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9 Welcome and introduction
9:15 The American reader and the newspaper
9:45 History and anatomy of page one
10:20 BREAK
10:30 Language of design
11 Modular design and designing modules
Noon LUNCH
12:45 America’s page one – PART ONE
1:45 America’s page one – PART TWO
2:45 BREAK
3 Putting it all together
3:55 Wrapping it all up
4 Conclusion
America’s Page One
n Number of non-daily newspapers 6,000+
n Number of daily newspapers 1,200+
America’s Page One
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Landmark decision Olympic track champion
Caster Semenya must take testosterone
suppressors, a court ruled. D1
Deadly trend The number of youths who
have attempted suicide by poison is up. A2
LOCAL LIVING
What a NEAT idea
Short for non-exercise
activity thermogenesis,
it’s a way to be fit just
with everyday activity.
STYLE
‘Baby on board’
The enduring power of a
1980s bumper sticker. C1
In the news
THE NATION
Authorities said one of
the victims of the shoot
ing at the University of
North Carolina at Char
lotte knocked the at
tacker off his feet, saving
others’ lives even as he
was fatally wounded. A3
The Navy has drafted a
procedure to investigate
reports of UFOs, but it
doesn’t expect to make
them public because of
classified data. A14
The Trump administra
tion may seek the re
newal of a surveillance
law that allows the gath
ering of Americans’
phone records as part of
terrorism probes. A15
Congress’s budget ana
lysts said moving to a
healthcare model like
Medicareforall would
be “challenging and po
tentially disruptive.” A18
THE WORLD
Military culture in
Kenya punishes soldiers
traumatized by the
U.S.backed war in So
malia instead of treating
them, according to in
terviews. A8
Taliban and U.S. offi
cials resumed peace
talks, but a watchdog re
port warned that a deal
could ultimately threat
en security and human
rights. A11
THE ECONOMY
The family of a man
killed in a fiery crash has
sued Tesla, blaming its
Autopilot system. A12
The Federal Reserve
left interest rates un
changed, defying a
presidential push for
lowering them. A13
Three companies
withdrew from a dinner
that will honor Brazil’s
farright president. A13
A Texas bill would ban
people from using food
stamps to buy junk food
and sugary drinks. A14
THE REGION
The District’s annual
effort to tamp down vio
lent crime in the sum
mer got underway. B1
The number of home
less people on the
streets and in shelters in
the District is down for
the third straight year,
city officials said. B1
As Atlanta’s archbish
op prepares to take the
helm in Washington,
prosecutors have begun
investigating sexual
abuse in the archdiocese
he has led. B1
A Georgetown profes
sor says his grandson
was called the nword
and threatened by a
classmate at his Wash
ington school. B3
Virginia’s governor
vetoed bills that would
have imposed manda
tory minimum sen
tences on repeat domes
tic abusers and killers of
police dogs. B5
Inside
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CONTENT © 2019
The Washington Post / Year 142, No. 148
1
BY KAREN DEYOUNG,
JOSH DAWSEY
AND PAUL SONNE
For weeks, the Venezuelan op-
position had been working on a
comprehensive blueprint to final-
ly force President Nicolás Maduro
from office. Several of his top mili-
tary and civilian aides were said to
have been persuaded to switch
sides, while others would be al-
lowed to leave the country. There
was a strong suggestion that Ma-
duro himself might peacefully fly
to Havana.
“They produced a pretty full
plan,” a U.S. official said of the
opposition. Implementation was
tentatively set for Wednesday, al-
though no date had been finalized.
On Monday, however, the plan
started to fall apart.
Maduro, it seemed, had gotten
wind of it, and opposition leader
Juan Guaidó responded by rush-
ing ahead. At dawn Tuesday, after
alerting the U.S. State Depart-
ment, Guaidó released a video say-
ing that significant Venezuela mil-
itary units were with him and that
the moment had come to rise up
against Maduro.
But after a day of bloody pro-
tests, the government remained
intact. The Trump administration
publicly blamed Russia and Cuba
— Maduro’s top backers — for
keeping him in place and discour-
aging expected high-level defec-
tions.
On Wednesday, as the United
States and Russia traded barbs,
the White House held an emergen-
cy meeting of top national security
aides to mull next steps. “Signifi-
cant progress on defense matters”
was made, a senior administra-
tion official said.
SEE VENEZUELA ON A10
‘Full plan’
to oust
Maduro
crumbles
BY DEVLIN BARRETT,
MATT ZAPOTOSKY,
KAROUN DEMIRJIAN AND
ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN
Attorney General William P.
Barr denied Democrats’ accusa-
tions that he dissembled and mis-
led the public about Robert S.
Mueller III’s findings, defending
his handling of the case during a
contentious Senate hearing
Wednesday about the special
counsel investigation of Presi-
dent Trump.
Much of the hearing centered
on revelations that Mueller com-
plained more than a month ago
about Barr’s initial public depic-
tion of the investigation’s find-
ings. The attorney general par-
ried many of the Democrats’
toughest accusations and ques-
tions with avuncular answers
about legal definitions and Jus-
tice Department policy, exasper-
ating lawmakers like Sen. Shel-
don Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who ac-
cused Barr of “masterful hair-
splitting.”
Mueller wrote a letter in late
March expressing dissatisfaction
to Barr that the attorney general’s
four-page memo to Congress,
which described the principal
conclusions of Mueller’s investi-
gation into the president’s con-
duct and Russia’s election inter-
ference, “did not fully capture the
context, nature, and substance” of
the special counsel’s work.
Barr has said his memo wasn’t
meant to summarize Mueller’s
full report and at Wednesday’s
hearing called Mueller’s letter “a
bit snitty.”
After the hearing ended, Jus-
tice Department officials notified
the House Judiciary Committee
that Barr would not appear at a
planned Thursday hearing to dis-
cuss the Trump investigation.
That session had been in doubt
over objections by Barr’s aides
that he would be questioned by
staff lawyers for the committee.
SEE BARR ON A17
Barr denies accusations of deception
BY GREG MILLER
The contentious hearing
Wednesday before the Senate
Judiciary Committee was on the
findings of special counsel
Robert S. Mueller III, but his
voice was absent — as it has
been for the last two years.
Attorney General William P.
Barr became the latest Trump
ally to take advantage of that
void, and of Mueller’s
constrained conception of his
role, by speaking to his
description of the work of the
special counsel and his
interpretation of the Mueller
report’s conclusions — all to the
advantage of the president. Barr
pursued that role so aggressively
Wednesday that at times he
came across as much a defense
lawyer for the president as
attorney general of the United
States.
In particular, the attorney
general downplayed or
dismissed the evidence
assembled by Mueller that
Trump could be guilty of
obstructing justice. And he
emphasized that Mueller found
SEE MUELLER ON A16
ANALYSIS
With Mueller silent, Barr speaks for
him — and defends the president
BY ERIN COX,
OVETTA WIGGINS
AND RACHEL CHASON
Maryland lawmakers elected a
black woman Wednesday as
speaker of the House of Delegates,
choosing Del. Adrienne Jones as a
consensus candidate to end a bit-
ter fight over a powerful leader-
ship position that for more than
four centuries had been held by
white men.
Jones, 64, emerged as the sur-
prise winner after a nearly five-
hour closed-door meeting where
Democrats who control the House
were deadlocked between two
other veteran lawmakers, one a
black man and the other an open-
ly gay white woman, in a battle
that threatened to cleave the party
in two.
Jones’s ascension has particu-
lar resonance in Maryland, a po-
litically progressive state that un-
til Wednesday had not elevated a
woman or a person of color into
the top tier of power in the state
capital.
“Wow,” Jones (D-Baltimore
County) said minutes after her
election, running her hands along
the polished rostrum. “I didn’t
think I would be here when I left
out of my house this morning.”
The unanimous vote followed
weeks of bruising public spats and
clandestine maneuvering in An-
napolis as Del. Dereck E. Davis
(D-Prince George’s), an African
American centrist, competed for
the post against Del. Maggie
McIntosh (D-Baltimore City), a
white liberal who was the first
openly gay lawmaker in the Gen-
eral Assembly. Their historic race
SEE MARYLAND ON A15
2 firsts for Md. House: A black, female speaker
BY NICK MIROFF
AND MARIA SACCHETTI
Looming over the Trump ad-
ministration’s struggle to curb ille-
gal immigration is a challenge that
no amount of razor wire, troops or
steel fencing can fix.
The U.S. immigration court sys-
tem is facing a backlog of 850,000
cases, and it has fewer than 450
judges nationwide to handle
them. New asylum applications
and other claims are piling up,
creating long delays that Central
American families arriving in rec-
ord numbers know will allow
them to remain in the United
States for years while they wait.
Trump’s critics blame his ad-
ministration’s overzealous en-
forcement approach for making
the problem worse by arresting
more people who can’t be quickly
deported. But the delays have be-
come a migration magnet as pow-
erful as the U.S. economy or the
desire to reunite with relatives
living in the United States, admin-
istration officials say.
Since Trump took office, the
backlog has swelled by more than
200,000 cases. The president has
grown so frustrated that he has
been floating the idea of doing
SEE IMMIGRATION ON A7
Ballooning backlog of cases
undercuts immigration agenda
SARAH L. VOISIN/THE WASHINGTON POST
Del. Adrienne Jones (D-Baltimore County) was chosen speaker of
the Maryland House on Wednesday after having dropped out of
what became a divisive race to succeed the late Michael E. Busch.
CALLS MUELLER’S
LETTER ‘SNITTY’
Democrats say he misled
public on key conclusions
Venezuelan opposition’s
rush to action leaves
U.S. to mull next steps
BY CAROL D. LEONNIG
It was one of the most dramat-
ic cases of potential obstruction
of justice laid out by federal
investigators: President Trump
directing the top White House
lawyer to seek the removal of
special counsel Robert S. Muel-
ler III — and then later pushing
him to deny the episode.
But Attorney General William
P. Barr on Wednesday played
down evidence that Trump
sought to fire the head of the
investigation bearing down on
him, emphasizing in testimony
before a Senate committee that
the president may have had valid
reasons for his actions.
It was a surprise recasting of
the account of then-White
House counsel Donald McGahn,
who told investigators that
Trump called him twice in June
2017 at home, pressuring him to
intervene with the Justice De-
partment to try to get Mueller
removed. McGahn told federal
investigators that he planned to
resign rather than comply. And
he said he later refused a de-
mand by Trump that he write a
letter denying news accounts of
the episode.
In Barr’s telling, however,
Trump may have merely been
SEE MCGAHN ON A16
Testimony puts Trump’s actions
in best light, despite probe’s findings
SALWAN GEORGES/THE WASHINGTON POST
During a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Attorney General William P. Barr denied he mischaracterized the Russia probe in a
memo to Congress after revelations that the special counsel complained about it. He also withdrew from a House hearing set for today.
A question of contempt
Democrats debate best response
to Barr’s refusal to testify. A17
Migrants’ DNA to be tested
Officials want proof that children
with adults are related. A4
A 2020 win at the border?
Trump’s focus on asylum policies
reflects reelection motivations. A6
Standoff at embassy in D.C.
An ambassador representing
Guaidó speaks amid protests. B1
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POLITICS
Despite party tension,
Sanders doubles down
on prisoner voting. A3
METRO
Maryland lawmakers
pick fi rst black woman
as House speaker. A10
WORLD
Report fi nds spike in
violent attacks against
Jewish people. A8
NATION
Slain college student
hailed as hero for
confronting gunman. A6
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Border authorities have identifi ed more
than 1,000 “fake families” over the past seven
months featuring adults trying to use children
who aren’t their own to sneak into the U.S.
Homeland Security offi cials revealed the
number Wednesday as they announced a
pilot program to begin using DNA testing to
match children and the adults trying to sneak
across the U.S.-Mexico boundary with them.
“It’s defi nitely an escalating trend that
we’re seeing,” one department offi cial said
of the fraudulent families.
As the border spirals further out of control,
President Trump sent Congress a request
Wednesday for an emergency $4.5 billion
infusion this year, warning that without
the money the federal Health and Human
Services Department will run out of cash to
care for unaccompanied migrant children.
HHS offi cials also acknowledged that a
16-year-old unaccompanied boy died in the
custody of one of its contract shelters.
The boy, who wasn’t identifi ed beyond
being Guatemalan, was arrested last month
and sent to HHS on April 20 with no health
complaints. The next morning, he became ill
and had stints in and out of the hospital before
IMMIGRATION
DNA tests
at border to
help ID ‘fake
families’
Children increasingly
used to ease crossing
BY DAVE BOYER
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
President Trump watched from the White
House on Wednesday as his yearlong eff ort
to oust Venezuelan socialist leader Nicolas
Maduro hung in the balance with no clear
outcome from civil unrest that reached a
violent climax this week.
Aides said the president was following
events in Caracas closely. National Security
Adviser John R. Bolton convened a high-level
meeting at the White House on short notice in
midafternoon to discuss the administration’s
next moves. Offi cials said military action was
not imminent.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his
Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Ser-
gey Lavrov, traded blame in a phone call for
VENEZUELA
Trump, aides
weigh options
as Maduro
clings to power
BY CHRISTOPHER VONDRACEK
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
About 20,000 North Carolina teachers
and their supporters marched on the state
Capitol on International Workers’ Day as
part of the Red4Ed movement, which is
backed by the nation’s largest teachers
union and has drawn criticism from Re-
publican leaders across the country.
Hoisting placards and sporting red T-
shirts, teachers, counselors, bus drivers
and cooks took to Raleigh on Wednesday
with demands for a new minimum wage,
an expansion of Medicaid and the hiring
of additional support staff .
They made a show of solidarity just a
year after a similar number poured into the
capital city in the fi rst teacher walkout in
recent memory.
Republicans and conservatives see a
political operation masquerading as a rally
NORTH CAROLINA
Republicans see political
rally in education disguise
T
eachers’ demands mirror Democrats’
BY JEFF MORDOCK AND STEPHEN DINAN
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
House Democrats said they are considering
holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt
of Congress after he informed them he won’t meet
their deadline for turning over the unredacted
special counsel’s report and won’t appear to testify
Thursday.
Mr. Barr says Democrats changed the rules on
him, souring the spirit of comity he had shown in
agreeing to testify.
Democrats said he was terrifi ed of facing the
skilled interrogator they had arranged and was
giving excuses.
That clash came Wednesday evening, hours after
Mr. Barr spent much of the day testifying across the
Capitol in the Senate.
He scolded Democrats for refusing to accept
the results of special counsel Robert Mueller’s
448-page report fi nding no evidence of successful
coordination between Russia and President Trump
to subvert the 2016 election.
During fi ve hours of questions, Mr. Barr also
INVESTIGATION
Barr faces
threat of
contempt
of Congress
Refuses interrogation
in House by lawyers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLASHING WITH CONGRESS: Aft er a contentious hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee,
Attorney General William Barr announced that he would not appear Th ursday for questioning by House lawmakers.
BY STEPHEN DINAN
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Attorney General William Barr
revealed Wednesday that the Justice
Department is looking into the pos-
sibility that Russian operatives fed
disinformation to the Hillary Clinton
campaign during the 2016 presidential
election season.
Mr. Barr told a Senate Judiciary
Committee hearing about the expanded
scope of a review into “the activi-
ties over the summer of 2016,” which
included vehemently anti-Trump FBI
senior offi cials making key decisions on
the investigations of Mrs. Clinton and
Republican candidate Donald Trump.
One key question is how much the
FBI relied on the dossier compiled by
former British spy Christopher Steele,
using information gleaned from Rus-
sian sources, which helped spur the
Trump-Russia collusion narrative. The
dossier was funded by payments from
the Clinton campaign and Democratic
National Committee that were hidden
in campaign fi nance reports behind
payments to a law fi rm.
Republican senators said it’s possible
that Mr. Steele’s Russian sources were
intentionally feeding him disinforma-
tion, which then made it to the highest
levels of the FBI. Indeed, former FBI
Director James B. Comey’s fi rst per-
sonal interaction with Mr. Trump was
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Barr confi rms probe of Russia-Clinton links
FBI relied on dossier disinformation
» see VENEZUELA | A9
» see BARR | A5
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SWARM OF MESSAGES: Th ousands of teachers and supporters marched
to the North Carolina Capitol for the second year in a row on Wednesday with
hopes that a more weighted Democrat legislature would meet their demands.
» see CLINTON | A5
» see TEACHERS | A7
▶ Bolton, Democrats clash. A4
▶ Maduro regime buckles down. A8
» see IMMIGRATION | A7
America’s Page One
WASHINGTON — Attorney
General William P. Barr defended
himself on Wednesday against
withering criticism of his handling
of the special counsel investiga-
tion as Democrats accused of him
of deceiving Congress and acting
as a personal agent for President
Trump rather than a steward of
justice.
At a contentious hearing
marked by a deep partisan divide,
Mr. Barr denied misrepresenting
the investigation’s conclusions de-
spite a newly revealed letter by
the special counsel, Robert S.
Mueller III, protesting the initial
summary of its findings. Mr. Barr
dismissed the letter as “a bit
snitty” and the controversy over it
as “mind-bendingly bizarre.”
But in a series of aggressive in-
terrogations, Democrats on the
Senate Judiciary Committee ex-
pressed indignation and asserted
that the attorney general had
been “purposely misleading,” en-
gaged in “masterful hairsplitting”
and even “lied to Congress.” Sev-
eral Democrats on the committee,
elsewhere in Congress and on the
presidential campaign trail called
for Mr. Barr’s resignation or even
impeachment.
The conflict escalated after-
ward when Mr. Barr announced
that he would not show up for a
parallel hearing on Thursday be-
fore the Democrat-controlled
House Judiciary Committee. Mr.
Barr objected to the format of
questioning, which would have in-
cluded questioning by staff law-
yers, not just lawmakers. Demo-
crats may now opt to subpoena
him, setting up a possible show-
down in court.
“He is terrified of having to face
a skilled attorney,” said Repre-
sentative Jerrold Nadler of New
York, the committee’s chairman.
In just 11 weeks in office, Mr.
Under Fire, Barr Defends
Actions on Mueller Report
Will Skip Hearing in
House After Fierce
Session in Senate
By PETER BAKER
Attorney General William P. Barr navigated aggressive questioning in the Senate on Wednesday.
ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES
Senator Mazie K. Hirono exco-
riated the attorney general.
ANDREW HARNIK/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Continued on Page A14
Female track athletes with na-
turally elevated levels of testos-
terone must decrease the hor-
mone to participate in certain
races at major competitions like
the Olympics, the highest court in
international sports said Wednes-
day in a landmark ruling amid the
pitched debate over who can com-
pete in women’s events.
The decision was a defeat for
Caster Semenya, a two-time
Olympic champion at 800 meters
from South Africa, who had chal-
lenged proposed limits placed on
female athletes with naturally ele-
vated levels of the muscle-build-
ing hormone testosterone.
At a time when the broader cul-
ture is moving toward an accept-
ance of gender fluidity, the ruling
affirmed the sports world’s need
for distinct gender lines, saying
they were essential for the out-
come of women’s events to be fair.
“The gender studies folks have
spent the last 20 years decon-
structing sex and all of a sudden
they’re facing an institution with
an entirely opposite story,” said
Doriane Lambelet Coleman, a law
professor at Duke and an elite
800-meter runner in the 1980s
who served as an expert witness
for track and field’s world govern-
ing body. “We have to ask, ‘Is re-
specting gender identity more im-
portant or is seeing female bodies
on the podium more important?’”
Semenya’s biology has been un-
der scrutiny for a decade, ever
since she burst on the scene at the
2009 world track and field cham-
pionships and was subjected to
sex tests after her victory. In
South Africa, leaders complained
of racism. The issue of whether a
rare biological trait was causing
an unfair advantage for Semenya
and a small subset of women
quickly morphed into a battle
about privacy and human rights,
and Semenya became its symbol.
Sports Court Backs Distinct Gender Lines, in Defeat for Olympian
By JERÉ LONGMAN
and JULIET MACUR
Caster Semenya, who has naturally high levels of testosterone, in a 1,500-meter race last year.
SAEED KHAN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES
Continued on Page A11
WASHINGTON — It was a for-
eign policy role Joseph R. Biden
Jr. enthusiastically embraced dur-
ing his vice presidency: brow-
beating Ukraine’s notoriously cor-
rupt government to clean up its
act. And one of his most memora-
ble performances came on a trip
to Kiev in March 2016, when he
threatened to withhold $1 billion in
United States loan guarantees if
Ukraine’s leaders did not dismiss
the country’s top prosecutor, who
had been accused of turning a
blind eye to corruption in his own
office and among the political
elite.
The pressure campaign
worked. The prosecutor general,
long a target of criticism from
other Western nations and inter-
national lenders, was soon voted
out by the Ukrainian Parliament.
Among those who had a stake in
the outcome was Hunter Biden,
Mr. Biden’s younger son, who at
the time was on the board of an en-
ergy company owned by a Ukrain-
ian oligarch who had been in the
sights of the fired prosecutor gen-
eral.
Hunter Biden was a Yale-edu-
cated lawyer who had served on
the boards of Amtrak and a num-
ber of nonprofit organizations and
think tanks, but lacked any expe-
rience in Ukraine and just months
earlier had been discharged from
the Navy Reserve after testing
positive for cocaine. He would be
paid about $50,000 per month for
his work for the company,
Burisma Holdings.
The broad outlines of how the
Bidens’ roles intersected in
Ukraine have been known for
some time. The former vice presi-
dent’s campaign said that he had
always acted to carry out United
States policy without regard to
any activities of his son, that he
had never discussed the matter
with Hunter Biden and that he
learned of his son’s role with the
Ukrainian energy company from
news reports.
But new details about Hunter
Biden’s involvement, and a deci-
sion this year by the current
Ukrainian prosecutor general to
reverse himself and reopen an in-
vestigation into Burisma, have
pushed the issue back into the
For Biden, a Ukraine Matter That Won’t Go Away
By KENNETH P. VOGEL
and IULIIA MENDEL
New Spotlight Falls on
Son’s Employer in a
Revived Inquiry
Continued on Page A10
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NEWS ANALYSIS
WASHINGTON — Nobody
said regime change was going to
be easy.
President Trump’s top advis-
ers woke up Tuesday believing
that a rebellion in the Venezuelan
military that day would galva-
nize a popular uprising and
topple a leader they have de-
scribed as a reviled despot who
must be replaced. But at day’s
end, President Nicolás Maduro
was still in power and Mr.
Trump’s advisers were left to
blame Cuba, Russia and three
influential Venezuelan officials,
who failed to switch sides, for
frustrating their plans.
The decision of the Venezue-
lans to stand with Mr. Maduro —
either because they were intimi-
dated, got cold feet or never
planned to defect — raised ques-
tions about whether the United
States had faulty intelligence
about the ability of the opposition
to peel away members of his
government.
