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Gold Beach mayor stands by comments

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Vietnam veteran and North Bend native Karl Popoff now serves as the mayor of Gold Beach.

ZACH SILVAThe World

GOLD BEACH — The inflammato-ry email to Oregon Coast Community Action from board member Karl Popoff was the topic of discussion during Gold Beach’s city council meeting this week.

The email, sent last Monday, led to Popoff stepping down from his position on ORCCA’s board. However, the Gold Beach mayor still had to face his city council over the email that included ex-plosive comments about the Black Lives Matter movement.

The Gold Beach City Council con-cluded on Tuesday that the language used by Popoff in his email violated city policy.

As a result, the council censured him by not paying for his travel to some of the various boards he serves on around the state, including the Oregon Depart-

ment of Transportation and the Oregon Mayor’s Association.

The Gold Beach City Council did not reach an agreement that he should no longer serve on those boards, so he will stay. Popoff is up for reelection as mayor in November.

Additionally, the city council is plan-ning to put out a statement to show that it does not condone his actions.

Following a nearly two-hour execu-tive session Tuesday night, the council met in public session for almost an additional hour where council members shared their feelings and Popoff said he accepted responsibility but did not show remorse.

“There is no racism, there is no intention to hurt (ORCCA Executive Director) Kim (Brick),” said Popoff of his email, which had been in response to Brick’s initial email which stated, among other things, that black lives matter.

“My intention at the time was that quite frankly, I was — I guess I took offense that these people matter more than other people.”

Brick’s email was sent to ORCCA board members and staff, discussing deep levels of institutional racism in the country. Her email also explained that nationwide community action programs like ORCCA stemmed from the Civil Rights movement.

ORCCA is a charitable organiza-tion that provides resources through programs such as the South Coast Food Share, South Coast Head Start in addition to working to help those in need including those experiencing homeless-ness.

Popoff, who has served as mayor for Gold Beach for 16 years, responded to everyone included on the email.

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Just Beachy Coos Bay lowers fees for social gamingCHERYL UPSHAWThe World

COOS BAY — Coos Bay City Council approved a resolution Tuesday night that will lower the fees on little-used local social gaming licenses.

There are only a few business-es that host social gaming and these have been hard-hit by the outbreak of the novel coronavi-rus.

Social gaming in Coos Bay refers to small-scale gambling, generally in the form of card games that are hosted in bars. There are fewer than five busi-nesses in Coos Bay that host social gaming, along with a few organizations that sporadically hold social gaming events. Social gaming is distinct from the gam-ing that occurs in The Mill the Three Rivers casinos, which is more heavily regulated.

The portion of city code that deals with social gaming had not been updated since 1989. City staff recommended the code be changed in order to more accurately reflect the cost of maintaining the licenses. There are background checks involved with the licensing, which con-tributes to the cost.

The original application fee was $65. In addition to this, businesses would pay a $150 fee each quarter for each gaming table they hosted. Employees and dealers had to pay an addition-al $25 application fee yearly. Businesses could be approved for one-time special event licenses by paying $25 for each event.

The new fee is $75 per year per table. The employee fee went up to $50 per year and the event fee remained the same.

City Manager Rodger Crad-dock did not feel that the lowered fees would incentivize more businesses to take advantage of social gaming.

Craddock explained that while social gaming was formerly com-mon in Oregon, several decades ago, it was outlawed across the state. Areas like Coos Bay, which already had ordinances in place to govern social gaming were allowed to continue with the practice.

Businesses cannot profit off the tables themselves, but can profit off the food and drink sold to patrons who use the tables.

The games at local bar Coney Station were paused due to restrictions for the new coronavi-rus, but will likely resume later. According to co-owner Sandra Jones, the games help her busi-ness, though they are only hosted sporadically.

“They do order food,” she said.

The council voted unanimous-ly in favor of making the change.

Zach Silva, The World

Beachgoers head to Sunset Bay Park on a sunny (and windy) Wednesday afternoon. With sunny weather expected for the next week, the area’s beaches are likely destinations for many area residents.

Split Supreme Court rules against Trump in DACA case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday re-jected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants, a stunning rebuke to the president in the midst of his reelection campaign.

For now, those immigrants retain their protection from de-portation and their authorization to work in the United States.

The 5-4 outcome, in which Chief Justice John Roberts and the four liberal justices were in the majority, seems certain to elevate the issue in Trump’s cam-paign, given the anti-immigrant rhetoric of his first presidential run in 2016 and immigration restrictions his administration has imposed since then. It was the second big liberal victory at the court this week, following Monday’s ruling that it’s illegal to fire people because they’re gay or transgender.

The justices rejected admin-istration arguments that the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program is il-legal and that courts have no role to play in reviewing the decision to end DACA.

Trump’s first reaction came on Twitter, where he retweeted a comment incorporating a line from Justice Clarence Thomas’ dis-senting opinion in which Thomas called the ruling “an effort to avoid a politically controversial

but legally correct decision.”Roberts wrote for the court

that the administration did not pursue the end of the program properly.

“We do not decide whether DACA or its rescission are sound policies,“ Roberts wrote. “We address only whether the agency complied with the procedural requirement that it provide a rea-soned explanation for its action. Here the agency failed to con-sider the conspicuous issues of whether to retain forbearance and what if anything to do about the hardship to DACA recipients.”

The Department of Homeland Security can try again, he wrote. But any new order to end the program, and the legal challenge it would provoke, would take months, if not longer, immigra-tion experts said.

The court’s four conservative justices dissented. Justice Thom-as, in a dissent joined by Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch, wrote that DACA was illegal from the moment it was created under the Obama administration in 2012.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a separate dissent that he was satisfied that the administration acted appropriately in trying to end the program.

DACA recipents were elated by the ruling.

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Governor requires people to wear masks in 7 counties

SALEM (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday that residents in seven of Ore-gon’s counties will be required to wear masks at indoor public spaces as COVID-19 social distancing restrictions are tenta-tively eased.

Multnomah County, the state’s most populous, is among the counties where people will be required to wear masks indoors.

Brown also gave the go-ahead to four counties to enter a new reopening phase, including Multnomah, home to Portland, which had been the only county that had not yet entered phase 1.

These announcements come as the state continues to see a spike in cases. As of Wednes-day’s case count, the total number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in Oregon is 6,218. In addition, one more person died from the disease, raising the state’s death toll to 183.

Last week Brown issued a statewide pause on all county applications to move into a new reopening phase, in order to give health experts “time to assess what factors are driving the spread of the virus and make adjustments to our reopening strategy.”

After an analysis of the growth of new cases, hospital-izations and results of contact tracing, Brown approved Marion, Polk, and Hood River counties to implement phase

2 of the state’s reopening plan and Multnomah County begin phase 1 Friday.

“While Multnomah County has seen an increase in new cas-es recently, the county has not experienced an uptrend in new hospital admissions, and overall hospitalizations remain well within capacity,” Brown said about the county, which was the only Oregon county that had not yet reached phase one.

