Feds Fund Mental Health Crisis Teams to Stand in for Police

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Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper Page 9 Feds fund mental health crisis teams to stand in for police WASHINGTON (AP) — 10 years for states that set When police respond to a up mobile crisis teams, cur- person gripped by a men- rently locally operated in a tal health or drug crisis, the handful of places. encounter can have trag- Many 911 calls are due to ic results. Now a govern- a person experiencing a ment insurance program mental health or substance will help communities set abuse crisis. Sometimes, up an alternative: mobile like with Daniel Prude in Ro- teams with mental health chester, New York, the con- practitioners trained in de- sequences are shocking. escalating such potentially The 41-year-old Black man volatile situations. died after police placed The effort to reinvent po- a spit hood over his head licing after the death of and held him to the pave- George Floyd in police ment for about two min- custody is getting an as- utes on a cold night in 2020 sist through Medicaid, the until he stopped breathing. federal-state health insur- He had run naked from his ance program for low- brother's house after being income people and the released from a hospital largest payer for mental following a mental health health treatment. President arrest. A grand jury voted Joe Biden's recent corona- down charges against the In this Sept. 2020 photo, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Christian Hawks with CAHOOTS, a virus relief bill calls for an officers. mental health crisis intervention program, prepares for an afternoon shift in Eugene, Oregon. estimated $1 billion over Continued on next page Associated Press A2 Saturday 24 April 2021 UP FRONT illness is a factor in at least 25% of such shootings, it estimated. The center advocates for improved mental health care. Mobile crisis teams found their way into the COVID-19 relief bill through the efforts of Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, who chairs the Finance Committee, which oversees Medicaid. "Too often law enforcement is asked to respond to situations that they are not trained to handle," Wyden said. "On the streets in chal- lenging times, too often the result is violence, even fatal violence, particularly for Black Americans." Wyden's legislation includes $15 million in plan- ning grants to help states get going. The Congres- sional Budget Office estimates the program could take a couple of years to fully implement. The $1 billion will be available to states for five years, be- ginning next April. Wyden said it's a "down payment" on what he hopes will become a permanent part of Medicaid. The idea may be well- timed, said Medicaid ex- In this Sept. 2020 photo, Crisis Worker Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Sara Stroo, left, and Crisis Worker Laurel Lisovskis with CAHOOTS, a mental health crisis intervention program, take a moment before heading out on an evening shift in Eugene, Ore. pert MaryBeth Musumeci, Associated Press of the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. The Continued from Front my officers in these circum- ordination. Crisis teams are prompted the call and coronavirus pandemic has Dispatching teams of para- stances," Skinner explained. not sent on calls involving to connect the person in- worsened society's perva- medics and behavioral "By sending the right re- violent situations. volved to ongoing help sive mental health and sub- health practitioners would sources I can make the as- "We don't look like law en- and support. stance abuse problems. take mental health crisis sumption that there are go- forcement," White Bird vet- At least 14 cities around the At the same time, protests calls out of the hands of ing to be fewer times when eran Tim Black said. "We country are interested in over police shootings of uniformed and armed of- officers are in situations that drive a big white cargo versions of that model, said Black people have cre- ficers, whose mere arrival can turn violent. It actually van. Our responders wear Simone Brody, executive ated an appetite for any- may ratchet up tensions. de-conflicts, reducing the a T-shirt or a hoodie with a director of What Works Cit- thing that could break the In Eugene, Oregon, such a need for use of force." logo. We don't have hand- ies, a New York-based non- cycle. "All of those things strategy has been in place Eugene is a medium-size cuffs or pepper spray, and profit that tries to promote coming together are put- more than 30 years, with city about 100 miles (160 the way we start to interact change through effective ting increased focus on the solid backing from police. kilometers) south of Port- sends a message that we use of data. "It's really excit- need for further developing The concept "fits nicely land, known for its educa- are not the police and this ing to see the federal gov- effective behavioral health with what we are trying tional institutions. The pro- is going to be a far safer ernment support this mod- treatment models," Musu- to do around police re- gram there is called Crisis and voluntary interaction." el," Brody said. "I am hopeful meci said. form," Eugene Police Chief Assistance Helping Out On CAHOOTS teams handled that three years from now In Rhode Island, nurse Chris Skinner said. The logic The Streets, or CAHOOTS, 24,000 calls in the local area we will have multiple mod- turned malpractice lawyer works "like a simple math and is run by the White Bird in 2019, and Black said the els and ideally some data Laura Harrington is helping problem," he adds. Clinic. CAHOOTS is part of vast majority would have that shows this has actually coordinate a grassroots "If I can rely on a mecha- the local 911 emergency otherwise fallen to police. saved people's lives." Port- campaign to incorporate nism that matches the right response system but oper- Many involve homeless land, Oregon, launched its crisis teams into the state's response to the need, it ates independently of the people. The teams work to own crisis teams in Febru- 911 system. She said she's means I don't have to put police, although there's co- resolve the situation that ary and the program has been surprised at the level already expanded to serve of interest. "I don't want more areas of the commu- to get into blaming," Har- LIKE US ON nity. rington said. "We could About 1,000 people a year blame social services. We are shot dead by police, could blame people who according to an analysis by don't take their medica- the Treatment Advocacy tions. We could blame Center, which examined the police. I want to several publicly available move forward and solve Facebook.com/arubatoday/ estimates. Severe mental problems."q A3 U.S. NEWS Saturday 24 April 2021 Jenner adds celebrity, questions to California governor race By MICHAEL R. BLOOD need as little as 20% of the LOS ANGELES (AP) — Re- vote to top a large field. publican Caitlyn Jenner Anne Dunsmore, a consul- said Friday she will run for tant for Rescue California, governor of California, one of the political com- injecting a jolt of celeb- mittees backing the recall, rity into an emerging cam- said she recently spoke to paign that threatens to oust Jenner and views her as a Democratic Gov. Gavin serious candidate. Newsom from office. "I don't think she's going Jenner — an Olympic hero, to use it to further her own reality TV personality and purpose, but rather bring transgender rights activist awareness to what's hap- — said in statement posted pening here," Dunsmore on Twitter and on an ac- said. companying website that Jenner made headlines in she has filed initial paper- recent years with her ties work to run for the post. to Trump, who lost to Joe Newsom, a first-term Demo- Biden in the state in No- crat, is facing a likely recall vember by over 5 million election this year, though votes. officials are still reviewing Jenner supported Trump in petition signatures required 2016 but later criticized his to qualify the proposal for administration's reversal of the ballot. Several other a directive on transgender Republicans also have an- Caitlyn Jenner attends the Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Sept. access to public school nounced plans to run. 7, 2019. bathrooms. She also criti- The race had failed to at- Associated Press cized Trump after he said tract a nationally recog- transgender people would nized contender before tenders, including former ity" and taking on special fend off rivals in the midst of not be allowed to serve in the entrance of 71-year- San Diego Mayor Kevin interests. a pandemic that has cost the U.S. military. old Jenner, who is widely Faulconer, former U.S. Rep. Her campaign did not re- the state millions of jobs, In a statement, Newsom known from shows "Keep- Doug Ose and business- spond to a request for an cored government bud- campaign spokesman Dan ing Up with the Kardashi- man John Cox, who lost to on-camera interview. gets and upended life for Newman said, "We always ans" and the spin-off "I Am Newsom in the 2018 gover- She described herself as nearly 40 million residents. knew the ... recall would Cait." nor's race. "economically conserva- He's also been hit by the be a ludicrous circus full of However, she brings an Hours after Jenner an- tive, socially progressive" in fallout from a multibillion- Trump supporters." abundance of questions nounced she would run, a People magazine inter- dollar fraud scandal at the The team advising Jenner about her ability to poten- Faulconer took a lightly view last year. state unemployment agen- has included Trump's for- tially lead the nation's most veiled swipe at her lack of Her run would come near- cy while weathering a pub- mer campaign manager, populous state at a time of experience in government. ly two decades after the lic shaming for dining out Brad Parscale, and GOP crisis and has faced specu- "I think I'm uniquely posi- ascendancy of Arnold with friends and lobbyists at fundraiser Caroline Wren, lation that she's entering tioned in terms of some- Schwarzenegger, anoth- an exclusive San Francisco who worked for Trump's politics to steer attention to body who has won elec- er Republican who used Bay Area restaurant last campaign. her entertainment career. tions and knows how to get his Hollywood fame as a fall, while telling residents to Jenner, who won the de- She is untested as a can- results," he told reporters. springboard to California's stay home for safety. cathlon in the 1976 Summer didate and little is known In a statement, Jenner highest office in a 2003 re- However, recent polling has Olympics, also could face about her positions on criti- called herself an outsider call election. suggested Newsom would questions about a 2015 fa- cal issues facing the state, and "a proven winner" and County election officials hold his seat, and the sour tal crash in which she rear- from the coronavirus pan- the only candidate "who are required to submit their public mood could shift as ended two cars. A 69-year- demic to managing the can put an end to Gavin final signature tallies to the more schools and business- old woman was killed when economy. She has ties to Newsom's disastrous time state no later than next es reopen. California also her car was pushed into former President Donald as governor." Thursday. is likely to be the recipient the path of an oncoming Trump, who remains broad- "I'm in," she wrote on her If the recall qualifies for the of billions of dollars of fed- Hummer.q ly unpopular in California website. "For the past de- ballot, as expected, voters eral recovery funds, which outside his GOP base, as cade, we have seen the would be asked two ques- Newsom will dispense and well as his former political glimmer of the Golden tions: first, whether Newsom could use to his political ARUBA operatives. State reduced by one-par- should be removed from of- advantage. CLEAN Jenner credits herself with ty rule that places politics fice. The second would be In a typical California gu- advancing the movement over progress and special a list of replacement can- bernatorial election, Jen- for equality, but the LGBTQ interests over people. Sac- didates to choose from, ner, as a Republican, would advocacy group Equality ramento needs an honest if more than 50% of voters face long odds in the state California said it would op- leader with a clear vision." support removing Newsom dominated by Democrats. pose her candidacy, cit- It was notable that her from office. But with dozens of candi- ing her ties to Trump and announcement did not The effort largely has been dates expected to join the Republicans who have include a video, which is fueled by criticism of New- ballot in a likely recall elec- sought to undercut trans- commonplace in politi- som's handling of the pan- tion, the threshold to win gender rights. cal campaign kickoffs. In- demic, which shuttered would be far lower with the Still, with her name recog- stead, in her written state- schools and closed thou- vote divided among many nition and ability to attract ment, she referred only sands of businesses. contenders. Some ana- IS MORE publicity, she could over- vaguely to cutting taxes, a If the recall qualifies, New- lysts have projected that a shadow other GOP con- "roadmap back to prosper- som would be forced to winning candidate might DUSHI A4 Saturday 24 April 2021 U.S. NEWS Calls mount for video release in fatal shooting by deputies By ALLEN G. BREED and has said that deputies fired JONATHAN DREW shots at Brown as he tried to ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — drive away, and a car au- Leaders of a North Carolina thorities removed from the city where a Black man was scene appeared to have shot and killed by deputies multiple bullet holes and its serving search and drug-re- back windshield shattered. lated warrants planned Fri- "We are responding. Law day to vote on a resolution enforcement on scene ad- urging a court to release vises shots fired, need EMS," body camera video of the says one woman, who re- shooting. fers to the address where The calls for transparency the warrant was served. come amid signs, included "EMS has got one male 42 emergency scanner traffic, years of age, gunshot to that Andrew Brown Jr. was the back. We do have vi- shot in the back and killed able pulse at this time," said as he was trying to drive a male voice. Someone away. then said that first respond- Pasquotank County Sher- ers were performing resus- iff Tommy Wooten II has citation efforts. said that at least one of The sheriff, district attorney Kirk Rivers leads a group of demonstrators as they block Ehringhaus Street, a main retail avenue in the deputies serving the and state medical exam- Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, April 23, 2021, as they demand after a fatal shooting that body camera warrants on the day of video be released by the Pasquotank Sheriff's office. iner didn't immediately Wednesday's shooting was Associated Press respond to emails Friday wearing a body camera asking for comment on the and that it was activated. law says anyone can file a timetable for releasing tails. Nearby Dare County scanner traffic. The SBI de- A notice posted by the City petition in court seeking its body camera footage to had issued two arrest war- clined to comment. Council in Elizabeth City release. local authorities. rants for Brown on drug- Wooten said multiple dep- said it intended to have The sheriff has given no "Obviously, the loss of life related charges including uties involved in the shoot- the city attorney petition timetable for release of the is a tragedy and obviously possession with intent to sell ing have been placed on a local court to make the video, which has also been we're thinking of the family cocaine. Brown, 42, had a administrative leave pend- video public. urged by protesters who members and the commu- criminal history dating back ing a probe by the State The council's measure have taken to the streets nity," Psaki said at her daily to the 1990s, including past Bureau of Investigation. He wouldn't be binding on each night since Brown briefing. drug convictions. didn't specify how many the Pasquotank County was shot. Wooten has said depu- Recordings of scanner traf- deputies were involved. Sheriff's Office, which is a White House press secre- ties from his department fic compiled by broadcas- During demonstrations separate entity from city tary Jen Psaki said Friday including a tactical team tify.com from the morning Thursday night, protesters government. In North Caro- that President Joe Biden were attempting to serve of the shooting include questioned why deputies lina, a judge must generally is aware of Brown's death, search and drug-related emergency personnel indi- opened fire in a residential sign off on release of body but that Biden would likely warrants when he was shot, cating that Brown was shot area down the street from camera footage, but the leave decisions over the but offered few other de- in the back. An eyewitness an elementary school.q