It also raised questions about
whether Mr. Trump’s aides had
fallen victim to a misreading of
events on the ground, or whether
Mr. Trump, who officials say has
sometimes outrun his aides in an
enthusiasm for forcing out Mr.
Maduro, might lose faith in the
effort as it wears on.
Mr. Maduro has been weak-
ened at home and discredited
abroad, but he remains a stub-
born rival unwilling to step aside
for the opposition leader, Juan
Guaidó, recognized by the United
States as the country’s de facto
leader. While the administration
got off to a sure-footed start on
Venezuela, rallying dozens of
countries against the Venezuelan
president, critics said its re-
sponse had become haphazard
and chaotic as the crisis has
dragged on.
Mr. Trump’s aides banked on
Mr. Guaidó’s call for mass pro-
tests and the defection of the
Venezuelan officials on Tuesday
as a turning point in the three-
month campaign to oust Mr.
Pressure Rises
After Failure
In Venezuela
Questions for the U.S.
as Maduro Hangs On
By MARK LANDLER
and JULIAN E. BARNES
Continued on Page A7
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It was called the Economic Op-
portunity Act, a measure intended
to kick-start the sputtering post-
recession economy in New Jersey,
particularly in its struggling cit-
ies. The state would award lucra-
tive tax breaks to businesses if
they moved to New Jersey or re-
mained in the state, creating and
retaining jobs.
But before the bill was ap-
proved by the Legislature, a se-
ries of changes were made to its
language in June 2013 that were
intended to grant specific compa-
nies hundreds of millions of dol-
lars in additional tax breaks, with
no public disclosure, according to
interviews and documents ob-
tained by The New York Times.
Many of the last-minute
changes to drafts of the bill were
made by a real estate lawyer, Kev-
in D. Sheehan, whose influential
law firm has close ties to Demo-
cratic politicians and legislative
leaders in New Jersey.
Mr. Sheehan was allowed by
lawmakers to edit drafts of the bill
in ways that opened up sizable tax
breaks to his firm’s clients, ac-
cording to a marked up copy of the
legislation obtained by The Times,
which identifies Mr. Sheehan’s
changes.
Nearly six years later, the fall-
out from the legislation has set off
an uproar in the State Capitol over
allegations that the state’s $11 bil-
lion in economic development pro-
grams have been poorly managed
corporate giveaways that have
brought few benefits.
How $11 Billion in Tax Breaks
Has New Jersey in an Uproar
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and gender identity. PAGE B7
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college classroom in Charlotte, N.C.,
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officials said. PAGE A19
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scant physical evidence and a confession
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paramilitary groups. But economic
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criticism of President Trump threat-
ened to kill former President Barack
Obama and a congresswoman. PAGE A22
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WASHINGTON — When Attor-
ney General William P. Barr sum-
marized the special counsel’s con-
clusions in a March letter, prompt-
ing President Trump to crow that
he had been exonerated, the spe-
cial counsel’s prosecutors knew
immediately what the public
would learn weeks later: The let-
ter was a sparse and occasionally
misleading representation of their
exhaustive findings.
What followed was a dayslong,
behind-the-scenes tussle over the
first public presentation of one of
the most consequential govern-
ment investigations in American
history.
A richer picture of that battle
emerged on Wednesday — one of
testy letters (Mr. Barr described
one as “snitty”) and at least one
tense phone call between the spe-
cial counsel, Robert S. Mueller III,
and Mr. Barr. The two were long-
time friends who found them-
selves on opposite sides of an em-
battled president.
The growing evidence of a split
between them also brought fresh
scrutiny on Mr. Barr, who on at
least three occasions in recent
weeks has seemed to try to out-
maneuver Mr. Mueller. First, he
released his four-page letter on
March 24 outlining investigators’
findings; then he held an unusual
news conference on the day the
Mueller report was released; and
on Tuesday night, the Justice De-
partment put out a statement that
significantly played down the con-
cerns among Mr. Mueller’s team.
In other words, Mr. Barr, who
said at a Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee hearing on Wednesday
that “we have to stop using the
criminal justice system as a politi-
cal weapon,” now stands accused
of doing exactly that.
The drama began around mid-
day on March 22, when a security
officer working for Mr. Mueller ar-
rived at the fifth floor of the Jus-
tice Department to deliver copies
of his highly anticipated report to
the attorney general and his top
aides.
Mr. Barr worked through that
weekend reading the report, his
aides in occasional contact with
members of Mr. Mueller’s team.
Two days later, hours before Mr.
Barr’s letter was sent to Congress,
Mr. Mueller’s investigators re-
minded Justice Department offi-
cials about executive summaries
they had written to be condensed,
easily digestible versions of their
448-page report.
But Mr. Barr used almost none
Private Tussle About
Inquiry’s Summary
Gets ‘a Bit Snitty’
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and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
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Having grown up riding the New York City subways
by herself at age 11 or 12, suburban New Jersey mom
Kasia Bardi was fine the first time her 12-year-old
boy, Fabrizio, rode an Uber alone to an “important
soccer game.” ❚ Bardi ordered and monitored the five-minute
drive, and it probably didn’t hurt that her son, even at that age, was
6 feet tall and looked older than he was. ❚ Now, 15 and 6-foot-4,
Bardi’s son rides in an Uber without an adult three to four times a
year, though always as a “last resort,” Mom says. ❚ “A comfy mon-
itored ride has got to be way safer than the subway in the ’80s,
right?” Bardi asks, though she concedes that her neighbors, and
for that matter her husband, aren’t quite as comfortable with the
idea as she is. ❚ As it turns out, neither is Uber or Lyft.
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Barr’s testimony in a grueling four-
hour Senate hearing, his first public re-
marks since Mueller’s redacted report
was publicly disclosed last month, had
been widely anticipated. But the ses-
sion took on new urgency in the hours
before it opened when the Justice
Department revealed that Mueller had
privately objected to Barr’s initial sum-
mary of the investigation, which he said
“threatened to undermine” the purpose
of the inquiry.
Because Mueller’s office declined to
draw a conclusion about whether Trump
had committed obstruction, the attorney
general told the panel that he acted to re-
solve the question that had threatened
to derail Trump’s presidency.
WASHINGTON – Attorney General
William Barr repeatedly clashed with
lawmakers Wednesday over his han-
dling of special counsel Robert Muell-
er’s Russia investigation, rebutting
Democrats’ complaints that he misrep-
resented the report to favor President
Donald Trump while defending his own
conclusions that the president had not
sought to obstruct the probe.
In pointed exchanges, attorney general
defends his handling of Mueller report
William Barr repeatedly asserted that
the report didn’t establish that a crime
was committed. JACK GRUBER/USA TODAY
Kevin Johnson and Bart Jansen
USA TODAY
See BARR, Page 3A
“We’re out of it. We have
to stop using the criminal
justice process as a
political weapon.”
Attorney General William Barr
Barr, lawmakers do battle
WASHINGTON – Sexual assaults
in the military rose nearly 38% from
2016 to 2018, according to survey re-
sults obtained by USA TODAY.
That spike in crime within the
ranks comes after years of focused ef-
fort and resources to eradicate it.
The report, due to be released
Thursday by the Pentagon, surveyed
Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine
personnel in 2018. Based on the
survey, there were about 20,500 in-
stances of unwanted sexual contact –
an increase over the 14,900 estimated
in the last biennial survey in 2016. Un-
wanted sexual contact ranges from
groping to rape.
Enlisted female troops ages 17 to 24
were at the highest risk of being
assaulted, said Nathan Galbreath,
deputy director of the Pentagon’s
Sexual Assault Prevention and Re-
sponse Office. The Pentagon will
target troops in that age range for pre-
vention efforts, he said.
“We’re very concerned about that,”
Galbreath said.
More than 85% of victims knew
their assailant. Alcohol was involved
in 62% of the total assaults.
The findings require Congress to
intervene, said Rep. Jackie Speier, D-
Calif., chairwoman of the Armed Ser-
vices Committee’s personnel panel.
“The department must accept that
current programs are simply not
working,” Speier said. “Congress
must lead the way in forcing the de-
partment to take more aggressive ap-
proaches to fighting this scourge.”
The Pentagon is set to release the
recommendations of a task force
formed at the urging of Sen. Martha
McSally, R-Ariz., to deal with sexual
assaults in the military. McSally, a re-
tired Air Force officer and fighter pilot,
revealed during an Armed Services
Committee meeting in March that she
Military
sexual
assaults
rise 38%
Troops reported more
than 20,000 instances
Tom Vanden Brook
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“What’s frustrating is that the brass
keeps refusing to consider any bold
changes like reforming the military
justice system.”
Don Christensen
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Bramson has a home and
raises horses.
The fight over the future
of Barclays will help deter-
mine whether any of Eu-
rope’s banks can retain global
ambitions.
For centuries, the U.K. was
synonymous with interna-
tional banking, and London
was the first stop for compa-
nies and governments look-
ing to raise money. Then its
banks ventured overseas to
grab a greater share of lend-
ing and trading, bringing
some of them close to death
during the financial crisis a
decade ago.
Today, U.S. banks domi-
nate fundraising and trading,
buoyed by healthier balance
sheets and robust American
capital markets.
Mr. Staley has a vision for
Barclays, which absorbed
much of Lehman Brothers af-
ter its collapse. He wants it
to become a compact version
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Jes Staley runs one of the
last full-service banks left in
Europe that compete with
Wall Street. The way the 62-
year-old American banker
sees it, his restructuring of
U.K.-based Barclays PLC has
primed it to take on the likes
of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
and Morgan Stanley.
British-born investor Ed-
ward Bramson couldn’t agree
less, and his New York firm
has bought a sizable stake in
Barclays. He is trying to force
the bank to scale back its
Wall Street ambitions, to be-
come a consumer and com-
mercial lender with smaller
investment-banking opera-
tions.
So far, Mr. Staley, the chief
executive, is having none of
it. “He wants us to retreat
into a foxhole? He should go
back to Connecticut,” Mr.
Staley has told colleagues, re-
ferring to the state where Mr.
BY MARGOT PATRICK
Barclays CEO
Wages Fight to Stay
Wall Street Player
A big investor, who is seeking a board seat,
opposes Jes Staley’s global ambitions
Billy Joel
Didn’t Start
The Fire
i i i
But his helicopter,
and others, are
irking Long Island
BY LESLIE BRODY
CENTRE ISLAND, N.Y.—In a
decade as mayor of a wealthy
enclave perched on Long Is-
land’s North Shore, Lawrence
Schmidlapp has presided over
countless meetings of the
board of trustees, which nor-
mally draw just a handful of
neighbors.
There is one issue that can
pack Village Hall: Whether to
ban personal helipads.
“We can run out of chairs,”
says Mr. Schmidlapp, who is
also the police commissioner
and husband of the village
clerk.
Four private helipads sit
among roughly 185 households
on this small island about 40
miles east of Midtown Manhat-
tan on the northern coast of
Long Island. A helicopter flight
home from Manhattan can take
less than 15 minutes. By con-
trast, driving in evening rush
hour can take about two hours.
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Attorney General William Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about his handling of the Mueller report.
opposition leader Juan Guaidó.
The talks would mark the
first known contact between
the government and the opposi-
tion since Mr. Guaidó declared
himself interim president in
late January, sparking the most
serious challenge yet to Mr. Ma-
duro’s rule. Fifty-four countries,
including the U.S., recognize the
opposition leader as Venezu-
ela’s legitimate president.
“We know that a part, a
large part, a majority of the
high command were talking
with the Supreme Court and
Juan Guaidó about a change, a
change in government, with the
departure of Maduro, and with
guarantees for the military,”
Mr. Abrams told Venezuelan
online TV network VPItv on
Wednesday.
The opposition believed it
was close enough to a deal that
PleaseturntopageA8
WASHINGTON—Attorney
General William Barr criticized
Robert Mueller’s decision not to
reach a conclusion about
whether President Trump ob-
structed justice during a conten-
tious hearing that laid bare a
rift between him and the special
counsel over the politically
charged investigation.
In his first congressional tes-
timony since releasing a re-
dacted version of Mr. Mueller’s
448-page report, Mr. Barr faced
pointed criticism from Senate
Democrats over his handling of
the findings on Russian election
interference in 2016.
for Thursday over disagree-
ments about the format of the
appearance—and that an unre-
dacted version of the Mueller
report, which had been subpoe-
naed by the committee,
wouldn’t be provided.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D., N.Y.),
who leads that committee, also
threatened to hold the attorney
general in contempt of Con-
gress—a prelude to a possible
court battle—for his continued
refusal to turn over the unre-
dacted Mueller report, a poten-
tially big escalation of tensions
between Democratic lawmakers
and the Trump administration.
Mr. Barr has said he can’t re-
lease the entire unredacted re-
port in part because it contains
grand-jury material and infor-
mation about ongoing criminal
cases that can’t be made public.
The attorney general has invited
some top lawmakers and their
staff to view a less redacted re-
port in a special facility, an offer
Democrats have refused.
Wednesday’s Senate hearing
offered a dramatic public dis-
play of the behind-the-scenes
jockeying to give Mr. Mueller’s
findings their proper airing.
It came just after the Justice
PleaseturntopageA4
“If [Mr. Mueller] felt he
shouldn’t go down a path of
making a traditional prosecutive
decision, then he shouldn’t have
investigated,” Mr. Barr told the
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wednesday. “That was the time
to pull up.”
Meanwhile, the Justice De-
partment late Wednesday told
House Democrats that Mr. Barr
wouldn’t appear at a Judiciary
Committee hearing scheduled
By Sadie Gurman,
Byron Tau
and Kristina Peterson
Attorney General, Democrats
Clash Over Mueller Report
WASHINGTON—Federal Re-
serve officials agreed to keep
their benchmark interest rate
unchanged and signaled com-
fort that their wait-and-see
posture had steadied the econ-
omy after fears of a slowdown
had sent markets reeling at
the end of last year.
Fed Chairman Jerome Pow-
ell, speaking at a news confer-
ence Wednesday, played down
concerns that recent soft in-
flation might hint at broader
economic weakness. He re-
peatedly highlighted individual
price declines that could prove
transitory and, in doing so,
pushed back against some
market hopes the Fed might
be preparing to lower interest
rates later this year.
“Overall the economy con-
tinues on a healthy path, and
the committee believes that
the current stance of policy is
appropriate,” Mr. Powell said
after officials ended their two-
day policy-setting meeting.
For now, “we don’t see a
strong case for moving [rates]
in either direction,” he said.
All 10 members of the cen-
tral bank’s rate-setting com-
mittee, comprising the five
Fed governors and five regional
PleaseturntopageA2
BY NICK TIMIRAOS
Powell
Signals
No Need
For Cuts
Markets slide as Fed
holds rates steady and
chairman plays down
low-inflation worries
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Barr criticized Mueller’s
decision not to reach a con-
clusion about whether
Trump obstructed justice
during a contentious Senate
hearing that laid bare a rift
between the attorney general
and the special counsel. A1
Venezuela’s opposition
held secret negotiations
with members of Maduro’s
inner circle in recent
months in an ill-fated bid to
get him to leave power. A1
A family from China paid
a college counselor $6.5 mil-
lion for help securing a spot
at Stanford and connected to
the counselor via a Morgan
Stanley financial adviser. A6
May fired her defense
chief, saying he leaked infor-
mation surrounding a review
into the use of Huawei gear in
the U.K.’s telecom network. A9
The Trump administration
requested $4.5 billion from
Congress to respond to the
growing surge of migrants
at the southern border. A4
The administration urged
an appeals court to strike
down the entire ACA, pre-
senting its position oppos-
ing all of the health law. A4
Sri Lankan authorities
released the names of the
bombers in the Easter attacks
after completing DNA tests
to confirm their identities. A7
The administration has
hired consultants to estimate
potential losses in the govern-
ment’s student-loan portfolio,
and is weighing selling all
or portions of the debt. A6
A British judge sentenced
Assange to 50 weeks in jail
for skipping bail in 2012. A9
Fed officials agreed to
hold their benchmark
interest rate steady and
signaled comfort that their
wait-and-see posture had
steadied the economy. A1
U.S. stocks fell, with the
Dow down 0.6% at the close
after the Fed reiterated that
it will stay patient. Treasury
prices fluctuated before
ultimately ending lower. B11
Qualcomm said it
would receive at least $4.5
billion from Apple as part
of a legal settlement be-
tween the companies. B1
The largest U.S. compa-
nies are beginning to heed
the demands of investors
focused on environmental
and social issues. B1
Disney shuffled execu-
tive ranks at its film oper-
ation, elevating studio Pres-
ident Alan Bergman to help
oversee the division. B3
CVS reported stronger-
than-expected results as a
combined health-care firm,
easing concerns about its
acquisition of Aetna. B3
Two big life insurers
posted divergent earnings,
with MetLife’s profit in-
creasing 8% and Pruden-
tial’s dropping 32%. B10
E-cigarette maker NJOY
is pursuing a funding round
that would value the firm
at as much as $5 billion. B3
UBiome’s co-chiefs have
gone on leave in the wake
of a search of the com-
pany’s offices by the FBI. B3
Carlyle posted stronger
profit for the first quarter,
as the private-equity firm
recorded gains in invest-
ment income and fees. B10
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Venezuela’s opposition held
secret talks with members of
President Nicolás Maduro’s in-
ner circle in recent months in
an ill-fated bid to get Mr. Ma-
duro to leave power and install
a united interim government,
according to U.S. officials and
Venezuelan opposition figures.
The talks involved the high-
est levels of Mr. Maduro’s re-
gime, including Defense Minis-
ter Gen. Vladimir Padrino,
Supreme Court Chief Justice
Maikel Moreno and the presi-
dential guard commander and
head of military intelligence,
Gen. Iván Rafael Hernández.
The goal was to remove Mr.
Maduro and restore democracy
in the country, according to U.S.
special envoy Elliott Abrams
and people close to Venezuelan
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GLOBEANDMAIL.COM
British Columbia has filed a con-
stitutional challenge to block Al-
berta Premier Jason Kenney
from using a newly proclaimed
law to cut off oil shipments,
amid a deepening conflict over
the Trans Mountain pipeline,
petroleum shipments and gaso-
line prices.
Mr. Kenney’s decision to move
ahead on legislation that was
passed but never brought into
force by the previous NDP gov-
ernment opened up the first of
several legal fights for his United
Conservatives, all focused on his
central campaign pledge to push
back against opponents of pipe-
lines and the oil industry. Mr.
Kenney proclaimed the law im-
mediately after he was sworn in
on Tuesday, but said he doesn’t
intend to immediately begin
turning off the taps.
The conflict is also playing in-
to growing frustration in B.C.
over gasoline prices that have
topped $1.70 a litre at some sta-
tions. Mr. Kenney is urging Brit-
ish Columbians to blame Pre-
mier John Horgan and his oppo-
sition to the Trans Mountain ex-
pansion for increases at the
pumps. Mr. Horgan, in turn, in-
sisted that the gas-price issue has
nothing to do with the Trans
Mountain debate and instead
called on the pipeline’s new
owner, the federal government,
to intervene by ensuring that
more refined oil products reach
the B.C. market.
Mr. Kenney, whose party un-
seated the New Democrats in the
April 16 provincial election, ac-
cused Mr. Horgan’s government
of holding up permits and said
the B.C. Premier’s opposition, in-
cluding participating in a Federal
Court of Appeal case that ulti-
mately stalled the Trans Moun-
tain expansion, has been “deeply
frustrating” for Albertans.
“We will do what’s necessary
to protect our interests,” Mr. Ken-
ney said in Edmonton on
Wednesday. “The campaign to
landlock Alberta’s resources, re-
sulting in the failure of several
pipeline projects to Canada’s
West and East Coasts, has been
economically devastating and
has contributed to the jobs crisis
in this province.”
The Trans Mountain expan-
sion project is currently stalled
after a court ruling last year,
prompting a subsequent review
and additional consultations
with First Nations. Federal cabi-
net faces a June deadline on
whether to reapprove the pro-
ject.
OIL, A19
B.C. challenges Alberta’s oil-embargo law
Province to ask court
to block Kenney from
using legislation to
restrict energy exports
as conflict deepens
over Trans Mountain
JUSTIN GIOVANNETTI EDMONTON
JAMES KELLER CALGARY
JUSTINE HUNTER VICTORIA
Alberta Premier Jason
Kenney and Minister of
Energy Sonya Savage
arrive at an Edmonton
press conference on
Wednesday to discuss
the new oil-embargo law
that was proclaimed
Tuesday, on the
government’s first day
of power.
JASON FRANSON
/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Over the past few decades,
the Olympic movement
has slowly ossified into
party planning.
The Olympics continues on as
a successful – and, for some peo-
ple, profitable – idea. But the
“movement?” There isn’t much
to speak of.
There’s no leadership on
pressing issues of the day or
much bringing of light to dark-
ness, though the International
Olympic Committee loves to
speechify about such things.
Once a breaker of barriers, the
Olympics has become a brand
champion instead.
Well, careful what you wish
for.
Wednesday’s decision to com-
pel South African sprinter Caster
Semenya to alter her testoster-
one levels in order to compete
changes that calculation. The
Games are now a forward salient
in the culture wars.
From this point on, if you
would like to have an argument
about our two genders and the
blurring line between them, the
Olympics is where you can go to
have it.
Like every great athlete, Ms.
Semenya was born with unusual
genetic advantages. Unlike most
others, hers are measurable with
a chemistry set.
As a hyperandrogenic compet-
itor, Ms. Semenya produces far
more testosterone than the aver-
age woman, which, it is suggest-
ed, translates directly into phys-
ical performance. To her detrac-
tors, Ms. Semenya is a doper, only
she happens to do it naturally.
If Ms. Semenya were averagely
excellent – say, the fifth-best 800-
metre runner in the world – one
imagines people wouldn’t care so
much. There’d be a lot of room
for open-mindedness in that in-
stance.
KELLY, A9
With Semenya’s loss on testosterone ruling,
Olympics to play host to an unwinnable debate
CATHAL KELLY
South Africa's 800-metre gold-medal winner Caster Semenya can now
choose to appeal, spend more time on the sidelines or switch to a longer
distance, where testosterone rules do not apply. ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS/AP
OPINION
U.S. Attorney-General William
Barr is insisting President Donald
Trump did not obstruct justice
when he tried to thwart the probe
into Russian election interference
– and even said he will investigate
the investigation.
Mr. Barr is also facing accusa-
tions of lying to Congress last
month when he failed to disclose
a letter from special counsel Rob-
ert Mueller criticizing Mr. Barr’s
handling of Mr. Mueller’s final re-
port.
Rather than defuse criticisms
that he has run interference for
the President, Mr. Barr’s four-
hour appearance before a Senate
committee Wednesday fanned
the flames.
“That’s not a crime,” Mr. Barr
said when asked about the Presi-
dent’s efforts to get then-White
House counsel Don McGahn to lie
about Mr. Trump’s orders to have
Mr. Mueller fired.
