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VOL. 101 | NO. 188 | $1.00 YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1919 An Edition Of The Sun State sees 10,000 more virus cases Florida surges past 200,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases

STAFF REPORT numbers. the state, bringing the death new cases. Pinellas County reported four Pinellas County It was another bad day on toll to 3,832, which consists added 423 cases and Polk hospitals were completely out It was another five-figure the positive percentage rate, of 3,731 residents and 101 County saw 287 new cases. Lee of ICU beds on Saturday. increase for Florida COVID-19 as the rate was 17.02%, which non-residents. County saw 278 new cases and Locally, Highlands County cases, although the state has pushed Florida to 9.09% Miami-Dade County saw its eight other counties (Collier, saw an increase of eight cases, needed a little help from its overall. The World Health fourth straight day with more Lake, Leon, Manatee, Osceola, bringing the total to 405, which friends to get there. The Florida Organization said tests should than 2,000 new cases after add- Pasco, Sarasota and Seminole) includes three non-residents. Department of Health reported be 5% or lower for 14 straight ing 2,258 and Broward County saw between 100 and 188 new The death toll remained at 11. 9,999 new cases among Florida days before re-opening. Florida saw 1,670 new cases. cases. Smaller increases were residents and there were 60 has not seen less than a 10% An additional four counties The recent increase in cases reported in most of the nearby non-resident cases to yield a positivity rate since June 22. — Orange (760); Palm Beach is taking a toll on healthcare counties, with DeSoto seeing total of 10,059 cases with the There were 29 new deaths (686); Hillsborough (630); and professionals in parts of the release of Sunday’s updated and 160 hospitalizations in Duval (531) saw more than 500 state. The Tampa Bay Times VIRUS | 3A Longshore highlights options for safe school year By MARC VALERO STAFF WRITER

SEBRING — In her weekly update, Superintendent Brenda Longshore provided an overview of the educa- tional options parents can choose for their children for the 2020-21 LONGSHORE school year, along with some of the health safety measures for those who opt for face-to-face instruction at school. To ensure a healthy start to the school MARC VALERO/STAFF year, which starts Aug. 11, the district has allocated resources and added hours The City of Sebring will seek design-build quotes on the cost to renovate the former Wachovia bank building for the relocation of City Hall. to the work day of the custodial staff to allow for daily deep cleaning of schools,” Longshore said. Sebring banking on relocating City Hall “We are also collaborating with our local health department officials to By MARC VALERO provide guidance on best practices for STAFF WRITER creating and maintaining a safe and healthy learning and work environment SEBRING — It was 10 for students and staff,” she said. years ago next Wednesday Longshore said the clear and consis- that Wachovia bank closed tent message from parents is they want its downtown Sebring loca- educational options for their children. tion in the distinctive, white, “With direction from the governor’s curved, three-story building plan for reopening schools and input at 228 N. Ridgewood Drive. from the community and parents, we The Sebring Community have what we now feel is the best road Redevelopment Agency map for moving forward,” she said. The purchased the property over plan has been released this week so a year ago for $325,000 and parents are aware of their options and after some consideration so that families and staff can make their at that time to relocate City plans for fall. Hall to the building, the In the first option, students in ele- city is going ahead with the FILE PHOTO mentary, middle and high school return process to possibly make to school campuses for face-to-face that move a reality. The City of Sebring hopes to sell its building to the county contingent on the city relocating its offices to instruction in the traditional model, After a joint meeting of the former Wachovia Bank building on North Ridgewood Drive. Longshore said. While this option the Sebring City Council and provides a return to the regular school relocating the city’s offices. was amiable to spending up first two floors, leaving the CRA, City Administrator “So the contract to sell this to $2 million on the building the third floor for future structure, there will be major differences Scott Noethlich said the city in the day. property is contingent on renovation, Noethlich said. build-out. will continue forward with us essentially moving into Polston Engineering archi- The bank never found a Students will have their temperatures the process of obtaining taken before the start of each school that building,” Noethlich tect subcontractor Michael need to build-out the third construction costs for said. Council would seek Griffith prepared a scope floor, the report stated. day — either before they board their renovating/remodeling the school bus or when they arrive at school. the “justified value” of the of work for the bidding on The “new modern” design building. existing City Hall property of the project, which includes left an open area between Parents of elementary students should The City Council asked remain at the bus stop until their chil- $1,183,107 in its sale to the the demolition of the bank the first and second floor, City Attorney Bob Swaine county, drive-thru. and the building is semicir- dren are cleared to board the bus. to draft a contract for the Any child with a temperature of 100.4 But, first the city has to A year ago, engineer Carl cular with a plaza inside the sale of the present City obtain a more detailed Cool of Cool and Cobb circle with a flag pole. or higher will not be allowed to attend Hall property on South to school, Longshore said. Staff and renovation cost estimate, he Engineering Company of “The semi-circle shape of Commerce Avenue to the said. The city will try to get Avon Park prepared a report the building is the shape of visitors will also have their temperatures county, contingent on the checked as they enter the campus. a more firm cost by bidding for the city that showed a what someone would think city acquiring the North it through a “design-build floor plan for the Wachovia the City Hall of a Circle City Ridgewood Drive building SCHOOL | 3A process.” building where the city should look like,” Cool’s from the CRA and then It appeared that council could set up easily on the report stated. HLT holds annual ‘Patriotic Revue’ By SHARON WEATHERHEAD watching an enjoyable