However, residents in all four counties approved to move into the next phase, in addition to Clakamas, Lincoln and Hood River counties, will be required to wear face covering while in public indoor spaces beginning June 24.

Up until now, the governor had determined what counties could enter a new phase on a county by county basis. How-ever, that is changing.

Some counties will now be grouped together as regional units for reopening decisions.

The tri-county area–– Mult-nomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties— will be treated as a single unit Marion and Polk Counties, which each include parts of Salem, will also be treated as a unit going forward.

“Both of these regions in-clude a highly-connected urban area, making it difficult to mon-itor the disease based solely on the contours of county jurisdic-tional lines,” Brown said.

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As a result of these de-cisions, the entire tri-coun-ty region will remain in phase 1 for at least 21 days, beginning June 19. After that, the regional unit will become eligible for phase 2 if they meet requirements.

“I know this impacts communities and business-es in Clackamas and Wash-ington counties,” Brown said. “But, as we reopen our state, we must recog-nize how interconnected the metro area is.”

Commissioners in Union County, which is dealing with the state’s largest coronavirus outbreak, took their own additional precautions against the deadly disease Wednesday by voting to recommend rolling back a loosening on restrictions, The Observer newspaper reported.

The move by Union County comes as the county of roughly 27,000 people nestled amid na-tional forestland struggles with 242 confirmed cases

of COVID-19. County health authorities said Wednesday at least 236 of those are related to the Lighthouse Pentecostal Church in Island City. The county previously had just a handful of cases and had moved to the second phase of reopening under Gov. Kate Brown’s plan.

The votes are rec-ommendations and the county is looking into what enforcement power it has. Union County is about 240 miles (386 kilometers) east of Portland.

Statewide, Oregon has seen a rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases in recent days following the outbreak in Union Coun-ty and an outbreak at a seafood processing plant in Newport, a city in Lincoln County.

Brown said that over the next week the Oregon Health Authority will closely be monitoring case data across the state.

“If hospitalizations spike too rapidly, if the capacity of our health care system is threatened, we will be forced to revert to stricter rules,” Brown said.

“We’ll keep living our lives in the meantime,” said Cesar Espinosa, who leads the Houston immi-gration advocacy group FIEL. “We’re going to continue to work, continue to advocate.”

Espinosa said he got little sleep overnight in anticipation of a possible decision Thursday. In the minutes since the deci-sion was posted, he said his group was “flooded

with calls with Dreamers, happy, with that hope that they’re going to at least be in this country for a while longer.”

From the Senate floor, the Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said of the DACA decision, “I cried tears of joy.”

“Wow,” he went on, choking up. “These kids, these families, I feel for them, and I think all of America does.

DACA covers people who have been in the United States since they were children and are in

the country illegally. In some cases, they have no memory of any home other than the U.S.

The program grew out of an impasse over a com-prehensive immigration bill between Congress and the Obama administration in 2012. President Barack Obama decided to formally protect people from depor-tation while also allowing them to work legally in the U.S.

But Trump made tough talk on immigration a central part of his cam-paign and less than eight

months after taking office, he announced in Septem-ber 2017 that he would end DACA.

Immigrants, civil rights groups, universities and Democratic-led states quickly sued, and courts put the administration’s plan on hold.

The Department of Homeland Security has continued to process two-year DACA renewals so that hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients have protections stretching be-yond the election and even into 2022.

“Kim, with all due re-spect, you can shove your racism bandwagon,” start-ed Popoff in his incendiary email.

“I am so sick of having people throwing up racism/white privilege at every turn,” he continued. “You want to know what is hurt-ing blacks? The welfare system. NO dads at home. And, you know what? It is also hurting whites, and American Indians. Black lives don’t matter to Black Lives Matter people....”

Three Gold Beach city council members — Sum-mer Matteson, Becky Campbell and Tamie Kaufman — voted that this email violated city policy while two mem-bers — Larry Brennan and Anthony Pagano — said that it did not.

The policy came from the City of Gold Beach Policy Manual which, according to the manual, applies to all city employ-ees, volunteers and elected officials. Policy 200.4 regarding harassment and discrimination was discussed.

“The City of Gold Beach is committed to a work environment that is free of illegal bias, preju-dice and harassment and where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity,” reads the policy.

Council members expressed that the start of Popoff’s email, and por-tions throughout, did not align with this policy.

“I will not take back the views I have for the Black Lives Matter orga-nization because I know what they do. And it has nothing to do — nothing to do — with black lives. It has everything to do with anarchy and whatever they’re doing right now,” Popoff told the council on Tuesday night.

The council passed a motion that they would release a statement saying it does not agree with the opinions Popoff expressed in his email, in addition to plan to include a statement of diversity and that the council wants to work as a community moving forward.

Near the end of the meeting, a motion was made by a councilor to have Popoff write a formal apology that would be delivered to the ORCCA staff. Before the motion could be seconded, Popoff interjected.

“Sorry, I won’t do that. I’m willing to give a blan-ket apology to everyone but I’ve already made my apologies and I’m not going to be coerced into doing something more than that. I said I would make a public apology, and I will make a public apology about the two things that I spoke about and I’ve been ada-mant about that,” he said.

“ORCCA can get a copy of that letter. That’s what I believe. Let them have a copy of the letter, a letter that is going out to every-one or whoever it is that we’re going to be sending it out to. But something specially for them? No, I’m not going to do it.”

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Maintenance dredging of Coos Bay harbor will begin in July and continue through October 2020.

Dredging starts in early JulyThe World

COOS BAY — Ameri-can Construction Company has been contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-neers to perform mainte-nance dredging in the Coos Bay harbor from river miles 12 to 15 beginning on or around July 1.

According to a press re-lease from the International Port of Coos Bay, dredging was also conducted in this section of the Federal Nav-igation Channel throughout the summer of 2019. This section of the Upper Bay spans from the Oregon Chip Terminal to the Georgia Pa-cific Sawmill site. Prior to the dredging work that took place in 2019, this section

of the channel had not been dredged since 2010.

Maintenance dredging work will be performed continuously, 24 hours per day and 7 days per week, and is scheduled to be com-pleted Oct. 31, 2020, stated the press release. It is esti-mated that approximately 1 million cubic yards of material will be removed from the channel and placed offshore at Ocean Disposal Site H. American Construction Company will utilize the clamshell dredge “The Patriot” to load two split hull scows, the “Lib-erty” and the “Freedom.” The scows will be towed by Pacific Tug Company to the offshore material placement site.

“During the dredging project, mariners are urged to use extreme caution when navigating in the Upper Bay this summer,” a Port representative said. “At the dredge site, mariners are encouraged to transit at their slowest safe speed to minimize wake, and to proceed with cau-tion after passing arrange-ments have been made.”

The Coos Bay Federal Navigation Channel is 15.1 miles long from the mouth of the bay to its furthest reach. The authorized depth of the channel is cur-rently -37 feet Mean Low-est Low Water (MLLW), and its authorized nominal width is 300 feet.

