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Modular Design 2009 2019 The Farmersville Times Serving Farmersville and East Collin County Since 1885 • Farmersville, Texas, Thursday, September 27, 2018 • 2 Sections, 10 Pages $1.00 Farmersville Football takes on visiting liFe Waxahachie Friday – sports, 1b Volume 132 Issue 43 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .3B Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . .. .3A Opinion . . . . . . . . . ... . . .4A Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . 3B Sports . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 1B InsIde thIs Issue Lake Lavon Levels Normal – 492 494.70 ft as of 09/25/18 Lake Jim Chapman Normal 440 – Current 438.37 ft Source: US Army Corps of Engineers © Copyright 2018. All Rights Reserved. C&S Media Publications Courtesy Collin County Sheriff’s Office A Kansas City Southern railroad train was derailed Friday, Sept. 21 as a result of flooding. More than 12 inches of rain fell over the weekend. Additional photos page 6A. By Wyndi Veigel News Editor news@farmersvilletimes.com A train derailment occurred and multiple roads were closed after more than 12 inches of rain fell over the weekend in the Farmersville area. It was all hands on deck Fri- day, Sept. 21 around 11 p.m. when a Kansas City Southern train en route from Shreveport to Dallas derailed two loco- motives and 11 rail cars near County Road 605 and County Road 558 outside Farmersville. According to information released from KCS railroad, no one was injured in the derailment. A small amount of diesel fuel leaked from one of the lo- comotives and is being remedi- ated by the company. A tank car spilled non-hazmat brake fluid while other cars spilled steel plates. The rail line was closed to train traffic until 2 a.m. Sun- day, Sept. 23 and further clean up is in progress. The cause of the derailment is under investigation, KCS representatives stated. Flooding, along with wind and thunderstorms, created other issues for Farmersville including an hour long power outage in the city and a 6-inch water line breaking behind H&H Storage on the corner of Hwy. 78 and Farmersville Pkwy. According to City Manager Ben White an alert about water usage was sent out as a pre- caution since the water tower See TRAIN page 6A Deluge creates closures, train derailment By Wyndi Veigel News Editor news@farmersvilletimes.com A three-year battle to restrict the use of a 34-acre tract of land for an Islamic cemetery ended last Thursday. In a special meeting Thurs- day, Sept. 20 Farmersville City Council unanimously approved a settlement with the Islamic Association of Collin County which will allow the group to move forward with its development of the property. The land overlooks Lake La- von and is in the city’s extra- territorial jurisdiction located along Hwy. 380 and CR 557. The city’s attempts to block the cemetery ended after it approved the settlement, reversed last year’s decision to disap- prove the tract’s preliminary plat and approved the preliminary plat. The settlement states the city will approve the final plat within 21 days after submission as long as it meets all of the city’s requirements. IACC did not ask for any money to be reimbursed by the city, including their legal fees. The settlement agreement also includes a release of claims from the IACC against the city. According to First Liberty Institute, a Plano based nonprofit group that specializes in religious liberty cases, the settlement will allow IACC to move forward with the platting process “without fear that there will continue to be religious liberty violations.” In a press release from First Liberty, Chelsey Youman, counsel for the organization said “Religious liberty in America includes the rights of landown- ers to use their land for religious purposes, including burial in accordance with religious tradition. “Politicians in Farmersville would have spent thousands of See CEMETERY page 5A Islamic cemetery approved by council Lindsay Bain/The Farmersville Times Preparing for set up Farmersville’s Jordan Davis prepares to set the ball up at the net against Community last Friday in the District 13-4A opener. The Lady Farmers won the match in five sets. For the story and additional photos see this week’s Sports. Additional photos at farmersvilletimes.com. By Morgan Howard Staff Writer news@farmersvilletimes.com School board members voted on a set of goals for the new school year. At a meeting Monday, Sept. 24, the board approved S.M.A.R.T. goals. School district employees will work to achieve all objectives by the end of the 2018-’19 school year. S.M.A.R.T. stands for “Specific,” “Measurable,” “Attainable,” “Relevant” and “Time-bound.” These at- tributes are intended to keep FISD on track with improving schools. Two specific goals are increasing student profi- ciency in reading and math. Board members hope the S.M.A.R.T. outline will help teachers better prepare students for standardized testing. “Every kid needs to get better,” Superintendent Jeff Adams said. “We shouldn’t sit in a classroom all day and not get better. We want to see improvement. They’ve got to get better than what they were.” The board also voted to approve a memorial plaque in honor of Glenn McClain, who died in August. The plaque will highlight McClain’s service as a school board member and football game announcer. It will be located near the concession area in Fightin’ Farmer Stadium. McClain’s seat in the school board will remain vacant until the May 2019 election. According to new state guidelines handed down, board members must receive their required training by the See SCHOOL page 2A School board sets goals for school year By Wyndi Veigel News Editor news@farmersvilletimes.com Those interested in being a vendor for Old Time Saturday only have a short amount of time left to apply. One of the highlights of OTS, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 6, is the vendors that provide good eats, tasty treats and fun shopping. Vendors have until Wednes- day, Oct. 3 to reserve their spots. Booth spaces that sur- round the Onion Shed are available for food, arts and crafts and service related vendors. Spaces range from $50 to $160 and can include electricity for an additional cost. Vendor applications are available online at www.farm- ersvilletx.com. For more information regarding vendors contact Cynthia Craddock-Clark at 469-422-2261. Many other activities are also included in Old Time Saturday including the annual East- ern Star Pancake Breakfast at Farmersville High School from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. Tickets are $8 each and will include pancakes, sausage, juice, milk or coffee. Kids under 2 eat free accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available in advance from any Eastern Star member or the day of the event at the high school. To burn off the calories from the pancake breakfast, there will be the annual Audie Mur- phy Hero 5K run from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The run will start at Farm- ersville Heritage Museum. See OTS page 2A Vendor deadline Oct. 3 for OTS

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Traditional lead Celtics control Game One. Boston dominated top-seed Milwaukee in the opener of round two in the playoffs. C1. House Democrats and the Jus- tice Department battled over the parameters of Attorney General William Barr’s planned testimony this week, raising the prospect that the hearing might not happen. A2. Spaniards appeared to hand the governing Socialist Party a decisive victory in an election that featured heavy turnout and bolstered a far-right nationalist group. A3. A California company said it had created a breath analysis test for marijuana impairment among drivers. B1. Apple has removed or restrict- ed at least 11 of the 17 most downloaded screen-time and parental-control apps, frustrat- ing users. D2. Richard Lugar died. The six- term senator (right) from Indi- ana was an influential voice on foreign policy who sought bipartisan solutions. D6. abcde M o n d a y , A p r i l 2 9 , 2 0 1 9 By John Hilliard GLOBE CORRESPONDENT Bryan Snow, an electrician from Peabody, knows about the pain opioid addiction can inflict on a family. The 41-year-old spent years battling the disease, not seeking the help he needed, in part because of attitudes in the construction industry. Snow, drug-free now for seven years, said the industry must work to encourage those struggling with addiction to come forward to get treatment. “It needs to be out there: ‘If you need help, you can come. It’s OK,’ ” Snow said. As soaring numbers of construction workers battle addiction, building trades leaders in Boston are launching a conference this week intended to do just that: show contractors and union members how they can help those who are hooked on drugs and alcohol. “We don’t [push] someone away who gets cancer or diabetes; we shouldn’t get rid of someone who suffers addiction,” said Thomas Gunning III, director of labor relations for the Building Trades Employers’ Association, which is organizing the event. “It’s a disease of the mind, and we want to help them,” he said. The goal of the weeklong conference is to help break down the stigma surrounding substance abuse disorder that discourages people in the industry from seeking help, Gunning said. Organizers are also calling for Narcan to be available at all job sites to help prevent overdose deaths, he added. Mayor Martin J. Walsh will speak Monday at the conference, according to a spokeswoman; it kicks off at 5 p.m. at IBEW Local 103’s headquarters on ADDICTION, Page A6 By Jeremy C. Fox GLOBE CORRESPONDENT Seventeen years after he pleaded guilty to his role in the murders of two beloved Dartmouth Col- lege professors, James Parker, who was 16 when he and his best friend killed Susanne and Half Zantop, wants to be a free man. Parker, 34, is set to appear Tuesday in New Hampshire’s Grafton Superior Court for a hearing on a motion to suspend his sentence of 25 years to life and release him from the New Hamp- shire State Prison for Men in Concord. His attorney, Cathy Green, contends that, while spending more than half his life behind bars, Parker has been a model prisoner, rehabilitated himself, and earned another shot at life. If released, he initially would live with his parents and take a construction job with his father, a contractor. The state attorney general’s office argues that, because the killings of Susanne Zantop, 55, chair- woman of Dartmouth’s German studies program, and Half Zantop, 62, a Dartmouth professor of earth sciences, were brutal and premeditated, and because Parker was given the minimum sentence, DARTMOUTH, Page A6 By Jess Bidgood GLOBE STAFF HOUSTON — This wasn’t just any campaign stop for Bernie Sanders: The forum was aimed at women of color, and it offered the irascible Vermont senator a chance to connect with many voters who did not warm to his last presidential bid, in 2016. But when Sanders took the stage at the She the People Presidential Forum last week, he did not exactly win over the crowd. He barreled through big policy proposals, speaking with his trademark brusque- ness amid groans from the audience, while moderators repeatedly urged him to more specifically address women of color in the crowd. Why, they asked, should they support him? “Look at my record,” Sanders said, wag- ging his finger for emphasis, “and look what I have campaigned on.” Afterward, several attendees described Sanders as “agitated,” “frustrated,” and seemingly underprepared. “He was the same cantankerous person that he always is,” said Marsha Jones, 58, SANDERS, Page A6 By Evan Allen GLOBE STAFF Inside the mint-green house on Mattapan Street, Eleanor Maloney hugged her children, cradled her grandbabies, and tended her mother until she died peacefully at 100 years old. She was the lifeline of a huge and close-knit family that sprawled all the way to Barbados, but had a home, always, at No. 17. She was cooking for them on April 6 when she realized she needed something at the corner store. She left her unseasoned chicken and stepped out of her house, past her brother, her daughter, and the grandson she treasured, who had just gotten out of prison and vowed to turn his life around after years of trouble. She was on the sidewalk, according to her family, when the shooting started: bullets tearing through the warm spring air toward her grandson. To the neighbors who loved her, 74-year- old Maloney was “Ma,” generous and funny and patient, the boisterous barbecues she hosted open to all. To the patients rushed to Boston Medical Center, where she worked for 44 years as an operating-room assistant, she was a calm, quick, and sure presence, MALONEY, Page A5 Building trades targeting addiction Conference aims to reduce stigma, promote treatment Confessed killer seeks early release Man has served 17 years for role in brutal murders of Dartmouth professors For Sanders, a charm defensive Famously gruff, he leans on policy, not personality Loss, and mystery, linger With no charges filed for the crime, a woman’s slaying haunts her Mattapan neighborhood MICHAEL WYKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS Some at a Houston forum last week thought Senator Bernie Sanders came across as “agitated.’’ For breaking news, updated stories, and more, visit our website: BostonGlobe.com V O L . 2 9 5 , N O . 1 1 9 * Suggested retail price $3.00 Monday: Periods of sun. High 56-61, low 41-46. Tuesday: Rains return. High 47-52, low 39-44. High tide: 8:01, 8:38. Sunrise: 5:43. Sunset: 7:41. Comics and weather, C9-10 Peek-a-blue In the news PAT GREENHOUSE/GLOBE STAFF Women dressed in hospital garb spoke to Police Commissioner William Gross at Eleanor Maloney’s funeral service on April 17. By Naomi Martin GLOBE STAFF Each day, the cars would cruise onto the Milton driveway to the $1.9 million mansion. The drivers would retrieve plastic cases full of brown paper bags, authorities said, returning hours later with cash. The scene described in a federal agent’s affidavit led to the arrest this month of the home’s owner, Deana Martin, 51. She was accused of con- spiring to sell 220 pounds of marijuana through her unlicensed online delivery service, Northern Herb, which employed 25 people and allegedly paid no taxes. With sales of $14 million, Northern Herb was one of the biggest Mas- sachusetts marijuana operations shut down in recent memory. But even now with recreational pot legal in the state, the size of Northern Herb and its many competitors shows that the illegal market continues to thrive — undercutting the legal trade and filling a need for many con- sumers. About 75 percent of the state’s cannabis sales this year will take place under the table, according to industry analysts, who blamed the state’s slow rollout of stores, many of them in far-flung communities. Two-and- a-half years after voters approved legalization, home delivery is not allowed and only 15 retail stores have opened statewide, with just one in Greater Boston. The Northern Herb bust was celebrated by police, some policy makers, and medical marijuana dispensaries, who called this month for a systematic crackdown on illicit sellers. MARIJUANA, Page A4 Crackdown on illegal pot splits cannabis community Unlicensed dealers fill need, some say, as legitimate industry struggles to grow PHOTOS BY DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION Federal authorities say an unlawful pot delivery business was being operated from the house at this Milton address. CHUCK ROBINSON/AP James Parker in custody in 2001. Maloney was beloved by kin and friends for her warm and loving disposition. bridge sports 7 ● lottery news 3 ● horoscopes news 5 ● obituaries news 6 ● opinion news 8 puzzles sports 7, 9 ● tonight on tv sports 9 ● comics sports 8 ● classified sports 6 inside Informing more than 1 million Maryland readers weekly in print and online MONDAY Price $2. Our 182nd year, No. 119 April 29, 2019 baltimoresun.com NATION THE FAITHFUL ATTACKED: When gunfire erupted inside a Southern California synagogue, a woman was was killed and two others, including the rabbi, were wounded, and now political, civic and religious leaders struggle to make sense of yet another fatal attack on a house of worship. NEWS PG 4 SUMMARY OF THE NEWS TODAY’S WEATHER SUNNY 65 HIGH 55 LOW Thunderstorm on Tuesday SPORTS PG 8 A Baltimore police detective looks at a bullet casings at the scene of a mass shooting at Edmondson and Whitmore Avenues. One person was killed. ARTICLE, NEWS PG 2 KENNETH K. LAM/BALTIMORE SUN Eight shot on Edmondson Avenue LEARN FOOTBALL SKILLS FROM CURRENT & FORMER RAVENS PLAYERS! 5:30PM – 8:00PM COST: $50 PER CLINIC AGES 5 –15 REGISTER TODAY: BALTIMORERAVENS.COM/YOUTHCLINICS JUNE 10 : COLUMBIA, MD JUNE 11 : SEVERN, MD JUNE 12 : NORTH EAST, MD JUNE 13 : OWINGS MILLS, MD Giving the City Council power to force outBaltimore’smayorispartofapackageof legislative reforms being introduced Mon- day. The proposals come amid FBI raids, ongoing investigations and calls for Demo- cratic Mayor Catherine Pugh’s resignation — all fallout from more than $800,000 in deals she struck to sell her self-published “Healthy Holly” children book series. The 14-member council, all Democrats, have called for Pugh to resign, as have Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, the city’s members in the state House of Delegates (alsoDemocrats)andtheGreaterBaltimore Committee, an influential business and civic group. As it is now, a mayor can only be ousted after being convicted of a crime. “We heard loud and clear: People want the council to do something,” Councilman Kristerfer Burnett said. “They want us to act. This whole situation has been incredibly embarrassing, incredibly disappoint- ing. It has rocked the city to the core.” Burnett is the lead sponsor of a charter amendmentthatwouldallowthecouncilto remove the mayor with the approval of three-fourths of its members. The council could consider such a vote in cases of incompetency, misconduct in office, willful neglect of duty or if a mayor committed a felony or misdemeanor. The process would include public hearings and investigations by the council and the city’s independent inspector general. The council currently has the power to remove the comptroller, council president Leaders seek charter reforms Baltimore City Council members want legislative power to remove mayor See REFORMS, page 6 By Yvonne Wenger The Baltimore Sun A leaky pipe that Bryant Oden got fixed in 2017 is still causing headaches today: The mortgage payment on his Windsor Mill home jumped by $750 a month. The leak led to a Baltimore County sewer service charge of $4,435, more than 10 times what he was charged the previous year. That fee was part of his annual property tax bill the county sent in July — and his mortgage company paid it, wiping out his escrow account. Oden didn’t realize that until the mortgage company adjusted his payments in December. By then, it was too late to appeal the county bill. “It has been a horrible experience for me and my wife,” said Oden, 53, a lieutenant with the Maryland Transporta- tionAuthorityPolice.“Iwouldn’twantany other county resident to go through what we had to go through.” About 230,000 county households get water from Baltimore’s system. While the city handles water billing for properties located in the county, the county adminis- ters sewer service fees. The county calcu- lates the sewer charges based on the prior year’s water consumption. But even when the city adjusts a person’s water bill because of a leak or meter errors — as the city did for Oden — the county doesn’t automatically follow suit. Susan Karasinski’s dispute has dragged on for three years. After being charged $11,558 for sewer service in the summer of 2016, Karasinski took her case to the countyBoardofAppeals,whichconcluded that her water meter malfunctioned and ruled in her favor. But the county appealed totheCircuitCourtandthentheMaryland Court of Special Appeals, and Karasinski Susan Karasinski sits with a pile of legal documents and bills at her home Thursday. KARL MERTON FERRON/THE BALTIMORE SUN Balto. Co. homeowners dispute high sewer bills Councilman says officials should address how issues are handled By Alison Knezevich The Baltimore Sun See BILLS, page 7 “I feel like David and Goliath, and I’m getting nowhere.” — Susan Karasinski, resident disputing a $11,558 sewer service bill Juan Grant, a close family friendofFreddieGray’swholed protests in front of the Western District police station demanding answers after Gray’s death from injuries suffered in police custody in 2015, was shot to death in West Baltimore on Saturday, his family said. Grant, whose brother had a child with Gray’s twin sister, was best friends with Gray and considered the two brothers-in-law. As tensions rose in the days after the 25-year-old died of spinal cord injuries following his arrest four years ago near Gilmor Homes, Grant returned daily to the police station and met with then- Police Commissioner Anthony Batts and then-Deputy Commissioner Kevin Davis, desperate for information. “He was trying to make a difference in his own way,” said Frederina Grant, his grandmother.“Hewasdeterminedthathe was going to march and have people march with him to find out what happened.” Detectives told Grant’s grandmothers the 33-year- old had been driving back to his grandmother’s Westwood Avenue home about 8 p.m. Saturday after dropping off a cousinwhohaddoneworkon her house when his black Cadillac collided with a dirt bike in the 1800 block of N. Payson St., his grandmother said. He got out of the car, she said. “I don’t know whether it was to confront this person or to see if this person was OK. “Whoever it was just shot him,” Frede- rina Grant said. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead with gunshot wounds to the head. Melvin Russell, a former police commander who headed the department’s community relations efforts for decades before retiring last week, recalled the “frustration, anger and hostility” from Grant and the others who yelled at him and other police officials, demanding to Juan Grant killed in West Baltimore Friend of Freddie Gray led protests after his death By Colin Campbell The Baltimore Sun Juan Grant, a close friend of Freddie Gray’s, was killed Saturday. See FRIEND, page 7

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Traditional lead YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN BLACK WEATHER Today: A couple of morning showers. High of 48. Tonight: Low of 38. Page 16 $1.50 April 30, 2019 WWW.NEWBURYPORTNEWS.COM TuEsdAy YELLOW MAGENTA CYAN BLACK INSIDE Comics ..................15 Classified ..............13 Entertainment .....12 Local ................. 2, 13 Lottery ...................5 Nation ....................16 Newburyport ........3 Obituaries ..............5 Opinion ...................4 Public Notices ......13 Sports ..............9, 10 Weather .................16 HISTORY HAPPENINGS William Stickney Allen was born in Newburyport on April 30, 1805. He studied at Dartmouth, gradu- ating in 1824, and opened a law office in Newburyport in 1827. In the 1830s, he was a proprietor of the Newburyport Daily and Semi- Weekly Herald. In 1837, he moved to St. Louis and continued working in the newspaper business. — The Museum of Old Newbury New England Newspaper & Press Association’s 2017 Newspaper of the Year N EW B U RY P O R T — Less than two weeks after announcing his presidential campaign, Congressman Seth Moulton will host a town hall meeting Sunday afternoon at the Senior Com- munity Center. Moulton, a Salem Demo- crat, announced he was jumping into the crowded Democratic field in the 2020 election when he appeared o n A B C ’ s “Good Morn- ing America” o n A p r i l 22, ending more than a month of speculation. The town hall meeting, scheduled for 3 p.m. at 331 High St., is open to the public and does not require an RSVP. “I am looking forward to listening to the members of our community who join me in Newburyport on Sunday, answering questions, and sharing some ideas about how to make government work better for us,” Moulton said in a press release. Moulton is one of 21 Demo- crats who have announced presidential bids, including former Vice President Joe Biden — who joined the race three days after the congressman, all hoping to unseat incumbent Donald Trump. The pool of candidates also includes several other well-known candidates, including Vermont Sen. Ber- nie Sanders, California Sen. Kamala Harris, Massachu- setts Sen. Elizabeth War- ren and rising stars such as South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. In February, Moulton told BuzzFeed he was “looking at” a presidential run. Since then, he has traveled to New Hampshire, South Carolina, North Carolina, Iowa and Nevada, speaking mostly to veterans groups and young Democrats about his vision for the country. In recent weeks, Moulton has pushed the notion that his candidacy would focus on what others aren’t talking about: national security, defense and foreign policy — issues on which he says Trump does not have a firm grasp. At the Brookings Institute in Washington, Moulton said the U.S. needs to strengthen ties with allies, rethink Moulton plans meeting in Newburyport on Sunday By Jack Shea jshea@newburyportnews.com Seth Moulton BOSTON — Nearly every elected official in Massachusetts, from the governor to members of town boards, recites the phase, “So help me, God” when taking the oath of office. On Beacon Hill, a key committee in the Democrat-controlled Legislature wants to eliminate the reference to the deity. A proposal approved last week by the influential Joint Committee on the Judiciary calls for using a secular version, known as the Quaker Oath, which substitutes “swear” with “affirm” and the phrase, “So help me, God” with, “This I do under the pains and penalties of perjury.” The measure was filed by Rep. Mindy Domb, D-Amherst, and 13 other Democratic lawmakers, including Reps. Christina Mini- cucci, D-North Andover, and Tram Nguyen, D-Andover. The group of mostly freshman lawmakers is also backing a proposal to amend the Constitution to make it gender neutral, changing the pronoun “he” to PROPOSAL REMOVES ‘GOD’ FROM OATH By chriStian M. Wade cwade@cnhi.com Mass. Constitution would be amended NEWBURYPORT — Superintendent Sean Gallagher recently gave an overview of what he learned after spending his first school year meeting with teachers, families and students to discuss strengths and areas of improvement. In the fall, Gallagher laid out an entry plan for his initial academic year as superintendent of the Newburyport School District. From personal interviews, Gallagher said he’s done ample research to receive feedback from people in the school system and community, giving him insight on how to move the district forward. “I really took a personal approach to analyzing and gathering survey data, which I really believe is helpful, because I can meet with people one on one and in classrooms with teachers,” Gallagher said. “I really support that and it was instru- mental in my entry plan. Also, throughout Superintendent shares first-year experiences By aManda Getchell agetchell@newburyportnews.com See PROPOSAL, Page 8 See MOULTON, Page 8 See OVERVIEW, Page 8 Best of ballot Page 7 Triton softball rolls past Rockport, 19-0 Page 9 The town hall meeting, scheduled for 3 p.m. at 331 High St., is open to the public and does not require an RSVP. NEWBURYPORT — Leg- end has it, if you search far and wide, a dog named Pablo can be found hiding in the corners of Maudslay State Park with a box of Papa Gino’s pizza sitting at his paws. At least that’s the myth, according to “How Pablo the Pizza-Eating Dog Wrecked Papa Gino’s” by William Gorman, one of 44 Newburyport High School freshmen who wrote, published and read their own original tales to second- grade students at Francis T. Bresnahan Elementary School. The high school students are members of an English class who made the short field trip down the street to the elementary school Mon- day morning. Each year, ninth- and eleventh-grade NHS students publish, read books to second-graders By aManda Getchell agetchell@newburyportnews.com Telling the tale of the myth BRYAN EATON/Staff photos Francis T. Bresnahan Elementary School second-grader Addison Forrest, 8, listens intently as Newburyport High School student Owen Keogh, 14, reads his book, “The Story of How Mr. Rex Invented Soccer,” about an educator who tries to make his classes more interesting. Newburyport High School students each wrote a small book that they published. NEWBURY — The warrant article that received some of the most spirited discussion at the annual Town Meeting last week was nearly overturned on a legal technicality the following day. Article 8, an appropriation of $112,000 to fund the town’s media operations and cable access pro- gramming, was increased to $162,000 on the meeting floor. Selectman Damon Jespersen amended the motion after it became clear that many in the audience were eager to see the Triton Regional High School media program more adequately funded. Although the amended motion was approved, questions were raised after the meeting as to whether the motion was valid, given that the amount Jespersen proposed was higher than what was listed on the posted warrant. State law indicates that no action can be taken at a town meeting unless it appears on a warrant that is posted publicly for two weeks prior. Many town moderators have interpreted that to mean any changes to a dollar amount stated in an article may be lowered, but not raised, at the time the motion under the article is made. Ultimately, however, town counsel Lisa Mead saw it differ- ently, saying that Massachusetts courts have consistently ruled that “warrants are to be liber- ally interpreted and not strictly construed.” Because the article as posted Triton warrant article encounters obstacle By Jennifer SoliS Correspondent See STUDENTS, Page 8 Although the amended motion was approved, questions were raised after the meeting as to whether the motion was valid, given that the amount Jespersen proposed was higher than what was listed on the posted warrant. See TRITON, Page 8 NT_NT_20190430_1_01,05,08 NT_NT_20190430_1_01,05,08 NT_NT_20190430_1_01 Pay off your mortgage sooner! *APR denotes Annual Percentage Rate as of 4/29/19 and is based on a $165,000 purchase loan with minimum credit score of 720 and maximum LTV of 80%. Rate is subject to change without notice. Unit cost per $1,000 borrowed is $9.65. Minimum loan amount is $150,000, maximum loan amount is $2 million. 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Michelle Theriault Boots Anchorage Daily News Two prisoners died in their jail cells early Sunday when the Napakiak jail in South- west Alaska went up in fl ames, the Alaska State Troopers said. A jail guard was seriously injured trying to free the prisoners. Troopers first received a report that the Napakiak jail was “fully engulfed in fl ames” at 1:27 a.m. on Sunday. “It was reported that two jail guards were able to get out of the building; however, two prisoners who were inside the jail cells were not able to get free,” troopers wrote in an online report. When the fi re was extinguished, “two bodies were located at the scene,” troopers said. One jail guard was seriously injured trying to free the prisoners and was fl own out of the community by a medevac heli- copter. He was hospitalized for injuries, troopers said. A different guard “reported that the fi re was a result of one of the prisoners setting fi re to the mattress in their jail cell,” according to troopers. Authorities have not yet identifi ed the victims. Napakiak is a village of about 380 people southwest of Bethel, on the Kusko- kwim River. Many aspects of the fire remained under question as of Sunday night, including who operated the jail, what the victims were in custody for, whether the building was equipped with smoke detectors, and how materials to start a fi re got into the holding cell. In hubs like Bethel and Nome, regional jails are operated by the Alaska Depart- ment of Corrections. But in smaller villag- es, local governments may run the jail for short-term detention that are sometimes NAPAKIAK 2 prisoners killed in jail fi re in Southwest Alaska village Karoun Demirjian and Ellen Nakashima The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Democrats and the Justice Department are in a standoff over the terms of Attorney General William Barr’s planned testimony before the House Judiciary Commit- tee this week, raising the prospect that the hearing might not go forward at all. A senior Dem- ocratic committee aide said Sunday that Barr risks being subpoenaed if he refuses to testify over his objections to the lawmakers’ desired format for the hearing. Barr is expected to appear before the Senate and House Judi- ciary committees on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, to address questions about special counsel Robert Mueller III’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. But according to senior aides for the panel’s chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Justice Department offi cials have objected to Democrats’ plans to permit extended questioning, including by the committee’s lawyers, and said Barr may withdraw. A Justice Department offi cial said discussions are ongoing. “The attorney general agreed to appear before Congress,” Jus- tice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement. “Therefore, members of Con- gress should be the ones doing the questioning. He remains happy to engage with Members on their questions regarding the Mueller report.” The dispute amplifies what’s become a tense political battle between Democrats and the Jus- tice Department, with lawmakers NATION Barr may refuse to testify at Mueller report hearing See BARR, A3 Felicia Sonmez and Ashley Parker The Washington Post WASHINGTON — First came Joe Biden’s campaign announcement video highlighting President Donald Trump’s “very fine people on both sides” comment about the 2017 white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Vir- ginia, that left a counterprotester dead. Then Trump dug in, arguing that he was referring not to the self-professed neo-Nazi marchers, but to those who had opposed the removal of a statue of the “great” Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Less than 24 hours later came another act of violence described by authorities as a hate crime: Saturday’s shooting at a synagogue in Poway, California, in which a gunman killed one person and injured three others. Those events have pushed the rising tide 2020 ELECTION Rising tide of white nationalism is at fore of presidential race See WHITE NATIONALISTS, A16 There are plenty of ways to help during Citywide Cleanup week. Madeline McGee Anchorage Daily News A lot of orange appeared in An- chorage on Saturday. It was almost impossible to drive more than a mile along the Seward Highway without seeing yet another crop of orange garbage bags, a hall- mark of Citywide Cleanup volunteers. The volunteers — sporting trash grabbers, latex gloves and, of course, the orange bags — have come out in force this week to clean up the broken bottles, food containers, candy wrappers, old receipts and discarded clothing newly exposed by the melting snow. Annual cleanup week, a 51-year community service event sponsored by the Anchorage Chamber of Com- merce, collects millions of pounds of trash from Anchorage roadways, neighborhoods and creeks every year, according to the chamber. Some participants make it into a true social gathering, capping off their cleaning efforts with picnics and barbecues. ANCHORAGE Putting trash in its place Photos by LOREN HOLMES / ADN David Funatake picks up trash along the Seward Highway at Sunshine Ridge, a rock climbing area near Beluga Point, on Saturday. Volunteers from the Climbers Alliance of Southcentral Alaska, a climbers’ advocacy organization, set out to clear trash from seven popular crags along Turnagain Arm. Volunteers from a Hmong group at Faith Lutheran Church deposit trash they picked up from along the Seward Highway near Tudor Road. See CLEANUP, A16 See JAIL FIRE, A3 INSIDE Trump wrestles with 2020 balancing act. A7 Barr Opinion A4 | Weather A6 | Berkshires B1 | Obits B4 | Sports C1 | Business C6 INDEX 8 15312 00101 6 T H E N E W E N G L A N D N E W S P A P E R & P R E S S A S S O C I A T I O N N E W S P A P E R O F T H E Y E A R F O R W E E K D A Y A N D S U N D A Y E D I T I O N S BerkshireEagle.com Tuesday, April 30, 2019 $1.25 Volume 126, Issue 120 Great Barrington officer facing OUI charge BY HEATHER BELLOW The Berkshire Eagle GREAT BARRINGTON — A town police offi cer is facing a drunken driving charge after being arrested Saturday on the Mas- sachusetts Turnpike. Daniel Bartini, 26, was arrested by a state police trooper in Otis and charged with operating under the infl u- ence of liquor. He had been scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. Monday in Southern Berkshire District Court, but failed to appear, according to court offi cials. Police Chief William Walsh told The Eagle that Bartini’s arraignment has been re- scheduled to May 20 because he is in rehabilitation. State police received calls about 5 p.m. Saturday from other drivers who reported a blue pickup operated by a male with Mas- sachusetts plates driving er- ratically and at a high rate of speed on the turnpike in Becket, according to the arrest report. Both callers said the truck, traveling east- bound, had “almost struck their vehicles from behind and swerved around their vehicles at a high rate of speed.” Bartini, who was off-duty, was pulled over about 40 minutes later heading west- bound, and told the trooper he was traveling to Agawam, which the trooper noted is in the opposite direction, according to the police report. He refused to produce his driver’s license and registra- tion or to take a Breathalyzer test, the report said. He failed a fi eld sobriety test, smelled strongly of alcohol, was dis- oriented and disheveled, and his speech was slurred. Upon booking, Bartini allegedly punched the booking room wall. And police confi s- cated a pistol found secured in his truck. He was released on his own recognizance, with a bail fee of $40. “I’m extremely upset about this news and the Depart- ment’s Internal Affairs Unit is conducting a full investigation,” Walsh told The Eagle via email on Monday. “A detailed report will be for- warded to the Town Manager soon.” State police arrested Daniel Bartini on Pike after reports of erratic driver Bartini OFFICER, Page 3 Fire cider case cools heels amid scheduling issue BY TONY DOBROWOLSKI The Berkshire Eagle PITTSFIELD — A dispute over the legal right to use the term fi re cider is on hold for the moment. A civil trial between a Pittsfi eld company and a group of herbalists over the right to use this legally trademarked name began March 25 in U.S. District Court in Springfi eld, but has been delayed due to a scheduling issue. The trial is scheduled to resume in federal court May 13 through 15 with additional testimony before Judge Mark G. Mastroianni. “It’s expected to fi nish then,” said attorney Chris- topher Hennessey, of Pittsfi eld, who is representing the plaintiff, Shire City Herbals of Pittsfi eld. “Then it will be submitted to the judge for a decision. “No unexpected issues caused the delay,” said Hennessey, adding that the trial “was just longer” than the court expected it to be. The herbalists are expected to provide additional testimony once the trial resumes, he said. Shire City Herbals, which makes vinegar-based health tonics under the fi re cider brand name, fi led FIRE CIDER, Page 3 TRAGEDY, Page 3 She eld tragedy’s answers elusive BY HEATHER BELLOW The Berkshire Eagle SHEFFIELD — The eldest twin by two minutes, Alex loved Money Math. And he had “grandiose plans for a tree house that he and his dad were going to build.” The younger twin, Zoe, loved to draw and would collect all the dol- phin cards when she played Goldfi sh. She loved unicorns and mermaids. Their younger brother, Marek, thought he could do anything his siblings could. “He had no fear.” Obituaries for these three children ran together with those of their parents, Justine Wilbur and Luke Kar- pinski, last week ahead of Saturday’s funeral at St. Agnes Church in Dalton, the couple’s hometown. The family was then buried at St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Offi cials say Karpinski killed his wife and children last month before setting fi re to the family’s house on Home Road, and then taking his own life. While family in murder-suicide laid to rest, DA reveals little still Attack leaves a community ‘numb’ BY CLARENCE FANTO Eagle correspondent The leader of the Pittsfi eld-based Chabad of the Berkshires is urging the local community and the nation to reassert its “values of tolerance and loving kindness” in the wake of the Chabad synagogue shooting in California on Saturday, the eighth and fi nal day of the Passover festi- val of Jewish liberation. “We are heartbroken and pained,” Rabbi Levi Volovik told The Eagle on Monday. Congregation member Lori Gil- bert-Kaye, 60, died as she shielded Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein from a gunman’s fi re. Goldstein, 57, and two other members were injured in the shooting at Chabad of Poway, north of San Diego. The suspect, John T. Earnest, 19, of San Diego, acted alone, according to authorities, and has been charged with murder. Offi cials have described the attack as a likely hate crime. The Pittsfi eld Chabad, opened on South Street in 2004, is planning to build an Orthodox Jewish center on property it acquired in November 2016 on West Street in Lenox, Vo- lovik confi rmed. “We are not going to cower but we’re going to grow and not hide our religious beliefs,” he said. “We’re planning a beautiful Jewish Center, a house to help people, that’s what it’s all about. It’s time for everyone to roll up their sleeves and do acts of goodness and kindness.” Unspecifi ed security measures will be reviewed, Volovik said, in order to take “the utmost precautions to ensure the safety of all those at Chabad of the Berkshires.” But Berkshire Jewish leaders vow to ‘not cower’ in the face of hate, pursuit of ‘goodness’ GREG BULL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ali De Leon pauses at a growing memorial with her son, Leo, and her dog, Vinny, across the street from the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, Calif., Monday. A gunman opened fi re Saturday at the synagogue as dozens of people were worshiping exactly six months after a mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue. The FBI on Monday said it received a tip about a threat moments before Saturday’s attack. Read more on Page A2. Rabbi Levi Volovik and his wife, Sara, stand in front of a portrait of “The Rebbe,” Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, at Chabad of the Berkshires in Pittsfi eld. GILLIAN JONES THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE SHOOTING, Page 2 Marek Karpinski Zoe Karpinski Alex Karpinski POWAY SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING 2019 GRADUATION PAGE Say Congrats to your graduates Publishes: 5/31 Deadline: 5/29 413-496-6365 classifieds@ newenglandnewspapers.com THESE LITTLE ADS WORK! (You just read one!) Deadline: 1PM the weekday before publication Call 800-245-0254 CELEBRATE MOM! Mother's Day Greeting Page 5/12 Deadline: Wed., 5/8. 413-496-6365 classifieds@ newenglandnewspapers.com Vendors Wanted - Spring Fair June 22nd, 2019; 10AM - 3PM South Congregational Church Pittsfield. 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Traditional lead SERVING CAPE CORAL, NORTH FORT MYERS, FORT MYERS, LEHIGH, ESTERO AND BONITA TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 ❚ NEWS-PRESS.COM PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK Volume 135th | No. 125 Home delivery pricing inside Subscribe 800-468-0233 ©2019 $1.50 Retail Daily $2.50 Merchants Crossing looks to undo curse LOCAL, 3A Weather High 90° ❚ Low 69° Sunny. Forecast, 8B Naples High grad fulfills dream Michael Walker signs a free-agent deal with the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars. 1B Two religious congregations about 12 miles apart are bound by tragedy. 8A US 41 FORT MYERS 5216 S. Cleveland Ave. 239.275.5555 BONITA SPRINGS 3251 Woods Edge Pkwy. 239.495.1970 NAPLES NEAPOLITAN 782 Neapolitan Way 239.261.8158 PORT CHARLOTTE 1700 Tamiami Trail 941.624.5555 MARCO ISLAND 816 Bald Eagle Dr. 239.394.1983 CAPE CORAL 2134 Del Prado Blvd. 239.458.8550 RIVER DISTRICT FT. MYERS 1651 Fowler St. 239.334.1121 7 SWFL Showrooms Voted Best Place to Buy! 136 First Place Reader’s Choice Awards We Service What We Sell! billsmith.com CLEARANCE CENTER 12-Months No Interest Financing! Professional Set up & Installation! Low Price Guarantee! est. 1954 Appliances & Electronics Family Owned & Operated Purchase or more kitchen appliances and get package discounts and big rebates! Sale & Clearance! End of Season Shop today for huge savings during our est. 1954 Appliances & Electronics Sale & Clearance! End of Season Charles Turner stared through his racing helmet at a seemingly endless strip of concrete where space shuttles once landed. The world faded as all focus shifted to the 562-horsepower supercar at his fin- gertips. The bright orange McLaren 570S was ready to show its muscle. Turner and his son Jonathan, both Naples residents, were part of a rally starting in Naples. Rallies are scheduled events allowing supercar owners to go very, very fast from point to point. This rally went to Kennedy Space Center to let drivers experience some- Jonathan Turner works with his father, Charles, as a financial adviser in Naples. Jonathan brought his McLaren 570S and Charles brought his 2019 Aston Martin Vantage to race on a 2.3-mile stretch of the former space shuttle landing strip at the Kennedy Space Center during the Pulse Rally in March. PHOTOS BY H. LEO KIM/NAPLES DAILY NEWS They feed a need for speed at Kennedy Space Center Retired businessman William Treffert sits in his Porsche 918 Spyder and chats with his grandson Benjamin Myers, who cleans the car before they race it. Rally lets supercars ‘fly’ where shuttles landed Thaddeus Mast Naples Daily News USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA “Standing there and you can’t see the end of (the runway) – you’re doing 200 mph and you still can’t see the end of the runway.” Jonathan Turner, Naples resident See SPEED, Page 5A Any hope of raising the buying age for tobacco to 21 this session is dwin- dling, but Republican Sen. David Sim- mons of Longwood presented amendments to try to keep it alive by removing issues that raised flags for compet- ing interest groups. The amendments streamline the bill considerably by only giving the state power to set the purchasing age at 21 and making exceptions for people in the military. Gone is an exemption for cigar smokers. Gone is a preemption on local government control of marketing. Gone are vape devices from the definition of tobacco. Legislation on tobacco buying age still in play Jeffrey Schweers Tallahassee Democrat USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA See TOBACCO, Page 9A Lee County school board member Melisa Giovannelli plans to ask her colleagues to fire Superintendent Greg Adkins when the board meets May 7. The board’s seven members recently completed annual evalua- tions of Adkins – and Giovannelli noted at the end of her evaluation she plans to move to terminate Adkins during the meeting. In Giovanelli’s evaluation, she criticized Adkins for not being transpar- ent, not communicating effectively, for the school district losing high-ranking Ax schools chief, says Lee board member Thyrie Bland Fort Myers News-Press USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA See ADKINS, Page 10A Adkins The News-Star TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 ❚ WWW.THENEWSSTAR.COM ❚ PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK LA Tech sweeps WKU at ULM after tornado SPORTS, 1B Barr warns he could skip House hearing. Sports Metcalf, Williams among biggest steals Weather High 86° ❚ Low 68° Volume 90 | No. 197 Home delivery pricing inside Subscribe 877-424-0036 MN-GCI0165148-01 318-716-3502 TIPTON, Iowa – Iowa voters sent a record number of women to the Legisla- ture during last year’s midterms. Wom- en won two of the state’s most competitive U.S. House races, and a woman was elected governor for the first time. Yet across Iowa, there’s palpable anxiety among some Democratic women about nominating a female candidate to face off against President Don- ald Trump next year. “I want to be for a woman, but it’s just hard when you see a lot of other people not supporting women yet. I feel that America’s just not there yet,” said Wendy McVey, a 20-year-old junior at Iowa State University who is most interested in Beto O’Rourke, a former Tex- as congressman. And it’s not just Iowa. Across Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, three of the first states to hold 2020 nominating contests, dozens of women told the Associated Press that they are worried about whether the country is ready to elect a woman as president. Their concerns are political and personal, rooted as much in fear of repeating Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss to Trump as in their own experiences with sexism and gender discrimination. These worries have created a para- dox for Democrats. Women are among the party’s most energized and engaged voters, accounting for more than half the electorate in the 2018 midterms. Democrats sent a historic number of women to Congress last year and have a record number of women running for president, including Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Kir- sten Gillibrand of New York. But the Oval Office has been elusive, and given Democrats’ deep desire to oust Trump, some don’t want to take any chances with their nominee. “I think a lot of people voted for him because they didn’t want to vote for her,” Katrina Riley, a 69-year-old from Summerville, South Carolina, said of the 2016 contest between Trump and Clinton. “And I don’t want that to happen again.” Helen Holden Slottje, a 52-year-old New Hampshire attorney, noted the iro- ny in women raising concerns about nominating a woman. “I fear for that with women, that it’s, ‘Well, we had our chance. We had Hilla- ry. Hillary didn’t pan out. Best to just pick another 65-year-old plus white guy who has the best chance of winning,’ ” Slottje said. Older white men do sit atop most early polls: former Vice President Joe Biden, 76, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, 77. Two younger white men, O’Rourke and Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, have become media darlings despite having less political experience than many of the women in the White House race. Amanda Hunter, research and communications director at the Barbara Lee Foundation, which studies how female candidates are perceived in politics, said women face particular challenges when running for president that they don’t at the local level. “We know that it’s one thing to support women as a decision-maker as part of a legislative body, but if she’s the decision-maker, voters need to be that much more convinced that she’s up to the job,” she said. “Men can put out their resume. Women have to justify over and over what they’ve accomplished.” A Pew Research Center report from 2018 backs up that assessment. Ac- cording to the survey, 76% of women said a major reason why there are fewer women in office is that women have to do more to prove themselves. About ‘Hilary hangover’ U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, is among the women staking a spot in the 2020 Democratic presidential field. However, the frontrunners are septuagenarians Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, and Beto O’Rourke and Pete Buttigieg have become media darlings. CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/AP FILE Democratic women unsure of nomination chances as Clinton still haunts field Alexandra Jaffe, Julie Pace and Hunter Woodall ASSOCIATED PRESS “I feel like we ourselves have lived in a country where women’s power and leadership has been so absent. I think it’s hard even for women to imagine a future of real equity but I think that time has come.” Cecile Richards Former president of Planned Parenthood See WOMEN, Page 2A Bob Anderson was known as "The Dean." He earned that title by setting the standard in his profession for over three decades as the sports information director at Louisiana-Monroe. From his perch inside the press box that bears his name atop Malone Sta- dium, or courtside at Fant-Ewing Coli- seum, Anderson chronicled many of the most memorable teams, indelible athletes and colorful coaches in the history of then-Northeast Louisiana University. Longtime ULM sports information director dies Adam Hunsucker Monroe News-Star USA TODAY NETWORK Bob Anderson remained a fixture at sporting events , and began writing a book about the history of ULM athletics afrer retiring. The product of his 10-year labor of love, “Indian Territory,” was published in 2003. FILE PHOTO See ANDERSON, Page 3A BATON ROUGE — Homestead exemption kept its reputation as the third rail of Louisiana politics after a House committee here killed a bill to allow local voters to raise taxes on homeowners in individual parishes. House Bill 12 by Rep. Steve Carter, R- Baton Rouge, is a constitutional amendment would have allowed individual parish governments to let locals decide whether to lower the current homestead exemption of $75,000. Homestead exemption tax break preserved in Louisiana Greg Hilburn Monroe News-Star USA TODAY NETWORK See TAX, Page 3A