Detectives: DNA solves 1985 slaying, rape of dementia victim (AP) — A DNA test has led State and county records miles from where Matheny bors had seen her walking to the arrest of a suspect show Lange has a lengthy was abducted. His DNA down the street in her pain the April 1985 slaying, criminal record, including again matched the sam- jamas, which were found rape and kidnapping of a convictions in 1983 and ple and he was arrested, near her when she was 78-year-old woman who 1993 for aggravated as- the sheriff's office said. He discovered by a passerby had dementia and had sault, receiving probation denied any connection to hours later in Jupiter, Flori- wandered from her home. each time. He also was the killing. A judge Friday da. The Palm Beach County convicted of weapons ordered him held without A sheriff's office video re- Sheriff's Office announced charges in 2006 and 2012, bond. leased last year seeking Friday that it had arrested receiving short jail sen- Matheny was a widow information about the Richard C. Lange, 61, on tences. who suffered from demen- slaying said Matheny may first-degree murder, kid- In its press release, the sher- tia, likely Alzheimer's dis- have gotten into a car napping and sexual as- iff's office says its homicide ease, according to a 1985 with a young man outside This Thursday, April 22, 2021, sault charges. cold case unit submitted story in the Palm Beach a fast-food restaurant. Wit- booking photo provided The office did not release DNA from the killing to the Post. She had recently nesses told investigators by the Palm Beach County the victim's name, but 1985 state database last month moved from Arkansas to the man told them he was Sheriff’s Office shows Richard news stories identify her and Lange came up as a live with her sister in Lake her neighbor and would Lange, who was arrested for as Mildred Matheny, who match. In 1985, Lange was Worth, Florida, and was not drive her home. the 1985 kidnapping, rape and murder of a 78-year-old was found unconscious, 25 and living in Palm Beach allowed outside alone be- "It's pretty bad when a woman with dementia. nude and beaten along a County, records show. cause of fears she would grandmother goes out- Associated Press remote dirt road, about 25 Detectives received a wander away. side for a walk and winds miles from where she had warrant to obtain saliva But because of some fam- up knocked out on some By TERRY SPENCER disappeared seven hours from Lange, who was test- ily confusion, Matheny got dirt road," Lake Worth po- Associated Press earlier. She died 11 days ed Thursday at his Boynton outside on the afternoon lice Lt. Marty Kerner said in FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. later. Beach home, about 10 of April 27, 1985. Neigh- 1985.q A5 WORLD NEWS Saturday 24 April 2021 IImprisoned Putin foe Navalny to end his hunger strike

