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PAGE 1C MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2020 | YOURSUN.COM | AN EDITION OF THE SUN | $1.50 ELECTION 2020 Americans to write history tomorrow pandemic and its ability to confront different view of what the presidency of conservative jurists during Trump’s The stakes may be systemic racial inequity. is and what leadership means for the tenure, would veer further to the right. higher than any But the two men on the ballot, nation,” said Jeffrey Engel, director of Victory for Biden would be as much President Donald Trump and Democrat the Center for Presidential History at a repudiation of the incumbent as point in modern Joe Biden, offer more than just differ- Southern Methodist University. it would be a win for the longtime ing solutions for the country’s most Voters appear to recognize the mo- Democratic politician, a former vice American history pressing problems. The choice before ment: More than 91 million people have president and senator. Though Biden voters is a referendum on the role of already cast ballots, shattering records has outlined an agenda that envisions a By JULIE PACE the presidency itself and a test of the for early voting. more robust role for the federal gov- AP WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF sturdiness of democracy, with the A Trump victory would deepen the ernment in American life and a more president challenging the legitimacy of anti-establishment, inward-facing ap- aggressive effort to combat the pandem- WASHINGTON — After a year of the outcome even before Election Day proach to the nation’s challenges that he ic, the core of his campaign centered on deep disruption, America is poised for and law enforcement agencies braced has ushered in over the past four years him being a temperamental contrast to a presidential election that renders a for the possibility of civil unrest. — an approach enthusiastically em- Trump. verdict on the nation’s role in the world “There’s more than just your standard braced by the president’s supporters and Control of the Senate is also at stake. and the direction of its economy, on ideological difference between the two loathed by his critics. The courts, which its willingness to contain an escalating candidates. There’s a fundamentally have been stacked with a generation SEE ELECTION, 3A Military museum survives pandemic Woman, Museum’s own theater keeps it 69, begs for afloat mask at jail, By DANIEL SUTPHIN STAFF WRITER gets none PUNTA GORDA — If not for shows and other public events at its Gulf Theater She was put in a cell auditorium, the Military Heritage Museum of Punta with two other women; Gorda might not have pulled through coronavirus. no masks were given “No question having these shows — that have been sold By ELAINE ALLEN-EMRICH out in the theater — have ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY EDITOR been a huge benefit to the museum,” said Gary Butler, Frances Lopez says Charlotte County museum executive director, Jail officers refused to give her a mask at a recent City Council SUN FILE PHOTO BY DANIEL SUTPHIN while she was in custody, even though she asked several times. meeting. The Military Heritage Museum in Punta Gorda reopened June 5 after being closed for “Quite frankly,” Butler The 69-year-old Port Charlotte wom- continued, “if we weren’t months in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Success at the museum’s Gulf Theater an said she had masks in her purse successful in December 2019, auditorium during months leading up to the shutdown was a major key to their survival when she was arrested Oct. 22 but was and January and February during the pandemic. not allowed to use them. “I’ve never been arrested before,” she of this year — before At the meeting, parking lots at Fishermen’s Village, amendment at its Oct. 22 said. “I’m a longtime hairdresser. At COVID-19 happened — I was a concern for some area and additional grass parking meeting but it still has to work, we wear masks, because we are would not be here because residents. at the museum and on land come back for final approval in close proximity to our customers. we would not still be an “The city and the owner/ the company purchased at the Nov. 4. meeting. When I was booked at the jail, they took entity; I can guarantee you developer have consistently adjacent to the museum. my purse. I asked for a mask. They said that.” ignored their obligation to “We are happy to commu- SURVIVING THE SHUTDOWNS Currently, ATA Fishville they didn’t have any. I said I have three provide adequate parking for nicate with the museum and Up until now, the theater — landlord of the museum’s in my purse, can I have one of them? the uses on the site,” Craig Gary (Butler) is very good was zoned for private events home at 900 W. Marion Ave. They said no. I asked again at least Ivey wrote in an email to the at communicating with us only; however, museum — is working with the city to 100 times. I was so scared. When I was city. so that (parking) does not runners had opened it up to amend the building’s zoning released, my boss told me not to come ATA Fishville represen- become a problem in the the public. restrictions to allow for to work.” tative Patti Allen said they community,” Allen said. “Fortunately, the museum public events at the 240-seat have options beyond the mu- The City Council approved SEE JAIL, 4A theater. seum’s parking lot, including the first reading of the SEE MUSEUM, 4A Space station marking 20 years of people living in orbit Monday marks two decades of a three spent most of their time coaxing The International Space steady stream of people living there. equipment to work; balky systems made Station celebrates Astronauts from 19 countries have the place too warm. Conditions were floated through the space station primitive, compared with now. milestone today hatches, including many repeat visitors Installations and repairs took hours who arrived on shuttles for short-term at the new space station, versus minutes By MARCIA DUNN construction work, and several tourists on the ground, Krikalev recalled. AP AEROSPACE WRITER who paid their own way. “Each day seemed to have its own set The first crew — American Bill of challenges,” Shepherd said during a CAPE CANAVERAL — The Shepherd and Russians Sergei Krikalev recent NASA panel discussion with his International Space Station was a and Yuri Gidzenko — blasted off from crewmates. PHOTO PROVIDED cramped, humid, puny three rooms Kazakhstan on Oct. 31, 2000. Two days The space station has since morphed Frances Lopez, 69, said Charlotte when the first crew moved in. Twenty later, they swung open the space station into a complex that’s almost as long County Jail officers refused to give years and 241 visitors later, the complex doors, clasping their hands in unity. as a football field, with eight miles (13 her a mask after she repeatedly asked has a lookout tower, three toilets, six Shepherd, a former Navy SEAL kilometers) of electrical wiring, an acre for one while she was in custody. She sleeping compartments and 12 rooms, who served as the station commander, depending on how you count. fears she may have been exposed to likened it to living on a ship at sea. The SEE SPACE, 4A COVID-19. 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Californians rejected By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN became the first candidate a ballot measure that would ASSOCIATED PRESS from the Deep South since have made their state the the Civil War to be elected first to legalize marijuana TALLAHASSEE — A final president as he defeated for recreational use. Surfing flurry of campaigning whipped incumbent Gerald R. Ford. champion Andy Irons, 32, through the crucial state of was found dead in a Dallas- Florida in the waning days of the election season, including another On this date area hotel room. (An autopsy found that Irons had died visit by President Donald Trump, as beleaguered voters took solace In 1783, General George from sudden cardiac arrest that Election Day was finally close Washington issued his due to severe blockage of a at hand. Farewell Address to the Army main artery.) Trump scheduled a late evening near Princeton, New Jersey. Five years ago: President event Sunday in his adopted state In 1889, North Dakota and Barack Obama toured a drug to make his case to extend his South Dakota became the rehabilitation center and residency at the White House 39th and 40th states with met with former inmates in for four more years by defeating the signing of proclamations Newark, New Jersey, where Democratic challenger Joe Biden.