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Traditional lead WEAT H ER | C8 Today: 83 | 76 Partly sunny, stray shower Tomorrow: 82 | 75 Sunshine, breezy, pleasant Weather news from The Post’s Kimberly Miller palmbeachpost. com/news/ weather LO CA L | B 1 GARDENS RAZES TENNIS CENTER Vol. 111, Issue 62 To subscribe: 561-820-4663 © 2019 GateHouse Media @pbpost Facebook.com/palmbeachpost Like and follow us on social media: palmbeachpost.com $2 REAL NEWS STARTS HERE Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Business ............................. B5-6 Classifieds .........................C6-7 Deaths .................................. B4 Lottery ...................................B2 Opinion ................................A9 Sports....................................C1 ACC E N T | D 1 FIGHT DISEASE WITH REGIMEN OF COUPLE’S CLEAN CUISINE By Zac Anderson GateHouse Florida TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers put some teeth in the state’s texting while driving ban Monday, final- izing legislation that allows law enforcement to pull over drivers solely for texting. The bill now goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has voiced support for the proposal. It would make texting while driving a primary offense instead of a secondary offense and requires drivers to go totally hands free when operating wireless communications devices in school zones and in construction zones when workers are present. The Florida House passed the legislation Monday after reaching a deal with the Senate, which had proposed a broader hands-free bill. “It took some compromise to get it done,” House Speaker Jose Oliva, R-Miami, said Monday. The texting bill cleared the House 108-7 Monday after passing the Senate 33-5 last week. “Hands-free is where we should be,” Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, said when the bill cleared the Senate. “Many, many lives will be saved by the texting and driving bill; many more lives would be saved by a hands- free bill.” But getting texting while Florida Legislature approves ban on texting while driving By Richard Winton and James Queally Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A U.S. Army veteran planned to detonate improvised explosive devices at several Southern California locations to cause “mass casualties” in a terror plot thwarted by law enforcement officials. Mark Stevens Domingo, 26 of Reseda, in the San Fernando Valley, was arrested Friday night after he took delivery of what he thought was a live bomb from an undercover law enforcement officer posing as bomb maker. He was charged with attempting to provide materiel support to terrorists. According a federal affidavit, “after considering various attacks — including targeting Jews, churches and police officers — Domingo decided to detonate an IED at a rally sched- u l e d t o take place i n L o n g Beach this past weekend. As part of the plot, Domingo asked his confederate — who actually was cooperating with the FBI as part of the investigation — to find a bomb maker, and Domingo last week purchased several hundred nails to be used as shrapnel inside the IED.” “Domingo said he specifically bought 3-inch nails because they would be long enough to pen- etrate the human body and puncture internal organs,” the affidavit states. Prosecutors alleged Domingo sought retribution for the New Zealand mosque attack and said he Feds: Army vet plotted attacks for ‘mass casualties’ Domingo By George Bennett The Palm Beach Post HOBE SOUND — Saying he wants to move quickly to address Florida’s “massive” toxic blue-green algae problem, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday named five scientists to advise him on which water projects to prioritize ahead of July 1, when the state’s budget year begins. State legislators are expected to approve DeSantis’ request for $625 million for water projects in 2019-20. “As we’re getting resources, financial resources to bear on the problem and making good choices, we want to make sure that those choices are informed by the best science and the best research available,” DeSantis said in announcing the task force during an appearance at the Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound DeSantis names 5 scientists to panel on toxic algae, water By Julius Whigham II The Palm Beach Post As an outbreak of measles continues to surge across the United States, local doctors and health officials say vaccination is the best defense against the highly infectious disease. Two cases of measles have been reported in Florida for 2019 — one in Pinellas County and the other in Broward County — with both cases involving persons who recently traveled to countries in Southeast Asia, according to the Florida Department of Health. Nationally, 704 cases have been reported across 22 states, the most in a quarter century. “Not to scare people, it’s a very contagious, but seemingly preventable virus,” Officials: Vaccination is best measles defense Religious objection? Jewish, Islamic and Catholic leaders all say get the vaccine. A2 About measles Two cases of measles have been reported to the Florida Health Department as of April 17. If you were born before 1957, you're considered immune, according to DOH. Children should be immunized with the com- bination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR). Children should receive two doses, with the first at 12 to 15 months of age, and the second at 4 to 6 years of age. Adults should be vaccinated with at least one dose of MMR, with a second dose recommended for those at higher risk such as international travelers and health care workers. See TEXTING, A6 See MEASLES, A2 See PANEL, A8 See ATTACKS, A8 More inside • Legislators pass anti-Sem- itism bill, adding religious discrimination to list of actions banned in Florida schools, A6 • Woman killed in Saturday's attack on a California synagogue is buried, A7 Howard Kaye, the husband of Lori Kaye, pictured at left, speaks Monday during her funeral. She was killed Saturday when a gunman opened fire inside the Chabad of Poway synagogue. For more on the service, A7 [GREG BULL/ASSOCIATED PRESS] Local places of worship try to find balance with mission, security By Kristina Webb The Palm Beach Post A shooting on Saturday at a California synagogue that killed one person, just six months after a gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh has left the local Jewish population shaken but resilient. “Although these events are horrific, we will not close our doors,” said Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County CEO Michael Hoffman. “We ‘We will not close our doors’ See WORSHIP, A7

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But when the shocking news reached Garrahan that his best friend had been bludgeoned and stabbed to death in his New Fairfield home by his wife, who then took her life, Garrahan felt a great absence that had all the mak- ings of a death he might not get over. “You go through this disbelief, where you start calling everybody you can think of to see what they know,” Garrahan said of the mid-April murder of Michael Ciorra by his wife Jennifer Ciorra. “But it may turn out to be that this is a sad tragedy, with no one you can blame.” Garrahan’s praise for his lost friend and dismay that answers about Ciorra’s death are so elusive represents the first time someone close to the murdered father of two has spoken publicly since police revealed April 15 that he and his wife had been found dead at their Cornell Road home. State Police have refused to release even basic facts of the death, claiming a statute meant to protect victims of domestic violence bars it. The coroner ruled Ciorra died from a bludgeon wound to the head and stabbing wounds to the body, and that his wife died by carbon monoxide poi- soning. The couple’s two sons are living with relatives. “Mike didn’t ever indicate to me or any of us who he was close to that there was ever any trouble (with his wife),” said Gar- rahan, who met Ciorra on a neighborhood stickball lot in Garnerville, N.Y., in 1979. “I know I may have to just accept it, but what this creates is an inability to get over it.” At a private but packed NEW FAIRFIELD Questions remain unanswered Domestic violence statute blocks release of details surrounding couple’s death “I know I may have to just accept it, but what this creates is an inability to get over it.” Mark Garrahan By Rob Ryser See Deaths on A8 WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Blumenthal is an enthusiastic supporter of submarines, jet engines, helicopters — any piece of defense hardware made in Connecticut. But when it comes to health insurance, the senior senator’s home-state advocacy is very much open to question. Blumenthal is one of 14 co-sponsors of the “Medi- care for All Act of 2019” — introduced earlier this month by Sen. Bernie Sand- ers, I-Vt., a leading left-of- center contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. If signed into law, the bill would establish a health- insurance system financed by a single payer: The Unit- ed States Government. It would be Medicare on ste- roids, with no premiums or deductibles and co-pays only for prescription drugs. Taxes might rise but out-of- pocket costs would plummet, its advocates say. But the collateral damage to the health-insurance industry — and insurance in general — is little discussed in the debate over how to fix the 2010 Afford- able Care Act. Health insurance companies employ 9,500 in Connecticut, with an annual payroll of $1.1 ‘Medicare for all’ tricky issue for delegation By Dan Freedman See Medicare on A4 the Legislature, she will be remembered for her advocacy on behalf of the historic flagpole, first erected in 1876 on the centennial celebration of the nation’s independence. The state Department of Transportation touched off a furor by proposing to remove the pole after a fatal car accident in 1979, but Schmi- dle got legislation passed prohibiting its removal. That wasn’t her only high-profile fight. In 1985, Schmidle proposed a bill that would outlaw tossing uncooked rice at weddings because “It kills the birds who ingest it,” she said. “They can’t digest it.” NEWTOWN — Mae Schmidle, a former state legislator who fought successfully to save the town’s iconic flagpole when the state moved to tear it down, died Friday at age 92. Along with serving four terms as a state representative, Schmidle was also Town Clerk and president of the Connect- icut State PTA. “A familiar figure around Newtown, who always dressed in red, she was as dynamic as she was diligent in given her enthusiastic efforts to the causes she espous- ed,” her death notice reads. During her years in NEWTOWN LOCAL LEGEND DIES H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media file photo Mae Schmidle and her husband Bob Schmidle, of Newtown, during the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 308 celebration of its 75th anniversary in 2014. Schmidle died at the age of 92. Ex-lawmaker Mae Schmidle known for fight for iconic flagpole Brian Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media file photo The annual Newtown Labor Day parade makes its way down Main Street toward the flagpole in Newtown in September 2018. See Schmidle on A4 By Jim Shay also includes a 6.35 percent state sales tax and 3 percent local sales tax, which will go to the towns that host dispensaries. This rate is similar to the 20 percent effective tax rate in Mas- sachusetts, which has already legalized adult recreational use of the drug. Supporters on Monday high- lighted the state’s opportunity to revitalize urban communities while bringing new revenue to the state. Opponents said the social costs of the drug eclipsed those benefits. The Democrat-backed bill proposes a $35 per ounce levy on cannabis flowers and $13.50 per ounce on the rest of the plant. It A finance committee hearing on how to tax recreational marijuana and what the state should do with the money quickly became a broad debate on the merits of legalization as the General Assembly readies to vote on the issue in the next six weeks. OUR CAPITOL BUREAU Hearing on pot taxation turns into broader debate Hearst Connecticut Media file photo Democrats have passed bills that would expunge the criminal records of those convicted of marijuana crimes and give minority entrepreneurs priority in obtaining licenses to run cannabis shops and cultivation facilities. By Emilie Munson See Debate on A4 The Fifth & Mission podcast tackles the challenges facing BART — leaders leaving, crime, fare evasion and more. www.sfchronicle.com/podcasts Online extra Nation NBA playoffs: When a player shoots a jump shot, how much space should he get for a safe landing? B1 Sporting Green Rod Rosenstein, deputy AG who appointed special counsel, resigns. A7 SFChronicle.com | Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | Contains recycled paper | $2.00 xxxxx• Weather Partly sunny. Highs: 56-71. Lows: 45-51. D4 When Brahm Ahmadi received early renderings of Community Foods Market, he recoiled at the wood accents all over the interior. “I was like, ‘No way. That’s the wrong price image,’ ” he said. For the better part of a decade, Ahmadi has been carefully ironing out every detail for West Oakland’s first full-scale grocery store in decades, due to open in early May at 3105 San Pablo Ave. In a historically low-income neighborhood long considered a food desert, image matters. Now, after years of delays, Community Foods Market is nearly ready. Nearby residents are excited for a lot of things: to finally walk to a grocery store, to have a central gathering place, to feel like West Oakland is in a revival. But there are some concerns about how the store might further gentrify the neighborhood, and whether it will be affordable enough to serve the people who need it most. The latter is of utmost importance to Ahmadi, which is why he skipped wood accents, shades of green and other decor that might accidentally signal that Community Foods Market isn’t for everyone. It’s also why he convened a community advisory council in 2012, which met monthly for four years, to discuss everything from products to services to workforce devel- Photos by Paul Chinn / The Chronicle Above: Brahm Ahmadi, co-founder of Community Foods Market, sets up a checkout stand. Below: The full-service West Oakland grocery store takes shape. It will open in early May. Community in need getting a food oasis Market carefully planned to fit into West Oakland By Janelle Bitker Market continues on A8 “Everybody talks about food deserts. ... This is about an anchor need in the community.” Carol Wyatt, West Oakland neighbor San Francisco’s top transit boss is stepping down, the latest fallout from a 10-hour subway meltdown that choked the city on Friday. Ed Reiskin, who has steered San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for eight years, made no mention of the incident in a contrite note he sent to colleagues on Mon- day. But to most observers, the connection was clear. “The employment agreement I have with the SFMTA Board of Directors ends in August, and it’s become clear that this is the right time for a change,” Reiskin wrote. He said he will resign this summer, shortly before his contract expires. His announcement coincid- ed with a scorching letter from Mayor London Breed — the latest in a series of missives to the city’s main transit board — calling for a national search to find a new director. The failure of an overhead wire that crippled the downtown commute on Friday appeared to be the breaking point for Breed, who was already scrutinizing the agency. “While unplanned outages and service disruptions come with a system as complex as ours, it is our proactive work to prevent these outages and dis- Pressured Muni chief to resign Friday’s daylong subway meltdown appeared to be last straw for mayor By Rachel Swan Muni continues on A9 Jessica Christian / The Chronicle 2018 Municipal Transportation Agency chief Ed Reiskin has been in his position, which pays $342,483, since 2011. A Stanford scientist has developed what could be the first simple blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome, a puzzling and often disabling illness that can take years to diagnose and is still largely misunderstood by mainstream medicine. The diagnostic test is built on Stanford biochemist Ron Davis’ discovery of a biological marker that distinguishes people with chronic fatigue syndrome from those who are healthy. A description of the biomarker and how it might be used was published Monday in the Proceedings of the Nation- al Academy of Sciences. Assuming his results hold up under further study, the biomarker would be a critical breakthrough in research into the disease. It could make diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome much easier and help scientists develop treatments for the illness. And perhaps just as important, the biomarker provides further validation to a disease that has long been brushed aside or even labeled as imaginary. “There are physicians around who say if there is no biomarker the disease doesn’t exist, as far as they’re concerned,” Davis said. “So there’s been a real effort to find a biomarker. I’m hoping this will help the medical community accept that this is Stanford discovery validates chronic fatigue syndrome By Erin Allday Disease continues on A9 Bay Area home prices fell last month on a year-over-year basis for the first time in seven years, according to a report Monday from research firm Core- Logic. The median price paid for a new or existing home or con- do in the nine counties was $830,000 in March, up 7.8 percent from Febru- ary but down 0.1 percent from March of last year. The last time prices fell year over year was in March 2012. After that, they rose for 83 consec- utive months, often in the double digits for long stretch- es of time. In March of last year, the median price was up a whopping 16.2 percent over March 2016. After that, the appreciation rate slowed down, but was still positive through February. “It’s not that surprising that we hit the wall, at least in terms of a pause,” said Core- Logic analyst Andrew LePage. Home sales and prices typically pick up between Febru- ary and March as buyers position themselves to move over the summer. And they did this year, “but not as strong as last year,” said Glen Bell, a broker with Better Homes and Gardens Reliance Partners in the East Bay. “It’s not like the sky is fall- ing,” he said. “We are going through a gradual move from a hot seller’s market to a more balanced market. There are fewer offers, properties are Bay Area home prices fall for first time in 7 years Pender continues on A8 KATHLEEN PENDER Net Worth

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Traditional lead By Michael Kelly The Marietta Times mkelly@mariettatimes.com Although a “second wave” of influenza has been reported in parts of the U.S. and Ohio, local health authorities in Washington County said Monday they have not seen any unusual upward spikes in reports of flu. “I think we saw more overall cases this winter,” said Valerie Betkoski, director of nursing for the Washington County Health Department. “We track it from hospital admissions, and we don’t always get reports on people who are outpatients. There were six confirmed cases in April. We still generally see a few cases in April, but by the end of the month the season is usually pretty well over.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tracks flu cases using county-level reports of hospitalizations from around the country, reported a slight upsurge in Influenza B cases, but Influenza A cases still made up the predominant number of reports. Most locations, including Ohio, reported a late peak in cases. Week eight of the season – around the beginning of March – was the high for percentage of hospital admissions nationwide attributed to flu, 5 percent, the worst level of prevalence since 2012, when it hit 7.5 percent in week six. The CDC’s criteria for reporting flu is “incidents of flu-like illness,” in which patients present with a fever of 100 degrees or greater and a cough and sore throat. Ohio’s flu cases didn’t peak until the last week in March, with 1,200 reported that week. According to the Ohio Health Department, the five-year baseline for flu case peak is the first week in January, with 800 cases, which indicates that statewide the flu this year was more widespread and significantly later than usual. The Marietta Health Department is still offering flu shots, but nurse Vickie Kelly said they haven’t had anyone come in for a shot for at least two weeks. Dur- ing the last week in April, the national rate of flu- related illness attributed to hospital admissions dropped to 2.1 percent. Kelly said in her experience flu generally has two seasonal peaks, one just after Thanksgiving and another in late winter. People who get ill at this time of the year can have difficulty distinguishing symptoms of flu from other seasonal ailments, such as allergies or spring colds. Kelly said the hallmarks of flu are a fever and serious body aches. The flu vaccine this year is of two varieties, one that offers protection against three strains and another, the quadrivalent vaccine, intended to fend off four strains. Although the vaccines aren’t guaranteed to offer complete immunity, those who get flu shots and still get the virus generally By Chad Plauche-Adkins The Marietta Times cadkins@mariettatimes.com For more than a week, residents and businesses in Washington County have been having problems with their conversations being heard when they place a call. Businesses, schools and government agencies are having to make special con- siderations to deal with the lack of call quality and say they are anxious for the problem to be resolved. Brenda Padgitt, with WMOA, said she has been in contact with AT&T due to phone issues at the radio station and was told there was a compatibility issue between their customers and Suddenlink phone customers. She said that AT&T representatives have said the problem will be fixed by the end of business hours today. Rick Peoples, commissioners clerk, said the courthouse’s phone system has been experiencing problems since Thursday. “We’re just struggling,” he said. He said he has been receiving calls, but when he answers them, he can’t hear the person calling his office. It has become so problematic, he said they are working on a greeting to inform people of the issues with the phone system. “We are doing it so people don’t feel like we are ignoring them,” he said. Jessica Thompson, receptionist at Settlers Bank in Marietta, said she has been dealing with the problem for two weeks. “It’s becoming very frus- trating,” she said. “I can’t hear them.” She said her workload has significantly increased with the phone problems. “I have to take a log of all the numbers that call me, SECONDWAVE Phone issue plagues local businesses, residents 50 CENTS NEWSSTAND WWW.MARIETTATIMES.COM TO SUBSCRIBE CALL: 740-373-2121 Flu hitting rest of country harder than local residents TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 By Chad Plauche-Adkins The Marietta Times cadkins@mariettatimes.com About a dozen members of the Bethel Lighthouse Baptist Church watched as their former treasurer of 41 years was sentenced to 30 months behind bars Monday for embezzling more than half a million dollars from the house of worship. Wheaton was also ordered to pay back all the money stolen from the church. She faced up to five years in prison for her crime. Betty Wheaton, 80, of 1610 Hill St., Belpre, had pleaded guilty to a third- degree felony charge of aggravated theft on March 7 after admitting to stealing $515,283.71 from the cof- fers of the church located at 5570 Warren Chapel Road. Washington County Assis- Church treasurer sentenced to prison for theft MICHAEL KELLY The Marietta Times Becky Jones, a public health nurse at the Marietta Health Department, examines a package of flu vaccine. Despite reports in some parts of the country about a second wave of influenza infections, the flu season in Washington County has been average, authorities said. Health officials say measles missing MOV, too See FLU, Page A9 2018-19 flu season ¯Ohio peak hospitalizations: 1,200, third week of March. ¯Five-year average peak: 800, first week of January. Source: Ohio Department of Health At a glance ¯Betty Wheaton, 80, of Bel- pre, was sentenced to 30 months in prison Monday for stealing $515,283.71 from the Bethel Lighthouse Baptist Church. She was also ordered to pay back the money stolen. ¯The money was stolen over the last seven years, but Wheaton admitted to stealing from the church from as far back as 1998. ¯Wheaton told the court she doesn’t know where the money went. ¯Wheaton faced up to five years in prison for her crimes. Source: Times research At a glance ¯People are having problems hearing and being heard during phone calls in Washington County. ¯It is causing problems for schools, businesses and government agencies. ¯The Washington County IT Department suspects it is a problem with AT&T, preventing its customers from correctly connecting during phone calls with Suddenlink customers. ¯AT and T has said the problem should be fixed by the end of business today. Source: Times research Deaths Index Quick Bits ..............A2 Nation ....................A3 Local ......................A5 Opinion ..................A4 Obits ......................A8 Life ......................A10 Sports..................B1-3 Comics ..................B4 Entertainment ........B7 Business ................A7 Classifieds ........B9-10 Shirley Ann Babcock, Marietta Joan M. Barton, Coal Run, Ohio Carrie Ann Hammond, Rockport William A. “Bill” Winland, Woodsfield MARY ANN MOON OF MARIETTA FROM STAFF REPORTS A Coal Run woman died Sunday and four other people were injured after a head-on collision between two vehicles on Ohio 60. While driving south near mile marker 17 at approximately 5:24 p.m., Joan Bar- ton, 61, had her 2002 Chevrolet Venture struck head-on by a northbound 2005 Audi A4 driven by Adam Schaad, 34, of Mari- etta, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Barton was pronounced dead at the scene and Schaad was transported to Marietta Memorial Hospital with serious injuries. Three juvenile passengers in Bar- ton’s van also received serious injuries. Two were ultimately life flighted to Chil- dren’s Hospital in Colum- bus with the third receiving care at Marietta Memorial Hospital. Members of the Beverly Volunteer Fire Department, Beverly Police Department, Lowell-Adams Volunteer Fire Department, Washing- ton County Sheriff’s Office, Washington County Prose- cutor’s Office and the Washington County Coro- ner responded to the accident. Ohio 60 was closed for three and a half hours while crews processed the scene. The accident is still under investigation by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Coal Run woman killed in collision See PHONE, Page A9 See WHEATON, Page A9 Beetles:LargestgrouponEarth,A10 HEALTHFAIRGIVESENIORSRESOURCES,A5 COSHOCTONATMARIETTABASEBALL,B1 CHAD PLAUCHE-ADKINS The Marietta Times Betty Wheaton listens as she is sentenced to 30 months in prison on Monday in Washington County Common Pleas Court. “There were six confirmed cases (of flu) in April.We still generally see a few cases in April, but by the end of the month the season is usually pretty well over.” Valerie Betkoski, director of nursing for theWashington County Health Department Delivery times; 8:00 Sun, 7:30 Sat, & 6:30 Mon-Fri, contact us at DaytonDailyNews.com/customerservice or (888) 397-6397 | Breaking news all day at DaytonDailyNews.com | All rights reserved | Copyright 2019 Dayton Daily News Radio: Updates on AM 1290 and News 95.7 WHIO. Live radar at WHIO.com Fullforecastby McCallVrydaghs,C6 $2.00 70 / 57 Today Chance ofstorms 78 / 65 Wednesday Chance ofstorms 75 / 60 Thursday Chance ofstorms Tuesday April 30, 2019 LOCAL & STATE, B1 DAYTONARCADESURVIVED ‘NEAR-DEATH’MOMENTS NATION & WORLD, A4 ISleaderthoughtdead appearsinnewvideo ShadowyAbu Bakral-Baghdadi admitted defeat in Syria but vowed a“long battle”ahead in his first recording in fiveyears. LOCAL & STATE, B1 Fairbornvotersgetsay onchangestocharter Proposalswould make it easier foroffice seekers to get on the ballot,extend the mayor’s term from twoyears to four. BUSINESS, A8 Salescompanyeyes80 possiblejobsinDayton Ohio approved a 1.694 percent, 8-yeartaxcredit toTraction on Demand,a companythat creates cloud technologysolutions. INDEX Classifieds D6 Comics D4 Deaths B4 Sports C1 Volume142,Number199 w(h63259*QTNRNq(v myDaytonDailyNews.com Complete. In-Depth. Dependable. 1898 2018 $2.00 CELEBRATING 120 YEARS OF REAL JOURNALISM DaytonDailyNews.com UNSOLVED HIT-AND-RUNS: A FAMILY’S DESPERATE SEARCH FOR THE PERSON BEHIND THE WHEEL TODAY AT 5:30PM ON NEWS CENTER 7: ByWayneBaker StaffWriter Kettering is the latest local city to consider pay raises for its elected officials, but the percentage is much less than increases proposed in Beavercreek and Huber Heights. Kettering’s plan calls for a 5% increase, phased in over two years, if approved. InKettering’scase,theincreases would come about 7 years after voters decreased the pay of council members. Earlier this month, Beaver- creek City Council approved by 5-1 vote an 80% increase of members’ salaries for terms starting on or after Jan. 1, 2020. The Huber Heights plan calls for a 125% increase in council pay and a 61% increase for the mayor. Rates for those jobs have not been increased in decades. The Beavercreek measure increased council members’ annual salaries from $6,000 to $10,800. Councilwoman Melissa Litteralvotedagainstthemeasure. Raisescontinued on A10 Huber Heights, Kettering to follow Beavercreek pay boost. Cities consider pay raises for Council ONLYINTHEDAYTONDAILYNEWS ByHollyShively StaffWriter Downtownbusinessleadersare more optimistic than ever after strong growth last year. Nearly 83 percent of business leaders in downtown Dayton said they think downtown is better off than it was three years ago, according to 370 downtown businesses surveyed by the Down- townDaytonPartnership.In2010, only25 percent ofbusinesses said downtown was better off than it was in the three previous years. The optimism gap has grown since 2010, when nearly 21 percent of businesses thought downtown was worse off. In 2018, only 1.7 percent of businesses thought downtown was worse off than it was three years earlier. “We see a confidence in our downtown, and that confidence is really important when businesses are making their decisions on where to locate or expand, wheninvestorsanddevelopersare looking at where they’re going to put their money and time,” said DDP president Sandra Gudorf. Downtown has seen major business growth in the past year where $83 million in projects were completed and 32 new businesses opened, according to the DDP. Levitt Pavilion opened, RTA launched free shuttle service. Fairfield Inn & Suites was the first new hotel to open downtown in decades and several apartment and housing units hit the market. Optimismcontinued on A5 In past year, downtown had $83M in projects, 32 new businesses opened. Strong growth has businesses optimistic DAYTONDAILYNEWSIN-DEPTH Downtown business optimism Business leaders are more optimistic than ever that downtown Dayton is better off than it was three year ago and fewer owners think it is worse off. Source: Downtown Dayton Partnership STAFF 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Better off Worse off 0 20 40 60 80 100% 82.9% 1.7% Business leaders are more optimistic than everthat downtown Dayton is betteroffthan itwas three years ago and fewerowners thinkit isworse off. ByHollyShively StaffWriter Potential home buyers could find cheaper home prices this summer in some parts of the Day- ton region despite a long-running shortage of affordable homes. Home prices have increased in the area over the last several years as inventory shortens and demand increases. Median price peaked at a record $158,000 in June, 9% higher than the year before.In2010,themedianhome price was $105,000. The biggest issue real estate agents and homebuyers have seen in today’s housing market is a shortage of affordable homes between$100,000and$300,000, which typically attract first-time homebuyers,lower-incomepoten- tialhomeownersandbabyboom- ers looking to downsize. But area real estate agents have said the shortage might ease as the weather warms up and more people planning to move during the summer put their homes on the market. “We’re seeing an increase already this month in listings,” said Jan Leverett, president of Dayton Realtors. “May is going to be the best month for new listings coming out and opportunities because then people know that they can move by June, July, which is when they’re all being relocated.” On three different listing Homepricescontinued on A6 Home prices could stabilize in summer ONLYINTHEDAYTONDAILYNEWS Area real estate agents expect inventory shortage to ease over next few months. Real estate agents say the shortage ease may just be a factor of the season and won’t last forever. It also doesn’t apply to every community, where demand is largely driven by school district. TY GREENLEES / STAFF MEDIANHOMESALEPRICE The median home sale price in the area has remained high since it peaked inJune 2018. March $137,500 February $138,000 January $122,111 December $140,000 November $138,500 October $142,500 September $145,000 August $150,000 July $147,000 June $158,000 SOURCE: DAYTON REALTORS ByLaurenPack andDeniseG.Callahan StaffWriters WESTCHESTERTWP. —Fourmem- bers of a West Chester Twp. family were found dead Sunday night as apparent victims of gun violence, and police spent Sunday night and Monday searching for a suspect while telling the community they were not in danger. Atabout9:40p.m.officerswere dispatched to 4562 Wyndtree Drive in the Lakefront at West Chester apartment complex for a report of four people down, according to Police Chief Joel Herzog. Three females and one male were found in the apartment dead. All suffered apparent gunshot wounds, Herzog said. The incident caused a large perimeter to be set up around the apartment complex on Sun- day night, and by Monday morning police were still investigating as residents went to work and took their kids to school. By Mon- day afternoon, a dive team was searching a pond for evidence. Residents,religiousleadersand townshipofficialsexpressedshock that a quadruple homicide, one of the area’s deadliest incidents in the past decade, happened in their community. Deathscontinued on A6 4 people found shot to death at apartment DAYTONDAILYNEWSIN-DEPTH Authorities search for a suspect after discovery in West Chester Twp. Our community is evolving. Your transportation options should be, too. Reimagine RTA. Tell us what drives you. Take our survey at iriderta.org/WhatDrivesYou