“This project is critical

to ensuring that deep draft vessels can transit through-out the harbor, a major component of our local and regional economies,” stated the Port.

Regular maintenance dredging improves safety and strengthens the local economy. As the non-fed-eral sponsor of the channel, the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay holds the Unified Dredging Permit for terminals along the naviga-tion channel that depend on the waterway for maritime commerce. The Unified Permit allows terminals to dredge at the dock face in areas outside of the Federal Navigation Channel, allow-ing vessels to berth safely and efficiently.

Powers police, public works crew rescue stranded catThe World

POWERS — The Pow-ers Police Department came to the rescue of a Calico cat this week after it was found stuck in an outhouse septic tank in Orchard Park.

The cat was discovered by crew members from the Powers Public Works Department who were at the park this week to pump the outhouse tank.

In a press release from the Powers Police Depart-ment, Powers Police Chief Kevin Macho responded to the call where he utilized a dog-catcher pole, which he said was barely long enough, to reach the cat.

The crew members, who were still on site, aided in the cat’s rescue by provid-ing assistance, according to the press release. One crew member held a flash light

to the tank and another employee helped Macho stabilize the end of the dog-catching pole.

The pole was barely long enough to reach the cat, read the release. The cat was retrieved from the tank in about 15 minutes.

“The cat would have died in the tank without be-ing rescued as there was no possible way for the cat to extricate itself on its own,”

read the press release. “The tank was too deep.”

The cat fled immediately after it was rescued. Its whereabouts are currently unknown.

“There were no injuries in the incident, although the police chief did not smell particularly pleasant after the incident was over and had to wash thoroughly,” read the press release. “The cat appeared to be unharmed.”

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DEAR ABBY: I am 19 and have been kicked out of my house. I’m grateful for everything my parents have done for me. My dad continues to compare me to my old-er siblings, although I’m the exact opposite of them. They are not going to college, they barely graduated from high school and continue to abuse alcohol and drugs.

I’m in college earning almost all A’s. I graduated from high school with flying colors and have a steady job. I provide for myself (food, gas, buying anything I need) and pay for car insurance. I have tried my hardest to be the best daughter and a good influence for my younger siblings.

I have asked my father multiple times during the last year to stop comparing me to my older siblings. He hasn’t. Our last conversation was a few weeks ago, when he told me to pack my stuff and get out of the house because I was an “ungrateful daughter” and “hoeing around just like my older siblings.”

I have been focusing on my education and can’t understand how he came to that conclusion. Frankly, I was very hurt he thought that of me. I’m not my siblings; I am myself, and I’m doing the best I can to give myself a successful future. My father refuses to see that. What should I do? -- BE-WILDERED DAUGHTER IN TEXAS

DEAR DAUGHTER: I don’t know what’s wrong with your father, but some-thing is. You appear to be mature and responsible and doing your best to lay the foundation for a successful future. I applaud you for it.

If it’s possible for you to live elsewhere, perhaps with other relatives, and avoid your father’s uncalled-for verbal abuse, it might be healthier for you. Do not expect him to be pleased about it, because no matter how hard you try, you may never be able to please him, so be prepared.

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been dating for three years. The one issue we argue about is religion. I am a Catholic and he’s from another Christian denomination. I respect all religions and am open-minded.

However, after going to his church three

times, I didn’t like it at all. They have many strict rules which, if not obeyed, will result in a person being shunned. What kind of church does that? They compare Catholics to themselves and say everything Catholics do is wrong according to the Bible. I have never felt so unwelcome in my life.

My boyfriend’s parents want me to convert, but I don’t want to. Because of this, his relationship with his parents is being affected. He plans to quit his church and become an atheist. I don’t know how to feel about this. It would be hard to convince him to join my church. We have had many fights over this, and I wonder if we should just break up. That way we wouldn’t have to discuss who is converting or where we are going to marry. Please give me some advice. -- STRESSED IN THE ISLANDS

DEAR STRESSED: Considering the stance your boyfriend’s family’s religion has on marrying out of the faith, I’m surprised your relationship has made it this far. Fight-ing benefits neither of you. Talking about this calmly and rationally might bring you closer.

If he quits his church, his family and friends will make every effort to isolate and punish him. He may have to completely rebuild his social relationships. If he has any sort of religious inclination, rather than him overreacting by “becoming an (instant) atheist,” the two of you might like to explore finding a denomination together that fills your needs. But be prepared for pushback because his parents (and possibly yours) are not going to like it.

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Southwestern plans early start for fall term 2020The World

COOS BAY — South-western Oregon Com-munity College fall term courses will start on Mon-day, Sept. 14. The college is taking steps to begin fall term two weeks early to better serve its students during the COVID-19 situation.

With this schedule, students will take 11 weeks of classes and the last day of finals will be Wednes-day, Nov. 25. This ensures students complete fall term prior to the Thanksgiving weekend, and will not be required to return to school until winter term classes begin in January.

Student housing on the Coos Bay campus will be operating fall term. Move-in will be Thursday, Sept. 10. The college’s dining services also will re-open at that time with the start of fall term.

Throughout summer,

Southwestern’s Coos and Curry campuses will re-main closed to the general public. During this time, staff will begin prepara-tions for a phased-in re-opening of fall on-campus services for students and procedures for protecting the health of students and staff. The college’s pro-cedures will comply with federal and state guidelines for social distancing and safety protocols for higher education institutions.

For details about regis-tration and programs, go to www.socc.edu.

College staff is working remotely by phone and email to assist its students and community members. For help, please contact the following offices:

• To talk with an adviser Coos Campus: 541-888-7405

• To talk with an advisor Curry Campus: 541-813-1667

• To register for classes

Coos Campus: 541-888-7352

• To register for classes Curry Campus: curryfirst-stop@socc.edu

• Student housing: 541-888-7635, housing@socc.edu

• Veterans Services: 541-888-7236, vets@socc.edu

• Financial Aid: 541-888-7324 and 541-888-1617, fao@socc.edu

• Athletics: Contact individual coaches or for general inquiries, 541-888-7452.

Southwestern Oregon Community College staff remains in close contact with state officials about the developments with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. To find the most current information concerning the College, visit Southwestern’s novel coronavirus updates web-page at https://mylakerlink.socc.edu/ICS/Administra-tive_Services/.

John Gunther, The World

Construction continues on the new Health and Science building at Southwestern Oregon Community College.

Public warned to keep distance on the roadThe World

SOUTH COAST — As restrictions lift and Oregon sees more traffic, the Oregon Department of Transporta-tion warns the public to keep their distance not just in the store but also on the road.

A press release from the department warned that following too closely was in the top 10 driver errors in Oregon. The release also pointed out that “maintain-ing a safe following distance can prevent everything from fender benders to tragic fatal and serious injury crashes.”

ODOT gave a series of recommendations for driv-ing at a safe distance.

