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Texting line for abuse survivors AMANDA LINARES The World

COOS COUNTY — In an effort to better help survivors of domestic violence or sexual assault during current stay-home orders, a new texting option is now available countywide. The new service was launched by the SAFE Project, a local organization dedicated to helping abuse survivors. The text option, which is part of the nonprofit’s current crisis

hotline, is a confidential service provided to survivors who may be quarantined or isolated in their homes with an abusive partner. SAFE Project Executive Director Rachel Espy said the organization has been working on the new texting capability ever since the governor’s executive stay-home order went into effect. Understanding that the COVID-19 pandemic created an extra layer of risk for survivors

being forced to stay home, Espy said its advocates quickly began brainstorming ways they could still connect with survivors. “We realized that survivors were going to be more isolated than they have ever been before and possibly isolated or quarantined with an abusive partner,” said Espy. “So, it was a top priority for us.” According to Espy, it’s important to note that it may take advocates up to 15 to 30 minutes to respond to survivors

over text. That being said, survivors are being advised to utilize the service when they feel they are safe and comfortable to do so. The texting option is in addition to its 24/7 crisis hotline and is believed that it will help survivors access its services more easily, said Espy. Some survivors are more comfortable reaching out via text while for others it may be a safer option for them to access their advocates, Espy added.

Last month, the SAFE Project also launched its “Not Everyone is Safer at Home” campaign, which included multiple collaborations with businesses and community partners, in placing yard signs with the organization’s contact information. The signs have been placed throughout the county in front of businesses and homes who participated in the public awareness campaign to let survivors know that assistance is nearby. Please see Abuse, Page A9

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Heads were looking up Friday morning as the Oregon Air National Guard performed flyovers with F-15 Eagles to salute healthcare workers for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The flyover was conducted by Oregon’s 173rd Fighter Wing and the 142nd Wing. The two jets flew over hospitals in Coos Bay, Coquille, Bandon and Gold Beach. The photo was taken as the F15s flew over Bandon.

Hospitals to be provided virus drug PORTLAND (AP) — Oregon hospitals will be provided with an experimental drug that has shown some promise treating extreme cases of COVID-19, state health officials said Sunday. The state’s first shipments of remdesivir will provide enough doses to treat 80 COVID-19

patients for 10 days which is enough to treat all hospitalized patients who met the medical criteria for using the drug as of Saturday, the Oregon Health Authority said Sunday. Recent early results for the drug suggested it could help patients recover from the corona-

virus faster, although longer-term data is still needed to confirm any benefit. It has not been formally approved by the Food and Drug Administration but can be used under a federally issued Emergency Use Authorization. The health authority is not taking a

position on whether it should be used or not, leaving that decision up to doctors and their patients. “Because of the experimental nature of the drug, shared decision-making between patients and providers is paramount and informed consent must be Please see Drug, Page A9

Canadian jet crashes during flyover KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian aerobatic jet crashed into a British Columbia neighborhood during a flyover intended to boost morale during the pandemic, killing one crew member, seriously injuring another and setting a house on fire. Video appeared to show the plane’s crew ejecting.

The crash left debris scattered across the neighborhood near the airport in the city of Kamloops, 260 miles (418 kilometers) northeast of Vancouver, on Sunday. The Snowbirds are Canada’s equivalent of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds or U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

said he was “deeply saddened” by the death of Capt. Jennifer Casey, who served as a spokesperson for the Snowbirds, and the injuring of Capt. Richard MacDougall, one of the team’s coordinators and pilot of the aircraft who survived landing on the roof of a house. “For the past two weeks, the

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COOS COUNTY — A drought declaration passed by Coos County Commissioners last month was approved Friday, May 15 by Oregon

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address the county’s ongoing water issues. According to the order, extremely low streamflow and hot, dry conditions in Coos County led to the governor’s declaration. With forecasted water supply conditions not expected to improve, the drought is likely to have significant economic impacts on the county’s farm, forest, recreation, drinking water and natural resource sectors, which depend on rainfall

and streamflow throughout the county, said the order. A map from the U.S. Drought Monitor, which is updated frequently, shows as of Thursday, May 14, a majority of the county is experiencing severe and extreme drought conditions. At a commissioner’s board meeting on April 24, Coos County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins informed the board that the local water master and regional water

director both expressed their concerns with the county’s domestic water wells going dry and not recovering. Warm, dry weather combined with below-normal rainfall have contributed to this year’s drought conditions, said Coos County Emergency Management program manager and Coos County Sheriff’s Cpt. Gabe Fabrizio in a previous interview with The World. Under the declaration, the Oregon Water Re-

sources Department and Water Resources Commission have been directed to help and coordinate with the county’s water users as they determine necessary. The Office of Emergency Management has also been directed to provide assistance to Coos County as well as other state agencies. The declaration in Coos County follows behind similar declarations passed earlier this year in Curry, Jackson and Klamath counties.

Oregon reports no new virus deaths over the past weekend The World PORTLAND — The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Saturday and remains at 137, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday. Oregon Health Authority reported nine new confirmed cases and three new presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 3,623. The new confirmed and presumptive cases reported Sunday are in the following

counties: Deschutes (1), Douglas (1), Lincoln (1), Marion (3), Multnomah (5), Polk (1). On Saturday, the Oregon Health Authority reported no COVID-19 deaths, 64 new confirmed cases and seven new presumptive cases of as of 8 a.m., bringing the state total to 3,612. The new confirmed and presumptive cases reported Saturday were in the following counties: Clackamas (4), Clatsop (1), Deschutes (1), Lane (3), Linn (1), Malheur

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BANDON — Bandon Schools Superintendent Doug Ardiana promised the Class of 2020 the district would celebrate their graduation in some way despite in-person classes being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Bandon High School administrators and advisers are keeping that promise. A letter was sent out to all 44 of the graduating seniors and families from BHS Principal Sabrina Belletti and BHS academic adviser Erin Robertson to assure students the district is still in the planning process for 2020 graduation exercises. “We are purposely delaying the release of our plans, in an effort to support you with a ceremony that will be as close to what you would have experienced if the school was never closed,� wrote BHS Principal Sabrina Belletti in the letter. “With this said, it is our commitment to you that our Class of 2020 Graduation Commencement formal plan will be released to students and families no later than May 22, which is two weeks prior to our scheduled graduation ceremony.� Caps, gowns, graduation cords, stoles, and official diplomas are still scheduled to be delivered to the school toward the end of May, Belletti added. Students were asked to, “Please keep 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, reserved for us to help celebrate your graduation.� Belletti and BHS Activities Director Josh Davies are working on the transition of the all-school awards and scholarship ceremonies to be released in a virtual format. This will also be done for the Harbor Lights Middle School Eighth-Grade Recognition Ceremony. Davies will also be presenting the BHS annual

end-of-year sports awards as well, and has been “lighting the night� every Friday evening in the football stadium by turning on the lights at 8:20 for 20 minutes to honor the Class of 2020. Davies also plays music during the weekly event and has encouraged seniors to send in song requests. In addition, the balance of the class funds raised during all four years of high school for senior activities such as the senior trip, will be divided equally between all four-year Class of 2020 completers and presented to them at graduation. That amount is approximately $16,000, according to School Board student representative, BHS senior Amelia Russell. “Take care, stay safe, and get ready to graduate!� Belletti wrote. Belletti said 42 seniors are ready to graduate and two additional ones are on track to graduate with the completion of their personalized plans. The community has already been congratulating the seniors. The Bandon Booster Club placed 24inch by 18-inch yard signs for each BHS senior along U.S. Highway 101 between City Hall and Freedom Graphics on one side and and It’s All About You Salon and Spa on the other side. Booster Club president Briana Hutchens said the club wanted to help boost morale, since the seniors are missing out on their traditional graduation ceremony and their related senior activities such as the senior trip, jet-boat ride and all-night Project Graduation party. Anthony Zunino said Hutchens brought the idea to him and secured the permission and photos and Freedom Graphics supplied the design work and signs at a deeply discounted price to bring it all together. Zunino’s children helped install the signs