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Page A16 NEW HAVEN — The police union, as it continues to wait for a new contract, says the exodus of officers to other departments is continuing, negatively affecting the representation of minorities among the ranks. “As the Harp administration has stated previously, we want officers that ‘mirror’ the community. Well, let me tell you first- hand those same individuals who ‘mirror’ the community are leaving the department for better wages and benefits for communities that they may in fact not ‘mirror,’” Officer Florencio Cotto Jr., president of New Haven Elm City Inc., said in a statement. Cotto also asked Mayor Toni Harp to follow the example of Bridgeport and settle a contract with the police. The stalemate over wages, proposed medical changes, expanded management rights and other non-cost items remains in arbitration, a battle that will reach three years this summer. Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim signed a five-year contract with police last week that has pay raises in each of those years: one percent, 2.5 percent and 2 percent in the remaining three years, Hearst Connecticut Media reported. Three of those years are retro- active to July 2016 for a raise of 7.5 percent come July 1 and 9.5 percent by the beginning of fiscal 2021. NEW HAVEN Union: City losing minority cops Contract impasse, pay issues has many leaving department By Mary E. O’Leary See Police on A2 HORSING AROUND Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media From left, Quinnipiac University occupational therapy students Mia Maselli and Sonia Sousa watch as classmate Kelly Otten takes a selfie with Mabel, one of three miniature therapy horses from J.C. Eventing brought to the university’s North Haven Campus on Monday. The horses were brought to the campus by Donna Latella, professor of occupational therapy, along with her therapy dog to interact with students who are finishing classes before final exams. At right is Michelle Misiti. Tuesday is National Therapy Animal Day. NEW HAVEN — Keisha Greene wants something good to come out of the pain suffered by her son, Paul Witherspoon, who was targeted in the police shooting on Argyle Street April 16. To make that happen, she is striving to ensure her voice — and, by extension, that of the neighborhood in which she was raised — is heard. Greene, her fiancée, Jasmine Evans, and Greene’s uncle, Rodney Williams, held a news conference Monday morning amid the sweeping reaction to the shooting, which left Witherspoon’s girlfriend, Ste- phanie Washington, 22, wounded. ‘I want to be able to say that we made a difference’ Family of man targeted in police-involved shooting want positive change 1 INSIDE: Protest- ers push mayor to fire cop. A12 By Ben Lambert Since 1931, Tweed New Haven Airport has sat on a spit of what was once salt marsh and wetlands strad- dling the East Haven border. It is wedged between New Haven Harbor where the Quinnipiac River empties, the Farm River mouth separating East Haven and Branford, and Long Island Sound. It is transected by other waterways — Tuttle Brook and Morris Creek. And it floods. Recent morning thunderstorms left water rimming the runways and pooling in adjacent residential roads. It will only get worse. NEW HAVEN Sinking land could ground plans Tweed airport expansion opponents argue noise, pollution and traffic By Jan Ellen Spiegel CTMIRROR.ORG File photo Flooding concerns could impede on plans to expand Tweed airport in New Haven. See Tweed on A6 WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Blumenthal is an enthusiastic supporter of submarines, jet engines, helicopters — any piece of defense hardware made in Connecticut. But when it comes to health insurance, the senior senator’s home- state advocacy is very much open to question. Blumenthal is one of 14 co-sponsors of the “Medicare for All Act of 2019” — introduced earlier this month by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a leading left-of- center contender for the Dem- ocratic presidential nomination in 2020. If signed into law, the bill would establish a health- insurance system financed by a single payer: The Unit- ed States Government. It would be Medicare on ste- roids, with no premiums or deductibles and co-pays only for prescription drugs. Taxes might rise but out-of-pocket costs would plummet, its advocates say. But the collateral damage to the health-insurance industry — and insurance in general — is little discussed in the debate over how to fix the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Health insurance companies employ 9,500 in Con- necticut, with an annual payroll of $1.1 billion, according to data gathered by America’s Health Insurance Plans — AHIP — the main trade group for health in- surers. The largest provider of health insurance in Con- necticut is Aetna, which after merging with CVS last year agreed to abandon plans to move to New York and instead remain in Hartford -roots that go back to 1819. Cigna is the other main health-insurance player with a long history in Con- necticut. Its headquarters now are in Bloomfield and Philadelphia. The Sanders “Medicare- for-all” measure would essentially wipe out the role of private insurance in health care. The 200-plus million Americans who get private insurance (180 million through their employers) would be transitioned to government-provided health insurance that would include coverage for vision, dental, substance abuse and mental health. FOR STATE DELEGATION ‘Medicare for all’ a tricky issue By Dan Freedman U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is a supporter of Medicare for all legislation, which could negatively affect the state’s insurance industry. 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Akeena, 2, died in the crash. Keanna, 5, who had been on life support at the hospital, died Monday night, according to a post on their mother’s Facebookpage. The girls’ parents, An- nette and Keane Bennett, of Deerfield Beach, had been out of town, having flown to New York for a wedding, Annette Bennett said Mon- day. After receiving news of the crash, they returned home to be with Keanna. Second child dies following crash on I-95 5-year-old was put on life support after Sunday collision By Linda Trischitta South Florida Sun Sentinel Akeena Avanel Bennett, 2, and her sister, Keanna Ariel Bennett, 5, were in a crash Sunday on Interstate 95. COURTESY/GOFUNDME See CRASH, 8A “Die, die, die,” the Park- land school shooter wrote in a story for language arts class in middle school. His explanation: It was a line fromhis“CallofDuty”war- fare video game booklet. Teachers were concerned that he was spending too much time playing “inappropriate” video games — as much as 15 hours a day, some neighbors told investigators. His mother struggled to limit hisplayingtime,believingit was a source of his hostility at home. The role of video games in the shooter’s life has not been closely examined publicly, but some details have emerged in school records and documents filed in the court system in wrongful death suits related to the murders of 17 staff and students at Mar- jory Stoneman Douglas High. One contention is that mental health professionals, working for Henderson Behavioral Health, did not properly diagnose or treat Nikolas Cruz and, actually, provided therapies that aggravated his condition. The allegations included having him sign personal contracts that included playing vi- See VIOLENT, 8A Video games’ role an issue in MSD attack By Megan O’Matz South Florida Sun Sentinel Fleet week gets underway in Fort Lauderdale as the USS Farragut is greeted while it heads into Port Everglades. JOE CAVARETTA/SUN SENTINEL FLEET WEEK ARRIVES TALLAHASSEE – A bill that allows police to stop drivers just for texting is headed to the governor after several years of hitting roadblocks in the Florida Legislature. The House voted 108-7 Monday to make texting while driving a primary offense. Gov.RonDeSantishasin- dicated he will sign the bill (HB 107), which would bring Florida in line with most other states. Rep. Emily Slosberg, D- Boca Raton, fought for several years for a tougher law, butherbillskeptstallingbe- cause of privacy and racial- profiling concerns. In 1996, Slosberg was injured in a wreck that killed five teenagers, including her twin sister, Dori; the crash was caused by a reckless driver. Slosberg, who was 14 at the time, suffered broken bones and a punctured lung in the crash. “It’s a great day for our state of Florida,” she said Monday just moments after the vote. “We are going to Texting while driving is banned After many years of roadblocks, lawmakers send measure to DeSantis By Skyler Swisher South Florida Sun Sentinel See TEXTING, 8A More action from the legislature ■ Lawmakers approve bill to create program for prescription drug imports from Canada. Making such drugs more affordable has been a priority for Gov. DeSantis. 8A ■ Criminal justice reform bill passes, but without more ambitious reforms pending in Senate. 1B ■ Visit Florida gets 1-year lease on life as budget negotiators agree to funding through June 2020. 2B ■ Lawmakers mention California synagogue shooting before giving unanimous approval to anti-Semitism schools bill. 4B WASHINGTON — Top Democratic congressional leaders cast aside a brewing showdown over presidential oversight Monday and pitched President Donald Trump on a “big and bold” infrastructure billaheadofaWhiteHouse meetingontheissue,insist- ing there are “significant majorities in both the House and Senate” ready to act. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are set to meet Trump on Tuesday, joined by other leading Democrats. In a letter sent Monday, the pair asked Trump to entertain infrastructure legislation with “substantial, new and real revenue” — as opposed to previous GOP plans that have focused on using smaller amounts of public money to leverage private investments. They did not specify a dollar figure for the package, though many have discussed $1trillion as a bare minimum. Paying for such an investment is the major challenge, and potential revenue sources all carry political risks. Lawmakers from bothpartieshavediscussed increasing the federal gas tax for the first time since 1993, but Democrats are eyeing a rollback of the Re- publican tax cuts that Trump signed into law in 2017. A Democratic official close to Schumer said the Senate leader would not consider a gas tax hike — which would be a dispro- portionate burden on working-class voters — unless Republicans consider undoing some of their tax cuts for corporations and wealthy Americans. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity. “We look forward to hearing your ideas on how to pay for this package to Dems pitch infrastructure package Pelosi, Schumer say agreement between parties is possible By Mike DeBonis The Washington Post Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are scheduled to meet with President Trump on Tuesday. ANDREW HARNIK/AP See DEMS, 8A

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The Rail Mourners pay their respects to Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the attack on the Chabad of Poway synagogue. NICK OZA FOR USA TODAY ESCONDIDO, Calif. – Two religious congregations about 12 miles apart – one Jewish and the other Christian – were bound by tragedy over the weekend. One was a synagogue ripped apart by gunfire; the other was a church the suspected shooter’s family regularly attended. What both shared Sunday: an overwhelming sense of grief as worshippersgrappled to make sense of the senseless. Their leaders, a rabbi and a pastor, did their best to show how they are rising above hate. At the Chabad of Poway, Orthodox Jews had gathered for Passover when a gunman burst in with a semiautomatic rifle Saturday and started shooting, Synagogue shooting wounded – and united – 2 congregations Chris Woodyard USA TODAY See CONGREGATIONS, Page 4A Chilling plot in LA Ex-soldier charged with planning mass terror attacks. 3A FEARS OF BIG PHARMA Bernadette Pajer doesn’t trust the pharmaceutical industry. And she doesn’t trust vaccines. The founder of a Washington state advocacy group says drugmakers have a “pretty poor record overall” on safety and transparency. Not to mention the opioid epidemic, though Pajer often does. As distrust of the pharmaceutical industry grows, so has the anti- vaccination movement – a critical issue as the number of measles cases in the USA surges. Vaccine supporters – including federal, state and local officials, the public health community and most doctors – say it wasn’t drugmakers’ idea to require protection from largely eradicated deadly diseases. It’s the government’s doing. It’s also the government that shields drugmakers from liability when vaccines are found to cause injury. To skeptics, including drug safety advocate Kim Witczak, this suggests they may be hiding or at least getting away with something. When voters were surveyed in January about their feelings toward industries that benefit from the Many don’t trust industry. Why would they trust its vaccines? Jayne O’Donnell USA TODAY GETTY IMAGES SOURCE American Pet Products Association, March 21, 2019 FRANK POMPA, JANET LOEHRKE/USA TODAY USA SNAPSHOTS© Mittens needs a part-time job How much Americans pay for pet care (in billions): 2017 2018 2019 $69.51 $72.56 $75.38 $2.00 ❚ THE NATION'S NEWS E2 TUESDAY QIJFAF-02005y(L)i ©COPYRIGHT 2019 USA TODAY, A division of Gannett Co., Inc. 04.30.19 Triple Crown begins with the Kentucky Derby Race’s 145th running is Saturday, and we examine the use of the medication Lasix in horse racing. 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IN NEWS John Singleton, filmmaker, dead at 51 Director, screenwriter earned Oscar nominations for “Boyz n the Hood” Rod Rosenstein submits resignation Deputy attorney general appointed special counsel Robert Mueller IN MONEY Facebook plans to return users’ privacy CEO Mark Zuckerberg to reveal how he intends to do it at F8 conference IN SPORTS Harper and Machado making subtle impact Top free agents aren’t on leaders’ lists, but their teams are off to hot starts Post-draft questions for every NFL team Mike Jones: With needs addressed, clubs head into offseason practices IN LIFE ‘Thrones’ cheats fans with sparse death toll Kelly Lawler: Writers’ refusal to kill off major characters hurts the series CHRISTOPHER POLK/GETTY IMAGES See VACCINES, Page 3A “Vaccines are largely a victim of their own success. If you don’t fear the disease, you’re more likely to fear the vaccine.” Paul Offit Author and infectious disease physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats will meet Tuesday in search of a fix for the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, but they’ll first have to swerve around an escalating battle over special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The meeting, which will mark the first time Trump has hosted Demo- cratic leaders since an acrimonious gathering during the partial government shutdown in January, comes as the White House is resisting Demo- cratic demands to question administration officials involved in the Muell- er investigation into Russian election interference. Trump and Democratic lawmakers have flirted with a bipartisan infrastructure deal since the president took office, but talks have stalled around how to pay for the trillion-dollar-plus investment needed to make a dent in modernizing the nation’s highways, transit systems and airports. And that was before congressional subpoenas started flying. “The current climate seems less than optimal for reaching a consen- sus,” said D.J. Gribbin, a former assistant to the president on infrastructure issues, but he said he was neverthe- less encouraged that an initial meeting is taking place. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Trump, Dems huddle today Infrastructure meeting comes with tension high John Fritze and Eliza Collins USA TODAY House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested the meeting in a call this month with President Trump. JARRAD HENDERSON/USA TODAY See HUDDLE, Page 6A

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The Rail “Israel, under Netanyahu, has made common cause with Trump and been richly rewarded for it.” Editorial, A4 In the news The Vermont Legislature has passed a measure that would create a drinking water standard for a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS. A3 Sports The Capitol Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Mont- pelier is set to host the Hall of Fame Banquet, sponsored by the Vermont Principals’ Association, on Friday. B8 AprIl 29, 2019 DrAWS Midday: 1-2-8 and 5-0-2-6 Evening: 7-9-3 and 4-2-8-2 New York State 9-9-2 LS20 and 2-2-3-0 LS7 Weather A2 Editorial A4 Letters A4 Obituaries A9-10 Business A10 Calendar A11 Sports B1-3 Scoreboard B2 Abby B4 Horoscope B4 Comics B4 Marketplace B6-7 TV Listings B7 SpOTlIGHT HOT SpOT SOCIAl lOTTErY CONNECT INDEX Tuesday, April 30, 2019 www.timesargus.com High 48 Low 28 $1.00 SUBSCrIBE: www.TimesArgus.com 800-498-4296 NEWS TIpS: news@timesargus.com 802-477-1203 like us on Facebook to enjoy Times Argus videos and podcasts: facebook. com/timesargus Insta Thursday THE ORGANIZER Marcello Mastroianni stars as a labor activist involved in a turn-of-the-twentieth-century textile factory strike in Turin, Italy. Donation, 7-9:30 p.m. Old Labor Hall, 46 Granite Street, Barre, karen@ briggslane.net, 802-456-7456. Merged budget on docket Officials hail tiny home project Commission tweaks zoning document By DAVID DELCORE STAFF WRITER EAST MONTPELIER — With a legislative reprieve looking less likely by the day, passing a single school budget to finance pre-K-12 education in what is now the Wash- ington Central Supervisory Union is beginning to look like a looming imperative. Each of the supervisory union’s six school districts have voter-approved budgets for the coming fiscal year, but that spending authority will never come into play if a school district merger — one of several ordered under Act 46 — is launched on July 1. Members of the transitional board of what would become the Washington Central Unified Union School District grudgingly acknowledged last week that’s likely the case. The board autho- rized administrators to begin the process of shifting from six separate systems — seven if you count the supervisory union — to one. That could take up to 60 days. The goal is to ensure a seamless transition that avoids the potential interruption of employee benefits. In the meantime, the House and Senate have each passed differing proposals, but a conference committee that has met six times has been unable to reconcile key dif- ferences and has all but given up. By STEPHEN MILLS STAFF WRITER NORTHFIELD — A celebration on Friday marked the near-completion of a tiny house built by Norwich University students, which was hailed as a solution to into communal housing or apartment settings. Enter the LIFT house, a 280-square-foot, energy-ef- ficient home for a homeless person with mental health issues. The students named the project the LIFT house University students, who built the house; the Department of Mental Health, which will a provide housing vouchers for the occupant; Washington County Mental Health Services (WCMHS), which By DAVID DELCORE STAFF WRITER BARRE — When it comes to proposed zoning regulations, planning commissioners have concluded the former Skyline Ski Area isn’t a hill worth stressing over. Commissioners have unanimously agreed to recommend a change in the designation of the property to allow for low-density residential development. Of all the changes the commission may yet be asked to make to a document it thought was finished earlier this month, rezoning the 200-acre tract owned by Oreste Valsangiacomo Jr. and his family could be the easiest. Not because commissioners couldn’t make a decent argument that the unde- veloped property should remain in the conservation district. Much of the property the conservation district for decades. It’s also why planning commissioners didn’t think twice about leaving it there and throwing in the balance while preparing the “Unified Development Ordi- nance” they’ve been asked to review one last time before making a revised recommen- dation to the City Council. The product of a public process that spanned more than two years, the ordinance has attracted belated criticism from some while others have urged it be approved so that some things that aren’t currently allowed — an electronic message board at Spaulding High School and “tiny houses” on Brook Street — would be. While commissioners wait to receive written comments from those concerned about the proposed document, they have already accommodated the concern raised by Valsangi- JOSH KUCKENS / STAFF PHOTO Sarah Garceau, left, and James Wallace, center, get settled as Lindley Barrett navigates through unusually high waters at the Wrightsville Res- ervoir boat launch in Middlesex on Sunday. JOSH KUCKENS / STAFF PHOTO As Gov. Phil Scott, center, looks on, Vermont State Trooper and drug recognition expert Jay Riggen, left, evaluates the impairment of a driver during a mock roadside testing demonstration Monday at police headquarters in Waterbury. The demonstration was part of multiple stops across Washington County during the Scott administration’s Capitol for a Day initiative. RESERVOIR CRUISE CAPITOL FOR A DAY WASHINGTON CENTrAl See Merged, page A10 By MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT BURLINGTON — Jury selection got underway Monday for a Williston man charged after a wrong-way crash that killed five teens on Interstate 89. Police say Steven D. Bourgoin was speeding, driving the wrong way and had THC and other drugs in his system when he slammed his truck into a Volkswagen in Williston at about 11:55 p.m. Oct. 8, 2016. A state judge ordered a blood draw of Bourgoin because of the impairment he displayed at the scene, police said. Bourgoin, 38, has pleaded not guilty to five counts of second degree murder and plans to use an insanity defense — which was front and center during the first day of jury selection. The five deaths are believed to be the largest mass homicide case charged criminally in Vermont history. Judge Kevin Griffin briefed 58 potential jurors on Monday about the basis for trial by reading the criminal charges Bourgoin faces. The panel members were later sent to another courtroom and, one by one, 50 of them returned for individual questioning by the prosecution and defense before court closed for the day. The answers ranged from the first juror interviewed, who said he was unaware of any media coverage because he does not follow any news, to a former Burlington Free Press reporter, who admitted to reading as much as possible to stay informed. By the end of the day, 14 jurors had been excused for cause. Griffin said the eight that were not questioned individually on Monday will need to return today and be joined by 38 new potential jurors. Those that are still in the running by the end of today will Jury forming for Bourgoin trial See Bourgoin, page A9 LOTTERY CONNECT SPOTLIGHT HOT SPOT www.rutlandherald.com ◆ tuesday, april 30, 2019 ◆ Volume 159 • numBer 60 $1.00 Weather A2 Editorial A4 Obituaries A6 Business A7 Advice A8 Comics A8 Crossword A8 Horoscope A8 Calendar A9 Sports B1 Marketplace B5 Television B6 INDEX WEATHER ONLINE APRIL 29, 2019 DRAWS Midday: 1-2-8 and 5-0-2-6 Evening: 7-9-3 and 4-2-8-2 New York State 9-9-2LS20 and 2-2-3-0 LS7 SUBSCRIBE www.RutlandHerald.com 800-498-4296 NEWS TIPS news@rutlandherald.com 802-774-3026 Insta High 52 Low 32 Like us on Facebook to enjoy Rutland Herald videos and podcasts: facebook. com/rutlandherald “We are a Jewish nation that will stand tall. We will not let anyone take us down. Terrorism like this will not take us down.” Yisroel Goldstein, rabbi at the synagogue Chabad of Poway, where a shooter killed a woman and injured three people near San Diego on Saturday. — B4 PFAS plan Vermont lawmakers pass legislation that would require public water systems to test for a class of potentially toxic chemicals, PFAS. A2 Today JAZZ ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Castleton University’s Jazz Ensem- ble will be performing four move- ments from part of the Berlin Suite, in addition to other jazz numbers. $10, 7 p.m. Casella Theater, 45 Alum- ni Drive, Castleton, elicia.mailhiot@ castleton.edu, 802-468-1013. By PATRICK MCARDLE STAFF WRITER A West Rutland man was charged with a felony count of attempted murder after police said he shot at a man he was trying to rob in West Rutland on Friday. Christopher D. Hale, 27, pleaded not guilty in Rutland criminal court on Monday to felony charges of first-degree attempted murder and attempted assault and robbery. Hale also pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor counts of violating his conditions of release from custody. Hale was ordered held without bail until a hearing can be scheduled to determine whether he will be given a chance to be released from custody pending the resolution of the charges. If convicted of the attempted murder charge, Hale could face a life sentence with a presumptive minimum term of 35 years in prison. Joshua Stone, 28, of Rutland, was charged in Rutland criminal court with a felony count of attempted assault and robbery in connection with the same incident. Stone, who also pleaded not guilty, was ordered held on $10,000 bail. In an affidavit, Detective Sgt. Henry Alberico, of the Vermont State Police, said he learned around 8:30 p.m. on Friday about an “altercation” in West Rutland, during which a gun had been fired. Alberico said he learned that Rutland City Police Officer Jimmy Plakas, who was off-duty at the time, heard the gunshot and reported it. He saw a silver Jeep Commander that was later spotted and stopped Attempted murder alleged Jury forming for Bourgoin trial By MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT BURLINGTON — Jury selection got underway Monday for a Willis- ton man charged after a wrong-way crash that killed five teens on Inter- state 89. Police say Steven D. Bourgoin was speeding, driving the wrong way and had THC and other drugs in his system when he slammed his truck into a Volkswagen in Williston at about 11:55 p.m. Oct. 8, 2016. A state judge ordered a blood draw of Bourgoin because of the impairment he displayed at the scene, police said. Bourgoin, 38, has pleaded not guilty to five counts of second degree murder and plans to use an insanity defense — which was front and center during the first day of jury selection. The five deaths are believed to be the largest mass homicide case charged criminally in Vermont history. Judge Kevin Griffin briefed 58 potential jurors on Monday about the basis for trial by reading the PATRICK MCARDLE / STAFF PHOTO Michael Collins, of New Orleans, marks the graves of his ancestors, Thomas and Benoni Collins, who both served in the Revolutionary War, during a ceremony on Saturday at Riverside Cemetery in Ira that was organized by the Ann Story Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Rail crossing lawsuit settled By GORDON DRITSCHILO STAFF WRITER The Park Street rail crossing is no longer standing in the way of the fire coverage upgrade. The city settled a lawsuit last week against the Ver- mont Agency of Transpor- tation (AOT) and Vermont Rail System over the two organizations requiring the city to sign a “master licensing agreement” before they would cooperate with the replacement of water lines running under the track. A letter from VRS President David Wulfson clears the city to proceed with the project. “We value our relationship with you and the City and look forward to working together with you,” read the letter, addressed to Mayor David Allaire. A call to the railway was not immediately returned Monday. Allaire said he expected work on the project to begin in 30 to 60 days. “There will be a future sit-down, beginning with myself and David Wulfson, to figure out how to go ahead with future projects,” Allaire said. The project was launched in response to the effect that fighting the 2014 Rutland Plywood fire had on water pressure in nearby neighborhoods. When the city inquired in 2016 whether it would need a permit from AOT to replace pipes running under the tracks at the Park Street crossing, the agency replied that the city would instead need to sign a master licensing agreement (MLA) in order to proceed. The city objected to several provisions in the MLA, including that it would apply to all crossings in the city, require the city to indemnify AOT and Ver- mont Rail System for any damages associated with the pipes — even if they were caused by the other party’s negligence — and would have given AOT and Vermont Rail System the ability to disallow additional water and sewer infrastructure at crossings without cause. The city sued to force the state and the railway to cooperate without the agreement, and the lawsuit was scheduled for trial later this week. gordon.dritschilo @rutlandherald.com Rev War veterans honored By PATRICK MCARDLE STAFF WRITER IRA — On a cold, windy morning, the Ann Story Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, with the help of a New Orleans couple, dedicated the markers on the grave- stones of two veterans, a father and son, of the war of independence. T h e h e a d s t o n e s o f Thomas Collins, who died on March 25, 1793, and his son, Benoni Collins, who died on Sept. 5, 1822, now bear the markers. Mike Col- lins, of New Orleans, placed the marker on the grave of his ancestor, Thomas, at Riverside Cemetery. Despite the rain, about 30 people were at the dedication, including members of the Vermont Patriot Guards and a Color Guard from the American Legion Post 87 in West Rutland. At the cemetery, Mike Collins, who said Thomas Collins was his grandfather going back six generations, said his ancestor bought a See Veterans, page A5 See Trial, page A5 MAN HELD WITHOUT BAIL See Alleged, page A5 PHOTO BY JON OLENDER Castleton Fire Department members use their ladder truck to spray water onto the second floor of the Benson Village Store during a structure fire on Monday evening. Firefighters from the Benson, Orwell and Castleton fire departments responded to the call. 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The Rail Onekama, on the west side of Michigan and about 10 miles north of Man- istee, is the southern gateway to Michigan’s scenic highway, M-22. ❚ The community (pronounced One-comma and O-NECK-a-ma) is known as an outdoor summer paradise for recreational activities, including camping, fishing, hiking, biking and golf. ❚ But in recent days, Onekama — which local residents also write as “1,” — posted a social media warning for visitors who enjoy the outdoors: Once again, it appears that it’s “going to be a bad summer.” ❚ Ticks become most active from April to September and are increasingly becoming a statewide threat. They also are spawning new health concerns, including some rare cases that have linked tick bites to life-threatening allergies to red meat. Frank Witsil Detroit Free Press | USA TODAY NETWORK See TICKS, Page 7A In Michigan’s outdoor paradise, the insect carries several diseases and is a growing public health threat Actual size TERRIBLE TICKS STAFF ILLUSTRATION AND GETTY IMAGES Daily $2.50 Volume 188 | No. 361 ©2019 Home delivery pricing inside Subscribe: 800-395-3300 Classified: 586-977-7500; 800-926-8237 O N G U A R D F O R 1 8 7 Y E A R S TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 ❚ FREEP.COM PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK RISING MIZE Tigers’ top prospect throws a no-hitter in his Double-A debut SPORTS, 1B NATION+WORLD, 11A Deputy attorney general resigns Rod Rosenstein, who oversaw the Mueller investigation, submitted his resignation. BUSINESS, 9A Buick fights back against potholes Michigan roads are the perfect testing ground for Buick’s QuietTuning strategy. METRO, 4A Final respects for Judge Keith Funeral arrangements have been announced for federal judge and civil rights icon. LIFE+TECH, 1C AI is minding the store at Walmart Retailer is experimenting with digitizing its stores to manage them more efficiently. Inside today’s Free Press ❚ Obituaries......................12-13A ❚ Comics....................................2C ❚ Puzzles................................4-5C ❚ Movie Guide ..........................6C Weather High 55° ❚ Low 46° Rain/drizzle. Forecast, 2A Charlene Lust says she has no doubt that what she saw in a Macomb County auto plant in February was a noose. Seeing the rope hanging in an area where she was coming to help a coworker clean up, Lust said she was overcome by a feeling of sad- ness. “I literally almost fainted. I’ve never seen one,” Lust said from her living room on De- troit’s west side this month. “When I saw the noose, I was like stuck.” She snapped a photo of the rope, which she believes was left as a message to African Amer- icans like her, in the area of the plant’s paint shop. It reminded her of the day in 2015 she helped nab a pedophile, an action that garnered her a civilian citation from the Warren Police Department. “It startled me. It felt like the moment I caught the young boy being molested at the park. It was like one of those shocks,” Lust said. Woman: I reported noose, lost my job She says subcontractor at FCA plant said not to return Eric D. Lawrence Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK Lust See NOOSE, Page 6A The Grand Rapids Police officer who was criticized by civil rights advocates for turning over a Marine veteran and U.S.-born citizen to federal immigration authorities was reinstated to work on Monday after he had been placed on leave for two months. But the Grand Rapids police captain has been stripped of his authority over an immigrant visa program for victims of crime. Grand Rapids Interim Police Chief David Kiddle said in a statement that Police Capt. Curtis VanderKooi did not violate policies when he contacted U.S. Immigration and Cus- toms Enforcement (ICE) to de- tain Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, 27, who had been arrested Nov. 21 after an arson at Spectrum But- terworth hospital. Kiddle added that his department is working on clarify- ing its policies on how it inter- acts with federal authorities on immigration issues. The case illustrated the intense debate taking place over how much local police should be interacting with ICE in enforcing immigration laws. VanderKooi said he contacted ICE over concerns about potential terrorism since Ra- mos-Gomez had entered a heliport area of the hospital. Ramos-Gomez was born in the U.S. and is a veteran of the Marines who served in Afghani- stan. But because he is Latino of Mexican de- scent, he was racially profiled and detained by ICE for three days before his mother rescued him, said attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Michigan and Michi- gan Immigrant Rights Center. The ACLU blasted the decision by Grand Rapids to reinstate VanderKooi and said it will hold a news conference on Tuesday with the mother of Ramos-Gomez. They said they have video that shows the police knew Ramos-Go- mez was a U.S. citizen with PTSD. VanderKooi was not the original arresting officer of the Marine veteran, but heard about the case on the news and decided to contact ICE, said the ACLU. Officer who turned vet over to ICE back on job Niraj Warikoo Detroit Free Press USA TODAY NETWORK See OFFICER REINSTATED, Page 6A VanderKooi LOS ANGELES – An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terrorist attacks throughout South- ern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks, federal prosecutors said Monday. Mark Domingo, an infantryman who served a combat stint in Afghanistan, was arrested Friday after visiting a park in Long Beach where investigators say he planned to plant homemade explosive devices made with nail-filled pressure cookers in advance of a Na- zi rally scheduled Sunday. Domingo, 26, was arrested on a charge of providing material support to terrorists. A criminal complaint said he had been planning since March to “manufacture and use a weapon of mass destruction in order to commit mass murder.” U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna told a news conference that Domingo supported violent jihad and spoke about becoming a martyr and of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group if it established a presence in the United States. US officials: Army veteran’s California terrorist plots stopped Brian Melley ASSOCIATED PRESS See TERRORIST PLOTS, Page 6A Domingo