By DARIA LITVINOVA elevated levels of potas- Associated Press sium, which can bring on MOSCOW (AP) — Impris- cardiac arrest, and height- oned opposition leader ened creatinine levels that Alexei Navalny said Friday indicated impaired kid- he is ending his hunger neys. strike after getting medi- He was transferred Sunday cal attention and being from a penal colony east warned by his doctors that of Moscow to the hospital continuing it would put his ward of another prison in life at risk. Vladimir, a city 180 kilome- In a message posted to his ters (110 miles) east of the Instagram account, Na- capital. valny said he will continue The day after mass protests to demand a visit from his demanding his freedom doctor to address numb- swept across Russia, a team ness in his legs and arms – of his doctors released a his main demand. But he letter urging him to end the said he would halt the strike hunger strike. on its 24th day after having The letter revealed that been examined by doctors Navalny was taken to a who were not affiliated with regular hospital Tuesday in the prison, something he n this Feb. 16, 2021, file photo taken from footage provided by the Babuskinsky District Court, Vladimir, where he under- called “a huge progress.” Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia. went tests and was exam- He also acknowledged the Associated Press ined by specialists “in ac- mass pro-Navalny protests Another reason he was He said he would start zlement conviction, which cordance” with requests across Russia on Wednes- ending the hunger strike “coming out of the hun- he says was politically mo- from his doctors. It said they day and the support he was that some of his sup- ger strike” on Friday and tivated. He was ordered to were given the results of received from around the porters were refusing to eat the process of ending it will serve 2½ years in prison. those tests through Naval- globe.“Thanks to the huge in a show of solidarity with take 24 days. Navalny began the hunger ny’s lawyers and family on support of good people him, Navalny said. Navalny was arrested in strike March 31, after de- Thursday. across the country and “Tears flowed from my eyes January upon his return veloping severe pain in his The doctors said they would around the world, we have when I read that. God, I’m from Germany, where he back and loss of sensation continue to insist on access made huge progress,” Na- not even acquainted with had spent five months rein his legs. Prison officials to Navalny but also urged valny said in his message these people, and they do covering from a poisoning have said he was getting him “to immediately stop from behind bars. “Two this for me. Friends, my heart with the nerve agent that all the medical help he the hunger strike in order to months ago, my requests is full of love and gratitude he blames on the Kremlin needs, but Navalny insisted save life and health,” say- for medical help were for you, but I don’t want accusations that Russian he effectively received no ing that they considered prompting smirks. I wasn’t anyone physically suffering officials reject. treatment. being examined by “civil- given any medications. ... because of me,” said the He was promptly put on Navalny’s doctors said Sat- ian” doctors from outside Thanks to you, now I have 44-year-old politician, who trial for violating terms of a urday they feared he was the prison and undergoing been examined by a panel is President Vladimir Putin’s suspended sentence stem- close to dying because his “objective tests” enough to of civilian doctors twice.” most prominent critic. ming from a 2014 embez- test results showed sharply end the strike.q Norwegian climber 1st to test positive on Mount Everest

By BINAJ GURBACHARYA maturely end the climb- ing official denied there Associated Press ing season, just ahead of a were any active cases on KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) window of good weather the mountains at the mo- — The coronavirus has in May, he said. ment. conquered the world’s “We would need now most Mira Acharya, director at highest mountain. urgently mass testing in the Department of Moun- A Norwegian climber be- base camp, with everyone taineering, said she had no came the first to be test- tested and every team be- official information about ed for COVID-19 in Mount ing isolated, no contact the COVID-19 cases and Everest base camp and between teams,” said Fur- only reports of illnesses like was flown by helicopter to tenbach. “That needs to pneumonia and altitude Kathmandu, where he was be done now, otherwise it sickness. Mountaineering hospitalized. is too late.” was closed last year due to Erlend Ness told The Asso- Furtenbach, leading a the pandemic and climb- ciated Press in a message Lukas Furtenbach, an ace mountain guide speaks during an team of 18 climbers to ers returned to Everest this Friday that he tested posi- interview with Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Mount Everest and its sister year for the first time since tive on April 15. He said an- April 23, 2021. peak Mount Lhotse, said May 2019. Associated Press other test on Thursday was there could be more than The popular spring climb- negative and he was now warned that the virus the base of Everest if all just one case on the moun- ing season in Nepal, which staying with a local family could spread among the of them are not checked tain as the Norwegian had has eight of the highest in Nepal. hundreds of other climb- immediately and safety lived with several others for peaks in the world, be- An ace mountain guide, ers, guides and helpers measures are taken. weeks. gan in March and ends in Austrian Lukas Furtenbach, who are now camped on Any outbreak could pre- A Nepalese mountaineer- May.q A6 Saturday 24 April 2021 WORLD NEWS Israeli police arrest dozens in night of chaos in Jerusalem

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Jew near Damascus Gate. Associated Press They could be seen punch- JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli ing, kicking and throwing police say 44 people were him to the ground before arrested and 20 officers police chased them off. were wounded in a night of The police statement did chaos in Jerusalem, where not specify whether those security forces separately arrested were Palestinian or clashed with Palestinians Jewish and did not refer to angry about Ramadan any specific instances of vi- restrictions and Jewish ex- olence. The police did not tremists who held an anti- immediately respond to a Arab march nearby. request for more details. Tensions have spiked in re- Israel captured east Jeru- cent days in Jerusalem, salem in the 1967 war and which has long been a annexed it in a move not flashpoint in the Israeli- recognized by most of the Palestinian conflict, and is international community. home to holy sites sacred The Palestinians want east to Jews, Christians and Jerusalem to be the capital Muslims. Residents braced of their future state. Its fate for possible further unrest as has been one of the most police stepped up security Israeli border police detain an Israeli youth as members of “Lahava”, a Jewish extremist group, divisive issues in the peace and the U.S. Embassy ap- as they try approach to Damascus Gate to protest amid heightened tensions in the city, just process, which ground to a pealed for calm. outside Jerusalem’s Old City, Thursday, April. 22, 2021. halt more than a decade There were concerns the Associated Press ago. violence could reignite fol- of the Muslim holy month of melee. ricades to halt the far-right The U.S. Embassy said it was lowing Friday prayers at a Ramadan. The tensions be- Meanwhile, a far-right Jew- protesters a few hundred “deeply concerned” about major holy site in Jerusa- gan when police placed ish group known as Lahava meters (yards) from Da- the violence in recent days. lem, but thousands of wor- barricades outside the Old led a march of hundreds of mascus Gate. Later, they “We hope all responsible shippers dispersed peace- City’s Damascus Gate, protesters chanting “Arabs used water cannon, stun voices will promote an end fully after Muslim religious where Muslims traditionally get out!” toward the Da- grenades and mounted to incitement, a return to leaders called for restraint. gather to enjoy the eve- mascus Gate. The show of police to push them back calm, and respect for the The Islamic militant group ning after the daytime fast. force came in response to toward mostly Jewish west safety and dignity of every- Hamas meanwhile staged Late Thursday, hundreds of videos circulated on TikTok Jerusalem. Videos circulat- one in Jerusalem,” it said in demonstrations across Palestinians hurled stones showing Palestinians slap- ed online showed smaller a statement.Tens of thou- Gaza reiterating its support and bottles at police, who ping religious Jews at ran- clashes and fires elsewhere sands of Palestinians at- for armed struggle. fired a water cannon and dom. Other videos made in in the city. One video tended weekly prayers at Palestinians have clashed stun grenades to disperse response to them appear showed what appeared to the Al-Aqsa mosque com- with Israeli police on a them. Dozens of Palestin- to show Jews assaulting Ar- be a group of Palestinians pound in Jerusalem’s Old nightly basis since the start ians were wounded in the abs. Police used metal bar- beating an ultra-Orthodox City on Friday.q