How can drivers know what’s safe? The speed at which they drive determines how much time they have to act or react and how long it takes to stop. The higher the speed a driver is traveling, the less time they have to spot hazards, judge the speed of other traffic and react to conditions.

A safe following dis-tance is defined as two to four seconds. For speeds greater than 30 mph, a safe following distance should be 4 seconds or more to allow enough time to make a deci-sion and take action.

ODOT recommends that drivers always maintain a safe following distance from

the vehicle in front of them. Drivers will have a better view of the road to watch for problems and more time to react.

How drivers can deter-mine if they are following too closely

ODOT recommends driv-ers watch for when the rear of the vehicle ahead passes something like a sign or pole. Then, the press release said, drivers should count the seconds it takes to reach the same spot. Drivers are following too closely if they pass the mark before they

finish counting at least two to four seconds, depending on their speed.

If a driver finds they are following too closely, ODOT recommends in-creasing the space between their car and the vehicle ahead and count again at another spot to check the new following distance. Drivers should repeat these steps until they are no closer than two to four seconds behind the other vehicle.

Additionally, when stopping behind a vehicle, drivers should make sure

they can see where the rear tires of the vehicle in front meet the road. After traffic starts to move, drivers can return to their safe follow-ing distance.

Drivers may need more space

There are situations, such as those listed below, when drivers need even more space between their vehicle and the one in front of them. In all of these situations, drivers should increase their following distance:

On wet or slippery roads more distance is need-ed to stop a vehicle

When the driver behind wants to pass, drivers should slow down to allow room in front of their vehicle for the passing vehicle to complete the pass.

When following bicy-cles or motorcycles, drivers need extra room in case the rider loses control or stops suddenly.

The drivers of large ve-hicles may not be able to see drivers when you are directly behind them. Give these vehicles additional space. These vehicles also block the view of the road ahead.

Those who have a

heavy load or are pulling a trailer should know that the extra weight increases their stopping distance.

In bad weather or dark-ness, drivers should increase their following distance to make up for decreased visibility.

Drivers should give extra space when stopped on a hill, as the vehicle ahead may roll back when it starts to move.

When they are learning to drive, drivers should increase their following distance. The extra room provides drivers time to make critical decisions as they learn.

Drivers should increase their following distance when approaching or in a work zone. Traffic may slow or stop unexpectedly in these areas.

To learn more about traf-fic laws regarding follow-ing distance, read Oregon Revised Statute 811.147 at oregonlaws.org/ors/811.147.

Oregon reports 122 new virus cases, 1 new deathThe World

PORTLAND — COVID-19 has claimed one more life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 183, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday.

Oregon Health Authority reported 122 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Wednesday bringing the state total to 6,218.

The new cases reported Wednesday are in the fol-lowing counties: Benton (3), Clackamas (17), Deschutes (2), Jackson (2) Josephine (2), Klamath (3), Lake (1), Lincoln (3), Marion (17), Morrow (1), Multnomah (34), Polk (1), Umatilla (12), Union (2), Washington (22).

Oregon’s 183rd COVID-19 death is a 95-year-old woman in Clackamas County, who tested positive on June 4 and died on June 11. Her place of death is being confirmed. She had underlying medical conditions.

OHA releases Weekly Report

On Wednesday, OHA re-leased its COVID-19 Weekly Report, which outlines data and trends on outbreaks and other epidemiological information collected over

the last week. This week’s report shows that during the week from Monday, June 8, through Sunday, June 14, OHA recorded 898 new cases of COVID-19 infec-tion, a 44% increase from the previous week. In addition, 16 Oregonians were reported to have died, compared with 10 deaths in the preceding week. In that same week, the number of COVID-19 tests reported (24,708) increased substantially (35%) compared to the preceding week while the percentage of tests posi-tive remained approximately the same (3.1% vs. 3.0% during preceding week).

In this week’s report there are several new figures that shed light on additional trends. These depict weekly trends in reported COVID-19 cases by epidemiologic link to other known cases, age, sex, race, and ethnicity.

New outbreak reportedAn outbreak of 20 cases of

COVID-19 has been reported at Teeny Foods in Multnomah County. The case count includes all persons linked to the outbreak, which may include household members and other close contacts to an employee. The outbreak in-vestigation started on June 8, but the initial case count was

below the threshold for public disclosure.

State and county public health officials are working with this business to address the outbreak and protect the health of workers.

Medicaid Enrollment Report posted

This week, the Oregon Health Authority has begun posting a weekly Medicaid enrollment report. The report, which will be posted on Tues-days on OHA’s COVID-19 page, lists the increase in Medicaid enrollment over the previous week, as well as the total increase since the COVID-19 emergency declaration March 8. This week’s snapshot shows that as of June 15, 2020, there are 1,149,620 members enrolled in Oregon Health Plan, an increase of 3,990 members over the past week (0.35%) and 70,007 members since the emergency declaration (6.48%). Please note that the chart marks snapshots of enrollment actuals produced every week. This data is preliminary and represents a point in time measurement of enrollment. It does not include retroactive eligibility changes. OHP data is finalized 90 days after the month ends to allow for retroactive enrollments.

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75 YEARS — June 18, 1945

Lumber Wage Hearing Held

Public hearings by the West Coast Lumber com-mission for the purpose of stabilizing wages in the lumber industry were con-cluded at the city hall in Coos Bay Saturday for all lumber operators of Coos, Curry and western Doug-las counties. E.H. Card, executive secretary of the Oregon Coast Operators announced today that more than 50 operators attended from the three counties, together with CIO and AF of L union leaders.

These hearings were held by the commission in order that all operators could submit the amount of wages being paid to employees in their indus-tries and this information has been submitted to the commission in Portland. Findings of these reports will be announced within three months, according to Mr. Card.

Violations of wage adjustments by lumber operators without the approval of the West Coast Lumber Commission will be checked in the infor-mation submitted at the hearings and action will be taken by the commission within three months, if any violations of the wage sta-bilization act of October, 1942, are found.

Play Program For Coquille

COQUILLE, June 18 — (Special) All children of Coquille will be afforded a supervised program of play with the opening of the playground in the Coquille park, Tuesday, June 19, under the direction of the Coquille city park com-mission, Stanton Stevens, chairman announced today.

Margaret Hughes of the University of Oregon physical education depart-ment will be in charge of the program this summer. The playground is operated by the park commission acting with the Coquille city council.

This is the fifth year it has been in operation, and continues through the sum-mer months, until a few weeks before school opens in the fall.

50 YEARS — June 18, 1970

Firemen To Conduct Free Pickup

Fire Marshal Joe Nagle of the North Bend Fire Department has announced a free pickup of both com-bustible and non-combusti-ble rubbish to be conduct-ed within the city limits of North Bend June 22-25.

The June 22 collection area includes Simpson Heights and all areas north of Virginia Avenue bound-ed on the east by Sheridan and on the west by Pony Slough.

The June 23 collection area includes the area south of Virginia Avenue to the Coos Bay city limits bounded on the east by Highway 101 and on the

west by Pony Slough.