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Cal Mukumoto: An advocate for education As a teacher, a parent, and a citizen of our cherished community, I am urging you to vote for Cal Mukumoto for state representative. I had the pleasure of interviewing Cal Mukumoto in my role with the Coos Bay Education Association and he impressed me with his experience and ability to listen to many voices finding solutions to difficult situations, his understanding of the role education plays in building up the economy and his commitment to fighting for our schools. Decades of divestment from education and social services have caused significant struggles in our schools and family support systems. We need a representative like Cal who will fully support investing in our children’s future and advocating for strong public schools. Recovering from this COVID-19 disruption will require help for our entire community, especially education resources from childcare through college. Teachers at every level need unequivocal support from our elected leaders to make sure our students get the world-class education they deserve in the midst of new and uncharted challenges. Cal will be a strong voice for the South Coast in Salem. I urge you to vote by May 19 for Cal Mukumoto for State Representative because we need to secure our future by investing in education and healthy communities. Mary-Margaret Stockert kindergarten teacher Coos Bay Coos Bay memories I am 92 and grew up in Marshfield, Coos Bay. Oregon strong - still working. Worked at the Water Board, several attorney’s offices, and for 17 years at the Independent Stevedore Company doing payroll for the longshoremen. Saw my Brother Neil Johnson off on the train to the Army in 1941 along with his classmates. He had duty in the Panama Canal zone. We blacked out our windows and dealt with shortages. I think shoes was the worst for me. I remember it was hard to walk sometimes because my soles would flap. My Dad worked for Central Transfer and the mechanic there kept his old cat running until the War was over and he got the first new one coming to town. I loved the sound of the little airplanes constantly in the air guarding our coast. The sky seemed empty when they were gone. We would go to a location on Broadway, tie our hair back and wrap bandages for the Red Cross. Probably wouldn’t be sanitary enough today. My Mom managed very well. I remember getting our last 5 cents at the end of one month for an ice cream cone. When we lived on S. 9th Street, just off Elrod -. my Dad had a huge Victory Garden. Plenty of root veggies. A huge treat was to go to the College Inn. I loved the clam chowder and they made a great juicy jumbo hamburger with ear to ear dressing. Later discovered the restaurant in the Chandler Hotel where the roast beef was on a spit and carved to your liking. The Elks Club also had a great lunch. I worked at both the Noble and Egyptian theaters with the greatest people. We were like family. The Noble had mostly westerns and I later lived near Roy and Dale Evans in Apple Valley, Calif. They were the kindest people. I loved The Hub back in the day. They would go to their market and order what they knew you wanted. Especially shoes. I still remember the wonderful smell of fresh cut lumber that was always in the air and how great your sheets smelled fresh off the line. That ocean air. If I still lived there I would never use a dryer for sheets. I am so proud to have been part of the “Greatest Generation.” Aileen Bellah Decatur, Illinois

Recognizing grocery store workers As a retired nurse, I am appreciative of all the recognition that has been extended to “Frontline Workers/Responders.” But, somehow I would like to recognize the daily commitment and provision of services that the grocery store workers have provided to the public. Like especially here in Bandon and thereabouts. I know that there have been shortages, gripes and rule changes daily in this industry, but nevertheless, the stores have remained open and providing our food. I am very thankful. Gege Robert Bandon Eymann, lead the way Immorally using the pandemic as a distraction, the Republicans sneaked in their controlled power over FERC to approve the permit for the Jordon Cove LNG plant. Thankfully, Oregon regulatory agencies will not fast track necessary state permits that jeopardizes the sovereign rights of Oregon citizens to protect their health from a foreign corporation whose only interest is monetary. According to the Union of Concerned scientists, Mark Specht, Energy Analyst, referring to LNG plants, The power source is typically a gas or steam turbine similar to those found in oil refineries, power plants and large chemical plants ... but most LNG facilities have more than one, producing greater demand and higher emissions. Sightline.org on June 7, 2017: Fugitive emissions - Methane gas escapes directly into the air from various pieces of equipment - Marine emissions, released from LNG tankers, which run on heavy oil and emit pollutants, including particulate matter, a significant contributor to Lung and Heart conditions in humans. If Jordon Cove were constructed with over a thousand temporary workers, people from the Lakeside area heading south to work and shop and people going north will experience traffic jams from workers and constant construction vehicles. Crossing McCullough Bridge would be daunting. If built, from miles away you would see the billowing pollution. Clean air that you see now will be replaced by a toxic haze. People who moved here to escape the congestion and smog will once again see what they left behind. Elders, Children with developing immune systems, others with compromised health conditions will suffer. The current Coos County Commissioners were elected to a nonpartisan position, but it appears they are in lockstep with Jordon Cove, at times acting like lobbyists. The Commissioners should not be one-dimensional in their total support of JC while ignoring the great loss of tourists dollars, loss of commercial fishing and much more. Katy Eymann running for Coos County Commissioner has a plan for family wage jobs from an industry that is non-toxic: offshore wind jobs. Let her lead the way. Dan Hopkins Lakeside Vote ‘yes’ on measures 6-176 and 6-177 Wow! Even the sophisticated big city of Portland realizes it is not appropriate to tax its citizens without first getting their permission in an election. We may be real working-class people here, but I think we deserve at least this much respect from the Mayor and the North Bend City Council. Vote yes on measures 6-176 and 6-177. Let our elected officials know we will no longer let them disrespect the wishes of the people. Joyce Walter North Bend

On this day in Coos County history 100 YEARS May 18, 1920 Has Substitute For Gasoline Tom James Tells The City Council About It Says the Mixture Makes Gasoline Go Four Times as Far and Works Well

(Special to The Times) Councilman Tom James told the members of the city council last night that he had a substitute for gasoline. The matter came up when there was a discussion about gasoline. There was a bill for an extra man who was hired to assist the police Saturday night. Mayor Ferguson explained that there was so much stealing of gasoline that he ordered the extra man on duty to watch the autos. It was said that quite a number of autos had been drained of what gasoline could be found in the tanks, so great was the shortage and the demand for the fluid. Councilman James said that his Auto Service Company was furnishing a substitute for gasoline. It was made of gasoline, kerosene and some other ingredients and made the gasoline go for times as far.