Protest in Yangon ahead of regional summit on Myanmar crisis

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) position to the army’s sei- onstrations in the center of boulevards of Yangon’s ty Government created by — Protesters against Myan- zure of power as the junta Myanmar’s largest city all Pabedan neighborhood ousted elected lawmakers, mar’s military coup re- chief prepared to attend but stopped weeks ago, with their hands raised in who argue his attendance turned Friday to the streets a meeting of Southeast as the deadly crackdown the three-fingered salute legitimizes his power grab. of downtown Yangon, de- Asian leaders on the coun- on dissent by the security adopted by the oppo- The NUG was not invited fiantly chanting their op- try’s crisis. Such open dem- forces made it too danger- nents of military rule. to take part. The ASEAN ous. Yangon is where the “Let’s roar till the whole city leaders may seek to stop first major demonstrations can hear out voices!” the the security forces’ violent were held against the Feb- group’s leader shouted. suppression of the protests. ruary coup that ousted the They quickly scattered They may also suggest an elected government of when police vehicles ap- ASEAN-led humanitarian Aung San Suu Kyi. peared nearby. mission and a roadmap to The protests launched a Leaders of the 10-mem- dialogue between Myan- nationwide Civil Disobedi- ber Association of South- mar’s military rulers and ence Movement that even east Asian Nations will dis- their opponents. the use of lethal force has cuss the Myanmar crisis There were other protests failed to cow. Daily crack- on Saturday in Indonesia’s around Myanmar on Fri- downs by police and sol- capital, Jakarta, with coup day, including in Laun- diers have killed more leader Senior Gen. Min glone township in south- than 700 protesters and Aung Hlaing set to attend ern Myanmar, where bystanders nationwide, in person. demonstrators came out Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger sign of defiance according to several inde- The invitation to the junta in force to show their sup- during the demonstration against the military coup in pendent tallies. chief has angered the port for the National Unity Yangon, Myanmar, on Friday, April 23, 2021. About 150 protesters coup’s opponents, includ- Government.q Associated Press marched down the wide ing a parallel National Uni- A7 WORLD NEWS Saturday 24 April 2021 Colombia police, military raid illegal gold mining operation

By FERNANDO VERGARA, together, machinery that MARKO ALVAREZ and AS- can produce about 6 kilo- TRID SUÁREZ grams (13 pounds) of gold MAGUI PAYAN, Colombia a month. (AP) — From the air, the il- But he said that six months legal gold mines look like from now, the miners may wounds in the dense jungle have repaired the ma- of southern Colombia scars chines and set them back of red, gray and brown dirt to work. surrounding toxic ponds. The government says it has The sound of the police and raided 9,235 illegal mines military choppers lunging in since the start of 2019, ar- over the hills sends most of rested 3,300 people and the miners below fleeing destroyed or inactivated into the foliage, with only 450 dredging machines. a few staying behind to try “We are not talking about to confront the police and basic economies, about soldiers leaping from the common criminals,” said helicopters. Gen. Jesús Alejandro Bar- They’re quickly subdued rera Peña, director of rural with tear gas and the au- security for the national po- thorities began setting fire The land is deforested at an illegal gold mining operation where National Police and soldiers work lice. “It is important to be to the heavy equipment to destroy it as part of the Armed Forces’ “Operation Guamuez III” in Magui Payan, Colombia, clear that the communities used to extract gold. Tuesday, April 20, 2021. aren’t part of the illegal or- Associated Press The mine is located in the ganizations; they are used municipality of Magui miners work, I can’t feed There’s little piety among demobilized Revolutionary as tools.” Payan, a remote zone of my children because the those running the mines Armed Forces of Colombia, Illegal mines like the one southern Colombia where state gives me nothing.” that are the main source Police Lt. Col. Pedro Pab- in Magui Payan are more there’s no piped water and The rate of extreme pov- of income. They are con- lo Astaiza, who led this the rule than the exception communications links are erty tops 80% in the region, trolled or at least extorted month’s raid, said armed in Colombia and across tenuous. according to Mayor Ale- by organized crime gangs, groups demand a 10% cut much of Latin America, One woman about 40 years jandro Juvenal Quiñones. in this case rival groups of of everything produced by where government forces old shouts at the soldiers “We are surviving by work current or former guerril- each excavating machine. often have difficulty en- and a handful of journalists and the grace of the Holy las from the still-active Na- He said the operation im- forcing laws in remote rural accompanying them: “If Spirit,” he told The Associ- tional Liberation Front and mobilized six excavators areas where criminals have the state doesn’t let small ated Press. a breakaway faction of the worth some $330,000 al- set up shop.q

Mexico’s drought reaches critical levels as lakes dry up

By FERNANDO LLANO day that lakes and reser- worst in 30 years, and the Associated Press voirs are simply drying up, problem can be seen at MEXICO CITY (AP) — including the country’s the reservoirs that store Drought conditions now second-largest body of water from other states to cover 85% of Mexico, and fresh water. supply the capital. residents of the nation’s The mayor of Mexico City Some of them, like the Villa central region said Thurs- said the drought was the Victoria reservoir west of the capital, are at one- third of their normal ca- pacity, with a month and a half to go before any sig- nificant rain is expected. Isaías Salgado, 60, was trying to fill his water tank truck at Villa Victoria, a task that normally takes him just half an hour. On Thursday he estimated it was taking 3 1/2 hours to pump water into his 10,000-liter tanker. “The reservoir is drying up,” said Salgado. “If they keep pumping water out, by Cracked earth lines the banks of the Villa Victoria Dam, the May it will be completely main water supply for Mexico City residents, on the outskirts of dry, and the fish will die.”q Toluca, Mexico, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Associated Press A8 Saturday 24 April 2021

First award of Royal Designation in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom

ORANJESTAD - His Majesty Certificate and the Royal same in the Caribbean part obligations associated with King Willem-Alexander has Decree belonging to the of the Kingdom as in the the right to use the desig- granted the right to use the predicate to the owners of Netherlands. For example, nation, were subsequently Royal Designation to the Aruba Aloe Balm NV. the organization must be of signed by two directors of Aruban company Aruba The Royal Designation is an national significance and Aruba Aloe, Remko van Aloe Balm NV. award that can be award- exist for 100 years or more. der Veldt and Jacobus ed to associations, founda- The official presentation Veel. Louis A. Posner (share- It is the first time since the tions, institutions or large of the Certificate and the holder) and Remko van introduction of the Royal companies. It means that Royal Decree took place der Veldt have thanked Designation by King William the organization may add in the Ballroom of the Hilton the Governor of Aruba, as the first in the Caribbean I in 1815 that the designa- the Royal Designation to Aruba Caribbean. After a representative of the King, part of the Kingdom, has tion has been awarded to the name and include the speech by the Governor, for granting the right to use been granted the right to an organization in the Ca- Royal Crown in the logo. the Certificate and the the Royal Designation. In use the Royal Designation. ribbean part of the King- It symbolizes the King's re- Order were unveiled and their speech it was also told The Governor of Aruba dom. On April 22, 2021, spect, appreciation and received by the owners of about the origin of Aruba congratulates Aruba Aloe the Governor of Aruba, His trust towards the recipient. Aruba Aloe. The Provisions Aloe, Balm NV with this special Excellency Alfonso Boek- The criteria for granting the regarding the Royal Desig- It is a great honor for Aruba award.q houdt, handed over the Royal Designation are the nation, which include the that an Aruban company,

Prohibited by law: Tourist leaving the island with seashells, white sand and corals

ORANJESTAD — For the Conform the international Stop collecting seashells, ing these to our tourist. We the beauty of our beaches, last months the customs treaty of CITES and our lo- white sand and corals from want our future genera- shells and corals. Let’s all department at the airport cal law which protects our our shores and stop sell- tions and visitors to enjoy protect what is ours!q intercepted many tourists Flora & Fauna, it is com- leaving the island with sea- pletetly prohibited to take shells, whiste sand and cor- any seashell, sand and als as souvenies. coral outside of Aruba, this in order to protect our environment. The high amount of seashell, sand and corals confiscated is very strange and it is suspected that our own locals are the once selling these to the tourists, which is unacceptable. Upon confiscation at the airport the tourist also fac- es a fine that they have to pay before leaving. This is surely not a pleasant experience for the tourist. This also leads to a negative re- action which can put our tourism in a negative light. Let’s all give nature the respect it deserves by pro- tecting our environment. A9 LOCAL Saturday 24 April 2021