The Attorney-General also as-
serted that Mr. Trump “fully co-
operated” with Mr. Mueller’s
probe, even though the President
tried to get the previous attorney-
general to stop Mr. Mueller from
investigating Mr. Trump’s cam-
paign.
And when asked about at-
tempts by Mr. Trump’s associates
to obtain compromising informa-
tion on the Democrats from Rus-
sian operatives, Mr. Barr said “I’m
not sure what you mean.”
Hours after the Senate hearing,
Mr. Barr declined to attend a sec-
ond session before a House of
Representatives legislative com-
mittee Thursday.
BARR, A19
Barr defends handling of Mueller report,
tells Senate that Trump didn’t obstruct justice
ADRIAN MORROW
U.S. CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON
In 1896, Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius made a pres-
cient calculation that showed the vast quantities of carbon
dioxide released into the atmosphere by burning coal and
other fossil fuels would eventually cause the planet to get
warmer.
Little did he realize that the effect he described was al-
ready under way and being dutifully recorded by a ready-
made monitoring system distributed around the globe in
the form of trees.
Now, scientists have tapped into
that record and demonstrated that
the human effect on Earth’s climate
can be traced back to the turn of
the last century, when it began
leaving its indelible mark on the
growth patterns of tree rings. What
the tree rings reveal matches what
climate models predict should have
happened given the basic proper-
ties of greenhouse gases and the
amount of energy the sun supplies
to the atmosphere.
“The models are saying that we
should see the fingerprint of hu-
man-forced climate change in the
early 20th century, and the tree
rings confirm that,” said Kate Mar-
vel, a climate scientist with NASA’s
Goddard Institute for Space Stud-
ies in New York, and lead author
on the analysis, published Wednesday in the journal
Nature.
The result is significant for two reasons, Dr. Marvel and
her colleagues say. First, because it provides an alternative
way to gauge how greenhouse gases and other industrial
pollutants have influenced drought patterns over time.
RINGS, A19
Root of change: Tree rings
reveal 120 years of human
influence on climate
IVAN SEMENIUK
SCIENCE REPORTER
The models
are saying that
we should see
the fingerprint
of human-forced
climate change
in the early 20th
century, and
the tree rings
confirm that.
KATE MARVEL
CLIMATE SCIENTIST
WITH NASA’S
GODDARD INSTITUTE
FOR SPACE STUDIES
EDUCATION
Nipissing University probes student-
teacher’s boasts that he raised doubts
about the Holocaust in a middle-school class
A4
REPORT ON BUSINESS
CPPIB says it will back an investor group’s
bid to end Bombardier’s share structure
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Der ehemalige SPÖ-Vorsitzen-
de und Kanzler Christian Kern
soll in ein Aufsichtsgremium
der russischen Staatsbahnen
einziehen.
Nicht der auch noch! Ehema-
lige Top-Politiker sind in Wla-
dimir Putins Reich bereits hef-
tigst engagiert. Der ehemalige
ÖVP-Kanzler Wolfgang Schüs-
sel soll in den Verwal-
tungsrat des riesigen
Ölkonzerns Lukoil ein-
rücken. Der frühere
ÖVP-Finanzminister Hans Jörg
Schelling ist Berater des russi-
schen Gasgiganten Gazprom für
den Bau der Nordsee-Pipeline
Nord Stream 2.
In Russlands Konzernwelt
geschieht nichts ohne die Po -
litik, konkret ohne Putin. Die
Nord-Stream-Pipeline, zu de-
ren Promotoren der Putin-
Freund und ehemalige deut-
sche Kanzler Gerhard Schröder
gehört, ist in der EU heftigst um-
stritten. Der US-Thinktank Cen-
ter for Strategic and Interna -
tional Studies (CSIS), der den
Republi kanern nahesteht, hat
kürzlich eine äußerst kritische
Studie über Österreich als Ein-
fallstor für russische Interessen
in der EU veröffentlicht. Sie
wurde der Begleitung
von Finanzminister
Hartwig Löger beim
jüngsten Besuch in den
USA kritisch vorgehalten.
Putin erneuert soeben wieder
seine Attacken auf die Ukraine.
Die Annexion der Ostukraine
steht im Raum. Die EU wird
möglicherweise reagieren müs-
sen. Das ist keine gute Zeit für
einen österreichische Exkanz-
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byist für russische Interessen
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Warum die Steuerreform
nach 2022 verpuffen könnte
THEMA Seiten 2, 3, Kommentar Seite 28
E-Scooter-Fahrer sind
versichert – oder nicht
GELDSTANDARD Seite 11
Leonardo – Popstar
und Universalgenie
KULTUR Seiten 21, 22
Köstinger bestätigt
Milliardenzahlungen
für Klimasünden
Österreich muss wegen verfehlter Ziele bis
zu 6,6 Milliarden an CO
2
-Rechten zukaufen
Wien – Der große Wurf in Sachen
Ökologisierung blieb bei der am
Dienstag präsentierten Steuer -
reform aus. Angesichts der ver-
fehlten Klimaschutzziele wäre die-
ser aber dringend notwendig: Bis
2030 muss Österreich ohne zu-
sätzliche Maßnahmen Emissions-
zertifikate in der Höhe von bis zu
6,6 Milliarden Euro zukaufen,
bestätigte Umweltministerin Eli-
sabeth Köstinger (ÖVP) in einer
parlamentarischen Anfragebeant-
wortung Schätzungen von Wis-
senschaftern.
Zwar hat die Republik die natio-
nalen Klimaziele, die mit der EU
vereinbart wurden, bereits 2017
überschritten, bis 2020 fallen auf-
grund ungenutzter Emissionsrech-
te aus früheren Jahren jedoch kei-
ne Kosten für den öffentlichen
Haushalt an. Anschließend müs-
sen sich Bund und Länder die Kos-
ten für zugekaufte Zertifikate tei-
len. In der Berechnung geht das
Umweltministerium von einem
Preis von 20 bis 100 Euro je Ton-
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-Äquivalent aus.
In der Anfrage der Liste Jetzt äu-
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CO
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-Steuer, die bisher von der Re-
gierung abgelehnt wurde. Köstin-
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einem Mindestpreis mit Ausrich-
tung auf den Stromsektor daher
positiv gegenüber.
Die Vernachlässigung des Kli-
maschutzes in der Steuerreform
wurde von Opposition und Um-
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Wifo-Ökonomin Margit Schrat-
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Kopf des Tages
Masako Owada ist Japans neue
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US-Regierung droht
mit Militärintervention
in Venezuela
Caracas – Einen Tag nach seinem
Beginn schien der Versuch der
venezolanischen Opposition, die
Staatsgewalt in die Hände zu neh-
men, am Mittwoch festzufahren.
Zwar rief Nationalversammlungs-
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Großprotesten auf – über kleine
Gruppen hinaus schienen die Si-
cherheitskräfte aber nicht seinem
Aufruf zu folgen, dem linksautori-
tären Präsidenten Nicolás Maduro
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Auch Maduro rief für Mittwoch zu
Demonstrationen auf, neue Stra-
ßenschlachten wurden befürch-
tet. US-Außenminister Mike Pom-
peo betonte, eine US-Militäraktion
gegen Maduro sei „möglich“. (red)
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yerinde gözlem” istedi…
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DÜnYA
Yıldırım’dan
sokak
hayvanlarına
10 ton mama
YAşAM 2 BURSA’DA
HAVA
10O
Gece
19O
GünDüz
İnegöl’de
başıboş
köpekler
hastanelik etti
3. SAYFA
Julian Assange’a 50 hafta hapis
Ekvador’un Londra Büyükelçiliği’nde geçir-
diği 7 yılın ardından polise teslim edilen Wi-
kiLeaks’in kurucusu Julian Assange, 50 haf-
ta hapse mahkûm edildi.
1 MAYIS COŞKUSU
Emek ve Dayanışma
Günü tüm yurtta çeşitli
etkinliklerle kutlandı.
BAYrAM YoLUNDA
KAHrEDEN KAzA
nElbistan’dan, 1 Mayıs kutlamalarına katılmak üzere
Şanlıurfa’ya giden işçileri taşıyan midibüs devrildi. Ka-
zada 5 işçi öldü, 13 kişi yaralandı. Kazanın lastiği pat-
layan bir otomobilin minibüse çarpmasıyla yaşandığı
açıklandı. Hak-İş ve Memur-Sen’in 1 Mayıs kutlamaları
kaza nedeniyle yarıda kesilerek iptal edildi. ►10
Mehmetçiğe süper lazer gÜNde14BiN
kiŞiye ifTar
Büyükşehir
Belediyesi,
ramazanda
şehrin 8
farklı nokta-
sında iftar
sofrası ku-
racak, ren-
kli etkinlik-
ler düzenle-
yecek.
nBüyükşehir Belediye Başkanı Alinur Aktaş, ra-
mazanda dolu dolu bir program hazırladıkla-
rını söyledi. Merinos AKKM’de ay boyunca or-
taoyunu, meddah, ilahiler, çocuk tiyatrosu,
masal kahramanları ve yarışmalar olacak.
8 BÖLGEDE soFrALAr KUrULACAK
n Başkan Aktaş, “Fomara, Görükle, Alemdar,
Emirsultan, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mahallesi, Yıl-
dırım Çınarönü, Gürsu Meydanı ve İnegöl ol-
mak üzere 8 noktada her gün 14 bin kişilik iftar
sofraları kuracağız’ dedi. ááDErYA DEMİr ►4
maduro
darBeyi
BaSTırdı
Venezuela Devlet Başka-
nı Maduro, askeri darbe
ve halk ayaklanmasına
izin vermedi. ABD Dışiş-
leri Bakanı Pompeo yeni
tehditler savurdu.
nGuaido’yu destekleyen askerleri ‘planları ba-
şarısız olan küçük bir grup’ olarak tanımla-
yan Maduro, yaşananların cezasız kalmaya-
cağını açıkladı. Gerekmesi durumunda Ve-
nezuela’ya askeri operasyon için hazır ol-
duklarını belirten Pompeo, ‘Böyle bir hare-
kat mümkün ve yapabiliriz’ dedi. ►11
BaŞka iTTifaka
ihTiyaç yok
nCumhur İttifakı’nın Türk
milletinin takdir ve ufuk
bayrağı olduğunu söyle-
yen MHP lideri Devlet
Bahçeli, ‘31 Mart seçim-
leri öncesi “Kürdistan’da
kazanacağız, batıda AK
Parti ile MHP’ye kaybet-
tireceğiz” diyen bölücü-
lerle Türkiye İttifakı na-
sıl sağlanacaktır?’ ifade-
sini kullandı. ►8
Teleferiğe
1 ay
bakım
molası
Bursa Cumhuriyet
Başsavcısı Uğurhan
Kuş ve Adalet Komis-
yonu Başkanı Ali Rıza
Bir, Osmangazi Beledi-
ye Başkanı Mustafa
Dündar’a hayırlı olsun
ziyaretinde bulundu.
nCHP İl Başkanı Hüseyin Akkuş ve be-
raberindeki heyet, Genel Başkan Ke-
mal Kılıçdaroğlu’na geçmiş olsun zi-
yareti gerçekleştirdi. Gemlik Belediye
Başkanı Mehmet Uğur Sertaslan zi-
yaret sırasında Kılıçdaroğlu’na Gem-
lik’in anahtarını takdim etti. ►12
sigara ve telefona
şAnS TOpu
7
+
17
29
28 7
26
SAYISAL LOTO
33
25
20
6 11 18
2 lira
Ramazan hazırlığını
tamamlayan BESAŞ
400 gram pidenin fi-
yatını 2 lira olarak be-
lirledi. Başkan Aktaş,
“Piyasada satılacak
pidenin kilogram fi-
yatı 8.33 liraya gelir-
ken, BESAŞ’ta kilo-
gram fiyatı 5 lira ola-
cak” dedi. ►12
Mevlana
belgeseli
çekecek
nÜnlü şarkıcı Beyonce,
Mevlana’nın hayatını anla-
tan bir belgesel çekmeye
karar verdi. Belgesel için
60 milyon dolar ayıran Be-
yonce, geçen yıl dünyaya
gelen ikizlerine Mevla-
na’nın ismi olan Rumi ve
Sir adını vermişti.
BeSaŞ pideSi
BeSaŞ pideSi
nİstanbul’da kutlamaların ad-
resi bu yıl Bakırköy olurken,
Taksim’e çıkmak isteyenlere
izin verilmedi. 127 kişi gözaltı-
na alındı. İzmir ve Kocaeli’nde
de binlerce emekçi meydanla-
rı doldurdu.
nBursa’da 1 Mayıs, davul, zur-
na ve tulumla halaylar ve slo-
ganlar eşliğinde kutlandı. Yü-
rüyüşe 20 bin civarında katı-
lım olurken, Kent Meyda-
nı’nda 5 bin kişi toplandı. Yak-
laşık 3 bin polis görev yaptı.
áá AYŞEGÜL GÜrAL AKTÜrK ►5
5 ölü
nTüm cep telefonları için
yüzde 25 olan ÖTV oranı,
640 liranın üzerinde yüzde
40, 1500 liranın üzerinde
yüzde 50 olarak yeniden
belirlendi. Sigarada asgari
maktu vergi tutarı 0,2679
lira oldu. ►6
Başsavcı
Kuş’tan
Dündar’a
ziyaret
nMisafirlerine teşekkür
eden Başkan Dündar, yü-
rütülen çalışmalar hakkın-
da bilgi verdi. Dündar,
Başsavcı Kuş ve Adalet Ko-
misyonu Başkanı Bir’e be-
lediye binasının giriş ka-
tında maketi sergilenen
Osmangazi Meydan Proje-
si’ni anlattı. ►12
‘TARAFGİRLİK GÖSTERGESİ...’
‘TERÖRE GÖZ YUMULUYOR...’
GEMLİK’İN ANAHTArI
KILIÇDAroĞLU’NDA
nCumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Erdo-
ğan ile ABD Başkanı Donald Trump
arasında geçtiğimiz gün yapılan tele-
fon görüşmesinde, S-400’ler ve Suri-
ye’nin kuzeyindeki son durumun
yanı sıra Trump’ın Türkiye ziyareti-
nin de ele alındığı kaydediliyor. ►11
nTÜBİTAK, milli piyade tüfeği MPT 76’ya monte edilebilen
milli lazer silahı geliştirdi. Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanı Mustafa
Varank, ‘Bu, patlayan veya ateşli bir silah değil. Elektriği lazer
ışığına çeviriyor. 20 kilowat güç seviyesinde bir geminin gü-
vertesindeki çeliği
delebili-
yor’’ de-
di. ►9
nKent merkezi ile Uludağ arasında al-
ternatif ulaşım sağlayan teleferik
seferlerinin bir bölümüne bakım ça-
lışmaları nedeniyle bir ay ara veril-
di. 2 Mayıs-3 Haziran tarihleri ara-
sında Teferrüç-Sarıalan arasındaki
hatlarda bakım yapılacak. ►12
Bursaspor kesenin
ağzını açıyor
nAkhisar maçı sonrası demoralize olan
oyuncuların moralini yerine getirmek
için çırpınan Teknik Direktör Mesut Bak-
kal’ın ardından bir hamle de yönetimden
geldi. Daha önce maç başı primini 50 bin
TL’ye çıkaran yönetim, takım ligde kalır-
sa, oyunculara 300-350 bin lira arası
prim dağıtmayı planlıyor. ►spor
Trump
geliyor
ABD Başkanı Donald Trump’ın
temmuz ayı içinde Türkiye’ye bir
ziyaret gerçekleştireceği belirtildi.
Mesut Bakkal
MHP
lideri
Bahçeli
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Trump’s behavior. The dis-
pute is certain to persist, as
Democrats push to give
Mueller a chance to answer
Barr’s testimony with his
own later this month.
Barr separately informed
the House Judiciary Com-
mittee that he would not
appear for its scheduled
hearing Thursday because
ofthepanel’sinsistencethat
he be questioned by com-
mittee lawyers as well as
lawmakers. That refusal
sets the stage for Barr to
possibly be held in con-
tempt of Congress.
At Wednesday’s Senate
WASHINGTON — Pri-
vate tensions between Jus-
tice Department leaders
and special counsel Robert
Mueller’s team broke into
public view Wednesday as
Attorney General William
Barr pushed back at the
special counsel’s “snitty”
complaints over his han-
dling of the Trump-Russia
investigation report.
Testifying for the first
time since releasing
Mueller’s report, Barr faced
sharp questioning from
Senate Democrats who ac-
cused him of making mis-
leading comments and
seeming at times to be
President Donald Trump’s
protector as much as the
country’s top law enforce-
ment official.
The rift fueled allega-
tions that Barr has spun
Mueller’s findings in
Trump’s favor and under-
stated the gravity of
Judiciary Committee ses-
sion, Barr said he had been
surprised Mueller did not
reach a conclusion on
whetherTrumphadtriedto
obstruct justice, and that he
hadfeltcompelledtostepin
with his own judgment that
the president had commit-
ted no crime.
“I’m not really sure of his
reasoning,” Barr said of
Mueller’s obstruction anal-
ysis, which neither accused
the president of a crime nor
exonerated him. If Mueller
felt he shouldn’t make a
Senate Dems accuse Barr of lying
AG calls Mueller’s
letter over report’s
handling ‘a bit snitty’
By Eric Tucker and
Mary Clare Jalonick
Associated Press
Attorney General William Barr, who testified to senators,
refuses to do so Thursday before a House committee.
WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY
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Democrats in the Illinois
Senate used their super-
majority to push forward
legislation Wednesday
paving the way for a gradu-
ated-ratestateincometax—
DemocraticGov.J.B.Pritzk-
er’s top legislative priority
— but the plan faces an
uncertain future in the
House.
With a 40-19 straight
party-line vote, Senate
Democrats exceeded the
three-fifths majority re-
quired to approve a pro-
posed amendment that
would eliminate the Illinois
Constitution’s flat tax re-
quirement and allow for a
structure that charges
higher rates on higher in-
comes. That measure must
be approved by the same
margin in the Democrat-
controlled House and then
would go before voters in
the November 2020 elec-
tion.
Again without any Re-
publican votes, Senate
Democrats passed a pack-
age of bills that would take
effect only if voters approve
the constitutional amend-
ment. The first establishes a
new graduated rate struc-
ture that would bring in an
estimated $3.3 billion in
newstaterevenuebyraising
taxes on people earning
more than $250,000 a year
while giving a modest break
to the other 97 percent of
taxpayers.
The other bills — aimed
at winning over reluctant
Democrats and appeasing
angry taxpayers — would
freeze school district prop-
erty tax rates if the state
meets its education funding
obligations and eliminate
the estate tax, a long-held
Republican priority. While
Democrats were united in
support of the proposed
Ill. Senate
passes
Pritzker’s
tax plan
Democrats help
move proposal
over to House
By Dan Petrella
Chicago Tribune
Turn to Tax, Page 9
As rain soaked northern Illinois, flood warnings hit Chicago-area rivers on Wednesday morning and residents might have to deal with an-
other bout of flash flooding Thursday. The Des Plaines River was at or close to flood levels Wednesday at Des Plaines and Riverside, while
the DuPage River at Plainfield and the Fox River in McHenry and Kane counties were flooding. Above, Natalie Kaciulis takes pictures with
her son Nicholas, 2, as recent heavy rains swell the DuPage River at the Naperville Riverwalk on Wednesday. Chicagoland, Page 4
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Chicago area braces for flooding
A new study that shows
adolescentsareattempting
suicide by overdose at in-
creasing rates is further
evidence that the perva-
sive public health problem
needs more conversation
and money, experts say.
In the report, published
WednesdayinTheJournal
of Pediatrics, researchers
at Nationwide Children’s
Hospital in Columbus,
Ohio, and the Central Ohio
PoisonCenterfoundmedi-
cation overdose suicide at-
tempts have more than
doubled since 2000, and
more than tripled for girls.
“I think this all adds up
to an opportunity to edu-
cate and build awareness
and find out what solu-
tionsareoutthereforthis,”
said John Ackerman, sui-
cide prevention coordina-
tor and clinical psycholo-
gist at Nationwide Chil-
dren’s Hospital and one of
the authors of the new
study. “We have so many
opportunities across our
system to do better. This
shouldbeacalltomobilize
resources.”
The stakes are high.
Joanne Meyers, of North-
field, knows firsthand —
her daughter Elyssa died
by suicide at age 16 in
2004. In 2006, Meyers
formed Elyssa’s Mission, a
Northbrook-based non-
Jodie Segal, director of education with Elyssa's Mission, leads a suicide awareness
workshop with sixth- and seventh-graders at Bannockburn School last month.
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‘THIS SHOULD BE A CALL
TO MOBILIZE RESOURCES’
Suicide bids by overdose on rise in young people
By Kate Thayer
Chicago Tribune
Turn to Suicide, Page 9
A man who attempted
to detonate a 1,000-pound
car bomb outside a
crowded Loop bar in 2012
apologized Wednesday to
his family, the judge and
the United States for what
he called a stupid mistake
when he was a naive teen
“trying to make friends.”
“At the time I
thought it was too
late to turn back,”
Adel Daoud,
dressed in an or-
ange jail jumpsuit
and shackled at
the ankles, told
U.S. District Judge
Sharon Johnson
Coleman about the night
he pressed the detonator
on the bomb, all part of a
ruse by the FBI. “Some-
times Ilaughat mystupid-
ity. Was that really me?”
Reading rapidly from
written remarks, Daoud,
25, said he’s a different
person now. In the nearly
seven years since his ar-
rest, Daoud said he real-
ized he was “crazy for God
knows how long” but has
found clarity with treat-
ment and medication
while in jail. He has also
come to realize that his
beliefs were terribly mis-
guided on what the Islam-
ic faith teaches about vi-
olence.
“I was naive, gullible
and confused,” he said
about his life in 2012. “I
thought jihad could only
mean war.”
Unlike previous court
appearances when Daoud
rambled incoherently
about Freemasons and liz-
ard people, his remarks
Wednesdaywerelucid,his
voice deeper and steadier.
He ended by ask-
ing for leniency.
“Please don’t
make my sentence
a payback for
events or to people
around the world
that have nothing
to do with me,” he
said. “I’m sorry for
taking the court’s time, for
making my parents cry, for
making a bad name for the
Muslim community, and
I’m sorry to the United
States of America. God
bless you.”
The three-day sentenc-
ing hearing has punctuat-
ed what has been one of
the strangest and longest-
running terrorism cases in
Chicago history.