Suggests Plan For Front Street Inspector Tribbey Has Plan For North Front Street Says He Can Take Plank Up Off Bridge and Make More Narrow Road on the Fill Inspector Tribbey made a suggestion last night regarding the improvement of Front Street in the north end. He said that the plank bridge was getting in bad shape and that soon he would want a good deal of lumber to repair it. Mr. Tribbey said that if the city did not want to buy lumber to make the repairs he could take up the lumber from the bridge street and lay it on the fill along the inside. The old lumber could be used to do this but the street would be more narrow than the one now used but the plan would avoid the expenditure of money for lumber if the council saw fit to adopt it. The council laid the matter over until the next meeting.

75 YEARS May 18, 1945 Court Asked For $10,000

COQUILLE, May 18 — (Special) — The Coos-Curry Pioneer Historical association has asked the Coos county court for the sum of $10,000 to be expended on the job of gathering historical data for the benefit of future generations. Court members have explained to the pioneer association representatives that it is not in a position to make any recommendations to the budget committee on the matter. The court further explained that action on the association’s request will depend upon several factors, namely: whether the law will permit the expenditures of county funds for such a purpose: if there is suffi-

cient money in this year’s budget to take of this work; and, if the budget committee considers the project worthy of assistance from the money of tax payers.

Fair to Stress Work of Youth MYRTLE POINT, May 18 — (Special) — Members of the Coos county fair board decided at a meeting here this week that this year’s show would place more emphasis on agriculture, and particularly on the work on youngsters in 4-H club and Smith-Hughes organizations. The fair will be held Sept. 1, 2 and 3 unless it is decided to stage the state fair at Salem on dates that would conflict with the showing of the Coos show. At this week’s meeting, were Austin Dodge, Lou Pierce, Ted Kirsch, Wallace Dement and Perry Roper of Myrtle Point; E.J. Clausen of Broadbent; J.L. Smith, Wayne Watson and George Jenkins of Coquille, and Henry Kern of North Bend.

50 YEARS May 18, 1970 In Port of Coos Bay Longshore Tie-Up Has No Effect Now

Production of lumber and plywood in Port of Coos Bay mills will not feel the effect of the longshore work stoppage at once, according to reports from Bay Area lumber firms. If the tieup should continue beyond this week, however, then some firms will be affected. Weyerhaeuser Co. said no curtailment in production is expected unless the stoppage of shipment over the docks continue for several months. Both a chip ship and lumber ship now at Weyco dock are idle. Production of chips, lumber and plywood will be stockpiled in the yards. The World was told today, except for the plywood and some lumber shipped by rail. The firm ships most of its lumber by ship, said Ed Bartholomew, community relation director. Georgia-Pacific Corp. is not moving its chips, which will be stockpiled at the dock for later shipment. The firm primarily produces plywood in this area. Plywood is shipped by rail or truck and is not affected, according to William Ruhmann, public relations director.

Coquille Man Held By Sheriff

COQUILLE — Coos County Sheriff’s Department reported the

arrest Sunday of a Coquille man on charges of assault and battery and unlawful entry of a dwelling. Booked and lodged in the county jail under $1,000 bail was Jessie Ray Mitchell, 37. Also booked into the county jail as Daniel Richard Coughlin, Coos Bay. Coughlin, 19, was arrested by North Bend police on four charges connected with operating a vehicle. A fifth charge, minor in possession of alcohol was also filed. Bail on the charges totaled $410.

15 YEARS May 18, 2005 Special district election turnout

As the special district’s election deadline drew to a close Tuesday, the results were a mixed bag. Voters left many incumbents in power, as well as choosing a few political newcomers. The final unofficial results from the Coos County Clerk’s office showed a mere 27 percent of the 38,819 ballots mailed out were returned. Coos County Clerk Terri Turi said almost 34 percent of the ballots were returned during the last special districts election in 2003. The turnout was lower than expected and disappointing to Turi. She surmised the reasons included numerous non-contested races and the absence of a voter pamphlet that shows where candidates stand on the issues. ------------------------------These stories were found in the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum newspaper repository stored in Marshfield HS courtesy of Coos Bay Schools and on The World newspaper website www. theworldlink.com.

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Associated Press Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70. A family spokeswoman said George died Thursday at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital after a long fight with a blood disorder. Her children, Lincoln Tyler George Brown and CNN White House correspondent Pamela Ashley Brown, released a joint statement, saying: “For many, Mom was known by her incredible accomplishments as the pioneering female sportscaster, 50th Miss America and first lady. But this was all before we were born and never how we viewed Mom. To us, she was the most incredible mother we could ever ask for, and it is all of the defining qualities the public never saw, especially against the winds of adversity, that symbolize how extraordinary she is more than anything else. The beauty so many recognized on the outside was a mere fraction of her internal beauty, only to be outdone by an unwavering spirit

that allowed her to persevere against all the odds.” Miss America in 1971, George joined Brent Musburger and Irv Cross in 1975 on “The NFL Today.” Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder later was added to the cast. “Phyllis George was special. Her smile lit up millions of homes for the NFL Today,” Musburger tweeted. “Phyllis didn’t receive nearly enough credit for opening the sports broadcasting door for the dozens of talented women who took her lead and soared.” George spent three seasons on the live pregame show, returned in 1980 and left in 1983, winning plaudits for her warmth of her interviews with star athletes. She also covered horse racing, hosted the entertainment show “People” and co-anchored the “CBS Morning News.” George was briefly married to Hollywood producer Robert Evans in the mid-1970s and to John Y. Brown Jr. from 1979-98. Brown owned Kentucky Fried Chicken and the NBA’s Boston Celtics and served as the governor of Kentucky. “Phyllis was a great asset to

Kentucky,” Brown told the Louisville Courier-Journal. “We had a great partnership. I think we enjoyed every single day.” From Denton, Texas, George attended the University of North Texas for three years, then went to Texas Christian University after earning a scholarship as Miss Texas in 1970. In her 2002 memoir, George wrote that a male friend told her sportscasting wouldn’t work because it was a man’s job. George even acknowledged knowing nothing about the industry and having neither experience nor another female mentor to follow. None of it stopped her. George was a friend of minister Norman Vincent Peale and a devout believer in his best-selling philosophy of positive thinking. George credited that approach for launching a defining career she didn’t expect — one that saw her range into an astonishing variety of ventures and roles, in media, the film industry, food and beauty products, and as the glamorous first lady of the bluegrass state. “Saying yes to yourself opens up opportunities that can take you anywhere,” George wrote.