Aruba Election 2021

ORANJESTAD — Aruba is due to taining the status as land/country hold general elections on June 25, in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 2021. Voters will elect all 21 mem- Aruba participated in elections for bers of the Estates (Staten), Aruba’s its Island Council and for the Aruba unicameral parliament. The elec- constituency of the parliament of tion should have taken place in the Netherlands Antilles. September of 2021, but due to the Aruba is a constituent country of resignation of the government on the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It March 31st, 2021, before its legal has full autonomy over internal af- four-year term, a new date had fairs, while the Dutch government been stipulated according to the handles foreign and defense pol- regulations as per Aruba’s Consti- icy. Following Aruba’s 2017 elec- tution. tions, the governing coalition is led by the social democratic People’s Aruba elects on national level a Electoral Movement (MEP) party legislature. The Estates (Staten) together with political parties POR have 21 members, elected for a and RED. The main opposition is the four-year term by Open list Party-list center-right Aruban People’s Party proportional representation, mean- (AVP), which holds nine of the 21 ing that voters have at least some seats in the Estates. influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. Candidate lists Seats are distributed between par- Submission of the candidate lists of present at the personal submission finance, labor, health, tourism, so- ties that have gained at least one political parties will take place on that will take place at the townhall cial affairs, education and justice full quota (1/21, or approximately May 7, 2021, between 9 a.m. and in Oranjestad. Party lists may con- will be discussed. Each party will 4.76% of the vote) using the Hagen- 4 p.m. Only the authorized repre- tain up to 29 candidates. Qualified be able to bring its plan of action, bach-Bischoff system (a variant of sentative and 1 candidate or party electors must be 18 years and older proposals and solutions based on the D'Hondt method). Before ob- leader on the list are allowed to be challenges and opportunities for Color by parties Aruba. The following colors for the color print of the lists of candidates on Campaign the ballot paper can be used by In Aruba it is a custom to have can- political parties in the elections didates going to visit the people at of 25 June 2021.These colors are: their houses or holding informative brown, light blue, dark blue, yel- sections at different areas, but now low, green, light gray, dark gray, due to the Covid-19 crisis these orange, light orange, red, light visits and social gatherings are re- pink, magenta, light purple, dark stricted. The candidates now are purple, khaki, white, olive green. forced to come with innovative ways to communicate with their Voter Requirements people. Most of them have their Voters must be residents of Aruba own social media page or pro- of at least 18 years of age with grams where they try to connect to Dutch citizenship. as many people as possible to get their word out. Also, most parties Electoral Debate are recycling old campaign mate- The Chamber of Commerce in rial and distribute these to their fol- partnership with the University of lowers. Aruba will be organizing 2 debates, which will take place on June 3rd On June 25, 2021 we will find out if and June 17th, 2021. Leaders of we will have a one party or a co- all the participating political par- alition once again to run our island ties will be invited to the debates. for the next four-year term.q Topics such as economy, public A10 Saturday 24 April 2021 local AHATA honors Earth Day by inspiring ‘The Coffee Trade its members to commit to sustainable in Aruba’ part of practices the collection of International Coffee Organization

ORANJESTAD – To commemorate Earth Day AHATA is distributing an Environmen- tal Best Practices guide to its 123 member companies, with the goal to motivate more companies to commit to some basic sustainability practices.

As a Small Island Developing State, Aru- Ewald Biemans, approximately twenty ba is highly susceptible to rising sea lev- years ago. The committee consists of vol- els caused by the phenomenon known unteers from member companies, pub- as Global Warming. In recognition of this lic sector, and foundations. Their mission ORANJESTAD — Benja- between Guajira and year's Earth Day, AHATA’s Environmental is to build as much interest as possible in min Romero is the au- Aruba Committee has composed a Best Prac- the 3 R's: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, in thor of the book ‘The This area of the Carib- tices Guide. The document emphasizes the business sector, government, and the Coffee Trade in Aruba’. bean Sea where this the importance of integrating basic prac- public in general. A special thanks to the The book was launched place is located known tices for environmental protection and committee president Vanessa Rasmus- some time ago and just as “El Horno”, is where a sustainable community. The guide of- sen and Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort’s Sus- recently the great news the Guajiro businessman fers several basic recommendations on tainability Manager, Nathaly Stanley, for was received that the Jorge Romero Arteaga energy conservation, reduction of water spearheading the production of this Best International Coffee Or- used to send coffee to consumption, waste management, com- Practices guide. ganization (ICO) in Lon- Aruba. They use these munity involvement and respect for na- don, UK, has officially small boats known as ture, which can be introduced by any size AHATA hopes members take the initiative added the book to their piraguas. This place company. to become environmental stewards in the collection. close to the city of Rio- community and at the very least commit hacha was a heritage The AHATA Environmental Committee was to basic standards to collectively combat ICO director Jose Sette of the ancestors Rome- created by Aruba’s sustainability pioneer, the imminent threat of climate change.q shared with Romero that ro, who accompanied his book gives him insight General Jose Prudencio of the increasing coffee Padilla in the battle that export from Aruba in the took place at the Ma- Aruba to me…… 80-ies of last century. racaibo Lake against The author is honored to Spain. As a gift, since and we will publish your have his book included they helped them win vacation memory. Isn’t in the organizations col- the battle, they were that a special way to keep lection and open to visi- given this piece of land your best moments alive? tors of the ICO office in in the area of Cama- Please do note: By submit- London. rones, where General ting photos, text or any oth- The fascinating story Padilla was born. er materials, you give per- that tells how Aruba in For more information mission to The Aruba Today the decade of the 60-s please consult the Face- Newspaper, Caribbean and 70-s became one book page E Negoshi Speed Printers and any of of the main coffee ex- di Koffie na Aruba y E its affiliated companies to porters in the world with- Caya di Monche.q use said materials, as well out having plantations as names, likeness, etc. for of coffee, and without promotional purposes with- producing a grain of this out compensation. product. Last but not least: check Although the book is an out our website, Instagram original translation of his and Facebook page! version in Papiamento, Thank you for supporting in this edition in Eng- our free newspaper, we lish, the author includes strive to make you a happy some new information reader every day again. about the current situ- For today we received an ation of this business in ORANJESTAD — You are Complete the sentence: amazing picture from a Aruba, also accom- back and we would like to Aruba to me is ……. Send happy visitor, Stacey Rusell panied by new photo- portrait you! By inviting you your picture with that text from Ohio. graphs and tables. to send us your favorite va- (including your name and She wrote: A little bit about the sto- cation picture while enjoy- where you are from) to: Aruba to me is “heaven on ry of the Coffee business ing our Happy Island. [email protected] earth.”q A11 business Saturday 24 April 2021 How struggling households can get federal rental assistance By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL directly to landlords and AP Personal Finance Writer utility service providers. An estimated 8.8 million However, some landlords Americans are behind on may not want to partici- their rent, according the pate because it requires a Consumer Financial Protec- certain amount of paper- tion Bureau. While relief ef- work and some conces- forts have staved off some sions, such as potentially of the housing crisis, rent is agreeing not to raise the still going to come due. rent or evict the tenant for The federal government a period of time. has approved two rounds If a landlord does not wish of rental assistance, worth to participate, funds may more than $46 billion total, be paid directly to the eli- that is slowly making its way gible household. to renters. WHERE TO GO Additionally, the federal Renters who need help eviction moratorium has should reach out to their been extended to the end local housing authority to of June. But avoiding evic- find out if they qualify for tion does not erase any federal relief as well as any rent owed. Estimates vary, local aid. but the Urban Institute said The federal rent relief mon- renters owe anywhere from In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, tenants' rights advocates demonstrate outside the Edward W. ey is sent to states, U.S. ter- $13.2 billion to $52.6 billion Brooke Courthouse in Boston. ritories, local governments in back rent. Associated Press and tribes to administer If you are struggling, here through programs in their is what you should know In general the aid can help some difficulty accessing or less of the area median area. However, it took about how to access this pay for back rent, next certain programs but hous- income in their area and some time for the money to help: month's rent and some util- ing experts are hoping this have experienced some make its way to these orga- WHAT'S AVAILABLE ity bills. Renters can get a latest round of federal relief sort of COVID-related hard- nizations. Congress passed two dif- year or more's help in get- specific to rental assistance ship. Preference is given to The National Low Income ferent rental relief pack- ting caught up on back will help more people. those with 50% or less of me- Housing Coalition President ages. The first, approved rent. WHO QUALIFIES dian income for their area. and CEO Diane Yentel said in December, provided This is in addition to other There is some flexibility for The application can be the money from the first $25 billion for rental relief. programs out there on a states to adapt the pro- made by the household in round has been distributed The second, approved in local basis that may program, but in general, the need or the landlord on be- and about 60% of commu- March, provides more than vide different forms of as- federal relief money is avail- half of the household. Usu- nities have programs open, $21 billion. sistance. There has been able to those who earn 80% ally the money will be paid which increases daily.q