11 Earn Straight A At Marshfield JHS

Nine eighth graders and two seventh graders earned all “A’s,” or a perfect 4.00 grade point average for the second semester of the recently-completed school year at Marshfield Junior High, Principal Fred Pruitt has announced.

Registering perfect grades among the eighth graders were Shirley Bush, Andrea Crim, Luann Fa-gan, Arlene Hale, Janette Lawrence, Caryn Marsh, Vicki Matson, Kathery McIntosh and Pamela Minor.

David Graves and De-nise Swank were the two seventh graders achieving perfect grades during the semester.

15 YEARS — June 18, 2005

New signs up at local beaches advise of water quality

The Oregon Department of Human Services is put-ting up new advisory signs at 12 beaches in Oregon to inform visitors about water quality at those areas.

Locally, the signs will be installed at Bastendorff County Park and Sunset Bay State Park in Coos County.

The signs are part of a monitoring program that the department started in 2003 at heavily used recreational beaches. When abnormally high levels of bacteria are detected, the department issues a health advisory.

Whiting fishermen, processors propose coop-erative plan

By Susan Chambers, Staff Writer

Two seafood groups have proposed federal legislation that would, in effect, create an individual fishery quota system for shoreside Pacific whiting fishermen and processors in California, Oregon and Washington - a fishery

worth more, to fishermen alone, than $7 million annually.

Under a quota system, specified shares of the annual catch are assigned to individuals or groups ac-cording to federal regula-tions. Quota systems, each with different regulations, have been implemented in several fisheries in the United States.

The Portland-based West Coast Seafood Pro-cessors Association and Newport-based Midwater Trawlers Cooperative put together a bill that would allocate the shore-based whiting harvest among the fishermen and processors that have participated in the fishery during the last several years. They hope to have it introduced this month.

These stories were found in the Marshfield Sun Printing Museum news-paper repository stored in Marshfield HS courtesy of Coos Bay Schools and on The World newspaper website www.theworld-link.com.

Senator Wyden to host virtual town hall for Coos, Curry, Douglas countiesRegional town hall will take place Friday at 11 a.m.

ZACH SILVAThe World

SOUTH COAST — In an effort to hear from Oregonians across the

state, Sen. Ron Wyden is hosting an online town hall on Friday at 11 a.m. for residents of Curry, Coos and Douglas counties.

“While the virtual format this time with me joining from Washington DC differs, I expect the conversation will be just as robust,” Wyden said in a recent press release. “And I

very much look forward to hearing from Curry, Coos and Douglas counties.”

Those residing in the area are able to submit questions prior to the event in a questionnaire that can be found on Wyden’s website. A link to the lives-tream will be available on Wyden’s Facebook page and through the website

townhallproject.com.“Hearing directly from

Oregonians is always a top priority and that conver-sation must continue so Oregonians in every part of our state can ask me ques-tions, voice their views and share their priorities about all the challenges facing our state and country,” Wyden stated in the press

release.“The coronavirus public

health crisis puts those in-person town halls on a temporary hold, but this virtual town hall with res-idents channels the best of our state’s ‘Oregon Way’ to figure out solutions that allow these civil conversa-tions to continue.”

Wyden has held 970

in-person town in an effort to fulfill his goal of one town hall every year in all 36 counties across Oregon. He has postponed in-per-son town halls for the time being due to COVID-19.

Friday’s town hall is Wyden’s third of six re-gional town halls sched-uled in areas across the state.

Prosecutor: Officer kicked Rayshard Brooks after shootingATLANTA (AP) — As

Rayshard Brooks lay dying in a Wendy’s parking lot, prosecutors say the Atlanta police officer who shot him in the back kicked him and didn’t give him medical attention for more than two minutes.

Rolfe, who is white, shot Brooks after the 27-year-old black man grabbed a Taser and ran, firing it at the officer, the prosecutor said. But when the officer fired his gun, Brooks was too far ahead of him for the Taser to be a danger, and it had already been fired twice, so it was empty and no longer a threat, Howard said.

“I got him!” Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard quoted Offi-cer Garrett Rolfe as saying.

On Wednesday, the pros-ecutor announced a murder charge against Rolfe and an aggravated assault charge against a second officer, Devin Brosnan, who the district attorney said stood on Brooks’ shoulder as he struggled for his life.

The decision to prose-cute came less than five days after the killing rocked a city — and a na-tion — already roiling from the death of George Floyd under a police officer’s knee in Minneapolis late last month.

Rolfe’s lawyers said he feared for his and others’ safety and was justified in shooting Brooks. Rolfe opened fire after hearing a sound “like a gunshot and saw a flash in front of him,” apparently from the Taser.

“Mr. Brooks violently attacked two officers and disarmed one of them. When Mr. Brooks turned and pointed an object at Officer Rolfe, any officer would have reasonably believed that he intended to disarm, disable or seriously injure him,” the lawyers said in a statement.

The prosecutor said Brooks “never presented himself as a threat” during a more than 40-minute interaction with officers before the shooting. An of-

ficer found him asleep be-hind the wheel of his car in the restaurant’s drive-thru, and a breath test showed he was intoxicated.

“Mr. Brooks on the night of this incident was calm, he was cordial and really displayed a cooperative nature,” Howard said.

The charges reflect a potential “sea change” in tolerance for violence by police, said Caren Mor-rison, a Georgia State University law professor who used to be a federal prosecutor in New York.

“If they were to get a conviction, I feel like what they’re saying is that policing as we know it needs to change,” she said. “This I think five years ago wouldn’t have been charged.”

Morrison said the view until now has generally been that officers are justi-fied in using deadly force when the suspect has a stun gun or other weapon that could cause them “grievous bodily harm.”

The Atlanta Police

Department tweeted late Wednesday that it had more officers calling out than normal but that it had “enough resources to maintain operations & remain able to respond to incidents.”

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said on CNN that many of the department’s partners had been notified in case they needed to call in others. She said the true test would come Thursday.

“If we have officers that don’t want bad officers weeded out of the force then that’s another conver-sation we need to have,” Bottoms said.

The felony murder charge against Rolfe, 27, carries life in prison or the death penalty, if prosecu-tors decide to seek it. He was also charged with 10 other offenses punishable by decades behind bars.

The district attorney said Brosnan, 26, is cooperating with prosecutors and will testify. But one of his attor-neys, Amanda Clark Palm-

er, denied that and said Brosnan was not pleading guilty to anything.

Clark Palmer said the charges were baseless and that Brosnan stood on Brooks’ hand, not his shoulder, for just seconds to make sure he did not have a weapon.

A lawyer for Brooks’ widow cautioned that the charges were no reason to rejoice.

“We shouldn’t have to celebrate as African Amer-icans when we get a piece of justice like today. We shouldn’t have to celebrate and parade when an officer is held accountable,” attor-ney L. Chris Stewart said.

Brooks’ widow, Tomika Miller, said it was painful to hear the new details of what happened to her hus-band in his final minutes.

