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America’s Page One ABCDE Prices may vary in areas outside metropolitan Washington. SU V1 V2 V3 V4 Democracy Dies in Darkness THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 . $2 Warm, t­storm 87/68 • Tomorrow: T­storm 85/67 B8 Landmark decision Olympic track champion Caster Semenya must take testosterone suppressors, a court ruled. D1 Deadly trend The number of youths who have attempted suicide by poison is up. A2 LOCAL LIVING What a NEAT idea Short for non-exercise activity thermogenesis, it’s a way to be fit just with everyday activity. STYLE ‘Baby on board’ The enduring power of a 1980s bumper sticker. C1 In the news THE NATION Authorities said one of the victims of the shoot­ ing at the University of North Carolina at Char­ lotte knocked the at­ tacker off his feet, saving others’ lives even as he was fatally wounded. A3 The Navy has drafted a procedure to investigate reports of UFOs, but it doesn’t expect to make them public because of classified data. A14 The Trump administra­ tion may seek the re­ newal of a surveillance law that allows the gath­ ering of Americans’ phone records as part of terrorism probes. A15 Congress’s budget ana­ lysts said moving to a health­care model like Medicare­for­all would be “challenging and po­ tentially disruptive.” A18 THE WORLD Military culture in Kenya punishes soldiers traumatized by the U.S.­backed war in So­ malia instead of treating them, according to in­ terviews. A8 Taliban and U.S. offi­ cials resumed peace talks, but a watchdog re­ port warned that a deal could ultimately threat­ en security and human rights. A11 THE ECONOMY The family of a man killed in a fiery crash has sued Tesla, blaming its Autopilot system. A12 The Federal Reserve left interest rates un­ changed, defying a presidential push for lowering them. A13 Three companies withdrew from a dinner that will honor Brazil’s far­right president. A13 A Texas bill would ban people from using food stamps to buy junk food and sugary drinks. A14 THE REGION The District’s annual effort to tamp down vio­ lent crime in the sum­ mer got underway. B1 The number of home­ less people on the streets and in shelters in the District is down for the third straight year, city officials said. B1 As Atlanta’s archbish­ op prepares to take the helm in Washington, prosecutors have begun investigating sexual abuse in the archdiocese he has led. B1 A Georgetown profes­ sor says his grandson was called the n­word and threatened by a classmate at his Wash­ ington school. B3 Virginia’s governor vetoed bills that would have imposed manda­ tory minimum sen­ tences on repeat domes­ tic abusers and killers of police dogs. B5 Inside TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS BUSINESS NEWS........................A12 COMICS........................................C6 OPINION PAGES..........................A19 LOTTERIES...................................B3 OBITUARIES.................................B6 TELEVISION..................................C4 WORLD NEWS..............................A8 DAILY CODE, DETAILS, B2 2 7 7 6 CONTENT © 2019 The Washington Post / Year 142, No. 148 1 BY KAREN DEYOUNG, JOSH DAWSEY AND PAUL SONNE For weeks, the Venezuelan op- position had been working on a comprehensive blueprint to final- ly force President Nicolás Maduro from office. Several of his top mili- tary and civilian aides were said to have been persuaded to switch sides, while others would be al- lowed to leave the country. There was a strong suggestion that Ma- duro himself might peacefully fly to Havana. “They produced a pretty full plan,” a U.S. official said of the opposition. Implementation was tentatively set for Wednesday, al- though no date had been finalized. On Monday, however, the plan started to fall apart. Maduro, it seemed, had gotten wind of it, and opposition leader Juan Guaidó responded by rush- ing ahead. At dawn Tuesday, after alerting the U.S. State Depart- ment, Guaidó released a video say- ing that significant Venezuela mil- itary units were with him and that the moment had come to rise up against Maduro. But after a day of bloody pro- tests, the government remained intact. The Trump administration publicly blamed Russia and Cuba — Maduro’s top backers — for keeping him in place and discour- aging expected high-level defec- tions. On Wednesday, as the United States and Russia traded barbs, the White House held an emergen- cy meeting of top national security aides to mull next steps. “Signifi- cant progress on defense matters” was made, a senior administra- tion official said. SEE VENEZUELA ON A10 ‘Full plan’ to oust Maduro crumbles BY DEVLIN BARRETT, MATT ZAPOTOSKY, KAROUN DEMIRJIAN AND ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN Attorney General William P. Barr denied Democrats’ accusa- tions that he dissembled and mis- led the public about Robert S. Mueller III’s findings, defending his handling of the case during a contentious Senate hearing Wednesday about the special counsel investigation of Presi- dent Trump. Much of the hearing centered on revelations that Mueller com- plained more than a month ago about Barr’s initial public depic- tion of the investigation’s find- ings. The attorney general par- ried many of the Democrats’ toughest accusations and ques- tions with avuncular answers about legal definitions and Jus- tice Department policy, exasper- ating lawmakers like Sen. Shel- don Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who ac- cused Barr of “masterful hair- splitting.” Mueller wrote a letter in late March expressing dissatisfaction to Barr that the attorney general’s four-page memo to Congress, which described the principal conclusions of Mueller’s investi- gation into the president’s con- duct and Russia’s election inter- ference, “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of the special counsel’s work. Barr has said his memo wasn’t meant to summarize Mueller’s full report and at Wednesday’s hearing called Mueller’s letter “a bit snitty.” After the hearing ended, Jus- tice Department officials notified the House Judiciary Committee that Barr would not appear at a planned Thursday hearing to dis- cuss the Trump investigation. That session had been in doubt over objections by Barr’s aides that he would be questioned by staff lawyers for the committee. SEE BARR ON A17 Barr denies accusations of deception BY GREG MILLER The contentious hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee was on the findings of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, but his voice was absent — as it has been for the last two years. Attorney General William P. Barr became the latest Trump ally to take advantage of that void, and of Mueller’s constrained conception of his role, by speaking to his description of the work of the special counsel and his interpretation of the Mueller report’s conclusions — all to the advantage of the president. Barr pursued that role so aggressively Wednesday that at times he came across as much a defense lawyer for the president as attorney general of the United States. In particular, the attorney general downplayed or dismissed the evidence assembled by Mueller that Trump could be guilty of obstructing justice. And he emphasized that Mueller found SEE MUELLER ON A16 ANALYSIS With Mueller silent, Barr speaks for him — and defends the president BY ERIN COX, OVETTA WIGGINS AND RACHEL CHASON Maryland lawmakers elected a black woman Wednesday as speaker of the House of Delegates, choosing Del. Adrienne Jones as a consensus candidate to end a bit- ter fight over a powerful leader- ship position that for more than four centuries had been held by white men. Jones, 64, emerged as the sur- prise winner after a nearly five- hour closed-door meeting where Democrats who control the House were deadlocked between two other veteran lawmakers, one a black man and the other an open- ly gay white woman, in a battle that threatened to cleave the party in two. Jones’s ascension has particu- lar resonance in Maryland, a po- litically progressive state that un- til Wednesday had not elevated a woman or a person of color into the top tier of power in the state capital. “Wow,” Jones (D-Baltimore County) said minutes after her election, running her hands along the polished rostrum. “I didn’t think I would be here when I left out of my house this morning.” The unanimous vote followed weeks of bruising public spats and clandestine maneuvering in An- napolis as Del. Dereck E. Davis (D-Prince George’s), an African American centrist, competed for the post against Del. Maggie McIntosh (D-Baltimore City), a white liberal who was the first openly gay lawmaker in the Gen- eral Assembly. Their historic race SEE MARYLAND ON A15 2 firsts for Md. House: A black, female speaker BY NICK MIROFF AND MARIA SACCHETTI Looming over the Trump ad- ministration’s struggle to curb ille- gal immigration is a challenge that no amount of razor wire, troops or steel fencing can fix. The U.S. immigration court sys- tem is facing a backlog of 850,000 cases, and it has fewer than 450 judges nationwide to handle them. New asylum applications and other claims are piling up, creating long delays that Central American families arriving in rec- ord numbers know will allow them to remain in the United States for years while they wait. Trump’s critics blame his ad- ministration’s overzealous en- forcement approach for making the problem worse by arresting more people who can’t be quickly deported. But the delays have be- come a migration magnet as pow- erful as the U.S. economy or the desire to reunite with relatives living in the United States, admin- istration officials say. Since Trump took office, the backlog has swelled by more than 200,000 cases. The president has grown so frustrated that he has been floating the idea of doing SEE IMMIGRATION ON A7 Ballooning backlog of cases undercuts immigration agenda SARAH L. VOISIN/THE WASHINGTON POST Del. Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County) was chosen speaker of the Maryland House on Wednesday after having dropped out of what became a divisive race to succeed the late Michael E. Busch. CALLS MUELLER’S LETTER ‘SNITTY’ Democrats say he misled public on key conclusions Venezuelan opposition’s rush to action leaves U.S. to mull next steps BY CAROL D. LEONNIG It was one of the most dramat- ic cases of potential obstruction of justice laid out by federal investigators: President Trump directing the top White House lawyer to seek the removal of special counsel Robert S. Muel- ler III — and then later pushing him to deny the episode. But Attorney General William P. Barr on Wednesday played down evidence that Trump sought to fire the head of the investigation bearing down on him, emphasizing in testimony before a Senate committee that the president may have had valid reasons for his actions. It was a surprise recasting of the account of then-White House counsel Donald McGahn, who told investigators that Trump called him twice in June 2017 at home, pressuring him to intervene with the Justice De- partment to try to get Mueller removed. McGahn told federal investigators that he planned to resign rather than comply. And he said he later refused a de- mand by Trump that he write a letter denying news accounts of the episode. In Barr’s telling, however, Trump may have merely been SEE MCGAHN ON A16 Testimony puts Trump’s actions in best light, despite probe’s findings SALWAN GEORGES/THE WASHINGTON POST During a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Attorney General William P. Barr denied he mischaracterized the Russia probe in a memo to Congress after revelations that the special counsel complained about it. He also withdrew from a House hearing set for today. A question of contempt Democrats debate best response to Barr’s refusal to testify. A17 Migrants’ DNA to be tested Officials want proof that children with adults are related. A4 A 2020 win at the border? Trump’s focus on asylum policies reflects reelection motivations. A6 Standoff at embassy in D.C. An ambassador representing Guaidó speaks amid protests. B1 SCATTERED STORMS – HIGH 87, LOW 66 washingtontimes.com $1.50 PRICES MAY VARY OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AREA ★★ THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 INDEX American Scene A7 | Commentary B1 | Comics B12 | Dear Abby A11 | Editorials B2 | Horoscope A11 | Inside the Beltway A2 | Metro A10 | Nation A6 | Politics A3 | Sports B14 | Television A11 | World A8 VOLUME 37, NUMBER 88 7 7 02803 87040 POLITICS Despite party tension, Sanders doubles down on prisoner voting. A3 METRO Maryland lawmakers pick fi rst black woman as House speaker. A10 WORLD Report fi nds spike in violent attacks against Jewish people. A8 NATION Slain college student hailed as hero for confronting gunman. A6 Friday, May 17 | 8 PM Musical Journeys and the pursuit of excellence Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center northern virginia community college | alexandria an R Free tickets! usarmyband.com Walk-ins welcome without tickets at 7:45 if seating is available. Join us on a voyage that begins with a spark of initial interest and travels a path of increased dedication, commitment, and hard work. We are proud to feature the musicians who participated in the 2019 U.S. Army Orchestra Young Artist Competition. Free parking! BY DAVE BOYER AND STEPHEN DINAN THE WASHINGTON TIMES Border authorities have identifi ed more than 1,000 “fake families” over the past seven months featuring adults trying to use children who aren’t their own to sneak into the U.S. Homeland Security offi cials revealed the number Wednesday as they announced a pilot program to begin using DNA testing to match children and the adults trying to sneak across the U.S.-Mexico boundary with them. “It’s defi nitely an escalating trend that we’re seeing,” one department offi cial said of the fraudulent families. As the border spirals further out of control, President Trump sent Congress a request Wednesday for an emergency $4.5 billion infusion this year, warning that without the money the federal Health and Human Services Department will run out of cash to care for unaccompanied migrant children. HHS offi cials also acknowledged that a 16-year-old unaccompanied boy died in the custody of one of its contract shelters. The boy, who wasn’t identifi ed beyond being Guatemalan, was arrested last month and sent to HHS on April 20 with no health complaints. The next morning, he became ill and had stints in and out of the hospital before IMMIGRATION DNA tests at border to help ID ‘fake families’ Children increasingly used to ease crossing BY DAVE BOYER THE WASHINGTON TIMES President Trump watched from the White House on Wednesday as his yearlong eff ort to oust Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolas Maduro hung in the balance with no clear outcome from civil unrest that reached a violent climax this week. Aides said the president was following events in Caracas closely. National Security Adviser John R. Bolton convened a high-level meeting at the White House on short notice in midafternoon to discuss the administration’s next moves. Offi cials said military action was not imminent. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Ser- gey Lavrov, traded blame in a phone call for VENEZUELA Trump, aides weigh options as Maduro clings to power BY CHRISTOPHER VONDRACEK THE WASHINGTON TIMES About 20,000 North Carolina teachers and their supporters marched on the state Capitol on International Workers’ Day as part of the Red4Ed movement, which is backed by the nation’s largest teachers union and has drawn criticism from Re- publican leaders across the country. Hoisting placards and sporting red T- shirts, teachers, counselors, bus drivers and cooks took to Raleigh on Wednesday with demands for a new minimum wage, an expansion of Medicaid and the hiring of additional support staff . They made a show of solidarity just a year after a similar number poured into the capital city in the fi rst teacher walkout in recent memory. Republicans and conservatives see a political operation masquerading as a rally NORTH CAROLINA Republicans see political rally in education disguise T eachers’ demands mirror Democrats’ BY JEFF MORDOCK AND STEPHEN DINAN THE WASHINGTON TIMES House Democrats said they are considering holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he informed them he won’t meet their deadline for turning over the unredacted special counsel’s report and won’t appear to testify Thursday. Mr. Barr says Democrats changed the rules on him, souring the spirit of comity he had shown in agreeing to testify. Democrats said he was terrifi ed of facing the skilled interrogator they had arranged and was giving excuses. That clash came Wednesday evening, hours after Mr. Barr spent much of the day testifying across the Capitol in the Senate. He scolded Democrats for refusing to accept the results of special counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report fi nding no evidence of successful coordination between Russia and President Trump to subvert the 2016 election. During fi ve hours of questions, Mr. Barr also INVESTIGATION Barr faces threat of contempt of Congress Refuses interrogation in House by lawyers ASSOCIATED PRESS CLASHING WITH CONGRESS: Aft er a contentious hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General William Barr announced that he would not appear Th ursday for questioning by House lawmakers. BY STEPHEN DINAN THE WASHINGTON TIMES Attorney General William Barr revealed Wednesday that the Justice Department is looking into the pos- sibility that Russian operatives fed disinformation to the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election season. Mr. Barr told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the expanded scope of a review into “the activi- ties over the summer of 2016,” which included vehemently anti-Trump FBI senior offi cials making key decisions on the investigations of Mrs. Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump. One key question is how much the FBI relied on the dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, using information gleaned from Rus- sian sources, which helped spur the Trump-Russia collusion narrative. The dossier was funded by payments from the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee that were hidden in campaign fi nance reports behind payments to a law fi rm. Republican senators said it’s possible that Mr. Steele’s Russian sources were intentionally feeding him disinforma- tion, which then made it to the highest levels of the FBI. Indeed, former FBI Director James B. Comey’s fi rst per- sonal interaction with Mr. Trump was JUSTICE DEPARTMENT Barr confi rms probe of Russia-Clinton links FBI relied on dossier disinformation » see VENEZUELA | A9 » see BARR | A5 ASSOCIATED PRESS SWARM OF MESSAGES: Th ousands of teachers and supporters marched to the North Carolina Capitol for the second year in a row on Wednesday with hopes that a more weighted Democrat legislature would meet their demands. » see CLINTON | A5 » see TEACHERS | A7 ▶ Bolton, Democrats clash. A4 ▶ Maduro regime buckles down. A8 » see IMMIGRATION | A7 

America’s Page One WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr defended himself on Wednesday against withering criticism of his handling of the special counsel investiga- tion as Democrats accused of him of deceiving Congress and acting as a personal agent for President Trump rather than a steward of justice. At a contentious hearing marked by a deep partisan divide, Mr. Barr denied misrepresenting the investigation’s conclusions de- spite a newly revealed letter by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, protesting the initial summary of its findings. Mr. Barr dismissed the letter as “a bit snitty” and the controversy over it as “mind-bendingly bizarre.” But in a series of aggressive in- terrogations, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee ex- pressed indignation and asserted that the attorney general had been “purposely misleading,” en- gaged in “masterful hairsplitting” and even “lied to Congress.” Sev- eral Democrats on the committee, elsewhere in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail called for Mr. Barr’s resignation or even impeachment. The conflict escalated after- ward when Mr. Barr announced that he would not show up for a parallel hearing on Thursday be- fore the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee. Mr. Barr objected to the format of questioning, which would have in- cluded questioning by staff law- yers, not just lawmakers. Demo- crats may now opt to subpoena him, setting up a possible show- down in court. “He is terrified of having to face a skilled attorney,” said Repre- sentative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the committee’s chairman. In just 11 weeks in office, Mr. Under Fire, Barr Defends Actions on Mueller Report Will Skip Hearing in House After Fierce Session in Senate By PETER BAKER Attorney General William P. Barr navigated aggressive questioning in the Senate on Wednesday. ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES Senator Mazie K. Hirono exco- riated the attorney general. ANDREW HARNIK/ASSOCIATED PRESS Continued on Page A14 Female track athletes with na- turally elevated levels of testos- terone must decrease the hor- mone to participate in certain races at major competitions like the Olympics, the highest court in international sports said Wednes- day in a landmark ruling amid the pitched debate over who can com- pete in women’s events. The decision was a defeat for Caster Semenya, a two-time Olympic champion at 800 meters from South Africa, who had chal- lenged proposed limits placed on female athletes with naturally ele- vated levels of the muscle-build- ing hormone testosterone. At a time when the broader cul- ture is moving toward an accept- ance of gender fluidity, the ruling affirmed the sports world’s need for distinct gender lines, saying they were essential for the out- come of women’s events to be fair. “The gender studies folks have spent the last 20 years decon- structing sex and all of a sudden they’re facing an institution with an entirely opposite story,” said Doriane Lambelet Coleman, a law professor at Duke and an elite 800-meter runner in the 1980s who served as an expert witness for track and field’s world govern- ing body. “We have to ask, ‘Is re- specting gender identity more im- portant or is seeing female bodies on the podium more important?’” Semenya’s biology has been un- der scrutiny for a decade, ever since she burst on the scene at the 2009 world track and field cham- pionships and was subjected to sex tests after her victory. In South Africa, leaders complained of racism. The issue of whether a rare biological trait was causing an unfair advantage for Semenya and a small subset of women quickly morphed into a battle about privacy and human rights, and Semenya became its symbol. Sports Court Backs Distinct Gender Lines, in Defeat for Olympian By JERÉ LONGMAN and JULIET MACUR Caster Semenya, who has naturally high levels of testosterone, in a 1,500-meter race last year. SAEED KHAN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES Continued on Page A11 WASHINGTON — It was a for- eign policy role Joseph R. Biden Jr. enthusiastically embraced dur- ing his vice presidency: brow- beating Ukraine’s notoriously cor- rupt government to clean up its act. And one of his most memora- ble performances came on a trip to Kiev in March 2016, when he threatened to withhold $1 billion in United States loan guarantees if Ukraine’s leaders did not dismiss the country’s top prosecutor, who had been accused of turning a blind eye to corruption in his own office and among the political elite. The pressure campaign worked. The prosecutor general, long a target of criticism from other Western nations and inter- national lenders, was soon voted out by the Ukrainian Parliament. Among those who had a stake in the outcome was Hunter Biden, Mr. Biden’s younger son, who at the time was on the board of an en- ergy company owned by a Ukrain- ian oligarch who had been in the sights of the fired prosecutor gen- eral. Hunter Biden was a Yale-edu- cated lawyer who had served on the boards of Amtrak and a num- ber of nonprofit organizations and think tanks, but lacked any expe- rience in Ukraine and just months earlier had been discharged from the Navy Reserve after testing positive for cocaine. He would be paid about $50,000 per month for his work for the company, Burisma Holdings. The broad outlines of how the Bidens’ roles intersected in Ukraine have been known for some time. The former vice presi- dent’s campaign said that he had always acted to carry out United States policy without regard to any activities of his son, that he had never discussed the matter with Hunter Biden and that he learned of his son’s role with the Ukrainian energy company from news reports. But new details about Hunter Biden’s involvement, and a deci- sion this year by the current Ukrainian prosecutor general to reverse himself and reopen an in- vestigation into Burisma, have pushed the issue back into the For Biden, a Ukraine Matter That Won’t Go Away By KENNETH P. VOGEL and IULIIA MENDEL New Spotlight Falls on Son’s Employer in a Revived Inquiry Continued on Page A10 VOL. CLXVIII . . . No. 58,315 © 2019 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 C M Y K Nxxx,2019-05-02,A,001,Bs-4C,E2 NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON — Nobody said regime change was going to be easy. President Trump’s top advis- ers woke up Tuesday believing that a rebellion in the Venezuelan military that day would galva- nize a popular uprising and topple a leader they have de- scribed as a reviled despot who must be replaced. But at day’s end, President Nicolás Maduro was still in power and Mr. Trump’s advisers were left to blame Cuba, Russia and three influential Venezuelan officials, who failed to switch sides, for frustrating their plans. The decision of the Venezue- lans to stand with Mr. Maduro — either because they were intimi- dated, got cold feet or never planned to defect — raised ques- tions about whether the United States had faulty intelligence about the ability of the opposition to peel away members of his government. It also raised questions about whether Mr. Trump’s aides had fallen victim to a misreading of events on the ground, or whether Mr. Trump, who officials say has sometimes outrun his aides in an enthusiasm for forcing out Mr. Maduro, might lose faith in the effort as it wears on. Mr. Maduro has been weak- ened at home and discredited abroad, but he remains a stub- born rival unwilling to step aside for the opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, recognized by the United States as the country’s de facto leader. While the administration got off to a sure-footed start on Venezuela, rallying dozens of countries against the Venezuelan president, critics said its re- sponse had become haphazard and chaotic as the crisis has dragged on. Mr. Trump’s aides banked on Mr. Guaidó’s call for mass pro- tests and the defection of the Venezuelan officials on Tuesday as a turning point in the three- month campaign to oust Mr. Pressure Rises After Failure In Venezuela Questions for the U.S. as Maduro Hangs On By MARK LANDLER and JULIAN E. BARNES Continued on Page A7 U(D54G1D)y+=!:!