Dutch Supreme Court adviser: Reject Russia's Yukos appeal

By MIKE CORDER tion proceedings against "We are confident that THE HAGUE, Netherlands Russia in 2005. the Supreme Court of The (AP) — A key legal advis- Nearly a decade later, the Netherlands will likewise er to the Dutch Supreme arbitration panel ordered uphold the Court of Ap- Court on Friday recom- Russia to pay shareholders peal's ruling," he said in a mended dismissing Russia's $50 billion in compensa- statement. appeal against the rein- tion. A Dutch court — rul- The arbitration panel con- statement of a $50 billion ing in the case because cluded in 2014 that Mos- compensation award to the arbitration happened cow seized control of Yu- former shareholders of the in the Netherlands — over- kos in 2003 by financially Yukos oil company. turned the order in 2016. It crippling the company The Advocate General's said the arbitration panel with huge tax claims. The advisory opinion is an in- did not have jurisdiction move was seen as an at- dependent recommen- because the case was tempt to silence Yukos dation to Supreme Court based on an energy treaty CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, judges who are deliberat- that Russia had signed but a vocal critic of President In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018 file photo, Russian opposition fig- ing on Russia's appeal; the not ratified. Vladimir Putin. ure Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former owner of the Yukos Oil judges do not have to fol- Later that year, an appeals The arbitration ruling said Company, poses for a photograph after being interviewed by low the advice. No date court in The Hague over- that Russia was not acting The Associated Press in London. has been set for the court turned the lower court's in good faith when it levied Associated Press to issue its final decision. decision and reinstated the massive claims against The advice is the latest de- the compensation order. Yukos, even though some to bankrupt Yukos and ap- rested at gunpoint in 2003 velopment in a long-run- Moscow then launched of the company's tax ar- propriate its assets while, and spent more than a ning legal battle between its appeal to the Supreme rangements might have at the same time, remov- decade in prison as Yukos' Moscow and former Yu- Court. been questionable. ing Mr. Khodorkovsky from main assets were sold to kos shareholders united in GML chief executive Tim The state launched "a full the political arena," the ar- a state-owned compa- a company called GML, Osborne welcomed Fri- assault on Yukos and its bitrators said. ny. Yukos ultimately went which launched arbitra- day's advisory opinion. beneficial owners in order Khodorkovsky was ar- bankrupt.q A12 Saturday 24 April 2021 science SpaceX launches 3rd crew with recycled rocket and capsule

By MARCIA DUNN All four astronauts clasped AP Aerospace Writer hands as Kimbrough noted CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) it was the first time in more — SpaceX launched four than 20 years that U.S., Eu- astronauts into orbit Friday ropean and Japanese as- using a recycled rocket tronauts had launched to- and capsule, the third crew gether. flight in less than a year for The first-stage booster Elon Musk's rapidly expand- touched down on an ing company. ocean platform nine min- The astronauts from the utes after liftoff. U.S., Japan and France SpaceX picked up the sta- should reach the Interna- tion slack for NASA after the tional Space Station early space agency's shuttles re- Saturday morning, follow- tired in 2011, starting with ing a 23-hour ride in the supply runs the following same Dragon capsule used year. The big draw was last by SpaceX's debut crew year's return of astronaut last May. They'll spend six launches to Florida, after months at the orbiting lab. years of relying on Russia It was the first time SpaceX for rides. reused a capsule and rock- "It's awesome to have this et to launch astronauts for regular cadence again," NASA, after years of prov- said Kennedy's director ing the capability on sta- Robert Cabana, a former tion supply runs. The rocket shuttle commander. was used last November on Boeing, NASA's other con- the company's second as- tracted crew transport- tronaut flight. er, isn't expected to start Embracing the trend, launching NASA astronauts spacecraft commander until early next year. First, Shane Kimbrough and his it needs to repeat a test crew weeks ago wrote their flight of an empty Starliner initials in the rocket's soot, capsule, possibly in late hoping to start a tradition. summer, to make up for its "If you have rapid and A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon space capsule lifts off from pad 39A at the Ken- software-plagued debut in complete reusability, then nedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 23, 2021. December 2019. that is the gateway to the Associated Press Last Friday, SpaceX beat heavens. That's what we're out two other companies, trying to get done, and the commercial crew capsule. visors just in case. There was launch guests because of including Jeff Bezos' Blue support of NASA makes a It was a stunning scene: no danger, and the un- COVID-19, but passengers Origin, to land astronauts huge difference," Musk said The launch plume glowed identified debris turned out for SpaceX's first privately on the moon for NASA in after the launch. against the dark sky, re- to be farther than initially purchased flight made the three or more years. They'll Just a week ago, NASA flecting the sunlight at high thought. cut. Tech billionaire Jared descend to the lunar sur- awarded SpaceX a nearly altitude. A masked Musk met brief- Isaacman, who's bought a face in Starship, the shiny, $3 billion contract to pro- Despite the early hour, ly with the astronauts at three-day flight, watched bullet-shaped rocketship vide the lunar lander that spectators lined surround- NASA's Kennedy Space the Falcon soar with the that Musk is testing in the will deliver astronauts to ing roads to watch the Center before they board- three people who will ac- skies over southeast Texas, the surface of the moon — Falcon take flight an hour ed white gull-winged Teslas company him. Their cap- near the Mexican border. Musk's Starship, intended to before sunrise. Liftoff was from his electric car com- sule is still at the space sta- Musk said Starship should be fully reusable to attain delayed a day to take ad- pany. tion and due back on Earth be ready to carry people his ultimate prize of carry- vantage of better weather The astronauts' spouses and with four astronauts next in a couple years, although ing astronauts to Mars and along the East Coast in children huddled around Wednesday. It will be re- he expects to smash more building a city there. case of a launch abort and the cars for one last "love furbished in time for a Sep- of them before getting Flying in a recycled cap- emergency splashdown. you" before the caravan tember liftoff. Another crew there. The 2024 deadline sule Friday provided a bit "You're seeing a piece of pulled away and headed flight for NASA will follow in for putting astronauts on of deja vu for NASA astro- history happening here," to the pad in the predawn October. the moon, which was set naut Megan McArthur. She said Lance Bryan, visiting darkness. For Friday's automated by the Trump administra- launched in the same seat from Burnsville, Minnesota. "From now on, I'll see you flight, SpaceX replaced tion, is doable, he added. in the same capsule as her "It's, in this case, good histo- on a screen!" tweeted some valves and thermal "It's a great time to be here, husband, Bob Behnken, ry versus some other things Pesquet's partner, Anne shielding, and installed and we're very excited," did during SpaceX's first that can happen that have Mottet. new parachutes on the said the European Space crew flight. This time, it was been in our backyard prac- Visibly weary, Musk later capsule, named Endea- Agency's Frank De Winne, Behnken and their 7-year- tically." said he doesn't sleep the vour after NASA's retired an astronaut turned man- old son waving goodbye. Hours after liftoff, SpaceX night before a crew launch space shuttle. Otherwise, ager. The space station McArthur blew kisses and was notified of a piece and this one was no excep- the spacecraft is the same eventually will come to offered virtual hugs. of space junk that might tion. vehicle that flew before. an end, he noted, but the Also flying SpaceX on come dangerously close "It gets a little bit easier, but "We're thrilled to have a partnership will continue Friday: Japan's Akihiko to the capsule. So flight still pretty intense, I have to crew on board Endeav- amid hopes of "European Hoshide and France's controllers ordered the say," said Musk, who started our once again," SpaceX astronauts one day walk- Thomas Pesquet, the first astronauts to put on their his space company in 2002. 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facebook.com/arubatoday/ A14 Saturday 24 April 2021 people & arts Rare Raymond Chandler essay includes writing, office tips By HILLEL ITALIE "The reason for publishing NEW YORK (AP) — Philip this work is that often writ- Marlowe, the most self-reli- ers who have written works ant of fictional detectives, that have very dark themes had no boss and no one are among the most friend- to boss around. His creator, ly and benign people Raymond Chandler, need- around," he said. "This work ed some help. shows a softer side to an "Advice to a Secretary," a author who has been asso- rarely seen essay published ciated with a bleak world- this week in the spring issue view." of the literary quarterly The Chandler was open mind- Strand Magazine, is a wry ed enough when it came set of instructions for his as- to Messick's whereabouts sistant in the 1950s, Juanita but particular about her Messick. For Chandler, who stenography. He once sent had little family beyond his her a brief memo dedi- wife and few close friends, cated entirely to the mis- work was personal. His tone use of present participles. with Messick varied from In "Advice To a Secretary," indulgent employer to hap- he points out that Messick less spouse. transcribed a word incor- "Assert your personal rights rectly, "accept" instead of at all times. You are a hu- "except." man being. You will not al- "If you do not fully under- ways feel well. You will be stand a sentence, or a tired and want to lie down. word, or a punctuation Say so. Do it. You will get This 1946 file photo shows mystery novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler. mark, say so and demand nervous; you will want to go Associated Press an explanation," Chandler out for a while. Say so, and tells her. "If the explanation do it. If you get to work late, More of Chandler's obser- I am acting that way, for Strand managing editor you get does not clarify don't apologize. Just give a vations: God's sake tell me so." Andrew Gulli, who has pub- things for you, demand an- simple explanation of why, "I am only exacting in the "I must have order and or- lished obscure works by other explanation. Do not even if it is a silly explana- sense that I want things ganization from you, be- Chandler ("Notes To An Em- be satisfied with anything tion. You may have had right. I am not exacting in cause I lack it myself." ployer"), William Faulkner, less than you want. It is nev- a flat tire. You may have the sense that I expect hu- The essay was discovered, John Steinbeck and many er stupid to ask questions. overslept. You may have man beings to subordinate like a missing clue, in a others, was anxious to show It is only stupid to guess at been drunk. We are both their own lives to my whims. shoebox at the University Chandler in a more person- the answers and take a just people." If you should ever feel that of Oxford's Bodleian library. al and light-hearted way. chance on being wrong."q