“I felt everything that he felt, just by hearing what he went through, and it hurt. It hurt really bad,” she said.

The news came as Republicans on Capitol Hill unveiled a package of

police reform measures and as states pushed forward with getting rid of Confed-erate monuments and other racially offensive symbols.

Brooks’ killing Friday night sparked new demon-strations in Georgia’s cap-ital against police brutality after occasionally turbulent protests over Floyd’s death had largely died down.

Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields resigned less than 24 hours after Brooks died, and the Wendy’s restaurant was burned. Rolfe was fired, while Brosnan was placed on desk duty.

Police had been called to the restaurant over com-plaints of a car blocking the drive-thru lane. Police body-camera video showed Brooks and officers having a relatively calm and re-spectful conversation before things rapidly turned violent when officers tried to hand-cuff him. Brooks wrestled with officers, grabbed one of their stun guns and fired it at one of them as he ran through the parking lot.

Portland to cut $16M from police budgetPORTLAND (AP) —

City commissioners in Portland, Oregon, voted Wednesday to cut near-ly $16 million from the police budget in response to concerns about use of force and racial injustice.

The cuts are part of a city budget approved by the commissioners with a 3-1 vote in a contentious meeting.

The money saved by eliminating a gun reduc-tion violence team, school resource officers and transit division will be redirected to social service programs.

Chloe Eudaly, the lone commissioner to vote no on the cuts, said they weren’t deep enough. The police budget had stood at

about $245 million before the commission action.

Some protesters have demanded cuts of $50 million for police, but Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty defended the smaller amount, saying the $50 million was not based on a specific anal-ysis.

Hardesty worked for years to transform the Portland Police Bureau from the outside as an activist and was the first black woman on the City Commission when she was elected in 2019.

“What I know is that there are a lot of peo-ple taking to the street every night who have not before this month actually understood all the work

that community and gov-ernment has done,” said Hardesty, who proposed smaller cuts to police in last year’s budget that failed.

Thousands of protesters have filled the streets of Portland every night for three weeks following the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after a white Minneapolis police offi-cer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.

Mayor Ted Wheeler also announced that June-teenth will be a paid city holiday starting Friday. The date of June 19 is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S.

PORTLAND (AP) — Portland’s mayor and police chief say they will review police tactics after hearing accounts of officers threatening and roughing up journalists covering demonstrations against police brutality.

“Members of the media, not just in Portland but around the country, should not be targeted, hurt, or arrested while reporting on demonstrations,” Mayor Ted Wheeler and Chief Chuck Lovell wrote in an open letter to the press.

They also called for all such incidents to be inves-tigated “thoroughly,” The Oregonian/OregonLive

reported. At least nine Portland

journalists, including two from The Oregonian/OregonLive, say they’ve been beaten, shoved, pep-per-sprayed or harassed during the protests that have continued for three weeks. Similar scenes have played out in Oregon and across the country during the demonstrations protesting George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis under the knee of a police officer.

Officers have arrested, tear-gassed, manhandled and shot rubber bullets directly at members of the media even when they

have identified themselves as reporters.

Many of the local epi-sodes have been captured on video, An online petition asking the Portland Police Bureau to cease “assaulting and intimidating reporters” has garnered 3,300 signa-tures since Monday.

In their letter, Wheel-er and Lovell said any investigations into police misconduct must be con-ducted through the city-run Independent Police Review office. Wheeler said last week he wants to overhaul the city’s police oversight system because it doesn’t have “any real teeth.”

Portland will review police tactics in wake of incidents

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Manfred, union chief work to save baseball seasonNEW YORK (AP) — After

days of angry exchanges over money between Major League Baseball and the players’ as-sociation, Commissioner Rob Manfred started to doubt whether there would be a 2020 season and said as much on national television.

He then called union head Tony Clark and offered to fly from New York to Arizona to meet for the first time in three months. They spoke one on one for several hours Tuesday in a room at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale and emerged with what MLB consid-ered a framework for each leader to sell to his side.

MLB thought it had terms to play the pandemic-delayed sea-son in empty ballparks, not just a proposal.

The union said nothing pub-licly and staff conferred with the eight-man executive subcommit-tee and other players. Some on

the players’ side considered the framework merely another plan subject to more bargaining.

The framework includes full prorated pay, even if games are played in empty ballparks, people familiar with the details told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because details were not announced.

Each team would play 60 games over 10 weeks starting July 20, though a Sunday opener on July 19 could be added. The framework would result in players receiving about 37% of their salaries and would come to roughly $1.48 billion from sala-ries originally totaling $4 billion.

Baseball’s postseason would expand from 10 teams to 16 this year, and the two wild-card games would transform into eight best-of-three series. That would create a minimum of 14 new playoff games whose broadcast rights could be sold, and MLB would have the option of 14 or 16

postseason teams in 2021.MLB would guarantee a $25

million postseason players’ pool, creating postseason shares for play-ers in the event no tickets are sold.

The designated hitter would expand to all games for the first time, also involving games between National League teams, for 2020 and 2021.

The luxury tax would be sus-pended for 2020, saving money for the Yankees, Astros, Dodgers and Cubs.

Both sides would contribute jointly to initiatives for social justice.

Players with so-called split contracts, who get paid at a lower salary rate when sent to the minor leagues, would not have to repay the advance they already received: $16,500, $30,000 or $60,000, depending on their contract, for a total of about $33 million.

“At my request, Tony Clark and I met for several hours yesterday in Phoenix,” Manfred

said in a statement Wednesday. “We left that meeting with a jointly developed framework that we agreed could form the basis of an agreement and subject to conversations with our respective constituents.

“Consistent with our conversa-tions yesterday, I am encouraging the clubs to move forward, and I trust Tony is doing the same,” Manfred added.

The union’s last offer on June 9 was for an 89-game schedule at full prorated pay, which would result in 55% of salaries and about $2.2 billion.

Top stars Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole would each get about $13.33 million under MLB’s latest plan and $19.78 million under the union proposal. A player with a $1 million salary would get $370,370 under the club plan and $549,383 under the players’ proposal. The $563,500 minimum would be worth $208,704 under MLB’s plan and $309,577 under the union’s.

The union also would waive additional claims that could cause an expensive grievance.

Manfred and Clark got into such detail during the meeting they recessed for a period to allow Manfred to consult owners on MLB’s labor policy committee.

After considering the frame-work, players could counter with a higher amount of games, per-haps by adding doubleheaders.

Before this week, Manfred and Clark had not met since March 13-14 in Arizona, the two days after spring training was sus-pended due to the new corona-virus.

Manfred maintained last week he was “100%” sure there would be a season, but following angry exchanges last weekend he said Monday “there’s real risk” of no season at all.

Baseball deteriorated into labor strife while the NBA, NHL and MLS have moved forward with restart plans.