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The Rail Good Morning Serving Crawford County for 135 yearS TheMeadvilleTribune 75 cents www.meadvilletribune.com Tuesday, april 30, 2019 Bulldogs get back on winning track Butler helps lead Sixers past Raptors Meadville suffers first region loss Twins out-duel Verlander, Astros SPORTSTODAY, Inside SPORTSTODAY, Inside SPORTSTODAY, Inside SPORTSTODAY, Inside Deaths n Carmon J. Brocious, 88, DuBois n Robert T. Pipper, 76, Meadville Details, Page A8 Index Weather .........................A2 Crawford West ..............A3 Opinion......................... A4 Weather Today: Mostly cloudy, 60 This evening: Rain, 57 Tomorrow: Rain, 71 Thank you for subscribing, Robert Cowan of Meadville State pledging to meet climate goals By John Finnerty CNHI NEWS SERVICE HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf announced Mon- day that Pennsylvania will join 23 other states in the U.S. Climate Alliance pledging to meet the goals spelled out in the United Nations’ 2016 Par- is Agreement. The alliance formed after President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that the United States was withdraw- ing from the agreement. “We’ve seen lately even more evidence that there is a need for leadership on climate change,” Wolf said. “With the federal government turning its back on science and the environment, I am proud to join with states that are leading the way towards new climate solutions, and taking concrete actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” The U.S. Climate Alliance is a bipartisan coalition of 24 governors, representing over half of the U.S. population working to implement policies that uphold the commitments made in the Paris Agreement, Wolf said. By Keith Gushard MEADVILLE TRIBUNE LORD Corp., one of Craw- ford County’s largest employers, is being sold to Parker Hannifin Corp. in an all-cash deal valued at more than $3.6 billion. The privately held LORD Corp. — with manufacturing facilities in both Crawford and Erie counties — makes chemical adhesives, coatings and specialty materials along with vibration and motion control devices. Its products are used in the aerospace, automotive and industrial markets. In March, LORD officials declined comment on a Bloomberg report the Cary, N.C.-based firm was working with an adviser to sell the company through an auction process that could garner as much as $3 billion. The report came about two months after LORD announced it had $1.1 billion in sales for 2018. Parker Hannifin Corp., based in Cleveland, is a maker of motion and control technol- ogies across a wide range of diversified industrial and aerospace markets. Parker Hannifin LOS ANGELES TIMES WASHINGTON — Long known as a law-and-order prosecutor, Attor- ney General William Barr is under fire from critics who say he acted more as a partisan advocate for Pres- ident Donald Trump than an impar- tial law enforcement officer when he released the special counsel report into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. In scheduled back-to-back congressional hearings this week, Dem- ocrats will have their first chance to grill Barr since he stood at the Jus- tice Department podium on April 18 and repeatedly declared that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III had found no “collusion” between Trump and the Kremlin-backed operation. Trump has relentlessly made that claim in tweets and speeches, although Mueller’s report avoided using the term “collusion,” explaining that it is not a crime or even a term recognized in federal law. Two weeks earlier, Barr also went further than Mueller in a letter to Congress by saying Trump hadn’t Meadville Tribune file photo LORD’s chemical adhesives and coatings plant in Saegertown employs more than 230 people. See LORD, Page a8 LORD Corp. sold in $3.6B deal INSIDE: What’s next for local LORD facilities? Page A8 Making their case Sheriff candidates tout experience in forum By Mike Crowley MEADVILLE TRIBUNE VERNON TOWNSHIP — The two candidates in what has been the most hotly contested Crawford Coun- ty primary race this year found plenty to agree on Monday at the Vernon Township Municipal Building. Neil Fratus and Dave Powers, the two Republican candidates for Craw- ford County sheriff, agreed that main- taining court safety should be the top priority for the office; that Nick Hoke, the current sheriff who is not running for re-election, has performed well in office; that they did not anticipate the need for significant budget increases or staffing increases as a result of the changes they did call for; and that it would be a good idea for the state Legislature to restore investigative powers to county sheriffs. Both men SHANNON ROAE/Meadville Tribune Meadville Tribune reporter Keith Gushard (left) holds numbered lots as Crawford County sheriff candidates Neil Fratus (center) and Dave Powers wait to choose their positions Monday in the public forum at the Vernon Township Municipal Building. See FORUM, Page a5 By Pete Sirianni CNHI NEWS SERVICE PITTSBURGH — If Joe Biden is going to win the Democratic nomination and ultimately the White House in 2020, he’s going video message on Thursday. “There are three basic reasons why I’m running for the president of the United States,” Biden said in front of the packed union hall. “The first is to restore the soul of Biden holds first campaign event of 2020 run Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during his first campaign stop of his 2020 presidential bid Barr poised to face grilling over report See BARR, Page a8 See CLIMATE, Page a5 INSIDE: Tigers blank Cardinals, Page B1 PAGE A10: Measles cases hit milestone A1/ MAIN NEWS NATION/WORLD 114th year, No. 33 16 pages, 2 sections MORE STAFF WITH BIGGER MSD BUDGET LOCAL / STATE, PAGE A2 Complete forecast, A8 $1.50 Jackson County, Oregon TODAY WED THU 71°/40° 74°/40° 73°/42° DELIVERY PROBLEMS? CIRC@ROSEBUDMEDIA.COM OR CALL 541-776-4455 TUESDAY April 30, 2019 0 2 78908 22244 123RF.COM A creek running through the woods along the trail to a San Jacinto Mountain peak in San Jacinto State Park in Riverside County, California. JAMIE LUSCH / MAIL TRIBUNE CraterWorks, a makerspace for Central Point residents and students, is set open May 18. By Kaylee Tornay Mail Tribune Central Point School District officials aren’t fazed by having to push the grand opening of the CraterWorks Maker- space back until next month. “When you’re dealing with the current construction market, a public entity, and you’re building something that is unique, there are a lot of times where we’ve had to say, ‘OK, back to the table — what do we do now?’” said Superintendent Samantha Steele. “But we don’t take ‘no.’” The approximately 20,000-square- foot facility will see its public grand opening May 18, instead of its original date of April 27. For now, construction crews continue to work on transforming the former home of Crater Iron into a space for activities as diverse as the people organizers expect to walk through its doors. In some ways, the facility is planned down to the finest details, but in others, vagueness is an invitation for future makerspace users to fine-tune what’s provided there with their own sugges- tions for tools and technology. “We wanted to invite the community in, and the people who will actually be using this space, and find out what tools and equipment they want,” said Taneea Browning, executive director of the nonprofit Direct Involvement Recre- ation Training, or D.I.R.T., which will manage the makerspace. Browning said one major guiding principle for her organization and the school district is safety. After all, some of those tools include high-power saws and other machines that use extreme heat or extreme pressure. Walking through the semi-completed interior, Steele and Browning explained the rationale behind certain design or material choices, including the feedback CENTRAL POINT the building is JUST BEGINNING Public grand opening of CraterWorks set for May 18 By Colleen Shalby Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — New research unveiled recently links a series of California earthquakes to heavy snowmelt during a wet winter. Scientists involved in the work said they believe that water from the runoff flowed down to the groundwater, causing seismic movement. Melting snow may have caused earthquakes SEE RESEARCH, A8 By Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submitted his resignation Monday after a two-year run defined by his appointment of a special counsel to investigate connections between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. His last day will be May 11, ending a tumultuous relationship Rod Rosenstein resigns post as U.S. deputy AG Rosenstein SEE WORKSPACE, A4 By Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune A cougar that has been seen multiple times during daylight hours — such as the one shot and killed by Medford police early Sunday morning — can be classified as a threat to human safety, according to state law. “Loss of wariness to humans, displayed through repeated sightings of the animal during the day near a permanent structure, permanent corral or mobile dwelling used by humans” is one of four signs listed that the animal is a threat, according to ORS 498.166. Because of several problems that can arise from tranquilizing and relocating such an animal, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wild- life said killing it was the best option. “We’ve had a number of sightings now of this animal,” said ODFW district wildlife biologist Steve Niemela. “And unfortunately the area it’s been seen in is not only near residences and structures, but essentially, there are a lot of kids around there. In some places, there’s a big transient population. So in that situation, when the decision has been reached to remove the animal, really the only option available to us is a lethal removal.” The cougar killed Sunday, identified as a 102-pound male — which was mistakenly identified as a female Sunday — was spotted in thick brush that runs along the Sovana Inn’s east WILDLIFE Killing cougar ‘really the only option’ SEE COUGAR, A4 SEE ROSENSTEIN, A8 Be A Columnist For A Day Do you have something to say? 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The Rail INSIDE TODAY 137th Year #25 Classiﬁed......................... 20 Comics ............................ 18 Entertainment.................. 14 Lifestyle ........................... 16 Obituaries.......................... 4 Opinion.............................. 7 Sports.............................. 11 NEWS 24/7 www.tnonline.com Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @Times_News TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2019 Serving the people of Carbon, Schuylkill, Lehigh, Monroe & Northampton counties Nesquehoning police officer of the year named. 5 Measles cases top 700; preventive measures taken. 10 Jim Thorpe boys drop Schuylkill track showdown to Blue Mountain. 11 75¢ 40¢ NEWS STAND HOME DELIVERY TIMES NEWS all who served WEATHER TONIGHT: Few showers. Low 51. TOMORROW: Few showers. High 62. Low 54. Over 450 people were in attendance at the golden anniversary testimonial dinner honoring the Rev. Francis H. Pascoe, pastor of the First Con- gregational Church, Coaldale, yesterday afternoon at the Coaldale High School building. Following dinner, William J. Jones, president of the board of trustees of the church, introduced the toast- master, Walter Evans, a member of the board of deacons. Mayor Joseph Sharpe gave the welcome while remarks were made by the Rev. Ken- neth Ewing, minister of Baptist students at Purdue University. He is the son-in-law of the Rev. Pascoe and the Rev. Daniel Yolton, pastor of the En- glish Congregational Church, Lansford. A LOOK BACK APRIL30,1962 “The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.” -Louis Kronenberger, American author (1904-1980) THOUGHT BY CHRIS REBER CREBER@TNONLINE.COM Jim Thorpe Area School Dis- trict has hired a new superintendent, meaning it will not renew Dr. Brian Gasper’s contract when it expires in June. The school board voted unanimously at a special meeting Mon- day night to hire John Rushefski as its new superintendent, effective July 1. Rushefski has been superintendent at Old Forge School District since 2014. Rushefski has a three-year contract with Jim Thorpe Area School District and his starting salary will be $132,000. Board President Pearl Downs-Sheckler said Rushefski’s experience made him the most qualified candidate for the job. “He has the experience, he has the personality, I think he’s going to be a good fit,” she said. Rushefski has experience as a superintendent and principal at both the high school and elementary school level. Before serving as superintendent at Old Forge, Rushefski served seven years as principal of the former Chestnuthill Elemen- tary in the Pleasant Valley School District, and also served as high school principal in Lackawanna Trail School District. Rushefski hasn’t completed a doctoral program but he plans to once he is settled in at Jim Thorpe. Rushefski was joined at the meeting by supporters, including his wife and children. He said that his family loves the town of Jim Thorpe, and he has long wanted to be the superintendent of a rural district. “There’s wonderful things here. The opportunity to be the superin- Thorpe hires new superintendent BY TERRY AHNER TAHNER@TNONLINE.COM Two people were injured during a single-vehicle crash Monday morning along Route 309 in West Penn Township. Township police Chief Brian Johnson said the incident occurred around 10 a.m. across from the Penn Mahoning Ambulance garage at 1775 West Penn Pike. Johnson said a truck was traveling southbound on Route 309 when the driver suffered some kind of medical condition and crossed over the lanes. He said the vehicle hit a pole, fence and building at Storage Solutions before coming to rest on top of 2-by-2-by-6 concrete blocks. Johnson said the driver sustained minor injuries, while a passenger asleep in the rear sleeper was injured and taken to St. Luke’s Miners Cam- pus. He said the crash remains under investigation, and the outcome of a blood draw from the Truck hits storage buildings in West Penn Twp. Two people were injured Monday morning when this truck traveling southbound on Route 309 in West Penn Township hit a storage building. COPYRIGHT LARRY NEFF/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS COURTROOM EXPERIENCE ABOVE: Magisterial District Judges, William J. Kissner and Eric M. Schrantz preside over a mock trial while Palmerton senior Ben Serfass questions a witness played by Palmerton sophomore Matthew Yurkunas. The trial was held in courtroom one of the Carbon County Courthouse and sponsored by the young lawyers division of the Carbon County Bar Association. RIGHT: Palmerton Area High School freshman Nevaeh Keiper is sworn in by Carbon County tipstaff Sandy Flanigan during the mock trial Monday morning. See tnonline.com for a photo gallery and Page 5 for the story. BOB FORD/ TIMES NEWS John Rushefski BY JUDY DOLGOS-KRAMER JKRAMER@TNONLINE.COM Members of the Pleas- ant Valley community gathered Monday to hon- or a man who sacrificed himself for students. The new fitness center in the John C. Mills wing of the high school was dedicated to the late 1986 graduate Chris Hixon. Hixon was killed during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14, 2018. He had served as an athletic director and coach in Broward Coun- ty for more than 20 years, and on that fateful day he ran toward the sound of gunfire when others took cover. Pleasant Valley High School Principal Matt Triolo said Hixon, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, reacted to the gunfire by jumping onto his golf cart and heading toward the sound to bring students to safety. Hixon encoun- tered the gunman, was shot multiple times, but yet stood guard, with his radio in hand until police arrived on the scene. Members of Hixon’s family were on hand for the dedication. His mother, Toni, and father, Rus- Honoring a hero Pleasant Valley ﬁtness center dedicated to Chris Hixon See HIRES on Page 2 See HIXON on Page 2 See HITS on Page 2 Carbon County students got an introduction to the court system Monday. See photos from the annual Law Day event. Check out the photos from the Blue Mountain vs. Jim Thorpe track meet Monday. See the gallery. Former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow is in town as the Syracuse Mets visit the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Tebow fields questions Monday during media availability about his transition to AAA, and his goals for the rest of the season. See the video. 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SCHWAB & A S S O C I A T E S Attorneys At Law uslawcenter.com bendbulletin.com TUESDAY April 30, 2019 Serving Central Oregon since 1903 $1.50 NBA PLAYOFFS • SPORTS, B1 Lillard not enough for Blazers in Game 1 Bend Bulletin - Saturday U|xaIICGHy02329lz[ Doc um ent 3. qxd 2/ 22/ 05 1: 07 PM Page 12 DAILY We use recycled newsprint The Bulletin An Independent Newspaper Vol. 117, No. 120, 16 pages, 2 sections Business A5-6 Classifieds B8 Comics B5-6 Dear Abby A7 Editorial B4 Horoscope A7 Local/State A2 Nation/World A3 Obituaries A6 Puzzles B6 Smart Start A2 Sports B1-3 INDEX TODAY’S WEATHER Mostly sunny High 55, Low 28 Page A8 Former probation officer admits to robbery Human error may be cause of crane collapse The former juvenile justice officer accused of attempting to rob a used car dealership with a hammer pleaded guilty Monday in Deschutes County Circuit Court as part of a deal that could spare him years in prison. Christopher James Grant, 50, could have served up to 17 years in prison for the episode but instead will serve six years with no possibility of early release. But under the deal struck with the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office, 14 charges, including kid- napping, were dropped from his indictment in exchange for guilty pleas to two counts of menacing, one of first-degree robbery and one of unlawful use of a weapon. Appearing by video from the Deschutes County jail, Grant answered “yes, sir,” when the judge asked if he intended to plead guilty. SEATTLE — Human error may have caused a crane collapse that killed four people and injured four others over the weekend, experts said Monday. Based on videos of the collapse, they said it appears workers who were disassembling the construction crane had prematurely removed pins securing the sections of the crane’s mast to each other, and that could explain why the crane toppled in relatively minor wind gusts. After 37 years of being an orthopedic surgeon in Bend, Dr. Rod Wigle has retired and hopes to spend more time doing the things he loves like golfing, fishing and spending time with his family. (Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin photo) During his last year of high school, Rod Wigle was shooting hoops with a friend, who had completed his degree at Oregon State and entered medical school. “What are you going to do?” the friend asked Wigle, an all- conference basketball player and valedictorian of his class. “I don’t know, something math or science-based,” Wigle recalls telling him. “You ought to consider medicine,” his friend replied. “You’ll have a comfortable living. It gives you the ability to choose where you want to live, and you can contribute to your community.” They had no idea just how pre- scient that advice would be. Last month, Wigle retired after 37 years of practicing orthopedics in his chosen town of Bend, raising two kids and contributing exten- sively to the community at large. Wigle was born in Canyonville and was raised five miles west of there in the tiny town of Riddle. His father, a World War II paratrooper, worked in a nickel mine; his mother was a teacher. With two older brothers and two younger sisters, he was an avid athlete playing basketball, baseball and football. After high school, Wigle enrolled in Southern Oregon Univer- sity, completing a degree in biology while playing three sports. In his sophomore year, he broke his col- larbone on a kickoff in the second football game of the year, and from there on, concentrated solely on baseball. He would load up on courses in the fall and winter semester, to have an easier course load in the spring when road games limited him to about two days of classes a week. “The big thing that kept you going was sports,” he said. “To this day, most of the people I keep in touch with from college are the guys I played sports with.” At Southern Oregon, he met his wife, Carla, a singer who had turned down a scholarship to The Juilliard School in New York City. They got married during his senior year, before he enrolled in medical school at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. He paid his way through college working as a choke setter and a timber faller in the logging industry, and loading freight. Longtime Bend orthopedist retires PORTLAND — A measles outbreak that sickened more than 70 people, mostly children, in the Pacific Northwest is finally over even as the total number of cases nationwide continues to spike to near- record levels, officials said Monday. Six weeks have passed without a new infection in southwest Washington state, where the outbreak began Jan. 3, said Dr. Alan Melnick, head of the Clark County, Washington, public health department. A total of 71 people were infected — a tally that does not include a handful of cases in Portland and Seattle linked to the outbreak’s epicenter. Authorities elsewhere struggled with the most measles cases in the U.S. since 1994. Across the country, 704 cases have been reported in 22 states as of Monday, according to the U.S. Centers for Dis- ease Control and Prevention. A large outbreak in the New York City area has stymied public health officials, and 271 students at two major Cali- fornia universities remained quarantined after possible exposure, down from 800 students last week. “We’re grateful to see this outbreak come to an end without any deaths or serious complications,” Melnick said. “But as long as measles exists elsewhere in the world and people continue travel, we’re at risk of seeing another outbreak. We must improve our immunization rates to prevent future outbreaks and keep our children and other vulnerable people safe.” Northwest measles outbreak is over Oregon judge halts impending nationwide ‘gag rule’ U.S. District Judge Michael McShane on Mon- day granted the second nationwide preliminary injunction against new federal restrictions that bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring patients to abortion providers or from being housed in the same place as abortion services. The judge signaled from the bench last week that he planned to grant the injunction sought by 20 states, including Oregon, as well as the District of Columbia, Planned Par- enthood and the American Medical Association. But at the time, he said he was reluctant to set “national health care” policy as a federal judge based in Eugene. The government urged any injunction be limited to the plaintiffs in the case. Ultimately, McShane didn’t restrict the injunction, temporarily blocking the Trump administration’s controversial Title X family planning program rules, according to his 32-page written opinion. The so-called “gag rule,” he wrote, would “hand- cuff” medical providers from referring a woman who doesn’t want to continue her pregnancy to an abortion provider, essentially making medical professionals “deaf and dumb when counseling a client.” By Garrett Andrews The Bulletin By Gene Johnson The Associated Press By Gillian Flaccus The Associated Press By Maxine Bernstein The Oregonian By Markian Hawryluk • The Bulletin Corrections In an article headlined “8 candidates vie for 3 seats” which appeared Sunday, April 28, on Page A1, the amount of time that Bend-La Pine School Board candidate Caroline Skidmore had been a speech-language pathologist was misstated. Skidmore has been a speech-language pathologist for 25 years and has owned her own practice in Bend for 17 of those. In an article headlined “Bond, levy would fund pool,” which appeared Monday, April 29, on Page A1, the total cost of Redmond’s park bond and levy was misstated. The bond and levy would cost the owner of a $200,000 home about $148 per year. The Bulletin regrets the errors. See Robbery / A4 • Ex-juvenile officer threatened couple with a hammer Grant See Abortion / A7 ABORTION See Crane / A7 SEATTLE As the group grew, it just started losing what I always wanted in practice, which was a very personable, one-on-one interaction with my patients. I wanted to hear from the horse’s mouth, if you will, the story.” — Dr. Rod Wigle, who practiced at various local clinics since 1982 See Wigle / A4 See Measles / A7 • Nationwide cases continue spreading, surpassing 700 to reach a 25-year record TODAY’S READERBOARD Redmond tennis aces — Undefeated Panthers dominate Intermountain Conference. B1 Made in Bend — Outdoor Ukulele builds custom instru- ments for adventurers. A5

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SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT DRAW Margaretta faces tough district draw SPORTS, PAGE B1 INFANT IMMUNIZATION Why you should vaccinate your kids HEALTH, PAGE A6 Tuesday, April 30, 2019 $1.00 Vol. 197, No. 1 Serving Erie, Huron, Ottawa and Sandusky counties By CAITLIN NEARHOOD nearhood@sanduskyregister.com HURON TWP. Cleveland abduction survivor Gina DeJesus and her cousin, Sylvia Colon, are among the speakers on a panel at 6:30 p.m. We d n e s d a y a t B G S U F i r e l a n d s ’ Cedar Point Center. The event is free and open to the public. D e J e s u s , 2 9 , a l o n g with Michelle K n i g h t and Amanda Berry, were abducted, held captive and abused in a Cleveland home for about a decade before escaping in 2013. In an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts in 2015, DeJesus and Berry described the escape. At one point, after police stormed into the residence, DeJesus and Knight thought their captor, Ariel Castro, returned. Captive to tell story of survival n See SURVIVAL, Page A3 BGSU FIRELANDS Fishing for your food Youth commission goes green By TOM JACKSON jackson@sanduskyregister.com SANDUSKY Eating fish is good for you, but watch what you eat and how much, state officials said. Three state agencies have just issued the latest “Ohio Sport Fishing Consumption Advisory,” giving do’s and dont’s for eating the fish you pull out of Ohio waters. The good news: Yellow perch are among the safest fish you can eat. None of the state’s “don’t eat anything you catch here” warnings apply to bodies of water in the Sandusky area. The not-so-good news: You have to be careful to avoid eating fish that may have mercury or PCBs. By ANDY OURIEL ouriel@sanduskyregister.com SANDUSKY The leaders of tomorrow understand they must help take care of Earth today so future generations — which include their children and grandchildren — can also enjoy what this planet presently offers. Representatives of t h e Sa n d u s ky you t h c o m m i s s i o n v i s i t e d the Register offices on Monday, appearing on “Between the Lines.” The entire program is available for demand viewing at sanduskyregister.com/btl. During the 25-minute s e g m e n t , m e m b e r s m a d e t w o m a j o r announcements. First and foremost, the group wants to paint a n e n v i ro n m e n t a l l y conscious mural as its legacy gift to Sandusky. Beginning this fall, they’ll create a dystopia-to- utopia depiction on the Camp Street side of A & B Hobbies & Cycles on West Washington Street (U.S. 6). n See FISHING, Page A3 n See YOUTH, Page A3 HEALTH SANDUSKY | ‘BETWEEN THE LINES’ Fishing remains popular in Ohio, but certain kinds of fish should only be eaten rarely. Register file photo/ ERIN CALDWELL How to safely consume what you catch DeJesus Register photo/ERIN CALDWELL Members of the Sandusky youth commission — from left, Wyatt Schenk, George Gale, Tyler Franklin, Cecilia Yeckley, Hunter Hayberger and Jai’Shanti Hicks — talk about an upcoming fundraiser during “Between the Lines” on Monday at the Register. Want to donate? The Sandusky Youth Commission started an online fundraiser, visit gofundme.com/ sanduskyyouth commission, so an artist can paint an environmental- themed mural. COP CARS LAW ENFORCEMENT Reliable cruisers vital to police work By BRANDON ADDEO addeo@sanduskyregister.com SANDUSKY Some local cops poke fun at Erie County Sheriff Paul Sigsworth for driving a Ford Crown Victoria. It’s an old-school police vehicle widely used between the 1980s and 2000s that was discontinued in 2011. “Everybody makes fun of me because I drive a Crown Vic, but I don’t care,” Sigsworth said with a laugh as he stood near his 2011 model Crown Victoria police cruiser Wednesday. Sigsworth praised the vehicle, which he called both reliable and durable. He said “Crown Vics” have kept him largely unhurt in three on-the-job car crashes over his law enforcement career. “They’re roomy, they’re nice. It’s like an old shoe, I’m just comfortable wearing it,” he said. n See CRUISERS, Page A3 Register photo/ERIN CALDWELL Erie County Sheriff Paul Sigsworth stands next to his 2011 Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser on Wednesday in Perkins Township. 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Director of Environmental Services Kyle Goodmanson said the plant’s very nature makes it hard to maintain equipment and structures on site. “It’s a really harsh environment at the wastewater facility,” Goodmanson said. “You’ve got a lot of methane gas, a lot of different corrosive environments, so equipment doesn’t last as long down there as we would like.” He said the wastewater plant is put at a further disadvantage when trying to repair and replace equipment due to its critical importance. “There’s no way of shutting this system off,” he said. “We can’t stop the flow from coming in. If you’ve got an issue with a water main, you can shut it down — there’s really no way to shut the sewer down. It’s going to start backing up into homes and things like that, so we’ve always got KELLY HERTZ/P&D These two girls work to get the cookies balanced on their noses to fall into their mouths without using their hands during the Beadle Elementary School Carnival, held on the playground of Beadle School Monday. The event featured a bevy of activities for kids, including the chance to throw water balloons at Beadle School Principal Carey Mitzel. National Day Of Prayer Event Thursday BY RANDY TRAMP P&D Correspondent The annual National Day of Prayer is this Thursday, and this year’s theme is “Love One Another.” Dr. Ronnie Floyd, president of the National Day of Prayer, said, “We need a baptism of love by the Holy Spirit that will immerse the entire Church of Jesus Christ in America and a baptism of love that will immerse all of America today. … From the church house to the state house and all the way to the White House, we need to learn to love one another.” “Even among the vast majority of America that “doesn’t look like us, talk like us, and understand us,” Floyd said, “They understand that America’s broken. They may not understand why but they understand America’s broken, and in their mindset, if there’s a God who exists, He’s about the only one who can fix it.” In Yankton Thursday, a noon prayer ceremony will be open to the public, to be held at the City Gym, located at Fifth and Walnut St.. Prayer leaders from previous years in Yankton have prayed for our nation’s leaders in seven areas. These areas are our government, churches, military, media, families, business and education. Yankton organizers have added prayers for the less fortunate. Prayer leaders will include Lay people as well as ministers representing churches in the area. In 1952, President Harry S. Truman established the spring PRAYER | PAGE 11 Cookie Catchers BY BLAKE NICHOLSON Associated Press A western South Dakota sheriff is seeking to be dismissed from a lawsuit challenging new state laws that target disruptive demonstrations by anti-oil pipeline activists. Attorney Rebeca L. Mann said Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom must enforce state laws but isn’t responsible for defending them. “Pennington County is not a proper party to defend the constitutionality of state statues nor should it be burdened with the expense of defending statutes it has no power to change,” Mann argued in court documents filed last week. Pennington County is one of eight South Dakota counties along the route of TransCanada Corp.’s planned Keystone XL pipeline to move Canadian crude through Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, where it would connect with lines to Gulf Coast refiner- ies. The $8 billion project has the backing of President Donald Trump but is being fought in the courts by opponents. Activists and American Indian tribes also plan on-the-ground protests against construction. Such protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota in 2016 and 2017 resulted in 761 arrests and cost the state and Morton County $38 million. Texas-based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners also is seeking to recover millions of dollars in protest-related damages from Greenpeace, an effort KEYSTONE | PAGE 11 KELLY HERTZ/P&D Yankton’s 55-year-old wastewater treatment plant has seen damage as a result of aging and major rain events in recent years. Now, city officials are looking at the prospect of a conditions assessment to figure out what projects may be needed in the future. City Officials Examining Wastewater Plant Future PLANT | PAGE 3 KELLY HERTZ/P&D) The Yankton High School spring choir concert was held Monday night at the YHS thea- tre. The program, under the direction of An- gela Larson, featured performances by the Concert Choir, Treble Choir and Acappella Choir, as well as a finale featuring all choirs singing “Give Us Hope.” Face Time Pennington Co. Sheriff Says He Isn’t Responsible For Defending Laws In Court BY ELLIOT SPAGAT AND JULIE WATSON Associated Press POWAY, Calif. — The FBI said it got tips about a social media post threatening violence against Jews just minutes before a gunman killed a worshipper and wounded three others at a Southern California synagogue — an attack that makes him “part of the history of evil that has been perpetrated on Jewish people for centuries,” the suspect’s family said Monday. The tips to an FBI website and hotline included a link to the anonymous post but did not offer specific information about its author or the location of the threat. The bureau said employees immediately tried to determine who wrote it, but the shooting occurred before they could establish his identity. John T. Earnest, 19, was charged with murder and attempted murder in Saturday’s attack as well as arson in connection with a nearby mosque fire last month. He was expected in court Tuesday. His parents said their son and five siblings were raised in a family that “rejected hate and taught that love must be the motive for everything we do.” They said they were shocked and mystified. “Our son’s actions were informed by people we do not know, and ideas we do not hold,” the family said in its first public comments. They said they were cooperating with investigators to help “uncover many details of the path that he took to this evil and despicable act.” They do not plan to provide their son with legal representation, according to their attorney, Earll Potts. A public defender will likely be appointed. Earnest burst into the Chabad of Poway synagogue Saturday on the last day of Passover, a major Jewish holiday that celebrates freedom, and opened fire with an assault-style rifle on the crowd of about 100. Lori Kaye, a founding member of the congregation, was killed. Rabbi Yishoel Goldstein was shot in the hand, while Noya Dahan, 8, and her uncle Almog Peretz suffered shrapnel wounds. Kaye, 60, was remembered for her kindness Monday at a memorial service at the packed synagogue in Poway, a well-to-do suburb north of San Diego. Earnest fled when the gun jammed, calling 911 to report the shooting and surrendering a short time later, authorities said. He was a star scholar, athlete and pianist whose embrace of white supremacy and anti- Semitism has dumbfounded the people closest to him. FBI Got Tips Minutes Before California Synagogue Attack Yankton Sweeps Mitchell, Pierre In Tennis Triangular • 7

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Page A2 WEATHER PM thunderstorms High 80 Low 57 Partly cloudy tonight Full Weather Page A9 LOCAL Global Vision 2020 to speak May 6 in SM Kevin White will be the featured speaker at noon on Monday, May 6, for the Lunch and Learn Series at the St. Michaels branch of Talbot County Free Library. Page A6 CONNECT INDEX Calendar �� A6 Classifieds ��B5-10 Comics ��B4 Editorial �� A4 Lottery �� A9 Obituaries �� A8 Sports ��B1-3, 5 Weather �� A9 THE STAR DEMOCRAT Stay in touch with us FRONT DESK: 410-822-1500 SERVICE: 410-770-4005 CLASSIFIED: 410-770-4000 NEWSROOM: 410-770-4010 SPORTS: 410-770-4095 Tuesday ApriL 30, 2019 VOL. 218 NO. 168 Fans: 14,007 facebook.com/ StarDemocrat Follow us @ stardem_news stardem_biz greg_stardem chrisp_stardem connie_stardem Kayla_StarDem By JACK RODGERS jrodgers@chespub.com OXFORD — A drug drop off location was provided by the Oxford Police and the Talbot County Sheriff’s Office during the 2019 Oxford Day, April 27. Talbot County Sheriff’s Office Corpo- ral Tim Connors, who manned the drop off location with Talbot County Sheriff’s Office Deputy First Class John Cole- man, said the opioid drop off location in Talbot County had been used frequent- ly. Connors said since Talbot County has a large elderly population, a lot of residents want to dispose of all expired prescriptions. Connors said the office put on similar programs throughout the county, including at local high schools, senior centers and other organizations. A portable metal drum with a one-way deposit is taken to most of these presen- tations, including Oxford Day, where Connors said the barrel was sponsored by members of the local Lions Club. Connors said during these demonstrations, especially at senior centers, the office will collect nearly three evidence bags of opioids or related substances. “It’s a two-day thing, and when we do it we get a lot,” Connors said. “A lot of people are realizing that it’s not safe to leave it in your medicine cabinet.” Drug dropoff boxes seeing use in Talbot PHOTO BY JACK RODGERS Corporal Tim Connors, left, and Deputy First Class John Coleman stand next to their portable metal drum, used to accept donations of opioids and other prescriptions, during Oxford Day, April 27. By KAYLA RIVAS krivas@stardem.com EASTON — The Women & Girls Fund of the Mid-Shore held its seventeenth annual grants and awards luncheon Mon- day afternoon, April 29, at The Mile- stone. The endowed fund channels the pooled resources of individuals into a legacy serving needs and improving the lives of women and girls in Caro- line, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot Counties. The Fund began in 2002 as the grassroots effort of a group of women looking for an effective way to address significant local problems. Since 2003, the Women & Girls Fund of the Mid-Shore has awarded $601,767 to 89 Mid-Shore non-profit organizations. During Monday’s luncheon, 17 organizations received over $48,000 in grant funding from the Fund. Fund awards grants, honors two PHOTO BY KAYLA RIVAS The Women and Girls Fund awarded over $48,000 in grants to 17 non-profit organizations across the Mid-Shore on April 29 at the Milestone. EASTON — Dr. Kelly L. Griffith, Talbot Schools superintendent, has announced the appointment of Dr. Jodi E. Colman to the position of principal of Easton Middle School effective July 1, 2019. Colman succeeds former Easton Middle School Principal Jackie Valcik, who served as acting principal of the school since October 2017. “I am writing to share with you that after careful consideration, I have decided to follow my heart and my true love for children and return to the classroom,” Valcik wrote in an email to families on April 26. “I will be teaching first grade at White Marsh Elementary School for the 2019–2020 school year.” “We will work collaboratively to make the transition smooth, and I know that you will welcome her warmly and support her as you have supported me,” Valcik said. Colman has served as principal of Chapel District Elementary since 2017. As a graduate of Easton High, she came to TCPS from Dorchester County Public Schools, where she worked since 1993. She earned a bach- elors degree in elementary education from Salisbury State University that year, and a masters in education with a concentration in reading in 1996. Colman received a Ph.D. in organizational leadership from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2012. “I understand and respect Mrs. Valcik’s decision to follow her heart and return to teaching at this time. I wish her the very best moving forward at WMES,” said Griffith. “Dr. Colman brings a wealth of experience in ad- ministrative leadership and curriculum su- pervision to EMS, and her collaborative spirit and enthusiasm will be an asset to the team!” EASTON — A Talbot deputy’s patrol vehicle was dam- aged Sunday night by a hit-and-run driver, police said. The deputy was sitting inside his marked patrol vehicle completing a traffic stop about 9:21 p.m. Sun- day, April 28, on Easton Parkway in the area of North Washington Street, when his vehicle was struck in the driver side causing minor damage but disabling the patrol vehicle, the Talbot County Sheriff’s Of- fice said. After the collision, the vehicle which struck the deputy’s vehicle failed to remain at the scene and continued traveling south on Easton Parkway. A lookout was broadcast to other law enforcement agencies; however attempts to locate the vehicle were unsuccessful. During the investigation, deputies were able to locate the passenger side mirror of the vehicle that struck the deputy’s vehicle. Deputies were able to determine the suspect vehicle is a 2002-2006 Nissan Altima, silver/gray in color. The suspect vehicle will have passenger side damage to the front fender, front door and the passenger side mirror is missing. Anyone who locates this vehicle or has any information about this vehicle is asked to contact First Ser- geant J.R. Dobson of the Talbot County Sheriff’s Office at 410-822-1020. Callers may remain anonymous. Colman is new Easton Middle School principal CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Dr. Jodi E. Colman has been appointed to the position of Easton Middle School principal effective July 1, 2019. Hit-and-run driver damages police vehicle CONTRIBUTED PHOTO A stock photo of a silver/gray 2002-2006 Nissan Altima is shown. See COLMAN page A9 See OPIOID page A9 See FUND page A7 ‘DIRTY BUSINESS’ ON STAGE Minn. woman helped defeat Nazis VARIETY SOFTBALL BOUNCES BACK City kids are no longer shut out SPORTS 51° 42° Wettest day of the week; milder weekend. B6 TOP NEWS LOCAL NEWS SPORTS BUSINESS HAVE YOU HEARD? VARIETY ISIS CHIEF APPEARS IN VIDEO In first appearance in 5 years, he admitted defeat in Syria, but vowed “long battle” ahead. A5 House passes gas-tax hike DFLers say funds needed for roads; GOP Senate is against plan. B1 Trump rebuffs 2020 worries Officials say he’s hampering wider plan to block Rus- sian efforts. A4 Sri Lanka ignored alarms Officials had detailed warnings about an imminent terrorist attack. A3 Rosenstein set to step down Deputy A.G. who appointed Mueller ending controversial tenure. A4 Rape suspect has long record Man accused of targeting sex workers acquitted in another case. B1 Horse therapy program grows Afton nonprofit expands riding lessons with its new indoor arena. B1 Twins close out Verlander After last week’s losses to Astros, Twins strike back with 1-0 win. C1 U backs curbs on recruiting New hockey rules will prevent early commitments. C1 ClickSwitch gets a big hit T-Mobile’s new banking service created a surge of customers. D1 When Japan’s new emperor, Naruhito, takes the throne this week, his wife won’t be allowed to watch. A2 Superorganism gets organized Electro-pop hit- makers talk about how they formed via the internet. E1 More of what matters to Minnesota. All day. Every day. SUBSCRIPTIONS: 612-673-4343 or go to startribune.com/subscribe ONLINE: startribune.com • NEWS TIPS: 612-673-4414 • COMMENTS: 612-673-4000 STAR TRIBUNE Minneapolis, St. Paul MN • Volume XXXVIII • No. 26 • April 30, 2019 By STEPHEN MONTEMAYOR smontemayor@startribune.com Jenny Teeson has told Min- nesota lawmakers many times, often in explicit detail, the story of being sexually assaulted by her former husband — and how he all but escaped justice. On Monday, the 39-year-old Andover woman saw her per- sistence pay off as the Minne- sota Senate voted unanimously to repeal a decades-old law that sometimes shields spouses and domestic partners from prosecution for marital rape. “There’s real power when you’re in a survivor mentality and not a victim mentality to be able to tell your story for good,” Teeson said. After the Senate’s 66-0 vote, Gov. Tim Walz could sign the repeal later this week, striking Minnesota from the ledger of states that still have loopholes that make it difficult under certain circumstances to prosecute men for sexual assault. When Teeson and her father, Jerry Teeson, brought her story to lawmakers last year, they were initially met by shock that the law still existed. Known in courthouses as the “voluntary relationship” exemption, or the “marital rape defense,” the repealed statute dates to the 1970s. It prevents authorities from charging spouses who Senate passes ‘marital rape’ bill Gun rights advocate won unanimous support. By DANNY HAKIM New York Times INDIANAPOLIS – After a power struggle roiled the National Rifle Association’s annual convention over the past few days, the group’s board unanimously re-elected Wayne LaPierre as chief executive Monday and selected a new president to replace Oliver North, attendees at its annual board meeting said. The moves ended a bitter internal fight that pitted North, a right-wing celebrity since he emerged in the Iran-Contra scandal, against LaPierre, the best-known face of the gun rights movement. The leadership squabble came as the NRA faces an array of challenges, including an investigation by the New York attorney general into the group’s tax-exempt status, and the new financial strength of the gun control movement. In a statement Monday, LaPierre said he was “humbled by the board’s vote of confidence and its support of my vision for the future.” North’s successor is Carolyn NRA’s LaPierre fends off backlash, wins re-election GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com Jenny Teeson thanked legislators Zack Stephenson, left, and John Hoffman on Monday. Her parents are in the background. Lake Calhoun is back on the map. The state Court of Appeals ruled Monday that former Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr lacked authority last year to change the name of the lake to Bde Maka Ska (White Earth Lake), so the lake’s name legally remains Calhoun. Erick Kaardal, a lawyer representing “Save Lake Calhoun,” a group that opposed renaming the lake, called the decision “a win for holding the system accountable.” He added: “We don’t have to pronounce Bde Maka Ska.” But then again, maybe we will. Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board President Brad Bourn said in a statement Monday that the lake was called Bde Maka Ska for generations before white settlers, he said, “stole it” from the Dakota. Minneapolis Park Board members said they have no intention of honoring the decision, and some legislators are already pushing for a vote to allow the Dakota name to stay. That vote could come in the House as early as Tuesday. The court’s ruling is pinned on a 1925 law which it said “unambiguously, denies authority for the DNR to change the name of a lake which has existed for 40 years.” Lake Calhoun was referred to as such in writings dating to the early 1820s. The court ruled that only the Legislature can change the name after four decades. Gov. Tim Walz deferred comment on the ruling to the DNR, which issued a statement saying it has 30 days to decide whether to ask the state Supreme Court to review the decision. In the meantime, it said, the lake’s name in federal documents remains Bde Maka Ska, pronounced beh-DAY mah-KAH skah. The DNR’s statement expressed concern that the ruling eliminates any mechanism for changing the names of Court says it’s Lake Calhoun Minneapolis Park Board members say they plan to stick with the new name, and some in the Legislature are pushing for a vote. In closing arguments, both sides called Damond’s fatal shooting a tragedy. By CHAO XIONG and LIBOR JANY • Star Tribune staff writers Jurors deliberating the fate of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with fatally shooting Justine Ruszczyk Damond are debating two versions of the 2017 killing that reverberated around the world: An officer who acted recklessly when he fired at a woman who had called 911, and one who used his training to stop a possible threat to himself and his partner. The prosecution and defense delivered heated closing arguments Monday before the jury of two women and 10 men received the case against Mohamed Noor about 2:15 p.m. Jurors, at least six of whom appear to be people of color, will be sequestered while they weigh the charges against Noor — second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. They deliberated into the evening and are expected to resume Tuesday morning. “This case has tragedy com- pounded on top of tragedy,” Assistant Hennepin County Attorney Amy Sweasy said in her closing arguments. “[Damond is] gone because she was tragically and violently gunned down by a police officer she called for help. ” Defense attorney Thomas Plunkett slammed his hand on a lec- tern at the start of his closing Decision on Noor in hands of jury Outbreaks are unabated among the unvaccinated. By LENA H. SUN • Washington Post At least 704 people in the United States have been sickened this year by measles, a highly contagious and potentially life-threatening disease, according to a report released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- tion. It’s the greatest number of cases in a single year in 25 years and represents a huge setback for public health after measles was declared elimi- nated in the U.S. in 2000. More than 500 of the people infected in 22 states were not vaccinated. Sixty-six people have been hospitalized, including 24 who had pneumonia. More than one-third of the cases are children younger than 5. The biggest and longest- lasting outbreaks are in New York’s Rockland County and Brooklyn, centered in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities, where misinfor- mation about the safety and Measles cases top 700, most in U.S. in 25 years HOLDS ON TO JOB NRA retained Wayne LaPierre as its leader amid a leadership fight that broke into the open at the group’s national convention in Indianapolis. A determined survivor brought the need for repeal to light. DNR lacked authority to change the name of the lake after 40 years, court ruled. By ROCHELLE OLSON and TOREY VAN OOT Star Tribune staff writers LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com Polio: Pakistan’s efforts to get rid of the disease falter. A10 Oliver North is being replaced as president by longtime member Caro- lyn Meadows. 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The Rail $1.2 billion “Avengers: Endgame” set a record by grossing an estimated $1.2 billion worldwide at the box office in its first weekend, according to the Associated Press. 1803: France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. 1812: Louisiana became the 18th state in the United States. 1945: Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide. 1948: The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogotá, Colombia. 1975: The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam’s surrender to North Vietnam. 1991: Over 131,000 were killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when a cyclone struck Bangladesh. Classified .............................B4-5 Comics ....................................B3 Coming Events ....................A4 Dear Abby .............................B3 Obituaries ..............................A4 Police Beat .............................B6 Sports ...................................B1-2 Thought of Day ...................A6 Viewpoints ............................A6 Weather ..................................A2 Johnnie Anthony | Monroe Arthur Henderson | Monroe Elwin Larry Melton | Winston-Salem Frank Milligan | Wesley Chapel John Page | Waxhaw Linda Smith | Indian Trail PAGE A4 Get up-to-the-minute updates at www.enquirerjournal.com. HIGH: 85 LOW: 63 Full report on Page A2. OBITUARIES INDEX WEATHER TODAY IN HISTORY NUMBER TO KNOW TOURNAMENT TIME PIEDMONT OPENS PLAY IN THE SCC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AT PARKWOOD ON TUESDAY. SPORTS, PAGE B1 our nquirer E J The nal Monroe’s newspaper since 1873 enquirerjournal.com Vol. 145, No. 146 $1.50 Tuesday, April 30, 2019 NC Ninth District Con- gressional candidate Chris Anglin filed suit in North Car- olina state court against the North Carolina Republican Party last Friday, demanding they provide him access to data and entry to events that they are providing to other Republican candidates in the primary. Anglin circulated a copy of his legal complaint to members of the media by email. A n g l i n c l a i m s NCGOP Chairman Robin Hayes illegally banned Anglin from access and acting Chair Aubrey Woodard has refused to reverse that decision. “They are violating their own rules, as well as the Constitu- tional rights of voters and myself by treating me dif- ferently than other Republi- can candidates in this race,” Anglin said in a statement. “They are scared of my message of being a Constitutional Reagan Republican who will stand up for the rule of law, common sense and to them.” The suit alleges that the NC GOP is violating their own plan of organization by interfering in a contested Pri- mary, and as a public entity, violating the public’s and Anglin’s rights by doing so. Anglin said: “Taxpayers pay for the Party’s nominating primary. As well, the Party SEE ANGLIN/PAGE A5 Ninth District candidate Anglin files suit STAFF REPORT Chris Anglin UNION COUNTY — From April 24 to April 27, 672 early votes for Special Republican Primary of the Ninth Congressional District race were cast, according to the Union County Board of Elections. Early voting for the Ninth Dis- trict primary is held in the Griffin Room of the Union County Library in Monroe, located at 316 E Wind- sor Street. SEE VOTES/PAGE A7 Nearly 700 early votes cast for Ninth District BY HOLLY MORGAN HOLLYMORGAN@THEEJ.COM M I N E R A L S P R I N G S “I haven’t seen this much seersucker since 1967,” I overheard a spectator say on Saturday. As my grandmother would say, people were “broke out” in pastel seersucker and Lilly Pulitzer at what is probably North Carolina’s preppiest event of the year — the 24th annual Queen’s Cup Steeplechase. Attending the Queen’s Cup has been a dream of mine for years. This past weekend, that dream came true. Because this was my first year, I had no idea what to expect or how to plan for a day at the races. Based on my latest bucket-list experience, here are the top three tips from a first-time guest at the Queen’s Cup Steeplechase: Befriend someone of wealth: If you’re not rich, at least find a friend who is. Having rich friends means you get to watch the race from a tent, and you get to tailgate in an air- conditioning. I did not have rich friends on Saturday. If you’re rich, attend the Steeplechase each year and take note of this — ’ I’m a great date. SEE GUEST/PAGE A10 24th annual Steeplechase: Through the lens of a first-time guest BY HOLLY MORGAN HOLLYMORGAN@THEEJ.COM Photos by Holly Morgan In addition to many other events, there were five horse races at the Queen’s Cup in Mineral Springs on Saturday. The horses can reach about 45 miles per hour when they sprint. 2325 Hanover Drive, Monroe JOIN today! • NO Contracts! • Free Childcare! • 704-282-4680 Spring into our 50% joining fee! WATERPARK OPENS MAY 24TH! JOIN today! • NO Contracts! • Free Childcare! • Spend Spring Break with us!