the cast singing the “Star was a fundraiser for this CORRESPONDENT holiday show. Limited food Spangled Banner.” Some scholarship program. and beverage service was of the older youth from the Other soloists included SEBRING — Highlands available. Summer Institute program Tony Toler (“I Was Born Lakeside Theatre held their For those not quite were part of the cast. Free”), Marcus Conerly annual Patriotic Revue ready to attend a show at Larissa Meagher, already a (“Citizen Soldier”), Cassady on Saturday, July 4 on the the theater, even though veteran at HLT as an actor, Hitt (“Traveling Soldier”), Blackman Stage. This show safety precautions were vocalist and director, sang Tracy Schuknecht offers something new each practiced during the event, “God Bless America.” (“Blowin’ in the Wind”) year so it’s always fresh and the show was available She is a current recipient and Aslan Smith (“Back exciting. This year’s show as a live stream option of the Jane Lou Buck in the USA”) on acoustic directed by Tom Staik, was at no charge. This made Scholarship program. guitar. another great success. the show accessible to At this time she is doing The Summer Institute SHARON WEATHERHEAD/CORRESPONDENT Families and friends many more people in the her studies remotely in participants included gathered to show their The cast performs the “Star Spangled Banner.” community. her collegiate theater community spirit while The show began with program. Today’s event REVUE | 2A

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ALMANAC 5 THINGS Haywood Taylor That Will Make You Today is Monday, July 6, the 188th day of SMARTER celebrates 92nd birthday 2020. There are 178 days left in the year. Today in history 1. Louis Armstrong used to say that he’d been By SHARON WEATHERHEAD for himself. He sits in the CORRESPONDENT born on July 4, 1900. Turns out, he was 13 months balcony every Sunday. Those On July 6, 1942, Anne Frank, her parents and off. In 1988, music historian Thaddeus “Tad” Jones in the balcony with him have sister entered a “secret annex” in an Amsterdam located a baptismal record at New Orleans’s Sacred SEBRING — One of Sebring’s become his family.” building where they were later joined by four Heart of Jesus Church. According to this document, iconic residents celebrated Mille Schrader has known other people; they hid from Nazi occupiers for the performer’s actual birth date was August 4, 1901. his 92nd birthday on Friday. Haywood since 1996. “He is a two years before being discovered and arrested. 2. As an adult, Louis Armstrong wore a Star of Haywood Taylor, the man who wonderful man. So much fun David to honor the Jewish family who employed Haywood Taylor Boulevard to be with. He is very com- On this date him. While growing up, Armstrong did assorted is named for, is an important munity and church minded. jobs for the Karnofskys, a family of Lithuanian- member of Highlands County. I’m one of his balcony family In 1777, during the American Revolution, Jewish immigrants. “They were always kind to me,” The road that bears his name members.” British forces captured Fort Ticonderoga. Armstrong once refl ected, “[I] was just a little kid runs directly in front of the Ashley Rape is a church In 1854, the fi rst offi cial meeting of the who could use a little word of kindness.” One day, Sebring International Raceway, friend of Haywood’s. She Republican Party took place in Jackson, they even advanced him the $5 he used to buy his making his name familiar to came with her dog, Roxy. Her Michigan. very fi rst horn. people around the country. vehicle had ‘Happy Birthday, In 1885, French scientist Louis Pasteur tested 3. Fresh off the wild success of his “Hello, Dolly!” “During his years in busi- Haywood’ on the window. an anti-rabies vaccine on 9-year-old Joseph cover, Armstrong made a trip to communist East ness, he was a driving force “He is extremely generous Meister, who had been bitten by an infected Berlin in 1965, where he gave a two-hour concert in our community,” said and it’s an awesome honor dog; the boy did not develop rabies. that earned a standing ovation. While not offi cially Peggy Douberley. “He is such to know him. He makes the In 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed government-sponsored, there are some who believe a super guy. We are happy to church what it is and is a very an executive order establishing the Medal of the concert was arranged by the CIA, which would honor someone who was such thoughtful person.” Freedom. make this just one of the many taxpayer-funded a positive infl uence in the The impressive motorcade In 1957, Althea Gibson became the fi rst Black appearances he’d make abroad during the Cold community who was always left the parking lot with a tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title War in an effort to strengthen diplomatic relations helping others and supporting police escort and traveled to as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard overseas. various institutions.” the Taylor home on Hotiyee 6-3, 6-2. 4. The year 1956 saw Louisiana prohibit integrat- According to Douberley he Avenue. Haywood came In 1971, jazz trumpeter and singer Louis ed bands. Outraged, Armstrong refused to stage was with First Federal, on the outside with his son, daughter- Armstrong died in New York at age 69. another concert within the state’s borders. “They Airport Authority Board and a in-law and daughter. You could In 1997, the rover Sojourner rolled down a treat me better all over the world than they do in my Rotarian, to name a few of his see that he was both shocked ramp from the Mars Pathfi nder lander onto the hometown,” he said. Nine years later — after this notable associations. and touched. Martian landscape to begin inspecting the soil ban had fi nally lifted — he again took the stage in On July 3, a motorcade of “Dad is 92 years old today,” and rocks of the red planet. New Orleans on October 31, 1965. 35 vehicles lined up at the said Mike Taylor. “He is a big Ten years ago: Queen Elizabeth II addressed 5. The fi rst recording of “What a Wonderful World” First Methodist Church in FSU fan as he went to school the United Nations for the fi rst time since 1957 was produced by ABC Records, which made no downtown Sebring. Cars drove there.” during her fi rst New York visit in over 30 years; attempt to advertise it domestically. Although the from the church to Taylor’s Cars, vans and even a motor- she then laid a wreath at ground zero. ballad topped the 1968 charts in Great Britain, home on Hotiyee Avenue, off cycle streamed down the quiet Five years ago: The Associated Press obtained American sales were abysmal. Then in 1987 came of Lakeview Drive. street. Horns and cow bells documents in which Bill Cosby admitted in “Good Morning, Vietnam”. The joyous tune perfectly “He’s not sure exactly what and shouts of ‘Happy Birthday, 2005 that he’d secured quaaludes with the in- and ironically clashed with the wartime horrors de- we’re doing, so he will be Haywood!’ were heard as tent of giving them to young women he wanted picted in one montage, so director Barry Levinson surprised,” said Douberley. people stopped briefl y to wish to have sex with and that he gave the sedative to added it to his fi lm’s soundtrack. “What a Wonderful “Haywood is such an in- him well and to drop off cards, at least one woman and other people; Cosby’s World” struck a chord with moviegoers and was credible person,” said George posters and balloons. lawyers insisted that two of the accusers knew re-released that year, becoming an oft-requested Hensley. He and his wife Nancy “I’ve been blessed in so they were taking quaaludes from the comedian, radio hit. had a big poster and plenty many ways,” said Haywood. according to the unsealed documents. Source: mentalfl oss.com of balloons for Haywood. “He “So many people here from One year ago: Prosecutors dropped a man- always thinks of others fi rst. my church. It means so much. slaughter charge against an Alabama woman, As a Rotarian, he was always I love them all; I love everyone Marshae Jones, who had lost her fetus when she LOTTERY NUMBERS doing things for people. He’s here. was shot during what authorities said was an also a loyal Seminole fan!” “I really don’t have room argument over the fetus’ father. POWERBALL JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY Pastor David Juliano and for all the cards I received,” he his wife Alison were in line in said with a laugh. “There are Today’s birthdays Saturday, July 4, 2020 Friday, July 3, 2020 their van. “It’s such a privilege so many good people around 16-21-27-60-61-6-x2 4-13-16-33-40-44 to know Haywood. He is a local here. My father came here in Actor Ned Beatty is 83. 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The Highlands News-Sun promptly $15.91 $1.19 $17.10 www.highlandsnewssun.com July 6, 2020 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | A3 Lighting up the night NATIONAL NEWS BRIEFS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Taylor and Diaz Love, 32, sidewalk at her grand- Lester Davis said. of Portland, Oregon, were mother’s house during a Statues of Columbus hit by the car that barreled Fourth of July party around have also been top- Sheriff: 2 dead, through a panicked crowd 7 p.m. in the Austin neigh- pled or vandalized in 8 hurt in South of protesters on Interstate borhood, police said. cities such as Miami; Carolina nightclub 5 early Saturday morning, Suspects got out of a car Richmond, Virginia; St. officials said. and began shooting, police Paul, Minnesota; and shooting Dawit Kelete of Seattle said. No one was has been Boston, where one was GREENVILLE, S.C. — A drove the car around vehi- arrested. decapitated. shooting at a nightclub cles that were blocking I-5 early Sunday left two peo- and sped into the crowd Columbus Armed protesters ple dead and eight wound- about 1:40 a.m., according statue toppled march through ed in South Carolina, a to a police report released by the Washington State by Baltimore Georgia’s Stone sheriff’s official said. protesters Two Greenville County Patrol. Video taken at Mountain Park the scene by protesters sheriff’s deputies noticed BALTIMORE — showed people shouting A large group of armed a disturbance at Lavish Baltimore protesters “Car! Car!” before fleeing protesters on Saturday Lounge just before 2 a.m., pulled down a statue of the roadway. marched through Georgia’s and saw a large crowd Christopher Columbus Love is in serious Stone Mountain Park, call- running out of the build- and threw it into the city’s ing for the park’s massive ing, Sheriff Hobart Lewis condition in the intensive Inner Harbor on Saturday Confederate carving to be said at a press conference. care unit, Harborview, night. removed. There was “active gunfire Gregg said. Demonstrators used The predominantly from inside the building,” ropes to topple the Black demonstrators Lt. Jimmy Bolt said in 7-year-old girl monument near the Little spoke out against the huge an initial statement, and among 5 killed in Italy neighborhood, news Lewis said all the shots sculpture depicting Gen. July 4 Chicago outlets reported. Robert E. Lee, Confederate were fired inside. Protesters mobilized by shootings President Jefferson Both Lewis and Bolt the death of George Floyd Davis and Gen. Thomas initially said 12 people had CHICAGO — A 7-year- at the hands of police have J. “Stonewall” Jackson, been wounded — with at old girl at a family party called for the removal WXIA-TV reported. least four in critical con- and a teenage boy were of statues of Columbus, Carved into a granite dition, Lewis said — but among five people shot Confederate figures and Bolt told The Associated and killed in Chicago on others. They say the Italian mountain, the bas-relief Press that two victims were the Fourth of July, police explorer is responsible for sculpture is the largest likely counted twice in the said. the genocide and exploita- Confederate monument confusion at the hospital. In one shooting, just tion of native peoples in ever crafted. No one was immedi- before midnight Saturday, the Americas. Stone Mountain Memorial Association COURTESY PHOTO ately taken into custody. four males opened fire on According to The Bolt told the AP that the spokesman John Bankhead A photo of the Lake Placid fireworks taken from a boat. a large gathering in the Baltimore Sun, the statue sheriff’s office was looking street in the Englewood was owned by the city and said there were between for two suspects, but neighborhood, police dedicated in 1984 by for- 100 and 200 protesters. He couldn’t provide names or spokesman Tom Ahern mer Mayor William Donald said the protesters, many teachers are just a call or descriptions. said. Two males died at Schaefer and President of whom carried large SCHOOL email away, Longshore the scene and two more, Ronald Reagan. rifles, were peaceful. FROM PAGE 1A noted. Chromebooks will 1 of 2 protesters hit including a 14-year-old A spokesman for Although the park has be provide to all students by driver on Seattle boy, died at a hospital, Baltimore Mayor Bernard historically been a gather- Social distancing will choosing this model freeway dies Ahern said. C. “Jack” Young told The ing spot for white suprem- be maintained whenever along with ongoing Four others were Sun the toppling of the acists, the city of Stone feasible and they wel- technical support. SEATTLE — One of two injured; One is in critical statue is a part of a nation- Mountain nowadays has a come, but do not require, To