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Scott Harvey hits his ball along the 10th fairway of Old MacDonald during the final of the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Bandon Dunes last May. Harvey and his partner, Todd Mitchell, won the event, and as champions are eligible to compete in this year’s U.S. Amateur Championship at Bandon Dunes.

U.S. Amateur will have reduced field in AugustJOHN GUNTHERThe World

BANDON — The U.S. Ama-teur at Bandon Dunes Golf Re-sort will have a smaller field than normal, but remains on schedule for Aug. 10-16, the United States Golf Association announced Wednesday.

The tournament will have a field of 264 golfers, all chosen through exemptions. In a normal year, the U.S. Amateur would have 312 golfers and many of those would earn spots in regional qualifying, which was canceled for this year’s event.

The field for the U.S. Wom-en’s Amateur, which will be held at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., from Aug. 3-9, has been reduced to 132 golfers from the normal field of 156.

The fields were reduced to align with health and safety guidelines, USGA said. More in-formation regarding testing pro-

tocols, travel guidance and other logistics will be made available by June 26, when entries for the events open.

“We are extremely grateful to state and local government officials in both Maryland and Oregon for their cooperation and partnership in working through logistics for these championships,” said John Bodenhamer, senior managing director for USGA champion-ships. “We are all facing new parameters brought on by cur-rent realities and will continue to partner with all parties as we navigate conducting these ama-teur championships under new guidelines.”

Also for safety reasons, the event will be conducted without spectators or volunteers, both regularly part of the USGA championship experience.

“The decision to move for-ward without both groups was directly related to the importance

of operating a championship in the safest way possible for the players, spectators, volunteers and surrounding communities,” said Jeff Simonds, the director of resort operations at Bandon Dunes. “We are asking those that were planning to attend to support the players and champi-onship by tuning into television coverage on FOX Sports.”

USGA announced the ex-emption categories Wednesday, including expanded use of the World Amateur Golf Rating and Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking, as well as finishes in recent USGA championships.

“Making the decision to forgo qualifying for our championships this year was extremely diffi-cult, but we’re glad to be able to continue the legacy of these competitions and provide the best amateur players in the world the opportunity to compete for a USGA title,” Bodenhamer said. “We aimed to create fields that

most closely resemble those for a typical Amateur and Women’s Amateur, and are confident we will crown two worthy champi-ons in August.”

Entries for both champion-ships open on Friday, June 26, and close on Wednesday, July 8.

“We are excited to welcome the exempt field to Bandon Dunes Golf Resort,” Simonds said. “This will likely be the most competitive field in any U.S. Amateur Championship.”

A number of players from last year’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship, also hosted by Bandon Dunes, are likely to return for this year’s event. Among the many exemptions are the champions of that event, as well as any players who qualified for the round of 64 at last year’s U.S. Amateur and any players in the top 225 of the World Ama-teur Golf Rankings as of June 24, a list that includes players from last year’s tournament.

US Open tennis tournament will use fewer line judgesAssociated Press

Electronic line-calling will be used instead of line judges for U.S. Open matches at all courts except the two largest arenas, while singles qualifying and mixed doubles, junior and wheelchair competition are being eliminated entirely.

There also will be three ball people instead of six at courts other than Arthur Ashe Stadium and Louis Armstrong Stadium.

Those are among the changes

announced Wednesday by the U.S. Tennis Association as it out-lined plans for running a scaled-down, no-spectators version of its Grand Slam tournament in New York City amid the corona-virus pandemic.

“Without question, this is a journey. Things are evolving,” new tournament director Stacey Allaster said during a video con-ference. “We have the plan today. We’re in daily contact with both tours.”

At a minimum, there will be

testing for COVID-19 via nasal swabs upon arrival at what Al-laster termed “U.S. Open world,” and then once weekly thereafter. If there is the possibility that the tournament “bubble” has been breached by the virus, there could be testing every other day.

It is unlikely players would be asked to sign waivers absolv-ing the USTA of responsibility should they get sick.

The tournament received the go-ahead from the New York state government Tuesday to

be held in its usual location in Flushing Meadows, Queens, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 13. In an unusual arrangement, the hard-court tuneup tournament nor-mally held in Cincinnati will be held right before the U.S. Open — and at the Open’s site.

There are still lingering ques-tions about which top players will participate, but one made her intentions clear Wednesday: 23-time major champion Serena Williams said she is planning to play at the U.S. Open.

Sports BriefsNBA

Kevin Love recieves Arthur Ashe Courage Award

CLEVELAND — Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for his efforts in raising aware-ness about mental health.

Love, whose openness about his life-long battles with anxiety trig-gered nationwide discussion and helped spur the NBA to do more to help players deal with emotion-al issues, will receive the award at Sunday’s ESPYs in Los Angeles.

“It is an absolute honor to re-ceive this award and I am incred-ibly humbled by it,” Love said. “In telling my story, if I can help just one child that is suffering to make sense of what they are experiencing, I know my efforts have been worth it. And I hope one day we are able to erase the stigma around mental illness, starting with public conversa-tions around mental health and encouraging people to seek help when they need it, followed by research, action, and change.”

Named in honor of the tennis champion, the Arthur Ashe Award honors “those who find ways through sports to make a difference far beyond the field of play and impact the world in indelible ways.”

Previous winners include Mu-hammad Ali, Billie Jean King, Nelson Mandela, Pat Summitt and Caitlyn Jenner.

FOOTBALL

Murray plans to take a knee during anthem

Quarterback Kyler Murray says he’ll be kneeling during the national anthem this season.

The Arizona Cardinals’ emerg-ing star — who was the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 — wasn’t particularly vocal about social issues during his first season but said that would change in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, a black man, while in police custody in Minneapolis.

“Yeah, I’ll be kneeling,” Mur-ray said Wednesday. “I stand for what’s right, that’s the bottom line. I call it like I see it. What’s been going on is completely wrong. I’ll definitely be taking a knee.”

Murray joins other NFL play-ers, including Cleveland quarter-back Baker Mayfield, who have indicated they’ll be kneeling during the anthem this season.

Sacramento State QB transfers to Washington

SEATTLE — Washington may have found its quarterback for the upcoming season after Kevin Thomson, the 2019 Big Sky Conference offensive player of the year, joined the Huskies as a graduate transfer.

Washington announced Thom-son’s signing to a financial aid agreement Wednesday. Thomson was a third-team AP All-American at the FCS level last season, when he led Sacramento State to the second round of the FCS playoffs.

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Calls renewed for Redskins to change nameAssociated Press

The recent national debate over racism has re-newed calls for the NFL’s Washington Redskins to change their name, with Native American advocates believing the climate is right for action despite no evidence owner Dan Sny-der is considering it.

It could take pressure from the other 31 owners and the league office itself to force Snyder’s hand. A Redskins spokesman said the team had no comment, while the NFL did not immediately respond to questions about the future of the name.