Coleman won’t impose
Local terror plot
suspect: ‘I laugh
at my stupidity’
Hillside man faces
sentencing in plan
to blast Loop bar
By Jason Meisner
Chicago Tribune
Daoud
Turn to Plot, Page 8
The developer proposing
skyscrapers on a platform
over train tracks near Sol-
dier Field seeks state funds
for a $3.8 billion transit
center. Ryan Ori in Business
Developer seeks
state funds for
transit center
White Sox shortstop Tim
Anderson didn’t invent bat
flipping or home run cele-
brations, but in his mind,
it’s up to him to start a
revolution. Chicago Sports
Sox’s Anderson:
‘They don’t want
me to have fun’
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Auction .........................5B
Classifieds ...................4B
Family .......................... 4A
TV Listings ................... 3B
Obituaries .................... 2A
Out & About ..................8A
Sports ...........................1B
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Mercenaries Play
In Hillsboro
To Honor Twitty . . . See Sports
The Ariston Cafe in Litchfield
will celebrate the history of Route
66 with a ceremony to relight the
vintage neon signs and neon win-
dow accents on Saturday, May 4.
Celebrating 95 years on Route
66, as the oldest continuously op-
erating restaurant, neon will once
again welcome travelers on their
journey from Chicago to Santa
Monica.
The historic cafe will host a
viewing beginning at 7 p.m. The
program will begin as dusk nears,
and the official relighting will take
place between 8 and 8:15 p.m.
Cruise in with a classic car, and
while waiting for the perfect time
to flip the switch, groove to music
from the 1950s and 1960s and
mingle with other Route 66 fans.
As part of the festivities, the
Litchfield Museum and Route 66
Welcome Center across the street
will be open for extended hours
The landmark event has been
made possible through the part-
nership of Nick and Demi Adam,
former owners of the Ariston Cafe,
Will and Michele Law, and Marty
and Kara Steffens, current own-
ers of the Ariston Cafe, the Neon
Heritage Preservation Committee
from the Route 66 Association of
Missouri, and the Route 66 Cor-
ridor Preservation Program from
the National Park Service.
For more information contact
the Ariston Cafe at 217-324-2023
or check out VisitLitchfield.com.
Ariston Cafe Honors History
With Vintage Sign Relighting
The suspect who had been
wanted for allegedly breaking into
parked cars in downtown Hillsboro
has been arrested, according to Hill-
sboro Police Chief Randy Leetham.
Lamont "Chance" Alberty, 19,
of Hillsboro, was arrested after
he called the Montgomery County
Sheriff's Office to turn himself in,
as well as more stolen items. He
has been charged with residential
burglary and burglary to motor
vehicles.
According to Leetham, the crime
was reported to police Thursday
morning, April 24. Police identified
the suspect using video surveillance
images captured by downtown
businesses.
"I want to thank the sheriff's
office and Litchfield police for their
assistance in helping locate the
suspect," Leetham said, "and the
diligent efforts of the Hillsboro
Police Department investigating
officers."
Teen Suspect Arrested For
Downtown Vehicle Break-In
Wild Times Exotics Zoo Director Samantha Wendling interacts with a three-year-old ring-tailed lemur
named King Julian, as local children watch and pet its long tail. Journal-News/Bethany Martin
Zion Hosts Flyer Fest Fundraiser For PTL
Many fun, interactive games
could be found in every corner
of Zion Lutheran School for the
fifth annual Flyer Fest fundraiser
Saturday, April 27.
This year's event featured car-
nival games and prizes, inflatables,
a cake walk, face painting, Bingo,
a free petting zoo by Wild Exotics
of Springfield, lunch and a silent
auction. Games included leap frog,
drop zone, a noodle throw, spin for
a toy, balloon pop, beat the buzzer,
stop and throw and pet races.
As part of the petting zoo, chil-
dren had the opportunity to inter-
act with a large bunny, chinchilla,
tarantula, skinny pig, ring-tailed
lemur, blue tongue skink and two
snakes.
Continued on page 12A
Hillsboro FCCLA Students
Learn From Entrepreneurs
Seven young ladies will be competing for the title of Old Settlers Queen this summer, and they were introduced
at the kick-off event, held Tuesday, April 30, at the Challacombe House in Hillsboro. Pictured above, in front, from
the left are Caitlyn Howard, Erin Moore, Morgan Schaake, 2018 Old Settlers Queen Kelly Jansen, Malorie Scurlock,
Brianna Stephens and Josie Havens. In back are Charlie Page of the Hillsboro Masonic Lodge, Bill Clinard of the
Hillsboro Lions Club, Melanie Sherer of Imagine Hillsboro, Blanche Martin of Gold Mine Gaming, Steve Cullison of the Hillsboro Rotary Club,
Virgil Seamon of the Hillsboro Moose Lodge and Miranda Lovett and Lisa Casterline of CTI. The inset photo is queen candidate Kassie
Dunaway. Photo courtesy of Ken Meade Studio
Old Settlers Association Introduces Queen Candidates
The Hillsboro Old Settlers As-
sociation held its annual Queen's
Kickoff on Tuesday evening, April
30, at the Challacombe House in
Hillsboro.
Seven young ladies will be
competing this summer for the
title of 2019 Old Settlers Queen.
The winner will be crowned dur-
ing this year's celebration on
Wednesday, Aug. 8, in downtown
Hillsboro. Reigning Queen Kelly
Jansen will pass on her crown to
this year's winner.
Refreshments for the evening
included hors d'oeuvres and
desserts, catered by Milanos'
Catering. During the kickoff,
each queen candidate had a
chance to introduce herself and
her sponsor.
This year's candidates include
Caitlyn Howard, sponsored by
the Hillsboro Masonic Lodge;
Josie Havens, sponsored by CTI;
Brianna Stephens, sponsored
by the Hillsboro Moose Lodge;
Kassie Dunaway, sponsored by
Gold Mine Gaming; Morgan
Schaake, sponsored by Imagine
Hillsboro; Erin Moore, sponsored
by the Hillsboro Lions Club; and
Malorie Scurlock, sponsored by
the Hillsboro Rotary Club.
During the kick-off event, sev-
eral former Old Settlers queens
talked about some of their favor-
ite memories from the contest
and offered helpful tips to this
year's contestants.
After introductions, the queen
candidates had a chance to make
a few raffle ticket sales. Ticket
prices are $1 each, and prizes
will be awarded immediately
following the queen coronation.
Prizes this year are $750 for the
grand prize, $500 for first prize
and $250 for second prize.
Funds raised from this contest
are the principle support for Old
Settlers Days each year.
Committee members selected
this year's parade theme as "The
World Through My Eyes," which
will be for both the Kiddie Parade
and the Big Parade on Thursday,
Aug. 8.
This year's entertainment
will be a local country group,
Ace Oxygen and the Ozones on
Wednesday evening and Silver
Bullet - A Tribute to Bob Seger
on Thursday evening.
Martin Leaves His Mark On Raymond
From 1975 to 2017, Joe and Vonnie Martin served the village of
Raymond together, as trustee and village clerk until Vonnie's retirement
from the clerk's position two years ago. Monday, May 6, will be Joe's
final Raymond village board meeting, almost 50 years to the day that
he started as a trustee in May of 1969. Journal-News Photo
by Kyle Herschelman
For more than 80 years, dozens
of citizens have served the village
of Raymond in some capacity or
another, whether it be as a clerk,
a treasurer, a trustee or a mayor.
But throughout those eight-plus
decades, there has been one con-
stant, the last name Martin, at
least until this Monday's meeting
of the village board.
The meeting on May 6 will be
the final board meeting for trustee
Joe Martin, who decided not to
run for re-election after serving
the village for more than 50 years,
following in the footsteps of his
father Bert, who was village clerk
for 40 years before passing away
in 1974.
"My dad and mom used to live
around the corner. So I'd pick up
dad and we'd go to the town board
meeting, then we'd go across to one
of the taverns and have a beer af-
terwards." Martin said. "I was just
interested in being involved with
the town and helping the guys."
Martin was first elected to the
village board in May of 1959, but
has also served Raymond as mayor
for one term and clerk, which led
to another member of the Martin
family becoming involved in local
government.
"I told Denny (Held) that I
would be the clerk, temporarily,
because I had helped mom and
dad," said Martin. "But it wasn't
long after that I started working
on her."
"Her" is Vonnie Martin, Joe's
wife, who took over for him as the
village clerk and remained there
until retiring in May of 2017 after
42 years.
Continued on page 12A
Students in the Family, Ca-
reer and Community Leaders
of America (FCCLA) chapter at
Hillsboro High School learned
from local entrepreneurs after
school on Tuesday, April 30.
Members had a question-and-
answer session with child care
expert and HCCDC founder Sheri
Reynolds, Red Rooster Inn revital-
izer Kendra Wright, high school
senior and CEO entrepreneur
Logan Altenberger, Atlas 46 CEO
Brian Carver and his assistant
Laura Marshall, and Montgomery
County Growth Initiative leader
Bob Buda.
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Owensboro
Mayor Ron
Payne likes to
say that “Owensboro
is on the move,” and
he often follows it by
saying that no other
city in Kentucky has
as much going on as
Owensboro.
Last week, in his annual “State
of the City” address, Payne made
that case again, with details
supporting the claim. He seized
on the fact that 58 public and
private projects are currently
under way in the community
with a total value of $759 million,
all of which he
said contribute
to a strong local
economy.
Larry Boswell
doesn’t doubt it. “I’ve
lived here all my
life, and it’s been a
long time coming,”
Boswell said.
Boswell is
business manager of the
386-member Owensboro
Local 1701 of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers union. These days,
according to Bowell, it’s full
employment time for the local,
with more than 200 members
working on the new Owensboro
Medical Health System hospital
between Pleasant
Valley Road and
Daniels Lane off U.S.
60 East.
The hospital and
a long list of other
projects outlined
by Payne keep
the local’s other
electricians working
steadily, with
journeymen earning the top rate
of $29.02 a hour, plus benefits,
Boswell said.
“It’s been very beneficial
to us,” Boswell said. “All our
members are working. It’s
definitely a boost compared to
the two years prior (to 2010).
We started seeing the increase
toward the end of 2010. 2012
is projected to be great. ... It’s
really looking good for any
electrical contractor, union or
nonunion.”
Some of the projects
on Payne’s list are close to
completion, such as the Kentucky
National Guard Readiness
Center, the new state office
building and the downtown river
wall project. But others, including
the downtown convention center
and Hampton Inn & Suites hotel,
are set to begin this spring.
Boswell said spin-off projects
related to the hospital and
downtown projects hold potential
for more construction jobs.
“It looks like several years of
work,” he said.
For his fourth “State of the
City” speech Thursday at the
Greater Owensboro Chamber
of Commerce’s Rooster Booster
breakfast, Payne delivered a
glowing report on the city’s
health, shining a light on the size
of the surplus in the city’s general
fund and moderate-to-low tax
rates compared to 13 other first-
and second-class cities. He spent
the bulk of his time presenting
the list of ongoing, just finished
or soon-to-start projects and
the city’s lower-than-average
unemployment rate. While the
national unemployment rate is
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public and private projects currently under way in the community with a total value of $759 million.
Projects boosting employment, economic growth
The total
economic impact,
according to
Mayor Ron Payne,
will be $1.3
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Owensboro-Daviess County
Regional Airport had another
record-breaking year in 2011.
And officials there are hoping
to set yet another record for pas-
sengers in 2012.
In 2010, the airport boarded
slightly more than 16,000 passen-
gers, primarily on Allegiant Air
flights to Orlando, Fla.
Last year, boardings continued
to climb to 16,849.
And Ray Assmar, board chair-
man, says, “We should bounce
close to 20,000 this year.”
The 2011 numbers might have
been closer to 20,000, but Alle-
giant suspended flights to Orlando
for most of August and September,
which are typically slow months
for travel to Florida.
The airline did the same thing
in 2009.
The 2010 numbers were the
most passengers the airport had
seen in a single year since com-
mercial service began here in
1951 with Eastern Airlines.
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keep breaking records
BY KEITH LAWRENCE
MESSENGER INQUIRER
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt
Romney brushed aside rivals’ criti-
cism Saturday night in the open-
ing round of a weekend debate
doubleheader that left his Repub-
lican presidential campaign chal-
lengers squabbling among them-
selves and unable to knock the
front-runner off stride.
Three days before the first in-
the-nation New Hampshire pri-
mary, Romney largely ignored
his fellow Republicans and turned
instead on President Barack
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Just one week after a heat-
ed exchange over Owensboro
Health’s possible participa-
tion in paying for a city-county
ambulance services contract,
the Owensboro City Commis-
sion on Wednesday unani-
mously approved that agree-
ment with American Medical
Resources (AMR) after no dis-
cussion.
According to City Man-
a g e r N a t e
Pagan, conver-
sations regard-
ing who will
pay how much
of the $150,000
subsidy that
contract stipu-
lates are ongo-
ing.
“I think everyone wanted
financial assistance from the
hospital,” he said. “They’re in
the health care business. So,
they are the
c o m m u n i t y ’ s
health provid-
er, and I think
their mission is
to ensure the
health and wel-
fare of the com-
munity. This is
a component
of the health environment for
the local community. We don’t
know how the subsidy may or
may not be split. Discussions
are ongoing with the hospital,
so how the subsidy is shared
among the partners is still to
be determined.”
Still, it is up to Daviess
Fiscal Court to approve the
AMR contract before Yellow
Ambulance exits the commu-
nity next month. County com-
missioners are set to consider
that contract Thursday, May 2,
afternoon.
SEE CITY/PAGE A2
City OKs ambulance agreement
BY AUSTIN RAMSEY
MESSENGER INQUIRER
Nate
Pagan
Mayor
Tom Watson
The Catholic Diocese of
Owensboro said in a statement
late Wednesday afternoon that
diocesan officials are recom-
mending the Rev. Ed Bradley
be permanently
suspended from
p u b l i c m i n i s -
tr y following an
investigation into
complaints that
Bradley had sexu-
ally abused two
minors.
The diocese
released a state-
ment shor tly before 4 p.m.
Neither the Most Rev. William
Medley, bishop of the diocese of
Owensboro, nor Diocese Direc-
tor of Communications Tina
Kasey could be reached for com-
ment after the diocese issued the
release.
Bradley, 75, did not return
calls for comment.
During his career, Bradley was
principal at Owensboro Catho-
lic High School from 1980 to
1985, and was interim head of
Owensboro Catholic Schools in
2017 to June of last year.
Bradley was temporarily sus-
pended on March 1 after dioc-
esan officials received sexual
abuse allegations that allegedly
occurred while Bradley was prin-
cipal at OCHS. The release says
a second allegation was received
a few days after news of Bradley’s
temporary suspension was made
public.
That second allegation was of
“misconduct involving a minor
dating from 1980,” the state-
ment says. The allegations were
referred to the Commonwealth’s
Attorney’s Offi ce, the statement
said.
Of ficer Andrew Boggess,
public information officer for
the Owensboro Police Depart-
ment, said detectives investi-
gated the first allegation and
reported their findings to the
SEE BRADLEY/PAGE A2
Diocese
recommends
Bradley be
permanently
suspended
BY JAMES MAYSE
MESSENGER INQUIRER
The Rev.
Ed Bradley
UNDER INSPECTION
Above: Harold and Gail Hoover from Hartford look over
used school buses in the parking lot of the Owensboro
Sportscenter during the pre-inspection period on
Wednesday for the annual city auction. Kurtz Auction and
Realty will conduct the sale beginning at 10 a.m. for smaller
items and 11 a.m. for cars and trucks on Thursday, May 2.
Right: William Allen Jr. left, and his dad, William Allen, check
out the line of bicycles in the parking lot of the Owensboro
Sportscenter during the pre-inspection period on
Wednesday for the annual city auction.
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Daviess Circuit Judge Jay
Wethington set a 2020 trial
date on Wednesday for Mat-
thew A. Adams, the Utica man
charged with killing a woman
last July at her home on Placid
Place.
Adams, 26, was charged
with murder, fi rst-degree bur-
glary, tampering with physical
evidence and violation of an
emergency protective order in
the death of Erica Owen, 25.
Owen was found dead in her
home after officers, respond-
ing to a possible sui-
cide call at the home
of one of Adams’ rela-
tives, found Adams
there. According to
police, Adams told
them he believed he
may have killed Owen.
Commonwealth’s
Attorney Bruce Kuegel
is seeking the death penalty
against Adams. Owen had an
emergency protective order
against Adams at the time she
was killed, and Adams had an
active arrest warrant against
him on felony charges of van-
dalizing Owen’s home.
Adams wasn’t served
with the warrant until
he was arrested on the
murder charge.
Wethington set
the trial date for Oct.
1, 2020. The trial
is expected to last two
weeks and includes
fi ve days to select a jury.
“As soon as the jury is
selected, we’ll take testimony,”
Wethington said.
Wethington also set an
SEE TRIAL/PAGE A2
Adams’ death penalty trial set for 2020
BY JAMES MAYSE
MESSENGER INQUIRER
Matthew
A. Adams
I n N o v e m b e r, v o t e r s
approved the sale of alcoholic
beverages in East Philpot pre-
cinct, paving the way for sales at
the Daviess County Lions Club
Fairgrounds — and other places
in the precinct.
On July 9, the Lions Club will
get its license to sell beer and
other beverages, opening the
door for new events — including
concerts — at the fairgrounds.
And on July 27, the club is
bringing Exile, a band that start-
ed in rock music in 1963 and
later switched to country, to the
fairgrounds arena for an 8 p.m.
show.
A beer garden will be avail-
able at the show, Dyanne Baker,
a member of the fair board, said
this week.
The arena can seat about
10,000 people — making it the
largest venue in Daviess County.
“We hope we can continue
SEE LIONS/PAGE A2
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concerts to fairgrounds
BY KEITH LAWRENCE
MESSENGER INQUIRER
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GOULDSBORO — More
than 150 residents attended
a Monday night hearing
to listen and ask questions
about an effort to disband the
Gouldsboro Police Depart-
ment.
The hearing was sched-
uled after resident Becky
Irwin filed a petition seek-
ing to ask voters whether
they want to dissolve the
town’s police department
and instead contract with
the Hancock County Sher-
iff’s Office. Because the peti-
tion was signed by 97 resi-
dents, four more than the 93
required, the question will be
on the Town Meeting ballot
June 12.
“I firmly believe this topic
needs to be discussed,” said
Irwin, who was asked to
explain her reasons for col-
lecting signatures. “The goal
of the petition was to bring
about a conversation that
has been brewing in this
community for some time.”
When pressed for more
information, she said she
had nothing to add and
wanted to hear presentations
by Gouldsboro Police Chief
Tyler Dunbar and Hancock
County Sheriff Scott Kane.
Dunbar said the police
budget for the 2018-19 fis-
cal year was about $207,000,
which pays for two full-time
officers and one part-time
officer to work a total of up to
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ELLSWORTH — Women: check
your breasts and trust your gut.
That’s the message Barbara
Courchesne, owner of the Bud Con-
nection, would like to impart with
her new initiative, Bud for Boobs. For
every reusable vase or basket that cus-
tomers bring in, the shop will make a
donation to the mammography schol-
arship fund at Northern Light Maine
Coast Hospital.
The cause is personal for
Courchesne, 50, who was diagnosed
with breast cancer last year and
recently underwent a double mastec-
tomy and reconstructive surgery.
“Early detection has saved my life
certainly, so I think it’s important to
advocate for that for other people,”
she said last Thursday, while taking a
break from arranging 44 table center-
pieces for the Chefs’ Gala.
The gala, which was held
Saturday night at the Ramada in
Ellsworth (Section II, Page 6), raises
money for breast care services at
Maine Coast, including mammogram
scholarships for those who lack health
insurance or have high-deductible
plans.
To launch Bud for Boobs,
Courchesne donated flowers for the
event and gave out compact mirrors
emblazoned with a message remind-
ing women to get their mammograms.
The bouquets featured orange
tulips, purple cremone, carnations
(“in cool colors though”), spray roses
and succulents topped off with twin-
kle lights. Each was a little different
and in keeping with the gala’s neigh-
borhood block party theme.
The gala is a great party, but it’s
important to remember its greater
purpose, Courchesne said.
Last spring, a routine mammogram
Cancer survivor raising money,
awareness for mammograms
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Barbara Courchesne, a breast cancer
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for the Chefs’ Gala. The bouquets
will help raise awareness for her new
philanthropic effort, Bud for Boobs.
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By Kate Cough
ELLSWORTH — A bed of
ice. A slice of lemon. A dozen
gleaming oyster shells. And
… thousands of fragments of
plastic?
No thank you, state Rep.
Nicole Grohoski (D-Ells-
worth) told the Committee
on Environment and Natu-
ral Resources at a hearing on
April 24.
“I generally don’t eat plas-
tic if I can help it,” said Gro-
hoski, citing a study by the
Shaw Institute in Blue Hill
that found an average of 177
plastic fragments in oysters
harvested in Maine, and a
similar number in mussels.
Grohoski was in Augusta
to testify on a bill she is co-
sponsoring that would elimi-
nate single-use plastic bags
statewide. The bill would ban
plastic bags less than 4 mils
(0.1 millimeter) in thick-
ness and require retailers to
impose a 5-cent fee on paper
bags.
There are some exceptions
— dry cleaning and produce
bags, newspaper sleeves, tire
bags at auto parts stores —
but for the most part, the bill
would ban thin plastic bags at
the point of sale. They could
still be sold on store shelves,
such as those for dog waste.
Plastic bags are not the
only — or the biggest —
problem, Grohoski acknowl-
edged. But they are a “signifi-
cant concern,” she said.
The Blue Hill study also
made this point, noting that
plastic bags are not necessar-
ily the most common source
of debris in Penobscot or
Blue Hill bays. (Microbeads
from beauty products and
fragments of synthetic cloth-
ing were likely the biggest
contributors.)
But Americans do use a
lot of plastic carryout bags
(roughly 4.13 million tons
in 2015, according to the
Environmental Protection
Agency) and only around
12 percent of those bags are
recycled.
Most recycling plants can’t
handle them, and they wind
up clogging up machinery
(Penobscot Energy Recovery
Co. in Orrington ran into this
problem last year and was
forced to upgrade its grinders
at a cost of $800,000, accord-
ing to Grohoski’s testimony).
So most wind up in land-
fills, clogging streams, caught
in trees or in the ocean. In
early April, a dead sperm
whale washed ashore in Indo-
nesia with 25 plastic bags
(along with flip-flops, string,
drinking cups and bottles) in
its gut.
And so in recent years,
hundreds of cities and three
states — California, Hawaii
and New York — have sought
to deal with the problem by
banning thin film plastic
bags.
Yet results on the environ-
mental impacts of such bans
have been mixed. One study
in California showed that
consumers used 40 million
Grohoski sponsors bill to
ban plastic bags statewide
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ELLSWORTH — A
68-year-old St. Albans man
driving a pickup truck
remained in critical condi-
tion Tuesday following a
head-on collision Saturday
afternoon on the Bangor
Road near Sunrise Glass.
Ellsworth Police Sgt.
Shawn Willey said at the
scene that Paul Butler’s
Ellsworth-bound pickup
truck evidently crossed into
the opposite lane at around
12:30, striking a Suburban
traveling toward Bangor. The
four people in the Suburban
— two adults and their two
children — sustained minor
injuries and were taken to
Northern Light Maine Coast
Hospital.