&!#!} It was called the Economic Op- portunity Act, a measure intended to kick-start the sputtering post- recession economy in New Jersey, particularly in its struggling cit- ies. The state would award lucra- tive tax breaks to businesses if they moved to New Jersey or re- mained in the state, creating and retaining jobs. But before the bill was ap- proved by the Legislature, a se- ries of changes were made to its language in June 2013 that were intended to grant specific compa- nies hundreds of millions of dol- lars in additional tax breaks, with no public disclosure, according to interviews and documents ob- tained by The New York Times. Many of the last-minute changes to drafts of the bill were made by a real estate lawyer, Kev- in D. Sheehan, whose influential law firm has close ties to Demo- cratic politicians and legislative leaders in New Jersey. Mr. Sheehan was allowed by lawmakers to edit drafts of the bill in ways that opened up sizable tax breaks to his firm’s clients, ac- cording to a marked up copy of the legislation obtained by The Times, which identifies Mr. Sheehan’s changes. Nearly six years later, the fall- out from the legislation has set off an uproar in the State Capitol over allegations that the state’s $11 bil- lion in economic development pro- grams have been poorly managed corporate giveaways that have brought few benefits. How $11 Billion in Tax Breaks Has New Jersey in an Uproar By NICK CORASANITI and MATTHEW HAAG Continued on Page A22 THE SCIENCE An issue raises hard questions about biology, fairness and gender identity. PAGE B7 One professor’s quest to secure the future of a collection of women’s every- day clothing items. PAGE D1 THURSDAY STYLES D1-8 Rags or Riches? Capri has banned plastic and wants to limit boat traffic, too, to control the twin Italian ills: tourism and trash. PAGE A6 INTERNATIONAL A4-12 An Isle Preserving Its Beauty More people have been told that they are under investigation in the college- admissions scandal, while others worry that they soon will be. PAGE A20 NATIONAL A13-20 Admissions Scandal Widens The social media giant may create a privacy committee as part of a deal with regulators. PAGE B1 BUSINESS B1-6 Facebook Settlement Talks Stephen Curry helped lift a series that threatened to devolve amid feuds over officiating, Marc Stein writes. PAGE B7 SPORTSTHURSDAY B7-12 Warriors Put Complaints Aside Justin Gimelstob said he would resign from the ATP board to focus on resolving his personal and legal issues. PAGE B12 Gimelstob Exits Tennis Board James Comey PAGE A27 EDITORIAL, OP-ED A26-27 A student who charged a gunman in a college classroom in Charlotte, N.C., “saved lives,” but he died in the attack, officials said. PAGE A19 Victim Hailed as a Hero Sedley Alley was executed based on scant physical evidence and a confession he said was coerced. His daughter hopes DNA testing will offer answers. PAGE A13 Was Her Father a Murderer? Companies are starting to offer com- fortable, attractive undergarments for transgender men and women. PAGE D1 A New Sexy for a New Time A murder placed focus on the region’s paramilitary groups. But economic stagnation drives violence, too. PAGE A4 Conflict in Northern Ireland A man who said he was upset about criticism of President Trump threat- ened to kill former President Barack Obama and a congresswoman. PAGE A22 NEW YORK A21-23 Prison for Racist Threats WASHINGTON — When Attor- ney General William P. Barr sum- marized the special counsel’s con- clusions in a March letter, prompt- ing President Trump to crow that he had been exonerated, the spe- cial counsel’s prosecutors knew immediately what the public would learn weeks later: The let- ter was a sparse and occasionally misleading representation of their exhaustive findings. What followed was a dayslong, behind-the-scenes tussle over the first public presentation of one of the most consequential govern- ment investigations in American history. A richer picture of that battle emerged on Wednesday — one of testy letters (Mr. Barr described one as “snitty”) and at least one tense phone call between the spe- cial counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and Mr. Barr. The two were long- time friends who found them- selves on opposite sides of an em- battled president. The growing evidence of a split between them also brought fresh scrutiny on Mr. Barr, who on at least three occasions in recent weeks has seemed to try to out- maneuver Mr. Mueller. First, he released his four-page letter on March 24 outlining investigators’ findings; then he held an unusual news conference on the day the Mueller report was released; and on Tuesday night, the Justice De- partment put out a statement that significantly played down the con- cerns among Mr. Mueller’s team. In other words, Mr. Barr, who said at a Senate Judiciary Com- mittee hearing on Wednesday that “we have to stop using the criminal justice system as a politi- cal weapon,” now stands accused of doing exactly that. The drama began around mid- day on March 22, when a security officer working for Mr. Mueller ar- rived at the fifth floor of the Jus- tice Department to deliver copies of his highly anticipated report to the attorney general and his top aides. Mr. Barr worked through that weekend reading the report, his aides in occasional contact with members of Mr. Mueller’s team. Two days later, hours before Mr. Barr’s letter was sent to Congress, Mr. Mueller’s investigators re- minded Justice Department offi- cials about executive summaries they had written to be condensed, easily digestible versions of their 448-page report. But Mr. Barr used almost none Private Tussle About Inquiry’s Summary Gets ‘a Bit Snitty’ By MARK MAZZETTI and MICHAEL S. 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Weather map, Page B12. $3.00 Having grown up riding the New York City subways by herself at age 11 or 12, suburban New Jersey mom Kasia Bardi was fine the first time her 12-year-old boy, Fabrizio, rode an Uber alone to an “important soccer game.” ❚ Bardi ordered and monitored the five-minute drive, and it probably didn’t hurt that her son, even at that age, was 6 feet tall and looked older than he was. ❚ Now, 15 and 6-foot-4, Bardi’s son rides in an Uber without an adult three to four times a year, though always as a “last resort,” Mom says. ❚ “A comfy mon- itored ride has got to be way safer than the subway in the ’80s, right?” Bardi asks, though she concedes that her neighbors, and for that matter her husband, aren’t quite as comfortable with the idea as she is. ❚ As it turns out, neither is Uber or Lyft. Would you let your kids ride by themselves? Parents weigh time and safety – and the rules Edward C. 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But the ses- sion took on new urgency in the hours before it opened when the Justice Department revealed that Mueller had privately objected to Barr’s initial sum- mary of the investigation, which he said “threatened to undermine” the purpose of the inquiry. Because Mueller’s office declined to draw a conclusion about whether Trump had committed obstruction, the attorney general told the panel that he acted to re- solve the question that had threatened to derail Trump’s presidency. WASHINGTON – Attorney General William Barr repeatedly clashed with lawmakers Wednesday over his han- dling of special counsel Robert Muell- er’s Russia investigation, rebutting Democrats’ complaints that he misrep- resented the report to favor President Donald Trump while defending his own conclusions that the president had not sought to obstruct the probe. In pointed exchanges, attorney general defends his handling of Mueller report William Barr repeatedly asserted that the report didn’t establish that a crime was committed. JACK GRUBER/USA TODAY Kevin Johnson and Bart Jansen USA TODAY See BARR, Page 3A “We’re out of it. We have to stop using the criminal justice process as a political weapon.” Attorney General William Barr Barr, lawmakers do battle WASHINGTON – Sexual assaults in the military rose nearly 38% from 2016 to 2018, according to survey re- sults obtained by USA TODAY. That spike in crime within the ranks comes after years of focused ef- fort and resources to eradicate it. The report, due to be released Thursday by the Pentagon, surveyed Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine personnel in 2018. Based on the survey, there were about 20,500 in- stances of unwanted sexual contact – an increase over the 14,900 estimated in the last biennial survey in 2016. Un- wanted sexual contact ranges from groping to rape. Enlisted female troops ages 17 to 24 were at the highest risk of being assaulted, said Nathan Galbreath, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Re- sponse Office. The Pentagon will target troops in that age range for pre- vention efforts, he said. “We’re very concerned about that,” Galbreath said. More than 85% of victims knew their assailant. Alcohol was involved in 62% of the total assaults. The findings require Congress to intervene, said Rep. Jackie Speier, D- Calif., chairwoman of the Armed Ser- vices Committee’s personnel panel. “The department must accept that current programs are simply not working,” Speier said. “Congress must lead the way in forcing the de- partment to take more aggressive ap- proaches to fighting this scourge.” The Pentagon is set to release the recommendations of a task force formed at the urging of Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., to deal with sexual assaults in the military. McSally, a re- tired Air Force officer and fighter pilot, revealed during an Armed Services Committee meeting in March that she Military sexual assaults rise 38% Troops reported more than 20,000 instances Tom Vanden Brook USA TODAY See ASSAULTS, Page 6A USA TODAY EXCLUSIVE “What’s frustrating is that the brass keeps refusing to consider any bold changes like reforming the military justice system.” Don Christensen Protect Our Defenders * * * * * * THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 ~ VOL. CCLXXIII NO. 102 WSJ.com HHHH $4.00 DJIA 26430.14 g 162.77 0.6% NASDAQ 8049.64 g 0.6% STOXX 600 391.09 g 0.1% 10-YR.TREAS. g 2/32, yield 2.511% OIL $63.60 g $0.31 GOLD $1,281.40 g $1.40 EURO $1.1195 YEN 111.38 Bramson has a home and raises horses. The fight over the future of Barclays will help deter- mine whether any of Eu- rope’s banks can retain global ambitions. For centuries, the U.K. was synonymous with interna- tional banking, and London was the first stop for compa- nies and governments look- ing to raise money. Then its banks ventured overseas to grab a greater share of lend- ing and trading, bringing some of them close to death during the financial crisis a decade ago. Today, U.S. banks domi- nate fundraising and trading, buoyed by healthier balance sheets and robust American capital markets. Mr. Staley has a vision for Barclays, which absorbed much of Lehman Brothers af- ter its collapse. He wants it to become a compact version PleaseturntopageA10 Jes Staley runs one of the last full-service banks left in Europe that compete with Wall Street. The way the 62- year-old American banker sees it, his restructuring of U.K.-based Barclays PLC has primed it to take on the likes of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley. British-born investor Ed- ward Bramson couldn’t agree less, and his New York firm has bought a sizable stake in Barclays. He is trying to force the bank to scale back its Wall Street ambitions, to be- come a consumer and com- mercial lender with smaller investment-banking opera- tions. So far, Mr. Staley, the chief executive, is having none of it. “He wants us to retreat into a foxhole? He should go back to Connecticut,” Mr. Staley has told colleagues, re- ferring to the state where Mr. BY MARGOT PATRICK Barclays CEO Wages Fight to Stay Wall Street Player A big investor, who is seeking a board seat, opposes Jes Staley’s global ambitions Billy Joel Didn’t Start The Fire i i i But his helicopter, and others, are irking Long Island BY LESLIE BRODY CENTRE ISLAND, N.Y.—In a decade as mayor of a wealthy enclave perched on Long Is- land’s North Shore, Lawrence Schmidlapp has presided over countless meetings of the board of trustees, which nor- mally draw just a handful of neighbors. 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The talks would mark the first known contact between the government and the opposi- tion since Mr. Guaidó declared himself interim president in late January, sparking the most serious challenge yet to Mr. Ma- duro’s rule. Fifty-four countries, including the U.S., recognize the opposition leader as Venezu- ela’s legitimate president. “We know that a part, a large part, a majority of the high command were talking with the Supreme Court and Juan Guaidó about a change, a change in government, with the departure of Maduro, and with guarantees for the military,” Mr. Abrams told Venezuelan online TV network VPItv on Wednesday. The opposition believed it was close enough to a deal that PleaseturntopageA8 WASHINGTON—Attorney General William Barr criticized Robert Mueller’s decision not to reach a conclusion about whether President Trump ob- structed justice during a conten- tious hearing that laid bare a rift between him and the special counsel over the politically charged investigation. In his first congressional tes- timony since releasing a re- dacted version of Mr. Mueller’s 448-page report, Mr. Barr faced pointed criticism from Senate Democrats over his handling of the findings on Russian election interference in 2016. for Thursday over disagree- ments about the format of the appearance—and that an unre- dacted version of the Mueller report, which had been subpoe- naed by the committee, wouldn’t be provided. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D., N.Y.), who leads that committee, also threatened to hold the attorney general in contempt of Con- gress—a prelude to a possible court battle—for his continued refusal to turn over the unre- dacted Mueller report, a poten- tially big escalation of tensions between Democratic lawmakers and the Trump administration. Mr. Barr has said he can’t re- lease the entire unredacted re- port in part because it contains grand-jury material and infor- mation about ongoing criminal cases that can’t be made public. The attorney general has invited some top lawmakers and their staff to view a less redacted re- port in a special facility, an offer Democrats have refused. Wednesday’s Senate hearing offered a dramatic public dis- play of the behind-the-scenes jockeying to give Mr. Mueller’s findings their proper airing. It came just after the Justice PleaseturntopageA4 “If [Mr. Mueller] felt he shouldn’t go down a path of making a traditional prosecutive decision, then he shouldn’t have investigated,” Mr. Barr told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday. “That was the time to pull up.” Meanwhile, the Justice De- partment late Wednesday told House Democrats that Mr. Barr wouldn’t appear at a Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled By Sadie Gurman, Byron Tau and Kristina Peterson Attorney General, Democrats Clash Over Mueller Report WASHINGTON—Federal Re- serve officials agreed to keep their benchmark interest rate unchanged and signaled com- fort that their wait-and-see posture had steadied the econ- omy after fears of a slowdown had sent markets reeling at the end of last year. Fed Chairman Jerome Pow- ell, speaking at a news confer- ence Wednesday, played down concerns that recent soft in- flation might hint at broader economic weakness. He re- peatedly highlighted individual price declines that could prove transitory and, in doing so, pushed back against some market hopes the Fed might be preparing to lower interest rates later this year. “Overall the economy con- tinues on a healthy path, and the committee believes that the current stance of policy is appropriate,” Mr. Powell said after officials ended their two- day policy-setting meeting. For now, “we don’t see a strong case for moving [rates] in either direction,” he said. All 10 members of the cen- tral bank’s rate-setting com- mittee, comprising the five Fed governors and five regional PleaseturntopageA2 BY NICK TIMIRAOS Powell Signals No Need For Cuts Markets slide as Fed holds rates steady and chairman plays down low-inflation worries Jawbone Connected to Early Human Species CONTENTS Business News...... B3 Capital Account.... A2 Crossword.............. A14 Heard on Street. B12 Life & Arts....... A11-13 Management.......... B5 Markets............. 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Mr. Kenney’s decision to move ahead on legislation that was passed but never brought into force by the previous NDP gov- ernment opened up the first of several legal fights for his United Conservatives, all focused on his central campaign pledge to push back against opponents of pipe- lines and the oil industry. Mr. Kenney proclaimed the law im- mediately after he was sworn in on Tuesday, but said he doesn’t intend to immediately begin turning off the taps. The conflict is also playing in- to growing frustration in B.C. over gasoline prices that have topped $1.70 a litre at some sta- tions. Mr. Kenney is urging Brit- ish Columbians to blame Pre- mier John Horgan and his oppo- sition to the Trans Mountain ex- pansion for increases at the pumps. Mr. Horgan, in turn, in- sisted that the gas-price issue has nothing to do with the Trans Mountain debate and instead called on the pipeline’s new owner, the federal government, to intervene by ensuring that more refined oil products reach the B.C. market. Mr. Kenney, whose party un- seated the New Democrats in the April 16 provincial election, ac- cused Mr. Horgan’s government of holding up permits and said the B.C. Premier’s opposition, in- cluding participating in a Federal Court of Appeal case that ulti- mately stalled the Trans Moun- tain expansion, has been “deeply frustrating” for Albertans. “We will do what’s necessary to protect our interests,” Mr. Ken- ney said in Edmonton on Wednesday. “The campaign to landlock Alberta’s resources, re- sulting in the failure of several pipeline projects to Canada’s West and East Coasts, has been economically devastating and has contributed to the jobs crisis in this province.” The Trans Mountain expan- sion project is currently stalled after a court ruling last year, prompting a subsequent review and additional consultations with First Nations. Federal cabi- net faces a June deadline on whether to reapprove the pro- ject. OIL, A19 B.C. challenges Alberta’s oil-embargo law Province to ask court to block Kenney from using legislation to restrict energy exports as conflict deepens over Trans Mountain JUSTIN GIOVANNETTI EDMONTON JAMES KELLER CALGARY JUSTINE HUNTER VICTORIA Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Minister of Energy Sonya Savage arrive at an Edmonton press conference on Wednesday to discuss the new oil-embargo law that was proclaimed Tuesday, on the government’s first day of power. JASON FRANSON /THE CANADIAN PRESS Over the past few decades, the Olympic movement has slowly ossified into party planning. The Olympics continues on as a successful – and, for some peo- ple, profitable – idea. But the “movement?” There isn’t much to speak of. There’s no leadership on pressing issues of the day or much bringing of light to dark- ness, though the International Olympic Committee loves to speechify about such things. Once a breaker of barriers, the Olympics has become a brand champion instead. Well, careful what you wish for. Wednesday’s decision to com- pel South African sprinter Caster Semenya to alter her testoster- one levels in order to compete changes that calculation. The Games are now a forward salient in the culture wars. From this point on, if you would like to have an argument about our two genders and the blurring line between them, the Olympics is where you can go to have it. Like every great athlete, Ms. Semenya was born with unusual genetic advantages. Unlike most others, hers are measurable with a chemistry set. As a hyperandrogenic compet- itor, Ms. Semenya produces far more testosterone than the aver- age woman, which, it is suggest- ed, translates directly into phys- ical performance. To her detrac- tors, Ms. Semenya is a doper, only she happens to do it naturally. If Ms. Semenya were averagely excellent – say, the fifth-best 800- metre runner in the world – one imagines people wouldn’t care so much. There’d be a lot of room for open-mindedness in that in- stance. KELLY, A9 With Semenya’s loss on testosterone ruling, Olympics to play host to an unwinnable debate CATHAL KELLY South Africa's 800-metre gold-medal winner Caster Semenya can now choose to appeal, spend more time on the sidelines or switch to a longer distance, where testosterone rules do not apply. ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS/AP OPINION U.S. Attorney-General William Barr is insisting President Donald Trump did not obstruct justice when he tried to thwart the probe into Russian election interference – and even said he will investigate the investigation. Mr. Barr is also facing accusa- tions of lying to Congress last month when he failed to disclose a letter from special counsel Rob- ert Mueller criticizing Mr. Barr’s handling of Mr. Mueller’s final re- port. Rather than defuse criticisms that he has run interference for the President, Mr. Barr’s four- hour appearance before a Senate committee Wednesday fanned the flames. “That’s not a crime,” Mr. Barr said when asked about the Presi- dent’s efforts to get then-White House counsel Don McGahn to lie about Mr. Trump’s orders to have Mr. Mueller fired. The Attorney-General also as- serted that Mr. Trump “fully co- operated” with Mr. Mueller’s probe, even though the President tried to get the previous attorney- general to stop Mr. Mueller from investigating Mr. Trump’s cam- paign. And when asked about at- tempts by Mr. Trump’s associates to obtain compromising informa- tion on the Democrats from Rus- sian operatives, Mr. Barr said “I’m not sure what you mean.” Hours after the Senate hearing, Mr. Barr declined to attend a sec- ond session before a House of Representatives legislative com- mittee Thursday. BARR, A19 Barr defends handling of Mueller report, tells Senate that Trump didn’t obstruct justice ADRIAN MORROW U.S. CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON In 1896, Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius made a pres- cient calculation that showed the vast quantities of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by burning coal and other fossil fuels would eventually cause the planet to get warmer. Little did he realize that the effect he described was al- ready under way and being dutifully recorded by a ready- made monitoring system distributed around the globe in the form of trees. Now, scientists have tapped into that record and demonstrated that the human effect on Earth’s climate can be traced back to the turn of the last century, when it began leaving its indelible mark on the growth patterns of tree rings. What the tree rings reveal matches what climate models predict should have happened given the basic proper- ties of greenhouse gases and the amount of energy the sun supplies to the atmosphere. “The models are saying that we should see the fingerprint of hu- man-forced climate change in the early 20th century, and the tree rings confirm that,” said Kate Mar- vel, a climate scientist with NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Stud- ies in New York, and lead author on the analysis, published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The result is significant for two reasons, Dr. Marvel and her colleagues say. First, because it provides an alternative way to gauge how greenhouse gases and other industrial pollutants have influenced drought patterns over time. RINGS, A19 Root of change: Tree rings reveal 120 years of human influence on climate IVAN SEMENIUK SCIENCE REPORTER The models are saying that we should see the fingerprint of human-forced climate change in the early 20th century, and the tree rings confirm that. 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Seite 28 Westen: Süden: Osten: 11 bis 22° 7 bis 20° 5 bis 21° 6 bis 17° Norden: Wetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Salzburg ist Cupsieger Mit einem 2:0 gegen Rapid hat Red Bull Salzburg im Klagenfurter Wörthersee-Stadion den ÖFB-Cup gewonnen. Bei einem Böllerwurf beim Rapid-Fanmarsch war zuvor ein Mensch verletzt worden. S. 10 US-Regierung droht mit Militärintervention in Venezuela Caracas – Einen Tag nach seinem Beginn schien der Versuch der venezolanischen Opposition, die Staatsgewalt in die Hände zu neh- men, am Mittwoch festzufahren. Zwar rief Nationalversammlungs- chef Juan Guaidó, den viele west- liche Staaten als Präsident Vene- zuelas anerkannt haben, zu neuen Großprotesten auf – über kleine Gruppen hinaus schienen die Si- cherheitskräfte aber nicht seinem Aufruf zu folgen, dem linksautori- tären Präsidenten Nicolás Maduro die Gefolgschaft zu verweigern. Auch Maduro rief für Mittwoch zu Demonstrationen auf, neue Stra- ßenschlachten wurden befürch- tet. US-Außenminister Mike Pom- peo betonte, eine US-Militäraktion gegen Maduro sei „möglich“. (red) Seite 7, Kommentar Seite 28 Freundschaft und Feindschaft an ihrem ersten ersten Mai Beim traditionellen Maiaufmarsch der SPÖ trat erst- mals Pamela Rendi-Wagner als Bundesparteichefin auf. Sie übte auf dem Wiener Rathausplatz vor rund 12.000 Besuchern scharfe Kritik an der Bundesregie- rung und forderte Vizekanzler Heinz-Christian Stra- che (FPÖ) angesichts neuer „Einzelfälle“ zum Rück- tritt auf. Die Regierung wiederum nutzte den Tag der Arbeit für einen Feiertagsministerrat, bei dem Bun- deskanzler Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) noch einmal die jüngste Steuerreform lobte. Die FPÖ feierte den 1. Mai wie immer auf dem Linzer Urfahraner Markt, wo Stra- che nicht mit Kritik an der SPÖ sparte. Seite 4 Foto: Robert Newald 