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The Bottom Strip Classified 1D Comics 3-4C Local 4A Lotteries 2A Nation 3A Obituaries 5C Opinion 6C Sports 1B Weather, Stocks 6A CUSTOMER SERVICE To subscribe or report delivery issues, 208-377-6370 or idahostatesman.com/customer-service NATION ‘I AM PROUD TO BE A GAY SON OF GOD’ Matt Easton, the 2019 valedictorian for Brigham Young University, used his speech at commencement to come out as gay. 2A FOOD & DRINK VETS MAKE NAME IN BEER MARKET In Sacramento, the booming beer industry is being boosted by breweries owned by military veterans and police officers. 1C LOCAL CHARGES DROPPED, WOMAN RELEASED A judge ordered the release of Maribel Menchaca after six months in custody when murder and robbery charges were dismissed. 4A BEIRUT The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group claimed to appear for the first time in five years in a video released by the extremist group’s propaganda arm on Monday, acknowledging defeat in the group’s last stronghold in Syria but vowing a “long battle” ahead. The man said to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the video also claimed the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka which killed over 250 people were “part of the revenge” that awaits the West. Despite numerous claims about his death in the past few years, al-Baghdadi’s whereabouts remain a mystery. Many of his top aides have been killed, mostly by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes. He is among the few senior IS commanders still at large after two years of steady battlefield losses that saw the self-styled “caliphate” AP This image made from video posted on a militant website on Monday purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, being interviewed by his group’s Al-Furqan media outlet. Lanka BY ZEINA KARAM AND BASSEM MROUE Associated Press SEE AL-BAGHDADI, 5A NAMPA In 1972, historic preservationists saved Nampa Train Depot from destruction by turning it into a museum. Now that museum could be forced to close if it can’t find more funding. “We are starting to run out of money,” said Aldis Garsvo, president of the Canyon Coun- ty Historical Society, which owns the 116-year-old building. “Costs are going up, mainte- nance requirement is already going up. It takes $30,000 just to keep the lights on.” The Nampa Train Depot Museum is a Nampa icon. It offers visitors insight into the Treasure Valley’s past and serves as a reminder of the vital role railroads, especially the Union Pacific, have played in the region’s growth since the 19th century. Even today, with train passengers gone, Nampa has a major Union Pacific rail yard that is one of UP’s two termi- nals in Idaho (Pocatello has the other), and it is fed by local freight shipments along the Boise Valley Railroad from the Boise area. If the depot closes, Garsvo says Nampa will lose part of its identity. “It removes the opportunity for citizens of Nampa and Can- yon County to experience history — to learn about how their grandma and grandpa created this county,” he said in an interview. But the building needs repairs and its displays need updates. Gutters need to be stripped and replaced, Garsvo said. The mortar of the exterior brickwork has cracks that must be filled in. He’d also like to replace the carpet — blue and KATE TALERICO ktalerico@idahostatesman.com Aldis Garsvo, president of the Canyon County Historical Society, worked on weekends alongside his son to restore this 1942 Union Pacific caboose that sits outside the Nampa Train Depot Museum. Nampa Train Depot, saved by preservationists in the 1970s, is in financial danger again DARIN OSWALD doswald@idahostatesman.com The Nampa Train Depot Museum in downtown Nampa boasts one of the fanciest structures of the Oregon Short Line series of depots in Idaho. Inside the museum are displays and exhibits from the railroad era, including the famed Dewey Palace Hotel. BY KATE TALERICO ktalerico@idahostatesman.com SEE NAMPA, 4A Horoscope 4B Classified 5B Comics 3B-4B Lotteries 2A Obituaries 6A Business stocks 6B Puzzles 3B Sports 1B TV 8A CUSTOMER SERVICE To subscribe or report delivery issues, 800-559-6378 or bnd.com/customer-service Thunderstorm 79°/66° See 8A U.S. attorney in St. Louis announced in a news release. He could face up to 20 years in prison on each count, if convicted. Stenger’s attorney, Scott Rosenblum, confirmed the resignation and said he would comment further about the case later. Stenger, a Democrat elected to his second term in No- vember, is accused of ensuring that donor John Rallo and his companies obtained contracts with the county and received other favors. Stenger also is accused of ensuring that an unnamed company obtained a state lobbying contract from the St. Louis Economic Development Part- nership, and taking actions to conceal the illegal conduct. The U.S. attorney’s office said Stenger sought to “secretly use his official position to enrich himself through soliciting and accepting campaign contributions from individuals and their companies in exchange for favorable official action, and for individuals and their companies to enrich themselves and their companies by secretly obtaining favorable action for themselves and for their com- SEE INDICTED, 2A Steve Stenger NATION & WORLD ‘BOYZ N HOOD’ DIRECTOR DIES John Singleton, who made one of Hollywood’s most memorable debuts with the Oscar-nominated “Boyz N the Hood,” has died at the age of 51. 7A SPORTS NEW BASKETBALL COACH NAMED AT ALTON HIGH Dana Morgan, a former assistant at East St. Louis High School, is the new Alton basketball coach. 1B SPORTS SHARKS LIKE KARLSSON’S PLAY Erik Karlsson’s end-to-end rush in a loss to Colorado has San Jose hoping the defenseman is healthy again. 1B COLLINSVILLE When U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, was shot on June 14, 2017, while on a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, the congressman tried crawling away, but eventually his arms gave out. Then he started to pray. The first thought was of his daughter years in the future, walking down the aisle of her wedding alone, Scalise said. “I said, ‘Please God, don’t let Madison walk down the aisle alone.’ That’s what had come to my mind first,” Scalise said. “Then I just prayed that I see my family again.” Scalise spoke about the congressional shooting on Monday at the 21st Annual Congression- al Prayer Breakfast in Collins- ville. The shooter, James Hodgkinson, who was from the Belleville area, was killed by law enforcement during the shoot- out. In Scalise’s remarks he never uttered Hodgkinson’s name, refering to the metro-east man as the “shooter” or a “deranged gunman.” The breakfast also featured fellow Republican baseball team members U.S. Rep. John Shim- kus, R-Collinsville, who is Scal- ise’s roommate in Washington, D.C., and U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, and U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphys- boro, whose office had been contacted by Hodgkinson 10 times. “(After) the events of that day ... prayers went out all over the nation,” Bost said. “We’re just Collinsville. Scalise spoke about his faith and recovery after he was shot in 2017 by James Hodgkinson, who was from the Belleville area. Congressman Steve Scalise shares his survival story and his faith BY JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@bnd.com SEE FAITH, 2A

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The Bottom Strip TOP NEWS, A2 RodRosensteinsubmits hisletterofresignation The deputyattorneygeneral on May11 ends a nearlytwo-year run defined byhis appointment ofspecial counsel Robert Mueller. METRO, B1 DeKalbschoolsrescinds itstopteacherhonor TheHendersonMillElementary PEinstructorwassuspendedafter beingbeenaccusedofmakinga studentstandintherain. BUSINESS, A7 BurgerKingiskeen onnewveggieburger The chain’s month-long test of the ImpossibleWhopperin St. Louis has gone sowell itwill start testing it in additional markets. INDEX Business A7 Classifieds D4 Comics D6 Crossword D3 Volume71,Number120 w(h22011*KKKKMl(V ByYamilBerard yamil.berard@ajc.com A Norcross dietary supplement maker is once again under federal scrutiny, warned this time to immediately stop sales of products with an ingredient that may not be safe. TheU.S.FoodandDrugAdmin- istrationsaysHi-TechPharmaceu- ticalsshouldn’tbesellingproducts containing the stimulant DMHA. But a defiant company owner Jared Wheat vows to continue to provide his customers with the pre-workout powders and diet aids until a court orders him to stop. Wheat — no stranger to battling with federal authorities — Supplementscontinued on A6 Northside company has new run-in with feds ONLYINTHEAJC NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS FDAWANTSTOOVERHAULREGULATORY PROCESSFORSUPPLEMENTS As more newproducts flood the market, the FDAisworking on efforts to modernize its approach to regulating dietary supplements, industryofficials say. The agencyhas been pushing forcompanies to undergo a notification process before they introduce new products to the marketplace. That processwould require them to provide the FDAwith a dossieron the product ingredients alongwith safetydata. Now,dietarysupplements don’t have to have pre-market approval from the FDA.But companies must address anyFDAconcerns about the products’safetyand compliancewith federal law. “Ourmembers represent the responsible players in this industryso theydo complywith this requirement,”saidAndrewShao,spokesman fortheWashington,D.C.-based Council for Responsible Nutrition,which represents more than 150 dietarysupplement companies. MORE DETAILS FDA says products have a stimulant that may present a health, injury risk. Despite a warning from the FDA, Jared Wheat, owner of Hi-Tech Pharmaceu- ticals in Nor- cross, vows to sell pre-workout powders and diet aids until a court orders him to stop. He plans to sue FDA. strubey@ajc.com A South Korean battery manufacturer on Monday filed a fed- erallawsuitandatradecomplaint alleging theft of trade secrets against a rival company planning a sprawling factory in northeast Georgia it says will one day employ 2,000 workers. The dispute pits two of South federal judge in Delaware and the U.S. International Trade Com- mission step in to block SK from importing lithium-ion batteries and from even importing equipment for manufacturing and testing batteries into the U.S. LG Chem, which has its U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, also SKInnovationcontinued on A10 TheAJC previouslyreported on SKInnovation’s plans fora sprawling factory inJackson Countywhere it plans to build batteries forelectric vehicles and employ2,000.A letterobtained bytheAJC shows the state and Jackson County offered the company a combined $300 million in taxbreaks,grants and other incentives.The companycould receive millions more in rebates eachyearfrom certain sales and use tax exemptions. OUR REPORTING Gov. Brian Kemp (left) greets Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross at the SK Innovation groundbreaking in March. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM INDEX American Scene A7 | Commentary B1 | Comics B10 | Dear Abby A11 | Editorials B2 | Horoscope A11 | Inside the Beltway A2 | Metro A12 | Nation A6 | Politics A3 | Sports B12 | Television A11 | World A8 VOLUME 37, NUMBER 86 7 7 02803 87040 POLITICS Number of illegal immigrants posing as families soaring. A3 COMMENTARY Complete, verifi able denuclearization a must in North Korea. B1 WORLD Norway fi nds whale with harness possibly linked to Russia. A8 NATION Army veteran accused in plot to retaliate for Christchurch attack. A6 the federal gasoline tax to help pay for infrastructure spending. The move could give the initiative bipartisan momentum in Congress not seen since 2013, when business and labor joined forces in an ultimately unsuccessful push for immigration reform. Mrs. Pelosi and Mr. Schumer will arrive at the White House with a “big and bold” list of liberal demands for higher spending and climate change regulations, but partisan hostility in Washington has only increased since the partial government shutdown ended in January and special counsel Robert Mueller released a report on his Russia investigation BY S.A. MILLER AND SETH MCLAUGHLIN THE WASHINGTON TIMES PITTSBURGH | More than anything else, the pro-union crowd at former Vice President Joseph R. Biden’s campaign kickoff Monday cheered him as someone they believe can beat President Trump and bring back the Obama era. The fervor inside the Teamsters union hall combined a nostalgia for President Obama with the conviction that Mr. Biden was electable and a belief that the former vice president would be a transitional fi gure on the way to the far-left government envisioned by party activists. Looking up at Mr. Biden on the stage, public school teacher Sherri Suppa beamed with pleasure. “He brings me smiles because I think of when times were better and people were civil. He and Obama were a great team. We need to get back,” said Ms. Suppa, 55, a member of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers. As he heads out on the campaign trail, Mr. Biden is under pressure to keep Democrats’ hopes for 2020 alive. “We have to choose hope over fear, unity over divisions and maybe most importantly truth over lies,” Mr. Biden said to cheers. The themes of his speech often BY DAVID SHERFINSKI THE WASHINGTON TIMES The National Rifl e Association named Carolyn D. Meadows as its president Monday and circled the wagons around embattled Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre amid unprecedented turmoil at the gun rights organization. Ms. Meadows replaces Oliver North, who was pushed out over the weekend amid a struggle with Mr. LaPierre stemming from the NRA’s fi nancial position. The NRA’s board also voted to renew Mr. LaPi- erre as executive vice president and CEO, sidelining calls from some members to oust him. Keeping Mr. LaPierre in place is a vote of confi dence that the NRA can pull out of its fi nancial troubles. The organization bled cash in the run-up to the 2016 elections. Numbers released this weekend showed that the NRA and several of its affi liates ran another $11 million defi cit last year. “We’ve been less than accountable at the NRA — not as unaccountable as the government or the media, but we’re better than that,” legendary rocker Ted Nugent, an NRA board member, told The Wash- ington Times on the sidelines of the group’s annual meetings in Indianapolis over the weekend. “I’m just a guitar player, but see if I have this right: When I NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION NRA board names North replacement, backs LaPierre Meadows new leader of embattled gun group BY GUY TAYLOR AND CARLO MUÑOZ THE WASHINGTON TIMES He may have lost his hold on territory in Syria and Iraq and barely eluded the U.S.-backed forces who destroyed his “caliphate,” but unbro- ken Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi reemerged Monday, appearing for the fi rst time in fi ve years in a crude jihadi video to declare that his global terrorist organization is far from dead. The video appeared to show the reclusive jihadi leader talking about the recent Islamic State-linked suicide bombings that killed more than 250 people in Sri Lanka and vowing broadly to seek revenge for the deaths and imprisonments of the terrorist group’s fi ghters in recent years. Intelligence sources scrutinizing the video’s authenticity said they believe the tired-looking gray- and red-bearded terrorist leader, wearing a black tunic and sitting against a wall next to an AK-47 rifl e in an unknown hiding place, was likely al-Baghdadi and that the reference to the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka points to a recent fi lming. Analysts said al-Baghdadi had a somewhat defeated posture in the video but likely ordered its circulation to show that even with the Islamic State on the ropes in its Middle East home base, the group continues to hold sway on the global jihadi landscape. “It’s interesting that after five years he’s fi nally decided to show his face. I think it’s a recognition that things aren’t going well for Islamic State,” said Bill Roggio, a counterter- rorism analyst with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think Defi ant leader in video shows he, Islamic State are far from dead BY VALERIE RICHARDSON THE WASHINGTON TIMES DES MOINES, IOWA | For two years, Iowa Republicans have stewed as Attorney General Tom Miller fi led lawsuit after lawsuit against the Trump administration. Now, they have said “enough.” Sitting on Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk is a bill that would require the attorney general to obtain permission from the governor, executive council or General Assembly before ini- tiating out-of-state legal action, which would make Iowa the fi rst state to crack down on growing prosecutorial activism. Republican state Rep. Gary Worthan, who is chairman of the House justice system appropria- tions subcommittee, said the last straw was Mr. Miller’s decision to sign onto a 20-state lawsuit last month to block the shift of Title X federal family-planning funding IOWA Anti-Trump lawsuits push GOP too far Bill aims to curb AG activism ASSOCIATED PRESS President Trump accepted a jersey, a basketball and a cap from members of the Baylor women’s basketball team at the White House on Monday. Baylor beat Notre Dame to win the NCAA women’s college basketball title earlier this month and fi nished the season 37-1. TRUMP WELCOMES BAYLOR WOMEN ASSOCIATED PRESS IN DEFEAT: A man presumed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi acknowledged in a video released Monday that the Islamic State lost the war in Baghouz, a Syrian village captured last month by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. » see AL-BAGHDADI | A9 » see TRUMP | A9 » see BIDEN | A10 » see NRA | A5 » see IOWA | A5

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The Bottom Strip By Oula Miqbel NEWS-SENTINEL STAFF WRITER The California State Sen- ate Health Committee expressed its unwavering support for Senate Bill 706, which will create a health task force dedicated to pulmonary hypertension research and development, at the State Capitol on Wednes- day, April 24. SB 706 comes after Lodi native Tracy Espinosa reached out to State Senator Cathleen Galgiani, D-Stockton, in the hopes of establishing a task force. The task force will be composed of medical experts from different concentra- tions in the medical field with an emphasis on expand- ing research and raising awareness about pulmonary hypertension (PH). The bill is intended to re- semble a bill that passed in Massachusetts, that led to the creation of a PH task force. The bill was signed into law in February of 2017, making Massachusetts the first state in the nation to pass a PH bill. The Massachusetts bill established a task force of medical, health insurance, pharmaceutical, advocacy, research and patient experts to monitor and report annually on advances in patient care. The reports have included summaries on research, services, and support for patients across Massachusetts and has led to the development of a comprehensive strategic plan with yearly updates on how to improve patient outcomes. Lodi native Tracey Es- pinosa, — who lost her husband to PH, only to have both of her daughters diagnosed with the same disease — felt it was of dire urgency to get the bill written and passed, because of how fatal the disease is. “We have a PH support group online, and just this last month we lost four children to this disease. The deaths are a result of misdi- agnosing the disease, and blanket treatments,” Es- pinosa said. PH is a difficult disease to diagnose because it often de- velops slowly, without early signs and symptoms. When symptoms do occur, they may be mistakenly diagnosed for asthma or another lung or heart condition. Index Local 2 Opinion 4 Panorama 5 Obituaries 7 Business 8 Sports 9-10 Classified 11-12 Comics 13 Weather 73 52 high low Today will be mainly sunny. Wednesday and Thursday will be sunny. Friday will be sunny with cloudy breaks. Full report, Page 14. Lodi Lake’s annual event has enthusiasts back in the paddle again NEWS-SENTINEL PHOTOGRAPHS BY BEA AHBECK Savina and Richard Thompson, both of Lodi, paddle during Paddlefest at Lodi Lake on Saturday. Headwaters’ boat house manager Abba Christensenalt teach- es proper paddling technique during Paddlefest at Lodi Lake on Saturday. Erik Reyes paddles with Gail Reyes, 3, both of Lodi, during Paddlefest at Lodi Lake on Saturday. BEA AHBECK/NEWS-SENTINEL Tracy Espinosa, left, California State Senator Cathleen Galgiani, center, and Espinosa's daughter, Lauren Spencer, 19, are pictured at Espinosa’s Lodi home Friday. cue effort, the tiny Delta smelt appears closer than ever to vanishing from its only natural home, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Now, some worry it won’t be long before the only place the once-abundant species exists is within the confines of an artificial tank. “If current trends continue, and we don’t get the numbers back up in the wild this year, we will be at a point where the only ones left will be in captiv- ity ,” said Peter Moyle, an expert on the species at the Uni- versity of California, Davis. Mocked by President Don- ald Trump as “a certain kind of 3-inch fish” and targeted by endless litigation, Hypomesus transpacificus has struggled to survive within the heart of a delicate and overtaxed water distribution network. Efforts to preserve the smelt have relied on restrict- ing Delta water operations supplying the San Joaquin Valley and Southern Califor- nia — regulations that have vexed agricultural interests and water districts, and placed the fish squarely in the center of California’s water wars. Most recently, the smelt played a supporting role in calls to open an ethics investigation into newly confirmed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. As a lobbyist for California’s Westlands Water District — the largest agricultural water supplier in the nation — Bernhardt argued in favor of weakening federal protections for the smelt and other species. The prospect of extinction may seem unduly pessimistic to some, but the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach announced recently that it had acquired 1,200 Delta smelt from a UC Davis research hatchery . The fish will be exhibited in a 6-feet-tall, 6-feet-wide acrylic tank beginning May 24, when the aquarium opens a new $53 million wing, Pacific Visions. It would be the first such aquarium exhibit to feature the finger-length, translucent fish. “We expect some folks to ask, ‘Why did they devote such a big beautiful place to such a teensy fish?’” said Jer- ry R. Schubel, president and chief executive of the aquarium. Puzzled visitors, he said, would “go on to learn how the life cycle of the Delta smelt is intertwined with the past, present and future of Califor- nia’s food and water story .” ALLEN J. SCHABEN/ LOS ANGELES TIMES Federally endangered Delta smelt that were hatched at the UC Davis Fish Conservation & Culture Lab are transferred to a holding tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. PLEASE SEE SMELT, PAGE 7 legislation PLEASE SEE TASK FORCE, PAGE 7 Despite low temperatures, golfers played the Sonnenalp Club course in Edwards on Monday. Many golf courses throughout the valley have opened for the season. WEATHER IMAGIN RITTER-DANIELS Red Hill Elementary School Snow showers High 43; low 29 — Weather, B8 RACHAEL ZIMMERMAN SPECIAL TO THE DAILY LOCAL & REGION CDOT crews making steady progress on Independence Pass. FOR THE FULL STORY, SEE PAGE A2. OUR WORLD Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submits his resignation Monday, ending a two-year run defined by his appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller. FOR THE FULL STORY, SEE PAGE A12. Colorado fly-fisherman to take Animal Planet viewers to exotic locations in new show “Fish or Die.” FOR THE FULL STORY, SEE PAGE B1. visit our website for a complete list of procedures that we offer mangatplasticsurgery.com | 970-766-FACE(3223) | 0056 Edwards Village Blvd. | Suite 226 | Edwards Devinder S. Mangat M.D., F.A.C.S. Saturday Appointments Available renewyourlooks.com PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER Facial and Body Surgery • Fillers • Botox • Peels • HydraFacial • EmSculpt • CoolSculpting Dr. Copit

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The Bottom Strip ment proceedings. The chairmen and members of the six panels investigating the president are increasingly an- gered by the White House’s unwill- ingness to comply as they carry out their oversight role, according to several House Democratic officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter freely. But that anger extends into the ranks of Pelosi’s team as well, according to multiple leadership officials. A recent threat by Attorney General William P. Barr not to SEE IMPEACHMENT ON A4 BY RACHAEL BADE AND MIKE DEBONIS Frustration among House Dem- ocratic investigators is intensify- ing after President Trump’s refusal to cooperate with congressional inquiries, leading some to privately question whether they should try to pressure Speaker Nancy Pelosi into launching impeach- Defiance from White House intensifies calls to impeach BY PETER JAMISON From coast to coast, booming American cities and suburbs are looking for ways to preserve homes for an increasingly cash- strapped middle class. California’s governor wants to fund housing for families whose moderate income puts them beyond the scope of current assistance programs. Similar efforts are underway in Boston and Phil- adelphia. And in Washington, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) has proposed spending $20 million to spur development of homes for families earning up to $141,000 a year. But as public officials expand their affordable-housing initiatives to encompass the less needy, they are confronting a question: When it comes to the income of those who deserve a government SEE HOUSING ON A10 BY AMY GOLDSTEIN Three and a half years after then-Gov. Peter Shumlin of Ver- mont signed into law a vision for the nation’s first single-payer health system, his small team was still struggling to find a way to pay for it. With a deadline bearing down, they worked through a frozen, mid-December weekend, trying one computer model Fri- day night, another Saturday night, yet another Sunday morning. If they kept going, the governor asked his exhausted team on Monday, could they arrive at a tax plan that would be politically palatable? No, they told him. They could not. Two days later, on Dec. 17, 2014, Shumlin, a Democrat who had swept into office promising a health-care system that left no one uninsured, announced he was giving up, lamenting the decision as “the greatest disappoint- ment of my political life so far.” The trajectory of Green Moun- tain Care, as Vermont’s health system was to be known — from the euphoric spring of 2011 to its crash landing in late 2014 — offers sobering lessons for the current crop of Democrats running for president, including Vermont’s own Sen. Bernie Sanders (I), most of whom embrace Medicare-for- all or other aspirations for universal insurance coverage. Vermont’s foray into publicly financed health care — in a state that in many ways offered the SEE HEALTH CARE ON A8 Vermont’s health-care lesson for 2020 JEB WALLACE-BRODEUR/TIMES ARGUS/ASSOCIATED PRESS Nurses hold a banner reading “Healthcare Is a Human Right” outside the Vermont State House in Montpelier in 2009. Middle-class housing aid stirs debate in pricey cities The state’s single-payer dream failed to add up to a political reality John Singleton: 1968-2019 The first African American to be nominated for a best director Oscar oversaw “Boyz N the Hood.” B6 A leader’s return Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, head of the Islamic State, appeared in a video for the first time in five years. A13 HEALTH & SCIENCE Open birders With their help — and satellites — species are tracked and protected. E1 STYLE A very dark battle So dark in fact that “Game of Thrones” fans could hardly see it. C1 In the news THE NATION The NRA reelected Wayne LaPierre as its chief executive, capping a dramatic power strug gle between LaPierre and former president Oliver North. A2 At least 704 people in 22 states have been in fected with measles this year, a 25year record high, officials said. A3 The Justice Depart ment and House Demo crats remain divided over the attorney gener al’s testimony on the Mueller report. A4 THE WORLD Migration from Mexico has dropped 90 percent over the past 20 years, and analysts see a natu ral pattern that could also occur in Guatemala and Honduras. A12 A man accused by Turkish authorities of spying for the United Arab Emirates was found dead inside his prison cell. A13 THE ECONOMY Boeing’s CEO and board of directors faced difficult questions from investors and the media over its response to 737 Max jet crashes. A15 Weeks after agreeing to sell itself to Chevron, Anadarko Petroleum re opened talks with Occi dental Petroleum, po tentially setting off a bidding war. A16 After likely Fed nomi nee Stephen Moore apologized for past com ments about women, the White House said it was reviewing them. A16 THE REGION School systems in Northern Virginia have filed a court brief to bol ster a transgender teen’s legal battle over bath room access. B1 Just over half the members of Maryland’s Legislative Black Cau cus endorsed Dereck E. Davis as the next House speaker. B1 Amazon posted the first jobs for its new Arlington County head quarters, which is “ahead of schedule,” and will move two vice presidents there. B1 When avowed white nationalists interrupted an author chat at D.C. bookstore Politics and Prose, workers were surprised — but not un prepared. B1 A former D.C. teacher said he’s still waiting for his back pay nearly a year after his termina tion was determined to be wrongful. B3 Five men trapped in a cave in Russell County, Va., for nearly two days were rescued after a 16hour operation. B4 Inside CHRIS PIZZELLO/ASSOCIATED PRESS BUSINESS NEWS........................A15 COMICS........................................C6 OPINION PAGES..........................A19 LOTTERIES...................................B3 OBITUARIES.................................B6 TELEVISION..................................C4 WORLD NEWS.............................A12 DAILY CODE, DETAILS, B3 3 1 7 0 CONTENT © 2019 The Washington Post / Year 142, No. 146 1 The Fact Checker: The president has earned 21 “Bottomless Pinocchios” — those three- or four-Pinocchio claims repeated at least 20 times. A7 0 5,000 April July Oct. Jan. 2018 Jan. 2017 April July Oct. Jan. 2019 April and replace’ bill fails Source: Washington Post reporting LESLIE SHAPIRO/THE WASHINGTON POST Pelosi’s desire to wait irritates key Democrats

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The Bottom Strip M 1 BUSINESS A4 CLASSIFIEDS D1 COMICS C4 CROSSWORD C3 OPINION A5 SCOREBOARD B3 SPORTS B1 SUDOKU C4 WEATHER B4 $1 • D • Volume 156, Issue 249 • A Lee Enterprises Newspaper • Copyright 2019 Follow us online: facebook.com/NapaValleyRegister twitter.com@NapaRegister instagram.com/naparegister William G. ‘Bill’ Donovan, Gregory E. Hunt, Betty Ann (Laznicka) Kelly OBITUARIES | PAGE C5 HOWARD YUNE hyune@napanews.com From chrome-tipped nose to rounded tail, Steve Pierce’s 1940 Buick Super coupe is an example of the Napa native’s passion for restoring vintage cars – and a way to keep his mother’s memory alive. On completing a bumper-to- bumper overhaul of the Buick in December, the 35-year-old Pierce began exhibiting the two-door car at auto shows across California – but not before christening it Pamela after his mother Pamela Pierce, who died in August 2014 at age 61. And as the curvaceous example of pre-World War II Detroit iron has garnered awards from show judges, the real reward for its restorer has been the fount of memories it keeps close to his heart. “I brought home my fi rst old car, a Volkswagen Bug, when I was 13, and the fi rst Bug that I wanted to keep at 14, and she was always open to my car projects, ” Pierce recalled Sunday after dis- playing the Buick at the Silver- ado Resort Car Show earlier in the day. That encouragement – and a selfl ess devotion to Steve and his sister, Lisa Kennedy – were what he hoped to honor by pinning his mother’s name to his most ambitious restoration project. “Mom always put her family fi rst; her main hobby was her kids – she wanted to do things for myself and my sister, ” he said of Pamela, who raised her two children while working 30 years as an o ce sta er and teaching assistant for Alta Heights Elementary School. The coupe that is at once namesake and tribute has gained the notice of vintage car bu s while appearing at a half-dozen exhibitions this year. The Buick has been named the Goodguys Street Rod Headquarters Custom of the Year, and in February captured three awards at the Sac- ramento Autorama – for most beautiful custom, outstanding nostalgia rod and “King of Kus- toms. ” A barber who operates The Executive Room on Main Street, Pierce devoted more than four years’ worth of spare time and about $100,000 to his e ort to bring the 1940 Buick not only to showroom freshness but beyond. A lowered frame and fender skirts concealing the rear wheels give the blue-painted coupe Loving car restoration is dedicated to Napa mom HOWARD YUNE PHOTOS, REGISTER Steve Pierce of Napa named his restored 1940 Buick after his mother Pamela, who died in 2014. The vehicle, which took four years to restore, has won Pierce several awards at the six exhibitions where it has gone on display this year. SASHA PAULSEN spaulsen@napanews.com Wanted: one local non-profi t in need of a great fundraiser. The Home Winemakers Clas- sic, which for 36 years has raised funds for the Dry Creek-Lokoya Volunteer Fire Department, has reached a turn in its benevolent road. Fire Chief Gary Green is retiring after 41 years, and with no one else available to organize the annual event, the 2019 Home Winemakers Class on July 27 at the CIA at Copia will be the last one produced in association with his station. The Home Winemakers association, however, wants to continue its popular event and members are looking for a new local non-profi t to work with them in 2020. Green said the event raised funds for the volunteer fi re fi ghters to maintain the remote station on Dry Creek Road. (As part of the county fi re department, they are also supported by the county budget.) After expenses, they generally netted $10,000- $20,000, he said. Beyond this, however, he said, “It’s a fun community event. I’d hate to see it go away. ” Home winemakers Greg and Kasandra Weinerth agree. “It’s a conference for home winemakers, ” Kasandra Weinerth said. “It’s a chance to get together and see what everyone is doing, ” Greg added. Twenty-nine home winemakers brought their creations to the 2018 event. Guests at the Classic Winemakers seek new sponsor REGISTER FILE PHOTO The atmosphere was congenial at the 2015 Home Winemakers Classic at the Charles Krug Winery. Organizers are looking for a new nonprofi t sponsor for the event in 2020. COURTNEY TEAGUE cteague@napanews.com Collectively, Napa Valley law enforcement agencies reported one case of serious misconduct in the past decade. The county, and cities of Napa and Calistoga all said they did not determine any o cers employed by their law enforcement agencies committed a serious act of misconduct in that time frame. The St. Helena Police De- partment was the only agency to report that it found an o cer lied on the job. This was uncovered thanks to a new law, Senate Bill 1421, that went into e ect in January. It grants the public access to records related to investigations in which an o cer is found to have sexually assaulted a member of the public, or engaged in serious misconduct such as committing perjury, fi ling false reports, or destroying, falsifying or hiding evidence. The Register requested records from the Napa Police Depart- ment, St. Helena Police Depart- ment, Calistoga Police Depart- ment, Napa County Probation Department, Napa County Cor- rections Department and Napa County Sheri ’s O ce, which sta s the American Canyon Police Department and patrols Yountville. In the case of the St. Helena o cer, Melissa Brown cited a driver for driving without proof of insurance, even though he had shown her his valid proof of insurance, the St. Helena Star reported last month. She later returned to work after a stint on paid leave and admitted she made a mistake in issuing the wrong kind of ticket. Brown said she had warned the motorist about speeding many times and tried to do him a favor by issuing him a so-called Steve Pierce’s 1940 Buick Super is winning honors at car shows The interior of the 1940 Buick Special bought and restored by Steve Pierce of Napa. HOBBYISTS Amateur group needs nonprofit to help with annual fundraisers Please see RECORDS, Page A2 Please see RESTORATION, Page A6 Please see WINEMAKERS, Page A6 Volume 108 No. 103 Saloon on Saturday. RIGHT: Men’s clothing from 4th Coast Outfitters is modeled on stage during the Juneau Rotaract’s Wild West Roundup Fashion Show. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL PENN | JUNEAU EMPIRE SlideShow See more photos of the fashion show at juneauempire.com. tries for Mendenhall River school position Joanna “JJ” Hinderberger hopes her education career continues where it began. Hinderberger, current principal at Eagle’s View Elementary School in Unalaska, started as an educator in the Juneau School District. In 2012, she completed her educational leadership internship at Sayeik: Gastineau Community School, and Mon- day morning she had a public By BEN HOHENstAtt JUNEAU EMPIRE SEE JOB | Page A6 Erin Anais Heist picks devil’s club buds last Tuesday. MICHAEL PENN | JUNEAU EMPIRE Devilishly delicious: Devil’s club stuffed halibut cheeks As any Juneauite can testify, we live in a land of micro- climates. To the forager, an intimate awareness of the way weather moves through our landscape is the difference between a picking season of a few days, and a picking season of a month. Especially when it comes to plants like devil’s club. For a magically short window, devil’s club (Oplopanax horridus), the bane of any bushwhacker, grows delicious buds, packed full of nutrients BY ERIN ANAIS HEIST WILD EATING SEE CHEEKS | Page A6