Samantha Wallace, 34,
of Harrington was driving
the Suburban. Her husband,
Lucas, 41, was the front seat
passenger. In the back seat
were Hunter, 5, and Drake,
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These two vehicles collided head-on Saturday afternoon on the Bangor Road near
Sunrise Glass.
Man seriously injured
in Ellsworth Falls crash
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Gouldsboro Police Chief Tyler Dunbar (left) answers questions during a hearing
Monday night on a citizen petition to disband the police department and contract
with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office. Listening during the hearing are (from left)
petitioner Becky Irwin, resident Melinda Boumans and Town Manager Sherri Cox.
Disbanding Gouldsboro PD
debated; vote set for June 12
By Jennifer Osborn
HANCOCK — The town of
Hancock will be asked to vote
whether to “opt-in” to allow
retail/commercial marijuana
operations within its borders.
The Hancock Town Meet-
ing article comes on the heels
of recently released but long-
anticipated proposed regula-
tions for operating retail mari-
juana businesses in Maine.
Medical marijuana busi-
nesses have already been oper-
ating in Maine. Also, personal,
recreational use has been legal
in Maine since the 2016 pas-
sage of the Marijuana Legaliza-
tion Act.
The Office of Marijuana
Policy April 23 released a
73-page draft of the proposed
rules to govern “Maine’s Adult
Use Marijuana Program.”
Maine contracted with a
Colorado firm, Freedman &
Koski, to write the rules.
Back to the upcoming Town
Meeting, which is scheduled
for Tuesday, May 14, at 6:30
p.m. at Hancock Grammar
School.
Article 83 on Hancock’s
Town Meeting warrant asks:
“Shall the town vote to
authorize within the munici-
pality the operation of adult
use marijuana establishments
provided they operate in com-
pliance with all applicable state
and local requirements?”
Unrelated to the opt-in
vote, the Hancock Plan-
ning Board May 8 will hear
an application for a CBD
Hancock
to vote on
retail pot
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April 12 - April 18, 2019
Your Community Newspaper Serving Palms West Since 1980
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THE
WELLINGTON • ROYAL PALM BEACH • LOXAHATCHEE • THE ACREAGE
INSIDE
DEPARTMENT INDEX
NEWS ..............................3 - 22
LETTERS ................................. 4
NEWS BRIEFS ........................ 7
PEOPLE .................................. 8
SCHOOLS ............................... 9
COLUMNS ............................18
BUSINESS ............................ 21
CALENDAR ...........................22
SPORTS .........................23 - 24
CLASSIFIEDS ............... 25 - 26
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By Denis Eirikis
Town-Crier Staff Report
Palm Beach Sheriff Office Dis-
trict 9 Capt. Ulrich Naujoks pre-
sented the latest crime statistics
to the Royal Palm Beach Village
Council last week, which showed
that the crime index in the village
has fallen for the fifth consecutive
year.
At the Thursday, April 4 meet-
ing, it was noted that while the
village suffered an unusual two
murders during the reporting pe-
riod, after zero in the previous four
years, robberies are at the lowest
level in more than 20 years.
The population of the village has
almost doubled since 1998, when
there were 8 reported robberies
in the village, and only 9 robber-
ies were reported last year. More
good news included that home
burglaries plummeted from 61 in
2017 to 24 in 2018. Vehicle theft
dropped from 61 to 45 reports, and
aggravated assault fell from 51 to
43 incidents.
Larceny, which includes shop-
lifting, rose slightly from 663 in-
cidents to 690 incidents. Incidents
at the Walmart store on State Road
7, which draws customers from
across the region, continues to lead
the way in that category.
Whether crime is on a rising
trend or is falling is hugely im-
portant. It can affect how much is
spent on policing and other related
services, how people vote and
even property values.
“Americans across the country
are more afraid of crime, even
though the crime rates are down,”
Nikki Usher of George Washing-
ton University said in a recent
interview. “The media is reporting
crime more, and in new ways. The
more people consume bad news in
the world, the more they believe it
is more dangerous than it really is.”
That might explain the discon-
nect between the actual statistics
reported and an informal survey
this week on Royal Palm Beach
Speaks, a social media site that
boasts more than 3,000 members.
In a self-selected survey, members
who chose to respond, by a margin
of about 10 to 1, felt crime that is
actually rising in the village.
“Regardless of what the statis-
tics say — and we know they can
be manipulated — many Royal
Palm Beachers, especially long-
time residents, feel inundated by
crime, and it is adversely affect-
ing our quality of life,” longtime
resident Bob Markey said. “Those
of us who have been here for years
are shocked to the point of consid-
ering moving away.”
Jamieson Joseph, a transplant
from New York, disagrees.
“These people have no idea
what a crime-filled town is like,”
he said. “Ten years ago, few
people were posting about crimes
on Facebook and social media.
We didn’t have cameras/videos
on our homes and phones. People
just weren’t as aware of crime in
the neighborhood as we are now.”
Counterpoint Estates resident
Rhonda Dunker agreed.
“You see the same posts over
and over. It’s sort of an onslaught
on your brain,” she said. “Posts
like, ‘Do you know this person
who rang my doorbell?’ … Which
may be nothing at all or may be
crime related, but it’s still hitting
your brain all the time and reg-
istering.”
She also feels that society is
more suspicious and pays more
attention to their surroundings
nowadays. “We are seeing a lot
more online than we ever knew
about in the past before the internet
and access 24/7 to news, informa-
tion and posts,” Dunker said.
Dunker noted that she feels
much more vulnerable to crime
in Royal Palm Beach than she did
when living in Wyoming.
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Re-
porting (UCR) program is a na-
tionwide, cooperative statistical
effort of nearly 18,000 municipal,
college/university, county, state,
tribal and federal law enforcement
agencies voluntarily reporting data
on crimes brought to their atten-
tion. However, the FBI specifi-
Statistics Show
Crime Drop In
RPB, But Public
Perception Lags
See RPB CRIME, page 22
PRETTY IN PINK FASHION SHOW
BLOOM EVENT BRINGS MOMS TO MALL
SEE STORY, PAGE 3
By Ron Bukley
Town-Crier Staff Report
At a meeting on Tuesday, April
9, members of the Acreage Land-
owners’ Association Board of
Directors expressed concern about
plans by Connect Church to build
a new worship center at the south-
east corner of Seminole Pratt
Whitney Road and Banyan Blvd.
The new facility is in its early
stages of planning with Palm
Beach County, whose planners
reviewed the application recently.
Connect Church has a permanent
location on Okeechobee Blvd. in
Royal Palm Beach with Sunday
attendance of about 600, and cur-
rently also holds Sunday meetings
attended by about 200 congregants
at Seminole Ridge High School.
ALA Board Member Dixie
ALA Discusses Plans For New Church In The Acreage
Thiery said she was aware that the
church had put in an application
for development with the county
but was concerned that the church
had not made an effort to contact
the ALA or the Indian Trail Im-
provement District.
“We should be working with
them to find out what’s going
on with building,” Thiery said.
“People are supposed to come
through us. I got an e-mail from
the county, and they kind of acted
like they don’t have to recognize
us whatsoever. They didn’t tell
ITID what was going on either.”
Pastor Dale Faircloth said the
site, located between Westlake to
the south and the Publix shopping
plaza to the north, is about 6.75
acres. The design will be similar in
design to existing nearby facilities,
By M. Dennis Taylor
Town-Crier Staff Report
Outdoor icon Smokey Bear
turns 75 this year, and as part of the
year-long commemoration, he is
appearing at the free Earth Day &
Arbor Day Celebration at the Wel-
lington Amphitheater on Saturday,
April 27 from 4 to 7 p.m. The
observance will be immediately
followed by a Heart tribute concert
featuring Love Alive.
“Provided he isn’t called away
to a fire, Smokey Bear will be at
the event, courtesy of the Forestry
Service,” said event organizer Mi-
chelle Garvey, Wellington’s assis-
tant parks and recreation director.
Garvey explained that the kids
enjoy meeting the costumed char-
acter, who will help the children
and the Wellington Village Coun-
cil plant a tree on the grounds in
honor of Arbor Day.
“The celebration begins with
proclamations about Earth Day
and Arbor Day by the council, who
will be planting the commemora-
tive tree with the help of Smokey
Bear and the children,” she said.
The full afternoon of fun and
learning features more than 20
local vendors with earth-friendly
products, favorite food trucks and
more.
“We partner with the Public
Works Department, the Welling-
ton Tree Board, the Wellington
Garden Club and the Wellington
Art Society, which will be selling
nature-related items,” Garvey said.
“The Tree Board and the Garden
Club [members] will be giving
away free seedlings and provid-
ing information on proper pruning
techniques, composting and just
sharing their extensive knowledge
with the community.”
In addition to the free seedlings
and other giveaways, there will be
plenty of advice from experts and
demonstrations of proper tech-
niques. There is even a chance to
win a tree in a 15-gallon container
that is ready to transplant into
some lucky, free-raffle winner’s
yard to provide shade in just a
few years.
By Gina M. Capone
Town-Crier Staff Report
A new village ordinance regulat-
ing nightclubs was given its initial
approval by the Wellington Village
Council after a public hearing on
Tuesday, April 9.
Spawned by a request from
the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s
Office after arrests at a concert in
the Suri West parking lot in Wel-
lington last August, ordinance
2019-03 is intended to minimize
the negative effects associated with
nightclubs.
Village Manager Paul Schofield
explained that the ordinance was
written to adopt similar rules like
the ones in Palm Beach County,
and is designed to combat under-
age drinking, while addressing the
businesses that may be affected.
Planning, Zoning & Building
Director Bob Basehart explained
that the measure is intended to
of “nightclub,” as well as minor
definitions of “cocktail lounge”
and “restaurant.”
Secondly, the standards that are
implemented by the ordinance will
go into the land development regu-
lations. This allows the village to
grandfather-in existing businesses
that operate as nightclubs and re-
quire village approval of any new
establishments that want to enter
into the same business.
Thirdly, the ordinance estab-
lishes specific criteria to determine
whether a business is a nightclub.
If the establishment has four out of
six criteria, it would be classified
as a nightclub.
These criteria are if a cover
charge is paid, there is a dance
floor or live music, alcohol is
served, a onetime membership
fee is paid, or the event happens
during the specified hours, since
Smokey Bear To Be A Guest At
Wellington’s Earth Day Event
Wellington Moves Forward On
New Nightclub Regulations
See EARTH DAY, page 22
Women of the Western Communities held its annual fundraiser “Pretty in Pink” Spring Brunch &
Fashion Show on Sunday, April 7 at the Wellington National Golf Club. Funds raised benefit the
Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House and Women of the Western Communities scholarships. KOOL
105.5 Morning Show Hosts Mo Foster and Sally Sevareid once again emceed this event, and
Stein Mart provided fashions and accessories. Shown above are Mair Armand, Sally Sevareid, Mo
Foster, Maggie Zeller, Jo Cudnik, Allyson Samiljan and Maureen Gross. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 12
PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER
The diversity of the polo community was on full display during
the 10th annual Land Rover Palm Beach International Gay
Polo Tournament, held on Saturday, April 6 at the International
Polo Club Palm Beach. Shown above are Bradley Kompo, Celia
Taylor, Jose Cano and Josh Elmassien. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5
PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER
See CHURCH, page 22
ROBERT SHORR NAMED NEW LOX MAYOR
SEE STORY, PAGE 4
Children will have a bevy of
kids’ activities to enjoy, including
face painting, a coloring mural,
learning about recycling and re-
specting the earth, plus the oppor-
tunity to meet the longest-running
public service trade character in
U.S. history.
Born by the hand of graphic art-
ist Albert Staehle on Aug. 9, 1944,
Smokey Bear was a commission
by the USDA Forest Service and
the Ad Council. Conceived as
painted artwork of a fictional bear
named Smokey, the character
would become the symbol for for-
est fire prevention for generations.
Smokey worked with Bambi and
other Disney characters on a poster
when he was less than a year old.
A popular anthem a decade later
by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
seemed to give Smokey the middle
name “The” to fit the rhythmic
lyrics of the song.
“But the name has always been
Smokey Bear,” Garvey noted.
It is a moniker that has been
further the efforts that the council
has made over the last several
years to minimize and eliminate
the negative effects that nightclubs
have on the surrounding public.
He said that some of the issues of
nightclubs are underage drinking,
patrons overindulging in alcohol
and being the cause of accidents,
and vandalism in parking lots and
surrounding neighborhoods, to
name a few.
After the PBSO suggested that
Wellington adopt the county ordi-
nance or something similar, Base-
hart said that village staff elected
to adopt a similar ordinance that
would allow the municipality
to oversee the ordinance and fit
Wellington’s local needs and
objectives.
The ordinance has three com-
ponents. The first is to specifi-
cally define a nightclub. The
ordinance amends the definition
Groves Council Reviews
Upcoming Applications
Planning Consultant Jim Fleis-
chmann reviewed several items
last week that will be coming be-
fore the newly configured Loxa-
hatchee Groves Town Council in
the near future, including devel-
opment applications requesting
to add retail uses to an existing
application for office space, and
another requesting commercial
use near but not directly on
Southern Blvd. Page 3
Broncos Reclaim Lax
Rivals Cup With 11-7
Win Over Wellington
The Palm Beach Central High
School boys lacrosse team trav-
eled across town to take on host
Wellington High School on Fri-
day, April 5 and bested the Wol-
verines 11-7 for a big win. The
victory marks the first in four
years for the Broncos against
Wellington, and in the wake of
their performance, Palm Beach
Central reclaimed the Outback
Rivals Cup. Page 23
See NIGHTCLUBS, page 4
GPL TOURNAMENT
MARKS 10 YEARS
Pages 18 thru 19
2019
GUIDE
such as the Acreage library, the
Publix shopping center and the
Walgreens store.
“All that is set by code by the
county, so you have to have wrap-
around porches and those type of
things,” Faircloth said. “By the
time you meet their code, you’ve
pretty well built a building that
looks like the others.”
The main building will be on
Seminole Pratt Whitney Road with
landscaping buffers on the road
and a parking lot east of Banyan
Blvd.
“We’re currently rolling it out to
the church,” Faircloth said. “We’re
doing that on April 28.”
Thiery said she was concerned
that the congregation is using ITID
roads.
“They have some kind of ex-
emptions,” Thiery said. “I don’t
know what they are… but they
didn’t talk to ITID. That’s our
drainage, that’s our roads.”
Faircloth said the congregation
has met at Seminole Ridge for the
past four years.
“I go out there on Sunday morn-
ing and, quite honestly, there’s
no traffic on Sunday morning,”
he said.
Faircloth said Phase 1 of the proj-
ect will call for a 10,000-square-
foot multi-purpose building with
parking and a stormwater basin
on-site.
“Phase 1 of the building will seat
275,” he said. “There’s a couple
of reasons why we haven’t been
to any boards to talk about it. One
is we just closed on it on Feb. 28,
so we really just got the land…
This is not something that we
have completely rolled out to the
church yet.”
Faircloth said the church is still
at the beginning of the necessary
approval process.
“If there is concern, and they
would be open to have me come
talk to them, I would love to
do that,” he said. “We’re in the
process of trying to put together a
master site plan proposal. I’d love
to think that we could complete
that by the end of the year.”
Faircloth said he understands
Acreage residents’ negativity to
new development.
“My guess is the people of
The Acreage are feeling put upon
with all the development that’s
happening, and they’ve become
‘Paws At The Mall’ Lets
Guests Meet Dogs And
Shop At Dog Retailers
Animal Rescue Force of South
Florida, Barky Pines Animal
Rescue & Sanctuary and Palm
Beach County Animal Care &
Control hosted Paws at the Mall
on Friday, April 5 at the Mall at
Wellington Green. During the
event, dogs were available for
adoption. Mall guests had the
chance to play with dogs, shop
from a variety of dog retailers,
enjoy kids’ activities and more.
Page 10
Wycliffe Stiffs Stickball
League Celebrates 17
Years At Luncheon
The Wycliffe Stiffs celebrated
its 17th anniversary at the
Wycliffe Golf & Country Club
on Thursday, April 4, showing
that the game of stickball is
alive and well. The luncheon
included special performances
by players and lots of laughs for
guests. Page 17
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Your Community Newspaper Serving Palms West Since 1980
TOWN-CRIER
THE
WELLINGTON • ROYAL PALM BEACH • LOXAHATCHEE • THE ACREAGE
INSIDE
DEPARTMENT INDEX
NEWS ..............................3 - 22
LETTERS ................................. 4
NEWS BRIEFS ........................ 7
PEOPLE .................................. 8
SCHOOLS ............................... 9
COLUMNS ............................18
BUSINESS ............................ 21
CALENDAR ...........................22
SPORTS .........................23 - 24
CLASSIFIEDS ............... 25 - 26
Visit Us On The Web At
WWW.GOTOWNCRIER.COM
By Denis Eirikis
Town-Crier Staff Report
Palm Beach Sheriff Office Dis-
trict 9 Capt. Ulrich Naujoks pre-
sented the latest crime statistics
to the Royal Palm Beach Village
Council last week, which showed
that the crime index in the village
has fallen for the fifth consecutive
year.
At the Thursday, April 4 meet-
ing, it was noted that while the
village suffered an unusual two
murders during the reporting pe-
riod, after zero in the previous four
years, robberies are at the lowest
level in more than 20 years.
The population of the village has
almost doubled since 1998, when
there were 8 reported robberies
in the village, and only 9 robber-
ies were reported last year. More
good news included that home
burglaries plummeted from 61 in
2017 to 24 in 2018. Vehicle theft
dropped from 61 to 45 reports, and
aggravated assault fell from 51 to
43 incidents.
Larceny, which includes shop-
lifting, rose slightly from 663 in-
cidents to 690 incidents. Incidents
at the Walmart store on State Road
7, which draws customers from
across the region, continues to lead
the way in that category.
Whether crime is on a rising
trend or is falling is hugely im-
portant. It can affect how much is
spent on policing and other related
services, how people vote and
even property values.
“Americans across the country
are more afraid of crime, even
though the crime rates are down,”
Nikki Usher of George Washing-
ton University said in a recent
interview. “The media is reporting
crime more, and in new ways. The
more people consume bad news in
the world, the more they believe it
is more dangerous than it really is.”
That might explain the discon-
nect between the actual statistics
reported and an informal survey
this week on Royal Palm Beach
Speaks, a social media site that
boasts more than 3,000 members.
In a self-selected survey, members
who chose to respond, by a margin
of about 10 to 1, felt crime that is
actually rising in the village.
“Regardless of what the statis-
tics say — and we know they can
be manipulated — many Royal
Palm Beachers, especially long-
time residents, feel inundated by
crime, and it is adversely affect-
ing our quality of life,” longtime
resident Bob Markey said. “Those
of us who have been here for years
are shocked to the point of consid-
ering moving away.”
Jamieson Joseph, a transplant
from New York, disagrees.
“These people have no idea
what a crime-filled town is like,”
he said. “Ten years ago, few
people were posting about crimes
on Facebook and social media.
We didn’t have cameras/videos
on our homes and phones. People
just weren’t as aware of crime in
the neighborhood as we are now.”
Counterpoint Estates resident
Rhonda Dunker agreed.
“You see the same posts over
and over. It’s sort of an onslaught
on your brain,” she said. “Posts
like, ‘Do you know this person
who rang my doorbell?’ … Which
may be nothing at all or may be
crime related, but it’s still hitting
your brain all the time and reg-
istering.”
She also feels that society is
more suspicious and pays more
attention to their surroundings
nowadays. “We are seeing a lot
more online than we ever knew
about in the past before the internet
and access 24/7 to news, informa-
tion and posts,” Dunker said.
Dunker noted that she feels
much more vulnerable to crime
in Royal Palm Beach than she did
when living in Wyoming.
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Re-
porting (UCR) program is a na-
tionwide, cooperative statistical
effort of nearly 18,000 municipal,
college/university, county, state,
tribal and federal law enforcement
agencies voluntarily reporting data
on crimes brought to their atten-
tion. However, the FBI specifi-
Statistics Show
Crime Drop In
RPB, But Public
Perception Lags
See RPB CRIME, page 22
PRETTY IN PINK FASHION SHOW
BLOOM EVENT BRINGS MOMS TO MALL
SEE STORY, PAGE 3
By Ron Bukley
Town-Crier Staff Report
At a meeting on Tuesday, April
9, members of the Acreage Land-
owners’ Association Board of
Directors expressed concern about
plans by Connect Church to build
a new worship center at the south-
east corner of Seminole Pratt
Whitney Road and Banyan Blvd.
The new facility is in its early
stages of planning with Palm
Beach County, whose planners
reviewed the application recently.
Connect Church has a permanent
location on Okeechobee Blvd. in
Royal Palm Beach with Sunday
attendance of about 600, and cur-
rently also holds Sunday meetings
attended by about 200 congregants
at Seminole Ridge High School.
ALA Board Member Dixie
ALA Discusses Plans For New Church In The Acreage
Thiery said she was aware that the
church had put in an application
for development with the county
but was concerned that the church
had not made an effort to contact
the ALA or the Indian Trail Im-
provement District.
“We should be working with
them to find out what’s going
on with building,” Thiery said.
“People are supposed to come
through us. I got an e-mail from
the county, and they kind of acted
like they don’t have to recognize
us whatsoever. They didn’t tell
ITID what was going on either.”
Pastor Dale Faircloth said the
site, located between Westlake to
the south and the Publix shopping
plaza to the north, is about 6.75
acres. The design will be similar in
design to existing nearby facilities,
By M. Dennis Taylor
Town-Crier Staff Report
Outdoor icon Smokey Bear
turns 75 this year, and as part of the
year-long commemoration, he is
appearing at the free Earth Day &
Arbor Day Celebration at the Wel-
lington Amphitheater on Saturday,
April 27 from 4 to 7 p.m. The
observance will be immediately
followed by a Heart tribute concert
featuring Love Alive.
“Provided he isn’t called away
to a fire, Smokey Bear will be at
the event, courtesy of the Forestry
Service,” said event organizer Mi-
chelle Garvey, Wellington’s assis-
tant parks and recreation director.
Garvey explained that the kids
enjoy meeting the costumed char-
acter, who will help the children
and the Wellington Village Coun-
cil plant a tree on the grounds in
honor of Arbor Day.
“The celebration begins with
proclamations about Earth Day
and Arbor Day by the council, who
will be planting the commemora-
tive tree with the help of Smokey
Bear and the children,” she said.
The full afternoon of fun and
learning features more than 20
local vendors with earth-friendly
products, favorite food trucks and
more.
“We partner with the Public
Works Department, the Welling-
ton Tree Board, the Wellington
Garden Club and the Wellington
Art Society, which will be selling
nature-related items,” Garvey said.
“The Tree Board and the Garden
Club [members] will be giving
away free seedlings and provid-
ing information on proper pruning
techniques, composting and just
sharing their extensive knowledge
with the community.”