“Having a mentor in your life who says yes to you is also key. Appreciate your mentors when you’re starting out. And later, always give credit to the people who were there with you at the beginning.” ESPN sportscaster Hannah Storm remembered George as “the ultimate trailblazer” who inspired other women by showing that careers in sportscasting could be within their grasp. “A lot of times when you’re dreaming of something as a career option, you have to see it in order to believe it,” she said. “And someone has to be first, and that was Phyllis.” Neal Pilson, a former president of CBS Sports, called George’s hiring as part of “The NFL Today” team a “groundbreaking decision” that “changed the face of sports television.” “She had an openness and enthusiasm that made her a valuable contributor,” Pilson said. “She didn’t claim to know a tremendous amount about sports, but she knew about people, which is why her interviews resonated. She could do the best interviews with athletes and family members. She was a warm

person and that came through on the set and in the interviews.” George conducted one-on-one interviews with star athletes such as NFL greats Joe Namath and Roger Staubach. “People were uncomfortable with the idea of seeing a woman on TV talking about sports in a prominent role,” Storm said. “But someone has to go first. I give her so much respect for truly her courage. She had to put herself out there. Phyllis George did something out of the norm. And I’m forever grateful for her leading the way.” George wasn’t the first but made her entrance around the time that other women were getting their starts reporting on sports, too. Jane Chastain was hired at CBS in 1974 and became the first female announcer on an NFL telecast that fall. Lesley Visser became the first female NFL beat writer during a 14-year career at The Boston Globe that started in 1974. She later worked on “The NFL Today” as well as ABC and ESPN, becoming the first woman assigned to “Monday Night Football” in 1998.

Longtime Oregon legislator Tropical storm Arthur crawls closer to North Carolina coast Mitch Greenlick dies SALEM (AP) — Mitch Greenlick, a longtime state representative who played an influential role in Oregon’s health care policies, has died at age 85. House Speaker Tina Kotek said in a statement that Greenlick died Friday night after battling a number of health issues. Greenlick, a Democrat who had represented northwest Portland and northern Washington County in the legislature since 2003, had planned to retire at the end of his term, Kotek said Saturday. “He died while serving in office, doing what he

loved. Oregonians lost a champion for fairness, justice, and health care as a human right. His work and legacy will benefit Oregonians for years to come,” she said. Greenlick founded Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research and directed it for 30 years, the Oregonian/Oregonlive.com reported. Earlier this week, Greenlick participated in a phone conference on the state’s response to coronavirus, Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Portland, told the Oregonian/Oregonlive.com. She said he

posed questions to Oregon Health Authority officials during the call. Gov. Kate Brown praised Greenlick’s work on health care. “Representative Mitch Greenlick dedicated his career to fighting for Oregonians to have a better life,” Brown said in a statement. “A fierce advocate for expanding health care, he championed initiatives that helped push our state forward, including extending the Oregon Health Plan for low-income and underserved communities.”

Improv-style actor Fred Willard dies at 86 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fred Willard, the comedic actor whose improv style kept him relevant for more than 50 years in films like “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Best In Show” and “Anchorman,” has died. He was 86. Willard’s daughter, Hope Mulbarger, said in a statement Saturday that her father died peacefully Friday night. The cause of his death has not been released. “He kept moving, working and making us happy until the very end,” Mulbarger said. “We loved him so very much! We will miss him forever.” Willard was rarely a leading man or even a major supporting character. He specialized in small, scene-stealing appearances. As an arrogantly clueless sports announcer on “Best In Show,” his character seemed to clearly know nothing about the dogs he’s supposed to talk about and asks his partner on-air: “How much do you think I can bench?” He also played the character of Frank Dunphy, the goofy father of Phil in the ABC series “Modern Family.” Willard was a four-time Emmy nominee for his roles in “What’s Hot, What’s Not,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Modern Family” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.” In Pixar’s 2008 hit “WALL-E,” he voiced the character of Shelby Forthright, the CEO of a ubiquitous big-box chain called Buy’n’Large. “How lucky that we all got to enjoy Fred Willard’s gifts,” said actress Jamie Lee Curtis on Twitter. She is married to Christopher Guest who directed the mockumentary films, “Best in Show”

and “Waiting for Guffman.” “Thanks for the deep belly laughs Mr. Willard,” she continued. Willard’s death comes nearly two years after his wife Mary Willard died at the age of 71. She was a playwright and TV writer, earning four Emmy nominations. After his wife died, Willard questioned whether he would work again. But the beloved actor was brought on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to mock President Donald Trump’s “space force.” It was a reprise role of the 1978 NBC show “Space Force.” “There was no man sweeter or funnier,” Kimmel said on Twitter. “We were so lucky to know Fred Willard and will miss his many visits.” In 2012, Willard had a brush with the law. The actor was arrested after being suspected of committing a lewd act at a Hollywood adult theater. Willard was fired from a narrating job and had to complete a diversion program. He called the arrest “very embarrassing” but insisted he did nothing wrong. “It’s the last time I’m going to listen to my wife when she says, `Why don’t you go and see a movie?’” Willard said during an appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC show “Late Night.” Fallon was sympathetic toward Willard, calling him a “good man” and one of his favorites. Willard was continually beloved in Hollywood. “Fred Willard was the funniest person that I’ve ever worked with,” Steve Carell said on Twitter. “He was a sweet, wonderful man.”

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MIAMI (AP) — Life-threatening surf and rip currents will spread along U.S. East coast beaches in the days ahead as Tropical Storm Arthur kicks up ocean swells offshore, the National Hurricane Center warned on Monday. It’s another early start for the Atlantic hurricane season: Arthur formed Saturday in waters off Florida, marking the sixth straight year that a named storm has developed before June 1. The Hurricane Center said Arthur is expected to move near or just east of the coast of North Carolina, where up to 5 inches of rain was expected in spots Monday before turning away from the East Coast Tuesday. At 5 a.m. EDT, the storm’s center was located about 85 miles (135 kilometers) south-southwest of Morehead City, North Carolina. Arthur had top sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph) and was moving to the north-northeast at 14 mph (22 kph). A tropical storm warning was issued for parts of North Carolina’s coast, from Surf City to Duck, including Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds, and heavy rainfall is expected for much of the eastern part of the state, said Michael Lee, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Newport, North Carolina. “But the main threat that we’re really trying to get out there is that there is enhanced risk for dangerous rip currents both today and tomorrow. So, any folks who want to try to go to the beach

and get in the water, we have a high risk out for most of our beaches,” Lee said. The weather service said eastern North Carolina should prepare for some localized flooding and dangerous marine conditions along the coast. “Minor inundation from storm surge is possible for very low-lying areas adjacent to the ocean, sounds, and rivers, with overwash of dunes and flooding of properties and roadways possible for locations where dune structures are weak,” mainly north of Cape Lookout, the weather service said. While there may be a component of warming waters and climate change in other pre-June storms, Arthur is more of a subtropical storm system than a traditional named storm and its water is cooler than what’s usually needed for storm formation, said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach. A lot of these out-of-season storms are weak fleeting ones that meteorologists can see now because of satellites and better technology and would have been missed in earlier times, Klotzbach said. Local forecasters in the Bahamas said showers have lingered over the islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, which are still struggling to recover after being hit by a Category 5 hurricane last year. Patients are being cared for in tents in Grand Bahama after Hurricane Dorian damaged the island’s hospital.