Gal Gadot spotlights women's stories in new docuseries tor is host and executive build a concept around Chloé Zhao and "Promising plish for a new generation. producer of a new docu- the story," Gadot said. Young Woman" director "The girls can go and be in- mentary series that follows The first episode follows a Emerald Fennell became spired by the girl and imag- six women who made a young Black figure skat- only the sixth and seventh ine themselves doing these positive impact on their ing coach in Detroit who women ever to be nomi- amazing things as girls. But communities despite deal- has dedicated her life to nated for best director. also, it gives them a role ing with poverty, violence, coaching young girls of "Women that are used to model for boys to admire discrimination and natural color to empower them. be only in front of the cam- as well and to understand disasters. "She's not only she's em- era are now going to the that women can be strong The 35-year-old says "Na- powering them, but she's other side of the camera and great and just like tional Geographic Presents giving them a skill … that and developing stories that men," she said. "So, for me, IMPACT with Gal Gadot" is familiar or familiar with they're passionate about it's educating both women grew from her quest to "do white people doing it, and that they care about and men in order to reach something good with my which is ice skating," Gadot and that now it's becoming this place that we always fame and my social media" said. a norm, almost. You know, talk about gender and Gal Gadot arrives at the Van- after the success of 2017's Another episode tells the you see it with the Oscars," equality and all of that. We ity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, q Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, "Wonder Woman." story of Kayla, who helps she said. have to do this together." Calif. She and her husband create a safe community "There's a great change. Associated Press Yaron Varsano, who is also for homeless transgender But at the same time, I got 7 2 5 9 1 4 8 6 3 an executive producer on women of color in Mem- to say that the change can 9 6 3 8 2 5 1 4 7 By JOHN CARUCCI the series, watched a short phis, Tennessee, by building only happen when we in- 8 4 1 3 6 7 2 5 9 Associated Press documentary from music homes. clude the men. It's never 4 9 2 5 8 1 3 7 6 NEW YORK (AP) — Gal video director Ryan Pallot- The series debuts April 26, like you can just empower 5 7 8 6 3 9 4 1 2 Gadot is using her Holly- ta about a dancer from the a day after the Academy the women and not edu- 1 3 6 7 4 2 5 9 8 wood starpower to spot- favelas in Brazil. Awards. Gadot said she's cate the men." 3 8 7 1 5 6 9 2 4 light remarkable women "We completely fell in love encouraged by the inclu- She said that's what her DC 2 5 9 4 7 8 6 3 1 from around the world. with the story, and we de- sion at this year's ceremo- cinematic universe super- 6 1 4 2 9 3 7 8 5 2021 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. The "Wonder Woman" ac- cided that we're going to ny: "Nomadland" director hero was able to accom- Difficulty Level 4/24 A15 SPORTS Saturday 24 April 2021 Capitals beat Isles 1-0 in SO to reclaim sole East lead UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Winnipeg. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored Mark Scheifele, Andrew the deciding goal in a Copp and Kyle Connor shootout, giving the Wash- scored for the Jets. ington Capitals a 1-0 win The teams will complete over the New York Island- the two-game series Satur- ers on Thursday night to re- day night in Winnipeg. claim sole possession of first AVALANCHE 4, BLUES 2 place in the East Division. ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andre Ilya Samsonov stopped Burakovsky scored twice, 26 shots through overtime Brandon Saad and Pierre- for his second shutout of Edouard Bellemare and the season and third of his Colorado beat St. Louis to career. Washington won clinch a playoff spot. for the seventh time in 11 Colorado improved to 18- games. 1-2 in its last 21 games. The Semyon Varlamov, who Avalanche are 8-1-0 in April had a 29-save shutout in after finishing a league- the teams' last meeting best 12-2-3 in March, set- on April 6, finished with 28 ting franchise records for saves through overtime in wins and points in a month. this one. However, he gave The Avalanche are 5-1-0 up two goals on three at- against the Blues this sea- Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov, (92) and teammates congratulate goaltender Ilya tempts in the shootout. Samsonov (30) after the Capitals defeated the New York Islanders 1-0 in a shootout in an NHL son. The Islanders fell one point hockey game Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Uniondale, N.Y. Kuznetsov scored in the shootout. The Avalanche returned behind the Capitals, tied Associated Press to the ice for the first time for second place with Pitts- since April 14, when they burgh — which beat New match its victory total from each scored their 19th period shots Tuesday, beat the Blues 4-3. They Jersey 5-1. Boston is another last season. goals of the season and made 30 saves for the had three games post- three points back in fourth. Detroit picked up its 17th Pittsburgh beat Devils. Penguins. Matt Tennyson poned due to COVID-19 After Anthony Beauvilier victory in its 49th game, a Kasperi Kapanen returned scored for New Jersey. protocols. beat Samsonov with a year after winning 17 of 71 to Pittsburgh's lineup after The teams will complete Colorado goalie Devan backhand in the second games in the previous pan- missing 13 games with a the three-game set Satur- Dubnyk made 23 saves. round of the tiebreaker, demic-shortened season. left foot injury and had a day in Pittsburgh. Jaden Schwartz scored Nicklas Backstrom scored The teams will play a fourth goal and an assist. Teddy MAPLE LEAFS 5, JETS 3 twice for St. Louis. off the crossbar and in to straight game Saturday Blueger scored a short- WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) LIGHTNING 3, BLUE JACKETS tie it. Brock Nelson misfired night. handed goal, and Cody — Mitch Marner had two 1 on the Islanders' attempt Sam Gagner, Luke Glen- Ceci also scored for the goals and an assist, Auston TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ondrej in the third round before dening and Richard Panik Penguins. Matthews scored his NHL- Palat scored the tiebreak- Kuznetsov beat Varlamov also scored, and Thomas The teams also met Tues- leading 34th goal and To- ing goal in the third pe- on the stickside to give the Greiss made 43 saves. day, when Pittsburgh be- ronto beat Winnipeg. riod and Curtis McElhinney Capitals the win. Radek Faksa, Joe Pavelski came the first team in NHL Wayne Simmonds and Ja- stopped 24 shots, leading RED WINGS 7, STARS 3 and Denis Gurianov scored history to win despite allow- son Spezza also scored and Tampa Bay past Columbus. DETROIT (AP) — Jakub Vra- for Dallas. ing six goals in the third pe- Jack Campbell made 34 Blake Coleman had two na scored four goals in a PENGUINS 5, DEVILS 1 riod during a 7-6 victory. saves to help the North Di- goals, including an emp- game for the first time to PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sid- Tristan Jarry, who allowed vision-leading Maple Leafs ty-netter with 25 seconds help Detroit rout Dallas and ney Crosby and Bryan Rust those six goals on 11 third- move six points ahead of left.q