In addition to the free seedlings
and other giveaways, there will be
plenty of advice from experts and
demonstrations of proper tech-
niques. There is even a chance to
win a tree in a 15-gallon container
that is ready to transplant into
some lucky, free-raffle winner’s
yard to provide shade in just a
few years.
By Gina M. Capone
Town-Crier Staff Report
A new village ordinance regulat-
ing nightclubs was given its initial
approval by the Wellington Village
Council after a public hearing on
Tuesday, April 9.
Spawned by a request from
the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s
Office after arrests at a concert in
the Suri West parking lot in Wel-
lington last August, ordinance
2019-03 is intended to minimize
the negative effects associated with
nightclubs.
Village Manager Paul Schofield
explained that the ordinance was
written to adopt similar rules like
the ones in Palm Beach County,
and is designed to combat under-
age drinking, while addressing the
businesses that may be affected.
Planning, Zoning & Building
Director Bob Basehart explained
that the measure is intended to
of “nightclub,” as well as minor
definitions of “cocktail lounge”
and “restaurant.”
Secondly, the standards that are
implemented by the ordinance will
go into the land development regu-
lations. This allows the village to
grandfather-in existing businesses
that operate as nightclubs and re-
quire village approval of any new
establishments that want to enter
into the same business.
Thirdly, the ordinance estab-
lishes specific criteria to determine
whether a business is a nightclub.
If the establishment has four out of
six criteria, it would be classified
as a nightclub.
These criteria are if a cover
charge is paid, there is a dance
floor or live music, alcohol is
served, a onetime membership
fee is paid, or the event happens
during the specified hours, since
Smokey Bear To Be A Guest At
Wellington’s Earth Day Event
Wellington Moves Forward On
New Nightclub Regulations
See EARTH DAY, page 22
Women of the Western Communities held its annual fundraiser “Pretty in Pink” Spring Brunch &
Fashion Show on Sunday, April 7 at the Wellington National Golf Club. Funds raised benefit the
Mary Rubloff YWCA Harmony House and Women of the Western Communities scholarships. KOOL
105.5 Morning Show Hosts Mo Foster and Sally Sevareid once again emceed this event, and
Stein Mart provided fashions and accessories. Shown above are Mair Armand, Sally Sevareid, Mo
Foster, Maggie Zeller, Jo Cudnik, Allyson Samiljan and Maureen Gross. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 12
PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER
The diversity of the polo community was on full display during
the 10th annual Land Rover Palm Beach International Gay
Polo Tournament, held on Saturday, April 6 at the International
Polo Club Palm Beach. Shown above are Bradley Kompo, Celia
Taylor, Jose Cano and Josh Elmassien. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5
PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER
See CHURCH, page 22
ROBERT SHORR NAMED NEW LOX MAYOR
SEE STORY, PAGE 4
Children will have a bevy of
kids’ activities to enjoy, including
face painting, a coloring mural,
learning about recycling and re-
specting the earth, plus the oppor-
tunity to meet the longest-running
public service trade character in
U.S. history.
Born by the hand of graphic art-
ist Albert Staehle on Aug. 9, 1944,
Smokey Bear was a commission
by the USDA Forest Service and
the Ad Council. Conceived as
painted artwork of a fictional bear
named Smokey, the character
would become the symbol for for-
est fire prevention for generations.
Smokey worked with Bambi and
other Disney characters on a poster
when he was less than a year old.
A popular anthem a decade later
by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
seemed to give Smokey the middle
name “The” to fit the rhythmic
lyrics of the song.
“But the name has always been
Smokey Bear,” Garvey noted.
It is a moniker that has been
further the efforts that the council
has made over the last several
years to minimize and eliminate
the negative effects that nightclubs
have on the surrounding public.
He said that some of the issues of
nightclubs are underage drinking,
patrons overindulging in alcohol
and being the cause of accidents,
and vandalism in parking lots and
surrounding neighborhoods, to
name a few.
After the PBSO suggested that
Wellington adopt the county ordi-
nance or something similar, Base-
hart said that village staff elected
to adopt a similar ordinance that
would allow the municipality
to oversee the ordinance and fit
Wellington’s local needs and
objectives.
The ordinance has three com-
ponents. The first is to specifi-
cally define a nightclub. The
ordinance amends the definition
Groves Council Reviews
Upcoming Applications
Planning Consultant Jim Fleis-
chmann reviewed several items
last week that will be coming be-
fore the newly configured Loxa-
hatchee Groves Town Council in
the near future, including devel-
opment applications requesting
to add retail uses to an existing
application for office space, and
another requesting commercial
use near but not directly on
Southern Blvd. Page 3
Broncos Reclaim Lax
Rivals Cup With 11-7
Win Over Wellington
The Palm Beach Central High
School boys lacrosse team trav-
eled across town to take on host
Wellington High School on Fri-
day, April 5 and bested the Wol-
verines 11-7 for a big win. The
victory marks the first in four
years for the Broncos against
Wellington, and in the wake of
their performance, Palm Beach
Central reclaimed the Outback
Rivals Cup. Page 23
See NIGHTCLUBS, page 4
GPL TOURNAMENT
MARKS 10 YEARS
Pages 18 thru 19
2019
GUIDE
such as the Acreage library, the
Publix shopping center and the
Walgreens store.
“All that is set by code by the
county, so you have to have wrap-
around porches and those type of
things,” Faircloth said. “By the
time you meet their code, you’ve
pretty well built a building that
looks like the others.”
The main building will be on
Seminole Pratt Whitney Road with
landscaping buffers on the road
and a parking lot east of Banyan
Blvd.
“We’re currently rolling it out to
the church,” Faircloth said. “We’re
doing that on April 28.”
Thiery said she was concerned
that the congregation is using ITID
roads.
“They have some kind of ex-
emptions,” Thiery said. “I don’t
know what they are… but they
didn’t talk to ITID. That’s our
drainage, that’s our roads.”
Faircloth said the congregation
has met at Seminole Ridge for the
past four years.
“I go out there on Sunday morn-
ing and, quite honestly, there’s
no traffic on Sunday morning,”
he said.
Faircloth said Phase 1 of the proj-
ect will call for a 10,000-square-
foot multi-purpose building with
parking and a stormwater basin
on-site.
“Phase 1 of the building will seat
275,” he said. “There’s a couple
of reasons why we haven’t been
to any boards to talk about it. One
is we just closed on it on Feb. 28,
so we really just got the land…
This is not something that we
have completely rolled out to the
church yet.”
Faircloth said the church is still
at the beginning of the necessary
approval process.
“If there is concern, and they
would be open to have me come
talk to them, I would love to
do that,” he said. “We’re in the
process of trying to put together a
master site plan proposal. I’d love
to think that we could complete
that by the end of the year.”
Faircloth said he understands
Acreage residents’ negativity to
new development.
“My guess is the people of
The Acreage are feeling put upon
with all the development that’s
happening, and they’ve become
‘Paws At The Mall’ Lets
Guests Meet Dogs And
Shop At Dog Retailers
Animal Rescue Force of South
Florida, Barky Pines Animal
Rescue & Sanctuary and Palm
Beach County Animal Care &
Control hosted Paws at the Mall
on Friday, April 5 at the Mall at
Wellington Green. During the
event, dogs were available for
adoption. Mall guests had the
chance to play with dogs, shop
from a variety of dog retailers,
enjoy kids’ activities and more.
Page 10
Wycliffe Stiffs Stickball
League Celebrates 17
Years At Luncheon
The Wycliffe Stiffs celebrated
its 17th anniversary at the
Wycliffe Golf & Country Club
on Thursday, April 4, showing
that the game of stickball is
alive and well. The luncheon
included special performances
by players and lots of laughs for
guests. Page 17
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BUSINESS ............................19
CALENDAR ...........................20
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By Ron Bukley
Town-Crier Staff Report
Florida Power & Light repre-
sentatives presented plans to build
a solar farm on the Iota Carol prop-
erty to the Indian Trail Improve-
ment District Board of Supervisors
on Wednesday, April 17.
The Iota Carol property, al-
most entirely surrounded by the
GL Homes residential property
west of The Acreage, was denied
permission to build homes there
by the Palm Beach County Com-
mission in 2017. The land was
subsequently sold to FPL.
Matt Silver, FPL project man-
ager for the solar farm, said the
energy center will be called the
Sabal Palm Solar Energy Center.
“We have a property formerly
known as the Iota Carol property,
and we are going to be installing
our second solar energy farm here
in Palm Beach County,” Silver
said, explaining that the solar farm
will be located on the southern half
of the 1,288-acre property north of
60th Street between Carol Street
and 190th Trail.
“We believe solar energy centers
make great neighbors,” he said.
“They are virtually silent. There’s
no lights at night or anything to
that effect. There’s no increase
in traffic. Once it’s in operation,
there’s no water and certainly no
fuel. There won’t be any pipelines
or anything like that for a solar
plant.”
He added that the solar panels
sit low to the ground at about 6.5
to 8 feet, and the farm will remove
a carbon emissions equivalent of
12,000 cars.
“It will power about 15,000
homes right here in Palm Beach
County and create about 200 con-
struction assembly jobs once it’s
under construction,” Silver said.
The first phase will remove any
invasive exotic plants.
“The remaining vegetation will
not be taken out because it’s on our
neighbor’s property,” Silver said.
“I will add that there’s no noise
when you’re standing at the edge
of the property. It’s essentially
ambient noise.”
Supervisor Tim Sayre asked
how high the fence will be, and
Silver said the fence will be six
feet.
“Did you get a waiver from the
county? Because fences across
front yards can only be 4 feet high,
and I don’t know if they consider
all that access front or not because
there’s not an actual physical
house on it,” Sayre said.
Silver said that to his knowl-
edge, FPL has not been required to
get a waiver, but he would speak
to the county about it.
“We’re currently in the [devel-
opment review] process, so I’m
sure we’ll be getting some more
comments back,” Silver said.
Sayre added that he was aware
that the remaining 640 acres is
planned for agriculture, but he
asked if there were long-range
plans.
“It’s entirely possible that there
could be a second solar energy
center,” Silver said, adding that
the panels for the planned energy
center will be fixed, facing roughly
southward.
Sayre said that he was con-
cerned about plans to bring in a
huge transformer on a large truck.
“I assume you’re bringing it
down Northlake [Blvd.] to Semi-
nole Pratt Whitney [Road] and
then down Orange [Blvd.] all the
way out to the field there?” Sayre
asked.
Silver said that was one of the
discussions FPL would need to
have with ITID.
The construction is slated to go
on for nine months.
“You’re going to be moving all
kinds of equipment, and I don’t
know how many solar panels,”
Sayre said. “I don’t know what
they weigh, but will you be over-
weight on the semis going in and
out on the roads?”
“They won’t be overweight,”
Silver replied. “They will be fol-
lowing [Florida Department of
Transportation] laws.”
Sayre explained that he is con-
cerned about the impact on Acre-
age roads.
“The long-term impact on the
roads based on what it does to the
substructure under the road with
all the weight on it,” Sayre said.
FPL, ITID Discuss
Plans For Solar
Farm At Iota Carol
See SOLAR FARM, page 4
FLAVORS FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL
OWNER SEEKING MISSING DOG RUBY
SEE STORY, PAGE 3
By Gina M. Capone
Town-Crier Staff Report
Urban Air Adventure Park,
an indoor family entertainment
attraction, made its debut last
weekend, opening at the site of the
former H.H. Gregg store in front
of the Mall at Wellington Green.
The highly anticipated business
launched with two days of grand
opening festivities.
Families gathered at the grand
opening to assess and enjoy the
unique amenities, such as vir-
tual reality, the ropes course and
climbing walls, jumping on tram-
polines and playing in the tubes
playground.
Children engaged in recreation
while parents watched or passed
time snacking at the Urban Café
or sipping wine and beer at the
New Urban Air Adventure Park Opens In Wellington
parents’ lounge, where bar stools
and tables face television screens.
The cool temperature indoors
allowed patrons to enjoy physical
activities inside, out of the hot sun,
and even host birthday parties in
the oversized private rooms. Each
party room includes a long table
with a television, a private host
who attends to all of the details and
makes sure the birthday girl or boy
has the right decorations and food
to enjoy the special day.
Saleem Fernandez from Texas
and Bobby Kreusler from Florida
own the new Wellington facility.
Both were on hand to greet the
community with a soft opening on
Friday, April 12 for first respond-
ers, and to meet the general public
at the grand opening on Saturday,
April 13.
By Gina M. Capone
Town-Crier Staff Report
Wellington’s Architectural Re-
view Board approved exterior
modifications for the 6,000-square-
foot Ford’s Garage restaurant site
at the Mall at Wellington Green on
Wednesday, April 17.
The burger and beer chain is
slated to open on June 4, and the
Wellington restaurant will be the
first to open on the east coast of
Florida.
Ford’s Garage was seeking
board approval of a metal insulated
canopy, railings, colors and modi-
fications to the exterior elevations
of the building. The Planning &
Zoning Department received a
justification statement from Sol
Design LLC, the architect of
record.
Representing Ford’s Garage
was Stacy Cofield, joint venture
partner for Ford’s Garage South
Florida, as well as Carlos Molnar
and Joseph Caiazza of Sol Design.
“This is our first meeting for
the exterior canopy area and en-
closures for the patios,” Molnar
said before the meeting. “We
have been under construction for a
couple of months now at the Mall
at Wellington Green for the interior
work, and now we are working on
bringing along the exterior.”
The restaurant will be located
near the main entrance to the mall
near the food court. The Welling-
ton location is important to Ford’s
Garage.
“We have roots here because of
our past association with Outback
Steakhouse,” Cofield said. “Tim
Gannon, one of our original found-
ers of Outback, resides in Palm
Beach and has for some time. So,
we are resource-rich here with past
management and employees. We
have a very rich relationship with
Starwood Capital Group as well.”
Starwood Capital Group is the
owner of the Mall at Wellington
Green.
Cofield explained why Ford’s
Garage is unique. “The restaurants
are unique because all of the food
is fresh. We don’t use any frozen
By M. Dennis Taylor
Town-Crier Staff Report
Wellington officials are hoping
that before the upcoming hurricane
season begins, as many people as
possible will register for the new
Wellington Alert system that pro-
vides emergency information from
the village, Palm Beach County
and the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Association’s integrated
public alert system.
“It is so important that residents
register now before a storm hits
our area,” said Liz Nunez with
Wellington’s public communica-
tions department. “We are going to
be very active on getting as many
people signed up as possible.”
Residents should expect an
intensive campaign over the next
few weeks trumpeting the new
community alert system that re-
places the old Code Red system.
People who received the older
While most people are likely
to sign up for alerts in English,
speakers of other languages can
get their alerts translated in 11
languages, including Spanish and
Creole, Nunez said.
Registration for Alert Wel-
lington is simple. Just go to the
village’s web site at www.wel-
lingtonfl.gov starting next week
and sign up. Even with the word
just now starting to get out, there
are already several hundred names
on the list. “Of course, we want to
get as many people as possible,”
Nunez said.
Nunez noted that because of the
village’s growing senior popula-
tion and that, as a group, the senior
segment is less likely to use social
media, the village is offering
plenty of assistance getting seniors
signed up for the new alert system.
Using a computer is necessary
Wellington Board OKs Ford’s
Garage Restaurant At Mall
Sign-Up Now For Emergency
Info From ‘Alert Wellington’
See ARB, page 4
Flavors of Wellington, the annual food and wine festival hosted by the Wellington Chamber of
Commerce, returned to the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center on Friday, April 12 for
an evening of music, food and fun. Shown above are Wycliffe Golf & Country Club’s Executive
Chef Christopher Park, Chef Zoltan Beders, Shayn Klis and Jesus Longo, who took the Best in
Show Display award. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5
PHOTO BY CALLIE SHARKEY/TOWN-CRIER
“Divine Wine and High Tea With an Oriental Flair” was held
on Sunday, April 14 at the original Wellington Mall. Proceeds
went to the Vivian and Adrienne Ferrin Memorial Scholarship
Fund. My Lovely Couture provided fashions for a fashion show.
Shown above are Hildreth Stoddart Brown and Audrey Gordon.
MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 15
PHOTO BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN/TOWN-CRIER
See URBAN AIR, page 4
DESIGNER’S TOUCH HAS A NEW HOME
SEE STORY, PAGE 7
products. There is a heightened
awareness of the service. There is
uniqueness in the brand. The menu
is innovative. We are a family
driven restaurant,” he said.
The original location of Ford’s
Garage opened in the historic dis-
trict of Fort Myers in 2012, close
to the famed winter residence of
Henry Ford. With 12 locations,
Ford’s Garage at the Mall at Wel-
lington Green will have a similar
feel, with the ambiance of being
in a service station in the 1920s
with vintage Ford vehicles and
gas pumps.
The menu has an assortment
of gourmet burgers, chicken and
vegetarian products with salads
and light fare to please everyone.
They also specialize in “comfort
food” with the likes of homemade
meatloaf, chili and macaroni and
cheese.
American craft beer is the spe-
cialty of the restaurant, but they
also offer wine and cocktails, as
well as non-alcoholic beverages.
Code Red messages must sign up
for the new system. “That way, the
contacts and names are as current
as possible,” Nunez said.
The system will call a traditional
home landline, send a text to a cell
phone and/or an e-mail to reach
residents. There is an associated
app called “Alert Me Mobile,”
which can be downloaded for free
and works on Apple or Android
phones or smartwatches.
“The messages can alert you
about hurricanes, storms, torna-
does and other weather events,
evacuation orders, boil water
notifications, road closings — both
emergency closings and things like
inconvenient lane closures before
a commute — and even commu-
nity events,” Nunez explained.
“It lets residents determine what
information they would like to
receive and how they would like
to receive it.”
Indian Trail Workshop
Considers Changes
In Staff Benefits
The Indian Trail Improvement
District Board of Supervisors
wrestled with its organizational
and salary-range chart at a
workshop Wednesday, April 17,
trying to keep staff salaries and
benefits competitive, so it does
not lose experienced staff in a
competitive job market. Page 3
Bronco Girls Lacrosse
Team Dominates
Seminole Ridge 16-2
The Palm Beach Central High
School girls lacrosse team host-
ed rival Seminole Ridge High
School on Wednesday, April
10 and dominated the Hawks
16-2. The victory added to the
celebration of the Broncos’ se-
nior night. Palm Beach Central
(6-9) opened up the contest in
control of the tempo. Page 21
See ALERT, page 4
DIVINE WINE & HIGH TEA
Pages 16 thru 17
2019
GUIDE
Kreusler, a West Palm Beach na-
tive, knows the area and works in
the sports management business.
He believes, as does Fernandez,
that Wellington is the perfect com-
munity for Urban Air Adventure
Park, which has 79 franchise stores
in the United States, Canada and
the United Kingdom.
Fernandez, an entrepreneur and
businessman, owns four Urban
Air franchise locations in Texas
and Arkansas, and now in Florida.
“Urban Air Adventure Park is
a big deal out west and is now
catching on in the east coast,” he
explained. “All of our stores are
well staffed, clean and sanitized,
where we take pride in the décor,
and what we offer families.”
The father of three girls, Fernan-
Patron Brostrie Scayle (center) is helped in a virtual reality
adventure by Urban Air staff members Erik and Adam Dokken.
PHOTO BY GINA M. CAPONE/TOWN-CRIER
Wellington Seniors Club
Spring Dinner Dance
The Wellington Seniors Club
held its annual Spring Dinner
Dance on Friday, April 12 at
the Mayacoo Lakes Country
Club. Lu White & Friends played
oldies music that kept guests
dancing all evening. One lucky
person from each table won the
fresh floral centerpieces.
Page 13
Wellington Garden Club
Presents Unique Tour
The Wellington Garden Club’s
largest fundraiser of the year
brought a sold-out crowd on
a special tour of the Deeridge
Farms gardens on Saturday,
April 13. The tour covered more
than 60 acres of farms and
gardens. Page 10
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NEWS ..............................3 - 18
LETTERS ................................. 4
PEOPLE .................................. 8
SCHOOLS ............................... 9
NEWS BRIEFS ......................13
COLUMNS ............................ 16
BUSINESS ............................ 17
CALENDAR ...........................18
SPORTS ........................ 19 - 20
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By Ron Bukley
Town-Crier Staff Report
Loxahatchee Groves has a new
neighbor, on an 80-acre site, grow-
ing sod for the Miami Dolphins
and the Hard Rock Stadium in
Miami Gardens.
Matt Tacilauskas manages the
facility, located north of North
Road between B and C roads. He
said that the first planting of sod is
now growing.
“That’s the first field we plant-
ed,” Tacilauskas said. “We’re hop-
ing it will be ready for use during
the football season this fall.”
Tacilauskas was a golf course
superintendent for 20 years, most
recently at the Palm Beach Coun-
try Club, before he started working
for the Dolphins, first as a consul-
tant and then taking over the sod
operation.
The Dolphins organization
bought the site last year and has
been busy preparing the land and
transplanting more than 1,000 na-
tive sabal palms that were on the
site to the front to act as a buffer.
The Dolphins previously were
using independent contractors
in Alabama, Georgia and North
Carolina to haul in sod. The fran-
chise saw the opportunity to source
the sod locally, keeping the busi-
ness in Florida and cutting down
on the environmental footprint to
transport it.
The site includes 100 percent
water retention to ponds located on
site. “We’re injecting a lot of their
ways into this place in regard to
how it’s set up environmentally,”
Tacilauskas said. “One-hundred
percent of this property is self-
contained. Right up to the perim-
eter, all the water comes back to
these ponds.”
The site includes a maintenance
Loxahatchee Farm
Growing Sod For
Miami Dolphins
See SOD FARM, page 7
ANNUAL WELLINGTON EGG HUNT
RESCUED FOALS AT PURE THOUGHTS
SEE STORY, PAGE 3
By Denis Eirikis
Town-Crier Staff Report
The Marines are ready to land in
Royal Palm Beach, which is great
news for area nonprofit organiza-
tions as squads of retired Marines
and other veterans act as a free
cavalry, showing up to provide
manpower and skills, ready for
hard work.
Unified Dream, a nonprofit
organization headquartered in
Royal Palm Beach, is made up of
about 50 local veterans. Under the
command of retired Marine Corps
Sgt. Jake Hampu, Unified Dream
partners with local organizations
in need of help.
Their mission is that of serving
organizations needing manpower,
while providing disabled Marines
with the therapeutic value of
Retired Marines Organize To Serve The Community
working hard alongside others on
a detail of cooperation for mutual
benefit. Helping other nonprofits
and thereby helping themselves,
they bring light where lives may
have grown dark, lost in the shad-
ows of time after active duty.
“We breed warriors, send them
off to battle, bring them back, give
them a DD 214 and handshake,”
said Hampu, who explained that
society too often writes these
service men and women off and
forgets them as they return, broken
by war.