Not America’s Page One SKANDAL RAPOR ABD Uluslararası Dini Özgürlükler Komisyonu, FETÖ’yü “dini baskıya uğrayan mağdur” olarak tanımladı. Ankara’dan sert tepki geldi. nRaporu ‘gerçeklik ve tarafsızlıktan uzak’ sözleriyle değerlendiren Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sözcüsü İbra- him Kalın, ‘Terör örgütü olduğu hukuken ispatlanmış FETÖ ma- sumlaştırmaya çalışılıyor. Bu ra- por ABD’nin terörle mücadele ko- nusundaki körlük ve tarafgirliği- nin açık bir göstergesidir” dedi. nDışişleri Bakanlığı’nın açıklama- sında da, ‘FETÖ mensuplarına ilişkin değerlendirmeler, raporun hangi şer odaklarının etkisiyle ka- leme alındığını açıkça ortaya koy- maktadır. FETÖ’ye ilişkin nitelen- dirmeler teröre bilerek göz yum- mak anlamına gelmektedir’ ifade- lerine yer verildi. ►9 PERŞEMBE, 2 MAYIs 2019 1.5 TL Aktaş, Mudanya’yı rahatlatmak için iskele değişikliğini inceliyor Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Alinur Aktaş, seçim sonrası değerlendirmeleri ve cumhurbaşkanı ile görüşmeleri hakkında bilgi verirken, “BUDO’yu İDO iskelesine taşıyıp Mudanya’yı rahatlatmayı düşündüğünü” söyledi. Konuya iyi niyetli ve çözüm için yaklaşan Başkan Aktaş, bir sorunu çözerken başka soruna yol aç- mamak için de “Burgaz’da, yerinde gözlem” istedi… AHMET EMİN YILMAZ ►11 www.olay.com.tr 13 DÜnYA Yıldırım’dan sokak hayvanlarına 10 ton mama YAşAM 2 BURSA’DA HAVA 10O Gece 19O GünDüz İnegöl’de başıboş köpekler hastanelik etti 3. SAYFA Julian Assange’a 50 hafta hapis Ekvador’un Londra Büyükelçiliği’nde geçir- diği 7 yılın ardından polise teslim edilen Wi- kiLeaks’in kurucusu Julian Assange, 50 haf- ta hapse mahkûm edildi. 1 MAYIS COŞKUSU Emek ve Dayanışma Günü tüm yurtta çeşitli etkinliklerle kutlandı. BAYrAM YoLUNDA KAHrEDEN KAzA nElbistan’dan, 1 Mayıs kutlamalarına katılmak üzere Şanlıurfa’ya giden işçileri taşıyan midibüs devrildi. Ka- zada 5 işçi öldü, 13 kişi yaralandı. Kazanın lastiği pat- layan bir otomobilin minibüse çarpmasıyla yaşandığı açıklandı. Hak-İş ve Memur-Sen’in 1 Mayıs kutlamaları kaza nedeniyle yarıda kesilerek iptal edildi. ►10 Mehmetçiğe süper lazer gÜNde14BiN kiŞiye ifTar Büyükşehir Belediyesi, ramazanda şehrin 8 farklı nokta- sında iftar sofrası ku- racak, ren- kli etkinlik- ler düzenle- yecek. nBüyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Alinur Aktaş, ra- mazanda dolu dolu bir program hazırladıkla- rını söyledi. Merinos AKKM’de ay boyunca or- taoyunu, meddah, ilahiler, çocuk tiyatrosu, masal kahramanları ve yarışmalar olacak. 8 BÖLGEDE soFrALAr KUrULACAK n Başkan Aktaş, “Fomara, Görükle, Alemdar, Emirsultan, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mahallesi, Yıl- dırım Çınarönü, Gürsu Meydanı ve İnegöl ol- mak üzere 8 noktada her gün 14 bin kişilik iftar sofraları kuracağız’ dedi. ááDErYA DEMİr ►4 maduro darBeyi BaSTırdı Venezuela Devlet Başka- nı Maduro, askeri darbe ve halk ayaklanmasına izin vermedi. ABD Dışiş- leri Bakanı Pompeo yeni tehditler savurdu. nGuaido’yu destekleyen askerleri ‘planları ba- şarısız olan küçük bir grup’ olarak tanımla- yan Maduro, yaşananların cezasız kalmaya- cağını açıkladı. Gerekmesi durumunda Ve- nezuela’ya askeri operasyon için hazır ol- duklarını belirten Pompeo, ‘Böyle bir hare- kat mümkün ve yapabiliriz’ dedi. ►11 BaŞka iTTifaka ihTiyaç yok nCumhur İttifakı’nın Türk milletinin takdir ve ufuk bayrağı olduğunu söyle- yen MHP lideri Devlet Bahçeli, ‘31 Mart seçim- leri öncesi “Kürdistan’da kazanacağız, batıda AK Parti ile MHP’ye kaybet- tireceğiz” diyen bölücü- lerle Türkiye İttifakı na- sıl sağlanacaktır?’ ifade- sini kullandı. ►8 Teleferiğe 1 ay bakım molası Bursa Cumhuriyet Başsavcısı Uğurhan Kuş ve Adalet Komis- yonu Başkanı Ali Rıza Bir, Osmangazi Beledi- ye Başkanı Mustafa Dündar’a hayırlı olsun ziyaretinde bulundu. nCHP İl Başkanı Hüseyin Akkuş ve be- raberindeki heyet, Genel Başkan Ke- mal Kılıçdaroğlu’na geçmiş olsun zi- yareti gerçekleştirdi. Gemlik Belediye Başkanı Mehmet Uğur Sertaslan zi- yaret sırasında Kılıçdaroğlu’na Gem- lik’in anahtarını takdim etti. ►12 sigara ve telefona şAnS TOpu 7 + 17 29 28 7 26 SAYISAL LOTO 33 25 20 6 11 18 2 lira Ramazan hazırlığını tamamlayan BESAŞ 400 gram pidenin fi- yatını 2 lira olarak be- lirledi. Başkan Aktaş, “Piyasada satılacak pidenin kilogram fi- yatı 8.33 liraya gelir- ken, BESAŞ’ta kilo- gram fiyatı 5 lira ola- cak” dedi. ►12 Mevlana belgeseli çekecek nÜnlü şarkıcı Beyonce, Mevlana’nın hayatını anla- tan bir belgesel çekmeye karar verdi. Belgesel için 60 milyon dolar ayıran Be- yonce, geçen yıl dünyaya gelen ikizlerine Mevla- na’nın ismi olan Rumi ve Sir adını vermişti. BeSaŞ pideSi BeSaŞ pideSi nİstanbul’da kutlamaların ad- resi bu yıl Bakırköy olurken, Taksim’e çıkmak isteyenlere izin verilmedi. 127 kişi gözaltı- na alındı. İzmir ve Kocaeli’nde de binlerce emekçi meydanla- rı doldurdu. nBursa’da 1 Mayıs, davul, zur- na ve tulumla halaylar ve slo- ganlar eşliğinde kutlandı. 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America’s Page One Breaking news at chicagotribune.com Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune S U B S C R IB ER EX C LU S IV E EX PA N D ED S P O R TS C O V ER A G E Thursday, May 2, 2019 $2.50 city and suburbs, $3.00 elsewhere 171st year No. 122 © Chicago Tribune Chicago Weather Center: Complete forecast on back page of A+E section Tom Skilling’s forecast High 55 Low 43 Trump’s behavior. The dis- pute is certain to persist, as Democrats push to give Mueller a chance to answer Barr’s testimony with his own later this month. Barr separately informed the House Judiciary Com- mittee that he would not appear for its scheduled hearing Thursday because ofthepanel’sinsistencethat he be questioned by com- mittee lawyers as well as lawmakers. That refusal sets the stage for Barr to possibly be held in con- tempt of Congress. At Wednesday’s Senate WASHINGTON — Pri- vate tensions between Jus- tice Department leaders and special counsel Robert Mueller’s team broke into public view Wednesday as Attorney General William Barr pushed back at the special counsel’s “snitty” complaints over his han- dling of the Trump-Russia investigation report. Testifying for the first time since releasing Mueller’s report, Barr faced sharp questioning from Senate Democrats who ac- cused him of making mis- leading comments and seeming at times to be President Donald Trump’s protector as much as the country’s top law enforce- ment official. The rift fueled allega- tions that Barr has spun Mueller’s findings in Trump’s favor and under- stated the gravity of Judiciary Committee ses- sion, Barr said he had been surprised Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whetherTrumphadtriedto obstruct justice, and that he hadfeltcompelledtostepin with his own judgment that the president had commit- ted no crime. “I’m not really sure of his reasoning,” Barr said of Mueller’s obstruction anal- ysis, which neither accused the president of a crime nor exonerated him. If Mueller felt he shouldn’t make a Senate Dems accuse Barr of lying AG calls Mueller’s letter over report’s handling ‘a bit snitty’ By Eric Tucker and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press Attorney General William Barr, who testified to senators, refuses to do so Thursday before a House committee. WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY Turn to Barr, Page 13 Democrats in the Illinois Senate used their super- majority to push forward legislation Wednesday paving the way for a gradu- ated-ratestateincometax— DemocraticGov.J.B.Pritzk- er’s top legislative priority — but the plan faces an uncertain future in the House. With a 40-19 straight party-line vote, Senate Democrats exceeded the three-fifths majority re- quired to approve a pro- posed amendment that would eliminate the Illinois Constitution’s flat tax re- quirement and allow for a structure that charges higher rates on higher in- comes. That measure must be approved by the same margin in the Democrat- controlled House and then would go before voters in the November 2020 elec- tion. Again without any Re- publican votes, Senate Democrats passed a pack- age of bills that would take effect only if voters approve the constitutional amend- ment. The first establishes a new graduated rate struc- ture that would bring in an estimated $3.3 billion in newstaterevenuebyraising taxes on people earning more than $250,000 a year while giving a modest break to the other 97 percent of taxpayers. The other bills — aimed at winning over reluctant Democrats and appeasing angry taxpayers — would freeze school district prop- erty tax rates if the state meets its education funding obligations and eliminate the estate tax, a long-held Republican priority. While Democrats were united in support of the proposed Ill. Senate passes Pritzker’s tax plan Democrats help move proposal over to House By Dan Petrella Chicago Tribune Turn to Tax, Page 9 As rain soaked northern Illinois, flood warnings hit Chicago-area rivers on Wednesday morning and residents might have to deal with an- other bout of flash flooding Thursday. The Des Plaines River was at or close to flood levels Wednesday at Des Plaines and Riverside, while the DuPage River at Plainfield and the Fox River in McHenry and Kane counties were flooding. Above, Natalie Kaciulis takes pictures with her son Nicholas, 2, as recent heavy rains swell the DuPage River at the Naperville Riverwalk on Wednesday. Chicagoland, Page 4 ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Chicago area braces for flooding A new study that shows adolescentsareattempting suicide by overdose at in- creasing rates is further evidence that the perva- sive public health problem needs more conversation and money, experts say. In the report, published WednesdayinTheJournal of Pediatrics, researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and the Central Ohio PoisonCenterfoundmedi- cation overdose suicide at- tempts have more than doubled since 2000, and more than tripled for girls. “I think this all adds up to an opportunity to edu- cate and build awareness and find out what solu- tionsareoutthereforthis,” said John Ackerman, sui- cide prevention coordina- tor and clinical psycholo- gist at Nationwide Chil- dren’s Hospital and one of the authors of the new study. “We have so many opportunities across our system to do better. This shouldbeacalltomobilize resources.” The stakes are high. Joanne Meyers, of North- field, knows firsthand — her daughter Elyssa died by suicide at age 16 in 2004. In 2006, Meyers formed Elyssa’s Mission, a Northbrook-based non- Jodie Segal, director of education with Elyssa's Mission, leads a suicide awareness workshop with sixth- and seventh-graders at Bannockburn School last month. STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE ‘THIS SHOULD BE A CALL TO MOBILIZE RESOURCES’ Suicide bids by overdose on rise in young people By Kate Thayer Chicago Tribune Turn to Suicide, Page 9 A man who attempted to detonate a 1,000-pound car bomb outside a crowded Loop bar in 2012 apologized Wednesday to his family, the judge and the United States for what he called a stupid mistake when he was a naive teen “trying to make friends.” “At the time I thought it was too late to turn back,” Adel Daoud, dressed in an or- ange jail jumpsuit and shackled at the ankles, told U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman about the night he pressed the detonator on the bomb, all part of a ruse by the FBI. “Some- times Ilaughat mystupid- ity. Was that really me?” Reading rapidly from written remarks, Daoud, 25, said he’s a different person now. In the nearly seven years since his ar- rest, Daoud said he real- ized he was “crazy for God knows how long” but has found clarity with treat- ment and medication while in jail. He has also come to realize that his beliefs were terribly mis- guided on what the Islam- ic faith teaches about vi- olence. “I was naive, gullible and confused,” he said about his life in 2012. “I thought jihad could only mean war.” Unlike previous court appearances when Daoud rambled incoherently about Freemasons and liz- ard people, his remarks Wednesdaywerelucid,his voice deeper and steadier. He ended by ask- ing for leniency. “Please don’t make my sentence a payback for events or to people around the world that have nothing to do with me,” he said. “I’m sorry for taking the court’s time, for making my parents cry, for making a bad name for the Muslim community, and I’m sorry to the United States of America. God bless you.” The three-day sentenc- ing hearing has punctuat- ed what has been one of the strangest and longest- running terrorism cases in Chicago history. Coleman won’t impose Local terror plot suspect: ‘I laugh at my stupidity’ Hillside man faces sentencing in plan to blast Loop bar By Jason Meisner Chicago Tribune Daoud Turn to Plot, Page 8 The developer proposing skyscrapers on a platform over train tracks near Sol- dier Field seeks state funds for a $3.8 billion transit center. Ryan Ori in Business Developer seeks state funds for transit center White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson didn’t invent bat flipping or home run cele- brations, but in his mind, it’s up to him to start a revolution. Chicago Sports Sox’s Anderson: ‘They don’t want me to have fun’ 

America’s Page One See the current weather and forecast on www.thejournal-news.net Hillsboro, IL 62049 Volume 167, No. 100 Thursday, May 2, 2019 The Newspaper of Record For Montgomery County, Illinois 20 Pages $1 PHONE 217-532-3933 [email protected] [email protected] www.thejournal-news.net LITCHFIELD 217-324-6604 Weather Report Hi Lo Prec. April 29 71 50 .01 April 30 73 54 1.40 May 1 75 61 .32 Index Auction .........................5B Classifieds ...................4B Family .......................... 4A TV Listings ................... 3B Obituaries .................... 2A Out & About ..................8A Sports ...........................1B Salute! Mercenaries Play In Hillsboro To Honor Twitty . . . See Sports The Ariston Cafe in Litchfield will celebrate the history of Route 66 with a ceremony to relight the vintage neon signs and neon win- dow accents on Saturday, May 4. Celebrating 95 years on Route 66, as the oldest continuously op- erating restaurant, neon will once again welcome travelers on their journey from Chicago to Santa Monica. The historic cafe will host a viewing beginning at 7 p.m. The program will begin as dusk nears, and the official relighting will take place between 8 and 8:15 p.m. Cruise in with a classic car, and while waiting for the perfect time to flip the switch, groove to music from the 1950s and 1960s and mingle with other Route 66 fans. As part of the festivities, the Litchfield Museum and Route 66 Welcome Center across the street will be open for extended hours The landmark event has been made possible through the part- nership of Nick and Demi Adam, former owners of the Ariston Cafe, Will and Michele Law, and Marty and Kara Steffens, current own- ers of the Ariston Cafe, the Neon Heritage Preservation Committee from the Route 66 Association of Missouri, and the Route 66 Cor- ridor Preservation Program from the National Park Service. For more information contact the Ariston Cafe at 217-324-2023 or check out VisitLitchfield.com. Ariston Cafe Honors History With Vintage Sign Relighting The suspect who had been wanted for allegedly breaking into parked cars in downtown Hillsboro has been arrested, according to Hill- sboro Police Chief Randy Leetham. Lamont "Chance" Alberty, 19, of Hillsboro, was arrested after he called the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office to turn himself in, as well as more stolen items. He has been charged with residential burglary and burglary to motor vehicles. According to Leetham, the crime was reported to police Thursday morning, April 24. Police identified the suspect using video surveillance images captured by downtown businesses. "I want to thank the sheriff's office and Litchfield police for their assistance in helping locate the suspect," Leetham said, "and the diligent efforts of the Hillsboro Police Department investigating officers." Teen Suspect Arrested For Downtown Vehicle Break-In Wild Times Exotics Zoo Director Samantha Wendling interacts with a three-year-old ring-tailed lemur named King Julian, as local children watch and pet its long tail. Journal-News/Bethany Martin Zion Hosts Flyer Fest Fundraiser For PTL Many fun, interactive games could be found in every corner of Zion Lutheran School for the fifth annual Flyer Fest fundraiser Saturday, April 27. This year's event featured car- nival games and prizes, inflatables, a cake walk, face painting, Bingo, a free petting zoo by Wild Exotics of Springfield, lunch and a silent auction. Games included leap frog, drop zone, a noodle throw, spin for a toy, balloon pop, beat the buzzer, stop and throw and pet races. As part of the petting zoo, chil- dren had the opportunity to inter- act with a large bunny, chinchilla, tarantula, skinny pig, ring-tailed lemur, blue tongue skink and two snakes. Continued on page 12A Hillsboro FCCLA Students Learn From Entrepreneurs Seven young ladies will be competing for the title of Old Settlers Queen this summer, and they were introduced at the kick-off event, held Tuesday, April 30, at the Challacombe House in Hillsboro. Pictured above, in front, from the left are Caitlyn Howard, Erin Moore, Morgan Schaake, 2018 Old Settlers Queen Kelly Jansen, Malorie Scurlock, Brianna Stephens and Josie Havens. In back are Charlie Page of the Hillsboro Masonic Lodge, Bill Clinard of the Hillsboro Lions Club, Melanie Sherer of Imagine Hillsboro, Blanche Martin of Gold Mine Gaming, Steve Cullison of the Hillsboro Rotary Club, Virgil Seamon of the Hillsboro Moose Lodge and Miranda Lovett and Lisa Casterline of CTI. The inset photo is queen candidate Kassie Dunaway. Photo courtesy of Ken Meade Studio Old Settlers Association Introduces Queen Candidates The Hillsboro Old Settlers As- sociation held its annual Queen's Kickoff on Tuesday evening, April 30, at the Challacombe House in Hillsboro. Seven young ladies will be competing this summer for the title of 2019 Old Settlers Queen. The winner will be crowned dur- ing this year's celebration on Wednesday, Aug. 8, in downtown Hillsboro. Reigning Queen Kelly Jansen will pass on her crown to this year's winner. Refreshments for the evening included hors d'oeuvres and desserts, catered by Milanos' Catering. During the kickoff, each queen candidate had a chance to introduce herself and her sponsor. This year's candidates include Caitlyn Howard, sponsored by the Hillsboro Masonic Lodge; Josie Havens, sponsored by CTI; Brianna Stephens, sponsored by the Hillsboro Moose Lodge; Kassie Dunaway, sponsored by Gold Mine Gaming; Morgan Schaake, sponsored by Imagine Hillsboro; Erin Moore, sponsored by the Hillsboro Lions Club; and Malorie Scurlock, sponsored by the Hillsboro Rotary Club. During the kick-off event, sev- eral former Old Settlers queens talked about some of their favor- ite memories from the contest and offered helpful tips to this year's contestants. After introductions, the queen candidates had a chance to make a few raffle ticket sales. Ticket prices are $1 each, and prizes will be awarded immediately following the queen coronation. Prizes this year are $750 for the grand prize, $500 for first prize and $250 for second prize. Funds raised from this contest are the principle support for Old Settlers Days each year. Committee members selected this year's parade theme as "The World Through My Eyes," which will be for both the Kiddie Parade and the Big Parade on Thursday, Aug. 8. This year's entertainment will be a local country group, Ace Oxygen and the Ozones on Wednesday evening and Silver Bullet - A Tribute to Bob Seger on Thursday evening. Martin Leaves His Mark On Raymond From 1975 to 2017, Joe and Vonnie Martin served the village of Raymond together, as trustee and village clerk until Vonnie's retirement from the clerk's position two years ago. Monday, May 6, will be Joe's final Raymond village board meeting, almost 50 years to the day that he started as a trustee in May of 1969. Journal-News Photo by Kyle Herschelman For more than 80 years, dozens of citizens have served the village of Raymond in some capacity or another, whether it be as a clerk, a treasurer, a trustee or a mayor. But throughout those eight-plus decades, there has been one con- stant, the last name Martin, at least until this Monday's meeting of the village board. The meeting on May 6 will be the final board meeting for trustee Joe Martin, who decided not to run for re-election after serving the village for more than 50 years, following in the footsteps of his father Bert, who was village clerk for 40 years before passing away in 1974. "My dad and mom used to live around the corner. So I'd pick up dad and we'd go to the town board meeting, then we'd go across to one of the taverns and have a beer af- terwards." Martin said. "I was just interested in being involved with the town and helping the guys." Martin was first elected to the village board in May of 1959, but has also served Raymond as mayor for one term and clerk, which led to another member of the Martin family becoming involved in local government. "I told Denny (Held) that I would be the clerk, temporarily, because I had helped mom and dad," said Martin. "But it wasn't long after that I started working on her." "Her" is Vonnie Martin, Joe's wife, who took over for him as the village clerk and remained there until retiring in May of 2017 after 42 years. Continued on page 12A Students in the Family, Ca- reer and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) chapter at Hillsboro High School learned from local entrepreneurs after school on Tuesday, April 30. Members had a question-and- answer session with child care expert and HCCDC founder Sheri Reynolds, Red Rooster Inn revital- izer Kendra Wright, high school senior and CEO entrepreneur Logan Altenberger, Atlas 46 CEO Brian Carver and his assistant Laura Marshall, and Montgomery County Growth Initiative leader Bob Buda. Continued on page 12A See Page 7A 