Nadal beats Norrie in 2 sets to move into Barcelona semis BARCELONA, Spain (AP) "I had a good first set, dom- Diego Schwartzman 6-4, — Rafael Nadal brushed inating with my drive and 3-6, 7-5. aside Cameron Norrie moving the ball around," Schwartzman was serving 6-1, 6-4 to ease into the Nadal said. "In the second to win the match when semifinals of the Barce- set I let up a bit and …. I Carreno rallied and won lona Open on Friday and need to make sure that three straight games to moved closer to a record- doesn't happen tomor- close it out. extending 12th title at the row." Second-seeded Stefanos event. The top-seeded Nadal Tsitsipas beat Felix Auger- After Nadal breezed needed three sets to get Aliassime 6-3, 6-3 for the through the first set, Brit- past Kei Nishikori and Ilya Greek's eighth straight-set ain's Norrie won back Ivashka in the first two victory in a row including a break in the second. rounds in Barcelona. Nad- his title run last week at Nadal, however, took the al is looking to rebound Monte Carlo. advantage right back from a quarterfinal exit at Tsitsipas will next face Jan- Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating Cameron and closed it out when he Monte Carlo last week. nik Sinner after he defeat- Norrie of Britain 6-1, 6-4 during a quarterfinal Godo tennis converted on a second Nadal will next face coun- ed Andrey Rublev 6-4, 6-7 tournament in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, April 23, 2021. match point by smashing tryman Pablo Carreno af- (4), 6-4. Associated Press a forehand just inside the ter he won a tightly con- The Barcelona Open was line. tested quarterfinal with not held last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.q A16 Saturday 24 April 2021 sports Dodgers have chance for baseball greatness By PAUL NEWBERRY again, the L.A. pitching AP Sports Columnist staff — especially the start- It's always mesmerizing to ers — stands far above a watch greatness in real steady but unspectacular time. Cincinnati rotation led by A young Mike Tyson. An Gary Nolan and Pat Zach- ageless Tom Brady. The ry. Advantage: 2021 Dodg- Boston Celtics of the 1960s. ers. The New York Yankees of, —2001 Seattle Mariners. This well, several different eras. team matched the Cubs' Which brings us to the 2021 record with 116 wins (al- Los Angeles Dodgers. beit, while playing 10 more This group could become games) but feels like a com- the most exceptional team plete blip on the radar. The in baseball history. Mariners had posted a los- The defining answer is still six ing record just two seasons months way, of course. You earlier, and they haven't can't claim the ultimate ti- made the playoffs in the tle without a championship two decades since that attached to your resume. remarkable season. Most But, with the baseball sea- telling, they barely slipped son less than a month old, by Cleveland in the Division all signs point to the Dodg- Series (losing one game 17- ers making a serious run at 2!) and went down meekly being included in a very to the Yankees in the AL elite club. Championship Series, four Maybe even the lead games to one. The Dodgers member. have certainly left a longer- Their starting pitching is off lasting mark, riding a streak Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw works against a San Diego Padres batter the charts. Their lineup is during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 17, 2021, in San Diego. of eight straight NL West ti- stacked from top to bot- Associated Press tles that includes three trips tom. Their player devel- to the World Series, culmi- opment is the best in the For starters, we're not go- games and swept the Pitts- time Cy Young recipient nating with their first cham- game. And, for good mea- ing to consider any team burgh Pirates in the World Clayton Kershaw and the pionship in 32 years during sure, they're sitting on an prior to 1947, since a large, Series, but who knows how dynamic potential of Julio the pandemic-shortened apparently limitless pile of very talented segment of they would have fared in a Urias, Walker Buehler and 2020 season. Big advan- money to plug any leaks the population was barred world where the Hank Aar- Dustin May. The Los Ange- tage: 2021 Dodgers. that may arise during the from playing in the big ons and Willie Mayses of les lineup also looks more —1998 New York Yankees. course of the 162-game leagues. their era were allowed to dangerous than a Cleve- This might be the only grind. That rules out the 1906 suit up? land group that had only modern-era team that can "We have a chance to do Chicago Cubs, who still So, with those parameters one player with more than stand up to these Dodg- something really special," hold the mark for best win- in mind, let's see how the 24 homers (Larry Doby) ers. In the midst of winning manager Dave Roberts ning percentage (.763) Dodgers might stack up and just two players who four World Series titles in said just before the start from a season in which against the best of the reached 100 RBIs (Doby five seasons, the Yankees of the season. "When you they claimed 116 victories best since Jackie Robinson and Al Rosen). Also, let's went 114-48 during the look at the talent, poten- and lost only 36 times. Be- broke the color barrier. not forget that the Indians regular season and 11-2 in tial, it could be as good as sides, there's a very glaring —1954 Cleveland Indians. were swept in the World Se- the postseason for a record any team that the Dodgers mark against that squad: This team won 111 games ries by the New York Giants, 125 victories overall. All have ever fielded." a shocking defeat in the in a 154-game season and who won 14 fewer games nine members of the start- Comparing teams from dif- World Series to a team still holds the AL record for during the regular season. ing lineup reached double- ferent decades is a precari- known as the "Hitless Won- highest winning percent- Advantage: 2021 Dodgers. figure homers, and the bull- ous exercise, at best, but ders," the crosstown rival age (.721). The starting —1976 Cincinnati Reds. The pen featured the greatest Los Angeles sure seems to White Sox. rotation featured three fu- Big Red Machine won the closer of them all, Mariano match up well with some With some regret, we're also ture Hall of Famers — Early NL East by 10 games and Rivera, who we'd take over of baseball's most iconic removing the 1927 Yankees Wynn, Bob Lemon and a swept through the two- Dodgers finisher Kenley teams. — the famed Murderers' waning Bob Feller — but round postseason without Jansen (and anyone else, "The pedigree is there, the Row squad of Babe Ruth the Dodgers can give them a single loss. Cincinnati had for that matter). But New talent is there," Roberts and Lou Gehrig — from the a run for their money with a four future Hall of Famers in York's rotation, led by 20- added. "There's no telling conversation. Sure, they group that includes reign- their dynamic lineup (Pete game winner David Cone, how good this club can won the American League ing NL Cy Young Award Rose, Joe Morgan, Johnny Andy Pettitte and David be." title by a staggering 19 winner Trevor Bauer, three- Bench and Tony Perez), not Wells, doesn't look quite as to mention perhaps the imposing as the Dodgers' most feared hitter of the quintet. Advantage: Toss- LIKE US ON late 1970s, George Foster. up. The Dodgers have plenty Again, it's way too soon to of pop with Cody Bell- issue a final grade for the inger, Mookie Betts, Max Dodgers, who were play- Muncy, Corey Seager and ing just their 20th game Fri- Justin Turner, but maybe day night. But it sure will be aren't quite at the level of fun to watch them chase Facebook.com/arubatoday/ that Reds juggernaut. Then greatness.q