Hampu recounted heartbreaking
stories of loss as he described that
some veterans with Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD) are so un-
derserved, sometimes so broken,
that they have started to commit
suicide at startling rates. “Vets
By Gina M. Capone
Town-Crier Staff Report
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s
Office Capt. Rolando Silva pre-
sented the PBSO’s District 8 an-
nual report comparing statistics
from 2018 to the previous year
at the Wellington Village Council
meeting on Tuesday, April 23.
“This report will reveal that we
have had a banner year,” explained
Silva, commander of the PBSO’s
substation in Wellington. “As far
as our trajectory with reported
crimes, it is continuing to get
better.”
Silva led the council through a
PowerPoint presentation focused
on crime statistics.
“Person crimes, property crimes
and crashes are all down,” he
noted. “Arrests are down a little
bit with robberies. We had 13 rob-
bery arrests in 2017, and we had
one less in 2018, but the arrests
for burglaries are up about 14.10
percent.”
Mayor Anne Gerwig asked
Silva to clarify the difference
between a robbery and a burglary.
“A robbery is when the victim
is a person. So, if you take some-
thing from a person with threat or
actual violence, this constitutes a
robbery,” he explained. “This is
always a felony and is a serious
crime because the victim is a per-
son. A burglary is a theft of break-
ing and entering into a structure
or a car.”
Vehicle crashes tend to increase
slightly during the equestrian
season, but Silva said that is not
surprising.
“This slide shows there was a 13
percent reduction in crashes [in the
off season],” he said. “It goes down
a little bit during the summer and
picks back up during the season. I
think that is good news.”
Traffic citations and warnings
are up from the previous year.
“These are up about 15 percent for
citations and 25 percent in written
warnings,” Silva said. “We went
down a little bit in verbal warnings.
But we like to think that some of
these efforts resulted in keeping
By Ron Bukley
Town-Crier Staff Report
The Indian Trail Improvement
District Board of Supervisors has
set Wednesday, May 1 to hold its
first public hearing on the budget
for fiscal year 2019-20.
“At this point, there are no pro-
posed increases,” ITID President
Betty Argue told the Town-Crier
on Wednesday.
The board was able to add
another culvert crew and add a
district executive director, as well
as create a road improvement
fund, relying on carryover from
this year for a proposed budget of
$18,576,613.
“The budget has increased, but
the assessments have not,” Argue
said. ‘The reason for the budget
increasing is because we’re creat-
ing those additional pots of money
for future planning, like the road
repaving of the existing R2 roads
did have an assessment increase
for the 2018-19 budget year in
anticipation of capital projects,
including paving and drainage im-
provements, culvert replacement
and swale renovation, responding
to residents’ complaints about bad
conditions.
“It was for increased funds that
we needed for infrastructure im-
provements like the culvert crew
and equipment that we would need
to do that,” Argue said. “We’re
finding that it is far more afford-
able for us to go this path with [the]
amount that we have to do, rather
than contracting each individual
one out.”
Argue said that the implementa-
tion of a second culvert crew will
cut the total completion time about
in half, from the year 2050 to 2030.
“It’s still 10 years away from
being complete on that, but we’re
Wellington Council Pleased
With PBSO’s Annual Report
ITID To Hold Public Hearing
May 1 On Next Year’s Budget
See PBSO REPORT, page 18
Thousands of eggs, hundreds of kids and beautiful weather added up to another successful
Wellington Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 21 in Village Park. The free family event included music,
prizes and vendors. Even the Easter Bunny himself took the time to come out and join the fun.
Shown above, Ashlynn Jurgens and Verona Campbell count their eggs. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 5
PHOTO BY CALLIE SHARKEY/TOWN-CRIER
The Pilot Polo Team won the CaptiveOne U.S. Open Final, de-
feating Las Monjitas 12-7 at the International Polo Club Palm
Beach in Wellington on Sunday, April 21. Completing a perfect
season, Pilot captured the inaugural Gauntlet of Polo. Shown
above, Pilot team members Facundo Pieres, Gonzalito Pieres,
Matias Gonzalez and Curtis Pilot celebrate their victory.
MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 14
PHOTO BY GINA M. CAPONE/TOWN-CRIER
See VETS GROUP, page 18
REP. LOIS FRANKEL VISITS BINKS FOREST
SEE STORY, PAGE 7
down the crash numbers.”
Silva compared how Wellington
measures up to other similar com-
munities in terms of crime.
“Population-wise, we are in
the middle between Boca Raton,
Delray Beach and Palm Beach
Gardens,” Silva said. “When it
comes to residential burglaries per
100 residents, or per capita, we are
down at the absolute lowest. So, I
think that is remarkable. When it
comes to vehicle burglaries, we are
still the lowest.”
Vice Mayor Michael Napoleone
was impressed by how well Wel-
lington stacks up against its peer
municipalities.
“This is a remarkable slide. It
reflects what a great job you are
doing keeping our crime rate the
lowest,” Napoleone said.
Village Manager Paul Schofield,
however, noted one item that is
way up.
“One thing that was up dramati-
cally was traffic stops,” he said.
“The PBSO has been making more
[and] the drainage improvements
needed.”
The unused budget amounts
from this year will cover increases,
plus create contingencies to cover
capital improvements in its five-
year plan.
“We’ve proposed that there be
an increasing amount appropriated
each year to go into a pot to do the
road repaving plan,” Argue said.
“We will be at $2.8 million from
this proposed budget. That’s how
much money we would have set
aside for the road repaving proj-
ect. I don’t think it’s going to be
enough, but we’re working toward
it, so that when it needs to be done,
we don’t have to have a huge tax
increase to cover it. That’s why it
looks like a budget increase, but it
isn’t really because we’re still stay-
ing within the assessment dollars
that we have.”
Argue noted that the district
ITID Board Agrees On
Format For Executive
Director Interviews
The Indian Trail Improvement
District Board of Supervisors
scheduled Wednesday, May
29 to interview candidates for
a new district manager, which
they renamed “executive direc-
tor” to clear up confusion.
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Stephen Passeggiata
Looks To Make Impact
For The Wolverines
Spring football has arrived, and
area gridiron enthusiasts await
with great anticipation to see
what the local high schools
have to bring to the turf. The
Wellington High School football
team returns a diverse weapon
in rising senior Stephen Passeg-
giata. At six foot, three inches
and 230 pounds, he hopes to
lead the Wolverines back into
the postseason. Page 19
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GUIDE
come home, often disabled, and
we are forgotten,” Hampu said.
He explained that the objective
of Unified Dream is to provide
veterans with a good mission,
a sense of camaraderie, and the
wonderous, therapeutic value of
working together as a team to
advance worthy causes.
Their service has been greatly
appreciated in the 18 months since
the organization began.
“Jake and the veterans are the
real deal. This is almost too good
to be true,” said Christina Nico-
demou, executive director of the
Delray Beach Children’s Garden.
The veterans have been de-
ployed to the Children’s Garden
at least monthly for a year.
“Jake and a squad teach carpen- Unified Dream founder Jake Hampu works
with children on a carpentry project.
Bridge Opening,
Charter School
Among Concerns
At Tuttle Royale
By M. Dennis Taylor
Town-Crier Staff Report
The Royal Palm Beach Village
Council last week reaffirmed its
commitment to a charter school
being built as part of a large de-
velopment at the village’s southern
end, and also expressed a desire to
have the new bridge at Southern
Blvd. and Tuttle Road open as
soon as it could be.
Developer Brian Tuttle is lead-
ing the Tuttle Royale project along
the south side of Southern Blvd.
just west of State Road 7. It will
include a variety of residential and
commercial uses on the site of the
former Acme Ranches community.
Included will be a K-12 charter
school with a STEAM (science,
technology, engineering, art and
math) theme. Tuttle said that be-
cause of the Sunshine Law, he felt
it was best to bring the matter up
at a public meeting to ask the full
council about their current attitude
toward a charter school at the site.
“My question is, in general, is
the council excited about seeing
the charter school or, in general, is
the board leaving it up to the devel-
oper,” Tuttle said at the Thursday,
April 18 meeting, adding that the
land could also be used for other
options, such as office and medi-
cal space.
Tuttle also asked if the council
really felt they needed the charter
school, given that there are several
in Royal Palm Beach already.
Councilman Richard Valuntas
said that he liked the idea.
“One of the things that is in-
See TUTTLE, page 4
Grace Family Medicine
Hosts Grand Opening
In Wellington Plaza
Grace Family Medicine held a
grand opening ribbon cutting
on Thursday, April 18 at 12785
W. Forest Hill Blvd., Suite 8E,
in the Wellington Plaza. Grace
Family Medicine is a direct
primary care office for all ages.
They offer free meet-and-greets
to get to know the doctor, with
an appointment and same day
or next day doctor visits.
Page 13
Ceremony At Braman
Honors Teacher, School
Employee Of The Year
Braman Motorcars presented
the 2019 Teacher of the Year
and School-Related Employee
of the Year with a free two-
year lease on a new BMW on
Thursday, April 18. The Palm
Beach County School District
also presented the winners with
a check for $1,500 during the
festivities. Page 10
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A former Gloucester man
faces charges tied to two of
at least 10 break-ins at city
businesses over the last two
months.
George Donahue Jr., 42,
was arrested Tuesday at
Salem District Court by
Gloucester police Detec-
tive Jonathan Trefry and
members of the State Police
Violent Fugitive Apprehen-
sion Team, according to
Gloucester police Lt. Michael
Gossom, the lead detective
on the investigation. Dona-
hue was at the court on for a
hearing on an unrelated mat-
ter, police said.
Donahue is accused of
breaking into the Causeway
Restaurant and the non-
profit Wellspring House,
both on Essex Avenue. He
was arraigned Tuesday in
Gloucester District Court on
charges of:
Breaking and enter-
ing a building in the night-
time with intent to commit
a felony;
Larceny from a building;
Receiving stolen prop-
erty under $1,200; and
Malicious destruction of
property under $1,200.
Police said Donahue was
identified after several wit-
ness interviews and the exe-
cution of search warrants
at a residence in Gloucester
and the hotel in Allston,
where police said he had
been staying.
When Gloucester and Bos-
ton police searched Dona-
hue’s hotel room, Gossom
said, officers found about 10
Suspect charged in two break-ins
By AndreA HolBrook
Staff Writer
Gloucester police have
charged former Gloucester
resident George Donahue
Jr., 42, identified in part
from this surveillance
photo, with two in a series
of break-ins that have
occurred over the past
few weeks.
GLOUCESTER POLICE/
Courtesy photo
BOSTON — State campaign finance
officials missed a deadline Wednesday to
propose new rules aimed at closing a loop-
hole for contributions from labor unions.
The Office of Campaign and Political
Finance is working on proposed changes
to a controversial rule that allows unions
to give up to $15,000 to a candidate every
time that person runs for office. Its new
regulations would be aimed at reducing
super-sized union contribution levels.
A spokesman for the independent state
agency said the new rules won’t be avail-
able this week, despite a self-imposed May
1 deadline to release them.
“We’re working out the final details,”
State misses
deadline to
cinch ‘union
loophole’
By CHristiAn M. WAde
Statehouse Reporter
BOSTON — Lawmakers are fast-tracking
plans to give cities and towns more money
to fix potholes, but some say the dollars
won’t be enough.
As in previous years, Gov. Charlie Baker
proposed borrowing $200 million to help
351 cities and towns repave and make other
transportation improvements.
The money is tucked into a bill that seeks
to borrow $1.5 billion for federally aided
highway projects and another $200 million
for rail upgrades.
Baker’s proposal is short of the $300
million in pothole money sought by com-
munities, municipal representatives told a
legislative panel Wednesday.
“We believe that our local governments
Governor,
lawmakers
wrangle
over money
for potholes
By CHristiAn M. WAde
Statehouse Reporter
Local pie bakers showed off their
skills as they helped the town
library raises money for its
programs.
The Friends of TOPH Burn-
ham Library hosted its annual Pie Fest
fundraiser on Wednesday afternoon,
where patrons could eat a slice of home-
made pie for $3, with the money going to
the library.
About 20 people made and donated the
pies, including apple, pecan, Key lime, pea-
nut butter, and strawberry rhubarb. Others
made rugelach, muffins, and cookies.
Good eats for good reads
PAUL BILODEAU/Staff photos
Ruby Sullivan, 7, waits patiently as a chocolate pie is sliced up during the Annual Friends of the T.O.H.P Burnham Public Library Pie
Fest Fundraiser, which was held on the third floor of the library.
A group of people, in various stages of getting a piece of pie, talk during the Pie
Fest on Wednesday.
A strawberry rhubarb pie is sliced into
serving pieces during the fundraiser.
Pie Fest raises money for Essex library
ROCKPORT — A Peabody
man was sentenced to 21/2 to
three years in state prison on
Wednesday after pleading
guilty to fentanyl and cocaine
charges.
Daniel Juan Carrion, 33,
was indicted last November
on fentanyl trafficking and
possession of cocaine with
intent to distribute following
an investigation by Rockport
police.
At the time, he was on
probation in Salem District
Court for driving offenses.
During a hearing in Salem
Superior Court, Carrion
pleaded guilty to reduced
charges of possession of
Man sent to prison
in Rockport drug case
By Julie MAngAnis
Staff Writer
ESSEX — The next phase of con-
struction at the Northshore Mall
could make it more of an attraction
with a focus on entertainment,
dining and retail, which could
also benefit the region’s tourism
industry.
That was the message from the
mall’s general manager to tourism
industry and business leaders dur-
ing a breakfast at Woodman’s in
Essex on Wednesday morning.
While not divulging any specific
details, Mark Whiting explained
that the mall will extend its new
Promenade past the site of the
former Sears department store
— which will become a high-
end fitness center — all the way
down to Macy’s, adding still more
Mall plans take center stage
at regional tourism breakfast
By etHAn ForMAn
Staff Writer
See SUSPECT, Page 7
See POTHOLES, Page 7
See UNIONS, Page 7
See TOURISM, Page 2
See CASE, Page 2
RYAN MCBRIDE/Staff photo
Northshore Mall General Manager Mark
Whiting, speaks about the mall’s recent
expansion plans.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal leg-
islation that would protect the Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe’s beleaguered reservation
is headed to the House floor for a full vote.
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reserva-
tion Reaffirmation Act, introduced by U.S.
Rep. William Keating, D-Mass., was the first
bill debated Wednesday during the full U.S.
House of Representatives Committee on
Natural Resources markup session. Keating
crafted the legislation in response to a law-
suit brought in 2016 in the U.S. District Court
of Massachusetts by neighbors of the tribe’s
proposed $1 billion casino in Taunton. That
lawsuit resulted in the U.S. Department of
Interior reversing a decision it made the year
before to take 321 acres of land in Taunton
and Mashpee into trust on the tribe’s behalf.
The legislation would clarify the tribe’s
eligibility for that federal trust protection
and prevent future legal challenges to the
reservation.
The committee voted 26-10, mostly along
party lines, to move the bill to the floor.
The tribe has one of the oldest relation-
ships with the federal government, and
has been “intentionally and systematically
stripped of their lands,” U.S. Rep. Ruben
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By Geoff Spillane
[email protected]
HYANNIS — The Barnsta-
ble County Fire and Rescue
Training Academy could
soon have a new home on
the Upper Cape.
Brig. Gen. Christopher
Faux, executive director of
Joint Base Cape Cod, and
Barnstable County Adminis-
trator John “Jack” Yunits Jr.
have confirmed discussions
are underway to relocate
the academy from Hyannis
to the base.
The proposed relocation
of the facility aligns with
the vision of base leadership
to establish a multijuris-
dictional first responder
training center there,
according to Yunits.
“It’s something that we
definitely want to do,” Faux
said. “There’s a lot of excess
property on the base, and
using it for first responder
training is compatible with
where we are going. We are
waiting to hear more about
what they need, and we are
Fire academy
may move to base
County, military offi cials in talks to create
regional fi rst responder training site
SEE ACADEMY, A4
By Eric Tucker
wand Mary Clare Jalonick
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Pri-
vate tensions between Justice
Department leaders and spe-
cial counsel Robert Mueller's
team broke into public view
in extraordinary fashion
Wednesday as Attorney Gen-
eral William Barr pushed back
at the special counsel's "snitty"
complaints over his handling of
the Trump-Russia investiga-
tion report.
Testifying for the first time
since releasing Mueller's
report, Barr faced sharp ques-
tioning from Senate Democrats
who accused him of making
misleading comments and
seeming at times to be Presi-
dent Donald Trump's protector
as much as the country's top
law enforcement official.
The rift fueled allegations
that Barr has spun Mueller's
findings in Trump's favor and
understated the gravity of
Trump's behavior. The dis-
pute is certain to persist, as
Democrats push to give Muel-
ler a chance to answer Barr's
testimony with his own later
this month.
Barr separately informed the
House Judiciary Committee
Rift aired over Mueller report
Attorney
General
William Barr
testifies during
a Senate
Judiciary Com-
mittee hearing
on Capitol Hill
in Washington
on Wednes-
day. [ANDREW
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PRESS]
SEE TRIBE, A4
Attorney General William Barr denies misleading
Congress and showing bias toward Trump in Russia probe
SEE BARR, A10
In a plan to buy Sipson Island for preservation, the main house may be converted into an education center and the boathouse will remain. Private backers of the
Orleans island sale have gone public in an attempt to persuade town meeting to purchase the property. [MERRILY CASSIDY/CAPE COD TIMES]
By Ethan Genter
[email protected]
ORLEANS — In the middle of
Pleasant Bay sits a 24-acre, $7.9
million island. It is well mani-
cured and surrounded by sandy
beaches.
Sipson Island has been in
private hands since the 1700s,
when it was bought by a group
of colonists from a Native
American sachem, but if a plan
coordinated by the Friends of
Pleasant Bay, the Sipson Island
Trust and the town is approved
by town meeting, the public
could have access forever .
On May 13, voters will have
the chance to approve $1.5 mil-
lion in community preservation
funds to buy a conservation
restriction on 18 of the 24 acres.
Cheryl and Rich Nadler, of
Orleans, have a purchase-and-
sale agreement with the current
owners, and all but two of the
acres eventually will be owned
by the Sipson Island Trust, a
soon-to-be nonprofit orga-
nization that plans to in turn
buy the land from the Nadlers
through fundraising. The two
remaining acres have a cottage
on them and would continue to
be privately owned.
The conservation restriction
would guarantee public access
on the long stretches of sandy
beach and the grassy trails that
run across the island.
Rich Nadler initially got
involved with the island through
his seat on the Conserva-
tion Commission. He saw the
potential for development on
the island and suggested to his
wife that they could play the role
of a private partner to preserve
the island.
“I understood its unique
beauty, historic and environ-
mental significance, as well as
its fragile vulnerability,” Nadler
wrote in an open letter to the
A ‘one-time opportunity’
Orleans voters must decide if private island is worth cost of public access
SEE ISLAND, A4
By Beth Treffeisen
[email protected]
FALMOUTH — Acts of hate
aimed at Jewish people and
institutions in Massachusetts
have hit all-time highs over the
past two years, according to an
audit by the Anti-Defamation
League, and community lead-
ers on Cape Cod say it’s time to
acknowledge the problem.
Confronting
hate: Cape
group raises
awareness
Anti-Semitic incidents
in state skyrocket
SEE HATE, A4
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DAILY NEWS STAFF
MEDWAY — The mountain in many
cultures symbolizes the obstacles we en-
counter on the journey of life.
So in honor of those who face a tough
climb in the fight against cancer, Medway
native Pamela Bennett on June 20 took on
a mountain of her own.
Roberts
after health
care ruling
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Fresh look for traditional cause
Boxes Lions use to collect
eyeglasses get coat of paint,
and some new graphics
MILFORD — Milford residents
passing by the Main Street police sta-
tion and the Purchase Street Market
may notice big yellow collection boxes
on the sidewalk in front of the build-
ings.
The boxes are part of a long-standing
drive by the Milford Lions Club which
collects donated eyeglasses.
“Its amazing how many eyeglasses
we collect,” said the local Lions Club
president Brian Bodio.
He said the club receives around 100
eyeglasses among the two collections,
when the boxes are emptied every two
months.
He said after collecting them, he
sends the glasses to the state Lions
Club District 33-A headquarters to be
restored, refurbished and “provided to
those in need.”
The drop boxes have been in place
for more than 30 years, but during the
spring they received new graphics and
were repainted.
Bodio said the Lions are the largest
international service organization in
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BY MIKE GLEASON
DAILY NEWS STAFF
HOLLISTON — A local
candidate for state repre-
sentative has come out
against the state ban on
sparklers, the small burning
metal torches that emit
sparks, often used by chil-
dren.
Marty Lamb, a Republi-
can candidate for the 8th
Middlesex seat, said he got
interested in the matter after
the state Legislature last
month overwhelmingly re-
jected a measure to legalize
sparklers. He called the
move a symbol of overregu-
lation in the state.
“To me, it seems absurd,”
said Lamb, who is running
against incumbent Demo-
crat Carolyn Dykema.
“Forty-six states allow fire-
works, with sparklers being
on the low end of that.”
The timing of the vote, he
said, only brings the prob-
lem into sharper focus.
“As we get into the Fourth
of July holiday, it’s a good
example of how the govern-
ment controls every aspect
of our lives,” he said.
Lamb said the state has
been inconsistent in ban-
ning unsafe materials.
“This is the same Legisla-
ture that voted to decrimi-
nalize marijuana,” he said.
“That strikes me as them
talking out of both sides of
FIREWORKS
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MEDWAY NATIVE
Woman scales Mt. Shasta to
raise money to fight disease
The American Legion color guard marches down
Main Street during the Fourth of July parade in
Franklin yesterday. At left, Eric Lewis, 7, of Cub
Scout Troop 126, rides the American flag float. PHOTOS
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Freedom march
the world.
He said the Milford Club has so far
raised $12,000 for the Massachusetts
Lions Eye Research Fund, and over
$180,000 over the past two decades.
Lions Clubs in the state raise more
than $1 million each year to the fund
for eye research.
Boxes Lions use to collect
eyeglasses have received a
new coat of paint and
graphics. DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY
DEREK MCLEAN
MENDON
Horribles
coming
to town
BY MIKE GLEASON
DAILY NEWS STAFF
MENDON — The annual
Horribles Parade — featur-
ing local children in costume
marching down Maple
Street – is set to take place
tomorrow evening.
The parade, which starts
off at 6:30 p.m., is open to
Rising above cancer
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Medway
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to fight
cancer.
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Towns to hold
holiday bashes
BY MATT TOTA
MILFORD DAILY NEWS STAFF
Using fireworks, food,
music, and parades, area
towns this week will cele-
brate Independence Day
with a slew of Star-Span-
gled extravaganzas.
Milford — tomorrow
Fireworks shot from
Clark’s Island on Milford
Pond will paint the sky
starting at 10 p.m. The is-
land has served as a launch-
ing pad for the town’s fire-
works display for more than
10 years.