America’s Page One MESSENGER-INQUIRER ஽ Vol. 137, No. 8 OWENSBORO • SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2012 • www.messenger-inquirer.com $1.75 RETURN TO FORM Recovering from injury, Jones scores 20 as UK wins/B1 BUSINESS: Phill’s Custom Cabinets sells Cabinotch patent/D1 Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne likes to say that “Owensboro is on the move,” and he often follows it by saying that no other city in Kentucky has as much going on as Owensboro. Last week, in his annual “State of the City” address, Payne made that case again, with details supporting the claim. He seized on the fact that 58 public and private projects are currently under way in the community with a total value of $759 million, all of which he said contribute to a strong local economy. Larry Boswell doesn’t doubt it. “I’ve lived here all my life, and it’s been a long time coming,” Boswell said. Boswell is business manager of the 386-member Owensboro Local 1701 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union. These days, according to Bowell, it’s full employment time for the local, with more than 200 members working on the new Owensboro Medical Health System hospital between Pleasant Valley Road and Daniels Lane off U.S. 60 East. The hospital and a long list of other projects outlined by Payne keep the local’s other electricians working steadily, with journeymen earning the top rate of $29.02 a hour, plus benefits, Boswell said. “It’s been very beneficial to us,” Boswell said. “All our members are working. It’s definitely a boost compared to the two years prior (to 2010). We started seeing the increase toward the end of 2010. 2012 is projected to be great. ... It’s really looking good for any electrical contractor, union or nonunion.” Some of the projects on Payne’s list are close to completion, such as the Kentucky National Guard Readiness Center, the new state office building and the downtown river wall project. But others, including the downtown convention center and Hampton Inn & Suites hotel, are set to begin this spring. Boswell said spin-off projects related to the hospital and downtown projects hold potential for more construction jobs. “It looks like several years of work,” he said. For his fourth “State of the City” speech Thursday at the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce’s Rooster Booster breakfast, Payne delivered a glowing report on the city’s health, shining a light on the size of the surplus in the city’s general fund and moderate-to-low tax rates compared to 13 other first- and second-class cities. He spent the bulk of his time presenting the list of ongoing, just finished or soon-to-start projects and the city’s lower-than-average unemployment rate. While the national unemployment rate is SEE BLOCKS/PAGE A2 BUILDING BLOCKS BY STEVE VIED MESSENGER INQUIRER SUNDAY SERIES Gary Emord-Netzley, Messenger-Inquirer [email protected] 691-7318 Salsman Brothers Inc. employees, Jewell Galloway of Madisonville, left, and C.J. Brummett of Dawson Springs, cover a section of concrete wall on the second of two bridges on Ken- tucky 144 on Thursday afternoon. The bridge work is part of the rst phase of the U.S. 60 Bypass Extension project under way east of Owensboro. The Bypass Extension is one of 58 public and private projects currently under way in the community with a total value of $759 million. Projects boosting employment, economic growth The total economic impact, according to Mayor Ron Payne, will be $1.3 billion. INDEX Goodfellows drive tops $121,000/C1 Printed with soy ink Agriculture/D5 Astrology/G2 Classi ed/ F1-6 Crossword/G2 Lotteries/C4 Movies/B3 Dear Abby/G2 Food/G8 Home & Garden/G3 Records/C2-4 Television/G4-5 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport had another record-breaking year in 2011. And officials there are hoping to set yet another record for pas- sengers in 2012. In 2010, the airport boarded slightly more than 16,000 passen- gers, primarily on Allegiant Air flights to Orlando, Fla. Last year, boardings continued to climb to 16,849. And Ray Assmar, board chair- man, says, “We should bounce close to 20,000 this year.” The 2011 numbers might have been closer to 20,000, but Alle- giant suspended flights to Orlando for most of August and September, which are typically slow months for travel to Florida. The airline did the same thing in 2009. The 2010 numbers were the most passengers the airport had seen in a single year since com- mercial service began here in 1951 with Eastern Airlines. SEE AIRPORT/PAGE A2 Airport boardings keep breaking records BY KEITH LAWRENCE MESSENGER INQUIRER MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney brushed aside rivals’ criti- cism Saturday night in the open- ing round of a weekend debate doubleheader that left his Repub- lican presidential campaign chal- lengers squabbling among them- selves and unable to knock the front-runner off stride. Three days before the first in- the-nation New Hampshire pri- mary, Romney largely ignored his fellow Republicans and turned instead on President Barack SEE DEBATE/PAGE A2 Romney brushes o debate barbs in New Hampshire BY STEVE PEOPLES ASSOCIATED PRESS A1  6RXWK&HQWUDO%DQNFRP :KDWHYHU \RXU EDQNLQJ QHHGV Vol. 145, No. 122 Owensboro, Ky. • $1.49 THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 M -I M -I Details, Page A6 77 62 High Low INSIDE facebook.com/ MessengerInquirer CONTACT US CIRCULATION: 270-926-0123 • (800) 633-2008 ADVERTISING: 270-926-0123, CLASSIFIEDS: 270-926-0123 NEWS TIPS: 270-691-7306, SPORTS: 270-691-7314 REPORT AN ERROR: 270-691-7292 Astrology/Region, B4 Classi eds/Health, D4-6 Comics/Region, B5 Crossword/Health, D6 Dear Abby/Region, B4 Lotteries/Region, B4 Markets/A4 Records/Region, B2-3, B6 Television/Health, D3 • Derby favorite scratched • Mathis: By My Standards has area connections Stories, Page C1 Derby favorite scratched Derby favorite scratched Despair & Dreams Just one week after a heat- ed exchange over Owensboro Health’s possible participa- tion in paying for a city-county ambulance services contract, the Owensboro City Commis- sion on Wednesday unani- mously approved that agree- ment with American Medical Resources (AMR) after no dis- cussion. According to City Man- a g e r N a t e Pagan, conver- sations regard- ing who will pay how much of the $150,000 subsidy that contract stipu- lates are ongo- ing. “I think everyone wanted financial assistance from the hospital,” he said. “They’re in the health care business. So, they are the c o m m u n i t y ’ s health provid- er, and I think their mission is to ensure the health and wel- fare of the com- munity. This is a component of the health environment for the local community. We don’t know how the subsidy may or may not be split. Discussions are ongoing with the hospital, so how the subsidy is shared among the partners is still to be determined.” Still, it is up to Daviess Fiscal Court to approve the AMR contract before Yellow Ambulance exits the commu- nity next month. County com- missioners are set to consider that contract Thursday, May 2, afternoon. SEE CITY/PAGE A2 City OKs ambulance agreement BY AUSTIN RAMSEY MESSENGER INQUIRER Nate Pagan Mayor Tom Watson The Catholic Diocese of Owensboro said in a statement late Wednesday afternoon that diocesan officials are recom- mending the Rev. Ed Bradley be permanently suspended from p u b l i c m i n i s - tr y following an investigation into complaints that Bradley had sexu- ally abused two minors. The diocese released a state- ment shor tly before 4 p.m. Neither the Most Rev. William Medley, bishop of the diocese of Owensboro, nor Diocese Direc- tor of Communications Tina Kasey could be reached for com- ment after the diocese issued the release. Bradley, 75, did not return calls for comment. During his career, Bradley was principal at Owensboro Catho- lic High School from 1980 to 1985, and was interim head of Owensboro Catholic Schools in 2017 to June of last year. Bradley was temporarily sus- pended on March 1 after dioc- esan officials received sexual abuse allegations that allegedly occurred while Bradley was prin- cipal at OCHS. The release says a second allegation was received a few days after news of Bradley’s temporary suspension was made public. That second allegation was of “misconduct involving a minor dating from 1980,” the state- ment says. The allegations were referred to the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Offi ce, the statement said. Of ficer Andrew Boggess, public information officer for the Owensboro Police Depart- ment, said detectives investi- gated the first allegation and reported their findings to the SEE BRADLEY/PAGE A2 Diocese recommends Bradley be permanently suspended BY JAMES MAYSE MESSENGER INQUIRER The Rev. Ed Bradley UNDER INSPECTION Above: Harold and Gail Hoover from Hartford look over used school buses in the parking lot of the Owensboro Sportscenter during the pre-inspection period on Wednesday for the annual city auction. Kurtz Auction and Realty will conduct the sale beginning at 10 a.m. for smaller items and 11 a.m. for cars and trucks on Thursday, May 2. Right: William Allen Jr. left, and his dad, William Allen, check out the line of bicycles in the parking lot of the Owensboro Sportscenter during the pre-inspection period on Wednesday for the annual city auction. Photos by Alan Warren, Messenger-Inquirer | [email protected] Daviess Circuit Judge Jay Wethington set a 2020 trial date on Wednesday for Mat- thew A. Adams, the Utica man charged with killing a woman last July at her home on Placid Place. Adams, 26, was charged with murder, fi rst-degree bur- glary, tampering with physical evidence and violation of an emergency protective order in the death of Erica Owen, 25. Owen was found dead in her home after officers, respond- ing to a possible sui- cide call at the home of one of Adams’ rela- tives, found Adams there. According to police, Adams told them he believed he may have killed Owen. Commonwealth’s Attorney Bruce Kuegel is seeking the death penalty against Adams. Owen had an emergency protective order against Adams at the time she was killed, and Adams had an active arrest warrant against him on felony charges of van- dalizing Owen’s home. Adams wasn’t served with the warrant until he was arrested on the murder charge. Wethington set the trial date for Oct. 1, 2020. The trial is expected to last two weeks and includes fi ve days to select a jury. “As soon as the jury is selected, we’ll take testimony,” Wethington said. Wethington also set an SEE TRIAL/PAGE A2 Adams’ death penalty trial set for 2020 BY JAMES MAYSE MESSENGER INQUIRER Matthew A. Adams I n N o v e m b e r, v o t e r s approved the sale of alcoholic beverages in East Philpot pre- cinct, paving the way for sales at the Daviess County Lions Club Fairgrounds — and other places in the precinct. On July 9, the Lions Club will get its license to sell beer and other beverages, opening the door for new events — including concerts — at the fairgrounds. And on July 27, the club is bringing Exile, a band that start- ed in rock music in 1963 and later switched to country, to the fairgrounds arena for an 8 p.m. show. A beer garden will be avail- able at the show, Dyanne Baker, a member of the fair board, said this week. The arena can seat about 10,000 people — making it the largest venue in Daviess County. “We hope we can continue SEE LIONS/PAGE A2 Daviess Lions look to bring concerts to fairgrounds BY KEITH LAWRENCE MESSENGER INQUIRER 

America’s Page One By Johanna S. Billings GOULDSBORO — More than 150 residents attended a Monday night hearing to listen and ask questions about an effort to disband the Gouldsboro Police Depart- ment. The hearing was sched- uled after resident Becky Irwin filed a petition seek- ing to ask voters whether they want to dissolve the town’s police department and instead contract with the Hancock County Sher- iff’s Office. Because the peti- tion was signed by 97 resi- dents, four more than the 93 required, the question will be on the Town Meeting ballot June 12. “I firmly believe this topic needs to be discussed,” said Irwin, who was asked to explain her reasons for col- lecting signatures. “The goal of the petition was to bring about a conversation that has been brewing in this community for some time.” When pressed for more information, she said she had nothing to add and wanted to hear presentations by Gouldsboro Police Chief Tyler Dunbar and Hancock County Sheriff Scott Kane. Dunbar said the police budget for the 2018-19 fis- cal year was about $207,000, which pays for two full-time officers and one part-time officer to work a total of up to 169th Year—Issue No. 18 32 Pages, Three Sections ELLSWORTH, MAINE 04605 Thursday, May 2, 2019 $2.00 National Nurses Week! Page 7 Continued on Page 11 ellsworthamerican.com For subscriptions, or to contact us, call 667–2576 or fax 667–7656 National Debt On Wednesday, May 1, the out- standing U.S. public debt was $22.2 trillion, an increase of $1.2 trillion from last year’s $21.0 tril- lion. Each citizen’s share of the debt is $67,668. ©2019 Ellsworth American Inc. One Printing House Square, Ellsworth, ME 8 91759 00001 0 Continued on Page 11 By Cyndi Wood ELLSWORTH — Women: check your breasts and trust your gut. That’s the message Barbara Courchesne, owner of the Bud Con- nection, would like to impart with her new initiative, Bud for Boobs. For every reusable vase or basket that cus- tomers bring in, the shop will make a donation to the mammography schol- arship fund at Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital. The cause is personal for Courchesne, 50, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and recently underwent a double mastec- tomy and reconstructive surgery. “Early detection has saved my life certainly, so I think it’s important to advocate for that for other people,” she said last Thursday, while taking a break from arranging 44 table center- pieces for the Chefs’ Gala. The gala, which was held Saturday night at the Ramada in Ellsworth (Section II, Page 6), raises money for breast care services at Maine Coast, including mammogram scholarships for those who lack health insurance or have high-deductible plans. To launch Bud for Boobs, Courchesne donated flowers for the event and gave out compact mirrors emblazoned with a message remind- ing women to get their mammograms. The bouquets featured orange tulips, purple cremone, carnations (“in cool colors though”), spray roses and succulents topped off with twin- kle lights. Each was a little different and in keeping with the gala’s neigh- borhood block party theme. The gala is a great party, but it’s important to remember its greater purpose, Courchesne said. Last spring, a routine mammogram Cancer survivor raising money, awareness for mammograms ELLSWORTH AMERICAN PHOTO BY CYNDI WOOD Barbara Courchesne, a breast cancer survivor and owner of the Bud Connection, puts the finishing touch — twinkle lights — on floral arrangements for the Chefs’ Gala. The bouquets will help raise awareness for her new philanthropic effort, Bud for Boobs. Stanley Subaru The Smart Choice Stanley Subaru is proud to support Acadia Choral Society’s Spring Concert and our Local Teachers! St. Saviour’s Parish in Bar Harbor Friday, May 3, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 3:00 p.m., Ellsworth High School Sunday, May 5, 3:00 p.m. Downeast Maine’s #1 Subaru Dealer! • 207.667.4641 • 1.800.439.8989 • 22 Bar Harbor Road, Ellsworth • Open 24/7 at StanleySubaru.com YOUR FUTURE By Kate Cough ELLSWORTH — A bed of ice. A slice of lemon. A dozen gleaming oyster shells. And … thousands of fragments of plastic? No thank you, state Rep. Nicole Grohoski (D-Ells- worth) told the Committee on Environment and Natu- ral Resources at a hearing on April 24. “I generally don’t eat plas- tic if I can help it,” said Gro- hoski, citing a study by the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill that found an average of 177 plastic fragments in oysters harvested in Maine, and a similar number in mussels. Grohoski was in Augusta to testify on a bill she is co- sponsoring that would elimi- nate single-use plastic bags statewide. The bill would ban plastic bags less than 4 mils (0.1 millimeter) in thick- ness and require retailers to impose a 5-cent fee on paper bags. There are some exceptions — dry cleaning and produce bags, newspaper sleeves, tire bags at auto parts stores — but for the most part, the bill would ban thin plastic bags at the point of sale. They could still be sold on store shelves, such as those for dog waste. Plastic bags are not the only — or the biggest — problem, Grohoski acknowl- edged. But they are a “signifi- cant concern,” she said. The Blue Hill study also made this point, noting that plastic bags are not necessar- ily the most common source of debris in Penobscot or Blue Hill bays. (Microbeads from beauty products and fragments of synthetic cloth- ing were likely the biggest contributors.) But Americans do use a lot of plastic carryout bags (roughly 4.13 million tons in 2015, according to the Environmental Protection Agency) and only around 12 percent of those bags are recycled. Most recycling plants can’t handle them, and they wind up clogging up machinery (Penobscot Energy Recovery Co. in Orrington ran into this problem last year and was forced to upgrade its grinders at a cost of $800,000, accord- ing to Grohoski’s testimony). So most wind up in land- fills, clogging streams, caught in trees or in the ocean. In early April, a dead sperm whale washed ashore in Indo- nesia with 25 plastic bags (along with flip-flops, string, drinking cups and bottles) in its gut. And so in recent years, hundreds of cities and three states — California, Hawaii and New York — have sought to deal with the problem by banning thin film plastic bags. Yet results on the environ- mental impacts of such bans have been mixed. One study in California showed that consumers used 40 million Grohoski sponsors bill to ban plastic bags statewide Continued on Page 11 Save over $120 with coupons in this issue! By Stephen Fay ELLSWORTH — A 68-year-old St. Albans man driving a pickup truck remained in critical condi- tion Tuesday following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on the Bangor Road near Sunrise Glass. Ellsworth Police Sgt. Shawn Willey said at the scene that Paul Butler’s Ellsworth-bound pickup truck evidently crossed into the opposite lane at around 12:30, striking a Suburban traveling toward Bangor. The four people in the Suburban — two adults and their two children — sustained minor injuries and were taken to Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital. Samantha Wallace, 34, of Harrington was driving the Suburban. Her husband, Lucas, 41, was the front seat passenger. In the back seat were Hunter, 5, and Drake, ELLSWORTH AMERICAN PHOTO BY TERRY CARLISLE These two vehicles collided head-on Saturday afternoon on the Bangor Road near Sunrise Glass. Man seriously injured in Ellsworth Falls crash Continued on Page 11 ELLSWORTH AMERICAN PHOTOS BY JOHANNA S. BILLINGS Gouldsboro Police Chief Tyler Dunbar (left) answers questions during a hearing Monday night on a citizen petition to disband the police department and contract with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office. Listening during the hearing are (from left) petitioner Becky Irwin, resident Melinda Boumans and Town Manager Sherri Cox. Disbanding Gouldsboro PD debated; vote set for June 12 By Jennifer Osborn HANCOCK — The town of Hancock will be asked to vote whether to “opt-in” to allow retail/commercial marijuana operations within its borders. The Hancock Town Meet- ing article comes on the heels of recently released but long- anticipated proposed regula- tions for operating retail mari- juana businesses in Maine. Medical marijuana busi- nesses have already been oper- ating in Maine. Also, personal, recreational use has been legal in Maine since the 2016 pas- sage of the Marijuana Legaliza- tion Act. The Office of Marijuana Policy April 23 released a 73-page draft of the proposed rules to govern “Maine’s Adult Use Marijuana Program.” Maine contracted with a Colorado firm, Freedman & Koski, to write the rules. Back to the upcoming Town Meeting, which is scheduled for Tuesday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. at Hancock Grammar School. Article 83 on Hancock’s Town Meeting warrant asks: “Shall the town vote to authorize within the munici- pality the operation of adult use marijuana establishments provided they operate in com- pliance with all applicable state and local requirements?” Unrelated to the opt-in vote, the Hancock Plan- ning Board May 8 will hear an application for a CBD Hancock to vote on retail pot Continued on Page 12 

America’s Page One Volume 40, Number 15 April 12 - April 18, 2019 Your Community Newspaper Serving Palms West Since 1980 TOWN-CRIER THE WELLINGTON • ROYAL PALM BEACH • LOXAHATCHEE • THE ACREAGE INSIDE DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS ..............................3 - 22 LETTERS ................................. 4 NEWS BRIEFS ........................ 7 PEOPLE .................................. 8 SCHOOLS ............................... 9 COLUMNS ............................18 BUSINESS ............................ 21 CALENDAR ...........................22 SPORTS .........................23 - 24 CLASSIFIEDS ............... 25 - 26 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM By Denis Eirikis Town-Crier Staff Report Palm Beach Sheriff Office Dis- trict 9 Capt. Ulrich Naujoks pre- sented the latest crime statistics to the Royal Palm Beach Village Council last week, which showed that the crime index in the village has fallen for the fifth consecutive year. At the Thursday, April 4 meet- ing, it was noted that while the village suffered an unusual two murders during the reporting pe- riod, after zero in the previous four years, robberies are at the lowest level in more than 20 years. The population of the village has almost doubled since 1998, when there were 8 reported robberies in the village, and only 9 robber- ies were reported last year. More good news included that home burglaries plummeted from 61 in 2017 to 24 in 2018. Vehicle theft dropped from 61 to 45 reports, and aggravated assault fell from 51 to 43 incidents. Larceny, which includes shop- lifting, rose slightly from 663 in- cidents to 690 incidents. Incidents at the Walmart store on State Road 7, which draws customers from across the region, continues to lead the way in that category. Whether crime is on a rising trend or is falling is hugely im- portant. It can affect how much is spent on policing and other related services, how people vote and even property values. “Americans across the country are more afraid of crime, even though the crime rates are down,” Nikki Usher of George Washing- ton University said in a recent interview. “The media is reporting crime more, and in new ways. The more people consume bad news in the world, the more they believe it is more dangerous than it really is.” That might explain the discon- nect between the actual statistics reported and an informal survey this week on Royal Palm Beach Speaks, a social media site that boasts more than 3,000 members. In a self-selected survey, members who chose to respond, by a margin of about 10 to 1, felt crime that is actually rising in the village. “Regardless of what the statis- tics say — and we know they can be manipulated — many Royal Palm Beachers, especially long- time residents, feel inundated by crime, and it is adversely affect- ing our quality of life,” longtime resident Bob Markey said. “Those of us who have been here for years are shocked to the point of consid- ering moving away.” Jamieson Joseph, a transplant from New York, disagrees. “These people have no idea what a crime-filled town is like,” he said. “Ten years ago, few people were posting about crimes on Facebook and social media. We didn’t have cameras/videos on our homes and phones. People just weren’t as aware of crime in the neighborhood as we are now.” Counterpoint Estates resident Rhonda Dunker agreed. “You see the same posts over and over. It’s sort of an onslaught on your brain,” she said. “Posts like, ‘Do you know this person who rang my doorbell?’ … Which may be nothing at all or may be crime related, but it’s still hitting your brain all the time and reg- istering.” She also feels that society is more suspicious and pays more attention to their surroundings nowadays. “We are seeing a lot more online than we ever knew about in the past before the internet and access 24/7 to news, informa- tion and posts,” Dunker said. Dunker noted that she feels much more vulnerable to crime in Royal Palm Beach than she did when living in Wyoming. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Re- porting (UCR) program is a na- tionwide, cooperative statistical effort of nearly 18,000 municipal, college/university, county, state, tribal and federal law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes brought to their atten- tion. However, the FBI specifi- Statistics Show Crime Drop In RPB, But Public Perception Lags See RPB CRIME, page 22 PRETTY IN PINK FASHION SHOW BLOOM EVENT BRINGS MOMS TO MALL SEE STORY, PAGE 3 By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report At a meeting on Tuesday, April 9, members of the Acreage Land- owners’ Association Board of Directors expressed concern about plans by Connect Church to build a new worship center at the south- east corner of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and Banyan Blvd. The new facility is in its early stages of planning with Palm Beach County, whose planners reviewed the application recently. Connect Church has a permanent location on Okeechobee Blvd. in Royal Palm Beach with Sunday attendance of about 600, and cur- rently also holds Sunday meetings attended by about 200 congregants at Seminole Ridge High School. ALA Board Member Dixie ALA Discusses Plans For New Church In The Acreage Thiery said she was aware that the church had put in an application for development with the county but was concerned that the church had not made an effort to contact the ALA or the Indian Trail Im- provement District. “We should be working with them to find out what’s going on with building,” Thiery said. “People are supposed to come through us. I got an e-mail from the county, and they kind of acted like they don’t have to recognize us whatsoever. They didn’t tell ITID what was going on either.” Pastor Dale Faircloth said the site, located between Westlake to the south and the Publix shopping plaza to the north, is about 6.75 acres. The design will be similar in design to existing nearby facilities, By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report Outdoor icon Smokey Bear turns 75 this year, and as part of the year-long commemoration, he is appearing at the free Earth Day & Arbor Day Celebration at the Wel- lington Amphitheater on Saturday, April 27 from 4 to 7 p.m. The observance will be immediately followed by a Heart tribute concert featuring Love Alive. “Provided he isn’t called away to a fire, Smokey Bear will be at the event, courtesy of the Forestry Service,” said event organizer Mi- chelle Garvey, Wellington’s assis- tant parks and recreation director. Garvey explained that the kids enjoy meeting the costumed char- acter, who will help the children and the Wellington Village Coun- cil plant a tree on the grounds in honor of Arbor Day. “The celebration begins with proclamations about Earth Day and Arbor Day by the council, who will be planting the commemora- tive tree with the help of Smokey Bear and the children,” she said. The full afternoon of fun and learning features more than 20 local vendors with earth-friendly products, favorite food trucks and more. “We partner with the Public Works Department, the Welling- ton Tree Board, the Wellington Garden Club and the Wellington Art Society, which will be selling nature-related items,” Garvey said. “The Tree Board and the Garden Club [members] will be giving away free seedlings and provid- ing information on proper pruning techniques, composting and just sharing their extensive knowledge with the community.” In addition to the free seedlings and other giveaways, there will be plenty of advice from experts and demonstrations of proper tech- niques. There is even a chance to win a tree in a 15-gallon container that is ready to transplant into some lucky, free-raffle winner’s yard to provide shade in just a few years. By Gina M. Capone Town-Crier Staff Report A new village ordinance regulat- ing nightclubs was given its initial approval by the Wellington Village Council after a public hearing on Tuesday, April 9. Spawned by a request from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office after arrests at a concert in the Suri West parking lot in Wel- lington last August, ordinance 2019-03 is intended to minimize the negative effects associated with nightclubs. Village Manager Paul Schofield explained that the ordinance was written to adopt similar rules like the ones in Palm Beach County, and is designed to combat under- age drinking, while addressing the businesses that may be affected. Planning, Zoning & Building Director Bob Basehart explained that the measure is intended to of “nightclub,” as well as minor definitions of “cocktail lounge” and “restaurant.” Secondly, the standards that are implemented by the ordinance will go into the land development regu- lations. This allows the village to grandfather-in existing businesses that operate as nightclubs and re- quire village approval of any new establishments that want to enter into the same business. Thirdly, the ordinance estab- lishes specific criteria to determine whether a business is a nightclub. If the establishment has four out of six criteria, it would be classified as a nightclub. These criteria are if a cover charge is paid, there is a dance floor or live music, alcohol is served, a onetime membership fee is paid, or the event happens during the specified hours, since Smokey Bear To Be A Guest At Wellington’s Earth Day Event Wellington Moves Forward On New Nightclub Regulations See EARTH DAY, page 22 Women of the Western Communities held its annual fundraiser “Pretty in Pink” Spring Brunch & Fashion Show on Sunday, April 7 at the Wellington National Golf Club. Funds raised benefit the Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House and Women of the Western Communities scholarships. KOOL 105.5 Morning Show Hosts Mo Foster and Sally Sevareid once again emceed this event, and Stein Mart provided fashions and accessories. Shown above are Mair Armand, Sally Sevareid, Mo Foster, Maggie Zeller, Jo Cudnik, Allyson Samiljan and Maureen Gross. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 12 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER The diversity of the polo community was on full display during the 10th annual Land Rover Palm Beach International Gay Polo Tournament, held on Saturday, April 6 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. Shown above are Bradley Kompo, Celia Taylor, Jose Cano and Josh Elmassien. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER See CHURCH, page 22 ROBERT SHORR NAMED NEW LOX MAYOR SEE STORY, PAGE 4 Children will have a bevy of kids’ activities to enjoy, including face painting, a coloring mural, learning about recycling and re- specting the earth, plus the oppor- tunity to meet the longest-running public service trade character in U.S. history. Born by the hand of graphic art- ist Albert Staehle on Aug. 9, 1944, Smokey Bear was a commission by the USDA Forest Service and the Ad Council. Conceived as painted artwork of a fictional bear named Smokey, the character would become the symbol for for- est fire prevention for generations. Smokey worked with Bambi and other Disney characters on a poster when he was less than a year old. A popular anthem a decade later by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins seemed to give Smokey the middle name “The” to fit the rhythmic lyrics of the song. “But the name has always been Smokey Bear,” Garvey noted. It is a moniker that has been further the efforts that the council has made over the last several years to minimize and eliminate the negative effects that nightclubs have on the surrounding public. He said that some of the issues of nightclubs are underage drinking, patrons overindulging in alcohol and being the cause of accidents, and vandalism in parking lots and surrounding neighborhoods, to name a few. After the PBSO suggested that Wellington adopt the county ordi- nance or something similar, Base- hart said that village staff elected to adopt a similar ordinance that would allow the municipality to oversee the ordinance and fit Wellington’s local needs and objectives. The ordinance has three com- ponents. The first is to specifi- cally define a nightclub. The ordinance amends the definition Groves Council Reviews Upcoming Applications Planning Consultant Jim Fleis- chmann reviewed several items last week that will be coming be- fore the newly configured Loxa- hatchee Groves Town Council in the near future, including devel- opment applications requesting to add retail uses to an existing application for office space, and another requesting commercial use near but not directly on Southern Blvd. Page 3 Broncos Reclaim Lax Rivals Cup With 11-7 Win Over Wellington The Palm Beach Central High School boys lacrosse team trav- eled across town to take on host Wellington High School on Fri- day, April 5 and bested the Wol- verines 11-7 for a big win. The victory marks the first in four years for the Broncos against Wellington, and in the wake of their performance, Palm Beach Central reclaimed the Outback Rivals Cup. Page 23 See NIGHTCLUBS, page 4 GPL TOURNAMENT MARKS 10 YEARS Pages 18 thru 19 2019 GUIDE such as the Acreage library, the Publix shopping center and the Walgreens store. “All that is set by code by the county, so you have to have wrap- around porches and those type of things,” Faircloth said. “By the time you meet their code, you’ve pretty well built a building that looks like the others.” The main building will be on Seminole Pratt Whitney Road with landscaping buffers on the road and a parking lot east of Banyan Blvd. “We’re currently rolling it out to the church,” Faircloth said. “We’re doing that on April 28.” Thiery said she was concerned that the congregation is using ITID roads. “They have some kind of ex- emptions,” Thiery said. “I don’t know what they are… but they didn’t talk to ITID. That’s our drainage, that’s our roads.” Faircloth said the congregation has met at Seminole Ridge for the past four years. “I go out there on Sunday morn- ing and, quite honestly, there’s no traffic on Sunday morning,” he said. Faircloth said Phase 1 of the proj- ect will call for a 10,000-square- foot multi-purpose building with parking and a stormwater basin on-site. “Phase 1 of the building will seat 275,” he said. “There’s a couple of reasons why we haven’t been to any boards to talk about it. One is we just closed on it on Feb. 28, so we really just got the land… This is not something that we have completely rolled out to the church yet.” Faircloth said the church is still at the beginning of the necessary approval process. “If there is concern, and they would be open to have me come talk to them, I would love to do that,” he said. “We’re in the process of trying to put together a master site plan proposal. I’d love to think that we could complete that by the end of the year.” Faircloth said he understands Acreage residents’ negativity to new development. “My guess is the people of The Acreage are feeling put upon with all the development that’s happening, and they’ve become ‘Paws At The Mall’ Lets Guests Meet Dogs And Shop At Dog Retailers Animal Rescue Force of South Florida, Barky Pines Animal Rescue & Sanctuary and Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control hosted Paws at the Mall on Friday, April 5 at the Mall at Wellington Green. During the event, dogs were available for adoption. Mall guests had the chance to play with dogs, shop from a variety of dog retailers, enjoy kids’ activities and more. Page 10 Wycliffe Stiffs Stickball League Celebrates 17 Years At Luncheon The Wycliffe Stiffs celebrated its 17th anniversary at the Wycliffe Golf & Country Club on Thursday, April 4, showing that the game of stickball is alive and well. The luncheon included special performances by players and lots of laughs for guests. Page 17 

America’s Page One Volume 40, Number 15 April 12 - April 18, 2019 Your Community Newspaper Serving Palms West Since 1980 TOWN-CRIER THE WELLINGTON • ROYAL PALM BEACH • LOXAHATCHEE • THE ACREAGE INSIDE DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS ..............................3 - 22 LETTERS ................................. 4 NEWS BRIEFS ........................ 7 PEOPLE .................................. 8 SCHOOLS ............................... 9 COLUMNS ............................18 BUSINESS ............................ 21 CALENDAR ...........................22 SPORTS .........................23 - 24 CLASSIFIEDS ............... 25 - 26 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM By Denis Eirikis Town-Crier Staff Report Palm Beach Sheriff Office Dis- trict 9 Capt. Ulrich Naujoks pre- sented the latest crime statistics to the Royal Palm Beach Village Council last week, which showed that the crime index in the village has fallen for the fifth consecutive year. At the Thursday, April 4 meet- ing, it was noted that while the village suffered an unusual two murders during the reporting pe- riod, after zero in the previous four years, robberies are at the lowest level in more than 20 years. The population of the village has almost doubled since 1998, when there were 8 reported robberies in the village, and only 9 robber- ies were reported last year. More good news included that home burglaries plummeted from 61 in 2017 to 24 in 2018. Vehicle theft dropped from 61 to 45 reports, and aggravated assault fell from 51 to 43 incidents. Larceny, which includes shop- lifting, rose slightly from 663 in- cidents to 690 incidents. Incidents at the Walmart store on State Road 7, which draws customers from across the region, continues to lead the way in that category. Whether crime is on a rising trend or is falling is hugely im- portant. It can affect how much is spent on policing and other related services, how people vote and even property values. “Americans across the country are more afraid of crime, even though the crime rates are down,” Nikki Usher of George Washing- ton University said in a recent interview. “The media is reporting crime more, and in new ways. The more people consume bad news in the world, the more they believe it is more dangerous than it really is.” That might explain the discon- nect between the actual statistics reported and an informal survey this week on Royal Palm Beach Speaks, a social media site that boasts more than 3,000 members. In a self-selected survey, members who chose to respond, by a margin of about 10 to 1, felt crime that is actually rising in the village. “Regardless of what the statis- tics say — and we know they can be manipulated — many Royal Palm Beachers, especially long- time residents, feel inundated by crime, and it is adversely affect- ing our quality of life,” longtime resident Bob Markey said. “Those of us who have been here for years are shocked to the point of consid- ering moving away.” Jamieson Joseph, a transplant from New York, disagrees. “These people have no idea what a crime-filled town is like,” he said. “Ten years ago, few people were posting about crimes on Facebook and social media. We didn’t have cameras/videos on our homes and phones. People just weren’t as aware of crime in the neighborhood as we are now.” Counterpoint Estates resident Rhonda Dunker agreed. “You see the same posts over and over. It’s sort of an onslaught on your brain,” she said. “Posts like, ‘Do you know this person who rang my doorbell?’ … Which may be nothing at all or may be crime related, but it’s still hitting your brain all the time and reg- istering.” She also feels that society is more suspicious and pays more attention to their surroundings nowadays. “We are seeing a lot more online than we ever knew about in the past before the internet and access 24/7 to news, informa- tion and posts,” Dunker said. Dunker noted that she feels much more vulnerable to crime in Royal Palm Beach than she did when living in Wyoming. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Re- porting (UCR) program is a na- tionwide, cooperative statistical effort of nearly 18,000 municipal, college/university, county, state, tribal and federal law enforcement agencies voluntarily reporting data on crimes brought to their atten- tion. However, the FBI specifi- Statistics Show Crime Drop In RPB, But Public Perception Lags See RPB CRIME, page 22 PRETTY IN PINK FASHION SHOW BLOOM EVENT BRINGS MOMS TO MALL SEE STORY, PAGE 3 By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report At a meeting on Tuesday, April 9, members of the Acreage Land- owners’ Association Board of Directors expressed concern about plans by Connect Church to build a new worship center at the south- east corner of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road and Banyan Blvd. The new facility is in its early stages of planning with Palm Beach County, whose planners reviewed the application recently. Connect Church has a permanent location on Okeechobee Blvd. in Royal Palm Beach with Sunday attendance of about 600, and cur- rently also holds Sunday meetings attended by about 200 congregants at Seminole Ridge High School. ALA Board Member Dixie ALA Discusses Plans For New Church In The Acreage Thiery said she was aware that the church had put in an application for development with the county but was concerned that the church had not made an effort to contact the ALA or the Indian Trail Im- provement District. “We should be working with them to find out what’s going on with building,” Thiery said. “People are supposed to come through us. I got an e-mail from the county, and they kind of acted like they don’t have to recognize us whatsoever. They didn’t tell ITID what was going on either.” Pastor Dale Faircloth said the site, located between Westlake to the south and the Publix shopping plaza to the north, is about 6.75 acres. The design will be similar in design to existing nearby facilities, By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report Outdoor icon Smokey Bear turns 75 this year, and as part of the year-long commemoration, he is appearing at the free Earth Day & Arbor Day Celebration at the Wel- lington Amphitheater on Saturday, April 27 from 4 to 7 p.m. The observance will be immediately followed by a Heart tribute concert featuring Love Alive. “Provided he isn’t called away to a fire, Smokey Bear will be at the event, courtesy of the Forestry Service,” said event organizer Mi- chelle Garvey, Wellington’s assis- tant parks and recreation director. Garvey explained that the kids enjoy meeting the costumed char- acter, who will help the children and the Wellington Village Coun- cil plant a tree on the grounds in honor of Arbor Day. “The celebration begins with proclamations about Earth Day and Arbor Day by the council, who will be planting the commemora- tive tree with the help of Smokey Bear and the children,” she said. The full afternoon of fun and learning features more than 20 local vendors with earth-friendly products, favorite food trucks and more. “We partner with the Public Works Department, the Welling- ton Tree Board, the Wellington Garden Club and the Wellington Art Society, which will be selling nature-related items,” Garvey said. “The Tree Board and the Garden Club [members] will be giving away free seedlings and provid- ing information on proper pruning techniques, composting and just sharing their extensive knowledge with the community.” In addition to the free seedlings and other giveaways, there will be plenty of advice from experts and demonstrations of proper tech- niques. There is even a chance to win a tree in a 15-gallon container that is ready to transplant into some lucky, free-raffle winner’s yard to provide shade in just a few years. By Gina M. Capone Town-Crier Staff Report A new village ordinance regulat- ing nightclubs was given its initial approval by the Wellington Village Council after a public hearing on Tuesday, April 9. Spawned by a request from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office after arrests at a concert in the Suri West parking lot in Wel- lington last August, ordinance 2019-03 is intended to minimize the negative effects associated with nightclubs. Village Manager Paul Schofield explained that the ordinance was written to adopt similar rules like the ones in Palm Beach County, and is designed to combat under- age drinking, while addressing the businesses that may be affected. Planning, Zoning & Building Director Bob Basehart explained that the measure is intended to of “nightclub,” as well as minor definitions of “cocktail lounge” and “restaurant.” Secondly, the standards that are implemented by the ordinance will go into the land development regu- lations. This allows the village to grandfather-in existing businesses that operate as nightclubs and re- quire village approval of any new establishments that want to enter into the same business. Thirdly, the ordinance estab- lishes specific criteria to determine whether a business is a nightclub. If the establishment has four out of six criteria, it would be classified as a nightclub. These criteria are if a cover charge is paid, there is a dance floor or live music, alcohol is served, a onetime membership fee is paid, or the event happens during the specified hours, since Smokey Bear To Be A Guest At Wellington’s Earth Day Event Wellington Moves Forward On New Nightclub Regulations See EARTH DAY, page 22 Women of the Western Communities held its annual fundraiser “Pretty in Pink” Spring Brunch & Fashion Show on Sunday, April 7 at the Wellington National Golf Club. Funds raised benefit the Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House and Women of the Western Communities scholarships. KOOL 105.5 Morning Show Hosts Mo Foster and Sally Sevareid once again emceed this event, and Stein Mart provided fashions and accessories. Shown above are Mair Armand, Sally Sevareid, Mo Foster, Maggie Zeller, Jo Cudnik, Allyson Samiljan and Maureen Gross. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 12 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER The diversity of the polo community was on full display during the 10th annual Land Rover Palm Beach International Gay Polo Tournament, held on Saturday, April 6 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. Shown above are Bradley Kompo, Celia Taylor, Jose Cano and Josh Elmassien. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER See CHURCH, page 22 ROBERT SHORR NAMED NEW LOX MAYOR SEE STORY, PAGE 4 Children will have a bevy of kids’ activities to enjoy, including face painting, a coloring mural, learning about recycling and re- specting the earth, plus the oppor- tunity to meet the longest-running public service trade character in U.S. history. Born by the hand of graphic art- ist Albert Staehle on Aug. 9, 1944, Smokey Bear was a commission by the USDA Forest Service and the Ad Council. Conceived as painted artwork of a fictional bear named Smokey, the character would become the symbol for for- est fire prevention for generations. Smokey worked with Bambi and other Disney characters on a poster when he was less than a year old. A popular anthem a decade later by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins seemed to give Smokey the middle name “The” to fit the rhythmic lyrics of the song. “But the name has always been Smokey Bear,” Garvey noted. It is a moniker that has been further the efforts that the council has made over the last several years to minimize and eliminate the negative effects that nightclubs have on the surrounding public. He said that some of the issues of nightclubs are underage drinking, patrons overindulging in alcohol and being the cause of accidents, and vandalism in parking lots and surrounding neighborhoods, to name a few. After the PBSO suggested that Wellington adopt the county ordi- nance or something similar, Base- hart said that village staff elected to adopt a similar ordinance that would allow the municipality to oversee the ordinance and fit Wellington’s local needs and objectives. The ordinance has three com- ponents. The first is to specifi- cally define a nightclub. The ordinance amends the definition Groves Council Reviews Upcoming Applications Planning Consultant Jim Fleis- chmann reviewed several items last week that will be coming be- fore the newly configured Loxa- hatchee Groves Town Council in the near future, including devel- opment applications requesting to add retail uses to an existing application for office space, and another requesting commercial use near but not directly on Southern Blvd. Page 3 Broncos Reclaim Lax Rivals Cup With 11-7 Win Over Wellington The Palm Beach Central High School boys lacrosse team trav- eled across town to take on host Wellington High School on Fri- day, April 5 and bested the Wol- verines 11-7 for a big win. The victory marks the first in four years for the Broncos against Wellington, and in the wake of their performance, Palm Beach Central reclaimed the Outback Rivals Cup. Page 23 See NIGHTCLUBS, page 4 GPL TOURNAMENT MARKS 10 YEARS Pages 18 thru 19 2019 GUIDE such as the Acreage library, the Publix shopping center and the Walgreens store. “All that is set by code by the county, so you have to have wrap- around porches and those type of things,” Faircloth said. “By the time you meet their code, you’ve pretty well built a building that looks like the others.” The main building will be on Seminole Pratt Whitney Road with landscaping buffers on the road and a parking lot east of Banyan Blvd. “We’re currently rolling it out to the church,” Faircloth said. “We’re doing that on April 28.” Thiery said she was concerned that the congregation is using ITID roads. “They have some kind of ex- emptions,” Thiery said. “I don’t know what they are… but they didn’t talk to ITID. That’s our drainage, that’s our roads.” Faircloth said the congregation has met at Seminole Ridge for the past four years. “I go out there on Sunday morn- ing and, quite honestly, there’s no traffic on Sunday morning,” he said. Faircloth said Phase 1 of the proj- ect will call for a 10,000-square- foot multi-purpose building with parking and a stormwater basin on-site. “Phase 1 of the building will seat 275,” he said. “There’s a couple of reasons why we haven’t been to any boards to talk about it. One is we just closed on it on Feb. 28, so we really just got the land… This is not something that we have completely rolled out to the church yet.” Faircloth said the church is still at the beginning of the necessary approval process. “If there is concern, and they would be open to have me come talk to them, I would love to do that,” he said. “We’re in the process of trying to put together a master site plan proposal. I’d love to think that we could complete that by the end of the year.” Faircloth said he understands Acreage residents’ negativity to new development. “My guess is the people of The Acreage are feeling put upon with all the development that’s happening, and they’ve become ‘Paws At The Mall’ Lets Guests Meet Dogs And Shop At Dog Retailers Animal Rescue Force of South Florida, Barky Pines Animal Rescue & Sanctuary and Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control hosted Paws at the Mall on Friday, April 5 at the Mall at Wellington Green. During the event, dogs were available for adoption. Mall guests had the chance to play with dogs, shop from a variety of dog retailers, enjoy kids’ activities and more. Page 10 Wycliffe Stiffs Stickball League Celebrates 17 Years At Luncheon The Wycliffe Stiffs celebrated its 17th anniversary at the Wycliffe Golf & Country Club on Thursday, April 4, showing that the game of stickball is alive and well. The luncheon included special performances by players and lots of laughs for guests. Page 17 Volume 40, Number 16 April 19 - April 25, 2019 Your Community Newspaper Serving Palms West Since 1980 TOWN-CRIER THE WELLINGTON • ROYAL PALM BEACH • LOXAHATCHEE • THE ACREAGE INSIDE DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS ..............................3 - 20 LETTERS ................................. 