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The Bottom Strip 00 1 LOTTERY A4 OPINION A5 OBITUARIES A6 HEALTH/FITNESS A8 SPORTS B1 BUSINESS B3 ASTROGRAPH B3 COMICS B4 PUZZLES B5 $1.50 • D • Volume 138, Issue 7 • A Lee Enterprises Newspaper • Copyright 2019 Follow us online: facebook.com/santamariatimes twitter.com@santamariatimes instagram.com/santa_maria_times  DEAR ABBY: Find all her columns online AT SANTAMARIATIMES.COM RAZI SYED rsyed@leecentralcoastnews.com After more than 40 years of community service in Santa Maria, Orie and Gladys Johnson are looking to have an even greater impact by building a transitional housing facility for the homeless and continuing a summer program for kids. The projects are being spearheaded by the Harvest Community Center, a nonprofi t the Johnsons formed several years ago to continue the community service work they began while building Vic- tory Harvest Church of God in Christ, located at 619 N. Railroad Ave. The organization holds monthly food distribu- tions, in partnership with the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, and hosts lit- eracy programs for schoolchildren. Through the church, the 86-year- old Gladys and 93-year-old Orie have provided groceries to needy Santa Marians for decades. During the month of May, Harvest Community Center — which is located inside the church — has set a preliminary goal to raise $100,000 to cover the cost of the 2019 summer program and the preparation of the initial ar- chitectural renderings and planning documents for the transitional housing facility, which is slated to be built on land directly behind the church, said Anthony Burns, director of the center. The facility plans to host formerly homeless adults for a minimum period of 12 months, with sta dedicated to helping them get back on their feet, Burns said. Joe Halsell, of Halsell Builders, has partnered with Harvest Community Center to help with the construction of the facility. John T. Earnest’s parents said they raised him and his fi ve siblings in a family, faith and community that rejected hate. “Our son’s actions were informed by people we do not know, and ideas we do not hold,” the parents said in a statement, which didn’t include their names. “How our son was attracted to such dark- ness is a terrifying mystery to us, though we are confi dent that law enforcement will uncover many details of the path that he took to this evil and despicable act,” the statement said. The gunman on Saturday burst into the Chabad of Poway near San Diego on the last day of Passover, a major Jewish holiday that celebrates freedom, and opened fi re with an assault-style rifl e, killing a woman and wounding a rabbi and two others. On Monday, Suzanne Levy, who serves on the board of directors for Santa Maria’s Tem- ple Beth El, said Saturday’s shooting was a Harvest Center plans new transitional housing facility ZEINA KARAM AND BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT — The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group claimed to appear for the fi rst time in fi ve years in a video released by the extremist group’s propaganda arm on Monday, acknowledging defeat in the group’s last stronghold in Syria but vowing a “long battle” ahead. The man said to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the video also claimed the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka which killed more than 250 people were “part of the revenge” that awaits the West. Despite numerous claims about his death in the past few years, al-Baghdadi’s whereabouts remain a mystery. Many of his top aides were killed, mostly by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes. He is among the few senior IS commanders still at large after two years of steady battlefi eld losses that saw the self-styled “caliphate” shrink from an area the size of Britain to a tiny speck in the Euphrates River valley. The video released by a media outlet run by the extremists, Al-Furqan, shows al-Baghdadi speaking with three men seated opposite him whose faces were covered and blotted out. It is his fi rst video appearance since he delivered a sermon at the al-Nuri mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014. In that video, he appeared as a black-robed fi g- ure with a trimmed black beard to deliver a sermon from the pulpit of the mosque in which he urged Muslims around the world to swear allegiance to the caliphate and obey him as its leader. Since then, he has only released audio messages through the group’s media outlets. In the video released Monday, al-Baghdadi acknowledged that IS lost the war in the eastern Syr- ian village of Baghouz, the group’s last sliver of territory, which was captured last month by the U.S.- backed Kurdish-led Syrian Dem- ocratic Forces. The fall of Baghouz marked the militants’ territorial defeat and the end of their self-declared Islamic caliphate over parts of Syria and Iraq. Al-Baghdadi said that the battle Islamic State leader appears in video for first time in 5 years GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — A measles outbreak that sickened more than 70 people, mostly children, in the Pacifi c Northwest is fi nally over even as the total number of cases nationwide continues to spike to near-record levels , o cials said Mon- day. Six weeks have passed without a new infection in southwest Washington state, where the outbreak began on Jan. 3, said Dr. Alan Melnick, head of the Clark County public health department. A total of 71 people were infected — a tally that does not include a handful of cases in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle that were linked to the outbreak’s epicenter. The good news from the Pacifi c North- west comes as authorities elsewhere struggled with the most measles cases in the U.S. since 1994. Across the country, 704 cases have been reported in 22 states as of Monday, according to the U.S. Cen- ters for Disease Control and Prevention. A large outbreak in the New York City area has stymied public health o cials and more than 350 students at two major California universities remained quarantined after possible exposure, down from 800 students last week. “We’re grateful to see this outbreak come to an end without any deaths or serious complications, ” Melnick said. O cials declare measles outbreak over ERIC TUCKER AND MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submitted his resignation Monday, ending a two-year run defi ned by his appointment of a special counsel to investigate connections between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia. His last day will be May 11. Rosenstein’s departure was expected after the confi rmation of William Barr as attorney general. The White House nominated a replacement for the department’s No. 2 slot weeks ago. In his resignation letter to Trump, Rosen- stein paid tribute to Trump, even praising the president’s sense of humor, despite being Rosenstein submits letter of resignation Nonprofit also aims to continue summer program fo rkids Harvest Community Center, in an e ort led by Mayra Ramos, is planning to build a transitional housing facility on unused parcels of land owned by the church. al-Baghdadi Rosenstein Please see HOUSING, Page A7 Please see SUSPECT, Page A7 Please see MEASLES, Page A7 Please see ROSENSTEIN, Page A7 Please see LEADER, Page A7 Lottery ��A2 Business �� A6 High Desert �� B1 Sports��C1 Weather �� C6 Food ��D1 Opinion �� D4 Volume 82, Issue 182 Home delivery: 844-287-3897 News tips: 760-951-6235 B US I N ESS | A6 NO RATE HIKES LIKELY The Federal Reserve seems content to maintain the status quo for the foreseeable future Former infantryman had converted to Islam, allegedly planned to bomb Long Beach event, and other targets By Brian Melley The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks t h r o u g h o u t S o u t h e r n California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks, federal prosecutors said Monday. Mark Domingo, an infantryman who served a combat stint in Afghanistan, was arrested Friday after visiting a park in Long Beach where investigators say he planned to plant home-made explosive devices made with nail-filled pressure cookers in advance of a Nazi rally scheduled Sunday. Domingo, 26, was arrested on a charge of providing material support to terrorists. A criminal complaint said he had been planning since March to “manufacture and use a weapon of mass destruction in order to commit mass murder.” U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna told a news conference that Domingo supported violent jihad and spoke about becoming a martyr and of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group if it established a presence in the United States. “This is a case in which law US Attorney: Army veteran’s SoCal terror plot thwarted United States Attorney Nick Hanna stands next to photos of Mark Steven Domingo, during a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday. A terror plot by Domingo, an Army veteran who converted to Islam and planned to bomb a white supremacist rally in Long Beach as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks, was thwarted, federal prosecutors said. [AP PHOTO/RICHARD VOGEL] Mother, aunt of 6-year- old Duke Flores of Apple Valley charged with first-degree murder, will be arraigned today By Garrett Bergthold Staff Writer VICTORVILLE — San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department personnel began searching for the body of a missing Apple Valley six-year-old at a local landfill on Monday, and authorities announced the mother and aunt of Duke Flores both had been charged with first-degree murder. Twin sisters Jackee Raquel Contreras and Jennifer Rachel Contreras, both 29 and of Apple Valley, will be arraigned at the Victorville courthouse at 8:30 a.m. today on suspi- cion of the murder of Duke, Jackee’s son, said Kimberly Fuller, a spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office. The announcement came as law enforcement personnel equipped with three K-9 units scoured the Victorville Landfill for Duke’s body on Monday. Detectives said during the course of their investigation, they obtained information that led them to believe Duke's body had been placed in a trash bin. That resulted in the landfill search. “If he is not found today, the search will resume tomorrow,” said Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Jodi Miller, adding there was no time frame for when the search would conclude. As of 3:30 p.m. Monday, Duke’s body had not been found, Miller said. At 5:10 p.m., the search was called off for the day. The search area was said to be a 70-foot by 70-foot by 10-foot deep section of the landfill, which con- tained an estimated 600 tons of material, the Sheriff's Department said. Joining an unknown number of homicide detectives and landfill personnel in looking for the boy's body were 36 Sheriff's and will be arraigned in Victorville Superior Court on Tuesday morning. [JAMES QUIGG, DAILY PRESS] See BODY, A4 See PLOT, A4

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The Bottom Strip Hope Act last week and has signed the bill for new voting machines in the state. Members of the Douglas delegation were contacted and asked for their take on highlights from this year’s session. In his first year as Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Mike Dugan, R-Carroll- ton, who represents the 30th District, which includes west Douglas County, south Paulding and most of Carroll County, had his own learning curve to deal with during the session, and he was also working with a new governor. Dugan commented recently in an article with the Times-Georgian that his role as leader requires him to be “responsible for my caucus and the Republican party in the Senate.” As the leader, he assisted Democratic members as often as he could to avoid conflict beyond “natural dis- agreements” on certain issues. Dugan told the Times-Georgian that he felt accomplished after the SEE LEGISLATORS/PAGE A5 knife. The attack left Wyley with a deep wound approximately 4 to 6-inch long. McPherson is currently out on $20,000 bond. Nettles, of Douglasville, was indicted on charges of aggravated assault in connection with an incident that took place on Feb. 17 at a home on Yeager Road. According to court records, Nettles assaulted Wendie Nicole Black with intent to murder by strangulation. Nettles SEE JURY/PAGE A6 The Prayer Center of West Georgia will host the annual National Day of Prayer in front of the Eternal Flame outside the Douglas County Courthouse this Thursday at noon. Celebrating its 19th year, the event seeks to mobilize people of all faiths in unified public prayer to pray for the city, county and nation. “Every year we have judges, lawyers, businessmen, pastors, and other community members come together and we pray for an hour,” said Prayer Center of West Georgia Director Ned Fowler. The National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. In 1988, the law was SEE PRAYER/PAGE A6 National Day of Prayer set for Thursday at the courthouse BY KRYSTAL HORNE STAFF WRITER Volume 117 • Number 51 86 65 High Low Abby ......................B2 Astrology................B2 Classifieds ........ B3-11 Comics ....................B2 Deaths .................... A5 Opinion .................. A4 Public Records ........ A3 Sports .................A8-9 INSIDE The Douglas County Sentinel • 8501 Bowden Street, Douglasville, Ga. 30134 • Open for business Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 770-942-6571 Copyright ©2019 Douglas Co. Sentinel www.douglascountysentinel.com CIRCULATION To subscribe or report a delivery problem: 770-214-2285 Mostly sunny For details, see page A2 Ashley Rhyne Douglas County Chamber of Commerce and the Junior League of Douglas County are holding a post-legislative discussion Wednesday, May 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the Douglasville Conference Center. Visit https://douglascountygeorgia.com/ for more information. Mike Dugan Micah Gravley Roger Bruce Kimberly Alexander J. Collins Pastor Dave Devine from The Church at Chapelhill, center, and others joined together in praise and worship by local pastors and community leaders at the Douglas County Courthouse during the National Day of Prayer service last year. The National Day of Prayer this year is Thursday, May 2. Sentinel File Photo Comics C5 Crossword C7 Editorial B5 Horoscope C7 Lottery A4 Markets C3 Scores D3 Television E4 H E A L T H U - T I N D E X DECODING THE HURT A new letter from county education officials says that SweetwaterUnionHighSchool District has again reported in- correct information about its finances. The San Diego County Of- fice of Education on Friday sent a letter to the district saying Sweetwater is expected to end this school year with $20 million to $23 million in interfund borrowing debt, which is more than twice the amount that Sweetwater had reported. Interfund debt, in this case, refers to loan balances when money collected for one use, such as for facilities, is temporarily used for another use, such as operations. The interfund debt esti- mates in the letter are based on an analysis of Sweetwater finances by an outside auditing firm. Sweetwater declared last month that it would end this fiscal year with $8 million in interfund debt. Even with that lower estimate, Sweetwater will be in violation of the state’s Education Code, which requires it to pay off all its interfund debt by the end of the fiscal year, according to the county office’s letter. District spokesman Manny Rubio said the district dis- agrees with the county’s estimate of $20 million to $23 million in debt. He said he thinks the county office’s letter overlooks the progress the district has made in fixing its financial practices and paying down its debt, which reached $79 million District official says county education office ignores progress BY KRISTEN TAKETA SEE SWEETWATER • A6 AUDITOR: SWEETWATER UNDERREPORTED DEBT BY AT LEAST $12 MILLION during a Passover service at Chabad of Poway. Three others — founding Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, 8-year-old Noya Da- han, and her uncle, Almog Peretz, 34 — were injured. On Monday, the District Attorney’s Office charged Earnest with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder — including allegations that the attack was a hate crime. He was also charged with setting a fire SEE SHOOTING • A8 At a standing-room-only memorial service for synagogue shooting victim Lori Gilbert- Kaye on Monday, there was an outpouring of love expressed by her family and friends. But there was also a strong undercurrent of anger toward the man who was charged with committing the crime. Gilbert-Kaye, 60, was remembered by friends, family and rab- bis at Chabad of Poway as cheer- ful, energetic, devoted to her Jew- ish faith and friends, and end- lessly generous with her time, checkbook and home-baked challah. But she was also described by speakers as a “sanctified” person who sacrificed her life Saturday morning to help end a global epidemic of hate and violence against Jews. “She died on Shabbat. She died on Passover. She died in a synagogue. She died saving our rabbi. She died as a holy person sanctifying God’s name,” close friend Dr. Roneet Lev said near the conclusion of the memorial. More than 700 people were inside the sanctuary for the service and another 100 or so stood on the street outside, many shelter- ing under umbrellas as they lis- tened to the service on outdoor speakers. A burial service fol- Thetwo-hourservicewasheld at Chabad of Poway, which former temple President Sam Hoff- man referred to as “ground zero,” astheattackoccurredinthetem- ple’s lobby just a dozen or so feet from where Hoffman and others spoke. Gilbert-Kaye was killed on Saturday when a gunman opened fire during a Passover service at a Poway synagogue. SHOOTING VICTIM RECALLED AS PEACEFUL HUMANITARIAN Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein holds a rose during Monday’s service for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who had given him the flower as part of a bouquet the day before the attack. GREGORY BULL AP Hundreds gather at Chabad of Poway for Gilbert-Kaye’s memorial BY PAM KRAGEN SEE MEMORIAL • A8 Two days after the shooting at Chabad of Poway, Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged support for a measure providing $15 million for security at houses of worship and nonprofit institutions targeted by extremists. “We all must call out hate — against any and all communities — and act to defend those targeted for their religious beliefs, who they love or how they identify,”NewsomsaidMonday.“Anat- tack against any community is an attack against our entire state — who we are and what we stand for.” Newsom’s backing of Assembly Bill 1548isthelatestmoveinanongoingde- bate: How secure can synagogues, churches and mosques be, given their mission of ministering to all of human- ity? “Open doors is part of their SEE SECURITY • A7 RELIGIOUS FACILITIES SEEK MORE PROTECTION BY PETER ROWE Children with autism spectrum disorder can be re- liably diagnosed as young as 14 months, according to a study by UC San Diego autism researchers. If results are confirmed by independent research, this would be the earliest age this has prov- en feasible. Earlier detection means earlier treatment, which should improve outcomes, said Karen Pierce, co-director of the UCSD Autism Cen- ter for Excellence. Pierce led the study with Eric Courch- esne, the center’s other co-director. Autism screening should be first done at 18 months, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. How- ever, according to the Cen- ters for Disease Control and Prevention, the average age of diagnosis in the U.S. is 4 years. That gap represents a missed opportunity to guide these very young children into normal social development, Pierce said. “The brain is very plastic. It’s developing at a really super-fast pace from birth to age 3,” she said. “There’s a lot of connections that are formed between brain cells. So hopefully we can shape those connections.” The study was published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. It can be found at http://j.mp/ autismucsd1 Results are based on de- velopmentof1,269toddlersin San Diego County, selected from a universal screening program to detect possible autism. Children suspected UCSD STUDY SUGGESTS EARLY AUTISM SCREENS Reliable diagnosis achievable at 14 months, allowing early treatment, improved outcomes BY BRADLEY J. FIKES SEE AUTISM • A6 A San Fernando Valley man planned to detonate improvised explosive devices at several Southern California locations to cause “mass casualties” in a terror plot thwarted by law enforcement officials, authorities said Monday. Story, A2. FBI Special Agent Ryan Young (left) with LAPD Chief Michel Moore during Monday’s briefing. RICHARD VOGEL AP I N S I D E L.A.-AREA TERROR PLOT THWARTED MORE COVERAGE A8 • Lone actors present challenge for law enforcement. A9 • Thousands attend vigil at Poway High School stadium to decry hate, remember victims.

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The Bottom Strip By Brian Melley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks, federal prosecutors said Monday. Mark Domingo, an infantryman who served a combat stint in Afghanistan, was arrested Fri- day after visiting a park in Long Beach where investigators say he planned to plant home-made explosive devices made with nail- filled pressure cookers in advance of a Nazi rally scheduled for Sunday. Domingo,26,wasarrestedonachargeof providing material support to terrorists. A criminal complaint said he had been planning since March to “manufacture and use a weapon of mass destruction in order to commit mass murder. ” U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna told a news conference that Domingo supported violent jihad and spoke about becoming a martyr and of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State if it established a presence in the United States. “This is a case in which law enforcement was able to identify a man consumed with hate and bent on mass murder, and stop him before he could carry out his attack, ” Hanna said. “The criminal case outlines a chilling terrorism plot that de- velopedoverthepasttwomonths and targeted innocent Americans that he expected to gather this past weekend. ” Investigators said Domingo posted an online message March 3 that said, “America needs another Vegas event, ” an apparent reference tothe2017massshootingthatkilled59.He allegedly said it would spark civil unrest to 20% 20% 20% WINDOW & DOOR SALE WINDOW & DOOR SALE NO NO NO 20% 20% 20% NO NO NO NO NO NO With With ** ENDS MAY 31ST WINDOW & DOOR SALE WINDOW & DOOR SALE ** Call for your FREE in-home consultation: l DreamstyleWindows.com *We will pay your May, June & July Energy bills up to $500.00 when you purchase four or more Pella windows and/or doors between May 1-May 31st, 2019.**0% APR for 12 months available to well qualiﬁed buyers on approved credit only. 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The White House and DHS officials did not immediately respond to questions about how much applicants might be forced to pay,and it is unclear how many families fleeing poverty would be able to afford such a payment. The memo says the price would not exceed the cost of processing applications, but officials did not immediately provide an estimate for what that might be. Trump also wants to bar anyone who has entered or tried to enter the country illegally RON MEDVESCEK / ARIZONA DAILY STAR University of Arizona student Lucas Boje spent a long time Monday on the University of Arizona Mall, reading stories of youth suicides at the Send Silence Packing exhibition. Each of the more than 1,000 backpacks represents a person.“It feels important to hear them out,” Boje said. The exhibit attempts to raise awareness about the impact of suicide and connect people to mental-health resources. By Lisa Marie Pane THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Wayne LaPierre, the fiery public face of the National Rifle Association for decades,fended off a backlash inside the organization over its finances and direction, winning re-election Mon- day as the gun lobby’s CEO. The move, announced on the NRA magazine’s American Rifleman website, came during a closed- door meeting of the group’s board of directors. It was unclear if the debate that has roiled the 5-million-member organization in recent weeks would still lead to significant changes in its operations. Board members did not immediately return messages for comment; their phones had been confis- cated before entering the meeting room. The board also elected a slate of leaders, including Carolyn Meadows as president. She bypassed the person who traditionally would have been next in line to become president. For the past two decades, the NRA has faced criticism from among its ranks that its leaders had become corrupted by the millions of dollars flowing into its cof- fers. Thecriticismhasinclud- ed allegations of self-dealing and excessive personal spending. Now the pressure has increased, with New York’s attorney general opening an investigation that could threaten the group’s tax-exempt status. The NRA’s charter was originally filed in New York, giving authorities there broadlatitudetoinvestigate its operations. Newly elected New York Attorney General Letitia James has made no bones about her dislike of the NRA, calling it a “terrorist organization. ” “I never thought this thing would ever get to the level it got, ” Joel Friedman, an NRA board member since 2002, told The As- sociated Press before the 76-member board met to Plantobombsupremacistrally thwarted,USprosecutorssay Mark Domingo NRA’sLaPierrewardsoff backlash,winsre-election See NRA, A3 Trump says NRA“under siege”- by investigation / A7 See RALLY, A2 California synagogue shooting suspect recalled as scholar, athlete, musician / A7 IS leader appears in video for first time in 5 years / A7 See ASYLUM, A2 ©2019 Orlando Sentinel Communications Company Please recycle. Newsprint is a renewable resource. YOUR NATION, YOUR WORLD Dems pitch infrastructure bill Top leaders call for bipartisanship in legislation that would “improve the quality of life for all Americans.” A3 Parents denounce son’s ‘evil’ acts Family of the suspect in the Calif. synagogue shooting say they’re shocked and saddened by the attack. A3 Peace talks begin under cloud Afghan president opens a grand council seeking a common approach to discussions with the Taliban. A4 TALLAHASSEE — The House Democrats’ secret meeting last week was a symptom of growing frustration with Minority Leader Kionne McGhee’s leadership, which had long been simmering during the legislative session, as the Miami Democrat sought to tamp down criticism within the caucus. Five House Democrats, who asked for anonymity to speak can- didly about McGhee, contend he acquiesces to GOP demands too easily, doesn’t communicate fre- quently with members and doesn’t do enough to organize Democratic opposition to Repub- lican bills. “There’s a vacuum of leadership,” said one Democratic House member. That frustration threatened to boil over during the closed- door meeting late Wednesday night. Reporters listening through a wall could only hear snippets of McGhee defending his moves to hismembersandtalkaboutstrate- gies during ongoing budget negotiations. Later reporters were allowed into the meeting to watch Democrats vote for leaders in 2020 and 2022. During the private portion of the meeting, one Democrat described a meeting where McGhee simultaneously defended himself and asked for unity, but received plenty of pushback as members questioned him. McGhee told his colleagues he had agreed to allow bills introduced on the floor the following Secret gathering shows a growing frustration with minority leader By Gray Rohrer Tallahassee Bureau McGhee Please turn to MCGHEE, A8 TALLAHASSEE – A bill that allows police to stop drivers just for texting is headed to the governor after several years of hitting roadblocks in the Florida Legislature. The House voted 108-7 Mon- day to make texting while driving a primary offense. Gov. Ron DeSantis has indi- catedhewillsignthebill(HB107), which would bring Florida in line with most other states. Rep. Emily Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, fought for several years for a tougher law, but her bills kept stalling because of privacy and racial-profiling concerns. In1996,Slosbergwasinjuredin a wreck that killed five teenagers, includinghertwinsister,Dori;the crash was caused by a reckless driver.Slosberg,whowas14atthe time, suffered broken bones and a punctured lung in the crash. “It’s a great day for our state of Florida,” she said Monday just moments after the vote. “We are going to have enforcement of our texting-while-driving law, which will save lives.” Forty-three other states make texting while driving a primary offense, according to a legislative analysis. Legislature bans texting while driving After many years of roadblocks, bill will be sent to DeSantis By Skyler Swisher South Florida Sun Sentinel Please turn to TEXTING, A6 mond, who opted for virtual auctions last year. The comptroller previously held one in-person auction a year at a county warehouse. “Moving to online auctions has been a huge success for Orange County taxpayers,” said Diamond, who tries to stage one online auction a month. “The winning bid- Switching to online auctions of surplus property has paid off big for Orange County. Auction revenue in the past eight months soared to $1.21 million,up$400,000fromthelastlive and in-person auction in 2018, which pulled in $810,000, said Or- angeCountyComptrollerPhilDia- Virtual auctions paying off for Orange County By Stephen Hudak Orlando Sentinel Please turn to AUCTIONS, A6 The legendary Pat Williams announced his official retirement from the Orlando Magic on Monday, but can you really ever retire from being the father and founder of a franchise? Yes, Williams announced his retirement as the Magic’s senior vice president on Monday, but he’llalwaysbetheco-founderof the Magic and one of the most influential figures in Orlando sports history. “We are so grateful to Pat Williams for what he has done for sports in Orlando,” Orlando Magic Chairman Dan DeVos said in a statement released by the Magic. “Back in 1986 sat this beautiful city in the center of the state that was theperfectspottobringwhatwasmissing—NBA basketball to the great people of Orlando. On behalf of our entire family, we thank Pat for making the Magic a reality.” The story now is part of Or- landosportslore—howWilliams, spurred on by fellow co-founder and Orlando businessman Jimmy Hewitt, sold the NBA on Orlando. Back in 1986, Williams, then the GM of the Philadelphia 76ers and one of the most prominent executives in the NBA, had the ear of new commissioner David Stern. Two years earlier, Williams had become friends with Hewitt, whoonthatfatefuldayin’86wasdrivingWilliams back to the airport after a speaking engagement in Orlando. Williams relayed some inside informa- Pat Williams at an April 22, 1987, pep rally celebrating the NBA’s announcement that Orlando will receive an expansion franchise. TOM BURTON/ORLANDO SENTINEL FILE Orlando Magic co-founder Pat Williams set to step down after more than 50 years in NBA By Mike Bianchi | Orlando Sentinel More than an Orlando icon Pat Williams announced his retirement as the Magic’s senior vice president on Monday, but he’ll always be the co-founder and one of the most influential figures in Orlando sports history. Awards and honors: Received the John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for significant lifetime contributions to the sport Named one of the NBA’s most influential people in 1996 Member of the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame and the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame Please turn to WILLIAMS, A9 “He shined a light on what has been known for so long from native Central Floridians, that this is a fabulous place to live, work and play.” Alex Martins, Orlando Magic CEO

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The Bottom Strip sandiegouniontribune.com TUESDAY • APRIL 30, 2019 $1.85 PLUS TAX Injury from exercise is complicated, and so is figuring out how you treat it. E1 Comics C5 Crossword C7 Dear Abby C7 Editorial B5 Horoscope C7 Letters B5 Lottery A4 Markets C3 Obituaries B4 Scores D3 Television E4 Weather A10 H E A L T H U - T I N D E X DECODING THE HURT A new letter from county education officials says that SweetwaterUnionHighSchool District has again reported in- correct information about its finances. The San Diego County Of- fice of Education on Friday sent a letter to the district saying Sweetwater is expected to end this school year with $20 million to $23 million in interfund borrowing debt, which is more than twice the amount that Sweetwater had reported. Interfund debt, in this case, refers to loan balances when money collected for one use, such as for facilities, is temporarily used for another use, such as operations. The interfund debt esti- mates in the letter are based on an analysis of Sweetwater finances by an outside auditing firm. Sweetwater declared last month that it would end this fiscal year with $8 million in interfund debt. Even with that lower estimate, Sweetwater will be in violation of the state’s Education Code, which requires it to pay off all its interfund debt by the end of the fiscal year, according to the county office’s letter. District spokesman Manny Rubio said the district dis- agrees with the county’s estimate of $20 million to $23 million in debt. He said he thinks the county office’s letter overlooks the progress the district has made in fixing its financial practices and paying down its debt, which reached $79 million District official says county education office ignores progress BY KRISTEN TAKETA SEE SWEETWATER • A6 AUDITOR: SWEETWATER UNDERREPORTED DEBT BY AT LEAST $12 MILLION Minutes before a gunman opened fire on a Poway synagogue Saturday, someone discovered an anonymous anti-Semitic manifesto posted online and told the FBI — but it was too late. The tip came in about five minutes before the shooting and included a link to the threatening post. But it didn’t contain information about the author or the location thatwas threatened,according to the FBI. Bureau employees immediately took action to determine who wrote the post, but the deadly shooting occurred before the suspect could be identified. John T. Earnest, a 19-year-old Ran- cho Peñasquitos resident, is accused of killing 60-year-old Lori Gilbert-Kaye during a Passover service at Chabad of Poway. Three others — founding Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, 8-year-old Noya Da- han, and her uncle, Almog Peretz, 34 — were injured. On Monday, the District Attorney’s Office charged Earnest with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder — including allegations that the attack was a hate crime. He was also charged with setting a fire FBI TOLD OF MANIFESTO MINUTES BEFORE SHOOTING Tipster says he saw post online; Earnest also charged in Escondido mosque fire BY LYNDSAY WINKLEY & TERI FIGUEROA SEE SHOOTING • A8 At a standing-room-only memorial service for synagogue shooting victim Lori Gilbert- Kaye on Monday, there was an outpouring of love expressed by her family and friends. But there was also a strong undercurrent of anger toward the man who was charged with committing the crime. Gilbert-Kaye, 60, was remembered by friends, family and rab- bis at Chabad of Poway as cheer- ful, energetic, devoted to her Jew- ish faith and friends, and end- lessly generous with her time, checkbook and home-baked challah. But she was also described by speakers as a “sanctified” person who sacrificed her life Saturday morning to help end a global epidemic of hate and violence against Jews. “She died on Shabbat. She died on Passover. She died in a synagogue. She died saving our rabbi. She died as a holy person sanctifying God’s name,” close friend Dr. Roneet Lev said near the conclusion of the memorial. More than 700 people were inside the sanctuary for the service and another 100 or so stood on the street outside, many shelter- ing under umbrellas as they lis- tened to the service on outdoor speakers. A burial service fol- Thetwo-hourservicewasheld at Chabad of Poway, which former temple President Sam Hoff- man referred to as “ground zero,” astheattackoccurredinthetem- ple’s lobby just a dozen or so feet from where Hoffman and others spoke. Hannah Kaye kneels with her father, Dr. Howard Kaye, at the burial site of her mother, Lori Gilbert-Kaye, on Monday. Gilbert-Kaye was killed on Saturday when a gunman opened fire during a Passover service at a Poway synagogue. K.C. ALFRED U-T SHOOTING VICTIM RECALLED AS PEACEFUL HUMANITARIAN Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein holds a rose during Monday’s service for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who had given him the flower as part of a bouquet the day before the attack. GREGORY BULL AP Hundreds gather at Chabad of Poway for Gilbert-Kaye’s memorial BY PAM KRAGEN SEE MEMORIAL • A8 Two days after the shooting at Chabad of Poway, Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged support for a measure providing $15 million for security at houses of worship and nonprofit institutions targeted by extremists. “We all must call out hate — against any and all communities — and act to defend those targeted for their religious beliefs, who they love or how they identify,”NewsomsaidMonday.“Anat- tack against any community is an attack against our entire state — who we are and what we stand for.” Newsom’s backing of Assembly Bill 1548isthelatestmoveinanongoingde- bate: How secure can synagogues, churches and mosques be, given their mission of ministering to all of human- ity? “Open doors is part of their SEE SECURITY • A7 RELIGIOUS FACILITIES SEEK MORE PROTECTION BY PETER ROWE Children with autism spectrum disorder can be re- liably diagnosed as young as 14 months, according to a study by UC San Diego autism researchers. If results are confirmed by independent research, this would be the earliest age this has prov- en feasible. Earlier detection means earlier treatment, which should improve outcomes, said Karen Pierce, co-director of the UCSD Autism Cen- ter for Excellence. Pierce led the study with Eric Courch- esne, the center’s other co-director. Autism screening should be first done at 18 months, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. How- ever, according to the Cen- ters for Disease Control and Prevention, the average age of diagnosis in the U.S. is 4 years. That gap represents a missed opportunity to guide these very young children into normal social development, Pierce said. “The brain is very plastic. It’s developing at a really super-fast pace from birth to age 3,” she said. “There’s a lot of connections that are formed between brain cells. So hopefully we can shape those connections.” The study was published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. It can be found at http://j.mp/ autismucsd1 Results are based on de- velopmentof1,269toddlersin San Diego County, selected from a universal screening program to detect possible autism. Children suspected UCSD STUDY SUGGESTS EARLY AUTISM SCREENS Reliable diagnosis achievable at 14 months, allowing early treatment, improved outcomes BY BRADLEY J. FIKES SEE AUTISM • A6 A San Fernando Valley man planned to detonate improvised explosive devices at several Southern California locations to cause “mass casualties” in a terror plot thwarted by law enforcement officials, authorities said Monday. Story, A2. FBI Special Agent Ryan Young (left) with LAPD Chief Michel Moore during Monday’s briefing. RICHARD VOGEL AP I N S I D E L.A.-AREA TERROR PLOT THWARTED MORE COVERAGE A8 • Lone actors present challenge for law enforcement. A9 • Thousands attend vigil at Poway High School stadium to decry hate, remember victims. More than 200 bills passed during Georgia’s General Assembly this year. Gov. Brian Kemp signed the Hope Act last week and has signed the bill for new voting machines in the state. Members of the Douglas delegation were contacted and asked for their take on highlights from this year’s session. In his first year as Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Mike Dugan, R-Carroll- ton, who represents the 30th District, which includes west Douglas County, south Paulding and most of Carroll County, had his own learning curve to deal with during the session, and he was also working with a new governor. Dugan commented recently in an article with the Times-Georgian that his role as leader requires him to be “responsible for my caucus and the Republican party in the Senate.” As the leader, he assisted Democratic members as often as he could to avoid conflict beyond “natural dis- agreements” on certain issues. Dugan told the Times-Georgian that he felt accomplished after the SEE LEGISLATORS/PAGE A5 BY RICHARD GRANT FOR THE SENTINEL Contractors for the Douglas Coun- ty Department of Transportation will implement lane closures on Lee Road in Lithia Springs to begin mill- ing, inlay and resurfacing activities as early as Wednesday, a county offcial said in a news release Monday. “Initially we were given a date of May 6th, but contractors are now able to begin work earlier,” said Director of Communications & Community Relations Rick Martin. Weather permitting, resurfacing activities on Lee Road will take place between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. starting Wednesday between Fairburn Road and Interstate 20, Martin said. The project is expected to last anywhere from three to four weeks, weather permitting. Message boards will give drivers advance notice of the traffic. Motor- ists are advised to expect delays and plan alternate routes to avoid delays. Drivers are encouraged to exercise caution and reduce their speed while traveling through or around the work zones. Lee Road lane closures planned FROM STAFF REPORTS Resurfacing project set to begin this week The Douglas County Grand Jur y returned true bills of indictment April 26 in 19 criminal cases. District Attor- ney Ryan Leon- ard announced the indictments, which included aggravated assault charges against Quej- cia McPherson, 22, aggravated assault charges against Kenneth Nettles, 45, and meth trafficking charges against Javonta Jones, 25, and Ashley Rhyne, 24. McPherson, of Douglasville, was indicted on charges of aggravated assault in connection with an incident that took place on Jan. 14 around 6:45 p.m. at a home on Gentry Drive. Accord- ing to cour t records, McPher- son stabbed her boyfriend, Felix Wyley Jr. on the left side of his back with a knife. The attack left Wyley with a deep wound approximately 4 to 6-inch long. McPherson is currently out on $20,000 bond. Nettles, of Douglasville, was indicted on charges of aggravated assault in connection with an incident that took place on Feb. 17 at a home on Yeager Road. According to court records, Nettles assaulted Wendie Nicole Black with intent to murder by strangulation. Nettles SEE JURY/PAGE A6 Grand jury returns 19 indictments BY KRYSTAL HORNE STAFF WRITER Local legislators reflect on the highlights of General Assembly Medical marijuana, abortion among top issues tackled this year The Prayer Center of West Georgia will host the annual National Day of Prayer in front of the Eternal Flame outside the Douglas County Courthouse this Thursday at noon. Celebrating its 19th year, the event seeks to mobilize people of all faiths in unified public prayer to pray for the city, county and nation. “Every year we have judges, lawyers, businessmen, pastors, and other community members come together and we pray for an hour,” said Prayer Center of West Georgia Director Ned Fowler. The National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. In 1988, the law was SEE PRAYER/PAGE A6 National Day of Prayer set for Thursday at the courthouse BY KRYSTAL HORNE STAFF WRITER Volume 117 • Number 51 86 65 High Low Abby ......................B2 Astrology................B2 Classifieds ........ B3-11 Comics ....................B2 Deaths .................... A5 Opinion .................. A4 Public Records ........ A3 Sports .................A8-9 INSIDE The Douglas County Sentinel • 8501 Bowden Street, Douglasville, Ga. 30134 • Open for business Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 770-942-6571 Copyright ©2019 Douglas Co. Sentinel www.douglascountysentinel.com CIRCULATION To subscribe or report a delivery problem: 770-214-2285 Mostly sunny For details, see page A2 Local. News. First. April 30, 2019 $2 SPORTS, A8 Alexander wins fourth straight region title TUESDAY Quejcia McPherson Kenneth Nettles Javonta Jones Ashley Rhyne LEGISLATIVE WRAP-UP Douglas County Chamber of Commerce and the Junior League of Douglas County are holding a post-legislative discussion Wednesday, May 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the Douglasville Conference Center. Visit https://douglascountygeorgia.com/ for more information. Mike Dugan Micah Gravley Roger Bruce Kimberly Alexander J. Collins Rep. Micah Gravley/Special State Rep. Micah Gravley, R-Douglasville, shakes Gov. Brian Kemp’s hand after Kemp signed Georgia’s Hope Act into law April 17. The Hope Act, sponsored by Gravley, allows for the cultivation, manufacturing and dispensing of low THC oil in Georgia. Pastor Dave Devine from The Church at Chapelhill, center, and others joined together in praise and worship by local pastors and community leaders at the Douglas County Courthouse during the National Day of Prayer service last year. The National Day of Prayer this year is Thursday, May 2. Sentinel File Photo Juneau Empire Recipe uses Southeast plant. Below. Former Juneau educator interviews for position with school. Below. Kevin Clarkson recovering. A3. Volume 108 No. 103 Troopers: Jail fire victims tentatively ID’d ANCHORAGE — Guards were unable to save two prisoners from a weekend fire that broke out in a village jail because they were driven out by heat and smoke, Alaska authorities said Monday. One of two guards at the scene of the early Sunday morning fire in Napakiak was seriously injured trying to free the inmates, who died in the blaze. The other guard said a prisoner set fire to a mattress, but it was unclear how fire-starting materials got into a cell. Troopers said the fire victims have been tentatively identified as 24-year-old Becca White and 22-year-old Isaiah Parka, both of Napakiak. But troopers said the identifications still need to be confirmed by the state medical examiner’s office. A village leader said more than 20 residents worked through the night to extinguish the fire, using water pumped from the Kuskokwim River, Two inmates die in weekend fire at Napakiak prison By RACHEL D’ORO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ex-bank worker gets prison in $4.3M theft ANCHORAGE — A dar- ing Alaska bank employee who boxed up $4.3 million in cash, rolled it to his car and flew it to Seattle was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for bank theft. Gerardo Valenzuela, 34, also known as Gary Cazarez, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty in January. U.S. District Judge Timothy By DAN JOLING ASSOCIATED PRESS ABOVE: Women’s clothing from Resolute Boutique is modeled on stage during the Juneau Rotaract’s Wild West Roundup Fashion Show at the Red Dog Saloon on Saturday. RIGHT: Men’s clothing from 4th Coast Outfitters is modeled on stage during the Juneau Rotaract’s Wild West Roundup Fashion Show. PHOTOS BY MICHAEL PENN | JUNEAU EMPIRE SlideShow See more photos of the fashion show at juneauempire.com. Familiar face interviews for principal Former Juneau educator tries for Mendenhall River school position Joanna “JJ” Hinderberger hopes her education career continues where it began. Hinderberger, current principal at Eagle’s View Elementary School in Unalaska, started as an educator in the Juneau School District. In 2012, she completed her educational leadership internship at Sayeik: Gastineau Community School, and Mon- day morning she had a public By BEN HOHENstAtt JUNEAU EMPIRE SEE FIRE | Page A6 SEE HEIST | Page A6 loCAl SEE JOB | Page A6 Erin Anais Heist picks devil’s club buds last Tuesday. MICHAEL PENN | JUNEAU EMPIRE Devilishly delicious: Devil’s club stuffed halibut cheeks As any Juneauite can testify, we live in a land of micro- climates. To the forager, an intimate awareness of the way weather moves through our landscape is the difference between a picking season of a few days, and a picking season of a month. Especially when it comes to plants like devil’s club. For a magically short window, devil’s club (Oplopanax horridus), the bane of any bushwhacker, grows delicious buds, packed full of nutrients BY ERIN ANAIS HEIST WILD EATING SEE CHEEKS | Page A6