“(It) might be easier if the NFL as an institution or a corporation mandates the change because then it takes the pressure off of the Washington team them-selves and Dan Snyder,” University of California, Berkeley, assistant profes-sor of psychology Arianne Eason said Wednesday.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser last week called the name “an obstacle” to the team

building a new stadium and headquarters in the District, which would like-ly be on land leased by the federal government. The site of the team’s former home, RFK Stadium, is one option, along with locations in Maryland and Virginia when the cur-rent lease at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, expires in 2027.

“I think it’s past time for the team to deal with what offends so many people,” Bowser told Team 980 radio. “This is a great franchise with a great history that’s beloved in Washington, and it deserves a name that reflects the affection that we’ve built for the team.”

Snyder has owned the team since 1999 and shown no indication he’d make a change like Wash-ington’s NBA franchise did in 1995, going from the Bullets to Wizards. When a 2016 Washington Post poll found nine in 10 Native Americans aren’t offended by the name, Snyder said the team, fans and commu-nity believe it “represents honor, respect and pride.”

A peer-reviewed UC Berkeley study co-au-thored by Eason and University of Michigan diversity of social transfor-mation professor of psy-chology Stephanie Fryberg that was released earlier this year revealed 49% of the 1,000 Native Ameri-cans surveyed agreed or strongly agreed that the name was offensive. That number goes up to 67% among those who strongly identify as Native.

“How do you poll the use of the ‘N-word?’” said Oneida Indian Nation Rep-resentative Ray Halbritter, leader of the “Change the Mascot” campaign. “Are you actually going to take a vote on whether or not that’s OK? If you’re de-grading and disrespecting someone, you should not do it, even though it’s just a few people.”

Since the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, protests have erupted around the world, with much of the conversation centered on systematic racism and po-lice brutality against black people in the U.S.

“We are very much in a moment of reckoning around equity concerns in this country,” Fryberg said. “At some point, the NFL as an organization is going to have to make a decision whether teams like the Kansas City Chiefs and the Washing-ton football team should be allowed to continue to systematically discriminate against Native people.”

Redskins running back Adrian Peterson said he would follow what Colin Kaepernick started several years ago by kneeling during the national anthem to protest those issues, quarterback Dwayne Haskins took part in marches and coach Ron Rivera said he supports players in their First Amendment rights.

Rivera said last week he launched an organization-al town hall program for players and staff to discuss racism and that Snyder do-nated $250,000 to start it. Rivera, who is of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent and is the only Hispanic head coach currently in the NFL, has not been asked

about the team name by re-porters since he was hired in January.

Crystal Echo Hawk, founder and executive direc-tor of Native American-led national nonprofit Illumi-Native, doesn’t want Native Americans left out of talks about racism and hopes players join the cause.

“It’s really an opportuni-ty to educate players from all backgrounds that in this powerful moment when they are doing the right thing and they are taking a stand for racial justice, they need to also be taking a stand on this particular issue within the NFL,” she said. “There’s got to be a zero tolerance on racism.”

Initiatives like Change the Mascot and IllumiNa-tive also protest against other Native American team names, mascots and traditions besides the Redskins. Echo Hawk believes the “Tomahawk Chop” used by Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves and other teams and Native American imagery should be out of professional sports, though

she and Halbritter take par-ticular offense to Redskins, calling it a “dictionary-de-fined racial slur.”

After the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled the Redskins’ trademark in 2011, saying it offends American Indians, the team won a legal victory in 2017 when the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of an Asian-American rock band that a 71-year-old law barring disparaging terms infringes free speech rights guaranteed in the Consti-tution.

It’s unclear if recent events have shifted the thinking of Snyder, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell or other owners. This week, Quaker Foods announced it’s retiring the 131-year-old Aunt Jemi-ma brand and the owner of the Uncle Ben’s brand of rice says the brand will “evolve” in response to concerns about racial stereotyping, while Land O’Lakes in April removed the likeness of a Native American woman from its packaging.

Bolton: Trump’s decisions guided by reelection concernsWASHINGTON (AP)

— President Donald Trump “pleaded” with China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit to help his reelection prospects, ac-cording to a scathing new book by former Trump adviser John Bolton that accuses the president of being driven by political calculations when making national security decisions.

The White House worked furiously to block the book, asking a federal court for an emergency temporary restraining order Wednesday against its release.

Bolton’s allegations that Trump solicited Chinese help for his reelection effort carried echoes of Trump’s attempt to get political help from Ukraine, which led to his impeachment.

“I am hard-pressed to identify any significant Trump decision during my tenure that wasn’t driven by re-election calcula-tions,” Bolton wrote.

The 577-page book paints an unvarnished portrait of Trump and his administration, amounting to the most vivid, first-per-son account yet of how Trump conducts himself in office. Several other former officials have written books, but most have been flat-tering about the president. Other former officials have indicated they were saving their accounts of their time working for Trump until after he left office to speak more candidly. The Associ-ated Press obtained a copy of Bolton’s book in advance of its release next week.

Bolton, Trump’s nation-

al security adviser for a 17-month period, called Trump’s attempt to shift the June 2019 conversation with Xi to the U.S. election a stunning move and wrote that it was among innumer-able conversations that he found concerning. He add-ed that Congress should have expanded the scope of its impeachment inquiry to these other incidents.

Deeply critical of the president and much of his senior team, Bolton wrote that because staff had served him so poorly, Trump “saw conspiracies behind rocks, and remained stunningly uninformed on how to run the White House, let alone the huge federal government.” He added that while he was at the White House, Trump typically had only two in-

telligence briefings a week “and in most of those, he spoke at greater length than the briefers, often on mat-ters completely unrelated to the subjects at hand.”

On Thursday Trump denounced the book as “a compilation of lies and made up stories, all intend-ed to make me look bad.”

“Many of the ridiculous statements he attributes to me were never made, pure fiction,” he tweeted.

Trump accused Bolton of violating the law by releasing the book, telling Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” on Wednesday: “It’s highly classified information, and he did not have approval.”

The book includes embarrassing claims that Trump thought Finland was part of Russia, didn’t know

that the United Kingdom was a nuclear power and called reporters “scumbags” who should be “executed.”

As for the meeting with the Chinese president in Osaka, Japan, Bolton wrote that Trump told Xi that Democrats were hos-tile to China.

“He then, stunningly, turned the conversation to the coming U.S. presidential election, alluding to China’s economic capability to af-fect the ongoing campaigns, pleading with Xi to ensure he’d win,” Bolton said. “He stressed the importance of farmers, and increased Chi-nese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome.”

Bolton wrote that he would print Trump’s exact words, “but the govern-ment’s pre-publication

review process has decided otherwise.”

The book, titled “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” is set to be released Tuesday by Simon & Schuster. It has been the subject of a lengthy battle between Bolton and the White House.

The Justice Department sued on Tuesday in an effort to delay publication of the book, claiming that it still contained highly classi-fied information and that a required review by the National Security Council had not been concluded. Ac-cording to the filing, a ca-reer official determined no classified material remained in April, but national secu-rity adviser Robert O’Brien initiated a secondary review that deemed additional in-formation to be classified.