4 NEWS BRIEFS ........................ 7 PEOPLE .................................. 8 SCHOOLS ............................... 9 COLUMNS ............................ 16 BUSINESS ............................19 CALENDAR ...........................20 SPORTS ........................ 21 - 22 CLASSIFIEDS ................23 - 24 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Florida Power & Light repre- sentatives presented plans to build a solar farm on the Iota Carol prop- erty to the Indian Trail Improve- ment District Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, April 17. The Iota Carol property, al- most entirely surrounded by the GL Homes residential property west of The Acreage, was denied permission to build homes there by the Palm Beach County Com- mission in 2017. The land was subsequently sold to FPL. Matt Silver, FPL project man- ager for the solar farm, said the energy center will be called the Sabal Palm Solar Energy Center. “We have a property formerly known as the Iota Carol property, and we are going to be installing our second solar energy farm here in Palm Beach County,” Silver said, explaining that the solar farm will be located on the southern half of the 1,288-acre property north of 60th Street between Carol Street and 190th Trail. “We believe solar energy centers make great neighbors,” he said. “They are virtually silent. There’s no lights at night or anything to that effect. There’s no increase in traffic. Once it’s in operation, there’s no water and certainly no fuel. There won’t be any pipelines or anything like that for a solar plant.” He added that the solar panels sit low to the ground at about 6.5 to 8 feet, and the farm will remove a carbon emissions equivalent of 12,000 cars. “It will power about 15,000 homes right here in Palm Beach County and create about 200 con- struction assembly jobs once it’s under construction,” Silver said. The first phase will remove any invasive exotic plants. “The remaining vegetation will not be taken out because it’s on our neighbor’s property,” Silver said. “I will add that there’s no noise when you’re standing at the edge of the property. It’s essentially ambient noise.” Supervisor Tim Sayre asked how high the fence will be, and Silver said the fence will be six feet. “Did you get a waiver from the county? Because fences across front yards can only be 4 feet high, and I don’t know if they consider all that access front or not because there’s not an actual physical house on it,” Sayre said. Silver said that to his knowl- edge, FPL has not been required to get a waiver, but he would speak to the county about it. “We’re currently in the [devel- opment review] process, so I’m sure we’ll be getting some more comments back,” Silver said. Sayre added that he was aware that the remaining 640 acres is planned for agriculture, but he asked if there were long-range plans. “It’s entirely possible that there could be a second solar energy center,” Silver said, adding that the panels for the planned energy center will be fixed, facing roughly southward. Sayre said that he was con- cerned about plans to bring in a huge transformer on a large truck. “I assume you’re bringing it down Northlake [Blvd.] to Semi- nole Pratt Whitney [Road] and then down Orange [Blvd.] all the way out to the field there?” Sayre asked. Silver said that was one of the discussions FPL would need to have with ITID. The construction is slated to go on for nine months. “You’re going to be moving all kinds of equipment, and I don’t know how many solar panels,” Sayre said. “I don’t know what they weigh, but will you be over- weight on the semis going in and out on the roads?” “They won’t be overweight,” Silver replied. “They will be fol- lowing [Florida Department of Transportation] laws.” Sayre explained that he is con- cerned about the impact on Acre- age roads. “The long-term impact on the roads based on what it does to the substructure under the road with all the weight on it,” Sayre said. FPL, ITID Discuss Plans For Solar Farm At Iota Carol See SOLAR FARM, page 4 FLAVORS FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL OWNER SEEKING MISSING DOG RUBY SEE STORY, PAGE 3 By Gina M. Capone Town-Crier Staff Report Urban Air Adventure Park, an indoor family entertainment attraction, made its debut last weekend, opening at the site of the former H.H. Gregg store in front of the Mall at Wellington Green. The highly anticipated business launched with two days of grand opening festivities. Families gathered at the grand opening to assess and enjoy the unique amenities, such as vir- tual reality, the ropes course and climbing walls, jumping on tram- polines and playing in the tubes playground. Children engaged in recreation while parents watched or passed time snacking at the Urban Café or sipping wine and beer at the New Urban Air Adventure Park Opens In Wellington parents’ lounge, where bar stools and tables face television screens. The cool temperature indoors allowed patrons to enjoy physical activities inside, out of the hot sun, and even host birthday parties in the oversized private rooms. Each party room includes a long table with a television, a private host who attends to all of the details and makes sure the birthday girl or boy has the right decorations and food to enjoy the special day. Saleem Fernandez from Texas and Bobby Kreusler from Florida own the new Wellington facility. Both were on hand to greet the community with a soft opening on Friday, April 12 for first respond- ers, and to meet the general public at the grand opening on Saturday, April 13. By Gina M. Capone Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington’s Architectural Re- view Board approved exterior modifications for the 6,000-square- foot Ford’s Garage restaurant site at the Mall at Wellington Green on Wednesday, April 17. The burger and beer chain is slated to open on June 4, and the Wellington restaurant will be the first to open on the east coast of Florida. Ford’s Garage was seeking board approval of a metal insulated canopy, railings, colors and modi- fications to the exterior elevations of the building. The Planning & Zoning Department received a justification statement from Sol Design LLC, the architect of record. Representing Ford’s Garage was Stacy Cofield, joint venture partner for Ford’s Garage South Florida, as well as Carlos Molnar and Joseph Caiazza of Sol Design. “This is our first meeting for the exterior canopy area and en- closures for the patios,” Molnar said before the meeting. “We have been under construction for a couple of months now at the Mall at Wellington Green for the interior work, and now we are working on bringing along the exterior.” The restaurant will be located near the main entrance to the mall near the food court. The Welling- ton location is important to Ford’s Garage. “We have roots here because of our past association with Outback Steakhouse,” Cofield said. “Tim Gannon, one of our original found- ers of Outback, resides in Palm Beach and has for some time. So, we are resource-rich here with past management and employees. We have a very rich relationship with Starwood Capital Group as well.” Starwood Capital Group is the owner of the Mall at Wellington Green. Cofield explained why Ford’s Garage is unique. “The restaurants are unique because all of the food is fresh. We don’t use any frozen By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report Wellington officials are hoping that before the upcoming hurricane season begins, as many people as possible will register for the new Wellington Alert system that pro- vides emergency information from the village, Palm Beach County and the Federal Emergency Man- agement Association’s integrated public alert system. “It is so important that residents register now before a storm hits our area,” said Liz Nunez with Wellington’s public communica- tions department. “We are going to be very active on getting as many people signed up as possible.” Residents should expect an intensive campaign over the next few weeks trumpeting the new community alert system that re- places the old Code Red system. People who received the older While most people are likely to sign up for alerts in English, speakers of other languages can get their alerts translated in 11 languages, including Spanish and Creole, Nunez said. Registration for Alert Wel- lington is simple. Just go to the village’s web site at www.wel- lingtonfl.gov starting next week and sign up. Even with the word just now starting to get out, there are already several hundred names on the list. “Of course, we want to get as many people as possible,” Nunez said. Nunez noted that because of the village’s growing senior popula- tion and that, as a group, the senior segment is less likely to use social media, the village is offering plenty of assistance getting seniors signed up for the new alert system. Using a computer is necessary Wellington Board OKs Ford’s Garage Restaurant At Mall Sign-Up Now For Emergency Info From ‘Alert Wellington’ See ARB, page 4 Flavors of Wellington, the annual food and wine festival hosted by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, returned to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on Friday, April 12 for an evening of music, food and fun. Shown above are Wycliffe Golf & Country Club’s Executive Chef Christopher Park, Chef Zoltan Beders, Shayn Klis and Jesus Longo, who took the Best in Show Display award. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 PHOTO BY CALLIE SHARKEY/TOWN-CRIER “Divine Wine and High Tea With an Oriental Flair” was held on Sunday, April 14 at the original Wellington Mall. Proceeds went to the Vivian and Adrienne Ferrin Memorial Scholarship Fund. My Lovely Couture provided fashions for a fashion show. Shown above are Hildreth Stoddart Brown and Audrey Gordon. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 15 PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER See URBAN AIR, page 4 DESIGNER’S TOUCH HAS A NEW HOME SEE STORY, PAGE 7 products. There is a heightened awareness of the service. There is uniqueness in the brand. The menu is innovative. We are a family driven restaurant,” he said. The original location of Ford’s Garage opened in the historic dis- trict of Fort Myers in 2012, close to the famed winter residence of Henry Ford. With 12 locations, Ford’s Garage at the Mall at Wel- lington Green will have a similar feel, with the ambiance of being in a service station in the 1920s with vintage Ford vehicles and gas pumps. The menu has an assortment of gourmet burgers, chicken and vegetarian products with salads and light fare to please everyone. They also specialize in “comfort food” with the likes of homemade meatloaf, chili and macaroni and cheese. American craft beer is the spe- cialty of the restaurant, but they also offer wine and cocktails, as well as non-alcoholic beverages. Code Red messages must sign up for the new system. “That way, the contacts and names are as current as possible,” Nunez said. The system will call a traditional home landline, send a text to a cell phone and/or an e-mail to reach residents. There is an associated app called “Alert Me Mobile,” which can be downloaded for free and works on Apple or Android phones or smartwatches. “The messages can alert you about hurricanes, storms, torna- does and other weather events, evacuation orders, boil water notifications, road closings — both emergency closings and things like inconvenient lane closures before a commute — and even commu- nity events,” Nunez explained. “It lets residents determine what information they would like to receive and how they would like to receive it.” Indian Trail Workshop Considers Changes In Staff Benefits The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors wrestled with its organizational and salary-range chart at a workshop Wednesday, April 17, trying to keep staff salaries and benefits competitive, so it does not lose experienced staff in a competitive job market. Page 3 Bronco Girls Lacrosse Team Dominates Seminole Ridge 16-2 The Palm Beach Central High School girls lacrosse team host- ed rival Seminole Ridge High School on Wednesday, April 10 and dominated the Hawks 16-2. The victory added to the celebration of the Broncos’ se- nior night. Palm Beach Central (6-9) opened up the contest in control of the tempo. Page 21 See ALERT, page 4 DIVINE WINE & HIGH TEA Pages 16 thru 17 2019 GUIDE Kreusler, a West Palm Beach na- tive, knows the area and works in the sports management business. He believes, as does Fernandez, that Wellington is the perfect com- munity for Urban Air Adventure Park, which has 79 franchise stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Fernandez, an entrepreneur and businessman, owns four Urban Air franchise locations in Texas and Arkansas, and now in Florida. “Urban Air Adventure Park is a big deal out west and is now catching on in the east coast,” he explained. “All of our stores are well staffed, clean and sanitized, where we take pride in the décor, and what we offer families.” The father of three girls, Fernan- Patron Brostrie Scayle (center) is helped in a virtual reality adventure by Urban Air staff members Erik and Adam Dokken. PHOTO BY GINA M. CAPONE/TOWN-CRIER Wellington Seniors Club Spring Dinner Dance The Wellington Seniors Club held its annual Spring Dinner Dance on Friday, April 12 at the Mayacoo Lakes Country Club. Lu White & Friends played oldies music that kept guests dancing all evening. One lucky person from each table won the fresh floral centerpieces. Page 13 Wellington Garden Club Presents Unique Tour The Wellington Garden Club’s largest fundraiser of the year brought a sold-out crowd on a special tour of the Deeridge Farms gardens on Saturday, April 13. The tour covered more than 60 acres of farms and gardens. Page 10 Volume 40, Number 17 April 26 - May 2, 2019 Your Community Newspaper Serving Palms West Since 1980 TOWN-CRIER THE WELLINGTON • ROYAL PALM BEACH • LOXAHATCHEE • THE ACREAGE INSIDE DEPARTMENT INDEX NEWS ..............................3 - 18 LETTERS ................................. 4 PEOPLE .................................. 8 SCHOOLS ............................... 9 NEWS BRIEFS ......................13 COLUMNS ............................ 16 BUSINESS ............................ 17 CALENDAR ...........................18 SPORTS ........................ 19 - 20 CLASSIFIEDS ............... 21 - 22 Visit Us On The Web At WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report Loxahatchee Groves has a new neighbor, on an 80-acre site, grow- ing sod for the Miami Dolphins and the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. Matt Tacilauskas manages the facility, located north of North Road between B and C roads. He said that the first planting of sod is now growing. “That’s the first field we plant- ed,” Tacilauskas said. “We’re hop- ing it will be ready for use during the football season this fall.” Tacilauskas was a golf course superintendent for 20 years, most recently at the Palm Beach Coun- try Club, before he started working for the Dolphins, first as a consul- tant and then taking over the sod operation. The Dolphins organization bought the site last year and has been busy preparing the land and transplanting more than 1,000 na- tive sabal palms that were on the site to the front to act as a buffer. The Dolphins previously were using independent contractors in Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina to haul in sod. The fran- chise saw the opportunity to source the sod locally, keeping the busi- ness in Florida and cutting down on the environmental footprint to transport it. The site includes 100 percent water retention to ponds located on site. “We’re injecting a lot of their ways into this place in regard to how it’s set up environmentally,” Tacilauskas said. “One-hundred percent of this property is self- contained. Right up to the perim- eter, all the water comes back to these ponds.” The site includes a maintenance Loxahatchee Farm Growing Sod For Miami Dolphins See SOD FARM, page 7 ANNUAL WELLINGTON EGG HUNT RESCUED FOALS AT PURE THOUGHTS SEE STORY, PAGE 3 By Denis Eirikis Town-Crier Staff Report The Marines are ready to land in Royal Palm Beach, which is great news for area nonprofit organiza- tions as squads of retired Marines and other veterans act as a free cavalry, showing up to provide manpower and skills, ready for hard work. Unified Dream, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Royal Palm Beach, is made up of about 50 local veterans. Under the command of retired Marine Corps Sgt. Jake Hampu, Unified Dream partners with local organizations in need of help. Their mission is that of serving organizations needing manpower, while providing disabled Marines with the therapeutic value of Retired Marines Organize To Serve The Community working hard alongside others on a detail of cooperation for mutual benefit. Helping other nonprofits and thereby helping themselves, they bring light where lives may have grown dark, lost in the shad- ows of time after active duty. “We breed warriors, send them off to battle, bring them back, give them a DD 214 and handshake,” said Hampu, who explained that society too often writes these service men and women off and forgets them as they return, broken by war. Hampu recounted heartbreaking stories of loss as he described that some veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are so un- derserved, sometimes so broken, that they have started to commit suicide at startling rates. “Vets By Gina M. Capone Town-Crier Staff Report Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Rolando Silva pre- sented the PBSO’s District 8 an- nual report comparing statistics from 2018 to the previous year at the Wellington Village Council meeting on Tuesday, April 23. “This report will reveal that we have had a banner year,” explained Silva, commander of the PBSO’s substation in Wellington. “As far as our trajectory with reported crimes, it is continuing to get better.” Silva led the council through a PowerPoint presentation focused on crime statistics. “Person crimes, property crimes and crashes are all down,” he noted. “Arrests are down a little bit with robberies. We had 13 rob- bery arrests in 2017, and we had one less in 2018, but the arrests for burglaries are up about 14.10 percent.” Mayor Anne Gerwig asked Silva to clarify the difference between a robbery and a burglary. “A robbery is when the victim is a person. So, if you take some- thing from a person with threat or actual violence, this constitutes a robbery,” he explained. “This is always a felony and is a serious crime because the victim is a per- son. A burglary is a theft of break- ing and entering into a structure or a car.” Vehicle crashes tend to increase slightly during the equestrian season, but Silva said that is not surprising. “This slide shows there was a 13 percent reduction in crashes [in the off season],” he said. “It goes down a little bit during the summer and picks back up during the season. I think that is good news.” Traffic citations and warnings are up from the previous year. “These are up about 15 percent for citations and 25 percent in written warnings,” Silva said. “We went down a little bit in verbal warnings. But we like to think that some of these efforts resulted in keeping By Ron Bukley Town-Crier Staff Report The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors has set Wednesday, May 1 to hold its first public hearing on the budget for fiscal year 2019-20. “At this point, there are no pro- posed increases,” ITID President Betty Argue told the Town-Crier on Wednesday. The board was able to add another culvert crew and add a district executive director, as well as create a road improvement fund, relying on carryover from this year for a proposed budget of $18,576,613. “The budget has increased, but the assessments have not,” Argue said. ‘The reason for the budget increasing is because we’re creat- ing those additional pots of money for future planning, like the road repaving of the existing R2 roads did have an assessment increase for the 2018-19 budget year in anticipation of capital projects, including paving and drainage im- provements, culvert replacement and swale renovation, responding to residents’ complaints about bad conditions. “It was for increased funds that we needed for infrastructure im- provements like the culvert crew and equipment that we would need to do that,” Argue said. “We’re finding that it is far more afford- able for us to go this path with [the] amount that we have to do, rather than contracting each individual one out.” Argue said that the implementa- tion of a second culvert crew will cut the total completion time about in half, from the year 2050 to 2030. “It’s still 10 years away from being complete on that, but we’re Wellington Council Pleased With PBSO’s Annual Report ITID To Hold Public Hearing May 1 On Next Year’s Budget See PBSO REPORT, page 18 Thousands of eggs, hundreds of kids and beautiful weather added up to another successful Wellington Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 21 in Village Park. The free family event included music, prizes and vendors. Even the Easter Bunny himself took the time to come out and join the fun. Shown above, Ashlynn Jurgens and Verona Campbell count their eggs. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5 PHOTO BY CALLIE SHARKEY/TOWN-CRIER The Pilot Polo Team won the CaptiveOne U.S. Open Final, de- feating Las Monjitas 12-7 at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington on Sunday, April 21. Completing a perfect season, Pilot captured the inaugural Gauntlet of Polo. Shown above, Pilot team members Facundo Pieres, Gonzalito Pieres, Matias Gonzalez and Curtis Pilot celebrate their victory. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 14 PHOTO BY GINA M. CAPONE/TOWN-CRIER See VETS GROUP, page 18 REP. LOIS FRANKEL VISITS BINKS FOREST SEE STORY, PAGE 7 down the crash numbers.” Silva compared how Wellington measures up to other similar com- munities in terms of crime. “Population-wise, we are in the middle between Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Palm Beach Gardens,” Silva said. “When it comes to residential burglaries per 100 residents, or per capita, we are down at the absolute lowest. So, I think that is remarkable. When it comes to vehicle burglaries, we are still the lowest.” Vice Mayor Michael Napoleone was impressed by how well Wel- lington stacks up against its peer municipalities. “This is a remarkable slide. It reflects what a great job you are doing keeping our crime rate the lowest,” Napoleone said. Village Manager Paul Schofield, however, noted one item that is way up. “One thing that was up dramati- cally was traffic stops,” he said. “The PBSO has been making more [and] the drainage improvements needed.” The unused budget amounts from this year will cover increases, plus create contingencies to cover capital improvements in its five- year plan. “We’ve proposed that there be an increasing amount appropriated each year to go into a pot to do the road repaving plan,” Argue said. “We will be at $2.8 million from this proposed budget. That’s how much money we would have set aside for the road repaving proj- ect. I don’t think it’s going to be enough, but we’re working toward it, so that when it needs to be done, we don’t have to have a huge tax increase to cover it. That’s why it looks like a budget increase, but it isn’t really because we’re still stay- ing within the assessment dollars that we have.” Argue noted that the district ITID Board Agrees On Format For Executive Director Interviews The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors scheduled Wednesday, May 29 to interview candidates for a new district manager, which they renamed “executive direc- tor” to clear up confusion. Page 3 Stephen Passeggiata Looks To Make Impact For The Wolverines Spring football has arrived, and area gridiron enthusiasts await with great anticipation to see what the local high schools have to bring to the turf. The Wellington High School football team returns a diverse weapon in rising senior Stephen Passeg- giata. At six foot, three inches and 230 pounds, he hopes to lead the Wolverines back into the postseason. Page 19 See ITID BUDGET, page 18 PILOT WINS GAUNTLET Page 15 2019 GUIDE come home, often disabled, and we are forgotten,” Hampu said. He explained that the objective of Unified Dream is to provide veterans with a good mission, a sense of camaraderie, and the wonderous, therapeutic value of working together as a team to advance worthy causes. Their service has been greatly appreciated in the 18 months since the organization began. “Jake and the veterans are the real deal. This is almost too good to be true,” said Christina Nico- demou, executive director of the Delray Beach Children’s Garden. The veterans have been de- ployed to the Children’s Garden at least monthly for a year. “Jake and a squad teach carpen- Unified Dream founder Jake Hampu works with children on a carpentry project. Bridge Opening, Charter School Among Concerns At Tuttle Royale By M. Dennis Taylor Town-Crier Staff Report The Royal Palm Beach Village Council last week reaffirmed its commitment to a charter school being built as part of a large de- velopment at the village’s southern end, and also expressed a desire to have the new bridge at Southern Blvd. and Tuttle Road open as soon as it could be. Developer Brian Tuttle is lead- ing the Tuttle Royale project along the south side of Southern Blvd. just west of State Road 7. It will include a variety of residential and commercial uses on the site of the former Acme Ranches community. Included will be a K-12 charter school with a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) theme. Tuttle said that be- cause of the Sunshine Law, he felt it was best to bring the matter up at a public meeting to ask the full council about their current attitude toward a charter school at the site. “My question is, in general, is the council excited about seeing the charter school or, in general, is the board leaving it up to the devel- oper,” Tuttle said at the Thursday, April 18 meeting, adding that the land could also be used for other options, such as office and medi- cal space. Tuttle also asked if the council really felt they needed the charter school, given that there are several in Royal Palm Beach already. Councilman Richard Valuntas said that he liked the idea. “One of the things that is in- See TUTTLE, page 4 Grace Family Medicine Hosts Grand Opening In Wellington Plaza Grace Family Medicine held a grand opening ribbon cutting on Thursday, April 18 at 12785 W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 8E, in the Wellington Plaza. Grace Family Medicine is a direct primary care office for all ages. They offer free meet-and-greets to get to know the doctor, with an appointment and same day or next day doctor visits. Page 13 Ceremony At Braman Honors Teacher, School Employee Of The Year Braman Motorcars presented the 2019 Teacher of the Year and School-Related Employee of the Year with a free two- year lease on a new BMW on Thursday, April 18. The Palm Beach County School District also presented the winners with a check for $1,500 during the festivities. Page 10 