DEAR ABBY By Abigail Van Buren Parents struggle to do what’s best for tormented daughter DEAR ABBY: My 53-year-old daughter is an addict. First it was alcohol, then hard drugs and opioids. This has been going off and on for 40 years. She hit bottom recently. She became homeless and ended up in a women’s shelter in another state. She says she’s been clean about six months. The shelter helped her find a place to live, and she draws a disability check, so she has everything she needs. She constantly contacts me and her father saying she wants to come home. We have helped her to the point of mental, physical and financial exhaustion, and we just can’t go there again. It’s the most difficult thing we’ve ever gone through. We know we shouldn’t continue to enable her, but if we don’t, we feel like terrible parents. Any advice would be much appreciated. -- TERRIBLE PARENTS IN INDIANA DEAR PARENTS: You already know what will happen if you cave in to your daughter’s begging to “come home.” From now on, when she asks, remind her that she already IS home, in the place the people from the shelter helped her to find. Her troubles have nothing to do with you. They are the result of the life she created for herself. You already know that enabling her hasn’t worked. The time has come for you and your husband to take better care of yourselves. DEAR ABBY: My ex-wife and I separated after 56 years of marriage. I recently found out she had been raped. Twice. The first was somebody I worked around at the air base. The second was by her father to “teach her a lesson” for getting raped the first time. When I asked her about it, she said it was none of my business because it happened before we met, but I think she should have told me. I worked around the first guy. Who knows what he told the other airmen behind my back? I also asked very personal questions of her dad, which I now regret. My question is, was she right or should she have told me? -- UPSET PERSON IN THE EAST

DEAR UPSET PERSON: I doubt that the person who worked with you on the air base would have spent much time bragging about having raped, so please, stop obsessing about what the person might have said. That your wife was raped later by her own father must have been devastating. Both of the animals who abused her belonged in jail. That said, although your wife probably should have told you what happened to her, she was NOT OBLIGATED to do so. Your marriage is over. Let it go! DEAR ABBY: With the stay-athome order still in place in many states, take-out or delivery is the only option for nights when we don’t want to cook. How much should we be tipping the people who deliver our food? With sites like Grubhub, which offer free delivery, do these drivers/deliverers get paid? I feel bad for someone coming to my house and leaving a bag of food on my doorstep, and I want to make sure they are compensated. How much would be a reasonable tip? -- LIKES MY DELIVERY DEAR LIKES: The Grubhub website recommends a $5 or 20% tip -- whichever is greater. When you tip, the money goes straight to the delivery drivers, as it should. Some orders may include an ADDITIONAL delivery fee, but it is not a tip, and drivers don’t receive that money, so make sure not to deduct it from the amount you tip. ------------------------------------------Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. To order “How to Write Letters for All Occasions,” send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby -- Letter Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kevin Hart found an upside to putting his name to a charitable cause during the coronavirus pandemic: the comedian offered a walk-on role in a future film to a health-care worker in the COVID-19 fight. Henry Law, an anesthesiologist in New Jersey, got the call from Hart (“Jumanji”) that he had been randomly selected as the winner in an All In Challenge contest. The challenge was launched by Michael Rubin, the founder of the online retailer Fanatics. The challenge raises money for organizations that are feeding the hungry during the pandemic, including Meals on Wheels, No Kid Hungry, America’s Food Fund, World Central Kitchen and Feeding America. Most of the blockbuster prizes offered involve bank-busting bids to share experiences with A-list celebrities and athletes. Law said he donated “a few hundred dollars” for a shot

to win a speaking part, a trailer, assistant, car service, wardrobe and a stay in a five-star hotel for a future Hart movie. Law said he was told he was a finalist in the contest until he got a FaceTime call from Hart with the shocker that he had actually won -- with Hart joking the prize winner could be the next Macaulay Culkin. “This is big, man. This is bigger than big. This is huge,” Hart told Law. “You will be in my next movie. I repeat, you, Henry, you, Henry, will be in my next movie.” There was a minimum $10 bid to compete for the Hart prize and there were more than 10 million entries. Before Law gets ready for his close-up, he’s had to see first-hand the devastating effects of COVID-19 in his job in the Jefferson Health care system. Law rotates among the New Jersey campuses in Cherry Hill, Washington Township and Stratford.

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Tom Cruise made his first ‘Mission’ possible

Tom Cruise clearly has enjoyed a lot of success in his career, and one of those successes has continued to refresh itself over a quarter-century. When the superstar first was married to “Mission: Impossible” in 1996, it was a virtual guarantee of a double triumph ... one of the movies’ top personalities matched to one of television’s most famous franchises. Five follow-ups have resulted to date, with the seventh and eighth editions now in the works – and to see how far the films have come, it’s worth revisiting the original one (which CBS broadcasts Sunday, May 17). Having Brian De Palma as its director also was a huge plus for the first picture, which does get mired a bit in its narrative of who is double-crossing who and why. The premise means a huge twist for one of the TV series’ staple characters that enraged many fans (and, reportedly, the performer who initially played the part). The Impossible Missions Force that includes Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is sent on an assignment that lands them in and around an elegant event in Prague, with Hunt using one of the famous “Mission” face masks to pose as someone else (and try as hard as the makeup masters do, not for one second do you believe it’s anyone other than Cruise). A betrayal leaves Hunt the only apparent survivor, and he goes on the run himself when he’s suspected of being the orchestrator of the ambush. To clear himself and set things right, he assembles a team of his own, notably including tech wizard Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames,

who has reprised the part in every other “Mission” movie since). Also on board is literally shifty-eyed pilot Franz Krieger (Jean Reno), who has a mistrustful relationship with Hunt from the start. A lot of talk about computer downloads and illegal arms sales ensues, but what really count – and remain memorable – are the action set pieces, the most imitated one involving Hunt’s infiltration of an office at CIA headquarters by descending into it from the ceiling. The overhead shots of his spidery silhouette against a very bright floor have a mesmerizing effect, and the scene also affirms how much suspense a single bead of sweat can generate. Also great fun is the stunt-packed climax that pits Hunt against the chief villain aboard a speeding train in Europe’s Channel Tunnel (or “Chunnel”), ultimately involving a pursuing helicopter and an especially effective stick of supposed chewing gum. Jon Voight, Vanessa Redgrave, Kristin Scott Thomas, an unbilled Emilio Estevez and Henry Czerny (who will return for the next two “Missions”) also are in on the brains and brawn. (Side note: It likely won’t be heard at the end of the CBS telecast, since networks love to run ads for their other shows over closing credits, but U2’s Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton contributed a terrific take on Lalo Schifrin’s “Mission” theme to the soundtrack.) The “Mission: Impossible” movies have come a long way since the first, but that opener still has its rewards, both unto itself and as the set-up for all that would follow it.