prepare for resource people hit by a man who condition and the other al and global reexamina- majority-Black population. the wearing of masks and staff allocations the drove his car onto a closed three are in fair condition, tion over monuments “that The park usually holds throughout the day, she district needs help from Seattle freeway has died. Ahern said. The four may represent different a Fourth of July laser show said. There will be deep parents, she said. Summer Taylor, 24, attackers fled the scene. things to different people.” and fireworks display with cleaning each day and “We have launched of Seattle died Saturday No one was arrested. “We understand the the carving as a backdrop, high contact areas will be a website with more evening at Harborview The 7-year-old girl was dynamics that are playing but this year’s presentation sanitized throughout the details about these three Medical Center, spokes- fatally shot in the head out in Baltimore are part was canceled due to the day. educational models,” person Susan Gregg said. while standing on the of a national narrative,” COVID-19 pandemic. The second option is a Longshore said. “I return to school in a full- am asking parents to time remote online learn- thoroughly review their ing model. This option is options and choose the Debates turn emotional as schools open to elementary and one that best meets the middle school students. needs of their child.” Students will receive The selection process virtual instruction from a is a simple online form decide how and if to open school-based Highlands on the School Board of County teacher during Highlands County’s web- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS limit the requirement to daily scheduled times. site, she said. Parents will older children. This model closely make a selection for each PORTLAND, Maine — Each of these decisions resembles the regu- child they have enrolled School districts across is fraught, trying to bal- lar school day with in school. America are in the midst ance health concerns with classes beginning and To help the district of making wrenching deci- clawing back as much nor- ending at designated plan accordingly, they sions over how to resume malcy as possible. Parents, times, Longshore said. are asking that the classes in settings radically wrung out after months of Chromebooks will be choices be made by July altered by the coronavirus juggling full-time work and provided to all students 10, Longshore said. Bus pandemic, with school full-time home schooling, participating in this mod- registration forms are also buses running below are desperate for help. el and ongoing technical online and are available capacity, virtual learning, Children, isolated from support will be provided. to access now. outdoor classrooms and SETH WENIG/AP PHOTO their peers, are yearning The third option, which “I will keep the com- quarantine protocols for for social interaction. is open to elementary, munity updated on our infected children the new In this June 10, 2020, file photo, Olivia Chan’s father helps her And everyone, including middle and high school progress as we move norm. with a new mask she received during a graduation ceremony for teachers, is concerned students, is Highlands forward,” she said. “As The plans for the her Pre-K class in front of Bradford School in Jersey City, N.J. about stepping into the Virtual School, an entirely communities across the upcoming school year districts want students hybrid model of virtual unknown, with so much online Highlands County nation, we know the are taking shape by the back in the classroom in and in-person learning. still uncertain about the School with classes critical role that schools day, and vary district to early August, even though Parents in New York have virus. taught by highly quali- play in providing a strong district, state to state. The the virus is surging through demanded schools reopen Districts are worried fied Highlands County education to children as debates have been highly communities. On average, in the fall. And in Maine, about being able to afford instructors. well as allowing parents emotional, with tempers Florida has reported more more outdoor learning added supplies — includ- With this model stu- and caregivers to main- flaring among parents and than 7,000 new cases each is planned. Districts ing masks and more buses. dents have the flexibility tain their place in the administrators, and have day recently — more than nationwide are coming And school officials said to work at their own pace workforce. been made all the more seven times what it was up with various rules for the resurgence of virus and on a schedule best “By working together vexing by record numbers reporting a month ago. wearing masks. Some want cases underway could fitting for their family’s we will be ready to wel- of COVID-19 cases being New Mexico, which all students to wear them. shatter reopening plans needs, however the come students through reported each day. has been largely spared Others, such as Marion before they’re even put in our doors on Aug. 11.” In Florida, some school major outbreaks, plans a County, Indiana, plan to place.

saw just two new cases has moved past Texas to Germany, France, South VIRUS to bring its total to 506. having the third-highest Africa and if the numbers FROM PAGE 1A Okeechobee County saw case count. New Jersey, can be believed, China, an increase of 10, giving it which was No. 2 in the which is reporting just 15 new cases to bring its 423 cases. count early on, has seen 83,553 cases. That’s fewer total to 748. The county Nationally, the count the fifth-highest amount than the number of cases saw 57 new cases the moved to 2.85 million and of cases, but hasn’t seen reported by 10 states. previous day. 129,689 deaths. Seven more than 1,000 new Globally, the number Glades County saw five states have seen more cases in a day since the of cases increased to new cases to move to than 100,000 cases, with end of May. 11.3 million, responsible 179, while Hardee County New York and California Florida has now for more than 531,000 having the most. Florida had more cases than deaths. A4 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | July 6, 2020 www.highlandsnewssun.com VIEWPOINTS

HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1919 Timothy D. Smolarick Romona Washington VP & Publisher, D-R Media Corporate Executive Editor [email protected] [email protected] Amanda Young Rob Kearley Advertising Director Corporate Circulation Director [email protected] [email protected] SUN ANOTHER VIEW From the bully pulpit And just like that, brutal officers in South Florida are being fired and charged with crimes for mistreating the public. Imagine that. Last week, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle filed four battery charges against a Miami Gardens police officer China extends its reign of random fear who pressed his knee on the neck of a woman outside a strip club and tased her in January. The city’s mayor, Oliver Gilbert, told the WASHINGTON — The French GUEST COLUMN repeatedly said that Taiwan’s cur- Editorial Board Tuesday he learned of the revolutionaries’ instrument for ad- George F. Will rent status — nationhood in all but incident three weeks ago and quickly pushed for ministering the 1793-1794 Reign of name — is intolerable and “should the firing of the officer. Terror was the Committee of Public domness to intensify fear, serves not be passed down generation “We took immediate action and showed Safety. Today, China’s totalitarians, two purposes: It smashes Hong after generation.” A reelected accountability,” said Gilbert, who added that displaying either ignorance of this Kong dissent — Leninism brooks Donald Trump, whose cramped 15 “unprofessional” officers have been fired in unsavory history, or arrogance in no challenge to the party’s suprem- notion of America’s role in the recent years. flaunting their emulation of it, call acy. And it distracts attention from world is confined to commercial Then on Tuesday, suspended Fort Lauderdale their new instrument for suffocat- reports that Beijing is pioneering bookkeeping, might swap Taiwan’s Officer Steven Pohorence, who was captured on ing Hong Kong the Commission for a sinister fusionism that melds freedom for increased Chinese pur- video shoving a kneeling woman during a Black Safeguarding National Security. Yet Leninism and Stalinism with an chases of U.S. soybeans. When at Lives Matter demonstration on May 31, was again, actual tyranny is imposed in ethno-nationalism reminiscent of noon January 20 the U.S. ends the charged with misdemeanor battery, the Broward the supposed service of safety. fascism. policy of making America marginal State Attorney announced. Acting as communists do, the The regime reportedly is employ- again, Biden should adopt strategic So why did it take so long to hold accountable leaders of China’s Communist ing forced abortions and steril- clarity, informing Beijing that the officers who abuse their power? Pohorence Party, which is the bone and sinew ization to inflict what has been U.S. legal obligation to sell Taiwan and too many other abusive officers are never of that nation’s Leninist party-state, called “demographic genocide” on weaponry needed for self-defense punished, never sanctioned and put right back have, less than half way through Muslim Uighurs and other minori- entails a moral obligation to assist out on the street with badges and guns. their commitment, shredded the ties. U.S. customs officials have with that project. No doubt, the national outrage and public 1997 agreement to respect Hong seized some China-made beauty The Korean War, which brought protests against police brutality following the Kong’s autonomy until 2047. The products perhaps made from Americans into combat against infamous and widely excoriated death of George new law mocks the rule of law, human hair harvested in Xinjiang Chinese troops, began 70 years Floyd after a Minneapolis has prompted those in which requires sufficient specificity concentration camps. China’s ago after Dean Acheson, President power to listen, finally. to give those subject to the law signatures on the U.N. Convention Harry S. Truman’s secretary of Miami Gardens Police Officer Jordy Yanes due notice of what is proscribed or on the Prevention and Punishment state, gave a speech in which he left Martel might have been yet another brutal prohibited. The new law stipulates of the Crime of Genocide and on South Korea outside his definition officer shielded by anonymity had there not four major offenses: separatism, the Sino-British Joint Declaration of America’s defense perimeter. been a bystander’s video of him arresting Safiya subversion, terrorism and collusion guaranteeing Hong Kong’s autono- Beijing has drawn a “nine-dash Satchell, 33, outside Tootsie’s Cabaret in January. with foreign governments. These my are equally constraining. Next line” to demarcate extravagant Yanes Martel even said that he was being will be defined post facto, in capri- year, President Joe Biden and a claims to sovereignty over the attacked. cious enforcements against those Democratic-controlled Congress South China Sea — claims incom- Apparently, he wasn’t. Instead, the video whose speech is not chilled by the should match Britain’s generosity patible with international law and showed Satchell being thrown to the ground, law’s menacing vagueness. The in welcoming refugees from Hong disdainful of the legal rights of restrained by the neck and tased twice in the “law” authorizing the committee Kong’s talented, freedom-loving various nations in the region. The stomach. Satchell was pregnant. How inhumane to operate secretly was released at citizenry. Biden administration should draw can policing get? Clearly, George Floyd’s death in 11 p.m. Tuesday, probably to deter In diplomatic parlance, China a line that places Taiwan within the Minneapolis showed us. demonstrations on Wednesday, is a “revisionist” power, aiming sphere of regional nations whose In Miami-Dade, the most encouraging de- which was the anniversary of to revise the global order. In less self-defense implicates vital U.S. velopment was the relative speed with which Beijing’s 1997 agreement. antiseptic language, it is a piratical interests. Fernández Rundle acted. Modern technologies of com- power whose crudeness, born of Beijing should remember this: “We believe a review of the video reflects that munication enable the world to cultural condescension toward oth- France’s Committee on Public Martel allegedly was the aggressor,” Fernández watch darkness descend on one ers, includes special contempt for Safety was created in April 1793. Rundle said during a news conference to an- of the world’s most vibrant me- an America distracted domestically Maximilien Robespierre, who pre- nounce the charges: four counts of battery and tropolises. Modern technologies by various hysterias, and choosing figured Lenin, joined it on July 27. two counts of official misconduct. of surveillance enable Beijing retreat abroad. President Biden’s One year and a day later, devoured Fernández Rundle is up for reelection, has a to refine a deep, penetrating urgent foreign policy tasks will by forces he had fomented, he was credible challenger and has been challenged by oppression beyond what Winston include revising the longstanding guillotined in Paris’s Place de la Black Lives Matter protesters and others for her Churchill could have imagined U.S. policy of “strategic ambigu- Revolution, now called Place de la record on police use-of-force cases. And rightly when he warned that Nazism’s ity” regarding Taiwan. Beijing is Concorde. Beijing’s totalitarians, so. triumph would mean the world demonstrating in Hong Kong “one who have murderous French The longtime Miami-Dade state attorney has would “sink into the abyss of a new country, two systems” actually precursors, may one day have a been severely criticized for a track record of not Dark Age made more sinister, and means one country, one simmering similarly disagreeable rendezvous prosecuting police officers accused of brutality, perhaps more protracted, by the stew of Leninism and Stalinism with their handiwork. including fatal shootings. Protesters have even lights of perverted science.” flavored with fascism. George Will’s email address is demonstrated outside the Criminal Justice China’s faux law, which The dictator Xi Jinping has [email protected]. Building, where her office is located. Fernández echoes Stalin’s use of ran- Rundle denies being soft on cops. And state law sets a high burden of proof to charge, much less YOUR VIEW convict, police officers in fatal shootings. Still, Fernández Rundle has a powerful bully from the Highlands County Road arrests for methamphetamine-re- pulpit that she could use more forcefully. Tuck, Road and Bridge come to the rescue Department and Henry assured me lated crimes. 15 months earlier, Satchell’s arrest was especially egregious — help was on the way. It was! New March 30, 2019, the Highlands and it stemmed from a dispute over a food tab. sand was delivered and graded. News Sun reported a “international Surely the incident could have been prevented Monday there was a fatal traffic accident a little north of Lake Seed was strewn and raked in. I just ring” busted. by officers practicing deescalation. want to take this time to thank the This is an assumption on my But that’s not what happened in the arrest. Placid on U.S. 27. The traffic was diverted down Lake Henry Drive quick action of Commissioner Tuck part. During the COVID-19 lock- Yanes Martel lied about what transpired. But and the Highlands County Road down there were “limited arrests.” thankfully, there was a bystander video, taken by to by-pass the carnage. Fine. It has happened before a few Department for their actions. My The booking site strongly suggests: Satchell’s friend, to contradict the officers’ pho- hat is off to all of you! Thank you! battery, DUI, and methamphet- ny police report. The video did not back up his times. However, this time, rather than have the traffic flow in one Dave Doty amine … with everything falling claim. Unfortunately, there is not always a video aside. Oh, the occasional child to catch cops like Yanes Martel and Pohorence direction at a time and alternate Lake Placid north and south, someone with the abuse and child oornography. in action. What are police chiefs doing about it? In 1990 to 1992, methamphet- An editorial from The Miami Herald. brain of a shoelace decided to let Too much meth in the the traffic flow in both directions amine was rare in Highlands down our small lane. If the vehicles county County. Yet, in 1993 in the adjacent JOIN THE were all smart cars that would have There is a second “pandemic” or Hardee County, methamphetamine CONVERSATION been fine. When two semis meet, “virus” that has infected Highlands was rampant. It is strange walking Letters are welcome on virtually any subject, but we do damage to property happens ... no County that is being ignored by into a “filthy” house with kids and have some rules. We will not accept any Letters to the Editor room! its citizens and by the paper just being told they use “meth” because that mention a business in a negative tone, as they have no Almost every home on Lake as much as the COVID-19 was it helps them keep the house means to defend themselves. Please keep Letters to the Editor Henry Drive sustained property originally ignored. I would hate to “clean.” to less than 250 words. Letters will be edited to length as well damage, be it lawn destruction, see the source of my information So, what went wrong? March as for grammar and spelling. All letters must be signed with sprinklers destroyed or mail boxes disappear but since the first day 2019 to June 2020. Originally, Polk full name – not initials. An address and telephone number hit for a home run. I, along with the sheriff’s department’s “On Line County was the methamphetamine must be included. The phone number and address are not for my neighbors, hope this never Booking” report first appeared capital. What went so wrong publication, but must be provided. In the case of letters that are happens again and someone with every morning for 20 or so years I to make Highlands County the emailed, the same rules apply. common sense evaluates the check the bookings. Originally, it methamphetamine capital? Due to the number of letters received, we are able to run situation before acting. came with my job to be one step Edward Hummell only four letters per person per month. I contacted our commissioner, ahead of my boss. Sebring Ms. (Arlene) Tuck, with details. This Methamphetamine: On June morning, Wednesday, I got a call 30. There are 10 or 11 individual www.highlandsnewssun.com July 6, 2020 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | A5

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worries as case counts grow 18 Miami-Dade County residents contract West Nile Virus

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — Miami-Dade County health officials have confirmed four more local cases ST. PETE BEACH — Florida and of West Nile virus, bringing the county total to Texas reported record daily increases 18 residents. in confirmed coronavirus cases The Miami Herald reports the county’s Saturday, the latest sign that the virus mosquito-control chief said last week that is surging in many parts of the United this summer’s resurgence of West Nile proba- States, casting a pall over Fourth of bly reflects the heavy rains that cause mos- July celebrations. quito populations to explode. More mosqui- Officials and health authorities toes mean more mosquito bites, increasing warned people to take precautions or the odds of infection. simply stay home on Independence The county is under a mosquito-borne-ill- Day, as confirmed cases are climbing ness alert. The health department said West in dozens of states. The U.S. reported Nile virus is the leading cause of mosqui- more than 50,000 confirmed cases on to-borne disease in the United States. There Saturday for the third day in a row, are no vaccines to prevent it or medications according to a tally kept by Johns to treat it. Hopkins University. JONAH HINEBAUGH/TAMPA BAY TIMES VIA AP Miami-Dade’s first two cases of West Nile The U.S. has more than 2.8 million virus were detected in May. On June 11, confirmed cases — about a quarter of Javonnie Jackson, 9, left, sits with his grandmother Zoraida Rullan, 69, watching fire- health officials reported two more cases of the 11 million worldwide infections, works explode over Nathan Benderson Park on Friday, July 3, 2020, in Sarasota. the virus. On June 25, 10 more residents were according to the tally. More than on a holiday weekend typically spent group planned to stay away from oth- confirmed to have the virus. 