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George Donahue Jr., 42, was arrested Tuesday at Salem District Court by Gloucester police Detec- tive Jonathan Trefry and members of the State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehen- sion Team, according to Gloucester police Lt. Michael Gossom, the lead detective on the investigation. Dona- hue was at the court on for a hearing on an unrelated mat- ter, police said. Donahue is accused of breaking into the Causeway Restaurant and the non- profit Wellspring House, both on Essex Avenue. He was arraigned Tuesday in Gloucester District Court on charges of: „ Breaking and enter- ing a building in the night- time with intent to commit a felony; „ Larceny from a building; „ Receiving stolen prop- erty under $1,200; and „ Malicious destruction of property under $1,200. Police said Donahue was identified after several wit- ness interviews and the exe- cution of search warrants at a residence in Gloucester and the hotel in Allston, where police said he had been staying. When Gloucester and Bos- ton police searched Dona- hue’s hotel room, Gossom said, officers found about 10 Suspect charged in two break-ins By AndreA HolBrook Staff Writer Gloucester police have charged former Gloucester resident George Donahue Jr., 42, identified in part from this surveillance photo, with two in a series of break-ins that have occurred over the past few weeks. GLOUCESTER POLICE/ Courtesy photo BOSTON — State campaign finance officials missed a deadline Wednesday to propose new rules aimed at closing a loop- hole for contributions from labor unions. The Office of Campaign and Political Finance is working on proposed changes to a controversial rule that allows unions to give up to $15,000 to a candidate every time that person runs for office. Its new regulations would be aimed at reducing super-sized union contribution levels. A spokesman for the independent state agency said the new rules won’t be avail- able this week, despite a self-imposed May 1 deadline to release them. “We’re working out the final details,” State misses deadline to cinch ‘union loophole’ By CHristiAn M. WAde Statehouse Reporter BOSTON — Lawmakers are fast-tracking plans to give cities and towns more money to fix potholes, but some say the dollars won’t be enough. As in previous years, Gov. Charlie Baker proposed borrowing $200 million to help 351 cities and towns repave and make other transportation improvements. The money is tucked into a bill that seeks to borrow $1.5 billion for federally aided highway projects and another $200 million for rail upgrades. Baker’s proposal is short of the $300 million in pothole money sought by com- munities, municipal representatives told a legislative panel Wednesday. “We believe that our local governments Governor, lawmakers wrangle over money for potholes By CHristiAn M. WAde Statehouse Reporter Local pie bakers showed off their skills as they helped the town library raises money for its programs. The Friends of TOPH Burn- ham Library hosted its annual Pie Fest fundraiser on Wednesday afternoon, where patrons could eat a slice of home- made pie for $3, with the money going to the library. About 20 people made and donated the pies, including apple, pecan, Key lime, pea- nut butter, and strawberry rhubarb. Others made rugelach, muffins, and cookies. Good eats for good reads PAUL BILODEAU/Staff photos Ruby Sullivan, 7, waits patiently as a chocolate pie is sliced up during the Annual Friends of the T.O.H.P Burnham Public Library Pie Fest Fundraiser, which was held on the third floor of the library. A group of people, in various stages of getting a piece of pie, talk during the Pie Fest on Wednesday. A strawberry rhubarb pie is sliced into serving pieces during the fundraiser. Pie Fest raises money for Essex library ROCKPORT — A Peabody man was sentenced to 21/2 to three years in state prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to fentanyl and cocaine charges. Daniel Juan Carrion, 33, was indicted last November on fentanyl trafficking and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute following an investigation by Rockport police. At the time, he was on probation in Salem District Court for driving offenses. During a hearing in Salem Superior Court, Carrion pleaded guilty to reduced charges of possession of Man sent to prison in Rockport drug case By Julie MAngAnis Staff Writer ESSEX — The next phase of con- struction at the Northshore Mall could make it more of an attraction with a focus on entertainment, dining and retail, which could also benefit the region’s tourism industry. That was the message from the mall’s general manager to tourism industry and business leaders dur- ing a breakfast at Woodman’s in Essex on Wednesday morning. While not divulging any specific details, Mark Whiting explained that the mall will extend its new Promenade past the site of the former Sears department store — which will become a high- end fitness center — all the way down to Macy’s, adding still more Mall plans take center stage at regional tourism breakfast By etHAn ForMAn Staff Writer See SUSPECT, Page 7 See POTHOLES, Page 7 See UNIONS, Page 7 See TOURISM, Page 2 See CASE, Page 2 RYAN MCBRIDE/Staff photo Northshore Mall General Manager Mark Whiting, speaks about the mall’s recent expansion plans. GT_GT_20190502_1_01,2,5,7 GT_GT_20190502_1_01,2,5,7 YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN BLACK GT_GT_20190502_1_01 FINAL-1 Wed, May 1, 2019 9:00:05 PM TODAY FRI SAT 52°/43° 52°/49° 61°/47° The Cape and Islands’ Daily Newspaper Thursday, May 2, 2019 DISTINGUISHED NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR WEATHER & TIDES Advice ..................................... C3 Business ................................. C4 Cape & Islands ....................... A3 Classifi ed ................................ C5 Comics .................................... B5 Crossword .............................. C8 Health ..................................... C1 Nation & World ...................... A6 Obituaries .............................. C2 Opinion ................................... A8 Sports ..................................... B1 Television ............................... C3 Gulliver says: ‘Rain drain!’ Complete forecast, B6 SPORTS ◆ B1 Sandwich baseball too much for Falmouth HEALTH ◆ C1 Study: Time zones can shape human behavior capecodtimes.com • Vol. 83, No. 105 • $2.50 Cape & Islands By Tanner Stening [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal leg- islation that would protect the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s beleaguered reservation is headed to the House floor for a full vote. The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reserva- tion Reaffirmation Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. William Keating, D-Mass., was the first bill debated Wednesday during the full U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources markup session. Keating crafted the legislation in response to a law- suit brought in 2016 in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts by neighbors of the tribe’s proposed $1 billion casino in Taunton. That lawsuit resulted in the U.S. Department of Interior reversing a decision it made the year before to take 321 acres of land in Taunton and Mashpee into trust on the tribe’s behalf. The legislation would clarify the tribe’s eligibility for that federal trust protection and prevent future legal challenges to the reservation. The committee voted 26-10, mostly along party lines, to move the bill to the floor. The tribe has one of the oldest relation- ships with the federal government, and has been “intentionally and systematically stripped of their lands,” U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said during an explanation Tribe bill headed to House fl oor for vote Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffi rmation Act moves forward in Congress amid internal turmoil By Geoff Spillane [email protected] HYANNIS — The Barnsta- ble County Fire and Rescue Training Academy could soon have a new home on the Upper Cape. Brig. Gen. Christopher Faux, executive director of Joint Base Cape Cod, and Barnstable County Adminis- trator John “Jack” Yunits Jr. have confirmed discussions are underway to relocate the academy from Hyannis to the base. The proposed relocation of the facility aligns with the vision of base leadership to establish a multijuris- dictional first responder training center there, according to Yunits. “It’s something that we definitely want to do,” Faux said. “There’s a lot of excess property on the base, and using it for first responder training is compatible with where we are going. We are waiting to hear more about what they need, and we are Fire academy may move to base County, military offi cials in talks to create regional fi rst responder training site SEE ACADEMY, A4 By Eric Tucker wand Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Pri- vate tensions between Justice Department leaders and spe- cial counsel Robert Mueller's team broke into public view in extraordinary fashion Wednesday as Attorney Gen- eral William Barr pushed back at the special counsel's "snitty" complaints over his handling of the Trump-Russia investiga- tion report. Testifying for the first time since releasing Mueller's report, Barr faced sharp ques- tioning from Senate Democrats who accused him of making misleading comments and seeming at times to be Presi- dent Donald Trump's protector as much as the country's top law enforcement official. The rift fueled allegations that Barr has spun Mueller's findings in Trump's favor and understated the gravity of Trump's behavior. The dis- pute is certain to persist, as Democrats push to give Muel- ler a chance to answer Barr's testimony with his own later this month. Barr separately informed the House Judiciary Committee Rift aired over Mueller report Attorney General William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Com- mittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednes- day. [ANDREW HARNIK/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] SEE TRIBE, A4 Attorney General William Barr denies misleading Congress and showing bias toward Trump in Russia probe SEE BARR, A10 In a plan to buy Sipson Island for preservation, the main house may be converted into an education center and the boathouse will remain. Private backers of the Orleans island sale have gone public in an attempt to persuade town meeting to purchase the property. [MERRILY CASSIDY/CAPE COD TIMES] By Ethan Genter [email protected] ORLEANS — In the middle of Pleasant Bay sits a 24-acre, $7.9 million island. It is well mani- cured and surrounded by sandy beaches. Sipson Island has been in private hands since the 1700s, when it was bought by a group of colonists from a Native American sachem, but if a plan coordinated by the Friends of Pleasant Bay, the Sipson Island Trust and the town is approved by town meeting, the public could have access forever . On May 13, voters will have the chance to approve $1.5 mil- lion in community preservation funds to buy a conservation restriction on 18 of the 24 acres. Cheryl and Rich Nadler, of Orleans, have a purchase-and- sale agreement with the current owners, and all but two of the acres eventually will be owned by the Sipson Island Trust, a soon-to-be nonprofit orga- nization that plans to in turn buy the land from the Nadlers through fundraising. The two remaining acres have a cottage on them and would continue to be privately owned. The conservation restriction would guarantee public access on the long stretches of sandy beach and the grassy trails that run across the island. Rich Nadler initially got involved with the island through his seat on the Conserva- tion Commission. He saw the potential for development on the island and suggested to his wife that they could play the role of a private partner to preserve the island. “I understood its unique beauty, historic and environ- mental significance, as well as its fragile vulnerability,” Nadler wrote in an open letter to the A ‘one-time opportunity’ Orleans voters must decide if private island is worth cost of public access SEE ISLAND, A4 By Beth Treffeisen [email protected] FALMOUTH — Acts of hate aimed at Jewish people and institutions in Massachusetts have hit all-time highs over the past two years, according to an audit by the Anti-Defamation League, and community lead- ers on Cape Cod say it’s time to acknowledge the problem. Confronting hate: Cape group raises awareness Anti-Semitic incidents in state skyrocket SEE HATE, A4 Find more online • BUSINESS: Worcester inter- ested in another Pawtucket institution, Hasbro Find this and more of the latest news online: milforddailynews.com • THE CONVERSATION: How African-Americans disap- peared from the Kentucky Derby. Find this and other news in the E-Edition Extra, an extra section of the digital version of the newspaper for our subscribers: milforddailynews. me.newsmemory.com SATURDAY A shower 66° / 46° FRIDAY A few showers 54° / 49° TODAY A little rain 54° / 42° Volume 132, Issue 122, 24 Pages, 2 Sections Home delivery: 888-697-2737 News tips: 508-634-7562 STAT E | A 8 BOSTON MAYOR PUSHES FOR EQUALITY Walsh urges Legislature to keep pressure on employers to close gender, racial gaps W EEKEND | B 7 BERNADETTE PETERS POPS INTO BOSTON The popular Broadway and film star sings songs from her hit musicals May 8-9 at Symphony Hall LO CA L | A 3 FORMER ADDICT SHARES STORY IN HOLLISTON With prom approaching, pro BMX rider warns of ‘gateway drugs’ Classifieds .........B11 Comics ............. B10 Legals .............A4, 8 Obituaries .........A10 Opinion .............A11 Television ........... A9 BY JESSICA TRUFANT DAILY NEWS STAFF MEDWAY — The mountain in many cultures symbolizes the obstacles we en- counter on the journey of life. So in honor of those who face a tough climb in the fight against cancer, Medway native Pamela Bennett on June 20 took on a mountain of her own. Roberts after health care ruling NATION, A2 Oil sanctions being felt in Iran BUSINESS, A10 milforddailynews.com MONDAY, JULY 2, 2012 VOLUME 125 • NUMBER 303 • 20 PAGES • 2 SECTIONS • $1 Sox win to gain split SPORTS, B1 HONORED AS A DISTINGUISHED NEWSPAPER by the New England Newspaper Association The DAILYNEWS MILFORD ■ See what’s happening at the Milford library this week. A7 ■ A Daily Deal, just for you. A3 These stories you’ll find only in today’s print edition of the Daily News INDEX 80/65 Thunderstorms today, clouds, thunderstorms later this week. Regional forecast, A2 LOCAL WEATHER Classified ......... B8-9 Comics .................B7 Crossword ...........B7 Local News ......A3, 7 Lottery .................A2 Nation & World ....A2 Obituaries ............A8 Opinion ................A9 Soduku .................B7 Sports ......... B1-4, 10 State ....................A4 Television .............B6 WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? By Derek McLean | Daily News staff Fresh look for traditional cause Boxes Lions use to collect eyeglasses get coat of paint, and some new graphics MILFORD — Milford residents passing by the Main Street police sta- tion and the Purchase Street Market may notice big yellow collection boxes on the sidewalk in front of the build- ings. The boxes are part of a long-standing drive by the Milford Lions Club which collects donated eyeglasses. “Its amazing how many eyeglasses we collect,” said the local Lions Club president Brian Bodio. He said the club receives around 100 eyeglasses among the two collections, when the boxes are emptied every two months. He said after collecting them, he sends the glasses to the state Lions Club District 33-A headquarters to be restored, refurbished and “provided to those in need.” The drop boxes have been in place for more than 30 years, but during the spring they received new graphics and were repainted. Bodio said the Lions are the largest international service organization in CARE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SOMETHING? Contact Derek McLean at dmclean@wickedlocal. com or 508-634-7582. End of sparkler ban urged BY MIKE GLEASON DAILY NEWS STAFF HOLLISTON — A local candidate for state repre- sentative has come out against the state ban on sparklers, the small burning metal torches that emit sparks, often used by chil- dren. Marty Lamb, a Republi- can candidate for the 8th Middlesex seat, said he got interested in the matter after the state Legislature last month overwhelmingly re- jected a measure to legalize sparklers. He called the move a symbol of overregu- lation in the state. “To me, it seems absurd,” said Lamb, who is running against incumbent Demo- crat Carolyn Dykema. “Forty-six states allow fire- works, with sparklers being on the low end of that.” The timing of the vote, he said, only brings the prob- lem into sharper focus. “As we get into the Fourth of July holiday, it’s a good example of how the govern- ment controls every aspect of our lives,” he said. Lamb said the state has been inconsistent in ban- ning unsafe materials. “This is the same Legisla- ture that voted to decrimi- nalize marijuana,” he said. “That strikes me as them talking out of both sides of FIREWORKS Lamb calls law ‘absurd,’ but fire marshal says they are dangerous MEDWAY NATIVE Woman scales Mt. Shasta to raise money to fight disease The American Legion color guard marches down Main Street during the Fourth of July parade in Franklin yesterday. At left, Eric Lewis, 7, of Cub Scout Troop 126, rides the American flag float. PHOTOS BY DAN HOLMES Freedom march the world. He said the Milford Club has so far raised $12,000 for the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund, and over $180,000 over the past two decades. Lions Clubs in the state raise more than $1 million each year to the fund for eye research. Boxes Lions use to collect eyeglasses have received a new coat of paint and graphics. DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY DEREK MCLEAN MENDON Horribles coming to town BY MIKE GLEASON DAILY NEWS STAFF MENDON — The annual Horribles Parade — featur- ing local children in costume marching down Maple Street – is set to take place tomorrow evening. The parade, which starts off at 6:30 p.m., is open to Rising above cancer ONLINE EXTRA For more photos of Franklin’s parade, go to milforddailynews.com. Bennett Medway native Pamela Bennett climbed Mt. Shasta to raise money to fight cancer. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS INDEPENDENCE DAY Towns to hold holiday bashes BY MATT TOTA MILFORD DAILY NEWS STAFF Using fireworks, food, music, and parades, area towns this week will cele- brate Independence Day with a slew of Star-Span- gled extravaganzas. Milford — tomorrow Fireworks shot from Clark’s Island on Milford Pond will paint the sky starting at 10 p.m. The is- land has served as a launch- ing pad for the town’s fire- works display for more than 10 years. Parks Department Direc- tor Michael Bresciani sug- gests watching the display from Plains Park, Fortune Boulevard, Fino Field or anywhere around Rte. 85. The Milford Lions Club Fireworks, rides, food to mark birthday of America SEE HORRIBLES, A5 SEE SPARKLERS, A8 SEE TOWNS, A8 SEE RISING, A7 The DAILYNEWS MILFORD @milforddaily Facebook.com/MilfordDailyNews $2 milforddailynews.com Thursday, May 2, 2019 By Eric Tucker and Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr pushed back Wednesday at complaints from Robert Mueller over his handling of the Russia investi- gation report, leveling his own criticism at the special counsel as simmering tensions between the Justice Department and Muel- ler’s team broke into public view in extraordinary fashion. Testifying for the first time since releasing Mueller’s report, Barr said he was surprised Muel- ler did not reach a conclusion on whether President Donald Trump had tried to obstruct justice, and that he felt compelled to step in with his own judgment that the president had committed no crime. Barr also complained that Mueller’s report did not, as requested, clearly flag sensitive material, creating weeks of work for the Justice Department as it moved to redact grand jury mate- rial that was not intended for the public. “I’m not really sure of his rea- soning,” Barr said of Mueller’s decision to not reach a conclusion on obstruction of justice. He sug- gested that Mueller “shouldn’t have investigated” acts on which he did not plan to reach a pros- ecution judgment. Barr’s public defense of his actions rebutted complaints by Mueller, expressed in a letter and phone call, that the attorney gen- eral had not adequately portrayed the investigation’s findings. The revelation of that letter hours earlier amplified allegations from Democrats that Barr had spun the investigation’s findings in Trump’s favor. Democrats were also likely to accuse him of misleading law- makers last month when he suggested he was unaware of concerns on the Mueller team about his actions. Barr’s appearance Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee gave the attorney general his most extensive opportunity to explain the department’s actions, including his press conference held before the report’s release, and for him to repair a reputa- tion bruised by allegations that he’s the Republican president’s Barr, Mueller trade barbs as probe rift goes public By Brian Lee Telegram & Gazette Staff WESTBOROUGH — As cus- tomers pulled in to Alltown Mobil on Rte. 9 Tuesday, they were told that they could enroll in a first-in-the-nation option that would allow them to pay for fuel through their E-ZPass vehicle transponders, according to two people responsible for the new technology. They said the pay- ment method eliminates eight of the 12 steps at the pump, shav- ing 80 seconds from the average four-minute transaction. "It's not an insignificant amount of time," said Kevin Condon, founder and chief exec- utive officer of Boston-based PayByCar. The in-car payment technology system became available to the general public on Monday, Condon said. Anyone who has an E-ZPass toll transponder was invited to register for PayByCar through a two-step process at www. mypaybycar.com. Enrollment requires entering the E-ZPass transponder number and a credit card or other form of payment. The PayByCar account is separate from customers' toll accounts. Condon and PayByCar Presi- dent Anand Raman stood in front of the 10-pump gas station at Rte. 9 and Lyman Street handing people cards about the program, and answering questions. Condon estimated about 100 people registered Monday. Antennas on the gas-station canopy read the transponders, and when an enrolled customer pulls in, he or she will receive a text message asking if they want gas, and if so, at which pump. By the time the customer gets out of the car, the pump has been activated, Condon said. "I don’t have to swipe a card or worry about someone looking at the PIN number, or skimming," the founder said. The customer takes the dis- penser nozzle, makes a fuel choice, fills up, returns the nozzle and the transaction is done. The customer gets a receipt, and the transaction is recorded via email and on the PayByCar account page. "It’s really seamless," Condon said. E-ZGas PayByCar uses transponders to shave time at pump From left, PayByCar President Anand Raman and PayByCar founder and CEO Kevin Condon. Their system of paying for gas via a car’s toll transponder is in use at the Alltown Mobil station on Rte. 9 in Westborough. [T&G STAFF/RICK CINCLAIR] By Alison Bosma Daily News Staff MILFORD – Peter Garrett noticed a substantial spike in the number of customers when his gas station opened Milford’s first self-serve pumps off Rte. 85 earlier this year. “I think there’s been a lot of pent-up demand in Milford,” said Garrett, president of Volta Oil, which owns Garrett’s Family Market. “There are a lot of people who have wanted self-serve gasoline.” Prior to last October’s Town Meeting vote changing the bylaw, Milford allowed only full-serve gas stations, mean- ing customers could not pump their own gas. The Town Meet- ing article behind the vote was sponsored by Volta Oil, and Garrett’s Family Market is the only gas station in town that offers self-serve. This weekend, nearly four months after their mid-Janu- ary opening and less than two months after converting all Milford self-serve pumps open for business Garrett’s Family Market hosting party Saturday By Cesareo Contreras Daily News Staff ASHLAND – He went for fun, and almost beat a juggernaut. Local residents got to see a familiar face on “Jeopardy!” Monday night, as Adam Levin, of Ashland, took on the longtime trivia show's reigning, and seem- ingly unbeatable, champ, James Holzhauer - and very nearly defeated him. Levin, the sports information director at Brandeis Univer- sity in Waltham, finished with $53,999, just $18 short of Hol- zhauer's $54,017. Holzhauer, a professional sports bettor, earned his 18th consecutive vic- tory on Monday, accumulating more than $1.3 million. “I put everything out there and did everything I felt I could possi- bly do,” Levin said. “As someone who works with student-athletes and works at sporting events at Brandeis, I see it all the time, where great teams and great ath- letes and people who go out there and give it their all, don’t always win every game. As long as they gave it their hardest and left it all out on the field, they have every- thing in the world to be proud of.” Levin, a Brandeis graduate, has applied for the show sporadically over the past decade, starting around the time the game show started letting people take the submission tests online, he said. He’s loved the show since he was a kid. While he’s successfully passed Ashland resident proves he’s a gamer Adam Levin narrowly misses knocking off ‘Jeopardy!’ champ See JEOPARDY, A4 See GAS, A4 See PUMPS, A4 See BARR, A4 