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Bridge Strange things happen from time to time at bridge tournaments. Once, during a power cut, we were forced to play by candlelight. On another occasion, David Bird, who has written more bridge books than anyone else, was the declarer in today's deal when the hotel fire alarm went off. Everyone vacated the playing room and moved into the cold, dark parking lot. Bird feared that the defense would be perfect when the game resumed, not a thought characteristic of an Englishman. Chatting with one's partner in such circumstances just wouldn't be cricket. North's responsive double was for takeout, showing a decent hand with length in the unbid suits.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed optimism Sunday that the U.S. economy can begin to recover from a devastating recession in the second half of the year, assuming the coronavirus doesn’t erupt in a second wave. But he suggested that a full recovery won’t likely be possible before the arrival of a vaccine. In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Powell noted that the economy was fundamentally healthy before the virus struck suddenly and forced widespread business shutdowns and tens of millions of layoffs. Once the outbreak has been contained, he said, the economy should be able to rebound “substantially.” Powell offered an overall positive message while warning that it would take much longer for the economy to regain its health than it took for it to collapse with stunning speed.

“In the long run, and even in the medium run,” the chairman said, “you wouldn’t want to bet against the American economy. This economy will recover. And that means people will go back to work. Unemployment will get back down. We’ll get through this.” Powell pointed out that the downturn wasn’t a result of deep-seated financial instabilities, like the housing meltdown and the excessive risk-taking among banks that ignited the Great Recession. Rather, it resulted from an external event — a pandemic — that required a shutdown of the economy. That may mean, he said, that “we can get back to a healthy economy fairly quickly.” In the meantime, though, American workers are enduring their worst crisis in decades. More than 36 million people have applied for unemployment benefits in the two months since the coronavirus first forced businesses to close down and shrink their workforces.

The unemployment rate, at 14.7%, is the highest since the Great Depression, and is widely expected to go much higher. In the interview with CBS, Powell played down comparisons to the Depression. While acknowledging that unemployment could peak near the Depression high of 25%, he noted that U.S. banks are far healthier now and that the Fed and other central banks are much more able and willing to intervene to bolster economies than they were in the 1930s. Still, Powell cautioned that it would take time for the economy to return to anything close to normal. A recovery “could stretch through the end of next year,” he said. And a vaccine would likely be necessary for Americans to feel safe enough to return to their normal economic behavior of shopping, traveling, eating out and congregating in large groups — activities that fuel

much of the economy’s growth. Most health experts have said that a vaccine won’t be ready for use for 12 to 18 months at least. “Certain parts of the economy will find it very difficult to have really a lot of activity,” Powell said. “The parts that involve people being in the same place, very close together. Those parts of the economy will be challenged until people feel really safe again.” The Fed chairman said he and other central bank officials, in conversations with businesses, labor leaders, universities and hospitals, have picked up on “a growing sense that the recovery may take some time to gain momentum.” “That would mean,” he added, ”that we will start our recovery and get on that road, and that’ll be a good thing, but that it’ll take some time to pick up steam.” Powell reiterated his view that both Congress and the Fed must be prepared

to provide additional financial support to prevent permanent damage to the economy from widespread bankruptcies among small businesses or long-term unemployment, which typically erodes workers’ skills and social networks. Congress has already approved roughly $3 trillion in rescue aid for individuals and businesses. But states and localities are in need of federal money to avoid having to cut jobs and services, and legislation to provide that money remains at an impasse in Congress. If necessary, Powell said, the Fed could expand any of the nine emergency lending programs it has launched since the viral outbreak began to harm the economy — or create new ones. In March, the central bank slashed its benchmark interest rate to near zero as stock markets plunged and bond markets froze. The Fed has also intervened by buying $2.1 trillion in Treasurys and other bonds in an effort to keep interest rates low and smooth the flow of credit.

Puerto Rico will hold statehood referendum SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gov. Wanda Vázquez announced on Saturday that she will hold a nonbinding referendum in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should become a U.S. state, a move that comes amid growing disillusion with the island’s U.S. territorial status. For the first time in the island’s history, the referendum will ask a single, simple question: Should Puerto Rico be immediately admitted as a U.S. state? It’s an answer that requires approval from U.S. Congress and a question that outraged the island’s small group of independence supporters and members of the main opposition Popular Democratic Party, which supports the status quo. But it’s a gamble that members of the governor’s pro-statehood party are confident will pay off given that Puerto Rico has struggled to obtain federal funds for hurricanes Irma and Maria, a string of recent strong earthquakes and the coronavirus pandemic amid growing complaints that the island does not receive fair and equal treatment. “Everything important in life carries some risk,” said former Puerto Rico governor Carlos Romero Barceló, a member of the Progressive New Party. Previous referendums have presented voters with more than one question or various options, including independence or upholding the current territorial status, but none have been so direct as the one scheduled to be held during the Nov. 3 general elections. “Our people will have the opportunity once and for all to define our future,” Vázquez said. “It’s never too late to be treated as equals.” Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens but

cannot vote in U.S. presidential elections. And while the island is exempt from the U.S. federal income tax, it still pays Social Security and Medicare and local taxes and receives less federal funding than U.S. states. Many believe the island’s territorial status has contributed to its struggle to recover from the hurricanes and earthquakes, as well as worsened its economic crisis, largely caused by decades of heavy borrowing and the elimination of federal tax incentives. U.S. Congress would have to accept the referendum results for it to move forward, and it has never acted on the island’s previous five referendums. The last one, held in 2017, was hit by a boycott and a low turnout that raised questions about the vote’s legitimacy. More than half a million people favored statehood in that referendum, followed by nearly 7,800 votes for free association/independence and more than 6,800 votes for the current territorial status. Voter turnout was just 23 percent. In the three referendums prior to 2017, no clear majority emerged, with voters sometimes almost evenly divided between statehood and the status quo. Statehood would award Puerto Rico two senators and five representatives, but it’s unlikely a Republican-controlled Congress would acknowledge the referendum because Puerto Rico tends to favor Democrats. Roberto Prats, a former Puerto Rico senator and member of the Popular Democratic Party, said in a phone interview that the upcoming referendum will be an exercise in futility like the five previous ones. “The only thing they’ve done is take away credibility from the statehood move-

ment,” he said, adding that Puerto Rico has eroded the federal government’s trust with its decades of corruption and mismanagement, and that any referendum should

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us they want a reduction of funding given to public safety.” Understaffing at the department Rector said that the fire department has seven full-time frontline firefighters at the moment, as well as a chief and assistant chief. “We are already understaffed and if this (measure) passes, we lose two more guys and that would make it impossible for us to respond to every medical call and quite literally cost people their lives,” Rector said. “When you become a firefighter, you don’t go into the line of work for the money or the glory. You do it because you love the citizens, love helping people and love the job. If that is taken from us, it would be detrimental to the community.” Rector said he’d like to see nine firefighters so that there would be three people per shift. Currently, firefighters at the department work 48 hours on and 96 hours off. With staffing as it is now, there is a two man shift and one three man shift “on a good day, assuming no one has a sick day or vacation,” he said.

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model of positive community policing, with officers available around the clock to respond to issues as they arise. “The question is ‘what do you want your officers to do’ — have them available 24-7 for all emergencies or have less interaction?” O’Connor said. For Rector, he says he understands citizens’ frustration for how “it was laid out and came to be” regarding the public safety fee. However, the “bottom line is we’re here now and we have to vote ‘No.’ I understand the argument on the other

side, but bottom line we need fire personnel for sure.” Tuesday, May 19, is Election Day. Ballots can be dropped off at designated ballot sites, but not mailed as postmarks are not counted in Oregon.

