Justice will continue to vigor- ing at him, and when their ously prosecute such violent mother arrived with another acts motivated by hate.”