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The Centerpiece May 1, 2019 Vol. 127, No. 85 www.alexcityoutlook.com 75¢ SPORTS, PAGE 10 BRHS vs. Stanhope boys soccer inside THE WEDNESDAY Lighting the way for Alexander City & Lake Martin since 1892 COMMUNITY COLUMNISTS INSIDE TODAY ARRESTS, PAGE 6 See the latest reports from area law officers Reported on 4/30/19 @ 3 p.m. Lake Levels Lake Martin 484.97 6 8 54708 90050 USPS Permit # 013-080 Weather Today’s High Low 86 63 + + Buy Here + Pay Here + + ,Inc. Midway Auto C L E A N U S E D C A R S Cars• Vans• Trucks • SUV’s No Credit Checks Off Hwy. 280 • Alexander City, AL (On Right Past the River Bridge) 256.825.9830 ADAMS HEALTH & REHAB 1555 HILLABEE STREET • (256) 329-0847 •Home-like Environment • Specialized Dementia Care Unit •Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy Services We Care About Y ou and Your Loved Ones! 217 Madison Street, Alexander City, AL “We are a Debt Relief Agency. We help people fi le Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 under the Bankruptcy Code. Alabama State Bar requires the following in every attorney advertisement, “ No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.” “It’s not the end ... It’s a new beginning” FREE CONSULTATIONS 256-329-1313 LACEY HOWELL 256.307.2443 laceyshowell@gmail.com 5295 Highway 280, Alex City, AL Shots fired 2 arrested after incident near CACC Churches and religious groups across the country will be commemorating the National Day of Prayer Thursday and it is no different locally as the Alexander City Ministerial Association will host an event at noon Thursday. “It will be similar to years past,” Michael Waldrop with the ministerial association said. “There will be a welcome and several prayers.” Waldrop said there will be prayers for the government, economy, education, media, church, family and the military and first responders. The prayers will be led by pastors and people from the By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer See PRAYER • Page 9 Two 18-year-olds were arrested Tuesday after weapons were fired near Central Alabama Community College Monday night. Jaquavian Edwards and Archavious Lawson were arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and shooting into an unoccupied dwelling, according to Alexander City Police Department Sgt. William Grant. “We received a call Monday night about shots fired near CACC,” Grant said. “Upon further investigation officers determined shots were fired at an unoccupied dwelling and a vehicle. Detectives came out and collected evidence.” Grant said police developed Edwards By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer See ARRESTS • Page 9 National Day of Prayer to be observed Thursday TPI debuts new websites When readers visit TPI’s newspaper websites today, including www.alexcityoutlook. com, they will notice a fresh look as the new sites launched this morning. A group of TPI staff members, with the help of TownNews professionals, has worked for nearly six months designing a website layout that is not only streamlined but appeals to readers. The website is user-friendly with an easy-to-scroll-through flow that allows readers to absorb all the content on the website, including news, sports, opinion pieces and obituaries. As TPI continues to advance as a multimedia company, this website will enhance its products in a way the old website could not. Stories will be displayed to give readers a multitude of elements to view each story while still being user-friendly. “The new Outlook site presents you with a more compact view of the news agenda as it changes throughout the day and night,” publisher Steve Baker said. “The new design will also give you more visual clues about each story’s relative importance and its editorial tone, whether it is a breaking news story or a live blog, a piece of analysis, a piece of opinion, a feature or a review. “Our videos, photo galleries and interactives are now more seamlessly integrated into Jimmy Wigfield / The Outlook Top: An employee assembles a center console for automobiles at Sejin America’s Dadeville plant Tuesday. Above: I.W. Kim, the general manager of Sejin’s management support department, said the 36 new jobs will pay up to $15 an hour including the value of benefi ts. GREEN LIGHT IN DADEVILLE Dadeville Mayor Wayne Smith remembers when the land outside Dadeville where the Sejin America plant is located was more plentiful with venison than vehicle parts. “When we were coming up in our late teens and early 20s we deer hunted out there,” he said. “It was nothing but woods and dirt roads. It was good hunting land.” But Smith said he is happy to exchange trophy bucks for the big bucks Sejin’s automotive manufacturing operation provides Dadeville and Tallapoosa County. Those dollars have been flowing since 2008 and Sejin, which has exceeded every economic promise and projection for its Dadeville plant, said it will open the faucet even wider with Tuesday’s announcement of a $15 million expansion that will create 36 jobs. Sejin, which is Tallapoosa County’s third-largest By JIMMY WIGFIELD Managing Editor See SEJIN • Page 11 Sejin announces $15M expansion, 36 jobs STAFF REPORT TPI Staff See WEBSITE • Page 9 THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SINCE 1912 decaturdaily @decaturdaily FOOD NATION RIVERFRONT SPORTS Complete forecast, A2 AREA DEATHS TODAY THU FRI 85°/65° 86°/64° 83°/63° Decatur Heritage’s opponent familiar Playoff matchups between Cedar Bluff and Decatur Heritage are becoming common. The two schools meet this week in the Class 2A baseball quarterfinals. C1 Cauliflower has variety of uses Cauliflower has versatility. Use it in a chilled salad, try it with cheese in a savory pie or roast it. D1 Trump agrees on $2T infrastructure goal President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders agree to work toward a $2 billion infrastructure plan to rebuild roads, bridges and extend broadband coverage. A6 Marina operator wants to get loan The owner of Riverwalk Marina, who leases the property from the city, is seeking the Decatur City Council’s assistance in securing a $350,000 loan as he awaits insurance money to finish repairing damage sustained in an April 3, 2018, storm. B1 Patsy Abbott, Decatur Linda Groves, Decatur Christa Jensen, Decatur Joyce Lozada, Athens Dorothy McElhannon, South Carolina Eugene Mika, Decatur Charles Sullins, Decatur Martha Walker, Somerville Death notices, obits, B4 Abby ................ D5 Business ........... C5 Classified ......... C6 Comics ............. D4 Crossword ........ D5 Editorials ......... A4 Food ................. D1 Horoscopes ...... D5 Lotteries .......... C3 Obituaries ........ B4 Riverfront ........ B1 Sports .............. C1 Weather ........... A2 Wednesday, May 1, 2019 FORECAST decaturdaily.com RACK PRICE: 75¢ Decatur, Alabama 108th year, No. 47 28 pages, 4 sections By Bayne Hughes Staff Writer Caki Bolding has a choice in where she lives, and a Decatur- Morgan Chamber of Commerce committee is trying to figure how to get young professionals like her to select Decatur. Members of a chamber committee aimed at jump-starting the city’s flat residential growth spoke Tuesday to the chamber’sbimonthlyyoungpro- fessionals luncheon. Committee membersStratton Orr, Miracle Osborne and Victo- ria McKenzie went to the Third Street Boys and Girls Club to discuss their progress and to get input from residents 40-years- old and younger. The chamber group was focused on getting more new homes on the market, a major problem for the city. But young professionals like Bolding were more interested in apartments. Bolding works two jobs and rents a home from her roommate on Canal Street Northeast. She works for the Boys and Girls Clubs of North-Central Alabama and spends most of her days in the Decatur area. Her other job is teaching boutique yoga in Madison. DECATUR Young professionals: Apartments needed By Deangelo McDaniel Staff Writer MOULTON — A fourth building in downtown Moulton has been condemned as a result of last week's fire, and the fate of another structure on Court Street remains in limbo. Moulton building inspector Renay Saint condemned the Court Street building leased to The Willow Tree on Monday. He is waiting for debris caused by the fire to be removed to determine if a building W.R. Jackson constructed in 1932 and that houses a lock and key business and a state probation office is structurally sound. The 1932 building also has a vacant storefront that once housed The Cigar Store. Saint saidastructurebehindthevacant storefront has to be removed before engineers can determine if the 1932 building is safe. "Itlooksliketheymaybesafe, but until this is removed and we can see what damage is there I don'tknow,"SaintsaidTuesday. He said he has asked The Willow Tree owner to provide him a plan to remove the building so it doesn't damage the vacant Wilkerson Diamond building to the west. "I'm hoping that we don't have to go any further with removing any buildings," Saint said. Willow Tree owner Craig Johnston said at least one wall in the building he rented has “significant cracks” and the back roof of the building col- lapsed when a second-floor blockwallfromtheCourtStreet Grill fell while contractors were removing debris. “At this point I don’t know,” he said, when asked whether he would reopen the business in downtown Moulton. “There’s really not any space available that’s big enough for me.” The Willow Tree, which opened about seven months ago in Moulton, is temporarily located in a building on Court Street near the Bill Stewart Center. “We have to find what will work for us and this may mean leaving downtown,” Johnston said. A fire that started shortly after 8 p.m. April 22 as workers were closing the Court Street Gill destroyed the restaurant, Deja Vu Salon and Tucker’s Accessory Tire and Auto. The Willow Tree was on the west side of the restaurant. Deja Vu was on the other side of the restaurant. The 1932 building is east of Deja Vu. DOWNTOWN MOULTON FIRE Another business lost Workers clean leftover debris from the site where Court Street Grill and Deja Vu Salon were destroyed by a fire last week. [DEANGELO MCDANIEL PHOTOS/DECATUR DAILY] City condemns The Willow Tree because of cracks, roof damage Inside The downtown Moulton fire will not hamper the annual Strawberry Festi- val this weekend, the event director said. A3. This building, constructed in 1932 to the east of Court Street Grill and Deja Vu Salon, may face demolition. The building has a vacant storefront, a state probation office and locksmith business. Resolve tested as administration pushes back at oversight By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Dem- ocrats are steeling for an extraordinary fight with President Donald Trump as the White House stone- walls congressional oversight demands in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Muel- ler’sinvestigation.Inthelatest case,Trump,hisfamilyandthe TrumpOrganizationhavefiled alawsuitagainstDeutscheBank and Capital One attempting to thwart congressional subpoenas into his financial and business dealings, asserting therequestsareoutofbounds. That comes as Trump’s treasury secretary is declin- ing to produce the president’s tax returns, Attorney General William Barr is threatening to back out of his agreement to appear this week before the Democratic-led House Judi- ciary Committee, and former White House counsel Don McGahn and other officials are beingencouragednottotestify before Congress. “He’s prepared to fight us tooth and nail. And we’re prepared to fight him back,” said Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., thechairwomanoftheFinancial ServicesCommittee.“Heobvi- ously has something to hide.” The standoff pits the legislative and executive branches against each other in a constitutional showdown not seen since the Watergate era. Nei- ther side is expected to back down. The debate over witnesses and documents could escalate with legal battles rip- pling into the 2020 election. From Trump’s perspective, since Mueller finished his report on Russian interference into the election, there’s no further need to investigate. It’s a view largely backed by the president’s party in Con- gress. But Democrats say it’s theirdutytoconductoversight even as they are also confronting the limits of their own enforcement powers. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said the stone- walling “certainly builds the case that the administration and the president is engaged in wholesale obstruction of Congress, completely extra- constitutional, trying to make the presidency not responsive toCongress,tryingtomakethe presidency into a monarchy.” INVESTIGATION Dems vow to enforce subpoenas SEE SUBPOENAS, A3 SEE GROWTH, A3 SEE LOST, A3 See More in Today’s Classified Section - Classifieds on the cover - - Classifieds on the cover - - Classifieds on the cover - - Classifieds on the cover - - Classifieds on the cover - 2004 Nissan Pathfinder 96K miles, VERY GOOD CONDITION! New struts/shocks and good tires. $6,400. 256-616-5209. 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The Centerpiece Prep Baseball Playoffs: Mars Hill looking for first playoff test. D1 timesdaily @TimesDaily Wednesday, May 1, 2019 timesdaily.com REGION WEIRD NEWS LIFE Complete forecast, A2 YOUR OPINION Cauliflower flavor comes through Cauliflower’s moment in the sun as a food fad came to an abrupt halt a few years ago when someone sliced it crosswise and called it a cauliflower steak. C1 Strolling mare causes stir FRANKFURT, Germany — Not far from the glass and steel towers of Ger- many’s banking capital, a 22-year-old Arabian mare is causing a stir with her languid daily strolls through a Frankfurt neighborhood. Owner Werner Weischedel says his old nag Jenny, who’s recently found social media fame after a local news show about it went viral, has been taking her 12-mile daily jaunts for 14 years — preferring to escape the confines of her home field to nibble on tasty vegetation on the Main river banks. “Everybody knows her,” the 79-year- old said Tuesday. Jenny ambles along cobblestone streets and pedestrian paths, avoiding joggers, families and vehicles. -- The Associated Press FLORENCE ■ MUSCLE SHOALS ■ SHEFFIELD ■ TUSCUMBIA ■ NORTHWEST ALABAMA Vol. 130 No. 87 FORECAST TODAY THU FRI 85°/65° 86°/63° 82°/63° ONLINE Tuesday’s Question: Were you immunized from measles when you were a child? Agree: 75.9% Disagree: 24.1% Today’s question: How do you feel about the bill in the Alabama Legislature that would almost ban all abortions in the state? It was a special evening for Special Olympians. Junior League of the Shoals hosted a banquet Tuesday for the area's athletes who participate in Special Olympics. The banquet honors and encourages the athletes, some of whom could be attending the state games May 17-19 at Troy University. Local Special Olympics games were in March in Muscle Shoals. The banquet took place at the Florence-Lauderdale Coliseum, where attendees were treated to pizza, games, T-shirts, special performers, and other activities. Special Olympians honored during banquet UNA ball player Savannah Holy dances with Chad Phillips as she helps assist in an activity during the Special Olympics Banquet sponsored by Junior League of the Shoals at the Florence-Lauderdale Coliseum on Tuesday. [JIM HANNON/TIMESDAILY] By Kendyl Hollingsworth Staff Writer FLORENCE — Florence’s art centers and museums play a large role in the culture and novelty of the city, but several of them are in need of renova- tions and repairs, according to a presentation Tuesday from Arts and Museums Superintendent Libby Jordan. Mayor Steve Holt and city finance committee members expressed strong support for the projects, which will total hundreds of thousands of dollarsl. The committee approved what was discussed, motioning for a bump in the budget allocated for museums from nearly $450,000 to $500,000. LOCAL Florence Finance Committee expresses support for art, museum upgrades SEE ART, A7 Miley Ryan takes a shot at the basketball goal as UNA players assist in an activity during the Special Olympics Ban- quet sponsored by Junior League of the Shoals at the Florence- Lauderdale Coliseum on Tuesday. [JIM HANNON/ TIMESDAILY] UNA ball players assist in an activity during the Special Olympics Banquet sponsored by Junior League of the Shoals at the Florence-Lauderdale Coliseum on Tuesday. [JIM HANNON/TIMESDAILY] Greenhouse program offers career options Christopher Franks can vouch for the fact that the addition last year of a greenhouse on the Waterloo High School campus really shook things up a bit. B1 Follow us on Facebook. Classified...........C5 Comics.............. C3 Crossword......... C4 Life.................... C1 Lotteries ........... 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ONE AND INSEPARABLE WWW.THEUNION.COM $1 Wednesday, May 1, 2019 VOLUME 154 ISSUE 160 Sunny H: 69˚ L: 46˚ See full forecast, Page A7 WEATHER One in hospital after fire in Big Oak Valley Monday morning at 6:08 a.m. Penn Valley Fire Protection District were notified of a residential structure fire at the 12000 Block of Shephard Road in Big Oak Valley, according to a release. Units arrived on scene at 6:17 a.m. to find light smoke showing from a single-story residence. A resident notified the incident commander of a burn victim on the deck of the structure. Paramedic engine companies 43 and 44 initiated patient care and extinguished the fire. The patient suffered se- vere burns and was transported by Sierra Nevada Ambulance, with Penn Valley Paramedics, to an awaiting Air Ambulance at Western Gateway Park The patient was flown to UC Davis Medical Center for further treatment. Source: Penn Valley Fire Protection District Roberta Day Gilbert Gray George Hagel Rosemary Langan Peter Lombardo Dorcas Wheaton Page A5 Advice C4 Blotter A2 Comics C3 Cryptoquote C4 Lottery C4 Opinion A4 Photo Page B2 Farm to Table B1 Sports C1 Sudoku C4 The Union Circulation: 530-273-9565 OBITUARIES INDEX ‘More than beauty’ Cancer can be devastating, especially for those nearest to it. Meleesa Pellerino, owner of Image by Design Hair & Makeup Studio, is no stranger to the disease. She has had four close relatives die of cancer within the past two decades. Since 2012, she has been vol- unteering with the cancer support group, Look Good Feel Better, at Sierra Neva- da Memorial Hospital. She also used her studio to help cancer patients find the right wigs, and ensure they fit the individual’s face shape, eye color and general aesthetic. At the end of 2018, Pellerino decided to for- malize her work, opening the nonprofit, Butterflies & Roses Cancer Support, out of her studio. The executive director said she plans to take fliers of her organization to the hospital, providing information Sacramento diocese releases names of credibly accused clergy A former priest of St. Patrick Church in Grass Valley is one of 46 ministers named by the Catholic Diocese of Sacra- mento in a list of credibly accused clergy. Simon Twomey, who served at the local church from 1999 to 2003, is accused of abusing a girl under 18 years old around 1975 and 1976. At that time Twomey served at churches in Chico and Carmichael, diocese records state. Twomey is one of 44 priests and two permanent deacons named on the list of credibly accused clergy. Kevin Eck- ery, spokesperson for the Catholic Diocese of Sac- ramento, defined credible as more likely than not to be true. The Sacramento Bee, which published the names Tuesday, obtained records collected by the church after Bishop Jai- me Soto ordered staff to search personnel files and create the list. Twomey served at several churches during his career before his 2009 retirement. The diocese learned of the reported abuse in 2018. An investigation by the diocese is pending, documents state. Eckery said church officials intend to investigate older cases that likely are past the statute of limitations. “In all likelihood, the criminal statute of limitations has expired,” Eckery said of Twomey’s accusations. It’s unknown how long the investigation will take, he added. The allegations led the diocese last year to City foregoes 5G moratorium A proposed moratorium by Nevada City on 5G wireless turned out to be a no-go, after the city’s attorneys advised the council members they could not legally impose one. Nevada City’s council did expand its already existing wireless telecommunications ordinance, however, in order to establish control over wireless facilities on private land. In February, council members approved an ordinance to limit putting small cell facilities on PG&E poles and other utility-company owned structures, and set “rea- sonable” limits on output to protect public health, safety and welfare. The ordinance established a three-tiered system for the approval of wireless telecommunications facilities based on size and location. The city council sub- sequently asked staff to prepare an ordinance to make telecommunications regulations applicable citywide, not just in public right of ways. In a staff report, City Manag- er Catrina Olson noted consultant Rusty Mon- roe had drafted a draft ordinance that completely replaced the already existing ordinance, and Earth Day Sierra College student Skyler Cotton fills out information after talking to Debbie Gibbs at the Nevada County Climate Action Now booth last week during Sierra College’s Earth Day and Health Fair event. The climate action group is pushing for the county to be on 100% renewable energy. PHOTOS BY ELIAS FUNEZ/EFUNEZ@THEUNION.COM By Sam Corey Staff Writer By Alan Riquelmy Staff Writer By Liz Kellar Staff Writer on display Cancer support nonprofit offers makeovers to cancer patients KNOW & GO What: Butterflies & Roses Cancer Support nonprofit Where: 425 South Auburn Street, Suite 1, Grass Valley, California When: Schedule an appointment at 530-368- 2920 or email Barcs2019@ yahoo.com CANCER, A6 PRIEST, A6 Council opts to strengthen existing telecom ordinance WIRELESS, A6 List includes former Grass Valley priest NEVADA CITY ABOVE: Informational booths and displays, including these Tesla electric vehicles, were available for Sierra College students and members of the community to peruse during the Earth Day and Health Fair event last Thursday. RIGHT: Longtime New Events and Opportunities performer Sabrina Fisher offers entertainment along with the help of the other NEO staff and volunteers during the Sierra College Earth Day and Health Fair event. 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A2 Daily Volume 164, Issue 121 Home delivery: 815-987-1400 Toll free: 1-800-383-4567 FRIDAY Clouds, sun 64° / 40° THURSDAY A little rain 57° / 42° TODAY A little rain 62° / 45° Rockford R Star egister @rrstar Facebook.com/rockfordregisterstar $3 rrstar.com Wednesday, May 1, 2019 NEWSPAPER OF THE ROCK RIVER VALLEY S P ORTS | B1 FOR THE LOVE OF SPORTS Used equipment drive seeks donations BUS INESS | B1 2 ‘THE FUTURE IS PRIVATE’ Zuckerberg: Facebook to become privacy-focused LOCA L & STATE | A 3 LETTER THREATENS LAWMAKERS WITH ‘FINAL’ PENSION PAYMENT By Scott Smith and Christopher Torchia The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela — Opposition leader Juan Guaidó took a bold step to revive his movement to seize power in Venezuela, taking to the streets Tuesday to call for a military uprising that drew quick support from the Trump administration but fierce resistance from forces loyal to embattled socialist Nicolas Maduro. Violent street battles erupted in parts of Caracas in what was the most serious challenge yet to Maduro’s rule — kicked off with a surprise video shot at dawn of Guaidó, flanked by several heavily-national guardsmen, urging a final push to topple Maduro. Still, the surprise rebellion, dubbed “Operation Freedom,” seemed to have garnered only limited military support. Meanwhile, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said the Trump administration was waiting for three key officials, including Maduro’s defense minister and head of the supreme court, to act on what he said were private pledges to remove Maduro. He did not provide details. The dramatic events began early Tuesday when Guaidó, flanked by a few dozen national guardsmen and some armored crowd-control vehicles, released the three-minute video filmed near a Caracas air base. In a surprise, Leopoldo Lopez, his political mentor Guaido urges opposition uprising More drama expected as AG testifies before Senate committee By Eric Tucker and Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday will face lawmakers’ questions for the first time since releasing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report, in what promises to be a dramatic showdown as he defends his actions before Democrats who accuse him of spinning the investigation’s findings in President Donald Trump’s favor. Barr’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to highlight the partisan schism around Mueller’s report and the Justice Department’s handling of it. It will give the attorney general his most extensive opportunity to explain the department’s actions, including a press conference held before the report’s release, and for him to repair a reputation bruised by allegations that he’s the president’s protector. Barr to face Mueller report questions Giving prevention a hand Beth Heuer, right, vocal director for the Auburn High School Creative And Performing Arts choirs, directs the Auburn Chamber singers during the Hands Around the Courthouse event Tuesday at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center in Rockford. The event aims to raise awareness of child abuse and neglect prevention efforts. [PHOTOS BY SCOTT P. YATES/RRSTAR.COM STAFF] A woman holds a pinwheel, a national symbol for child abuse prevention, during the Hands Around the Courthouse event Tuesday. Participants hold a blue ribbon during Hands Around the Courthouse at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center. 18th annual Hands Around the Courthouse works to raise awareness of child abuse, neglect See VENEZUELA, A4 See BARR, A4