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toms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.

Anger over the public safety fee Grassroots opposition to the increased fee, North Bend Citizens for Good Faith Government, is responsible for pushing Measure 6-177 onto the ballot. The group also pushed Measure 6-176

on the ballot, which would require the City Council to ask voter approval before increasing any fees again. The pushback on the fee grew alongside a steady increase of the fee itself, which started out at $5. Residents voted down any further fee increases in 2018 when the fee was $15. Now, it is $30. Treasurer for North Bend Citizens for Good Faith Government, Jim Rose, argued that the potential cuts to the police and fire departments if the fee is decreased “are not truthful.” “The public budgeting process for 2021 (won’t) start until May 19, but the cuts talked about have not been voted on by an official in North Bend,” he said. “That’s shameful that those statements are made.” He added that over the past 11 years, the fire department’s budget has only increased by 12.6% while the police department budget increased by over 32%. He wondered, “How did the City Council allow the budget of the police department to rise at almost three times the level of the fire department over that period of time?” O’Connor said the North Bend Police Department follows the

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going straight down.” “I saw what looked like a parachute about, say, 20 feet over the house, and it disappeared from sight, and the parachute hadn’t fully deployed yet — it was still sort of straight up and down,” Kenny Hinds said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the cause of the crash is under investigation. Rose Miller lives directly across the street from where the plane hit. She’d watched the Snowbirds arrive on Saturday, and she went to her front window on Sunday when she heard the roar of jet engines. Miller said she heard a loud bang and wondered whether it might be a sonic boom. Then she watched the plane smash onto the

ground. “It looked to me like it was mostly on the road, but it just exploded. It went everywhere,” she said. “In fact, I got a big, huge piece in my backyard. The cops said it was the ejection seat.” Miller said a couple in their early 70s lives in the home. Both are OK, she said, noting that she’d spoken with them after they were evacuated to a nearby street. The woman had been in the basement while the man was behind the house. Miller said section of roof on a home on a nearby street has been covered up. “This accident really shakes us to our core,” Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said. About five houses had to be evacu-

ated. Operation Inspiration started in Nova Scotia earlier this month and features the team’s signature ninejet formation. It was aimed at boosting morale amid the pandemic. Marni Capostinsky said she lives across the street from the crash site and was out on the deck when she heard the plane getting closer. “We ran out under the cover to look and saw something black coming towards us, everyone hit the deck it was so loud,” she said. Hinds said it looked like the living room of the house where the crash occurred was on fire. “I just started running down the street. And I got there maybe a minute after

it crashed and there was a couple of residents that had their hoses out and they were trying to put the flames out because it hit a house,” he said. It’s been a difficult few weeks for Nova Scotia and the Canadian military as a navy helicopter went down over the Mediterranean last month, killing six people — three of whom were from Nova Scotia. Casey’s roots were in Nova Scotia — a province that saw a gunman kill 22 people in rampage amid the pandemic last month. Sunday’s crash follows the downing of another Snowbird in the U.S. state of Georgia last October, where the team was scheduled to perform in an air show. Capt. Kevin

Domon-Grenier sustained minor injuries when he ejected from the plane, which crashed into a farmer’s field. No one else was hurt. The Snowbirds have performed at airshows across Canada and the U.S. for decades and are considered a key tool for raising awareness about — and recruiting for — the air force. Eleven aircraft are used during shows, with nine flying and two kept as spares. The air force obtained its Tutor jets in 1963 and has used them in air demonstrations since 1971. Prior to Sunday’s crash, seven pilots and one passenger had been killed and several aircraft had been lost over the course of the Snowbirds’ history.

When a medical emergency call is made, fire personnel arrive on scene first “90% of the time,” Rector said, adding that it takes an average of three minutes or less while it takes the local ambulance service between five to six minutes “determining where the call is.” The department’s swift response has saved lives in the past. As recently as February, Rector was one of the firefighters who arrived first on scene when a man stopped breathing at the North Bend Public Library. “We were there within one minute,” Retor remembered. “(We) hooked him up to an AED, shocked him, did chest compressions and by the time the ambulance arrived he was starting to breathe on his own and made a 100% full recovery. That’s just one example that I was personally involved in, but we’ve been on numerous calls where we arrived before the ambulance.”

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Sports Briefs HORSE RACING Preakness Stakes is now scheduled for Oct. 3 The 145th Preakness Stakes has been rescheduled for Oct. 3, an announcement delivered Saturday less than hour before the original post time for the Triple Crown race. Traditionally held at Pimlico Race Course on the third Saturday in May, the Preakness was postponed April 3 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan disclosed the new date for the Preakness on NBC, which also had a hand in the decision because it televises the race.

McIlroy delivers winner in skins game DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press

Rory McIlroy delivered the money shot Sunday as live golf returned to television for a Skins game that revealed plenty of rust and raised more than $5 million for COVID-19 relief funds. McIlroy and Dustin Johnson, who had not won a skin since the sixth hole, had a chance to win the final six skins worth $1.1 million on the final hole at Seminole in the TaylorMade Driving Relief exhibition. Both missed and they returned to the par-3 17th for a closest-to-thepin contest. From a forward tee at 120

yards, Matthew Wolff was 18 feet below the hole. His partner, Rickie Fowler, missed the green. Johnson found a bunker. Down to the last shot, McIlroy barely stayed on the shelf left of the pin, measured at 13 feet. “Air five,” McIlroy said, alluding to the social distancing in place at Juno Beach, Florida. The final carryover gave McIlroy and Johnson $1.85 million for the American Nurses Foundation. Fowler, who made seven birdies, and Wolff made $1.15 million for the CDC Foundation. “I’m proud to be part of an event to entertain people at home on a Sunday afternoon and to

raise money for people who need it,” McIlroy said as he played the 18th hole. Wolff, the 21-year-old Californian with big game and plenty of swagger, earned $450,000 toward relief funds by having the longest drives on two par 5s — 356 yards on No. 2 and 368 yards on No. 14. Fowler’s seven birdies were worth $270,000 in a separate fund from Farmers Insurance, while McIlroy made four birdies in regulation worth $175,000 and Wolff had three birdies for $135,000. Johnson, who showed the most rust, had two birdies for $75,000. PGA Tour Charities allowed

for online donations during the telecast, raising more than $1 million. The donations will continue until Tuesday. When the exhibition ended, more than $5.5 million had been pledged, starting with the $3 million guarantee from UnitedHeath Group. Players carried their own bags. Television had a skeleton crew on the grounds — the play-byplay and analysts were 200 miles away in St. Augustine, Florida, while host Mike Tirico was at his home office in Michigan. The match went over four hours, primarily because players were at times held in place to give the six TV cameras time to get in position on the next hole.