525,000 people have died around the eating at backyard gatherings or ers. She brought along hand sanitizer globe. crowding elbow-to-elbow to view and masks in case they go anywhere Autopsy: Man died of drug While the rise in cases in the U.S. parades and fireworks shows. other than the beach. overdose after fight with deputies partly reflects expanded testing, Many communities canceled those “We’re going to stay with each experts say there is evidence that the events and cautioned people against other,” she said. “I feel pretty safe FORT LAUDERDALE — A Black man died virus is also spreading more as states gathering on their own. outside.” of an accidental drug overdose shortly after a reopen their economies. Texas, which reported a record daily In several of California’s tourism-fo- confrontation with deputies at a Florida air- Deaths have begun to rise in increase of 8,258 confirmed coronavi- cused counties, economic woes port in April, according to an autopsy report some states that have seen a surge rus cases Saturday, is retreating from prompted campaigns to convince released Friday. in cases — including Texas, Arizona what had been one of the country’s state residents to travel within its Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony said in a and Florida — and the coming weeks swiftest reopenings. Much of the borders. But public health experts statement that the county medical examiner will be telling. Still, some experts state began mandating face coverings and mayors of popular beach towns has found that the deputies who took Kevon have expressed doubt that deaths Friday, with a $250 fine for scofflaws. Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay have Todd, 29, into custody did not contribute to will ever return to the peak of around In Florida, which reported 11,445 pleaded with people to stay home for his death. The medical examiner’s report list- 2,200 deaths per day, hit in mid-April, confirmed infections on Saturday, the holiday. ed acute eutylone intoxication as the official because of advances in treatment bars statewide are shut down and Crista Luedtke said demand has cause of death. Eutylone is a stimulant that and because more young adults who some regional attractions, such as been “bonkers” since reopening the officials consider a novel designer drug. are less vulnerable to serious compli- Zoo Miami and Jungle Island, have 14-room Boon Hotel and Spa that she Deputies at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood cations are among those diagnosed closed. Officials in South Florida — owns in the Sonoma County town of International Airport had stopped Todd on recently. including in Miami-Dade County and Guerneville. Guests must stay at least April 9 as he attempted to breach a security In another worrying sign, the World the Florida Keys — closed beaches two nights and are assigned chaise checkpoint, authorities said. He had been Health Organization said member through the weekend. lounges near the pool. yelling at JetBlue staff members before states reported more than 212,000 Other beaches in the state re- “Tourism is not dangerous,” he rushed the security area, officials said. confirmed cases of COVID-19 around mained open. At St. Pete Beach on the Luedtke said. “I think people not Deputies said Todd had seemed irrational, the world on Saturday, the highest Gulf of Mexico, parking spaces were following the rules is dangerous.” but it wasn’t clear then what was causing the single-day increase since the start of scarce Saturday afternoon and hun- The holiday weekend coincides condition. the pandemic. The Geneva-based or- dreds of people clustered in groups with a big step back this week After a physical struggle, deputies detained ganization said more than 60% of the under umbrellas and in cabanas on for California’s efforts to reopen Todd and brought him to the front of the confirmed cases reports it received the sand. the state’s economy. Gov. Gavin terminal. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue was were in the Americas, which includes Deputies from the Pinellas County Newsom ordered a three-week evaluating Todd when he became unrespon- the United States and Brazil. Sheriff’s office patrolled on ATVs, closure of bars and many indoor sive, officials said. Rescue workers began WHO’s count can differ from other telling folks they should stay with establishments in counties that are life-saving measures and transported Todd to global case tallies due to reporting their own families or groups — and home to about three-quarters of the the hospital, where he died. delays. away from others. state’s population. Law enforcement Deputies involved in the struggle sustained The sobering updates came as local Keisha Pereira came to the beach workers turned away disappointed minor injuries. officials and health experts across the from Osceola County — more than sun-seekers from some beaches that Tony said he’s directing the Fire Rescue U.S. tried to minimize opportunities 100 miles inland — with her daughter have been closed to discourage large department to review is procedures to make for the virus to continue spreading and two other children and said the crowds. sure everything was done to save Todd. The State Attorney’s Office will review the case. REGIONAL 5-DAY FORECAST TODAY TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY The Nation -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s

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91 75 92 75 93 74 91 74 92 76 Partly sunny, humid; a An afternoon A t-storm in spots in Mostly cloudy, Mostly cloudy, a Some clouds p.m. t-storm thunderstorm in spots the afternoon t-storms possible t-storm possible POP: 65% POP: 25% POP: 50% POP: 40% POP: 35% POP: 30%