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The Centerpiece WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 ❚ VISALIATIMESDELTA.COM PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK Volume 137 | Issue 111 Home delivery pricing inside Subscribe 888-487-9565 ©2019 $1.00 QEAJAB-93279w VS-VIS0001521-04 HANFORD 559-583-8393 FRESNO 559-244-6060 PORTERVILLE 559-784-0662 • 3 Year Warranty* • Lifetime Of Aftercare • 45 Day Money Back Guarantee** Why Miracle-Ear®? VISALIA 4006 S. Demaree St., Visalia, CA Carmel Plaza 559-732-5905 Call to Schedule your FREE HEARING EVALUATION† TODAY! Introducing our best TECHNOLOGY ever. What will your Miracle sound like this year? What will your Miracle sound like this year? In his latest attempt to slow the flood of Central American migrants pouring across the southern border, President Donald Trump proposed sweeping new rules for asylum-seekers that would make it more difficult and expensive for them to seek refuge in the U.S. In a presidential memorandum, Trump gave the departments of Justice and Homeland Security 90 days to implement the changes in an effort to stem what he described as an asylum “crisis” that has been plagued by “rampant abuse.” “This strategic exploitation of our nation’s humanitarian programs undermines our nation’s security and sovereignty,” Trump wrote. The rules would, for the first time, require asylum- seekers to pay an application fee, deny work permits for asylum-seekers who enter the country illegally and require government officials to complete asylum hearings within 180 days. Critics say those changes would unfairly punish the most vulnerable people in the world, those who Trump: Charge a fee to asylum seekers Alan Gomez USA TODAY See ASYLUM, Page 4A Trump, Dems agree on $2T infrastructure plan. 6A Weather High 80° ❚ Low 51° Sunny. Forecast, 2A Man allegedly hurls hedge clippers at fire station windows Local, 3A A Visalia man may have confessed to being a killer, but police are being tight-lipped when it comes to details surrounding the possible death investigation. Visalia detectives say they are trying to protect a "sensitive" case. Law enforcement was out in full force Friday and Saturday near Avenue 264 and Road 164, just outside of Visalia. The activity sparked interest from people who speculated on social media. One nearby witness said a "big pile of dirt" was served during a search warrant. Nearby homeowners and businesses were notified, but few details were offered about the search warrant. One witness said Visalia police and Tulare County detectives spent hours excavating an empty field behind a home in the area. Police dogs were used during the search, as well as a drone, witnesses said. A backhoe, used to dig, could be seen from the road- way, witnesses said. A large hole was dug. According to officers, who asked to remain anonymous, officers were looking for bodies. By Monday morning, law enforcement had cleared the area. It's unclear if officers found what they were looking for. Visalia Times-Delta reached out to Visalia police Police mum on death investigation Officials can confirm the probe is near Farmersville Sheyanne N Romero Visalia Times-Delta USA TODAY NETWORK See DEATH, Page 4A Tulare Regional Medical Center is no more. The hospital is now officially known as Adventist Health Tulare, as Adventist began operating the facility this week under its own license. "A new name for your community's hospital....Proudly introducing Adventist Health Tulare," reads the hospital's Facebook page. Notably, all mention of TRMC has been scrubbed from the hospital's social media and website. Searches for "Tulare Region Medical Center" now redirect to Adventist Health Tulare. Hospital officials say new signage is on the way to update the main hospital building, as well. A large banner currently hanging above the hospital's main entrance reads: "Tulare Regional Medical Center Managed by Adventist Health." Whether the rebranding will be enough to wrestle back patients' trust after the hospital's rocky rebirth remains to be seen. Until now, Adventist Health managed the hospital on behalf of Tulare Local Health Care District. "Now we're the tenant and they're the landlord," said Randy Dodd, Adventist Health Tulare's president. "It was important to put our stamp on the name — it made sense." Tulare Regional Medical Center changes name to Adventist Health Tulare Staff, administrators and community members gather for the grand re-opening of Tulare Regional Medical Center in this 2018 file photo. The hospital, now managed by Adventist Health, closed last October. CALLEY CEDERLOF/TIMES-DELTA Honing in on hospital’s rebirth Joshua Yeager Visalia Times-Delta USA TODAY NETWORK See HOSPITAL, Page 4A The price tag on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics is now $6.88 billion, a $1.36 billion increase that comes mainly because of accounting measures designed to better reflect inflation over the long lead-up to those games. Most key numbers the organizing committee released Tuesday are essentially the same as those in the original bid documents, only adjusted from 2016 dollars to reflect the real value of the dollars at the time they’ll be received or spent – mainly in the later part of the 2020s. That includes the cost of venue infrastructure (increase from $1.19 billion to $1.46 billion) and the contingency fund being guaranteed by the city and state ($487 million to $615 million). If LA runs the games without any cost overruns, it will become the first host since at least 1984 – also a year that LA hosted – to do so. Next year’s Olympics in Tokyo originally were budgeted at $7.3 billion but are now expected to run $12.6 billion. Los Angeles initially projected a $5.3 billion budget for its original bid for the 2024 Games. But in a groundbreaking move, the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2024 Games to Paris and the 2028 Games to Los Angeles at the same time. Part of that agreement was that LA would reveal a revised budget, for 2028 instead of 2024, in the first quarter of this year. The revised budget does contain a 3% increase, $160 million of which is targeted toward youth sports throughout the city, and the rest earmarked to keep the organizing committee running during a lifespan that will run four years longer than initially anticipated. The city of Los Angeles and state of California originally were projected to guarantee $250 million each for the contingency fund – with LA on the hook for the first $250 million, then the state for the rest. Those figures have been adjusted to $270 million apiece; the organizing committee has repeatedly said it doesn’t expect to need that backup. Los Angeles is planning to host the games without building stadiums or arenas and by using infrastructure already in place or planned. 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The Centerpiece CLOUDY – HIGH 70, LOW 60 washingtontimes.com $1.50 PRICES MAY VARY OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AREA ★ WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 INDEX American Scene A7 | Commentary B1 | Comics B11 | Dear Abby B12 | Editorials B2 | Horoscope B12 | Inside the Beltway A2 | Metro A10 | Nation A6 | Politics A3 | Sports B14 | Television B12 | World A8 VOLUME 37, NUMBER 87 7 7 02803 87040 POLITICS Biden supporters seek one-term pledge to ease age concerns. A3 METRO Hogan signs university reform bill aft er football player’s death. A10 WORLD El-Sissi prods Trump to brand terror label on Muslim Brotherhood. A8 NATION Fastest growing U.S. regions concentrated in West, South. A6 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS STRAIGHT TO THE PUNCH: President Trump and Joseph R. Biden are essentially ignoring Mr. Biden’s competitors in the Democratic primary race and trading barbs with each other. Mr. Biden is leading the crowded fi eld with more than 35% support. BY S.A. MILLER THE WASHINGTON TIMES Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden quickly consolidated his lead in polls in the Democratic presidential contest, as he and President Trump seem intent on skipping the primaries and declaring the 2020 race a two-man aff air. Within days of entering the race, Mr. Biden surged to the front of the crowded fi eld with more than 35% support and a double-digit lead over his closest competitors, according to three polls released Tuesday. The polling bounce confi rmed a growing belief among Democratic voters that Mr. Biden is uniquely equipped to beat Mr. Trump in 2020. Mr. Trump also took note of the Biden campaign launch. He fi red back at Mr. Biden’s attacks on his moral character and his leadership after ignoring similar jabs from the other Democratic hopefuls. “The middle class is booming now, despite what Joe Biden says,” White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told reporters at the White House. Taking on Mr. Biden’s claim that workers are hurting and disrespected in the Trump era, Mrs. Conway provided a preview of a possible general election debate with the former vice president. “He also sounds like someone who wasn’t vice president for eight years. He’s got this whole list of grievances of what’s wrong with the country as if he didn’t work in this building for eight years. We inherited that mess,” she said. Mr. Trump has repeatedly hit Mr. Biden since CAMPAIGN 2020 Trump helps Biden look like inevitable nominee Candidates go head to head before primaries BY DAVE BOYER THE WASHINGTON TIMES Democratic leaders secured a tenta- tive agreement from President Trump on Tuesday to spend $2 trillion to rebuild the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges, then vowed to keep trying to wreck Mr. Trump’s presidency. Emerging from a rare meeting with the president at the White House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minor- ity Leader Charles E. Schumer said their talks were productive, in contrast with their stormy session together in Janu- ary, when the president walked out over funding for the border wall to resolve a partial government shutdown. “There was goodwill in this meeting, and that was diff erent than some of the other meetings that we’ve had,” said Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat. But the goodwill on infrastructure was apparently a one-way street. Demo- crats said they won’t back off six House committee investigations of the president and his business empire, and many continued to push for Mr. Trump’s impeachment for purported obstruction of justice against special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. That probe found the Trump campaign was not involved in Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 election. “In previous meetings, the president has said, ‘If these investigations continue, I can’t work with you,’” Mr. Schumer CONGRESS Democrats aim to fi x U.S., ruin president Trump OKs plan for infrastructure BY GABRIELLA MUÑOZ THE WASHINGTON TIMES Democrats returned from a two-week spring break enraged at President Trump — but the appetite for impeachment remains low even in the wake of the release of the special counsel’s report that found evidence of behavior that could be seen as obstruction of justice. A resolution introduced by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, to begin impeachment proceedings did pick up supporters Monday, the fi rst day of Congress’ return. The number rose from two to seven. New supporters included lightning- rod freshmen Reps. Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, but none of them was among the heavyweight committee chairs or elected caucus leaders. Such a development would have suggested a change in attitude toward impeachment. Even Ms. Tlaib, the chief sponsor of the impeachment inquiry, seemed more circumspect, saying investigations are enough. Many Democrat-led House committees and their chairmen “have done their job by issuing subpoenas, by doing their DEMOCRATS Resolution to impeach draws only 7 supporters Many back probes as best next move BY BEN WOLFGANG THE WASHINGTON TIMES Violence erupted in the streets of Caracas on Tuesday as U.S.-backed Ven- ezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido unexpectedly launched what he called the “fi nal phase” of his campaign to drive socialist President Nicolas Maduro from power, urging supporters and members of the military to mount an all-out rebellion and take control of the government. A chaotic scene unfolded quickly after Mr. Guaido, with clear backing from top Trump administration offi cials and a number of Venezuela’s neighbors, released an early morning video fi lmed near a Caracas military air base. He was fl anked by dozens of armed national guard members who had abandoned Mr. Maduro and added newfound heft to the opposition. Mr. Guaido and leading Venezuelan opposition activist Leopoldo Lopez, who had been released from house arrest by security forces following Mr. Guaido’s orders, called for an unprecedented popular uprising they dubbed Opera- tion Freedom. Despite scenes of street riots, tear gas attacks and even the sight of an armored government truck driving into a crowd of rock-throwing demonstrators, it was unclear at day’s end whether the protests in the capital had dented Mr. Maduro’s authority or the critical support of top military and legal offi cials. Mr. Maduro did not appear in public. He issued only a Twitter post proclaim- ing his “nerves of steel,” condemning the opposition and telling supporters, “We will win!” With more than 50 countries in the Western Hemisphere and Europe saying they recognize Mr. Guaido as the VENEZUELA Clashes ignite as U.S.-backed Guaido rises up Opposition leader starts ‘fi nal phase’ to force Maduro from presidency BY VALERIE RICHARDSON THE WASHINGTON TIMES Democrats have redoubled their efforts to force President Trump to release his federal tax returns by threatening to keep him off the 2020 ballot in deep-blue states, to which he might say: So what? Bills have been introduced this year in 17 states to require presidential candidates to turn over their tax returns as a condition for ballot access. Such measures have cleared one legislative chamber in at least four states. For the Trump campaign, however, there may be a worse fate than being left off the ballot in liberal enclaves such as California, Hawaii and Illinois, where the bills for mandatory tax returns are making headway, given that a Republican presidential contender is not likely to prevail there. “In theory, [Mr. Trump] could really push this, and he could be disqualifi ed from the state ballots, and it wouldn’t necessarily aff ect the Electoral College vote at all,” said University of Denver political science professor Seth Masket. “Because those were states he wasn’t going to win anyway.” Before that happens, the bills must win passage, and with many legislative sessions winding down, no such measure has reached a governor’s desk. The Washington state Senate passed a bill last month requiring presidential ELECTIONS Tax return bills aim to keep Trump off state ballots Deep-blue moves unlikely to affect vote BY BEN WOLFGANG THE WASHINGTON TIMES For White House National Security Adviser John R. Bolton, this one is personal. Thousands of miles from the chaos that erupted in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, Mr. Bolton directed a string of unusually sharp threats at socialist President Nicolas Maduro and found himself embroiled in a Twitter war of his own with one of Mr. Maduro’s top deputies. “Your time is up,” Mr. Bolton tweeted to three top Ven- ezuelan offi cials. “This is your last chance. Accept Interim President [Juan] Guaido’s amnesty, protect the Constitution, and remove Maduro, and we will take you off our sanctions list. Stay with Maduro, and go down with the ship.” Mr. Bolton’s hard-charging rhetoric underscores a central Bolton turns up heat on Maduro deputies » see CAMPAIGN | A5 » see IMPEACHMENT | A5 » see TAXES | A9 » see REBUILD | A7 » see BOLTON | A9 MAKING HIS MOVE: Mr. Guaido, Venezuela’s self-proclaimed president, addressed his supporters outside a military base. He risks life in prison if his eff ort to oust Mr. Maduro fails. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS STREET FIGHT: Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro faced off Tuesday with loyalist Bolivarian national guards in Caracas aft er opposition leader Juan Guaido took to the streets with a contingent of heavily armed troops in a call for rebellion. » see VENEZUELA | A9 Wednesday, May 1, 2019 www.thegazette.com $1.00 Daily KCRG-TV9 FIRST ALERT WEATHER, 12A TODAY 55/46 Chance of rain early Thursday Friday 58/41 59/45 Young man killed by train ‘made City High a better place’ Iowa Today, 2A Gone too soon • BUSINESS 380 .............................. 5B • CLASSIFIEDS ................................. 7B • COMICS ....................................... 13A • COMMUNITY .................................. 7A • DEAR ABBY ................................. 12B • DEATHS ....................................... 10A • LOTTERIES..................................... 8A • PUZZLES ..................................... 12B • RIVER LEVELS ............................. 12A • SPORTS ......................................... 1B • TV ................................................ 12A • WEATHER .................................... 12A VOL. 137 NO. 112 © 2019 The Gazette Eastern Iowa’s independent, employee-owned newspaper © 2019 The Gazette John Delaney was the first Democrat to say he was running for president and Joe Biden is the latest — but maybe not the last. It’s as if you need a score card to keep track. And The Gazette can help. Look in Sunday’s newspaper for short bios of all the Democratic and Republican candidates who have announced so far and read why some experts say so many are giving it a go. COMING SUNDAY: A LOT OF DEMOCRATS WANT TO BE PRESIDENT Liz Martin/The Gazette Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks Tuesday at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids . Biden is making his first visit to Iowa after announcing his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. This is Biden’s third presidential campaign. ● Former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden begins his Iowa campaign swing with a Cedar Rapids rally, 3A ● Biden talks one-on- one about his third campaign for the White House, 3A COVERAGE TODAY: Law would remove THC cap, softens pain definition By Michaela Ramm, The Gazette A measure to expand Iowa’s medical marijuana program will open the door to more patients and new products to help treat them, the state’s medical cannabis manufacturer says. In the last days of the 2019 legislative session, lawmakers approved a proposal to expand aspects of the medical cannabidiol program, including patient access and the type of providers who can recommend treatment. “If you look at the bill in its en- tirety, it is very clear that it is patient- focused,” said Lucas Nelson, general manager of outsourcing services for Kemin Industries, the lead consultant for MedPharm Iowa of Des Moines. MedPharm Iowa was the first company awarded a state license to manufacture cannabidiol products. Its products went on sale for the first time Dec. 1 at five state-certified dispensaries: Davenport, Waterloo, Windsor Heights, Council Bluffs and Sioux City. The latest proposal — passed on the final day of the session — removes the 3 percent cap on tetrahydrocannabi- nol, or the psychoactive component of cannabis known as THC. Instead, the bill limits the amount of medical cannabis a patient could have to 25 grams in a 90-day period. Gov. Kim Reynolds has not said whether she will sign the bill into law. Nelson applauded removal of the cap, saying it makes it easier for patients to get the dosage they need without taking excessive amounts of the product, which can be cost prohibitive. In addition, it will allow MedPharm to develop vapor products. “Vapor is fast-acting,” Nelson said. “It won’t last as long over the course of the day — maybe an hour, maybe less or more for some — but it will take effect within minutes.” Vapor would be ideal for patients Medical marijuana expansion ‘patient-focused’ Will Democrats hold at 21 candidates? Biden is the latest to bring campaign to the Corridor Agency vacancies concern environmental advocates By Erin Jordan, The Gazette Thursday marks one year the Iowa Department of Natu- ral Resources has been without a permanent director. The lapse is prompting questions from environmental advocates about a lack of direction and advocacy for water quality and conservation efforts. Chuck Gipp retired May 1, 2018, after leading the Iowa DNR since 2012. The department — with nearly 1,400 employees and an operations budget of $134 million — has been led since last May by Acting Director Bruce Trautman. The state agency also lacks permanent hires for key posts, including heads of the Envi- ronmental Services Division and Water Quality Bureau. “The Wallace Building is in- habited by knowledgeable and Iowa DNR goes one year without permanent director ● $134.3 million operations budget in fiscal 2019 ● 1,400 full- and part-time employees in fiscal 2018 ● 425,000 acres of public land developed and managed by the agency including 245 lakes, 71 state parks and recreational areas and four state forests ● 14 million park visitors ● 625,000 hunters and anglers served ● 1 million wildlife lovers served Source: Iowa DNR, State Salary Book IOWA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Chuck Gipp former director of Iowa DNR DEMOCRATIC HOPEFULS ● Joe Biden ● Corey Booker ● Pete Buttigieg ● Julian Castro ● John Delaney ● Tulsi Gabbard ● Kirsten Gillibrand ● Mike Gravel ● Kamala Harris ● John Hickenlooper ● Jay Inslee ● Amy Klobuchar ● Wayne Messam ● Seth Moulton ● Beto O’Rourke ● Tim Ryan ● Bernie Sanders ● Eric Swalwell ● Elizabeth Warren ● Marianne Williamson ● Andrew Yang ; DNR, PAGE 9A ; MARIJUANA, PAGE 11A Floods sock Davenport Iowa Today, 8A The Views of Marion – Opening Spring 2019! 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The Centerpiece BATON ROUGE — Loui- siana would follow other conservative states in seeking to ban abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around the sixth week of pregnancy, under a bill that took its first steps Tuesday in the Senate. Senators on a judiciary committee voted 5-2 to advance the proposal to the full Senate for consideration. But they rewrote the measure by Sen. John Milkovich so the prohibition only would take effect if a federal appeals court upholds a similar law in Mississippi. Milkovich, a Keithville Democrat, objected to the link to Mississippi’s law, saying efforts to lessen or eliminate abortion are worth any expense of litigation. “This is an important statement of Louisiana’s devotion to protecting unborn,” he said. Opponents said the proposal would eliminate abortion as an option before many women even realize they are pregnant, in violation of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. “There is no doubt that this bill is unconstitutional,” said Ellie Schilling, a New Orleans attorney who represents and advises abortion clinics in the state. Ohio, Kentucky and Missis- sippi enacted so-called “heartbeat bill” bans this year, with lawmakers considering it in several others, according to the New York-based Guttm- acher Institute, an abortion rights research organization. Georgia legislators also passed a similar bill and are awaiting action from Gov. Brian Kemp, who is expected to sign it. Six-week abortion bans enacted in North Dakota and Iowa in prior years were struck down in court, according to the Guttmacher Institute. But anti-abortion activists are pushing the latest prohibition measures as another way to challenge the COLOR ME HEALTHY Encouraging kids to folllow the rainbow to good nutrition A6 GENIUS STROKE Lacassine, St. Louis girls win state golf championships. 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B8 INSIDE CONNECT WITH US ONLINE OUTSIDE 84° Page B8 Doris Maricle / American Press Gwendolyn Benoit and Haylie Price glue tissue paper cherry blossoms on branches to make a spring decor Tuesday during a craft workshop at the Lake Arthur Library. See TRIAL, A3 ‘This is an important statement of Loui- siana’s devotion to protecting unborn.’ Sen. John Milkovich D-Keithville A jury was seated and the trial of a Lake Charles man charged with second-degree murder in 2017 got under way Tuesday in state district court. Devin Jalmal Holefield, 26, allegedly shot and killed 31-year-old Gary Obrien during an attempted robbery July 17, 2017, on N. Simmons Street. Holefield was indicted by a Calcasieu Parish grand jury on a charge of second-degree murder in August 2017. Authorities said Obrien was shot when he refused to comply with a demand made by one of a group of males who were robbing the home. Holefield was arrested in Waco, Texas, by the Lone Start Fugitive Task Force and extradited. He was originally charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery with a firearm but was later indicted on a second-degree murder charge. His bond is $1.2 million, and he has remained in the Calcasieu Correctional Center since his arrest. Prosecutor Charles Robin- son said Obrien was known as “G-Money” and was targeted because he sold drugs. Robinson said Holefield is the one who pulled the trigger, and three others who were there at the time have pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery charges. Catherine Stagg is Hole- field’s defense attorney . At a hearing last April, defense attorney Andrew Casanave asked a judge to allow special jury instructions regarding the eventual verdict at Holefield’s trial. Casanave filed a motion asking Judge Clayton Davis to consider special jury instruc- tion that would require a jury to reach a unanimous verdict on his charge. “The laws of the Jim Crow era need to change,” Casanave said. “If one-sixth of a jury By Lisa Addison laddison@americanpress.com MURDER TRIAL LC man accused in 2017 slaying Frances Fitz-Gerald Estate Sale 3718 Belvedere Pkwy. May 2nd, 3rd, & 4th (Thurs., Fri., & Sat.) 8:00-5:00 See Ad In Classifieds For Listed Items & Estatesales.net For Pics 337-540-1223 DOUBLE The Size Of Your Front Page Ad At The Regular Rate (Starts At $155/Inch Per Day) Now Until May 31st (Ads Must Run In May) (Excludes Contracted Pricing) Call 337-494-4000 SURF & TURF During May At THE HARLEQUIN 10oz New York Strip With Garlic Butter Shrimp Served With Side & Salad! $19.95 Dine-In $16.99 To-Go/Waitr 501 W. College 337-310-0077 Louisiana gubernatorial candidate and current U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham said his campaign goals include lowering taxes, changing the business and legal climates and providing residents with good living wages. “As much as I love Loui- siana, we can do better,” Abraham, a Republican, told the American Press editorial board Monday . Abraham has served in Congress since being elected in 2014 and represents Louisiana’s 5th congressional district. He, along with Baton Rouge businessman Eddie Rispone, are the two Repub- licans challenging Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat. Abraham said the state’s elected leaders should prioritize spending. Having legislators and a governor that understand business would get rid of “all the waste, fraud and abuse that we have on a daily basis,” he said. “We really don’t have a revenue problem,” he said. “I get tired of people saying you can’t run a government like you do a business. Yes, you can.” Abraham said the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 has “been phenomenal” in getting people back to work. Meanwhile, nearly 68,000 Louisiana residents have left over the last three years to seek jobs elsewhere, he said. The state’s lack of predict- ability and certainty has business leaders worried, Abraham said. “We’ve been hundreds of places, and they all tell me exactly the same thing — ‘Fix the tax code; fix the tax increases,’ ” he said. Abraham said he supports incentivizing businesses to locate in the state. The Indus- trial Tax Exemption Program, along with other incentives, brings money back into the state over the long term, he said. “That money comes back five or six times back into the community because they hire more people,” he said. Abraham said he supports an innovative P3 public/private partnership to get a new Interstate 10/Calcasieu River bridge built. If tolls are put in place, local residents should be given a break, he said. By John Guidroz jguidroz@americanpress.com Abraham: Lower taxes, change business and legal climates By The Associated Press Abortion ban bill advances BATON ROUGE — A bill giving local governments an opportunity to negotiate for upfront payments from industries locating in their areas cleared the House Ways and Means Committee here Tuesday and moves to the full House for debate. Many manufacturing companies qualify for what could be a 10-year exemption from paying local property taxes. The Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) has been in existence for 80 years, and the state granted those exemptions exclusively until 2016. House Bill 81 by Rep. Mark Abraham, R-Lake Charles, authorizes any local taxing authority to enter into a coopera- tive endeavor agreement with an industrial property owner that provides for payments in lieu of (delayed property) taxes (PILOT). Cameron Parish taxing agencies in 2017 wanted to receive upfront payments from Cameron LNG immediately instead of waiting until its tax exemption expired in 10 years. State Rep. Ryan Bourri- aque, R-Cameron, was parish administrator at the time. He said the plan was to bring money to Cameron’s cash-poor taxing bodies sooner than later. However, Orson Billings, the Cameron tax assessor, opposed the plan on grounds it was unconstitutional. Under PILOT, based on a 30- year economic life, the parish would have started collect- ing a fixed amount — $503.5 million over the next 23 years — instead of paying an estimated $1.5 billion in property taxes starting in 2029. How- ever, Bourriaque said future property taxes are impossible to predict. The PILOT proposal ended By Jim Beam jbeam@americanpress.com Bill to allow negotiations for upfront payments advances See UPFRONT, A5 See ABORTION, A5 Cherry Blossom Art One of the passengers involved in a two-vehicle crash earlier this month has died, authorities said. Louisiana State Police Troop- er Derek Senegal said the crash occurred April 18 on La. 385. Senegal said a pickup truck driven by Edward W. Milsted Jr., 92, of Lake Charles was traveling south when Milsted failed to yield to oncoming traffic while turning left. The front seat passenger in Milsted’s vehicle, 91-year-old Betty C. Milsted sustained injuries, and she succumbed to her injuries on Monday . Special to the American Press Crash victim dies of injuries bridge sports 11 ● lottery news 3 ● business news 8 ● obituaries news 12 ● opinion news 14 puzzles taste 5, sports 11 ● tonight on tv taste 5 ● comics taste 4 ● classified sports 7 inside Informing more than 1 million Maryland readers weekly in print and online WEDNESDAY Price $2. Our 182nd year, No. 121 May 1, 2019 DD baltimoresun.com MARYLAND BREWING MORE BEER: Gov. Larry Hogan signed a bill into law to increase barrel limits that will both entice brewers to locate in Maryland and give brewers already here the ability to plan for the future. NEWS PG 2 CAPRIO TRIAL: Both prosecutors and defense attorneys said Baltimore County Officer Amy Caprio showed courage in the last moments of her life. That much they agree on. They disagreed on whether a West Baltimore teen burglarized two homes before he ran her over. The attorneys made their closing arguments Tuesday, then the jury began deliberations. NEWS PG 2 NATION & WORLD MUELLER REPORT: Special counsel Robert Mueller expressed frustration to Attorney General William Barr about how the findings of his Russia investigation were being portrayed. NEWS PG 7 SUMMARY OF THE NEWS TODAY’S WEATHER MOSTLY CLOUDY, NOT AS WARM 69 HIGH 62 LOW Some sun on Thursday. SPORTS PG 12 An explosion occurs under a military vehicle during clashes between forces loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition demonstrators after troops joined opposition leader Juan Guaido in his campaign to oust Maduro's government in Caracas on Tuesday. SEE STORY ON NEWS PG 6 YURI CORTEZ/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Clashes rock Venezuela Heather Cook, the former Episcopal bishop who garnered national and international headlines after fatally striking a Baltimore bicyclist with her car while driving drunk two days after Christmas in 2014, will be released from prison this month after serving a little more than half her original sentence. Gerard Shields, a spokesman for the Maryland DepartmentofSafetyandCorrectionalServices,saidthe department withholds prisoners’ release dates for safety reasons, but Cook would be freed “sometime around the middle of May.” If that’s the case, Cook, 62, will have served just over 3 ½ years of the seven-year sentence she was given on four criminal charges in connection with the crash that killed bicyclist Thomas Palermo, a software engineer and married father of two, on Dec. 27, 2014. Cook pleaded guilty to the charges — including automobile manslaughter, drunken driving, texting while driving and leaving the scene of a collision — in 2015. Cook’s attorney, David Irwin, said his client will be on Ex-Episcopal bishop to be released in May Cook has served half her sentence for death of bicyclist By Jonathan M. Pitts The Baltimore Sun See BISHOP, page 13 Former Epis- copal Bishop Heather Cook, who pleaded guilty in the 2014 drunken- driving hit- and-run death of cyclist Thomas Pa- lermo, is being released after less than four years in prison. Assembling a more modernized company Latrell Hicks, left, and Aaron Williams, assemblers at Middle River Aerostructure Systems, work on parts in the A320 assembly area of MRAS. The company is a major aerospace industry supplier and recently was sold to Singapore-based ST Engineering. STORY, NEWS PG 8 KIM HAIRSTON/BALTIMORE SUN By the end of January, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh had amassed nearly $1 million in her bid to be elected to a second term — and there was no candidate yet running against her. Since then, news broke of the sale of $800,000 worth of her “Healthy Holly” books, and she has been engulfed by spreading federal and state criminal investigationsintoherbusinessdealings. Calls for her to resign have come from the City Council, state legislators, the governor and the business community. Now,somedonorssaytheywouldlike theirmoneyback,andcampaignofficials say they are exploring how they could issue refunds. “I have requested the Committee to Retain Catherine E. Pugh return my contribution to her campaign in full,” saidformerstateDel.ConnieDeJuliis,of Baltimore County, who gave $3,000 to Pugh in 2016 for her successful run and $2,000 for a recent fundraiser. “I am disappointed in the mayor’s lack of judgment, to say nothing of her lack of integrity.” Pugh’s campaign manager, Steven Sibel, said the campaign committee “is reviewing the options provided under the law regarding campaign contributions, and it will be making a determi- Pugh donors want refunds Campaign officials ‘reviewing’ options for returning money By Liz Bowie and Luke Broadwater The Baltimore Sun See PUGH, page 13 He was rugged, rangy and relentless in his pursuit of quarterbacks. For 13 years during their heyday, the Baltimore Colts were defined by a slab of a man known simply as Gino. No Colts player epitomized the club — or the city — better than Gino Marchetti, the Hall of Fame defensive end who died Monday of pneumonia. Mr. Marchetti, 93, died at Paoli Hospital in Paoli, Pa. “I kissed him, and he knew me and smiled,” said Joan Marchetti,hiswifeof41years.“Thatwas Gino’s way of saying goodbye.” The son of an immigrant coal miner, Mr. Marchetti rose from lunch-pail Baltimore Colts star epitomized the city Hall of Fame defensive end was captain of 2-time world championship team By Mike Klingaman The Baltimore Sun See MARCHETTI, page 9 Marchetti GINO MARCHETTI 1926-2019 As lawmakers prepare to elect a speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, Baltimore Del. Maggie McIn- tosh said she’s got enough votes locked up to win. In a conference call with reporters on Tuesday afternoon — the eve of the election — McIntosh expressed confidence that she’ll beat her rival, Demo- cratic Del. Dereck Davis, of Prince George’s County. McIntosh said she has enough votes to win a majority of the 98-member Democratic Caucus and believes that many of Davis’ supporters will fliptoher in the official vote by the full House during Wednesday’s special legislative session. “I have the votes in caucus. And I know that there are a number of memberswhomaybesupportingChair- man Davis that will not vote to overturn the Democratic Caucus selection on the floor,” McIntosh said. “So, that means I’ve got it.” Davis was just as assured that he would become speaker. “I’m pretty confident myself,” Davis said in an interview. “We can only go by whatfolkstellus.Ifeveryonekeepstheir McIntosh says she has votes to win speakership Davis also thinks he does, as House prepares to pick replacement for Busch By Pamela Wood and Luke Broadwater The Baltimore Sun See SPEAKER, page 13

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The Centerpiece $1.50 POWERING MLIVE.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 News: Catch up on the latest, mlive.com/news Sports: Game results and more, mlive.com/sports Feedback: Send comments to comments@mlive.com Advice, B5 Classi ed, B6 Comics, A7 Lottery, A3 Sports, B1 Weather, A2 Copyright © 2019 The Kalamazoo Gazette 185th year. No. 200 John Sharp jsharp@al.com Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to keep a campaign pledge and fi x the roads hit a big obstacle right off the bat when the Republican Legislature’s leaders declared her centerpiece a nonstarter: They are not about to raise the gas tax by 45 cents a gallon. The move would raise $2.5 billion a year extra — money that experts have long said matches the need, versus the GOP plan for an additional $1.2 billion, passed in 2015, what won’t fully kick in until October 2020. But that 45-cent hike also would make Michigan’s fuel tax the highest in the nation, something the Republicans say their constituents cannot aff ord. And yet, the GOP still has to come up with its own solution. Is there another way to go? Maybe. Transportation fi nance experts say a better mechanism is in the works to fund road and bridge needs. It’s a mileage-based fee, also known as a road-user fee. A growing number of states are analyzing a GPS system that tallies the number of miles you drive, through a device on your car or even with your smartphone. The interest is driven by a hard truth: Gasoline is an increasingly antiquated fuel. Motor-engine effi ciency is relentlessly improving, and electric and hybrid cars — even trucks — are pouring into the market. The gas tax, says one expert, is an “aging rock star on a farewell tour.” Michigan did raise its gas tax in 2015, to 26.3 cents a gallon — the fi rst hike in 20 years — making it then the fi fth-highest in the nation. But now, to one analyst, the gas tax is starting to look like an aging rocker. “The gas tax worked well for 100 years, but because of fuel-effi cient vehicles, it’s going to get complicated,” said Baruch Feigenbaum, assistant director of transportation policy at the Reason Foundation, a nonprofi t libertarian think tank. “We think these mileage-based fees are a wave of the future. They are not ready right now, but we think they will be ready to roll out in about 10 years.” PAYING FOR MICHIGAN ROADS Forget gas taxes. Just levy fees for miles traveled. How it’s done in Oregon › A motorist volunteers to participate and then receives a device that plugs into his or her vehicle. › The device transmits mileage information to an account manager, who then computes miles driven. › The system charges 1.7 cents per mile driven, credits 34 cents per gallon consumed for state fuels tax paid, and calcu- lates the net balance due. Participants then remit payment or receive a refund. › Oregon is unable to charge for mileage driven outside the state but is exploring that possibility. Source: Oregon DOT, MyOrego.com Illustration by Joe Lee, Advance Local, Shutterstock images The tech is here. Ed White Associated Press A special prosecutor who spent three years leading a criminal investigation of the Flint water crisis has been fi red, apparently part of the fallout from the recent discovery of 23 boxes of records in the basement of a state building. Todd Flood’s contract was terminated April 16, Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud said Monday. The attorney general’s offi ce told a judge about the records on Friday as it seeks a six-month freeze in the case against Michi- gan’s former health director, Nick Lyon, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter. “It recently became clear that discovery was not fully and properly pursued from the onset of this investigation,” Hammoud said in a written statement. “The decision to terminate Mr. Flood’s contract refl ects our ongoing commitment to execute the highest standards in the prosecution of the Flint water crisis. Our standards demand a full accounting of all evidence that may inform the People’s investigation.” Flood, who was hired in 2016 by then- Attorney General Bill Schuette, declined to comment on the criticism when reached by phone, but he released a statement defending his work. “This complex case of offi cial wrongdoing and betrayal of public trust has been prose- cuted with the utmost attention to the professional standards that justice demands,” Flood said. “I walk away knowing that I gave everything I had to give to this case. The people of Flint deserved nothing less.” Fifteen people have been charged in connection with the Flint water crisis, which experts say contaminated people’s plumb- ing with lead as well as a related outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in 2014-15. No one has been convicted of a felony. Seven people, including key environmental FLINT WATER CRISIS New team cuts special prosecutor loose after three years David Eggert Associated Press Attorney General Dana Nessel pledged Monday to move to shut down Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 in the Straits of Macki- nac if the governor doesn’t find a “swift and straightforward” resolution to the contentious issue. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last month halted state agencies’ work to facilitate construction of a tunnel beneath the lakebed to house a new segment of Line 5, pointing to a legal opinion from Nessel while citing concerns that her Republican predecessor’s plan would keep the 66-year- old twin pipeline in the water too long. But Whitmer said this month she was open to still building the tunnel in the channel where Lakes Huron and Michi- gan meet. Her administration is in talks with Enbridge. “I respect the governor’s effort to find a swift and straightforward resolution to this issue, but if unsuccessful I will use every resource available to our office to shut down Line 5 to protect our Great Lakes,” said Nessel, a fellow Democrat who promised during her campaign to close the pipeline. A spokeswoman later said while Nes- sel was reluctant to impose a specific deadline on Whitmer’s efforts with Enbridge, she was hopeful that the governor by June 1 would have a plan for decommissioning Line 5. “The attorney general shares the governor’s sense of urgency to remove the pipeline from the Great Lakes at the earliest possible moment,” said Kelly Rossman-McKinney, a spokeswoman for Nessel. Nessel released an opinion last month saying a law enacted in December to implement former Gov. Rick Snyder’s tunnel deal is unconstitutional. As a candidate, Nessel said she would seek a court injunction to shut down the pipeline by alleging that Enbridge vio- lated a 1953 state easement. Although the federal government regulates oil pipelines, Michigan owns the lake bottom and granted the easement for Line 5. The line carries about 23 million gal- lons of crude oil daily between Superior, Wisconsin and Sarnia, Ontario. Its twin carries natural gas. Environmental groups contend the segment is a spill hazard and should be decommissioned. The company says it is in good shape and could operate indefi- nitely. The pipeline project is supported by labor organizations friendly to Whit- mer because of the jobs it would create. “We believe the tunnel project is the best way to protect the waters of the Great Lakes while ensuring families, LANSING Nessel poised to halt Line 5 She says if state and Enbridge can’t close a deal, she’ll move for a shutdown SEE FEES, A3 Todd Flood’s ouster follows a fi nd of records his boss says weren’t properly vetted SEE LINE 5, A3 SEE FLOOD, A3 INDEX $1.50 To subscribe, call (716) 842-1111 Business ...................... B6 City & Region............. B1 Classified ..................... C7 Comics ....................... B10 Crossword ........ C8, C10 Entertainment ......... B9 Horoscope ................. B11 Letters ....................... A15 Lotteries ..................... B2 Notebook .....................B2 Obituaries .................. B4 Opinion ..................... A14 Picture Page .............. B8 Scoreboard ................ C6 Sports ............................ C1 Television ................... B9 Considerably cloudy. High 50, low 42. Details o n Page B12. WEATHER F I N A L E D I T I O N Serving Western New York since 1880 Copyright 2019 BUFFALONEWS .COM DawkinsreadytofightforhisBillsjob Offensive linemen from free agency, draft present a challenge | PAGE C1 By Jerry Zremski NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF WASHINGTON – As many as 30 U.S. customs officers from upstate New York will be temporarily transferred to the southern border in the next few months to cope with an influx of asylum-seekers there, sources said Monday. Seven Buffalo-area customs officers have already been told they will have to leave shortly for 60-day assignments at the U.S.-Mexico border, the office of Rep. Brian Higgins, a Buf- falo Democrat, said Monday. One of those officers volun- teered for the assignment but the rest are be ing transferred involuntarily. Another 11 customs officers from ports of e ntry su- pervised by the agency’s Buf- falo field office – which covers all of upstate – are also being transferred, four of them involuntarily, Higgins’ office said. Other sources confirmed that the total number of customs officers sent from upstate New York to the southern border could grow to 30 in the coming months. The Buffalo News first reported early this month that such transfers would be coming, prompting worries that a shortage of customs officers could cause delays at bridges between the U.S. and Canada during the peak summer travel season. Higgins believes the moves will leave local ports of e ntry short-staffed while forcing local officers into 12-16 hour shifts throughout the summer. “It’s only a matter of time before this begins to affect cross-border operations, both in terms of security and in terms of increased wait times,” Higgins said. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed that some agents have been given those temporary 60-day assignments at the U.S.-Mexico border, where they will help federal staff there deal with asylum seekers from Central America. “The CBP Office of Field Operations will send CBP officers from airports and northern border locations on temporary assignments throughout the Southwest border to support the U.S. Border Patrol during the current border security and humanitarian crisis,” the customs spokesman said. “The selected CBP officers will be re placing the CBP Officers currently assigned to support the Border Patrol along the Customs officers from WNY face temporary shift Will be moved to southern border to deal with influx of asylum seekers By Stephanie Saul and Patricia Cohen N EW YOR K TIMES AKRON, Ohio – Colin Rob- ertson wonders why he pays federal taxes on the $18,000 a year he makes cleaning car- pets, while the tech giant Ama- zon got a tax rebate. His concerns about a tilted economic playing field recently led Robertson to join the Ak- ron chapter of the Democrat- ic Socialists of America. At a gathering this month, as members discussed Karl Marx and corporate greed over chocolate chip cookies, it was not long before talk turned to income inequality and how the government helps the wealthy avoid taxes. “One of the benefits of taxation is taking it and using it for the collective good,” said Robertson, 25, comparing his minimal income to the rough- ly $150 billion net worth of Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive and the world’s richest person. “He could be taxed at 99.9% and still have millions left over,” Robertson said, “and I’d be homeless.” It is a topic that several presidential candidates, led by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Eliz- abeth Warren, have hammered Giants like Amazon pay no corporate tax, and voters are sick of it Tuesday, April 30, 2019 CITY POISED TO WIN SNOW TITLES Barring unusual conditions, Buffalo will win the Golden Snow Globe and Golden Snowball for the most snow in the nation and state last winter. Story o n Page B1 By Keith McShea N EWS STA FF R EPORTER Buffalo is on the rise, on a big-time rebound with development all over the place. Right? Um, did you see “The Simp- sons” on Sunday night? The latest e pisode from the venerable animated sitcom featured patriarch Homer Simp- son singing a mocking ode to upstate New York, to the tune of “New York, New York,” in which Buffalo is prominently featured. Some lyrical “highlights”: “Start watching Fox News, Stop watching your weight There is no fancy part of it Upstate New York They’re fond o f their booze Hot wing sauce is great I’m going to clog my heart in it Upstate New York.” The e pisode got the attention of the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, where aide Rich Azzopardi told USA Today – and then tweeted – the jokes were a bunch of “dumb cheap shots.” And it also got the attention of Cuomo’s Republican rivals. In a statement, GOP Chairman Ed Cox blamed the governor for ‘Simpsons’ parody ‘tribute’ to upstate N.Y. takes some shots at Buffalo – D’oh! Homer Simpson enjoys a relatively accurate – for a cartoon – view of the Buffalo skyline before a lake-effect snowstorm blows in and buries it. By Ph i l Fa i r B a n k s / N EWS STA FF R EPORTER Across the border, journalists covering mob killings in Hamilton, Ont., and the shooting last week of a reputed Mafia leader in Mississauga don’t think twice about mentioning the mob in Buffalo. Scattered throughout their stories are re ferences to “Buffalo’s crime family” and the role it might have played in the rash of Mafia violence sweeping southern Ontario. ¶ The reports have left some in Buffalo wondering: What crime family? ¶ Just two years ago, the FBI all but proclaimed the Mafia in Buffalo dead, indicating it no longer had an active presence in the region. ¶ Now, after several mob-related murders in Canada, journalists there are suggesting that any declaration of the mob’s demise here was premature. “Why would the Mafia go away?” asked Peter Edwards, referring to the mob in Buffalo. Edwards is the organized crime beat reporter at the To- ronto Star and the author of 15 books about organized crime. He points to wiretap recordings and sources that indicate the Mafia is on the rebound here and still very much involved in organized crime activities across the border. On Thursday, after the e arly- morning shooting of suspected Hamilton mob leader Pasquale “Pat” Musitano, the Hamilton Spectator ran a story indicating Musitano had organized crime enemies in Montreal and Buf- falo. Musitano’s shooting followed three mob-related murders, including the killing of his younger brother Angelo two years ago. A few weeks after his brother’s murder, Pat Musitano’s home in Hamilton was shot up. Hamilton detectives believe the murders are part of a power struggle within the Mafia and have asked federal and city law enforcement in Buffalo for help in finding one of the suspects. Edwards said the mob in Buffalo is active but that the To- daro family, who the FBI once alleged headed the Mafia here – a charge still unproven – may no longer be involved. “I know it’s there,” Edwards said of the Mafia in Buffalo, “but I don’t know who’s in charge . I don’t know about Todaro.” In recent months, both the Hamilton Spectator and the To- ronto Star have referred to the “Todaro crime family” in their Ontario police and journalists covering the shooting last week of a reputed mob boss there say there’s a connection See Simpsonson Page A13 This is a surveillance photo of the individual sought in the mob- related murder of Cece Luppino, killed Jan. 30 in Hamilton. See Mafiaon Page A13 See Customson Page A13 See Taxeson Page A12 Georgetown Square Wine & Liquor 5225 SHERIDAN DR. 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The Centerpiece Daily $2.00 Volume 40 | No. 121 Home delivery pricing inside Subscribe 800-970-7366 ©2019 Find us facebook.com/RGJmedia twitter.com/rgj ONLINE AT RGJ.COM ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019 PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK Weather High 67° ❚ Low 39° Sunny. Forecast, 10A First-year Wolf Pack head coach Steve Alford final- ized his coaching staff with the addition of former New Mexico coach Craig Neal. Also joining the staff are Kory Barnett, Bil Dunay and Kory Alford. See story on Page 1B Alford fills vacancies An “excellent productive” bipartisan meeting between President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats on Tuesday revealed that both sides agree that $2 trillion should be earmarked to repair the nation’s infrastructure. What they still don’t agree on is where the money will come from. See story on Page 4A Trump, Dems agree on infrastructure fixes During her career as a flight attendant, Laura Heneveld had a checklist to remind her what to do in the event of a fire. ❚ “The most important thing on an airplane is fire, whether you are on the ground or whether you are up in the air,” Heneveld said. “I’m very attuned to how quickly fire can take over and how you don’t think clearly.” ❚ Now retired and living in California’s Olympic Valley near Lake Tahoe, Heneveld still keeps a fire checklist. ❚ Only this time it’s to remind her and her husband, emergency room physician Ed Heneveld, what to take if they’re escaping a forest fire. ❚ “Forty years ago, we had a much healthier forest, now we are dealing with an unhealthy forest,” Heneveld said. “I see the potential for a real disaster.” ❚ That’s among the reasons Heneveld and many other Sierra Nevada residents oppose a proposed redevelopment plan for Squaw Valley Re- sort that would add about 1,500 bedrooms and additional retail and resort amenities to the valley over the next 25 years. DESTINED TO BURN Could new homes hinder evacuation? The Truckee Donner Land Trust is seeking help from the Squaw Valley Public Service District to buy the 30-acre Poulsen property in Olympic Valley, Calif. BENJAMIN SPILLMAN/SAM GROSS Emergency traffic worry for Tahoe residents Laura and Ed Heneveld stand in their Olympic Valley, Calif., home with a checklist of items they’d try to save during a wildfire. The couple worries a proposal to add hundreds of homes and nearly 300,000 square feet of commercial development at Squaw Valley Resort could hinder an evacuation. BENJAMIN SPILLMAN/RGJ About this series This story is part of a series, Destined to Burn, in which a partnership between journalists from USA TODAY Network-California, McClatchy, Media News and the Associated Press explore the urgent wildfire issues facing California. Benjamin Spillman Reno Gazette Journal | USA TODAY NETWORK See DEVELOPMENT, Page 2A First, the Nevada Legislature lost its senate majority leader under a cloud of admitted campaign finance violations. Then, five weeks later, a Reno Ga- zette Journal records investigation cast new doubts on how a senior caucus member was using donor funds. Yet with just a month to go before the end of Nevada’s hectic, biennial lawmaking session, Democrats with a near supermajority in both chambers say they’re still working on promised patches for the state’s threadbare political corruption statute. Heavily outnumbered Republicans took a whack at the issue in the form of Senate Bill 333, which sought to close a Sill no sign of campaign finance reform bill Fears over long-sought changes heat up as Legislature winds down James DeHaven Reno Gazette Journal USA TODAY NETWORK See REFORM, Page 7A Spring came fast to the Truckee Meadows. It’s been a welcome reprieve for many who have grown tired of our par- ticularly heavy winter, but the recent sunny days and above average temperatures are a double-edged sword; rap- id snowmelt has caused rivers and creeks — and concerns of flooding — to rise. See FLOODING, Page 4A Spring snowmelt raises river levels around the state, but Truckee not expected to flood Sam Gross Reno Gazette Journal USA TODAY NETWORK TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT TASTE 1C The turkey vegetable chili ranked among the RGJ food editor’s dishes when he tried the Gym Rat prepared meal plan from Roundabout Catering of Sparks. PROVIDED TO RGJ MEDA Tickets at silverlegacyreno.com MAY 11 `PL AYS META LLICA BY FOUR CELLOS´ A LIVE PERFOR M A NCE BY FOUR CELLOS OF THE ENTIRE A LBUM & MORE META LLICA CL ASSICS PREMIUM QUALITY AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICESM Try our new ALWAYS AFFORDABLESM All items are available while supplies last; no rain checks. EDAP = Every Day Affordable Price. We reserve the right to correct errors. Cheese! 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COURTESY OF WESTFIELD GARDEN STATE PLAZA The western parking lot of Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus will undergo a transformation with housing, dining, outdoor space and shopping. TARIQ ZEHAWI AND DANIELLE PARHIZKARAN/NORTH JERSEY RECORD ‘DOWNTOWN’ DESTINATION Mall overhaul would put a village in Paramus Melanie Anzidei North Jersey Record | USA TODAY NETWORK - NEW JERSEY “We’re happy to see investment in our community.” Richard LaBarbiera Mayor of Paramus See PLAZA, Page 6A Weather today High 56° ❚ Low 51° Cooler with drizzle. Teacher faces sex crime charges A Paterson gym teacher has been indicted in Bergen County on a charge involving an Uber driver. 1L Weather tomorrow High 73° ❚ Low 50° Warmer with showers. Forecast, 2A Promoter tries to keep fest alive “Woodstock belongs to the people,” Michael Lang says, committing to the anniversary event. 3A Francesco “Frank” Caramagna was a persistent candidate. The former Democratic Elmwood Park mayor, who was charged Monday with election interference, ran for mayor or a seat on the Borough Council every chance he could. In 1993, the native Italian and self- employed businessman launched his first unsuccessful bid for the Borough Council. In 1995, Caramagna made his first unsuccessful attempt to oust longtime incumbent Republican May- or Richard Mola. Many more failed runs would fol- Arrest ended political dream Elmwood Park mayor sought post for years Svetlana Shkolnikova, Richard Cowen and Steve Janoski North Jersey Record USA TODAY NETWORK - NEW JERSEY See ARREST, Page 7A It has long been a Jewish tradition to embrace the stranger, but after Satur- day’s shooting at a California synagogue, Jewish houses of worship appear to be putting hospitality aside in favor of security. In the aftermath of two fatal synagogue attacks within a six-month span, more Jewish centers are locking their doors, stationing armed guards at their entrances and urging members to be wary of newcomers. And some congregants — aiming to fight back — are flocking to gun ranges. Saturday’s attack, in which a 19- year-old gunman opened fire at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, killing one and injuring three others, sent shock waves through the Jewish community. Six months ago, 11 people were killed in a similar attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Other houses of worship have also been targeted: On Easter Sunday, more than 250 people were killed in bombings of churches in Sri Lanka, and 50 people were killed in an attack on two mosques in New Zealand on March 15. 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