BASEBALL MLB predicts big losses for games without fans NEW YORK — Major League Baseball told players their prorated salaries would contribute to an average loss of $640,000 for each game over an 82-game season in empty ballparks, according to a presentation from the commissioner’s office to the union that was obtained by The Associated Press. Painting a picture of a $10 billion industry shuttered by the contagion, the 12-page document titled “Economics of Playing Without Fans in Attendance” and dated May 12 was an initial step in negotiations aimed at starting the delayed season around the Fourth of July. Teams say the proposed method of salvaging a season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic would still cause a $4 billion loss and would give major league players 89% of revenue. They contend they lose more money with each additional game played. The players’ union, however, believes clubs would lose less money with more games.

Former manager Howe is released from hospital HOUSTON — Former major league manager and infielder Art Howe was released from a Houston hospital Sunday after a stay in intensive care because of the coronavirus. The 73-year-old Howe will be isolated at home for another week or two. Best known as the manager of the “Moneyball” Oakland Athletics playoff teams in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Howe confirmed Thursday night he has been dealing with the illness since first feeling symptoms of COVID-19 on May 3. He went to the hospital by ambulance Tuesday.

COURTS Baker, Dunbar released from Florida jail FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — NFL cornerbacks DeAndre Baker and Quinton Dunbar were released from Broward County Jail on Sunday, a day after surrendering on felony charges stemming from a cookout at a Miramar home. Baker posted a $200,000 bond after a Zoom hearing with Broward Circuit Judge Michael Davis. The New York Giants defender is charged with four counts of armed robbery with a firearm and four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm in the Wednesday incident. Dunbar is charged with four felony counts of armed robbery. The Seattle Seahawks player posted a $100,000 bond. Baker and Dunbar were attending the cookout Wednesday night when a fight broke out, and Baker pulled out a handgun, the warrant said. Baker, Dunbar and two other men began robbing people of thousands of dollars, watches and other valuables, witnesses told investigators. The players’ lawyers say they have witnesses who will clear them.

OBITUARY Former Chicago Bears executive McCaskey dies LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Michael McCaskey, who led the Chicago Bears for nearly three decades following the death of his grandfather George Halas, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer, the team said. He was 76.

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With the scoreboard in the background, North Bend’s John Burgmeier grabs a rebound during a February game against Crater. High school basketball will continue to be played without a shot clock during the coming school year.

Committee turns down shot clock proposals

While there has been some push around the country for high school basketball to go to using a shot clock, it’s not happening in the coming year. The National Federation of State High School Associations’ Basketball Rules Committee

pondered both a proposal for a national rule mandating the shot clock and a proposal to allow a shot clock for states that adopt the concept and turned down both proposals. “Information was given to the Basketball Rules Committee that shared the votes in individual states on how coaches and officials voted in support of or non-support of the shot clock rule,” said Theresia Wynns, the NFHS director of sports and liaison to the committee. “The conversation among the committee

members explored the pros and cons of enacting the proposal as a rule for all states and likewise for state adoption. “The committee will continue to explore the shot clock issue.” The rules committee held the meeting online in April to comply with current health safety guidelines. The committee also addressed other issues. One thing the group did approve was clarifying Rule 10-6-1 to clarify that an officials is not required to warn a coach before

issuing a technical foul. “This amends an existing rule that gave the impression that a warning was a prerequisite to ruling a technical foul,” Wynns said. “Using the word ‘may’ helps one to understand that a warning is only an option.” The committee also updated Rule 5-4-1 to state that a game is declared a forfeit if a coach is removed from the contest for unsporting conduct and no authorized personnel are present to assume responsibility of the team.

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — This was a 400-mile drive unlike any other in modern day NASCAR. The grandstands were completely empty. There wasn’t a single tailgate inside the track. Everyone wore face coverings — some with the team logos, others opting for plain disposable medical masks. It was nothing close to the corporate sponsorship, pomp and patriotic traveling circus that symbolizes NASCAR. But when the engines fired at Darlington Raceway following a 10-week layoff during the coronavirus pandemic, it turned into a regular old race. Kevin Harvick beat Alex Bowman to win NASCAR’s first race back, a spectacle closely watched to see if the largest motorsports series in the United States could successfully return to the track. “I just want to thank everybody from NASCAR and all the teams for letting us do what we do,” Harvick said. “I didn’t think it was going to be that different, then we won and it’s dead silent out here. We miss the fans.” It was a crucial gamble for NASCAR, which had to get back to the track to stave off financial ruin. With races on hold, no money was coming into the sport whatsoever and the NASCAR business model can not sustain the lack of revenue.

NASCAR developed a health plan approved by officials in both South Carolina and North Carolina and scheduled seven races over the next 11 days at two tracks. As other states began to open, the series tacked more races to fill the calendar with 20 events across seven Southern states between now and June 21. There will be no spectators at least through that date. This first event was called the “The Real Heroes 400” and dedicated to health care workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The names of health care workers across the country were substituted for the drivers’ name above the door on each of the 40 cars. Harvick’s car honored Dr. Joshua Hughes, an emergency medicine physician in the Charlotte area. “Josh is one of my really good friends, I spend a lot of time talking to him through this pandemic and really have heard how those doctors are affected with everything they have going on with their personal life and whether they’re sick, not sick, how they should treat people,” Harvick said. “I’m just really honored and really thankful for all of our front line workers, not only our doctors, but grocery stores, truck drivers, fire fighters, police departments — you name it. “All of you front line workers are the reason that we’re here

today and our country is actually still running.” The health care workers then virtually gave the command to start the engines. “Our drivers, race teams and officials have been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to get back to the race track and we want to assure you that we have taken the return to racing very seriously,” NASCAR President Steve Phelps wrote in a letter to fans released Sunday morning. The industry had to be extremely careful because to even get to the Coca-Cola 600 next week at Charlotte Motor Speedway, NASCAR had to get it right at Darlington. Steve O’Donnell, executive vice president of NASCAR, was pleased with the collective effort from the industry. “We didn’t have to tell anyone or remind anyone to wear a mask,” O’Donnell said. “It felt a little odd with the garage area because it was scaled down in terms of personnel, but all in all I think it went really well.” Teams were required to submit rosters in advance with only 16 members allotted per car. Names were on a list at a checkpoint at the end of a gravel road just off Harry Byrd Highway and everyone who passed through had their temperature checked and logged before they could enter.

NASCAR did not have to turn anyone away, and all 40 drivers were cleared to race. NASCAR has declined to do COVID-19 testing to ensure those tests go to those in need, but competitors are supposed to log who they come into contact with, not return to the race shop after being at the track and continue to follow CDC guidelines on social distancing. Among those to make it inside were Ryan Newman, back for the first time since he suffered a head injury exactly three months ago in a wreck on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Newman missed only three races because of NASCAR’s shutdown and finished 15th in his return. Also in the field was Matt Kenseth, who at 48 was the oldest driver at Darlington and he raced for the first time since the 2018 season finale. Kenseth was brought out of retirement by Chip Ganassi when Kyle Larson was fired for using a racial slur during an iRacing event that kept NASCAR occupied when racing was on hold. Kenseth finished 10th. The odd and empty setting was the backdrop for some typical NASCAR mishaps. Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson crashed while leading on the final lap of the first stage, a better result than poor Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who barely made it out of the second turn before he crashed.

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Harvick wins as NASCAR returns to live racing