Parks Department Direc-
tor Michael Bresciani sug-
gests watching the display
from Plains Park, Fortune
Boulevard, Fino Field or
anywhere around Rte. 85.
The Milford Lions Club
Fireworks,
rides, food to
mark birthday
of America
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and Mary Clare Jalonick
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Attorney
General William Barr pushed
back Wednesday at complaints
from Robert Mueller over his
handling of the Russia investi-
gation report, leveling his own
criticism at the special counsel as
simmering tensions between the
Justice Department and Muel-
ler’s team broke into public view
in extraordinary fashion.
Testifying for the first time
since releasing Mueller’s report,
Barr said he was surprised Muel-
ler did not reach a conclusion on
whether President Donald Trump
had tried to obstruct justice, and
that he felt compelled to step
in with his own judgment that
the president had committed
no crime. Barr also complained
that Mueller’s report did not, as
requested, clearly flag sensitive
material, creating weeks of work
for the Justice Department as it
moved to redact grand jury mate-
rial that was not intended for the
public.
“I’m not really sure of his rea-
soning,” Barr said of Mueller’s
decision to not reach a conclusion
on obstruction of justice. He sug-
gested that Mueller “shouldn’t
have investigated” acts on which
he did not plan to reach a pros-
ecution judgment.
Barr’s public defense of his
actions rebutted complaints by
Mueller, expressed in a letter and
phone call, that the attorney gen-
eral had not adequately portrayed
the investigation’s findings. The
revelation of that letter hours
earlier amplified allegations from
Democrats that Barr had spun
the investigation’s findings in
Trump’s favor.
Democrats were also likely to
accuse him of misleading law-
makers last month when he
suggested he was unaware of
concerns on the Mueller team
about his actions.
Barr’s appearance Wednesday
before the Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee gave the attorney general
his most extensive opportunity to
explain the department’s actions,
including his press conference
held before the report’s release,
and for him to repair a reputa-
tion bruised by allegations that
he’s the Republican president’s
Barr, Mueller
trade barbs
as probe rift
goes public
By Brian Lee
Telegram & Gazette Staff
WESTBOROUGH — As cus-
tomers pulled in to Alltown Mobil
on Rte. 9 Tuesday, they were
told that they could enroll in a
first-in-the-nation option that
would allow them to pay for fuel
through their E-ZPass vehicle
transponders, according to two
people responsible for the new
technology. They said the pay-
ment method eliminates eight of
the 12 steps at the pump, shav-
ing 80 seconds from the average
four-minute transaction.
"It's not an insignificant
amount of time," said Kevin
Condon, founder and chief exec-
utive officer of Boston-based
PayByCar.
The in-car payment technology
system became available to
the general public on Monday,
Condon said.
Anyone who has an E-ZPass
toll transponder was invited to
register for PayByCar through
a two-step process at www.
mypaybycar.com. Enrollment
requires entering the E-ZPass
transponder number and a credit
card or other form of payment.
The PayByCar account is separate
from customers' toll accounts.
Condon and PayByCar Presi-
dent Anand Raman stood in front
of the 10-pump gas station at
Rte. 9 and Lyman Street handing
people cards about the program,
and answering questions.
Condon estimated about 100
people registered Monday.
Antennas on the gas-station
canopy read the transponders,
and when an enrolled customer
pulls in, he or she will receive a
text message asking if they want
gas, and if so, at which pump.
By the time the customer gets
out of the car, the pump has been
activated, Condon said.
"I don’t have to swipe a card or
worry about someone looking at
the PIN number, or skimming,"
the founder said.
The customer takes the dis-
penser nozzle, makes a fuel
choice, fills up, returns the nozzle
and the transaction is done. The
customer gets a receipt, and the
transaction is recorded via email
and on the PayByCar account
page.
"It’s really seamless," Condon
said.
E-ZGas PayByCar uses
transponders to
shave time at pump
From left, PayByCar President Anand Raman and PayByCar founder and CEO Kevin Condon. Their system of paying
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By Alison Bosma
Daily News Staff
MILFORD – Peter Garrett
noticed a substantial spike in
the number of customers when
his gas station opened Milford’s
first self-serve pumps off Rte. 85
earlier this year.
“I think there’s been a lot of
pent-up demand in Milford,”
said Garrett, president of Volta
Oil, which owns Garrett’s
Family Market. “There are a
lot of people who have wanted
self-serve gasoline.”
Prior to last October’s Town
Meeting vote changing the
bylaw, Milford allowed only
full-serve gas stations, mean-
ing customers could not pump
their own gas. The Town Meet-
ing article behind the vote was
sponsored by Volta Oil, and
Garrett’s Family Market is the
only gas station in town that
offers self-serve.
This weekend, nearly four
months after their mid-Janu-
ary opening and less than two
months after converting all
Milford self-serve pumps open for business
Garrett’s Family Market
hosting party Saturday
By Cesareo Contreras
Daily News Staff
ASHLAND – He went for fun,
and almost beat a juggernaut.
Local residents got to see a
familiar face on “Jeopardy!”
Monday night, as Adam Levin,
of Ashland, took on the longtime
trivia show's reigning, and seem-
ingly unbeatable, champ, James
Holzhauer - and very nearly
defeated him.
Levin, the sports information
director at Brandeis Univer-
sity in Waltham, finished with
$53,999, just $18 short of Hol-
zhauer's $54,017. Holzhauer,
a professional sports bettor,
earned his 18th consecutive vic-
tory on Monday, accumulating
more than $1.3 million.
“I put everything out there and
did everything I felt I could possi-
bly do,” Levin said. “As someone
who works with student-athletes
and works at sporting events at
Brandeis, I see it all the time,
where great teams and great ath-
letes and people who go out there
and give it their all, don’t always
win every game. As long as they
gave it their hardest and left it all
out on the field, they have every-
thing in the world to be proud of.”
Levin, a Brandeis graduate, has
applied for the show sporadically
over the past decade, starting
around the time the game show
started letting people take the
submission tests online, he said.
He’s loved the show since he was
a kid.
While he’s successfully passed
Ashland resident proves he’s a gamer
Adam Levin narrowly
misses knocking off
‘Jeopardy!’ champ
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When Temple University asked for
his resignation, Moshe Porat refused
to give it. Now, the ousted business
school dean is fighting back.
Porat, 72, alleges that the universi-
ty has unfairly blamed him for a rank-
ings scandal that
rocked the Fox
School of Business
last summer, and
ruined his reputa-
tion and legacy.
He claims that
for years, he sent
written directives
to other Fox staff,
warning them to
make sure all the
data for the rank-
ings were honest
and accurate —
and was assured
that they were —
and that, in the
end, Temple made him a scapegoat
to protect its own image.
He asserts that he did not know
about or authorize the false reporting
of data or falsify any data provided to
U.S. News & World Report and other
rankings organizations. Nor, he main-
tained, did he dismantle a committee
charged with oversight of the data,
as the school contended.
“Out of loyalty to the university, I
have been publicly silent for 10 long
months,” Porat said in a nearly 1,400
word statement provided to The In-
See TEMPLE on A6
Ousted
dean at
Temple to
retaliate
Moshe Porat plans to sue the
university, saying he was
unfairly blamed for false
data submitted to U.S. News.
Attorney General William Barr responded to Democratic senators’ tough questioning with calm, citing legal definitions and Justice
Department policy. One frustrated Democrat, Rhode Island’s Sheldon Whitehouse, accused him of “masterful hairsplitting.”
Senate Sparring
The attorney general deflected criticism and calls for his
resignation. He described Mueller’s letter as “a bit snitty.”
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By Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky,
Karoun Demirjian, and Rosalind S. Helderman
WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Wil-
liam Barr denied Democrats’ accusa-
tions that he dissembled and misled
the public about Robert Mueller’s find-
ings, defending his handling of the
case during a contentious Senate hearing Wednes-
day about the special counsel Russia investigation.
Much of the hearing centered on revelations that
Mueller com-
plained more than
a month ago about
Barr’s initial public
depiction of the in-
vestigation’s find-
ings. The attorney
general parried
many of the Demo-
crats’ toughest ac-
cusations and ques-
tions with avuncu-
lar answers about
legal definitions
and Justice Department policy, exasperating law-
makers such as Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.),
who accused Barr of “masterful hairsplitting.”
Mueller wrote a letter in late March expressing
dissatisfaction to Barr that the attorney general’s
four-page memo to Congress, which described the
principal conclusions of Mueller’s investigation
See BARR on A6
Is development rising above the dead?
The massive Schuylkill Yards may cover two large,
abandoned cemeteries established by early Quakers.
Assistant District Attorney
Colleen Osborne had made
a list of all the people who
had failed Ethan Okula.
It’s a long list. The 10-year-old
foster child, a ward of our city,
died a wholly preventable death
in 2016:
The city Department of Hu-
man Services let Ethan — who
had developmental disabilities,
hearing problems, and a debili-
tating stomach condition — fall
through the cracks.
The agencies contracting with
DHS falsified a record and mis-
handled his medical care.
The nurse at Julia de Burgos
Elementary School failed to real-
ize that Ethan’s stomach condi-
tion had put him in mortal peril
on the day he writhed in pain in
See ETHAN on A6
Guilty pleas, but many more to blame
ANDREW HARNIK / AP J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE / AP J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE / AP
Moshe Porat
was removed as
head of Fox
business school.
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“My understanding
was, his concern
was not the accuracy of
the statement of the
findings in my letter, but
that he wanted more out
there to provide
additional context.
William Barr’s interpretation of
a letter from Robert Mueller
By Stephan Salisbury
STAFF WRITER
The massive $3.5 billion
Schuylkill Yards development
that begins at 30th Street Station
and extends west along Market
Street and JFK Boulevard to 31st
Street is taking shape in part on
land that was once occupied —
and may still be — by two of the
city’s oldest and largest aban-
doned historic cemeteries.
Both burial grounds — known
as the Upper Burial Ground and
the Lower Burial Ground —
were started by the Quakers in
the 17th century, and were in use
from the 1680s until the middle
of the 19th century.
Here lay the Quaker dead —
and a huge proportion of the non-
Quaker poor, African Americans,
laboring classes, immigrants,
transients, and others relegated
to what became burial fields for
the indigent.
No records of wholesale remov-
als or reinterments of skeletal re-
mains from either cemetery have
been found in public records. And
skulls and bones have been repeat-
edly unearthed during construc-
tion in the neighborhood over the
last century or so, according to
newspaper accounts.
In one instance, as 30th Street
See DEVELOPMENT on A4
BURIAL FIELDS FOR THE INDIGENT
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RATINGS SCANDAL
In a March 27 letter,
Robert Mueller took
issue with William
Barr’s summarization
of his Russia report.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D.,
Calif.) addresses Barr.
He later canceled a
scheduled appearance
Thursday in the House.
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The Schuylkill
Yards project
extends west of
30th Street
Station. Burial
grounds’ exact
location is
uncertain.
TOM GRALISH / Staff
Photographer
Ethan Okula was 10 when
he died of a stomach
ailment. On Wednesday,
his foster mother and her
wife were sentenced.
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FLORENCE — Fiesta fun
will return Friday evening
to downtown Florence in
celebration of Cinco de
Mayo.
The fifth annual Down-
town Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
will be held from 5:30 p.m.
to 10 p.m. in the 100 block
of South Dargan Street.
The 100 block is between
Cheves and Evans streets.
Admission is free, but
proceeds from ticket sales
for food and drinks will go
toward the Greater Flor-
ence Habitat for Humanity.
Debbie Edwards, execu-
tive director of the Greater
Florence Habitat for Hu-
manity, said Tuesday that
the proceeds from the fi-
esta will go to the construc-
tion of a house on West
Vista Street by the Great-
er Florence Habitat for
Humanity.
Fiesta fun
downtown
will benefit
Habitat for
Humanity
Cinco
de Mayo
BY REBECCA CROSS
Special to the Morning News
LAKE CITY — Words of truth
create meaning and movement,
said artist Tom Owen.
Owen encourages all people to
leverage this power of truth and
“Raise Your Voice” – the phrase
doubling as his charge to hu-
manity and title of his 2019 Art-
Fields piece.
“This work continues my ex-
ploration of using color and
Tom Owen
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LAKE CITY – Coinciding with
the nine-day ArtFields in
Lake City this week is
the opening of the
private Moore Farms
Botanical Garden to
the public. It is open
daily, from 8:30 a.m.
to 3 p.m. through Sat-
urday and features art
installations purchased from
previous ArtFields.
Rebecca Turk, director of edu-
cation and event at the garden,
said the garden tries to acquire
at least one piece of artwork from
the ArtFields exhibit each year
to display. Art and nature lovers
attending ArtFields are encour-
aged to visit the garden. The
address is 100 New Zion
Road in Lake City.
Turk said the self-
guided tours can take
as little as 40 minutes
or as long as a couple
of hours. Guided tours
are about an hour and a
half, she said, and must be
booked in advance.
Botanical Garden open during annual event
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Moore Farms Botanical Garden in Lake City features 65 cultivated acres
of land and is open to the public during ArtFields.
ABOUTTHIS ARTIST
» From: Newport,
Kentucky.
» Age: 59.
» 2019 ArtFields
competition
title: “Raise Your
Voice.”
» Medium: Wa-
terborne enamel,
acrylic and latex paint, crayon,
wax pastels on stretched canvas.
» Venue: So-Lace Boutique.
» Voting ID: 192144.
Owen
“Raise Your
Voice”is artist
Tom Owen’s
encouragement
to all people
“to speak truth,
to bring light.”
See OWEN, Page 3A
Art from previous years on display
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BY MATTHEW CHRISTIAN
Morning News
[email protected]florencenews.com
FLORENCE — Tuition
will be going up for those
attending Florence-Dar-
lington Technical College.
On Monday, the Flor-
ence-Darlington County
Commission for Technical
Education, the governing
body for the college, ap-
proved a 3.3 percent tu-
ition increase, equivalent
to an additional $6 per
credit hour.
The per-credit hour rate
will go from $179 to $185.
Interim President Ed
Bethea said the board
looked at the college’s
budget and decided the
tuition increase was neces-
sary to balance the budget.
He said enrollment was
declining at the college.
Bethea said the increase
would result in roughly
$500,000 in additional
revenue.
“I think that the entire
Florence-
Darlington Tech
Tuition
rising
3.3% at
college
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BY LAUREN OWENS
Morning News
[email protected]florencenews.com
COLUMBIA – Among the nearly
10,000 teachers and supporters
protesting Wednesday morn-
ing at the South Carolina State
House, nearly 300 Florence One
Schools teachers came dressed in
red to protest low pay and poor
working conditions.
The rally, organized by the SC
for Ed teacher advocacy group,
began at the South Carolina De-
partment of Education building.
The participants marched to the
capitol, chanting phrases such
as “Where’s Molly?” and “I teach.
I vote.” State Superientendent of
Education Molly Spearman did
not attend the rally, choosing
instead to serve as a substitute
teacher.
Robin Bowman, a Briggs El-
ementary School teacher and Pee
Dee area representative for SC for
Ed, said the turnout for the rally
Florence teachers join big rally
‘A seat at the table’
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S.C. Sen. Mike Fanning of Great Falls hypes up the crowd of nearly 10,000 people during the SC for Ed rally Wednesday.
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Ballad
NICU
plan
Barr,
Mueller
trade
barbs
Attorney general
to skip House
panel’s hearing
BY DAVID MCGEE
BRISTOLHERALD COURIER
The Tennessee Depart-
ment of Health has ap-
proved a controversial Bal-
lad Health plan to consoli-
date its perinatal services.
On Wednesday, state
Health Commissioner Lisa
Piercey issued her decision,
approving Ballad’s request
to consolidate neonatal
intensive care services in
Johnson City. She said three
of her children were treated
in NICUs, and she under-
stands the gravity of the
plan.
“As a parent, I also know
firsthand the stressors of
having a baby in the NICU.
Three of my four children
were NICU babies who ex-
perienced prolonged stays
due to prematurity, so I
personally understand the
significance of this deci-
sion,” Piercey said in the
statement.
Ballad will maintain its
LevelIIINICUatNiswonger
Children’s Hospital in John-
son City while downgrad-
ing the NICU at Holston
Valley Medical Center in
Kingsport from Level III to
Level I. The plan was met
with considerable public
opposition, especially from
people and elected officials
in the Holston Valley ser-
vice area, when it was an-
nounced last November.
“In objectively weighing
the pros and the cons of
consolidating NICU ser-
vices, it is my opinion that
the benefits of doing so
significantly outweigh the
detriments,” Piercey said
in the statement. “Guided
by the well-established
standards of regionalized
perinatal care, I find the
most notable benefit of
the consolidation to be the
enhancement in quality of
care and patient outcomes,
secondary to higher patient
volumes, sufficient physi-
cian coverage and timely
specialist access.”
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Multiple law enforcement agencies assisted the Scott County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday as they conducted a
manhunt for a suspect who shot at officers during an attempted traffic stop.The incident happened on Roberts
Creek Road near Hiltons,Virginia.The subject of the manhunt,Timothy Manuel, was later shot and killed.
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DAVID CRIGGER/BHC
Scott County Sheriff Chris
Holder gives an update.
Suspect killed
Bristol man fatally shot after multi-agency manhunt
BY DALENA MATHEWS and ROBERT SORRELL
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER
HILTONS,Va. — An attempted
traffic stop in Scott County,
Virginia, on Wednesday
morning set off a multi-agency
manhunt in Hiltons that resulted
in the fatal shooting of a Bristol
man.
Scott County Sheriff Chris Hold-
er said a deputy was traveling
along Roberts Creek Road when
he tried to stop a car with out-
of-state tags that was swerving.
When the car stopped, the driver
jumped out and
began shooting at
the officer with a
rifle before fleeing
into the nearby
woods, he said.
The deputy, who
was not identified,
was shaken up but
not injured, the sheriff said.
The driver, Timothy Manuel, 28,
of Bristol,Virginia, was believed
to still be armed and dangerous
Manuel
See MANHUNT, Page A9
BY ERIC TUCKER
and MARY CLARE JALONICK
TheAssociated Press
WASHINGTON — Pri-
vate tensions between Jus-
tice Department leaders
and special counsel Robert
Mueller’s team broke into
public view in extraordi-
nary fashion Wednesday as
Attorney General William
Barr pushed back at the
special counsel’s “snitty”
complaints over his han-
dling of the Trump-Russia
investigation report.
Testifying for the first time
since releasing Mueller’s
report, Barr faced sharp
questioning from Senate
Democrats who accused
him of making misleading
comments and seeming at
times to be President Don-
ald Trump’s protector as
much as the country’s top
law enforcement official.
The rift fueled allegations
that Barr has spun Mueller’s
findings in Trump’s favor
and understated the grav-
ity of Trump’s behavior. The
dispute is certain to persist,
as Democrats push to give
Mueller a chance to answer
Barr’s testimony with his
own later this month.
Barr separately informed
the House Judiciary Com-
mittee that he would not
appear for its scheduled
hearing Thursday because
ofthepanel’sinsistencethat
he be questioned by com-
mittee lawyers as well as
lawmakers.That refusal sets
thestageforBarrtopossibly
beheldincontemptofCon-
gress.
AtWednesday’s Senate Ju-
diciary Committee session,
Barr spent hours defending
his handling of Mueller’s
report against complaints
from Democrats and the
special counsel himself.
He said, for instance, that
he had been surprised
that Mueller did not reach
a conclusion on whether
Trump had tried to obstruct
justice, and that he had felt
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your pole and head to the water, you’ll need a license.
The fine for fishing without a license last year was $222.90,
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A. Grant II was repeatedly beaten and
abused by his mother and her two room-
mates in the months prior to his April 26
death inside a Two Rivers apartment,
court documents show.
Grant turned 2 just days prior to his
death, on April 21 — the same birth date
of his mother, Rena L. Santiago, 27.
Probable cause statements for the ar-
rests of the suspects after his death —
his mother and her roommates, Bianca
M. Bush, 25, and David R. Heiden, 28 —
show the boy was repeatedly beaten by
the three with open hands, a shoe, a belt
and a sandal, and had things thrown at
him by his mother on several occasions.
The documents also state Grant had
food shoved down his throat and was
forced to eat his own vomit by Bush af-
ter she shoved her fingers in his throat.
In the week prior to Grant’s death, Hei-
den said he saw Bush slap Grant in the
face with an open hand, ground him to
the couch all day and night, throw
things at Grant’s face, head and chest,
and grab Grant by the sides and shake
him while yelling “What are you doing?”
He said she “would go to town” hitting
him.
Santiago, according to the court doc-
uments, told police she witnessed all of
the physical discipline and approved it.
She also said she was aware of bruises
on Grant’s body and avoided taking him
to the doctor for regular check-ups as a
result.
On April 26, the day Grant died, Hei-
den said he spanked Grant on the but-
tocks with an open hand approximately
three times, then picked Grant up by his
Boy, 2, was repeatedly abused prior to death, court documents show
Brandon Reid
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
USA TODAY NETWORK - WISCONSIN
See ABUSE, Page 5A
Bush Heiden Santiago
Mother, roommates would hit child, throw things
MILWAUKEE - As the most severe
wave of measles in 19 years spreads
across the country, state representa-
tives are trying, for the second time, to
eliminate Wisconsin’s “personal con-
viction” vaccines waiver.
Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, rein-
troduced the bill to do so Tuesday, three
years after his first at-
tempt failed to make it
out of committee.
As of yesterday, the
U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
reported confirmed mea-
sles cases in 22 states,
the highest number since the disease
was eliminated from the country in
2000.
Elimination of endemic measles does
not mean the disease no longer exists, it
means the disease is no longer native to
the U.S. Measles cases can still exist in
the U.S. due to travelers bringing it here
and then spreading it to people who are
not vaccinated.
Wisconsin is one of 18 states that al-
lows parents to opt-out of the vaccines
recommended for children before the
start of school. Only three states — Mis-
sissippi, West Virginia and California —
don’t allow any nonmedical waivers, ac-
cording to the National Conference of
State Legislatures.
Wisconsin has a 5.3 percent exemp-
tion rate. Only four states — Arizona,
Alaska, Idaho and Oregon — had higher
rates of students who did not get the
measles, mumps, rubella vaccine for a
Amid measles scare, lawmakers trying to stop vaccine waivers
Devi Shastri Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
USA TODAY NETWORK - WISCONSIN
Hintz
See VACCINES, Page 5A
Chacín, Aguilar heading in
right direction as Brewers
close out arduous April
SPORTS, 6A
Next
9 Welcome and introduction
9:15 The American reader and the newspaper
9:45 History and anatomy of page one
10:20 BREAK
10:30 Language of design
11 Modular design and designing modules
Noon LUNCH
12:45 America’s page one – PART ONE
1:45 America’s page one – PART TWO
2:45 BREAK
3 Putting it all together
3:55 Wrapping it all up
4 Conclusion