America’s Page One WEATHER High 84, Low 58 AccuWeather report, C8 Friday 79 | 61 Saturday 77 | 58 Sunday 65 | 51 Monday 74 | 54 Business . . A9 Comics . . B10 Horoscope B7 Lotteries . . . . . . . . . . D8 Marketplace A12 Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . B4 Obituaries . . B8 Opinion . . A14 Television B11 To advertise, call 1-800-341-3413. For a complete list of numbers, see “Contact Us” on A4. By Susan Snyder and Erin Arvedlund STAFF WRITERS When Temple University asked for his resignation, Moshe Porat refused to give it. Now, the ousted business school dean is fighting back. Porat, 72, alleges that the universi- ty has unfairly blamed him for a rank- ings scandal that rocked the Fox School of Business last summer, and ruined his reputa- tion and legacy. He claims that for years, he sent written directives to other Fox staff, warning them to make sure all the data for the rank- ings were honest and accurate — and was assured that they were — and that, in the end, Temple made him a scapegoat to protect its own image. He asserts that he did not know about or authorize the false reporting of data or falsify any data provided to U.S. News & World Report and other rankings organizations. Nor, he main- tained, did he dismantle a committee charged with oversight of the data, as the school contended. “Out of loyalty to the university, I have been publicly silent for 10 long months,” Porat said in a nearly 1,400 word statement provided to The In- See TEMPLE on A6 Ousted dean at Temple to retaliate Moshe Porat plans to sue the university, saying he was unfairly blamed for false data submitted to U.S. News. Attorney General William Barr responded to Democratic senators’ tough questioning with calm, citing legal definitions and Justice Department policy. One frustrated Democrat, Rhode Island’s Sheldon Whitehouse, accused him of “masterful hairsplitting.” Senate Sparring The attorney general deflected criticism and calls for his resignation. He described Mueller’s letter as “a bit snitty.” THIS IS FOR THE COPY- RIGHT, YEAR AND VOLUME. REGATTAS | B1 Schools, city pony up to dredge Schuylkill SANDUSKY CASE | B1 Shapiro vows appeal of Spanier ruling SPECIAL SECTION IN TODAY’S INQUIRER By Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, Karoun Demirjian, and Rosalind S. Helderman WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON — Attorney General Wil- liam Barr denied Democrats’ accusa- tions that he dissembled and misled the public about Robert Mueller’s find- ings, defending his handling of the case during a contentious Senate hearing Wednes- day about the special counsel Russia investigation. Much of the hearing centered on revelations that Mueller com- plained more than a month ago about Barr’s initial public depiction of the in- vestigation’s find- ings. The attorney general parried many of the Demo- crats’ toughest ac- cusations and ques- tions with avuncu- lar answers about legal definitions and Justice Department policy, exasperating law- makers such as Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.), who accused Barr of “masterful hairsplitting.” Mueller wrote a letter in late March expressing dissatisfaction to Barr that the attorney general’s four-page memo to Congress, which described the principal conclusions of Mueller’s investigation See BARR on A6 Is development rising above the dead? The massive Schuylkill Yards may cover two large, abandoned cemeteries established by early Quakers. Assistant District Attorney Colleen Osborne had made a list of all the people who had failed Ethan Okula. It’s a long list. The 10-year-old foster child, a ward of our city, died a wholly preventable death in 2016: The city Department of Hu- man Services let Ethan — who had developmental disabilities, hearing problems, and a debili- tating stomach condition — fall through the cracks. The agencies contracting with DHS falsified a record and mis- handled his medical care. The nurse at Julia de Burgos Elementary School failed to real- ize that Ethan’s stomach condi- tion had put him in mortal peril on the day he writhed in pain in See ETHAN on A6 Guilty pleas, but many more to blame ANDREW HARNIK / AP J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE / AP J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE / AP Moshe Porat was removed as head of Fox business school. SIXERS-RAPTORS PREVIEW | SPORTS, C1 EMBIID: I WON’T FORCE MY GAME PHILLIES 7, TIGERS 3 | SPORTS, C1 FRANCO’S DOUBLE CLEARS THE BASES THE MUELLER REPORT | BARR TESTIFIES “My understanding was, his concern was not the accuracy of the statement of the findings in my letter, but that he wanted more out there to provide additional context. William Barr’s interpretation of a letter from Robert Mueller By Stephan Salisbury STAFF WRITER The massive $3.5 billion Schuylkill Yards development that begins at 30th Street Station and extends west along Market Street and JFK Boulevard to 31st Street is taking shape in part on land that was once occupied — and may still be — by two of the city’s oldest and largest aban- doned historic cemeteries. Both burial grounds — known as the Upper Burial Ground and the Lower Burial Ground — were started by the Quakers in the 17th century, and were in use from the 1680s until the middle of the 19th century. Here lay the Quaker dead — and a huge proportion of the non- Quaker poor, African Americans, laboring classes, immigrants, transients, and others relegated to what became burial fields for the indigent. No records of wholesale remov- als or reinterments of skeletal re- mains from either cemetery have been found in public records. And skulls and bones have been repeat- edly unearthed during construc- tion in the neighborhood over the last century or so, according to newspaper accounts. In one instance, as 30th Street See DEVELOPMENT on A4 BURIAL FIELDS FOR THE INDIGENT A SYSTEM ON TRIAL MIKENEWALL "@MikeNewall RATINGS SCANDAL In a March 27 letter, Robert Mueller took issue with William Barr’s summarization of his Russia report. Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.) addresses Barr. He later canceled a scheduled appearance Thursday in the House. KEN CEDENO / Sipa USA / TNS The Schuylkill Yards project extends west of 30th Street Station. Burial grounds’ exact location is uncertain. 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America’s Page One www.scnow.com TheVoice of the Pee Dee $1.50 INDEX Vol. 96, No. 122; Florence, S.C. BUSINESS, 8B COMICS, 4B CROSSWORD, 6B HOROSCOPE, 6A OBITUARIES, 5A OPINION, 7A STATE, 2A SPORTS, 1B THE BEST CLASSIFIEDS IN THE PEE DEE PAGE 5B. CALL 317-SELL TheVoice of the Pee Dee SPORTS South Florence captures District VI championship. Page 1B THURSDAY MAY 2, 2019 Become a fan of the Morning News! www.facebook/morningnews SEND US YOUR NEWS TO [email protected] FOR HOME DELIVERY, CALL 843-317-6397 TODAY’S WEATHER High 87, low 65. Chance of rain: 10 percent. FRI: 81/66, 80% BY MATTHEW CHRISTIAN Morning News mchristian@florencenews.com FLORENCE — Fiesta fun will return Friday evening to downtown Florence in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. The fifth annual Down- town Cinco de Mayo Fiesta will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the 100 block of South Dargan Street. The 100 block is between Cheves and Evans streets. Admission is free, but proceeds from ticket sales for food and drinks will go toward the Greater Flor- ence Habitat for Humanity. Debbie Edwards, execu- tive director of the Greater Florence Habitat for Hu- manity, said Tuesday that the proceeds from the fi- esta will go to the construc- tion of a house on West Vista Street by the Great- er Florence Habitat for Humanity. Fiesta fun downtown will benefit Habitat for Humanity Cinco de Mayo BY REBECCA CROSS Special to the Morning News LAKE CITY — Words of truth create meaning and movement, said artist Tom Owen. Owen encourages all people to leverage this power of truth and “Raise Your Voice” – the phrase doubling as his charge to hu- manity and title of his 2019 Art- Fields piece. “This work continues my ex- ploration of using color and Tom Owen Artist spotlight CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BYARDIE ARVIDSON Morning News Aarvidsonflorencenews.com LAKE CITY – Coinciding with the nine-day ArtFields in Lake City this week is the opening of the private Moore Farms Botanical Garden to the public. It is open daily, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Sat- urday and features art installations purchased from previous ArtFields. Rebecca Turk, director of edu- cation and event at the garden, said the garden tries to acquire at least one piece of artwork from the ArtFields exhibit each year to display. Art and nature lovers attending ArtFields are encour- aged to visit the garden. The address is 100 New Zion Road in Lake City. Turk said the self- guided tours can take as little as 40 minutes or as long as a couple of hours. Guided tours are about an hour and a half, she said, and must be booked in advance. Botanical Garden open during annual event ARDIE ARVIDSON/MORNING NEWS Moore Farms Botanical Garden in Lake City features 65 cultivated acres of land and is open to the public during ArtFields. ABOUTTHIS ARTIST » From: Newport, Kentucky. » Age: 59. » 2019 ArtFields competition title: “Raise Your Voice.” » Medium: Wa- terborne enamel, acrylic and latex paint, crayon, wax pastels on stretched canvas. » Venue: So-Lace Boutique. » Voting ID: 192144. Owen “Raise Your Voice”is artist Tom Owen’s encouragement to all people “to speak truth, to bring light.” See OWEN, Page 3A Art from previous years on display See FIESTA, Page 3A See ARTFIELDS, Page 3A BY MATTHEW CHRISTIAN Morning News mchristian@florencenews.com FLORENCE — Tuition will be going up for those attending Florence-Dar- lington Technical College. On Monday, the Flor- ence-Darlington County Commission for Technical Education, the governing body for the college, ap- proved a 3.3 percent tu- ition increase, equivalent to an additional $6 per credit hour. The per-credit hour rate will go from $179 to $185. Interim President Ed Bethea said the board looked at the college’s budget and decided the tuition increase was neces- sary to balance the budget. He said enrollment was declining at the college. Bethea said the increase would result in roughly $500,000 in additional revenue. “I think that the entire Florence- Darlington Tech Tuition rising 3.3% at college See TUITION, Page 5A BY LAUREN OWENS Morning News lowens@florencenews.com COLUMBIA – Among the nearly 10,000 teachers and supporters protesting Wednesday morn- ing at the South Carolina State House, nearly 300 Florence One Schools teachers came dressed in red to protest low pay and poor working conditions. The rally, organized by the SC for Ed teacher advocacy group, began at the South Carolina De- partment of Education building. The participants marched to the capitol, chanting phrases such as “Where’s Molly?” and “I teach. I vote.” State Superientendent of Education Molly Spearman did not attend the rally, choosing instead to serve as a substitute teacher. Robin Bowman, a Briggs El- ementary School teacher and Pee Dee area representative for SC for Ed, said the turnout for the rally Florence teachers join big rally ‘A seat at the table’ LAUREN OWENS/MORNING NEWS S.C. Sen. Mike Fanning of Great Falls hypes up the crowd of nearly 10,000 people during the SC for Ed rally Wednesday. See RALLY, Page 4A LOCAL Area shops to participate in Free Comic Book Day. Page 2A 

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America’s Page One THE PARAMOUNT CHAMBER PLAYERS PRESENTS Masterworks y Chamber Music MAY 04 @ 7:3O PM COMING ATTRACTIONS AND TICKETS ONLINE @ PARAMOUNTBRISTOL.ORG OR CALL 423-274-8920 THURSDAY, May 2, 2019 HeraldCourier.com 147th Year | $1.50 TRUTH. ACCURACY. FAIRNESS. Southwest Virginia-Northeast Tennessee The Birthplace of Country Music ® 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service INDEX Thank you, Mack E. Harless, for subscribing to the Bristol Herald Courier. CLASSIFIEDS ...............B10-B12 COMICS.................................B8 DEATHS........................... A2-A4 OPINION.............................. A10 TELEVISION..........................B9 162 26,430.14 MARKET SUMMARY » B6 REGION Restoring renovation fund for Sullivan school system would mean tax hike » A5 D O W See BALLAD, Page A9 See BARR, Page A2 A&E » A6 ATTEMPTED TRAFFIC STOP Weather » A12 80/57 State OKs Ballad NICU plan Barr, Mueller trade barbs Attorney general to skip House panel’s hearing BY DAVID MCGEE BRISTOLHERALD COURIER The Tennessee Depart- ment of Health has ap- proved a controversial Bal- lad Health plan to consoli- date its perinatal services. On Wednesday, state Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey issued her decision, approving Ballad’s request to consolidate neonatal intensive care services in Johnson City. She said three of her children were treated in NICUs, and she under- stands the gravity of the plan. “As a parent, I also know firsthand the stressors of having a baby in the NICU. Three of my four children were NICU babies who ex- perienced prolonged stays due to prematurity, so I personally understand the significance of this deci- sion,” Piercey said in the statement. Ballad will maintain its LevelIIINICUatNiswonger Children’s Hospital in John- son City while downgrad- ing the NICU at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport from Level III to Level I. The plan was met with considerable public opposition, especially from people and elected officials in the Holston Valley ser- vice area, when it was an- nounced last November. “In objectively weighing the pros and the cons of consolidating NICU ser- vices, it is my opinion that the benefits of doing so significantly outweigh the detriments,” Piercey said in the statement. “Guided by the well-established standards of regionalized perinatal care, I find the most notable benefit of the consolidation to be the enhancement in quality of care and patient outcomes, secondary to higher patient volumes, sufficient physi- cian coverage and timely specialist access.” DAVID CRIGGER/BRISTOL HERALD COURIER Multiple law enforcement agencies assisted the Scott County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday as they conducted a manhunt for a suspect who shot at officers during an attempted traffic stop.The incident happened on Roberts Creek Road near Hiltons,Virginia.The subject of the manhunt,Timothy Manuel, was later shot and killed. DAVID CRIGGER/BRISTOL HERALD COURIER A Virginia State Police helicopter and an armored vehicle were among the units that responded Wednesday. DAVID CRIGGER/BHC Scott County Sheriff Chris Holder gives an update. Suspect killed Bristol man fatally shot after multi-agency manhunt BY DALENA MATHEWS and ROBERT SORRELL BRISTOL HERALD COURIER HILTONS,Va. — An attempted traffic stop in Scott County, Virginia, on Wednesday morning set off a multi-agency manhunt in Hiltons that resulted in the fatal shooting of a Bristol man. Scott County Sheriff Chris Hold- er said a deputy was traveling along Roberts Creek Road when he tried to stop a car with out- of-state tags that was swerving. When the car stopped, the driver jumped out and began shooting at the officer with a rifle before fleeing into the nearby woods, he said. The deputy, who was not identified, was shaken up but not injured, the sheriff said. The driver, Timothy Manuel, 28, of Bristol,Virginia, was believed to still be armed and dangerous Manuel See MANHUNT, Page A9 BY ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK TheAssociated Press WASHINGTON — Pri- vate tensions between Jus- tice Department leaders and special counsel Robert Mueller’s team broke into public view in extraordi- nary fashion Wednesday as Attorney General William Barr pushed back at the special counsel’s “snitty” complaints over his han- dling of the Trump-Russia investigation report. Testifying for the first time since releasing Mueller’s report, Barr faced sharp questioning from Senate Democrats who accused him of making misleading comments and seeming at times to be President Don- ald Trump’s protector as much as the country’s top law enforcement official. The rift fueled allegations that Barr has spun Mueller’s findings in Trump’s favor and understated the grav- ity of Trump’s behavior. The dispute is certain to persist, as Democrats push to give Mueller a chance to answer Barr’s testimony with his own later this month. Barr separately informed the House Judiciary Com- mittee that he would not appear for its scheduled hearing Thursday because ofthepanel’sinsistencethat he be questioned by com- mittee lawyers as well as lawmakers.That refusal sets thestageforBarrtopossibly beheldincontemptofCon- gress. AtWednesday’s Senate Ju- diciary Committee session, Barr spent hours defending his handling of Mueller’s report against complaints from Democrats and the special counsel himself. He said, for instance, that he had been surprised that Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether Trump had tried to obstruct justice, and that he had felt BRISTOL HERALD COURIER WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR » B1 Take advantage of Breaks Interstate Park’s Elk Tours 

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America’s Page One SHEBOYGAN - Fishing season is upon us, but before you get out your pole and head to the water, you’ll need a license. The fine for fishing without a license last year was $222.90, so you’ll want to make sure you have one before casting a line. “These fees directly impact the quality of fisheries in Wisconsin by funding habitat work and stocking efforts throughout the state,” Antho- ny Arndt, a conservation warden for the Wisconsin Department of Nat- ural Resources, said of the fees associated with getting a license. Hook, line and sinker Ready to go fishing? Here’s what you need to know to get your license Diana Dombrowski Sheboygan Press USA TODAY NETWORK - WISCONSIN Land fishermen fish off the north pier in 2017 in Sheboygan. GARY C. KLEIN/USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN See FISHING, Page 3A THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019 ❚ SHEBOYGANPRESS.COM PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK Volume 113 | No. 137 Home delivery pricing inside Subscribe 877-424-5639 ©2019 $1.00 Weather High 48° ❚ Low 38° Rain. Forecast, 7A Packers Hall of Fame will induct former GM Ted Thompson Saturday Mike Reinfeldt, a former Green Bay Packers executive, will introduce him. They both worked for the Packers in the 1990s. 2A XEAJAB-51950x MANITOWOC - Two-year-old Gilbert A. Grant II was repeatedly beaten and abused by his mother and her two room- mates in the months prior to his April 26 death inside a Two Rivers apartment, court documents show. Grant turned 2 just days prior to his death, on April 21 — the same birth date of his mother, Rena L. Santiago, 27. Probable cause statements for the ar- rests of the suspects after his death — his mother and her roommates, Bianca M. Bush, 25, and David R. Heiden, 28 — show the boy was repeatedly beaten by the three with open hands, a shoe, a belt and a sandal, and had things thrown at him by his mother on several occasions. The documents also state Grant had food shoved down his throat and was forced to eat his own vomit by Bush af- ter she shoved her fingers in his throat. In the week prior to Grant’s death, Hei- den said he saw Bush slap Grant in the face with an open hand, ground him to the couch all day and night, throw things at Grant’s face, head and chest, and grab Grant by the sides and shake him while yelling “What are you doing?” He said she “would go to town” hitting him. Santiago, according to the court doc- uments, told police she witnessed all of the physical discipline and approved it. She also said she was aware of bruises on Grant’s body and avoided taking him to the doctor for regular check-ups as a result. On April 26, the day Grant died, Hei- den said he spanked Grant on the but- tocks with an open hand approximately three times, then picked Grant up by his Boy, 2, was repeatedly abused prior to death, court documents show Brandon Reid Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter USA TODAY NETWORK - WISCONSIN See ABUSE, Page 5A Bush Heiden Santiago Mother, roommates would hit child, throw things MILWAUKEE - As the most severe wave of measles in 19 years spreads across the country, state representa- tives are trying, for the second time, to eliminate Wisconsin’s “personal con- viction” vaccines waiver. Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, rein- troduced the bill to do so Tuesday, three years after his first at- tempt failed to make it out of committee. As of yesterday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported confirmed mea- sles cases in 22 states, the highest number since the disease was eliminated from the country in 2000. Elimination of endemic measles does not mean the disease no longer exists, it means the disease is no longer native to the U.S. Measles cases can still exist in the U.S. due to travelers bringing it here and then spreading it to people who are not vaccinated. Wisconsin is one of 18 states that al- lows parents to opt-out of the vaccines recommended for children before the start of school. Only three states — Mis- sissippi, West Virginia and California — don’t allow any nonmedical waivers, ac- cording to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Wisconsin has a 5.3 percent exemp- tion rate. Only four states — Arizona, Alaska, Idaho and Oregon — had higher rates of students who did not get the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine for a Amid measles scare, lawmakers trying to stop vaccine waivers Devi Shastri Milwaukee Journal Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK - WISCONSIN Hintz See VACCINES, Page 5A Chacín, Aguilar heading in right direction as Brewers close out arduous April SPORTS, 6A 

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