The Region Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Florida Cities Tides Today Tue. High Low High Low Ocala Daytona Beach City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 87/72 88/72 Apalachicola 85 79 t 88 76 t Bradenton DeLand Clearwater 88 80 t 90 80 pc Today 4:26a 6:39a 1:13p 9:52p Tue. 4:51a 7:34a 1:56p 10:29p Beverly Leesburg 88/74 Coral Springs 92 78 t 92 77 t Hills 88/75 Daytona Beach 88 72 t 90 74 t Clearwater 87/73 Fort Lauderdale 91 81 t 92 80 t Today 2:20a 7:35a 12:58p 8:35p Orlando Fort Myers 91 76 pc 93 77 t Tue. 3:00a 8:20a 1:42p 9:14p Brooksville 90/73 Titusville Gainesville 85 71 t 85 72 t St. Petersburg 90/71 Jacksonville 88 73 t 89 73 t 90/73 Today 2:37p 10:47p ------Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Key Largo 90 80 t 90 83 pc Tue. 6:15a 8:29a 3:20p 11:24p Kissimmee Key West 91 84 pc 91 84 t U.S. Extremes (For the 48 contiguous states Sunday) High ...... 103 at Needles, CA Low ...... 32 at Truckee, CA Tarpon Springs 89/74 Melbourne Melbourne 89 72 t 91 73 t Vero Beach 88/80 Plant City Haines City 89/72 Miami 94 82 t 95 81 t Today 12:53a 7:36a 12:53p 7:35p Today Tue. Today Tue. Tue. 1:39a 8:23a 1:41p 8:24p 91/74 91/74 Naples 93 76 pc 93 78 t City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Ocala 87 72 t 88 74 t Winter Haven Venice Albuquerque 94 70 s 96 70 s Kansas City 90 71 pc 91 73 pc Tampa Okeechobee 90 73 t 92 75 t 91/76 Today 3:48a 5:56a 12:35p 9:09p Anchorage 64 54 pc 69 57 c Knoxville 92 71 pc 87 71 c 89/81 Orlando 90 73 t 93 76 t Tue. 4:13a 6:51a 1:18p 9:46p Atlanta 84 70 t 80 71 t Las Vegas 108 81 s 105 79 s Bartow Frostproof Panama City 85 77 t 86 77 t 90/75 Baltimore 93 71 t 91 73 s Los Angeles 90 66 s 87 64 s St. Petersburg 91/75 Pensacola 85 74 t 87 74 t Birmingham 88 72 t 83 72 t Louisville 92 75 t 92 75 pc 90/81 Avon Park Pompano Beach 88 78 t 89 78 t Marine Boise 92 59 s 84 56 pc Memphis 91 75 t 90 74 pc Wauchula 91/74 Vero St. Augustine 88 73 t 89 75 t Wind Speed Seas Bay/Inland Boston 77 64 s 74 67 pc Milwaukee 90 75 s 91 73 pc 91/74 Basinger Beach St. Petersburg 90 81 t 92 79 pc Sebring direction in knots in feet chop Buffalo 91 69 pc 92 72 s Minneapolis 89 68 t 87 73 c 91/73 90/74 Sarasota 90 79 t 91 78 pc Sarasota Myakka City 91/75 Burlington, VT 84 63 pc 85 70 pc Montgomery 85 71 t 84 73 t Tallahassee 83 73 t 85 74 t Cape Sable to Tarpon Springs 90/79 91/76 Charleston, WV 90 68 pc 92 68 pc Nashville 92 73 pc 93 73 pc Okeechobee Tampa 89 81 t 92 80 pc S 4-8 1-2 Light Charlotte 89 70 pc 82 68 t New Orleans 86 75 t 88 78 t 90/73 Vero Beach 90 74 t 91 75 t Tarpon Springs to Apalachicola Port Chicago 94 76 pc 93 76 pc New York City 92 73 pc 86 74 pc Venice Venus Indiantown West Palm Beach 91 78 t 91 79 t SSW 7-14 2-4 Light 90/79 Charlotte Cincinnati 91 71 s 92 72 s Norfolk, VA 92 76 s 90 75 pc 92/76 91/73 92/75 Cleveland 90 71 pc 92 73 s Oklahoma City 88 69 pc 90 71 pc UV Index Today Sun and Moon Columbia, SC 86 70 t 80 72 t Omaha 90 71 pc 92 74 s Sebring Winter Haven Columbus, OH 94 72 pc 93 73 pc Philadelphia 94 74 t 90 74 s The Sun Rise Set Concord, NH 85 60 s 80 64 t Phoenix 112 86 s 110 87 s Statistics through 1 p.m. Sunday Statistics through 1 p.m. Sunday Today 6:36 a.m. 8:25 p.m. Dallas 89 72 t 90 73 pc Pittsburgh 95 70 pc 95 69 pc Temperatures Temperatures Tuesday 6:37 a.m. 8:25 p.m. Denver 92 64 pc 95 63 pc Portland, ME 78 60 s 73 63 pc Minutes to burn ...... 10 Des Moines 90 73 pc 91 72 pc Portland, OR 75 58 pc 69 57 c High/low 88/73 High/low 87/76 The Moon Rise Set The higher the number the greater the risk. Detroit 93 71 pc 94 74 pc Providence 85 65 s 77 67 pc Normal high/low 92/69 Normal high/low 92/74 Today 9:59 p.m. 7:50 a.m. Duluth 82 62 t 85 61 pc Raleigh 92 68 pc 86 68 t Record high 102 in 1946 Record high 100 in 1985 Tuesday 10:42 p.m. 8:50 a.m. Record low 62 in 1982 Record low 62 in 1973 Pollen Index Fairbanks 72 52 pc 69 51 c St. Louis 92 74 s 92 75 s Precipitation (in inches) Precipitation (in inches) Last New First Full Fargo 83 64 t 86 73 pc Salt Lake City 97 76 s 94 64 s Hartford 90 64 pc 81 68 pc San Antonio 97 78 pc 97 78 pc 24 hours through 1 p.m. Sun. 0.77” 24 hours through 1 p.m. Sun. 0.66” Helena 82 54 pc 76 50 sh San Diego 78 66 pc 74 65 pc Month to date 0.79” Month to date 0.87” Honolulu 87 75 pc 88 75 pc San Francisco 69 54 pc 71 54 pc Normal month to date 1.43” Normal month to date 1.48” Cause ...... Mold Houston 93 77 pc 91 78 t Seattle 72 55 pc 67 55 c Year to date 24.84” Year to date 14.08” Jul 12 Jul 20 Jul 27 Aug 3 Source: National Allergy Bureau Indianapolis 92 74 s 91 73 pc Washington, DC 94 77 s 94 76 s Normal year to date 23.63” Normal year to date 23.44” Last year to date 21.20” Last year to date 19.70” Solunar Table Air Quality Today The World Monthly Rainfall Leesburg Minor Major Minor Major Statistics through 1 p.m. Sunday Today Tue. Today Tue. Month 2020 2019 Avg. Record Today 7:17a 1:03a 7:44p 1:31p City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Tue. 8:15a 2:02a 8:40p 2:27p Jan. 0.58 3.37 2.48 7.46/1948 Temperatures Amsterdam 62 51 sh 65 57 pc Mexico City 74 56 t 74 55 t Wed. 9:10a 2:58a 9:34p 3:22p Feb. 1.44 1.56 2.54 10.61/1998 High/low 86/74 Main pollutant ...... Particulates Baghdad 117 86 pc 118 88 pc Montreal 83 59 s 87 70 pc March 0.14 1.43 3.60 12.18/1960 Source: The solunar period schedule allows planning days so you Beijing 93 69 t 94 70 pc Ottawa 85 61 s 89 70 pc Precipitation (in inches) Airnow.gov will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover April 3.30 2.08 2.63 7.36/1951 Berlin 68 52 pc 66 55 pc Paris 71 51 pc 76 56 pc May 1.66 1.49 2.74 12.72/1957 24 hours through 1 p.m. Sun. 0.02” during those times. Major periods begin at the times June 6.09 9.66 7.87 16.44/1992 shown and last for 1.5 to 2 hours. The minor periods are Buenos Aires 52 45 s 53 41 c Rio de Janeiro 83 70 pc 80 69 pc Weather Trivia™ shorter. July 0.87 11.89 8.25 16.45/1945 Airport Cairo 97 78 s 100 77 pc Rome 87 67 s 87 66 s Aug. 8.20 7.48 14.59/1949 Q: Cancun 89 80 pc 90 79 t St. John’s 56 44 pc 57 46 s Possible weather-related delays today. Check with Is it possible to be hot and humid Sept. 3.78 6.08 17.26/1960 without haze? Weather History Dublin 63 50 pc 62 51 r San Juan 90 80 t 90 80 pc Oct. 4.66 2.58 9.43/1952 your airline for the most updated schedules. Edmonton 72 50 t 72 54 t Sydney 63 49 s 63 52 pc Nov. 2.79 2.11 7.81/1988 Hi/Lo Outlook Delays On July 6, 1829, in Buffalo, N.Y., during Halifax 61 53 sh 64 53 pc Tokyo 79 75 r 81 74 c

Dec. 2.99 2.76 12.52/2002 Orlando 90/73 storms afternoon clear very usually a summer thunderstorm, a 13-inch-long Kiev 86 63 s 84 59 t Toronto 88 68 s 90 73 s

Total 14.08 53.90 51.12 73.28/1959

Sarasota 90/79 storms all day are masses air tropical pure Yes, herring fell on Main Street. London 70 51 pc 71 59 pc Vancouver 66 56 c 66 54 pc Totals are from a 24-hour period ending at 5 p.m. Tampa 89/81 storms all day A: Madrid 99 68 s 101 69 s Winnipeg 81 58 s 83 64 s Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. POP: Probability of precipitation www.highlandsnewssun.com July 6, 2020 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | B1

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